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NEBRASKA
The cteemsAograpm Is Mag
by Parte surgeons in teacalag atmdelts
how to perform various surgical oper
ations. Tbe new Japaaeae war loam of $50.
000.000 at 92, to .ma tea yearn, at 5
per cent, has been taken by Japanese
bankers.
A lake has been discovered cm KU
dln Island.. Lapland, which contains
fresh water on the top and salt water
on the bottom.
The bullfighters who were
to give performances at the St. bonis
exposition, have left the City of Mexi
co for tfielr destination.
Kid Trailer, a member of the noted
Jones gang of outlaws, has been teken
prisoner by. a deputy sheriff and Is la
jail at Culbertson, Mont.
It Is the consensus of opinion that
the Jananese will storm Port Arthur
as soon as the necessary arrange
ments can bk completed.
Private advices from "Vladivostok
to St. Petersburg state that the cruis
er Bogatyr has run on the rocks In
tho harbor. The government, how
ever, still denies tMs.
James P. HoUigan, widely known In
telegraph circles formerly chief op
erator of tho Western Union at Chi
cago, died from pulmonary trouble.
The contested theory that pearls
arc due to a parasite in the oyster
' vras first advanced by Fillippl in 1852.
Jieveral recent observers have con
firmed the view.
Thomas Murdock, a retired building
contractor, who was postmaster of
Rock Island, 111., for ten years and.
mayor of that city for two terms, died
at Kansas City, aged 83 years.
Myer S. Isaacs, president of the Bar
on de HIrsch fund and prominently
identified with many other local and
national organizations, dropped dead
in a Broadway cafe In New York.
Tho tariffs for the grain rates to
"the south, under the new adjustment,
- will go Into effect June 10 the same
late as those to Chicago and St. Paul.
Tho rates will be restored to their
' normal basis.
" " A report from General Kuropatkln
states that he did honor to the
wounded soldiers and to those who
-have been decorated for gallantry by
passing in review before them with
the entire army.
Mrs. Stella Hammond of Seattle,
Wash., dropped dead at the home of
her sister, Mrs. J. N. Savard, at St
Paul, Minn., after the bitter had un
dergone a dangerous operation for cam;
ccr of tbe stomach.
Lewis Oliver, who, in company with
Fred Lesarge, stole $3 and two hats
from a butcher shop, has been given
a life sentence' in Marquette prison by
Judge Wiest at Mason, Mich. It was
his third offense for burglary.
, Marshall, the Brooklyn player, won
the first prize of $1,000 and the Cam
bridge Springs championship at the In
ternational chess tournament. His fi
nal score was 13 points won and 2
lo3t, comprising 111 victories and four
draw games.
Major Sylvester, the superintendent
of police of Washington, announced
that he had destroved all the films
of the moving pictures taken a day
or two ago by theatrical parties on
the cast front of the capital building,
when President Roosevelt was lmper
' donated in the act of helping a ficti
tious negro into his carriage.
Ground has been broken at South
Chicago for a gigantic coke oven, to
cost $1,000,000, and the first of its
bind ever established outside the an
thhracite regions of Pennsylvania.
Many experiments in coke production
liavo been made outside tho anthra
cite fields, but always with indifferent
success as the quality, of coal was
found to be faulty.
' Trouble has been brewing at the
Iowa university for some time. Pres
ident MscLean has incurred the 111
will of some of the faculty and for
mer students and they made an effort
some time ago to have him declared
a failure and demanded his resigna
rJon. It is said that this resulted in
a feeling among the regents greatly
in favor of the president.
Tennessee prohibitionists placed
'.hetaselves on record in state conven
tion as opposed to the nomination
pf General Nelson A. Miles for the
presidency by the prohibitionists on
the ground that he was mot a promi
nent prohibitionist, merely a recep
tive candidate, and that he could not
poll ihe full party strength in the
south on account of his war record.
The arrival of quantities of Ameri
can gold in payment of the Panama
canal purchase excites the wonder
ment of Parisians. A large crowd
gathered at the St. Lazare railroad
station to see a tram of four cars,
carrying 178 barrels of gold, being a
shipment of $9,000,000 by the French
line steamer Lorraine which arrived
at Havre from New York. The ex
citement was such that the police, fear
ed it would be necessary to summon
reinforcements, but it passed off weD.
The gold waa placed in the Credit
Lyonnais.
While driving to their home near
Ariola Colo., Mrs. C. W. Herman ami
her son, Frank Ingles, was shot and
-killed by. Marshall Humphreys, who
rode into town and surrendered him
self. There has been a fend between
the two famililes.
It is said the Turkish authorities
contemplate destroying all Armenian
villages in the Sassun district of Asia
Minor, in order to prevent the con
centration of insurgents in the moum--tains.
and the installation of the Til
lagers on the plain where they may
be better supervised.
At the dinner given by thf Slavic
- Alliance at Dehmomleo'a in New York
$2,500 was subscribed for the Rnseiam
Red Cross society. Of this amount
-$2,000 was given by a mam who refus
ed to permit his name to be made
public.
