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K - 4-J- -ri.T V i' - tj. .- ''.- ' - If .& " " -' " 111 . , - i VOLUME XXXII. NUMBER 52. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2. 1902. WHOLE NUMBER 1.664. DENY THE STORY PROMINENT MEN OENOUNCE.THE BRIBERY CHARGES. LOSE FREE SCHOOL RIGHTS, UNCLE SAMJGMRES THEM Decides Matter Unworthy of Serious I Attention and Takes tlo Steps Partner of Abner McKinley Says Re- ports Are Unqualifiedly False. NEW YORK. March 29. Carl Fis-cher-Hagen of this city, who was at torney for Walter Christmas, the rep resentative of the Danish government in the overtures for the purchase of the Danish West Indise in 1900. was Indignant at the conduct of his client shown in his secret report to the Dan ish ministry, lately jEjublisued. "Ordinary legal etiquitte." said he. 'would prevent my speaking. But this report is so defamatory and outrageous that I feel justified in washing my hands of the whole affair." Mr. Fischer-Hansen described the course of the Danish representative as it appeared to him. Christmas undertook, according to Mr. Fischer-Hansen. to start the sale of the islands for the Horring minis try. Ap far back as I860 the sale had been almost consummated, but at the last moment this government had drawn back. Thus Denmark could not make overtures or do more than sug gest that overtures would be accept able This Christmas did. He con ducted Secretary White of the Ameri can embassy from London to Copen hagen. "At that point." said Mr. Fisher-Hanson, "his services ended. The negotiations from there on were carried forward by the American minister at Washington. "The Horring ministry, going out of existence in a few months, was suc ceeded by the Sehested ministry, to which Christmas made his secret re port, setting forth the alleged obliga tions he was under to various Ameri cans. "This report was evidently made," said the lawyer, '"with the belief that it could never ser th- light. But its publication has ?hown its absurdity. I am quite sure Christmas never saw the men he mentions and I believe the report was made for the purpose of personal gain." Wilbur C. Brown, partner of Abner McKinley. whose name was mentioned in connection with the Christmas " charges, made public in congress, has sent the following letter to Represent ative Dalzell. chairman of the investi gating committee: "Dear Sir- The papers this morn ing contain extracts read in coneress yesterday from insidious charges al leged by one Walter Christmas in con nection with the purchase of the Dan ish West Indies. "So far as the charges relate to Abner McKinley and myself they ar unqualinedly. maliciously false in ev ery particular. "I shall be glad to appear before your committee at any time you may desire. Very respectfully. "W. C BROWN." WASHINGTON. D. C. March 29 The state department will take no steps to bring to the attention of the . Danish government the charges aeainst the integrity of American statesmen preferred by Captain Christmas and brought to the attention of the house of representatives. Twenty Counties in Nebraska Lack High School Districts. LINCOLN, Neb!, March 29. State Superintendent Fowleris advocating the organization of high school dis tricts and the consolidation ot rural schools. He says there are twenty ' counties in Nebraska without a high school district., "While in two or three of these twenty counties" said Mr. Fowler, "Chase, for example, a high school district could now be organized at the county seat in accordance with the provisions of the school laws, the other counties are without a district containing the required number of pu pils, or more than 150 children be tween the ages of 5 and 21 years, to organize a high school district. A county without a high school district cannot establish the adjunct district .and thus free h.gh school privileges are denied all children residents in said county. "I would urge, therefore, that in everv countv with a district at the county seat which contains, according to the last school census, more than 150 children between the ages of 5 and 21 years, the people organize un der the school laws with a board of six members. In counties where the county seat district contains less than 150 children between the prescribed ages the districts around the seat should consolidate until the consoli dated district contains more than 150 children of the school age. when it may organize as a high school dis trict. Under consolidation with this end in view it is not necessary to transport the pupils in vans or wag ons at public expense, provided, of