FIFTY YEARS OLD AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF NEBRASKA. THE STATE'S SEMI CENTENNIAL The Committee in Charge Issues a Public Statement—A Proper Ob servance of the Signing of the Kan sas-Nebraska Bill in 1854. The committee of citizens charged | with the work of arranging for the | semi-centennial of Nebraska, May 31, j have issued the following: To the People of the State of Ne braska: On May 30, 1S51, the presi dent of the United States approved what is known as the Kansas-Nebras ka bill, the most important legislative and executive action in the history of | the country west of the Missouri river j since the Louisiana purchase was made under the direction of Thomas Jefferson. The fifty years that have since elapsed have been prolific in, great events, but none are more wor-! thy of note than the development that i has come during the half century to the Trans-Missouri section of the re public, and especially to the states of Kansas and Nebraska. The undersigned, a committee of citizens, have been charged with the duty of arranging for a semi-centen nial celebration of this event. By both federal and state law the 30th day of May of each year is de voted to memorial observances of the gallant spirits who in their lives serv ed their country during the great war of 1861-65. That day being thus de-1 voted to holy purpose, it has been thought best to hold the exercises i properly incident to the semi-centen nial on Tuesday, the 31st day of May.! Thus will come a proper recognition or Memorial day, and also of the im-; portant fact that the state of Nebras-1 ka received after the great war a larger proportion of ex-soidiers than ; any other state in the wrest, and these J soldier-citizens have added greatly to j its development. ^—mmmmum 1—n———————— DIE IN A WRECK. , Rosebud Sioux Killed in a Railroad Accident. CHICAGO—Two passenger trains on J the Chicago & Northwestern railway ! collided between iwelrose park and I Maywood Thursday. ! According to reports received at the general superintendent's office in Chi : cago the wreck was caused by the log. Trains Ncs. 0 and 10 were in the wreck. The trains which collided were the Oregon express and the fast mail cn , the Chicago & Northwestern railway. The express* train was run into by the mail train. Both trains were east bound. Physicians were promptly hurried to the scene. As soon as possible the injured were taken to Maywood and i Chicago. I All the victims of the wreck were | Indians. The dead are: Killed Head, skull crushed; Philip j Irontail, Jr., body crushed; Thomas j Come I>ast bodv crushed. The injured are: Big Chief Whitehorse, body crushed and legs broken, will die; Luther Standing Bear, crushed abcut body and head, will die- Annie Gooseface, crush ed aoout budv will die; Mrs. Thomas Come Last, wife of one of the killed, cut about head and shoulders; Tom mie Come I.ast. G years old, son of the dead, head bumped and believed ' to have been made temporarily insane i from fright; Sammy Lone Bear, head 1 cut and body bruised; Abraham Good- i crow cut about head; Blind Eagle, cut about head by flying glass; Little ; Elk, head cut and bruised: Charge the Enemy, head cut and body bruised; ! Head Chief High Bear, at the head oi the delegation of Sioux, severely crushed about the body: William Sit ting Bull, son of Chief Sitting Bull, 27 years old, seriously injured. The coach containing toe Inc an? was a light day car. It was com- ' pletely wrecked. The rear end of the j coach ahead was also damaged. After the collision the passengers in the other coaches of the two trains hur- j -Japanese Soldiers Ready to Start for the Front. The Grand Army of the Republic, which has had direction of the me morial observances, has been* in the habit for years of detailing members of the organization to address the scholars of all schools throughout the state on the last school day prior to the 30th day of May. and it has re quested that on the Sunday preceding that date, in all the churches of the state, the clergy should make fitting reference to the incidents of note proper to the day and inculcate pat riotism and fitting sacrifice for the republic. The committee suggests to the Grand Army and to the clergy that it would be most fitting, in the schools and in the churches, to call attention to the fifty years of growth and pros perity that have come, not only to the United States, but especially to the part of it in which our lot has been cast, and on Memorial day it certainly will be appropriate that all who address the people, while giving fitting tribute to those who served the country and have passed away, should make like reference to the progress that has been made during the half century that will close upon that day. On the 31st day of May, in the city of Omaha, there will be proper ob servance of the signing of the Kan sas-Nebraska bill by the president of the United States. The detail of the exercises will shortly be published