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POSTAL SI.JORTAGE
FOR , THE YEAR IT AMOUNTS TO
$8,579,492. , .
ANNUAL REPORT OF CONDITIONS
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I ReceIpts of the Service $143,582,624 :
Expenditures $152,362,116 - New
Plan of CompensatIon of Fourth
Class Postmasters.
'VASIIINGTOl'-'l'he annual report )
of the auditor for the lIHtoIl1CO ( Ic-
partment shows that the Ihcu ) business .
ness transacted through the postal
and money order branches of the do-
purtlllent during the last ' 'oal' were :
Revenues of hu t postal ) service , $1-1:1 :
fi82,1i2-1 ( : oxpenditu ) cs of the postal
service , $152,83,11 f : ) ) Ii , Total /llIIounl I /
of money orders IHsued : DOllloStlP ,
$ :18:1-1 : : Ci2til : : : foreign , $37,8711,2(5. : Total } .
tnl amount / of money orders paid ) : no.
UWHtlC , $ : l8f ,100,020 / : foreign , $6.71.1 ,
8.1Ii. 'I'ho ! Iloncit In the postal ) reve
lilies thol'ofOl'o'as S,1i7J,12. ! .
Among the Ilpllla of expenditure
during the year are : Wagon service ,
$1,70CiliO I : inland mull transportation
( railroad ) , $88,515,427 : ! ; railway postal
car service , ,2Iil118 ! ; railway mall
service , $12,1011,1:10 : ; trlwRllol'lilllon 01'
foreign mails , $ 3,574,510.
On the subject of the COlllpolIsntlon
of fourth.clasH postmasters the auditor .
lor says :
"Without here entering Into n discussion -
cussion of the clnlllls of the Post ) muls-
tens of that class , I a11l satisfied that
III view of the position taken hy the
courts In relation to fraudulent cancellations .
collntlons sonic other sYRtelll of fixing \ :
their compensation should be IlIlopted
I know of uo better way than the
. . ndollllon of the same llrltwllllo to
fomth-chlHR postmasters us applies to
\letormlnutlon of the salary of Il
prcslllcntlill slmaslor-nllmcly ) , n
fixed salary based on the amount of
gross receipts ) of his omcc , with n
,1CmllY , ! by hue and imprisonment for
increasing the receipts of the o\1co ! \
by the purchase 01' sale of stamps for
commercial purposes outside of the
I1os10l\1co \ 01' Its brunches Wholesale
trade In revenue stamps Is not permitted -
ted , und there IR no reason why it
should bo permitted } In postage
stnml1s For every stalllil sold at
11ostofllces the govel'llment's representative -
sontatiyo receives its equivalent In
currency , but under the present system .
tem of compensation bused upon catt-
cellnllonR , many Instances can b13
shown whore no equivalent iR recel\
cd. The nllollllon of the plan here
suggested would destroy the motive
for fraudulent cancellations , us no re-
port of cancellations would be requir-
ed. " _
Mr. 1\lcCurty recommends that the
aife ) of the money order bo reduced
from twelve 10 three months and that
at the end of that period the holder
111uSt send the order lo the lJOslotnco
department and receive a warrant In
payment. The purpose of the proposed -
cll change Is to facilitate the closing I
of eX-110stmaslers' nccounls The average .
orago life of a money order Is only
seven and ono.half days , and therefore -
fore , It Is argued , the change would
not result In Incon\'enlonce.
Missouri Is Republican.
ST. LOUIS-With complete returns
from ninety-six counties out of 114 ,
the entire republican ticket : , with the
exception at governor , has been elected .
cd by pluralities of 150 to 260. With
all but a tow preclnct.s accounted
for , the Sixteenth congressional district .
trict has Bono republican by a plural-
Ity of 102. This result wm In all probability -
ability be only slightly changed , either
one WRY or the other , by the returns
tram the additional precincts
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State of Washington.
TACOMA , Wush.-Roosevell's plur-
aUty in the state of Washington Is
66,749 , with a few precincts not re-
ported. The plurality of Mead , repub-
1Ic&n , for governor is 5,277. .
