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COUJMBCa.
Cheer we! The Tens yield ef
termekma win very noon he 3,MM
Perhaps seme day the
ceremony will rend: Till Math 01
divorce do you part" .
An automobile race la which ao
lives are loot te almost too tarn to
be designated as "aort"
Two peats possibly mlght.be abated
U the gypsy moth aad the hoU weerU
could be 'tamed loose oa
HalU coatiaoes to furnleh sabeton
tial ground for the theory that it is
la for a apaakiag oae of
days.
Impriaonmeat haviag become a
tame story, oar war correspoadeats
are bow gettiag themselves iahot as
spies almost
With 100,000 more men thaa worn
ea fa Canada, the necessity for reci
procity with the Ualted States aeeds
ao farther argument
It is not true that the college motto
is: Cast your hoaorary degrees apoa
the waters, and legacies shall return
to yoa after maay days.
Three hundred more" people have
beea hart la toy pistol acddeata. Sac
rif ces oa the altar of foolishness never
cease for a lack of victiau.
It is easy enough to understand how
such aa office as that of Governor
General of Finland anight have to do
considerable searching for the
Begin bow to look in the New Eag
laad papers for little Items about un
fortunates more or less seriously In
lured by falling out of cherry trees.
The name of Betsy Ross, who made
the model of the Ualted States flag.
is a good deal better known thaa the
names of thousands who have died
for It
It might be well also to teach every
body that nobody need drown who
keeps his arms under water aad his
legs working as though he were going
upstairs.
Some scientist has discovered that
the burnng of incense will keep away
mosquitoes. Most men will, however,
cliag to the Idea that tobacco smoke
is Just as good.
If the long-expected event bow immi
nent in the imperial family at St
Petersburg gives the czar a son, he
will have good reason to believe his
luck has chaaged.
Veaeauela has a new constitution.
Those South American "republics"
feel that they are falling behiad the
fashion ucless they get a new consti
tution every year.
The straw vote promises to be un
usually heavy this year. And the fool
that rocks the boat will be found
among those who vote early aad as
often .as the hat la passed.
It appears from CoL William F.
Cody's autobiography, just published,
that he kilfed aa Indian at the tender
age of elaven, aad thus laid the foun
dation for his future career.
Perhaps the cut-rate immlgraata
who are tuned back have no reasoa
to complain. Twice across the Atlan
tic for less thaa $10 is cheaper than
stayiag at home, and the trip is rest
ful. Nearly every day it la reported that
a aew bull movemeat la started in
Wall street But the Wall street bull
has become a critter that merely
looks around aad then walks hack aad
lies down.
Mrs. Frances Crane Lillie may be
right in the opinion she expresses
that girls should be put into boys'
clothing, but she is likely to have
discouragiag experiences if she ever
tries to do it.
Agaia has come the season of the
year that reminds us of the old maid
who hired a boy to pick her cherries
for her and stipulated that he should
whistle briskly all the time that he
was up the tree.
A New York physiciaa has a plan
to make electricity take the place of
whisky. That is entirely practical up
to the next morning. The old-fash'
toned convivialists will miss the head
ache and the Tdark brown taste."
We hope that Dr. Cook of the Agri
cultural department, who has started
from Guatemala with several colonies
ef fierce red ants to fight the boll woa-
.vti, has them safely caged. OtherJ
wise he may have a memorable
eyage.
The pallbearers at the funeral oi
Hatton were six men who
his dependents In life a
two hack drivers, a gard
ener and two farm heads. At the fun
erale ef moat aataors tala would not
be possible;
' Robert Treat Paine of Brooklyn has
just married a beautiful and accom
plished girt agalast all aorta ef pa
rental opposition. It willhe remem
bered that Mr. Paiae's ancestor of
the same name pat his John Hancock
on the declaratiea of indepeadi
Statistics show that daring the year
before hut more than S.e70.mflst,00
conversations were held over the tele
phones in this country, but what they
out show is that perhaps 10,lt.v0,
SM.OOt conversations would have been
held if the operator hada't said. The
line hi busy."
The young man nt Harvard who has
just won a Rhodes scholarship must
at expect to.eee half aa much about
himself in the papera as if he were oae
"ef the chosen athletes who are get
ting ready now to row with Tale.
A maa who died in CannacHmt n
taw daya age at the age of -1M
ad that he had chewed
aeesmes aad need mtnalrnnrt nH aJa
aujh. 4Aa usual in such cases, the ice-
rs that he had
of
csnV afcews that he had ha depend on
anw pnanraaRy of other people far
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RUSH TO GET UNO
THOUSANDS OP MEN AND WOM
EN RLE ON TRACTS.,
NKI KCVAILS EVEIVWKK
at the
Una All Nifht in Order to' Da
Hani-In the Morning Ml
Data First Chance.
8roNaTr.Nab.-The streets packed
with people from everywhere, any
where and all other directions charac
terised the opeaiag here of the mad
to aetUemeat under the sew Klakald
homestead bilL The gradual gather
tag of people for several days past
preparatory to the opeaiag steadily
grew aatll with last eveaiag'e gor
aeoue settiag of the Western Nebras
ka ana there had assembled In Sidney
an approximation of 1,000 mad to
caters. Aa deaser fell the shades of
the 8Idney Bight, ao also closer grew
the ranks and lines of the Cheyenne
homeseekera.
