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SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS
BY WIRE
VISIT TO 00M PAUL
CONSUL HOLLIS HAS CONFER
ENCE WITH KRUGER
While the American Official Was
Not Given Permission to Meet the
JBoer President the Officials Will
jTake No Notice of the Incident
k
Washington feeerotary Hay says in
reference to the Lorenzo Marquez dispatch
stating that Consul Hollis lias been
Mating with Kruger to bring about peace
by direction oE the Washington govern
ment that Hollis had no authority what
ever from the department to make atrip
into the Transvaal The consul had no
rightUo go into foreign territory without
permission but -assuming his visit was
purely personal -it is not probable notice
will be taken of his reported action
Lorenzo Marquez United States Con
sul Hollis returned here from the Trans
vaal by special train He had a two hours
interview in close confidence with Presi
dent Kruger at Machadodorp It is stated
Hollis was the bearer of friendly dispatches
from the United States government urging
Kruger to treat for peace
DUNS WEEKLY REVIEW
Failures for May Largest Ever
Known for that Month
New York Duns Weekly Review says
Failures m May were not only the largest
ever known in that month since sucli rec
ords were made but of eighty months
ered by these returns only six have shown
as large liabiliti es Contradictory though
it may seem the report is encouraging
There was not a single failure in the
month which was culculated to shake or
did shake commercial credits which were
strongerut the end of May than at the be
ginning
Neither were there any failures or nest
of failures calculated to create alarm about
any particular branch of business The
large brokerage failure for about 13000
000 exceeded in amount all failures in any
other month except one since 1898 and
with it came another for 733000 Nearly
00 per cent of the total defaulted liabilities
was due to five other commercial fail
ures while the ten larger failures in man
ufacturing and trade covered less than
53000000 liabilities in all The number
and amount of liabilities of all commercial
failures in May compared with last year
May 1900 9i7 1899 5S1 Liabilities
-May 1900 23771151 1899 3S20686
The returns to Duns Review for May
show an unusually large number of small
failures They exceed those of any year
but one and this is considered suggestive
lalso the increase of over an eighth in aver
age liabilities
This the report says is really traceable
to the manufacture - for with the suprising
increase in number th binaller failures in
trading show lower liabilities than in any
other except two
WHEAT SOARS UPWARD
July Makes Nearly a Niclcel Advance
on the Chicago Change
Chicago Not since the days of the Lei
ter operations has the market for wheat
shown such activity strength and volume
of business so large as during June 7 and
8 July wheat just before the close on the
8th sold at 73c iJ4c higher than the
market closed on the 7th inst The cause
of the advance was the continued dry
weather in the northwest combined with
the Hessian fly injuries to wheat in In
diana Ohio Michigan and parts of Illinois
PARDONED BY MKINLEY
Jeff Harrison Life Convict at Ana
mosa Is Given His Xiiberty
Anamosa Iowa Jeff Harrison a United
States prisoner who carried the distinc
tion of serving not one but two life sen
tences for robbery has been set at liberty
toy President McKinley
The charges upon which Harrison was
tried and convicted were train and stage
robberies the former alleged to have been
committed at or near Birmingham Ala
the latter near nuntsville in the same
state
Whiteside May Be Promoted
Santiago de Cuba Col Samuel M
Whiteside of the Tenth Cavalry com
manding the department of Santiago and
Puerto Principe has been recommended
by Gov Gen Wood for promotion to the
rank of brigadier general
Capt
Cognlari in 111 Health
Seattle Capt Coghlan who has been
commander of the Puget Sound naval sta
1 ion for over a year has been granted six
months leave of absence on account of ill
health He has been in the hospital at
Seattle over two weeks
Will Challenge for Americas Cup
Queensto wn At a meeting tff the Royal
Cork Yacht Club Sir Thomas Lipton was
elected a member He has expressed his
intention of challenging for Americas
cup under theauspices of this club
Wheel Works at Jiacino Burn
Racine Wis The plant of the Wis
consin wheel works was destroyed by fire
The loss on slock and buildings and ma
chinery is about 60000 on which there is
alinketTinsurance of 80000
Agree to Mine Workers Terms
Indianapolis Ind Seven of the mine
owners belonging to what is known in the
west as the Big Pour have agreed to the
terms of the United Mine Workers of
