TALK IN THK SENATE
He Iak&6* Subject Create* *
H*a «d Daccatiun.
snuitt mis tuts a part
■«)»■—rf mt WttnM**. (liartM That
Slat leg if !«•>•<• Ars t rr*t*4 —
1 w tail* » t»r<l*r4 ) I'ulllMal
Tar* -« atr(w In »rMtor Biles.
WASHINGTON. hi) -T. -The dutv
**f the I’m’.-| S(4VI towar 1 it* “is
• Al*d poaner*sott* ha* the subject of
e > :b the senate. Soon
After 'the senate < >avea*l Us jd of
<»** irga leC4S an eiteoded reply to
the *p#-e h of Fiat* ieisverel vester
4 .> H • speech »a* largely suppV
meat*! u> i*at which he deliver*! s-v
• a. hi a4 demanding an lavestiga
l m t* Cui»*a ftattii lal affair. Hi*
rtmafsctsi *o »hj« h there is little or
in* tppo* ti'ifl, '.aier the rule* seat to
ihr «*®*mmj* <m ■ .agent expenses.
1 > remainder .»f th* af’ernoon
»h» i» 4 by Sp»»ner of Wiaroa
»*a ta oh- lading his speech oa the
PtitHf.p'sse fi&esrioa.
"».h- lepa’e «ht b be gr#tl«el took
• ’-..u 1- : 1 Jh poiit at. He i harge i
lie* •*»-> a’.led anti imperialists with i re
sting as * i;u<* shit) ha* not legsti
hib Many of hi* ati’-oen’j were
esjs’r • e*•■*.. • . \ .%,:••£ of \ :»raski
■*W i - * > . ■ < an !
the ra:’: ■ • r- axe a!
flMMt p re m»t,
Sp * c.er maf I tbit the fa. »s
pr *1 •!. a*!a g up-»n the - aitej
S* *ce* troop* has pot only made by
ig !«». io hilt had long taaaa premedl*
f at e i Ilf Fi! i pi so J ..*■ ■ ti meat* whi. h
hid fa eft into tb< band* of the
An.-*: an* he »huv*i that tae Fill
m. |e-r ti.e lesderwbip of Aeui
■ do a preparing for an attack
vpos wir troops and that i* had Imms
fi-l f »r Fe' -unry It tvo, oae day be
tas-- the mi*’ r-ak o urred
Sj.’ostter 4e dared that nobody but an
ssti impe-riaUs* »ho by hi* words
and a. *« :. * lea.* , the 4: shod Of of
»L h:* >in*rf am th- making of ns
paign matertsl in a presidential year.
. laid I*.* - i.ttv good faith a* to
make »;** brtstal large agaiant the
P” * * the Clli’eJ State* that he
had -*i resp-msi de for the previpi
tattaa of hastttitles
la a» j**mg farther alone the re
• a * * mr. a-r a.crag tae re
*i»t»* uisty for the ruatm nation of
*» •' * .’4 *«!-•' qyotei a Ji>pit< h
from i.-a-ral O* « giving an or* oust
I ■"* ♦■ » • * [. t ■ w ■ h
Tone* *a» of the Filipino tosinu*
*■' m-rm mh«.» • ct -«’-d that a neutral
**<»*»** • *?*’.« .*h-* 1 !«etwe**a the haa
ti>ie arts «-»
'c.-ff-al O'.* informed him tha? the
* *.#« of a neutral ton- or an
aran,**. * .a th<* r;r. aai»'.i3 •-* would
L* • ?• >:u- f* ita Agi:na!d<> An
«• er wait sent to Again lido by Judge
Torre* with a that an a ram
1 * j . *** a? • a* g**d «?. | f. reply Agui
i* i > eat 'o Ltti* a copy of
h.s 4" :am'ion of war.
I r* »iuf a the n era mail ' »4av.”
•aid Apooner ’ an insulting letter from
-* <«f ?:.** «.»- ai'**l an*i :m
fe-f-a «'» »f Boa? *n. in ah: b he dc
nmtn ei General 0*1* i» a liar”
%* *t:- pa;nt Aden interrupted to
o*i T*'»" as army a® -r ~n friend of
h - Lad informed him ’hat that state
u -nt >* tie- ateri.em with Jtidge Tor
r-* *v* not true, that General Oti*
had ttoiarepcteoentnC it.
la .** rr who charge* falsehood
-»* » ommwnimg aiber.' r»
'.•.•'■*1 epooner. “ought to make it ia
the «p*»n ’
" If h# *b<> ild make the rha ge in
the open " aw*4 Allen, "hi* position
noui4 be .mperiled
"He replied gp.Kimer. "if he toM
’ 'e ' *:- * •• mart:*! 1 tak
■are ** K* war ar.4 tha’ of the rom
• a-:.- *. • . > H- w > : r. ’
• » *■* t - offt-e in *be army of any
de -a’ government in the a >r!d.”
'The * ay the army l» run today.”
aeeerted: A ties **|f f* certain that no
wH » aij *bu* imp-ril hi* posi
*
y * ne«*r wa* a time in all the
it-*.-v m» history f oar army.” re
p.! —i »;»-«oT.er warmly, ‘when it wa*
ie"-r *ra»er or more honorable ’ban
It i* today The senator'* officer
frbesd would re eive full protection.
