Nebraska Newspapers

    CHINA IS NOWINkFERMENT
ALARMING NEWS RECEIVED BY
THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
Famine Gives Pretext for Agitation,
and Life of Present Dynasty Is
to Be Endangered.
Washingron—From Shanghai ad
vices received at the Slate depart
ment it appears that the ruling
dynasty in China is seriously alarmed
over the effect of the spread of famine
through the country and the opportu
nity it offers to seditionary societies
to enlist converts to the cause direct
ed against the government. The gov
ernment s inability to relieve suffer
ing. it is said, has been magnified and
the hardships of the people are attrib
uted to lack of sympathy by the gov
ernment for the poor classes.
The information indicates that a
pr<- .aganda tias oec-u organized to fur
t ei the circulation of stories of the
caaraeter outlined and it is said that
State department officials fear that a
spread of ny-teria may engender a
general uprising. If such should be
the result there is danger that the
government might not be able to con
trol the situation. American and other
f ’reign interests then would be jeop
ardized. So great is the concern that
diplomatic and consular officials in
China have been instructed to keep
Washington advised of every turn in
the situation.
That the Chinese government rec
<iz;;.ze3 the dar.y.r is shown by the
fact that Viceroy man Fang of Yank
ing has memorialized the throne for
‘ >.000 to jmr base East Indian rice
to fet’d his people. Undoubtedly this
step was ta n to offset the work of
the sedition: ry societies as weil as to
relieve the immediate suffering. In
taking this ac'icn the viceroy predict
ed a general uprising in the famine
stricken district- unless prompt relief
is provided, but he- did not refer to
the trouble that has been stirred up
by the anti-government societies.
An extra effort will be made in the
l nited Sta'es to broaden the scope of
the movement to fnd relief for the
Chinese. Already there has been
large* sums of money collected and
dispatched to China to be used in the
purchase of food, and in the near fu
ture the transport Buford will sail
from San Francisr-o with a shipload
of provisions given by Louis Klopsch.
editor of the Christian Herald. A gen
era! movement throughout the oivil
iz-d world to aid the sufferers, it is be
lieved will enable the Chinese govern
ment to strengthen its hands and pos
sibly suppress uprising and riot.
RUSSIANS APPEAL TO AMERICA.
W. j. Bryan Presides at Meeting and
Delivers Address.
Chicago—W. J. Bryan presided at a
public reception here to M Alexis
A’aJe. leader of the radical left wing
of the Russian douma. and Count
Nicholas Tchaykcvsky. a prominent
member of the Russian radical party.
Both of the Russians stated that they
came to America to explain more fully
to the American people the Russian
situation, and to plead tha* "this na
tion of freedom let the Russian gov
ernment hear its mighty word to the
effect iha: the barbarities of the past
must cease and that inhumanity and
oppression must end forever.” Mr.
liryan made an address of some length.
DELIGHTED WITH THE CANAL.
Corgris-rren Visit New York from
Tr.o to Isthmus.
New York—Thiity-nine congressmen
who have been inspecting work on tile
i-dbmian canai arrived here on the
steamer Panama. Congressman S. C.
Smith of California.
"We were delighted with ail we saw.
They are taking out from 30,tk«i to 31.
cubic yards of dirt a day. with an
average of about SWl.ObO cubic yards a
month. There are cow estimated 52.
4*oo.'-tM> cubic yards to dig out. so you
can work it out for yourself. There
are 35.040 men on the pay roll, of
which 5,000 are Amieicans.
No Parcels Post Mails.
Washington—in consequence of the
withdrawal of the Oceanic Steamship
company of its steamers on the route
between San Francisco. Auckland and
Sydney, the postoffice depariment is
• ithout the means of dispatching par
cels jiost mails to New Zealand and
Au~;raiia. Consequently postmasters
have been instructed for the present
to decline to receive such packages
a ldressed for delivery in those coun
tries until ftirther orders, which will
be issued as soon as other arrange
ments ran be made.
Students in a Train Wreck.
