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rTner-"srvr --syw--5W!-:-t.'t-t-r?. ' "T5,pJErMr' 'J,tc-r ' ;?k-5 i&PifT?a?r-H' qe namwi'ete sk--farag--?Wi! fe5-! 0nmal. VOLUME XXXJV. NUMBER 3. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22. 1903. - WHOLE NUMBER 1.719 t-'",-'r' MM1 II Ii u1- tIS II 5FW Hill S " i3 11 11 : till "m 3r I I f 3 111 3! i if 1 Hj &t flwmlfe ;;;-. f. J - -. A- i . a f 3 f I ? i. 4 r .i- i ; :.-. MAST GOES DOWN HEAVY SQUALL DISMANTLES THE SHAMROCK. SPARS AND SAILS OVERBOARD jSir Tnomas Ltpton is Slightly Hurt I Msrchant-Yatchtsrr.an Injures His j Hard by Fall Down Hatcnway " Sailers ana Guest scape Injury. WEYMOUTH The misfortunes ' whici seem to have pursued Sham rock III culminated Friday in a gust - of wind -which dismasted it and leaves tke beautiful challenger lying a help less -wreck in Portland harbor. The accident will necessitate a delay of certainly a month and probably of six weeks in the challenger's sailing for 'Anwrica, but Sir -Thomas Lipton said f that the accident -would not be al lowed te interfere with its presence :n New Yorfc in time for the cup races. Th yacht -was caught in a squall skortty after leaving the harbor on a tnal spin. The mast was carried over board, together -with several of the crew, aad all the srear and canvas. . One man -was drowned ana several persons, including Sir Thomas, who was knocked down a hatchway, were braised or otherwise injured. The man who was drowned was a brother-la-law of Captain Wnage. He was handing a btocular glass to Sir Thom as at the time he was swept over board. Thtr yachts were maneuver vermg m the roadstead under main sails, jibs, foresails and ga topsails. prior to the start. A strong northeast breeze was blowing, but there was no-hing in the natnre of a sale. Th boats seemed to carry their racing sails well as they fetched oet from the shelter of the breakwater. Shamorck III leading on a tack out seaward, apparently with Ike intention of testing the strength of the wind outside. The breeze had jst wnzht enough to keep the lee rail tipped. Before the start Sir Thomas Lip uw, Ratsey, the sailmaker. and Colo nel SlKnaan Crawford vice commo dore of the Royal Ulster Yacht club, boaiirrd ti challenger, which made a. masmfirenr picture, as under a cloud of caavas u drove past North Head. Erin had taken up a position to sead th boats away round a triangu lar course, and eve-ythinz seemed to prcmifct a. rine race. Shamrock in tfeert iHade a short board on the port teciC dragging through a "heavy squall with i- lee dcks awash At about 1".4 a m.. when nearly a jeile off siore, it went aliout on the starboard tack to stand up to cross the !m. when a sudden gust of wisd EwcciKi; out oi Weymouth bay Ercrt.dw yacir and completely dis maatled it. The weather rigging screws VL the mam shrouds and mast were earned away close to the deck aad wish it went the spars, sails and gearing in a confused mass of wreek- Tae yachts decks were crowded wkk Sir Thomas Linton's guests, of ficers and men. and it seemed a mir acle that the disaster was not attend ed by serious loss of iife. Deprived of its chief support. th immense steel tubular mast swaved for a trac tion of a second and went overboard, creating general havoc as it felL FORMER PUBLISHER IS DEAD. H. Kilccumo Succumbs to Straks of Paralysis. WASHINGTON. D C H. Kfl beemc formerly chief clerk of the iaterkn- department and one of the cost widely known citizpns of Wash isjrtoa- died here Tuesday ot paraly sis agd 7. Years ago he 'was arrested and de tailed by order of the house of repre sentatives for refusing to produce the bocks ni his firm in connection with a favestignticn of a real estate pooL an feis case attracted national atten tion. Later he rsceied a judgment ci '.53.WO for false imprisonment. He was a: oae rime publisher cf the Na t:osu! Republican and tic Critic He was a native of Rochester. N. Y and was ane cf the early California pio netxs. Cclcnc! Cccy Is Injured. 