and the city of Omaha invites all citi zens of the state to join in this cele bration by local ceremonial if they wish, but preferab’y within the limits of the metropolis of the state. The committee takes pleasure in an nouncing that a son of Nebraska, who has achieved great distinction and prominence by reason of his ability and eoqisence—Hen. Henry D. Esta brook, now of New York—will deliver the oration of the day befitting the occasion. It is expected that other speakers of worth and prominence will recount the interesting events of the fifty years that have passed since the birthday of the state of Nebraska. * Military and civil parades will also be an incident, and the latchstring of Omaha will be out in hearty welcom ing to all who wish to glorify the event of May 30, 1854. Guarantee Railroad Investments. WASHINGTON—Senator Lodge re ported favorably from the senate com mittee on the Philippines the Lodge Cooper bill to amend the Philippines civil government act by allowing the issuance of bonds for municipal im provements and guaranteeing a 5 per cent income on the cost of railroads. Senate Confirms Baxter. WASHINGTON—The senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Irving F. Baxter as United States at torney for the district of Nebraska. Greeks Join Russian Forces. ST. PETERSBURG—Many Greek naval oflicers belonging to the aristoc racy are applying for permission to Join the Russian forces in the far east and Greek physicians are also volun teering for the same purpose. "Ungrateful Yankees." MOSCOW—The Gazette publishes a historical review of the relations be tween Russian, and America, conclud ing: “Henceforth the Americans | will be styled the ungrateful Yan V gees.” t ried to the rescue, and after a hard , rtruggle pulled them from beneath the j wreckage. Chief Whitehorse, in charge of tho Indians on the train, was fatally in- : jured. The bodies of the Indians who had been kiHed outright were laid on the prairie beside the track Chief Whitehorse being carried with them. He said he knew that death was near, and requested that he be placed near ; his dead companions. The chief was propped up and sat stoically while physicians worked over his injuries. He smoked a pipe quietly and showed no signs of the pain he must have been suffering. One by one the other ; injured Indians were slowly taken from the splintered car an(J placed j on the ground near their dying chief j and dead comrades. The physicians hurried from one to another of the injured, administering to the wants of all. while arangements were being ! made to take them to the nearest hospital. The Indians were from the reserva tion near Rushvillc, Neb.. ai>d their journey east was primarily for show purposes in Europe. Persons who were on the train said that the collision unquestionably wras the result of the dense fog which stretched from Lake Michigan many miles westward. Egypt’s Word Pleases Russia. ST. PETERSBURG—Russia has re ceived satisfactory assurances from the government of Egypt regarding the passage of ships through the Suez canal. The inquiries on the subject were prompted by reports that the Egyptian government contemplated adopting measures, contrary to the in ternational canal regulations, which might embarrass Russia in sending colliers and supply ships to the far east, when the Baltic fleet sails for the Pacific at the end of June. More Beetr Than Ever. GRAND ISLAND—The factory of the American Beet Sugar company has begun the work of extracting sugar from the remaining syrups through the Osmose process. About forty men will be employed for thirty days at this process. Annual Mormon Conference. SALT LAKE CITY—Thanksgiving for the prosperity and growth of the church marked the second day of the annual conference of the Mormon church in this city. “It must be dis couraging to the enemies of this peo ple,’’ declared Apostle A. O. Wood ruff, 'where they look over the past and see that ail they have done to crush this church has only tended to strengthen the church and increase the faith of the saints. The clouds on the horizon do not shake the faith of the saints.” Signing Contract for Canal. PARIS—Alter a conference between Ambassador Porter and W. A. Day and Charles W. Russell, the assistant attorney generals, who came from Washington to assist in the transfer of the Panama canal property, it has been arranged that the signing of the contract, whereby the United States will acquire the ownership of the Panama canal, shall take place at the United States embassy, which is nom inally American soil. The date of the signing probably will be set for April 25. AS TO CONGRESS MAY BE READY TO ADJOURN BY THE 23TH OF APRIL. THE PROGRAM FROM NOW ON Work on Appropriation Bills Well in Hand—Four Days’ Discussion Look ed for on the Postoffice Appropria tion Measure. WASHINGTON—April 28 has been discussed in committee rooms and among senators ana representatives as not at all an improbable date for the termination of the