END OF CONGRESS
LABORS OF THE TWO HOUSES
COME TO CONCLUSION.
PRESIDENT BUSY AT THE CLOSE
Number of Bills Are Signed and Leg
islators Engage His Attention—Re
publican and Democratic Views of
Appropriations Made Thus Far.
V ASHINGTOX.—The second ses
sion of the Fifty-eighth congress was
declared adjourned at 2 o’clock Thurs
day by President Pro Tempore Frye,
in the senate, and Speaker Cannon in
the house.
President Roosevelt arrived at the
capitol at 11:25 a. m. to attend to his
official duties incident to the adjourn
ment of congress. Nearly all the mem
bers of his cabinet had preceded him
and were waiting in the president’s
room. He was accompanied by Mr.
Loeb, his secretary, and the whole
executive force of the White house. A
number o! bills passed Wednesday
night and Thursday received his sig
nature.
At 11:25 the president affixed his
signature to the last of the general
supply measures, the postoffice appro
priation bill. Prior to that time he
had signed the sundry civil, the gener
al deficiency and the military acade
my bills, in addition to scores of meas
ures of minor importance.
The president was in almost con
stant consultation with senators and
representatives concerning measures ;
presented to him for his signature.
Bills relating to the various depart- i
ments were referred strictly to mem
bers of the cabinet, who were present,
and, as usual, they passed upon them
before they were signed by the presi
dent.
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THE KINKAID BILL.
Meets With Opposition in the Intterlor
Deparment.
WASHINGTON—Judge Kinkald’s
bill permitting settlement of 640
acres of land by homesteaders in the
northwest section of Nebraska it is
confidently believed will be signed by
the president before the dissolution of
the present session. The bill went
to the White House Wednesday after
noon and was at once referred to the
secretary of the interior for a report,
i Anticipating this action, Senator Die
trich and Judge Kinkaid called upon
the president and commissioner of
j the general land office 'in behalf of
i the measure. The president, who
(has been in favor of the measure,
| naturally refers matters dealing with
j land problems to the Interior depart
ment, and here the greatest opposi
tion to the bill has been found.
After the visit of Senator Dietrich
and Judge Kinkaid to the president,
where they had a satisfactory confer
ence, they had an interview with
Commissioner Richards. The com
, missioner has been opposed to the
proposition of increasing the number
of acres that may be entered upon
by an intending homesteader, even
though the experiment wis to be con
fined to the sand hill section of Ne
braska. Both gentlemen from Ne
braska took a hand in showing Com
missioner Richards the reason that
prompted the bill and while they re
fused to give out any definite infor
mation as to the result of their con
ference with the head of the land de
partment they contented themselves
with the prediction that the bill
would be signed. While everything
has seemingly been clear sailing for
this measure, it is not out of place
now to state that a very hostile feel
ing prevailed against the bill, not
only in the public lands committee of
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At 12:45 p. m. the joint committee
of the two branches of congress, con
sisting pi Senators Hale and Cochran
and Represer tatives Payne, Hemen
way and Williams, appointed to noti
fy the president that the congress
was ready to adjourn, called upon
President Roosevelt in his room at
the capitol. The president informed
the committee that he had no further
communications to make to the con
gress. The comm'ttee remained with
the president les~ than five minutes.
The last of the important bills to
ijfreceive the signature of the president
'were the river and harbor and Pana
ma canal measures. All of the sur
veys which the senate provided for
in the river and 'harbor bill were
strick?n out in conference In one of
them the president had a personal
interest, as it was a survey near tne
president's home at Oyster Bay. When
he noted the fact that among the
other surveys it had been eliminated
^ he signed the bill and remarked,
JP laughingly, that it was pretty evi
dent that he had no influence with
the present administration.
The republican and democratic
view of the appropriations made thus
far by the Fifty-eighth congress were
presented to the house by Chairman
Hemenway of the appropriations com
mittee and Representative Livingston
of Georgia, the ranking democratic
member of the committee.
“Good Government Housekeeping”
is the caption chosen by Mr. Hemen
way to represent his views.
