WAITING FOR UNPUNCTUAL PEOPLE Periods In Which Prof, Stillman Found Time to Head. Although he is himself the acme of punctuality. Senator Depew has come to the conclusion that punctuality is a waste of time in Washington. A few nights ago he was asked to appear before the select committee of the house of investigation of the Da nish West Indies purchase. He was requested to be present at 10 a. m., but it was twenty minutes after that hour before the committee was ready for him. “I have always made it a rule to keep my appointments to the letter,” said he yesterday to one of tne mem bers of that committee, “but I am not sure it pays here in Washington. When I was at Yale I used to see Prof. Stillman in his library, which comprised a great many books. He told me he had read every book there, and that he had done it while wait ing for people to keep their engage ments with him.” GYPSY ATTAINS REMARKABLE AGE — Knflish Wanderer, Iletcntljr Dead, Believed to Have Been 105. Recently a somewhat remarkable man passed away at Whitby Wood, Berkshire, England, one Frederick Draper, who claimed to be the oldest gypsy in the world. Although there is no erftry in the parish register, it appears to be beyond question that old Draper was born at Bix. near Henlev-on-Thanirs. in June, 1797, and was therefore in his 105th year. He lived with bis son. Wellington Draper, who was born the year Waterloo was fought. The power of “the evil eye" of the witch was fully believed in then. Draper used to tell of a witch at Farnham, who made the cows run wrild and prevented them from giving milk; of another witch who lived at Henley-on-Thames, and who was thrown into the river and floated like a cork. The Drapers were typical van-dwellers, attending fairs all over England, selling baskets, clothes pegs and other articles of gypsy merchan dise. Roosevelt Hearn a Criticism. President Roosevelt was once travel ing in Idaho, and passed a book store in the window of which was a copy of his “Winning of the West.” Going into the book store he inquired, “Who is this author, Roosevelt?" “Oh,” said the book seller, "he's a ranch driver.” “And what do you think of his book?" asked the President. “Well, I’ve always thought I'd like to meet the author and tell him if he had stuck to running a ranch and give up writing books he'd have made a power ful more of a success at his trades woman's Home Companion. SINGULAR BOAT U3ED IN SAMOA Kxtra ordinary Vensel Which Has Now ranged Ont of Kxlstencp. In the accompanying picture is shown an extraordinary boat, which was frequently seen in the waters around Samoa some years ago, but of which not now a .single perfect speci men can be found. In boats of this type the Samoans used to journey to distant islands. Some of the boat3 were small, each being designed to carry only a single family. Others were so large that, on One of them all the inhabitants of a village could easily find room. The exact manner in which these vessels were construct ed is not clearly known, but it Is sup posed that each of the large boats was not. strictly speaking, a single vessel, but was composed of two or more small boats placed side by side and fastened together a la catamaran. Jersey Jnstice. Jersey justice is making consider able of a name for itself these days. Isaac D. Ward, a justice of Perth Am boy, has decided that a parent can punish a child with any degree of cruelty, provided he does not leave a mark on the child's body. The Chi nese know eleven ways of giving the death torture without, leaving a mark on the body of the victim. There is a wide and useful field for a few Chinese coaches in the scope of Jersey justice. pvfl mWEEKLY i PANORAMA GEN. SCHOFIELD ON ARMY REFORM Veteran Soldier Advocate* tl»e Forma tion of a General Staff. Lieut.-Gen. John M. Schofield, U. S. A., retired, who has appeared before the Senate committee on military af \r fairs in advocacy of a “general stafT” reorganization of the army, as provid ed in the War Department's pending bill, is the only living retired officer who has held the rank of general in command of the army, and is one of the few surviving general officers of the civil war. Den. Schofleid was born in New York in 1831. was graduated from West Point in 1853. succeeded Gen. Sheridan in command of the ar my in 1888 anrl was retired for age on Sept. 26, 1895. after a continuous life of forty years to the service. In his memoirs Gen. Schofield devoted a chapter to the substitution of a gen eral staff for the present organiza tion. Coil'd Tell a Good Thing* Secretary Shaw is fond of telling of a dinner given by one of ids friends to some rural gentlemen from Iowa. “He furnished them with the best of every thing—terrapin and canvasback duck/' says the secretary. “The climax of the feast was a watermelon, into which j had