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Axo Marching in Pursuit of the
Filipinos in a Very Difficult
Country Where There Axe No
Telegraph Lines
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Manila Maj Marsh with a battalion
of the Thirteenth Infantry ami Col Hare
with another party of the Thirty third
while scouring the country northeast of
Bengur report they struck the trail of a
party of Filipinos traveling in the moun
tains believed to be supporting Aguinaldo
They were inarching in pursuit across an
extremely difficult country beyond the
telegraph lines
Sergeant Berry and four privates of
Company B Twenty seventh Regiment
rescued the daughter of the president of
San Mateo from Ladronns who abducted
her Afterwards twelve Ladrones am
bushed them killing the sergeant Three
privates stood off the band while the other
one secured reinforcements Seven La
drones were killed
COURT MARTIAL FOR MGOWAN
Ending Reports that
Not Use Proper Disi
ashington Tne report i
Captain Did
Discretion
or tne courc or
inquiry in the case ofGaptain McGowan
United States navy who it is alleged
hot a Filipino who was attempting to
board the Monadnok in Manila Bay has
reached fhe navy department
Later Secretary Lou gyhade the follow
ing announcement r
g uThe court finds that proper discretion
was not exercised in the shooting and that
Capt McGowan was atault in not report
ing At t6the commander-in-chief They
find that Capt McGowan made provision
for the support of the widpwand children
of the deceased Filipjno They recom
mend a court martial which will probably
be ordered
CARS JUMP THE TRACK
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Three Men Killed and a Number
Hurt at Akron Ohio
Akron Ohio Three were killed and a
number of others seriously injured as the
result of an accident to a work train on
the Akron and Cuyahoga Falls rapid
transit electric suburban line The
brakes on two cars loaded with gravel and
carrying about a dozen workmen became
disabled at the top of the grade Nine
workmen jumped from the cars as they
rushed down the incline and were seri
ously injured Three stuck to the cars
until they left the track at the bottom of
the hill All three were killed
CELESTIALS APPEAL TO COURT
Seclc an Injunction Against the San
Francisco Health Board
San Francisco Judge Morrow has is
sued an order directing the board of health
of this city to show cause why an injunc
tion should not be granted restraining that
body from interfering with the freedom
and liberties of the Chinese off this city
and those desiringto leave it An embar
go was placed upon the Chinese and Jap
anese residents of the city on the ground
that the plague was prevalent and it is ex
pected thatthe proceedings will show con
clusively whether there is any plague in
this s Y
EXPLOSIVE ON THE TRACK
Attempt 3Iade to Blow Up a
St
Xiouis Street Car
St Louis At G a lnJJay 25 an attempt
was made by some one uhlenqwn to blow
up a car on the Spauldirig Avenue line of
the St Louis Transit Company The
wheels of the first car out struck some
thing that exploded with a loud noise and
lifted the car two or three inches into the
air While the explosion startled residents
for blocks around the vicinity no damage
was done and nobody injured
BURGLARS MAKE GOOD HAUL
Blow Open Vault of a Minnesota
Bank and Get 1500
Windom Minn The vault of the bank
of Dover an adjacent town was blown
open by burglars May 25 and 1500 taken
T in silver The robbery was discovered in
the morning The burglars made good
their escape
Chair Manufacturers Organize
Cincinnati The Central Chair Mau
facturers Association has been organized
here by twenty five men who represented
90 per cent of the chair manufacturers in
the territory including Michigan Indiana
Ohio western Pennsylvania West Vir
ginia and all the southern states
Sheriff Outwits the Mob
Athens Ohio Sheriff Porter outwitted
a mob whiclx attacked the jail and spirited
the negro jGardiner the alleged rapist
away in a cairiage No ie knew in
which way o pursue The mob was com
posed largey of men working in the mines
Jeffries and Sharkey Matched
New York Jim Jeffries and Tom
Sharkey have been matched to fight on
Aug 25 bofoie thp club offering the best
purse The rules will be the same as in
the Jeffries Corbett contest
Fund for -Famine Sufferers
Chicago A mass meeting in the inter
ests of famine relief for India was held at
Association Hall and Bishop James M
Thoburn delivered an address The Chi
cago committee Ts trying to raise 50000
and several large gifts have been received
Potters on a Strike
Akron Ohio All the potters in this city
including 500 or more men went out
on a strike on the 23d inst for higher
wages and practically all of the potteries
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WILL USE TROOPS
Missouri Governor Determined
