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. I i aasaajsaani sswaayaaaan PI iW sssassssal rsssssasal rsassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss1 NW5S"; r v. ?' t . Sifc.-if Mr '.' ' fr . . St-- H- a.-. " .'J : vJ . a w aSSSSSBBW- i ft -. U - . ,- I '. - rf. J r. ..' T' k - .. 1 I. , - r.'.v--.- . . . . .. . K: . - X7: .' ' A:-.. r&fo' m.-. V.Br. . &;.a- iiv. ' VOLUME XXX. TALK ABOUT NEBRASKA Witt' Mr. Qmckuu, General Passenger " Agwit ef tiw P. E 4 M. V., Baii TO Ttt EMTORS OF MMASKA Wht Thli Stat Xecds and Hew TV "Sheald Go Aboat Getting I A PUb t Work la Which Editor f Xebraak Ato Asked to Assist. One number on the program of the . Nebraska Press association at its re : .cent meeting in Lincoln, read, '.'An . .'Unknown Subject by a Prominent Ne .'' braskan." The president in announc .' ing this said the prominent Nebraskan was none other than J. R. Buchanan, general passenger agent of the Fre mont, Elkhorn Missouri Valley rail . road. Mr. Buchanan wa introduced . and spoke as follows: "We want more people i larger ;" population in Nebraska. Hojv- are wc '. to secure them? "To organize a formidable iminl ..gration society, either by or through a public spirited sentiment, or by leg- Islatiota, Is improbable. If not wholly impossible. To effect a like result onrselves is winthin our reach. "An immigration society organlzeu en public sentiment alone, would prob ably effervesce its sentiment in a few speeches or newspaper interviews, and then die out "One organized by state legislation would attract a few office seekers and 'politicians to fill the pay positions who would use it as a means to po litical or financial profit tothemselvcs, . until the people would see its aim thwarted, and stop the appropriations, and thus it would reach an inglorious end; and yet here is a grand field- almost limitless opportunities, and fas cinating inducements to immigration "I probably do not love Nebraska more than any other citizen, but I love it wsll enough to want to show its Hal merits to the outside world, or neighboring states, and thus draw from their overcrowded communities and higher-priced lands to our sparsely-settled communities and cheaper lands. "I have a fellow feeling, too, for those who have struggled, and are struggling along on a -farm, to get ahead, and 1 think we may help others and at the same time help ourselves and all of us help Nebraska. "When 1 worked on the farm in Pennsylvania and Ohio, we had to gather up and dispose of a crop of sur- face stones before planting a crop of grain. Then plow around the stumps and stones and on side-hills. Tlie.i we hoed the corn and cut the weeds with the hoe also, till the tender corn became the stalwart, self-supporting Etalk the dominant plant and so left it In its independence. ""It is different now, and in Nebras- s.ka. with its level prairie, no stumps. nor stones, nor roots; and where the . farmer rides during his work, as well : as to it; plows up the weeds instead '"of 'using a hoe. ' "It is in sending this message, with other advantages, abroad, that I am "" -interested. "Twenty years ago there were but . 1,600 miles of railroads in the state, ." and only 430,000 people. The demand for corn was small, comparatively, the 'markets remote and expensive to . . reach. Now we have 5,500 miles of . raiiroad, and markets near every body's door; and the great cattle ranches have found profit in estab lishing 'feeding farms' whore much ot - the home corn is being consumed, throughout the state. The population of the state has grown to one and one quarter millions, but even this, on our -76,000 square miles, means only seven persons to the square mile. "The instinct of the buffalo in choos- ing Nebraska and Kansas as its prin- cipal range determined the fact that our grasses are most nutritious grown. If good for the buffalo, they were good for other stock, and so western Ne braska lands are known to be as good. .f not the very best, for smell herds f cattle, sheep and hogs, in the west. u fact, the stock culture and shipping n this state startles one with its mag nitude,. I am indebted to the labor bureau of the state for the following figures for shipments of stock in Ne braska during 1S9S (1899 statistics not yet available.) No head. Cattle 814,531 Hogs ........ .2,388,333 Horses & mules 21,883 Sheep 1,193,250 Value. $30,224,091.13 32,131.752.28 745,553.91 7,348,021.73 4.417,997 $70,459,418.95 "One important Industry I was un able to get statistics upon, and the vame is left for you gentlemen to gather, compare and distribute. It is very large and of paramount import ance: that is. the amount or number of head of stock of the various kinds being fed throughout the state. It may be assumed it is very large, as it : is surely very profitable. There are . many millions of acres of cheap range land in the western part of the state especially adapted to this industry, and they arc being taken, or bought up and occupied for these smaller herds of from 500 to 5,000 head of cat tle, or four times that number of Fheep. No industry is more profitable, more safe, nor more pleasant and in dependent than this. To be proprietor of a thrifty, well managed ranch, "though small, with ample protection for stock, and feed for any emergency near at hand, is an achievement worthy of any man's ambition. "Nor is this temporary profit cr business. It is a well known fact that our meat products are decreasing; our . herds are thinning down, while the demand is constantly increasing. This increase la demand is both domestic and foreign. As a consequence, the - price ot meat has risen so as to make it a luxury now, not available to all. Especially is this the case in the east .. So it is manifest this industry is on. ' to be fostered, and the promise of profit Is sure. Our population is rap- idly Increasing, the foreign demand is increasing on us especially, and yet .. our stock product is decreasing." "The crop growing experience In the ' . eastern part of the state has demon strated the superiority of the soil and climate for general fanning. Nebras- .