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SHIP IS SINKING JAPANESE AMEND DISPATCH OF DESTRUCTION OF SEVASTOPOL OAMACED BYTORPEDO BOATS Assault Made by the Flotilla in Face of a Driving Snowstorm.—Com mand of the Third Russian Army Meets with a Hearty Reception. TOKIO—The turret ship Sevastopol Is still afloat, but is apareutly dam aged. The partially successful torpedo at tack on the Sevastopol was made in the face of almost insurmountable ob stacles, and writes another inspiring story of the splendid bravery of a number-of officers. The entire crew of the torpedo boat destroyers and torpedo boats volun teered for the attack, courting death In their efforts to destroy the only floating Russian battleship at Port Arthur. Facing a driving snow storm and heavy seas, the flotillas separated and, under individual commanders, the vessels attacked independently. The decks of the destroyers and torpedo boats were coated with ice and the men suffered acutely from cold. The Russians resorted to the most extreme precautions to protect the Sevastopol. They dropped torpedo nets, which shielded the bows of the warship, and the Sevastopol was fur ther protected by a specially construc ed wooden boom, the frame work of which was composed of ironbound logs and cables and heavy chains in terlaced and entangled. From the sur face of this boom hung a deep curtain made of torpedo nets taken from the sunken battleships, the purpose of which was to catch and destroy the torpedoes and their mechanism. The Japanese probably refrained from attempting to cut or Jump the boom, a plan demonstrated by the British, but the torpedo boats and de stroyers evidently forced the open ings, which the Russians had left so as to allow- communication with the harbor. The commander of the Third Jap • anese squadron, reporting at 10:30 o’clock yesterday morning, says: Commencing at 11:30 o’clock Tues day night and continuing until 3 o’clock Wednesday morning, six tor pedo boats and specially fitted torpedo craft constantly attempted attacks agains the Russian battleship Sevasto pol, the coast defense vessel Otvashnl and the military transports. Details of the attacks are not yet toown. However, according to reports received from the watch tower at 9 o'clock this morning, the Sevastopol oad commenced lowering astern and the water was said to reach the tor pedo tubes astern. DECREASE IN SEEDED AREA. Acreage of Winter Wheat Not Quite Uo to 1903. WASHINGTON—The crop report is sued by the department of agriculture says: Returns to the chief of the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture indicate that the newly seeded area of winter wheat is about 31,155,000 acres, a decrease of 1.6 per cent from the area sown in the fall of 1903, as finally estimated. The condi tion of winter wheat on December 1 was 82.9, as compared with 86.6 in 1903, 99.7 in 1902 and a ten year aver age of 92.1. The acreage as compared with last year is 98.4 per cent. The newly seeded area of winter rye is provisionally estimated at 96.7 per cent of the area sown in the fall of 1903. The condition of winter rye on December 1 was 90.5, as compared with 92.7 on December 1, 1903, 98.1 at the corresponding date in 1902, and 96.2 the mean of the December aver ages of the last ten years. ' The percentage of acreage sown to winter rye this fall as compared with that sown last year is 96.7, the aver age condition December 1, 1904. was 90.5. Corresponding averages for 1903 and 1902 were 02.7 and 98.1 respectively, and the mean of the December aver ages of the last ten years 96.2. The final estimate of the total acre age production, and farm values of the principal crops for 1904 will be issued on December 28 at 4 o’clock p. m. FORTS ENORMOUSLY STRONG Japanese Have Much Hard Work to Do Yet. Headquarters of the Third Japanese Army, via Fusan—The Japanese are working their advance on the shores of Pigeon bay on comparatively level ground against the .Taiyankow, Idz chan and Antzeshan forts. The ap proaches to the fortifications are easy, but the forts are enormously strong and the near approach will be ail the more difficult, as the sapping of trenches will have to be done through frozen ground. The naval guns mounted on 203 Meter and 3-Meter hill will be able to cover the advance of infantry against any of the western forts. Russian Liberals Win Point. ST. PETERSBURG—There is no longer any doubt that the govern ment intends to commit Itself to re forms as the result of the liberal agitation begun when Prince Sviato polk-Mirsky made his advent as min ister of interior. Th£ Zemstvoist de mand for a direct representative body to make the laws of the nation will not be granted, but some medium in the form of a representative consult ative body which can voice the wishes of the p-jonle direct to the sovereign now seems the probable outcome. Wheat in the Northwest. - WINNIPEG, Manitoba—Thb North west Grain Dealers’ association, has issued the following on the wheat sit - uation for Manitoba and the north west territories to the close of navi gation. Quantities are given in bush els: Estimated yield, October 15, 69, 957,190; Inspected to date, 22,200.000; in store at country points, 8,500,000; in transit and not Inspected, 490,000; total marketed, 21,190,000; allow tor seed, 8,000,000; for country mills, 7, 000,000; total. 