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COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA- WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1902.
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HIS 1 WARLIKE LOOK
Wankipi Out Andion in Waten
Year VeBesada,
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WASHINGTON, Dec 28. The gath
ering of German warships in the vicin
ity of Venezuela and the presence in
the same locality of many American,
British, French and other foreign war
ships, is directing attention to the
imminence of the naval demonstration
Gerauuiy is about to make against Ven
ezuela. J .
Thus far, 'the German government
has Hot made known the exact details
of its proposed move, the official com
munications to the United States be
ing confined to an inquiry as to the
attitude of this' government on the
question of a demonstration in view
of the purpose on the part of Ger
many not to acquire any permanent
foot hold in Venezuela. The answer
of this government was entirely sat
isfactory to the German authorities,
who since have proceeded with the ex
ecution of their -plans for coercing
Venezuela. It is said to be probable
that the first move of Germany will
be establish a blockade of Venezuelan
ports, so as to prevent the introduc
tion of food products into Venezuela
and thus starve the besieged into sub
mission. Venezuela, it is said, is entirely de
pendent on the outside world for its
supply of corn, which is staple among
the Venezuelans.
The Germans are expected to occupy
eae or more of the main ports of Ven
ezuela, probably La Guayra and Mara
caibo. In this connection most posi
tive assurances have been given to the
United States government1 that the oc
cupation is to be temporary and only
for such length of time as to enable
the collection of the debt due to the
Germans, thus disposing of the report
that there is any intention of estab
lishing a German coaling station on
Venezuelan soil.
On the part of Venezuela it is semi
officially stated that President Castro
has made known that he is prepared
for any eventuality. There is com
plete silence, however, as to the de
fensive measures Venezuela is adopt
ing, but there is no indication that she
Is laying misses or preparing in any
fply to resist the occupation of La
'GuAyra or Maracaibo, which are such
open ports and practically defense
less against the armament of Ger
many. REtUCMG RATES TO COAST
Srotfcra racMe and Great Nortaera
rrrairlac Kw Tariff ShMt
.ST. PAUL, Dec. 28. The Northern
Pacific will announce a revision of its
principal tariffs, covering the territory
between St. Paul and the Pacific coast
and establish lower through rates.
Similar tariffs will be announced at
the same time by. the Great Northern.
Northern Pacific rate clerks have
been at work on the revision for more
than two months. It is stated semi
officially that the feature of the new
tariffs will.be the removal of discriml
nations that have gradually grown for
several years, and radical changes, es
pecially In local rates, that will 'ad
just many subjects of complaint from
shippers. The new Great Northern
tariffs will be constructed' on similar
lines. Both roads, it is asserted, will
make voluntary reductions in rates
based on the increased earning ca
pacity of their lines and the growth
of revenue.
Pmldrnt fcowa laterest.
PARIS, Dec 28. Baron Couberlin.
president or the Olympic games, has
just received a personal letter from
president Roosevelt in reply to the
invitation sent to the latter asking
him to become president of the Olym
pic games to be held in Chicago dur
ing the year 1904- President Roose
velt says he will lay the .whole mat
ter before the cabinet and. that, so
far as he himself is concerned, he
'takes the keenest interest in the un
dertaking. Car PaM Over HI Haad.
ARLINGTON, Neb., Dec. 28. While
trying to show the other boys how
easy It was to jump on and off a freight
train. John Hulllnger, aged 20 years,
soa of.C. A. Hulllnger. slipped and
fell. His left hand was caught on the
rail, the car wheels passed over and
crushed it.
Aft.4fc XiBth Iafaatry.
MANILA, Dec. .28. Captain Schoef
fel, with a detachment of eighteen men
of Company E, Ninth infantry, at
Dapday. Island of Samar, was attack
ed by a large force of bolomen. A
severe hand-to-hand fight ensued, in
-which a sergeant, a corporal and five
privates were killed. Captain Schoef
feUwas wounded, but .not dangerously,
and one private was slightly wounded.
No property was lost- The enemy
was finally repulsed with heavy loss.
