BUT THREE FORTS THAT IS ALL THE RUSSIANS SE CURELY HOLD. THERE ARE OTHERS OCCUPIED But Owing to Heavy Artillery Fire of the Japanese They are- Uncer tain—Boys are Fighting in Russian Ranks. CHE FOO—Golden hill, White Marble and Liaoti mountain, accord ing to Chinese advices, dated the night of August 22, are now the only main forts securely held by the Rus sians at Port Arthur. Others are occupied by them, but they are sub jected to an artillery fire which ren ders their tenure uncertain. Fort number five, which has frequently been reported taken by the Japan AT PORT ARTHUR ! Desperate Fighting Is On From Day to Day. ST. PETERSBURG—A dispatch from Che Foo, dated August 22, says that according to Chinese reports the Japanese Sunday bombarded Port Ar thur from C o'clock in the morning until 1 o’clock in the afternoon, pour ing in a very hot fire, but that the Russians succeeded in silencing the Japanese batteries. The following is supplied by a Rus sian correspondent of the Associated Press: “With each additional report from Port Arthur wonder increases both at the persistence of the Japanese at tack and the heroic stubbornness of the defenders of the fortress. The Japanese are literally throwing away thousands of lives in the hope of shaking the courage of the Russian i troops. The Jap lines now practically encircle the main Russian army under Kuropatkin, centering on Liaoyang. A portion of Kuroki’s army has gained a point northeast of Mukden and is advancing on that base. Gunboats drawing troop-laden barges are proceeding up the Liao River from New Chwang. Ammunition and food are being transported via this stream. ese and retaken by the Russians, is again deciered to be in the hands of the Japanese. A rumor having some points indi cating authenticity says that the new European section of Port Ar thur is in flames. Owing to the mud and. brick construction of the build ings. however, it is probable that the fire is not general. It is said that the Japanese are using guns taken from the harbor defenses of Kobe, Nagasaki and Yo kohama. These guns, numbering 300. are of heavy calibre. A Junk which left Port Arthur Au gust 22 reports that the Russian wounded at that date numbered 5,000 and that the Japanese occupied the heights near Chaochanko. It is further reported that boys are fight ing in the Russian ranks now. Major L. L. Seaman, U. S. A., went from here yesterday to the sum mit of a mountain on one of the Miao Tau islands, twenty miles from Golden Hill, near Port Arthur. With a powerful telescope Major Seaman could see a great deal of the coast of the Liao Tung peninsula. He heard 6ix heavy shots and much small artillery firing, indicating that fight ing had subsided to a certain degree. JEFFRIES WINS IN SECOND Butte Miner Unable tc Shew That He Is in Championship Class. SAN FRANCISCO—Like the veriest amateur in the prize ring. Jack Mun roe of Butte, Mont., went down and out before Champion James J. Jeffries Friday night in the second round. The man from the mining district made such an extremely sorry showing that the great throng in Mechanics' Pa vilion roundly hooted him as he pro tested to Referee Graney against the decision that had been given in favor of Jeffries. The two giants had not been in the ring two minutes when it was for seen that the aspirations of M unroe had been quickly disposed of. The miner was scared and awkwrard and Jeffries in the first round had him twice on the canvas taking the count. Jeffries directed his bombardment against the stomach of his opponent and each shot was followed by a blow on the jaw that sent Munroe to his knees. Forty-five seconds after the gong sounded for the second round Munroe was lying on the floor, a bloody, bruised mass of humanity, with Jeff ries standing over him ready, if ne cessary, to put the quietus on the championship ambitions of his adver sary. The miner was too dazed to rise to his feet and the timekeepers counted him out. May Have Found Murderer. DENVER—Chief of Police Oelaney of this city has communicated with the warden of the penitentiary at Joliet, 111., to ascertain if a prisoner confined there under the name of John Mahran is really Wellington C. Llewellyn, a former member of the Thirty-fourth United States infantry who shot and Killed Policeman Thom as C. Clifford and N. E. Griffiths In this city August 13, 1899. The de scription of Mahran tallies with Llewellyn, who was six feet in height at the time of the