The two remaimimg members of the
staff of tne Chinese reform
per Supao were sentenced to
two
and three years hard labor, respec
tively, dating from their arrest last
year, with Saalshmeat froae every
foreign settlement npon the aspiration
of their sentence.
' The recent Japanese levsises have
cheered the Tlnsalsn populace womaer
.fally. It is mew lasagaf that Aamlr
aloWKtsoafffs meet, am Port Arthur,
mmw safetv ventnre out ef the harbor
the enemy If the
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IMPORTANT MOVE
SAID TO ABOUT TOBB MADE BY
GENERAL KUROPATKIN.
THE RUSSIANS ABE EXCITED
After Engagement with Korean Troops
They Burn the Shrines Telegraphic
Communication with New Chwang
Interrupted.
ST. PETERSBURG There are in
dications that General Kuropatkln is
preparing to make a very important
move against the enemy.
One -of the reasons for this belief
is the suddenly increased restrictions
upon the war correspondents at the
front. ,
The prevailing belief here is that
General Kuroi's army is in difficulties.
SEOUL, Korea A telegram has
been received here from Gen San, on
the east coast of Korea, saying that
the Russians, after the engagement
with Korean troops at Ham Heung, on
May 19, burned the shriries and the
royal mausoleum which were erected
there by the founder of the present
Korean dynastv in the year 1365, and
which were regarded by the Koreans
as sacred. This apparent wanton des
ecration of tombs in a tend imbued
with the spirit of ancestor worship
has caused excited denunciation, of
Territory which will be the scene
COME WEST FOR. CHANCELLOR.
Takes President of Coe College at Ce
dar Rapids, Iowa.
PITTSBURG, Pa. Dr. Samuel
Black McCormick, president of Coe
college. Cedar Rapids, la., has been
elected chancellor of the Western uni
versity of Pennsylvania. Dr. McCor
mick is a trustee of Bellevue college,
Omaha, and president of the board of
trustees of the Theological Seminary
of Nebraska, at Omaha. He was born
at Irwing, Pa., in 1858, and received
his education in western Pennsylva
nia. He was admitted to the bar in
Allegheny county and practiced law
here. Later he studied theology. It
is believed he will accept the position
here, as he had been advised by the
trustees that he would be elected.
Four Men Killed in Storm.
SPALDING, Neb. Four deaths have
resulted from a storm in this vicinity
Tuesday. John Pollard, 30 years of
age, and Edward Benhamton, aged 20,
lost their lives by driving into a wash
out in Freeman creek. The body of
the latter has been recovered, but
search continues for the former. Pol
lard was a married man and came
here from Schuyler two years ago,
having purchased the Charles Mee
han place. His companion was at
tending school in Spaulding. Ben
hamton have a mother living in
Omaha.
VERDICT IN CONSPIRACY CASE.
Jury Finds Tyner and Barrett Not
Guilty After Deliberation. '
WASHINGTON. Within twenty
two minutes of the retirement of the
jury in the case of James N. Tyner and
Harrison J. Barrett tried on charges
of conspiracy in connection with their
duties of law officers of the Postoffice
department, a verdict of not guilty
was returned. The throng which fill
ed the courtroom throughout the argu
ments to the jury hardly had time to
leave the building before he jury was
back and the foreman announced that
a verdict had been reached. General
Tyner, expecting a longer wait, had
been wheeled from the room and his
nephew and codefendant hastened to
give an order which caused him to re
turn. General Tyner appeared greatly ex
cited as he attempted to face the jury,
and when the, verdict was returned he
brokedowwn completely. Several of
the jurors wept with him and all of
them shook hands with him.
The Tyner-Barrett case was begun
on May 2 and has been before the
court nineteen full days. A great mass
of testimony was offered. The prose
cution brought forward an army of
wiitnesses a majority of whom were
former officers of bond investment
companies, through which Harrison J.
Barrett, the junior defendant, was al
leged too have profited after he left
the Postoffice department by practic
ing before his uncle, who remained in
the department
WHEN FRANCE MAY MIX IN.
If China Gets Aggressive There Will
Be Trouble.
PARIS The Soir claims thta it has
learned from a trustworthy source
that Lieutenant General Baron Freder
icks had another member of the Rus
sian court, who recently visited Paris,
came on a secret mission which had
for its purpose the seeking of the in
tervention and effective sunnort of
the French government in the event of
China adopting an aggressive attitude
toward the Russians in Mnacbaria.
The paper alleges that the government
gave formal promise 'of compliance
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of Korea and about fifty miles north
of Gem San.)
The Cossacks which are believed to
be at Kyoag Song have, according to
Koream reports, about twenty gums
with them. If this Is true this artil
lery probably is composed of trams
Baikal horse batteries, several of
which were attached to the First corps
at Vladivostok before the war.
A Japanese who has returned here
from vYongamph6 reports that there
are only a few Japanese troops there.
