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COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
Republicans of Maryand instructed
for Roosevelt in state convention at
Baltimore.
Secretary Taft has gone for a vaca
tion of ten days in the Adirondack
mountains.
The. steamer Doric, arriving at San
Francisco from the Orient, brought
12,250,000 gold from Japan.
In Peru three days of national
mourning has been proclaimed, in
honor of the late President Candemo.
Governor Herrick has ordered a
court martial in connection with the
recent riots at Springfield. Ohio, at
which time the negro Dickson was
lynched.
The Farmers State bank at Nardin,
Okla., failed. Assets and liabilities
not given. It had $18,000 In the Cap
ital National bank at Guthrie, which
failed recently.
Mrs. Katherine Bullard, 78 years
old, and a sister-in-law of Henry Ward
Beecher, is dead in Indianapolis, Ind
She lived in Helena, Mont, for several
years.
With simple services the body of
Edward L. Wentz, who met death in
the Black mountains of Tennessee,
was buried in Woodland cemetery
near Philadelphia.
The directors of the Bank of North
America of Providence, R. I., voted
to recommend to the stockholders
that the institution be placed in liqui
dation. George Lincoln Dunlap of Chicago
is dead in Paris. He was 76 years old.
Mr. Dunlap was at one time general
superintendent of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad.
The Canadian department of militia
and defense is preparing plans for
new fortifications. Some of these
- works of defense will be erected
along the American border.
John Brown of Richardson, N. D., is
under arrest charged with killing his
12-year-old son while in a fit of anger.
The father buried the body immedi
ately. It has been exhumed.
The Columbus Aeroplane company,
backed by a number of leading mer
chants of Columbus, O., incorporated
to construct an airship upon lines de
signed by George F. Meyer, a local
mechanic.
The government has been officially
notified of the coming visit of a num
ber of German postal officials, who
'will inquire into the workings of the
postal service and other means of
communication.
' B. F. Yoakum of the St Louis South
western railway denies the report that
the St Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
railroad company, which is being built
by a syndicate headed by him, has
tinttcrlit tht Rino Ttolt nailmari-
Everett Abbott, former treasurer of
the American Marine Transportation
company of Boston, who left that city
on March 15, was arrested in San
Francisco on a charge of having em
bezzled from his employers $5,852.
An order was entered at Chicago
remanding to the custody of the New
York officers Captain John J. Healy,
former president of the Alaska ex
poration company. Healy is charged
with embezzlement of funds belong
ing to the company.
Captain Peary, the Arctic explorer,
is negotiating at St Johns, N. F., for
the Eagle to accompany him on an
expedition to the Greenland seas dur
ing the present summer, where he will
arrange for his large polar expedition
next season. Captain Peary contem
plates a sojourn of four years in the
Arctic regions.
Mrs. Robert J. Burdette of Califor
nia has advised friends in St Louis
that she will not allow her name to
appear as a candidate for president of
the National Federation of Woman's
clubs, which convenes at St Louis
May 17. Mrs. Sarah Clapp Becker of
Denver, Colo., will be a candidate for
the presidency.
The Year Book of the department
of agriculture will be issued early in
June. It will comprise an edition of
500,000 copies, of which 470,000 are
resrved for the use of senators, repre
sentatives and delegates in congress
and the remainder is reserved for
those connected with the work of the
department It is a volume of 728
pages, illustrated with many litho
graphs, half-tones and text figures.
Rear Adimarl Sewell Kennedy, re
tired, former paymaster general of
the navy, has been selected as treas
urer of the Panama commission. Rear
Admiral Kennedy was born in Iowa.
Charles Laroussie, defaulting chan
cellor of the French legation at Mex
ico City, who was recently arrested
at Salina Cruz while preparing to em
inark for Central America, was sen-
tenced in court last week to two years
' and eight months' imprisonment
The grand jury at Akron, Ohio, re
turned an indictment against Art
Simms, the prize fighter, on the
charge of criminal assault
One hundred members of the Cali
fornia Press association have left for
St Louis, where they will spend two
weeks at the exposition.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison Eaton, a
sister of, the late President Benjamin
Harrison, died at North Bend, a sub
urb of Cincinnati. She is a grand-,
daughter of President William Henry
Harrison, who was a pioneer in this
part of Ohio.
President Roosevelt has approved
the sentence of dismissal from the
army of Lieutenant Frederick W
Mills of the Seventh infantry, who
was court martialed for duplicating
pay accounts, making false official
statements and refusing to pay his
bills he owed to merchants.
Fire destroyed twenty-five houses in
the suburbs of St Henry, Canada,
rendering thirty families homeless
Most of the residents were poor and
the greater number of them lost all
they possessed, with no insurance
The loss is $75,000.
The recent large shipments of gold
to Paris have attracted attention tc
the small supply of gold at the assaj
office in New York city. It is under
stood that gold bars to the value oi
about $3,000,000 will remain on hand
after Tuesday's shipment of $5,000,
000.
