RUSSIAN LOSSES OFFICIAL REPORT OF GENERAL KASHTALINSKY RECEIVED. » * ___________ THE RUSSIANS LOSE 2,000 MEN Tne News Has a Stunning Effect on the Authorities at St. Petersburg— Seven Hundred Wounded and Forty Officers Killed. ST. PETERSBURG—The Russian j Josses at the battle of Kiu Lien Cheng were 2 000 men and forty officers— far greater than previous reports in dicated. i * mm I This is the official estimate of Ma jor General Kashtalinsky, who direct ly commanded the division that suf fered the brunt of the attack and whose report was received Wednesday by the emperor. Many are inclined to place the Russian losses even higher. General Kashtalinsky mentions also that more than 700 Wounded had ar rived at Feng Wang Cheng and these may not be included in the casualties. He made no attempt to estimate the Japanese losses, merely stating that j they must have been colossal. The magnitude of the Russian losses had an almost stunning effect on t.;e authorities and aroused general grief, mitigated only by satisfaction at the j bravery displayed by the Russian j troops. Not for a moment was there any in- j tention to pay such a terrible price j for delaying the enemy's crossing of | the Yalu river- This fact was known throughout the city and gave rise to renewed reports, attributed to official sources, that General Kuropatkin bad officially censured Lieutenant General Zassaliteb. If this was so. General Kuropatkin’s telegraphed criticism of Zassalitch was carefully cut out of the dispatches which have been pub lished. and the general impression now held is that he will remain in Manchuria. ' General Kashtalinsky's report estab lishes the fact that the Russians sus tained the greatest loss in order to save the two regiments which were occupying Antung. The Eleventh regiment was given the post of honor at the rear, with instructions to hold back t-he on-com ing Japanese. The Twelfth regiment and the Third battery's quick-firing de tachment were directed to retire. By the time the latter movement commenced the Japanese had almost surrounded the Russian position. The Twelfth regiment was compelled to charge with the bayonet and succeed ed in breaking through the enemy's line. The Second battery’s quick-fir ing detachment, without horses, could not move the guns and were compelled to abandon them. The men of the Second battery put their shoulders to the wheels in an effort to push the guns up the mountain side, but the Japanese fire was so hot that they re turned to the protection of the Elev enth regiment. Nearer and nearer approached the Japanese and a charge upon the Elev enth regiment and the Second battery was imminent so he guns were aban doned. Then a priest led the troops and :hey began the terrible march across :he valley. SETTLE GRAIN RATE WAR. Through Rates to Be No Greater Than the Sum of the Loeais. CHICAGO—After many futile at tempts the western railroads on Thursday succeeded in completing a Jnal settlement in the grain rate war aetween Missouri river points and Chicago. All have agreed to make proportion al rates from all Missouri river points and have decided that the through rates from Nebraska points to Chi cago shall not be lower than the com bined locals excepting from certain Nebraska points tributary to the Sioux City gateway, the latter being a concession to the Chicago & North western. The rates on grain from Omaha and Council Bluffs will be the same as those from Kansas City. Heretofore the rates from the former points was 2 cents per 100 pounds higher. IMPORTANT MINING DECISION. -■■■■' United States Supreme Court Decides Again Subsurface Tunnels. • ' WASHINGTON—In the ease of the St. Louis Mining and Milling company against the Montana Mining company, both operating in the state of Mon tana, the United States supreme court on Monday decided that the owner of a lode mining claim cannot by means of a tunnel explore the subsurface of an adjoining claim, even though the tunnel be run to tap a vein the apex of which is on the claim of the owner of the tunnel. The court holds in effect that the vein itself may be followed, but that in no other way can the adjoining territory of another mining property be explored. Stock Growers Orgariize. DENVER.—The Cattle Growers* In terstate Executive committee was or ganized at a convention here and the following officers were elected: Chair man, William M. Turney of Texas; vice chairman, William A. Harris of Kansas; secretary, Fred H. Johnson 9f Denver. Denver was selected as the headquarters. J. j. Dickinson, representing the government in the beef trust invsetigations, was present. The gathering was called to form a permanent organization of live stock men west of the Missouri. Missouri Inquiry a* An End. "WASHINGTON.