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NEBRASKA
News in Brief
Out of every 1000 of the worlds
population 264 own King Edward as
their sovereign
It will take live years to rebuild the
Campaile of Venice The new tower
will probably have an elovator
The Astors are gradually disposing
of their real estate holdings in the
tenement district of New York
Lieutenant Governor Guild of Mas
sachusetts has added a full set of Fil
ipino daggers of quaint design to his
collection of weapons
Municipal corporations in England
own gas works water works street
railways rocks baths markets dwell
ings race courses dairies and hotels
It is estimated tliat nearly all the
pine timber now growing in Minnesota
about thirty minion feet will be cut
and marketed within the next fifteen
years
Dr Arthur McDonald the criminol
ogist in Washington now says that
unless a person wants to become a
criminal he shonia never eat meat or
potatoes
- W C Hodge died at Bloomington
111 aged 72 He was one of the or
ganizers of the republican party and
a member of the first republican con
vention in California
A special to the St Louis Post D
patch from Vlrden 111 says The
Coal companys shaft at
Chetham III was totally burned The
loss may reach 10o000 -
At Los Angeles Cal in a duel with
three detectives Joseph Choisser
aged 50 and Louis Choisser aged 25
father and son were shot and Instant
ly killed in a lodging house
Mayor Weaver returned to -Philadelphia
city council the loan bill appro
priating 16000000 for municipal im
provements and the council immedi
ately passed the bill over the veto
The Cleveland Trust company has
purchased the business and good will
of the Central Trust company The
Cleveland Trust company now has 34
000 depositors ana 18000000 in de
posits
General Delaray made a speech to
the Boer prisoners at Admadnagar
and succeeded in persuading all but
ten of them to sign the oath or alle
giance to Great Britain General De
laray spoke for five hours
Rufus H Connella president of the
defunct banks at Indiahoma Sterling
and Olusta Oklahoma small con
cerns was found guilty of forgery in
the Qistrict court at Guthrie He will
be sentenced later
It was learned at Trenton N J
that the Eottery Selling company just
incorporated has been formed as the
result of an agreement among prac
tically all or the -sanitary potteries of
the United States to control prices
and regulate the output of each pot
tery
In a fire in the Chinese district at
Portland Oregon that caused 70000
damage three Chinese lost their lives
Several Chinese opium smokers fought
the firemen who were endeavoring to
rescue them not realizing their intenS
The firemen carried fifty inmates from
the building
It is announced that General Fran
cis V Greene will become a resident
of Buffalo when he retires as New
Yorks police commissioner on Janu
ary 1 He has accepted an offer to
take charge of the Ontario Power
company now being built in Canada
opposite Niagara Falls
The Paris Journal heats from Ber
lin that the Princess Charlotte of
Saxe Melnlngen a sister of Emperor
William who has been ill for some
time is Buffering from cancer and
that the verdict of the physicians cre
ated consternation m the German
cout and had a bad effect On the re
covery of the emperor
The house passed without division
the pension appropriation bill carry
ing 138150100 While the bill was
junder consideration there was a gen
eral discussion on Panama rural free
delivery tariff and pensions speeches
being made by Messrs Scott rep
Kas Miers dem Ind Sims dem
Tenn and Burgess dem Texas
The Shanghai correspondent of th
London Daily Telegraph says that ac
cording to the mandarins the Peking
government has again warned the
provincial authorities to prepare for
Immediate hostilities owing to the of
fensive action taken by Russia and
her allies regarding far eastern af
fairs
Mrs H H McKay Wilson whose
residence 4208 Westminster Place is
in the heart of the fashionable sec
tion of St Louis was painfully and
dangerously burned about the hands
while trying to rescue her servant
tAnnie Crete wio died in terrible
fegony from the effects of fire that Ig
bited her clothing
At Lamont Fla Constable Jerry
Poppell was shot and killed by Chas
Miller a turpentine hand whom he
was trying to arrest Miller tried to
escape but was shot by Woods a
rider attached to the camp and was
taken to Monticello for safe keeping
Word has been received at the navy
department of the arrival at Honolulu
of the battleships Kentucky Wiscon
sin and Oregon and the cruisers New
Orleans Albany Cincinnati Raleigh
Tanshan and Pompey It is not known
how long the fleet will remain at Hon
olulu
