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OCCURRENCES THEREIN
FOR A WEEK
MACHiraSTS STRIKE
ACTION IN CHICAGO LIKELY TO
MAKE IT GENERAL
Great Plants with Output of Mill
ions to Be Shut Down Will In
volve Some 100000 Men Effort to
Conic to an Understanding Futile
Chicago After the conference between
representatives of the International Ma
chinists Association and the administra
tive council of the National Metal Trades
Association ended at 130 a m on the 18th
inst President OConnell of the union
-declared that strikes would be called im
mediately in all parts of the United States
-and Canada Such strikes would involve
100000 men and cause to be shut down for
an indefinite period plants having an ag
gregate output of millions of dollars
Chicago labor troubles are responsible
ifor the disagreement which is expected to
precipitate the general machinists strike
Were it not for the fact that leaders of the
anachinists union refused to call off the
J J strikes that now exist in Chicago
nus Ohio and Patterson x J the man
ufacturers and the leaders it is believed
would have come to an amicable agree-
anenfcand arbitration would have beenper
ananently established between the National
Metal Trades Association and the Interna
tional Association of Machinists
Thfr members of the executive board of
-machinists union however refused to
oall off the Chicago strike as they de-
iclared that if they did the Chicago union
would secede from the international union
When the refusal of the machinists to
fl f end the strike was presented to the man-
Jufncturcrsthey issued an ultimatum to the
ilabor leaders and on their refusal to agree
rfto its provisions all negotiations were
Jjrokeu off
Before leaving the rooms in which the
joint conterence was held President James
OConnell of the International Union de-
dared that the union will begin at once to
call strikes in ail parts of the country The
j ffirst of these strikes will be calledin
Oliio After all the large cities have
ibecn tied up strikes will be called in the
-machine shops of all the railroads in the
1 - country The joint conference which
commenced at 2 oclock Saturday after-
moon and did not end until 130 a m Sun-
day morning was held at the Grand Pa-
cific Hotel
There were present representing the
Machinists Union President James
- OConnell Washington Organizer Stuart
Jteed Toledo Hugh Doran Chicago A
I W Holmes Buffalo P J Conlin Sioux
tCity and J J Connolly Boston Manu-
aacturers were present from Erie Pa New
York Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago
Boston Detroit Quincy 111 Milwaukee
ana Brooklyn
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jResuIt of Accident on Elevated
Railway in New York
New York Nine persons were injured
early Monday morning m an accident to a
Ninth Avenue elevated railway car near
Rector Street Five of the nine are severe
ly injured and one offthese David A
Findley is suffering from a fracture of the
iskull
The train had passed the Battery Place
station at the -usual speed and was ap
proaching the coaling station In an un
explained fashion although the coalman
says that it was through the vibration
caused by the approaching train the coal
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chute dropped down almost at the moment
tthe train reached the station The chute
struck the roof of the cab and tore it off
at the same time throwing down Engineer
Barlow and Fireman Hutchings to the
Jloor of the cab Barlows hand was on
Abe throttle at the moment of the collision
and as he fell his hand turned on the
vjresstire still more and the engine dashed
- ahead at full speed up the tracks stopping
-only when it had reached Barclay Street
because of the exhaustion of the steam
JMeanwhile the chute had wrecked the roofs
of the two passenger cars and the dozen
passengers in the cars were thrown in
-every direction
DEPENDED ON UNITED STATES
Transvaal Republics Pleased -with
American Reply
London The correspondent of the
Times at Lorenzo Marquez telegraphing
amder date of March 10 says
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State Secretary Reilz of the Transvaal
in the course of an interview has saidpiat
the Transvaal government considers the
American reply highly satisfactory and
lie believes the United States will bring
such pressure to bear as will result in a
-settlement agreeable to the people of the
two republics
While admitting the seriousness of the
situation Mr Reitz says he is convicted
that the burghers of both republics will
enthusiastically defend the independence
of the Transvaal to the last
Banker Magil Sent to Prison
Chicago George Magil former presi
dent of the Avenue Savings Bank which
collapsed in August 1895 has been con
victed of receiving deposits knowing the
institution was in an insolvent condition
