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A CARELESS WAY
Misuiulorstnnding of Contract
Tios Up n BUI.
WILL IT COST A LAWSUIT
Painter W.nU One Tlioiianml of State
Motift) for Service Heiiilereil A
Cnrelmt Wiy of Letting fun-
IricU l)f tlio Htnte,
A clfllm of $1,000. presented by W. A.
rtalley of Lincoln, for pnlnttng .mil pn
iwrlng t tin- soldiers' and sailors'
home nt Ot.md Island, litis been lying
ntuillowcil for Homo time In Jin hands
nf tho MiTiilaiy of thu board of public
Innds and buildings. Hoi tary of
HJAto Miii'Hh mid Attorney General
Prout mi' willing to jkv' thu : ilm, but
Htato TioaHiircr Mortoiisen ni d IjuhI ,
OommlHslonet Colmer decline o vote
for I In iilliiwaitd' Ah tin: vole a tie,
thcro appcum to ho no prospcit of itt
allowati'c
Tho dlHiiMio over tho nllownmv of
Mils bill for labor appears to bau
nrlscn became of n careless way of
making cunt nil ts or bcnuiso of n mis
understanding Tho contract was
mode with Mr Halloy several months
ao. Them wero present Secretary
MA rub, Attorney General Prout and
HUto Treasurer Mortonhcn. The land
commlwilnncr was absent, as bo fre
quently Is on account of trips over the
iJato for I ho purposo of overseeing the
nvippnilnetne:it of hcIiooI IiuiiIs. This
work Ih of great ltiiKrtanro Xn the
iitatc uiul Mr. Follmor Ih devoting
iiiiicIi of hh time to It. When tho
proposition presented by Mr. Ilalley
wiirf pla.vd before tho threo members
It wn u tpteil Later Mr. Mortenscn
discovery! that It. Inrluiled work at the
Grand Islmd home, whllo he was
tinder thw Impicadon that It wns for
work at the soldiers' home nt Mllford.
Ho Raid he voted on the coutinct with
the understanding that it was for paint
Inn and papering at Mllford. Another
member of the board, when bis at
tention was ended to tho matter, also
paid be thought It was for the Mllford
Home only, but Inter be refreshed his
memory mid wild he recollected that it
Included the Grand Island home. Mr.
MVytentnii first tried to have tho
lionrd reconsider Its ncilon In awarding
both contracts to Mr. Uailcy. He was
miahlo to get more tlinii two votes.
Ah the lio.inl wmi tlrd on thnt proposi
tion, ho failed In the attempt. Mr.
Mortcnseit thn endeavored to induce
Mr. Bailey to Rive up tho work at
Grand Island Mr. Mortcnscu desired
to have Ginitd Island painters bid on
tlio work. Mr Ilalley positively de
(ilnoil. lie said tlio contract was
Awarded to him and ho Intended to do
tho work, llo did it mid now cannot
got his pay
It Ih believed that nothing short of
u suit ai;alnst the boatd will decide the
mutter mid It may tnko a year or more
to pet a decision. If a suit Is brouRht
tho mnuner of letting the contract will
liavo to bn fiiqulrcil Into and somo In
teresting farts may be brouRht out.
Aw It now htauds, Mr. Mortenson and
Mr. Folltnor stand together and Mr.
Marsh ami Mr. I'rout stand as firmly
on tho oilier side
Tho board or public lands nnd build
in rr hn: contracted for double strength
Klaus for the penitentiary us a cost of
jJ02.ri5. Tho contract for gravel roof
ing wot, also awarded, tho prlco being
$241, and tho name compnny was given
tho Job of furnishing asbestos cover
ing for pipes, the prlco being $2G0.
THE NEBRASKA BEET CROP
It I AiitlHpiili.il Two-Tlilr.U Will llo
llm SriiRnn' Output.
Coeta front western Nebraska nre bo
ginning to unlvo at the faetorieH and
tho campilgn will soon be htnrted.
