too MILES ANHOl/'R.
Railway travel at the rate of 100
miles an hour on a single rail With
electricity as the motive promises to
be the common method in England in
the not remote future. It is now al
most certain that Manchester and Liv
erpool are to he connected by rail in
this way. Parliament has already part
ly consented to the experiment. Last
year the promoters were beaten in the
house by lobyists of the three existing
railways between the two cities. This
year the innovators are luckier. Safety
by the single rail system is secured by
constructing the track on a trestle, i
XOhy the Losing Cup Has
Ghree Handles,
The best account of the origin of the
loving cup comes from the late Lord
Lyons, British Ambassador at Paris.
According to his narrative. King Henry
of Navarre (who was also Henry IV.
of France), while hunting became sep
arated from his companions, and feel
ing thirsty, called
at a wayside inn
for a cup of wine.
The serving
maid, on handing
it to him as he
sat on horseback,
npgiected to pre
sent the handle.
Some wine was
spilled over, and
his majesty’s
white gaunt
'lets were soiled.
While riding home he bethought him
that a two-handled cup would prevent
a recurrence of this, so his majesty had
a two-handled cup made at the royal
potteries and sent it to the inn.
On his next visit he called again for
wine, when, to his astonishment, the
maid (having received instructions
from her mistress to be very careful
of the king's cup) presented it to him
by holding it herself by each of its
handles. At once the happy idea struck
the king of a cup with three handles, !
which was promptly acted upon, as his
majesty quaintly said, “Surely, out of
three handles I shall be able to get
one!” Hence the loving cup.
General Sorter’s Vindication.
General Fitz-John Porter lived to a
good old age, dying in his 80th year,
but his life would have been not only
one of unusual vicissitudes but of un
usual misfortune had not reparation
come to him for harsh discipline and
harsher censure. No man holding a
leading position in the union army,
not even General McClellan, was made
the victim of more acrimonious dis
cussion and, as it afterward turned
out, of more unjustifiable punishment
than he. Prejudiced critics pursued
him with rancor* wot hesitating to
tpyyaonnce him a traitor deserving of
death. Jealous army officials joined
the hue and cry. Loyal men every- j
where for a time believed the charges
made against him of disobedience to !
the orders of his superior officer, of
purposely delaying the movement of
troops, and of using his own judgment
and the train is kept from oscillation
by the use of side rails, which act as
gti.des. The whole distance between
Manchester and Liverpool will be cov
ered in twenty minutes without a stop
by trains which will consist of only
two cars constructed on the plan of
nonresistance to atmosphere. Each car
will have its own motor and will be
operated alternately for ten minutes.
It is expected that this line when built
will revolutionize the railway system
of England. The invention Is that of
M. Behr, who is successfully operating
a similar line in Belgium.
in carrying out the orders of General
Pope, and many unquestionably be
lieved that his insubordination and de
lays were in the interest of the South
ern army. At last he was brought be
fore a court-martial which cashiered
him and forever debarred him from
holding any office of profit or trust un
ment in his actions and that the
charges made by his accusers before
the court-martial were not based upon
fact. His vindication was complete and
the reparation though tardy was a
groat satisfaction to him. He did not
have to die distrusted and in technical
disgrace.
Migrating Ireland.
The monotonous tale of Ireland's de
cline in population continues. The new
census shows that there are only 4,
450,546 people in the country now, or
5.3 per cent less than ten years ago.
In 1841 there were 8,173,124 inhabi
tants in the country, the highest num
ber ever recorded by any census, al
though the actual high-water mark was
probably not reached until a few years
later. But in 1851 there was a sud
den drop to 6. 552.385. In 1861 the
number had fallen off to 5,798,967. in
1871 to 5.412,377, in 18S1 to 5,174,836,
and in 1891 to 4,407,750. It Is now
nearly 50 per cent less than it was in
1841 in which time the population of
England and Wales has more than
doubled. Ireland, which at the time
of the 1’nion. a hundred years ago,
contained a third of the population of
the United Kingdom, now contains less
than a ninth.
