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EVffl IRE H NfflT ! 1 — wu mm mu nt asnci tampan I by eta tardy arrival of ar tillery. vikk pr*y«stad him from eap t®n«* lar** kop Prior* dark a*** art la aad *saM*d tb* Burra u> aarar* tb**r mlad AKboopk tk* tars* ark*aM- of oprra I Boa* *«Ha4 a*<«w(«Ur, a*v*ral caaca 1 of saar'oeatabi* drlay la ft* advaar* ar<* r»mark*d by tb* rorr**poa4rau. Takes oa da arbafr. feaawvar. tbara boa baas aa baasttac apparratty Lord B/Aarta auk tb* omaaftb la tb* baad* of ta* yoaapar prarrala. m^« baa aa nuadbgly *dkirat army. Tb* report that tb* ban bi raw J2J*Madbara iTalul aaar Hwatrr• Zporauoaa *r* afoot la l~at It to Mbramt tbat tb* rcaaoa that Custom aat*r aorka ami that tk*r* : t.» i> *-r» ar* cbowlas m«r* activity UK S lots aou ntsaiv f l _ rtmoTic* urani roa siattik 1* ibis cztr it is counted that be vmmem tbe mills fartorie*. etc_ burned total loas is estimated at flB.OOO.OOd and tbe insurant at fd,500.000 1b Hull tbe fire has about burned out Tbe business portion is all gone and over half ci tbe residences. i\m\$ lONSfot mtfi old Lift Rritn Fttttrtd. WASHINGTON. D. C, April 27.— The house committee on Indian af fairs today directed a favorable report on the bill creating a commission to consider the establishment of & nation al reserve or park of the Leech Lake. Winnebago and Cass Lake Indian res ervations in Minnesota, comprising about 830 00© acres. The commission was fixed at three members from each branch of congress and an appropria tion of $5,000 mas allowed. The commit!**?, also reported favor ably the bill a'lowing Indians in the Indian Territory to emigrate to Mex ico. the emigration to be under the di re non of the secretary of the interior and iu bauds of 200. Mexico gives the Indians an opportunity to return to their tribal relations and nomadic hab its and they prefer this to the restric tions now imposed on them and also as a means of avoiding the spread of tuberculosis and other diseases which ! have decimated them of late. mss HWE EOR PAYMENT Cfcarg* OiWcMab PrtMsU a Not* De mmm4im% f*rmmijK Settlement. CONSTANTINOPLE. Wednesday. April 25.—The negotiations between the I nlted States and tbe Porte re garding the Armertcan indemnity claims have again been transferred here, l olled states Charge d’Affalres Criscom y ester lay handed to Tewflk Pasha, minister of foreign affairs, a note based on attractions he had re ceived from Washington, the tenor of which has not yet been made public. It la understood, however, that It de aaands prompt payment of the indem nity The note win be discussed at the , council of ministers today. Similar steps by the ou.er powers are regarded Charge Grinrom in the present cir cumstances declines to express his The only issue at present however, is the exwnttkm of the Ports'* repeat . sd promises to Minister Sirs us to pay the Indemnity. Owr dal— Turkey WASHINGTON, a April 57.— It ia learned that the note of Mr. Gris* com. ratted States charge at Constate 1 tinople. is fosaied on the state depart ment's instruct loos to press vigorous ly the claim fur indemnity already lodged with the port»k The note Is not < on ultimatum ia any sense, but Is in continuation of tbe expressed deter ’ minatfon of tbe state department to exhaust all peaceful and proper means to secure a settlement of these Amer ican rial am WASHINGTON. April 27—The nen fate committee on Interstate commerce today authorised a favorable report upon Senator Chanuier's MU concern ing the giving of railroad passes. It prohibits the issuing of free passes ex cept as ssthariaed by the existing law. and claastfies such conduct as "unjust discrimination. * ■•ilt'a BUI Olffcrt fraai Boat's. WASHINGTON. ~pril r.—Represen tative Hull, chairman of the house military committee, today introduced by request a bill reorganizing the staff of the army. It differs throughout from Secretary Root’s staff bill and creates a general and special staff. Eight Boor Law Favored. I WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 27.— The house committee on labor at a spe | Hal meetings iirected a favorable re port on the Gardner eight-hour bill, which has attracted much attention in labor Hrelee txd among contractors for government work The vote was unan imous in Its favor. MmUI Dswm Sect WASHINGTON. D. C., April 27.— The National Society of the Colonial Dames passed a resolution today in creasing the number of vice presidents from two to three. A resolution was also adopted suggesting that the socie ties of the several states extend their researches as far back of the revolt* tioaary period as possible and to se cure letters and papers preserved in Camilles relating to the earlier colonial times. Mias Wharton of Washington read a paper on what the society had I ammgftMhsd. Pwps BNogatiM Hew Bishop. WASHINGTON. D. C., April 27.