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MARY DOES
IS MAD THIS TIME
OFFICER SHOT SUPPOSED TO BE
AGUINALDO
Saddle Bags on Horse from Which
He Fell Contained Aguinaldo
Diary and Valuable Papers Cora
panions Carried Off Body
Vigan Luzon Maj March with his
detachment of the Thirty third Regiment
overtook what is believed to have been
Aguinaldos party on May 19 at La Gat
about 100 miles northeast of Vigan The
Americans killed or wounded an officer
supposed to have been Aguinaldo whose
body was removed by his followers
Aguinaldo had 100 men Maj March 123
The Americancommander reached Laboa
gan where Aguinaldo had made his head
quarters since March 6 on May 7 Agui
naldo had iled seven hours before leaving
all the beaten trails and traveling through
the forest along the beds of streams To
wards evening May 19 Maj March struck
Aguinaldos outpost about a mile outside
of La Gat killing four Filipinos and cap
turiir yivo From the latter he learned
that Aguinaldo had camped there for the
night Although exhausted and half
starved Maj Marchs men entered La Gat
on the run They saw the insurgents scat
tering into the bushes dr over the plateau
A thousand yards beyond the town on
the mountain side the figures of twenty
five Filipinos dressed in white with their
leader on a gray horse were silhouetted
against the sunset The Americans fired
a volley and saw the officer drop from his
horse His followers lied carrying the
body The Americans on reaching the
spot caught the horse which was richly
saddled Blood from a badly wounded
man was on the animal and on the ground
The saddle bags contained Aguinaldos
diary and some private papers including
proclamations One of these was ad
dressed uTo the Civilized Nations
It protested against the American occu
pation of the Philippines There was
ralso found copies of Senator Beveridges
Ispeech translated into Spanish and en
titled the Death Knell of the Filipino
People
SOLDIERS HELD UP
TOld Fashioned Stage Robbery Is
Reported in California
Raymond Cal One of the boldest
robberies ever committed in California oc
curred Monday when three of the Tose
mite Stage and Turnpike Companys
stages a private conveyance and two sol
diers of Troop F Sixth Cavalry from the
Presidio who were en route to the Yose
mite Park were held up by two highway
men The holdup occurred at a point two
miles from Grub Gulch where the country
is thickly covered with chapparel Ser
geant Buchanan and another trooper had
gone ahead of the cavalry to make arrange
ments for selecting a camping place The
highwaymen suddenly appeared masked
and getting the drop on the troopers took
away their guns and held the troopers till
the stages arrived One robber then took a
hat belongingto T II Griffiths a passen
ger on the stage and collected 150 from
the passengers after which he ordered the
driver to go on Each stage was succes
sively held up the robbers getting about
350 The mail and express matter were
not molested
MAY REMOVE VAN WYCK
Roosevelt Has Case of New York
Mayor Under Consideration
New York Gov Roosevelt announced
t Monday that he would confer with
ney General Davies concerniug the citi
zens petitions praying for the removal of
Mayor Van Wyck from office because of
his holding stock in the American Ice
Company of which the city is the largest
patron In addition to the affidavits which
form the basis Jor the impeachment and
proposed removal of the mayor the gov
ernor will receive a list of the stockholders
of the American Ice Company which will
include the names of six justices of the
supreme court In case of the removal of
Mayor Van Wyck Randolph Gugenheimer
president of the municipal council would
become mayor He held one share of Con
solidated Ice stock but sold it some time
ago he says
CUBAN EXTRADITION BILL
Measure Passes the Senate After an
Extended Debate
Washington After an extended debate
ihe senate June 2 passed the bill providing
for extradition of persons who have com
mitted certain crimes in Cuba from the
United States to the island As amended
the bill provides that the alleged criminal
shall be punished under the laws of Cuba
as administered by Cuban courts
Wedding Guest Murdered
Columbus O At the wedding ot
Harry Richards and Ida May Cockwell
Frank Adams a guest shot and instantly
killed Joe Mulligan another guest who
iiad thrown a bottle at him The parties
to the tragedy had been drinking beer to
the brides healtn
Extradition Papers Signed
2sew York Gov Roosevelt has signed
the Ncelv extradition papers and they
were forwarded to Washington
Curtailing Expenses
Havana Acting Director General of
Cuban Posts Brjstow has reduced the ex
penses of the department 1500 by dis
charging three servants of Mr Rathbone
whose wages had been carried on the offi
cial list a coachman at 900 a year a gard
