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TTIE OMATTA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1003. 4 ,3. ELECTION LAIS ARE UP Important Question May Deciiea tj Boprma Crart at Imbos TdT, NO SOLUTION OF TUCKER IAW AT PRESENT eal Dfrnn Weral- Like) Have lttev Brfct r-B-eUljr Befere) Cenrt Vy Mas W Draw JwrlM. ttvs bomes to vote and probably will return to Lincoln tomorow. (Trom a 8 la ft Correspondent.) LINCOLN. No. 7. (Special.) Supreme court will meet tomorrow, bavins' delayed iia meeting ona day on account of elee Hon. Thla elttlna" of tha court la of eape clal interest to tha people of Lincoln, be cause It ia expected at thla tlma that tha written order and opinion In tha Lincoln charter case will ba handed down. Man damns proceeding- were brought aoma montha aco to compel tha old city coun cil to canrasa the vota cait for councilman -t the Juna election, aa authorised by tha new city charter. At the laat Bitting of court an order 'van Issued directing tha council to cht' tha rote, but upon the application of Tom Munger tha order waa rvinillfied ordnrlna the council to await tha further action of the court It la expected nlso at thla sitting that the opinlona de claring the election laws authorising an extension of the terms of the county reg ister of dwds and county aupervlaora will be civen to the public. At Ita laat meet Inar tho court merely held that the lawa were unconstitutional and announced that the opinlona would be. handed down later. The fate of the Dodge primary election law. which applies only to Douglaa county, will probably also be decided at thla alt- tmr. The validity of thla law at thla time will have no effect loaofar aa today's election waa concerned, aa Ita provlaiona hav already been carried out. However. there la eonslderable Interest In the com ing derision out In the state aa well aa In imjgiaa county. Ksanilare Poplla Ey.-. At ft meeting of the School board last night It waa decided to Inaugurate a sya torr, fnr the examination of the alght and bearing; of every pupil entering the achool. This wilt ba done for the purpoae of find Ing out whether a defect In the eyes or cara of pupila la the reason why( aoma of them do not make normal progress In their studies. Physicians will Instruct the various teachers ,hqw to make tha aimpla examination; and; the board will at onca order carda with which to ,test the eyea of the pupils. The' 'board aleo Increased the salaries of all Janitors, the lowest be ing 2.B0 and tha highest Increase being 17.60. - Ke Solution of Tucker Law. The legal department of atata haa not yet solved tha Judge Tucker jury law puxslla and the Indlcatlona are It will be several days before tha anawer la finally dltcov ered. The Question la a aerlous one because during the month of November there Is imuntlv mora cases tried by Jury than In any other month In the year, i Bhoxftd a prisoner ba tried under the law and with a Jury aelected under Ita provlaiona n may Invalidate tha verdict of tha Jury ahould the objection ba raised. According to tha legal department tha quickest solution of tho conundrum would De tor a canvassing ooaru m i m u iu hct tha panel under tha law and then have someone bring mandamus proceedings and test the law In the supremo court. If the .court cannot find an answer. to tha problem rn the law, ckfe'lDe' declared unconstitu tional. Ilka moat of the other lawa enacted by tha late legislature, and tha people can operate under the old system of seleatlng Juries. Anyhow, a little red apple will ba given tha first lawyer who sends In tha beat anawer to tha legal department. The state oil office la down and out. Deputy Inspector Burns la a little better after a long aiege of sickness, another deputy reported by mall that he was un der the weather, while Edward A. Church, klie chief. Inspector, la confined to hi bed with good prospects of remaining there several days. Child Barard to Death. Vera Qla, the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and firs. 