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United States Supreme Court
Hands Down Opinions.
MAKES EWKH IN COUNTRY'S HISTORY
Membe xpress Convictions on
Extent to Which
CONSTITUTION MUST FOLLOW flAG
Dri'luliiii In u Men Mini llhi-t Comfort In
llotli Nltlc Untie- In Del.liiiu Cum
H'riwiKfullj l.rtlcd -lltiicrntiiciit
SiihIiiIiipiI In Diiivim I'll Kf -
Philippine ("me Neil
In the United States Supreme court
Monday last opinions were handed
down In all but two of the eases before
that court Involving the relation of Un
united States to itslnsitlur possessions.
The two eases in which no conclusion
was announced was those Known as
the fourteen diamond rings case and
the second of the Donley cases. The
undecided Dooley case deals with a
phase of the Porto Kican question and
the diamond rings case involves the
right to the free importation of mer
chandise from the Philippines to the
I'nltcd States.
Of the several cases decided the two
which attracted the greatest share of
attention from the court were what is
known as the dc Lima ease and those
known as the Downes ease and of
those two the Downes ease Is consider
ed the most far-reaching as it atloots
our future relations. The de Lima
ease dealt with a transitional phase of
our insular relations.
Thedc Lima case was the tlrst to re
ceive the attention of the court and as
it appeared to be quite- sweeplngly op
Msed to the government's contentious,
many persons precipitately arrived at
the conclusion that the government
had been worsted all along the line.
I Ins view mi tiered a decided change
when the conclusion was announced
in the Downes case. The court was
very evenly divided on both eases.
The de Lima ease involved the power
of the government to collect a duty
in goods imported into the I'nltcd
States from Porto Kico after the rati
fication of the treaty of Paris and be
fore the passage of the Porto llican
act. The court said the government's
contention in the ease was substantial
ly a claim that Porto Kico is foreign
territory. The entire en si' turned up
on that contention. The court held
that the position was not well taken;
that Porto Kico was not at the time
foreign territory and that therefore
the duty which had been collected
must tai returned.
The decision of the Downes case fol
lowed the history of the dealings of Un
united States with Porto Kico a step
farther.
That case dealt with the legality of
the exaction of duty on goods imported
from Porto Kico Into New York after
the passage of the Foraker act pro
viding for n duty upon goods shipped
from the I'nited States into Porto Kico
and also on those shipped from Porto
Kico to the I'nltcd States. In this
case the court held that such eviction
was legal and constitutional.
The point of the two opinions con
sidered collectively is that Porto Kico
was never after the acquisition of that
island foreign territory; that until
congress acted upon the question no
duty could be collected, but as soon
iu congress outlined a method of con
trolling the island's revenues that ac
tion became binding. In other words,
that congress has power under the con
stitution to prescribe the manner of
collecting the revenues of the coun
try's insular possessions and has the
right to lay a duty on goods imported
into our insular possessions from tin;
United States or exported from them
Into tlic I'nited States. It holds, in
brief, that for taxation purposes they
arc not a part of the United States to
the extent that goods shipped between
their ports and the United States are
entitled to the same treatment as
though they were shipped between
New York and New Orleans.
Justice llrown delivered the court's
opinion in both and there were vigor
ous dissenting opinions In both. In
the Downes case four of tho nine mom
Iters of the court united hi an opinion
characterizing in strong language the
opinion of the majority in that case.
In this opposing opinion the chief jus
tice and . I ustlees Harlan, Krewer and
Peckham united, and the chief justice
and Justice Harlan presented their
views in written form. Justices (!ray,
Shlras, White and Mclvonna. also.
while agreeing with the conclusion
announced by Justice Drown, an
nounced that they had reached the
conclusion by dill'erent line of argu
ment, and Justices (Iray, White and
McKcnna announced opinions outlin
ing their respective positions.
Justices Shiras, White and .McKcnna
nlso dissented In the do Lima case.
Justice (Iray also presented an inde
pendent and dissenting opinion in that
case.
