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ANOTHER CUBAN OFFICIAL HAS
CONFESSED
Neelcy
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the Island ThlsyAmountVJReeves
Turned Over tothe Authorities
Havana W II Reeves deputy auditor
of the island- made a confession last Sat
urday and gave up 1500 given him by C
W Neely trusted financial agent of posts
at Havana to perform certain services the
day he left GenVood and the postal
inspectors refuse to disclose the nature of
the confession barely admitting a confes
sion was made It is claimed 1100 more
has beaureebvered
Postmaster Thompsons bail has been
reduced from 10000 to 1000 which -was
deposited in cash by the Danish consul
Ilerr Culmet a wealthy merchant The
bail of Mayo and Mascaro has been re
duced to 1500 which has not yet been
furnished Reeves will be allowed to re
main at his own home in charge of special
-agents
WILD WITH DELIGHT
News of Mafekings Relief Is Not
Questioned in Any Quarter
London Mafeking has been relieved
trusts of patriotism have set the town
quivering twice or three times before the
war but nothing quite equaled the pres
enthundred square miles of almost furi
ous demonstrations Conventional family
parties topped at street corners to take
part in singing God Save the Queen
sind Soldiers of theQuecn Everywhere
were abandon good feeling and the aston
ishing roar of human voices It was all
brought about by a twenty word telegram
from Pretoria that Mafeking has been re
lieved Although thegovernment has not
a word and although nothing-confirmatory
has been received from any African
source except Pretorianobody apparently
questions the news
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CLARK CASE TANGLE
Senate Elections Committee Press
Original Resolution
Washington The senate committee on
privileges and elections has direoted Chair
man Chandler to press action on the Clark
resolution as originally reported
- The adoption of the resolution was pre
ceded by a discussion principally of the
resolution directing the chairman to press
the resolution hitherto reported to the sen
ate from the committee declaring Clark
-not duly and legally elected to the sen
ate The vote on the resolution stood 6
to 8 Senators Pritchard Harris and Pettus
casting votes in the negative There were
some references to the reappointment of
Clark by the lieutenant governor indicat
ing the opinion on the part of some sen
ators that it was not in accordance with
the senatorial idea of securing a seat in the
senate
RUNS AWAY FROM ROBBERS
Engineer Pulls Throttle Wide Open
and Escapes
Longview Tex While the through
eastbound passenger train on the Texas
Pacifio Railway was taking water at
Glade Creek near here about midnight
an attempt was made to rob the train by
two men Fireman Dobbs was covered by
a pistol in the hands of a man who ordered
him to get off the engine Engineer
Jaquish taking in the situation opened
Tvide the throttle and dropped tothe floor
Neither of the robbers was ahle to catch
upwith the tram but the fireman caught
the last car and all reached here safely
TO PAY CONFEDERATES
House Passes Bill Making Appro
priation of 200000
Washington The house in committee
of the whole last Saturday favorably acted
upon the bill to appropriate 200000 to pay
x confcderate soldiers for horses and
other property taken from them in viola
tion to the terms of Lees surrender to
Grant at Appomattox This is the first
bill favorabl3r acted upon since the civil
-war to pay confederates for property taken
from them
THOUSANDS DYING
Over Two Score Indian Famine
Camps Attacked by Cholera
London A special dispatch from
noting the rapid spread of chol
era savs In one division no fewer than
forty live famine camps have been at
tacked by the pestalence The most viru
lent type is at Gujerat where many thou
sands have perished In Godhra camp
alone there have been thousands of victims
An appalling loss of life seems inevitable
Murdered by Rejected Lover
New York Mary Brannigan a clerk In
51 department store at Eighty sixth Street
and Third Avenue was shot and killed in
the store by Edward Hall Hall made no
attempt to escape The police say he shot
the girl because she refused to marry him
Dissolves Italian Parliament
Ttome The king has signed a decree
adisolving the chamber of deputies Elec
tions are fixed for June 3 and parliament
will be convened June 16
Roberts to Be Tried Again
Salt Lake County Attorney Putnam
-has decided to retry B H Roberts on the
charge of unlawful cohabitation May 29
The matter was called to the attention of
Judge Norrell and his honor ordered that
the case be set down for the date named
More Christians Killed
Tien Tsin More boxer outrages are
reported sixty miles orth of Tien Tsin
Tvhere a number of native Christians have
been massacred The British admiral ar
