THAT FATAL MINE
FORTY-FIVE OFFICERS AND MEN
PERISHED.
THE FIGHT OfFpORT ARTHUR
Rear Admiral Uriu Announces the
Great Japanese Victory—Says that
•n the Engagement the islanders
Sustained No Losses.
ST. PETERSBURG—Forty-five offi
cers and men perished on board the
torpedo boat destroyer Bezstrashni, j
whose destruction by the Japanese
lias been announced.
TOKIO—A brief report from Rear
Admiral Uriu of Wednesday’s fight
ing off Port Arthur reach the navy
iepartmcnt Thursday afternoon. It
says Vice Admiral Togo's fleet at
tacked Port Arthur in the monring
and succeeded in sinking a battleship
of the Petropavlovsk class and one
torpedo boat destroyer. The Japa
nese sustained no losses. One Japa
nese was wounded.
A detailed report of the engage
meat is expected hourly.
The first intimation of the result
of Vice Admiral Togo's seventh at
tack off Port Artnur reached Toitio
at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. It
was received with intense satisfac
tion, particularly the reported de
struction of the battleship Petropav
lovsk. There was a note of regret,
however, upon the reported death of
Admiral Makaroff. for the Russian
admiral commanded the respect of
his opponent3 and the Japanese ad
mired the manner in which he had
rehabilitated the fieet after the first
attacks upon Port Arthur, and the
splendid fight he was making against
AWFUL DISASTER.
An Explosion on the Battleship Mis
souri.
PENSACOLA, Fla.—By the explo
sion of 2,000 pounds of powder in the
after twelve-inch turret and the hand
ling room of the battleship Missouri,
Captain William S. Cowles, command
ing. twenty-nine men were instantly
killed and five injured, of whom two
will die. The Missouri was on the
target range with the Texas and
Brooklyn at practice about noon when
a charge o' powder in the twelve-inch
left-hand gun ignited from gases, ex
ploded and dropping below ignited
four charges of powder in the handling
room and all exploded.
Only one man of the entire turret
and handling crow survives. But for
i..e* prompt and efficient action of Cap
tain Cowles in flooding the handling
room and magazine with water one of
the magazines would haxe exploded
! and the ship would have been destroy
ed.
Captain Cowles, completely over
; come by the disaster, referred all
newspaper men to Lieutenant Ham
■ mer. the ordnance officer. The latter
gave out a statement of the explo
| siou and its probable cause. Accord
i mg to him. about noon, after the first
! pointer of the aft twelve-inch piece
1 had fired his string and the second
pointer had fired the third shot of his
string, the charge ignited. The
fourth shot was being loaded, and
; from all indications the first half of
I the charge had been rammed home
and the secomi section was being
rammed home, when gases from the
shots previously fired, or portions of
the cloth cover, ignited the powder.
The breech was open and a dull
thud gave notice of something un
usual. No loud report was made, but
flames were seen to leap from cverv
GEO&GEJ P03JED0N05ET3
A Russian Black Sea Battleship.
odds. The navy department experts ;
advices from Vice Admiral Togo by j
night. It is known that he left in
y the vleiuVy of Pert Arthur Thursday,
to return to an unknown base, and
it is exiected that he will reach tele
graphic communication by night.
WASHINGTON — The Japanese
minister has received a dispatch from
tiis government embodying an official
•eport from Admiral Uriu. regarding i
:he engagement off Port Arthur, as
•oliows:
“According to the report of the tor-j
aedo destroyer flotilla No. 3. our
leet approached Port A thur on the
13th of April and sunk one battleship
of the enemy o? the Petropavlovsk
type and one torpedo boat destroyer.
No damage to our fleet. No report
vet from Admiral Togo.”
ST. PETERSBURG—Vice Admiral
Stark, formerly in command of the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur, in an
interfew is quoted as saying:
“In ray opinion the Petropavlovsk
struck one of the contact mines laid j
oft Cape Liao Shan, but which had :
been torn from its moorings by the!
terrible storms prevailing last ween. J
and which orifted under the stress of j
the south gales into the roadstead.
