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' r -' &- r - " Q ? .. :v M ... 0ttrnal. 1-- ? VOLUME XXXIV. NUMBER 29. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1903. WHOLE NUMBER 1.745. f '-'i 5 Che (Mammis II V V & A SHOW OF FORGE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE MASSED NEAR PORT ARTHUR. A SURPRISE TO THE CHINESE More Soldiers Seen Than Were Thought to Be in Manchuria. What Admiral Alexieff, Speaking to an American Official, Said..., t PORT ARTHUR The review by the viceroy. Admiral Alexieff, on Sun dad, of Tfi.000 soldiers participating in the maneuvers, was the last act of last week's "war game." This force was massed on the plains outside this city. It included infantry, cavalry and artillery. Every infantry regiment is partly mounted, jn aC;( cordance with the recent regulations. Foreigners were given every oppor tunity to witness the display and the statements of officers regarding the total force wen verified by count of the visiting experts. v It was also officially announced that the entire force within easy operating distance of Port Arthur numbers 100, i)00 men. Two months ago it was ), 000 men. Sunday's spectacle demon strated that the reports regarding re inforcements arriving in Manchuria under estimated the real increase. The army assembled Sunday was greater than the Peqin diplomatists believed Russia's entire force in Man churia to, be. Officials here are taking pains to advertise Russia's strength and proclaim that the maneuvers are intended as an object lesson. Admiral Alexieff, speaking to an American official, said: "TVar would be a great calamity. Here we believe that the best way to prevent it would be to strengthen our selves as much as possible, therefore we have left no steps untaken for that purpose." The details of the maneuvers were kept secret, but the correspondent of the Associated Press learned that the landing forces at Talien Wan bay were repulsed. It is reported that the at tacking party broke through Port Ar thur's defenses at three points. The battleships and two cruisers are on their way here from Russia. When they arrive Russia's naval force on this station will be stronger than Japan's, according to the views of the Russian .officials. Anticipation of war is at fever he.it in the army and navy, but this is based entirely on the activity of the preparations visible everywhere. The ,higher officials believe that Japan has been over awed by the demonstration of Russia's power. TILLMAN IS ACQUITTED. Not to Be Punished for Killing the Columbia Editor. LEXINGTON. S. C The jury in the case of Former Lieutenant Gov ernor J. H. Tillman, tried for the murder of Editor Gonzales of the Columbia State last January, brought in a verdict of not guilty. The jury had retired shortly before 1 o'clock Wednesday. The jury an nounced ar l:r that a verdict had been asreed upon. The defendant and attorneys were sent for and the jury Then filed into the court rjom and the verdict was read. A demonstration followed the an nouncement, friends of the defendant giving vent to their feelings in a shout. The court, previous to the reading of the verdict, had an monished the spectators to refrain from any demonstration. Counsel for the defense moved the defendant's discharge from the sher iff's custody. No objection being made by the state, the court made the order. KANSAS ODD FELLOWS SUE. Wants S50.C00 From Two Topeka Lawyers- WICHITA. EAS The grand ledge of Odd Fellows of Kansas, in ses sion here, notified I'routman & StGne. Topeka attorneys, that they would be sued for the return of $50,000 in connection with the financial opera tions of the Boissiere Odd Fellows' home at Silkville. Franklin county. The Odd Fellows have acknowl edged their less to the title to this estate through litigation, but will at tempt to recover the money spent in clearing their original title to it, and improvements. Troutman & Stone came into pos session of the estate by purchase of the claim of Madam Ccrrine, the sister of Mr. Boissiere. No Boundary Decision Vet. LONDON The Alaska boundary tribunal held another secret session and adjourned for lunch at 1:30 p. m. Nothing of a public nature developed, except that when Lord Chief Justice Alverstone came out of the confer ence room he asked Secretary Tower to ascertain whether the original treaty was signed in both French md English. No explanation was ziven of the reason for this question being asked. Sympathy en Side ef Japan. ROME Instructions have been ca bled to the commander of the pro rected cruiser Pouglia. which is on her way from Callao to San Francisco. o join the Italian far eastern squad -on. which now consists of the armor ed cruiser Vettor Pisania and the pro .ected cruisers Calabria and Pied nonte. The commander o the squad ron his