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- - 7 --.jrgsr - ---t r -irr nnii rt - MAMU.. I jmm3&rMa . .a. "am"""n"11 " '"' - i. i. .,,. , ' "' V. us . 51 . I : w V.t !.' i I 4 .1 I y : lie Colimbus Journal By COLUMBUS JOURNAL CO. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. News in Brief Five stores and a hotel were de stroyed liy fire" at Tishamingo, I. T. The senior officer on the retired list of the French army has just cele brated his 100th birthday. Chicago women are told that if they would he fashionable they must culti vate the "hour-glass" figure. A young man was arrested in New York while trying.to cash a check for f2.800,000, and is held for examina tion. Baron Von Hammerstein. Prussian minister of the interior, is dead. He had been ill with asthma, complicated with heart weakness. Former President Grover Cleveland left Princeton. N. J., for a three weeks trip to Florida to recuperate from an attack of gout. The last relative of Mozart hns just died, the Baroness Rprrhtold zu Son nenburg, who was a granddaughter of the composer's sister. Hostile armies have ceased fighting for the time boing and are engaged In a test of speed and endurance, with probably the goal of the race. Horace G. Burt former president of the Union Pacific, has been offered the $100.0(10 a year tak of directing the work on the Panama canal. Eastern railroads' are charged with Tbad faith in the matter of making special rates for tho coming conven tion of the Natioral Educational Asso ciation. A portrait in oil of the late James O. Blain painted by Thorpe, is now In the committee room of Representa tive McCleary at the capital, "Wash ington. An Italian cruiser arrived at San Domingo with orders to se;7e the custom house unless tho treaty with America is found to protect Italian claims. The presidential boom of Vice President Fairbanks, according to re port, is to be launched at the coming banquet of the Tar Heel Club at Caro lina City. Va. Congressman Hull's views regarding Japan's possible future attitude to ward the Philippines meet with in dorsement from prominent men in the national capital. President MacLean of Iowa un'ver- fdty announces successful candidates in the recent examination for the Cecil Rhodes scholarship: Shortridge Hardest y of Drake passes. State Senator Eaton of Wisconsin admits receiving $101 for defeating the barbers' commission bill, but ,says he spent the monov in entertaining members of the legislature. S. N. Parent, premier of the prov ince of Quebec, has resigned. Isomer Guln. son-in-ltw of the late Count Honore Mercier, will in nil probability be asked to form a cabinet. Castro, in the hope of allaying hos tility of European jtowers, proposes a consolidation of the Venezuelan ex terior debt and a new loan of $26, 000,000. France threatens to use force. Andrew Carnegie has been appoint-' a a member of the committee to visit. the Harvard chemical laboratory by the overseers of Harvard college to succeed the late William II. Baldwin. August Belmont retires from the di rectory of the National Bank of North America at New York, it is supposed for the same reasons that led to the recent resignation of President Ed wards. . The national commission of the Ixwiisiana Purchase Exposition met in "Washincton. and elected former Sen ator John M. Thurston as president. Some complaints in regard to con tracts were considered. At the coroner's inquest held at I.a Platte. Sarpy county, the jury brought In a verdict that Frank Lancer was killed by a Missouri Pacific train, but attached no blame to either the road or air of its employes. Ground has been broken for an ad dition to President Roosevelt's Saga more Hill home. Th addition wiM be 2 by 38 feet at the base, and will make a great improvement in the ap pearance of the house. J. E. Daly, an Oakland. Call., livery man who was acting as messenger for the Central Bank of Oakland, was fceld up and robbed of fin.ono white on his way to the Standard Oil refin ery at Point Richmond. Among winners by the recent up ward movement in Wall street Wil liam Rockefeller is said to take the lead. His profits in The past few months are put at $ln000.000. chiefly made in the rise in Union Pacific. "It has been said reneatedly that 1 bad asserted that Andrew Carnegie was my father. I deny that, and 1 deny it absolutely." The statement as made by Mrs. Cassie I. Chad wick in the first authorized Interview since her trial. lieutenant Charles E. Hay. son ol former Mayor Charles E. Hay of Springfield. 111., and nenhew of Sec retary of State Hay. who has just been appointed judge advocate of the department of Texas, is to be appoint ed a captain of cavalry. Frank Bacon, at one time nominee for president on The prohibition ticket. Is dead at Los Anceles. He was a for mer resident of Muscatine. la. News reaches the state department that France has notified Venezuelan government not to interfere further with the franchise cf cable company. Harry S. New has been appointed vice chairman of the republican na tional committee. Governor Miasorodoff of Finland was shot and seriously wounded by a youth, who gained entrance to the governor's office and was captured after the shooting. The lower house of the Tennessee legislature has passed the bill which prohibits betting on horse races In Tennessee. All the stonecutters and tool sharp eners who recently went out on strike at the granite quarries at Quincy, , reported for work. Governor Peabody kept bis agree- it and retired from the governor-. skip of Colorado in favor of Lieuten- Governor McDonald. Mr. Mary B. Page, a fortune teller. 