Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILV BEE : FIUDAV , .TUXE 30. 18D ! > .
PIE STILL IS CHEAT DEMAND' '
Ci dldates for Position ! on Board ofT
Examiners of Embalming.
P , C. HEAFEY OF OMAHA WANTS THE PLACE
Plnn I * on Toot to Or nnlr.c i n Inile-
licmlrnt ItrKlmciit of Cnvnlrr
lor Service In tlic 1'hll-
lltplne Inland * .
LINCOLN , June 29. ( Special. ) Candi
dates for the Board ol Examiners of Em
balming have commenced to spring up In
various portions of the state and a meet
ing of the State Board of Health will soon
be held to tcleet three secretaries from
the list of applicants , which has been grow
ing for the last wc-ek or two. The Board
of Health was called together at the state
house this morning for this purpose. It being
the general Impression that the raw passed
bj- the last legislature authorizing the ap
pointment of three secretaries , whose duty
it shall be to examine applicants for cer
tificates allowing them to practice the pro
fession of embalming In this state , bad
gone Into effect. Before the question of
the appointments was taken up the discov
ery was made that the law does not go
Into effect until July 1 and 4hat the board
does not necessarily have to make the ap
pointments until sixty days afterward.
The applicants for secretaryships on the
board who are most strongly endorsed are
P. C. Heafey of Omaha , Joe Sondcrman of
Grand Island , E. L. Troycr and Walton O.
Roberts of this city. The latter Is a repub
lican , while Troyer and Sonderman are pop
ulists. Heafey Is a democrat. The board
proper consists of Governor Poyntcr , State
Superintendent Jackson and Secretary of
State Porter. The secretaries of the board
will examine all applicants for certificates
and are authorized to receive as compen-
eatlcn J5 per day and traveling expenses.
Tbo bill authorizing the State Board of
Health to appoint a Board of Examiners
of Embalming was introduced in the last
legislature by J. W. Armstrong , represent
ative from Nemaha county. The term
for which the members of the ex
amining beard shall hold office Is three
years , with the provision that the members
first appointed shall hold their office for
the term of one , two and three years re
spectively , or until their successors shall be
duly appointed. Under the law It is the
duty of every person In this state who Is
engaged in the profession pf embalming to
cause his name and residence or place of
business to be registered with the board.
Upon the payment of a fee of J5. together
with satisfactory proofs by affidavit or oth
erwise that he has been engaged in the
practice of embalming in this state for one
year prior to the passage of the law. the
board will furnish a , certificate allowing
the applicant to continue the practice of
his profession without being personally ex
amined. Those who do not register or who
have not been engaged In the business for
at least a year will be compelled to take
an examination to determine their fitness
lor the work. Any person who may desire
to appear before the board at any of Its reg
ular meetings and be examined with ref
erence to his knowledge of cmbarmlng may
do so upon the payment or a required fee
and if successful will be given a certifi
cate. Every applicant for examination must
pay the board $10 prior to the examination.
Every registered embalmer who desires to
continue the practice of his profession will
be required to renew his certificate an
nually , the fee for this being f2.
It is also provided in the embalming law
that no person shall engage in the practice
of embalming In this state without a cer
tificate from Uicj Ufantiof. . Examiners and
that allr persons holding such certificates
shall be' required to register the same In the
office of the clerk of the county in which
he resides , for which the clerk may charge
a fee of 25 cents. The penalty for not com
plying with the provisions of the embalming
act Is n fine of any sum not-less than J25
nor more than $100.
AVnnt to fie to Mnnlln.
The announcement of Secretary Alger's
Intention to supply General Otis at Manila
with an army of 40,000 men when the rainy
season In the Philippine Islands closes has
occasioned renewed Interest in army mat
ters and has started several ex-officers to
work in this city to organize either several
companies or troops or a regiment to be
mustered Into the service as an Independent
organization. General Colby of Beatrice and
Captain Culver of Milford , both of whom
were connected with the army in the Span
ish war , are beading a movement to or
ganize a regiment of cavalry In the west , to
be made up of men from Nebraska , Colorado
rado , Kansas , Iowa , South Dakota and other
western states. It Is the intention to have
this regiment. If organized , mustered Into
T the regular army as a volunteer and Inde
pendent organization , similar to Colonel
Grlgsby'E Rough Riders. Captain Culver
nnd General Colby have been In the city
several day * and have Interested a number
of young men in the movement. If the
plans of these men are carried out General
Colby will make an effort to be commis
sioned colonel of the regiment and Captain
Culver will try to secure another high regi
mental position. Both have- had extensive
military experience. General Colby as briga
dier general and Captain Culver as captain
of a troop In Colonel Grlgsby'e organiza
tion.