murders. In the Hands of Brigands. DENVER — A Republican special from Roswell, N. M., says John El land, vice president of the Bank of portales, Portales, N. M., and a weal thy sheep man, has fallen into the hands of brigands in old Mexico, where he went on business. Mrs. Ell and has received a letter from him postmarked Oputo, State of Sonora, Mexico, saying that be has been cap tured by brigands and they demand a heavy ransom and that unless ar rangements are made to pay the ran som he will be tortured and killed. “Major General Fock says he is confident the fortress cannot be tak- ! en. but that if it is taken the whole Japanese army will have to immolate itself on the slopes of the fortifica tions. “There were five desperate assaults on Green hills July 26, the Japanese apparently having inexhaustible rein forcements. “In the final assault, however, the Japanese broke badly, throwing away their guns, cartridge belts and even their boots to facilitate their flight, and leaving 7,000 dead or wounded. “Our surgeons worked heroically, impartially aiding Japanese and Rus ! sians. The Japanese were so touch- . I Pd that they tearfully thanked the 1 Russian surgeons. “The assault on Green hills was re i peated on July 27, and there were j frequent hand to hand encounters, the | Russians leaving the trenches to fol I low their enemies. “The assaults of July 28 and 29 on | the Wolf hills were not follow-ed up, i the Japanese being too severely shaken. We evacuated the Wolf hills j chiefly for strategic reasons, as the > hills made the line of defenses too long to effectually withstand the furi ous attacks of the Japanese. “The assault of July 30 was made in the dark of night in the hope of * surprising the Russians. Sixty thou- J sand men were hurled against our 43,000, but we drove them back again ; and again at the point of the bayo net. It was another Shipka pass. “The Japanese poured in fresh bat talions and the slopes, covered with dead and dying, literally ran with blood. “Our Thirteenth regiment was forc ed from its position, but the Four i teenth regiment came up and with the bayonet again dislodged the vic tors. “The Japanese losses since the siege began have been 28,000 men. The explosion of one mine wiped out 500. This wTas an awful sight. A volcano of stones dismembered the bodies of the soldiers, while the sky was lit up with a purple glare and the mud walls of the Chinese village were thrown down by the shock. After this fight General Stoessel collected 20,000 Japanese rifles.’* Repairs Ordered Stopped. WASHINGTON — Consul General Goodnow' at Shanghai cables the State department that the Chinese toatai of Shanghai, through the British con sul, has ordered that the repairs to the Russian cruiser Askold and the torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi be stopped. Cost of Colorado Uprisings. DENVER—A special committee of the grand jury reported to District Judge Carpenter criticising certain expenses of the military during the campaign in Cripple Creek and Tel luride as “extravagant.” With re gard to the experience of troops on the streets of Denver on election day, comment as to “whether a soldier should perform partisan services un der the guise of citizenship and ren der a bill to the state therefor” is withheld. The report shows indebt edness for insurrections of $921,239. Leander Dies of. Injuries. PARIS—George Leander, the Amer ican bicyclist, died here from injuries sustained in a terrible fall at the Parc Au Princes on Sunday as the result of running into a motorcycle which was pacing a race in which an at tempt was being made to break the record for one hour. There were three cyclists in the race. At the time of the accident Leander was trav eling at a pace of fifty-seven miles an hour and was more than a lap ahead when he was thrown over the handle bars of his machine. L THE EASTERN WAR! — THE FALL OF PORT ARTHUR SEEMS NOW IMMINENT. REPORTS OF CORRESPONDENTS — Japs Are Now Within Main Defenses and Their Guns Command Town— Capture All Outlying Fortifications. LONDON—The Chronicle’s corre- ! spondent with General Kuroki, cab ling under date of August 24, via Fu san, August 25. says: “The fall of i Port Arthur is imminent. The Japan- i ese are now within the main defenses , and their guns comfnand the town. ! Desperate fighting occurs night and j day and the losses on both sides are j enormous. 