The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, May 10, 1905, Image 2
o--.' r The Columbus Journal By COLUMBUS JOURNAL CO. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. News in Brief "Win. Plankinton, one of the wealth iest men in Milwaukee, died of heart disease. Chicago fire agencies show increas ing tendency toward consolidation and centralization. Des Moines has a population of 74.1 7S according to the report of the state census enumerator. The New York hank statement Knows an increase of more than $5, COO.000 in the surplus reserve. The Fitzhugh Lee Monument asso ciation -was organized at Richmond, Va. Its ohjec-t is to erect a monument to General Lee in Richmond. Frank Graham, formerly managing editor of the- Kansas Ciiy Times and -who was twice elected city clerk of that citv. died from paralysis at the liome of his sister in Kansas City. Acting Secretary I-oomis received a cablegram from Minister Barrett at Panama stating that he expected to lie ahle to sail for Columbia on the lfith inst. The newspapers of Pari? continue to comment most favorahlv on Ambassa dor McCormiek's speech on the occa sion of his presentation to President Loubet on May 2. After trials of Krupp's new Jii inch puns, lasting several days at Meppen. they are reported to surpass in range and penetrative power all weapons of equal calibre. Miss Jane Cermon. cousin of Joseph Jefferson, who lives in Baltimore, is the last or the old line of Jeffersons and one of the old school of actors nntl actresses. George A. Wilbur, associate justice of the supremo court of Massachusetts lias resigned after serving as judge for forty years and on the supreme bench over twenty years. Hundreds of homeseekers and pros pectors are flocking to the Kiowa Comanche country to select leases of the pasture lands soon to be opened for agricultural purposes. A telegram was received at St. Louis by an employment organization from the head of the employers' or ganization. Chicago, that no more strike breakers are needed. T. M. Howell, a former newspaper man. arrived in Denver with rich samples of ore found near Yellow Jacket Creek in Idaho. One piece of float assayed $72,000 gold a ton. It is learned at the state depart ment that negotiations with Germany for the preparation of a reciprocity policy will not be undertaken until next fall, when they will be conducted In Washington. John Pearce, who now employs 1.500 persons in his eighty-one Ion don restaurants, began life on a capi tal of fi2 cents and started his first restaurant with a push-cart, a tin urn nnd a little crockery. Wilhelm Deitz, who killed Russell M. Lindsay, a brother-in-law of Wil liam Allen White, the author-editor, near Kansas City. Kans., on April 29, 1897. has been given an absolute par don by Governor Hoch. The seal fishery for the season In St. Johns waters has been completed. The total catch of the entircsealing fleet of twentv-two steamers aggre gated but 170.000 seals, the poorest catch for ten years past. John Gorden. said to represent a syndicate of Chicago bankers, has purchased -1.000 acres of coal land right at Dolleville. Christian county. 111. Another Chicago man is said to have purchased fi.000 acres of coal land right at Henton. near Dolleville. A miniature Coxey's army is form ing among the striking army boot workers of Northamptonshire. Eng land. It is proposed to march on the war office in London and lay the men's Krievances in regard to pay, etc., be fore officials. The New York legislative commit tee investigating gas and electric com panies finds rates charged the public too high and recommends the ap pointment of a state commission to regulate and maintain system of ade quate inspection. Second Assistant Secretary Adee left Washington for New York, whence he will sail on the Lorraine for Harve. He will make that the point of departure on a bicycle trip of about 1.300 miles through central and southern France. Through its ambassador in Wash ington the German government has notified Secretary Taft that, at his re quest, it has designated Mr. Tincanza as the German member of the board of consulting engineers of the Isth mian Canal commission. Fred Yogel. Jr.. was elected presi dent of the First National Bank of Milwaukee in place of Frank G. Bige low. the defaulting official. Fire at Home City. Kansas, destroy ed fifteen business buildings, leaving only the depot and two elevators standing in the city. Loss, SlOii.ono. One of the chimneys in the execu tive offices of the white house caught fire, but practically no damage re sulted. The sovereign who reigns over the smallest monarchy in the world is the Icing of the Cocos, a group of islands near Sumatra. Major George M. Wheeler. U. S. A., retired, died in New York City. He entered the military academy from Colorado in 1S62. The bureau of insular affairs has is sued an invitation for bids for $1,000, 000 of the sewer and waterworks con struction bonds of the city of Manila. Minister Allen at Seoul, Korea, re ports to the state department that a magistrate at Penyang. who was charged with invading the treaty rights of many Americans and with extorting frreat sums of money illegally from the people, finally has been removed from office. A federal warrant charging Thomas A. Neal. clerk of the Oklahoma court of the First judicial district, with em bezzlement, has been sworn out by C. IL Sherwood, special agent of the de partment of justice. It is alleged that Neal's books show a shortage of 20, 000. He is at Chandler. Okla. The foreign office officials hope that plenipotentiaries representing the United States and Germany will meet early in the autumn to negotiate a commercial treaty and that the ex change of preliminary proposals "will tae place some time late in the sum- WEARING A FIGHT MOVEMENTS THAT INDICATE AN OTHER LAND BATTLE. JAPANESE PUSHED FORWARD Vanguard Ssid to Be in Touch With