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.By COLUMBUS JOURNAL CO.
COLUMBIA,
I News in Brief I
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KUROPATKIN WILL.
FOR ITS REUEF.
MOVE
Judge Dune at Chicago
writ oT niaadamua ordering the city
to laaae a balMlng permit for tha re-
. modeling of the fire-stricken Iroquois
Secretary Loeb. accompanied hy
Mrs. Loebwill leaye oa a vacation
trip of three week to the TeDowatoae
National perk. They will spend about
' two weeks ia the park.
Bobby Walthoar, at Charles River
park, at Cambridge, Mass established
a aew world's record for pace follow
ers by riding thirty utiles, Ik
tion. ia 33 minutes 523-6
The jary of the Baton des Artists
Francais, at Paris, has awarded the
. medal to the American artist Seyasovr
Thoauui for his portrait of Heary Via
naud, secretary of the Uaited States
embassy.
Ia California the total area Irri
gated to 1,703,720 acres. The igares
show that In the aumber of Irrigated
fanas aad the total construction cost
of lrrigatioa systems California holds
first rank.
In the sale of the - Princess Ma-
' thilde's Jewels at Paris a pearl neck-
ace, formerly the property of Queea
Sophie of Holland, brought $171,000.
It is said the buyer represented the
German empress.
Alderman Charles T. Johnson df
Grand Rapids, Mich., indicted for re
ceiving a bribe in the Lake Michigan
water deal, appeared In the superior
court aad pleaded guilty to accepting
$350.
The prohibition state convention of
Ohio Bomiaated a state ticket, headed
by Harold-King Rockhlll for secretary
of state. Delegates-at-large were, also
: elected. The platform declares for
prohibition aad for woman suffrage.
The Uaited States supreme court
ordered a new seal for the court for
the first time since 1790. The old.
seal was the size of a silver dollar.
The new seal will be two and one
quarter inches In diameter.
Four persons were Injured at St
Louis when a Wabash shuttle train,
itound for the World's fair grounds,
crashed into the rear end of a Colo
rado freight train, a short distance
outside of the union station.
The royal commission appointed la
August, 1901, in England, to inquire
into the relation betwween human and
animal tuberculosis aas arrived at a
conclusion justifying the issuance of
an interim report, according to which
.'he commission finds that human and
bovine tuberculosis are practically
identical.
In the case of Elmlra Kaepper
igainst John A. Sands, the United
States supreme court held that pur
chases from the railroad company of
land granted to the old Sioux City
railroad ia Iowa did not have a good
title as against homesteaders, because
ibe road was never constructed. Sands
held the homestead title.
J. M. Neeland. general manager of
the Pan-American railroad, announced
at Mexico City that he has just award
ed the contract to D. P. Doak aad as
sociates of St Louis for the construc
tion and equipment of that road from
Tonala, the present terminus, in the
state of Chiapas, to Tapachula, on the
frontier of Guatemela.
HIS AMY IS M THE MUCH
A Maneuver for Attacking in tha Rear
the Japanese New Besieging Part
Arthur London Receives Reports
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LONDON Telegrams from dlffer-
at points seem to confirm the m-
lors that General Karopatkla la at
tempting a diversion ia the direction
of Port Arthur. Russian reinforce
ments, according to a dispatch from
Tien Tata, are moving southward
from Kaipllag toward Wafangtien,
aader General Stalkenberg. They
comprise a battery of artillery, four
Siberian regimeats aad a company of
Cossacks, aggregating 12,000 men. An
other brigade is following, the Inten
tion being to engage In their rear the
Japanese now attacklag Port Arthur.
-The Standard's correspondent at
Tien Tain, sending the same news,
says: The Russian force In the en
gagement at Wafangtien May 30 was
supposed to have been formed of four
Siberian regiments which were re
ported to. have left Tachahlochio May
28, beiag.the first portion of a reliev
ing column for Port Arthur. The rail
way is fairly intact from the north
Delegates-at-
WILLIAM J BRYAN.
W. H. THOMPSON. HalL
C J. SMYTH. Douglas.
WALTER PHILLIPS. Platte.
Alteraates-at-Large
J. M. GILCHRIST. Douglas. .
H. G. WARD. Johnson.
J. A..COWPERWAITHE. Holt
H. C. DAVIS, Richardson.
Delegates. First District
JOHN A. M'GUIRE. Lancaster.
PRANK E. MORGAN, Cass.
Alternates. First District
LOGAN ENYEAKT. Otoe.
D. L. GREENFIELDS. Pawnee.
Delegates. Second District '
JOHN A. CREIGHTON. Douglas
W. H. DE FRANCE. Douglas.
Alternates. Second District
DR. J. P. CLARK. Washington
HOWARD WHITNEY. Sarpy.
Delegates, Third District
J. G. BESTE. Cedar.
DAN V. 8TEPHENS. Dodge.
Alternates, Third District
W. H. GREEN. Knox.
PATRICK GLEASON-. Burt.
Delegates. Fourth District
C. D. CASPER. Butler.
. DR. C. P. FALL, Gage.
Alternates. Fourth District
C. W. NUNAMAKER, Saline.
, THOMAS HENNAHAN. York;
Delegates. Fifth District
J. O. WABKKR, Fillmore.
DR. J. H. ENGLAND. Kearney;
Alternates. Fifth District
DR. E. C. CASE. Frontier.