— An official brief from Pope Leo XIII, recognising Very Rev. Bertrand Orth. D. D.. as bishop of Vancouver, in Brit ish Columbia, baa reached the papal legation here and has been sect direct to Archbishop Christie of Portland. Ore., la whose province the see is lo cated. Dr. Orth ranks high among the priests of the Pacific coast, being pas tor of Bt. Lawrence church, Portland, as examiner of the board known aa •"examinstore cleri dioeeaaal” and one of the five rural daans of «ha arch RELIEF FDR WEPESER Otoml Brabant> Forest Bring £ax» to tfec Beleaguered Garmon. ANNOUNCEMENT MADE AT LONDON Tmtim u C«fUr« Amj of TUmm—IE* At- j LONDON April 2«—It Is officially announced that Wepeaer haa been re A dispatch (root Capetown brings the tnformatkm that -the relief of tru' list of the casualties prior to the occupation of DeWet’s dorp, showing that Captain Denny of the Thirteenth h ussars was killed and that n captain, two lieutenants and twenty-two men were wounded. Captain Prothero, who was wounded at Karreefontein. has since died. It is now apparent that the chances of Lord Roberts’ catching the retreat ing Boers is very slende-. The Boers hare everywhere retired at the first pressure of the British advance and the hope that General Rundle would be able to induce them to remain at DeWet’s dorp until they had been forced to fight has been disappointed. No attempt was made to pursue the commandos retiring frcm Wepener, Everything now depends upon the pro gress of General French’s cavalry brigades, but they are entering a very difficult, hilly and practically unknown country. me caTx;ry nag aireacy cac a long inarch over heavy and sandy roads and nothing is known regarding the con dition of the horses. In any case it is a race between the federate and the forces of General French and General Hamilton. The slowness, of the Brit ish infantry and previous ability of the Boers to move rapidly, with guns and baggage, over their own country, load to a belief that Lord Roberts’ en veloping operations will fall and will have to be repeated further north. At the most he will perhaps capture some Boer guns and baggage and harry the retreating burghers. Considerable results have been at tained In the relief of Wepener and the clearing of the southeast corner of the Free State but the Boer army, what ever its strength, has still to be dealt with. The Times has the following from a special correspondent, dated Mafeking. Basutoland, April 25: "I rode from Jammersburg here, skirting Wepener. and I met General Brabant’s advance guard four miles south of Wepener. They repert three successful fights Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday with twenty-two casualties. “The siege was raised and 5.000 of the enemy retired along the Ladybrand read within our sight and unpursued. Colonel Dalgety’g casualties are thirty three killed and 132 wounded.* ■ - Uiffa'9 Uit Day la Kogland. Dl’BUN. April 26 —Queen Victoria spent what is practically her last day in Ireland very Quietly. Though she drove out thte afternoon she did not vtalt any Institutions. Her majesty will leave the viceregal lodge at noon tomorrow, and after a short train jour ney to Kingstown will embark on hoard the royal yacht and. escorted by the channel fleet. will salt tor En« land. It is expected the Queen will arrive at Windsor Friday morning. Career Sara tar Ft Sums. NSW YORK. April Oberttn sL Carter, once a captain In the United States corps of engineers, was a pas senger tonight on a parlor car of a Pennsylvania railroad train, westward bound. In charge of a military guard be is being taken to the military prison at Fort I-eavesworth. Kan., where he will serve out what rematns of his sen tence of five years Imprisonment tor . embezzlement. — lUMer Killed la a Gaa Fight. KANSAS CITY, Kan* April 2« —An unknown man who held ap and robbed the Missouri Pacific station agent at Anthony. Kan., last nignt, was shot and killed today by the town marshal at Caldwell, after a gun light in which fifteen shots were exchanged! Two barber tickets bearing tile name John Perkins were found in the dead man’s pockets. CHOATE MAKES FRIENDLY TALK Warmly CwUd at tb« Lord Mayor’s Annual Banquet. LONDON. April 26.