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THE BALTIC FLEETj JAPANESE SQUADRON SAILS TO MEET THE SAME. BRITISH MERCHANTMEN SEIZED One of Them Carried Russian Officers Who Escaped from Shanghai.— Steamer King Arthur Accused of Loading Supplies for Port Arthur. LONDON—The Daily’s Mail's cor respondent at Hong Kong says he has learned on trustworthy authority that a powerful Japanese squadron of battleships and armored cruisers is | proceeding south, accompanied by fif- ; teen colliers and transports to attack the Russian Baltic squadron. According to the Shanghai corres pondent of the Daily Telegraph it is i reported that a Japanese squadron of | eight warships and fifteen transports ! is going south to meet the Russian ! squadron. TOKIO—The Japanese protected cruiser Tsushima seized the British steamer Nigretia,- bound for Vladivo stok, off Ulsan, Corea, yesterday. An 1 examination of the Nigretia’s cargo ! showed it had a large cargo of contra band of war on board. It was sent to Sasebo for trial before the prize court. It is reported that the Nigretia had on board officers and men of the Rus- \ sian torpedo boat destroyers who had escaped from interment at Shanghai and were attempting to regain the Russian lines. The Nigretia belongs to Allan & Co., of Leith, Scotland. The British steamer King Arthur was captured while attempting to leave Port Arthur yesterday by the Japanese guardship Asagiri. It is un derstood that the King Arthur took ; supplies to Port Arthur. It had on ; board Russian naval officers who were I attempting to join the Russian second Pacific squadron. The King Arthur was taken to Sasebo for trial. All Japan is today ringing with praises of General Samelima as the hero of the assault of Keekwan moun tain fort. It is conceded that his hero ism inspired his men and turned a threatened disaster into a splendid victory. General Samejima is an old Samurai veteran of the war of the Re storation and the Satsuma rebellion. He is gray-haired and bent, but is i * wiry and active. He is an engineer and was formerly a garrison com mander. He is Japan’s specialist in ! fortifications and was called to Port j Arthur to superintend the siege works. He was not assigned to an active j command and it is supposed here that i General Samejima replaced General Tsuchiya as division commander. SHANGHAI—There appears to be no doubt that the commander of the ; Russian torpedo boat destroyer Groz ovoi, who has been interned here since his vessel arrived after the bat tle between the Russian and Japanese fleets off Port Arthur on August 10. took passage on the steamer Nigretia. bound for Vladivostok. The command er carried valuable charts and docu ments. FAVORS YOUNG MEN President Said to Be Partial to Rising Generation. WASHINGTON—There is consider able gossip among newspaper men and other well informed persons in Wash ington over a well founded report that President Roosevelt may at the outstart of his new term of office give fuller play to his well known prefer ence for young men in office. It is predicted that the ministers who re tire from the cabient will be replaced by younger men and that vacancies in other branches of government, and particularly in the consular service, will go to young, able and vigorous men. It can hardly be said that the preference for young men is a hard and fast policy adopted by the ad ministration, nor can it be said that the rule originated with President Roosevelt. There seems to be other influences at work throughout the country in the making of popular sen timent favorable to the selection of young men for political office. ALLOWED ANY ONE TO VOTE. More Evidence of Fraud Brought Out at Denver Hearing. ^ DENY’ER. Colo.—The supreme court heard testimony on the contempt charges against Isaac Goldman and Ed Sweeny for their part in the elec tion in Precinct three, Ward 4, this city. This precinct is the original “Green county," from which in 1903, 726 votes were returned, one. more than the total registration, and all but eight for the democratic ticket. I)r. Matt G. Root, supreme court watcher, testified that Goldman and Sweeney, who were election judges, allowed many persons to vote who 'w'ere not properly registered. He said that a girl* not over eighteen years old was permitted to vote after her vote had been challenged, although the name which she gave was not in the registration book. Continue War On Canteen. COLUMBUS, O.