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Superintendent Jackson Addresses a Lottei
to Nebraska Educators.
ACTION OF THE COURT DISCUSSED
I'ractlcally Imposulblo to Frame u
That Will Ito Constitutional Unlecn the
Coimtltutloii Itself Uo Amended mis
cellaneous Neb ran It a Matters.
LINCOLN , Neb. , April 23. State Su
perintendent Jackson has addressed
the following letter to Nebraska educa
tors touching the recent decision of the
supreme court in declaring the free
High school attendance law unconsti
tutional : .
In High School District , No. 137 , ot
Havelock Neb. , against County of Lan
caster , in an opinion prepared by Judge
Norval , the high school law passed in
3 899 was today declarel unconstitution
al. Briefly stated , the grounds of this
decision are as follows :
The law provided for the attendance
of persons of school age at any high
school in the county where such person
resided outside the limits of any high
school district. The tuition for such
attendance at the rate of 75 cents per
week was required to be paid the high
school district by the county. It was
held in the opinion referred to that if
75 cents per week was in excess of fair
compensation it was , on the one hand ,
favorable to the high school district ,
and on the other hand in the same de
gree was unfair to the remainder of the
county. If conditions were reversed
and 75 cents was insufficient , the coun
ty profited and the high school district
was discriminated against. It was as
sumed that the rate indicated must
necessarily be unequal and an unfair
discrimination , one way or the other ;
that therefore the law was unconstitu
tional because in contravention of sec
tions 1 , 4 and 6 of article ix of the con
stitution of Nebraska. These sections ,
for the purposes of the case , were epi
tomized in the following paragraph of
the syllabus prepared by Judge Norval :
"The constitution of this state requires
not only that the valuation of property
for taxation , but the rate as well , must
be uniform. "
It would seem in the face of the fore
going that it will be practically impos
sible to frame a law that will be consti
tutional unless the constitution itself
Tje amended.
We hope that no young man or
young woman will feel that a high
scliool education , or even a more ad
vanced education , is cut off because of
this decision. The self-reliant young
man or young woman who has the per
severance and determination to get an
education will be able to overcome ob
stacles and make ways , and indeed it
is a question whether it is not unfor
tunate for a young man to have his tui
tion paid if he is able to pay his way
"by his own efforts.Ve shall hope that
there will continue to be the same in
terest and enthusiasm in the high
schools of our state that has so fully
characterized them during the present
year. ,
State Kntltlcd to a Share.
LINCOLN , Neb. , April 23. A copy
of the decision of the United States
circuit court of appeals in the case of
the State of Nebraska against J. W.
McDonald , receiver of the defunct Cap
ital National bank , was filed with the
axithorities at the state house. This
suit was instituted to recover the
state's deposit in the broken bank ,
amounting to ? 2S5,351.85 , and the de
cision of the court of appeals holds that
the state has a legal claim to the money
and should be paid pro rata with other
depositors. The receiver is scored
rather severely for refusing to allow
the claim , which the court holds to be
confessedly just and meritorious.
The opinion in the case is quite ex
tensive and contains much matter of
interest to Nebraska lawyers. The su
preme court is complimented very
highly in the following terms : "The
state of Nebraska early adopted the re
form system of pleading , and there is
probably no state in the union whose
courts have given to that system a
more liberal and enlightened interpre
tation or one more in harmony with its
obvious and , we may say , expressed
purpose and intent. The code of that
state abolishes all common law forms
of actions' " *
Nebraska Postmasters.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , April 23.
Dr. John N. Agan was appointed pen
sion examining surgeon at Fender.
George W. Nation has been appointed
postmaster at Willey , Box Butte county
vice G. E. Willey , resigned.
A postoffice has been established at
Abdul , Nuckolls county , with Boyd H.
Kizar as postmaster.
Boy Shoots Himself.
AXTELL , Neb. , April 23. John
Blick , a farmer boy living eight miles
north of town , while out herding cattle
with a shotgun loaded with goose shot
accidentally shot himself in the arm ,
tearing out the muscles of the forearm
and injuring the bones.
Brought to Hebron for Burial.
HEBRON , Neb. , April 23. The re
mains of O. B. Shade , a dry goods mer
chant of this city some years ago , were
brought here for burial. Mr. Shade has
lived since leaving Hebron , at Leach-
wood , Iowa , but had been traveling and
died of rheumatism at Cherokee Iowa.
The Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias ,
of which Mr. Shade had been a mem
ber , took charge of the funeral.
Omaha's First White Settler.
OMAHA , April 23. Thursday was
the seventy-fifth birthday of "Unclt
Bill" Snowden , Omaha's first white set
tler. With his wife he crossed the
Missouri river from Council Bluffs July
11 , 1854 , and took up his residence on
this side. Major William P. Snowden
has lived in Omaha continuously since
that time. He is hale , hearty and
happy on his seventy-fifth birthday ,
but he is not spending it in idleness
He is a constable in the court of Coun
ty Judge Vinsonhaler and is serving
papers and doing all the duties inci
dent to his position.
WELCOME TOR PROf. ANDREWS.
Nciv Chancellor of the University Sur
of Ills Ground.
LINCOLN , April 21 Dr. E. Benja-
irln Andrews of the Chicago city
scliool has accepted the chancellorship
ot the state university. Dr. Andrews'
commission takes effect August 1 , or
about a month prior to the closing of
school has accepted the chancellorship
ing Chancellor Bessey will remain at
the head of the institution until suc
ceeded by Chancellor Andrews , when
hewill return to his former position
as dean of the industrial college and
head of the botanical department.
Dr. Andrews will meet with a hearty
reception when he assumes the duties
of his new position. The faculty of the
university .was very favorably im
pressed by his appearance here last
Saturday and it is generally agreed
that so far as scnolarship is concerned
he possesses all the requirements
necesary for the chancellor of the uni
versity.
It is rumored that ti.e board of re
gents will mane some changes at its
meeting. The department of journal
ism , which has been leading a precari
ous existence for tne last few years ,
may be discontinued after the close of
the present semester and other slight
changes in minor departments are apt
to be made at the same time.
CInlins the Reward.
LINCOLN , April 21. The reward of
$200 offered by Governor Holcomb in
1898 for arrest and conviction of Frank
Cheesman at Brownville has been
claimed by J. H. Dickirson , an ex-
sheriff of Iowa. Dickirson claims to
have arrested George H. Ray , woh af
terwards was found guilty of commit
ting the crime and sentenced to the
state penitentiary. The law authoriz
ing the governor of the state to offer
rewards for the capture and conviction
of fugitives from justice provides that
the Judge before whom the criminal is
convicted must furnish the governor
with a certificate showing tue capture.
Absence of this proof prevented the
governor from issuing a check to Mr.
Dickirson.
Waugh's Funeral at Washington.
PLATTSMObiH , Neb. , April 21.
The Misses Margaret and Florence ,
daughters of Hon. Samuel Waugh ,
cashier of the First National bank in
this city , will depart Sunday for Wash
ington , D. C.f to attend the funeral ser
vices of their brother , John R. Waugh ,
second lieutenant Company H , Thirty-
ninth Nebraska volunteers , in the Na
tional cemetery at Arlington. Dr. J.
W. Rawiins of Williamsburg , Va. ,
father of Mrs. Waugh , and many other
relatives of the family , will also attend.
The body was started from San Fran
cisco on the 18th and will be interred
with fitting military ceremonies.
J. P. lircitllng Dead.
FREMONT , Neb. , April 21. J. P.
Breitling , a well known citizen of * 're-
mont , died here after an illness of some
days. Although his condition had been
serious it was not thought that the end
was near until an hour or so before
death. Mr. Breitling was born 64 years
ago in Wurtenburg , Germany. He has
been a resident of Fremont for about
thirteen years , coming here from Ge
noa. He leaves a wife and six grown
children , all of whom were with him
at the time of his death.
Agitating Atkinson Southern.
ATKINSON , Neo. , April 21. Rail
road circles are a little agitated just
now. The Atkinson & Northern , that
was to run from this point to Boyd
county , has passed into the hands of
a promotion company. The treasurer
of the new company will come on from
Chicago the first of the week and has
gone south over the line that is oeing
surveyed to this point from Cedar Rap
ids. He took with him the funds with
which to pay the surveyors.
Racing With Death Over Rails.
