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HVtf4MfcMMf0ka -- S. - vt - V--i- 'x .? sssbf'asfFS' "r - - - . 3- --" '-?- I Ito Cotiiwis Joimal y COLUMBUS JOURNAL CO. OtUMBTJa, NEBRASKA. Prince Sananaru Fushlml of Japan recovered the jewels lost in St Louis. Over 100,000 defective ballots were cast in Pennsylvania and not counted. At New Orleans "St. Louis" Jimmy Kelly defeated "Philadelphia Charles Kelly In nine rounds. Iowa mutual insurance men will ask legislation to improve hazards from from traction engines. The Iowa supreme court holds that all persons who practice healing :n Iowa must hold state license. Many warrants are out as a result of lawlessness arising from strike of Iron molders in Ohio and Kentucky. Disputes over socialism continue to eocnpy the greater part of the time f the American Federation of Labor In convention in San Francisco. Elias A. Calkins, a newspaper man. at the time of his death connected with the Chicago Chronicle, died in Chicago of a complication of nervous ailments. A. C. Wright pt Nebraska has re ceived appointment to a clerkship in the office of the chief sir- -.1 officer, war department His salary will be $100 a year. Secretary Hay and Viscount de Alct signed an arbitration treaty between the United States and Portugal. The treaty is identical with the American French arbitration treaty. Secretary Hay has received from the German government a cordial note accepting in principle President Ttoosevelt's suggestion for another conference at The Hague. Mrs. Roosevelt entertained the members of the cabinet and their fam ilies and a few personal friends at a French lecture by the Rev. Charles Wagner at the White House. Trace of Stephen Putney, jr., son of one of the wealthiest men in Rich mond. Va.. lost in St Louis, was found In Kansas City, but he escaped from th room where he was discovered. Hundreds of baskets of food were distributed among the poorer families In the lower section of New York nd liberal Thanksgiving dinners were served to the needy in many quarters. The acting secretary of war has named March 1. 1905. as the date ol the commencement of the examination of candidates from civil life already designated for appointment as second lieutenants in the army. It is considered as certain that the Cooper-Quarles bill, providing for con trol by government of freight rates, as advocated bv Governor Cummins and his allies, will be brought up at the next session of congress. The Bourse Gazette urges the nego tiation of a commercial treaty with the United States on the ground that the completion of the Panama canal will greatly increase trade between the United States and Russia. Mayor Moores of Omaha has signed the council resolution offerng in be half of the city a reward of $5,000 for the apprehension of the criminals who placed the bomb on the porch of Elmer E. Thomas' residence. The Liberty bell, the most famous relice of the revolution in the coun try, was sent back to Philadelphia from St. Louis, where for six months It had been one of the attractions at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Arnold Beuthien. until two months ago cashier and one of the largest Ftokholders in savings banks at New Liberty and Dixon. la., was arrested In Chicago, charged with embezzle ment of $60,000 of the banks' funds. Mrs. Agnes White of Albia. Iowc. called at police headquarters in St. IjouLs and requested the police to lielp her search for her 14-year-old Ron. Allen White, who ran away from home in preference to studying Latin. Prices are higher on the New York stock exchange and indications are for a resumption of the upward move ment The failure of the potato crop is causing great distress and suffering among the peasantry of Connemara, Ireland. At a conference between Governor Odefl. ex-Governor Frank Black and Fenat or. Depew. Governor Odell assur ed Senator Depew and ex-Governor Black in most positive terms that he would not be a candidate for the sen atorship from New York. At the state department the an nouncement was made that this gov ernment hopes soon to conclude with Great Britain an arbitration treaty identical with those recently signed with France. Germany and' other pow ers. The treaty will be signed by Secretary Hay and Sir Mortimer Du rant the British ambassador. A provincial paper says Andrew Oarnesre has purchased or is about to 1'urchase for $3,750,000 Lea park, the late Whitaker Wright's estate in Sur rey. England, with the object of es tablishing a national convalescent home. The Big Bend National bank of Dav enport. Wash., has been closed by di rection of the comptroller of th3 cur rency because of Insolvency. Council Bluffs attorneys claim to have found a flaw in the Iowa bien nial elections amendment which nay prevent its becoming a law. Arrangements are being made for a biff gathering at the annual meeting of the Nebraska State , Teachers' as sociation that convenes in Omaha on December 28. 29 and 30. It is expect ed that about 2.500 people will be in attendance. The official canvass of the vote in Idaho as returned by the county can raasing boards shows that Roosevelt received 47.384 votes, Parker 18.423, Gooding (republican, for governor!. 41.371. Hetfeld (democrat). 