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COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 11. 1903.
WHOLE NUMBER 1J13.
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THE MINERS WIN
COAL STRIKE COMMISSION FIND
INGS ARE FORETOLD.
A TEN PES CEKT WAGE RAISE
Payment by Weight When Practicable
Will Alao Increase Pay The Per
Diem Men Are to Receive Same Sal
ary for Less Work.
NEW YORK. The Herald prints
the following as a summary of the
findings of the coal strike commission
appointed by President Roosevelt,
which, it is expected, will be handed
to the president within a week.
There will undoubtedly be at least
a 10 per cent advance In the pay 'for
mining, to take effect from the time
the miners returned to work last Oc
tober. The per diem employes will not
have their wages increased, but will
be recommended for the same pay of
a day of nine hours.
The system of pay will be regulated.
Wherever practicable the operators
will be required to pay by weight, in
stead of by the car, and elsewhere by
the lienal yard. The miners will have
checking representatives at their own
expense. This will practically amount
to a second increase in wages.
There will be indirect recognition of
the union, which will come when the
findings are submitted by President
Roosevelt to John Mitchell, as presi
dent of the miners' union.
The causes of the strike as found by
the commission will not be comforting
to the coal mining companies.
The boycott will be condemned and
the principle will be laid down that
a miner has a right to work without
molestation, even though he does not
belong to the union.
The terms of the verdict are to hold
good for three years, and recommenda
tions arc to be made for settlements
of other questions at the end of that
period.
In local disputes the operators will
be advised to treat with committees
of the miners and there may be a sug-
gestion of a local board of arbitration.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY TREATY.
Is Not Smooth Sailing at Havana De
nounced as a Scheme.
HAVANA The reciprocity treaty
was up in the senate again Friday, and
the debate was adjourned until Sat
urday. In the course of the debate Senor
Sanguilly denounced the treaty as a
scheme on the part of the United
States designed to keep European com
merce out of Cuba in order that the
former country might secure the en
tire commercial as well as the control
of the island.
Senor Silva in a lengthy speech
quoted figures to prove that even if
the allegations made that the sugar
trust and other interests would ben
efit under the reciprocity treaty were
true, the result could not be otherwise
than beneficial to Cuba.
It has been asserted that the sugar
and tobacco industries will make an
additional profit under the treaty of
$6,000,000 annually.
HE DESCRIBES LA SOUFFREIRE.
American Geologist Examines the Vol
cano. KINGSTON. St. Vincent. Ernest
Howe of the United States geological
survey, after a personal inspection of
La Soufrcire. gives this description of
the slight eruptions now frequently oc
curring: "Without warning big puffs of steam
rise constantly and countless rockets
of black mud and stones are shot up
from the crater and spread outward.
Then the mud and stones fall back
into the lake with a loud roar. Other
clouds of steam, charged with dust,
rise and drift over the country. An
other interesting feature of the region
is the deposit of ashes. The Wallibou
river is still hot enough to cause the
water in the stream to evaporate in
huge columns, laden with dust."
Many Treaties Are Pending.
WASHINGTON. D. C There is a
probability that the Cuban reciprocity
treaty will be taken up at the extra
session of the senate in advence of
the Panama canal treaty, bul the or
der of business will not be determined
for a day or two. When the senate
goes into executive session Thursday
the treaties will be referred to the
committee on foreign relation?.
EX-NE3RASKAN IN TROUBLE.
Lewis S. Irwin Taken to Milwaukee
to Answer to Forgery.
TOLEDO, O. Lewis S. Irwin was
on Monday taken to Milwaukee to an
swer to a charge of forgery- He has
been in jail here for some time await
ing an officer from Milwaukee. Ir
win asserts his innocence. He was
fifteen years a legal practitioner in
Nebraska, where he was also promi
nent in politics. For some time he
was a state treasury insp3ctor. Ir
win offered no objection to return
ing to Wisconsin, bnt will probably
be brought back as a witness in a
murder trial here, as he was made
erne of the confidants, it is said, of
Albert Wade, just convicted of first
degree murder and who seeks a new
trial
Cheerfulness is an excellent wear
fag Quality. It has been called the
bright weather of the heart. Samuel
Smiles.