Lcs Angeles—A sjiecia! train on the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe rail
way carrying scores of students home
from an intercollegiate meet at Clare
mont. collided head-on with the out
bound limited No. 2 on the same road
while both trains were moving at a
rapid rate, within the city limits here
i~. turdaj night. Six persons were
killed and seventeen injured, several
of them fatally.
Senator Burton Home.
Abilene, Kas.—Joseph R. Burton,
farmer United States senator from
Kansas, received a reception more en
thusiastic than that given him when
he first returned as senator when Sat
urday night he returned to his home
city after five months' 'imprisonment
at ircnton. Mo. A crowd of several
hundred persons, with the town band,
met him at the depot at 6 o'clock and
many persons were wearing badges on
which was inscribed. "Welcome, Bar
ton."
V.sjor Penrose Acquitted.
San Antcnio. Tex.—Major C. W
Penrose, of the Twenty-fifth infantry
was acquitted of the charge of.^eglec;
of duty preferred against him at the
instance of President Roosevelt for al
ieged misconduct in connection with
the “shooting up” of Brownsville,
Tex., by negro soldiers of the Twenty
fifth infantry last August.
Reactionary Leader Gene.
St. Petersburg—M. Pobodonestseff
ex-procurator general of the holj
synod, died on Sunday.
RIOTS ARE ON IN MOLDAVIA.
Hundreds of Farms and Many Vil
lages Devastated.
Vienna — The seriousness of the
situation in northern Moldavia grow
ing out of the agrarian disorders has
not. according to latest telegraphic re
ports reaching here from Czeraowitz,
on the border, been exaggerated.
It is estimated tonight that 400
farms in Moldavia have been devastat
ed. 8.000 fugitives have Red over the
Roumanian frontier into Austria, and
a rota! of 10.000 Jews are homeless.
The number of dead and wounied
cannot be given accurately, but the
reports of today give a total of about
eighty-five men killed anl about 150
wounded.
The outbreak seems today to have
been partially suppressed. The Rou
manian government is still sending
i troops into afflicted district. Practic
ally the entire province of Moldavia
has been involved.
The movement is really more tian
■ anti-Semitic. The peasants are in re- ;
volt against the grear farming trust. :
which has leased half the cultivatnble |
I land in Moldavia. The absentee If.nd
! lords who control the trust are Jews, i
aui this fact brings the ire of the
j peasant? down upon any and ail Jews |
j they meet and to this antipathy is ad- 1
j ded strong racial feeling, arising from
i other causes.
On Thursday 5n<* peasant? tried to
i invade Michaileni. Despite the fact ;
| that there was a sufficient number of j
i Roumanian troops in this town to {.top
| the rioters, the revolters at first got !
tiie upper hand because the soldiers,
j acting on the orders of the prefect of
I the town, were not permitted by their
. officers to open fire. In the fact of
I the menaces of the furious peasants,
i however some of the soldiers did fire
j against orders. This volley klied fif
! teen of the rioter? and wounded forty
i five, whereupon the peasants with
| drew.
STATE CHEMIST REPORTS.
Submits Analysis of Stock Foods to
the Senate.
Lincoln. Neb.—.Members of the
- state senate refused to be frightened
i at the letters addressed to the state
j chemist protesting against the analy
sis of stock foods manufactured and
sold in the state, and are determined
I to make public the composnior. of
these foods, regardless of threats of
I the manufacturers to proceed against
: the chemist if the analysis submitted
should happen not to be correct. State
i Chemist Redfern submitted an analy
sis of several of the foods as made at
the Iowa state laboratory and the re
port was read in open session this
! morning. Later the senate ordered
1.000 copies of the report to be- print
j ed.
FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE.
Metal Trades Association to Assist in
Movement.
Boston—At the closing session cf
its annual convention, the National
Metal Trades association urged prep
; arations to give national scope to
| President Roosevelt's new morenent
for the prevention of strikes. In a
speech considering the use to which
! the president has decided to put the
*40.000 Nobei peace fund prize recent
: ly awarded to him. James W. Van
Cleave of St. Louis, president of the
I National Association of Mannfactur
I ers. called upon all employers in the
I country to support the president's
j plan.
ACUTE FAMINE IN CHINA
Christian Herald Sends *50.00C to
Washington for Red Cross.
