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Mat I*.,— Ext*Lull4 Mil* t- *; • * t ’ u ;i #it,| dlrnttot Urealb » it,?*- - 1 I- cn» «*f t ue relief at M*fti % rf* i r-markabi*- for * * t ttifce" ■#'! la e»«*trtl* «lre*4 ...i s »c '..* sul;> • .*< a sete »r-iSm War vl #. «■■«* after mid* ; *t,i ©2 far autse i».tt... biiijr f-la<,*:aai;!j dill Tb** j»eo |r 4 »b* ** Bbefi li»e lubirnw of ike •**!<* * ere baa LI; t i<*i el u.th --* * *ka: BKlifac bai be-a re* ■ ■*4 * its** ill ten aaets* r-*ar. tb# tee* 4*. i bo.u* Muf . * * Bit**' o! tb.- Uei* jr we red jear* **’* .*2 • ’-Sid bate pmmmmI fibe new*. iaMi.reti.aM Marquez W-* it, report* tbal leaked out ftoai -• M ** *- hum t&at the 1 <r •** rsarra . . * ia> f*-!! jb*.«» a * •' *P * -»*i#Sta: Ha ; I» H>*ael! |M*!**lltte*l *« -**-’.ae -rsr fnr? and Is*- *!trti •atrsaMUied and o* * he!ia*-d tbe* !|>e "*!:-*• *u* l*f*e fanre* near a* band |eT ..j ’(m> m;ata<eai It was thus **-. . * P(- »sdeat Krugers * * '■* **<• <»- to!* 4 rtuai-itl t * li *tl-. i fSEJS £* > IV |«*t| st ; *- «. »Th ty** Ittio » * :*> bos ft hate a * fi, * i u w m \. ■ m t . Tbe dfs* ■ '".iju. Hull..*j'ja to Mafeklcc is a* ■*» %* tb* railway 1* open all ■ - ‘v Ptrsaai. t *eat>-eigHt in if* *.*'e. :fajf tbe < anwlian* may ■ • * :!j rbe *e; ■ . *b- >BSi*tfee r< ••>!« of ‘be House .*i.a,.,. si*' til. aior.ii.tic yir Janie* ii ■ » <■* a»* a ■ <ef tm \ orkati re. W e*t 'hi 4Cate# Valley dlvkuob. an* •••Weed- *ta* Mafekliag 1**4 been re tttiil a# « d. - ii j. titmtile ♦* «B* an ’.h*- auuoun «*ai»st. H p ut t» a dautioa is tb* Ho1;.*# of « nacaou* a* 4 So o . i«« k " , a’T^-feiMW. tbe paritattieft’arv *ee »**" f lit War «ft.-e Mr Wyad •*'*3D *.»id ha regiet!#*! that he was *■ tJ * ’•> * • e may information in *«' ta Mat*-. .*ij »fc. h would re *• aai>* of the na*:oa about • r * «-d •>.* e '»• * If del 'he house that even t* til- relief of Ma'ei ms had '.St# :J retw e of the event • ■ ■! s.t* arrive is Ktamad ln*f#r* i» ’ *’ ,l poae.ldr five lit. ~ «!'*r jo'« of Mr VYi"n4ltwm*a • ; - a* t*'ali* a - e; an in • T. 'La* the cot e;-j.tuen* I* ex U— ' * *he relief of t'ohiaW HaJea U and hi* garrlaan would or-rur • War* a* the preaen* time - p at.—The Hat <dk# has re ** *•* follow:?-* .*pa!«-b from I. >- 1 Rouartn: #*»-•*• NSTJkD Mm . IT—Hunter • a* Ip.ed ni'idllBil Without op • r. • 'He ewe'wy having retired to V- .» .*p under 'h* . mpremion that t , * in ?i • eatejje >. by a po>.tips «*f 't- U * from f*a ry r It .Ei ..■* x fnrre nra* •'«(»—* to doeo The ■ » - • e *j.. 1 •' ‘'tt ' OOEtCtr-M-tjef !n f!-' rf —s t *eport* that a number o! !» -era ’it tig in the FlrkittlC and B-- - a. '"ii.trj.tr hate applied •«* i a f’ » “ti*e and a* to the «-ondl t - *" *sc I’mk’ 'TIB* i» tery aatiie f*, 'Of| * 8Rt 41 ft411II IS (01OMB!4. Swril* teal aat Herrrra Rr|mrl«l i*«i ani.-a C'fNUOX. fal—bln Ma* Is,—t v u i.i.m' n* —Newr ha* ham meetved her* of a %i' lory by ibe Kui>rnm#ut t. .p» * ter the ilMirfftu in a battle t * ;,* \Via* ds*»r;'t. whi< h te-gan V i II. aad lasted seventy buurt Ci ■ uera'-r Leal and Herrera were a* tht killed who are *aid to have • —*11 r-t BWttie? at- The »ltUfkt«iOf Wing dewrfibed a» * to trrihie butrbery.** 1 ae .* hundred lp»<rgeat« were taken primmer* and ihe g nerament troop* - aptuied a .arge guantity of gun* and rt*0* UlU l»ei»» trr'rt Hrann;. NEW YOftK Ma> Is Edward K i'»te* of fhi* « fly ha* been appointed *pe» s a»* * mat t'aited .State* attor P- general b the matter «t the pro . *el.sa* again** I’harle* W Neeley aad nth* *® -tala aad employe* of the *. ts.*:.*. *•!?:. *’- • i ;n < ut.a un de* the j .thori! f «#f the I nned State*. Is »f<* akiBg of the Neeley case to il* I t *e«J Male. IMatrirt Attorney B **id that the hearing art for •::: • !'€>« bef • .-re < OllJ 111 I* Mo’ier e - ’» would a most likely be ad i t for a week tie also *aiu that ' » hr .< tig regardiag the extradition «»’ V*e ey wmild proisahly be post , * day *‘? iff ■tl'Uod **, | ts|it»l«K ; % * ro\ May |«-Wb K'le-mao * •»* • *4 l>i lightning m fin island t p a this rviiitt. He was in the *•:& and to;» w Iwge t"?wa» stunned, but revived I*' it- E. May IT.—I- rani. Hesier. t!' i tew near !*>er»«ilt* was strtv . at"-ini. He was lairos <ng in I He'.- H tea* wa» billed, but he *» er I esi S' %!»«•» Kn«.r . «* IrHIVGTON Ma> IS.—-4’hairmao Hall *if the (Vur u Aleae i a rest i gat tug ivincii.itt.ee toda> anfi.viio.red the • sBeocciHlttee tv draft tbe reports on I* i* aatbjeit. as follows ttepreai nta t «*» 1 > h of On o, Ke- h of WiiruiKin w39 Capron of Rhode Island, repiibll i*.» and R*-pre»ei»tarive* la*ntz o! €* a *r Hay of \ irg'.nta drmo'nU. Tfae majority wrfil doubtless onmr In a ept-’ t and the Minority also wilt agree OB woMe of the general prin mo1\«I aufcnugi individual »i-* - ' >» the n»i»oii.;y no-mber* Btia" ire Ma| OB points on whb'h there i* not ompbte agree me at H»«*i %*lk* I ! ,•>».* !|UM tt'hfrsfHSGTDV. Ma,y It—John W. M*fr- z* aerol aerto* ary-treasurer of Hie svitight* of tabu this afteraom T t*d * “U so equity asking that a jem p earg lnjCHrtion be granted against the eaemtlwo board of the order w hich had ordered him to appear before it t.