'Fred Qilee of Denton., waa burned to death yesterday forenoon. The little girl and a younger child were left In the house for a - short time while the mother waa out In tha. yard. Mrs. Qilea beard tha child screaming and rushing back Into tha house found tha little one' clothing in a blase. A a rapidly aa possible ahe smothered the flames, but the child was-burned bo bad? that she died within a few hours. In her efforta to aava her child Mm. Giles waa aeverely burned about tha 1 hands and arms and this, together wtth tha nervous shock, baa made her condition serious. ' ialet Ttsaee at Stata Hobs. Tha stata house today waa Ilka tha busi ness end of a small town during a clrcua performance. Only tha hard-worked sten ographers who, because of their sex, can take no part In tha aalvation of their country today, together with Deputy At torney General Thompson and Henry Sey mour, were all that was left In tha varloua offices. Mr. Thompson did not go to Mer rick county to votw because his vota was not needed and for tha further reason that ha la still trying to figure out the now famoua Tucker pussle, guaranteed to be a aura road to Dr.' Green'a Institution. Henry Seymour did not go to York county to vote because of Illness In his family. All the state officers went to their respec- YORK WANTS A lURB PEA I' Ceassaerelal Clun Alleges kat Frelgkt Rates Ira Mot Ksjattabla. TORK. Neb.. Nov. 7. In selecting mem bers of tha commercial committee President Corcoran of tha Commercial club of York elected those whom ba thought would make a campaign for York. Thla committee waa named: T. W. Smith, Oeorga Neil. F. Marahall ' and A. B. Christian, and al ready, through Ita secretary, A B. Chris tian, It has commenced active work toward tha upbuilding of York's institutions and Is reaching out for more. Ona of tha great eat obstacles that York, Ilka most enterpris- ng Inland towns In Nebraska, haa to con tend with Is discrimination In freight rates In favor of Lincoln. At this tlma there are several Industries that York Is In a position to secure If tha railroads would abolish tha discrimination of rates against this city. Every member of tha Commercial club Is getting thoroughly aroused, and tha cltl- sena are awakening to tha fact that York, one of the promising and most progressive cities In Nebraska. Is not getting a "aquars deal." All York la asking la to ba treated fairly and Justly, and a fair deal to York meana that It will prosper and make one of tha leading cltlea In the atata. A wholeaale grocery house Is ready to organise, and a straw-board factory that will purchase thousands of tons of straw that afmually goea to waate. and other enterprises, besides the many different plants already In York employing a large number of men. .The Commercial club Is thoroughly organised and will demand equal opportunttlea and a fair chance In tha race and that dlscrlml natlng ratea now agalnat this city be abol-lahed. Jndaje Watts for O'Connor. PENDER, Neb., Nor. 7. (Special.) In the county court at a. m., the case against C. J. O'Connor was called by Hiram Chase, attorney! for the Johnson children, Indian minors. Judge John King refused to hear the case until C. J. O'Con nor had filed his answer, air. Chase called up the court record, which showed thaj on September I, the case was filed against O'Connor; that the answer day wsa set by Judge King' for October 2; that no answer was filed; that C. J. O'Connor was then In default; that on October 19 C. J. O'Connor filed a special appearance, which was overruled by the court. Judge King then refused to allow a default and a hear ing forthwith and over a protest post poned the case to November , saying I muat give C. J. O'Connor a chance for hla life." On November C. J. O'Connor did not appear and agalii Judge King refused to go ahead according to law. Attorney Chase filed a default, which waa overruled and Judge King set no date for future proceedings In the case. He Is waiting to hear from C. J. O'Connor Homer. of 1 committee comprising Samuel Ttinaker. II. J. Dobba. A. II. Kldd. M. B. Davie and Ful ton Jack was appointed to preaent the mat ter to Governor Mickey tomorrow. SAM)0 WRECKED BY ROBBERS riaee of F. K. Matjko at WaUeneld netrnyed apt Men Are Cangkt. NORFOLK, Ieb.. Nov. 7. (Special.) Dynamiters early today blew up tha saloon of F. E. Matejke at Wakefield, Neb., se cured 130 In cash from the safe, fled from town and were later captured three miles east by a posse of armed citizens. The yeggmen were nrrt taken without a battle. In which ona of them waa shot and wounded, though not seriously. In tha arm. When he had been winged tha pair capitu lated. The robbers were taken to Ponca, the county aeat, for safe keeping. They re fused to give their names. ' On their per sons were found a quantity of nitrogly cerine and a bundle of fuse, so that It Is thought they may be membera of an or ganised gang. It la thought there la an other member of tha gang and the posse Searched further, but failed to And him. Bloodhounds were taken to tha scene from