Washington—Dr. Louis Klopsct of
the Christian Herald has notified the
State department that his telegraphic
advices from China show such an
acute condition there that he is send
j ing to the Red Cross at Washington
*50.'»b0 in addition to the *100.000
i worth of food supplies which he will
j place on the armv transport Bnt'ord
-
Wint to Rest 3t Arlington.
Washington—Funeral services for
Brigadier General T. J. Wint. United
States army, who died In Philadel
phia. will be held at Arlington Nation
I al cemetery, where the burial will
i take place. It has been decided -.hat
j full military honors shall mark the
; burial cf Brigadier General Wint. Re
; ligious services will be held in Phila
j delpbia and the l>ody will then be
transported to Washington.
Taft Reconsiders.
Washington—Secretary Taft has re
| considered his original opinion ol
March 7 relative to the eight-hour law
' in its application to employes on rivet
and harbor works. Then he held dial
the law applied to every person con
nectei with the work on dredges and
j steamers of various kinds, while ht
i is now of the opinion that it afTecu
i only mechanics and laborers.
John C. Spooner's Successor.
Madison. Wis.—There will be no
i election of a United States senator to
; succeed John C. Spooner until Hay
If. according to an agreement reach
ed among legislative leaders.
Blackburn Gets a Job.
Washington—Secretary Taft an
uounced that Lieutenant Colonel
Goethals would succeed Mr. Stevens
as chairman of the Isthmian c.inal
commission and engineer in charge of
the canal work on April 1. When
| Colonel Goethals becomes chairman
, by promotion from the grade of com
! missioner there will be a vacancy in
the commission which will be filled by
the appointment of former Senator
I Joseph C. S. Blackburn of Kentucky.
; Colonel Goethals will receive a salary
of $15.<>0v annually.
Kill Socialists’ Bill.
Madison. Wis.—The legislature
killed the municipal ownership bill of
the socialists, which provides for putt
lie operation of the utilities which
may be condemned when once put in
the hands of a receiver by the ctvirts
Gees to an Asylum.
Atlantic City. Jf. J.—James Parker,
who attempted to save the life ol
President McKinley by striking the
arm of Czolgoz as the latter fired the
fatal shot at the president, Is in jail,
a raving maniac.
PUTER P _ I
LAND FRAUD INDICTMENTS NOT
TO BE PRESSED.
Gives Out Same Stories of Crooked
ness in B nger-Herman Trial at
Washington.
Washington—Again S A. D. Puter
testified for the government in the
Hermann trail regarding fraud and
bribery in many land deals. Jusr as
his cross-examination was closing At
torney Worthington for the defense
asked: "Were you ever promised im
munity by any representatives oi tne
government lor your testimony?”
"To a certain extent I have been."
was the answer.
Puter explained that after he had
been convicted in the case for which
he is serving- a two-year sentence in
Oregon, he had gone at once to United
States Attorney Heney and offered
to tell what he knew about land frauds.
He had many conferences with Heney
as a result of which witness testified:
"Heney told me that if I became a
witness for the government he would
not press those other indictments
against me. but would have them dis
missed when the time came."
"Did you try to bribe the grand
jury that indicted you?" aske'd Mr.
Worthington.
“I did,” was the answer.
The witness explained that he had
given a man named Brownell $50 to
influence two of the grand jurors to
see that a “true bill” was not returned
against him. This effect failed.
"Were you engaged in criminal op
erations after your convictions and
prior to your sentence?” was the next
question of the cross-examiner.
"Yes, to a certain extent. That is. I
was dealing in a great deal of state
land and alleged fraudulent title."
Mr. Worthington dwelt some time on
the statement of Puter that be had
while in Washington in 1902, regarding
the "Eleven-seven” claims, talked to
Assistant Commissioner Richards. To
direct question whether Hermann had
not told the witness that the matter
had been turned over to Richards and
that he would attend to the matter, the
witness answered in the negative.
SENATOR BURTON RELEASED.
Having Served His Senten:e He -Now
Returns Home.
