PeopieJ anci Lf%ventJj,
Author and Diplomat.
John Barrett of Oregon, formerly
United States minister and consul gen
eral to Siam,has been appointed by the
president a delegate to the internation
al conference of American states,
which will be held in the City of Mex
ico. Mr. Barrett made an excellent
record during the three years he spent
in Bangkok as American minister.
Since his return to this country he has
won by his writings a widespread rep
utation as an authority on the com
mercial problems and possibilities of
the far East in relation to European
and American industry and trade. Mr.
Barrett is a native of Vermont, a
graduate of Dartmouth and a scholar
of merit in the science of national
economics. He has made special stud
JOHN BARRETT.
ies of the South and its industries, and
his writings on that subject are pro
found and important. For several
years he has made his home in Port
land, Oregon, but owing to his exten
sive travels at home and abroad, he
has not spent much of his time in that
city.
The “British Budiiet.
“You have had your feast,’’ says the
English chancellor of the exchequer.
“You have all. Liberals and Tories,
been mad for rioting and expenditure.
Now comes the reckoning, and you may
laugh or not, as you please.’’ There
will be no laughter. The English tax
payers were hilarious at the beginning
of the Boer war. They are not now
when the hills have to be paid and
they are so much heavier than it v \
supposed they would be. The t
cost of the war will be about $1,00
000,000, necessitating a great increase
of the national debt and heavier taxa
tion for years to come. It is posible
that if this could have been foreseen
the Boers would have been let alone.
A large proportion of the expense of
a war whereby Great Britain is ac
quiring possession of devastated terri
tories inhabited by an irreconcilable
population will have to be paid by pos
terity. The budget of the chancellor
of the exchequer contemplates a loan
of nearly $300,000,000 in addition to
new taxes, which it is estimated will
produce about $56,000,000. The pay
ment of increased taxes to that amount
would not seriously inconvenience
American taxpayers whose taxes are
to be reduced about $40,000,000. Those
of Great Britain are not In so good a
condition to meet new demands. The
income tax is now 5 per cent. It is to
be raised to a little over 5.8 per cent.
It may be higher yet in a year or two.
As consols held by foreigners pay an
income tax American financiers may
not be ready to invest in the new
loan.
Beer, spirits, tobacco, and tea are
taxed heavily already. The chancel
lor of the exchequer does not deem
an increase advisable. He will not lis
ten to propositions to impose duties
on breadstuffs or foreign manufactures.
Great Britain may come to such duties
in time, but is not ready for them yet.
For the first time in many years sugar,
an article of universal consumption,
which has cost less in Great Britain
i than in any other country, will have
to furnish revenue. There has been
an immediate advance in its price, j
i which may provoke complaints. Am- j
erican manufacturers of jams and jel
lies will find British competition less
serious than it has been.
The proposed export duty of 25 cents
a ton on coal will produce considerable |
revenue and will by discouraging ex
portations tend to cheapen the price
of the article in the home market. The
expenses of railroads, manufacturers,
and private consumers have been in- i
creased greatly by the high price of
coal. A duty which tends to make it j
more expensive in neutral markets
must work to the advantage of Ameri
can coal operators. They will be given
an opportunity.
_/ln Expensive Junkjrt'
The British admiralty's estimate of
the cost of the trip of the Duke and ;
Duchess of York on the steamship
Ophir includes the following items:
Wages of crew. $11,980; victualing and
clothing. $9,880; coal, $125,000: naval
stores, $3,1-10; h’re of the Ophir, $633,
500; total. $813,500. The British tax- j
payers are a loyal class of people, but [
when they read in Sir Michael Hicks
Beach's budget statement that the
Boer war lias added $275,000,000 to the
debt, that the deficit last year was
$255,936,000, and that they must pay
$56,000,000 of new taxes this year, they
will read the admiralty's estimate of
the expense of the Duke of York's jun
keting trip with somewhat mixed feel
ings.
