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Chicago The relations between ea
ployers' and' employes were never 4 so
harmonious, in Chicago, as now. In tao
fast oa .May 1 there has always been
some sort' of struggle going on be
tween the labor unions end the cm
pjayerg In Chicago, but this year
there Is scarcely a cloud on the indus
trial horizon. Every union in ibe
buildiag industry, with the exception cf
the structural iron workers, has re
newed contracts with employers, and
the iron workers expect to reach a set
tlement without a strike. Machinists
have demanded an increase of 25 cants
in. wages, but the indications are there
will practically be no trouble in putting
the new schedule into effect Most of
the larger 'firms in the city have signi
fied a willingness to grant-the demand,
and if any strikes are called May 1
taeyi will be confined to individsal
firms.
.Agreements covering all the wood
workers' mills and factories have been
entered into. so that there will be.no
trouble in that line of industry, while
the brickmakers are now holding con
ference with their employes and will
undoubtedly reach a settlement before
next wesk. j
St Louis Scales Signed.
St Louis Employers and labor lead
ers of St. Louis and the southwest re
port labor conditions better for May 1
this year than for many years past.
Practically all wage scales in St. Louis
aad the surrounding territory for 200
miles are signed. In St Louis alone'
this includes 120,000 union men. The
lnions allied with the Building Trades'
council here are all signed for the year
with the exception of a very few men
employed in small shops. There are
abont 40,009 men in these unions.
Other branches of trade show similarly
good conditions! 'The brewery work
ers, who were on a strike a few months
ago," are now signed, as are also the
other important .trades.
gr.Qhl Outlook in New York.
New York The opening oi the out-of-door
construction season finds New
York, both city and state, without, ap
prehension of serious labor troubles.
In the building trades, especially, p.-os-perous
and reassuring conditions pre
vail. There is a large and well-met
demand for both skilled and unskilled
labor, due to the extensive private con
struction projections now under way
and the tunnels, railway terminals
and other undertakings of a public or
quasi-pubP" nature.
MORE PAY FOR RURAL CARRIERS.
Graded Schedule Provides for Quite
' arf "increase.. '
Washington Postmaster General
Myer has approved the detailed ad
justment of salaries of rural free de
livery carriers, as submitted by As
sistant Postmaster General DeGrew.
The new schedule, which will become
effective July 1 next will make a
graded increase in the compensation
of carriers' of from 9 to 25 per cent,
based upon the -number of miles tra
versed. The readjustment adopted,
with the Increase of upwards of $G,
009.009 made, in the appropriation by
congress, will involve an aggregate
expenditure for rural service during
the next fiscal year of nearly $35,000.
960. PRESIDENT CASTRO TO RETIRE.
Report thst Executive of Venezuela
Will Give Up His Office.
Now- Ycrk The Tribune" says:
President Cipriano Castro of Vene
zuela, according to information re
ceived here from two independent
sources, will retire from office en. May
23. Although this date might suggest
here some other causes for his retire
ment the reason is his continued ill
health.
Standing Army for Cuba.
Havana The -clan of a Cuban
standing army of 12.000 men, as sug-'
gested by the general staff of the
American army, is most attractive to
that element of the Cuban people
which is Tend of the gold lace and
regalia of Spanish-American armies.
But among the conservative element
the rlan excites really less interest
than (he preceding one to recruit the
rural guard up to 12,000 men.
Mail Carriers. Go Armed.
Omaha Commencing at once, each
of the 107 mail carriers of the city
will be carrying a revolver with In
structions to shoot any dog that mo
lests him during the performance of
his duties. Postmaster Palmer issued
these vorders. A
' ' Consumption of Sugar.
Washington The consumption, of
sugar In the United States in the" fis
cal year which ends with June will
probably exceed that of any other
year In the history of the country,
according to a statement by the bu
reau cof statistics of the departsaeet
of commerce and labor. The total'
quantity of sugar Imported in the nine
months ending -March last was 3,692.
