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In a quarrel near Maryville Marion
countyIa John Montiethraged 22
shot and killed his uncle Philip
Goadson aged 50
Comptroller of the Currency Dawes
announces his candidacy for senator
from Illinois He is about to take a
trip to Lincoln Neb with his wife
It is probable says a dispatch to
the Daily Mail from Marseilles that
an American- coal trust will be formed
here by an important London house
Edward A Cudahy of Omaha is
quoted as saying that he will if nec
Icssary double his reward of 25000
to secure the capture of the kjdnaper
of his son
The president has granted a pardon
to Louis Gallot of New Orleans who
was convicted in 1896 of misapplica
tion of the funds of the Union Na
tional bank of that city
Charles Foster was sentenced at
Upper Sandusky O to serve ten
years in the penitentiary at hard la
bor and to pay the costs of the trial
for the murder of a farmer named
Johnson
The Prussian railways have been in
formed that there will be a large em
igration this spring of Ruthenian
farmers to the United States and that
6000 w wilL pass to Hamburg in the
course of the next few days
The Mexican government has grant
ed a concession for boring for petro
leum in various parts of the republic
exempting the new industry from tax
ation for ten years Free importation
of drills and machinery is granted
-Most of the houses of the village
of Acerenza near Potenza have been
i swept away by the fall of an immense
rock Troops have been dispatched
to - the scene of the disaster Thus
far fifteen bodies have been recovered
A B Newell for the past eight
years superintendent of the Chicago
division of the Lake Shore Michi
gan Southern the most important dis
trict of the system has resigned
Suicide has been epidemic in New
York for the last three months no
less than 183 persons having taken
their lives in that time an average
of two each day Among them are
persons whose names have been prom
inent in both social and commercial
worlds
King Edward has become patron
and the archbishop or Canterbury -and
Earl Roberts have become vice pat
rons of the fund being raised to erect
the -eastern portion of the new cathe
dray in Cape Town in memory of
those who have fallen in the war in
South Africa
The national Belgian hare registry
club met at Kansas City and elected
the following officers President W
B Howard Omaha vice president
W E Stafford Sioux City secretary
tieasurer H B Eversall Rosedale
Kan The next meeting will be held
at Omaha September 3 1901
Judge Troutt of San Francisco has
continued until June 5 the contest of
Charles L Fair to the will of his
father the late James G Fair It was
intimated in court that by that time
the remittitur from the supreme court
inthis case will be sent down and if
such be the case the contest may be
dismissed
Andrew Carnegie has given 100
000 to establish district libraries in
Glasgow In making the gift to Glas
gow Mr Carnegie wrote a letter in
which he recalled the fact that fifty
two years ago he sailed for America
from Glasgow He had done so much
for other places that it was a pleasure
to do something for her
Evidence is not lacking says the
New York Tribunes London corre
spondent that there will be a South
African mining boom before many
weeks
The sovereign camp Woodmen of
the World decided in the future of
any member engages in the liquor
business he shall be expelled and that
camps refusing to take action shall
have their charter revoked The con
vention voted also to reduce the num
ber of members of the sovereign board
of managers from seven to five
Oran Ott who for more than nine
teen years was general purchasing
agent of the Illinois Central railroad
and who was for nearly forty years
in the continuous service of the com
pany died at his home at Chicago of
inflammation of the brain
Rev J D Gillham a retired Meth
odist minister died at his home in
Centralia 111
The hod carriers of St Joseph Mo
won their strike and gained an ad
vance of 2 cents an hour All the
hod carriers in the city were involved
Rev William H Conner believed to
have been the oldest negro preacher
in the country died at his home in
New London Conn aged nearly 101
years He was born in slavery in
Whitmarch township in what ia now
Baltimore county Maryland
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HAWAIIANS TO HAVE A CHANCE
Civil Service Examiner and Commissioner
to Examine
WASHINGTON May 27 Chief Ex
aminer A R Servon of the civil ser