H.w t. Wake Vp EaslBL
LONDON, Dec 28. As a Christmas
attraction the Daily Neds has been
endeavoring to obtain the views of
prominent men of the best way of
"Waking Up England," in view of
American commercial competition. The
paper has consulted Sir Thomas 'Suth
erland. Kearick B. Murray, secretary
. of she London Chamber of Commerce.
4 J iii others, only to discover the great-"-
est divergence in -the views of the
mwm mm scmois
ptwlataadeat Fowler Tel?. Why
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LINCOLN, Neb;, Dec. 28. In a com
munication addressed to school people,
State Superintendent Fowler discusses
the advantages of centralization of ru
ral schools. uMr. Fowler advocates the
consolidation of small schools and op
poses the organization of rural high
schools as contemplated by a law
passed by the last legislature. His
communication in part-is as follows:
"Will out state school laws permit
several or all the districts in a town
ship to unite for the purpose of form
ing a central high school?" I answer
yes. The law providing for a rural
high school is set forth in sections 9
to 19, inclusive, subdivision 6, school
laws of Nebraska for 1901. This de
partment, however, is not in favor of
the rural high school as contemplated
in these, sections,- for .the reason, that;
its plan is to leave the pupils of the
lower grade in these schools in their
own respective independent and, in
many cases, weak districts. The first
condition of good rural schools is suffi
ciency of funds with which to provide
and maintain them. How to provide
these funds is not an easy problem.
Many of our districts are small; the
assessed valuation is low, so is the
enumeration. With the small share
of the state apportionment and with
a tax levy that has reached the limit
of the law, and yet a want of funds
to run a good school, the question is
indeed a serious one, and the attend
ance is often such as to make the per
capita cost of maintenance unduly
large, so that often a common school
education lecomes very costly. Any
plan, therefore, that tends to weaken
the already weak rural school should
meet the opposition of all who are
interested in the betterment of the ru
ral schools. To overcome the many
disadvantages of the present rural
school system in Nebraska, and for
the .purpose of giving every farmer's
boy and girl in this whole common
wealth opportunities equal to those of
the boys' and girls of the village and
city, we recommend to the careful con
sideration of every rural school board
and to the fathers and mothers of
these children in the rural districts
the consolidation of the small schools
into a central school and the trans
portation of the pupils 'thereto. Con-,
solidate or centralize the weak dis
tricts into a common central school,
conveying the pupils from every part
of the greater district or the congres
sional township to and from school by
means of covered vans or wagons In
"harge of clean, careful, capable driv
ers. Such a plan would be legal i:n
derur existing statutes, as house roll
223, passed by the last session of the
Nebraska legislature, removed the six
mile limit in the formation of school
districts and-we already had a trans
portation law.
METMCrS IRRIGATION SCHEME.
IUaki B Hu a Plan Wbirh Will Be
Baturaetory to All Elcaaeata.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 2J.
Senator Dietrich is remaining in Wash
ington over the holidays working on
a number of irrigation schemes, which
he confidently expects will finally be
reduced to suclTform as will guaran
tee favorable action during this ses
sion for an irrigation measure that
will immediately aid in reclaiming
large sections of Nebraska for agricul
tural purposes. At present he is in
terested in bringing together those
who favor national ownership of irri
gation and those who favor state own
ership. He has a plan whereby the
national government will control and
own the reservoirs and the land own
ers control the distribution canals.
He s confident this solution of the
problem will bring the two elements
together.
Kepor. of Stat. Itaaka.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 28.-Reports of
state and private banks, made in re
sponse to the recent call of Secretary
Royse, are coming in rapidly. Of the
442 banks in the jurisdiction of the de
partment. 362 have submitted their re
ports. So far as a hasty examination
shows there has been very little
change in the condition of the insti
tions since the former report was
made. Deposits and loans are about
the same as when the other call was
issued.
Cattl. Dl. of Blackleg;.