St. Louis, Mo. — Former United
States Senator Josepn R. Burton, of
Kansas, who has been serving a sen
tence of sis months imprisonment in
the Iron county jail at Ironton. Mo.,
will be released at once. lie was con
victed of having appeared before the
postoffice department in behalf of the
Rialt Grain and Securities company of
St. Louis while a member of ths
United States senate and having re
ceived compensation ior so doing.
Thurstons Under the Sea.
Bridgeport Conn.—Mrs. John M.
Thurston, wife of former United States
Senator Thurston of Nebraska, and
Mrs. .1. C. Lake, wife of the assistant
manager of the Lake Submarine Tor
pedo Boat company, and said to the
first women ever to make a trip in a
submarine boat, were among a party
of persons who made a trip in a sub
marine boat. Thursday. The boat was
submerged for two hours in Long Isl-,
and sound, just outside the Bridgeport
harbor, during which luncheon was
served and an hour devoted to Im
promptu speechmaking.
Battleship Plans Worthless.
Washington—The theft of the plans
of the battleship Nebraska from the
desk of the superintendent of construc
tion at the Moran Bros.' shipyards at
Seattle has not been reported to the
navy department. The department
does not take the reported theft se
riously. The stolen booklet does not1
contain the plans of the mechanism
which it is especially desired to keep
secret. OGcials of the bureau of con
struction said that practically every
thing in the booklet has heretofore
been made public.
_
Americans Not Enthusiastic.
Washington—American capitalists
have not been kindly to the plan for
an agricultural bank for the Philip
pines, and it now seems likely that
the bank will be established with
English capital.
Nebraska Stockman Killed.
Kenosha. Wis. — E. H. Lemon, a
wealthy stock dealer of Gordon. Neb.,
fell down the steps leading to the
| subway of the Northwestern railway
station here. His chest was crushed
and he died three hours later.
IS CHARGEDWITH BRIBERY
GRAND JURY BRINGS ACCUSA
TICN AGAINST RUEF.
Long Looked For Indictment in San
Francisco Graft Cases
Returned.
San Francisco. Cal.—The long
looked-for indictment in the munici
pal graft cases were returned Wed
nesday night. Shortly after 6 o'clock
the grand jury filed with Presiding
Judge Coffey of the superior court
seventy-five indictments charging
bribery, which were found on evidence
presented to the grand jury after six
months' probing into the municipal
affairs of this city by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Francis J. Heney and
Secret Service Agent William J.
Burns, and which reveal an amazing
story of alleged graft and corruption
that surpasses the boodle cases of St.
Louis, ranks with the Minneapolis ex
pose and is only eclipsed in the
amount of money passed, but not in its
ramifications ami organization, by the
famous Tween ring of New York.
Of the indictments returned, sixty
five are against Abraham Ruef. for
years the political boss of San Fran
cisco. charging him with bribing the
board of supervisors to grant fran
chises to the United railroads, the
Home Telephone company, the San
Francisco Gas and Electric company
and the so-called "prize fight trust.”
Ten are against T. V. Halsey, former
general agent of the Pacific States
Telephone company, who is charged
with having bribed the supervisors not
to grant a franchise to a rival com
pany. One indictment against Ruef
and four more against Halsey, which
it is understood were also returned to
day. were not filed in open court.
Several more indictments, ‘he exact
number and against what person.
Heney and Burns refuse to divulge un
til the accused persons have been ar
grand jury', but not filed Heney and
Burns not even trusting the secret
file.
STOCK LAW IS VIOLATED.
Secretary Wilson Sends Evidence in
Twenty-Nine Cases.
Washington—Secretary Wilson of
the department of agriculture for
warded to the department of justice
the proof in twenty-nine new cases
against various railroads for viola
tion of the so-called twenty-eight-hour
law which requires that live stock
shall not be kept on cars without food
and water and rest for longer than
twenty-eight hours. The number of
cases and the roads against which
they are to be brought follow:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. 8:
Baltimore & Ohio, 6; New York Cen
tral. 4: Salt Lake. Los Angeles & San
Pedro. 2: Great Northern. 3: Cincin
nati. New Orleans & Texas Pacific. 1;
Union Pacific. 1; Northern Pacific, 1;
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul, 1;
Negro Banker Assassinated in Street.