“A Congress that Has Done Noth
ing But Spent Money,” is the heading
of Mr. Livingston’s summary.
'When a woman and a cyclone make
tjJitheii- minds to go anywhere, noth
ing yet invented can stop them.
Labor Dominates the Cabinet.
MELBOURNE, Victoria.—Mrs. Wat
son, the labor leader, has formed a
cabinet with himself as premier and
treasurer; Mr. Hughes, minister for
external affairrs; Mr. Higgins, attor
ney general; Mr. Batchelor, minister
for home affairs; Mr. Fisher, presi
dent of the Board of Trade; Mr. Daw
son, minister of defence; Mr. Mahon,
postmaster general, and Mr. McGreg
or, vice president of the federal ex
ecutive council. Excepting Mr. Hig
gins all the members of the new cab
inet belong to the labor party.
Payment for the Canal.
WASHINGTON.—Payment by the
United States for the Panama canal
concessions and property will be made
in a few days, perhaps before the end
of the month. The subject was dis
(JgMSsed at Tuesday’s meeting of the
inet.
American Nursec at Yokohama.
YOKOHAMA—Miss McGee, a physi
cian, and eight American nurses, ar
rived a* Yokohama. They received a
very hearty welcome and the governor
of Yokohama delivered an address.
the house, but also in the Interior
department, from whence the presi
dent receives advice regarding land
matters, and the passage of this bill
in the face of this quiet but deter
mined opposition makes its passage
even more noteworthy than would or
dinarily be the case.
Judge Kinkaid has worn grooves
in the stone pavement between the
house of representatives and the
rooms of the enrolling and engrossing
committees. He has been a shadow
upon the heels of the bill, and it is
to his doged determination as well as
to the efforts of Senator Dietrich that
the bill is now in the hands of the
president for signature, and every
thing points to the bill becoming a
law.
FOUR MONTHS’ CONFINEMENT
Sentence of a Lieutenant for Dupli
cation of Pay Accounts.
SAN FRANCISCO.—First Lieuten
ant Frederick B. Neilson, Twelfth
cavalry, who was recently tried at
the Presidio for the duplication of his
pay accounts in the PriHppines, was
on Friday sentenced to confinement to
the limits of the post where he may
be serving for four months and to for
feit $50 of his pay for t-ne same pefiod.
He will also be reprimanded in gen
eral orders, but he has been acquitted
of any fraudulent intent. Lieutenant
Neilson will be sent to the discharge
camp at Angel Island for duty and
will serve out his four months there.
The court-martial which trial Lieu
tenant Neilson will meet again on
Monday for the trial of Lieutenant G.
S. Richards, Tv/enty-tbird infantry, for
the same offense, and will also try
Lieutenant W. J. Aiken, Twenty
eighth infantry, for breach of arrest.
Grant's Grandson Marries.
PARIS—The civil ceremony of the
marriage of Captain Algernon Sar
toris, grandson of the late General U.
S. Grant., and Mile. Germaine Cecile
Noufflard, a niece of Charles Halle,
an artist, director of the New Galley,
London, took place Monday. The cere
mony was merely the usual formal
procedure required by French law.
| The witnesses for Mile. Noufflard
were Charles E. Halle and George
Heynaud. Those for Captain Sartoris
were the Marquis de L'Aigle and Bent
ley Mott.
Fred Grant Makes a Gift.
GALENA, 111.—The twelfth annual
celebration of General U. S. Grant’s
birthday was held here Wednesday,
a large audience filling Turner hall.
Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago
made the principal address and paid
a glowing tribute to the great com
mander under whom he fought. Gen
eral Fred D. Grant and wife were
among those present. The feature of
the day was the presentation by Gen
eral Grant to the city cf Galena of
the residence formerly owned and oc
cupied by his distinguished father.
A GREAT BATTLE
IN WHICH JAPANESE TROOPS ARE
VICTORIOUS.
GROSS RIVERANDJAKE HEIGHTS
After Five Days of Preliminary Fight
ing Mikado’s Men Begin Decisive
Battle—Turn Left Flank of Russians
Near Wiju and Capture Position.