70 years, was found dead in her at St Louis, having been bosnd. and strangled to death. - -. .lYsaldeat Roosevelt, having reqflest- . -i United States Senator William Warner to nominate his successor, as United States district attorney for MiasonrL Mr. Warner will re- the selection of his astdst- A. .., Taucsnbnrgh. a native "Kz of A Synopsis of Proceedings eral SENATE The -Cady .railroad, .com mission bill, a copy of the act of 1887, Tepealed by the legislature of 1901, passed the senate on the 21st with only four votes against it. The entire morning was spent in the passing of bills and all but one measure on third reading was disposed of. The most important measures before the senate were passed and the vote in most in stances was unanimous. As a result of the morning session there will go to the house with the senate's ap proval the Harsh elevator bill, to pre vent discrimination by railroads in the matter of furnishing cars to ship pers of grain; Sheldon's bill for a constitutional amendment to allow the investment of the permanent school fund in county and school district bonds; the bill giving telegraph and telephone companies the right of em inent domain; Thomas' proposed con stitutional amendment to allow all cities over 5.000 to make their own charters. Epperson's bill to allow the governor to fix date of infliction of the de:ith penalty when imposed by a court; Epperson's bill to place all charitable institutions under the charge of the State Board of Char ities: Saunders bill to vacate streets outside of cities in land platted, but nut approved by the county commis sioners; Meserve's measure reducing the license fee charged non-resident Hunters to $10; the bill providing for the municipal regulation of gas and electric light meters and for the meas urement of weights and measures; Saunders bill to allow cities to do a commercial heating business: Gilli gan's bill providing for a board of control for the state institutions: the South Omaha salary bill, and a num ber of others of less importance. HOUSE The house, on the 21st. recommended these measures for pas sage: House roll No. 328. for the re lief of Russell F. Loomis. House roll No. 305, providing for state construc tion, ownership, control and repair of all bridges 500 feet or more in length on or as part of a public. House roll No. 300, for the submission of a con stitutional amendment providing for the safe investment of the permanent school fund. The bill introduced by Foster for a constitutional amend ment allowing cities of 5,000 or more to make their own charters by and with the consent of the legislature house roll No. 30S was recommend ed for indefinite postponement. The "independent telephone bill" house roll No. 1S2 by Fishback of Clay, was recommended for passage after a live ly discussion. The bill is designed to give tho indepenuent companies the use of the Omaha property of the Ne braska Bell Telephone company for tho delivery of long distance mes sages from independent subscribers outside of Omaha to Bell subscribers in Omaha, for which service the Bell company is to receive 10 cents per message. House roll No. 351, by War ner, to compel railroad companies either to furnish sites on their rights-of-way to Independent elevators or else to build switches and sidetracks thereto where the elevator has a mini mum capacity of 15,000 bushels, was recommended for passage without opposition manifesting itself. HOUSE The house passed a mo tion on the 22nd to hold night sessions the remainder of the week and a ses sion Saturday, by a vote of 48 to 32. Bills were passed as follows: Raising the salary of the county physician or Gage county. Abolishing the Soldiers Home visiting board. Defining ways In which the American flag may be used as an emblem. To remit all taxes due the stale from Hamilton county prior to 1891. when the county court house was destroyed by fire and all records thereby wiped out. To pro hibit children under 15 years of age from carrying firearms. Amending the law fixing the time of holding annual school meetings. To enable Ruth Abery to sue school district No. 23 of Douglas county for personal Injuries. Prohibiting the sale of liquor within four miles of an army post. Permit ting cities to condemn property for school sites. Providing for not less than five nor more than seven junior normal schools, and that the appoint ive schools shall be relocated each year. To regulate giving of bonds for county funds by depository banks. Ap propriating $25,000 for test borings for the discovery of oil, coal, gas or artesian water. Providing for a repre sentative form of government of fra ternal insurance companies on a basis of 85 per cent of the membership. SENATE The anti-Christian Science bill passedjthe senate on the 22nd by a vote of 17 to 13. The doc tors in the legislature make no secret of the fact that Governor Mickey will sign the bill and entertain no fears of executive disapproval. Senate file No. 276. by Guild, was passed. This bill requires stock to be unloaded in the South Omaha yards within an hour and a half after its arrival. Sen ator Gilligan moved that the sifting committee take charge of the gpneral file of the senate at 12 o'clock Thurs day. This motion carried after several motions were made to delay the time of the renovating process. This means that all bills must run the gauntlet of the sifting committee, as well as the committee of the whole. The following bills were passed: House roll No. 62. appropriating $10,000 for a stock pa vilion at the state fair grounds: house roll No. 165. the anti-Christian Science bill; house roll No. 173. appropriating $100 in each county for farmers' in stitutes; house roll No. 217. regulating the payment of outstanding indebted ness In road districts; house roll No. 192. regulating the liability of oftl cials; house roll No. 193, protecting state deposits in .banks; house roll No. 195. allowing surety companies to go on liquor bonds; house roll No. 200. prohibiting a breach of trust In printers' contracts: senate file No. 241, regulating tax sales; senate file No. 178, defining property exempt from taxation; senate file No. 215, regulat ing the redemption of property sold at tax sales; senate file No. 281. pro viding for. annual reports of .insurance companies. Senate file No.. 22L a bill raising the standards for county su perintendents, was recommended for passage. Under the provisions of the bill soanty superintendents' must be able to secure a first grade certificate. An appropriation Jt $32,000 was voted tor the Pern normal .HOUSE TheJsos ! the iJ&ivSv i a u 'KS i -. ? - .It t of the Twenty "Ninth Gen Session. 