RUSSIA IN DESPAIR
BOTH ARE BURNED BY MOB
RUN INTO A TRAIN
TALK OF A SEIZURE
NEBRASKA NOTES
ADMIItAl.lTV SUBS NAVT V.Z F
GltADUAl.l.T tltOfiUKIi.
NOTHING LEFT OF FLEETS
Vladivostok snuAoitotf admit
TIC 1) li 1" OUT OV 1'IUIIT.
Itcinnnutn of Port Arlltur Couppi! Up
fir I)lftali1nilMffi,it f 'ntiaitli.tl.ti.
orrcruil to U'etl
Wlnliern
ST. PETEKSUURG.-A rceiinp
almost akin to despair reigns in the
much tried Russian admiralty. The
official report of Yice-Adrairal Sky
rdlolT, coining on the heels of the
known loses sustained by the Port
Arthur squadron In Its desporate
sortie of August 10, and the anxiety
over the fate of the warships still
unaccounted for, not only confirming
the sinking of the Rurik, but show,
ing that the injuries sustained by
tile Grooboi and Rtisflu In the tight
Willi Vice-Ad mi ml Kamimura's
squadron, was even greater than an
ticlpated, completes the crushing
uaturo of the blow to Russia's ill
starred naval forces in the far east.
So fur as the immediate future is
concerned, the admiralty does not
disguise the fact that the Vladi
vostok squadron is destroyed. The
effect on the public is most depress
ing.
The only consolation found is in
the wcrds of praise bestowed on ofll
cers and men and the unequal char
acter of the light. Russian naval
expoits by the system of certllicates
figuring that inferiority of the
Vladivostok squadron In armor and
guns was sixty-nine to 200.
In somo quarters of the navy there
is also a disposition to censure Rear-
Admiral Jessen for abandoning the
Rurlk, even though standing by her
would have meant that thoGromoboi
and Rossia would have shared her
fate. The chief mystery at tho ad
miralty is why Vice-Admiral Kami
mura drew oir when Admiral Jcssen's
ships worn at his mercy. The only
explanation is that his squadron
must havo sullered such frightful
damage that it could nob continue
tho battle.
The weight of opinion continues
to correspond with the foreign re
ports that tho battleships are back
at Port Arthur, but some of the offi
cials at tho admiralty cling to the
hope that they are captured. Chee
Foo reports received here apparently
leave no doubt on this point and
Emperor William's request that the
German naval attaches at Port Ar
thur, Captain rioffman and Lieu
tenant von Gilgenhelm, bo Instruct
ed to leave the fortress Is generally
regarded as evidence conclusive.
Charge of Manslaughter.
ST.
LOUIS. The coroner's un
which has beon Investigating tte
death of Mrs. Jennie Helms of New
York, who died In a hotel hero after
taking a dose of what she supposed
was cream of tartar, returned a ver
diet of manslaughter against Charle:
M. Farthing, the drug clerk who
sold the preparation to Mrs. IT elm'
Husband.
The jury also recommended that
F. L. Right, tho pioprletor of the
drug store, bo held for allowing an
unlicensed drug clerk to sell drugs
According to Ltio verdict of the
jury Mrs. Helms died from the
offects of tartar emetic poisoning
Farthing has been in the custody
of tho police since Mrs. Helm
death.
Severe Stonn in Manitoba.
wjnnisipkg. Man. -Reports of n
disastrous storm have boon received
hero from Pierson and Mousamin
but so far nothing has been heard
fiom intervening country seventy
miles wide.
At Moosamin, Archie Latimer,
well-known tarmor, was instantly
killed by lightning while working
with a team eight miles north oi
bore. 1 he same bolt killed the
team. For violence and velocity ttl
storm surpassed anything overseen
in this neighborhood. It is impos
siblo to state the extent of tiie
damage to standing shops in tho dls
trlct.
