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l'j!ii- !ii imuuMMW 'Swt "- 3rf' "' 'v-5k ". SBJaBpy 'aV''-9M' Ssbk' -K3WfcjH- .TtaJWBay-"- ""TJKgyfinBSSgSSt? -BkiJW?Pkr jryWLiBWBaaBBWBWWtlBBBMWHKif r T?P-S. BBffrr t "jet BrflP ff-ijyHMi. awMa?QCraaa?aP5rraE!awammB!C6P" -'!'JI!.. iiSjaaarrTBalMaaaTEffiTi anTft 7 "p fr-'"g"5"laWMt I1 f - w .... m awcml. w v... 5. -' . J -2 " t WHOLE NUMBER 1,563. VOLUME XXXI.-NUMBER 3. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. TiTEDNESDAY. APRIL 25, 1900. ommam , , .. .-.-,' ! - I f. .jfCt I ;. - : r,. iP :.-- :z if .'.- ' K;.- P.- If-- J!-.-' - t ':. ;fr- V, K -'" KM OR Belief feat Ca&neL tkosi-Poweli Lfflger Gamaasds as Mfayi 3d loeis mtsfwm notMf o.ntein rnntry In Terrible Canditian xnl Ferer ls tKK:imatiij- Jt&tmlting Flood Water Addin ta HartUhipn Cecil BUndes Kak Unexpecteil Departure Froax i-ondaa far the Cp. "LONDON". April 21. New York VTorld Cablegram Special TelegramJJ Is Calonl Baden-Po-i-eiL the hero of ilafeking. dead or sick." , The rumor Thar he is one or the other came from Boer sources early this week. Of cctrrse it was discred ited, buc it is remarkable that for three .weeks--now the dispatches reostved. "from 3Iafeking the lasi dated April li do net mention his name. Until this silence Colonel Badea-Powell's name, his raried activities, his schemes and his interchanges of hostilities with the Boer forces investing Ifafe "kihg. filled all the Mafelring dis patches. Lady Sarah Wilson's latest dis patches mak mention of "the com' nandant." but Endn-Po well's name is conspicuous by its absenca. Th war ofice's reply to my inquiry about the colonel was, "''We have no in formation." If the war officials had any eridence to contradict the Boer re port they undoubtedly would quickly publish it. Yet that report remain? uncontradicted. That the British authorities should desire to suppress news of Ead"n-Pow-ell's death Hf rme as long as possi ble is easy to understand, fa- publica tion of it would embolden the Boers to make a final dash for the possession Ov Mafeking. llajor Lord Edward CeciL son of Lord Salisbury, must bp in command if Colonel Baden-Powell is dead of dis abled. LONDON". April 21 A cable from Blqemfontein reports fighting at Ka ree siding, six miles north of Glen. T!iis is an indication that the British forces have begun th1 advance on Pre term, but even if this were only an un important skirni'sh there are nianv other indications thar Lord Roberts is either starting or has already started for the northern goal. A dispatch from Capetown under to day's date says "The censorship restrictions have boen greatly increased, owins to the mGveatents of the troop." AH the dis patches bear traces of the strenuous efforts of the correspondents to give thir .papers an inkimg of what is fifoL "T1ip Boers south of Blomfontein arp reported to he retreating. Larce rcsmandos were seen April 19. near Thabo. N""Chu. movinff to the north. The?r prsgrss was slow however, ow- ihg to the terrible condition of the country. By way of Pretoria comes a report that fever is drimating the Mafekiiur garrison and a letrer from -ifc-1 uiavor of Mafking say Loni Puib erts askd Colonel Baden-Powell to hcii ct unnl llay 20. WIPED OUT BY EIRE UuHinrs- Portion of .1 North D-jJtofci Tottii Entirrly Detroyfil. GRAND FORKS. N. D.. April 21. "Werd was received he-e this after noon that Edinburg in the northern port ef Walsh connry was burning and almost Immediately after tho first in formation came to hand the telegraph wires went down and it was impossi ble to gt further mformarion from tUat sourre. A telephone messoze to Park River brought the following par ticulars from a reliable source - The Sr started at " p. m in the .rea of Platens drug store, standing at the south end of the business por tion of the town. A south wind aided the flames in quickly spreading and before anyone was aware what had happened the whole wwn was ablaze. It was impossible to learn how the fire originateL Several people attempted to. save their personal belongings, but were "compelled to abandon the attempt and nf for their lives. Two women. Mrs. Landahl and Jfrs. B. J Orson, perished in the names and cne hi2d barelv es cined. The residence portion of the :ity kj uninjured. The cfti"f sufferers are business men and the people who occspied apartments above stores. Freight Rarix Cunrwllrtj. . NEW YORK. April 21 it is an 2Gunced by a Wall street news azency that the through freight rates between zae racinc coas aao an point -uutu of the Ohio and east of the IQsissippr river were canceled toiiay All of the interested roads, including the South- : era Pacific have issu-d notices to tha effect. As a result of this action, the j WnasCGUtnientai rates east Of the His- I t-issippi river are added ta the rate be- . tween Son Francisco and the river and f the through rate advanced in the exact - , .. j?,.t t.,.i j.;i. mouct of the arfaed local which rares from ,0 cents per 100 pounds . to and more in some instance. nrfss Wants "uoo.ooo More. ' WASHTNGTON D C April 21. ! .Attnrney General Griggs was before j the abuse committee on public build- inzs and craunds today to unte an additional 33W V0 appropriation, for i the proposed new department of justice j " .VitiirttT?