General Ot.» -ign* hi* statement®. I
Save ao rr*|e t for a man who goo*
?.e ■ ai *be :<« k of hi* comma tiding
gen.:a; to malign him.”
M«»14* lee Tr«*t I ntsafal
NEW YOKK h>v 25.—Attorney
G tier*: J C i>*vie. today announced
* » d.- ' *a in ’*t* p* e *••• l.ng against
the American I e ■ itnpnny. H» de
:i-. tax’ the Am *r aa | * company
is an unlawful aatioo * raauet
isc if. t i«tnews in res*ratal of trade,
la * ■ < *t: >n of a* and agaioat public
* .fee!** > and he will emmac« proceed
In* (l td the Ammi an Ice cjm
paa- 1 < prohibit it from doing business
ia tni* *■ *?e The gttivr&ey general.
wL-a. «#*ed to whether the governor
mil *rder a special grand jury to in
- * *i.e » na- tioo of the New
Tark < •-. «g .si* with the company,
said he had nut the slightest idea
»hat the governor intended doing.
« e4m<* ml Ikr Tf ■ 4I|
WASHINGTON !» C . May 25-To
day'- statement of the treasury bal
ac e» in the general fund exclusive of
the |154 *'*•»,ot# gold reserve tn th«* di
vision '* r*-*i*'mption abuw- Aiail
a:*le *w*h balance, f: 13.671.»«; gold
179*173.326
!*• • «e »«l* mm iNr»ssrg«ri(*.
W AJ»H INGTON May 25 — The
house swrttce on agrn nttnre fixe*t
»"*’ Tne.eia; for taxing a Anal vote
on olexitnargartne IwgiaiaUnn at which
time it will he decided whether th*
Grout bill or the substitute- measure
will be repnrtod to the house The
meeting today deveiopei imdierabit
feeling between the reopertive ele
ment* for and agsinat the propose*!
iegrnla’taa Representative Haugen in*
t *«’d that there was a design to de
lay all >*.*S»tMa and suggested that
ln**ro* ’tans be given for an irutnedi
nte r»-port
Wra WUW. Tor Hr,.* . Umtm
WASHINGTON. May 25.-Tbe can
Atmy of Represent-five George Mc
Cle .an of New Yurt for the vice pres
idential nomination was announced
t ‘ * * i ■- frier n , .;.J£,
AS-1'* those who are urging McClel
lan **"* Reprewentativaw Stalling and
i nderwood of AlaMm, Maddox and
Tate of Georgia. Cowherd of Missouri.
Bellamy *cd Norton erf North Caro
I Has. Rapper. Chandler. Driggs and
PMagarald of New York and De Trim
** Cnlifnmin
n
SIMttY A BOtR HINT.
Hr.lUti Aruif Sprnul Out iu Form of •
(irrat Crracrnl.
liOMKJN. May 25.—Lord Roberta*
infantry advance is delayed at the
Rhenoster river for a day or two by
depth >f th*- stream, which is not
1 irdablc The banks, which are pre
• ipit us. ar- forty feet high. . A pon
toon and temporary bridge construc
tions are un ler way.
A di. patch from Rhenoster. dated
Wednesday. May 23. 7:45 p. m.. says:
The g-nertl opinion is that we will
arrive at Pretoria as fast as we ean
r..ar> h, th ugh the Boers announced
' . all the countryside that they in
tended to fight to the death.
The railway has not been damaged
great extent between Kruon
stad and .rhenoster. The Transvaal
lave offended the Free Staters by
• -tt ying their splendid bridges when
•uritg to Kroonstad. They refrained
f: in -i ii.g tin- on the r .-treat to Rhe
-’et but now they are destroying
' ;e rail:* al and bridges almost com
;»>:• 1; nor'h of the Rhenoster.
i». t:-h troop- are la the form
cf a cres« ent w ith horns thirty miles
vpar: with General French's cavalry
v t!i — w -• within twenty-three miles
• the Vali ani l General Hamilton’s
mounted men on the right within
♦iirty miles of the Vaal. The center
* tiie . r< s ent is about forty miles
ft m the Vaal. Boer telegrams say
triit the l.oot Brlti.-h with ten guns
mki V- “edefort. clone to the Vaal
a*:d close to Pary's.
One correspondent refers, to the ad
>an e a a promenade." Another de
- ril*-* it as a ‘Boer hunt."
i l: - Free Stater- are pictured as
{ like hare?' at the first sight
t. e British The latter, according
one writ-»r. do not even find women
u . chi Ireu a- the fieeing farmers
a th**ir families with tnem in con
.:' rep current among
tiers that the British kid
.;j a., hlldren over 12 years of age.
IN 'HUS' AND CORBINS' INTER*ST.
tawoiltlrr tuifBilt the Military
»n*l V< »'lcitiv ISill.
- H < IN May 25. —The mill
tary affairs committee of the senate
* lay •*>m ■!tided c >nsideration of the
military appropriation bill. The bill
was am-*:* *-*1 by adding those sections
th-- arm v r* organization bill giving
th major general commanding the
army the rank if lieutenant general,
at.-1 the present adjutant general the
rank of n.aj- r general. The number
• > a i-t appointment.- allowed the
!<'• -:d. :r vi, it. reas* 1 from thirty to
fifty.