been emptied two quarts of cliam- I pagne. When the farmers began to cat the watermelon they smiled and '■ smacked their lip? and ate again. Tlmn of one accord they slipped into their pockets a handful of the seeds. They wanted to raise some of the same kind of melon on their own farm." CHINESE BOY WINNING HONORS Fourteen-Year-Old Follower of Con facia* in an American School. One of the brightest boys in the public schools of Trenton, N. J., is ! William Mark Hong, a 14-year-old Chinese boy who has been advanced to the high school because of his ex cellent record in preparatory grades. He was born in Saa Francisco, and came east when he was 8 years old, shortly after the death of his mother. On his ^ 1th birthday he was permit ted to enter the Centennial School, where he was put in the first grade, and when examination time rolled around he took the third grade tests and skipped the second grade. PRESIDENT OF IMMENSE TRUST E. C. Simmon* of St. I,nal« Selected for Head of Hardware Combination. E. C. Simmons of St. Louis, who has been selected for the presidency of the $120,000,000 combination of hardware dealers, just formed, is the founder of the Simmons Hardware Company of St. Louis, one of the larg est jobbing houses in its line in the world, lie was for years the presi dent of the company. Some time ago the older men withdrew trom active participation in the affairs of the cor poration and organized themselves in to an advisory hoard, electing Wallace Simmons to the presidency to succeed his father. Since then E. C. Simmons has acted as advisor to the officers of the company, allowing the younger members of the firm to attend to the details of management. Mr. Simmons is about GO years old. F ‘iv ** BEFORE m Pl/BLJC EYE RECALLS WASHINGTON S GREATNESS Monument Erected on Spot Where lie 1’ut Aside » Crown* Perched upon the brow of a hill, about two miles southeast of N’ew burg, N. Y., stands a plain, unpreten tious rubble monument, erected by the Historical Society of Newburg Hay, which marks the site of a build ing within whose walls occurred one of the most dramatic events of Am erican history. In 1782, owing to lack of pay. etc., discontent with their lot, distrust of a republican form of government had gained a formidable foothold among the rank and file of the army. Mat ters had reached such a pass, indeed, that a secret meeting was called, urg ing the army to appeal from the jus tice to the fears of the government, make demonstrations of power and determination, arouse the fears of the people, and so obtain justice for them selves. The outcome was a letter addressed to Gen. Washington by Col. Nicola, an officer of the army, which, after a re cital of fulsome praise of the comman der-in-chief. said, in part: “Owing to the prejudice of the people it might not at first be prudent to assume the title of royalty, but if all things were once adjusted we believe strong argil ments might be produced for admit ting the title of king.” Thus forewarned, Washington is sued an order for a meeting of the officers at the Temple. Gen. Gates presided, and amid great solemnity the commander-in-chief arose and read his address, which wa= a mas terly and elocp:ent [ilea for faith in the justice of their country, terming those who would overturn the government traitors, and finally emphatically de clining to he made a king. A YOUTHFUL HEIR PRESUMPTIVE Young Trince MUlil Destined to Rule the Mower; Umpire. Only' recently has Japan taken its place among the great nations of the earth, and still more recently did It gain the youngest heir presumptive among the leading royal personages of the world. This is because Prince Michi, grandson of the Mikado and destined to rule the “Flowery" Em pire one of these days, was born only three-quarters of a year ago. Prince Michi, whose imperial father, by the way, is Crown Prince Yoshi hito, eldest son of the Mikado, and only 25 years old, unique in being the first heir presumptive of Japan to dress exclusively in European gar ments. Not a piece of his royal lay ette is made after the Japanese fash ion. Except for the richness of his dress, the Jananese cut of his hair and the strictly Oriental look of his round I little face, the baby prince might be mistaken for the child of a well-to-do American family.