Beds were an utter impossibility,
aad the future settlers coalesced lato
loag aad serried columas, which oc
cupied city streets aad - sidewalks,
these columas reaching from cuburba
to the night-closed doors of the cen
trally located laad oalce la the Ober
felder block. The Bight hours passed
MAP SHOWING LOCATIONS WHEftE NEW FIGHTS
LAND ARE REPORTED.
MMmHttum 'i1 Will
Oa the map are ladlcated points
where aew coat lets la the Bast are
rapidly with the jollity of agreeable
aoacourse and comradeship and the
jubilance of the next day's assurance
of the ownership of wide aad rich
acres.
The dawa broadened to the daylight
aad the daylight burst Into the sun
light With the rising of the sun the
lens llus of waiting homeseekera
steadied 'themselves anew, and with
the opening of the land ofllce doors
at 9 o'clock were apparently as fresh
aa if they had counted no long aad
weary periods of the waitlag sight.
During the lagging hours of- the
dark watches Miss Nettle Pitta had
been a bright particular star, shedding
a cheerful and constant radiance from
one end of the waiting .line to the
other, and when at last the doors of
the land ofllce were opea, ahe and her
venerable father were, by a unanimous
and hearty vote, given. Irrespective of
any rotation in the line of land k
catera. the first two laad filings In
Cheyenne county under the new Kin
kald homestead law. Miss Pitts quick
ly filing on a superb 480-acre home
stead aad her father at once following
her with a 480-acre location. These
two locations started the rush, and
from thence to 4 p. m. the filings fell
thick aad fast, runalag at times aa
high aa oae per minute, with 400 loca
tions registered for the day aad a
cash land ofllce aggregate of $5,000.
The locations of today will aggre
gate 200,000 acres, while tomorrow
will see the flling on of at least 150,
000 acres additional. The third day
will be handsomely represented, aad
It is expected that these three daya
of Initial location under the KInkald
homestead act will briag a total set
tlement approximating 500,000 acres
In the Sidney land district.
The Sidney land ofllce oflciala ex
press the confident opinion that the
work of locations of the flrst three
daya will be continued on a suMdeut
scale to practically exhaust the entire
850.000 acres available under the Kln
tald land act in this district within
the next three months.
Tangier Settles Down to Quiet.
LONDON The Tangier corre
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says
-.hat the city of Tangier has resumed
lfe as nothing had happened. The
Perdlcaris affair Is over, he says, and
x developments 'are expected.
Missouri Wants ceckrelf.
.JOPUN. Mo. Missouri democrats
will meet in convention here Wednes
day to elect thirty-six delegates to the
national convention at 8t Louis.' They
will likely be Instructed unanimously
to work for the nomlnatioa of Sena
tor Francis M. Cockren for president.
United States Senator William J.
8toae. Gov. A M. Dockery and Con
grosBBiBB Champ Clark and D. A. De
Armond are in the lead for delegate-at-large.
although there is a move
meat to make ex-Senator George G.
Test one of the big four.
Meets Horrible Death.
LEADVILLE, Cola Wallace Colby,
a well-known mining man, met a hor
rible death while driviag. The horses
stumbled mid Colby waa thrown for
ward under the horses' heels. His
feet caught in the seat springs and in
tala maaaer he was dragged through
the priacipal street of the city. When
the horses were flaally stopped, Colby
waa dead. His braiaa had been bat
tered out by the animals' hoofs. Colby
waa 54 years of age. aad baa beea
identified with mining for twenty-five
years.
in Fine Sliver.
WASHINGTON The aunrterly es
timate ef the valae ef foreign cease
by the director of the mint
that there baa been n decrease
April 1. 1S44. ta the value of
of .217 ceata na
with the:
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CLASH OF BATTLE.
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ST. PETERSBURG Dispatches re
ceived here from Ta Tche 'Kiao-xedt-cnte
that both the Buisisa and Japan
ese armies am moviag Into contact
for a great aatie, which even now
may he in progrcaa.
General Koeropatktn Sunday asaum
ed the offensive against General Oka.
while General Kuroki. from a aoslttoa
fourteen miles to the eastward, waa
moving agalast the Russian tank at
Hal Chang.
Not since the war began has each
an air of excitement pervaded the war
oalce and admiralty. The news re
ceived daring the next few daya is
expected to hugely determine the fate
of the present campaign on land aad
sea. The spirits of the Russians have
appreciably risen at the prospect that
after all the sortie of the squadron of
Rear Admiral Wltteoff, in command
of the naval forces at Fort Arthur,
while it may have resulted la the
loss of some of the Russian ships,
has been successful. A dispatch from
Che Foo Monday states that a Chi
nese junk reports having seen two
big Japanese warships and several
torpedo boats damaged oa Friday
aear Fort Arthur. This strengthens
the belief here that a great sea tght
has occurred aad that the Japanese,
who are able, through wireless teleg
raphy, to' be in constaat communica
tion with their base, are withholding
the news. If the Vladivostok squad
ron Is rt sea with the purpose of ef-
ON SEA AND
reported. Kaichow, where a general
engagemeat la said to be on, is but
but twenty miles north of Tellssu, or
Vafangow, where the Russians were
defeated. It is thirty-five miles south
east of the port of Newchwang aad
about the some distance south of
Hal-Cheng. Indications are that Gen.