CALLAWAY. Neb., Dec. 28. Chris
Burhop. a farmer living-near here, has
lost eight head of cattle from the ef
fects of blackleg. With this disease
and that of cornstalk disease many
stockmen have suffered heavy losses
in this vicinity of late, and there ap
pears to be no help for it.
feap City ete First Book.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Dec. 28. The first
shipment of books from the Nebraska
Traveling Library association went to
Loup City. It had been announced
the first consignment would go to
Blair, but that city waived privilege.
Caacat a a Coraaheller.
PAXTON,' Neb., Dec. 28. Frank
Knight half a hand caught is a corn
crusher, rendering necessary the ampu
tation of his fingers.
Mora Carriers Xeeded.
FREMONT, Neb.. Dec. 28. Postof
fice Inspector Albert O. Swift has com
pleted an investigation here relative
to the need for increasing the- city's
force of mail carriers, and as a result
! will recommend the addition -of two.
men. Four years ago the Fremont
pestoffice employed - four carriers,
while now it will have ten in the near
, future. . Seven will be in the city and
three will work on rural delivery
routes.
HIS REMOVAL IS LEGAL
Kaclaylotifiedtaatlt lot Viola
tioaofUsagmy IECEIVES NEWS AT TIE YARt
Pay Director Pataaaa Keads Ts4graaa of
fteaa!ssal te Hlatorlaa, Whe Says H.
Will Ketara t. His Work la tk Usaal
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WASHINGTON, Dec 27. The civil
service commission notified Edgar S.
Maclay, the historian .recently em
ployed in the Brooklyn navy yard,
that his removal from his position at
that point was not in violation of the
civil service act. This notification is
contained in a letter written to Maclay
by President Proctor of the comrals
iouf.awi ia'reidy. 4q. Aai-ttqalry. ficatL
him.
Mr. Maclay 's letter is as follows:
NAVY YARD, New York, Dec. 25.
John R. Proctor, Civil Service Com
missionerSir: On December 23 I
received the following communication
from the secretary of the navy: "Sir:
I am directed by the president to ask
Edgar S. Maclay, special laborer, gen
eral storekeeper's office, navy yard,
New York, to send in his resigna
tion. The communication was addressed
to the commandant of this navy yard
and was duly forwarded to. me. I de
sire to get an authoritative opinion
from the civil service commission on
the following points:
1. Has the president of the United
States any authority under tbe-laws
governing civil service to demand the
resignation of a civil service employe
under this classified list?
2. Has the president the authority
to cause the dismissal of any civil
service employe without preferring
charges in writing and giving said
employe an opportunity for making
a defense? Very respectfully yours,
EDGAR S. MACLAY.
To this the commission replied as
follows:
December 26, 1901. Mr, Edgar S.
Maclay, Office of the General Store
keeper, Navy Department, New York.
Sir: The commission is in receipt
of you letter of December 24, 1901,
asking its opinion on the following
questions:
Has the president any authority un
der the laws governing civil service
to demand the resignation of a civil
service employe in the classified list?
Has the president the authority or
power to cause the dismissal of any
civil service employe without pre
ferring charges in writing and giving
said employe an opportunity in. which
to make a defense?
In response you are informed that
it is contrary to the practice of the
commission to undertake " to answer
hypothetical questions. . Your separ
ation from the service, according to
the facts in your case as they appear
ed in the public press, was made upon
the order of the secretary of the navy,
in. whom the power of removal rests.
The demand for your resignation,
followed by your removal upon the
direction of the president through the
secretary of the navy, was in viola
tion of the civil service act and rules,
in view of the well known facts in
your case. The object of the rule re
quiring notice and a hearing was to
prevent political removals or removals
upon secret charges. No issue of
this kind is involved in your case.
Very respectfully,
JOHN R. PROCTOR,
President
HAS CONFIMNCEJN CIAFEEE
eaeral Is AM. to Bad Iaaarrectiaa ia
the Fhilippiaea.
MANILA, Dec. 27 It was publicly
announced that the ratio for the first
quarter of 1902 will be $2.10, Mexican
silver, to one American gold dollar.
