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KILL HOUSE BILL
Senate Passes Entirely New Chi
nese Measure.
NEW.XCLUSION ACT IfSS DRASTIC
Senator llonr Alone In opposition to
the Meauro 011 I'IiiiiI Vote--Not Far
lriffurciit 1'riiin I'resent l.iw
Other (Irnernl New.
Tho drastic Chinese exclusion bill,
originally framed by tiie senators and
representatives from the Pacific states,
met defeat In tho senate Wednesday,
and in Its placo was substituted a
meaBUrc offered by Mr Piatt of Con
necticut extending the provisions of
the present exclusion law and also np
prylng that exclusion to nil Insular ter
ritory under the jurisdiction of the
United Suites.
Tho voto by which the substitute
tool: the place. or the original bill was,
yeas 48 to nays 33. Once the substi
tution had been made all senators
Joined In its support, with the single
exception of Mr. Hoar, the substitute
being passed 71! to 1. The friends of
tho substitute showed their strength
throughout tho voting on amendments
that preceded Until action nnd succeed
ed in preventing any material change
fW its features. Some minor condi
tions wcro mode, admitting Chinese
persons connected with national expo
sitions nnd providing for certificates
of identification of Chlneso In our in
sular possessions. Otherwise, however,
tho substitute was adopted substantial
ly in tho form that Mr. Piatt presented
It.
SUSTAINS LOWER DECISION
Illinois Supremo Court Deride Acalunt
Ilueket Shop.
fTho Illinois supremo court handed
,1own over ono hundred decisions, ad
journing to tho June term. In the
"bucket shop" caso the supremo court
alllrms tho decision of tho appellate
court The case is that of the Central
Stock ard Grain exchange against the
Chicago board of trade nnd the Cleve
land and Western Union Telegraph
companies. Tho central exchango se
cured an Injunction in the Cook county
court restraining tho hoard of trndo
from cutting off its market quotations.
The appellate court reversed the lower
court, dissolving the Injunction, and
tho supremo court says the appellate
court was right and that tho markets
vtought were to bo used In tho conduct
of busness in violation of the state law.
FARMERS SAVED $12,000
Cn-Openttltn Amu. at Solomon, Knn.,
Handled '.i.'ll.nHS IluheU of Wheat
Tho Farmers' Co-oporativo associa
:ion of Solomon, Kan., has Just closed
lis first year and tho repot t shows tho
following amount of grain, etc., han
dled: Wheat, 231.5I18 bushels; oats,
3,750 bushels; bran. 140,000 pounds;
shorts. 57,000 pounds; mill feed. 24,000
wounds; binding twine, 35.0000 pounds,
t'ho total business done wns $1!8.0G1.
Tho saving; to tho farmers on wheat
alone was four cents a bushel or more,
amounting to $9,380. Tho association
ended tho year with $4,210 undivided
profits on hand in addition to giving
tho members better prices than they
would otherwise) have received.
CHINESE ARE UNEASY
Aalharitle Fear for Nafety of Troop
Hunt to Oppose Itebel.
y Great anxiety is felt at Canton,
China, because of tho absence of com
munication with Marshal Su and Gen
eral Ma, who aro commanding tho
imperial forces against the Kwangsi
rebels. It is feared tho rebels have Btir
rounded tho imperial troops.
A courier reports that over 2,000 im
perials recently sent to dislodge rebels
In a village wcro ambushed in a defile
and wcro either killed or captured. Tho
viceroy has sent to Pckin for reinforce
ments. HORRIBLE MASSACRE
jturrt Actroelounly llutrher Three linn
drel Christian.
Kurdish Irregulars, commanded by
Ibraliam Pasha, recently endeavored to
drlvo away from Dlahoklr, Kurdistan,
a bond of roving Armenians, but were
forced back upon Diabeklr. Heavy fight
ing lasted somo time. The Kurds, en
raged at their Inability to repel tho Ar
menians, turned upon tho Christian
quarter of tho town ana massacred 300
Christians. Many Turks and Kurds
wcro killed -in tho battle. Reinforce
ments kept tho Armenians at bay.