Hattiesburg. Miss.—Edward Howell,
one of the most influential negroes in
southern Mississippi, and president of
the People's bank, was shot in the
back and killed while on his way home
Tuesday night.
Brothers Fight to Death.
New York—Two brothers who loved
the same woman fought with knives
and clubs in an east side saloon Tues
day, until both were so badly injured
that they probably will die.
Cost of Cuban Trouble.
Washington—Extraordinary expens
es to the United States up to date
caused by the sending of an army of
pacification to Cuba aggregate about
$2,500.00(1, according to figures which
have been prepared by the war depart
ment and now made public. The
navy has made no extraordinary
charges for the part it has taken in
the maintenance of peace in the isl
and, but the marine corps have
charged extra expenses for the organ
ization of a brigade of marines to as
sist in preventing trouble.
Ruined With a Bomb.
Oakland. Cal.—A bomb was explod
ed in front of Judge Ogden's house
cn Alice street. The whole from of
the house was destroyed, but none of
the family injured.
Erickson at the Prison.
Leavenworth, Has.—J. A. E. Erick
son. a banker of Minot, ,S. D-, can
victed of making false reports to the
bank examiner and sentenced to five
years' imprisonment was brought
here and placed in the United States
penitentiary.
U. P. STANDS UNSUPPORTED.
Hill and Harriman Stocks Principal
Sufferers.
New York—Prices crumbled away
during the early dealing in the stock
marKet Tuesday. The preciparcy of
the decline recalled the market of last
week and gave rise to renewal un
easiness.
The greatest sufferers from the re
newed pressure were the Hil! and Har
riman stock. St. Paul. Reading and
Smelting. Union Pacific fell 7 without
any sign of support. Many active
stocks fell between 2 and 3. Selling
for foreign account was an important
element in the weakness and fears
were entertained that trouble was
brewing in some foreign financial mar
kets. It was believed also that there
were selling out of accounts that
helped through the slump of last week
on condition that opportunity should
be taken of the first recovery in the
market to reduce holdings.
The break in the first hours was as
cribed to a variety of causes, chief
among them being a persistent rumor
that one or more failures are immi
nent. Ixtndon sold about €0.000 shares
in the first hour, chiefly Erie. South
ern Pacific and Steel.
The excitement on the exchange was
quite as great as that of last Thurs
day. Considerable stock was thrown
on the market at any pr'ce it might
bring.
Before noon it was announced that
the clearing house sheets from mem
bers had gone through. It was inti
mated in an official quarter that sev
eral members had been carried over
and that their affairs were being in
vestigated by a stock exchange com
mittee.
Among the alarming rumors was one
affecting a banking house, which is
said to have suffered losses on loans
on collateral ot doubtful value.
HONDURAS IS HARRASSED.
Revolution Force Capture the Town of
Trujillo.
Washington—Dispatches received by
the state department indicate that N'ic
araguan warships are threatening the
entire north coast of Honduras.
Philip R. Brown, secretary to the
American mission to Guatemala and
Honduras, advised the department
that he had dispatches from the Amer
ican consul at Ceibul indicating that
conditions are much disturbed there.
A later dispatch from Mr. Brown
confirms the report that Trujillo is iD
the hands of Honduran revolutionists
and that the north coast of Honduras
is threatened by the forces operating
against the government. The dis
patch does not state whether the Nic
araguan ship assisted in capturing
Trujillo for the revolutionists who art
operating with the Nicaraguan govern
ment.
NEGROES TRANSFERRED.
Sixty-Eight Go to West Point for Per
rranent Service.
Fort Leavenworth. Kas. — Orders
were received here to transfer sixty
eight negroes, soldiers of the Second
squadron or the Ninth cavalry, tc
West Point for permanent service at
the military academy. Twenty-four
will leave this week in charge of Lieu
tenant Sherrard Coleman. The others
will follow in May.
Arbitration at St. Paul.