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TOKIO—Advices received here
state that the twelfth division of the
Japanese army forced a crossing of
the Yalu just above Wiju, just before
dawn Sunday morning. The second
pontoon bridge across the river near
Wiju was completed at 8 o’clock Sat
urday night and the Imperial guard of
the second division crossed during the
night. ,
The Russians’ left flank has been
turned and a general attack began at
dawn today (Sunday) nearly all the
Japanese batteries on the south bank
of the river and a flotilla of gunboats
co-operating with the army.
The Japanese have the advantage of
positions and numbers and are confi
dent of routing the enemy.
Aavices from the front say that
Japanese forces began an attack on
the Russians on the Yalu river last
Tuesday. The battle was continued
Wednesday Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday.
On Thursdav the Japanese effected
a crossing of the Yalu and secured a
lodgment on the right bank of the
river. The fighting on Saturday was
at long range and there was a duel
with heavy guns across the river.
Fighting was resumed at daylight to
day (Sunday).
The Russian force is estimated at
30,000. The Japanese loss is reported
to have been small thus far.
TOKIO—Supplemental reports from
General Kuroki covering Sunday’s
fighting say;
“The Russians made two stands.
The enemy’s strength included all of
the third division two regiments of
the sixth division one cavalry brigade,
about forty quick-firing guns and
eight machine guns. We have taken
twenty-eight quick-firing guns, many
rifles, much ammunition, more than
twenty officeis and many non-commis
sioned officers and men as prisoners.
“I am informed that Major Kashtal
inskl, commander of the Third East
Siberian rifle brigade, and Lieutenant
General Sasulitch, commander of the
Second Siberian arjny corps, were
wounded. Our casualties number
about 700 and the Russian loss is
more than 800 men.”
JAPANESE NOW ON RUSSIAN SOIL
Minister McCormick Learns Number
of Those He is Caring For.
ST. PETERSBURG—As a result of
his investigations Ambassador Mc
Cormick finds that exclusive of the
570 Japanese in the Islands of Sagha
lin the total number of Japanese in
Blissian is 351, of whom 63 are in the
province of Amur, chiefly at Port
Zeya, 280 in the province of Prim
orvsk, chiefly at Nikolaievsk, and a
major and his officers with five sol
diers, two merchants and an interpre
ter, under arrest as spies. They are
all being concentrated at Stretnsk,
whence as * soon as navigation is
opened they will be forwarded to Irk
utsk; from there they will go to Ber
lin. via the Black Sea, the Russian
authorities desiring to transport them
so far as possible by water.
HAVE CLAIM AGAINST COLON.
Sufferers From Colon Fire Confer
With Secretary Hay.
WASHINGTON. — Secretary Hay
heard argument by attorneys repre
senting the American interests in
volved in the Colon fire claims. These
attorneys have formally requested
the secretary to deduct the amount of
their claims from the fund of $10,
000,000 which is to paid by the
United States to Panama on the
ground that the inhabitants of the
present new republic of Panama,
while in insurrection against the Col
ombian government, were responsible
for the destruction of Colon by fire
about twenty years ago. with the re
sulting loss to American property
owners.
These claims have been presented
several times in recent years to the
Colombian government, which has re
pudiated them as growing out of the
acts of insurgents, so that the present
method of bringing them forward is
new. Secretary Hay promised to give
careful consideration to the claims,
but has decided that they must be con
sidered entirely apart from the canal
negotiations and as congress has made
a specific appropriation of $10,000,000
! for Panama no deductions can be
made from that appropriation by the
executive on account of any other
claims.
Act of an Insane Mother.
CLEVELAND, 0.,—Mrs. Caroline
Volkman, who is believed to be in
sane, threw her three children, Annie,
aged 11, Willie aged 5, and Otto, aged
2, into Lake Erie Sunday afternoon
and then jumped in herself. Fortun
ately, boatment were nearby and the
whole party were rescued without any
ill effects. The children were sent to
their home and the mother is locked
up, pending examination regarding her
sanity. Domestic troubles is said to
have made her temporarily mentally
irresponsible.
