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NEBRASKA AFLOAT
Successfully Christened by Miss
Nain Mickey of Lincoln
SHIP GETS NAME HONESTLY
List or Iltlncti1md Nnhra.iknus Who
jfat Accompanied Governor Mickey nnU
Daughter to Msattle, Wash.
Tho battleship Nebraska loft her
ways nt Moran Bros. fltn yar,i, Seat
tle Wash., nnd tilld gracefully and
inajeatleully Into tho waters of Puget
sound. Tho launching was entirely
successful.
. Fully 50,000 people viewed tho core-
monlcB, and saw tho big veasol slip
Into tho water. Sho created a voiy
email -wave as she look her mn'dcti
plunge, and floated out gontly nnd
aracofully. Natal men who viewed
tho launching stated that It was tho
moat successful thoy over saw.
Tho Nobraska weighs more than any
vcascl ever bofore launched In the
United State navy. Immediately
after the launching tho big Alaska
liners that hovered about her with
decks black with excursionists, looked
' diminutive beside her.
Miss Mary Naln Mlckojr, daughter
of Governor Mickey of Nebraska,
christened tho vossel.
The Nebraska Is tho first battlo
ilhlp constructed on the Pacific coast
north of San Francisco and ah tho
leading nrmy and state officials In the
forts west took part In tho program.
Tho Nebraska party comprised t..o
following: Governor J. II. Mlckoy
and daughter, Miss Mary Naln Mickey;
Socrotary of State George W. Marsh
and Mrs. Marsh, Stato Auditor Charles
Weston and Mrs. Weston, Stato Treas
urer Poter Mortcnsun, Stato Superin
tendent W. K. Fowler, Attorney Gen
eral F. N. Pl-out and daughter. Miss
Vera J. Prout; General and Mrs. J.
H. Culver, Colonol and Mrs. Georgo
12. Jenkins, Miss Emily Jcnklus, Fnlr
bury; Colonel nnd Mrs. .1. A. Ehr
harat, Stanton; Colonel nnd Mrs. C.
D. Evans, Columbus; Colonel J. S.
Dow, Tecumsoh; Colonel nnd Mrs. II.
P. Shumwny, Wakefield ; Colonol
Charles W. Kaloy nnd sister, lied
Cloud; Colonol S. M. Mellck, Lincoln;
Colonel and Mrs. L. W. Garoutte, Lin
coln; Mr. nnd Mrs. W. T. Coleman,
McCook.
That tho baptismal ceremony was
miccess without hitch or qualifica
tion was duo to Miss Mickey herself,
although everything passible had been
done by tho builders of tho warship
to make easy tho office of Bponsor,
Miss Mickey took no chances. Tho
bottle hung from tho ship's prow by a
llttlo cord that reached to the stand
built high above the platform of tho
launching shed as the pulpit Is raised
over Its surroundings In tho churches
of tho early days. It wa3 oxpocted
that aa the warship begun to movo
If MIba Mickey would draw bncn. tho
bottlo and then, releasing It, permit
the glass to shiver upon Impact with
tho sides. At the crucial moment, re
Kardlesa of tho danger of cuts from
flying glass, Miss Mickey seized tho
bottlo by tho neck with both hands,
topped quickly to the stdo of the huge
bulk now gathering headway and
amaihed tho fateful bottle, tho jaggod
neck rcmninlng In her hands, but with
'out resulting Injury.
Though othor battleships havo been
christened, sometimes by tho daugh
ters of governors nnd sometimes by
workmen who happened to be avail
able In tho omcrgeney, there Is no
doubt of tho legitimate source front
which tho Nebraska derives her name.
At a reception given by tho Seattlo
chambor of commerce to tho oillcial
party from Nebraska, Miss Mickey has
shared with hor distinguished father
tho felicitations of the people of Seat
tle. Directly after the launching cere
mony tho governor'n party was taken
to tho offices of Morau Ilros., whore,
on behalf of tho firm, a gold watch,
suitably Inscribed, was nrrRnnt,ii in
Miss Mickey In commemoration of the
eventful day.
Ratlroadi Making; 111k Moaer.