St. Paul—Arbitration between the
state and railways may settle the dif
ferences of the commodity rates and
the agitation for lower railroad fares
in Minnesota. If negotiations now
pending come to a head resolutions
will be introduced in both houses of
the legislature today or tomorrow in
structing the committees on the 2-cent
fare bill of both bouses to arrange foi
a meeting with the governor, the at
torney general, and railroad eommis
sion and the representatives of th<
railroads to agree on a basis of com
promise.
W. J. Bryan's Birthday.
Cincinnati. O.—William J. Bryan
Tuesday night was the guest of the
Cincinnati Democratic club, where he
male an address.
Mr. Bryan called attention to the
fact that he was spending the forty
seventh anniversary of his birth in
Cincinnati, concluding with the re
mark that he expected to live through
five more presidential campaigns. ‘1
went into politics by accident and I
stayed in by design.'' he added..
Warm Day in Oklahoma.
Guthrie, Okla.—All heat records of
Oklahoma were broken when the ther
raometer Tuesday afternoon regis
tered 102 in the shade. The unusual
heat was accompanied by a stiff
breeze. Reports from all over the ter
ritory are of a like nature. At Okla
homa City the mercury reached 97 and
at Thomas 99.
Thaw Help* Flood Sufferers.
Pittsburg. Pa.—Mayor George W.
Guthrie received a letter from Harr>
K. Thaw, in which a check for $100
was inclosed to aid persons . ufTering
from the flood of last week.
50,000 Trainment to Strike.
Chicago—Trainment and conductors
on all railroad lines west of Chicagc
have rejected the recent offer of the
general managers of the systems foi
an increase in wages, according to in
formation. The official canvas cf the
referendum vote, which has been in
progress for a fortnight, will oegin ai
once. It is stated further that the
trainmen have voted to strike if theii
demands are not granted. Unless the
railroad managers offer further con
cessions a strike of 50.000 men is
likely to result.
Stockmen Compromise.
Laramie, Wyo.—At a meeting of cat
tlemen and sheepmen a compromise
was effected as to grazing on the Med
icine Bow forest reserve. A dividing
line was marked out which both sides
agree to observe. There had been
danger of a clash.
General John H. Moore Dead.
Washington—Brigadier General John
H. Moore, United States army, retired
died here. General Moore served at
the head of the medical department
from 1886 to 1890.
UNO MEN BEFORE JUDGE
RICHARDS AND COMSTOCK GET
FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
Jameson and Aquilla G.ven a Leas
Fine and Shorter Term in
Douglas County Jail.
Omaha—Judge V.\ H. Munger over
ruled the Motion for a new trial in
the cases of Bartlett Richards. Will
G. Comstock. Charles C. Jameson and
Aquilla Triplett in the United States
district court and sentenced the ac
cused as follows: Bartlett Richards,
a fine of $1,500 and one year in the
Douglas county jail; Will G. Corn
stock. $1,500 fine and one year in the
Douglas county jail, and Charles C.
Jameson and Aquilla Troplett. $500
fine and eight months each in the
! Douglas county jail,
j The attorneys for the defendants
at once gave notice that they would
file a petition in error, which is equiva
lent to an appeal to the United States
circuit court of appeals for the Eigha
circuit.
The appeal bond was at once fixed
at $5,000 in the case of each defend
ant. which was promptly given.
The preliminary remarks by Judge
j Munger before passing sentence were
very brief and dwelt upon the ques
tions raised by the attorneys fer the
defense relative to the empaneling o'
the jury and the character of the evi
dence produced during the trial.
"The question was formally askpd
of each juror regarding his know
j edge of the law.” said Jjidge Mon
ger. "but there was no error in that
The question of the disposition of the
land and the intention of the entry
men was fully gone over fu the evi
j hence, and the fact that it was the
intention to secure soldier entrymen
who had served the longest bore out a
possible understanding as to the ulti
mate transfer of the land. For these
reasons the motion for a new trial
is overruled and the defendants are
given the usual exceptions."
AH the defendants and their attor
neys were in the court room when the
decision was handed down. Among
other spectators were Thomas M.
Huntington and T. B. Hord and sev
eral of the attorneys for other land
and cattlemen who have cases pend
ing before the court.