^/in Able Churchman.
Right Rev, William Stubbs, D. D.,
bishop of Oxford, died in London. Eng
land. last week. He was 76 years old
and had occupied the Oxford bishopric*
since 1889, when he was transferred
from the see of Chester, over which he
had ruled for five years. Bishop
Stubbs was an author of international
RIGHT REV. WILLIAM STUBBS,
repute. As a British historian he oc
cupied a high place in the estimation
of the British people. His constitu
tional history of England’s standard
and his cognate works on this subject
are widely read and prized. He was
honored with several decorations, I
British and foreign, among them the
Prussian Order of Merit. The deceased
was a cousin of the dean of Ely, who
lately visited America.
California did not figure in the cen
sus returns of the united States until
1850. Then its population was 92,597.
'Reputed Fiancee of >
J+ Lieutenant Hobson
Miss Florida
Whiting Graves,
the reputed fian
cee of Lieutenant
Richmond Pearson
Hobson, is one of
the beauties of
Birmingham, Ala.,
and is also well
known in Wash
ington society. No
positive announce
ment of the en
gagement has been
made, and when
the hero of the
Merrimac is asked
whether or not the
report is true he
smiles and says
nothing. The en
gagement, h o w
ever, is said to be
a settled fact by
friends of Mr. Hob
son. During the
congressional sea
son the young na
val officer and Miss
Graves were much
together and they
made a prominent and pretty
figure In the parades of fash
ionable folk. During her visit
here the Alabama girl was a guest of
Congressman and Mrs. Bankhead. She
soon attracted widespread attention by
her remarkable beauty. She is of me
dium height, somewhat slender, her
eyes are dark, her features of rare
regularity, her hair is a bright chest
nut and her complexion a clear olive.
Miss Graves is a clever violinist and
has many feminine graces and accom
plishments.
A COUNTRY ROAIX
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A dusty, stone way whose bord'ring sod
Is thick with blackberries and goldenrod;
Abrupt. Imre bills on one side looking
down.
And from the other you can see the
town;
Follow the river's course through mead
ows green.
O'er which thick woods and marble
ledges lean.
A little further, where ihe road descends,
A brook's soft twinkle with some bird
song blends,
(Gone from Its edge the dear old dame's
small cot
Half hidden by quaint (lowers) lush ber
gamot
Makes sweet Its batiks, its depths the
boys still swim.
Or watch the minnows from some willow
limb.
I'pon its bridge how often T have stood.
Watching the west, whose glory seemed
to Hood
With tenderest light tile poorhouse nnd
the graves
Beside it—turn to gold the brooklet's
waves—
Till from the hill, oh, dearest sight of
all!
T saw my father and I heard him call.
He came with sturdy stride and swinging
pail—
My hand in his—told my day's whole tnle
Of joys, that 'math his bright smile
seemed to grow.
While lessened was my every childish
woe.
As his sweet words fell on my soul like
balm,
While we walked homeward through the
fragrant calm.
—Mary M. McCarthy.
f^oxlel Horseshoeing "Rack..
Shoeing a fractious horse is not a
task to lie envied by any one, and
there is always danger of accident to
the man who performs the work in
the ordinary manner, as the animal
seems possessed of the idea that the
hoofs were made to defend itself with
instead of to be shod. In addition to
the danger to the shoer, the animal is
liable to injurt itself in the argument
and especially is this the case in shoe
ing colts for the first time, when
fright is generally the chief cause
of trouble. To overcome tkjse
difficulties John Cea of Iowa has
designed the horseshoeing rack
shown in the illustration, the in
ventor claiming that the mechanism
will hold all parts of the animal se
curely in any desired position, at the
same time relieving the horse of all
strain and depriving it of the power
of injuring r.eir or the blacksmith.
PREVENTS INJURY TO SHOER.
