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iS ' .f T- 4- i Itif ! V. ii- - ?" " i . CMHSimrilAFjEXHEIT ALARMING -NVW9 IIECCIVCO BY "' THE STATE DEPARTMENT. Famine Givt.PrataKtrffBr:Atftatln. Life T, Prawm Oynaaty Is - to WashingtoaFroa Shaashai ad vices received at tae State depart aieat it appears that the rulias dynasty in Caiaa is seriously alarmed over the effect of the spread of faaiine throuKh the country and die opportu nity, it offers to seditioaary societies to enlist converts to the cause direct ed against the government The gov ernment's inability to relieve suffer ing, it is said, has been magnified and the hardships of the people are attrib uted to lack of sympathy by the gov ernment for the poor classes. The information indicates that a propaganda has been organized to fur ther the circulation of stories of the character outlined and it is said that State department officials fear that a spread of hysteria may engender a general uprising. If such should be the result there' is danger-that the , government might not be able to con trol the situation. American and other . foreign interests then would be jeop ' ardixed. o great is the concern that diplomatic and consular oMcials In China have been instructed to keep Washington advised of every turn in -tie situation. That the Chinese government rec ognises the danger is shown by the fact that Viceroy man Fang of Tank ing, has memorialised the throne for f 1.W0.000 to purchase East Indian rice to feed his people. Undoubtedly this step was ,tal.,n to offset .the work of the seditioncry societies as well as to relieve the immediate suffering. In taking this acttcn the viceroy predict ed a general uprising in the fcmtne stricken districts unless prompt relief Is provided, but he did not refer to the trouble that has been stirred up y the anti-government societies. An extra effort will be made in the TJnited States to broaden the scope of the movement to find relief for the Chinese. Already there has been large sums of money collected and dispatched to China to be used in the purchase cf food, and in the near fu ture the transport Buford will sail from San Francisco with a shipload of provisions given by Louis Klopsch, editor of the Christian Herald. A gen eral movement throughout the civil ized world to aid the sufferers, it Is be lieved will enable the Chinese govern ment to strengthen its hands and pos sibly suppress uprising and riot RUSSIANS APPEAL TO AMERICA. W. J. Bryan Presides at Meeting and Delivers Address. Chicago W. J. Bryan presided at a public reception here to M. Alexis Alade. leader of the radical left wing of the Russian douma. and Count Nicholas Tchaykovsky, a prominent member of the Russian radical party. Both of the Russians stated that they came to. America to explain more fully to the American people the Russian situation, and to plead that "this na tion of freedom let the 'Russian-government hear-its mighty word' to the effect that the barbarities of the past must cease and that inhumanity and oppression must end forever." Mr. Bryan made an address of some length. DELIGHTED WITH THE CANAL. Congressmen Visit New York from Trip to Isthmus. New York Thirty-nine congressmen who have been. inspecting work on the Isthmian canal arrived here on the steamer Panama. Congressman S. C. Smith of California. "We were delighted with all we saw. They are taking out from 30.000 to 31. 000 cubic yards of dirt a day, with an average of about 800,000 cubic yards a month. There are now estimated 52. CKMMKM) cubic yards to dig out, so you can work it out for yourself. There are 35,000 men on the pay roll, of which 5.000 are Aatreicans. No Parcels Post Mails. Washington In consequence of the withdrawal or the Oceanic Steamship company of its steamers on the route between San Francisco, Auckland and Sydney, the postomee department Is without the means of dispatching par cels post mails to New Zealand and Australia. Consequently postmasters have been instructed for the present to decline to receive such packages addressed for delivery, in those. coun tries until further orders, which will be Issued as soon as other arrange aaeBts can be made. Students in a Train Wreck. Los Angeles A special train on the Atchison. Topeka A Santa Fe rail way, carrying scores of students home from an intercollegiate meet at Clare moat, collided head-on with the out-" bouad limited No. 2 on the same road while both trains were moving at a rapid rate, within the city limits here Saturday night. Six persons were kilted and seventeen injured, several of them fatally. Senator Burton Home. Abilene, Kas.