present session of congress. The pension appropriation j bill has been received from the house i and reported from the senate commit ! tee with an amendment. Discussion I of service pension legislation, it is be ; lieved, will be exhausted before the bill is placed on its passage, and this measure, therefore, is not considered a barrier to early adjournment. The army appropriation is agreed upon except as to four amendments, which are in conference, and it is thought there amendments will not re sult in much further discussion in either body of congress. The confer ence report of the agricultural bill has been agreed to in the senate, but no action has been taken by the house. A : second conference has been ordered on the fortification bill on the senate amendments for the purchase of a sub marine boat for instruction in coast defense and making an appropriation for the completion for a certain type of disappearing gun cariage. Both the naval and the district appropriation bills are in conference. The confer ence report on the Indian appropria tion bill has been made and is likely to cause debate for one or two days. Four days’ additional discussion is looked for on the postoffice appropria tion bill. The amendments that have been adopted are not of a character that will tie the bill up in conference for more than two or three days. It it expected that the sundry civil bill will be reported from the senate com mittee on appropriations on Tuesday and the military academy bill will be ready by the time the sundry civil bill is passed. It is expected that the gen eral deficiency bill will be reported to the house not later than Tuesday. No call has yet been issued, but re publicans leaders of the senate antici pate holding a meeting of the steering committee early next week to agree on a general program for the remaining day of the session. PROGRESS IN IRRIGATION. Unexpected Difficulties Tncountercd in .>ome Localities. WASHINGTON — The progress made in the irrigation work of the government is reviewed in a publica tion issued by the geological survey, which points out the necessity of great caution and conservatism in the extension of the reclamation work. It says that of the irrigation pro jects favorably reported in 1903, which include! those on the Truckee river in Nevada, on the Salt river in Arizona, on the Milk river in Mon tana, on the Sweetwater river in Wy oming and on the Gunnison river in Colorado, the Nevada and Arizona projects have been found feasible and construction of the engineering works along the Trucltee and Salt rivers has progressed to a reasonable ex tent. The Montana project, however, has presented unexpected engineering dif ficulties as well as complications le garding water rights so that prog ress is slow. It has been found nec essary to modify the first plans in or der to achieve early results. The Wyoming project, as at first outlined, has been found impractica ble. A better reservoir site than that on the Sweetwater river, how'ever, has been discovered on the North Platte, so that a larger scheme of de velopment may be worked out there in the future. Very great engineering difficulties are encountered in the accomplish ment of the Colorado project. The amount of arid land thereby reclaim able is loss, too, than was antici pated. Won’t Open Sunday Again. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Sunday was the last Sunday at the World’s fair grounds, as on April 15 the grounds will be closed to all visitors until the fair opens formally and there after will be closed on Sunday. More than 25,000 persons took advantage of the fair weather and visited the grounds Sunday. The private car of E. H. Harriman of the Southern Pa r tic road was switched into the fair grounds and remained all night, being occupied by President Harriman End ms party. Woman Enrolled as a Cossack. ST. PETERSBURG.—The war min istry has granted the petition of Mine. Pousch. daughter of Colonel Maxiow condorow, who desired to be enrolled in a Cossack regiment. The minis try has ordered her enrollment. Beet Sugar Made in 1903. , NEW YORK—The annual meeting of the stockholders of the American Beet Sugar company was held Tues day in Jersey City. The old directors were elected with the exception that H. Rieman Duval was chosen to suc ceed J. Archibald Murray. The re port of President Henry to Oxnard showed thac during the season of 1903-04 the company produced 81.053.- ! 100 pounds of refined sugar. The company owns factories in California. Colorado and Nebraska, and is capi talized at $20,000,000. Under Suspended Rules. WASHINGTON—In response to a resolution the civil service commis sion Tuesday transmitted to the house a statement showing the number of times the civil service rules have been suspended and the changes in the service resulting from March 4, 1885, to March 30, 1904. President Harrison deferred the operation of the civil service rules in the railway mail service in 1889 under which 1,932 changes were made. Operation was deferred at different times in other departments. ALL IN WATERY GRAVES. Three Men Drowned While Returning from a Hunting Trip. OMAHA.