—That no further proceedings be taken is the recom mendation of the court of inquiry ap pointed to investigate the explosion of the after-turret of the Missouri on April 13. The court finds the ex plosion was due to a “flare back,” caused by an explicable combination jot usually latent gases in smokel».;s powder. The officers and crew of the Missouri not only are relieved from :all responsibility for the accident, but are warmly commended for the brav :ery they showed. ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR. Japanese Engage Ports and Wan chips. Reports indicate that the battle on the Yalu was a complete defeat for the Russians. There is an unconfirmed report* that the Japanese have captured New Chwang and that the Russians have been routed. 1b another sea battle of Port Ar thur the Japanese lost a number of vessels. Fireships were sent into the harbor, bub failed U> accomplish the purpose intended. ' From 3,000 to 4,000 Russians are re- , ported to have been killed in the bat tle on the Yalu. Another Japanese fleet is reported to have been sighted off Port Arthur. PORT ARTHUR—A Japanese squad ron appeared off Port Arthur after daybreak and engaged the forts and war ships. The fight is still proceed ing. \ Thirty Japanese prisoners have been captured. At 1 o'clock in the morning five Japanese torpedo boats were sighted. The Russian land batteries, the gun boat Giliak with the coast defense vessels Grimischi and Otvashni open ed fire and compelled them to retire. Immediately afterwards other Japan ese ships were sighted on the horizon. They were headed by a fireship, which was sunk near the entrance of the harbor at 1:20 a. m. After an interval pi twenty-five minutes two more fire ships came on and were sent to the bottom. At 2:ij four more fireships ap proached. Three of these blew up on our mines. Two of these sank imme diately and the ether two fireships were sunn by the batteries and war ships. The protected cruiser Askoid partici pated in the firing. Fifteen minutes later three more fireships arrived. One of them blew up on a mine, the second was wrecked on the shore and the third was sunk by the Russian sheels. The crews of the Japanese fireships which were sunk while attempting to block the channel tried to save them selves in boats in which they put out to sea. A majority of them were kill ed by the Russian machine guns and rifles. Some of the survivors were picked up. At daybreak a number of Japanese were seen clinging to the masts and funnels of the sunken vessels and these were rescued by the Russians. Thirteen cf the wounded Japanese have since died. The Russians sup plied the survivors with food and clothing and the wounded were taken to the hospital ship Mongolia. During the morning ten of the en emy’s torpedo boats remained in the offing and were fired on at long range. At 5:30 o'clock it was signalled that there was a Japanese fleet in the vi cinity and that two of the enemy’s launches had been run ashore. The town is quiet. Large crowds watched the morning's operations with great interest. UNDER CLOUD CF CHARGES. U. S. Attorney McComber of Nome District Resigns. WASHINGTON.—Senator McComb er of North Dakota presented to the president the resignation' of Melvin Grigsby, United States attorney for the Nome district, in Alaska. The resignation lias been accepted to take effect July 1. No intimation is given as to Grigsby’s successor. More than a year Attorney General Knox recommended to the president that Grigsby be dismissed for disobe dience of orders of the department in leaving his post without permission. Subsequently charges were preferred against him, in which it w-as alleged that he received $lb.000 from the Pioneer Mining company of Nome, the allegation stating that the sum was to secure or the Pioneer Mining com pany immunity from United States prosecution. Grigsby admitted the re ceipt of the money, half of which was in cash and the other half in stock in the Pioneer Mining company, but said - it was an attorney’s fee. The case has been pending until this time. ROOSEVELT WILL NOT SPEAK. Several Members of the Cabinet Will Go on the Stump. WASHINGTON.