ener at 360 and a laborer at 240
Workmen Insurance Killed
The Hague The first chamber rejected
the government bill to insure workmen
against accidents It is believed the
ministry will resign
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INJUNCTION GOES TO FAR
Court Dissolves Restraining Order
Preventing Strike Benefits
New York Justice Andrews in the
supreme court ha dissolved the sweeping
injunction against the Cigarmakers Union
which prohibited the payment by mem
bers of the union of strike benefits and
practically made it unlawful to contribute
to the support of a strikers family when
the head of the house was out of work
The injunction dissolved was to restrain
temporarily the members of Cigarmakers
International Union No 14 1 from interfer
ing with the business of the plaintiffs S
Levy Co
Justice Andrews says temporary in
junction was granted properly on the pa
pers before Judge Freedman but that the
defendants have met the allegations which
were largely on information and belief
with specific denials of the material alle
gations by the different individual referred
to in the moving papers so that the in
junction cannot be continued The alle
gations of the plaintiffs of threats of in
timidation the justice says are not borno
out on all the papers presented
With regard to the payment of strike
moneys the justice finds that the plaintiffs
have not proved the alleged purpose of the
payment The plaintiffs said the moneys
were paid to keep up the strike and injure
the plaintiffs Judge Andrews finds that
the moneys were not paid to interfere with
or injure the business of the plaintiffs but
that the moneys were paid to the strikers
to support them and their families pending
the strike for which an injunction will not
lie
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
House Votes Not to Incorporate One
Condemning All Trusts
Washington The house of representa
tives on the 2d inst after a lively debate
extending over two days defeated the joint
resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment empowering congress to regu
late trusts It requires a two thirds vote
under the constitution to adopt an amend
ment to the constitution
The vote stood Ayes 154 nays 131
The affirmative vote therefore was 38
short of the requisite two thirds 192
Five Democrats and one silver Repub
lican voted with the Republicans for the
resolution and two Republicans withthe
Democrats
These were the only breaks from party
lines
The Populists voted solidly against the
resolutions
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS LOSE
Federal Judge Renders Decision m
the Lloyd Intoxication Case
Chicago The second trial of the case
of Jane Wiley Lloyd against the supreme
lodge of the Knights of Pythias involving
the intoxication clause in the insurance
policies of that order resulted in a verdict
of 3475 for the plaintiff Judge Kohlsaat
in the United States circuit court rendered
the decision A policy of 3000 was issued
to Walter Lloyd in 1S89 He died in 1S97
and the supreme lodge refused to pay the
loss as his death is said to have resulted
from intoxication It is claimed this pro
vision was not in Lloyds pplicy but was
inserted two years later The court of ap
peals reversed the first judgment on the
ground that the clause was retroactive
GETTING A BIG POSSE
St Liouis Business and Professional
Men Forced to Do Strike Duty
St Louis Mo The summoning of citi
zens to make up a posse of 2500 deputy
sheriffs called for by the board of police
comissioners to aid the police in preserv
ing order resulted in many business and
professional men being sworn in After
being divided into squads of twenty the
deputies were placed under command of a
captain who drilled the men in the use of
riot shotguns Many never had a gun in
their hands before and it was a decided
novelty As soon as possible these squads
are assigned for duty being distributed
peer the different street car lines
DELLA FOX INSA N E
Famous Comic Opera Singer Is
Committed to an Insane Asylum
New York Delia May Fox the well
known actress was committed to the in
lane asylum at Astoria Long Island on
petition of her brother Evidence showed
she is laboring under a delusion
Judgement Against Police Officers
Chicago Judge Tuley entered formal
judgement of outer against Assistant Chief
Df Police Patacek and Inspectors Heidel
aiyre Hartnett and Kalas This action
was in accordance v ith the decision rend
ered by Judge Tuley over a week ago
sustaining the Chicago civil service law
the court deciding that the police
officials named were holding office in
violation of the operations of that law
Attack Free Dispensary
Chicago A boy disappeared here and
his boy companion reported that he had
been waylaid and killed tyy the doctors
