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He en dorsed the bill, saying that he had laar stnrT cao-k,.nar'liiwea laaf there is no room under our ccnstitu tion for two commanders and that the president, -whom the constitution makes the supreme commander, must act through the secretary of war. He added: "The- vry exalted individual office. aru-an? nf rnrrraandine eeneral of. tbe army must disappear There is no room for it in this government, no matter who occupies it. it is not a question of personality at all or the character of the individual, so, far as this great question is concerned. He must be what others nations of the earth have, a chief of staff, not a com mandiiig general." Referring to the German system. GeneI Schofield said' "We would have to modify their sys sti n n rn make It annlicable. If we had at the head of the army for years the same distinguished general, other things being satisfactory- that would be Tery well but what is the us of a great general as the nominal head of the army if the president will not even talk to him except to criticise- him. or if the secretary of war and he do not even speak to each oth er? What good is he?" Senator Burrows: "Why would not the same condition of affairs exist between th chieff of staff and the president?" General Schofield: "Because he would relieve him and get another. The personal relations between the president, the secretary of war and the commanding general are. of all. more important than any law. and that is one of the reasons why this bill is absolutely indispensable, or something like it. You must give to the president discretion to select that man. Senator Burrows ""Why cannot the lieutenant general of the army and the president confere as it is?" General Schofield "They are not on speakrne terms." Senator 3urrows "Nor on speaking terms?" General Schofield "No. sir You will have to get rid of that intolera ble condition by which this man. ciose to the president, the only man who is available to do these things, is a man whom the president does not talk to except to criticise him. The result is bad. very bad. The president feels the need of such a man. as did the presidents whomI have known. They would say: J cannot do these things, I must have a military man to help me, then in that situation he perhaps ends for Colonel or Major So-and-So. and he finds there is a bright young fellow and h- knows about these things, and in a few days it gets to be known that Tom So-and-So' is com manding the army." MILLER CONFESSES MURDER. Music Teacher Says He Killed Carrie M. Jenrett. DETROIT. Mich.. April 12. Prof. Joseph 3L Miller yesterday confessed to committing the murder of Cam 31. Jennett- After being in the sweat bci one hour aad twenty minutes Miller broke down and confessed to the crime As sistant Prosecutor Merriam. three of ficers and the official stenographers of the police department were present. Miller said thnt he had illicit relations with the girl and was responsible for her condition. He said he offered to send Miss Jennett to a lying-in. hospi taL but she refused, insisting that he leave his family and go to some other city with her. Wednesday night, when he started from home for the lodge meeting, he had an engagement with the girl and intended to Toll her. He took the hatchet found by the officers in his kitchen with him. He secreted this on Seventh street on his way to the meeting- Troeps to Enforce Coercion Act LONDON. April 12- A dispatch to the Pall Mail Gazette from Dublin says TfrT ten battalions of English and Scotch militia are to be embodied and sent to Ireland within a month in pursuance of the British government's determihaticn to apply the coercion act. The correspondent understands that Lord Londonderry, the postmaster generaL threatened to resign from the j cabinet unless active measures were taken Or. Talmage SJwy SJnka. TTASHINGTOX. April 12. Accord ing to the 11 o'clock statement of the physicians there was no marked change in- the condition of Dr. Tal- !