Nebraska Newspapers

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COSTER COUNTY REPUBLICAN
D. M. ABISDKKKT.TublUher.
BBOKEN BOW , NEBRASKA.
THE NEWS IN BRJEf.
j- There is a political crisis in Korea.
! Nearly 27,000 patents were Issued
the past year.
1 General Joe "Wheeler has asked to
be sent to China.
All union railway employes of Dal
las are on a strike.
The United Mine Workers have in
their treasury $70,308.
, Idaho republicans have placed a
full ticket in the Held.
Orders have gone forward to rush
nrmy supplies to China.
1 General Wood , now In Washington ,
says all Is quiet in Cuba.
) Net earnings of the Union Pacific
for the past year were $20,300,000.
On account of yellow fever n quar
antine has been declared at Callao.
A. W. Scott , a Lincoln attorney ,
from an ovcrdoaa cf chl tl.
Forest fires are raging In Callfcrnla ,
attended with great loss of of lumber.
Three hundred millions bushels IB
the predicted corn crop of Nebraska
for 1900.
' A great heat wave has been over
New York city , nnd many deaths arc
reported.
A rovlsed estimate places the total
Joss by the Prescott , Ariz. , fire at more-
, than $1,000,000.
, Thousands of refuges are getting
, out of the interior of China , hurrying
for trjaty poits.
Leading Chinese merchants In San
Francisco express abhorrence of the
attack on foreigners.
The steamer Magician cleared from
New Orleans for Cape Town with 1,000
untiles for the British army.
At Grcencastle , Ind. , Michael Mur
phy , the oldest citizen of .Putnam .
'county ' , died , aged 104 years.
The gold shipment on the LaBre-
tagne , which sailed for Havre on the
20th , amounted to $2,028,214 , all bara.
It Is Bald that $2,500,000 in g'ld Is
enl the way from Australia to th
I'u I ted States mint at San Francisco.
A terrible explosion wrecked De-
pew's store at Nnylor , Ga. Fragments
of a man's body were found In ( ho
ruins.
John McCullough , well known to
jtho sporting men of Kansas City , Is
dead. The cause was a paralytic
stroke.
Secretary Long received a dispatch
iicom Captain Wilde , stating that the
Oregon and Nashville have arrived
eifely at Kurc.
' At Rushvllo , 111. , George M. Black ,
member of the Illinois house of repre
sentatives from 'the Twentieth dis
trict , died at his homo.
James J. Corbett and "Kid" McCoy
have been matched to fight before the
Twentieth Century Athletic club , In
.Madison Squuro Gaidui , New York.
1 The government depot in Jcfforson-
Ylllo has received orders from Wash
ington to begin making 150,000 flan
nel blouses and 300,000 pairs of draw
ers.
ers.As
As a consequence of the situation
iln China all exports to that country
lot American goods , principally heavy
jsheetlng and drills , have practically
.ceased. .
Curtis Guild , of Boston , Masa. , who
was tendered the appointment of first
assistant postmaster general to suc
ceed Perry S. Heath , has declined to
accept.
James Nlcoll , vice president of the
Chicago board of trade , was suspended
for one year at a meeting ofthe di
rectors. The charge was for bucket
shopping.
The total value of exports from the
port of Havana the first six months
of the year , compared with the same
period last year , showed a decrease
of $519,100.
Grain rates west of Chicago are to
bo materially advanced July 25. The
rate will be Increased from southwest
ern Missouri river points to the east ,
north and south.
The Italian government has re
ceived n circular from the French
minister of foreign affairs which it is
understood has been dispatched to the
agreement for joint action in China
and the future attitude of the powers.
Col. Bllton J. Payne , former mayor
of Kansas City , died , aged seventy-
one years.
Win. E. Hull of Pcorla , commander
of the , Illinois division of the Sons
of Veterans , tendered an entire rcgl-
iruMit to Governor Tanner t)1 service
In Chlm.
Former Governor W. O. Bradley de
clined a formal tender of the Repub
lican congressional nomination of the
Eighth Kentucky district.