24,022. Roosevel"s plurality was 28,961. Good lag's 17.349. More than one hundred delegates from all parts of the United States were present at the opening session of the fourth annual convention of the Central Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers in Chi cago. Jndge Kavanagh of the superior court at Chicago handed down a de cision declaring constitutional a law paaaed in 1877 providing a jail sen tence for any person found gu'lty of wilfully and maliciously impeding the business of any corporation, firm or ladlviduaL Brief Telegrams I ASSAULT OF JAPS TOKiO OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE FAILURE THEREOF. GENERAL ATTACK OH SATURDAY Both Sides Claim Advantages in Mi nor Fights Thursday and Friday Japanese Statesman Says His Coun try Fights for National Existence. TOKIO The imperial headquarters has just issued the following an nouncement: "The vorks for our attack having been nearly completed against Sung shu mountain (Port Arthur) and the forts lying eastward therefrom, a gen eral assault was made on the after noon of November 20, but owing to the enemy's stubborn resistance our ob ject has not yet been accomplished." The Manchurian headquarters, re porting Sunday, says: "From the night of November 25 un" til the morning of November 26 a body of the enemy's infantry attacked our troops in the vicinity of Sintung tun and Shaotaou, but the attack was completely repulsed by us. "The enemy's artillery, posted to the cast of Ta mountain, vigorously shell ed the vicinities and Kuchiatzu from 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Novem ber 2C, but we suffered no damage. "On the right bank of the Hun river a body of the enemy's cavalry at tacked Mamachies on November 25, but was driven back by our forces. "On November 24 the enemy set fire to Shangtsaimen and most of the vil lage was burned." Discussing the war and the domes tic, financial and political conditions of Japan on the eve of the assembling of the Diet with the correspondent of the Associated Press, Premier Ka't sura said: "To insure peace in the Orient and to safeguard our national existence :s the extreme purpose of our em pire and no sacrifice shall be too great for successfully effecting this purpose. "Russia, beside violating her pledges in Manchuria, crowned her overbearing and aggressive policy by extending her arms to the Corean pen insula. "We were highly solicituos to pre serve peace, hut had no alternative except that of war, which was forced upon us. "Throughout the negotiations Rus sia showed a haughty and overbear ing att'tude, which, as has latterly been shown, was inadequately sup ported by military strength. Russia allowed herself to be deceived and slighted our empire, for she never be lieved that Japan wcr.sld draw the sword of war. Then, after sneering repeated defeats on land and on sea. Russia perceived the mistake she had made, and having discovered the se riousness of the situation, began to take adequate measures. "The case was different with us. we are alive to the seriousness of the situation and were prepared for exigencies. "Russia must see that the war cannot be concluded by the issues of a few battles. With us the war means life or death, and not one of our 45.000.000 brethren remains ig norant of the vital issue at stake. "We are prepared to sacrifice our last man and our last cent for this war "The delay in the decisive result of our siege at Port Arthur gives Rus sia hope of be:ng able to relieve the garrison, and for this purpose she resolved to empty her naval defense at home, while on land corps after corps has been mobilized and sent eastward. "The military and naval plan of Russia seems to center in the relief of Port Arthur and General Kouro patkins' southward advance, which re sulted in his serious defeat, had the relief of the garrison as its sole ob ject The Russian emperor's instruc tions to Kouropatkin not to retire be yond Mukden were designed to raise the gloom that had been hanging over the people of Russia since the defeat of Russ:an arms at the battle of Liao Yang, and Kouropatkin assumed the aggressive perhaps against his own judgment. "Everything seems to hinge on the fall of Port Arthur, but I do not con sole myself with the thought that the capture of that ill-fated fortress, will bring the war to a speedy termi nation. Its capture will give occasion for renewed plans for warfare by Rus sia and I am watching keenly for such new developments." The National Grange. PORTLAND. Ore. The National Grange decided to hold the next an nual session in the state of New Jer sey. The selection of the city w'll be made by the executive committee. The grange went on record as favor inc industrial education in the county schools. Preparing a Warm Reception. LONDON The progress of the Rus fian second Pacific squadron excites daily growing interest. A Japanese correspondent of the Morning Post. discussing possible preparations to meet the squadron, suggests that Japan relies upon the older warships to maintain the blockade of Port Ar thur (in fact, the correspondent as serts they already are so employed), and thus enable Togo to release his more modern vessels for overhauling at Sasebo. preparatory to the antici oated meeting Admiral Rojestvensky. Great Rush of Immigrants. NEW YORK So great has been the rush of immigrants to this point in the last few days that the Immigrant station at Ellis island was crowded and several thousand steerage pas sengers were obliged to remain on board the steamers on which they ar rived from Europe. The Baltic came with a steerage list numbering 1.700 and with the arrival of the La Savoie the number of immigrants awaiting an oportunity to face the inspectors at Ellis Island was still further in creased. More Arrests at Denver. DENVER. Colo. Two more arrests cf democratic election judges on su preme court warrants charging con tempt were made here as an out growth of the legal contest over the recent election in Denver. The court also granted a committee of repub licans permission to copy the names from the poll books of the election. When a complete copy has been made the republicans will begin a canvass of the city for the purpose of ascer taining the extent of the alleged frai" ENTER INTO A TREATY. Secret Compact of Chile and Bolivia Made Public WASHINGTON The