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pl hi S led Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA With nine presidential tlcketB In th field tho nvorngo voter ought to no hblo to wick out something that will harmonize with his complexion. Intcn80 heat never seems to be the illKhtcfit Imr to RinokliiK, though Just why u mnn phoulil wnnt to carry n llt tlu fire with him Is beyond moat or us. Mofakhamod-Dowleh, tho now Per Jinn representative at Washington, was born and bred a soldier. He entered mllltnry service at tho ago of eleven and did not take up diplomatic Hff until ho wnB twcnty-flvu years old. What little reform getH Into Turkej usually slips In by tho back door. Re port has It that tho only dynamo now In Constantinople passed tho custom house us. a washing-machine; and thus tho feelings of tho authorities wore spared. t Only Way M A Fascinating l4fc Romance by Alan Adair., A rifle rango of 1.100 yardn Is to b? erected near Oettys station. Ports mouth. Vn.. on the Seaboard Air Lino rnllroad. It Is to be built expressly for tho marines stationed at the navy yard, who will this summer take turns ut the target. It la tho Intention to mako expert marksmen of tho men, ho that they will become as prollclent In tho uec of llrearms as their brethren In tho army. The commercial trenty between tho United States and Italy, just ratified by the Chamber of Deputies of tho lat ter countiy admits Into our ports from Italy, at tho reduced rates provided In section 3 of the Dlngley act, the arti cles therein enumerated, Including brandies, wines and works of art. Wo look for a large IncrenBc In tho Im portation of Italian works of art. Charles Hooth, a careful student of soclnl conditions, says that "tho un employed arc, as n class, a selection from tho unlit: and on tho whole, those most In wnnt are the most un fit." Of course, no employer can afford to pay a man for doing poor work. Unfitness may bo either a misfortune or n fnult. In cither case, society suf fers, and must learn how to prevent tho Increaso of defective members by making Industrial training n pirt cf general education. Russia's czarina has organized an association of Russian women In re duced circumstances, who are almost constantly employed for embroidery for ecclesiastical purposes or for court drcBscs. Tho czar generally biya tho altar cloths and vestments to glvo to churches and thus a market Is created for this branch of necdlecruft. Queen Emma of Holland has also a school or woman embrolderesses, who wrought tho young queen's coronation robe an.l also some of her evening dresses. Before .Inn. 1, 1907, Franco Is going to upend J5,3G7,200 In Increasing ho.- navy. Tho scheme proposes the con- structlon of six H,8C5-ton battleships flvo 12,600-ton cruisers, twenty-eight 305-ton torpedo destroyers nnd nn tin stated number of submarlno torpedo boats, for which the sum of 113,660,000 has been set aside. Tho French navy Is the first to possess submarlno boat3 really worthy of the name, that Is to ay, able under certain conditions to dlschargo successfully tho torpedoci with which they aro armed against hostile vessels, cither anchored or In motion. Milwaukee, famous for Its beer, may now claim distinction as being the "Gorman city" of tho United States. There are more Hermans In Milwau kee In proportion to Its population than In any other city. Tho percont ago of population Is 6G, and Hobokcn Is n closo second with 67 per cent. Now York has only 38 per cent and Chicago 37 per cent, lloston is at tho bottom of the list, with n IJormnn population of only 7 per cent of tho to tal. Detroit, lluffalo, Cleveland, New ark, Cincinnati, nnd Jersey City have lnrgor percentages of Uennnns In their populations than either New York or Chicago. Ono of tho most honored nnd con spicuous figures In the public Ufa or Oreat Britain during tho last half cen tury was Iord Playfalr, of whom a sketch appears In tho North Amorlcan Rovlow. Tho vast s.inltnry Improve-, monta which hao taken place In Eng land within thirty years nnd tho evo lution of tho wholo system of scien tific and technical Instruction are due to Playfnlr moro thun to any other man. Ho originally suggested tho adoption of open half-penny letters, now known as "post enrds," and ho was largely Instrumental In suggesting tho basis of an equltablo agreement between Great Drltaln and America when President Cleveland's Venezue lan message had brought tho two coun tries Into dangerous nntagonism. "Athletics are first-class as u ims-j time," Governor Roosevolt recmlj said to the boys of St. Paul's school; "but they are as poor a business ns the world contains." Oliver Cromwell's statement of the saino truth Is two hundred and fifty years earlier. He wrote to his little sons at school that ho did not grudge them "laudablo re creation nor honorable carriago In them nor legitimate expense;" but that he did emphntlcally protest against "pleasure and self-satisfaction being