vice commission left here tonight via
New York for Honolulu where he and
Civil Service Commissioner Roden
burg who will join him en route to
Kansas City will look into the civil
service in Hawaii They expect to
sail from San Francisco June 6 reach
ing Honolulu on the 14th and during
the following two weeks an opportun
ity will be given citizens of the United
States residing in Hawaii to be exam
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German Officer nourishes One and an
American Private the Other
ENCOUNTER AT A COVETED GATE
Kalscrc Men Start It by Trying to Pass
the Guard One Shot is Fired Yankee
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Misses His Target Bat Wings the
letters Comrade
PEKIN May 27 The United States
legation guard has had its first trouble
Legation street is being repaired near
the legation and an American sentry
was placed at the point with orders to
direct people around a side street
Everybody obeyed the request with the
exception of the Germans both officers
and soldiers -who have caused the
American sentries much trouble
One of the German officers drew hi3
sword and charged an American sol
dier who brought his bayonet to
charge whereupon the officer desist
ed Subsequently a German soldier
charged past the sentry who fired
hitting another German soldier near
the German legation a quarter of a
mile off This fortunately was only a
light flesh wound The sentry was
placed under arrest and Major Robert
son has instituted an investigation
une attitude or ur Mumm von
Schwartzenstein German minister
representing the civilians and Count
von Weldersee representing the mili
tary as well as that of other high of
ficials has been particularly friendly
toward the Americans which make all
the more pronounced the unfriendly
feeling evinced by a majority -of the
German officers -and men This un
friendliness is attributed to the Ameri
can attitude in retaining control with
the legation guard of one entrance to
the Forbidden City which the Germans
consider a reflection on their national
honesty
Todays meeting of the ministers of
the powers was devoted to closing up
details of business independent of the
indemnity question although the mili
tary authorities of the various powers
seem to consider a settlement in sight
as general preparations are being made
for the evacuation of Pekin in the
early future
Two German marine batallions have
left for Tsing Tau and British trans
ports have been ordered Count von
Weldersee expects to leave -about the
middle of June
Emperor Kwang Hsu has instructed
agents to prepare the palaces for oc
cupation by the court as soon as the
troops depart
WASHINGTON May 27 Officials
here attach no importance to the dis
turbance between Germans and an
American sentinel at Pekin -Such af
fairs while regretable it is said are
to be expected especially where the
difference in the languages spoken
might lead to a misunderstanding of
orders No report of the incident has
been received at the war department
ined for a number of positions in the I
classified service there and at Wash
ington Hawaii is entitled to fifteen
appointments in the apportioned de
partmental service in Washington and
five in the apportioned government
printing office
Popular Band Concerts
OMAHA May 27 The famous Bell
stedt band of Cincinnati which de
lighted thousands of people at the
Trans Mississippi exposition has been
secured for a months musical festival
in the Nebraska metropolis commenc
ing June 1st Entertainments will
take place both afternoon and even
ing All old favorites of the band are
still with the organization and some
new ones of pronounced accomplish
ments have been added Several noted
singers will be heard in solos during
the month and all in all those who
visit the musical festival will be priv
ileged to hear music instrumental and
vocal that few sections of our coun
try are favored with
To Centralize In Chicago
CHICAGO May 27 At the sugges
tion of President Samuel Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor a
plan was started to cement all labor
organizations of Chicago into one
great central body which shall offi
cially represent the 100000 union men
of the city This is to be done through
the absorption of the Chicago Federa
tion of Labor of the other smaller
bodies now representing various lines
of trade
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Hundred Street Car Passengers Caagbt
in Albany Collision S
ALBANY N Y May 27AEIectrfc
cars racing for a switch while running
