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COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 29. 1901.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,620.
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The Glass Cherry In the Cocktail.
"Cocktail glasses are being made
smaller," said the bartender in a noted
resort, as be strained the amber fluid
into the glass. The old style was en
tirely too large, and that's -the reason
the cocktail got such a bad name. You
would scarcely think it, but the old
tyle, bell-shaped glass contained one
third the quantity that an ordinary
goblet holds. People used to doubt
this, but when they measured the two
glasses together they saw I was right
in my assertion. A new cocktail glass
has been put on the market with a
red. glass cherry in the bottom. The
imitation is so perfect that it defies
detection until you drink the cocktail."
Pearls of greater Trice.
. Pearls as well as diamonds have been
constantly increasing in price during
the last twelve months. Tne higher
price for pearls is probably due to the
enormous demand for them, which, the
dealers says, they have not been able
to supply, Most of the paarls used in
the United States are purchased in
Paris, London and other Continental
cities. In Paris and elsewhere in Eur
ope there are nlen who make a business
of bleaching these stones. The large
demund for pearls has stimulated the
efforts in this country to pass off the
bleached articles for the genuine white
pears, which are always most valuable.
The Needlewoman of the Jail.
The woman who designed Mrs. Grov
er Cleveland's gown for two inaugural
bails was sentenced to five days in the
Ne- York jail for drunkenness Wed
nesday. She is Mary Cullamore, 41
years old, known as the "needle woman
of the JaiL" In the past year she has
spent 273 days in prison for intonca
.tion. During her terms of imprison
ment she spends her time in planning
party dresses for The wives of judges
who sentence her. Often she corns out
of her cell with $100 or mere earned
in this way. Ker friends have given
her up as homeless.
QalcU Action in Work Getting;.
"While a group of newly arrived peas
ants just off the steamer were passing
city hall in New York the other day
the foreman having charge of the rapid
transit excavation at that point was
wishing for an extra man. His gang
was short-handed. Seeing the immi
grants, he beckoned to a broad
shouldered young fellow and by elo
quent signs intimated that he could go
to work. Without a word the Italian
threw his valise to a friend, then threw
of his velvet jacket, seized a pick and
jumped into the trench.
Was the War Time Pierpont Morgan.
Jay Cooke is stiil living in Philadel
phia, at the age of so, and when the
stock of the Northern Pacific railroad
crossed par the other day for the first
time, to say nothing of the phenome
nal jump Thursday, it must have been
accepted by him as a vindication, al
though belated, of hs judgment a?
shown when he took hold of the financ
ing of the road thirty-one years ago.
Mr. Cooke was the J. P. Morgan of his
day, and will long be remembered as
the one who negotiated the vast loans
of the government during the civil war.
A Plj and Players Hit.
One of the genuine theatrical hits
was the "edition de luxe" performance
of "In a Balcony ' by Mrs. Sarah Cowell
Lemoyne. Eleanor Robson and Otis
Skinner, at the Knickerbocker theater,
in New York Monday afternoon. The
company has organized fcr a "one-night
stand" tour of the large cities, and
this performance was the only one to
be given in New York. The critics de
clare that Mr. Skinner's portrayal of
Norbert. next to Coquelin's Cyrano,
takes rank as the poetic achievement
Gf the year.
To Parliament from an Ilnmble Start.
The Australian parliament has a
member who is a waiter. Carl Mitter
mayer was elected to the rechstag four
years ago. at a time when he was serv
ing as a waiter in a small suburban
restaurant. And there is a butcher in
the British house of commons.. At
least two members of parliament are
grocers, and there are a dozen who
were once laborers. The parliament
has as its speaker a man who was
ence a coal miner in Northumberland.
A FAMOUS OLD HOUSE.