Of course, tho decline in the popula
tion of Ireland does not mean that the
Irish race is becoming extinct. It
means that its center of gravity has
been shifted across the sea. There are
probably twice as many Irishmen in
the United States as there are in Ire
Vrof. Starr Startles Students
According to Professor Frederick |
Starr, the noted anthropologist of the
University of Chicago, a man who
parts his hair in the middle displays j
unmistakable evidence of a degener- i
ate instinct in his nature. The profes- j
sor made this declaration to his class
at the University recently, in a lec
ture in which he warned the students
against latter day fads, such as wear
ing shirt wai3ts and tattooing their
persons.
These customs he branded as indica
tions of the degeneracy of our modern
civilization. His remarks caused quite
a stir among the young men of his
class, several of whom are prominent
athletes of the University and comb
their hair in the approved football
fashion.
"Parting the hair in the middle, the
new shirtwaist for men and tattooing
the person are evidences of the alarm
ing growing degeneracy of our modern
civilization,” said the professor in the
course of a lecture on tattooing. “No
normal person will indulge in any of
these hr >i»s.
"These things are not criminal in
themselves, he continued, serenely
oblivious to the expressions on the
faces of a large part of his audience,
"out if a person parts his hair in the
middle, or tattoos his body, or wears
one of these new shirt waists it is
der the United States. Considering the
inflamed condition of public opinion it
is only remarkable that he was not
shot for giving aid and comfort to the
enemy.
For sixteen long years Fitz-John
Porter rested under this unjust sen
tence, but subsequently new testimony
was brought forward by his friends
which was so convincing that a board
of Inquiry composed of some of the
most eminent soldiers of the army was
called to review the whole matter. The
result was its declaration that General
Porter showed correct military judg
tOas Kjnotvn to Americans,
Admiral Commerell, who died in
England the other day, was a British
sea fighter, with whom the navy of the
United States had some unpleasant ex
perience during the civil war. Hj had
Just won distinction in China and had
been decorated with the Victoria cross
for hazardous service in the Putrid
Sea. As Captain • Roberts” he worried
the United States in running block- j
ades at Wilmington. Mobile and
Charleston. He was then a captain of
the British navy drawing half-pay ,
while on this '•furlough," and if he
had not been the cunning daredevil he
was he would have been captured a
dozen times by the Americans. The
admiral was born in 1829. entered the
navy in 1842, fought at Parana in 1845
6, won a medal at Sebastopol and com
manded the attacks of the Taku forts
in 1859. At the end of the civil war in
America he returned to his duties in
England and was made commander of
the Terrible, llis last active service
was rendered as commander of tha
Portsmouth station from which he re
tired in 1891.
pretty good evidence that there is a
degenerate streak in his nature.”
Now the students are wondering
PROF. STARR.
whether the professor's opinion will
cause a revolution in the method of
wearing the hair on the campus.
land. While Irish blood flows in and
invigorates nearly every race on this
continent. Every city in Ireland can
be matched with a greater population
in some city in America. And. on a
smaller scale, there are new Irelands
in Canada and Australia. It is worth
while for English statesmen to con
sider the question why it is that their
little Ireland is unhappy and rebellious,
while the greater Ireland in America
Is contented and loyal.
Is “Refusal a Crime?
The indictment of a disciple of Dr.
Dowie at White Plains, New York, for
violating the statutes in failing to call
a,doctor for his dying daughter raises
the question as to the constitutionality
of the law under which such an indict
ment could he secured. If there is a
statute in New York state making it
a penal offense to neglect or refuse to
call a physician in case of sickness,
the presumption is that it is a general
law passed a a health regulation, and
more directly concerns the enforce
ment of sanitary precautions in infec
tious diseases, particularly among chil
dren where neglect of parents ofttlmes
endangers a whole community. It was
doubtless the purpose of such a law to
compel parents to do everything pos
sible to promote the recovery of chil
dren and to punish any parental neg
lect in this direction. That a state law
compelling an adult to call a physician
or to take medicine in case of sickness
would stand the test of the higher
courts, however, is so repugnant to all
our elemental conceptions of personal
liberty as to be beyond ordinary cred
ibility. The efficacy of drugs or the
standing of therapeutics as a fixed and
dependable science would not enter
into the consideration of the constitu
tionality of such a law. It would sim
ply be a question of personal rights.