It will be seen that numerous straps
and windlasses are provided, which
will not only firmly hold each foot,
but will lift the animal bodily from
the floor and keep him suspended while
the labor is going on. It is also prob
able that after a few applications of
the machine to a fractions horse he
could be induced to stand quietlj while
being shod without the use of the ap
pliances.
^ytnolhcr Ecumenical Confer
ence.
The first ecumenical conference of
the Methodist church was held in Lon
don in 1881. The second met in Wash
injton, L>. C., Oi t. 7. 1891. Tic third
will meet in Wesley's chapel, City
road, London. In September next.
The coming conference will discuss
the present position of Methodism,
the influence of Methodism in the pro
motion of international peace, the re
lation of Methodism to the Evangeli
cal free church movement, Methodism
and Christian unity, Methodism and
education in the twentieth century,
and Christianity and modern unbelief,
but it will not discuss any question
upon which the Methodists have di
vided.
Whether these ecumenical confer
ences have promoted closer fellowship
among Methodists is an open question,
but it is contended that the < onfer
ences have promoted concerted action
among Methodists on important pub
lic ami religious questions. Reports
are to be made at the coming confer
ence as to nipans for still further pro
moting united action on questions of
common interest to the laity and tho
clergy.
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England's 'Big Loan.
The British government has issued
an invitation for subscriptions to one
half the new loan of $300,000,000, stat
ing at the same time that the other
half has already been placed. Thera
is loud complaint because no explana
tion is offered. The London Chronicle
voices the dissatisfaction of the public
when it speaks of the Issue a-> a “dis
astrous” one, "in which the British
taxpayer drops the round sum of £3,
300,000 in the process of borrowing
£60,000,000.” Part of it has been float
I ed in New York.
ROCK ISLAID WINS ITS SLIT.
Maximum Freight Law la Again Dvelxred
I'neunstltutlnnal.
OMAHA. April 20.—Judges Sanborn
and Munger, the former of the United
States circuit and tiie latter of the
United States district court, sustained
the demurrer of the plaintiff in the
suit of F. L. Front, attorney general,
against the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railroad company, brought to
recover fines and penalties aggregat
ing $450,000 on account of alleged vio
lations of the maximum freight rate
law passed by the legislature during
tue session of 1893.
As a result of the sustaining of
the demurrer the attorney general is
restrained from commencing suits and
from prosecuting those heretofore
commenced in order to enforce the
provisions of the law, which is held
to lie unconstitutional and void.
Shortly after tiie passage of the
maximum freight rate law an attempt
was made by the state board of trans
portation and George H. Hastings,
then attorney general, to carry out its
provisions. To prevent this the Un
ion Pt^iflc, Nortifwestern and Burling
ton Railroad companies took the mat
ter into court. An adjudication was
finally reached in tlie United States
supreme court, where it was held that
the law wras unconstitutional. A per
manent injunction went out.
The suit against the Rock Island
was not tried at that time, hut was
handed down as one of the assets of
the office, passing to C. J. Smyth, who
became his successor. The cases
against the other roads being in liti
gation and farther advanced than that
against the Rock Island, was not
reached by Attorney Smyth. By him
it was passed to his successor, Frank
L. Prout, the present attorney gen
eral.
In their opinion the judges cite the
former cases and the derision of the
supreme court, holding the law un
constitutional. taking the position that
the suit was brought to punish the
defendant for failing to obey a law
held invalid. An injunction is order
ed to issue and the state is given the
customary time in which to perfect
its appeal.
Ol'R SHOW AT Biff ALO.
The Nebraska Exhibit Will Not He of a
Very Creditable Character.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 29.—The
prospects for Nebraska making any
adequate or representative showing at
the Buffalo exposition this summer
and fall are far from promising, not
withstanding the fact that the legis
lateure made an appropriation of $10,
OGp for that purpose.
Such at least is the impression gath
ered from a talk with Hon. E. L.
Vance of Pawnee City, recently ap
pointed by Governor Dietrich to have
charge of Nebraska’s exhibit and of
the expenditure of the $10,000.