Liigntning sirucK in tho town oi
Lyleton, causing a lire which totally
destroyed live buildings. Tho los
will run into thousands. A heavy
thunderstorm accompanied by hai
passed over Melita. The house oi
tho manager of the Union bank, was
struck by llghtulng and almost
totully wrecked.
rtVO NKGIIOKS 1)1K AT TIIK S1AKI'
IN OICOKOI A TOWN
Clothing Saturated With Korornno Will
Croud Look on V11I11 Altponl
to Slob Whlr.li Known
No .Mirer.
STATESHORU, Gu.-With cloth
(ng saturated with kerosene, writhing
and twisting! n their agony, scream
ing lo heaven for the mercy the mob
would not show, Paul Reed and Will
Cato, negroes, two of the principals
In the murder and burning of Henry
Hodges and family, six miles from
btatesboro, three weeks ago, were
burned at the stake.
A determined mob charged on the
court house, overpowered the mill
tary guard, secured Cato and Reed,
who tiad been found guilty after a
legal trial and sentenced to be
hanged, took thorn two miles from
Statesboro, and there burned them
alive. The climax came quickly
and unexpectedly.
The forenoon had passed quietly.
The trial of Reed, tho ringleader in
the murder, being concluded, a ver
dict of guilty rendered, both he
and Will Cato found guilty the
clay before, were sentenced to hang
September 9. The crowd assembled
about the court house wns not as
large as tho day before nor was it
so threatening, though for that
matter there was never much par
ade the countrymen always being
quiet.
In the trial of Reed little delay
had been caused, and its conclusion
the prisoners, ns before, were hust
led Into the witness room where a
strong guard of military was mounted
over them. In the coiridors the
agitation began. The spectators
left the court room from the lawn
outside man entered the hallways.
Shortly before 1 o'clock tho crowd
was addressed by a tall man who
seemed to Inflame It gTcatlr. He
called on those about him to follow
him. Then Captain Hitch of the
Oglchorpc light Infantry, who was
In cemmand of the forces realized
that the situation was desperate.
He posted guards on each of the
stairways that led to the floor above
where the prisoners were conlined.
With fixed bayonets but unloaded
r lilts the guards stood.
The mob surged toward them but
were repulsed several times. The
d -termined effort was yet to be made.
At the rear stairway the gravest
danger threatened. Prominent men,
among them the Rev. Mr. Hodges,
brother of the murdered man, sprang
to the front to address the crowd.
Before they could be prevented
they had caught two of the guards
wrested their weapeons from them
and thrown open tho breech locks.
The weapons weie empty. That was
what the crowd wanted to ascertain.
The troops had hecn given orders
not to load their rifles. Tho captured
suldlers wero held prisoners.
Mormon Question foremost.
LEW IhTON, Idaho. Consideration
of the Mormon question is blocking
the proceedings of the democratic
state convention which is in session
here. United States Senator Dubois
proposed a radical ant'-Mormon reso
lution. Ills resolution was softened
to simply denounce yihgamy ani
tho mixing of church 'iiid ttate and
promising to favor kglslatlon to
ciny into effect th'ft views. The
P'ospect now is that tills resolution
will be defeated and the national
democratic pi. ink be simply re
affirmed. Should the Dubois reso
lution fail It is considered likely that
ex-Senator Henry Heitftld, who wns
regarded as almost certain to be
nominated for the inventorship, will
withdraw in favor of Maj. James H.
Haley of Doisc, though ex-Governor
Frank Steunboig is now being vigor
ously upheld for the candidacy by
members of all factions.
Twenty-Six Thousand in Line.
ROSTUN. Twenty-six thousand
survi ors of the union t jrces which
f tight in tho civil war marched
through the winding streets of his
toric Huston and over 500, 0U0 people
who havo assembled from all
sections of tho United States, saw
pass in review tho G. A. R. This
was the great feature of all tho
events of national encampment week,
the occasion being made a holiday
throughout greater Huston, whose
residents Jl irked to the state capirol
to view the veterans. Through
streets, brilliantly decorated, be
tween ranks of spectators who
cheered, waved banners applauded In
every possible way, sought to show
thorn honor, the veterans marc hed
for hours.