—J. W. Pennell, W. M. Haskins and Smiley Baxter, all of Council Bluffs^ were drowned in Lake Manawa Friday evening by the over turning of the row boat in which they had spent the afternoon hunting. They were returning to the pavilion when their boat' was caught in the trough of the high waves, raised by the terrific wind that swept across the lake. The drowning occurred a short dis tance off the point of land opposite the pavilion. Robert Brown, who live3 at Manawa park and who saw' the men in the water, put off with a boat to their rescue. He found Pin nell and Baxter clinging to their over turned boat. Haskins had been swept away by the waves. Brown found it impossible to get either into the boat without danger of swamping and be gan towing Pinnell to shore, Pinnell clinging to the stern of Brown’s boat. About forty feet from the landing Pinnell, chilled by the icy waters, slipped from the boat and sank. He did not rise, and after a short search Browrn rowed back after Baxter. He, too, had disappeared. ON ACCOUNT OF COAL STRIKE. Iowa Railroads Are Laying Off Train men. DES MOINES. Ia.—On account of the coal strike the railways announc ed Tuesday that at least 500 men will be laid off at once. Seventeen switch ing crews and nineteen full train crews running out of Des Moines and Valley Junction quit work Tuesday. Similar action by railways centering at Boone, Beele Plaine, Oskaloosa, Ot tumwa and Albia will mean the loss of work to about 1,000 men. Churches here are closed on account of the strike and the schools have been closed for a week until cjpal can be secured. Only one school room in the city is open. A call reconvening the joint confer ence at Des Moines in ? few days, at which a settlement is looked for, will be issued. LEADER OF YAQUIS IS KILLED. Captured and Promptly Executed When Identity is Discovered. HERMOSILLO. Mex.—Manuel Gua vesi, who has been tor five years at the head o* the Yaqui rebels in So nora. and who in that time has in stigated many uprisings, first in one section and then in another, is dead. Guavesi was discovered among the prisoners taken by Captain Barron in an engagement with a band of sav ages near Batamote and was immedi ately taken out and shot as Captain Barron was not prepared to take any chances. His prisoners numbered al most as manv men as those cf his command. Guavesi met death bravely. He had expected to be executed when his identity was discovered. It was Gua vesi who was in command of the Ya qui force which ambushed and almost annihilated a whole company of the Twentieth battalion near Zamroata in the rebellion of two years ago. Both Captain Ce so Gomez and Lieutenant Jose Vallejo were killed in the am bush. Indicts Pueblo City Official*. PUEBLO, COLO.—Eighteen indict ments were returned by the grand jury. Charles Walkder, alderman is charged with bribery in one count, John L. Kirkland, street commissioner, is indicted on four counts, and ex City Clerk W. L. Smith has thirteen charges preferred against him. In the charges against Kirtland larceny and false pretenses are alleged, and against Smith are charges of uttering false instruments. All three men were arested and furnished bond. Panama Wants Recognition. PANAMA.—It has been decreed by the government that all the consular representatives of nations who have not formally recognized the republic of Panama will be unable to continue official relations with the government until such recognition has taken place. Tibetans Attack English. LONDON.—A dispatch received at the Indian office says that General MacDonald’s infantry, while recon noitering near Kaiapange. encounter ed 300 Tibetans, who opened fire. There were no casualties. Appoints a Circassian General. ST. PETERSBURG.—The army or gan announces the appointment of Major General Prince Oroeliani, a prominent Circassian nobleman, to the command of the Caucasian cav alry brigade. Seth Bullock Sees President. WASHINGTON.—Captain Seth Bul lock, superintendent of the Black Hills forest reserve, called on the president and later took luncheon with him at the White house. John C. S. Harriscn Dead. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—John Cleves Short Harrison, for many years a well known citizen of Indianapolis, strick en with paralysis Monday. April 4, died at Los Angeles. Cal. He was born at Vincennes, Ind., May 7, 1829, the only child of Benjamin and Louisa Smith (Bonner) Harrison and grand son of President William Henry Har rison. He was made a government director of the Union Pacific railroad seven years under President Grant and one year under President Hayes. Provides Military Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C.