Norfolk, but so many people had tramped around tha spot that the bounda could get no scent. The explosion tore out the whole side of the aaloon building. The. crash from the explosion waa enormous. Arlaonn Man Gate Place. . LINCOLN. Nov. 7. Judge Paul Jessen of Nebraska City, who was tendered tha appointment- to tha supreme bench of Ari sona. has declined the place and word has reached Lincoln that District Attorney Nave of Arlsona haa been given tha appointment. BOYSEN'S RIGHT CURTAILED Attorney General sfeodr Gives Opinion Against Gtnseil Bltfii Man. MAY PROSPECT OVER ORIGINAL LEASE Government Snrveyo Mnst 1 Ap proved Before Iowa Man Cnn Start to Make Ills Selec tlon Inter tbo Law. - Parker Will Case Decided. BEATRICE, , Neb.. Nov. 7. (Special Tele gram.) The contest over the will of Mrs. Almlra Parker, deceaaed, waa decided In the district court today by a Jury, which found for L. C. Parker, administrator, a resident of New York City, and against his brother, F. H. Parker, tha eonteatant, a resident of Santa Cms, Cal. Tha trial of the case consumed seven days. The case was decided In probata court In March, 1901, and F. H. Parker appealed to tha district court, where It was tried In February, 1902. It was later taken to tha supreme court, but owing to a technicality In serving notice of appeal tha supreme court referred It back to tha district court for retrial. The grounds for tha cpntest were Incom petency of deceaaed at tlma of making tha will and the disputing of tha execution. The costs already Incurred amount to tl.GOO. Atrnlra T. Parker was the Wife of tha late Judge H. W. - Parker, at ona tlma ana of the wealthiest and moat Influential citizens of Beatrice. Elevator Changes Hands. . BEATRICE, Neb., Nov. 7. (Special.) Tha elevator, owned and operated at Plckerell for the past four years by G. W. Warner has been purchased by tha Omaha" Elevator company, which will con duct the business In tha future. Tha Omaha people have put J. J. Wardlaw In charge. Soma think the purchase waa really made by the Nebraska Elevator company, the ona that recently sold to tha Farmers' Elevator company at Plckerell, and agreed not to re-engage In business 'there again. There Is ona thing certain, tha producers in tha vicinity of Plckerell may rest as sured that they will have a good market and receive the top price for what they have to sell. Bellevwa Municipal Affairs. BELLEVUE. Neb., Nov. 7. (Special.)--Tha village board met In regular seaalon laat evening and had a very lively meet ing. After allowing several bills, the ques tion of having tha village surveyed, so aa to establish corners and finding centers of streets for tha benefit of the street rail way company .came up for discussion. Tha board decided to make thla survey and will have It done aa aoon aa tha atreet rail way company la ready to act. They stand ready to assist tha company and grant them all concessions that are reasonable and beneficial to the village. The village attorney waa Instructed to draw up a curfew ordinance In' accordance with the law. which will be adopted aa aoon aa possible. Gage Connty Bur to See Governor. BEATRICE. Neb.. Nov. 7.-(Soeclal Tela. gram.) The. Gage county bar held a meet ing here thla morning and adopted reaolu tlona requesting Governor Mickey to ap point aoma member of the Gage county bar to fill the vacancy on the Judicial bench cauaed by the death of A. H. Babdock. A Nevra of Nebraska. BEATRICE According to the government rain gauge the rainfall of Saturday and Sunday amounted to 1.45 Inches. PLATTSMOUTH Fred Slert and Mips Anna Storus came from Omaha today and were united In marriage by County Judge Travis. BEATRICE The Firemen's Minstrel com pany, which Is to put on a home talent entertainment here soon, held Its first re hearsal last night. PLATTSMOUTH Leonard Born has pur chased the 8. L. Thomas fnrm, a few miles west of Plattsmouth. for tM nor acre. Fif teen years ago It was sold for M per sere. PLATTSMOUTH A horse kicked the 6-year-old son of L L. Alex In the face and knocked out seven of his teeth and cut a f ash on his chin which will disfigure him or llfo. BEATRICE Weather Observer Waxham reports that so far thla year aeven lnchea more rain haa fallen in this section than during 1S94, which waa considered a very wot season. BEATRICE Ernest Wtsrock, employed In the foundry "department of the Dempster mill, had his left arm slashed severely wtth a knife yesterday while engaged in repairing a large belt. PA PILLION Lewis Lesure. adminis trator of the R. H. Jones