NEWS BOILED DOWN.
WHISPERINGS OF THE WIRE IN
FEW WORDS.
Jirinccllnneoas Now * Koto * Gathered From
Tills and Othrr Countries Accidental ,
Criminal , Political , .Social arid Other
wise Crisp Condcusutlon/t From All
Quarter * .
Monday , March 14.
The United States will have ten new
uhlps built within seven months.
Congressman Mercer of Nebraska
will be a candidate for re-election.
The burned Dead wood & Delaware
ameltcr will be rebuilt immediately.
Several hundred extra men are em
ployed in the Brooklyn navy yard
rushing work on war ships.
A counterfeiting plant has been dis
covered within the walls of the Cali
fornia state orison.
Kussla will spend $75,000,000 In
Btrengthcning her navy.
At Rockledge , Fla. , Peter C. Tomsen
of Philadelphia , an importer and manufacturer -
ufacturer , aged 78 years , has died. He
was the originator ol Tomsen's ccffeo'
jssence.
The will or the late Amos R. Eno ,
proprietor of the Fifth Avenue hotel ,
New Jrork , has been filed for probate
at Hartford , Conn. , n.nd disposes of an
estate valued at $20,000,000.
The British first class cruiser Edgar
ban been ordered to Manilla. It is
believed this is due to further ac.tivitv
Vpon the part of the insurgents in the
VhUlipine Islands.
Tuesday , ninrch 1U.
Prof. W. Keen , who formerly resided
in the United States , drowned himself
at Frankfort-on-the.-Maine.
M. J. Walter Blandford , private sec
retary to Attorney General Griggs ,
died in Washington yesterday.
There is activity at the Washington
navy yard , three shifts of men work
ing twenty-four hours continuously.
France , it is said , intends to occupy
Lei Chau in the Quan Tung peninsu
lar north of Hai Nan , as a naval base.
Josef Hoffman , the young pianist , i
gave his second recital in Carnegie I
hall , New York , 5,000 being in attend- 1
ance. >
The Empire Transportation company
will operate steamers this summer be
tween Seattle and Dawson , via St.
Michael's.
Jack McClelland and "Ycclc" Hen-
niger , lightweight pugilists , fought
thirty-five rounds on a boat in the
Ohio river , near Shannopin , Pa. , to a
draw.
The war office , the London Daily
Mail announces , has issued 100 rounds
of ball cartridges to every volunteer
in the kingdom in addition to the or
dinary provision.
A magnificent gift of 31,100.000 has
just been received by Columbia uni
versity , New York city , from Joseph
Florimond Loubat. the Due de Lou-
Oat , as a foundation for a library.
Negotiations are pending for the
purchase Of the Brazilian cruiser Ama- i
zona and its sister ship , the Barsoso ,
by the United States , but so far as the
navy department is advised , have not
yet been closed.
The house committee on the election
of president , vice-president and repre
sentatives in congress favorably re
ported to cae house the joint resolution J
amending the constitution providing
for the election of members of the
house of representatives for terms of
four years.
The senate committee on Immigra
tion reported adversely ou A. V. Pow-
derly to be commissioner of immigra
tion. Chandler united with the demo
cratic senators to secure an adverse
report. It is believed the report will
bo made the basis of a protracted con
troversy in the senate.
t Wednesday , March 16.
1 John Shore , enc one of the most
famous detectives in Europe , is dead
in London.
Captain John Denesson , the pioneer
shipbuilder , die at Green Bay , Wis. ,
ageSG yerc.
Dr. Yui 5 . / . Alhc. the missionary
to China , is at Srui Francisco on his
way to Balitimore.
Adam Dolt , aged 10 years , 'a. wealthy
resident of Whitestoue , L. I. . , commit
ted suicide by shooling. 1
Zacherie Topilus , the ETj/edish poet
historian and literateur , is dead at Hel-
singford , Finland , aged SO years.
The Arizona Press association has
adopted a resolution for the recogni
tion of Cuban belligerency by the
United States.
The United States supreme court
dismissed the case of Joseph. P. Mer-
ritt , Bowdcin college , for want qf jur-
\sdiction. .