rived here and proceeded to Peking
KILLS SEVEN PEOPLE
Deck of Norwegian Ship the Scene
of a Fearful Tragedy
Copenhagen A telegram from Koping
Sweden reports that as a steamer from
Koping May 17 was passing the Prince
Carl a man sprang upon the deck ladder of
the vessel and shouted If anyone comes
near I will shoot At the same time a
woman was seen hanging over the ships
side shrieking for heln The man escaned
i in a boat
When the Prince Carl was boarded it
was found twelve men on board had been
shot six of whom including the captain
were dead They were found locked in
their quarters One of the wounded has
since died
Dispatches received here show that
shortly after passing Quicksund at mid
night a man suddenly started shooting at
all the windows andt doors of the cabins
and saloons Then with revolver in either
hand a dagger and a knife in his belt he
began tiring at everyone he encountered
He stabbed the captain in the back a lady
passenger in tiie breast with a dagger and
hacked a boy with a knife He shot the
mate through the shoulder and a gentle
man playing cards in the smoking room in
the temple
The Prince Carl stopped off Koping and
the murder seized the opportunity to jump
into a lifeboat and row away as fast
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as possible
WRECK ON THE ROCK ISLAND
Collision of Freight Trnins Causes
Much Destruction
Yictor Iowa A disastrous wreck oc
curred here resulting in the destruction of
several thousand dollars worth of property
and stock A west bound Rock Island
freight train was side tracking at the east
switcii when it was struck by an east
bound freight train which was running
on passenger No Gs time Fortunately
none of the train crews were hurt al
though all had to jump for their lives
The fireman engineer and brakeman of
the east bound train saw the danger in
time to jump and escaped with slight
bruises
The east bound freight engine four car
loads of cattle seven carloads of lumber
and a number of empty freight cars were
derailed and ditched by the collision
Nearly all of the cattle were killed in
stantly resulting in the loss to shippers of
150 head of fatted and fancy cattle being
shipped to market The few cows that
escaped instant death were so badly
crushed and mangled that it was neces
sary to shoot them in order to put an end
to their misery The frightful bellowing
and mad plunging of the infuriated
frightened and wounded cattle in the dark
night made the scene a horrible one
NOTED BAD MAN
Outlaw Gregory Gets Twenty Years
in Penitentiary
Council Bluffs Iowa J A Gregory
one of the most desperate horse thieves
who ever operated in this portion of the
country was on May 17 sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary at Fort
Madison He has the distinction of being
the first criminal to be sentenced under the
new state habitual criminal act Gregory
previously served four terms in
the penitentiaries having been sent
up twice from Greene County once
from Adair and onoe from Harrison
Last October Gregory stole a mule in
Ashland Neb and brought it to Love
land He shot Constable Moss who at
tempted to arrest him kidnaped Sheriff
Morgans son and compelled him to drive
him across country in a desperate attempt
to escape He was finally captured on the
outskirts of this city by Officers Albro and
James after a fusillade of shots had been
exchanged and Gregory shot in the knee
FATAL CHICAGO FIRE
Three Persons Killed and Over
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Dozen Hurt in Hotel Blaze
Chicago Three were killed and fifteen
injured in a fire early May IB which de
stroyed the Hotel Helene The fire
started in the basement and spread rapid
ly There were many narrow escapes
The loss on the building and furnishings
is 10000
Butler Has Not Resigned
Washington Senator Butler contra
dicts the report that he had resigned the
position of chairman of the national Pop
ulist committee in favor of J H Edmisten
of Nebraska He said that he had been
elected to the position contrary to his
wishes and that knowing he would not for
the present be able to give his entire time
to its duties he had asked that Edmisten
be made vice chairman
Take Up Childrens Quarrel
Scranton Pa A quarrel between chil
dren at Dunmore was followed by Mrs
Mary Pace mother of one of the children
making a furious attack on Mrs Sylvester
Bellows mother of the other child with a
butoher knife Mrs Pace inflicted a num
ber of wounds which may result fatally
and then fled
Dewey and Wife Return
Washington Admiral and Mrs Dewey
returned to Washington May 17 from their
western trip The station was deserted
when the Dewey special arrived The ad
miral and Mrs Dewey drove at once to
Beauvoir their summer home
Indians Arc Restless
Washington The secretary of the in
terior has received information that the
Indians on the Tongue Itiver in Montana