Pearson is Chief Engineer.
ST. PAUL.—E. P. Pearson has
been appointed chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific Railway company to
succeed W. L. Darlin, who resigned
several months ago. Mr. Pearson ha*
been acting chief engineer.
Kindergarten Union Adjourns.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.—The eleventh
annual convention of the Internation
al Kindergarten union adjourned af
ter electing Miss Annie Laws of Cin
cinnati president and Miss Stella L.
Wood of Minneapolis secretary.
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OPENING OF THE FAIR.
St. Louis Welcomes the World to the
Great Exhibition.
ST. LOUIS.—Representing a larger
expenditurethan any similar enterprise
heretofore attempted on this conti
nent, greater in its ambition and wider
in its scope than any previous effort
of its kind, the Louisiana Purchase
exposition was formally opened Satur
day afternoon. The inaugural exer
cises could hardly have been improved
upon. They were simple, were car
ried througn without delay and with
out a halt or delay of any descrip
tion.
The weather was without flaw. No
fairer day from dawn to sunset could
have been hoped for. The handling
of the crowds, the guarding of en
closures sacred to the participants
in the exercises and the police work
generally could not have been better
ed. This work was in the hands of
officers of the regular army. It was
arranged that President Roosevelt
should press the button at exactly 12
o’clock, but when that hour arrived
several of the addresses had not been
completed.
At approximately 12:15, St. Louis
time, in order that his time might not
be encroached upon, the signal was
given to President Roosevelt that all
things were ready. His response was
quick and in a few seconds came the
answering touch over the wire from
the White house. This officially
opened the exposition, but it was de
termined to conclude the program, and
the signal for the actual opening, for
the unfurling of the flags, the ringing
of bells and the operation of the great
cascades was not given by Director
of Works Taylor until 1:04.
COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS GOT IT.
S. F. Smith, President Central News
paper Union, Daveport, la.. Short
$50,000 Trust Funds.
DAVENPORT. Ia.—Statements and
old papers filed for record with the
recorder of Scott county show Samuel
F. Smith, ex-mayor of Davenport, trus
tee of Davenport Carnegie library,
publisher of the Daily Republican, and
son of the author of “America.” short
in his accounts with trust funds of
$50,000. Smith signed over to W. C.
Putnam and A. W. Vanderveer all of
his property in Davenport, including
stocks ia local companies and real es
tate.
Mr. Smith has long held the confi
dence of the people. His residence is
the finest in the city.
It is rumored that the greater part
of the shortage was caused by the at
tempt of Mr. Smith to establish a
house to furnish ready-printed sheets
for country newspapers. The Central
Newspaper Union was started about
three years ago by J. X. Brands as
manager and Mr. Smith as financier.
The business was run for three years
at a loss. It is stated that the total
loss up to the time he sold his inter
ests was in the neighborhood of $30,
000.
Smith is ill, his daughter is in a hos
pital and his wife nearly heart-broken.
Smith has made a full confession.
SHAW CALLS FOR THE CASH.
Banks Requested to Put Up Money to
Pay for Panama Canal.
WASHINGTON.—The secretary of
the treasury has isued a call direct
ing national bank depositaries to
transfer to the assistant treasurer at
New York City on or before May 10,
1904, an aggregate amount of $12,
000,000. The call on each bank is for
10 per cent of the public deposit of
such bank as it stood before the recent
20 per cent call, thus making a total
withdrawal of 30 per cent of public
deposits. Today’s call, however, ex
empts all depositaries whose author
ized balance before the recent call
was less than $100,000. x It also ex
empts a few banks having active ac
counts were their authorized balance
is not greater than the convenience
of the treasury department in trans
acting public business required. With
these exceptions, the call applies to all
depositaries, permanent and tempo
rary.
In view of the plethora of money
in all the central reserve cities, it is
probable that an additional call of
the same character will be issued,
payable about June 1. This would
supply the amount of the draft upon
the treasury made by the payment
for the isthmian canal right-of-way,
and wrould afford a working balance
of $50,000,000 actually in the treasury
and sub-treasuries, as at present.
