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NEBRASKA
I BRIEF TELEGRAMS
The authorities of many Spanish
towns are assisting those who suf
fered in the recent storms with provi
sions
The Bulgarian brigands are begin
ning to regard Miss Stone as a valu
able asset on which it Is difficult to
realize
The Chicago Coliseum which can
seat 15000 people and is located in
the center of the city is to be utilized
as a mammoth indoor summer gar
den
Secretary Root has sent to congress
a resolution adopted by the American
chamber of commerce at Manila urg
ing congress to provide for a Pacific
cable
Senator Masorf introduced a bill to
limit the effect of the regulation of in
terstate commerce between the sev
eral states in goods wares and mer
chandise
A J Patterson convicted of em
bezzling 3000 in city funds from the
city of Clyde Kan of which he was
treasurer was sentenced to three
years In the penitentiary
Wolff the famous concert hall man
ager of Berlin is dead Herr Wolff
began his career as a manager for
Rubenstein and later was manager for
Hans von Buelow the musician
It is understood to be the purpose
of the state department to make the
cession of proper coaling stations on
the isthmus a condition of the under
taking to build an isthmian canal
The Bavarian government has sold
a loan of 86000000 marks to a syndi
cate of Bavarian bankers The loan
bears interest at 3 per cent and sub
scriptions to it will soon be opened
N D Parker a young man who lives
at Ottawa Kan has been held for
the federal grand jury on a charge
of fraudulent use of the mails by ob
taining goods under false pretenses
Old enfeebled and a victim of som
nambulism Robert Haydon aged 80
years of Washington Ind arose from
his bed and wandered down a nearby
lane where he was frozen to death
The Britioh government replied to
Dr Kuyper the Dutch premier that
if the Boers in the field desired to ne
gotiate for peace negotiations can be
entered into but only in South Africa
In his weekly review to the war of
fice Lord Kitchener states that for the
week ended February 1 twenty nine
Boers were killed six wounded 142
taken prisoners and forty eight surren
dered
A thousand Maoris of New Zealland
have volunteered to do garrison duty
anywhere in the British dominion with
the object of reliving a like number
of British troops for service in South
Africa
The commission on arid lands in the
house is pushing the consideration of
an irrigation bill with the expectation
that something in that direction will
be accomplished by the present con
gress
The Minesota legislature convened
in special session to act on the new
tax code The bill prepared by the
special commission is severe on the
corporations and has the approval of
Governor Van Sant
In the United States court at Chey
enne A D Spaugh the Mannville
stockman was sentenced to one day in
jail and to pay a fine of 50 and the
costs in the case for illegally fenc
ing government lands
During the negotiations for the re
lease of Miss Stone between the dele
gation and the brigands the house in
which the party was lodged burned
down but the inmates escaped with
the money to be paid as ransom
James W Tufts the millionaire soda
water fountain manufacturer of Bos
ton died suddenly of apoplexy at Pin
churst N C
In the senate the urgent deficiency
bill as reported allowed pay to John
Slaker of Hastings as clerk to Sena
tor Dietrich from April 6 to December
1 for J B Haynes as clerk to Senator
Millard from April 11 to December 1
This action is made necessary because
the senators were elected or appoint
ed after the senate adjourned last
March
A Russian bishopric for Manchuria
with headquarters at Pekin will be es
tablished during the present year
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the Omaha National bank as
a reserve agent for the First National
bank of Genoa Neb
The Keeley institute at Dwight 111
was destroyed by fire
Indian Torritory is sufrering the
worst grass famine in years and in
many parts cattle in poor flesh are
dying by hundreds There have been
two weeks of cold weather
The president has nominated S D
Cole of Wymore Neb for the post
mastership at that place
Commander Young of the Nebraska
division of the Sons of Veterans hat
Issued orders appointing Bert J Gal
ley of Columbus division insDector