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BOERS HOLD OUT
Spam l'eace Term UnleHS Cape Colony
ItetieU nro AmutciI Amnesty,
A London, April 10 dispatch eaya:
Tho cabinet was hurriedly summoned
to meet at tho foreign ofllco this morn
ing. Politicians generally believe a
hitch has occurred in tho peace negoti
ations concerning tho scopo of general
amnesty. Tho boors aro desirous of
full protection for Capo Colony rebels
.fend it is thought that tho government
Is opposed to this.
Threatened Million.
Thlrty-ono million dollarB In sliver
bullion in tho assay ofllco at 20 Wall
street, Njjv York city, has been in
danger of fionK melted by a flro which
burned in ono of tho basements for
two hours. Mono by tho employes
knew of tho flro and thoy Anally over
camo it without assistance.
I Next door to tho assay ofllco Is the
sub-treasury, whore tho government
usually has from $100,000,000 to $200,
J00 00O stared. In somo way flro in tho
silver melting room wns communicated
to a bnrroi of lard mixturo
KANSAS WOMAN ACOTITTED
Mrt, Stanley Declared Not (lot Utility
of Killing War Veteran,
The Jury In the case of Mrs. Marie
Stanley, eighteen years old, who hns
been on trinl at Ottawa. Kan., for tho
past week charged with having killed
James 11. Ilooth. an aged war veteran,
returned a verdict finding her not
fi 1 1 ty.
Ilootli's body was found in a well
on January 10 Inst near tho homo of
Mrs. Mary McCoy, mother of the de
fendant, anil blood stains wcro traced to
the McCoy house. Mrs. Stanley, her
mother nnd her sister, Mosaic Drown
ing, were Indicted on n charge of mur
der In the first degree, the information
alleging that the three women had first
struck Dootli with an axe and then
threw him into the well In such a
manner that he was mortally wounded
by tho fall.
('oncer Sunn to Itotlro.
Minister Conger is to retire from his
present mission to the Chlneso court,
It Is said. Visitors to the Whlto house
intimate that President Roosevelt con
templated the appointment of W. W.
Rockhlll to tlit; plnce. It was under
stood at the time when Mr. Conger
wns In the United States that a ehango
was to be made which would prob
ably result in Mr. Conger bclnn suc
ceeded by Mr. Rockhlll. President
Roosevelt may not carry out this pro
gram. Cuban Constitution Pitbllnuml.
The Cuban constitution has been
published In the Havana Official Ga
zette, together with an order conven
ing the new govornment. Tho order
declares that tho constitutional con
vention, which was dissolved by con
gress, will assemble in Havana May S
for the purpose of examining creden
tials and counting and rectifying the
electoral vote. The order provides that
May 20, the date upon which Senor
Estrada Pal ma Is to be inaugurated
president, shall be a special holiday.
Champion CaiMe of Worn en.
The civil service commission has
come out as a champion for the
rights of women to employment, says
n Washington dispatch. Preferenco
Is now generally given to men em
ployes In tho government departments
nnd the commission, though powerless
to compel appointing officers to choose
women, has, through President Proc
tor, issued a strong circular letter to
the heads of departments, calling at
tention to this unjust discrimination
Itobhed or 91.40.
Rert A. Strayer, a clerk for tho Pa
cific Express company, at Lincoln, was
held up near Thirteenth nnd R streets
by a white man and a negro, and re
lieved of $140. After taking his watch
tho highwaymen returned it with the
remark "it might tell tales." Mr.
btraycr at once reported tho matter
to the police and they spent the night
in looking for tho men. They have not
yet been found.
HcIrIiui Sorlnllntit Inltenl.
Tho Belgian strike continues to
spread among the miners and working
men of nil classes. The socialists claim
that over 200,000 men will soon bo out.
They Intend to make a formal demand
In the chamber for universal suffrago
nnd, ns It doubtless will ho set aside,
it Ib feared that serious results will fol
low. The government Is ceusoring al)
telegrams.
Stubbed by Sehnolinate.
At Long Pino, Neb., Guy Given, the
oldest son of John Given, was stabbed
in tho back and spinal column by
Chnrlio Castlo, son of J. C. Castle,
hardware merchant, on their return
from Bchool Tuesday evening. Tho
Given boy is lying at his homo in a
critical condition. Castle's son has not
been arrested yet. Doth boys aro un
der fifteen years of age.
