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RUSS1AMUST MAKE PEACE | Outbreak at Home Forces Government to Accept Whatever Terms Japan May Offer Writing from Washington on the recent momentous events in Russia, John Callan O’Laughlin, the veteran newspaper correspondent, says: No longer can the Russian govern ment hold out against the inevitable. The revolutionary outbreak on the ships of the Black sea fleet makes immediate peace with Japan, what ever her terms, a moral certainty. This is the opinion of diplomats who know. Russia’s situation. They said to day the czar must accept the Japa nese conditions without delay in or der to be free to deal with the terri ble internecine war which has begun, and they look for greater expedition by the St. Petersburg authorities in naming peace plenipotentiaries and in giving them instructions which will lead to a cessation of hostilities. Japan, on her part, is anxious that a treaty shall be signed, so as to end the state of war; and this will not be possible should the autocracy be over thrown and a state of anarchy reign in the immense empire of the Slavs. Minister Takahira, representative of Japan, deemed the developments at Odessa, of such importance as to war rant inquiries, and he discussed the situation to-day with Secretary Taft. Washington has been surcharged with sensational rumors in regard to the developments in Russia’s internal situation. It has been said that the American consul at Odessa had cabled for warships; that all the powers were on the point of asking President Roosevelt to send men of war to the Black sea to protect foreign interests; that all the warships of the Black sea fleet had hoisted the red flag in place of the imperial Russian standard, and that most of the artillery of the Rus sian army was on the eve of joining the revolutionists. Some of these rumors had a slight basis and others were false. But the true situation as depicted by official an'1 diplomatic dispatches is bad enough, without exaggeration. Ambassador Meyer at St. Peters burg cabled to the state department a report concerning the mutiny on the battleship Kniaz Potemkin and the torpedo boat destroyers, which con firms in every detail the message sent by Consul Heenan at Odessa. Private information received at the Russian embassy confirms the report that bad food was at the bottom of the trouble aboard the Kniaz Potemkin. A sailor approached an officer of the deck, and was impertinent and threat ening in his complaint about the food. The Russian naval regulations make an officer practically the master of a man's life. The officer apparently found it impossible to induce the sail ors to arrest the mutineer. He drew his revolver and shot the man. The latter's comrades, standing near by, dashed at the murderer and killed him. They knew if they did not get command of the ship they would be hanged at the yardarm, and they at tacked every other officer who failed to join them. Eight officers only of the entire complement cast their lot with the crew. It is evident to diplomats who have studied the dispatches which have reached Washington that the trouble was not spontaneous and that bad food was not at the bottom of it. It looks to them as if the crew had im bibed revolutionary doctrines, and that they used the food question as a pretext. The failure of the Black sea fleet to sail for Odessa at once is regarded as significant, and an indication either that the government at first was afraid to order it to Odessa, or that the reports of mutiny on board the ships composing it had some basis. Decry State Liquor Law. Speakers from South Carolina, where the state sells the liquors con sumed by the people, have visited the cities of North Carolina to oppose the adoption of the system in the latter state. They say the present plan has not diminished drunkenness; that the many who can not afford to buy the minimum quantity sold at the state dispensaries buy drinks of perambu lating saloons, an increasing number of persons carrying bottles in their pockets and retailing liquor in the > back streets. King Leopold Building Palaces. The king of Belgium is developing a mania for building. At present his palace is being rebuilt and the city of Brussels has sanctioned his plans for a “Mont des Arts,” which will cost $40,000,000. Near the Cinquantenaire park a triumphal arch is being built by royal command and the architects are busy for the king in Laeken, Ostende and Villefranche. The latest royal project is a hall of fame, to be built at the porte de Namur, after the model of Kine Ludwig’s Walhalla. $ * The navy department has no iate | register of the Russian navy giving the names of the officers on duty with the Black sea fleet. All that is known is that the best officers were de tached last fall and ordered to duty in connection with the Baltic squad ron. then fitting out for duty under Vice Admiral Rojestvensky. When Vice Admiral Chouknin as sumed command of the Black sea fleet he made an inspection. The report which he transmitted to the admiralty described a deplorable state of affairs. The ships were dirty, the men badly trained, and there was a grave lack of discipline. His report created a sensation in St. Petersburg, as Vice Admiral Skrydloff. who was detached from duty in con nection with the Black sea fleet for service at Vladivostok, had had the record of being a good officer. But Vice Admiral Skrydloff certainly in his later years had devoted more of his time to pleasure than to duty, and the fleet suffered as a result. Vice Admiral Chouknin at once re ceived orders to reorganize the fleet and put it in an effective condition. He attempted to impose the strictest discipline, and he created dissatisfac tion among the men and among the officers as well. This is an explanation based upon official information which was made here of the reason why eight officers of the Kniaz Potemkin joined the mutinous crew. Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa dor, expressed confidence that his government would be able to suppress the mutiny. He called attention to the fact that in the reign of the first Bl RDS-EYE VIEW OF ODESSA. Nicholas two regiments had revolted, and they were promptly crushed and the trouble was settled. He believes that events will show that the mutiny on the Kniaz Potemkin is an isolated case and that the remainder of the Black sea fleet will remain loyal. He added that there is no doubt whatever in his mind as to the faithfulness of the army. Other diplomats called attention to the action of the troops in Odessa in joining the sailors of the Kniaz Potem kin, who had landed and were using machine guns against the Cossacks. A fact which they also regard as sig nificant is that the men of the re volted battleship seemed to be com paratively well organized. The capture of a collier laden with coal shows an intention to keep the ship in commission and use it against the government. There are ample supplies on board. Each ship in the Russian navy has food stores for three nap ohowmg Location ut uaessa. months in its hold and enough am munition in the magazines to last the battery for a considerable time. It is not believed that the mutinous ships will run any danger from the shore defenses. Advices received here show that the artillery is in a grave Sad Pleasure for Empress. When Empress Eugenie visits Paris she almost invariably occupies a suite of rooms facing the Tuileries gardens. Much surprise has been expressed that she should take up her abode in such close proximity to the scene of her triumph long ago. The subject was delicately broached in her presence recently, whereupon the old lady said: “It is perhaps the greatest happiness of my life to look upon the garden where my son played in his childhood —a sad pleasure if you will, but one I would not forego willingly.” Favors Tax on Bachelors. Gov. Edward C. Stokes of New Jer sey favors the taxation of some bache lors. “Why should not I, a bachelor without a care,” he asks, “be made to pay my quota of taxes the same as the man who earns $2 a day and has a large family to support?” The gover nor is not in favor of a tax on bache lors necessarily, but he feels that sin gle men in comfortable circumstances should pay a generous share of the taxes whether they own real estate or not. ————-1 state of disaffection, and no surprise would be expressed should the regi ments of this arm of the military service join the revolution. The situation is so bad that no one here cares to predict what will hap pen. It is suggested that the czar may try to stem the tide of discon tent by making radical reforms with out further delay. The trouble is that the people have so often been told that they will be given greater partici pation in the government and so often deceived that they will now hesitate, it is said, to stop their revolutionary work until they have realized the hopes which have been inciting them to the use of force. The czar is handicapped by the ab sence of a strong man from his gov ernment. One official said there is a dead level of mediocrity in the bureau cratic machine. In his opinion, and in that of diplomats here, if there is a man who can save autocratic Rus sia, that man is Sergius De Witte, ex finance minister of the empire. The more thoughtful men in St. Peters burg have urgently recommended that he be made chancellor of the empire. The czar has refused to adopt this ad vice because of his detestation of this man of the people. Nor has De Witte attempted to ad vance his own interests, even by re maining silent. He has sharply criti cised the emperor and the bureau cracy. and has predicted that if the methods of government were not changed a revolution would occur. It can be appreciated that the emperor has had no desire to subordinate him self to one whom he regards as a bit ter enemy. But that he will have to do so if he wishes to remain on his throne is now regarded here as be yond question. Lodz Resumes Normal Appearance. Lodz is quieter than it has been for months. The continuance of martial law makes life and property safer than since the strikes began in Janu ary and insures excellent prospects for the resumption of work in practi cally every factory in the city. The people are promenading the streets and attending church as usual on holidays, and thousands of work ingmen and their families are pic nicking in the nearby