% 1% »!■«•«* 1‘rire *'f »u(»r.
NEW YORK May 2%.—All grades of
refined sugars have been advanced
ft • ; mts -*\ -pi coarse granulated
- gran .'.d'--1 offers for
~ >'* sugar are taken at Saturday’s
11. 1 ;»r; - - Al! undelivered balances
on ntra* expiring May 31 will be
• an<eled except Nos. 1, 2, 5 and IS.
x- kie Bros, and the Doscher Re
fining company hive followed the ad
vau e in refined made by the American
Sugar Refining company.
( lark'* t »«r i« l*u<tt'Mined.
WASH1NGTON. May 25—An agree
Re nt w i> reached today between the
fr1- d Senator Clark of Montana
and ’he senate committee on privileg
es an i e(. ’ion- to postpone any action
up m the senator's credentials until
Wednesday. May 30. In the raean
*.n;e the redantiais of Magannis will
•e present’d and the papers in both
a- - w :1! be considered together.
Minor OBirrr* Went In.
FRANKFORT. Ky May 25—When
the court oi appeals mee:s today the
at* irneys f ir the minor democratic
state ills will move to affirm the
j :dgm»nt in ’he case of the appeal of
the republican minor officials. The
< ;r< -.it ourt re -ently rendered judg
ments n favor of the democrats and
from this ’he republicans appealed.
tnrli*h March Into Amliu.li
liOSDON May 2" —It is officially
announced that Colonel Bethune has
reportej *hat while marching in the
brvtion of Newcastle. Natal, yester
! tv he was ambushed by a party of
lt.ier-1 six miles west of Vryheid. in
• « Transvaal, and that very few of his
force i*-. aped His casualties num
bered sixtv-six men
\% 111 h*-liv**r
WASHINGTON. U C . May 23 —
T i who have !e*-n closely identified
w :’h the Boer i ‘legates since they
. ,Ve bee.. jn Washington and who con
ferred with th m today on their plans,
-a* that aa a result of the statements
d th- retarv of state, the delegates
will n .* remain lone in Washington.
it will itt nl a serie> of meetings,
l > be he! 1 throughout the country.
to Attmul Hrnnion
WASHINGTON. May 25 —The pres
id nl mt miter.- of his cabinet. General
Mi - and Adjutant General Corbin
will attend the reunion of the Society
of the Army of The Potomac at Fred
eri ksburg. Va . tomorrow. The party
Will leave here in a special car tomor
row morning and will return to the
city that evening.
I’rolileit ( mitr.lululM Oueen.
WASHINGTON. May 25—Secretary
Hay has sent a cable message to Am
basnador Choate at Ixrndon asking to
’ < nvey through the appropriate chan
nels the congratulations and best
wishes of the president to her majesty,
the nueen. on the occasion of her
birthday.**
I II RMVj OVtR mt of nets.
l»*-p«i til lean Auditor Not Waiting for
Mandat** of ('cart.
FRANKFORT. Ky.. May 25 — Repub
Ji< a’l Auditor Sweeney sent for I)em
< ra* Auditor Coulter this morning
and notifteri him he was ready to turn
over the state records and possession
- * • i* *!foe in the state house without
w ar lag for action by the court of ap
pBJ.- The transfer was effected to
ds’. It is understood the other re
pub!.*-an officials wifi do likewise in
the next day or two and that by next
we-k the state house will be offered
exclusively by the democrats.
—
Indicted for I’rnwion K-aud.
SIOIX CITY. Ia.. May 25—Hans
Andreas, aged 85. was indicted by the
G :eral grand jury today on a charge
of attempting to defraud the pension
department. He made affidavit that
hia sister. Mary Asper Exe. was the
widow of a civil war veteran and had
never remarried after the Hatter’s
death. The prosecution claims she has
a husband living Andreas was once
wealthy, but loat his fortune during
I the panic of 1893
i Determination of the Administration to
Punish Postal Embezzlers.
THE PRESIDENT IS SHOCKED
Direct* the rrosecution of All Guilty of
Fraud* iu Cuba — Instructions Are
Given liristow — Governor General
Wood to Be Fully Iuforined of De
velopments.
_
WASHINGTON, May 24.->-In a
speech in the senate Platt of Connec
ticut read the following letter of in
structions from the postmaster genera1
to Bristow:
May 16, 1900.—Hon. Joseph L. Bris
tow. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral—Sir: Supplementing my letter of
May 12. directing you to proceed at
once to Cuba, the following further
instructions are given for your guid*
ance.
You will immediately on your ar
rival at Havana confer freely and
! fully with General Wood, military gov
j ernor. and will keep in constant com
; munication with him in the work on
which you enter. You will co-operate
with the military governor, both in
the investigation of all irregularities
in the postal service of Cuba and in
any measures for the reorganization of
: the system that may be undertaken.