--- rea - IU1 nW ! J-a ....., is very crkcaL and every honr ever,. vraieh the present alarauag lessen the chances of life. jjter the afteraoosi crrsanTtasiaa of ae mfcyaiciBa a bulletin leaurttd sis liiisa criticaL RYAN IS AGAINST WRIT. in Tax Mandamus Case File Opinien with Supreme Court. LINCOLN, Neb April .l-. Judge Robert Ryan, as referee in the Ossaha tax mandamus case, has reccmemded to the supreme court that the appli cation of William G. Shriver aad Geo. T. Morton for a peremptory writ of scaadamus be not allowed. He Maids that while the relators are entitled tc the writ prayed for, it shomd not be issued because of the defective method provided by the statates for the mwn meat of property of the kind and char acter involved in the action. The relators. Shriver and Morton, sought in this suit to have the court issue a peremptory writ to compel the city council of Omaha to sit again as a board of equalization to hear their complaints against the assessment of are public service corporations. Judge essfcevt sVyssr-of tais-cilj "as apputai ed referee and his official report and opinion were filed late this afternoon in the office of the supreme court In the report Judge Ryan recites in detail the issues of the case and gives his findings. In the opinion the vari ous authorities are taken up and dis cussed. The opinion also embraced an exhaustive discussion of the meth od of assessing public service corpora tions for purposes of taxation in this state. BLACKMAILER GETS NO CASH. Uses Threats to Extort Money from Franklin Man. FRANKLIN, Neb April 12. A blackmail system of making money was tried here, but ended in the cul prit making good his escape with an , empty sack. I tt-stij nr-rrr- nmnHom- nf th " I i I - I i UOitULC;. W W W'- - . Commercial hotel, received a letter through the mail which contained the followtng- "As I want to leave and am unable to get work. I want you to put S50 in sack "tj place it on the comer post one block west of the hotel at mid night. In case you fail to comply yoc will be out of business m less than twenty days." Mr. Carpenter fixed up a package aad placed it on the post, and m com pany with Frank W. Barber. James Mc Courtney and several others laid m wait to capture the culprit. At 4 o'clock in the morning the fel low came for the money and as soon as he had taken the package from the post the watchers rushed after him and ordered him to halt, but instead he ran. Nine shots were fired at him, but with no result. Swindlers Abroad. FREMONT. Neb.. April 12. Another swindling game has just been worked here with considerable success by a couple of unknown men. They called on a number of Fremont housewives aad exhibited large bars of fine white soap as samples of what tcey were selling at the rate of 25 cents a dozen. They took a multitude of orders, col lecting the money in advance. When the soap consignments arnvea tne bars were found to be of sucn small dimensions that the price paid for them was three times their value. Fleak Mast Stand Trial. SCHUYLER. Neb April 12. The application of Madison Fleak for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by rha Mvrrirr mart here today. Fleak is the man held on a charge of enm- . inal carelessness in pushing two wo men off the Platte river bridge March IS. In the coroner's inquest over the body of one of the women the jury re turned a verdict in "which no blame was attached to young Fieak. Colored Boy Killed by Cars. HU3IBOLDT. Neb.. April 12. A young colored man. David Carther of 3t Joseph, was killed in the railroad yards here. He was stealing a ride in box car of lumber. He had been j here a few days visiting. He started . to Omaha. The lumber pinned him down while switching cars and his life was crushed out. He was taken to the undertaker's and the coroner sent for Store at Wauea Robbed. WAUSA. Neb- April 12. The store of Bosse k. Larson was entered aad about 5100 taken from the safe. The entrance to the store was made through a back door Tne supreme court has decided to hear arguments on April 14 upon the application of the state of Washing ton to take jurisdiction in the case of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern merger. Cair Repairer Cruaned to Death. FAIKBURY. Neb.. April 12. Roy Hartman. a car repairer in the employ of the Rock Island, wa5 crushed to demth between the bumpers of two freight cars in the yards here. He was working on a car that stood tfce repair track when another car was switched against it at a time when he not on his guard. Some one was at faalt. as the usual warning was neglected. Butcher Cemmits Suiciae. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb- April 12- Fritz Boekstt- who has kept a large batcher shop in this city which he here about live awoths ago. ' toofcstryctame and died shortly after "-to. ft,rts f & t ire his life- L. is thought basis troubles the of aia feed- Tae deceased was a resi - seat of TJtiea, Seward county. fsr END OF BOER WAR CONTENDING FORCES SAID HAVE ARRANGED PEACE. TO UBS WEPT BRUSH TEWS Varices cf This Nature Much Gossip in London T i Agents Are Notifies! Con- ft Strenflthens Rumors. LONDON, April XL The Financier aad BtxIIionist publishes a dispatch from Pretoria " mom tag declaring tkat the Boer leaders have accepted tke British terms, that peace has been arranged and that the. terms of peace been cabled to the Boer