A Freak of Nature,
A freak of nature that has attracted
considerable attention was produced
at the stock farm of W. E. Dryson,
northeast of Adams, Neb. It is a call
with two heads. It has two skulls,
four eyes, and really has two cars, but
tne two inner ones seem to be Joined
It is alivo and hearty.
Kitend the City' Unlit.
Tho special election held at Oska
loosa, la., Monday resulted almost
unanimously In favor of "Greater Oska
loosa," extending tho limits of tho city
by acquiring nearly ono thousand acres
beyond tho bounds of tho old city.
This will add 2,500 people to the popu
lation of Oskaloosa, making a total
of 12,000.
Zena W. Illln Head.
Zenas W. If I Irs, ono of tho founders
of tho prohibition free park movement
of Chicago and New York, died in Ei
Paso, Tex., of asthma, having Just ar
rived from tho east for his health. De
ceased was a compiler of Webstor'a
unnbrldged dictionary and spent many
years in the work.
Tliren are Uurneil.
Mrs. Wallaco E. King and her two
children wero burned to death at their
home in Wallln, a vlllago fifteen miles
from Frankfort, Ky. Tho fire, which
Btartcd from somo unknown causo, de
stroyed ono store and two houses. The
financial loss is $8,000,
Mrs. C. W. Hodges of Havolock,
whilo emptying a pan of ashes, set
flro to her dress from coals among tho
ashes and was sovorcly burned. Sho
ran half a block to tho homo of Mr.
Broadwater, hor clothing burning
fiercely nil tho way. As sho ran upon
tho porch people from tho houso ran
out aud commenced to smother tho
blaze. ,
Gcorgo AwIbub, a German farmer
lvlng near Winslde, tried to commit
suicido by jumping into a well. His
mind has not been right since his wlfo
suddenly expired four years ago.
MAY BE A MURDER
Aged Man Shot Dead on Farm
Near Alliance.
SEVERAL NEIGHBORS UNDER SUSPICION
Coroner' ilury See (lull!- Hint hi ltd-
glum Amtiiiilnp Serlou Apeet
Mob l-'lred Itpnn ami Seternl
Am Killed Ollur Se.
An Alllnnce, Neb,, dispatch says:
Ono of A Ynhnlte's sons came hur
riedly to town with the repoit that nn
old man, Mike Klerks, had been acci
dentally shot In the abdomen with a
shotgun and that a doctor was needed
at once. The suspicions of citl.ens wero
aroused, anil upon the death of Mr.
Sierks a coroner'B Inquest was decided
upon. Tho decision of the Jury was
that Michael Sierks came to his death
by a gunshot wound in the abdomen
from a shotgun In the hands of Oliver
Olson, who shot with felonious intent.
The decision also implicates A. Ynhnkc
and son ns accessories before the fact.
Mr. Sierks was n much respected old
gentleman nnd wns lit tin home of
Oliver Olson, twelve miles northwest
of Alliance when tho net was com
mitted. The Yahnkcs are lcsldenta of
North Alliance. Facts in the case tire
meager, but tho circumstances are un
favorable to the accused at best. The
three men nre in custody, nnd a pre
liminary will bo held Monday before
Justice Dutlcr.
DON'T LIKE IT
.Veir Charter I Uii:itlfartor to (iruml
Inland t'ltlreu.
There Is expressed considerable dls
riattsfaction with a number of tho pro
visions of tho new charter governing
cities of more than 5,000 and less than
25,000 population, and at a recent meet
ing of tho city council of Grand Island
tho suggestion was mnde by Council
man W. F. McLaughlin, thnt a commit
tee bo appointed to confer with like
committees from tho other cities of
the Grand Island class in the state as
to what changes would be desirable,
with the end in view to formulate a
now charter for passago by tho next
legislature. Mr. McLaughlin has con
sulted with a number of authorities
from some of the other cities and it
is quite likely thnt such a move would
meet with favor by all.
