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I To See Coronation !_*_ GUEST OF KING EDWARD. Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson Invited, to Attend the Coronation. Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson, who will attend the coronation at the spe cial invitation of King Edward, is the niece of the late President Buchanan, and was the mistress of the white house when King Edward, then the youthful Prince of Wales, visited this country in I860. Mrs. Lane was mar ried in 1866 to Henry Elliott John son of Baltimore, and for a time lived at Wheatland, but now makes her home in Washington. The invitation sent her by the king is in memory of the hospitalities the then Miss Lane extended to the then Prince of Wales in the White House. His Price Was High. Andrew Carnegie is fond of telling how the editor of a popular magazine once asked him for an article on “Or ganization in Business.” Mr. Carnegie feared the price would be too high. "Oh, no,” said the editor; “1 am sure we could arrange tnat satisfactorily. Name your figure.” Well,” replied Mr. Carnegie, "I could hardly afford to do it for less than $5,000,000. No, I mu=t withdraw that. What 1 should put into it has cost me much more than that, and, of course, you would not expect me to sell it to you at less thar- cost.”—The Pilgrim. ARMY BELLE VISITS LONDON. Miss Elinor Wilson Accompanies Her Father Across the Water. An army belle who will be a promi nent figure at the coronation of King Edward is Miss Elinor Wilson, the younger daughter of Gen. J. H. Wil son. The general will cross as the of ficial representative of Uncle Sam's warriors, and his handsome daagbter, who. since her mother's death, has shared with her sister Katharine the duties of hostess in his home, and dis pensed them with infinite sweetness and grace, will bear him company. Miss Elinor’s charm and tact have heretofore been of no little aid to her father’s popularity, and the wardrobe which she is preparing for her cam paign at the court of St. James would prove an able weapon in the hands of a lesser diplomat. New York’s Danger. Comes now Prof. Hamilton of the New York Museum of Natural History and deposes that in his opinion Goth am will be destroyed by volcanic eruption. The trouble may not ar rive for ages, and then again it may make its appearance tomorrow. The professor says that Manhattan island, Long Island, Staten Island and pretty much all of New Jersey are of vol canic origin, and he says: “They will all be totally destroyed by the same forces. The old lava streams, now solidified rock like tho Palisades, are liable to break out again to permit on outlet for the fires now imprisoned by nature.” Devil Dancer's Mask. The devil dancers of Ceylon wear these peculiar masks In their religious d tea Men of Prominence MISTAKE A LAWYER MADE. Recorder Smyth Not the Unjust Judge * He Was Reported to Be. In an after-dinner speech at a ban quet in New York the other day a well known lawyer related this story of the late Recorder Smyth, who was for so long a time a terror to the evil-doers of the metropolis. A young man came before him upon a grave charge and was accompaniec by a lawyer in whose judgment the re corder had little confidence. The mo ment the accused was called upon to plead he jumped up hastily and said: "Guilty, your honor.” The recorder knew he had a fair defense and, call ing him close to the bar, said to him in a friendly manner: “Now. tell me who told you to plead guilty?" "Me lawyer, your honor." "Why did he tell you that?” “Because he said if me case ever came up before that ould hatchet face with the big nose I'd be sent up for life sure, and the best 1 could do was to fall on the mercy of the court.” Judge Smyth entered a plea of "not guilty," ordered the ease to bo heard and at its conclusion the young man was discharged. DEAN OF DIPLOMATIC CORPS. Dr. Von Holleben, German Ambassa dor, Now Holds That Position. Dr. Theodore von Holleben, who has become dean of the diplomatic corps, arrived in Washington Nov. 29, 1897, as the plenipotentiary from Germany, and at once captured everybody who met him. The new dean is a hand some man, somewhat over 50, who has all the dignity of the scholar, and the grace of the elegant man of the world. Ho studied the arts and the sciences at Bonn and Heidelberg, and nearly thirty years ago he began his diplomatic career at Tokio. He has served in numerous important posts, and Washington people hope he will remain there indefinitely. NEW HEAD OF PRINCETON. Dr. Woodrow Wilson Chosen Presi dent of Famous University. Dr. Woodrow Wilson, who has just been chosen president of Princeton University, in the place of Dr. Fran cis L. Patton, is