- ka today stands near the head of the 'Class of rich agricultural states, al though nearly the youngest It stands. I think, third in corn production of the United States, and is adapted to the other, eereals, as well as to grasses. It is first, I' telieve. in adaptation of soil for.NBjRsT&heet culture, and second only in production. Its climate is ood and healthy. Its frugal and in dustrious fanners are growing wealthy NUMBER 44. 14 yet a iarg portion of the stats is practically unoccupied and unculti vated "Witaia a few years our grain pro ducts have found foreign markets, and higher ratfcer than lower prices Will obtain. "Twenty years ago Nebraska corn was used as fuel at home, and wisely so; partly because it was cheap, and partly Because markets were inacces sible for want of transportation facil ities. It will not be so used any more. Ttea, comparatively but little corn was befog exported from this country. Now about 10 per cent or over of the crop of the United States is "being ex ported, and hence the higher nrice. the groring value of this cereal. Here are some' figures furnished me by the department of agriculture at Washing ton. I quote the language of the let ter from the agricultural department: DEMAND "FOR CORN. " 'The remarkable growth of our ex port trade corn, wheat and wheat floar is shorn by the following state ments .of the average annual ship ments for the several ten-year periods since 1850, and for the nine-year pe riod 1891 to 1899: Years ending June 30. 1851-186 1861-1870 1871-1880 1881-1890 191-1899 Years ending June 30. 1851-1860 1S61-1870 1871-1880 lool-JoSO 1891-1899 Years ending June 30. 1851-1860 1861-1870 1871-1880 1S81-1890 Corn bu. 0l0Ufoi9 10,061,109 ...... 53,643,470 57,856,957 100,557,391 Wheat bu. D,)m)ODm 23,011,600 66,743,590 oOioO'ifOlO 102,436,391 Wheat flour bbls. 3,124,927 5,966,555 lr.603,532 1891-1899 15,370,320 "This latter covers a period of nine years and includes our three years of very poor crops all over the west, with higher home prices. The above figures give the averages for ten-year periods. In fact, our export of corn for 1898 was 208,744,939 bushels, whereas the average above given shows anly 100, 000,000. Nebraska is producing about 10 per cent of the entire crop of the United States. From all these figures it is apparent our cereal products are reaching the foreign markets of the world in competition with Argentine, Australia, India and Siberia. SUGAR BEETS. "Another product of importance is sugar-beets. Not many years ago we the greatest sugar-consuminc J country in the world had oniy of our own raising, the cane suear raiser! in the extreme southern state, import ing all our beet sugar from Germany or France. Experiments demonstrat ed the adaptability of our own soil, and Nebraska soil was found best adapted to the sugar beet culture in the United States. We now have three large beet sugar factories in Ne braska (one only recently completed and set in-motion.) "The product of the two which have been running for some few years amounted to over 20,000.000 pounds of beet-sugar annually. The largest of the two which have been running is located at Norfolk; has been twice en larged and improved since first con structed, and now consumes when run ning. 500 tons of beets per day. "The new one just opened is located at Ames, and has a capacity of 1,000 tons per day. The three factories arc capable of reducing near 2,000 tons of beets per day, or the product of say 160 acres of land per day. "Thus far it appears the soil in the i northern part of the state is best adapted to this product. "Another industry in the infancy of development is the dairy business one of the most profitable as well as pleasant labors incident to the farm. Here again we refer to the richness of our nutritious grasses, which make richer butter and cheese tfian is to be found elsewhere. "Still another infant but successful industry, is the culture of Angora goats: a herd of something like 2,000 is, I am advised, yielding good re turns to its owner in Holt county, this state. "I simply throw out these items and figures as a hint at what may be found by searching for advantages to which wc invite immigration. "The first settlers in this statp. sought the valleys and the low lands, having been taught in their geog raphy this section of the country was all a desert The later comers choss the higher rolling lands, and today we know that Nebraska valleys and rolling prairies are all rich and yield ing good returns. "What we now want is to give the residents of foreign states tne results of the large experience which others have worked out. and let them choose their location and calling. INCREASE OUR POPULATION. "We want to Increase our population and that will help to decrease each one's taxes. It takes about one and one-quarter million