23d3Kitb.jSpeaKer..Rousein the chair. House roll No. 328, for the relief of Russell F. Loomis, passed. House rdll No. 228, a Lincoln charter JJUl-pre-pared by City Attorney Strode; pass ed with the emergency .clause. House roll No. 282, by Hillrof Hitchcock; to J nx me minimum numoeriosxirauur ana regulate speed on 'railroads, "was amended so as to"strike out 'the, regu lation, of running time," and .was then I recommenaea ior passage. nouse -roil No. 378, a joint resolution by Wind- ham of Cass, for the calling of a con stitutional' convention, was recom mended for. passage. In committee of the whole, with Clarke in the chair the following measures were recom mended for passage : House roll No.. 3az, a compulsory scnooi measure,, house roll -Nov 372, providing for an open season for. trout from June 1 to October 31; house roll" No. 307, .pre venting the'ikilling of,-! insectivorous birds; house roll No. 345, to consoli date the office Tofcounjy and city treasurer of I Omaha; bouse rolU.No. 297, by Dodge, for a constitutional amendment creating an elective Rail road commission of three members and to define jt? powers and duties, was'-warmly advocated -.by its intro-T ducer'inan extended' speech. A com mittee amendment' was adopted, leav ing the salaries of the commissioners to be fixed by the legislature instead of fixing the amount at $2,500. Another committee amendment .. 'was,- adopted providing that the threecommission ers shall be elected in 1906, at the time the amendment is submitted, and that every vote for any candidate for commissioner shall be counted as a vote for the amendment. The bill was recommended forpassage. SENATE By a vote of 18 to 19, H. R. 49, 'providing for the establishment of a binding twine plant at the state penitentiary was recommended for passage by the senate in the commit tee of the whole, on' the 23rd. That it will pass the senate there is not the slighest doubt' though-it is not known that the measure "will' receive executive approval. Gibson', of '"Doug las .county made an effort-which was successful in causing the indefinite postponement of H. R. 168, to license commission merchants and compel them to give a bond. The Sheldon tele phone bill as amended was reported for general file. These bills were pass ed: H. R. 135 Appropriating $32,000 for the. Peru normal r school for a li brary. H. R. 106 Allowing insurance companies to consolidate with the consent of the auditor. H. R. 169 Giv ing the right of eminent domain to the State university. H. R. 163 Allowing th sale of penitentiary lands. H. R. 243 To abolish the soldiers borne visiting board, was recommended for passage. S. F. 27 Allowing the gov ernor to appoint a member of the leg islature to fill a vacancy during the session, was recommended for pas sage. Senator GIffin attempted to amend the house irrigation bill, H. R. 271. so as to give to the irrigation dis tricts of the west the right of eminent domain, but the attempt failed. HOUSE These bills were passed on the 24th: Enabling the State Print ing board to buy supplies in case of emergency not exceeding in cost 5100 for any department, without observ ing the formal routine process. Fix ing the salary of county clerks in counties of from 18,000 to 25,000 pop ulation at $1,500 a year. Making the county assessor-of Douglas county ex officio tax commissioner of Omaha. Defining the powers of county boards. H. R. 1S2, by Fishback of Clay To compel the Nebraska Telephone com pany to afford connections at the limits of any city where it operates the only exchange to a new concern that may construct its lines up to the boundaries of such city. Empowering county treasurers to collect personal taxes against a decreased debtor by making themselves administrators of the estate. Providing a schedule of fees to be paid the state by corpora- i tions for services rendered by the secretary of state. Providing for state ownership, control, construction and repair of all bridges 500 feet or more long located on or as part of public roads. Makes the sheriff in all coun ties responsible for the fees of his oflice. To put sheriffs on a salary in stead of fee basis. A bill to compel railroads to grant equal shipping and terminal facilities to all elevators. In committee of the whole the house rec ommended for passage these meas ures: H. R. 413, by the committee on federal relations Appropriating $3,000 for a silver set for the Nebraska lattleship. H. R. 359, by Bartoo of Valley To relieve persons from pay ing for papers and magazines for which they do not subscribe. H. R. 40S, by Copsey of Custer Prohibiting the use of slot machines and impos ing a penalty of from one- to three years in the penitentiary. ' SENATE In the senate on the 24th these bills were passed: H. R. 214 To protect union labor labels. H. R. 271 Restricting the indebtedness of irrigation districts. H. R. 224 Re enacts the drainage law. S. F. 243. to abolish the old soldier's visiting board, was rassed. H. R. 49, the bib to establish the binding twine plant, was passed by a vote of 18 to 1L The senate defeated the anti-pass bill, the last of the kind before the legisla ture. It was indefinitely postponed by 15 to 14. H. R. 20, appropriating $60, 000 for the rebuilding of the west wing of the Norfolk asylum and cot tages, and beautifying the grounds, was amended to appropriate $35,000 and passed. H. R. 211, providing a manner of appeal to the supreme court, was passed. The senate recom mended for passage the salary bill, H. R. 250, with few changes, which were as follows: Clerk in the office of the labor commissioner, increased