Thirty-live carloads from North
riatto arrived at Unvltt and others
will be i end rod from time to time. An
'Htlmiito of tho total tonnage which
tho Uuvltl factory will handle this
iwiuson la from Rri.oo to 00,000 tons. It
will require more than three months
to work up tho aggregate product,
which will nwessltato tho ractorv's
running until after tho 1st of Jan
uary. Tho beets front the western part of
tho stato are of much liner quality this
year than those which wero raised In
Podgo and r.elghliorlng comities, owing
to a nioro fj.vora.blo season. Those al
ready received nto large, well formed
and whlto and uto testing as high ns
.18 per cent sugar , The irrigated sec
tion of tlw state had Jtiht the right
ninount of rainfall to produce the best
results from the beet cum It Is o
pocted thnt tho entire yield will bo
itfl good nn the first shipment shows.
ttnd tho general average will be high.
If the befits turn out two-thtrds of n
i crop In Dodge county, which would
mean eight or nlno tons to the acie
they will fulfill the best expectations!
The May nnd .Juno Hoods made It nec
essary to replant a large portion or
the crop, and the high wnter In August
delayed their growth for a week and a
half, besides washing out parts of the
Holds and covering many of tlio beets
with mud. Tho tonunge ami quality
aro as yet both lacking, but the crop
Is still growing and with some more
warm, dry weather it may yet make a
fair showing.
Ono thing In favor of the beets In
tho otate this year Is that they had not
liad their full growth when, tho lato
.ttummer rains eamo on. It la only
aiwhn,thft i Iponlng period has been
reached mid wet weather causes tho
vogoUibleo to start n second growth
that tho sugar 'content suffers ma
terially. Helling I.hiiJk Without Authority.
Tho bccroUry of tho interior depart
ment has Informed tho department of
Justice that, the Creole Indlnnft havo
Leon selllug allotted lands without tho
approval of tho secretary, which is
ngalnst tho law and tho treaty. Tho
attorney general advises thnt tho deeds
aro void and 6hould not bo put on
record.
An long an hla enemies aro afraid to
trust each other overnight tho Turk
feols that thoro Is no danger of his
099-year leaae being canceled.
REPOSE OF STATE FUNDS
Orrr 11 (Jimrtcr Mlllluti Unlit liy tlia
IllitiM.
Stnto Treasurer Alortensru hns pre
pared a list of tho banks In which tho
money of tho stnto is on deposit ntid
tho amount In ench bank. They arc:
Tannem and Merchants',
of Lincoln 8.ln9.00
Hank of Commerce. Lincoln 8,939.80
City National Hank, Lincoln 12,1G3.0L
Columbia National bank of
Lincoln 12,175.07
First National bank.Llncoln 12,lC0.r9
Commercial Nat., Omaha.. 12,100.99
Klrst Nf.tionnl, Omaha.... 11,127.20
Merchants Nat.. Omaha.... 12,149.39
Omaha National 12.104.03
Union Nat, Omaha 12.154.23
United States Nat.. Omaha. 12,131.00
'Irst National. Alliance.... 8,209.35
kittle Creek Valley bank.. 5,108.20
lank of Uazlle Mills 1,500.00
inter NaL of Drokon How. 5,027.80
tute bank of Curtis 3,050.33
'minebrog Stnto bank 1.G08.75
ommerclal Stnto bank of
(Irmitl Islnnd 5,035.95
Irnnd Island Hanking Co... 5,432.00
Union State bank, Harvard 4,o..n
First National, Hastings... 5,390.25
Cierman National. Hastings. 1.482.72
First National. Jloldrege... 2.945.02
Flttt National of l.oomls... 3,000.00
CltlzeiiB bank of McCook.. 4,117.51
Newport Stnto bank 2,000.00
Norfolk State bank 5.105.09
First National. O'Neill 5,028.05
First National, of Ord 0.950.00
Hank of Orleans 4,000.00
Pierce County bank. Fierce. 5,000.00
Packers Nat.. So. Omaha.. 2,017.57
Citizens Nutional, St. Paul. 4,410.15
First Stnto. of St. Paul 4,000.00
Farmers and Merchants of
Stromsburg 4.0C4.87
Hank of Syracuse 3.015.00
Valentino Htato bank 5,000.13
Saundors County National
of Wahoo 5,093.02
First National, of Way no.. 5,008.00
West Point Nntlonnl 7.000.00
Wolbach State bank 1,500.00
City National, of York 3.052.35
First National, of Yorlc... 4,004. 4
Total $259.070. 15
Following Is the amount of money hi
tho several permanent fuuds:
Permanent school fund I .04
Permanent university ... .02-
Agricultural endowment 02
Normnl endowment 16
Total on hand .24
There Is a total of $285,530.08 on
hand In tho various state funds, as
follows:
Oeneral 0,741. 98
Permanent school .04
Temporary school 174,813.50
Permanent university .02
Agricultural college endow
ment m -02
Temporary university 55,574.71
Hospital for Insane 705.74
Stato library 5,570.08
University cash 8.8G7.12
Normal library 3.200.50
Normal endowment .10
Normal Interest 2.582.72
Inheritance ta-c 2.018.74
Penitentiary special labor .. 2.891.15
Penitentiary land 4.503. 00
Agr. and Mceh. Arts 10,939.55
U. S. Experiment Station... 1.007.00
Total $285,530.08
A QUEER CHAIN OF WILLS
A Cumollratliiti llrnuclit Aliotit Through
ItoniHiire Year Ago,
Uohlntl tho will of Mrs. Alicia Arm
strong, declared by Surrogate Sllkman
or White Plains, N. Y., to havo been
forged, which was tiled by Misses Eva
and Georgina Uradley of CUfTslde. N.
