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yOLUME XXX.-NUMBEK 15.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 19, 1899.
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The past week has been cool, with
heavy rains in southern counties. The
average daily temperature deficiency
has. been about three decrees. The
. ' maximum temperatures Tor the week
., have generally been below 90 decrees.
The rainfall of the week hai
"below normal in the northerm aad In
most of the extreme western counties
and heavy in the southern counties. In
several southeastern counties it rang
ed from two to slightly more than
four inches.
The past week has been an excel
lent one for the growth of vegetation
in all parts of the state. "Winter wheat
has ripened rapidly, and harvesting
has commenced. The quality is every
where good, but the acreage Is small
and the yield per acre is also smalL
Oats have made rapid progress, and
are now ripening in southern coun
t3es. -Some damage to oats is reported,
caused by lodging, rust aad hall, but
' the damage is small, and the crop
promises to be a large one. Spring
wheat is looking well.
-Com has continued to grow rapidly.
Had is. now- too large for cultivation,
except in northern counties. Corn Is
laid by fairly free of weels. but more
cultivating would have been done "
it -grown less rapidly, an J some fields
have been laid away weedy. The ear
liest planted corn is tasseling out in
southern counties. Taken as a whole.
Corn continues in exceptionally good
rondftion.
A good crop of tame gasa is being
cut for hay in eastern counties.
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION.
-Butler Rye and winter wheat har
vest in progress: haying begun; much
corn laid by. some fields beginning to
tastel our
Cass Wheat and oats rusting some;
many pieces of oats lodging; plenty of
moisture and hot weather have forced
corn ahead wonderfully.
-Clay Fall wheat and barley har
vest about completed; oats ripening
and look well; corn making very rap
id growth, nearly all laid by.
Fillmore Wheat Being cut; oats
turning, corn never promised better.
Gage Oats turning rapidly and
will make a good crop, fall wheat and
rye mostly in shock: corn plowing re
tarded 'by frequent rains.
Hamilton Small grain harvest com
menced, corn rather weedy, early
corn- tasseling out.
NORTHEASTERN SECTION.
Antelope Wheat and cats heading
aieely and promise a splendid yield;
much corn being laid by
Boyd Excellent week; wheat im
proved somewhat, corn fine.
Burt Corn doing splendidly; wheat
aad oats rusting somewhat, fine crop
c hay being cut; potatoes fine.
Odar Small grain heading out, get
ting rusty, corn fine and nearly all
laid "by. cool and damp weather.
Colfax Harvest of winter wheat and
rye begun, corn fine, good rain.
Cuming Barley and rye turning:
corn growing fast, wheat heading.
CENTRAL SECTION.
Boone Wheat, oats, ry? and barley
heavy crops, potatoes and grass good;
com fine and half laid by.
Buffalo Early rye being cut; corn
doing well, but some pieces are weedy,
gives promise of largest crop ever
raised here.
Guster Crops are doing finely, es
pecially corn, some laid by.
Dawson Rye harvest on. light:
-.corn fine, much plowed third time.
Garfield Week of frequent showers:
crops doing nicely.
Hall Winter wheat harvest on:
some corn laid by; potatoes plenty.
Howard Winter wheat and rye be
'ing harvested: spring wheat and oats
doing well, corn doing well, -but would
he .improved by rain.
SOlTHWESTERN SECTION.
Adams Most corn laid by and is
making rapid growth; wheat being
cat. yield small, but extra good qual
ity? potatoes uausually fine.
Chase Crops growing finely; grass
hoppers at work on wheat.
Dundy Com and potatoes growing
welf; stock on range fatten fast.
Franklin Harvest commenced:
'wheat well filled, good quality, but
thin on the ground; oats good crop;
com never looked better.
.Frontier Small grain poor, but will
pay to cut; heavy rain; corn fine.
.Furnas Wheat being harvested,
good quality, but light yield; corn do
ing well and promises a big crop; po-
-tatoes and pastures good.
WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN
SECTION.
Box Butte Small grain and grass
Improved by rain 7th; corn gocaL
Cherry Dry week: coca doing welL
Cheyenne Heavy rains helped
meadows and small grain: corn welL
Deuel Cool, with little rain; corn
doing fairly welL
-Keith Small grain and pasture
need rain; corn weK; wheat poor.
, Keya Paha Plenty of moisture;
slight damage by hail; corn good.
-Kimball Rain helped small grain:
. except some fields about dead.
-' The millinery stock and fixtures be
. longing to Mrs. Esther Baraett of
:. Norfolk was burned. Value aboat
'1700,, insured for 8450. Mrs. Baraett
v" lived in the building, bat was away
. for the night. Furniture, insured for
850; was damaged
The coanty board of Hall coanty
-" .Inaugurated a movement for better
'.roads, appropriating 81.4W for the im-
provement of one section line straight
-- through, the coanty east to west. It is
..' expected by the inaagarators ef the'
"' . movement that it will lead to a system
: ' of fine roads in a few years in all parts
of. the coanty.
