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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1904)
- - - . . - , ( UST R ( OUNTY R PU8L1An ( , . " By D. M. AMSBERRY. I - - DROKgN now. - - N BllASKA , : - - - I News in , Bdef I : 'rwo l1ew hl'lIlgU:4 : nro to ho hullt OV'I' the Nova rlv'r lIt St. P'ltJrshurg , 'l'lw Illst 'ellr of t ho HII al' houutl/s \ cost l'rauco : alolle 110 Il'ss 1111111 twent ' mllllonfJ 110llnrs , In 1881 the LOlll1on hlrth ralo aV' ( 'ragel ! : J ,2 1101' J ,000. It stcal1ll ) ' dc. cllncil to 2SG In 1 ! 102 , Korean COllllllel'CO nlllollllt to ahollt 11ft cl.'n mlllloll 111' 11111111I11 , the Imports h'llIg 110uhlu thc ex\'ls. ) \ i TYllhoill fev'r has hrolwn out ll1110ng nil thl' I1l'tachmellts of marines 111 Gl'rmlHl Southwcst AfrtC'lI. I : q101'talion of $ nI OOOOO Ioltl fro11\ N'w Yorl , Inst Wl'el , hrolw the record fOl' out o In ono lIay sln'o 1 n01. .1ohn D , Daly. al1 olll-tl11\e uowflpa- pCI' I1Il1n , wcll Imown In Chil'ago anll ( Ithm' cities , IIlell at EIIhart , I'nll. ' 1'he Chicago Ot'eat Western Hallroal1 . C011\III1UY fIIell with thl' Aecretal'y of Atato 11. cerlltlcato Il1cl'C'asln [ ; Its cal11- tal storie from $30,000,000 to $50,000- 000 , Tommy 1..0\0 of Phl1lulel11hla was J given the dcolllon over ' 1'0111111) ' Feltz , of Brooklyn rln theil' fifteen-i'onnll , out before the gUtllW Athletic club of Daltlmorc1 Md. 'rhe ; Wllhash rallrond shops at Decatur - catur , lIII.VCI'O ' orllcred closclI , by } 'resldcut Rnrm\ay \ , 'l'he rder Is supposed - posed to10 \ on account of uio' , strlko order by the armen's brotherhood. At Syracuse , N. y" the Lyceum theater , It 'vaudeville ' house , was destroyed - stroyed lJ ' fire. It had closed during the season , \\ntll \ last weel" when fl New York company played six nights , , While no official nnnouncement of 11. Wabash loan was made , It wus learned from 11. tl'ustworthy source that a loan for $6,000,000 , bearing 5 per ( .ont interest , has been negollated. Senator lIale and others counsel de- Jay in hulllllng maI'o battleships unUl tne Russo-Japaneso conflict shall have ( lemonstrntcd the compu1'Iltivo utility of the big fighters and the torpedo boats. Prnnl { 1\lcNamara , employed for fifteen - teen years in Clucago , plead gullly of murdering Captain Jennings in Drool- Jyn In the hope of covering up his theft of 5OOO from his western em- ployer. Colonel Loutweln , governor of German - man Southwest AfrIca , cl1.bles that t 'phus has brolten out in Major Van Glasenapp's column. Seven deaths from the disease were recorded up to' .April 22. I W , A. P. Davis of Philadelphia. , sec. I TOtary of the Gregory-Buell Mining I comlll\ny , was seriously injured in the I tunnel of the mine near Central City , I Colo. , by the unexpected explosion of ynamite. 'rho president sent the lollowln : ; nominations of Ilostmasters to the senate : Nebraska-Thomus A. Doyd , Deaver City. Iowa-William G. Ross , Falrfieldi E. M. Smith , Wlnterset ; Samuel H. Hall , , I4lme Springs. At Deadwood , S. D. , 111'0 destroyed the large Ilressed brick plant owned y Thomas Whittaker of that city and Sioux Falls .capitalists. I..o8s , $15,000 , partly covered by insurance. The JIlin , will be rebuilt. In a lecture In Now Orleans Dr. Isa- dore D'er , physician at the lopers' homo in LouIsiana , after saying there were 3,000,000 lepers In existence , announced - nounced that in the last two years the problem of lOuring the disease has been solved. Drlgadler General Josel1h Dlcltlnson 1ast of the adjutants general of the Army of the Potomac and chief o [ staffs under Generals 1I001ter and Meade , during th ? civil war , dlell In " \Vashlngton , after an Illnes : of three I months. Ho was 72 years old. The SupI'eme Court of Colorado reused - [ used to admit to ball Charles II. Mo'or , president of the strlldng miners - ers o [ Colomdo , pOUlling the hearing of his halleas CQrpU8 case May Ii , and the prlsouer will''remain In the hands of the military ! n'the bull pen. 