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COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 19. 1901.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,623.
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Tenyboat Horthfield Goes Down With
Hundreds cf Passengers.
LOSS OF LIFE IS NOT YET KNOWN
Jersey Central Express Boat Maaea
Chunk Does the Mischief A. Crash
Cam. Water Was Instantly Filled wltb
Strajjjllnc Hen and Womra.
NEW YORK, June 14. One of the
most frightful ferry collisions in the
history of this city took place at 6
o'clock this evening just off the foot of
Whitehall street. The Northfield of
the Staten Island ferry, crowded to
the guards, was run into and sunk in
nine mjnin-ng . by . the Jersey Central
railroad express boat Mauch Chunk.
A score or more of passengers are
dead, but the total drowned may not
be discovered for days.
"Within three minutes after the col
lision the water was filled with frantic
men and women, screaming for help
and struggling to keep above the sur
face. Before the Northfield had gone
more than 200 feet from its slip it be
"came apparent that a collision was in
evitable. The captains of both vessels rang
furionsly to their engineers to stop
and back, full speed astern, and btch
boats whistled loudly. Then the crash
came. A startling cry of fear as i
from one voice was heard, then the
shrieks and shouts of the hundreds
packed on the Staten Island ferry.
Scores cf women fainted. Others leap
ed madly into the water. The boats
after an instant's pause succeeding the
ramming, separated. Through a great
ragged hole torn in the berryboat's side
water streamed in a torrent. Many of
the women were hysterical and with
whitened faces and tears running down
their cheeks they clutched to the life
savers, which were tightly secured in
a network of wires.
With but few exceptions every man
aboard behaved like a hero. All knew
the Northfield was mortally hurt. It
was rolling heavily and sinking rap
idly. But these men, some of them
laborers going from their work, others
bankers from Wall street returning
to their country houses on the island,
thought first of the women and chil
dren. Scores of men seized little ones
in their arms or took charge of the
two or three women nearest them and
encouraged them and cheered them
with assurances of safety. Many of
the women refused to be quieted, seized
life preservers and jumped.
Tugs and craft of every sort, hearing
the dyig siren of the stricken boat,
steamed full speed toward her from the
bay and from North and East rivers
The Northfield was just floating, a
crippled hulk, as the first tug boat
reached it. In scores of cases, women
climbed over the rail on the saloon
deck and held their hands beseeching
ly to the tug boats, almost letting go
their hold before the boats were with
in 100 feet.
As fast as the pug nose of a tug
boat bumped against the side of the
Northfield it was black with struggling
men and women, grasping in terror at
anything that promised a hand-hold to
safety. In the front part of the North
field a dozen men passed women and
children to the nearest tugs, picking
them off the side guards, where they
clung in water to their knees and half
unconscious with terror.
12:30 a. m. No bodies have yet been
recovered from the Northfield. The
loss of life can only be estimated by
reports to the police from eye wit
nesses. There was a full tide flowing
and there is little hope of recovering
any bodies tonight.
M.r Adopt Australian Flan.
HAVANA. June 15. Senors Brava.
Silva. Aleman, Betancourt and Zayas
have been appointed by the constitu
tional convention a committee to draw
up the electoral law.. It is probable
that the Australian system will be
adopted.
Illinois KeeM Cp Face.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va., June 15.
The battleship Illinois arrived at the
shipyard this afternoon at 5 o'clock
after a remarkable run down the coast,
during which she made an average
speed of fifteen knots under natural
draught
Amrrirtn Hanks Abroad.
, WASHINGTON, D. C. June 15. The
state department has been informed
by Deputy Consul General Hanauer, at
Frankfort. Germany, that steps are be
ing taken for the creation of a federal
.bureau of technics in the empire.
Coaler ia Washington.
"WASHINGTON, June 15. Hon. E.
H. Conger; United States minister to
China, is in. Washington for the pur
pose of calling on the president and
Secretary Hay preparatory to his re
turn to Pekin. He expects to see
both these officials today. Mr. Conger
has been kept fully advised by the
state department of Chinese affairs
since his departure from China, but
desires a personal interview with the
president and Secretary Hay.