TKOi.Li:V OA IIS IN FATA Xt COLLI
SION AT OI1IOAOO.
FOUR KILLED OUTRIGHT
VU1 IIS TO STOP OAKS, HUT 1IKA IC 1
JCKKUHK TO WO UK.
Ktl1leH Laconically to Impid l
AVhlle Suffering From l'atal
Wound .Mmntx-r-A or Train
Cimv Under Arritst
CHICAGO. Four peo. . were
killed, one fatally hurt and twenty
three severely Injured in a collision
between an cxpiess train on the
Chicago Great Western and a train
of three trolley cats bound f
tlioruo race track.
Tho accident occuried at tho r oss-
lug of foity-elghth avenue and the
Chicago Great Western tracks. 'J he
train was coming into the city, and
according to sumo witnesses of the
accident, was running at a high rato
or speed. Others and the train crew
declare that It was not going over
twenty miles an hour. The trolley
train, which was made up of a motor
car and two trailers, was in charge
Of Conductor W. I . (Imirlim nnri
Motorman Michael Ryan, approached
the crossing at a rapid speed, just
OS the train I'mnn ninmiH n churn
Clirve to tho west, of thn nrntjslnn
yan put. on brakes with all his
strength in the elfott to stop his car
nut the brakes refused to work, and
with undiminished speed the motor
car ran upon the tracks at the same
time the locomotive came up. The
car struck the trnln lust Imhwium
the engine and the tender. The
motor car was torn to splintcc, tho
car immediately behind was knocked
over, smashed nearly to pieces, and
dragged along the track for one hun
dred feet. The third car was drag
ged from the tracks, and but for tl e
fact that the couplings between It
and the second trailer hrol,-i. tin.
list of injured would probably be
larger, as all the cars were tilled
with passengers.
Motorman Ryan remained at his
post to the lasc and w..n fatally hurt,
his skull being fractured. To people
who came to aid Mm while he lay
on the ground he said:
"The brakes would not work.
That was what caused it. When J
saw that they would not work 1 re
versed the current. Now get aside
and be quiet, and 1 will bo all
right."
Immediately after jaying this
Ryan became uneouselous and was
taken in that condition to the hospi
tal. There it was said that his skull
was fractured and death Is a matter
of hours only. Tho scene of the
accident is in tho suburbs, and it
was some time before ambulances
and the patrol wagons with physi
cians could reach tho place to aid
the injured, but tho uninjured pas
sengers and one pnyslcian who was
a passenger on the rear car of the
trolley train togetner with the mem
bers of the train crew did all possi
ble to aid the sutler ing.
Division Superintendent R. W.
Edwards of Chicago Great West
ern said
"U10 train w Ofiped within
two car lengths. oat proves that
It was not running at a high speed.
The conductor ot the street car did
no' run ahead of his car to look at
the crossing as provided by the rules
of his company. Naturally ho would
001 do this until the moiormau
brought the train to a btop and the
motoim.tn never brought it to a
stop. What the trouble Is, 1 cannot
tell, but tho blame Is not with us."
Ail of the persons who were killed
occupied seats in the front of the
Hist car un the west side. One
woman, yet unidentified at tho mor
gue, Ji; ' just taken a seat oll'urcd
her by tiiiliam Tennis of North
Albany avenue when tho crash camu.
She was rolled under the motor car
and horribly mangled. Teunis, after
giving up his seat went to the rear
of the car and escaped with slight
bruises.
Must be Trented Well.
WASHINGTON. -It was stated at
the bureau or immigration that Its
yilieials in charge at Now York have
Instructions not to detain Mrs. Flor
ence Muybrick, now on her way to
America after spending years In an
I English prison.