Tho annual roport of tho Chicago,
.Milwaukee & St. Paul railway shows
a surplus of (3,290,919 for tho fiscal
year ended June 30, 1904, an Incroaso
over tho prccodlng yoar of $482,336.
The gross earnings amounted to $48,
330,334, and tho oporatlng expenses
930,276,867, making tho income from
oporatlon $19,054,477. added to which
la the iucomo from othor source, $310,
481, making tho total tncomo $19,370,
608. From this amount Is deducted
16,051.775 Intorest pn tho funded debt
and taxes amounting to $1,600,732,
making tho net tncomo $10,718,401.
Ilelped American to Escape,
Pursucu by tho . oxlcan authorities
after being released from tho Enseda
jail on ball, Capt Frank Manha, of tho
schooner May, took rcfugo on tho
British stoamor St. Denis, whoso cap
tain locked him in and nailed tho
'American flag on tho door, mo at
tempt to retake him was then aban
doned, Manha arrived in San Diego,
Cal on the St. Denis. Manha was ar
rested September 15 and thrown iu
jail on the charge of poaching guauo
from Mexican territory.
END OF THE SEASON.
Tho Now York National Win the Ten
ant With III Margin.
The playing season In tho National
Baseball league closed In Chicago, with
tho Now York team 85 polnfn ahead
of Chicago for first place. New York
has been so far ahead In the cham
pionship race for the past month Hint
there has never been any doubt as to
tho final result. The fight for second
position between Chicago, Pittsburg
and Cincinnati has been a spirited one,
however, but Chicago finally won tho
much coveted place. Clnclnnntl comes
next with 31 points less. Pittsburg,
last year's champions, finished fourth,
eight points below Clnclnnntl. St.
I.ouls comes fifth, Ilrooklyn sixth. Bos
ton seventh nnd Philadelphia last
In tho American lengne Now York
and Boston nro fighting It out for first
place.
Following Is tho standing of tho
clubs:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
New York 153 106 47 .092
Chicago 153 93 60 .608
Cincinnati 152 8S 0G .576
Pittsburg 153 87 66 .569
St. Loulu 151 75 7!) .484
Brooklyn 163 57 06 .371
Boston 153 64 99 .351
Philadelphia ....152 62 100 .341
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
Boston 152 91 68 .619
Now York 149 91 61 .611
Chicago 154 89 65 .578
Cleveland 161 86 65 .569
Philadelphia ....149 80 68 .541
St. Ixmls 151 66 85 .438
Detroit 152 62 90 .409
Washington ....119 36 113 .241
HE ATE CHALK
The Itemed? Found hjr An Atchison Kn
Rlneor for Htomnch Troulilo
C. M. Noble, an engineer on the Mis
souri Pacific's central branch, suffered
for years with dyspepsia and cured
himself by accldont In a queer way.
Noble tried many doctors, but got
no relief. One day he picked up a
pioce of chalk used In marking cars
and absent mlndedly ate It. To his stir-
prise no relt better at once. Tho next nutritious, called buffalo grass. This
day ho ate mom and continued the region has been named tho "short grass
chalk habit until finally the railroad j country." Tho land is fertile, and
dork hid tho chalk when he saw Noble needs only moisture to make lt'valu
appronch. But tho chalk cured Noblo able for cultivation At nnt m.
and ho now oats anything without dls-
comfott.
15,000 MARRIAGES
IIno llccn SotemuUed In the "I.IItU '
Church Around the Corner"
m. hii rsi.maicu rccoru or nearly
.u,v.. umiiiaso, uiu luij-Hixui anni
versary of tho Church of tho Trans
figuration. New York, known far and
wide as the "little church around tho
comer," has been celebrated. Special
services were held and large congrega
tions wore in attendance, Including
many theatrical persons, among whom
tho church Is particularly popular.
