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COUNTY ME A 1 M0TT0-A11 Tho News When It Is News. VOLUME XVII DAKOTA CITY, NER, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1901). NUMBER 45 JTVt 1 WORLD'S DAILY HEWS CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND CONCISELY STATED SEVERAL LIVES LOST iiiVKUs ix Mitsorni asd ka. SAS OUT OF BANKS. Sante Fc Train In a Dttui Four Coftthea Settle Slowly In 18 Fwt of Water Kit untim ut Karons Chy ta Threatening. Swollen by unprecedented rains and by melted snowi from the mountains brought down through the Missouri valley, the rivers left their banks and caused damaging floods In many parts of Missouri and Kansas Wednesday. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway, which left Kansas City for Denver, met with a wreck at Pomona, Kan. Of the ten coaches which made up the train, four, a baggage car and three day coaches, left the track and settled Into eighteen feet of water, ac cording to a late report. It appears that the train, which had been detoured from the main line over the Emporia branch, was run ning along smoothly through the wa ter, when It began to sink on the un dermined tracks. The coaches sank so gradually that the passengers and crew were able to get Into the Pull man cars before' the other coaches finally toppled over and sank from view. At Chllllcothe, Mo., on the Grand river, six men were swept from a bridge Wednesday afternoon and were seen floating down the stream. Wheth er they reached shore or not waa not learned. Hundreds of peoplo at Chll licothc have been forced to leave their homes. Residents In the unaffected districts have started to bake bread at wholesale for the sufferers and a relief train loaded with supplies has been sent out from surrounding points, At Pattonsburg, Mo., over 1,000 peo ple were Imprisoned on roofs or In the second stories of buildings and the sit uation was hourly growing more acuta ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE. Vermont Woman Held for Astwult on Catholic Priest. An attempt to assassinate the Rev J. F. Gillls, a priest connected with St Mary's cathedral at Burlington, Vt., was made Wednesday as the priest was on his way to celebrate mass at St Mary's academy, and Wednesday night the police arrested Miss Beatrice Thompson, an artist, aged 41 years, charging her with assault Intent to kill. The woman, according to llev. Fath er Gillls, came out of her house as he was passing through Loomls street and fired a revolver at him, the bullet passing through an umbrella which he was carrying. The police state that Miss Thompson has shown a fanatical aversion to the Catholic faith, and that a year ago she wrote a letter tc the mayor of the city making charge; against priests. and nuns which wen found to be unwarranted. SCHOONER A TOTAL IiOSS. Children Thrown Into Water by Overturned Vessel Saved. Details of the accident to the powei schooner Rainbow off Pukon harbor, Island of Molokal, on Sunday after noon have been received In Honolulu Forty-two Sunday school children who were enjoying an excursion wert thrown Into the water a quarter of a mile from shore by the overturning of the vessel. - Some of the older onet swam out In the open sea, where they found some boards on which they floated lnt the harbor. The only death was that of an aged Hawaiian woman, who expired from exhaustion. The schooner Is a total loss. Franc Too BuKy. The French government hoe decld ed thn.t it Is at present unable, on ac count of the budget situation and oth er conditions, to accept the American proposal to enter upon negotiations with the view of establishing a 2-cent rate on letters between the two coun tries. Takes Son for Burglar. . Mistaking his son Herbert for a hur glar, Fred Klopp, of Oallon, O., early w ount'Buuy nuui una Kiuea me Doy The boy was walking In his sleep Hearing a noise downstairs KIodd ob talned his shotgun and fired four shots lt the figure he saw moving about the dark. In Sioux City Live Stock Muxkut. Wednesday's quotations on the floux City live stock market follow; Top betves, $6.65. Top hogs, $7.75. Revolution In Colombia. A revolution has