-'-ay to answer certain •'barge* hied a,gains1 Elm A temporary restraining Older wra * issued ??r. Hayes' main .-ante* lions were that he Bad previous i Ij bM tried on these .barge* alao tn«t the present board has failed tc %w*UfJ. k i IfiLt: TREE HOMES BILL A LAW. rrMtdanl M< Km ley the Fl/nci Mmiurr Hi* llfllrlul Approval. WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 18.— President McKinley signed the free ■ home-read bill at 1 o'clock this after- j i»'"»u Friends of the new law. who j >tndied it- provirdoas carefnlly. | *a>> that it take-, effect at once. On ! - !> •;* < net.--smaii Burke, m^ni e. ot the public lands committee ■a!., li cm-idered the bill, said: I *--re i- no ntiesrion that under the a law all lands formerly within In- j liun re-ei\ations which have been I • ■ i to s*"lt ement aie subject to ' eat; without the claimants being • ge j to p.i. for the land as hereto 1ur. ** Mi lb. .. < a l led at the land office! to t i • that telegraphic instruc- 1 ?• c’* - a* t< local land officers how pi > ■ :».«!♦ the iir-w law concern - a i nit to prove up. The off.. i o? «:. * Interior department de r. • > ..... an opinion as to the | «•: ■ »t the „vv until tbev have had , p •- r*itv to examine it and j in da* t•• n.-t mu tions will be pre- 1 p e t r .j.g:.. i Burke expressed ; «ne i>: p lb. it' -etue; - wish to j :i:a . * ;c • ’ »• ..m* rhe local officers g .eii ::u,tru<-t:ons under the new taw th-y nu do -> without making . i • : t to? ;;:nd- as the old law pro- j -d and that while such proof may : i . e .. .•j.'i'ii bv the local officials, : vi. ultimately be accepted by the land commissioner. TO INSPtIT Tilf IMMIGRANTS. lowtlrrly 1»I>Id( step- to l’rovbJw rye llUl ill II.MIlii WASHINGTON. May IS.—Cotnmis- j Bener.il pov.ilerly is taking ac • • ■ - ep- t ■ ..tabo-h a system of ini- i migrant icspe the Hawaiian is ian ... ■ to that end he has detailed ! Mr F 1! l.arti** i. the <hief clerk of j !' .’.ration bureau, to proceed) i 1 utiluli! and make a careful exaoi :.»! n o’ the conditions there and es •a - h tti stem in ail important pi »!«:- the sam*- «•; is now in - u>* a’- c. in the I nited States. M Geieg. K Baldwin, also of the . g .i* ui be eU has been appoint ed ..urn giant inspector at Honolulu! ad tie w H -,iii there in a few days. Mr K man IMder. an inspector at N. v Yuri w very toon go to Porto :»! > ’<* it-an examination as to tii - ••;!* .:! o:i the ’-land. He will e -e - a*;-” - of the number of ar .. » - cm lithe countries, their char •?<!:• •: and will snake a ’»■::> - ci a- .. - >)e to Mr. Pow d> i ,ngre-si »t:al action will ba ic e... however, before an inimi .. a’ - -*-:n ria be established at '• :» > st p-Tt.-. with authority to • am • ;• -i l j *p »ri objectionable 24 J * MGnn-MVi MH NATIONAL BANKS Ku>h of .%|»|ill<at mmi« RerHied [ nilei New I.aw. WASHINGTON May is —The report of the comptroller of the currency show* ,hjn fr«,ni Mat h 14 the date mi ah: h the new financial bill became a law to Mjv 12. 229 applications have been r<*.eivel for authority to organ ise national bank' with a capital of .* " than each, making a total • aptta! of $5.9»»5.U.iU. Du: tic lit- same period sixty-one j;*:•!: at! *ti' have been received where t:e capital w t- more than $50,000 b o a t"ta of $7.‘_ *• o«h». Sin . March 14 fifty-nine banks have t>e«»n o'ganized with U -> than $50,000 t. ’ai and twenty-six nave been or -ar:z“d vi'h $'-|"hmui capital or over. I !»•-'- eight' nve hanks have deposited to :e fit llatiou aggregat ing $1.-*V. I ‘HI. T he «in • :ut of bonds so far ex hanged a1 the tr-asury for new 2 per • t inind' is $272 010.350. of which |. ..s» wa- received from individ a s and in-titutions other than na tional banka. V Ii.rri.an Itiiif.ltnc !n (»e rtii* nv. V. \SHINGTON. May lk—Work upon the new Bremen Cotton exchange is jr og!e,s.,ag rapidly according to a re l*ort to the State department from * ons Bi-Jrii h at Bremen. This bt t.tig is to tie the first one in Ger man- constructed entirely on the Amen an plan. Bremen stands next ’o Li*e{pool as the leadine cotton mar ket on the continent and the exchange ha- grown rapidly from a small tiegin ning las* year, arbitrating upon 41.181 bale* of cotton. Porto Kira « untiinx Rri-cipti. WASHINGTON. May 18—The divi sum of « s*oms and insular affairs oi the War department made the state ment today that the total customs re <e pt' in the island of Porto Rico for the three months ended March 31. 1 >•*«». *a> $197,832. The total cus toms receipts in the island for the aiie three mouths of 189b was $354, ll|i|MHr A rm « staff WASHINGTON. Mar IS—General Bat*- payma'ter general of the army, ami General Ainswortn. ^*hief of the bureau of records and pensions, were -f •** the ho :se committee on military * affji'- today and added their opinion 1 against a change in the present staff organization of th** army. The hear ings will <-on< lude tomorrow. t*»«r Army Drntitl*. WASH! NGTON. Ma y 18.