smd sentenced to the penitentiary for an
indefinite term
Victim of Missouri Pacific Wreck
Kansas City Mrs Sallie Balk of Cin
cinnati died at the hospital on the 15th
inst of injuries received in the Missouri
Pacific wreck near Independence Mo on
Feb 27 Mrs Balk is the fifth victim of
the collision
Ficbctt Found Kot Guilty
Bacine Wis The jury in the case of
the state against Henry Firbett charged
with assault with intent to kill Rev David
B Cheney rendered a verdict of not
guilty after being out an hour
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TRUTH IS IN JAIL
New York Healer Charged with
UsirEff Mails to Defraud
New York Francis Truth head of the
divine healing society which bears his
name and whose advertisements Lave been
spread all over the country has been ar
rested charged with using the mails for
fraudulent purposes The prisoner was
locked up A large amount of mail mat
ter was seized by the officers and after
Truth had been taken away a thorough
search of the premises was instituted
The place was elaborately fitted up On
one floor in one room there were at work
twenty tbrea girls typewriters and copy
ists whose wages are said to have ranged
from 3 to 8 per week In the next room
there was a printing press which turned
out circulars and the magazine the Divine
Healer Across the hall which was richly
furnished are tlie parlors used by Truth
and his wife They are all elaborately
furnished
The warrant Tor Truths arrest was is
sued at the solicitation or the district at
torneys office It charges that by means
of his representations lie secured many
paying members of the association to
which he gave what he called his absent
treatment The blanks for these absent
treatments called for a first payment of
5 for one months treatment Truth has
been conducting the establishment for
about six months It is said that Truth
belongs in California It is said that the
business has brought him in S0003 a
week regularly
SYMPATHIZE WITH STUDENTS
Citizens Uphold Boys Who Raised
Black Flag in Protest
South Bend Ind The raising of the
black flag by students of the South Bend
lligh School in remonstrance to holding
Saturday sessions has brought a majority
of South Bends citizens into the case
Sympathy is generally with the students
So strong is the feeling against the ruling
which made it necessary for boys
and girls to attend f these sessions
that the faculty of the school has addressed
an open letter to the public stating
that the affair was caused by other rea
sons The students however deny this
and contend that the extra sessions were
held in order to make up time lost by
giving class hours to others than instruct
ors who delivered dry lectures As the
entire class of thirty five juniors is in the
plot and represents general opinion it is
not likely that any expulsions will result
UNHEALTHY IN MEXICO CITY
Death Rate Equals That of the City
of Bombay
City of Mexico The formal opening oC
the great drainage canal occurred on
Saturday last Sir Weetman Pearson
who built the canal was the honored
guest One new main drains the citys
sewer system and the main drains will
empty into the grand canal How import
ant the reformed drainage o the city is
shown by the publication of the
mortuary statistics of the City of Mexico
The deaths in 1899 were 17783 and taking
the population at a fair estimate of 400000
this shows a death rate of over 44 per 1000
about the same as that oC Bombay The
births were only 14319 and the city while
growing marvelously has been recruited
from rural Mexico Sanitarians believe
that with the new drainage system the
death rate will fall one half or to theame
rate as New York City
TO APPEAL TO MKINLCY
Taylor TFiIl Make Another Effort to
Secure Aid from President
Frankfort Ky Taylor is said to have
prepared a statement making a second
peal to McKinley John W Yerkes of
Danville and other Republican leaders were
called in conference at the executive man
sion and the paper submitted to them A
committee to be headed by Yerkes is to be
sent to Washington to lay before the presi
dent whatever message is agreed on
PORTO RICAN BILL PASSED
Appropriation Bill Goes Through
Senate Without Division
Washington After a debate at times
spirited extending oyer parts of two days
the senate March 10 passed without divis
ion the Porto Rico relief appropriation bill
As passed tlie measure carried 3005000
the president being authorized to use that
sum for public education public works
and other governmental public pur
poses in Porto Rico
WARSHIP TO CHINA
Admiral Watson Ordered to Protect
American Missionaries
Washington Secretary Long has cabled
instructions to Admiral Watson at Cavite
to send a war ship to Taku China at the
mouth of the Tieho River to look after
American missionary interests there which
are threatened
Bishop Returns from Mexico