—Questions relat ing to the Panama canal, general pol itics and departmental matters were the subjects under consideration at the meeting of the cabihet Friday. While the president himself does not expect to deliver political speeches during the approaching campaign, it is said that several members of the cabinet will take an active part in the contest. ‘Secretaries Taft, Shaw, Moody, Wilson and Attorney General Knox are all expected to deliver im portant speeches, and some of them will sneak many times. It is said, also, that Speaker Cannon will make an ex tensive tour of the /country, cam; paigning wherever his services seem to be needed most. Thinks United States is Wise. LONDON.—The best military ex perts are disposed to await further in formation before attaching undue im portance to the result of the battle on the Yalu river. Commenting on the Shanghai report that United States Consul Davidson is proceeding to his post at Antung, the Globe says: “The triumph of the open door has begun and the United States has given once more a sign of its appreciation of real issues of war in the far east.” The Globe then invites the British foreign office to show similar activity. Lightning Kills Four Children. HOBART. Okla.—The farm house of Peter Schmitt at Bessie, twenty five miles north of here, was struck by lightning and four children, aged 8, C. 4 and 2 years, were killed. The children were Asleep upstairs. Famous Artist Dying. MUNICH, Bavaria.—Franz von Len bach, the famous historical and por trait painter, and president of the Munich Artists’ association, is dying. He suffered a stroke of apoplexy in November, 1902. . TO BE EVACUATED RUSSIANS HAVE DECIDED TO PE PART FROM NEW CHWANG. NEED MORE FORCE TO HOLD IT Report;d Wounding of Viceroy Alex ieff Before Departure for Port Ar thur—Russians at New Chwang Hurriedly Leaving. NEW CHWANG—There is every in dication that the Russians have de cided to evacuate New Chwang. The troops have been leaving here all clay long. Forts have been dismantled and all artillery has been placed on board trains. All the local transportation has been commandeered by the Rus sian. authoritiees. There is current here a native ru more that Japanese troops are in Foo Chau bay (on the west side of the Liao Tung peninsula, and about sixty miles north of Port Arthur), but this report lacks confirmation. The fear is held here that if the Russians leave and the Japanese do not at once take possession of New Chwang the brigands, who are now across the river near Yin Kow, will pillage the place. The foreign resi dents are prepared to resist the brig ands should they come over. The British consul has requested that, a gunboat be sent to New Chwang. The Russians probably will destroy the gunboat Sivoutch before leaving. The vessel is at New Chwang. It is reported here that Viceroy Alexieff was slightly wounded before his departure from Port Arthur. lie barely escaped from there before the Japanese closed the lines of commu nication. The Russian general staff has mov ed from Liao Yang to Mukden. Russians here will not talk of the situation for fear that they may im part some information. They do not consider that their forces here are suf ficient to hold this section of i »e country. It is probable that the Rus sian troops will withdraw to Harbin. The Russian civilians at New Chwang are leaving hurriedly and many natives are fleeing from the city in fear that they will he subjected to maltreatment at the hands of the brigands. ST0E3SEL ADDRESSES TROOPS. Tells Them to Prepare for Worst and Hope for Best. PORT ARTHUR—Lieutenant Gen eral Stoessel has issued an order to the troops of his command as follows: “On April SO and May 1 the enemy crossed the Yalu river fn great force and our troops fall hack to positions which had been previously selected. “Yesterday the enemy effected an Important landing on the I.iao Tung peninsula, south of Pitsewo. and in the vicinity, of Kin Chou bay. Now our work Is beginning. Naturally, the enemy will destroy railway com munication and endeavor to drive our troops hack to >Port Arthur and be siege this fortress. Russia’s bulwark in the far east. We will defend it un til the arrival of troops, which are coming to relieve us. “I consider it my duty to call upon you to display unceasing vigilance and caution and you must be ready at all times to demean yourselves toward your general with the dignity and order beseeming the glorious rec ord of Russia. No matter what hap pens, you must not lose your heads, but remember that everything is pos sible in war and that we shall be able with God’s help to cope with the ardu ous task imposed upon us.” RUSSIAN LOSSES WERE IMMENSE. Official Report Places the Number at Over Two Thousand. ST. PETERSBURG.