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World's Fair Commoncos Unclor
Flattering Conditions
FAIR MANAGEMENT PLEASED
linniennn (,'rotril llunilli'il Willi Army-
f.lkfl rrrrlaiMirmi by II. H. (Iniiril
I'roernm la I'ltilaluul In ttntull
Representing a larger expenditure
than oiiy similar enterprise heretofore
attempted on thlu continent, greater In
Its (itnl)lllon, and wider In Its scop.i
tlmn any previous effort of lis kind, tho
Lonlirlnnn Purchase exposition whs
formally opened at St. 1iuls.
Tlic Innugurnl exorcises could hardly
have been Improved upon. Tin y were
Klmplo, wore- carried through v. Itlioitt
delay, and without a halt or d :uy of
any description.
The weather, nntwItliHtiindlti': t ho
prr.Imltttlc, predictions of tho weather
bureau, which promised a gloomy
morning, a threatening noon and a
rainy ovonltiB, was without How. No
fairer day from dawn to sunset lotild
liavo hrcn hoped for. Tho huh was
warm, but tempered liy a pleasant
breeze whoso temperature watt sulll
clcnt to cool, nnd .too mild to chill.
The handling of tho ciowiIh, the
guarding of enclosure!), sacred to tho
participants In tho oxerehics, and tho
police work generally could not have
been bettered. This work was In the
hands of ofllecrs of the regular army,
who directed tho exposition guards In
all their duties, and was done as the
regular army men do thing In general,
piomptly, thoroughly and without nn
fuss
Extreme earo had been taken In the
arrangements of the iliy'n program.
Its length had been calculated to a
nicety that all things might, be finished
at noon exactly, but as Is usual In Mich
cases, the program dragged out be
yond Its expected time. It was ar
ranged that President Itooaevelt should
presB the button at exactly 12 o'clock,
but when that hour arrived several of
tho addresses had not been completed.
At approximately 12:15, St. 1iiils time,
tho signal was given to President
Roosevelt that all things were ready.
II In response was quick and in a few
seconds rnino the answering touch over
the wire from tho White- house.
This olllclnlly opened tho exposition, 1
but It was determined to conclude tho
program ami the signal Tor the actual
opening, for tho unfurling of the Hags
tho ringing of bells and the operation
of tho greatest Cascades was not given
!br Director of Works Taylor until 1.01.
'It wns several minutes luter than tluit
when President Francis of the exposi
tion, formally announced tbnt the fair
was open to the world. He made tho
declaration with a laugh, for the bauds
woro playlnll, the crowds were cheering
ami tho peoplo were scrambling from
their seats to watch the rise of the
curtain upon th dtania with whose
prologuo of five long years they were
all familiar. From tno tlmn that Di
rector of Works Taylor waved his
baton with the Muttering ribbon or
white as a signal for the actual opin
ing, the exposition as tho epitome of
human achievement was the thing with
tho people, the speeches of men were
lu tho background. President Francis
waa the flist to realize this, and his
hearty laugh as he shouted to his flee
ing audience showed his unqualified
Joy lu tho fact.
ROYALTY GOES VISITING
TliuiimiiiM of l'eonlo (live, the Klnc and
Uurnn ltcitrly Welcome
King lid ward nnd Queon Alexandra,
havlnc completed their visit to Dub
lin, went to Kilkenny, and had tho
heartiest reception. The town was filled
with thousands or people from the sur
rounding country.
Replying to an uddress ot tho cor
poration the king Bpoko of his great
HatlBfactlon at the fact that his deep
Interest in tho Iilsh people was recog
nized. Doth tho queen nnd himself
would rejoice to seo Ireland take that
place in the industrial world which the
Intelligence nnd deftness of her people
amply qualified her to fill. If his visits
lo Ireland gave him better acquaint
ance with the needs or tho peoplo nnd
convinced them or his kindly feeling
ho would be amply repaid.