The house of Walter Baker & Co.,
whose manufactures of cocoa and
chocolate have become familiar in the
mouth as household words, wa3 estab
lished one hundred and twenty-one
years ago (17S0) on the Neponset river
in the old town of Dorchester, a suburb
of Boston. From the little wooden
mill, "by the rude bridge that arched
the flood," where the enterprise was
first started, there has grown up the
largest industrial establishment of the
kind in the world. It might be said
that, while other manufacturers come
and go, Walter Baker & Co., go on for
ever. I- What is the secret of their great suc
cess? It is a very simple one. They
have won and held the confidence of
the great and constantly increasing
tody of consumers by always main
taining the highest standard in. the
quality of their cocoa and chocolate
preparations, and selling them at the
.lowest pries for which, unadulterated
articles of good quality can be put
upon the market. They welcome hon-f
est competition; but they feel Justified
in denouncing in the strongest terms
the fraudulent methods by which in
ferior preparations are palmed off oa
customers who ask for and suppose
they are getting the genuine articles.
The best grocers refuse to handle such,
"goods, not alone for the reason that,
in the long run, it doesn't pay to do it,
but because their sense of fair dealing
' will not permit them to aid in the sale!
ef goods that defraud their customers
and injure honest manufacturers.
Every package of the goods made by
the Walter Baker Company bears tha
well-known trade mark "La Bella
Chocolatiere," and their place of manu
facture "Dorchester, Mass." House
keepers are advised to examine their
purchases, and make sure-that other
goods have rot been substituted.
An attractive little book of "Choice
Recipes" will be mailed free to any
housekeeper who sends her name and
address to Walter Baker &. Co., Ltd
15S State Street, Boston, Mass:
T.lvln Pictures far the BlTndV
The cinematograph for the blind is
a machine which passes under the fin
gers of the blind in a series of relief
representing the same object In differ
ent positions the branch of a tree, a
bird, or any other object. The blind
person has the illusion of moving
scenes just as photographs passing
over a luminous screen lend the illu
sion to those with sight.
WAS MILIDAY A LOOTER
Chaffee's Issmuatioss Bring Ministers tc
Lady McDonald's Defense.
SAYS SHE TOOK ONLY A ROSf
There Were Those With Her Who Sweat
She Appropriated Xothinc of Value
The Same Charje Against aa American
Gentleman" Wife.
NEW YORK, May 25. A dispatch
to the Herald from Pekin says: The
last general meeting of the diplomatic
corps was the scene cf a more acute
phase of the controversy over looting.
The question was raised by the diplo
mats friendly to Lady McDonald, whe
thinks -a. grear injustice was done her
by the supposed reference to her in
one of Geaeral Chaffee's letters upon
the subject of looting.
Ministers of two European coun
tries arose successively and made
statements as to Lady McDonald's be
havior on the day of the first visit of
the allies to the Forbidden City, which
were practically identical. They were
with her throughout the day and de
clared that she left the palace without
any plunder except a yellow rose
plucked in the empress' garden.
"But," they say, "we did, however,
witness one scene of looting, which,
together with Lady McDonald, we
tried, but unsuccessfully, to prevent
In the palace we met the wife of an
American, accompanied by an Ameri
can curio dealer. We suggested that
the reception was exclusively for the
members cf the diplomatic corps, but
she persisted in taking the curio deal
er, whose expert opinion she wanted
upon some of the empress' orna
ments, "Reaching the pavilion the curio
dealer said: 'Here, I am informed. !
most valuable porcelain is concealed.'
"In spite of the protests of Lady
McDonald and ourselves the wife of
the American tried to open the cup
boards. Finally she called an Amer
ican soldier, who pried a cupboard
open with his bayonet, whereupon, not
wishing to assist at a scene we could
not prevent, we withdrew."
The American representatives at the
meeting made no reply.
MINORITY REPORT 0EFEATED.
Cuban Constitutional Convention Tarns
It Down Nineteen to Nine.
HAVANA, 3Iay 25. The minority
report of the committee on relations
v,as today defeated in the constitu
tional convention by a vote of 19 to 9.
Tomorrow the majority report will be
read and discussed.
The conservatives believe the final
vote on the latter report will be taken
Monday, but they do not expect to
hold the full strength shown today.
Senor Zayas, in a speech, said the
minority report was too conservative
and that he could not accept it. It is
believed that Senor Zayas may possi
bly carry two other de'egates who to
day voted with the conservatives.