—The emperor has received a dispatch from General Kouropatkin giving a report of Lieu tenant General Zassalitch of the Rus sian losses in the battle of Kiu Lien Cheng. General Zassalitch confirms the reports of the enormous mortality among the artillery horses and con cludes his report as follows: “Our losses on April 30 and May 1 altogether amount to seventy superior and subaltern officers and 2,324 Killed, wounded or taken prisoners. Of this total, 1,081 were left on the battlefield, but it is not known whether they were killed or wounded. “In consequence of the heavy losses In men and battery horses and he difficulties encountered in the roadless country, it was absolutely imposible to bring away the guns and machine gun.” One Jew Baiter Sentenced. KISHINEFF—The trial of the six men charged with an attempt to mur der two Jews during the April dis turbances has been concluded. One of the meh was sentenced to five years penal servitude and the others were acquitted. When a small boy gets his finger caught in the pantry door it isn’t the jam he is looking for. Woman Leaps to Pavement. CHICAGO, 111.—A woman giving the name of Mrs. Maud Todd Satur day leaped to the pavement from a second-story window in a hoted on the north at Dearborn avenue and Erie streets. She sustained fatal in juries. The jump from the window followed a quarrel with Albert C. Todd, whom the woman said was her husband. Todd, when arrested, de nied that the woman was his wife, and gave her name as Maud Scherm erhorn of Davenport, la. Brings Reproach cn Name. ST. JOSEPH, Mo.—Robert S. Kear ney, a prominent and well to do liveryman, grandson^of the famous general. Phil Kearney, is in jail here under arrest on chaiare of leading a gang of highwaymen; Frank John son, a wealthy horseman of Hemple, Mo., while out driving, was held up and robbed of $200 here. James Troutman, another horseman, was arrested and made a full confession implicating Kearney and David H. Mason. . ,. The SEASON IS TARDY. Quiet Conditions Noted in Marts of Business. NEW YORK—R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: Somewhat better retail distributions followed improvement in temperature, but it came too late to recover and realize part of the tardy season’s in jury to spring trade. Quiet condi tions are noted in practically all lines of wearing apparel, with the exception of specialties, such as tan shoes, that cannot be delivered with sufficient ra pidity. Operations for future re quirements are carried on with cau tion, and this disposition to avoid ex cessive commitments will do much to reduce the number of failures. Some Improvements in collections, particu larly at the south and west, will also strengthen weak concerns. The per centage of idle factories has increas ed, especially in textiles and foot wear, and <’» change in style has ren dered unavailable much silk machin ery. Structural work is increasing, but dealers had accumulated large supplies of building materials, and prices lack seasonable firmness. Com modity prices declined slightly during April. Railway earnings in April were 5.8 per cent less than last year. Recovery in the iron and steel in dustry is again retarded by the un expected dissolution of the ore asso ciation. Prior to that event there was increasing confidence in the sta bility ol quotations, the railways were at last seeking rails in moderate quantities and fair activity prevailed in tin plate, sheet, pipe and wire pro ducts. Fuel conditions are unchang ed, anthracite continuing active, while coke and bituminous coal are dull and weak. After last week’s exceptionally heavy transactions it wras natural that the western hide markets should be come inactive. Prices remain firm, however. Commercial failures this week in the United States are 206, against 202 last week, 241 the preceding wreek and 145 the corresponding week last year. Failures in Canada number 27. against 16 last week, 12 the preceding week and 22 last year. DECIDES IN FAVOR OF BANK. Ruling of Judge in Phillips Case a Blew to Small Creditors. CHICAGO.