To Store Oxahs Prodacts.
DETROIT. June 15. The Tribune to
day says: The Swifts of Omaha, Neb.,
through Edward C. Rice cf this city,
have purchased a large tract of land
outside the western limits of Detroit
on the river and will erect thereon one
of the largest cold storage plants in
the country. It will be used as a
middle west storehouse for the pro
ducts cf the Omaha packing houses
and it is said a salt plant will be oper
ated in connection with it.
SIEErSKINS FROM HE STATE
Tw Hantred sad EJchtr-Twet
Feeple Receive Then.
OMAHA, Neb., June 17. The jury
in the Bartley bond case brought in a
verdict discharging W. A. Paxton,
Thomas Swobe and Cadet Taylor from
all obligations as sureties for Joseph
S. Bartley, the defaulting state treas
urer. John H. Ames, C. C. McNish
and E. E. Brown were held to be
liable for 1545.947.16, the amount of
the shortage in Bartley 's accounts.
This was the third action brought
by the state to recover on the bond
of the ex-treasurer. The defendants
in the original case were Joseph S.
Bartley. F. M. Cook, A. B. Clark,
John H. Ames, C. A. Hanna, Mary
Fitzgerald, Ed J. Fitzgerald, C. C. Mc
Nish, E. E. Brown, Thomas Swobe,
Cadet Taylor. N. S. Harwood and W.
A. Paxton. The case first came to
trial in February of 1S98, before Judge
Powell, and a verdict was entered for
the defendants. This decision was re
versed by the supreme court.
On a second trial before Judge Faw
cett a verdict was returned against
all the defendants with the exception
cf Mary Fitzgerald, who escaped all
obligations on a plea of insanity. This
decision was reversed by the supreme
court, and the case came back to the
district court and has been on trial
before Judge Baxter.
THREE BONDSMEN ARE HELD.
District Court Jury Renders Verdict In
the Bartley Litigatloa.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 17. Two hun
dred and eighty-two young men and
women received, in the presence of
an audience that filled the large au
ditor! im to its doors, the certificates
showing that they had labored faith
fully for four years at the University
cf Nebraska and were entitled to all
i he honors attaching thereto. Of
tt:ese eighty-seven received the degree
of bachelor of law and were admitted
to practice in the courts of the state,
seventy-two were granted the degree
of bachelor of arts, and there were
twenty post graduate students who
were enrolled with the degree of mas
ter of arts. Wilbur C. Knight receiv
ed the degree of doctor of philosophy,
the highest honor conferred at the
university.
Following the custom of previous
years, a commencement procession,
including the distinguished visitors,
faculty, alumni, seniors and their
friends, formed on the university
campus and marched to the Audi
Urium. .bere the degrees were con
ferred. Music Day and Nlgst.
To hear the celebrated Bellstedt
band there will necessarily have to be
a hustle. The contract with the Om
aha Musical union for a month of
music has more than half expired, and
soon all opportunity for hearing the
famous Cincinnati band will have
passed. Afternoon entertainments
(matinees) can be enjoyed at reduced
rates of admission. This is the iden
tical musical organization that won
such renown and was so popular at
the two Omaha expositions in '9S-99.
If heard at Omaha this year it must
be in June, as the engagement closes
with the month, when the band goes
to Kansas City for a series of con
certs. National Guard Encampment.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 17. At the
next meeting of the State Military
board an officer high in authority will
submit a proposition to have the en
campment of the Nebraska National
guard this year held in some secluded
and rough section of the state, prefer
ably among the lakes in Cherry coun
ty, and at least forty miles from the
nearest town or railroad station.
Heretofore the guard has held its en
campments near large cities.
Nebraska Funeral Directors.
BEATRICE, Neb., June 17. The
Nebraska Funeral Directors' associa
tion, in session here, elected officers
as follows: President, H. B. Davis.
Omaha; rice presidents, E. Ratnour,
Weeping Water; A. H. Fellers. Hum
boldt; E. Livingstone, Harvard; sec
retary, George Brown, Superor; treas
urer, N. P. Swanson, Omaha; execu
tive board, H. K. Burket, Omaha; Jas.