—Sen atot from the committee on mili ta y affairs today reported favorably th*- ill authorizing the appointment j of th::t> dental surgeons in the army. — Ibf«rl «f ImluOrivl C«nnlMion. WASHINGTON. May 18—The pre liminary rcwirt of the industrial com mi-*»ou on transportation, including a -♦•view of evidence, topical digest of ;deuce and testimony taken up to M > 1 lie*., was presented to congress '■•day. The report contains no recom mendations for legislation. Senator , K * < hairman of the commission, in h - letter of t ran s mi salon states that lowing to the incompleteness of its in to make recommendations to 1 congress or to the state legislatures. contemplates the making of such J r* < o*nm- ndations hereafter. — 1*. I'rmrnr Amniran llird>. WASHINGTON. May 18—The house iib relating to game birds was today i favorably reported from the senate ■ ■ommir.ee on interstate commerce. The purpose of the bill is to preserve j i. -tribute, iutroduce and restore wild birds in the l uited States and the en tire question is placed in the hands oi the secretary of agriculture. The importation of the mongoose ! flying fox. English sparrow and other 1 animals or birds destructive of the game birds, is prohibited by the bill : ;■ fa British Public Keenly Expectant of An nouncemsnt of It3 Succor. BOER COLIMN REPORTED DEFEATED Official Bulletin at Pretoria That British Sustained (.rear I.nss—Another Story of Eight Near t lie Town — l iicontirincd English Telegram of Battle Thirty thiee Miles l1 ruin There. LONDON. May 17.—The British re lief column fought the Boers at Kraal pan. thirty-two miles south of Matc hing. on Tuesday, according to a tele gram received Wednesday night at Ixturenzo Marquez from Molopo. 100 miles north of Mafeking. This intel ligence is accepted here with some re serve. because it is difficult to under stand hov. the news could have been so quickly put on the wire from a place 132 miles from the scene of the engagement. A correspondent of the Morning Post, presumably John Stuart, is re ported captured by the Boers at Kraal j pan. The British public is keenly expect ant of the announcement tnat Mafe king has been relieved. In army cir cles the opinion seems to prevail that this has already been accomplished, although two hours after midnight the war office asserted that no news of relief had been received. The steadfast courage of the hungry gar rison has produced a deep impression and the news of succor is awaited with more anxiety than has been felt re garding any other event of the war. Douglas Story, the Daily Mail’s corre spondent at Pretoria, wires: "The Boer government is holding back some big news. Feverish activity prevails here. The latest Boer offi cial bulletin is that the relief column has been defeated with great loss." Lord Roberts continues passive at Kroonstad. His cavalry are stretch ing like a semi-circle screen many miles in length with outlapping flanks. The railway will probably be complet ed today*. The Kroonstad censor per mits the passage of long dispatches i dealing with incidents prior to the occupation. If seems that General French's cav alry had one lively fight after crossing Zand river. A mixed squadron com posed of Scots Grays, the Inniskil- < lings. Carbineers and Australian f Horse, took a kopje and dismounted. The Boers suddenly fired from a con cealed position killing many horses and stampeding the rest. The Boers then advanced in overwhelming num bers and drove the squadron away, capturing some. The Boers robbed the dead and looted the saddles. A small detachment of cavalry later drove them off. Further north the Hussars charged the Boers, killing and wound ing many stragglers with sabers and pistols. 1-ord Roberts’ infantry marched 120 i miles in seven days. Genera! French I marched thirty miles in one day. The Boers, when retirii#:. dragged thirty two guns Through Kroonsstad. Genera! Buller is moving toward ' Newcastle. He appears to be using 23,000 men against 5.000 or 6,000. His operations will almost certainly re- j suit in bis forcing his way into the Transvaal, possibly in time to co-op erate with Lord Roberts' advance, al though Genera! Buller is now 252 miles from .Johannesburg, or twenty five days' march. -----._ MRS. ER0ST WILL BE RELE4SED. Chemist's licport Does Not Show Traces of Arsenic or Strychnine. YORK. Neb.. May 17.—The inquest in the Frost case came to an unex P«" ‘ed halt this evening. It was con fLt-nlly expected that the coroner's jury would return a verdict today but it was finally decided to adjourn the : hearing until a complete analysis of Frost's stomach was made. The chemist's report at this time shows a failure to find any traces of i strychnine or arsenic, although traces 1 of aconite and phosphorus have been ■ found. The physicians who testified heretofore were placed on the stand again today but the tenor of their tes timony has not been made public. A complete analysis may not be fin ished fot ten days yet. The county attorney has decided that Mrs. Frost , should not be held longer pending a final verdy-t. and she will be released from custody tomorrow. Ked CrosaIncorporated. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 17.—The house accomplished little today be sides passing the senate bill to incor porate the American National Red 1 Cross. No progress was made with the Alaskan code bill, owing to the in ability of the two sides to agree as to the time to be allowed for general debate. The conference report on the District of Columbia appropriation bill was returned after extended de bate. To Tr.r Again. SALT LAKE, Utah. May 17.—Coun ty Attorney Putnam today decided to i retry B. H. Roberts on the charge of ! unlawful cohabitation. Tuesday, the 25th instant. The matter was called to the attention of Judge Norrell, upon the opening of court this morning, and his honor ordered that the ease be set down for the date named. Mas*am> of Christian*. IILN 1S1N. May ]7.—More “Boxer" 1 outrages are reported sixty miles north of Tien Tsin. whore a number of na tive Christians have been massacred. The British admiral has arrived here and proceeded for Pekin. Leave Your Guns Ottside WASHINGTON, May 17.—The de partment of state is officially informed i that the French government has de cided not to grant permission to for eign militia to visit Paris in organ ized bodies during the exposition. Governor Smith I* Foraged. OGDEN. I tah. May 17.—Governor Robert E. Smith of Montana was in Ogden today, arriving from the coast en route to Helena. Relative to the | appointment of Senator Clark to the Tnlted States senate by Lieutenant : Governor Spriggs, he spoke in steady, j vigorous terms of what he termed "contemptible trickery.” He said: “It is a disgrace, shame and humiliation upon the people of Montana and the senate should act upon the resolutions and show him that they do not want him there, as he can take the hint in no other way.” MORE OF CATUBIG MASSACRE. Tart or Garrison Killed in Attempting ta Ksrape. WASHINGTON, May IT.—The of ficials of the War department, after waiting for nearly a week to hear something from General MacArthur at Manila, confirmatory of the press re port of the bloody three days' engage ment at Catubig, which resulted in the heaviest loss of life the American army has sustained in any one en gagement in the Philippines, yesterday cabled General MacArthur a request for information. The answer was re ceived today, confirming the press re ports and adding some interesting de tails. General MacArthur transmitted a report from Henry T. Allen, a major of the Forty-third volunteers, who commanded the l nited States forces on the island of Samar. It appears that this force was divided among several ports on Samar, and. while de tails are still lacking, it is believed that this particular force, which was besieged at Catubig, was commanded, not by a commissioned officer, but by a sergeant, either George or Hall, both of whom were kilied. Catubig, where the engagement occurred, is a seaport town of nearly 10.000 inhabi tants. General Mac Arthur's cablegram is as foiows: "MANILA. May 16.—With reference to your telegram of tne 14th. the ru mored engagement in Samar, reported cablegram of General Otis of May 4 has been confirmed by reports recent ly received from Henry T Allen. Fortv tmrd regiment. "Timed States volun teer infantry, commanding Samar is land. the detachment of forty-one men stationed at Catubig was attacked April 15 by 600 men with 200 rifles and one cannon. Our men were quartered in a convent, which was fired next day by burning hemp thrown from an adjoining church. Detachment at tempted escape by river. Men getting into boat were killed: remaining men intrenched themselves near river and held out two days longer, facing most adverse circumstances until rescued by lieutenant Sweeney and ten men. Over 200 of attacking party (many of them Reported coming from Lu zon island» reported killed and many wounded. Lieutenant Sweeney re ports streets covered with dead insur gents. ELECTIONS MIST BE EREE. Civil (iovprnor of Province of Havaua Is sue* a Circular. HAVANA. May 17.—Senor Nunez, the civil governor of the province of Havana, has issued a circular to all the mayors of the province urging them to see that elections are carried out with strict justice. He says the law does not forbid any functionary from offering himself for re-election, but the functionary must not make use of his authority in trying to secure re election. This especially applies to mayors, who must, therefore, not at tempt to impose their own candidates against the public will, as by so doing public order might he dsturbed. The people, the civil governor also says, must not he given reason to say the Cubans are now living under a mere mockery of liberty, due on one hand to the government and on the other to the revolutionists, but the law must be equal for all. At meeting of the national party all the committees were called on to send in nominations for mayor, councilmen and judges, with the number of votes obtained by each. The committees were also reminded that they must se lect men who are really members of ihe party and not those who have joined at the last minute for the sake of the party's support. PLAGIE BREAKS OIT IN JAPAN. Murderers of a Missionary i:i China Pun ished. VANCOUVER. B. C.. May 17.