1 “The Russians are making curious ; counter attacks, but the Japanese are 1 clinging to the positions they have won at so great a cost.” LONDON—The Daily Mail s Kobe correspondent, in a dispatch dated Saturday last, says: “Following is the position of Port Arthur: The Japanese have captured all the out lying fortifications, but the Russians still hold the citadel on Anteshan, Golden Hill forts and the forts on Tiger’s Tail and Liaoti mountains. The Japanese are in possession of the parade ground and barracks un der the Anteshan fort on the out skirts. “The fall of Port Arthur is believed to be imminent. It is believed that j the garrison will make a desperate sortie before the end comes.” LIAO YANG—The Russians retired , from Anshanshan yesterday after a j fight which began on the morning of August 2G, and continued in a desult ory manner all day and night. Arrangements for a battle had been completed by night time, when the <"rder to retire was given on account of the situation to the east. The order was received with dis appointment by the troops. The re tirement was made in an orderly man ner. The plain between Anshanshan and Hai Cheng was covered with Ja panese troops, who burned the bridge and shelled the railway station after the Russian retirement. The Russian losses amount to 300. The Japanese are advancing with great rapidity. The position at Kaofengshik at 2 o’clock this morning was unchanged. j CHRISTENS HEIR OF RUSSIA. Elaborate Ceremonies Mark Services at Church of Peterhof Palace. ST. PETERSBURG—A wave of re joicing and festivity swept over Rus sia with the rising of the sun on the christening day of the heir to the Russian throne, culminating when the te deum, softly chanted in the beau tiful little church of Peterhof palace, announced the ceremony was accom plished and the news was heralded to the world without by the crash of can non and the chiming of innumerable :hureh bells. Notwithstanding the momentous events pasing at the front, the whole population turned gladly for the time being from the more seri- , ous considerations to participate in the day of glittering ceremonial and pageantry at Peterhof, where the tiny successor of the great white czar re ceived at the hands of the church the name of Alexis Nicholaevitch, from which he is destined to pass in course of time to the dignity and responsibil ity of autocrat of all the Russias. THE MOON BECOMES SPOTTED. Observations of Prof. Pickering of Lowe Observatory. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—A telegram has been received here from Prof. W. H. Pickering, who is at the Lowe ob servatory, California, tending to con firm an observation of a spot on the moon, made by him last month. He saw a hazy patch in the large lunar crater, Plato, which had not been de tected before. It was again seen on August 2 and 3. It had then grown dark, measured about two inches in diameter and resembled a sinalll cra ter. The object is said to coincide in position with a previously record ed cratorlet, but is apparently larger. Renewed scrutiny in the last few days reveals the continued existence of the feature, which now measures three miles across. Two other tiny crater lets and a dark spot on the floor of Plato, not previously reported, also are announced by Prof. Pickering. Money to Aid Irish Cause. NEW YORK—John E. Redmond, the Irish leader, and those who came to America with him. Captain A. J. C. Donelan, Patrick O’Brien, Connor O’Kelly and Mrs. Redmond, were tendered a reception Sunday night in Carnegie hall by ihe New York Muni cipal Council of the United Irish League of America. Mr. Redmond, Captain Donelan, Mr. O’Brien. Mr. O’Kelly and W. Bourke Cockran spoke. Ten thousand dollars was either subscribed or paid in cash to ward the Irish fund. Cab'e to Alaska Completed. SEATTLE, Wash.—Amid the cheer ing of 300 men and women, the shrieking of whistles and the play lH£ of the national anthem, the final splicing of the Sitka-Alaska govern ment cable was made Sunday in the harbor ten miles out of Seattle. Ten minutes later Mayor Ballinger of Se attle cut the rope holding the joined ends of the wires aboard the United ^tates sl}ip Burnside, and with a splash the completed wire connecting i the United States and Alaska fell to the bottom of Pugent Sound. Women Spill Much Liquor. CUBA, KAN.