from $1,000 to $1,200 a year. Draughts man in the land commissioner's office, increased from $1,300 to $1,500 a year. Bookkeepers In the land commission er's office, reduced from $L500 to $1,200 a year. Deputy game warden, increased from $L200 .to, $1,500 a year. 1 Three stenographers to the supreme court, increased from $900 to $1,000 a year. Salary of assistant physician at the Norfolk asylum, decreased from $1.50 to $1,200 V-year. Salary of sur geon at the Grand Island, Soldiers' Home; increased. from. $1.000: to $1,200, a year. All of the amendments were recommended by the finance commit tee and after half of the hill had been gone over it was adopted wltheet fur ther dlscnssion. NEBRASKA SINCE WAR BEGAN RUSSIANS HAVE LOST-HALF MIL- LION MEN THUS FAR. -;. FACTS FROM THE WAR OFFICE Bureau Officials, Stung by Criticism, Isi-ue, a Statement of Operations. Genraj 'lliaevitch tontinuea ;His Retirement 'to'thV North": ST. PETERSBURG Stung by the wholesale criticism lately heaped up on the war office for its unprepared ness and Incapacity in providing the Manchurian army with men, guns and munitions, the army organ lays bare what has been done since the open ing of hostilities giving the exact fig ures. From these it appears that up to March 12, the war oflice had dis patched 13,087 officers, 761,467 men, 146,408 horses, 1,521 guns and 316,321 tons of munitions and supplies to the front declaring the- transportation strained the Siberian' railroad to its utmost capacity. The' army organ admits that the army 'in the far east, when the war opened was hardly worth the name (no figure; being given., but it is known that the troops did not exceed 60,000 men) defending this on the ground that Emperor Nicholas desired to avoid war and therefore refrained from sending reinforcements which surely with have provoked it. , The criticism of the war office's failure, to adequately supply Port Ar thur Is met bv tho statement that it was provisioned for a garrison of twelve battalions, the decision to put thirty battalions there being taken so late that the original calculations could not be; remedied. While affirming that the quick-firing guns and field guns of the Rus sians are superior to those of the Jap anese, the war office explains that the misfortune in the insufficiency of the mountain, guns was due to the fact that when the war broke out Russia was just adopting a new pattern. It is denied that the war office was deceived in regard to the. available strength of the Japanese army or the organization of the Japanese reserves, but the army orean frankly admits that the talents of the officers and the wonderful spirit of the soldiers were miscalculated. " The publication of this article has created a sensation among military men and in public circles many of the former are censuring the general staff for disclosing valuable military se crets and the latter finding from the figures a practical admission that the war has cost almost 500,000 men in killed, wounded, prisoners and sick, as the whole effective force in the far east is now believed not to exceed 300.000 men. General Linevitch continues the re tirement of the bulk of his army oorthward. The general staff now declares it is certain that Field Marshal Oyama has been compelled to relinquish the 'dea of a pursuit in force for the pres ent. The Japanese forces on the Rus sian flanks are too light to constitute a serious danger and a lull in heavy fighting for several weeks if not months is predicted by some of the correspondents. RATIFY WARNER'S ELECTION Non-Partisan Demonr-iration for New Senator. KANSAS CITY Convention hall was packed by an audience which met to ratify the election of Major William Warner of this city to the United States senate. The audience was composed of not only Kansas' Cityans, but of admirers of the new senator from all parts of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and the Indian territory. The meeting was non-partisan, democrats being as enthusiastic as republicans in paying tribute to Major Warner. Other speakers were Thomas J. Ak '.ns, member of the republican na tional committee from Missouri; D. P. Dyer of St. Louis. United States dis trict attorney for eastern Missouri, and Charles Nagle of St. Louis. Senator Warner said in part: "The burning issue of the day is that of setting proper metes and bounds to corporate power, and the suppression of the unlawful encroach- raei .unon the. rishts of the l"50"16 of organized capital. These issues must be met and solved in a spirit of fair olay and with the high resolve to give every interest a square deal. The just and equitable solution of these prob lems will tax the experience and wis lom of legislative and executive de partments of the government. If in their solution error is made the error should, be on the side of the people." Time Extended to Syrians. WASHINGTON Minister Powell has cabled the state department from Port Au Prince that the Haytien go' srnment by decree has extended from April 1 to May 15 the time allowed for Syrians holding forged naturaliza tion American citizenship papers to withdraw from Hayti. Get Seventy-five Lashes. WINNIPEG. Man. Sandercock and McDonald, highwaymen, were sen tenced by Judge Richards to fifteen and ten years respectively, with seventy-five lashes, for robbery with violence from Winnipeg merchants, and received the first installment of twenty-five lashes. McDonald made a great uproar and from the first stroke of the dreaded cat-o'-nine-tails scream ed horribly and had to be carried to his cell. Sandercock groaned In a manner that made his punishment seem severe. Mexican Minister III. WASHINGTON Don Manuel de Aspiraz. the Mexican ambassador, is seriously 111 with a severe attack of the grip and other complications, and his family are greatly concerned over his condition. The ambassador has been ill for the greater part of the winter, but he insisted on attending the inaugural ceremonies at