The merchants and clubs of Ha
vana have been contribating liberally
for the relief of the Jacksonville suf
ferers. Persons socially prominent in
Havana will give a benefit, the pro
ceeds to be devoted to relieving Cuban
orphans and helping Jacksonville. The
produce exchanges tonight subscribed
$500 to the latter end.
HAY ON INDEMNITY.
Says GoTernment 3Iaj Tet Present Ac
ceptable Plan to Tower.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 25.
In an interview with a representative
of the Bulletin, Secretary Hay said:
"It seems to us that our plan fcr a
modification of the demands for in
demnity has been rejected by the
foreign powers, but what will be the
next action of the United States gov
ernment in the affair has not yet been
decided.
"The indemnities demanded by the
European powers seem to us to be
excessive. It is possible that this
government may yet put forward a
plan for the reduction which will
prove acceptable to the other powers
interested."
Uniform Limlwr Inspection.
CHICAGO, May 25. Reports of the
lumber inspection bureau and other
committes of the National Hardwood
Lumber associations were presented at
today's session. The inspection bureau
reported that the New York and Bos
ton lumber markets had not indorsed
its work, and recommended that step1?
b- taken to have the system of inspec
tion made uniform.
Cadets to Plead at Capital.
NEW YORK, May 25. Three of
the five West Point cadets recently ex
pelled for insubordination, B. O. Ma
haffy, Raymond A. Linton and John
A. Cleveland, who were offered lu
crative places by General Francis
Kinton Greene, president of the Ne
York and Bermudes Asphalt company,
declined to accept the positions offered
them. They told General Greene and
General Avery Andres they would
plead for reinstatement.
Waterloo Familj- ASIetrd.
WATERLOO, May 25. Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Conrad have been called
upon to suffer to a greater degree
"than is ordinarily the lot of mortals.
The death of their oldest daughter.
Miss Ellen, at the age of 21, is mo
mentarily expected to be followed by
that of one and perhaps the two re
maining, who are seriously 01 of
typhoid fever. A damp cellar under
the house caused pneumonia, typhoid
j and consumption.
PASSING OF JOIN R. TANNER.
Foraaer GoTeraor of IlllalaoU Dies Sa
dealy from Rheaaaatiaas of Heart.
SPRINGFTELD, I1L, May 24. For-'
mer Governor John M. Tanner died
hers suddenly in his hotel .at 2:45 p.
m., from rheumatism cf the heart. Ee
had been confined to his room since
his return from Chicago last Satur
day, but the case was not considered
in the least serious. He felt much
worse in the afternoon and Dr. J. N.
Dixon, the governor's physician, was
called about 2:30 and found the gov
ernor dying.
Governor Tanner has held various
positions besides that of governor, the
principal one being a member of the
Illinois house, United States Marshal
cf the southern district cf Illinois,
state treasurer and assistant at the
United States sub-treasury at Chicago,
and he was for many years a member
of the republican state central com
mittee and chairman of the same. He
was a candidate for United States sen
ator this year against Senator Cullom.
He leaves a widow, one son. Col. J.
Mack Tanner, Springfield, -colonel of
the Fourth infantry, Illinois national
guard, and one daughter, Mrs. John
A. Barnes of Chicago.
Governor Tanner was 57 years old
and a private in the Forty-eighth and
Sixty-first Illinois infantry regiments,
and a state senator, also former mem
ber of the railroad and warehouse
commission.
R0CKHIU Will BEAR DOWN.
Is Unable to Get Others' Approval of C.
8. Indemnity Plan.
WASHINGTON. May 24. Mr. Rock
hill has confirmed the news from
Pekin to the effect that the foreign
ministers have declined to accede to
the suggestion of the United States
that the total of the indemnity to be
collected from China shall be limited
to 52OO.000.COO.
It is expected that he will continue
his efforts in the direction of keeping
down the maximum of claims, even
while abandoning, for the sake of
harmony, the figures named, and it is
believed that the outcome will be a
compromise en a figure between
$200,000,000 and the maximum of 327,
000,000 claimed by the powers. In the
effort to keep down the total, Mr.