J., thoro has been developed a ro
mance which dntes back nearly half
a century. It 13 declared to bo a ro
manco In which tholr father flgurod as
a lovor of Alicia Armstrong when sho
was a girl just budding into woman
hood, but It Is a tragedy, too, in which
their mother figured when she was a
young wife, when sho was a mother
and now that she Is a widow.
Then there Is the will of John O.
Holm or Omaha. Neb., who commit
ted sulcldo In his hotel, tho Klondike,
in April last. FIo days later Eva
Hradley received a will sent to her
through the malls which made her
Holm's solo heir. The witness to tho
will wns Androw Litbrek. Ho is now
said to bo crazy anil confined In a
lunatic nsyluni. Walter, who repre
sents' tho Hradleys. mother nnd daugh
ters In their civil action, went to Oma
ha to got the money for Eva, but
failed and returned. Tho money in
btlll expected to come to En. ..
will of Francis Hradley. the father and
husband, who died rront a strike of
npoplexy liv Now Yorlc whllo thoro
buying goods eight mount ago, was
tiled In Hnckensack. hut has been held
up until more evidence can be offered
to prove tho signatures. Then there Is
a will homowhero In Montana, mado by
a great-uncle of the Hradley gills,
which mado Eva Hradley the pole ben
ellclary, but Bhe has not received any
money.
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(ireit llrltitln Will Accept r Hheep
Secretary Wilson said that tho re
ceipt through the stato department of
an ollklal notice that Oreat Hritaln hns
removed its embargo on cnttlo and
sheep from tho Now England ports
was tho conclusion of tho great work
In which tho department had been en-'
gaged since December 1, for tho eradi
cation of foot nnd mouth dlscaso from
the New England states and tho restor
ation of tho traffic to tho condition it
was In before this outbreak occurred.
Tho secretary regards this as ono of
tho most Important and valuable plecea
of work tho department has done for
American agriculture.
A lllir Vlml of Tin Ore.
A hundred-foot ledge of tin ore is re
ported to have been discovered near
iAist River In tho Capo Yorlc district,
north of Capo Nome. Details of tho
discovery, which, it Is said, may prove
tho greatest known anywhere, are
glvon. Joseph HutchlnBon represents
eastern capitalists associated with tho
American Tin Plato company.
King Peter will bo happy is noth
ing worse than a rumor lilts him.
Still, the nut crop may not bo all
that it Is cracked up to be.
TO (ALL RESS
Tho President's Plans Will Eo
Carried Out.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY NEED IT
All l'riiiniiltliinn tn Almnitmi tlio l'x-
truordlnury Hcmion Mrrt C'nol Itr-
ceptlim The Aliinkun Ti-rrltory.
A good deal of pressure lias been
brought to bear on tho president to in
duce him not to call congress Into ex
traoidlnnry session in November, but
to all callers who have Hpokui to aim
In that vein ho hns said ,that title gov
ernment Ih committed to the proposi
tion that the Cuban reciprocity treaty
bo mado effectives nt tho earliest pos
sible date', nnd he regards It as a mat
ter of good faith that this country
should keep Its word. He bus de
clined, therefore, to consider any
proposition looking to the abandon
ment of tho Idea of an extraordinary
session.