It could not have been a mine laid
near the entrance of the harbor, be
cause the latter are not contact ;
mines, DUt are fired by an electric
wire from the shore.”
DUTY ON COAL MUST REMAIN, i
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This is What Austen Chamberlain
Tells Anxious Petitioners.
LONDON—The combined efforts of
the coal owners exporters, ship own- j
ers and miners have failed to induce '
Austen Chamberlain, the chancellor
•>f the exchequer, to repeal the coal j
iuty. A deputation representing all
ihe above interests laid the case be
fore the chancellor Tuesday and
pleaded that the duty was disastrous
to every industry connected with the
coal trade and enabled their German
and other rivals to displace British
coal. Mr. Chamberlain in reply ;
lengthily crmpared the arguments of ;
the petitioners with the facts in his
]K)3ses6ion, enu said there was no
reason for the abolition of the duty.
p ' He said that the fact that the ex
ports for the last year were the larg
est on record disproved the gloomy
forebodings of the deputation.
New York Bank Goes Down.
NEW YORK.—The federal bank, a
state institution in this city, was!
closed and officials of the state bank-1
ing department are in charge. David
Rothschild was president of the insti
tution until a few weeks ago, when
reports having come into circulation
that the bank was connected with the
Globe Securities company, which
loaned money on salaries, he resigned i
ana was succeeded by William |
Woods, who, with Doolittle, had se
cured control of the hank. l"he j
bank’s capital is $250,000.
.
Skrydloff Is at the Helm.
ST. PETERSBURG.—The emper |
or’s choice of a successor to the late
Vice Admiral Makaroff has fallen
upon Vice Admiral Skrydloff, whom
he appointed this evening, telegraph
ing to him to go direct from Sebasto
pol, where he is in command of the
31ack Sea fleet, to Port Arthur, and
assume command there. Nexrt to Vice
Admiral Makaroff Vice Admiral
Skrydloff is the most popular man of
this generation in the Russian navy.
He is considered a very able sailor.
portion of the turret. A few seconds
later another explosion, somewhat
more fierce, occurred. This was in
the handling room below, where 1,600
pounds of powder, or four charges
ready to be hoisted above, had ignit
ed. Fire quarters were sounded and
in less than five seconds aft»r the
first explosion two streams of water
were being played in the rooms, and
when volunteers were called for ev
ery man of the ship responded.
Captain Cowles gave his commands
and but for his presence of mind and
that of the officers of the ship, the
Missouri would have gone down. The
second explosion occurred near one
Oi the magazines and so hot wan the
fire that the brass work of the maga
zines was melted.
Smoke and th^ fumes of tbe burned
powder made it almost impossible to
enter either the turret or handling
room. Every officer and man in the
port and all but three in the hand
ling room were killed.
Three minutes after the explosion
all the dead had been brought on deck
and the surgeons from the Missouri,
Texas and Brooklyn were attending
to those not dead.
The twenty-five men of the turret
v ere found lying in a heap. They
had started from the exit when the
first explosion occurred and had just
reached there when the more terrible
explosion in the handling room oc
curred, which burned z. id strangled
them to death. Lieutenant Davidson,
the officer in charge of the turret, evi
dently had given seme command to
the men, as he was on top of the
heap of men.
The accident is the most serious
that has occurred in the American
navy since t e blowing up of the
Maine in Havana narbor in 1898.
The bodies of the dead were hard
ly recognizable, the terrible and quick
fire having burned clothing from the
bodies of the men and the flesh hung
to them in shreds. The faces were
mutilated by the smoke and flames
only. Only one man was breathing
when the turret crew was rescued and
he died a moment after he reached
the deck.
m
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.
Pension Deficiency of $1,500,000.
WASHINGTON. D. C.—Commis
sioner Ware of the pension bureau
was before the sub-committee of the
appropriations committee, which is
preparing the general, deficiency ap
propriation bill asking for $1,500,000
to meet the amount required for pen
sions under order C8, the age pension
order. The amount was to cover the
expenditures up to July l. this year.
The amount has been included in the
bill, but the democrats have given
notice of a minority report and a con
test over this item.
uccking to Postal Investigation.