received instructions to pro :ect Italian interests in Cbisa in the irezt of wr. THE UNION PACIFIC BOARD. New Directors Chosen at the Annual Meeting. SALT LAKE The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Pa cific Railroad company was held in this city Tuesday, about three fourths of the capital stock being represented, mostly by proxy. After the election of a board of directors for the ensuing year the meeting ad journed until November 20, when E. H. Harriman and a party of directors will come to Salt Lake on a special train in order to be present on the occasion of the opening of the fa mous Ogden-Lncin cut-off across the Great Salt Lake. This special will be the first passenger train to run over the cut-off. The election resulted in but one change being made, Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church, being chosen resident di rector to succeed T. J. Coolidge, jr., of Boston. The new board of directors as elected is as follows: Oliver Ames, Boston; Horace G. Burt. Omaha: Thomas T. Eckert. New York; Louis Fitzgerald. New York; George J. Gould. Lakewood, N. J.; E. H. Harri man. Arden. N. Y.; Marvin Hughrct. Chicago; James H. Hyde. New York; Otto H. Kuhn, Morristown. N. J : Charles A. Peabody. New York, Winslow S. Pierce, New York; Henry H. Rogers, New York; Jacob K. Schiff, New York: James Stillman, New York; Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake. The board of directors will meet in New York within the next ten days for the purpose of electing officers and taking up several matters con cerning the management of the road. Among these, it is said, the question of double tracking from Omaha to Ogden will be considered. In an in terview. President Burt emphatically denied the rumor3 that he is to resign at an early date. In speaking of the election of Jo seph F. Smith, to the directorate, Alexander Miller, secretary for the Harriman lines, said: "It has always been the custom of the company to have a citizen of Utah on the board. Brigham Young was the first and there has always been one until recently. It was to carry out this custom that Mr. Smith was elected." The annual meeting of the Oregon Short Line stockholders will be held in this city Wednesday. DEATH RATE ON INCREASE. Change in Weather Causes Many Fer tilities at Laredo. LAREDO. Tex. The yellow fever record for the past twenty-four hours 5uows an increase in the number of deaths, the number which occurred Tuesday being the largest for any one day since the breaking out of the dis ease. The official bulletin follows: New cases, "S: deaths. 4; total num ber of cases to date, 273; total num ber of deaths to date. 14. Slightly cooler weather set in Tues day night, and this, in the opinion of Dr. Tabor, the state health officer, caused the in crease in the number of deaths. Reports from Neuvo Laredo say eleven cases of yellow fever and elev en suspicious cases were reported. The condition of Consul Alonzo B. Garrett has taken a turn for the worse and fears for his recovery are enter tained. The fever situation at Monterey is unchanged. Reports are that two deaths and fivp new case were record ed Saturday. No reports were receiv ed Tuesday from Victoria or Linares TO HEAR THE ELEVATOR CASE. Interstate Commissioner to Investi gate Grain Rates. ST. PAUL. .Minn. The interstate commerce commission will convene ir. St. Panl November 7 to take testimony and conduct a hearing of the Cannon Falls elevator cae. which involves th gram rate.; of that taction of the state and will have an important bearing oc the through rate on grain to Chi cago from outside points. Notice of the hearing was received today by the state railroad and warehouse conimis sidon. The stat.- has only an indirect con nection with the case, which orig inated in the complaint of a Cannon Falls elevator company against the Chicago Great Western and Chicago Milwaukee & St, PasI railways, alleg ing that the present grain rates from Cannon Falls to market points are un ec.uc.1. , What Hay Hears is Good. ( WASHINGTON. D. C At the cab inet meeting Tuesday Secretary Hay spoke of information he had receiv- I ed as to the situation in the far east. I and it was his opinion that there was no immediate indication of there be , ing hostilities between Russia and ! and Japan. He intimated that he had ; information that negotiations are in progress between the two countries which seem likely to result favorably for peace. j- AM War Talk Absurd. ! YOKOHAMA Ail reports emenat- ing from Shanghai of the opening of hostilities between Japan and Russia. ' etc may be dismissed as absurd. Rus t sia-Japanese affairs are marking time. I The second secretary of the Russian legation left Tokio October 12 with se cret dispatches for the Russian vice roy of the far east. Admiral Alexieff. An