fORFREEEDUCATION
Franco Adopting the Froe School
System of United States
STATE SCHOOL TO BE FIRST
A Content Wnced bjr tlin (Internment li
Flimlly Won Freo I'lltiratlon
Mil Liberty lo Together
By the cIpcIhIvo mnjorlty of 21C lo 2C'J
Mm Paris chamber of deputies passed
tlio government bill for tho suppression
of nil forms of teaching by tin; re
ligious orders. This supplements and
completes the work Iegun by the for
mer premier, M. Wnldcck-Rousseau, In
1901.
Tho first law suppressed thr unau
thorized teaching orders, win h had
for a long tlmo carried on the r voca
tion despite tho lark of legal unction.
The new law does not make 1 1 y dis
tinction between authorized and unau
thorized congregations, but sweeps
away the whnlu fabric of teaching by
religious orders, thiiH In effect sub
stituting tho system of statu schools
for those heretofore conducted by the
ordern.
Besides offertlnB the educatlonnl sys
tem, the jinssage of tho bill Is the
nch'lcvcmcnt of the principal work un
dertaken by Premier Combes, anil It
Is believed that tho premier will now
voluntarily retire. ,
Tho parliamentary battle over the
bill was ono of the severest which the
chamber of deputies has seen In re
cent years.
The minority failed to develop any
iierlmiR strength, but carried Its ob
struction to the point of a tine art, and
moreover Premier Combes suffered se
verely by defections from his own
Hide. Premier Combes, however, main
tained his majorities on tho main fea
ture of tho bill and the closing vote
was In the ni'.turo of a persouul
triumph for him.
OVER HUNDREDS OF MILES
Ilevniitatlon by l'rnlrle Firm In Kurk,
Unit himI Wheeler Count leu
Blackened, by tho hungry names
which ran across them during several
days of the week Just passed, hun
dreds and hundreds of pquaro miles of
the finest haylnnd that was ever put
on a map, lie desolate and barren today
lit tho northwestern part of the stale.
Licked up by the all-powerful tongues
of tho prairie fires which wcro fanned
into monstrous beings by tho gules that
blew so strenuously, thousands and
thousands of tons of this crisp, clean,
heavy crop of grass has disappeared
Into the smoky heavens and ulong
w'lth tho hay have gone dozens and
dozens of homes and barns and sheds
full of live stock that belonged to tho
ranchmen of Itock, Holt, Wheeler and
Koyn Paha counties. The loss will ex
ceed 1100,000.
Hoard After the "Tiiutliim"
Tho right of a company transacting
IiubIiiobs of a tout I no nature, or re-
tumbling that of tho home co-operative
companies which have leen burred
by tho supremo court from operating
In Nebraska, to collect oil old contracts
Is to be tested in tho courts by tho
state, hanking board. Tho board has
instructed tho attorney general to In
vestigate aho action of the Fidelity
Ixxin & Trust company of Chicago to
collect premiums on contracts written
by the old Reserve' Investment com
pany of Amorlcn, an Omaha concern
which was forbidden to do business in
tho sUito when tho law against co-op-orativo
institutions of this nature went
Into effect lust year.
liny, HIiotKun and Death
An accidont occurred near Odell.
Neb., resulting in tho death of a 11.'-yeor-old
son of Mrs. Irene Armstrong,
Tho folks having gone to town to do
the afternoon trading, the Armstrong
boy went over to tho homo of his cou
Hlnllcn Ramts, who lived upon a ad
joining farm. The boys got down an
old nhotgun, with which they weio
playing when the gun was discharged,
tho load taking offoct Juki back of the
Armstrong boy's ear, cuuslng Instant
death. Thoro wero no witnesses to
the accident, except the children, and
In their fright and excitement, they
could glvo uo intelligent account of It.
.foe (Inn I.elchtwelehl Chuiuplnii
Joo Gans of Ilaltimore was given
tho decision In a ten-round bout with
Otis Gardner of Saginaw, Mich . rnr
tho lightweight championship of tho
world.
Arranglnc to ('"lebratti
Tho Odd Fellows and Rehekuh lodges
of Table Rock aro making arrange
uientH for the celebration of the 85th
unnlvorsary of American Odd hVllnw
iihlp. Committees havo been appoint
ed from each of tho lodges to lompleto
urrungements for a proper observance.