General Wright, the acting civil gov
ernor, says that, though unsatisfac
tory, this is' the only solution of the
matter the Philippine commission
thought possible. He hopes for early
action by congress on this subject.
General Wright considers that the
situation in those parts of the Phil
ippines, where military operations are
being carried on. as promising. He
has the. greatest confidence in Gen
eral Chaffee's ability to end the insur
rection in the islands and says per
fect harmony prevails between the
civil and military authorities.
Eehley Gets Prise Meaey.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. The treas
ury department drew a warrant in
favor of Rear Admiral Schley for
$3,334, his share of the prize money
due him for the destruction of the
Spanish fleet at Santiago July 3, 1898.
Toaas; Takes 0:ls Place.
CHICAGO. Dec 27. Major General
S. M. B. Young, at present in com
mand of the Department of California,
will assume control of the Department
of the Lakes, with headquarters here.
The change, made at his own request,
will take place March 1. The trans
fer is in the line of promotion. March
16, 1902. Major General Elwell S. Otis
will retire because of age. He is in
command of the Department of the
Lakes.
White news, swsaaia. CIosML
WASHINGTON, D. C.r Dec: 27. The
white house will remain closed until . states Indian Agent Randlett of the
New Year's day. Only visitors hav- Kiowa and Comanche tribes is' send
ing urgent and important business ( ing out notices to all persons who
will be seen by the president during have staked mining claims in Indian
the coming week. Mrs. Roosevelt ana" allotments that they must vacate or
the children, with Dr. Rixey. will sail 'they will be ejected from Fort Sill,
down the Potomac on the government The action is based on the opinion of
yacht Dorphin. They will be gone the attorney general approved by Sec
several days. A portion of the time retary Hitchcock and sent to - the
will be spent at,a club house on an J agent under recent, date, prohibiting
island near QaaatJeo; Va. . miners from iling on allotments.
CUVElANi ACCEfTS ItACf
WUI Bwass Measfeor of the labor
trattaa CamKMe.
NEW YORK. Dec 27.
President Cleveland has' accepted
appointment to the industrial
meat of the National Civic Federal
created at the recent peace coafei
of labor and capitalistic leaders. His
letter of acceptance, in which he ap-
depart-J
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proved the plan of-industrial peacerfileajti..WaitehOsrSjst
was delivered to Oscar Strauss, who
was chairman of the conference. It
read as follows:
PRINCETON, N. J., Dec 24, 1901.
My Dear Mr. Strauss: Your letter of
the 18th Inst, is at hand. Illness hsi
confined me to my room for almoat.
five weeks and I am now hardly able
to sit up and write this.
' My desire for the quiet and com
fort of absolute retirement from pab
lie or semi-public service is very
strong, amd grows stronger- as ;,4Hlua have occurred-in -Louisiana, Colo-
days pass. I should, without hesita
tion, yield to this and decline your
request that I accept a place among
those who are to seek the promotion
of industrial peace by friendly inter
vention in troubles between employers
and the employed, if I were not afraid
that I should thereby disregard an
important duty. My reflections have
made it clear to me that I should ac
cept the place assigned to me, and I do
so with an earnest wish that those se
lected to actively represent the pur
poses and motives of your conference
may not labor in vain. Yours very
truly, GROVER CLEVELAND.
Hon. Oscar S. Strauss, New York.
Mr. Strauss said, in giving the letter
to the public, that every man named
on the general committee "had signi
fied acceptance of the trust and work.
WAR CLOU IS MSrEliEP.
Chile aad Argeatlaa Withdraw Troops
aad Will Arbltrrte.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec 27. The
Argentine minister, Dr. Carcia Garcla
Merou, today received a dispatch from
the minister of foreign affairs at
Buenos Ayres, announcing the satis
factory termination of the Chile-Argentine
trouble and giving the basis
of settlement The dispatch is as fol
lows: "The pending incidents with Chile
have been solved by agreement di
rectly with the government of that
country and in a satisfactory form.
Chile gives explanation of the open
ing of roads through the disputed ter
ritory, and both governments agree to
withdraw the police forces which they
have maintained in the territory in
controversy, situated near the inlet of
Ultima Esperanza. ALCORTA.