The district court appeals al
Washington has overruled a notice
to aaaea.a subpoena on the defendant
In the case of Mrs. Lomfae M. Le Lan
for $100,
; for aMeaatioa of her has
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Brief Telegrams
A NAVAL SUCCESS
THE FIRST DISTINCT ONE THAT
RUSSIA HAS SCORED.
CRIPPLE A JAPANESE CRUISER
Russian Fleet Sends an Attacking
Force Under Cover of Night and Ex
plodes a Torpedo Ship Towed
Away Amid Flames.
LIAO YANG The Russian fleet
scored its first distinct naval success
of the war on May 10 by torpedoing
and crippling, though not the sinking,
of. an armored Japanese cruiser in
Talienwan bav.
The Russian attack was carefully
planned on May 10 while the Japanese
squadron was concentrated outside
Dalny. devoting its attention to Ta
lienwan bay, and carried out the same
night
The attacking force was not a reg
ular torpedo boat, but was only a
small naptha launch in command of
a young naval officer, who had with
him three jackics. The launch car
ried a small machine gun and three
torpedoes. When darkness fell the
launch crept out of Port Arthur, hug
ging the shore, with no lights aboard
and no glow from the engines to be-
West of the Heavy Line in Nebraska
The Kinkald land bill Is as follows:
Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
of America, in congress assembled,
that from and after sixty days after
the approval of this act entries made
under the homestead laws iu the state
of Nebraska went tend north of the
following line, to-wit: Beginning- at a
point of the boundary line between the
states of South Dakota and Nebraska
where the first guide meridian west of
the sixth principal meridian strikes
said bounrary; thence running south
along said guide meridian to its inter--f",t!on
v!th the fourth standard par
allel north of the base line between
the states of Nebraska and Kansas:
thence west along said fourth stand
ard parallel to its intersection with the
second guide meridian west of the sixth
principal meridian; thence south along
6aid second guide meridian to its in
tersection with the third standard par
allel north of the said base line: thence
west along said third standard parallel
tray her presence. It was late when
she gained the outer line of the Jap
anese Isquadron. Slipping through
the torpedo boat pickets and select
ing the nearest warship, a big arm
ored cruiser, she stole toward -her
and succeeded in exploding against
her side a single torpedo. A deafen
ing roar followed the explosion which
echoed far ashore. Immediately
flames enveloped the cruiser, which
evidently was badly crippled.
The crew of the cruiser was seen
to be fighting the fire,vwhich they at
last succeeded in extinguishing. A
sister ship took the damaged vessel
in tow aand disappeared to the south
east. The launch escaped the hot
fire directed against her by the Japan
ese ships, but, being unable to return
to Port Arthur or to get into Dalny,
she was beached not far from Dalny.
Only a few of the higher officers
were aware of the plan, the success of
which depended on secrecy. The
achievement raised the spirits of the
Russians afloat and ashore, and the
young naval officer who was the hero
of the exploit was feted and recom
mended for the Cross of St. George.
Forty Buildings in Ashes.
STEELVILLE, Mo. The entire bus
iness section and many dwellings were
destroyed by fire which was discov
ered Friday night in a large dry goods
store. Forty business buildings have
been burned to the ground. The loss
is estimated at 2100,000, with about
$20,000 insurance.
The happiest bride is not always
the one whose wedding bells ring the
loudest.
Mrs. Eddy Makes New Rule.
NEW YORK Mary Baker Eddy,
bead of the Church of Christ, Scien
tist, is reported to have promulgated
an amendment to the constitution of
the church against the segregation of
sexes in clubs. As most of the
church members are also members of
clubs and associations, founded on
principles that preclude the associa
tion of men and women, they are slid
to be greatly puzzled over the en
forcement of the edict. Members of
the Masonic fraternity are understood
to be exempt from the ruling.
Get Ready for the Rush.
BONESTEEL. The people of this
place are making strenous efforts to
be ready for the greater influx of pros
pective homesteaders July 1, when
the Indian Rosebud reservation land is
to be thrown open. They have what
the Germans would call "earth hun
ger." Scores of people seeking claims
already have set their tents to be in
on the ground floor. It is apparent a
tremendous number will be here ready
to grab onto the 2.600 quarter sections
which this tract of excellent land con
tains. 1 Lobingier Gets the Place.
WASHINGTON Secretary TaMias
appointed Cnarles S. Lobingier a juige
of the court of first instance In the
Thilippines. The appointee is a law
yer of Omaha, Neb., a writer on legal
topics of established reputation and
at one time was a member of the su
preme court commission of Nebraska.
Russians Deny Alleged Defeat.
NEW CHWANG The Russians
deny the report circulated In London
that a fight has occurred near Wafung
Tien, ia which the Russians were de
feated with great loss.