Mr. Vance has just returned from
a hurried trip to Buffalo, where he
went to complete preliminary arrange
ments for the installation of the ex
hibits which are to be made for the
purpose of advertising Nebraska. The
fair will be formally opened, Mr.
Vance says, on May 20. Owing to the
short time intervening, he says, and
also because of the small aprpopria
tion, it has been decided impossible
to erect a Nebraska building and the
state exhibit will lie made, therefore,
in the various departments. For
this purpose Mr. Vance has succeeded
ir. securing but 1,100 square feet of
space, 600 in a corner of the agricul
tural building and 500 in a corner of
the horticultural building. No space
could be obtained for an educational
exhibit, nor for a showing of the
state’s various commercial and man
ufacturing interests.
NO THOl'GHI Of fOLI PI AY.
No New Sensation In Deatli of A. <i.
I.lost rum.
YORK, Neb., April 29.—The effort
to create a sensation out of the tragic
death of A. G. Linstrum seems a lit
tle far-fetched. While the construc
tion of the verdict of the corner's jury
is a little peculiar, there remains no
doubt as to the fact that the deceased
ranic to his death by his own hand.
It is said that a daughter hysteric
ally remarked that her mother was
the cause of her father's death, tint it
is claimed she had no grounds other
than that the wife and husband had
heretofore quarreled. The county at
torney, F. C. Power, has taken no
steps toward an investigation and he
has not l>een solicited to do so, nor
has any information been given him
for this purpose, so for the present
at least, under the circumstances, so
far as known, the public will accept
the verdict of suicide.
Hastings Is Interested.
HASTINGS, Neb., April 29—The
Commercial club was caleld in spe
cial meeting for the purpose of as
certaining what had been done in re
gard to securing the location at Hast
ings of the grand lodge building of
the Ancient Order of I'nited Work
men. This matter will bo settled at
the next meeting of the grand lodge,
which will be held on May 15 at Ne
braska City. Hastings is very much
interested in the project.
MUST Rf PORT Of Tiff YtAR.
I Wlial In S«t lank ItrgitrillnK: lanillUnm
hi klrbrioka Crops.
T'NIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA,
LINCOLN—The past week ha»'been
cold, with about the normal rainfall.
The daily mean temperature has av
eraged from 5 degrees to S degrees
below the normal. Killing frosts oc
curred ore the 17th anil 18th, with
temperatures below 30 degrees. Veg
etation is so backward, however, that
no damage resulted from the low tem
perature.
Rain was general on the 15th or
lBth. The amount exceeded one-half
an Inch at most places, and at a few
places exceeded an inch. Although
wet weather has retarded farm work
in parts of the state, generally con
siderable progress has been made dur
ing the past week. Spring wheat
seeding is well advanced, and some
spring wheat is up—coming evenly
and nicely. Oat seeding has been
general the past week and is nearly
completed in the southern counties.
Early sown oats are coming up nice
ly. Present indications are for a
small acreage of oats, caused by the
late spring and wet weather at seed
ing time.
Very little plowing lias been done,
but the ground at the end of the week
was in excellent condition for plowing
and seeding.
Winter wheat, rye and grass have
grown well, but somewhat slowly, be
cause of the low temperature.
DIES 0\ ms WlfE’S GRAVE.
Harry Itirr. City Maraltal of North
Platte. Commits sulclile.
NORTH PLATTE. Neb., April 27.—
Harry Rice, the city marshal here, in
a fit of despondency, committed sui
cide by taking strychnine. The evi
dence at the inquest showed that lie
went to tlie cemetery, where lie was
seen just a short time before he died,
sitting upon the grave of his wife,
who died about two years ago. His
body was found near a hydrant a
few feet from the grave, to which he
had dragged himself, as appeared from
the tracks.