—The diplomatic representatives of the United States, Germany, Servia and the Netherlands were present this evening at the an nual Easter banquet of the Lord Mayor of London. The Duke of Cambridge and the Australian federation delegates were also of the company. The chief feature of the function was the warm reception given Joseph H. Choate, who responded to the toast. “The Ambassadors.” He was greeted with vociferous applause and his speech, although chilly humorous In speech, although chiefly humorous in ous remarks that turntfl the tide of laughter into hearty cheering. “I consider." he said, “speaking on behalf of my brother ambassadors, that our highest duty and greatest pleasure is to cultivate the friendly re lations of our several countries with Great Britain, so as to avoid the pos sibility of a resort to war.” Boot Report* on Salaries. WASHINGTON, D. C., April, 26.— Secretary of War Root today sent to the senate his reply to the resolution of April 21. as to whetner officers of the United States army in Cuba or Porto Rica have received any compen sation to which they were not entitled by law to receive as salary and allow ances; and If so asking the names and rank of the officers and the amounts received by them. The reply says that allowances have lieen paid four officers of the army who have been re quired to live in the ciity of Havana. (ME NEW CASE Of HAGUE t __ " i tarpoi in Chn*s« at BoMinSa Bopafal JtagarSlac UtnaUva WASHINGTON, April M.—The sur geon general of toe marine hospital service has received s report from Sur geon Carmichael, in charge at Honolu lu, under data of April 9. He sajs that since his report of March t one new case of plague has been discovered. The victim was a white girl and the case was fatal. The pro peers. Dr. Carmi chael says, are encouraging- Only one detention camp was open, there were two convalescents at the pesthoa-w. but no other case. Xo new cases bad been reported tram the other islands. Surgeon Cnrmienael denies the report that there had been a targe number of deaths from plague on the island of Kalaohui No general crusade has been begun against .ae rata, watch have spread the plague, bat a bouncy of 25 cents had been offered and a pro fessional rat-catcher appointed by the board of health. The council of state has adopted the follow log resolution: Resolved. That it is the sense ot wj* council of the state that the Hawaiian ! hr (fiiea order of the hoard of health as well as .•ones caused by the afo dental spread of ire of Janas?? » IhM. awl kases caused ay the teadag burned: further, that the canal of state sok earnestly advise the exec utive naadl to tipoht a new conn of claims of ave members, at least three of whom shall be business men. ! President Dole has not acted mi the resolution as yet. ENGLAND WILL STAY OUT VTU1 Ut Otter Power* Prcm Has Enough TTmMs. LONDON, April 26.—Inquiries made at the British foreign office confirm the dispatch from Constantinople to the Associated Press, saying that in view of the steps taken by the united States regarding claims arising out of the Armenian massacres, the ambassies of Great Britain. France, Austria, ,taly and Germany nave asked their govern ments to instruct them as to their similar claims. It is also learned tne British government has not answered its ambassador’s request for instruc tions and contemplates Individual ac tion. While the attitude of her majesty’s government is one of regret that the British claims have come to this stage, it will co-operate in any plan decided upon by the other powers concerned. It is not believed at the foreign office however, that joint acwon will ta^e In anything except the renewal of use less protestations to the Turkish gov ernment. Should the continental powers agree on insisting that they be treated os the same basis as the United States, they will only have a mkewarm fol lower in Great Britain. Lord Salis bury desires no further complications at present. SIOUX ARE DISCONTENTED Worked Up Over Cat la Hattons and Dv* lay to Pay lay Inter—t Money. FORT YATES. N. D.. April 26.— There is great uneasiness and bitter ness of feeling among the Sioux In dians here over the policy of the In dian bureau. Suddenly and without explanation the rations have been cut In half and the money from the sale of hides and the annual interest money has not been paid to them. They hold this to be directly in violation of the treaty. Letters are being received by the Sioux here from the Pine Ridje Sioux urging that if peaceable means fail to secure treaty rights there in nothing left but to fight for them. A CWrai* HI— Ktttod CHICAGO. April 2k- In a labor Hot which occurred at Racine and Welling ton avenues tonight erne man was in stantly hilled, another severely In jured and alx others received slight injuries. The dead; PETER MILLER, shot through head and instantly hilled. The injured; John McGuire, shot In the right arm and cheek; Injuries vervw hut not fetal; Edward Yarmn ton. cut on the head with Nr**s knock lee; Benjamin Remark. cut oe the heed with brass knuckles; William Fottgetter. bruised about the hear end body; Louts Jecktafce, cut about the te<e and heed; James Gibbon*, bruised by being struck with a crab. . Wilt U—4 hv Itrywn MONTGOMERY, AUu. April 26.