Nrw Ituiilc Deposit Itrrord
The Now York bank statements again
broko all previous records for grand
totals of loans nnd deposits', loans ag
r.regatlng $1,049,030,800, with deposits
of $t,UUli7,80O.
No Sunday Fr
Tho first Sunday of tho world's fair
found the gates tightly closed to the
hundreds of people who thronged For-i-et
park. Many went to tho vicinity
or the world's fair gi omuls unit ex
pecting thnt by some chance they
might bo admitted to the exposition,
while others went merely to wander
through Forest park and gaze at the
Ivory white buildings from without the
high board fence, which surrounded tho
1.210 acres of tho park occupied by the
uxpo'itiou.
A JAPANESE VICTORY
Thry I'orm tli IlinMiun to ltolrc.it In
l.nml lliiltln
After flvo days of fighting largely
with uitlllory, tho 11 rat Japanese- army,
under General Kurokl, has forced a
crossing of the Ynlu liver and, with a
gallant Infantry charge covering a
frontage of four nillra, It drovo (ho
Russians from (Jhlii Tien Cheng and
tho heights on the rlgh bank of tho
Iho or Alda river, which enters the
Yalu river from tho north almost op
posite Wlju. Tho Japanese turned the
left llnnk of the Russian position, uml
In the battle swept away tho new front
Interposed by the Russians to check
their onward movement.
Tho picscnt position of tho Japanese
Is a dominating one, ami they may
forco tho abandonment, of tho defenses
erected by the Russians at Antung
and other points lower down the river.
General Kurokl begnn the movement
by ordering a detarhinent of the I in
perlnl guards division to scl.o tho
Island of Kurlto, which la In tho Yalu
alwvo Wlju nnd a detnehment of the
second division to sel.e tho Island of
Klnello. which Is situated below Wlju.
The detachment of tho Imperial guards
mot with Homo resistance, but It suc
ceeded In clearing the enemy out and
occupying Kurlto Island. The RIs
slnns abandoned tho Island of Klnello
when attacked by the detachment of
the second division
Tho Japanese losses on tho Yalu
woro about 700 killed and wound
day were about 700 killed and wound
ed. The Russians lost over 800 men.
Tho Japanese are forcing tho Rus
sian army to retreat, capturing Russian
positions, arms and fortltlcatlons.
Chin Tien Cheng, the key of the Rus
sian position on the right bank of tho
Yalu, Is now held by the Japanese.
St. Petersburg corroborates reports
of first attacks made by the Japanese.
Gunboats alii tho Japanese lu dis
lodging Russians ulong the river.
DISASTEROUS FIRE AT RULO
I'lin I'lnn llulltllriRK In lleurt of Town
Di'Ktroyi-il by I'lrn
A disastrous fire occurred at Itulo,
burning out llvo buildings on the west
nltlo of Main street. The fire started
in the hotel occupied by Ed Duncan,
and before the alnrm could be respond
ed to the building was doomed. The
building on tho north was the Miles
block, und the henvy walls and quick
work by tho lire lighters saved it, but
the adjoining buildings on tho south
were frame structures and went like
tinder. The stock of hard warn owned
by J. W. Wlnterbottom war. paved, but
he lost three buildings carrying no In
surance. Two of thos" buildings wero
occupied by a harbor shop and doctor's
olUrcthe fixtures of which were saved.
The drug sloro of U. S. Coupo was
saved, being a brick building, ami tho
lire was stopped at that point. Tho
stock of drugs was removed. There
wns no wind at the time of the tire, or
the whole business street would have
been wiped out. Tho origin of the lire
Is unknown, but It Is not thought to
be incendiary.
BASE BALL RECORD
St li nil In i; f Three I.rngue Clulin tor the
Week Kndlne April notli
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Played. Won. lxst. Pet
New York- 11
!)
2
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r.
n
7
7
.818
Cincinnati 14
St. Iouls 11
Iirooklyu 11
Chicago 10
Hostou 12
Pittsburg 11
Philadelphia .... 10
8
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4
.571
.BIB
.545
.500
.417
.3fit
.200
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Played. Won. Ixst. Pet.