H. W. RI8LET. Hall.
Delegates. Sixth District
T. J. O'KEEFE, Box Butte.
J. J. WHiSON, Caster.
Alternates, Sixth District
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ALL BECAUSE A BULL FtSHT WAS
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MV.DOCKERYSWS THE SHOW
Incensed Meb Fires On of the
World's Fair BniWinga Bscauss
They Could not Get Money Back
Paid to Sea the Fight.
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John Seyfrled, a well-known aaloon
' keeper of St Joseph, Mo., waa mur
dered by thugs at his place of busi
ness early Sunday morning. Seyfrled'a
licad was fractured. Circumstances
'.ndicate that robbery or revenge, or
both, were the motives for the crime
About $200 was secured. Charles
-' Mack Is being held for investigation.
Announcement waa made at the gen
eral offices of the southwest system
of the Pennsylvania lines at Colum
bus, 0 that 1.100 shopmen would be
. laid of! to cut down expenses. It Is
also announced 462 men in the maln
tenaace department of the Pittsburg
division have beea suspended for the
same reason.
Because of the extensive retrench
ments being nude by the great rail
road systems, especially the Pennsyl
vania railroad, the Westlaghoaae air
brake plant at Wllmerdlag, Pa., has
cut down the working time of Its em
ployes. More than one-half of the
.1.000 employee of the plant will work
but half and two-thirds of the time.
The body of C. D. Dewey, a relative
of Admiral Dewey, was found In a
clump of bushes la a pasture In the
liorthwest part of St Louis. Mr.
. Dewey disappeared from his home last
Wednesday, saying he was going for
- a walk. The body "bore no marks of
iolonce and no bottles of poison could
'. be -found about the person of the dead
man.
Grover Cleveland has written a let
ter declining the invitation to
in Mexico on July 4.
Captain Lajoie of the Cleveland
American league club has been sus
pended Indefinitely for throwing a
quid of tobacco at Umpire Dwyer at
Chicago.
Three thousand marhlalsts, employ,
ed by the companies that compose the
Metal Trades association, went on n
strike at Chicago aa a protest agalaat
the ten-hour day. and practically all of
the 115 shops' represented In the asso
ciation will be closed.
The supreme court of the United
States, la an opinion hy Justice
White, upheld the conaUtatloanlity of
the oleoasargarine law.
Topeka, Ka.. was decorated In hon
or of her seml-ceutenalal, and there
were great crowds there. Secretary
c! War Taft waa the orator of the day.
At the commencement exercises of
Trinity Catholic college, located near
Washington, D.Oa gallery of palat
laga, statuary and etchings, valued at
$250,000, waa formally presented to
the college by Judge and Mrs. Miles
P. O'Connor of Los Angeles. CaL
The Uaited States consul at Aden
has cabled the state deportment that
the plague which has prevailed at that
port hi over.
Oxford university. England, has de
cided to confer the decree of docb-r
of letters on William Dean Howells.
thclAJBerican. author.
Sherman Deemaa, atwl 24. at Ca
naan). Conn shot aad kttiot! als f-Ifc
and) afterward attempted tn cotrmi
auieJde hy shooticg. but wfl! Trobi "!vv
Deeman lnr ft "b- i
of Wafangtien, bat is completely de
stroyed from there to Pulaatlea.
"The Japanese ye unconcerned
over this demonstration, being con
vinced that it will be' impracticable
for the Russians to move a sufficient
force to prove effective.''
These reports are received with a
certain measure of skepticism In Lon
don. The belief here is that. If Gen
eral Kuropatkin is undertaking such
a desperate move he can only be do
ing so in deference to the strongest
political pressure and against his own
better judgment
No further news of any kind has
been received about the movements
of the Japanese forces. Soth Generals
Kuroki and Oku are working In the
utmost secrecy.
The Daily Telegraph's well in
formed Tokio correspondent estimates
the total defending force at Port Ar
thur as 30,000. "This Is a most for
midable army,' he says, "and it will
be a marvelous achievement to carry
by assault such a place with more
than a score of great landward forts,
disposed at a distance of fifteen miles
from the harbor. Still, the reduction
of the place undoubtedly can be ac
complished.' According to the Chronicle's Tokio
correspondent the Russians have
cupled eleven fortresses at Liao Yang
aad are laying mines at a distance of
5.000 feet around them.
C E. SPENCER, Dawson.
X. PIASECHL Howard.
For National Cemmltteeman
JAMES C. DAHI.MAN. Douglas.
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Fleet Will Stay at Tangier.
LISBON, Portugal. It is stated here
that the Uaited States cruisers Balti
more, 01ympia.and Cleveland will not
come to Lisbon, but will stay at Tan
gier pending a settlement of tha diffi
culty arising out of the detention of
Ion Perdicaris and Cromwell Varley.
Perfumery Overcomes Firemen.
NEW YORK Six firemen were
overcome Friday by the fumes of
perfumery while fighting a fire in a
building in Duane street In which
Lazell, Dalley & Co., manufacturers of
perfumes, occupied the fifth floor.