a well-known jurist, historian and man of letters, and at present professor of jurisprudence and politics in Princeton. He was born at Staunton, Va., Dec. 28, 1850. His father, Joseph R. Wilson, was a prominent divine of the Southern Presbyterian church, and was himself a native of Ohio. Woodrow Wilson studied in the primary schools of At lanta, Ga., and was later a student in Princeton, from which he was grade, ated in 1879. In 1888 he became a member of the faculty of Wesleyan University of Middletown, Conn., and twelve years ago was called to the chair of jurisprudence here. Dr. Wilson has published "The State Ele ments of Historical and Practical Politics,” “An Old Master and Other Political Essays," "Mere Literature,” and “George Washington,” a histori cal and biographical study of the first American president. The new head of Princeton is a fine scholar and eminently qualified for the posi tion he is about to assume. Indiana Man's Rise to Wealth. IJanicl 0. Reid, the Wall street mag nate, who is said to be worth about $25,000,000, is building a splendid resi dence at his old home, Richmond, Ind„ in which place he was born some forty-four years ago. He begat’ life as a grocery hoy in the store of a man whose son. W. B. Leeds, is now his partner In numerous vaat enter prises. About 1they went into the manufacture of tin plat’. Six years later the tin plate industries were consolidated into a trust, with Reid as president. Later that cor poration was absorbed by the steel trust, of which Reid and Leeda are both directors. In South Africa CHIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA. Gen. Lyttelton Is to Be in Command of the British Forces. Gen. Neville Gerald Lyttelton, who will remain in charge of the British forces in South Africa pending the temporary adjustment of the peace, has been in command of the fourth division for the past two years. He entered the army in 18C5, and after serving for a time in Canada he be came an aid of Lord Spencer, then viceroy of Ireland. In the several Egyptian campaigns he won distin guished honor on the field, and has al ways been regarded as a most ca able officer. Just before his depart ure for South Africa in 1900 he was in command of the Second Infantry at Aldershot. Peculiar Currency. The currency of Abyssinia is some what varied, to judge by an account given of it by Count Gleiehen in his story of the mission'to Menelik. For standard money the people of Abyssinia use the Maria Theresa 1780 dollars, but for small change a very different coin is resorted to. This is no other than a bar of hard crystalized salt, about ten inches long and two and a half broad and thick, slightly tapering toward the end. Five of these bars go for a dollar at the capi tal. People are very particular about the standard of fineness of the currency. If it does not ring like metal when struck with the finger nail, or if it i3 cracked or chipped, they will not take it. It is a token of affection when friends meet to give each other a lick of their respective amo’.is, and in this way the value of the bar is decreased. NEW SOUTH AFRICAN MAP. Territory Which the Gallant Boers Have Yielded to the British. Transvaal and Orange River Colo nies, which yield to the sway of King Edward by accepting peace terms, shown by heavy lines. They have an area of 170,000 square miles. Under rhe terms granted the burghers. South Africa will have practically the meas ure of independence that Australia has. Bret Harte Saw the Joke. Joaquin Miller says Bret Harte was always disgusted with his "Heathen Chinee” glory and always begged his friends never to mention it. Once Miller and Harte went to breakfast with Lord Houghton in London and on the way Harte asked if the guests would be likely to quote from that awful poem. That prompted Miller to tip Lord Houghton a wink, and the jolly old nobleman gave the tip to a lot of good fellows at his table, and they all talked nothing else. How ever, Harte saw through the Joke and he never betrayed his impatience on the subject again. Last of the Contarini. Count Carlo Aloisio Contarini, who died recently in Venice, is believed to have been the last male descendant of the great Contarini family that gave eight Leges and forty-four Procurator! to the republic. The first Doge, Do mencio Contarini ruled from 1043 to 1071 and rebuilt St. Mark’s in its pres ent form. The last Count was a re tired officer in the Italian army and very poor. He could not be made to pass through the Grand Canal, on which are five splendid palaces that once belonged to his family.—New York Sun. Making a Chain. In makins a chain short bars are curved, then, the links fastened while soft, and the whole welded into a solid chain. STRYCHNINE IN THEIR FOOD. Town of Plymouth Torn Up Over Poi soning Case. FAIRBURY, Neb.. June 16.