The examination by the insepetors.
already provided for, will have begun
before your arrival. You will assume
general supervision of this examina
tion ar.d will enforce the instructions
heretofore given that it shall be of the
; most searching and thorough charae
; ter. If you find that you need a still
larger force for the prompt and com
i plete performance of this duty, you will
call for it. The investigation must be
comprehensive and minute, covering
every branch of the service and all
i classes of officials. Its prosecution
must be governed solely by the purpose
of ascertaining the truth and the whole
truth and it must be uncompromising
and unsparing.
Besides supervising the investiga
tion in co-operation with the military
governor, it will be your duty to ex
amine the organization of the postal
service.-with its system of checks and
balances, and report what greater or
additional safeguards can be provided
Fnder the system established at the
beginning of the American occupation
! of Cu!« the administrative side of the
j service was placed under the control oi
this department and the auditing or
checking side under the control of an
other. This is the svstem of the
United States government.
The irregularities and peculations
which have been brought to light
were apparently accomplished because
officers apopinted and responsible to
different departments and who should
have been a check upon each other
entered into collusion and conspiracy
to perpetrate these wrongs on the on?
side and to pass and cover them up
on the other. You will carefully in
vestigate by what defects of super
vision or defense they were consum
mated and what further measures ot
protection in the passing and in au- j
diting of accounts and in the handling j
of public funds and property may be \
needed. It is desired also that the
central organization of the postal serv
ice ia Cuba shall receive your special
attention. You will examine as to
whether it is framed in the best man
ner for efficient administration. You
will see whether, compatibly with a
good mail service for the people, any
retrenchments can be made ami
whether economies can be effected by
a consolidation and reduction of bu
reaus. It is desired to bring the postal
expenditures within the nostal reve
nues so far as may be consistent with
the obligation of providing a satisfac
tory mail service.
Your presence in Cuba, as the rep
resentative of the department, with
these instructions, makes you the rank
ing officer of the postal administration.
You will consider and advise what re
movals or other action may be re
quired in the cause of justice, for the ;
interest of the government and the j
people of Cuba, and for the welfare or 1
the service.
You are chosen for this duty with j
the approval of the president, who is j
deeply shocked at the shameful be
trayal of trust on the part of the offi
cials in whom confidence had been re
posed and who directs that in dealing
with all irregularities which have been
or may be disclosed the sole rule of ;
action shall be thorough and complete
investigation, the rigorous and unspar
ing prosecution of all guilty persons i
and their swift and certain punish
ment.
You will communicate these instruc
tions to General Wood, keeping him
fully informed as you proceed and re
porting regularly to the department.
Respectfully yours.
CHARLES EMORY SMITH.
Postmaster General.
No !>«•» th# From Yellow Fever.
WASHINGTON. May 24.—Surgeon f
General Sternberg has received a re- 1
port from Major W. C. Gorgas of the
medical corps, chief sanitary officer of
Havana, in which he says that while
the d *ath rate for April was 482. there
were no deaths from yellow fever, the
first month so favored since May, 1899.
and the only month when there were
no deaths from this disease during the
last ten years, with two exceptions,
February and May. 1899.
Neely’# Attorney Pleads.
WASHINGTON. May 24.—John D.
Lindsey, attorney for Charles p.
Neelv. appeared before the house ju
diciary committee today and submit
ted an argument against the proposed
extradition bill. Re also presented a
voluminous brief. The proposition to
subject an American citizen to trial
in a country where a Spanish system
of laws are in vogue, he contended,
was utterly opposed to American tra
ditions. The fundamental theory at
the base of our system, he saidi as
sumed a man placed in Neely's posi
tion to be innocent until competent
and legal evidence wras adduced.
Extradition Rill I# Pas#rd.
WASHINGTON. May 24.—The house
today passed without division the ex
tradition bill framed by the judiciary
committee, but only after a debate in
which considerable political rancor
was aroused. There was no division
of sentiment as to the duty of congress
to pass a bill to permit the extradi
tion of Neely, but the democrats ob
jected to the language of the bill,
which covered "any foreign country or
part thereof occupied by the United
States.”
FORTY MIUS OF MEN. !
— ■
Lord Roberts Sweeping Toward the VmI
With a Wide Front.
LONDON, May 24—Lord Roberts
is drawing near to the frontier of the
Transvaal. His infantry masses are
thirty-three miles north .of Kroon
stadt, at the Rhenosters river. Some
thousand of cavalry are already across
the river.
General French and General Ham
ilton are separated from each other
by about forty miles, v*mle I»rd Rob
erts is within twelve miles of Gen
eral French and thirty miles of Gen
eral Hamilton.
The Boers are retiring toward the
Vail with their heavy baggage.' They
are reported from Pretoria as already
across that river. Twelve thousand
men and fourteen guns compose the i
; retreating army. Trains continue to J
■ run from Veronninging. at the Vaal, <
! to Pretoria.
| A dispatch from I^ord Roberts says:
“Ian Hamilton reached Heilbron this
morning after a series of engagements
with a Boer force under DeVVet, who
is retiring before him. Broad wood
has captured fifteen Boer wagons.
There have been seventy-five casual
ties in Hamilton’s force to yesterday
evening.”
Dispatches to the Associated Press
from Heilbron say that tne Boer gen
eral, DeWet, had 4,000 men posted on
an adjacent hill, but that ae retired
when General Hamilton approached.
Foreign engineers assert that Pre
toria is able to stand a year’s siege.