A program will be prepaud for tho
day tlmo and in tho ovenlng there will
be a supper, tho proceeds to go to the
fund far the establishment of an Odd
Fellows' home, to bo located In tho
near t'uturo in some Nobrsaku town,
SENATOR BURTON GUILTY
fury Hay tin lllpiratly Accepted Money
from Itlnlto Company
Joseph Ralph Iturton, senior United
Stntes Honator from Kansas, was con
victed by a Jury In the United States
district court at St. Louis, Mo on the
charge of having accepted compensu
tion to ptotect tho Interests of the Kl
nlto drain and Securities company of
St. Louis, before tho poBtofllco depart
ment. The Jury deliberated forty-ono
hours.
A motion for a new trial was Im
mediately tiled by tho counsel for tho
senator.
Judge Adams thereupon ordered that
Senator Uurton appear In court cither
In person or by proxy from day to day
until tho court has heard tho argu
ments for n new trial, and If decided
against him, to fix his punishment.
For u time there threatened to bo
a disagreement of the Jury. Tho Jury
was brought before Judge Adams who
asked tho course for tho long delay.
Ho was told that eleven Jurors- had
ugrced, but the twelfth stood alone.
The court udmonislied the lono Juror
that tho expense of a new trial should
not be Incurred becauso of him fall
ing to agree with tho majority of tho
Jurors. A precedent was quoted show
ing that the majority of tho Jurors
should decide tho caso beforo them and
a verdict bo rendered accordingly. Tho
Jury was then told to go buck and
poll Its voto once more. Soon after
tho Jury reported, bringing in a ver
dict, but Judge Adams found that tho
third count had not been considered,
and again he sent the Jury back to con
sider tho case, without having an
nounced tho verdict returned.
Tho third time tho Jury entered tho
court room tho result of Its delibera
tions was announced, and United
States Honator Iturton Htood convicted
of tho charges brought ugalnsPiilm in
the Indictment.
GIRLS CHANGED SHOES
Then 1'imlly Oefealed tlin Minneapolis
High .School (llrln
Tho Nebraska university basket ball
team had better luck In the game with
the Central high school girls at Min
neapolis, defeating thorn by a score
of 1(! to 9. The Nebraska players re
turned to Lincoln with the linn belief
that they could beat the Gopher girls
If they were to meet again this year.
The flour was so slippery that the vis
itors wero unable lo stand up. in tho
game with the Gopher team, while the
Gopher girls were equipped with shoes
that made u slippery floor advantage
ous. Tho contest with the high school
girls was played on the same floor,
but tho Cornhuuker girls hud a new
set of sIiocb before the second game.
Tho girls sny they arc convinced thut
they can give tho Minnesota team a
harder game than they did, becauso
with their new shoes they defeated tho
high school by the same score that tho
Minnesota 'varsity team made against
the same flvo a week before.
Wnitch V.etn Four Year
Four years In the penitentiary was
the sentence Imposed on Edgar Waugh
for stealing $'.',000 from the treasury
of I-ancaster county.
Tho prisoner listened meekly, stand
ing with bowed head before the bar of
Judge Cornish. Not n word did ho say
In extenuation or explanation.
Sitting some distance behind thn
prisoner wero his father and mother,
wife and his wife's sister. Part of tho
time they wero In tears, but when tho
Judge enmo to the conclusion of his
remarks and gao sentence. Mrs.
Waugh sat upright and bravely list
ened to the Judgment. ,
Waugh turned to Deputy Sheriff
Tucker, standing near, nnd walked
from tho room to the Jail without ouco
looking to his relatives or to tho
many who wore prosent In the court
room.
Knnanit Mini In Clioumi
W. M. Davidson, superintendent of
schools at Topeku, Kan., has been
elected superintendent of instruction
by tho Omaha board of education. The
voto was unanimous, one member be
ing absent.
Twenty-sovcn candidates were pre
viously discussed for an hour In execu
tlvo session. Ip committee four votes
wero caso for A. II. Watorhouse, prin
cipal of the school. Mr. Davidson is
elected to serve mall August 1, 1l)0.r,
tho unexpired portion of tho term' of
Curroll G. Pearse.
An Efllnghnm auctioneer Is still "cry
ing" sales although well nlong In his
82d year. He estimates that he has
auctioned off tho property of 1,000 men.
Lincoln' lloyn Aro Chuniplon
Tho Lincoln high school boys' bas
ket ball team easily won the champion
ship of the state In tho flnnl gomu of
tho season, defeating the Omaha high
school basket ball team by u score of
10 to 25. Tho game was played on tho
floor of tho Omaha Y. M. C. A. gymna
sium, ami tho small space around tho
sides of the room and In tho balcony
was lilted with ouo of the largest
crowds tlint ever witnessed u game lu
that city.