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RECORD OF WOOD
8ECRETARY ROOT WRITES TO
8ENATOR PROCTOR
FAVORS THE YOUHGER GENERALS
Where Rule of Seniority Prevails Mil
itary System Must Be Weak Sound
Reasons President Should Follow in
Making Military Appointments
WASHINGTON The letter of Sec
retary Root to Senator Proctor acting
chairman of the committee on mili
tary affairs dated November 18 last
giving a resume of the military rec
ord of General Leonard Wood and
stating the chief considerations which
ted to his nomination as a major gen
eral was made public Sunday After
quoting from remarks commendatory
to General Wood made by General
Miles Lawton Graham and Forsythe
tfie letter recites that upon these and
similar evidences of fitness President
McKinley appointed Captain Wood
colonel of the First volunteer cav
alry in May 1898 The secretary also
quotes from the commendations of
Generals Young Wheeler Sumner and
Shafter on General Woods conduct in
the Santiago campaign and says Gen
eral Woods appointment as command
er of the Santiago province appears
to have been based upon a statement
made by General Shafter in a dis
patch to the department in which he
said he thought General Wood by far
the best man to leave in command of
Santiago
The secretary reviews General
Woods subsequent military career
saying in this connection
The high estimate put by the sec
retary of war upon General Woods
services as military governor is shown
in the published orders of the war
department referring to the general
orders of March 25 1903 and July 4
1902 which have heretofore been pub
lished The secretary adds that the
opinions expressed In those orders
also were the opinions of both presi
dents under which the service was
rendered saying
Upon a review of General Woods
entire military record I think it fair
to say that no officer in the Amer
can army below the grade of major
general has held more important com
mands rendered more distinguished
service or demonstrated to a higher
degree the possession of the qualities
which fit a man to render valuable
service to the country as a major gen
eral
Speaking of the principles of
which he says sound political reason
requires the president to follow in
making appointments the secretaii
says
The law which recognizes seniority
alone as the title to promotions up
to the grade of colonel abandons that
rule when it deals with general offi
cers and imposes upon the president
the duty of selecting the best men
for generals without expressing any
limitation upon the class from which
he is to make the selection
The secretary adds that when such
a selection is to be made two differ
ent considerations always present
themselves to the appointing mind
one a desire to reward long and mer
itorious service the other to secure
the bast possible man
Crown Prince is Punished
BERLIN Crown Prince William
Frederick was required by his moth
er to remain in his room for three
days for having raceda steeple chase
against the emperors wish The race
took place near Potsdam three or
four weeks ago The crown prince is
a venturesome rider and had been
reprimanded by the emperor for rid
ing up the steps of the Sans Souci
palace at the head of the Second com
pany of the First regiment of the
guards of which he was recently ap
Tuards
To Cut Price of Soft Coal
CLEVELAND O A meeting of soft
coal operators was in session here to
discuss trade conditions generally
There is very likely to be a cut in the
selling price of coal especially in
grades used by manufacturers
How Alliance is Delayed
LONDON The Dally Mails Pe
king correspondent declares that a few
Manchuria nobles who are under Rus
sian influences are delaying the con
clusion of an alliance between China
and Japan
Iowa Judgeship Unsettled
WASHINGTON The Iowa delega
tion in congress met to consider the
judgeship contest for the northern
Iowa feaeral district but adjourned
until after the holidays without tak
ing any ballot
Find of Gold in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE Wis A special from
Menominee Wis says Gold ore has
been discovered on a farm near the
town of Lucas Dunn county near
this city mat assays 145 to the ton
American Nurses in Event of War
TOKIO The situation here is more
favorable than on Thursday The let
ter of Mrs Anita Newcomb McGee
president of the Association of Spanish-American
War Nurses offering to
Ihe government of Japan through the
Tapanese minister at Washington the
services of trained nurses in the
event of war with Russia has pro
duced an excellent impression and is
warmly appreciated as a mark of
traditional American friendship for
Japan
RUSSIA IS DEFIANT
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London Hears a Report that Causes