WHERE THE MONEY GOES TO.
Distribution of the $1,54,10t14 Ap
propriated by Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. C The appro
priations made during the session of
congress which closed Wednesday, ag
gregated $753,484,018, as against $800,
624,496 for the last session. The to
tal for the entire congress footed 11,
564,108,514, or something more than
$100,000,000 in excess of the total ap
propriations of the Fifty-sixth con
gress, the total for that congress be
ing $1,440,438.
These figures were embodied in a
statement presented to the senate by
Mr. Allison, chairman of the commit
tee on appropriations.
The statement also contained an
itemized statement showing the ex
penditures by the past session by bills
as folia ws:- - s - -wj. . .,
Agriculture, $5,978,160; army, $78,
138,752; diplomatic and consular, $1,
968.250; District of Columbia. $8,647.-
497; fortifications, $7,188,416; Indian,
$8,512,950; legislative, executive and
judicial. $27,595,953; militaray acad
emy, $653,248; navy, $81,877,291; pen
sions, $139,847,600; postoffice, $153,
401,549; sundry civil. $82,272,955; de
ficiencies, $21,561,572; permanent an
nual appropriations, $132,589,820; mis
cellaneous, $3,250,000.
GERMAN TRADE CONDITIONS.
Exports to the United States Show a
Large Increase.
WASHINGTON. D. C Reviewing
German's commercial record for the
past year. Consul General Frank H.
Mason, at Berlin, in a report to the
state department, declares that while
a few branches of manufacture and
trade experienced a partial recovery
the year as a whole belonged to the
period of over-production, collapse and
panic, which began in the summer of
1900, and has caused the condition
still prevalent, wherein prices of food
and raw materials are above all logi
cal relation to the market values of
finished products.
Referring to German trade with the
United States, the consul general calls
attention to the notable increase in
German exports to this country,
amounting to $14,778,770, distributed
through twenty-five consular districts.
PENSIONS FOR PROFESSORS.
Cornell Will Retire Teachers at the
Age of Seventy.
ITHACA, N. Y. Announcement was
made Friday of a scheme for the pen
sioning of Cornell university profe
sorss who, under the rule adopted by
the board of trustees last fall, will be
retired after attaining the age of 70
years. A fund of $150,000 has been
given the university for this purpose,
and this amount will be placed at com
pound interest until 1914, when it will
amount to $250,000. Each professor
retired will receive an annual pen
sion of $1,500, three-fourths of which
will be paid from the pension fund and
one-fourth of which will be contributed
by the professors.
It is expected, however that profes
sors who reach the age limit before
1814 will also receive the benefits of
the pension scheme.
THE PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND.
Convention of the Railway Christian
Association.
TOPEKA, Kan. President Roose
velt will be present at the interna
tional convention of the Railway
Young Men's Christian association,
which will be held in this city from
April 30 to May 3. He has not desig
nated the date of his visit. An effort
will be made to have him officiate at
the laying of the corner stone of the
new Railway Young Men's Christian
association building, the money for
which was largely furnished by Presi
dent Ripley of the Santa Fe.
Miss Helen Gould of New York and
other well known people will attend
the conference. Delegates will be
present from all parts of the world.
Schley Enthusiastically Received.
NEW ORLEANS. Admiral Schley
Friday visited the New Orleans cot
ton exchange in company with Colonel
A. K. McClure. The admiral was
given a wildly enthusiastic reception
and made an address expressing his
pleasure at being in New Orleans. '
Appoints a Nebraska Man.