JAI'ANKSH CUUIMKU JIIAY KNTHU
i'OUT OK S1IAM1I1I,
Otiiittton Itruiintril Acute. Hut N
Uuraftliirit Ki'lt Two Kimlnn
CrultiM In llnrlior De
clared lltui'ii worthy.
SHANGHAI. M. Odaglra, the
Japanese consul gonnral, has notl-
Ned the taotal of Shanghai that a
Japanese cruiser is coming In to
seize tho Russian cruiser Askold
and the Russian tnrpodo boat de
stroyer Grozovol. The chief engineer
of the customs department reports
that the Russian vessels are not sea
worthy. Tho repairs being mado uy
the Russians on the Grozovol will be
jompletod in about ten days. It is
.uicertaln when tho repairs to tho
Askold will bo linlshcd.
There is no uneasiness horo al
though the situation is thought to
jq tiouie. rue loretgn consuls arc
letermined to preserve tho ncutial
Ity In the port.
Upon the recommendation of the
;hiefoftlic customs, the Taotui of
Shanghai, will allow the Russian
cruiser Askold aud the Russian tor
pedo boat destroyer Grozovol to re
main iu port until August -.'I, when
3ne day's notico to leave or disarm
will be given them. The at rival of
CJhinese men of war is expected.
TSINGTAU - All tho ammunition
of Hie Russian battleships Czarevitch
1 rid three torpotlo boat destroyers
have been removed and stored In a
German magazine. Tho work of
lismantling the guns of the litis
dan vesseles lias neon completed.
The teims of ptrolo Imposod upon
Die Russian necessitate their rc
untitling hero until tho cud of the
war.
Tho officers of tlia Russian war
imps who tire aoto m uu iinoub ato
uoing royally entertained by the
Germans hero.
PEKING. -The Chinese authori
i ties here steadfastly refuse to talk
concerning tho situation. The
rumor that Japan has sent an ulti
matum to China tegardttig tho Rus
sian ships at Shanghai is stien
uously denied at the Japanese lega
tion here, where It is bald tills mat
ter will be settled amicably, so far
as China and Japan are concerned,
although no conclusion lias yet been
reached. The members ot the for
eign board are conferring constantly
with the ministers here of Russia,
Japan, Prance .d Germany.
LONDON. Japan has officially
notiiicd Great Hrltain that she does
not propose to give up the Russian
torpedo boat dcstioyer Ryshitclni,
captured in the harbor of Che Poc
August 12.
War on the Negro
STATISSHORO, Ga. "Wo shall
have trouble with the negroes hero
just as long as they can't behave,"
was the remark of a leading citizen
of Statesboro as lie commented on
tho terrible scenes.
That ho was not mistaken was
shown by the dcvelopeinonts. One
negio found dead by the roadside
live miles east of town, his body
pierced by two Winchester bullets;
two negroes one of the "old time
darkies" and his son, seventeen
years old, shot in their cabin during
the late hours by unknown maraud
ers; half a dozen cases of Hogging,
which are of nightly occurrence, too
frequent to excite mure than passing
notice, such was the history ot a
day.
Tho scene has shifted from this
city to tho rich agricultural region
surrounding It. At RIggs Mills,
half si dozen miles from here, several
well to do white planters mot and
deliberately planned how to rid tutir
neighborhood of obnoxious negroes.
Individual negroes wore marked for
lashing and part of the program is
being carried out. Two victims, a
nli- 'c man and a black woman, have
been marked for tho next ones at
Register, a railroad station ten miles
fom here. Their oll'nners aro al
leged disrespectful potest against
whlto supremacy here.
Plunges Into the River
CHICAGO. An automobile of tho
touring car type carrying four per
sons plunged Into the river at Rush
street when the bridge was opened.
In its descent the automobile turned
over, throwing the occupants Into
the water, but clear of tho ma
chine. All were roscuod within a
few minutes by tho crew of a tug
and boatman on tho hanks, Tho
condlton of the four occupants was
reported as serious but they aro ex
pected to iccovor.