are becoming restless and that an incipient
Messiah craze has made its appearance
there
Race Track Buildings Burned
New York The grand staud the
famous glass betting ring and all
the buildings of the race track
at Clifton N J were entirely de
stroyed by fire May 16 The total loss is
100000
Washington The war department has
made a statement that the total customs
receipts in the island of Porto Rico for
three months ended March 81 were 197
832 against 354822 for the samo tine last
year
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CUBAN POSTAL FRAUDS
Legal Warrants Issued for Thomp
son and His Fellows in Cuba
Havana Warrants were issued May
10 for the arrest of E P Thompson the
Havana postmaster W H Reeves dep
uty auditor of the island and Edward
Mo3a and Jorge Mascaro Cuban clerks in
the stamp department and by 7 oclock all
were lodged in the aivaicaco the Tpmbs
of Havana This was done under the ad-
vice of the postal inspectors It is con
sidered now that Reeves is equally guilty
with Neely The arrest of Thompson
caused great surprise in the city lt is
looked upon as the precursor of many
other arrests
It is asserted by lawyers that on Mr
Thompsons own statement lie is liable to
arrest for embezzlement according to the
provisions of the postal laws which are
very explicit Mucli sympathy is expressed
for him however as it is felt that nothing
would ever have been heard regarding the
action to which he confessed had not the
present investigation growing out of the
general postal frauds brought the matter
to light His friends are positive that the
money would have been repaid the mem
orandum receipt taken up and the irici
dent thus closed
TO HONOR THE BOERS
Demonstration for Envoys Being
Arranged in Washington
Washington No one connected with
the Boer delegation in New York has yet
communicated with the state
relation to the reception of the delegates
in Washington by the authorities Onlv
by indirect means has it become known to
officials that the delegates will reach here
by the end of the week and that a demon
stration is being arranged in their honor
at one of the theaters
It is asssumed if an effort 13 made to in
troduce the delegates officially this will be
conducted by Montague White who pre
ceded them as an official representative of
the Boer republic or perhaps by Charles
D Price- who as consul general of the
Orange Fred State in New York is the
only person to whom the United States
government has yet extended any official
recognition as a representative of the Boer
republics
REPUBLICANS OF MINNESOTA
Davis Nelson and Loivrey Delegates
at Large
Minneapolis The state Republican
convention met May 16 with nearly 1200
delegates present A resolution naming
Senators Davis and Nelson Thomas Low
rey and Samuel Lord delegates at large
was passed unanimously The resolu
tions adopted indorse the McKinley
administration wise legislation to
control trust evils is promised and a legis
lational amendment giving congress full
powers favored Implicit confidence in
the ability of the president and the party
to solve the questions growing out of the
Spanish war is declared and the election
of senators by direct vote is favored
DIES AT CONFERENCE
Ohio Divine Drops Dead at St Louis
Presbyterian Assembly
St Louis The Presbyterian general
assembly the lawmaking body of that
church began its 112th annual meeting
here May 17 Rev Wm A Rohls of Mid
dlesport Ohio dropped dead in the audi
torium of the Washington and Compton
Avenue Presbyterian Church where the
deliberations of the assembly were held
from heart disease just before the opening
of the session
Sheepshearer Found Dead
Cheyenne Wyo F Whallon a sheep
shearer who came to Wyoming from Alli
ance Neb was found dead in a shed at
Rawlins May 16 The cause of death is
unknown but it is supposed that Whallon
was poisoned and robbed
Two Big Factories Burned
St Catherins Ont Fire May 16 com
pletely destroyed the Canada Cycle and
Motor company and WellsYale Cos es
tablishments The loss is 500000 partly
insured Five hundred men were made
idle
MARKET QUOTATION
Sioux City Cattle common to prime
250500 hogs 500520 sheep
225700 wheat 54c corn 3031c oats
2022c butter dairy 1315 creamery
1920
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 000 hogs shipping grades
300 to 575 sheep fair to choice 300
to 575 wheat No 2 red 05c to G6c
corn No 2 36c to 37c oats No 2 21c
to 23c rye No 2 53c to 55c butter
choice creamery 19c to 20c eggs fresh
lie to 12c new potatoes Bermuda 725
to 775 per barrel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
600 hogs choice light 300 to 550
sheep common to prime 300 to 500
wheat No 2 71c to 72c corn No 2
white 40c to 41c oats No 2 white
26c to 2Sc
St Louis Cattle 325 to 600 hogs
300 to 550 sheep 300 to 525
wheat No 2 70c to 72c corn No 2