Rcckhill locks for support to the esti
mates submitted by Sir Ernest Satow,
the British minister at Pekin. and Sir
Robert Hart, commissioner of imperial
customs, whose report upon the abil
ity cf China to pay an indemnity of
about $200,G00,000 Is now before the
state department.
Until the question of grand total is
settled the matter of interest to be
established on the loan and the
method of guaranty are expected to
remain open.
Last of Ttoupa L'tTt.
PEKIN, May 24. The last of the
American troops here, with the excep
tion of the legation guard, left Pekin
nt 7 o'clock this morning. The head
quarters staff departed at 10 o'clock.
In spite of the early hour and the long
distances they had to march, all the
bands of the British troops escorted
the Ninth United States infantry from
the temple of agriculture to the depot,
where a Japanese band awaited the
troops. All the British generals
and their staffs and all the officers
off duty were present. The scene was
cne of great enthusiasm.
Witl Allow Consolidation.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., May 24. By
a vote of 109 to 60 the soathem Pres
byterian general assembly today
adopted a substitute offered yesterday
by Dr. Wynn of Petersburg, Va., re
citing that while the general assem
bly may not approve the wisdom of
the step, it interposes no bar to the
consolidation of the northern and
southern Presbyterian theological
seminaries in Kentucky. The matter
has been under discussiou for three
days.
Batt:e With Tramps.
YANKTON, S. D., May 24. Citizens
of Yolin gave battle to a crowd of
tramps this afternoon who have been
terrorizing the town for several days.
A number of citizens were hurt and
several tramps badly used up. A tel
ephone to Yankton for help brought
the sheriff and a posse and the tramps
were overcome and seven of them
lodged in jail.
3tnch Talk Bat o Tote.
HAVANA, May 24. No vote was
taken at this afternoon' session of
the Cuban constitutional convention
en the Piatt amendment. Senor Juan
Gualberto Gomez spoke for nearly
three hours against the amendment.
United Goes oa Jane IS.
CHICAGO. May 24, Announcement
was made today by the Rock Island
that on June 16 it would put on an ad
ditional fast train between Chicago
and Denver and that on the 18th the
eastbonnd service would be started.
The new train will be known as the
"Rocky Mountain Limited." The
leaving time at Chicago will be 1 p.
m., arriving at Colorado Springs at
4:30 the following afternoon and at
Denver at 7:45 in the evening.
Osaahm is la the Flht.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. May 24. The
committee on good and welfare of
the Switchmen's Union of North
America presented its report to the
convention today. The report recom
mends that the Switchmen's Journal
be consolidated with ths national
headquarters. The Journal is how is
sued from Omaha and the national
headquarters are located in Buffalo.
There promises to be a lively fight for
supremacy between, the two cities.
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from VoIuntear&
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A Gaest of Honor at the Receptions ef
the Caloa League Club Presidential
Party Expect to Start for Hosac oa
Saturday.
SAN FRANCISCO. Slay 24. After
a good night's rest Mrs. McKinley
awoke refreshed this morning and
smilingly told the president that the
program scheduled for today need not
be curtailed on her account. Acco-c-
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had breakfast. Immediately after
ward he attended a reception given by
trio heads of the federal departments
in this city. He then went to the
Presidio, where he reviewed the
tioops, including the regiments which
have recently returned from the Phil
ippines. The president was met at the en
trance of the reservation by a detach
ment of artillery and cavalry and es
corted to the reviewing stand on the
parade grounds. All troops passed in
review, the late returning volunteers
passing in close marching order in
fatigue uniforms, and unarmed. Gen
eral Shafter nd the members of the
cabinet occupied the stanl with, the
president, who made a brief address,
which was loudly applauded.
After the review the president, es
corted by General Shafter and Col
onel GIrard, went through every ward
of the military hospital. He had a
smile for every patient and spoke
words of cheer to many.
After lunch he met a number of
newspaper men and heariily thanked
them for the sympathetic manner in
which they had treated tne illness of
Mrs. McKinley. In a moasure they
had shared in his nightly vigils and
this he fully appreciated.
At 2 o'clock the president attended
a receptioa by the Union League club
and an hour later was welcomed by
the Ohio society at the Palace hotel.