Oku Is pressing the Russian north
ward, with the intention, if possible,,
of flanking them and then permitting'
Gen. Kuroki, whose base Is at Siuyen,
to attack from the front with his
mala army. It was reported on the
15th that the Japanese were landing
a new army in the district between
the port of Newchwang aad Kaichow.
fectiag-a juncture, us is generally be
lieved, with the Port Arthur squad
ron, its appearance on the scene could
easily turn the scale In favor of tha
Russians.
Some usually well informed person
ages at the war ofllce are bold enough
to see in a .report received Monday
morning by the Bourse. Gazette of the
hasty retirement of General Oku, evl
deace)that the Japaaeae fleet has suf
fered a reverse and that the communi
cation of this Intelligence to General
Oku, with the accompanying threat
that his base .at Pitsewo may be at
tacked, compelled his withdrawal. All
direct news from the land side indi
cates an immense and decisive battle
near Ta Tche Kiao. According to tha
Associated Press advices Sunday
night. General Kouropatkln la there,
personally In commaad. The presence
of the military attaches and newspa
per correspondents Is also significant.
Kouropatkia'a purpose seeaui to be ta
try to prevent a juncture of General
Oku's and General Kuroki's armlea.
The outposts are In touch all along
the line.
CLAIM . CAPTURE THREE PORTS
Unconfirmed Report Alleges Japanese
luccsse Near Port Arthur.
TOKIO. It is unofficial! reported
that the Chik Wan Shan Chiton 8han
and So Cho'Shan forts, southeast of
that part of the Port Arthu. defenses.
were captured on, Suaday after an all
day fight, beginning with an artillery
duel. So Cho Shaa, it is added, waa
fit&t captured and the othe- forts fell
soon anerwara. rne . Russian? re
treated west, leaving forty dead, and
the number of wounded has .not been
ascertained. The Japaaese force con
sisted of all branches of the service.
The Japanese lost three officers and
100 men killed or wounded and cap
tured two guns and a quantity of am
munition. The ofltelals hare do not'
confirm the report.
Jap Armlea Form a Juncture.
LONDON The Toklo correspond
ent of the Morning Poet saya that the
Japanese second army haa effected a
juncture with the first army aad that
the whole force now haa a fightlag
front of 120 miles.
Caahier Doea Nat Break Bank.
SARATOGA. N. Y. The citizens
National bank, which suffered a heavy
run Saturday, la declared to be sound
aad fully prepared to meet all obliga
tions should small depositors continue
their demands. Losses by unfertuaate
Investments and alleged irregularitiee
of Cashier John H. De Rldder are
placed at from $30,000 to $40,000. The
American Surety company of New
York Is upon De Rlddera bond aa
cashier to the amount of $25,000. aad
haa beea officially notified by the bank
to refund the amount
Kiel Meeting Utile Discussed.
BERLIN Few of the newspapers
here have discussed the political im
portance of the meeting at Kiel be
tween King Edward and Smperor
William, and those who have discuss
ed It confined themselves to general
terms. -When they particularised at
all it waa la connection with the rela
tions between Great Britain aad Ger
many, the editors looking upon the
meeting as a evidence that these rela
tions were "normally cordlaL" No
mention: haa been made of the Russo
Japanese war totals connection.
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PITT8BUma -William J.
win not bolt his party ticket If Judge
Parker ia nnnrtaatod for president Of
thle lam confidant." declared ex-Sean-tor
J-cK. Joaeasnatioeal democratic
chatrmaa, while In thle city en route
to the 8t LosJs eonveatkm. "As to
Mr. Bryan might da V Mr. Ckm-
tonaaaaaatod.1
I regard tha
at Jadan Paikar.t
mamM iat amm
MORTON IN PLACE
NEW SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
- TAKES THE OATH.
NMOV ATTTBHEY GEKUL
Several Officers ef the Navy Press
at the Installation Felicitous Greet
Ines Characterize the Meeting ef
the Cabinet with New Members.
WASHINGTON Paul Morton
for-'
asally assumed the duties of secre
tary of the navy oa Friday, succeed
ing Mr. Moody, who becomes attorney
general of the Ualted States. Mr.
Morton was accompaaied to tha. de
partment by Mr. Moody, where, in the
presence- of the retiring secretary aad
Assistant Secretary Darling, the oath
waa administered by Solicitor Hanna
of the judge advocate geaeral's oalce,
thus completing the formal transfer
of the department to aewa hands and
marking the induction of the new sec
retary. "
In congratulating Mr. Morton. Mr.
Moody said to him that In his contact
with the officers of the United States
navy he would meet some of the beet
men of the world. Mr. Darling ex
tended his congratulations aad good
wishes, after which an iaformal re
ception was held in the big room ad
joining the secretary's ofllces. The
naval officers on duty in the depart
ment, headed by Rear Admiral Taylor,
chief of the bureau of navigation,
were presented to Mr. Morton, each
In turn being, introduced by Mr.
Moody. The chief civilian officers of
the department were then presented
to the new secretary, after which
Mr. Morton at once took up his new
work, finding a batch of mail await
ing signature. Later he accompanied
Mr. Moody to the cabinet meeting.