yellow 3Gc to 3Sc oats No 2 23c to
25c rye No 2 54c to 56c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 575 hogs
300 to 550 sheep 250 to 500
wheat No 2 72c to 73c corn No 2
mixed 40c to 41c oats No 2 mixed 25c
to 26c rye No 2 GOc to G2c
Detroit Cattle 250 to GOO hogs
300 to 550 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 72c to 74c corn No 2
yellow 40c to 41c oats No 2 white 2Sc
to 29c rye GOc to 62c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 72c to
74c corn No 2 mixed 3Sc to 40c oats
No 2 mixed 23c to 24c rye No 2 56c
to 57c clover seed new 4S5 to 495
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 northern
65c to 67c corn No 3 39c to 41c oats
No 2 white 25c to 26c rye No 2 56c
to 58c barley No 2 42c to 44c pork
mess 1125 to 1175
Buffalo Cattle choice shipping steers
S300 to 575 hogs fair to prime 300
to 575 sheep fair to choice 300 to
600 lambs common to extra S450 to
725
New York Cattle 325 to 000 hogs
300 to 575 sheep 300 to 575
wheat No 2 red 79c to 80c corn No 2
13c to 44c oats No 2 white 2Sc to 30c
butter creamery 16c to 21c eggs west
era 13c to 14c
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STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF-THE-WEEK IN A CON
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George Curriei the Noted Outlaw
Laid to Rest at Chadron by His
Relatives Was Killed in Utah
While Working a Settlers Herd
George Currie was laid to rest at Chad
ron May 12 by his family Currie was the
noted Wyoming outlaw who had led his
gang in the Belle Fourche S Dx bank
robbery and Union Pacific train holdup
near Wilcox Wyo and there was 6000
bounty on him He was killed near
Thompson Utah April 17 while work
ing a settlers herd The body was iden
tified and then buried His relatives were
subsequently notified and his father
brought the body to Chadron for inter
ment
STUDENT BODY IS INDIGNANT
Exaggerated Accounts of Trouble at
Lincoln Cause Itesentment
Following is the account sent out to the
daily press of the country regarding the
trouble at Lincoln between the college stu
dents and the police
The annual night shirt parade by the
students of the University of Nebraska at
Lincoln ended in a conflict with the police
After parading the down town streets in
deshabille costume the students assembled
in front of police headquarters and began
throwing stories at the windows This re
sulted in a general light between probably
1100 students and one or two policemen
Patrolman Harr received a broken leg and
several of the students were severely
bruised up The bombardment was
prompted by the arrest of a student for
shooting off a revolver after the competi
tive drills
Well isnt that absurd said Chancel
lor Bessey after reading the account of the
trouble in the daily press Not one word
thatl have heard from either side would
indicate that there is any truth in the as
sertions 1 am very sorry that people will
go and exaggerate things in such a man
ner The trouble was unusual and unex
pected and for that reason seems worse
than it really was and I dont feel like de
nouncing the boys As a matter of fact
the students were not out to raise a dis
turbance they were simply out to have a
good time They called at my house dur
ing the evening and acted in a perfectly
orderly manner
I think the blame is about evenly di
vided said one of the students who par
ticipated in the fight During the even
ing we went all over town but did no
damage and had no trouble with anyone
until we stopped in front of police head
quarters There our parade disbanded
and as we were about to leave for home
some one on the edge of the crowd
shouted Three cheers for the rottenest
police force on earth We gave them
with a will and just then Tony Ilarr
who had been following us all over
the city pushed his way through the
crowd Someone knocked his hat off and
Harr then began to club the boys right and
left Tou could hear the blows a block
away and it was only natural for us to put
ap some kind of a defense Ilarr was
thrown down and handled pretty roughly
but his leg was not broken
This is the accepted version of the story
and the blame for the trouble is generally
believed to rest with the officer Not a
rock was thrown until after the officer
struck the students and then only three
windows in the building were broken
POYNTER FILES HIS ANSWER
Makes Charges Against Liang in
His Response to Injunction
Gov Poynter has filed an answer in the
injunction proceedings at Beatrice of B F
Lang against W A Poynter and W n
Deering The defendant W A Poynter
as governor waives the issuance and serv
ice of summons and notice of an order of
injunction on him and enters his appear
ance to said cause of action but in no man
ner acknowledges the jurisdiction of this
court over him in said action and denies
the same and alleges thac what he did in