-!- 4. 4.
The teachers' Instituto nt Palis
City began on Monday.
A traoo of frost was reported by
early risers in tho Elkhorn valley
near Stanton on August ninth.
Hio Wcrman block at IMattsmi'ii'.h
lias been sold to A. II. Rawlaier of
Omaha for $12,500.
.lohn J. Novonty lias been np-
poiutod regular rural carrier tit
llruno and Alvln Novontv substi
tute. The labor organizations of Nebras
ka City will hold a big celebration
In the grovo north of that city on
Labor day.
Wallaco Merchant of Mitchell,
found a porcupine on tho creek near
that place. The fretful porcupine Is
not common In Nebraska.
A telephono war at ICmcrson Is
zivlng the citizens the advantage of
free service on two systems. J'hey
hopo tho war will be perpetual.
A valuable horse belonging to Kil
patrlck brothers or iloatrlcn which
bad been driven to town dropped
dead on the strcots of sunstroke.
This year's improvements at Cam
bridge have amounted to sixteen
thousand dollais so far, and several
new buildings aro in immedlato
prospect.
Rural free delivery servlco has
been ordered established September
15, at Pauline, Adams county, 0110
route; area twenty square miles;
population 205.
Howard county has tho boat sweet
corn crop In the memory of tho old
est inhabitants. Canning factories
In different parts of tho state aro
lust beginning to work up tho new
crop.
A carload or striko breakers passed
through Plattsmouth over tho Mis
souri Pacific from South Omaha to
Kansas City. Most of the men wero
negroes and had been working In
the packing houses in South Omaha.
Martin Schleicher's blacksmith
shop ouight lire tit Fremont, and was
badly damaged. Schleicher's loss is
about, $150. The building was owned
by Mrs. John Dodge; loss about 5200.
Neither party carried any Insurance.
F. Julian, general car foreman of
the Union Paetlio. was in Platls
mouth and succeeded In securing
thirteen men to work in tho freight
'jar repairing department In tho
Union Pucille shops in Omaha.
Most of the men previously worked
In tho llurllngton shops at Platts
mouth. Floyd P. Mitchell, who was killed
by a train on tho Union Paclllc at
Council HlulTs was for some time a
resident of Fremont, having recently
removed to Council RliiHs. His two
daughters, Mrs. George Ronln and
Mrs. E. Hassctt of Fremont were
notified of his death and went to
Council HlulTs. He was about 50
yours of age.
Mattery A of Wyruoro went to
Seward and camped from Saturday
until Monday, when they left for
tho encampment at David City.
'.Ihev traveled by train to Crete and
from thcro to Seward they marched.
There were lifty-two men and tliey
had three JMneh guns.
Speaking or Cuming county corn,
the West Point Republican says:
"Anyone looking at the corn Held of
Anton Psota. across tho river, would
naturally suppose that he had run
across an elegant piece of timber
land. The free and unlimited use of
the cultivator is given, as the causo
of a prospective yield of from
seventy-live to a hundred bushels
per aero.
Twenty-live years ago Hort Smith
of Ponder, fell upon a needle
slicking in tho carpet. It broke in
two, and about half of It remained
In tho llcshy part of his abdomen.
It gave him no trouble until a few
weeks
up an
ago, when It begun to get
irritation which made its
removal necessary. The needle hud
traveled four Inches In twonty-livo
yean.
A team belonging to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Underbill became frightened
on the streets of Seward and suc
ceeded in making a wreck of a car
rlage and nearby trees, and Injured
Mrs. Underbill seriously. Her in
juries are internal and tho phy
sicians say it Is u miracle sho
did not moot her death. Frank Un
derbill in trying to get out of tho
carriage landed with his back to the
team and sat on the doublotrees be
hind tho maddened team and ml
riculously escaped injury. Charles
Underbill of Seward was also uo
occupant of the vehlclo but fortu
nately received nothing but.ashak-