course, a school is maintained for pu- nils in the grades below the high . . -i. 1 1 1 . r. tVi. I SCnOOl in im SCUUUl uuuara ju. wiv- sites they occupied before consolida tion. "These schools may be continued s are the ward schools in city dis tricts." continued Mr. Fowler, "but all high school work should be done in the central school in the village. This would insure free high school BRIBERY CHARGES MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ACCUS ED OF GRAVE OFFENSES. SALE OF DANISH WEST INDIES Case is Presented by Richardson, Leader of the Democratic Side Agent of Denmark Involve! Makes Admission of Attempted Bribery. EXTENDS POSTAL SERVICE. WASHINGTON, March 28. A genu ine sensation was caused in the house yesterday by the presentation by Mr. Richardson of. Tennessee, the demo cratic leader, of charges alleging the corrupt use of a fund of $500,000 in connection with the sale of the Danish West Indies. The charges were, con tained in an alleged secret report ot Captain Walter Christmas to the Danish West Indies. The charges were contained in an alleged secret re port of Captain Walter Christmas to the Danish government, who alleged that he had employed corrupt means to bring about the negotiations for the sale cf the islands. The reports from which Mr. Richard son read mentioned the names of Ab ner McKinley and his partner. Colonel Crown; C. W. Knox, who was describ ed as "an intimate friend of Senator Hanna": Richard P. Evans, who was said to represent "Mr. Gardner and his friends in the house." and two press associations, the names of which were not given, as having been inter ested in the matter. The charges against members of congress were not specific. Upon the j basis cf this report Mr. Richardson asked the adoption of a resolution for the appointment of an investigation committee of seven. The speaker ruled that the matter was privleged after Mr. Richardson had amended his reso lution so as to specifically include members of the house. Great excitement attended the whole proceedings. Mr. Cannon of Illinois Orders Can Now Be Sent to and froit China and Greece. WASHINGTON. March 28. The postofflce department today, reported the completion of important arraHge ments for the extension of the inter national money order business of this government. An agreement has been reached with the kingdom of Greece wherebv money orders will be ex changed between the two countries. In addition, the postal agent of the Uni ted States at Shanghai. China, has been authorized to issue domestic money orders payable at any money order office in the United States, Can ada, Cuba and the Philippines, and at any money order office in the United States money orders may be procured drawn on the postal agency at Shang hai. China, which thus is substantially made a. money order office ot tne uni ted" States. The postal "agency at Shanghai has been conducted for many years, but heretofore it has not been practicable to establish a money order service there. DEATH OF RHODES SOUTH AFRICAN LEADER SUC CUMBS. TO LONG ILLNESS. CNSCIOUS UP TO THE LAST Bleeps for Several Hours Immediately ; Preceding the End Cause of Death 4'Heart Failure Those Present When ' the End Came. ;miimininHrMii coming of the sparrow. SAYS EDWARD WILL END WAR. Rosebery Thinks Chamberlain a Tool of Rhodes. PARIS. March 28. Lord Rosebery arrived in Paris this morning from London. The Patrie says he made the following statement to a reporter: "Mr. Chamberlain was only an in strument in the hands of Mr. Rhodes. Now that the latter has disappeared what will become of the member from Birmingham? English opinion has had enough of a policy based solely on force, which has onlv created for us enmities in Europe snd cast us into a conflict in which thousands of our sons have perished. A ministerial crisis in England would not be sur prising. Possibly, because of the cor onation. King Edward will prevent this by ending the war and directing English policy into new channels, more in conformity with justice and the rights of peoples." insisted that Mr. Richardson's present- privileges to all pupils in the consol- . ation wag fragmentary and that the idating district and. upon the estaD- . wcole matter should go over until to- lishment of the adjunct district, to all day Jmtil members might read the pupils in th county. Consolidation i doJ.umenta presented, which included is not the organization of a new dis- j newBpapers extracts, affidavits, etc.. in trict and may be effected at any time I recoPL Christmas, he declared. during the year." j on bls own statement was a briber and ' ' worse, but the house voted down the LAND BOOM MAKES CHANGES. 