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VOLUME XXXIV.-NUMBER 2.
ARMED CONFLICT
WATERSON FEARS IT BETWEEN
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
"PEACE BETWEEN SECTORS"
Southern Editor Urges South and
- North to Heal Sores Ho Points to
' the Negro Problem, Claiming that
Suffrage Has Proved a Failure.
CHICAGO. At the annual dinner
of the Hamilton club at the Auditor
ium hotel Thursday night, Henry Wat
terson responded to the toast, "Peace
Between the Sections," and took occa
sion to decry the attempts some north
erners are, in his opinoin, making to
turn the negro into a white man. At
the same time he struck a note of
warning, expressing fears of another
civil war between labor and capital:
After analyzing he war of secession
and its causes, as he saw them, he
said:
"I grew up to regard the instltuion
of African slavery as a monstrous evil.
With a gray jacket on my back I abat
ed no part of my abhorrence of It
The war over, I fully realized that the
negro could not be suspended, like
Mahomet's coffin, in the air; that he
must be made a freeman in fact, as
he wes In name; that he must be ha
bilitated to his new belongings. But
after thiry years of observation, ex
perience and reflection. I am forced to
agree with the Secretary of War that
negro suffrage is a failure. It Is a fail
ure because the southern blacks are
not equal to it It is a failure be-i-mtRo
tho southern whites will not
have it
"The negro can never become in
any beneficent, or genuine sense, an
integral and recognized part of the
body politic except through the forces
of evolution except through the forces
at work, but which in the nature of
the case must needs go exceedingly
slow. Where there is one negro St
tor citizenship, they are myriads
wholly unfit Remove every white dem
ocrat in the south today and replace
him with a northern republican, and
twelve months hence the conditions
will be the same, may be worse, since
the northern republican would not be
likely to have either the patience, or
the personal sympathy and knoweldge,
possessed by the native southerner."
Then he struck a note of warning.
It was customary he said, to regard the
in feeling incident to the war as dead
and done with, but the present atti
tude of the north was such as might,
if rt actually stirring up renewed
trouble, serve to so far estrange the
two sections that the conservative
forces of the north and south would
not be able to coalesce when. If ever,
the threatened war of labor and capital
broke out between the east and west
In this connection he noted that the
" same ambitious clause was still re
tained in the constitution which gave
color to the civil war. and which would
still allow any state to claim Indepen
dence without its citizens being guilty
of treason.
PRAY BEFORE THEY SHOOT.
With Religious Exhortations Moor In
surgents Make an Attack.
MADRID A dispatch from Melilla.
Morocco, gives details of the fighting
at Frajana. It says that the insur
gents made a desperate attack on the
fortress of Frajana April 8. After the
customary prayers the tribesmen ad
vanced with a wild rush, to the ac
companiment of religious exhorta
tion'5. Twice they attempted to carry the
fortress by assault, but were repulsed
by well directed fusillades, which kill
ed numbers of the insurgents. Dur
ing the attack the powder supply of
the tribesmen exploded, killing many
01 them.
HARRISON AGAIN WINS OUT.
For Fourth Time He is Elected Mayor
of Chicago.
CHICAGO. III. Carter H. Harrison
was elected mayor of Chicago Tues
day for the fourth time, his majority
by unofficial count over Stewart, the
republican candidate, being 6,948. The
total vote was: Harrison. 146.323;
Stewart 139.375: Cruice. independent
labor. 9.999: Breckon, socialist 11.212;
Haines, prohibition, 2.848. In the last
mayoralty election the total vote was:
Harrison, democrat. 156.756; Hanecy.
republican. 128.413; Hoyt, prohibition.
3.328: Collins, socialist 5.3384.
The early returns were in favor of
Stewart, and at one time he was 2,000
ahead, but the later returns cut down
his plurality steadily and the repub
lican leaders, in private conversation,
admitted Stewart's defeat b" about
6,000.
Promise to Keep Order.