the capi tol and it was learned that he came near fainting after leaving the presi dent's stand. He suffered a relapse as the result of his exposure and now his condition has become serious. Details of Japanese Loans. LONDON The final details of 'the Japanese loan were concluded here Friday, with the exception of the ex act date of issue. This has not yet been decided, but it will not be delay ed. The amount is $150,000,900 with Interest at A per cent. The price of fssae is 90 and the security will be the net receipts' of the tobacco mon& Wj of. Japan, .asjoanting to $16,000, 000, according to the budget of the next fiscal year. The loan win be is sued simultaneously in New York and London, each taking $75.Mo.00. WILL TRY IT AGAIN. Another Beef -Trusts Report In Stare "" For Congress. J WASHINGTON. Another, report dealing .with thepperations- of J the vbeef JtrnsViSjlo be- mide toJcongrsK It has been announced at the depart ment of commerce and labor that agents are at work ascertaining data concerning the operations of cattle growers nthe range and T the saleof beef and fo'productkattetaiI.''Tiiex&. are-, otherfeatuxesjela, ting to,any: thing that may have looked criminal to the investigators' which has been turned over to the department of jus tice, and which are to be 'included in the second report. Just what the secret service men discovered in this line has been care fully concealed for grand jury pro ceedings in various parts of the coun try. Had it appeared in the original report made by Commissioner Gar field, the report would not have so dis appointed 'those who expected a scath ing denunciation of the combine. Some of these features of the re port deal with private car transporta tion, refrigeration, and such things. Just how carefully this information is guarded 'will -be recognized when it is known that fifteen secret service men have been sent to Chicago to guard witnesses ithere who are to testify. before. .the grand jury. MUST PAY JOHN G. CARLISLE Former Secretary Wins Suit for At torney's Fees. NEW YORK The decree of a lower court awarding John G. Carlisle, for mer secretary of the treasury, ?123j 339 for professional, services in con nection with a contest against the constitutionality of the laws under which duties were levied on goods' imported from Porto Rico, has been affirmed by the appellate division of the supreme court. Mr. Carlisle was engaged by Rcon Barnes, who had been retained as counsel by various merchants, to as sist him in the cpntest. .As a result of the litigation the, importers re covered nearly $300,000. from the gov ernment. According to Mr. Carlisle, some thing over $S9,000 of this amount was paid to Barnes, but the- latter refused to make a settlement with him, deny ing that he ever had engaged Mr. Carlisle's services. Mr. Carlisle then brought suit to recover his fee and was awarded $200,349. CHANGE IN CANAL COMMISSION Presldent and Secretary Taft Work Ina o Rearrangement. WASHINGTON The president and Secretary Taft are making every ef fort to complete the rearrangement of the isthmian canal, commission previous to the departure of the presi dent on his southwestern trip. It is possible that this cannot be accom plished, as it is necessary for a num ber of communications to pass be tween pirties who must be consulted before tho new plan is completed. It has been decided that It will be necessary under"the law for the presi dent to appoint a commission consist ing of seven members. Ko holds that such a number would make the com-, mission unwieldy, but as congress failed to provide for a smaller com mission, it is held by the attorney general that the commission of seven members is mandatory in the presi dent. RUSSIANS HALT TO REST. Stop Likely to Be a Short One, as Japanese Are Advancing. GUNSHU PASS The Russian re treat has now reached the village of Sipinghai, seventy-four miles north of Tie Pass, where it has temporarily halted. The army has been without rest for months T.nd it is natural that fatigue should be evident. The Jap anese are said to be advancing on Sipinghai positions along the railway and on both flanks. A brisk action occurred on the even ing of March 18 at Kaiyuan. the Rus sian Tear guard beating off two heavy attacks which lasted until midnight. After blowing up railway bridges north of Kaiyuan at five places, the Russian retirement was continued on M?rch 19. 20 and 21, with only light rifle firing. The Mukden branch of the Russo Chinese bank removed all its money except $150,000. M'CORMICK TOLD TO HURRY. United States 'Anxious to Have Him rt P?ris Soon. ST. PETERSBURG Mr. McCor inick,. the retiring ambassador to Rus sia, lias 'received urgent instructions from Washington to proceed to Paris at the "earliest possible moment. Whether the desire of the state de partment to have Mr. .McCormick as sume his duties in Paris at once is due to the prospect of an opening of peace negotiations there, or to the Venezuelan complications or to the wish of Ambassador Porter to depart sooner than expected is not known here. Anneal For .OutsideAid. BROCKTON, Mass. The first or ganized movement for the relief of the families of the persons believed to have perished in the explosion and fire at R. B. Grover & Co.'s factory last Monday has been begun. As a result of the disaster thirty-seven wives were made widows, forty-eight children were made fatherless and six children became orphans. Mayor Keith presided at a meeting at which a request was made that every wage earner in the city give over one day's wage to the relief fund. Standard Has- a License. , TOPEKA, Kan. It developed Fri day that the Standard. Oil company, against which the attorney general has commenced suit to oust from the state on the ground that It has no license to do business here, has had, such a license since 1893. The license was granted by the state charter board in theregular way to the Stan dard Ofl company of Indiana. The other allegation is