dollars to meet the yearly necessary expenses of gov ernment, about $1 per head of popula tion. If we can increase this popula tion 1,500,000, it will reduce the per capita taxes 20 per cent If we can increase it to 2.000,000, it will reduce the tax per capita in proportion. So it is to the interest of property hold ers to increase the population. - We want to increase it for the general benefit of the state. That its great resources may be developed; that the railway investments which have lent such impetus to the settlement and enriching of the state may be suitably compensated; that the large trade in terests may be enhanced; that the in telligent newspaper the great pur veyor of thought, the stimulus of up right citizenship, and the scourge to the disreputable may grow in power and earnestness, and always for gcos. In short, that, thrift and beneficial re sults may follow all our efforts to strengthen and build up a great and good state. The mission of the nwspaper is: Fust to make money for its owner; &nd second to publish the news. To eifect the former, the latter is neces sary. If the paper anl its owner do not keep pace with the events of the day,- and publish then . they will not get the patronage, and so it will fail of its purpose. The news published ought to be reliable, and so establish a reputable standing for the paper, increasing its vales from week to week, and it will thus enlarge its in fluence and its income as w&U. "The town, in an agricultural state or community, is dependent for its thrift on the thrift ar.2 success, and the population of the farming commu nity, and whtte the newspaper draws most cl '.i adveitising income from the town (toe merchant and the ar tixan) yet the number and thrift of these town folks depends on the faraft r, and also their ability to pay to? advertising; and so, view it as wi may, we come back inevita'tiy to the agriculturist for odr thrift our in come. "The more farmers We have and tie thriftier they are the better the news paper field, the larger its constituency and. as they force the town up and increase its business, the larger be comes the advertising patronage. "Now, my editorial friends, every one of you, I am sure, will bear me out in saying that, for reading matter, that which bears on personal history or biographical sketch is most care fully read; and so it seems clearer to me that each editor should study the farming interests fn his comntunity and determine that he will in each issue of his paper publish the statisti cal result, with a personal sketch, of at least one farmer's efforts; who he was; where "from; when he came to the state; his worldly belongings when he case to Nebraska; where he located; cost of land and improve ments; how he farmed, or bred stock; how he progressed and succeeded and how he stands financially today; with such personal mention as to charac teristics as the subject is willing should be done. "I know some may object at first to give this information, under the im pression the valuation may affect their taxation; but there is really no cause for such apprehension. Never theless to assure such objector you can wihthold his name in the account, simply citing the case in all its relations, but omitting to identify in publication. "My prediction is that before the year expires these persons, having seen results with others and neigh bors, wil be glad to have the identi fication in the roll of honor which it really is. "In every community there are some persons who will send papers to a for mer home in a foreign State. There are over 600 newspapers in the state; at least 500 weekly country newspa pers in the ninety odd counties in this state, and so if the above suggestion 13 followed it means that at least 500 (and probably five times that number) papers will each week go out of the state and be scattered abroad over the country. This, repeated each week, will tell of at least 25,000 thrifty far mers in the various counties in Ne braska in one year and their personal history. These papers will come to my office, or to some other general passenger agent. We will collate and combine these instances and pub lish them in our statistical folders 5,000 or 10,000 or 20,000 per month and will distribute them through our agencies all over the country, and it is clear that in all this persistent way "Nebraska" will get into the very air all over the western states, and the tid,of immigration will turn to us. "Five hundred editors, with a few general passenger agents of railroads, working in a single purpose to a cen tral aim, with their hearts, brains and bands in the effort, will undoubtedly bring results. Five hundred papers will in fifty-two weeks . have given news of an army of good men who plowed and sowed to some purpose, and it is quite safe to say that the experiences of this army of say 25,000 men will reach and be read by at least 100,000 other men who will be inter tested in just this information. "I trust we may all meet one year from now, and by comparing our then information of results, be ready to re solve to continue the same methods for another year of fifty-two weeks." On motion cf A. J. Langer the as sociation agreed to accept the plans offered by Mr. Buchanan andto pub lish as often as possible the statistical matter suggested in the paper. Xebraka Briefs. The Wayne Herald will in the fu ture be propelled -y a gasoline engine. The Telegraph says that North Platte is badly m need of