Senator Dillingham of Vermont,
chalrmon, and other meinbcra of the
Biib'-committee of tho senate commit
tee on territories which, on recom
mendation of the president, made a
thorough investigation of Alaskan nf
falrs during tho past summer, had a
conference with President Hoosovtlt.
Senator Dillingham indicated to the
president that the problem Is a gicat
one. Alaska contains almost ns much
territory ns Is Included In thnt part
of tho Urtltcd States east of tho Mis
sissippi river.
IN PHILIPPINO STYLE.
A Supposed Mnrrlnco to tine of I ni'te
Hum' rtolillem.
First Lieutenant Sidney S. Btirbank,
Sixth Infantry, stationed at Fort
Leavenworth. Kansas, hns filed n Milt
In the Leavenworth county dlf.Tlct
court to have a pretended marrlnge
with Mrs. Conception Vazqttcs. a Fili
pino woman, annulled. Tito petition In
the case is brief, but It Is out of the
ordinary. It says In part:
"Mrs. Conception Vnzqurs will take
notice that sho has been sued mid thnt
tho plaintiff has filed his petition
against her In said court for nnnull
raeut of tho pretended marriage con
tract, and that sho must answer the
petition before November 4, 1903, or
said petition will bo taken ns true nnd
Judgment will bo rendered against her
accordingly of tho following nature,
to-wlt: T
"Judgment that tho pretended mar
riage contract claimed by tho defend
ant with tho plaintiff be tot aside as a
forgery, a nullity and a fraud upon
this .plaintiff, and that all pretended
public documents In the municipality
of Valladolld, Occidental Negros, in
tho Phlllpplno islands, or elsewhere,
pertaining to such alleged marriage,
bo cancoled and declared utterly null
nnd void, nnd that said defendant be
declared to havo no right or claim
upon the plaintiff or his property "
The filing of this suit is the out
come of a charge mndo by Mrs. Vnz
ques to tho war department In the
spring that Lieutenant Hurbnnk had
married her whllo In the Phlllpplno
service as an otllcer. and that she was
his lawful wlfo and sho wanted him
to support her. Tho first notlco of the
alleged maniago was made public
about two months after tho announce
ment of the engagement of Lieutenant
Durbank to a young society girl of
Leavenworth.
Tho story of tho Filipino maniago
of Lleutennnt Hurhank, which ho pro
claims Is a fraud, conies from Valla
dolld province, where Lieutenant Hur
bnnk was In command of a garrison of
United States troops In 1901. Mrs.
Vazques, who was a widow with three
small children, lived In tho illngo
where the garrison was located. It Is
said her Filipino husband was killed
by the Spaniards.
Lleutonnnt Hurbnnk came to Fort
Leavenworth a year ago and less than
six months ngo a report followed that
ho was man led to a Filipino woman.
Lieutenant Hurhank was Ftartlfd with
this rrport.whlch eamo to him through
tlio war department nt Washington.
Lieutenant Hurbnnk denied the truth
of It. The Filipino widow followed
this up by tiling copies of a document
purporting to bo n marriage contract
with Lieutenant Hurhank.
To offset this Lleutennnt Hurbnnk
nnd Corpornl Hums sent nflldavlts to
the war department stating that Lleti
touant Hurbnnk wns not In tho vlllago
but wns out on1 a campaign al tho date
of the pretended mnninge. AIho that
there was no notlco of tho marrlago
posted or nnnounccd by tho town crier
going up and down tho streets of tho
village nnd proclaiming It according
to the Filipino custom nnd that tho
pretended marriage Is n fraud and any
document to back It a forgery.
It Is said that Lieutenant Hurbanlc's
solution of the affair Is that a justice
of the peace or president of tho vil
lage where he commanded the troops
wns Imprisoned for six months for In
subordination; that the justice had
charge of the records and In his anger
and to get even with him (Lieutenant
Hurhank) permitted the, woman to np
ply for and make, out a marriage cer
tificate. Ills object In filing suit here
Is to dear up his record. According
to the Kansas divorce laws tho woman
has forty days to answer. She will
not have time to do so, as It would
require at least three months to pre
pare any defenso and file it by a per
son now living In tho Philippines.