-Represen tative Parker of New Jersey on Tues day introduced a bill to provide a na tion military park commission. It terminates the present Military Park commissions July 1, 1906. The new commission is to consist of five mem bers, who are to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate, the term of appointment to be for five year. All of the commissioners for the first five years of the opera tion of the law shall be veterans of the civil war. * A FICHUT SEA RUMORED ENGAGEMENT OF THE RESPECTIVE SQUADRONS. NOTHING OFFICIAL IS KNOWN Believed Japanese Fleet is Covering Arrangements for a New Landing— British and American Newspaper Correspondents Held Up. PARIS—The St. Petersburg corre spondent of The Echo de Paris says that Admiral Makaroff went out from Port Arthur Saturday morning, a Jap anese squadron haviug been signalled as in the offing. It is rumored, the correspondent says, that a sea fight took place, but nothing concerning it is officially known. Looking for New Landing. LONDON—A correspondent of the Times at Wei Hai Wei, cabling under Friday’s date, says that the result of a week’s cruise leads him to believe that the Japanese fleet is engaged in covering arrangements for a new land ing of the troops recently mobilized. A close blockade of Port Arthur is not maintained, presumably because of information regarding the state of the channel. Certainly up to the pres ent no Japanese transports have en tered the gulf of Pe Chi Li. Correspondents Held Up. SEOUL—The steamer Suminoe Maru called in at Chemulpo to take on board 300 men belonging to the First division. The newspaper corre spondents on board the Suminoye Maru were not permitted to land and a correspondent who was here waiting to go forward with the Japanese troops was refused permission to embark on the steamer. A dispatch from Tokio, dated April 1, said the first party of correspond ents, consisting of sixteen men. most- \ ly British and Americans, had left Tcrkio that day for the front, and that they would sail from Moji, Japan, on April 6 for an unknown destination. While the departure of these news paper men from Moji has not been re ported, possibly because of the Japan ese censorship, it is possible that the correspondents referred to in the above dispatch are those who were to have left" Moji last Wednesday. Chemulpo Is about a two days’ run from Moji. It has been said also that corre spondents who attempted to go for- , ward contrary to the wishes of the Japanese authorities would not be af forded the facilities given to writers who waited until the authorities were ready to have them move. PROMISE JAPS WARM RECEPTION Preparations to Circumvent Attempt to Bottle Up Port Arthur. PORT ARTHUR. — Preparations have been made to give the Japanese j a warm reception in case they again attempt to block the harbor. Vice ! Admiral Togo was right in surmising i that Vice Admiral Makaroff is respon- 1 sible for the change in Russian tac tics and the inspiration of Russian seamen. A Signalman named Aronkonso, who. during the bombardment of Vlad ivostok, remained at a small signal station on Askold island near the ene ray’s ships and wired information of the movements of the enemy to the fortress has been decorated with the cross of St. George. BANDIT’S SWEETHEART DEAD. Girl Who Refused the Hand of James Younger Expires in Oklahoma. ST. PAUL—Word has been receiv ed in this city of the death in Okla homa of Miss Alice J. Muller, a well known newspaper writer and author. Miss Muller was 29 years of age and had suffered from consumption for some time. At the time of the suicide of James Younger, the former bandit, it was stated that one of the casuses leading to the act was his inability to marry Miss Muller. She at one time con ducted a weekly paper In Los Ange les and was later on the staff of a Salt Lake City newspaper. She was the author of several books. President Fires Hawaiian Judge. WASHINGTON—John W. Kalua. United States judge of the Second cir cuit of Honolulu, on Thursday was removed from office by President Roosevelt. Recently an intimation was conveyed to Judge Kalua that on the expiration of his term on July next he would not be reappointed. A few days ago the judge practically sus pended the work of his court by au journing all pending criminal cases until June 6, the day after the ex piration of his term of office. Hanna Memorial in Ohio. COLUMBUS. O.—The joint legisla tive committee on the Hanna Memo rial day exercises has announced April 20 as the date for holding the exer cises. Senator Dick will deliver the memorial oration. Discussing Negro Education. BALTIMORE, Md.—The association of presidents of land grant colleges and principals of normal and indus trial schools met in this city on Tues day and will continue in session for three days. This association is com posed of the presidents and principals of various colored educational insti tutions throughout the country. Tues day’s proceedings were opened with addresses by Prof. J. N. H. Waring and several others. President R. R. Wright of Georgia delivered his an nual address. Strike Becomes General. LATROBE, Pa.