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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1903)
, , - - ( STI [ COUNTY RfPU UCA i By D , M , AMSBERRY , - - . , . BROKEN BOW , . . NEBHASKA - - . . I Brief T elegraols I Spain Will not pnrtlclpnte In the St. Louis exposition , An oXllloslon In the Schwnh conr mlno ncnr Chorol < eo , KnR. , 1(111011 ono man nnd Injurcd six. A tn 1lo just compllod Illncos th Unlvorslty of Missouri nineteenth In the list of richest unlversllioR. TenderR nro nslwd for July 1 to lmlld Hewers , dmlnH nnd wnter worls nt Santlngo nt u cost of $ , OOOOOO. The fever hns clnlmoll three moro "Ictlms , mlsln ! ; the dcath total to sixty , In the vicinity of BUUCI' , Po. The hnllOrtR of Prance for the Inst elo\'on months IncI'cnsoll $ t03,20a : ! and the experts decrcaRoll $ I , 2',200. ! The collallso of nn emhl1nlmlOnt ncar , Cordovn , Spain , dorallcd Itrain. . Fourtecn pOl'sons were Idlloll ntlll mnny Injurod. The chief justice of the supreme court of the Unltml Stntes haa nn. nounced n reCCSB of thnt court for two weels from next Monday , The mill nud elevntor of the Rus. sell.MllIer Milling cOlllpqny , Vnlley Clt } ' , N. D. , hurned , entallln n ] OSd of ever $7 , ODD : Insurance $3 ,000. Pnul ! lIchter , llrosldent of the Rfch tor Iron Worls COlllll n ' of Denver , halt been nccldentally shot ntlll ] tllled by a companion on a hunting trip. Votln on the nmended Joan ] aw Ims been d forrod In the Culll\n sen. ate , pending the completion of nego. tlaUons with New Yorle fhmncla ] houses. ' To glvo Topem ] a "cenn" ] admlnls. tratlon t11Cro Is a movement on foot to run women for the council In the different. wards at. the coming munlcl. pal eectlons. ] A teegrnm ] received from Vardo < \ Norway , reports that the Bteamer Or. Ion has b 1n destroyed by fire and , thnt three of the crow and three pas. sengors perished. I HI I1as\Ott ] , aged 27 , cut his throat nt the home of his brother at Aroma , Ind. , to avoid cnllture for stealln a horse and buggy. Five minutes after his death the of1lccrs arrived. In the senate a resoutlon ] nuthorh : : Ing the printing of 2,000 copies of the war dOll rtment rellort on eXllOdl. tures In Cuba during tlle occupation tlr the United states was agreell to. The United States supreme courl has extended the time for taldng toa. . tlmony In the case of lUstourl vs. IIII. nols , Invovlng ] the Chicago dralnag cana ] , until the 1st of April next. Major WlIJlam H. Garland , aged ! ) .t years , Is dead at the National Soldiers' homo at Johnson City , Tenn. Ho hal1 ahnen ] hands with every president or the Unlten States excopt. Washington. The executlvo council ot the na. tlonnl Afro.Amerlcan Congressional lenguo of the U'nltod Stutes has de. ched ] to hold the annual convontlon of the league at ChIcago , Juno 20.21 , 11104. 11104.The The funeral ot John R. Proctor , the ] ate president of the cl\'l1 service com. mtsslon , was held at St. John's churcli at Washington and the remains were ubBequently Interred at Rocle Creele cemetery , The postomce committee of the house has recelyed from the postmas. 'ter ' general the Bristow report and the Conrad and Donapart report which the commltteo ordpred printed an made public. JUdge Dellinger of Oregon hall de- cldell that the ] tlJllng of n man by reflex and wholly Invountary ] action Is not a crime , allhough the accusel1 'mny at the time be engngel } In an unlawful - , lawful Imrsull. , A national nssoclntlon Ims been or. ganlzod to be lmown as the Natlonr..1 , 'Paper Traders' association , which Is )1 ) combination of associations of Do . ion , Baltimore , Central Ohio , Chicago and New Yorl , . " Mrs. Roosevelt was one of the spec. , tators In the Un lied States supreme court while the