Cheyenne Wyo Bishop Lenihan of
Cheyenne has returned from an extended
rip through Old Mexico To a reporter he
stated that in all probability Archdeacon
Koane formerly president of tlie Catholic
University at Washington will be ap
pointed to the see made vacant hy the
death of Archbishop Hennessy of Dubuquet
Iowa
Peffers Son Kills Kimself
Kansas City J Sherman Peffer son of
W A Peifer former United States sen
ator from Kansas was found dead in a
rooming house here On the bureau was
found a box that had contained morphine
and a note reading Father I dont like
to do what I am doing but I am tired
Flyer Leaves the Rails
Chicago The Chicago Denver flyer No
1 on the Burlingtonroad met with an ac
cident twenty five miles west of Ottumwa
The engine of the train and the trucks of
the first car were derailed A delay of five
hours was occasioned No person was in
jured
Woman Dies on Train
Cheyenne Wyo Mrs Isabella Kimball
of BelvidereIll formerly of Chicago en
route to Battle Mountain Nev died on
the Union Pacific train near here
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A NEW WAR CLOUD
Said France Is Making Prepara
tions for Hostilities
New York A private cablegram from
an unimpeachable sourco in Paris says
that the minister of the colonies sent
cipher cables on the 14th inst to the gov
ernor of every French colony asking al
most in the words of Mr Chamberlain to
the British colonial governors how many
soldiers were available for immediate ser
vice Decrais asked for a detailed state
ment from each governor of the number
of reservists and colonial forces lists of
officers non commissioned officers and
men
England is watching with eyes of won
der the preparations that her neighbor
is making for war Coming as it does
right after the announcement that the
autumn maneuvers will be a demonstra
tion by 200000 vmen on the English channel
it will cause the British war office and
admiralty to bestir themselves in anticipa
tion of hostilities for it really does begin
to look as if France meant war
TO GET A SPEEDY TRIAL
Men Accused of Complicity in the
Killing of Goebel
Frankfort Ky At a conference be
tween the county and district court offi
cers here it was determined to have re
turned here Secretary of State Powers
Harland Whitaker W H Culton and
Chairman Davis four alleged accessories
to the assassination oE Goebel and give
them a speedy examination and trial The
prisoners will be arraigned separately and
it is thought bail will be granted to two of
them by consent of the commonwealth
TURKEY IS ALARMED
Sultan May Kefuse to Meet the De
jtnands Made by the Czar
Constantinople There is great anxiety
in official circles here regarding the lius
sian governments refusal to modify its
demands regarding railroad Concessions in
Asia Minor The Turkish government
advises against submission and the sultan
is awaiting a military report on the strate
gical aspect of the question before giving
a decision
NOW A PRISONER
Flowers Filipino Secretary of War
Surrenders to MacArthur
Manila Flowers Aguinaldos secretary
of war has surrendered to MacArthur
Aguinaldos infant son who wassjaptured
in November and who has heen suffering
from smallpox is dead
Frenchmen Honor American Girl
Fort Wayne Ind Miss Jennie Creek of
Mill Grove a comely girl of 19 will wear
the star of the French Legion of Honor
and attend the Paris exposition as her re
ward in saving a Panhandle worlds fair
special from being wrecked Sept 10 1893
She discovered the railroad bridge near her
home on fire and taking off her red flannel
skirt flagged the swiftly approaching train
in time to avert disaster Prominent
Frenchmen were aboard and as a result
she will be the guest of the National Hu
mane Society of France at the exposition
Dreyer Sentenced to Prison
Chicago Judge Waterman refused to
grant a new trial to Banker Edward S
Dreyer former treasurer of the West Park
Board who was recently convicted of the
embezzlement of 310000 of the boards
funds and sentenced him to tne pen
itentiary
Goebcls liaw Partner Eleeted
Covington Ky In the vote of Kent
County to elect a senator tc the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator Goebel M
L Harbison Mr Goebels law partner
was eleeted by 529 majority over L L
Creasey his Republican opponent
Sheridan Goes Republican
Cheyenne Wyo The city election at
at Sheridan Wyo resulted in a clean
sweep for tlie Republican ticket Sheri
dan has been a Democratic stronghold for
years
Local Option Defeated
Columbns Ohio The Clark local option
bill was defeated in the senate 16 to 15
The bill provided for ward and city local
option
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux City Cattle common to prime
3o0460 hogs LG7180 sheep
3C0700 wlieat 52c corn 2325c oats
lS20c butter dairy 1S20 ereamerv
2224
Chicago -Cattle common to prime
