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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE llcA I.. llAlti:, Proprietor. TERMS: $125 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, 4 8 & THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Tho Amerlcnn Sugar Refining com pany has reduced nil soft grades of re fined sugar 5 to 10 polntn and all hard grades G polntn. William A. King, highly connected at New Orleans, and a hrothcr of Graco King, the author, wus asphyxi ated at his home. The- municipality of Dcrlln rccelvos 1,500,000 marks for benevolent pur poses under tho will of Dr. Georgo Vlrcllng, tho Berlin composer, who died In Wiesbaden Inst month. New York city had n death rnto of 4.82 last week, utmost double tho iisunl summer rate. Tills largo Incrcaso was duo to tho pxcckbIvo heat that prevail ed In tho city tho early part of tho wock. i A chain weighing four tons fell on nix men nt tho Wcstlnghouso Elcctrlo company's works at Cleveland. Ono man, B. dormant, died Blnrtly after wards; and flvo others aro badly In jured. Third Assistant Secretary of Stato Crhllcr, who has been III at Wash ington for Bovcral weeks, wns sulll clontly recovered to bo removed to Scnbrlght, N. J. Ho was accompanied by Mrs. Crldler. Tho Chicago Trlbuno Bays: With n capitalization of between $1,000,000 and $3,000,000, twelvo of tho chief vaudo vlllo theaters between Chicago and tho 1'nclflc coast aro about to bo merged Into a Bglnglo property. Col. John 8. Mosby, the confcdcno lcatlor during tho civil war, has been appointed a special agent of tho fed eral land, office Ilo claims his pres ent rcBldcnco In California. Ho has been assigned to duty In Nebraska, In tho scnato at Madrid tho opposi tion opposed tho salo to tho United Stntcn of tho Spanish dry dock at Ha vana. Tho government made tho mnt tor a question of confidence, and tho opposition was defeated by PI to 34. Robert Folgcr Wcstcott, tho head of tho Wcstcott Express company, died BUddonly nt Richfield Springs, N. Y. Mr. Wcstcott wan tho fnthor-ln-law of Former Captain Oberlln M. Carter, United States onglncor corps. Tho Rock Island road's crop report says corn and outs hnvo been dam aged 30 por cent west of tho Missouri river. Corn cast of it needs rain to mako a good crop. Oats nro. damaged oast of tho river. Wheat is satisfactory everywhere, yloldlng 25 to 40 bushels por aero. Hay Is short. Official announcement of tho organi zation of tho Standard Table Oilcloth company wns mado at Now York. Tho company Is capitalized at $10,000,000, and will tako over tho Inrgo plants in Buchanan, N. Y.; In Now Jorooy; New ark, N. J.; Akron, Ohio; Youngatown, Ohio, nnd Norrlstown, Pcnn. A big dcp.l was closed at Ronton Harbor, Mich., by which tho AdvontlBt association becomes In possession of throo largo farms In Berrien Springs for which $10,000 was paid. A now collego to cost $150,000 will bo can Htructcd nt onco. It will bo known as Emanuel Missionary collego. A federal Judgo at Indianapolis ruled that tho betting on tho fuluro price of commodities Is not betting under tho Indiana law, nnd monoy so lost In that stato cannot bo recovered. Tho ruling wu on tho suit of James Boyco, of Munclo, Ind., to recover $43,449 from tho Odcll Commission company tf Cincinnati. Prof. W. W. Mayes, of tho Mln ncsota stato agricultural experiment farm, reports thnt tho hot woathor Is doing a groat deal of dnmago to wheat In southern Mlnnesotn, nnd that chinch bugs nro numerous nnd nro contrib uting to tho destruction. Mr. Jos. Pulitzer, proprietor of tho Now York World, nnd Mrs. Pulitzer will Ball for Now York on tho Whlto Star liner Teutonic, leaving Liverpool July 17. Chas. A. Springer, who for years wnt manager of tho McCormlek Harvesting company, died nt Chicago, nged 75 years, Mr. Spring