GAME WARDEN'S EXPENSES
IMgurc Showing the. Itccelptn anil 1M
biintcinciit. Sportsmen took much interest in tho
statement mndo recently thnt the pro
visions of tho new game law bring in
almost enough revenue to pay for tho
fish aud game commission. Chlel
Deputy Gamo Warden Slmpklns ha
figured that tho expense of running th
commission from Juno 1, 1001, to Do
comber .list, tho same year, was $4,'
C81.51. Fines and revenues netted $4,'
039.5C, so that the costs above rclmj
bursoments wero $541.96. Tho chlei
source of rovenuo was hunting nn
fishing licenses which brought $2,09
Into tho treasury. Tho next large
Item was tho non-resldenco huntln
and fishing licenses, which netted $401
IN FEDERAL COURT
Aemoval Hoonred In Suit Agaliit Heeur
Itlc Company.
Judge Otis, In tho Ramsey count
Minnesota, district court, at St. Pau
signed an order removing tho actio
brought by tho stnte of Mlnncsot
against tho no-called railroad mergf
to the United States circuit court. Th
rcmovnl of tho case was risked for h
tho securities company, ono of tho dfi
fendants. in a motion bnspd nn niimm
tlons that tho suit Involved n construe
tion or tho federal Btatutcs and of th
United States.
Welcome for Ml Nt,.
MISS Kllcn M. Ktnnn tlin mloilnx..
was publicly welcomed homo at Dosto1
Hi a meeting in me rant street churc
arranged by the woman's board of fo
olgn missions. An additional grcetli
wua tenucreu Dy mo American boa
throuch its renrcHntntlvn rjn, t
Barton, whilo Dr. Samuel B. Car
uut.ii u iew woras on behalf of t
Congregatlonallst body. Letters wc
cuu irum uovernor urane, Secreta
ui ouuo nay auu otners.
Injured Inn Ilunawny.
ThnmnR Rr-hleirni nn.l .i
io, tiuv, uu o
couplo residing on a farm ten mil
ami if I)lniin...iL
.uuu U1 i luiusuuiuui, wcro returnl
homo When their tenm liunn,. i.
ened and ran away. Doth wore thro-i
Mum uio uuggy. Mrs. Schlegel si
uuu "allure oi mo collar boi
and hor himlmnii ciictoir..1 ii
injuries which, it is feared, may ha
WtlUUO ILQUIU1,
Ilelleved to lie Hnrdpm.
William Scott, arrested at Manh
.u, XVU.U., on mo cnargo of grt
larceny committed nt svnr,i,
is said to fit tho description of
muiuwiirui mo city marshal at P
City, Neb., who was killed two ye
uhu, uuu iur wnom a largo reward
offered.
Strict Illrd mvi In Ohio.
Tho Drannock bill. mniMno u ....i
I ful to trap or shoot any living 1
w. , ,u uinu was passed by
Ohio state senate nnd in nn. i
i The nonalty for vlnintinn e .i. J
is a flno not to nxnnnri tinn ,. 9
onmont for not moro than 'thirty days
Shipper Alloned to Choose.
Tho interstate commorco commis
sion has decided. In n case brought be-
.w.y, ...mi. ,l ,a uniawrtii for railroads
o deny to shippers tho choice of cstab.
, Hshed routes and rntcs.
CLASH WITH TROOPS
A Molt In llelKliiiu Klddlrd by llln
flro.
Tho DrtiP cla papers contain vivid
descriptions of t'io riots which oc
curred at Loiivnln:
The mob which wns returning from
the station nfter meeting the socialist
deputies front Brussels, divided Into
two bands, one making for tho resi
dence of the president of the chamber,
M. Schollaeit, and the other for that
of the minister of the interior, M. Do
Trooz. The first mentioned mob was
lid by a man of gigantic stature, flour
ishing n butcher knife. After breaking
through the tanks of ono squad of tho
civic guard, tho mob found its wuy
blocked In ti narrow lane by another
squud of the same organization.
An oi.icer of tho guard run forward
nnd calling upon the mob to halt,
shouting that otherwise he would order
his men to lire a volley upon them.
Tho rioters dlstegarded this order.
Tho officer was about to give tho com
mand to lire, when the gigantic leader
of the rioters leaped forward and seized
the officer's throat with Ills big bauds.