Speaking of tho many marriages
celebrated in Iho church, tho rector,
Dr. Houghton, declared that he turns
away many more couples than he mar
ries; In fact, those whom ho refuses
avoragc fifty couples a month. Includ
ing divorced porsous nnd young por
sons who are nimble to swear that
their parents' couseut has boon ob
tained. Nehraska n Divorce Mecca
"When tho plaintiff In a divorce suit
has resided In Nebraska the full statu
tory period ami the defendant has ap-,
jurisdiction over tho parties, and tho
right to disposo of all the Issues bo
twoen them upon their merits, and
according to equity, even If, In order
to do so, It Is necessary to grant a
divorce to a non-resident defendant on
a crass petition," Is u now niu Import
ant ruling made by the supremo court
III tho csso of Charles C. Pine, Plaintiff
In error, against Nettlo Hue. defend
ant In error, coming up from Dodgo
county, In which the decision of tho
lower court Is reversed and the case
remanded with Instruction to onter a
decree upon tho cross petition of
Charles . inc.
win Nun Kinross Comimnv.
Mrs. J. D. Brewer filed a Million
r
in tho district court of Platto county
wherein alio soaks to recover damages
from tho Pacific Express company Iu
tho sura of $10,000. Sho bases her
claim on tho fact that a special officer
for tho express company came to her
house in Columbus nnd Aonianded
from her minor sou Fred $90 which
had disappeared from tho safe In tho
office where the boy vus employed. He
.Ki,r",U'BhS TJrVJR0 ?f l',V?
hnm, J,,,! ?ari - . . i R ". ,U
health and fearing tho lad would go
in jaw, uiun uiu llliiliuy inn ()i mp
bank and paid It over to the officer.
IlomeComlnc of HUtlnsuUhed Men.
Mr. and Mrs. John Knvanagh, of
Tecumsoh, have received word that
their son, Uout. Arthur Knvanagh of
tho United States navy, has reached
San Francisco on a leturn trip from
China and within a week or ten days
will return to his old homo town for
a visit. Lieutenant Knvanagh, who Is
a graduate of AunapolU, has a bril
liant sorvlco record. He stood on tho
bridge of tho Olympla with Dewey dur
ing tho entire maueuverlngs of the
Maulla bay ongagomcut and, was, lu
fact, second in command.
STATE OF KANSAS
Kansas Day at St. Louis Was a
Great Affair
DAVID OVERMEYER SPEAKS
tie 1'ays TrUiatn to .Inlin .1, Ingalli nnd
Thuinai Jefferson Othor Iniunr-
tnut News Notes
One of the mo3t eloquent addresses
delivered at the Kansas exercises at
the St, Louis Exposition grounds was
that of David Ovcrmyer. Ills subject
wbb "Tho Spirit of Kansas." Tho fol
lowing synopsis Is given:
Who Bhnll truly tell tho story of
Kansas? Four hundred miles long, 200
mllos wide; lying between tho thlrty
sovonth nnd fortieth parallels of north
latitude, In tho climate of the primi
tive Aryan raco; extending from the
wostcrn border of Missouri to tho foot
hills of tho Rocky Mountains; rising
from 900 feet on the east to 4,000 feet
on tho west above tho level of tho sea;
drained by great rivers; fertile sunlit,
salubrious, teeming with every prod
uct of the temperate zone; rich in coal
and stono and other minerals, natural
gas and oil; her green and purple
plains, her smiling valleys, her "walls
of corn," her endless wheat fields, her
countless herds and happy homes, pre
sent a picture of abundance, exhubcr
anco and exultation.
All KanBans, llko "All Gaul." Is di
vided Into three parts; not designated
llko Caesar's conquered provinces, by
tho tribal names of their Inhabitants,
but by altitude, atmosphere, soil and
production. Tho eastern third may be
called the corn Lett, and produces in
great abundanco substantially all the
products known to this country. The
central third, gradually rising higher
and higher, embraces porhaps, the
greatest wheat region of the North
American continent. Wbllo tho west
ern third, towering aloft Into tho
mountain atmosphere, arid, rugged,
allcnt and sublimo, Is covered with
short, greenish grey grass, exceedingly
highland heath grass sustains count
less cattle, sheep and horses, and
many of tho inhabitants of tho "short
grass country" are among tho wealth
iest of the stato.