-Joseph R. Burton, former United States senator from Kansas, received a reception more en thusiastic than that given him when he' first returned as senator when Sat urday night he returned to his home city after five months' 'imprisonment at Ironton, Mo. A crowd of several hundred persons, with the town band, met him at the depot at 6 o'clock and man rersons were wearing badges on which was inscribed, "Welcome, Bur ton." Major Penrose Acquitted. San Antonio, Tex. Major C. W. Penrose, of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, was acquitted of the charge of neglect of duty preferred against him at the Instance of President Roosevelt for al leged misconduct In connection with the "shooting Jip" of Brownsville. Tex by negro soldiers of the Twenty Sfth infantry last August Reactionary Leader Gone. . St Petersburg M. Pobodonestseff. ex-procurator general of the holy synocV died en Sunday: - ...... RIOTS ARC ON IN MOLDAVIA. Hundreds ef r and Many VII- I Vtemsa The seriousness of the situation In northern Moldavia grow ing out of the agrarian disorders has ot, according to latest telegraphic re ports reaching here frost Caemowitx, on the border, been1 exaggerated. It is estimated tonight that 40t farms in Moldavia have been devastat ed. 3,000 fugitives have led over the Roumanian frontier into Austria, and a total of 10.000 Jews are homeless. The number of dead -and wounded cannot be given accurately, but the reports of today give a total of about eighty-five men killed and about 150 wounded. The outbreak seems today to have been partially suppressed. The Rou manian government is still sending troops into aaVcted district Practic ally the entire' province of Moldavia has been involved. The movement is really more than anti-Semitic. The peasants are in re volt against the great farming trust, which has leased half the cultivatable land in Moldavia. The absentee land lords who control the trust are Jews, and this fact brings .the vire of the peasants down upon any and all Jews they meet and to this antipathy is ad ded strong "racial feeling, arising from other causes. On Thursday 500 peasants tried to invade MichallenL Despite the fact that there was a suflcient number of Roumanian troops In this town to stop the rioters, the revolters at first got the upper hand because the soldiers, acting on the orders of the prefect of the town, were not permitted by their omcers to open fire. In the face of the menaces of the furious peasants, however some of the soldiers did fire against orders. This volley klled fif teen of the rioters and -wounded forty five, whereupon the peasants with drew. STATE CHEMIST REPORTS. Submits Analysis of' Stack Foods to the Senate. Lincoln. Neb. Members of the state senate refused to be frightened at the letters addressed to the state chemist protesting against the analy sis of stock foods manufactured and sold in the state, and are determined to make public the composition of these foods, regardless of threats of the manufacturers to proceed against the chemist if the analysis submitted should happen not to be correct. State Chemist Redfern submitted an analy sis of several of the foods as made at the Iowa, state laboratory and the. re port was read in open session this morning. Later the senate ordered 1.000 copies of the report to be print ed. FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE. Metal Trades Association to Assist in Movement. Boston At the closing session of its annual convention, the National Metal Trades association urged prep arations to give national scope to President Roosevelt's new movement for the prevention of strikes. In a speech , considering the use to which the president has decided to put the $40,000 Nobel peace fund prize recent ly awarded to him, James W. Van Cleave of St. Louis, president of the National Association of Manufactur ers, called upon all employers in the country to support the president's plan. ' ACUTE FAMINE IN CHINA Christian' Herald Sends $50,000 to Washington for Red Cross. Washington Dr. Louis Klopsch of the Christian Herald has notified the State department that his telegraphic advices from China show such an acute condition there that he is send ing to the Red Cross at Washington $50,000 in addition to the $100,000 worth of food supplies which he will place on the army transport Buford at San Francisco next month. Wint to Rest at Arlington. ; Washington Funeral services for Brigadier General T. J. Wint, United States army, who died in Philadel phia, will be held at Arlington Nation al cemetery, where the burial will take place. It has been decided that full military honors shall mark the burial of Brigadier General Wint Re llgious services will be held In Phila delphia and the body will then be transported to Washington. Taft Reconsiders. Washington Secretary Taft has re-' considered his original opinion ol March 7 relative to the eight-hour law in its application to employes on rivei and harbor works. Then he held that the law applied to every person con nected with the work on dredges and steamers of various kinds, while he is now of the opinion that it affects only mechanics and laborers. John C Spooner's Successor. Madison. Wis. There will be no election of a United States senator to succeed John C. Spooner