"Minister of Foreign Affairs."
Garcia-Merou expressed himself as
highly gratified at the disappearance
of the war cloud and pointed out that
that terms of the settlement showed
that Argentina's earnest desire to
maintain peace has led her to make
considerable sacrifice.
By both forces withdrawing their
-police from the locality the govern
ment ownership of the Ultima Esper
anza territory becomes a question of
arbitration.
SOWERS INDULGE IN RI0IIN6
While Away Loaelr Hoars at Preside by
Wrecklas Saloon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 27.
Last night's riot at the Presidio had
a sequel tonight. The saloon of Dave
Tarpey, just outside of the Presidio,
where last night's trouble occurred;
was completely wrecked.
About 7 o'cIock nearly 200 soldiers
surrounded Tarpey's saloon and began
shooting and firing rocks into the
building. The windows and doors
were broken and. bar fixtures demol
ished. A-riot call was answered by
a platoon of mounted artillery, who
quickly suppressed the riot. Several
arrests were made.
William Ross, a soldier, who has
been doing extra duty at Tarpey's sa
loon, ejected two soldiers from the
place on Tuesday night because they
were unruly and for this he secured
the enmity of the mob element among
the soldiers.
K.table Kx-Slave Killed.
GUTHRIE, Okl., Dec. 27. Simon
Owens, aged 102. was burned to a crisp
in his cabin in this -city today. He
was born a slave on General Andrew
Jackson's plantation and was crippled
for life at Vicksburg, when the city
was besieged by General Grant
Rassia Gets a Treaty.
ROME, Dec 27. The draft of a
treaty of commerce between Italy and
Russia has been signed at St Peters
burg. It will require ratification by
the Italian chamber of deputies.
Caaadiaa Traiae Collide.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont, Dec 27.
The local express and a work train
on the Canadian Pacific Railroad col
lided between this place and Webb-,
wood whilerunning at full speed and
four or more men were' killed and sev
eral severely" injured. The crew of
the work train, which contributed
most of the killed, were from the
Michigan Soo. With the exception of
Engineer McDivit, the names of the
dead have not been learned.
J aa.n Leave Iaolaa Laada.
GUTHRIE, Ok Dec 27. United
SVm
NOT AjTER MONEY
Italy Wants Protectian for Its Citi
I3BS leddiif in America.
LAWS AIE NOT AKQUATE
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I WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. The Ital-
Wa government has renewed its' ef
forts of late with the' authorities in
jPashington to have our federal stat
utes so extended as to protect for
lalBere.in cases arising within the
Jarisdlction of states, thus giving a
federal remedy for lynchings and liko
affrays directed against Italians, such
rado and Mississippi. It is the ex
change of views in this connection
which recently brought on the dis
cussion in the Italian senate wheu
Baron Fava Interpolated the Italian
premier as to the progress of an ad
justment Immediately on the arrival
of the new ambassador, Signor Mayor
dea Blances, he took up this ques
tion, which had arisen in connection
with the lynching of several Italian
citizens at Erwin, Miss.
In this connection Signor Mayor
said: "Under the treaty which ex
ists between Italy and the United
States the citizens of each country are
guaranteed the fullest protection while
residing In the other country. In the
case of Americans residing in Italy,
$hey had exactly the same rights,
the same protection, the .same rs
course to the courts, that Italian sub
jects enjoy. The only exception is in
connection with political rights. In
the case of Italians residing in the
United States the treaty assures them
the same rights and protection giv
en to American citizens. But unfor
tunately the expression of the treaty,
so far as it relates to Italians in this
country, Is somewhat theoretical, for
under the American system, which
limits the federal authority over
states, the central government is not
able to give effect to the guarantee
laid down by the treaty.
"We. fully recognize the difficulties
of this situation, which has been as
apparent to the statesmen of this
country as they have to those of Italy.
We have hoped this would bring about
the enactment of a law which would
permit the federal govenment to car
ry out the guarantees of treaties.