Mr. Moody was sworn into ofllce
as attorney general a short time be
fore Mr. Morton became secretary of
the navy. The oath of ofllce, which
"was administered by Mr. Graves, tha
appointment clerk of the department
or Justice, was token in the presence
of Mr. Knox and the chief officials of
the department
Victor H. Metcalf, former repre
sentative from California, was sworn
in as secretary of commercedand la
bor to succeed George B. Cortelyou,
who resigned to become chairman of
the national republican committee.
The ceremony occurred at the White
House at 4:30 Friday afternoon, the
oath being administered by Executive
Clerk Latta. The president. Secre
tory Cortelyou and Secretary to the
President Loeb were present.
Felicitous greetings and an informal
exchange of views characterized the
meeting of the cabinet The new sec
retary of the navy, Paul Morton, aad
the new attorney general, William H.
Moody, attended the meeting in their
new capacities. The meeting was at
tended also by Senator Knox and Na
tional Chairman Cortelyou. Mr.- Cor
telyou, Mr. Knox and Mr. Moody re
signed Thursday night from the cab
inet position which they had held hith
erto. SAVINGS ASSOCIATION FALLS.
Concern at Denver with Liabilitiea ef
$1,000000.
DENVER. The' Fidelity Savings
association, 825 Sixteenth street, went
into the hands of a receiver today.
The liabilities are placed at $1,000,
000, and Attorney J. C. Helm haa been
made receiver. E. M. Johnson, presi
dent and manager of the institution,
aid tonight:
Our liabilities may be .$1,000,000,
but I think our assets will balance
them. I do not care to go into a dis
cussion of the question now, and must
have time to investigate, i believe
we will be able to straighten out
our difficulty and keep our business."
The directors of, tab Institution are
B. M. Johnson, E. W. Smith. A. R.
Cartridge, J. I. Jones,-all of Denver,
and M. B. Johnson of Texas. The
failure is due to loans made in Texaa
and in Louisiana swamp timber lands,
fully 80 per cetn of the loans of the
association having been made In tnoae
wo states.
Statement of Circulation. "
WASHINGTON. The monthly circu
lation statement by the comptroller of
the currency shows, at the close of
business June 30, 1904, that the total
circulation of bank notes was $449,
235,095, an Increase for the year of
$45,564,445, and for the month of $3.-
246,530. The circulation based on
United States 'bonds amounted to
$412,759,449, an increase for the year
of $40,465,041, and for the month of
$5,480,415. .The amount of circula
tion secured by lawful money waa
$36,475,646, a decrease for the year of
$4,899,596.
Thurston Makaa a Speech.
NEW YORK At a mass meeting in
Cooper Uakm Friday the republican
club formally opened the local cam
paign. Former Seaator Thurston of
Nebraska made the priacipal speech.
Confirme Story ef Raid.
WASHINGTON Minister Allen ca
bles from Seoul, under Friday's date,
a confirmatioa of the press report of
the raid of the Vladivostok squadron
at Gen San on Wednesday. He saya
that Gen San was bombarded, Thurs
day for an' hour by three Bussisn
naval vessels and two torpedo boat
No deaths were reported, bat four
persons were wounded. Mr. Allen
adds: T had previously arranged for
the removal of the Americana from
that vicinity."
Princes Visit St Lewis.
ST. LOUIS The German section in
the Palace of Varied Industries at the
World's fair waa visited by the young
Bavarian princes, George and Conrad,
grand nephews of Prince Regeat Luit
poM. They were accompanied by the
Imperial commissioner, Dr. Theodore
Lewald, Mr. Zilling, the German chief
-of thia section, and Mr. Victor Gng-
geaberger, the represeatatlre. of the
Bavarian Art Industries. The princea
are traveliag strictly Incognito and
will devote their visit here to n study
of the exposition.
Cardinal Satolli at the Fair.
ST. LOUIS Cardinal SatoUI made
an official call at the different na
tional paTilkms at the fair
Friday. He waa accompanied
Archbishop Glennon of St Louie,
both wore atote regalia. He waa es
corted by a committee.- of which Berr
BtibraL Austria
to the fair.
pavilion vmKed
Board of Lady.
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Tha property lavolved'w
he worth from $20.tM,ftO to $,,
ft. ami la inalii. roughly. fhy. the
Ualoar'aclnc trace TweutietlLarreet,
Vinton street ansTthe Mlaaonrt,
It ie'aa iaunenae aWfon of the
thiekly popalatod af the sinthTsHs
Tha atoparr waa bought ta;lSt ay
George Franda TraaiT thanitotha mv
akh of. his
tha Unloa FndncrfnanaMjMsl;
of Crataha and the waft R
of hie
to reeovor tha vaJuo of tha land
or tto aavalent in money on tha
ground that George Franda Traia was
declared "a lunatic by the New Terk
courta. and no proolalon made, tar tha)
protection of hie pi up si tj righta.
RUSSIANS NOW WANTINB COREA.
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, ST. PnTTERSBURG. No; further
word haa coma from General Kareaat
kin later than Jama 27 aad aot a sla
gle aewspaper dlapatch baa -been re
ceived from the. front daring the last
twenty hours. This sUeace la the the
ater of war ia regarded aa n alga of
the coating atorm.
The Bourse Gasette this moralag
says: .