- ! bmidincu "BTvnnvn r -n r ' WASHINGTON. D C April 1. f Altar extended conferences the house , To B-orr Cnml ArmT BUI committee on invaiiu pensions, of which Representative SaHaway of New . Hampshire is chairman, mmlly detar- f suneu toayio e " """f" r senate bin 14. l, winches known as the t "Grand Army bflL" i.ae nnal araft of: the bin aggregates the disabilities un- dcr whicn applications may oe man" 1 for pension unper tne act 01 juae -. ISQ3. The other radical change in ex-" isting law is uie ai.u.iic ui cite i: of 'income of a soldiers widow from. the present rate of 555 per year to a "actual net inccme of 5230 per year."" as. - Rale a to Branding UsS. , WASHTNGTON, April 2L Congress- t 7 . 3f K T"UTrrf"-s ?! rto .n -ui: u .u. i, TTTTn house tsday for the purpose of half of- the stockmen o. th estate, nas j.- a time, and place tor holdingr requested the Indian officials" to frame rjjj, tate cenvenrian to elect four del- islss and regulations requiring stock- egates-at-large to the national ccn- icn. and Indians an reservations to vention at Kansas City. It is said. cTnnplv with, the state law with refer- that 3Ir. Croker wffl join hands with rnce to th handing: af. catttle It is; ex-Senatcr Hill to send, an unrastruct nrsTTTPf? r-int: amr nrands used, on- ed delegation to n,ansas City. The --servatiens- are similar to these reg- ??terpd imAer the law. and that thi .-nditicn cf affairs feas created am- -ji t--r m i T.- J.. .hmo tar such, a regnlarion. win he adopted, ACTHW AiAMSTTliMEY Scite iyKatt FiNft:i Wlrh Caa- WASHINGTON, April 2L Secre tary Bay recurred to Washington, today- from. New York. An accumula tion of. dpammnral basiness awaited him, but csthiss In. the natnre of an. ultimatum directed to the Turkish government aras iseiuded hi the mass ef correspondence. It is apparent that though deter t mined upon positive action the State ; department is proceeding dscorcusty ( and with due precautions against be ing led iato any position which it can- not maintain. It may be stated by ' authority that the State department ; is entirely satisfied of the accuracy of Minister Starus' statement relative . to the promises made to hfm by the parte, notwithstanding the attempted , explanations and efforts to becloud the f issue by declarations that the sultan's ; - I while he was In Constantinople, are couched in. exact terms- his written statements were fully confirmed D7 his oral explanations to the depart ment upon, his return to toe United States., and, moreover, the pledges hi secured were similar to those made to the two preceeding United States ministers to Turkey, in the opinion of the State department officials it is mcanceivab.e that three United States ministers should be consecutively de ceived in the term of a promise or should have reached similar misunder standings. The approval which the State de partment's latest action seems to have received in Europe was anticipated, it being realized here that several of the continental powers having claims similar to our own against Turkey, being themselves prevented from imi tating any forcible demand upon the Turkish government by reason of the jealousy of their neighbors, are en tirely willing that the United States government shall act as a pioneer in this matter ami clear the way for a prosecution of their own claims. It is also believed here that the European powers are hopeful that the attitude assumed by the United States may indirectly serve to -deter the Turkish government from the pro posed arbitrary increase of 3 per cent m customs dues which it seeks to make in defiance of the joint protest of the European powers. It appears that cur government is lending its moral support to this protest, for while not joining with the others in the combined note, oar charge. Mr. Gris ctn. ha been instructed to make representations on our own account in opposition to the increase of duties. MUST PAY FOR THEIR LANDS Uln;er Herman Halt-n on ch BUI tu Give 'ebciaka sttler a Lift j WASHINGTON. April 20. Cammis- I sioner Herman of the general land I cnlce reporting upon the bill for the j relief of homestead settlers on that ; portion of the great Sioux reservation lying and being in the state of Ne- I braska. formerly in the territory of Dakota, now South Dakota." says that the design of the bOl is to amend all laws in force respecting that portion, of the great Sioux reservation in Ne braska, so as to relieve the homestead , settlers thereon from the payment of SL25 per acre. That the settlers shall receive patents for their homestead j entries on the payment cf the usual land fees, without being required ta pay any other or additional sum. This i ilr Herman says, would be a discrim ination rn favor of these settlers and j against tho.e in South Dakota upon , the former Sioux reservation. In view I of this fact, and that settlers on In- ! dian lands generally are required to pay for the lands entered by them a l sum per acre sufficient to either reim burse the government for the amount paid to the Indians or to compensate the Indians for the lands ceded by them, thp commissioner says he can not recommend the passage of the bill- Tweltf arks of ."; Letter. BOSTON. 