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a1 v ' v7 "V " , .-. - KBs r''piiiiisKli?? ," ,43. iMr-'j:- '- r-3 5 VOLUME XXXIV. NUMBER 6. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 13. 1903. WHOLE NUMBER 1.722. to V r.it-: ?( t bS." . ' t &- f."- F : E w. ft F5 . Rv w -i "11 ' K 1 f i fir i -. r -I U" i?j s ; Kl : A' UNITED STATES The United States cable ship Bum idc, launched last week at the Heath "shipyards, Taccma, Wash., is by all odds the largest steamship ever con structcd at any of the Tacoma ship yard's, and members of the Chamber of Commerce and the business ele ment of the city were present in large 'numbers to witness her christening. The vessel is due at Sitka early in June to commence work on the Alas kan cable. MOVE OF RUSSIA IT PUTS UNCLE SAM IN AN AN-C-" r-OOD. RE-OCCUPATIOH OF MANCHURIA Troops Put Dack Into New Chwang Secretary Hay is Conferring by Wire vith President Roosevelt About the Matter. WASHINGTON, D. C The state department ha3 received official con firmation from its agents in China off the increase ofvthe Russian garrison in New Chwang. Manchuria, and there is reason to believe, if Presi dent Roosevelt appproves, that it is preparing to take vigorous steps in the matter. Secictary Hay is in communication with the president in California, and upon the lattcr's decision, the secre taire's course will depend. It is statc-l that the department has had itn patience taied by the course of events in Maichuria and that it now contemplates vi more radical step than any which bus heretofore mark ed the negotiations between the pow ers on this subject. The proposed step contemplates joint action by Japan, England and the United States. Preceding negotiations have been hampered by the liability of this gov ernment to act jointly with other na tions, without violating its traditions, but it is now hinted that some plan of cooperation with England and Japan may b? dcvicd which will have the effect of convincing the Russian government of the united determina tion of the three nations to insist upon Russia's evacuation of Manchu ria, while not actually committing the " United States to a formal alliance. This program is subject to the ap proval or the president. If it is not looked i:on with favor liv him the state department may fall back uMm its former method of individual representation to Russia and ask an-' other explanation to the happenings in Manchuiin. In such an event the Russian an swer is already forecasted by. the of ficials here. According to advices to the powers the troops were to have been withdrawn fiom New Chwang just one month ago Friday. It is un derstood that as a matter of fact a portion of the Russian force was withdrawn from barracks in the city to tents outside. It is presumed from Pckin advices that these troops have returned to the city. However, it is pointed out that Russia employ ed a saving clause in the promise to withdraw from Minchuria, the lan guage being "provided, however, that the action of other powers shall not stand in the way." Russia it is understood, now claims that this provision was a violation by Japan when she mobilized her fleet and otherwise showed signs of mili tary preparations, which were con stiued f.s a menr.ee to Russia. Find Clews, but Not Men. HONG KONG The United States gunboat Callao, which was dispatched to the nearest point up the river from Canton, to aid the engineers recently attacked by a mob. reports having found the broken instruments and the bocks belonging to the engineers and the empty drifting house boat. Twenty Hurt in Collision. CHICAGO. HI. Twenty persons were injured, a few seriously, in a collision between two southbound Kalsted street electric cars at Forty third street Thursday. One woman was taken iron: the wreck and carried into an adjoining store. It is believed her injuries are fatal. The conductor on the rear car, H. S. Lockwood, was thrown through the window and badly injured. Forty-Ore Years on Same Farm. SIOUX FALLS, S. D. Foster T. Wheeler, a pioneer settler of Charles Mix county, has made a remarkable record, residing on the same farm for forty-one years. He settled on the land in iste. Former King is Dead. PORT VICTORIA, Seychelles Is lands