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The sale is reported of a seat on
the New York Stock exchange for
59000
The department of the interior is
receiving a large number of requests
for vaccine for use Intreating black
leg among cattle
The Denver Colo manager of the
smelter trust has announced that the
selling price for lead has been re
duced from 4 to 390
James P Witherow has sued tie
Carnegie Steel company for more than
40000000 damages for alleged in
fringement of patents
The state department has received a
cablegram from Consul Long at Cairo
Egypt announcing that the plague has
broken out at Alexandria
The government bulletin gives the
number of goats in the United States
as 400000 and the annual production
of mohair over a million pounds
Stricken with remorse after a
nights carousing with convivial com
panions Mrs Eugenia Godfrey aged
22 committed suicide at Warsaw Ind
by taking merphine
The Burlington Missouri and the
Santa Fe roads have announced their
intention of establishing an inter
changeable mileage bureau for their
own roads June 1
Samuel M Nave one of the best
known wholesale grocers bankers and
stockmen of the west died at his home
in St Joseph Mo of stomach trou
ble aged 52 years
Rear Admiral Schley embarked on
the British steamship Clyde at Buenos
yres for the United States Mrs
Lloyd wife of the United States min
ister is also on the ship
Frank D Gardner of Illinois an ex
pert in the soils division of the de
partment of agriculture has been ap
pointed to take charge of the experi
ment station work in Porto Rico
Mrs S R Lyons wife of the presi
dent of Monmouth 111 college com
mitted suicide by hanging She had
been ailing for some time but there
was no suspicious of suicidal tendency
The London Daily Express this
morning says that it understands that
the government has decided to cease
sending reinforcements to South Af
rica
William H Hussman an office em
ploye of the Barrett Manufacturing
company at St Louis for thirteen
years confessed that he was an em
bezzler and forger to the extent of
4000
Mrs Lenora Wheeler wife cf a
prominent whisky dealer committed
suicide at Chattanooga Tenn by tak
ing laudanum Mrs Wheeler was bit
ten some time ago by a dog supposed
to be mad
Miss Hattie Rose Laube of South
Dakota whose engagement to Senator
Clark of Montana is announced is but
24 years of age She is well educated
and has been admitted to the bar of
South Dakota
The Frankfurter Zeitung prints a
special dispatch from Constantinople
which says the Turkish government
has raised a loan of 200000 from the
Ottoman bank to settle the claims of
the Cramps and the Krupps
The London Morning Post says it is
rumored that an Alexandria firm of
cotton brokers has failed with liabil
ities reported to amount to 250060
while it is said that the assets how
on paper a margin of 30000
F E Emery formerly of the North
Carolina agricultural experiment sta
tion has been detailed by the secre
tary of agriculture to visit China
Japan the Philippines and other east
ern countries with a view to extend
ing the markets for American dairy
products
Apparently crazed from fancied
wrongs a farmer named Revenger
living near Steele N Dshot Nels
Olsen in the neck inflicting a serious
wound then shot Peter Levine in the
wrist and committed suicide He left
a letter saying the neighbors had neg
lected and slfghted him for years
Contracts have been signed by Cap
tain John Crowley of Boston for the
immediate construction of two seven
mast schooners to be the first vessels
of this type and the largest sailing
ships in the world
Yellow fever has made its appear
ance at Port Royal the entrance to
Kingston Jamaica harbor
Brigadier General John R Turchin
who organized the Chicago Board of
Trade battery was taken to the insane
asylum at Anna 111
General MacArthur at Manila has
informed the war department of the
death of Major William Monaghan
volunteer paymaster
Carrie SccU aged 8 years is dead
and her sister Edna aged 4 years is
in a critic condition at Denver Colo
as the result of eating candy Easter
eggs which had been colored with
dyes containing arsenic
The report that Aguinaldo has sign
ed his manifesto is denied officially
the delay being caused by minor dif
ferences
THE TARIFF TO WAIT
Sew Philippine Schedule Probably With
held Until Insular Oases Are Decided
A CHANGE MAY BE UNNECESSARY
Work of Adjustment Progresses How
ever Without Interruption Several
Revisions Advised The Clause that
Dairymen Ask For
WASHINGTON April 22 It is not
likely that the new Philippine tariff
will be promulgated until after the de
cision of the supreme court in the in
sular case It is stated at the War
department where the matter has re
ceived consideration that this decis
ion may make it unnecessary for the
government to establish a system of
tariff rates in the Philippines al
though the department has proceeded
with the work of equalizing the rates
and receiving and considering sugges
tions as though the coming decision
would not mak any change in the
present conditions
Some months ago the War depart
ment published the tariff as prepared
by the tariff experts in the Philippines