—The suit brought by j the trustee of the George Phillips com pany to recover from the Bank of Montreal $200,000. which the mem bers of the firm had deposited shortly before the collapse of the corn corner in 1902 came to an abrupt ending in the United States circuit court today. Judge Seaman took the case from the jury and announced a decision in fa vor of the back. The court held that a bank was not In the same ciass as other creditors of a bankrupt. The decision practic ally means that the small creditors cf the Phillips company will receive but j a slight percentage on claims, while the banking institution comes out al most entirely whole. Get Ready for th6 Ru3h. BONESTEEL.—The people of this place are making strenous efforts to be ready for the greater influx of pros pective homesteaders July 1, when the Indian Rosebud reservation land is to be thrown open. They have what the Germans would call “earth hun ger." Scores of people seeking claims already, have set their tents to be in on the ground floor. It is apparent a tremendous number will be here ready to grab onto the 2,t»00 quarter sections which this tract of excellent land con tains. This is splendid soil and a very rapid settlement is anticipated as a result of this opening. Trainloads of Wounded. MUKDEN—The spirits of the troops here are not depressed because of the fighting on the Yalu and the in vestment of Port Arthur and they are eaagerly awaiting an opportunity to meet the invaders. Wounded from the Yalu are passing through Mukden on every train on the way to Harbin. The last passenger train from Port Arthur before the line was cut arrived Saturday. The woodwork of the coaches was marked with bullets which struck as the train dashed at full speed past a critical point. German Prince at Seat of War. TIEN TSIN. — Prince Adeibert, third son of Emperor William of Ger many, who is traveling on board the German cruiser Hertha, left here for Peking. An audience between the prince and the emperor of China has been arranged for May 17. The prince will come back to Tien Tsin on the 18th and on the 19th he will return on board the Hertha. Prince Adeibert was in Corea last week. He landed at Chemulpo and has proceeded to Seoul, where he visited the German minister to Corea. Marconi Sails for New York. LIVERPOOL — William Marconi was a passenger on the Cunard line steamer Campania which sailed from here for New York Sunday. Defendant in an Invalid Chair. WASHINGTON.—Both of the de fendants were In court when the em paneling of a jury proceeded for the trial of James N. Tyner and Harrison J. Barrett, on indictments charging conspiracy to defraud the government. General Tyner, as on yesterday, was brought into court in an invalid’s chair and surrounded with furs to protect him from the drafts of the room. Le^s than half an hour was necessary to complete the jurv. Port Arthur Bottled Up. TOKlb.—The Japanese authorities have received a report of the attempt made Monday night to block the en trance of Port Arthur harbor. It is without details, but these are expected shortly. It is reported, however, that the attempt was successful. Jap Securities Marked Up. LONDON—Japanese bonds were marked up l\i on the stock exchange Tuesday on the Japanese successes, while Russians were % down. NAVAL BATTLE ON HEAVY CANNONADING ON EAST COAST OF COREA. JAPANESE OFF PORT ARTHUR Delieved Admiral Uriu Has Closed with the Vladivostock Fleet—Report that Zassalitch is Relieved—Care for Russian Wounded. LONDON—A dispatch to the Cen tral News, dated at Seoul Tuesday, says that heavy cannonading was heard off Gensan, on the east coast of Corea. Monday and Tuesday morn ing. It is supposed Admiral Uriu’s fleet has succeeded In engaging the Russian Vladivostock squadron. A rumor to the effect that the Jap anese had succeeded in bringing the Russian Vladivostock squadron of four cruisers to battle off Vladivostock was circulated in Paris Monday, but up to Tuesday morning no confirma tion had been obtained. Evidently the above dispatch refers to the same rumor. ST. PETERSBURG—There are per sistent rumors here cf a naval engage ment between the Vladivostok and Vice Admiral Kamimura’s squadrons, but no confirmation of the reports had been received here up to 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon. The admiralty says no further news has been re ceived here from Port Arthur. PARIS—A dispatch to the Temps from St. Petersburg confirms previous reports to the effect that the Japan ese fleet appeared off Port Arthur Thursday and that an engagement oc curred off Gensan, Corea, between a Japanese squadron and the Russian squadron form Vladivostok. General Kouropatkin has gone to the front from Lia Yang to inspect the situation personally. Troops