VIENNA Advices from Mitrovitza
say the sultan's Albanian commission
has had a satisfactory conference with
the Albanian leaders, who promised to
maintain order and send home the Al
banians who had assembled in the
neighborhood, thereby assuring at any
rate temporary peace. It Is reported
from Sofia that another attempt has
been made to destroy a bridge of the
Constantinople-Salonica railroad by
the use of dynamite.
Counsel in Boundary Dispute.
WASHINGTON The secretary of
state has selected as counsel for the
United States before the Alaska boun
dary commission Judge Jacob M. Dick
inson of Chicago, who was assistant
attorney general during the Harrison
administration; David T. Watson of
Pittsburg. United States counsel in
the merger cases, and Hannls Taylor,
ex-Urited States minister to Spain.
They expect to go to London in September.
QUARANTINE ABAINST KANSAS?
Action te B Takan Against Heef and
Mouth Disease.
LINCOLN The statements I the
moraine papers that the live stock 1
sanitary commission of Kansas was
considering means of suppressing the
foot and mouth disease near Concor
dia has created activity here. Gov
ernor Mickey Friday, at the sugges
tion of State Veterinarian Thomas, tel
egraphed Governor Bailey of Kansas
for a statement regarding the preva
lence of the disease.
If Kansas is infected with the dis
ease Nebraska will immediately quar
antine aajalast the state.
"The hoof and mouth disease' said
a prominent veterinarian, "is not as
daagerotts as many people imagine. It
is.kowever, very contagious. It af
fects the month aad hoofs of stock
and usually runs its course in two
weeks. However, everything possible
should be done to keep it out of Ne
braska." MANY OPPOSE .CANAL TREATY.
Colombia May Start a Revolution as
Result ef Big Ditch.
KINGSTON. Jamaica The Royal
Mall company's steamer Atrato, which
arrived here Sunday from Colon and
Cartagena, brings the report that con
siderable opposition is developing to
the Panama canal treaty In almost ev
ery department of Colombia except
Panama. It is believed the majority
in congress will favor the treaty, but
there are fears that trouble will arise
because the political situation in Co
lombia Is becoming more complicated,
and the presidency is surrounded by
uncertainty.
MRS. FAIR LIVED THE LONGER.
Her Husband Was Dead While She
Shewed Signs ef Life.
NEW YORK Evidence was given
Tuesday by a witness who says he saw
the automobile accident near Paris last
August which resulted in the death
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair, before
a referee in a suit instituted by Mrs.
Fair's mother, Anna Nelson, and other
relatives to recover from Mrs. Theresa
Alice Oelrichs and Mrs. Virginia Van
derbllt sisters of Mr. Fair, a large
portion of the Fair estate.
It is contended that Mrs. Fair lived
after her husband. The suit Is ex
pected to determine also whether an
agreement to settle the estate by the
payment of $250,000 shall be canceled.
Lucian Mass of Paris testified that
he witnessed the accident and when
he reached the scene Mr. Fair "was
absolutely lifeless." but Mrs. Fair was
breathing. He noticed a nervous con
traction of her face and hands.
PASS PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.
Provides for Direct Vote on All Nom
inations. ,
LANSING, Mich. By a vote of 79
to 130 the lower house of the Michigan
legislature passed the Colby-Stone-Powell
primary election bill providing
for a direct vote on all nominations,
including state officials.
An interesting incident of the de
bate occurred when Representative
Wade of Allegan, in declaring that
Congressman William Alden Smith fa
vors the passage of the Colby bill, an
nounced that Smith is a candidate for
United States senator. The announce
ment was heartily applauded.
Reaches an Agreement.
DENVER. Colo. Subject to the ap
proval of General Manager Russell
Harding, an agreement has been reach
ed between Manager Edson of the
Denver A Rio Grande railroad and the
Order of Railway Conductors and
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
The new schedule gives passenger con
ductors and trainmen an approximate
Increase of 12 per cent and freight
men an increase of 15 per cent
Stolen Kisa Causes Death.