a commer cial club. Dempster's foundry force at Beat rice are working only five days a week at present. The farmers' institute to have been held at Ellis was declared off because the Methodists refused to permit the Use of their church. Sidney property is advancing in price and rents are going up. One bus iness man whose lease expired the first of the year had to stand a raise in his rent from $25 to $40 a month. A large gray wolf went up very close to the home of Lawrence Need ham, a young boy, near Botswick. The boy took a rifle, mounted his horse and gave chase. The horse slipped and fell upon the boy, breaking his leg. August Ring of Antelope was treat ed to a surprise party on his, birthday. As it occurred on a Sunday gaiety was suppressed until midnight It then being no longer Sunday the guests uprose and danced until day light The Woman's club of Columbus re cently celebrated its fourth annivera aiy. It organized with forty mem bers "and at different times it has had seventy-five. Its present membership is over fifty. Its departments at Music, current events, literature, do mestic science and art. ThT new Irrigators' bank has opened up for business in Gering, with a cap ital stock of $10,000 paid up, and au thorized to the extent of $20,000. The officers of the new concern are James 11. Casselman, formerly of Lincoln, as president; George B. Luft of this city, vice president, and E. Eckert, recently of Crete, as cashier. Havelock Times: Kids are getting too frequent in mischief-making on tne streets late at night The othei evening several of them stole a box of axle grease from one of tne grocery stores. They proceeded to another place in the business part of town and daubed an awning post and. door. As a result several persons ruined seven al pieces of clothing. Jchn Quate, a pioneer farmer, living east ot McCool Junction, claims that land sharks inveigled him into a pre trnded trade of his farm and stock for Missouri land. On his return front Missouri he found his cattle gone and had vhree parsons whom he claims as sisted in the land deal arrested, charg ing them with larceny. Quate is an unassuming, unsophisticated farmer, anf. docs not believe that he signed a deea to his place. The M. E. church of Clay Center closed a series of revival meetings with a record of nearly eighty conversion and about fifty new members aided to the church. The pastor, Rev. F. W. Bean, has made a good record in his three years' ministry and is very pop ular, which, with the assistance of Miss Mae Phillips, an evangelist from Aurora, 111., and Miss Minnie Nelson, a fine vocalist, made the meetings very interesting and effective. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEItESDAY. FEBRUARY -- BORDER ON CIVIL Wil Oraditiosi in Kentucky Are Vearuif 4? Ooaflict of Armed Fmc3, X tmmwQ of. crisis is at hank easocratle Adjntaat Geaeral Mmy Or gaaise Wlltia of Bis Own Itockhas to Act as GoTcroo Regular tat Troops Uold Frankfort Voder Orders of Taylor's Appolatee. 7 FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb, 3, The first clash between the legislative and judiciary powers of the state occurred trday. A still greater clash is immi nent tomorrow and beyond the possi bilities of tomorrow lies a sea with bkies so lowering and of so stormy an aspect that no politician of either party can predict where it will carry the Kentucky ship of state. There is the chance that things will, an Congressman June Gayle expresses it, "drift around all right." but there are other chances, also, and if things are to "drift around all right," they must strike a counter current and strike it soon. There can no longer be any conceal ment of the fact that affairs in this state are bordering on conflict in arms and the beginning of the crisis is at hand. It may be that the political difficulties will be settled by courts of law, but the hearts of men are hot in Kentucky now and legal process may provide a remedy too dilatory to please a few of the more impatient and it is In the power of these to create a world of woe at almost any time. The clash of today came when an of ficer of the circuit court of Franklin county was arrested by the militia, while attempting to serve a notice of legal proceeding on Governor Taylor. The clash of tomorrow may come when the officers of that court attempt to enforce the ruling of its presiding judge. Behind this judge the demo crats will have tomorrow for the first tiire an active executive head in the person of Acting Governor Beckham r.nd, from the democratic standpoint, a regularly appointed adjutant general whose order the troops now encamped around the capitol building are bound to obey. It they decline to obey the new adjutant general, the democrats claim, he will have power to organize military forces of his own and proceed pgainst all people who defy the au thority of his office and that of the governor of the state which he repre sents. On the other hand, the republicans are fixed in their attitude that there is an insurrection in the state, that Beckham and his actions, his adju tant general and his orders are thoss of the people acting in opposition to law. They believe that they alone are in the right and as there can be but one right and all else wrong, those who show resistance to the proclama tions of Governor Taylor are in rebel lion against the commonwealth, iney vrfll resist all attempt of any kind to remove them from their position around the capitol, resisting