300 to G0O hogs shipping grades
300 to 525 sheep fair to choice 300
to G25 wheat No 2 red Goc to GTc
com No 2 37c to 39c oats No 2 23c
to 25c rye No 2 51c to 5Gc butter
choice creamery 24c to 25c eggs fresh
13c to 15c potatoes choice 30c to 45c
per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
000 hogs choice light 300 to 525
sheep common to prime 300 to 525
wheat No 2 70c to 71c Corn No 2
white 3Gc to 37c oats No 2 white
27c to 20c
St Louis Cattle 325 to 000 hogs
300 to 500 sheep 300 to 000
wheat No 2 72c to 74c corn No 2
yellow 35c to 37c pats No 2 24c to
2Gc rye No 2 55c to 57c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to G00 hogs
300 to 525 sheep 250 to G25
wheat -No 2 73c to 75c corn No 2
mixed 39c to 41c oats No 2 mixed 25c
jto 27c rye No 2 Glc to G3c
Detroit Cattle S250 to SG00 hogs
300 to 525 sheep 300 to 525
wheat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2
yellow 3Sc to 40c oats No 2 white 27c
to 29c rye 5Sc to 60c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 71c to
73c corn No 2 mixed 3Gc to 3Sc oats
No 2 mixed 24c to 25c rye No 2 57c
to 59c clover seed old 490 to 500
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 northern
G4c to GGc corn No 3 3Gc to 3Sc oats
No 2 white 25c to 27c rye No 1 58c
to GOc barley No 2 42c to 44c pork
mess 1100 to 1150
Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers
300 to 000 hogs common to choice
325 to 525 sheep fair to choice 300
to G50 lambs common to extra 450
to 775
New York Cattle 325 to 000 hogs
300 to 550 sheep 300 to 050
wheat No 2 red 79c to 81c corn No 2
43c to 43c oats No 2 white 31c to 33c
butter creamery 20c to 2Gc eges west
ern lGc to 18c
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Another Effort to Enforce Maxi
mum Kate Law Attorney General
Claims that the Supreme Court
Decision Did Not Kill lr
When the railroads of Nebraska induced
the state hoard of transportation to rescind
the carload rate order and then secured
from Judge Munger a restraining order to
prevent the board from ordering any re
duction in live stock or any other rates
they themselves boldly reopened the rate
war and invited such retaliatory measures
as lay within the power o the state to
employ
The result is that Attorney General
Smyth who has been hard at work on tlie
matter for several da s has filed with the
clerk of the supreme court suits for heavy
damages agcinst the Union Pacific Kail
road Company the Missouri Pacifie Kail
road Company and the Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific Kailroad Company for
violations of the maximum freight rate law
of 1893 The amount for which the Union
Pacific is sued is 635000 the Missouri
Pacific for 135000 and the Rock Island
for 310000
The suit comes as a great surprise to the
state board of transportation to the rail
roads and doubtless to the public at large
who have believed the maximum rate law
to be dead and buried in consequence- of
the decision of the United States supreme
court The attorney general holds to the
contrary that the law is still operative
constitutional and valid He basis his po
sition on the ground that tlie decision of
the supreme court was expressly declared
to be binUing only on the parties to the suit
the railroads who came int court and
showed that their gross earnings under the
law would be reduced so far as to prevent
a fair return on their investment
In the event of an ultimate victory for
the state in thest suits the result would
almost inevitably bea rate war between the
railroads The Union Pacific Missouri
Pacific and Rock Island would be bound
by the maximum rate law while ether
roads notably the Burlington and the Elk
horn under the decision of the federal
supreme court would be exempt
CROWDS WITNESS UNVEILING
G A E Monument at Columbus Is
Turned Over to the City
Despite the unfavorable weather there
was a large crowd at Columbus to witness
the unveiling of the Grand Army monu
ment The procession was headed by the
Sons of Yeterans drum corps Next came
the governor and Mayor Fitzpatrick fol
lowed by the city council Baker Post
No 9 Grand Army of the Republic Com
pany K First Regiment National Guard
citizens and school children on foot Ar
rived at the park the program was gone
through consisting of patriotic addresses
and music by the band
J H Galley as chairman of the monu
ment committee officially accepted the
monument in behalf of Baker Post Post
Commander Rector then officially turned
the monument over to the city which was
accepted by Mayor Fitzpatrick Visiting
Grand Army men were there from Schuy
ler David Citjr Bellewoood Fullerton and
other towns A prominent feature of the
exercises was the raising of Old Glory
on a high staff while the band played the
Stars and Stripes The town was gaily
decorated with ilags and bunting in honor