40,190,000; balance to market, 12.007.190. WILL CLOSE 800N. Land Office in McCook, Nebr., to Shut Down. WASHINGTON—By order of the secretary of the interior the local land office at McCook, Neb,, will be closed on January 31, the records on that date to be. sent to the land office at the state capitol. The order a ban* doning the McCook land office was sent out by the general land office Tuesday and will have the effect of terminating the salaries of F. M. Rath bun, register, and C. W. Barnes, re ceiver. The action taken on the part of Commissioner Richards of the gen eral land office is along the lines of the policy mapped out not only by the interior department, but by statutory amendment as well. The general stat utes provide that whenever a land office ceases to be a self- supporting office, by reason of a settlement and taking up of public lands within the prescribed district, that such land of fice shall be abolished and the records shall be transferred and transmitted to the state capitol for permanent fil ing. “This law is Just," said Commis sioner Richards. “We have just abandoned a land office in Kansas and are contemplating the abandonment of certain of the South Dakota land of ces. These abandonments are not so much along the lines of retrenchment, but because the remaining business to be done can much more easily bd done from the state capitol when the permanent records are on file. In the case of McCook, it has been some time since that office paid expenses, and it has therefore been deemed ad visable to close the office and send the permanent records to Lincoln. The removal of the records from Mo Cook to Lincoln is done by executive order and there is no significance whatever in the case. It will be the policy of the office to cut down land offices wherever they are unnecessary Personally, I believe that retrench ment is a good thing and if we can ac complish the same results with less of fices I believe it ought to be done." Joseph Smith of Lamoni, la., direct descendant of the original Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon faith and revelator of the Book of Mormon, head of the Joeephttes, is in Washing ton for the purpose of securing an intervention of the United States in behalf of hiB brethren in Tahiti, where, according to French rule, Mormons of the Josephlte faith, who are anti-polygamists, are prohibited from seeking converts on that island in the south seas. He asks fair treat ment for his brethren who are seek ing to make concerts to the Mormon faith as represented by the society in Iowa. BRYAN DEMOCRACY’S LEADER Senator Newlands Quotes Him In Preference to Judge Parker. WASHINGTON—The senate had under consideration the pure food and Philippine government bills. Debate on the former was confined to calling attention to the inadequacy of the protection accorded the people of the United States against Impure food and drugs. The discussion of the Philippine bill related solely to the question of the guarantee by the Philippine govern ment of the income or Interest on bonds in those islands. Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin leading in the criticism. The suggestion was made by Mr. New lands of Nevada, that the Philippine government should construct the sys tem of railroad proposed. The debate brought out the first reference in the senate this session to Judge Parker’S attitude on the Philippine question, caused by Mr. Newlands quoting from certain utterances of William J. Bryan and President Roosevelt. Mr. Foraker inquired why he Bad ignored Judge Parker, and Mr. Newlands re plied that Mr. Bryan for eight years stood as the leader of the democratic party. FOURTEEN YEARS FOR ASSASSIN SasonefT, Murderer of Von Plehve* Gets Off Very Easy. ST. PETERSBURG—It turns out that at the trial of Sasoneff. the as sassin of Interior Minister von Plehve, and Sikorifsky, his accomplice, while Sasoneff did not present the apologia he had written in the hospital, he de livered a speech in his justification. Both prisoners were dressed in civil ian clothes. Sasoneff walked with a cane, three of his toes and one finger having been