JAPS FAILED AGAIN
A Bold Attempt to Blockade Port
Arthur Harbor
RUSSIANS TOO WIDEAWAKE
One Dettroyer Ulil Terrlblo Execution to
Japanese Craft' ,lnpane Hun
Away Out of Uiiiibh
Under cover of darkness, Vice Ad
miral Togo made another desperate
attempt to bottle up the Russian fleet
in Port Arthur, but failed again, and
when after daylight Vice Admiral
Makaroff steamed out to give battle,
tho Japanese commander refused the
chnllcngo nnd soiled awcy,
The Japaneso practically repeated
tho tactics of February 24 by sending
In four fire ships, preceded by a tor
pedo boat flotilla, with the exception
that tho fire ships this tlmo were
armed with Hotchklss guns for the
purpose of keeping off the Russian
torpedo boat destroyers.
The enemy's nttempt wns discovered
by means of tho shore searchlights
and a heavy fire was opened from the
batteries nnd from two gunboats
which were guarding the entrance to
tho hurbor. The Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Sllnl was outside on scout
ing duty, and to the dash and nerve of
her commander, Lleutenunt Krinizki,
Is chiefly due the complete defeat of
tho plans of the Japanese. He nt
onco made straight for the oncoming
ships under a hell of lire from the
Hotchklss guns, and torpedoed the
leading ship, which sheered off, fol
lowed by tho others, three of them be
ing piled tin on the shorn under Golden
Hill, and one under .the lighthouse.
Tho Sllnl then engaged the cntlro six
torpedo boats of tho enemy, coming
out from a torrlflc light with Boven
killed nnd her commander and twelve
of her complement wounded, but on
the Japanese side only one boat's crew
was saved.
WILL GO TO ST. LOUIS
Stnte UoUemlty Niiinmer School Pupils
Will Take Free Trip
Tho feature of tho summer school at
the Nebraska stato university this year
will bo tho excursion to St. Louis,
open only to those registered Tor work
in tho school. A special train of day
couches and Pullman sleepers, deco
rated with university colors, will leave
Lincoln on Saturday, June 25, and re
turn from St. Louis July 2. First-class
hotel accommodations at moderate
rates havo been secured liv the authori
ties. Tho purpose of the trip is to make
a study of the industrial and educa
tional exhibits under tho guidance of
tho university instructors. Tho excur
sion will bo under the churge of R. II.
Clark, roglstrar. A largo number of
teachers have signified already their
intention of taking advantage of the
excursion to visit the big fair.
Classes will meet one day more each
week during the summer session in
order that those who go may not lose
any tlmo or instruction. Thoso who
stay at home may have the use or tho
laboratories, libraries and workshlpa
and a regular course of work will be
planned for them for that time.
Details of Peru Normal Fire
Tho loss by fire at the Peru normal
chool will not reach $250, according
to a special report submitted by Su
perintendent Clark. The flro originated
In a box of theatrical costumes stored
in the corridor on the fourth floor and
was caused either by defective electric
wirins or spontaneous combustion.
The fire afforded an opportunity, for
testing tho now pumping plant recently
Installed and soon was under control.
Resolutions of thanks and commenda
tion wero adopted by tho stato board
of education in regard to Janitor Mum
ford nnd Professor Ueck, who wore tho
principals In putting out tho blaze, and
It has been decided to orgnnlzo a lire
company nmong tho students and em
ployes and adopt a system of fire drills.
Win AcelnRt Telephone Company
Tho Injunction suit or tho Fremont
Telephone Company vs. Tho City of
Fremont, which has been pending in
district court for several months, end
ed In a victory for the city. Early In
tae winter the city council passed a
resolution declaring tho franchise of
tho company forfeited becauso it had
increased rates beyond the figures al
lowed by that Instrument. Tho street
and sidewalk committee was Instructed
to remove the poles and wires of tho
company from thevatrcets nfter ninety
days, but tho comjijthy went into court
and scQurcd .frlaiornry injunction.
This was dissolvedby the court.
Can liny IUsi'liitrce for S40
An order Issued by tho war depart
ment and which Is of tho greatest Im
portance to the enlisted force, pre
scribes the rules govornlng the pur
chase of discharges from tho army.