Notwithstanding the announcement of the
recrftary of war that no volunteers will
be accepted in organizations the men at the
bead of the movement are confident that
If a complete regiment Is organized it would
be accepted by the War department. It Is
not to be known as a state organization nor
will any attempt be made to secure all of
the commissioned offices. So far as pos
sible men will be selected for these places
who held commissioned offices In some of
the volunteer state regiments that saw active
service in the war. If it Is found possible
to raise all of the troops needed In the
Philippine Islands at the different recruit
ing stations the plans of the Nebraska men
will probably be abandoned , but considerable
dnubt has been expressed as to whether
enough men can be induced to enlist unless
they know under what officers they are to
eerve , or whether they are to be assigned
with their friends. The plans of Captain
Culver and General Colby are yet somewhat
indefinite , and It Is hardly probable that
nny active steps will be taken toward rals-
Ing the number of men required for a regi
ment until the War department will give
eome assurance that it will be accepted.
AVIll Cniue to Onmlin.
The offer of the managers of the Omaha
exposition to pay the expenses of all mem
bers of the Second regiment and of the
Third regiment of volunteers who agree to
participate in the opening exercises of the
exposition has been taken advantage of by
three companies of the Second regiment of
the Nebraska National guard , and nearly all
of the members of the Third regiment who
are now in the city. Adjutant General
Barry has authorized Companies A of Kear
ney , C of Nebraska City and M of Albion
to proceed < o Omaha July 1 and remain
until July 4. The member * of Company F '
of this city have not decided whether to pj
accept the proposition , but ai nearly all 1
of them are regularly employed It is not
probable that they will go. Several of the i
merchants of Lincoln are etrongly opposed 1
to allowing the men to go to Omaha to help i
boom the exposition , and it is reported that ;
it number of employers hava notified their
clerks that If they go they are liable to i
lose their positions.
Adjutant General Barry today issued i
order * designating Company C. unattached , |
Nebraska National Guard , stationed at
Aurora , as Company D , and asulgnlnR It to
a regular place In the regiment. Similar
orders were Issued designating Company D ,
unattached , stationed at Falrbury. ai Com
pany D of the regiment , assigned.
Tee following persons , having been com-
ralMloned as officers In the Nebraska Na
tional Guard and mustered Into the volun
teer army of the United States on May 9.
1893 , and honorably discharged therefrom ,
have been commissioned by Governor Poyn-
tcr as officers In the Nebraska National
Guard In compliance with the statutes of the
state to the grades designated : Arthur E.
Campbell , Second regiment , colonel ; Ernest
H. Tracy , Second regiment , lieutenant colonel
nel ; William Haywird. Second regiment ,
major ; George E. Gascolgne , Second regi
ment , adjutant with rank of first lieuten
ant ; Frank H. Meyers. Second regiment ,
quartermaster with rank of first lieutenant ;
Ell Hodglns. Second regiment , captain Com
pany G ; Frank L. Dlnsmore , Second regi
ment , captain Company I ; William 5. Kinney -
ney , cavalry , captain Troop A ; Alfred N.
Gcrecke , Second regiment , captain Com
pany" ! , ; John C. Hartlgan , Second regiment ,
captain Company D ; William H. Wiley ,
Second regiment , captain Company C ; Al
bert E. Soderqulst , Second regiment , first
lieutenant Company A.
The Issuance of the above orders com
pletes the organization of the Second regi
ment of the National Guard so far as the
companies are concerned. There are one
or two vacant company offices to be filled by
election.
Cnpltnl City Note * .
At the direction of the Board of Public
Lands and Buildings Auditor Cornell today
Issued a warrant for $13.000 to George M.
Walsh of this city and Frederick S. John
son of Milford for the sale of the Soldiers'
and Sailors' home at Milford. The legisla
ture authorized the board to pay $500 more
for the home and the grounds surrounding ,
but this much was saved in the final trans
action.
The Board o ! Public Lands and Buildings
has decided to place the Insurance depart
ment in the south room of the Board of
Transportation. This room Is somewhat un
dersized compared with others In the build-
Ing. It has only one window and the en
trance Is from under a stairway leading to
the floor above.
j The Evening Post , the only dally demo
cratic or fusion newspaper In Lancaster
county , changed hands today , W. F.
Schwlnd , the former owner , retiring and J.
ckey of Freeport assuming control. Mr.
Schwlnd will return to the practice of law
and his brother , Milton , who has been con
nected with the staff of the paper since it
was started , will go on a ranch in the west
ern pan of the state to regain lost health.
Mr. hockey has been managing editor of the
Post since It was reorganized several months
ago , but the late change places the entire
control In his hands. He Is also Interested
In a newspaper In Freeport , III.
Edward J. Walt and Miss Helen J. Koer-
ner , both of this city , were united in mar
riage last night at the home of the bride's
mother. 1231 F street. Mr. Walt Iswell
known among the musicians of the state.
He was chief trumpeter for the Second reg
iment during its stay in the south.
Hentrlce Chnutauiiun.
BEATRICE , Neb. . June 29. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Dr. Eaton at the Chautauqua this
morning discussed the question ol the kind
of persons who please God. At 11 o'clock
Prof. Pearson gave a fine lecture on the
poetry of Robert Browning , with a sketch
of the author. The 2 o'clock lecture was
by Dr. C. J. English , who spoke upon "Past
and Present Opportunities. " At the Wo
men's Christian Temperance union school
of Methodists , the subject for discussion was
a paper by Mrs. LlHlan Bruce of Clay Cen
ter , Kan. At the Chautauqua Literary and
Social circle round table a paper on the
Chautauqua as an adjunct to the public
schools was presented by J. H. Inman. This
evening a lecture by Prof. Pearson on the
subject of "Grit" was followed by Prof.