Rusians at Several Point; Torpedo Boats Destroy Fishing and Sailing Vessels. TOKTO According to advices from Manchuria, Field Marshal Oyama's extreme right and extreme left have been materially advanced. A Fenghushieng dispatch of May th says: Field Marshal Oyama seems ready to assume the offensive on a large scale and activity already has begun against General Linevitch's left. This may be the prelude to a general battle. The Japanese have concentrated heavy columns on the Liao river and their advance divisions have been in contact with Russians who are holding the main road from Fakonjnn to Bashienehen. On Thursday the Japanese cavalry suddenly attacked the Cossacks in overwhelming force, forcing the latter to'retire. Then, supported by infantry, the Japanese advanced and drove the Russian infantry out of the village of Palitoun. A Russian reconnoRering party twenty miles further west ran into an ambush and all the party except five were killed. Four Rusian torpedo boat destroyers from Vladivostok appeared westward of Hokkaido off Siibi yesterday. They seized and burned, a small sailing ves sel and imprisoned the captain and disappeared to the northwest. They were evidently returning to Vladivos tok. There is a possibility that they have destroyed othr small craft, al though' no reports to that effect have been received. The object of their visit is not clear. It is thought that probably they hoped to torpedo the Japanese patrol at night and it is also suggested that the Vladivostok vessels plan a diver sion to assist the fleet of Admiral Ro jestvensky. Noon Although none has been sighted, it is believed the larger ves sels of the Vladivostok squadron ac companied the torpedo boats which ap peared west of Hokkaido yesterday. It is doubted that the torpedo boats would venture across unescorted in the heavy sea which was running when they burned the sailing vessel. All of the crew of this vessel ex cept the captain, who was captured, succeeded in landing, but a steamer dispatched to the rescue of the burn ing derelict was forced to return on account of the storm. The Russians poured kerosene on the deck of the sailing vessel and withdrew after hav ing burned the surface of the oil. The torpedo boats have not been reported today. JAPS SET JUNCTION DATE. Say Two Russian Squadrons Will Join May 9. TOKIO Assuming that Vice Ad miral Rojestvcnsky meditates a speedy junction of his squadron with Vice Admiral NebogatofTs. it is be lieved here that the meeting of the ships may be expected by Tuesday, May !, the speed of Nebogatoffs divi sion being only about seven knots an Hour. These ships are believed to be In need of coal and stores and their Seficiencies in this resnect probably will be supplied by Vice Admiral Rojestvensky at some friendly port after the two admirals effect a juncture. The future movements of the Rus sian Pacific squadron is a matter of speculation here, although the delay Df Rojestvensky on the Indo-China roast has raised doubt as to his pur pose to move northward and risk an engagement at an early date. The Vladivostok torpedo boat de stroyers have not been reported and t is believed they have returned to Vladivostok. GERMANY HOPES FOR TREATY. Would Have New Commercial Ar rangement Effective This Year. BERLIN The foreign office offi cials hope that plenipotentiaries rep resenting the United States and Ger many will meet early in the autumn to negotiate a commercial treaty and that the exchange of preliminary pro posals will take place some time late in the summer. Although Germany's communication of March 14 was altogether a definite statement that the tariff agreement with the United States of July 10, 1900, would terminate by March 1, 190C, yet it is not called a denuncia tion, which is not necessary before December 1. 1905, or after three months notice. May Bet on Races at Track. HOUSTON. Tex. Governor Lan ham has approved the bill which per mits betting at race tracks on the day that the races are run. Commanche Chief Quotes President LAWSON. O. T. In a speech to a congregation of Comanche Ind:ans and white people. Quanah Parker, Comanche chief, stated that President Roosevelt assured him that the Kiowa-Comanche Indian pasture lands of Oklahoma would remain the property of the Indians for all time. Chief Parker asked that the lands be allotted and the president is said to have stated he would take the matter up with the commissioner of Indian affairs. He also asked that the Comanches be paid ?100 annually. Tear Officers to Pieces. EKATERINBURG. Russia In re venge for the death of a workman who was drowned in attempting to escape from a patrol, a mob of work men gathered and tore to pieces two officers. Order has been restored. Confirms Sighting of Warships. LONDON A- dispatch from Labu to Reuter's Telegram confirms the fleet sighted was a large one in two divisions, showing lights, but station ary and with the appearance of being engaged in coaling. Nebraska After State Cash. TOPEKA. Kan. An effort of the state of Nebraska to collect money from a citizen of Kansas through the Kansas supreme court is being heard by the Kansas court in this city. It is a peculiar situation. John M. Burton lives in Rawling county. He went on the bond of the Bank of Orleans, a Ne braska institution, which bond was re quired bv the Nebraska state treas urer as a suretv for money deposited in that bank by the state. The bank failed and Nebraska is tryinp to col lect $20,216.05 from Burton. MARRIED AGAIN AT S3. Great-Grandfather Marries Woman He Had Known as a Child. ASEURY PARK, N. J. Still young at the age of 95 years, George Schmidt, a wealthy retired Newark butcher, who spends the greater part of the year in Ocean Grove, was married in that city the other day. The bride is Mrs. Ellen Day Schwartz, who knew him in her girlhood days, making the second matrimonial venture for the groom and the third