Heaton, Lincoln; W. G. Roberts. Lin
coln; demonstrator. W. P. Hoehen
schue, Iowa City, la.
Kales AS- ct Chinch Bats.
BROKEN BOW, Neb.. June 17.
Rains in this county are bringing out
the small grain and corn in fine shape
and are having a desirable effect on
the chinch bugs, which were reported
quite numerous in some localities.
Elects Stat. Normal Teachers.
PERU, Neb., June 17. The State
Board of Education met here and elec
ted teachers to fill vacancies at the
State NormaL W. R. Hart of the
University of Nebraska was elected
professor of psychology and pedagogy
2t 11,000; C. F. Beck, formerly deputy
state superintendent, was elected as
sistant in mathematics at 11,000; S.
L. Caldwell was elected teacher of
penmanship, drawning and spelling at
$600.
Tmsty Escapes fresa Prison.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 17. James
Bebley, a trusted and hitherto exem
plary .convict at the state prison took
advantage of the immunities allowed
him and decamped, taking with him
about $50 from ae cash drawer in the
office of the deputy warden. Despite
the vigilant efforts being made for
fcis recapture by the detectives and
local police officers, no trace of his
whereabouts has yet been discovered.
He came to purchase supplies.
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Preaido Army Officers Claim That tha
Matter Has Been Exaggerated.
SOLDIERS RAVE SOLO CLOTHNG
Bat It U Said that Taere Is 2fo Leak la
the Quartermaster's Dep irtaseat
Xaeh Plunder, Uowevcr, Has Beea Ca
earthed at Second Basil Stores.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 14. Cap
tain A. W. Kimball, post quartermaster
at the Presidio, made the following
statement today in regard to the al
leged frauds in the sale of the quar
termaster's supplies belonging to the
government:
"I am the officer most concerned in
tills matter, yet no one has yet. made
any inquiry of me. I am the only
bonded officer at the post and the only
one accountable and disbursing officer.
If there has beea anything irregular
I would be pleased to give all the as
sistance in my power in the search
for the guilty men, if there are any.
AH the government things sold in the
pawn shops are sold by discharged sol
diers from the returning volunteer
regiments.
Colonel J. B. Rawles, artillery corps,
post commander, said:
"All this talk of fraud is perfect rot.
People have been nagging for a year
on the same subject. I have been aware
of the soldiers selling their clothing
for a long time. One of the puzzling
and perplexing things in army man
agement is to keep the soldiers from
selling their clothing. I am confident
that no quartermaster's sergeant or
civilian employe is implicated in the
selling of even a shoe string."
A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of Abe Abrams, son of Louis
Abrams, the second-hand dealer, who,
with another son, is in custody.
Detective Reynolds reported to the
federal authorities today that he found
twenty pairs of government shoes in
a Sacramento store last night.
Captain Seymour of the local de
tective force said today:
"No one can say, in view of all that
has transpired within the last few
days, that frauds have not been going
on. Detective Reynolds reports to me
that the investigation has made a stir
among the second-hand stores and
those who deal in the class of goods
stolen from the army, and that those
who have not yet been visited by
Colonel Haus are hurrying to cover
what government goods they have.
"It seems that this Abrams family
has had a monopoly in this trade, and
the quantities which they were able
to supply their customers made it seem
conclusive to my mind that there is
seme one or more having access to the
quartermaster's department in collu
sion with them.
"They will have a hard time explain
ing away the evidence against them."
The announcement that a warehouse
full of stolen goods has been found,
which was made yocterday on the au
thority of Captain Seymour, proves to
bo erroneous.
TWO MISSIONARIES EATEN.
Stew Guinea Natives Indulge In
an Aw
fnl Orjie.
VICTORIA. B. C, June 14. The
steamer Miowera brings the news
from Ne Guinea, via Sydney, Aus
tralia, of the massacre of Rev. James
Chalmers and Rev. B. F. Tomkins
and fourteen native teachers by can
nibals. The white men were eaten.