—Headed by a brass band, striking miners of tbe Loyal Hanna Coal and Coke company marched to tbe points about Latrobe today and succeeded in making the strike inaugurated on Monday gen eral. It is estimated that 3,500 men are out. All but three miners of the Saxman interests are idle and the working forces of the others have been crippled. So aggressive have the strikers become In their efforts to induce me nto quit work that Sher iff Trecher was appealed to. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS L-- "• ..: . LOOK TO GOOD INSURANCE. Complaints Pouring in from Nebraska Policy Holders. LINCOLN—Complaints from Ne braska policy holders have been pour ing into the office of Deputy Auditor Pierce at a lively rate during the last few days and as a result he has de clared war on wildcat concerns. These are companies not authorized to do business in the state. They solicit policies by mail and their tempting offers have led many farm ers to "Dite.” Mr. Pierce has notified the public in a statement that the Mercantile Fire Insurance company of Chicago, which has been Hooding the state with circulars, is not authorized to do business in Nebraska. The American Underwriters of Chicago is in the same shape; also R. A. Potter & Co. of Chicago, and the Union Fire of Chicago. None of these companies are authorized to solicit in Nebraska or Illinois. The following other com panies are not authorized to do busi ness in this state: Security Fire of Chicago and the Firemen's Fire of Chicago. Policies in “wildcat” companies are void in Nebraska, but a policy in an ; unauthorized insurance company, which has complied with the provi sions of the insurance brokerage sec tion of me laws, may be recovered on. None of the companies named have complied with either the insurance or brokerage sections of the law. con sequently their policies are void un der the statute, which reads as fol lows: “All fire insurance policies issued to residents of this state or upon property situated in whole or in part in this state by companies, corpora tions, associations, partnerships or persons who have not complied with the laws of the state, unless procur ed under and by the provisions of this act, are hereby declared void.” WIFE DESERTER SENTENCED. Hunter Gets Six Months in the Peni tentiary. NEBRASKA CITY—John L. Hun I ter, who was arrested and brought ! back here from Carbon, la., charged ! with wife desertion, was taken before Judge Jessen and pleaded guilty. He could not give bond for the support of his wife and children, so he was sen tenced to the penitentiary for six months. This is ihe first conviction in this county for this crime, although j it is the second case that has been in the courts here. The county assessor has returned nearly all of the schedules to his dep uties in the country precincts to be corrected and the value of live stock raised. Promised to Be Good. DAKOTA CITY—Upon promise to the court that he would provide for his wife and family and be a good and true husband, the case against William Salishury in Judge Eimers’ court was continued for thirty days and Salisbury was released from cus tody on his own recognizance in the sum of $200. Salisbury was arrested and placed in jail on complaint of his wife that he had failed to maintain and support herself and their children and that he had wilfully abandoned i them. Sustained the Demurrer. LINCOLN—The district court has sustained the demurrers of the state in the Boyd county land cases. Th.? attorneys for the settlers immediately asked leave to file amended petitions, and this was granted. Attorney Gen eral Prout has returned from Boyd | county. The cases now go over to the next session. THIEVES ON PASSENGER TRAIN. Relieve Discharged Soldiers of Eighty Dollars and Decamp. NEBRASKA CITY—H. A. Jennings was robbed of $80 near this city on the Missouri Pacific passenger due here at 12:40. Jennings and two oth er men were in a game of cards and when they drew near this city one of the men covered Jennings with a gun while the other relieved him of $80. The man with the gun kept Jen nings covered till the other was safely of? the train and then he. too. took to the woods. Jennings stopped off and reported the matter to the author ities. but so far the police have been unable to find the robbers. Bin Fire Crackers Barred. GRAND ISLAND—At the meeting of the ciL: council an ordinance pro hibiting the sale of fire crackers of greater dimensions than three inches in length and half an inch in diameter the sale of dynamite canes or other dynamite exploding contrivances, and of blank cartridge pistols, was passed on its first reading. Carl Markow Drowned. LINCOLN—Word has been receiv ed by the Lincoln relatives that Carl Markow. second mate of a trans-Pa cific ocean merchantman, was drown ed in the harbor of San Francisco. Few* details of the accident have as yet been learned. Mr. Markow was well known in Lincoln, having visited in this city at