WASHINGTON—A proposal to pass
a resolution for a postoffice investi
gation has been discussed by some of
the republican members at the senate
committee on postoffices and post
roads, though a determination for
isuch an inquiry has not been fully
aecided upon by the republican lead
ers. The resolution which has been
suggested will provide that a sub
committee of the committee on post
offices and postroads may receive, dur
ing the recess of congress, any spe
cific charges:
THE TW0H0U8ES
WORK IN CONGRESS FOR THE
PRESENT WEEK.
FEATURES OFJJJWER BRANCH
Appropriation Bills to the Front in the
Senate—Pension Measure to Be
Given Consideration—Other Matters
in Both Houses.
WASHINGTON—Statehood and ship
subsidy will be the feature of the
house proceedings this week, with con
ference reports and minor bills to 1111
in the gaps. The committee on rules
on Monday morning will decide on a
program lor the statehood bill. The
rule on this matter, which will be
brought in for adoption Monday, will
call for consideration of the bill Tues
day, with debate limited probably to
four hours. It is now the intention
to dispose of this bill entirely on
Tuesday.
The rule making a special order for
the Gardiner bill, providing for a joint
commission of members of the house
and senate to investigate the whole
question of ship subsidy during the
recess of congress, will be brought
forward by Mr. Grosvenor on Wednes
day. Debate on this measure will
i consume probably six hours. The
Alaska delegate bill will remain the
■‘continuing order” and receive con
sideration whenever there is nothing
else before the house.
The present plan of the leaders con
templates final adjournment April 2S.
There will be an effort to keep ap
propriation bills to the front all the
time during the present week in the
senate, and to this end the sundry
civil bill will be taken up on conven
ing Monday. When it is disposed of
the pension appropriation bill will be
pressed and it is hoped that that bill
will in turn be immediately followed
by the general deficiency bill. The
senate leaders are apprehensive of the
S effect of the considration of various
bills on the calendar and are exercis
ing their ingenuity to keep them in
the background.
There are some features of the
sundry civil bill which will cause dis
cussion and it is believed that it will
hold attention during Monday and
Tuesday. The pension hill usually
goes through without debate, but it is
probable there will be nulte a little
discussion on the pending bill.
If opportunity is offered Senator
Hansbrough will endeavor to obtain
consideration of the Indian agreement
bills.
Senator Fairbanks also stands ready
to seize the first chance that offers to
press his bill for a new executive
building in Washington.
HAVE FAITH IN KUROPATKIN.
Russians Believe Japs Will Be Driven
Out.
PARIS—A dispatch to the Matin
from its St. Petersburg correspondent
says:
“The Russians have the fullest confi
dence that General Kuropatkin will
soon drive the Japanese out of Korea.
“While a strong army blockades
Ping Yang another army corps will
advance ot Seoul- these being the only
points wherein serious resistance is
expected.
“The empress was so shocked by
the disaster to the Petropavlovsk that
she has been obliged to keep to her
bed. She got up a few hours Satur
I day.
“The emperor is working hard and
is not receiving anyone, not even the
i high court officials.”
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Japs Use Submarine Boats.
ST. PETERSBURG—M. Suverine,
! manager of the Novoe Vremya, says
he has seen a letter, dated March 19.
i from Dr. Volkovitch, who was drowned
| on the Petropavlovsk. in which it is
: alleged that Vice Admiral Makaroff
1 and his staff declared that the Jap&n
| ese were using submarine boats and
! tnat Port Arthur was not oetenaed by
i Russian mines.
Iowa Man at Head of University.
DANVILLE. Ky.—Dr. Frederick \V.
Hinitt ot Fairfield. Ia.. who was recent
ly elected president of the Central uni
versity of Kentucky, to succeed the
late Dr. W. C. Roberts, has announced
his acceptance and will take charge
of the university soon.
Give Out No War News.
GT. PETERSBURG—On account of
the holidays the committee on mili
tary censors sat for only an hour
— ondav, leaving their office at 10
o’clock. Later official dispatches from
the scere of war will not be made
public until Tuesday.
Disease Among Jap Troons.