broken out In the republic of Colombia, apparently against the government of Rafcl Reyes, the president of the republic. who now Is In London. Gift for Hale's Widow. Following a long established cus (torn in rwpect to 1U employes, the (senate weunesaay voiea six months (salary to the widow of Its lat chap- llatn. Dr. Edward Everett Hale. ON HISTORIC GltOCXD. raft View Famons ltrflca at Fort TlcMuideroKa. With the assistance of President faft, of Ambassador Jusperand, of Franco; Ambassador ISryce, of Great Britain; Secretary of War Dickinson and Vice Admiral Urlu, of Japan, the record In New York ami lirooklyn up celebration of the 800th anniversary of to midnight. tho discovery of Lake Champlaln, Last year's record 'was seven derfid which had been confined during tho and 233 Injured for the entire Greater past two days to the states of New New York, and Indications are that the York and Vermont, Tuesday took on casualties this year will probably equal an International aoope and a world- that when all hospitals and all reoords wide interest. For Ambassadors Jusse.- are available. Uulsrppl Pagan, 40 rand and Bryce and President Taft.ycars old, was kl!lid by a random bul all committed their respective aouo- let supposedly fired by a telcbrator. tries to policies of peace, and In the shadow of an old fortress which had witnessed some of tho bloodiest battle In all history, they expressed the hope that never again would the peace among the groat nations of the world be Interrupted by a war. The president arrived at Albany from Norwich, Conn., and the French ambassador from Lennox. Mass. The visitors were then taken on a train to old Fort Tlconderoga, where the prin- Most of them were started by the care clpal celebration of the day was held, less handling of fireworks, matches or The president and the ambassadors powder. The most serious fire In the and the members of their staffs Were vicinity of New York occurred at Ob shown through the historic ruins of slngton, up the Hudson, where the "Old TV' as the natives call the stronghold, which Is now in course of restoration. There was historic inter- est In tho old place alike for the rep - resentatlves of Great Britain, France and, the United States, for the rocky promontory was held in turn by the and its observance in an Ideal manner. French, the English and the Amerl The "safe and sane" idea of celcbrat can revolutionise!. lng the day was admirably carried out. i There was a marked contrast bo- SIX PERSONS ARE CREMATED, tween this and other Fourths. Not a firecracker was heard, and Mysterious lire Destroys a Virginia no fireworks of any kind except that Home. ' handled by citizens having In churge As the result of a mysterious fire the public celebrations. Not a single which totally destroyed tkys home of S. E. Hamlet at South Boston, Va., early Monday, Ave of their children find II. A. Strange, aged 74, wore burn- ,ed to death, and another ohlld, aged 4 years, was seriously injured. Mr. and Mrs. Hamlet escaped without in-Meets Almost Instant Death at Port Jury. Mr. Hamlet, who Is employed at a ' ' Dlanlnir mill at South Boston, resid- ed in a two-story frame building on the south side of the city, near the Norfolk and Western railway. The fire waa discovered at about 8 o'clock Mon- day moi-nlna bv neighbors. Tho oocu- pants of the house Were asleep at the hour, and the building was almost completely enveloned in flame The roof was almost ready lo fall ln when TTlunlAt and M wlfa woro aroused. They were In the north side of the house and their 4-year-old child was In the same room. They crawled out of the window on the front porch and droooed the child to th abound When the fire waa discovered it was impossible to save any of the older children or Mr. Strange. Mr. 8trane was a confederate veteran of Hallfa ..., Die OX THEIR TIOXEYMOOV CMcngo Couple Hiul Been MarrUxl Two Days. The man and woman who Monday committed suicide by rowing a boat over the dam In the St Joseph river at South Bend, Ind., were H. Llndeman and wife, of Chicago. They were on their bridal trip. They registered Monday morning at the Crescent ho- tet and Llndeman told the