' Long Pine aad I mediate vicinity
ing hall and wind storms so far. Aa
abundance of Tain has SaBea aad the
crop 'prospects are good. Baaehsaea
are making active aceanrarJaaa Jar
haying. .Help win
The crop will he
' Following is the
filed and released i
daring the month of
gages lied, twenty-
fcstsed. thirty-faar, 84113.71; dry
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Ainsworth dispatch Comity Ctert
Smith has received official Mtiicatioa
of the commutation of the sentence of
Ole h mlw sua from imprisonment far
life to fifteen" years, one moath aad
eight days, which with good time re
leased aim from arisen oa the Fourth
of this month.
Tke history of the caw hi a follows:
On the 31st day of starch, lK7: bie
Anderson, living In. the southeast part
of what was then Brown coaaty, hat
later partitioned off as Rock coanty.
was arrested for the murder of his
wife which occurred a few days pre
vious. He was tried aad on the 2tth
day of February, 1889, after nearly two
years had passed, was convicted and
sentenced to be hanged. Sis sentence
was afterward commuted to imprison
ment for life. The murder was mat
foul. Anderson braining Ms wife with
a bucket and afterwards hiding the
body in an old well where it was
found. On the 3rd of this month Gov
ernor Poynter commuted the sentence
as above, making Anderson a free
man. There Is a good deal of dfcnat
Jafaetkm over the governor's aetiaa
aad ft win be "widespread when It be
comes generally known. No intima
tion was given oar people so far as
known, that any effort was being; made
to pardon Anderson aad the aews will
come as a shock to our Justice-loving
people who feel that such work is a
bid for the court of Judge Lynch to
sit in Judgment hereafter.
Fremont dispatch: A case hai been
on trial in the district court for the
last two days involving some some
what novel propositions of law. Geo.
Kern suddenly disappeared from his
home in the western part of the coan
ty in November, 1891. and has not
been heard of since. His property was
mortgaged and there were rumors that
a part of it had been sold. About a
year ago he inherited considerable
property, and as he has been
absent seven years his wife. Anna
Kern, made application to the county
court for her appointment as admin
istratrix of his estate, alleging that,
not having been heard from him for
seven years, he was legally dead. The
application was resisted by some of
his creditors, who at once commenced
attachment proceedings, levying on
some land. The county court decided
in favor of Mrs. Kern and the creditors
took an appeal to the district court.
Last evening the Jury brought in a
verdict In her favor. The creditors
claimed that Kern left to avoid prose
cution for the crime of selling mort
gaged property and that, therefore,
the presumption of death on account
of seven years absence did not apply
t Tarsia Oat Wen.
The rains which have fallen in this
part of the state during the past week,
says a Wayne dispatch, have made
doubly sure the biggest crops with
which this country has been blessed
for many years. The corn has long
ago been laid by and is now as high
as a man's head and will, according
to the estimates of conservative far
mers, go eighty bushels to the acre.
Wheat is being harvested and what
was supposed was a total failure is
making a good crop. Oats and other
small grains were never in finer con
dition. The prospects are that, with
the exception of wheat, this portion
of Nebraska will break all previous
records in the matter of large crops.
The farmers here are still holding
their corn from last year, not being
in a condition where they are forced
to sell, as has been the case in pre
vious years.
brk in Brtof.
The Central Granaries company,
having over 100 elevators in Nebraska,
is refitting and repairing its elevator
at Wymore and arranging to increase
its capacity to such an extent as to
make that a cleaning station for all
of southern Nebraska. The changes
contemplated will enable the plant at
that place to handle several train loads
dally.
The Northeast Nebraska Grand Ar
my of th Republic reunion at Plain
view witnessed an ntteniance of at
least 4.000 people. The rain in the
afternoon interfered somewhat in the
enjoyment, but the crowd was good
natured and the big pavilion and large
number of tents afforded shelter. The
program was well carried out. The re
union next year will be held at Pierce.
CI into Sudduth. a lad of fourteen
years, was apprehended at Bennett
while in the act of robbing the post
office. He had crept in through the
stamp window and was seized by Miss
Mabel Hartley, daughter of Assistant
Postmaster Hartley. For about a
month Mr. Hartley had been missing
money taken from the tin during his
absence at dinner time The amounts
taken ranged from one to one and a
half dollars.
An old lady by the name of Mrs.
Johana Curtin. who lives at Sterling,
has filed a claim in the county court
of Otoe coanty against the estate of
the late Father Cusson. She says that
he persuaded Tier some three years
ago to give him 8200 in gold she had
saved and promised to pay her 10 per
cent interest on it. He would not
give her a note, bat said he would cot
live her and would see that she was
properly buried.