—The town of Plymouth, in the northeast part of the county, has considerable excitement over a poisoning which seems to have no plausible explana tion. A small circus which travels In one car stopped there, and while the company, numbering twenty-two peo ple in all, were at supper they were poisoned. The manager, Charles Kin nebrew, and wife escaped, but a Miss Myrtle Boyles of Topeka and a Mrs. E. W. Dilger, a contortionist, were so severely poisoned that It was feared they would not recover, while the bal ance of the company were more or less affected. The two ladiese who were so badly affected were taken to the hotel, and the*- food was prepared respectively under the supervision of Mrs. Dilger’s husband and Miss Boyles' brother. After eating a small portion of toast prepared in this manner, the two women became violently ill again and doctors from this city were sum moned, who pronounced it strychnine poisoning. The county attorney was in Ply mouth investigating the case, but he can find no evidence upon which to make an arrest. There were some circumstances surrounding the first poisoning that directed some suspicion towards Henry Beno, a freak who re cently joined the show and who eats glass, swallows all kinds of poisons, and does other seemingly impossible feats, but as he could not possibly have had anything to do with the sec ond dose the mystery only deepens. MEETS HORRIBLE DEATH. Dodge County Farmer Struck by a Train and Killed. SNYDER. Nob., June 16—Charles Foegler, a fanner living four miles southeast of Dodge, met a horrible death a mile and a half west of this place. His body was found on the Elk horn railroad tracks by a crew on board a westbound train. It was man gled in fearful fashion, every limb be ing severed and broken, the head crushed to pulp, the trunk cut to pieces and internal organs torn from their fastenings. Foegler was in town the day before doing some trading and while here drank a good deal. He was intoxicated when he started to walk home in the evening, and it is sup posed that he lay down to sleep on the track, where an eastbound train struck bim. Has Relic of the Maine. HUMBOLDT, Neb., June 16.—Cap tain J. P. Grinstead, who recently spent two years in the service of the government in the Philippines, is the possessor of a neat little relic in the shape of a brass star cut from a one pound shell taken from the ill-fated battleship. Maine. The star is suita bly engraved and the captain has been wearing it ever since his appointment as city marshal. . Arrested on Burglary Charge. WILBER, Neb., June 16.—A deputy sheriff and jailer from Lancaster coun ty were here after Walter Dillon and Charles Bennett, who were wanted to answer a charge of burglary at Ben net. They have been in jail here since last December, having been arrested on a minor charge at the time Stein Bros.’ store was burglarized at Friend and afterwards held for aiding a fel low prisoner to escape. Overdose Causes Death. HASTINGS. Neb., June 16.—Mrs. Leora Falkenstein of Riverton, Neb., was found dead in bed at the home of Mrs. Emma D. Shiled, whom she had bean visiting during the past few days. A coroner’s inquest was held and it was found that she came to her death by an overdose of poisonous medicine, which she had taken acci dentally. Kearney to Celebrate Fourth. KEARNEY, Neb., June 16.—It has been determined that Kearney will have a rousing old-fashioned celebra tion on the Fourth of July. Several hundred dollars have already been raised, and more is ready if needed to make that date compare with the crops in this part of the state. Two Vacancies to Fill. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., June 16.— The board of trustees of the institute for the blind have elected all of the old teachers but Misses Flora Bullock and Allie Truesdale. As yet no one has been elected to till the vacancies. The Natal Day. OSCEOLA, Neb., June 16.—Osceola will celebrate the Fourth. The mon ey has all been subscribed, the fire works have been ordered, and the eagle will scream louder than ever be fore. OGAI.LALA, Neb., June 16.