Mwanga, the former king of Uganda, is dead. His death was caus ed by the rupture of aneurism. Kriu " aaaatLF ' " ' pPaawBaaaWWETeTaaatM CABLE SHIP BURN SIDE. A nrt THE OMAHA LABOR TROUBLE8. Governor Mickey Asked to Appoint Arbitrators. OMAHA Govenor Mickey, after visiting Omaha and looking over the labor situation, issued the following: To the Citizens of Omaha: Having been invited by the mayor of your city and the sheriff of ycur county yesterday to come to your city for the purpose of conferring with them and others to aid in arriving at an amicable settlement of the labor trou bles in which your city is now involv ed, I met with the Business Men's as sociation last evening and heard theii! discussion relating to the matter and was enabled to get some information as to their attitude and complaint, and this afternoon at the Millard hotel I met a delegation representing the labor unions as previously arranged, and on invitation to myself and may or, and discussed with them their complaints and attitudes in relation to tho situation. After this brief and fair consider ation on my part with both sides. I asked that the labor unions appoint a committee of seven and the Busi ness Men's association a committee of like number to meet rae on Monday evening. May 11, at 8 p. m., at the Miilard hotel for the purpose of mu tually considering the matters in con troversy and arriving at an amicable settlement to all interested. JOHN H. MICKEY, Omaha. May 8. Governor. STANFORD LOSES MILLIONS. Brother of Famous Senator, Once Rich, Dies in. Poverty. NEW YORK. Colonel Asa Philip Stanford, aged 81, and a brother of the late Senator Leland Stanford of Cali fornia, died Wednesday from nervous prostration and heart failure. At one time he was a millionaire, but ac cording to his second wife, who sur-' vivos him, he died in almost abject poverty. The widow is Mrs. Mannic F. Cunningham Stanford and she was married to the deceased about eight years ago. Colonel Stanford was born in Al bany, N. Y., in 1822. Of the five Stanford boys only one is now living. He is Thomas Walford Stanford, aged 72, a millionaire. living in Australia. MONEY MARKET STRINGENT. Wabash Abandons Construction in West Virginia. PARKERSBURG, W. Va The Wa bash has abandoned work on its Lit tle Kanawha extension, one of the most important links in the trunk lines. This was determined on at :i meeting in New York. A statement was received here from President Blair, who says: "Owing to the stringency of the money market it has been decided to go no further with the Little Kanawha extension from Burnsville, W. Va., and the line westward to Zanesville, O., a road which will cost $6,000,000. This action was taken by Mr. Gould, Mr. Ramsey and myself. Our property along this line will not be sold now, but at present there is no chance for the completion of the Wabash trunk line in this state." Buy Timber Pulp Lands. ST. JOSEPH, N. B A syndicate of American and Canadian capitalists, headed by Henry Melville Whitney, of Boston, as purchased 2.000.000 acres of timber pulp lands in New foundland and intends to undertake development on a large scale. Court Gives Roosevelt Cash. CHICAGO The Roosevelt heirs, which include the president and Wil liam E. and James C, his cousins, were awarded $42,420 in the condem nation suit brought by the Pennsyl vania railroad involving a strip of land 400 feet long In Stewart avenue. The decision marks the close of liti gation which has been waged for fif teeen years for possession of the prop erty on which a section of the railroad track is laid. Murder Trial in the Navy. WASHINGTON, D. C The navy department is making up the detail of a court martial which will try Wil liam Anthony, a colored sailor on the Olympia, for killing another colored sailor while the ship was in the maneuvers. The court will be held by Captain Swinburne of the Texas and Captain Lane of the marine corps will serve as judge advocate. It will meet at Norfolk in a ir-w days. PROBE GOES DEEP PAYNE WILL INVESTIGATE THE LARGER POSTOFFICES. DETAILS NOT YET FORMULATED Present Administrative Methods Years Old For Fourteen Years Few Changes Have Been Made, Though Business Has Trebbled. WASHINGTON A far-reaching ex tension of the