in opposite directions at the rate of
forty miles an hour cost five lives this
afternoon by a terrific collision in
which over forty prominent people
were injured some fatally and others
seriously
The lobby of the local postoffice filled
with dead and wounded hysterical
women and children looking for rela
tives and friends surgeons administer
ing temporary relief and ambulances
racing through the city taking the
wounded to hospitals were the early
intimations of the accident
The scene of the accident was a
point about two miles out of Green
bush on the line of the Albany
Hudson railway The point where the
cars met on the single track was at a
sharp curve and so fast were both
running and so sudden was the col
lision that the motorman did not have
time to put on the brakes before
southbound car No 22 had gone al
most clean through northbound car No
17 and hung on the edge of a high
bluff with its load of shTieking
maimed humanity One motorman
was pinioned up against the smashed
front of the southbound car with both
legs severed and killed instantly
while the other one lived but a few
minutes
OEf ICERS SENT TO PRISON
Men Engaged in Commlssionary Frauds
Begin Sentences
MANILA May 27 The gates of
the Bilibid prison Manila swung
open and admitted a mule wagon
bearing three former United States
officers who reluctantly alighted and
began to serve sentence in expiation of
crimes in connection with the com
missary scandals The sentences
which were read to the convicted men
were promulgated Capt Frederick J
Barrows late depot quartermaster of
the department of southern Luzon
is sentenced to five years imprison
ment Captain G W Reed late depot
commissary at Manila to three years
imprisonment and Lieut Frederick
Boyer late depot commissary aft
GalamUa to one year imprisonment
juieutenant jsoyer protests nis inno
cence and seems vindictive toward
Captain Burrows who to alleged
was alone guilty of misappropriating
bacon
EXONERATES CAPTAIN HALL
Accused of Cowardice But Declared Not
Guilty
WASHINGTON May 27 The rec
ord of the court martial in the case of
Captain Newt Hall United States ma
rine corps who was charged by Min
ister Conger with cowardice in con
nection with the defense of the lega
tions at Pekin has just reached Wash
ington
Admiral Remey has promulgated the
finding in a special order which com
pletely exonerates Captain Hall from
the charge and finds that the only
matter of substance sustained in the
charges is an error of judgment in
connection with the withdrawal of his
troops at a critical moment from the
Tartar wall
Mary Ellen ICease Bankrupt
NEW YORK May 27 Mary Ellen
Lease the lecturer filed a petition in
bankruptcy in the United States dis
trict court today The liabilities are
3247 and assets 2293 Much of the
indebtedness was incurred as endorser
on mortgages given by her husband
C L Lease The assets named by the
petitioner consist of debts due and are
either for money loaned or for lectures
delivered by Mrs Iease
Union Pacific Contracts
NEW YORK May 27 The discov
ery has just been made during the
night that Director Adams of the
Northern Pacific has sold his Northern
Pacific stock the holdings of the
Deutsche bank to the Union Pacific
giving the Union Pacific control of the
Northern J P Morgan is reported to
be furious at the discovery and
charges some of his best friends with
treachery
Cheap Rates to Bellstedt
OMAHA May 27 Railroads of Ne
braska have decided to give reduced
rates to the Bellstedt musical festival
in Omaha during the month of June
This will enable all who desire to hear
the celebrated band without great
cost There will be two entertain
ments each day afternoon and even
ing for the entire month of June
Slain in His Pulpit
BIRMINGHAM Ala May 27
While preaching from his pulpit in
the Harmony Baptist church at Avon
dale last night Rev J R McEwen
a negro was shot from a window of
the church and killed
Spanish Elections
MADRID May 27 The elections to
the senate have resulted approximate
ly in the return of 120 ministerialists
and thirty members of the opposition
MUST PAY FOR COUNTY PAIRS
Commissioners Have No Discretion Under
the Statutes
LINCOLN May 27 In an opinion
handed down in a case brought up
from Butler county the supreme court
declares that county boards have only
ministerial power in the payment of
the amount allowed by statute to
county agricultural societies The sum
is determined on the basis of 3 cents
for each inhabitant of the county and