connected with a free dispensary In a few
moments a mob of several hundred people
was at work demolishing the building
Clubs were used freely and several arrests
made before the crowd was dispersed
Later the missing boy was found un
harmed
Montana Express Office Robbed
Miles City Mont The Northern Pacific
express office was robbed of a 5000 pack
age and 300 received for the sale of tickets
Fred Morrow night operator was acting
for Station Agent Bipson and the money
was taken during Morrows absence Mor
row has been operator for about three
months
Three killed by Lightning
St Clare Mich Capt Artie Morrison
Frank Campbell and William Medlar
were killed by lightning May 31 The men
were at work on a new boat lightning
struck the mast passing into the cabin
and killing ihem
Owes Nearly 100000 -
Pentwater Mich The banking house
ofNielson Co closed its doors Monday
morning Its liabilities are unofficially
estimate i at 75000 to 100000 It is im
possible to form an estimate of the assets
AN EIGHT YEAR OLD HERO
Saves Brother and Sister but Seea
Mother ant Babe Perish
Media Pa Two children were dragged
from aburning hoase on the truok farm of
Stoer Bicklee May 31 by their 8-year-old
brother who -driven out by the flames
was forced to leave his mother and her
baby to perish His mother while carry
ing a baby and a lamp fell on the stair
way the lamp sotting fire to the house
The carpet saturated with oil from the
lamp burned fiercely and the boy realiz
ing the house was doomed dragged out
his brother and sister who were intent on
rushing through the fire to their mother
Then he returned for his mother who
clasped her baby but her weight was too
great for his little arras and as the flames
were closing in on him he gave a last de-
spairing look at the doomed woman and
fled heart broken to a place of safety
CONFESSION THAT DID NOT GO
Judge Rebukes Prison Authorities
by Releasing Convict
Buffalo N Y Judge Lainert created
a sensation at the criminal term of the su
preme court by excluding a confession and
directing the jury to acquit tiie defendant
in the case of Frederick Schreiber a
former inmate of the penitentiary whe
was placed on trial on a charge of arson in
setting fire to a pigpen at the penitentiary
The justice took this action after Schreiber
had testified that a confession was wrung
from him by imprisoning him in a dungeon
with his hands handcuffed above his head
and subjecting him to other tortures
Schreiber swore that he did not set fire to
the pen
TO ARREST TAYLOR
Warrant Issued Charging Him with
Being Accessory to Murder
Frankfort Ky Circuit Clerk Ford re
ceived an order from Judge Cantrill May
31 directing him to issue a bench warrant
for the arrest of former Gov Taylor The
warrant was based on an indictment
charging Taylor with being an accessory
to the murder of Goebel The warrant
was placed in the hands of Deputy Sherill
Suter
WELL KNOWN SURGEON DEAD
Dr Truman Miller of Chicago a
Victim of Blood Poisoning
Chicago Dr Truman W Miller one of
the best known surgeons in the west died
May 31 of blood poisoning ne served as
a surgeon in the civil war
Forest Fires Cause Heavy Loss
St Johns N B Forest fires have raged
in the woods about this city in every direc
tion and reports arriving show that seri
ous damage has been done The heaviest
damage is reported from St Martins thirty
miles from here There avsp ark from an
engine on the Central Railroad started a
fire which destroyed sixty five buildings
and two thirds of the village The loss is
estimated at 05000
Look on in Horror
Champaign 111 Lou Anderson agent
for a picture frame house in Chicago was
crushed to death by an engine here while
occupants of a crowded car looked on in
horror A heroic effort was made by A
Strohm of theUniversifcj of Illinois library
school to rescue the unfortunate man from
the wheels of the engine but in vain
Steamer Goes Ashore in a Fog
Mackinaw City Mich In a dense fog
May 31 the steel steamer Seguin bound
down light ran ashore half a mile west of
MeGuldins Point She is a Canadian craft
valued at 80000 The fog was so dense
that captiaus could not see the length of
their crafts
Taylor Will Run Again
Martinsville Ind W S Taylor recent
claimant for the governorship of Ken
tucky who is now at the mineral springs
here has announced that he will make the
race again this autumn on an anti Goebel
and anti Goebel election law platform
Switchmen Pick Milwaukee
Detroit The grand lodgeof the Switch
mens Union of North Ameaica at the last
session here selected Milwaukee as tho
place for holding the next convention
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioxix City Cattle common to prime
250500 hogs 500520 sheep
22o700 wheat Lis corn 3031c oats
2022c butter dairy 1315 creamery
1920