The scene of the cannibal orgie
was seen by the troops sent out to
investigate the massacre, and a por
tion of a jaw and thigh bones of the
missionaries were found, together
with their hats and portions of trou
sers which belonged to Mr. Chalmers.
The expedition punished the natives,
destroying their villages and canoes.
Some prisoners taken during an at
tack made by the natives on the
troops told the awful tale of massa
cre and cannibalism.
Will Teach in Philippines.
CEDAR FALLS. Ia., June 14.
President Seerley has made another
appointment for the corps cf teach
ers in the Philippines. Edwin M. Wil
cox of Montour is the last named.
President Seerley has now named four
graduates for this servicp.
Both Firemen Are Killed.
LES ANGELES, CaL, June 14.
Two are dead and four injured as the
result of a head-end collision on the
Santa Fe this morning, six miles east
o Williams, Arizr The dead: Lee
Perkins of Williams; fireman; Jim
Monahan of Winslow, fireman.
Chief Sharp Nose Is Dead.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 14.
Sharp Nose, chief of the northern
Arapahoes cf the Wind River reserva
tion, died a few days ago at the age
of 66. He was one of the most blood
thirsty Indians cf the west and many
murders have been attributed to him.
He was the war leader of his tribe
and urged going on the warpath at
the slightest provocation. He was
the leader of the recent rebellion
against the agent at Fort Washakie.
Tabb's Request is Ignored.
SAUNA, Kan., June 14. The exec
utive committee of the board of trus
tees of the Kansas Wesleyan univer
sity has ignored the request of Dr.
F. D. Tubbs, charged with heresy,
for "a hearing before witnesses friend
ly to each side and there, seems little
probability that his request will be
granted. The doctor is being flooded
with letters from all over the country,
many requesting that he lecture on
"Eveolution."
FRAUDS ARI
)T GREAT
TIE UNION PACIf rC MAL
Keperted Centrel f St. Faal
tp
Stock off Both Beads.
NEW YORK, June 14. The rumor
was circulated in Wall street, whether
for stock jobbing purposes or not re
mains to be seen, that the Union Pa
cific has got control of the St. Paul
b the transfer to John D. Rockefeller
of 125.000,000 worth of St. Paul stock
by an unnamed holder, supposed to be
James Henry Smith, known as "Si
lent" Smith. The story was denied by
SL Paul people, but as it had the ef
fect of sending Union Pacific up 5 2-S
points and St Paul up over 4 points,
both issues were heavily dealt in.
According to the story, Smith anil
his associates had in their possession
125,000,000 worth of St. Paul stock
which has for years been locked ujt
Recently J. J. Hill wanted to control
the road fn. connection with the-Great
Northern, and learning that the Smith
coterie controlled nearly a third of the
capital stock, which is S81.520 shares,
or $88,152,000, he made overtures look
ing toward the acquisition of their
shar-V
Smith could not be persuaded to sell,
and Hill took the Chicago, Burlington
&. Quincy road. Then followed the fight
over the Northern Pacific, which re
sulted in the recent panic. Mr. Rock
efeller is now supposed to have in
duced Mr. Smith to sell his shares. It
is said that among Smith's associates
were two of the St. Paul directors.
A LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS IT.
Engineer and Fireman Killed and As
other Man Injured.
COLUMBUS. Neb., June 14. As a
result of a boiler explosion on a
Union Pacific engine two men are dead
and a third fatally injured.
The dead:
ENGINEER CHARLES J. FULMER.
Omaha.
FIREMAN DAVID JENKINS of
Omaha.
Injured:
William Fleming, head brakeman,
Omaha, severely scalded, leg broken;
may recover.
The engine was one of the large
class. No. 1S31, drawing train No. 17,
in charge of Conductor Wallace and
Engineer Fulmer. When about four
miles east of Clarks the boiler explod
ed without a moment's warning. The
engine is said to be completely de
stroyed. One car was derailed and
traffic delayed about four hours. Parts
of the wrecked engine were found 100
yards from the track. The boiler,
which was found fifteen feet or more
from the track, half buried in the soft
mud and its pipes and sheathing won
derfully twisted, has been dug up and
subjected to a careful examination
with a view to determining if possi
ble the cause of the explosion. This,
however, is still a mystery.