Northern Securities case was bolng argued. She was accompanied - companied by Mrs. Itnox , wlfo of the attorney goneral. Postmasters will meot'ln Washing. ton for the purpose of recommenlllng . new cla slflcntlon of the designation of postof1lce employes , regnrded as es' 1entlnl ! ! and desirable for the Improve. ment of the service. Nothwlthstandlng the reputation In other respects , the Mlssour : lIupremt' ! court holds that a community may I suppress the flrecracl\Cr and other deadly we'pons ! which fotten come. torles on the Fourth of July. The police ofllclas' ] of Daltlmore were were notified of the arrest In Jol. .Iot ; 111. , of Otto Berger , who. It Is harged , nbscondell In 1891 with $ ,10 , ' 000 belonging to the Daltlmore 1\Iu. slcnl Union , of which ho wns treas. urer. I All city Imll employes In Chicago : whose worl < brings them Into contnct \ vlth the public will be requlrell t \ wear a badge. An ordlnnnce mnldng the enforcement of this requlroment ' Imperative upon the hends of nll de. \ l rt nents has been adopted by the uncll. \ \ Ith a posse hot upon his trail , Dlllo , who shot and mortall $ ' \ .d Antonio del 'Vncc llo , his I \ n a Spo\Ono ] grocery store \ , loole refuge In the brush \ Wash. , where ho wns dls. i \ , Iy after daYlight , The I . . with rlflo.bulIotB . , i \ . \ . , , ' \ I \ , / - - CRANOJURYWORK SENATOR DIETRICH AMONG THE INDICTED , COLBY IS ALSO TO ANSWER R. M , Allen of Standl1rd Cattle Com. pany and D. W , GaInes , a Rocf < County Banker , AmenD Those Who Will Be Brought to Trial. OMAHA-Tho federnl grnnd jury adjourned 'fhurscay ! nfternoon after n Rosnloll ocntlnulnJ ; from 2 : 30 to ahort. ] y after 3 o'cloclr , when It flied Illto the ( 'onrt room and announced to JUdge Munger thnt It had a report to mnw. ! 'I'ho report was made thrOl\lh 1'oreman M. IJ. Arnold ot'Do. . ntrlce. Seventeen Indictments were found , 'fhe ollly ono mode Ilubllc wns the I , one 'Halnst , John Johnson for 1J0lllng liquor to Illolans. JohlllJon la now In jnll. Of the other sixteen none were given puhllclty , II11rfJllant to the po ] . , Icy of secrec ' ollRcrved by the grnlld jury aud district clor ] ( , whom nre the only ] 1C'SOIlS ! except the district nttorney who have any l\I1owledge oC the persont1el of the Indictments. The reason for secrecy III these matterH Is that the Indlctel ] ! lUrtles must a"o first he ell nrrosled , he In cUlltody 01' have 1lven hondll In orller thtat there may bo uo mlncarrlage oC justice by the Ilrematuro nnllOUnCell1ent of tholr nnmes. It Is , however , stnted from , other sources that true bills wore found against former Adjutant General IJ. 'V. Colby of Deatrlce for embezzement ] of pUblic funds : nn additional Indict. ment against Senator C. H. Dletrlcli for profiting by n federnl contract while 0. member of cougress In the rental of propcrty belonging to him to the government : ono ngnlnst R. M. Allen , president of the Standard Cat. tie compOny , for lJJegal fencing of pnbllc ] nnds : one against D. W. Gaines , president of the Rock County banI" for perjury and subornln Iler. jury 111 the mntter of homestead m. Ing : nn nddltlonnl Indictment ngalnst Elliott Lowe fol' conspiracy with .T. C. l\IIlchell , postmnster at Almn ; J. C. Mitchell and W. Milt Erwin for lIJegal Hale of postage stamps with a view to I Increasing the revenues of the post. once at Alma. Immedlatey ] foJJowlng the report of the gmnd jury It returnell to its quar. ters nnd thell adjoul'lled until 7 o'cocc ] ] Thursday evenll1 , and at ! ) o'clock It nljoul'lled ] sine dlo. ' 1'he present session has heen an Important and reml1rmhlo ] Ol1e , ] arge. ] y because of the prominence of some of the men Indicted and Inyestlgatcd. The list of those Indicted prior to Thursday