999,999 "pounds in round figures, while
the '-quantity brought in during the
first 'nine months of the high record
year;, 1903, was 3.60C.OOO.O0O. ,.
Reforms in Land Office.
Washington Commissioner Ballin
ger of the general land office baa ask
ed Secretary Garfield to assign to his
bureau two of the experts to be en
gaged by the secretary to suggest
plans for the betterment of the ser
vice.' Iowa City, la. A chair of BoheaUaa
language and literature will be estab
lished in the University of Iowa next
year as the-result of aa oadewsMat
by the council of higher education, a
national organisation. .
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centennial exposition, land and water
display, such as never "was .atterart"d
in tils country or on foreign eiore?,
was opened Fri lay with that pomp ani
corcmony whish always at'ends an
event where the prarideat cf tin
United States is a central. Spare, and
diplomatic representatives of forni?n
nations, governors of state.) ana Hie
i dignitaries are honored guests -and
participants.
The day of the inaugural- ccrcmoniss
opened cloudy, but by 8 o'clock the
st:n shone forth and a strong breeze
from the southeast saoa drove the
cloud banks beyend theorizon. Ieiv
ing a clear sky. The breeze sweeping
across Hampton Roads also tempered
the heat which had a tinge of mid
summer in jt by jthe time the presi
dent landed "on tbVexpqsitfon grounds
The unfinished streets were dee? ' in
dust- which made .the gras3covered
parade from which the inaugural func
tion was viewed, by the populace 'a
welcome refuge.
Incident to. the opening President
RooseVelt reviewed from the deck of
the 'Mayflower" the "war vessels an
choreed in Hampton Roads.' He
reached Discovery 'Landing, having
been -transferred "in1 a iiaval launch
shortly before noon and amid applause
from the thousands, gathered to voice
their- welcome, "and was received ,by
the exposition "management 'Then fol
lowed the program for opening to, the
public the enterprise commemorating
the 300th anniversary of the first Eng
lish settlement in 'America, which'" pro
gram included an adddress by Harry
St George Tucker, president of the
exposition, and one by President
Roosevelt, singing by the exposition
'chorus of 700 trained voices, the press
ing of the gold button by President
Roosevelt, which marked the formal
opening, and a review bjr.the president '
of the assembled military forces.
The president preliminary to his ad
dress, said: t
"I wish to say a word of special
-greeting to the representatives of the
'foreign governments here present.
They have come to assist us in cele
brating what was in very truth the
birthday of this nation, for It wa3
here that the colonists-first settled,
whose incoming, whose growth from
their own loins and by the addition of
newcomers-from abroad, was' to make'
the' people which 169 "years later as-'
sumed the solemn -responsibilities' and
weighty duties of-complete independ
ence." '
GREAT MILITARY DIVTSIONS.
An Order ?f Abolishment Issued From
War Department '
Washington The long expected or
der abolishing the great military divi
sions in the United States was issued
at the war department 'Friday "by di
rection of the president "The divi
sions wil be discontinued at the end of
the present fiscal year and thereafter
the territory of the United States, ex
cept the Philippine Islands, (which the
present organization is retained) will
be organized for miltary purposesjinto
the military department an now exist
ing except that the state of Missouri
will be included' in the department
of the Missouri -instead of the depart
ment of Texas., , v :
GIFT FROM ROCKEFELLER.
Ten City Blocks to Holding of
Uni-
versity of Chicago.
Chicago John D. Rockefeller, it
was annonced Friday, has presented
to the University of Chicago a tract of
land comprising about ten city blocks
and valued at 2,000. The tract extends
from Cottage Grove avenue to Madi
son avenue, in this city. With this
latest addition to the holding of the
university, it becomes possible to carry
out the building plan of the late presi
dent, W. R. Harper.
Nicaragua Thanks President
Washington To President t Roose
velt has been given the credit' for ma
terially assisting in bringing about
amity between Nicaragua and Salva
dor, as shown by the following cable
gram to him from- President Zelaya
of Nicaragua, received Friday: ."Peace
signed day before yesterday,- Amalpa.