Senor Domingo Gana , the Brazilian
minister at Washington , has bean ap
pointed minister plenipotentiary to
iho court of St. James.
The town of Ambonia , capital of
kmbonia islond , one of the Mallacca'
group , has been swallowed up by an
earthquake , entailing great loss of life.
The agrarian revolt in Hungary is
spreading. In a conflict between the
peasants and gendarmie at Duna Fcld-
var two peasants were killed and forty
wounded.
Senator Hoar introduced a bill pro
hibiting the importation into the Unit- .
cd States of birds or their feathers for
ornamental purposes , and imposing a
fine of § 50 for ep.eh offense.
As a resui * of a conference of Secre
tary Long , the Newport Nesrs Ship
building & Dry Dock company , Collis
p. Huntington will build a mammoth
dry dock at Newport News , Va.
A Grant club has been organized at
San Domingo , Cal. , with Simon Ley
president and L. N. Ward secretary ,
to promote the candidacy of U. S. :
Grant as United States senator.
The Baldwin locomotive works last j
week booked an order for fifteen locomotives - '
motives for the Egyptian state railway -
way They are to be heavy mogul
freight eneines and Tvill be shipped
ea. . ;
I
17.
The remains of Mrs. Senator Thurs1
ton ; flll arrive In Omaha on the 10th.
There is a growing scntlmont in
favor of c rJy iidjournment of con
gress.
Sir Henry Bessemer , the celebrated
Inventor of Bcssajner steel , died In
The icmain rt General lUvncran ?
will be consigned to the grave today
at Los Angelea , California.
Distillers in Ohio and Kentucky con
template forming a larger trust than
has ever been attempted before.
Princess Louise , of Belgium , on ac-
I count of whom her husband recently
I fought a duel with en aide-de-camp Is
reported missing
There will be two state elections in
Texas this year , the one to elect state
officers and one to vote on constitu
tional amendments.
Fifty-seven people , including two
women , started for Cincinnati over
the Big Four with through tickets to
i the Klondike region.
I A draft for lhry-lliree men for the
j i Columbia and Minneapolis , at League
{ island , was sent off from the Brooklyn
! ; navy yard. They were taken off by
i ' a navy yard tug and sent to Jersey
Git'/ .
Git'The
The Fourth National bank o Phila
delphia has § 35,000 in gold engaged
for import. This makes the total of
the present engagements by all impor
ters $21,825,000.
The Missouri Immigration Associa
tion , of Lamar , has ordeded 100,000
, mammoth cornstalk canes for distri
bution at the Omaha" exposition as an
advertisement of the Southwest Mis
souri.
About kpril 15 every postoffice and
every postal clerk will be required for
thirty-five days to weigh every parcel
of mall to determine the basis from
which the railroads xvest of the Mis
souri river shall be paid for the next
four years.
The house conmlttee on coinage ,
weights and measures reported fav
orably the bill authorizing the coinage
of subsidary silver coin from silver
bullion purchased under the Sherman
act and also the recoining of damag
ed or worn subsidiary coin now in the
treasury . A minority report was sub-
mitted by Messrs. Bland , Maxwell ,
Ridgely , Cooper and Ccchran.
Friday , lUarch 18.
A favorable issue of the Anglo *
French Niger conference is imminent
Negotiations as to Port Arthur
have been definitely transferred tJ
Pekin.
The steamer Trave left Southamp
ton for New York with $300,000,000 in
gold aboard.
William F. White , passenger traffic
manager of the Santa Fe railroad , is
dead at Chicago.
People's Safety tank -was robbed of
? 3,000 at Mount Pleasant , Mich. Dupli
cate keys were used.
There is one more prospect that the
Grand Island beet suear ; factory wiI !
be in operation this jear.
President Sam Thomas of the Mo-
non road says the report that he ii
about to resign is untrue.
Perry Belmont has placed at th'
disposal of the government his yachi
Satauita in the event of war.
Straits of MackSnac arc clear of ice
to a point four miles above Cheboy-
gan. Everything is clear eastward.