—The executive committee of the American Anti Saloon league met here and outlined plans for a legislative campaign. It was determined to make a fight for the retention of anti-canteen law’; suf ficient additional appropriation to complete army recreation halls; for effective prohibitory legislation for Indian territory should It be granted statehood, and the passage of the Hepburn bill to prohibit the shipping of liquor into the new territories. Puts Stop' to Mail Frauds. WASHINGTON—H. R. Goodwin, as sistant attorney general for the post office department, in his annual report to Postmaster General Wynne, says that the number of fraudulent con cerns has been greatly reduced in consequence of the vigorous enforce ment of the postal laws. The result Is shown by the marked decrease in the number of complaints received., There were 144 fraud orders issued during the year and twenty-three or ders were issued against foreign lot tery companies and their agents. BAKER WINS ON HI8 APPEAL. Attorney General Order* Kis Rein* statement on the New Mexico Bench. WASHINGTON—The following le ter was sent to Judge Ben Baker c New Mexico by Attorney Genera* Moody: “I have been directed by the prest dent to inform you that he has re voked and annulled the order for your removal from the position of associate justice of the supreme court of Netv Mexico, communicated to you by let ter of December 9.” Judge Baker immediately after be ing advised of the president's action tendered his resignation, to take ef fect upon the appointment and qualification of his successor. Charges were filed against him, it is said, by political enemies who wanted his of fice. Both the president and attorney general, it is claimed, acted too hast ily in removing him. Attorney Gen eral Moody did not at any time before the order of removal was made give the case his personal attention, but acted upon the recommendation of one of his assistant attorneys, whom, it is claimed, failed to make an im partial investigation, acting largely upon the verbal statements of Asso ciate Judge McFee of New Mexico and Governor Otero, who appeared in person and said the people demanded a change and would remain in a tur moil as long as Baker stayed tL«re. BRITT GETS THE DECISION. Fight Goes the Full Limit of Twenty Rounds of Fierce Fighting. SAX FRANCISCO—At the twentieth round Jimmy Britt of San Francisco and Battling Nelson of Chicago, fight> ing like a pair of bulldogs, the gong sounded the end of the contest anil Referee Roche unhesitatingly placed his haud on the California boy as the winner of the contest. In the closing round Britt was punching the Chicago boy all over the ring, but his blows lacked the sufficient force to put a quietus on his opponent. The fight was an exemplification of how much punishment a human being can endure and not succumb. At sev eral stages of the fight Nelson was badly punished, but always kept game ly coming up to the firing line, and all through the twenty rounds he forced the fighting. In one or two In stances he had the local boy in dis tress. but Britt's excellent generalship and the advice of his seconds saved him from going too close to the danger point. Nelson is unquestionably a wonder in the pugilistic world. Time after time, taking blows heavy enough to put out an ordinary fighter, he would come up apparently in his early form and bring the fighting to Britt. Mechanics' Pavilion was crowded to the roof, the gate receipts being over $35,000. CABINET HOLDS A MEETING. Action on Foodstuffs and Other Mat ters of Interest. WASHINGTON—At the cabinet meeting Tuesday the action of the Agricultural department in standard izing some additional foodstuffs was approved on the recommendation of Secretary Wilson. Secretary Taft said at the conclusion of the meeting that he had submitted to the president a report on his mission to Panama. The report was confidential and he could not discuss it at this time. He said also it had been decided that the Philippine scouts, who constituted one of the features of the Philippine exhibit at the St. Ixmis exposition and who are to appear at the inaugur ation of President Roosevelt on March 4. should go from Washington after the inauguration to New York, where they will participate in the annual military tournament to be held there in March Soon after the tournament they will return to the Philippines by way of San Francisco*. Until they come to Washington to attend the in auguration they will remain in the barracks on the fair grounds in St. Ixmis. HAS HER SCALP TORN OFF Hair Caught by Revolving Shaft at Omaha. OMAHA, Neb.