'motion to postpose. and the resolution . 'after beinz amended in minor partic- Causes Removals ot weorasna fami lies to Minnesota. OMAHA. Neb.. March 23. There has been loss of population along the line of the St. Paul-Omaha road in Nebraska this spring, and therefrom is deduced the fact that the Nebraska soil and climate are wonderfully pro ductive. Because of the heavily in creased value? in land and raises in j ulars. was adopted. The speaker appointed the follow ing committee to make the investiga tion: Messrs. Dalzell (rep.) of Penn sylvania. Hitt (rep.) of Illinois, Cous ins (rep.) of Iowa. McCall (rep.) of Massachusetts. Richardson (dem.) of Tennessee. Dinsmore (dem.) of Ar kansas and Cowherd tdem.) of Mis- bill was Qnnri rent, a large number of German fain- , appropriation ilies left the state tor the cbeaepr nUv passgd witnout matttriaI lands of Alberta and northern Mmne- d and a rule was adopted Ota, Uie lOUli uuuiuci i ,H.t .- , nffl,.pr of LU UlUA fc.t vr -- -..- w -. PENSION COMMISSIONER RESIGNS Not Effective Until Diplomatic Berth is Ready for Him. WASHINGTON- March 29. Co:mu;--sioner of Pensions Evans has placed bi resicnation in the hand? of tho presiden". It will not tak" effect until somp im portant position in the diplomatic service is found for him. The pension committee appointed at the last annual encampment of the Grand. Army of th? Republic to invest igate thf affairs of the pension bureau has maJe its report to the president. Ii. ha?- net vot decided a? to when the report will c made public, if at all. It is stated that the policy of Com-miss-iouer Evans will be continued by his succec--' r. from 175 to 2f. For every tamily j that left, another family arrived from js Ioa or Illinois, but still the loss con tinues. All of the outgoing families had lived several vearh in this state, and had children in abundance, so that the families going out ranged from six to twelve persons in size, while the families coming from the east, and having lived in a less productive coun try, numbered but from three to six. Therefore, the net loss in population is nearly a hundred. the revenue cutter service a continu ing order until disposed of. the order not to interfere with appropriation or revenue bills or conference reports. GUEVARRA WILL SURRENDER. to Promises to Give Up Command General Smith. MANILA. March 28. General Smith. in command cf the American forces , on the island of Samar. had a three ! hour interview yesterday with the in surgent general. Guevarra. and several In the way of household goods, 1 0gjcer3 of his command. Guevarra however. Nebraska is the gainer, for the outgoing settlers sold all of their possessions and limited themselves to their trunks and their pockets, while every incoming family brought in from one to three carloads of stuff. CAPETOWN, March 27. Cecil aodes died peacefully at 5:57 p. m. 'He slept during the afternoon, bur Us breathing became more difficult and kls strength perceptibly diminished ffttil he passed away. Mr. Rhodes was conscious until a p. at., when he muttered -a few words and sank quickly. The immediate cause of his death was two successive attacks of heart failure. At his bedsiae were Dr. Jameson, Dr. J. W. Smart, the ccm missloner of public work3; Colonel Elmhurst Rhodes, director of signalling in South Africa field force, and Mr Walton, member of the assembly of Port Elizabeth. Mr. Rhodes' last words were the names of his brother ana some of the others present, which weru meant to be good-byes. The only person who attended him during his illness and who was no present at his deathbed was Dr. Stev enson, all the others, his boys and per sonal servants were admitted at tho last. The body will be taken to Grootes chuur, the residence of the deceased, near Capetown, en a special train to morrow. There it probably will lie In state for a day or two and public will be admitted to view the remains. I: has not been determined where he will be buried. It was the wish of Mr. Rhodes to be interred at Matoppo Hills Rhodesia. Certain of his friends will proceed to Matoppo Hills to determine whether it i3 practicable to carry out this wish. The features of the dean man are placid and a death mask of them will be taken. The government has decided to giva Cecil Rhodes a public funeral. Hio remains will be brought here from Gro tescuquer. The body will, after ser vices in the cathedral, be taken bacK o his former home, and finally interred at Matoppo Hills. Since Mr. Rhodes took to his bed three