ALLIANCE , Neb. , April 21. John
Wehn of this place received word by
wire that his wife , who has been visit
ing friends at Dewitt , was taken sud
denly ill and not expected to live. A
special train was at once engaged by
Mr. Wehn and he hastened to his wife's
bedside at a mile-a-minute clitf. 'I he
special is reported to have made the
first fifty-three miles in fifty-five min
utes , including one stop.
Smallpox at Crab Orchard.
TECUMSEH , Neb. , April 21. Crab
Orchard , fifteen miles west of here , has
a case of smallpox. A stranger from
Kansas is afflicted with the disease , it
being a mild form. The village au
thorities have placed him under strict
quarantine in a house at the outskirts
of town , and the school has been tem
porarily closed as a precautionary
measure.
Nebraska City Girl Vanishes.
NEBRASKA CITY , Neb. , April 21.
The parents of Ture Sutton
, a 16-year-
old girl , are greatly alarmed over her
mysterious disappearance from home
several days ago. No trace of her can
be found by her parents or police , xiie
police are inclined to believe that bhe
has eloped with a young stranger , with
whom she recently became infatuated.
Special Chases n Handcar.
LOUP CITY , Neb. . April 21. A spe
cial stock train going north on the
Burlington nearly ran down a section
gang about two miles east of this city.
When the section men left this station
the special had not been announced ,
and they saw it nearly onto them' in
a cut. They stopped their car , and in
taking it from the track , John Marlow
had the end of the middle finger of
his left hand cut off.
His Heart Failed.
BRAINARD , Neb. , April 21. Frank
Sobeslousky of this place while out
walking stepped inside of Spahl's sa
loon. He had only got inside the door
when he fell to the floor. Dr. Haynes
was called and was at his side instant
ly , but could do nothing , as he died al
most instantly. The doctor pronounced
it heart disease. Mr. Sobeslousky came
here about six months ago from Morse
Bluffs and was running a meat market.
He was a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America and a Bohemian
lo < ? ge.
However , Conditions "Were Quite Favor
able for Farm "Work
SOAKING RAINS IN ALL SECTIONS
Precipitation Ranges From Two to Pour
Inches ceiJlnfiT-of Wheat nd Oats Is
Nearly Finished In All Sections A
Good Send-off for Spring Work.
LINCOLN , Neb. , April 19. United
States Department of Agriculture ,
climatic and crop service of the Weath
er bureau : Weekly crop bulletin of
the Nebraska section for the week end
ing April 16 , issued from the ofilce of
the section director at Lincoln :
The past week has been cold and
cloudy , with heavy , general rains dur
ing the last days of the week. The
average daily temperature deficiency
has varied from 3 degrees in the west
ern counties to nearly 4 degrees in the
eastern. Heavy frost occurred on the
morning of the llth and the minimum
temperatures were-quite-generally be
tween 20 degrees and 26 degrees.
The rainfall for the week has been
very heavy , exceeding an inch in near
ly all parts of ihe state , and ranging
from two to four inches over a consid
erable area. Rain , followed by snow ,
fell in the western counties on the 9th
and 10th , but in most of the state
all of the rain of the week fell on the
14th and 15th.
The week has been generally favor
able for farm work , and the seeding
of wheat and oats is nearly finished in
all sections. Spring wheat and early
sown oats are coming up and show a
good stand. Winter wheat is in un
usually good condition in most places.
The low temperature of the week has
retarded the growth of small grain and
grass. The rain was exceptionally
beneficial , coming just after practically
the whole crop of small grain bad been
placed in the ground under exception
ally favorable conditions.
Attacks Lair From New Point.
LINCOLN , Neb. , April 19. The va
lidity of the legislative act of 1887 , cre
ating the State Board of Transporta
tion , is to be attacked by Attorney W.
D. McHugh of Omaha on behalf of the
Burlington railroad , on grounds that
have never been brought to the atten
tion of any court. This act has been
the subject of repeated attacks from
telephone , express and railroad com
panies ever since its passage , but all
of the litigation involved simply the
constitutionality of the offices held by
the secretaries and members of the
Board of Transportation. Mr. HcHugh
claims to have discovered several er
rors in the title of the bill , as it was
passed by the legislature , and will base
his proceedings on these errors , not
going into the question of whether the
legislature has authority to create state
offices not provided for in the consti
tution of the state , as was claimed in
the former proceedings. The supreme
court has rendered numerous decisions
on the constitutionality of the act ,
every one of them being in favor of
the board and its secretaries.