estate, yesterday sold tha Jones homestead at auction to the highest bidder for $112 per acre. It waa bid In ' by Herman Lineman, a wealthy farmer of Sarpy county. OAKLAND Albert Burgston, a farmer living about six miles south of Oakland, died very suddenly early this morning. He was taken ill and a physl.clan summoned. but before he arrived Mr. Burgsion aiea, He leaves a wife and three small children. BEATRICE Mrs. John Schuster, living In Hanover township, has Just returned ' from an extended trip to her old home In , Germany. Accompanying her were Miss Sarah Cramer and the father and mother of Lewis and John Stevens, who will be- j come American cltlxens. I PAPILLION George Hanson is accused of atealing $l!o from William Mitchell, near Avery, yeaterday. Sheriff MacEyoy overtook him in uouncu jiuhs hduui ii u cjuu wv night and lodged him in the Jail In that city. He will bring the prisoner to Papil Uon today to answer to the charge. YORK That land has increaaea ana doubled In value In York county in the past four yeara waa proven last weeK wnen A. Schrandt purcnasea me uranam inn northeast of York paying 110,100 for It. Four yeara ago thla farm aula ror .. It la believed that land1 in York county will increase $10 to $30 per acre before an other year. BEATRICE The report of Superintendent Fulmer at the meeting of the Board or Education laat night showed the total en rollment of the Beatrice public schools to be 1.812. Of this number 288 are high school studenta. The report ahowed further that a number or the rooma are oaaiy crowded. The board decided to purchase a cot to be placed in each of the achool buildings to be used In case of sickness. OSCEOIJThe Polk and Butler Counties Mutual Fire Insurance company that carries more than $3,000,000 Are Insurance risks for the farmers or tnese counties, have found that a headquarters of one room was not large enough to transact their Immense business and so have got possession of the building of the Bank of Polk County on the east side of the square and are In a condition to spread themselves as never before. PLATTSMOUTH At the regular meeting of the Plattsmouth Women s Christian Temperance union tne roiiowing omcers were elected: President. Mrs. E. L. Rouse; vice president, Mrs. Charles Troop; treas urer, Mrs. George Dodge; secretary, Mrs. L. A. Moore. A vice president was elected from each of the following churches: Pres byterian, Mrs. J. H. Salsbury; Methodist Episcopal, Mrs. A. H. Knee; Christian, Mrs. W. H. Schlldknetch. Mrs. C. E. Wes cott was elected superintendent of the mothers' meetings. BEATRICE The farewell reception given to Rev, Edgar Price and wife last evening at the Christian church was largely at tended. Addresses were delivered by ev, Edwin Booth, jr.. Rev. w. it. Kearns, jonn Reicker and others, Rev. Mr. friee re- snondlns'. and these were Interspered with piano and vocal selections. The speakers all voiced their high regard tor Rev. Mr. Price and the work . he had dune here. At the close of the addresses Mrs. Bourne presented Mr. and Mrs. Price with a fine tablecloth and set of napkins. Mrs. Macy also presented to Mrs. Price a life member- snip In the inristian woman s csoara oi Missions, and the Christian Endeavor so ciety a pretty souvenir spoon to nev. Mr. Price and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Price will soon locale at Bedford. Ia. ir I Is Yo ii r Hair Sick? That's too bad! We had noticed it was looking pretty thin and faded of late, but naturally did not like to speak of it. By the way, Ayer's Hair Vigor is a regular hair grower, a perfect hair restorer. It keeps the scalp clean and healthy; and stops j falling hair. The best kind of a testimonial "Sold for over sixty years." aftAeW m Ojj gy t bj f-afj af ATVgt Al SAP AKIIXA Far tea Blood. ATBB'S MlXS-Por eeaatiaatlM. AlaK 8 CJLkJtkX HC TOiLai oij; U. ATKg Ad US CCkS tot aulanaaad Afaa. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov, 7.