present investigation of the Postoffice department to include most of the large offices in the country is in contemplation. This statement was made by Postmaster General Payne. Mr. Payne said the increase of $5,000 in the appropriation for the contingent expenses of his own office had been made to allow the investigation of the department along these lines, but he admitted that it was not at that time anticipated that the inquiry would prove so sensational. The details of the proposed general investigation have not yet been formu lated, but it has been decided to in clude all first-class postoffices whose annual receipts aggregate $500,000. Mr. Payne said that the present adminis trative methods of the postal service were established by former Postmaster General Wanamaker, fourteen years ago, since then the business of the department has trebled. It might be that some' of the methods were faulty and the practices irregular, conse quently the investigation would be made in the hope of initiating new and better methods as well as to correct abuses. Inspector Laughlin of the Indian nu reau has been ordered to the Utah re3 ervation in Utah to negotiate with the Indians, who own the reservation, for the allotment of a part of their lands and the cession of the remainder to the government The law authorizes the authorities arbitrarily to open the reservation in case of failure to reach an agreement Major Robert L. Howse, charged with cruelty to Filipinos during his service in the Philippines, has submit ted his reply to the charge to the sec retary of war. All the papers in the case have been submitted to the judge advocate general for a report. LARGE AIRSHIP The largest airship ever devised is now building in San Francisco, and even in its present half-finished con dition it spreads itself out over about a block of territory. It is made of aluminum, and will be Delegates to represent the United States at the international conference at Geneva which is to revise and ex tend the Geneva convention of 18G4 under which the various Red Cross societies are recognized in one have been designed by the president as fol lows: Francis B. Loomis, assistant secretary of state; General George B. Davis, judge advocate general of the army, and Commander Sargent, United States Navy. Spurious Butter Makers. TOLEDO, O. Representatives of process butter manufacturers, includ ing the territory from the Mississippi river east, have organized the eastern Association of Process Butter Man jfacturers. A. G. Westling, Kenton, Ohio, was elected president. The as sociation will incorporate under the laws of Ohio and will seek to reduce the price of raw stock to maintain prices. Coup Abandoned or Postponed. WASHINGTON, D. C The Chinese ninister called upon Secretary Hay and discussed the Manchurian situa :ion. There is good reason to be lieve that negotiations have taken a more favorable turn and that the Rus sian coup which was expected has been indefinitely postponed. Rainmaker Goes to Utah. ST. LOUIS. Dr. R. J. Hyatt, gov prnment weather forecaster in St. 'Louis for six years, left Tuesday to CUIUIUCUVC UIO UUIICO OO 1UICVOOIV1 HI Salt Lake City. Will Start West Tuesday. WASHINGTON. D. C The party of German landholders and experts in agriculture who are to make a tour of the United States spent Sunday in ! Washington sight-seeing. They will remain until Tuesday, when they leave for the west, stopping first at Martins burg, "W. Va., where a fruit nursery Will be visited. John I. Schulte. as sistant chief of the department of agri culture, will accompany the Germans. To Regulate Match Sales. NEW YORK The new regulations regarding the sale of matches went i !.. aITao at mMnlvht U.v let X- 1UIU a;.. mfc 1....... A.mtj AOL. ..V one, unless he has a license, may give away or sell matches. Retail dealers may not sell matches with more than 1,000 in a box, and the splints of matches must he strong. They must ( ignite easily and with little noise and the heads most not fly off. Violation of this ordinance is punishable by a I $5 fine. BBBBaa BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB lBsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB fl BBBBBaww hXBvvwiBssHa sa J i i 1 25& BBaVl Recent