clerk that he and Mrs. Llndeman had been mar- HnH In Cf TAOAi-iVt H-Tlo. Vin Hn Ka w" "c o . w-j, . , . . . . . L ... found Llndemarfs coat. The police In ... , . . . . , , u t , a . . . . . ... . and compared the coat with other .... . . ... . . Tlw nxet Tanii vtw. Counsel for Harry K. Thaw Tuesday scored a nartlal vletorv in ts w,. lng to determine his sanity, held be- fore Justice Mills, by obtaining from the court an order romovlng Thaw from Matteawan and placing him in the custody of Sheriff Henrv Sr.hert of White Plains, until the hearing is con. eluded. Three ThouAnd Made Ilorookw. A nr wnicn Droae out earry Frt - day la a Chinese rai-iurant on Hal - leybury road, near Cobalt, Ont., caused a loss sumatau at 110.0.000. 'inree mousana nave oeen rendered nome.ess ana tne entire Business sec tlon north of the square has been de- stroyea. Fatal Explosion In Mine Nine men were killed Tuosday by an explosion of gas in the mine of the Ce dar Hill Coal and Coke company at Tollercllle, Colo. All of the dead were forelgncr exoept Albert Noah, cast tender an American. To Keep Clvolera Out. The Oerman and Austrian rarool authorities have Informed Russia that they are about to take Mops to Instl- tute a quarantine on the frontier against cholera me nooa situation in Mexico to so- .'ious. Every main railroad line lead- lng into the Mexican capital is report- ' tied up by, washouts, Three Thoasund Mlm-ra Strike. 'When the whlst! sounded at the Dominion Coal company's collieries Tuesday over 3,000 members of tho Ignited Mine Workers' organization re fused to enter the pits and the long expected coal strike was on. Mobs Attack Hebrews, The, Lcrnberg newspaper report risings in ?sarabia, southwestern Russia. Mobs have attacked the land lords and Jews, 100 of whom have hen Killed rixoui of iN.il uirs. fnr Dead of Burns from Fireworks I" (iotliiim. Four dend, three of them children. 822 persons Injured, nine of them dan- gerouply, and so rrriously that death soemn, certain was t'.'.c Fourth of July though relatives maintain that he was murdered. The hospitals were swamped with patients, mof-t of them suffering from minor burns, having been caused by explosion of fireworks and patients are being added at the larger institu- tions at the rate of t( n un hour. Fires m the city and suburbs were number- cd by the score, but none In New York proper did any grent damage. principal business bloc was destroy- ed at a loss of $75,000. The blaze Is supposed to have been started by a firecracker b.:ng thrown Into some rubbish In the rear of the building. Washington rounded out the day accident resulting from tho Fourth's celebration was reported, and the po Hce made fewer arrests than usual, 1 AERONAUT DROPS 500 FEET. Mistaking the promiscuous firing of revolvers by the crowd bolow as a slg nal ae "Pn for cutting loose his Paracnute. James Corcoran, an aero naut- 28 yearsof ago, of Lowell, Mass., cut loose wlt" hls parachute when about 500 fcl from the earth at tne ourln OIJUy ceicnraiion ai rornanu Me - - and crashed to the ground, meet- ,n almost Instant death. In the pres- enc B-00 spectators, Corcoran was employed by Prof. Jo8ePh Laroux, of Portland, with whom tne nnl'Pal authorities oon- "aciea ior oauoon arcenBiona ana Pracnuie jump, hi me eaiurn pro... enade - " was ranged that Corcoran Bhould drop w,th hIa Parachute from a helBht of B'000 eet wnen he heard a cen numuer oi revo.ver no.. irom Laroux on the ground. Corcoran, not hearing Laroux shout to keep -on up, cut loose. The distance was too short for the parachute to open properly, and the man dropped like a plummet, striking the ground about 1,000 feet faom where the ascension waa made He was 81111 aIlve when picked up but he had a fracture of the skull and B00n died, CARETAKER ENDS LIFE, Colorado Observatory Employe Starts I1re ,, xllon sh(H)ta n,1U8Cir Lew H. Warriner, caretaker of the Stellar observatory of Prof. Frank H. Loud, of Colorado oollege. committed , ,1 , . . .' ., suicide early Monday by shoot ng after having first soaked the floor with kero sene and fired It in three places. De- . . ... spondency is said to have caused the Great damage