Judge Advocate General Lemley has
rendered a dee'elon to the eeffct fiat
the president has the authority to appoint -
. point fcixteen more second lieutenants
in the United States marine corps.
' When the war in South Africa is
over 10,000 Boers , chiefly naturalized
, 'cltizens of the Transvaal will emi
grate to the United States.
The Austro-Hungarian armored
Jcruiser Kaiser Karl VI. , and the tor
pedo boat Aspern have been ordered
to Chinese waters.
The corner stone of the proposed
Journalist's home at Orange , N. J. ,
.was laid on the 19th.
The recruiting station in Kansas
City has been busy enlisting men who
want to go to the orient. The men
are being sent to California , where
they will be used to fill up uie differ
ent regiments now there or en route.
The Jollet stove works , which have
been closed down for several weeks ,
resumed las | week.
Consul General Winslow reports
from Stockholm that the average
wages paid to farm hands In Sweden
are $54.67 a year for men and $28.14-
for women.
Six companies of the Texas state
guard have tendered their services to
the government In case they are need
ed in the Chinese war.
The war deparment received a cable
gram from General MacArthur , dated
Manila , 18 , saying that Colonel LIs-
cum's body was burled at Tong Ku on
the > 7th.
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And Wants 'Us to Help In Settling Her
Perplexing Difficulties ,
NO ANSWER HAS YET BEEN MADE
Slate Department In I'rocecdlniJ Upon
the Theory thnt Legate * Are Alive
1'olnts of Difference lletxreeii Hlato
Deportment ami Kurapcan 1'ower * .
WASHINGTON , July 23. President
McKinlcy has received what purports
to be an appeal fronj the Chinese Im
perial government to use his good of
fices to extricate that government
from the difficult position In which It
has been placed as a resvut of the
Boxer uprising and entitling hostile at
titude of the great powers. Although
the exact text of the appeal made by
the emperor of China to France , as
outlined In the cable dispatches of
yesterday had not been made known
it Is known that the address
to the president Is similar in
terms to that communication. In our
case the communication was made
through Minister Wu to the state de
partment
Thus far a final answer has not been
returned. ihe French government
answered at once , but that answoi
will not serve us. The United States
government Is conscientiously pro
ceeding upon an entirely different line
of policy in the treatment of the case.
Unfortunately the state department
finds Itself alone In this , but never
theless It is convinced that HB plan Is
the best and it has behind it the con
solidated assurance that at present all
of the European governments have
tacitly admitted that an error was
made In the beginning In not follow
ing the common sense advice of the
Taku.
The point of difference between the
state department and the European
governments Is that the latter are
proceeding upon the belief that all the
foreign ministers and missionaries
having guards at Pekln have beer
killed and insist upon dealing wltl
the Chinese situation on that basis
thereby assuming n hostile attitude
that ends to destroy the last chance
of availing of whatever friendly sen
tlment may , yet exist among the powerful
orful phlneso viceroys and the Impe
rial government Itself. Thus , the
' French reply , as Indicated In the four
conditions laid down by M. Delcasse
yesterday , sets an Impossible task for
the Imperial government In Its preson
straits and tends to drive It at once
to make terms with the Boxers am
Prince Tuan's party.
On the other hand the governmen
of the United States , while not guar
anteelng the truth of ho advices from
the Chinese government as to the
safety of the foreign ministers , is will
Ing to accept the statements temporar
lly , In the meantime remitting nom
of is efforts to get access to Mr. Con
ger through the use of military ferro
if need be. By following out this pol
Isy the stale department argues tha
It has two chances instead of one. I
may reach Mr. Conger with troops ant
It also may secure his deliverance
through the friendly oillces of some o
the powerful Chinese TJfllcIals , whlcl
the powers are not likely to obtain foi
their own people by following oui
their present policy. It may be stated
also that the United States govern
ment Jins not and docs not intend to
relinquish any part of its claim for
compensation and reparation in the
ultimate settlement. Its posllon in
thnt respect , it holds , will not be af
fected unfavorably by prosecuting Its
efforts to make use of the friendly
sentiments of the Chinese officials.