Happenings asBLOaB"r .skh MaLamL. jj- VSfl m VCda" V G?T7T27EM. rawras rov goxg 7djx&xt77" APPEAL TO FEDERAL COURTS. A New Turn in the Strike On 2t Omaha. OMAHA. On petition of a number of complainants, including the prin cipal transfer and delivery companies involved in the teamster's strike. Judge Munger of the federal court Wednesday evening granted a tem porary restraining order enjoining the officers of the Team Drivers' Interna tional union, local 71, J. E. Crews, president; R. S. Wilcox, treasurer, and Edward Sumner, secretary, together with all members of the union, from doing certain acts calculated to inter fere with interstate commerce, and commanding them to appear in court May 20 to show cause why a tempor ary injunction should not be granted. Decline Carnegie's Offer. MONTREAL. The city council re scinded a resolution adopted in April, UNDER CONSTRUCTION. bigger than the ordinary Mississippi river steamboat. More than $100,000 has already been spent on the machine and it will cost more than $200,000. Charles Stanley is the inventor. 1902, accepting an offer of $150,000 from Andrew Carnegie for a library building. Railroad Wins Land Suit WASHINGTON, D. C The su preme court cf the United States de cided the case of the Oregon & Cali fornia Railroad company against the United States in a case involving cer tain lands in Oregon, which were claimed by the railroad company un der patents issued in 1871 under the Oregon donation act. The decision was favorable to the company. The contention in behalf of the United States was that the patent had been issued by mistake, as the land in dis pute had been located as early as 1853, but the court held that as the land had not been reclaimed, as re quired by law, the settlement of 1853 was not valid. BULGARIA'S SLAPS AT PORTE. Returns Note Because It Is in "Of fensive Terms." CONSTANTINOPLE. The Bul garian government has returned the porte's note on the subject of incur sion of Bulgarian bands into Mace donia and the importation of ex plosives into Turkey from Bulgaria, to the Ottoman commission at Sofia, in consequence of what the government of Bulgaria describes as its "offensive terms." The mustering of " Turkish troops continues in Macedonia and Albania, where soon 165 battalions will be distributed. Sets Court Order at Naught CHEYENNE, Wyo. Michael B. Barry, an attorney, fled to Grand Island, Neb., Tuesday, with his two children, one a 14-months-old babe. Barry, it is alleged, neat his wife a week ago and then sued for a divorce. His wife was on Tue3cay granted the custody of the children, but before papers could be served upon Barry he had left the city. Barry, it is al leged, had been beating his wife for scma time. Cleveland fcr Water Talk OGDEN, Utah. The executive com mittee of the National Irrigation con gress has received a letter from Gilbert McClurg, general representa tive of the irrigation congress, who had a recent interview with Graver Cleveland. The ex-president express ed a desire to attend the congress in Ogden next September and promised in the event of not being able to do so to send, a paper- on "Arid Land Reclamation." Shown In Caricature. canes irrra fiatutr nsnr SBMSBT aVKE STOBIE- BW MRS. BURDICK GETS $25,000. Portion of Pennell's Insurance Good to Her. BUFFALO. N. Y. By an order hand ed down by Justice Kruse, in the su preme court Monday, Attorney Wal lace Thayer will get $10,000 insuranco left by Arthur R. Penncll. A decision of the court some time ago gave Thayer C$15,000 insurance from an other company. The $25,000, it is un derstood, goes to Mrs. Burdick. Mr. Taayer sued for the money as trustee of a secret charge left by Pen nell. Opposition to the suit instituted by J. Fredrick Penncll as adminis trator for his brother's estate wa3 dropped after the document left in Thayer's hands had been examined. IMMIGRANTS BLOCK NEW YORK. Officials Refuse to Allow Fresh Ar rivals to Leave Ships. NEW YORK. Immigration Agent Williams was compelled on Wednes day to refuse to allow thousands of new arrivals from Europe to leave their ships until his force of men can attend to them without working day and night Of 9,610 immigrants who arrived, only 5,550 were allowed to land. The commissioner said