3lass.. April 21. Twelve sacks of mail addressed to Francis Truth, the "divine healer." who was arrested recently, charged with fraud. nave ceen impouncea dv tne i niteu States government under the usual I "fraud order." Many of the thousands of lerters contained in the twelve mail sacks carry money for "absent treat ment." Truth's usual charge was 55 for ab- sent treatment, so that necessarily the amount of money contained in the let ters is very large Reorganization of the Army. WASHINGTON. Anril 2L The sen ate committee on military affairs to day reached an agreement to reporr the bill for the reorganization of the army, with a number of amendments. The bill confers the rank of lieutenant general upon the senior major gener- -. , . Thnr nf ,. ,, f-n adjliaat eral of the army. ..... .., .-. IAVGC IS WROUGHT IY fLOOD xuuaa of Dollars Worth of Froprty Destroyed in the onth. ....... vcr i-r i - -n,a . lh-nAPp flcod which commenced tne early part aInjad caused ac a coaserTatlve estimate, fully K.000,000 Iogs m MtnI and ulkirR Miss sippi. to say nothing cf the damage sustained by the railroads. The ex- tent of the losses have not yet been foliF realized, and it may be same days yet before an accurate rctal can- be reacehd. for mail coiamunicatian kas been totally cut off between those ccaiine and the cinuiuc: uicu. iu.e uueiu uius. outside world. In Lot the damage done T unprecedented rains was great. - fnjm Coluzaht! inss re .- , ;,,., S3 inss in rV,r ,.. rnriryr - ?r maTa at Qm 3fca iiauses were awar oy waters. the occupants barely escaping with their Sves macr- oC azxle desrrcrre ,33 great, A great manv ccrton" r. and. mOI houses were -3,- away. Nearly every bridge I axaani Columbia was swept down s:reet. The Pearl river is now higher man it nas oeen Known tor many years. Miles and miles cf the New Orleans- &: Northwestern track: is stffl auder water. WIH Sopeart 3Ir. Bryan. NEW YORK. April 2L The demo cratic state committee met at the Hbff- lenders disclaim, however,, any hos-j tility to Mr. Bryan. Jx-Ssenaror Hill is- ncr. so it is declared, ready to sup- j I Tu-i-r g.-uT and bbtTT ho xcfrh "Rt-ctit I i this fan, the politicians say. ir JLH Wat a. Single Piece of (kbuz&e Ja is Prstaria Fara TIE OKftATIONS AIOtT STKW HOT All Infaatry DWiaioas at Blammtamtmia Jfow SapaUed With Tenta Diaeavarr of Caoeealetlirau ami Aaaataaitiaa at Klaabcrlr. LONDON,. April 2(L A dispatch to the Daily New3 from Capetown, says: A gentleman just arrived from the Transvaal assures me that not a single gun remains in the Pretoria forts- The Ladysmith. correspondent of tiw Daily IfaiL in a dispatch aated. Wed nesday, says: The new3 of the nature, of the dis patch, of. Lord Roberta to the war of fice regarding- the Spibnkap operations" has created much comment locally, out no resignations are mentioned.'' The Blaemfantein. correspondent al the Chranlce says: The requisite re mounts have arrived and all the in fantry divisions are now supplied wiui tents. The Boers in the immediate neighbornood are quiet, but both sides are steadily preparing for tu- coming struggle. Lord Roberts is now ready. Several lot3 of concealed arms and ammunition, have been discovered here this week. Tae epidemic of enteric fever is abating. A dispatch to the Mormig fost from. Kimberley. dated Wednesday, says: Lord Methuen has issued a proclama tion forbiding civilians to carry arms without military permits and ordering rebels to surrender all serviceable modern arms by May 6. A singular message, dated Bloem fontein. April 9. 10:35 a. m., and be ginning. 'Via Press Censor. Bloem fentein." reports an exchange of shots in the direction of DeWetesdorp. where the Boers are said to be concentrating, "after their withdrawal from Wep ener." REIUILMNG OF IAWS0N is Very Cnabtaatial Rash to Cap Xoeae Begins Early. WASHINGTON. April 20. Deputy Consul Adams reports to the state de partment from. Dawson City, February 2S. that in. spite of danger and hard ship, no less than "GO .people left for Cape Nome during the winter, and that thousands are reaoy to eave as soon as spring- opens. Tne winter was tne coldest on record. The goid output la this season is estimated at aouble tnat of a year ago, or from &iJ,000,000 to $25,000,000, due to improved methods of mining. GOVERNOR TAYLOR INDICTED Charged With Complicity in Killing of Got be 1. FRANKFORT, Ky. April 20. It is persistently reported here tonight that Governor Taylor has been indicted by the grand jury and that the indict ment was returned this morning, along with those against Captain Davis and Green Golden, but that this indict ment will not be given out until Gov ernor Taylor returns from Washing ton. BRYAN DENIES ANY ILLNESS ay Tnat He Bat Sever Felt Better ami WU1 Continue Speeches. ST. LOUIS, ilo April 20. The fol lowing dispatch was received this afternoon from Austin. Tex.: "To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch: You may state for me that the stones th.it I am in ill health are untrue. I have never felt better in my life. I speak tonight at the University audi torium and next Saturday at Yeargrns Grove, this county, and on next Tues day at Wichita. Tex. "WDLLLUl J. BRYAN." 