So much for physical Kansas, hor
.-.. ,, a IIMIVMV VUIO
length, her breadth, her harvests, her
frulta, hor vlneSp her flcd hcr 8Ub
Blanco and her material might; but
what of her spirit? I ask again, who
eball tell bor story? What pen can
fitly, truly write her history? What
tonguo can toll of her tribulation?
What ilmncr can portray tho marvelous
lights and shadows cast upon tho can
vas of tlmo by this young common
wealth? Tho one Master, whoso strong,
deft hand, could wield tho brush, and
touch the profound chorda. Bleeps his
last deep sleep In her friendly soil.
Ingalls! Tho incomparable Ingalls!
His Intellectual strength and integ
rity forbade deception. He dared to
apeak tho truth as ho caw It, respect
ing overythlng and everybody; to tear
the mask from the face of history, an
cient or modern, and expose falsehood,
superstition and Imposture wherever
found. Erratic, cxcentrlc, cynical, but
sincere, his genius, his learning, his
I Wldrlrtm lita ni.1jtM .l
."ZriZ'Z. : ,T1 "'"T
, .... .. uu,,,i,u hiiko oi menus
nnd foo. In the maturity and prime
of his great powers ho was suddenly
gathered to his fathers. Would that
ho were hero to speak, as only he
could speak, for Kansas on this great
day.
Hero, today, Kansas salutes her ter
ritorial deliverer, hcr Institutional an
llCr Krcat Polltlt' Protagonist,
iiiuuuiB juuereon. no it wns who pur
chased Louisiana. Ho drew tho Dec
laration of Independence, whoso very
language was copied into tho Kansas
constitution. He wns tho chief author
of tho ordinance for tho government of
tho Northwest territory, tho reflected
iuiuro oi aingnn unarta. Ho was tho
i r'Klntor of tho decimal currency. Ho
U'fia tVin tVm antl.. At.. --.
was tho tho author of the Vlrelnla
statute of religious freedom, now tho
accepted doctrine of all tho statca and
of tho nation. He pressed Into tho
constitution tho BUI of Rights. Ho
was twlco preMdont nnd heaaed the
courso of the young republic In the
direction of liberty, Justice, peaco and
happiness. Ho was the patron of tho
ueiiis anu forests
He was tho herald
. flf frnOilntll Mm nAt.n. A It I lit.
ty an champion of .man rTahta
t fr "endCo?,nmPanklndf. '' nTnU Ko'
I "Io!r. or monument, nor epitaph,
J iua works abldo.
Showed Yellow Htrenk
Robert Romalno wa3 taken to the
penitentiary at Lansing, Kan., to be
gin serving his sentence of from one to
flvo years for robbing the home of
Monte Campbell. Romalno had noth
ing to say about his confessions re
garding tho dynamite outrages In
Colorado. Ho nsked that ho bo al
lowed to boo bis wife and baby. They
saw him at tho Jail and when Romalno
bade them good-bye ho lost control of
himself and cried.
AN INDIAN EXHIBIT
The Poplin of llaikoll Institute In tiia
Lawrence Celebration
"School Day" Is the scml-centcnnlal
cclobratlon at Iiwrence. Thero were
exercises In the forenoon. In the af
ternoon there was a parado by tho
students of the University of Kansas.
Tha city and co'tnty schools were all
dlHtnlssed and participated. Drills wore
held at the park after tho parado and
tho various schools competed for prizes.
In the ovenlng the children of Haskell
Indian school gave an entertainment,
drcascd In their Indiana costumes. Tho
exercises were held in the open and
a largo crowd witnessed it.
The town was full of visitors and
tho occasion Is the greatest one In tho
history of tho place. Visits were mado
to Haskell Institute, the state univer
sity and other places of Interest. In
tho afternoon Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus of
Chicago made an address. Georgo R.
Peck f Chicago was tho orator of
tha occasion.
LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
Keiiilnctoa I IlavlaR a Great noon In
Hulldins;
The big crops In northwestern Kan
sas this year have given tha country
such a growth In all lined of business
as never was known before. New ad
ditions are being added to towns and
it is impossible to find oorpenters,
bricklayers and plasterers enough to
do the building that has been planned,
Kensington, for example, has two new
lumber yards that havo been started
In the last sixty days and lumber can
not be shipped In fast enough to sup
ply the demand. A new addition has
been added to tho incorporate limits
of tho city of Konsington to supply
the demand for building lots. No less
active are tho farmers who are build
ing largo barns and elegant farm
housea. Land has doubled in value In
tho last five years and Is steadily in
creasing and many farmers will not
put a prlco on their farms. Corn will
yield as high as sixty bushels per aero
nnd will make the highest average
ever known In Smith county and this
county is noted as a corn county. Al
falfa, corn and wheat are oxtenslvely
raised and are great money-makers for
tho farmers. Thero are large numbers
of hogs and cattle In tho country which
will yield a profit to the farmer be
cause of tho abundance of alfalfa and
corn.
KANSAS DID WELL
F. 8. garage Say the State Made a Good
Kliowlngr at Ht. I.oaU
F. S. Savage of the Santa Fo adver
tising department has returned to To
peka from St. Louis, whero ho went to
participate In the celobratlon of Kan
sas day at tho World's Fair.
"Kansas made a great showing," bo
said to a reporter for the Stato Journal
this morning. "Everything went off
smoothly and a great deal of favorable
attention was attracted to tho state.
Tho reception In tho evening at the
Kansas building was a very pleasant
affair. Tho building was beautifully
decorated. Iowa waa very kind and
bolped Kansas out by allowing the uso
of the Iowa building, whero a dBnce
waa given In tho evening."
Mr. Savage represented the Santa Fe
railroad at the Kansas day exercises.
10,000,000 ACRES W
Government Has Spent 820,000,000
IrrlcHtloti Work
At tho international congress of
engineers at St. Louis a paper by El
wood Mead, chief of Irrigation and
drainage Investigations, United States
department of agriculture, on "Irriga
tion in tho United States," stated that,
according to tho report of tho United
States census made In 1902, about 10,
000,000 acres of land In the United
States Is now being irrigated. On this
600,000 acres are in tho rice fields
along tho Atlantic and gulf coasts,
400,000 acres in the seml-arld region
and 6,000 acres lu tho humid states.
The remalndor In tho arid region of
tho west and southwest.
To water this area 59,243 mllos of
main canala nnd ditches havo been
constructed, while the laterals leading
from those canals to the fields repre
sent an aggregnto length many times
tins distance. Mr. Mead stated that it
Is a conservative estimate to say that
$200,000,000 has been expended In Ir
rigation development in tho United
States.
Tho minors of district No. 14 at
Pittsburg, Kan,, havo shown by their
votes that they aro In favor of estab
lishing co-oporatlvo stores in the dis
trict. Mno propositions were voted
upon and every one carried, tho ma
jority rauglng from 170 to 358.
Htandard Make Cut
The Standard Oil company has cut
the price of tho Waysldo, Coffeyvlllo,
Cherryvale, Drum Creek and Buffalo,
Kan., oil 20 cents a barrel and will
hereafter class tho product of these
districts as North Neodesha oil, which
means a 70-cent Instead of a 90-cent
market. The cause assigned Is that
this oil Is Inferior In quality. Pro
ducers of Chanute havo boon urgiug
tho Standard to lncreaso the prlco of
their oil with this result. Producers
nrn loth to believe the order. It mean3
a big suspension of work.
NEMAHA M (ASE
Church Howe and Friends Must
Pay Increased Tax
THE LAW STANDS THE TEST
Nemnhn IlMtrlct Judge Ileveniort and
Aetlou IllKiiilnird, Immediate
Maudate to suae
The state board of equalization has
tho authority to Increase or decrease
tho assessed valuation of counties In
equalizing tho assessment. Tho su
premo court has bo docldcd In an
opinion handed down reversing Judge
Kclltgar of tho Nemaha county district
court In tho action Instituted by Church
Howo and othor taxpayers of Nomaha
county to restrain the county clerk
from extending an increase of G per
cont mado by the board.
At tho adjournment of oourt the
judges announced that tho doclslon f
Judge Kelllgar had been reversed, th.
tate board upheld and that the opin
ion, which Is being written by Chief
Justice Holcomb would bo filed with
the clerk of the court later. Tho court
waa unanimous In Its decision. The
controversy over tho assessment first
began when the state board was la
session as a board of equalization.