Ho pinned blm against the wall and
leveled a plMol at his bead. Another
officer yelled the order to fire nnd
plunged a bayonet Into tho giant's
breast. The foremost of the rioters
grasped the bayonets of the guards'
levelled rifles In their bare hands. Tho
volley rang out, In the narrow nine tho
mob was riddled with bullets. Several
were killed. The remainder of tho
rioters broke and lied.
BIO RIVER DISASTER
Hteamer City of PIltnlMirc lliirn unit
Sixty SoiiIh I'erlnh.
One of the worst disasters in tho
history of river navigation occurred
near Ogden's Landing, near Calm, III.,
Sundny. While nltnost all aboard wcro
asleep the steamer City of Pittsburg
wan discovered on lire and in a few
moments was burned to tho water's
edge. The lass of over 180,000 on tho
Btcamcr does not Include tho cargo,
both being a total loss. The latest
estimates are that there wero 1C0 per
sons abontd and that no more than half
tu them wero saved, many of tno latter
being burned or Injured. As tho reg
ister of the steamer was burned no list
can bo given either of tho victims or
of the Burvlvors and In tho coufusion
It has been impossible to get complete
lists. Captain Phillips admits that the
deatli list may reach sixty.
HAS THE LARYNX REMOVED
Jtiiro Surgical Operation I'urfurmnd at
San I'ranrUco.
Tho life of Aaron Johnson hns been
saved at the city and county hospltnl
at San Francisco through tin oporatlon
never before performed on tho coast,
the complete extirpation of tho larynx,
on which wns a cancerous growth.
This will rank us ono o'kthrco or
four successful cases on record In the
worm, iur mu uuuo-- Viin
garded as passed. AnaruiJqai iarynx
lur.a ic
Into possession of a property woTdc
$12,000, which will cost them $5,000. f
Frank It. Stockton, tho well known
novelist, died suddonly nt Washington,
I). C, from homorrhngo of tho brain.
Tho cnuso of Mr. Stockton's death was
paralysis Immediately resulting from
a hemorrhage of tho brain.
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SMITH TO ANSWER
Tho Conoral to Undergo a Court
martial.
MUST POSTPONE HIS HOMECOMING
rrlul the Outcome of Order from .Sec
retary Hoot, uud tinted on Order
(Ihen Major Waller to Kill and
llurn Other Ne,
A M-nlln, April 22, dispatch says:
A coiirt-tunrtliil hns been ordered for
the trial of Gen. Jacob II. Smith, who
wan in command of the United States
troops on the Island of Snmnr.
Generals Lloyd Wluuton, Samuel S.
Sumner, James M. Hell and William
II. lllsbce and Colonels Chambers Mc
Klbbeu, William A. UafTerty. William
15. Dougherty, Alfred C. Mnrklcy and
Jesse M. Lee compose the court. The
Judge udvoonte is Major Harvey f
Carbnugh. Colonel Charles A. Wood
ruff will appear for the defense.
The charge brought against General
Smith Is conduct prejudicial to good
order nnd discipline.
The United Stntcs army transport
Duford left hero today for San Fran
cisco nfter having been detained In
quarantine for five days.
Gen. Jacob 11. Smith, who wns In
commnnd of the forces in Hntnar nt
the time Commander Major Waller of
the marine corps Is said to have exe
cuted nntlves of that Island without
trial, was to have gone home on Du
ford, but has disembnrked here.
Orders have been received hero from
Washington to hold a court, of Inquiry
Into the general conduct of affairs In
Samar. General Smith asserts that to
the best of his belief the officers and
men of his commnnd in Snmnr had to
face Insurmountnble difficulties; thnt
tho difficulties they encountered wero
almost unbearable aud that the treach
ery of the natives of the Island Is un
equalled In the history of wnrfarc. He
Bays tho American soldiers acted In
the circumstances with tho greatest
forebearanco shown in the wur in tho
Philippines.
"Campaigning In Snmur is not n
pleasure trip, but n stern reality," said
General Smith. Ho also expressed his
doubt If the troops of any nation In
the world would or could hnvo acted
in the clrcumstnncen in Snmnr as did
the Americans.
WILL HEAR THE CASE
.Supreme Court (Irani State of Wanh
IliRton Her ltequet.