-8peclal Tele gram Attorney General Moody today sent to Secretary of Interior Hitchcock an opinion In the. Aamua Boyeen cam, in which he upholds tha contention of Sec retary Hitchcock that the act of congress granting Boysen certain preferential privi leges to prospect on the Shoshone or Wind River reservations only gives Boysen the right to prospect over 180,000 acres covered by hla original Indian leaaea and not even over thla territory until such a time as government surveys are approved. Asmus Boysen, who resides In Council Bluffs, held under leases from Indians mining rlghta to some 1W.0OO acres of land In Shoshone Indian reservation. The act of congress throwing this land open to white settlement cancelled these mining privileges and gave Boysen the right to select 140 square acres In lieu of privileges he had held under the Indian leaaea and gave him further right to go upon the original ISO.OOO-acre atrip and juroapect. . He Is given the right to select his 640 acres thirty days ahead of others who might desire to settle, Boysen, It Is asserted, through tha In fluence of Secretary Shaw, obtained per mission from President Roosevelt to roam all over the several million of acrea and to prospect in search of a selection which would be most advantageous to him and hla company. , Prospective Settlers Make Protest. Naturally there were protests against this method of procedure and men having In view settling up this country placed their complaints In the hands of Senator Clark and Representative Mondell of Wyoming. These gentlemen laid the matter before the president and Secretary Hitchcock and the entire question waa submitted to the attorney general for an opinion on the law which opens this ceded Indian country to settlement. Secretary Hitchcock has steadfastly maintained that Boysen had right only to prospect over the 180,000 acres held under the original Indian leases, and not to roam at "large over the entire area of reserva tion. He further held that Boysen could not go upon the reserve at all until the United States government survey had been approved. Theae surveys have been prac tically completed, but not approved. The attorney general In hla Interpretation of law aa handed down today upholds the contention of the secretary of the interior. land Boysen will not Be permitted upon the 'st-eservatlnn at all for nurnoaes of pros pecting until the surveys have been ap proved, and then he Will be restricted in his Investigations In hla effort to locate his 840-acre tract to the 180.000-acre area originally held by hint 'under the Indian leases.- ' President Roosevelt has signed the com mission of Thomas V. Davis of Rock Springs, Wyo., to be register of the land office at Evanston, Wyo.," to succeed Charles Kingston, resigned. Change In Depnrtsaent Methods. , President Roosevelt has , approved the recommendation for certain reforms In the routine business of th-War department; which recommendations ' Were prepared under the direction 'of Acting Secretary Oliver. These changed have been brought about the action of the president in creating the Keep commission. His letter criticized the methods of work In connec tion with the papers of both the' Army and Navy Departments, and General Oliver took the matter up at- once. Tte sug gestions of General Oliver were considered by the general staff and a very formidable report was made, which received the ap proval of the acting secretary and after wards the approval of the president. MIDSHIPMAN BRANCH DIES Toon Naval Stndrat Passes Away no . Resnlt of Fight with Aasoelatea. ANNAPOLIS. Nov. 7. Midshipman James R. Branch, son of James R. Branch of the Hanover bank of New York City and secretary of tha American Bankera' association, who was seriously Injured In a fist fight with another midshipman, died today. Tho midshipman waa operated on yeaterday by Dr. J. M. Finney of the Johna Hopkins hospital, his skull being opened and a clot of blood removed, and there waa hope of Jila recoverey, but he auddenly grew worse today and expired. Midshipman Branch died from Injuries he had received In a fight with Midship man Minor Meriweather, Jr., of Lafayette, 111. The fight took place by arrangement on Sunday night and was a - regular pitched battle with a ring and seconds. It lasted twenty-three rounds and ended when Branch waa knocked down and atruck the right aide of his head against the floor. It was not considered .that the Injuries were very serious, but Monday morning Branch's condition was auch that It be came necessary to let hla condition be known to the authorities. Young Branch was taken to the hospital and an opera tion was determined upon. It was per formed last night by Surgeons Finney of Baltimore and Kerr of Washington, as sisted by the academy medical staff. It waa thought to be successful, but a turn for the worse took place at daylight this morning and the patient died at 10 o'clock, not having regained consciousness. Hla father and mother were with him at hla death. Meriweather it. also In the hospital aa a result of the injuries he received In the fight and for that reason the