Complaint Against Paper Trust.
WASHINGTON—Conde Hamlin of
the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Don C.
Seitz of the New York W’orld and John
Norris of the Philadelphia Ledger and
the New York Times, representing the
American Newspaper Publishers’ as
sociation, called on the attorney gen
eral today and laid before him a com
plaint against the paper manufactur
ers’ trust, alleging violation of the
Sherman anti-trust act. The attorney
general stated that he would have an
investigation made into the matter.
Furnish Free Fireworks.
CHICAGO.—In order to protect chil
dren from injury and property from
damage, the Chicago Amusement as
sociation is planning to furnish free
firecrackers and torpedoes in unlimit
ed quantities to every child in Chi
cago on Independence day. The am
munition for patriotic celebration,
however, must be exploded in the
parks and public playgrounds, under
supervision of a fireman, a physician
and a member of the asociation. The
organization is capitalized at $1,000,
000.
Discuss Pass Privileges.
CHICAGO. — Representatives of
western railroads met in Chicago to
consider the question of granting re
turn passes to live stock shippers. At
the morning meeting it was agreed
that the Iowa lines should comply
with the laws of that state by grant
ing transportation within that state,
but not on interstate business. Later
it was discovered that two or three
lines were pledged to the Iowa state
commission to grant return passes to
stockmen on all Chicago business and
a second meeting was held.
WORK ON CANAL
THOUSANDS OF APPLICATIONS
ARE RECEIVED.
ANTHRACITECOAL RATE INQUIRY
Venezuela Cattle for United States—
Will Be Used Exlusively for Food
and Have to Pass a Rigid Inspection
Besides Paying Duty.
WASHINGTON—Since th« return
of Admiral Walker and General Davis
of the Isthmian canal commission to
Washington from Panama they have
been engaged in work preliminary «.o
the meeting of the commission next
v/'ek. During the absence of the com
m.scion, application for positions on
the canal force were received by the
thousand. Thus far it has not been
determined how the canal work will
be done, hence the commission itself
does not know yet just what positions
it will have at its disposal.
The probability now' is-that the
great bulk of the work will be done
Dy contract. It has been suggested
that a construction company be organ
ized to undertake the work under the
supervision of the commission. The
organization of several companies,
each to do a specified portion of the |
work, also has been suggested.
In the anthracite coal rate inquiry
against the Philadelphia & Reading
Railway company the interstate com
merce commission Friday entered an i
order reopening the proceeding for fur- j
ther investigation. The commission I
has set the case for hearing at New j
York on May 4.
The committee directed by congress |
to investigate and report on the best j
methods of restoring the merchant ma
rine of the United States Friday chose j
Senator Gallinger for the chairman
ship.
At Friday’s cabinet meeting Secre
tary Wilson reported that the depart
ment of agriculture had granted per
mission to the Venezuelan government
to import Into the United States 1.000
head of Venezuelan cattle. Of course
the customs duties will have to be
paid on the cattle. They will be ship
ped to New York, consigned to an ab
battoir. No breeding cattle are to be ;
among the number imported, the idea
being to use them exclusively for food, i
The department is exceedingly careful
about all importations of live stock j
and each head of cattle imported from !
Venezuela will be rigidly inspected.
Postmaster General Payne returned
Friday from Charleston. S. C., after an
absence of several weeks spent in
cruising along the Atlantic coast and !
in West Indian waters. He is im
proved in health, though still complain
ing ef a slight attack of gout in one
foot.
The treasury department forwarded
to the secretary of state for trans
mission to J. P. Morgan & Co. of New
York, financial agents of the Repub
lic of Panama, a warrant for $1,000,000
on account of the Panama canal pur
chase.
OPEN HEAVY FIRE.
Russians Repulse Japanese Charge on
Manchurian Side of Yalu River.
LIAO YANG.—The Japanese troops
which crossed the Yalu north of Fuit
jiou (Tchangdjiou) charged, during
the night of April 28-27, the Russian
position near Liazevana, a vilage on
the Manchurian bank of the Yalu.