Of late Sheriff J. H. Sutton has rea
son to believe a quantity of stolen
property was concealed somewhere in
Central City and he determined to
tad it if possible. Daring the first
of the week he found aboat 300 pairs
of shoes in a livery barn, which were
identified as a part of the shoes re
cently stolen in Genoa. Later he lo
cated quite a lot of clothing in a pri
vate barn in the eastern part of town
for which he wishes to fad an owner.
Burleigh Hacker was arrested at
Fremont on a charge of bastardy. An
na TTim iiihwii a seventeea-year-old
girl of that city, haviag accused aim
of being the father of her unborn
child. The ease came ap ia coaaty
court, aad Hacker was bound over to
the district court aad his band fixed
at 8500. He was able to famish hoods
men and was released. The yoang
snan is a driver ia the employ of his
father.
Harry Anderson, the yoaaar man wiM)
was accidentally shot at St. Isaacs,
Ceaar county, on the Foarth of Jaly
while polishing the target at a shoot
tag gallery, died of his woand at Sioux
Cfty. After recetyinff the suss he
walked to hss home at Lime Grove, a
often miles, aad want to bed
resatas; the irmrni nr isiliii
to his parents that he was ia-
JKbjht Wsseaaaaa Cook of Fairbarr
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walkiss; his Beat as asaal aad when
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CDfCINNATL O.. July 15. J. M.
.Thobaro of the Methodist Episcopal
church, who has spent forty years as
a missionary, mostly in India, is here
with his family, some of whom are in
HI health. The bishop spent some
time Ja Manila in March last and was
an intelligent observer of eveats. He
says there is ao doubt that the oat-
pfnbs was intended by Filipino leaders
to include a general mi win ere in the
city of Manila. He cited in proof of
this the testimony of two Filipino
servants who were summoned to ser
vice in the army by Aguinaldo, and
who dared not disobey, bat who
warned their American employers to
keep within doors that night, as orders
had been given to kill all Europeans
found on the street. Another evidence
was the finding of five thousand new
knives stared in a Catholic church.
Only the splendid discipline of the
American troops prevented the mas
sacre in Manila.
The bishop was in London when the
thrilling news of Dewey's visit came.
It was universally understood, he said.
that it meant the permanent posses
sion of the Philippines by the United
States. To questions put to him why
Dewey did not leave Manila after his
victory, he said the shortsightedness of
the United States government "made it
impossible. Dewey had not coal
enough to carry him to the nearest
American coaling station and he was
bound to take Manila in self defense.
The whole history of the present Phil
ippine situation showed such a natural
and logical and even inevitable course
of events that the United States is
bound to assart ks authority there.
Anarchy and assassination, he de
clares, would follow the withdrawal
of the United States forces. The only
trouble lies In the Luzon Island. All
the other Islands are peaceful. The
bishop thinks the proper policy of the
United States is to enlist the men of
the other islands, who are the natural
enemies of the inhabitants of Luzon,
to fight Agninaldo's army. Officered
by Americans, they would quickly dis
pose of the few men that Agulnaldi
can muster.
Viewing the situation in the far east
from the standpoint of a missionary
of forty years In that part of the world,
the bishop was impressed with thr
fact that It was the duty of the United
States forced upon the circumstances
of the Spanish war. to hold the Phil
ippines, and to preserve order, and ex
tend civilized government in that vast
region. Moreover, in the interest of
morality and Christianity, he hoped
for the dissolation of the Chinese em
pire, which he characterized as the
most helpless government on earth.
In that event Russia should have a
portion, giving it an available Pacific
port. England, though tavoring the
integrity of the Chinese empire, al
ready has in mind the valley of the
Tang-tse-Klang as its share. The
United States should have its portion
of the coast opposite the Philippines.
Such a division of China would brim
untold blessings to the people of that
empire, and would advance the civili
zation of the whole world.
The bishop declines to discuss thr
subject from the standpoint of Ameri
can politics, but he says he cannot im
agine why the United States should
shrink from giving up her exclusive
policy and hesitate to take her place
among the nations when the duty is
so manifestly thrust upon her. If
China falls to pieces, as nearly all well
informed people believes she will, it
would be unwise, if not morally wrong.
to concede that the European nations
have a right to settle the destiny of
that great empire without any refer
ence to America. The United States
must inevitably become the dominat
ing naval power of the Pacific ocean,
and if such a future is in store for
her she certainly ought to hold an
Important section of the coast line of
eastern Asia.
A If ANIvfi TO IMrCRiAUSM.
Baatlct Diviae Talaks It Teads Toward
Chrfattiaatry.
RICHMOND, Va.. July 15. At the
afternoon session of Baptists reports
were submitted and addresses deliv
ered. The board of managers set forth
that the last year has been one of
persistent effort. Difficulties were en
countered, such as the vastness of the
field and complex interests, but over
against those were many favorable re
ports. The bible reading and mission
ary work has been encouraging.