Several carboys of perfumery was
broken open during the fire. The li
quid ran over the floor and into the
flames, producing fumes so over
powering that the firement were re
peatedly driven away by them. Six
of the firemen were carried out tra
consclous, hot were revived.
Hast Net Arrived at Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, Pa. Lawrence C.
Phipps, who is said to have kidnap 3d
bis two children from a New York
hotel, and not arrived at his Pitts
burg house at midnight so the ser
vants said, aad it is believed he has
takeaanother route to Denver, where
he lives most of the year. Mr.
Phipps Is reorted to be worth $20,000
000. A member of the firm of Reed,
Smith, Shaw tt Beal admitted tonight
that legal proceedings had been insti
tuted by Mr. Phipps, but he refused
to divulge their nature.
Demand ef Packing Hcuse Workers.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. The execu
tive board of the Amalgamated Meat
Cuttera.aad Butcher Workmen's asso
ciation met aad formulated the fol
lowing demands which will be pre
sented to the leadictr packers In Chi
cago tomorrow: First Thnt no Jrls
be employed In those . departments
where the knife or cny rtcel is used,
anil, second, that enirtlor? through
out the country shall lte allowed an
increase in wages, raneing from 5 to
the scak?
force.
OMAHA Neb. The democrats of
Nebraska, In convention here Wednes
day, elected as delegates to the na
tional convention the men whose
names are given above, and adopted
a platform which deals unequivocally
and comprehensively -with national
questions, besides being. In the lan
guage of Mr. Bryan, "so plain that he
who runs may read.
The delegates are uniastructed, but
they will vote under the unit rule.
Congressman C F. Cochran of St
Joseph, Mo., delivered a speech of al
most an hour's duration. Mr. Coch
ran's speech waa an earnest plea for
the democrcay of atate aad nation to
stand firm against the insidious ag
gressions of the trusts and corpora
tions and continue to be the unswerv
ing and undaunted champion of the
common people.
The four delegates-at-large were
elected without opposition and by ac
clamation, there being no other can
didates In the field. A similar honor
was accorded James C. Dahlman for
national committeeman.
Repeated cheering greeted Mr.
Bryan when, as chairman of the reso
lutions committee, he appeared on the
stage to read the platform, which was
unanimously adopted.
The convention adopted, amidst
cheers, the following resolution, of
fered by W. H. Thompson of Grand
Ialaad:
"Resolved, That' we are proud of
and moat heartily Indorse the record
of Hon. G. M. Hitchcock, our demo
cratic congressman from this state,
and pledge him our moat hearty sup
port in his reelection."
Officers Fight Horsethieves.
BASIN CITY, Wyo, Sheriff Webb
and posse, accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Beard of Johnson county,
fought a battle with two horsethieves
near the Putney ranch. The thieves,
members of the old gang of which
"Driftwood Jim" McCloud, now serv
ing time in .the penitentiary was the
leader, stole two horses from the
Teasdale ranch on May 10. The offi
cers had been following since. May 14.
One of the thieves was wounded, but
escaped with his companion to the
bad laads of the Big Horn.
Lutheran Synod in Session.
LTNDSBORG. Kan. At the Luth
eran Augustana synod the president's
report waa the feature. The Iowa,
Nebraska ind Kansas conferences
lead in then contributions to" the mis
sion fund. Rev. J. a Klldahl of
Northfield. Mum., urged a closer un
ion of all Lutheran forces. Other ad
dresses were made by Dr. M. Walil
strom of St Paul and. Dr. L. Holmes
of Meriden, Conn. A petition was
presented from the MlnneosU confer
ence asking that the Augustana synod
withdraw from the general council.
Hayashi to VieK Heme.
SEOUL. Korea. While there Is no
absolute confirmation of the report
that Japanese Minister Hayashi is to
visit Japan soon, yet it is believed to
be probable, as tfje Japanese govern
ment undoubtedly wishes to consult
bim. Owing to his long diplomatic
residence In Seoul, Minister Hayashi
is regarded as a most competent au
thority on prevailing conditions In Ko.
rea. The Japanese legation has al
ready submitted to. the home govern
ment suggestions on n future policy
to ne pursued by Japan toward Koran.
ST. LOUIS Incensed over their
. failure to see a "genuine Spanish, hail
fight," which the authorities had or
dered stopped, a riot waa started in
an arena near the World's Fair
grounds Sunday evening by. a crowd
of 2,500 men and. boya who were an
i ante" to get' their money back and
the building waa .burned to tne
ground. The prion of admission
charged was $L Four men were
placed under arrest by the anthori
tlea of St Louis county, charged with
the destruction of property.
The crowd, thinking these men
were connected with the show, made
an attempt to mob theni and In their
encounter with the deputy sheriffs a
number were roughly handled , and
some received scalp wounds. , - The
building is said to nave noat $2,600.
It is a total loss with no insurance.
The initial performance by the com
pany of Spanish buli'fighters had been
advertised widely for Sunday, v but
Governor Dockery,' to whom numer
ous protests had been made by Tell-
gkras and' human societies, ordered
that it should not be allowed to take
place. Despite1 these orders a large
crowd assembled In the arena at the
advertised time of opening.