was done to the sclen tlflc n8tnmcnts, but the exact loss can be estimated. Special work for rvard university waa being con. "U"'DU al 1,1119 UI lue "r"' LINES THEM ALL UP. Bad Man wUh Gun Oreates Conster. notion In Dance IlnlL At the point of a revolver a man who gave hIa name M. B. Phillips nd hi8 home as Kansas City, Mo., Monday night lined fifty-four man along the walls of a dance hall In a downtown resort at St. Joseph, Mo. a riot call was sent to the polioe ,tation and a squad of officors raided the place while the men held their hands above their heads. Phillips was taken without troubl An Imperial Ukase. By an Imperial ukase, which was Iwued Monday at St. Petersburg, tnar- tlai na boon raised throughout the Caucasus, exocptlng In the Tiflls district, where there Is great Insecurl ty of life and robberies and kidnap. nK8 are ,.. DI.evalent. , Accident lU a IU-gutta, An accident and a fatality attended the championship regatta of tho New England Amateur Rowing association iate Monday. Edward Morley, 18 yearI old, rowing No. 3 In the Stal phons eight-oared Junior crew of Rox hiTy, Mass.. waa drowned. Had Narrow Ewnpe. Gen. Antolne Slnton, the president of Hayti, had a narrow escape In serious railroad accident near Beudet Monday iiinht. The presidential train collided with a freight train. Dies ut Ae of 117. Emily Morgan, colored, probably the oldest resident of Ge-irgla, Is duad at the age of 117. "Aunt Emily" took in washing until she was 109 years old. For a year or two she had suf fered with a "misery." mmm stat GIRL IllRNEl) TO D11VT11. I .MIhb Murv Johnson Is!i I.lfo from Light Intr lire ulth'Ootl. Miss Mary Johnson, aped 18 years, was burned to death at Snellen while trj'lng to llpht Q Are In tho kitchen stove with kerecene, und her sister, Eva, two years younger, wes so budly Injured that she will dlo within a few hours. The younr women, -n-ho nro dn.iirrh- tors of J. H. Johnson, who lives In trfo louth part of town, were alone In tho house when the accident happened. One of them poured oil Into the stove. In which pome cobs were smouldering and there wm an ep!oKlon, which scattered burning oil over the glrlt) nd set fire to the house. The older girl was dcs.d before slie cou'.d be tak en from the burning building by neighbors, who v.' re attracted by screams of the young women. The other whs hurried ti a physician's of fee and every effort made to save her life, but she Is so badly injured that she will probably die. The damage to thehouso wss ab"ut $200. HENRY STILL AT LARGE. Young Man W1k Murdered Wife Has Left Oin aim. Frank L. Henry, who shot and killed his wife, Maud Galloway Henry, Sat urday night, has not bei-n arrested. All city detectives .and patrolmen have been on the watch for him ever since the crime was committed, but they say now he may have eluded them and left the city. Thty are still keep ing a close watch for him. The alleged murder was due to the woman's refusal to return and Uvo with her husband after a three months separation, but the police have not yet concluded why she would not live with him. As ho has been known to them for years and has been ar rested more than once, they suggest that perhaps that accounts for tho wife's refusal. They also advance tho theory that he wanted to reform, but that she laughed at him and thereby angered him to the poltt of murder. BOY ADMITS FORGERY C1LVRC.E. EiKhteen-Year-Old Lnd of Sargent Ar Arrested at York. Sheriff Afllebach arrested Ellis Brumbaugh, an 18-year-old boy whose home Is at Sargent. The arrest was made at the request of Sheriff Young, of Aurora, one the charge of having cash two forged checks on an Aurora bank, one for $19 and one for $6. The boy was taken to Aurora. He had about $5 in his possession whenl taken Into custody, and admitted the charge. The name of John G. Matt, a ditch contractor In Hamilton county, was signed to the checks. Injuries In Nebraska. Fourth of July accidents in Lincoln and the surrounding country are lim ited to two Instances where fatalities are expected. At Blue Hill. Dodge Clardy, a 12-year-old boy, was struck by a skyrocket, his hand severed f i .jm his arm and his chest