—Four joints or Illicit s&loong were wrecked by women here and much liquor destroyed. Mrs. E. O. Fites and Mrs. William McDonald, wives of prominent business men, armed with hatchets, first entered without warning the place run by Ben Hull. Without ceremony they began to smash everything in sight and soon they had demolished bar and fixtures and broken every bottle and opened every keg to be found. Later they were reinforced and other joints were raided. THE CROP REPORT. Abundant Rains Have Fallen in Corn ; Belt. WASHINGTON—The weekly crop • report issued by the weather bureau ! is as follows: The drouth prevailing in portions i of the central valleys in the previ ous week has been relieved by abun dant rains, but drouth continues in central and western Tennessee and is beginning to be felt in the middle gulf states and over a considerable part of Texas. The central and north ern Rocky mountain districts and the north Pacific coa3t region are also suffering from drouth, the prevalence of forest fires being reported from Idaho and Montana. The latter part of the week was too cool in the lake region and unseasonably low temper atures occurred in the northern Rocky mountain districts and upper Mississippi valley on the 21st and 22d, but elsewhere east of the Rocky mountain district the temperature has been favorable. The principal states have experk eneed a week of good conditions, abundant rains having fallen through out the corn belt, except in portions of Ohio and Nebraska. Corn has made satisfactory progress in most of the Missouri valley and is gener ally improved in the central Missis sippi and Ohio valleys, although a considerable part of the crop in the Ohio valley has been injured beyond recovery. In the middle Atlantic states and lower Missouri valley early corn is now partly matured. Spring wheat harvest is generally finished, except in North Dakota and northern Minnesota, where rust is continuing to cause great injury. Rains in North Dakota in the latter part of the week interrupted harvest ing. Harvesting is also nearly fin ished on the north Pacific coast. Reports indicate a general scarcity of apples in the greater part of the middle Atlantic states and central valleys, but in New England, New York and the lake region the outlook is more favorable, a good crop being promised in the two last mentioned sections. The reports respecting potatoes in dicate a good crop is generally prom ised in the more prominent potato producing states. Drouth has im paired the outlook in portions of the Ohio valley, however, and rot and blight are increasing in Pennsylvania. Throughout the central valleys and middle Atlantic states the soil is in fine condition for fall plowirig, which work is in general progress and well advanced in some places. JAPS GETTING VERY CLOSE. Chinese Say Assailants Have Reached the Home of General Stoessel. CHE FOO—Acording to Chinese ad vies brought here from Port Arthur by a junk the Japanese were hotly pressing the Russian center along the railway and the Russian right in the vicinity of Golden Hill. The Chinese declare that the Japanese occupied Taipingtse and penetrated along the railway to General Stoessel’s resi dence on August. 21. As this report would indipate that Port Arthur had all but fallen the Japanese expert attached to the local consulate received the information with great reserve. The information is accepted, however, as a confirma tion of previous reports that the Rus sians have been driven from Itshan and that the Japanese are very close to the southern forts and the eastern defenses. The local Japanese, under the lead ership of their consul, are subscribing money and preparing to celebrate the expected fall of the fortress. LETTER NEARLY FINISHED President Roosevelt Putting on Fin ishing Touches. OYSTER BAY L. I.—During the next three or four days President Roosevelt will put the finishing touches cn his letter of acceptance. It probably will be placed in the hands of a printer on September 10. The letter will contain approximately 12,000 words. The date of its publi cation has not been determined de finitely, but very likely it will be on Monday, September 12. The president has not received the representations said to have been for warded to him by the attorneys for the western federation of miners urg ing action by the national government in the matter of deportation of citi zens from the disturbed district in Colorado. The department of com merce and labor, through Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, and his agent, has made an exhaustive inquiry into the Colorado labor situa tion and is