'eir Gavel for Each BllL WASHINGTON. April 20 Speaker Henderscnwas the recipient today of a. unique gavel from Admiral Hich bom. chief of the bureau of construc tion of the navy department. It is made from the ribs of the cruiser Olympia. the flagship cf Admiral Dewey and is unlike most gavels in being a solid piece of wocd without a handle, but with a groove in the middle for the speaker's grasp. Bryan Will Be aaied. NEW YORK, pril 20. It was de clared today by Frank CampbeU. chair man of the democratic state commit tee, that the committee had decided ta hold the state convention in th" middle of June in this city and. that "so certain were the members that William J. Bryan would be the natural nom.inee for the presidential candidacy that the delegates would not be in structed." Meat Inspection In France. BERLIN. April 20 The agrarian newspapers reproduce a letter from a German employe of the Chicago stock yards whose name is net given, in which the concerns cf Armour & Cc Nelson. Morris & Co. and Strut & Company are charged with conaccting meat inspection in a farcial fasmon. A number of fancied facs are cited and the writer says, the adoption of the German meat inspection bin wculd be a blessing to both countries. The jour nals which publish the letter comment editoriany upon it. The Turkish Minister Calls. WASHINGTON. April 20. Among the callers en Acting; Secretary Hfll to day was AJi Ferrouth Bey. the Turkish minister to Washington. It was und.r stood that the occasion for this rT was the publication of the intention of the United States government to Lring to an immediate issue th?- negotiations with Turkey relative tn the payment cf the American missionary and other eiaims. It is understood that the pur-pese-.of the minister as primarilx tc sather nrformaricn on this subject. Say Force His Resignation., HAVANA. April 20. General Run Rivera has written a letter appearing to be largely drenfcitcd. caffing" on po litical parties of. ail shades to unite so as to present a united front to the gavernment ;md people of the United States, when asking thar-the year 1501 shan be devoted to the formation of.au independent gnvemment for Cuba, which shan- begm to act an its awn. re sponsibility after 1901. This .plan he offers as a solution of the political problem, now so greatly complicated1 by the existence of varuius parties TI GCNS imkM TtmiY MIST MY tf Prsaecatioa of Claiass for Aaxeriema Miaaroawrtaa - WASHINGTON April 13. The news cf the firm attitude assumed "by the state department toward the Turk ish government in the prcsecutfo of its claim for damages to America missionary property caused something: of a sensation in diplomatic circles to day. Three successive American, ministers have prosecuted these claims? each has received a promise of prompt set tlement, and yet not a dottar has been paid. With European diplomats that is an old experience and. they have consequently been somewhat surprised" at the announcement that the Unitetf States government is actually going to insist upon performance instead of. promise. Minister Angeil, after trying-his- hand at collecting- for two years, recommended that a iiuted States war ship be sent to seize Smyrna and. col lect revenues at the custom there sufficient to meet our This- suggestion was not seriously entertained. noris it now. In ie first place, according to the state depart ment officials, most cf the important business interests in Smyrna are in the hands cf foreigners, not Turks,. ami a bombardment by a United States fleet might result in a pretty bill for damages against us. Then, as there is still a remnant of a Turkish navy, the United States would havp to send a squadron instead of a single war ship. Such a move ment would, without doubt, be resent er by the remainder cf Europe, wuich could not contemplate with equanim ity an action by the United States tnat would perhaps destroy the traits of many years" work of the greatest European statesmen by precipitating a final crisis in Turkey. Therefore the next step to oe taken by our government will not be warlike, but will suggest in a most aignined manner the indignation felt by the United States at the betrayal of Turk ish promises. How this aLtiuide will bear upon the Turkish minister in Washington cannot be foretoiu at this moment. He is so far absolutely un entangled in the negotiations of thrfse American claims, but that fact might not save him from being made tee im meaiate victim of his country's Iacues. The minister, -oweverr is very popular in Washington. IUJWFRS Atf TO IE PAii fO Generals BuIIer and Warren to Be Ke- calleil From Battlefield. DuOEilFQNTEIN Apci1 ll. (New York World Cablegram, i Observation might profitably be kept on the in tentions of the Boers respecting Swaz iland. Their alternative pl-in 'if oper ations, following on defeat at Pretor ia, includes the empiaymear of Swaz iland ror the retirement j hair the Boer forces, while the other half falls back to Zoutpansberg. Boer emissaries are already in the country endeavoring to purchase se cret information concerning th-3 cav erns in the Greystone country, whicn is known only to the natives, win the object to accumulate provisions and ammunition. ANDREWS WILL ACCEPT POSITION Favorable to Asnaaiins Chancellarsnip of the Nebraska University. CHICAGO. I1L. April ID. Dr. E. Ben