Newftpuner Men In Trouble.
A tioop of cawilry and n company of
Infantry undor the commnnd of Major
McClelland surrounded the ofllce of tho
Dally Herord, the official organ of the.
miners' union in Cripple Creek, Colo.,
nud with a detail of several picked mon
cnteted the newspuper olllee and placed
the following men under nircst:
(leorgo Kayner, proprietor; W. S.
Langdon, Chnrles Langdon, llnotypo
operators; . A. Swrot, circulator, and
11. J, Richardson, foreman of tho Com
posing loom.
KANSAS WALNUT LUMBER
TVklilln linn CIom- Contract fur 0,000
(Inn Mock.
A few weeks ngo the Arknnsas Val
ley Fence company of Wichita, Kan.,
closed a contract with an eastern con
cern for n carload of blanks for gun
slocks to bo sawn from Knnsas walnut,
lumbor In proper size and shape for
tho use to which It Is to be put. Tho
blanks nre sawn from two-Inch sea
soned walnut lumber procured from
Walnut creek In Uutlcr nnd Cowley
counties. Each blank Is in two pieces,
tho larger for the butt nnd a smaller
piece for thu grip. There will bo 0,000
of each size, and It will take the larg
est sized box car obtainable to hold
them. This will be easy to bollevo
when It Is known that tho larger pieces
are about 20 Inches in length, two
Inches thick nnd tapering from threo
Inches to six inches In width whllo the
smaller pieces are about eight inches
long and taper from one and one-halt!
to three Inches in width.
Every blank Is cnrcfully marked on
tho largo walnut pinnies before they go
to tho aw. Every knot and check is
avoided and not oven a trace of Bap
wood Is left EUfTieiently Inrge that It
would show In tho finished stock. With
this care In selection thcro seems to bo
good reason to believe that this car
load of stuff from Kansas will supply
tho stocks for fully 0,000 guns. Kan
sas walnut lumber Is In demand for
purposes of this kind In all paits of
the country. The Knnsas cllmato not
only produces hardy people, but there
Is something about it that makes a
superior quality of timber, and tho
walnut lumber that grows along tho
crcckn mid rivers of this stnto 1b
strulghter and better grained than any
to he found in tho east, and from all
oer the county users of walnut lum
ber nre nnxlous to get their supply
from this state.
WONT ESTABLISH RULES
Ruinous of Kannn titty, K'lii., I'roterteil
by City Atlrolnlnlratloii.
Mayor T. H. (lllbort, In Kansas City.
Kan., announces that ho docs not in
tend to close the gambling houses lit
thnt tlty. for tho reason that tho
places have been running for twelve
or fifteen years under other admlnls-.
tratlons. lie r.aya It would be an In-.
Justlto to tho proprietors of tho gam-,
bllng houses to cloeo them now, be
cause they naturally expect to con
tinue business under this administra
tion tho same as under other adminis
trations. Tho mayor displayed much
feeling In tho mntter and was Indig
nant nt jjvhat he styled his political
enemies who arc insisting on his clos
ing gambling places which former
mnyors havo allowed to run. Ho said
ho had referred the wholo matter to
Chief of Police A. J. Murray.
Chief Murray authorized the an
nouncement made that an ordinance
Is now being prepared which will be
Introduced In the city council ut an
early dato which hns for its purpose
the Imposing of n system of fines on
tho proprietors of gambling houses,
which nro to bo run under police pro
tection. The 'ordinance will require
tho proprietors' to pay Into thu city
treasury a stipulated sum each mouth
and will protect them from arrest and
prosecution under a state law which
makes It a felony to operate a gam
bling houso of nny kind.
Tho city offkinls sny tho reason for
taking this step is to show to the peo
ple that city officials are not allowing
tho places to run for prlvato gain, as
has been charged, but the places will
be run lor public revenue.
Thli Is HooM'ToIt's Choice.
Tho stntments aro generally pub
lished in the Indiana newspapers that
aro closest to Congressman Crumpack
cr, that President Roosevelt has dele
gated the representative to ascertain
whether Senator Fairbanks would ac
cept second place on the national ticket
next year.