Colt with his moving pictures. The Chau
tauqua management was thunderstruck this
morning upon receiving the following letter
from Major General Shatter , with whom it
had a contract for July 4. The management
is telegraphing in various directions lor
talent to take his place and expects by to
morrow to be able to announce a speaker
equally as good. Major Shatter says :
"HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF
CALIFORNIA , SAN FRANCISCO , Cal. , June
24 , 1899. Mr. C. S. Dudtey. President Be
atrice Chautauqua , Beatrice , Neb. : My Dear
Sir I regret very much to Inform you that
it is simply out of the question for me to
be in Nebraska on July 4 , or probably any
other day during the month of July. In
the first place I am just able to be out of
> bed and in the second place the rush of
troops to the Philippines and the expected
heavy arrivals of volunteers returning from
tbat country , all of whom are to be mustered
out in this city , makes it imperatively nec
essary that I should be here to attend to
my legitimate duties as commanding gen
eral of this department. I have postponed
writing to you definitely upon this subject
until today In the hope that it would be
possible for me to be with you , but owing
to unavoidable delays which have occurred
in sending and receiving troops which I
bad hoped to get away before July 4 the
heaviest work In that respect will take place
about that time. The transportation which
you were so kind as to obtain for me I re
turn to you herewith and hope you have
not been put to any inconvenience In secur
ing It for me. Very truly yours ,
"WILLIAM R. SHAFTER.
"Major General , U. S. V. "
Finite Cnnnl Project.
FREMONT , Neb. , June 29. ( Special. )
The proposed power canal , which some
English capitalists are contemplating con
structing southeast of this city is awakening
much interest among the business men of
this city. About five years ago the canal
project was agitated here , a company was
organized and surveys made , the plan being
to build a canal for the purpose of fur
nishing power from a point on the Platte
near Llnwood to near the mouth of Elm
creek , south of this city. Some Chicago
promoters by the name of Williams who bad
previously "promoted" blast furnaces In
Michigan and Iowa at a profit to themselves
and a loss to everyone else , were expected
to furnish the necessary capital. Aside from
the organization of a company and the mak
ing of a preliminary survey , nothing was
done.
The canal , as surveyed , was twenty-eight
miles in length , the line running from
Llnwood almost straight east to Ehn creek ,
about seven miles southwest of this city ,
then following the bed of the creek to the
Platte , Elm creek empties into the Platte
through a deep ravine from sixty to sev
enty-five feet defp , with nearly perpendicu
lar banks. A dam erected at this point
seventy-five feet high would flood nearly
2,000 acres , much of It from twenty to sixty
feet furnishing an Immense power for gen
erating electricity. Much cf the land which
would be flooded should the new company
decide to put In their canal at this point , ! (
first-class farming land valued at from * S5
to $50 per acre. Some of the owners of
thli land do not look very favorably on the
canal project and will bold their lands at
a high price.
) Court n Illntr.
BLAIR. Neb. , June 29. ( Special. ) At an
: adjourned term of the district court , held
this week , with Judge W. W. Keysor pre- |
Elding , the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis (
' & Omaha railroad brought mandamus pro- ,
ceedlnre against Burt and Washington counties - :
, ties to compel them to repair several spur 1' !
ditches of the original Fish creek ditch. {
Theie are in the vicinity of Herman , this
county , and are washing away the rail-
read's rljht of way anil endangering the
I
track bed. Judge Keysor took the matter
under consideration.
In the ca e of the Blair State bank against
I J. H. Stewart estate , the court ordered the
clerk of the district court and assignee of
the estate , T. C. Ellcr. to pay over the rents
of buildings and proceeds of sale of stock
of hardware , amounting to about $7,000 , to
the Blair bank. The above litigation Is over
the remnant of the estate of J. H. Stewart ,
who failed about two years ago for between
$50,000 and $ SS,000.
George Knights and Goose Sutton are con
fined in the county jail , each awaiting a
new trial which was granted by the su
preme court. Knights has already had two
trials in the district court. At the first the
Jury disagreed , and at the second he was
convicted of the crime of arson at Arling
ton , Neb. Sutton was convicted of forging
a receipt for a time check on the Chicago ,
St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha railroad.
{ I Both men were taken to the penitentiary ,
but returned to Washington county by order
of the supreme court ,
Wnmlorer I'mmm Aivny.
GRAND ISLAND , Neb. , June 29. ( Spe
cial. ) Yesterday Richard Reynolds died In
this city of old age In his S3d year. The de
ceased was the head of a band of wander
ers which has been In this city for a month
past trading horses and telling fortunes. He
came from Yorkshire , Eng. . In 1S55 , and
settled In Seneca county , Ohio , where ho
lived for fifteen years. During the war he
furnished an Immense number of horses for
the government at Detroit nnd Buffalo.