At the evening session F. O. Haw of
North Branch spoke in place of R. H.
Tillinghast of Iowa on The Church
and the Union."
The banner for senior work in the
"conquest missionary course was pre
sented to Woodruff Place church of
Indianapolis. Ind, after which Presi
dent Chapman delivered his annual
address. President Chapman alluded
to the friendship existing between this
country aad England, an-i leaned to-
imperialism as tending to advance the
cause of Christianity.
The board cf managers of the B. T.
P. U. decided late tonight that next
year's convention shall b? held in Cin
cinnati. NEW YORK. Jaly 15, At J. P. Mor
gan Cc's office it is said that the
Mexican bond issue has been over
subscribed. The amount bid for here
is aboat 925,640,060. the fan allotment
intended for distribution in this coun
try aad Holland. The books win not
close before Saturday.
NEW TOXK. Jaly 15. The ICddle
cex Coaaty bank of Perth Amfaoy. N.
J has dosed its doors. Cashier Ed
ward M. Valentine is reported to be
missing with 3100.86 of the bank's
WASHINGTON. Jaly 15 The
plete statistics cf stamped paper sales
ia the United States daring the fiscal
year Jaat closed, as aaaoaaced today,
shows a grand aggregate of 5.162.C29.
S25 pieces of an kinds of stamped pa
per hasasa, with a total -ralaatf oa ef
82j839 J7. an lac ream of 552,78133.
or aver 12 per cent ia namberv and
83.44C.721, or"10 per eeat te valaercver
1896.
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SAN FRANCISCO. July 15. Not
since the departure of the regiment of
California voluntesrs for the Philip
pines have the streets of San Fran
cisco presented such a scene of ani
mation as they did today, nor have
steam whistles, cannon and bells cre
sted such a rumpus. The cause of the
f demonstration was the landing of the
Oregon volunteers and the- California
signal corps, preparatory to going- into
camp at the Presidio and the final
mastering oat.
Great crowds gathered early along
the line of march. First in the lin
was Major Noble. General Shatter's
aide, followed by the bandxf theTaird
f artillery. Then came Governor Geer
of Oregon and his" staff, followed by
the Californians, who shared the
cheers with the Oregon ians.
Then came the regiment, headed by
Brigadier General Sumner and its
band. As the men aiirrbrid comaaay
freat aa the wMt street they made-a
splendid appearance. The ambulance
bearing the sick and wounded followed,
then Battery C of the Third artillery.
All along the line of march the men
were cheered to the echpand the bands
hired by Individuals played lively mu
sic As the soldiers passed the Palace
hotel they were deluged with flowers
thrown from the windows by the
guests. At the junctions of Third.
Market and Kearney streets the crowds
were immense and the three morning,
papers which have offices on the cor
ners of those streets vied with each
other to see which could make the
most noise. A curious sight was long
streamers of immense firecrackers
which dangled from the roof of a high
building. As the soldiers neared this
point the crackers were lighted and
the racket they made was awfuL
General Shafter and his staff and
Governor Geer of Oregon and his staff
and many notable army officers re
viewed the parade as it passed up Van"
Ness avenue toward, the Presidio. As
the men passed the reviewing stand
they cheered continually.
When the Presidio was reached the
men were given a rest and then com
menced the work of going into camp.
Here they will rest under military
discipline for two or three weeks. Then
the final muster-out will take place,
and they will be sent to their northern
homes by train.
TEAR B0WN A GERMAN FIAG.
Eptaode at Hoaotalu Which Xay Cams
tTapleaaantaf.
HONOLULU. July 7. (Via Victoria,
B. C, July 15.) There was a flag Inci
dent nere on the Fourth of July which
promises to be made an international
episode. Carl Klemme, the proprietor
of the Orpheum hotel, gaily decorated
his building in American colors, hoist
ed the American flag over it and under
the American flag the German flag. A
friend of his wanted to use an Ameri
can flag and Klemme good-naturedly
loaned him his. leaving the German
flag floating alone from the flagstaff.
J. H. West saw it and ordered Klemme
to haul it down. There had been ill
will between the two men before and
Klemme refused to takeorders from
his enemy. West thereupon gathered
u lot of soldiers from the transport
Sheridan and showed them the Ger
man flag floating on the Fourth of
July in American territory. The sol
diers at once proceeded to the roof,
tore down the German flag and de
stroyed it and put into its place some
red, white and blue bunting torn from
the other decorations of the buildinr
West was today fined 3100 in the police
court for malicious mischief and the
German consul general will make a
report of the matter to his govern
ment. Kxpnrt are lar?e.