Anxiety in Well Informed ircles
LONDON Reuters Telegram com
pany has learned that considerable an
xiety exists in the best informed cir
cles of London regarding the possible
outcome of the situation In the far
east Fears are J is said expressed
that the Russian government may
have overstepped the bounds which
would make the continuation of peace
ful negotiations with Japan possible It
may be regarded as quite certain it as
serts that Japan will not accept the
princlbles of the last Russian note
which Is at variance with Japans main
contention and that Japans reply
must necessarily be cast in this sense
Apart from the delicate state of the
negotiations between the two nations
Reuter says it is also known that Rus
sia Is assuming a more defiant attitude
and the outlook may be regarded as
more gloomy than it hitherto has been
although it cannot be said that the re
sources of diplomacy have been com
pletely exhausted
The statement concludes by saying
that there is as yet no actual news of
fresh developments and that no ultim
atum has been sent by Japan to
Russia
SEND WARSHIPS TO TURKEY
United States Will Make Show of
Force at Alexandretta
WASHINGTON As a result of
Minister Leishmans advices respect
ing the Alexandretta affair the state
department has requested the navy
department to place a warship at the
disposal of Consul Davis now at Bey
root upon which he might return to
Alexandretta at his pleasure The
navy department accordingly cabled
instructions to Admiral Cotton on
board the flagship Brooklyn at Alex
andria Egypt to place a vessel at tho
disposal of Mr Davis It is believed
the Brooklyn will be selected It is
left to the consul to arrange the
terms of his reception
Although Rear Admiral Cotton was
not instructed specifically to take the
consul back to his post under escort
of a squadron it will not be in oppo
sition to the navy departments wishes
if both the flagship Brooklyn and the
San Francisco proceed to Alexan
dretta on the expedition It is felt
in view of the indignities heaped upon
the consul the return with two war
ships will be more salutary than ii
one ship accompanied him
HEARS UNION PACIFIC CASE
Charged With Giving Preferential
Grain Rate
WASHINGTON The interstate
commerce commission Tuesday gave
a hearing in the case of the Union Pa
cific railroad charged with giving
preferential rates to Peavey Co
who operate eleyators at a number of
western points including Kansas City
and Council Bluffs
John N Baldwin of Council Bluffs
represented the Union Pacific aud
contended that there was no dis
crimination in rates and that its al
lowances are not excessive He said
there was an agreement with the
Peavey company through the Midland
Elevator company at Kansas City
and the Omaha Elevator company at
Council Bluffs under which the Un
ion Pacific pays the elevator compan
ies 1 cents per 100 pounds for hand
ling grain which passes through those
elevators
HOLD MID WINTER MEETING
Good Roards Congress January 28
and 29
CHICAGO DLL W H Moore
president of the National Good Roads
association and Colonel A S Mann
of Florida met in Chicago Monday
and arranged to hold the mid winter
good roads meeting1 of the association
at Ormonde Beach Florida January
28 and 29 in connection with the au
tomobile races at that place The
two events will be followed by simi
lar meetings in the north
At the St Louis Worlds Fair au
tomobile races will be held by the Na
tional Good Roads congress at which
time all civilized countries will be in
vited by the state department at
Washington to send delegates
Three Schooners go Ashore
ST JOHNS During a fierce bliz
zard on Sunday the schooner Susan
was driven ashore off St Johns Its
crew after twelve hours in an open
boat made port this morning badly
frost bitten The schooner Mary Ellen
went ashore at Trepassay The crew
clung to the rocks all night and suffer
ed terribly from exposure The
schooner Fashoda went ashore at
Greens pond The crew escaped It
is feared that the schooner Dictator
has foundered with its crew
Not to Employ Russians
LoNDON The Daily Mails Tokio
correspondent says that the Korean
foreign office denies the reported
agreement to employ Russian officers
in the Korean army
Marines Find Good Camp
WASHINGTON In a cablegram
from Rear Admiral Coghlan com
manding the naval force in Atlantic
Isthmian waters which reached the
navy department Thursday night the
landing of the battalion of marines
from the Prairie at Grogon is report
ed The battalion will go into camp
at that place the medical officers hav
ing reported that the health condi
tions there are fully satisfactory Gor
gon is some distance above the sea