They were repulsed, but their loss is
not known.
Two gunboats steamed up the river
to the support of the Japanese when
a Russian battery at Amizan open
ed on them, resulting in a duel which
lasted for twenty minutes. The Rus
sian fire was so hot the gunboats were
forced to steam out of range. The
Japanese were facilitated in crossing
by their occupation of the island of
Samalinda.
Suit to Divide Estate.
ST JOSEPH. Mo.—The suit of Mrs.
Frances B. Burnes and daughter, Mar
jorie, of Chicago, and Kenneth Burnes
of St. Louis, for a division of the
burnes estate, worth $5,000,000, and
which has been kept intact for a quar
ter of a century, was called for trial
in the federal court Tuesday. The
defendants are L. C. Burnes, James N.
Burnes and Virginia Burnes of St.
Joseph and Kate B. Gatch of St.
Louis. The plaintiffs charge L. C.
Burnes with securing wrongfully a
larrge number of shares in the estate,
it being incorporated.
Japs Publish Their Side of It.
WASHINGTON—The Japanese lega
tion has published the correspondence
that took place between Baron Kom
ura, Japanese minister of foreign af
fairs and Mr. Kurino, Japanese min
ister to St. Petersburg, preceding the
beginning of the ^tusso-Japanese war.
The purpose of the publication is to
disclose officially the Japanese attitude
and especially to point out the efforts
to force Russia to an early and con
clusive answer to the Japanese pro
posals relative to the evacuation of
Manchuria.
Prince Pu Lun Presents Letter.
WASHINGTON—Prince Pu Lun, a
nephew of the emperor of China and
his personal representative at the St.
Louis exposition, was officially receiv
ed by President Roosevelt at the
White House on Monday. Prince Pu
Lun brought to this country a letter
to President Roosevelt from his royal
uncle, Emperor Kwang Su, which was
written on a strip of beautifully woven
silk four feet long and two feet wide.
It was folded in three folds, with the
upper part of the document handsome
ly embroidered.
Goes On Active List Again.
WASHINGTON—Under special au
thority conferred by act of congress
a naval examing board today reported
favorably on the application of Seth
M. Ackley to be transferred from the
retired to the active list of the navy.
He was retired for disability two and
a half years ago. Subsequently his
health improved, but he could not re
gain active service without special au
thorization by congress. His nomina
tion now will be sent to the senate
Immediately and he will be assigned.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
LAST BIG ROAD REPORTS.
Northwestern Files Its Statement with
State Board of Equalization.
LINCOLN.—The Chicago & North
western was the last of the big roads
to make a return of its property to
the State Board of Equalization. The
company returns its net earnings for
the year at $17,302,936.88. Its gross
earnings amounted to $54,752,590.63.
The eompany spent for operating ex
penses $35,593,411.04: foi\ taxes,
$1,956,242.71, making a total of $37,
449,653.75. The company spent in
improvements or betterment $4,386.
595.15. During the year it declared
four dividends of 2 per cent each on
preferred stock, each amounting to
$447,900, and two on common stock
of 3% per cent, amounting to $1,691,
662 each.
The company has a capital stock of
$100,000,000. of which $22,398,954.56
is preferred and $77,601,045.44 is
common stock. Of this amount all
the preferred and scrip and $50,674,
475.97 of the common stock, making
a total of $70,073,430.53, is paid up.
On the New York exchange March 20
the preferred stock was quoted at
213 and the common stock was quoted
17G%. The indebtedness is returned
at $143,364,000.
The company returns its mileage
in and out of Nebraska at 7,411.17
miles and in Nebraska at 1,066.13
miles. Its bridges are valued at $350,
842, its deposits, etc.. $466,295, and its
rolling stock in Nebraska at $1,449,
050.
Will Argue Insurance Suit.