are being hurried forward from the Liao Yang and Mukden line to a position near Feng Wang Cheng. All the Russians wounded have been sent back toward Liao Yang in order not to encumber the operations of the Russian army. It appears evident that General Kouropatkin is preparing to give battle to General Kuroki’s ! army if circumstances warrant. Private reports are to the effect that the lighting blood of the Russiap soldiers is up and that they are thirst ing for an opportunity to revenge the slaughter on the Yalu. hut although the commander-in-chief is greatly chagrined at the miscarriage of his plans on the Ya!u, there is no idea here that he will act rashly on that account. His decision as to the ex tended opposition he will make at Feng Wang Cheng depends upon the location and success of the Japanese landings in Manchuria. Descents oi attempted landings are nowr momen tarily anticipated near New Chwang and the head of Corea bay. Occupy ing an interior line and pursuing the tactics of Napoleon. Kouropatkin’s problem will be to prevent a junc ture made 1.20* hits the gun each minute, the best gun making eight hits out of eight shots. Irrigation Plans for Nebraska. WASHINGTON.—The secretary of the interior has set aside provisional ly, the sum of $1,000,000 for the con struction of the Pathfinder reservoir on the North Platte river in Wyom ing. Construction will proceed con tingent upon favorable reports from engineers in the field as to various details still under consideration, and particularly as to whether an ade quate area of irrigable land can be found in western Nebraska. The reservoir will be of sufficient capacity to supply all of the land under it in Wyoming. National Treasury Balances. WASHINGTON—To-day’s statement of the treasury balnces in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of re demption, shows: Available cash balancefi $217,189,546; gold, $118,620, 385. Attendance on Opening Day. ST. LOUIS—The total attendance a the Louisiana Purchase exposition on the opening day, April 30, 1904, was officially announced Tuesday night as 187/793 persons. Of this number 178,423 were recorded admis sions. . DETROIT.—James H. Stone, whc on Monday was selected for one of the assistant reading clerks of the repub lican national convention, has been dead for a number of months. He was a prominent citizen of this city. Brazil Makes Tariff Concessions. WASHINGTON.—The state depart ment has received a cablegram from the United States legation at Petrop clis, Brazil, saying the president of Brazil has signed a decree by which Brazil grants tariff concessions to the United States on flour, rubber manu factures, paints and varnishes, con densed milk, clocks and watches. The cablegram says that this executive action puts American flour a fraction better than on a level with the mills Rio de Janerio and Santcs Paula. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS NO BUSINESS OF THE COURT. Declines to Intsrfere to Protect a Man's Purely Political Rights. LINCOLN.—The supreme court de clines to supervise the acts of a po litical party for he protection of a purely political right. This decision was given in a suit involving a contro versy over the interpretation of a preliminary election law as enforced by the Lancaster county central com mittee in 1902. Whether a candidate could find representation on a primary election ballot unless he had the abil ity to pack and control a caucus in his home precinct was the principal ques tion. Ex-Mayor H. J. Winnett of Lin coln was a candidate for the nomina tion of state senator on the republican ticket. He and other candidates claimed that right to submit a friendly delegation to the vote of the electors in the various precincts. George A. Adams of Lincoln, now mayor of Lin coln, was chairman of the county com mittee. and the committee adopted the rule requiring each caiylijiaie to carry the caucus in his respective ward before being allowed to place a list of delegates on the ballot. The court holds that a civil right is a right accorded to every member of a district, community or nation; a political right is one exercisable in the administration of government and that a court of equity will not under take to supervise the acts and man agement of a political party for the protection of a purely political right. The opinion was written by Commis sioner Albert. ABOUT TO PAY OLD DEBTS. Omaha Indians After $190,000 from the United States. DECATUR.