The British house of commons re
jected a bill providing for the estab
lishment of a court of criminal ap
peal.
Count De Casctellane has challenged
for the French cup and will build n
yacht for the purpose of contesting foi
that trophy.
Frost did serious Carnage to the fruit
industry of California. In some sec
tions the apricot , peach and almond
crops are ruined.
The colonial convention at Mel
bourne has adopted the federation bitt
and adjourned. It now goes to tin
various legislatures of Australia.
'
Governor Russsll has informed Pres-
idant McKinley in reply to a reques'1
that North Carolina could furnish1
245,000 troops in case of hostilities.
As club } s being formed in San
Diego with the avowed purpose of fur
thering the candidacy of Ulysses S.
Srant for the United States senate.
Saturday , March 19.
T. Estrada Palma of the Cuban jun-
\ denies that the Cubans contemplate
invading Porto Rico. ,
The Ellsworth newspaper libel bill
was re-committed to the New York
senate -committee , practical ! killing
it.
Spanish residents have sent threats
to the mayor of Laredo , Tex. , threat
ening to blow up the city with dyna
mite.
Frank J. Gould of New York , son of
the late Jay Gould , has bought Le
Prince , the celebrated $10,000 St. Ber
nard dog.
Canadian Pacific earnings for the
week ending March 14 were § 492,000 ;
same period last year , $323,000 ; in
crease , $169,000.
Investigation at Athens shows there
is no truth in the report in circula
tion saying the United States has pur
chased some of the Greek warships.
Company B of the Fifth United
States infantry , stationed at Fort McPherson -
Pherson , near Atlanta , Ga. , has been
ordered by Secretary Long to report
at St. Augustine , Fla.
At Galveston , Tex. , in the United
States court fire Chinamen have been
adjudged to be in the United States
contrary to the provisions of the Gary
act and ordered deported.
Governor Scofield of Wisconsin has
fixed June 7 as the day when , shall
be celebrated at Madison the semi
centennial of the taking of the oath
of office by state officers.
Miss Francisco Grier of Lancaster/
Ky. , daughter of Adjutant General
Collier has accepted Governor Brad-
ley's appointment as maid of honor at
th ° Christening af the battleship Ken.
tuclry.
ADTAKCE EEPOBT.
THE COURT'S FJNDIN'GS WILL BE
SENT IN FULL.
TJO ! 1Var and Navy DepurtmrntK art Ac
tive as Kvor In rreparin ; ; for I'm FII-
tnre Torpedo JJoat Ic tr > y TH are
Js"Tleil ICxpumllturo on Work * of
t'ortiiicutiiHis.
A Full Hcporl in Coining.
WASHINGTON , March 19. The
president decs net expect anything in
the nature of a preliminary report
from the court of inquiry into the case
of the Maine disaster. On the con
trary , his expectation is that the
report when i comes will be complete
in all respects , although , following the
usual course , it is within the power
of the secretary of the navy to order
the body to continue its investigation
along certain lines should he believe
furher information is desirable.
No official notice of the stoppage of
the Spanish torpedo boat flotilla at
the Canary Islands , and their turning
back from that point , has reached our
government as yet , so that any as
sumption that the movements of that
flotilla have influenced the navy de
partment to withdraw the fleet at Key
West is said to Ije without basis of
fact. The navy department in no man
ner has suspended its efforts to ob
tain possession of desirable warships
abroad and in no direction is there
visible any relaxation of the steadily
pursued purpose of the navy and war
departments to provide for the de
fense of the country against hostile
attack. The formation of the new
squadion at Hampton Reads is in it
self one of the latest manifestattns
of activity in this direction , being the
outcome of the deliberations cf the
strategy board , which has bean sitting
almost daily at the navy department
fcr sometime past.
Another conclusion of the board ,
which it is desired to put in force as
scon as possible , is that the navy
must be reinforced by a number of tor
pedo beat destroyers , and not torpedo
boats. These are vessels of about 300
tons displacement , and able to keep
the sea almost as well as a cruiser.