PAWNEE CITY. Neb. Senator-elect
C. W. Fulton of Oregon has appointed
Charles Halderman of this county as
his private secretary. Mr. Fulton
once a resident of this place.
Riot Ends College Debate.
ATCHISON. Kan. The regular ora
torical contest of the Kansas Intercol
legiate association ended in a disgrace
ful riot Friday night. The trouble
arose over the eligibility of Malcolm
Garrard of Kansas university, to com
pete as one of the orators. He at
tempted to speak, but was hissed down
by the audience. The police were fin
ally called in to expel the unruly Kan
sas university students.
Saldy Smith Passes Away.
PHILADELPHIA General William
Farrar Smith, better - known as
"Baldy" Smith, one of the prominent
flgmes of the civil war. is dead at his
heme in this city. He was in his SOth
year. He entered West Poini at the
ace of 17 and when the oi7il w:tr
broke out was made commander of
the Th'rd Vermont regiment He
rose rapidly and became one of the
leading figures in that strangle.
IS FOUND GUILTY
JURY
SAYS MRS. LILLIE KILLED
HER HUSBAND.
IK THE PENITENTIARY FOR LIFE
Defendant Takes Verdict Coolly Re
manded to the Custody of the Sher
iff and New Occupies Woman's Cell
in Butler County Jail.
DAVID CITY. Neb. "We, the jury
in the above entitled case, being duly
impaneled and sworn do find the de
fendant guilty of murder in the first
degree and recommend that she be
imprisoned for life.
(Signed.) "A: C. POOLE,
"Foreman."
This was the verdict rendered by
the jury In the Lillie murder case at
irecisely 3 o'clock Tuesday. As soon
as the jury had agreed upon their ver
dict the news spread rapidly and in
a few moments people were seen run
ning from all directions toward the
court house and before the defend
ant arrived the large c.jtrlct court
room was completely packed with hu
manity. A large portion of the crowd
was men, not to exceed twenty wo
men being present. Each person as
they entered the court room door
wore an anxious look and loudly whis
pered, "What is the verdict?"
Mrs. Lillie, accompanied by her
father, brother, Mrs. Grisinger, her
sister, and Sam Lillie, brother of the
murdered man, arrived at 3:23. They
all took their usual seats in the court
room. While Mrs. Lillie looked bright
and pleasant she had the appearance
of anxiety as to what the verdict of
the twelve men was. As they, march
ed in she looked at each one very care
fully. When Clerk Straka read the verdict
Mrs. Lillie sat motionless and when
the word "guilty" was pronounced not
even a quiver of the lip was notice
able. Counsel for the defense asked that
the jury be polled. Clerk Straka call
ed the name of each individual juror
and when he arose propounded the
question:
"Was this and is this your verdict?"
and the jurors individually responded
in clear and distinct tones, "Yes, sir."
Judge Good thanked the jurymen
for their patience during the trial of
the case and then excused them with
out further service.
Mrs. Lillie was remanded to the
custody of the sheriff and she now
occupies the woman's cell at the coun
ty jail. The verdict as rendered was
expected by those who heard all of the
testimony and followed the case
closely.
The Instructions of Judge Good to
the jury were lengthy and on the
whole considered to be eminently fair,
especially on the points of previous
good character of the accused and
motive for the commission of the
crime.
English Seek Coal Lands.
NEW YORK. A syndicate of Eng
lish capitalists is seeking to acquire
coal fields in the Danville district in
Illinois, with the intention of shipping
much coal to England. One possible
result of the purchase, if effected, will
be the construction of another rail
road from Danville to Chicago, a dis
tance of 125 miles, and shortening the
route fifty miles.
Cash for Prolific Mothers.
HARRISBURG. Pa. Mr. Blumle of
Cameron county, the father of eleven
children, introduced in the house
Thursday a bill to subsidize large fam
ilies and to provide gold medals for
mothers of large families.