secret treaty rccently signed at Santiago, Chile, be tween the Bolivian minister at that capital. Senor Alberto Gniterres. and the Chilean minister of foreign rela tions, Senor Emilo Bello, in which the emperor of Germany is named as ar bitrator of any difficulty arising in the execution of the convention, pro vided in substance: First Bolivia abandons her preten sion to the Pacific port and recognizes Chile's right to the province of Auto fagasta. Second Chile assumes the debts of Bolivia as recognized in article 2 of the treaty of 1895. Third Chile appropriates $2,000,000 for the construction of railrads in Bolivia. She herself is to construct the line from Arica to La Paz, al ready in operation as far as Tacna, to which she gives a guarantee up to $S00,000 Chilean a year for the construction of three other railroads. The Bolivian section of the line shall become the property of Bolivia in twenty years, but Chilean products shall enjoy preferential rebates over it CANVASS OF ILLINOIS VOTE. President Roosevelt's Plurality in State, 304,739. CHICAGO, III. The canvass or the vote in Illinois has been completed and the totals are as follows: Roose velt's vote in the whole state was 632. 745. against 328.006 for Parker, giving the former a plurality of 304.73!). In the city of Chicago Roosevelt has a plurality of 109.894. receiving 208.059, to 98.765 for Parker. In Cook county, including the city, the Roosevelt vote was 229.849. and Parker's 103.762, making Roosevelt's plurality for the entire county 126,086. Deenen. the republican candidate for governor, ran ahead of Roosevelt both as to total number of votes re ceived and in the size of his plurality in Chicago and Cook county and re ceived in the state a total vote of 631.0291.824 more than the candidate for president received and a plural ity of 300.047. only 4.692 less than that received by the head of the ticket Swallow received 34.759, Debs 69, 225, Watson 6,725. PREPAREO FOR BAD NEWS. Desperats Assault from Japanese Ex pected Soon. ST. PETERSBURG There is lack of news from the front. The report that the Japanese are concentrating their energies for a desperate assault on Port Arthur, in view of the ap proach of the second Pacific squadron, is quite generally credited in official quarters. Such an event is expected to transpire as soon as the Japanese learn that the Russian squadron's trip was an actuality and no mere demon stration. The authorities are prepar ed to hear terrible reports of the pro jected assault. While not hazarding a guess wheth er the fortress can be carried if the besiegers are utterly regardless of hu man life, they are confident that Gen eral Stoessel will be able to make such an attack one of the costliest operations in history. A dispatch from Mukden says that the Hun and Taitse rivers have been frozen over. The low stage of water in the Liao river, the dispatch adds, impedes the transport of Japanese stores from Yin Kow, and the for warding of ammunition is delayed by the scarcity of wagons. The removal of the wounded from Liao Yang to Dalyn is executed with difficulty for the same reason. SQUADRON IS AT PORT SAID. Precautions Taken to Get Rojestven sky Safely Through Canal. PORT SAID A section of the Rus sian second Pacific squadron has ar rived here. All precautions have been taken to prevent any untoward inci dent during the passage of the ves sels through the Suez canal. The division exchanged salutes with the town on entering and the Russian bands played the British na tional anthem in honor of the pres ence of the British guard ship Furi ous. The local Russian representa tives visited Rear Admiral Voelker sam's flagship. AH the warships are fitted with wireless telegraph appar atus. The ships are not ordered to coal here, but will take water, fresh provisions and hay for their live stock. The Russian admiral exchanged visits with the commander of the Fu rious. Though the larger warships were not ordered to come here the torpedo boat destroyers are coaling from transports and will enter the canal at dawn Friday, and the rest of the di vision an hour later. TO TAKE PORT ARTHUR. Army Ordered to Do it at Any Cost. WASHINGTON The Associated Press learns on excellent authority that the Japanese army has been or dered to renew its attack on Port Ar thur and to take the main fortifica tions at any cost. TOKIO It is reported that the Jap anese saps directed against Rihlung mountain, Sungshu mountain and East Keekwan mountain have reach ed the base of the central ditches. Nebraska Wins at Running. CHICAGO- The University of Ne braska won the first annual run of the Western Intercollegiate Cross Country club, held here Thursday, taicago and Nebraska were the only universities to enter teams. Presents to Every Soldier. TOKIO Several charitable organi zations, headed by the ladies of the patriotic societies, are arranging to send New Year's presents to every soldier in the field. Dinner for John Morley. NEW YORK John Morley, British parliamentarian, was the guest of honor at a dinner given at tie Lotus club. Among others present were Chauncey M. Depew, Israel Zangwill, Judge Wallace Nesbitt of the supreme court of Canada, President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia university. Rev. Henry Van Dyke and former Minister to Spain Stewar L. Wood ford. A distant relation is one who is very rich and doesn't recognize v". MARINE MATTERS VIEWS OF SECRETARY MORTON ON THE SUBJECT. SESSIONS OF THE COMMISSION To Build Up Shipping Interests We Must Meet Competition of Other Nations Rear Admiral Hartington Reads a Letter from Morton. WASHINGTON The merchant ma rine commission resumed its session Friday. Senator Gallinger, the chair man, announced that the hearings were about concluded, but that the commission had thought