The people are quiet, but they do mot
welcome the Japanese occupation be
cause of the severity of the military
authorities. The Russians left- many
thousand feet of useful timber at
Yongampho.
There are not more than 8,000 sol
diers in the garrison at Seoul. Bar
racks which heretofore were filled are
now vacant, the troops having gone
north to Anju. The local gendarmes
are being transferred to Yongampho,
Wiju and An Tung.
ST. PETERSBURG Telegraphic
communication with New Chwang is
interrupted, and private messages for
points south of Liao Yang are refused
here at the telegraph office. '
The nature of the interruption with
New Chwang Is not known, but the
cause for refusing messages south of
Liao Yang Is the' complete absorption
of tbe lines for military purposes.
of hard fighting in the near future.
ROTHSCHILD WONT APPEAL.
He Concludes to Serve His Sentence
of Nine Years.
NEW YORK. David Rothschild,
who was convicted of grand larceny
in connection with the Federal bank
failure and sentenced to serve nine
years in state's prison, instructed his
attorneys to withdraw their motion
for a certificate of reasonable doubt.
Assistant District Attorney Sand
ford announced after Rothschild's con
viction that if the former bank presi
dent made a fight he would immedi
ately call to trial other indictments
now pending against him, and it is
said that Rothschild has concluded not
to invite this action, but to begin
serving his sentence at once.
CUDAHY'S LOS ANGELES FIRE
Plant Will Be Rebuilt at Once, More
Modern Than Old One.
OMAHA The burning of the Cuda
hy packing plant at Los Angeles, Cat
occasioned a loss of about $200,000.
and is to be rebuilt at once.
The fire commenced Tuesday after
noon, supposedly from spontaneous
combustion. George Parks of this
city left for Los Angeles to superin
tend the rebuilding of the new plant,
and James Phillips will soon follow
to superintend the mechanical part
of it Manager Murphy said:
"The press dispatches put the loss
at $400,000, but the total loss will
probably be less than $200,000. It is
fully covered by insurance. The work
of rebuilding is to commence at once,
under direction of Contractor George
Parks of this city, and the new plant
will be more modern than the one
destroyed by fire.
WILL VENEZUELA REPUDIATE!
Country Being Fortified and Uneasi
ness Felt.
WASHINGTON, D. C Military
measures on a large scale begun re
centiy by Venezuela are giving rise
to a great deal of uneasiness and ap
prehension here. It is stated that a
French company sold Castro's govern
ment 1.500,000 livres' worth of artil
lery, which is being placed in forti
fications at Puerto Cabello and other
important coast ports. The company
also contracted to supply a force ol
skilled artillerymen to man the guns
for a certain period.
Just what this expensive armament
means, when Venezuela is so poor, is
a matter of speculation here and then
is some fear it is the forerunner of a
repudiation by Venezuela .of liability
for further payments of installment!
of indemnity under the awards, of the
recent arbitrations.
Bryan Wins in Primaries.
OMAHA Bryan democrats carried
every ward in the city where there
was a contest in the primaries held
yesterday for the selection of dele
gates to the county convention. May
28. The defeat of the Success league
people was decisive, the Bryan dele
gates receiving 868 votes to 501 for
the opposition in the seven contested
wards in Omaha.
Hanna's Portrait en
WASHINGTON The secretary of
the treasury has ordered the plates
prepared for printing the Panama
bonds. The portrait of the late Sen
ator Marcus A. Hanma Is to be printed
thereon.
Racing News la
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At some of the public libraries fa
London the racing mews is carefully
blacked out of the newspapers 'be
fore they are put upon the filesfor
reading. .
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ATTACK DEVELOPS JNTO A ROUT
OF THE RUSSIANS.'
JVAIESESTOBMSTBOMHIUI
They Do it, However, at Great Lose
ef Life, the .Report' Being that
Twelve Thousand Invaders Fell In
the Onslaught.
LONDON A dispatch to the Cen
tral Newa from Harbin says the Jap
anese losses during the fighting at
Kin Chou are said to be 12,000 mem
killed. It is said that these figures
have been confirmed by. an official
dispatch. Fighting, it is added, is
still going on la the vicinity of Kin
Chou.
TOKIO The Japanese army swept
the Russians from Kin Chou Thurs
day evening and in a desperate night
attack stormed the almost Impregna
ble position of the Russians on Nan
shan hill, west of Talien Wan.
The battle raged m the hills all
through the night and fragmentary tel
egrams from the Japanese headquar
ters report that the engagement is
still In progress and .that the Japan
ese are still pursuing the Russians
south from Nanshan and the head of
Talien Wan bay.
The Russians had made elaborate
preparations to chtfck the Japanese
movement south on the Liao Tung
peninsula toward Port Arthur. They
had fortified the high ground on the
south shore of Talien Wan bay, their
works extending to the east and the
west. The extreme Russian right was
at Hushangtao' and tho extreme left
at Nanshan hilL This hill was the
strongest part of the line. A series
of batteries, strongly emplaced,
crowned its crest, while rifle pits ex
tended around its side.