Seeks to Appease WIIItiit.1.
PARIS , July 23. The Berlin corre
spondent of the Temps asserts :
"It Is asserted In Berlin that the em
peror of China has sent a telegram
to Emperor William deploring the as
sassination of Baron von Kettcler by
the rebels and declaring that the mur
derers are being actlvoiy sought am
will be punished. He also expresses
n hope that the relations of China
with Germany would not suffer froir
this state of things. "
IIEAVIESTjTILLEY TO GO.
Seventh Mattery llcculxo * Kusli Order
to the Orient.
FORT RILEY , Kan. , July 23. Rush
orders have come for the Seventh bat
tcry of heavy artillery to proceed wltl
all haste to the Orient , calling for or
ders at Nagasaki. General Merrhui
promulgated the order in Denver.
The battery was organized during
the Spanish war and since that tim
has been idle. The equipment em
braces the heaviest caliber guns in
the service , with a full complement of
mortars , attended by 250 men nnd ten
officers.
He * No Fnllli In Conger Dlmxitch.
ST. PAUL , Minn , . July 23. W. N.
Lovatt , who has spent forty years In
the customs service In China , is in the
city. In an Interview today Mr. Lo
vatt declared his absolute disbelief In
the authority of the telegram received
at Washington , signed by Minister
Conger , ho believes the last authen
tic Information from any of the le-
gatloners was the message from the
British legation , countersigned Sir
Robert Hart , and dated June 18. Mr.
Lovatt says that Sir Robert Hart was
a favorite with the Chinese and the
fact that no letter or message has
come from him means that every for
eigner in Pekin has been killed.
The riilllppluo Trade ,
WASHINGTON , D. C. , July 23.
The divisions of customs and insular
affairs , war department , has made
public Its regular monthly bulletin on
the subject of the trade of the Phll-
ipplne Islands for the six months end I-
ed December 31 , 1899.
The total value of merchandise Im ,
ported into the islands for this period j
was $11,450,070 , of which $572,340 |
worth was admitted free of duty. The
.
total amount of Import duty collected
was $2,071,700.
rilCK HEADS THE TICKET.
ildcllc-of-thc-ltnad I'npnllxtn Tulco n GUI'
tor County Altin.
For Governor
TAYI.OII FLICK , CUBtcr.
For lieutenant Governor
11. O. IUOHT1SR , Buffalo.
For Secretary of Stale
W. O. BTAHKEY , Pawnee.
For Auditor of Stale
SAMU1CL UCUTY , Ulchtirilnon.
For Treasurer
A. TII'TON , Otoe.
For Altorncy General
F. 8T15VKNH , Clay.
For liand CointnleBloner
JAMIiS SALMON , DoURlnc.
For Superintendent
MHB. J. T. KKLLEY , Uuffalo.
For Presidential Elector *
JI3ROMB SHAMI' , LnnciiHtcr.
A. A. PERRY , DOUR ! " * .
JAMES HROOK8 , Htnnton.
, DEW1TT Enger , Seward.
. JAMES STOCKMAN. Ctmter.
i O. W. R A WORTH , Douglas.
W. O. WOOL.MAN , Ulny.
D. F. PEARSON , Ncmcho.
GRAND ISLAND , July 21. Middle-
of-the-road populist convention here
nominated a state ticket ( as given
above ) , appointed a central commit
tee , adopted n platform and formed a
new political party , christening It the
"populist party of Nebraska. " The
convention waa called to order by Al
fred Fa.wkncr of Omaha and a bless
ing was Invoked by Rev. Mr. Arthur.
Mayor Platt welcomed the delegates on
behalf of the city and the response
was delivered by A. Sott Bledsoe of
Otoc. E. F. Morearty of Omaha was
chosen secretary.
Among resolutions is the following :
We , the populist party of Nebraska ,
In convention assembled at Grand la-
land this 20th day of July 1900 , heart
ily affirm the Omaha and Cincinnati
platforms and enthusiastically enders
the candidacy of Wharton Barker for
president and Ignatius Donnelly for
vice president.