important conference of veteran Japanese statesmen, including Marquis Ito, was held at tie premeir's office. THE LAND LAWS CHANGES LIKELY TO BE MADE Y THE COMING CONGRESS. OBJECT TO SOME MEASURES An Effort for Repeal of the Desert, Timber, Stone and Pre-emption Acts Senator Hanabrough Will Oppose Proposed Changes. WASHINGTON Evidence are at hand that a strong effort will be made at the coming session of congress to secure the repeal of the timber and stone act. desert land and commuted homestead laws. The movement has been formed by Interests identified" with irrigation associations. Its pur pea is said to be to prevent land ex ploitation bv corporations and en courage the settlement of the public domain by nomeseekers. There are indications that efforts to repeal the desert land laws will be vigorously resisted. Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota, chairman of the public land committee, was in conference Friday with the interior department officials concerning this matter. Sen ator Hansbrough believes that the timber and stone art and desert land laws should be amended in some im portant particulars, but condemns any movement having for its purpose the repeal or amendment of the commu tation clause of the homestead laws. The senator said that he was prepar ing and will present early in the ses sion a bill proposing amendments to the desert land law and timber and stone act. The bill will provide for the sale of the timber on government lands to the highest bidder in tracts not exceeding 320 acres. The timber to be scaled prior to auction and a tilbrough examination made by offic cials to determine its quantity and value. Under the Hansbrough bill no person or corporation could purchase more than one tract. As to the des ert land law, the bill will prohibit the assignment by an entryman of his desert right prior to making final proof. Under the present laws an en tryman can assign his right the mo ment he makes his filing. "If my amended bill prevails." said Senator Hansbrough. "it will have the effect of making the desert land entrymen practically three-year homesteaders because they will be required to live on their land and make improve ments for three years before making proof and they can make no assign ment during that time." FUND TO OPPOSE STRIKERS. Horseshoers Make Provisions to Raise $250,000. ST. PAUL. Minn. Provision was made at the .concluding session of the Master Horseshoers' convention for a contingent fund to oppose strikes. At present there is $25,000 available for this purpose, but there has been no law specifically stating that the fund should be so used. A special assessment will be made on the members of the association dur ing the next three months until the fund amounts to $75,000. and like as sessments will be ordered until the fund reaches $250,000. Strengthens Free Trade Party. LONDON The duke of Devon shire's adhesion to the Free Food league is regarded as greatly strength ening the free trade party. The lib eral papers point out that it is a rep etition of lSSfi. when the duke, on sep arating from Mr. Gladstone, tried to remain independent, but was eventu ally absorbed by the conservatives. So now. the duke of Devonshire and his unionist followers will be unable to maintain an independent attitude of supoprting the government except on its fiscal policy, but would be com pelled by the force of circumstances to fall into line with the liberal free traders. Federal Grand Jury Indicts. CLEVELAND. O. The federal grand Jury here returned indictment: against Michael Gilbo. Percy laubach. O. G. Lyon and David G. Armstrong, rubber manufacturers of Akron, who were recently arrested on complaint cf Anthony Comstock and charged with sending contraband goods through the mails. No indictments were found against J. C. Frank and J. T. Diehm. charged with the same of fense, they being completely exoner ated. Iowa Postoffice Robbed. SIOUX CITY. la. Robbers blew open the safe in the Linn Grove. la.. postoffice and secured $2,500 in money and stamps. They escaped. Buying American Steel. LONDON. The Daily Telegraph asserts that Harland & Wolff, the shipbuilding firm ct Belfast,' has signed a contract to take all the iron and steel it requires from the United States Steel corooratian. Fraudulent Naturalization. ST. LOUIS. Mo. Constable John McGillicuddy. locally known as "Cud dy MacK."