Although a coppersmith by trade yet he
loved the horse business so that he pave up
his trade and bought and sold horses until
about 1S70 , when he moved his family to
Council Bluffs. la. , where he and his four
sons accumulated property but did not give
up their roaming habits.
His wife died some years ago and Is burled
with her mother In St. Louis , Mo.
Mr. Reynolds had always been In good
health until the winter of 1S97-9S , when
he and his followers went Into camp near
Blue Springs , in Gage county. There he
contracted a lung trouble from which he
never fully recovered. The winter of 1898-99
he spent at Harvard , Clay county , where
he rented the Commercial hotel In which
to house the many families that belonged
to his train.
Services were held over the body this
morning when itwas taken to the B. & M.
depot and shipped to St. Louis , accompanied
by the four surviving children , to be burled
by the side of his wife.
Lnlil to Itmt.
KEARNEY , Neb. , June 29. ( Special. )
The funeral services of Rev. Dr. R. W.
Ohms , rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church
of this city , whose death took place at the
Episcopal hospital In Philadelphia on Fri
day , June 23 , took place Wednesday after
noon from the church of which he had been
rector. It was Dr. Ohms' last request that
the services should be conducted by Rev. A.
S. Woodle , rector of the church at Altoona ,
which he had erected many years ago. Ac
companying Mr. Woodle and participating in
the services was Rev. A. M. Able of Johns
town , Pa. , a brother of Dr. Ohms' adopted
daughter. Others participating in the serv
ices were Rev. G. A. Bcecher , rector of the
church at North Platte , a protege of Dr.
Ohms and educated by him for the ministry ,
and Bishop Graves of the Jurisdiction of
Laramie. The chancel , altar and choir rail
were draped in pure white and the effect
was set off by potted lilies and a profusion
of white carnations and white and pink roses.
The funeral services were read by Rev.
Woodle and a few remarks made by Bishop
Graves , at the conclusion of which the re
mains were conducted to the cemetery ,
where the Episcopal burial services at the
open grave were held. The Odd Fellows fra
ternity , of which he was a member , held a
short and profoundly impressive service.
nnnh of IlunlueiH on Ilnllronil.
TVYMORE , Neb. , June 29. ( Special. )
Yesterday and Tuesday were record breaking
days with the Burlington railroad so far as
the southern division IB concerned. On Tues
day there were fifty-seven trains registered
put of this city and yesterday the total ran
up to sixty. As there are only fifteen trains
scheduled out of here it will be seen that
the extra business is exceedingly heavy ,
every engine at the company's command
being in service. The best record previous
to this -was in 1893 , when there were fifty-
two trains out of here one day In May. This
week's big rush has been nearly all stock
business , many trains being fat cattle , but
the big majority were Texas feeders from
the Panhandle country , which are being
shipped to the northern ranges.
Search for Sllmilnpr Girl.
WYMORE , Neb. , June 29. ( Special. )
The police force of this city , as well as the
girl's parents , would like very much to
know the whereabouts of Nellie Walbaum ,
a pretty little IC-year-old girl who disap
peared from her home last evening. The
girl is only back from the reform school
three months and Is rather Incorrigible. She
left her home sometime yesterday evening
and as soon as she was missed her mother
came up town and engaged the services of
three officers , who with a large crowd went
to look for the girl In some buildings near
the girl's home , and where her mother as
serted she was to be found in the room of ,
i
a young man. Neighbors saw the girl enter
the building , and although the officers ar
rived in a short time and It was not yet
dark , a diligent search of two hours failed
to reveal her hiding place.
Fnnilly Hovr.
BEATRICE , Neb. , June 29. ( Special Tel
egram. ) L. P. Brown , one of the 'best
known and wealthiest residents of Beatrice ,
last night visited the home of his son-in-
law , John Blodgett , and was denied admit
tance. A fight followed in which Blodgett
received a deep cut In the thigh with a
knife. This morning Brown was arrested
and gave bonds for his appearance July 6.
Blodgett's wife is wealthy , her wealth
being in the hands of her father and bad
blood has existed between Brown and
Blodgett ever since the marriage. About
one year ago Mrs. Blodgett was sick at her
father's and her husband was denied ad
mittance to the house. Despite the influence
of her family she clings to her husband ,
which , It Is alleged , is the cause of all the
trouble. Blodgetl was unable to appear at
the bearing.
Work of Cnttlo Tlileven.
BEATRICE , Neb. . June 20. ( Special Tel
egram. ) Freeman L. Davis , a wealthy
stock feeder who has a ranch southeast of
Beatrice , discovered last evening that thirty
bead of cattle , valued at $1,200 , bad been
stolen from his pasture. In a 400-acre pas
ture he had 200 head of cattle. Last Sun
day he counted them and found they were
thirty short , but presuming they were in
the timber he allowed the matter to pass
from his mind. Last evening be found on
counting them again that the thirty were
still gone , when he began to search lor
them. Up to this evening they had not been
found and the conclusion has been reached
that they were stolen and driven away. As
just one carload was missing it is thought
the cattle were driven to some point on tha |
' railroad and shipped out of the country.
