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iShMw.SW1 wpwwwNWiMwiw mntiwtn (AUGHT INA BINDER Accident on Farm Near Ash land Costing a Life, BOY FALLS IN FRONT OF A SICKLE. Ann nml I.cfj C'nl OIT mitt ltccovery Impossible Albion .Mini litllt From liny Mow nml llreuki IIU Neck. A shocking accident nconrriMl at the fttrtn of Mr. nml Mrs. Melvin Freder ick, alHiut seven nilK's northwest of Ashlimil. The little son of Mr. Fred erick was riding the lend team on a hinder when he fell or was thrown olV. There wns nothing to control or stop thu horseH mid the binder was dragged over the little fellow cutting oil' an arm and leg. Hvorything possible was done to save his life, hut he died later. Neck llroken l it I'ull. A sad accident occurred at Albion. Neb., whereby 1). K. 1'ittenger, a jiromlnent young farmer living east of the town, lost his life, lie withotli ers were mowing away liny when In some manner he fell from the mow, ;i distance of about eight feet, breaking his neck. The deceased had only been married about a year. THIRD PARTY NOMINEES l'rohlliltldiilHtH Nominate it I'ull htnla Ticket. At their state convention last Friday morning, the prohibitionists nomi nated the following ticket: ti'overnor L. O. .loncs, Lincoln. Lieutenant (Jovernor Charles 1'. Lnwson, Suutce agency. Secretary of state D. L. Whitney Tleatriec. Treasurer 0. C. Crowell. Illnir. Lund commissioner Frastus I lick man. Seward. Auditor Wilson Itrody, Holt county Attorney (Seneral I). M. Strong. North llcnd. Superintendent of schools Hartley lllair Page. leucine IJooi Through llriilK. L. It. I In 'ley started to cross tho Loup river bridge, near Lexington, Neb., with his steam traction englmi and tender. When within a short dis tance of the south end of the bridgu n span of thirty feet gave way, precipitating into the water fifteen feet below the engine, tender and Mr. llndley's son. The engine was badl smashed to nieces, while young llml- ley was slightly scalded on the face neck and breast and had one ankl badly sprained. .Milliliter Wu Actlwi. The Chinese minister, Mr. Wu. has undertaken to get through u cipher cable message from Secretary Hay to United States minister Conger at Pe kin and to have the answer brought back if Mr. Conger is alive. The mes sage was prepared by Secretary Hay and its contents are unknown to any one save him. It was sent to Shanghai with explicit instructions from Minis ter Wu to spare no etVorts or expense to get it into the hands of Mr. Conger. Still In Ktmpcnxe. The scanty cable dispatches received luly 0, add ' nothing to the knowledge of the Chinese situation. It is positively stated from Canton that LI Hung Chang will remain them until the allied troops have defeated I'rince Tuan's forces, and will then go north to lend his powerful aid in ar ranging terms of peace, co-operating with I'rince Ching, Yung Lu and tho othut- pro-foreign viceroys. JliiniN tn Dentil In Stttlilc Six coal and ice storehouses, three stables, a frame dwelling, a number of outbuildings and six Pennsylvania freight cars were destroyed by fire nt Sewiekley, n suburb of Pittsburg, Pa. Samuel Woods, a stable man, was burned to death, and eight horses were cremated. Loss, 8MU00. Driven Awny. At Loralno, Kan., two masked bur ghrs attempted to enter the 'Friscc depot. They fired through tho win dow at the night agent, who hid. They then attacked the door, but the agent got his gun and fired nt the despora does. He wounded one and they re treated. Arrhi-H With Bolter Supplli'in The Steamer Quito arrived a Mom bay duly with 8S0.000 and relief sup plies for the famine sull'erers In India. The vessel was chartered by the navy department for the purpose. i:iipi'ini'iit. Frank Cat eyson, a Pluttsmrrmh shoe maker, and Mrs. Amanila Collins de parted togother one evening last week. :. . . ,, i ,.. -..I Uiteyson leaves n wne mm .u Huh a husband nml children. Col Clnrk ltnwrll Mitrrlt-il. Hon. Clark Howell of Atlanta, edi tor of the Atlanta Constitution, was married to Miss Annie Comor, daugh ter of tho late Hugh M. Comer, presh dent of the Central Georgia railway. Chnln Work Ilurneil. The Garland chain works at Rankin. Pn., wero burned. Loss SJ100.000. Thu llro was caused by tho explosion