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 500 hogs shipping grades
300 to 530 sheep fair to choice 300
to 550 wheat No 2 red Otic to 07c
corn No 2 3Gc to 3Sc oats No 2 21c
to 22c rye No 2 53c to 57c butter
choice creamery 10c to 20c eggs fresh
lie to 13c new potatoes 250 to 323
per barrel
Indiana noli Cattle shipping 300 to
373 hogs choice light 300 to 550
sheep common to prime 300 to 500
wheat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2
white 39c to 41c oats No 2 white
2Gc tc 27c
St Louis Cattle 325 to 575 hogs
S300 to 550 sheep 300 to 525
wheat No 2 70c to 72c corn No 2
yellow 30c to 3Sc oats No 2 23c to
25c rye No 2 5Gc to 57c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 575 hogs
300 to 550 sheep 250 to 473
wheat No 2 72c to 73c corn No 2
mixed 41c to 42c oats No 2 mixed 24c
to 20c rye No 2 Glc to G2c
Detroit Cattle 230 to 373 lions
300 to 373 sheep 300 to 300
wheat No 2 73c to 74c corn No 2
yellow 39c to 40 oats No 2 white 27c
to 29c rye GOc to G2c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 74c to
7Gc corp No 2 mixed 39c to 41c oats
No 2 mixed 23c to 23c rye No 2 57c
to 39c clover seed new 493 to 303
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 northern
GGc to 07c corn No 3 39c to 41c oats
No 2 white 23c to 27c rye No 2 30c
to 37c barley No 2 42c to 44c pork
mess 1123 to 1173 r
Buffalo Cattle choice shipping steers
300 to 600 hogs fair to prime 300
to 375 sheep fair to choice 300 to
550 lambs common to extra 450 to
650 t
New York Cattle 323 to 600 hogs
300 to 573 sheep 300 to SVuO
wheat No 2 red Sic to S3c corno 2
42c to 43c oats No 2 white 2Sc to 30c
butter creamery 16c to 2lc eggs west
ern 13c to loc
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWSOF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM
Because an Alliance Jeweler Asked
a Man Named Mathews to Pay n
Bill He Owed He Was Struck with
a Coupling Pin and Killed
E G Wait a jeweler of Alliance was
murdered May 2ti by a man named
Mathews Wait asked Mathews to settle
a small bill which he owed whereupon
Mathews struck him on the head with a
piece of car coupling from the effects of
which Wait died within a few hours lie
died unconscious
Wait leaves a family wife and two chil
dren Mathews also has a family Math
ews is in charge of Sheriff Sweeney and
being guarded Wait was an inoffensive
man while- Mathews is a desperate dan
gerous character A post mortem examin
ation developed that the brain and skull
had been terribly injured and the blow a
death blow Waits safe is shut with many
watches belonging to railroad men inside
and the combination known to no one
His family is greatly disressed and the
community terribly shocked by the tragedy
FIGHTING THE RATE LAW
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Union Pacific Makes Answer to Suit
of Attorney General
An answer was filed in the supreme
court a few days ago by the attorneys of
the Union Pacific Railroad in coneclion
with the suit brought by the state against
the company some months ago in which
something less than S500000 is demanded
as a penalty for alleged violation of the
maximum freight law passed by the Ne
braska legislature in 1893 The answer is
one to the original petition filed by Attor
ney General Smyth in the case
In one section the company sets up that
in this matter the state supreme court has
not original jurisdiction as the suit is
practically a criminal one No such au
thority or jurisdiction says the answer is
conferred by section 2 article G of the state
constitution which reads
It the supreme court shall have orig
inal jurisdiction in cases relating to the
revenue civil cases in which the state shall
be a partr mandamus quo warranto and
habeas corpus
The railroad company further avers that
the company is one organized under the
laws of the state of Utah and is therefore
not amenable hrNebraska law in this mat
ter It is set forth that no competent court
has ever convicted the Union Pacific Rail
road of any violations of the maximum
freight rate law and that until such an
occurrence takes place the supreme court
has no authority to take into its considera
tion for a moment the subject matter of
the petition of Attorney General Smyth
J t is then pointed out that under section 9
of the maximum freight rate law proceed
ings for the collection of fines shall be un
der the criminal code and by information
or indictment Neither of these courses it
is stated have been pursued in the present
case
No briefs have as yet been filed in sup
port of either side and the case may not be
taken up in the supreme court for some
months to come
FAMILY FEUD IS SHOT OUT
Stevens Family Tries to Wipe 3ut
the Merrimans
About 6 oclock on the afternoon of May
29 while Frank Merriman and wife were
at work building a fence on their farm