Let Government Bay Corn.
MINNEVPOLIS, June 14. A num
ber of members of the Farmers' Alli
ance listened to an address by George
H. Phillips of Chicago at the West
hotel. The address dealt principally
with corn and corn "corners.". "Let
the government," he said, "tax the
farmer a cent a bushel on his corn
crop and with the money build ele
vators in which to store 100,000,000
bushels of corn and pay 40 cents,
Chicago basis, for it.
American Coal for France.
WASHINGTON, Juno 14. Consul
General Gowdy at Paris, in a communi
cation to the department of state, ex
presses the opinion that American coal
can be advantageously placed in com
petition with coal imported from other
countries into Europe, especially in
view of the recent imposition of the
English export tax on that product.
The main obstacle in this regard, he
says, would be the high rates of ocean
transportation.
White House Sick Beport.
WASHINGTON, June 14. After
the usual morning consultation of
Mrs McKinley's physicians the fol
lowing bulleting was issued: "Mr.
McKinley s physicians report that her
condition continues to improve."
Former Fairfield Boy Drowns.
FAIFFIELD, Neb., June 14. A tel
egram from Kansas City announces
the death, by drowning, of Glen
Prickett, the youngest son of the late
Hon. W. S. Prickett He was born
and brought up here.
Mrs. Pullman Wants Divorce.
CHICAGO. June 14. Mrs. Lyn
Pullman today filed suit in the Cook
county court for divorce from George
M. Pullman on the ground of deser
tion. Professional Swine Jadses.
DES MOINES, la., June 14. The
Association of Professional Swine
Judges met here in connection with
the annual meeting of the State
Swine Breeders' association. The as
sociation expressed a serious grievance
against the Iowa state fair manage
ment on account of the fair people
having disposed of a building for 50
which had been for many years used
by the judges of swine, leaving them
without any place for headquarters.
For Conns In the Phlllpplaes.
MANILA, June 13. The act organiz
ing the courts has been passed, by the
United States Philippine commission.
The judge's oath does not include sup
port of the constitution of the United
States.
Cyrus C. Hines, who was for many
years a prominent lawyer of Indian
apolis, and at one time judge of the
circuit court, died at the Deaconess
hospital He had a. brilliant war rec
A MAJORITY OF THREE
Cubtn Constitutional Contention Adopt
the Piatt Amendment
ONLY FOUR DELEGATES ABSENT
to Represents Actaal Majority of the
Katlro Body Seaor Ferrer Believes
Acceptance to Be the Best Solution to
the Cabaa Problem.
HAVANA, June 13. The Cuban con
stitutional convention today accepted
the Piatt amendment by a vote of six
teen to eleven. The resolution to ac
cept was carried without discussion.
Immediately after the opening of
tie session Senors Tamio, Valluenda3
and Quesada, constituting a majority
of the committee on relations, submit
ted as a substitute lor the committee's
former report the Piatt amendment a3
passed by congress, recommending
that it be accepted and made an ap
pendix to the constitution. In the vote
on the resolution twenty-seven -delegates
present divided as follows:
In favor of acceptance: Senors Ca
pote, Villuendas, Jose M. Gomez, Ta
mayo, Monteagudo, Delgado, Betan
court, Giberga, Lloreente, Quesada,
Sanguilly, Nunez, Rodriquez, Berriel,
Quilez and Ferrer.
Opposed to acceptance: Senors Zay
as, Aleman. Eudaldo, Tamcyo, Juan
Gualberto Gomez, Cisneros, Silvala.
Fortun, Lacret, Portuondo, Castro
and Manduley.
Senors Rivera, Correoso, Gener and
Robau were absent. Senors Gener
and Robau voted against acceptance
in the previous division.
WASHINGTON. June 13. The news
of the adoption of the Piatt amend
ment by the Cuban constitutional con
vention was received with genuine
gratification here. The administra
tion officials all along have felt confi
dent that its ratification would be ac
complished when the Cubans realized
that this government was firm in its
attitude regarding the amendment and
that its acceptance would be necessary
before the United States would consent
to withdraw its supervision from the
island.