Mines had been placed lower down
on the hill and around the base on
the northern and eastern sides were
stretched well made wire entangle
ments. Another line of defenses, also pro
tected with wire entanglements, ex
tended from Yen Chia Tung, near the
head of Talien Wan bay, due north of
Lieuchia Tien, which lies south of Kin
Chou.
Wednesday morning at half past 5
the Japanese attacked Kin Chohu, and
for three hours they had an artillery
duel with the batteries on Hanshan
hill. The Russian gunners searched
the Japanese lines with their fire, but
failed to inflict much damage.
The battle was resumed at dawn on
Thursday. Three Japanese gunboats
then entered Kin Chou bay and in co
operation with the artillery on shore
shelled the Russian position on Nan
shan hill.
A Russian gunboat in Talien Wan
bay steamed close to the shore and
shelled the Japanese left
From dawn the batteries on both
sides hammered away at each other.
At an early hour the Japanese in
fantry moved forward, and at 5:20
on Thursday morning they entered
Kin Chou, the Russians retiring to
the south.
The fighting continued into Thurs
day night, the Japanese pressing to
the south and storming Nanshan hill.
They followed the retreating Russians
through the southern hillsT
NO APPEAL FOR APPLICANTS.
Finding of Medical Board of Annapo
lis Final.
WASHINGTON Several , matters
of importance were considered at the
" uievuuK. ii was ueciaea on
the suggestion of Secretary Moody,
that hereafter the president or the
navy department would not entertain
appeals from applicants for admission
to the naval academy at Annapolis,
from the decision of the medical ex
amining board. Heretofore, it has
been a practice of such applicants as
were declared by the medical board
to be physically disqualified to carry
their cases to the president or tothe
navy department, in the hope of hav
ing the decision of the board over
ruled. Secretary Taft presented some of
the reason for bringing to the United
States of a delegation of between
forty and fifty high-class educated
Filipinos. The better class of Fili
pinos felt that in the exhibit of na
tives at the St Louis exposition the
population of the islands was not
represented fairly, as the Filipinos
at the fair were composed largely of
representatives of the wild and unciv
ilized tribes.
New Use For Wireless Telegraphy.
PARIS The Journal's St Peters
bury correspondent says that Colonel
Perky, in a communication; to the
Electric Technical society on the dis
covery of a means for utilizing wire
less telegraphy to, explode submarine
mines, says that an apparatus invent
ed by him can change the position of
mines already -'submerged, make
mines attached to the bottom rise to
the surface and explode and render
fixed mines, not connected to a port
hy wires, harmless Unspecified ves
sels and dangerous to other ones.
W. J. Bryan, at Dallas, Tex.
DALLAS, Tex. In response to an
invitation of the Thomas Jefferson
Democratic club, William J. Bryan
delivered an address on "Democracy's
Opportunity." He spoke to an audi
ence of about 5,000 persons. The ad
dress differed but little from Mr.
Bryan's Chicago' address under the
same title, the departures being chief
ly In the way of local application.
"Democrats in my part of the coun
try haveyfor years fought for the
right and that without having even
the local offices," he declared.
Queen Ul In San Francises.
SAN FRANCISCO. Former. Queen
Ulinokalani of Hawaii, accompanied
hy Prince and Princess Kalaatemaole
and several other travellag compam
Ions, arrived here Tuesday from the
8t Louis exposition. They will sail
for Honolulu May It,
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LONDON AK dispatch to the- Oam
tral Newa from ToUa says the Ispam
eee have stormed and eaptared the
town of Kim Chou. about thirty-two
miles north of Port Arthur.
la am earlier menage tarn Tokto
correspondent of the Central News
cabled that Japaaeae spies had ascer
tained that the Russians had thirty
gums at Kin Chou and aumeroms mines
and wire entanglements at all points
where.a Japaaeae attack waa expect
ed.' ,K
The co-respondent of the Central
News at Tokio.eables that the Japan
ese attacked Nam Qwam Ling cm the
narrowest path of the Kwam Turns
peninsula yesterday and drove back
the Russians by mate force.
The attack on Kim Chou. the dis
patch adds, was begun at dawn todayv
and by noon KiaChou was in the
hands of the Japaaeae, who occupied
the castle.
The fighting coatiaued during the
afternoon and was of the most desper
ate character.
JAPS HAVE LOST HEAVILY.
Officer of High Rank Points Out Im
portance ef Victory.
TOKIO A Japanese officer of high
rank made the following statement
to tab correspondent of the Associat
ed Press:
The Japanese in attacking Kin
Chou and Nanshan hill had to fight
against great odds. ' The Russiams
were in full command of the strategi
cal advantages afforded by nature and
these advantages were augmented by
the newest inventions for defense.
The forts on Nam Sham hill were arm
ed with heavy gums. The Japaaeae
had only field guns, heavy guns be
ing unavailable on account of the dif
ficulties of transportation.
Our army deserves great credit for
having driven the Russians from this
stronghold; it waa a feat previously
considered to have been impossible. I
fear our losses have' been heavy, but
we have gained the strongest point
barring our way to the investment of
Port Arthur.