It Is snld that the president believes
it would bo a good policy to select a
vice presidential candidate from Indi
ana. The president's deslro to hnvo Sen
ator Fairbanks on the ticket with him
first becamo known a year ngo. Sec
retary of tho Navy Moody, ono of tho
president's most confidential political
advisers, and Congressman Crumpackor
becamo dose friends during their long
association in tho houso of represen
tatives. Mr. Moody a year ago undertook to
find out through Judgo Crumpacker
whether Senator Fairbanks would ac
cept second place on tho national
ticket.
Danish to Locate In Nobrnikn.
Representatives of tho Danish lm
migration Boclety of St. Paul, Minn.,
hnve bought of tho Union Pacific Rail
road company 15,000 acres of land, ten
miles northwest of Sidney, Neb., for
the purpose of settling thereon 200 fam
ilies of Danish emigrants to ongago in
tho dairying business.
This land has been thoroughly inves
tigated by tho representatives of the
society and tho grasses found to bo tho
most nutritious of any in tho west. It
is composed of gramma wheat nnd bluo
joint, and if properly cured in tho fall
upon the ground contains as much nu
triment as hay that is cut and put in
stacks. This discovery will settle every;
section of land In Cheyonno county In
very short time. Former Lieutenant
Governor Georgo Molkeljohn was hero
examining tho land In the Inter
est of Constantino Hrun, envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of Denmark.
A Human Kipreis Package
Tho distinction of being the first
prisoner over sent by express and half
way across tho continent nt that, un
doubtedly bclongB to Floyd T. Forrls,
who arrived at Hoston by American
Express from Columbus, Nob., en
route to Lynn, where ho Is wanted for
tho larceny of $250 from tho company
which transported him. Ferris was
to return, so word was sont east
that It would not bo necessary to scud
nn ofllcer nfter him. He was accord
ingly entered upon the regular way
bill as "ono man" consigned to "polico,
Lynn," at "owner's risk."
THEY ARE AT IT
A Loss to Both Turkey and Bui
gari. SANCTIONED BY THE PRINCE
All Avnllnble Material Rent to the Fron
tier 1,000 Ilerrult Will lln
I'resitoil Into Hen Ice.
Serious news has been received nt
Sofia from the frontier of fighting be
tween Ttirkifeh nud Hulgarlan troops at
Demlr-Ilnpl.t, both sides sustaining
losses.
, According to one report the Turks
attacked the Hulgarlan frontier pott.
Another veislon says tho Turks pur
sued a number of refugees ncross the
frontier.
It Is asserted that tho Turks havo
frequently attempted to provoke hos
tilities, firing into Hulgarlan territory
and fro"J-lug the frontier to Eteal
horses and phcep. The war oAke nt
Sofia Is working nt high pressure and
24,000 recruits will be called three
months before the usual time. Prince
Ferdinand has sanctioned numerous
other measures of n warlike nature.
All the cavalry with the exception of
a single regiment, pent Into tho fron
tier districts, wbero are also strong
forces of artillery. Vigorous efforts
are being made to prevent bands from
crossing into Turkish territory.
OPEN UP NEW TERRITORY
A New llurlliiKtou C'nimtrurtlnn to hu
Coiui'leU'd.
C. D. Crouch of Akron, Ohio, hns
purchased the Dakota Pacific tallroad,
formerly known ns the Dakota, Wyom
ing & Missouri River railroad, at re
ceiver's sale In Rapid City. Mr. Crouch
was tho heaviest creditor of the com
pany Absolute title will pn.ss Ucto
ber I'.' of tho present year. The Da
lto'n Pacific railroad was I egun in
18!l'. being projected for the connec
tion of Rapid City with tho Uurling
ton load at Myhtlc. Right of way wns
seuircil at Mystic, much of the gt ail
ing van done and ton miles of trade
laid. Tho company has expended nbout
$100,000 altogether, somo $200,000 of
this being in grading. It Is announced
that Mr. Crouch, upon securing title,
will arrange for the completion of tho
road at once, and expects to have It
open for Unfile to Mystic In four
months. Tho prospects of being given
a Hurlington connection aro very
pleasantly received by the people of
Rapid City.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
ItrltUh rteil-CoaU Ilrniled by the Enc
llili Flair ,Murrli Throuch Huston.