America and as a consequence 1000 union
men will res time work within a few days
170000 FireVNear Richmond Va
Richmond Va The factory and stock
of the Virginia anjaNorth Carolina Wheel
Factory locateda short distance from this
city was totally destroyed by fire The
Ions is 170000 insurance 110000
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ENGLAND IS AFRAID
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No Steps Have Been Taken to Meet
the Far Eastern Crisis
London It is understood here that if
the United States expected Great Britain
to take independent or initiative action in
China as might be gathered from special
cable dispatches quoting Congressman
Hilt it is depending on a contingency
which appears very remote indeed Prom
every continental capital on June 7 came
evidence how keenly the powers appreci
ate the far eastern crisis yet the British
foreign office retains the apathetic attitude
which for years has distinguished its Chi
nese policy
Though the Boxers outbreak has
doubled in virulence and international
complications have since cropped up Sal
isbury appears to have taken no new steps
to meet the emergency The government
understands the diplomatic and naval au
thorities on the spot are co operating har
moniously and so long as this slate of af
fairs continues Salisbury sees no immedi
ate necessity for taking a step over the
British ministers head
In spite of the fact that the Associated
Press is officially informed that Great
Britain has neither sounded the other pow
ers with the view of securing co operation
in the new and vigorous Chinese policy or
been sounded as to such action bysany
power there are many rumors thafe such
steps are under consideration
A member of the foreign embassy in
London says it is certain the British foreign
office contemplated sending instructions to
all its ministers to secure the support of
other governments especially the United
States in a plan of action
Though Russia might be invited to join
this concert would have for its ulterior ob
ject the frustration of any designs Russia
may harbor fpr making capital out of the
present troubled state of affairs in China
This statement the British foreign office
categorically and emphatically denied
No amount of public pressure could induce
Salisbury to enter into further complica
tions until the South African war is fin
ished
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
frirst Session of Fifty Sixth National
Assembly Is Ended
Washington Congress adjourned sine
die at 5 oclock p ra June 7 Por the sen
ate it was a day of waiting The naval
appropriation bill the stumbling block to
final adjournment could not be agreed to
by the conferees of the two houses and
the disagreement was reported to the sen
ate early in the day
At 3 oclock after several recesses had
been taken it became known to the senate
that the house had concurred in the senate
amendments remaining in controversy
and as sbon as announced by the conferees
the bill was passed by both houses and
adjournment taken at 5 oclock
FIRE IN MINNESOTA TOWN
Destroyes Virginia the Largest Set
tlement on 3Iesaba Range
St Paul A report received June 7 indi
cated that the town of Virginia Minn
the largest settlement on the Mesaba iron
range has been entirely destroyed by fire
The business portion consisting of eight
blocks of substantial brick buildings and
the Moon Kerr Lumber Companys large J
mill and Hards boarding house was en
tirely wiped out The destruction of the
telegraph office cuts off all communication
with this place
WIND STORM IN KANSAS
Faulkner Nearly Wiped Out and
Many Houses Destroyed
Chetopa Kan The village of Faulkner
sqvcii miles northwest was almost entirely
demolished by a wind storm June 7 The
school house church and several dwellings
and barns were demolished Many farm
houses in the adjacent country were un
roofed or blown from their foundations
Much damage was done to crops No cas
ualties are reported
AMBUSHERS FARE BADLY
Treachery of American Guide Proves
Costly to Filipinos
Manila Capt Crenshaw with forty
men of the Twenty eighth Infantry while
scouting near Taal was lead into an am
bush by a guide The captain and one
private were badly wounded The am v
bushers scattered leaving ten dead and
three wounded on the field
Disastrous Storms in France
Paris Heavy thunderstorms in the cen
tral parts of France have caused serious
damage to crops and live stock There
have been several deaths from lightning
Seven persons have been drowned Traffic
on the railroads has been interrupted and
1000000 francs damage has been done at
Thiers itself
Will Crush Greek Industry
Athens The new tariff which Turkey
intends to impose on imports from Greece