Hunter Shoots Ills Hands Oft .
STANTON , Neb. , April 19. A. E.
Root met with a very painful accident
this morning while arranging to go
hunting. A shotgun in his own hands
was accidentally discharged , entirely
severing the left hand from the arm ,
just above the wrist. Mr. Root's home
is at Stuart , Neb. , and he was here
working in the interest of the Modern
Brotherhood of America and has a
lodge ready to institute. He was a
member of Company H , Sixth United
States infantry during the Spanish-
American war and participated in the
famous charge up San Juan hill.
\Voman Probably Fatally Burned.
BEATRICE , Neb. , April 19. Mrs.
Dan Huff , living in the south part of
town , was fatally burned while trying
to light the kitchen fire with kerosene.
A young girl living at the home had
started the fire and as it did not seem
to burn well , Mrs. Huff , clad in a loose
wrapper , arose to assist the fire by
pouring on oil from a large can. The
oil caught fire , the can exploded and
Mrs. Huff was instantly enveloped in a
blaze of burning oil. Her husband
came to her assistance , but before the
flames could be put out Mrs. Huff was
badly burned from her throat down , he
face and hair only escaping the fire.
Smallpox at Tecuinseh.
TECUMSEH , Neb. , April 19. A case
of smallpox is reported from Crab Or
chard , fifteen miles west of here. A
stranger from Kansas is stricken with
the disease. He has been placed under
strict quarantine in a house in the out
skirts of town. The schools of the
place have been temporarily closed.
Pointer Goes to Silt Ialce.
LINCOLN , Neb. , April 19. Governor
Poynter left for Salt Lake City to at
tend the meeting of western governors
who will consider the matter of the
disposition of arid and semi-arid lands.
Ijlghtnlng Destroys Barn.
FORT CALHOUN , Neb. , April 19.
The large barn of Matthias Lund , four
miles southwest of here , was struck by
lightning , and burned down. Insur
ance , $300.
Young Man Insane.
FREMONT , Neb. , April 19. Sheriff
Y eader brought from Swaburg a de
mented young man who has a peculiar
form of insanity. His name is William
Olson , and he is 23 years old. For the
past two or three years he has not been
right in his head , and just about the
time the trees begin to bud in the
spring his malady increases greatly
He has a fancy that he has a great
herd of cattle under his control , and
the board of insanity could induce him
to talk of nothing else. He will be
taken to the asylum.
THE MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
Quotations From Now York , Chicago ,
South Omuliu and Klsevrhoro.
SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK.
SOUTH OMAHA , April 19.-CATTLJ3
The market ua : i v/holo was slow. JJuy-
crs seemed to be indifferent and seller. *
complained that it was hard work to sell
at satisfactory prices. The early market
was slow , and It was late before any busi
ness of consequence was transacted. The
fat cattle market was unevenly lower ,
ranging all the way from weak to JO
lower. The- least decline was on the
choice fat little cattle. licet steers , J3.75
( & 4.90 ; steers and heifers. $4.20 ® I.&O ; cows ,
WjOOfc a ; 'heifers. $3.SK4.G5 ; ilmlteflliO
& 3.G3 ; calves. J5.50(07. ( ; ; stags , 33.90 4.20 ;
steers and stags , 43.75@-l.5j ; stock cows
and heifers , $2.50 4.50 ; stock calves , $5.50
& 6.00 ; stockers and feeders , $3.W > ff4.i5.
HOGS Sold a shade lower , that Is about
2'/4c lower than yesterday. The close was
slow and weak at the decline. Good hogs
sold very largely at $5.45 , the same hogs
bringing ? 5.45ja5.471/2 ( yesterday. The top
today was 55.55 , which was 2&e higher
than yesterday.