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End Iiiotins in St Louis
St Louis Mo Gov Stephens on May
21 talked freely of the strike situation just
before a conference held by him with the
board of police commissioners The gov
ernor said
I am satisfied the trouble along the
street car lines and the whole spirit of aji
archy which prevails so largely in the city
at present is being fomented and extended
by the machinations of a certain coterie of
Democratic politicians who hope by their
course in some manner to make gains in
the approaching party primaries This
element is sending speakers to meetings
held to express sympathy for the strikers
all over the city and if not counseling dis
order at least is materially encouraging it
If as governor of Missouri with all the
power vested in that office for the purpose
I can put an end to the disgraceful abom
ninable condition that prevails in St
Louis 1 shall employ every iota of pow
f The first step will be to call on the
sheriff for assistance and second to call on
the military of the state I shall not hesi
tate to do either duty if after further con
ference with duly delegated authorities I
shall come to the conclusion that other and
lesser means cannot restore order
Cars are not running at night they
should be Cars are not running on a
number of lines and ace not running in
full complement on any of them This
cannot be allowed to continue The shoot
ing down of innocent citizens stoning of
cars cutting of wires loading of lines
with effigies riot and disorder of every un
lawful kind must cease
Since the strike began three persons
have been shot and killed sixteen wound
ed by bullets and thirty one otherwise
injured
GREAT DAY IN ROME
Sixty Thousand People Witness the
Canonization Cesemonies
Rome There was a great spetaele in St
Peters May 21 on the occssion of the can
onization of Jean Baptiste -de Lasalle
founder of the order of Christian Brothers
and Riti di Casci a nun of the Augustinia
order The interior of the vast basilica
was illuminated and adorned with magnif
icent hangings and the building was filled
with a great concourse of people includ
ing all the pontifical dignitaries diplomats
and Roman nobility Of the 60000 spec
tators about 30000 were foreign pilgrims
Pope Leo attired ihhis state robes was
borne at the head of an imposing proces
sion composed of the entire papal court
300 patriarchs archbishops bishops and
four cardinals When the cortege reached
the choir the pope alighted from the sedia
gestatoria and took his seat on the ponti
fical throne The solemn cerempny of the
canonization was then proceeded with
THE SHORTAGE GROWS
Neelys Peculations Now Placed at
Close to Half a Million
New York Papers are en route from
Washington to New York which will re
sult in the preferring of other charges
against Charles F W Neely now con
fined in the Ludlow Street jail It is as
certained that tliese papers were sent from
Cuba to the department at Washington
and charge Neely with the embezzlement
of a sum approximating -00000
This alleged embezzlement consists in
the conversion into cash of the 400000
woith of surcharged Cuban postage
stamps which weie ordered destroyed and
which were certified as having been de
stroy ed by the committee appointed for
that purpose of which Neely was tiie head
This information comes Jrora Edward K
Jones special assistant to the United States
attorney general in the Neely case
STORWI ON OREGON COAST
Four Fishermen Known to Be liost
in the Gale
Astoria Ore The storm on May 21 was
the worst one that ever prevailed on this
part of the coast at this lime of the year in
the history of the weather bureau The
wind reached the velocity of sixty miles an
hour Fishermen were everywhere on the
river with their nets out As the gale in
creased in intensity fishermen sought shel
ter but four were drowned The boats
started to run for the nearest port leaving
their nets behind But even this did not
save them So far as known four were
drowned
Thousand Men Made Idle
Joliet 111 Nearly a thousand men
were thrown out of work May 24 the con
verter and billet mills of the Illinois Steel
Company closing indefinitely Only the
blast furnaces and merchant mills are
running It is stated Hie closing oi the tin
plate mills of the Great Western Company
on account of a strike is responsible for it
Delegates Are For Bryan
New York The Journal and Advertiser
says that of the 450 delegates to the stale
convention 362 are pledged to insist on
Bryan delegates to the national convention
and 120 nearly all from New York City
are unpledged The remaining delegates
have not yet been chosen
Miners Want Orientals Barred
Denver Colo The convention of the
Western Federation of Miners adopted
strong resolutions on the subject of Jap
anese immigration demanding the strict
cenforcementof theChinese exclusion act
and its extension to include all other Mon