it proper at this time to invite naval and post office department officials to be pres ent Friday, the former to submit their opinion of the desirability of a merchant marine as auxiliary to the navy and the latter to speak of the benefits to accrue to the postal serv ice as a result of an improved mer chant marine. Secretary Metcalf of the depart ment of commerce and labor was also invited to attend the hearing. Secretary Morton's views of the relations of the government to the merchant marine in the foreign trade was that it was simply a question of competition. He said that in or der to build up a large American ship ping interest in this country it will be necessary to meet the competition of other nations. It will further be necessary, he declared, to in some way recognize the mail contracts, the subsidies, the bonuses and the pre miums of Germany, England and other countries. The American owner of sea-going craft and the American sail or, he said, must be given equality in all respects if they are not to be handicapped by foreign competition. It was his idea that all ships built in this country should be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the navy department, so that in case of war the department could make good and efficient use of them. He added that he was not sure but that the seamen also should have a naval training. Rear Admiral Luce read a letter re cently submitted to him by Secretary Morton, to be laid before the commit tee, in which he referred to the de pendence of the merchant marine and the navy. He asserted that the mon ey paid to foreign carriers of pro ducts of this country went to enrich the countries with which the United States might some day be at war, thereby indiectly adding to the navies of those countries and their naval re serves at the expense of our own. He favored subsidies as the means of building up the merchant marine. Declaring that it was through nurs ing a pariticular British industry, the carrying trade, that England owed her supremacy of the sea today. Cap tain Mahan said that American ship ping should be encouraged to come into existence and to compete with the carrying trade of the world. Rear Admiral Hartington favored the building of steel ships, and said that the laws of the United States should be changed so as to permit the merchants of this country to run American ships as cheaply as foreign owners could run them. He declared that the merchant officers of the Uni ted States were not all that could be desired regarding competence, and that as regarding education and train ing they did not compare favorably with foreign merchant officers. THE PRESIDENT SEEN. An Importan Conference Held at thi White House. WASHINGTON Interstate trans portation matters with snecific refer ence to the fixing of railroad freight rates formed the subject of an impor tant conference at the White House Tuesday. By previous appointment Governor Van Sant of Minnesota, Governor Cummins of Iowa, E. P. Ba con of Milwaukee, chairman of the interstate commerce law convention; Frank Barry, of Milwaukee, secretary of the convention, and R. A. Higbie of New York, an official of the Na tional Lumber Dealers' association, called on the president to use his in fluence to secure the enactment of a lavr which would confer r.pon the in terstate commerce commission power to fix railroad freight rates in tbe com merce between states. It was pointed out to the president that for ten years prior to 1897 the interstate commerce commission bad exercised the power to adjust railroad freight rates in order to prevent dis crimination, but tnat since that time, by reason of a decision of the United States supreme court, that power had been denied the commission. It was urged by the delegation that a law be enacted by congress conferring upon the commission authority to ad just rates when they were found to be discriminative in their operation or in violation of the interstate com merce act The delegation also sug gested to the president the desirabil ity of discussing the subject in his forthcoming message. The president did not indicate, how ever, what his personal views were, contenting himself with giving a care ful hearing to the statements made. The president has announced the appointment of Francis E. Leupp of this city to be Indian commissioner, vice William A. Jones, resigned. Com missioner Jones' resignation and Mr. Leupp's appointment will take effect January 1. Mr. Leupp is the Washington cor respondent of the New York Evening Post and has been identified with In dian affairs for many years. Iowa Wrestler Wins. BUFFALO. N. Y. Frank Gotch ot Humboldt. la., an American wrestling champion, easily defeated Charles (Yankee) Rogers of New England here. In the first bout at catch-as-catch-can Rogers did not succeed in getting behind Gotch, the champion winning the fall in 43:10. Rogers made a poor showing at Graeco-Ro- man style, backing to the ropes, when ever Gotch assumed the aggressive. Rogers finally went through the ropes and was stunned by the fall. Gotch was declared the winner in 32:00. Death Follows Long Fast. CINCINNATI Death from fasting under an impression that he was obeying a divine command is the fate of Rev. D. C. Bucles of Addystone, a suburb of this city. He had been for several years a local Methodist preacher in Cleremont county and came to Addystone over a year ago. His license was not renewed last year and he became a member of an out side religious body. He said he was acting under direct command from God and he would as a result be much more useful. fojiest reserve: There. Appears to Be More Than is Really Needed. WASHINGTON In his annual re port for this year Commissioner Rich ards of the general land office recom mends the exercise of more