According to advices from Lourenzo
Marquez the Pretoria fortifications
are described as complete, but Johan
nesburg has not yet been placed en
tirely in a state of defense. The
Transvaal government papers and the
war chest have been removed to Ly
denburg.
Foreigners continue to leave the re
publics. Dutch steamers are coming
to Delagoa bay, it is claimed, to fur
nish an asylum to fleeing Hollanders.
The Boer forces continue to dwin
dle. Seme of the correspondents assert
that probably only about 24,000 of the
hardest fighters yet remain, although
there are detached parties in various
parts of the Transvaal.
One curious piece of gossip sent
from Lourenzo Marquez is that sev
eral women tried to sjambok Presi
dent Kruger, who was rescued by his
bodyguard. He rarely leaves the pres
idency now. but works incessantly,
holding councils at daybreak and dur
ing the night. It is announced at
Pretoria that on Sunday the govern
ment proposed removing the British
prisoners from Pretoria.
FLANKING OUT THF BOERS.
Roberts Keeps Up the Tartici that Were
So Successful io the Past.
HONINGSPRITT. Orange Free
State. Tuesday Evening. May 22.—
General French has crossed the Rhe
nosters river, northwest of here. This
movement, combined with General
lan Hamilton’s occupar:; n at Heil
bron renders the Boer position twenty
miles in the British front untenable.
The latest reports, however, received
says the burghers are prepared to j
make a strong resistance and possess
fifteen guns. Fifteen prisoners were i
taken today.
ESCAPING SOLDIERS SHOT.
Port Riley Prisoners Wounded While At- '
tempting to Kscape.
FORT RILEY, Kan., May 24.—Two
military prisoners, John Arnold and
George A. Fryman, serving sentences
of one year each, were shot at by a
sentry white attempting to escape.
The prisoners made a daring rush
upon the sentry and disarmed him,
taking his Krag-Jorgeasen with them
and ran for the hills. A sergeant of
artillery heard the disturbance and
shot the fleeing prisoners. Arnold is
shot through the abdomen, his injury
being critical. Fryman was shot in
the arm.
Would Sell Nehraakn I.and.
ATCHISON, Kan., May 24— It has
been discovered that 18,000 acres of
land in Atchison. Brown, Jackson ana
Marshall counties, Kansas, and Pawnee
county, Nebraska, recently advertised
for sale at auction at the court house
in Atchison, by the receivers of the
Central branch of the Union Pacific
railroad, are claimed by private indi
viduals. They did not know the title
to their property could be questioned
until it was advertised for sale.
It is believed that when Oliver W.
Mink and Thomas P. Wilson were ap
pointed receivers of the Central branch
they found the records of a lot of
Central branch land, and. supposing
it still belonged to the company, ad
vertised it for sale.
Germany and Commercial Kdncatlon.
WASHINGTON, May 24.—“Germany
has led and is still leading the world
in commercial education.” says Consu
lar Agent Harris at Eibenstock, in a
recent dispatch to the State depart
ment. The various commercial
schools, he says, annually send forth
large numbers of qualified young men
to take up lucrative and important po
sitions in the business world. These
young men. he continues, are selling
in distant countries products of the
German empire ranging from a loco
motive to a clothespin, invariably hav
ing the advantage over their Ameri
can and English competitors of being
able to speak fluently the language of
the country in which they attempt to
sell their goods.
Germany Adopt* Meat Rill.
BERLIN, May 24.—The Riechstag
today, voting by roll call, adopted the
meat bill by 163 to 123 votes.
As it has passed the reichstag, in
addition to prohibiting the importa
tion of canner or sausage meat the
bill provides that until December 31,
1903. the importation of fresh meat
shall only be allow'ed in whole, or,
in certain cases, in half carcasses, and
that the Importation of prepared meat
shall only be permitted when it is
proved to be innocuous, which is re
garded as being impossible proof in
the case of consignments of salt meat
under four kilograms in weight.
Not Much Chance for Root’* Bill
WASHINGTON. May 24—After
hearing arguments for ten days on
Secretary Root’s bill to increase the
efficiency of the army by internal re
organization of the staff, the house
commitee on military affairs today
postponed further consideration of the
measure until next Monday. This ac
tion is considered by members of the
committee on military affairs today
chances of success. The opposition ex
pressed by heads of staff bureaus has
led to several propositions for a modi
fication of the bill, some of which
will take official form within a few
days.
HE FAILEDJO ESCAPE
3-eorge Duncan Causes Much Excitement
at the Penitentiary.
IN HIDING FOR FIFTEEN HOLRS
He Cntn-h Under the Floor and When
About to Be Discovered Takes to an
Unused Boiler — Monster Celebration
Planned at Crawford—Miscellaneous
Nebraska Matters.
LINCOLN, May 28.—George Dun
ken, a colored convict from Omaha,
created a sensation at the penitentiary
by an attempted escape. When the
tally was taken at the evening meal
Dunken was discovered to be miss
ing and for fifteen hours all efforts
to find him or get even a clue to his
whereabouts were futile. He was fi
nally discovered lying in an unusueu
boiler in the engine room.
Dunken was sent down from Omaha
four months ago to serve a ten-year
sentence for holding up a man on
Dodge street. For the last few days
he has been working on the outside.