is practically prohibitive4 and will almost
annihilate several important Grecian in
dustries such as cognac and soap manu
factures The three protecting powers
are now engaged in considering the Greek
appeal
Wheeler to Bo Brigadier
Washington Nominations by the pres
ident Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler
United States volunteers to be brigadier
general United States army Walter K
Landis to be postmaster at San Juan Por
to Rica
Turkey to Renovate Ironclads
Constantinople The government has
signed a contract with the AnsaldoCom
pany of Genoa forthe renovation of eight
ironclads and is negotiating with the
Krupp Company for arming them
Tinplate Mill at Joliet Closes
Joliet 111 The Great Western Tinplate
Works employing 800 men paying 5000
wages weekly has closed indefinitely
The troubles started over the discharge of
an Amalgamated Association man who
was away as a delegate to a convention
Americun Mechanic Killed in Paris
Paris A man named irony Stringer
of Chicago employed at an Amercan ma
chine companys cantilever exhibit here
was killed as the result of an elevator ac
cident
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ARRANGES A TRUCE
Duller Fixes Up an Armistice ivith
Boers at Jbaings Nek
London A Lorenzo Marquez dispatch
dated Tuesday June 5 says
Buller and Christian Botha met at
Laings Nek at Bullers request when a
three days armistice was agreed upon
The British have evacuated Utrecht
London Until the situation in the
neighborhood of Pretoria is enlightened
officials here as well as others will find
difficulty in prognosticating Roberts im
mediate programme It appears evident
that the Boer Botha
with all his guns withdrew inall proba
bility along the Delagoa Bay railroad with
the view of joining Kruger So the Trans
vaal forces remain practically intact with
Kruger Steyn Botha and Secretary Reitz
safe in a position to continue the direction
of affairs The more optimistic see in the
fact that Krugers and Bothas wives were
left at Pretoria an indication that the
president does not count on a long resist
ance In anycaseit will probably take
Roberts about a week to organize the cam
paign of pursuit The military authorities
anticipate the next important news will
come from Bullers direction plenty oZ
time having elapsed to complete a turning
movement at Laings Nek
EXCLUDE COLORED WOMEN
A Boston Club is Turned Down at
the Milwaukee Convention
Milwaukee Wis There are much in
dignation and regret felt among the bien
nial delegates over the refusal of the board
of directors of the General Federation of
Womans Clubs to admit the New Era
Club of Boston because it is composed bf
colored women Massachusetts called a
meeting and adopted resolutions regretl ag
the boards action aiul requesting a
sideration of it The following resolution
was adopted by the Iowa delegation
Resolved That as Iowa women we
deeply deplore the action of the board of
directors of the Federation in excluding
from membership the colored delegates
from Massachusetts that as progressive
club women awake to every movement
that is calculated to advance the general
good and raise the standard of women gen
erally we most ernestly urge the recon
sideration of this question to the end Miat
the color line be not drawn
Though the Nebraska delegation did not
adopt a resolution its sympathy is with
the New Era Club The board denies that
it refused to accept the credentials of Mrs
liuffin the New Era Clubs president but
said they simply laid them on the table
Several other states adopted resolutions
NEW WAR IN AFRICA
Moors Preparing to Attack
the
French Outposts
London Special dispatches received
from Algiers portray a serious situation
Thousands of Moors are massing at
Figuig and in the neighborhood preparing
for a determined attack upon the advance
posts of the French The French columns
have joined hands at Zoubia but the men
suffered terribly from heat and thirst and
hundreds of camels died The French are
preparing entrenchments and are confident
of their ability to repel an attack and even
to take the offensive against Figuig if
necessary
Meet After Fifty Five Years
Mishawaka Ind While attending a re
union in Marshall County Mrs Geo F
Knoblock wife of a prominent contractor
met her brother George Beyers of Detroit
Mich Neither had heard of the other in
fifty five years and brother and sister had
mourned each other as dead Beyers is 70
years old while Mrs Knoblock is a few
years his junior
Miss Rogers Again Marries
New York The marriage of Miss Mae
Rogers formerly Mrs Joseph Mott
daughter of H H Rogers president of the
Standard Oil Co with William R Coe of
this city was solemnized the 4th inst at
the brides home
Chicago Speculator Suicides
