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