force with force, and that means civil war. Alonzo Walker, a stenographer em ployed by the democratic attorneys, was placed under arrest today in the capitol ground charged with conduct tending to incite mutiny and riot The conduct consisted of pinning to the door of the private office of Gov ernor Taylor a notice that tomorrow morning the democratic attorneys would appear before Judge Cantrell of the circuit court and ask for an in junction restraining Governor Taylor from all interference with the move ments of the legislature, and from his anounced intention to move it to Lon don. Walker was at once taken into custody by order of Colonel Roger Williams, the commanding officer ot the forces now gathered around the capitol. ENGLAND CALLS HER LAST MAN. Xllitin Itallot Act to Send Lord Robot ts 90,000 Additional Men. LONDON, Feb. 3. Sensational rumors are current that the militia ballot act would be put in force Febru ary 14, and that General Lord Roberts, the commander-in-chief of the Britisu forces in South Africa, has cabled for 90.000 additional men. which, it is ad ded, the government has promised to give him. sending 50,000 militia and volunteers and 40,000 militia reserves. It is also said that the volunteers will be mobilized forthwith. It is eveq asserted today that the cabinet has specially dealt with these matters. The militia ballot act makes every unmarried man between 18 and 80 years of age liable to serve for five years. Anti-Goebel Man is Killed. MIDDLESBORO, Ky.. Feb. 3. Th3 report that William S. Wright, ex member of the Kentucky legislature far Knott and Letcher counties, was assassinated at Boone Fort on ths Kentucky river last night, is con firmed by advices tonight from Hazen. During the campaign last fall Wright was an enthusiastic stumper for John Young Brown for governor. He was a prominent lawyer and democratic poli tician and had made many enemies among the mountaineers. There were five shots and two took effect He was shot with a Winchester of the same caliber as that used by the would-be assassin of Goebel. More Ycomaarj Go. LONDON, Feb. 3, This morning at the Life Guard's barracks. Regent's Park, the Prince of Wales inspected another contingent of Yeomanry and Honorable Artillery company volun teers, prior to its departure from Lon don to embark for South Africa. The spectators included Lord Mayor New ton, a number of city dignitaries, army officers and many ladies. The Princes ot Wales made a speech to the men in the same vein as his adress to the first contingent-of Yeo manry at their departure from Lon don Friday ast Mississippi Endorses Desaecrats. JACKSON Miss.. Feb. 3. At the ses sion of the lower house today a reso lution was' unanimously adopted, in dorsing the course pursued by the democratic element of the Kentucky legislature. The resolution deplored the attempted assassination of Gover nor Goebel and tendered sympathy to his relatives and supporters. Xer Iowa Electloa Law. ( DES MOINES, la., Feb. 3. The Ti- tus biennial election bill passed the lower house today by a vote of 85 to . onn fa nmt. ..am.4.. Aft... nt.a...4. ..4. I. auu id null IMU 1.5JI IUC SljUaiUtC of the governor. GOMEL'S WON Will THIS. Srgi Believe U la a Large Factor la Sastalalag BU Life. FRANKFORT, Ky.. Feb. 3. The condition of William Goebel is tonight considered better than at any time since he was shot. The iron will and determination of the Wounded man that he will not die by an assassin's bullet is, however, still considered the maia factor in sustaining him, but tonight the attending physicians for the first time held out some hope for his ulti mate iecovery. Governor Goebel secured some sleep daring the day, which increased his strength precentibly. and thoueh un X favorable symptoms showed themselves t times, the sick man alwayB rallied well. Compared with v twenty-four hours ago his condition shows a de cided improvement, bis temperature being more nearly normal, though some fever shows itself. His pulse and respiration are still high, but his kid- BAflVa. fflfe frmtltHrfen nf wKIaK l.a hUki Pfaa regarded, as the most unfavorable sympton, are performing their func tions in a more normal manner, thus obviating in a degree the danger of uraemic poisoning. Governor Goebel during the day complained somewhat of bed soreness, and he was turned partly on his side to relieve the strained muscles. This for a time had an unfavorable effect, but he soon rallied, and shortly after ward fell Into a light sleep. His tem perature tonignt is 100 1-2, respiration 38 and pulse 120. 'Should the wounde I man succeed in passing through to night well, his physicians express the hope that his recovery, though neces sarily slow, will be sure. "At present Governor Goebel breathes altogether from his left lung." said Dr. Williams tonight "Clotted blood has almost entirely coated his wounded right lung, which of course forms a natural bandage and prevent-5 further bleeding, but later will prov somewhat a source of danger. The clotted blood will decompose in about eight days, and then it may be neces sary to remove a section of a rib it order to remove the decomposed blood. The wound will then be drained, and the danger will then be from second ary hemorrhage." BRYAN AT DEWEY'S OLD NOME. Addresses Two Audiences DarlBg th Kmilng. MONTPELIER, Vt, Feb. 3. W. J. Bryan arrived here tonight, coming from Concord. The ride was a long and cold one, the thermometer touch ing 26 below, yet