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VALENTINE NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
Fred Fulton , formerly of Table Rock ,
committed suicide at Minneapolis.Kan.
The Orborne hotel at Hartington suf
fered a slight loss by fire last week.
Boyd county is assured of a railroad
and the town of Lynch and vicinity are
enthusiastic.
Governor Savage attended the In-
'ternational Live Stock convention at
Chicago last week.
The supreme court made its semi- ,
monthly grind last week , the > call con
taining sixty-six cases. *
The 5-year-old son > of HG. ; Margot
of North Fairmont died as the result
of falling from a ladder.
Nebraska banks are now lending ,
money in the east instead of borrow
ing from that section.
Governor Savage has issued a procla
mation designating December as
Ixmisiana Purchase Flagday. .
Fred Lamb and Bi B. Mundell were
arrested near St. Paul , charged with
horse stealing in Eolk county.
A disastrous prairie fire has swept
over northeastern Cherry county and a
large part of Keya Paha county.
John Clouder , a resident of Juniata
and an early settler in Adams county ,
committed-suicide by shooting himself.
The state board of public lands and
"buildings has adopted new rules for
"the home of the friendless in Lincoln.
I
-r Harry Walters of McCook was
thrown from his. horse and injured so
terribly that he died a few hours later.
The new Carnegie library building at
Lincoln will ready for occupany some
time during the latter part of Janu
ary.
A movement is on foot among the
business men of Lincoln for the reten-
. tlon of H. M. Bushnell as postmaster
of that city.
The annual house cleaning of the na
tional guard is going on , all old and
unserviceable equipment being ; turned
in and replaced with new.
There is $316,813.59 in the state treas
ury subject to apportionment among
the schools of the state for the six
months beginning December 1st.
In the district court at Harrison the
confession made by young Force , at
the point of a pistol , to the killing of
Russell , was ruled out by the judge.
Secretary Royce of the State Bank-
Ing board has issued a charter to the
Nemaha County bank at Auburn. The
Institution is capitalized at $20,000.
Axel Benson is lying in a dangerous
candition at Madison from the effects
of a blow on the jhead with a shovel in
the hands of Jesse Lewis of Valley.
In the case of the state against the
Standard Oil company , judgment has
l > een given in favor of the defendant
and the case dismissed by the supreme
court
Dr. A. H. Slmonton , contract sur $
geon , U. S. . A. , who has been stationed
at Fort Robinson for over two years ,
-has resigned and returned to his home
in Alabama.
The report of State Auditor Weston
for the six months ending November 30
shows an increase of $163,964.76 in the a
general fund warrants outstanding for
that time.
A motion for a new trial has been
filed by the defendant in the case ot
Joseph Dusseldorf , who was convicted
of the murder of Arthur C. Payne at
North Bend in July.
The transfer of. insane patients from
the temporary hospital at Norfolk to
the Hospitals at Lincoln and Hastings
was made last week under the direc
"
tion of Robert J. Clancey , private sec-
retary to the governor.
George Landreth was held up and
roT > bed near an old abandoned brick
building on Main street in Ashland/ of
He was seized by two men , one coin si
sit
ing from behind and throwing his hand t (
over Landreth's mouth. They secured C
? 41.25 In cash and a gold watch. t
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' 'Municipal" restaurants that is.res- n
taurants operated by or under the con ci
civi
trol of the city government , are now vi
"being talked of for New York City.
Rev. Dr. Rainsforth and other minis ai
ters are said to be interested. The aipi
plan is to sell food very cheaply , If fe
not at cost. fehi
Atlanta Constitution : "Bre'r Wilyum
done got 'vorced f'um he wife ! " "You
doan-.say so ? " "Hit's , de Lawd's truf.
De jury glv him his freedom yistiddy : " tt
" 'En. whar is he now ? " "Gone on his to
toTi
fcorieymoon ! " Ti
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"Washington Star : "Do you believe in di
dib
natural selection and the survival of b (
the fittest ? " "I. do , " answered the can v
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did man."I have jto. I don't know P (
enough about those subjects to give T !
any reasons to my scientific friends Cth :
I shouldn't believe in them. " .
WHY-WAR
: ; CONTINUES.
