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J2 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT MAY 28, 1 903. Ilanna gave the Associated press an interview Saturday afternoon in which .he opposes the idea of having the com ing Ohio convention declare for Roose velt. . The president visited Puget Sound cities Seattle, Tacoma and Bremer ton. ' The storm period continues. Car men, Okla., wiped off the map. Great damage In Kansas, Minnesota and Iowa. : Nearly 500 cripples congregated at Dallas. Tex., to meet Doctor Lorenx upon his arrival from Mexico. ' Dr. Koerber, Austrian premier, re fuses to ask the emyerur to grant Dalmatian deputies an audience over Crotian troubles. , Seventy "insurgents", nave appeared ;in the Bataan district, P.' I., and the .governor of Miemis has requested 100 additional troops. '- Famine in Kwang Si, China. Par ents selling their children at $2 to $5 each; 200 perished of starvation. The Western Union proposes to test 'a higher court in its trouble with the Pennsylvania railroad. Gold shipments for Monday, $2, '250,000. ' Dispatch from New York says U. .P. strike is settled. Omaha machin ists deny it " Auditor Castle of postofflce depart- 5 ment enters into controversy with Mr. .Tullo:L over charges made. State Treasurer Mortensen has re- ' fused to pay warrants against perma tent school fund drawn by Auditor -Weston in conformity to appropria tion made by Nebraska legislature.; Monday Morning, May 25. Cloud burst at Enid, Okla., destroys $300,003 worth of property. x Clarence S. Darrow addressed the Henry George association of Chicago Sunday on the "Perils of Trades Un ionism." He compares trades union-3 with trusts. The president started east Sunday. Former Congressman John S. Rob .inson is critically Jill with peritonitis at his home In Madison, Neb. ' "Bessaraytz," an anti-semetic paper of Kischineff, warns the Jews to be come Christians or leave the country within one year; after that, it says, "there-must not remain a single Jew in Russia . . . and thereafter entrance to Russia will be forbidden to Jews forever." This is regarded as semi official. , Jonathan Hutchinson, a prominent British surgeon, recently returned from India, says fish-eating causes leprosy, and that "wherever Catholic missions are successful, leprosy in creases." He regards the risk to a Catholic twenty-fold greater than to a Hindu. Rockefeller continues his debase . ment of colleges. He will give the University of Indiana $50,000 if a like amount is raised otherwise. And to the Washington Y. M. C. A. $50,000 when that body raises $300,000 outside. Premier Combe has forbidden the finish of the race between French "devil-wagons" on French territory, so many fatalities having occurred in the first stage. . ; . ' Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell) th3 French author, died Sunday in Pari3. It is reported that the Rockefellers rill effect a "union'' between the C., M. & St. P. and the M. K. & T. rail roadsthe newest term for "merger." Tuesday Morning, May 26. Post master General Payne has summarily dismissed Daniel Y. Miller, an assist ant attorney in the office of assistant attorney general for the p. o.'d., for ( accepting a bribe in the case of John 'L. Ryan & Co., charged with fraud ulent use of the mails. About 150 Macedonians insurgent'! were killed at the village of Smerdesh May 21 In an encounter with the Turks. Nebraska comes in for her quota of tornadoes. A baby one at Lincoln Monday night doing slight damage. A series of them in central Nebraska killing 15 persons, injuring some 20 'others, and destroying property to the amount of $200,000. The principal damage was near Norman, Kearney county; near Upland, Kearney -cpunty, and near Pauline, Adams county. The towns, escaped, but the farming dis tricts suffered. : "-.The Haytien cabinet has ' resigned. HEADACHE 25 Pre 25c. J Aft Tf dtt dam. w .w m- Fnrmpr CnnGrressman John S. Rob inson died at his home in Madison, Neb., Monday morning, of appendi citis. . ' The president visited Walla Walla Monday. Secretary Loeb gave out a statement that Roosevelt has had no hand in raising the question of in dorsement in Ohio or elsewhere. The Society of American Authors gave a dinner In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Director Roberts purchased 375,000 ounces of silver at a cost of $2,748,578 or an average of 53.245 cents an ounce. This for Philippine coinage. Immigrant Inspector Marcus Braun reports from Vienna that we may ex pect a heavy immigration from Aus tria-Hungary. Two hundred . thousand men in Greater New York are idle as the re sult of strikes and lockouts. Wednesday Morning. May 27. Vic tor Murdock, republican, carried every county in Seventh Kansas district spe cial congressional election, against Judge W. J. Babb, populist, and Chas. F. CI me, democrat. Grover Cleveland, in harmony with his clans for a fourth nomination, has telegraphed the New York committee that he will be present at the mass meetinc. Carnesie hall. New York, Thursday evening, in aid of Kischineff Jews. Mark Ilanna says he is in receipt of a telegram from Roosevelt which in c icates that Teddy wants the coming Ohio convention tot indorse him; so Marcus will not oppose, and Foraker is chortling. The Nebraska republican state com mittee met