Children Killed by Hcur.
The three children of U. P. Porter
field, a mountaineer residing about
twelve miles southeast of Job, Wyo.,
wiiilo gathering (lowers In the woods
near their home, wore killed and par
tially devoured by 11 bear. Tho re
mains were found by a searching party
which had been out since Sunday even
ing. Tim bear was discovered later
and killed,
The best dressed man in Dodgn City
is an editor, and ho wears real dhi-uiondb.
DE LIMA CASE THE FIRST
Court Until 'Unit Untie IVcre miiR
full Drclilril.
Tin' Ih'-t ease decided by tho supremo
court was that of Kilns S. . ilt Kiinu
ft al.. platutilfs In error against Ceo.
I!. Kltlwoll, collector f tin' port of
Now Vorlt. Tho decision was rendered
In behalf of tin' innjority of tho court
Justice Krown. tin' opinion being con
curred in ly all the justices, except
Justice MeKetina. Shims anil VhlU
TIip decision liuii"; upon the levying
of SKI. 001) In duties on goods imported
from Porto llleo into the I'nlteil States
the eolleetlon of the duty having been
Mistaineil hv the lower court In ef
fect the decision was that territory no
quired by the United States is a part
of the I lilted and not foreign territory
mid that such Import duties could not
be levied. The decision of the lower
court was reversed.
i'liK Outturn' 1'nor.
Justice llrown also delivered the
opinion of tlio court tu the ease of
Downes vs. Collector llldwell, of the
port of New York in which suit was
brought by Downes to recover back
duties to the amount of SO.V.i.'i.'i exacted
and paid under protest upon certain
oranges consigned to the plaintiff and
brought to Now York from Porto Kico
during the month of November, 11MM.
This case involved the question
whether merchandise brought into the
Port of New York from Porto Kico
since the passage of the I'orakcr act is
evempt from dut.v. notw ithstandinc'
tlie third section of that act, which re
quires the paj incut of "l. per cent of
the duties which are required to be
levied, collected and paid upon like ar
ticles of merchandise imported from
foreign countries."
The circuit court of the United
States of the southern district of New
York .sustained the government In this
position in imposing a duty.
The supreme court aftlrmed the opin
ion of the circuit court saying:
'We are of the opinion that the Isl
and of Porto Kico is a territory ap
purtenant and belonging to the United
States, but not a part of the United
States within the revenue clause of the
constitution; that the i'orakcr act is
constitutional so far as it imposes du
ties upon imports from such Island and
that tho plaintiff cannot iccover back
the duties exacted in tills case."'
state'schoolfunds
Amount Due Kuril I'oiiut.v I'rcmi Ihtt
Apportionment.
State Superintendent Fowler has up
poi tinned the temporary school fund
011 a basis of 'I77.H?' persons of school
age, that being the census of one year
ago. The total found for the semi-annual
period is S.'i.-.u.S.VI.UO and the rate
is a little less than lt.'l cents per scholar.
The following statement prepared by
the state superintendent, shows the
amount apportioned to each county
Am't
Am't
Due
(i.HK'.Ot' Johnson.. .
:i.SM-.2f Ke.irnev. ..
iHO.ir. Keith. .
t:is.;ui Kevu Palm
il,lM1.7T Kimball .
l.WKI.Iil Knox
'-',44:1.111 Lancaster .
!,ir7.(HI Lincoln....
7.(14.0'.) Logan
I.2IU.21 oii
MTil.27 Madison .
T.'.'imJ.OT McPliers'n.
L22.V..M Merrick...
8.V.1.IHI Niiuce ....
1,414.00 Nemaha .
l,ar(!.trj Nuckolls ..
,-.,W7.4:i Otoe. . .
l,UX."i.l2 Pawnee. .
r,lS.4S Perkins. ..
T.attl.N) Phelps
'J.'JO'J.U Pierce . ..
1.SIW.17 Pl.itto. ...
1.21 1.2S Polk . .
iMKJliT Hod WIl'w.
il.lWI.iW Wiil'dsoti..