! was arrested on an indict ment returned by the federal grand jury, charging him with having aided in tie recent naturalization frauds. He is accused of aiding and abetting aliens residing in St. Louis and cot entitled to the rights of citizenship in securing fraudulent papers of natural ization. McGiHIcuddy gave bond in tie sum of $10,000. FRANCE IS GETTTING REAOY. Over 5,000 Exhibits to Be Installed at the St. Louis- Exposition. PARIS. M. Boeufve. ckaaceUor of the French embassy at Washington, has been appointed representatiye of the foreign office at the St. Louis ex position. He sails for the United States tomorrow and will go direct to St. Louis and begin installing the French exhibits. M. Boeufve has conferred with. alT the leading branches of the French exhibits for St. Louis and says the exhibits will number 5,000, against 3,000 at Chicago, and that they will exceed in generaL interest and com pleteness any previous French ex hibits. They will include an elabor ate exhibit of the government's furni ture. Gobelin and Beauva's tapestry and Sevres pottery. S Automobiles, laces and silks will be largely represented, and the meth ods of education, farming and mining in France will be shown. The de partment of labor will make an elab orate showing of French methods of industry and production. The manu facturers are seeking an enlarged space. RAILWAY PROJECT IN ALASKA. All Concessions Asked by Govern ment Are Granted. WASHINGTON. D. C John L. Bel Iaine. chairman of the Alaskan Cen tral railway, who has been before the departments for the last week on work connected with the road, was successful in his efforts. The pro jected railroad will extend from Sew ard, en the southern coast of Alaska, north to the Tanara river. 420 miles, and will open all of Central Alaska territory. President Roosevelt personally rec ommended to the heads of the depart ments the expedition of the business. The postoffice department established a postoffice at Seward as a sub port of entry. The war department prom ised to include in its estimate for the extension of the government cable along the southern coast of Alaska an appropriation sufficient to make Seward one of the cable stations. The department of commerce and labor has requested the lighthouse board to provide a lighthouse at the entrance to the Seward harbor. HEROINES AT CHICAGO FIRE. Girl High School Students Carry Chil dren to Safety. CHICAGO. 111. At a fire that de stroyed two residences in Irving park Tuesday three children were rescued from death by girl students -of Jeffer son High school. Raymond Saunders, 5 years old, is believed to have perished in the names. The girls were on their way to school, which is located two blocks from the scene of the fire. Learning that there were children in the house, several girls entered and bore the im prisoned children through the dense smoke to the street. In the confusion the Saunders boy was not found. GIVES MONEY TO COLLEGES. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan to Distrib ute the Bennett Bequests. NEW HAVEN. Conn. William J. Bryan, as executor, filed for probate the will of the late Philo S. Bennett The will disposed of an estate worth approximately $253,000. Among the public bequest3 the will provides that 510.000 will be divided among twenty five colleges or universities by Wil liam J. Bryan, and 510,000 is given to Mr. Bryan to aid needy students, while a similar amount is to be dis tributed by Mrs. Bryan among deserv ing students in female colleges. NEW YORK There is an uncon firmed report here that Mrs. Philo S. Bennett will contest the will of her husband. Struck Down by an Assassin. BRUSSELS M. Pepin, a socialist meaiber of the chamber of deputies, was stabbed at Mons, while walking on the ctreer with some friends. There is slight hopes of his recovery. The assassin struck M. Pepin from behind and succeeded in making his escape. Newspaper Man Appointed. SAN JUAN. P. R. The executive council last night unanimously con firmed the appointment by Governor Hunt or Adam G. Haselbarth. a New York newspaper man, as director of charities, viceB. H. Osterhout. Central Bankers Go West. CHICAGO. Ninety members of the American Bankers' association, repre senting the large financial institu tions of Michigan. Wisconsin. Iowa. Indiana and Illinois, left Chicago Fri day night far the annual meeting, in San Francisco. Oetober 20. Promi nent among the passengers was F. G. Bigelow. president of the First Na tional bank, who has announced his candidacy for the presidency of the national association. Roosevelt Ranch Sold. BISMARCK. N. D. The old "Chim ney Butte" ranchj made famous as the ranch established by President Theodore Roosevelt when he was a Bad Lands cattleman, has beea sold Good Cren fn New South Wales. ' SYDNEY. ?. S. W. The govern- ment estimates the area of wheat in New South Wales at 1,826,948 acres, or 22,600 acres atove tie area in 1302. SHERMAN STATUE UftVEILIN TAKES PLACE WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONY. HESMQU DEUVEIS ADDRESS WKHam Tecum Sherman Thrn layke, Grandn f th D Chief itain. Draws Aside th Vail Envelop ing th Heroic Statu. WASHINGTON With impressive ceremomies, an equestrian statue of William