PEORIA. III. William Dixon at
tempted to kiss Miss Tota Callahan,
a servant at a boarding house. The
girl threw up her hand to ward oil
his caress, when a knife whtch she
held accidentally penetrated the back
of his neck, severing the spinal cord.
Dixon was taken to the hospital and
died a few hour late.
Signd by the Governor.
LINCOLN. Neb. Governor Mickey
Friday signed house roll 102, by Crop
sey. appropriating $100,000 for build
ings on the state farm near Lincoln;
house roll 23, by Nelson of Pierce, ap
propriating $100,000 for the rebuilding
of the Norfolk asylum, and house roll
70. by Ramsey, to require railroad
companies to furnish sites and facili
ties to independent elevators costing
not less than $3,000.
Pada Order with Peer Pads.
WASHINGTON. D. C Another
chapter in the investigation of affairs
at the postofflce deparment was fur
nished , Tuesday, when charges were
filed with Acting Postmaster General
Wynne against M. W. Lewis, chief of
the division, of supplies. The charges
allege that the hand stamps and Ink
pads now being supplied to postomcetf
under the present contract are lnfe-
rior in quality and not up to contract
standard.
Lieutenant Baker Dead.
SAN JUAN, P. R. Second Lieuten
ant Aloaso C. Baker, U. S. M. C, died
of typhoid fever here Thursday.
Plague is Stamped Out
MAZATLAN, Mexico Every day
adds to the pleasant assurance that
the plague has in reality been stamped
out There have been no deaths here
from the plague in three days and but
one serious case remains in the hospital.
SEIZED PROPERTY
COLOMBIANS FORCIBLY APPRO
PRIATE OUR MULES.
MCHTS IF AMEWCAM CITIZENS
Property Taken with Receipts Given
far Very Small Proportion of the
Same What Assistant Secretary
Hill Has te Say en the Subject.
WASHINGTON, D. C The diplo
matic exchanges between the United
States legation at Bogota and the de
partment of state in Washington,'
which will appear in the forthcoming
volume of foreign relations of the
United States, discloses that numerous
complaints were made by American
citisens daring the revolution in Co
lombia of the action of the military
authorities of that government in ap
propriating their mules and other prop
erty. Mr. Beaupre, the American
charge at Bogota, in the absence of
Minister Hart, writing to the state
department concerning the rights of
citizens of the United States as to ex
propriation of property, cited a case
that came under his personal observa
tion. An America citizen, who had
dined with him, found, upon going to
look after two animals which he had
purchased, that the saddles and bridles
had been taken by a government of
ficial, who had left a receipt fixing the
value of the articles taken at 1.000
pesos, where it was estimated the
American citizen would be obliged to
pay 5.000 to duplicate his lost articles.
8peaklng of this, Mr. Beaupre said:
"There are a dozen stores in Bogota
selling the saddles, and hudreds of
saddles are for sale," and then asked.
"Whence the urgent immediate and
pressing emergency that would justify
the forcible expropriation of the sad
dles, etc., from the Americans?" Con
tinuing, he observed: "Certainly under
the system of arbitrarily fixing the
value of such property it is much
cheaper to get it this way and the day
of payment is indefnitely postponed,
but I cannot believe it consistent with
the guaranties of public treaties nor
the laws of nations. It is altogether
probable that in the majority of cases
the reasons for expropriation are
no more valid nor just than these in
the case just cited. Necessarily, with
the financial distress of the govern
ment, it is almost impossible to col
lect claims, large or small, and the
government has announced to many,
and to one American at least, whom
I know, and who has had a large
amount of property seized, that no pay
meats would be made until the close
of the war."