amputated as the result of wounds received by the bomb ex plosion. He also was very deaf, one of his ear drums having been smash ed. Sasoneff, being still an invalid, was taken back to Viborg prison after the trial. Sikorifsky was taken to the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress. The ef fect of the application of Emperor Nicholas’ manifesto on the occasion of the birth of the heir to the throne upon the sentences reduces Sasoneff’s term (penal servitude for life) to fourteen years’ penal servitude, and Sikorifsky's (who was sentenced to twenty years) to ten years’ penal ser vitude. In Interest of Settlers. WASHINGTON—In order that act ual settlers should have the public lands Representative Reeder of Kan sas urged the president to use his in fluence to secure a change in the pub lic land laws. He told the president the laws ought to be changed at once in the interest of the government and of genuine settlers, so as to prevent the lands from being taken up by peo ple who merely desired to dispose of them at the earliest possible moment No decision regarding the matter was reached. Philippine Bill Passed. WASHINGTON—The senate by a vote of 44 to 23 passed the Philippine civil bill. The vote was preceded by the presentation of many amendments and a general discussion of them, as well as the provisions of the bill. The discussion wts confined quite general ly to the merits of the measure. On some of the amendments suggested by democratic senators several western republicans voted In the affirmative, but Mr. McCumber was* the only re publican who voted against tha final passage. ARMY OPERATION WHAT WAS DOING FROM NOVEM BER 20 to DECEMBER 10. CEN.STOETSSEL MAKES REPORT Several Times the Assaulting Forces Were Annihilated by the Russians. —According to Reports of Prisoners the Japs Lost 20,000 Men. ST. PETERSBURG—General Stoes sel’s dispatches to the emperor, which were received Friday night, were giv en out Sunday night. The first is dated November 25, and is as follows: “I am happy to inform your majes ty that on November 20, after an in creased bombardment, the Japanese attacked one of the ofrts on the northeastern front and leaped with a portion of their forces on the para pet. They were annihilated by rifle fire and bayonet and thrown back Ipto the trenches. Their reserves were scattered by shrapnel. From November 21 to November 23 the en emy violently bombarded the fort, and In spite of great losses, effected by their perseverance a passage between two forts on the northeastern front. “At 5:30 in the evening of Novem ber 23, after heavy firing, the Japan ese suddenly hurled themselves against several works on this front and seized a portion of the trenches, but were thrown back by the reserves after a fierce bayonet struggle. They returned to the assault at midnight and again occupied a part of the trenches, but were annihilated by our bayonets. At 2 o’clock in the morning all was over and your ma jesty’s heroic troops were able to rest and start repairing the damage caus ed by the bombardment. From tne zutn to me 24m me Japanese lost more than 2,000 men. All of our troops behaved as heroes. The following especially distinguished themselves: Generals Krondratenko, Nikitin (commander of the artillery) and Gorbatowsky, and Lieutenant Colonel Naouemenko. (Dozens of oth er officers in lower grades are also mentioned in the dispatch.) “Bombardment of the town and har bor continues daily. A number of buildings have been destroyed and the harbor has sustained some dam age. The garrisons are in excellent spirits.” In another dispatch, dated Novem ber 28, General Stoessel says: “The 26th and 27th were the blood iest days in the assaults on Port Ar thur. The attacks began on the night of the 25th against our left flank, near Pigeon bay. “The first was repulsed with great loss to the Japanese. The same night the enemy attacked a detachment on Panlung mountain, but were repuls ed, as were also their attacks on Viso kaia (Two Hundred and Three-Meter hill). “On the 26th the Japanese began to bombard and attack fiercely the forts on the northeastern front and the advanced trenches. The trenches repeatedly changed hands. Neverthe less, on the night of the 26th we threw back the Japanese at the point of the bayonet. The enemy succeeded in blowing up the parapet of one of the foi*ts and began building paral les there. At another fort the same night they laid sacks along the ram part, but our artillery dispersed them.” GREAT FIRE AT MINNEAPOLIS Several Large Business Blocks In Heart of the City Destroyed. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Three men killed, two firemen and one citizen, the latter by a live wire, and from $3, 000,000 to 14,000,000 worth of prop erty destroyed is the result of a con flagration. the worst in the history of Minneapolis, which began at 10 o’clock last night and at 2 o’clock this (Wednesday morning) is still burn ing, but partially under control, as the firemen seem to have the flames con fined to three burning buildings, two of which are gutted and the third, the Powers department store, the largest in the city, damaged by water and fire to the extent of $1,000,000 or $2,000, 000. The wholesale furniture supply house of Boutell Bros., the largest in the city, and O. H. Peck, photographic supply house, are now totally destroy ed, with three other buildings now burning. Waterway Commission. OTTAWA, Ont.—An international waterway commission is to be ap pointed by the United States and Can adian governments to report on waters adjacent to the Canadian boundary line. Canadian boats are passing tnrough channels in United States ter ritory and vice versa without any real authority and this commission will deal with these matters, so that an understanding can be reached between both countries. The latest complaint is that waters are being diverted in Minnesota. Board of Health Denies. MEXICO CITY—The superior board of health, which has agents all over the republic, denies sensational re ports wired out from here regarding starvation and disease on the west cofst in the northern part of the state of Sinaloa. It is not true that there have been more deaths from malaria and starvation in Sinaloa than were caused by bubonic plague. Reports re ceived by the superior board of health show only a few cases of yellow fever remaining in the republic at the pres ent time. Japs Try to Extend Works. HUANG SHAN—A correspondent who went over all the front positions of the Russian army from Poutloff hill to Erdau on December 15, reports everything quiet, except that midway between Poutloff hill and Sinmintin the Japanese were believed to be try ing to extend their frontal works and intrenchments on Double Hump hill. The artillery of Poutloff and Erdau opened fire on the Japanese and forced them to quit work and seek shelter. Thera have been few cases of frost bite. CIVIL BILL PASSED. Senate Disposes of the Philippine Measure. WASHINGTON—The senate by a vote of 44 to 23, passed the Philippine civil bill. The vote was preceded by the presentation of many amendments and a general discussion of them, as well as the provisions of the bill. The discussion was confined quite general ly to the merits of the measure. On some of the amendments suggested by democratic senators several west ern republicans voted in the affirma tive, but Mr. McCumber was the only republican who voted against the final passage of the bill. j The mo6t notable change made was that lowering the rate of interest on railroad bonds to be guaranteed by the Philippine government from 5 to 4 per cent. The bill as passed exempts from taxation all bonds issued by the Philip pine and Porto Rican government; au thorizes municipalities in the Philip pines to incur a bonded indebtedness amounting to 5 per cent of the as sessed valuation of their property, at 5 per cent interest; authorizes* the Philippine government to incur a bonded indebtedness of 15,000,000 for improvements at 4^4 per cent; author izes the Philippine government to guarantee the payment of interest on railroad bonds at the rate of 4 per cent per annum; provides for the ad ministration of the immigration laws by the Philippine authorities; estab lishes a system for the locating and patenting of mineral, coal and saline lands; fixes the meteric system for the islands and gives the civil gover nor the title of governor general. BAKER TO HAVE A HEARING. Makes a Good Impression During His Interview with President. WASHINGTON—From & larger knowledge of the interview which oc curred between President Roosevelt and Judge B. S. Baker of New Mexico, Senator Millard and Representative Hinshaw, it seems fair to predict that Judge Baker will be given a hearing on the charges preferred against him and an opportunity to rebut the evi dence which led to hia removal as United States judge of the Second district of New Mexico. It was learned that Judge Baker’s statement that he had never had an opportunity to be heard on the charges preferred against him. ex cept as to plead not guilty to the specifications, greatly surprised the president. He had assumed the recom mendation of the attorney general for the removal of Judge Baker was sus tained by the evidence in the case. When he was told, however, that a promise was made to Judge Baker by the special examiner sent to investi gate the charges that he would be given ample opportunity to rebut the evidence taken and that no such op portunity had been accorded, Presi dent Roosevelt remarked that every man had a right to his day in court. EXPECT BIG STOCK EXHIBIT. Fine Live Stock Promises to Fill Lewis and Clark Grounds. PORTLAND, Ore.