5IANCHESTER. Eng. W. F. Cody faoSaln Bfll met with an accident at tkr first iierformance of his show hre ?skday His horse reared and fell tm him He was renic.ed to a hoteL Hfe ankle was badly sprained but he npifjared In the arena in a carriage tkis evening. Lieutenant Commits Suicide. ST. LOUIS. Mo. Lieutenant Thos. F Howard ci the United States army zr.i a graduate of West Point, drew a raznr across his throat at the Missouri Enpffet sanitarium Friday When toss by an attendant he was dead. Howard left a letter to his mother. Mrs. J. H. Howard. Boerene. Teras. He also left a note for the san itarium officials, directing them to notify his mother aad tie war deaanment. Eurscrtbe to German Lean. 3R7.rN. Tie new imperial H per cent lean, amounting to J72.500.QO. has been heavily oversubscribed. Several of tie large Serim banks alone have announced that they had offered to subscribe for two or three times tie amount offered. The total is not vet J.nrsm. but it is expected tie subscrib ers will only receive a small percent- nge of tie amcunt desired. France subscribed heavily. Tie applications i reported amount to 53,43530.000. I TO SEND LETTER OF THANKS Pope Leo Gratified at President Roosevelt's Gift. ROME. The pope was gratified when informed that President Roose velt, on the celebration of the papal jubilee, had forwarded to the pontiff, through Cardinal Gibbons, the vol umes containing all the messages and official documents of the presidents of the United States. He said: "The messages are the essence of a century and a half of American politi cal wisdom. I shall be happy in hav ing it as a companion to the set of President Roosevelt's own literary works, sent by Governor Taft last year. The pontiff added that he will thank the president by sending him an autograph letter ARE DISORDERS IN MINDANAO. Sand Which Raided Suriago is Dis persed. MANILA The band which raided Suriago. island of Mindanao, on March 23. is practically dispersed. The troops .and constabulary pursued the men into the Lake Manit country and defeated them five time-;, killing twenty and wounding many others. Most of the arms stolen at Surigao were recovered. The disorder which recently broke out in the province of Misamis. is land of Mindanao, is spreading. The civil authorities have appealed for military assistance. People are leav ing the tcwas and going to the moun tains, and many are proclaiming them selves rebels. The troops have en countered and dispersed a band of 4C0. wounding thirteen men. IMPRISON THE PEACEMAKERS. Albanians Turn Deaf Ear tc Pacifica tion Proposals. CONSTANTINOPLE The mem bers of the special mission sent by the sultan to pacify the Albanians, ir is now announced, are practically imprisoned at Ipek. Albany, where they are surrounded by several hun dred Albanians, whose chiefs refuse to accept the proposed reforms and demand the appointment of an Al banian governor, adding that other wise they will continue the revclt- The Austrian and Russian ambas sadors are urging the sultan to adopt energetic measures to suppress the Al banians, but he is averse to coercion, as he relies on the Albanians to heip him in the event of further complica tions. CANT DISARRANGE PROGRAM Pr-sidsnt Will Not Send Day in Black Hills. CINNABAR. Mont. No news has been received from the president since he left early Friday morning for Nor ris. in the Yellowstone, to view the geysers. As the trail had been made passable in the worst places, it is sup posed that he reached his destination safely During the last two or three days of his stay in the park, the president will be joined by President LoeD and the other members of the party. The plan for the president to spend a day m the Black Hills has been abandon ed, owing to the impossibility of dis arranging the program as already ar ranged. An hour will be spec at Edgmont. where the president will be given an old-fashioned cowboy recep tion CHOLERA AMONG TROOPS. it Is Supposed th; Disease Was Con tracted at Bacelod. MANILA. The campaign agnmst the bandits in the province of Albay ttas provec unsuccessful, the leader ot , the Ladrones. named Toledo, evading img a fight with the American forces, ihe govemmen is preparing to organize another movement Three hundred and fifty scouts and constabulary are now following Tole do's band, and it is intended to in crease this force. The concentration system m. central Albay is still elec tive Cholera has attacked Captain Per shing's troops, who are operating against the Moros in Minandao. Five cases and many suspected cases are reported. I: is supposed the disease was contracted near Bacolod. which Captain Pershing's force captured April S. The sick have been sent to the hospital at Camp Vicars. Scfc Frtrsimmons Wife DIc. NEW YORK. Mrs. Eobert Fitzsim