Bryan at various towns stood on the platfci-m and shook hands with a number of people, in cluding the Dartmouth college boys. On arriving here he went to the hotel and a little Mer he visited the Dewey homestead, opposite the state capitol. In the evenine lie nrl dressed twn mull. ences, representing in all nearly 5,000 people. The first meeting was in Armory hall. About 2,200 people were present. Chief Justice Russell D. Taft of the supreme bench and his six associates, all republicans, sat on the platform. .Former Governor Dinningham was also present. Mayor Senter introduced Bryan, who said he was surprised to find that it took two balls in which to hold a democratic meeting in Vermont. He did not know what the people of Ne braska would say when they read of such a thing. In conclusion he spoke of the interest Americans have in in dependence and said he could not see how any one could fail to pray for God's blessing on the Boers, who are willing to die for their republic. After Mr. Bryan had finished he proceeded at once to the opera house, where over 2,000 awaited him. BLUNDER ON A BOER fORTRESS. English Troops Have a Narrow Escape) From Annihilation. LOURENZO MARQUEZAS, Feb. 3. The following, dated Gaberones, Jan uary 20, has been received here: "A Boer scout was captured yes terday by Colonel Plumer's outposts and a small party was sent out to re connoiter certain halls. They ascend ed the wrong kopje and blundered up on a Boer fortress, armed with a Max im. Fortunately they managed to es cape without casualties. A later dispatch from Gaberones, dated January 26, says: , "Colonel Plumer used his twelve and a half pounder on the Boer position for the first time today. The Boers responded spiritedly, and accurately but cid no damage." No Interference. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. At the cab inet meeting today it was decided that the situation in Kentucky is not such as to require federal interference and consequently the president will take no action under the present conditions. After the cabinet meeting the fol low statement was made: The presi dent has decided that no case has yet arisen to justify the intervention of the national government in Kentucky and has so informed the governor.' Christian Scientist Held. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 3. On Ihe complaint of Health Officer Rhode warrants were this afteroon sworn out for the arrest of Mrs. Don Cameron, Thomas Harrison and wife and Mrs. Stewart, daughter of the Harrisons. All are Christian Scientists and the warrants follow the death of a child of Mrs. Stewart, while under treatment or Mrs. Cameron at the Harrison home. The complaint charges violation of the Lincoln health laws. Hay Sends Money to Krueger. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Secretary Hay has received the sum of $750. col lected by the St. Louis Westliche Post and transmitted to the department of state by Mr. Pretorius, to be used for the benefit of the widows and orphans of Boer soldiers. The secretary has forwarded the money by the mails to Adelbert Hay, United States consul at Pretoria, to be turned over to President Kruger for the purpose specified. Mr. Pretorius' letter was also sent forward. Taylor Offers a Reward. FRANKFORT, Ky.. Feb. 3. Gov ernor Taylor tonight personally offereu a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction for the man who shot Goe bel. In making this offer Governor Taylor states that the authorities of Franklin county, in which the crime was committed, have not requeste'd him to officially offer a reward, and ht therefore offers $500 as an individual Treasury Condition. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Today'e statement of the condition of the treas ury shows: Available cash balance. 1 $292,456,767; gold reserve, $218,983,709. 7. 1900. - THE SECRETARIES STAY Proposition te Demand Their Besignation Voted Down. MR. rot! EH ONLY IN Af FriMATIVE Three Hoar Ceasasved la Coaslderatloa ot the Resolatloa The Debate Uote Warai New Ceaaplalnts Agalast Rail roads Filed for Consideration. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 1. The reso lution of Secretary of State Porter, de manding the resignation ot Secretaries Laws, Dahlman and Edgerton of the State Board of Transportation, was voted down by a vote of 4 to 1, Mr. Porter being the only member favor ing, its adoption. About, three hours' time was consumed in the considera tion of the resolution and at the close of the meeting some time was spent discussing the future course to be pur sued by the board and the secretaries. Every member formally expressed the opinion that hereafter whatever rates are found to be too high they should be reduced and that steps should be taken by the board or the secretaries to prevent any unjust increase in rates the railroads might attempt to make. The meeting was called at the in stance of Auditor Cornell, chairman of the transportation board, and after a date was set for the hearing of the complaint of Charles H. Johnson, Sec cretary Porter made the request that the board go into executive session. There wis considerable opposition to this request. Treasurer Meserve an nounced that he did not think it wise to transact public business behind closed doors. Land Commissioner Wolfe said that it would be ail right to take up in executive session any matter Mr. Porter might wish to bring before the board if it was something the public did not already