for the bride. The ceremony was performed by Rev. S. H. C. Smith, retired, and was kept secret for family reasons. The bride, young in appearance, and comely, said: ' "I came to Ocean Grove in March, when the question was popped." Concerning her husband, she said: "You would take him for 05. He has never smoked, chewed or drank, and makes a perfect husband, and is per fect in mind and body." The groom has two great-grandchildren, and has never known a day's sickness. He walks without a cane, and on meeting a friend will some times dance a lively jig. ending wtih the remark: "Well, how's that for a 95-year-old boy?" KOREAN GRAFTER DEPOSED. Had Interferred With Many American Treaty Rights. WASHINGTON Minister Allen, at Seoul, Korea, reports to the state de partment that a magistrate at Penyang who was charged with invading the treaty rights of many Americans and with extorting great sums of money illegally from the people, finally has been removed from office. His pecula tions, according to the revolt, aggre gated more than $100,000. Under date of March 10, Minister Allen writes: "Americans in Penyang have com plained of the conduct of the magis trate. Paing Han Chun, because of his oppression of the people and because of his interference with American treaty rights. When war broke out it was supposed that this man would be turned down by the Japanese, but he was clever enough to make himself useful in securing lands and other military requirements, for which he received payment, but failed to hand over the money to the natives. I was obliged to complain of him because of his conduct toward the Americans and in September, 1904, spoke to the Japanese minister of my difficulties and intentions." RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENT America and England Accept Each Other's- Inspection. WASHINGTON Formal notice from the British embassy has reached the department of commence and labor that both the government of Great Britain and tne Dominion of Canada have issued orders to accept Ameri can certificates of inspection of the hulls, boilers, machinery and life-saving apparatus of steamships. In ac cordance with an agreement already reached the American government will issue a similar order to all officers at American ports with respect to the certifieates of inspection carried by the British and Canadian steam ves sels. This reciprocal arrangement, will facilitate materially the clearance of vessels at all ports of the three coun tries and will relieve from much em barrassment and expense the owners of American, British and Canadian steamships, as the only survey re quired will bo one to determine sim ply whether the vessel is equipped in accordance with the statement in her certificate. AFTER AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. Federal Grand Jury at New York Looking Into Matters. NEW YORK It became known Friday that the federal grand jury for some time past has been conducting a secret investigation into certain mat ters concerning the American Tobac co company and its subsidiary com panies. The investigation is being made by Henry W. Taft. brother of the secretary of war. who has been appointed a special assistant United States attorney for that particular pur pose. Mr. Taft is authority for the statement that the investigation is be ing made under the anti-trust law. The proceedings in the grand jury room were secret, but it became known that E. F. Hale, an officer of one of the subsidiary companies, re fused to answer questions when he was called, taking the ground that to do so would tend to incriminate and degrade him and that the answers would be too voluminous. When the grand jury filed a presentment in the circuit court Hale was directed to re ply to the questions. It was through Hale's refusal to answer questions that the investigation became public. Gets Five Years. SACRAMENTO. Cal Former State Senator Harry Bunkers of San Fran cisco, convicted of accepting a bribe, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary at San Quentin. Taft Calls Dsvis to Wa'-hington. WASHINGTON Secretary Taft cabled Governor Davis at Panama to return at once to the United States, placing Colonel Gorgas in charge of the administration of the canal zone until the arrival there of Governor Magoon. Governor Davis is suffering from malaria and his physicians ad vised him to leave the isthmus to re cuperate. He has resisted their ap peals, however, fearing that his sud den departure at a time when the health conditions on the isthmus are adverse would be misunderstood. New Phase of Meat Inquiry. CHICAGO Freight traffic officials of the various western roads which have been engaged in the transporta tion of live stock products testified before the grand jury in the investiga tion of the packeing industries. The question of rebates was taken up for the first time, and some of the rail road officials declared that the large packing houses, like other business concerns, always sought law rates, but they failed to give much evidence to support the theory that special agree ments existed. Mr. Charlton to Be Appointed. WASHINGTON Secretary Taft on Thursday announced that he had de cided finally to appoint Paul Charlton of Nebraska to succeed Judge Charles E. Magoon as the law officer of the insular bureau. As the place was covered into the civil service by a blanket order several years ago it has become necessary before Mr. Charl ton's appointment to secure a special ruling from the civil service commis sion excepting the law office from the requirement of a competitive examination SAILS FOR SOUTH ROJESVENTSKY TO MAKE A JUNC TURE WITH NEBOGATOFF. CRUISERS AREONTKE LOOKOUT Report that Fourth Squadron Has Suc ceeded in Evading the Enerry. Mikado's Representative Insists Up on the Observance of Neutrality. ST. PETERSBURG Admiral Ro jestvensky, according to a high naval authority, has