of a tunic of cnemlcals. No one wns In jured. Town of Mimx'll lliirneil. The town of Maxwell, Indian Terri tory, wns almost destroyed by llro ti day Six stoics arc reported burned. AppolntKil Altornitt)'. llurkoS. Hall of Lincoln his beer Binned as an alternate uvdot to tin Vc-ht Point aendouv- mtui.xirz FUSION STATE CONVENTION Kt'tect St.ite oniro Nominee uuil l'redt (li'iitlnl Klector. After two days the fusion state eon venton held lu Lincoln agreed upon the persons who were to fill the vari ous state ollices. , The completed ticket follows: Governor W. A. POYNTFR. Hoonc. Lieutenant (Jovernor - !:. A. OtLRFRT, York. Scciotiiry of State C. S. SVOUODA, Unwind. Auditor - THHODORF. GHK1SS, Clay. Troa surer S. II. HOWARD, Holt. Attorney General - W. I). OLDHAM. Huffulo. Commissioner P. J. OARF.Y, S.uuider.1. SiiMriiitendent C. F. HF.CK, Hurt. Presidential Ivlcctnrs - FRANK HANSOM. Omaha. .1. II. GAUUKTT, Holdrege. .1. II. FKLHFH, HartiiiRtou. V. (I. SWAN. Teeumseli. PF.TFR i:HHi:USON. St. Paul. HOHF.UT OHKUFin.DFK, Sldnev. L. M. WKNTK. Lincoln. J. 11UGHICS, Schuyler. M'KINLEY NOTIFIED President I'oruinlly Notllled TliHt II Wim Nitiiicil Ht riillmlelphln. Fiicler nu azure sky, with the sun light glinting through the leafy trees, with the banner of the republic draped above him, William MeKinley wns to day ofllcinlly notified of his second nomination by the lepublicnn party for the highest oflice in the civilized world, Giottped about him were lead ing men of his party, while surround ing his Canton home, were friends among whom he has lived for inoro than thirty year-, together with vast crowds from the surrounding towns of Ills native state. The president was in good form, and his reply to the notifi cation committee was very frequently applauded. THE 1900 ASSEMBLY. Kimorthliina of the Stntn Will lluto a (Ireut Program. The Nebraska F.pworth Assembly meetings heretofore nehl have been phenomenal successes. This year's pro gram is much the strongest yet given. It has been designated an "All Ameri ca" program as it includes most promi nent speakers of the north mid south. On 0. A. It. day the principal addresses will be given by Gon'l O. O. Howard and (Scn'l John II. Gordon, two of tho most prominent living generals of the I'nion and Confederate 'irmics. llishop John W. Hamilton, of the north, and llishop Chns. It. Galloway, of the south, will preach and lecture. Other nota ble speakers will be Maud Hallington llooth, Frank It. Roberson, A. W. Hawks, tho famous humorist, Wilbur P. Tliirkield and I). W. Potter. Mu sical features will bo especially fine, Prof. P. P. Rilhorn will be musicnl director, Harold Jnrvis, the great tenor, will be present four days, and also the Arion Lady Quartet of Chicago. A rare and nlcasing novelty will be the 'South African Hoy Choir," black boys from the Transvaal, trained to sing in Fngllsh as well as their native tongue. The Lincoln Sanitarium, under the supervision of Dr. Fverett, has gained a wonderful reputation throughout the west. The health-giving qualities of the baths and skillful attending physicians have performed sonic re markable cures in rheumatism. lloi-r Win u right. Lord Roberts reports to the London war office under date of July IS as fol lows: The enemy succeeded in capturing Nitral's Nek, which was garrisoned by u squadron of Scott's Grays, with two guns of the battery of the Royal artil lery and five companies of thu Lincoln shire regiment. The enemy attacked In superior num bers at dawn nml, seizing tho hills commanding the nek, brought a heavy gun fire to bear on tho small garrison. DroiviH'il In SitiiRiiuinu lllvor. Louis Merker, a well-known resident of Springfield, and William Dallmann of Petersburg, wero out rowing on Sangamon river, near Petersburg, 111., when tho boat struuk a stump and capsized. Merker went down at onco and Dallinan.an expertswlminer.,went to his aid, and was pulled to tho bot tom by Merker, botli being drowned. The boilles were recovered. They nail just engaged lu the saloon business. Onthrunk I'oiirccl, A Solwnv. Minn., dispatch says: Lntc reports from Red Luke sny that tho blanket Indians aro congregating in largo numbers and nn outbreak Is fear ed. They have secured large quanti