I thank your excellency for your great
work toward achieving that happy re
sult." Funeral vof Mrs. Sheldon. '
Nehawka, Neb. The funeral service,
of Mrs. Julia; Sheldon, mother of .the
governor of Nebraska, was held at the
home. of her son Vilas. It was the
largest funeral .cortege ever occurring
in this place It not the county. Rev.
G. W. Mitchell of Chadroa, Neb., a
brother-in-law of Mr. B. Wolph. who
married one of Mrs. Sheldon's daugh
ters, pronounced the eulogy.
Congratulations in London.
London All the morning newspa
pers print long dispatches on the open
ing of the Jamestown exposition and
President Roosevelt's speech at the
function, the editorials extending con
gratulations at .Unsuccessful inaugu
ration. ' ,
Judges Are Tied to Treea.
Upper Alton, IIl-Having decided In
favor of the sophomores In aa oratori
cal contest at ShurUeff college, which
decision was displeasing to freshmen,
Prof. M Mugan of St Louis and E. M.
Dey. general advertising agent for the
Missouri Pacific, two of 'the three
judges, were seized by the freshmen,
tied ito .trees on the campus. and left
helpless until morning. Attorney Har
old Johnson iat St Louis; the third
jadge, who rendered a decision in fa
vor of the freshmen, was notmo:.
tested.
A Bungling Execution.
Columbus'. Tex. John Armstrong, a
negro convicted of having murdered
his wife, waa hanged here Friday.
When the trap was -apiuag-nls feet
touched the ground and It was neces
sary, for the omccrs on the scaffold to
hold him ap.
Pittsburg C. M. Daniels at the New
York Athletic dab broke the Indoor
record for fifty yards at the
ew la this city.
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St Paul, Minn. Railroad property
in Minnesota is valued at' $215,099,900
by the Saadberg investigating commit
tee, which returned Its report to til
senate Monday. This, is approximately
$27,000 a mile. The property Is cap
italized to the extent of abont $400,
000,000, or $50,000 a mile, on an aver
age. The net earnings, according to
the committee's findings, averaged
over $5,000 a mile last year, or 18 per
cent on the committee's valuation.
The report says that 'to arrive at
the-cost of reproducing and equipping.
the different lines In their present con
dition the committee considered the
original cost of construction, the' cost
of improvements, bettermens and
equipment added since, the cost and
character of the lines recently built,
the expense of operating and the earn
Ings under existing rates,' value of
stocks and bonds, 'the geography of
the line and the judgment displayed in
its location. "
Referring to the Chicago Great
Western, the report says':
"This road was built by A. 6. Stick
ney, who raised the fnnds by acquir
ing, organizing, reorganizing and har
monizing corporations of Minnesota,
Iowa and Illinois."
The capital stock and funded debt
of the road is $143,668 per mile, and
the committee' finds its value at about
one-fifth that or $28,000 a mile. It Its
last report the company certifies that
line and equipment cost $98,011 per
mile.
Referring to the fact that in 1891
there was reported for "purchase of
contracted road $6,317,191.52, the. com
mittee says It was then 815 miles !ouu.
Fifteen years later this elastic item
had been stretched to $50,594,34 1.28.
but jthe whole line had shrunk sixty
miles in length. It had been watered
too much.
SECRETARY TAFT RETURNS.
Head of War Department Back from
Cuba, Panama' and Porto Rico.
Washington Secretary of War Taf t
and party arrived at the Washington
navy yard on board the Mayflower
Monday, after an absence of exactly a
month on a trip that included Panama.
Cuba and Porto Rico. The secretary
and Mrs. Taf t were immediately driven
to their residence. Former Governor
of Porto Rico Beekman Winthrop and
Mrs. Winthrop were guests of the sec
retary on the return trip. The others
in the party included Representatives
Burton of Ohio and De Armond of.
Missouri, Senator Kittredge of South
Dakota and Miss Maggie Ide.
WILL LEAVE FOR OYSTER BAY.