—It has been announced that the distribuion of §100,000 is to be made among the Omaha' Indians shortly. This payment represents the purchase price of a piece of land se cured from the Indians by the gov ernment in the middle 50s. For a naif century the debt wa3 kept covered up, but two years ago the Omahas began an investigation, employing lawyers and sundry committees, se lected from the tribes’ council in Washington, for the purpose of inter viewing the interior department and laying the fnatter before congress. The late Henry Fontenelle, a prom inent leader of the Omahas, and a striking character in the pioneer his tory of Nebraska, was the first man to bring to light this dusty debt. What is known as the annual grass annuity will also be paid to the Omahas the latter part of this month. Get Evidence Against Kelley. COLUMBUS.—Sheriff Carrigg is surely gathering strong evi dence against James Kelley, who is in jail here Charged with the murder of Arthur Snowden in Humphrey town ship last March. Sheriff Sammons of Kearney was here a day or two ago and says there is no possible doubt that the murdered man was Snowden and that Snowden’s parents have made the identification positive. Jo seph Derby of David City, whose store was robbed a few days before the mur der, was here and identified a shirt which Kelley is now wearing; he also Identified a necktie which was on the murdered man. Three Men Captured. NAPER.—At 5 o’clock Wednesday morning Sheriff Cottrell of Keya Paha county. Deputy Sheriff Briggs of Boyd county, the sheriff of Howard county and a jjosse of citizens sourrounded the house of the three Herring broth ers, twelve miles west of here, and captured the men. They had stolen mules. Better Train Service Wanted. HASTINGS.—Representative mer chants and shippers met to consider means for adjusting transportation rates, said to be excessive, and discuss certain train services of the Burling ton, which are generally looked upon ] here as being unsatisfactory. Marked interest was manifested. The follow ing were appointed a committee to formulate a plan of procedure: Wil liam Sutton. William Bratch, A. Ciark, W. B. Cushing, V. E. Trimble and Charles H. Kipp. Defeat Sale of Courthouse. GRAND ISLAND.—Returns are in from all but one precinct on tbe spe cial election held for the sale of the old courthouse site at a price not less than $10,000, and the proposition ap pears to be defeated. Minus Three Fingers. BEATRICE.—Harry Reimund. an employe at the Dempster factory, got his hand too near a circular saw and as a consequence is minus three fin gers on his left hand. Long Sunken Lard Dug Up. DECATUR.—Charles Noyes, an old time Missouri river wrecker, while rafting in a bunch of logs’up near the old Indian mission, uncovered on a sandbar two ancient cases of lard. There were twelve cans in all; total weight 300 pounds; shipped from St. Louis, January 10. 186S, to Fort Shaw, Montana, by Francis Whittaker & Sons, packers and shippers. In 1868 a large Missouri river steamboat sank near wher this lard was found, and undoubtedly it was part of this cargo. The lard is in excellent condition. Write to Wrong Office. The office of the land commissioner is being flooded these days with let ters of inquiry concerning the Kinkaid homestead law. Deputy Land Com missioner Eaton announced that it was impossible for the office to answer, the correspondence and he asked that all who had written would direct their communications to the land offices at Lincoln, North Platte, O'Neill, Valen tine, Broken Bow, Sidney, McCook or Alliance. The officials at these places are the one* to give out the informa tion. THE STATE AT LARGE. — Sutton proposes to have a celebra tion on the Fourth of July. The vote on courthouse bonds In Butte resulted in only two against the proposition. ThO courthouse is sure. The Congregational church at Fort Calhoun is soon to become Presbyte rian and be taken under the wing of the Omaha presbytery. The saloon of H. D. Gerhardt of Plymouth, .Jefferson county, was rob bed at an early hour the other morn ing. The exact amount of money and liquors secured is not known. While operating an edgor. a ma chine used for edging boards, Harry Reimund, an employe of the Demp ster factory at Beatrice, had all h)3 fingers on the left hand cut off, leav ing the thumb intact. George Ringo was arraigned before Judge Wilson in the county court of Sarpy county upon the charge of il legal voting. He entered a plea of tuiltv and was assessed a fine of £2./, which