Sun Worship Fast le Fatal.
CHICAGO Miss Elolse Reusse of
St Paul, Minn., who became Insane
here while undergoing the ordeal of
the so-called "sun worship fast" te
dead in the State Hospital for the In
sane at Elgin. Dr. Frank S. Whitman,
superintendent of the hospital, says
death was due to acute mania, induced
by starvation. During the fast which
is said to have last forty-one days,
deceased te said by the hospital au
thorities to have been subjected to
torture by means of needles and the
application of lotus oiL
Upon Conclusion ef the War.
PARIS The St Petersburg corre
spondent of the Echo de Parte says:
"I am able to affirm" that Russia te
preparing to mobilize 21000,000 sol
diers in Europe on conclusion of the
war with Japan. Foreign Minister
Lamsdorf has Informed several mem
bers of the diplomatic corps that he
was uneasy on the subject of China.
Russia, he said, had adhered unre
servedly to the terms of Secretary
Hay's note, but if China should vio
.late. or permit the violation of neu
trality, Russia would act"
Trust Will Share Profits.
NEW YORK Officers of the Ameri
can Smelting and Refining company
will within a few days divide $100,000
in cash among their employes in ac
cordance . with the profit-sharing
scheme announced two years ago. Ar
rangements are now being made to
divide the cash in proportion to the
amount of earnings. 'Managers, super
intendents, assistant managers and as
sistant superintendents, together with
foremen, assistant formen, chemists,
essayists and a number of others will
participate in the fund.
Russians Swept From All Ports.
TOKIO Noon The Japanese troops
have swept all the Russians from their
defenses-west of Tallenwan bay. It
now Is improbable the latter will be
capable of offering any further seri
ous resistance in the-territory north
of Port Arthur, tee Admiral Togo
has now established a complete block
ade around the southern end of the
Liao Tung peninsula. This complete
ly envelopes Port Arthur from the sea
ward and probably marks the opening
of the final investment of the town
and its fortifications.
Next Good Roads Meeting.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. The next conven
tion of the International and National
Good Roads association will be held
in Portland, Ore. The date has not
yet been fixed, but it will be during
the Lewis ft Clark exposition, in June
of next year.
Mies Roosevelt Off for St, Louis.
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt arrived here from Groton, Mass.,
where he participated in the prize
day exercises of the. school at which
two of his children are students. Miss
Roosevelt accompanied by Mrs. Wat
ers of this city, left for St Louis.
St Louis Has 17000 Fire.
ST. LOUIS A loss of $70,000 was
occasioned by a fire that partially de
stroyed the building at Second street
and Franklin avenue, occupied by the
American Supply company. Insur
ance te partial.
Foo Chop-Formosa Cable Cut
NEW YORK The Commercial Ca
ble company sends out the following
"We are advised the the Foo Chou
Formosa cable te interrupted. Mes
sages to Formosa go via Japan."
Government te Still Mute.
ST. PETERSBURG-Private ad
vices received from Vladivostok con
firm the report that tne cruiser Bo
gatyr was rum cm the rocks. Officiate
claim that they have no Intimation
regarding the Incident
Shell Causes Great
TOKIO. Duriag the recommote
sance off Port Arthur made hy Ad
miral Togo cm Friday of test week a
shell hit the torpedo boat destroyer
Aatsuki. killing one officer and
twenty-four
No Jap Ships Captured.
ST. PirrER8BURG The admiralty
demies the report' of the capture of
three Japaaeae cruisers my the Vtodi
Yostok esmadron, which has not been
outside the hrbaor for several weeks.
One New Case ef Yellow Fwr.
MEXICO CITY The superior board
of .health reports there te one mew
case of yellow fever cm the isthmus
of Tehmamtepee. Vera .Cms reports
THAT COAL TRUST!
INQUIRY OP THE INTERSTATE
COMMERCE COMMISSION.
TUBUS HXESHICE OF GOAL
Soya He WeuM Make Cost Mere Than
R la if He Could What Fixes the
Price and How Far the Public Are
Willing to Pay the Same.
NEW YORK President Thomas of
the Lehigh Valley road. In his testi
mony before the interstate commerce
commission, which te conducting am
inquiry Into the alleged coal trust said
that he fixed the price of the coal of
the Lehigh Valley Coal compaay that
te sold, at tidewater. Asked if it was
not a fact that according to his an
swers it was quite possible the public
had to pay what all the railroads de
manded and not what any ono railroad
demanded, Mr. Thomas said:
"You don't believe that amy more
than I do; nobody believes that in a
country of free men a necessary com
modity would be kept from them by
unfair prices."
Mr. Thomas said that he conferred
with President Baer of the Reading
and other railroad officials before Is
suing the circular of prices to prevail
beginning April 1, but denied that any
agreement was made regarding prices.
"I made no concealment of what I
was going to do," he said. "Nor did
they conceal anything."
"Would you raise the Lehigh Val
ley's price If you thought you could
get the increase?" he was asked.