sailed south to meet the division of the Russian Second Pa cific squadron, commanded by Admiral Nebogatoff. The admiralty has information that a Japanese division of fast cruisers and-torpedo boat destroyers was sent south for the purpose, if possible, of crippling or destroying Nebogatoff's ships before they could effect a junc tion with those of Rojestvensky, and there is reason to believe that the Jap anese took up a position in the Strait? of Sundy, through which Nebogatoff originally intended to make the pasj sage into the northern sea. There if f50 reason to believe that Nebogatoff first approached the Straits of Sundy. but finding them too well guarded put about and headed north for the Straits of Malacca, his division lacking the protection of fast cruisers and being at a great disadvantage in meeting torpedo boat attacks. The admiralty expresses much grati fication at the fact that Admiral Ne bogatoff has successfully reached the China sea but appreciates that the composition of his division renders it particularly vulnerable to a swift ad versary, especially as the crews of his ships have not had the training in maneuvering or the target practice which Admiral Rojestvensky's crews had while off the island of Madagas car and the anxiety here will be com pletely relieved when it is known that a junction has been effected. The Russ today announces that Cap tain Clado has been made a staff cap tain. Clado was Admiral Rojestven sky's chief tactician until the North sea incident. He recently was appoint ed to special service in connection with vessels navigating rivers in the theater of war. The Russian armored cruiser Grom oboi. it is announced, has left Vladi vostok. C:..0 p. m. The foreign office is closed and it is impossible at this hour to ascertain whether Russia will protest to the government of the Ne therlands against the reported pres ence of Japanese warships in neutral waters of Dutch Borneo. The Admir alty had information to the effect that Japanese cruisers were watching the straits of Sunda. lying in wait for Ad miral Nebogatoff. and it is possible that they made use of the waters of Dutch Borneo. A FUND OF $100,000,000. Harriman's Proposition Carries Unani mously at Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah At the special meeting of stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad company held Friday In Salt Lake City the proposi tion to issue $100.0u0.000 of preferred stock was approved by the unanimous vote of the holders of f.37.7U sahres of preferred stock and 1.118,017 shares of common stock. The total outstand ing is l.OOft.000 shares preferred and 1,901,787 shares of common. Judge W. D. Cornish of New York, vice president of the Harriman sys tem, held proxies for all of the stock represented at the meeting, with the exception of S41 shares. Joseph F. Smith, head of the Mormon church and who is a director of the Union Paci fic, voted one share. The remaining 8!0 shares were voted by two Salt Lake City newspaper men. who held proxies for two stockholders. Not one word of protest against the issue of new preferred stock was hoard at the meeting, nor was any ex planation offered of the purpose ol the proposed issue. One of the repre sentatives of the local stock asked how the proceeds of the new issuance were to be expended. His query was entered on the minutes, but no reply was given. With this one exception there was no reference to the purpose of the management in providing for this fund of $100,000,000. NIXON BUILDS BOATS FOR RUSSIA Those Under Construction Nearing Completion. SEBASTOPOL The torpedo boats which are being built at the govern ment yard here under the general su pervision of Lewis Nixon of New York are nearing completion and their trials in the Black sea will begin in a few days. In order to overcome the diffi culty always encountered in work in a foreign country. Mr. Nixon provided his own organization, with which ho has pushed the construction of these boats to a successful completion. Much is expected of those torpedo boats. The Russian admiralty already has had practical evidence of the sea worthiness of the Nixon boats in the performance of the Gregory, which crossed the Atlantic in the face of heavy weather. But the future pres tige of the designer of the American battleship Oregon will depend in Rus sia upon the result of the coming tri als, which will be much more severe than usual, to test certain advantages claimed for them by their American constructor. Storm Hard On Live Stock. STURGIS. S. D. The biggest storm in many years passed over this vicin ity, lasting four days and nights, quitting Friday. Twenty inches of snow fell. Roads are in a horrible con dition. Everything is snowbound, all trains are late, telegraph and telephone wires are down. There is fear of a flood in the upper Black Hills. The storm, it is thought, extends out to the ranges and great loss of cattle and sheep is feared. Fruit trees are badly dam aged. The moisture is good for the farming country. TOPEKA, Kas. In nearlv all the churches in Kansas special services were held in honor of the twenty fourth anniversary of the enactment of the prohibitory law. A statement from the state temperance union was read at each of the services and sup port was pledged to Governor Hoch in whatever method he may use to secure the enforcement of the law. It Is expected that active work will soon be started in -he direction of closing th saloons in the Kansas towns wsere the license system pre- vails. THE NEWS ELECTION LAW CASE FILED. Matter to Bs Brought Before the Court for Decision. LINCOLN Chief Justice Holcomb granted Orpheus B. Polk, a Lincoln attorney, an alternative writ of man damus compelling Secretary of State Galusha to appear and show cause why he should not placed on file a certificate of nomination, offered by the relator. By agreement of attorneys