—The democratic state convention this after noon nominated W. J. Sanford tor gov ernor and adjourned until tomorrow morning. The day session was spent In speech making and nominations were not reached until tonight. The platform to be adopted will indorse Bryan tor president, will reaffirm tha Chicago declarations of 1696 Brewers Wut Wer Tm Reduced. WASHINGTON, April 26—A large delegation representing the brewers of the United States appeared before the ways and means committee today to urge the repeal of the extra tax of $1 a barrel imposed on beer by the war revenue act The delegation was sent by the board of trustees of the United Brewers’ association and Included the president of the association, Rudolph Brandt of Chicago, Vice President N. W. Kendall of New Haven and others. Giro a Watch to Dewey. WASHINGTON, April 26.—Admiral Dewey today received a delegation at Beauvoir, his country home, wuich represented 50,000 children in the northwest, and which presented to him a gold watch and fob. « ue money was raised entirely by * i-cent" subscrip tions. Bead Dali. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 26—The amount of bonds so far exchanged at the treasury for the new 2 per cents la $256,101,850, of which $43,162,750 were from individuals and institutions other than national banks. Wants American Coal. WASHINGTON, April 26—\ice Con sul General Hammer at Frankfort has informed the state department that a large firm In that city desires to con tract with a coal company In the United States for 500,000 tons of coal during the next twelve months. Condition off the Treasury. WASHINGTON. D. C., April 26.— Today’s statement of the treasury bafr ances in the general fund, exclusive of the $160,000,000 gold reserve in the db vision of redemption, shows: AvaiV •bis cash balanoa, $144,727,414. ' ' # 5?Mg STANDARDOILMATTERS The Case Soon to Gome Before Supreme Court for Hearing. TIE ATTORNEYS FOR TRF DCFCNSF Attorneys Will IrgM the Demurrer of the Jloeepoiy te the Complaint Filed by tbe State—A Cue That Attract* Widespread A « eat lea. LINCOLN. April 30.—Tbe case ot tbe State of Nebraska against tbe Standard Oil company will come up for bearing before tbe supreme coart Tuesday on a demurrer Hied by At torney General Smyth. tbe object of which la to strike oat two clauses of tbe defendant s answer which attack I tbe con^tltwtloaatlty of tbe Nebraska anti-trust taw. James M. Wooiwortb awd Frank L McCoy wiB appear for tbe Standard Oil company and At torney General Smytb wilt present tbe side of tbe erase. Tbe gawicaoag to lie discussed ace of a jess! wtsucu. *1 twwcbrac upon tbe v-emscracKawafiky of tbe are water wtetb tbe west eras tasatrawd. la tbe temwrted fwst fM Atamy General Sotytb balls that tbe atteeweye tar tbe Mndix: bate placed a wrong ia twrpneraoen open tbe taw ami tastes* that ter tbis reason ctawses <6 axe T of the,? answer shoalc be ssttftaa oat. Tbe emsdencku of tbis ptropesJtica will delay tbe toil bearing of tbe case for several months and iff tbe axtoraey general is overruled tbe mate's cause off action will be seriously crippled. The attorney general contends that there is nothing in the anti-trust taw or its title which is contrary to the constitution, but the answer off the defendant cites several specific points of alleged unconstitutionklity and three more which are held to be con trary to the constitution of the United States. This case has attracted widespread attention, for upon its decision de pends the course to be pursued against trusts in other states. James M. Wool worth das been employed as additional counsel for the defense and prepara tions are being made by that side of the case for one of the hardest legal battles ever fought in the supreme court T»ir* A gal nut Railroad*. LINCOLN, April 30.—The Nebraska railroad maps for 1899 have been de livered at the state house and are ready for distribution from the office of the transportation secretaries. The maps, besides showing the boundary lines of all counties, judicial and con gressional districts, contain a lot of interesting railroad statistics touch ing upon taxation, value and cost of operation of railroads in Nebraska. The total amount of taxes assessed against the railroads for 1899 is $1, 099,460.12. Lancaster county heads the list of counties in the valuation of taxable railroad property, the taxes assessed in ,-is county amounting to $52,297.63. In Douglas county, next on the list, the taxes assessed In 1899 amounted to $32.42*.21. In Wheeler county the assessment is $367. During the year eighty-five persons were killed and 243 injured. The total com pensation on all Nebraska railroads for employes was $8,987,529 and the total operating expenses were $15,094, 325. Death at Fremont Soldier. FREMONT. Neb.. April 30.