The bill provides prises ranging
from $10 and a medal to cost $50 for
mothers of families ranging from nine
to fifteen children. The seventh son
or daughter born within the state is
to be educated at an expense to the
state not to exceed $500.
Mexicans Pray in Streets.
COLIMA, Mex. At 10 o'clock Fri
day forenoon the volcano was again
in action, the eruption being the most
violent yeL The people of Tuxpam
are in consternation. According to
advices from that point the eruption
was accompanied by showers of ashes
and dense clouds, darkening the sky.
Some of the people have fled to neigh
boring hills and the people have in
their frijht knelt in the streets to pray.
Many houses and stores have been
closed.
Crowninshield to Retire.
WASHINGTON Rear Admiral A.
S. Crowninshield, commanding the
European station, has applied for re
tirement in accordance with the pro
visions of the personnel law. He will
be relieved in command of the station
by Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton,
at present commanding the Norfolk
navy yard. Admiral Crowninshield is
No. 20 on the list of rear admirals, and
his retirement will place him in the
first grade, where his retired pay will
be $5,625 per year. Lieutenant Henry
H. Ward, naval secretary to Admiral
Crowninshield, has also resigned his
commission.
Kansas Seeks New Forest.
TOPEKA. Kan. President Roose
velt will be asked to set aside 75,000
acres in Finney county as a forest re
serve. If the president grants the re
quest pine trees will be planted. The
Kansas congressional delegation in
Washington will lay the matter before
the president this week.
THEIR WORK OVER.
Fifty-Seventh Congress Passes In
History.
WASHINGTON. The lfty-seveathj
congress expired at nooa Wednesday
by limitation. There has mot beam Urj
many years a deaoastratloa iaV thaw
house as occared Wednesday, owiag am
the fact that Speaker Henderson
retiring not only as presiding ofiteerj
aut from the house as a member.
The bitter partisan feeling that has
sprung up in the house of representa
tives during the past week reached
a pitch which prevented the unanimous
aproval of the house for the usual
resolution of thanks and courtesy
which was offered. More than this,
the resolution had, to come from the
republican side, and while this has oc
curred before, it is not the usual cus
tom; - - -i-
The usual resolution of thanks to
President Pro Tern Frye was unani
mously adopted in the senate.
Two years ago, when the Fifty-sixth
congress expired, it was remarkable,
not only for the inauguration of Mc
Kinley, but for the fact that Senator
Carter of Montana talked the river
and harbor bill to death, occupying the
time of the senate up to within a few
minutes of the end.
Senator Mason, whose term expired,
also talked an unimportant bill to
death, but In his valedictory he lec
tured the senate for its unlimited de
bate, which allows bills to be killed
in that manner, and he also made a
final plea for the freedom of the Fil
ipinos. As all the important supply bills had
pased before the two houses took a
recess, no legislation was necessary,
and none was attempted. The bills
which had passed and reached the
stage of enrollment were all signed by
President Roosevelt, who, with mem
bers of his cabinet, entered the presi
dent's room in the senate wing of the
capitol. This biennial visit of the pres
ident to the capitol is one of the fea
tures of a closing congress.
FOUR NEW BATTLESHIPS.
Naval Appropriation Bill Provides for
Building.
WASHINGTON. Senator Hale, from
the committee on naval affairs, report
ed the naval appropriation bill.
The most important amendment
recommended by the committee re
lates to the increase of the navy. The
entire house provision is stricken out
and in its stead provision is made for
four first class battleships of the gen
eral type of the Oregon and two first
class armored cruisers of the type of
the Brooklyn. The battleships are
to cost not exceeding $3,200,000 each
and the cruisers $2,750,000.