SHEEP Following are quotations :
Choice yearlings , Iti.JjQ'C.SO ; fair to good
yearlings , JG.Oof C.15 ; clipped yearlings.
t5.50tf5.bO ; goud to choice wethers. $ fi.ou& >
ti.25 ; fair to good wethers , $5.75f O.W ) ; clip
ped wethers , $5.40'a5.CO ; good to choice
red ewes , $ o.oQ U5.75 ; fair to good ewes ,
$ "i.00i < i5.40 ; clipped ewes. $4.504i525 ; good
to choice native lambs , $7.iri7.25 ; good to
choice native lambs , J7.15T7.25 ( ; good to
choice Western lambs , J7.15Q-7.25 ; fair to
good western lambs , $ G.COft7.15 ; clipped
lambs , JJ.XX&C.40 ( ( ; feeder wethers. $ ! .J ) '
5.00 ; feeder yearlings , Jo.OOCi5.GO ; good to
choice feeder lambs , $5.25in > .00.
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK.
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , April 23. CATTLE
Market about steady ; native steers , $4.00
< ( t5.40 ; Texas steers , ? 3.33S'4.90 ; Texas cows.
$3.25114.00 ; native cows and heifers , JL'.iij
S5.GO ; stockers and feeders , $3.75S5. J ;
bulls , f2.05ig4.00.
HOGS Market steady to shade lower ;
bulk of sales , $5.40@5.53 ; heavy , lo S o-GO ;
packers , $5.40&5.57 % ; mixed , $5.35 5.50 ;
light , J5.20Jf5.40 ; Yorkers , ? 5.25 < 55.40 ; pigs ,
$5.00@5.25.
SHEEP Market strong ; lambs , ? G.CO&
8.50 ; muttons ,
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO. April 23. CATTLE Good
to prime steers , ? 4.90 < 0'5. 0 ; poor to me
dium , $4.10 4.75 ; stockers and feeders ,
KS.30ft4.8G ; cows. ? 3.00Ti4.f 0 ; heifers , W-Zolj.
4.35 ; canners , $2.23fi2.tO ; bulls , $2.80f 4.30 ;
calves , J4.50ftU.G3 ; Texas fed steers , $4.001 *
5.3) ; Texas bulls , J3.23T 3.73.
HOGS Top , $3.75 ; mixed and butchers ,
$ G.45f(5.7G ; good to choice heavy , JS.CO1 ? *
5.73 ; rough heavy , $ o.433.33 ( ; light , $3.401 '
3.G5 ; bulk of sales , $ G.G5&5.G7V& .
SHEEP Sheep and lambs about stea
dy ; good to choice wethers. S5.73&G.25 ;
fair to choice mixed , $4.75i5.73 : western
sheep , $3.COTG.10 ; yearlings , v5.S01JC.40 : na
tive lambs , So.50ft7.40 ; western lambs , $ G.OO
( § 7.40.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
CHICAGO , April 23. WHEAT No. 3
spring , G2 G4c ; No. 2 red , GS&c.
COKN No. 2 , 3Sc ; No. 2 yellow , SS'/jC.
OATS No. 2 , 24 / - " ' 2oc ; No. 2 white , 27
@D7V2c : No. 3 white , 25fT27 ( c.
RYE No. 2 , 55c.
BARLEY No. 2 , 4213c.
SEEDS Flaxseed. No. 1 and northwest ,
J1.73. Prime timothy , $2.4012.15. Clover ,
contract grade , $7.75.
PROVISIONS Mess pork , per bbl. ,
S11.90S12.95. Lard , per 100 Ibs. . $7.00 < & 7.13.
Short ribs sides ( loose ) , S7.COfi7.25. Dry
salted shoulders ( boxed ) , JG.751t7.00. Short
clear sides ( boxed ) , $7.551i7.G3.
NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET.
NEW YORK. April 23. WHEAT May ,
72 7-lG 72 11-lGc ; closed , 72c ; July , 73 9-1G
@ 72Tsc ; closed at 724c ; September , 72fi
73y8c ; closed at 73c.
CORN Closed lirm % c net decline ;
May , 4344c ; closed at 44c ; July , 411/4 < fr
44V c ; closed at 441/ac ; September , 44/ <
47c ; closed at 44c.
OATS No. 2 white , 29M-C ; No. 3 white ,
29c ; track mixed western , 2S@29c ; track
white western , 2 J'34c : track white state ,
29 @ 34c. Options weak , closing % c net
lower ; May closed at 27c : No. 2 white ,
May , 29Vi@20 c ; closed at 29Vic.
TO CONNECT TWO OCEANS
Railroad Across Mexico Ileing Rapidly
Pushed to Completion.