With the enormous speed of thirty
knots per hour , and an offensive arm
ament of quick firing guns equal to the
average gunboat , it is said that the
power of such craft is certainly very
great and perhaps that may prove to
be the ideal naval craft. Ons distin
guished naval officer , an expert in ord
nance matters , expressed the opinion
today that two such torpedo boat de
stroyers might annihilate the biggest
battleship in the world , if they stood
ready to run the risk of being sunk
themselves. All that would be neces
sary for them to do. he said , would be
to hold the battleship in sight during
the daylight hours , which they could
do easily , owing to their superior
speed , and when darkness had comb
to attack the battleship rr-i oppo
site directions simultanscusly at full
speed with torpedoes.
Such considerations as these have
influenced the policy cf the board
; o recommend the procurement of as
maoiy of these boats as possible , and
as soon as possible. So far the de-
) artment has been unable to buy any
abroad , and while four torpedo boats
of the larger class of thirty knots
speed , almost equal to the Destroyer
; ype , are building in this country ,
hey cannot be completed for many
months to come.
The representative of one of the
largest English torpedo boat firms
now in Washington criticised our gov
ernment today as having been too ,
narrow minded in allotting money for
such boats.
Senator Hawley of Connecticut
called at the navy and war depart-
ments this morning with Thomas F.
Rowland , whom he introduced to the <
officials as the builder of the first
monitor on the Ericsson plan. He re
called the fact that the vessel was an ,
experimental one , and he had to over- !
come the opposition of the naval offii i f .
cials , 'owing to the radical departure j
from established ideas. J
The war department ha made an- j
'other allotment for the engineering I ,
branch of the service. This consisted -
ed of $2,975,000 , and was charged i .N
asrninEt the special appropriation of ) J
$50.000,000 made last week. It was j ,
stated at the department that the
money would be expended in carrying
out the plans for the fortification of
the coast already perfected , and an- J '
nounced in the last annual report of ,
the chief of engineers. No new forti
fication will be established from this s
apnropriation. j
Steps have been taken by the engi- ;
neer's office fcr the expenditure cf the F
§ 5,000,000 originally allotted out of the
$50,000.000 defense fund for the cou-
tinuaticn of the improvement cf va
rious works of fortifications. Practi
cally all of it will be devoted to the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts. While the
expenditure will be under the general
supervision of the engineer's office at
Washington , the details connected J
J t d 3 Jl 1 Jul f IVS.U V J1O.IV t' * A 1W7 VVSAAAVVtl * -y
I
therewith , including the letting of t
contracts , etc. , will be left to tbe decision -
cision of the local engineer officials.
TJoth Side's I'rrpare Kriof .
WASHINGTON , March 19. By ar
rangement between the parties , Sir
Julian Pauncefote for Great Britain
and Senor Andrade for Venezuela , the
cases relative to boundary arbitration
prepared by counsel on either side
have been exchanged. The documents
will be forwarded to their respective a
governments by the ambassador and
the minister to serve as a basis for the
counter cases to be exchanged later
on and to prepare the way for the ar
bitrators to meet in Paris next fall.
aionnthic the lilt ; f5un .
SAN DIEGO. Cal. , March 19. Work
on the fortifications at Ballast point P
is being pushed with all possible spaed of
by the men of Battery D. Orders have a
been received not to permit any one
to land on the government reserva
tion where the big guns are to be
mounted. The men under command
of Captain Humphreys have begun
building a torpedo magazine within
100 feet of the quarantine station. The
encasement north cf Ballast point
BEYOND DESCRIPTION.
What .Senator Caila tirr Fay. * of the
IVrrtvlird Altai In Cnl a.
Wei With { Spain.