mocs. wife of the former heavyweight champion pugilist, died at her home in Brooklyn Fridav. Went to Gallows Smoking. MICHIGAN CITY. Ind. Matthew Alexander, a negro, was hanged in tie Tll'tf"'-? tuiiirPTiri-lTT nr I1)-!? rS1n,' ' i Wednesday morning for the murder of George Burke ar Terra Haute last . September. Alexander slept the early part of tie evening and when awaken ed to prepare fnr the scaffold he smok ed a pipe of tobacco and walked un assisted to tie deati room. Hfe neck was broken by tie falL Hctsl Men t Organize. SIOUX FALLS. S. D A convention . , t urr"il ,--i,' " eec us JUJ -" ' to 23. to organize an association of rtel men. in northwestern Iowa, south western Minnesota and South Dakota. He Came From Texas. WASHINGTON, D. C- Lieutenant Howard, who committed suicide in St, Louis Friday, entered tie military academy from Texas, graduating in 1533; was retired in 1533 for disahility-- ANSWER TO PARRY GOMPERS OF THE LAIOR FFDER ATION REPLIES. THINKS THE SPEAKER IS CRAZY Characterizees His Utterances in the Manufacturers' Association Meeting at New Orleans as Rabid and Vene mcus Beyond Excuse. WASHINGTON, D. C President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor Thursday gave out a state ment in reply to the annual report of President Parry of the Manufacturers association, which was read before that body in New Orleans. It says: "If there were any doubt that Mr. Parrv had taken leave of his reason. the report (or rather language) which I he has made to his convention dem on strates it beyond any doubt. If the manufacturers in convention at New Orleans indorse Mr Parry's un- justinea ana malicious iu.ii.s,ju.illi. m , ,hn rr.-r nf rha arnrlrprs to Secure -- . , ,.:.! ...; -.ot m tAA f;UU4 w3 ut. mi- ! material and moral improvement they simply write themselves down to his low level and stand committed with him for all the injury which must fol low his rabid utterances, his vene- j mous and ignorant antagonism, which J must provoke only resentment and re taliation. "Organized labor is the result of our industrial development and environ ment. It proposes to secure a large share of the production of wealth. It seeks to secure these objects by peace ful and lawful methods. It aims to es tablish more rightful relations between man and man. "Organized labor is here to stay , yes. to stay long after Mr. Parry's I name shall have been forgotten. It men of the Parry caliber. "Organized labor seeks no such con flict as Mr. Parry would promote, nor will it run away from it. We desire ( industrial and social peace and are ! making for it. Mr. Parry and those j who act with him to- the contrary not-' withstanding. "We shall be enabled scon to dis cern to what extent tile manufacturers of the United States r.re in accord with him. At this writing we are con fident that he represents but an in nnitessimal part of the American em ployers. Organized labor faces the fu ture, confident and self-reliant, and i hurls back into the teeth of Mr. Parry his foul vituperation and abuse. Or ganized labor is constantly striving for fha f tainmorrr nf ? hAtrar arrri fiftrlnaT. I - life, the fulfillment of its mission for the brotherhood of man." PRESIDENT SPARES LIONS. Refuses tc Fire a Single Shot During Stay in Yellowstone Park. CINNABAR, Mont. President Roosevelt broke camp Tuesday and is slowly working his way to Major j Pitcher s headquarters at Fort Yellow stone. He will remain there one day and then start for Norris, where the geysers are. There is much snow be tween the fort and Norris and the en gineer corps is at work opening the i road. Carried Through the Air. FORT DODGE. la. John Maulky. a farmer living near Jolly. la., was car ried over one hundred feet through the air by a cyclone. He landed on a network of telephone wires and slid down a pole to the ground, practically unhurt. Maulky was hitching up a team when the storm struck him. The horses were picked up by tie wind, carried across the road and dashed against a tree. One was killed and the other will have to be shot, Ter-; rible damaze was done near Jolly by ' the cyclone. A number of bams were destroyed and fields were inundated ty the heavy rain which accompanied the wind. Accepts Directorsnip or Census. BOSTON S. N. D. North of this city has decided to accept the direc torship of tie United States census bureau, the position recently offered