and face badly burned. His death Is hourly expected. At Dorchester the son of William Cleveland, waa struck on the head by a skyrocket, fracturing the skull and Injuring the brain. His condition Is critical. Five other children were less seriously Injured at Dorchester. In Lincoln one boy had his finger torn off with a cannon cracker, another lost an eye and the hand of a third was badly burned. Raise In Property Values. Though only about one-third of the county assessors have made their re turns to the state board of equaliza tion, the Indications are the increase over the assessment of last year will not be more than $5,000,000, exclu sively of railroad property. This would be an increase of $25,000 actual value. Heavy Rain at Omaha. The drenching rain which visited the southern half of Nebraska Monday night duplicated that which visited In the northern portion of the state. Nearly two Inches of water fell In Omaha, and almost prostrated wire communication. Several washouts oc curred on railroads, and serious dam age was done in a number of places. Wants $25,(HH) Damages. Mrs. Caroline Schavland, wife of Chris Schavland, of Lincoln, filed a suit for $25,000 against the Nebraska Auto and Storage company for dam ages on account of the death of her husband. The latter was killed by an automobile blowing up, the defendant claims. The accident took place about a month ago. i Youth Takes Acid. C. T. Kenyon, Jr., only son of C. T. Kenyon, of Kenyon Riding, committed suicide by swallowing a dose of car bolic acid at the home of his parents. He was a bright young man about 22 years old and the act Is said to be due to 111 health and parental opposition to his contemplated marriage. . Clearwutcr Store Bums, Fire in Clearwater destroyed a hard ware store and dwelling belonging to Mr. James. The luss Is not estimated. l'luce for e!iniUan. President Taft nominated Fred H. Abbott, of Nebui-ka, to be aixls commissioner of Indian affairs. Homer Liquor Vender Arretted. Herb White, white, und Charles El lis, colored, were arrested ut Homer on the charifo of f iling liquor to In dians. KIUm was taken to Dakota City ami placed in the county Jail. White is imprisoned in the Jail at Ho mer. Foot Crtmlicd by Train. Frank llellnmr. a section hand, tried to board a train at Nollgh. He fell and had his foot budly crushed by the wheels. It is thought the foot can be saved. E EIS BAVI.U.IIT LAW IX IXIWCK, Nebraska Saloons Ixx-kcil poors nt 8 O'Clm k WMnewlay Nfclit. At midnight Thursday the Nebraska daylight saloon law. enacted by the last legU-luture, took effect. It , ro vldoa that all drinking places In o.les and towns where license exists must close at 8 o'clock p. m. Gov. Shallen bergor reiterated Thursday evening what he haj heretofore announced, that the law will be enforced to the hitter. He unys municipal authorities will be expected to look to tho , en forcement of the law. but If they fall then the ftate fcovirnment will act In Ills efforts the Rovernor will be as sisted by the Nebraska Anti-Saloon lenjtuo, which has appointed agents In license towns to act as watchers. So far its known the will be no united attempt to Ignore the law, although In some place.", where the ilrjuor Intorests are strong, funds, It is said, have been raised to t.-st tho lr.v. Lincoln being a dry municipality. local Interest wns not keen, only so fur as It affected the wet suburban town cf Hnvclnck, where the local supply of Intoxicants Is drawn from, and to which place crowds from Lincoln go nightly. A new rule was promulgated by the Lincoln excise board which prohibits the practice of dray and delivery wag ons bringing beer and other Intoxi cants from Havelock to Lincoln and supplying customers. Other eiwtw.ents of the Inst legia lature went Into effect at midnight save the bank guaranty act and non partisan Judiciary law, which have been enjoined In the courts. SIDNEY MAN SHOT IN TEMPLE. Anton Krtiplcka Ik In Crltiml Condi tion (uid May Die. Anton Krupicka, a well to do farm er, residing fourtoon miles southeast of Sidney, wns phot In tho right temple about midnight Wednesday night, sup posedly by his stepson, Andrew, a lad