authorities have not put him under arrest. The ques tion of hla accountability to the civil au thorities on a charge of manslaughter has also been discussed. He la suffering with a sprained wrist and a bruised face. Branch was a second class man and Meriweather a third, but tha latter is slightly older, being 19 years of aga laat January, while Branch waa not 19 until August. Both have anme reputation aa athletes. Branch aa a wrestler and Meri weather aa a foot ball player. It Is un derstood the ' fight took place because Branch had. In the Una of hla duty, re ported Meriweather for a breach of dla clpline. No -one is allowed to see the latter, but It Is reported that ha feels tha matter most keenly. SCHEME TO AID IMMIGRANTS mahlp Companies May Be Gnllty of Violating; Uwi of t'nlted Stntes. St WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-A novel scheme haa been brought to the attention of the Immigration authorities to Induce immigra tion from foreign countries to the LInlted States. Thus far the plan ia known to be In operation only in Italy, but It probably will be extended to other European coun trlea. Two companies, knowji respectively aa "Unions Merldlonalie" and "La Ligure Americana," have been organised to Issue to prospective Immlgranta policies of In surance that they will be landed on ar rival In America. The premium charged for eaclt policy Is $2, the companies guar anteeing to refund the Immigrant's trans portation charge In the event of his de portation from thla country. A number of ateamahlp lines are repreaented aa the sponsora for the Insurance companies. The matter haa been investigated by the law officers of the Immigration bureau and an opinion baa been rendered that the scheme la In violation of express legislative prohi bition. It Is held that under the law steam ship 'companies may not offer anything in the way of Inducement to encourage Immi gration to the United States. What action may be taken by the government authori ties has not yot been determined. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Fair Today and Tomorrow In Ne braskatartly Cloudy In Iowa. WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. Forecaat of tha weather for Wednesday and Thursday: For Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas Fair Wednesday and Thursday. For Iowa Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thuraday, except rain Thursday In cast portion. For South Dakota Showers, followed by fair Wednesday and Thuraday. For Colorado, Wyoming and Montana Fair Wednesday , and Thuraday. v Local Reoord. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. OMAHA. Nov. 7. Official record of tem perature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the last three yeara: lm. 19(4. 1K03. liwi. Maximum temperature.... 44 6 til 53 Minimum temperature 43 4o 27 33 Mean temperature .., 43 62 49 43 Precipitation 00 .00 - .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation departurea from the normal at Omaha since March 1 and compariaona with the last two years: Normal trmerature 44 Tenciency for the day l Total excess since March 1, 19u6 3S3 Normal precipitation 04 inch Deficiency for the day 04 Inch Preclpltutlon since March 1 IS Inches Deflt-iency since March 1 2.28 inches Deficiency for cor. period 19u4.... 4.37 inches Excess (or cor. period V-fJi 1.46 Inches Reports front Stations nt T P. M. Station and State Tern. Max. Rain- of Weatner. 7 0. m. Tern. fall. Bismarck, cloudy M 3C T Cheyenne, clear 41 64 .00 Cnlcaa-o, cloudy 3a . 42 .01 Davenport, cloudy 40 4J .00 Denver, clear hi w . Havre, cloudy f.i 68 ."0 Helena, partly cloudy 48 60 .03 Huron, cloudy 38 40 T Kansas Oty, clear 46 62 .tin North Platte. cler 4i ' In .00 Omaha, partly cloudy tS 44 .00 Rapid City, partly cloudy ..46 6S . St. 1-oviln, cloudy , 48 68 .0) t?L Paul, clear .......A 31 M T Halt Lake City, clear 44 62 .Oil Valentintt, cloudy 44 61 .00 lllistou. raining 4t .0; T Indicates trace of precipitation. L A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. Editor's Golden Wedding. YANKTON. S. D.. Nov. 7. (Special.) Onca again the golden wedding bells have rung In thla community, thla time for Da kota'a "Squatter Governor," Hon. Francis F. Ziebach, who enjoys the distinction of being the first man within the limits of the two Dakotas to start a newspaper". Yester day Governor and Mrs. Ziebach quietly cel ebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding, which took place November t. 1855, at Danville, Pa. They have six child