The battleships are to be of 12,000
tons displacement, and the cruisers of
9,500 tons. There is a provision that
not more than two of these vessels
shall be built by one establishment,
and for the building of any or all of
them in the government yards in case
of a combination to deprive the gov
ernment of the benefit of fair compe
tition. LARGEST NUMBER OF BILLS
Introduced During Session 17,500 and
Passed 2,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C.The number of
bills introduced during the Fifty-seventh
congress aggregated 1700, of
which 3,918 were reported and more
than 2,000 passed. The house calendar
is clearer at the close o fthls congress
than it ever has been before, only seventy-eight
bills remaining undisposed
of.- In the Fifty-fifth congress 2,214
bills were reported and 1,473 passed;
in the Fifty-sixth congress 2,787 were
reported and 2,204 passed. The near
est approach to the number of bills in
troduced in the Fifty-seventh was in
the Fifty-sixth congress, when 14,399
were brought in, and the greatest
number reported were in the Forty
ninth congress, the aggregate being
4,181.
The number of private bills passed
by this congress have been exceeding
ly large.
Fifty members of the house died dur
ing the congress just closed, an un
usually large number.
Plague Record at Mazatlan.
MAZATLAN, Mexico The number
of deaths here in February was 107,
of which fifty were from bubonic
plague. From January 1 to March 1
thers were burned by the sanitary au
thorities 291 houses of a cheap class,
for which the owners were paid $73,
000. President Receives Smoet.
WASHINGTON, D. C President
Roosevelt on Monday received at the
white house several members of the
senate whose terms begin with the
extraordinary session, called for next
Thursday.
They were senators-elect Hayburn
of Idaho, who succeeds Mr. Heitfeld;
Ankeny of Washington, who succeeds
Mr. Turner; Smoot of Utah, who suc
ceeds Mr. Rawlins, and Mr. McCreary
of Kentucky, who succeeds Mr. Me
boe. No Relief for Captain Bailey.
WASHINGTON. D. C The presi
dent sent to the senate a message ve
toing the bill reinstating Captain Ed
ward L. Bailey as an officer in the
regular army and placing him oa the
retired list In giving his reasons for
disapproval the president reviewed the
career of Captain Bailey, showing that
he had been many times charged with
conduct unbecoming an officer and
that he was dismissed in 1893.
A SPECIAL SENATE
OPENS IN OBEDIENCE TO PROCLA
MATION. AH IMMENSE CMWD PRESENT
Cannon's Speech in the House the
Subject of Some Fervid Remarks
Senator Smeet of Utah Subscribes to
the Oath.
WASHINGTON In obedience to
tho president's proclamation the sen
ate .of the Fifty-eighth congress con
vened in extraordinary session at noon
Thursday. An immense crowd wit-
T Bessed-the ceremoay. Echoes of the
Fity-seventh congress has not died
away when the senators who were re
elected and those who were to take
their seats for the first time, marched
to the desk and took the oath. Friends
and admirers of the senators loaded
down their desks with beautiful floral
tributes.
Mr. Cannon's speech in the house
of representatives early Wednesday
formed the subject of some fervid re
marks by Mr. Tillman and by the
senate conferees, Messrs. Hale, Allison
and Teller.
After the invocation Mr. Bennett,
the secretary of the senate, read the
proclamation from the president' con
vening the session.
Mr. Hoar, speaking for Mr. Burrows,
chairman of the committee on privi
leges and elections, referred to the
constitutional procedure of administer
ing oaths to new senators, and said
if there were any other procedure
the result would he that a third of
the senate might be kept out of their
seats for an indefinite time. The re
sult of that might be that a change
in the political- power of the govern
ment might be indefinitely postponed.
Questions of qualification should be
postponed and acted upon by the sen
ate later.
The namees of the newly elected
senators were called alphabetically
and each was escorted to the desk
by his colleague.
As some of the names were called
there was applause from the galleries,
that given to Mr. Gorman being es
pecially noticeable.
Messrs. Spooner and Allison receiv
ed generous applause as they were
escorted to the desk.