Tuesday night and au thorized call for state convention at Lincoln, August 18, 1903, at 2 p. m., representation based on Mickey's vote, 1,051 delegates. A Roosevelt resolu tion was passed. The president visited the Couer d'Alene mining camps in Idaho and returned to Spokane. Thursday Morning, May 28. Kan sas Is sending up the usual cry for harvest hands. Not many weeks hence many thousands will be obliged to walk home from Kansas, or spend most of their earnings in railroaa fare. Mandel Schuelmeister, a twenty-year-old"Jew, has reached New York from Kischineff, having fled imme diately after the massacre.' A. R. Cruzen, collector of customs at San Juan, Porto Rico, .is in trouble charged with "receiving unlawful emoluments, permitting ships to visit island ports without an inspector cn board, and unlawfully demanding ci gars from shippers." He is a speci men of the Nebraska appointments lecommended by the "redeemers" a D. E. Thompson striker. Pursuant to the plutocratic design to make Cleveland president a third time, his was the only speech sent out in Associated press reports of the mass meeting at Carnegie hall, New York, in behalf of the Kischineff Jews. Of course, he "was greeted with loud cheers." M. L. Erb,' postmaster at Slocum, Neb., is . in the toils for "illegally trafficking in postage stamps." President Roosevelt visited' Butte and Helena, Mont. -- Pennsylvania republican state : con vention indorsed Roosevelt and de clared against any change in the pres ent tariff schedules. Iowa prohibitionists in state con vention at Marshalltown are finding difficulty in getting a nominee to make the race for governor. Senator Hanna is receiving con gratulatory telegrams for his miser able crawfishing on indorsing Roose velt. . .. Governor Bailey of Kansas wants his state to be the first next year to declare for Roosevelt The new shipbuilding trust, to be known as Bethlehem Steel and Ship building Co., has made public its plans.' It is to be capitalized at $43, 000,000, and combines eight constitu ent companies. Schwab is one of the voting trustees. A. W. Machen, superintendent of free delivery, has been dismissed by Postmaster General Payne and place.i under arrest for working a "graft" in connection with le'tter box fasteners. National encampment of Spanish war veterans will be held in New Haven, probably September 28-30, 1903. Conference on International arbitra tion is in session at Lake Minonlc, N. Y. Twelve thousand cooks, waiters and other kitchen mechanics in Chicago threaten to strike Monday for a 20 per cent raise. The keepers alsj threaten a lockout Guards and strikers fight at the Q mines near Thurmond, W. Va., and one man is killed. The storm moves eastward, doing damage in Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and Missouri. Presbyterian general assembly f.t Los Angeles has deposed and excom municated Rev. Louis Richter of Min nesota for being an agent of the brew ery trust. Nebraska politicians please take notice. The Cumberland Presbyterian gen eral assembly is in session at Nash ville; the thirteenth biennial conven tion Women's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Lutheran church, at Pittsburg; and the South ern Presbyterian assembly, at Lex ington, Va. It is said that Carnegie's gifts up to last month amount to $85,000,000 half of it for libraries. Andy is a successful tax collector. THE DYSPEPTIC. Alfalfa Something like 20 years ago alfalfa was first introduced in Nebraska. Al falfa land produces a much better income annually, with less labor, than high priced land Jn the eastern states, and it is only a matter of a short time till land that will grow good al. falfa will sell for $100 per acre. One acre of alfalfa will grow 15 head of hogs to 150 pounds each without any other feed. Alfalfa fed hogs are not subject to cholera. From this it is easy to form an estimate of its value. As a hay crop alfalfa is cut from three to five times annually and makeu from five to nine tons per acre, ac cording to the productivity of the soil. For the last twenty years it "has sold from $4 to $10 per ton. The average yield is 6 tons per acre and the aver age price about $5 per ton. The growing of alfalfa. seed Is even more profitable than r the hay, just tow, as the seed is in great demand,. After cutting the alfalfa about throe times in a season it is then allowed to go to seed and the average yield is about five bushels per acre. At the present time seed is selling readily at $9 per bushel. This price fluctuates however from $6 to $9 per bushel. The high priced l:,nds of eastern Ne braska, Iowa, Illinois and other east ern states is very scarce that even show a profit of $15 per acre, whili we do not know of an acre of alfalfa in Nebraska that doe3 not produce t crop that will sell readily for from $20 to $70 per acre annually. And al falfa once seeded only requires har vesting. Much has been published about the merits of alfalfa, but its true value to the farmer and stockman can only be appreciated when tested by ex perience. Cattle, hogs, sheep and horses will leave corn to go and eat cured alfalfa and it is a much better feed than corn. It absolutely en riches the soil and the crops grow better year by year. An alfalfa field is a never failing source of income and a big income, too. This land that produces such boun tiful crops of alfalfa is suitable for general farming purposes. It is with in the rain belt vand corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, etc. are profitably raised. .. Prices of these lands have doubled within the past few years, and as th-3 acreage of alfalfa increases "the prices jump upward.