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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:
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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