the case, which is a formal one, made up for the purpose of testing house .oil 235. the biennial election law. will be for hearing at the first sitting in June. This was done to give the nu merous friends of the court who de sire to be heard an opportunity to file briefs. Attorney General Brown filed a formal demurrer denying the suffi ciency of the petition, and setting up the fact that under the law there will he no election in the year 1905. Al though Brown is formally the attor ney who will defend the law. the ma jor portion of that work will neces sarily fall on the friends of the court. The relator alleges that he has pre sented a formal certificate of nomina tion for regent of the university and that its acceptance was refused. He asserts that he is an independent re publican candidate for the place. Polk had intended to initiate the proceed ings by offering a certificate of nom ination for the county judgeship with County Clerk Dawson, but that official intimated that he would probably ac cept it for filing. CAUGHT A RUNAWAY TEAM And Has Now Married Girl Who Was in the Vehicle. NEBRASKA CITY A few days ago at the home of the bride's parents, occurred one of the prettiest weddings of the season. It was the marriage of Miss Nora Miller to Mr. Joseph Led better of Juneau, Alaska. The wedding was a very elaborate affair and a large number of guests were present. The bride is the daughter of Councilman Frank Miller and wife, and one of the handsomest young ladies in the city. The groom is a wealthy merchant of Juneau. After the ceremony the couple left for the south and will travel until the latter part of next month, when they will go to their northern home. This wedding is the outgrowth of a romance. The young lady was up in Alaska two years ago. with her cousin, visiting her uncle, a wealthy banker of that country, and while out riding one day the team took fright and ran away. They were headed for a high bluff when caught by Mr. Ledbetter, who chanced to be out riding on horse back. The young man was invited to the banker's home where he met the young lady twice before she returned home. Mr. Ledbetter fell in love with her. and the following year made a visit here. The groom has become wealthy since he went to that north ern country. He was a comparatively poor boy when he left his home some seven years ago to go to the frigid north to carve out his fortune. OLD VALUATION STANDS. Pullman Car Company Assessment Remains Unchanged. LINCOLN Pullman car magnates may rest in peace. The valuation will not be increased over the former as sessment by the state board of equali zation. This was apparent when the members listened to desultory argu ments this morning and then laid the whole matter over until another meet ing. State Treasurer Mortensen favored a valuation of 100 per cent. However, it was moved by Secretary of State Galusha that the valuation be the same as last year and Land Commis sioner Eaton thought that he approved such a course. However, it was de cided to look into the franchise value a little bit. But it was stated that the valuation would not be raised and the representatives of the Pullman Inter ests did not seem worried. As to Common Law Marriage. The supreme court denies a motion for a rehearing in the case of Soren sen against Soressen, from Valley county, involving the right of the child of an alleged common law mar riage to the large estate left by a wealthy farmer. The court holds that there is a presumption of the exist ence of marriage which arises from Co-habitation and holding each other" out to the world as husband and wife, and public policy will not prevent a child born of such relations from avail ing himself of such presumption in a contest as to legitimacy. Cleveland Helps a College. LINCOLN P. L. Jackson, financial secretarv of Hastings college, at Hast ings. Neb., went to Princeton. N. J.. for the purpose of asking ex-President Cleveland to contribute toward the en dowment fund of the school. A dis patch received from him says that Mr. Cleveland has made a liberal contri bution. Murt Show Ability to Maintain Wife. LINCOLN The supreme court holds that Fred Goddard. sentenced by the Chase county district court to nine months in the penitentiary for wife desertion, is entitled to a new trial because of deficient evidence, and be cause the information fails to state that he wilfully and without good cause neglected and refused to main tain his wife. The deficiency in the evidence, the court states, lay in the failure of the prosecution to prove that he possessed the means available for the support of his wife. Mr. Bryan Loses by Fire. Fire destroyed the frame house up on W. J. Bryan's farm near his pres ent residence, in which a nephew, W. B. Millson, resided. The loss is small. Norfolk Buildings Accepted. The State Board of Public Lands and Buildings has finally accepted the new buildings at the Norfolk asylum, over which there has been consider able controversy because of alleged defects in the ceilings. Fremont hopes to be en the line of the Great Northern from Sioux City to Ashland. Brainard is to have a new flouring mill with a capacity of 125 barrels of flour per day. Campbell Bros.' circus, on a tour of the state, lost one of their elephants at grand Island. Bankers of group 9 of the state as sociation have declared against branch banks and asset currency. Earl Cooper, confined in jail at Bell wood for drunkenness, set the build ing on fire and was burned to death. IN NEBRASKA STATE NOTES. A fire at Auburn destroyed property to the value of $5,000. The new Christian church at Peru was dedicated last Sunday. Grand Island will probably institute a rock pile for transgressors. A new flouring mill, of 100 barrels capacity, is to be built at Brainard. Charles Jones will open a parts at Beatrice with boating on the Blue as a feature. The Methodist church at