"We are oa the eve of a battle
which may settle the fate of Manchu
ria and Corea. Both
Russian the former
blood waa shed there, the latter be
cause it ia essential to tha .safety of
our commercial Intereato between
Vladivostok and Port Arthur.'
JAPS CARING FOR RUSSIANS.
Wanndsd Are Treated by the MHca-
mt'mt mAaaasman
SJfif 8 refftaVaVBe
LONDON. The ' correspondent of
the Standard' at Matauyama. Japan,
cabllag under date of June 30, saya:
"Today I- visited the RuaeJaa pria
oaera here. Five hundred and eight
of them were admitted to tha army
hospital, practically aU of whom suf
fered from wounds Inflicted by amaU
arms. Two hundred aad nine have
beea discharged aa completely cured.
At preseat there are twelve officers,
thirty-seven non-comndssloned offi
cers aad 245 privates under treatment
here, and all of them are likely to re
cover, with the exception of one who
haa been paralysed.
There are five temporary hospttala
la Matsuma, in which Japanese ladies,
women mlaalonariea and members of
the Red Cross assist In the aursing."
JAPS TELL OP VICTORY.
Detaiw ef Fight at Fan Shui Paaa
Sent Out from Tekie.
TOKIO. Detailed reports of the
capture of Fan She! paaa on June 27
ahow that the Russians were driven
from an- exceedingly strong position
dominatiag the Shi Muchen road. In
this eagagemeat the Russian losses
were again heavier than those of the
Japanese. The Japanese outmaneu-
vered the Russisnw by working around
the enemy'a right flank aad attackiag
him in the rear.
The Japanese advanced in three col
umas. Oae waa assigned to deliver a
frbatol attack aad the others to strike
the enemy on the flanks. The column
which advanced upon the Russian
right flank fought a separate action.
It. encountered three battalions of
Infantry, six guns and two machine
guns on Suaday morning. Thia en
gagemeat lasted until sunset of Sun
day.. At tala hour the Japaaese biv
uacked aad reaewed the assault at
midnight when they succeeded in' de
f eatiag the Rnastoaa,
Money for the Militia.
WASHINGTON. Acting Secretary
Oliver of the war department haa
made the usual annual allotment of
the $1,000,000 appropriation providlag
arms and equipments for the organ
ized militia for the United States. Of
the money apportioned Arkansas will
receive $17,952; California. $19,947;
Colorado. $9,973; Idaho, $6,984; Illi
nois. $53.8H; Iowa, 125,932; Kansas,
$19,947; Missouri, $35,906; Montana.
$5,984; Nebraska, $15,958; Nevada,
$5,984; North DWakota, $7,979; Ore
gon. $7,979; South Dakota, $7,979;
Texas, $35,905; Utah, $6,984; Wash
ington, $9,973; Wyoming, $6,984; Ari
zoaa, $5,767; New Mexico, $5,234;
Oklahoma, $13404; Hawaii, $7,509.
Capture Jap Prevtalene.
VLADIVOSTOK A large Ja
schooner laden with provhriona has
beam brought into port Raaaiaa tor
pedo boata have destroyed a number
of other Japanese aalUng crafto, load
ed with food, along the coast ef Ja-
Indian Agent Removed.
WASHINGTON. The nrealdant on
Friday removed William H. gmead.
agent in charge of the Flathead Ia
dian agency in Moatana, and appoint
ed Captain Samuel BeBew. of Miaaon
la. Mont, aa hla aacceeeor. haaead
had been in the service seven years,
aad the removal, it la alleged, la be
cause of alleged adariautrative Irreg
ularities. It la said that the agent
gained ao personal profit, out of trans
actions which led to hla semovaL bat
that the acta were aerioua breaches
of .the ragamtioas.
Kamimura Trans aha Slave.
TOKIO Vice Admiral.
evidently trapped and attacked the
Rassian Vladivostok sauadroa off the
of Tan.-in the aouthern on
to rhe Sea ef. Japan. Fridav
night The result of the encouaUr la
Attorney far Alaska.
WASHINGTON. Henry if. Hoyt ef
rrandaee haa bean appotatod by
thepraaldsat United States attorney
st Nome; Ahmkn. to succeed Merrin
Grtoaby.
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LONDON. The. aews from Wash
inirton'thai steps were beUeved to
have beea token looking to the medto-
t
jhetwean Ruasia and Japan era-
grew aarpnee aere. Tae snuaa
BTanmentxnot only haa-taken no
part In aueh measures, but aaparantly
la ignorant that they are In piograia,
Official opinion here from Premier
andfsnr Sewn ia that the time la not
yet ripe far any offer of mediation, but
to quote a person in Mr. Balfour'a
Great Britain haa kept the door
for any.aach contingency. It la
not likely that thia government would
be, acceptable In tho role of arbitra
tor, bat it would at the right time use
aU of Ita lafiuence to urge the belttg
ereato to accept the offer from n suit
able mediator. There seems to be no
reason for thinking that tho govern
ment would not fill that role suitably.
hut Russian opinion ia always a. rath
er usJtnown factor."
From the highest official sources
here aad from the Japaaeae legation
comes the positive statement that
nothing whatever haa resulted from
the interviews between King Edward
aad Emperor William at Kiel la any
way connected with the Russo-Japa-aeae
war. There seems to be ao. doubt
that' responsible ministers seriously
warned King Edward that he most not
Initiate any step la that direction with
hla Imperial aephew.