7,r.03.0,.l Hock
:is,-l!l 50 Sallim
7(11.47 Sarpy
ft.lsi.tio Saunders..
:i.!!77.IW Seotts H'lf
'I.Ouii.Ol Seward....
l.it-lt'.Sii Sheridan .
(1.841.411 Sherman...
1Mb. 17 Sioux
LS07.0S Stanton.. .
W7.7S Thayer
J.Mu.'VI Thomas-. . .
5,1118.14 Thurston..
4,('ks:i.i:i Valley ....
il.'8.'J4 Wasirton ..
WJ.lil Wayne.
l,(Kr2.7t Webster ..
4,0.71 Wheeler ..
r.l.OS York
:i,(l77.'-'7
n.KW.o'i Total .,
Due.
.'I,70.to
il.lV4S.54
ISM).04
(IK4.7II
Aihinis. .
Antelope .
Manner.. ,
ninlne. ..
Doonc
Dx Butte.
Hovil
Drown....
Dnff.do.. .
Hurt
Duller . .
1'asn . ..
Cedar . ..
Chase ...
Cherry. ..
Chy'inio, .
Cl.iy . . .
CnlfllX...
Cuming .
Cii'iter
Dakota . .
D.ivves ....
D.i w. son ..
Dcul. . ,.
Dixon. .
Dodge. . .
Douglas. .
Diimly....
Fillmore .
Franklin
Frontier .
Furnas..
221.01
.-.,UW.(H
20,420 ill
:i,8.v.ia
iU'-Mir.
422..'2
.-.,s7:i .v
'J'.I.SO
2,040.01
2,402.41
4.'.I0S.C.8
4,:w.7i
0,7WMN
;i,(im.i
,Vi:i.24
:i,tii7.i
:i,oi2.44
11,154.88
:,74!i.:
:i,'J74.:il
ll.fcll. (K)
51.4()
n,MM.:n
'-',70 1,42
7,750..J
822.7(1
n,225.V4
2,100.10
2,400.8:1
5K5.li.-
2,400.8!!
4,8.V.).4(1
J57.b0
1.B04.8S
2,031.71
Cape
Gnrtiolil .
Gosper.. .
C.rant. ..
Greeley...
Dull
Hamilton .
Harlan....
Hayes. . ..
Hitchcock.
Holt
Hooker ...
Howard ..
Jefferson ..
4,370.ftS
11,407.40
:i,(HJ7.(S
427.17
5,71 !..
U50,85.,.:u
A Year at Solid Alliance.
The missionary work of the Ameri
can Sunday School Union in the
year closing February 28, P.iOt, exhib
ited two most gratifying features.
Wliile 1871 new Sunday-schools wen)
organized in destitute places, only 0
less than in the previous year, there
were.'i'Jt reonranlwd. airalnst 51(1 in
in the yer before, and II.'i'M schools vis
ited or otherwise aided, against 2087 of
the previous v car; and. better than all,
Itr.'.l cases of visit and aid toold schools
against 7I8." lu the year before From
this It appears that while as groat an
advance as usual was made in the plant
ing of new s'diools, there was a very
great advance made lu tho important
work, of reviving and strengthening
and confirm lug schools already iu ex
isteuue.
.Mlirrlr ,MI K.lllil.
Announcement has been made iu New
York of the marriage of Prof. (Joorge
I). Ilorron and Miss Carrie Kami. Miss
Kami, prior to her marriage, devoted
considerable time and money to so
cialism and it Is the intention of .her
husband and herself to devote their
lives to socialism.
Company A, Harry Tukcy, captain,
of the University Cadet llattallon, won
the competitive drill, while First Ser
geant, A. 1C. Karnes, of Company 1) won
the individual prize.
(RASH AT CURVE
Frightful Collision of Street Cars
At Albany, N.Y.
fIVE ARE KILLED- EORTY ARE INJURED
1'hhi Meet While KiliinlliRllt Villi spent
lloth .Motorntcii limit - Mrn inn!