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 15. The
reports of the treasury officials show
that during June the imports of mer
chandise into the United States
amounted to 86L686.20S. of which 825,
SS1,3C3 was free of duty. For the year
the total imports of merchandise
amounted to 8637.0T7.38S. of which
over 8300.000 was free of duty. The
exports of domestic merchandise dur
ine June aggregated 89428.732. a gain
of about 82.000.000. For the year the
exports amounted to 81-227.433.425. a
decrease from last year of 81.03S.905.
The gold imports during June
amounted to 83J05.6S6, a decrease of
about 3225.000 as compared with June.
189S. The gold exports amounted to
320.908,327 against 3375.529 for June.
1S9S. For the year the imports of
gold amounted to 388,954.603, and the
exDorts to 337.522.086.
The silver imports during June
amounted to 81.917.215, and the exports
to 83343,099.
Reception for ?ebraaaa.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 15. A Iarpelj
attended mass meeting was held in
Lincoln to perfect plans for a state
reception to the First Nebraska regi
ment, which is expected to reach San
Francisco within two weeks. It was
announced at the meeting that other
towns and cities had abandoned their
plans of holding reglmenral receptions
and would unite with Lincoln in a
demonstration conducted"-on a magni
ficent scale.
Casualty IJat from "SaaHa.
WASHINGTON, Jnly 15. The war
department hrs received the following
list of casualties from General Otis:
Additional casualties Wounded.
Seventeenth Infantry At San Fer
nando. June 30: Company K. Corporal
Christian Jensen, arm. slight; July 4.
Company E. George W. King, thigh,
severe; July 11, First Lieutenant Ira
L. Reeves, cheek, hand and foot, mod
erate. Fourth Cavalry July 5, Troop C.
Frank Bouchard, hand, slight, at Pffil
la; Jaly 11. Edward Roves, foot, mod
erate; Troop G, Amon Nail, abdomen,
severe, near Santa Cruz.
PyaaaiHe to be Ci
WASHINGTON, July 15. Dynamite
guns are to be need by tfcp American
troops in the fall ctmpaigos against
the Filipinos. Preparat'pns are being
made by the ordnance rtTartment to
supply General Otis with 3tx Sims
Dudley dynamite pneumatic weapoas.
The test made at the Saacy Hook
proving grounds of a gun of this type
proved very satisfactory.
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DUBUQUE. Ia Jaly 15. Dr. Gib
son, state veterinarian, was here yes
terday aad -visited the farmers whose
stock was supposed to hxve beea af
fected with rabies. He proaoaaced
the disease to be mad staggers, which
has symptom closely resemblias;
hvurophobia. It is nnsed ty too heavy
grass feedlag.
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IK RULE IN SAMOA
Describe, the Tactics of TJc-
Mating Satire ling.
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by It Viadiac The Whole
Over.
WASHINGTON, July ia. Consul
General Rose, the German official who
has been one of the foremost figures
ia the receat events in Samoa, called
at 'the White House yesterday and
was introduced by Secretary Hay to
the president. A brief talk on Sa-
aXairs occurred and hopes were
oa both sides that 'the
of recent friction had disap
peared. Herr Rose afterward saw a
representative of the Associated Press
and gave an interesting outline of the
conditions up to the time he left Sa
moa. "Prior to the arrival of the Samoan
commission, said he, "an armlUtice
had been arranged with the native
forces. Mataafa and his men were
back of a line sweeping around the
city of Apia, and extending from the
town of Falenla to Lantlh The Ma
taafa forces numbered about 2.500
men. Tanu and his men occupied the
peninsula jutting out from the main
land near Apia. They numbered about
2,000 men. Both forces were fairly
well armed, but the Tanu men had in
addition to their old arms about 700
modern rifles, furnished by the British
ships at the time of the conflict.
"The commissioners- first turned
their attention to disarming the na
tive forces. As soon as they arrived
Maraafa- sent a letter of greeting and
said he would abide by any decision
they might make. The commission
then gave a hearing on board the Bad
ger, to each of the claimants for the
kingship, Mataafa being heard one
day and Tanu another. They were
received not as kings, but simply as
'Sir. As senior member of the body,
the American commissioner, Mr.
Tripp, asked some very direct ques-
tions of Mataafa and Tanu. He wanted
to know If they were ready to give
their support to the commission, even
If it determined to deny the right of
one or the other of them to the kins
ship or to abolish the kingship en
tirely. Serious as these questions were
to the two claimants to the throne,
they promised to support the commis
sion in whatever action was taken.
"Some days later the Badger went
along the coast to Malie, where Ma
taafa's headquarters were located. The
native chiefs came alongside and a
formal surrender of 1,S75 guns .was
made to the commission.