Assistant Secretary Hill, in a com
munication to the United States lega
tion at Bogota, said:
"The declaration of the minister of
war that all foreigners should be
deemed public enemies cannot but be
regarded as gratuitously offensive, and
this government must remonstrate
against such characterization of its
citizens, availing themselves of the
conventional rights of visit and so
journ in Colombia. It should have
been made the occasion of instant and
vigorous protest"
The attitude of this government to
ward the seizure by Colombia of prop
erty of Americans for m'litary purposes
is shown by the following instructions
sent by Dr. Hill, as acting secretary
of state, to the American legation at
Bogota:
"You will notify the Colombian gov
ernment that this government will hold
It responsible for any proven cases of
seizure of American property for mil
itary purposes without due compensa
tion." Train Slays Fugitive Felon.
CARBONDALE. HI. William H.
Turley, who shot and killed Frank
Murray on May 30. 1899. in Johnson
county and escaped, is dead. He was
killed by a train at Martel, O., on Fri
day. He had been going under the
name of William Henry and was an
employe of the Bibb Hoop company
at LaRue, O. M. J. Gottschalk. ad
ministrator, has $2,000 life insurance
-jn j, o) J9AO pred oq in qojqa Xouotn
leys parents.
Admiral Belknap is Dead.
WASHINGTON. D. C A dispatch
was received at the navy department
Tuesday from Key West announcing
the death cf Rear Admiral George E.
Belknap, U. S. N., retired. Death oc
curred of apoplexy. The deceased
was detailed for duty in the execution
of certain plans proposed by the board
for establishing a naval base. He will
be buried at Brooklin, Mass.
Hundreds Blown to Bits.
HONG KONG An explosion has oc
curred at the Canton arsenal powder
factory. Fifteen hundred persons are
reported to have been killed.
Minto'a Son Succeeds Fisher.
LONDON The Hon. Arthur Ralph
Douglas, a liberal unionist member of
parliament for Durham and second
son of the Earl of Minto. will succeed
William Hayes Fisher as financial
secretary of the treasury.
Soldiers to Be Sent Heme.
HAVANA It has Been learned that
four companies of artillery, compris
ing one-half of the United States ar
tillery force remaining p. Cuba, short
ly will be ordered to return to the
United States.
Tool Company's Plant Burns.
TERRE HAUTE. led. The plant of
the Terre Haute Siovel and Tool com
pany burned Wednesday. Loss. $50,000.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL
THE BLIND CHAPLAIN DEAD.
Rev. William Henry Milburn
Away in California.
WASHINGTON, D. C The Rer.
William Henry Milburn. the venerable
blind chaplain of the United States
senate, died in 8ata Barbara, Cal
Word to this effect was received here
Friday by Coloe' D. A. Ransdell, the
sergeant at arms of the senate.
Mr. Milburn. accompanied by his
two nieces the Misses Tlmley, left
Washington for the Pacific coast about
a year ago. The chaplain was in
broke health. The change brought
no great Improvement in his condi
tion and when congress met in De
cember he forwarded his resignation
to Washington, but it was never act
ed upon. The deceased was a native
of Philadelphia, where he was bora
in 1823.
Whep he was 5 years of age a play
fellow accidentally struck him in the
left eye with a piece of class. For
two years he was confined to. a dark
room under medical treatment, "and
when he came out one of his eyes was
entirely blind and little sight was left
in the other. He, however, pursued
his studies at school and college for
about twenty, years, the hight grow
ing dimmer, until gradually he became
totally blind.
PASS A NEW LIBEL LAW.
Certain Things Now Required
Pennsylvania Newspapers.
of
HARRISBURG. Pa. The senate
passed finally the new libel law in
troduced by Senator Gradder. The
bill requires that all newspapers pub
lished in Pennsylvania shall print in
every issue on its editorial page the
names of its owner, publisher and
managing editor, and if owned by a
corporation, the names of the officers
thereof. In all civil actions which
may hereafter be brought against a
newspaper, if it shall be shown that
the publication complained of result
ed from negligence on the part of
such owner, proprietors, manager or
editor in the ascertainment of the
facts, or in the publication thereof,
compensatory damages may be recov
ered for injuries to business and rep
utation resulting from such publica
tion as well as damages for the phy
sical and mental suffering endured by
the injured party or parties.