CITY OF MEXICO , April 23. Work
is now going on in the reconstruction
of the Tehuantepec railroad across the
narrowest part of Mexico , and gives as
surance that the road will be as solid
and of as permanent a character as the
Ver Cruz railroad. As the Tehuante
pec road will have a maximum grade of
half per cent compensated , it will be
in a position to handle any traffic that
can be secured on very economical
terms. At present the Panama rail
road handles 300,000 tons of freight
per anum , 60 per cent of which is des
tined for or arises at ports north of
Panama. The bulk of this naturally
belongs to Tehuantepec. In addition ,
however , the road will capture a large
volume of the traffic at present carried
by railroads to the Pacific coast from
the Mississippi valley , and it is con
fidently anticipated that this railroad
will be doing as large a trade as the
Panama within five years from its
opening. The distance from Coatza-
coalcos to San Francisco via Salina
Cruz is 100 miles less than the dis
tance from New Orleans to San Fran
cisco via the Southern Pacific and the
distance across the gulf from New Or
leans to Coatzacoalos is only SOO
miles , and within a very few years
there will be daily service boats be
tween the two ports. The new termi
nal ports at Coatzacoalos , on the Mexi
can gulf , and at Salina Cruz on the
Pacific will be ready for handling very
heavy freight trade in three years
from now.
Uncle Sam at Paris.
PARIS , April 23. Among the Amer
icans who were present at the inaugu
ration of the Paris exposition and the
accompanying fete , was Mr. John T.
Shayne of Chicago. Speaking to a cor
respondent , he said : "Commissioner
Geenral Peck and his assistants are the
busiest men in France. Their hard
work has put the United States build
ing and exhibits in a more advanced
state than those of any other nation.
Everything is nearly completed and tht
United States' display is going to be
one of the most splendid sights in the
fair. The attitude manifested by all
Frenchmen toward Americans is ad
mirable. The exposition in spite of
many drawbacks will be a great suc
cess. "
The "Will of a Millionaire.
CHICAGO , 111. , April 23. The will of
Rufus Wright , who was mysteriously
shot and killed in the Leland hotel last
Saturday night , was filed for probate
today. It disposes of an estate valued
at 1800,000. This is believed to be a
conservative estimate , and it is ex
pected that the estate will figure up
§ 1,000,000. According to the petition
filed with the will the personal prop
erty valuation is § 600,000 , and the real
estate is valued at $200,000. The dead
millionaire manufacturer distributed
$28,800 in personal bequests among rel
atives and others , but left nothing to
charity or public institutions.
Not a Single Piece of Ordnance ) Now in
Pretoria Forts.
THE OPERATIONS ABOUT SPION HOP
All Infantry DlvUlons ut Dloemfnntelii
Now Supplied With Tents Discovery
of Coiioouled Anna and Ammunition al
KImborly.
LONDON , April 20. A dispatch to
the Daily News from Capetown says :
A gentleman just arrived from the
Transvaal assures me that not a single
gun remains in the Pretoria forts.
The Ladysmith correspondent of the
Daily Mail , in a dispatch uated Wed
nesday , says :
"The news of the nature of the dis
patch of Lord Roberts to the war of
fice regarding the Spionkop operations
has created much comment locally , out
no resignations are mentioned. "
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
the Chronic.e says : The requisite re
mounts have arrived and all the in
fantry divisions are now supplied wiui
tents. The Boers in the immediate
neighborhood are quiet , but both sides
are steadily preparing for tue coming
struggle. Lord Roberts is now ready.
Several lots of concealed arms and
ammunition have been discovered hero
this week. Tne epidemic of enteric
fever is abating.
A dispatch to the Morn.ng Post from
Kimberley , dated Wednesday , says :
Lord Methuen has issued a proclama
tion forbiding civilians to carry arms
without military permits and ordering
rebels to surrender all serviceable
modern arms by May 6.
A singular message , dated Bloem
fontein , April i9 , 10:55 : a. in. , and be
ginning : -"Via Press Censor , Bloem
fontein , " reports an exchange of shots
in the direction of DeWetesdorp , where
the Boers are said to be concentrating ,
"after their withdrawal from Wep-
ener. "
REBUILDING OF DAYVSON
Is Very Unsubstantial Rush to Cape
Nome Heglns Karly.