—Miss Lillian Sulli van. aged 18, met with an extremely painful accident, her entire scalp be ing torn from her head, from a point just above the eyes, clear around over the ears to the nape of neck. So great was the young woman’s nerve that she didn't faint or collapse in the slightest degree. While the surgeons were replacing the scalp, she con versed with more composure than any one present. Several men who rushed to her assistance when they saw the accident were overcome by the hor rible sight. Miss Sullivan is employed in the dry fruit cleaning department of the MeCord-Brady company. She was plac ing a box of packed fruit on a shelf above the work bench, in her room, when her hair was caught by a re volving shaft. Upwards of sixty stitches were required to replace the scalp. Information About Women. DENVER—Mrs. Sarah Platt Deck er, president of the National Federa tion of Women's Clubs, announced Wednesday that she had practically completed arrangements for the estab lishment of a bureau of information. Information concerning the work of women in this country, their clubs and ail matters in which they are inter ested will be collected and dissemin ated. Out lines for study also will be prepared. It is probable that the head quarters will be at Portsmouth, N. H. Land Ordered Withdrawn. WASHINGTON—The general land office has ordered the temporary with drawal of 17,920 acres of public lands in the Vancouver, Wash., land dis trict, from all forms of disposal ex cept under the mineral laws. Discuss Wyoming Politics. WASHINGTON— Senator Warren introduced to the president. Attorney' General Van Orsdale of Wyoming, who iff chairman of the republican state committee of Wyoming. They had a brief talk about Wyoming politics. VOTE OF STATES OFFICIAL CANVASS OF NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS. TEDDY’S PLURALITY 2,547,578 Total Vote Shows a Decrease of 460, 078 Compared With Four Years Ago —Parker Carried 13 States, Bryan 17, McKinley 28, Roosevelt 32. CHICAGO—The official canvass of the votes cast November 8 for presi dential electors was completed Thurs day, when the result was announced in Minnesota. North Dakota and Washington. The Associated Press Is therefore able to present the first table giving the official vote of all the forty-five states. The total vote is 13,508,496, against 13,968,574 in 1900, a decrease of 460,078. The ballots were divided as follows: Roosevelt (Rep.) . 7,627,632 Parker (Dem.) . 5,080,054 Debs (Soc.) . 291,587 Swallow (Pro.) . 260,303 Watson (Pop.) . 114,637 Corregan ,Soc. Labor). 33,453 Holcomb (continental labor) 830 Roosevelt received over all, 1,746, 76S, and over Parker, 2.547.578. In 1900 McKinley had 467.046 more than all the other candidates, and 859,984 more than Bryan. The vote for Roosevelt was 409,822 more than for McKinley, while that for Parker was 1,277,772 less than that for Bryan. McKinley polled more votes than Roosevelt in Alabama. Georgia, Ken tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Roosevelt got more than McKinley in the 'other thirteen states. Parker received more than Bryan in Delaware. Georgia. Mississippi, New Jersey, New York. Rhode Island, South Carolina and West Virginia, while Bryan got more than Parker In the remaining thirty-seven states. The republicans made gains over their vote in 1900 in thirty-two states and the official figures show losses in thirteen. The total gains of the re publicans were 732.048, and the total losses. 312.249; making the net gain 419,799. The democrats polled more votes in eight states than in 1900. but less In thirty-seven. Their total gains were 30,792 and the total losses 1,291,491; net loss 1.260,699. Roosevelt carried thirty-two states, against twenty-eight for McKinley, and has 336 <a?ctoraI votes under the apportionment of 1900. McKinley 1 had 292 under the apportionment of 1890, there having been an addition of twenty-nine by the last apportion ment. Parker carried thirteen states, against seventeen by Bryan, and has' 140 electoral votes. Bryan had 155 under the apportionment in force in 1900. Watson received his largest vote In Georgia, the total vote of that sta/p being 22,664, with 20,508 in Nebraska, being nearly one-third of his agre gate, 114,637. Barker polled 50,218 in 1900. The prohibition vote in 1900 was 208,791, in November 260,303, a gain of 51,512. JAPS LOSE MOUND. Russian Reports Say 203-Meter Hill Is Again in Their Possession. ST. PETERSBURG—General Kuro patkin has telegraphed to the general staff that he has received a report from Chinese sources to the effect that the Russians have recaptured 203-Meter hill at Port Arthur, with the guns mounted by the Japanese. Kuropatkin’s dispatch, which is dated Dec. 31, also reports further reconnoissance of botu the Russians and Japanese, but says they