of the occasion
BIG OMAHA FIRE
Thousands of Dollars Worth of
Property Is Destroyed
At an early hour en the morning of the
13th inst fire entirely consumed the stock
of the Omaha Tent and Rubber Company
valued at 30000 and guted the building
in which it was located The loss on the
buiWjng is 75000 Tlie buildi g is the
property of W A Paxton and is fairly
covered by insurance Tiie insurance on
the tents and rubber stock is 20000 The
stock of Schmoller Muellr dealers in
pianos is badly damaged by smoke andfire
as is also the Nebraska Seed Company
which is located in theadjoining buildings
Both stocks were very valuable but the
loss is fully covered by insurance
intruding Soldiers Shot
Cicero H Thompson proprietor of the
Owl saloon at Valentine shot Arthur
London and Austin H Millaman both
privates from Fort Niobrara Thompson
who rooms some distance from tiie saloon
was suddenly awakened early in the
morning by parties forcing an entrance
into the door when he jumped out of b
and began firing his revolver and of ti
five shots fired three entered tlie head of
London and two Millaman London was
mortally wounded
Citizes Start Phone Circuit
The McCool citizens are organizing a
local telephone company on the mutual
plan A lare number of telephones are
being subscribed for and a regular tele
phone exchange will be conducted The
cost is estimated to be about one tenth
charged subscribers by telephone com
panies
Large Barn Destroyed
The large barn on the farm of Fd
Barnett six miles northeast of Tecuniseh
was destroyed by fire recently Tiie barn
four head of horses 330 bushels of corii a
quantity of hay harness farm implements
ect were consumed The cause of the fire
is unknown Loss partly covered by insur
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Object to Theater Posters
Forty nine persons signed a petition and
presented it to Mayor Harlan of York re
questing that bill board advertising of the
Black Crook company be torn down or
draped The question caused considerable
excitement
Indian Buys Ijyons Property
L L Darling sold his residence at Lvons
for 1S0D to a full blooded 0nalii Indian
from the reservation by the name of Pro
vest who will remove his family there to
educate them
Accidental Shooting- at Stella
An accidental shooting occurred at
Howe George Cummihgs a young man
was cleaning a 22 caIiber revolver and had
the gun pointed toward his face when the
weapon was discharged The physicians
have been unable to locate the bullet
Drowned Herself in a Park
It was discovered that the woman who
drowned herself in the lake at Riverview
Park Omaha was Mrs Ida Jensen wife
of Charles Jensen assistant night yard
master in the Burlington yards and resid
ing in Phelps Street near the park
THEIR RESTING PLACES
Quartermaster Gives Information
of Fallen Soldiers
The following communication from the
war department relative to the disposition
of the remains of tlie First Nebrabka vol
unteers was received at the adjutant gen
erals office
Adjutant General Nebraska The
records ofthis office respecting those rer
ferred to by you afford tlie following in
formation John A Glover died Sept
2S 1S98 on transport Rio de Janeiro of
pneumonia and was buried at sea John
Black received at San Francisco and sent
to Perry Black 3Iillerstown Pa Wil
liam Evans received at San Francisco and
sent to D C Evans 1020 High Street
Beatrice William P Lewis received at
San Francisco on transport Hancock Feb
23 1900 instructions heretofore given for
shipment to B F Brown Osceola Neb
Frank Homer Seeley received at San
Francisco on transport Hancock Feb 23
1900 and will be interred in national
cemetery at the Presidio of San Francisco
no claim having been made by relatives
for the body The remains of Raphael C
Maher have not been reported as disin
terred at Manila where they were report
ed to have been buried in Paco cemetery
grave No 21 When they have been
brought to San Francisco shipment will be
made to Mrs Kate Anderson Valparaiso
Neb Julius G Miller Harry G Fiske
and George W Nieman having died at
Honolulu H I their remains cannot be
exhumed during the prevailing bubonic
plague in those islands
MILLION AND QUARTER PEOPLE
Gov Poynters Estimate of Nebras
kas Population
In response to a request from an eastern
newspaper Gov Poynter has estimated
the total population of Nebraska this year
to be 1205524 This estimate is based on
a comparison of the vote cast at the gen
eral elections of 1889 and 1899 and shows
an increase in the population of 107614
Assistant Director Wines of the census
bureau has also asked the executive de
partment for similar information and the
details of the methods employed in making
the estimate
It is generally believed that the census
of 1900 will show a larger population but
if the same proportion of the people voted
for the head of the ticket last year as in