the premises was m his official capacity as
governor in performing his duties and obli
gations enjoined upon him by the consti
tution and laws of the state
In reference to charges against said
Lang he finds that Lang has been oppres
sive in the exercise of his office has cre
ated dissension and disturbance in said
institution etc and that he has kept the
institution in a state of constant turmoil
The petition also recites the resignation of
Dr Lang under date of March 27 which
the defendant accepted to take effect May
15 and that he then appointed Dr Deering
to take effect on May 15 The hearing is
set for Friday May 25 at 9 a m
SAME RAILROAD VALUATION
State Board of Equalization Accepts
Last Years Assessment
The State Board of Equalization lias
levied the annual state tax assessment
against the various railroads doing busi
ness in Nebraska and accepted last years
valuation for this years assessment
With the exception of the addition of 100
miles to the total mileaue and 200000 to
the total valuation of all railroad property
in Nebraska the figures of the 1893 assess
ment were not chanced The total valu
ation amounts to 20287570 and mileage
to 6574137
Cited lor Contempt
The supreme court has cited Edward
Iiosewater of tiie Omaha Bee to appear
lime 5 and answer for contempt based on
the publictaiun in the Bee of four articles
relating to the connection or Gov Poynter
and Judge Ilolcomb with the pending fire
and police commission case
Cause of His Death a rlystery
The corners jury in the case of the
leath of Milo Stoilard who was found
dying near the Burlington tracks just
west of Sterling brought in a verdict
thatSiollard came to his death from cause
unknown
Crushed in Elevator
Frank Dunham an employe of George
Broad well a Grand Island contractor
while moving an elevator Ir6m the base
ment of a store was cought by a rooler of
the moving machinery and the thumb of
his left hand crushed Amputation was
necessary
Farmers Neck Broken
John Heal a highly respected and lead
ing farmer living near McCook was killed
in a runaway accident on his farm his
neck being broken No one saw the acci
dent so particulars are lacking
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MRS FROST WILCGO FREE
Coroners Jury Recommends that
Prisoner Be Given liberty
The report of the analysis of thestomach
of Charles W Frost made by an Omaha
chemist was a surprise to the coroners
jury and to the public at York who be
lieved that strychnine would be found in
the stomach The chemist discovered a
traceof phosphorus and aconite but did
not know in wfiat quantities or whether
enough to produce fatal effects
It was reported at the first trial that 3Irs
Frost had purchased aconite and rat cheese
Phorphorus is said to be the principal in
gredient of rat cheese Mrs Frost on the
stand told that she purchased theratcheese
for another party The public believed the
analysis would show strychnine as the
attending physicians testimony was that
the death of Mr Frost had all the symp
oms of strychnine poisoning
The jury is composed of Yqrks leading
successful business men and at its last
session recommended that Mrs Frost be
released and if further analysis by the
chemist does not disclose aconite and phos
phorus in large quantities nothing more
will be done Mrs Frost during her con
finement at York has been treated as an
invalid guest of the jailers family who re
side in rooms underneath tiie court house
At times she has been sleeping with Mrs
Bickel and has ate her meals with the fam
ily The coroners jury had a difficult
problem to solve and rather than cause
Mrs Frost an injustice it ordered dismissal
which may close the last chapter of Yorks
sensation
STRUCK FROM THE FILES
Two Important Orders Made in tne
Supreme Court
Just before adjournment the supreme
t
court made two important orders striking
from the files of the court all of Wie briefs
filed by the respondent in the Omaha lire
and police commission case and also the
brief filed by the Standard Oil Company on
May 9 The court holds that the briefs of
the fire and police commissioners contain
matters which are disrespectful to the
court while that of the Standard Oil Com
pany contains improper and offensive im
plications No other explanation for this
unusual procedure was given
The court sustained the attorney gen
erals demurrer to the answer of the de
fendant in the case of the state against tho
Standard Oil Company The answer of
the defendant denied the constitutionality
of the act under which the suit was insti
tuted and the attorney general in his de
murrer held tiiat wrong interpretation had
been placed upon the law The question
was simply one of constitutionality of the
anti trust act and the decision of the court
is considered as an affirmation of the law
WENT TO SLEEP ON THE TRACK
Mild Stoilard Sat Down on a Tie to