—The portion of the Lewis and Clark fair grounds which was allotted to the exhibition of live stock, it is thought, will prove inadequate to the demand, and ar rangements are being made to enlarge it. Anything further than an exhibition of the high bred stock from farms on the North Pacific coast was not con templated by the state commission in the first place. Since the convention of the International Live Stock asso ciation at Chicago, however, It has de veloped that the breeders from all over the country are planning to send the best of their herds to Portland next year. This prompted the exposi tion authorities to increase the appor tionment for premiums from $40,000 to $55,000, and to consider the advis ability of increasing the space to be devoted to the display. POOR PLACE OF AMERICANS. Island of Guam No? Likely to Appeal to Them. WASHINGTON—The annual report of Commander G. L. Dyer, command ant and naval governor of the Island of Guam, which was approved by Sec retary Norton, says that there remains a vast amount of work to put the ad ministration of the colony on a satis factory modern footing. The people are poor, ignorant, very dirty in their habits, but gentle and very religious says the report. Commander Dyer does not think Americans will be willing to live there permanently. Commander Dyer is of the opinion that the revenues of the island will be sufficient to carry on certain pub lic services, such as schools and roads. Although extreme paternalism is rec ommended the preliminary steps of the people to attain a higher grade of living and culture, it is stated, must be guided by Americans. Negro Makes Slave of Brother. ATHENS, Ga.—One negro seeks re lease from a condition of servitude from one of his own race. In Clark county Robert Christopher, colored, through his attorney, has sworn out a warrant before Commissioner Kinne brew, charging his half brother, George Christopher, with compelling him to work for the latter without any legal right to do so, and he seeks the aid of the federal court in procuring his release. The outcome of the trial of the accused negro is awaited with un usual Interest Given Authority to Act PORTLAND, Ore. — Francis J. Henry, the California attorney who acted as prosecutor for the govern ment in the recent land fraud trial, has been appointed assistant district attorney for the district of Oregon. The appointment was made to permit Mr. Henry to appear before the feder al grand jury next Monday to present evidence to that body looking to the Indictment of persons Implicated in the land frauds unearthed in this state by Colonel Greene, inspector for th* interior department 1 FAVOR OF PEACE A MAS6 MEETING OF CITIZENS HELD IN NEW YORK. ASK SENATE_FOR TREATIES Many Prominent Men in Attendance— Resolutions Adopted Urging Con gressmen to Favor Convention that Will Bring About Peace. NEW YORK—A mass meeting call ed to urge the prompt ratification of the arbitration treaties recently sign ed by the state department with sev eral of the leading foreign powers was held at Carnegie hall under the aus pices of the New York executive com mittee of the American conference on international arbitration. There was a large attendance and the speakers were frequently applaud ed. John Crosby Brown in an opening address expressed regret at the ab sence of Andrew Carnegie, who was to have opened the meeting, but whom, he said, could not be present. Mayor George B. McCellan presided and was the first speaker. M. Linn Bruce, governor-elect, spoke against deciding differences by na tions with war, and was followed by Archbishop Ireland. While the arch bishop was speaking he was inter rupted by a man who said: “Give somebody else a chance.” The archbishop immediately sat down. The audience hooted the man who had shouted and the ushers tried to find him, but failed. Then the au dience applauded until Archbishop Ireland resumed. The letters from Grover Cleveland, Carl Schurz, John Mitchell, Andrew Carnegie and General Nelson A. Miles were read, after which Bishop Henry C. Potter was introduced and spoke briefly. A speech by Rabbi Silberman con cluded the speechmaking, after which resolutions were adopted unanimously aa follows: “Whereas, The method of settling international disputes and difficulties by arbitration rather than by force is in accord with the highest precepts of reason and humanity; and "Whereas, The civilized nations of the world have, by Jointly establishing the permanent court at The Hague, recognized the moral obligation which rests upon them to