Judge Munger first asked the de
fendants if they had anything to say
as to why sentence should not be
passed. Mr. Comstock made a brief
talk and was followed by Judge Curtis,
counsel for the defease, after which
Judge Munger passed sentence.
UNION PACIFIC STOPS WORK.
Company Makes Good Announcement
of Several Days Ago.
Onaga. Kas.—Pursuant to orders
from Union Pacific headquarters ai
Omaha, work on the construction of
the Topeka & Northwestern railroad
from Onaga northwest has been sus
pended and wark all along the road
came to a standstill at *» o'clock Mon
day night. Already the grading outfits
from along the route are arriving in
this city for transportation to othsf
parts of the country. As a result of
the shutdown thousands of men hrve
been thrown out of employment and
every train leaving here is crowded
with discharged laborers.
EXPOSITION IS OPEN.
President Touches Button and Start3
the Show.
Louisville. Kv.—The application of
President Roosevelt's thumb to a but
ton in the White House let loose a
jangling of bells and a screeching of
whistles Monday afternoon, which told
the people throughout the city of the
formal opening of the Greater _ouis
ville exposition. Immediately upon
the uproar Creatore and his band
swung into ‘ Dixie” and the Exposi
tion March.
Urge Two-Cent Postage.
London—Chancellor of the Ex
chequer Asquith has received a dep
uration representing some 300 mem
bers of the house of commons, who
urged the establishment of a 2-cent
postal fate with America. Mr. Asquith
said there was no indication that the
American government was in favor of
conceding a 2-ccnt rate, and while he
promised to bear the matter in mind,
he cheerfully refrained from commit
ting himself to any definite pledge.
Salvador Joins Honduras.
Panama—According to reliable in
formation received here from Salvador
j that country has allied itself openly
with Honduras in the war with Nic
aragua. On March 10 2300 Salvado
j ran soldiers landed at Amapaia and
proceeded the next morning in the di
rection of Choiuteca. This body of
men came from San Miguel, in Hoa
! duras. and are under the command cf
General Jose Dolores Presa.
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Gen. Wint Passes Away.
Philadelphia — Brigadier General
Theodore J. Wint, formerly command
ing the Department of tne Missouri,
with headquarters at Omaha, died sud
denly at a hotel here Thursday. Ho
came to Philadelphia to undergo med
ical treatment.
Dan Anthony for Congress.
Topeka. Kas.—Daniel R. Anthony c*
Leavenworth, editor of the Leaven
worth Times, will have no opposition
in the race for the republican nomina
tion for congressman from the First
Kansas district to fiil the place made
vacant by the resignation of Charles
W. Curtis, now senator from Kansas.
All other prospective candidates for
the nomination withdrew Monday.
The primary election will be held
March 29 and the special ele tion
May 23. The district is overwhelm
ingly republican .
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Young Women Quarantined.
Indianola, la.—Sixty young women
students of Simpson college, residents
of the women's dormitory are quar
! antined as a result of an outbreak c*
scarlet fever.
Cement Production.
Washington—According to a state
ment issued by the geological survey,
the prodetion of hydraulic cement iu
the United States in 1906 was 50.927,
221 barrels, valued at $54,015,772_
This represents a large increase.
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES!
GATHERED FROM EXCHANGES
AND PRESS DISPATCHES.
Miscellaneous Items of Interest Bear
ing Upon Many Subjects of
General Concern.
A couple of cases of sznallpax are
reported in the vicinity of Upland.
South Omaha has a new police board'
just appointed by Governor Sheldon.
For and against license will be the
issue in the coming elections in many
towns.
The firemen's fund at Beatrice has
received $25 from the Union Pacific
railroad.
The Blair telehone exchange has de
cided to construct a building for its
own use.
The Stromsburg Woman's Relief
corps offers a gold medal for an essay
on patriotism.
Rev. A. J. Cash has been ordained
and will have charge of the Episcopal
church at Albion.
Lieut. Kavanaugh. who was with
Dewey at Manila, has recently been
visiting at Tecumseh.
The professor of schools at Hyan
nis has been re-elected and his salary
increased to $90 a month.