ties of liquor and tho war danco Is going on. White settlers are milking preparations for a hlcgc. Indian Agent Mercer hns gone to tho bcenc to pacify the Indians. Took All Their I'ORltloiM. A Protorln dispatch says: Colonel Million, reinforced by General French's brigade, took nil the positions held by the Hoers in tho neighborhood of Riet fonteln. A number of Hour dend wero found. Tho Dritlsh casualties were trilling. llrlrt Up lJ Mimknil Mm. About 1 o'clock Thursday morning two bold masked men entered the Missouri Pacific depot at Plnttsmonth and shoving a revolver through tho ticket window, ordyied Night Operator Ilcckcr to "cough up." Ho permitted them to enter tho office mid help them bclvcs. IlOlllltl 'f ItllVollltltlll. Mr. Pnlldo. tho Venezuelan charge d'nflnlrs, enters an emphatic denial of tho published statement that a new revolution has broken out In Vcuu-r.uclu. I 111 "T:r:r .i,", - mieiw?it MEMMlBW!lMWfPiMW,------ l"!!i !. u BTfc,' iH A (RY FOR REVENGE Such a Feeling is Universal Among Europeans. A BELIEF THAT WORST IS YET TO (OMF JFenr In London that I'l'rMnc III Hpreil nml nil China Heroine Intotieil Nn Dechirttlloii of Wirtijr tho United Stitte -Other New A London, July 17 dispatch says1 l'p to tho hour, 3:33 a. in , no further new? ha been received regaiiling the re ported massacre at Pekln. from any source, lu the house of commons Inst e enlng, beyond nu admission that thero was no ground for hoping that the report was not true. William St. John llroderlek. parliamentary secre tary of the foreign olllce, had nothing to communicate. "Hevenge today, mourning tomor row," is especially the universal cry of Kuropo but It Is sorrowfully ad mitted that there can be no revenge today; nor perhaps, for many tomor rows for the Incredible barbarities that are reported to have marked the last scenes with the legatlonsut IVkln Nothing is clearer than that the uuti- foreign conflagration Is rapidly pjr moating even hitherto quiescent prov inces and though it Is recognized that every day leaves Pekln tn the power of the mob Increases t lie perils mid dif ficulties of the situation nothing comes from the diplomats of Huropc to show that the powers have, overcome the jealousies, losnlllng in general ltupo teney to which lomnionly ascribed the sacrifice of the handful of women, children nml men comprising the Inter national colony In Pekln. A Washington telegram says the de cision of tho administration nt the end of a most eventful day is that the Fnlted States government is still not nt war with the government of Chlnn. The big happenings at Tien 'Ism, coming on the top of the stories of the Inst struggles at Pekin, have not af fected tho attitude of the administra tion on this point: the I'nited States nml China me technically as peace. Hut this statement should not be ac cepted as Indicating a purpose on the part of the Fnlted States government to hold Its hand in the administration of swift nud adequate punishment upon the Chinese, without regard to station, who may be responsible for the outrages of the past few weeks. It means simply that the government of the Fnlted States feels that It can best achieve that purpose by regarding the. status officially as one of peace. To hold otherwise would seriously cripple the government in its elVorts to ob tain satisfaction for the outrages the Americans in China have suffered. ai.i.ii:s srriT.it iti:vi:itsK. Try to I'orco City Willi nml Jti'i-t with Di'ulriirttvo Ken Winner. At 3 o'clock Friday afternoon July 13, 7,000 of the allied troops were at tempted to storm tho wall of Tien Tsin. The attack began at daylight. They were repulsed with great loss mid had to retreat. Thu Chinese on tho walls were estimated conserva tively at 'JOJMK). They weie pouring a terrific Jhnil of artillery, rifle and ma chine gun fire upon the attackers. 