"Yes, sir; I would."
"Do you think you could maintain
an advanced price if your competitors
did .mot follow suit?"
"No, sir; I do not."
In reply to questions by Commis
sioner Prouty, Mr. Thomas said it
would be impossible arbitrarily to fix
the price of coal. '
' "What determines the price if the
railroads do not fix it?" Commis-'
sloner Prouty asked.
"The willingness of the public to
pay the price and the ability of the
railroad to produce it at that price"
President Thomas said there could
be no reduction from present prices
because of commercial conditions, and
when Commissioner Prouty asked him
to 'define those conditions he said that
Interference of politicians caused the
big strike; the arbitration commis
sion imedlately imposed obligations
upon producing interests; the mines
were growing deeper and more ex
pensive to operate and maintain; all
grades of labor were at higher wages.
These were but a few of the general
conditions.
Local conditions, he said, in the ag
gregate seem to have increased the
expense of operating. To Commis
sioner Clements, Mr. Thomas said
there had been no change by any rail
road from the circular prices because
the conditions of trade had not war
ranted It He said that reduction in
tidewater prices would mean a reduc
tion in miners' wsges, according to
the terms of the decision of the arbi
tration commission.
RUSSIANS MASSING TROOPS.
Armies Are Being Concentrated
Around liao Yang.
LONDON The New Chwang corre
spondent of the Daily Mail, in a dis
patch dated May 23, says that coinci
dent with the Japanese advance in
the direction of Liao Yang there has
been a concentration of all the avail
able Russian troops between Llac
Yang and Mo Tien pass, and that the
fortifications of Liao Yaung are being
feverishly hurried. The railway be
tween Tatschitsia and Liao Yang te
still intact but every preparation has
been made for its immediate destruc
tion in the event of the necessity for
a retreat to Mukden.
The correspondent says that under
cover of a continuous naval patrol,
secret tendings are in progress on thtf
coast of the Liao Tung peninsula.
Russian Story is Not Conlrmed.
ST. PETERSBURG The report ca
bled to the Associated Press that the
foreign office had received a telegram
from the Russian consul at Che Foo
reporting that the Japanese had made
a land attack on Port Arthur and had
lost 15,000 men killed and wounded,
and that the Russians had lost 3,000
men. te true, but as nothing conlnna
tory has been received from any other
source the report is not given cre
dence. The consul in his telegram
said his information was obtained
from Chinese sources.
Sharp Competition for Ships.
LONDON A dispatch' to the Daily
Telegraph from Brussels says that
the Russian and Japanese govern
ments are competing sharply for the
purchase of transports in Holland
Belgium. As Russia has acquired al
most all the large ships which wers
for sale, Japan will have to be con
tented with the smaller vessels. The
dispatch added that Japanese agents
purchased at Antwerp yesterdsy sev
era! vessels from 2,000 to 3,000 tons,
and it te supposed that these will be
converted into armored cruisers.
The Quick and the Dead.
NEW YORK. The United State
transport Kilpatrick arrived from Ma
nila via the Suez canal with ninety
eight cabin passengers and ninety
three government employes, discharg
ed soldiers, civilian employes and en
listed men. She also brought the bod
ies of sixty-four soldiers who died ic
the Philippines. Among the passen
gers were Major D. C. Poole, retired;
Major H. B. Orwig of the Philippine
constabulary, Captain H. S. Stone ol
the transport service and Dr. Lepeere
Looks Into Cattle Rates.
DENVER, Colo. The cattle grow
ers Interstate executive committee
received word that the interstate
commerce commission had issued an
order to proceed of its own motion tc
investigate the freight rate situstloa
and the service of railroads inx live
stock shipments in the west and
BOrthwest The hearing will be held
hi Denver, but the exact date has not
been fixed.
WASHINGTON Orders will be te
Bued at the bureau of navigation as
signing Lieutenant Frank L Evans,
bob of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans,
late commander of the Asiatic sta
tion, to command the Sylph. This te
considered one of the choicest assign
events in the navy. Lieutenant Pres
ton, its present commander? by re
quest has been transferred to the
Kentucky. Lieutenant Evans has just
returned from the Asiatic station,
where he waa on his father's staff.
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FOUND DEAD IN A CtSTERN.
Eight Feet ef Water.
O.
while doing some repair work at the
top of a cistern which he had built
for C C. Barr a few months previous,
lost his life. He had tied a board on
the ead of a lariat rope, which he
hung to the deters Just below the
platform and upon which he waa work
lag, when the rope gave, way, letting
him fall In about eight feet of water.
As he waa working alone, mo one
knows just when the accident hap
pened, but as his watch stopped at
18:45. that'te supposed to be the time.
He was first missed when Mr. Barrm
little girt went out to see him work.
and mot finding him there informed
her mother of his abseace. Mrs. Barr
weat to the cistern and noticing the
rope hanging, looked in and saw Mr.