attracted consld ornblo attention years ngo by putting $260,000 as tho limit of his fortune, announcing that when ho found It exceeding that amount he would spend It In philanthropy, A copy of tho llrHt folio edition of Shakespeare, printed In 1032, wns sold at auction In London for 1,720. Hon. W. H. TlbbllB, United Suites rommlBsloncr In tho uorthorn district of tho Indian territory, died at Vln Itn, I. T aged 04 years, OUvo Schretncr Is Bald to ho Imprls oncd by tho BrltlBh In a wire stockade, with no companion but her dog, The Now York city board of esti mates adopted n resolution accepting tho $5,200,000 gift of Andrew Carnoglo for ttlxty-flvo libraries. A bullotlu Issued by tho census otllco ahows that tlioro linn been a decrease of tho Chinese population In tho United States since 1800 of 17,075, the number uow hero being 89,800. Tho Japaneso Increased during tho past ten years .from 2.039 to 24,300. REACH TERMS Minister Rockhlll Announces An Under standing in Brief Dispatch. PAYMENT OF THE IDEMNI1Y A Hniid Imuo of Vnt I'roportlnn A Sinking ruml Will llo I'rovlded nnd Kncli Year Amount uf Iuterct Grown WASHINGTON, July 23. The stato department received n dispatch today from Commissioner Rockhlll at Pckln announcing that a plan for payment of tho Indoninlty of the powers by tho Chinese government Jlnally had ucen adopted. Tho amortization of tho bonds to bo Issued will begin In 1902, and the plan contemplates tho entlro liquidation of both principal and interest by 1910. It is expected that China will ralso 23,- 000.000 taols annually. This sum Is to bo iisdd to pay tho intorest on tho bonds and to form a sinking fund for tho ultimate liquidation of the prin cipal. Mr. Rocklilll'n dispatch was very brief and did not go Into nny details. From their knowledge of tho general basis upon which tho minlstors havo been working, however, tho Btato de partment ofllclnls hnvo a general Idea of tho conclusions which havo bocn reached. Tho total amount of in demnity which China will have to pay .will aggrcgato 450,000,000 taclti and bear 4 por cent annual Intorest. It In estimated that of tho 23,000,000 taols which China Is to pny tho first year, 18,000,000 will bo required for Interest and that G0.000.000 will bo applied to tho sinking fund. Eeach year tho Interest will grow less nnd tho amount sot nsldo for tho sinking fund will lncreuse, bo that by 1940, when tho bonds nro to bo liquidated, tho interest will bo almost normal. Tho sources of rovonuo for tho pay mailt of Indemnity as understood hero nro to bo derived from tho Gabetto, or salt tax, tho marltlmo customs nnd tho llkin tax, a portion to bo taken from each. Tho nrlnclnal of tho payment of tho Indemnity having been dctcrmln od upon, what remains now Is to evolvo a plan for tho execution. This 1b not regarded iib n serious problem. Tho bonds guaranteeing indoninlty nro to bo distributed nmong tho'Vnrl oub powers on tho basis agreed upon horotoforo. There will bo no Interna' tlonnl guarantes, but It la expected that govornmcntB to whom tho bonds uro allotted will seo that purchasers will bo safo In their InvcatmontB. Stato dopnrtmont officials apprehend that thoro will bo no troublo upon tho nnrt of tho various governments in disposing of these securities. NEBRASKA'S DAY OF PRAYER. floverinir Mnvnire Annu'nt 1'rldny for l'eopln'n Siippllcutlnui. LINCOLN, July 23. Governor Snv- ngo yestorday issued tho following sncclnl messaKo to tho pcoplo of tho common weal tli : Exccutlvo Department, Lincoln, Nob., July 22. In response to lmpor tuultloB and at tho enrncat request of momborB of tho ministry that a day bo set apart anil designated ns a day upon which tho pcoplo may meet in their respoctlvo houses of worship nnd offor up prayer to Divine Providence for icllof from destructive winds nnd, drouth. I hereby designate Friday, July 20, 1901, as said day. In testimony whoreof I have horo- unto not my hand this li-mi any or July, 1901. EZRA SAVAGE, Governor. Loner Keup Out of It. WASHINGTON, 1): C, July 23.