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Canal
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te War
Department.
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt had a long conference with Sec
retaries Ha and Taft and Attorney
General Knox at which the regula
tions to govern the isthmian canal
company were determined oa anally.
The regulations will be promulgated
formally later, but at the conclusion of
the conference Secretary Taft gave a
brief resume of their provisions.
While the creation and work of the
commission is committed by law to
the president, whise authority In
that regard is practically supreme,
the president by the ' regulations di
rects that the commission shall exer
cise its powers under the direction
cud supervision of the secretary of
war.
General George W. Davis, the army
memoer of the commission, is appoint
ed governor of the American zone on
the isthmes. Until the expiration of
the Fifty-eighth congress the isthmian
commission will exercise legislative
authorityover the American strip.
Governor Davis is given authority to
appoint one ju'dge, who shall exercise
judicial authority.
Under the operation of what is
known as ae Dockery law the audit
ing of the commission's accounts will
fall to the duty of the auditors of the
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LAND OF THE- LARGE HOMESTEADS
to Its Intersection with the range line
between ranges 25 and 26 west of the
sixth principal meridian; thence south
along said line to Its intersection with
the second standard parallel north of
the said base line; thence wast on said
standard parallel to its Intersection
with the range line between ranges
30 and 31 west; thence south along said
line to Its intersection with the bound
ary line between the states of Nebras
ka and Kansas, shall not exceed in area
640 acres, and shall be as nearly com
pact in form as possible and in no
event over two miles in extreme length;
Provided, that there shall be excluded
from the provisions of this act such
lands within the territory herein de
scribed as. In the opinion of the sec
retary of the interior, it may be rea
sonably practicable to Irrigate under
the national Irrigation law, or by pri
vate enterprise; and that said secre
tary shall, prior to the date above
mentioned, designate and exclude from
entry under this, act the lands, partic
state department, but beyond the mat
ter of auditing the state department
will not be charged with any control
over the commission. The commis
sion will report directely to the sec
retary of war as often as he may di
rect upon all phases of its operations.
It will be under the same sort of con
trol of the secretary of war as is the
Philippine commission. Alt direc
tions concerning the operations of the
commission are set out fully in the
regulations and a recitation is made
of all the operations leading up to
the acquisition of the canal property
and the appointment of the commis
sion. Dividing Irrigation Fund.
Acting under the terms of the irri
gation reclamation law, the secretary
of the interior has set apart $8,100,000
of the reclamation fund in connection
withthe following projects:
For the Yuma project on the Colo
rado river, covering about 85,000
acres Jn Arizona and California, $3,
000,000. The Belle Fourche project In South
Dakota, 60,000 acres, $2,100,000.
The Malheur project in Oregon. 75,
000 acres, $2,00fr,000.
The Fort Buford project on the Yel
lowstone river in North Dakota, $1,
200,000. The appropriation will leave only
about $6,000,000 of the reclamation
fund of $27,000,000 to be disposed of.
Russia" Sends Siege Guns.
ST. PETERSBURG A lann num
ber of siege guns was dispatched to
the far east from here Saturday.
Object to American Engineers.
OTTAWA, Ont During the discus
sion on the Grand Trunk Pacific bill
in the House of Commons Friday the
opposition made a vigorous protest
against the employment of American
engineers in the surveys of the pro
posed railway. Sir William Laurier,
in reply, said that C. M. Hays, mana
ger of the Grand Trunk, had written a
letter recently saying that there were
not more than 4 per cent of the per
sons employed on the surveys who
were not either Canadians or British
subjects.
Go to Survey the Boundary Line.
WINNIPEG Prof. W. F. King,
chief astronomer of the Department
of the Interior, who is proceeding
westward in order to make arrange
ments for the survey of the Alaskan
boundary according to the award of
the tribunal, left Winnipeg-on Friday
for Vancouver, B. C. The survey Is
a joint one and the Dominion and the
United States are each sending three
parties to do the work. Two of these
parties are to work on the Chilcat
river and the third will proceed up
the Stickeen river.
Russian Forces in Korea,
SEOUL, Korea Reports are con
stantly coming in of the presence of
increasing Russian forces in Northern
Korea. The' governor of Hang Tung
province represents that 2.000 troops
are distributed throughout that prov
ince. Four hundred and fifty are at
Kyong Song, on the coast, and the
remainder are scattered la the in
terior, living on the country. A force
of seven hundred Is reported ia the
province of Pyen Gan. at Kwl Sung,
north of Chang Fu and about forty
miles southeast of Wiju.
PORT DESTROYED
DOCKS AND PIERS BLOWN UP T
DALNY.