This would be a genuine remedy for
affairs similar to those which have
occurred in Louisiana and Mississippi
and would prevent the periodical agi
tation over cases arising in the states.
As these cases arose they would be
assured of attention under the fed
eral authority with careful regard for
the execution of treaty obligations.
"Since the recent lynchings at Er
win, Miss., there has been more or
less discussion of the payment of a
money indemnity. But, in the view
of the Italian government, the ques
tion of indemnity does not enter into
the case. There has been no sugges
tion coming from us, much less a de
mand for a cash indemnity to the
government The Italian government
does not seek blood money."
To Vs. Boers Acalasft Boers.
PRETORIA, Dec. 26. The forma
tion of a new burgher corps to be
known as national scouts has aroused
great Interest among the surrendered
burghers. In view of numerous meet
ings and applications. General Lord
Kitchener has authorized the creation
of new fresh wings to operate in the
southern and eastern Transvaal under
prominent Boer leaders elected by the
burghers themselves. It is stated
that much of the recent success of the
British is due to the co-operation of
Celliers' and Cronje'e commands act
ing under General Bruce Hamilton.
Vaclty Will B. Galded.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26. When seen
at hie home and informed of his dis
missal from his position in the naval
yard by President Roosevelt, Edward
Stanton Maclay said:
"I have written to the civil service
authorities at Washington, asking for
a formal opinion on this subject I
shall be guided in my action by the
advice received from this source."
Daalap Sselth Is Dead. .
CHICAGO, Dec. 26. Dunlap Smith,
a leading financier and real estate
dealer of this city, died of pneumonia.
He was the youngest son of Perry H.
Smith, who was one of Chicago's
wealthiest citizens during the '70s and
'80s.
Gobs. oa a Caaapalsn Toar.
HAVANA, . Dec. 26. According to
telegrams printed in Senor Estrada
Palma's official organ, General Gomez
is faring badly on his political tour
in favor of Palma. In the Puerto
Principe province his meetings have
broken up, he has been greeted with
shouts of "traitor," ajd stones have
been thrown at him. General Gomez
was mounted on the same horse he
had used during the war, and is ae
companied by a band and veterans.
Aasi.txTs Jfot Abated.
NEW YORK, Dec 26. Letters re
ceived in this city by natives .contain
the information that the people of the
east are still greatly agitated over the
abduction of Miss Stone and lime.
Tsilka. Throughout Armenia and the
Turkish empire Christians have as-sembl!-d
daily in their places of wor
ship since 'December 5 to pray for the
deliverance of Miss Stone and her com
panion. Special services of prayer
were held in many places.
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I IRKf THEGRAMS.
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Recent cold weather in Texas did
but little harm to live stock.
Thomas W. Marchment, who died
recently in Philadelphia, bequeathed
$18,000 to the humane society of that
city.
One man was killed and . several
were injured by a mine explosion at
Joplin, Mo.
The training school of the Univer
sity of Utah is destroyed by fire at
Salt Lake City. Loss, $80,000.
Senator Hanna has introduced a bill
granting a pension of $5,000 a year to
Mrs. McKinley. widow of the late pres
ident William Fay, who was an English
soldier in the Crimean war, died 'at
Osage City, Kan., aged more than 100.
years.
The transportTh"omas arrived at
San Francisco from Manila. She has
91 cabin passengers on board and 813
soldiers.
The New York state legislature is
now composed of 141 republicans fifty
seven democrats and two independent
democrats.
Secretary Long has sent to congress
naval deficiency estimates aggregating
$5,000,000, of which $4,000,000 is a de
ficiency for ordnance.
Miss Emily Carew, cousin of Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, who has been liv
ing in Genoa, Italy, for fifteen years,
has arrived in New York.
At Guthrie, O. T., Mrs. Bert Haverly
committed suicide by drinking car
bolic acid because she was named co
respondent in a sensational divorce
suit
Joseph F. O'Grady was nominated
for congress in the Seventh New York
district by the democrats, who refused
to participate in the convention last
week.