1 and comparatively healthy
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FOR LAND FRAUDS
REPUTED HEAD OF CONSPIRACY
TAKEN IN CHARGE
OPERATED OK A LARGE SCALE
John A Benson of San Frsncisco Ac
cused of Bribing Officers of the Gov
ernment on His Present Trip to the
National Capital
WASHINGTON John A Benson a
wealthy San Francisco real estate op
erator charged by the Interior depart
ment with being the head of the alleg
ed land frauds extending over a num
ber of western states and territories
to which Secretary Hitchcock referred
vigorously and at length in his annual
report was arrested here at the Wll
lard hotel by Secret Service Officer
John A Burns just as he was prepar
ing to leave the city for New York
The charge on which the arrest was
made was bribery it being alleged in
the affidavit of Mr Burns and In the
warrant that Benson had paid 500 to
Woodford D Harlan formerly chief of
the special service division of the gen
eral land office and now a clerk in that
office on March 15th of this year for
the purpose of extracting from him in
formation regarding the investigation
of his operations at that time being
made by the land office
The warrant was issued by United
States Commissioner Anson S Taylor
and as soon as Benson had been ap
prehended by Officer Burns he was
taken before Commissioner Taylor Ho
wished to have a preliminary hearing
of his case postponed and the date for
such hearing was fixed for December
30th He gave bail for his appearance
on that date when the government at
torneys will ask to have him held for
the grand jury
A statement was made by an officer
of the government that the Informa
tion obtained in regard to the alleged
conspiracy implicates a number of per
sons at present employed in the Inter
ion department at Washington and
elsewhere
Numerous arrests are expected to
follow that of Benson in short order
and some employes who may not be
arrested will be dismissed from the
service It is said that Secretary
Hitchcock and the special attorneys in
the case have considered it absolutely
necessary to the working out of the
case that no action be taken with re
ference to the other alleged offenders
until the principals in the case had
been apprehended
The government attorneys Mr Ar
thur B Pugh who has been the special
attorney for the Interior department
on the land frauds and Mr Oliver Pa
gin assistant attorney of the Depart
ment of Justice who has also been
ployed on the case stated in asking
for a large bail bond for Benson that
he had been guilty of bribery during
his present visit to Washington since
last Monday and in the Interior de
partment itself notwithstanding that
he was aware that his connection with
the alleged frauds was fully known by
the Interior department
The statement was made later that
Secretary Hitchcock was so incensed
at the flagrancy of this offense that he
told the officers to have Benson arrest
ed at once although it had not been
planned to have him arrested at this
time
FREMONT GETS THE CANAL
The Canal Board of Arbitration Se
lects that City
NEW ORK The board of arbitra
tion consisting of T W Klowman of
the John F Kelley Engineering com
pany New York and George H Kim
ball the well known western engi
neering expert met here Monday and
decided to make an award In favor
of the Fremont Canal and Power com
pany which concern will build a large
hydraulic plant for the purpose of
generating electric energy for light
traction and general power purposes
in and around Omaha Lincoln Co
lumbus x remont and several other
cities in Nebraska and Council Bluff3
Iowa
The Fremont proposition was con
sidered more feasible than the one
submitted by the Nebraska Central Ir
rigation company which concern pro
posed to build a big plant at Colum
bus
Wreck of the Discovery Found
SEATTLE Wash A special dis
patch from Juneau says that the
wreck of the steamer Discovery has
been found An Indian from Cross
Sound found the wreck and brought
the news to Juneau The revenue
cutter Rush has gone to the scene
taking the Indian as a guide
Mro Wood Sails for Manila
NEW YORK By special permission
of the war department Mrs Wood
the wife of General Leonard Wood
and her 3-year-old son will sail on
the transport Kilpatrick which leaves
this port for Manila carrying the Sec
ond United States cavalry
Chicago Gets National Convention
WASHINGTON The republican na
tional convention will be held in Chi
cago beginning at noon June 21 1904
the republican national committee
reaching this conclusion Pittsburg
and St Louis were rivals of Chicago
for the convention Each city was
well represented in oratory before the
committee and each also had cash of
fers to make Pittsburg offered 100