Now that the Cubans have demon
trsted their good faith in the United
States it is expected that a fairly
speedy evacuation of the island will
follow, contingent only upon the es
tablishment of a stable government in
the island. Just to what extent the
United States will require practical
evidence of this fact is not definitely
known, but the officials here think that
such steps should be taken by the Cu
bans as will demonstrate their ability
to maintain order and peace, so that
the interests cf all the people, native
and foreign, shall be adequately pro
tected. An effective police fore and
other measures necessary to the pre
servation of good order and sanitation
are deemed as essential prerequisites
in the formation of the new govern
ment The mere physical question of
the withdrawal of the American mi
litia from the island can be accom
plished without much delay.
One cabinet officer, speaking of the
matter tonight, expressed the. opinion
that if the ether requirements are met
oui withdrawal might be accomplished
during the summer and that Cuban
independence might be a reality by
next autumn.
General Wood communicated to the
War department officially the-fact that
the amendment had been adopted.
When Secretary of State John Hay
read the dispatch he said: "As an old
friend of Cuban independence for the
last thirty years, I am most gratified
to learn that the Cuban convention
has done what is so clearly to the ad
vantage of the Cuban people."
Closing- Down Shipyards.
ATLANTA, Ga., June 13. A special
from Newport News, Va., says: It
was announced that 1,000 men will be
laid off at the yards of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Drydock com
pany on account of the machinists'
strike.
Mrs. Botha Reaches Brussels.
BRUSSELS, June 13. Mrs. Botha,
wife of Commandant General Louis
Botha, arrived here today. She was
received at the railway station by Dr.
Leyds.
Stlllwell's Bond Issue.
MEXICO CITY, June 13. The bond
Issue of the railways taken over by the
Stilwell group of American capitalists,
and which they will extend to Tam
pico, giving this city a direct route to
that port, is 9,000,000 (gold.)
Hears Committee Reports.
MILWAUKEE, June 13. Today's
session of the supreme lodge. Knights
of Honor, was taken up mainly with
the consideration of reports from the
committees on credentials, necrology
and laws. Rhode Island's right to a
second representative in the supreme
body was recognized. The laws com
mittee's report approved all the offi
cial decision rendered by the supreme
dictator since the last session and the
entire report was adopted seriatim.
To Knjoia the Government.
WASHINGTON, June 13. The su
preme court of the District of Colum
bia heard arguments in the matter of
the application of Lone Wolf and
other representatives of the Kiowa,
Comanche and Apache Indians for an
injunction against the secretary of the
interior and the interior department
to prevent the issuance of a proclama
tion opening part of the Indian lands
In Oklahoma to settlement in accord
ance with the act of congress.
GETACNNERONMUK.
Fromlaent Hsnmska, Creameries later
Into n Consolidated Company.
OMAHA, Neb.. June 15. As a re
sult of a conference held at the Mur
xay hotel a consolidation of all the
creamery companies, operating in Ne
braska north of the Platte river has
been effected and the new corporation
Las decided to open in Omaha a
creamery with a capacity of 3,000,000
pounds of butter per year of an esti
mated value of 1600,000.
The meeting was the result of the
idea of J. J. King, secretary and gen
eral manager of the West Point
Creamery company, one of the oldest
institutions of its kind in the state.
He beliersd that a large amount of ex
pense could be saved by co-operation
and as the result of correspondence
the meeting was called.
Each of the constituent companies
will have oae member on the board
of directors. When the new company
is ready to begin operations the
creameries at the different towns in
the state will be discontinued and in
their place will be established collect- :
ing and skimming stations. The j
cream will be shipped to Omaha,
where it will be churned. The Oman
creamery will cost $20,000, exclusive
of buildings, the company having de
cided to rent a building for the first
and then to build one upon their own
plans upon railroad tracks, where
their stock can be handled without the
intervention of wagons.
RUSH E0R SCHOOL UNO.