golian and Malayan peoples
Ohio Boiler Works Burned
Alliance Ohio Fire on the 23d destroyed
Reeves Bross boiler works The total
loss wilfreach 144000 with 10500 insur
ance
Fast Mail TrainIitehed
Cleveland The engine attached to the
westbound fast mail -train on the Lake
Shore road went into the ditch at Westiield
N Y Ma 2i and Engineer Regan and
his fireman William Leighbody were
killed
Advance in
Sugar
New York All grades of refined sugar
have been advanced 10 points by the
American Sugar Refining Company The
independent refhicrsjater followed the ad
vance
A
OVER A SCORE PERISH
Fatal Explosion in a North Carolina
Coal Mine
Raleigh 2f C Twenty two miners
ten white men and twelve negroes lost
their lives in an explosion in the Cpmraock
coalmines Chatham County May 23
Thexplosion is supposed to have been
caused by broken gauze in a safety lamp
Between forty and fifty men were in the
mineat the time Five were brought out
alive from the east heading while none of
the men in the other parts of the mine
were injured About fifty people from
Sanford six miles from the mine went out
immediately when the news of the disaster
was received to assist in the work of res
cue Within an hour after the explosion
the work of lescue began and all the
bodies except one have been brought to
the top A great many of the bodies were
badly burned The scenes around the
mouth of the shaft are heart rending
This is the second explosion this mine has
biuf within four yeans
HANGED BY A MOB
Murderer Strung Up to a Telegraph
Pole in Pueblos Main Street
Pueblo Colo Calvin Kimblern the
negro who shot and killed two young
white girls andseriously wounded his wife
Sunday morning was lynched Wednes
day by an angry mob of 1500 Kimblern
was captured at Denver and brought here
by officers Upon the arrival of the Rio
Grande tran a mob of determined citizens
surrounded the train at the Eighth
Street depot overpowered the officers took
the negro from the train put arope around
his neck and dragged him to the corner of
Eighth Street and Santa Fe Avenue a
tance of about three blocks The rope was
quickly put across a telegraph pole diag
onally opposite the Grand Hotel and the
negro strung up The rope broke twice
but the third attempt was successful and
the crowd dispersed in an orderly manner
TURK MUST SETTLE
United States Issues Another
matnm to the Sultan
Constantinople The United States lega
tion having vainly waited four weeks for
a reply to the note of April 24 regarding
the American indemnity claims Lloyd G
Griscom United States charge daffaires
has handed Tewfik Pasha minister of af
fairs a new note couched in more precise
terms and insisting upon a prompt settle
ment The note produced a great impres
sion as the porte thought the matter post
poned if not abandoned
STARTLES THE HOUSE
Blind Chaplain Refers to Cuban
Frauds in His Prayer
Washington The blind chaplain in
his invocation May 23 startled the house
by referring to the Cuban frauds which
he said brought a blush of shame to the
cheek of every true American and prayed
that the oulprit be brought to speedy
justice
Clarks Case Postponed
Washington An agreement was reached
Wednesday between the friends of Senator
Clark of Montana and the senate commit
tee on privileges and elections to postpone
any aotion upon the senators credentials
until Wednesday May 30 In the mean
time the credentials of Maginnis will be
presented and the papers in both cases
will be considered together
Jockey and Horse Killed
New York Another bad accident oc
curred at the Morris Park race track May
24 resulting in the death of a man and a
horse Otto Maiden was schooling King
bon oyer the jumps when he bolted
crashed through the fence at the head of
the stretch and fell heavily The man was
so bttdly hurt that he died shortly after
ward and the horse had to be shot
Escaping- Soldiers Are Shot
Fort Riley Kan Two military prison-
ers John Arnold and George A Fryman
were shot at by a sentry while attempting
to escape The prisoners made a daring
rush upon the sentry and disarmed him
and ran for the hi Is A sergeant of ar
tillery heard the disturbance and shot the
fleeing prisoners
MARKET QUOTATIONS
oioux common to prime
25O500 boss 5OO320 sheep
225700 wheat 42 corn 8031c oats
2022o butter dairy 13g15 creamerv
120
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 575 hogs shipping grades
300 to 550 sheep fair to choice 300
to 575 wheit No 2 red 05c to GGc
corn No 2 3Ue to 37c oats No 2 21c
to 23c rye No 2 54c to 5Gc butter
choice creamery 10c to 20c eggs fresh
10c to 12c new potatoes 250 to 325
per barrel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
575 hogs choice light 300 to 550
sheep common to prime 300 to 500
wheat No 2 70c to 72c corn
white 39c to 41c oats No 2
20c to 2Sc v
St Loui Cattle 325 to 575
300 to 550 sheep 300 to
Avheat No 2
70c to 72c
co
No 2