ahU given out. by the clerk oC the court numbers elghty.three. At a night. session testimony was tl11\Cn In regard to the land frauI } cases on the Omaha anl1 Wlnnebngo resen'atlons. Then the grand jury Bent word to JUdge Munger that.I It was rendy to submit Its final report. JUdge Munger was In waiting anl : the jury f.led Into the court room , nnd l"oremnn M. IJ. Arnod ] stated tll t UIO jlll'Y Iw.d completed Its tabors and was ready lor discharge. The jury Buhm ttell no further Indictments. JUdge Mungor snld : "Gentlemen , the court flnds that you have been ef. ficlent In yonr worlc and ' 0\1 have the thans ] of the oul't for It. You are now discharged fl'om furthr ser. "Ice. " Whole Sea Is Disappearing , ST. PETERSDUnG.-Tho sea 0 : Azof Is dlsappearlqg IInd remarlcnblc scenes are In course of enactment. At Taganrog the waters have receded to such an extent. during the last yO days that the bOIl of the sea Is visible for a dlstanco of thou nnds of feet. High winds hurled clouds of sallll nhorewnrd , covering the town. Ve . sels nro lying high and dry and the greatcst confusion provalls In the har. bor. Wor ! , In the factories has had tu bo rell'.lcell to a mlnlmun1. Miners Are to Be Called Out. ALTOONA , Pn.-Nntlonnl Secrotar ' WIlliam B. Wilson nnd the district of. ficers of the United 1\IIne Worlcrs at n conference held here have dechled to cnll a strll\O of the minors employed hy the SomOl'set Coal company be. cause of a reduction of 1211. : per cent In wages. 'l'he COmll n : has sixteen mines In the bituminous fiods ! of west. ern PennR 'lvanla. It Is not known whether the miners wlJJ obey the or. dor , as man ' would rather continue at wprl { at reduced wages. Appointed by President. W ASlllNGTON - The president Munday sent the senate the following Jlomlnntlons : Relolvers : of public moneys : Dnnlel J. J.'ole ' , nt Eurelm , Cal. : Fred Dutler , at Lladvlllo ! , Colo. Postmnstors : Alnslm-Wllllam R. Snm\lSOn \ , I < Ilgway. Idaho-George E. IJove ' , Duro. ] Montnnn-Lawrenco IIauclc , Philips. burg. Petition for Receiver Denied. NJ W ARK , N , J.-Tho nPllllcation of the Mercnntlle 'l'rust compan ' for the nppolntment of n receiver for the United Statea Shipbuilding compnn ' was den leI ! by United States JUdg6 1th'I\lla trlclr. Crime In Paris. PAIUS.-Tho local llOlIce hnvo com. potel ! ) gnthorlng of static tics roatln ] to crime In Pnrls , During the 'eal' ondOll December 1 , a total of 70,000 cases occu\llcd \ their uttentlon , . , ' , - - I DIlls Favorably Reported , WASIIING''ON.-Favorabe ] reports I wore mndo by Se1ntor stewart , chair. , man of the ( : ornmilleo on Indian af. I fl1lra , on the folloMng hills : I'rovlcIlnt { for the entt. . of unsold lan a of the Port 111111 Indian reserVa. tlon : authorizing the sCJcretnry of the treasur ' to adjust nnd ) lay ullon the ndmlnlstratlvo action of the secre. tnry of the Interior nil clnlma ngalnsl the United Stntes or the confeclcrated ban s of Indlnn ! ! , nnd authorizIng the sae of n l1at1 of whnt Is ] < nown ns the Hed Lntto Indian reservation , In Mlnnesotn. , Fuel and Iron Company Sells. DI VgR-Presldent T , J. Hoarno of the Colorado I'ue ] and Iron com pliny has statet } In nn Intorvlew that the recent transfer of all the fnol proper. tlos of that comlJany to the Rocl < y 1\Iountaln Coni nnl ! Iron company wns' made merely ns 11 convenlenco from a buslnelJs IJolnt of vrow. The Rocl < r MountaIn Is ono oC the subsidiary comllanles organlzell to nsslst In car. rylnJ ; on the worlc of the ) laront or. ganlzatlon , the ColC'rado Fue ! and Iron I comllany. The transfer of hodlngs ] In. cluded thlrty.five co a ] mines. Crown PrInce Is Punished , DEnIJN.