The wife of Senator John P. Jones,
of Nevada, who has been critically
ill in New York as the result of an
operation, has passed the critical stage
and is now convalescing.
A check for $10, given by President
Roosevelt in aid of the Washington
Newsboys' home at a bazar last week,
was framed by the lady receiving it
and sold at auction for $50.
All cases in the district court at
Wichita against Carrie Nation and her
saloon smashing colleagues were dis
missed, the supreme court having de
cided all Important points at issue.
At Kansas City, a receiver has been
appointed for the Farmers' Mutual
Hail Insurance company, which was
incorporated January 21, .1900, to in
sure crops against hail on the mutual
assessment plan.
The Altoona Iron works, one of the
largest in Central Pennsylvania, has
suspended operations because of the
car shortage. The Eleanor Iron
works in Hollidaysburg are idle for
the same reason.
Richard H. Cooper, a private of the
Eleventh United States cavalry, who
has just returned from the Philip
pines, has brought with his the re
galia which Agulnaldo always wore on
dress parade before the outbreak.
A ruling made by Judge Cutting in
the probate court of Chicago will se
cure to Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the Arc
tic explorer, a fourth interest in the
estate of the late Mathias Blessing, a
well known Chicagoan, who died sev
eral years ago, leaving an estate of
about $50,000.
John J. Valentine, president of
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express com
pany, died at Oakland, Cal.
The negotiations between the gov
ernments of the United States and
Denmark looking to the cessions of
the Danish West Indies are dragging.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Commonwealth club of
Massachusetts a letter from Hon. Wi!
laim J. Bryan was read, accepting an
invitation from the club to become its
guest at a banquet to be given Thurs
day evening, January 9.
Nome's population this winter is
estimated at about 3,000, which is
1,500 less than last winter.
Four carloads of exhibits for the
world's fair arrived in St. Louis. They
constituted a part of Mexico's disp'py
at the Pan-American exposition.
An expert view is that sixty cases
of smallpox in London can be traced
to one individual.
Clinton Houser, a lumberman, aged
102 years, the oldest resident in North
umberland county, Pa., was found dead
at his home in Trevorton.
The French chamber of deputies has
agreed to a bill inflicting from six to
two months' imprisonment, with a
fine of from 16 francs to 500 francs,
on any cyclist or motor car driver
who, after causing an accident, at
tempts to run away.
"A seat on the New York Stock ex
change was sold for $75,000. This is
the highest price ever paid.
In a few days the Berlin elevated
railway, the first undertaking of its
kind on the continent of Europe, will
be opened for traffic
Brigands holding Miss' Stone are
still obdurate, declining to accept
terms offered for her release.
Representative William Alden Smith
of Michigan introduced a bill making
the birthday of William McKinley,
January 29, a national holiday.
Governor Savage of Nebraska re
ceived a Christmas turkey from Colo
rado weighing fifty pounds.
The Mexican government has issued
an order requiring all railway employ
es in contact with the public to be
able to speak Spanish fluently.
Senator Depew and his newly mar
ried wife' will sail for home Jan- !
uary 4.
Senator Millard, who' returned to
Omaha a few days ago, is pleased with
the outlook at Washington relative te
Nebraska matters. i
ANIMALS THAT THAVEL
lass Floehias to Hw York
Soathr-aihjratloa. of Ssjalrrala
According to men who have hunted,
and trapped in the mountains of Dela
ware, Ulster aad Sullivan counties.
New York, for very many years there
has occurred within the last dozen
years a veritable invasion of those
mountains by the opossum from re
gions further south. Ten years ago
there, was scarcely one of the animals
to. be found in the state. Then they
began to appear, being numerous in
one section one season and pushing
on a. little farther north before the
next
Their coming has been welcomed by
.the hunters and trappers, but not by
the farmers. The latter find the opos
sum a nuisance.' as it has ajtking for
poultry and eggs.. It will crawl into
a hen coop, drive a setting hen off her
nest and eat the eggs which the farm
er was counting on to make broilers.
Jt prowls in. the .woods where most
of the turkey nests are made and robe
those.