one mile southwest of Miller they were
attacked by J W Charles Elmer and
John Stevens father and brothers of Mrs
Merriman with shotguns rifles and re
volvers Merrimans story is that he and
his wife were warned by two boys that the
Stevens family were after them Soonaftqr
they appeared and shot his dog and he
received the next charge in his left breast
and arm and the next in the face and neck
Merriman had his pumpgun on the wagon
standing nearby which he secured and
emptied at his assailants J W Stevens
the father had fifteen shot removed from
his face and neck The boys are in about
tho same condition Merriman is thought
to be the most seriously hurt His left
breast is full of shot The shooting is the
result of an old family feud
LI FE WAS A BURDEN
J H L anglois of Silver Creek Sends
a Bullet Into His Brain
On returning home at Silver Creek from
the Decoration Day services at the Method
ist Episcopal Church Mrs J II Langlois
found her husband lying on the bed with
an ugly bullet wound in his forehead A
doctor was summoned and removed the
bullet which had lodged over the eye at
the base of the brain A number of pieces
of skull were removed and a small portion
of the brain Mr Langlois has been in ill
health for some time past andit is thought
that in a fit of despondency he had at
tempted to take his life He used a 38
caliber revolver Mr Langlois is one of
the firm of Barth Langlois of the Silver
Creek Poller Mills lie purchased a half
interest in the mills recently and re
moved about six weeks ago from Carroll
Iowa
Irrigation Canal Project
The farmers canal project at Bayard
which has been regularly discussed seems
to have taken on a new lease of life with
good prospects of being an assured fact
ore long The canal will be seventy miles
in length and the territory to be irrigated
includes aout five miles in width extend
ing over a semi arid Lelt The propretors
of the enterprise say that nothing now in
terferes with the work on the eanal except
the delay in the arrival of the necessary
men and material which is expected in
Bayard within a fortnight
Killed by Lightning
A man named St Clair living near
Gross Boyd County while on his way to
ONeill one day last week with a load of
hogs was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed about nine miles north of the
city lie was found the next morning ly
ing in the mud at the side of his wagon
One of the horses was also killed
School Bonds Defeated-
At a special election held at Plainview to
vote on the bona proposition of building
a new 5000 school house the bonds were
defeated by a vote of 52 for to 67 against
The cause of the defeat was the light vote
and a wrangles over the site
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Mathews Held for Murder
At the preliminary hearing of Mathews
at Alliance for the murder off E G Wait
the prisoner waived an examination and
was held to the district court without bail
The body of Wait goes to Marshalltown
for interment
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SHE HID HER FORTUNE
Heirs of1 an Omaha Woman Find
37000 Secreted in Odd Nooks
The heirs of Mrs Ellen C Lucas whoso
death occured in Omaha a few days ago
have uncovered a fortune of orer 37000
which had been hidden in snug nooks
about the old homestead at 1221 Chicago
Street John C Lucas son of the dead
woman was assured that his mother was
possessed of a large amount of money but
upon proving the legality of his claim at
the bank was surprised to find that the
supposed fortune had dwindled to 10000
Ho confided his views on the situation to
his aunts and among them the heirs carao
to the conclusidn that Mrs Lucas must
have bidden her valuables in some cache
about the house t j
A systematic search was begun and after
several hours one of the party dfscovered
a small iron bdx concealed beneath the
floor in the dead womans bedroom It was
found to contain a pile of gold and silver
money and paper currency The search
ers were still unsatisfied and continued
their quest for some time longer Their
zeal was again rewarded by the discovery
of another iron box in a narrow passage
way leading from the cellar beneath the
sidewalk The total amount secured was
37000 in 90111 and several thousand dol
lars in bonds
SMALLPOX CASES AT KEARNEY
Disease Brought from Oklahoma
and Spread in Midway City
Kearney citizens were startled May 29
by the report that there were seven known
cases of smallpox in town A couple of
physicians went to Mayor Hostlet and re
ported that they had been attending sev
eral persons ifected with a disease thought
to be a mild form of smallpos The mayor
at once telephoned Gov Poynter and re
quested him to send up an expert in such
cases Dr Towne of the state board of
health went up and after an examination