ST. PETERSBURG—According to
the reports of spies, the Japanese
troops in Korea have been ravaged
by various diseases. One of these
diseases, called “imbion.” is a kind of
intermittent typhus. Another, called
“sends.,” which has not yet been stud
ied by European doctors, produces pre
mature senility. The patients lose
their teeth, become extremely weak,
and the nails are twisted back on
the fingers. Dysentery’ is said to be
very prevalent among the Russians at
Harbin.
For Benefit of Missouri Victims.
WASHINGTON—Count Cassini, the
Russian ambassador, has taken a box
for the society play to be given for
the benefit of the families of the vic
tims of the Missouri disaster. Al
though the Russian nation is in mourn
ing for the Port Arthur, disaster, the
ambassador ha3 consented for his
daughter. Countess Cassini, to take
part in the play. The Austro-Hunga
rian ambassador will be in the cast,
and practically every embassy and le
gallon in Washington will be repre
sented at the play.
COURT RULES WITH BRYAN.
Probate Judge Says He Can Remain
Executor.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.—A decision de
nying in effect the application for the
removal of William J. Bryan as exec
utor of the estate of the late Philo S.
Eennett was rendered Saturday by
Judge Cleaveland of the probate court.
The application was brought by coun
sel for Mrs. Grace Imogene Bennett,
the widow, and other residuary lega
tees on the ground that Mr. Bryan was
acting contrary to the interests of the
esate. The decision sustains a demur
rer filed by Mr. Bryan’s counsel and
practically denies the application as
far as the probate court is concerned.
The matter will now go to the higher
court on appeal.
The claim of the residuary legatees
that Mr. Bryan was acting contrary to
the best interests of the estate was
based on the fact that he appealed as
an individual and as a trustee from
the decree of the probate court refus
ing to incorporate as a part of the will
the sealed letter by which Mr. Bennett
expressed a wish that Mr. Bryan
should have $50,000. It was claimed
by the residuary legatees that this ap
peal is inconsistent with his duties as
executor of the will and that he is un
necessarily delaying the settlement of
the estate.
AFTER BEEF TRUSTS.
Complaints of Western Ranchmen
Effective.
CHICAGO. — Prompted by cora
; plaints of ranchmen of the northwest,
j through Representative Martin of
South Dakota, that it was their their
belief that a beef trust existed among
the western packers to the restraint
of trade and to the detriment of pro
ducers and consumers, the govern
ment has begun its investigation.
James A. Garfield, chief of the bu
reau of corporations of the department
of commerce and labor, and assistant
to Secretary Cortelyou, is in Chicago.
He has come with Inspector Carroll
of the department agriculture, pur
i posely to make inquiry at the stock
yards. Other men have been sent to
| Kansas City, Omaha and all the large
i cattle markets, while two representa
j tives of the government have been
sent to attend range meetings through
| out the northwest among the caitle
: raisers. All of these men making in
: vestigtaions in various cattle centers
: are working under Mr. Garfield's or
| ders. When they make their final re
: port Mr. Garfield will compile his re
| port to Secretary Corteiyou.
SOON TO BE OURS. j
France Nearly Ready to Turn Over !
Panama Canal.
PARIS—All the papers necessary
for the transfer of the Panama canal
to the United States are now com
pleted. They include lengthy inven
tories and schedules of the property j
belonging to the company, both in |
Panama, here and elsewhere. These i
have been careiuny gone over ana !
j cneckea up by v\. a. nay and j
! Charles W. Russell (the assistant j
attorney generals wno came irom 1
Washington to assist in the trans
fer of the property), and the officers
of the company. The most impor
tant paper is the contract tor tne
sale, inis sets lortn an me prelim
inary negotiations between the Uni
ted States and the company, leading
up to the transfer and the final lati
fication of the transfer by the stock
holders of the company. The con
sideration is stated to be $40,000,000.
The signing of the contract will oc
cur immediately after the meeeting
of the stockholders next Saturday.
However, as the meeting probably
will last until late, the signing may
go over until Monday. President Bo
will sign for the company.
WILL BE NO TICKET SELLERS.
! Half a Dollar in the Slot Will Open
World’s Fair Turnstiles.