jamin Andrews will accept the proffer ed chancellorship of the tmversiry of Nebraska, unless conditions which have not entered into his consideration present themselves. He stated tonight that he was favorable to acceptance of the position, but had not notified the regents of the university of his decision, preferring not to consider it final yet Aside from, questions of taste Dr. Andrews said his attitude was forc ed by the state of his health. REIEL GENERAL GIVES UP Despair of Staking- the Filipinos Fight and Surrenders. MANILA, -xpril liJ. General 21onte negro, one of the insurgents' best fight ers, has surrendered to Colonel Smith in the mountains near Camaling, in the province cf Pangasinan, where, with General Macabulcs, he had been trying to reorganize the Philippine army. Colonel Smith, with nve companies of the Seventeenth regiment, surrounded the free of Montenegro, who. discour aged by the impassibility cf making his men stand against uie Americans, surrendered. Macabulos escaped. Manilla Customs Receipts. WASHINGTON. April 13. Accord ing to a statement made today by the division of customs and insular affairs of the war department the receipts in the PhHippine islands for the months of January. February and March. 1300 were. January. 3563,503: Februarv l cable 1. 542H.423; March 1 cable)". $673,445. Ex-Soldier Becomes Xnrderer. PHILLIPSBURG. Kan.. April 13. Jchn Trimble, a young man about 20 years of age. shot and kiUed his brother. James, a married man about 23" years of age. The shooting took place about ten mUes south of this city on a piece af land the right to the use of which was in dispute. This dispute was the cause of the tragedy. John Trimble, who did the shooting, was a member of the First Nebraska regi ment and served with that gallant body all through the Philippine cam paign. He returned with his regiment last August and has made his home with his carents here since. HoTft of the G- Jk. K. Veterans. CHICAGO, April 13. The i-adles of the Grand Army of the Republic heit a. meeting at ie Sherman house today to arrange for the entertainment of the wives cf the veterans who will at tend the national Grand Army of the Republic encampment to be held in. this city in August. ae plan adapted is to house the visiting ladies in the hemes cf veterans throughout the city; but unnl it can be estimated the number of women who wxj. attend t cannot be determined wnetner suffi cient accommedations cf this a-m m be secured. Waging War- on Oleomargarine. WASHINGTON. April 1-. A lrve.y controversy nas been gomg en. cf late nt the house committee on agriculture aver the Grout bin placing- a heavy tax on oleomargarine. The measure na been in charge cf a subcommittee pre sided aver by Representative, jjjrimsr ct Chicago,, who. with w.iairmaa Wadswcrth: of the fun committee, is tn the city. Representative ievilie of Nebraska, gave, notice that ca np-yt Wednesday he would see to have a. definite time set for taking- a vote hy the the fun cominittse- f AS A CM 1T WEEK afavsrer, Camaxzaas Were Quiie ExTar aMe for Paim Work. swum tms m ml sections txvcfaifiatiaB. Kangea From Two to For Xae.hu -SeeiUnc of Wheat and Oats la tf Srarty rialsbctl la All Section A I fiaait Seati-off far Spring Work. , LINCOLN; Neb April 13. United States Department of x.griculture. climatic, and crop service of the Weath er bureaus Weekly crop bulletin of the Nebraska section far the week end ing April' 15,. issued, from, the office of the- section director at Lincoln: r Toer past weekr has been cold and. cloudy with, heavy, general rains- during- the last days at the week. The average daily temperature deficiency has varied from 3 degrees in the west ern counties to nearly 4 degrees in the eastern. Heavy frost occurred on the morning of the 11th and the minimum temperatures were quite generally be tween 20 degrees and 2!f degrees. The rainfall for the week has been vy heavy, exceeding" an inch in near ly all parts of the state, and ranging from two to four inches over a consid erable area. Rain, followed by snow, fell in the western counties on the 9th and 10th, but in most of the state all of the rain of the week fell on the 14th and lath. The week has been generally favor able for farm work, and the seeding of wheat and oats is nearly finished in all sections. Spring wheat and early sown oats are coming up and show a good stand. Winter wheat is in un usually good condition in most places. The low temperature of the week has retarded the growth of small grain and grass. The rain was exceptionally beneficial, coming just after practically the whole crop of small grain bad been placed in the ground untier exception ally favorable conditions. Attacks Lair From Xexr Point. LINCOLN. Neb.. April 12. The va lidity of the legislative act of 1SS7. cre ating the State Board of Transports, tion. is to be attacked by Attorney W. D. ilcHugh of Omaha on behalf of the Burlington railroad, on grounds that have never been brought to the atten tion of any court. This act has been the subject of repeated attacks from telephone, express and railroad com panies ever since its passage, but all of the litization involved simply the constitutionality of the offices held bv I the secretaries and members