aged 16. The father was sitting at the dining room table, and tho shot was fired from tho outside, shattering the glass In the wfnodw. The weapon used was a 22-caJIbcr rifle, which tho boy had recontly purchased. After the shooting tho wife wrQDuod the gun In her apron and buried it near the house, where Sheriff McDan- lel unearthed It. The boy, who is half witted, claims his mother fired the shot, and that ho stood directly behind her. while the mother suys the lad did the shooting. ' An effort waa made at the last -term of' district oourt to send the boy to the reform school, as It was charged that many of the prai rie fires which had been kindled in the vicinity had been started by him. The neighbors filed a complaint, but through the assiduous efforts of the father the charge was withdrawn. The home has been the scene of many family quarrels. COURTS SHOULD NOT INTRUDE. Slvullcnbcrg'cr llcceuts "InUerenoe' in tho Bank Guaranty Case. Gov. Shallenberger has entered a protest against the Intrusion of the federal courts In the affairs of the state. He had reference to the in junction issued Tuesday against the bank guaranty act. He said: "The people of Nebraska have ex pressed themselvos In favor of tho guaranty of bank deposits. When the opponents of such a measure will not let the state courts pass upon a matter In which the people of the state are primarily interested and forced the matter into the federal courts, whloh have no'connectton with the affairs of the individuals of the state, it merely means that the enforcement of the law has been delayed. The people of the state have spoken and they will not be denied, even n the federal courts do provide a temporary bulwark for the opponents of the guaranty act." BODY IS CARRIED TWENTY MILES Stonch Leads to Finding of Ourpne Near Grand Island. Induced by the stench that ftlkod his noetrlls, James Den man, farmer, Hy ing along the Platte south of Aids, rode to the river's edtfe to Investigate and found lodged to a wire fence that stretched to twi Island, tho body of a man with his hand raised up and fearfully bloated. The sheriff waa Im mediately notified and with an under taker's wagon went to the river and removed the body to the morgpe in Grand Island, where it was Identified as the body of Milton O'Neill, who was drowned while bathing south of Shel ton Sunday. The river had carried It about twenty miles. Concord Man Fatally Hurt Frank Johnson, an employe of t Concord Implement dealer, while fix ing a windmill on the C. O. Swancon farm, two miles northeast of Dixon, met with a serious accident. Whll doing some repairing near the wheel the tower broke and the young man fell on an Iron rod which was forced about eight Inches Into tho ab domen. Wheat Cutting IU-jrfn. Farmers in and around Keatrlce be gan cutting wheat Wednesday. Tho grain Is very heavy tuul It is estimated hp yield will uverage from twenty to i .lilrty bushela to the acre. Murdered While Ho Kief. Antone Krupltska, living southwest of Lodge Pole, wub mysteriously mur dered In bed Wednesday night Tl 're Is no clew as to who did the shooting. fccrutch on Foot Iulal. Mrs. 1'nullne Wittulxkl died Wed nesday afternoon ut her home in West Heat rice from blood poiHonlng caused hj a scratch fhe received a few dayn kko on her foot. th was 63 years of aii-- und leaves a fumlly of eight ohlld. I'cTI. NEW QUAKE SHAKES THE ISU11 OF SICILY Shocks in Messina Crumble Wall and Drive Out .Many In State of Panic. BOAR LIKE THE BOOH OF GUNS Some of the Tremblings More Severo than Those of Disaster of December 23. Sicily was the scene Thursday of .mother earthquake disaster which, !u Messina at least, completed the de struction wrought by the shocks of Dec, 28, In which tena of thousands of lives were lost. Tho Instruments nt the observatory registered a total of ten shocks of varying severity since 7:20 o'clock Thursday morning. Eight shocks wero fult during tho nlplit. News that has come In there from 'the provinces shows that damage has been wrought there, but It Is as yet Impossible cor rectly to estimate the extent of the losses. The shocks both at Messina nd at Kegglo created a great