1'ho Americans, Japanese, Hrltish and Frenchjtroops were attacking from the west and the Russians from the east. The Americans suffered terribly. As the Associated press representative left the field tho-chtcf surgeon of tho Ninth Infantry said a conservative estimate wus thut S3 per cent of the Americans were hit. llml lo Kill WoiitiiUil. Ineffectual attempts have been inndc to conceal the horrible fact that Ad miral Seymour was compelled to shoot bis own wounded during tho recent disastrous rotront of the Pelt in relief expedition. All the wounded mid pris oners who fell into the hands of thu Chinese were frightfully tortured. liny l)li of I.orkjuw. A Pawnee City, Neb., July 10 special says: Tho only son of R. It. Stevens of this phtcc died on Saturday night un der the most distressing circumstances. Lnst Monday lie hurt his foot by step ping on a najl, but it did not trouble him mid he was around the house nud on Frldny morning wns down town. Frldnp evening his jaws became rigid und set, which terminated in his death. Ordered to Clilmt. Tho depot biittallon of the Fiftieth United States infantry, stationed at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, bus re ceived orders to go to Chinu. Within two weeks the other two bnttalionsof tho regiment are expected from Cuba. A week's rest will bo allowed thorn, und then the entire regiment will start for China. Torimdo In Tout Town. News wub received at Austin, Texas, thnt n terrible tornado struck Llano, Tex., a town of nhout S.OOO inhabitants. The freight depot was demolished mid fccvcral houses unroofed. John Torruiicu Ill-ail. John Torrance, an uctor, died at Phoenix, Ariz., from sunstroke. Ho wns 35 yenrn of no und hud been on the t ago for thirty-five years. Tor run co was a son of Mrs. Judith, well known U theater-goers of tho lust decade. I.uccy lllrd l.utv In KfTccit. Tho department of agriculture has issued regulations for the proper exe cution of the Lncey law for the protec tion and Importation of birds. A cir cular containing the regulations hns been published. FIENDISHLY TORTURED. ClrrmtMlitiiltiil "lory of the Murder nf the ltuliin MlnUtcr. A dispatch from St Petersburg says: The cnr has received with great emotion the dreadful details of tho catastrophe at Pekln. Tears coursed down his majesty's cheeks an he rend the cablegram from Admiral AlexlclT, at Port Arthur, confirming the horri ble details of nvsnssiuntlou of M. de (ilers, which ineiely lu form o! minora bud Hlrrad leached Russin. The ad miral declines that the Russian envoy wns dragged through the stieetuby tho noxors, iiisiiiieii, ticaten ami lorturca mid oxen thrown into u grent kettle mid boiled to dentil Then the remains were tluow n to the dogs. While M. de Gieis w as being disposed of the fa natic mob danced around the caldron. Madame de Giers. Admiral Alexieff's advice declines, suffered a fate Morse than dcatb it ml wns beaten nud tortur ed with sharp sticks until lifn wns ex tinct. The legation officials are said to haw' been tortuied fiendishly, until death elided their sufferings. M. dc Criers and bis legation officials resisted desperately nud his brave bodyguard killed many of the attacking mob. In the midst of his tortuies the envoy is said to have lietoieally proclaimed his fni tli in ChiNtlniilty, encouraged by the wife, who so soon shared his mar tyrdom. The Russian embassy at Washington hns received no information of the killing of the Russian minister at Pe kln. The ollicialh do not discredit the story, but say thnt the Russians me under the -nine disadvantages as the other powers in getting telegraphic Information from Pekln. They think that if this proves true it will entirely and very seriously alter the whole sit nation, CAEAPER GAS FOR INDIANA- l'roecu lllirorrril l.rnM-uliig C'ntt of Production. Experiment with ptodueed gns by n new process for the manufacture of gns which have been in progress by the Streeter glass factory of Torre lluute, hid., for tlucc mouths have proven n surprising success. The factory in the first week had the best results. The factory starts with forty blowers and will increase its capacity within a few weeks. The cost of producing the gns is even cheaper than natuVnl gns in ills boom days in the Indiana gas belt. Deputy Auditor Pool llcnd. C. C. Pool, deputy state auditor, died Sunday morning at fl o'clock nt the home of .State Auditor John F. Cornell. Mr. Pool had been very low with a pulmonary complaint for three mouths and his death was not unexpected, yet It cnine us a shock to all who knew him. Mr. Pool survived his wife only three mouths. Six