'I'hat the pmyer meeting , "with its cut and dried programme , " has out- JIved \\sefulncssf \ tha't the Christian Endeavor Society Is exercising too much infiuence on thQ ch\1l'eh , and that radical changes 111'e neollelt wer , the de laratlons of Rov. George ' 1'11)- lor at the meeting of Congregl1tonu ! ] , ministers In Doston. f After receiving o e currant of .J5- 000 volts and another of 25,000 a11l ] failing forty feet to the ground , Henr I ElSO ) ' of Oalesburg , 1\lIch" an electric " lineman , is alive , with the loss o [ twe toes the only permanent Injury. EI - sey has retul'l1ed from Kalamazoo ' where he has bean six weeks In 11. hos , pltal recovering. His reeovel'y Is can , sldered one of the most remarlm ll on record. The Swiss Alplno club has wlthll' the last four ) 'oars spent $21,000 II f 11\111111ng l'C1uge huts on yarlous moun I talns. j Charl s F. McKenna o [ Pennsylvan f l. has been nominated by the llresl dtlnt United States district judge fo Porto Hleo. 'l'ho Pennsylvania railroad unlOl , statton at Ilarrlsu\I1'g , Pa. , was dam . aged by fie to the extent of , OOI to $100.000. I 'rho London Cr 'stal Palaeo accom modates moro IIODplo than a ' othe ulldlng In the wOI'hl. 1l w\l1 \ hoh 100,000 people. A. , . . . , . - - - - - - - - - . WORK ON GA Al THOUSANDS OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. - ANTHRAGITECOAL RATE INQUIRY - Vonczuel:1 C:1tt1o for nlted States- Will Be UseU Exluslvely for Food and Have to Pass II Rigid Il1:1pection : ijecldes Pilylng Duty. - W ASliiNGTON-Sln c the return of Admiral \Valln'r and ( Jonernl Davlo of tto : IBtlunlr.n l't1.llal cOll1mlslon ! ! to Wr.lhlnjton from Panama they hllvo hoon engage ! ! In worlt preliminary lO the mectlng of the commission next vol : : < . Durll1g the IlhlJ nco of the com- Jliilmloll , UIIIJllcalion for IJosltlons 011 the cl\nlll fOl'co were rocelvod hy the Ihuut1I\(1. : \ ( ' 1'hu1 fur It hils not hecu ! ! otl'l'Inlne huw the canal worl , w\l1 \ ho 1101 ( ' , hcnco the cOII1l1\lualon \ Itself cloeR not Imow : et jllflt wllat positions It will have rt Its I1lsJofJal. } 'rho IJI'obahlllt ) ' now Is that the gr ut hullt of the WOI'It will he done hy contrad. It has hc'n HlIggcslecI thllt It I'onlltrllctlon comlJllny ho O1'glln. IzcII to undm'tulw the WOl'I , ullcIor the allllel'vision of the commlslon. 1'ho orgnnlzatlon of sovel'al c01l111l\nlos , ench to do 11. slleelfled portion of the WOI'Inlso has heen suggcsted. In the anthmclte conilto \ Inq\llIor \ against the Phlladolphla & Heallln Hnllway cOl11llany the Interstate cum. morce commission F'rldaY cntered nn or del' roopenlng the proceolllnl ; for fnr- thcI' Investigation. 'rho commission has sot the case for heurlug at New York on loy 4. 'rho commltteo dlrccted by con \'css \ to Investigate anll rcport on the hest methods of rostorlng the merchllnt marine - rine of the Unltell States Frida ) ' ( 'hose Senator Galllngol' for the chairman- shill , At Friday's cllhlnet mcctlng Seero. tary Wilson rOllO\'ted \ that the dCllart. mont of agriculture had granted 11cr- ml:1slon : io the Venezuelan government to Import Into the Unltell States 1,000 head of Venezuelan cattle. Of course the customs duties will have to he 11l1ld ou the cattlo. 'l'hey will bo ship. pell to New York , consigned to nn ab- battolr. No brocdlng cattle are to bo nmong the number Imported , the ! dea being to use thom exclusively for fool } . ' 1'he department Is exceedingly careful about all importations of live sloel , nnd cach head of cattle In1ll0rted fl'O:11 : Venezuela will ho rlglllly InsJectell. ) Postmaster Geneml Pllyno returned Frldny from Charleston , S , C. , after an I1hscnce of several weels sIlent In cruising along the Atlantic coast and In West Indian waters. 1Ie Is 1m. proved In heaHh , though allll C ml1laln. ing o [ 11. slight attack of gout In one foot. foot.Tho The treas\ll'Y dellllrtment forwarded to the secrelnry of state for transmission - mission to .T. P. 1\Iorgan & Co. of New Yorl" financial agents of the Relmb- IIc of Panama , a warraut fOl' $1,000.000 on nccount of the Panama cnnal pur- choso. FOUR MONTHS' CONFINEMENT . Sentence of a Lieutenant for Dupll. cation of Pay Accounts. SAN PR NCISCO.