Jeppsom's peacil floating upon the
water. 8he aotlled a couple of the
neighbors at once, who, upon investi
gation, found the body at the bottom
of the cistern and succeeded in re
covering it It was 9:10 when the
body was brought out and life was
extiact
Mr. Jeppson was a mason by trade,
a hard-working mam and although in
close circumstances was cheerful and
highly enthused over the prospect for
plenty of work at good wages for the
summer.
The Mystery Cleared Up.
FREMONT The mystery surround
ing the disappearance of Mrs. Mary
Lyons and children who -left Fuller
ton cm April 15 for Walla Walla.
WaslL, and were lost to the husband
and other relatives auer coming as
far as Fremont has been solved. A
letter Just received by Sheriff Bau
man from Mr. Lyons conveys the in
formation that the missing ones are
in South Dakota, and that they went
there direct from Fremont It is pre
sumed that the woman wants to es
tablish residence In the northern
state and there procure a divorce.
Lyons says he got his information
from an attorney who is in the em
ploy of Mrs. Ogden. the womsn wss
with the others when they left Ful
lerton. Mrs. Ogden te now in Wash
ington state.
Deputy Warden in Trouble.
LINCOLN A deputy game warden.
James Reed, has been arrested at
Pender, Neb!, charged with using im
proper language before a party, the
members of which were: William
Cordes, W. Moyer, Ben Bucklop and
Mrs. Bucklop. Reed found a seine in
a lake near Pender, and arrested
John Petershogen. H. Grosswode and
Richard Bintgen, who were fishing
near the seine. The men paid a fine
of 81 and costs, and now charge Reed
with highway robbery, alleging that
he compelled them to give him $15 as
surety for their appearance at the
trial.
Arrested as a Suspect
KEARNEY A man has been ar
rested at the stock yards in Shelton
and Identified by Charles Carpenter
as the one who went through his pock
ets and took his money while another
man covered him with a revolver early
Sunday morning. The man was
brought here today by Sheriff Sam
mon8, and will be given a hearing to
morrow. He protests his Innocence
and says he will be able to prove an
alibi.
Condemne the Vinegar.
LINCOLN Six barrels of vinegar,
alleged to have been colored, has been
condemned by Food Commissioner
Thompson. It was shipped from St
Louis to Theodore Schruender of Ne
braska City.
Crops Doing Fine.
SIDNEY Cheyenne county receiv
ed another fine rain test week. The
ground was already in good condition
from former rains and the rough soak
ing received last night will put the
grass in excellent condition for weeks
to come. The grass and crop outlook
te very fine. '
Drowned at Alma.
ALMA Stanley Farr. oldest son of
William Farr. was drowned while!
swimming in the Prairie Dog creek. A
companion endeavored to rescue him,
but failed.
Pays Clerk's Shortage.
LINCOLN J. M. Gilbert, expert ac
countant employed to examine the
books in the office of the county treas
urer, has filed his report which shows
that Edgar Waugb, a former clerk in
the office, is a defaulter to the amount
of $4,371.85. As soon ss the report
was filed William McLaughlin, treas
urer at the time of the defalcation, at
once gave to the county commission
ers his check for the amount of the
shortage.
Hastings Has Building Boom.
HASTINGS Hastings is having
the most substantial growth in tho
history of the city. New residences
and buildings are going up all over
the city, and, in addition, there are a
number of public buildings nearing
completion.
Cut Off an Arm.
HEBRON While helping to start a
new steam thresher, Arcby Maxon ac
cidently caught his arm between a
belt and a cog wheel cutting the arm
completely off above the elbow.
A Nebraska Invention.
DAVID CITY Some time ago C. I.
J. Barker invented a garden tool
which he called a garden weeder and
mulcher. He made application for
and obtained a patent upon his inven
tion. He, together with J. M. Zentx
commenced tbe manufacture of the
machine on a small scale, the output
meeting with ready sale. Last week a
compaay was organized for the manu
facture of the machine on a large
scsle, tbe authorized capital being
fixed at 115.000. f
Killed by Lightning.
WAYNE C. C. Clark, who resides
on the A. M. Jacobs' farm six miles
northwest of Wayne, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed, to
gether with three horses. His son,
who had been dragging in the field,
drove to the house about noon and
the maan weat out to aid his son la
unhitching the horses, dragging the
harrow, when the accident occurred.
The son was shocked but not seri
ously Injured. Very little rain fell
the cloud overhead was ant m
STATE NEWS
EWS
NSWB IN BMBP.
The Fraternal Ufa associaUea or
ammiaai a ledge at Falls CMy Friday
might wtm about eeveaty-five mem-
l C Albright past supreme
am one of the founders of the
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who hen lived In Crab Orchard for
years, has been brought before the
board of meane coaurissloaera ef the
county, adjudged insane aad taken to
the Ltacolm asylum for treatment .
Upon the charge of vagrancy. Mrs.