Dlschargo by favor is declared to bo
Illegal and the only exception to tho
system of purchasing discharges is the
case of a soldier- who is the sole sup
port of a surviving parent and who
may bo discharged after ono year's ser
vice. Discharge by way of favor to
veterans Is prohibited. Tho purchaso
price of discharges is $10.
NORMAL SCHOOL CONTRACT
i i
Will be Ilullt of Pressed Brick and Stone
After Ilorllnnhorr Plaui
Stone, pressed brick nnd plain brick
wero the subjects of discussion by tho
stnte board of education at its meet
ing In tho offlco of Superintendent
Fowler. Tho meeting was a special
one and wns called for tho purpose of
Inspecting the plans for tho Kearney
normal school prepared, by Architect
George Rerllnghoft of Beatrice.
The plans submitted by Archttect
UcrHnghoff were approved in general
and then the matter of building ma
terial to be used was taken up. Sev
eral of tho members of the board fa
vored a Btone front for the building,
tho use of pressed brick in the rear
and common brick on the sldewalls.
Omaha pressed brick will be the stand
ard and contractors must agree to fur
nish brick as good or better than tho
Omaha product. No decision was
reached In regard to building material.
At tho meeting the board' accepted
the plans in entirety and decided to at
onco advertise for bids for construc
tion, bids to be in by 12 o'clock, April
20, at which time the board will meet
In regular session and award tho con
tracts. It has not been decided what
what material will be used In the con
struction, but bids aro to be alterna
tive on Hodford stone, artificial stone,
pressed brick and common brick. As
contemplated by tho plans, the build
ing will havo a frontage of 170', feet
and a depth of C.I feet. The main por
tion of the building will bo somewhat
deeper than tho wings, tho scheme of
architecture being for a completed
building of .quadrangular form. The
executive committee of the board will
act as a special committee to inspect
and report upon the several kinds of
material and tho members of the com
mittee may make a trip to Denver to
Inspect several buildings constructed
entirely of artificial stone. Tho plans
aro for a two-story building with base
ment, a chapel and' ganeral assembly
room to he on tho top floor.
THE $33,333.33 ALL PLEDGED
Siuto University Temple nodding I Cer
tuln to be ICrected
The fund for tho erection of the Tem
ple building at tho state- university ha9
been pledged. This announcement has
been mnde nt the university. The
amount which was to bo raised by pop
ular subscription was $33,333.33. .
The chairman of one of tho com
mittees which had been appointed to
solicit pledges, said:
"I have done no work lu behalf of
the fund for more than a month, but
when I quit we lacked less than $4,000
of having the entire amount and It
was Increasing at an average rate of
$t,000 a week. The entire amount is
now pledged."
Saoo.OOO.000 Insnrauco Case
Beforo Judge Dinwiddle, In the cir
cuit court of Madison, Wis., the case
of the state insurance commissioner
against the Equltablo Lire Insurance
Society of tho United States, was de
cided in favor of tho state. Tho case
is the celebrated ono In which tho
state sought to compel tho insurance
company to distribute several million
dollars of surplus funds among policy
holders in Wisconsin. The case will
bo appealed. Tho Biiit is one of the
most important ever brought in Wis
consin, affecting as it does nearly $300,
COO.OOO of surplus that has been with
held by insurance companies doing
business in this stato for the past
thirty years or more.
tarred from Nebraska
Because Its salary list 1b too high for
tho income of the National Masonic
Accident association of Des Moines,
Deputy Insuranco Auditor Pierce has
refused to permit the company to con
tlnuo to transact business in Nebraska
and Its application for a ro-llccnso has
been rejected. The concern is an as
sessment accident association. An In
vestigation shows that in 1901 the asso
ciation had a membership of 9,807 and
a salary list amounting to $10,500. In
1903 the membership was 11,000 and tho
salary list $19,000. The auditor consid
ered tho increase in salaries out of pro
portion with the Increaso in member
ship. Cnmbrlilce Beat Oxford
Tho sixty-first annual race betweon
tho crews ot tho University of Oxford
and tho University of Cambridge was
rowed over tho Putney to Mort Iiako
course, England, about four and aquar.
ter miles, and was won by the Cam
bridge men, who crossed tho finish
line at 8:19, four lengths In front .of
their opponents.
Postmaster Pase,Away
Postmaster A. M. Thomas, of Aurora,
Neb., died of a complication of diseases.
He had been postmaster about seven
years, nnd had lived In Nebraska twen-ty-nlno
years. Ho served four years
in tho'clvil war with an Indiana regi
ment and was In Llbby prison. Ho had
a largo acquaintance throughout tho
state, having served as representative
In tho legislature In tho early 90s. He
leaves four children, all grown. They
llvo In Aurora.