Ilest and is Struck by a Train
Milo Stoilard of Tecumseh died at
Sterling from the effects of a fractured
skull He went to sleep on the railroad
track and was struck by a train He was
employed on a grading outfit near the city
Will Pardon Himself
Gov Poynter began action to remove by
force if necessary Dr B F Lang super
intendent of the Institution for the Feeble
Minded at Beatrice in the face of an in
junction secured by the superintendent in
the district court preventing interference
Gov Poynter a month ago secured the
resignation of Dr Lang to take eifeet May
15 Since then the doctor changed his mind
and refused to vacate Gov Poynter stated
on the 115th inst he would pay no attention
to the injunction and if arrested for violat
ing the order he could pardon himself As
yet the governor has not been served with
the restraining order but the sheriff at
Beatrice will detain him if he enters Gage
County to carry out his announced pur
pose
Woman Escapes -with Orphan
After a long and patient search by the
authorities of the Orphans Home of Arch
dale N C for an orphan girl Flossie
Marsh who they say was taken away
from Archdale by Mrs Ada Guinn Hun
gerford without right the charge was
located at Trenton this state Repre
sentatives of the home called on Mrs
Hungerford and demanded the child
She refused and that night took the girl
and went in a wagon to Culbertson where
they took the train for Denver where Mr
Hungerford the womans husband is lo
cated The sheriff notified the chief of
police in Denver to locate and hold Mrs
Hungerford and the girl
Fight Over Saloon
A redliot saloon fight is being waged at
MeCool Junction A P Adams who has
conducted a saloon there during the past
two years is an applicant for another year
and was meeting with success until Rev
D W Wilt pastor of the Methodist Epis
copal Church backed by the church and
prohibitionists commenced a crusade
against the liquor traffic
Lightning Kills Emigrant
William Smith the owner of a traveling
junk shop outfit and a former resident of
Lincoln but later of Manhattan Kan
passed through Crete the other day and
camped with his family about seven miles
east of there During noon time an elec
tric storm passed over this section and
Smith was killed by lightning
Nebraska Short Notes
Stanton will have a hose team j at the
firemens tournment at York
A thief raitled the rooms of several
parties in the Boyd Hotel at Wayne and
secured 40
The new water works system at Clarks
lias been ejiven an official trial and proved
satisfactory -
is to have electric lights the
council haying accepted the proposition of
S F Gilman
The Ceder irrigation canal in Wheeler
County is in working order its entire length
of thirty three miles
The proposition to vote bonds for an ad
dition lo the school house at Oxford was
carried by an overwhelming majority
The Central Nebraska Epworth Assem
bly will be held in tiie picturesque grove
jiear Fullerton Auu 10 to 20 and the Ful
lerton people are already making prepara
tions for the event
The annual meeting of the Nebraska
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Asso
ciation will be held in Lincoln June 12 18
and 14
The Democrats of Gage and Saline
Counties will hold a delegate convention
at Crete June 5 at 11 a m to plaoe inrjbm
ination a candidate for representaiive
for the Thirty third District
Two young men who gave the name of
Kels drove into Miller and put their team
in a livery barn During the night ope of
them got up took all the money his com
panion had hitched tip the team and de
parted for partsunknown
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MiMiMriiil
After an dl day discussion in the Sen
ate on Friday an agreement was reach
ed to vote on the armor plate section at
3 oclock May 12 During the discussion
a notable speech was delivered by Mr
Lodge upon the necessity of building up
the United States navy without delay
Mr Daniel presented an extended argu
ment in support of the immediate con
struction by the Government of an armor
factory while Mr Allison opposed the
project of a Government factory on the
score of economy In the House Mr
Esch Wis called up and had passed the
bill to amend the law so as to provide for
the commutation of travel and subsist
ence allowances of discharged oliicers and
soldiers He explained the bill proposed
to allow a uniform rate of 4 cents per
mile for officers and enlisted men The
House then went into committee of the
whole to consider private pension bills
and broke all records passing ISO
On Saturday the Senate by a close vote
rejected the proposition to erect without
reference to the priceat which the Gov
ernment could secure jarinor plate for its
warships an armor plate factory The
vote upon the direct proposition was 22
to 24 and subsidiary amendments were
rejected by about the same vote When