President to Go to Summer Horns
June 12.
Washington President Roosevelt
will leave Washington for his summer
home at Oyster Bay on June 12. This
is much earlier than has been the pres
ident's' practice heretofore, bat he feels
that public business is in such shape
that he can conveniently- leave. He
looks forward to a long period of rest
and' recreation. Secretary Loeb said
that no speeches were to be made by
the president after he leaves' Washing
ton until he goes to Canton, O., for the
unveiling of the McKinley monument !
September 30.
Endorsement for Tucker.
Kansas City One hundred and fifty
stockholders' of the Uncle Sam Oil
company from Illinois. Iowa, Okla
homa, t Missouri and Kansas met here
Monday and passed resolutions endors
ing H. H. Tucker, the indicted man
ager, and insisting that the company Is
solvent and should not be reorganized.
Manager .Tucker said that he would
immediately set in operation a plan
whereby he could raise $75,000 to be
used to secure machinery to refine the
crude oil now in the various refineries
of the company. -
Navar Officers Arrive.
San Francisco Among the passen
gers on the Japanese steamer Ameri
can which arrived Saturday night were
three officers of the United States
navy. Captain C. Arnold, Captain R.
Ingersoll and Captain T. M. McLean,
who recently took the cruisers West
Virginia, Maryland and Colorado to the
Asiatic station. The officers are on
their way to Washington to be as
signed to other warships.
Dent Want Roosevelt
Harrisburg, Pa. A resolution ask
ing President Roosevelt to be a candi
date for a second elective term aa
president was defeated in the house
3f .representatives. There was no de
bate on the proposition.
Further Railroad Legislation.
Washington The Interstate com
merce law convention, whose initiativo
had much to do with securing- paaaage
of the Hepburn railroad legislation of
a year ago, will probably be called' to
getber again the coming autumn to
take steps toward securing further
railroad legislation. JadgeCowaa of"
Texas and Gov. Larrabee of Iowa dlsi
cussed the matter ia thiaitj, they be
ing members of 'the executive com
mittee of the convention, and agreed
totake up.tb'niatter-aaether-convention.
Deadlock in Wisconsin.
Madison, Wis". The senatorial dead
lock remains unbroken. Stephenson
gained-ene vote. On the twentieth bal
lot the;reaalt waa aa follows: Cooper,
17; Each, 18; Ratten, 13; Lenroot, IS;
Stephenson, 29; Beeuech, 4; Wilkler,
2; HadnaU. 1; Owen. 1.
Judge Killa Hkneaif.
Lead, 8. D. Financial cares cai
former Circuit Court Jadge Joseph B.
Moore, one of the well known lawyers
of the state, to commit saiclde at his
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W5PECT0BS OF PORE FOOD
A BOARD CREATED TO ENFORCE
THE LAW.
Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry on
the Board with Dr. Dunlap as
Assistant Chemist
Washington Secretary Wilson has
created by executive order the board
of food and drug inspection, whose
duty it shall be to administer the .na
tional pure food law. The board con
sists of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief
of the bureau of chemistry, chairman;
Dr. Frederick L. Dunlap. who is com
missioned as associate chemist, and
George R. McCabe, solicitor of the De
partment of Agriculture.
Secretary Wilson has found it prac
tically impossible to take the required
time to go into all the necessary im
posed in the administration of the
pure food law. The amount of ad
ministrative work in this connection,
he says, has been rapidly increasing,
and to keep up with it he has found
would take absolutely all his time.
President Roosevelt heartily assented
to the plan of placing the .administra
tion of the laws in the hands of a
board.
The board of Dr. Dunlap was the
direct result of correspondence the
president has had with presidents of
the larger colleges of the country. Dr
Dunlap leaves an Important post In
the University of Michigan, from
which university he graduated in
chemistry in 1892 and from Harvard
In 1895, since which time he has de
voted his time to college work in that
science. Dr. Dunlap will receive a sal
ary of $3,500 a year and will devote
his entire time to the administration
of the pure food law. To comply with
the letter of the Secretary. Wilson
will sign all administrative acts in
connection with the pure food law, but
says he will feel entire confidence in
acting without Investigation on the
recommendation of the board. Here
after the board will conduct all hear
ings connected with the pure food law.