Wo demand nn Irredeemable dollar
good for all debts , public and private ,
jgsucd direct to the people by the gov
ernment , but until such legislation ID
secured wo are in favor of the free
nnd unlimited coinage of both gold
nnd silver at the existing ratio of 1C
to 1.
1.We
We pledge our candidates If elected
to use all existing lawful means to
Introduce the Initiative and referen
dum for the conduct of state affairs
and to provide such necessary legisla
tion as may bo lacking for its enforce
ment , but until such legislation Is se
cured wo are In favor of enacting the
following : Election of president , vice
president and United States senators
nnd federal judges by the direct vote
of the people.
We demand state or municipal own
ership of water works , street railways ,
telephones nnd electric light service at
cost to the people.
Wo demand an equality of assess
ment on all property to the end that
corporations may not shift their bur
den of taxation to the small property
owners ; that the rich shall pay their
just share of government taxes ; that
the stocks and bonds of all corpora
tions , including railroads , banks , etc. ,
to bo registered in the counties In
which their value resides and assessed
In said county or counties at their
full selling value ; that all mortgages
shall bo deducted from the value of
property before assessment and that
such assessment Bhall constitute a
first lieu upon such property assessed.
MADE SENSATION IN LONDON.
From Conger ItevIvcH Hope In
the Ilrltlsh IlrciiNt.
LONDON , July 21. ( New York
World Cablegram. ) Minister Conger's
reply to the Washington message cre
ated a tremendous sensation here ,
strengthening the hope of the rescue
of the legation.
It is pointed out , however , that it
the Chinese had taken the American
legation they would have got the ci
pher and key in Hay's cipher , but the
opinion is prevalent in the house of
commons tonight that If the reply is
a fraud it would have been more hope
ful in order to lull the powers Into
a sense of security.
The example shown by America In
getting Information is urged for Imi
tation by the British government ,
which Intends to press the Chinese
ambassador here to do likewise.
Miirlnn Hiitnllliin ( loins' .
WASHINGTON , July 21. General
Heywood , commandant of the marine
corps , and Major Denny , quartermas
ter , were in consultation with Secre-
tai'y Long at the navy department to
day with respect to the immediate
transportation of the marine battalion
about to be mobilized in this city for
service In China. These marines , num
bering fifteen , officers and 501 men In
command of Major Oickins , will leave
this city next Sunday afternoon at
3:30 _ : o'clock for San Francisco. They
a're scheduled to sail on tne trans
port Hancock , which will leave San
'Francisco within an hour or two after
'their ' arrival , eU-cr on the 27th or
128th inst.
I'luiift of the Commission.
' WASHINGTON , July il. Mr. Rock-
'hlll , who has Just been appointed spe
cial commissioner to China , has gone
out of town to a Pennsylvania resort ,
but will return . .onday. The devel
opments In.the Chinese situation will
not affect his mission ; In fact , they
have rather increased its Importance ,
for they are taken to presage an ear
lier settlement in China than had been
expected. Mr. Rockhill accordingly
w. l sail from San Francisco on an
'American steamer on August 3 , taking
.this route instead of going by Van
couver , as he can thereby save nearly
two week's time.
The IMcctlon In Cuba.
WASHINGTON , July 21. It Is un-
idorstood that the president and Gen
eral Wood have agreed on September
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15 as the time for holding the election
t
, ln Cuba for delegates to the constltu *
Ittlonal , convention that Is to bo called
! for the purpose of formulating a con
stitution for an independent government -
ment for Cuba. On the return of Gen-
oral Wood to Cuba ho will confer with
the leaders of tha Cuban people as to
the details of the election and what
restrictions , if any , should be placed
i upon universal suffrage In the island. 1
Ohincso Minister Eeccivea Eeply to Mes
sage Sent to American Minister ,
THE NEWS COMES IN CIPHER FORM
Authorities KxpreiU Conlldenco In Ocn-
uliifiiem of tlio Mcimige Quick Kcllef
Cnn I'rcvcnt Motincrc Lcuntlou Culler
Constant Shell Fire from Clilneie.