Before the. regular performance .a
number cowboys drove in some bulls
which they ran around the arena in
true wild west style. The crowd soon
became tired of this and called for
the buU fight
The announcement waa then made
that the bull fight would be proceeded
with. Aa the matadors came into the
ring, a county official stepped up to
the announcer and handed him a pa
per, informing him that the proposed
Show could not take place. When
this became known to the crowd they
leaped into the arena and demanded
the return of their money. Failing
to get this, the crowd went to the
office, which was located In a small
building outside the arena, and be
gan to 'stone the structure.
This was followed by attempts to
burn the arena, which is an Immense
building constructed of pine. Bits of
burning paper were thrown at the
woodwork and finally some went in
side and dropped a lighted match in
a pile of hay under the arena. The
whole structure was soon on fire .and
before long was In ruins.
A call was made for the fire depart
ment, but the single engine that re
sponded stuck in the mud and there
was nothing to stop the flames. The
fire department of the World's fair,
was called out to protect the exposi
tion buildings, should it become nec
essary, but as the wind blew In an
other direction, there was no danger.
- LONDON A special dispatch from
RosM.aara atelegraaB haa'heen re
ceived there from ToUo reporting that
General Kuroki has completely de
feated General Kavroaatkia'a forces
near Sumeatae (probably Batmatsta
or Slmatal).
All the Russian position east of Hal,
Cheng, have been abandoned, accord
ing to the telegram; several
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KPHTS OF THE ADMIRE
Story la the Effect That It la Agahwt
the Jape Net Credited Slav Treeee
Are Rapidly Being Transported lata
Manchuria.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
SETTLERS DEFEND TITLES.
of Coesacka captured.
LIAO YANG (Delayed hi Traae
missioa.) The Japanese lost 200 kill
ed and a number of horses la the
fight at Vageafuchu. The Russians
opened fire at V In the aaoraiag ind
after two hours and a half long-range
firing the Japanese under General Ak
kkuna prepared to charge, and crash
the force which had been harassteg
them for twenty-one days.' In the
meaattme General namaonoff waa ap
proacalag Vagenfacha with a strong
force of cavalry. It waa n eight worth
seeiag when at the wprd of command
the Russian aaaadrona formed and
rushed like a whirlwind across the
terribly cat np country, cleeilag away
all obstacles, the batteries at the ansae
time trotting along the frightful. roads.
Having passed the railroad station
the troops came under the fire of the
Japanese -machine guns, hat withdrew
without suffering much loss. The
Fourth aad the 8Ixth companies of
the Eignth Siberian Coasacks' furious
ly charged the Japanese cavalry with
lances, attacking both flanks. In n
few asinutea they literally cat the
whole seuadron Into pieces. This, was
the first time lances were used aad
they struck terror to the enemy. Some
of,, the lances ' pierced' the riders
through and wounded their horses.
Some of the lances could not be with
drawn from the bodies. Tae Japan
ese iafaatry, numbering tour battal
ions of sag mi to a company, aad
.eight aquadroas of cavalry attempted
to advance, but the Russian batteries
opened aad soon the slope up which
the enemy was advancing waa covered
wtih black spots aad the enemy waa
forced to scatter aad retire. Some
of the Japanese cavalry were won
derfully dashing, charging with shouts
upon the Russians, who met and scat
tered them.
The Cossacks picked np boots which
had beea taken off-by the Japanese
in order to facilitate their flight aad
flourished them on their lances as
trophies.
The Japanese used "the Boer trick
of displaying dummies, but the Cos
sacks did not waste a shot on them.
General Samsonoff highly praised the
practice of the Russian gunners.
HE WILL NOT GO TO RELIEF.
NEWS FROM PORT ARTHUR.
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Russians Get Cheering Reports
Carrier Pigeons.
NEW- CHWANG Two carrier
pigeons arrived yesterday noon from
General Stoessel at Port Arthur. The
Russians will not divulge the message
carried by the birds, but declare they
contain good information and are
very cheerful since the pigeons ar
rived.. An Associated Press messenger
from the north reports that the magis
trates of Hal Cheng and Liao Yang
were recently arrested by the Fus
sians and charged with furnishing
supplies and information to the
enemy. They were taken to Mukden,
but released after an investigation.
Influential natives declare that the
arrests' were not made because the
Russians believed they could prove
the charges, but because the magis
trates were non-commmittal and re
fused to aid either side.
The Russians are printing a news
paper in Chinese at Mukden for the
purpose of influencing the natives.
The latest copy received at New
Chwang says that Japan attempted to
float a second loan in America for
$3,750,000, but was coldly rejected.
Other contents of the paper explains
that the Russian loss in the Yalu
battle was due to the preponderance
of Japanese cavalry and says also that
the Russians will soon dictate peace
terms in Tokio and that the leading
Japanese statesmen will be reduced
to ricksha coolies.
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Signs of Battle at Port Arthur.
WASHINGTON The Japanese le
gation today received- the following
cablegram from the home government
at Tokio,,-bearing on events at Port
Artnur:
"Admiral Togo reports that accord
ing to a message received by him
through wireless telegraphy from the
captain of the cruiser. Chilose, which
was cruising off Port Arthur, four
masts, one with wireless telegraphic
instruments and a sentry box, were
seen on the top of Laoteshan. Great
explosions were also heard.