Mr. Smoot of Utah subscribed to
the oath with an emphatic "I do," No
objection was made to his taking the
oath. When Mr. Ankeney's name was
called his colleague, Mr. Foster
(Wash), announced that he was under
the doctor's care. Three other newly
elected senators did not respond
Messrs. Clarke (Ark.), Gallinger (N.
H.) and Stone (Mo.).
There were seventy-four senators
present. Messrs. Hoar and Cockrell
were appointed a committee to wait
upon the president and inform him
that the senate was ready to proceed
to business.
HAS HOPES FOR THE TREATY.
Governor of Newfoundalnd Reports
Progress in Matter.
ST. .JOHNS, N. F. The legislature
opened Thursday afternoon. The gov
ernor announced a surplus in the treas
ury and also that the Bond-Hay treaty
negotiations were still progressing.
He intimated that measures would be
introduced for the enlargement of the
naval reserve movement, the exten
sion of the telegraph system to Lab
rador on the expiration of the Anglo
American Telegraph company's mon
nopoly next year, the establishment of
a cold storage plant and the encour
agement of local iron smelting indus
try. The French shore modus Vivendi bill
was introduced ana given its nrei
reading.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
Decrease
During Mcnth of February
$5,969,665.
WASHINGTON, D. C The month
ly statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business February
28, 1903, the public debt, less cash in
the treasury, amounted to $937,972,-
898, which is a decrease as compared
with January 31 of $5,9C9,CG5. The
debt is recapitulated as follows: In
terest bearing debtr $914,541,420; debt
on which interest has ceased since ma
turity, $1,230,510; debt bearing no in
terest, $396,744,438; total, $1,312,516,
368. This amount, however, does not in
clude $884,725,069 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding, which are
offset by an equal amount of cash on
hand, held for redemption.
British Ship Gees Down.
HAMBURG. The carpenter of the
British ship Cambrian Prince, Cap
tain Oweas, from Coquimbo, for Mid
dlesborough, has been picked up in
the .North sea. He reports that the
Cambrian Prince capsized and sank.
The Cambrian Prince was of 1,252
tons net burden. She was built In
1876, and was owned by the Cambrian
Prince company of Liverpool.
Jeffries and Corsett to Fight.
NEW YORK. James J. Jeffries and
James J. Corbett met and agreed to
fight twenty rounds next July before
the club that will give them $25,000
or the largest purse that may be of
fered above this sum, the winner to
take 75 per cent and the loser 25. It
was also agreed that the principals
should meet in Baltimore to sign artf-l
cles Thursday aext
THE TANAMA CANAL TREATY.
Republicans Will Make a United Effort
to Secure Action Thereon.
WASHINGTON, D. C The republi
can senators, will make a united effort
to secure action on the Panama canal
treaty and the Cuban reciprocity
treaty as speedily as possible. A
meeting of the republican steering
committee of the senate was held
after adjournment Thursday and this
course was decided on. The situation
was discussed at some length and the
conclusion reached that business
might be greatly facilitated by keep
ing as many senators as possible in
the city and in their seats, and the in
dividual members of the steering com
mittee agreed to devote their energies
to this end.
No one in the committee had any
definite information as to the time
that may bo consumed in debating'the
treaties, but it was stated as a rumor
that Senator Morgan had said that as
there were a number of new members
of the senate he would feel it incum
bent on himself to go over the ground
quite completely and even to review
much that he has already said.
The evident purpose of the republi
cans is to avoid. If possible, calls on
account of the absence of a quorum
and to keep the senate running a?
steadily as possible.
Emperor on the Bible Lcre.
BERLIN. Emperor William has
presented all the chaplains of the
German navy, both Catholic and Pro
testants, with copies of his letter to
Admiral Hollman, counsellor of the
German oriental society, on the sub
ject of the Babylonians.
It is officially announced that Em
peror William's famous letter on the
bible controversy was composed and
written by himself alone. Several
statements to the contrary have been
published, hence the present precise
notifications that from the first to the
last word, it was written by the em
peror's own hand without outside aid.