were not productive of important results. The weather at the front is sunny and the thermometer registers 14 de \:rees fahrenheit. The war office has no additional In formation regarding General Kuropat kin’s report that the Russians have recaptured 203-Meter hill, but the offi cials consider it certain that the com mander-in-chief would not have sent 'the report unless it came through ex ceptionally reliable channels. MORE DENVER MEN IN JAIL. Deputy Sheriff Among Those Adjudg ed Guilty of Contempt. DENVER—The supreme court ad judged Leonard Rogers, William G. Adam3, Louis Hamburg and Thomas Kinsley guilty of contempt for con duct in the second precinct of the Seventh ward in this city at the re cent election in violation of the court’s injunctive order. Each was given a jail sentence and a fine. The court announced that the evi dence showed that Rogers, Adams and Hamburg had prevented the appoint ment of a republican clerk, and Kins ley had ejected the supreme coujt watcher from the polls. Rogers is a deputy sheriff and was a candidate on the democratic ticket for the state senate. Kinsley is a prize fighter. Needed Money Is In Sight. COLUMBUS. O.—The executive committee of the American Anti Saloon league closed its meeting here yesterday after laying plans to extend the organization into districts which have not heretofore been penetrated. It was announced that the league now j has in sight sufficient funds to carry out all its plans for the coming year. John G. Wooley of Chicago was pres ent and submitted a proposition to consolidate all the temperance papers of the counfry, which was taken under advisement. Most of Saloons Illegal. PIERRE, S. D.—Judge Haney of the supreme court handed down a de cision in an appeal from the Kings bury court in which the point at issue was the right of a town board to grant liquor licenses where there had been no affirmative vote at the last preced ing election. The decision of the low er court that an affirmative vote was required every year was affirmed by Hh» snprfeme court This means that there is not a legal saloon in the state except in towns where license was voted at the election last spring. INSISTS ON A CHANGE. j The President Committed to Railroad Legislation. WASHINGTON—President Roose velt discussed with several callers the proposed legislation regarding the question of railroad freight rebates and the question of empowering the interstate commerce commission with | authority to adjust freight rates where found to be excessive. Among those who talked with the president were Secretary Morton and E. P. Bacon, chairman of the executive committee of the interstate commerce commission. The president is anxious that legis lation in the interest of shippers be enacted at the earliest possible date and the matter has been considered by him with many of his recent call ers. It was stated by one of the president’s callers that Attorney Gen eral Moody now was engaged in the preparation of a bill which, substan tially, would embody the views of the administration on the question, and that the measure would be presented to congress probably soon after the holiday recess. The president has announced that the bill he is willing to support must be fair to both the railroads and the people. He believes that the initial steps toward the de sired legislation should be taken at the present session of congress, and, if possible, that the legislation pro posed should be crystalized into law at this time. Senator Heyburn of Idaho had an extended talk with the president on the subject of federal charters for corporations doing an interstate com merce business. The senator indi cated his intention to introduce in the senate after the holiday recess a measure providing for the incorpora tion under United States laws of all corporations. The bill as prepared by Senator Heyburn will provide that corporations now in existence must take out federal charters and that such corporations as may be organ ized thereafter shall incorporate under j federal laws. All such corporations j will be under the supervision of the department of commerce and labor through the bureau of corporations. The bill has not been matured thor oughly yet, but Senator Heyburn hopes to have it ready for introduc tion immediately after the holidays. ISLAND STILL IN NEBRASKA. Meanderings of Old Muddy Cannot Take It Away. WASHINGTON—The supreme court of the United States decided the boun dary case between the states of Mis souri and Nebraska in favor of the state of Nebraska. The case involved the question as to whether a change of the course of the Missouri