—Ogal lala will celebrate the Fourth of July this year in genuine western style, it being so planned by a mass meeting of the citizens. %*• THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Quotations from South Othaha and Kansas City. SOUTH OMAHA. CATTFE—There was not a heavy! mrt at cattle, but there setinml to be stout enough to satisfy buyers’ orders, conse quently no special change- was noted In tho general trade. A fi'lr. proportion mt the supply was roatiti up beef steers and butcher stock, and the Inquiry from killers was just about sufficient to take care of the run. Finished dry lot beeve» found ready sale at steady to strong, prices and less desirable lots were picked up In good season tu till in at practlcal I'- unchanged figures. Cows and heifers,. If in good flesh, were also comparativejy free sellers at fully steady ligures, and a clearance was effected early in the day. Thin, grassy grades sold moder ately well at the recent drop in prices, the market all around showing no ma terial change. Mixed butchtrs’ stock, bulls, stags and calves were picked up a*, steady prices, with only a moderate number on sale. The supply of Stockers and feeders was small, but were suffi cient for the limited demand. Cows,, heifers and calves sold steady also-. HOGS—The market was Just the re verse of that of the last several days. However, the supply was limited. Clos ing prices were weak and the opening was slow and fully jo lower all around. Buyers were slow in getting to work, and until a late hour but little truding was accomplished. The greater weak ness was on the Inferior light mixed lots, but btst grades ruled off fram the beginning. Tops sold up to $7.50, and the bulk of the fair to good hogs went at S7.30fn7.40; underweight stuff was more or less neglected und got the full fores of the decline. SHEEP—Quotations for clipped stock —Good to choice wethers, $5,604(5.90; fair to good, $5,304(5.60; good to choice ewes, $5.3</u5.60; fair to gcod, $4.25tii4.75; good to eholce lambs, $6,254(6.50; fair to good, $5.40415.75; wooled stock sells about 2544 50c. above clipped stock; eholce Colorado wool lambs. $6,504(6.75; fair to good, $6.00 @6.50. KANSAS CITY. CATTLE — Market steady; native steers, $4.2544 7.65; Texas and Indian steers. $2,704(5.25; Texas cows, $3.004(4.UO; native cows and heifers, $2754(5.50; stoekers and feeders, $X 404(5.20; bulls. $.1,204(5.25; calves, $2,754(5.50. HOGS—Market weak to 5c lower; bulk of sales. $7,254(7.45; heavy, $7.4541-7.55; packers. $7.25,4(7.50; medium, $7.154(7.4m light, $6,704(7.30; yorkers, $7,204(7.30; pigs. $6,254(7.00. SHEEP—Market steady, muttons, $4.00 4(5.30; lambs. $5,604(6.10; range wethers, $4,004(4.65; fwis, $4,254(5.20. MAY TAKE PLACE OF STEAM. A Scheme to Displace Locomotives with Electrical Engines. NEW YORK, June H.—The Tribune says that in connection with the ac quisition of the Stanley Electrical Manufacturing company plant at Ifitts field, Mass., by William C. Whitney and his associates there is back of the purchase a purpose to extend the works with the aid of Ganz & Co. of Buda Pest, one of the largest elec trical concerns in Europe, for the pur pose or converting steam railroads in this country into electrical railroads. The substitution of electricity for steam on American lines is not, ac cording to the Tribune, expected to be entered upon at once, but for the im mediate future the increased plant at Pittsfield is to supply the demands of the street railways in this city, Phil adelphia. northern New Jersey and in Connecticut for electrical supplies. Later, whenever there is a congestion of traffic on the steam roads in the • * east, it is believed there will be a displacement of the locomotive by the electrical engines. According to the Tribune, details of the plan by which Ganz is to join hands with Mr. Whitney and his asso ciates is the establishment of a branch factory in this country have been ar ranged. It is further asserted that at least fifteen locomotive building con cerns in the United States will be brought into the enterprise. ENCAMPMENT DATES IN DOUBT. Believed Now that July is Likely to Be the Time. DES MOINES, la., June 14.—Adju tant General Byers went to Fonda this morning, where he was to meet Colo nel W. B. Humphrey of the Fifty-Bec ond regiment, Iowa National guard, and consult in regard to the encamp ment date for the regiment at Fonda. The date originally fixed was July 17. This was not satisfactory to all the members of the regiment and it was changed to June 26. The members of the companies at Fort Dodge and at Webster City have protested against this date and say that the original date would have suited them better. General Byers will open the question after consultation with the colonel and the people of Fonda and It is prob able that the encampment will be in July. More Boers Surrender. LONDON, June 14.—It was announc ed that 864 Transvaal Boers surren dered yesterday, bringing the total of surrenders for all the colonies up to a beat 12,000. Bessie Bonehill is Dying. NEW YORK, June 14.