Chicago Thomas D Cottrell a well
known speculator onv the board of trade
shot himself probably fatally Despond
ency was the cause
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux Cit- Cattle common to prime
250440 hogs lSo500 sheep
S225tio0 wheat 54e corn H031c oats
202ic butter dairy 111G creamerv
1S20
Chicago Cattle common to prime
5300 to 000 hogs shipping grades
300 to 525 sheep fair to choice 300
to 575 wheat No 2 red G5c to G7c
corn No 2 37e to 30c oats No 2 21c
to 22c rye No 2 54c to 55c butter
choice creamery 19c to 20c eggs fresh
lie to 12c new potatoes 275 to 375
per barrel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
575 hogs choice light 300 to 525
sheep common to prime 300 to 450
wheat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2
white 3Sc to 40c oars No 2 white
25c to 27c
St Louis Cattle 325 to 575 hogs
300 to 525 sheep 300 to 525
wheat No 2 71c to 72c corn No 2
yejlow 370 to 3Dc oats No 2 21c to
23c rye No -2 52c to 53c
Cinciimati rCiitrle 250 to 575 hogs
300 to 550- sheep 250 to 450
wheat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2
mixed 39c to 41c oats No 2 mixed 23c
to 25e rye No 2 00c to 02c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 575 hoes
300 to 550 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 73c to 74c corn No 2
yellow 39c to 41c oats No 2 white 25c
to 27c rye 00c to 152 c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 73c tp
75c corn No 2 mixed 3Sc to 40c oats
No 2 mixed 23c to 24c rye No 2 57e
to 59c clover seed new 505 to515
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 - northern
G5c to G7c corn No 3 3Sc to 39c oats
No 2 white 24c to 2Gc rye No 1 5Gc
to 57c barley No 2 43c to 44c oork
mess 1100 to 1150
Buffalo Cattle choice shipping steers
300 to 575 hogs fair to prime 300
to 550 sheep- fair to choice JSOO to
fo50 lambs common to extra S450 to
825
New York Cattle 325 to 575 hogs
300 to 575 sheep 300 to 550
wheat No 2 red S2c to S3c corn No 2
43c to 45c bats No 2 white 27c to 2Sc
butter creamery lGc to 21c eggs west
ern 12c to 14c
STATE OF NEBEASKA
NEWS OF THE VEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Gov Poynter Requests Wyomings
Chief Executive to Enforce a Rig
orous Quarantine Around the
Smallpox Districts in that State
Prompted by the recent outbreak of
smallpox in Lincoln Gov Poynteron June
5 formally requested Gov DeForest Rich
ards of Wyoming to enfofee a rigorous
quarantine around tiie iufecfed districts in
that state it being believed byexperts in
this state that thefcases receiitly discov
ered are traable to the railroad camps in
Wyoming Gov Poynter took this action
as a result of a conference with Dr B F
Bailey of the state board of health Gov
Richards immediately replied that all
possible care would be exerted to prevent
a spread of the disease in Wyoming
While the disease in Nebraska is very
mild in form members of the board of
health are apprehensive of more serious
trouble unless steps are immediately taken
to prevent its spread Nearly all of the
cases recently discovered in Lincoln Kear
ney Omaha Grand Island and Salem have
been traced from Wyoming and it is
thought that by cutting off this source the
disease may soon be eradicated
MUTILATED BODY IS FOUND
Mert Hulett Is Charged with Mur
dering His Brother
Emmet II Kulett a resident of Gage
County was found dead on the Burlington
tracks in Burchard The finding of the
coroners jury was death through causes to
the jury tinknown llulett and brother
Mert who lives near Tecumseh drove into
Burchard and stopped for supper at the
City Hotel After supper it is reported
the brothers indulged in liquor until botli
became intoxicated after which they were
supposed to have started for their home in
Gage County
Mert however returned to Burchard
and stopped over night saying that his
brother had gone to Armour The next
morning in company with the landlord
he left the hotel in search of his hat which
had been lost in the carousal of the previ
ous night and it was found suspiciously
hear the mutilated body of his dead
brother
A coupling phi covered with blood and
hair was also found in the same vicinity
It is alleged that the brothers had quar
reled in the past and threats of violence
had been made by both A warrant was
sworn out against Mert llulett charging
murder in the first degree and he was ar
rested and lodged in jail to await a hear
ing the date of which lias not been set
GIVES HOME RULE NEW LIFE
Stuireme Courts Decision in the
Police Commission Case
Before adjournment on the 7th inst the
supieme court handed down decisions in
three very important cases One of these
holds against the Omaha fire and police
commission appointed by Gov Poynter