VERY HEAVY LOSS
PATERSON N J VISITED BY A
DISASTROUS FIRE
BUSINESS SECTION IS IN RUINS
Desperate Fight with Flames from
Midnight Till Afternoon But Few
Fatalities Are Thus Far Re
corded
PATERSON N J Feb 10 A great
fire swept through Paterson yetserday
and in Its desolate wake are the em
bers and ahses of property valued In
the preliminary estimate at 10000
000
It burned its way through the
business section of the city and claim
ed as its own a majority of the finer
structures devoted to commercial
civic educational and religious use as
well as Bcores of houses
There was but small tribute of life
and injury to the conflagration but
hundreds were left homelss and thou
sands without employment
A relief movement for the care of
those unsheltered and unprovided for
has already been organized and Mayor
John iHnchliffe said that Paterson
would be able to care for her own
without appealing to the charity of
other communities and states The
great manufacturing plants of the
place are safe and the community
temporarily dazed by the calamity has
already begun the work of reorgani
zation and restoration
The fire came at midnight and was
only checked after a desperate fight
that lasted until late in the afternoon
Every city and town within reach of
Paterson sent firemen and apparatus
to the relief of the threatened city
and It took the united efforts of all
to win the battle A northeast gale
gave the conflagration its impetus and
carried its burning brands to kindle
the blaze afresh at other points The
firemen made stand after stand be
fore the fire but were repeatedly
driven back and when victory finally
came to them they were grimed and
exhausted
An estimate from a general inspec
tion of the smouldering ruins placed
the number of dwellings and apart
ment houses destroyed at 500 and the
number of families left without shel
ter at 1000 A re estimate when or
der succeeds confusion may alter
these figures
The area of destruction foots up
roughly twenty five city blocks
FILIPINO JUNTA IS BUSY
Pamphlets Announcing Ultimate Inde
pendence of Natives
MANILA Feb 10 The provinces
under civil rule as well as Manila
have been flooded with a quantity of
pamphlets printed in Hong Kong by
the Filipino junta These pamphlets
are copies of a memorial by the junta
which has been forwarded to Presi
dent Roosevelt The memorial ex
presses sympathy at the death of Mr
McKinley and assures the American
people that sooner or later the Fili
pinos are bound to have independence
The junta says it has reliable infor
mation that most of the pacified prov
inces are only held in check by supe
rior military forces The pamphlets
say that the educated Filipinos ap
preciate American governmental ideas
but when the bread of national life
is asked for it does not suffice to offer
a stone even though that stone be
diamond
Wireless Breaks Record
NEW YORK Feb 10 The steam
ship Philadelphia of the American
line broke the record for having the
longest communication with the land
by means of the Marconi wireless tel
egraph system
On Saturday February 5 the steam
ship was at 1215 p m a few miles
off the Lizard Messages were then
exchanged and the telegraphing was
kept up until midnight of the follow
ing day The last message was sent
when the Philadelphia w s 150 miles
distant from the land This last mes
sage was a communication from the
American line officials in England to
Captain A R Mills of the Phila
delphia This is the longest distance
in which wireless communication has
ever been had between a steamship
and the land
Highwayman is Slain
ST LOUIS Feb 10 John alias
Shorty Councelle was shot and
killed early today by Patrolman
Smyth while attempting to escape af
ter holding up John W Sollais a con
ductor on a Springview avenue car
Blizzard Steps Trains
CORRY Pa Feb 10 All travel
is abandoned between Oil City and
Brocton on the Chautauqua division
of the Pennsylvania The blizzard is
the worst in this sections history
Train No 3 lay all night in a huge
drift at Summit and food was carried
to the imprisoned passengers The
officials abandoned hope of moving
trains and have decided to run
through trains from Brocton to Ashta
bula via the Lake Shore
I THEODORE JR HOLDS HIS OWNJ NEBRASKA BUILDING LOANS
Young Rooscvcltc Condition Undcr