weeks ago, his friends had been most anxious that he should recover sufficiently to be taken ta England. The cottage where he died was a simple seaside cabin, small and close to the railroad. It was ill-fitted to be a sick chamber, although the utmost was done to improve the ventilation and make it more comfortable. Dr. Stevenson slept by his patient every night, that he might be in readiness to administer oxygen, which practicall." kept Mr. Rhodes alive. Last Sunday he lost all interest in everything. His rally from the crisis cf Tuesday left but the faintest hones for his ulti- I .. TVivc- nni nnriroh sent on account of illness, held the de- niaie n.. - -- ciding vote. After the interview it abandoned with the renewed attack -t was stated that Mr. Babcock had been noon today. The news of his deatn won over bv the president and that spread through Capetown between . he would vote for the Payne proposi-j and S o'clock and caused profound I grief. AH maces ot arauseiiicin. nc immediately colsed. An open air con- cer. was immediately stopped and the audience uncovered while the band Western Congress May Combine. DENVER, Colo., March 28. Speaker B. F. Montgomery of the Colorado house of representatives left for Wash ington last night as a representative of the Trans-Missssippi congress to confer with representatives of the na tional irrigaton congress and the In ternational Mining congress concern ing the proposed consolidation of the three bodies. The other conferees will be ex-Governor L. B. Prince of New Mexico, ot the mining congress, and J. H. Spring er of California, of the irrigation congress. Payne Proposition Wins Out. WASHINGTON. D. C. March 25 Representative Babcock of the ways and means committee called at the while house yesterday in response to a request from the president. It was discovered that the committee stands S to S as between the Payne and Taw aey Cuban reciprocity provisons and that Mr. Babcock. who has been ab- cion. To Mine Nebraeka Coal. WAHOO, Neb- March 29. A stock company is being organized in this city" for the purpose of developing the coal mine at Swedeburg. six miles south of here. The company will have $1,000,000 capital stock and will bezin in a few days to work the mine. The promoters have leased 700 acres surrounding the land where the coal wa; discovered. Killian Ordered to Philippines. BLAIR. Neb.. March 29. Word has been received by the parents of J. N. Killian that he has been ordered to the Philippines. Captain Killian is now in the commissary department of the United States army. He was formerly adjutant general of Nebraska. Ex-Judge Lowley Dies. succeeded General Lukban as insur gent leader in Samar and has signified his intention of surrendering to the American authorities. It was arranged between General Smith and General Guevarra that the latter, with the entire force under his command, and all their rifles, wo-ild surrender April 15. The serv iceable rifles to be turned over number 250. sens. Of these 125 are Krag-Jorgen- Wood St? its Back to Cuba. WASHINGTON. March 28. General Leonard Wood left here tonight on his lasr. visit to Havana in the ca pacity of military governor of the island of Cuba. General Wood said he expected to depart by boat from the city of Havana at 12 o'clock on May 20, after the new government had been in played the "Dead March." The people . ' then silently dispersed. Ill Health Drives to Suicide. GRINNELL, la., March 27. Be cause she was despondent over con tinued ill-health. Miss Kate Lawrence. luted. At the same time 1.200 Amer ican troops would vacate the island via Havana and 400 would go from Santiago. Young Man Erds His Life. CORNING.' la.. March 271 Harry Brown committed suicide bv shooting himself at the residence of his father. I . .-. n 11 ...!.. f SEWARD. Neb.. March Z9. George I eorge nrovm. u.e mu uut ui a- t ri -rrmrii-r inde-P Af Sewanl this city. The cause for the deed is W -L-f -J 9 V. .wvMfc- J C " Turkey Massing Reserves. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 29. The Turkish government has decided to call to the colors 90.00' irregular troops in batches of four battalions, each batch aggregating about 20,000 men. county and a prominent attorney of this place, died of pneumonia after a short illness. Judge Lowley was one of the pioneer citizens of Seward county. not known. Slashes Throat with Razor. ELK CREEK. Neb., March 29. S. C. Bicknell tried to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. A doctor was summoned in time to stop the flow of blood. Poor health is as signed as the cause. Moveme-its of Miss Stone. SALONICA. Roumania. March 27. Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary, has started for London. Thence she will sail for America. Labor Break Over Carnegie. RACINE. Wis.. March 28. The re fusal of Racine laboring men to allow the acceptance by the city of a library offered by Andrew Carnegie will prob ably break up the Trades council, which includes all the unions. Mem bers of this council presented a pro test to the council against the library, but withdrew it wthout consulting the Trades council. For this they were expelled. They were re-elected to the central body. stalled and the Cuban flag sa- a popular Grinneil High school gradu ate and formerly a nurse in tne .oo. county hospital at Chicago, is dying from a bullet wound inflicted by her own hands. The girl secured a rifle that was in the house and taking it to her bed. she placed the muzzle over her heart, and probably by using her foot dis charged the weapon. A great hole was torn in her body, hut the heart was missed. She has lingered for several hours, but the doc tors say she cannot live. Every Cholera Case a Death. MANILA. March 27. At noon today the health authorities reported a to tal of forty-nine cases of cholera and forty-nine deaths. Turks Attack Bulgarians. SOFIA. Bulgaria. March 29. One hundred and fifty Turkish troops at tacked a Bulgarian post near Saratch. One Bulgarian was killed and several wounded. For Fraud in Mortgage Transfer. FREMONT. Neb.. March 29. Jacob D. Storms, who was brought back fw. THiTnnr hv Sheriff Krpaiter rn .u hno. f ur,-, . athan Clarke Sons & Co. of Chicago, answer to the charge of having ob- " . Parking House in Mexico. CHICAGO. March 23 John W. Mc Kcy of the North Amercan Beef corn-pan- let to George T. Clarke of Jon- Monument to McKinley. ALBANY. N. Y.. March 2S. The as sembly passed the bill appropriatng $100 000 for the erection of a monu ment to President McKinley at Buf falo. The bill passed the senate and now goes to the governor, who will approve it, as he sent a message to the legislature urging its passage- Defeats Iowa in Debate. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., March 29. tained $300 from the Bank of North Bend in June by means of a fraudulent chattel mortgage, was arraigned in jus tice court and waived preliminary ex oiniTiafion. He save bail with his , u - ,.r fr.r w iTinnmnr. climate, added to the fact that refrig- before the next term of the district eraticn on the route is almost impos I. a csntraet to erect a Jiw.uco pacsng house in Uruapan. Michaocan. Mex. This will be the first plant of its kind in Old Mexico and will be thoroughly modem. The long distance and hot court. Ipible, has prevented shipmenL Accepts Carnegie Offer. BEATRICE. Neb.. March 29. The I ; x T " vikv4zk nwiriia The joint debate between the nniver- , proposition ol .. .s , F, .... a. fOOOO librarv building for Beatrice BitiPR of Minnesota and Iowa, held in , a -J,lw """- J. . . smes ot juaucsuu xuu. , u. j tne usual coitions imposed by this city- resulted in a victory for Mm- pre8ented to g cit7 council, nesota. The question debated was: cOUTlcjiman McCIeery presented a res "Resclved, That the 'United States Qiution, which was unanimously adopt shall retain permanent possession of ed, which pledges the city to levy the Philippines." and the affirmative annually a tax of $2,000 for the support side was supported by Minnesota. The of a library.. The offer was formally Iowa debaters were: H. t Hadlsy. accepted, with arote of thanks to the H. E. McCoy and Mscritt racketL : donac Cavis Studies the Gallows. KANSAS CITY. Mb.. March 28-. Warden Davis of the Nebraska state penitentiary was a visiter at the coun ty jail in company with Superintend ent Tiilctson of the local Pinkerton agency. He was shown through the bastile. and the workings of the gal lows were explained in detail. The trap was sprung and the fixing of the noose was demonstrated. Under the new Nebraska law all executions must take place in the penitentiary. Abandoned Mine Caves In. WILKESBARRE, Pa.. March 28 Sixteen1 dwellings were, wrecked at Hamtown. a small mining village near here, by a cavein at the aban doned No. 8 colliery of the Pennsyl vania Coal company. The broken water main Is flooding the mine, and the care is extending. Huge flssares have appeared in the streets of the town and many houses are in dan ger. Residents near the mine are re moving to places of safety. To Prevent Spread of Cholera. WASHINGTON, March 27. The navy department has given Rear Ad miral Frank Wildes, the ranking ad miral in the Philippines, authority