woods. Mill owners are looking forward to at least several weeks of steady work, giving them a chance to fill orders which have piled up owing to the strikes. Martial law has permitted the authorities to announce such measures as will make the resump tion or disorders practically impossi ble. The streets are deserted after 9 o'clock at night, and theaters, concert halls, and wine shops are closed. Oth erwise the life of the city is proceed ing quite normally and with the ex ception of numerous patrols of Cos sacks and infantrymen in the streets and the military detachments sta tioned at the biggest factories there is no sign of the terrorizing days of the last week. The estimates of 300 or 400 persons killed and a thousand wounded would kppear to be justified, though it is im possible to give anything like accur ate figures. It is believed that even without martial law the people would remain quiet, as they have had a se vere enough lesson at the hands of the troops. As the result of the strikes since January the workingmen have gained increases in wages averaging 20 per cent, and now they apparently have decided to work quietly for the pres 1 ent. American Coin for Europe. Since it seems to be determined that the expenditure of Americans who go to Europe for the summer averages SI.000 for each person, it follows that $200,000,000 of the so-called balance of trade of $400,000,000 this year will be covered by these foreign voyageurs. i The rush to Europe this year is break j ing all records. The number of first and second-class passengers who have already been carried across is 8,000. 'lairty thousand more will go in July, and the total for the season is esti mated at 200,000. King Alfonso Well Educated. King Alfonso has a fair claim to be regarded as the best educated of crowned heads. He is a linguist, be ing familiar with French, Italian, Ger man and English. He never travels without Goethe. Schiller and the Aus trian poet Grillparzer, whose name will be new to most people. Of the ancient classics King Alfonso prefers Horace, many of whose odes he has translated into Spanish. Moreover, he revels in mathematics and history I onrl ai'm-ps drawing. I ODESSA A GREAT CITY In Commerce and Industry a Place of the First Importance Odessa, which apparently is receiv ing its second baptism of fire and sword, had its first dreadful experience in this respect when in 1854, at the time of the Crimean war, it was bom barded by the Anglo-French fleet. The city, however, rapidly outgrew the devastation then inflicted, and now it is the most important city in southern Russia. It is the capital of the govern ment of Kherson, and stands on an elevation sloping to the Black sea. Al most directly south, in a straight line, lies Constantinople, 375 miles away. To Moscow is 940 miles, to Warsaw 600 miles and to Vienna, almost direct ly west, 700 miles. It is 100 miles southeast of Kischineff. the scene of the terrible Jewish massacres in 1903. In a general sense Odessa has a more European aspect than any other Kussian city, but this is accounted for by the fact that it was practically built up during the nineteenth century. It is regularly laid out around the bay. and has a number of streets and squares from which a magnificent view of the Black sea is obtained. It is noted for its salubrity, the mean temperature being about 50 Fahrenheit, ranging from 70 in mid July to 26 in January. Its environs, too, are unusually picturesque and con tain many seashore resorts. In the immediate vicinity are three salt water lakes that are much frequented by invalids. Odessa boasts of many fine build ings, both commercial and ecclesiasti cal. There are twenty-five orthodox churches, a number of monasteries and synagogues and a few Protestant edifices. The municipal library con tains about 120,000 volumes, and the exchange, the theater, the governor's palace and the city hall are imposing structures. There are several monu ments and a number of public parks. —.I —I The population of Odessa is 460,000, and the foreign inhabitants probably number 40,000. The first inhabitants of the place were Greeks, Italians and Albanians. It was but a small hamlet in the fifteenth century, when the Turks constructed a fortress, which was taken by the Russians in 1789. Four years later they fortified the place, and in 1794 it was given its present name, from a Greek settlement called Odessus, or Odysseus, which was believed to have existed there in ancient times. The actual beginning of the city’s prosperity dates from 1817, when it was declared a free port, and this decree was continued in force until 1859. A remarkable thing about Odessa is that many of its houses appear to be in ruins. This arises from the fact that they have been built of a shelly sandstone that readily decomposes in the open air. The quality of this stone accounts for the disappearance of various old Greek towns along the Black sea coast, now traced only by heaps of rubbish. IS NOT A REVOLUTION. Outbreak in Russia Simply Manifesta tion of Discontent. There has’been nothing even remote ly resembling the condition of things at Odessa since the revolt of the Bra zilian navy in 1893. The warships lay