- There , is not a piece of land in the whole alfalfa country that has changed hands within tho last year that could be bought today for an advance of 20 per cent over the price paid. Weber & Farris of Lincoln are agents for the sale of several choice tract3 in this alfalfa country and om of the prices asked are surprisingly low. $14 to $50 per acre will buy some of the very best pieces of land lani that will sell readily within the neu few years at from $60 to $100 per acre. Far seeing moneyed men are rapid ly gobbling up such bargains. A banker of Nebraska City, who has made nearly a million dollars in the advance of price .of Richardson and Otoe county lands is now negotiating to purchase about 5.000 acres of al falfa land along the Republican river; others are buying in other parts of the state. Vacation For your summer outing allow us to suggest Colorado and Utah, fam ous the world over for their cool and invigorating,, climate, magnificent mountain scenery and picturesque summer resorts, which are located along the line of the Denver & Rio Grande. "The Scenic Line of tho World." and the. Rio Grande Western. "The Great Salt Lake Route.". Very low excursion rates and "Circle" tour tickets are on sale during the summer months via these lines to all the prin cipal points of interest The Denver. & Rio Grande and the Rip Grand 3 Western, with their numerous branch es penetrating the great states of Colorado and Utah" have some forty, different "Circle" tours through the Rocky mountains, one of which iu particular is the famous 1,000-mile tour for $28, which comprises more noted scenery than any similar trip in the world, passing the following points of interest: La Veta Pass, Poncha Pass, Toltec Gorge, Indian reservations, Durango, Mancos Canon, Rico, Lizard Head Pass, Las Animas Canon, Sllverton, Ouray, Cimarron Canon; Black Canon of the Gunnison, Marshall Pass and tHe Royal Gorge. This trip can be comfortably made in five days, but at least ten days should be devoted to it; so that one may. view at leisure the principal sights.' Tickets at very low rates are also on sale to Salt Lake City, Utah. If you contemplate a trip through Colorado or Utah, let us send you some beauti fully illustrated booklets, free. S. K. Hooper, G. P. & T. A., Denver, Colo. Modern Commercial School The Modern Commercial School at 1309 O street, Lincoln, Neb., although a young institution, is getting niceiv fctarted. This school seems to have new fea tures not found in all business schools. They make a specialty of individual instruction which is certainly tha ideal way of teaching. The instruc tors are enabled in this way to find the weak places and to help the stu dent just when it is needed. By this plan no time is lost and the student is encouraged to put forth his best ef forts. If you have not visited the Modern Commercial School it will surprise you to see how nicely they are located and what good work they are already do ing. A number from the public schools are arranging to take special work during tie summer. Mr. Stephens informs us that th'j outlook for a nice attendance for th'j summer is very encouraging. Another Guess Coming India is one of the largest com petitive wheat raising countries it the world, but occasionally in a smaH section of the immense Indian terri tory there is a failure of crops. Be cause of the absence of transporta tion facilities the grain cannot be shipped from the fruitful to the famine-stricken portions. And the peo ple die within five hundred miles of full wheat bins because there Is no shining row of parallel rails between the hungry and the bins. Harry Dob tins, in Lincoln Evening News. They die oftener because their pock' ets contain no shining disks of goll or silver to unlpck the wheat bins. How about those cabled relief fund" collected 'here a few years ago-mid they create any "shining row of parallel rails?" Absence of coin hurts India, worse than lack of transporta tion. - You have another guess com ing, Harry." - . . SPECIAL MARKET LETTER FROM NYE & BUCHANAN CO., LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MER CHANTSrSO. OMAHA. NEB. This week started with a partial re covery of prices in cattle market, but Wednesday brings liberal receipts again and a weak market. Chicago has heavy receipts. Heavy steers suf fer most. We quote best beef steers $1.00 to $4.80, fair $4.30 to $4.55. warmed-up $4.00 to $4.30; choice cows and heif ers $3.75 to $4.10, fair to good $3.23 to $3.65. canners and cutters $1.50 to 13.00. Good light Blockers and feed ers are selling from $4.40 to $4.80, fai' $4.10 to $4.35. stocker heifers $3.00 to $3.25. Bulls $3.00 to $4.00; veal $4.f) to $6.00. Hog receipts heavy. Market demor alized. Range $5.75 to $5.90. Sheep receipts light. Market about steady. Killers. Lambs, choice, wooled $7.00-$7.2! Shorn 6.00- 6.50 Yearlings 5.50- 6.00 Wethers 5.00- 5.B0 Ewes 3.50- 4.50 I , . . Special subscription rate to 'single taxers, 5 months 25c,