He was then given a reception by
the assembled pioneers of California,
veterans of the Mexican war, and Na
tive Sons of the Golden West,
The latter three societit'j presented
him with a paper weight containing
$250 worth of gold. At each reception
the president responded briefly to pre
sentation speeches. On his way- to' J
dinner President McKinley stopped at
Union square and turned over the first
shovelful of sod where the monument
to the American navy in commemora
tion of Admiral Dewey's victory at
Manila bay is to be erected.
Tonight President McKinley attend
ed a reception given in his honor by
the Grand Army of the Republic
pests of the city. Tomorrow after
noon the president will go to Oak
land and review the schcol children
of that city.
While the present intention of the
presidential party is to start for the
cast at 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
this will not be positively decided un
til after a consultation of the attend
ing physicians, which is to be held
at noon tomorrow.
CREEK TREATY IS PASSED.
Gets by Hoae of Kln;t and Now Awaits
Signature cf Governor.
OKMULGEE, I. T., May 24. The
Creek treaty passed the house of kings
by a vote of 23 to 17, and it now
awaits the signature of the governor
to become a law. The passage of tb?
treaty marks one of the most im
portant epochs in the history of the
territory, removing, as it dees, the un
certainty that has made waiting cap
ital timid. The town is wild with
enthusiasm over the final passage ol
the treaty. Hundreds cf thousands o!
dollars will be furnished immediately
to effect the building of bridges, rail
ways and other entcrpris's that have
been planned en paper for months
past. ior twenty years the federal
government has been trying to make
a treaty with the Creeks, but has fail
ed until now.
A Filipino Bride lo Iowa.
DE5 MOINES, la.. May 24. Burt
Eenware of Villisca, a private in the
volunteer service in the Philippines,
has returned home and with him is
Lis bride, a Filipino bello, whom he
married while in the islands. He
ras been employed as an engineer on
a railroad in the Philippines after his
discharge frcm the army for a short
time.
Find Body la Warehoasr.
SEWARD, Neb., May 24. A body
identified as that of Philip Bick. a
former saloon man of Seward, was
found in an upper unused vault in
the Val Blatz stcrage warehouse. It
was discovered by somp boys who
were playing around the building at
11 o'clock today. The body is sup
posed to have been there since March
16, when Bick was last seen. It was
in the last stages of decomposition
and identified by the clothes.
Cod cord Farmers Batslne; Beets,
CONCORD, Neb., May 4. The far
mers in this section believe there is
money in laising beets. There are 200
acres planted near this place, all
doing welL
Charter for Newcastle Bank.
LINCOLN, Netu May 21. A char
ter will be issued by the State Bank
ing board to the Newcastle State
bank of Newcastle, Dixon county. The
institution is capitalized for $10,000.
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TK STATE RECEIVES MONEY.
The Sam of 9925 as Its Dividend trom
the Al ana Bank.
"LINCOLN, Neb., May 25. There
v,-as covered into the state treasury
Ihe sum of S25 received by mail from
Comptroller cf the Currency Dawes.
This represents the state's first an-!
final dividend on its claim for $25,000
against the First National bank of
Alma, defunct, and is 3 7 10 per cent
cf the total amount. The bank clos
ed its doors in January, 1S97. For
several years, it afterward deveolped.
the institution had been on the ragged
edge of failure, and had been barely
kept alive by deposits of state money.
A. L. Burr was president of the bank.
The principal creditors were banks in
Lincoln and St. Joseph. Its assets
consisted principally of notes which
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V intrusted to the bank by Slate Treas-
urer Bartley were used io
local depositors.
pay off
flND FOR THE SCHOOLS.
Is 950,000 Less Than Amount Appor
tioned L at Year.
LINCOLN. Neb., May 25. State
Tieasurer Stuefer today announced the
semi-annual schcol fund available for
apportionment among the several
counties cf the state according to pop
ulation as 1250,853.20. The appor
tionment to the counties will be deter
mined by the state superintendent
and announced later in the week. The
spportionment in May, 1S00, was a lit
tle over J400.000. For May, 1S99. it
amounted to 332.111.15; for May,
1S98, $430,695.98. and for May. 1S97,
$362,226.03. Prior to the last men
tioned date the May apportionment
was generally considerably under the
$300,000 mark.