Katharine Seed has been arrested at
Fort Crook, takem before Judge Stoane
and given a fine of Si and costs: Us
able to ratee the amount. Mrs. Reed
was taken to Omaha, where she will
pay rer fine out In the Douglas county
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Chadrom te having a huge aad
healthy growth this spring. More
mew residences than for many years,
aad of the better class, with modern
improvements are being built, while
the whole city, under the active ad
ministration of Mayor Allen G. Fish
er, te donning Its spring apparel anc
bids fair to become the city beautlfu) '
of northwest Nebraska.
Eight students In science at the
state university have been elected tc
the society of Sigma XI. They are:
L. W. Chase, J. B. Davison. Alvis
Keyser. R. E. Noyes, W. D. Pierrce
F. J. Prichard, E. L. Thomas and Mar
tin Ware. The society te .devoted
to scientific Inquiry nnd its member
are choeem for distinction In some
such branch hi university, work.
Heart-broken and 111 at her home
in Beatrice because of the shock at
tending the suicide of her son, Wil
liam D. Sisson, which occurred In Lin
coln, Mrs. Msry D. Sisson, a widow,
attempted suicide with a revolver
which she had in her room. She
was frustrated in carrying out her
designs by several friends, who were
with her at the time she secured the
weapon.
The "best kept lawn." originated
by one of the real estate dealers of
Falls City, is fast growing in favor.
The contest begins June 1 and
closes September 1. The number of
prizes hnve not yet been decided on.
but it is given out thst the first prize
will be cash and win be sufficient to
pay all expenses to the St Louis fair.
All owners and renters of property
up to the value of $3,000 cam enter.
A North Platte dispatch says:
With the warm days of spring are
coming quite a multitude of grass
hoppers, though the opinion is ex
pressed by fanners that they will not
be so numerous as they have been for
the test three or four years. They
clsim' the climatic conditions have
not been favorable to the hatching of'
these pests, though the reasoning b
which they arrive at this conclusion is
not known.
Charles Carpenter, a section hand
and son of F. M. Carponter. a section
foreman, was making the regular
morning trip over the track about a
mile west of Shelton, when he wss
stopped by four tramps and asked for
some matches, which he felt In his
pocket for, when one of the men pro
duced a good-sized revolver nnd point
ed it at him aad told his to give up
his money, which he reluctantly did,
$1.40 being all the cash he had.
Whether the game law te entitled
to the credit or whether the diligence
and productiveness of the fowl them
selves are responsible, certain it is
that there are thousands aad tens of
thousands of prairie chickens nest
ing In the sand hills this season, says
a North Platte dispatch. They are as
thick as bees on a white clover patch
and if this year's hatching is abun
dant the farmers will be asking tc
have the law repealed or modified tc
protect their crops from being do
veured.
Mrs. C. A Lyons, the Fullerton wo
man who mysteriously disappeared
from her home under circumstances
which were rather suspicious and whe
was test seen in Fremont, has been
located in South Dakota. She left
her home a few weeks ago. ostensibly
to go to Walla Walla. Wash. As she
did not go there her husband becsme
anxious sbout her and after tracing
her to Fremont lost track of her en
tirely. She claims to hsve gone to
South Dakota for the purpose of tak
ing up some government land.
Mrs. George Smith has through
the finding of the Omaha district
court of Sarpy county regained pos
session of her two daughters. Grace
and Clara Oliver. Some four years
ago Mrs. Smith obtained a divorce
from her husband, T. T. Oliver, snd
received the two children, but her
former husband, questioning the le
gality of the divorce, made an ap
pearance there about two years sgo
and secured the children. Proceed
ings were commenced in court with
the result that Mrs. Smith has at
last won out and the children are
herrs.
Peter Liaeis, a Greek railroad labor
er. was shot near Lodge Pole by F. D.
Curan, a Union Pacific brakeman. He
was one of a party who was trying to
steal a ride on the train.
Friends in Humboldt have received
word of the recent death of Captain
Robert Clark Lambertson. for thirteen
years a resident of that place, and
cashier' of the Farmers' and Mer
chants' bank of that city, which oc
curred at Carlisle, Pa. The captain
was well known in Humboldt, but
left for the east nearly twenty, years
ago.
The Southeastern Nebraska Fruit
Growers' association will hold a busi
ness session in Tecumseh June 1.
The counties composing the associa
tion are Pawnee, Richardson, Nemaha;
Otoe and Johnson.
Charles Daniels, a boy about nine
teen years of age, who was arrested '
in Plattsmouth several days sgo on
suspicion of hnving escaped from the
state reformatory at Kearny, was
taken' back to that Institution by Mr.
Shaft the assistant superintendent' -Young
Daniels was picked up there
while begging on the streets.
The furniture store of C. P. Skm-
ger In Crete was eatered by a : thief
and $15 in cash aad a couple of check,
books wore taken from the safe.,
which had been left open. Thethlet
gained eatrarce through a wiadow la
the back of the store.
Conrad aad Arthur Buethe and
Henry Othmer, young miem who live
south of Tecumseh, captured nine
young wolves. The boys saw the anlr'
mala im the field aad having driver
them to their hole they dug them out
caged them. They are about half
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