General Kuroki Haa Been. III.
PARIS The St Petersburg' corre
spondent of tne Echo says, according
to information received here General
Kuroki has suffered from a mild at
tack of typhus fever, but he has now
recovered.
The general belief Is that General
Kourapatkin will not advaace to the
relief of Port Arthur. In any case or
ders to do so have not yet been trans
mitted. It is rumored that the army corps
of the -St Petersburg district will be
moblized shortly.'
Getting Ready to Dig Canal.
COLON. The first party of twenty
surveying engineers for the canal Ia
engaged in aelectlag suitable loca
tions for campiag out at Gatua. A
party of fifty la expected next Tues
day. N
Kuropatkin Haa Not Been Ordered te
Port Arthur.
PARIS. The St Petersburg corre
spondent of the Echo says according
to information received here, General
Kuroki has suffered from a mild at
tack of typhus fever, but he has now
recovered.
The general belief la that General
Kuropatkin will not advaace to the re
lief of Port Arthur. In any case, or
ders to do so have not yet been trans-
Lmitted.
It is rumored that the army corps
of the St Petersburg district will mo
bilize shortly. I have reason to be
lieve that two other army corps in the
central districts will .also be mobilized.
portance to the reports that General
Kuropatkin haa detached a huge force
from his army at Liao Yang and dis
patched it southward to relieve Port
Arthur, and it is distinctly denied that
'Emperor Nicholas personally ordered
such a movement It can be author!
tstively stated that the emperor's coa
fidence In Kuropatkin Is unahakea
aad his saajesty Is aot attempting tc
interfere with hie plan of campaign
While no 'such army haa beea die
patch southward, it is aatural that
Karopatkla wiU do all possible to har
ass General Oku's rear. The railroad
has bene kept open as far as Yatan
gow. tweaty-five miles above Kin
Chou. and it is not unlikely that when
the Japanese have failed to push
through a line across the head of the
Liao Tung peninsula that several
thousand Russian troops may be sent
down the railroad to impede the Jap
anese operations and inflict as much
damage as possible, as these could
easily be withdrawn by railroad ii
,the enemy threatened to cut the lias
of commuunications above. Even the
loss of n few regiments .would be con
sidered cheap if the Japanese opera
tions against Port Arthur were there
by retarded for an appreciable time.
However, it Is realized that with the
Japanese occupation of Fort Delay
and Talienwan aa bases for landing
siege guns, the small force above Kin
Chou could accomplish but little, and
It is now more likely to be withdrawn,
destroying the. railroad as it retires
northward. For strategic purposes,
Kuropatkin may be trying to make the
Japanese believe that a movement
southward is contemplated, in order
to divert Kuroki'a attention in that di
rectlon.
The impression la being thrown oat
in certain quarters here that Kuropat
kin to about to take the offensive, aad
that an engagement with Kuroki ia
imminent But. so far as can be as
certained, there Is no solid fouadaUoa
for this. It Is unquestionable, how
ever, that the railroad Is pouring
troops into Manchuria at the rate of
almost 2,500 a day, and it will not be
long at the present rate before the
Russian commander-in-chief will be at
least on equal terms with any force
the enemy can bring against him.
The general stiff is- keeping -very
dark about the whereabouts and pur
poses of the Cossacks reported to be
working around Kuroki's rear and the
number of the raiders operating la
Korea.
PHed In the Beyd
Cannty Land Casts.
LINCOLN. Defendants In the Boyd
county land suits have filed answers
asserting that they settled the prop
erty ia controversy m good faith. They
allege that they have complied with
the taw. and ask the supreme court fori
rener. stepaea W. Taaaer, A. T. Mc-
Cright aad Fraud Bedaer have filed
aaswera.
After aettiag forth that the land waa
a part of the Fort Raadall military res
ervation, the settlers assert that the
board of educational lands and funds
authorized ex-Land Commissioner Ja
cob V. Wolfe to proceed to this reser
vatkm and select certain laada aa in
demnity school lands, aad that anroag
the laads so .selected were those oc
cupied by the defendants.
prairie; that the said Jacob V. Wolfe
did aot Intend to select la behalf of
the state of Nebraska any laads hi
said reservation actually occupied by
aay settler, but not knowing the sec
tion lines or the section corners or the
and by mistake, selected the premises
occupied by the defendants' as indem
nity school laads. That" he thereafter
reparted the said lands to the secre
number of sections, he. through error
tary of the interior, and advised him
that he had selected the same In be
half of the state as lademaity school
lands, and it was so recorded upon the
books of the department of the inte
rior." The answers contend that the legis
lature of 1901, learning of the plight of
these settlers, adopted aa act for their
relief, calling upon the land commis
sioner to execute n deed of relinquish
ment Pursuant to this act, the deeds
were signed by the governor aad seat
to Washington, aad the government
now stands ready to give other lands
In lieu thereof. The defendants ask
that they be adjudged the equitable
owners of the land, aad that the case
of the state of Nebraska be dismissed.
JKWft IN BRIEF.
apahHecele
on July 1.
Abbott Principal of
cheeL aad Mrs.
fJL J. Athea. assistant principal, who
recently reelected for the com-
V have resigned to accept ota-
Ths frog leg Industry prontises to
aeat oat the beef trust In Norfolk.