Leave to file a bill of complaint
ngalnst the Northern Securities com
pany by tho stute of Washington wan
granted In the supremo cou t of the
United States In accordance with tho
general rule. A motion for lenvo to
ftlo was orally argued last week by
Attorney General Stratum of Wash
ington state. The caso will be Imme
diately tiled and a date set for heur
lug. Tho chief justice read a brief opin
ion citing precedents for tho court's
action. Tho merits of tho controversy
wero not entered Into.
FOUND HIS MONEY
Fred (Hie of Itentou DIr Over liter
Field After It.
Fred Giles, of Denton, Neb., wns un
willing to leave his pocketbook, con
taining $C00 In bills, In his house while
ho went out to plow up a field last
week, and he put tho book In his hip
pocket. When ho looked for It nfter
a day's work ho could not find It. He
came to the conclusion thnt It had
dropped from his pocket, and had been
plowed under. Ho and somo neigh
bors spent three dnys digging over
tho field with forks aud spakes in tho
search beforo tho money wus located.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Former director of posts at Havana,
ICstes G. Kathbonc, has been released
on ball.
King Edward held his third levee
Monday at St. James Palace. Ambas
sador Choato and other members of
the American embassy wero present.
Bubonic plague has appeared among
tho smaller kangaroos in tho zoological
gardens at Sydney, New South Wales,
and tho gardens havo been closed to
tho public.
Tho Austrian minister of instruc
tion, Dr. von Hartel, has conferred tho
great gold stoats medal upon Walter
MacBwan, tho American artist, for his
painting, "Tho Ghost Story."
As General Morcler, formerly French
minister of war, was leaving a political
meeting at La Fertc-Uornnrd, in the
department of Santhe, at which ho had
presided, ho was stoned and sustained
a wound in the head.
The Cobden club, of Ixmdon, hns
filed a protest against tho imposition
of corn duties. Tho mnnlfesto sets
forth that such imposition would ln
augurato a policy of protection and
undo tho great work of Peel and Glad
stone. Cuba's president-elect, Senor Estra
da Palma, has mado several appoint
ments. General Fernando Flgucreo
will bo director of tho Cuban postal
and telegraph services; Juan Ulos
Rivera, chief of customs; Carlos Zal
do, secretary of state, and Sonor Yero,
uecretary of instruction.
Confee to HelnROeinrter.
A stranger hung around tho court
houso at Tccumseh, Neb., for soveral
hours Monday last and finally went
into tho ofllco of Sheriff W. II. Cttm
mlngB and announced that ho was a
deserter from tho United States army
and that ho desired to surrender him
self to tho law. Ho gavo his namo as
Fred Ilebrlo and said ho desorted com
pany F, Twenty-eighth Infantry, nt
Fort Wright, Washington. Tho ofll
cers at Fort Crook, Omnhn, wore noti
fied and tho man Is held in Jail uwalt
ing tho action of theso officers.
BAD FIRE AT DALLAS
Two I'eraon faintly llurl and Troperly
l.na Very (treat,
Two persons fatally injured, Klro
Chief Mugeo prostrated uud a property
loss of $370,000 Is tho result of sev
eral fires which occurred at Dallas,
Texas, Sunday. An alarm wns turned
in from tin- Horsey printing establish
ment, on lower Kim street, and In a
short time one of the fiercest confla
grations which lias visited Dallas In
years wns In progrrEH. To ndd to the
troubles of tho firemen, several other
alarms from different paits of the city
were turned In In quick succession.
Flremnn Will Spurr wait struck lit
the face with a brick and It Is said fa
tally Injured.
The young son of Fire Chief Mageo
was found on the floor of the engine
room nt the central station with a
fractured skull.
Tho Dorsey Printing company's
plant was totally destroyed, the loss
being about $200,000.
While the Dorsey flro wits In pro
gress n fire broke out on Lamar street,
near Collins, and twenty buildings
were destroyed.
Hnlf of them were ordinary business
houses uud the remainder boarding
houses nnd dwellings.
The Griffith Lumber company Is one
of the principal losers In that sec
tion of the city, where It Is estimated
the losses will aggregate $150,000, of
which Griffith & Co. sustain $50,000.