another upholds the act passed by the last
legislature fixing salaries of clerks of the
district court and the third renders in
operative the law creating the pure food
commission
The decision in the fire and pdlice com
mission case was based on the adjudication
of thecase of the state against Moores
The opinion was written by Judge Sulli
van Judge Norval concurring Judge
Ptolcomb took no part in the decision of
this case
During the morning session of court the
motion of the attorney general for a re
hearing of the Bartley boundsmen case
vas argued and submitted Judge llol
comb withdrew from the Consideration of
this case and in doing so created a little
comment as practically the same objec
tions to his qualifications were urged in
the fire and police commission case as in
the bondsmen case
ENGINEER DIES AT HIS POST
C E Hunting of Wyinore Is Killed
and Train Crew Injured
A serious wreck occurred three miles
west of Alliance between the first and sec
tions of regular freight train No 50 on
June 3 In the rear end collision Engineer
C E llunting of Wyinore was bured un
der his engine and instantly killed Fire
man G W Johnson was badly hurt while
conductor H T Carey and Brakeman D
L Ellis escaped with slight injuries The
wreck was an expensive one as many cars
were piled on top of the engine A track
was built around tiie wreck
In Contempt of Court
The Nebraska supreme court taxed up a
fine of 500 and costs againt the Omaha
Bee Publishing Company for contempt of
court The Bees offense was in criticising
the court for granting a rehearing in the
Omaha fire and police commission case
the Bee charging the court with deciding
the case before it was heard The court
gave the Bee leave to file a motion for a
modification of the fine in case tiie defend
ant should publish a full and correct ac
count of the proceedings and make an
apology Individual sentence of Editor
ftosewater was deferrord until the next sit
ting of the court
She Died by Her Own Hand
The Inland was aired last week
Coroner Bay and County Attorney Spanogle
summoned a new jury and gave the case
a new hearing- The body of Mrs Pugs
ley was exhumed and Drs Shoemaker and
Howard made an external and internal
post mortem examination of it There
were no evidences of blows bruises or in
juries upon the outside of the In
ternally there were conclusive evidences
of carbolic acid poisoning The testimony
wholly exonerated Mr Pugs ley from being
in any manner responsible for the death of
Mrs Pugsley
Fined Under Barbers Law
Three casej eame up at Beatrice before
lunge Bourne for violation of the state
barbers law The defendants were all
from Wyinore and were found guilty and
lined H aud costs each
Held for Highway Robbery
Lanzo Helium colored was arrested in
Omaha by Detectives Ileitfeld and Dona
hue charged with holding up and robbing
Isaac Segal near Ninth and Jackson
Streets Segal called at the station and
identified the negro as the man who had
assaulted him
1
Frost Bied of Poison
The coroners jury at York returned a
verdict that C W Frost came to his death
by poison but by whom administered the
jury was unable to determine This action
ts a great surprise to the general public
S JK
BONDED DEBT VIPED OUT
Redemption of Last Old Indebted
ncss Incurred in 70s
The last Item of the bonded indebtedness
of the state of Nebraska was wiped out on
June 2 by the cancellation of 35000 of
bonds belonging to the permanent school
fund These bonds matured in 1897 but
were not paid until date mentioned owing
to alack of cash in thesinkingfund Of this
sinking fund by the way the Capital Na
tional Bank failure made away with 180
000 The states bonded indebtedness was
incurred between the years 1871 and 1874
and amounted to almost 450000 of which
amount all but 230Q9 was held by the
permanent school fulfil iThe occasion for
the issue of bonds arose outof the fact that
during the period named general fund
warrants were illegally paid out of the
permanent school fund by the state author
ities the excuse being a lack of cash in the
general fund To reimburse the school
fund recourse was had to the issue of what
were termed transfer certificates cred
iting the permanent school fund with the
amounts thus abstracted These certifi
cates were later taken up in 1877 by the
issue of Nebraska state bonds direct to the
permanent school fund Theredemption of
the 35000 of bonds June 2 wiped out
the last remaining evidences of these early
transactions and leaves the state clear of
indebtedness save for the floating debt
consisting of about 1750000 in warrants
outstanding agaijnst the general fund of
which922000 aire owned by the permanent
school fund
DIES OF STRANGE DISEASE
Farmer Near Pender Apparently a