goeea No Material Change
WASHINGTON Feb 10 The con
aition of Theodore Roosevelt jr
shows no change of any Importance
and it is probable from the nature
of the illness that it will be several
days before the outcome will bo ap
parent The president Is not likely to
return to Washington until at least
the end of the week Last evening
the White House made public the fol
lowing message received from Gro
ton
The president saw his son shortly
after arrival here Boys condition is
unchanged but he is holding his own
well
GROTON Mass Feb 10 President
Roosevelt upon his arrival at the
Groton school this afternoon did not
find his son Theodore jr alarmingly
ill with pneumonia but the boys con
dition was not sufficiently reassuring
to warrant the presidents immediate
return to the national capital
Young Roosevelt with two school
mates Horace B Porter of New York
and William Cammell of Providence
both having pneumonia lie in large
airy rooms on the second floor of the
college infirmary
CHALLENGES GENERAL EAGAN
Ex Army Officers Temper Gets Him
Into More Trouble
LOS ANGELES Feb 10 Owing
to a misunderstanding in Guaymas
Mexico two Americans became in
volved in a quarrel that is said to have
led to a challenge to meet upon the
field of honor One was General
Charles P Eagan of emblamed beef
prominene the other Colonel Willis
P Harlow of Nogales an attorney
with a national reputation Eagan
who has been representing W C
Green in his legal contest regarding
the Cobre Grande copper mines in
Mexico met Harlow at the hotel The
two so the story goes had a warm
dispute Later it is alleged Harlow
penned a challenge that was handed
to Eagan Developments are awaited
by the American colony upon the re
turn of Harlow who is reported in
conference vith Greene at Cananea
Militia Detailed as Guard
TRENTON N J Feb 10 Quarter
master General Donnelly last night in
response to an appeal from Mayor
Hinchliffo sent to Paterson by special
train a great quantity of tents blan
kets and other camp equipments to re
lieve the citizens of that city
Orders were issued from the adju
tant general office calling out the Pat
erson battalion of the National guard
to do patrol duty and otherwise to
assist in meeting emergency that
might necessitate their assistance The
battalion was placed under command
of Colonel Campbell of the First regi
ment
Hawaiian Land Decision
WASHINGTON D C Feb 10 The
secretary of the interior has render
ed a decision governing the exchange
of public lands in Hawaii for private
lands under the public land laws con
tinued in force by congress The de
partment decided that where the lands
in Hawaii are disposed of by exchange
the title to the land3 received in ex
change should be taken in the name
of the territory of Hawaii whenever
they are acquired for a local public
purpose such as right-of-way for rail
roads or sites for parks or county
court houses
Passes Both Schley Bills
ANNAPOLIS Feb 10 The house
of delegates under a suspension of
rules unanimously passed the senate
bill appropriating 3000 to place a
bronze bust of Rear Admiral W S
Schley in the state building here In
like manner it accepted the joint res
olution passed by the senate request
ing congress to secure passage at an
early date of a joint resolution thank
ing Admiral Schley for services in the
battle off Santiago
Civil Service for San Juan
WASHINGTON Feb 10 Dr
George W Headley representing the
United States civil service will leave
here for San Juan March 1 for the
purpose of establishing a local force
of civil service examiners at San Juan
and other places in Porto Rico
Filipino Governor Flees
MANILA Feb 10 Senor Lerma
the newly elected governor of Datan
province fled after his election when
he was called upon to account for
4000 in insurgent funds He is still
missing
Tablet for Some Noted Dead
NEW YORK Feb 10 An interest
ing ceremony has taken place in the
vault of St Peters church in the
tower of London The ceremony was
the erection of a tablet recording that
within the walls of the vault were
deposited two chests containing the
remains of many distinguished per
sons who had been beheaded on Tow
er hil land which for a time were
interred beneath the floor of the
eel and nave
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Secretary of State Banking Board Re