LINCOLN.—May 17 has been set as
the date for the argument before the
supreme court of the controversy be
tween the foreign life and fire in
surance companies doing business in ;
Nebraska and the city of Omaha in
regard to the right of the city to levv
a municipal tax upon the gross pre
mium receipts, under the new reve
nue law, and of the city treasurer of
Omaha to collect such taxes. The in
surance companies claim that when
they have paid their tax to the state
auditor, according to law. they are
not subject to further taxation on
their gross receipts; also that since
the money has been sent to the home
offices, outside Nebraska, the money
has been removed from the jurisdic
tion of the courts and tax collectors
of this state.
A splendid Business Chance.
By investing a small sum of money
there is now offered to any citizen
in any county of Iowa or Nebraska, a
most excellent opportunity to make
money. A new invention in the shape
of a folding poultry coop for shipping
poultry, which, when returned by the
Express Companies, costs less than
one-half of what is charged now for
returning the ordinary shipping coop.
Every farmer or shipper of poultry
cannot fail to recognise the advantage
in this respect alone. For an illus
trated circular and full particulars
write A. W. Clark, Room 421, Bee
Building. Omaha. Neb., who is a thor
oughly reliable and responsible man.
Odd Fellows Celebrate.
SIDNEY—The Odd Fellows of this
ciey celebrated the eighty-fifth anni
versary of the order with a parade
through the city in the afternoon and
at night the Tobin opera house was
packed with an enthusiastic audience
listening to speeches.
Take Plea Under Advisement.
LINCOLN.—Representatives of the
various fraternal orders made argu
ments before the State Board of
Equalization protesting against taxa
tion of securities and reserve fund.
The board took the matter under ad
visement.
Says Securities Are Taxable.
Attorney General Prout filed with
the State Board of Equalization a
second opinion in the matter of as
sessing securities deposited with the
auditor by fraternal companies. His
second opinion is like the first, except
that he made stronger arguments why
the securities should be taxed.
With Eggs From Michigan.
Fish Commissioner O’Brien has re
turned from Michigan with 12,000,000
eggs of the wall-eyed, pike, which will
be deposited at the South Bend hatc^
eries. Later another shipment of
2,000,000 will be sent to the hatcher
ies.
Texas Itch Appears.
Texas itch has made its appearance
in the vicinity of Broken Bow. Dr.
Thomas, state veteranarian. has re
turned from there and stated that a
dip would be built at Broken Bow and
sulphur and lime would# be the prin
cipal parts of the mix up.
A successful man is one who suc
ceeds in making others think as well
of him as he thinks of himself.
After Nebraska Hunters.
LINCOLN.—Offenders against the
fish and game laws of Nebraska are
having a hard time. Game Warden
Carter was at Broken Bow Monday
and Tuesday, appearing in the dis
trict court of Custer county against
A. E. Brigham, who is charged with
shipping 860 prairie chickens out of
the state in a car of hay. Owing to
the absence ^rom the state of several
important witnesses, the state filed a
motion for a continuance. The state
claims to have evidence to convict
Brigham.
Sylvester St. John, as administrator
of the estate of Leroy E. St. John of
Hyannis, has brought suit for $5,000
against. the Burlington on a personal
injury claim. Leroy St. John was
killed in a collision last September
while riding in a caboose attached to
a cattle train.
Goes Over for a Few Days.
RED CLOUD. — Frank Barker,
charged with murdering his brother
and sister-in-law on the night of Jan
uary 31 last, was brought into court
and granted a continuance to May 5. j
THE STATE AT LARGE.
Eight saloon licenses have been
granted In Beatrice this year, two
more than last season.
Miss Nettie Holmes of Fremont was
adjudged insane and taken to the
state hospital at Lincoln.
The work of building an electric
line between Lincoln and Omaha will
be begun within a month it is
claimed.
Miss Ellen Roberts of Barneston
has been declared insane and taken
to the asylum at Lincoln. She is
about 40 years of age.
The Modern Woodmen lodges of
Lincoln are to have a home of their
own, to cost probably $25,000,' and
that just as soon as the building can
be selected.
The Kendall Drug company of Su
perior—W. W. Kendall and J. F.
Wadslaid, incorporators—has filed ar
ticles of incorporation. The capital
stock is $50,000.