mm oy fresioent Roosevelt. The matter was left to the executive com mittee of tie National Association of Wool Manufacturers, ro wnich organi zation Mr. North felt that he owed prior allegiance, and they have re leased him from his obligations as secretary. In the Nation's Strong Box. WASHINGTON Wednesday's state. meat of the treasury balance hnws available balances S222.553.S54; gold. J1IS.753.25S. Hunting His Brother's Remains. BUTTE. Mont, A special to tie Miner from Columbia Falls, Mont., says: A, H. r-igro. suDerintendent nf tie Illinois Central, has arrived tiere orgini7fT,g a p2Tty ro into the mountains and search for the re- mams of his brother, formerly super-1 ed Mrs. Winston by an Oklahoma intendent of the Great Northern, wio t court. whici..it was claimed, had been became lost and is believed to have granted her without sufficient resi perished in tie region about .3el-; dence. Tie decree was not accepted ton while hunting deer last De- bv tie courts and the srmrp .t ember. Word was received from tie presl- f'-rr rVrtr ho t in r nacr nf K-.T-K f - .. - - . U --- a tnorougniy enjoying nis outing. In addition to norsebacfc ridng. ie "-uir u lQur wnmanr. nas I chara-tsri2ed stcrj tha. ce of takes long walks over the mountain f helmed, to serve as one of the Uni-' fered Frank Cecil J2JJ0O to shoot Goe trails. Notwithstanding reports to tie j tei States commissioners at the forth-1 bel as "infamously false." contrary, the president ? not fired I coming monetary conference, thus con- a snot at a mountain lion and has no f Snin? tie delegation to three per-1 Prominent Hawatlan Dies. intention of doing so. Ir is estimated that there are 500 of these ar.imaN in the park, which are killing large quan-, titles of deer and elk. An effort is te- ing made to exterminate them. THE BLIND CHAPLAIN DEAD. Rev. William Henry Milbura Pas Away in California. WASHINGTON. D. C The Rer.l I "William Henry Milbum. the venerable HTfnW fcTi?Ti nf rtia T7?5rort CSMTM scc&to, died in Sata Barbara, CaL Word to thia effect was recciTeil tcre Friday by Coloe' D. A. RansdelL the sergeant at arms of the senate. Mr. Milbum. accompanied by- his two nieces the Misses Timley, left Washington for th" Pacific coast about a year ago. The chaplain was in broken health. The change brought no great improvement in his condi tion gTi when congress met in De cember he forwarded his resignation to Washington, but rt was never act ed upon. The deceased was a native of Philadelphia, and was born in 1S23. When he was 5 years of age a play fellow accidentally- struck him in the left eye with a piece of glass. For two years he was confined to a dark room under medical treatment, and when he came out one of his eyes was t ' in the cthe: .uiti; uiuiu tiiJ.i .itw -.-... - .w He. however, pursued his studies at school and college for about twenty years, the hight grow ing dimmer, until gradually he became totally blind. BECK GIVES UP HIS POST. Resigns Appointment as Assistant At torney General. WASHINGTON Assistant Attorney General James M. Beck tendered his resignation to President Roosevelt be fore the president's departure for the west. At the same time Mr. Beck took occasion ro express his pride and gratification at having been privileg ed to serve under the president's ad ministration and that of his predeces sor. In accepting tie resignation the president wrote: "WHITE HOUSE. March 31 1903. My Dear Mr. Beck: I regret to re ceive your resignation as assistant at torney general, which is accepted, to take effect gu April 30 next, as indi cated. "I appreciate your expression of the satisfaction you have taken in your public service. It is a pleasure to me to say that you have performed ycur duties with marked ability and I here by extend my best wishes for your continued success in your professional work and for your health and pros perity. THEODORE ROOSEVELT." FAMOUS CALCULATOR IS DEAD William Vallance Gives Way to Strain and Dies in Hospital. TRENTON. N. J- William Val- "-Ml"i ?a f svnnn. Ii tvtf rami . iMiliwil rn. , inv-t. v . ubiu.u;, wwuiu-u. who could do any sum in mathemati-' cal calculation mentally, and with- but i an instant's hesitation, is dead, aged ! 