In publishing the announcement the
North German Gazette says:
, "The letter indeed bears in every
sentence the impress of the empror's
own personality."
ACCUSES CONSUL OF NEGLECT.
Did Not Help Shipwrecked Americans
in Bermuda.
WASHINGTON, D. C Complaint
has been made to the state depart
ment of the conduct of the United
States Consul W. Maxwell Greene at
Hamilton, Bermuda, in connection
with the casting away of the steamer
Madiana. It is alleged that the consul
showed absolute indifference toward
the shipwrecked passengers and took
no part in their rescue. The local pa
pers in Bermuda commented on this
matter and the papers have been sent
to the state department, which will
institute a prompt investigation of tho
consul's conduct.
Mr. Greene was appointed to hi?
post from Rhode Island in 1898.
Western Lumbermen Cut Lcose.
WASHINGTON, D. C The West
ern Retail Lumber Dealers' associa
tion withdrew from affiliation with the
National Association of Lumber Deal
ers. The Western Retailers announced
their relations with the wholesalers
would continue to be friendly, but the
retailers were unable to live up to the
agreement signed at Boston in 1892.
It was pointed out that courts in the
west have decided that such an agree
ment is in restraint of trade and there
fore unlawful.
Soldiers Will Return Home.
MANILA The United States trans
port Thomas will sail for home Thurs
day, taking two batteries and four
companies of the artillery, the first
long-service troops returning. Sixty
of the artillerymen expressed their de
sire to remain in the island. Seven
hundred men out of five cavalrv and
infantry regiments ordered home havo
applied for transfers to commands re
maining here, but General Davis is un
able to comply with their requests, as
the authorized strength of the regi
ments which remain here is already
exceeded.
John Reese for Receiver.
WASHINGTON The president on
Monday sent the following nomina
tions to the senate:
. George C. Holt. United States dis
trict judge. Southern district of New
York; John Reese, receiver of public
moneys at Broken Bow, Neb.; John
F. Vivian, surveyor general of Colo
rado. Idaho Irrigation Project.
TOCOMA, Wash. Contracts have
been let for damming the Snake river
at Idaho, at a point twenty-five miles
above the Shoshone Falls and building
sixty-five miles of canal on the south
side of the river, and twenty-four
miles on the north side, not including
laterals, which will reclaim 340,000
acres of land under the new govern
ment Irrigation law. The dam is to
cost $400,000 or more, , and the canal
$2,500,000.
Beet Sugar Bounty Bill.
BOISE. Idaho The senate Wednes
day by a vote of 13 to 8 passed the
house beet sugar bounty bill. The
bill providees a bounty of 1 cent a
pound for all beet sugar manufactured
in the state of Idaho during the year
1903. and one-half cent per pound for
sugar manufactured In 1904. All su
gar on which a bounty is paid must
tw nnt tin In nrtvinal iMIraaa .ml
I stamped under state supervision.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
At a hog; sale by James A. Gray,
a Daroc Jersey breeder, near Suttoa.
his eatira herd averaged $80 per head.
A county board of health has beea
organized at Beatrice ia eosspliaace
with the request of the secretary of
the state board.
The jury in the case of the stats
agaiast HIgmy, at Fullertoa. charged
with horse stealing, brought la a ver
dict of guilty. The jury was oat
thirty-six hours.
Popcorn is one of the prlacipal pro
ducts of certain sections of Valley
county. The crop is so profitable that
next season a much larger acreage
than usual will be planted.
Bill Blowers, a local tough of Be
atrice, who was recently sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary by Judge
Letton for horse stealing, was takes
to Lincoln to' serve his time.
. Fire completely.destrayed the Louis
ville fiour mill, entailing a loss oa
the building, machinery, grain and
flour of nearly $15,000. part of which
only is covered by Insurance.