Evades Poor Food Law.
Topeka, Kas. Dr. S. J. Grumbine,
secretary of the board of health, an
nounced Thursday that he had discov
ered in use here a preservative for
meats, the manufacturers of which, he
asserts, are openly defying the state
and federal pure food laws. The pre
servative is made in the east and
chemical tests show that it contains
charcoal and pure sulphur, which,
when burned forms a sulphur diox
ide gas that Is absorbed by the meat
and has the same effect as borax.
Dead Letters Made Lively.
Washington All previous records
for a day's work in returning letters.
to writers' from the division of dead
letters were eclipsed on Monday last
when 20,368 letters were returned.
The largest number heretofore re
turned in a single day was 14,488 on
March 28 last. The number of letters
on hand awaiting return has -been re
duced to 63,000. A little over a month
ago there, were over 200,000 of such
letters on hand.
Loeb May Quit
Washington According to a rumor
which has been in circulation for some
time and which was more defined
Thursday, William Loeb, jr., secre
tary of the president will next Jan
uary become head of the Washington
Railway Electric company of this
city.
Canada Buys Buffaloes.
Denver A message was received in
this city Thursday to the effect that
the famous Pablo herd of buffalo of
the Flathead reservation, Montana.
had been sold to tne Canadian, govern
ment .Howard Eaton of Wolf, Wya,
telegraphed W. F. Kendrick, a Denver
mining man, that the Canadian gov
ernment had paid a deposit on -the
herd. The bulls, will be removed to
Canada about May 1 and the cows and
calves will be sent north In July.
There are between 400 aad 500 buflakH
in the herd.
Banker Must Stay In JaJL
Sioux Falls, S. D. Charles C. King,
the Scotland. S. D., banker who was
arrested in Chicago, on Tuesday aad
brought here, has not been able to fur
nish, the $29,909. fixed by tne United
States court commissioner in Chicago.
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UneowAGUbert I Laws former
secretary of state-aad representative
hi congress from the old Second Neb
raska district died here Thursday
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THE PEACE TREATY IS SKNED
CENTRAL AMERICAN FACTIONS
SETTLE DIFFICULTIES.
Conference Held at Amapal and Terms
Concluded That are Honorable
to Both Countries.
Washington The State department
has been informed of the successful
conclusion of the peace negotiations
at Amapala. A cablegram received
from Captain Doyle of- the United
States cruiser Chicago dated, Thurs
day says.
"Peace conference agreej to treaty
at 11 a. m."
Captain Doyle added that the peace
commissioners and their staffs would
embark last evening. It Is understood
from that that J. G. Gamaz, who rep
resented Nicaragua, will be taken on
the Boston to Corinto and that the
Boston will proceed to Acapulcod,
Mexico, on its way northward. Senor
Barcia, the representative of Salvador
in the conference, was to go aboard
the Chicago and be taken to Acatujla,
Salvador, and then the Chicago was
to follow the Boston northward. The
details of the agreement are lacking.
San Salvador, Republic of San Sal
vador A treaty of peace between Sal
vador and Nicaragua was signed at
Amapola by ministers representing
each country. The terms of the t aty
are honorable to both countries. The
conditions proposed by Salvador were
accepted, and the demands made by
President Zelaya of Nicaragua for
reparation for Salvador's part In the
recent war between Nicaragua and
Honduras and that there be a free In
terchange of commodities between Nic
aragua and Salvador were rejected.
Coatzacoalcos. Max. Former Presl-
dent Manuel Bonllla of Honduras ar-
rived here direct from his own country
via Salina Cruz. He declares he will
await here the arrival of a steamer
from the south which will bring a
friend and then proceed to Belize and
from there back to his own country to
take up arms.