Victim of Lumpy Jaw
John Dinklage a prominent and pros
perous farmer living in Cuming County
several miles south of Pender died of a
peculiar disease the nature or name of
which has not been ascertained lie was
taken sick about two weeks ago and grow
ing worse went to a hospital at Omaha to
be treated His face neck and head
swelled up somewhat resembling the cat
tle diseasG known as lumpy jaw The
physicians at Omaha said he must have
become inoculated somehow with some
disease peculiar to cattle or swine among
which he woikecA a great deal and thus
contracted a disease which poisoned bis
system and finally caused his death
Many May Be Exposed
Six new smallpox cases were reported at
Lincoln making sixteen within a week
One patient a man escaped and is still at
large The patient suspected his ailment
was smallpox and while the physician
was absent to report the case the patient
took to his heels Policemen gave chase
but the patient eluded his pursuers and is
still at large lie is either hiding in the city
or else is making his way across the coun
try on foot The health authorities fear
many have been exposed
llcstrain Bond Issue
M II Marble director of the Table Bock
school district and W II Andrew also a
member of the school board went to Lin
coln with the 10030 school bonds recently
issued by the district and filed them in the
office of state auditor When they arrived
home they found suit had been brought
against the district to restrain the dispos
ing of the bonds and it is presumed that
this will tie the matter up in the courts for
some time
E I A Christian Science Victim
Dr B F Crummer secretary of the
state board of health is investigating the
Sedgwick case at Omaha with a view to in
voking the law prescribing punishment
for all those who practice medicine with
out a license Sedgwicks condition is
critical Members of the family decline to
permit any one but a Christian Science
healer to see him
Prisoner Hangs Himself
Andy Anderson a Swede about 50 years
old and who has lived in Kearney for the
last twenty years hung himself in a cell in
the city jail Anderson had been arrested
for intoxication and would have been lib
erated when sober
Defeat Bond Proposition
The proposition to vote 10000 in bonds
for a new brick school building at Louis
ville was beaten by a vote of 87 against to
74 for the proposition
Welconie Rural Deliyqry
People living north of Fremont near
Bang are feeling much encouraged over
the prospect for fre rural maiPuelivery
Nebraska Short Notcs
The Nebraska Traveling Mens Bryan
Club met in Lincoln a few days ago and
made arrangements to attend the national
Democratic convention in a body
Henry Beister was arrested at Geneva
and on refusing to plead was placed un
der G500 bonds to await the result of the
injuries he inflicted upon Henry Nachbor
The secretaries of the state board of
transportation have received a petition
asking that a shipping and telegraph sta
tion be located at Abdel in Nueholls
County on the Missouri Pacific line
Gould Northrops china store at York
was broken into recently but no merchan
dise was taken Two hundred pennies
were taken from the money drawer
Triplets two girls and one boy were
born to Mr and Mrs Fred Carlson at their
home south of Lyons last week The baby
bov died soon after birth The other
f youngsters are reported doing nicely Mr
and Mrs Carlson reirret the loss of their
boy as they have ample means
Herman Anderson one of the men work
ing with the Elkhorn railroad bridge gang
near York while woiking on a bridge
slipped and fell carrying with him tools
and bridge supplies weighing over 100
pounds which fell on him breaking his
left arm at the wrist and crushing his right
leu at the ankle
i
Gov Poynter has received a
tion
from A J Ballasteras of Buenos
Ayres Argentine written in Spanish The
governor sent the missive to the state uni
versity romance language department for
translation and learned that Mr Balles
teras desires a copy of the forest laws of
the state and a copy of all agricultural re
ports The fame of Arbor Day had
reached him in South America and he con
templates similar legislation for his re
public
A J Cook the aged father of Wm J
Cook of Kearney mysteriously disap
peared somewhere between Sacramento
Cal and Kearney Mr Cook left gacra
mento about May 2 i for a visit with his
son at Kearney and shonld have arrived
last week His trunk came on the train he
was expected on and it is found that his
ticket was used through to Kearney
At a regular called meeting of the South
western Nebraska Modern Woodmen of
America Log Boiling Association Cam
bridge secured the next meeting of the as
sociation which will be held Aug 2
and 30