of the cases pronounced them smallpox
It is not known but that there are more
than the seven cases in town as part oE
these were located late in the afternoon
and it is known that many more persons
were exposed to the person most badly af
fected It is thought the disease was
brought from Oklahoma by Hose Shields
an old Kearney boy who returned from
there recently
York Prepares for Firemen
The finance committee of the York fire
men reports that York citizens are freely
subscribing and that they will have suffi
cient funds to cairy on the firemens state
tournament meeting to be held in York
and hang up some of the largest cash
prizes Every day the secretary is receiv
ing letters from different firemen organiza
tions in the state who write that they are
coming and that they will have half of
their towns come with them York has
entertained large crowds but this meeting
promises to be a record breaker
Omaha Yankton Bonds Sold
A delegation of Yanktonians visited
Omaha May 30 and were entertained by
the Commercial Club The object was the
promotion of the Omaha Yankton air line
Its advantages were set forth at the lunch
eon and Omaha appointed a committee of
ways and means One of the visitors said
that bonds had been sold to pay for the
construction of the road Omaha is ex
pected to furnish tho terminal facilities
Cattle for Nebraska Herds
v Uriah Chester has brought to Ainsworth
twenty six head of Hereford bulls cows
and heifers from Guelph Ont to add to
tiie big herd of white faces owned by
Chester brothers Brown County stock
men are fast adding the finest of blooded
animals to their herds
Harvard Superintendent Resigns
S P Arnot superintendent of the pub
lic schools at Harvard has resigned hav
ing decided to engage in business This
leaves a vacancy which the board of edu
cation feels will be hard to fill this late
Nebraska Short Notes
An extension is to be made to the Ban
croft water works system
The Methodists of Leigh expect to build
a new church this summer 1
There has not been a prisoner confined
in the Lincoln County jail for over a
month
The Christian Endeavorers of theFirst
district of Nebraska will meet in conven
tion in Pender June 8 10
The estate of John Fester deceased who
was killed by a train at Gibbon last month
received 200 from the Union Pacific Rail
road Company
The mayor of Beatrice has given notice
to all cigar and candy dealers that all
nickel-in-the-slot machines must be re
moved or the dealers would be prosecuted
The hardware store belonging to August
Schneider was broken into at Cedar Creek
and about 83 worth of razors and pocket
knives taken besides 3 in silver from the
till
Bernard Schoenebeck a farmer near
Howell was thrown from a disc harrow
and became entangled with the implement
in such a way as to receive a broken leg
and several cuts and bruises
Sandy Mastick of Brown County reports
killing upward of twenty rattlesnake last
week while plowing on his ranch on the
Niobrara Others report tiiese poisonous
pests unusually numerous this spring
Officer Meehan of Columbus was called
to theresidence of Joseph Flynn to kill a
mad dog The dog was found to be acting
very strangely snapping and snarling at
everything A shot from the officers re
volver sent the dog to the happy land of
canines
II is announced in dispatches from Ma
nila that Scott I Larson of Seward died on
May 12 from typhoid fever He was a
member of Company G Thirty ninth In
fantry and had been in the ervice since
August of last year He was the son of
Louis Larson of Seward and was about 21
years of age
J A Foster of Fairmonthad both hands
badly burned in a peculiar manner He
had a sore finger bandaged in cloth which
he kept saturated with gasoline Upon
striking a match with which to light his
pipe the material ignited and there was a
redhottimein his immediate vicinity for
about sixty seconds
A small cyclone struck a shed belonging
to George Goit of Wauneta and carried it
about 100 feet and smashed it to smither
eens It was carried over a feed rack
without damaging the rack No other
damage was done
Mr Ball a man 70 years old drew a re
volver on George Eogers a stockman of
Ord threatening to shoot him A warrant
was issued charging him with carrying
concealed weapons and when the sheriff
went to serve it the old man drew a butcner
knife to resist the officer He will be tried
on the charge and then put under bonds to
keej the peace as he has threatened
others
CLOSE on pjretoma
BRITISH TROOPS NEAH TRANS
VAAL CAPITAL
Republican Army Rctrenta Toward Ior
denburc Boers Are Smd to -Be Pre
paring for a Last Desperate Stand
Iord Roberta Occupies Jokannoebursr
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V 4 vmr
Belted messajjesfrom Pretoria received
in London confirm the reports of the de