He purchased the poison of one of
the drug stores here, stating that he
had some dogs to kill and did not
want to shoot them. He also bade
some of his friends goodby, saying it
was the last they would s»e of him.
He went straight from his room to
the cemetery without coming uptown.
His strange conduct of last night be
ing reported this morning and he fail
ing to appear as usual, a search was
instituted and his body found.
HORSE THIEVES’ NERVY WORK.
Make ,\wuy Wltli Two Team* and Wagon
From Farmer*.
TECUMSEH, Neb., April 27.—Horse
thieves got in their work in Johnson
county the other night. From Harry
Roup, a farmer southwest of her, they
stole a team of horses, wagon and
harness, and from Nate Sutherland, a
neighbor, they made away wdth a team
of horses. Mr. Roup will pay $25 for
the recovery of his property and
Johnson county will give a reward of
$50 for the aprpehension of the
thieves. Mr. Sutherland will also pay
$25 for the return of his team and
in this case, too. Johnson county will
pay $50 for the capture of the thieves.
Sheriff C. B. Strong and Deputy Sher
iff William Cummings and other
mounted men took the trail of the
offenders early, and when last heard
from they were a good distance south
of Tecumseh and believed they were
on the right track.
I ml in im Start for Huffulo.
RUSHVILLK. Neb., April 27.—Two
hundred and fifty Indians, with sev
enty-five ponies, left here on a special
for the Buffalo exposition. No finer
body of Indians have ever left this
place for an exhibition, their decora
tions were superb, and at least 1,000
of their friends and relatives accom
panied them to the train. The com
pany will pick up other bands along
the route and at Chicago will meet
the bands from Indian Territory and
together will swoop down upon the
city of Buffalo.
Western Nebraska Rejoices.
ALLIANCE, Neb., April 27.—West
ern Nebraska is rejoicing over the
fine weather following three weeks of
very severe storms. The ground is
in fine condition for crops and much
more than usual will be put in. Grass
is green and in a few days more like
the present pasture will bo abundant,
much to the delight of stockmen. The
loss of stock Is not as large as many
of the reports made it. perhaps 1 or
2 per cent.
Recovered HU Hat.
PLATTSMOCTH, Neb., April 27.—
Several days ago an old fisherman
named Samuel Henrys was crossing
the Missouri river in a skiff, when
his hat blew off. and in attempting
to reach it, the boat was capsized.
Being a poor swimmer, Mr. Henrys
clung to the overturned boat, and the
strong current carried him down to
a small island two miles south of the
city, where he was rescued the follow
ing day.
m tm STOCK S4RREI.
t
Latnt from 'lutdlt Omth*
amt lrvumi*» Cltv.
SOFT!* (OMAHA.
Cattle—There was another liberal run
of cattle, hut packer** took hold In good
shape ami rhe market lid not show much
change from yesterdays. Trade was act
ive and tin* bulk of tin supply was out
of first hands In good season. The mar
ket could he quoted Just about steady,
though in some cases sellers thought
they had to take a shack lower prices
Chan they did yesterday. The weaker
feeling was. of course, more noticeable
w the medium kinds of snttle. There
were only a few cows and heifers on
sale. Fifteen ears would about cover
tiv* receipts. In spite of the light sup
ply buyers did not take hold with quite
as much life as they have been doing,
anti the trade -lid not have tin* snap to
it that has been noticed of late. Hulls
sold In alsnit yesterday's notches, lull
they wero not any too active. Veal
calves ami stags brought steady prices
also. The few Stockers anti feeders of
good quality that were offered today
were picked up at fully steady prices.
Stockers weighing tati pounds sold at
I5.lt). The demand from the country is
not what might be call-si heavy, but
still It is large enough to take all that it*
coming at good, strong prices.
Hogs—There was a big run of hogs,
making the supply for the four days this
week the heaviest in some time past.