000 Chicago 75000 and a hall and St
Louis 40000 and a hall The vote
43 for Chicago 7 for Pittsburg
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NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
NEWSY STATE DRIEFS
The Salvation Army of Beatrice
will give a Christmas dinndr to the
poor
E G Glenn Omaha 50 years of
age dropped dead while blacking a
stove
Lawyers of Omaha are moving in
te matter of getting better men on
the juries
The Salvation Army of Fremont
will give a dinner to the poor on
Christmas
Mrs Nancy Palmerton an old resi
dent of Beatrice has been adjudged
insane and ordered sent to the insane
asylum
Congressman Norris has recom
mended the appointment of Oren B
Ballard as postmaster at Ive3 Dundf
county vice J B Burk resigned
At South Omaha J W Nipe shot
and seriously wounded Thomas Kirk
because the latter refused to pay for
a sandwich which he claimed not to
have ordered
Farmers of Lancaster county will
boldly oppose the meat trust accord
ing to present plans A meeting will
be held to organize an offensive alli
ance The call is signed by J G
Quinn
Word arrived at Table Rock of tho
death of Mrs Maggie Smith who dk 9
in the Hastings asylum She had
been in the asylum for many months
and had passed her allotted three
score and ten years
A Bohemian farmer living near Sny
der is slad to be alive The local
freight running between Cornlea and
Scribner jammed into his buggy and
tcsk off the wheels nearly making
a deai one of the farmer
Attorney O Hanlon secured a judg
ment of 2000 against the Fremont
Elkhorn and Minneapolis and Omaha
railroads in favor of Mrs Lais Jen
sen whose husband a section fore
man was killed near Kennard by an
Omaha train running as a special on
the Fremont road
At 2 oclock in the morning Louis
G Sack a farmer living lour and
one half miles northwest of Eagle
discovered his bam was on fire His
two barns and contents are a total
loss besides ail of his hay oats and
corn harness and farm implements
Mis horses were all saved by hard
work
Fifteen acres of land lying close to
the village of Snyder were sold for
the uniform price of 100 per acre
The transfer was from Mrs Matilda
Molle executor for the estate of Fred
erick Molle deceased to Carl Bars
and Robert Peltzer who own and op
erate the brick yard property in that
place
Uarl Klumb living near Stockham
Hamilton county attempted to com
mit suicide by shooting himself
through the head over the right eye
Shortly after the shock of the wound
he arose and went into the house
and medical aid v as immediately
summoneo Motive for the deed is
unknown
W F Porter of Central City for
merly secretary of state has been at
St Paul endeavoring to interest St
Paul business men in a canning fac
tory proposition His plan contem
plates the investment of about 10000
of local capital in a stock compar
and it s said to have met with con
siderable favor
Washington dispatcn Congressman
Kinkaid introduced a bill to restore
certain rights to settlers on the Fort
Randall military reservation in Boyd
county The settlers not only had to
pay for the lands but also to comply
with the homestead laws Judge Kin
kaid recommended the reappointment
of L H Jewett as postmaster at Bro
ken Bow Neb
H H Aultes a prominenc Stanton
county farmer died last week
The supreme court has decided that
ex Register of Deeds Holm did not
have to pay back money received as
fees for looking up the names of sign
ers of saloon licenses to see if they
were freeholders The court said A
county officer is not required to ac
count for or pay over to his county
money received by him in payment
of services performed for another by
private agreement which are no part
of the duties of his office and which
are not incompatible with and are not
included within his official duties
A recent number of the University
of Chicago paper conveys the infor
mation that C C North who repre
sented Ne raska in the Missouri de
bate in 1902 has been selected as
one of the contestants in the Chicago
Northwestern debate for the cham
pionship of the Western Debate
league Mr North graduated from the
Nebraska university in 1902 and at
tended Yale Divinity school for a year
and this year went to the Chicago
Divinity school Prof Chandler head
of the department at Chicago speaks
very highly of Mr Norths ability and
hio training in debate
The furniture and light fixtures for
the new Carnegie library building at
Beatrice have not - -rived although
the time limit specified in the con
tracts expired some time ago Vvith
the exception of the installation of
these fixtures the building is ready for
occupancy
Forrest Marston accused of swin
dling farmers in various parts of the