Other counties adjoining Nemaha were
ywflndtodul ChurGOtherehrdlumfwytjil
assessed on higher valuations than
Nemaha and the board notified the
taxpayers to appear and show cause
why their assessment should not be In
creased to conform with the others.
A delegation headed by Thomas J.
Majors and Church Howe appeared bo
fore the board and objected to a ralso
In the assessed valuation, but notwith
standing It was increased 6 per cent.
Tho taxpayers then sought by injunc
tion in the district court to prevent
tho extension of the raise, contending
that the board was not vested with
power to Increase or decrease assessed
valuations in a manner to effect the
grand assessment roll of tho state and
that v.'hero an Increase was made on
ono county another must be decreased
a like amount to not disturb tbe grand
assessment. Tho lower court sustained
all of the contentions of tho taxpayers
and tho case was appealed by the
connty clerk and tho attorney general.
In passing upon the matter tho su
preme court holds that tho power of
equalization must lay somewhere and
that Its vestment In tho state board
of equalization Is constitutional, also
that the board has the power to raise
or lowor assessed valuations without
regard to the grand assessment roll
of the state.
In passing upon too ooso the oourt
says:
"The court is unanlmenoly of tho
opinion that tho judgment of tho trial
court is erroneous and should ke re
versed, which is accordingly done. An
opinion will be hereafter fled. Judg
ment reversed and action dismissed.
Mandldate to Issuo forthwith. Roversed
and dismissed."
A FARMER BUNCOED
Pake Doctor Neatly Works draft on a
Gng-e County farmer
It wa3 the same old story. , Man with
more money than discretion. Wilke
Jurgens, a German farmer who resides
In Hanover township, near Beatrice,
was relieved of $50 by a traveler who
represented himself to bo ono of those
cure-all medicine men. Ho gave his
name as Dr. Busch, and said ho camo
from Omaha. Jurgons has a lame boy,
ono who has been a, crlpplo for years.
Tho stranger told him that he could
euro hlra, and would do so for $150.
He drew $50 on tho contract, and mixed
some dope, which be left with Instruc
tions as to how to take It. SInco his
departure, the farmer has begun to feel
that he has been victimized, and as tho
stato secretary of tho medical board
says that thoro Is no such person
licensed to practlco In this state, the
follow Is In all probablHty a fraud. He
stopped at tho Beatrlco Hotel before
visiting the Jurgens place, and reg
istered from Denver. Ho Is a man
about forty years of age, weight about
160 pounds, sandy complexion, and a
fellow very familiar with his Job.
Cotton In Fine Condition
The monthly report of tho chief of
of tho bureau of statistics of tho de
partment of agriculture will show the
average condition of cotton on Septem
ber 24 to have been 75.8 as compared
with 84.1 last month, 65.1 on Septem
ber 25, 1903, 58.3 on September 25, 1902,
and a ten year average of 66.8.
Japanese tudent at CotnerH
Sesuke Marashlma, a young man
from Kamallchl Mura, Atetsu Gun,
Province of Okayamn, Japan, has reg
istered at Cotnor University nnd will
pursuo a commercial course. For sov
eral months he has been at tho St.
Louis Exposition employed In tho
Japanese governmental commission,
nnd Is In tho company of Prof. Melvlti
R. Gllmore, of Cotnor. Mr. Gllmoro
Is ncqualnted with some of the resi
dents of the Japanese province, and
these recommended Mr. Marashlma to
come to Lincoln and meet tho pro
fessor. This ho did, arriving In Jun.
JUDGE WILL NOT SPEAK
The Democratic Nominee for rrolUimt
Not to Cnmpiilcn j. -l .,
Chairman Taggart at natlona'omo.
crntlc headquarters has r'ven out tho
following statement:
"Shortly after his nomination Judge
Parker set about the consideration of
his courso of action toward tho conduct
of tho campaign. Ho consulted many
men of large experience In such mat
ters and made an examination of tho
course of every successful candidate.