to take such steps as may be necessary to prevent the spread of the cholera epidemic which prevails at Manila to the oOeers and men of the naval es tablishment at Cavite. As far as can be learned here, the epidemic is con fined to the natives and Chinese in Manila, and does not prevail among the whites. WCF TOfGIAMS. iinniinnniimtntu Senor Concha, the newly appointed Colombian minister, presented his cre dentials and was introduced to Presi dent Roosevelt. A number of South Dakota sand cases have been settled by the sec retary of the interior upon appeal from the decision of the general land office. Roberta Maria Wright daughter of the mayor of Denver. Colo., is to act as sponsor or the cruiser Denver when she is launched about the middle of April. Senator Fairbanks has introduced a bill authorizing the construction of an agricultural building on the site of the present building at a cast of $2, 500,000. John Green of Petersburg, Va., a person who has posed before the world for thirty-five years as a married man and who died aged seventy-five years, was a woman. John Moriey. who is writing a life of Mr. Gladstone, has just discovered among the late premier's effects a di ary covering most of the interesting period of his career. General Greeley has invited bids for supplying a system of wireless telegraphy between Nome City and St. Michael. Alaska. 104 miles distant, across Norton sound. The senate committee on judiciary has reported a bill to allow persons along the Mississippi to sue the gov ernment for damages resulting from the building of levees. At a conference of cotton experts held at the colonial office at Berlin, it was resolved to dispatch a com mission to the United States to study the cultivation of cotton. Rear Admiral Endlcott, chief of the bureau of docks and yards, will ask congress for an appropriation of $1, 000,000 for the construction of a new dry dock in the Philippines. While the prince and princess of Wales were launching the battleship Prince of Wales at Chatham a gunner who was firing a salute was mortally injured, both his arms being blown off." A bill has been introduced by Sen ator Morgan, giving the court of claims Jurisdiction in cases arising out of the seizure of vessels engaged in the sealing industry prior to April 1. 1904. The department of encouragement of Mexico has issued directions to ex hibitors in the St. Louis Worlds fair and to" various state governors asking them to exercise great care in prepar ing state exhibits. May 22 and 23 has been decided upon by the Nebraska department of the Grand Army of the Republic for holding its annual encampment and Omaha is to be the city which will entertain the veterans. Mr. Martin of South Dakota has in troduced in the hoii3e a joint resolu tion providing for the publication of 1.000 copies of preliminary descrip tion of the geology and water reser tion of the peology and water reser voirs of the southern half of the Black Hills. Major General E. S. Otis has closed his active career in the army by rea son of age. and will go into retirement. Ke will be succeeded in command of the Department of the Lakes at Chi cago by Major General Arthur Mac Arthur, recently in command of the Department of the Colorado at Den ver. The senate has passed the Gamble bil directing the secretary of the in terior to investigate the claims of cer tain members of the Lower Brule band of Sioux Indians for damages sustain ec by their forcible removal from South of White river. S. D.. in 1S93. and authorizing the treasury to pay these claims. David Blaine of the Kansas and Ok lahoma Implement Dealers' associa tion announced recently that the rail roads would be asked for special rates fnr o nnn han-prprs and 1.1.000 teams I for the wheat belt, to take care of the harvest. The recpnt rains, he says, indicate a heavier wheat crop than that of last year's. Governor Jordan of New Hampshire has appointed Thursday, April 17, as Fast day in the Granite stite. The German Cable company has ar ranged to buy the Emden-Virga line ton CoucU 6 a tme fe Tint Imjmrtatlmm. The old residents of Germantown took advantage of a delightful day to saunter up Germantown avenue, stop ping now and then at the different places of historic interest along the avenue. They spent some time at the old Ship house, telling each 'other about the ancient structure, and as to how the ship came to be placed there, when their attention was attracted by myriads of sparrows that congregated upon the. room. "Ah! That reminds me," said the elder of the two. "of the Old John Bardsley house and the