For the first time In many years the
flag of England, guarded by British
muskets, was borne through the streets
of Hoston by the honorable artillery
corps of London, as special guests or
a similar organization, the ancient and
honorable artillery company of Bos
ton. Landing nt Charlestown, almost on
the very spot where their ancestors
started on their memorable attack on
Bunker Hill, ono hundred and twenty
eight years ago, the red-coats of the
twentieth century marched from their
steamer, tho Mayflower, over tho
bridge to Boston and then through
streets resplendent with American and
Brltlbh flags to the hotels which will
be the' homes during their sojourn
In Boston. After being entortained in
New York, Washington, Niagara Falls
nnd Canada, they start back to their
own shores.
OIL IN NEBRASKA.
A Little Town on tho Mlmnurl l'ucKlc on
the Verse of Room.
Oil has been discovered at Portal.
Neb. It Is said the water In somo of
the wells cannot bo used because of
its oily condition, nnd being more no
ticeable In the well at tho homo of
Mr. Bryant, the Missouri Pacific sec
tion foioman. During tho Portal boom
about fifteen years ago, somo prlvnto
parties made borings on a small scale,
but owing to the scarcity of money,
the matter wr.s dropped before any re
sults wero obtained. Old residents are
of the opinion that the oil is there.
Nothing has been done In 'the pat
few years In tlio direction of mnking a
test, but indications are that borings
will bo mado In n short time with mod
ern machinery. The question Is be
ing agitated of organizing a company
among tho citizens of Portal and neigh
boring towns for tho purpose of rais
ing tho necessary funds to push the
work at once. Rumors aro thnt the
Missouri Pacific intended to try and.lo
cato the oil and will begin as soon as
they are convinced tho oil Is there.
Nehniftka Hun l'lnnty of Money.
Tho reports received at the olllca of
the state treasurer from a majority of
the county treasurers of tho stato ate
to tho effect that fully 00 per cent of
nil tnxes were paid by tho 1st of Juno.
This Is due partially to the proBporous
condition of tho people and partly to
tho fact that It Is cheaper to borrow
monoy and pny tho taxes than It Is to
pay tho penalty. On real property the
taxes delinquent draw Interest from
May 1, and according to tho reports
received there will be llttlo Interest
pnld In. Tho fact thnt 00 per cent of
the taxes have been pnld is a won
derful showing, inasmuch us it Is not
often that 90 per cent Is over collected
In one year.
The Town of I'ltpllllon Very Vrf.
The IjOW nnd Order league which
wns organized In Papllllon, Neb., n
few weeks ago for tho purpose of com
pelling the saloons to abide by the
Slocum law, has begun active work.
A delegation called upon County Attor
ney Patrick with the request that he
order all saloons to bo closed tight on
Sundays. This wns dono Immediately
and Papllllon will bo dry hereafter on
Sunday. All slot machines have been
removed owing to the wor lc of the
league.
FREE TRADE NOT A SUCCESS
t.ord Clminlicrlulii lllti the MrltMluSjr
toin it Terrible llloir.
Joseph Chamberlain In his manifesto
soon to appear will say: "Every other
nation nnd nil our own self-governing
colonics havo refused to nccept tho
gospel of Cobden and yet although they
ought, according to its dogmas, to bo
In tho last stage of depression nnd do
cllne, they have grown during the last
twenty years- In wealth, population and
trndo nnd In everything that goes to
make up tho greatest of nations. Thosn
who maintain, in a spirit of blind ob
scurantism, the absolute Inspiration of
an antiquated doctrine will have much
to explain. Men of all political opin
ions, slueo the questolns now rnlscd-A
aro not necessarily matters of party
politics, nor Indeed Is It likely that
tho Issues will be ultimately derided
on. It Is difficult to believe that tho
results of tho Investigation will not
convince every Impartial man of tho
necessity for somo reconstruction of
tho system whlcii has remained sta
tionary nud unaltered for more than
half a century whllo every other policy
lias been modified nnd adapted to meet
modern requirements. Free trade, If it
had over existed, might have secured
for us all that Its promoters promised;
but frc' imports without free trade
have brought us-facc to face with prob
lems which never entered Into) Cob
den's calculations. Wo know thnt tho
Idea of a united empire did not appeal
to him, and that be regarded the col
onics as nn encumbrance to bo gotten
rid of ns soon as possible. Tho 'little
Englanders' who follow his lead are
not likely to be moved by any consid
eration nrlslng out of our new-found
pride and faith in our distant kins
man." T.lne Up of State Ticket.