WASHINGTON , July 21. Like a
flash of light out of the dark Bky came
the Intelligence at an early hour yes
terday that United States Minister
Conger has sent a cipher cablegram
from Pekln to the state department
nt Washington , making known that
two days ago ho was alive and that the
foreigners were fighting for their
safety. The Chinese minister , Wu
Ting Fang , received the message.
It was In tne state department ci
pher and was transmitted through the
tsung 11 ynmen and the Shanghai tao-
tal. It contained about lifty words
and was signed in English with the
name "Conger. "
At 9:45 : Minister Wu Handed the
Conger dispatch to Secretary Hay ,
who immediately called in his assist
ants and private secretary and work
was begun In translating' the cipher.
Mr. Conger's telegram Is as follows :
"In British legation. Under con
tinued shot and shell from Chinese
troops. Quick relief only can prevent
general massacre. "
The message Is not dated , but , it Is1
understood , was sent from Pekln on
the 8th.
The state department Issued the fol
lowing bulletin :
"The secretary of state received this
morning a dispatch from Consul Fowler
ler at Che Fee , dated midnight 9 , sayIng -
Ing a Shanghai paper'of the Cth said
all foreigners murdered. Fowler ,
wired the governor demanding the
truth. The governor replied that his
courier left Pekin on the llth and all
then were safe , but Pekln east city
had been carried by rebels with intent
to kill. "
Within an hour the welcome intel
ligence that Mr. Conger had been
heard from , after weeks of silence and
evil report , was flashed throughout
the country , and , indeed , throughout
the world , dispelling the gloom which
had prevailed everywhere and bring
ing to officials and to the public gen
erally a sense of profound relief. The
dispatch was in reply to Secretary
Hay's cable Inquiry to Minister Con
ger , on July 11 , and as both messages
were In the American cipher code they
were regarded by the officials as above
the suspicion of having been tampered
with in the course of transmission
through Chinese channels. Mr. Wu
promptjy communicated the dispatch
to the stable department , where he
translation 'was made from the cipher
figures , and soon all Washingon was
astir with the Intelligence.
FRIENDLINESS WILL BE TRIED.
This Expedient Will Ito Our i'ollcy AVUli
Chinese Ofllelals.
WASHINGTON , July 21. Secretary
Root this evening made the positive
statement that no more troops had
been ordered for Chinese service. He
added :
"The chief object of our government
just now must be directed to aiding In
securing he friendliness of the Chi
nese officials. It is taken that the
Chinese government has been acting
in good faith , and on the ISth Inst.
was still using its best efforts to pro
tect the legations. We must do every
thing wo can to second is efforts. It
is hard to say just now whether In
creased military activity on the part
of the powers would have good or evil
effect. That must be judged by the
officers on the other side. We have
not the information here that would
enable us to fairly judge. '
THE'PRESIDENT NOTIFED.
ittlnUtcr CoiiRer'n Dlgp.itch Promptly
Sent to Him.
CANTON , O. , July 21 The presi
dent's first news of Minister Conger's
dispatch was handed nim the instant
ho left the train by the Associated
Press correspondent. Scanning the
bulletin , he gave evidence of pleasure
at the news. Later wnon the btate de
partment's statement first reached
him by the Associated Press adding
strength to the genuineness of tbo
news , ho was more visibly gratified.
Those near the president have known
for days that he has never given up
hope that Minister Conger was alive.
Fever Checked lit Cnllno.
LIMA , Peru , ( via Galveston , Tex. ) ,
July 21. There have been no further
deaths from yellow fever on the Brit
ish steamer Chile , which still iemaina
at Callao. The French steamer Acon
cagua , from Caleta Buena for La Pal-
lice , with a foul bill , although without
death on board , was ordered to under
go ten days' quarantine at Pn'ytn on
the very day she was to have sailed
for Panama.
Doubt * MitBNnc.ro of Foreigners.