-Flrst Lleuten , ant Ii'rederlclt D , Neilson , Twelfth cavalry , who was recently tried at the Presidio for the duplication of his pny accounts In the Prlllppinos , was . on Ii'rhlay sentenced to confinement to the limits of the post where ho maybe bo serving fOl' four montlis and to for , felt $1i0 o [ his pay for roe salDO petlod , He will als bo reprimanded In gen , eral orders , hut he has becn acCultted } of any fraudulent Intent. Lieutenant Neilson will be sent to the discharge camp at Angel lslaud for duty and will servo out his foul' months there. The court.martlal which trial Lieu , tenant Neilson will meet again on Monday for the trial tlf Lleutcuant G , S. Rlchanls , 'I'wcnt.thlrd Infantry , fOt the same offenso. and will I.lso ) t ! ' LleutenllntV. . J. AII\Cn , ' 1'wcnty , clghth Infantry , for 'breach ' of arrest . .deultelanTtloSon,1 ml4vral vhgk bl Japs Publish Their Side of It. WASHINGTON-'l'ho Jalllluese lega lion has published th03 correspondenci that took Illaco hot ween Baron Kom urll , .1allanoso mlnlstcr or forolgn af full'S and l\lr. Kurlnu , .1apancso mlu Ister to St. Peter hurg , procedlng thl lll.glnning of the Russo..1apanese war 'I'ho plll'pOSO of the llUbllcntlon Is ti dlscloso officlall the Jc.pllncso attltudl aud t sllcclallY 10 point out the effort : to force Russia to an early aud cun cluslvo auswcr to the .Iallaneso pro posals rolatlvo to the o\'acUlttlun 0 Mouchurla , Kindergarten Union Adjourns. ROCIIlSTEH. ! : N. Y-Tho eleventl annnal convention of the InternatlO\l \ al Klndergllrten unlun adjourned al tel' elcctlng Miss Annlo I..aws of CII : clnnatl } lresillent and Miss Stella 1 . " \Vood or 1\lInnoapolls sccretar ' . An onnce of get.up.and.get Is bol tel' than 11. pound of that "tired foe lug. " I Furnish Free Fireworks. CHICAGO.-In ordel' to IlI'otect cnl dron Crom InjuI' ) ' and II\'OIHH't \ : . ' [ I'm _ damage , the Chicago Amusement al _ soclatlon Is planning to fumlsh fro l' firecraclors and torCllocs In unllml oIl Cuantltles } to over ' child In Ch t1 cagQ on Independence da ) ' . 'I'ho IIn _ munition for IlIltrlotic celebrntiOl however , m\ _ be exploded In th llarls IInd public 1I1a 'groundamd ( ; suporvlslon or a I1reman , a ph'slcla and a memher of the asocilltion. 'l'h OI'ganlzatlon Is call1tallzed at. . $1,000 ' GOD. , I . . ' - . - . nOSE CUD BILL IS SIGNED. Presl.ent Give ! : Approvnl to the Open. Ing. W ASlIINO'l'ON - 'rho Ilrosilleni. slgnell the HOAebt111 I''s rvalloll hill Satl11'lln ) ' . In h/J\1ol' \ of the event Cong NISI1Hln TlIlI'I\l'tt Ilrmwllted cvery mnn 111 the whlto house of11ces with 11. rorh\l1 ! \ ! ' 1'lw clelegat Ion thcn wont to the general land 01llco , where It waa leal'l1C1 ! t Imt. the lal1l1 would ho olloned 1I1111C1' the lot ory ) llan , sllch ItS waa used In Ol ) ( llng the Klowll 11\\(1 \ \ ( Comnncho 1I\II11s \ In Ollllhoma ; , PI'OS- IJOCt ! , . ( , aetllel'a ! TIllY reglstcr at Bunc. steel , Fairfax l\llIl Cill\111herlaln IInlil the mlddlo of 1Ilay , when the drawlllg will occur Ilt Call1herlalln. Full ) Jal'- lIpulul'f ! wl1l he given to the neW8pll' pel'S soon , 'I'ho : lIllnS for the CIH'I llIg of the I'CfWI'\'atloll are not ) 'et cOlllplololl , hut It Is expectt'll that I1l'rallgPlllents wl1l 1J0 11111110 so I hat the o/lcnlng / will tnlw placl ! hy .llIly 1 ncxt. It la IIlwl ) ' thllt the } llan to he follOWQ11 wl1l be the same I S that carllcli ollt In the Kiowa anll Conianche opcnlnIn / 01 , . laho1\1n. \ In j nOl , w'n ) the claimants WOI'O I'eglsterell anll the orllcl' In which the entl'lcs to hemalll.llotel.lnlned hy 11. dl'llwlng of thc l'alllC'H , This I11clh- 011 , liS carl'lcd out In Oltlahol11a h ) ' Commls8loilel' ItIchards of l1 c cenel'lll land omce , Is gcnomlly commCllllel1 Ilt the InterlOl' dopal'tment , whel'c It Is Iloslrcd to llrovent such wlhl scenes as trnnsJlrClI ) at I\'ovlous \ opcnlngs. ' 1'hOl'c are 245 qllartcr lIe'lIons of lJ\\b. \ \ IIc 1I0main emhraceU In the tprrltory to be thrown open II1l11 the Inllications point to 11. large numbol' of 11\'Osllectlvo \ settlcrs. MEDIATION REFUSED BY CZAR. Suggested by Both King Edwud : and King Chrlstilln. ST. pgTgRSBUllG-'I'he Associated Press Is enubled to announce authorl. tatlvely that the tall , of mUlliation In the Husslan-.Jul'ancse } war WIlS found. cd ullOn the pOI'sonal dcslrcs of King Edward anll King Christian of Den. marlt , to avoid further hloodshed and end the conflict , hut that steps inl. tlated have utterly failed , 1'I'he czar , with the full concurrence of the Imperial fall ) ' and his advls. ers , has fil'lnly deeldell not only to reo jcct /ll'olJosals / 1001dng to Interven. tlon , hut to Ilrosocuto the war with all the S011\'ces \ of the emplro until vlc. tol'Y crowns the Russian arms , and then , when the limo comes for lCace , to malw terma directly with the en- emy. The Interfcrence of outside powers will not he tolerated. There Is to bo no repctltlon of the Berlin congross. Furthermore , the Associated - ed Press Is authorl7.ed to state thaI Russia will In no wise consider herself - self bound b ) ' thc IJrOllosltions made to Japan prior to the wal' . 'I'he hostilities - tilities . have wiped out the engagements - ments Russia offered to malte with Jallan regarding 1(01'011. and Manchu- ria. Russia will consider herself free to Impose such terms as she desires. FIRST TORNADO HITS IN KANSAS. Town of McPherson Is Visited by a Destructive Storm Cloud. 1\I'PlI RSON , Kas.-A severe tor. nado strucl { 1\IcPhorson Sunday afternoon - noon , demolish In ; ; six resilIences and causing moro or loss othcr damage to 11rollerty , Throe persons were Injured - jured , ono seriously. Much damage was done in the countl' ) ' north of here. A funnel-shal1ed cloud approached the town from the south , following , the course of 11. 1'I\vlne. The resillenco o [ S , W. Rlelt waa firat struck and the house , barn , windmill and outbulld. Ings destroyed , All the members of the family os called except a young man , who WIIS bruised IInd scratched , ' 1'he resldenco of 1\Irs , S. p. Fisher was next struclt. The building was I ) llclwdII } and carrleli a conlderablc ! ! distance and demolished. The family had seen the ap/iroach / of the storm and oscalled. The large Ii'lsher allille I m'chard was rulnod , - BECAUSE SHE VOTED FOR SMOOT Mrs. Coulter of Ogden Will Not Bc , Allowed to Address Federation. SAI.T LAKI CI'l'Y.-l\lrs. 1\11lI'I"Y G Coultcr of Ogdeu , 11 IlI'omlnont Utal : ( : Iub wonlan111 not bo I\l1owod t ( malw an all11res3 at the hlennlal con fcrence of the Fellcratlon \Vomon'f cllbs ! on May 17 ncxt hccauso sh ( voted for Smoot whllo a member 01 the last le lslature , Mrs. Anna D Nllsh of Bostun , chairman of the do mcstlc sclenco department of.tlll . fodcratlon , the sUbject on'hlch , ItI \ assCl'ted , Irs , Coulter was to speal , says relloatell requests 1m vo beel made by 1\I1's. Coulter's friends asl , In ! ; that she be In\'ltCll to mnlto al address , hut on account of gcnera opposition of club membcrs or Utah based on 1\I1's , Coultor's suuuort 0 Smoot. the requests had bcen refused Mrs. Coulter Is a gcntllc. Congressman Fltzplltrlck III. WASHINGTON , - RepresontatlYI . , Morgan C , Ii'ltzlmtrlcl , or Tonne sel was tll1\on 111 Wedncsday night In th , house and lat'r COI1\'o'oll to the em01 l. gonc ) ' hosllltlll In 11. sorlous condltlol1 I. following l\\'o IIllllel < s of ellllclls ) ' II quick succosclon , Labor Dominates the Cilblpet , I.ml.DOUHNl : : , \ 'lctorlaII's , Wat n son , the lahol' leatler , hils fm'nHJll s. cabinet with himself as lll'omlel' a11l o treasurer ; 11' , Hughes. mlnistor fet toxterllltl 11 rta l1'l's ; , 1\11' , I ( lgglns. alto ! I. lie ) ' general ; Mr , Batchelor. mlnlste t. for homo affairs11' : : : , 1"lsher , pres I , dent of the Board of ' 1'1'Illlc ; 1\11' , Dale o son , minister of defence : 1\11' . MahO ! 