the committees proposition was about
to he voted upon a filibuster was organ
ized the quorum of the Senate was brok
en and the question is still in the air
During the debate Mr Chandler deliver
ed a sensational speech in which he
charged that the Government had been
defrauded in the adoption of the Uarvey
ized armor He declared a similar fraud
was proposed in the attempt to force the
Government to adopt the Krupp armor
Mr Spoouer and Mr Hale made iiotable
speeches deprecating the war talk Friday
by Mr Lodge Neither the Senator from
Wisconsin nor the Senator from Maine
was fearful that we might become involv
ed in difficulty with Germany on account
of the Monroe doctrine Mr Hoar pro
tested against the wretched imperialistic
business and the talk that this nation
had only recently become a world pow
er asserting that it had been a world
power since the war of 1812
The Senate on Monday passed naval
appropriation and free homes hills
The House passed the general deficiency
appropriation bill The bill carried 3
S39021 and was passed substantially
without amendment The general debate
was devoted principally to political top
ics the feature being a severe arraign
ment of the administration by Mr De
Armond Mo
On Tuesday the Senate received the
resignation of Mr Clark of Montana
Devoted the rest of the day to considera
tion of the bill of Mr Boss providing for
civil sen ice in the countrys new island
possessions refusing by a vote of 10 yeas
to 35 nays to indefinitely postpone the
measure The House sent to the Senate
the military academy bill the lastof the
general appropriation measures and
agreed that the bill providing a civil gov
ernment for Alaska should next be taken
up
In the Senate on Wednesday Mr Ba
con spoke at length on his resolution di
recting the committee on relations with
Cuba to make an investigation of the con
duct of financial affairs of the island
The following measures were passed
House bill repealing the provision of law
allowing merchandise passing through the
United States from any foreign country
to be transported free of duty so far as
the Mexican free zone is concerned a
resolution offered by Mr Lodge calling
upon the Secretary of the Treasury for
information in regard to the influx of
Japanese laborers into the country and
whether there had been any violation of
law bill granting a pension of S100 per
month to the widow of Gen Lawton bill
for the erection of a public building at
East St Louis The House passed the
Senate bill to incorporate the American
National Red Cross No progress was
made with the Alaskan code bill owing
to the inability of the two sides to agree
as to the time to be allowed for general
debate The conference report on the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
was returned after extended debate
The Senate on Thursday considered the
postoffice appropriation bill The commit
tee amendment for the extension of the
pneumatic tube service created some de
bate and was under discussion when the
measure was laid aside for the day Mr
Wolcott chairman of the committee on
postoffices and post roads vigorously at
tacked the committees
proposition to ap
propriate 750000 for pneumatic tube
t service declaring the extension of the
service was unnecessary and the appro
priation a waste of public money Mr
Mason quite as vigorously supported the
proposition An amendment of Mr But
ler to reduce by 10 per cent the amount
to be paid the railroads for the transpor
tation of mail was rejected 11 to 41 A
bill was passed granting a pension to
Gen Robert G Dyrenforth of 30 a
month Mr Jones offered and had adopt
ed a resolution calling upon the Secre
tary of War to inform the Senate how
many Filipinos have been killed and
wounded since the beginning of hostili
ties and also how many have been cap
tured and are now in our possession The
House passed a special river and harbor
bUl carrying 400000 for surveys and
emergency work and devoted the remain
der of the day to the Alaskan code bill
Four pages of the G17 pages of the bill
were disposed of before adjournment
National Capital Notes
The Philippines civil bill it is believed
will not become a law at this session
An exhaustive exhibit of United States
postage stamps is being prepared for the -Paris
exposition
Late frosts in the South did permanent
damage but otherwise are reported excel
lent by the Agricultural Department
The naval amendment abolishing some
of the sea service of the cadets was pass
ed by the Senate
John Surratf s sweetheart is in Wash
ington going over the scenes tf the Lin
coln assassination
House judiciary committee passed reso
lutions of respect on the death of Judge
Culberson of Texas
The Senate committee favorably report
ed the bill giving the widow of the late
Gen Lawton 50 a month-
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