WORK DONE BY THE JU8SIMS
In Anticipation of an Attempt of Jap
anese to Take Poeseesion of the
Place Best Equipped Port en the
Pacific Coast. s
ST. PETERSBURG Viceroy-Alexlef!
has telegraphed to the czar announc
ing that the Russians have blown up
the docks and piers at Port Dalny,
Liao Tung peninsula, presumably to
render more difficult a Japanese land-ing-at
that point
Later telegrams received here indi
cate that the whole of Port Dalny
has been destroyed by the Russians.-
Port Dalny, on Talien Wan bay on
the east- coast of the Liao Tung
peninsula,was intended by" Russia to
be the chief commercial emporium of
its eastern dominions. An edict pro
viding for its construction was issued
by the Russian emperor July 30, 1899,
and Port Dalny, fully equipped with
all modern improvements, docks.
KnOtf
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of 04O Acres May be Made
ularly alcng the North Platte river,
which In his opinion it may be possible
to irrigate as aforesaid; and shall
thereafter, from time to time, open to
entry under this act any of the lands
so excluded, which, upon further In
vestigation, he may conclude can not
be practically irrigated in the manner
aforesaid.
Sec 2. That entrymen under the
homestead laws of the United States
within the territory above' described
who own and occupy the lands hereto
fore entered by them may, under the
provisions of this act and subject to
its conditions, enter other lands con
tiguous to their said homestead entry,
which shall not, with the land so al
ready entered, owned and occupied, ex
ceed In the aggregate 640 acres, and
residence upon the original homestead
shall be accepted as equivalent to res
idence upon the additional land so en
tered, but final entry shall not be al
lowed of such additional land until five
years after first-entering the same.
warehouses and railroad facilities,
was opened to commerce in December,
1901.
Talien Wan bay is one of the first
deep water harbors on the Pacific
coast It is free from ice in winter
time and ships drawing thirty feet of
water can enter at low tide without
difficulty and without the aid of pilots
can sail or steam alongside the im
mense docks and piers, where their
cargoes can be loaded into railroad
cars and run direct for 4,000 miles into
the city of St Petersburg.
Five large piers had been construct
ed, each supplied with numerous rail
road tracks and immense warehouses
and elevators, gas, electric lights and
water, and a large breakwater was be
ing constructed, so that ships could
lie at the piers and load and unload
regardless of weather. Docks for for
eign vessels, steam and sail, extended
beyond the piers and along the shore
for two miles. There were two first
class dry docks, one intended for or
dinary ocean steamers and the other
designed to accommodate the largest
vessels of war or commerce.
Six million had been expended on
the harbor system before the end of
1902, and it was estimated that the
cost of completing the works would be
nearly $20,000,000, but this does not
in any way represent the total cost of
the erection of this great commercial
port, which, with Port Arthur, distant
about twenty miles, was leased by the
Chinese government to Russia in 1898.
Nearly 29,000 men were employed
daily on the works. The total popula
tion has been estimated at about 60,
000, most Chinese, Japanese, Koreans
and Russians.
Royal Relics Bring High Prices.
LONDON At an auction in Chris
tie's room a Holbein miniature of
Frances Howard, duches of Norfolk,
realized the unprecedented sum of
$13,750. At Otheby's Lord Nelson's
last complete letter to Lady Hamilton
realized $5,150. The letter is of four
pages.
Stanley Will Not Lie In Abbey.
LONDON It has been definitely de
cided 'that Sir Henry M. Stanly, who
died May 10, will not be buried in
West minster Abbey.
American Buys Warships.
SANTIAGO DE CHILI The Chi
lean cruisers Esmeralda and Cbaca
buco have been definitely sold to
Charles R. Flint of'New York.
Sends Money to Russian Red Cross.
ODESSA. The Red Cross society
has received $500 from D. M. Osborne
t Co., of Auburn N. Y., accompanied
by a letter in wl.ich the contributors
say: "We shall never forget what
the Russians did for the United States
in 1863."
Korean Cabinet Resigns.
LONDON. A 'dispatch to the Cen
tral News from Seoul announces that
the Korean cabinet resigned in a body
Wednesday as a consequence of the
emperor's having sharply censured
his ministers for their neglect of du
ties. Famous Artist Dying.
MUNICH, Bavaria. Franz von Len
bach, the famous historical and por
trait painter, and president of the
Munich Artists' association, is dying.
He suffered a stroke of apoplexy ia
November, 1902.
TO' RECLAIM LAND.
Money That la te Be Spent fee the
WASHINGTON Apropos of the
formal approval by the secretary of
the interior of new irrigation projecta
under the reclamation law la Califor
nia, Oregon. "North Daketa and
South Dakota, the interior depart
meat has issued a statement coveriag
the disposition of the reclamation
Ifund,- which is ia part aa fellows:
"These approvals mark practically
the close of theprelimhiary or tenta
tive stage of reclamatloa work. The
projects in each state and territory
are bow well outlined and provisions
made for all the available funds.