"Mataafa and his chiefs went aboard
the ship and were entertained at a
dinner. The Tanu party followed with
the surrender of their arms a few daya
later, for while the decision of the
commissioner had. upheld Tanu. yet
it was felt to be in the interest of all
concerned that the native king3hip
should be brought to an end and that
an administration by white men, at
least over those localities where white
interests are greatest, should be
brocgh about. Tanu yielded to this
decision, but for a time there was some
prospect of trouble, as the royal flago
were kept flying over the Tanu head
quarters, despite the fact that he had
surrendered the kingship. This was a
source of irritation to the Mataafa
people, who considered it contrary to
the understanding arrived at.
"Since arriving in this country,
however, I understand that this source
of difficulty has been removed and that
the Tanu flag is withdrawn and the
Tanu forces disappeared. The Mataafa
people have also gone back to the
interior. With the natives disarmed
and both factors back to their homes,
there is every reason to believe that
no further trouble will arise and that
the commission will be free to work
out a satisfactory plan for the future
government.
"In determining upon the abolition
of the kingship the commission exam
ined the question with great care. The
opinion of all was secured and this
was almost unanimous in favor of
abolishing the king3hip. The manager
of the German company, which is the
most extensive business concern on
the islands, strongly approves the plan
of having white administration. The
two large American companies, the
British business interests and the
smaller German concerns also ap
proved the plan."
Herr Rose did not wish to discuss
the future government of the islands,
as this might anticipate the report of
the commission. He has no doubt,
however, that the essential principle
will be the white man's administration
in place of the native kingship, cer
tainly for those parts where foreign
interests predominate, while at the
same time the natives will be given
proper consideration In the direction
of affairs In the interior of the island.
Herr Rose expressed hope that his
visit here would help disarm any feel
ing which had arisen. He will remain
here some days, going on a trip to
Niagara Falls and other points of in
terest before sailing for Berlin.
Fatal Xrael ra the Fraaee.
ST. PAUL. July 15. A Helena.
Mont., special to the Pioneer Press
says: W. D. Smith and Robert Ste
vens, prominent stockmen in the
Shields river valley, fought a duel last
evening on the ranee forty-five miles
from Livingston, Mont. Smith was
killed. The men had an old quarrel
over land and boundary Imes and when
they met renewed It. Smith finally
advanced on Stevens with a five
pound rock in his hand and the latter
shot him with his revolver. After the
killing Stevens rode all night to Liv
ingston to give himself up. Both men
bore excellent reputations and poth
were reputed to be wealthy.
an farSfaalta.
"WASHINGTON, July 15. The war
department has received the following
-dispatch from Captain Siebert;
SAN FRANCISCO". July 13. B com
pany engineers will sail t&dar for Ma
nila on City of Para.
Straelc a Itnaaara
CHICAGO. July 25. At the govern
ment sale of unclaimed goods held here
William F. Blair, a custom house
broker, bought a lot of old clothes for
84 and in one of the garments discov
ered 33,00 in bonds of the Equitable
Investment company of Council Bluffs,
la. The clothing was addressed to W.
J. Morse, care A. A. McLeary, 1503
Jmaer bafldsag. Chicago, but ao trace
of either was ever discovered.
ODESSA. July 15. Four ironclads
ami a fotHIa of torpedo boats have
started for Batonm to convey the re
masss of the czarowitch to Sevastopol,
The News Briefly Told, i
Ttiltttt aaaaaaart
FrMay.
At a meeting of the repablkan state
committee held at Boston tt was de
cided to hold the state coaveatioa ia
that city on October 6-
Samuel Keaaey, sr.. father of Uaited
States Seaator Keaaey, died saddenly
at Wilmiagtoa, DeL. from an attack of
paralysis, aged 65 years.
Attorney General Oren of Michigan
advised Auditor General Dix that the
1-cent per pound beet sagar boaaty
law of 1897 is uneoastitutioaal.
It is uaderstood that Captain Wil
liam P. Duvall. First artillery, has
been selected as lieutenant colonel of
the new Thirty-first volunteer in
fantry, j
Germany's exports to the United
States for the quarter ended with June
mat were 821.W.. as co?
with 934 jmjm tm th uiiisspaaiiag
auarter last year.
Former United States Senator Ar
thur P. Gorman, who is staying at
Magnolia. Mass and who has teen
somewhat indisposed, owing, it is said,
to the change from his accustomed
surroundings, was greatly improved.
His. illness was not serious.
The secretary of the navy has re
ceived a request from an American
citixen, who is building a chapel in
Mexico, for 100 pounds of metal from
the battleship Maine's bell to east a
bell for the chapel. The request will
be granted if found to be expedient.
The pension committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic finished its
work by a call at the White House,
where it spent some time in confer
ence with the president. Later it made
a final visit to the pension bureau,
where it examined about thirty cases
as the result of published reports aad
other complaints.