-Crown ! Prlnco William I"rederlce ] was required by his moth. or to remain 111 his room for three daya for huvlng raced a steeple cbase ngaln t tbe etnlleror's. wl b. The race toot ] IIace ] near Potsdam three or four wees ago. The crown prince Is n venturesome rhler and had been roprhnanded by the emJoror for rid. In up the steps of the Sans Soucl palnco nt the hend of the Second com. pany of the 1"lrst regiment of the guards , of which ho Wa' ] recently np. "uards. Girl 10 Determined to Die" WASIIINGTON.-Ceneral Alexis E. I"ryc , fohnerly superintendent of pub. IIc Instruction , told the committee that the schools of Cuba were organ. Ized under laws Issued by General Droo\O ] nnd thnt an order mnldng a cqt : In salnrles of teachers was Issued by General Wood. lIe declared there had been a brench of faith on the part of Gonernl Wood , which Inter. fered with efllclency pC the schools. 110 asserted that. General Wood was untruthful In matters uffecUng pUblic affairs. Scr.:1tor Morgan W:1nta to Know. WASIIINGTON-Senator Morgan In- trodu ol ! a rcsolutlon directing the at. tOl"l1ey gonorn ] to Inform the senate whether he has mndo or Is madng ] on behalf of the United States a purchase - chase of the property of the new Pan. ama company , Ita franchises nnd con ; . cessions , nnd If so , what authority on the Isthmus Is recognized In the trnns ; nctlon and wheUlet. ' , , an agreement. hns beell entered Into between I"rnnce and the authorities on the Isthmus. . . ChIcago Gets National Convention. WASHINGTON-The relubllcan ) na. tlonnl COllYentioll will be hed ] In Chi. cage beginning at noon , June 21 , 11104 , the republican national commltteo reaching this conclusion. PIttsburg nnd St. Louis were rlvas ] of Chicago I for the convention. Each city wns I well represented In oratory before the I commltteo and ench also hnd cash of. i fors to matte. Plttsburg offered $100" . 000 , Chicago $7 , OOO and a hall. nnd St. Louis $40,000 and a hall. The vote 43 for Chicago , 7 for Plttsburg. Charges Breach of Faith. SIOUX ClTY.-Crazed with jeal. ousy because her lover hnd bestowed his affections u\Jon nnother glr ] , Dol. lie Reven , nged 18 , an Inmate of Min. nle Kern's resort , adopted a horrIblb method of endfng her life. After struggllng"t'o swallow a dose of lauda. nUln and being prevented , she dellb. erately threw horselt headlong down the stairs. She wus taeen ] back and tried to leall from a thlrd.story win. dow. She finnlly entered the bath room and set fire to her cothlng. ] . Post:11 Receipts Increase. WASIIINGTON-The gross postal r celpts at the fitly largest. postof1loos In the United States for ] nst month , compared with November , 1902 , wOle $5.402,580 , an 111 < 'I'ease of over 7 per cent. The hIghest Increase was 25 per ( 'ent at Los Angeles. The heav. lest of the six decrease ! ! reported was 15ler \ cent nt Jerse ' Clt ' . Now Yore ] roceillts Increased almost I ) pel' cent and Chlcngo over 8 lJer cent. Reported Troops Withdrawn. WASHINGTON.-lnformatJon has reached the navy department to the effect that the Colombian troops which were sahl to have landed at. the mouth of the Atrato l'IYer to mnrch on the Isthmus , have been withdrawn. Buchanan Salls for Panama , NEW YOIUW1llIam I. Duchunan of Duffao ] , N. Y. , the first United States minister to the republic of Panama , sallell 'l'ucsday for Pannma to tal\O U\l \ I his new duties. Wages Cut for $5,000 , DOS'l'ON , Mass.-J\ reduction In I wages avcl'aglng 10 per cent nnd In. , "olvlng 6.000 o\lOl'atives \ wns mnIe Monda ' In the cotton mills at Adnms , North Adnms , 1\1ass. , and Norwich , Conn , To Cut Price of Soft Coal , CI-EVEI..AND , 0.