mndo tho business of a man llfn." CHAPTER IV. "Do you mind, my dearest?" "Yes; I wleli I had been the first, Alan." The two people who were speaking wore sitting together on a boulder by the senshore of one of our prettiest watering places. K was early October, and although it had been a late season, yet there was already n touch of cold ness In the air, notwlthsianning m brilliant sunshine, Tho sea was as blue as the sky, tossing and Httlo dis turbed by tho wind, yet only enough to give It color and motion. Tho lit tle town looked white and clean, smil ing In the autumn nunshlno. A thor oughly conventional English teene, Jtut as the girl herself was a thorough ly conventional English girl. Her dark blue eyB were brown and of a eoft texture; her face a perfect oval, with a little square chin, Into which there hH hn nrrfiMil. S.I by Some loving finger, the prettiest dlmplo In the world. A tall, slight figure, that gave promoae of a fuller, ampler woman hood; a clear white skin, flushed rosy; and lashcB and eyebrows many BhadeB darker than her hair completed a whole that waa very captivating. She was dressed, too. conventionally, al though the blue serge dress and Jacket fitted her a only a tailor-made gown can fit. A little sailor hat was perched upon her head In Just the most effec tive manner possible. But at this minute tho dark blue yti looked troubled, tho pretty hands were clasped round her knees, and she was looking seawards and away from the man by her aide. He, too, looked troubled. It had cost Alan Mackenzie a good deal to record the events of hla life, and to Bpeak of the young wife he nnd lost four yenrs ago. Ho had want ed the past to be past; and although Veronica's memory was dear and sweet to him, and tho girl horaclf had been lnvlna- and tenilpr. vet It Seemed to him hard to bring up the dead past. There was such a chasm between that life and this, Buch a difference be tween the dark-eyed, half-Spanish girl he had wooed under tho brilliant South American skies and this girl whom ho waa woolna- beside the tumbling Eng lish sea, that It often seemed to Alan Mackenzie that he muat be an entirely different person. ll 1anni.il forward and looked at her. She had her face turned towards the sea, so that he could Just see the delicate profile outlined against the blue eky, could Just see the pink ear nestllnt- against the coile of her hair. It waa not for her beauty alone that ho loved Joyce Gronvllle. Ho felt that she was his equal In most, his superior In Borne, things. Ho and Bhe together, he thought, could live the perfect mar ried life. And now thero waa tho shadow of poor Veronica to come and throw a gloom over their wooing. Ver onica, whom he had never loved llko this girl; Veronica, for whom ho had bad the tonderest protective pity, but that was all. And now he looked at Joyce, and fn n thn full thnt If he lost her he loit everything that made llfo worth living; that life without Joyce would be Incomplete, and that all his success In life and he wna by no means disposed to under value that would mean nothing to him Iwltbout Joyce. She was bo desirable, waa Joyce, with her high-bred, Brit ish air, and with all the qualities that he knew her to possess, and with that tact staring him full In the faco that fee loved her, and her alone. His voice trembled as he aaid: "Do you mind so much, Joyce, that It will be nn lnaupernble bar? Do you mean that you cannot say 'Yea' to me?" She turned round and faced him, and he could boo tho trouble In her eyes and Ihe twitching of her lips. "No." she said, In n low volco, "I don't mean that; I cannot give you up, Alan. You have made mo love you; I cannot change iny love In a day. But It hat cast a shadow over me. I cannot re joice over my love for you as I did now I know this: Thnt life cannot give the unalloyed happlnes that 1 thought possible half un hour ago." - "Because you aro not the first, Joyce? In one senso you are the first. I have told it you all qulto truthfully how first I felt nothing but pity for her, and then gradually I wanted to Bhlold her from tho hardships of life, and there was no other way. I mar ried her." "And she did she not love you?" Alan did not hesitate, nor did he prevaricate. A less truthful man than he might have made light of Veron ica's devotion, but he could not. The dend girl's passionate eyes, fixed upon him with an exprcslon of undying love In them, rose up before him. "She," ho said, In a low voice "ehe loved mo more than her life." Joyce gave a Httlo exclamation. It was not altogether pain, but na It she had said that she had known It well. Of courso she hnd loved him! What woman would not havo loved Alan Mackenzie? Ho said nothing, but sho could see his lips quivering. That troubled her. She felt that ho would say no more, but that the first words must como from her. Ho hnd stated his case; he had pleaded with her. It was for her to sny "Yes" or "No." Only ho had told her the whole truth. Some