—The steamer Empress of India brings the unwelcome news that the plague has again broken out in Japan, this time in Osaka. The Kobe Herald says there were four cases of the disease in Osaka during April, all proving fatal. Plague germs were postively located in the blood of the victims. T here is grave apprehension tHai the pest may spread at this time, the beginning of the wet. warm season, when climatic conditions will be specially favorable to the cultivation of the bacillus. The Nippon states that no fewer than eleven persons died from the pest last month, that their remains were cre mated and their property disinfected, but that the public was carefully kept in ignorance of the renewal of the plague. Associated Press Director CHICAGO. III., May 17—At the an nual meeting of the Associated Press today over 100 members were present. The following directors, to fill vanean cies, were elected. Charles H. Grasty, Baltimore News; E. P. Call. New York Evening Post; E. Rosewater. Omaha Bee; George H. Thompson. St. Paul Dispatch. Butler Has Not Resigned. WASHINGTON. May i7— Senator Butler contradicts the report that he had resigned the position of chair man of the national populist commit tee in favor of ,T. H. Edmieten of Ne braska. He said that he had been elected to the position contrary to his wishes and that, knowing he would not for the present be able to give his entire time to its duties, he had a^ked that Edmisten be made vice chairman. Clatk Causes Much Talk. WASHINGTON. May 17.—While there is much discussion among sena tors over the status of Senator Clark of Montana there has not been suffi cient crystallization of sentiment to justify a conclusion as to what the fianal result may be. A meeting of the committee on privileges and elec tions has been called for next Friday to consider what course shall lie pur sued in view of Senator Clark's resig nation with reference to the commit tee on resolutions declaring the seat vacant. D«*w«*y in Washington. WASHINGTON. May 17.—Admiral and Mrs. Dewey returned to Washing ton this afternoon from their western trip. The station was deserted when the Dewey special arrived. The ad miral and Mrs. Dewey drove at once to Beauvoir, their summer home. The party had accumulated a quantity of souvenirs during the trip. All mem bers of the party were sunburnt, the admiral being almost as brown as on his return from Manila. He said the , trip had been "very enjoyable." STAMM APPEAL Piles Exceptions to the Decision of tha I State Supreme Court. ■ SMYTH'S DEMtARER MADE A BASIS -irst Step to an Actual Test of tin* Ne braska Anti-Trust l.aw Marie br tbe Trust Attacked — Exceptions Filed— Miscellaneous Nebraska Matters. LINCOLN. Neb.. May 21.—The at torneys for the Standard Oil company have notified Chief Justice Norval that they will file exceptions to the decis ion of the supreme court in sustaining the attorney general’s demurrer, the purpose of which was to strike out cer tain portions of their answer in the Standaid Oii trust ease. This is thought to be a preliminary step to an appeal to the United States supreme court, where the constitutionality of the Nebraska anti-tn st law will be tested. In the answer attacked by the attor ney general the point was raised that the law under which the suit was insti tuted was contrary to the constitu tion. The attorney general asked to have this portion of the answer strick en out and the court sustained him in his position. Should the case remain in the jurisdiction of the supreme court of Nebraska the question of fact in volved in the attorney general's peti tion would next be considered without going into any lurtner discussion of the constitutional phase. If the case is appealed to the United States court the demurrer of the at torney general w ill again be considered and the decision of the state court will probably be either afiirmeu or reversed. The exceptions have not been filed wiih the cferk of the court and noth ing is known of their contents. Judge Norval was notified by telegraph that they would be filed and he notified Clerk Herdman of the fact. The Irost Case Again. YORK. Neb.. May 21.—The termina tion of the Frost poisoning sensation is the principal subject discussed on the streets, business houses and homes. Mrs. Frost has been released from jail. While it is supposed by many that the action of the coroner's jury is final, the county attorney can ,at any time cause her arrest if further analysis shows quantities of aconite and phos phorus sufficient to cause death. If it were not for the fact that the jury was composed of the leading business men there would be some complaint over her release. Just what Mrs. Frost intends to do or where she will make her future home is not known. The following is a report of the jury to the coroner: We. the undersigned jurors, who were summoned by you on April 27. 