't' ) lostmllster genoml. aud MrIcOre ! nor , vlco ) lrosillcnt o [ the fcdeml m o ecntlvo council. , I < : xcoptlng I1' . IIh , - gins all the members of the now cal Ino. belc'nr ; to I he labor 1Il1rt . . ENO OF CONGRESS , - LABORS OF THE TWO HOUSE COM ! ! TO CONCLUSION. PRESIDENT BUSY AT THE CLOSE Number of BIIII ; Are Signed and Leg. lolntors Engage His Attentlon-Re. publican IInd Democrlltlc Views of Approprliltlons Made Thus Fill' . WASIIINOTON-'l'ho sec01111 ses. I slon of the li'lI1y.elghth congl'ess was eJcclal'Pl1 adjolll'ncII at 2 o'clucl , ' 1'hurs. I Ilay hy PresleJcnt Pro TomlOl'e ) Pr 'c , In the scnate , 111111 Slwalwr Cannon 111 thc house , Pl'c ldl'nt Hoosevelt arrl\'od nt the cnp\tlll \ at 11 : 21i a. m , to IIttend to his otllC'/111 / duties Incident to the adjoul'n. mcnt of congl'css. Nearly all the memo hel' ! ! of his cahlnct hall 1I1'0ccllc(1 ( him a 1111 wel'o waiting 111 the Ilresillent' I'oom , lIe was nccompal1lcll by 1\11' . Loco , hi ! : ! SeCl'etllr ) ' , and thc whole exec'utlvc fol'cc of the White honse , A l1umlJl'r 0 : hills IlUsscd Wcdnesda ) ' night and 'rhul' day recelvcd his sig- illi t11'0 \ , At 11 : 21i tlto III'cs\clcnt \ aflixe'l ( his sl nature to the last of the gem oral SUPII ] : " measures , the 110atoffico al1)1ro' ) 111'Iatlul1 hili. Pl'lor to thllt time he hUll slgncII the sundry civil , the gencr- al eJollclenc ' and the mllltal'Y acado. my bills , In addition to scorcs ot mcas. ' of mln01' ' Ul'ea Imlol'tanco. ) ' 1'he prosldont was In almost con. stant rOl1sultatlon with senators and representatives concerning measures IJresentcll to him for his slgnat\1l'o , Bl1Is relating to the val'lous depart. ment , ; were refcrred stricti : . ' to memo hors of the cablnct , who WOI'O l1resent , nnd. liS usual , they ) lassod upon them before thcy were signed by the presl. dent. At 12:45 : ! } , m , thc jblnt commltteo of the two branches of congress , con. slstlng 01 Senators Hale and Cochran and Represer. tatlves Payne , Hemen. way and Williams , allolnted' ) ) to noU. fy the presldont that the congrcss was ready to adjourn , called upon Prosldent Roosevelt In his room at the call1to ! . 'I'ho l1rosillent Informed the cummltte ( ! that he had no further communication ! ! to malw to the con. ; ' gress. The committee remained with the president ItS ! 1 than five mlnutos. The last of the Important bills to recelvo the signature of the president were the river and hllrbor atHI Pann. mil. canal measuros. All of the sur- \'e8 which the senate p\'OYlded \ for In the river and harbor bill were strlckm out In conference In ono of them the lrcsldent had 0. personal Interest , ns it was a survey near thE president's home at O 'stor Day. When he noted the fact that among the other SI1l'\e8 It hod been eliminated he slgnell the hill and remarked. laughingly , that It was pretty ovl , de t that he had no intluence with the present administration. : : The republican and democratic view of the allproprlatlons made tpus far by the Flrt.olghth congress were presented to the house by Chairman Hemenway of the appropriations committee - mittee and Representative I41vlngston of Georgia. the ranltlng democratic member of the committee , "Good Governmcnt Houselteeplng" Is the caption chosen by lr. Hemen. way to represent his views. "A Congress that Has Done Noth. ' Ing But Spent Money , " Is the heading of Mr , Livingston's summar ' . FRENCH SYNDICATE PAYS IT. Advance the $40,000.000 to the Pana. . ma Canal Compllny. WASHINGTON-The attorn C ) ' gen. eral has received cohlegrams from Iessrs. Day and Russell , who went to Pllrls as his representatlyea to conduct - duct the closing negotiations for the i Panama Canal pl'Olwrty. to the effect that the deeds of the property. nrch. Ivea anll all ether vapers and docu. ments which will helong to the United States under the transfer , have ai- read ' heen turnell oyor to them and that the purchase vrlce of $ ' 10,000,000 hns been allvanced to the canal com- pnny by 11. Paris sYlllllcato of hanl\Ors , This sYJ1\1cnte ! , It IH unllorstooll , of. fered to pay over the money , with a view to eXIICI1tlng ! the cOl\fmnllnatlon of the sale , on the aS8uranco of the attorney general that the draft of thc sj'nilicato on the \TullClI State ! ! for the $40,000,000 wou1l1 ho honorell on Ilresentntion at the troosury at'ash. . Ington. Suit to