men would have said less; but then sho loved him for that very truthfulness, which would hide nothing from her. "I wish you had not told mo," she said. For a moment she thought that this really was so, and that she would rather not havo known; It was only momentary, howover. "Would you rather not hnte known?" he Bald, and looked at her reproachfully. "Joyce, I hnto having to give you this pain; but I have al ways thought that tho very ossenco of married happiness lay In the fact that husband and wife had no secrets from each other." "Did you tell her everything?" asked Joyce, woman-like. "No, dearest God forbid that I should wish to deprecate the girl who loved me ao well; but ahe waa not your equal. Bhe waa simply a pure, sweet, loving woman; but she would not have understood. Sho had pretty wnys of making a house homelike and charming; but she had but very little education. I could not have told her everything. Joyce, you know all about our brief married life now. I don t believe that you; don't believe that you would be Jealous of the dead wo man. Now tell me straight out If you will make me happy. I don't think you know or can guess what you arc to me. How my wholo llfo and soul are bound up in you, how empty my life would bo without you. I think It you understood that you would forget all about the story I have told you, and give yourself to me, to hold and to keep as the dearest thing In the world." The tears wero standing In his eyes, he was bo much In earnest. It seemed to him as if the making or the mar ring of his life was in this slender girl's hands; and she was moved, too. "Of course I mind, dearest," she said. "If I did not mind so much I should not love you so much. Just think how would you llko it If some other man had had my first kiss, my first words of love!" "I should not like it at all; I should hate it, Joyce," ho Bald, frankly. "I knew you would. I should have asked you to marry mo a year ago If I had not had this past behind mo. I have loved you well enough all the time. It is only now that I have been pre sumptuous enough to think that you love me a little that I have spoken; and if you do truly love mo, Joyce, you will only bo sorry for all that 1 have suffered in the past." Joyce was not an ungenerous girl, and though thero was a certain sting In the fact that Alan had suffered through another woman, yet she could feel It in her heart to pity the girl who had only been Alan's wife for four months, and who had died in so tragic a manner. She rose. "Shall wo go In to the others, Alan?" she said, softly. But he caught her hand. "Not be fore I have had my answer, Joyce. Oh, no! not before I havo had my an swer! Don't bo cruel, darling! Put me out of pain!" "Dearest," sho said, "you know your answor. You know that I love you, and that I would never deny my love. This unhappy story of yours has been a surprise to me, and a little shock; but it does not really make any difference, does it, when two people love each other?" "Joyce," he cried there was the purest Joy in his tone "Joyce, you have made me bo happy that I have no words to express my happiness. And you will not think of this again? It will not be a bar between us? It only comes to mo now and again, when I have thought that you would not llko it. And now, Joyco, you are cheating me of my kiss of betrothal. Come behind this rock." And ns Joyco was Just a sweet, lov ing girl, who had promised herself to the man she loved, sho made no de mur, but gave him his kiss; nnd they both walked up to the houso, trying to forget tho thing that had been dis cussed between them. And, na a mat tor of fact, they did forget It. Thoy wero so happy In each other, and so happy In tho prospect of the new llfo before thorn, that they actually did forget. Alan told his story to Joyco's father as ho hud told It to Joyce, nnd after that he felt he had dono all that would be asked of him. Ho revelled In the thought of Joyco's love, nnd poor Veronica might never havo ex isted for htm at all. Thero was noth ing but talk of preparations for the wedding and settlements, nothing but congratulations nnd onvylngs of hla luck, nothing In all this to remind him of the simple preparations far the civil marriage that had been the only one possible In Rio. Joyce had begged for a six months' engagement. Alan had Insisted on three; and as there was really nothing to wait for ho had his way. He had known Joyco for more than three yenrs, and had met hor nt tho house, of a mutual friend, hnd been attracted to hor from tho first; so that It seemed as if thoy had nctually been engaged much longer than was tho case, lie waa still In the firm- of Dempster, only now ho was n partner Instead of an employe. He had been called to the bar, but did not practice regularly, seeing that ho did not have much time. Tho throo months passed very quickly; thero was so much to do, so much to settle. It was a very happy time, but one evening Akn got rather a nasty