—Bessie Bone hill, the actress, is dying from cancer at a hotel In London, according to ad vices received by members of her family. Accompanied by her husband, W. R. Seeley, and her son she went to Europe last September to fill an eight months’ engagement. Owing to illness, however, she was compelled to cancel many of her contracts. An operation was performed for cancer and for a time she improved. NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS. Favorable -Outlook Much Improved by Rains and Waram Weather. The past week, says the Nebraska crop bulletin, has been warm and wet. The daily meat’ temperature has aver aged 1 above normal in. the eastern counties and 4 above in the western. The rainfall has been very heavy la the central and eastern counties and light in the western. The. rainfall ex ceeded an inch in most oi the east ern part of the state and ranged from 3 to 8 inches over a large area in tho southeastern part of the state. The heavy rains of the past week have injured crops somewhat on low anti on rolling land, but on the whole have been exceedingly favorable for the general crop outlook in the state. Corn has been washed out some; in a few instances wheat and oats have been lotlged some by the wind, hail and rain. Winter wheat is filling we.ll and continues to improve in con dition. Oats have materially Unprov ed during the past week, and in some localities are making a rank growth and promise a full crop. Com culti vation has been delayed; cultivation, however, had made such good progress just preceding the rains that few fields are weedy; very little replant ing of corn has been necessary. Grass has grown well. Potatoes continue in fine condition and the early planted are large enough to eat. The first crop of alfalfa is being cut and was somewhat damaged by the rains of the week. NEBRASKA CREAMERY INTEREST. The Large Shipment that Has Been Made from Kearney. OMAHA, Neb., June 14.—The mag nitude of the dairy industry in Ne braska and the extent of the business done by the Beatrice Creamery com pany at its central plan iu Lincoln is indicated by the shipment of cream from the town of Kearney. State Food Commissioner S. C. Bassett re ports that within twenty-two days $25,000 worth of cream was shipped from that town. Fully So per cent of this was sent to the Beatrice Cream ery company at Lincoln. The rest was sent to Omaha. The cream was gathered along the Black Hills road and other lines in that part of the state, but most of it came from Buf falo county, in which Kearney is sit uated. Mr. Bassett believes the dairy products shipped out of Kearney in one year will amount to a quarter of a million dollars. The record tor twen ty-two days shows that over $1,000 is distributed in that part of Nebraska from cream alone. With cash for cream and good prices for cows and with alfalfa to feed and sell, the farm ers of Nebraska are considered fortu nate. YORK MAN ENDS HIS LIFE. F. R. Lewis Hides Away and Swallows Poison. YORK, Neb., June 14.—This commu nity was startled when the announce ment was made that F. R. Lewis had committed suicide. Mr. Lewis was In the employ of the South Platte Cream ery company at this place, and was superintendent of routes. He had been in the employ of the company^ nine years. He left the creamery at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and not returning home for supper a search was made for him. He had taken eor osive sublimate, a poison that is used in the Babcock cream test, and bid himself. After a search of several hours he was found, but too late, as he died in a short time. The only cause that can be given for his taking his life is that he had overworked himself and had worried a great deal over the loss of one of his brothers, and also over another brother now ill at Seward. He leaves a wife and two children. War Veterans to Meet at Beatrice. BEATRICE, Neb., June 14.—At a meeting of the district officers of the souhteastern Nebraska Grand Army reunion here it was decided to hold the Grand Army of the Republic reunion in this city August 13 to 20. inclusive. It is the intention to have a number of prominent Grand Army of the Re public men of the country attend the reunion. Horse Kick is Serious. HASTINGS, Neb., June 14.—Henry Altman, a farmer living two miles southwest of town, was kicked by a horse and had his hip bone badly shattered. A piece of the bone was driven into the abdomen. A report from Cape Wolf, P. E. I., says sulphur fell there to the depth of half an inch. Overdose Causes Death. HASTINGS, Neb., June 14.—Mrs. I.eora Falkenstein of Riverton, Neb., was found dead in bed. It was found that she came to her death by an over dose of poisonous medicine, which she •had taken accidentally. Flood Damage Fifty Thousand. BEATRICE, Neb., June 14.—The -damage by the recent flood In Gage county is estimated to be nearly $50 - 000.