deliberate consideration of preparations looking to establishment of forest reserves than has been exercised in the past. The report adds: "Both the import ance of the objects to be accomplish ed and the many local interests to be considered necessitate great care in proceeding further in this direction. The government caa well afford at this juncture to delay action in estab lishing additional reserves until the force of forest experts now engaged upon the work can, by practical field examinations and scientific research, establish oeyond reasonable doubt in what localities and to what extent fur ther areas should be set apart for this purrose." During the last fiscal year nine re serves were created, bringing the total number upto fifty-nine and increasing .the aggregate covered by forest reser vations to 62,763494 acres. The report shows a falling off of $1,741,401 in the total receipts of the office as compared with the previous year, and a decrease in the area of public land disposed of, amounting to 6 418 477 acres. With the exception of 1903 the cash receipts were' greater than any previous year. The patents issued for the year numbered 56.386. and exceeaed those for any other twelve months in the history of the office. The receipts were $9,283,341 and the land disposed of aggregated lo40o.S21 acres. Of this quantity 10, 171,265 acres were entered under the homestead law, 2,353,854 were patent ed as railroad selections and 1,306,261 undr. timber and stone entries. Speakinr of the frauds committed under the timber and stone acts Mr. Rich?- -s srys: "During the last year it was decided to use the corps of exani'ntrs of surveys to investigate in the field all applications for surveys which aeced settlement and the re sult nas proven the wisdom of this course. "In the timber, no real settlement of any extent was found, but in most cases a camping hut, without furni ture and destitute of the means of housekeeping, was all that the exam iner could uiscover on the ground. It wa3 learned fiat these alleged settlers resided in distant towns and cities and that they were induced to lend their names by promises of rewards after the survey was accomplished, evident ly having no intention to make treir homes on the lanu. This investiga tion has resulted in materially check ing the ausorption by unscrupulous persons of tne timber now standing an the reserves." PRESENTS THE IOWA CASE. Gov. Cummins Interviews the Acting Secretary of War. WASHINGTON Governor Cum mins left for New York Tuesday night. He saw Acting Secretary of War Oliver In relation to the inscrip tion on the tablets to be erected by (owa regiments on the battlefield of Shiloh. The old contention regarding the time when the Iowa regiments, the Fifteenth and Sixteenth, entered the battle, is sill the subject of much controversy, but Governor Cummins insists that the reports of the colonels Df the two regiments, which are the only official reports of the participa tion of the regiments in the fight, should be accepted. He insists, after a review of the official reports in the department that the only direct evi dence resarding the two regiments come from Colonel Reed and Colonel Chambers, and that in the ahsenrc of other direct evidence the Shiloh com mission should accept those as the time when the regiments went into action. Acting Secretary Oliver decid ed to hold open the question pending the return of Governor Cummins to Washington. ARBITRATION COURT CONVENES Board at The Hague Will Pass on Taxing Power of Japan. THE HAGUE The first sitting of the arbitration court on the Japanese house tax question was held Monday. The United States is interested in the matter, although not a party to the present arbitration. The point at issue is the, contention of Great Britain, France and Germany that Japan im posed taxes on buildings in the old foreign concessions, which, being per petual leases, are exempt from taxa tion. The United States and other powers having similar concessions will accept the award. Mr. Gram, president of the court, who is one of the provin cial governors of Norway, at the open ing of the proceedings congratulated the governments who, by consenting to submit disputes to international jurisdiction, had given fresh proof of their attachment to a great and noble cause. He regretted that the path of humaniy along the road of progress was full of obstacles, but added that happily the number of conventions forming fresh bonds between nations was daily increasing. Hearing Swayne Charges. WASHINGTON A subcommittee of the house judiciary committee Mon day resumed the Investigation of the impeachment charges against Judge Charles Swayne of the northern dis trict of Florida. Representative Gil lette of California, a member of the committee, was unable to attend. The committee decided to go ahead with the Investigation and Charles T. For hes. a clerk in the general lind office, -.vaa called. He testified aealnst Judge Swayne regarding a timber trespass case in Florida. Faints When Sentenced. ST. LOUIS Theodore Stegner, for merly of Kansas City, president of the Missouri Rental company, convicted Saturday in the United States dis trict court of using the mails to de fraud, collapsed when sentenced by Judge Adams and fell fainting in the court room. He was carried out of the room and after fifteen minutes re vived. Judge Adams imposed a sen tence of four months, which is tne length of tme that Stenger has been confined in the Four Courts jail await ing trial. Judgment for Waitress. CHICAGO Miss Nellie Burke, a waitress in a Chicago restaurant, -was awarded a verdict for $5,000 In a breach of promise suit aga'nst John Spreng. manager of the Louisiana Plate Glass and Window company and a prominent business man of New Or leans. Although Spreng