keeping in constant touch with it The president is thus en abled to have practically first hand information on the subject. As the matter stands now it is understood to be entirely improbable that any action will be taken by the national government. Officeholders. WASHINGTON—In view of the approaching election, the civil service ccmmission has addressed a letter to the heads of all government depart ments and bureaus, calling their at tention to violations of the civil ser vice law which have occurred in the lacr political campaigns and inclosing a circular containing a warning against the demanding or paying of political assessments and partisan activity of officeholders. Prosecu tion and punishment will follow vio lations ot the law. German Crop Conditions. BERLIN—The imperial crop report up to August 15, the scale being one for perfect and five for poorest, shows the grades of winter wheat to be 2.6, against 2.7 in 1903; summer wheat, 2.9, against 2.6; winter rye, 2.5, against 2.4; summer rye, 2.8, against 2.5; barley, 2.8, against 2.5; oats, 3.1, against 2.5; potatoes, 3.4, against 2.5; clover, 4.0, against 2.6; lucerne, 3.6, against 2.7, and meadows, 3.9, against 2.4. The unusual drought and heat from July 15 to August 16 hindered the plan* growth m-eatiy. STRIKE TO CO ON THE CONFERENCE TO SETTLE MATTERS AVAILS NOTHING. NO CONCESSIONS FORTHCOMINC Strikers Have Not Changed Their Po sition and the Packers Prepared to Offer Only Such Terms as They Have Offered Before. CHICAGO—Conferences of the committee appointed earlier in the week to attempt a settlement of the stock yards strike, with the parties to the dispute, resulted in nothing. There is no present prospect that they will result in anything in the future and the chances of an agreement be tween the packers and strikers appear very meager. The strike leaders appeared before the committee and stated their side of the case. They did not suggest tc the aldermanic committee that it make any overtures to the packers, but simply gave their view of the sit uation. Representatives of the packers then appeared before the committee. After a session that lasted three hours Mayor Harrison said: “The packers have said just what they have said before; that they are running their plants and have nothing to arbitrate, and that there is no rea son why they should confer with the men. “We heard a review of the entire strike trouble and the packers say that in every city except Chicago and Omaha the strike is over and they as sert that with 70 per cent as many men as they employed in Chicago be fore the strike they are now turning out 82 per cent of the normal output.” Labor leaders tonight announced that in all probability the butchers’ strike would be settled peaceably be fore next Wednesday. They declined to explain the cause of their belief, but were positive in their statements that the strike would not be called ofT. President Donnelly of the butchers has called all the members of the butchers’ executive board to meet in Chicago next Wednesday. Union leaders and packers con ferred with the committee appointed by the city council to seek terms of settlement of the stock yards strike. Separate sessions were arranged. President Donnelly of the butcher workmen, Matthew Carr of the allied trades conference board and Organ izer John J. Fitzpatrick of the Chi cago Federation of Labor were se lected to represent the unions. Presi dent Donnelly was hopeful. “It is a game of checkers,” said Mayor Harrison at the end of an hour’s conference with President Don nelly’s committee. “The strikers have not changed their position,” said the mayor, “and the meeting resulted only in the al dermen being given a full explanation of what that position is. President Donnelly told of the history’ of the original strike, the agreement to re sume work and the strikers’ side of the renewal of the strike.” WANTS AMERICA TO LEAD WAY London Newspaper Thinks United States Should Act at Shanghai. LONDON—The afternoon papers here take it for granted that if in tervention is necessary at Shanghai the powers will act together in up holding the neutrality of China equal ly against both belligerents. The Westminster Gazette says: “If the American government will lead the way in this matter it will be doing a service to ail the governments, for it is high time thi.t the neutral powers come to an understanding about the meaning and limits of China's neutral ity so as to be able to act together and arrive at a solution of the com plicated situation.” The Pall Mall Gazette considers that the powers should follow at Shanghai the correct precedent be set by Germany at Kiao Chou and insist on the obedience of the Russians to the order to leave or disarm without delay, and thus settle the whole ques tion of neutral Chinese ports for the remainder of *._• war. MICKEY WILL GO TO SEATTLE. Nebraska Executive Will See New Battleship Christened. LINCOLN, Neb.