He takes a most pessimistic view of
the conditions and outlook In Central
America and places the blame on in
adequate governments. He declared
that the presidents of the govern
ments need someone stronger than
they are to thrash them into what is
right.
THE CHEYENNE RESERVATION.
Sioux Indians Willing tp Lease 10,000
Acres.
Washington The Indian, bureau has
been advised of the willingness of the
Sioux Indians at the Cheyenne river
reservation to lease 100,000 acres of
their land to the band of 300 Ute In
dians who left their reservation In
Utah' last summer and who wintered
at Camp Meade. Nothing has been
heard as to the attitude of. the Ute3
toward this proposition, but the fact
that they have expressed a determina
tion to remain where they now are
leads to the conclusion that they will
accept
Methodist Training School.
St Couls, Mo. The general board
of education of the Methodist Episco
pal church In session here appropriat
ed 50,000 for the establishment of a
training school at Palo Alto, CaL. to
be conducted In conjunction with Ice
land Stanford university.
Deadlock Unbroken.
Madison, Wis. Three ballots were
taken Friday in the republican sena
torial caucus, but the deadlock is un
broken. Decision in Devlin Case.
Topeka. Kan. Over $300,000 worth
of indebtedness was wiped from the
records of the Devlin Coal company
and other Devlin corporations by a
decision of N. H. Loomis, special ref
eree in bankruptcy, handed dowa Wed
nesday. Des Moiaes, la. It a letter addres
sed to George-E. Powers of Orange,
Ia Governor Cummins declares Pres
ident Roosevelt should withdraw his
statement that he will not accept a re
nomination. Assassinate Priesa Chief.
Odessa The chief of the political
prison was killed here by four terror
ists whose indignation he had pro
voked by alleged atrocities upon pris
oners. One of the terrorists com
mitted suicide, another waa captured
and two escaped.
Dies With Fish on His Line.
Kankakee. HL With a fish atraggl-
lag on his line aad the pole grasped
la hm stiffened fingers, George Powell,
i aged fisherman, waa found dead la
the river nearthls dry.
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Outicofc in aha Cenwal
? -' '-araversy.
'waseiagtonrThe Central
eaatrovemy, la ao aw
today than it
cording to a dispatch received at the
State departawat from PfclUlp Brown,
the American charge at Oaatsssals. ea
bliag from La Ualoa, Salvador.
Mr. Brown stated that the
Isatinoa. He held oat no
early agreement
Beth the United States aad Mexico
are strivlag to bring
standing between the
Conferences were held Tuesday be
tween Assistant Secretary
the representatives of Mexico, flalvadoi
and Costa Rica as a result of which it
ounced that important devel
opments may he expected within
twenty-four hoars.
In the present appareatly hopeless
state of affairs it has been determined
that the only way oat of the dlfitealty
is by arbitration of all the questions In
dispute and therefore Nicaragua, Hon
duras and Salvador today have been
urged to agree to a proposition of that
nature. Should it be accepted there la
no question, it was stated from author
itative sources, that President Roose
velt will be asked to ait in
on the ease.
Mobile, Ala. Passengers arriving
here from Honduras say President Ze
laya will declare war against Guate
mala In about two months. They say
the natives of Port Barrios believe
this fervently enough to. begin work
on sandbag fortifications frontiag'that
town. The general opinion is that
Zelaya will now turn his attention to
Guatemala. All traces of the recent
trouble have been smoothed over and
the Nfearguahs are theoretically in
control. Peace is only kept by the
present of American marines, the gun
boat Paducah lying in the harbor of
Ceibu and the Marietta patrolling the
coast
MOTHER OF GOVERNOR DIES.
Aged Pioneer of Nebraska
After Two Weeks III
Lincoln, Neb. Mrs. Julia Sheldon,
mother of Governor Sheldon and
widow of the late George Lawsoa Shel
don, died at her home In Nemaha Tues
day, after aa illness lasting about two
weeks, which began with an attack of
pneumonia. Mrs. Sheldon was a pio
neer settler of Nebraska, having come
to what Is now Nehawka from Ver
mont in 1857. With her husband she
settled on a homestead, which was
her home until the last few years,
when she moved across the town to
her late residence. She was the mother
of five children. Frank Sheldon, Vilas
Sheldon, George Lawson Sheldon, jr.,
now governor.