A dispatch has been received from
General Otis requesting that there be
sent to the Philippines 2,500 horses, in
order that a brigade of cavalry may
be organised for use at the end of the
rainy season. General Otis has tried
the horses of Manila and nearby coun
tries, but none of them seem to be
available for cavalry
Adjutant General Corbin said that
no one had been authorised to enlist
anv of the three Rough Rider regi
ments provided for in the volunteer
act. It would require the president's
express direction before any step
could be taken toward raising these
regiments. The impression given by
General Corbin's remarks was that
there is little likelihood of the organi
zation of these regiments, even in the
future.
lairrt-T
Agus M. Cannon, president of the
Salt Lake State of Zlon. who was re
cently arrested on the charge of po
lygamy, appeared before a Justice of
the peace and waived examination. He
refused to say anything about the
case.
Kansas City democrats, backed by
members of their pa. y in other parts
cf Missouri, have raised 350.000. which
they Intend offering to the democratic
national committee, if the committee
will send the democratic national con
vention to Kansas City.
The tlnitel States minister at Con
stantinople, Oscar B. Straus, has ur
gently invited Admiral Dewey to visit
him. In the event of his acceptance
the British special service steamer Im
ogene will proceed to thi Mediterran
ean to escort the admiral to that port.
Almost complete returns to the bu
reau of immigration of the treasury
department of immigrants arriving in
the United States for th2 fiscal year
ended June 30, 1899, show an increase
of S2.570 over the fiscal year ended
June 30. 1S9S. The returns yet to be
received will not change the figures
materially.
The Cape Town correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph says: There are
persistent rumors in Cape Town that
Sir Alfred Milner contemplates a step
to bring about the dismissal of the
Cape ministry, headed by Mr. W P.
Schreiner and the recall of Sir John
Gordon Sprigg, former premier, .to
form an imperialist government.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Mail says: "The Transvaal
field cornets are refusing to register.
American citizens unless they take
oath to bear arms for the republic in
the event of war. The Americans,
therefore, threaten to become British
subjects to as to avoid commander
ing. The Transvaal government is
making representations to Washington
on the' subject.
At a meeting of the Dewey commit
tee, appointed by Mayor Harrison for
the reception cf the admiral when he
visits Chicago next fall. It was decid
ed to appoint a European committee
consisting of citizens of Chicago who
are now in Europe, who shall meet
Admiral Dewey either at the Suez ca
nal or at Gibraltar and officially ex
tend to him the invitation to Ti3it
Chicago this falL
Wedaeada?.
Le Soir declares that on July 15.
following the national fete. General
Jamont, commander in chief and vice
president of the supreme council of
war, will be replaced by General Bru
gere, who was last wee appointed
military governor oi Paris in succes
sion to General Zurlmden. removed.
The navy department las dlspa-ch-ed
to Admiral Evwey the medal
awarded him by act of congres to
commemorate the battle of Manila
bay. The admiral's medal Is identi
cal with those sent to each man in the
fleet, with the exception that his own
name is engraved upon the edge.
Ambassador van ilollenben of Ger
many has made his farewell call on
Secretary Hay and will leave here on
Thursday for New York, whence he
takes the steamer for home. In New
York he will confer rith Herr Mnmm,
who is to be German charge d'affaires
this summer during the ambassador's
absence.
The war department has let the con
tract for repairing and fitting the
transport Thomas to the Cramps com
pany, Philadelphia, at 3239.500. Major
J. M. Carson, jr., of the quartermas
ter's department, will have charge of
the Thomas during the refittiag and
also upon its voyage by way of the
Suez canal to Manila.
Brigadier General Asa B. Carey, pay
master general of the army, will be
retired today, having reached the age
of 64 years. He will be succeeded as
paymaster general by General Alfred
E. Bates, recently military attache of
Uaited States embassy at London.
Charges have been filed against In
dian Agent John 3. jfayaagh of the
White Rock Indian agency, ia Neva
da, alleging among other things arbi
trary administratioa. These charges
are the oateosae of a dispute as to the
management of the aejeacy school aad
have already eaaaed two taveatiga-
rioas by order at the Waaiaatoa
tnorttisa,
The Delagoa hay award will be made
ia October.
Charles Mali. Belgian coasul at New
York, is dead.
Th transport Logaa will be refitted
for Maafht service.
The cruiser Raleigh will have re
pairs made costing 9245 JOO.
Archbishop Ireland will sail from
Liverpool for New York July 12.
M. J. O'Brien has been elected pres
ident of the Soathera Express com
pany.
The Venezuelan commissioa has
brought the chronological review np
to 184L
Ambassador Porter at Paris tender
ed a baaaaat to the members of the
Venesaalaa eaaamisaioa.
XJsssaasssBL .frank. C BoUsn. Siarshv
Infantry, is assigned as side oa Gen
eral Wheeler's staff at San Francisco.