know about or ought not to know about. Mr. Por ter refused to submit his request in the form of a resolution, but it was fi nally brought up by another member" and voted down. The debate grew very warm toward the close of the meeting and in re spouse to one of Mr. Meserve's ques tions Porter said that he did not pro posed to be catechised by any member of the board. Porter moved the adoption of his rfienlni inn gnrl Wnlfa cuinnilorl Via mn ! tlnn A von zinrl nnv vntn nrnc rvi'loH . & J - . MMJ IV1V .. .M.. for, which resulted as follows: Yea, Porter; nay, Cornel, Smyth, Wolfe, Meserve. The complaint of Charles Johnson will be heard by the Board of Trans portation and its secretaries on Febru ary 9 at Norfolk. It was suggested that any other complaint arising in that section of the state be considered at the same time. Ed Cooper of Vest, Johnson county, complained to the board that the Bur lington railroad refuses to furnish a sufficient number of cars to farmers living in his vicinity for the shipment of grain. He asserts that they are compelled to haul to the tracks of an other railroad at a loss of several cents per bushel. Lincoln A. Miller entered a com plaint against the Rock Island rail road, alleging that it has violated the terms of a contract by tearing away a. bridge over one of its tracks in Lancaster county. Criminal Cases at Kearney. KEARNEY, Neb., Feb. 1. The in formations against Frank L. Dins more, charged with the murder of his wife and Fred Laue, and Theodore Nelson, charged with the murder of his father, were served upon them. Nelson pleaded not guilty and Dins more will answer later. Judge Sulli van appointed three doctors to exam ine Nelson to ascertain whether or not he is insane. Dinsmore's attor neys, it is thought, will ask lbr a change of venue, as they have been trying to get his affidavits to show th?'. he cannot get an impartial trial in Buffalo county. Plisfat of a Nebraska Girl. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Feb. 1. A pretty girl of 16 years who gave the name of Muriel Ashton and said her home is at Lincoln. Neb., was found working in a boarding house here as a waiter. She has been masquerading as a boy several days. The boarders noticed that her clothes did not fit will ami that her voice was very fine for a hoy. They communicated their suspicions t othe boarding house keeper and an investigation was made. The girl ad mitted that she had run away from home dressed as a boy and that she had assumed that attire the better to escape detection. Child Probably Fatally Burned. W1NSIDE, Neb., Feb. 1. A young child of J. E. Hayes, manager of the American Grain company's elevator, backed against a hot coal stove and1 was probably fatally burned. The child ran across the room all aflame and would have gone upstairs if it could have opened the door leading into the hall. Mr. Hayes caught the child and burned two quilts in smoth ering the flames. No Vacant Rooses to Be Found. IMPERIAL, Neb., Feb. 1 Real estate is active in Chase county. There is a big demand for lands to rent and no vacant houses are to be found in any of the towns in the county. Killed In a Runaway. BERTRAND, Neb., Feb. 1. Charles Malm, a farmer who lived three miles northwest of this place, ieceived injuries in a runaway from which he died. Malm started to come to town, at the request of a neighbor named Power, to inform the doctor of the death of a child and was driving Power's team. The fatal accident oc curred within a half mile of the start ing point His head struck the ground with great force, crushing his sku:i. Malm leaves a' widow and several chil dren. XUIer L.ocatfd In Colorado. HASTINGS, Neb.. Feb. 1. The ms tiry surrounding the disappearance of Otto Miller, one of Adams county's prosperous fanners, was cleared up when Sheriff Simmering received a dispatch from Miller's brother at Jules burg, Colo, stating that he had found Otto Miller and teas all right The message does not give any informa tion as to Miller's mental. condition, but it is generally believed that he be came temporarily insane and started westward without any destination iu view WOMAN MEETS DEATH. Fate of Oae of aa Iowa Coaple Who Raa Away Together. FAIRBURY, Neb., Feb. 3. Coroacv Dodge and County Attorney Denney were summoned to Hnrbine by tele phone to look after the circumstances attending the death of a woman there. Investigation satisfied the officials that the woman died from natural causes. The man who was with her when she came to the village was arrested for unlawful cohabitation. He gave his name as J. Denning and said he wa3 a phjsician. and had been treating the woman, whose name he gave as Mrs. Branham, for some illness. He was brought before the county judge and pleaded guilty to the offense charged and was fined $o0. The wo man's mother was telegraphed for and came on from Jewell Junction, la., tq whlc'i place she took the remains for burial. The doctor Is much older than the woman, who was good looking. At th? inquest it developed that her right name was Mrs. Nettie McConnel). Her mother. Mrs. Branham of Hawarden, la., arrived and identified the body as that of her daughter. She swore that her daughter was married several years ago to Charles McConnell. a brakeman on the Northwestern railroad and liv ed in Hawarden. la. She ran away from that place with the doctor about two months ago. The doctor swore his home was in Essex county. New York, and they traveled overland from