and approved by the Taft commission
Interested parties especially manufac
turers and shippers were invited to
examine this proposed tariff and make
suggestions and criticisms It is in
teresting to note that of the 419 par
agraphs in the proposed tariff only 33
paragraphs have provoked criticism or
suggestion Even these are in a mild
tone and nearly all take the form of
suggestion Some of the more impor
tant suggestions are embodied in the
following
It is suggested that there will be
difficulty in making duties specific and
that in many cases perhaps ad valor
em duties will be better There are
some objections to the metric system
as American goods are in yard folds
and European goods are in metric
folds If the yard folds are continued
it would be better for the American
manufacturers
The Manila Chamber of Commerce
asks that four months intervene be
tween the promulgation of the tariff
and its enforcement No provision is
made for marking oleomargarine to
distinguish it from butter The dairy
interests think such a provision desir
able A lower rate is asked for gas
oline to be used for fuel and for
launches An ad valorem duty is ad
vised upon precious stones and
watches One firm suggests that cop
peras and oxide should be upon the
free list
It is claimed that cotton yarn should
not be admitted at a lower rate than
fabrics woven from such yarn also
that the weight and washing of cot
ton tissues should be changed in the
interest of the coarser cotton fabrics
There has been quite an extensive dis
cussion of this subject and it has been
pointed out that the changes in the
Cuban tariff also were needed in this
particular
The free entry of news print pa
per is advocated Reductions are ask
ed from 20 to 40 per cent on harness
and saddle makers wares It is sug
gested that cheap and expensive ma
chinery should not pay the same
rates Certain typewriter firms want
the duty on their machines reduced
A change is asked in the classifica
tion of meat products It is said that
the duty on alcohol should be dou
bled or manufacturers of whisky will
be able to use the alcohol for making
whisky at much less than the distilled
product
SherlfT Will Starve Them
LONDON Ky April 22 The latest
news from Letcher county reached
London tonight It is that the Rey
nolds crowd has increased until they
now number twenty eight men that
they are fortified in a brick house on
the head of Millstone ereek that the
sheriff has them surrounded with a
posse of sixty men some of them com
ing from the Virginia side and that
they refuse to surrender unless they
can dictate terms which means bail
of their ovrn making It is said there
is no way by which they can escape
and the sheriff says he will starve
them into a surrender
News From Lord Kitchener
LONDON April 22 The war office
has received a dispatch from Lord
Kitchener reporting that since April
18 the various British commanders
have taken eighty one prisoners to
gether with 100000 rounds of ammu
nition and many horses cattle anil
wagons Lord Kitchener reports also
the surrender of twenty Boers since
that date
Costs Pennsylvania Much Loss
PITTSBURG April 22 The most
widespread and destructive storm
from a material point of view has
passed It has left azone of ruin 200
miles in diameter Electric plants or
their wires are damaged and the gas
in the mains is generally turned off
so half a million or more people are
tonight groping in darkness A rail
roader caught in a wreck caused by a
landslide and death of an old woman
from shock are the only fatalities
REPULSED BY THE BOXERS
Gen Reids Punjab Infantry Encounter
Stronger Force Than Anticipated
PEKIN April 22 Brigadier General
A F Reid commanding the Third
brigade of the India Imperial Service
troops in China who is now at Shan
Hal Kwan sent -a company of Punjab
infantry to disperse a band of rob
bers in the neighborhood of Fu Ning
A force of Boxers and robbers more
than 1000 strong attacked the Indian
troops killing Major Browning and
one Sepoy and woundnig others The
company retreated to Fu Ning Re
inforcements have been sent from Shan
Hai Kwan The Boxers are apparent
ly well armed with modern rifles
PAO TING FU Saturday April 20
This city has been for the last few
days a big French military -camp
It is now estimated that 8000 French
troops and 6000 Germans will form
the entire force when all the rein
forcements have arrived There is no
truth in the current reports concern
ing severe fighting between the out
posts and the Chinese
Three meii left yesterday under es
cort to convey Emperor Kwang Hsus
first order to General Liu to retire im
mediately into the province of Shan
Si Prince Ching and other Chinese
officials say the Chinese general has
already retired but their confirmations
or denials are considered very unre
liable
POSTPONES EXAMINATIONS
Civil Service Commission Defers Date for
Testing Applicants
WASHINGTON D C April 22
The civil service commission an
nounces that the examination adver
tised for April 23 1901 for the po
sition of department assistant in the
Philippine service has been postponed
to June 3 and 4 and that this exam
ination will be held in any city in the