avoid' the horrors of war by the submission of their con troversies to judicial determination; and “Whereas, The government of the United States, which for the past half: century has been foremost in the act ual resort to arbitration, has ne gotiated and is negotiating treaties' with various powers, making compul sory upon the contracting nations the reference of disputes of a certain na ture to the international court at The Hague; now, therefore, be it “Resolved, That we, the citizens of New York, In mass meeting as sembled, favor the expression by the government of the United States of the principle of international arbitra tion to all questions which cannot otherwise be brought to a pacific set tlement; and it is further. “Resolved, That since the proposed treaties extended the operation of ar bitration in accord with the moral, political and economic interests of this country and of the world, we earnestly require our representatives in the sen ate to exert their influence in behal? of such treaties and of their prompt consideration and approval by the senate; and it is further ‘ Resolved, That the president and secretary of this meeting be and are hereby directed to forthwith forward copies of these resolutions to the pres ident of the United States, senators from the state of New York, to the president of the senate and the chair man of the committee on foreign re lations." Miss Newslands Soon to Wed. WASHINGTON—Senator Newlands of Nevada announced the engage ment of his youngest daughter, Fran ces, to Lieutenant Leopoldo von Bre dow of the German army. HEALTH OF TROOPS EXCELLENT Encouraging Report From General in Philippines. WASHINGTON—Brigadier General n&naall commanding the department of Luzon, Philippine islands, in his annual report to the war department says that the general health of the troops is excellent, the disappearance of cholera having removed one of the greatest sources of anxiety. The im proved health conditions are said to be due to the construction of new posts, the absence of hard field ser vice, the drinking of distilled water an<^ enforced abstinence from native fruits and uncooked vegetables. It is recommended that continuous service in the Philippines be limited to two years in order to avert nervous break down which is said to be quite com mon among the white troops in the islands. President Invited South. WASHINGTON—Congressman Les ter of Georgia, representing the Sa vannah board of trade, extended to the president an invitation to visit Savannah on his southern trip next spring. The president said that he did not expect to visit Georgia next Bpring and would make at that time no general tour of the South. He said he expected to go directly to San An tonio, Tex., by way of Louisville, but at some later time in his administra tion he hoped to visit Georgia and Dther southern eities. Land Fraud Cases Go Over. PORTLAND, Ore.—On motion of Special Assistant United States At torney General Francis J. Henry, all the land fraud cases now pending in the United States circuit court for the district of Oregon, were ordered to go over for the term. The witnesses sum moned to appear were excused for the term and speculation is rife as to the cattse for tug unexpected ac tion on the part of the government in moving for a continuance, Attor ney Henry gave the court no reason ter the movement " " ■ j - .- . ■ .I c | NEWS IN NEBRASKA*! STATE NOTES. Fifty-eight students from Cass county are attending the State univer sity in Lincoln. The Lutherans in and about Suth erland are about to organize and ar range for a pastor. Thomas Davis, colored, was bound over to district court in the sum of $500 on the charge of daylight bur glary. The loss on the Masonic temple building at Fremont, which was badly damaged by Are, has been adjusted at $10,000. The building will be re paired as soon as possible. The Beatrice Independent Telephone company is making plans to build an other telephone line southwest of Blue Springs as soon as possible. Maynard Spink, president of the Northwestern Business college of Beatrice, has issued an order prohibit ing students of the college visiting billiard or pool rooms without the consent of their parents. Captain W. P._ Wyatt, a poineer resident of Beatrice, who has been in failing health for some time, was in jured by falling down stairs at his home. His injuries are not considered .serious. A number of the Sisters of Charity from Leavenworth, Kan., who have purchased the Nebraska City hospital were in that city making arrange ments for a number of improvements to the hospital. Ernest Linn of Bellmont, -Lancaster county, missed the tin can balanced on the head of 8-year-old Sylvan De lete and the charge from his shot gun tore