General Chaffee Relates Causes of Guerri
lla Uprisings in the Philippines ,
Rebels Are , Treacherous In Character
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and Take Advantage of Humanity
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Displayed By Americans
Washington , D. C. , Dec- . The war
'department has made public the r first
annual report of < Major General Chaf
fee , military governor of the Philip
pines Qeneral .Chaffee sums .up the
situation in .the islands frpm a mili
tary point of view by statingjthat the
provinces off .Batangas and Jiaguna ,
in 'iMzon , and-the islands.r.of Samar ,
Mindora , Cebu and- , Bohol.constitute
the area now. disturbed by any em
bodied .force jofjjnsurgents.Hersays
"that to. . the jphysicah character i the
country , to the nature of the.warfare
of the rebelswho are amigos and foe
in the selfsame .hour to the humanity
of the .troops which is taken advan
tage of , by the rebels and ' .theinhab
itants who sympathize with themand
to the fear of . .assassination- - the *
part of the friendly disposed if .they
give information , to the American
forces , is due the .prolongation of % the
guerrilla warfare.
Commenting upon the plan.'of. gradu
ally replacing military wifh civil ad
ministration , General Chaffee says :
"The withdrawal of interference
with civil affairs does not contemplate
withdrawal of the troops from their
stations to any considerable extent.
On the contrary , this should not be
done hastily and when undertaken
should be gradual and more in the na-
re of concentration than reduction
of force or abandonment of any con
siderable area of territory. " *
He therefore recommends ttiat there
be no material reduction of troops be
fore January , 1903. The civil govern
ments which are being organized pro
vincial and.municipal General Chaf
fee says , are both new and untried
and there is but one certain and reli
able method of ascertaining the pro-
ress of the Filipinos in self-govern
ment , namely , its observation by , the
army.
On the object of the military gov
ernment of the city of Manila , General
haffee says :
MILITARY RULHi EFFECTIVE.
"In the government of Manila for
three years , if the military influences
have done , nothing more , it is every
where apparent that an excellent foun
dation has been laid and a turbulent
and .hostile communitybrought to ob
serve the laws and individuality be or
derly. This has been done without un
due harshness or great severity of
tratment of the inhabitants. "
In anticipation of a"partial concen
tration of the troops Jh the islands
next year General Chaffee submits es
timates of cos for fthe construction of
quarters and barracks. - He recom
mends that a permanent post be con
structed at once in the vicinity of Ma
nila * for a garrison of two squadrons
of cavalry , two batteries of artillery
and two full regiments of infantry , to
gether with a hospital and storehouse ,
the whole to be under the command of
a brigadier general. He gives $500,000
as a rough estimate of cost for this
project , and says-that $200,000 should
be available immediately , in order to
take full advantag"S of the dry season.
For the construction of permanent
quarters at other places which may
be determined upon he estimates that
$2,000,000 is required.
TROOPS TOG CREDULOUS.
General Chaffee devotes agood por
tion to the terrible disaster which be
fell company C , Ninth infantry , at Ba-
langiga , Samar , and which , he says ,
was largely "due to overconfidence in
the assumed pacified conditions and in
people who to a great extent as yet
are strangers to and unappreciative of
our humane and personal liberty be
liefs and actions. "
American soldiers , he says , fail to
discriminate between real and assum
ed friendship on the part of the Fili
pinos.
. A. table is submitted showing that
since June last , the date of the last
table submitted by General MacArthur ,
up to September 15 , 361 Filipino officers
and 3,838 men surrendered to the
American military and twenty-six offi
cers and 494 men were ceptured.
THE SOLDIERS MAY DRINK CIDEP , <
Washington , D. C. , Dec. 10. General
Brooke , commanding the department
the east , has decided that a soldier
should not be punished for alleged in
toxication due to the drinking of cider
containing intoxicating ingredients ob
tained at the post exchange. Private
John < W. Donovan , Sixteenth compa-
ny ; , coast artillery ; who bought the
cider at the post exchange , " was con
victed by court martial at Fort Me-
Pherson , Ga. , of drunkenness/on duty
and sentenced to three months' im
prisonment at hard labor and to for
feit $20 of his pay , but General Brooke
has disapproved the sentence.
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Long Withdraws Boats.