Women lie. ilte llroken Ann
nml I.cei CiilnrNiil Know 11.
Ulectrio cars 1 acini' for a switch
while running In opposite directions at
the rate of forty miles an hourcost live
lives Sunilnv at Albany, New York,
by a terrllie collision iu which over
forty people were Injured, some fatally
iimf others seriously. The lobby of the
local postotlloe. Itl'lcd with dead and
wounded, hysterical women and
children looking for relatives and
friends, surgeons administering tem
porary lollef and ambulances lining
through the city taking the wounded
to hospitals weic the eaily Intimations
of the accident.
The scene of the disaster was a point
alsuit two miles out of (Ireenbush,
on the line of the Albany .' Hudson.
The point where tho cars met on the
sltiL'le track was a sharp curve, and
so fast were Itoth running and so sud
den was tho collision that the motor
men never had time lo put on tho
baeaks Is'forc south bound No. 22 had
gone almost through north bound car
No. 17 and hung on the edge of a high
bin ft" with its load of slirieking.uialined
humanity.
One motorman was pinioned up
against the smashed front of the south
bound car, with both legs severed and
killed instantly, while the other one
lived but a few minutes. Fully 120
men, women and children formed a
struggling, shrieking pyramid, mixed
with blood, detached portions of human
bodies and the wreckage. Some, of the
more slightly injured of the men extri
cated themselves and began to pull
people out of the rear ends of the two
cars and almost every one was
taken out in this way and nearly all
were badly injured.
The women and children who had
escaped Injury and death were hyster
ical and added their cries to the shrieks
of the dying and niutllutiul. Men with
broken arms and bones, dislocated
joints and bloody heads and faces tried
to assist others who were more helpless
Help had been summoned from Uast
(licebiish and vicinity and In a little
time the bruised mass of humanity,
with tho mutilated dead for 11 gruesome
and silent company, were loaded on ex
tra cars and taken to Albany. 'I here
ambulances and physicians had been
summoned and the postotlice turned in
to a morgue and hospital. As fast as
tho physicians could teinoriiril.v tl.x
up the wounded they were, taken to
their homes or to the hospitals.
With both inotormen killed It is hard
to get to the real cause of the accident
but It is supposed to have been on ac
count of the south bound car passing
a meeting point instead of waiting on
the switch.
INCREASE IN THE SALARIES
roKtiniistei-H In 11rln1iH .Nebrinlui Tntwm
In lie HfiK-nttrd.
F. II. L. Willis has been appointed
postmaster at ltattlu Creek, Madison
county, Nebraska, vice C. F. Montross,
resigned. The salaries of the post
master atCreighton, PavvnceC'ity, I'eru,
Pierce, and Pouca have been increased
one hundred dollars per annum.
Kural free delivery service will be
established July next at North llcnd,
Dodge county, with one carrier, C.
H. McConnell. He Is to serve a popu
lation of oni), senttered over an area of
forty square miles.
The. postofllce at Mapleville is to bo
discontinued.
The salaries of these postmasters are
to be increased one hundred dollars
per annum after .Inly 1: Franklin,
Havclock, Lyons, McCook, Madison,
Norfolk North llcnd, North Platte,
Oakland, Omaha, O'Neill, and Osceola.
Netv Ainnrlran lljrran.
At the Chicago audhorium Friday
night during the eighth annual May
festival concert of the Cook county
Sunday school, a new American hymn,
"Hail Thou Land, by (Jod Selected,"
was sung for the first time in public.
The composer is W. Con nidi of that
city. The hymn was sung by a chorus
of 1,000 female voices, assisted by an
orchestra and grand organ and was
enthusiastically applauded by the au
dience.
Hoy KIIIh HU sinter.
Thomas Kyau, aged sixteen, of
Toronto, Out., shot and killed his ten-year-old
sister, Olive. Kyan says he
tried to frighten his sister by pointing
a revolver at her and pulling the trig
ger. He forgot that the tlfth chamber
was loaded. The bullet hit the girl
squarely In the forehead and she died
shortly afterwards. Kyan is charged
with murder.
liner I'nri ch lire Aetlve,
i'he commandoes of Krltzluger, Van
Kcencn and Fouche debouched .Sunday
before dawn and crossed the railroad.