At Seward. Judge Evans fined Roy
Clo.-ton $50 and gave him a sixty-day
jail sentence for stealing clover seed.
In view of an article appearing in
an Omaha paper. Dr. Young of the
Norfolk asylum asks for an investiga
tion.
Th9 board of education of Oakdale
has re-elected H. F. Hooper as super
intendent of the public schools at a
salary of $900.
In the county court at Tekamah.
Charles J. Ellis was found guilty of
selling liquor to a minor. The case
will be appealed.
L L. Young, four miles east of Oak
land, had a black mare weighing from
1.200 to 1.500 pounds and a saddle
stolen from his barn.
The last sack of money stolen from
the Butte postoffice last May has been
found underneath a heap of cobs in a
coal shed. It contained $3o. About
$1,000 was stolen.
The proposition tor an issue of $15.
000 in bonds to otiild water works was
carried by 105 to 33 at Pa pillion. The
event was celebrated at night by a
great demonstration.
The board of education of Grafton
has increased the salaries of the prin
cipal to $90; assistant principal to $5>
and grade teachers to $50 for the com
ing school year.
Ephraim Hall, a wealthy farmer liv
ing in the vfeinity of Bee. SewarJ
county, suddenly expired of heart
failure, while in the act of alighting
from a northwestern train.
Construction on the Evangelical
Lutheran church at York has begun.
Senator Dollivar of Iowa will speak
before the North Nebraska Teachers'
association in Norfolk in April.
Frank Brink has been placed on trial
at Ponca for the murder of his sweet
heart. Bessie Newton, the dav before
the date set for her marriage to Ed
ward O'Donnell of Humboldt. Ia.
Fred Bazelman. a lumber dealer at
Bristow, has been arrested, charged,
with setting fire to his own and other
buildings at Bristow. The fire burned
half the town and caused a loss of $50,
000.
Secretary Royce of the State Bank
ing board has taken charge of the
Citizen's Bank at Firth. Lancaster
county, and an examiner has been
sent there to look over the bank's
accounts.
The Nebraska Ctvy baseball league
has been formed into an association
and a large amount of stock has been
subscribed for the maintenance of a
first-class baseball team during the
coming summer.
Mrs. Hugo Frey of Stuart, has been
awarded $2,000 by a jury because her
husband, a saloonkeeper, died. She
claimed wholesale liquor men who sold
him liquor caused the death. Ten
firms are included in the count.
At a meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the Mary Young Men'3
Christian association, Beatrice, it was
decided to hold the dedication services
April 27 to May 5. It is though the
building will be completed by that
time.
The body of Benjamin F. Davenport,
fifty-nine years old, was found at his
home, seventeen miles southeast of
Harrison, death being caused by heart
disease and pleurisy. The 'eceased
was in the act of pumping water from
A deep well when the death stroke
came. He has been in poor health for
several week as shown by a dairy
.found on his person.
General Manager Frank Walters of
the Northwestern, while in Fremont
j said that the road would not begin its
j contemplated $50,000 worth of im
i provements in the Fremont yards this
year until the present session of the
legislature has adjourned. Mr. Wal
ters said that while there was no in
tention to abandon the improvements
that the road would not begin them
until it knew what kind of a freight
law the legislature would pass.
Twentysix applicants for govern
ment positions took the examination
for the mail service at the postoffice
in Beatrice. Most of the applicants
were from that vicinity.
An organization has been effected
in Auburn for the relief of Chinese
suffering. Nightly meetings have
been held and over one hundred dol
lars in cash already raised. Grain
and clothing will be solicited. Auburn
feels very remorseful because she
did nothing for the sufferers of San
Francisco and intends to make up for
her neglect.
Women of Omaha will raise $20,000
to construct a new Clarkson hospital.
L. C. & W. C. Johnston, sheep feel
ers and farmers of Seward county, left
for a trip to Mexico and the Sand
wich islands. They will be gone sev
eral months.
The 2%-year-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. B. Baxley, who live six miles
northwest of T'nca met death in a
peculiar manner. The child was play
ing at the home place and while run
ning stepped into a deep hole and fell
backwards, breaking its neck and
causing instant death.