that th company is violating the anti-trust law and that it should be driven from the state on' that account, .., .Fatal Duel With Knives. STEUBENVILLE, O. A knife duel to the death was fought by John Dobinsky and John Slato,- miners at Plum Run. The men. maddened ,b liquor, agreed to settle a grievance with knives. StrippiBg. to the waist they began to fight Each thrust ol the knives that caused blood' to' spurt was cheered by the loungers whe looked on. The" men "grew weaker ano weaker from "the 'Ion of blood and felL On the floor the men clinched aad sank their knives Into each other's bodies tin strength failed. Fresh Water pish in Germany. In many districts', of Germany, wheresea fish is still V luxury com paratively -seldom seen, a the coarse fish of inland waters are an import ant article of food.Mn North Germany acaiy with vsaiice cif white wine or beer rs--popularaad--b1ghly esteemed as a Christmas dish. It has been esti mated taat in Berlin alone 3,000 tons of -carp were sold-last December for the Christmas day dinner. Dwarfs of Ox Family. One of the grenten curiosities among the domesticated animals of Ceylon is a -breed of cattle, known to the zoologist as the "sacred running oxen' They are the dwarfs, of the whole ox family, the largest specimens of the species never exceeding 30 Inches in height. t Mad Dogs Held Sacred. It is. claimed that if a dog goes mad among the Mokis. a special house is built for him, and there he is kept and nursed in the greatest revcence until he dies. Like the venomous rep tile, thei mad' dog is sacred to this eccentric- Arizona redskin. Wedding Anniversaries. Wedding anniversaries follow: First, cottonr second, paper; third, leather; fifth, wooden; seventh, wool en; 10th, tin; 12th. silk and fine linen; 15th, crystal; 20th, china; 25th, sil ver; 20. th. pearl; 40th, ruby; 50th, golden; 75th, diamond. What the Dentist Says. Toledo, Ohio. March 27th (Special.) t-Harry T. Lewis, the well known den tist of 607 Sumit street, this city, is telling of his remarkable cure of Kid ppy Disease 'by using Dodd's Kidney Pills. I was flat on my back and must say I had almost given up all hope of ever getting any help," says Dr. Lewis. "My" kidneys had troubled me for years. The pains in my back were severe and I had to get up several times at night. I tried different medi cines but kept on getting worse till I'was laid up. "Then a friend advised me to' try' .Dodd's Kidney Pills and in about two weeks I started to improve. Now- I am glad to admit I am cured and I. cannot praise Dodd's Kidney Pills too highly." If you take Dodd's Kidney Pills when your kidneys first show signs of being out of order you will never have Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Gravel or Rheumatism. Slaughter of Swallows. The swallow is being annihilated. As the birds cross France and Italy going to Africa in the fall and return ing in the spring they are merciless ly slaughtered for the table and the plume trade. Their numbers are vis ibly decreasing. Every housekeeper should 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 because each package contains 16 oz. one full pound while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in 4P0nd pack ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem icals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let ters and figures "16 ozs." Demand De fiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron stick ing. Defiance never sticks. Why Laughter is Beneficial. Laughter usually produces a bene ficial effect by relaxing mental ten sion or breaking a monotony. Under ordinary conditions it seems to act as a tonic by producing a stimulat ing effect upon the general circulation of the blcod. Stats or Onto, Citv or Toledo, i Lui Ai crTT. t Fraxk J. Cheney malcrs oath that be It lentor pinner of the firm of K. J. Chen rr & Co.. doing Lasinri la the City of Tt:cl . IXumy aad State aforesaid, anj thiU '":. 1 fir.ii will piy the sum of ONE IirSIMtEU HOI.LAK'3 fjr each and excry case of Catkkii that ca:iuu: be cured by the ufe of Ball's Catakuii Ci-kz. FKAVK J. CIIEVEV. Strom to tiefore ni nnl fiilmerlhed la lay pre eoce, thl ML (Uy ot IteceuiU r, A. I. Ik-'''- . . A. W. (.1.KASON, ' iil Notary Pcblio. Hall's Catanh Care U tnken Internally and acta directly on the hl 1 and mucnu surface cf tha ayatem. Send for teiit!ii"iital. frre. F. .1. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. Fold t7 all DmpcWs. 73c Take Haifa Family I'll! for constipation. Loveliest Face in Art. In the National museum of Naples stands the statue of Psyche, which is" considered by nearly all connoisseurs to have the loveliest face ever model ed or painted. It was discovered in the ruins of the amphitheater at Capua. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say tbey don't koop De fiance Starch. This is because tbey have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 ounces in a package which they won't be al!e to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 ounces for the same money. Do you want 16 ounces instead of 12 ounces for same money? Then buy De fiance Starch. Requires no cooking. Flogged Because of Their Beauty. Among the Australian aborigines, the newly married wife, especially where she is attractive, is made con scious of her charms by vigorous flog gings from the other women until some of her youth and beauty wear off. A GCAKANTEKI CUKE FOR ITLES. Itchlns. Wind. Weeding or IT trud! Vur'. Yimr druppls: will refund iuiney If l'AZo OINXMiM falls to cure juu lu 8 to it days. S'jc The. average cost of labor in the pro duction and preparation of coffee is 4.7 cents a pound. Write Emrene Moore, 210 Odd Fellows' Eldg.. St. Louis. Mo., for full information of 268.60 acre plantation. Jtock for sale. Easiest payments, b dividends guaran teed. Active Managers and Agents wanted. Don't imagine Uiat women really mean It when they kiss each other. They do It to keep in practice. Piso's Cure for Consumi'tlon is jm Infallible medicine for congas and colds. N. W. SAMJKX Oceaa GroTe, N. J., Feb. 17, lKfl. Don't tell your children how very good you were when yon were young. They may doubt your veracity. itM-lfagfae T'a nm of Dr. Klnte'a Orat Ktrre 5a.fl.XunUBAickKRC. fnllrtelM,a niKK BU-Hai inai lour no s Don't fail to lay up'Something for a rainy day, even if it's nothing more than a borrowed umbrella. , , Defiance Starch is guaranteed big gest and best or money refunded. 