Olef Johnson, a farmer of Malmo.
was in Plattsmouth searching for his
eldest son, Carl, who disappeared
from his home about a year ago. He
supposed the boy had come to Platts
mouth and was working In the B. &
M. shops, but he was unable to And
him there.
Nlms City Is the same of a new
town which has been started oa the
farm of Frank Nlms, about twelve
miles southwest of Humboldt, and the
inhabitants already claim a general
store, a pool and billiard hall, a bar
ber shop and other business houses
in prospect.
A novel and interesting entertain
ment in the form of a war dance waa
given by Otoe tribe No. 16, Improved
Order of Red Men, at Beatrice, fifteen
chiefs in full war costume taking part.
The affair was closed by the serving
of an oyster supper to the lodge mem
bers and their friends.
County Register H. A. Schneider fur
nishes the following mortgage record
of Cass county for February: Farm
mortgaged filed amounting to $89,923;
released, $44,143; city mortgages filed,
$4,168; released, $5,732. Form mort
gages show an increase of $45,000 over
the same month last year.
Some gentlemen from the east are
in Tecumseh looking over the ground
with a view of establishing a steam
laundry here. The concern will be op
erated on a large scale and work will
be solicited from all the nearby towns.
Ten or twelve people will find em
ployment in its operation.
James Davis, the Winnebago Indian
who has been confined in the county
jail at Dakota City for about six wee!:s
past, charged with killing Little Jim.
another Winnebago Indian, the as
sault being committed near the south
east boundary of Dakota county, has
been convicted of murder in the sec
ond degree.
Announcement has been made that
the proposition to vote bonds for a
new high school building in Hastings
will be submitted to the voters at
the next election. The subject has
been under discussion by the citizens
for some time as a result of the con
gested condition of the schools.
Following is the mortgage report
for Gage county for the month of
February: Number of farm mortgages
filed, 56; amount, $119,137; number
of farm mortgages released, 57;
amount, $82,418; number of city mort
gages filed, 22; amount, $14,175; num
ber of city mortgages released, 19;
amount, $9,168.
State Treasurer Mortensen has fil
ed with the auditor his report of the
state treasury. The report shows that
the state has a total in the general
fund of $35,400.36. A the beginning
of the month the amount of this fund
was $60,906.36 and in the interim
$136,575.28 has been paid into the
treasury on account of this fund.
Many of the farmers in York coun
ty are objecting to the posting of
names and addresses of farmers who
get their mail on rural free delivery
routes. They do not want their mail
boxes filled with circulars md adver
tising matter. The postoffice depart
ment has heretofore refused to give
the names and addresses of patrons.
The annual report of the state bank
ing board, showing the condition of
the building and loan associations,
which was compiled six months ago,
has just been received by the board
from the printers and is being mailed
out over the state. The report cov
ers the business done by the various
building and loan associations for the
year ending June 1, 1902. It shows
that the building and loan associations
over the state are in a very healthy
condition.
St. Patrick's Catholic church of Mc
Cook was entirely consumed by fire.
The fire was caused by a defective flue,
and broke out while high mass was
in progress. No one was injured.
Loss on building, $3,500; insurance,
$1,800.
C. R. Watson, deputy labor com
missioner during the last two years,
has turned over his office to Bert Bush
of Omaha, recently appointed by Gov
ernor Mickey. Mr. Watson has not
yet decided what he will do, but foe
the present will remain in Omaha.
Preaching to Cannibals,
It would seem that the cannibals of
New Guinea do not apparently object
to long sermons. For instance, James
Chalmers writes: "My two native
helpers, Aruako and Aruadaera.
preached in the huge temple to a
crowd of savages, real cannibals. They
listened well. Soon after sunset it
began, and when I sought sleep It was
still going on. When I awoke, and
the sun bad preceded me, they were
still talking and listening. I said:
'Have you been at it all night?' 'Yes:
but I must not stop.'
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