children aro left to mourn the loss of their parents. In the spring Mr. Pool wns obliged to stop work in his officii. He went to California and a few days after his de parture his wife died from an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Pool's iicnlth con tinued to fail after his wife's death and ho determined to letnrn to Ne braska for the purpose of looking nfter the future of his children. He secured good homes for them and finally passed away peacefully. The evening before he died he called lu his friends to bid them farewell, Work Ih 1'roKresnlui;. Work Is progressing on the two new buildings on tho campus of the state university. The memorial hall is fin ished up to tho eaves, mid tho window frames for the great gables liavo Just been put In place. The addition to tho holler house is almost ready for the roof. The now stack Is up about fifteen feet from tho ground, This stuck is furnished with mi inner core of hard brick, surrounded by mi air space. Tho interior diameter of this great chimney is six mid n half feet. Drouth U llrokru. Nebraska wus visited Sunday by heavy general showers, which assure the best conditions possible for crops over the stntc nt this season, Tho dry period was beginning to tell und though corn hud not really suffered, It wns commencing to tassel out while unusu ally short. A few more dnys of the intense heat might huvu started the drying-out pioecss so much feared. This condition wus being nsslsted by the hot south winds when the refresh ing ruin cume. 1'nrced Into u Hint Comer. Word from Senokul, Orange Itlver Colony, says that General Rundle's very rapid advance has, forced tho Hooislulonn obliviously bad corner. President Steyn is reported to have given up nil hopo after tholossof lleth lohom, and would have surrendered, but General Dowel threatened to shoot htm, nnd it is believed Stein was Imprisoned in his own lunger. ItlK Steel Hunt Cloned. The big steel plant of the Federal Steel company nt Loruiii, O., has been closed, throwing 4,000 men out of em ployment. It is announced that the Hessemer plant will remain idle for about two weeks for repairs, but the blnst furnaces huvu been closed for an ndefinite period. ITEMS OF INTEREST Fire nt Dimwit, I. T.,dcstroyed S100, 000 worth of property. Ten thousand Christian F.ndoiivorera aro in session at Loudon. The firm of Lewis G. Tcwksbnry it Co., Now York produoo exchange brok ers, has failed. The president hns issued an ofllclnl proclamation on tho reciprocity agree ment with Germany. St. Louis citizens me demanding that tho strikers and street car company arbitrate their differences. MY MAY BE ALIVE Possibility That Ministers Arc Not Dead. WERE STILL HOLDING OUT ON JULY 9 Tlru Tnlii In l on Allied Troop rup ture Mulled I'll), Hut Victorious nt M IVnr f ill font 'I olnl l.oMrt SII0 Kilted or Vtoundrd. A Washington, July I? dispatch says n decidedly more hopeful feeling with legurd to the Chinese situation wns ap parent In all administration circles this evening. The tide of sentiment which had been remailteilly pessimistic turned with the nnmiiiucement of the victory of the nllies at Tien Tsin nml the cup ture of the forts and unlive city nml gathered further strength from Minis ter Wit's cablegram declaring that the for. ign ministers at Pekin were safe July u. Immediately nfter the president ar rived fiom ( anton a cabinet meeting was held. At the conclusion of the session it was announced that the president had determined that the facts now known did not require or justify calling an extra session of con gress. This conclusion wus reached after Secietary Long ami Secretary Root had made a showing ns to the force thut can bo thrown Into China without the nutliorlration of addition al troops by congress, and also the de cidedly more hopeful feeling enter tained by the president mid the mem bers of his cabinet ns to the situation. Should it become necessary, the pros!