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I RESIDENT IS 1 _ CONGRATULATED
! Messages Come so Fast that They
Cannot De Answercd.
\V ASIIING'I'ON- ! ProH/dunt / Itooso-
veIL waR overwhelmed wIth eunrratu-
nliOlHi todity ( . 'They were presented hy
' peoJf In ' rend were received -
JI1an ) ) ( ) person )
ceh'l'cl hy. mull and by 101'II'alh ) from
every state and from almost every city
In the country , 'I'hollsalllis of hole
grams already have been received and
they arc coming yet In UII undlmlnlsh-
od lIood.
IL will ho IIl1rslcal1 impossible ) for
the president and Secretary Loch to
acknowledge each message received ,
In accordance with the usual custom
Ilt the while house , hilt the proslllcnt
desires It to he understood that ho all' ,
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1lI''ell\tos Il to the fullest and expressions ) '
slonR of his friends / ) and WOIIIII be glad
11' It were possible ) personally to greet
anll thunJc every one or then
The president waR in oxhlllJOrant
' ' ' , did
spirits 'osloJ'lay ( Although ho
not retire until U late hour Tuesday
night , ho arose early and had a happy ) )
early morning ehnt with the members
of his ftunily and hIs house guests
110 reached ( the executive offices early
allll not till t \ then did ho read the morning .
Ing IJ1lH ) ) I'R. Aft or glancing over them
ho read a few of the thousands of
telegrams of congratlllation whIch
had ! been received and exam llted 111I1.
lotlns of the latest returns of the clec.
tlon Ho was advised that the republicans -
IIcans had ! carried Maryland , n meso
sage from Senator cComas nnnollnc-
tug that the result was beyond quos'
lion.
President Roosevelt has received
the following cablegram from Emperor
William :
a.us : PALMS , No\ I-PI'usldent !
Roosevelt , 'lIshlnllol1 , n. S. A , : Sincerest -
eel'cst cong1'Il1lllIlIolIH , flay heaven
I\'e ' ' ' ' , 'I'tltnrl ( hone
give you I1l'ospel'lt 11I1111 titled -
\ 111Ccllx fU\lHhnnquo sit populo \mcr1-
cano ,
( Signed ) WILLIAM I. n
A free translation of the Latin In
the above cablegram Is as follows :
1\lay your good ! administration ho
happy ) und prosperous ) t.o the Amen ! ,
can peoillo
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PENNSYLVANIA.
PlIILADI LPIIIA- ) HlImates from
the entire slate give Roosevelt a plurality ) .
rallty In Pennsylvania of between
WOOOO : and 400,000. In Philadelphia
Hooso\'eU's plurality will exceed 17G-
000.
Rooso'elt's'ote In Pennsylvania
far exceeds the cXlectatlon' ) the republican '
publican 'managers There ! Is a heavy
falling off In the democratic vote allover
' the slate. The ' '
over republicans have
elected m : of the :12 : congressmen ,
carrying all of the doubtful dlstl'lctR.
They have also elected 25 of the 211
candidates for the state senate and
about 175 of the 204 members of the
house of reJI'esontntlves. ) 1'hls Iu-
smes the election or P. C. Knox of
Plllsburg , the appointee of Governor
PennnmclcOl" ns senator to s\lcceol
the late l\I. S. Qunr. The republicans
have also elected John P. Elleln state
supreme ) court judge , and four.fifth3
of tholr candidates for common pleas
judges and all of their nomInees for
associate jud es.
JOHN HAY WILL STAY.
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Secretary of State to Remain During
Roosevelt's Second Term.
WASHINGTON-President Roosevelt .
\'olt. made the announcement that
John hay would continue as secretary
of state during the four years beginning .
ning March 1. 1905.
"You mar state positively , " were
his words , "that 1'11' hay will continua
ns secretary of state up 10 March 4.