Rnduolpu Resenke, a lad of 10 years,
la earning no leaa than S3 a day hill
lag frogs and selling them. He gets
npwarda of 2S dozen n day from the
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
A comparison ef the
schedules la Beatrice with those of
last year shows a geaeral Increase la
valuations. On. business blocks the
iacreased valuation seems to he fairly
proportioned, aad while all such blocks
win pay a higher tax for this year, the
increase seems to he about evealy dis
tributed. Insurance Auditor Pierce has receiv
ed the report of the Bankers' Union of
hte World which waa called for by the
aapreme court Insurance Examiner
Wiggins la aow 'checking the state
ments off aad it will be published aa
soon aa verified. Detailed statements
of all Information required are given
la the report and it to claimed that all
the corrections hy the court have been
ARE FIGHTING EVERY DAY.
DENEEN GETS NOMINATION.
Deadlock in Republican Convention a
Springfield Broken.
SPRINGFIELD, BX By making
a combination with Charles S. De-
neen, L. Y. Sherman, Howland J.
Hamlin and John H. Pierce, Governor
Yates on Friday broke the deadlock
in the republican state convention
and brought about the nomination of
Deneen for governor. The nomination
was made on the seventy-ninth bal
lot which stook: Yates, 1; Lowden,
522; Deneen, 957; Warner, 21.
The combination was the result of
a series of conferences. The agree
ment had not been consummated
when the convention aset at 10
o'clock hi the morning, and the
Yates and Deneen people forced a re
cess until 2 p. m. Then the parties
to the combination aset aad finally
agreed upon Deneen aa the caadhlate.
TREATY WITH FRANCE.
And the Losses of Both Armies-Are
Considerable.
NEW CHWANG. Refugees who
continue to arrive here from the
southern part of the Liao Tung penin
sula report daily fighting there and
severe losses for both armies, but the
reports are not confirmable officially.
The Ruussians here are depending on
the press bulletins for news from that
vicinity.
The very highest Russian" authority
here, while not believing that Port
Arthur wll fall, admits that its loss
would be a terrible blow to the Rus
sian arms. The same authority says
Russia may send a large army to the
south of New Chwang in the event of
General Stoessel being able to bold
bis own at Port Arthur. This, how
ever. Is not possible at present, owing
to the positions occupied by the Japa
aese armies operating from the Yalu
river and Taku Shan.
The Russians are not sanguine as
to the outlook for Port Arthur. More
contraband of war is arriving here.
Two cargoes of flour and tinned meats
and some specie were rushed to Muk
den as soon as they were unloaded.
Mortensen Says Ne More Bends Will
Be Bought
An increase ia the state funds and
nothing in the conscience fund these
were the two features of the mtgUhly
aad semi-annual reports of the state
treasurer, Just Issued. There Is also
a big increase la the permanent funds.
Mr. Mortensen stated that he was aot
looking for aay more outside securi
ties for the investment of the school
funds. The report follows:
Balances Balances
Funds. May 1. '64. May 31. '04.
ftpneral t 7 Mt7 AA S 1A44Ar
Permanent school. 131.878.94
Temporary school. 340.688.4?
Permanent unl 1.247.46
Agr. Col. end'wm't 3.995.21
Temporary unl.... 15,339.52
Hospital Insane.... 1,739.23
State library 3.182.35
University cash.... 18.303.31
Normal library ... 176.45
Normal endowm't. 200.09
Normal interest... 2.054.29
Inheritance tax.... 4.206.35
Pen. special labor. 2.346.15
Balances
Penitentiary land.. 3.585.00
Agr. & Mech. Arts. 5.452.51
U. S. Ex. station.. 3.039.89
296.235.3S
176.606.95
U12.40
13.166.23
46.958.21
46.958.31
4.467.35
17,462.66
176.45
1.700.00
2.144.29
4.697.3C
2.346.15
Balances
3.5S5.0P
5.040.01
2.473.29
Total $543,900.87 S585.993.60
By cash on hand.. 9 1.015.43
By cash on deposit 584.979.17 f585.993.60
Child Falls Thirty Feet
BANCROFT. The 2-year old child
of Mr. and Mrs. D. Leap fell from a
window in the third story of the Wat
son building to the ground, a distance
of thirty feet, and was uninjured. The
ground on which the child fell had
been recently covered with blue glass
sod, which made a spongy cushion.
roads almost Impassable.
The Chinese brigands are becoming
active.
WORK AND WORRY.
They
Inte
House of Commons P.
Reading Terms of Convention.
LONDON The Anglo-French
veatioa bill unanimously passed its
second rending in' the House of Com
mon toils eveaiag. The bill provides
for the saseat of Parilameat to the
Indemnities and cessions of territory
under the recent Anglo-French agree
'ment Premier Balfour, In the coarse of
the debate, said the speakers showed
tack of appreciation of the enonaous
benefits seeming from the arrange
ments ia regard to Newfoundland.
Under the old arrangement peace be-!
tween France and Great Britain hung
by a thread. The difficulty was now
removed forever. He considered the
Anglo-French agreement to be one of
the greatest tatemational "transac
tions on record and the beginning of
a happier era ia national relations.