ports Improved Conditions
LINCOLN Nob Feb 10 Seretary
Royse of the State Banking board to
day began the distribution of the ninth
annual report of the building and loan
associations of Nebraska The fig
ures and recommendations are prac
tically as rorecasted several months
ago A summary shows that while
the number of associations in exist
ence has decreased gradually since
1892 the number of shares In forco
and the total assets have increased to
a marked extent In 1892 there were
seventy one associations with 45012
shares in force and assets amounting
to 290255707 In 1901 there were
fifty nine associations with 119985
shares in force and assets amounting
to 54314744
A comparison of the condition of all
associations on June 30 with the con
dition a year previous shows the fol
lowing Decrease in assets 017388
increase in loans 50009175 decrease
in real estate 1015109 increase in
cash 8637803 increase in other as
sets 5749450 increase in number of
shares in force 14300 decrease in
shares upon which dues are delin
quent 3305
LIST OF FORGERIES GROVS
Platte Valley People Estimate the To
tal at 150000
DAVID CITY Neb Feb 10 The
excitement incident to the failure of
the Platte Valley State bank of Bell
wood is subsiding and all fears of
violence to A H Gould cashier and
R S Gould assistant cashier who
are in jail in this city are past
Reporters sought an interview with
A H Gould cashier of the defunct
bank When one of them stated the
ooject of the call Mr Gould said I
positively will not talk to newspaper
men The newspapers are getting
enough information from other sources
and I will have nothing to say
The only change in the general con
dition as heretofore reported is that
forged notes and mortgages are com
ing in daily and as a consequence the
amount of the forgeries is growing at
a rapid rate
A very conservative estimate of the
amount ol tne torgenes so tar as
known up to this time is that they
will aggregate about 150000 and the
end is doubtless not yet reached
Ask Dr Winship to Speak
FREMONT Neb Feb 10 At its
regular meeting the Board of Educa
tion voted to follow the usual annual
custom that he prevailed here for som
years and engage some prominent
man to deliver an address to the
graduates The name of Dr A E
Winship the noted educator and jour
nalist of Boston was proposed and
the city superintendent was authoriz
ed to secure his services if possible
A Word to Veterans
LINCOLN Neb Feb 10 Adjutant
General Mart Howe by command of
Department Commander R S Wilcox
has Issued general orders No 10 to
Grand Army posts calling attention to
the adversaries of the birthdays of
Washington Lincoln Garfield and Mc
Kinley and making a plea for old
soldiers to encourage their children to
affiliate with the Sons and Daughters
of Veterans
Large Acreage of Alfalfa
ORD Neb Feb 10 Many hundred
acres of alfalfa will be planted in
Valley county in the spring the value
of tho plant in this county being past
the experimental stage One ranch
near Ord has 300 acres of it now and
will increase this to 500 acres in the
spring Many farmers will sow twenty-five
to one hundred acres
Will Plant Much Alfalfa
SUPERIOR Neb Feb 10 The
Scully land renters in this part of the
country have been furnished four hun
dred bushels of alfalfa seed with
which to start alfalfa pastures in this
part of the state This is bound to be
a prominent factor in the prosperity of
this county
Tombstones for Old Soldiers
LINCOLN Neb Feb 10 A cargo
of government tombstones for old sol
diers who have found their graves
will arrive in Lincoln in a few days
consigned from the War department
at Washington to James Heaton su
perintendent of burial of old soldiers
in Lancaster county
The kaisers gift to Miss Alice
Roosevelt in connection with the visit
to America of Admiral Prince Henry
is to be a gold jewel case richly
studded with diamonds
The State Treasury
LINCOLN Neb Feb 10 State
Treasurer Stuefers monthly statement
shows receipts amounting to 314S3S
expenditures 317445 balance on
hand 24G957 To this is added 51
943 unwritten receipts covering money
from county treasurer that cannot yet
be credited to the proper funds mak
ing a total of 29S900 The total cash
representing trust funds on hand is
1S79344 cash in depository banks
28010719
CONSUMING MORE LIVE STOCK