Nebraska City has just celebrated its golden anniversary. Kearney is perfecting arrangements for putting a first class base ball team in the field. Final plans for the remodeling of the Burlington station tt Lincoln have been completed. Nebraska City saloons are now re quired to close at midnight and to re main closed all day Sundays. Charged with statutory assault on his i:-vp:ir-nlil stendaughter. Anton Nelson of Kenuard was arrested in Fremont. Campbell Bros." shows, which win tered at Fairbury. gave two perform ances in that city and then left for the season's tour. Timothy Sedgwick of York was low man on the major fraction of the state printing. Several minor contracts were secured by Lincoln firms. Food Commissioner Thompson or Hall county has been reappointed by Governor Mickey. He received his hrst appointment two years ago from Governor Mickey. The work of tearing down the old court house at Wahoo is now in prog ress, the material to bo used in the construction of a dormitory annex by the Luther academy. Fremont is to have a Chautauqua assembly the coming summer, given tinder the direction of local people. Rev. Frank Emerson James has taken the initiative and is already engaged securing attractions. State Treasurer Mortensen has bought $00,000 of Boyd county bonds at face value, the bonds to begin drawing interest July 1. The bonds are dated April 2. 1905. draw 4 per cent interest, due in twenty years. II. E. Hassinger, for years the pro prietor of the New York Racket store in Seward, has sold out his business and accepted a position in the civil service, for which he intends to leave before the middle of the month. Cnarles Mcintosh of Tecumseh, the man wanted on a statutory charge, is still at large despite the efforts of Sheriff Cummings to locate him. A child was born to nis alleged victim, Miss Gates. While he was engaged in unloading refuse in a subble field on his farm in Hall county. Dietrich Steibeck's horses became frightened, he fell in front of the wheels, and the wagon passed over him. crushing his ribs and fatally injuring him. As yet Charles M. Chamberlain of Tecumseh has failed to secure a suffi cient number of signers to his $25,500 bond for trial on the charge of embez zlement. He is going out among his friends, under the care of the sheriff, soliciting signers. At Long Pine, white Rev. A. L. Tainter, pastor of the Methodist church, was holding services, his house was entered and $2" in small change, the Easter missionary offer ing, and his overcoat were taken. The thief was arrested. Notices were posted about Schuyler of the loss by some one of $700. $fi00 in $100 bills, the remainder in bills of smaller denomination. The loser was Murt McKenzie, who walked from his home tt the postoffice and back Sun day and while on the trip suffered the loss as recited. The money has not been found. George Hefferman of Jackson. Neb , was found dead in his room in the Hotel Locke at Sioux City. He had been in the city on a drunken debauch and is supposed to have accidentally turned the gas on during the night. Harve Beckner, who was arrested at New Richmond, Wis., on the charge of deserting his wife and eight chil dren, was brought back to Nebraska City by Sheriff Shrader. and will have his hearing before Justice Timblin. He states he and his wife agreed to separate and he made ail provisions for the care of his family before leav ing there. Members of the state board or equal ization are anticipating trouble in con nection with tiie amendments to the revenue law permitting county as sessors to correct real estate assess ments. Reports from Sherman coun ty indicate mat an effort has been made to reopen the real estate assess ments made last year tinder the pro vision for quadrennial valuations of such property. As M. L. Neely. a young farmer of Otoe county, was going home early Sunday morning, a Missouri Pacific engine and three cars caught him at a crossing and run him down. His bug gy was crushed, his horse kilied and he was badly injured, but will prob ably recover. Exeter has a new industry and manufactory by the name of the Bril liantine Polish company, an entirely new process and compound in liquid form for all kinds of cleaning and polishing work uas been discovered, which is claiming considerable atten tion locally at present. The state board of public lands and buildings rejected the bid of the Lee Broom and Duster company of 50 cents for the labor of the convicts et the state penitentiary. New bids will be asked for. Jasper Jasperson, a voting Dane, was carried over the mill dam at Ne ligh and drowned. With three com panions he was in a boat, which be came unmanageable in the strong cur rent. The others escaped by catching hold of the iron work of the river bridge, but their companion fell into the river and was drowned in plain s:ght of a large number of spectators. Mayor Frank Adams of Lexington, who has been prominently connected with the business interests of that city for many years, has received a promotion by bung appointed to a prominent position on one of the lead ing railroad, with headquarters at Los Angeles. State Superintendent McErien has received advices indicating that near ly 1,500 teachers have enrolled in the junior normal schools for ten weeks' work during tne summer. At Hold rege 250 are enrolled, but about 300 have registered at Alliance, McCook, North Platte and Valentine. GIANT TASK IN Two Carloads of Powder In a Single Blast $250.