agents inr character are in circulation in London tonight. It is said that Fred erick Rutherford Harris, former secretary- of the British Chartered South Africa company, has received a tele gram to the same effect, but nothing of any official or really reliable nature concerning the matter is known. The London Times, in its second edition today, publishes a dispatch from Klerksdorp, dated Wednesday, April 9, announcing that acting Presi dent Schalkburger and other members of the Boer government arrived there by train April 6 and that messages were sent inviting President Steyn and General Delarey to come in and meet them. While awaiting a reply General Schalkburger and his party were occupying a hotel which had been reserved for their use. Tce Central News is informed that a telezram was received in London from Pretoria saying that Mr. Steyn and Generals Dewet and Botha had Botha had agreed upon terms of peace. The telegram indicated that the British terms have been accepted and that peace has been arranged. The war secretary. Mr. Brodrick. in the House of Commons today, refer ring to the press advices from South Africa, said Schalkburger, Reitz. Lucas. Meyer and Jacobs had been joined at Klerksdorp by General Botha, and added thr Steyn, Dewet, Delarey and three other members of the late Or- i ange government arrived at the same place yesterday. No communication. Mr. Brodrick fur ther said, had been received from the Boer leaders, except regarding safe conducts of ths participators in the conference. The colonial secretary. Mr. Chamber Iain, added the infoiaiiiTiom that bo limit had been fixed for the expiration of the safe conducts. These would be extended so long as the negotiations were in progress, after which the del egates would be allowed to return to their respective districts without hin drance. PRETORIA. Wednesday. April 1. President Steyn of the Orange Free State. Secretary of State Reitz of the TransvaaL Acting President Schalk burger of the Transvaal and General Lucas Meyer, commander-in-chief of the Orange Free State forces, passed through Kroonstad. Orange Free State. Sunday. April 6. on their way to Klerksdorp. southwestern TransvaaL where General Botha, the Transvaal commander-in-chief, arrived Monday, April T It was expected that Generals Dewet and Delarey would attend the k x.. .. tm. nlui tnara It Us lUlUdSlUUU ULL. uk: -uj. iv. ers are fully possessed of the British peace terms and that the conference then assembling was to enable the leaders to thoroughly discuss peace terms. Newscaoer Man Selected. WASHINGTON. April 11. Robert J. Wynne, the Washington correspond ent of the New York Press, has been offered and accepted the office of first assistant postmaster generaL The nomination probably will be submitted to the senate immediately after the president's return from Charleston. The change will take place May 1. or soon afterwards, as Charles Johnston of New Jersey, whom ne succeeds, is anxious to retire as soon as possible. Or. Draper Loses Leg. CHA3IPAIGN, UL. April 1L Presi dent Draper of the University of Illi nois suffered amputation of his right leg above the knee as the result of his runaway accident Sunday. Great Plague of Locusts DCDLVXAPOLIS- IncL. Auril 11. Stare Geologist Blatchley says that In diana. Illinois. Ohio and Kentucky will be in fected with the seventeen-year locust plague thi3 summer- Manila Editor Arrested. UANTT-V April II. Excitement pre vails here on account of the arrest of the editor and proprietor of Free dom, a local publication, who is charg ed with sedition in publishing an ar ticle from an American periodicaL to onlv: editor of Freedom agreed he also added remarks of his own censuring the United States commis- sion's rule, aad saying that when it starred in July last every pacer in tne city upheld it- Fuorbve Caught in BOSTON. April IL Detectives, as sisted bv a 3oston inspector, have cap tured Philip A- Troctfetter. on, a war rant, charging him with, being a fugi tive from, justice in Colorado "Springs but the police say the man is also wanted in connection, with the cases of Neeley aad Bathbcne in the Ca ban postal frauds. Tiontfetter is said l to be under the caarge of larceny of ILa0 from Emeliae Baker of Colo rado Saeiags ta April. 