Greater Retam to State Than Ever
pected This Tear.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 15. With an
increasing demand and a decreasing
supply the school land that will be
offered for lease at public auction in
August will probably bring greater re
turns to the state than ever before in
recent years. Inquiry for this land
has been very general from all sec
tions of the state during the last two
weeks. Land Commissioner Follmer
vill start on an auction tour about
.August 20, and it is probable that his
first tour will extend mostly through
the northwestern section.
"You'd be surprised at the demand
for school land," said Deputy Com
missioner Eaton. "Every mail brings
ir some inquiry. Some persons want
farm land and others want land for
rasturage. The demand, I think, is
greatest for land for grazing purposes
ix. western and northern counties.
"There will not be a great deal of
land available this year for the rea
son that nearly all of It has already
been leased, and it is not likely much
of it will be forfeited. People, who
hold the land are well satisfied and are
able to pay the rentals as fast as they
become due."
"When tae Band Begins to Play."
Ragtime and classical music devo
tees are alike pleased with the Bell
stedt band, for it gives selections that
please all classes and conditions. The
program from day to day is varied
and numbers are always rendered
creditable to the band that afforded so
much pleasure to visitors at the
Trans-Mississippi and Greater Amer
ica expositions. The concerts last
through this month only, two enter
tainments being given each day.
Iaocalatlag the Chinch Bag.
BROKEN BOW, Neb., June 15.
This county has been favored with
several fine rains, which is putting a
stop to the work of the chintz bugs
and bringing out small grain nicely.
Inoculation of the chintz bugs in sev
eral localities where they were the
worst is being tried, but as yet the
experiments have not been tested a
sufficient time to determine whether
the experiment will prove successful.
Bis Whole Stock Is Stolen.
OSCEOLA, Neb.. June 15. A. M.
Darling recently came to Osceola and
engaged a building to open up a gen
eral merchandise store. He had trad
ed a stock and had it stored at St
Paul, Minn. He ordered it shipped
here, but when the consignment ar
rived he found that all of the goods
in the boxes had been stolen and their
places filled with mattresses. Mr.
Darling's loss is 5,300.
Tramp Is Foaad Dead.
ALLIANCE, Neb., June 15. An un
known man, apparently a tramp, was
discovered lying dead beside the track
at Bonner, a siding seven miles out
on the Denver line. He could not be
identified.
Roseland Postosace Robbed.
ROSELAND, Neb., June 15. The
postofflce safe was blown open here
and about 1125 in personal funds and
stamps were stolen. The Edgar
bloodhounds were sent for.
Doaae College Jubilee.
CRETE, Neb., June 15 The jubi
lee celebration of Doane college on
raising the endowment fund to $150,
000 took place at the Congregational
church. Prof. A. B. Fairchild presid
ing. Many congratulations have been
received from friends of the college.
Mr. F. H. Chickering of Ashland,
Nebraska, trustee and member of the
executive committee, addressed the
audience, taking for his subject "How
We Did It and What Next"
Small Grain Benefited.
LINCOLN, Neb.. June 15. Rains of
the past week, says the crop report,
were very beneficial to small grain
and grass. Winter wheat ha3 im
proved decidedly, but can not fully re
gain the condition previous to the
dry weather. Oats continue to prom
ise less than a normal crop. Spring
wheat generally ia growing welL Corn
has grown slowly because of the low
temperature, bat' cultivation has pro
gressed well.
I liter TELEGRAMS.
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Denis J. Swenie, chief of Chicago's
fire department for over half a cen
tury, has formally resigned his posi
tion. The land has been purchased at To
ledo. O., for the largest linseed oil mill
in the world, which will fight the
trust
Dr. W. S. Caldwell, a surgeon known
in this country and Europe, died at
Freeport, IIL, of paralysis. He was 69
years old.
Captain Fred J. Kountz, son of J.
W. Kountz, former commander-in-chief
of the G. A. R., died suddenly at
Toledo, O., of pneumonia.
The additional issue of ten millions
of stock to be made by the Rock Isl
and road is for the purpose of paying
for extensions of the system.
Louis Stern, the former United
States commercial agent at Bamberg.