was paid. The finance committee of the city council of Lincoln announce* that there was a deficit of $100,000 in the city paving fund. This has been in creasing for years and will have to be met by general taxation. L. S. Davis was taken before the commission of lunacy for examination regarding Ills mental condition. Mr. Davis is an old resident of Valley county and served his country honora bly during the civil war. Fire destroyed the store of H. Dye of Woodruff. The second story was used as a dwelling and all contents were destroyed. The fire Etarteu from a gasoline stove. Dye was badly burned and is in a critical condition. Word was received in Nelson of the death of Mr. Lee Myer. whose wife was visiting her sister. Mrs. Ruble of that place. He was at a hospital in Chicago where he had submitted to a surgical operation, but was almost well and was expected home soon. State Treasurer Mortensen will is sue a call for wftrrants to the amount of $50,000.to $75,000 for May 14. Mr. Mortensen intends to get in every cent possible to apportion among the va rious school districts. The amount will be certified to the state superin tendent May 1G. The number of farm mortgages reg istered in Dodge county during the month of April was six, amount $31, 800; number released, ninteen, amount $24,183. The number of city and town real estate mortgages filed was ten amounting to $10,550.35; number re leased sixteen, amount $17,008.90. ^Miss Joanna Hagey. for the pasl year librarian at Beatrice, was elected to the position of librarian of the Lincoln library at the meeting of the board. The election of Miss Hagey came by the unanimous action of me. board, as she was considered the mo t desirable of a number of applicants. The barn on the James Cogan farm, one mile east and one mile south of Webster, was burned. It was a large frame structure and was well filled with hay and grain and a quantity ol agricultural -implements. The str ig tore and contents were quickly c n sumed. The loss was $Gut> or $7 ", which was covered by insurance. Frank Barker, who ha? been await ing trial for the murder of his brother and wife on the night of January 21. was arraigned in district court before Judge Adams at Red Cloud He was neatly dressed in a suit of brown and was cleanly shaven. He was in the best of spirits and more a smile on his face all during the session. Ha is represented by J. R. Mercer of Red Cloud and John Stevens of Cambridge. The three saloons in Millard h^re been closed by the village board, be cause of a protest filed by Thomas Hollinger. an Omaha attorney. Th* i protest states that the Slocum lau j has been violated in that the saloons have sold to minors and have'kept open on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Phillips of Colum bus celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at the home of Thomas Wilkinson in Blair. About sixty-flv6 invited guests were in attendance. Mr and Mrs. Phillips formerly lived at Elk City and the reason of having the * celebration at 'su relative's home in Blair was to make it more convenient for their old neighbors and friends to attend. John J. Bothwell of Sheridan county, convicted of incest aud sentenced tc imprisonment for life, has secured a reversal in the supreme court, solely for the reason of prejudicial eror in the trial court. The state erred in undertaking to overcome the proof offered to sustain the defense of in sanity by other evidence, inadmissible in the form in which it was presented and which was received over objec tions. The case was remande • horse stealing. The evidence agains* the prisoner was strong enough tc bind him over to district court. Hi: bond was fixed at $500. The supreme court has affirmed the sentence of James L. Kennedy, con victed in Colfax county of robbing a bank of $2,200, the property of E. F. Folda, at the village of Rogers, April 17, 1903. Kennedy was arrested in Omaha, tried in Colfax county and sentenced t« serve seven years. The Cass county mortgage record for the month of April is as follows: , The amount of farm morgages filed on farm property, $37,595: amount re leased, $45,595. Amount on city prop erty filed, $6,084; released, $9,995. Washington dispatch: W. H. Har rison of Nebraska has been appointed the principal reading clerk for the national republican convention to be held In Chicago. Georg© R. Butitn of Omaha has been named as one of the tally clerks Mr Butlin is stenogra pher to Senator Millard’s committee in the senate.