1S99. HAWAII WANTS MORE MONEY. Territary is Rsefrirtra' m mmtmmm Advancement. WASHINGTON. April IL Goveraoc Dole of Hawaii arrived here today to confer withr the president, at taw tat ters request, regarding coaditioa i Hawaii, pending legislation affecting the territory and other asatters. Governor Dole said today: "There is some complaint among; business men of Hawaii oa accosmt of tightness of the money market- There are no failures or assignments of im portance. The enterprises, however, are too large for the available capitaL The Hawaiian government is limited by the revenues which are imadecjirc" for carrying on necessary public im provements. The current revenues are sufficient only to carry ont the ad ministration expenses. The last leg islature failed to enact Iegislatioa for needed. loans. The country large ""psrfof the revenues "at tneTje-' girmrng of the territory by the trans fer of the customs revenues., amount ing to about SL200.000, to tbe federal government. "But we are getting along. The ter ritorial government is doing some thing in the way of public improve ments, but not nearly so much as ought to be done. The government has little in sight for payment of the fire claims for buildings burned dur ing the plague epidemic in Honolalu in 1900." BURGHERS HOLO CONFERENCE. Boer Leaders in Posaeeaion of Terma of Peace Offered by the British. PRETORIA. April 11. President Steyn of the Orange Free State. Sec retary of State Reitz of the TransvaaL Acting President Schalkburger of the Transvaal and General Lucas Meyer, commander-in-chief of the Orange Free State forces, passed through Kroonstad. Orange Free State, Sun day. April 5. on their way to Klerks dorp. southwestern TransvaaL where General Botha, the Transvaal eommaa-der-in-chief. arrived Monday. April 7. It was expected that Generals Dewet and Delarey would attend the confer ence to take place there. It is understood that the Boer lead ers are fully possessed of the Brit ish peace terms and that the confer ence then assembling was to enable the leaders to thoroughly discuss peace terms. It is expected that the fit? at decision of the burghers will shortly be made known. VALUE OF ARMOUR ESTATE. Said to Be Worth Over Fourteen Mil lien Dollars. CHICAGO, April U. The total val uation of the late Philip D. Armour estate in Chicago and New York has just been arrived at. It amounts to I14.731.105. and to a large extent con sists of personal property. In addi tion to the above named sum there is some real estate in Illinois and else where, the value of which is not given. Mr. Armour left practically all of his estate to his widow, Mavlina. and his son. J. Ogden Armour. Included in hi3 personal property are 63.234 shares in the Armour company. 250 shares 3Iilwaukee elevator, 82 shares Conti nental National bank, 100 shares Na tional Trust company. 150 shares Illi nois Trust and Savings bank. 230 shares Wisconsin Marine bank. 570 shares Interstate bank. Kansas City. and 405 shares Union Stock Yards Na tional bank. South Omaha. Rev. Talmage Dangerously III. WASHINGTON. April 11. The pre vailing symptoms in Dr. Talmage's case have been aggravated by coa gesticn of the brain, which a con sultation of physicians determined now exists. The patient has been most of the day unconscious and his present condition is very grave. Tramps Fight en Union Pacific. SALT LAKE. Utah. April 1L A special to the Tribune from Evans ton. Wyo.. says that as a result of two fights today between Union Pa cific brakemen. railroad special police and a gang of tramps. Brakeman Schwartz and one of the tramps were severely wounded. Mr. Steyn May Go BlineV PRETOIUA. April 11. Mr. Steya. the former president of the Free State. who is rating part in the peace ae gotiatiotts. is suffering from severe opthaimia and is threatened witk to tal blindness- Miss Stone in America. NETT YORK. April 11. Miss BUea 1L Stone- the missionary,, arrived tais morning on the DetxtschlaatL Iowa foataffice R FORT DODGE- la- April IL Cracksmen blew open the safe ia tae pcstofflce at Callender.. aear-tais city." Wednesday night and made their es cape without detection- The safe was blown open with dynamite aad the work was evidently dose by experts. The robbers secured abomt S3 ia son 2y. ay stamps axnoustzag to $-5-They overlooked a package cuataiaing several thousand stasias just received at the postoffice. Mrs. T DENVER- Colo- April IL Wimr beth Tabor, widow of Senator Tabor, filed two suits ia the district cawrt for damages aggregatiag S234.0O6 aad to recover possession of. a large amount of mining stacks waick she al leges save been ausaparoariated by the defendants- Oae suit is against David H. Moffatr. Ia this saft Mrs. Tafcor asks, for fl9jf)QO aad for aa accounting from Mr. MoaTatt of ; pesitien of Tariiag WEDNESDAY, THE PAYNE BILL stMAILEO BY FRIENDS OF SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY. 1- LUAM ALSO SWTH LEADS Si- the JUeaswre Would Benefit Instead af the Cubans Mr & wrawtu ts ta Farmers of the West '-4 v Disregarded. fwASHINGTON, April 10. The fea sW of the second day's debate in the on the Cuban reciprocity bill