- 000 Paid for One Mile of Track 2.629 Men Employed on a Piece of Track Being Built for the Wabash System. Cumberland. Md.. May 2. Look out! Lookout! It's going off! was the wild crv heard a few days ago in Paw Paw, a small mountain encircled West Virginia town, on the new line of the Wabash, twenty miles east of Cumberland, when the ringing of bells and blowing of whistles gave the warning that in a few minutes the button would be pressed that would explode S.C00 pounds of giant powder in the rocky mountain side aired ly opposite and close to the town. For three days the people of Paw Paw had watched men carrying can after can of powder into the tunnels dug into the face of rocks. As the number of cans disappearing in the mountain side increased the alarm of the people grew, and some in tr-or left the town, while those remaining filled their ears with cotton and wait ed for they knew not what. At last, when :.25 cans of powder. S.125 pounds, had been emptied in the arms extending right and left from the inner ends of the two t5-foot tunnels; wires laid anil the tunnel closed, the electric button was press ed. There was a deep, rumbling re port, the whole earth seemed to rock as though shaken by an earthquake and tons of rock plunged forward and toppled over into the canal and river. Carloads of Powder in One Blast. Not a stone had been thrown a hun dred feet toward the frenzied town. but 20.000 yards of rock had been torn from the mountain side and many precious days saved the contractors who are building the "link" connect ing the Western Maryland railroad at Cherry Run with the West Virginia Central railroad at Cumberland, and thus bringing nearer realization George Gould's dream of making the Wabash railroad aa ocean to oct-an line. It was only the proximity of this blast to a town that made it particu larly prominent on this railroad con struction that is requiring a blast for almost even- foot of the roadbed, in fact it was a small one in compari son to some that have been fired. In one blast, in Sidling Hill mountain, the charge consisted of 1.400 cans of powder, just two carloads, and when it was put off rocks weighing half a ton were hurled through the air hundreds of yards, across the Po tomac river and striking telegraph poles along the Baltimore fc Ohio rail road broke them off ground. close to the It is this necessity for almost con tinuous blasting that has done much toward making this sixty-five mile strip of railroad construction the most expensive of any built in recent years, with the single exception of the line over which the Wabash en ters Pittsburg. The cost of building the first five miles from Cumberland averaged $250,000 a mile and the average cost for the sixty-five miles fs $100,000 a mile. In buildfng this connecting link, the Wabash has had to contend with an unusually large number of obstacles of a surprising variety, some placed in the way by nature, others by man. Tunneling Through Solid Rock. Until the advent of the Wabash it was supposed there was no feasible route through the narrow gaps in the mountains between Cumberland and Hancock, forty miles, save those fol lowed by the Chesapeake and Ohio canal and the Baltimore & Ohio rail road. It was this belief that has kept life in the old waterway, life sus tained by the Baltimore & Ohio Kail road company to bar out any possible rival. Some years ago the Hon. Henrv G. Davis, tlen owner of the West irginia Central railroad, had a route surveyed through the country follow ed by the Wabash, but it was given up as impracticable. As a result, it is iiot surprising that the construction of this road is proving one of the greatest undertakings of years, re quiring application of almost even method known in railroad building and the ingenuity of contractors, who have built railroads in almost every state in the union, has been taxed to the utmost. Upon forty miles of this line there ere engaged to-day 2.629 men. 300 animals, nine locomotives and nine steam shovels. For eighteen months there has been no cessation of labor and it is hoped that in eight more the work will be completed. Obstacles to Be Met. An idea of the difficulties encoun tered can be form d from the fact that this line in forty miles crosses the Potomac river nine times, the Chesapeake f. Ohio canal seven times, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad three times, parses through mour tr.in ranges and spur by five tunnels, v.irjing in length trom 700 feet to i.-JfO feet, through ridges and hills by innumerable cuts, many of them over fifty feet deep through solid rock and some almost a mile in length, and that a great portion of the road la being cut out of the rocky sides of mountain ranges, directly above the canal. One of the most unusual dif ficulties in railroad construction, and yet the most troublesome on this line has been a disposition of the earth and rock removed in making the road bed, a difficulty arising from the fact that the Wabash follows closvfly the canal route. While waiting for legal right to bridge the old waterway it was necessary to push the construe Parent Stock of Europe's Kings. r Industrious American Consuls. It is quite true, although it is little They are always investigating, in known that nearly every sovereign , quiring and wanting to know. They in Eurone is not only kinsman to King Edward, but Is descended irom our English Kings. In fact, eleven of them are direct descendants ot James I. The kings of Spain and Portugal sprin" lineallv from King James , oui mey n uuo uusuuru pnuta. through his fc"on, the first Charles; they compare and contrast, they of-,,-,nr0rhf sovereigns of England. Gf r- j fer their advice and suggestions fr e- many Russia, Austria. Italy, Denmark, j Belgium Greece and Holland all come ; from James I.'s daughter Elizabeth, i who married Frederick V., Elector Palatine. A future King of Sweden and Norway will toon join the throng through his wife. Princess Margaret of Connaught, and some day the only European ruler who will not be in a sense British will be the fauuan Turkey English Exchange. of Admires Washerwomen's Tribute. Among the things most admired by Queen Alexandra on her recent visit j to Gibraltar were two wonderful tri umphal arches of clothes baskets erected bj the washerwomen cf the ' town. RAILROAD