- Secretary Long this afternoon lam ented to tho nowspapor men wno cnlled upon him that he did not enro to discuss further tho revlvnl of tho Sampson-Schley controversy. Ho said, howover, that ho had received n lottor from Mr. Maclay, in which tho author of tho "Naval History of Ainoiicn" agreed to his (tho secretary's) state ment that only tho third chapter of his book (that relating to moblllzn lion) hnd been plnced in tho secre tary's hunilH upon tho publication of his book. Ilr;ltrul Inn nt HI Item), F.L RENO, I. T., July 23. All pro. vIoub records wero broken horo today when 11,550 persons registered. Till1! mnkea a totnl for El Reno ot 03,018. Tho registration for Lawton today waB 2,253, making a total of 2C.2S2. Grand total 119,330. ltllunW llnttrat III llllnry. SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 23. All heat records In Springfield wcro brok en yesterday, when for three hours tho mercury in tho government thor mometor stood at 107. ThormometeiH on tho street level registered ns high ns 110 In tho sluido. There wero sov- ernl prostrations. Director Guthrlo of tlio locnl weather bureau Btatea that reports from all over tho statu lndl cato that corn Is withstanding tho hcut and drouth remarkably well. UP IN ARMS AGAINST TOUGHS. Shooting of SJnyer of California) Town Wnlie Up tho Cltlxrnn. SANTA PAULA, Cal July 23. Mayor Hugh O'Hara of this place was shot and probably fatally wounded Sunday by Charles Waxsmlth, nn cm- ployo of tho Union Oil Well Supply company. Slnco tho snooting tno town has been In n stato of turmoil and for a Umo there was prospects of a lynching. Thoro was a meeting of 300 nngry citizens nnd tho greatest oxcltcmcnt prevailed. Tho shooting woo denounced In vigorous terms nnd measures were token to rid tho town of objectionable characters. Tho shooting was tho result of the mayor'n effort to prcscrvo order nmong per sons who Insisted' on fighting in tho litrccts. Four machinists Chas. Wax Binlth, Georgo Gregg, H. A. Wokley and John Bottoms, nro under arrest. Tho men ordered tho four men arrest ed for fighting with a Mexican, but boforo they wcro npprchended Wax cnilth secured a pistol and deliberate ly shot tho mayor, who wns sitting in front of his own house. BANDITS CAUSING TROUBLE. Chlncio Troop Unnhle lo Cope With tho IIIMculty. LONDON, July 23. A dispatch from Pckln says: Disaffection caused by bandottl Is prevalent In thirty dis tricts In the central part of tho prov ince of Chi LI. The local officials arc cither disinclined or unablo, with tho forco at their command, to sup press tho troubles. LI Hung Chang, as viceroy, Is too busy to attend to provincial matters. Tho troops sent against tho bandctti showed sympathy for them, many of them having for merly been soldiers. They aro better armed than tho troops. In a recent conflict 100 Boldlers wero killed. Tho troops of Yuan Shlh Kal, governor of Shan Tung, nro the only ones that can bo trusted to net. Tho result of despatching sonio of them to quoll tho dissatisfaction is not yet known. Even If successful In ono district, an up rising is likely to occur as Boon us thoy depart for another. Completo pacification will bo extremely dim cult. Official appeals aro constantly reaching LI Hung Chang. PLAINS ARE SCORCHING. No Let Up of lleiit nnd Drouth In the Hnilthtvrat. KANSAS CITY, Mo July 23. At 10 o'clock this morning tho weather bureau reported a temperature of 92.5 degrees, which whb equaled to that of yesterday. Tho only report of rain or a lower temporaturo in tho southwest during tho last