denied the story the young woman told and as serted the refernce to "kisses," "hugs" and other tokens of affection were only the indiscreet utterances of a friend, it took the jury only thiry minutes tn decide for Miss Burk I jKt- ,- I 1SJCDD A CIV A CT A TT! TVTrfWTO I " ' I 1 mvi Jln J 1 A I E iNE W O I MMHHK!UJ!y i ESTIMATED For Fiscal Period Commencing April 1 and Ending March 1, 1905. Aside from the state school appor tionment, it is estimated that it will cost to run the state government, maintain and keep in repair the state institutions and for permanent im provements for the next two years $3, 390,786. Of the state school appor tionment it is estimated there will be disbursed $1,344,127.54, making a to tal of $4,734,127.54 that the coming legislature will be asked to appropri ate. The following figures show what is wanted: Legislative expenses S 1 in. 000.00 Governor 20.080.00 Adjutant general 64.4S0.09 Commissioner of labor . 10.280.00 Secretary of state 20.3S0.00 Auditor, including insur ance department 39.610.00 Treasurer 22.700.00 Superintendent public in struction 21.280.00 Attorney general 19.880.00 Land commissioner 29.380.00 Board of public lands and buildings 30.000.00 Board educational lands and funds 5.000.00 Legal advertising 2.000.00 Banking department 33.880.00 Board of irrigation 14.3S0.00 Fish commission 20.C30.00 State board of health 12.S00.00 State food commission 9,200.00 State board charities and corrections 4.000.00 Nebraska library commis sion C. 000.00 District court 224.00O.OO supreme court t:3,St;o.oo State library 12.400.00 Home for the friendle:s 32.760.00 Hospital at Lincoln 2ir..2:".0.0 Asylum at Hastings 39fi.750.00 Hospital at Norfolk 54.8."iO.OO Reform school at Kearnev 94.S0O.O0 Girls" industrial scbol 2i.320.M0 Institute for deaf and dumb, Omaha 81.850.00 Institute for feeble-minded youth 103.4T.0.00 Institute for the blind 49.32f.0A Industrial home. Milford... 14.600.00 Soldiers" and Sailors' home. Grand Island 170.226.00 Soldiers' and Sailors' home. Milford T.7.9SS.00 State penitentiary 112.430.00 State normal school. I'eru.. 99,500.00 New state normal school, Kearney S."i.200.00 State university S42.47.i0 State historical socioty 10.000.00 State veterinarian 44j.oo State poultry association.. 2.000.00 State board of horticulture f..000.00 State board of agriculture. C.000.00 State dairymen's associ ation 2.000.00 Revenue books and blanks 6.000.00 Procuring and transcribing abstracts of lands 1.000.00 Laws. Journals, supreme court reports 30,000.00 Fugitives from justice, of ficers' fees 1T..0OO.00 Refunding state taxes il legally assessed 3,000.00 State board of equaliza tion, assessment 4.700.00 Geological survey (pub lished reports of) 2.000.00 Miscellaneous deficiency claims 30.000.00 Junior normal schools 12,000.00 Miscellaneous claims 8.000.00 J3.390.786.C0 AdflinR state school appor tionment to be disbursed during 1905-06 . . 1.344.127..-.4 Grand total 4.540.316.00 From the above amount chargeable to the gen eral fund is $2.540.3!fi.0O To the university fund .... S4U.47rt.00 To the library fund 8.000.00 To the temporary scliol fund ........ 1.3 1 1.1 2 1 .4 A " 1 11 1 .$4,734,913.54 Appropriated in 1903, from the general fund J2.S5I. 179.74 From librarv fund K.ooa.00 From university fund S7J.5no.oo NVrmal library fund 4,163.00 Disbursed, temporary school lund 1.351.127.54 J5.OS1.970.2S for S5.0S1.970.2S 1.794.9 13.5 5 Total appropriations 1903 Total for 1905 Difference ... Jeneral fund tions. 1903 .. General fund tions, 1905 .. . .$ 3 17.056.7 1 appropria- .J2.S51.179.7l nppropria- 2.540.216.00 Difference L'niversity fund a tions. 1903 ... University fund ations, 1905 .. . . .S 210,863.71 appropri-appropri- S74.500.00 S42.470.00 Difference $ 32.030. 00 Landmarks Are Going. The log school house in Nebraska is gradually becoming a thing of the past, while new school houses are gradually being erected. The reports of county superintendents being re ceived by the state superintendent show that during the last year the rod school houses were decreased Trn 334 to 273, while there was erected 165 new school houses, against 160 built last year. A comparison of the returns of last year and this year show this: Number of buildings: Frame, this year, 6.015; last year. 5.949; brick, this year. 339; last year. 321; stone, this year, 35; last year, 30; log. this year, 105; last year. 111: total number of school houses this year, 6,767; last year. 6.748. LINCOLN The penalty for neglect in the matter of reporting all conta gious diseases of stock to the state veterinarian will be enforced against many delinquents in the near future. Hog cholera is on the increase in many parts of Nebraska, and manv stock raisers have failed to comply with the law. which demands the im mediate reporting of the prevalence of all contagious diseases to the veterin arian's department. For Nebraska Soldiers. LINCOLN A claim agent from Washington. D. C. was at the office of the adjutnnt general of the Ne braska national guard last week, look ing over the records. He has a plan whereby he believes he can secure at least six days more pay for the sol diers who were mustered into tbe gov ernment service during the Spanish American war. Notwithstanding the fact that the soldiers have received pay for the time in question, it is thought they may draw it again if they desire. HUMBOLDT An extensive real es tate transfer was the recent sale of the Johnson ranch in tbe east part of the county, by the heirs to Messrs. A. J. Weaver and John H. Morehead of Falls City. The tract of land con tains 1,329 acres and the considera tion was $55,000 cash in hand. It is the intention of the new owners to divide the place into smaller farms and put them upon the market. Much of it is very desirable