—Mr. J. A. Bateman received word of the death on a transport of his son. Howard F. Bateman, of Company H. Thirty-ninth United States volunteers. It is thought that he haa been discharged for sick ness and was on his way home. Hts ts the second death among the eight Fremont boys who enlisted In the Thrlty-ntnth, the other being that of Private W. R Nelson, who was killed In action. Bateman was 27 years old and had resided here with his parents, clerking In hts lather’s grocery for shout six years. Hts remains were hurled at sea. A weal P»r»*m** Ti water FHKMQNT, Nebk. April 3* -New* was received here of the arrest at Owe* Hay, Wk, of Henry Hoetteikee, the wfaulttag treasurer of Webster township, HoeHWter heft (Or parts unknown In September, im, and when Ms books were examined hts accounts were found to-be short several thou sand dollars. He owed Dodge county about $2.3W and a nearly equal amount to Webster township and the school district of Dodge. This short age was made good by his bondsmen, one of whom was his father-in-law, and ever since that time they have made strenuous efforts to get a trace of him. Uottud Ball Iwrun Assorts The United Mutual Hail Insurance association of Lincoln, paid April 18. $6,767.60 on losses in addition to what has already been paid, making a total of $12,832.00 more paid on losses than any other company doing business in the state, and on an income of $29, 542.00 less than the next largest com pany. The report of the insurance department for 1899k shows that the loss by hail was 22 times greater than all other losses combined on farm property. Syndicate tor Ssgar Beet*. FREMONT. Neb., April 30.—A syn dicate of citixens, with Frank Brown as superintendent, is patting In sev enty-five acres of sugar beets east of town. Mr. BroWra has been in the beet raising business for a number of years past and he avers that it is the mo6t profitable crop that a farmer can raise. The exceedingly wet season last year, which discouraged so many. Mr. Brown states was the wettest in thirty-two years, and the* it will re cur is wholly improbable. Prspsrs for <Nd«t Kncsmpmcnt. BEATRICE, Neb., April 30.—Ar rangements have been concluded for the annual encampment of the State University cadet batalion here for four days, beginning May 16. The encamp ment will last tour days. There will be about 806 men in camp. Arrsstsd fsr Bootlegging. DECATUR. Neb., April 80—Deputy United States Marshall H. D. Homan and United» States Commissioner Thomas Sloan have been in town in vestigating the bootlegging charge* among the Indiana. Eight arrests were mad*. *_ CORN PLANTING BEGUN Ground la Favorable Condition—A Good Week for the Grata. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, Lin coln. April 27.—Rainfall chart for week ending Sam.. April 23: The past week has been warm and wet. with more than the normal amount of cloudiness. The daily mean temperature for the week averaged 5 degrees above the normal in the east ern and 3 degrees in the western coun ties. The minimum temperatures for the week were below freezing in the northern and western counties on the morning of the 13th. The maximum temperatures occurred on the last days of the week, and generally were be tween 79 degrees and SO degrees. Rain tall quite generally on the first and last days of the week, making a total for the week above normal in nil counties. The rainfall exceeded an inch In ateal eastern and southern to be too wet for farm work tike first half «f the week. Dwrfev the mare WTHORESA. April* 27.—The rfoae which passed through this coun ty, ease of hero, seems t» have done more damage than was at fine report ed. At the home of the Barrens, four and a half miles south end one mile east of here, ms large horn was carried from its foundation and completely demolished. The harness which was in the barn was later found half a mile north, but the horses, also fa the barn, were not injured. A sulk cutter, which stood near the barn, had one wheel taken off dean. On the farm north of Barrens the storm swept through a field of wheat and a strip thirty feet wide across the entire field was left without a spear of wheat in sight. On the farm of William Fye eighty rods of fence were carried away. bMonthm