IT a person "preferred death to doc
tors,” could the state interpose its
mandate against personal desire or
will and compel him to call a doctor?
So far as the physical act of taking
medicine Is concerned, all the legisla
tures in the world could not force a
person to take medicines after they
were prescribed unless he chose to take
them.
Tonics “Result from XOhat?
The assertion that panics result front
an undue inflation of credits and a
sudden perception on the part of a
number of people that the supply of
an indispensable article is inadequate
to the demand for it contains truth,
but not the whole truth. The real
j cause of panics is the inflation of
' prices that taxes the monetary circu
lation to a tension that immediately
; makes money the article in demand ia
! stead of real commodities.
CAVT MAVC^IIIS CHILD.
Court ntnlrl a Nrbnmka Man I’oiuilinn
of Bit Own llatjy.
NKW YORY, June 3.—Frank B.
Weyaut, the wealthy owner of a cattle
ranch near Lincoln, Nob., made an un
successful effort iu the supreme court
here to obtain the custody of his in
fant child, Gladys. About a year ago
Mrs. Weyant came to Brooklyn with
his wife to pay a visit to his rela
tives. While here the child was horn
and the mother died a few days after
the birth. Mr. Weyant returned to
Nebraska to attend to his business in
terests there, leaving the child with
his brother, Henry S. Weyant, and his
wife, Lizzie. A few months later cor
respondence was opened with a view of
having the child sent on to the father,
but the brother sent word to the father
that he could not think of such a thing,
and that the idea of having so young
a child travel so long a distance was
absurd in the extreme. Finally, Wey
ant came on, with his sister. Mrs. l.ucy
Armstrong, but was surprised to find
that the brother refused to surrender
the child. He then had recourse to the
courts and the case came up before
Supreme Court Justice Maddox, when
the facts in the rase were presented.
Several physicians were ralle 1 and
gave it as their opinion that it w'as in
expedient to have a child sent on so
long a journey. Oiher physicians tes
tified that the child would not suffer
from the trip. Justice Maddox began
giving a decision in favor of the child's
retention, when counsel for the father
broke in and insisted on being beard.
He cited numerous instances where in
valids had traveled long distances with
perfect safety, notably that of Mrs.
McKinley.
Justice Maddox decided that the child
should remain in the custody of the
brother for a year, at the end of which
time the father might renew his appli
cation.
A MONUMENT TO M KEIGH4N.
Statue in Hit Honor i* Detllmtecl at Heii
Cloud.
RED CLOUD, Neb., June 3—On Me
morial day the procession moved
to the cemetery, with the Red Cloud
hand at the head, followed by old vet
erans and the returned volunteers of
the late war, the speakers and noted
visitors and citizens in carriages.
After the services of the Grand Army
of the Republic at the cemetery came
the ceremony of unveiling the monu
ment erected to the memory of Wil
lian A. McKeighan. The monument
was draped with flags and at a given
signal the shaft was unveiled by Miss
Edith McKeighan. William J. Bryan
delivered an address, in which he spoke
of the virtues of Mr. McKeighan. his
record in congress and the strong hold
he had in the hearts of the people of
this district and said the good he has
done to his state and country will be
be more enduring than the shaft of
granite erected to his memory.
Mr. Bryan was followed by ex-Sen
ator Allen with an oration in manu
script. He reviewed the history and
public works of William A. Mc
Keighan. He told of the early strug
gles against poverty, of his untiring
efforts in behalf of humanity. He re
lated incidents of his early life and
showed the disadvantages with which
he had to contend.