white
boss
550
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yellow 30c to 3Sc oats No 2 23c
o 2
to
2oc rye No 2 55c to 57c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 575 ho
300
to 550 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 72c to 74c corn No 2
mixed 41c to 42c oats No 2 mixed 25c
to 20c rye No 2 00c to G2c
Ijetrolt Cattle 250 to 575 hogs
300 to 575 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 72c to 74c corn No 2
yellow 39c to 41c oats No 2 white 27c
to 29c rye G0c to 02c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 74c to
7Gc corn No 2 mixed 30c to 41c oats
No 2 mixed 23c to 25c rye No 2 5Gc
to 5Sc clover seed new 495 to 505
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 northern
GGc to 07c corn No 3 39c to 41c oats
No 2 white 25c to 27c rye No2 56c
to 5Sc barley No 2 41c to 43c pork
mess 1175 to 1225
Buffalo Cattle choice shipping steers
300 to 575 hogs fair to prime 300
to 525 sheep fair t choice 300 to
S550 lambs common to extra 450 to
700
New York Cattle 325 to 575 boss
300 to 575 sheep 300 to 550
wheat No 2 redSOc to Sic corn No 2
41c to 43c oats No 2 white 2Sc to 30c
butter creamery 10c to 21c eggs west
ern 13c to 15c
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STATE OF NEBEASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK rN A CON-
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Kanchman
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with Body Riddled with Bullets
Coroners Jury Decides It a Case
of Foul Play
Alois Standemyer a ranchman was
murdered and his body left lying on the
prairie ten miles from Harrison Sioux
County where it was found by some
passers by Ho was an extesive cattle
man and had gone out to look after his
stock The inquest developed that he had
been shot four times and after falling from
his horse face downward another bullet
had been sent through his head the missile
being found on the sand beside him There
is no clew to his slayers
LANG REPLIES TO POYNTER
Answer to Governors Motion to
Dissolve the Doctors Injunction
The Lang injunction proceedings
againt Gov Poynter came up in Judge
Lettons court in Beatrice May 25 Langs
reply to the motion to dissolve the -injunction
contains a general denial of all the
charges made The reply also states that
the governor declared these his findings as
late as April 2 and that he was keeping
nothing back and that this statement was
made in the presence of a immber of
reputable witnesses Alpo thatTplainfiff
Lang had no knowledge until May 17 that
Gov Poynter had made an order for the
plaintiff to vacate iusbfilce and he only
Dbtained the information when a copy was
iled with defendants answer The ans
wer further stales that he believes the order
nd additional findings were made subse
quent and for the exigencies of the oc
casion and all are unjust and wrongful
additions to the findings and were made
and conjured up for the purpose of sup
porting aiding and bolstering the defense
of Poynter in the action
PJajntiff admits tint lie on March 27
signed T purported resignation in the
presence of Poynter but that the resigna
tion was signed at Poynters request with
the agreement that it should never be pub
lished never acted on andywas to have no
force whatever Lang was led to believe
that Poynter had promised Milliken the
ex steward that he would obtain Langs
resignation and says that his resignation
was given to satisfy Milliken He also as
serts that all that part of Poynters pub
lished report that at the close of the inves
tigation both Lang and Milliken tendered
their resignations is untrue and that there
was no mentidn of any oneresigning
Orders Freight Rates Down
Taking advantage of the federal court of
appeals decision at St Paul which denied
the injunction asked by the Burlington
company the state board of transportation
took steps May 22 to put into effect its or
der for a reduction of freight rates 10 per
sent on cattle 5 per cent on hogs ani 30
per cent on foodstuffs When the order
was made last winter the Burlington
claiming non jurisdiction appealed to the
United States district court The decision
was adverse to the company and it took
the case to the court of appeals
Exceptions Certified
Chief Justice Norval of the supreme
court has notified the clerk of court to
make a record of exceptions orf behalf of
the Standard Oil Company to the ruling of
the court giving itself jurisdiction to try
the case sustaining the constitutionality of
the Nebraska an ti trust law The excep
tions taken by the Standard Oil Company
is formal notiee that it will take to the
United States supreme court the suit
brought by the attorney general of Ne
braska to disbar it from the state on the
ground that it is a trust
Transfer ol Gas Company
The transfer of the controlling interest
in the Lincoln Gas Company by D E