Washington , D. C. , Dec. 9. Secretary
Long has ordered Captain Perry of
the battleship Iowa , now at Panama , tl
tlC
proceed down the.Chilian coast to tlti
Falcahuano , wherethe ship is to be ti
tir
locked and overhauled. He also or- r ]
lered Commander McCrea of the gun- to
tioat Machias , at Colon , to bring his
vessel north , . stopping at San Juan ,
Porto Rico , on the way home for coal.
Phe gunboats Marietta , . at Colon , and a
Honcorn , at Panama will
.SWAAISA. AA CJ t 4. CJbAACV * Ad. , * * * , remain at a ;
heir respective positions' for a time. na
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I AWARD OPTHE PRIZE MONEY FINISHED ,
Washington , D. C. , Dec. 9. The gov
ernment has completed its division of
the prize and bounty money to be
awarded , to the naval officers of the.
United States fleet that destroyed the'
Spanish squadron at Santiago.
1 Rear Admiral Sampson leads all the
rest. By a special decree he has al
ready received a small fortune from
the government. He has drawn $5v ;
797.44. All but $3,330 of this came fron )
'
the spoils from thebattle of Santiago' , ;
in which he did not participate.
Rear Admiral Schley has been per
mitted to draw :6nly. : $149.53although
he will soon re9eive $3,33additional. .
Sampson still has one claim unad
justed. He has a suit in the courts
for prize money on account of the In
fanta Maria Teresa , which was raised
and towed part of the way to the
United States , when it foundered and
went to the bottom of the Atlantic.
Should Admiral Sampson win his suit
he will receive approximately $12,000
additional reward.
Admiral Dewey , the hero of the' bat
tle of Manila , received only $9,750 for
that untarnished victory ; ,
Captain F. .E. JChadwick , in com
mand of Sampso'n's flagship , the New
York , also failed'to take part in the
battle-of Santiago , but he has already
drawn , by special decree , $14,026.08. He
has coming to him yet $4,321.50.
Captain Cook of the Brooklyn , and
Captain Clark of the Oregon , the two
ships which did most 'of the fight4rfg ,
have not been allowed to draw one
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penny so far. Cook will receive $2-
190.32while Clark will get $1,989.60.-
Rear Admiral J. C. Watson , the
senior of both Schley and Sampson
when the war opened and who Avas a
division commander 'in the campaign ,
has drawn his full share , $18.35.
Commander Wainwright , who with
the unprotected Gloucester was the
chief factor in destroying the Spanish
torpedo boats , has received , nothing ,
but he will get $435.68.
I MAS GOVERNOR AND JHE CABINET ,
Des Moines , la. , Dec. 10. The news
sent out from Washington to the effect
that Governor Shaw of this state is
considered a possibility for the pro
posed place in the cabinet to be known
as secretary of commerce , was receiv
ed with incredulity here. "While the
fitness of the present governor of Iowa
for the position is not questioned , it
is believed generally , that Secretary
JamesWilson , who represents Iowa in
the cabinet , is so firmly entrenched * in
the administration that there is no
danger of his retirement. There have
also been rumors that Senator Allison
might become secretary of the treas
ury , or that J. S. Clarkson might rep
resent Iowa in the cabinet as postmas
ter general , but these rumors have all
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been discredited here . It is known that
Secretary Wilson expects to remain in
the cabinetand that he is pleased with
President Roosevelt's way of handling
matters. Governor Shaw is busy pre
paring his message to the legislature
and knows nothing of the connection
of his name with a possible cabinet
position. He will retire from office
next month and it is said he will de
vote his time largely to his extensive
business interests.
NEBRASKA FORGESvTO THE FRONT ,
Washington. D C. , Dec. 10. Thc cen
sus bureau has issued a preliminary
report on the manufacturing industries *
of Nebraska , showing a total capital
invested of $71,978,877 , an increase of 92
per cent since the census of 1890 , and
value of products $143,986,127 , an in
crease of 55 per cent. Other figures
are :
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Establishments , 5,413 ; wage earners
24,471 , total wages $11,570,268 , miscella-
neous expenses $6,933,748 , and cost of
fci
material used $102,196,397. .