Tecumseh Sherman was un veiled here Thursday afternoon, in the presence of official Washington with the president at its head and thou sands of veterans, members of the so- cieities of the Armies of the Tennes- t see; of the Cumberland, the Ohio and the Potomac. As the two large flags enveloping the statue were drawn aside by William Tecumseh Sherman Thorndyke, the grandson of the dead chieftain, tne cannon of the Fourth ar tillery boomed a salute and the Ma rine band struck up the "Star Span gled Banner." Success in every de tail attended the ceremonies, which were in charge of Colonel T. W- Si mons, superintendent of public build ings and grounds. Before the unveiling of the statue the president and Lieutenant General Young, chief of the general staff of the army, reviewed the troops partici pating in the dedication parade from the stand opposite the statue. The president delivered the address of the day. A representative from each of the socieities of the four armies spoke in eulogies of General Sherman. At 2:30 o'clock the president, under the escort of detachments of minutemen, walked from the White House to the statue, which faces the south front of the treasury. The president walked alone, preceded by Captain W. S. Cowles and Colonel T. W. Simons, his naval and military aides. Following the president were Secretary Hay, Postmaster General Payne. Secretary, Cortelyou, Acting Secretary of War Oliver and Secretary Loeb. With the arrival o the president began the re view of the troops. Lieutenant Gen eral Young was chief marshal and with his staff headed the procession. Following came the Second cavalry, the engineer battalion from Washing ton Barracks, headed by the Engineer band, two battalions of coast artil lery from Forts Washington. Hunt and Munroe, the Fourth Held battery of ar tillery trom Fort Myer, a company of the hospital corps, a detachment of marines and two battalions of sea men. The invocation was offered by Rev. Dr. D. J. Stafford. General Grenville M. Dodge, president of the statue com mittee, gave a brief description of the statue and then introduced William Tecumseh Sherman Thorndyke. who from the base of the pedestal pulled a cord and two immense flags slowly parted, unveiling the statue of his grandfather. WHAT RAINFALL HAS DONE. In South Dakota Shallow Wells Now Yield Much Water. SIOUX FALLS. S. D. The ex cessive rainfall this season has brought about conditions throughout South Dakota such as existed in the early '80s with regard to obtaining water from surface veils. In many parts of the state an abundant supply of water can now be struck at a depth of from seven to ten feet, while in some instances, five or six years ago. following the seasons when the rainfall was an nually below normal, holes had been sunk near the same places to a depth of as much as forty feet without ob taining a single drop of water. Tubu lar wells became popular at that time through necessity, but now the far mers find it more convenient to dig surface wells in their pastures than to drive their stock to and from their windmills. Elliott Adjudged Insane. WASHINGTON, D. C. Peter Elliott of Minnesota, who was arrested at the White House on the 5th inst.. am? who made a violent attack upon the officers who had him in custody, was officially adjudged insane and recom mitted to St. Elizabeth insane asylum Army Musicians in Trouble. CHICAGO, ni Fifty members of, the First Regiment band, who refused; to play In the centennial parade last week, have been recommended for dis charge from the regiment With Devonshire a Leader. LONDON. The Edinburg Review,' which is edited by Hon. Arthur El liott, who resigned the financial sec retaryship of he treasury because of his indifference with Mr. Balfour on7 the fiscal question, makes a strong' appeal for a reorganization of the lib eral unionist. party, under the Iead-j ership of the duke of Devonshire, and to include men of all parties devoted to free trade, like Ritchie and John Burns. Appeals for Relief Fund. LONDON The archbishop of Canterbury- has issued an appeal urgently; representic the necessity for sub scriptions to the Macedonian relief fond. Will Be Settled Peaceably. BERLIN Count Inoye. the Japan ese minister, says everything in the dispute-between Japan and Russia will be settled amicably. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. General Manderson Is Chosen as a Vic President. WASHINGTON. D. C At Wednes day's session of the Society of th Army of the Cumberland. General Henry W. Boynton of Washington was elected president of the society General Boynton has for many years been its corresponding secretary The other officers elected were: Corresponding secretary. Major John Tweedale of this city: record ing secretary. Colonel John W. Steele of Ohio: treasurer. General Frank Smith of Washington; historian Colonel G. C. Shiffen of Washington. Among the vice presidents are: California, Colonel Robert T. Swain;' Colorado. Colonel W. H. Fitch: Iowa. General D. B. Henderson; Kansas, Captain O. Kannehill; Nebraska, Gen era! Charles F. Manderson. The next meeting will be held in Indianapolis during Chickamauga week. v Orlando A. Sommers. the only pri vate in attendance, was elected orator for next year, and General Charles F. Manderson alternate. General H. C. Corbin. as chairman of the Sheridan statue committee, made a brief report. OBSERVE SPOTS ON THE SUN. Total Length of the Disturbed Re gion Is 172.000 Miles. WASHINGTON. D.. C The United States naval observatory on Tuesday made observations of the extraordi nary group of solar spots now visi ble on the sun. the largest group dis covered in the last decade. The ob servations are under the direction of George H. Peters, who made the fol lowing statement: "The enormous group was again observed with a photo-heliograph yesterday and today. The individual spots comprising the group have be come less numerous, some of the smaller spots having consolidated with others. The group consists of about nine spots in all and now shows indications of condensing into fyc. principal spot, or groups somewhat separated. Yesterday the total length of the disturbed region was 172.000 miles, with a width of about 59,000 miles, the gagregate length of the principal spots being 123,000 miles. The group was easily seen by the naked eye at the naval observ at?-y by several of the astronomers ar4 ought to be a conspicuous ob ject for several days." MAKING UP ALASKA VERDICT. Believed it Will Be Such as to Final l End Dispute. LONDON The last stage of the Alaskan boundary arbitration began Monday when the commissioners met in secret session to consider their verdict. Dealing with the difficulties encoun tered in the election of a new British ambassador to the United States, and the irritation which he would have to face both in Canada and the United States if the Alaskan tribunal broke up with a disagreement, the Times says: x "We rejoice to say that there is believed to be something more than a possibility that an award may be agreed upon, or rather that several questions may be so answered as to end the matter." TEXT OF THE BENNETT WILL. .Reported that Bryan and Wife are Re cipients of $50,000. NEW YORK William J. Bryan and his wife are said to be the beneficiar ies of a private legacy of $50,000 in the will of the late Philo S. Bennett, with the statement that the name of the legatee and the terms of the leg acy are given in a mysterious letter. It was said in New Haven that the $50,000 was an out and out gift tu Mr. Bryan and his wife, provided Mrs. Ben nett gave her consent. Mrs. Bennett declined at her home near New Haven to discuss the will. It Is said that she might contest it. She has engaged former Judge Henry Stoddard to ad vlsy her in the matter. Ex-Congressman Herndon Dies. DENVER. Colo. A special from Al buquerque. N. XL. says: Ex-Congressman W. S. Herndon of Tyler, Tex., died at Albuquerque while en route home from Los Angeles, where he had been for his health. Colonel Herndon sad a very severe attack of pneumonia bout three months ago, from which he had never fully recovered. Heart failure is attributed as the immediate cause of his death. May Be a Dynamiter. HELENA. MONT. George Ham mond. suspected of being implicated in the dynamite explosions on the Northern Pacific, was arrested half a mile from where the explosive was. found and brought to Helena and put in jail. When arrested Hammond was armed with a revolver and had a belt full of cartridges. Two other arrests have been made in the same vicinity, but the names of the men are not known. Do Net Understand Respect Due. WILLEMSTED, Island of Caracoa. Passengers arriving here from Cara as. Venezuela, confirm reports cf at lacks made by the government news papers on the umpires of the mixed Ixibonals. who have given decisions ad .-erse to Venezuela. Passengers add that the conduct of President Castri nd the official press show that Veno suela does net understand the respect Sue to the mixed tribunal umpires. ji : : : i 1 1 1 m--x ihiiimmi VOLT TOfttAMS. X i : 1 1 ; 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Japanese and Germans hav th same average brain weight. Because of the ill health of his wife. Leon Burgois may resigr the presi dency of the French chamber of depu ties. Judge Land of Glendive, Mont., has sentenced John Kenahan. convicted of murder in the second degree, to 5fty years in prison. Prof. Robert Francis Harper, a brother of President Harper of the Chicago university, will be director of the Babylonia excavations. It is announced that the call for the extraordinary session of