but as the owners would not consider selling any part without all, it proved difficult to find a buyer. Small Boy Fatally Burned. NORFOLK. Neb. Thomas Moran. aged 3. was probably fatally burned and two of his brothers were injured In a burning barn at Wayne. The fire started in the hay mow and enveloped Ahem. Horse Thieves to the Pen. COLDMisUS Deputy Sheriff Lach- nit took Frank Carter and George j Hart to Lincoln to enter upon their term of sentence in the penitentiary. I Carter and Hart each plead guilty xo horse steallss. . STATE EXPENSES. I THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA. WASH BLUE fr Cmtm 1 ! anil m ! m nli . I 9aBaH3ls?S4s2!il.PI The new opera house at Fairbury Is now ready for occupancy. By the explosion of a lamp at Green wood, three people were painfully burned. During a fire in Dannebrog. Neil Christiansen, a recent arrival from Denmark, perished in the flames. At Fremont. Frank Rooney. charged with horse stealing and. who plead ed insanity, was given one year in the penitentiary. The recent arrivals at the Nebraska Masonic home at Plattsmouth are I F. Sallee of Scotia. Neb., and John Duke of Plattsmouth. making fifteen persons in all. The Christian church at York is holding a series of meetings in which there Is continued interest and a re ligious awakening, which promises to convert a number. Martin Ryan, living southwest of Gretna, met with an accident. He had gone hunting and carried a gun that prematurely exploded. Amputation of his arm became necessary. Long Pine has been thrown into a bit of excitement over the mysterious disappearance suddenly of one of the prominent business men. R. P. In galls. a Jeweler, has not been seen or heard of for some time, and search ing parties are working in vain to lo cate him. W. D. Culwell and Joseph Lcttuliar of Nemaha county, met with a serious accident. They were engaged in haul ing hay. The load was upset and both men thrown to the ground. Culwell had his leg broken at the ankle and Letterilliar had several bones broken in the instep. A colored man named Bridges was arraigned at Grand Island on the charge of threatening a fireman on the Union Pacific with bodily injury. The acgro is a hobo, who was beat ing his way. He had been put off the train by the fireman on several occa sions and finally leveled a revolver at the fireman. George A. Souter. a well known and very jMiniilar conductor on the Bur lington, employed by the railroad com pany for the last twenty years, was last week taken to the insane asylum for treatment. Mr. Souter was taken ill several days ago while out on his run and telegraphed in to headquar ters for relief. The statements published by the national banks of York county as re cently called for by the departments, reflects a healthy growth and a most prosperous condition of the farmers and business men in and near York. The deposits amount to over $1,000. 000. of which a larger per cent by far is money belonging to farmers living close to York. Dr. Thomas, state veterinarian. ha returned from Inman, Holt county, where he examined three carcases of horses that died of some unknown cause. He found that death was caused by pinworms. Ore hundred head of horses died during tiie year The worms lore through the walls of the intestines and get into the blood cells causing blood clots. OM and young nr.imals are likely to be af flicted. Paralyzed on one side, unconscious and with very slight prospect for re covery. James W. Crawford, aged 6S years, lies at his home about two miles northwest of Kearney. Mr. Crawford was hauling hay. when in driving lie- ! side a deen ravine the wacon over turned, throwing him to the hard ground, whore he alighted on his head. The load of hay fell on tap of hint in flicting injuries that is thought will prove fat.il. The girls of the Beatrice High school have organized a debating so ciety under the leadership of Miss Louise VanCamp and Miss Emma Neidhart. There is some talk among state offi cials to the effect that the 1-mili levy for the University of Nebraska will be cut, because of the increased valu ation of the state, sonic of the fricnd3 J 0f the university are fearful that the general cry for economy will lead to such action. It Is argued that the 1 mill levy was enough six years ago when the total valuation of the state was IS8.000.000. and for that reason It is said that the same levy on a $294. 000,000 valuation is excessive. Senator Fries of Arcadia was in Lincoln looking up his candidacy for president of the senate. Srnator Fries was a member of the last session and he expects to secure much support from those who knew him in that ses sion. He pn-dicted a short, business like session, the only business of im portance before the legislature beinu the election of a United States sena tor, the appropriation bills and prob ably an amendment or two to the rev enue law. Senator Fries believes that the session will be a short one. As the result of picking up and eat ing what she supposed was a harmless cracker. Mrs. Monroe Revelle, wife ot a farmer living a few miles south east of Humboldt, came very near meeting her death. She by mistake ate a "rat biscuit." Norris Brown, newly elected attor ney general, formally announced th appointment of W. T. Thompson o' Merrick county, as his deputy. Mr Thompson has served several term in the legislature and two years at; was a candidate for speaker of th house. R. D. Pollard, the tax comrolssione; of the Burlington railroad, arrived in Kearney and tendered the countj treasurer of Buffalo county $4,442.2" for the taxes for 1604, but was refuse' by Treasurer Troupe as the taxr amounted to $5,046.58. A number of farmers in Gage cou ty have finished gathering their cor top and the yield is not as good a many expected it would