-.4. meeting of soft coal ollorators wns In sosslon hero to discuss trade conditions generally 'l'hero Is "or ' 1II\Oy ! to be a cut In the selling Inlco of coal , especially In I grades used by manllfacturcr , , . . , , ' I It , . . . - TREATY IS A LAW SENATE PASSES .RECIPROCITY BIL.1. . BY DECISIVE VOTE , PARTV LINES WERE NOT DR 1m - - - - - : Principal Speeches Made by Mr. Spooner for the Bill and by Mr , Bailey Against the Measure-What Is Provided for by the Treaty , ' - - W ASIIINGTON-Dy the declslvo vote of 67 to 18 the Bennte on Wed. nesday llassed the bill carrying Into effect. the reciprocity treaty with Cuba. The flna ] vote came at the coso oC a day which was mnrled by a debate which , whllo at times nnlmated , wns not acrimonious. The prlnclpnl speeches were made by Mr , Spooner , for the bill , and by Mr. Dalley , ngalnst It Dotlt senators were sub. jected to frequent Interruptlonn. In .hls remnrs Mr. Dalley reCerred to the recent agreement of the democratlo cauous to stand solidly on pnrty ques' tlons nnd wn1'l1ed the republicans that In the future they could not depenl1 pn straggling democratic votes In sup. 110rt of republican party measures reo gardless of whether they were or were not In accord with democrntl doctrine. Th bill passed carries Into oxecu : tlon the treaty between the United States and Cuba , which was rntlfied ] ast March. The treaty pro\'ldes for a reduction of 20 per cent' ' from the ntes oC ( luty under the Dingley ] aw on aJ ) Cubnn nrtlces ] ImllOrted Into ithe United States and a varying re. Iluction of from 20 to 40 per cent : from the established Cuban duty on articles Into Cuba from the' United , States. ACter the passage of the Cu. 'ban bill the Benate agreed to the house resoutlon ] providing for a hol. Iday recess from December HI to Jan. uary 4. 'When the senate convened Mr. Spooner spol\O on the measure. He discussed the varying position of t1 opponents of the bill , and especlny ) of the Introduction of the Newlands r\solution Inviting Cuba to become a , part of the United States , deprecating i It and sa 'lng that ho hoped It would be postponed Indoflnltely , because , ho said , Bometlmf3 ! In"Itations are regarded - garded as commands. Mr. Spooner also discussed the ef. fect or the a optlon by Cuba of the Platt. amendment. aB n part of the Cuban - ban constitution and said It should remain there forever for Cuba's own protection , both as against foreign fees and agnlnst Insurrection. He con. tended that the Platt measure In no wlso derogates from Ouba's Independ. ence. He expressed the opinion that the United States owns the Isle of Pines. The Cubans also think they own It , he said , but we had not "opened 0. banlt account with the God. dess of Liberty when wo free Cuba , " and could not afford to haggle 1IIw 11. shopl eepOl' over matters with that reo public. Mr. Spooner said the New. ] nnds resoutlon ] was In direct oppo. sltlon to the Tener resolution. Mr. McKlney ] had \lut \ it n } ) In a sentenc .wilen he said that our Intervention 'must not be demanded as nn Indem. nlt . . HEARS UNION PACIFIC' CASE , Charged With Giving Preferential GraIn Rate. WASHINGTON. - The Interstate commerce commission Tuesday gave a hearing In the case of the Union Pa. clflo railroad , charged with giving llreferenUal rates to Peavey & Co. , who operate elevators at a number of western points , Including Kansas City and Council Dluffs. John N. Daldwln of Council Bluffs represented the Union Pacific , and contended thnt there was no dls. crlmlnntlon In rates nnd that Its al. ] o vances are not excessive. He said there was an agreCl ent with the Peavey comllany through the Midland Elevator compnny Ilt Kansas Clt ' , and the Omaha Elevator company at Council Dluffs , under which the Un. Ion Paclflo pnys the elevator compnn. les n cents per 100 Iloulllls for hand. ling grnln which passes through those eloyators. Bills Introduced In the