ax impassioned speech in opposi te the measure by William A. a Michigan republican- Sen- isa apoocer ana yuaries ot -- aad DoUiver at Iowa aad a grows of Michigan beet sugar manu facturers in the gallery were in his audience and he was liberally ap plauded by his republican supporters as he assailed the republican leaders who were advocating the bilL boldly charging them with being false to the republican doctrine of protection. He announced that he was willing to vote to overrcle the chair in order to support an amendment to take the differential off refined sugar. Mr. Morris of Wisconsin, another republican, who made a strong spech against the bill also, made a similar announcement. The other speakers today were Mr. Ban (dem.) of Texas. and Mr. Parkman (dem.) of Louis iana, both of whom opposed the bill, and Mr. Mondell of Wyoming, who advocated its passage. The democratic and republican op ponents of the measure are trying to get together en the proposition to take the differential off refined sugar. The indications are that the debate will be protracted. The demand for time to speak is great and there is now no expectation that general de bate will be completed until next week. William Alden Smith of Michigan was the first speaker. He spoke against the bilL He presented the question from the viewpoint of the republicans who have opposed Cuban reciprocity on account of the beet su gar interests and said in part: I am opposed to the measure be cause in order to give it effect it be comes necessary to violate a solemn promise of the republican party de liberately made in solemn convention to the American people; because I believe it will be harmfnl to the agri cultural and industrial classes of the United States whose great interests have been confided to our care: be cause I believe it will be harmful in the end to the island of Cuba; be cause I believe that the principal beneficiary will be the American Su gar Refining company, which does not need our sympathy; because I believe that the people of "the island of Cuba will receive no benefit therefrom." The farmers of the country." he went on, "have been encouraged. Dy the republican party in their ambition to produce the sugar of the country. It was a distinct promise to the far mer Tfrgr he need not fear that the republican party would permit the cheap labor aad cheap sugar of any tropical territory to be brought in in a manner which would destroy the in fant industry of the beet sugar pro duction which the farmers of the Uni ted States have, under the fostering care of the republican party, been building up during the last few years." Takes Sugar Beet Fields. DENVER. Colo April 9. A dis patch from Fort Collins, the center of the northern Colorado beet sugar re gion, says that there is no longer any doubt that the American Sugar Re fining company has entered the beet sugar industry. The dispatch asserts that they now control the Penoyer interests and in fact all the 3lichigar. beet sugar factories that were pay ing properties. The factory at Lehi. Utah- has passed into the American Sugar Refining company's hands. Oedicatien is Postponed. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CaL. April 10. The dedication cf the Stan ford Memorial church has been post poned until September 7 next, ow ing to the delay in the completion of the building. General Ira Hedges Dead. NYACK. N. Y April 10. General Ira Hedges, past department com mander of the Grand Army of the Republic- of New York state, died at his tome in Haverstraw today in his 63d year. Snow is Two Feet Deep. MEYERSDALE. Pa- April 10. The iw here reached the depth of nearly two feet on the IeveL Much damage has been done to buildings, teiegraoh and telephone, lines and electric light wires- Fruit and ornamental trues also suffered. In many parts of the town stables have collapsed from the heavy weight on the roofs. Wires are down all" over town and in many places po!cs have snapped off- All traiaa are running late. Bank Teller Embezzles. ST. JOSEPJl. JIo April 10- Lee Canker, the paying teller of the First NaSoaal bank of this city, was ar rested tonight on a charge of embez Tig fuads of the bank. President Jacob Ford swore to the complaint. Tke specific sunt is alleged to be $29. . Tke money is said za have hem stolen in small amounts. GaUher is Z years old. aiarried ana is weu con-1 He rafnsed to make a state- kat i .usTaawiT to embezzlement. Hiiiiniiiniiii ,1 RET IOLBMsQ, T 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 hi Locd FJmberiey, the liberal man, who had been ill for sou died ea the 8th. Mrs. aTfether Morris, the mother of woman's suffrage in Wyomiag." died at Cheyenae- W. L. Crain of