The Japaaese legation. It appears,
made discreet Inquiries as to whether
or not thia advice was carried out. and
It waa atated there toaight that there
waa every reason to believe, the war
waa not discussed at Kiel, except ia
the moat iaformal aad conversational
way.
It waa also pointed out at the Japa
aeae legation, which was entirely lg
aoraat of any news concerning r move
ment toward mediation, that the pres
ent moment .would be the moat laop
tuae, ao far aa the Japanese are con
cerned, for any such step. Japaa, It
waa amalatalaed at the legation, must
first secure some such strategical
point aa Llao Taag before ahe la la
a poeltioa to maintain auch advan
tages aa ahe haa already won In Man
churia. Without a commanding stra-.
teglcal base, Japanese oflciala here
believe their forces would be unable
e'ther to rest on the present laurels or
to push forward.
Whether thia is accomplished by a
decisive battle' or by the retirement of
the Russians, the Japanese here say
mediation cannot be dreamed of until
that phase of the struggle Is settled
oae way or the other. Subsequent to
the Japaaeae achieving or falllag ia
tala objective, it waa thought that
medlatioB might be possible, but Bar
oa Hayaahi. the Japanese minister, re
iterates that the terms Japan was
willing tb accept prior to the hostili
ties cannot possibly be considered
now:.
NATIONAL PROHIBITION TICKET.
An Eastern Candidate Named
far
Standard Bearer.
INDIANAPOLIS. The prohibition
party. In national convention here,
nominated Silas C. Swallow of Penn
sylvania for president and George W.
Carroll of Texas for vice president
The platform presented by the reso
lutions committee denounces the le
galised sale of liquor, and expresses
the view that It ia miaous to ladivid
ual and national interests. It de
nounces the two leading parties for
lack of statesmanship on the. part of
their leaders, for their lack of interest
In the liquor question, and promises
not only that the traffic shall not exist
In nay form, but that the party win
eaact laws to abolish the manufacture
aad sale of liquor.
It also asserts that the Issues of the
two. leading parties are a subterfuge -for
the spoils of office, and that the
prohibitum party is really the only
party which can run the government
along correct lines and for the best
Intereato of the nubile
Hulk of the Slocum Tewed In.
NEW YORK Crowds, with heads
bowed and uncovered, lined both
skies of East river Sunday aa the
hulk of the General Slocum was towed
to a dock la Erie basin, where It ia
to be laapected by the federal author
ities. The flags on the tugs having
the wreck In tow were at half-mast
and when passing Barrett's Point,
where the Slocum sank and so many
Uvea were lost the flags were dipped.
AU the craft In the harbor dipped
their flags as the flotilla
Brigham Dies Suddenly.
WASHINGTON News haa been re
ceived here of the death at Delta. O.,
of Coloael Joseph B. Brigham, assist
ant secretary of agriculture. Colonel
Brigham waa chairman of the gov,
emment board at the St Louis expo
sition. He had left here Tuesday
evening for St Louis to attead a
meeting of the board and had stop
ped off at Delta for a short visit
For maay years he has beea proml
aet ia Ohio politics and has occupied
hla preseat positioa for a number of
yera. .
Minister to Santo Domingo.
WASHINGTON Thomas C. Daw
eon, the newly appointed minister to
Santo Domingo, cabled the state de
partment on Wednesday notice of his
arrival at Puerto Plata. Instead of
preaeediag directly to the capital oi
Santo Domlago to present himself to
President Morales In his capacity oi
saiaiater to succeed Mr. Powell, the
new miaister will be takea aboard
the Newark, or if that vessel is occa
pied, then on the Bancroft or Scor
pion, and wiU visit the principal ports
ef Santo Domingo.
Wife Slashes Huehand,
KANSAS CITT. Temporarily in
nana and reslstlag an attempt to send
her to aa asylum, Mrs. Margaret
Morris fatally cat her hnahaad, Isaac
K. 'Morris, a parklag house employe,
at their home here Wednesday with
a raaar. ' Morris fought desperately
manatee hi na
with hia wife for fifteen
attempt to escape. The woaaan harrec
the dear aad siaehed ham hi a fearful
arms aad ea several parte of hia body.
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NEWS IN
The- Batllagton road will
new depot at Beatrice.
Went Peiat'a levy thia year ia
mills, aa agalast 24 last year.
North Platte taxpayera are congratu
lating theasaehrea' over a decrease hi
atty tax levy from twenty-seven to
C. P. Emery aoM his lCe-acre farm.
two miles north of Geneva, for $9,000.
Thia la one of the beat Improved
farms hi Fllmuin county. O. K.
Brown of Dunbar waa the buyer.
Burton F. French. Idaho's oaly con
gressman, and the youngest member
of the congressional body, waa mar
ried la Norfolk to Miss Wlaifred Hart
ley .at the home of the bride's slater.
Mrs. W. G. Baker.
Jadge Paul Anderson of St Paul left
last week for a three months visit to
Europe to benefit hla health and to
visit relatives in Denmark. He was
accompaaied by Hans Hansen of Bray
ton, who also goes to Denmark on a
visit
Accordlag to statemeata made by
premlaeat railroad men in Lincoln,
the Burllagton may combine the
southern and western divisions, aban
donlag the offices at Wymore and con
centrating the division forces at Mc
Cook. James Blair, Uvlng near Powell.