Failure to carry out the provision'
requiring the publication of the names
of those responsible for Its publication
is punishable by a fine of not less
than 1500 or more than $2,000.
PRESIDENT ENTERS PARK.
Retires to Nature's Solitude for Six
teen Days' Holiday.
CINNABAR, Mont President
Roosevelt is in the fastnesses of Yel
lowstone Park and for the next six
teen Cays expects to enjoy complete
rest and cessation from public duties.
He will be in almost daily commu
nication with Secretary Loeb at Cin
nabar, but nothing except of the ut
most importance will be referred to
him. In company with John Bur
roughs, the naturalist, who accompa
nied him from Washington, he will
closely study the nature of the various
animals that inhabit the park.
The president has looked forward to
this outing some time and was in a
particularly happy frame of mind when
he led the cavalcade into the park.
Every trail leading Into the preserve
is closely guarded and no one will be
allowed to disturb his solitude. His
headquarters will be at the home of
Major Pitcher, the superintendent of
the park.
PLOT DEATH TO 8ERVIAN KING.
Dissatisfied Subjects Plan to Slay a
Monarch.
VIENNA. The rumors of a plot
r.gainst the life of King Alexander of
Servia received apparent confirmation
in private dispatches received, at Buda
Pest, according to which an attack on
the king's life was planned for Sun
day. The plot was discovered and
fifty persons suspected of complicity
were arrested.
Semi-official reports from Belgrade
declare that these rumors are false,
but it is thought here that King Alex
ander's recent coup d'etat was has
tened by the discovery of the alleged
plot
Cuba to Hold Isle of Pines.
WASHINGTON Though the nego
tiations are still in progress between
the United States and Cuba respect
ing the Isle of Pines, there is reason
to believe that the treaty to be drawn
and which is now practically complete
will confirm the title of Cuba to the
island.
Buys Metal for Coin.
MANILA The United Stares Phil
ippine commission has appropriated
$1,000,000 for the purchase of silver
bullion and copper to make the new
subsidiary coins.
Vetoed by the Governor.
LINCOLN Governor Mickey late
Tuesday afternoon vetoed senate file
No. 114. by Hall of Douglas, which
provides for the calling of a consti
tutional convention, subject to the ex
pressed wish of the people.
Uncle- Samuel's Cash.
WASHINGTON. D. C Friday's
statement of treasury balances In the
general fund, exclusive of the $150,
000,000 gold reserve in the division of
anceredemption. shows: Available
cash balance, $224,827,420; gold. $126.
246.684. Policeman Kills Burglar.
CHICAGO, 111. James fcarrell was
killed on Friday by a policeman who
surprised him in the act of burglary.
MEETS THE SIOUX!
THE. PRESIDENT TALKS TO DA
KOTA INDIANS.
TWENTY CHIEFTAWS PIESEOT
Cardial Greeting fa the Great Father,
Who is Complimented with Having
Treated the Indian Well An Inter
esting Spectacle.
BISMARCK, N. D. Standing in the
private office, of Governor White at the
state capital Tuesday afternoon, Pres
ident Roosevelt received the assurance
of the friendship and support of the
great Sioux Indian tribe and similar
assurances from the chiefs of the Man
dans and Grosventres. Twenty of the
most distinguished chieftains of the
tribes had ceme from their agencies
to see the "Great Father," and assure
him of their support and good will.
There were many famous Indians in
the assemblage. John Grass, the ora
tor aad chief justice of the Sioux,
made the presentation of the tribes'
good will, in a translation of the ad
dress which had been agreed upon in
council of the chiefs.