congress to meet November 9 will be issued probably on the 20th instant. A dispatch to Lloyds from An-Ping. Formosa, says that the American ship Benjamin SewalL and her cargo have been totally lost at the Pescadores. In Chicago an agreement has been reached between the sheep butchers, and the packers by which the men will receive an increase of 25 cents a day. Frederick Law Olmsted, son of the late illustrious landscape architect, has been apopinted to the Charles Eliot chair of landscape architecture in Harvard university. The Hetsler summer resort hotel at Cedar Lake. Ind.. burned. William Potter and Mrs. Mary Guernsey, both residents of Lake county. Indiana, were burned to death. Word has been received at the White House from Governor Taft that he will be in Washington ready to as sume his new duties as secretary of war some time in January. It cost Boston $60,000 to give a ban quet to the Honorable Artillery com pany of London, and it was Ralph Waldo Emerson who used to talk about "plain living and high think ing." The United States geological sur vey will have parties next year In-, vestigating the mining resources of southeastern Alaska, the formation in the Yukon country, and the oil de posits in Alaska. The Britt-Seiger contest for the light weight championship of the world, which was scheduled to take place on Friday night at San Francis co, is off. Britt having sprained his ankle while boxing. United States Commissioner of Im4 migration Watchorn, stationed at Montreal, has denied admission to the United States to twelve glass blowers from England and has recommended that they be deported. The body of Mrs. Dwight I.. Moody was laid beside hat of her husband, the famous evangelist, at Round Top. East Northfield. Mass. Students from the two schols founded by Mr. Moody at Northfield acted as pallbearers. Th total amount of funds handle.! by the paymaster's department of the army for the last fiscal year waa $43. h'45.959. Of this sum $:i2.599.40ti was expended on account of the pay of the army. The amount paid out on account of the military academy was $383,830. With what Secretary Root described as all "the ceremonies and regalia which, from childhood, have been more a fairyland than a rea' land to all Americans." the members, counsel and attache"? of the Alaskan boundary tribunal were entertained by the lord mayor of Iindon, Sir Marcus Sam uI. at a banquet at the Mansion house. The statement of the postoffice de partment giving the receipt? at fifty of the largest postoffice in the coun try for the month of September, shows the total to be $5,509,422. a gain of nearly 9 per cent over the receipts for the same month last year. Trie largest gain was made at Omaha", where the receipts were $44,057. which is 21 per cent mere than the receipts 'for September, 1902. Lack of fraternal relations between employer and employe is the chief rea son for the difference between capi tal and labor, according to a report presented to the Rock River confer ence of the Methodist church at Au rora. III., by a special committee ap pointed to report on the industrial problem. The Dominican government has in formed United States Minister Powell that, in view of his protest, it will recall the bill now before congress providing for the neutrality of Do minican waters and declaring certain harbors to be free ports. The Salonica corespondent of the London Daily Mail asserts that Bul garian prisoners are sent into exile weekly from that port. They are never heard of again once the ship has sailed, and it 13 inferred that they are thrown overboard. "Nine of the largest wholesale bak ery firms in the city have organized the Chicago Merchant Eakers' club, which, it is alleged, will attempt to gain control of the local bread market. The total commerce of Abyssinia is about $9,500,000 a year The Russian ambassador to Turkey has sent a second protest to the porte against the excesses of Turkish troops in the Balkans, and reiterating the demand of Russia that preventives be taken to stop excesses. Prof. Sonnenberg. the mo3t noted appendicitis specialist in Germany, while automobiling in Thuringia with his wife, son and two daughters, ran into a party out walking and ki!'e4 tie daughter cf a lacai magnate. lltttlttlttlttttttltlf' The Old I Reliable... t ? ABSOLUTE SAITTYj: is the best thing we 2 have to offer. Other Inducements are of 5 9 secondary import ance. Li oon this bv sis only, do we solicit your business. i Z Columbus I State Bank.! m mttmTOTOTOTO..t.v A VUr fepukaen Ncwffapcr Demrtsi to bt ef X X t 1 Columbus, County of Platte, TW Stated -Nebraska- THE United States, Rest K SM IT Unit cf Metaurs whli Us .t $130 pay Year, If Frfd In Ainoc. Sample Copies Sent Tree U any Address. HENRY GASS. 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