During the two years which have
nearly elapsed since the passage of.
the reclamation lawn efforts have
been concentrated oa general exami
nations aad examination oft the mer
its of the various projects. These
now have been selected and approved
contingent oa securing the water
rights and leads at reasonable coat
and perfecting all details partly com
pleted. The situation in each state
and territory ia ai follows:
"Arizona Salt river project under
consideration at estimated cost of
about $3,000,000.
"California Yuma project, appro-
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Sec. 3. That the fees and commis
sions on all entries under this act shall
be uniformly .the same as those charged
under the present law for a maximum
entry at the minimum price; that the
commutation provisions of 'the home
stead law shall not apply to entries
under thlsact, and at the time of mak
ing final proof the entryman must
prove affirmatively that he -'has placed
upon the lands entered permanent Im
provements of the value of not less
than SL25 per acre for each acre in
cluded In his entry: Provided, that a
former homestead entry shall not be
a bar to the entry under the provisions
of 'this act of a tract which, together
with the former entry, shall not exceed
640 acres: Provided, that any former
homestead entryman who 'Shall be en
titled to an additional entry under sec
tion 2 of this act shall have for ninety
days after the passage of this act the
preferential right to make additional
entry as provided in said section.
Approved April 28. 1904.
ed construction by secretary at cast
of about $3,000,000.
"Colorado Uncompahgre project,
involving an expenditure of $2,500,000.
"Idaho Minidoka project, for which
about $2,600,000 has been previously
allotted.
"Montana Milk river project, gen
eral allotment of $2,500,000.
"Nebraska Reclamation of lands
along North Platte river, for which
$100,000 has been set aside.
"Nevada Truckee-Carson project
under construction at a cost of about
$3,000,000.
"New Mexico Hondo project, at a
cost of approximately $350,000.
"North Dakota Fort Buford' pro
ject, taking water from Yellowstone
river in Montana, at a cost of about
$1,200,000.
"Oregon Malheur projeet, costing
about $2,000,000.
"South Dakota Belle Fourche pro
ject, costing about $2,1000,000. 1
"Utah Conservation of water in
Salt Lake river at a cost of about
$1,000,000.
"Washington Reclamation of land
near Pasco at a cost of $1,590,000.
"Wyoming The storage and diver
sion of Shoshone river near Cody, for
which $2,250,000 has been set aside.
"All the projects outlined will cost
$27,000,000 and will require for con
struction two or three years. They
will reclaim in round numbers 1.000,
000 acres of land, all of which will
be susceptible of Intense cultivation
and should be capable of supporting
a population of 500,000 or more per
sons. The money expended In con
structing these works is derived from
the disposal of public lands."
Captain Allen Ende Life.
ST. LOUIS. Captain Walter. Allea
of St. Louis, connected with the
World's Fair Jefferson Guards, and a
brother of "Private" John H. Allen,
national World's Fair commissioner
from Mississippi,, committed suicide
late on Tuesday by shooting himself
through the heart In a room in the
dormitory of the Washington universi
ty, which is now being utilized by the
exposition. He left a' note stating
that 111 health had driven him to com
mit the act. His wife and two chil
dren survive him.
-Santa Fe Gets Injunction.
KANSAS CITY. The Santa Fa
Railway company was granted a tem
porary injunction against the striking
machinists of the Santa Fe shops in
Argentine, Kas., by Judge Holt of the
court of common pleas of Kansas Cty,
Kas. The order restrains the strikers
from interfering la any way with the
men who are now working In the
8hops'or from otherwise obstructing
the work of the Santa Fe shops. The
injunction is made returnable June
1, when the strikers will have to show
why it should not be made permanent.
Squandered Red Cross Funds.
BERLIN. Die Post publishes a
news agency dispatch from St Peters
burg which says that General Schwe
doff lost over $500,000 through specula
tion ia stocks and took the money from
the Red Cross treasury. Ia order to
avoid scandal the empress dowager,
who Is the protectress of the Red
Cross society, and a friend of General
Schwedoff, reimbursed the sum. The
dispatch further says that Prince
Galltzen aad Count Laasky have also
been guilty of irregularities la coa
aectioa with the Red Cross.
NEBRASKA
pURQLARS VISIT CARROLL.
Determined Robbers Force Bank Vault
and Fight Citizen.
CASROLLr-At 1 oTiock ia the
morning this .town was thrown into ex
dtemeat by an attempt .to rob the
First National bank. At that hoar the
residents of the upper foor of the Mer -
nil building, in wmen tne oanu is 10-
cated, were awakened by a loud noise
and heard the sound of blows, which
caused the honse to vibrate. These
sounds were followed by an explosion
aad this by Ire from a revolver. By
the lash of the gun the people saw
men standing as guards for the rob
bers around the house.
There was one revolver in the
building and this was fired at one of
the mea until the shells were exhaust
ed, but apparently without effect, as
he returned the fire and continued to
shoot after the residents of the house
were without ammunition.