until May 14. according to an agreement reach ed among legislative leaders. Blackburn Gets a Job. Washington Secretary Taft an nounced that Lieutenant Colonel Goethals would succeed Mr. Stevens as chairman of the Isthmian canal commission and engineer In charge of the canal work on April 1. When Colonel Goethals becomes chairman by promotion from the grade of com missioner there will be a vacancy in the commission which will be filled by the appointment of former Senator Joseph C. S. Blackburn of Kentucky. Colonel Goethals will receive a salary of $15,000 annually. Kill Socialists' Bill. Madison, Wis. The legislature killed the municipal ownership bill of the socialists, which provides for pub lic operation of the utilities which may be condemned when once put in the hands of a receiver by the courts. am Asylum. Atlantic City. N. J. James Parker. who 'attempted to save the life of President McKlnley by striking the arm of Czolgoz as the latter fired the fatal shot at the prestdeat, is la jail, a raving maaiac - n ? t ; - - ' i ' NO PLACE FOR Hit!. - - - mstQnaJrvBi Mgiy HmmmuJiWne3sf ammTvjS.wcCxCviOi IPmeIS m .9bvw7 M VmmVJEC! H&mmwHmmwS"" (CJm CMBwmmamT " nmwnsmmm' " g i.-'HsamSBmmmmmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmasmmm PUTER PROMISED IMMUMTY LAND FRAUD INDICTMENTS NOT TO BE PRESSED. Gives Out Some Stories of Crooked ness in Binger-Herman Trial at 'Washington. Washington Attain v S A. D. Puterl testified for the government in the Hermann trail regarding fraud and bribery in many land deals. Just as his cross-examination was closing At- tm-nov Wnrthinzton for the defense asked: "Were you ever promised Im munity by any representatives ot me government for your testimony?" "To a certain extent I have been," was the answer. Puter explained that after he had been convicted in the case for which he is serving a two-year sentence in Oregon, he had gone at once, to United States Attorney Heney and offered to tell what he knew about land frauds. He had many conferences with Heney as a result of which witness testified: "Heney told me that if 1 became a witness for the government he would not press those other indictments against me, but would have them dis missed when the time came." "Did you try to bribe the grand jury that indicted you?" asked Mr. Worthington. "I did," was the answer. The witness explained that be had given a man named Brownell $50 to influence two of the grand jurors to see that a "true bill" was not returned against him. This effect failed. "Were you engaged in criminal op erations after your convictions and prior to. your sentence?" was the next question of the cross-examiner. "Yes, to a certain extent That is, I was dealing in a great deal of state land and alleged fraudulent title." Mr. Worthington dwelt some time on the statement of Puter that he had while in Washington in 1902, regarding the "Eleven-seven" claims, talked to Assistant Commissioner Richards. To direct question whether Hermann had not told the witness that the matter had been turned over to Richards and that he would attend to the matter, the witness answered in the negative. SENATOR BURTON RELEASED. Having Served His Sentense He Now Returns Heme. St Louis, Mo. Former United States Senator Joseph R. Burton, of Kansas, who has been serving a sen tence of six months imprisonment in the. Iron county jail at Ironton. Mo., will be released at once. lie wss con victed of having appeared before the postoflice department in behalf of .the Rialt Grain and Securities 'company of St Louis while a member of tha United States senate and having celved compensation tor so.doing. re- Thurstons Under the Sea, Bridgeport Conn. Mrs. John M. Thurston, wife of former United States Senator Thurston of Nebraska, and Mrs. J. C. Lake, wife of the assistant manager of the Lake Submarine Tor pedo Boat company, and said to the first women ever to make a trip In a submsrine boat were among' a party of persons who made a trip in a sub marine boat Thursday. The boat was submerged for two hours in Long Isl and sound, just outside the Bridgeport harbor, during which luncheon was served and an hour devoted to im promptu sneechmaking. Battleship Plane Worthless. Washington The theft ot the plans of the battleship Nebraska from the desk of the superintendent of construc tion at the Moran Bros.' shipyards at Seattle has not been reported to the navy department The department does not take the reported theft se riously. The stolen booklet does not contain the plans of the mechanism which it is especially desired to keep secret Officials of the bureau of con struction said that practically every thing in the booklet has heretofore been made public. Americans Not Enthusiastic Washington American capitalists have not been, kindly to the plan for aa agricultural bank for the Philip pines, aad it now seems likely that the bank will be established with English capital. KM Wis. -E.