forty-eight hours comes from tho Galveston const, whero a quarter Inch of rain fell, and tho prospects nro that yestcrdnyB's record break ing heat In Missouri, Kansas nnd tho territories will bo equalled, If not ex cccdcd. In Kansns City, Mo., nnd Knnsns City, Knn., for the thirty hours up to 10 o'clock thiB morning thoro havo been fifteen prostrations. Of thl3 number nlno resulted fatally, yester day and Inst night flvo In tho Mis souri city nnd four In Knnsna City, Knn. llemnuil Forty Thouiitud Dollitr. FORT DODGE, July 23. Miss Lu- ulla S. Pickett, nn lmmrnnco agent of this city, hns brought suit against tho Sioux City & Pnclllc railroad for $10,- 000 for Injuries which alio nlleges sho received uy stopping from wnnt was a poorly l'ghtcd platform. Depositions In tho case aro being taken here. Prominent legal talent has boon se cured nnd tho case promises to be an Interesting ono. Carrie Nntltiu fined. TOPEKA, Kns July 23. Mrs. Cni- rlo Nat I mm wns today fined $100 nnd given thirty days' Jail sentence by Judgo Hnzen In tho district court for disturbing tho penco and dignity of tho city by a Sundny Joint rnld Inst March. Thero Is no appeal nnd Mri. Nation must serve her tlmo In prjson. Woman llndlr llnrurd. CLINTON, July 23. MrB. Wlllinm Titus wns burned, probnbly fatally, by tho Ignition nnd explosion of gnsolluo sho wns using In denning furniture. Her clothing was burned from her body and she wns torrlbly burned on tho side and back. V.ry Whtmt Yield Well, PIERCE, Neb., July 23. Plorco conn- ty farmers hnvo started to harvest their wheat. They find early wheat will yield well, but that which waa planted late will not yield as good. Dentil of H Nnldler. SIOUX CITY, July 23. Nowb has been received of tho death of James P. Schcoley ot Sioux City, a monibor ot Battery A, Fifth artillery, In tho. Philippines. Schooloy served with tho Flfty-oecond Iowa In tho Spanish war. More lliiud' rurctmaed. WASHINGTON, D. C. July 23. Tito secretary of tho treasury today purchased $31,590 short term l per cent bonds nt $113.0103. TROUBLESOFSETTLEllS Disorder and Distress Are reared Aftci Oklahoma Opening. THE DROUTH CAUSING SUFFERING Tliaannda of Cmnper Have but Bounty ltntlon Morn Tlinn One Hundred Tliounitnd I'cuplo Are Mare to lie Uli nppulnted. FORT SILL, July 22. Disorder nnd distress will, It Is feared, follow tho actual opening of tho Klowa-Comancho reservation Augut C. It Ib cstlmatod that fully 150,000 person will havo reg istered for a chance to sccuro ono of tho 13,000 clnlms to bo awurded by lottery when the registration booths close July 26. Thousand of pcrons now on tho reservation, who aro neither mechan ics nor nrtlsnus nnd who hnvo little or no money, nnnounco their Intention of settling around lnwton if they fall to win a claim. Campers who camo In prairie schooners by tho thousands generally brought with them provis ions sufficient only to last from flvo to ten. days. Continued drouth has caused the water to be restricted and for dayB n hot wind has blown over the prnlrlcs and the temperature has averaged over the 100 mark. With theso conditions beforo them mnny nro already beginning to grum bio nnd when this Is followed by dis appointment over failure to draw a lucky .number tho hope that bore many up will doubtless glvo way to moro serious conditions. KANSAS CITY SEES NO HOPE. Nornvil Precipitation Would Not Save Tnrched Field. KANSAS CITY, July 22. The bent yesterday broko nil records, tho tem perature at 4 n. m. being 101. Ther mometers on tho street at 11 o'clock at night recorded 93. This Is tho thirty second day of tho hot spell nnd there Is no Indication of n change. In Kan sas City, Kan., four deaths due to beat wore. reported today. Prayers for rnln wcro offorcd in nearly all churches In Kansas City and generally