20 years. About a week azo he was ' taken, to the state hospital suffering from a severe mental strain, believed ' to be the result of his work and fig ures. Vallance could duplicate the feats of any of the lightning calculators and i then beat them all by stating instantly any desired date in history. He could i not tell how he knew history, bat ! would rattle off fact after fact with out ever malting a mistake. He could give instant answers to such arith metic questions as multiply 2S3.4TS by 4,641, and problems in algebra were his delisht. SENDS PRESENT TO POPE LEO. ! willingness to embark in new affairs. President's Gift is Sent by a Special i but this is no misfortune,, for pro uK...c.r ! motion has been carried too far and BALTIMORE. Md. President Rcosevelt has sent to Cardinal Gib- i bons and his eminence has forwarded by special messenger to Jope Leo XIII a gift to be presented to the holy ' father on the celebration of his jubi- Ie The gift consists of ten handsomely bound volumes containing all the mes sazes and official documents of the presidents of the United States from Washington to Roosevelt. The gift was entrusted by Cardinal Gibbons to a clergyman, who sailed from New York to Naples Tuesday on the steam er Lignria. Autograph letters from the president and Cardinal Gibbons to his holiness accompany the gift. , Grant's Friend Passes Away. INDIANAPOLIS A. S. Mount died Tuesday, aged SO. He was bom in 1S22 in Clermont county, Ohio. In a neighboring house, the same year, U S. Grant was bom. The elder Mount and the elder Grant were both tan ners and the two boys, after beinz reared together, were put to work in their fathers respective yards. They were always great friends and visited I each other in after years. Divorce Is Knocked Out. t WASHINGTON. D. a Tie United States supreme court Monday decided tie divorce of Lillie Winston vs. Walker Winston, both of New York, j in favor of tie latter. The case in volved the validity of a decree crant-' unheld those views. I F White Will Not Talk Mor.--v WASHINGTON Andrew Whit I i . l s01 already named. Messrs. Conant. " Jenkins and Hanira. Mr. White's dec- Iination is based on tie nnsatisfac- ( tmr ccnditlon of fe's healriC. as well as pressure of private busiaess. THE MERGER CASE RAILROAD CONTROL WILL .NOT E CHANGED 1Y COURTS. I Si DECLARES JAMES J. HILL Mr. SchifF; Harriman's Financial Sup porter, Sees Men Harassing Inno cent Corporations Which May Con trol Policy of Other Companies. NEW YORK James J. Hill, presi dent of the Northern Securities com pany, said on Monday: 4We will have our apaeal papers ready in a day or two. We expect to win. But even though the United States supreme court should compel the Northern Securities company to give back the stock to the Great Northern and Northern Pacific com panies the control would still be the same." J. P. Morgan was in conference at his office with President J. J. Hill of the Northern Securities company, and E. H. Harriman of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific roads. The con ference was reported to have some bearing on "the decision on the North em Securities case. Other prominent financiers and rail road men who visited Mr. Morgan in the course of the day included P. A B. Widener, Thomas F."Ryan. George F. Baker, H. B. Hollins, President Spencer of the Southern Railway and President Thomas of the Lehigh Val ley. Mr. Hill made several visits to Mr. 3Iorgan's ofice. A representative of the Morgan firm denied that there had .been any thing like a formal discussion of the financial situation of that of the North ern Securities decision had been talk ed about, save in a casual way. Jacob H. Seisin" of the banking firm of Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. members of the Harriman. syndicate, and a director of the Northern Securities company, the Baltimore & Ohio and Union Pacific railroads, in an interview in the Even ing Post on the Northern Securities cace. said: "The result of the decision, if it be confirmed upon appeal, must necessar ily be far-reaching. The decision practically establishes this: That any thing done which will put it in the power of any company to restrain in dustry and trade is illegal, even if the very reverse of such restraint is intended, as has no doubt been the bona fide purpose of the corporators of the Northern Securities company. Thus, as a logical consequence, the power the Pennsylvania possesses to i . a, .