Hit ; Drnl In Corn.
WYMORE. Neb. , June 29. ( Special. )
Four steam corn enellers are at work here
on the 200,000 bushels of corn which was
sold last week to the Central Granaries
company. The corn was the property of
i three men and was the biggest corn deal
I ever made In Gage county , netting the sell-
| ere nearly $60,000. The corn is being shipped
j out at the rate of fifteen cars a day.
' Tlirce ! Vri uuft Drovrned.
j KEARNEY , Neb. . June 29. ( Special. )
1 Report cornea from Sweetwater , in the north
of Buffalo county , of the drowning of three
persons during the stoim Monday eight in
Bram creek. It see mi that a preacher and '
two young women were out riding Monday
evening and the horses either ran away and
threw the occupants Of the buggy Into the
creek or else went through a bridge. The
start for the drive was the last seen of
the persons. The buggy , harness , horses
and portions of the women's clothes were
found at different places along the creek.
The names could not be asecrtalned.
School AfTnlro In n Tnnnlr ,
LYONS. Neb. , June 29. ( Special Tfle-
gram. ) The school fight ( till continues with
new features added , occasionally , which
make matter * here- more Interesting. Word
has been received that Miss Annie McEl-
hlnney of the second Intermediate has re
signed through the efforts of some of the
old board , and today O. E. Garrctt of Fre
mont was here In behalf of his brother.
Prof. R. V. Garrett , who was principal of
the schools during last year , and from the j
records of the old board he has the same '
claim for this year although no contract J
was signed to that effect. But the- old board ;
concedes that this was the understanding'
when the meeting adjourned on that occa
sion. When Mr. Garrett's brother called
upon the members of the new board today
relative to this matter he was given to un
derstand they were not disposed to sign a
contract w-lth Prof. Garrctt , and in turn the
board was Informed the matter would be
taken Into the courts unless they did. This
is the condition of affairs which confronts
the new board in the day of introduction of
things to follow.
Trnnont Will Celc-lirnte.
FREMONT , Neb. . June 29. ( Special. )
The committee in charge of Fremont's
Fourth of July celebration expect to make
It one of the largest ever held here. Four
bands have been secured to furnish music
for the occasion. There will be two parades ,
a trades and Industrial parade in the mornIng -
Ing and a Calllthumpian parade In the after
noon. In the evening there will be an ex
cellent display of fireworks. During the
afternoon there will be the annual meet
ing and picnic of the Woodmen of the
World Log Rolling association. This part
of the celebration is under the direction of
that order , and about 700 members of that
order are expected to be present. There
will also be a base ball game , bicycle races
and athletic sports.
Decide * AKnlnnt Contrntnnt * .
FALLS CITY , Neb. . June 29. ( Special. )
In the proceeding to set aside the will of
the late S. B. Miles , begun in the county
court here Monday , was brought to a close
Wednesday morning. After hearing the evi
dence on the part of the contestants rela
tive to the making of a later will than the
one probated In November the court held ,
as there wat no evidence of the contents of
the later will adduced , therefore the con
testants had not made out their case and
the proceeding was dismissed. The court
then fixed the amount of the appeal bond
at $10.000. The case is likely to be heard
at the next term of the district court.
\VnMiljiRton Conntr Delcgrnteii.
BLAIR , Neb. , June 29. ( Special. ) At a
meeting of the Washington county repub
lican central committee , held yesterday ,
the following delegates were appointed to
the republican convention of the Fourth
judicial district , to be held in Omaha , July
22 : F. S. Howell , W. J. Cook , John Blaco ,
John Klotz , F. H. Claridge , Herman Aye ,
F. W. Kenny , jr. , W. D. Haller , L. C.
Weber , A. Sutherland , E. C. Jackson , W.
S. Cook. W. McCracken , R. Blaco , B. P.
Miller , E. L. Tiffany , J. H. Chambers and
H. D. Schneider.
Child Dion of Dnrni.
BEATRICE , Neb. , June 29. ( Special Tel
egram. ) Lillian , the 3-year-old daughter of
Prof , and Mrs. W. J. Todd , died last night
from the effect of burns received early in
the evening. The child , with a 5-year-old
brother , was in the upper'part of the house
playing when in some manner unknown to
the family Its clothing'caught fire , burning
Its 'body over almost Its entire surface. The
child died In great agony. It is thought the
boy had found a match and was playing
with It.
Firemen Hnve Chnrjrc of Celehrntlon.
CREIGHTON , Neb. , June 29. ( Special. )
The fire department is making great
preparations to celebrate the Fourth of July
In Crelghton. It Is offering many kinds of
Bport for the fun-lovers and expects to
make the day a merry one for all who come.
An excursion from Norfolk is arranged for
and it is expected that Norfolk , with the
nearby towns , will furnish a great crowd
for Creighton on that day.
Time nt BrndchfiTT.
BRADSHAW , Neb. , June 29. ( Special. )
Bradshaw proposes to entertain the large
crowd that will attend Its celebration July 4.