Thompson of Lincoln to New York parties
took place last week The purchasers
paid 310000 for the interest secured The
directors of the company held a meeting
and elected Mr Van Eiper manager A
number of Lincoln people remain as stock
holders
Taught First Omaha School
Another pioneer settler has passed away
in the person of Mrs Julia Adelaide ltoot
of Douglas Precinct Dougla3 County
Mrs Hoot was a most estimable woman
and had a large circle of friends in Omaha
and surrounding country She moved to
Omaha forty six years age and taught the
first school there it being a private one
Nebraskan Thrown Under Cars
E Millhausen a German farmer SI years
of age whose home is six miles northeast
of Wymore was thrown under the wheels
of a Burlington engineby an unmanageable
team of horses and had his right arm and
left leg taken off and sustained other in
juries which proved fatal
Toadstools Cause Death
A deAth occurred in Lincoln recently
from causes which are remarkably un
usual The 19-months-old son of Gorman
J Long ate a quantity of toadstools during
the afternoon and djed at 730 the next
rVa childs
Denzil Long
name was Allen
Nebraskan Leaves for Annapolis
Nathan Post a popular young man of
North PUtte has gone to Annapolis Md
where lie will take the examination for a
naval cadetship Mr Post is a graduate of
the Omaha high school and is considered
o be well qualified for the place
Fatal Work f
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Lightning
Wm Wadswoith a prosperous farmer
living four miles northwest of Harvard
was killed recently by lightning The same
bolt also killed a span of horses and set fire
to the barn
Fusion in First District
The Democratic Populist and tree silver
Republican conventions in the First Dis
trict at Auburn united upon the nomina
tion of George V Berg Populist for con-
Stole His Roommates Watch-
Julius Krummenacher a young man
who has been at railroad work at Ilum
boldt for several months past was arrested
charged with steal injr a watch from his
roommate Yern Pivis The watch was
found in the possession of Krummenacher
Safe Blowers in Depot
The safe in the Burlington and Missouri
depot at Ulysses was blown open the other
night The robbers secured forty seven
1 cent revenue stamps but no money
Card and book tickets and express money
orders in the safe were found intact
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END OF FROST CASE NOT YET
Widow Has Been Released from
Jail hut Is Under SurveillanceT
The fact that Mrs Margaret Frost has
been released from jail upon order of the
coroners jury has given rise to the erro
neous opinion which is quite general at
York that she will never be formally
charged with the murder of her husband
It is thought that she was liberated either
because the report of the chemist who
analyzed the dead mans stomach was not
consistent with the theory of her guilt or
because to further prosecute the case
would drag in complications which the
coroners jury wished to suppress This
view of the situation is entirely incorrect
Mrs Frosts release from the jail has abso
lutely no significance touching her guilt or
innocence It does not mean that the case
will be dropped as she is under surveil
lance It doesnt purport a change of mind
on the part of the jury or any of its mem
bers On this point Geo W Post fore
man says
The coroners jury is simply waiting
for furtiier information from the chemist
The case before us stands now as it has
stood ever since we began our investiga
tions So far as 1 know there has been no
recent change of opinion with any of the
jurors Mrs Frost is regarded by the jury
in the same light as before her release was
ordered That fact has no significance as
to the jurys opinion
SCHOOL FUND APPORTIONED
State Treasurer Meserve Divides Up
Four Hundred Thousand Dollars
State Treasurer Meserve has certified to
the superintendent of public instruction
the amount of money apportioned for the
support of the public schools of the state
for the next half year The apportion
ment is with one exception the highest
made for several years being 0032119
Treasurer Meserves certificate shows
that the money was derived from the fol
lowing sources From state school tax
8721176 fror interest on school lands
leased 5698888 from interest on school
land sold 15970376 from interest on
saline land leased 3M566 from interest
On United States consols 1300 from inter
est on state fun ling bonds 226665 from
intereston county bonds Sio7007 from
interest on school district bonds 75201
from interest on state warrants 28171S
from peddlers licenses 2970 All money
received for the temporary school fund
from December 1 18J9 to the third Mon
day in May 1900 is included in the appor
tionment
Small Hope for Dorsay
There seems little hope now that Frank
Dorsey will not have to serve the six
years sentence imposed byJho federal