That done, he decided, as It was neces
8ary for him to do, what his courso
should bo, nnd ho caused that decision
to bo mado generally known. It waa
to tho effect that he would not go upon
the stump; that such speeches aa he
should deem desirable to make could
bo made at Rosomount, following In
that respect tho McKlnley precedent of
1896.
"That decision made and announced,
ho proceeded to work along the lines
he had marked out for hlmsolf. He bo
lloved then, as bo believes now, that
he decided rightly and no amount of
entreating would budge. His record
during all his life proves that clamor
will not move him ono Iota. Tho inci
dent is closed and those In charge of
tho cam pal gi fully npprovo of tho de
termination of Judge Parker."
Judge Parker has been Importuned to
speak In various states and tho
announcement is designed to prevent
further similar requests.
INTERESTS OLD SOLDIERS
Circular Issued for Their tlenefit hy ttie
Ueneral Lund Offlce
Tho commissioner of tho general
land office has Issued the following
statement Intended for tho protection
of old soldiers contemplating settling
on public lands:
"Information has been received at
the genernl land offico that design
ing persons were circulating reports
through Indiana and elsewhere to tho
effect that old soldiers were entitled
to enter public lands, particularly In
western Nebraska, and receive patent
therefor without residing or cultivat
ing the lands, as other persons nro re
quired to do. TJhla report Is false.
"Tho only favor given to old soldiers
by tho homestead laws which Is not
granted to other persons, Is that of be
ing pormltted to make his first filing
through an agent and to have tho tlmo
of his service deducted from the flvo
years which homestead entrymen aro
required to resldo upon tho land."
RESOLVE FOR PEACE
International l'eace Conference at Ilos
ton Farors Haste
The International peace congress at
Boston has adopted resolutions call
ing upon Russia and Japan to end tho
present war and upon the signatory
powers of Tho Hague convention to
sresa upon tho governments of Russia
and Japan the Importance of putting
an end to the strife.
It had been arranged to Introduce
for action tho international agreement
for the reduction of armaments and
also a report of the international peaco
bureau on the reconciliation of Franco
and Germany. Before the meeting was
called to ordor it was tentatively ar
ranged that the laiter subject would
bo referred to a committee to study
and report upon at next year's con
gress, this being nt tho request of both
tho German and French peace societies.
Illect Ortlcers for the Year
The Young Pcoplo's Union at Fre
mont closed Its convention after de
voting tho morning session to business
routine. After a brief discussion it
was voted to co-operate In the pro
posed summer school of methods and
a committee consisting of Prof. H. F.
Carson nnd M. G. MacLeod was ap
pointed to confer with the parent body.
Tho following officers were elected
for tho ensuing year.
President Prof. H. F. Carson, Fre
mont. Vlco presldont Rev. E. J. Ulmor,
Columbus.
Corresponding secretary Prof. R. L.
Hlgglns, Grand Island.
Recording secretary Miss Mary
Mann, South Omaha. '
Treasurer H. D. Brown, Lincoln.
Injnred In Fnnthall Tractlcn
In a practlco gome between tho high
school team and the Hastings College
first team at the eollogo football
grounds Dexter Barrltt, right tacklo
for tho college, was hurled violently
to the ground, breaking tho bono of
tho left nnklo near tho Joint and re
ceiving serious body bruises, He waa
unconscious for fifteen minutes.
Toledo, Ohio, Gets Convention
After considerable political maneuv
ering in tho convention of tho Lcagun
of American Municipalities, tho vote
to select for holding tho next annual
convention was taken and tho an
nouncement of the tellers thnt tho
CllOlCO of tho eonvpntlnn wns Tnlwil,.
Ohio, caused surprise. The following
.,w,u t;i;i.i.-u. i luamuiu, vv, r.
uioious, or joiiet; Hrst vlco prestdo-tj
R. G. Rhett. of Charleston. S O umJ
Olid VlCO nrosldenl. .Trcpnli MiPafT.irt
uiuumiugion, uei.; treasurer. W. 1).
Morgan, Georgetown, S. C; seorotnry,
Joseph McVlckers, Des Molne3, la.
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