Bavaria, shot and killed himself in
the public gardens near the town.
The Louisville Railway company
will on July I increase the wages of
its motormen and conductors from
172 cents to 1S cents an hour.
W. A. Mattoon of Perrysburg, N. Y..
advertised for a wife and secured Mrs.
Mattie Blazier of Anderson. Ind..
whose wealth Is estimated'at $25,000.
The trustees of Ottcrbein university
at Westervi.le, O., are considering a
proposition to move to Toledo, where
a land offer of I4S0.000 has been sub
mitted. Matthew J. Steffens, a photographer
of Chicago, has invented an automatic
"nickel-in-the-slot" photographing ma
chine which will make a complete pic
ture In twenty seconds.
Rev. C. D. Clapp, rector of St John's
Episcopal church, Toledo, Ohio, has
teen appointed to take charge of the
work in the Philippines for the Amer
ican board of missions.
There is only one case of yellow
fever in Havana. Cuba, at the present
time. During the months of March,
April and May there was only one
death from this disease in Havana.
John D. Rockefeller has made a
unique gift to the School of Pedagogy
of Columbia university. He has given
three scholarships worth $500 each on
condition that the holders be negroes.
Senor Segasta, the premier, address
ing a meeting of his supporters, an
nounced that the government of Spain
would issue a lean for territorial de
fense and a reorganization of the
navy.
King Edward appears to have de
cided to secure worthy pictorial illus
trations cf the incidents of his reign:
He has commissioned Seymour Lucas
to paint a picture of the royal recep
tion of the Moorish embassy.
Frank F. Ford, a former - Omaha
business man, died in Philadelphia,
aged 65. Ford was for many years at
the head of large real estate and finan
cial concerns in Omaha and at Sioux
City, la., and was one of the prime
movers in the development of the lat
ter city.
The naval authorities have decided
to resort to condemnation proceedings
to secure land necessary for the ex
tension of the naval station at Al
giers, near New Orleans. About 100
to 150 acres additional is required and
an agent recently has reported that
the price asked is about what the de
partment considers a fair sum, name
ly, $100,000.
Minister Conger will sail for Pekin
June 17.
Unset rubies to the value of 19,000
francs were seized by the custom
house authorities in a room of the
Grand hotel New York, occupied by
two young Belgians.
The vicinity of Greeley, Colo., was
visited by a disastrous hail storm. It
covered a large area and practically
destroyed all the fruit alfalfa and
wheat All of northeastern Colorado
is more or less affected.
In the house of commons the under
foreign secretary. Lord Cranborne, in
formed a questioner that the govern
ment was not aware that negotiations
were in progress between the United
States and Newfoundland with the
view of renewing the Bond-Blaine con
vention or signing a similar treaty.
James D. Ross, president of the
Railway Porters' association, issued
a call for a meeting of the executive
committee in Chicago June 20 to com
plete arrangements for the establish
ment of a hospital for colored men in
the railway service.
Sarah Bernhardt will play Romeo
for a hundred nights in America to
Maud Adams Juliet. This important
theatrical event was arranged at Lon
don at a supper given by Sarah Bern
hardt to Charles Frohman, at which
I her manager was also present
Judge Burnham of the district court
decided that the Iowa cigarette tax
law is constitutional, and that the
property of dealers in cigarettes and
owners of buildings where they are
sold may be attached and sold for said
ta.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Yerkes has decided that a person is
liable to special tax a3 broker No. 2,
whose business it is to deal in puts
and calls on stock or grain outside of
an exchange, board of trade or similar
FI3C2.
Stephen R. Whitney of Nebraska
has been promoted from clerk at
$1,100 to $1,200 in the pension office.
The Iowa National bank of Des
Moines has been approved as a re
serve agent for the Commercial Na
tional bank of Fort Dodge, Iowa.
The following Nebraska postmas
ters' salaries have been changed: Blue
Hill, Neb., increased from $1,000 to
$1,100. South Dakota Bowdle, 1.200
to $L300; Tyndall, $1,300 to $1,400;
Parkaton, $1,000 to $1,100; Watertown,
l-'OQ to $2,200.
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