of the Board of Transportation, llr. HcHugh claims to have discovered several er rors in the title of the bilL as it was passed by the legislature, and will base his proceedings on these errors, not going" into the question of whether the legislature has authority to create state offices not provided for in the consti tution of the state, as was claimed in the former proceedings. The supreme "ourt has rendered numerous decisions on the constitutionality of the act. every one of them being in favor cf the board and its secretaries. Hanter honr- His IlnmU Off. STANTON. Neb., April 13. A. E. Root met with a very painful accident this morning while arranging to go hunting. A shotgun in his own hands .vas accidentally discharged, entirely levering the left hand from, the arm. just above the wrist. Mr. Root's home is at Stuart. Neb., and he was here working in the interest of the 3fodern Brotherhood of America and has a lodge ready to institute. He was a member of Company K Sixth United States infantry during the Spanish American war and participated in the ramaus charge up San Juan hilL Woman Pnib.ibly FatallT Burned. BEATRICE, Neb., AprO 13. Mrs. Dan Huff, Uving in the south part of town, was fatally burned while trying to light the kitchen fire with kerosene. A young girl living at the home had started the fire and as it did not seem to burn weH. Mrs. Huff, clad in a loose wrapper, arose to assist the fire by pouring on oil from a large can. The on caught fire, the can exploded and. Mrs. Huff was instantly enveloped in a blaze of burning oiL Her husband :ame to her assistance, but before the flames could be put out Mrs. Huff was badly burned from her throat down, he face and harr only escaping the fire. Smallunr at Trennneh. f TECUMSEH. Neb.. April 13. A case of smallpox is reported from Crab Or chard, fifteen mfles west of here. A stranger from Kansas is stricken with the disease. He has been placed nnder strict quarantine in a house in the out sxirts of town. The sebecis of the place have been temporarily closed. Fointer Goes to "lt L-iSr LINCOLN. Neb.. April 13. Governor Poynter left for Salt Lake City to at tend the meeting of western governors who win consider the matter of the disnositian of arid and semi-arid lands. I Llshtnins-Destroys Barn. FORT CALHOUN. Neb.. AprH 13. The large bam of Matthias Lund, four miles southwest of here, was struck by Iishtning. nd burned dawn. Insur- r ance. $300. Yoanc 3Ln Insane. FRE3IONT. Neb April 13. Sheriff Kreader brousrht from Swabnrg a de-! mented yanncr man who has a. peculiar form of insanity. His name is WHiianr Olson. vi he is 23 years old. Far the I past two or three years he has not been right in his head, and just about the time the trees- begin zo bud. in the spring his malady increases greatly He-has a. fancy that he has a great herd of cattle under his controL and the board of insanity could" induce him. to talk: of nothing- else. He win be raft-orr to the asylum. Death of 3Irs. P00L UNCOLN. Neb April 12. Mrs. Etta P00L ife of Deputy State Auditor C C PcoL died at her heme in this city, under circumstances distressingly sad- Mr. PccL who has teen far some thne r a sufferer from, severe puimonary trunSles. left for Southern California, r in. the hope of obtaining relief. His r health, is so pecriy. however, as to ren- r der the. chances for his: recovery ex tremely doubtful. The day after hrs departnre Mrs. Pool was stricken- with pneumonia, from which she socn pass-1 ed a-ray- Fit fltf. ANMES. Saw Ckaactikr ofDw Calvarslty Saxa or His Groand. LINCOLN; April 2L Dr. E. Beai ffia Amdreim of the Chicago city school itdS- awenttd the chancellorship ci. the state- univri?y Dr. Andrews com mission takes effecf August lr.cr about a month nrior to the clc1 Cf school has accepted the chanceiIors!li l tnr Chamcellor Bessey will remain, a th &l c? the institutioa until suc ceeded by ChnflIor Andrews, when he will return to hi fanner position as dean. of. the industrial cdngs and head of the botanical department. Dr. Andrews will meet with a hearty reception, when he assumes the duties , of. his new position. The faculty of tne university iraa very favorably im pressed by his appearance here last Saturday and it is generally agreed that so far as scaolarsnip is concerned he possesses all the requirements necesary for the chancellor cf the uni versity. It is rumored that tt.e board of re gents trill aae some changes at its 'meeting! "The department or journal ism, which has been reading a precari ous existence for tne last few years, may be discontinued after the close df the present semester and other slight changes in minor departments are apt to be made at the same time. Claim Ue Reward. LINCOLN, April 2L The reward (it $200 offered by Governor Holcomb in IS98 for arrest and conviction of Frank Cheesman at Brawnville has been claimed by J. H. Dickirson. an ex sheriff cf Iowa. Dickirson claims to have arrested George H. Ray. woh af terwards was found guilty of commit ting the crime and sentenced to the state penitentiary. The law authoriz ing the governor of the state to offer rewards for the capture and cunviction of fugitives from, justice provides that the judge before whom the criminal is convicted must furnish the