Killed by Mothcr-ln-law.
SEWARD, Neb., May 2.". The re
mains of James H. Devore, who was
shot by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Perry.
It Denver a few weeks ago, arrived
here and were interred in the cemetery
at Ruby, near where the murdered
man Epent his boyhood days. De
vore had ruined the daughter of Mrs.
Perry, whose home is in Lincoln, and
married her last March after threats,
it is said, on the part cf the prose
cuting attorney at Denver. His girl
wife gave birth to a child the night
he was shot.
Wins for Hasting Asylum.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 25. The
State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings awarded a contract for the
construction of the new wing for the
asylum for the chronic insane at
Hastings to Robert Butke of Omaha.
The contract price for the work and
materials is $41,400. The contract for
plumbing in the building was awarded
tu Frank Barclay of Beatrice, the
price fixed being $4,900. All bids for
electrical wiring were rejected. The
total apropriation for the building
was $50,000.
Supreme Coart Adjonrn.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 25. The su
preme court adjourned unexpectedly
and delivered opinions in fifty cases.
Eefore adjournment the court an
nounced -hat only opinions publish
ed in the Nebraska reports would
be furnished to the Northwestern Re
porter or other legal publirations. At
torneys and persons interested, how
ever, may examine any opinion deliv
ered by the court.
For .Tone Examination.
LINCOLN. Neb., May 25. The su
preme court examining commission
held a short session at the state house
to arrange for the annual June exam
ination of applicants for admission
to the bar. The members of the com
mission are: E. C. Kretsinger of Be
atrice, John Stevens of Hastings, J.
H. McComber of Omaha, Fred Shep
herd of Lincoln and Matt Miller of
David City.
Greenlionse at Capitol.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 25. It is an
nounced that the proposed greenhouse
for the capitol lawn will not be con
structed until the spring season of
ntxt year. Funds are available for
the work, but no prevision was made
for heating the house- during the
winter months, hence the necessity
of postponing the building until after
the next winter.
Calf That Hat Sir I-s.
CONCORD, Neb., May 25. A cow
belonging to a farmer near here gave
birth to a calf Sunday night that has
six well developed legs, four being in
the usual place and two protruding
fiom the back upward. The calf will
not live.
To Military Sorjreocs" Sleetta?.
LINCOLN. Neb., May 25. Governor
Savage has appointed the following
physicians and surgeons as delegates
to the Association of Military Sur
geons, which convenes at St. Paul,
Minn., on May 30: R. E. Giffen, Lin
coln; C. D. Evans, Columbus; G. M.
Reider, Grand Island; G. L. Pritchett,
Fairbury; Arthur P. Ginn. Nebraska
City; Willis E. Talbctt, Eroken Bow;
C. G. Bums, Albion; Charles L. Mul
lens, Broken Bow,
Fremont Merchants Win,
FREMONT, Neb., May 25. Zlotky
4s Kurnick recovered a judgment in
the district court for $7,300 against
the insurince companies that had
Eolieies on their stock of clothing and
dry goods that was damaged by the
fire last October. The plaintiffs sued
for $9,700. The companies admitted
their liability, but alleged that the
d&mages claimed were excessive and
that some of the stock was of the
bankrupt variety and of little value.
NO MiCHOR CHINA
Fswot Do Hot FaTor the American Idea
af Decreasing' Indemnity.
BRITAIN TAV0RS A REDUCTION
rentes MlaUters Will Ceaslder the Mat
ter Farther at Another SKeetlac The
r reseat Policy, It la Feared, Will
Prod ace IadeSalte Belay.
PEKIN, May 23. The foreign min
isters' meeting was very unsatisfac
tory. No power was willing to ac
cede to the Americans Idea of reduc
ing the Chinese indemnity 40,000,000,
though Great Britain recognizes the
advisability cf some reduction. There
will be another meeting tomorrow.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23. The
president and Secretary of State Hay
have been in constant communication
with Washington during all their jour
ney west. Dispatches from our foreign
embassies have been constantly re
ceived and the China situation has
been continually considered. The
president has been anxious lest the
difficulties thrown in the way of an
agreement by the representatives of
some of the powers might lead to in
definite delay and a consequent in
crease of the indemnity to be exacted.