in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro and exchanged shot and shell with the land forces, which mostly remain ed loyal to the government. On sev eral occasions the city was bombard ed by the fleet and considerable dam age was done. Finally the insurrec tion, which had an alarming aspect at one time, was put down. The mutiny of the crew of the Its university is frequented by stu dents from all parts of the empire. All the sciences and liberal arts are taught, and there are a museum and an observatory. The library of the in stitution contains 150.000 volumes. Besides the university there are sev eral gymnasia, preparatory, commer cial, art and industrial schools in Odessa. In commerce and industry the city is of first importance. The town and port are mainly lighted by electricity, and the water works are extensive, the supply being conducted from the Dneister river, a distance of twenty five miles. The harbor is spacious and deep and is divided by large moles into several ports. There are now nearly 600 industrial establishments, employing 50.000 per sons, with an annual output worth $50, 000,000. Because of its situation it is well equipped for its position as the chief grain exporting center of Russia, and the first port in regard to exports in general. Its wheat exports alone, nearly 75 per cent of the whole, are about $75,000,000, yearly, but lumber, sugar, machinery, leather, flour and iron also attain high figures. The annual municipal expenses of the city are about $3,000,000. Admires Japanese Architecture. Frederick W. Vanderbilt has a strong liking for Japanese architec ture. He followed the lead of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., in having all his Adirondacks camp rebuilt in the style that prevails in chrysanthemum land. After Mrs. Willie K. has her camp on Blue lake built over by Japanese archi tects and workmen at large cost she never used it, but her husband's uncle not only lived in this oriental camp, but has just had two more buildings of similar character put up on his preserve. Oyama Careful of Health. Marquis Oyama, commanding the Japanese forces in Manchuria, is ex tremely careful about his health. He totally abstains from all liquors and restricts his smoking to three cigars a day. The hour of his exercise is fixed and at times he ^oes out shooting. WTien in Japan his weight was 175 pounds, but this he nas decreased dur ing, the present campaign by twenty five pounds. His health is considered to have been greatly improved by this. Immense Topographical Map. About 100 years more will be re* quired to complete the work of making a topographical map of the country which was begun by the United States government in 1882. The work is be ing carried on in co-operation with the states, New York, for example, hav ing appropriated annually somethin like $20,000 as its share. There ha^ reni?Lbee? 4 topo^raPhica! map of the Lmted States published other than rough sketches. For that reason the government work will be one of the largest ever made. Woman Wears Costly Shoes. Probably the most r markable shoes ever produced within recent times were tnose worn at a iunction in Lon don by a woman well known in soci ety. In keeping with a gorgeous iown. which is said to have cSt a fabulous sum, she wore a pair of shoes that were literally covered with pearisnSThees1t7diafm0ndS’ rubies and ? Jh.e, styIe of t-ecoration **as of a remarkably striking character. Five hundred dollars was the price of each 04.0C. Kniaz Potemkin, taken in connection with the rioting at Odessa, is a seri ous matter for that city. Warehouses, wharves and vessels have been burned. Already infinite damage has been done to the trade and prosperity of a great commercial city. The mutiny of the crew of one bat tleship will not shake the Russian em pire. So long as the troops at the Black sea ports do not fraternize with the rebellious sailors the extension of the mutiny to the few ether ships that Russia has left will not mean a revolu tion. If the soldiers at Odessa had struck hands with the blue jackets one would have said that the flames of a real revolution were blazing in southwestern Russia and that the stability of the empire was menaced But there has been no striking hands as yet. The Russian government does not need the Black sea fleet. There is no use to which it can be put at this time. The government can remain unmoved by a mutiny less serious than some recorded in British naval history, if the army will remain loyal It has been put to severe tests of late, in Russian as well as in Polish prov inces, but it has not failed to obey orders. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS j NEBRASKA BRIEFS. St Mary's parochial school at West Point has closed tor the year. Voso Bosovitch shot and killed Dan Dimich in a fight at Fullerton. He es caped. Gor. Mickey delivered the Fourth of July oration at Lairview, Iowa, his boyhood home. Douglas county veterans will unveil a soldiers’ monument at Forest Lawn at an early day. It is expected that the next meet ing of the State Horticultural society will he held at York. Rev. j. t. Baird of the Plattsmouth Presbyterian church closed thirty years’ pastorate Sunday. A. H. Phillips, of Neligh. had a large firecracker explode in his hands. A large part of the cracker penetrated his right eye and totally destroyed the sight. The contract for the water works and electric light plant at Alma has been let to Chicago firms and they will commence work on the same in a short time. Hon. Uriah Bruner, a pioneer settler of Cuming county and a prominent figure in the early history of the state, died at the age of 7« years at the tam ilv home in West Point. A recent Wednesday was a record breaking day m the Fremont marriage market. Judge Briggs issued seven licenses and three prominent couple living in that city were united. The farmers living in the vicinity of Pickrell will meet at Pickrell Satur day. July 15. for the purpose of com pleting the organization of their ele vator company. They now have a membership of 140. but they intend to increase it to 150 if possible. a complaint was tiled in tne county court of York county against Isaac Ong of McCoo] Junction, charging him with bootlegging. The authorities cap tured ten cases of beer and three gal lons of whiskey. There is said to be twenty-five counts against the de fendant. The worst flood of water in years fell recently at Greeley. Cellars and wells were tilled up and the streets cut to pieces, two feet of water pour ing down those running north and south. Carpets in some of the houses had to be taken up. Sidewalks and fences were knocked about promis cuously. Bricks were carried a hund red yards from the streets. John Bard, aged seventy-one years died in Hastings at a room in tne l,in dell hotel. The deceased has resided in Hastings for a long time, and has been carrying mail sacks from the postoffice to the trams for the past ten years. He performed his usual duties up to last Sunday when he was sud denly taken ill and gradually got worse until the end came. Manager Farmer or the Auburn Can ning company at Auburn, is very high ly encouraged over the prospects ot the corn crop tms season. His men have just finished plowing for the last time, this season. 400 acres of the 1,000 out, and the corn is now tassei ing. The crop is about two weeks in advance of that of last year and indi cations are for one-tnird larger out put. The factory will begin operations about July 16 or 20. The voters of Grattan townsnip Holt county, at a meeting called for that purpose selected a committee to col lect in the =horta?e of Former Treas urer Patrick Handley, who was found to be short in his accounts about $5, 400. or nearly 55 per cent of the money he received. They have re covered so far about $600 and a quar ter section of land, but expect to re cover ail the shortage. The record of mortgages tiled and released in Polk county shown for the month of June were Eleven mortgages tiled, amounting to $18,443.73: releas ed. fourteen mortgages, amounting to $17,042: city mortgages tiled, one. amounting to $35<i; released, two mortgages, amounting to $2,050; chat tel morteaees filed, forty-one, amount ing to $17,337.50; released, fourteen mortgages, amounting to $5,178.90. "Brome grass is going to revolu tionize the sandy country of western Nebraska, and will make it luo per cent better country.” said Congress man Moses P. Kinkaid. of the big Sixth district, author of the sections homestead law and who has just been ant over the territory to investigate the progress of the grasses which the government has planted in the north ern part of the cattle raising section of the state, as an experiment. At a meeting of the McCook Com mercial club it was decided to hold a street fair. August 27 to September 2. 1905. inclusive one week, and to en- i gage the Parker amusement company for that occasion. A committee at ; once closed a contract with Manae^r Tyler of the company, and the busi- 1 ness men of the city were approached with a subscription list, with the re sult that about $2,uoo were subscribed for the enterprise. Because the B. & M. has refused to pay its iyt>4 taxes in Seward county, the board of supervisors want the court house contractors to ship all the material for the new building over the , Northwestearn. A resolution to that efTect was adopted. Los Angeles I Cal.) dispatch: t;en eral Amasa Cobb, brigadier general ot volunteers during the civil war, vet eran of the Mexican war. ex-congress- , man and ex-justice of the supreme court or Nebraska died here aged 82 years. Cobb was a personal friend of President Lincoln. His body will be removed to Nebraska for interment. A toy cannon discharged by a neigh bor’s boy named Bolton, seriously in- i Jured Georgia, the if-year-oid dauehter of Me. and Mrs. Thomas Larrison of Grand Island. It is believed the sight will be saved, but the girl will be dis figured for life from powder burns. Chaplain James Mailley of the Meth odist Episcopal church of Stromsburg. has received a telegram from his son, Charles, who is now at Annapolis, saying that he has successfully passed j both his mental and physical examina tions for entrance to the united States : naval academy and will soon enter upon his duties as a midshipman. —— I STATISTICS OF SHIPPING CIVEN TO THE PUBLIC The following figures on the ship ments of