While this fusillade was In progress
the cashier of the bans: was called up
by telephone and notified of the trou
ble. He responded bv bringing a num
ber of armed men, but by the time he
arrived the robbers had driven away
la a wagon which stood in the middle
of the street during the fight and In
which they are supposed to have come
to town.
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ROSS ELECTED COMMANDER.
Grand Army Veterans at Grand Island
Next Year.
KEARNEY At the Grand Army of
the Republic encampment here Har
mon Bross was elected department
commander. Other officers elected
were: Andrew Traynor, Omaha, senior
vice; Joseph Hoagland, North Platte,
junior vice; Erastus Smith, Alma,
chaplain; Dr. J. B. Ralph. Omaha,
medical director.
The next encampment will be held
at Grand aland. The encampment de
cided to hold no more state reunions,
the resolution to that effect which
had been laid over from last year pro
voking a prolonged debate, but finally
passing. The offices of adjutant gen
eral and quartermaster were consli
dated. v
The Womens Relief corps elected
Mrs. Mamie Cleaver of Neligh depart
ment president; Mrs. Diana Potter,
Litchfield, senior vice; Mrs. Julia
Brown, Butte, junior vice.
BENTON EXPLAINS TAXATION.
Addresses State Board on Behalf of
the Pullman Company.
LINCOLN On behalf of the Pull
man company T. H. Benton explained
his theories of taxation when the state
board convened at 2 o'clock. He was
the only representative of the car con
cerns. According to the report of Secre
tary Bennett 140 car companies and
private concerns are doing business
in the state. Reports have been sub
mitted, showing the property owned
by twenty-two of them.
The Pullman company's report was
taken up. It shows that the company
has 178 sleepers and seventy-nine tour
ist .cars running through the state,
sleepers valued at $11,802.31 and tour
ist cars at $6,983.62. The assessed
valuation of sleepers without mileage
made is $79,219.59, and of tourist cars
$15,491.78, or 5 per cent of the actual
market valuation. This is a decrease
of nearly $20,000 on last year's valu
ation. New National Bank.
DODGE Dodge is going to have a
national bank. The stockholders of
the Dodge State bank have Increased
the stock to $25,000 and are going to
reorganize and change the name to
irst National bank.
Will Leave for Japan.
LINCOLN "Bryan's Jap," Yamachi
ta Yaschichuro, who is now in St.
Louis, expects to start for Japan May
20. He will look after a newspaper
there tor a few months, and then in
August he plans to accompany Tezima,
of the Japanese commissary depart
ment, and Prince Arlsgawa back to the
United States. The announcement or
his plans was made in a letter receiv
ed by a Lincoln friend of his, Kin
Akagi.
Calls State Warrants.
State Treasurer Mortensen has is
sued a call for May 14 for warrants to
the amount of $150,000, numbered
from 99,281 to 101.017. The call for
such an amount was made possible by
the county treasurers returning to the
state treasurer all the money they had
on hand that belonged to the perma
nent school fund. In the temporary
school fund at this time there is $382,
000. Burglars have of late been operat
ing quite freely in Lincoln.
Harlan County Protests.
LINCOLN The board of supervis
ors of Harlan county expects Attor
ney General Prout to prevent a com
bination of the Chicago, Burlington &
Qulncyandthe Kansas City & Omaha
railroad in that section of the coun
try. It is claimed that the latter line
has been almost abandoned as far as
the train service is concerned. The
lines are almost parallel. Alma has a
poor train service as a result of the
assimilation and the supervisors ask
that a suit be started in the supreme
court to remedy matters.
Northwestern Makes Fast Time.
LINCOLN A special train on the
Northwestern, carrying a party of Lin
coln business men on a tour of the
state, made a record run between Fre
mont and Norfolk Junction. The dis
tance Is eighty-one miles and the ac
tual running time was sixty minutes.
Increases Capital Stock.
LINCOLN The Morton-Gregson
company of Chicago, owner of the Mor
ton Packing plant at Nebraska City,
has increased its capital stock from
$250,000 to $400,000.
Fanners to Build Elevator.
BRADSHAW Paul Steinberg. John
Doraa and other prominent successful
farmers and business men have or
ganized the Bradshaw Farmers' Grain
and Elevator association, and have
asked for an elevator site on the Bur
ilngton railroad.
Child Burned at Newman Grove.
NEWMAN GROVE The five-year-old
daughter of John Dablstrom was
burned to death In a prairie fire at the ;
farm home, about eight miles north
west of Newman Grove.
STATE NEWS
THE STATE AT LAROC
A ladies' bead Is the newest feature
of Norfolk musical circles. It just
organized aad will begin business
at oace.
Peter-Duabier, for -years -a resident
of Tblkf county, has returned to his
, uUTe iam- Geimany, where he will
regWe ia the future.