1900, to hold an inquest upon the body of Charles W. Frost, say that we have examined a large number of witnesses and caused an autopsy to be held at which a portion of the body was re moved and placed in the hands of a competent chemist. The chemist has not yet submitted a complete analysis of the parts of the body so placed with him. and for that reason the jury is I unable to complete its work and reach a verdict at the present time, and it will be necessary to adjourn the in quest until the final report and analy sis is completed and submitted by the said chemist to the jury, and as sev eral days may elapse befote that time, we therefore request that you. as cor oner. instruct Mr. J. H. Afflerbaeh. con stable. who has in his custody Mrs. Margaret Frost, to release her. and give her her liberty until the fur ther finding of the jury. tnknoirn Man Falls From Train. GIBBON. Neb.. May 21.—An un known man fell off Union Pacific train No. 22 and the train passed over him. severing one arm and one leg and oth erwise injuring him. He is yet alive, but can survive but a short time. No one saw him fall. A brakeman first discovered him beside the rails. Four other tramps were in the same car and the marshal has them in custody. They assert they left him in the car and got out before he was hurt. In case of death an inquest will be held. Corner Stone I.aiil. AFBFRN. Neb.. May 21.—The cor ner stone of Nemaha county's new court house was laid Thursday, with appropriate ceremonies. The Wood men of the World were out from all parts of the county and the address was delivered by Sovereign Root. For mer Governor Furnas also delivered an address. The court house is well under way, the first story "having been com pleted before cold weather set in last fall. Die* on Burlington Train. HASTINGS. Neb.. May 21.—John James, a man suffering from consump tion. who was on his way to Colorado, died at Hansen. The body was brought to Hastings and taken charge of by the Masonic fraternity and was shippeu to Rock Creek. Kas., for burial. The deceased was accompanied by his wife and son. Rain Benefit* the Range*. CHADRON. Neb.. May 21.—A heavy rain fell throughout the entire north western portion of Nebraska. The ranges, although still in good condi tion. was badly in need of rain. Man Found Head on the Prairie. HARRISON. Neb.. May 21.—Alois Standenmaver was found dead on the prairie ten miles east of Harrison and one mile from the station of Andrews. Indications are that he was murdered. Steamer Burns at Florence. FLORENCE. Neb.. May 21.—'The John B. Hugo steamer, in the govern ment service near here, was destroyed by fire. The boat was owned by the Osage Packet company of Osage. Mo., and was in charge of Captain Thomp son. No insurance. Volunteer Re-F.nli*ts. PLATTSMOFTH. Neb., May 21—Jas. Bajek of this city has enlisted in the regular army as a musician and has gone to Fort Crook and front there he will be sent to Matanzas. Cuba. He was a member of the band of the Third Nebraska regiment. Boar Attack* a Farmer. CRETE. Neb., May 21.—Joseph Ru dernacker. a prominent and wealthy farmer living three miles northwest of this city, w'as attacked by a ferocious boar and dangerously hurt in the legs. There are fears of blood poisonina. " i THE OITIOOK IS PROMISING. Crop Conditions in Nebrutka Considered Sat is far lory. v N1VERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Lincoln. May 13.—Rainfall cbart for w eek ending 8 a. m., May 14. The past week has been warm, with little rain. The daily mean temperature has aver aged 10 degrees above the normal in the eastern and 11 degrees in the west ern counties. The rainfall for the week was be low normal in all parts of tne state. Scattered showers occurred on the first and last days of the w'eek; in few instances more than half an inch of water fell, but generally the amount was less than a quarter of an inch, and at many stations no rain fell dur ing the week. The past week has been an excellent one for the advancement of work in the fields. In some places the ground was rather wet during the first day or two. but generally a full week has been spent in the field. Corn planting ' has made rapid progress. In the southern counties the bulk of the crop has been planted. Grass, wheat, and oats have grown rapidly, and contin ue in excellent condition. Fruit is | setting well, and was little damaged by the frosts of last week. In a few places plums and late apples were damaged slightly. Will See the fcrlipne. LINCOLN. May IS.