river had the effect of changing land which had theretofore been on the west side of the river, to the east side of the river, from the jurisdiction of Ne braska to the jurisdiction of Missouri, but the court held that it did not. The opinion was by Justice Harlan, hold ing that the boundary must remain in the middle of the old channel as be fore the change. The tract of land that caused the controversy Is known as McKissick's island, lying between Nemaha county, Nebraska, and Atchison county, Mis souri. The controversy originated in 1867. Previous to that year the is land was regarded as indisputably in Nebraska. The river at that point was in the shape of an ox yoke, and on the night of July 5 of that year the water broke across the land lying in one of the bends, thus throwing the land on the east, instead of the west side, of the river. The claim was made by the Nebraska authorities that this was made by the digging of a ditch. In his opinion Justice Harlan ex pressed his opinion admitting that con gress had not intended by its act ad mitting Missouri into the union to change the established rule and make the varying channels of the Missouri river the western boundary of that state. ‘•Missouri.’' he added, “does not dis pute the fact that when Nebraska was admitted into the union the body of land described in the present record as McKissick’s island, or Island pre cinct, was in Nebraska. It is equally clear that these lands did not cease to be within the limits of Nebraska by reason of the subject avulsion.” The final decree is postponed pre pared for thirty days to allow the Mis ouri and Nebraska authorities to agree as to the location of the center of the old channel. After the Beef Combine. KANSAS CITY — Herbert Knox Smith, acting commissioner of corpo rations of the department of com merce and labor, has written to a number of Kansas City meat dealers for additional testimony regarding the operations of the local packers who are members of the alleged beef com bine. A representative of the depart ment was here recently gathering sta tistics from the local butchers. Nebraska Pension Bills. WASHINGTON—Every member of the Nebraska delegation has intro duced many pension bills during the congress which will close March 4 with satisfactory results. The few bills which have passed this month were some of the holdovers introduced last winter. It is safe to predict that none of the pension bills introduced this month will pass botW houses this session, and in that case every bill introduced this session must be reintroduced next winter. Possibly a very meritorious bill may succeed. Red Cloud Takes a Farm. WASHINGTON—The Indian bureau has been notified that Chief Red Cloud of the Pine Ridge agency has agreed to accept an allotment of land. He heretofore has held out persistently in opposition to allotment. To Fight Sheep Disease. WASHINGTON — Secretary Shaw transmitted to the house a request from Secretary Wilsqn for a defici ency appropriation ofV50,000 to er adicate scabies in sheep^nd manse ih cattle. FOR REGULATION _ CONGRESS SHOULD CONTROL IN TERSTATE COMMERCE. SO SAYS GARFIELD’S REPORT Alleges that the Bureaus of the Com missioner of Corporations Furnish Means by Which People Engaged in Interstate Business Can Be Con trolled. WASHINGTON—The first annual report of the commissioner of corpora tions was submitted to congress Wed nesday by Commissioner Garfield. He says no satisfactory reform is to be expected under the state system of incorporation; that the federal govern ment has at its command sufficient power to remedy existing conditions in its control of interstate commerce. He therefore suggests that congress consider the advisability of enacting a law for the legislative regulation of interstate and foreign commerce un der a license of franchise, which in general should provide as follows: “The granting of a federal franchise or license to engage in interstate com merce. “The imposition of all necessary re quirements as to corporate organiza tion and management as a condition of the retention of such franchises or license. “The prohibition of all corporations and corporate agencies from engag ing in interstate and foreign com merce without such federal franchise or license. “The full protection of the grantees i of such franchise or license who obey j the laws applicable thereto. “The right to refuse or withdraw such franchise or license in case of violation of law, with appropriate right of judicial appeal to prevent abuse of power by the administrative officers.” I Commissioner Garfield says the bureau under the direction of the