Iowa here, stopping at various places, lie claimed he has latge property inter ests at that place. SEEN IN HIS MOTHERS GRAVE. Headersoa Excited Oxer an Attempted Robbery of a Corpse. YORK, Neb., Feb. 3. The town of Henderson is excited over what seems to have been an attempted grave rob bery at the Russian Mennonite ceme tery, two miles from Henderson. John Regier, who was hauling grain to town, passed the graveyard and noticing some one digging went to inquire who was to be buried. He found in a grave. Frank Goosen and A. J. Nickol, two well known young men here, standing on the box containing the remains of Frank Goosen's mother, who had been buried nine months ago. Goosen explained that the corpse was- to be examined by doctors at York On returning from town Regier met another farmer, who saw one of the boys leave, riding a bicycle, and the other carrying a large sack on his back, which appeared bulky. All kinds of reports arc in circula tion. Goosen now claims that they di I not disinter the coffin. The sheriff and others are at Henderson and in tend to see if the remains have been taken. State Capital Xotr. The Burlington railroad has filed an answer to the complaint of John O. Yeiser asking for an order compelling it to place a gate in the fence between the Burlington and Union depots in Omaha. The Burlington denies that it caused the fence to be constructed and therefore protests against the issuance of the order asked for by Yeiser. TI2 suit of John O. Yeiser to com pel ;he city clerk of Omaha to submit the initiative and referendum to the vote of the people bas been appealed to the supreme court. Auditor Cornell has issued a letter to county clerks calling their atten tion to the necessity of assessing all property belonging to insurance com panies that may be found in their jur isdiction. The annual meeting of the Central Whist association will be held in Lin coln, February 9 and 10. Nebraska Kansas, Iowa and South Dakota are represented in the association. Objects to Freight Clarsiflcuti..n. LINCOLN, Neb.. Feb. 3. The Mar ble and Granite Dealers' association of Nebraska, which was in session here adopted resolutions protesting against the classification of freight rates re cently adopted by the railroads, which, it is alleged, increases the cost of trans portation of shipments to and from points in Nebraska. A committee consisting of F. B. Kimball. Lincoln; F. B. Alderman. West Point; Charles Neidhatt, Beatrice; A. Neitzell. Falls City, and I. F. Paine of Grand Island, presented their case to the secretaries of the state board of transportation and requested them to use all lawful means to prevent the railroads from continuing the existing rates. In their complaint they assert that shipments formerly classified as fourth rate have been changed to third rate and thosi listed under class D to fifth rate. The Industrial School. KEARNEY, Neb., Feb. 3. C. W. Hoxie has turned over the affairs of the state industrial school to his suc cessor, J. N. Campbell. The transaction appeared to be very pleasant to both There has been but one change so far that of laundryman, but more will be made in a short time. Mr. Hoxie has rented a home here and will probably engage in business. Taken to the Supreme Court. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 3. John O. Yeiser of Omaha appealed to the su preme court today from a decision ren dered by Judge Slabaugh of Douglas county refusing Yeiser a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the city clerk to submit the initiative and refer endum to a vote of the people cf thi city at the coming election next spring Smallpox Near Wyniorr. LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 3. The state board of health recently received in formation that two cases of smallpot had been discovered at Liberty, twelve miles from Wymore.0 Secretary Bailev of the board said that from the investi gations that have been made it appears that the cases are smallpox of a mo-,t pronounced type, more malignant than those at Nebraska City last winter. Or ders have been issued to have the strictest quarantine regulations enforc ed. As the cases are not in a thickly settled community the danger of an epidemic is not great. Deputy Kent Files Report. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 3. Deputv Labor Commissioner Kent has fileJ with the governor a report of the work of the state free employment bureau for 1899. The report shows that the number of applicants who have been secured employment in the variou-; branches of industry is as follows: Building trades, 4; iron trades. 3; printing trades. 1; farm work, 33; city work, 2; agents and clerks. 1; mal? domestics. 5; domestics and housekeep ers, 66; railroad men, S3; laborers, 2 WHOLE NUMBER 1,552. TNI OLD MLI ABU. ColumbusStateBank (0i4a s-t-wekata.) Fajx Iitenst TIbb Dqcttx Itfaljfflital&tatt Ot-rtw, Cfctasgw, Haw Yarkaa SLLa tTIAMfaUP TICKET&V BUYS GOOD NOTES ana belpa lis casteaMia whea they aesc kekf mesas avb rnnscTOMi ' LsAraaa OxaaAao, Prea't. B. M. Hsaxr, Vice Pre. It Bacaasx, CaahUr. H iTAUrrXB, Wat. at CCftUV The Columbus Journal. A Weakly Newspaper devoted to the Wet Interests of Colvnhis, Thi Coonty of Plalli, Tie Stati tf Nikraska, Tin Un'M States, -AND Till REST OF MANKIND. THB UNIT OV MEASUBB WITH US U $1.50 a Year, If Paid In Advance. Bat our limit of usefulness is not cir cumscribed by dollars and cents. 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