panic among the people of these two cities. Honor Kali) reaple In FHkM. Walls of houses not completely de molished in the visitation of last win ter were shaken down, and the Inhab itants of the towns rushed from tho streets toward the open country, A woman nnd a child caught under the wreckage sustained Berlous Injury, tho woman subsequently dying. The earth quakes have been becoming more In tense recently, and Wednesday night they wore sufficiently severe to cause alarm. The shocks of Thursday morning were undulating and vertical, and nc- companlcd by deep roaring sounds. The first one was followed by an ex plosion like tho roar of cannon and lasted between eight nnd ten seconds. It in said that this quake was of great er severity than the fatal one of tha night of Dec. 28. The wooden houses and huts erected for the accommoda tion of the people seemed to be thrown from one side to another. Cries filled the air as the people fled Into tho road. v Aa on the night of Dec. 28, the first hock waa followed by a circular move ment of the ground. Five minutes later there came another quake, ac companied by further roarings. This completed the destruction. The re mains of wrecked houses collapsed and the entire district was covered by a leane cloud of dust. ItecalU Last Winter's Upheaval. News of the latest shock In Mes sina brings vividly to mind the disas ter of lust December. Positive knowl edge of the number of persons killed and the dnmage done to property was never obtained. It Is known for cer tain that the dead exceeded 100,000, while scores of cities and towns In Calabria and Sicily were left in ruins. SPURN H. H. ROGERS' FORTUNE. Blacksmith Brother of Late Million aire Wants None of Money. "I do not want a penny of my broth er's money," declared Edward Rogers, blacksmith and brother of the late Henry H. Rogers, of Standard Oil mil lions. A number of letters have, been sent to Rogers by his brother's attor neys which Rogers has refused to take out of the postofllce. Rogers, who has been running a blacksmith shop at Watonga, Okla., for a number of years, has felt very bitter toward Henry H. Rogers. The estrangement dates ten years back, and occurred while Henry Rogers was on a visit to his brother's home. Ed Rogers was not at home at the time. The blacksmith's son asked Henry Rogers for a loan for his fa ther, which was refused. This angered Ed Rogers, and he swore that his brother should never set foot in his home again. Rogers says he has been offered a government job at Fort Bill at 90 a month, with $15 a month for ations, and will probably take It. FIOHT FOB THE PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs In the Principal H Dnll Leaarncs. NATIONAL LEAUIIE. W. L. w. Pittsburg .47 Chicago ...40 New York .38 Cincinnati .35 18 Phlladel'a .29 24 St. Louis ..26 23 Brooklyn ..22 32 Roston ,...19 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. Detroit 46 Phlladel'a .41 Boston ....39 Cleveland .36 w. .31 .27 .26 .22 23 New York 26 Chicago .. 30 St. Louis 31 Wash'gtor. AMEUICA ASSOCIATION. w. i- w. 34 Louisville .38 36 Kun. City .34 37 St. Paul ...33 38 Toledo 32 Milw'kee ..42 Ml un' poll a .42 Ind'polls ..40 Columbus .40 firntrneea Man to Wheat Field, jonn cunningnam, a negro, was fined $100 and sentenced in Hutchln sou, Kan., to six months in jail for "bootlegging." In answer to the nu merous demands for harvest hands. Judge Campbell decided to parole Cun ningham and allow htm to work hi fine out in the wheat Cvld SHIP BURKS ; 149 J ATS DIE. Vietims of Disaster Hear AomorL, Japan Include Many Women. Unable because of a heavy fog t obtain relief from the shore which was nearby. 