United States where postal free deliv
ery has been established Competitors
in the examination in addition to tak
ing the regular examination required
for this position also may take one
or more of certain optional subjects
for which due credit will be given
Particular attention is called to the
fact that within a few months it is
probable that a number of financial
agents will be needed These agents
will be selected for this examination
and the selections will be confined as
far as practicable to those who have
shown proficiency in the optional sub
jects of bookkeeping and finance and
who have passed the regular examina
tion The salary of the position of
financial agent will be about 2000
per annum
The entrance salary of the position
of department assistant will not be
less than 1200 per annum
KOREA DECIDES TO BORROW
Would Be Pleased to Secure Five Million
Yen From France
Yokohama April 22 The Korean
government according to advices just
received from Seoul the capital of
Korea has decided to borrow from
France 5000000 yen for the purpose
of constructing the Northern railway
from Seoul to Wikiu It is asserted
that it was objected to pledging the
Korean customs for security of this
loan which created a desire in certain
quarters for the dismissal of Mr Mc
Leavy Brown the director general of
Korean customs
According to the same advice Vice
Admiral Seymour and Sir Claude M
MacDonald British minister to Japan
have arrived at Chemupo Korea on
board the British cruiser Powerful and
it is said they will have an audience
with Emperor Yi Yieung
Pioneer Salmon Packer Dead
BERKELEY Cal April 22 Joseph
Hume the pioneer salmon packer of
the Pacific coast is dead Death was
due to heart disease Mr Hume es
tablished the first salmon cannery on
the Columbia river in 1874 In 1896
his business interests were transferred
to Alaska
Democratic Lender Dead
DOVER Del April 22 Former
Congressman J C Stockley a pictur
esque figure in Delaware politics and
a former democratic leader died last
evening after a long illness at his
home in Georgetown
Snnwslldes Fatal Sweep
TELLURIDE Colo April 20 This
afternoon a snowslide carried away
the bunk and boarding house of the
Alta mine near here Richard Pen
dergast the cook lost his life
Germany the United States Great
Britain and Spain have refused the
Venezuelan courts as fit tribunals to
adjudicate claims involving the rights
of foreigners
Freo Dunks at Encampment
CLEVELAND April 22 Col James
Hayr chairman of the Grand Army
standing committee on free quarters
announced today that he and his col
leagues of the committee had secured
secured free quarters in schoolhouses
and halls for 27000 veterans at the
encampment here September 9 to 14
next Colonel Hayr is now ready to
receive applications for free quarters
He invites the same at the earliest
possible date and promises good care
DEATH ENDS WILD DEBAUCH
A Cherry County Man Who Is Better
Dead Than Alive
VALENTINE Neb April 22
Word was received here that William
Hatten had committed suicide near his
home on the Niobrara river about ten
miles north of Merriman He had
been in Merriman during the day and
was- drinking hard and after nightfall
started heme horseback crazy drunk
stating that he was going to kill his
wife and mother-in-law and then end
his own life Upon reaching home
about 11 oclock he shot at his wife
with a revolver His wife frightened
by his actions and the report fell
over as though dead though not hit
at all Thinking her to be dead he
then fired at his mother-in-law the
bullet passing through her clothing
but only grazing her body Then
Hatten left the house and jumping
upon his horse rode down to a niegh
bors close by telling what he had
done and when he learned that they
were making preparations to place
him under arrest he left the room
and going outside placed the muzzle
of the revolver in his mouth and fired
killing himself
State Board of Irrigation
LINCOLN Neb April 22 With the
exception of an assistant secretary for
the second district the State Board
of Irrigation has completed the ap
pointment of officers and employes for
the irrigation department Secretary
Dobson will probably assume the du
ties of the office with the other ap
pointees about May 1 Secretary
Channell who was appointed a year
ago by Governor Poynter will remain
in office until that time The full list
cf irrigation department officials and
employes is Secretary of the Board of
Irrigation and state engineer Adna
Dobson Lincoln assistant secretary
for the first irrigation district H O
Smith Lexington assistant secretary
of the board B Forbes Beatrice
stenographer Miss Fannie Steinmetz
Lincoln
Suit Against Bondsmen
COLUMBUS Neb April 22 Judge
Hellenbuch will hold an equity term
of the district court here The suit
of the state against the bondsmen of
ex County Treasurer James W Lynch
to recover the sum of 30000 in
which he is still in default will come
up on a motion by the defense to re
quire the prosecution of its petition to
designate the term of office in which
the shortage occurred Lynch served
two terms and each set of his bonds
men is sued for the full amount evi