ST. LOUIS—It has bee” ''•'ided by
I the World’s fair to install electrical
j devices instead of having ticket sellers
j and ordinary turnstiles during the ex
j position period.
The Lindell entrance will be the
| main gate to the exposition. There j
i thirty-two turnstiles are being install- I
j >d. and through this entrance alone j
i it is estimated that at least 500 per
I sons can pass every sixty seconds.
To gain admission to the grounds |
i a person must approach the turnstile I
and place a half dollar in a slot. This j
money, as it descends, is stm visime j
and releases a lever which unlocks I
! the turnstile. The person can then i
! pass through the gate and the minute !
| that he is inside the turnstile is lock- i
! ed.
Individual gates are being installed
; for children. At these turnstiles a
| quarter will operate the mechanism.
With a decent supply of good will !
any man can be honeslt on a desert j
island.
Death cf a Guilty Couple.
CHICAGO—James H. Johnson, a
railroad switchman, and Mrs Mary
McGrath, said to have come to Chi- !
ewgo recently from St. Louis, were j
found dead ir. bed Sunday in a cheap l
hotel in Archer avenue. The couple j
registered at the hotel Saturday as i
man and wife and were assigned to a
room. Escaping gas in their room !
started an investigation, and when !
the door was forced open both bodies j
were found lying side by side on the
bed. Gas was escaping from a jet in
the room.
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To Leave It to the President.
WASHINGTON.—The house com
mittee on naval affairs on Tuesday
authorized a favorable report on the
Lacey bill, permitting the president,
in his discretion, to appoint as mid- j
shipmen in the navy former Cadets J.
H. Lefland, E. W. Chaffee and J. D.
Little, who were dismissed from An- I
napolis last year for hazing. The
cadets. If appointed, will go to sea
with their class as the lowest in rank.
Their class finished at the academy in
February last.
FUND FOR HEROES
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR
THOSE SAVING LIVES.
IT IS CREATED BY CARNEGIE
His Great Endowment Will Be Known
as the Hero Fund—Trust Placed ip
the Hands of a Commission of Prom
inent Men.
PITTSBURG—It was made known
here Friday that Andrew Carnegie has
created a fund of $5,000,000 for i e
benefit of the “dependents of those
losing their lives in heroic efforts to
save their fellow men or for the vic
tims themselves -i injured totally.”
Provision is made for medals to be
given in commemoration of heroic
acts. The endowment is to be known
as “The Hero Fund,” and consists of
$5,000,000 of first collateral 5 per cent
bonds o- tne United States Steel cor
poration.
The trust is placed in the hands of
a commission composed of the follow
ing gentlemen: W. L. Abbott, Edwin
H. Andrews, W. W. Blackburn, Ed
ward M. Bigelow. Joseph Buffington,
W. E. Frein J B. Jackson, Thomas
Lynch, Charles C. Mellor. N. Miller,
Thomas Morrison, Frederick P. Per
kins, Robert Pitcairn. H. Kirk Porter.
James F. Reed. V.. L. Scaife. William
Scott. W. H. Stevenson. E. M. Wilmut
secretary.
The commission held its first meet
ing here Friday and made known the
project. It is learned that the scheme
was conceived by. Mr. Carnegie im
mediately after the Harwich mine dis
aster, when he summoned to New
York Mr. Taylor, chairman, and Mr.
Wilmot. manager, to discuss with
them plans for the relief of the suffer
ers from this catastrophe.
On this occasion Mr. Carnegie an
nounced to Messrs. Taylor and Wil
mot his intention to endow a fund for
heroes, outlining his plans, and asked
that they consider the project and
write him regarding it, making such
suggestions and giving such ideas as
might occur to them. This they did
and on March 12, just before his de
parture for Europe. Mr. Carnegie for
warded a letter to Mr. Taylor an
nouncing the plan and stating that
the certificate for the bonds had been
placed in his hands.
Mr. Carnegie warns the commission
against the danger of interference oi
conflict with the pension funds foi
municipal employes that exists in
many cities and urges it to act in har
mony with such funds. This, as is the
case with all the details of the fund's
administration, is left to the commis
sion.