They dashed southward, rein vailing the
most populous districtsof Capo Colony.
Fouche's commando has been resting
many weeks lu the .uurburg moun
tains. hulTeM .Sfiinid Stroke,
lienrilc Ibsen, tho Norwegian dra
matist, has suffered a seccr'l stroko of
apoplexy and his condition Is almost
hopeless.
passes house of kings
I'rcik Iri'iil) Onljr l.ml signature uf
Hie lien erniir.
dispatch from Okmulgee, I. 'P.,
says: The Crock treaty passed the
house of kings Friday by a vote of 2.1
to 17. and It now awaits tho slgmitutu
of the governor to beeoiii" a law.
The passage of the tiealy inal.es one.
of the most Inipoitaut epochs In the
hlstorv of the territory, removing as
ltdoes. tho uncertainty that has made
waiting capital timid. Tho town is
wild with enthusiasm over the Until
passage of the treaty. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars will bo furnished
imiiiediatiiy to build bridges, railways
and other enterprises that have been
planned on paper for mouths
For twenty .vears the fcdeial govern
ment has been trying to make a tienty
with tho Crocks, but has failed until
now
GUN EXPLODED IN HANDS.
V. mini; M III Killed While lliiilllni: Neur
orl.
Payson Iturnctt. youngest son of K.
1'. Ilurnett. a lawyer of Sutton. Neb.,
died recently from the otVeots of an
accident with a shot gun. Mr. Ilur
nett was in tho employ of D. K. Klnne,
11 farmer, had. together with Klnno's
son. left the Held at an early hour
to do a little duck hunting on a neigh
tailing pond. The gnu used by Ilur
nett was an old one, not having ta-en
used for some time, and instead of
sending the charge out of the muzzle,
threw it out of the rear, sending the
charge and pieces of the breech in
Jtuinett's face, a piece of steel pene
trated the skull, making a hole the
sleofa dollar and lodging in the
brain.
TRY TO WORK UPPREJUDICE
I'roieHi In ('oiiiiiiiinit AkuI'ihI I'm '
Aiiierleiin .Miii'lilncr).
Sir Alfred IHckinan. conservative,
former president of tiie llrltish iron
Trades' association. In the house of
commons the other day protested
against railroads which were con
trolled by the government, and espe
cially lii'llurinah, in I'gypt, continu
ing buying American locomotives,
when the report of tho Inspector of
Iturinah railways, mentioned by Lord
Hamilton, the inillau secretary, In the
house May 7, showed they required
more repairs and more coal than loco
motives of llrltish make.
Sir Alfred Hickman also made alle
gations against the way an American
Jinn is constructing the great viaduct
In lliirmah.
EXONERATES CAPTAIN HALL
Wiih Ai-eiiHfil or ('ottiirdlcr, Hut llerlnrril
Nut (lulll).
The record of the court martial in
the case of Captain Newt Hall, United
States marine corps, who was charged
by Minister Conger with cowardice in
connection with the defense of the le
gations at Pokln, has just reached
Washington. Admiral Kemey has pro
mulgated the llnding In 11 speelnl order
which completely exonerates Captain
Hall from the eharge, and tlnds that
the only matter of substance sustained
lu the eharyes Is an errorof judgment
in connection with tho withdrawal of
his troops at 11 critical moment froiv
the Tartar wall.
WILL REST NEAR LINCOLN
John It. Tinnier lo lie Hurled I'Iiimi to
Murljr I'roldenl.
'I'he remains of former (lovernor
Tanner, will remain almost beside
those of President Lincoln in Oak
Kldge eeinotery, Springfield, 111. Mrs.