At the same time Grass presented
the president with a peace pipe of
beautifully carved plpestone, in token
of the good will and friendship of the
Indians. Among the chiefs were: Red
.Tomahawk, the Indian who killed Sit
ting Bull at the time of the uprising
In the early '90's; Red Fish, one of the
hereditary leaders of the Sioux Black
Bull, Standing Bear, Crow Ghost.
Cross Bear and other Sioux chiefs.
"We have been treated well by th
good great father." said Grass, "and
we hope he will again be great father
when his time is over." Water, chief
of the Mandan Indians, also presented
written assurance of the good will of
his people.
"Tell him." said President Roose
velt, through the Interpreter, "that I
am glad to see them. The Mandan In
dians have always done well."
Then the wrinkled old chieftains
grasped the president's hand and sol
emnly granted their approval.
The president's train reached the
capital city of the state on schedule
time and the president and party were
lmediately taken through lavishly dec
orated streets to the capital. Three
Immense portraits of the president
were ranged on three sides of the de
pot, representing the president at the
ranch, at San Juan and at the White
house.
At the capltol a brief reception was
held In the private office of Governor
White, where the president met and
shook hands with many of the friends
of his western days. Following the re
ception he delivered a brief address
from the balcony of the capltol to a
crowd of several thousand people, as
sembled from all parts of the Missouri,
slope. "I am an old setlter of this
state," said the president. "I lived
here twenty years ago and feel that I
am an old timer."
Continuing, he expressed his gratifi
cation at seeing so many of the friends
of his western days and said he ex
pected to see more of his old friends
as he continued westward. He paid
a special compliment to the veterans
of the civil and of the Philippine wars
who were present to greet him. He
expressed his great Interest In the
growth and welfare of the state of
North Dakota.
"I know the people of the west," he
said. "There are two ways to know
a man by working with him or by
fighting with him; and on the range
there are men with whom I have
worked and with whom I have fought."
GUARD AGAINST TEXAS FEVER
Governor Br Hey of Kansas Shuts Out
Southern Cattle.
TOPEKA, Kan. Governor Bailey
has issued a proclamation against
cattle south of the state line. This
is owing to the alleged existence of
Texas fever.
The live stock sanitary commission
is considering means of suppressing
the foot and mouth disease, which has
made its appearance in herds at Con
cordia, this state.
Adept Canadian Customs.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba Peter Vere
gin, the leader of the Duhhobours, ar
rived Tuesday evening to purchase
horses for his countrymen in the Swan
river colony. The Dukhobours, a
cordlng to his story are losing all
their old-time aversion to animals and
machinery and are desirous. of adopt
ing Canadian customs. Another Im
portant reform he reports is that the
Dukhobours are entering homesteads.
Salute to the President.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. In the
Tosemlte valley President Roosevelt
will be given a salute by a battery of
dynamite cartridges. The walls of the
valley are 3.000 feet high and the re
port of a toy pistol within them rever-.
berates like a series of ' volleys by
heavy artillery. The explosions of
dynamite cartridges Is expected to pro
duce extraordinary results. An enor
mous bonfire will be built on the over
hanging reck.
Drunkenness in German Army.
BERLIN. The hereditary prince of
Saze-Meinlngen, commander of the
Sixth army corps, who recently issued
an- order advising soldiers to lodge
complaints when they were ill treated.
ftas issued another order against
drunkenness. He points oat to the
privates the damaging effects of alco-
Lhol oa the health and usefulness of
men and directs the regimental doc
tors to demonstrate to the soldiers its
evil effects.
tt. 1903.
CUBA'S BIO TASK.
Ie Cengresa Has Three Mentha' Ex
tra Work.
I HAVANA Congress reassembled
Monday afternoon and 'will probably
continue its session three extra
months on account of the necessity
for passing many laws before all the
departments of the government get
their policy under .way.
The measure inciudes approval of
the naval station ..agreement and a
permanent treaty covering Cuba's po
litical relations with the United
States; laws dealing with municipal
government and defining the duties of
cabinet officers; laws concerning gold
and silver coinage, divorce and revi
sion of the court system and customs
tariff.