1 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. Silence may be goldea. but money often talks in silvery tone. Nebraska News I ' ' ' I - Real estate, men of Beatrice will or ganize an exchange. ' v IohibilionlEts.'haveput ticket n the field at Falrbury. A "good citizens" movement is in progress at Tecumseh. A project is on foot to establish a cold storage plant at Auburn. The school board at Burwell re elected all -the grado-teacuers. . B. F. Carpenter, a South Omaha live stock man was asphyxiated by gas. Mrs. F. O'Connor of Nemaha coun ty, has been taken to the asylum. Fremont will build an auditorium that will accommodate 1,500 people. Sarpy county farmers are trying the D. Ward King plan of dragging roads. The Schmadlesky photographic studio was destroyed by fire at Se ward. Columbus purposes to double the cost of liquor licenses from $730 to $1,500. v The Northwestern Bowling associa tion will hold tournament at Colum bus April ' 24-2D. Burglars entered the postofllce at Plattsmouth. but succeeded in getting only tea dollars. Louis Christensen and Tilly Christ ensen, divorced in 1S95, have remar ried at Fremont. Fred I. Smith of Stromsburg was adjudged insane by the commissioners of insanity for Polk connty. An epidemic t! appendicitis has struck Battle Creek. There have been several fatalities. Northwestern Nebraska teachers will show Nebraska's World's fair dis play at Beatrice March 29-31. Three burglarous boys in Beatrice were saved from the reform school because their parents settled all dam ages. The city school board has decldc'd to enforce the provisions of the com pulsory attendance law in West Point. Thieves entered the smokehouse of William Riescheck. living northeast of Falls City, and stole all his summer meat, which was being cured therein. Fifty-four ducks were found by a deputy game warden on the place of J. C Gerspacher, in Hall county. Mrs. Gerspachcr was fined $25 and costs. ' Frank Overshow. jr.. aged 23, was instantly killed near Oakdale by the accidental discharge of a shotgun in his hand. Thomas A. Sawyer, an ex-sheriff of Saline county, died after several months' sickness at his home in Wil ber, March 17. He was" an ex-soldier of the civil war. Martin O'Neill. claiming South Omaha as his home, was arrested at Nebraska City charged with attempt ing to criminally assault the 14-ycar-old daughter of George Shaw. The farm line of the Nebraska Telephone company of the city is completed and has been connected with the exchange in Beatrice, mak ing a complete list of 910 telephones in that place. Rev. Joseph Presson, recently ap pointed superintendent of the Soldiers" home at Milfonl. has formally taken charge of affairs and Charles Pcnn. the retiring commandant, left for Broken Bow to take up the affairs of a private citizen. The Beatrice Driving association has decided on dates for its principal race meetings for 1903. The first meet will be heid July 4, and the circuit races will follow on August 16 to 19. Wymore follows Beatrice with its races on August 23 to 26. As an indication of the high rating of Richardson connty land at the pres ent time, it is interesting to note that the eighty acres belonging to the Evans estate, east of Humboldt sev eral miles, was sold at administrators' sale for $8.00. or $100 50 per acre. While cutting down trees on the farm of Dan Phelps, about two miles west of Springfield Sarpy county. W. D. Chapman was killed by a falling limb. It fell in such a manner as to strike Chapman on the back of the head. Joseph Dxorak, a farmer of Wilber. was found dad in the Prague hotel at Omaha, lie had qinrrelcjl with his wife four years ago and left her and their children in Iowa, where they have rented and worked a farm for seventeen vears. While digging a wclljn the farm of Anton Kovetsky seven miles west of here, a cannon ball was uncovered about two feet below the surface. The ball was much rusted. Measured about three and a half inches in diameter. The place where It wa? found is about a mile north of the military trail to Fort Kearney, and what the history of it is can only be conjectured. Omer K. Wright of Elgin, is to be brought back from Pine Bluffs, Ark.. to answer the charge of securing .$3,200 by false pretenses. Governor Mickey issued a requisition on appli cation of the county attorney of An telope county. It, is charged that Wright secured the money from the First National Innk of Elgin by rep resenting that he was the owner of a herd of cattle. A company of homeless orphans will arrive in Wymore the 23th to be placed in good homes. This is the sec ond lot. the first arriving last month, at which time the demand far exceed ed the supply. Fred G. Arnold of this city, presl dent of the Nemaha Baptist People's association, ha? issued a call and pro gram for the annual district meeting to be held in Pawnee City. April 12 to 14. The program contains a num ber of im?ortant topics to be consid ered In various ways by local work ers, with devotional and musical lines well taken care of. P. Connor of Kansas City arrived in Beatrice for the purpose of establish ing a meteorological station there. He also Intends to establish a govern mental rain guage in connection with the station. J. M. Wilson of Long Island. Kan., a well known sheep feeder, was in Lincoln on his return from the mar kets where he placed his stock at from $6.90 to $7. Mr. Wilson fed about 6.000 head of sheep, the greater part of them near Cozad in Nebraska. He made