HellBtfdt a Drawing Card.
There was a great rush for tickets
for the first concert of the Eellstedt
hand, which opened a month's engage
ment in Omaha Jnne 1st. Thousands
who have heard him during exposition
days want to hear him again with his
new music and added stars. That ail
may do so the ra'boads will help in
the matter or reduced rates.
Increase of 9280,000.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 3.—The state
auditor's office has received from the
printer a complete statement of ex
penses and appropriations of the last
legislative session. The total appro
priations are $2,875,289.51, as compar
ed with $2,591,373.60 appropriated by
the legislature of 1S99—an increase
of $280,000.
PlnttHmnntli Cilrl Win* Modal.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., June 3.—
Miss Eethel, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George E. Davey of this city, was
the successful contestant in the dra
matic class in the Chicago college of
music and was awarded the diamond
medal. The beautiful and valuable
prize was offered by Joe Jefferson,
and was much sought after by tlm
students of the college.
Former Went Pointer.
WEST POINT. Neb., June 3.—News
lias been received here announcing the
death of Frank Hahn, a former West
Pointer, at El Reno, Okl., a few days
ago. He left here In 1882.
Hone Ten in ScihIh C'liHlIeii^e.
WYMORE, Neb.. June 3.—The t rack
hose team of the Wymore fire depart
ment has raised a purse of $100 and
challenges any volunteer hose com
pany in the state to race for it on the
Fourth of July. Several good teams
have already entered for the contest,
and there will be come fast running.
The officers elected to serve the fire
department for the ensuing year are:
V. P. Bacon, chief; H. Anderson, as
sistant.
THE WIST H4S GOOD RAINS.
Plenty to Innure au AI*uimI»m« of <<raa»
Ht U»lt.
The past week, says the Nebraska
Crop Bulletin, has been cool, with
heavy showers in western counties and
generally light showers in eastern. The
daily mean temperature has averaged
five degrees below normal in eastern
counties and three degrees in western.
Frosts occurred quite generally in the
last day of the week. Only siigiit
damage has thus far been reported.
The rainfall was above normal in the
western counties, and ranged from
one to two and one-half inches in most
of the noithwestern counties. In
eastern counties it was generally less
than half an inch.
Winter wheat has generally growfi
well, although cinch Hugs have done
some damage, and in places more rain
would have impro\ed the crop pros
pects. Oats have grown fairly well,
but continues thin on the ground and
in rather poor condition. Grass has
improved in western counties, and gen
erally pastures and meadows are in
gooii condition. Corn planting fs
nearly finished in northern counties,
and some replanting has been done in
southern. The low temperature has
been unfavorable for the germination
and growth of corn, and it is coming
up slowly, but in most places the stand
is good; cultivation of the earliest
planted corn has commenced. Gener
ally prospects for a good fruit crop
are reported, but some complaint has
been made that apples are not settling
well, indicating that the apple crop
may be light.
THE BANK’S DOORS CLOSED
A Monied Institution at tintlienburg in
Had Sli>t|>e.
LINCOLN, June 1.—Because of the
poor condition of its paper the Peo
ple's State bank of Gothenburg was
ordered closed by the state hanking
board. Bank Examiner E. E, Emmett
will remain in charge of tlie institu
tion until a receiver is appointed.
The people's Wink was organized in
1850, and in 1890 was consolidated
with the First State bank. Several
days ago Secretary Royse of the hank
ing board suspected something wrong
in the management of the institution
and an examination later showed it
to be In an unsafe condition, it was
intimated by Mr. Royse that the poor
paper of the institution had been held
over from the panic period.
The deposits of the bank amount to
100,000 and tlie loans and discounts to
$72,000. Tlie capital stock is 123.000
and the liabilities $90,000. Its officers
are: L. D. Lloyd, president: Conrad
\V. Lloyd, cashier; Clyde \V. Lloyd,
assistant cashier.