-H. Lemon, a wealthy stock dealer of Gordon. Neb., fen down the steps' wading to the anbway of the Northwestern railway station here.- His ehestias- crashed -aad he died three soars later. - - . IS CMR6EDWITII BRIBERY GRAND JURY BRINGS ACCUSA TION AGAINST RUEF. Long Loeked For Indictment in San Francisco Graft Cases Returned. - San Francisco; Cal. The long-looked-for indictment in the munici pal graft cases were returned Wed nesday night Shortly after 6 o'clock the grand jury filed with Presiding Judge Coffey of the superior court oeventy-five indictments charging bribery, which were found on evidence presented to the grand jury after six months' probing into the municipal affairs of this city by Assistant Dis trict Attorney Francis J. Heney and Secret Service Agent William J. Burns, and which reveal an amazing story of alleged graft .and corruption that surpasses the boodle cases of St. Louis, ranks with the Minneapolis ex pose and lis only eclipsed in the amount of money passed, but not in its ramifications and organization, by the famous Tween ring of New York. Of the indictments returned, sixty five are against Abraham Ruef, for years the political boss of San Fran cisco, charging him with bribing the board of supervisors to grant fran chises to the United railroads, the Home Telephone company, the San Francisco Gas and Electric company and the so-called "prize fight trust" Ten are against T. V. Hslsey; former general agent of the Pacific States Telephone company, who is charged with having bribed the supervisors not to grant a franchise to a rival com pany. One indictment against Ruef and four more against Halsey, which it is understood were also returned to day, were not filed In open court. Several more indictments, the exact number and against what person, Heney and Burns refuse to divulge un til the accused persons have been ar grand jury, but not filed Heney and Burns not even trusting the secret file. "T ' - STOCK LAW IS VIOLATED. Secretary Wilson Sends Evidence Twenty-Nine Cases. Washington Secretary Wilson in of the department of agriculture for warded to the department of justice the proof In twenty-nine new cases against various railroads for viola tion of the so-called twenty-eight-hour law which requires that live stock shall not be kept on-cars without food and water and rest for longer than twenty-eight hours. The number of cases and the roads against which they are to be brought follow: Chicago, Burlington A Qnincy, 8; Baltimore A Ohio, 6; New York Cen tral. 4; Salt Lake. Los Angeles A San Pedro, 2; Great Northern. 3; Cincin nati. New Orleans A Texas Pacific. 1; Union Pacific, 1; Northern Pacific. 1; Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul, 1; Negro Banker Assassinated in Street. Hattiesburg, Miss. Edward Howell, one of the most influential negroes in southern Mississippi, and president of the People's bank, was shot in the back and kiUed while on his way home Tuesday nignlr Brothers Fight to Death. New York Two brothers who loved the same woman fought with knives and clubs in an east side saloon Tues day, until both were so badly injured that they probably will die. Cost ef Cuban Trouble. Washington Extraordinary expens es to the United States up to date caused by the sending of an army of pacification to Cuba aggregate about $2,500,000, according to figures which have been prepared by the war depart ment and now made .public. The navy has made no extraordinary charges for the part it has taken in the maintenance of peace in the isl and, but the mariae corps have charged extra expenses for the organ ization of a brigade of marines to as sist in preventing trouble. Ruined With a Bomb. ( Oakland. Cal. A bomb was explod ed in front of Judge Ogden's house en Alice street The whole front of the house was destroyed, but none of the family injured. Erickeon at the Prison. Leavenworth, Kas. J. A. E. Krick- a. banker of Minot. s. D,--can- victed. of making false reports to the bank examiner and sentenced to. five years'. Imprisonment was brbaght here land placed in. the United' States penitentiary. U. P. STAND3 UNSUPPORTED. Hill Hani Stocks Principal New York Prices crumbled away dariag the early deal lag. la the stock market Tuesday. The predpancy of the decline recalled the' market of last week and gave rise to renewal s The greatest sufferers from the re newed pressure were the Hill aad Har rimmn stock, St Paul. Reading aad 8meltlng. Union Pacific fell 7 without any .sign of support Many active stocks fell between aad 3. Selling for foreign account was an important element in the weakness and fears were entertained that trouble was brewing in some foreign financial mar kets. ' It was believed also that there were selliag oat of accounts that helped through the slump of last week on condition that opportunity should be taken of the first recovery in the market to reduce holdings. The break in the first hours was as cribed to a variety of causes, chief among them being