wheat, corn, oats, barley, r>e and hay made in Nebraska during 1904 was given out by Chief Clerk Don C. Despain of the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The totals show i that the farmers of the state had a surplus of 73,294.753 bushels of smail grain and 129,071 tons of hay, which represents an approximate value of $45,000,000. The total shipments of corn, 45,031,409 bushels, is equivalent to 19 per cent of the total crop of ' 1904, and is an increase of 5.000.G00 i bushels over the shipments of 1902, showing that the farmers of Nebraska i are becoming greater exporters of the ; king cereal each year. The shipments | of wheat, 19.677,212 bushels, is equal to 61 per cent of the wheat crop of 1904. The shipments of oats are equal to 10 per cent of the crop of 11904. the barley shipments 15 per cent and th rye shipments equal just one ! half the total production of last year, while the shipments of hay equal 13 ; per cent. The table shows Cass county to rank first in the shipment of corn, having shipped 3.513 125 bushels, while Saunders county is a close sec ond with 3.224,908 bushels. In wheat • shipments Phelps county bads with 1,611,333 bushels. Furnas county is second with 1,385,333 bushels to its credit. Cedar county leads in oats with 1,219,052 bushels, while Knox county is second with 1,085,063 bushels. Cedar county also leads in barley shipments, its shipments totaling 157,210 bushels, while Frontier county ranks first in ■rye shipments with 117,520 bushels. Holt county shipped 43.542 tons of hay, thereby ranking first. LIVE STOCK SHIPMENTS. Comparative Statistics cf the Years 1894 and 1893. LINCOLN—The shipments of live stock during the year 1904 show a considerable increase over the ship ments of the year 1903, according to the statistics of the bureau of labor and statistics, which were given cut by Chief Clerk Don C. Despain. The prosperous condition of the farmer and stockman is shown by the fact that there were 829.985 more nead of live stock shipped in 1904 than in 1903. The total shipments of all live stock was 4.682,333 head. In 1904 there were 955,791 head of cattle shipped, as com pared with 955,263 head in 1903. The similarity of these figures is indica tive of the steadiness of cattle ship ments. The comparison of hog ship ments for the two years shows an in crease of 581,398 head, there being 2,742,909 head shipped in 1904 and 2.161,511 in 1903. The horses and mules shipments in 1904 were 57.952 head, and 54,823 in 1903. A large gain is noticeable in the sheep shipments, the 1904 shipments totaling 925.681 head, as compared with 680,751 in 1903. In the shipments of cattle Dodg° county leads, with 28.401: Sheridan is * second with 27.350; Merrick third with 27,025, and Custer fourth with 26,675 head to its credit. Dodge coun ty also ranks first in hog shipments with total shipments of 85,320; Cus ter is second with 81,100; Saunders third with 81,024, and Knox fourth with 79.387. In the shipments of sheep Buffalo county is far ahead of all others, haring shipped 161.460 head, while the next ranking county. Hall, shipped 94.365 head Dodge. Se ward and Colfax counties follow in the order named. Buffalo county also leads in the shipment of horses and muleB, its total being 4,516, with Dawes second with 3.666 head. BANKER CHAMBERLAIN CUILTY OF EMBEZZLEMENT TECI'MSEH—The jury in the case of the State against Charles M Cham berlain returned a verdict of guilty of ; embezzlement. Chamberlain was cash ier of the Chamberlain Banking bouse in Tecumseh. which failed in August. 1902. Since that time until about three months ago he had been a fugitive. He gave himself up to the authorities and was indicted on charges of em bezzlement A move will be made for a new trial. — LINCOLN—R. B. Carter. C. J An derson and W. E. Taylor of Omahi have been appointed members of the commission to pass on voting ma chines, each of the state officers. Gov ! ernor Mickey, Auditor Searle and Secretary of State Galusha. selecting a man. Gov. Mickey chose Taylor, who is a machinist on the World-Herald: Galusha selected Carter, ex-building inspector of Omaha, and Searle chose Anderson, a member of the legisla ture which passed the law and inci dentally the father of the measure. Home From Mexican Prison. SIDNEY'—Mac Stewart, a Cheyenne county cowboy In the early ’80s. wan dered down to old Mexico, where, about ten rears ago. he got into trouble with a policeman whom he killed. For this offense he was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. This sentence wa3 later commuted »o , solitary confinement for life on a diet of bread and water. The jailer's daugh ter became interested in his case. and. through her efforts and those of Wil liam A. Paxton of Omaha be was re leased. Scavenger Suits Filed. LINCOLN—Deputy County Attor ney Matson filed a “scavenger” suit in the district court which cover* de I linquent property in Lincoln and Lan caster county, which, if paid up. would I enrich the treasury by about 11,000, : 000. _ Will Issue Session Laws. LINCOLN—Secretary of State Gal usha has announced that the session ; laws will be ready for distribution in ' a few days. The state printing board {let the contracts for the printing.