sec- j retary of commerce and labor, affords the appropriate machinery for the ad ministration of such a law. COST OF WARS TO NATIONS. Resolution in House Calling for In formation. WASHINGTON — Representative Bartholdt (Mo.), in accordance with ; the action of the international peace congress at Boston, requesting him to introduce a resolution in congress calling for certain statistics relative to the cost of wars, introduced a con current resolution instructing the sec retary 01 commerce and labor to col lect and compile statistics on the cost of wars in all countries from 1800 down to the present time; the amount paid for pensions, and other allow- , ances to soldiers and sailors engaged ' in such wars; the amount paid to hos pitals and retreats for disabled sol- j diers and sailors; the amount of prop- ; erty destroyed in such wars by land and sea; the additional cost of main- j taining armies and navies in time of peace, to each nation during that period; an approximate estimate of the indirect expenses and damages by such wars to the health and prosper ity of each nation resulting from such wars, and the number of killed, wound ed and disabled on each side during such wars. The resolution provides that the statstics be printed and dis tributed under the direction of con gress in this and other countries, as preliminary to an international peace congress to be held in Washington or The Hague, July 6, 1906. HEALTH OF TROOPS EXCELLENT — Encouraging Report From General in Philippines. WASHINGTON—Brigadier General i-anaall 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 and 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. Wants Better Examinations. WASHINGTON — Announcement was made at the state department Thursday that the government has for the second time called upon Venezuela to explain the arbitrary expulsion from that country of A. F. Jaurette, a newspaper man at Caracas. The first explanation offered by President Castro was altogether unsatisfactory. England Annexes Islands. SYDNEY. N. S. W.—Two British warships have sailed for the Tonga islands with the purpose, it is an nounced, of annexing them. Mrs. Powell Not Guilty. WAYNE. Neb.—District court is in session this week. Judge Boyd pre siding. The case of the State vs. Mrs. Kemp Powell, in which the de fendant is charged with an attempt to murder her husband by shooting him with a revolver at their home four teen miles southwest of Wayne, about five months ago, inflicting a danger ous wound, was heard. Mr. Powell was taken to the hospital at Omaha, | where under medical aid he recovered. Mrs. Powell was acquitted. Strikes Against Open Shop. NEW YORK—A strike against the “open shop was begun here Thursday by the United Clotth, Hat and Cap Makers' union. In nineteen factories notices were posted at noon Thursday announcing that the shops would hereafter be “open.’* The employes, acting under orders from their un ions, at once quit work. The unions claim to have 1,500 capmakers out. The strikers declare that the men in. the remaining thirty or forty shops H» the city will also be’ called ont If aoticee are posted in them. NEWS IN NEBRASKA j STATE NOTES. Teeumseh merchants report a good holiday trade. Dodge county employes but eighteen male teachers. The hotel Lathrop at Hardy was ourned to the ground. There was a fire at the Normal college in Fremont, but it did not in terrupt work. Nebraska has realized from the in spection of kerosene and gasolTTTe. at 10 cents per barrel, the sum of $38, 954.40, according to the biennial re port of Oil Inspector Church, which was filed with the governor. At Holdrege John R. Lucas, who shot and killed Clyde Lester Decem ber 6. was bound over to the district court on a charge of murder in the first degree and was remanded to jail without bail. Charles Field hung himself at Crete. He was a foreman of stonework on the new Burlington depot at that place. He was found at supper time hanging from a rafter in the tool house. No cause is known for the deed other than that he uad been drinking heavily. The Farmers’ Elevator company of Straussville, have the elevator under construction and have commenced to purchase and ship grain. An exper ienced man has been placed in charge of the business and the farmers by co-operation hope to circumvent the grain buyers’ trust if such an insti tution vJsts. Judge Harrington in the district court at Long Pine, has granted a de cree annulling the marriage of S. Herbert Moore and Clara Taylor, which occurred .a Long Pine several years ago. The decree was petitioned for by Will H. Taylor of Rosedale. 