MANCHESTER , July 21. The
Guardian says tqday that Its London
agent , Sir Robert Hart , director of the
Chinese Imperial maritime customs at
Peivin , yesterday received a cable
gram from Pekln , and thereby much
doubt Is thrown on the report of the
massacre of the foreigners.
Colonel ( irosvenor Dead.
NEW YORK , July 21. Colonel Wll
11am Grosvcnor , an editorial writer or
the New York Tribune , died at his
homo In Englewood , N. J. , today. Ho
served with distinction In the clvl
war. Afterward he entered journallsn
and became in a short time editor o
the St. Louis Democrat , then the lead
Ing republican newspaper of Missouri
While acting in this capacity he be
came Interested in the liberal repub
lican movement of 1872 , which culml
nated in the nomination of Horac
Greeloy for the presidency by the Gin
clnnati convention of that year.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest ynotatton Trom Boutli Onmlm
nnd Knnini City.
UNION STOCK YARDS SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle The supply of cnttlo wns rath
r limited , nml prices In most cnscs were
not materially different from what they
were the previous dny. Handy weight
cattle that nulled the buyers fold nt ful
ly Btendy prices , whereas some grades
lor which there did not happen to bo
much competition were a little slow und
weak. ThH light ftipply. however , nnd
'airly good demand brought the market
o an early clone. There was hardly
nough cow stuff on sale to make a test
of the market , only about 2 or 3 cars
ielns reported at the yards. The better
-limllty broURht fully steady prices , and
owing to the light receipts , sold In mme
cases a little hPgher. There was nothing
on sale to speak of in the wny of stock
cattle , but what few there were here
met with ready sale , at good , strong
prlcea. . ,
Hogs There was a light run of hops ,
but buyers started out from the begin
ning to pound the market. Opening
bids were largely at $4.95 , but sellers did
not let go at that figure , and as a re
sult packers hud to pay K9i % for the
bulk of their droves. The choicer hop
sold from that figure up to $3:10 and the
lighter weights sold from J.97 % down.
Alter the long string had changed hands
prices began to weaken , and It looked
as though the wind-up was going to be
easier , but finally everything was bought
without much change in prices. The
bulk went from $4.MfaG.tX > . with the long
string at ? 4.97',4 and the top $3.10.
Sheep There was a good demand on
the part of local packers and the ewes
sold at fully steady prices. The lambs ,
however , sold lower owing to the big
drop in the eastern market. Quotations
were : Choice western grass wethers ,
$3.s : iM.OO ; choice grass yearlings , $4.00t
4.25 ; choice ewes. $3.2313.10 ; fair to good
ewes. $ 75 J3.25 ; fair to good yearlings ,
J3.fXWi3.80 ; good to choice clipped lambs ,
? 4.S5tf4.GrJ ; cholco spring lambs , $5..5@
C.OO : fair to good spring lambs , $5.2505.60 ;
feeder wethers , $3.00i3.50 ; feeder year-
UtiKS. $3.23(03.50 ( , and feeder lumbs , J.DO
( JT4.50.
7CANSAS CITY.
Cattle Market steady ; native steers ,
$4.0055.CO ; Texas steers , $2.75i 5.50 ; Texas
cows , 2.30iT3.20 ; native cows and heifers ,
; $1.63 4.0 ; Htockers and feeders , $2.oO@4.40 ;
bulls , ' $2.504.50. (
- -
Ho'
bulk
pack
light ,
$4.4505.05.
Sheep Market steady ; lambs , $4.00 ( 0.25 ;
muttons , $3,00'S:4.EO. :
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LI HUNG CHANG AT SHANGHAI.
Chinese Diplomat IK Coldly ICocelvod by
Foreign Consult ) .
SHANGHAI , July 23. LI Hung
Chang , who arrived here today on the
steamer Anping from Hong Kong , was
coldly received. The native officials
sent an escort of 300 armed
troops , but as the French consul ob
jected to their passage through the
French settlement they were with
drawn and Earl Li landed under an
escort of twelve French police. Once
out of French jurisdiction ho was
handed over to the Cosmopolitan set
tlement's police , who escorted him tea
a place of residence. The Anping ,
having munitions of war on board ,
violated the harbor regulations by
entering and was compelled to leave
the limits.