A message from President Palma
was read at the opening session. He
congratulated the country upon the
maintenance of peace and order since
the strike last November. The sys
tem of reorganization, he said, had be
gun and advised a reform of the mili
tary laws, which were not adapted
to a republican form of government,
especially with reference to the juris
diction over soldiers guilty of penal
offenses.
LOOK FOR NEW CUBAN TREATY.
Havana Citizens Are Overjoyed at Rec
iprocity. HAVANA Instructions were cabled
to Minister Quesada at Washington
Monday to sign the amended reciproc
ity treaty in behalf of President Pal
ma. The utmost satisfaction is expressed
at the completion of the treaty and the
opinion is general that the United
States congress will not fail to ap
prove It Those here who recently
declared Cuba had no use for deferred
reciprocity are now pleased at the
outlook and the time Is regarded as
opportune for closing a prominent
treaty, covering political relations
here. This, It Is expected, will be soon
accomplished. .
GRAfN BOYCOTT CONDEMNED.
Illinois State Commission Orders Rail
road to Give Cars.
SPRINGFIELD. III. The State
Board of Railroad and Warehouse
commissioners has ordered the Illinois
Central to equitably distribute grain
cars in future.
In passing on the case brought by
D. H. Curry against the railroad, the
commission says it Is led to believe
that an understanding existed between
the Curry company and the Illinois
Grain Dealers' association not to
handle the grain of the Farmers' Ele
vator company at Mason City, and
that Curry was willing to agree to
anything to prevent the competing
companies at Mason City from mar
keting their grain.
TROUBLE CONFRONTS CHINA.
Franca Likely to Seize a Slice of the
Territory.
VICTORIA, B. C A new crisis has
threatened the Chinese government as
a result of the continued rebel suc
cesses in South China, for, according
to mail advices received here, the
French are pouring troops Into
Kwangsi from Assam.
It seems that the governor of
Kwangsi, Wang Chi Hun, requested
the French officers in Assam to send
troops to his assistance, and although
the Pekin government has counter
manded the request the French have
gone into the South China province
and it is feared that the European
powers will, like Russia, in the north,
seize the territory into which her
troops have gone.
Laying Cable to Manila.
LONDON The cable steamers An
glaim and Colonia sailed Wednesday
to lay the remaining sections of the
commercial Pacific cable from San
Francisco to Manila. It is expected
that the cable from Honolulu to Manila
by way of Midway island and the
island of Guam, will be completed by
July 4.
Aerography Proves Satisfactory.
WASHINGTON. D. C Wireless tel
egraphy tests between Washington
and Annapolis with an experimental
apparatus have resulted so satisfac
torily that Rear Admiral Bradford,
chief of the bureau of equipment, has
ordered twenty more sets of instru
ments, with which vessels and shore
stations will be equipped.
Exchanging Bonds for Consols.
WASHINGTON, D. C The amount
of 3 and 4 per cent bonds received by
the treasury department in exchange
for 2 per cent consols is $15,011,000.
German Dealers' Tobacco Trust.
BERLIN The Dresdener Cigaretten
Fabrik. the name under which the
American Tobacco company operates
in Germany, is being prosecuted in
Berlin courts by a combination of
dealers for alleged unfair competition
in placarding; that the company's ciga
rettes can be bought everywhe
which the complainants aver V
true. They ast protection
foreign concern with 180,0r
capital.
Prominent Haws.
HONOLULU, via Pa-,
the Associated Press. J. .
one of the richest and most
men In the Hawaiian islands,
ter an extended illness, aged 6o
Statue of Franees E. Willard.
SPRINGFIELD. III. The bout
Wednesday passed the bill appropriat
ing $9,000 for the placing of a statue
of Frances E. Willard in statuary hall
at YTachington.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
A fcew paper called the PaMiC
Schools has appeared at Fairbury.