1SS9 the estimate of Gov Poynter is pretty
nearly accurate In 1889 the total vote
was 170174 and the census of 1890 showed
the population to be 1058910 The vote
for the head of the ticket last year was
203539
However of the total vote cast at the
last election 1700 failed to vote for the
head of the ticket and no allowance is
made for this number in ihe governors
reckoning It is probable that conditions
were about the saine in 1889 but there is
no date to show how many failed to vote
for the head of the ticket at the election ir
that year
APPOINTS COMMISSIONERS
Gov Poynter Takes a Hand in
Omaha Municipal Affairs
Gov Poynter has appointed W S Pop
pleton II C Miller J H Peabody and
W J Broatch as fire and police commis
sioners for the city of Omaha The action
comes as a continuation of a long and bit
ter controversy for the control of the police
and fire departments ot that city Under
a law enacted by the Legislature in 1897 the
governor was given control of fire and
police commissioners in cities of the first
class Years ago on an appeal for local
self government the supreme court de
clared the law unconstitutional and vested
control in the mayor and city council A
case to test the law a second time has re
cently been brought before the supreme
court and pending a decision Gov Poynter
made the above appointments The entry
of the new commission it is said will be
resisted
Banker Adjudged Insane
Frank Earhardt was taken before the
insanity board and adjudged insane It is
but a few months since Mr Earhardt was
released from the asylum at Lincoln
where he was taken last fall At one time
Mr Earhardt was a prominent banker in
Illinois and for two years assisted in the
Adams County Bank in Hastings
Train of liecord Length
Union Pacific train No 22 arrived at
Sidney the other day with 111 cars con
taining a tonnage of 4443 tons It was
drawn by engine No 1501 in charge of En
gineer Gutch Tins is the longest train
ever hauled over the Union Pacific system
Nebraska Short Notes
Bartlett is to have a creumery
noldrege amateurs have organized a
camera club
Elm wood is to have a creimerj operated
by a local company
Bayard is to have a saloon the first one
since the town was founded
Wausa people propose to organize a
mutual fire insurance company
The State Teachers Association will
meet in Hastings on March 28 29 and 30
The new Company Cof the First Ne
braska Infantry was mustered in last week
at Beatrice bj Capt John D Hartigan of
Company D Second Regiment oE Fair
bury
non J n Van Dnsen of South Omaha
will deliver the memorial day oration at
Tecuniseh
Papers throughout the state every week
report tlie arrival of new settlers who are
cominir in from states to the east of Ne
braska Tiie indications point to the larg
est immigration for a number of years
According to the reckoning of Mr Eras
tus Smith who has kept the local record
at Ravenna for the government weather
hureau for more than twenty years more
snow fell during the month of February of
this year than has ever before fallen
that month in the period covered bjr
his records
Dr H M Casebeer of Lincoln secretary
of the state board of barber examiners
went to Auburn recently and secured tiie
arrest of E E Miller J W Gilbert John
Martzon Joseph Nichdll and J F Rosen
berg barbers who were conducting
lieensu from the state board
Albert Swanson and Peter Olson of Lib
erty were wrestling and Olson fell and
broke his leg
Arthur B Roark a Burlington emplo3e
at Holdrege fell into a hole filled with hot
water and was severely scalded
As the bridge men working on the Union
Pacific briu ge near St Paul were going to
their work the other morning on two hand
cars closely following each other two men
fell off the front car One escaped with
slight bruises but the other man William
Roach was run over by both handcars and
had both legs broken between the knee
and ankle besides receiving a had cut on
the head
POWEBS WABSED OFF
BRITAIN GIVES NOTICE THAT
INTERVENTION MEANS WAR
m
American State Department Kccclvc
Xord Salisbury Answer Which
Plainly Says Keep Out BoarH ow
Determined to Fight to thHutl
Great Britain in her answl received
by the State Department in Tslimjton
to the overtures for peucu aumnitted by
the United States Govenunetttfhi behalf
of Presidents Krugcr and Steyn verves
notice on all the nations of Hie world
that she will not tolerate anj interfer
ence by any of them with the prosecution
of the war in South Africa 4Lhis ulti
matum is distinctly sct forth in Lord
Salisburys response the declination of
the Boer suggestion that the United
States be permitted to niediatetbeing ap
plicable by Lord Salisbury to any- na
tion It is regarded as a warniug to
Russia and France that if thoy attempt
to bring the war to an cud flbforc the
British Government is ready to make