The consuls have decided not to
call upon Li Hung Chang officially.
Japnn Impresses btcaiimhlps.
VICTORIA , B. C. , July 21. Word
was recelved here today by the local
agent of the Nippon Usen Kaisha line ,
connecting with the Great Northern
railway , that two of their vessels , the
.Tosa Maru and Kinshiu Maru , have
been impressed by Japan to carry
troops to Taku. Rio Jim Maru , which
sailed yesterday for the Orient , is the
only vessel left in service. It will
not be back until September.
Franco Honors America.
PARIS , July 21. Mr. James Hyde
of New York has been appointed a
chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
This decoration has been conferred
upon him in recognition of his work
for the advancement of French liter
ature In the United States through the
Cercle Francaise of Harvard univer
sity.
Smallpox Under Control.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , July 21. The
secretary of the treasury has received
a telegram from Lieutenant Jarvis. ,
acting special treasury agent at Cape
Nome , stating that there had been only
two new cases of smallpox since last
report. The disease , he states , is ap
parently not spreading. He reports
that he is maintaining examinations
of vessels and immediate isolation
ashore.
CURE FOR YELLOW TEVtR.
Mexican I'litlrnt Treated With Itellln-
xashl's Serum.
VERA CRUZ , Mexico , July 23.
The first patient treated with yellow
fever serum by the young Brazilian
experimenter , Dr. Bclinxaghi , now is
fully convalescent. Other patients
treated are progressing favorably.
There is intense Interest in the ex
periments and every facility is af
forded the doctor. Patients very low
with black vomit have been treated
and the effect of the serum is mar
velous , astonishing old physicians
here.
Jack WHS n Dull Hoy.
The late Admiral "Jack" rhlllp ,
while a religious , conscientious man ,
was as a boy persistently neglectful
of his studies and always In trouble
on account of his uncontrollable tend
ency to mischief. When in the naval
academy ho only managed to attain
the minimum grade necessary to keep
him In the institution , and made that
only through the grace of his Instruct
ors , who knew that he had the making
of a fine officer in him.
Iloer Attack Kepellod.
LONDON , July 23. The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts :
"PRETORIA , July 22. The Boers
made a determined attack yesterday
to destroy a post at the Rail Head ,
thirteen miles on t of Heidelberg ,
which they attacked with three guns
and a 'pompom' and sun rounded the
post .
"They were , however , beaten off af
ter a sharp engagement , before rein
forcements summoned from-Heidelberg
had arrived. "
Judge Munger of the Federal Oourl
Kules to This Effect ,
REDUCTION OF RATES RESTRAINED
EncoaroRlnc Iteportu From Couutltt
Throughout the State KcRnrdlnir Crop
Ontlook Itural Tree DeliverScrvlc *
lu Nebraska MUcclUneoui Notci.
Say * Ihe State Hoard Is Ucnil.
OMAHA , July 20. Judge Munger
iias Istied a restraining order prevent-
ng Attorney General Smyth and the
putting In effect a reduction of freight
rates upon certain commodltleo. The
Burlington rpad has asked the re-
fctralnlng order. In his opinion Judge
Munger held that the state board of
transportation had no legal existence.
He ruled that the title of the act of
1897 creating the state board as
signed by the governor , was not adopted -
ed by the legislature.
Con femes to Cnttln Stealing.
ALLIANCE , Neb. , July 20. Hanlf
Mathews , who Is awaiting trial on the
charge of murderlngg Ed Walt , a Jew
eler , at this place , has made a confes
sion to cattle rustling which Impli
cates the Watklns brothers , who are
prominent and wealthy cattlemen. It
s reported that he led several officers
to a hiding place fn the hills where
stolen hides were found. He stated
that Watklns was his side partner
In the business. William Watklns was
arested at Sidney foday. The affair
has created a great sensation here.