Statistics for the three cities report-
u
ed separately , follow :
Lincoln Capital $2,608,992 , increase s
11 per cent , value of products $4,103-
951 , increase 11 per cent , establish
ments 252 , wage earners 1,736 , cost of
materials used. $2,173,345.
Omaha Capital $34,282,063 , increase
87 per cent , value of products $42,991-
876 , increase 2 per cent , establishments
837 , wageearners 7,422 , wages $3,755-
810 , cost of materials used $22,113.388.
South Omaha Capital $16,471,328 , val
ue of products $70OSO,941no subsequent
figures for 1890 ; establishments 13 ! > ,
wage earners 6,606 , wages $3,36S,591cost
of materials used $61,277,486.
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CAPTURE LEADER.OF KANSAS REVOLT ,
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Kansas City , Mo.Dec. 10. Two more al
of the twenty-six convicts who escaped l
from the Fort Leavenworth military clsi
si
prison on November 7 have been cap
tured at LaAvton , Okl. , according to a irtl
telegram received by the warden from tlB
the sheriff of that place They are B
Turner Barnes , ' sent up from the ter f
ritory for ten years for assault , and w
Bob Clark , who was serving a five- a
year sentence for breaking into a
Texas Postoffice. Clark was one of the fcej
leaders of the revolt and it was he ej
who held up Superintendent Hinds.
The men are well known to the officers rr
of the territory and WardenMcClaugh- rrci
ry stated over the long distance tele ciR
phone that he felt sure they are two
of his missing prisoners. Of the con ai
victs who escaped in the outbreak but aial
seven are not at.large. . al
Catholic Priest Marries.
Kansas City , Mo. , Dec. 10. Rev. Fa
ther Anthony Politeo , in Charge of the iry
Catholic parish of St. John the Bap C
tist in Kansas City , Kan. , was mar in
ried in St. Joseph , Mo. , November 19 , in
Mrs. Eva M. Springstefen , known in
also as Mrs. Fair. She says she came ;
here from Chicago , but her home was a
originally in Atchison , it is said. w
Father Politeo Is 37 years old and was ed ;
edWl
college friend of Henry Sienkiewicz , Wl
and , la.ter a companion of Gabriel 1'An- th ;
nunzio. He was exiled from Dalmatia th
GOMPIRS ON
ARBITRATION.
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He Advocates Compulsory Action in this
Means of Settlement ,
British Delagate Addressing Convert-
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tioh Says Bond Between Both
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. Countries Is Indissoluble.
Scranton , Pa. , Dec. 9. The American
Federation of Labor , which has been
in session here , completed- organiza
tion and the real work of the conven
tion will be this week. The official roll
of the Federation shaws the presence
of 312 delegates , the largest number in
tine history of the organization. Dur
ing the last two days 197 resolutions
were presented for consideration by
the convention and all of them were
referred to committees. The commit
tees will , hold extra sessions/because of
the enormous amount business to
be disposed of.
The 'morning session wass given up to
the completion of organization and in
the. afternoon the 'British fraternal
delegates addressed the convention on
trades union conditions in Europe.
Among the large number of resolu
tions presented we're several "relating
* to the vital question of trade'jurisdic
tion.
tion.LONG
LONG LIST OF RESOLUTIONS.
Other important resolutions intro
duced were these :
Asking for an appropriation of $5,000
to aid the San Francisco iron workers.
Increasing the salaries of the na
tional organizers 15 per cent , and also
increasing the salary of the president
from $175 to $200 per month , and that
of the secretary from $150 to $20,0 per
month.
Demanding municipal , state and gov-
rnment ownership of railroads , tele-
raphs , etc.
Asking workmen to aid in the ac
quirement of the power of govern-
ment for the purpose of nationalizing
industrial combinations. ,
Demanding the organization of an
independent political party.
Protesting against ship subsidy leg
islation.
Expressing sympathy for the Boers.
For the establishment of socialism.
Increasing the number of vice pres
idents of the federation from six to
eight.
xToviding for the organization of
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school teachers.
Requesting workmen to hold aloof
from the militia and indorsing , the
Swiss military system.
BOND IS INDISSOLUBLE.