story of how the sparrow came to German town." Walking up the avenue farther they came to a halt in front of a little white painted 'two-story house at the north west corner of Upsal street and Ger mantown avenue. For over an hour the two old men lingered in front of this "old house"," and the following story was told: "The house was occupied for a num ber of years by the late John Bards ley. better known as Sparrow Jack.' "During the time that William F. Smith represented the twenty-second 'ward in councils he presented an or dinance appropriating $300 with which to purchase English sparrows to de stroy the measuring worms that had become a nuisance in the city squares. John Bardsley. an Englishman, but for many years a resident of German town, was delegated to go to England to secure the sparrows. Being familiar with the English birds he had no trouble in catching them in nets. He secured between 300 and 400. On his way over from England one-half the sparrows died, but enough existed to insure a rapid increase of the little pests, which have since become more troublesome than the worms. Bardsley was always an enthusi astic admirer of the sparrows, and to show his love for them he fed them regularly during the winter months, and had a number of fantastically con structed boxes. surmounted with weathervanes and ornaments, for their use. He always reproved any one who interfered with or abused the sparrow." AAflooao4oooooo3 'SoeoeoecooQooO'JoQ o ' Ytj sy mtlakfts IBS WlSl StCHSSStC o iCotarims o o o o ! State iBank-! OUt Pay Inter oa Bank In the Stat. Time Deposits AND Loans on Real Estate. j j Ji ISSUES SHJHT DRAFTS ON hubt, CMeasi, New Ytrfc. AM All FrHr Cmmttim. Sells Steamship Tickets, I Uns good Itoto, o o f ? o t I ? I o o o o o 6 md fcefn its whea they seed heipuX j j Ji OPPICINS AMD OIRICTONS: lIMOm 6IMMKO. PMBS- sr mantvm. vicc-pwas-m. muecw. casmism. mart l. nmrmr. aARIISTT HULST. O o o o o o o ' o. o o o o o o o o o o o c o .rOC-0OiO'iO'l aiOv?0i 0'?C'-C-;-0 .O.J-0-;'0;o4,CJ'r'0'l O't C i.O'Oi0'00 Columbus JournaJ, AN UNFAMILIAR TEXT. Bat It Wa Forcible Illustration of a Great Tratb. Several years ago there labored 'n one of the western villages of Minne sota a preacher who was always in th? habit of selecting his texts from th old testament, and particularly some portion of the history of Noah. Mo matter what the occasion was. he would always nnd some parallel inci dent from the history of this great character that would readily serve aa a text or illustration. At one time he was called upon unite the daughter of the village may or and a prominent attorney in the holy bonds of matrimony. Two little boys, knowing his determination to give them a portion of the sacred his tory touching Noah's marriage, hit upon the novel idea of pasting togeth er two leaves in the family Bible so as to connect, without any apparent break, the marriage of Noah and the description or the Ark of the Covenant. 'When the noted guests were all as sembled and the contracting parties with attendants in their respective stations the preacher began the cere monies by reading the following text: "And when Noah was 140 years old he took unto himself a wife," (then turning the page he continued) "300 cujits in length. 30 cubits in width and CO cubits in depth, and within and without besmeared with pitch." The story seemed a little strong, but he could not doubt tbeBibIe. and, after reading it once more and reflecting a moment, he turned to the startled as semblage, with these remarks: "My beloved brethren, this Is the first time in the history of my life that my at tention has been called to this import ant passage of the Scriptures, but t seems to me that it is one of the most fo-cible illustrations of that grand eternal truth, that the nature of wom an is exceedingly difficult to compre hend." Starlight Messenger. A Weekly Republican Newspaper Derotedto the Beat Interests cf X. X ; J Columbus, THE County of Platte, The State of JNebraska.