Boston 12
10
o
.800
Philadelphia ... 10
St. lxnils 0
Chicago 13
New York 10
Dotrolt 12
Washington .... 10
4
4
0
G
G
10
.C00
.gt.g
.038
.GOO
.GOO
.000
G
7
r
f
0
WESTERN UflAGUE.
Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
Donvor 8 7
,87G
Colorado Springs. 7 fi
Sioux City 8 4
St. Joseph 8 4
Des Moines 7 1
Omaha 8 1
.857
.GOO
.600
.143
.120
(Inhl Ntnnilnnl In run a inn
It seems possible thnt tho gold stand
ard will bo udoptcd at I'auama. Tha
committee to which the questlou was
roferred has reported favorably, after
considering among other matters that
tho United States will uso American
currency in tho canal zone. Aa regards
the amount, It Is recommended that
enough money be coined to prevont tho
United States from having a pretext
to coin n special currency for tho zone.
Tho idea is to coin silver money, using
American gold ns the standard, and
prohibiting tho introduction of foreign
silver money.
ItullrnndK Ordnrlnir New C,nn
While Nebraska roads have much
Idte equipment and probably will have
for several months, they aro taking
precautions against such a shortage of
cars as they had last fall and summer.
Tho Burlington, Rock Island, North
western, Santa Fe, and other lines i
liavo recently given largo orders fori vised this course, llo said there would
freight cars. Somo of them .will tako lo no strlko if ho could help It. Tho
tho place of cars destroyed or retired ' action of tho men on the const lines
becauao ot small capacity, but tho big I f tho road In going out without vvnlt
ordors aro being placed this early by , lug for orders from tho natlonnl head
nil the roads In anticipation or Greatly i quarters of tho union was stiongly con
lncrexsd trailie lu the fall. demneiL
TRUE JOURNALISM
Editor Edw. Howe of Atchison
Lectures in Lawronce
WITH MANY FUNNY STORIES
"Some Kiperlr nci of h NntTnMir Sinn"
Subject of I. return Clnoit Adilce
In Student llnterlnu iliiiirniilUm
Ed Howe, of the Atchison (Jlobe,
addressed tho students of the State Uni
versity of Kansas In the chapel at
1awrcnce. It was at first Intendrd to
have tho address given In lllakc Hall,
tho physics lecture room, but their was
not room enough to accommodate the
crowd and It was necessary to change
to the chapel. Classes were dismissed
for the lecture.
Mr. Howe's topic was, "Some ex
periences of n Newspaper Man." and
the address was given as a part of the
tourse of lectures for the school of
journalism, recently established at that
Institution. Mr. Howe consumed most
of his tlmo In relating his experiences
with the people of Atchison since he
started the Globe twenty-seven years
ago. The lecture was replete with fun
ny stories told In the speaker's char
acteristic manner.
Tho principal advice which he gave
to young aspirants in Journalistic
honors was first of all to get started
at work on a lively, wide awake paper,
and to behave properly. The next step,
according to the Atchison man Is to
get acquainted with every one In town.
Mr. Howo placed especial stress upon
a wltlo acquaintance.
"I go out Into the streets of Atchison
ever' dny," he sail, "and sob certain
men and get from them the best things
which my paper contains. They ure
the source of the news and the Inspira
tion for nearly all of my editorial par
agraphs. There Is too much talk about
the coming man. He Is here already,
end tho thing to do Is to know liim."
In speaking of preparation for news
paper work, Mr. Howe said: "The
greatest school of journalism In the
world Is the country newspaper. The
best lectures 1 could give on the sub
;cct are contained In my letters to my
tons who aro running a littlo country
paper lu Idaho for tho sako of the ex
perience, and they are making good
progress."
Mr. Howe's leeturo was fiom the
standpoint of a country newspaper
man as have been nearly all tho lec
tures In the course up to dute.