throughout Kansas. So far as heard from no rain of any consequence has fallen In any portion of thu drouth belt In tho past twenty- four hours, nnd conditions everywhere havo, been discouraging. In normal years tho rainfall between July 21 and August 15 is light nnd a re turn to, normal prcclpltntlon woud not save the-, parched fields. MINISTERIALISTS SHOW GAINS Conservative nnd Itndlcnl T.oie In l'ronch Kleotlnns Council. PARIS. July 22. The election for tho..Frencli councils general took place yesterday throughout tho provinces, there being 1,455 of theso department al lcgielatora to bo chosen in ns mnny cantons. Tho. importnnco of tho elections lies In tho. .fact that they servo as a weath ercock to show tho drift of public opinion regarding tho policy of tho central, government. Although tho Iflues involved nro purely local, the voting; 1) Invnrlnbly conducted on strict party lines. Moreover, many coun cillors, nro also members of the sonatc or of, tho chamber of deputies; and their, ro-oloctlon or defent is Indicative of tlio view their constltuonlH tako ot their parliamentary acts. POWERS MUST BE FIRM. Only Wny to Vrevent New Outburst of Trnnble III Clilnu. TIEN TSIN, July 22. Europeans hero consider thnt tho prevention of a Bpcedy rccrudcscoHce ot tho troublo de pends entirely upon tlio firmness dlaplnycd by the powora. It Is thought that this fact should be recognized In Europe nnd tho United Scates. Tho general feeling lu Tien Tsln Is thnt China is In no wise overawed or re pentant. LI Hung Chang Is reported to havo adopted an offhand tone toward a member of tho provisional govern ment nnd to havo talked confidently of ousting the provisional government soon. Tho Chlnrso have recommended cut ting telegraph wires. Ifueimlnr. nt T en Tln. TIEN TSIN, July 22. Considerable uneasiness Is felt hero following the resumption by tho Chinese of the par tial control of tho city. Tho natlvos nro cutting tho telegraph lines outslcto of Tlon Tsln nnd fears ot further vio lence aro entertained. l"nret Tin Work llnvor. DENVER, Colo., July 22. Destruc tion by forest and prairie (Ires la re ported from dllToront points In tho state, directly attrlbutablo to tho con dition of grass and timbor from the long dry spoil. Timbor Hrc3 huvo been burning several days now Mount Ev- nns, Long's Penk and on tho Konashn range. From Boca ami P?owcrs coun ties, the center at tho stock raising dis trict, come reporta of destructive r.ral- rlo flrca. DEATH OF KRUGER'S WIFE. Former l'rrildcnt of South Africa Lose a Worthy Helpmeet. PRETORIA, July 22. Mrs. Kruger, wlfo of former Prcs.dent Kruger of tho South Afrlcnn republic, died yes terday nftcrnoon of pneumonia, after an illness fo threo days. She was 07 years old. Mrs. Kruger's long separation from her husband nnd combined with tho denth of her favorlto daughter, Mrs. Smith, last week, had completely broken her spirit. Mrs. Eloff nnd mnny other members of tho Kruger fnmlly wcro nt her bed sldo when bIio passed nwny. LONDON, July 22. "Owing to tho Sunday telegraph hours in Holland," says a dispatch to tho Dally Mall from Hllver8um, "Mr. Kruger wns not in formed of his wife's death until tho ovcnlng. The nowB was broken to him by Dr. Heymans and Secretary Bocs- chotcn. Mr. Kruger, who had Just re turned from Hllversum church, burst Into tears and asked to. bo left alone. Ho exclaimed: 'Sho was a good wife. Wo quarrrelcd only onco, and that was b!x months after wo wcro married.' Ho prayed for a long time and Is now calmly slcecplng, his bible bcaldo his bed. "Tho Transvaal and Ornngo Free btato flags flying nbovo the whlto Yilln wero draped and half-masted. Shortly beforo the news came a crowd of coun try girls had been singing a folksong outside the vllln." TELLS THE SAME HARD STORY. Weather llurenu Itcpnrti Uc.it Over En tire Country. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 22. Tho wenther bureau last night Issued tho following bulletin: Practically tho entire country was covered by the hot wavo today, ex cept tho lmmedlato Pnclflc coast and In the states of Iowa, Missouri nnd Il linois; nearly all high previous rec ords wcro exceeded. Tho maximum high temperature lino of 100 degrees encircles the entlrp great corn belt. At Davenport and Dubuque, la., nnd nt Springfield, 111., tho maximum of 10G degrees has been equalled but onco bo- fore, on August 12, 1881. At Chicago tho maximum of 102 degrees equals tho previous high record of July 10 of tho nrosent year. In the states of Iowa, Missouri and Kansas tho dura tion of the present heated term is without precedent, there having been prncticnlly no interruption to temper atures of 90 degrees or ovor slnco Juno 18. a norlod of thirty-four dayB. On eighteen days of this period tho maxi mum temperature nt Kansas City wns 100 degrees or more. There nro aB yet no Indications of any rollcf from tho abnormal heat. No rain has fallen In tho corn belt for tlio past three days and none la in Bight. It is of course probabio mat scattered local thunder atorms, which aro always accompanied by protracted periods of heat, may fall at times, but no hope can bo entertained at this time of any general rains or permanent re lief. H. C. FRANKENFIELD. Forecast Official, PRAYERS RISE, PEOPLE FAST. All Mliaourl Appenl to the Alnilclity for ltnln. ST. LOUIS, July 22. Yesterday, tho day that Governor DocKory deslg nnted for fasting nnd prayer to God that tho present drouth might bo broken in Missouri, nil records for hot weather in St Louis wero equalled, tlmr lnironu thermometer on tho custom houso registering 100 do grees In tho Bhndc. On tho streets nnd In exposed plnccs, tho mercury wont many degrees higher Tho rec ord lirnknn was that of 10C. made In tho early '80s. Aa early ns 7 n. m tho tiny gnvo promise of bolng un usually warm. At that time tno tucr mometor registered ninety degrees and from then on until 3:30 p. m., tho mercury steadily climbed upward un der tho Impulso ot a sun B'.tinlng from a cloudless sky. Onneriil dialling Demi. WASHINGTON, July 22. Brigadier General Samuel T. dishing, U. S. A., retired, formerly commissary gonoral of subsistence, died here. Senator Clark In Ituln. ST, PETERSBURG, July 22. United StuteB Senator W. A. Clark, accord ing to Novoo Vremya hns joined with Kleff capitalists in establishing a cop per company having a capital ot 15,000,000 roubles, Mr. Clark rupplylng 12,000,000 roubles. With M. Gargclln, ono of tho directors, Mr. Clark Is go ing to tho government ot Senilpala- tlii3k to cxamlno tho mlnc3 there DEAD IN A POOL Uf BLOOD. NebriiHkii Mau .Me.it it With I'oul 1'lny nt I. n AilK'-le. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal July 22. II. a. Sines, of Wlnslde. Nob., was found dead on a street In Los Angeles, Cal. Tho body wns lying lnce down. mid In n pool ot blood. Tho neck was brokon. Tho fnct, togethor with tho presenco of a Coop dttcoloratlon back of tho left car, loads to the be lief that tho man was, the victim of footpads. Uaclaj's History Not to Bo Used at Annapolis Academy. AUTHOR WILL REVISE SOME PARTS Ho Admit thtt HI Lnngtmco li Too Abusive nnd 8y l'roof Shoe In Were Not All Shotvu Too United State OOlc- luti m They Should Hiive lleon. WASHINGTON, July 20. Tho sec retary of tho navy has decided that the third volumo of Mnclay's history of tho Spanlsh-Amorlcan war shall not bo used ns a textbook at tho naval academy unlosa tho obnoxious lan- guago it contains In characterizing tho action of Rear Admiral Schley is eliminated. The secretary says that it would bo manifestly Improper to have a history containing such