ren, Mrs. C. P. Edmonds, whose husband Is vice president of the Yankton National bank; Jacob E., of the Treasury depart ment, Washington; Miss Sallie, who resides at home; Frank H. of Elmlra, N. Y.; Wll Ham E. of Jackson, Miss., and Charles M., superintendent of the government Indian school at Horton, Kan. In 1858 Mr. Ziebach started the Register at Sioux City, and was appointed register of the land office In that place by President Johnson. Later he moved to Yankton and started the Weekly Dakotan, the first paper to be started In the then territory. President Cleveland ap pointed him receiver of the United States land office here, and for several terms he waa mayor of Yankton. Thla makea the third golden wedding this county haa aeen In the laat few weeks. What Does Stead For? For Good Faith with the public for a "quar ter of a centurv. For Purity never yet questioned by pure food orTiciuls. For Finest Flavor resulting from use of costli est and highest quality of . materials. For the Best Cocoa and Chocolate made anywhere at any price. For Largest Sales of any superfine Chocolate Bonbons U the world. For Protection to Bayers ' In guaranteed uniformity of highv.it excellence. Tkt lwBy Ptctipi Boi Frm. TSk Walter M. Lowney Co BOSTON. LAMBERTI1ELD1N WARE CASE Oregon Van Will Have to Tatlifj in Dakota Preacher1! Trial NEW SENSATIONS IN LAND CASES Alliance Official Predicts Revelatlaas Before Grand Jary that Will At trnet National tntereat nnd Involve Old Soldiers. I Frank Lambert of Portland, Ore., who waa released on $2,000 ball Monday even ing to appear before the federal grand Jury and answer to the charge of suborna tion of perjury, was Immediately served with a summons to appear aa a wttnesa be fore the grand Jury to testify in the cases against George F. Ware, the South Da kota preacher and cattleman who haa 100,000 or more acrea of public lands under fence In northwestern Nebraska. It appeara Lambert waa the agent for Ware and othera to procure aoldlers' home stead flllnga on the lands and did a thriv ing business, receiving tSO for each filing obtained from an old soldier, and that he succeeded In getting hundreds of them. These tilings subsequently were relin quished or leased to the cattlemen or land grabbers for a period, of ninety-nine years, and It is upon this tenure that thousands of acres of land are being held up there under fence and are called or repreaented to be deeded fir leaaed land. Sensation la Promised. An - official connected with the inveatl gatlona of these land matters from tha Alliance district said: "The investlgationa before the grand Jury will be sensational In the extreme. You people down here at Omaha have no Idea of the extent of these fraudulent land entries. The cattlemen are not alone the guilty ones; In fact they are about the least guilty of the whole bunch. The land frauds are much on the same order aa practiced In Colorado and California by W. E. Hyde and John E . THEORIES ABOUT FOOD. Alan n Few Fneta on the fame "nfcjeet. We hear much nowadays about health foods and hygienic living, about vegetarian ism and many other fada along tha same line. Restauranta may be found In the larger cltlea where no meat, pastry or coffee la served, and the food crank Is In bia glory, and arguments and theories galore ad tended for human stomachs, ind almost tended to human stomachs, and almost make ua believe that our aturdy ancestors, who lived four-score yeara In robust health on roast beef, pork and mutton, must have been grossly Ignorant of the laws of health. Our forefathers had other things to do than formulate theories about the food they ate. A warm welcome waa extended to any kind, from bacon to ecorna. A healthy appetite and common sense are excellent guides to follow In matters of diet, and a mixed diet of grains, fruits and meats la undoubtedly the beat. Aa compared with grains and vegetablea, meat furnishes the most nutriment In a highly concentrated form, and is digested and assimilated more quickly than vege tables and grains. . Dr. Julius Remmson, on thla subject, says: "Nervous persona, people run down In health and of low vitality should eat meat, and plenty of It. If the digestion Is too feeble at first. It may be easily cor rected by the regular use of Stuart'a Iya. pepsla Tablets after each meal. Two of these excellent tablets taken after dinner will dlgeat several thousand gralna of meat, eggs and other animal food In three houra, and no matter how weak the stom ach may be. no trouble will be experienced If a regular