for Mciklcjoka. WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 27 — The senate committee on foreign rela tions agreed to report favorably a res olution permitting Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn to receive the decoration of chevalier o? the sword, tendered to him by the king of Sweden and Norway on account of courtesies extended to Swedish officers who visited the United States during the Spanish-American war. The decoration is one of the handsomest ever presented to an Amer ican, and for a very long time Secre tary Meiklejohn was in doubt whether to accept It, but he finally decided, out of courtesy to the donor. It would be only proper to receive the decora tion. Bills by Senator Allen. WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 27.— Yesterday was Senator Allen’s bill day, he having introduced bills to remove charges of desertion from the name of F. W. Josyln of Clarks, Neb.; J. P. Troyer of Palmer, Merrick county: Peter Colle of Wayne, Neb., and Heis kell Loflard and bills to pension R. B. Salter, Isaac Hogobone, Hiram T. Coff man, Deborah Perkins, Jerome Cassa vant. Charles B. Hart, William H. North and D. B. Bailey. D*od Body of m Man to Found. GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. April 27.— The remains of a man apparently about 25 years old were found about one an* a half miles east of this city on the Union Pacific railroad. The body was completely severed from the limbs. His clothing was neat and clean, but thoroughly soaked and marked H. G, McAnneney. Winona. Minn. On his per son was a letter addressed to Mrs. I. Rroe. Osceola. Neb. The remains will be held until relatives are heard from. WTim Neb. April 21,—Otis Brown, who went to work as a section hand on the Burlington at this place, fell In front of the hand cur which passed over him breaking bis collar bona, fracturing his skull back ef the ear. break tug a member of bis ribs and mangling one leg. He died from Ids injuries. HARTrNGTwT*Neb. April 87,—A banquet in honor of those attending the Northeastern Nebraska Bankers’ association meeting was tendered at the Union opera house. It was con ducted by the Ladies’ Guild of the Epis copal church. Ed Kearney of Jhclcson was the toastmaster. It was a brilliant social event. Cmatatr *«*•«• AUBURN. Neb., April 27 —The Au burn canning plant is now assured, the necessary amount of stock having been subscribed by twelve responsible men, eleven of whom are business men of Auburn. The company will Incorporate this evening and at once proceed to se cure the putting out of several hun dred acres of corn and tomatoes. Hssse Brakta by the Wind. WAHOO, Neb.. April 27.—A destruct ive wind storm visited the farm of Thomas Rochford. about eight miles northwest of this city. Mr. Rochford’s residence was broken in two. the parts thrown off the foundation and part un roofed; barn unroofed, eorncribs and granaries smashed and grain scattered. Why Kxtradition Failed '" LINCOLN, Neb., April 27—Accord ing to the conclusions of Governor Poynter the requisition for the return of Dr. Hills, the alleged bigamist, was refused by the governor of Washing* ton because of the absence of a certifi cate testifying to the truth of certain facts set forth in the petition. The requisition was made out according to the requirements of other states, but an examination of the laws of Wash ington shows that it is technically at fault. Hills is wanted at Blair. Battle Lmtc* tb# Normal. LINCOLN. Neb.. April 27—^J. A. Beattie, principal of the state normal i school at Peru, handed his resignation to the State Normal Board of Educa tion to take effect August 8. The resignation was accepted, and the va cancy will be filled at the June meet ing of the board. Two names are al ready being mentioned for the princi palship. A. K. Goudy, formerly state superintendent and W. A. Clark, who was formerly professor of philosophy at the school, asd now working for a Ph. D. degree in the University of Chi cago. The position carries a salary of 1IBRMHIGAMIST Some Facta klanl the Rascal How Fight ing Against Extradition. HE FOUND A WIFE AT BLAIR Married Dolly Powell. Wbooo Fatboa Xow Lint at Floreoew—la Fader Ar» root at Tacoma. Waeb-, aad la Mablag — . BLAIR. Neb.. April 35.