ENDORSEMENT FOR TUCKER
Stockholders in Oil Company Say the
Corporation is Solvent.
Kansas City, One hundred and fifty
stockholders of the Uncle Sam Oil
company from Illinois, Iowa, Okla
homa, Missouri and Kansas met here
aad passed resolutions endorsing H.
H. Tucker,, the Indicted manager, and
Insisting that the company is solvent
and should.not be reorganized.
Plea for a Prisoner.
Kansas City The Missouri house of
representatives at Jefferson City,
Tuesday, by a vote of 64 to 30, joined
in a petition to President Roosevelt to
pardon W. C. Anderson, who was ar
rested In Kansas City last Friday
and taken back to the federal peniten
tiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kas.. from
which institution he had escaped nine
years ago. Anderson was convicted of
breaking into a postofflce in Sweet
water, Okla.. and was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary. After
serving three year3 he escaped and
came to Kansas City, where he went
into business, married and raised a
family.
Around the World in a Beat.
San Francisco Jack London's' sail
boat the Snark. started Tuesday for
Honolulu, the first port to be touched
on a six years' cruise around the
world. The vessel is forty-five feet
long, ketch-rigged, and its' occupants,
beside London- and his wife, are Her
bert S. Stoltz. a Stanford graduate and
athlete; Roscoe Eames, captain; Mar
tin Johnson, the cook, and Hileshisa
Tochigi, cabin boy.
River Towns in Conflict
Washington A. rate war between
he cities of Sioux City, la., and Sioux
Fails, S. D.. has been brought to the
attention of the interstate commerce
commission in a complaint filed by the
Sioux City Commercial club against
the Rock Island and other railroads.
Sheldon Will Name Delegates.
New York Governor Sheldon of
Nebraska. Johnson of Minnesota. Beck
ham of Kentucky and Vardaman of
Mississippi have accepted invitations
to send delegates to the national con
ference on trusts called by the na
tional civic federation to meet ia Chi
cago in May. .
New Minister from Sweden.
New York M. De Lagercrantz, the
first Swedish minister to Washington
since the separation of Norway and
Sweden, arrived Sunday.
MILLION FOR NEGRO SCHOOLS.
Philadelphia Woman Gives Largo Sum
for Education in South.
Philadelphia A gift of $1,000,009
for the establishment of a fund for
rudimentary schools for southern ne
groes was announced here. The donor
sa nam . w2.v, wuH w I
this city. Booker T. Wasihngton. head
of Tuskekee institute, and Hollis
Burke Frissell, president of the Hamp
ton Normal and Industrial institute,
are named as trustees of the fund.
Buffalo Bill's Shew.
New York Indians bit the dust,
rangers galloped across the tanbark
plains and' train robbers' were punc
tured with bullets Tuesday night In
Madison Square garden, where Buffalo
Bill's Wild West show opened before
thousands of spectators.
Primping ia Barred.
Waahiagtoa Primping among the
women employes of the government
printing ofitee must cease. An official
order has been leased lumuimg aH
mirrors from thehis bmiMag.
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Neman far Chinese
Mrs. P. Scott a laborer of .Hastings.
waa found dead la hat
The state anlietsKy .cadets will go
Into camp at Beatrice May 2$th.
The water and light aapply of Hum
boldt is to be put en the
Platte county m talking of voting
bonds for the Midland Central rail
road. The mayor of Tekamah has, decreed
there shall he no gamMlag In that
rates have been raised In
Beatrice,
protest.
there la
Junior normal will be held at Broken
Bow fa June, followed by teachers
institute.
W1B Cox. of Stella, lost his leg at
Leavenworth, Kas.. by being ran "over
by the care.