shock. He had fcen seeing Joyce, and they had spent tho usual happy time together. He vaa Immersed In thoughts and dreama of her, and waa not looking very much where he waa going. Turning a cor ner sharply he ran up against a man who seemed a little unsteady in his gait. "I beg your pardon!" Alan said. The man uttered an Improcntton. At tho first sound of his volco Alan thought that It was familiar to him. He gave a start. "HutchlnBon!" he cried. The roan looked up. A gleam of recognition lit up his drink-soddea eyes, and with the recognition there came, too, a gleam of hatred. "It's you!" he cried, and he Bwora again. "Yes," said Alan, "nnd I am sorry to see you like this. Can I do any thing for you, Hutchinson?" "Do anything for me? You? I'll trip you yet!" cried tho man, his hntred flashing like n knlfo. "Do you think I have forgotten how you got me turned out, how you ruined mo? No! And I will be oven with you yet if I hang for it! And there's that girl of mine, too! I always thought that you had a hand In her disappearance! I will bo even with you yet, my fine young man!" "Well," said Alan, coolly, "I would havo holpcd you If you would have let mo; not that I regard your threats. It was your own dishonesty and nothing elao that was your ruin. And as for the girl, you are right there. I mar ried her, and sho waa drowned; but she was no daughter of yours, and you knew It." Hutchinson's eurprlBO got the better of his caution. "I brought her up," ho satd, "even If she was not my own. In a way she waa mine. And so you married her, did you? And now you say she is dead." "She is dead, poor soul!" said Alan. "Died In tho wreck of the 'Valparaiso' four years ago; and I'm to be married again. I wish you would let me help you, Hutchinson!" An evil sneer crossed Hutchinson's face. "Married again, are you? Soon? Well, I will wish you Joy, you and your bride. You may have an unex pected guest nt your wedding, al though I am not qulto sure. We will see what way things will go. Good by, my fine gentleman!" Ho left Alan with a curious sense that something untoward had hap pened, although the young man could not say what It hud been. (To be Continued.) (ONdEMS MIYfi Message Has Been Received From Minister. ABSENCE OF NEWS. HE WAS SAFE AS LATE AS JULY I8TII Holding Ont In Ilrltlslt Ilesleged Authenticity of don Is Not Hut Legation Officials Do Not Doubt Dispatch I.on io Hopeful. A Washtngton.July 21 dispatch Bays: Like a Hash of sunlight out of the dark sky came the intelligence at an early hour yesterday that United States Min ister Conger bad sent n cipher cable gram from Pckin to the state depart ment nt Washington, making known that two days ago he wan alivo and that the foreigners wero fighting for their safety. Tho Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, received the message. Within an hour the welcome Intelli gence that Mr. Conger had been heard from, after weeks of silence and evil report, was flashed throughout the country and, indeed, throughout the world, dispelling the gloom which had prevailed everywhere, and bringing to officials and to the public generally a sense of profound relief. The dispatch was in reply to Secretary Hay's cable Inquiry to Minister Conger on July 11 and nn both messages were In the American cipher code they wore re garded by the ofllclalH as above thq suspicion of having been tampered with in the course of transmission through Chinese chnnnelH. Mr. Wu promptly communicated the dispatch to the state department, where the translation was mnde from the cipher figures and boon all Washington wa& astir with intelligence. HISTORIC ATMOSPHERE. Motive 1 the Ground Color for His torical Pictures. Unless an author can maintain, with out deviation, from the first to the last pages of his book, the language of the period of which he writes, his work will be better, his pages will be more easily read; and whatever true atmos phere he may be able to create in other ways will bo more convincing if ho writes in the language of IiIb own times. No books havo a stronger fla vor of their own period than tho D'Ar tagnan romances, well translated Into modern English. It wore as well for an English author to attempt to give Gorman atmosphere to a story of Ger man life by writing it In broken Eng lish, as to attempt to give old-time fla vor to an old-time tale by writing in a tongue composed of both the old and the new. If I am right In my conclu sions, atmosphere may be imparted by facts and language, subject to the con ditions above stated. These two meth ods, although generally attempted, more frequently fall than succeed. Novels wherein old-timo phrases and historical facta only are relied upon to give old-time color are accepted with out question, perhaps, by those who do not know the period of which the nov els treat, or do not care to analyze the question. But to an inquiring mind, knowing the period, such a novel as to ita atmosphere is usually as disap pointing as wet