The loss of the Keating Implement
company is heavy, but not nccurntely
known.
About a dozen of the smaller mer
cantile nnd manufacturing establish
ments were destroyed, tho losses rang-
lug from $S,O0O down,
leraey Will he It Home.
It Is stated that tho new company
to control tho Atlantic steamship lines.
Just combined, will bo incorporated in
New Jersey, with a capital of ubout
$150,000,000, says tho Journul of Com
merce. The underwriting syndicate
wan organized on the basis of $100,
000,000 stock and $44,000,000 In Vj per
cent bonds. Tho syndicate Is under
stood to bo virtually the samo an the
new ono which llonted the United
States steel corporation.
Foret lteiervr for Nehrnikn.
News was received Tuesday at tho
Nebraska state university that Presi
dent Kooscwll has Issued n proclama
tion setting aside 80,000 acres of land
in Thomas county and 12(5,000 acres In
Cherry county to form a forest re
serve. This Is something that tho de
partment of forestry nt the univer
sity lias been working for for a long
time. Tliosu Interested in tho stato
along this particulnr lino aro muclv
pleased.
To Try I.oiik' Slayer.
Tito trial of tho men and women
charged with tho robbery and murder
of Nonh Long, who was hurled from
tho old Southern bridge in Argentine,
Kan., into tho Icy wntcrs of tho Kaw
river on tho night of January 29, will
begin In the district court nt Kansas
City, Kan., soon, Tho first of tho
cases to bo tried will bo that of Henry
Donuhtip. It will probably bo followed
by tho caso of James Goff.
THE NEWS CONDENSED
I.ute TeleKruphlii lllpatrhe Iteduced t
a Iteadalile Size.
Omnha secured tho national editorlul
convention to bo held in 1903.
The three-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Melrose, Lincoln, Neb., fell
into n thirty-foot well, but was res
cued uninjured.
At Chlcngo Louis Toombs was found
guilty of tho murder of Annlo Larson
and sentenced to hang. Tho crime
was committed on board tho steamer
Peerless.
The puintcrn nnd papcrhangers of
Des Moines, la., havo returned to work
after a week of Idleness. They won
their strike for an advance to 35 cents,
per hour.
An attempt of Uio tobacco combine
to secure control of tho retail cigar
trado in Chicago may lead to a war of
extermination, In which tho finest Ha
vana cigars will sell for the price of a
cheroot.
Dal Cott Chambers, son of tho mis
sionary, Kev. Mr. Chambers, who Is
Btatloned at. Adann, Asia Minor, fell
to tho bottom of a gorge In tho Encel
pass, near Eviannas, Switzerland, nntl
was killed.
In a quarrel over a baseball that was
said to havo been thrown into his.
yard by neighbor's children, Abe Slup
sky, a St. Iouls politician shot and.
fatally wounded Charles Plnckard, a
saloon keeper.
A telegram received nt tho navy de
partment from Captain McCrca of tho
gunboat Machlas, states that Do cos
del Torn fell into tho hands of tho
liberals, and that no Injury to Amer
ican citizens or interests occurred.
Prof. Nicholas Murray Dutlor was
installed as president of Columbia unl
vertAy, New York city, Saturday. Tho
ceremonies wore attended by tho pres
ident of tho United States, nnd tho
heads of tho principal institutions of
learning in tho country. (
Republican leaders figure that tho
result of tho amendment to tho Cuban
reciprocity bill, udopted by tho houso
on Friday of last week will mean, if It
should pass tho senate and president, n
reduction of .508 on refined sugar com
ing from Germany and other countries
giving bounties.
C. F. O'Drien, an aged farmer of
Macon, Mo., has been arrested charged
with having intentionally poisoned
herds of livo stock owned by farmers
against whom he held a grievance It
is alleged ho poured paris green into
wells, tanks nnd ponds. t
A New York dispatch enys that J
Picrpont Morgan, who is now abrond.
has practically completed a plan to
comblno all tho leading transatlantic
steamship lines. The companies to bo
consolidated, It is understood, aro tho
American nnd Red Star lines, Whlto
Star line, Dominion lino, Atlantic
Transport lino, and tho Lcyland lino.
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