House. W ASHINGTON-A bill was Intro. duced In the house Friday y Mr. Vreennd ] ( N. Y. ) to PI'ovlde for the al. lotment of ] ands In sC\'eralt . to the Indians In the state of Now York and to extend the protection of the la\\8 of the United States over such In. dlans. Mr. Hearst ( N. Y. ) Introduced a bill to establish a Ilnl'cels post. It. pro. vldes for a clnssflcatlon ! of mall mat. tor , deflnlng the lelnd that shnn be carrlod 111 the different classes. Mr. Gardner (1\Iuss. ( ) Introduced n bill to crento a committee to recom. mend ] eglsatlon ] for the devolopn1lnt ! of the merchant. mnrlne. To Print General Wood's Accounts. WASIIINGTON.-Senator Platt ' < If Conn , . tlcut , chalrmnn or the' senate committee on relations with Cubn , IntrOlhlced n resolution authorizing the printing of all the accounts of the government. of Cuba dlll'lng AmerIcan occupntlon. The resolution Is In ac. cord with a request of Secretary Hoot nnd111 coyer the accounts of Gen. ernl " 'ood as governor g neral oC Cubn. _ Send Urlbe.Urlbe as Envoy , CARACAS-According to advlces just received here the Colomblnn government. has decided to send Gen. eral Rnfnol Urlbe.Urlbe us spoclal en. yoy to the South Amorlcan rCIHlbllcs. _ . - - AS TO THE NEED3 { . -ALASIA.l Plcnccr--- ; ; Want : PlcnccrHome Builder ! : and More Roads , W ASIIING'l'ON.-Goyornor Drndy of Alaslm In hla annual report to the secretary of the Interior urges provls. Ions for Aaskan ] representation by a delegate In congre s and [ 'ays thnt I Alaska's main need Is for pioneers and homo builders. Ho urges abol. Ishment. of the fee system tor United StateR commissioners and ex. tonslon of the homestead laws. Ho says congress can do no better thing for Ansm ] ] now than to encourage the construction of rands. Governor Brady snys that those who have traveed ] throughout. the territory thlll year are certain that Alasm ] to. day bas a less whlto popuatlon ] than It had In 11100 , and that It Is mlgra. tory , almost slmultnncously with "wild ages. " In vi ow of these facts the governor deprecates tile agitation for a chal1 e of government of Alnsm ] from district to tc : > rrllorlaJ , though aspiring to stnt6hood when Alaslm fills wllh n eslrabo ] llOpuhtlon. He nsls what reason there Is for requost. Ing congress to orgnnlzo an expen. slYO system of government thnt will plunge the Aa\mns ] ] Into debt nnd all mminer of exr.esses , Involving tnxa. tlon to Its utmest limits. WANTS SAN DOMINGO. SeJ:1tor ! Heyburn Introduces Resolu. tlon to Annex 'Republic W ASHINGTON.-Senator Hoyburn of Idaho Introduced a joint resoutlon ] requesting the president to acquire by annexntlon the portion of San Domin. I go comprising the dependencies ot San Domingo and Haytl. Mr. Simpson , the United States consul Ilt. Puerto Pnta ] , San Domingo , has cabled the state department. that 11. revolution has brown ] out. at San. tlngo and that the movement Is ex. t'nslve and serious. This Is supposed to be the result of the failure Of he provisional goyern. ment to ccuro resognltlon at the hand of UnJted States Minister Po\\ ' . ell , which fllct. prevented that. govern. ment from obtaining money neces. sary to maintain Itself through a fa : , . elgn lonn. Nothing Is lmown officlalb : of the reported plots against the life of United States Minister Powell , but the navy wIll take all necessnry prc. cautions to protect the America : ! Ie. gntlon In San Domlno. : TRIED TO LYNCH MARSHAL. He Had Accldenta ly Klllcd a Man In Quelling a Fight. DRAZIL , Ind.