WASHINGTON , March 19. Senator
Gallinger was at the capitol ycsterilav
for the first time since his return
from Cuba. When requested to make
: t statement as to his observations on
the condition of affairs on that is
land , he responded : "You can sign
my name to any picture you may draw
of utter wretchedness , destitution and
helllshness in that country. The con
dition of affairs , so far as I bad an
opportunity to observe it , and I was
only in Havana and Matanz s , is sim
ply indescribable. I had not cxnentod
to find it half as bad as it is. and I do
not believe that any one who simply
reads the accounts and dots net F <
for hnmpelf can form an adequate
idea cf the situation. The reconcen-
tradoes are wedped into ail avaiable !
places in ' { .hose cities and arc penFh-
ing by the thousands for wpnt of the
commonest necessaries of life. The
best information obt.iinabi0 Ie3ds to
the conclusion that there have been
bevond a doubt 400.000 deaths as a result
sultof Spain's brutal policy and the
tragedy goes on from day to day. The
Scciety cf the Red Cross is furnish
ing rcmo relief by its efforts , but most
of the ncople are beyond the reach of
aid. either through medicine or fond.
The mortality in Matanzas for th
last four months previous to our visit
has been eaual to ten times the cr-
ditvirv dralh rate.
'With reference to the military as-
ct. of affairs in Cuba , I FTSV nothing
which impressed me with the idea
that Spain knows much about modern
warfare. The soldiers I saw arp not
as cur'soldiers are. Indeed ,
they lack every element of soldierly
bearing , whatever may bo said of
their merits as fighters. The drills
that T Avitnessed were a travesty on
military ideas. While they were un
dergoing their evolutions , the sol
dier. were talking to each other ar > d
smoking as freely and unconcernedly
"i they would Jo in th ir mess rooms.
From my observation of them I should
nc-t consider them very formidable
antaronists en the field of battle.
"Naturally there is much talk about
the Maine disaster , and so far as T
could ascertain from my conversation
with Americans and with those not
entirely unoer thn influence of the
Spaniards , the opinion was universal
that the Maine had been d"slroyed bv
an external agency , and almost every
person with whom T discussed the
subject in Cuba expects that the find-
3 of the American court of inquiry
will substantiate this view.
"There is a divergpnce of onin'on
on the island as to the orobabilities
of war between Spain and the United
States , rnd I am sure that I am with
in the bounds of the truth when I
eiy that almost the entire native pop-
ulsition would welcome any turn of
events , however tmeic. that -would
" rest Cuba from Spanish dominion.
This is tr"e , not onlv of thcsp who
nre avowedly favorable to war for in-
denendence. InU of manv of those
who are ranked as Spanish' svinpa-
timers , but who are at heart in favor -
vor of Cuban imleoenderce. Even in
Havana the allegiance * to Snain is of a
very weak and doubtful character ,
nnd if war should come , it would bo *
found t at there would be an un-is-
ing 5 in that city against the mother
countrv which would be a most im-
nortant fctor in shortenine ; the con
test and deciding it against Spain.
DENIAL BYWEYLER.
Weyler S y He Did Not AVrite tinI.ft -
tor Attributed to Him.
MADRID , March 19. General Wey- \
ler ' denies the authenticity of the let
ter published in the New York Jour
nal in which the former captain gen
eral of Cuba is alleged to have said
j2
the United States would not have
dared ] to send a warship to Havana
while he was in command there , as
"they knew the terrible punishment a.
that awaited them , " adding that he
had Havana harbor "well prepared
fcr such an emergency , " having "rap
idly finished the work that Martinez
Campos carelessly abandoned. "
HAVANA , March 19. Last night a
correspondent saw Don Francisco deLes
Los Santos Guzman , to whom General
Weyler is alleged to have written a
letter published in the New York
Journal yesterday , apparently sug
gesting the destruction cf the United
States battleship Maine. The former
president of the Cortes wa ? much sur
prised when asked if he had received
such a letter from General Weyler.
He said : "I have not received any "
such a letter from General Weyler , ti
and ? for that reason it is impossible tib
for anyone to have stolen such a letter b
|
ter of me. I am ignorant of the exis P
tence of such a letter and consequent sc
ly of its alleged contents. "
Senor Francisco Diaz , the reporter '
of the Union Constitutional , who is h
said to have given a copy of the al ct
leged letter to a Journal correspondent ctSi
SiL
ent at Havana , was even more sur L
prised when questioned on the sub VI.
ject. < He said : "It is the first time Tf
have heard of such a letter from TfSi
,
General Weyler or from anyone else.