The claims upon the fund for some
years cannot exhaust it. After some
years pensioners will become numer
ous. Should the commission find, al
lowing liberally for tMs, that a sur
plus will remain, it nas power to
make grants in case of accidents
(preferably where a hero has appear
ed) to those injured.
The field embraced by the fund is
the United States and Canada and the
waters thereof.
BRAVERY IS TO BE REWARDED.
Proctor Bill to Be Reported Upcn Fa
vorably.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Proctor
today introduced a bill, which will be
favorably reported by the committee
on military affairs, to authorize the
president to reward distinguished or
especially meritorious service render
ed by certain officers of the active list
of the army. The bill provides for
the creation of a distinguished service
list, to include five colonels, six lieu
tenant-colonels. eighteen majors, ten
captains and five first lieutenants.
Appointments to the distinguished
service list are to be made on the spe
cific recommendation of a board, as
near permanent as may be. of five
general officers of the active list of
the army.
Cotton Crop of India.
WASHINGTON.—The government
of India has issued its final general
memorandum on the cotton crop of
British India, for 1903 and 1904, show
ing that the area under cotton of 17,
670,599 acres, is over 1.000.000 acres
larger than the corrected area of last
year, which was then the highest re
turned. The official figures of the es
timated yield is 2,874.893 bales. The
estimate total yield for this season
(excluding the returns from Assam
and Mysore, which did not report last
yean is approximately the same as
for the last season.
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
Afflicted with Trachoma.
WASr.*NGTON—There was landed
at Tacoma. Wash., recently fifty Fili
pinos who were brought to the United
States under contract to take part m
the Philippine island exhioit at the St.
Louis exposition. Thirty-nine of the
numoer were afflicted with trachoma,
a disease of the eye. Under a ruling
by the attorney general natives of
the Philippine islands and Porto Rico
are not aliens within the meaning of
the immigration act and they had to
be admitted. Congress will be asked
i to meet such cases arising hereafter.
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More Beets 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.
Corean Minister to Help Viceroy.
TIEN TSlN—M. Pavloff, recently
Russian minister to Corea, returned
to Tien Tsin Monday. He will pro
ceed to Mukden Tuesday next for the
purpose of assisting Viceroy AlexieX
NEWS IN NEBRASKA
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Charles H. Ream, who has been
deputy sheriff and jailer in Dakota
City for the last three years, resigned
his position last week. Sheriff H. C.
Hamlin will do all the work alone.
According to the report of Superin
tendent Hayawrd of the Kearney In
dustrial school, the total enrollment
during the last month was 156. and
at the end of the month it was 151.
W. R. Sperry of Weeping Water
was in the vicinity of Papillion look
ing for a stolen team. Bloodhounds
had traced the thieves to the Buffalo )
school house, where the trail bad
•jeen doubled back to Louisville. The
horses were found tied near Weeping
Water in a thicket.
Dr. J. H. Crabbs, one of the oldest I
pnysicians in that part of the state,
died at Fremont of general debility
at the age of 76. He was a native of
Ohio. He practiced his profession in j
that state for about ten years and in j
1864 came to Nebraska, locating at |
Fontanelle. A year or so later h«
came to Fremont.
The new railroad Young Men's
Christian association building at Chad
ron was dedicated last Sunday. The
new structure is a fine three-story
brick, and when the finishing touches
have been put on it will have cost
about $12,000. It is the finest asso
ciation building in the state, consider
ing the size of the town.
Mary A. Manzer of Lincoln filed a
$10,000 damage suit in the district
court against a number of Lincoln
saloon men. She claims that the li
quor dealers are financially responsi
ble for the alleged cruelty and de- j
baucherv of her husband. Eugene N.
Manzer. against whom she recently
brought a suit for divorce.
Rev. W. M. Howie, pastor of the
United Presbyterian church of Alli
ance, died of la grfppe, after an ill
ness of but ten days, aged 58 years.
Before coming to Alliance Rev. Howie
officiated in New York. Chicago, Se
attle, Lawrence and Garland, Kan.,
in all of which places he leaves be
hind monuments of his untiring zeal
as a faithful pastor, covering a pe
riod of more than thirty years.