—Governor Mickey and twenty-five invited guests will go to Seattle to witness the christening and launching of the battleship Ne braska. A Nebraska girl, probably Miss Maria Mickey, will toss the bot tle of champagne against the hull of the vessel. However, the governor may object to any member of his fam ily handling intoxicating liquor, and in that event the honor will fall to some one else. The governor has no tified the shipbuilding authorities that he will be present. Those who will accompany him will be state officials and politicians. Japanese Minister Visits Adee. WASHINGTON—Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister, called upon Act ing Secretary of State Adee to talk of the settlement of the questions connected with the presence of the two Russian warships in the harbor of Shanghai. The minister expressed gratification at the outcome of the ne gotiations in the agreement to dis arm the vessels and lay them up dur ing the war, but regarded it as es sential that the completeness of dis armament of the ships be established, to Japan’s satisfaction. Squadron Not After Smolensk. CAPETOWN—There is no founda tion for the report circulated In the United States that the American South Atlantic squadron. Rear Ad miral Chadwick commanding, now in these waters, had been ordered to leave here and watch the Russian volunteer fleet vessel Smolensk, which, it was added, was believed to be waiting for an American ship. The British warships Crescent, Odin, Pearl and Porte. Rear Admiral Dusn ford commanding, are at the Seychel les islands. ; _ __^ NEBRASKA STATE NEWS NEBRASKA IN BRIEF, Threshing machine men have de cided not to make any exhibit at the state fair. The citizens of Hooper have taken preliminary steps for organization of * commercial club. Wages of county teachers in Lan caster county have been considerably increased, still good instructors are a scarce article . Just now a great many western sheep are being shipped into Johnson county to be fed the coming fall and part of the winter. Imposing ceremonies will attend the laying of the corner stone of the new postoffice building at Lincoln if pres ena plans are carried out. While traveling from Wisconsin and while asleep in the Omaha depot, Salem Twist, a resident of Callaway, was robbed of a billbook, which con tained a draft for quite a sum of money, besides his pension voucher and other valuable papers Patrolman R. C. Joerger of the Lin coln police force has sued the Lin coln Traction company for the sum of $5,000. The suit is a result of the police-street railway war, the com pany having withdrawn all free t%'ins portation from the policemen. In the justice court at Seward John I. Goeggers was bound over to the November term of the district court in the sum of $500. charged with im personating an officer. Defendant is the young man who tried to gain ac cess to funds of the Tamora bank by claiming to be a bank examiner. While the youngest child of Rev H B Smith of Falls City, who lives upstairs over a grocery store, was playing about the back door the screen was pushed open and the child fell to the platform below, a distance of about twenty feet, lighting on its head and receiving injuries that are likely to prove fatal Olney D. Smith, alias Brent A. Neal, a young man who, it is alleged, suc ceeded is defrauding several banks of Beatrice and private citizens in amounts aggregating about $2,000 by forged checks and misrepresentaticfis. was arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He was bound over to the district court. ' Charles F. Junken, an old soldier and a carpenter, 7G years of age. met with a serious accident at Bancroft. He, with some other laborers, were engaged in raising a roof on a dwell ing ,a section of which dropped and caught Mr. Junken, one leg being crushed at the knee, one arm was bad ly torn, besides being badly bruised on the body. He is not ‘.xpected to recover. Deputy Game Warden Hunger has reported