-. , . . . I i innaence tne .Baltimore uaio anu other corporate managements, all the power the New York Central possess es to direct the Lake Shore. Michigan , ! Central and the Nickel Plate manage 7 k meats , ,. ,,.,. I or me .e lors. .ew naven & Hartford's influence over the New England road, even if such power or infiuence actually exercised is bene- ficial to the public, is illegal, "This is the danger in the situation which has now been created. Not that I beEeve the government will at present go any fartier, but, as it is. almost any one, far the purpose of blackmail or sinister purposes, has it henceforth in his power to open fire iu.u. liiiicua uiuat ut me utrge rauroaus , OTs4 1 m er m - . - ta T - ST 2 and industrial corporations. . "With all this, I do not feel par ticularly pessimistic. We shall no doubt for some time find a zreat un- in this respect perhaps the Northern Securities decision may prove a bless ing in disguise." PACKERS PAY THE PENALTY. Settle with State for Violation of the Anti-Trust Law. KANSAS CITY, Mo. The five Mis souri packing companies which were finri $5,000 each on March 20 for vio lation of the anti-trust law, through their attorney. Frank Hagerman of this eiry, have m 'led ro the state supreme cc.t a draft for $27,136. in payment of fines and costs incident to tie action against them. The firms fined are the Armour Packing com pany. Cudahy Packing company, Ham mond Packing company. Swift & Co.. and Schwarzschild & Sulzberger. The payment was made before it was due. as the offenders had thirty days from March 20 in which to satisfy the judg ment. MFnto's 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 I t secretary of the treasury. Immigration Law Causes Trouble. SAN FRANCISCO, CaL The new immigration law, imposing a head t of $2 on all aliens coming to this country is causing trouble for the lo cal immigration bureau. The Oceanic Steamship company refuses pain, blank to pay the tax. and Commissiori er of Immigration North thereupoll made a ruling that no alien passen gers should land from a ship in this port until the tax had first been paid 1 by the steamship company. Taylcr Says "infacualy False." INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Ex-Govruor Taylor of Kentucky on Wedresdav Taylor of Kentucky nu.ui-ii.u, vij. ritiai. uasie to the Associated Press. J. B. Atherton. one of the richest and most influential men in the Hawaiian islands, died af tsr an extended illness, aged 66. I THAT SMUGGLING. Investigation of Cases by the Grand Jury. SAX JUAN. Porto Rico. The grand jury is investigating the so-called smuggling cases in which officers cf the United States navy and other prominent men are involved, notwith standing the instructions which, it i3 stated. District Attorney PettlngiH has received from the department of justice at Washington not to present information to tie grand jury this term. The press and the natives have practically demanded an investigation, inasmuch as at the last term a native named Ricardo Amado was sentenced to a year's confinement in the peni tentiary and a fine of $300 for having contraband liquor in his possession. On Tuesday the grand jury came in court and asked for informtaion. The foreman said: "It has come to our knowledge thaC certain cases of smuggling have occurred- We have asked the district attorney about the matter am' he re fused to bring up tie matter, alleging that he had received certain instruc tions. We now ask the judge if we have a right to information in spite cf the district attorney's refusal Judge Holt had prepared a written charge, tie reading of which caused a sensation. He said in part "When you were empanelled at the beginning of the term roa swore that you would make a diligent inquiry into, and a true presentation of such maters given to you or which might otherwise come to your knowledge touching violations of the statutes of the United States and that you would make no presentment through envy, hatred, favor, affection or reward or through hope thereof You could not. if you desired, escape from the obliga tion of your oati by heeding instruc tions of any one. The Honored presi dent of tie United States could par don, but he could not interfere. If you believe that anyone has given in structions tending to prevent the full est investigation into the commission of a crime in the United States and the returning of an indictment, if the evidence so warrants, then you should be inspired by an additional deter mination to do your duty. The court has knowledge of the instructions to which the district attorney alludes. It is proper to say that it is my opin ion that there has been no intention of encroaching upon your sworn duty of the judicial domain." The testimony submitted last De cember regarding the smuggling ra?es. pointed to a dozen prominent officials of the navy, army and msular govern ment and citizens being implicated in the charges. """ INTERPRETS A PENSION LAV f-f lfrA.A- . l, uiu. tj r a. w i;ikiiwk t r,u:: wi.e nave ;. a Limb. WASHINGTON Commissioner o Pensions Ware Wednesday issued an order interpreting the act of March 2. 