he would not allow the great tide of immigration to overwork his men fur ther, though he has been in the habit of keeping them on duty far into tho night during a big rush. REVOLUTION NOT PUT DOWN. Nicaraguan Revolutionary Junta Is Hopeful cf Success. PANAMA, Columbia. The w official news emanating from Managuay. Nica ragua, to the effect that the revolution has been put down is contradicted. The Nicaraguan revolutionary junta here has received a report from Gen eral Emalanio Chamenro, saying that the Nicaraguan government steamer Once de Julio has been sunk by the rebel vessel Victoria. The entire crew of the government boat was lost, notwithstanding the efforts made to save them. The rebel victory at Acoypa and the .capture of Omotepe and San Carlos has been confirmed. The members of the juna are hopeful of success and declare that the rebel3 cannot be attacked, the government forces being not sufficiently strong to do so. Hay Makes Acknowledgment WASHINGTON Secretary Hay has made a graceful acknowledgment of Russia's statement of its purposes rel ative to Manchuria. The secretary's note, addressed to Count Cassini, ex presses regret that there should have been even a temporary misconception of doubt as to Russia's position in the matter and seizes the opportunity to return the thanks of 'this government for the frank and satisfactory declar ation of Russian principles. Buys Mexican Mine. EL PASO, Tex. Senator W. A. Clark of Montana has bought from Sol Charles of Rosario mines the famous Guadaloupe-Colve group of minc3 in Chihuahua, Mcx. The price was $500,000. Mad Mullah Is Repulsed. ADEN; Arabia. It is rumored that the Mad Mullah has recently attacked a British column at Galadi, Somali land, and was repulsed with heavy loss. The British also suffered con siderably. Actor Macklin Dies. LONDON. F. H. Macklin, the actor, is dead. He once made a tour of the United States with Sir Henry Irvine's campinr. Government Guys Silver. WASHINGTON. D. C The treasury department purchased C5.000 ounces of silver on account of Philippine coin age at 5434 cents an ounce. The amount offered was 415,000 ounces. Jealousy is cause of Crime. ST. LOUIS Leon Saunders, a bil liard hall employe, shot and fatally wounded Mary Burke, with whom he had been living, and then blew out hi3 ' own brains. MOROS DEFEATED CAPTAIN PERSHING CAPTURES ANOTHER SULTAN. WHAT AMERICAN TR90PS DID Ten Forts Taken 150 Moras Killed, 13 Wounded and 60 Taken Prisoners Two Americans Killed and Sever Wounded. MANILA-Oiptain Pershing's col umn has defeated the sultan of Am parguano's strong force of Moros in the Taraca country, on the east shore of Lake Lanoa island of Mindanao. The Americans captured ten forts. One hundred and fifteen Moros were killed, thirteen were wounded and sixty were made prisoners. The Moros captured included the -cuttaa- , Two Americans were killed and seven were wounded. The .ten forts constituted serious and strong positions on the- banks of the Taraca river and from them the Moros vigorously resisted Captain Pershing's advance. The American troops attacked the forts Monday and captured eight of them without suffering any losses, though the thirty-six cannon mounted on fortifications were served with the best of the enemy's ability. The garrison of the ninth fort re sisted fiercely, and Captain Pershing ordered the fort to be shelled and captured by assault, which was done. Lieutenants Shaw and Grade lead ing two companies of the Twenty seventh infantry, and a deatchment of cavalry, surrounded the tenth fort, where the sultan bad sought refuge, and it surrenderd Tuesday. The forts have been dismantled. , Captain Pershing moved north Tuesday to complete the exploration of the east shore. No further resist ance is expected. The Spanish gunboat Velasoc, sunk by the ships of Admiral Dewey, off Cavite. has been raised. Her hull is not injured, but her upper works show the effect of the American shells. WAR CLOUD PASSING AWAY. Better Feeling Existing Between Tur key and Bulgaria. VIENNA. A decidedly optimistic feeling prevails in official circles re garding the relations between Turkey and Bulgaria, which are declared to have greatly .improved within the last twenty-four hours. The probabil