This being true , of course I could not
have given the alleged copy to any ei
eiR
one. " R
Vresiclent Plants a Tree. alL
WASHINGTON. Marcn I'J. Pres L
ident McKinley today planted an oak
tree in the White House grounds , re L
establishing a custom begun a good
many years ago , but broken by Presi
dent Cleveland. The tree planted is -
small scarlet leaf , or red oak. The
president shoveled the dirt in the
m
hole after placing the sapling. There mB
was no ceremony , although the iati- si
d-'j'ii wn.s witnessed by a nuoiiior isf sih (
people.
T.mes in Fortifi "iton < 5.
NEW YORK , March 19. Furtnur
plans to make perfect th ° means of jji
communication between the defenses g (
New York have been made. Within of
day or two it is probable that a con ofA
tract will be let for laying a large ca ra
ble of the size used in the ocean , be cc
tween all the local fortifications. This st
connect all the fcrti
plan to tc :
ing New York City with Goverror's ec
Island was one of the matters to which tli ;
tlibe
Major General Nelson A. Miles gav be
beai
his attention on. his tour of ai
n
WOED JKOM OXNAED.
EXPLAINS REGARDING THE HA
WAIIAN CLAUSE.
Why Ho Concluded to IVUIiilmtr It lit
the Intercut of licet Sugar Culture
to the 1'ronoiit Contract AVlth Nebraska
.Farmer * Mr. O.ximrd Xot Sutlt > flc < 7
With Some ArrangcsncntK.
J > ttcr From "Mr. Oxiiard.
The following letter from Henry F.
Oxnard to the editor of the Omaha
Bee explains the reasons for the with
drawal of the Hawaiian clause in the
sugar beet contracts with Nebraska
farmer s :
NEW YORK , March 15. To ! ; h °
Editor of 'the ' Bee : We decided yes
terday , after careful investigation
at Washington , to withdraw t'ie ' Ha
waiian clause in our present cor -
tract with farmers. This was done
Lecause we feel convinced that Ha
waiian annexation cannot bo accom
plished at this session of congress We
know very well that the annexation
of the islands will reduce the price of
sugar , and , consequently , wiMi a reduced -
duced price for sugar , we cannot af-
fcrd to pay as high a price for the
beets , and if the question of Hawaiian
annexation conies up at the m > : cv i > os-
sion of congress , we will insert a
clause worded a little differently than
the last one , whereby we will red we
the price of beets about 40 centjuv
ton for every Vcent that sueiv ;
drops , taking as an average the price
of , sugar during the two seasons. If ,
as some say. thn.t the annexation will
not affect the beet sugar indu = rrv.
they can certainly have no objection
to such a clause , and if , as we know ,
the industry will be seriously affect
ed we will havp taken all necessary
rreraution to guard our interest.
The present contract whkh wo of-
f"r the farmers of Nebraska givs
them on an average about SO cents
more per ton than they rereivc l last
year. At the outset , our contract v.-as
word ° d , giving us the absolute right
to reject all bsats of a qualitiy which
we deemed unfit to manufacture into
sugcr. nnniply : All hep's below 12
sugar and SO purity. We do not want
this low quality of beets , as they can
not be manufactured profitablv into
sugar , and would be only too gll if
tlie farmers would keep these low
grades and feed them to their catt' ? ,
but we do say as a favor to the farm
ers that if they cannot feed them , we
will be willing to accept them at a
reduced price. As far as I can sec ,
this is the only question in dispute
between the farmers and ourselves.
They want us to accept anv beets thev
see fit to supply us with whether
thev can be manufactured into sugar
profitably or not. The principle , if
we are to yield to it , would mean the
closing of both our factories in a
short time. It seems absurd to mete
to hear people who know nothing
about the renuirements of the indus
try , attempting to tell us what we
should do. These people cannot con
vince us against facts which we know ,
and all the talk which I have seen in
the . newspapers for the last month or
two , convinces me in my belief tflatt
"a little knowledge is a . ' > .vJ thin" . '
and , may account for the rea oa why
dunng seven years Nebraska has had
only two beet sugar factories.