"I know nothing about a city paper,
except what I like and do not like,' he
said. "Tho Sunday editions are a
nuisance. Tho space might better be
filled up with Interesting und Instruc
tive letters nnd articles than with
btorles about some woman who feeds
her pet dog from a gold plate."
UUtniirtil (,'hnrrli llitimiRt-il
The Klrst Methodist Episcopal
church building at Fifth and Choctaw
streets, Ieavenworth, Kan., was dam
aged about $1,500 by tire and water.
Tho fire stalled on the roof fiom sparks
from a locomotive. The losa is cov
eted by Insuranco In a church associa
tion. Tho church was built In 1ST.; a-'d is
the oldest brick edifice In Kansas. The
crusade which resulted In pla-ing con-
Ptltutlonal prohibition on the Kansas
statute books originated In this build
ing because of a saloon on tho oppo
site corner. Of lato years tlm t huroti
property has bcon damaged by the lo
ratlon of two passenger depo's jIjso to
It Damage suits followed and part of
tho amounts sued for were recovered
after trials in both the stnte and fed
eral courts.
Furmer Goes Into Iliinliruptcj
The second enso of farmers taking
advantage of tho bankruptcy law
which has come before Referco MI11I
kin In the United States bankruptcy
court at Sallnn, Kan., within th" past
two years, has been filed. George W.
Yapp of Epson, Jewell county, filed a
petition ot voluntary bankruptcy. His
liabilities nmount to $5,G70. It Is un
usual for a Kansas farmer to be com
pelled to take advantagu of the bank
ruptcy law.
The L'nllfornl.-i l.niinrliil
Tho nrmored cruiser Cnllfornln wns
launched nt the ship yards of the Union
Iron works at San Francisco. The elec
tric button which stnrted the vessel on
her way to the water whs touched by
Mrs. Walter S. Martin and the vessel
wns christened California.
Thcro aro to be five vessels like
the California. She will cost, com
plete. $5,000,000.
MnrlilnWt Will Not Strike
Tho Topeka machinists of the Santa
Fo hold a largo mass meeting nnd de
cided that they would not strike. J.
1). Buckalow, third vice president of
tho International association of ma
chinists, was present, and strongly ad-
NEBRASKA WINS DEBATE
Slitli 'lime Iter llohntrr Unto Ilefnittnt
th n aliiyhntrktiM
The University of Nebraska won Its
sixth consecutive victory lu debato by
defeating the University of Kansas
team lu a stiong and clean-cut discus
sion of the Monroe doctrine question.
The debate" took plate before an audi
ence of 500 people, In Memorial Hall,
Lincoln, Including many representa
tives of business and professional
classes. The decision of the Judgei
was two to one In favor of Nebraska
When Judgo Ioemer of tho Iowa su
preme court announced the result ol
the conference the audlcuce brok
loose and a. scene of wild enthusiasm
followed. The crowd surged forward
nnd seizing each of the debaters in
rapid suet essoin tossed them In the air
In tho most approved fashion. The
Kansas debaters were treated In tho
same manner and Professor Fogg, un
der whoso direction the debaters were
trained, was tossed with tho rest.
On Welt In Wynnitotte
Considerable fcercy Is maintained
as to the extent of tho flow of gas re
cently struck at llonner Springs in
Wyandotte county, Kansas. . farmer
from tho neighborhood ot the prospect
holes said
"Three wells have I eon put down,
one at Captain Twister's, one In the
Sharbeit place, and or.e on tho Kenny
ham place, between Bodner Sprlng3
rnd K.lwnnlsvllle das was found at
the last ; lace, but to vvhut extent, Mr.
Wood, who Is doing the boring, will
rot state. We know, however, for a
fact that enough has been found to run
the engine. Mr. Woo.l has leased al
most all the gai and oil rights down
tbcre, and will bore arother near Ed
wardsvillo soon."