They have engaged an extra large tent in
which they will hold most of their exercises.
Besides the usual program of sports in the
evening will be a grand display of fireworks.
The famous Russian band has been engaged
to discourse American patriotic music.
Authority to Compromise.
NORTH PLATTE , Neb. , June 29. ( Spe
cial. ) Mrs. A. R. Bonner , administratrix
of the estate of A. R. Bonner , who was
killed in the Sunol wreck , filed a petition
In the county court today asking that she
be allowed to compromise her suit on be
half of the estate of A. R. Bonner against
the Union Pacific company for $1,000.
nrexluim Will He Patriotic.
GRESHAM. Neb. , June 29. ( Special. )
There being no other towns right clcse to
Gresham celebrating the celebration commit
tee is counting on one of the largest gather
ings on July 4. There will be plenty of
good music , a number of sporting events , a
ball game , good speeches and a grand dis
play of fireworks in the evening ,
Fiuiernl of Mm. Illlderlirnnd.
HASTINGS , Neb. , June 29. ( Special. )
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Hllderbrand ,
who died suddenly yesterday morning , was
held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the
First Methodist church. The services were
conducted by Rev. G. W. Abbott. The re
mains were taken to Parkview cemetery ,
where they were Interred.
School Klrctlon.
BURWELL , Neb. . June 29. ( Special. )
At the annual school meeting Monday evenIng -
Ing D. S. Beynon was re-elected as director
end nine months' school voted. It was also
decided that an additional rcom should be
put in. making four departments and grad- j
ing up the school to a high school standard.
Will Go to O in nil a.
HASTINGS , Neb. , June 29. ( Special. )
Will L. Yetter of this city has just com
pleted all arrangements for opening a new
wholesale wall paper house in Omaha at
1018 Farnam street. Mr. Yetter will move
his family to Omaha and have his whole
sale bouse open In about three weeks.
School I'rlncliinl KmlKiii ,
BLAIR , Neb. , June 29. ( Special. ) M. M.
Patterson , who has held the position of
principal of the High school for four years ,
has resigned to accept a place with the
Crowell Lumber and Grain company of
Blair. Mr. Patterson will take charge of
one of their offices away from Blair.
Ilrlruiird from Cimtody.
AINSWORTH , Neb. , June 29. ( Special
Telegram. ) Ed Jay , who bas been lying In
jail here bound over to the district court
In the sum of $2,500 on the charge of stealIng -
Ing horses , secured the necessary bail to
day and was released from custody.
flood Unlit * .
BURWELL. Neb. , June 29. ( Special. )
Several goad rains In the last week have
put the ground in excellent condition and
the prospect for a good crop was never bet
ter.
'CONDITIONS ' ON THE RANGES
;
Extremslj Unfavorable for Stock Daring the
Fast Six Months.
EARLY SPRING LOSS OF SIX PER CENT
.Movement of CnMIr from thr Went In
Thtm Knr Thin Stnuwn More
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DENVER , June 29. ( Special. ) Condi
tions affecting live stock on the ranges and
ran-hos of the vest during the last six
months have been extremely unfavorable.
Following the unusually severe winter
came a cold and unseasonable spring. Cold
dry winds ate up the moisture from the
snows as rapidly as it melted , and In some
sections no fresh grass has yet appeared.
While the season was unusually late In the
northwest , taking in Montana. Idaho , Utah ,
Wyoming and the Dakotas , and while there
was some drouth reported In this sertlcn
early In the season , there has recently been
sufficient rains In greater portions of these
s tat en to guarantee plenty of feed , though
the gross Is late In all sections. That sec
tion of the country lying south of a line
drawn from Los Angeles , Cal. , through cen
tral Nevada and Utah and close to the
northern line of Colorado , through Rawllns ,
Wyo. , and then southwest , taking in all of
Colorado and -western Texas to the Gulf ,
has been suffering from the worst drouth
known in years. Colorado and southern
Utah and all of Arizona and New Mexico
have been almost completely without mois
ture or rainfall since March. To make mat
ters worse , there has been constant cold ,
dry winds , which desslcated the ground ,
nnd what little grazing there was has been
badly covered by drifting sands. In moun
tain districts , conditions have been some
what better , but the continued cold nights
far into June has not helped conditions. In
the extreme cast , plenty of rainfall Is re
ported ; while In the corn states of the Mis
sissippi valleys an excess cf moisture has
been the rule. While these conditions have
insured an abundance of hay and pasturage ,
it has in a few limited sections endangered
the corn crop to a considerable extent.
The estimated winter loss of stock , In
cluding the early spring loss of 6 per cent ,
made In a former bulletin , has not been
materially changed by later returns , in
formation from all sections of the west
showing the losses to have varied from
2 to 15 per cent , 6 per cent being considered
a conservative estimate of the whole. Some
indication of the number of losses may be
derived from authentic reports that 145,000
hides have been received at Victoria , Tex. ;
14,500"at Liberal , Kan. ; 5,000 at Las Vegas ,
N. M. , and 6,500 at Panhandle , Tex. , during
the last BX weeks.