—Prof. Sweezy and Stebbins of the astronomical de partment of ihe State university will i view the approaching eclipse of the I sun on May 28 from a point near At l lanta. Ga. They will go armed with j the necessary instruments for making i observations and will probably join : a party of scientists either at Atlanta | or the point of observation. The total eclipse of the sun may be seen from only a very binall territory and will last only a few minutes. **A partial eclipse of the sun may be seen in Nebraska.” said Prof. Stebbins. ”but the total eclipse will be visible only from points in a narrow territory running northeast through the south ern states. In Nebraska the eclipse will be visible about 8 a. in. The moon will work gradually in between the sun and the earth and the sun w ill take on the appearance of a cres cent.' Scientists all over the country are making extensive preparations for viewing the eclipse and thousands of dollars will be spent in securing photo graphs and other information concern ing it. Should there happen to be any clouds between the earth and the sun while the moon is passing between the two the eclipse of course will not be visible. Men Figlit in Street. HUMBOLDT, Neb., May IS—Free man Lynch, a young farmer living near town, attacked E. F. Shafts, edi tor of the Enterprise, on the street in front of the latter's office and after Throwing a hanful of red pepper in his face proceeded to deliver some telling blows with a rawhide which he car ried. The pepper failed t‘o reach the eyes of his victim and. with the as sistance of his son Charles, was put ting up a good defense, when the mar shal arrived on the scene and took hold of Lynch. While the officer had hold of the latter Shafts, who had by this time obtained possession of the i whip, rained several blows upon the : head of the defenseless man. Other parties assisted in parting the combat ants and ail three were arrested on ! the charge of fighting. Lynch claims I the assault was the outgrowth of ac j tions of Sharis toward his family and i took this method of geeting even for wrongs done him. Killed by Lightning at Crete. I CRETE. Neb., May 18.—A fatal ac cident occurred near Crete. During a heavy thunder and rain storm Wil liam H. Smith, junk peddler and horse trader, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. The bolt struck him in the thorax, cutting open the flesh and marking the chest with purple spots which soon turned into black blotches. Smith was caught in the storm seven miles east of Crete. He was accompanied by his wife and child and a man by the name of Archie Mitchell. He was standing near a horse when the lightning struck him. Mitchell's wagon was torn to pieces. Smith was formerly of Mannattan. Kan. He was sixty two years of age. Killed by a Fast Train Freight. STERLING. Neb.. May IS—Milo Stoilard. a young man 20 years of age. wass killed here Monday night. It is evident that he was struck by the "Irish Mail,” a fast freight which passes through here at 12:30 a. m. He was discovered lying beside the track, two miles west of town, at 4:30 yes terday morning, by the engineer of the early passenger train. He was brought back to town and taken to a hotel. He died at 3:40 yesterday after noon without regaining consciousness. His skull was crushed on the right side, his right arm and shoulder crshed and a deep gash was cut on his chin. Hoy li-owned in C'reek. PAWNEE CITY. Neb.. May 18 — The fifteen-year-old son of Robert Shaw was drowned in Turkey creek, about nine miles south of here. Young Shaw in company with several boys younger than himself, were swimming and accidentally got into deep water and his companions were unable to help him. His body was recovered about an hour afterward. Improvements for Slate Hatcliery. SOUTH BEND. Neb.. May IS.—The State Fish commission at its meeting here ordere five new stone dams put in and various other' improvements made in the hatchery plant for the purpose of increasing the output of fish for stocking the streams next fall. Pioneer Xehra*kau Passe* Away. Bul E SPRINGS. Neb.. May 18 — Hon. S. M. Hazen. one of the pioneers of southern Neoraska. died at his home in this city, aged seventy years, nine months and two days. Woman Escapes With Orphan. TRENTON. Neb.. May 18— After a long and patient search by the outhor ities of the Orphans' home of Arch dale. N. €.. for an orphan girl, Flos sie Marsh, who they say was taken away from Archdale by Mrs. Ada Guinn Hungerford without right, the cnarge was located here. Representatives of the home arrived here and called on Mrs. Hungerford and demanded the child. She refused and that night took the girl and went in a wfagon to Culbertson where they took the train for Denver, where Mr. Hungerford. the woman's husbaoid. is located. EARLY NEBRASKA DAIS Laolihg Backward Forty Yean aad Ia in Heminiacanoas. THE ADVANCEMENT ME HAVE MADE rhe01dTowu„fU,,oto_The w.at of Faith in Nvlir.*,ta», I*o*»ibiUtie»—K« “°"U °f A-»H‘ul to Liurolu—Op port unit ir-. to se<.are Ulch Acre# Xliat "ere All»weu to LINCOLN, Neb m,,- 1C t , , backward cue- a - ^-Looking vears T P r * U ut t0'Ay-three nf on in, ' °f th>S city tell* with ,hp* ' ' ^ *Rtident connected with the remiu i frnni Omul, 0 Slale t'apitO» irom Omaha to j,;n ,lu nf“wnfr,ty;?1‘ret' >0ai* «SO the 24th for*Omaha' The- ^ b>' Stea“1,wat ur m ' "">«■ with the exc-pt : >f a short roU(i ot , milr,!k th' Missouri river, it , • ‘0RIR‘! u days to make the U. P to.