a persistent rumor that one or more failures are immi nent London sold about 60,000 shares In the first hour.. chiefly Erie. South ern Pacific and Steel. The excitement on the exchange was quite as great as that of last Thurs day. Considerable stock wss thrown on the market at aay price it might briag. Before noon it was announced that the cleariag house sheets from mem bers hsd gone through. It was iati mated in an official quarter that sev eral members had been carried over and that their affairs were being in vestigated by a 'stock exchange com mittee. Among the alarming rumors was one affecting a banking house, which is said to have suffered losses on loans on collateral ot doubtful value. HONDURAS IS HARRASSED. Revolution Force Capture the Town ef Trujillo. Washington Dispatches received by the state department indicate that Nlc araguan warships are threatening the entire north coast of Honduras. Philip R. Brown, secretary to the American mission to Guatemala and Honduras, advised the department that he had dispatches from the Amer ican consul at Ceibul indicating that conditions are much disturbed there. A later dispatch from Mr. Brown confirms the report that Trujillo Is in the hands of Honduran revolutionists and that the north coast of Honduras is threatened by the forces operating against the government The dls patch does not state whether the Nlc araguan ship assisted in capturing Trujillo for the revolutionists who are operating with the Nicaraguan govern ment. NEGROES TRANSFERRED. Sixty-Eight Go to West Point for Per manent Service. Fort Leavenworth, Kas. Orders were received here to transfer sixty eight negroes, soldiers of the Second squadron of the Ninth cavalry, to West Point for permanent service at the military academy. Twenty-fou? will leave this week in charge of Lietf tenant Sherrard Coleman. The others will follow in May. Arbitration at St Paul. St. Paul Arbitration between the state and railways may settle the dif ferences of the commodity rates and the agitation for lower railroad fares in Minnesota. cIf negotiations now pending come to a head resolutions will be introduced In both houses of the legislature today or tomorrow in structing the committees on the 2-cent fare bill of both houses to arrange fox a meeting with the governor, the at torney general, and railroad commls sion and the representatives of tht railroads to agree on a basis of com promise. W. J. Bryan's Birthday. Cincinnati, O. William J. Bryan Tuesday night was the guest of the Cincinnati Democratic club, where he made an address. Mr. Bryan called attention to the fact that he was spending the forty seventh anniversary of his birth in Cincinnati, concluding with the re mark that he expected to live through five more presidential campaigns. "1 went into politics by accident and I stayed in by design." he added. Warm Day In Oklahoma. Guthrie. Okla. All heat records of Oklahoma were broken when the ther mometer Tuesday afternoon regis tered 102 in the shade. The unusual heat was accompanied by a stiff breeze. Reports from all over the ter ritory are of a like nature. At Okla homa City the mercury reached 97 and at Thomas 99. Thaw Helps Flood Sufferers. Pittsburg, Pa. Mayor George W. Guthrie received a letter from Harrj K. Thaw, in which a check for $100 was inclosed to aid persons .-.uttering from the flood of last week. 50000 Trainment to Strike. Chicago Trainment and conductors on all railroad lines west of Chicago have rejected the recent offer of the general managers of the systems fot an increase in wages, according to in formation. The official canvas cf the referendum vote, which has been in progress for a fortnight, will begin at once. It is stated further that the trainmen have voted to strike If theii demands are not granted. Unless the railroad managers offer further con cessions a strike of 50.000 men is likely to result Stockmen Compromise. Laramie. Wyo. At a meeting of cat tlemen and sheepmen a compromise was effected as to grazing on the Med icine Bow forest reserve. A dividing line was marked out which both sides agree to observe. There had been danger of a clash. General John H. Moore Dead. Washington Brigadier General John H. Moore. United 8tates army, retired, died here. General Moore served at the head of the medical department 1 from 1SS6 to 1890. . UIIJEI IEFIRE JUICE RICHARDS AND COMSTOCK FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. and Aeuilla Given a Lsca Fine and Shorter Term in i County JaiL , Omaha Jadge W. H. Manger ruled the motion for a new trial ha the cases of Bartlett Richards, Will G. Comstock. Charles C. Jameson and AsaUla Triplett ia the United States district court aad seateaced the ac cused as follows: Bartlett Kichards, a fine of $1,500 and one year in the Douglas county jail; Will G. Com stock. $1,500 fine aad one year in the Douglas county jail, and Charles C. Jameson and Aquilla Troplett $500 fine aad eight months each ia the