Nebraska has appointed a fireman in the state. and navy building. The shah of Persia will visit Berlin is. Mav and will nav his reseects to Emperor William. The shah ia going to Contxexeville. France. St John's military school at Maa lius. N. Y., ten miles east of. Syracuse, was destroyed by fire. The loss ia estimated at from J75.00O to 1125.000. Malarial fever has developed in the case of ex-Captain Oberlia M. Carter, who hasjbeaa. HI for. a week aascat the" military prison at Fort Leaven worth. False teeth worth Sla.OOO, which are alleged to have entered the coun try without the payment of any duties, have been seized by the custom of ficials. Edward Kappelle, a life insurance agent, is under arrest at Niagara Falls. N. Y accused of obtaining S3. 000 from George F. Greene, a far mer. The last quarter's exports to the United States from the South German consulates, except Coborg. amounted to 9.717.15S. an increase of L308.t82 marks. Partial returns on the referendum vote taken in Manitoba, Canada, en the prohibition question, indicate that the proposed "dry" amendment has been lost. The measure appropriating $25,000 for the erection of monuments in hon or of the Iowa soldiers who fought at Lookout Mountain, has passed the Iowa house. The body of Dan McLaughlin, a stockman, who perished in the recent bliz2ard. was found in a snow bank ten miles northwest of 3Iedina, N. D., by Hugh 3Iarston. Peter Lund, one of the best known mining men of Montana, died suddenly of heart failure at Nebart, 3font-. aged 45 years. Lund had been connected with many prominent mining ven tures. Jacmel. a town on the southern coast of Hayti, wa3 captured on April 5 by the insurgents, who held it for a day and then retired to the hills, after releasing all the prisoners in the city. The Progressive Indian party will hold a convention on April 12 for the porpase of nominating a candidate for governor of the Chickasaw natioa. Ex Governor William Byrd will probably he the nominee. The president has directed that mare Tfta-' seventy townships in north ern Montana be withdrawn from pub lic entry for use in the big irrigation scheme known as the St. 3iary's canal and 3Iilk river project. Secretary Hitchcock has sent to the senate Indian committee letter dis approving Senator Rawlins amend ment prohibiting the leasing of min eral lands on Indian reservations out side of the Indian territory Caspar Kruger, the eldest son of the president, and twenty-four other relatives of 3Ir. Kruger. bearing the same family name, are among those who have recently taken the oath o allegiance to Great Britain. The republican congressional con vention for the Eleventh district, held at Athens. Ohio, renominated Con gress Charles H. Groevenor by accla mation. General Grosvenor made an address accepting the nomination. The gunboat Marietta, which hs been keeping watch over American interests at Colombia, sailed Sunday for New York. Tne cruiser Philadel phia still remains at Panama, en the Pacific side, to await developments. 3Ir. Anthony Matre. national secre tary of the American Federation of Catholic Societies, stated that the re port that 3ishop G. Hessmer had been aDDointed was correct- Bishop Kess- mer is one of the spiritual advisers of the Federation of Catholic Socie ties. The son of Yang Yu the former Chinese minister to Russia, died ar St. Petersburg, and it is now admitted that he committed suicide. The de ceased minister's son came to St. Pe tersburg to repatriate the body of his father, who died there February IT. Bishop Thomas O'Gorman of Sioux Falls. S. D, is in Washington. He said that his visit at this time had nothing to do with the question of the disposition of the friar lands in the Philippines to the United States, but was an personal matters. The Rock Island will build an ex tension from Enid to Guthrie. Okla. - First Lieutenant Bert H. Merchant of the Eighth infantry is dead In tin Philippines from dysentery and liver abscess. He was a native of Michigan jtii was promoted from the ranks. AH the employes of the Santa Fe general offices at Topeka have been ordered to stop work because the of fice building is in imminent danger of collapse, and the departments "rinK remain closed until the defects can. be remedied. Brigadier General Firoic-ons of the First brigade, Illinois National guard. tendered kis resignation to the assist ant adjutant generaL No reason is assigned. Colonel George M. Moulton at CMcMMa was named as his suc cessor. Tke government, has abandoned its ksaarioa. alaa ia Jamaica, just in to arevent a serious crisis. J. Gage has been elecred of tke Uaited States Trust to aacesed Jeim A. 3tewarr, 1 Caawr health- NORMAL SCHOOLS $ ff O AND MORE COUNTY TEACHERS' INSTITUTES. IS o ! AITS0fmSUri1TEIERT Additional Summer Schools and at Least One More Normal Condition of the Banks Miscellaneeua Mat ters in Nebraska. LINCOLN. April 9. Superintendent r'owler is advocating the organisation of more county teachers institutes. rare summer schools and at least one more state normal schooL He says: -Each fall we have in the schools of this state over 2.0W new,, inexperi- eacetf teachers. Of the 5M teachers employed every years but 5.5" per cent are graduates of a college or univer sity, but 40 per cent have a high school education or its equivalent. 