according to the decision just an
nounced the societies can invoke man
damus to compel payment without
awaiting the dilatory course of legis
lation
In the case in question the county
agricultural society after complying
with all the requirements of the
statute requested the board of super
visors to draw a warrant for the
amount due it The board refused
The society immediately asked the dis
trict court for a writ of mandamus
compelling the supervisors to pay the
claim This was refused and the so
ciety appealed
In the supreme court the attorneys
for the county argued that mandamus
should not issue for the reason that
the board acted not in a ministerial
Tjut in its discretionary capacity The
association contended that under the
statutes no discretionary power is al
lowed the board when the association
has once complied with the require
ments of the law and that the board
must act in a purely ministerial ca
pacity The court upheld this view
and gave judgment accordingly
CROP PROSPECTS IN NEBRASKA
Conditions Generally Regarded as of a
Favorable Character
LINCOLN May 27 Following is
the last weather and crop bulletin
The past week has been warm and
dry with about the normal amount of
sunshine The daily mean tempera
ture has averaged about 6 degrees
above the normal No unusually high
or low temperature occurred during
the week
The rainfall has been below normal
generally The amount was about or
slightly above one half an inch in a
few of the southern counties of the
southeastern section but generally it
was less than 30 of an inch and in a
large part of the northern and western
portions of the state it was less than
10 of an inch
Wheat oats and grass continue in
good condition but in some places lack
of moisture has retarded growth and
generally at the end of the week more
rain would be beneficial to these crops
Chinch bugs are doing some damage
in wheat fields in central and western
counties Corn planting has progress
ed rapidly and the bulk of the crop
is now planted in central and southern
counties The early planted corn is
coming up generally slowly and in
some instances unevenly Fruit con
tinues to promise a good crop
Finds Floater in River
PLATTSMOUTH Neb May 27
While Fred Black and Elias Vuldow
were fishing in the Missouri river at
Rocky Point they noticed a floater
coming down the stream They suc
ceeded in bringing the body to shore
and notified Coroner Gass The body
appeared to be that of a man about
40 years of age and it had evidently
been in the water for some time He
was not identified
Child Fatally Scalded
FAIRBURY Neb May 27 Edith
Shafer aged about 4 years who was
scalded by pulling a pail of hot water
over on herself about eight days ago
died from her injuries
Benjamin F Zeigler who had his
legs -amputated by the train backing
over him the night of May 11 is get
ting along nicely and will be able to
return to his home at Oakley Kan in
a few days
Invades the Black Hills
SIDNEY Neb May 27 Oberfelder
Co the large grain merchants of this
city shipped a fine car of spring wheat
to T Andrews at Spearfish S D This
is the first shipment to the Black Hills
country and means a great deal for
the farmers of this section procuring
better prices and saving the large cost
of shipping to eastern markets
SmnlpDi Quarantine Raised
HUMBOLDT Neb May 27 The
smallpox quarantine has been raised
only the one case having been located
Public gatherings will again be per
mitted
Tramplpd by a Horse
MADISON Neb May 27 Thomas
Alderson a farmer living southeast of
town was severely hurt by a horse
trampling upon him
No Enlistments
YORK Neb May 27 I G Berry
first lieutenant of the United States
1 infantry opened a recruiting station
here He is recruiting or rather
trying to recruit for two regiments
the Twenty eighth infantry at Van
couver barracks Washington and the
Eighteenth cavalry at Fort Meade S
D Both regiments are for service in
the Philippines Mr Berry did not
get a single recruit here though pres
ent for some time
THE STATE RECEIVES MONEY
The Sum of 8925 as Its Dividend from
the Alma Bank
LINCOLN Neb May 25 There
was covered into the state treasury
iho sum of 925 received by mail from
Comptroller of the Currency Dawes
This represents the states first and
final dividend on its claim for 25000
against the First National bank of
Alma defunct and is 3 7 10 per cent
of the total amount The bank clos
ed its doors In January 1897 For
several years it afterward deveolped
the institution had been on the ragged