- iient will not hesitate to act. i.i:;atio.s WAIT. .llll.Y !. rhlneic Mlnlntor lit WimhliiKton Clnlnifi Audi Ailtliai. The Chinese minister bus received n dispatch from the minister at Loudon authenticated by SI g, tin; imperial inspector of pjsts and telegraphs at Shanghai, niul by two viceroys, declar ing thnt tho foreigners lu IVkln were sufe on July U, mid were receiving the protection of the government. This is two days after the reported massacre. Minister Wu lias laid the message be fore Secretary Hay. The message al..o contains a plea to the powers not to destroy the walled city of Tien Tsin. It is feared, however, the city has al ready been destroyed. TII'.N THIN TAKIIN. Allied Forcei Ititlly und CapturM the lirciit Witlleil City. The allied troops resinned the at tack upon the Chinese walled city of lien 'Isln on the morning of July It nnd succeeded in blenching tho walls und capturing nil the forts, Tho Chinese were completely routed und the allies took possession of the native city and its defenses. The total losses of the allies in the engagement of Thursday, Friday and Saturday were about H0(l killed or wounded. The casualties were great est mining the Russian ami Japanese. The American casualties In killed nnd wounded are placed at S13. Tho number is believed to bo exageruted. HAS NO FEAROF VIOLENCE. Itolullntlon AkiiIiihI Clilnino of IIiIh Country l.'nllkely. A San Francisco special says: How Yow, Chinee consul general, consi U-r.s the rumors which have come from Washington of a threatened uprise in lids city against the Chinese as utter ly groundless. "Never since the ad ministration of my consulate," he said, "have there been fewer eases of violence against the Chinese. In fact, I fall to recall u single case In any part of tlje district within the last two months thnt lu any way Indicates hostility to my countrymen on account of the diffi culties at home. "We have every reason to feel satis fled with the treatment we have re ceived mid I can sec in the wise course the Fnlted States is pursuing in the pio -out crisis a far better understand ing between the two nations than hns heretofore existed." runUlicH llrimiiy lliiilly. llcrt Hastings, the proprietor of the Diamond restaurant at Fremont, ut tnclted und bent A. liordy, tho man ager of a grocery store on lower Main street nml Is now under bonds to stand Irinl in the district court. Hordy, it is ullcgeil, would not sell Hustings some eggs when the hitter needed them in his chop house, mid Inter tho discus wlon wus taken up. Hustings is it largo man, mid he punished Ids enemy badly, cutting und bruising his fuco until Jlordy bled bled profusely. Col. I.Inciiiii Ilenil. Colonel Kmmcrson II. Liscuiu Is re ported to have been mortally wounded ns lio wns walking in front of the troops before the walls of Tien Tsin. Major Regan nnd Captains Hookmillor, Wilcox nnd Noyes arc among the wounded. Tho marines' looses include Cnptnin Davis killed und Hutler, Leon md several others wounded. Officers declared that It wus luitter than San tiago. round Dead. 0. W, Kesslnger, a stranger who hns worked one week ns a farm hand for August Kcrkmnn, wus found dend in bed nt thu hitter's home, five miles northeast of Columbus, Neb. A cor oner'b inquest wus held, the verdict being thut heart disease was the cuiisu of the death. CmiKht Culler WiiIIh. Seven persons were injured, ouo fa tally, by falling wall in u fire caused by lightning ut Michigan street und Dearborn uventie, Chicago, RAINS IMPROVE THE CROPS Cmitnil nml IIitMtern Couiillc- del Mont Molnlure. rnlverslty of Nebraskn Weather Re port says: The daily mean tempera ture of the week ending July I". bus averaged nhout I degree above normal in the eastern counties ami I degrees in the western. The dully mnilmuin temperature was above tit) degrirs tit most stations on four days of the week, and exceeded Hill degrees at nincy Mu ttons on one or two days, Hefore Sunday only a few light, sent tered showers had occurred in the stale, Sunday ami Monday a heavy geueiiil rain fell in the central and eastern counties, the amount at most plans being between three mid six Inches tn tlu western counties the tniiilnll wus less from oue-liulf to mi im b mnl a half. Tut hot, dry weuthcr of the fiist duysofthe week wns excellent for harvesting und tliieshing, but ecced Ingly unfavorable for corn. lu the northern and extreme eastern count leu the ground was moist enough to pre vent much real damage to corn, but In' most central, southern nml western counties