Another Kitnn nnllrnnit
Another Kansas railroad baa been
chartered. It Is the Great Hcnd South
ern railway, and It Is chartered to run
from Great Rend south through Bur
ton, Stafford. Pratt and Barber coun
ties to the south line or the state.
The charter gives It the right to uso
steam, electricity, compressed nlr or
any other motive power It wishes.
Tho capital stock is only $25,000,
which wouldn't build the road very
far.
The reason for the proposed road
Is not apparent. Those who know tho
count ty through which It Is to pass
say that there Is little excuse for the
lino unless It Is to be a part ot som
other system.
Shot lit rn-inler
Premier Maura of Madrid, was shot
at vvhllo on his way to Madrid from
the Balearic Islands. When between
Alicante and Enelnu a bullet whizzed
through tho roof of his car. The Inci
dent created great alarm, but no one
waa Injured.
The oluctal report of the Incident
given out by the minister ot tho in
terior says:
"As the train was running between
Alicante and San Vinccnto some per
sons Ured nnd others threw stones. Tho
gendarmes accompanying the train re
turned the fire. Neither tho premier
nor the other passengers were hurt.
Two arrests wero made." '
ncrUlnti AKtiliitt Chinamen
In tho supremo court of the United
Stntcs a decision was delivered In the
case of Slug Tuck nnd thirty other
Chinese persons hold for deportation
on tho order of an Inspector. The men
claimed to be' citizens or the United
States, antl sued out writs ot habeas
corpus, claiming that they wero en
titled to a review of fielr case3 by
tho courts before exhausting tho rerae
die sprescrlbed by the exclusion treaty
of 1891. The court did not take this
view, but held that Chinamen must
pursue the course outlined in tho law,
exhausting tho remedies there pro
vided before applying to tho courts.
The opinion was by Justice Holmo3.
Item In Deflrlenrr Hill
In tho general deficiency appropria
tion bill adopted the Important aeu
ato amendments are:
Appropriating $5,000 for medals to
commemorate tho birth of Benjamin
Franklin; appropriating $30,00 for a
special assistant attorney general la au
investigation and prosecution of cer
tnln frauds In the customs service; ox
tending for two years tho tlnrb for fil
ing claims for property taken from
confederate officers and soldiers; ap
propriating $1,500 for oxhlbltion of the
model of tho capltol at tho Loulslaua
Purchase exposition; appropriating
$1,250 for tho relief of the widow of
General lxingstreet.
Mnjr Vol Imiih I'mie
Representatives of western railroads
met lu Chicago to consider tho ques
tion of granting return passes to live
stock shippers. At tho morning meet
ing it was agreed that the Iowa lines
should comply with the law of that
state by granting transportation with
in that stnte, but not on interstate
business. Uitcr It was discovered that
two or three lines weie pledged to the
Iowa state commission to grant re
turn passes to stockmen on all Chi
cago business.
STATESMEN QUIT
Second Session of the 58th Con
gress Adjourns Sine Dio
PANAMA BILL AGREED TO
Itontlne lltinlnrft. Incident tn Adjourn-
nion t Occupied I.nruent Time, of
tho l.ntt tiny' Bouillon
The second session of the GSth con
gress has been tlcclared adjourned by
President Pro Tom Frye of tho sen
ato and Speaker Cannon of the house.
The sennte began business prompt
ly In legislative session and immedi
ately afterwards agreed to tho confer
ence report on the emergency reserve
river nnd harbor bill.
Mr. Klttredge presented the confer
ence report on the Panama canal bill
and it wns agreed to without comment.
The house resolution fixing 2 p. m.
as the hour for the final adjournment
of the session was presented and wns
adopted without being icferred to a
committee.
President Roosevelt arrived at tho
capltol to attend to his ofllclal duties
incident to the adjournment of con
gress. Nearly all the members of his
cabinet had preceded him and woro
waiting In tho president's room. lie
was accompanied by Mr. Loch, his pri
vate secretary, and the whole executive
forco of tho White house. A number
of bills passed recently received his
signature.