190". concerning cases of those who have lost limbs in the service. The ruling says: "The said act contains the words, 'or where the same is in such a con dition as to prevent the use of an , artificial limb.' The word 'use is no", to be used as enuivalent to the word o,.' A person may be able to wear an artificial limb when it would be cf no use. There must be some prac tical utility, for tie words, in. fact, above quoted apply to instances where the amputation is below the middle, in length, of the bone, but above the joint. In such cases where the condi tion is such as to prevent the use cf an artificial limb the increased pen sions shall be granted. "Where the amputation is marie a: the middle or above there can be no use of an artificial limb The middle point of the bone shall be determined in accordance with Curran decision cf tho office " FINE CATTLE ARE CREMATED. Stock Was En Route to Omaha to 5C Scld a: Auction. ENID. OkL Thirty-two head of fine registered red polled cattle wern burned to death in a car on the Ruck Island road 3'onday The cattle were shipped from Hennessey. OkL. by J. ! H. Van Buren and consisted of one or two bulls, a few cows and the bal ance young stock. When about two miles from Enid the straw in the car caught fire and by the time tie train reached this city it was a mass cf flames. The cattle died in the car. none being saved. This shipment was bound to Omaha, where the cattie were to have been sold at a stock sale, and tie loss will tiousand dollars. reach several Zinc Prc3uct:cn. WASHINGTON. Tne United States geological survey Monday issued a preliminary statement for zinc pro duction in the United States in 1D02. showing a total of 12S.S04 short ten?, against 141322 in 1S01 The produc tion was distributed as follows: Illi nois and Indiana. 47.0G shcrt tons: Kansas. SJ.5o4: Missouri. tl37: Col orado. 1JJ27, and eastern and "-omh-ern states. 12430. Principal additions to production came from new plants Mcrlcy Landc Lena CiT. LONDON. The H;it Hon. Join Morley. speaking at Mcutmse 3Ion- day, referred to tie Irish land bill as s new, great chapter m the Irish f revolution, and a confession by the government that its vaunted policy of a resolute government in Ireland, pur sued for seventeen years, was an ab ject failure. He did not suppose the government had any more idea o" heme rule now than sir mentis hgo it had of the land biiL t UCF TUIGtMIS. -t :":: : : : i n t k t m n 1 1 1 1 : ui The "bubonic plague" reported in Rice county. Kan,, is black smallpox. There, have been ine deaths from the disens. In Washington the Easter pamde on Connecticut avenue was ignored be cause negroes imitate new gowns of eociety. Oflicial dispatches from Melilla. Mo rocco, announce that the insurgent Mcors have captured the fortress of Frajana. Friends of General Miles, forty in number, agree to get out of the Metro politan club of Washingon if General Carbin is admitted. The treasury department purchased 300.000 ounces of silver Tor account of Philippine coinage at an average of o "cents ?n ounce. Lieutenant William Girrish. a mem ber of the American rifle team in two international contests, died at his home in Chelsea. Mass. Admiral Higginson's report to the navy department upon the fatal ex plosion en the Iowa shows that a de fective shell was not the cause. Frank M. Westerfield of Willmette. IlL. committed suicide in a small hotel at St. Louis by shcoting. He left a note saying he feared he was losinr his mind. The boiler of Charles Bevens" saw mill at Ruby. Ohio, exploded, killing Charles Bevens. Richard Houck. Ru fus Houck. and two boys named Houck and Gottridge. Senator CuIIom does not want a session of congress this fall to modifj or change the tariff. He says the job