Drive a Business Man
Taking Hia Life.
OMAHA Mentally unbalanced from
the cares of business worries and
physically wrecked from overwork, C.
L. Saylor, office manager of the Ar
mour Packing company in South Oma
ha, took his life in Hanscomm park
Thursday afternoon. During the
Bftoming he bade good-by to his office
associates and friends, preparatory
for a journey to Toledo, O. Shortly
after 2 o'clock in the afternoon he
told members of his family he was
going to take a stroll, promising to
return at an early hour and complete
his packlag for the trip. Aa hour
later he was found dead on a bench
along the main drive of the park.
Refuses Requisition.
Governor Mickey refused to honor
the requisition for the return of Dr.
W. H. Disbrow of Creigbton to What
com, Wash. The executive decided
that the Washington authorities want
ed to get service on Disbrbow in a
Heavy rains are daily making theJ civil action.
Corn Rotting in. Ground.
HUMBOLDT. Showers continue in
this section at irregular short inter
vals, aad some of the farmers are be
coming discouraged ia their work of
replanting the com. which the long-drawn-out
wet spell has caused to rot
In the ground in many fields.
Miss Katherine M. Shepherd of Hol
drege haa received a verdict of $7,500
agaiast the Lincoln Traction company
In the district court Miss Shepherd
waa injured by a fall caused by a car
starting as she was stepping from it
It to alleged that the base of her brain
waa injured, and that the trouble is
spreading, threatealag to cover the
entire brain area and cause Impaired
mental power.
Jacob Goldburg. altos Edward King,
alias Quiaa, waated at Kalamazoo,
Mich., for burglariziag a geaeral mer
chandise store at Balding, that state.
has beea Identified aa oae of a trio
sentenced a few days ago la police,
court at Fremont. Sheriff Bauman
worked n confession out of him and
later telegraphed the sheriff at Kala
mazoo, who te now on the way to tako
ate prisoner back.
Miss Eva Thompson of Lincoln, re
ceived letters from her brother, D. E.
Thompson, aad Mrs. Thompson, tell
ing of their arrival In Brazil. The par
ty sailed from New York April 5. aad
reached Rio de Janeiro April 23. after
a decidedly rough voyage. Mr. aad
Mrs. Thompson went oa at once from
Rio de Janeiro to Petropolls. where
the headquarters of the Uaited States
minister to Brazil are located.
At Lincoln Judge Waters ordered
that Frank Suttera, a 14-year-old boy.
be seat to the Beatrice institute for
the Feeble Minded. The boy has
been attending the public schools in
Llacola for the tost five years, but
haa failed to advaace furuther than
the second grade. He stuttered badly
aad It te said that his schoolmates
teased and harassed the boy consider
ably to detrimeat of his disposition.
According to the report of Labor
Commissioner Bush, the products of
the packing houses of the state reach
ed a grand total of $73,453,031.74 for
last year. The total capital invested
In this business to $3,666,455.54, a
large percentage of It being In Omaha
and South Omaha. During the year
3.62.586 head of live stock of all kinds
were killed. x Of this total 2.319.943
were hogs. 549,426 cattle and 760.217
sheep.
The Plattsmouth board of education
has elected Miss Amelia Martens to
Cfill the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Miss Margaret Farley. Miss
Mamie Lacy of Weeping Water has
been selected to take Miss Laura Kia
kead's place.
William Ernst, oae of the popular
stock raisers of Johnson county, was
injured by an Infuriated bull. The
bull hooked him in the face, inflicting
a deep gash.
Tilden otes School Bonds.
TILDEN. At a special election held
here bonds were voted to put up a
new $6,000 schooihouse. The bonds
carried by aa overwhelming majority.
The building is to be completed by
October 1.
It's a poor patent medicine
can't get itself Imitated.
An American at Pert Arthur.
MUKDEN Lieutenant Newston A.
McCully. United States navy, recently
aaval attache at Tokio. bat ordered to
observe the Russian fleet operations,
m inside Russian Unas at Port Ar
thur.
Supreme Judge Dies.
HALIFAX. N. 8. Hon. J. Norman
Ritchie, Judge of the aapreme court of
Nova Scotia, died 8anday. He waa
the third member of hia family to oc
cupy a seat on the bench of Nova Sco
tia. He waa 70 yean of age.
One Trooper Is
CRAWFORD, Neb. Private Walk
er of K troop. Tenth cavalry. Fort
Robinson, was shot aad killed by Pri
vate Wilson of O troop. The two men
were carouetag In Crawford aad the
shootiag followed a fight
Spanish Distrust United States.
MADRID. he newspapers are anx
iously dtocassJag the Morocco, ques
tion. The Epochn thinks that the pre
cipitation In aending a fleet to the Mo
rocco coast gives force to the report
that the Uaited 8tates haa asked the
sultan of Morocco for a port on the
west coast
La Oorwapondearla de Espana gives
a manor of exchaage of notes sasoug
European chancellories with a view to
obtatoiag an
Mormon Women Pull Out
SALT LAKE CITY As n result oi
an alleged anti-Mormon resolatioz
passed by the General Federation o:
Women's Clubs in biennial session at
St Louis a few weeks ago, the Au
thors' club of this city, composed
chiefly of Mormon women, has re
signed from the federation. The reso
lution was proposed by Mrs. Freder
Ick Schoff of Pennsylvania. In effect
it declared against any women's clut
affiliating with any sect, the doctrinei
that I of which are "inimical to the const!
tution of the United States."