the arrest and conviction ol three prominent citizens of Ord, Neb., for violation of the state game l^ws. Mr. Hunger was at Ord and arrested T. Rockford and C. H. Patridge for having in their possession ten young prairie chickens which they had slain. They were assessed $50 and costs amounting to $5.90. When the two men were arrested they at once sent out mounted messengers to notify others hunting in the vicinity of Ord. Frank Barker who is under sent ence to be hanged September 2, is at work wheeling cement for workmen within the wralls of the prison. He is not compelled to work. The warden, out of deference to the usual custom, would rather keep the man in seclu sion because of tne nearness of the day for the execution, but he was obliged to accede to Barker’s request for work The man pined away when shut up in his cell for three days and now the workmen witness the unusual spectacle of a fellow7 laborer whose life is drawing to a close on the gal lows working along contentedly at their sides At Decatur Art English killed James Hanslip in a quarrel over a horse trade, choking him to death. Both men had been drinking. English was arrested and is now in jail at Tekamah. Hanslip is a harnessmak er and has lived in Decatur thirty years. Art English’s home is in Lin coln township, Moqpna county, Iowa, and his father is a well-to-do farmer there. A brand new barn on the premises of Mrs. Catherine Duval in East Te eumseh was burned to the ground. Children and matches were the cause For the first time in the history of that institution has a general farming campaign been made on the Grand Island soldiers’ home farm—the ef forts hitherto being confined to stock purposes, and hay more particularly This year, however under the direc tion of Adjutant Bowen, sixty acres were also put into corn and quite an acreage to oats and both have yielded well The home has sufficient oats in the three glistening stacks for its own use, 600 tons of alfalfa hay, 200 more than needed, and will nave 30 bushels to the acre of corn At Auburn William Flack was ar rested for deserting bis wife and child some 2 months old. Flack was ar raigned before Justice Horn and took a thirty days’ continuance and his bond was placed at $500, but he has not yet furnished sureties. Monday evening at Table Rock a neighbor of Mike MeCork, on going to his home on an errand, found him in a dying condition, and in a short time he was dead He was about 70 years of age and unmarried He lived by himself for many years and had $8,000 to $10,000 Mrs. Emma Stirkel of Lincoln, wife of a Burlington employe, was commit ted to the insane asylum. She start ed out with her three children after threatening to drown them. Governor Mickey has received a let ter from Alexander Finn, the newly appointed British consul for Nebraska, stating that he has received his ex chequer from “his excellency, the president ei the United States.” The new consul will reside in Chicago and he has already entered upon the dis charge of the duties of his office, be Informs the governor. 2J MORE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS. Varions Counties in State Are In* craesing Amount for Education. LINCOLN — The school returns, which are being made to the office of the state superintendent, show that many of the county school authorities have made decreases in the average levies, but in most cases the decreas es in the rate of taxation are not equal by several per cent to the in creases in the valuation, and the re sult will be that the aggregate of sheool taxes will be in excess of the totals for last year. An example is the case of Otoe county, which scored a 50 per cent in crease in the taxable valuation, the average levy for all toe districts was reduced from 8 to 6^4 mills, a de crease of 18 per cent, or slightly more than one-third of the increase re ported in the taxable valuation. In no case reported so far has the levy de creased at the same rate as the in crease in the valuations. The follow ing table shows the changes in levies and the rate of increase in the valua tion of each of the reporting counties as compared with last year: Inc. Levy Levy Val. County. 1903. 15*04. Pr Ct. Sarpy. 13 9 33*3 Polk .19 11 161 Platte .12 7 115 Jefferson.16 12 64 Johnson .13 10 "8 Saunders.14 9 207 Antelope.21 17 63 Butler.17 11 97 Dixon .16 12 76 Gage. 13 9 68 Greeley.17 13 53 Harlan .19 15 60 Kimball.13 14 33 Hamlin. 12 8 62 Otoe. 8 6t4 50 Saline .16 1