Freasenden & Nachbour, New York
dry goods agents, have gone into
bankruptcy. Debts. 94.044; no es
se ts.
Bids have been opened at Wash
ington for the overhauling of the
transport Thomas for the Manila
trade.
The whaling barks California aad
C W. Morgan have reported from
Hako. Japan, announcing a good
catch.
If Seaator Fairbanks does not laa
a suitable solution of the Alaska
boundary controversy, the joint high
commission will not meet in August.
The proposed glove combination,
with a capital of 315.000.000 which the
American Trust company of Chicago
is said to be interested in forming.
is likely to fall througn as the re
sult of a meeting of manufacturers
who supply the jobbing trade of the
country.
Lieutenant Colonel Plummer, who
was appointed on the 12th, has been
assigned to the Thirty-fifth infantry.
He will recruit and organize this reg
iment at Vancouver, Wash-, and com
mand it until it arrives at Manila.
This is the regiment to which Colonel
Kobbe has been assigned.
The Turkish legation gave out the
following: "The Turkish legation de
clares, in reply to the dispatch of yes
terday concerning alleged disturb
ances in the Asiatic provinces of Van.
that according to a report recently re
ceived from the governor general of
Lthis province perfect order and tran
quillity prevail in those regions."
Sfnaoay.
A dispatch from Rome says the Ger
man steamer Reichstag has sailed from
Naples with 11,000. rifles, war material
and 500 mules for the TransvaaL
All soldiers in the Philippines who
enlisted -between April 21 and October
26. 18M, whether volunteers or regu
lars, have been ordered home as soon
as transportation could be furnished.
Minister Jackson reports to the state
department that the North German
Gazette has made a semi-official denial
of the press report that the German
government intends to annex Bear is
land near Spltzenbergen.
Cable advices from Lisbon say the
Portuguese house of peers has rati
fied the commercial convention bet
ween Portugal and the United States.
This i3 the convention concluded in
Washington some time ago.
Willard E. Baker, the Boston ab
sconder, who escaped from a pair of
Boston detectives Just as they v:ere
leaving San Francisco for Boston, was
discovered and caught by the local po
lice in a down-town lodging house.
A special from Dennisou, Tex.. say3:
The Houston & Texas Central officials
state that the road between Calvert
and Heme will have to be virtually
rebuilt, owing to the flood and that
the cost will not be less than 8500.000.
Mrs. May Preston Slosson. a gradu
ate of Vassar, and wife of one of the
profesors of the state university at
Laramie, has been appointed chap
Iain of the Wyoming penitentiary at
Laramie. Mrs. Sloson is a member
of the Presbyterian church.
A delegation of prominent citizens
of Peoria. 111., called at the White
House and presented to the president
an invitation to visit Peoria during
his western trip In October next and
take part in the ceremonies incident to
the dedication of a new soldiers" mon
ument In that city. The president ac
cepted the invitation.
Kansas City's campaign to secure
the national democratic convention
has been begun in earnest. Four
thousand citizens attended a mass
meeting in Convention hall, the great
structure recently built by popular
subscription, and In less than an hour
331.000 was raised as a bonus for the
convention. It is hoped to increase
the amount to 850.000.
$atarar.
Advices from Dawscn say that the
steamer Rebort Kerr left there June
30. with over 83.000,000 worth of gold
dust for St. Michaels.
Word comes from Dawson that par
ties arriving there from Edmoaton
route report a sad state of affair-j en
the Wind river, a branch of the Ple
Aoout seventy-five prospectors were
wintering there, and their camp was
invaded by scurvy.
The convention at San Francisco of
the Association of American Agricul
tural Colleges and Experimental sta
tions the section on botany and horti
culture have elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
fdent, S. A. Beach of New York; sec
retary, P. H. Rolf3 of Florida.
Lieutenant Lawson N. Fuller, ord
nance bureau. U. S. A ha." been oroer
ed to the Philippines as chief ordnance
officer in the field of the army operat-
t ing there.
Four new cases of yellow fever, all
in the cfty of Santiago, were officially
reported. Two deaths were reported
No official report was received from
Boaiato camp, but it is known tha. the
sitaation there is serious.
Admiral Cervera and the other com
manders of the Spanish fleet destroyed
in the batle of Santiago, whose con
duct has been the subject of inquiry
by special court-martial, were acquit
ted and formally liberated.
George W. Julian, the famous aboli
tionist, died at his home in Irvington,
Indiana. He served several terms in
congress. In May, 1885, he served afl
surveyor general of New Mexico.
The president brought before thai
cabinet the plan for omcering the pro
vaaoaal army. The decision to ap
point the colonels and lieutenant col
onels of the volunteers from among
the regular army officers who served
daring- the Spanish war aad the volun
teers officers from among those who
served ia the volunteer army with
credit or ttistiactiou. was heartily ap
proved by the members of the cab-
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