Tanner, his widow, has purchased 7,000
feet, located on the driveway from the
gates to the Lincoln monument and
alMiut midway between the gates and
the Lincoln monument and probably
ilOO feet from the latter and directly
south of it. In this lot the remains
of Governor Twiner will be laid to
rest. The price paid for the. ground
was 8.1,000.
Dentil From Morphine,
Hdgar A. McCraeken, an attendant
at the Lincoln asylum committed
suicide in Lincoln, Neb., by taking 15
cents worth of morphine. The im
mediate cause for Ills deed lies lu the
fact that he had discovered that his
wife, also an attendant, had been
clandestinely meeting Krrett Kigclovv,
who has for several months been an
employe at the institution.
(iirl riilufiill) Injured.
Annie, the twelve-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Kelmer of Platts
mouth, Neb., mot with a painful acci
dent. She was running across the.
street towards her home, anil, in at
tempting to step upon the. sidewalk,
fell against the picket fence, sustain
ing n painful fracture of the bone lu
her left wrist.
MlKtukiK Wife fur HiirKlur.
F. It. Klcharilson of Louisville, Ivy.,
shot and killed his wife, mistaking her
for 11 burglar. It is thought she was
walking In her sleep. Klehardson was
paroled by the coroner.
War llri lured on I)nj;i.
The marshal of Table Kock, Neb,,
has been instructed to kill every dog
found running at large on the streets
after June 10, and which does not wear
wound Its neck a license tag, showing
the payment of tho canlno tax.
Merchant CoiiiiiiIIh Suit hie,
Claud W. Iluilnall, aged thirty-two,
a clothing merchant of St. Joe com
mitted suicide at an unoccupied house,
southwest of tlio city. Ho loft a noto
saying his death was due to Uoincstlo
illillcultles.
WINS BY ONE VOTE
Platt Amondment Adopted by tho
Cuban Convention.
RADICALS MAKE A VERY HARD EIOIIT
V liiillrllte In Vrtulciuiii til of supporter
llri lure I'rlt'iiilx of Aiiieuiliueill
Trillion In I'liiintrv Muut
llni imiiiIi r tirlril.
Havana dispatch sa,vs; The Platt
iimeuduient was accepted b the Cuban
I'onstltutioiial contention Tucsdav by
11 vote of i:. to 1 1. The actual vote was
on accepting themajoritj report of (he
committee on relations, which em
bodied tho amendment with exceptions
if certain clauses.
The tadicals made a hard tight at (lie
last moment, and Sciiors Pordinilo,
liiune and Taiunvo hlMcilv arraigned
the conservatives. Senor laiuayo was
partieularl.v vindictive, and doiiarcd
that overybod.v who voted iu favor of
the Platt amendment was a traitor to
his country. The convention coin
polled him to retract this statement.
On several occasions personal encount
ers seemed Imminent. Senor dome
spoke for more than an hour and his
speech won over Senators Castro.
Iiohaugh ami Maudoloy. lie appealed
to the patriotism of the delegates, ami
1 ehearsed the long light for independ
ence, denouncing us perjurors all who
favored the amciidtiiciit 011 the ground
that thc.v had sworn to draw up a con
stitution for an independent republic.
Several conservatives usl.ed Senor
1 ionics- to letract. but ho refused.
The follow Ingdelcgates voted against
the majority report; (ionic, (ienere,
Port undo. Lacret, Mandala.v. Clsmeros.
Forrero. Fortiiu, Kobaugh. i'aina.vo.
Stlva, Castro. Znyas and Alemau.
Senors Itivern and llravo wore ab
sent. The convention will continue its
sessions which will bo devoted lo
draw ing up the election law .
La Discussion, lu an extra edition
exclaims, "Now will come limned!
ate Independence."
KILLED IN A PRISON CELL
Mini Held for Sufe Keeping Aeruseil uf
Murder.
A dispatch from Memphis. Tcuu.,
.says Alexander llcdcn, a well-known
citicn of Pluaskl, Tenii..' was murder-
ed lu a cell of detention at the police
station, and N. A. (illlis of Ctiuiby,
To.xns, Is under arrest. Ileilen had
ta'on arrested for safe keeping, having
imbibed too freely lu strong drink.