Douglas county jail. The attorneys for the Jefeadaats at once gave notice that they would file a petition in error, which Is equiva lent to an appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit. . The appeal bond was at oace fixed at $5,000 la the case of each defend ant, which was promptly given. The preliminary remarks by Judgo Munger before passing sentence were very brief aad dwelt upon the ques tions raised by the attorneys fur the defense relative to the empaneling of the jury and the character of the evi deace produced during the trial. " "The question was formally asked of each juror regarding his knowl edge of the law," said Judge Mon ger, "but there' was no error in that. The question of the disposition of the land and the intention of the entry men was fully goae over In the evi dence, and the fact that it was the intention to secure solaler entrymen who had served the longest bore out a possible understanding as to the ulti mate transfer of the land. For these reasons the motion for a new trial Is overruled and the defendants aro given the usual exceptions." All the defendants and their attor neys were in the court room when iho decision was handed down. Among other spectators were Thomas M Huntlngton and T. B. Hord aad sev eral of the attorneys for other laad and cattlemen who have cases pend ing before the court. Judge Munger first asked the de fendants if they had anything to say1 as to why sentence should not be passed. Mr. Comstock made a brief talk and was followed by Judge Curtis, counsel for the defense, after which Judge Munger passed sentence. UNION PACIFIC STOPS WORK. Company Makes Good Announcement ef Several Daya Ago. Onaga, Kas. Pursuant to orders from Union Pacific headquarters at Omaha, work 6n the construction of the Topeka id Northwestern railroad from Onaga northwest has been sus pended and work all along the road came to a standstill at 6 o'clock Moo day night. Already the grading outfits from along the route are arriving is. this city for transportation to other parts of the country. As a result cf the shutdown, thousands of men hr.ve been thrown put of employment and every train leaving here is crowded with .discharged laborers. EXPOSITION IS OPEN. President Touches Button and Starts the Show. Louisville. Ky. The application of President Roosevelt's thumb to a but ton in the White House let loose a jangling of bells and a screeching of whistles Monday afternoon, which told the people throughfyt the city of the formal opening of the Greater oula ville exposition. Immediately upoa the uproar Creatore and his band swung into "Dixie" and the Exposi tion March. Urge Two-Cent Postage. London Chancellor of the Ex chequer Asquith has received a dep utation representing some 200 mem bers of the house of commons, who urged the establishment of a 2-cent postal rate with America. Mr. Asquith said there was no indication that the American government was in favor ot conceding a 2-cent rate, and while he promised to bear the matter in mind, he cheerfully refrained from commit ting himself to any definite pledge. Salvador Joins Honduras. Panama According to reliable in formation received here from Salvador that country has allied itself openly with Honduras in the war with Nic aragua. On March 10 2,500 Salvado raa soldiers landed at Amapala and proceeded the next morning in the di rection of Choluteca. This body of men came from San Miguel, in Hon duras, and are under the command cf General Jose Dolores Presa. Gen. Wint Passes Away. Philadelphia Brigadier General Theodore J. Wint. formerly command ing the Department of tee Missouri, with headquarters at Omaha, died sud denly at a hotel here Thursday. He came to Philadelphia to undergo med ical treatment. Dan Anthony for Congress. Topeka. Kas. Daniel R. Anthony o? Leavenworth, editor of the Leaven worth Times, will have no opposition in the race for the republican nomina tion for congressman from the First Kansas district to fill the place made vacant by the resignation of Charles W. Curtis, now senator from Kansas. Ail other prospective candidates for the nomination withdrew Monday. The primary election will be held March 29 and the special election May 23. The district is overwhelm ingly republican . Young Women Quarantined. Indianola. Ia. Sixty young womea students of Simpson college, resident? of the women's dormitory are quar antined as a result of an outbreak of scarlet fever. Cement Production. Washington According to a state ment issued by the geological survey, the prodction of hydraulic cement In the United States in 1906 was 50,027. 221 barrels, valued at $54,015,773. This represents a large increase. foummimum . .