Frank Chandler of the Amalgamated
Association of Carpenters and Joiners ,
who is here as one of the fraternal
deelgates from Great Britain , was in
troduced. He reviewed the labor con
ditions as they now prevail in the
British isles. He said his association
organized unions in this country thir
ty-three years ago and efforts had
been made in certain localities to have
His members join the Brotherhood of
Carpenters. He pleaded with the dele
gates not to force the amalgamated
members to do this or they would sac
rifice much if they took such action.
Mr. Chandler feelingly alluded to the
assassination of President McKinley
and said that the bond between the
American and the English people is so st
strong tlfat politicians and intriguers irp
could not break it. p
Benjamin Tillett of the British
Trades Union congress made an ad a
dress , advocating socialism. Mr. Til
lett held the attention of the delega
tion for an hour and a half He said
,
that the force that is doing more for
labor than any other is the "intellect
ual force of socialism. " He empha-
sizedthe : force of liberal contributions Si
of money to help labor in its struggle OC
for better conditions and sided with e
President Gompers on the question of st
compulsory arbitration. ri
Mr. Gompers in his annual report a'
made an argument in favor of comst
pulsory arbitration. Mr. Tillett said ti
he was opposed to leaving disputes to
leaving disputes to "the prejudices of se
the courts. " He believed in placing ci
these questions in the hands of a ec
board of arbitration made up of exoi
perts. ft
P. M. Draper of the Canadian Trade tc
Union congress pleaded for more aid w
from ' 'the federation. He said Canoi
ada presented a wide field for missionQ
ary work in the interest of organized m
labor. He touched on the Chinese extl
elusion act and said that Canada also
should restrict Mongolian immigration Aj \
instead of admitting the Asiatics on
the payment of a poll tax of $100. In
British ColumbiaMrl Draper saidwere tii :
factories employing 8,000 persons , of th :
whom 400 were skilled white workmen w
and : the otflers Chinese and Japanese. m
President Gompers replied to the pj
foreign delegates on behalf of the del
egates. O'
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Washington , D. C. The navy depart-
ment has received cablegrams announ- .
ing the departure of Rear Admiral
Remey aboard his flagship , the Brookaj
lyn , from Yokohama for Kobe , Japan ,
ind the arrival of Rear Admiral Cromji
ivell aboard his flagship , the Chicago , is
Genoa , Italy.
Gunboat Vicksburg Reports.
Washington , D. C. , Dec. 10. The na-
department has received a delayed Pt
cablegram , dated November 25 , stat- Ptw
ng that the gunboat Vicksburg went is !
nto dock for the winter at Neuchwang di
China on that day. This informa- he
ion relieved the naval officials of quite pi-
little anxiety felt in regard to the re
.velfare of this vessel. It is explain- of
ofP
that the cable facilities near Neuch- P
vang are very poor and accounted for laiw
he absence of information here as to w ]
he Vicksburg's whereabouts. ' he
PLOT TO RESCUE WYOMING CONVICTS ,
Cheyenne , "Wxo. , Dec. 9. If reports
from Laramle are'true the fears of
the officials of the state prison that
an attempt would be made to hold up
the train bearing the long and life-
term convicts to the new penitentiary
at Rawlins were well founded. It is
reported that a bold plot to free the
prisoners had been discoveredand that
the conspirators , who are desperate
men , were in camp alongside the Un-
, Ion Pacific road a few days ago , but
fled when they learned that the de
tails of their plans had become known.
It is said the plan of the outlaws was
to hold up the train , liberate the con
victs and arm them with rifles and
ammunition and give them civilians'
clothing and food. The convicts would
then.be in a position to stand off a
posse of armed men sent out to effect
their capture.
. For several months past it was ,
known that friends of BobLee , alias
Curry , the notorious train robber who
was arrested at Cripple Creek two
years ago and convicted here of com
plicity in the Wilcox train robbery ,
have been making efforts to liberate
the outlaw. Several suits of civilians'
clothing , guns , ammunition and food
have been found near the prison walls
and suspicious looking characters have
been seen in the vicinity.
It is believed that the plot to hold
up the train carrying the convicts was
aid by members of the old Curry gang
and would undoubtedly have been car-
ied out by these desperate outlaws ,
but for the timely discovery of the
conspiracy. It is not known just when
the convicts will be moved , as the ut
most secrecy is being maintained re-
arding the matter.