terms of peace the two continqntal pow
ers must be prepared to fight Great Brit
ain That is the plain English of Lord
Salisburys brief reply
w t
Lord Salisbury has probably vVriced the
will of the majority of the British peo
ple by sending notice to Presidents Kru
ger and Steyn that her majestys gov
ernment is unprepared to assent to the
independence of either the South Afri
can republic or the Orange Free State
The correspondence between the South
African executives and the British prime
minister was laid before Parliament
Lord Salisbury places the sole responsi
bility for the war on the republics and
announces Great Britains dcterminatiou
not to acquiesce in the further existence
of Boer independence in South Africa
The dispatch received from the two
presidents does not read much like the
supplication of a thoroughly beaten and
penitent foe It is regarded in London
rather as a reasonably frank statement
of the situation from the Boer point of
view containing too a pronounced sug
gestion that unless the independence of
the republics shall be recognized the war
will be continued to the limit of the abil
ity of the republican allies although the
overwhelming pre eminence of the Brit
ish empire is conceded
Washington officials take the note from
the British Government complacently
and say that having done all that inter
national courtesy could demand nothing
further will be done except to act as a
medium for the transmission of messages
between the contending powers
FINANCIAL BILL IS LAW
President McKinley AfHxcs His
ture to Measure
President McKinley signed the finan
cial bill Wednesday afternoon after it
had -been signed by the president pro
tern of the Senate in open session and
immediately the measure became a law
In explaining the provisions of the bill
Secretary Gage said
The bill reaffirms that the unit of
value is the dollar consisting o twenty
five and eight tenths grains of gold nine
tenths fine and makes the duty of the
Secretary of the Treasury tblnaiutaiu
all forms of money issued or coined at
a parity with this standard It puts into
the hands of the Secretary ample power
to do that For that purpose the bill
provides in the treasury bureaus of issue
and redemption and transfers from the
general fuud of the treasurys cash loU
000000 in gold coin and bullion to the
redemption fund that gold to be used1
for the redemption of United States notes
and treasury notes The law permits na
tional banks with 25000 capital to be
organized in places of 3000 inhabitants
or less whereas heretofore the minimum
capital has been 30000 It also per-
mits banks to issue circulation on all
classes of bonds deposited tip to the par
value of the bonds instead of UO per
cent of their face as heretofore This
ought to make an immediate increase in
national bank circulation of something
like 24000000 National banks are per
mitted under the law to issued circula
tion up to an amount equal to their cap
ital The total capital of all national
banks is 010000000 The total circula
tion outstanding is 233000000 There
is therefore a possibility of an increase
in circulation of 303000000
CHURCH AND CLERGY g
The average salary paid to Methodist
preachers in the United States last year
was 47333
The Young Mens Christian Associa
tion in Rome is now six years old and
is in a flourishing condition
Efforts have been started in Brooklyn
to give the gospel in some direct form
to every adult during 1900
Last year the Presbyterian Church in
England contributed 109000 to missions
and other piihanthropic objects
Two young Christian- Chinamen in
Uoilo have started a movement for the
Christianizatiou of the Filipinos
An international congress of Roman -Catholic
workingraen wiitJe held in
Paris during the comingnnimer
An effort will be made to raise 30U0
000 to insure the perpetuation of the D
L Moody institutions at Northfield
The Methodist Year Book which has
just been issued shows in the United
States 17uS3 ministers and 271MJ
probationers
The Congregational Church Building
Society received for its work last year
nearly 230000 The loan fund cow ex
ceeds 030000
Publishing firms state thatthe rise in
the price of Bibles is eanstdby the ad
vance in paper and net by a desire to
form a Bible trust
The Rev Dr rGuinness Rojts has re
tired from his pastorate ot Grafton
Square Chapel London after a minis
try of fifty four years
The nonconformist church choirs of
London will hold a singing contest at
Crystal Palace in June in which choirs
will compete for prizes of money and
4000 adult singers -will give a concert
A movement is on foot to reorganize the
City of Bradford England from a
church point of view The building of
new churches the removal ofunnecessary
ones and the rearrangement of parishes
are included in the scheme
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