The Modern Woodmen of America
of Pawnee City are organizing a drill
team which, according to present
plans, is to represent their order at
the St. Louis exposition.
A deal has just been closed where
by the Plattsmouth Telephone com
pany becomes the owner of the South
Omaha Independent Telephone com
pany system and franchise.
Concerning a rumor that Dr. Kerr
has resigned his position of president
of Bellevue college, it is stated offi
cially at the college that he has not
done so. It is hoped and believed that
he will not do so.
Knutsen & Isdell of Kearney will
erect a new normal building at that
place at a cost of $41,500. The state
board of education awarded the con
tract. Joseph Sparks of St. Joseph
was the contesting bidder.
The Beatrice Gas and Mineral com
pany of Beatrice has received word
that land owned by the company in
Kansas is oil-producing. The stock
holders expect to push the work of
prospecting as fast as possible.
A declaration for the organization
of a commercial club has been signed
by thirty-five business men and others
interested in the progress of Grand
Island, and it is expected that organi
zation will be perfected next week.
Members of the Beatrice board of
education and others are considering
the advisability of bringing the de
partments of music and drawing in the
city schools under the same head ami
under the supervision of one director.
One hundred and seventy-five In
dians left Rushville for St. Louis,
where they will take part in the In
dian and Wild West congress. They
were in charge of Colonel Cummins
and J. F. Assay, and are a fine rep
resentative body of people, including
men, women and children.
The Odd Fellows celebrated their
eighty-fifth anniversary at Crete by a
gathering of all the lodges of that or
der in’ Saline county. A program was
given in the city opera house, con
sisting of music, recitations and ad
dresses. followed by a supper served
by the ladies of the Daughters of Re
bekah.
Fred Harvey of Lincoln, convicted
of an assault on his cousing and sen
tenced to serve three years in prison;
was taken to the penitentiary. The
girl was found with her hands tied,
and her story created a sensation
throughout the state. She deceived
her parents in an attempt to save
Harvey.
Messrs. Hockett, Gaddis and Scott
bought at Grand Island thirty-seven
head of western horses, turning them
in a pasture three miles west of Har
vard. Next morning whenv going to
look after them thirteen were found
dead along the wire fence, the sup
position being that they had all been
killed by lightning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lippincott of
Lincoln celebrated their golden wed
ding.
A stranger who was lodged in the
jail at Beatrice in an Intoxicated con
dition committed suicide by hanging
himself. He commited the act by
tearing a strip from the bed clothing
and attaching one end of it to the
top of the cell and after placing the
other end about his neck jumped from
the bunk on which he was standing.
The State Board of Equalization has
followed the counsel of Attorney Gen
eral Prout and will not assess life
insurance policies that have a cash
surrender value and m all likelihood
will disregard the counsel of the at
torney general in the matter of as
sessing securities deposited by frater
nal companies and decided not to as
sess these.
The semi-annual convocation of the
priests of the West Point deanery
was held last week. A large number
of priests were in attendance. Right
Rev. Bisop Scannell presided over the
deliberations of the body. During
the sessions many important ques
tions concerning church government
and policy were considered and de
termined.
Prof. Roscoe C. Cather and his as
sistant, Miss Ella G. Johnston, of the
Oxford High school, have been re
tained for another year. There are
five vacancies yet to be filled.
Nebraska stockmen are organizing
to fight the Texas itch. The disease
has spread among the herds on the
ranges of the northwestern part of
the state and is now making its ap- '
pearance in eastern and southern
counties. State Veterinarian Thomas
returned from Broken Bow and re
ports that many cattle in Custer coun
ty are infected.
*W. W. Johnston of Beatrice, Bur
lington division freigut and passenger
agent, has been promoted to first as
sistant general freight agent at Om
aha. H. B. Segur. general agent at
Billings, Mont., will succeed Mr. Johns
ton at Beatrice.
Schuyler people are pleased that it
has been determined that the state
declamatory contest of the high
school of the state is to come to
Schuyler on May 6, and nothing that
can be done to make the occasion one
of satisfaction to all concerned will
be left undone.