ity of war between the two countries is now considered slight The repre-' sentative of the Associated Press is Informed that official news has just been received here that the porte has withdrawn his note to Bulgaria. The warlike feeling at Constanti nople is believed to be disappearing. It is frankly admitted that Turkey has very serious grounds for com plaint against Bulgaria, but it is be lieved that the sultan is too clever1, to embark on a war from which, if he were victorious, would gain nothing md in which he might lose every .hing. FUNERAL OF BISHOP HURST. Sermon by Bishop Fowler and Ad dress by Bishop McCabe. WASHINGTON, D. C Funeral services over the remains of -the late Bishop John Fletcher Hurst were held Thursday morning at the First Methodist church. The sermon was delivered by Charles H. Fowler of Buffalo and Bishop Charles C. McCabe of Omaha, who succeeded Bishop Hurst as chan celler of the American university, made en address. Rev. Dr. Henry A. Butz, president of the theological sem inary, offered the prayer. The inter ment was at Rock Creek cemetery and was private. Strike Becomes International. MONTREAL. The officers of the striking longshoremen announce that the Liverpool longshoremen have ca bled that they will refuse to handle any goods loaded here by non-union men. The Liverpool longshoremen, the strikers here claim, are affiliated with the British labor congress. The Canadian Pacific will continue to load and unload its vessels at Three Rivers. Attorney- for Porto Rico. WASHINGTON, D. Cj Willis Sweet of Cour d'Alene, Idaho, has been ap pointed attorney general of Porto Rico, to succeed James S. Harland, who recently resigned. Troubles of Consul Langer. BERLIN The United-States consul at Soringen, Joseph J. Langer, who was fined $7.50 by a judge in Solingen for disorderly conduct in the court room, and sentenced to one day's ar rest for continued disorderly conduct, will appear before the minister of 'justice at Schocnstadt for redress. The sentence against the consul was sus- pended by the Soringen judge but it room, and sentenced to cne day's ar was not car-celled. Seeking Relief for Explorers. . ST. JOHNS, N. F. Captain Ntchaus of Berlin is here seeking to hire or purchase a sealing steamer to proceed to the Antarctic regions to relieve the German exploring expedition which was dispatched to South Polar waters from Kiel on August 11, 1901, under leidersfiip of Prof. Ehrick von Gry gelski, on board the steamer Gauss Nlchaus is acting under the authority cf the German government. t yjww , i 1 1 , m BMEF TtUOtAMS. Z frK"HH-K-I' M fl 1' t ! vWvVP The Cuban congress has authorized an issue of 7,700.000,000 postage stamps in commemoration of the Installation cf the Cuban republic. The proposed trip of, the United States monitor Arkansas to Quiacy. 111., has been abandoned on account of the falling stage of the river. Germany's pig iron production for March was 843,224 tons, an increase over February of 108,875 tons, and over Ilarch, 1902, of 161,875 tons. W. P. Williams, vice president of tho Sherwin-Williams company, and one of Cleveland's belt known business men, died at his home in Gienville, Ohio. A civil service examination will be held at Topeka, Kan.. Juno 1 for the position of fireman and watchman in the custodian service at that place. " The remains of Hon.-Alexander- F. Sfccpherd, one time governor of the District cf Columbia, arrived in "Wash ington from Mexico, where the funeral was held. Governor Davis of Arkansas signed an act of the legislature making it unlawful for non-rc3idents of the state to hunt or fish at any season of the year in Arkansas. The act goes into effect at once. The presidency 'of the Manila Normal schcol has been declined by Dr. Fred crick E. Bolton, who occupies the chair of pedagogy at Iowa State university. The salary offered was $4,000, but he dislikes the Philippines. Corn exports aggregate 1,499.906 bushels, agaicst 1,677,621 last week. 376.186 a year ago, and 1.344.356 in 1931. For the fiscal year exports are 53169.795 bushels, against 25.399.921 last season, and 154 266,545 in 1901. Theodore Stengor, a mining pro moter, pleaded guilty in the federal court at Kansas City to the charge of using the mails