the brains from the skull of the boy, killing him instantly. Miss Lottie Osgood, a daughter of Mrs. J. M. Osgood, residing six miles northeast of Elk Creek, has been ad judged insane and taken to the asy lum at Lincoln. The young lady has not been well for a number of years. A third operation was found neces sary on Camilo. Niemann, of Grand Island, a young man who was shot in the arm about a month ago. the bullet lodging firmly in the bone. Niemann states that he was held up and when he attempted to resist was shot. Milton Cline, one of the most promi nent farmers in the vicinity of Ver don, died from injuries. One week ago Mr. Cline was attacked .by an angry bull, which knocked him down and stamped on him. On Friday an oper ation was performed. The doctors found that the intestines had been separated in five places. William Pribnow, a young man, came dashing into Grand Island from the country, and rushed into police court for protection from the Winter brothers, w’ho were not half a mile behind him, chasing Pribnow hotly, and who was charged by the Winter brothers with a very serious crime against Miss Mary Mohr. The girl has filed a complaint against him and his case will come up in court. Thieves entered the barn of Law rence Vohland. a prosperous German farmer living six miles southwest of Shelton, and stole a valuable team of horses, a new set of harness and hitched them to one of Mr. Vohland’s wagons and left in an easterly direc tion. The team was a heavy oair of draft horses and was quite valuable. Mr. Vohland has been offered $450 for them and refused it. Mr. Jones, living a mile north of Huntley, in Harlan county, found in his corn field, near the public high way, a valise, which contained a com plete set of burglar tools, consisting of false face, drills, bits, brace, dyna mite, fuse, skeleton keys, a complete set of tools to break off the locks on safes, and a number of other tools and instruments used by burglars to enter houses, open safes and explode chests. George T. Harr, local manager at Kearney for the Beatrice Creamery company, shot and Instantly killed himself. The tragedy was enacted In a water closet at the rear of the old laundry building. The cause for the taking of his life was bad Health and a shortage in his accounts. The county commissioners of Otoe county issued an order instructing the county treasurer to cancel all taxes on church parsonages for the year 1902 and to refund all taxes paid on par sonages for that year. Otoe county is the only county in the state that has been assessing church parsonages. Adam Kopetsky, a farmer living west of Duncan in Merrick county, lost |60 in currency. He had the bills in a tobacco sack and he felt sure that he had dropped it while feeding his stock; He also had a strong sus picion that a calf had eaten it, sack and all. He slept one night over the matter and then slaughtered the ani mal. The money was found in one of the stomachs—some of it partly di gested, but in such a shape that he had no difficulty in having it redeem ed at the bank. Rev. John Calvert, the pastor of the Humboldt Methodist church, has or ganized the young people of his con gregation into the White Shield league, a temperance organization, the membership amounting to seventy at the outset. Dietrich Steinbeck, a fanner who had called at a store in Grand Island, to trade, accidentally fell down the elevator shaft. He was precipitated head first, but fortunately came in contact at the other end, with a large barrel full of chipped cork, and was not hurt. The west-bound Northwestern pas senger train struck a farmer’s wagon at the depot in Leigh. The team was owned and driven by Pulsy Heits. The wagon was demolished and piled up against a sign post, with Mr. Heitz un derneath. He was not hurt, but the wagon was demolished. J. S. Tewksbury and L. W. Pomer ene of Lincoln are making estimates for the new water works for Osceola. The plans have been made and bids will be received up to the latter part of th.s month and these gentlemen expect to capture the contract. BIG CONCERNS LOSE MONEY. Forty-one of Leadlna Fire Ineurane* Companies Reported with Deficits. LINCOLN—A revelation was re* celved at the office of Insurance De puty Pierce in the way of insurance statistics. The statistics were pre pared for the Journal of Insurance Economics and show that forty-one of the biggest fire insurance companies now doing business made altogether during the last five years only $122, 000. Out of the total of forty-one com panies, twenty-three of them come out loser at the end of the five years, leaving only eighteen that made & profit during that length of time. Two companies made enormous profits dur ing the five years. The Aetna cleared 11,573,000 and the Continental clear ed 11,174,000. The Hartford was the greatest loser, coming out behind for the five years’ business a total of 1685.000. But for all this, the statptics show the insurance business bn? come up wonderfully during the last two years, and for 1902 and 1903 the profits were enormous, making it seem unneces sary for an increase in rates at thia time. Last year these same companies cleared a total of $12,794,000, while the year before that they cleared $5,193,000. The three years previous the losses amounted to over $17,000,* 000, divided as follows: 1899. $7,693, 000; in 1900, $3,09,000; ia 1901, $7. 