HEPBURNS CANAL BILL IN CONGRESS ,
Washington , D. C. , Dec. 10. Repres
sentative Hepburn of Iowa has intro
duced the Isthmian canal bill , which
by reason of his being the author of
the bill passed last year and his prob
able continuance at the head of the
house commerce committee , is regardp
ed as the measure which will serve as
a basis for action by the house. It
differs from the Hepburn bill passed b
last year , in making the total"appro
priation $1SO,000000 ; instead of $140,000-
000. Of the total amount , $10,000,000 is re
made immediately available to begin tl
work In other respects the bill fol tlPi
lows that of last year , authorizing the ti
president to acquire a right of way tin
from Costa Rica and Nicaragua , and noi
then to direct the secretary of Avar to
ei
begin the construction from
, Greytown in
on the Caribbean sea , to Brito on the tr
Pacific ocean , with suitable defenses ,
etc.
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COURT OF INQUIRY VERDICT GAURDED , ni
Washington , D. C. , Dec. 10. Every P
precaution is being observed by the st
Schley court of inquiry to prevent an stPi
inkling of its conclusions from becom PiL
ing public. A member of the court is
engaged in writing the conclusions of
himself and his brother members. C
None of the clerks , messengers or
orderlies attached to the court will be
permitted to remain in the consulta
tion room while the discussion of the
y
evidence is in progress.
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It is said that the formal report will
not even be given to a typewritist to
copy , but will go to the navy depart
CO :
ment in the handwriting of the ofhIt
It
cer assigned to prepare it.
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To insure greater secrecy the court ,
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secured a safe with a combination lock ,
ir which all records of the case are
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placed : every night. Admiral Dewey
to
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says none of the guesses made so far
as : to the finding of the court are to be
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believed. „ .
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THE NEW CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT , da toi
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Washington , D. C. , Dec. 10. Repre th
sentative Kahn , who represents the
fai
San Francisco district containing 30- ch
300 Chinese , has introduced a Chinese
exclusion law. It defines strictly the ag
status of those who
by treaty have a
Tl
right to enter the country , excluding
of
all ' except Chinese officials , teachers ,
students , merchants , travelers and re
n LO
turning laborers.
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In each of these excepted cases a
section is devoted to the rigid identifi
cation and specification of the except-
parties. In the case of Chinese
a
afficials the government is required to
curnish a Hist of its officialsl Icoming
en
this country. Mr. Kahn says this
mil overcome the wholesale creation
officials , including those of the Six ag
Companies , who are said to have been
made officials to keep them outside of
the exclusion law.
\GUINALDO DOES NOT WANT LIBERTY , sei
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Washington , D. C. , Dec 9. Informa- gn
ion has reached the war department he
hat Aguinaldo has had.no connection Th
vith the plan to secure'his release by be
appeal to the courts in the Philip- an
jines.
A Manila lawyer named William an
D'Neill , and several other members of anMi
he Manila bar , conceived the scheme th
ind prepared a petition , praying for ry :
Vguinaldo's release. r
When this was brought to Aguin-
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ildo's attention , he wrote to O'Neill ,
bil
isking him to desist as he , Aguinaldo ,
pa
lid not care for his freedom so long
so many of his compatriots lan-
piished in jail.
Hold important Conference. 1
Washington , D. C. , Dec. 9. An im- jui
ortant conference was held at the pe <
var department In "regard to the leg- ace
slation necessary to meet fiscal con- ma
lltlons in the Philippines as a result of sig
recent insular decisions of the su- th
ireme court. There were present Sec- nd
etary Root , Senators Lodge and Platt
Connecticut and Representatives sh (
'ayne and Dalzell. The conference > an
asted nearly two hours and the result chi
irill be shown in the action of the sw ;
louse ways and means committee cer
RAILROADS TO
AID STOCKMEN ,
Lie Stock Agents Form Association at
Chicago To Assist Cattle Industry , r
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The Railroads and the Stockmen Will
Hereafter Work In Closer Sym
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pathy With Each Other.