I notice some of the paner ? . in rTiofr
editorials , trying to fomsr.t trouble '
l-.t-tween the frmiers and itie manu
facturers. If thvs ( policy -is contin
ued , it is not difficult for me to pre
dict that th re will be only two boot
sugar factories in Nebraska for many
vears to come. I do not think that ? /p
hnve received the henrty co-oneratinn
which we deserved in our efforts to
establish thf > beet sugar industry in
Nebraska. This is not an easy matter
'
ter , I can assure you , and when it is
"
made more difficult , it becomes a
task well-nigh 'impossible. ' T often
wish that it were possible to have
our critics come together and start
. beat sugar factory en their plan , al
though I ean hardly pay that T wouM
care to subscribe to the stock of that n
insHution.
Trusting that these differences \viir
soon be settled and that the industry
will prosner as it ought to , I remain ,
very truly yours.
HENRY F. OXNARD.
CJl
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3Icetinr of I'ditor . 2 !
Following is the program for the Ci :
Northeast Nebraska Editorial asso Cia
ciation , which meets at Emerson. t
April 22 : Address , President A. J. d
Watson , Coleridge Blade : paper , pfc
fc
"Strictly in Advance. Cash Sabscrfp- fcT
tion Plan. " A. J. Lunger. West Point .
Republican : prsneral discussion led
by : W. S. Goldie , Wayne Democrat ;
laper , "Patents , " A. P. Childs. Madi _
son Renorter ; general uiscussion , Esi- )
rene Huse. Ponca Journal ; paper.
The Editorial Page , " E. Cnnning-
iiam. ; Wayne Reublican : general dis-
jussion. led by E. C. Wilbur. Soutn tii
Sioux City Argus ; paper , "Postal
Laws : Relating to the Newspapers , ' '
. W. Murray , Pender Times ; genu-
-al discussion , E , E. Carter. Lyons ;
Sun ; paper , "Nonpartisan Newspa ai
pers. " E. E. Shackelforu. Allen Xews : . "
general discussion. J. W. Huntsberg-
, Pender Republic ; paper. "Legal
rlates. " Phil Sprecuer. Norfolk .Tourn-
. general discussion. E. J. Eames.
Newcastle Times ; paper. "in < * Fr' e
List , " J. C. Ecker , Dixon Tribune ;
general discussion , M. Til. Warner ,
Lyons ; Mirror.
The race track at the Piarce fair
-rounds will be repaired and put in
shape this spring and the local horse-
nen will use it for training purposes.
Billy Zulauf , Wcods Cones and pcs-
sibly Tell Walton and others will have
icrses in training. \ /
Va
Tarjjet Practice. a
Adjutant General Barry of the Ne-
3raska National Guard has issne : ! a
Kl
general order relating to the season
target practice which commences "I
\pril 1 and ends November 15. Ar CO
rangements have been made for a IV ]
ontest of the marksmen during the bu
state encampment , two contestants th
be selected by the captain of
company , others to be selected from
he staff. There will be prizes for the tin
best shots in the regiment , briga-l.
ind to the company making the b .
score ,
Tibbs JInipson says It was co cold
when he was out Blclphtng the other
day that the rcina froze stiff. Tobba
Hard lines. New York Presa.
In a lecture the other evening the
Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale said
that the plan of Boston Is almost por-
fect. The foolish story of the streets
being marked by cows Is teal of every
city , and there Is no doubt they were
scientifically laid out by the people.
The first resident of Boston was Wil
liam Blackstone , who lived near
Loulsburg square. The common was
in his cow pasture. The phrase "Tri-
mountaln" was given to three eleva
tions on Beacon HIM , land not , na
generally supposed , to Fort Copp'a
and Beacon's Hill.