143 Japanese, Including 133 flshcrfoUt. bofh men and women. were drowned or burned to death with tho burning of tho Japanese steamer, N'ihonkai-Maru, near Aomorl, Japan, June 14. Details of the disas ter were received at Victoria, B. C, with the arrival of the Canadian Pa cific steamship Empress. The cause of the fire, which brought a panic among the flsherfolk and mem bers of tho crew, wis not determined. There was a mad rush of all for the two boats carried, but through clumsi ness In launching these were rendered useless. The flames made quick head way and the passengers and members of the crew either dropped Into the sea or took refuge in the rigging. The fire soon reached those who had gon aloft and they were either burned as they tried to lash themselves to the musts and spars or fell Into the flames beneath them. Once the fog lifted and people on the shore saw the awful scenes on the blazing steamer, The steamship Ben-ton-Maru put ont from the village of Notech, but could make hardly any speed In the fog, and when It reached the Nihonkal-Maru only twenty-seven, persons had managed to keep afloat In the sea. It was stated that there were no life buoys or rafts carried) on the ruined steamer. GREEKS BURNED TO DEATH. Employes Hurl Themselves to tha Ground In $300,000 Blase. In a mad rush to escape from the flames In the Kleckhefer box factory In Milwaukee three employes were In jured and two firemen were overcome by heat and smoke while fighting the Are. The loss was J30.000. Two Greeks, Peter Bongales and Constanti no Ganos, are believed to hove been burned to death. They were seen to go Into the burning building to get their clothes and a search of the city boarding houses has failed to locate them. The men and boys were working at the south end of the big two-story structure when the alarm was sound ed. The flames flashed rapidly through, the lumber and the men feared to use the exits, the result being a jam In the north end of the structure, where there are only narrow doors. Falling: to get out by way of the doors, the men leaped from the windows.. Byron Fullertcn and Arthur Fulbrlgger sus tained broken legs in Jumping from second story window Both were seized by Eddie Bryant, a bystander. and dragged to the street together in time to escape being burled by other men following them. INDICT SUGAR TRUST CB3EF3. President Thomas, Attorney Far sons and Four Others Hit. The American Sugar Refining Com pany, six of Its directors and two oth er individuals were indicted by fed eral grand Jury in New York Thursday on a charge of conspiracy In restraint of trade. The individuals indicted are Wash ington B. Thomas, president of the American Sugar Refining Company; Arthur Donner and Charles H. Senff nd John E. Parsons of New York, John Mayer of Morrlstown, N. X, and George II. Frazler of Philadelphia, all of whom are directors of the company. Indictments were also found against Gustav E. Kissel and Thomas B. Hart nett, counsel for Adolph Segal. There were fourteen counts in the indict ment. The indictments charge the cor poration, the American Sugar Refining Company, and the persons named, of conspiracy in restraint of trade In violation of the Sherman anti trust law. BENGAL STUDENT KILLS TWO. Crime In London Halt ReaaU of Re eent Agitation In India. A startling double assassination of a political character occurred toward the end of a public gathering in the Im perial Institute in London. An Indian student whose name is not known, shot and killed Lieutenant Colonel Sir Wil liam Hutt Curson Wyllle and Or. Ca waa Lalcaca of Shanghai. WylUe. who had held important Indian appoint ments, was Instantly killed. Dr. Lalca ca died on the way to the hospital. The assassin was seized and held until the arrival of the police. It Is believed that the crime was the result of the re cent Bengal revolutionary agitation. DEFICIT FOR YEAR, $89,81 1,1 5ff Annnnl Statements of Government Treasury Ave leaned. The treasury statements issued on Wednesday in Washington show the government receipts for the fiscal year ended June 30 to have been 604,432, 846. The disbursements aggregated IC94.244.002, making a deficit for the year of $S9,811,156. The monthly state ment of tho tree.sury shows that at the close of the fiscal year June 30, the public debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $l,014.861..r)31, a decrease for the month of S6.2GS.079. The to tal receipts for the month were 56,. 857,376 and the disbursements 47, 781,697. Farmer Shot to Drain. C. B. Gulst, a wealthy retired farm er of Wichita, Kan., was found dad under a culvert five miles from Bur ton. He had died from gunshot wounds.