—New York l’ress. HIS TEMPER WAS SORELY TRIED Hut His Langaaffn Win I nheronilng a rillar of the Church. A Wyneote man has a little fox ter rier who. like Mary’s little lamb. ha3 a habit of following him everywhere. It followed him to church last Sun day and three times was ejected. Nothing daunted, it made a fourth at tempt. and this time effected an en trance through a side door, whence It made its way to its master's pew. Just then the minister began to pray, and. thinking that a favorable mo ment for action, while the heads of the congregation were lowered, the man grasped the dog by the back of the neck and marched down the aisle. Half way to the door the animal let a howl that startled the congregation and nearly broke up the services. In the rear of the church were several cadets from the Cheltenham Military Academy, and when the owner of the ilog re-entered, very red in the face, one of tnem whispered: ‘ What did you do with him?” “Kicked hell—I mean I kicktd the stuffin' out of him.” replied the pillar of the church. —Philadelphia Record. JAP^H’3 ROYAL HEIR-PRE5UfAPTiVE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA. Nevtr Looked Better cr Was More Prosperous. OMAHA. Neb, April 19.—'"North western Nebraska never looked as prosperous and was never m as Rood condition as at the oresent time," re marked Major Buchanan, genera! pas senger agent of the Elk horn. "The entire Elkhorn valley looks like a garden and at this time the pros pects are excellent for a big crop. There is plenty of moisture in the ground and the recent -.howcru have started the grain to growing in fine shape. All along the line farmers are busy in the fields anil making im provements in the way of erecting a iw cattle sheds, barns and houses. "1 stopped off a couple of days at Newport, a tittle town of 400 inhabi-. tants, and drove into the country some twenty miles. There everything is flourishing. By the way. that is the greatest hay shipping point in the world. East season from that point we sent ears of hay to every state in the union, the cut running into thousands of tons. The hay yielded from one and one quarter to two tons per acre. This year the1 cut will be greater than last. “In addition to the hay fields there are many fine ranches around New port, on which herds of cattle from 5oo to 1,500 head graze the year round. On every hand there is a flowing well, water being secured at from twenty to fifty feet. Laud is selling at from *1<> to *25 per acre and is in good demand.” LEAPS THROUGH A WINDOW. Fremont Burglar Spoils Plan to Cap ture Him. FREMONT. Neb.. April 19.—At 11:30 the other night the hardware store of L. F. Holloway & Co., at Sixth and F streets, was burglarized by a lone individual and $50 worth of laz ors, shears and revolvers stolen. The thief escaped capture by jumping through a plate glass window in the front of the store after he had sent a sewing machine crashing through so as to make a hole large enough for his exit. Several men who were planning to surprise and effect his ar rest saw him tlee a block toward the west and turn a corner, and two oth ers who happened to be passing along another street caught a glimpse of him as he darted into an alley. Noth ing has been seen of the fellow since that time. Mullen Stays in Alaska. Washington special dispatch: The nomination of Patrick M. Mullen of Omaha, which the president sent to the senate, for receiver of public moneys at Juneau, Alaska, was ac complished at the earnest request of both Senators Dietrich and Millard, who have labored indefatigabiy for Mr. Mullen’s appointment ever since it was announced that the land of fices in Alaska would he consolidated at Juneau. Mr. Mullen was receiver at Rampart City. Looks Like Falls City Man. MANHATTAN. Kan., April 19 — William Scott, arrested here on a charge of grand larceny, committed at Sevannah. Mo., is said to fit the description of the murderer of the city marshal at Falls City, Neb., who was killed two years ago, and for whom a large reward was offered. Interchangeable Mileage. SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 19.—The Trans-Continental Passenger associa tion in committee of the whole, it is stated, decided to recommend inter changeable mileage on all roads west of Denver, Cheyenne and El Paso. Re-Elected Superintendent. KEARNEY, Neb., April 19.—A. O. Thomas, superintendent of the Kear ney public schools, was re-elected by the board of education at their recent meeting for the coming year at an increase in salary of $100 per year. Editors to Meet in Omaha. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., April 19 — Omaha was selected by the National Editorial association as the place for holding the next annual convention, defeating Milwaukee and Ashville, North Carolina. New Bank for Henderson. HENDERSON, Neb., April ID.—.John Krocker & Son are excavating for a new brick building and will organize a bank here with $25,000 capital. The name of the bank will be the First National. School Boy Stabs Comrade. LONG PINE, Neb., April 19.—While Charlie Castle and Guy Given were retaining from school, young Castle stabbed Given in the spinal column. The victim is in a precarious condi tion. Serious Injury from Stalk Cutter. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., April 10 — While George H. Stoehr was cutting cornstalks in a field he fell in front of a stalk cutter and was run over, being seriously cut and bruised. ATTACK THE AuRE fOOD LAW Unlice.«feed Creamery Operator Maker Test C.tse. UNCOaw. Neb., April- 21.—The I Nebraska uure food la v is being vig orously attacked in the supreme court on the ground tint it is. imconstitu tional. The c-hief contention is tbui the act is in violation of that section of the constitution which prohibits the creation of- state offices- by the legislature. The case is old* in which J*}hn C. Merrill of Sutton' was convicted for operating a creamery without lirsf hav ing procured a license trom tlie food commissioner. No question arises, as to the facts, the onrfy defense inter posed being that the law under which conviction was had is void. The suit is being watched with uuusual inter est by manufacturers of both pure and imitation butter, dairy and vinegar products. The question involved is one of far-reaching importance, how ever. for it will affect not only the dairy interests, but those persons who come wfthin the meaning of various other laws which have created or es tablished new state offices. SCHOOL LAND NEARLY GONE. Commissioner Follmer Finds Little Left to Leace. LINCOLN, Neb., April 21.—When Land Commissioner Follmer fills a number of land leasing appointments he has made in Cedar Dixon, Dakota, (.'ass, Polk and Boyd counties, there will he not to exceed 1,300 acres of school land unleased in i\ebraska. Deputy Land Commissioner Katon said that there is but little work yet to do in connection with the leasing of lands and the 64.300 acres unleased when Mr. Follmer took charge of the office will all be disposed of with the exception of the few acres mentioned. This includes school land in the sand hill district as well as in the more fer tile portions of Nebraska. The last auctions will be held on May 25. Dur ing recent land leasings the tendency has been to higher values for con tracts of all lands forfeited and re leased. CAUGHT IN STALK CUTTER. Cass County Farmer is Fearfully Man gled. ELMWOOD. Neb., April 21.—George H. Stoehr, a young farmer living two miles north and one-half mile east of Elmwood, was terribly mangled in a stalk cutter. He fell to the ground in front of the machin°. which ran over him. He became unconscious and when he returned to a realization of things he was tangled up in the knives and the only way he could get out was to remove one of the wheels, and lift the knives off his body. This he did, putting the wheel back on, climbing on the machine and driving some distance to the house, when a neighbor went for a physician. Pass Rigid Saloon Ordinance. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., April 21.— At the meeting of the council an ordi nance regulating booths or wine rooms in saloons was passed. The ordinance makes it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than |25 or more than $1U0 to have any door, curtain or screen over or in front of any booth, wine room or other rooms built within a saloon. The or dinance is the result of an individual dealer refusing to remove the door and is not a matter remedying any general complaint. General Bates Visits Fort Crook. FORT CROOK, Neb., April 21.— General Bates, commanding the De partment of the Missouri with two of his aides, were at the fort to take part in and witness the examination of Lieutenant Bridges for promotion to a captaincy. The examination con sisted of battalion drill, genera! forma tion and field exercises, which were very satisfactory. Aged Woman Falls in Cistern. ELK CREEK. Neb.. April 21.—Mrs. Deborah Lawrence, who is past sev enty years old, fell through a trap door to a cistern in four feet of water She was not badly injured. Orders Curfew Law Enforced. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., April 21. —Mayor Bartling has issued an order to the police to rigidly enforce the cur few ordinance. Barn and Horses Burned. FRANKLIN, Neb., April 21.—A small barn in the west part of town belonging to Alf Nucklow was burn-^ ed. Three head of horses were lost. Soldier's Remain at York. YORK, Neb., April 21.—The remains of Joseph S. Oviatt, who died of tu berculosis at Salt Lake City last Sun day, arrived here. He had been in the service of the United States al most continuously since the first call for volunteers in the Spanish-Ameri caa war. At the time of his death he was a member of Company D, 1 Twelfth artillery. He formerly be J longed to Company A of the First Ne j braska. THE U.IVE STOCK |VI*$TKET. -— i Latest (Juctations froi* Souffa-' Omaha arfd Kansas Oity. a#tr;TH OMAfte. Cattle—'Tfiof**' was tlie lightest' mw of eat tie that has arrived un a ThunaJay tn « Jons While. Packer* were anxious for •applies, so that* prices Went steady to strong. and it uni.