practice la made of using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, because they supply the pepsin and diastase necessary to perfect digestion, and every form of Indi gestion will be overcomo by their Use." That large clase of people who come un der the head of nervous dyspeptics ahould eat plenty of meat and inaure ita proper digestion by the dally use of a safe, harm less digestive medicine like Stuart'a Dys pepsia Tablets, Composed of natural dlgea- Benaon and othera now under Indictment ' tlv? principles, pepsin diastase, fruit acid- ana satis, wnicn actually penorm mo wura of digestion. Cheap eathartlo medicines. In California, as well as two or three clerks In the land office at Washington, who fur hlslied the Inside Information as to the methods of avoiding the law and escaping detection. In fact, you will And that the Hyde outfit haa had Ita handa mixed up pretty extensively In the Nebraska land frauds. The old soldier filing scheme haa been worked extensively tn Nebraska and I am afraid it will go pretty hard with some of the old boys now at the homes who have permitted their names to be used 'in securing these filings and then making leases to the land grabbers, who subse quently relinquished them or subleaaed them to the cattle and ranchmen. It la a dirty mess, and the grand Jury, which meets in Omaha next week, has a big Job ahead of It that will attraot national attention." Tnbby's Appointment Announced. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-Walter G. Tubby, now general storekeeper of the Great Northern railroad, has been ap pointed by Chairman Shonts chief of the division of supplies of the Isthmian Canal commission, not superintendent of construc tion, as reported from St. Paul. His head quarters will be at Cristobal, canal sone, and he succeeds Paymaster E. C. Tobey, V. S. N., who has been recalled for service In the navy. masquerading under the name of dyspep sia cures, are useless for - indigestion, aa they have absolutely no effect upon tha actual digestion of food. Dyspepsia In all Its many forms .ia simply a failure of the stomach to digest food, and the sensible way to. solve the riddle and cure the dyspepsia la to make dally use at mealtime of a preparation like Stuart's Dyapepsla Tablets, which is endorsed By the medical profession and known to con tain active digestive principles. Qliiriiol mmg Poudor- Health Eoonomy. RELIEF FOR JEWS IN RUSSIA Mass Meeting In New York Con tributes VSO,800 for Snfferera of Massacres. NE3W YORK, Nov. 7. At a masa meeting of Jewish residents of thla city held here today $56,800 waa collected for the relief of the aufferera of the massacres in Ruaala and a relief society was formally organ ised with Oscar S. Strausa, former minister to Turkey, as president, Cyrus Sulzburger secretary and Jacob H. BchlfX treasurer. - The meeting waa attended by representa tives from all atationa in life of the He brew cltlzena. Dispatches from London, Paris and Berlin expressed a willingness on the part of the populace to co-operate and form an International society upon the com pletion of the organization in thla city. The movement In London la in the handa of Lord Rothschild, In Paris of the Jewish Colonial association and In Berlin of tha Berliner Hilavereln. A dispatch from Presi dent Nathan of the latter" organisation Btatea that he would start at once for Rus sia. It is proposed to distribute the money through the diplomatic agencies of Great Britain. DEATH RECORD. . . Mrs. Edna Merrltt. OLENWOOD, la., Nov. 7. (Special.) Mra. Edna Merrltt, "grandma," aa ahe waa known by everybody here, died yea terday, aged 98 yeara t montha and 4 days. Mra. Merrltt was born n North Carolina In 1807. One son, six grandchildren, thir teen great-grandchildren and thirteen great - great - grandchildren survive her. "Grandma" Merrltt was beloved by every body and that she could not have lived to complete the century la universally de plored. She had amoked almost alwaya, growing her own tobacco until recently. Fnnernl of Mme. Canaboa. PARIS, Nov. 7. The funeral of Madame Cambon, mother of M. Paul ,ind Julea Cambon, respectively, ambassadora to Great Britain and Spain, who died November 4, took place today In the church of St, Philippe du. Roule and waa largely at tended. King Edward and King Alfonso sent wreaths. Ambassador McCorinlck and the British and Spanish ambassadors were preaent. The burial waa In Mont Martre cemetery Lady Florence Dixie. LONDON. Nov. 7. 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