163.000. Each of the forty-one com panies made profits last year, while only six of them came out behind the year before. MONEY DUE THE STATE. What Various Counties are Owing tor Insane Patients. For keeping insane patients tha various counties owe the state a total of 1112,047.37. Some of this money has long been due and It is needed by Peter Morten sen for various reasons and unless it is paid there may b* something doing by the auditor through the attorney general. Bach county is invited to send in a check for the amount opposite its name. Adams .$ 1.957 49 Logan H Boone . 6.772..64 Madison Box Butte.. 2,m85IMerrick Burt . 4,926.68 Nuckolls Butler . Pawnee Cedar ...... 461 20 Phelps Cheyenne 946.75 7.012.27 8, *2.2* 282. M *.278.77 28.23 4.417.8*1PIer& . 2.84Z7S Colfax . 4 584.32 Polk . Dakota .... 1,832.65>»FU< hardson Dawes . 1.661.31 Sarpy . Gage . 3.925.791 Saunders .. Greeley .... 874.36S. Bluff.... Hayes . 1.008.89 Stanton ... Holt . 3.415.22 Thomas ... Johnson .... 12.466.22 Wayne . Keith . 1.757.861 Webster ... Lincoln .... 8,803.46! 239.15 4,586.25 837.79 10,837.63 281.2* 2,213.3* 85.0* 735JS 3,337.1® Total .8112,047.37 State Institutions Report. Nearly if not all of the state insti tutions have made their biennial re ports to the governor, but they are not accessible to the public, as has been the custom, for the reason that in the office of the governor it la thought the wiser plan would be to wait till all are In, compiled and com pared with the reports of former bienniums and then the entire list re ports in a complete table be pub lished. Money Into Treasury. LINCOLN—County treasurer# Mr* daily sending remittances to State Treasurer Mortenswn. Many of these remittances include items of old de linquent taxes, showing that the lag gards are being awakened by the scavenger law. The state treasurer has Issued a call for the retirement of $50,000 In general fund warrants, to be effective December 19. A second call, effective after December 25, will be issued in a few days for the retire ment of about $50,000 or $60,000 more. Big Run at Sugar Factory. GRAND ISLAND—The American Beet Sugar company will have the longest run this year in the history of the factory It began the manufac ture of sugar In September and will run into January. January 10 now be ing estimated as the day of the com pletion of the year’s work. It is ex pected that the increased price tor beet* to farmers wtihin hauling dis tance will increase the number of acres contracted next year. An application for a water right has been filed with the secretary of the state board of irrigation by John A. Pilster of Whitney, Dawes county. He wishes to tap Dry Creek Run for the Pilster irrigation ditch, which is to be two miles long and to have a sixteen foot beadgate. Williamson Wants Place. HUMBOLDT—J. Rock Williamson, a well known farmer of this section, has made known his ambition to be selected as sergeant-at-arms of the house during the coming session of the Nebraska legislature and is re ceiving considerabe encouragement from his friends in different parts of the state. Dividend for Depositors. TBCUMSEH—Receiver W. A. Campbell of the defunct Chamberlin Banking house of this ctfy announces that he will soon give a 12 per cent dividend to the depositors of the fail ed bank. A previous dividend of 7 per cent was made, making 19 per cent for the depositors. Makes Change in Game Law. Deputy Game Warden Carter has sent out letters to the members of the next legislature telling them that it is very desirable that a few changes be made in the game laws. State Architect Tyler has reported to the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings what bis office has done and what it has cost the state since a year ago last June, when he was ap pointed. He has supervised the erec tion of buildings and repairs on buildings at a cost of $273,426.38, wherefore if an architect had been employed It would have cost the state $13,571.31, showing the advantage of having a state architect on a salary. His salary up to this time, which ae has not yet received, amounts to $3,$23.64.