(OPE WljpJSTS
Stockmen Invited to Participate
in Dodgo City Meeting
CALL HAS THE RIGHT RING
Porpoie of the Meeting I to Prorlilo
Way anil Means for Iletlennen of
Price on All Kind of Slock
A call has been Issued for a conven
tion of llvo stockmen, to bj held at
Dodgo City, Knn., Ma red 31. The call
Is addressed to southwestern stockmen
but copies have been sent to all parts
of the west and from the number of
letters received by II. U. Bell, the sec
retary, tho convention will bo one of
the largest held in southern Kansas In
many years.
Many important questions will be
discussed at this mectlnn relative to
the llvo stock business. Among other
things tho call states:
The purposes of this meeting are for
the discussion of and to help provide
wayB and means for thejictterment of
present prices, not only of cattle, but
for all llvo stock.
Tho undesirable conditions which
have existed at the different great llvo
stock markets of this country for the
past year are no longer in comparison
or proportion with the rntes paid by
tho consumer, and whllo the country In
goneral is enjoying prosperity, good
prices for tho most products and labor
employed, there is no Just reason why
cattlo should sell on foot at the pres
ent low prices.
Tho consumption of food products In
this country made from the steer has
materially increased, but tho producer
of live cattle has received no benellt
therefrom.
Supply and demand aro no longer
taken Into account In fixing tho prices
of cattlo on foot.
Tho causo is lack of competition In
buying, brought about by a combina
tion of the packers.
To change this system Is the question
which is of all Importance to the cattle
producers of today, and at this meeting
on March 31, this will be the great
question presented.
Tho Independent Packing company
recently organized believes It has found
a remedy. It is legitimate and healthy
competition. At thlB meeting represen
tatives of this company will be present
and fully explain how It as a company
hopes to correct this evil of low prices
and will try to Instruct us hoc; to bet
ter our conditions In the business In
which wo are engaged.
Wo hopo in this letter to Impress on
your minds the ono fact more than any
other, that the oppression under which
the stock men nnd stock growers are
now laboring will never be changed un
til we ourselves taken an active part In
bringing about the desired result.
Tho promoters of tho Independent
Packing company, which was organized
last winter have promised to attend
this meeting and have issued a state
ment in connection with the call for
tho convention, a portion of which is as
follows:
"Tho unt'.eslrablo conditions which
havo existed at tho various llvo stock
markets for somo time have caused
overy grower and feeder of cattle to
llvo this question serious thought. Sup
ply and demand is not taken into ac
count in fixing the price of cuttle on the
hoof. Wo bellevo it is the rule of cause
and offect. We bellevo wo know the
cause. It is a lack of competition In
tho buying, brought about by a com
bination of the packers of the United
States. Now what to do to effect a
change to relieve conditions from our
view point Is tho question.
"if a sufficient number of men. who
are engaged in tho llvo stock business,
will Interest themselves in completing
this organization, tho promoters are
certain of good results. Tho stockmen
are a widely scattered body of men,
and .It Is difficult to reach them, and
fully explain in detail the plans of this
new company.
"At this meeting representatives of
tho Independent Packing company will
bo present, and explain in detail all
they expect to accomplish for tho pur
pose of bettering conditions, now com
plained of. Also some of tho b..icflts
to the' cattle industry generally."
Want Ministerial I.lmlt Itepealed
The Nowark, N. J., conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church has adopt
ed a memorial to tho general confer
ence to bo held at Los Angeles In May
favoring tho repeal of the church law
enacted four years ago when tho time
limit for pastoral appointments was
removed.
Kansas Postmnster Appointed
The following Kansas postmasters
appointed:
Brainerd, Butler county, Oliver P.
Brumback, vico C. E. Brumback, re
signed; Devon. Bourbon county, Elmer
Butler, vice John J. Stewart, resigned;
Dan', Wilson county, Charles S, Adoll,
vice Charles W. Browning, resigned;
Strawberry, Washington county, Chns.
Wurts, vico Mathias Wurts, resigned;
Yalo, Crawford county, Mrs. Ella G.
Orden, vico Sylvester H. 'Dewltt, resigned.
BRITT THE BEST MAN
Jatnef ttrltt (lot Deels'on Oyer Young
Corbett at San Vranclton
Jamca Britt, of California, was glvo
the decision nt San' Francisco over
William Rothwell, better known as
"Young Corbett," of Colorado, in a
twenty-round contest at Woodward's
pavilion.