29 per cent receive. less than a three years high 3chool education and 15 per cent have ao high school training. These figures show that less than 16 per cent have anything like a professional training. "We have bnt one state normal schooL It is doing excellent work, but it is situated in the southeast comer ot the state, and owing to poor rail road facilities it is difficult to reach from central and weszem Nebraska. We are not unmindful of the good work being done by the state univer sity, the private schools aad colleges. but the day ha3 come for Nebraska to wake up and make better provision fcr the professional traininz of her teachers. Until our legislators are convinced that it is the part of econ- omv as well as wisdom to make ade quate 'provision for the professional training of our teachers oy the estab lishment of normal schools, "detached entirely from all other pursuits, with the single object in view the prep aration of teachers" what shall we do for these central, northern and western counties? "God helps them that help themselves." Let several counties unite at a logical place m a teachers normal institute for a six. eight or ten week3 'term and by a merging of funds place within reach of their teachers the advantages of a first-class normal school, if only for six weeks. This is nor the equal of a three years course, or even one year in our state normal school, but its benefits are far superior to those of the weak county institute." As to summer schools and normal institutes 3Ir. Fowler says:. "The teachers of many counties are in sore need of summer school aad normal institute. They deserve ir Tfaey are worthy of it. They cannot afford to fail to take advantage of it. By comparing notes and exchanging thoughts, progressive ideas on prob lems of education, throughout these counties will be unified. They who do not advance recede. The great and far-reaching trusts committed to our care, as well as the spirit of the times In which we live, demand earnest and unremitting efforts to secure prog ress. BANKS ARE FULL OF MONEY. Deposits Heavier Than Ever 3efore Known in History of the State. LiNCOLX. April 9 Secretarv Royse of the state banking board will issue a statement within the nest few days showing that the total deposits in state and private banks in Nebraska at the close of business on March 13 was greater than ever before in the history of the state, being over S34. 00.000. Prior to that time the lush est mark attained, as shown, by the cScial reports, was on September 13. I9P1. when the deposits in all of the institutions under state control amounted to 33I.700.flno. tm saowin? stumps me roapiete ly . said Mr. Royse. l expected the deposits to be heavy, but i naa no idea thev would show up so strong is ther do." '! A few more banks remain to ne heard from before the statement ia given to the public. Appointed ts the Philippines. WOOD RIVER- Neb April 5. Henry Barrick. of this city, who for the past year has been principal of the Ainsworth. Neb- high school, has received an appointment as assistant financial aent of the port of 31anila. in the Philippines. The salary at tached to the position is JIJMQ a year. Mr. Barrick and wife expect to start for their new field of labor about the first of June. Mule Fasted 2. Days. BROV.'NVILLE. Neb- Apr. 5. A re markable instance of the endurance of gn'TT'iTg was recently shown by a mule belonging to Charles Andrew, a. farmer of this vicinity Over three weeks ago the animal could not be found in the pasture. After a thor ough search it wa3 given up as having been stolen, but after twenty-two days it was found in a hole, where it had or -sraisr and net space to move. Cverisok-a the Currency RCSKIN, Neb April 3- It de velops that had the bank robbers been J provided with light they would have realized several thousand dollars, in stead of a few hundred, in robbing the bank here. The hole in the bank strung ben was only large enough to afford the entrance cf a hand and the " robbers overlccSsd nearly all the cur-1 rency. 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