$ i tat Upon atony flmnjMto ef A couple ef resected hi the vkdaMy ef ATHERCB FROM OMIlAMmft ANO PRESS sHBTATCrHM. A I cases ef sssallpax are Seath Omaha has a new peMce hoar jest appelated ky Governor SheMen,- For aad against license will be the lease hi the earning ejections in assay towns. The firemen's fan at Beatrice has received $25 from the Union Pacific railroad. i The Blair telehone exchange has de cided to construct a building for its own use. The Stromsbarg Woman's Relief corps offers a geM medal for an essay on patriotism. Rev. A. J. Cash has seen ordained and will have charge of the Episcopal church at Alston. Lieut Kavanaagh. who was with Dewey at Manila, has recently been visiting at Tecumaeh. The professor ot schools at Hyan sis has seen re-elected and his salary increased to $90 a month. At Seward, Judge Evans flned Roy Cmston $ and gave him a sixty-day jail sentence for stealing clover seed. In view of an article appearing in an Omaha paper. Dr. Young of the Norfolk asylum asks for an investiga tion. The) hoard of education of Oakdale has reelected H. F. Hooper as super intendent of the public schools at a salary of $900. In the county court nt Tekamah. Charles J. Ellis was found guilty of selliag liquor fo a minor. The case will be appealed. L, L. Young, four miles east of Oak land, had a black mare weighing from 1.209 to 1.50 pounds and a saddle stolen from his barn. The last sack of aaoney stolen from the Butte postofltee tost May'has been found underneath a heap of cobs ia a coal shed. It captained $39. About $1,009 was stolen. The propositloa for an issue of $16. 000 in bonds to oafld water works was carried by 105 to 33 at Tapillion. The event was celebrated at night by a great demonstration. The board of education of Grafton has increased the salaries of the prin cipal to $90; assistant principal to $69 sad grade teachers to $50 for the comb ing school year. Bphraim Hall, a wealthy farmer liv tag ia the vicinity or Bee. Seward couaty, suddenly expired of hesrt failure, while in the act of alightiag from a northwestern train. Construction on the Evangelical Lutheran church at York has begun. Seaator Dolllvar of Iowa will speak before the North Nebraska Teachers association in Norfolk in April. Frank Brink has been placed on trial at Poaca for the murder of his sweet heart, Bessie Newton, the day before the date set for her marriage to Ed ward 0Donnell of Humboldt, la. Fred Bazelman, a lumber dealer at Bristow. has been arrested, charged, with setting Are to his own and other buildings at Bristow. The Are burned half the town and caused a loss of $50, 000. Secretary Royce of the State Bank lag board baa taken charge of the Citizen's Bank at Firth. Laacaster couaty, aad an examiner has been sent there to look over the beak's accounts. The Nebraska Cfiy baseball league has been formed into an association and a large amoant of stock has been subscribed for the maintensnee of a. flrst-class baseball team duriag the comiag summer. Mrs. Hugo Frey of Stuart, haa been awarded $2,090 by a jury because her husband, a saloonkeeper, died. She claimed wholesale liquor men who sold him liquor caused the death. Ten Arms are included in the count. At a meeting of the Board or Di rectors of the Msry Young Men's Christlsn association, Beatrice, it was decided to hold the dedication services April 27 to May 6. It is though the building will be completed by that time. The body of Benjamin F. Davenport, fifty-nine years eld, wss fouad at his home, seventeen miles southeast ef Harrison, death being caused by heart disease aad pleurisy. The 'eceaaed was in the net of pumping water from p deep well when the death stroke came. He has been in poor health for several week as shown by a dairy " .found on his person. General Manager Frank Walters of the Northwestern,- while in Fremont said that the road would not begin its contemplated $59,090 worth of Im- provemeats in the Fremont yardathis '. year until the present session of the, . legislature has adjourned. Mr. Wal-, c ters said that while there waa no hjc tentlon to abandon the ImprovementoF that the road would not begin them until it knew what kind of a freight law ''the legislature would pass. Twentysix appllcaats for govern ment positions took the. examiaatioo for the mail service at the postoMce in Beatrice. Most of the appllcaats were from that vicinity. An organization has been effected in Auburn for the relief of Chinese suffering. Nightly meetings have l-cea held and over one hundred dol lars in cash already raised. Grain and clothing will be-solicited. Aubura feels very remorseful because she did nothing for the sufferers of San Francisco and intends to make up for her neglect. Women of Omaha will raise $20,909 to construct a new Clarksoa hospital. L, C. A W. C. Johnston, sheep feed ers and farmers of Sewsrd county, left for a trip to Mexico and the Saad wich islands. They will be gone sev ers! months. The 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. B. Baxley. who live six miles northwest of T.'ttca. met death in a peenbar meaner. The child waa slav ing at the heme place and while run ning stepped into a deep hole and' fell backwards, breaking Its' neck aad. i h n k 'I $ V