Jefferson county, 'was killed by being
thrown from his buggy, his horse run
ning nway. He waa over 70 years of
age, and had resided ia the county
about thirty-five years. living on the
same farm where he first settled.
A traveliag maa. giving his name
aa F. W. Mueller, waa stopping at an
Auburn hotel, in Falls City, the other
day aad" gave the landlord a check for
$30 on a bank outside of Auburn. Af
ter caahiag it the hotel man found, it
worthless, the man being unknown to
the beak. He waa arrested aad taken
to Auburn.
t a.k mJ V TV aw- w .1
tutiou for Feeble Minded Youth at
Beatrice returned home from Portland,
Me., where they had been attending the
national conference of correction and
charities for the past week. They say
that the meeting was largely attended,
delegates beiag present from all parts
of the Ualted States.
At a meeting of the public library
of Graad Islaad it was ordered that
the library be closed for three days
and that all the books be fumigated.
Complaint haa reached the library
board, directed at it that It has per
mitted books to go aad come from a
home ia which there waa scarlet fe
ver, and It la stated that such an Inci
dent did occur, though there are com
paratively few cases of scarlet fever.
Oae of the biggest land deals made
ia this section for some time, says a
Beatrice diapatcb, was made of the
H. H. Smith farm of 160 acres to W.
Sloan McHugh of Chester, Neb., for
which he paid $75 per acre, the total
amount being $12,000. The land is lo
cated four mUes south of Beatrice and
two years ago sold for $50 per acre.
Henry Poggemeyer, who lives near
Cook, ia Johnson county, was kicked
by a vicious horse. While leading one
animal to water, Mr. Poggemeyer
came up back of another, which kick
ed him squarely la the mouth. His
upper Jaw was fractured and several
teeth knocked out The Injury was
serious and wUI disable the man for
some time.
August Wachter of Fremont met
death ia the Platte river. In company
with a number of others, he went
down for a swim after supper. He
dived from the upper top span of the
bridge across the south channel and
never came to the surface. The wa
ter at thia point is only thirty inches
deep, aad It la supposed that he struck
bottom.
Although aew buildings are beiag
erected ia Sheltoa at a rapid rate, it
is almost impossible for all the people
who want to live there to find houses.
This difficulty Is common to a large
number of towaa la central Nebraska.
' O. A. Gallatin of Saunders county has
perfected a roller and cultivator that
is especially adapted to use with list
ed corn. Farmers who have examined
the work of the new machine say that
It will do as much work in one culti
vating aa other cultivators do in two.
The state banking board has ap-j
pointed Jacob F. Halderman or Bur
chard aa special examiner of state
banks. Mr1. Halderman is to succeed
W. A Hartwell. who resigned recently
on account of ill health. The appoint
ment will take effect July 1.
The corn acreage in Dawson county
is probably double what it was last
year, aad ia in first-class condition;
some flelds a little weedy, but abun
dance of rainfall since early in May.
and present prospects for corn and
spring grain were never better. Po
tatoes and garden crops also promise
an abundant yield. The acreage of
small grain fs doubtless not over 25
per cent, of last year's crop.
Frank PIckell. supposed to be from
Omaha, is in Jail at Papillion as a sus
picious character. He is thought to
be the man who stole a horse and
buggy from a liveryman named Hea
cock at Springfield about three weeks
ago.
Banner county 1s the second to file j Dr. Hoover, and has lived here con
n report of its assessment with the j tinuously ever since. He was a very
state board of equalization, and the active business man during his life,
report shows a decrease ia the total with the exception of the last teo or
assessment from $254,311 In 1903 to ' three years, unce which time hki
$118,978.56 this 'year, though the ac
tual valuation this year was $944.
292.80. The Junior normal schools are flour
ishiag. The attendance at the five
schools exceeds that of last year by
aearly 25 per cent, and is constantly
increasing. The schools are located
at Holdrege, Valentine, Alliance, Mc
Cook and North Platte.
Game Wardea Carter's deputies.
Smith aad Huajer. made a little trip
to the mouth of Weeping Water, in
Otoe eountr. and as a result D. N.
Neela. C. B. Buess and Henry Kichner .
were arrested and fined $50 aad costs
each, aad the law took possession of
a aelae' 12x140 feet.
The little daughter of Joseph Foua
taia of Beatrice was bitten on the calf
of the leg by a vicious dog. The
wound waa cauterized and it is
thought no serious results will follow,
Loans county la tie first to mane a
report of Ita asseasmeat to tee atate
board. The county's total valuation
for aaeeosmeut purposes is $175,29L28.
a decrease from last years report.
VBjeh waa $201,041. The decrease Is
aavmined because Logan is one of
the smaller western couaties which
heretofore haa beea assessed at more
than n fifth of ita value.