He wa3 repairing a portion of the roof
on a shed in the rear of the broom
factory. Unseen by the guards, h1
slipped down inside the building and
crawled under the floor, loosening a
couple of boards and replacing them
after he was safely underneath. There
he remained for hours.
Dunken had not anticipated that his
absence would be noticed so soon.
During the noon hour he had con
structed a dummy, which he had left
in his cell to dec eive the patrolman on
the night rounds. Hut this ruse was
ineffective, for his absence was dis
covered long before bedtime. A
searc h was at once begun and Dun
ken’s fellow workmen carefully ques
tioned. Another convict remembered
seeing him about 5 o'clock in the aft
ernoon. but that was the last record
of him. A search of the building
where he had last worked was insti
tuted and they examined the floor un
der which he was. Dunken took the
alarm and slid to the other side of the
building, where he crawled out and
ran. He was still unseen and made
his way undetected to the engine
house, crawling into the old and un
used boiler. There he lay till 8
o'clock in the morning, when he was
finally discovered.
Monster Celebration Planned
CRAWFORD. Neb.. May 28.—The
Northwestern Nebraska and South
western Dakota Civil and Spanish
War Soldiers' and Sailors’ association
was recently organized here with the
following officers: Commander. Com
rade W. R. Akers of Alliance: first
vice commander. Comrade John E.
West of Crawford: second vice com
mander. Comrade Allan G. Fisher of
Chadron: chaplain. John Schamma
horn of Gordon: quartermaster. Com
rade S. W. Townsend of Crawford.
Strong committees were appointed
and the organization decided to hold
a grand reunion in the grove on the
banks of the White river here from
the 30th of June to the F»th of July.
Committees are working to make this
the coming event of the season for
this portion of th° state. The Busi
ness Men’s club of Crawford has taken
hold of the matter and on the Fourth
of July they will join with the old
soldiers to make the biggest Fourth
of July celebration ever held in north
west Nebraska. The troops from Fort
Robinson will help to entertain on
that day and there will be a barbecue
in the grove in the morning, when the
largest ox to be found on the ranges
here will be roasted whole and the
meat distributed among the people.
Indian’* Annuity.
CHADRON. Neb.. May 28.—Fifty
eight thousand new silver dollars in
annuity money was shipped to the
Pine Ridge agency, via Rushville. and
transported overland by stage and sol
dier guards to the Pine Ridge this
week. The money was in fifty-eight
bags, containing $1,000 each, and
weighed almost two tons. As much
more was unloaded at Valentine to go
to the Rosebud agency a few days
before. The Indians are now receiv
ing this annuity payment under the
direction of Colonel W. H. Clapp, act
ing agent at Pine Ridge, and the pay
ment is being made by districts, there
being seven districts under the juris
diction of the Pine Ridge agency.
New Railway for Fullerton.
FULLERTON. Neb.. May 28.—The
representatives of the new railroad
coming from the north, said to be an
extension of the Atkinson & North
ern. were here and made a proposi
tion to Fullerton people to come here
if they would raise $25,000. and a
committee is now at work under the
direction of Mayor Tanner raising the
money. It was said in the meeting
that the railroad had secured fifty
acres in the heart of Grand Island and
that the road will run from Spaulding
to Grand Island and from Grand Is
land north. The northern terminus
would not be aiselosed.
Nebraskan Lmtm for Annapoli*.
NORTH PLATTE. Neb., May 23 —
Nathan Post, a popular young man of
this place, left for Annapolis, Md..
where he will take the examination
for a naval cadetship. Mr. Post is a
graduate of the Omaha High school
and is considered to be well qualified
for the place.
Burglary at Murray.
MURRAY. Neb., May 28.—The gen
eral store of \V. A. Jenkins & Son was
looted by burglars and merchandise
of all kinds taken. The thieves got
in by breaking open a rear window.
Shoes and cutlery and such other ar
ticles were taken. A new and valu
able cash register was taken.
Tracks showed that a single rig had
been backed up to the rear platform.
The property taken and damage done
run the loss up into hundreds of dol
lars.
Robber In Dentist’s Office.
FREMONT. Neb., May 28—While
Dr. H. T. King was absent from his
dental office some one entered the
rooms by means of a pass key and
stole $12 worth of gold leaf used for
filling and upward of $40 worth Ol
gold used ior other dental work. Noth
ing else was disturbed about the of
fice. The work was evidently done by
some one familiar with the location
of things in tne office and with den
tistry. This is the second time the
doctor’s office has been robbed of gold .
within the oast few years. i
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j THE 5ROST CASE NOT ENDED.
Coroner's Jury Will Not Report Fully for
3 >ine Time Yet.
YORK. Neb., May 25.—The fact that
Mrs.. Margaret Frost has been released
from jail under order of the coroner's
jury has given rise to the erroneous
opinion, which is quite general here,
that she will never be formally charged
with the murder of her husband. It
is thought tfcjit she was liberated
either because the report of the chem
ist who analyzed the dead man's stom
ach was not consistent with the the
ory of her guilt or because to further
prosecute the case would drag in com
plications which the coroner’s jury
wished to suppress. This view of the
situation is entirely incorrect. Mrs.