1909. "
The president was asked regarding
other possible cabinet changes , but indicated .
tllcatod that there was nothing to he
said at present. His announcement
regarding Secretary Hay was made tea
a number of newspaper reporters in ,
hIs office. This fixes the most Impor-
tnnt place In the new cabinet , and Is
the first and only step 80 far taken In
that dlreclion.
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[ - -NEWS- NEBRASKA ' - i t 'H ' ,
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THE STATE AT LARGE.
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The republican majority In the leg.
Islntlll'c , it Is said , will ho 110.
Mrs , D. C. l\llu'shulI , It prominent )
woman of Arlington , died last weolt
Theodore Johnson , n to-year-old !
boy of Lincoln , is under arrest for
forgery.
'rho Northwestern running through
northern Nebraska , will extend Its
line lo Casper / , 'Y 'omlng.
Plans are being perfected for an immense .
menso grain elevator nt Oml1ha Its
capacity will he 100,000 hushels.
'Peter Krugol' Nelson , a well known
resident of Blair township ) fell Into a
ditch near the town hall and suffered
a compound fracture of the Imee The
ditch was seven feet deep and the In-
jury Is serious.
Webster Sutherland who was
hurled In Schl' ler last week . was
killed ! In Oklahomu. In a dll\1cmlty \
that ho was trying 10 pacify ho was
shot , whether accidentally or otherwise -
wise Is not Imown
L. D. SlIlIman , lhe. York county '
farmct's' Institute lecturer , has con-
clllded his work at St. . Louis 'Yorld's
fair , where ho hall chDr > e of the Nebraska .
hraska dairy exhibit , which was inspected -
spected and hIghly ompllmented.
The state dental hoard met and issued .
sued cCl'UfiealeR 10 the following :
Joseph 11. Moroau , Gage count ; C. G.
Manlovo , Douglas county : Joseph W.
Belser , Cass county ; Shelby A. Seal ,
Hluchlson county , Kansas ; W. J. Gal-
hralth , Suffolk county , Virginia : .1. E
Hawthorne , Dawson county : J. ID
Buckley , Douglas : T. A. Mam)1hrey ,
Fillmore county.
n merry fight has been waged In
Holt county for sometime \ on n. prop-
oslUon to divide Holt county on a line
directly In the center , running north
and south , and 10 name the west half
Meadow county , and then 10 cut off
twenty-four mills square ) In the southeast -
south-I
I east corner , to be named Elkhorn
count ' . The voters at the recent elec-
UOl ! decIded against the Ilroposillon
Frank Todd , one of the men con-
fined In the county jail at Nebraska
Cit ! ' , on a charge of attempting to rob
the bank at Palmyra made an unsuccessful -
cessful attempt 10 escalie lIe has I
been confined in the steel cell and :
broke a heavy chair that was In his
cell and with the pIeces managed 10
break alIen a small door in the main
cell (1001 When discovered he was
working on the coil door locle.
SuIt for damages amounting to
$5,000 has been filed against the city
of LIncoln by Margaret E , Stewart.
Last September she fell over some
skids , which were obstructing the
sidewalk near Nineteenth and 0
streets , one night and broke her arm
at the olbow. She claIms that the
skids were placed there hy the con-
sent of the city of LIncoln and were
negligently allowed to remain.
The Burlington railroad Is sun op-
posed to the workings of the new
revenue law as Interpreted hy the
taxing aulhorlteB of York county. Tax
Commissioner Pollard of the Burlington -
ton tendered n payment of tllf' ! " road'R
taxes to the treasurer or Yorl c county .
ty , a sum that he thought was about
right , but whIch did not amount lo
what had been assessed against the
road. The treasurer refused to accept .
cept the tender and It Is supposed a
suIt will he slnrted.