(Jlllls was also arrested for the same
cause and put In the same cell with
llrileu. One of the guards In milking
the round late lu the night found Hod
en lying on a cot with his head crushed
in. "
P.xaminatloii showed him to be dead.
As no one but (illlls was with llcdcn
he was charged with the killing. Oil
lis, who was Intoxicated, says he
knows nothing of the crime, whatever.
BAD FIGHT IN SAND HILLS.
tjiinrrt-l Over limine KcmiUh In Mumllug
A ffruj .
A shooting scrape in which the vic
tim barely escaped death, occurred
about fifteen miles northeast of Al
liance over a range iu Deuel county.
John and Henry .erks, it is charged,
both shot P. J. Sturgeon at the same
time. One shot struck a rib directly
over the heart and glanced, coming out
lit the hip and the other in the left
arm. K. P. Sweeney, the sheriff, of
that county went out and captured the
Zerks and lodged them in jail at Alli
ance to await justice, i'he wounded
man though seriously hurt, will per
haps recover. Particulars of the quar
rel are meager.
SAMPSON MAY RETIRE
Admiral l.lkelj loAnk Keller 011 Account
or III llrullh.
According to a Washington dispatch
to the New York World It Is reported
in naval circles at the. capital that Kear
Admiral Sampson may ask for volun
tary retirement on account of his
health und that the navy department
will grant his request, lie will not
regularly be discharged under the
statutory clause until late next winter.
No ofliclal application has been re
ceived at Washington from him nml
ho may make none until after Secre
tary lying's return.
ACCUSED"OFBANK LOOTING
Lieutenant (liiterinir of Vermont I'uiler
Am l.
Lieutenant (ioveruor M. F. Allen,
vice president ami director of the Far
mers' National Itankat Vcrgciiucs, Vt.,
which recently suspended, and J. W.
Ketcham, a representative of the leg
islature from that place, wcie arrest
ed by United Mates olllcers under
indictments charging them with com
plicity with Cashier I). O. Lewis, in
wiecktng the bank.
I'lilul KIkIiI Willi I'ruiiipi..
In a fight with a gang of tramps at
Carrolltou. Mo.. Charles Mclv'lnucy. a
hiii of Policeman McKlnney, was killed
while assisting his fatli-i' to arrest
them. Throe of the gang were rounded
up by the she till', i'he others escaped.
J'ell Thirl I'eel.
h. II. llerdnian of Central City, S. I)..
whose wife was murdered at Harden
City a year ago, became overcome while
working In tins Stanley mines, and fell
11 distance of thirty foot lauding astride
n pipe, lie is badly disabled from the
accident.
OTHER CASES GO OVER.
Uliimoiiil Itlnc noil si.iiiiil lluiile.r Cnr
lit Otrr Till Oilnl.rr.
The United States Snpiome Court
has adjourned until the second Monday
lu October. Tho Philippines dinuionil
ease and the seeoiid Dooley case, con
sequent I go over till then.
PRICE OF DEPARTURE.
foil cm Vollfj I'IiIiih of 'I heir llr.t
TerniD.
Wiring to the London 'limes from
Pcktn Dr. Morrison says:
"The powers will agree to the evae
uatlou on the Issue of an Imperial edict
iHlinitllngChlna's Indebtedness- is (Ml
000.000 tnols, plus Interest, and that,
China will willingly comply."
It seems probable that ( 8 rout lliilain's
posltlon limiting the Indemnity t be
demanded from China I.Mi.OOO.OOOtaols
will be agiecd (o by the end of the
week. United States Special Commis
si r Koekhlll thinks this may lie
considered an American victory.
Though his proposition limiting in
ileinnjty to .llti.noo.ooo tuels was not
accepted, still It was tho cause of tho
other powers considering the idea.
Tho only point likely to cause further
delay In' a decision by all the miwci-h
except America Is that regarding the
raising of the foreign customs to 5 per
cent.