The president nlllxcd his signature
to tho last of tho general supply meas
ures tho postoftlce appropriation bill.
Prior to that time he had signed the
sundry civil, the general deficiency und
tho military academy bills, In addition
to scores ot measures of minor import
ance. The president was In almost con
stant consultation with senators and
representatives concerning measures
presented to him for signature. Illlhi
relating to tne various departments
were referred strictly to members of
tho cabinet who were present nnd, as
usual, they passed upon them before
they were signed by the president.
Tho Joint commltteo of tho two
branches ot congress consisting of
Senators Hale and Cockrell and Repre
sentatives Payne, Memenway and Wil
liams, appointed to notify the presi
dent thnt congress was icndy to ad
journ, called upon President Roosevelt
lu his room at the capltol. The presi
dent informed tho committee that he
had no further communications to
make to the congress. The committee
temalned with the president less than
llvo minutes.
Tho house resumed Its session nnd
at onco got down to buslntfs and
agreed to a number of conference re
ports on bills of minor importnnte. The
conference repoit on the bill establish
ing a government for the Panama
canal zone likewise was agreed to.
Mr. Payne (N. Y.), tho majority
leader, by unanimous consent. Inter
rupted a roll call and offeied a icso
lutlon providing for adjournment.
Loud republican applause greeted the
announcement.
READY TO OPEN FAIR
All ArriincrinrnU Mudn for Opening
of the World' I'nlr
All arrangements have been perfect
ed by the Postal Telegraph company
for transmitting to St. Louis tho elcc
trlct current to be started bv Presi
dent Roosevelt at the White houso In
Washington, which will formally open
tho Louisiana Purchase exposition.
The key to be used by President
Roosevelt to start the current on its
western Journey bus been made. It Is
ot gold and after It has been used by
President Roosevelt It will be present
ed by the Postal Telegraph company
to President 1"). R. Francis of the
world's fair.
Demorratlc Committee. Mi-ellng
At a meeting of the sub-commlttco
of the democratic national committee
In St. Louts It was stated that tho ag
gregate number of tickets to be Issuid
for tho convention would not exceed
9,500. Seven hundred und fifty seats
will bo reseryed for the press. None
but working newspaper men will be
permitted to occupy these seats.
The committee approved Mr.
Schroer's suggestion to place a tele
phone In every state delegation which
will connect with a telephone on tho
main plntform and afford service to all
parts ot the hall.
In tho lobbies nn nddltlonal number
of telephones affording long distance
connections will be installed.
rierpont Morgan CcU SI, 000,000
The government of the republic of
Panama hns'lndlcated its desire to hnve
$1,000,000 of the amount to bo paid that
country on account of the canal pur
chase transmitted to J, Plerpont Mor
gan & Co., their fiscal agents nt Now
York.' the remaining $9,000,000 to
await tho arrival at Washington of
the Panama- minister next June. Tho
treasury department will comply with
this request
ONE FOR THE RUSSIANS
They Capture, nnd SluU n Jupunoio Ship
of 400 Ton
Russian torpedo boats belonging to
tho Vladivostok squadron sank a Jap
anese military ship, tho Klnshlii-Maru,
of 4.000 tons, with nil on board, with
tho exception of seventeen olllcers,
twenty soldiers, sixty-five of the crew
and eighty-five eonl carriers, Tho oth
ers, who refused to surrender, wero
sent to tho bottom with the ship.
Tho official report of Rear Admlrnl
Yesen to tho emperor ia as follows:
"Two Russian torpedo boats met nt sea
the Japanese military transport Kln-Hhlu-Maru,
of 1,000 tons, laden with
rlco and other military Btorcs, and
about GOO tons of coal. Tho transport
was armed with four Ilotchkiss guna
of 37 mlllmctcrs, Tho Russians cap
tured on bontd seventeen olllcers, twen
ty soldiers, eighty-five military car
riers, or coolies, and Blxty-flve of tho
crew, who sunendcred. Tho remainder
of the men, who were to form a land
ing party, obstinately refused to sur
render or to go on board a Russian
cruiser. Futhermore, they offered
nrmed resistance to tho Russians. In
the end they were sent to the bottom
with the transport."