I circuit affinned by the United States
courc ot appeals anu recently amrmen dv
the denial of the petition to feopeli the
case2 by the United States supreme court
Only the pardon of Presi lent McKinley
which is but a very remote possibility can
now save him fropi the penalty set for the
alleged wrecking of the First National
Bank of Ponca of which he was cashier
previous to the time it failed
Charged with Counterfeiting
J B Kreittle -an old resident of Wake
field was arrested by John Webb of the
United States secret service assisted by J
O Moore United States deputy marshal
ne is charged with making and passing
counterfeit money Kreittle ims lived in
Wakefield some fifteen or sixteen years
and has always heretofore borne a good
reputation save for drinking He is G6
years old and a tinner by trade His ar
rest is a genuine surprise to the com
munity
Fifteen Months for Bigamy
In the case of the state vs Nichols in the
district court at Columbus the defendant
entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced
by Judge Ilollenbek to fifteen months in
the penitentiary at Lincoln at hard labor
ThevComplaint charged that in May 1891
Nichols married one Sadie B Bennett in
Lancaster and afterward on the 25th day
of November 1898 and while the said first
wife was still living he married Lottie M
Laughlin in Columbus
Nebraska Short Notes
The residence of C llBuffom of Tecum
seh was struck by lightning twice in one
week
The veterans of the civil and Spanish
wars will hold a reunion at Crawford June
30 to July 5 inclusive
From every part of Nebraska come re
ports of fine prospects for a great crop of
fruit of all kinds
The Plattsmouth band will accompany
the Jacksonian Club of Omaha to the
Kansas City convention
The city marshal of Wood River has
been instructed to run in every boy caught
with a nigger shooter1 or air gun
Willie Pressler of Trumbull a 16-year-old
son of Michael Pressler was kicked by
a horse from the effects of which he died
The citizens of Hastings held a mass
meeting last week and decided to celebrate
the Fourth of July in the old time fashion
A Hartington woman became enraged
because she saw her husband in a saloon
and proceeded to smash a fine mirror and
a few other things
Hastings has a 12000 damage suit It
was brought by a young lady school
teacher of that place for injuries received
while riding a bike
The new reservoir of the city water
works jusr fi iished at a cost to the tax
payers of West Point of 3000 has proven
a total failure It leaks
The congregation of the English Luth
eran Church at West last week approved
the plans for the erection of a parsonage
in connection with the church
The brewery of Niobrara has manifold
troubles just now the government having
entered complaints in two branches of its
laws the revenue and sale to Indians
The two lads Thompson and Peters
who unceremoniously left Grand Island
for parts unknown a few days ago were
apprehended about twenty six miles
north of Anselmo
The examination of the stomach of the
Madden child of Arcadia which died some
two months ago from poisoning revealed
no poison The examination of the food
of which the child had eaten showed 3 per
cent arsenic
The Beatrice Chautauqua will open this
year June 21 and close July 4
Mr Wickwire received a bullet in the
shoulder as she was crossing the street at
Fremont A 13-year-old boy by the name
of Smails it is said was after birds with a
gun in that part of town that afternoon
and it is thought he shot her accidentally
The sheriff of Gage County has published
a notice warning those in the habit of vio
lating the law governing the protection of
fish in the streams of the state by trapping
or seining that the same must be stopped
as the provisions of the law will be en
forced
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SOUTH AFEICAj
FIELD OF OPERATIONS
NARROWING DOWN
Iord Roberta Gradually Croivdinc the
Boers Into Their Last Ditch Burgh
er Leaders Declare They Will Fight
to the Death
The relief of Mafeking effected by the
British is the most important feature o
the South African war since the siegaof
Ladysmith was raised The relief otjhe
town narrows down tbefield of opera
tions to a great extent TheJ5ritish from
all sides are now dosing hybn the Boers
Johannesburg and Pretoria being the ob
jective points Gen Roberts in moving
north from Kroonstadt is practically cov
ering a front of forty miles Intliiding
the column of Methuen on his left anbV
that of Brodhend and Bundle on hisj
right he is covering a front of morei
than a hundred mijee Mqthuen is proba i
bly advancing from IlSopstad along the1
Vaal so us to keep in touch with French
on- the Rljcnoater river and at the same
it 4 UJA irtniliinrn lpinvllf
LIIUU UllUUlVU 1LIUIU111
this lonrr front Roberts is moving to i
ward three crossings of the Vaal river
his center nuirchinir along the rrfilroad