Mr. Koekhlll told the ministers at 11
recent meet inc. that rather than tnke,
this stop America would relinquish all
claim to Indemnity and oven make a
mom y piosent to China, as American
ooninierclal Interests would suitor far
more thereby than (hose of any other
power with possibly one exeeptlon
DECIDE FOR REVISION
New I'niifemhin uf I'ullli fr (lie I'rcnlij
trrluiiK. Ily a unanimous vote the Presbyter
Ian 'general assembly recently adopted
the report of the special committee nil
the revision of the confession of faith.
'I'he debate 011 this Important question
had extended Into (ho fourth day and
to Kev. James D. Mo If at Isduetheorod
it of having brought thocommlssloners
to such a harinoiilou'i conclusion.
When iccoinmcmlatloii "U" was on
Saturdav adopted by a eoinparatlvoly
small majority Dr. Mo if at aiinouneed
that In view of the divergence of opin
ion lie would olTor an amend
ment which he hoped would meet witU
the apptoval of tho entire assemiiiy.
When he presented this amendment it
was Instantly aocepted by the com
missioners and the adoption of tlio re
port as a whole followed with but lit
tle delay.
A viva voce vote was taken and when
(ho 1140 ayes responded to the question
the commissioners arose and snntf
"Prase (Jod from Whom all KlosslngK
Flow," which was followed by 1 pray
er of thanks given by Moderator Mill
ion. YOUTH SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Mil ki' llrllhcriite IIITiirt In liiul lll Own
Life.
Uric Olson, a young Swede who has
been living In the neighborhood of
Fairmont, Neb., for the past year, at
tempted to commit suicide by shooting'
himself In the breast. The bullet did
not penetrate the bone, but passed
around the left side and hslged under
tho shoulder lilaile lie was taken to
the hotel anil the bullet extracted.
Tho physician thinks that If no com
plications set in bo will recover, ixo
cause is assigned for the deed, hut tho
young man was evidently temporarily
deranged. .
PAPER MAKERS' COMBINE
t'liiiHilliin IJovcriiinent l liinlllulti n
IiivcrHkiHIoii.
A Toronto dispatch sujs the Cana
dian Press association hasbcen advised
by Hon. Mr. Fielding, minister of fi
n'aneo. that the government will con
duct the Investigation and summon all
necessary witnesses iu the inquiry in
to tlio alleged paper makers' combina
tion. The association had intended
prosecuting. Mr. Fielding's communi
cation meets all the claims of the press
association. Kmliieut counsel will be
employed in the Inquiry, which will
open before Judge Tasohercau In MonU
real.
HIII-rontluK TruM.
i'he Chicago Chronicle says: "Fol
the purpose of ooinbattlng adverwi
legislation, as well as regulntlngpriccs
and putting down competition, a gi
gantic trust, to consist of all the prin
cipal bill-posting companies In tho
United States and Canada, Is In pro
gross of organlation. A meeting will
be held In lluffalo, .Inly 7 to 10, to per
feet the combination.
II11II11I rirrci'H Her Henri.
At Niinlln, Okl., a party of young
society people went pieulcklnjr and
whoii'a picture was being made of the
group, Miss N'ora Wolfruin asked Mlss
lllshop lo point a rifle at her, addln-
to the romance of the scone. Miss
Ulshop did so. The rifle was dis
charged some way accidentally und
Miss Wolfruin was Instantly killed,
the bullet piercing her heart.
111111i; YViiiii'iii 11 Suicide.
Miss Nina Whitman, agcil twenty,
two, committed suicide lit tilcndive,
Mont., by drowning. She was a trim
mer in a millinery store. Her mothei
resides at (ialena, ill., and a sister is 11
pilnclpal In tho Oak Park school ol
Chicago. Ilusiiiess reverses was thu
cause,
smallpox at Norma! School,
The Odcll club at Cedar Falls, la.,
composed of twenty-seven state nor
mal school students, was nuar-
I untitled on account of smallpox.
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