Frost's release from jail has absolutely
no significance touching her guilt or
innocence. It. does not mean that the
case will be dropped. It doesn't pur
port a change of mind on the part of
the jury or any of its members. On
this point George W. Post, foreman,
says:
“The coroner’s jury is simply wait
ing for further information from the
chemist. The case before us stands
now as it has stood ever since we
began our investigations. So far as
I know, there has been no recent
j change of opinion with any of the
jurors. Mrs. Frost is today regarded
: bv the jury in the same light as be
for eher release was ordered. That
fact has no significance as to the jury's
opinion.’
The order under which the woman
was released reads as follows:
“To W. R. Knapp. M. D.. Coroner of
York County, Nebraska: We. the un
dersigned jurors who were summoned
by you on the 27th day of April, 1900.
to hold an inquest upon the body of
Charles W. Frost, say that we have ex
amined a large number of witnesses
and caused an autopsy to be held,
at which a portion of the body was
removed and placed in the hands of
a competent chemist for chemical ex
amination and analysis. The chemist
has not yet submitted a complete anal
ysis of the parts of the body so placed
with him. and for that reason the jury
is unable to complete its work and
reach a verdict at the present time,
and it will be necessary to adjourn
the inquest until the final report and
analysis i3 completed and submitted
by the said chemist to the jury, and
as several days may elapse before that
time, we therefore request that you.
as coroner, instruct Mr. J. H. Affler
bach, constable, who has in his custody
Mrs. Margaret Frost, to release her
and give her her liberty until further
finding of the jury. George W. Post.
W. K. Williams. Charles A. McCloud.
Edward B. Woods. George W. Shreck.
George E. Chilcote."
C hange* in Nebraska National Guards.
LINCOLN. May 25.—Adjutant Gen
eral Barry has issued the following
orders covering changes in the Ne
braska National Guard:
The resignation of Second Lieuten
ant Samuel H. McClary. Company L.
; Second regiment, is accepted. The
commanding officer of Company L,
Second regiment, will notify his com
mand at the first regular meeting of
the vacancy existing in the office of
second lieutenant and shall proceed to
an election to fill the vacancy in ac
cordance with section 24. Military Code
of state.
The following members of Company
A. Second regiment, are honorably dis
charged from the service of the state:
Sergeant L. A. Downing. Musician Al
len E. Elssworth. Private Lenord Hale.
Private B»n J. LaRue, Private Guy D.
Frame. Private Thomas A. Piekrel and
Private Gus A. Robinson.
l*rof. Rarkmi Wanted Cast.
CHADROX. Neb.. May 25.—Prof. W.
B. Backus, superintendent of the Chad
ron city schools for the past two years,
who was formerly a practicing attor
ney of Omaha, where he had won fame
for winning lightning divorce cases,
had declined a re-election here, has
been elected superintendent of the
Bellevue schools at Pittsburg. Pa., at
$2,000 a year. The professor has not
accepted the election as yet. but as he
is going to Washington city next week,
will go by the way of Pittsburg and
personally look over the situation be
fore deciding. Mr. Backus longs to re
turn to the practice of his profession
and may go to Omaha and do so. after
returning from the Paris exposition.
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A'k* Requisition for Nelson.
LINCOLN. Neb.. May 25.—Governor
Povnter has issued requisition papers
on the governor of Missouri asking
the return of John O. Nelson, who
was convicted of burglary in Clay
county, but escaped from the county
jail. Nelson is now supposed to be
confined in the county jail at Car
thage, Mo. The requisition was
granted.
Fell Dead on the Street.
COLUMBUS. Neb.. May 25:—John
Bucher fell dead on Ninth street from
heart failure. He came from Califor
nia. which has been his home for a
few years, ten days ago to take charge
of the business of his brother. Wil
liam Bucher, for several months, and
the latter left Monday for the Paris
exposition.
8»f«* Cracker* at Phillip*.
PHILLIPS, »«eb.. May 25.—Safe
crackers wrecked the strong box of
the Bank of Phillips, but failed to
get the cash. Bloodhounds have been
unable to get the trail of the robbers.
Motion for a Rchearinsr.
LINCOLN. May 25.—Attorneys for
the plaintiffs in error in the case of
William A. Paxton et al. against the
State filed a brief in the supreme court
concerning the procedure on the mo
tion of the attorney general for a re
hearing of the case. They contend
that neither the constitution nor the
statutes provide for a rehearing or re
view by the supreme court of its own
judgments. This is the case wherein
the state seeks to recover from the
bondsmen of ex-State Treasurer Bart
ley the money lost by the state
through his defalcation.
Brakenian C rushed hr Car*
GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. May 25.—
O. W. McEvey, a brakeman on the B.
& M., whose home is in Lincoln, was
crushed between two cars in the Bur
lington yards in this city. McEvey
was making the last coupling of the
train when he was caught between the
bumpers and his body crushed about
the hips. He w-as taken to the depot
and medical attention at once given,
but he died in two hours. His wife
had been telegraphed for and arrived
after his death.