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Chicago.'Ill' . , Dec. 10. Out of the sec
ond annual International Live Stock , {
exposition held at Dexter aPrk , has
grown a closer sympathy between the
railroads and stockmen than has ever
existed , and , as a result , the general
live stock agents of every railroad op
erating between the Rocky mountains
and the Mississippi valley met and
perfected a temporary organization for
the purpose of fostering the live stock
industry throughout the United States :
Another meeting will be held at Fort 1
Worth , Tex. , next March , at which a-
permanent organization will be per
fected , to be known as the National -rf
Association of Live Stock .agents.
Prominent stockmen in attendance at -
the big show assert that this is the
most important victory they have ever
won and they predict that this organ
ization of the railroad live stock agents
will do more for the advancement of ; * ,
this industry than anything done in
the past to interest farmers.
They say it will result in a great
decrease in the amount of grain ex
ported from the United States , as ev
pn pe bushel of surplus grain raised by
northern farmers will be needed to.
,
supply the wants of Texas cattle to be
brought to northern farms.
A meeting of the live stock agents
of the various railroads was held in
the exchange building at the Unioa
Stock yards and a committee was ap
pointed ( to formulate a plan.
_ In the evening the representatives of
the railroads were tendered a banquet
tlb
by ; W. E. Skinner , general manager of
the live stock show.
General Manager Skinner' told the'
meeting that J. J. Hill , president of
the Great Northern railroad , had.
pledged his co-operation in the promo
tion of the industry , and the general
live stock agents of more than a dozen
other large railroads promised to do
everything in their power to carry the
industry into the northern and cen
tral parts of the country by showing.
Lhe farmers the advantages of this
aver other industries to which they .
now devoted their time and land.
By a unanimous vote of the meeting
W. " E. Skinner was indorsed for the
position of director general of the live
stock department of the Louisiana.
Purchase exposition , to be held at St.
Louis ( in 1903.
JONSTITUTIONALTY ( OF THE HERD LAW.
Lincoln , Neb. , Dec. 10. Judge Frost
las , in a decision rendered , practical-
declared the Nebraska herd law un-
onstitutional. Two
farmers had a
lispute over the impounding of hogs ,
vith the result that they repaired to
ourt to secure a favorable decision ,
appears that a farmer's hogs stray-
onto his neighbor's
. land and were
ut into a pen and held for damages.
A compulsory arbitration of the-
lamages was followed under the law
which the hog owner objected.
Judge Froot held compulsory arbi-
ration objectionable in that it did not
irovide a fair method in computing-
lamages. In the notice a man who.
ook up estrays was compelled to post
had to name an arbitrator and fix
herein his amount of damages. If he
ailed to respond that
amount was con-
lusive as to the amount of the dam-
.ges , and from the award made , if he
M not respond , there was no a'ppeal.
he otice must be posted on the door
the owner , and if it escapes his ob-
ervation for forty-eight hours he has
'
r'egdress.
The court held that the law was in
iolence of that section of the consti-
ution which . '
says a. man's property
annot be taken without due
process o
iw.
iw.The
The court held that the
owner was
ntitled to the
hogs under
a replevin ,
warding the
defendant one cent dam-
ges. '
FOR A MCKINLEY NATIONAL PARK.
Washington , D. S. , Dec. 10.-Repre-
entative Brownlow has reiritroduced
the house a bill of the last
con-
ress for the
creation of
a park in
( southern Appalachian mountains
'he bill provides that , the park shall
called the
McKinley
national park
nd shall contain 4,000,000 acre *
'
"President McKinley when alh'e was
ardent advocate of this "
park , said.
. Brownlow , discussing the bill "and
south reveres and loves his mem-
Because he did
more than any oth-
man to unite this
cause. That is
y they want me to introduce this
ill. creating the McKinley national
ark , in grateful
remembrance
" of the
ion
Ate Valuable Paper.
Waterloo. la. , Dec. lO.-The grand
iry at Independence is
considering a
ecullar case. John
Diehl
, a farmer
ccepted the agency for a patent fenc
lachine. He
was given
a contract to
gn. It afterward
occurred to him.
lat it might be some sort of swindl
< he called andasked
, the agents to
aow him the contract. It proved to be
order for
twenty-four
of the
ma-
lines. He chewed the
.allowed -ilr * it and was arreTedTolfa" ?