good money 'on the winter's feeding, as did nearly all sheep feed ers who were fixed for the business. The county board of Dodge county voted to- replace the spans in the Platte river bridge which were car ried out by the ice a few weeks ago with steel, and to require Saunders county to stand a share of the ex pense. , Sam P. Jones delivered an unique and inimitable lecture on "Medley of 'philosophy, Facts and Fun." at Cam bridge' In the opera house. In spite of I a stormy and' disagreeable night a magnificent andience assembled to hear the noted Georgian. A large num ber of the people present had never before heard the celebrated preacher. A 480-ACRE FARM YIELDS 25 PErt CENT PROFIT IN A YEAR.' What a Mercer County (Ohio) Farmer Received from One Year's Crop. Extracts from an' Interesting letter from P. H. Rynhard, of Starbuck. -Manitoba. Canada, gives aa excellent Idea of the prosperity of those who have gone from tho United States to Canada. He says: "I bought. August. 1903". 480 acres of land, paying $12,000 for it. We threshed 2,973 bushels of wheat and between 1.200 and 1,300 bushels of oats and barley from 200 acres. But part of the wheat went down before filling and was not harvested except for hay. The crop was worth at threshing time. $3,000. Besides .120 acres laying idle except a timothy meadow, which is not included in this estimate. Counting the valuo of the pioduct and the increase of value of land will pay me more than 25 per cent on the investment. Two broth-, ers in the same neighborhood bought 260 acres each- six years agat They have not done a single thing to this . land except to fence it and break and ' cultivate about one-half of it. Har- vested last year 2S bushels wheat per acre. This year 27 bushels per acre. They can get any day $23 per acre. These are only a few of many hun dreds of such chances. It looks like boasting, but truth is justifiable and the world ought to know it, especial ly the home-seeker. I know of quite a few farmers that have wade for tunes in from 10 to 20 years, retired, with from $20,000 to $100,000. Writing concerning another district in tls; Canadian West, S. L. Short says: "Dear Sir I have to inform you that I have just returned from the C:.rrot River Country in Saskatche wan, where I located land of the very finest black vegetable loam, which I air. proud of, ami will move in the spring. Farmers are still plowing there. A mild climate and beautiful country to behold. Cattle are fat and -running outside. Wood and water good. Saw oats weighing 42 pounds to bushel. Potatoes large and well ripened; also wheat tha,t brought theYe 82 cents. The country exceed ed my expectations. Saw oats in stock, thicker on the ground than ap pears in many of the illustrations sent out in descriptive pamphlets. I have been in many western states, but the soil excels any I ever taw." The Canadian Government Agents at different roints report that the en- quiries for literature and railroad rates, &c, to Western Canada are the greatest in the history of their work. Mosquito's "Usefulness" Lasting. The old fashioned theory that a mosquito bites but once and then diet. is a myth. Some varieties are rcadj for all comers although it takes three days to digest a full meal of blood. A SAVINGS BANK. Are you acquainted with a good Savings Rank and do you understand how one would benefit you? The City Savings Bank is most . carefully governed by state law nr.d is -regularly examined by state oliicers. Its investments are limited to first, mortgages against real estate, bonds, warrants or securities of known mar ketable value and is absolutely safe It accepts deposits of any size from any person, the small savings of the children, the savings of the housewife or the accumulations of the business man or investor anil makes it possi ble to build up an account until such time as the result may be sufficient for an investment or purchase. All deposits draw 4 per cent interest. If you are interested in acquiring such information, cut this article out and mail it direct to us and we win promptly forward a package of needles or some testimonial of our ap preciation with full information as tc our facilities. Address. City Savings Bank, 201 & 16th SL, Omaha. Nebraska. Down in Nova Scotia. People say that have bc-n tourins Europe when they were over there foi a week, and living abroad when i was a fortnight. Now York Press. Salser'a llrnnr Ilnllilcr Cora. So named liec.iu.-v 5) acres produced sc heavily, that it- proceed hiult a lovely home. See Sa!er'- catalog. Yielded us Intl. 137 bu., Ohio 160 bit., Term. 11H bu., and in Mich. 220 bti. per acre. You cau beat this record m 1905. !0ff WHAT DO YOU THINK OF rilt.SE YIELDS? 120 bu. ISeardless IJarley per acre. 310 liu. S.der's New National O.iti? por A 60 bu. Salzer ?pehz and Macaroni lie.it l.kM) iiu. Pedigree Potatoes per acre. 14 tons of rich liillion Dollar Crass' liar G0.009 11m. Victoria Rape for h-ep jt A 1GO.0OO lb. Teosmte, the fodder u wilder 6J,000 llw. Salter's Superior Fodder Corn nth, juicy fodder, per A. Now such "yield's joii enn have in 1003. if ou will plant my fccedd. JUST SKM THIS NOriCI AND lOc in stamps to John A. SIer Seed Co., Ll Croe, Vi., and rerene their rhmI rata lo,: and lots of fariuacedsatnpL'o. I W'.S. L.J Don't quarrel with the cook until after you have dined. It Cures CoMs. Coughs. Fore Throat. Crowp, Influenza. V.'hoopinir C'out'h. Hronchitis awt Asthma. A certain cure iorConurnttion In tlr-l uairr-.:nlaure relief In advanced staKes. l"-. Uume. You w 111 m e th excellent effect aTt I taking the ttrst ilo-e. Sold by d'-alers eery vtiere. Large botila25 cents and SO cent. SMOKERS FIND lewis; single binder nattfltfCiftM V WATERPROOF A (OILED CLOTHINC! I WKMS1 POSSIBLE AWARD I I AmWLOMftWOKVSrABll I Jano us the nines of 4caJerinl your town who do not mM our doe, and wc will nd you I eolation of pklurcs. in colors, of famous to WW3 of th world, am M t in urn tfcmni ? : it , :