°m‘lhu was then hut a irT'mirfnt ' :i!y ahout MOOo iiiaa 'Uants My recollection n fv, tbeie ua' 11 v <»ne brick house n, 10 * ‘ an 1 Mia: v.as located about where the Omaha bank building now stands. 1 wanted .... g0 lo 1)e So{o> twenty-two miles up the river, and as i couldn t get a •■unveyam-e of any kind. I had to walk the entile distance. It ** 1 pet.iaps be interesting to the >ounge; citizens o: Nebraska to know that lie feoto a- that time contamed Tiree banks, ten or twelve stores and oad a population of from 400 to 500 and was a county seal Today the place is nearly \acated. In those days Tie »~oto was by all odds the largest and best town north of Omaha and was looked upon a> a village with mcst_ promising prospects. \\ hen I came to Nebraska nobody expected to live to see Nebraska a state. They thought this was a pretty good place in which to make something and then go back to civilization. It was the genera! impression that none 3i the upland or land lying away from the stream > could he cultivated aud I remember that wh^u the capital was located here in Lincoln the old Omaha Republican referred to the place as being 'on the confines of civilization, uninhabited and uninhabitable, except for coyotes. Indians and prarie dogs.' 1 could have taken a homestead with n three miles of where the capital now stands, but I was not sanguine enough of its posisbilities to avail myself of ;he opportunity. We all thought the land west of the Blue river would | never be settled. Today land 150 miles west of this city stands better 'roru an agricultural standpoint than lid anything in this vicinity when the Ciptol was located there. Taking this into consideration no man is warrant ed in placing a limit upon the agri cultural possibilities in store for west ern Nebraska. XeUrakkxnk Killed in Alaska. FRE.wv.NT. Neb.. May 16.—« report w hich was circulated here last Novem ber that Bert Horton and wife, former residents of this county, had been killed by some Indians not far from Skaguay, Alaska, lias been verified by a letter received by C. F. Horton of Scribner from J. M. Tanner, deputy United States marshal at Skaguay. He writes that the unfortunate couple were killed by a band of Indians some time in October. Their bodies were not recovered until March 13, but weru in such condition as to be easily rec ognized aud were buried under the auspices of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. • ■ * * - • « a » Pension for Wm. I.ewi*’ Mother. OSCEOLA. Neb., May 16.—Judge T. H. Saunder.- ha» received a telegram from Congressman Stark at Washing ton that the house of representatives had passed a bill for the relief of Lydia Strang of Osceola allowing her a pension of $12 per month. Mrs. Strang is the foster mother of the late William Lewis of company K. First Nebraska, killed in the Spanish war. and the first soldier from Nebras ka to give up his life. Hnstingi People Tleaned. HASTINGS. Neb.. May 16.—Hastings people are pleased that this city has secured the G. A. R. reunion for the next three years, and will pledge them selves that the veterans and their friends will receive a royal welcome and the best of treatment during the period of their annual gathering. Reception to ( oniw»i|(ltr Rees®. BROKEN BOW. Neb.. May 16.— Judge John Reese, who was elected ! commander of the Department of the j Grand Army of the Republic of the 3tate at its encampment at Beatrice ! was tendered a reception in honor of j the distinction conferred by the mem j bers of the Grand Army of the Repub lic, ladies of the Woman s Relief corps j and citizens of Broken Bow. Child Drowned In a Bucket. EDGAR. Neb., - lay 16 —Clyde Jones. ! son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jones of jtlis city, was drowned in a large j bucket sitting on the ground at the edge of the back porch. The little fel low, about 1 year old. was crawling about on the porch. He craw led to the bucket and slipped in head first. When found life w'as extinct, although he had not been with his head under water three minutes. ——— ' Hoctfelker Pleads tiullty. FREMONT. Neb.. May 16.—In the district court Henry Hoetfelkei pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzling $2,100 of the public funds of Dodge county and was sentenced to three years'in the penitentiary. In answer to the usual question if he had any thing to sax why sentence should not be pronounced upon him. he asked the court to be lenient and said that the cause of his troubles was the heavy losses he sustained in the Dodge me the previous year. He appeared whol ly unconcerned at his sentence. —.-—.. May C'iiwtiRc Building; Site. HASTINGS, Neb.. May 16.—The .ransfer of the Hastings pubiic build cg site which has been hanging fiie ‘or several mouths because of a num >er of minor defects in the title to iome of the property, will be made jossible by a friendly action to bs .ried at the next term of district court, fudge John M. Ragan will begin suit within a few days in the name of A. »Tieth, to quiet the title and as soon a* ■hia is accomplished the property will turned over to tho government.