To AVaahloKtoii anil H : Itlmoro vln tha
There is not n ploasotiter or more pic
turesque route from Chicago to Washiu -
ton ami liultimoro than tlio Motion , vin
Ciuciuuuti aud the B. & O. S.V. . iiud B. &
0. Railways. The train Horvico of this Hun
is comfortable and convenient , consisting
of through palace sleeping cars anil
coaches. The time of leaving Chicago i.- *
: ! . " > A. M. . but the tiloeper is ready for oc
cupancy at any time after 0:80 r. M. TliH
route tniven-es tin * garden hection of
southern Ohio , and pauses through the his
toric section of AVesi Virginia in the evi > -
mng ami down the beautiful nnd tradition
laden Potomac valley in the early morning.
arriving at the national capital at 0:47 nud
Baltimore 7 : . " > the next morning. Taken
altogether it is a mast comfortable anil
restful joumoy. a tour of education , that
ouce taken will never boTogottuu. and the
oftouer repeated , the more enjoyed.
1'CANK J. Rr.no ,
General Pashenjjcr Agent.
Noiv [ nventiorrg V
2)
A very clever invention has just
"been patented to an Omaha inventor
for a motor in which the weight of a.
moving or stationary railway train U
utilized to wind up a weight or spring ,
this stored power to be later utilizeil
in nr.dninr ; a pump or a mill. Tho-
patent was secured through Sue * is
Co. . registered patent lawyers. Omaha.
Neb. Write to them for their f i ec pat
ent book.
loivu 1'atent Ottlco ICeport.
Des Moines , March a , 1898.
We receive frequent thanks and
commendations from inventors for
Wiiom we secure patents , but have nev
er published them. But the following
testimonial from one of the largest
publishing companies in the west wa
make an exception :
In reply to a letter from A. H. M. .
of Albion , . Neb. . March 7 , 1898 , to Urn
editor o t'ie Iowa Homestt-ad in which ,
the writer safd : "I would like to
know if the Iowa Patent Office is a.
reliable concern , , " the following waa
voluntarily given him :
"Your favor of yesterday is at hand.
The Iowa Patent Office is entirely re
liable and has been doing business in.
this city for a quarter o ! a century
or more. It will give an opinfon on
patentability of a device with instruc
tions how to proceed , without charga
for such service. For subsequent ser
vices it probably has its regular sea lo
af fees.
Very trnlv yours.
( Signed. ) HOMESTEAD COV *
I" . S. Patents have been allowed as
'ollows : To J. S. Lord , of Des Moines.
"or a bicycle attachment adapted for
carrying a second person at the side
jf the rear wheel. To J. D. Coon , of
STathron. Colo. , for a breech-loading-
louble-barreled sun.
Valuable information about obtain-
ng , valuing and selling patents sent
to anv address.
THOMAS G. & J. RALPH ORW7G.
Solicitors of Patents.
The Baltimore and Oh'o- Railroad
Company has improved its freght ? a-
iilities in Philadelphia very rcatn-ially
luring ! the past year. A new : > ier. ? Cn.
2 ; South , which was competed in De-
ember 557 feet long and 140 feet wide A
md ; is said to be one of the finest in t-
he- ! city Vesi ls of the deepest
iraught : can tie up on both sides of tho- I
ier , therein' affording every fjciiify
br the prompt handling of f iegit.
rhe pier and sbr < ! 5 are lighted with ,
mproved incandescent lights , and w ?
saved driveways have been provided.
This improvement enables the B. anct
. to handle about three limes as much ,
lusinesT as formsrlv. Tfce
reight yards throughout the cijy
teen improved by the laying of add-
ional tracks , and arrangements have
lean made with the Pennsylvania
Varebousing am ! Sife Deposit Com-
iany by which the B. and O. handle *
rain , flour , hay , straw , canned goods
ml ether merchandise through tnair
"arahouses and elevators.
/V'here times
ire prosperous.
lack Hills people don't know what
Hard Times" means. Theirs is a new
aantry and a. pooil
one ; a countrv
here labor is we ! ! paid and where 1
csiness men make- more in one your
lan ; in two almost
anywhere clso.
The cihnAteli extraordinarily
, to euujrprklns : the op
men almost unlimited.
.Omahi. TVJ