-An unsuccessful ef. fort was mnde to tace ] 'l'own Marshnl Harmon from the jail hero ] ast night , It Is believed , for the purpose of ] ynchlng him. Hnrmon was trYing to quell a fight. at. DIamond , a mining town \Vednesday night and accident. ally shot. Dennis 1\1cCann , a miner , who later died. Harmon surrendered to the authorities here. Last. night. fourl Darlington men arrived at the jail and represented themselves as omcrs to talw Hhrmon to TIocvllle ] "or trlnl. l armon recognized them as friends of McCann , who hnd sworn to take his life , and the sheriff refused to give him up. The men re. turned to Darlington , wreclted the home of his son , E1helby Harmon , and drove his famll ' Into the street. They have not. been arrested. Harmon wns taken to Rocl < vlllo and pla ed In jail there. FREMONT GETS THE CANAL. The Canal Board of Arbltratlon-S : lects that City. NEW YURK-The board of arbltra. I tlon , consisting of T. W. Kowmnn ! ot the John F. Kelley Engineering com. pany , Now Yorl" and George H. Kim. ball , the wel1 lmown western engl. neerlng expert , met here Monday and decided to mnlo an award In favor of the Fremont Canal and Power com. Imny , which con < : ern will build a large hydraulic plant for the purpose 0 : generating electric energy for light , traction ana general \lOWer \ purposes In and around Omaha , Lincoln , Co. ] umbus , J. ' remont and several other cities In Nebraslm and Councll DJuffs , Iowa. 'fhe l < remont proposition was con. sillered more feaslhe ] than the one submitted by the NelJrnslm Central 11' : rlgauon comllan ' , which concern pro. I10sed to build 1\ big plnnt. at Colum. bus. HOLD MID.WINTER MEETING" Good Roards . Congress , January 28 nnd 29. CHICAGO , ILL.-W. H. Moore , president of the National Good Roads association , and Colonel A. S. Mann of I"IOI'ldn , met In Chlcngo Monday anll arranged to hold the mld.wlnter gooll roads mcellng of the assoclntlon at Ol'monde Dench. l < ' ! orlda , Janunr ' 28 and : ! ! J , In connection with the au. tomobllo rnces ut that place. The two events will be followed b ' slml. lar meetings In the north. At the st. Louis World's Fnlr au. tomoblle races will be held by the Na. tlonal Good Roads congress , at which tlmo all civilized countries will he In. ylted by the state clep'artment at Wallhlngton to send delegntes. Russians to Protect Him. TOKIO-Korea's war mlnl61ter and l\t. Payort ! , the Russian minister to I orea , have enterm ] Into an agree. ment llY the terms of which , In the , "ent of nn emergency , Russian omcers will bo emplo 'ed to guard the 1oyal ; I pnlace. \ ' . , . , . . ' < . \ . - I RMY 'M E OVER' , - \ , NEBRASKA GOES INTO NORTHERN - : ERN DIVISION , I - J HEADQUARTERS AT S1. _ ! J.ill ! ! Gcner:11 B:1tes In Command of Northern - ern DivisIon nnd Sumner Will Have. Charge of the Southwcstern-Philip. pines Dlvlulon Unchanged , - I W ASIIINGTON-'fho secretnry of war on Tu sdar. approved the re om' mondatlon of the general staff estab. IIshlng military divisions and somc- , ' \ , what changing the present hO\1I1dary \ ' , lines of departments In the United } I- , ' Stntes. There wIll bo four divisions In tho. United States and one In the Philip. pines. 'fho Northern division will be com. . I posed or the present Dopartm&nt. of' i . , the I..ales , the Depnrtment"C Mls- Dourl and the Department oC DaOtn ] 'fhe Depart111t of 1\l1ssourl Is enarg- ] , eu by adding thereto the state of Wy. ( ' , : om lng , which has h.eel1 detached from j the Department of Colorado. Tho' hMdquarters of the Northern (1Ivlslon will be at st. . Louis. , ( ' 1'he Atlantic division will constltnto. ' the llrosent Department of the East , except the state of Loulslann , with the state of Tennessee added thereto , l1d wlll be composed of the Dopart- 'ment ' of the East and the Dep"artment : . of the Gulf. The hendquarters of the- Department of the Gulf wHl be ] ocat- od nt. Atlanta , Ga. , and the headquarters - ters oC the division will be at Gover- nor's Island , New