* took u stunt1 tlifi** for sellers to dispose uffpvnetlcaily cVer.’ ihipff they had on hand; There wrrj a ffoo't proportion of heef -V»cr* in the rt-rxlpts, amt the quality Wa* U|fW the ifsuil sfand ard. As high as «il !4»wa* paid tV’some# heavy export cattle -3»»t weighed t.tM» pounds. The heavyweight rattle that are' good enough for export heef, and a.fi*f> the good to choice IlghtweltCNts. seemed to tie in ttie liest demand. Tln-'aivw markrS'was’ fully steady. Anything' it all desirable met with ready sale at good,, steady prices* and In some cases sales were made that, looked a little better. ItwTI*, veal cfll vi** and stags sold In just a ah lit the same notches the> did yesterday. The desirable grades were easy to dls|K>se «f. but rum-' moil stuff was neglected. Tlwre were not many stoekers and feeders in sale and' the better grades sold without mueli ■ trouble at Just about steady prices. Mugs There was a moderate run and. the general market could bo quoted fairly ♦e.tlve and steady to strong. The quality w.rs exceptionally good. The good hogs •wild at strong prices, and in some cases were as much as 5c higher. The light hogs sold in about the same notches they did yesterday and were neglected more or less, the same as usual. They were left until the last, when they sold at about steady prices. The heavy hogs sold largely front $6.95 to 17. in. Medium weights went mostly from $6.90 to $6.95 and the light hogs from $6.1-0 down. Sheep—There was not a very heavy sup ply of sheep, aa the receipts presented show. Included In the offerings was a big string of feeders that were sold to arrive, so that the number of sale was limited. Packers all took hold in good shape and paid steady to strong prices for all desirable grades, so that the pens were practically cleared in good season. Some Mexican wooled lambs sold at $6.75 and some clipped wethers nl $5.60. Feed ers also sold at high prices. The Iambs brought $6.25 and the yearlings $.5.80 with the wool oil. KANSAS CITY. Cattle—Butcher stiers were ntea; mixed packers, fij.'.tu'ii7di5, light. $t.7'5J|7.0o; pigs, J5.75'(n;„‘>ii. Sheep and Kambs—Market strong to 10c higher; native lambs, S6.55h7.00; western lambs. $0.40410.65; native wethers, $5,006* 6.00; western wethers. $5.50415. *5; yearlings, $0.2tl4*6.50; western clipped sheep, $.7.40; ewes. UWrS.UO; clipped grass Texans, .‘*17505.00, clipped Texas lambs. $0.M>?jC.5U. CUBAN BILL PASSES. Measure Giving Reciprocity to Island ers Goes Through the House. WASHINGTON, April 19.—The democrats and the republican insur gents rode rough-shod over the house leaders yesterday when the voting be gan on the Cuban reciprocity bill. They overthrew the ruling of the chair in committee of the whole on the question of the germaneness of an amendment to remove the differ ential from refined sugar during the existence of the reciprocity agree ment provided for in the bill; The vote to overrule the decision of the chair, made by Mr. Sherman, was 1.71 to 130. republicans to the number of thirty-seven joining with a solid dem ocratic vote to accomplish this result. Having won this preliminary victory the amendment was adopted in com mute—U>4 to 111—and later In the house by a still larger majority—199 to 1"5. On this occasion sixty-four republicans voted with the democrats lor the amendment. The bill was then passed by an over whelming majority—247 to 52. An analysis of the vote shows that 124 republicans and 123 democrats voted for the amended bill, and forty-two republicans and ten democrats against it. To Send Bill to Conference. WASHINGTON, A[»ril 19,—In view of the aetion of the senate last night in making the Chinos© exclusion sub stitute an amendment to the pending hill, it is expected that the action of the senate will be disagreed to in or der to send the bill to conference. By this parliamentary procedure the ' California members feel assured that the ultimate measure of exclusion can be no less than that in the senate bill at least. Farewell to Dr. Hopkins. KANSAS CITY, April 19.—Rev. Dr. Henry Hopkins, president-elect of Williams college, was given a fare well reception by McPherson post No. 4 of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Missouri, in this city tonight. Many ex-confederates partic ipated in the reception. Addresses were made by Dr. Hopkins, Major William Warner and others. Henderson’s Lips Sealed on Subsidy. WASHINGTON, April 19.—In view of published reports that Speaker Henderson was opposed to the ship subsidy bill, following the opposition of the Iowa senators, it was stated yesterday by those aware of the speak er s views that lie has expressed no opi. ion and has reached no conclu sion on tlie subject thus far, prefer ring to wait until the committee in charge of the measure has formulated action and made public their views.