several different times. Two brothers and two sisters of the drowned man are residents of this place. Mr. Markow had expected to visited his Lincoln relatives during this spring. Buried Like White Child. RUSHVILLE—The little 10-months old baby of Luther Standing Bear, the interpreter, died here, and Rushville witnessed an Indian funeral. The little mite, who was born last year in England, was arrayed in pink and reposed in a beautiful white casket, obtained from the local undertakers. The remains were laid in the Fair view cemetery. Rev. Niken of the United Presbyterian church conduct ing the service. The procession num bered several conveyances and sixty braves in uniform. THE STATE IN BRIEF. Farmers about Waverly have decid ed to build an elevator. Fairfield changed from dry to wet at the recent election. If deputy assessors in Lancaster county do not list property at full cash value they will lose their jobs. W. J. Willeford’s residence at To bias was destroyed by fire. The loss was about $1,200, partially covered by insurance. The contract has been let on the new system of water works which wiil be constructed in Spencer, and work will begin immediately. The State Board of Public Lands and Buildings a few days ago awarded the contract for the erection of the hospital at Milford to H. T. Ward of Tecumseh, for $18,GOO. A two-headed sheep is the latest ac quisition to the museum of freakish animals in northern Nebraska. It came to Norfolk from Emerick and is being prepared for mounting. Detail plans of the normal school to be erected at Kearney are on exhi bition at the office of State Superin tendent Fowder. Bids for the erection of the school wiil be opened April 26. Mrs. Sarah L. Blair, sister of Ezra Rogers cf Auburn, dropped dead at the home of her nephewr, Alv?, Rog ers. She was in her usual health, having walked from the home of her brother. The town of Auburn is much wrought up over the sudden disap pearance of Robert Watson, who has left a wife destitute. A saloon busi ness* which he bad is in the hands of creditors. A prairie fire started in the eastern part of McPherson county and driven by a hard wind swept the country for thirty miles, nearly to the North Platte river. No casualties have yet been reported. Sunday evening saw the close of a five weeks’ series of successful evan gelistic meetings in Norfolk under the leadership of Rev. Milford H. Lyon of Chicago and his singer, Mr. Coul ter. resulting in 450 converts. Deputy county assessors in Lancas ter must list property at full value. So announced County Assessor Miller. He called a meeting to investigate the reports that the officials were following the methods of last year. William T. Turley, the Grand Is land man who was sentenced to sev enteen years in the penitentiary for murder in the second degree, was granted a stay of sentence pending a hearing on his appeal from the lower court. Heroic efforts on the part of Ster ling's fire brigade and a heavy rain saved Sterling from what might have 1 been total destruction by fire. As it was. four store buildings and most of the contents wrere destroyed, entailing a loss of nearly $15,000. ‘ A petition is being circulated by the W. C. T. U. in Grand Island ask ing the city authorities to have all screens removed from saloons, to close up promptly at 12 o’clock each night and to remove offensive signs from the windows and doorways. The Burlington bridge, nearly a mile long, spanning the Platte river between Grand Island and Phillips was found to be on fire. Section men from Grand Island and Aurora were sent and short before noon got the fire under control, with the aid of farmers. Payson, youngest son of John T. Marshall, was seriously injured on the head with a baseball bat at the school grounds in Panama. He was carried to the office of Dr. Was. who made an examination and found the skull to be fractured. An operation was performed on the head with good results. F. J. McGee of Fremont, Ralph Osh ton of O’Neil and Milton N. Dodds of Omaha have been appointed railway mail clerks. Jane Abbott, librarian at the Fre mont library, has been elected libra rian of the Public library at South Omaha and will probably enter upon her duties at that place soon. Miss Abbott has made a specialty of library work for many years and was at one time acting librarian of the North Carolina State library. Edward A. Reimers died at the Sioux Falls (S. D.) penitentiary last week. The Reimers, father and son. were sentenced to five years in the Sioux Falls prison by the United States court for wrecking the First National bank of Neligh, Neb., the elder Reimer. “C. A.,” being the pres ident of the bank and the son the as sistant cashier. Alarmed by the numerous capitol fires, Representative Sweezy of Webs ter county will have a bill to present to the next legislature to appropriate $125,000 for a fire-proof wing to the state house. This will be used as a library and storage room for state rec ords. Lylle I,andre