It is an easy matter to trap the ani
mal, for it seems to have none of the
shyness of the fox and raccoon, and
will walk into the most obvious steel
trap, box trap, or deadfall. When
caught it is only moderately valuable,
its skin being worth a little more than
that of the muskrat. It is hunted
chiefly at night, as coon are hunted,
dogs being trained to follow it and
bark in a peculiar manner when it is
treed.
The migration of different sorts or
game is nothing new. Stories of the
migrations of squirrels are as old as
the first works on natural history, and
their journeyings from part to part
of the United States are well known.
The most remarkable feature about
squirrel migrations lies in the method
they sometimes employ in crossing
water. They have been known to put
pieces of bark into the water and drift
on these in the current of a river until
brought close enough to the bank to
jump off. They sometimes disdain all
such cautious methods of crossing
water and swim as boldly as muskrats.
The mountaineers of eastern Ten
nessee and western North Carolina,
says the New York Times, believe that
the scarcity of deer on their old hunt
ing grounds is due to Jhe fact that the
animals have migrated. They do not
mean by this that they left one at a
time as the country became settled.
but declare that they were numerous.
a dozen years ago when the country
was no wilder than it is today; that
there came a season when the deer
tracks, with few exceptions, led to
ward the south, and that the next
year they were all gone, while reports
coming up from the great pine forests
of Georgia and Mississippi told of an
unusually large number of the ani
mals. OLD NEW YORK TRICKS.
Case of Dtaaaoad Cat Diamond oa as
Arizoaa 8ta(e.
There is at least one old-fashioned
stage line in Arizona, a memorial of
frontier days. "I made a trip out
there the other day," says one of our
fellow citizens who is interested in
great lumbering operations in the
Flagstaff territory, "and found the
ride on the coach a rare treat On
the front seat there was room for
three. The driver sat on the right.
I on the left, and a stranger in be
tween. The latter began to look un
easy after we had gone about fifteen
miles, and finally whispered to me,
'I am afraid I am about to be sick,
sir; would you exchange places with
me for a moment? I could not make
the exchange too quickly.
"The seat in the middle was a tight
squeeze, but I patiently submitted.
Five minutes passed, ten twenty, forty,
an hour. Not a sign from my friend.
He seemed to be enjoying the scenery.
I said at last: 'I understood you to
say that you felt sick.'
'"Yes, quite true; I had a decided
feeling of nausea. But the air out here
appears to agree with me, and the
feeling has passed off.
'"Then you will give me back my
seat.'
"'Oh, not at all. This is an old
trick I learned in New York; get any
thing in any way you can, and hold
on to it.'
"I gave him a sudden push that
keeled him over by the roadside, re
marking, as I put my hand on my pis
tol. 'That's an old trick I learned in
New York in the free school for hogs.'
"He got up. brushed the dust off,
and entered the coach in silence."
New York Press.
Gaardlas Asjalaaldo.
The interest aroused by the efforts
of Judge O'Neill to bring Aguinaldc
before the Supreme court on a writ of
habeas corpus has resulted in many in
quiries as to who is the custodian of
the prisoners. Inquiries at headquar
ters brought forth the following in
formation: Lieutenant Bridges is
known as the custodian of Aguinaldo.
He is on detached duty, assigned tc
that service, and has charge of the
person of, the prisoner, being respon
sible for bis safe keeping. In the per
formance of his duty he takes orders
from General Chaffee alone. Guarding
the premises which are occupied by
Aguinaldo are posted sentries detailed
from that artillery, which forms part
of the garrison of Manila. They arc
under orders of, and are inspected daily
by, the officer of the day of that or
ganization, who in turn is subordinate
to Colonel Chambers McKibben of the
Twenty-fourth infantry, who is com
mander of the post of Manila. Person
ally, Lieutenant Bridges is also in the
command of Colonel McKibben. Ma
nila American
Sehaal Law No Eaforced.
Kansas has a compulsory school law,
but the state superintendent of public
instruction asserts that of the 400.000
children of school age in 'the state
120,000 do not attend school.
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