STATE BOlifHlCT
I^cticuofft, Borliagtoa S5i!r*d fa
Not Granted.
| THE APPEAL HE ARD AT ST. PAIL
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LINCOLN, May 21.—The stockhold
ers of the Burlington .
t,,,.- „ . u Toad who asked
nrve-i t ‘’L? ^ da function to
pr\eat the board UJ asportation
trom interfering ,a ...
™Jr?f4 '**“ J-feuted in (as
appeal case m the L a.t-1 States cir
cuit court of appeal at St/ pail
Minn Attorney G^.ral Smyth re
ceived a telegram notifying him that
the decision ot .1 jg-. Monger h,i
been affirmed ..... . isi m of Judj0
Munger was that -he Burlington road
was no*, entitled to ..a injunction’ to
pre\ea. the hoari of transportation
with railroad rat- Thi. decigioQ
leaves the state board of transporta
tion in a position to Jj some h oj**t
work. Further appeal by the Bur.
lington is not considered possible be
cause in such cases an appeal cannot
be taken to the 'United States su
preme court without special permis
sion, which is rarely granted Attor
ney General Smyth sail that the
board would proceed with an investiga
tion and a bearing will be set at
which time the roads wiil be required
to show cause why rhe order of the
board should not be enforced
The order of the board was that
rates on cattle should be reduced 10
per cent, the rate on hogs 5 per cent
and the rates on corn and f^ed stuffs
oh per cent. Ibis order was issued by
the board after a hearing in which
the road contended for the right to
charge for live stock by the hundred
pounds instead of by the carload, -fle
board decided that rates per hundred
pounds were more equitable for all
concerned, but that as the change re
sulted in an increase the rates per
hundred pounds should be reduced 10
per cent on cattle an I 5 p^r cent on
hogs. Now the board will grant a
hearing and evidence will be taken
bearing on the justness of the de
crease. Some contend that the de
crease should be greater if the board
desires to make the rate equal to the
old carload rates, while railroad men
contend that the decrease is unjust and
that it will work a hardship to soma
roads.
Growth of the I tiivenitv Library.
LINCOLN. May 23.—During the
year just passed the University of Ne
braska library has grown more than
in any previous year in Its history.
An amount very close to JlO.rtOt) has
been expended in hooks, binding and
periodicals and the accessions to the
library have numbered 4.650 bound
volumes.
The sources from which books are
added to the library are as follows:
Most of the books are bpught already
bound. 'I lie library takes regularly
nearly 600 current periodicals and
these are annually bound, forming
nearly as many volumes. Several
hundred volumes are also added by do
nation. The United States govern
ment Is the largest single donor: but
many of the states, institutions of
learning and individuals are included
in the list of gifts. During the samn
time the library has also received sev
eral thousand pamphlets, which are
bound into volumes as soon as enough
accumulate on any one subject. An
instance of this are the volumes on
“Imperialism.” and it is safe io say
that the University library has the
best collection of the minor literature
on the subject In the state.
Kit Transfer of Stork.
CHADRON*. Neb.. May 23.—A deal
of larger than ordinary proportions
was made in Chadron more than a
month ago. It was between Charlie
Coffee and Bartlett Richards, and in
the trade the former became owner of
the beautiful Richards home in this
city and of a large share of the stock
of the First National bank here. The
bank, which was one of the strongest
in the country, is now stronger, as
Mr. Coffee is a millionaire stookmla
of Nebraska and Wyoming. The prin
cipal stockholders cf the bank are now
Mr. Coffee. Mr. Richards and his
brother, the governor of Wyoming.
Mr. Coffee's ranch was overstocked
and he sold to Mr. Richards two thou
sand heifers, which the latter will
place on his large ran b in Cherry
county.
State Capital Note*.
LINCOLN. May 21—The Modern
Woodmen of America have appealed
from a judgment for over $3.00o in
favor of Mary Kozak of Gage county,
the mother of John Kozak, who com
mitted suicide while holding a $3,000
policy in that fraternal insurance or
ganization. The company contends
that the policy should not be paid tie
cause it contained a clause that the
policy would be void in the event the
insured took his own life.
The board of public lands and build
ings met and rejected all bids on a
fire proof building at the Hastings
asvlum for the reason that no bid
came within the appropriation of $30.
000 available for the work, ^he low
est combination of bids was $i,tiO«*
more than the appropriation.
Yoons Coil C.nin* Liberty.
CHADRON. Neb.. May 23.—George
Coil, the young man recently convicted
of the murder of Tom Ryan on the
range in Dawes county, and taken to
the penitentiary at Lincoln, has beea
given the privilege of his liberty upon
a $10,000 bond by the supreme court
until that body can pass upon a ques
tion of rehearing. 1 he bont was
signed by a number of influential
stock men of Dawes county in the
sum of $30,000. and was promptly
approved. M. E. Ford of Lyons will
appear at the penitentiary and ask
for his nephew.
Train Kill* Unknown.
GIBBON, Neb., May 23.—The strang
er run over here by a l nion Pacific
train died while in the hands of the
doctors. His left arm was cut off close
to the suoulder and his right leg near
the knee. His head was badly cut by
bolts on the outside of the car tiucka
and iiis skull was fractured. He re
gained consciousness at times, but re
fused to give his name or any infor
mation about himself. His companions
In the car claim they never saw him
until he got on at Kearney and told
them he had been working for th«
railroad company in Wyoming