The points to be settled are: First,
the total amount of the indemnity and
the share of each power. Second, the
method of payment.
In regard to the first point the pres
ident has constantly endeavored to
moderate the demands of the powers
to an amount which China might pay
without financial ruin or territorial
dismemberment. He has thought that
$200,000,000 was the maximum amount
Indicated by the best authorities con
sulted and he has proved the willing
ness of this government to make
every sacrifice in the interest of the
integrity of China and the restoration
of normal relations, by cutting down
cur already moderate claim onehalf if
other powers would make proportion
ate reduction. These propositions have
not been accepted by the other gov
ernments, though Great Britain has
shown a disposition to a considerate
treatment of the matter.
As to the method of payment it is
understood that there are various
propositions before the conference of
ministers In Pekin. One is a loan to
be contracted by China guaranteed by
the powers, which it is thought might
be floated at 4 per cent with a com
mission of 5 or 6 per cent. Another
is a loan, not guaranteed, which would
probably require an enormous com
mission and a heavy rate of interest,
some 7 per cent.
Neither of these propositions was
accepted by the president. Two weeks
ago he showed that each of the pow-fe.-s
should accept for its share of the
indemnity the bonds of China at par
and with interest at 3 per cent, pro
vision for meeting the interest and for
eventual payment being taken from
the salt duties, and increased import
taxes. Mr. Rockhill has now been in
structed tc urge these views anew
upon the attention of his colleagues.
The attitude cf the British govern
ment, as set forth in the recent
speeches of its representatives in par
liament. Indicate that Great Britain
in moderating the demands of the
powers is Inclined to accept measures
which, if adopted, may bring the ne
gotiations to a conclusion.
WITNESS QUICK WITH GUN.
Sew Mexican Trial Ends in Fatal Shoot
Ins Affray.
SANTA FE, N. M., May 23. William
Park was shot and killed at Central,
Grant county, in the office of Justice
of the Peace Joseph Crowley during
the preliminary examination of May
Esmond, charged with a serious crime.
James A. Wiley had given damaging
testimony in which he used Park's
name. The witness was just conclud
ing when Park jumped from his chair,
leveled his gun and commenced firing
at Wiley. Wiley rose, turned half
around, pulling his six-shooter a3" he
did so, and returned the fire. Sev
eral shots were fired by both men, as
well as others in the room. One of
the bullets entered Park's right side,
coming out of the left near the heart.
The coroner's jury returned a ver
dict of death at the hands of parties
unknown.
Brine! Takes His Life.
ROME, May 23. Bresci, the assassin
of the late King Humbert, has com
mitted suicide at the penitentiary of
Santo Stefano.
Allen Has Hot Time Ahead.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. 3ray 23.
Munoz Rivera, the federal leader,
sailed today on the steamer Phila
delphia for New York to establish in
tiat city a paper which will defend
the island's interests. He resigned
the presidency of the federal party
jesterday evening. Delegations from
dozens of towns bade him farewell.
Governor Allen is due here tomorrow
morning. A big manifestation has
teen planned.
Passes Weather Bareao Act.
MANILA, May 23. The Philip
pine commission has passed the
weather bureau act and has also vot
ed a loan of $2,500 for each province
To help pay the expenses till the land
taxes are available. These loans are
payable at the end of 1902. The com
mission has Imposed a registration
tax of 1 peso annually on all male
over 18, excepting soldiers. Non
payment of the tar disqualifies from
voting and iavolres a penalty.
MIST FAY FOR COUNTY FAIRS.
CesaashMleaen Bave !f Dlseretleet Cader
the Statates.
LINCOLN, May 27. In an opinion
handed down in a case brought up
from Butler county the supreme court
declares that county boards have only
ministerial power in the payment of
the amount allowed by statute to
county agricultural societies. The sum
is determined on the basis of 3 cents
for each inhabitant of the county, and,
according to the decision just an
nounced, the societies can invoke man
damus to compel payment without
awaiting the dilatory course of legis
lation. In the case in question the- county
agricultural society, after complying
with all the requirements of the
statute, requested the board of. super
visors "to draw a warrant for the
amount due ft. The board refused.