Divide Estate. ST JOSEPH , Mo-The ! : mll ofIrs. : . Frances D , Burnes and daughter , Mar. . jorle , of Chlcllgo , and Kenneth Burnes of St. Louis , for a division of the Burnes estate. worth $5.000,000 , and which has been kept Intact for Il Cuar. tel' of a century , waf > called for trial In the federal court ' 1'uesduy , ' 1'he defendants arc I. , C , Burncs. Jumes N , Burnes and Virginia Burnes of St. .Joseph 111111 l\ato : B , Gatch o [ St. Louis , The Illalnllffs charge I. . C , Burnes with securln wrongfull ) ' u lar o numhm' of shares In t he estate , ' It being Incorporated , Feared He Would Not Return. : : \IO SC \\-Th 0 will of Vasslll VoreRchagln , the Russian painter who went down on the Poh'Ollllvlovslt at Port At'thl1l' , has been roall. It leavcs the ontlre estate to the widow , 'rho \\\11 \ was made just heforo the llalnt , cr startell for the far cast and in It he eXlll'esscd t ho \\'lct\on \ t hat he would not rct\1\'n \ , General Kouropl\t , kin has tecgralllOd ! to 1\Iaclamo Veres , chllgln 00 oxpresslon o [ the s'ntlathy ho feels with her In her riffilctlon and ) . his regrct at the 100s of lU old : :0111 : , . rl"le. - . . . . , . . . . l' . J , r . I . . # II E S'Il\1 _ NE R KA II' ' , THE STAT ! ! IN BRIIF. Wlntel' wlwat wcara a very encoU\- \ aging outlook in York county. Pla s11\outh Is going to have 11 met- I'opolltan street filII' from : \Iay 9 to j.l. 'rho authorities of Columbus hllvo decreed that the grnnt firecracltor must be sUPIJressl.'d In that town , Of the foul' huslncss houses recently - ly destro 'en by flro at Sterling , three of them will bo 1'ehullt Immedlatel : . ' , 'rhe li'al'lners bank of Heynolds hils changed ownership , : \11' , IInll 1\1rs , Power retiring In fa VOl' of T. Donham all pre8ldent : S , H. Bacon , \'Icc president - dent , and GV. . Bacon , cashier. York college has engaged Miss l\lartha Da 'ton IlO InstruC'tor of the violin , she heln ; ono of thc hest violin - lin performers in the' wcst. She Is a dnughtel' of 1 lIltor Da'lon of the YOI'I , Hepubllcan. . ' 1\1uny people of YOI'I , nro suffering from Ilh epidemic called Illnlwyo , a disease of the eycs lasting three 01' foul' lIa ' but ch ' that 's , of S1 a na l\1l'c those aflllctcd arc nearl ) ' hllnded fOl' 11. short time. 'rhe Security l1anl , of Poncll. has absorbed - sorbed the" CItizens State bank , which was organized there a year ago. It Is understood that the CItizens banl < will continuo 11nder thc new management , In the same hulldlng which it now occupies. At the hl'lC'k plant of Glasgow & Dye at Peru , Dave Gilliland In putting on a small heat , bacl < ed against a Ic ' In II. line shaft , which torc his clothing all off except the lower p.art of his trousers. He Is badly bruised , but not seriously hurt. Robbers bl'o1\e Into Barnes Droth- ers' clothing store at Hastings und rarrlpd uway fifteen 01' twenty hlgh- priced overcoats. gntrance to the store was gained by smashing two windows In the rear of the buUI1ng ! , It was 11. bold piece of robhery. It Is reported upon good a11thorlt . that the Union Pacific railroad has expressed - pressed a willingness to extend Its Hne from Pleasantoll to Gecrgetown , 11 postoffice some twenty miles enst of Callawa ' providing suffiC'il"nt " ) , patron- can be obtained to warrant the move. Frank Hnnltlns. who was lodged in jaB at Wymore on a charge of assaultIng - Ing Julius Neumann , a merchant , is believed to be a noted jail brealwr. He cfcaped twice from the " \Vymore jail within several da's , and after Marshal - shal Acton succeeded In capturing him each time he placed handcuffs on him. Isaac Gibson died at his old home in Telmmah In his nlnetthlrdear. . Judge Gibson was born In Clark county - ty , Inqlanl , December 8 , 1812 , and was married AprB 4. 