January Shows Large Increase Over a
Year Ago
SOUTH OMAHA Neb Feb 8
Railroads carried to the South Omaha
stock yards 770 cars more of live
stock this year In January than they
did last year Cattle and hogs are
largely Increased as to numbers while
sheep and horses show a slight de
crease
During the January just ended there
were 301G cars carrying 73908 head
of cattle as against 2298 cars carry
ing 55450 cattle in January a year ago
This was a net increase of 718 care
and 18452 cattle
Hogs rode in on 2935 cars 230379
of them as against 2809 cars with
203477 hogs a year ago This is a
net incrense of 12G cars and 20902
hogs over a year ago The larger
number of hogs in proportion to the
number of cars is accounted for by
the fact that the average porcine
weight dropped from 234 to 209
pounds
This year there were 27G cars of
sheep the fleecy passengers number
ing 54875 as against 310 cars with
04282 sheep a year ago thus making
a loss of 34 cars with 9407 sheep
There was a drop in horses and
mules from 10G cars with 2489 ani
mals aboard a year ago to G6 cars
with 1312 of them this year a loss
of forty cars and 1177 horses and
mules
THUS the total numnor orcars ar
riving this January was 6293 as
against 5523 a year ago a net gain
of 770 cars
WORMS ATTACK FALL WHEAT
Destroy Many Plants but Are Check
ed by Cold
FARNAM Neb Feb 8 Worm at
tacked the fall wheat which was grow
ing and destroyed considerable quan
tities of it last fall The cold wave of
December stoped it for a short time
and then it recommenced and was
only stopped by the present severe
spell Some of these worms were
sent to the University of Nebraska to
Prof Bruner for information He sayg
of them
In reply to your favor of the 24th
inst will say that the worms which
you sent prove to be a caterpillar
somewhat closely related to the fall
army worm I think however that
the severe winter will do much toward
destroying these pests at any rate if
you see various kinds of birds in your
field do not disturb them as they will
no doubt destroy large numbers of
these worms
They are so nearly grown now that
very shortly after warm weather they
will become fully so and go into the
ground before doing much damage to
the small grain No cultivation meth
od can be adopted that will be of much
use in destroying them unless soon
after the ground thaws in the spring
you should go over the field with a
roller In this manner you might
crush of them Yours very truly
LAWRENCE BRUNER
Acting State Entomologist
More Beet Seed
OMAHA Neb Feb 8 Another con
signment of beet seed has arrived
for the beet fields of Nebraska Like
former consignments this comes from
Germany and is in the bonded ware
house here where it will remain until
sent out to the proprietors of the fac
tories The shipments this year are
larger than usual which indicates that
the acreage is to be greater than dur
ing former years
Ministerial Union Formed
HUMBOLDT Neb Feb 8 The
ministers of the various churches here
have perfected an organization to be
known as the Ministerial union elect
ing Rev John Currie of the Presby
terian church president and Rev B
Wilson of the Christian church secre
tary
Nebraska Woman Dead at 103
MCOOK Neb Feb 8 Mrs Mary
Roach the oldest woman in this state
if not in the United States died last
Friday at the home of her son near
Stratton at the age of 108 Up to the
time of her last illness Mrs Roach
had enjoyed the best of health never
having had a serious illness in her
life
Morton En Route for Mexico
NEBRASKA CITY Neb Feb 8
Ex Secretary of Agriculture J Ster
ling Morton left for Kansas City
where he will join his son Paul in a
trip to the City of Mexico
Kills His Baby Brother
HUMBOLDT Neb Feb 8 A trag
edy happened at the home of Her
mann Gossman a farmer living north
west of the city The farmer had pre
pared to drive into the field to procure
some fodder and loaded a shotgun to
take along He temporarily left the
loaded gun in the kitchen and during
his absence his 7-year-old son picked it
up and playfully pointed it at his 3-year-old
brother It exploded instant
ly killing the boy
INSIST ON nKTTINO IT
Somo grocers sny they dont keep Do
fiance Starch because they havo a stock
in hand of 12 02 brands which thny know
cannot be Hold to a customer who ItuH