—Parties In terviewed here La regard to the Row land P. Hill bigamy ease of Tacoma. Wash, reported tn dispatches, give the following facts: Rowland P. HIH. «r Hills, ss the h AngwSL xv-atsng to New Twt wSUh has erdtaasbrn jwjwrs. where he vac letwl «yen chwvfc ««i. His eiht Iwww* t^linwwi him. and the bnbty rw vwfced his isoMMie 'there, lie tlfext «um t» Athmtftc, I A. wad agaJ* his liona* was taken awwy ftwm him. There he bMUM WfMlMsi with the Powell family. wtth whom he came t• Blair and went Into the milk business He had every sffmarmnce of a well edu cated man, bet kept away from his church people while disguised ss a milkman. Rev. toung had been warn ed to lock Mt for one Rev. Kills, bet little dreamed that the man whe brought milk to Ms back door was the doe. It was at the request of the pa rents and upon affidavits of HfUs that be bad never been married that Rev. Young consented to perform the mar riage ceremony, having misgivings of the man on account of his highly edu cated manners. Upon learning that he was the man of whom he had been warned about ten months before he has taken earnest steps to have him brought to justice. Sheriff Mencke left here on last Wednesday and has had the man ar rested in Tacoma. A telegram an nounces that Hills has commenced habeas corpus proceedings and will fight against coming back. His Eng lish wife left England April 14 and is expected to be in Blair in a few days. Andrew* and the Unlvcnltr. LINCOLN, Neb., April 25.—Acting Chancellor Bessey returned this morn ing from Chicago, where he was the guest of the Nebraska University club of that city at its second annual din ner. While in the city Dr. Bessey con ferred with Dr. Andrews concerning the administration of the State univer sity and of this interview he said to day: “The first morning sfter I arrived in Chicago I had a conference with Dr. Andrews. I took along a number of university documents to glv*v the new chancellor a better idea of the size, growth and importance of the Institu tion than be formed while in the city, and he seemed more than ever pleased over the prospects. Dr. Andrews will be here August 1 and I'll have to hang on until then. He expects to leave Chi cago In a few days for Europe, but Mrs. Andrews will come to Lincoln some time in July to arrange for a house and will remain In the city from that time. Borins; for N«bnt«k> CmL WILBER, Neb.. April 25 —Several enterprising citizens in and around Wilber, headed by J. F. Spirk. real estate agent, have long had the belief that deposits of coal existed in the lo cality. Last October they employed a well known borer from Crete to com mence operations on the farm of An ton Karpisek. six miles west of Wil ber. He bored to the depth of twenty five fuel, and at that depth discovered a seam of coal twenty-one inches in thickness. This work not proving sab *»factory to the parties concerned, they determined to Incur further expense, and now they have employed the firm of C. hi. Mullock * CV of Chicago to make borings with a diamond core drill J. *1 PAPtLUON Ntfc, April John Rudolph, a middle-aged farmer, who has hern Uvlng on the Ritchie farm five miles south of PapUttoa, hung himself In hfs granary. He has n Me ter. Mrs. John Metzger, living at l«etgh. Neb. Rudolph has been farming here for the past five years. It is supposed that deranged mental condition was responsible for his suicide, as no other cause can be ascribed. •W Cmchcd hy • Wh««. HILDRETH, Neb.. April 25.— Nathan, the youngest son of John Nel son. was run over by a lumber wagon here. He sustained Injuries to his chest, which are liable to prove fatal. DaltMU Sorrlnl Operation. HASTINGS. Neb., April 25.—Dr. Weir tea, assisted by Dr. Schaufelberg. removed an eye from Mrs. Wesley For ney. a lady who lives about six miles east of Hastings. The lady's little son was playing with an air gun and dis charged it at his mother’s face. The shot entered the eye and completely destroyed the sight Tbe shot was found embedded In the eyeball, from whence It was removed by the doctors. v i’j-v.r.v Second District Enumerators. OMAHA, Neb., April 25.—Census Su pervisor D. H. Wheeler has received from Washington the names of the enumerators appointed for the Second Nebraska district At the same time he received special instructions not to make the names public. The list of appointees includes the names of nine women, who have been appointed to enumerate resident districts In the city of Omaha. This is the first time, so far as known, that women have been so employed In Omaha, and Major Wheeler expects them to make a bet ter showing than the average. Bcnra Burned While Be Wu Fishing. FREMONT, Neb., April 25.—A new house Just completed «§ * the farm of Samuel Wiinon. thiWV.jiies west of Ames, was compiet/ lestroyed by fire, together with jf * contents, in cluding $300 In paf ^ney. Several small build ingaf Arent were also consumed. TWl .oss will be about $1,100, with no insurance. The origin of the fire is shrouded in mystery. Mr. Wilson, the owner, was absent fishing when the conflagration oc curred.