All sections report a light calf crop and
considerable loss , owing to the cold nights
and the poor conditions of the cows. In some
portions of the Panhandle of Texas , Okla
homa , Indian Territory. New Mexico and
southeastern Colorado the losses from this
cause reached as high as 25 per cent.
Sprlnn Movement of Cattle.
The spring movement of cattle has been
lighter than usual. The movement from
the south was late starting and the bulk
of the cattle moved went to the northwest ,
the movement that way showing an In
crease over last season of fully 30 per cent ,
but a falling off In the Missouri valley
states of fully 60 per cent. This movement ,
however , is fully 73 per cent below that
for many years prior to 1898. Prices have
ranged lower than a year ago on this class
of cattle. The drouth In the south and
rather crowded ranges Induced more liberal
selling on the close of the season. All the
cattle moving consisted of yearlings and a'
few 2-year-olds , there being nothing in
sight above those ages.
The movement from the west was very
light. This was due to two causes. In
the first place there were less cattle in
the country to be moved , and in the second ,
the scarcity of cattle on the Pacific coast
has made such a strong demand at home
that not only are the cattle on the coast
remaining at home this season , but the
demand is drawing on the supplies In Mon
tana , Idaho and Utah. The result has been
a strons demand for this class of cattle
at prices rather higher than a year ago ,
and the outlook for the fall Is not consid
ered good for anything like an average run.
The supply of feeders for the fall will come
from Colorado , Utah and the Panhandle
of Texas. There will be a few feeders
from New Mexico and a few from Wyo
ming , but the first named sections will
supply the big end of the demand.
Reports from northern ranges are to the
effect that grass fat cattle will be late in
moving and will be fewer in numbers than
in previous years. Estimates of the decrease
In supply vary from 40 to SO per cent. In
eastern Colorado , western Kansas and Ne
braska , there are more young cattle graz
ing than a year ago , but few of them are
expected to be fit for beef and will rather
go to market as feeders. All sections report
almost no steers above the age of two years ,
and the bulk of the feeders are expected to
be young cattle.
? lire il.
Reports as to winter losses on sheep arc
rather more definite than on cattle , and in
dicate a loss of from 12 to 30 per cent. Prob
ably 15 per cent would be a conservative
estimate. Cold nights were bad on lambing
In nearly every section and losies have been
heavy , few sections reporting over 50 per
cent of a crop , and some as low as 40 per
cent. Idaho , Wyoming and Montana report
most successful lamb crop ; Utah only fair ;
New Mexico , Colorado and Arizona and the
extreme western Texas , very bad. In the
southwest the drouth left so little feed for
the ewes that in many fectlirs the lambs
were killed to save the mothers ; and the
herds are kept alive only by cutting down
brush ind young trees along dry creeks or
the foothills for them to browse upon. A
heavy loss will result to the Utah sheep
men by the action of the government in ex
cluding them from forest reservations ,
where heretofore they have found summer
range. They are now thrown upon the
desert which , at this season of the year ,
will cause the destruction of thousands of
animals from heat and lack of water. Re
ports from Arizona and New Mexico indl-
cate less than half a lamb crop and heavy
losses In ewes. Movement of Iambs to
feed lots from south will be late , and lambs
will be poor. Western lambs will be In bet
ter demand for the feed lots than southern
stuff , owing to tbn fact that there bas been
better feed in the northwest.
! ( d I nn-lii-Trnnnlt.
Since the adjournment of the annual
meeting of this aseoclatlcn In January , the
trancmlssourl lines have ordered the abro
gation of the feedlng-ln-transit privilege , '
which order went Into effect on May SS.
notwithstanding this and tvry olhrr live
stork RscocHtlon wet cf the Mhnouri river
protested in strongest terms agalnit nuch
action.
At a meeting of TranraiUsoarl Traffic
as.'oclfttlon. hold In this city on the Cth
Inst. . President John W. Springer of the
National Live Stock association was granted
the privilege of making an argument In
favor of the restoration of this rate and
presented resolutions bearing upon th * sub
ject from the stockmen of Texas. Utah.
Colorado , South Dakota , Montana and other
states Interested. He also asked for a lower
rate en range horses to the Missouri river
and Denver markets. No final action was
taken by the transportation companies on
the fecdlng-ln-translt proposition , but wo
have bc n unofficially informed that the
association Is Inclined to grant some con
cessions to the shippers , which probably
will be- two local rates from the original
point of loading to the river markets , the
sura of which will not exceed the old fecd
lng-ln-translt with the switching charges
addpd. The request for a range rate on
horses was granted.
ClnnKlllnl Cenniix.
The resolution adopted at the January
meeting , setting forth the absolute uselessness -
j ness of the present method of taking the
j i census of live stock of the country and re
questing the Department of Agriculture to
I cause a classified and correft census to be |
J I taken , was forwarded to Secretary James
Wilson and other interested officials at ]
Washington. Mr. Wilson appreciates the !
justness of the request and is doing all In j
his power to have It granted. Replying to
our letter on this subject , he says : j
"Your favor of March 31 , containing the j
resolutions passed by the live stock Interests - |
terests , Is received. I cordially sympathize
with you In all these resolutions. I will
have a consultation with our statistician re
garding the statistics ho prints , and fee
what we can do along that line.