dently on account of the inability of
the county attorney to determine
when the default took place
Mangled by Wagon Wheels
KEARNEY Neb April 22 News
was received of the death of Henry
Huff a farmer four and one half
miles northwest of Pleasanton He
had been to town in the forenoon and
disposed of a load of hogs leaving
for home at 12 About 1 oclock he
was discovered in the pasture of his
farm lying dead with his head and
face mangled His injuries resulted
from being caught in the wheels
First Regiment Transportation
LINCOLN Neb April 22 Contrib
utors to the First regiment transpor
tation fund last summer ar6 beginning
to file claims against the appropria
tion allowed by the last legislature
The claims will be checked over and
compared with the records of the gov
ernors office and will be acted on by
the auditor thesame as other claims
Child Falls on Shears
HILDRETH Neb April 22 The
fourteen-months-old child of George
Rice southwest of town fell with its
face on the open points of a pair
of scissors The blades penetrated
the brain between the eyes killing
the child instantly The accident oc
curred while the mother was at work
at the sewing machine
Thorn Pierces Eyeball
HUMBOLDT Neb April 22
While Al Baker a farm hand in the
employ of Henry Hasness was trim
ming a hedge fence he struck a limb
in such a manner that the thorn
pierced the right eyeball The phy
sician thinks it impossible to save
the sight of the organ
Nebraska Will Get Seven
WASHINGTON D C April 22
Representative Mercer who saw the
president says the list of about 500
appointments as lieutenants in the ar
my will be made public the latter part
or this or the early part of next week
Nebraska will receive seven of the ap
pointments
Aged Couple Dies Together
CRETE Neb April 22 The fun
eral of Samuel Ovcrcash and his wife
was held Saturday They were both
very old and had expressed the desire
to die at the same time and their de
sire was fulfilled Both died the same
day from the infirmities of age and
were buried in the same grave and
same coffin They were the father and
mother of J F Overcash of this city
one of the founders of the Crete Dem
ocrat
FARM WORK DELAYED
Climate and Crop Service Bulletin Says
Weather Interferes
LINCOLN Neb April 20 G A
Loveland director of the Nebraska
section of climate and crop service
has issued the following crop bulle
tin
The last week has been cold and
wet with less than the normal amount
of sunshine The daily mean temper
ature for the week has averaged two
degrees below the normal The range
of temperature has been small the
minimum temperature generally being
above freezing and the maximum be
tween 50 and 60 degrees
Cloudy weather with showers has
prevailed during the weekx and the
rainfall has been above normal In
nearly all parts of the state In the
northeastern counties along the Mis
souri river the rainfall was but little
more than a quarter of an inch or
about half the normal amount In
most of the central and western coun
ties the rainfall exceeded an Inch and
in the south central part of the state
it ranged from two to three inches
The wet weather has retarded farm
work in all except the extreme north
eastern counties where fair progress
has been made and considerable wheat
sown In other counties some wheat
and oats were sown the first of the
week and some seed remained uncov
ered during the rains of the last half
of- the week A very little plowing
for corn has been done The work is
about ten days behind normal ad
vancement on the 15th of April Win
ter wheat and rye have grown well
and continue in fine condition Grass
is starting slowly
FOURTEEN STEERS INTERCEPTED
A Douglas County Cattleman the Victim
of Thieves1 8
OMAHA April 20 Colonel Pratt
who is one of the wealthy stock grow
ers of the county and feeds large num
bers of cattle was looking over his
herds recently when he discovered
that fourteen of his best steers had
disappeared Going to South Omaha
he found the animals in the stock
yards and then commenced an investi
gation Men about the yards informed
him that the animals had been pur
chased from A T Klabunke who was
soon located and placed under arrest
and lodged in the county jail
Klabunke informed the sheriff that
he bought the cattle from Herman
Fred and Charles Penke farmers re
siding near Bennington and not more
than a mile from Pratts feeding
grounds He said that these people
drove the cattle into Omaha in the
night and that he purchased them
supposing that they were owned by
the Penkes He denies any criminal
connection with the deal
COUNTIES TO GET THE FEES
Supreme Court Cuts Of Perquisites of
Clerks of District Courts
LINCOLN Neb April 20 The con
stitutionality of the law enacted by
the legislature of 1899 putting clerks
of the district courts on a salary basis
has been finally determined and the
surplus fees of these officials must
hereafter be turned into the public
treasury
The final settlement of the question
is made in a decision of the Nebraska
supreme court The opinion is by
Chief Justice Norval and is written on
the rehearing of the case of the state
ex Douglas county against Albyn
L Frank
The case was originally brought in