StrniiRO Act of n Convict.
LINCOLN , July 19. After living for
three months on a diet consisting
chiefly of plaster , soap , paper , vinegar
and other equally indigestible arti
cles , Jbhn Galagher , sentenced to fif
teen years' imprisonment for shoot
ing with intent to kill in South
Omaha , died at the state penitentiary.
This sentence was commuted by Gov
ernor Poynter recently to expire No
vember 1 , but ho hoped by eating
large quantities of soap and plaster
that he could reduce himself to such
a condition that he would be released.
His condition has puzzled the prison
authorities for some time , but they
were not aware until recently what the
man had been eating.
About tlin Stuto Encampment
LINCOLN , July 19. The state mili
tary board considered plans for the
next annual encampment of the Ne
braska National Guard. As the funds
available will not pay the expenses
of the encampment It was recom
mended that the officers and men ac
cept 50 per cent of the per diem la
the same manner as during the en
campment of 189G , and that the matter
of encampment be submitted to the
officers and men on these conditions.
I'ree Delivery for N'e
WASHINGTON , D. C. , July 20.
Rural free delivery service wilbe es
tablished in Nebraska on August 1 , as
follows : Blair , Washington county ,
one carrier , length of route , twenty-
five miles , population served 829 , num
ber of houses on route 182 , carrier ,
un L. Tracy ; Decatur , Burt county ,
one carrier , length of route twenty-1
three and three-quarters miles , popu
lation served 921 , number of houses
on route 184 , carrier , John C. Barlow.
Nebraska Corn Crop.
OMAHA , Neb. , July 18 With the
bounteous rains throughout Nebraska ,
Elkhorn railway headquarters glvesj
out an estimate of 300,000,000 bushels
of corn in sight for this year. Tha
same road also furnishes these figures
for the past four years :
Yield in 1899 was 224,373,000 bush.
els ; In 1898 It was 158,754,000 ; In 1897 ,
241,268,000 , and in 1896 , the banner
year , 298,000,000.
Judge 1'oftt StarU for Alaska.
COLUMBUS , Neb. , July 20. Ex-Su
preme Judge A. M. Post started last
night , via Seattle , Skagway and Dawson -
son , to Eagle City , Alaska , which will
be his headquarters , as one of the
three attorneys for the territory , to
which position he was appointed by
the president early In June. He will
return home in September in time to
escape the freeze-up , and will not go
back until warm weather comes again.
AVt-nltliv Fiirmcr Drops Head.
FRANKLIN , Neb. , July 20 Wil
liam T. McClufe , a wealthy farmer
and stock breeder living about seven
miles south of this place , dropped dead
while at work at his home. Word was
sent into to\vn at once for a doctor ,
but to no avil. He loaves a large fam
ily of small children and a wife. Ho
will bo buried at this place next Sat
urday.
Stabbed With n Knife. 11
GRAND' ISLAND , Neb. , July 19.
O. M. Crawford , Birmingham , 111. , n
brother of E. E. Crawford , well known
In this city , Is dangerously 111 suffering
from a knife wound Inflicted by a bully
whom ho was trying to prevent from
harming n friend. The wound is lu
the region of the heart.
Ex-ItoRlitter Kclley Ilcixl.
FRANKLIN. Neb. , July 18. J. E.
Kelley , an old citizen of Bloomlngton
and formerly register of tne United
States land office at this place , died ]
Saturday night from a stroke 01 paral
ysis.
Two Horn Drowned.
PIERCE , Neb. , July 18. The two
sons of John Pelt , aged 10 and 14 , rc-
spectlvely , living north of Hadar , were
drowned In a fish pond in the pasture.
Their bodies were found.
Killed by Lightning.
BOELUS , Neb. , July 16. At 8 o'clock
last night a 19-year-old boy was killed
by lightning on the farm of Hans Han
son , four miles east of here. The boy
began work Friday. Name not known
positively , but supposed to bo son of
John Cullough of Ansley , Neb. Ha
was milking cows. Hansen was
stunned.