Found Dead by a Tenant.
GENEVA. Neh„ June 1.—Ben Shell,
a ijiachelor about 43 years of age, liv
ing alone on his farm three miles west
of town, was found dead In his bed
by one of the neighbors who is farm
ing his place. Not seeing Shell about
the premises during the day he went
to the house in the evening and found
the body in bed dressed in night
clothes. He had died from natural
causes.
Ten Cattle llurneil to Oealh.
FREMONT, Neb., June 1.—Ten cat
tle were burned to death in two freight
cars on an cast bound Union Pacific
train. The fire started by a spark
from the engine alighting on some
straw in one of the cars, while the
train was west of North Bend. Be
fore the flames were discovered they
had caused the death of several cattle
and Injured ethers so that they died
later on.
Swe<le Attempt) Suicide.
FAIRMONT, Neb., June ].—Eric
Olcson, a young Swede who 1ms been
living in this neighborhood for the
last year, procured a pistol and re
tiring to a nearby lot shot himself.
The bullet entered over the heart,
passed around the breast l>one and
was extracted by the doctor back of
the shoulder. The doctor thinks if no
complications occur he will recover.
Tli© Hi 11 h t «*«l t Concert*.
The celebrated Ilellstedt band of
Cincinnati is now giving a series of
concerts in a big tent at Omaha, which
will be continued all through the
month of June, afternoon and evening.
A more favorable opportunity for
hearing good music, instrumental and
vocal, will not soon again occur.
TIionniH McCarty Parolfd.
LINCOLN, June 1.—Thomas Mc
Carty, sentenced to fifteen years’ im
prisonment for highway robbery in
Sarpy county, has l*een paroled. He
belonged to the renowned McCarty
gang.
ItOKrue Aged Man From Fire
FAIRBl RY, Neb., June L—The
Hurlburt Packing house in the west
ern part of the eity was discovered to
be on Are. When the fire department
arrived at the buildings flames Were
bursting from all sides of the large
structure and Mr. Carlyle, aged 9:1
years, who sleeps in tlie building, was
rescued just in time to save his life,
as he was helpless by reason of the
smoke pouring into his room in great
volume.
THE IIVF STOCK MARKET,
F
l.atot Quotation* from Oncaha
nod Kansas CIFv.
SOt'TH < iMATI.V,
Cattle—There was a Kami, llTrr’ra.l run
of cuttle, and in view of the lll*eral re
ceipts packers started In to buy thoir sup
plies tar a little less money thun they did
yesterday. Sellers, however, held for
steady prices, so that while the market
was slow in opening, hot much change
Was noticeable. Beef steers made up the
hulk of the receipts, v'o- same us has been,
the ease for some little time. It Wtts a.
little late before many sales were made,
owiny to the fact that packers were bid
ding lower, but after buyers and sellers
Kot together the cattle changed bands at
a rapid rate at just about yesterday's
prices. The heavy weights continue in
the best demand, but still the lighter
grades, if of desirable Quality, sold with
out difficulty. It was the light common
stuff that was slow sale. Cows were In
light supply and good demand and no ma
terial change was noticeable In the prices
paid. Packers bid good, steady prices
and bought up what was offered In good
season. Choice heavyweight heifers In
particular moved freely. Bulls also were
In active demand this morning, and any
thing at all desirable In quality sold in
good season at steady prices. The same
was true of stags and calves.
Hogs There was a very heavy run of
hogs, over 15.000 head being on sale. The
demand, however, was equal to the occa
sion, as is shown by the fact that every
thing sold in good season, with the mar
ket averaging only a shade lower. Back
ers started iu bidding mostly $5.60, or 2V*c
lower, but sellers held on for steady
prices, and for that reason the market
was a little slow in opening, finally, how
ever, packers raised their bids and began
paying $5.SO and $5.6214. At those prices
the hogs moved toward the scales at a
rapid rate and it was not long before
practically everything was out of first
hands. The choicest grades sold largely
at $5.65, and ns high us $5.75 was paid for
a prime load.