- THE United States, and the Rest Of MM. Jt J The Unit of Measure with Us is $1.50 per Year, if Paid in Adrance. t wt n Bvtsar Limit of Uaofulaess Is aot Circsunscrlbed by Dollars sad Cents. Sample Copies Sent free to any Address. HENRY OASS. Powderly to Have a Place WASHINGTON, March 28. Com mission er General of. Immigration Powderly. whose term of office ex pires scon .will be tendered some other position. The statement was made from an authentic source thai the president has decided to provide fcr him elsewhere. A number of Mr. Powderly'a friends have talked with the president in his behalf and pleads ed extenuating circumstance Ia-Bsany of the matter of criticism. Promise Wholesalers Profit. LONDON, March 27. The local rep resentatives of the American Tobacco company took an important step to ward gaining the support of the whole sale dealers, practically promising the latter 3 per cent profit on alL deals with them. The chairman of the Wholesale Tobacco Dealers' associa tion says that unless the Imperial To bacco company meets them in a simi lar spirit there will be a bad outlook for the British tobacco trust. Asks Canada fcr Soldiers. OTTAWA. Ont, March 27. The ru mors which- have been in circulation here for the last few days in regard to the possibility of another Cana dian contingent goins to South Africa nave eryetallzed inio the statement that ihe imperial authorities have ask ed for a mounted for of 2,0w men II the cence is observed as to the action, if any, which was decided upon. of the German Sea Telegraph com l.any. The tailors of Lincoln. Neb., are on a strike for higher wages. At Helena. Mont., the entire police force of the city resigned as a r3nlt of orders which they say were issued by Mayor Frank J. Edwards, who is a candidate for re-election. At Parsons, Kan.. Lee Watson, a 14-year-old boy, was killed by taking hold of a live wire. Edward E. Fairwcather, auditor of freight claims of the Chicago. Bur lington & Quincy railway, died at Day tona, Fla. Governor Beckham of Kentucky ve toed the Newcomb bill to prohibit the docking of tails of horses. The cotton consumed in mills in Mexico in the last fiscal year amount ea to 66,698.151 pounds. The total production was worth J23,S77,214. The president has sent to the sen ate the naturalization treaty with Hay ti recently negotiated. The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin says that if all the state3 can get ready in time the entire meat law will go into effect January 1, 1SQ3- As a result of the reb-iilion in tha southern part of Ho Han province an edict has been issued ordering the Fewer Hore. Mow Auto, la PrL- Owing to the spread of automobilism horses in Paris are dying out. Accord ing to official statistics the number of these four-footed servants reported to the ministry of war as being available for requisition in the case of mobiliza tion in the capital shows a diminution upon the corresponding figures of last ear of over 5.M0. The omnibus com pany had nearly 2.000 more horses in its stables a twelvemonth ago than it has now. The chief hackney carriage owner in Paris has reduced his stud of animal3 by 750. The remainder of the diminution is mostly accounted for by private persons having discarded horse-drawn vehicles for motor cars. There are still, however, 90.735 3teeds employed for various purposes in the capital, so that some time will elapse before the equine race is totally ex tinct in Paris. A young enthusiast in the cause of the new locomotion, com menting on the topic, points this out regretfully. He 8nd3 consolation, nev ertheless, in the reflection that, as he ingenuously observes, "it must be can didly confessed that the horse as a mo .tive power has a certain value, after all. in spite of its many and great drawbacks." SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBBBk cX?94A ...UNDERTAKER... Coffins and Metallic Cases. ftifsirifH of all kinds of Upholstery Goods. Columbust ISb. ...The... Columbus Journal. It prepared to Furnish Any thing Required a (d tor a mounted, :or oi z,uuu m&ii. . - . u - - J- H-ft, magistrates of Pi-Yang to be degrad t is said that the matter was before . . . . , .,. j . , . . . ed and the magistrate of Tucc-Fo ta he cabinet yesterday, but strict ret:- f " , , . . , J . . ..ho ni!Tte!Pd The rehela are orirpA be punished. The rehel3 are ordered to be aaheaded. A Prltt!e Christmas Gift. A merchant in Belfast, Me., received a Christmas present that has a history. He has been in business about twenty flve vears and one of his first orders included a dozen lemons, one of which proved to be green and consequently dried up very quickly. The next Christmas he received from his cus tomer a very large popcorn ball with the lemon inside. He saved the fruit very carefully and several years later put it in the middle of a barrel of flour which he sold to the same customer. This year on Christmas day the lemon was returned to him in the guise of a present, packed in a fancy box. Chinese quack" doctora in the vicinity of foreign hospitals In the far interior hang out foreign Sags insc-ited: "Cure i according to the foreign davil3 olap " I' nh ELz OfFKt i CLUBS WITH THE OF THE COUNTRY, t a