After three unsuccessful attempts
to commit suicide. James E. Miller,
the young fellow arrested at Ravenna
charged with burglarizing a way car,
has at last decided to plead guilty to
the charge preferred against him and
begin his term ia the penitentiary at
once.
At Fremont Ed Drannon, alias
Charles Wilcox, pleaded guilty in the
district court to the charge of steal
ing a horse from the Star barn and
was sentenced to eighteen months in
the penitentiary. He was arrested in
Omaha while in the act of attempting
to sell the horse.
The interstate debate between Kan
sas and Nebraska was held in the
Normal chapel at Peru, the question
being "Resolved. That the United
States should abandon the Monroe
doctrine." Kansas had the negative
side of the question, but the decision
was given Nebraska by the judges
unanimously.
D. W. Cook last week shipped ur
carloads of fat cattle to the Kansas
City market The animals averaged
1,500 pounds each, and it is unques
tionably one of the finest bunches of
cattle shipped from Gage county In
some years. Isaac Palmer, a well
known stock raiser living near Odell,
also shipped 200 head to the market
Bartenders and gamblers can no
longer join the Knights of Pythias.
At the meeting of the grand lodge it
was voted to adopt the ruling of
Grand Chancellor Phillips of Laul
and keep them out. All members ad
mitted contrary to rules will be eject
ed. The grand lodge will meet in
Omaha next year on the first Tuesday
in May. .
County Treasurer W. D. Wheeler
has collected more taxes in a little
more than four months than was-ever
previously collected in one year in
Cass county. He has collected be
tween 8,000 and $9,000 in back taxes,
some of which it was thought never
would be collected. One farmer paid
the sum of $600 which had been ac
cumulating on his property for many
years.
R L. Dougherty of York, a young
man, attempted to commit suicide by
going into his bed room and saturat
ing a cloth with chloroform. Lying
down on the bed he put it over his
face. When discovered he was al
most past having anything done for
him. Physicians after working with
him almost all night brought him to.
The cause for the rash act is said
to be some love affair.
A. E. Boylan. a school teacher at
Warwick. Kan., while returning to his
home from Hardy was stopped oy two
masked men and robbed of $180. The
robbers threw an old coat over Boy
lan's head and ordered him to lie still
for twenty minutes. At the expira
tion of about five minutes Boyland
thought the robbers had left and
raised up. He was promptly shot in
the hip by one of the robbers. His
wound, while deep, is not fatal.
Guy Andrews, son of Chancellor
Andrews of the State university, was
brought back to Lincoln from David
City by Sheriff Ress, and will be tried
before the insanity commission on a
charge of insanity. Andrews had
been in the law office of Judge Field,
is well educated and had made a sue
cess of the law. For some time he
has been acting as though not in his
right mind, resulting in Chancellor
Andrews filing the insanity complaint
against him.
The mortgage record of Red Willow
county for the month of April makes
a fine showing. The total filings ag
gregate $29,203.37; releases, $70,818.87.
The special election held in West
Point to vote on the question of the
issuance of bonds of $8,000 for the
enlargement of the public school
building resulted in the bonds being
carried by a majority of 151.
Messrs. Johnson and Graham, the
present owners of the Ames townsite,
are having surveys made and the lots
in the new town will soon be on the
market The business lots will be
southeast of the Union Pacific depot.
A report has reached Beatrice to
the effect that Ed Kelley formerly a
resident of Beatrice, was receily
killed in Texas. Relatives of Mr. Kel
ley have made inquiries to ascertain
the truth of the statement, which has
not been confirmed. In a letter to
Charles Avey of Beatrice from his
brother, William Avey. meager details
of the reported tragedy are given,
which indicate .that Kelley came to
his death under rather peculiar cir
cumstances after the killing of an
other man at Kelley's home.
The cadets of the State university
will bold their annual encampment in
York on May 24 to 28, in the beauti
ful York park. The cadets suggested
that a small purse be raised to de
fray their expenses, and through the
efforts of Mr. Mead, a university stu
dent who lives in York, the necessary
amount was in a very short time
raised.
The old cannon which will be in
stalled in the city park at Fremont
will be formerly dedicated in connec
tion with the exercises on decoration
day.
.The board of directors of the Loup
Valley Agricultural society have de
cided upon September 20. 21. 22 and
23 as the dates for holding their an
nual meeting this year. The finances
of the association are in excellent
condition and live stock premiums will
be proportionately increased.
News has been received in Beatrice
of the death of "Grandpa" Noakes,
formerly at Beatrice, at Burlington
Junction, la. The deceased was a na
tive of England, was 80 years of age,
and had resided in Beatrice a great
many years.
Grandma Dalby, who has been a
familiar character in and around
Humboldt for over forty years, died
quite suddenly the other evening. She
was seated on the veranda, when at
tacked by a fit of coughing, which
apparently ruptured a blood vessel
and she expired Inside of fifteen min
utes, and before medical aid could
reach her.