County Assessor Teegarden of Cass
county is engaged in securing a list
of all mortgages on file in Cass
county. He estimates that the total
amount of unreleased mortgages will
be close to $500,000. It is safe to say
that many have been paid, but
through neglect of the holder have
| not been released. Unless they are
released very soon they will be as
sessed as a tax against the property. !
It is requested of all horsemen who
expect to make an exhibit at the St. ■
Louis exposition and wish to take ad- I
vantage of free transportation from
Lincoln to St. Louis and return, fur- j
nished by the commission, that they 1
file their applications for such provi
sions with O. E. Mickey, secretary,
at Osceola. Neb., stating breed, sex
and ag^ of each entry. The Commis
sion and Live Stock association will
endeavor to provide a commtitee to
examine and pass upon the availabil
ity of these entries as soon as pos
sible.
Mrs. O. S. Ward of Lincoln was
saved probably from a horrible death
by the presence of mind of her 10
year-old daughter, Gertrude Reh
laender. Mrs. Ward was lighting a
gasoline stove when the sulphur on
the match flew off and ignited the
bottom of her skirt. Almost instant
ly the blaze flared up and she was
enveloped in flames. The daughter,
who was in an adjoining room,
promptly threw a pitcher of water on
her mother and then followed the
deluge with a couple of blankets,
smothering the fire.
Rev. Joseph Underwood, whose
step-daughter stated that he was tne
father of her child, has received a
complete vindication at the hands of
the girl and at the hands of his flock,
composing the membership of -it.
Zion church in Lincoln.
The report of the Home for the
Friendless filed with the secretary of
state shows that during the last
month there was received $74 and
there was expended $100.31. The
home already had $105.45 on hand,
so it is still to the good $79.14.
The body of Corinnee Jarmin. the ,
15-year-old daughter of W. J. Jarmin
oi Fremont, who was drowned in the
Platte river on New Year's day, was
found last week by Carl, the fisher
man, and Luther Hormal. They were
out in a boat on the river and saw
something just underneath the sur
face of the water that appeared to
be stationary. They immediately
rowed to it and found it to be the
body of the dead girl. It was in
about three feet of water on the bot
tom and not more than 300 feet from
where she disappeared through the
ice.
State Treasurer Mortensen has is
sued a call for $50,000 warrants num
bered 98.272 to 98.897 for April 19.
When this batch is gathered in it will
wind up all warrants that bear a date
earlier than June 9. 1902. making the
outstanding warrants less than two
years old.
An official, in discussin the amount
of work turned out by the Burlington
car shops at Plartsmouth, stated that
the prospects were favorable for the
employment of an additional number
of men during the coming summer,
especially in the freight car depart
ment.
Mrs. Riley J. Gilbert, wife of City
Engineer Riley J. Gilbert of Augurn.
is dead. She was about 70 years of
age and had been in poor health for
a long time. The Gilberts are among
the first settlers of the county and
until within a few years resided on
their farm near Brock.
In the construction of the Norfolk
asylum buildings Twin City bric*k well
be use, the state board of public
lands and buildings having refused to
change its contract after listening to
arguments from representatives of
both the Omaha brick and the Twin
City brick.
MEN GET THE MOST MONEY.
Figures on Salaries of Teachers in
the State.
LINCOLN—Does the man teacher
deserve a better salary than the wo
man teacher who does the same work?
The table of increase for the last sbs
years, as prepared by State Superin
tendent Fowler, shows that the lew
est average salary paid the man
teacher exceeds the highest one paid
the woman teacher by $1.77, and that
the highest salary paid the man
teacher exceeds the highest paid th&
woman by 111.19. Despite the in
crease in salaries, the number of met
teachers has steadily decreased. In
1903 the decrease of men teachers
and the corresponding increase in wo
men teachers amounted to more than
16 per cent.