should be put off until after the pres idential election. The New York Evening Post quote; a director of the United States Steel corporation to the effect that Charles M. Schwab will be re-etected pdesidef. at the annual meeting this month. The board of regents has receive! an offer of S30.000 from Andrew Car negie for a library at the Oklahoma territorial university to replace ont destroyed by fire several months ago. 5. Morgan Smith of York. Pa., pres ident of the S. Morgan Smiti com pany, died in Los Angeles. CaL, aged 63 years. Mr. Smiti was the largest manufacturer of water wheels in the United State?. A tornado in the vcnity of Block ton. Ala wrecked several houses and did considerable damage to farming prcperty. The towns of Coleanor and Gamsey also suffered. No fatalities were reported. With a view to promoting the con tentment of the enlisted meir of the navy, the navy department has sent certain suggestions to th commission ed ofiiccrs as to the maintenance of discipline aboard ship. The gross receipts or the postal ser vice for the quarter ended December 31. 1312. were 533.223.004. and the ex penditures 534.5aJ.Si The receipts showed an increase of 53.000.000 over the same quarter a year previous. The Rev. Mgr. Michael Boucfaet. vi car general of the Roman Catholic diocese of Louisville. Ky died at the rectory of the Cathedral of the As sumption. He was stricken with ap oplexy while on his knees in prayer. The Right Rev. George Montgomery, coadjutor archbishop of San Francis co, who recently was appointed arch bishop of Manila, has refused that post. He prefers to stay rn San Fran cisco, where he expects to become archbishop. Serious disturbances attended the congress of Catholic clubs held "t Brest. France. The clericals indulged in a series of manifestations in favor of the religious congregations which led to the street conflicts with the so cialists. A nnmber of arrests were made. Pat Crowe, the noted tram robber aad kidnaper of Millionaire Park" fudahy's son at Omaha, has open a resident of St. Jofept: and tho F-nrh bottoms, north of town, for thret1 mouths. This information th poll'"'1 have verified and arrested the persons who have been harboring the outlaw The interior department, through Indian Commissioner Jones, is making active preparations to pay at an early date the sum of Sl.SOS.7'4 to the Six Nations Indians of New York state. awarded to them by congress three years ago. as the result of their fa mous Kansas land claim against the United States government. Ex-Senator McLaunn of South Caro lina says tie Mohawk Valley Steel company of which he is vice presi dent, has let contracts for tie build ing cf an immense iron and steel plant at 3runswick. Ga to cost 510. 000.0i0. Anson Phelps Stokes, millionaire and philanthropist, has invented a J Seating battery designed" for coast de fense. It is spherical in form aad re sembles in seme respects the famous Popcff and Novgorod of the Russian navy. Officials of the University of Ne braska confirmed the report that John D. Rockefeller has offered a gift of .?6.(ti.67 for the construction of a university to cost $ 100.000 on tne con dition that the remaining S32.223.32 be given by July 1. 1504. Juan Angel Anas, who was appoint- r ed president of nonduras by the rs tirinz President Sierra, has surrender- 3d to tie forces of General BonilZa. " tie president-elect of Honduras, whose forces occupied Tegucigalpa, tie cap ital cf that republic The ileoican ambassador has in formed the state department at Wash ington that tickets are being sold in this country for a lottery said "o be located in San Luis PotosL Mes. where tie ambassador says there L no lottery existing W ! f f ! gn?fi?ii IR 9m RMR. fCotahs 1 Stote Bart. I I fmjn hUcrwt on lane t DepoBfto Mate Lobob on Real o Estate. o -jt I Msues skhit db pts ok Ctta New tort, o TT C o But Good Hofct, I o t t o te o o o 6 o o J$ MD OlIICTllW' O. MMS- vica-muas. MUMS, cumn. mm f t mulst. oAOOA040Ct0-0-OAOO0&0 A drfy Newspaper Derate! to the Best Interests of X X Columbus, THE County of Platte, The Stale of -Nebraska.- THE United States; ' and the Rtst ef MiikM. Fbe Unit cf Measure with Us is $1.50 Year, if Paid in Airancav Umtt f Uflsfalaess to at Ch iiiii ilBJif j TTnTTin utf Ceeta. Sample Copies Sent free to any Address. HENRY GASS. 1 ...UNDERTAKER... 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