WASHINGTON , April 20. Deputy
Consul Adams reports to the state de
partment from Dawson City , February
28 , that in spite of danger and hard
ship , no less than 700 people left for
Cape Nome during the winter , and that
thousands are ready to .cave as soon
as spring opens. Tne winter was the
coldest on record. The goid output for
this season is estimated at double tuat
of a year ago , or from ? 2o,000,000 to
$25,000,000 , due to improved methods of
mining.
GOVERNOR TAYLOR INDICTED
Charged With Complicity In Killing of
Uocbcl.
FRANKFORT , Ky. , April 20. It is
persistently reported here tonight that
Governor Taylor has been indicted by
the grand Jury and that the indict
ment was returned this morning , along
with those against Captain Davis and
Green Golden , but that this indict
ment will not be given out until Gov
ernor Taylor returns from Washing
ton.
BRYAN DENIES ANY ILLNESS
Says That lie Has Never Felt Uetter and
\VII1 Continue Speeches.
ST. LOUIS , Mo. , April 20 The fol
lowing dispatch was received this
afternoon from Austin , Tex. :
"To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch :
You may state for me that the stories
that I am in ill health are untrue. I
have never felt better in my life. I
speak tonight at the University audi
torium and next Saturday at Yeargins
Grove , this county , and on next Tues
day at Wichita , Tex.
"WILLIAM J. BRYAN. "
Now Gavel for Kach Kill.
WASHINGTON , April 20. Speaker
Henderson was the recipient today of
a unique gavel from Admiral Hich-
born , chief of the bureau of construc
tion of the navy department. It is
made from the ribs of the cruiser
Olympia , the flagship of Admiral
Dewey , and is unlike most gavels in
being a solid piece of wood without
a handle , but With a groove in the
middle for the speaker's grasp.
Bryan Will Be Named.
NEW YORK , .April 20. It was de
clared today by Frank Campbell , chair
man of the democratic state commit
tee , that the committee had decided
to hold the state convention in the
middle of June in this city and that
"so certain were the members that
William J. Bryan would be the natural
nominee for the presidential candidacy
that the delegates would not be in
structed. "
Meat Inspection in France.
BERLIN , April 20. The agrarian
newspapers reproduce a letter from .1
German employe of the Chicago stock
yards whose name is not given , in
which the concerns of Armour & Co. ,
Nelson , Morris & Co. and Swut &
Company are charged with conuucting
meat inspection in a farcial fasmon.
A number of fancied facts are cited
and the writer says the adoption of the
German meat inspection bill would be
a blessing to both countries. The jour
nals which publish the letter comment
editorially upon it.
The Tnrklsh Minister Calls.
WASHINGTON , April 20. Among
the callers on Acting Secretary Hill to
day was All Ferrouth Bey , the Turkish
minister to Washington. It was under
stood that the occasion for this call
was the publication of the intension of
the United States government to biing
to an immediate issue th-- negotiations
with Turkey relative to the payment
of the American missionary and other
claims. It is understood thaz the pur
pose of the minister vas primarily to
gather information on this subject.
Justice Garrett , ot the Southwestern
police court , London , says it IB u
shocking thing to find that the evi
dence In tnat court showed increasing
drunkenness among women , and that
en one day every prisoner charged
with drunkenncs was a woman.
George Frederick Williams of Bos
ton , who is mentioned for the vice
presidential nomination of the Dem
ocratic party. Is a blue-eyed , llght-
comploxloncd , well-dressed bachelor of
44. His father , a German , came to
America as George Wclnigman. but
changed his name to Williams.
If you would find out how poor a
man is try to borrow money from him.
The Idaho prohibitionists want to
send Miss Amanda Way to congress
Wi Oman's
RefugB
when sack is Lydia Em
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
No other medicine in the
world has done so much
good *
No confidence has ever
been vlolatedm
No woman's testimonial
was ever published by
Mrs , Plnkham without
special permission.
No woman ever wrote to
Mrs , Pinkham for advice
without getting help. No
man sees these letters.
Her advice is free , and
her address is Lynn ,
Mass , She -is a woman ,
you can tell her the truth ,
No Stving person as so
competent to advise
women. None has had
such experience.
She has restored a mil"
lion sufferers to health.
You can trust her. Others
have ,
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