to defraud in promot ing the Pittsburg Copper Mining and Reduction company, which, it is al leged, he did not own. Sentence was withheld. General Nelson A. Miles is to become a resident of Long Island and it is said he Is contemplating the purchase of a home on the island in which to reside after his retirement. The gen eral has leased for the summer a cot tage near East Hampton. A syndicate of the American and Ca nadian capitalists, headed by Henry Melvin Whitney of Boston, has pur chased 2.000.0C0 acres of 'timber land in New Foundland and intends to un dertake development on a large scale. The syndicate paid over $1,000,000 for its properties. The famous Gobbler mine and fee of 160 acres of land at Wentworth was sold under foreclosure at Neosho, Mo., for $22,250 to F. E. Rogers of New York city. The Gobler has been for years one of the largest producers in the Joplin district. It was sold three years ago to Frank Rockefeller for $200 000. Nineteen cases of typhoid fever de veloped at Palo Alto, Cat., making a total of 132. There are thirty-five cases at Stanford university. Of those dan gerously ill the physicians say that R. Barrett, cf Hermann, Minn., cannot recover. All of the new patients had-b-en using milk from a dairy recently c ricrcd closed. An investigation of the report that negotiations arc on foot for a combina tion of the London flour mills, with a capital of $12,500,000. with the object of driving American flour out of the English market, shows the London corn exchange does not look upon it seriously and believes the combination is improbable of accomplishment. A street railway franchise covering slightly over two miles in Los Ange les, Cal., was sold to G. C. Johnson in the city council for $110,000, after some lively bidding for the privilege be tween Johnson and the Los Angeles Railway company and the traction company. Johnson is supposed to be acting for the Clark-Harriman sydl cate. A warrant has been Issued for the arrest of Edward S. Bingham of Mont gomery, Ind., charging an attempt to blackmail George B. Brown and 'the citizens of Montgomery, in writing them threatening letters saying that unless the ci.izens and Erowt placed $2,500 in a given place, the author would destroy thj town with fire and dynamite. The war department has decided to issue service medals to all the officers and men of the regular army who par ticipated In the Spanish war, the Phil ippine insurrection of the Chinese cam paign. About 25,000 medals will be re quired. Final permission reached the Italian and German embassies for the allies representatives to sign with Mr. Bow en, Venezuela's plenipotentiary, the protocol submitting the question of preferential treatment to the Hague tribunal for arbitration. Persons close to Stephen B. Elkins, Unit?d States senator from West Vir ginia, say that out of his many and varied interests he cleaned up between $7,000,000 and $3,000,000 last year and his entire fortune is put at about $50, CCO.COD. A new child litor law went into ef fect throughout Carolina. Under its provisions no child under 10 can legal ly work in any cotton mill. The visit to London of President Lcubet, of France, has been fixed for July. The Philippine commission has put a premium on matrimony by makicg an increase of $15 (gold) per month in the salary allowances of married officers of the constabulary. Luigi Ardat. the well known musical conductor, died yesterday in London: i at;;:.,,;,;,::,:,,,!;!:!; n m Cchwdws State HMu 1MNTMaPIM CMcap, NcwVut. 1n frOn'Hofci, Columbus JournaJ, A Wecklf fepiblicM Nrmpper Devoteito Bert kfcreatacf X X .K ' I ! Columbus, THE County Platte. TW Slatt of Nebraska.- THE United States, rVy kef om TiB j IJBBOBtV y Mttos Loom Rett I EM i WteafeTMri M 9 MMMM O X aav luaroi. vwa-Miaaw 6 fr m. w . oaaiiiaa. o ) BmMIV IVVMIT P MMmi innar. o lstststs$s$s$ssssststs$s$s &e - - ?' RKt IT MM. n Unit of Measure with Us is $1.50 ptr Tear, if Paid In Adraoc. J'C'liM :' Is at Samplt Copies Sent Tree to any Address. I1ENRY GASS. I UNDERTAKER.- Goffios and Metallic ataMlaaJsef Uifcilmry 1 flwa Columbus Journal. b prepare to ftraiah Any ttng RefjuirW of a CLUBS WITH THB -Offlft j COUNTRY. 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