111., who declared that his sister had been insane since 1894. Mrs. Moore is now an inmate of the Lincoln asy lum. George E. Haskell, president of the Beatrice Creamery company and for mer resident of Lincoln, will return to Lincoln from California with his family about January 1. He has been in Colorado and California for several years on account of ill-health, but has so far recovered that his physicians say he can return to this climate with safety. The family has been for some lime at Ocean Beach. Cal. Recently P. C. Alcorn of Crab Or chard suffered an injury to one of his eyes, and it was believed the optic might be saved. However, inflamma tion set in in such a bad condition that the sight of the other eye was threatened, and the surgeons deemed it advisable to remove the injured eyeball to guard against the possibility of Mr. Alcorn's suffering total blind ness. Mayor Hackett and some of the city eouncilmen of Humboldt had an in teresting session with a stranger who appeared last week and made all pre parations to open up a bucket shop in a vacant ^ic*1 room of the city. The authorities objected but the man went on with his arrangements untii warned that he would be immediately arrested if he attempted to do busi ness, when he decided to drop the matter. P. L. Trover in jumping from freight No. 46 at Callaway, had a narrow es cape from a horrible death which he is liable to remember for some time to come. Troyer has been up at Sheri dan for some time past and. wanting to get back to his home at Callaway, made arrangements with a party bringing some horses east to ride with him. Thinking the train was not going to stop when it arrived there, he made a jump for the platform, which was covered with frost. A few minutes later he was discovered by !• rank Makvicka, the night watchman, lying insensible, with his head nearly touching the rails. Sheriff Hall of Holt county is quite pleased with the capture of Bernard McGreevy. the missing banker, and oays he had received a tip that he was in Arizona and was making ar rangements to go to Arizona when he received word of his capture. Mr. hall has worked diligently on the case from the beginning and had sent de scriptions of the missing banker to all officers in Arizona and several other states and territories. The same line of talk concerning seed corn as was given at the state university seed corn special over the Burlington rojte in Teeumseh. will be carried out at the coming session of the farmers’ institute. The farm ers are awake to the fact that there is much in the proper selection of the grain, its care, in the cultivation of the ground, and in changing crops. Hon. 3. L. Young, who has one of the best farms in Johnson county, says that a few years ago under the same conditions that have prevailed for the past two or three years, he used to raise as high as seventy-five bushels of corn to the acre, on land which is now yielding from thirty to thirtv ftve. The Nebraska fair commission will contribute the $100 necessary for bringing the mammoth statue of Ne braska from St. Louis to Lincoln. It has been decided to place the statute in the rotunda of the state capitol building, where it will be sheltered from the ravages of the elements. It is thought that with such protection the staff statue can be preserved in definitely. A meeting will be held in Omaha by the state commission, and at that time a telegram will be sent to President Francis accepting the gift. City Attorney W. M. Cornelius. Judge J. J. Sullivan and Isreal Gluck !eft Columbus for St. Louis, where the ?elebrated “M street’’ case is to be heard in the United States court of appeals. This is the case wherein thg city of Columbus seeks to reopen a street in this city known as "M” street and which was vacated and deeded to the Union Pacific railroad many years ago. The case was tried before Judge Munger at Omaha last April and the railroad was given a judgment. The case was then appealed and is now set for hearing. IT AFFECTS NEBRASKA LANDS. Kinkaid Has Some Amendments to the Laws. WASHINGTON—Congressman Kin kaid of Nebraska introduced an amendment on the opening day of con gress to amend the homestead laws affecting certain lands in the western and northwestern portions of Ne braska which would extend the time six months within which entrvmen under the bill effective last June may occupy the land so entered. Thi3 is a trifling matter compared with other proposed amendments to the Kinkaid law. which, it will be remembered, in creased the area of a homestead entry to 640 acres. Prominent Nebraskans propose a law to amend the Kinkaid law. provid ing