HAGUE WAR RULES
.In pa n U lli I'irxt lo Adopt thl A(l
inured 1'onltlnn
The advanced position taken by the
Japanese lu the adoption of humnun
rules of war Is strikingly shown in a
report to the state department from
United Stales Minister Griscom at To
kio, In which he encloses a communi
cation to himself from Huron Komura,
tho Japanese minister of foreign af
fairs. Tho minister shows that Japan
Is the first country to give full offort
to the elaborato codo of lawn govern
ing war laid down by The Hague con
ference. He announces that there has
already been put Into operation by the
Japanese tho rule of war regulating tho
dispatch of letters, money orders nnd
valuables between prisoners of wur and
their friends In their own country. Tito
Japanese government also has ordered
that such prisoners bo supplied freo
with postal facilities, communication
and means ot receiving gifts. Also that
they be not subjected to any railway
charges.
LINCOLN JOBBERS' TRIP
They Will VUlt tlm Country Ciintomert
Alone tlm Northwestern I. lor
The jobbers and business men of Lin
coln will visit their friends along tho
lino of the Nrothwcstern railroad. A
four days' trip has been planned for
May 9. Every town on the main lino
ns far northwest as Long Pine and
on the Honestecl and Albion branches
of the road will be visited. A stop of
from twenty minutes to ono and one
halt hours will give the Lincoln visi
tors time to meet tholr neighbors and
get bettor acquainted. Two Pullman
cars and a combination car will form
a special train at the disposal ot tho
visitors. Enough business men have
already agreed to go to make this tho
largest excursion of tho kind thnt ever
loft Lincoln. Tho wholesale houses of
Lincoln have for many years tlono a
good business ia tho northern and
western part of Nebraska arod this ex
cursion will give the Jobbers a chance
to seo the country nnd towns and greet
their customers personally.
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Itnlhrldce to be Chairman
Howard II. Baldrige, of Omaha, will
be temporary chairman of the repub
lican state convention to bo held In
Lincoln May 18. Mr. Baldrldgo was se
lected by tho executive commltteo ot
the state central commltteo at Its
meeting at the Llndcll hotel recently.
Among those mentioned for tho honor
wero W. F. Gurlcy, John C Wharton
nnd Robert Cowcn of Omaha, and
Judge Wall ot Loup City. The com
mittee selected A. U. Alien ot Tccum
seh to ho temporary secretary ot tho
convention. Those present at tho com
mltteo meeting were Chairman Lind
say, Secretary Allen, Victor Rosowater
of Omaha, C. A. Robinson of Kcarnoy,
Thomas Chllders of Pierce, Hugh Mc
Cargcr of Ciete. E. G. Titus of Hol
drege nnd Byron Clark of Plattfimouth
wero absent. Mr. Clarks' proxy was
held by Chairman Lindsay.
I'nlon Mmlc at World' Fnlr
William Well, ofllcial bandmaster of
the world's fair, who was recently ex
pelled by the Musicians' union, has paid
a fine of $1,000, and by agreeing to
conform strictly to union rules, has
been reinstated as a luomber of tho
St. Louis union. Mr. Well also agreed
to employ only St. Louis musicians in
his world's fair band.
Kliibnlil'i Illll HlRiieil
Hep resenta live Kinkald's bill in
creasing tho slo of homesteads in
western Nebraska to (140 acres becamo
a Inw when President Roosovelt In tho
presence of Mr. Klnknld nfllxed his
signature to tho bill. The president
Indicated to Represontntlvo Klnkald
nnd Senator Uietrlch that ho would
!gn tho measure beforo the adjourn
ment of congress and he kept his prom
ise, much lo tho gratification of tho
author of tho bill, who has labored so
incessantly for Its passnpo.
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