Sheep—There were only n few oars of
sheep and lambs here and the market on
the lighter weights cf lambs was fairly
active and Just about steady witli yester
day. The clipped Iambs sold mostly from
$5.mi to $5.90. which prices average up
about the same ns yesterday. There
were no choice woobd lambs offered. The
helvyweigtlt clipped stuff was slow Billo
tills morning and a little weak.
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle— Native ami Texas beef steers,
steady to shade higher; Stockers and
feeders, slow; cows and lvetfers, steady to
lac lower; choice beef steers, $5.30©3.85;
fair to good, $5.(H)4t5.40; stackers and feed
ers. $ l.Oi 'it 4.30; western yearlings, Jl.jO'b
3 33; Texans and Indians, $4.504}5.50; Texas
grass steers. $3.4"4(’4.25; cows, $3.25*91.75;
heifers, $3.654i5.83; canners. $2,254(3.13;
bulls, $3.5' 4/ $.50; calves, $1 f» u5.3C,
Hogs—Market steady to 2'gC lower; top,
$3bulk of sales, $5,804/5.85; heavy, $5.80
'ii5 'n); mixed packers, |3.054(5.85; light, $5.40
4(5.75; pigs, $1.4005.35.
Sleep and I^anibs— Market 5015c lower;
western lambs. $4.fi04/5.30; western weth
ers. $4 004(4.50; western yearlings, $1.5©
4.SO. ewes. $3.75414.25; culls, $2.7503.50;
Texas grass sheep, $3,304(4.00: Texas
lambs, $4,254/4.00; spring lambs, $5.50'yti.25.
SLRGE0N ST. JOHN IS KILLED.
Company A. Twentieth Infantry Mnsll
llnml of Intturgent*.
MANILA, June 1.—Thirty-three men
of Company A, Twentieth regiment
United States infantry, recently en
countered Segovia’s hand near Para
cale. North (’amarine province. Sur- y
geon St. John was killed. The in
surgents lost five men killed and had
two wounded.
Doniels has been again attacked and
reinforcements have been sent from
Marindique.
As a result of the investigation of
the shooting affair at Camp Stotsen
burg. May 21, Lieutenant James How
ell of the Sixth artillery will be tried
Uy court-martial. Second Lieutenant
Charles R. Lloyd, jr., also of the
Sixth artillery, and Dr. Overton, who
dressed the wounds received by Lloyd
at the hands of Howell, have been re
leased from arrest.
Runaway Husband.
BLOOMFIELD. Juno 1.—A. S. Ken
drick, of Floris. who sold off his prop
erty and left his wife and skipped to
Kansas with the money, ami who has
been confined in the jail here, was
given a hearing in the justice court.
His attorney worked hard for a com
promise. and finally accomplished his
plan. Kendrick agreed to give his
wife $2,350 and allow her to make ap
plication for divorce on the ground of
cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs.
Kendrick withdrew all former charges
which .she hail preferred against him.
His; Theft ut Singapore.
LONDON, June 1.—The Daily Mail
has received the following dispatch
from Singapore:
“Bank notes to the value of £50,
000, mostly in L 50 notes, have been
stolen from the Singapore branch of
the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank.
There is no trace of the thief.
Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1.—
Today's statement of the treasury
balances in the general fund, exclu
sive of the $150,000,000 gold in the
division of redemption, shows: Avail
able cash balance, $1B1,537,<*»98; gold,
$92,923,024.
It Itr.t rid * Olrniinirtciirlne.
HARKlSBHRCi, Fa.. June l.—Gov
ernor Stone today signed the Snyder
Harrls oleomargarine restriction bill.
The new law regulates the manufac
ture and sale of butterlne and similar
products, forbids oleomargarine from
being colored, prevents dealers from
selling oleomargarine for butter, and
makes it compulshry upon eaeli dealer
to secure a permit front the Agricul
tural department before handling
oleomargarine.