for the sole use of grazing lands for grazing purposes. This proposition is made in the hope of promoting the settlement or profitable occupancy of the vast area of grazing lands tribu tary to the Burlington. Union Pacific and Norhwestern railroads in the state. Charles F. Manderson of Omaha, general solicitor for the Burlington, would have the department of the in terior survey these lands and put them into, three classes—namely, first, arable lands: second, irrigable lands: third, pastoral lands. The latter class Mr. Manderson would have put on sale at not less than in cents nor more than 25 cents an acre. An other idea is to sell, under the direction of the secretary of the In terior, all lands not disposed of under the Kinkaid act. Still another amend ment provides for buying the land out right at 10 cents or more an acre, in the discretion of the secretary of the interior. Mr. Manderson has laid his ideas before the members of the Nebraska delegation in congress and has re quested them to join him in a confer ence to be held at Washington of at Omaha some time this month. PAY FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS. Districts Deal Liberally With Their Educators. The various school districts of the state of Nebraska have dealt liberally with their school teachers during the last year and while the total amount of money spent in salaries for mea teachers is a decrease when compared with the amount spent last, it doee not follow' that the individual salaries of men have decreased, for the reason that the number of men teachers em ployed this year is less than the year before. According to statistics compiled by Chief Clerk Harnly for use in the biennial report of Superintendent Fowler there was spent for salaries for male teachers this year was $572.. 728.20, and for female teachers. $2, 533,108.10, compared to |608,708.79 spent in salaries for male teachers and $2,313,469.19 paid to female teachers last year. Of this total amount Douglas county paid its male testers in 1904 $29,834.^7. and its fe male teachers $386,971.8&I li*«\ ' there were employed in the'iliiie f-StAT men and 8,325 women teachers, against 1.490 men and 7.819 women teache-s last year, making a total for 1904 of 9,714, against 9,309, the in crease in teachers being occasioned by the increase in women teachers, showing that woman is gradually tak ing the place of man in educational lines in Nebraska. Fifteen Years in Court NEBRASKA CITY—The estate of Robert Hawks, deceased, that was filed for probate in the county court about fifteen years ago, has been set tled and closed. The estate is one of the largest ever filed for probate in the county court and was the cause of many lawsuits. Woman Attempts Suicide. CHADRON—Because of a quarrel with her husband, Mrs. William Rondo attempted to commit suicide here. She shot herself with a revolver In the left breast, the bullet lodging un der the right shoulder blade. It la doubtful whether she will recover. Premiums Tor Nebraska. LINCOLN—At the* St. Louis ex position Nebraska stood second In the list of states in the horticultural ex hibit, and only was excelled by the state of Colorado. In all deparments the state received more than 500 pre miums. Rev. Johnson Appointed. LINCOLN—Rev. P. C. Johnson of Tecumseh will take up the duties of chaplain at the state penitentiary January l. The announcement of the appointment was made by Governor Mickey, who was formerly one of Rev. Johnson’s parishioners at Osceola. Chaplain Walter K. Williams an nounced his resignation to the gover nor just before election. G. L. Shumway of Scotts Bluff coun ty proposes to erect an $85,000 power plant on the North Platte river near the town of Gering. The plant Is in tended to have a capacity of 400 horse power. Mr. Shumway has filed an ap plication for water with the State Board of Irrigation, in which he says the plant is to be used for milling, manufacturing and other purposes. It will be necessary to dig a ditch four miles long to conduct the water to the proposed site. A company has been formed to complete the work of construction. Private interests may clash with those 'of the government in the pro posed irrigation projects .of western Nebraska. H. G. Leavitt of the Ames Beet Sugar company announced at the office of the State Irrigation board that 126,000 acres of land embraced in the government irrigation area of Scott’s Bluff and Cheyenne counties was claimed by his company under an application for water rights filed prior to the government reservation. If the Interior department proceeds with its work h» sugar company will appeal