Hackers started out and tried to buy
their droves at steady prices, but sellers
w. re holding for higher prices, and for
that reason the market Aas slow In get
ting started, and not very many sold at
the early bids. Finally, however, pack
ers raised their hands a little and the
hogs began moving toward the scales at
a shade stronger prices than were paid
yesterday. The bulk --f the hogs today
sold from $5.75 to $r».bO, with the long
strong at $5.77Vi.
Sheep—There were only about a dozen
loads of sheep and lambs on sale and th«
quality of the offerings as a whole was
common. The market opened up about
steady on the better grades. Clipped
lambs brought $4.45, which looked about
steady, and wooled sheep sold at $!.fiO.
which was also about as much ns the
same kind would have brought yester
day. The last end of the market, hotv
e'er, was very slow anil weak, as pack
ers did not set m to want the common
stuff that was offered.
KANSAS CITY MARKET.
Cattle—Medium weight native and
Texas steers, sternly; other cattle, eas
ier; choice dressed beef cattle, $5.251i5.f>0;
fair to good. $4.70'S5.15; stockers and
feeders, $4.1*44/ 5.05; western-fed steers.
$ 1.50115.25; Texan* and Indians. 14.2319
5.15; cows. $3,354(4.50; heifers, $1,504/ 4.90;
canners. $2.5i 4/3.25; bulls. $3,504*15.00;
calves. $1.504/6.0.
Sheep and I.nmbs—Market steady;
western lambs, $4,754/5.00; western weth
ers, $1.504/-4.so; western yearlint/s, $4.6544
4.00; ewes, $4,104/4.50; hulls. $3.5'>t/5.00;
western, lambs, $5,001/5.50.
CABINET MEMBERS SANGUNf.
Hopeful tl>al /he Platt Amendment Will
Me Accepted.
WASHINGTON, April 27.—The cab
inet meeting today, the last one be
fore the president’s departure for the
coast, was occupied almost exclusive
ly with the discussion of the visit
of the Cuban commission. Secretary
Hoot, who has been conducting the
conferences with the commission, sub
mitted rather exhaustively an account
of the interviews he had with them.
He told the president and the cabi- ^
r.et of the objections which the com
missioners raised to the Platt amend
ment and of some of the misunder
standings regarding it.
There was a general exchange of
opinion among the members of the
cabinet regarding the situation and in
light of the views expressed. Secre
tary Root will hold another confei-ence
with the commissioners before their
departure. The president will not see
them again, except to formally bid
them farewell. While there are one
or two points upon which some of the
members of the commission are in
sistent the general feeling of the cab
inet, as reflected in their exchange of
views today, was that the result of
the commission’s visit could not but
lie beneficial in relieving erroneous
impressions which it is expected are
entertained in the constitutional con
vention regarding the purposes of the
United States.
Altogether it would not he too much
to say that the oabient generally is
hopeful that the convention, after
hearing the report of the commission,
will be much more disposed to ac
cept our terms than it has been here
tofore.
ADflBTRT HAY OUTS POST.
Hon of tbe Secretary of State Resigns
CoiiHuUlilp at Pretoria.
WASHINGTON, April 27.—Adalbert
Hay, son of the secretary of state,
has resigned his post as United States
consul general at Pretoria. The resig
nation takes effect tomorrow. His
successor has not been selected.
In view of the great expense of liv
ing at Pretoria, it is possible that the
offices will be left vacant until con
giess can have an opportunity to act
upon a recommendation fiom the ex
ecutive looking to an increase in the
salary of the office of consul general
at Pretoria.
Robber* Tarn Itolil Trick.
ANACONDA, Mont., April 27_A
most audacious robbery was commit
ted here early by two burglars, who
secured $10,000 In gold. The burglars
entered the Alaska saloon by forc
ing the main street door. Bodily pick
ing up a 300-pound safe they loaded
it onto an express wagon. Driving
outside the city limits, they broke the
safe open and secured $10,000 in gold. >4
Putting the broken safe hack into the '
wagon, they made good their escape.