parture of President Rigger with his
cabinet and staff oilicials xubeday night
and the selection at a meeting of itizens
of a committee to administer the city
provisionally However the late adicesk
do not paiut the situation in as rosya
hue as did those previously sent out for
Pretoria has not been occupied so fur an
the official dispatches show at this writ-
inSt and the recently annexed Orange
Eiver Colony is far from pacified as
Gen Rundle is reported as losing forty
five men killed besides many wounded
in a battle in the former Free State
Sharp fighting occurred in the vicinity
of Johannesburg indicating that tho
burghers are not inclined to give up with
out a struggle It is expected that seri
ous opposition will be met before tho
Transvaal army is crushed and even the
capture of Pretoria will avail little if thoi
well armed troops of Kruger are still to
be located and defeated
Since these telegrams left on Wednes
day nothing apparently has reached
Lourenzo Marquez by telegraph from
Pretoria Possibly the wires have been
cut Possibly the Boor censorship at
some intermediate point intercepts
grams The possession of Johannesburg
at all events as Lord Roberts has tele
graphed is a fact States Attorney
Smuts did not depart with President
Kruger but remained in Pretoria
The Boers lately confronting Lord Rob
erts appear to have gone eastward also
toward the Lydenburg region Tho de
fenders of Laings Nek when their
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tion becomes too perilous will probablyj
trek straight northward toward
burg When this concentration takesj
place there will be possibly 20000 menj
who may hold out for a -time with scati
tered bands of guerrillas elsewhere
The press dispatches from the head
quarters of Lord Roberts give no esti
mate as to the number of Boers who
were fighting Gen French and Gen Ian
Hamilton Monday and Tuesday buttliey
all agree that the Boers retired and that
the British casualties were slight
While some newspapers regard the
practical surrender of Pretoria as the
end of the war there are others that do
not venture such a sanguine opinion con-
tenting themselves by saying it is the be
ginning of the end They recall the fre
quently reiterated intention of the Boers
to withdraw to the mountains at Lyden
burg and find confirmation of this inteu s
tion in the fact that President Kruger
has gone to Waterfallhoven From that
place the main road runs due north toi
Lydenburg They agree that if the Pres
ident was merely seeking to escape cap
ture he would continue his journey to
Lourenzo Marques instead of halting at
Waterfallhoven which is 110 miles west
of the eastern frontier of the Transvaal
There remains apparently the possi
bility of guerrilla war but as this would1
be hopeless and unavailing it is probable
the Boers with a certain hard good sense
which lies at the bottom of their
acter will perceive the uselessnels of
further resistance The British authori
ties at Buluwayo think the Boers will re
tire into Southern Rhodesia Events
elsewhere in the field of war seem to
dwindle in comparison Gen Hunter re
entered the Transvaal at Maribogopan
Tuesday The advance was made off the
railway Water is scarce and all the
farms are deerted
Maribogopan is half way between Vry
burg and Mafeking Gen Baden Powell
is invading farther north without oppo
sition ln Northern Natal Utrecht has
surrendered to Gen Hildyard and Gen
Lyttleton is moving to Vryheld Three
different correspondents estimate the
number of Boers at Laings Nek at about
10000
There has been little fighting since
Bloemfontein was entered Boer aimic s
have retreated steadily abandoning one
position after another and offering no
opposition to Lord Roberts advance The
Transvaal capital has been considered
impregnable It is certainly so situat
ed and fortified that had the Boers chos
en to defend it a protracted siege and
much sacrifice of life and treasure would1
have been required for its reduction
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WAR NEWS IN BRIEF
Rundle has occupied Ladybrand
Boers are intrenchiug along the
river
ioers are enueavormg to reorg
amaai
nize
among Heidelburg hills J
Gen Brabant is reported to have cap
tured 1500 prisoner at- Glocolan
The exodus of Boer women and chil
dren from Pretoria toward Lydenburg
has begun
Boers are said to be intrenched for des
perate fight at Rhenoster river between
Kroonstadt and Taal river f
Boers loaded two locomotives with
namite and caused them to collide wreck
ing the tunnel at Uaings Nek
Special prayers of thanksgiving for
Mafekings relief were offered in
churches of the United Kingdom
During the next thirty days 3S69 offi
cers and men and 22S5 horses will
shipped from England to South Africa
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