governor with a certificate showing tne capture. Absence of fftfs proof prevented the governor from issuing a check to 3Ir. Dickirson. Wan;rh Funeral at Washington. PLATTSlIOLt.H. Neb.. April 21. The 3lisses Jtargaret and Florence, daughters of Hon. Samuel Waugh, cashier of the First National bank in this city, will depart Sunday for Wash ington. D. C. to attend the funeral ser vices of their brother, John R. Waugh. second lieutenant Company H. Thirty ninth Nebraska volunteers, in the Na tional cemetery at Arlington. Dr. J. W. Rawiins of Williamsburg. Va father of Mrs. Waugh, and many other relatives cf the family, will also attend. The bedy was started from San Fran cisco on the ISth ami will be interred with fitting military ceremonies. j. P-. Breitims Dead. FREMONT. Neb., April 2L J. P. Breitling, a well known citizen cf rre- mont-diPf? hPnnftpmn m nf enm days. Although his condition had been serious it was not thought that the end was near until an hour or so before death, llr. Breitiing was bam 64 years .(.. V7.A44tXl.. . A.. "'''- t J.l Ft .... tTs !..,. been a resident of Fremont for about thirteen years,, coming here from Ge noa. He leaves a wife and six grown children, all of whom, were with him at the time af his death. AiritatinT- Atkinson onthern ATKINSON. Neil.. April 2L Rail road circles are a little agitated just now. The Atkinson Northern, that was to run from this paint to Boyd county, has passed into the hands of a promotion company. The treasurer ! tne towns tnrougn tne state. of the new company win came an from ' Chicago the first of the week and has ; wint.r Wheat Look Weil, gone south over the line that is betng ; FAIRFIELD, Neb.. April 13. A surveyed tc- this point from Cedar Rap- j steady rain of several hours fell here, ids. He took with him the funds with j d the sround is thoroughly satur which to pay the surveyors. j aced with moisture. Crop prospects l Rjcinzc With Death Over Kails. ALUANCE. Neb.. April 21. John Wehn of this place received word by wire that his wife, who has been visit ing friends at Dewitt, was taken suJ- , denly ni and net expected to live, a j special train was at once engaged by ( Mr. Wehn and he hastened to his wife . hdairii at a milo-n-mimirc rliri. 'i h special is rencrted to have made th first fiftwthree miles in fiftv-five min- utes. mchxdms one stop. " millaox at Crah Orchard. TECUMSEH. Neb.. April 21. Crab Orchard, fifteen miles west of here, has a case cf smallpox. A stranger from Kansas is afflicted with the disease, it being a mild form. The viDage au thorities have nlaced him under strict quarantine in a house at the outskirts at town, ana tne cncoi nas oeen tern- porarily closed as measure. precautionary ebra.-tka City Girr Vanishes. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. April 21. The parents of Ture Sutton, a 16-year- old girL are greatly alarmed over her : mysterious disappearance from home several days ago. No trace of her can be found by her parents or police. . lie police are inenned to believe that she has eloped with a young stranger, with wham she recentlv became infatuated. .Special Chases a Handcar. LOUP CITY. Neb.. April 2L A spe cial stock: train going north on the Burlington nearly ran down a sertion gang about two mUes east of this cirr When the section men left this station the special had not been announced, and they saw it nearly onto them in a cut. They stopped their car. and in taking it from the track. John Maria w had the end of the middle Sugar of his left hand cut off. Hi Heart Failed. BRATNARD. Neb.. April 2L Frank Scbeslousky cf this place while out walking stepped inside cf Spahl's sa loon. He had enly got inside tne door when he feR to the ficor. Dr. Haynes was called and was at his side instant ly, but cculd do nothing, as he died al most instantly The doctor pronounced it heart disease. Mr. Scbesicusky came here abcut six months ago from 3orse Bluffs and was- running: a meat market. He was a member cf the 3Icdem Woodmen af America and a Bohemian Icdse. 31 r. Tannalitlt saves Her Home. COLUMBUS. Neb.. April 2L The wife at John Tannahfll scared a victory rn the district court here when Judge Grimiscn made the injunction perpet ual restraining creditors from seHing her home just east cf town to satisfy judgmeirJs wmch they obtained" ac lite November term of caurt upon the showing- that the several notes which they held against TannaMIL who had then disappeared, were secured by forged signatures. 3Ir. Tannahill claimed. 2. homestead right. Her hus bandTs whereabouts: is st21 unknown. IK THE UP CLOT Got. Jrovntsr Delrrsa X" Wao Ssrs at Dabmestlj- Operated. WttftMf FAISEPIETFNSFS rh7 Taafc -AJaaat VtS.tMM Oat f Waal UlStbl Cowrj Iowa. Godjraaas W Crook allowed tXIl !! CM Xriitt Fcrautaa later On. LINCOLN, Anrll IS. Goveraar Povnter turned ovr Edwin 3L Sno and r. B. Wrizht to Sheriff J- W Teetera of Washington ccuaty. Iowa, and the two men will have to stan trial in Iowa on the charge: of abeam- t ing money under false pretense ami f for couatrtrscy.. The prisoners were arrested SttaaWy at Beatrice., where they have lived tor aome time. They have been selling, tie right, ta sell. a. patent right on a wasSla machine. After Governor Poynter issued an ex traditiac warrant the prisoners asked for time to prepare a habeas cotqus suiL Sheriff Teeters granted: this t request, saying that he did not want y to appear in the role of persecutor, but later the men agreed to make no further resistance in return for the privilege of giving bail bond in the sum of ISU0 each after arriving at Washington. This proposition was agreed to by Sheriff Teeters and. Coun ty Attorney S. W. isreakhart of Washington, who appeared as the prosecutor. Snow and Wright sold a patent washing device in the farm at a hal lo v.