Yor ] , : hendquarters : Dellartmont oC the Enst will temporarily - rily be Goyernor's Isand. ] The Paclflc division will bo comroa- ed oC the present Departments of Cal- : Ifornla and Columbia. The headquarters - ters of the division will be San Fran- cisco. The Southwestern dlvlslOlf will be- composed of the Departments of Colorado - rado and Texas. The Department or Texas will be enarged ] by the addl- tlOI1 of the states of Louisiana and AI' ] mnsas , nnd Oldahoma and Indian Ter. rltorles. The headquarters of this division - vision will be OIdahoma City , Okla. The Philippine division will remain as so constituted. The following dlvl. slon commanders have been decided upon : Atlantic division , Major Gel1- eral CorlJln : Northern dlYlslon , 'Major Gcncral Dates : Paclflc division , Majo& Genera ] MacArthur : Southwestern division - vision , Major General Sumner ; Ph Ii- . Ipplne division , 1\Iajor General Wade. . The order becomes effective Janu. ary 15. ' REVENUE LAW VALID. Supreme Court Upholds New Act I" , an Unanimous Opinion. LINCOLN.-The supreme court on. Wedncsday , In an opinion written.b b ' . Chief Justice SuI1lyan and concurred In by JUdges Holcomb and SedgwIcI , . declared the revenue ] aw enncted by the late ] eglsaturo ] to be constitu- tional. A secoml opinion , written by Commissioner Duffie and concurred In ty Commissioners Letton and Klrk- r J. ' . patrlcc ] , was allowed to be flIed , through the courtes : ) " of t110 court , and this also upheld the ] aw , Commissioners - sioners Duflle and Letton having receded - ceded from their former position thnt the Insurance sections were bad. Both opinIons were the unanlmolls decision of the court. and the commissioners , the second havIng no'olce , on the final ruling In the case. The result Is that H. E . Palmer and Raph ] Dreck. Inrldge do not get. their writ. to com. pel the city tax commissioner of Om. aha to enforce the old revenue Jaw. While upholding the law as a whole , the court. refused to pass upon any scctlon against which a specific action - tion hnd not been brought and stated - " thnt. It was out of Its province to say what sections were bad unless the matter came before It In a specific action. Statehood for Each or No at All. WASHINGTON-Governor Otero of New Mexico , Solomon J..una , a mem. ber of the republican national committee - tee from New MexIco , nnd Delegate Wilson of New MexIco saw the presIdent - Ident Monda ' . While the people of Arizona and New Mexico are urqlng their clnlms to statehood , It was stnt. ed they do not approve of the proposition - sition to mal\O a single state of the two territories. Deogate ] Wilson said ho would fight that Id a as long as ho could stanu. , William J. Bryan at Rome. ROME-William J. Dryan , accompa : . . . nled by his son , was received In prl. . . vate nudlence , b ' the pope Sunda ' . Mr. Dryan was presented by Monsignor Kennedy , rector of the American col. lege , who a ted as Interpreter. His holiness spo\C of having great Interest In the Catholics In the United Stntes. After th audience Mr. Drynn express. ed himself as highly peased ] with th pope's ] dndh' benrlng. Defore going to the vatican Mr. Dryan visited sev rn ! of the Interesting sights of Rome. Man Who Ate Matches. COLUMDUS , O.-A burial permit tal\Cn out here dlscosed ] the Identity of the mnn ] mown as "Pran ] , Wilson . . said to have committed sulcldo In Uo county jail at Chicago and whose bodY WI S brought to this clt . , his rea ] nam being W. N. Greenleaf. The cemetery nuthorltles refused to permit the burial of the bed ' under a fictitious name. Greenleaf was 38 'ear8 old. He was a son of Albert Greenlea' , a former prominent. citizen of Columbus , who movcd to Chicago about 10 ) 'ears ngo. .