The fire department of Fremont is
making pains for its Fourth of July
celebration. One of the interesting
.features will be a lodge team drill. In
which a prize el $100 will be offered.
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The Patient "Doctor, I have lost
my appetite: what shall I do?" The
Doctor "That's all right; you will
find it in the bill."
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Japanese Use of Water.
The Japanese themselves attribute
their high average of physical
strength to a plan and frugal diet and
the system of gymnastics called jia
jitsu. which includes a knowledge of
anatomy and of the external and in
ternal uses of water. Although dur
ing the period of their ascendency the
Samurai kept the secret that their
great physical superiority was due ia
a great measure to the internal and
external use of water, the belief that
if used liberally and Intelligently
water is an infallible weapon against
disease is now generally held. By
those who go in for jiu-jitsu an aver
age of one gallon a day is drunk. It
is noteworthy that rheumatism Is al
most unknown in Japan; it Is proba-
.ble that the absence of meat from
the diet, combined with the use of
' plenty of water, accounts for this im
munity. Bennings "Don't you think that it
would be a pretty custom for the la
dies to raise their hats when meeting
a friend, the same as the men do?"
Jennings "How could they, when It
would take them fifteen minutes to
put them on again?"
Mrs. McGinnis "Shure. Bridget, an'
does yez little baby croy at aolght?"
Mrs. McDinnis "Begorra, and it's
mesilf that don't know; ther auld
man snores so loud that ther poor lit
tle kid wouldn't have a chance oa
earth to be humid."
All Right Again.
Opal. Wyo., May 16. After safer
lag terribly for four or five years. Mr.
A. J. Kohner of this place, has heea
completely restored to good health.
His case and its cure, is another proof
of the wonderful work Dodd's Kidney
Pills can do. Mr. Kohner says:
"For four or five years I have been
a sufferer with Kidney trouble aad a
pain over my Kidneys. I thought I
would give Dodd's Kidney Pills a trial
and I am glad I did so. for they have
done me good work and I feel all
right again."
Many cases are being reported
every week in which Dodd's Kidney
Pills have effected cures of the most
serious cases.
- These strong testimonies from earn
est men and women are splendid tri
butes to the curative properties of
Dodd's Kidney Pills and judging by
these letters, there is no case of Kid
ney trouble or Backache that Dodd's
Kidney Pills will not cure promptly
and permanently.
A New Damon and Pythias.
From North Wales comes the ro
mantic story of a lifelong devottoa.
begun in early boyhood, between two
men, and only ending in death at the
ripe age of 80 years. Henry Price
and Robert Ellis when boys struck up
a friendship, pledging to stick to each
other until death. When young men
they emigrated to Australia and lived
and worked together, come weal,
come woe, for more than fifty years.
Two years ago they both returned
to their native village of Rhosllaaer
cbrogog. in Wales, having amassed
considerable wealth. This week
Price and Ellis died within twenty
four hours of each other, both being
over 80 years of age.
Mount Booker Washington.
Mrs. Hill, an artist of Tacoma,
Wash., has been commissioned by one
of the Western railroad trunk lines
to execute for the Louisiana Purchase
exposition several canvases llustra
tive of the scenery of Washington
state. One of the pictures represents
a lofty mountain, which for some rea
son had never received a name. The
artist suggested that the mountain be
christened Mount Booker Washington,
in honor of the principal of the Tusk
egee institute. Her suggestion was
confirmed by the United States geo
logical survey, and the name, Mount
Booker Washington, is now in use.
The picture will be exhibited at St.
Louis this summer.
BAD DREAMS.
Indicate Improper Diet, Usually
to Coffee.
One of the common symptoms of
coffee poisoning is the bad dreams
that spoil what should be restful
sleep. A man who found the reason
says:
"Formerly I was a slave to coffee. I
was like a morphine fiend, could not
sleep at night, would roll and toss la
my bed and when I did get to sleep
was disturbed by dreams and hobgob
blins, would wake up with headaches
and feel bad all day. so nervous I
could not attend to business. My
writing looked like bird tracks. I had
sour belchings from the stomach, ta
digestion, heartburn and palpttattoa,
of the heart, constipation, irregularity
of the kidneys, etc.
"Indeed. I began to feel I had all
the troubles that human flesh could
3uffer but when a friend advised ma
to leave off coffee I felt as if he had
insulted me. I could not hear the
idea, it had such a hold on me aad I
refused to believe it the cause.
"But it turned out that ao advice waa
aver given at a more needed time for
I finally consented to try Postum. aad
with the going of coffee aad the com
ing of Postum all my troubles have
gone and health has returned. I eat
aad sleep well now, nerves steadied
dowa and I write a fair hand (aa yea
can see), can attend to business agala
aad rejoice that I am free from the
monster Coffee." Name givea by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Ten days' trial of Postum la ill re
of coffee will bring sound, reetfaL re
freshing sleep. There's a reason.
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