Up to the seventeenth round Cor
bctt's advantage was apparent, but in
that round Britt rallied and ruined
right and left blows on various por
tions of Corbctt's nnatomy, forcing tho
champion to clinch to save himself.
Tho styles of tho two boxers were en
tirely distinctive. Britt fought for tho
body most of the time, whllo Corbett
devoted his attack for tho head, face
and Jaw. Britt weighed Just ViO
pounds, but Corbctt's weight was not
made public, though It is understood
ho was at least a pound and a half be
low the agreed weight, 130 pounds.
Both men fought hnrd in every round.
It was without doubt tho greatest
fight fought in California. Brltt'8
ability to take punishment and ht3 en
durance wero simply marvelous. At
no time during the twenty rounds did
Britt break ground. Ho always
brought the light to Corbett, who wa;
breaking ground and clinching most of
tho time. Britt was heavily punished,
yet was at all times willing to tako
more and finally outgamed tho cham
pion. llrltt was better at tho outfighting;
Corbett superior in tho infighting.
Britt had the best footwork, and tho
greatest speed. Corbett showed him
self the cleverer fighter at times and
tho heavier hitter.
After the flcht, Referee Eddie Graney
said:
"I simply gave the decision to th
man who had' the best of the fight."
MANY RURAL ROUTES
Partial Lint of It urn I Routes to be Retail
Untied In Nebraska
Tho postofD.ee department has or
dered the establishment of the follow
ing rural free delivery routes in Ne
braska, April 15:
Arborvllle. York county Route No.
1; length of route 15. G miles; number
ot houses on route, G5.
Cedar Rapids, Boone county Routn
No. 2; length of route, 27 3-4 miles; "
number of houses on route, 107.
The following appointments hav
been made in the rural carrier servlca
of Nebraska:
Brndlsh. route No. 1: John Gunner
son, carrier; Peat Guunerson, substi
tute. Humphrey, routo No. 3: Matthias
Gllsdorf, carrier; Joseph Gllsdorf, sub
stitute. North Loup, route No. 1: Clem N.
Meyers, carrier; Charles Meyers, sub
stitute. Crete, route No. 4; John W. Growell,
carrier; Nell Grewcll, substitute.
Overton, route No. 1: Miles E.
Boaraman, carrier; E. O. Boardman,
substitute; routo No. 2; John A.
Schleep. carrier; William H. Stuart,
substitute.
Curroll, route No. 1; Joseph A. Jones,
carrier; William Jenkins, substitute.
The following postmasters have beort
appointed for Nebraska:
Harlan, Cherry county; "Walter C.
Lyon, vice Homer S. Myers, resigned.
Weston, Saunders county: Joho 7
Walla, vice J. C. Stevens, reilgned.
Student Judge I.lre Htoek
The students of the agricultural col
legos at Manhattan. Kan., will hold a
stock Judging contest. A large amount
of money will bo spent in prizes. Tho
contests are given for the purpose of
creating a deeper Interest in tho work
of stockjiidglng among tho students and
to give uiom a training which will ma
terially aid them to win high honors
In future intcrcolleglnto Block Judging kr"
contests. The Agricultural association
of tho college, assisted by tho animal
husbandry department, will conduct
tho contest.
The contest will bo between tho stu
dents of tho sovcral classes Including
tho classes in tho regular four years'
agricultural course, tho first and sec
ond year's farmers' short course, dairy
short courso and special students.
Mlmtrel Hand Trollled
A trolley car at Keokuk, la., ran
through a minstrel parade, fatally In- 4
Jurlng James Barandl, hurting flvo oth
er persons and destroying nearly all
tho musical Instruments and costumes
of the band.
AnUlnc for a Katie
Tho representatives of telegraphers
employed by tho Baltimore & Ohio rail
road formally presented a demand for
Increased pay nnd a reduction In duty
hours to Vice President Potter of that
company,
Three Feet ot Coal at Kmpnrla
A threo-foot vein of coal was struck
at a depth of 700 feet in tho city park,
near tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fo tracks at Emporia, Kan. Great en
thusiasm provalls, as in addition to th
coal strike, a soven-foot bed of bully
ing sand was discovered only fourtcjF
feet from tho Burfaco, This well Is ris
ing sunk by private parties. Tho city
has voted $20,000, more than $15,000
of which has been untouched, in sink
ing a shaft for the coal. Work will
besln at once.
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