onco used tha If oz oktj Dvlloncu Starch
lor aamo money
One woman never really knows an
other woman until their children
quarrel
Sensible Housekeepers
will have Defiance Starch not alono
because they get one third more for
the snmo money but also because o
superior quality
When poverty comes in at the door
love meanders away back and disap
pears
The nniiflNomrnt Calendar of
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The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul
Railroad Co has issued a beautiful
calendar in six sheets 12x14 inches
each sheet having a ten color picture
of a popular actress reproductions of
water colors by Leon Moran Tho orig
inal paintings are owned by and tho
calendars are issued under tho Rail
way Companyo copyright A limited
edition will be sold at 25 cents per cal
endar of six sheets Will be mailed
on receipt of price F A Miller
General Passenger Agent Chicago
True patriotism does not depend on
the size of ones country
ItKI CltOSS it ALT IILUE
Should bo iu ovory homo Ask your grocer
for it Lurgo J oz packiigo only 5 cont s
Taxpayers do not have to settle for
the pavements made of good inten
tions
TanIpokcrn Kxcurslons
to Virginia North and South Carollnn
Good farm and stock lands cheap Nor tor
nadoos or heavy winters For pamphlet
and excursion rates address W E Conklyn
N W P Agt C O Ry U34 Clark St
Chicago
Seiiitlliln Mill irls
The mill girls of Ilazelton Pa have
foresworn all luxuries and will con
tribute the money they formerly spent
for candy chewing gum etc to th
maintenance of a night school which
they will attend in order to get an
education they would otherwise not bo
able to obtain Charitable people of
the region will assist them in the en
terprise
Nrro TenHierH In AVhit Frlioolx
A woman of negro blood Miss Mar
garet Brown has been appointed to a
teachers place in one of the public
schools of Jersey City She was th
first on the list of substitute
and the place was hers by right of
merit Miss Daisy Fearing also col
ored was appointed under the merif
rule a year ago and is doing gocd
service
An ActrcKH Scventy Irlv Years
Mme Ristori tho famous tragi
actress who is now at Salsomaggioi r
with her son the Marchese Capranh 1
del GrIIlo and his family is shortly
to celebrate her diamond wedding with
the stage
INSIST ON GKTTINO IT
Some grocera say they dont keep De
fiance Starch This Is because they havo
a stock on hand of other brands contain
ing only 12 oz in a package which th y
wont be able to sell first because De
fiance contains 10 02 for the same inor y
Do you want 10 oz Instead of 12 oz
for same money Then buy Delianco
Starch Requires no cooking
To Cure a Cold in One Iay
Take Laxative Bromo luinmo Tabots All
druggista refund money if it fails to cure i1e
A man can take a day off occasion
ally but his rent goes on just thr
same
This Will Interest Mothers
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for
Children used by Mother Gray a
nurse in Childrens Home New York
cure Feverishness Teething Disorders
Stomach Troubles and destroy worms
At all druggists 25c Sample FREE
Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
People seldom tell you how much or
how little they think of you
Sirs Wlnslows noorliSnjr yrni
Tot children tcetirnu tofteivs tne gums rediicro fs
fiaiamaiioa allay pain cure wind colic JBctbottie
It is hard for a fat woman to think
that her thinner sister is not so out
of pure malice
More Salesmen Wanted
Active men of good character and
address to sell our lare line of famiiy
and Stock Remedies Flavoring Extracts
and pure ground iSpiees A permanent
and profitable business Team and
wagon only capital required Territory
assigned Exclusive agency given A
large business can lie done with only a
small investment Our agents earn SIS
toSSO 00 weekly Write to day for terms
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with its own rails from Omaha
Kansas Pity St Louis and Chi
cago U Kuffalo X Y for ail
points east south and southeast
Eteduced rates to all the winter
reports of the south Ak vour
nearest ticket agf nt to route vou
via THE WABASH For descrip
tive matter rates and all Infor
mation c t on or write Harry K
Moore3 Oenl Agsnt Passenger
Department liiz Farnam St
Omaha Neb
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