A heavy plate glass window In tha
postomce building at Clay Center was
blown in aad several parsons quite
severely Injured.
Thieves broke into the hardware
store of W. M. Stebbims, Grand Island,
and stole about $75 woith of pocket
knives, razors, etc.
Alfred Irwin," W years old, was
drowned la the Platte river near
Louisville while boating. Two boys
with him had narrow escapes.
Mary E. and Rosa E. Rexter tied
suit in the district court at Nebraska
City for $5,000 damages against Lydla
Holland for alleged malicious prosecu
Jon. Hermaa Ide of West Point has pur
chased a $2,000 stallion from the Tip
ton, Cedar County, Importing com
pany and will keep the same "i his
farm north of the city.
John Gaule of Conway. la., waa
found on the Union Pacific track near
Korty with his body cut In two and
badly mangled. His remains were
brought to Ogalalla and his people no
tified. Ross Mullison of Fremont, who Is
charged with shooting John Weldner.
was arraigned in police court. He
pleaded not guilty and his preliminary
examination was set for April 11. Mul
lison is not yet 19 years old.
The assessors of York county held
their regular meeting and agreed to
valuations as follows: Horses, $9; cat
tle, $3.16; young cattle. $2; cows,
$4.50; pianos, $30, and agreed to as
sess York county lands at an average
ef $4.16 per acre.
Andrew Aschund disappeared from
his horn la Hastings end all efforts
to locate him have failed. Last sum
mer he suffered from sunstroke while
employed at the asylum, and it is sup
posed that this affected his mind and
has caused his mysterious disappear
ance.
The board of directors have set the
dates for Boone county's next fair for
September 22, 23, 24 and 25. Isaac
Letson was re-elected president, H.
iL. Brooks secretary, and Jacob Green
treasurer. Boone county is now in a
circuit with Antelope, Madison and
Stanton.
in a dispute at Holbrook between
Daniel M. Hogan and Charles Chris--tianson
over the services of a horse,
involving $10, the former shot .and
Skilled the latter. The dead man leaves
'-a wife and seven children. The mur
derer, Hogan. is an old soldier and
'draws a pension.
Philander W. Howe, one of the old
est Methodist ministers of the west
known throughout Nebraska as Elder
Howe, died at his residence in Lincoln
last week, after suffering for two years
from a paralytic stroke and a weak
ness, due to old age. Mr. Howe was
85 years of age.
While driving into Silver Creek
from his farm In Polk county Fred
Pegdon was seriously injured. His
team ran away, throwing him out His
collar bone wa3 broken, shoulder dis
located and he wasinjured internally.
The seriousness of the latter injuries
cannot be ascertained.
The 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Armstrong, living in South
Beatrice, was fatally burned while
playing about a bonfire. Portions of
the child's body were literally cooked
and the attending physicians are of
the opinion that the little sufferer
cannot possibly recover.
At a special election held in Arapa
hoe for the purpose of voting bonds
for rebuilding the school building,
burned last October, owing to some
mistakes in the manner of calling the
election and a general misunderstand
ing of the voters in regard to same,
the bonds were defeated, although re
ceiving a majority of the votes cast.
The State bank at Belvidere wa3
broken into, but the burglars did not
succeed in getting into the safe. Th6
back door was unlocked by them and
they then dug through the vault. The
vault door was then opened from thq
inside. All the deed boxes were torn
open and many things of value taken
out. The safe was not broken open,
although it was badly indented.
At 1:45 o'clock in the morning a
terrific explosion called J. C. Saun
ders of Osmond from his bed. and
upon Investigation Mr. Saunders
found that burglars were at work on
the safe in the Security State bank of
that place. One roboer worked on the
inside while two stood guard, one in
front on State street and one at the
rear door on Fourth street. Mr. Saun
ders walked half way across the
street, when he wes shot at three
times, but he kept rigfit oc going tr
ward the bank, when the thieves r'
doned the job.
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market in Beatrice. Lr
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