be. Winte. wheat is looking good, although it i reported that the Hessian fly ha 'fiused slight damage to the crop in -ome localities. Frank Crownover sold his farm west of Benedict for $100 per acre. Mr crownover is one of the many success rul farmers of York county and ha many investments in mortgages, banl. -.tock and retires with a comfortable ortune made out of York county soil Austin Hynes, a prominent farmei of Holt county, met an extraordinarj death. Attempting to push open a swollen door that stuck, he threw his whole force against it, swung th hinge3- suddenly and fell through ntchl?. forward he struck on his . rcturing the skull and dying wart of any otkarkind of Mtof Won't Freeze, Spill, Break Nor Spot Clothe mround in the Water. Big Hairpin Factory, The greatest of the world's manu factories of hairpins Is at Painswick. a village in the Stroud valley,- at the foot of the Cotswolds. There are no fewer than three hundred persons em ployed in turning out these trifles of the boudoir, and hundreds of auto matic machines are in constant opera-' tion transforming miles of wire into tons of finished pins. Ixindon En gineer. American Stops Swiss Train. Losing his new bat out of a window of a Swiss express, an American pas senger pulled the alarm curd and the train was stopped. He recovered his hat and cheerfully paid a $10 fine. Antiseptic Flanellette. An English inventor claims to have found a process of making flanelletto garments non-inflammable and at the same time antiseptic. Says a Misogynist. If Paris hats and tiaras and neck laces were rewards of cheerfulncatf, women would forget how to weep. A Teacher's Testimony. Hinton. Ky.. Nov. 28. (Special.) It has long been claimed that Diabe tes is incurable, but Mr. E. J. Thomp son, teacher in the Hinton school, has pleasing evidence to the contrary Mr. Thompson had Diabetes. He took Dodd's Kidney Pills and is cured. In a statement he makes regarding his cure Mr. Thompson says: "I was troubled with my kidneys for more than two years and was tieated by two of the best doctors in this part of the state. They claimed I had Diabetes and there was little to be done for me. Then I started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and what they did for me was wonderful. It is entirely owing to Dodd's Kidney Pills that I am now enjoying good health." Many doctors still maintain that Diabetes is incurable. But Diabetes is a kidney disease, and the kidney disease that Dodd's Kidney IMUs will not cure has yet to be discovered. World's Most Beautiful Things. The three most beautiful things in the world are roses, white butterflies and a woman's heart. Hvery nousekeepcr snould know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but becan? each package contains 16 02. one full pound while nil other Cob! Water Starches are put up In ?4 -pound pack ages, and the price is the same. 10 rents. Then again boi-ause Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem icals. If your grocc tries to sell yon a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiinco. lie knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let ters and figures "16 o.s." Dema'id Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron iticking. Defiance never sticks. The wise man who has anything say to a mule says it to his face. to The Wabash is the Only Line Landing You at the World's Fair. Rrouud trip rates from Omaha are as follows: ?8.50 sold daily except Friday and Saturday, good 7 days. $13.80 sold daily, good 15 days. Tfio Wabash is the only line tnat land's passengers at the main entrance of the World's F- r grounds. Also the only line that can check your baggage to the World's Fair station. Think what a saving of time, annoyance and ex tra car fare. AH agent ; can sell you through ticket and route you over the Wabash. Very low rates to many points South. Southeast. For bca.itiftil World's Fair folder an. all information cnJ! at 1601 Farnam St. or address Harry B. Moores. Gen. Asrt. Pass. Dept. Wab. R. R.. Omaha. Neb. Where Insects Stop Navigation. The worst insect-infested neighbor hood in the world is the const of Borneo. The streams of that region are. at certain seasons, unnavigabl: because of the clouds of insects which fill the air and make life unbearable. Ask Your Dnifgist for Allen's Foot-Ease. 1 tried ALLEN'S FOOT EASE recent ly, and have just bought another supply It has cured my corns, and the hot, burning and itclungsensatioa in my feet which wu almost unbearable, and I would not be vrita-. out it now. Mrs. W J W.ilker. dundua, ft. J." Sold by all Druggists, SOa Bellows in the Aztecs. The Aztecs operated bellows for the forges in the old Mexican copper mines by opening them with the hands and pushing them together with feet. I do not believe I'ino's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds. Joav P. UoTKK. Trinity Spring Ind.. Feb. 15, 1SXJU You can't always judge a man's bank account by the artistic decora tions on the front of his office safe. TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAT Ttka Laxatlte llrurno yulalne Tablet. Alt dn: M refund ins m ney If It falls tu care. E. T. Grove' lnture 1 oa tach buz. 23c. You do not sweeten your mouth fcy saying honey. You do not grow virtu ous by talking of virtue. Ivan Panin. The church is not at all sacred when It thinks that the street is. wholly secular. Chicago Tribune. Rectify evils whilst small, and check wrongs lest they grow and overwhelm thee. Confucius. It's the chap who says he doesn't care for filthy lucre who is always wanting to borrow a quarter. Half a loaf may or may not be bet ter than no bread. It depends alto gether on the maker. A man never kicks if his name is misspelled in the polic records of a newspaper. . Ti - j-? "if- '. gva.ij- SfgSr r3yr"-,gs-