- plunger. The device is manufae tnrerf hv Hehbetl Q. Saner af HlinoiS". The two men sold rights far 31.lM) f each. The purchaser had to agree to buy the machines of Hubbell far fl each and not to aell them, for less than $ each- Each purchaser of a right had the right to go out and sell similar rights to others, thus creat ing an endless chain. Officers of phe law designate this plan of operation as "selling blue sky." Snow and Wright are said to have said eighteen rights in Washington county, far which they received I1S.000. Indict ments were issued by the grand jury in Iowa and in hearing the case Gov ernor Poynter merely' considered the legal points whether the men were fugitives from justice, whether the ac tion against them was far the pur pose of collecting a debt or whether it was in the nature of persecution. He found the requisition papers regu lar in fcrm and so he turned, aver the prisoner j. t j Han; of Shoplifters Caught. j ORLEANS. Neb.. April 13. A gang I of seve!1 snop'tfters and daylight rob- ' faers appeared in town and taking ad- vantage of the usually busy Saturdav I crowd besan operations in the different stares. While a number of stares are Icsers in only one were they detected in the act. Two of them were operating- in P. W. Shea's department store and were caught and held by Mr. Shea himself. They were found to have gotten away with seventeen pairs of pants, one full suit or clothes and same ladies' shoes. Most of the goods were recovered in this case. Justice Coulter bound two of them aver to the district court, there not being sufficient evidence against the galance cf the gang to hold them. The whole party showed themselves to be ' old hands at the business, and no doubt are an organized gang, working are all that could be desired. Winter wheat is looking fine and pastures are looking weiL Merchants report an excellent spring trade. Prices of farm products are better than they have been for years. under County Fair WAHOO. Neb.. April IS. The board of directors of the Saunders County ' Fair association met at the city hall ' m this PIace recently and elected P ' ? Church vice president, and nxed tne uates tor naming tne inir iac sep- tember 17 to 20. Inclusive. It also let ! the contract for Drtnting the premium list to Eric Johnson of the New Era. Old Soldier Dl. SCHUYLER. Neb.. April IS. Cap- j tain Stone of this city died on the 16th. The captain had been sick for , Ias. Jea or mQrg Bright's f .lica -Xr tnn -wn nn nf th -hoys" of 1S8L who served in the ! civil war and is a member of the j Grand Army af the Republic here and was buried by the surviving comrades. Axtel Farmer Insane. MTNDEN. Neb.. April 13. Angus: Jchnson, nring a mile north of Ax teL was brought before the insanity commission and adjudged insane. He is a farmer about 35 years old and has been nving all alane an his 'otes Southeastern Nebraska, has been t wen wet down. An eighty acre farm near Tabia Rock brought $o.05Q. ' The curfew ordinance is now oper- t ative in Table Rock. I Burzlars have been operating ac Orleans and McCcok. 1 Prof. Atkinson of Edgar has been selected as superintendent of the schools cf York. Xot Tesa Ferer. f OGALALLA. Neb., April IS. Stats ' Veterniarv Surgeon Anderson was in ! OgalaRa and in company with C. E. ilenter of this place drove over ta the ranch cf Theis Bros., on North river, where the Texas tever was re ported to be Mr Andersen made a thorough examination and reports that Texas fever was not the cause of the death of twenty head of cattle. The ticks on the cattle were the ordi nary daz neks. Cattlemen are much I easier since Mr. Anderson reported. they being eoraHy divided as to the L cause of the death of the cattle. Toanj Man BUIled. FAlRFrELD, Neb.. April 13. bar ren Hancock of Nelson, a boy seven teen years at age. together with two ether beys came tn Weweese, sit mHes south of this place to spend the day hunting and fishing. Hancock at tempted to poll a shotgun from the coat by the muzzle when the. hammer caught upon the beat's edge. The gun was discharged, sending- the charge cf duck shot into the boy's chest just beneath, the left arm. per- 1 Iforating the tangs and heart, causing his -instanx. death- 1 CsknRbesStateBaok hPfeaTBt IaV iQaft UtlmmMWL BUYS GOOD 50TES The GoiiiniDos Journal. 4 Weakly Newspaper derated to thm ftaBt interests of BWaaWapVBaBBV I Th Gmtfy if Piatti, TIm State af Mtfcraska, An UiiM Statts, -xs TSX- REST OF MANKIND. XH USIT OF MXASTTU WITH US $1.50 a Year, If Paid In Advance. Sxtaam. Ha! of iaaat cir- cttmacri bed by 4oEr cssta. HENRY GASS, art t IttallfctCiMs! - uw rCT GommDos Journal PRINTING OFFICE. OOUNTKY. 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