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WASHINGTON. The
have
the Ktokaid act Aa
a nets to those iatorested. the tsttew-
mg statements have
by employee ef U
Under the arovkdoaa of the Unkaid
act which wnt am into effect.
at 9 o'clock a. wl, every
la the head of a family, or m 21
of age and a citiseu ef the UaMed
States, or haa declared hla
to become a citlsea. and k)
proprietor of more thaa let
land In any atote
take a homestead of C44 acres. Under
the provision of the bttl jest paased
any person who haa heretofore taken
n nomeatead may take
to make up the $40 acres.
have the right to take a
aa the head of a family. '
The land la located la the faUew
lag counties:
Greeley. 1.79 acres; Valley. 400;
Custer. 32,904; Box Butte, 4C.M2;
Dawes. 148,820; Scotia Bluff. 13s211;
Sheridaa, 480,391; Sioux. 842,252:
Cheyeaae, 474.817; McPherson. 541.
356; Deuel. 647,317; Logan. 174.059;
Hooker. 318,158; Grant 178,41$;
Thomas, 245,281; Blame, 219,912;
Brown, 422.641; Cherry. 329.900;
Keith, 129.755; Perklas. 14.344; Kim
ball. 108,492; Baaaer, 42.718; Lincoln.
232.266; Rock. 220.303; Kayu Paha,
25.927; Boyd. 2.529; Garfield, 152,200;
Holt 154,320; Loup, 207.780; Wheeler.
108.700: Chase. 44,251; Dundy, 113.-
440; Hayes, 15.657; Hitchcock. 1.997.
About 1.500.000 acres, of the landa
have beea withdrawn from entry, un
der the provlalona of the recent Irri
gation act These withdrawals are
principally ia the counties of Scotia
Bluffs, Deuel. McPherson. Lincoln.
Chrery. Box Butte. Dawes aad Chey
eaae counties.
SWAMPY LAND TO BE DRAINED.
Five Thousand Acres In Sarpy County
to Be Fitted far Farmtog,
PAPILLION. H. D. Patterson,
county surveyor, hss completed n re
port on. tie proposed Forest City
drainage ditch aad submitted It to the
commissioners. This ditch wUI ran
through the west portion of the
ty, and will drain in the
of 5,000 acres of swampy land.
iBg it ia a condition to be farmed. Two
ditches are required, the mate ditch
alone draining 5,102 acres of land. It
will be 29.765 feet in length. 5 feet,
deep and 6 feet wide at the bottom.
The cost of coastructlag such n dMeh
will be $9,648.81. Altogether 49J8S
cubic yards of earth wUI have to be
excavated ia its building. A spur
ditch will also be constructed from the
mala one, its IeBgth to be 2,600 feet;
depth. 4 feet; width at the bottom, '
feet A removal of 3.444 cubic yards
of dirt will be required. Thia smaller
ditch will drain 336 acres of soggy
land aad will cost $673.42. Total
length of the two ditches will be 32.
365 feet affording the beat of drain
age for 5.439 acres of laad. Total
cost, $10,323.73.
Probably Heart
AYR. Whea Fraaklla Easter waa
found dead ia his corafield, a utile
aad a half southeast of thia piece. 'R
was supposed that he had beea hilled
by lightning, as a storm waa ragtag
at the time. But Dr. Talbot who waa
on the ground soon after the acc!deat
occurred .proaouaced it a case ef
heart failure. Mr. Easter was an old
settler here, aad a very popular maa.
always having a gealal word and a
hearty handshake for all. His lose
will be keenly felt by the community.
Rush for Irrigated Land.
SCOTTS BLUFF. Government aew
veyors are at work north of thia place,
near the Scotts Bluff-Sioux county
line, on the proposed government
ditch. The ground over which rney
have passed has looked so feasible
that grade stokes are beiag placed aad!
subscriptions for water received. The
practical assurance has started a stam
pede for the laads under the survey
which are opea to homestead eatry in
160-acree tracts. The Klakald bill Is
not applicable here. The rush has
been on for two weeks past and Is
unabated. Perpetual water righta tor
a small sum and the land free la suffi
cient inducement to encourage one.
especially if he is at all familiar with
the benefits and assurances of Irriga
tion farming. It is expected that
about 2,000 carloads of potatoes wUT
be marketed here from thia years
crop.
F. Foreman, at Hoskias, waa bitten
by a rattlesnake end is in a serious
condition aa a result At Niobrara
Frank Tobusk, a 14-year-old lad, plow
ing corn, was also bitten on the aakie,
but is out of daager.
Nebraekan Since 1S34.
NEMAHA. J. B. Hoover, aa old
settler, died while slttiag la hla chair
at his residence in Nemaha Saturday,
morning. Mr. Hoover came to Ne
. maha in 1854 with his father, the late
health has been failing. He leavea
a wife, one daughter, a stepson and
two stepdaughters.
South Omaha Mail Rente.
Congressman Hitchcock haa
advised by the postoflce department
At Washington that the rural fra de
livery route which waa petitioned far
some time ago has beea ordered es
tablished out of South
Big Wind Hits
ARAPAHOE. A terrific wind.
companied by a heavy dowapour and
some hail, did a good deal of iamaaje
in this place aad viciaity. WiadmiHx,
outhouses aad
y fruit treea were
biowa down.
Wool Damaaed by Fire.
HASTINGS. A carload ef
caught fire here at the
freight yards, aad on aeeeant ef the
inaccessibility of Its
badly damaged. The
fag oa a aidlag, and the
fire la unknown.
TOBIAS. Neb. Mr.
sek. aged $5 and 71,
sldiag.oae mile earth ef
found dead la bed by
who Uvea ea the
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