BUILDING tton work and to do this the contrac tors emplojed some striking methods At Welton tunnel, a mile south of Cumberland, a large wheel was placed on top of the mountain above tho tunnel entrance, cables wore run from this across the river and canal to the low land, where tilling was neces sary, and the rock from the tunnel was carried over in a large iron buck et suspended from the cables. The laborers' camp was located on top or the mountain and the men construct ed a 150-foot ladder leading up the precipitous face of rocks from the mouth of the tunnel, and this ladder mey ascended and descended many times a day. In the construction of the Indigo tunnel, a method never before employ ed in the East, and rarely elsewhere, is being employed. This "is the great est tunnel on the line, being 4.100 feet in length. It passes through a Sidling Hill mountain range and makes the Wabash a straighter line and almost a mile in three shorter than the Baltimore & Ohio. It is being made by drilling the heading (the full width of the tunnel, twenty-four feet, and nine feet high) through from the bottom or at a grade level, and the rock will be blown down until the required height is readied. Old con tractors, accustomed to driving the blading through from the top. shake their heads and pronounce this meth od a "costly experiment." but Me Arthur Bros, say the strata. Indigo shale, is, just right at this tunnel for this method and are confident It will be a success. The heading is being driven from both ends at the same time and the men are within 100 feet ot each other, nine feet a day helm; the progress made from each end. The men working from the eastern end have penetrated only eleven inches further than those coming from the western side. The "Stick Pile" Tunnel. In order to cut a roadbed through the masses of rock that rise straight up from the bed of the canal it was necessary to wait until navigation closed for the year. In the tmautime the holes for the blasts were all pre pared an 1 when the water was with drawn, about a month later than ever before, thousands of pounds of pow der and dynamite were exploded in these holes and the canal bed was tilled with earth and rock for manv miles which must be removed within thenext two months. j e uiny piace wuere mo wnnnsu leaves the canal and river for any considerable distance is at Bayard, thirty-five miles ea-t of Cumberland. After crossing the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, the river and caral. at a d'z zy height on a I,"70-foot bridge, tive 150 foot channel spans with viaduct approach, it strikes boldly into the mountains. After running through tremendous cuts, over deep ravines and through the Stick Pile tunnel 1.G00 feet in length, it emerges from its five-mile run through the heart ol the mountain at Orleans. W. Va. This is considered one of the heaviest pieces of work on the line', but here as at many other places, a coaipara lively straight line is secured with moderate grades and with a savins of almost a mile over the Baltimore & Ohio route. The first work was done on thi? connecting link on July 21, I'JO::. am' the contract called for Its completion in eighteen months. The delay ami extra work occas'oned by trouble with the canal rendered its comple tion within contract time an impossi bility. Now. October I. is the dat" set for the opening of the road, but it is claimed Januarv 1. IttOfJ. would b a nearer date. From Cherrv Run to Hancock, ten miles, the road is co:rp!et d and train? are running on it. Kor ten miles east of Cumberland the roadbed is readv for the rails and the three bridges are in course of erection. At nuinep ous other places there are four am.' five mile stretches completed, but there remains a great amount of difficult work to be done. It is onlj the fact that work is being rushed day and night, regardless of weather conditions and without regard to ex pense, that makes safe the prediction that not later than January 1. 10W" tho Wabash will have this line oper for traffic. Endurance of the Jap. In the orient there is a new art of war depending upon a new style ol phvsiqiie of a race which has never before been put to this work. Th Jar Is slort. stocky and blessed wih muscles big enough f r a much (IN r man. l" is cone- in ntly abb' t ' more work :lirn a Kiiropean of eipi.it v. eight. A rural bite-earn r think nothing :f di'-tanci s for which w de mand hor.-is and in exceptional clo the ricl al:a-.v man has been known to trot forty miles in a day drayi,:ng the pass nger. The daily drills ol tho soldiers include athletic exercises too severe f r the average Kiiropean sol ''ler. such as running up and down long flights of stairs. It is not sur prising, then, that their troops should cover long distance--, and the r ports, of four .successive days of thirty-live, twenty-five, thirty and fifteen m'Jes ot marching are perfectly credible. They are reported to have marched forty eight hourd without food and with little rest, and then to have fought well, though captured men havo dropped afaleep instantly. American .Medicine. .are not content merely to send to the department perfunctory reports of of ficial returns of imports and exports or mere tables of figures (although the as matters of routine are not ignored). ly and the department allows th' m full scope. How much the consul's, r port is "edited" before it is made i ub- lie, or how often it never is given pub licity, no one, of course, on side te department has any rne-ans of knowing, but the daily bulletin issued contain ing these reports, which i given wider ' and gratuitous distribution, shows that the American consular corps is i industrious and inttll.gent. London Post. Canal Lessens Distance. By Cape Horn the distance between New York and San Francisco is about 14,800 miles. The Panama canal will reduce this to something less thaa 5,000. A M