In tho ofllce or the secretary of state
some idea is now obtainable as to
what the state ticket will look like
Of course it will remain open for tho
Insertion or tho names or candidates
by petition nnd ehr.ngos, but lit all
piobablllty It wlll.be this:
For judges of the supremo court
John B. Hat nos Rep.
John J. Sullivan Dcm. and P. I.
George I. Wtlght Pr.o.
C. Chrlstlanson Soc.
For regents of tho stnto university
Charles S. Allen Rep.
William O. Whltmore Rep.
William A. Jones Dent, and P. I.
Dr. Ernest O. Weber.... Dem. and P. I.
C. A. Barker Pro.
R. V. Mulr Pro.
T. B. Llppincott Soc.
F. S. Wilbur Soc
MuHt Comply With Specification.
Hereafter contractors desirous of
supplying tho various state Institutions
with clothing and groceries will have
to comply with tho advertised speci
fications. Such is the statement of
Governor Mickey, tho chairman of tho
board of purchase and supplies, which
buys nil tho goods used In the various
stato Institutions.
The expression was prompted by the
charges emanating from Grand Island
merchants thnt it did not pay to bid
on itate supplies. The governor ad
mitted that in one Instance tho board
bad been obliged to vary from tho
specifications, but tbnj was done be-f
cause In the judgment of the board the
higher priced cloth purchased was
worth more than the other cloths of'
fcred, although at a higher price.
(lot What Win Comlnir to Them,
The trial of the army officers charged
with conspiracy against tho murderers
of King Alexander and Queen Draga
has been concluded at Bulgaria, Scr
vin, and Captains NovakovltCh and
I-azarcvltch. the former belnglhe ring
leader, wore sentenced to two years'
Imprisonment and the loss of their
commissions. Dr. Vellkovltch and Cap
tain Lotkijovltch, the former ald-do-K
cam of King Alexander, each received
sentences of a month's Imprisonment.
Other officers who took a less proml
net part in tho conspiracy were con
demned to from three months to a
year In prison. It is anticipated that
King Peter will .pardon all the con.
splrators.
A Low I'er Cent of HiiiikrupU.
The report of bankruptcy proceed
ings in the United States district court
for the six months ending September
20 makes these Interesting showings:
Voluntary petitions filed, 31; Involun
tary petitions filed, 9; voluntary peti
tions adjudicated by court, 27; invol
untary petitions adjudicated by court,
S; voluntnry petitions dismissed, nono;
involuntary petitions dismissed, 4;
voluntary discharges granted, 48; In
voluntary fflscharges granted, 2; total
number of Involuntary petitions filed
since passage of the bankruptcy act
In this court, 8S7; voluntary, 04.
Inilhiii School lit (Sennit n Hnccena.
The annual report or W. H. Wiuslow,
superintendent or tho Indian school
at Genoa, Nob., has b'een made to tho
Indian commissioner. Ho reports the
year's work on tho whole has been, ft
success. The industrial work hns boAe
better orcnnlzed nnd carried out
Evory pupil has received Industrial
training, and attendance at the school?
increnscd.
Can T.unil Cheap I.nlior.
Tho China Commercial Steamship
compapy, operntlng steamora to tho
port or San Frnnclsco, has won Its
fight for the right to land Chinrso
roollo laborers in Mexico, The newa
of the Intention of tho Mexican gov
ernment to pprmit Chlneso to land o.
Its soil haa Just been received by the
steamship officials.
New Xebraiku Hunk.
The Citizens State bank of Atna-.
worth, Nob., has opened Its doora to
the public. E. C. Mllbon Is president,
Frank Juvennt, vice-president, and H.
E. Eldred, cashier. Aluswnrth now
has two strong banking instyuious.
Kimpemled Vroin the Turf.
J. H. (Skeets) Martin, the American
Jockoy, hns been suspended from rid
ing In London by tho stewards of tha
Jockey club for attempting to antici
pate the htart In thoTaco for tho Hope
ful stake at the Newmarket meeting
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