The society immediately asked the dis
trict court for a writ of mandamus
compelling the supervisors to pay the
claim. This was refused and the so
ciety appealed.
In the supreme court the attorneys
for the county argued that mandamus
should not issue fcr the reason that
the board acted, not in a ministerial,
but in its discretionary capacity. The
association contended that, under the
statutes, no discretionary power is al
lowed the board when the association
has once complied with the require
ments of the law and that the board
must act in a purely ministerial ca
pacity. The court upheld this view
and gave judgment accordingly.
CROP PROSPECTS IN NEBRASKA.
Conditions Generally Regarded as of a
Favorable Character.
LINCOLN. May 27. Following is
the last weather and crop bulletin:
The past week has been warm and
dry, with about the normal amount of
sunshine. The daily mean tempera
turo has averaged about 6 degrees
above the normal. No unusually high
or low temperature occurred during
the weak.
The rainfall has been below normal
generally. The amount was about or
slightly above one-half an inch in a
few of the southern counties of the
southeastern section, but generally it
was less than .30 of an inch, and in a
large part of the northern and western
portions of the state it was less than
.10 of an inch.
Wheat, oats and grass continue in
good condition, but in some places lack
of moisture has retarded growth, and
generally at the end of the week more
rain would be beneficial to these crops.
Chinch bugs are doing some damage
in wheat fields in central and western
counties. Cora planting has progress
ed rapidly, and the bulk of the crop
is now planted in central and southern
counties. The early planted com is
coming up, generally slowly, and in
some instances unevenly. Fruit con
tinues to promise a good crop.
Finds Floater la Kilrr.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., lay 27.
While Fred Black and EHas Vuldow
were fishing in the Missouri river at
Rocky Point they noticed a floater
coming down the stream. They suc
ceeded in bringing the body to shore
and notified Coroner Gass. The body
appeared to be that of a man about
40 years of age, and it had evidently
been in the water for some time. He
was not identified.
Child Fatally Scalded.
FAIRBURY, Neb., May 27. Edith
Shafer, aged about 4 years, who was
scalded by pulling a pail of hot water
over on herself about eight day3 ago.
died from her injuries.
Benjamin F. Zeigler. who had his
legs amputated by the train backing
over him the night of May 11, is get
ting along nicely and will be able to
return to his home at Oakley, Kan., in
a few days.
Invades the Black Hills.
SIDNEY, Neb., May 27. Oberfelder
& Co., the large grain meremmts of this
city, shipped a fine car of spring wheat
to T. Andrews at Spearfish, S. D. This
is the first shipment to the Black Hills
country and means a great deal for
the farmers of this section procuring
better prices and saving the large cost
of shipping to eastern markets.
Smal pix Quarantine RaUert.
HUMBOLDT, Neb., May 27. The
smallpox quarantine has been raised,
only the one case having been located.
Public gatherings will again be per
mitted. Trampled by a Hon.
MADISON. Neb., May 27. Thomas
Alderson. a farmer living southeast of
town, was severely hurt by a horse
trampling upon him.
No Ent!ntaent4.
YORK, Neb., May, 27. I. G. Berry,
first lieutenant of the United States
infantry, opened a recruiting station
here. He is recruiting (or, rather,
trying to recruit) for two reglments
the Twenty-eighth infantry at Van
couver barracks, Washington, and the
Eighteenth cavalry at Fort Meade. S.
D. Both regiments are for service in
the Philippines. Mr. Berry did not
get a single recruit here, though pres
ent for some time.
Safeide or m Dentist.
OMAHA, May 27. Dr. George S.
Nason, a promising young dentist of
Omaha, committed suicide at his home,
2307 Farnam street, by shooting him
self through the head with a pistol.
Death resulted almost instantly. There
wag no one in the house at the time
save Mrs. Nason, who, hearing the
muffled report of the pistol, rushed up
stairs and found her husband lying
in a pool of blood upon the bed.
The coroner will investigate.
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