lntcm- porato language as a textbook for tho cadets. Ho will Inform both Com mander Wnlnwrlght, who is In com mand of tho naval academy, and Mr. Mnclny, tho nuthor of tho history, of his decision. In this connection the secretary Bays tho proofs of tho en tlro volumo wcro not submitted to him by tho historian. Ho received only the proofs of tho third chapter, that rolatlng to the mobilization of tho flectB, which contained a summary of tho orders which he, as secretary of tho navy, had Issued In making tho naval preparations for war. That chapter was satisfactory and ho re turned It to Mr. Maclay with his ap proval. He sayB ho never saw the accounts of tho battle of Santiago and tho criticism of Renr Admiral Schley until after tho book was published. Mr. Maclay was appointed to his pres ent position In tho Now York navy yard August 23, 1900, having been transferred from tho lighthouse ser vice. Arrur Nnvnl Clique, BALTIMORE, July 20. General Felix Agnus, publisher of tho Balti more American, has telegraphed the following to President McKlnley: William McKlnley, President, Can ton, Ohio. "Mnclay's HIstcry of th? Navy" Is the standard In uso at the naval academy. In tho third volume, just Issued, tho historian charges Rear Admiral Schley with being a coward, a liar, a caitiff, an incompetent and Insubordinate. In an lntenlow In tho American this morning, Maclay, the historian, who Is a navy department clerk, clnssed as a laborer, and at tached to the Brooklyn navy yard. says that proofs of this third volume. which should havo told tho moat glori ous Btory in nil our nnvnl nnnnls. were submitted to Secretary Long nnd Admiral Sampson nnd approved by them In advance of publication, nlso that Long put him In his present po sition after he had read and approved this scurrilous attack upon Admiral Schley. Theso proofs wero nlso sub mitted to Admirnl Dewey, who refused to rend them. If aught woro needed to convince any fnlr-mlndcd mnn that a clique in tho navy department has conspired to traduco tho hero of Snntlngo nnd thnt tho conspiracy was carried into execution while this brave and gallant officer was Buffering expatriation on tho fovcr-lnfcstcd coasts of South America, this should furnish it. Will you, Mr. President, In view of all this, sit quietly by nnd permit theso con spirators to contlnuo their diabolical work? Every Justice-loving American appeals to you to Interveno in tho namo and for tho sake of fair play. Next to lolng right all tho time, which no man ovor was, the best thing Is to find out as soon as possible thnt you aro wrong and right yoursolf Im mediately. FELIX AGNUS. Publisher Baltlraoro American. Grndcr In lllnudy Ilnttle. DENVER, Colo., July 20. A special to tho News from Sidney, Neb., says: Greek and Austrian grndero met here in deadly combat. Six Greeks were wounded and ono Austrian was killed. After n drunken row tho Austrinns at tacked tho Geeks with knives, re volvers nnd clubs and completely rout ed them, after severely wounding six of their number. Rado Lubovlc, an Austrian, wns killed. Itnbbed nnd Drop Dend. WICHITA, Knn.. July 20. After be ing robbed on a Choctaw train, rsturn- lng from El Reno, F. R. Smith, an aged mnn from Bonlinm, Texas, dropped dead In a crowded conch. The body waa placed In n scat ond taken to Oklahoma C,lty. His wlfo and daughter wero with hlin. Sir, llnnnn I Hitfely Orer. QUEENSTOWN, July 20. Mrs. D. Hannn, who Is a passenger on the Cunard llnor Campania, from New York to Liverpool, when Interviewed on tho steamer In Queonstown hnrbor by a representative of tho Associated Press, aald her trip to Europe was entirely ono ot pleasuro and that Its duration would depend on circum stances. Sho asserted that sho was not aware of having loft Now York city under sensational conditions.