1832 , to Isabella Walker of Washington county , Indiana - ana , and she died , luly 31 , 1899 , at he Tekomah home in her ninet-thlrd 'ear ; Owing to the continued cold , wet weather many of the earl ) ' sowed oats in Platte county have rotted in the ground and reports [ rom several parts of tho' country sny thcse fie1cls are being - ing plowed' up and replanted. Oats Eown. later have not been affected , Winter wheat is said.to . be looking very good. Ernst Subeclc , 45 'eal's ofage. . wcnt to worl , in th Burlington shops at Plattsm uth as usual the other mornIng - Ing , but a few hours later he was seen to stoop and firmly gl'asp a steam pipe , His fellow-worlonen quickly stepped to his side In time to see him take his lust breath. Heart disease Is supposed - posed to have been the cause. The graduating exercises of the Da- Iwta City High sohool will be held 'in the Methodist church on Friday evenIng - Ing , .June 3. The graduating class will consist of Messrs. Charles T. Mnx- well , .101m D. Evans anll P. Dalwr gcl : - hart. 'rhe baccalaureate -sermon will be preached hy Rev. S. 1\1. I..esher , I.utheran pastor of that 11lace. The people of Omaha are preparing for a ver ' elahorate celobrn.lon. due notice of which will al1ear } In the public - lic IIrcss , and It Is proba1lle that man ) ' from outlying towns and communities will Ilval1 tlH'mselves of the opportunl. ty to attcnd the IIretentlots coremo- nles there to be held , One of the Imllortl1nt IInll IntCl'esting cases to he heard at the next sitting of tl1l' SUTlreme C'ourt is that wheroln Fred1. : . Hans , an Omaha detective formerly emilloyed hy the Elkhorn Hallroad cOl11pany , seels to have rc- versed the decision of the district CO\1\'t \ of Brown county , which sentenced - tenced him to the penitentiary for life for the mU1'l1cl' of David 0 , Luse In June , 1J03 ( , The annuul'OIOI't of the chief of the fire dcpartment of Grand Island to the council showed that during the ) 'eal' the city has llad twenty-thl'ee Il\'es \ , with a total loss of enl ) ' $1J,5 : 5. and Il nel loss , Insurance IleductC'd , o [ $2,4GO , 'I'ho cost of o1eratlng } the volunteer lIre dopurtment was fihowl1 to he olll ) ' $105Jl. ! : kl'ellll1g up the ap- Ilal'atus not Included 111 this nor 'et thc ( ! XIJI'I1SC of the telephone alarm s 'tCI11. 'I'he oxcavutlon fOl' Hasllngs' nl'w soall fuctory hUH Iwen hl'glll1 , 'I'hl' new plunt IH to ho ! IO h ) ' GO fl'pt , tWIJ slorlcl ! high , with a , Ieop IIHHI'I11l'nt. 'I'ho now entorprhw will ho ulJ l'utel ! hy Wlckum 111'011. Geneml nll gclt , who has jnst com- 111eted InSIJl'ction of tIw NclJl'ulllw Na , tlonal guard , rl'llOrtll hlrlllwlf 11111\11 I pleased 111111 cle01l11'I1H thul tllfJl'l' u ) ' ( mcmbel's of the I-uurcl ; who wOll1l1 h ( "credits to thc rl'gllhll' arlllY. IIIl'n whe uro most exonllol1t IHlhlll1l'K 111111 wh ( would be welcol11o achlltlons to un , military orgunlzatlon of hl h ! oItallHn ( nnd rClJUtatlon , " - I CELEBRATE NEBRASKA DAY. 1I 1 I - Governor Mickey Issucs Proclamation to the Pcople of the Stilte. I 'I'uesduy.Ia : ' :11 : , haK hl1l set apart. b ' OO'erllOl'1I'IOy : Ullon which to cl'lehrato the signing' of the bl11 that , ; made Nohraslm anll Kansas a tcnlto- r ' , Ulon ) FI'illay lll'oceding thla da ) ' , Oovernor t'llclwy requests that aJ1l'o ) , Ifrlatc eXhrclsos bo held IIi all the ' . school houses of the Htatl' and that : on the 81111\lu ) ' lu'ecpliingehrnslm ministers tell NehraslwnH 'of ' the growth of the state 'rIte } 1rOClamlt. , tlon setting alIlrt the da : . ' follows : On the 30th day of Ia ) ' , 18r,4 , PI'esl- I dcnt Plorco afilxed his sl nat\11'o to one of the mosl Imlol'tunt ) ( 'nnctmcnts . . which hus passed conllss ; ( luring the existence ot' these Unll d States , 'rho Inclllcnt s leading Ul to the Int rolluc. tlon anlll1nal lJassagc of the Kansas- Nebraslm Mil \\"ero hlS'lormaldng In thell' character anll havc Indellhh' stampell theh' ImpI'ess U1l011 our na. tlonal life , 'I'he succeeding cvents were cvel11101'0 \ decisive anll tragic In tholr results. ultlmatcl ) ' plunging the nort h and south Into factional Will' and test Ing in the balance of sanguinary conflict the mooted IU st Iou of the times affectln ! ; human IIherty. Such stl1'l'lng scenes as thesc marled the enactment of the l\ansas. : e rasl\11 , 11111 , b ) ' the 1 crms of which th ( ' future state of Nebmslm , thcn