Liberty Bell, at Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE. The Liberty bell
reached Milwaukee Sunday on a spe'
cial train over the Chicago, Milwaukee
tc St Paul railroad on schedule time,
at 8 a. m.. and was viewed during its
stay of about two and one-half hours
by several thousand persons, includ
ing a large number of children. There
was no formal program. The train
proceeded on its preliminary north
western tour about 10:30, stops being
made at Watertown, Portage, Sparta,
La Crosse and various Minnesota
points.
Killed hy the Fast Malt
DENISON, la. Early Sunday morn
ing, as Wess Cochran, a man 50 years
of age, was leaving town on the Chi
cago Nortnwestern tracks, he was
struck aad Instantly killed by -the
west-bound fast mail. No. 9. The rail
road has double trrcks, and Cochran
waa meeting an east-bound freight at
the time of he accident Not heariag
the approaching fast mail, he stepped
over to the west-bonnd track to allow
the freight to pass, and waa struck
s 1 and hurled a distance of fif feet ot
1
New Yorkers Gst Bends.
LINCOLN. KooBtz Bros, of New
York secured $65,000 of municipal
lighting bonds offered for sale by the
city. The firm made a bid of accrued
Interest and a premium of $1,070.75.
Will Prosecute Parents.
. LINCOLN. The constitutionality of
the new compulsory education law Is
to.be tested in Lancaster. County At
torney Caldwell Is now drawing up
complaints against several Lincoln
narpntx on reauest of Truant Onlcer
George W. Davenport Many of the!
cases of disappearance from school j filed articles of Incorporation with the
come from among the Russians, who county clerk. The capital stock of tho
Miss Jessie Macs., a servant girl
employed at the home of Dr. J. W.
Dullard, hi Pawnee City, attempted
suicide by swallowing carbolic acid.
The family was out in the evening,
and when Mrs. Dullard returned about
6 o'clock the girl was found lying on
the floor in aa unconscious condition.
Dr. Bullard at once began work and
finally succeeded in restoring con
sciousness. It is not thought she will
recover.
Frank Fox of Fort Crook made a
deliberate attempt to commit suicide.
He took off his coat and vest, neatly
folded them up and laid them aside.
Taking a razor, he then attempted to
cut out hte heart, but the blade
glanced on his ribs. Several ugly
gashes were made before the groans
of the man attracted attention aad he
was disarmed, all the time making an .
effort to cut himself. Fox was taken
to the hospital at the fort, where his
injuries were attended to.
Sheriff Carrig of Platte county took
Carl Smith to Lincoln to enter upon
a three years' sentence for horse steal
ing. Smith was convicted at this term -of
court of stealing a team belonging
to J. F. Selms, a farmer who lives In -Grand
Prairie township.
The Odell Independent Telephone'
have a habit of taking their children
from school early in the spring in or
der that they may work ia the beet
fields. In the fall they do not rg,urn
until long after school begins.
Court te Interpret Report
LINCOLN. The Bankers' Union of
the World Insurance company cannot
continue business in Nebraska until
the supreme court has interpreted the
report' filed several days ago. The re
port has beea Inspected by Expert Ex
aminer Wiggins, Auditor Weston aad
Deputy Auditor Pierce, and they have
decided to present the report to the
supreme court for Interpretation and
review. The report was made to show
that the Infringements of the insur
ance laws have all been corrected.
Called en the Assei
LINCOLN. Several business men
of Lincoln .called on Assessor Miller
and wanted to clip a few thousand
from their scheduules They alleged
that they were being overtaxed ia
comparison with the Omaha valua
tions MlDer refused to allow aay al
teratioaa, aad told the . dissatisfied
ones to take their grievances to the
board of equalizaUoa. Assessor Mill
er also refused to allow debts to off
set property actually oa hand.' He
rules that tangible property must be
company to placed at $10,000, aad tha
Incorporators are John E. Murphy.'
Thomas W. Staaoschek, Frank J.
Truxaw. J. B. Reaard, Arthur William
son aad James Colgrove.
Two brakemea la the employ ef tha
Northwestern railroad, running out ef
Cbadroa. were hurt tost week. Fred
Vaaocken and William Schroeder each '
had a foot pinched, the former so ee-.
verely It had to be araputuated. Both
are at Deadwood hospital at present
While descending from n windmill
tower at his home, J. E. Howland of
Silver Creek fell about thirty feet
fracturlag a wrist hi two places and
rccelvteg a severe braise on one aides.
He waa rendered unconscious for a
time, but It la aot thought he waa In
jured mternally.
Dariag aa altercation nt Baraetoa a.
young nwn waa struck on the head
with a rock and severely Injured. It
to reported that hte skull was crushed. "
The authorities are making aa Investi
gation, and arresta may follow.
Louie Housi
riding about arte
rice shot himself wMh a .22-callbre
revolver. It la supposed that Hous-
eommitted suicide, Phffugh" ne
to sjvea far tap aet Housmaa
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