edge of failure and had teen barely
kept alive by deposits of state money
A L Burr was president of the bank
The principal creditors were banks in
Lincoln and St Joseph Its assets
consisted principally of notes which
were almost worthless The funds
intrusted to the bank by State Treas
urer Bartley were used to pay off
local depositors
f UND f OR THE SCHOOLS
Is 850000 Less Than Amount Appor
tioned Eiist Year
LINCOLN Neb May 25 State
Treasurer Stuefer today announced the
semi annual school fund available for
apportionment among the several
counties of the state according to pop
ulation as 35085330 The appor
tionment to the counties will be deter
mined by the state superintendent
and announced later in the week The
apportionment in May 1900 was a lit
tle over 400000 For May 1899 it
amounted to 33211115 for May
1898 43069598 and for May 1897
36222603 Prior to the last men
tioned date the May apportionment
was generally considerably under the
300000 mark
Killed by Mother-in-law
SEWARD Neb May 25 The re
mains of James H Devore who was
shot by his mother-in-law Mrs Perry
fn Denver a few weeks ago arrived
here and were interred in the cemetery
at Ruby near where the murdered
man spent his boyhood days De
vore had ruined the daughter of Mrs
Perry whose home is in Lincoln and
married her last March after threats
it is said on the part of the prose
cuting attorney at Denver His girl
wife gave birth to a child the night
he was shot
Wing for Hastings Asylum
LINCOLN Neb May 25 The
State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings awarded a contract for the
construction of the new wing fee the
asylum for the chronic insane at
Hastings to Robert Butke of Omaha
The contract price for the work and
materials is 41400 The contract for
plumbing in the building was awarded
to Frank Barclay of Beatrice the
price fixed being 4900 All bids for
electrical wiring were rejected The
total apropriation for the building
was 50000
Supreme Court Adjourns
LINCOLN Neb May 25 The su
preme court adjourned unexpectedly
and delivered opinions in fifty cases
Before adjournment the court an
nounced hat only opinions publish
ed in the Nebraska reports would
be furnished to the1 Northwestern Re
porter or other legal publications At
torneys and persons interested how
ever may examine any opinion deliv
ered by the court
For Jane Examinations
LINCOLN Neb May 25 The su
preme court examining commission
held a short session at the state house
to arrange for the annual June exam
ination of applicants for admission
to the bar The members of the com
mission are E C Kretsinger of Be
atrice John Stevens of Hastings J
H McComber of Omaha Fred Shep
herd of Lincoln and Matt Miller of
David City
Greenhouse at Capitol
LINCOLN Neb May 25 It is an
nounced that the proposed greenhouse
for the capitol lawn will not be con
structed until the spring season of
next year Funds are available for
the work but no provision was made
for heating the house during the
winter months hence the necessity
of postponing the building until after
the next winter
Calf That Has Six Lejjs
CONCORD Neb May 25 A cow
belonging to a farmer near here gave
birth to a calf Sunday night that has
six well developed legs four being in
the usual place and two protruding
from the back upward The calf will
not live
To Military Surgeons Meeting
LINCOLN Neb May 25 Governor
Savage has appointed the following
physicians and surgeons as delegates
to the Association of Military Sur
geons which convenes at St Paul
Minn on May 30 R E Giffen Lin
coln C D Evans Columbus G M
Reider Grand Island G L Pritchett
Fairbury Arthur P Ginn Nebraska
City- Willis E Talbott Broken Bow
C G Bums Albion Charles L Mul
lens Broken Bow
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7HE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle The supply of cattle was rather
light and as packers were all liberal buy
ers the market ruled strong and active
all around Receipts included about 65
cars of beef steers and the quality of the
offerings as a whole was very good Buy
ers were out early and on anything at all
good the market could be quoted strong
to a dime higher for the last two days
As high as 555 was paid today for prime
cattle which Is the best price so far this
year the top previous to this time being
550 which was paid last week There
were only a few cows and heifers here to
day and some fancy prices were paid All
the buyers seemed to have liberal orders
and sellers took advantage of the oppor