state out of insurance premiums will
not preach in Kearney county Hi
made the date all right but the sheriff
caught him at Fairbury and he will be
taken to Elmwood for trial
WAR ON COYOTES
Club Organized In Custer County to
Exterminate Them
CALLAWAY A move is on foot to
organize a county coyote club in this
county each precinct In the county
to have a club of Its own and oil to
work to gether over the county For
many months the coyotes have Tjeen
raiding the chicken yards the pig
pens rnd In several instances have
killed and devoured sheep and calves
and it is proposed that these clubs bo
organized and on a certain day each
week during the winter months a gen
eral round up will be made with the
determination of exterminating these
pests The animals are more numer
ous than they have been for years
and as there is now no bounty on
them but little effort has been made
to kill them off Their hideous howl
may be heard in every direction as
soon as the sun goes down and is kept
up during the entire night
The move has been started for the
organization of the clubs and it is
thought that by each precinct having
an organization of its own and elect
ing its officers and holding regular
weekly round ups hundreds of coy
otes can be captured and killed
WOMAN KILLED BY CARS
Buggy Struck by B M Passenger
Train
AURORA A terrible accident oc
curred at the city Hmts of Aurora
Mrs Alex Wilson and Miss Ethel her
daughter 19 years of age whose home
is four miles southwest of Aurora
were on their way to the city to do
some trading when they were struck
by B M passenger train No 42
at the crossing west of the round
house Mrs Wilsons neck was brok
en resulting in immediate death The
daughter received serious injuries in
cluding a broken leg and bruised head
but so far as can now be told It Is
thought she will recover The horse
they were driving was instantly kill
ed The buggy was carried on the
pilot of the engine until the train
was stopped The supposition is that
the victims of the frightful tragedy
were watching freight train No 45
which was about to pull out of the
yards and failed to see the fast train
until it was too late The husband
and father is one of the oldest set
tlers of this community
For Primary Teachers
The primary teachers of the state
are especially favored this year in
having the promise of Miss Conner
supervisor of primary work Omaha
public schools to be present and ad
dress them at the state teachers
meeting Mies Cooper attended the
public schools of Oswego N Y and
graduated from the state normal
school at that place in 1885 In this
school she received special prepara
tion for the work she has since done
so successfully that of training and
fitting prospective and beginning
teachers for their work
Boy Hurt by Cars
NSHAWKA Claude Johnson a boy
about 14 years old was swinging on
the side of a freight car while switch
ing was being done As the car ran
by the stock yards the boy was knock
ed off by the cattle chute and a cou
ple of gashes cut in the back of his
head another five inches long acros
his forehead and his right hand was
completely severed from his am
Has Smallpox Scare
GENEVA This county is having a
smallpox scaro and a board of health
just organized sent out a number of
quarantine cams
Adjudged Insane
BASSETT John L Gordon aged
twenty seven of Kirkwood precinct
was brought before the insanity board
here and adjudged of unsound mind
He was taken to Lincoln by Sheriff
Smith Mr Gordon disappeared last
summer for several months an
though strict search was made by
relatives he could not be found In
August he reappeared at his old
home Hopes are entertained that
medical treatment will restore his
mind
Prizes to Be Given
Two prize- aggregating 60 will be
given to Nebraska debaters this year
if they win from Kansas and Wash
inton universities Chancellor An
drews has offered a prize of 30 for
one of the teams if it wins This will
be known as the chancellors prize
The prize will be shared equally by
the speakers To the other team if
it wins will go a prize of -0 also
shared equally known as the uni
versity prize Where this prize
comes from nas not yet been given
out
Killed by a FalJ
LINWOOD A serious accident
oc
curred one mile east of here whereby
Joseph Polifka aged 28 lost his life
He has been working for L C Sedi
licky for two years They were haul
ing hay Sedlicky being about twent
rods ahead oi him on another load
The hay began to slip and Polifksi
called to Mr Sedlicky who stoppe
his team and got off his wagon but
could not see Poifka so he went back
to the wagon Polifka was lying be
side tha hay ded his skull crushed
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