One of the reasons, other than finan
cial, given for the defection of ths
men is thai it is found that women
are much more successful in the low
er grades than are men. They ar*
almost invariably more patient, per
severing and tactful. Women teach*
ers are now in demand for the coun
try schools of the state, and men are
not. It is claimed that the women
themselves are in part to blame for
their scanty wages because they do
not prepare sufficiently for their work
to enable them to demand adequate
payment. But this assertion does not
hold good in many cases. Neverthe
less, Superintendent Fowler declares
that it is in the power of the women
teachers of Nebraska to raise the av
erage wage of their sex from $40 to
$55 simply by preparing for it and
then demanding it.
CLUB WOMEN OF NEBRASKA.
Official Train and Headquarters at St.
Louis.
Notice is sent out to club presidents
by Mrs. Beele Stoutenborouhg of
Plattsmouth. secretary of the Nebras
ka General Federation of Women’s
Clubs, that for the seventh biennial
meeting of the General Federation of
Women’s Clubs, held at St. Louis,
May 17-25, the executive hoard has
chosen the Burlington as the official
route for the Nebraska delegation.
Train service will be as follows:
Leave Omaha 5:25 p. m.t leave Lin-.’
coin 4:25 p. m., arrive St. Joseph 9:35
p. m. The delegations that travel
from and v:a Lincoln will be com
bined with the delegations that travel
from and via Omaha at St. Joseph,
and will use the same train from St.
Joseph, arriving at St. Louis the next
morning at 7:19. There will he
through sleeping cars, Lincoln to St.
Louis, and Omaha to St. Louis. The
officers and delegates of the state fed
eration expect to leave for St. Louis
May 16th. arriving in St. Louis on
the morning of the 17th. The day of
celebration at the fair grounds will
be May 19th, known as “Louisiana
Purchase Day.” On this day there
will be receptions at all the state
buildings.
The headquarters for the Nebraska
club women will be at “The Odeon."
Nebraska Girl Dead in Wyoming.
SHERIDAN, Wyo.—Miss Stella
Moore of Helvey, Neb., died suddenly
while en route from the depot to the
home of her brother in this city. She
was taken ill at the depot and was
placed in a hack, but died before
reaching home.
Will Argue for Exemption.
LINCOLN—The Royal Highlanders
will argue for exemption of the securi
ties of fraternal societies from taxa
tion when the state board of equaliza
tion meets in May. It is quite possi
ble that the supreme court will be
asked to pass on this subject.
Going Into Potato Raising.
SCOTTS BLUFF—T. C. Bottom of
the commission firm of T. C. Bottom
& Co. of Kansas City arrived here
the first, of the week with a gang of
men who will put in 300 acres of po
tatoes on lands adjoining the town
site. The potato industry promises
to be profitable to the farmers of the
valley. Several thousand acres will
be planted this spring. This will cre
ate a good market
Buys Land for Feed Yard.
FREMONT—A big land deal involv
ing a consideration that will range be
tween $50,000 and $70,000 has been com
pleted between Nat J. Johnson of
Ames and the Standard Cattle com
pany at that place, whereby Johnson
becomes purchaser* of 700 acres of
land, including practically the entire
townsite of Ames with all improve
ments.
Yutan Depot Safe Cracked.
YUTAN—The depot at this place
j was burglarized. The safe w’as blown
open and the contents taken. The
booty was not large.
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May Go to Federal Court.
LINCOLN—In a petition filed in
the supreme court the Missouri rat
cific denies that it is a state corpora
tion. the answer of the comapny to
the request of the Co-operative Ship
ping association of Virginia. Neb., be
ing hied. The company asks that the
validity of the Ramsey bill be tested
in the federal court. The farmery
built an elevator and the structure
was burned. Another was erected a
short distance from the former site
and the railroad refused to extend a
side track.
Fight Ends in Shooting Affray.
BENNINGTON—Chris Knagg and a
man named Kelly, working for Chris
Peterson, living four miles east of
town, while slightly under the influ
ence of liquor, got into an altercati ~
I over some trivial matters, and during
i the altercation Chris Knagg, having
a 32-caliber rifle in his hands, delib
erately pulled the trigger. The bul
let struck Kelly in the breast, going
clear through him and also went
through Dr. Hail’s clothes inflicting
j jl slight flesh wound. It is not known
I whether Kelly's wound is fatal or not.