toward the crossing at Ycreeniging on
the direct road to Johannesburg his right
toward Villiersdorp and his left toward
Reitzburg
With this formidable force in ffont
overlapping their flanks and pressing
them relentlessly back the small Boer
army is threatened by the movement
from upper Natal as well as by the move j
ment from Mafeking on the west Under
such conditions the only course left openj
to the republican army Is an orderly rc f
treat to a point of concentration like Jo i
hannesburg or Pretoria From a strictly
military standpoint a battle at either
place is in the nature of a useless
fice Any other nation even though it
had the strength of Germany or France
would make peace at the frontier But
the Boers are not like any other nation
They are fighting for their institutions
and their country and they are not con-
trolled by the views that obtain among
military men or statesmen of Europe
The conditions of battle on the Trans
vaal f Bontier it must be remembered are
ii ii l v -it
any other great wa WhereartuieTareT
of about the samrgjljOEgej
the field of operations is large an enemy
may be attacked and defeated in detail
There is little chance for this in the Or
ange Fuee State There will be less iff
the Transvaal The circumstances tho
narrowing field of activity the great
strength and mobility of the British army
compel the Boers to a strictly defensive
campaign They cannot detach com
mands as could thev generals in our civil
war to surprise an enemy on the flank
or to crush an isolated division
Practically there are no isolated
ions in the British army Gen Roberts
is moving his several army corps on con
verging lines on positions of vital im
portance to the Boers The latter can
not exhaust themselves in fruitless en
deavors to stay the march they cannot
permit themselves to be diverted by a
threatening movement in one quarter
while their lines are broken in another
Under the circumstances they are follow
ing military precedent and acting on ap
proved principles of strategy in retiring
to a position where to give battle will be
to advance their own cause and not to
weaken it
It is not known where the Boers will
make their stand against Lord Roberts
nor how strenuously they will defend Pre-
toria Then leaders say that when Pre j
toria falls the Boers will retreat to the
mountains and continue to fight whilej
life lasts The Boer envoys in thiscoun t
try having failed in their mission to in-
duce the United States to intervene in
behalf of the republics the Boers have
now only two alternatives that of sur j
render or of fighting to the last ditch Ac J
cordintr to the envoys the latter will b
their choice The envoys were told b
Secretary of State Hay that this Gov
ernraiJlt could not intervene in behalf
of the republics
CUBAN CUSTOMS NEXT
K
Eervice Is Said to Be Honeycoraljed
-with Fraud
A special from Washington says that
an explosion in the Cuban customsser
vice is threatened which promises rev
elations as scandalous as the disclosures
ha Connection with the postal service An
official of the customs service who has
just returned to New York from Havana
brings information that the customs ser
vice there is honeycombed with fraud and
corruption wand the employes interested
are trembling in fear of investigation It
Is dec sired that investigation will show
that through lax business methods and
incompetent and unscrupulous employes
thousands of dollars have been diverted
from legitimate channels into the pockets
of dishonest officials and their accom
plices Disbursements of sums ranging
from 100 to 10000 have been made to
persons who have not performed any
service whatever it is said and in many
instances without the formality off pre
senting vouchers
The Assistant Secretary of War esti
mate that it will take about a motith to1
complete the investigation started inj
Cub The fact that the customs service
is to be included in the inquiry will in
crease the task and lengthen the time
The official announcement that this de--1
partment is under suspicion confirms the
rumors which have been current im
Washington for some time
Told in a Few Lines
Independent steel manufacturers
cutting prices
Plague has claimed seventy three vie-
tinis at Snyder N S W
Hanover bank New York will increase
its capital from 1000000 to 3000000
According to Salt Lake City figures
the number of Mormons now in existence
is 3G0000
Rural free delivery is established on
IjOOO routes and accommodates 100000
homes in the country - -
The Panama Caiial Companys conces
sion has been extended six years by the
Colombian Government
Of nearly 1000 dealers in oleomarga j
jine in Philadelphia Only thirty One have
both Federai and State licenses
It is proposed to build a 3000000 in-
ternational dam aiove El Paso JTexas
to redeem the Rio Grande valley-
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