the curly-planted corn wns seriously injured by the dry permit. Much curly corn bus tasselcd, mid the lute corn Is just coming Into nssel Maying bus commenced, and tho crop is light lu the central ami southern counties. The heavy ruin the lust. days of the week will Improve nil nop conditions. .Ml Miililoon Deputy Stnlo Auditor. Miss Mamie Muhloon has been ap pointed depnty state auditor by Au ditor Cornell. Miss Muhloon has set veil as a member of the auditor's elciicnl force since ho went Into olllce time ami a half years ago. She is n sten ographer, and In that eapa-lty anil tin n clerk proved to be nn efficient nndtii pable a'slstnnt. Her home Is in Lin coln and her parents were mining the curly settlers of Lnncuster niunty. Mls't Muhloon bus been serving ns deputy auditor for several months since Deputy C C. Pool wus obliged to leave the office on account of dcelinlng health. Tlie salary of tills position in SI, K00 a year, nnd Its responsibilities lire great, as evidenced by the S.'O (Hit) bond required. Will rurnldh Ten Tlintinunil. Sixty thousand men for the mm eh to Pekin, und twenty thousand iiioin to keep open the lines of coininntiiin- tion und If necessary to defend the bases of operation at Tien Tsin mid Tuku is the estimate of the number of tioops that will be required in the Chinese campaign. Fpon tli" but-i" of these figures, which it is snid lire those furnished by the coiuinnnilers ol the allied foicesin China, tho United States government will furnish between Ml. 000 and IS, 000 soldiers. This number is thought by the officials to lie all t tint, we. should furnish in the present emer gency, lllilecu ll is more man was estimated should bo our share, ns this wus stated to ho nhout nn even 10 000. Shot hy Mlii Hike. R. Warren and a brother-ln-lnw w we out hunting on White Rock creek om r south of Hardy, the latter carrying a slxtecn.shot IIS rllle. After n win e they becuino separated and the man wlththerilleshotntsoiuothing lhiouj h the bushes, the bull striking the but k of a heavy silver watch thiitWuiiiii wus currying In u pocket of his shirt on tho left side. Glancing from the watch the ball embedded Itself lu tho llesliy part of his arm; from which it wus removed by a surgeon. Thu wntih is all knocked to pieces. Killed III n Collision. Fnglneer Stewart Gronlngcr of Har risburg, Pn., wus instantly killed and his fireman, II. T. Criim, badly Injured in a collision on the Pennsylvania inll rtmd near Spruce Creek, between the Cleveland v. Cincinnati west-bound ex press, made up altogether of express curs, und a wrecked freight tiuln. There were no passengers on the ex press train. HiiKKy Struck hy Train. While crossing the railroad truck in driving to Clinton, III., in a buggy, in a heavy rain, Miss Fva Finfrock and her brothei', residing near Waynesville; 111., wore struck by an Illinois Central train. They were brought on the train to Clinton, where both died of their in juries. Tliey had the buggy curtains down nud a parasol held in front mid did not seethe train. I'olion In Their I'oi-knta. The correspondent at Hcrltn, Ger many, of the Associated Press, lias ic cclvcd private information from Lon don that a letter was received thoie from Lady Claude, McDonald (wife of the Hrltish ambassador nt Pekin), writ ten when the situation was growing threatening, saying that all the Indies of the legation had supplied thciiuclviH with poison. Iloyii Drowned. John Polt, living north of IIndnr,lost two of his sons, aged ten nud fourteen, in a fish pond where thu water wuh about ten feet lu depth. Ho sent his Ixiys to tho pasture for the cows, iml the water having risen by reason nf tho recent rain, the boys thought it would bo a splendid opportunity to tuku a swim. (locn After the Company. Attorney General Crow bus tiled In thu Missouri stuto supreme court quo warranto proceedings again bt the Ht. Louis Transit company nnd the United Railway company, asking that their charter be revoked. I'ntully (lorud hy n Dull. The. body of Mlohuul Relnlngcr, hor ribly gored by a bull, which, whcif the corpse was discovered, wus still wildly excited, wus found in a pen at tho stock yards lu Chicago Relnlngcr wae u watchman utthu stock yurdt.. t:1 'W ft leal r