"With regard to the census of domestic
animals , we have never had such a thing
since the United States was a nation. U
shows , as you say , milk cows and other than
milk cows ; horses and mules , etc. ; which
is about as intelligent as U tlie census ol
the population were expressed 'women and
1 other than women. ' There has never been
j a census tnkcn of the domestic animals In
I I the cities , so that It is exceedingly worth
less , unintelligible and Inapplicable and
senseless. I have made several moves In
this direction. First I got hold of the sec
retary of the Interior and Importuned him
to see to It that a statistician was put In
charge of farm statistics who had some idea
of agriculture ; but I found that the sec
| retary of the Interior has really no control
1 over The census. 1 have not been able to
j j I get hold of Governor Merrlain , the new
i I director of the census , but I will begin a
correspondence with him and see if it is
tot possible to get somebody appointed and
put In charge of agriculture In the census
who has some conception of agriculture.
It will ftx > a new thing , of course , if we
succeed in getting that done ; and I assure
you I will make every effort to that end. "
PROGRESS OF THE COLE CASE
Family of Tooninn Individually Go
on the Stand nnd Give Their
Testimony.
BLOOMINGTON , Neb. , June 29. ( Special
Telegram. ) In the Cede trial this morning
the defense put Mrs. Tooman on the wlt-
iirss stand. She testified that Cole left their
house about 8 o'clock in the morning of De
cember 2 and returned about 2 o'clock in
the afternoon. About 4 o'clock ho came in
tbo bouse and got his gun , saying he was
going over to Mr. Taylor's to see if he
coulcge t Mr. Stratton , who is working
there , to husk his corn near Krelchbaum's.
She again saw Cole just before dark doing
his chores and a little later saw him talk
ing to Elmer McNeis , who came to see Mr.
Tooman. When Cole had done with his
chores they all ate supper except Mr. Too
man. During the night the baby got sick
and the and her daughter Grace brought It
down Htalrs and woke her son Roy , who was
sioenlnc with Cole , and sent him over to
John Ess' alter medicine.
McNeis , Stratton and Taylor corroborated
her testimony , only Stratton , who said Cole
went south from Taylor's bouse , while Cole
said he went cast toward Tooman's. Wllma
Tooman , 13 years of age. testified that while
returning home from school December 2 she
saw Cole going across the pasture from Tay
lor's toward his hogpen. She was sure
CpU > was there when she went to bed and
that he was there when she got up.
Grace Tooman , whom Cole was to have
married last Christmas , testified corroborat
ing her mother's testimony , and said Cole
gave her the money which he got from the
Krelchbaum hogs that he sold nt Franklin
and that she later gave It to her father.
She also claimed to have seen Cole talking
to McNeis just about dark the evening of
December 2. She also testified that Cole
was there at bedtime and when she got up.
Roy Tooman , who is almost a man , testi
fied tbat he helped Cole do the chores the
evening of December 2 ; thnt he saw Cole
talking to McNeis ; that he slept with Cole
that night , and when his mother woke him
up to go after medicine about midnight that
Cole was still in bed. He said he heard his
fattier tell Ccfle to take the hog ? which ho
cold at Franklin and to get the money and
pay the men for hauling them. He said
he did everything according to his father's
request.
Tooman's wife and children admitted that
Mr. Tooman left Friday morning , Decem
ber 2 , saying he was going to Krelchbaum's
and did not return until next day , taking
his gun with him.
It Is thought by tomorrow all the evi
dence will b& in. Court adjourned until 9
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Manoiilc liixtnllntlon.
NORTH PLATTE , Neb. , June 29. ( Spe
cial. ) Tuesday night the Masonic lodge In
stalled the following officers : W. M. , John
Sorcnson ; S. W. , George A. Beecher ; J. W. ,
J. C. Orr ; S. . F. E. BulJard : T. , Samuel
Goyee ; S. D. , V. Von Goetz ; I , D. , John
S. Dick ; tyler , P. J. Oilman ; trustee for
three years , G. R. Hammond.
Court Ho n Mr TnUi-N n Trip.
ALLIANCE , Neb. , June 29. ( Special Tete-
gram. ) The Box Butte county court bouse ,
a building thirty-four by forty-eight feet ,
two stories , reached Alliance today , being
moved from Hemlngford , twenty miles dis
tant , on the railroad. It Is regarded a note
worthy feat In engineering.
Candidate for Illaiid'n IMacp.
KANSAS CITY. June 29. The Star's Se-
dalla , Mo. , special rays : H is officially an
nounced here today that General Robert Me.
Culloch of Cooper county will be a candi
date for congress In the Eighth district , to
succeed the late Richard P. Brand. General
McCulloch Is major general of the United
Confederate Veterans of Missouri and
served in the civil war as colonel of the
Second Missouri Confederate cavalry.
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