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BOBS IN PEET0EIA
LEADS
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HIS ARMY INTO KRUG
ERS CAPITAL
British Enter the Town in Triumph
London Goes Wild witbJ joy Over
What la Considered the Knd of
the War
The announcement madetheother day
in regard to the occupation of the Trans
vaal capital by this British torccSJpvOB
premature but iff was based on thap
parent decision of the Boersto surrender
k without a struggle fJ Perhaps Lord
Roberts had a secret unaesstanding with
the Boer commander but it has been
certain for some days that no- further
resistance would be offered by the fed
eral forces Tuesday the oincial and den-
nite news of the entrance o Lord Rob
erts and a portion of his army into the
capital was received
A correspondent asserts that there can
be no doubt as to the significance of this
practical surrender of Pretorix It was
deemed impregnable by the Boers and
CAPITOIi OB UjLADnUIS PIIETORIA
all foreign observers spoke o it as
strongly fortified and able to withstand
a long siege The gallant and brave
Boers have chosen to open it to the Brit
ish due only to the desire to avoid use
less sacrifice of life and property They
might have delayed the inevitable end
somewhat and might have inflicted
heavy losses on the enemy But save the
capital and their country they could not
and they concluded to how to fate The
South African war is over Peace is now
a question of a few weeks if not of days
The South African republics areextincr
and Great Britain has won through over
whelming superiority of numbers
At 2 oclock Tuesday afternoon almost
eight months after the declaration of war
Lord Roberts entered Pretoria While
the commander-in-chief of the greatest
army Great Britain ever put in the field
was fulfilling the promise he made to the
guards at Bloemfontein to lead them intc
the capital of the Transvaal England
was celebrating the event with wild en
thusiasm Throughout the length and
breadth of the country the news spread
like wildfire Based on the recollection
of recent European wars when the occu
pation of the enemys capitaL signified the
end of hostilities Lord Roberts terse
telegram was taken universally to mean
the practical finish of the war which has
tried Great Britains military resources
as they were never tried before
In London the mansion house and the
war office almost instantaneously became
the centers for jubilant throngs Flags
appeared as if by magic and traffic had
to be diverted through other streets Hat
less and coatless men and boys ran
through the city alleys to see for them
selves the bulletins announcing the news
and to join in the thunder of cheers or
add their voices to the joyful thronga
singing God Save the Queen
Judging from Lord Roberts phraseolo
gy the occupation of Pretoria was not
accomplished by any loss of life One of
the first things done by Lord Roberts
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after the occupation was to direct Gen
French to relieve the British prisoners
confined at Waterval
The press dispatches from Pretoria
quote Gen Botha as saying So long as
we can still count on our thousands of
willing men we must not dream of re
treat or throwing away our indepen
dence Gen Botha it is added annull
ed the regulations appointing a special
committee to preserve order substituting
military control for that of the commit
tee Gen Lucas Meyer addressing the
burghers on the church square urged
them all to stand fast
Though their efforts were pitifully fu
tile it is evident that faithful Boer gen
erals worked desperately- to resist the
overwhelming force of Lord Robert
army
The British advance to Preftoria was
bitterly opposed and when the- Boers
found that they were in danger of being
enveloped by the concentrating columns
they succeeded in getting away in safety
Telesp aphic Brevities
Georgia and Alabama have fine wheat
crops
Since 1S91 Colonlo has produced over
75000000 in gold
The Chicago jty architect has made
plans for a maion for stray dogs
Grasshoppers are playing havoc -with
the cotton crop in the Mississippi delta
The May riots at Milan in 1S9S have
cost the Italian Government 13000000
so far
Secretary Root has autnorized the erec
tion of the Fifth Army Corps monument
at Fredericksburg Va
Twenty five dollars and thirty cents la
the annual allowance of 7051 pensioners
of the State of South Carolina
Florida Georgia South Carolina and
Virginia have made Jefferson Davis
birthday June 3 a legal holiday
The bakers strike has revealed the fact
that Londons baking is nearly all domV
by Germans or other foreigners
Gen Cronje has been seen by several
pewspaper men at St Helena but refuses
to be interviewed for publication