the district court of Douglas county
It was sought to compel Frank to ac
count to the county for all fees above
5000 per year the limit fixed by the
law in question for counties of more
than 100000 population received by
him as clerk of the district court
Superintendent of Chautauqua
BEATRICE Neb April 20 Rev
C S Dudley formerly pastor of the
Centenary Methodist church of this
city now living in Chicago is here for
a few days on business Mr Dudley
has been selected as superintendent of
the Beatrice Chautauqua assembly
which meets here In June
Fireman Moore Surviving
OMAHA April 20 Fireman Robert
Moore seriously injured in the wreck
at Gibson is resting uneasily at St
Josephs hospital He has rallied suf
ficiently to give the physician some
hope for his recovery
Marriage a Failure
SUPERIOR Neb April 20 A di
vorce petition has been filed before
the district court now in session Jack
L Galbreth a groom of three weeks
charges his wife with extreme cruelty
and desertion
Seeking to Save Dinsmore
LINCOLN Neb April 20 The su
preme court has under consideration
a motion for a rehearing of the case
of Frank Dinsmore sentenced to be
hanged for the murder of Fred Lane
at Odessa and if this motion is over
ruled the attorneys for the convicted
man will immediately appeal to Gov
ernor Dietrich for executive clemency
Governor Dietrich has already been
interviewed by Dinsmores attorneys
but the matter will again be taken up
Has Framed III 5 Cent CheeJr
An Indiana man has lately received
from the treasury department at
Washington a check for 0 cents in
recognition of an excessive settlement
made by him with the government
fourteen years ago when he was post
master of a village in that state And
yet he does not propose to have the
check cashed but will have it framed
and hung up in his house as evidence
of Uncle Sams squareness He is as
generous and appreciative as is a Bos
ton poet of whom the Herald tells
who sent a poem to a New York peri
odical and received a check for 3 In
payment therefor The poet pocketed
the insult and the uncashed check
now adorns his librafy in a beautifuL
frame
Canadas Coming Census
The fourth census of the Dominion
of Canada is to be taken next year
beginning the first week in April It
is expected to be completed within a
month Besides the enumeration of
the people industrial and other statis
tics will be compiled as in this coun
try In the United Kingdom the cen
sus Is supposed to be taken in one day
but no attempt is made to do more
than secure a count of the population
Every sin committed commits one
yet more to the way of sin
HUSBAND AND WIFE
A Veteran of the Civil War Tells on In
teresting Story
EFFINGHAM 111 April 22 Spe
cial Uriah S Andrick is now 67
years of age Mr Andrick served
through the whole of the Civil War
He was wounded three times by ball
and twice by bayonet
When he entered the service of hs
country In 1861 he was hale and
hearty and weighed 198 pounds Since
the close of the War however Mr
Andrick has had very bad health
For fifteen years he never lay down
in bed for over an hour at a time He
had acute Kidney Trouble which grew
into Brights Disease His heart also
troubled him very much
On Oct 18th 1900 he was weighed
and weighed only 102 pounds being
but a shadow of his former self He
commenced using Dodds Kidney Pills
on the 26th of last December and on
Feb 20th was again weighed and
weighed 146 pounds He says
I have spent hundreds of dollars
and received no benefit until on the
26th of December last I purchased one
box of Dodds Kidney Pills I am
cured and I am free from any pain
My hearts action Is completely re
stored I have not the slightest trace
of the Brights Disease and I can
sleep well all night I was considered
a hopeless case by everybody but to
day I am a well man thanks to Dodds
Kidney Pills
For the last sixteen years my wife
has been in misery with bearing down
pains pains In the lower part of the
abdomen and other serious ailments
When she saw what Dodds Kidney
Pills were doing for me she com
menced to use them She now feels
like another woman her pains have all
disappeared and her general health is
better than it has been for years
She is so taken up with Dodds
Kidney Pills and what they have done
for us that she has gone to Mr Corn
walls Drug Store and bought them for
some of her friends for fear that if
they went themselves they might make
a mistake and get something else
There is something very convincing
in the honest simple story of this old
veteran and his vife
Dodds Kidney Pills are the only
Remedy that ever cured Brights Dis
ease Diabetes or Dropsy They never
fail
The Belles Came
By way of a joke some one recently
sent to a New York society belle a full
grown camel The young woman
promptly accepted the gift which ev
ery evening after the theater crowds
have dispersed is led by a colored ser
vant up and down Broadway for ex
ercise For the first night or two not
a few revelers were startled into tem
porary sobriety at sight of the un
gainly animal swinging along the road
way
You can afford to lose the flowers of
time for the seed of eternity
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