The Burlington & Missouri railroad ,
by Its representative , called upon the
county treasurer of Butler county for
the purpose of tendering to hIm the
amount of Its taxes less $2,581.57 ,
which the railroad company refuses
to pay on account of alleged excessive
valuation of Its property In that coun-
ty. The company made a lender oC
the money 10 the treasurer of the
amount It was willing 10 pay , with the
assurance that It this amount Is not
accepted the matter wIll \ be taken to
the supreme courl. I
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FREE RIDE FOR SAVING A TRAIN
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Trainmen Also Contribute Small Sum
. In Cash to Tramp Hero. I
HASTINGS-Chal'ltahly disposed
persons ) In Hasting ! : ! raised a small collection .
loctlon for 1\ luau who , according 10 . . L- 1
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h/slory / , had saved the fat Chicago-
Douvel' passenger train au the Burlington '
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Ingtou from n haul wreck and had
been rewarded by the railroad cons- 1
parry with It free ride for a few miles
'rho man was In destitute circumstances '
stances and was on his way from Sutton - { j
Ion to Grand Island , where he llopetl Ito
10 enter 11 charitable insUtutlon As I
he was wnllln along the Burlington , t
tracks two miles cast of Saronvmo !
ho saw a brolcon 1'1111. The fast Citi- 1
cago.Den\'er passenger ' ! was overdue ! ,
and the man conjectured that shoud t
the lraln run over the broken ran n.
wreck would ho probable. Ho retraced - '
traced hs ! steps eastward Iwd flagged
and halted the train a few rods from :
the defective rail Section men were
sent for , who repaired the breach and t
the train proceeded. He was taken '
aboat'tl and brought to this cIty and I'
! provided with transportation to Grand ,
Island. 'Ho showed the transportation . "
lion 10 many Ieollle ) here In confirma- \
Uon of his story and was totnt In protesting . .
testing that a collection taken aboard ' , ;
the traits hall amounted 10 only $1.50 , { t
given by the trainmen , Some believed . 1
\loved \ his tale IUlll another collection
was taken here which netted him
$15,10 anti sent him on his way re- :
jolclng. :
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INDIAN LAND TROUBLE. ! ,
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Various Rulings Made and Law Suit !
Likely. : :
mOLDT-Once more the little I' '
tract of Indian land near Preston has
sprung ) Into prominence and a second i
effort Is to 110 made to land It. This
: Is tine piece \Ipon which Dr. Wells recently - t
cenOy Sled homestead papers claitn-
lug that it had never heon taken up . . . .
and was open for set.tlement. Later
it will ! be remembered an Indian agent
came tin from Kansas and informed
the parties Interested that the land
belonged to the Indians and ) was not
to ho considered a part of the reservation -
vatton thrown open 10 homesteaders
many years ngo As the strip c'mn- I
talne about twenty acres , the marlcet I
value of which was nearly $100 p:1' : '
acre , the doctor released his claIm j
reluctantly and now it Is understood
other parties have Information direct
from the department of the InterIor
to the effect that the ruling of the
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Indian agent Is wrong , that the land ,
belongs 10 the government and is open
10 homestead entry , although why ' It . _ _ _ ;
has been overlooleed all these years "T
remaIns something or a m 'ster ' . '
James Powell , another resident or
Falls City , at once med on the piece
and announces his Intention or moving
upon It and holdin It despite the
claims of the agent.
Polk County Farm Sells Well. . . "
OSCEOI..A-Colonel Henry C.
Hughes , who came into this county- ' I
quite n. number of years ago and settled " . (
lIed down In the sand hms of Platte ,
valley and whose land had been assessed . :
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sesRed at about $2,50 an acre before ,
the new revenue law went Into opera- \ ,
tlon , hag just sold hIs qUlrter.sectlon J
and receIved for It the nice little sum , .
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of $10,000. . . { \
, Capture Alleged Forger. ' . y r
BEA'l'IUCE-Peler Kuhn , wanted \
I here on a charge of forgery , waR arrested - ]
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rested at Kansas City. Sheriff Trude :
left for that place after his man- Kuhn '
came 10 Beatrice recently tram Den-
ver and after passing a number of
forKed checks on the business men
of BeatrIce , he disappeared The officers -
cers have been hot on his trail ever
since his departure. -
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