tunitv to sell out at eood prices Bulla
also sold to good advantage today and the
market can be quoted strong on all de
sirable grades Stags also commanded
very satisfactory prices and veal calves
sold fully as well as they did yesterday
As has been the case all the week there
were not enough stackers and feeders on
sale to make a market The few odds and
ends changed hands at nominally steady
prices The Inquiry from the country con
tinues rather light
Hogs There was another heavy run of
hogs making the supply for the first four
days of this week the heaviest in some
time past Other points reported a de
cline in values and as aresult the market
here opened about 2c lower than yester
day The first sales were mostly at 560
but as the morning advanced the market
became mere active and prices firmed up
the market closing stronger than the
opening or nearly steady with yesterdays
general market The bulk of all the hogs
brought 5G0 and 562 with a few of the
choicer loads at 563 and from that up to
572
Sheep There was a light run of sheep
here today but the demand on the part
of packers was not very heavy Wethers
were slow sale and about 15c lower all
around Ewes did not sell so much dif
ferent from yesterday Lambs were in
good demand where the quality was sat
isfactory but there were no good wooled
lambs here Clipped lambs and spring
lambs sold steady if they were good but
the common kinds were neglected
KANSAS CITY
Cattle Export and dressed beef steers
steady to 15c higher others steady to a
shade higher best dressed beef steers
540f 575 fair to good 4S0535 stockers
and feeders 400515 western fed steers
565540 Texans and Indians 435515
cows 325475 heifers 365520 canners
250315 bulls 300g490 calves 400
625
Hogs Market 5c higher bulk of sales
5605S5 heavy 3S0590 mixed packers
565g5S5 light 535g570 pigs 450530
Sheep and Lambs Market steady to 5c
higher western lambs 525555 western
wethers 425475 western yearlings 545C
500 ewes 375425 culls 250350
Texas sheep 345425 Texas lambs 44C
465 spring lambs 5503650
TO REST NEAR LINCOLN
Tanners Grave Xot Purchased In Shadow
of the Monument
SPRINGFIELD 111 May 25 The
remains of former Governor John R
Tanner will be interred almost beside
those of President Lincoln in Oak
Ridge cemetery Mrs Tanner his
widow purchased a large lot contain
ing 7000 feet and located on the
driveway from the gates of the ceme
tery to the national Lincoln monu
ment and about midway between the
gates and the Lincoln monument
probably 300 feet from the latter In
this lot the remains of Governor Tan
ner will be laid to rest Sunday after
noon The price paid for the ground
was 3000
The funeral promises to be the
largest attended that has ever been
held in Springfield since Lincoln was
buried Military and civic organiza
tions from all over the state will be
present
A meeting of the union miners of
the state has been called for the pur
pose of arranging for the miners to
attend the funeral in a body
CHINA WILL ACCEPT
Bows to Inevitable and Will Pav Not
Less Than S50 000000 Taels
BERLIN May 25 It is
asserted that the resolutions of
the ministers of the powers in Pekin
not to reduce the indemnity below
450000000 teals is final and that
China accepts this rendering approxi
mate reimbursement of the expedi
tionary expenses of the powers cer
tain
The Berlin comic paper Ulk shows
Count von Waldersee ready to depart
from China standing on three empty
trunks labeled Victories Acquisi
tions and Indemnities and says
Is it worth while taking them again
Will Sot Wait for Emperor
BERLIN May 25 The statement in
the London press that Count von
Waldersee has informed the Chinese
authorities that he would not leave
Pekin until the court returned and
he has had an interview with Em
peror Kwang Su are authoritatively
denied The officials here say von
Waldersee will leave Pekin May 31
or a few days later for Japan It is
uncertain whether he will return by
way of the United States or Via
Shanghai
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Excursion Steamer Ajrround
WATERTOWN N Y May 25A
special to the Standard from Ogdens
burg says The excursion steamer
Empire State one of the largest of
the Folger line has been beached near
Brockville Ont and is resting with
nine feet of water in its hold The
steamer had 500 excursionists on
board from Prescott and Brockville
bound for the queens birthday cele
bration at Kingston The firemen left
the port holes open
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