In territorial form , fil'st emerged fr"m the wlldel' nl'Ss 1)'lng wcst of th1Issourl : anll assl11ued its Initial civic responslblll- tlos. Owing to the Intensity of the times the cyes of the nation wore fixed UIOI1 Nebrnslm t hen. and because - cause of our spcctuculal' growth 1lI1\1 development t hc aUt'nlion thus attracted - tracted has novel' becn wIthllrawn. Much was oxpccted \obraska , but not moro than It has heen able to dollver. Its earlr seltJclJ1l'nts of God- fearing , liberty-loving , school.foster- Ing cltl7.enR cx'rt'II : a whoesome ] Influence - fluence Ul10n the trend of national o\'ents from the ' -ery first and laid the . foundations for thc magnificent state- hooll which Is our heritage todar. In the hul'1'y anll bustle of life It Is lJl'ofitable n.t times to hrlelly pause for' retrospective view. In harmony with this Idea many of 0\11' \ citizens have thought It wise to prollCrly celebrate the semi-centennial nnniversary o [ the signing of the Kansasebrasl,1L bill , and the ] 1lan meets with m ) ' heartj' appl'Oval. As the date occurs on the 30th of l\Ia ' , a da ' consecrated - crated to the memory of our soldier dead , a delar of one day is fittinl ; and proper , Therefore , I , John II. lIckey , governor - ernor of the state ofehraslm. . do herehy appoint and sot apart Tues , dar , May 31 , 1104 ! , as a. dar of COI11- memoratlon of the signing of the Kan. sas-Nebraslm bl11. an event of tlio utmost Importonco to this llOople , [ suggest that on the Friday Ilreceding the schools of thc state tallo cognizance - nizance of the matter anll . by appro- 0. . { ; prlato exerelses challenge attention 1\ ' to the plogress ; of t1O ! half century , the hl _ .ory attending the bil'l II of the terrltor- : , and seck to Inculcate such lessons of patriotism as hofit the oc- casion. It also seems IlrO/lH / that 011 the Sahbath preceding the annlvor. sar ' the pastms of the statl' should malto reference to the cvent from the sacred desl , a11\1 give to their congregations - gregations some thoughts on the growth and developmcnt of our commonwealth - monwealth and the .hlesslngs of ProvIdence - . Idence that have heen vouchsa d to us , I recommend that the 11001110 generally recognlzo the anlli\'crsary 1 and assist in Its ohsel'vance In any , , manner that seems most convenient _ , It Is snld that dlstancc lends enchantment - chantment to the vle" but the theory falls down when applied to n. man's view of pay day. No Damages for Mental SUffering. , . LNCOLN-Damages cannot he gh'- en hy a court on account of the hc- reavement. mental f'uft'cI'lng or as a solace to t he next of Idn for the death of a llerson Is the opinion of the supreme - preme C0111't In the case of Johnson ' 'II county against 11. 1\f. Carmen. admln. \ . Istrator of the eHtate of .T. n. Gooch. 1 Gooch was ldlled by the hr'aldng down of 11. county hrldgo which 'he 1 was attemllt1ng to cross with a traction - tion engine. ' A declaration for the organization of 11. Commercial cluh hils 1Ieen Rlgn d b ' thirty-llvo business men of Grand Island and others Interested In the ' of the clt ' It is oxpectoll ' pl'Ogress ) anl . . 'J that organization will heS pcrfeeted ' 1 In a weel ) or so. . , Peter Fielding Wants DamageS. LlNCOl.N-Anothel' dam ago suit . aalnst ; the Burllngton Is now hororo ! the supreme court. Petct' il. Flohllng of Mason Olt ) ' sues for 11amagos for IJersonal injnrles r'elvecl h ' 111m whllo worldng a Burlington handcar. Corn. . I The Nebrasl m gXllOrmcnt ( St.ation has just Il11hllRhctl 1\ report OIl the . . I tt'sts of nlnetoen yarlellmof corn , T . ' conducted Cor two 'ears br f1ft ' .nlno I'lIrmers In various larts ! of the Rtate. The ouject of the eXII'rlmcnts was III ascCl'laln what ono of the various 1I1I1'-brell varieties of corn is host ; ' Hulted to the I/walltics / In which the . _ : \ . ' , " , te-ts : were muill' , The Il11l1elll1 ma ) ' \ hl' IIhtalnoll f\'lo \ ! of CORt h ' r0811101liS , of NoIJl" ' lm UIol1 , wIlting to tile No. h1'll81a l < : : xlll'rlll1cnl Stul lon , LlnC'o1 ] , ! ' cboo for Bulle ! In0 , sa ,