Matt Riley, Kearney. 72 years old.
died from injuries received while
driving a colt
Mrs. Purcell of Pawnee county took
belladoaa by mistake and came .near
losing her life.
One of the teachers In the school at
Overton ia rrmsiaing at home with a
case of measles.
Contrary to reports the oats crop in
Adams county waa net seriously in
jured hy the'late freeae.
Wymore saloon keepers have prom
ised to strictly obey the Stocumb law
and will receive licenses.
After examination in Oxford. C. K.
Adams was declared to be a dlpse
manlac and ordered to Lincoln.
At the late term of district court
in Custer county, the judge -had four
teen divorce cases to deal with.
Several thousand people witnessed
the layiag of the corner stone of the
Y M. C. A. building at Frenmnt
The farmers of Adams county re
port one of the biggest egg crops thm
season in the history of that section.
A fortune is awaiting John Wilson
of Tecumseh, .and he baa until 1919
to go to a foreign country and claim
it
Hon. Anton ZImmerer of Nebraska
City last week celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of his residence in that
city.
Rev. Leggett of Nebraska City has
been telling the people of many
wicked doings in the metropolis of
Otoe county.
John Elliott and Alex Berhwell
found a wolf's den about two miles
north of Plattamouth and captured
nine baby wolves.
The contract for grading the right
cf way of the aew Omaha-Hastings ia
terarbaa line waa let at Hastings to
C. D. Conover of Omaha. ' '
Joha Buchholz, a farmer residing
five miles south of Elmwood. had his
left leg broken and terribly mangled
by the knives of a stalk cutter.
The milling pleat at Blue Rapids.
Kas., owned by M. T. Cummiags of
Beatrice, was burned to the ground.
The loss will reach $12,999, with $9.
909 Insurance.
Nursery men about Fremont; whe
have carefully examined their fruit
trees are Inclined to believe that the
damage to the fruit hy the cold
weather has been exaggerated.
The wedding troeseaa of Miss Mary
Miller of Hall county was destroyed
by fire just a short time before her
marriage waa to take place. The cer
emony, however, was not postponed.
The new stone crasher plant of
George H. Davis is now In operation.
It is located one mile east of Wymore;
has a capacity of 60 tons daily and
cost $20,000. It Is one of the finest
plants of its kind in the west
The officers of the Nebraska society
for the preveatioa of cruelty to ani
mals, who reside In Osceola, are sead
iag out circulars throughout the state
with a view of establishing a society
la each county where no hum ann so
ciety now exists.
The pure food law, according to
State Chemist Redfera, contains an.
ambiguous aad puzzling phrase. "Can
ned goods" are exempted from the new
weight labeling section. Redfera has
searched diligently and has failed to
find a legal definition. He asserts that
the court will have to determine the
matter.
Louise McCleese. aged sixteen and
a favorite at Wayne, waa found dead
ia the rest room of the Wayne Na-
-cnal bank building,
tie, marked, "poison'
near, mends say the girl waa In
love with a student of the normal
school there and that at a party the
night before he treated her coldly. No
other cause for the act can he as
cribed. Her mother la a widow.
The sentence of August Mueller,
who shot his wife and her parenta in
Stanton county a year ago, aaa been
modified by the state sameme court
from fifteen years to three, the court
claiming that the sentence waa exces
sive. Postofflce Iaspector A. O. Swift of
Nebraska City, who waa injured hi a-
raliroad wreck seme time amfam.
nulIWU WI
aois. is at
very
siowiy. He was much worse Iniamd
than waa first thought and It wiH he
some time before he wlB -fee able to
report for duty.
Couaty Clerk Rosencraaa of Case
ccunty has received aa lngahj for
the address of the heirs of the Into
Hiram Robme. formerly of Platta
mouth, who waa killed while hi the
service of the Ualted States armr hi
the Phffipplnea.
Surveyors for a nei
road west of Loup City to
are now working, it m
tne project, which m
the 3reken Bow Weston
o-vnny. m m at interest ef the
union none, which
tot west ef Lew city.
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