gunpowder. It is from tho setting of the story and from tho nets, motives, and methods of thought of the characters that truo atmosphere may be imparted. What the charac ters are made to feci, do, and say give real atmosphere. What they say Is tho Important matter; not how thoy say It. Motive is tho ground color for all his torical pictures. There Is no period In history of which we havo a complete view. At best wo can only catch glimpses of the environment of men and women who have preceded us, and who have faded Into tho dim, hazy light of the past. Wo have but frag mentary pictures, thnt come to us In sections, llko the picture-blocks of a cnlld, with many parts missing. Thoa) parts which we lack we try to fill in as best we can, guiding our hands, as we draw, by tho parts wo have Charles Major in tho June Scrlbnors. London See Treachery. A London, July 21, dispatch says: The, Conger dispatch falls to carry conviction to cither the British press or public. Its genuineness is not dis puted, for, as is pointed out here, the tho Chinese must possess quite a bheaf of such messages, which the ministers fruitlessly endeavored to get transmit ted, from which they could easily se lect a non-committal dispatch to servo the required purpose. It Is supposed that Mr. Conger omit ted to destroy the cipher code nnd that this is now in the possession of the Chinese, in which event the selection or concoction of the dispatch would not be dltllcult. It is argued that the dis patch, if it were n genuine reply to the inquiries of tho Amevlcan government, would go more into details. Nothing Particularly New from Beat f Chinese Trouble. There is nothing particularly new from the Orient. More or less specula tive stories arc at hand regarding tho jealousies of tho powers, and it seems they nre wide apart on a joint com mander. A dispatch from London says tho ac tion of Count von lluclow, the German minister of foreign affairs, luformlng the Chinese legation at Berlin that all telegraphic messages must bo in plain language and submitted for approval by tho censor, and the suggestion of M. Dclcnsse, the French minister of foreign affairs, thttt the exportation of arms to China be prohibited, which aro generally regarded here as long steps In the right direction of treat ing Ch'na ns a state engaged ia war, have been supplemented by the. ofllclal announcement from St. Peters burg that certain portions of the Amur territory, Including parts of the Khab arvosk district and the coast territory, as well ns tho towns of tho Blagovcs tchcnBU, Khabarovsk nnd Klkolskus surl, have been declared in a state of war since July 17. Ri.s da's announce ment is regnnled in London as at lenst foreshadowing a speedy i nconcuuonni recognition of the fact that a condition of war existsbctween China and the civilized world, and the general opin ion seems to favor such recognition as the best means of meeting the bar barlan upheaval, while at tho same time endeavoring to Isolate the inde pendent viceroys from the general conflagration. Think He Is Insane. II. H. Andrews was before the in sanity commission at Nebraska City on the charge of being insane nnd was held. He is of the opinion that hla family has done him an injury nnd he wants revenge, nnd its feared he will do them bodily harm. He had made application for admission to tho sol dier's homo at Leavenworth, Kans,, and further action was deferred to hear from the ofllclals nt the home. BECKHAM IS NOMINATED. Present Governor of Kentucky Win Out In Convention. A Lexington, Ky., .Inly SO dispatch, Bays: Governor Beckham was noml-t natcd by the democratic stntc conven tion for governor of Kentucky by ac clamation. The platform indorhes the democratic national platform, recommends change in the Goebel election law by the legislature of 11)01 and guarantees' the representation of both parties on Btate ami county election boards, de nounces the assassination of (loebel and declares for order, civil nnd per sonal liberty. The action of Brad ley in calling out the militia during the election In November, lHlt'J, is de nounced and the administration of Beckham is indorsed. Lord Lou- Ingredients of Toilet Soap. Tho basis of the hotter qualities of toilet soap Is generally curd or yellow soap, in the making of which special precautions aro taken to Insure ab sence of tree alkali. This Is most Im portant, as otherwise tho soap would be altogether unsuitable for toilet pur pobos, tho free alkali being injurious to the skin. This Is the reason why so many of the cheaper laundry soaps produce chapped hands and similar results when used for toilet purposes. If, on tho other hand, thoro Is nn ex cess of fat, the aoap Is greasy and doej not possess the cleansing properties a good soap should. A laundry soap may bo mndo without much tiimouuy oy an amateur, but It Is bettor to buy whatovor tollot soap la required, for tho reasons stated, and nlso becausj rpeclal apparatus 1b required to make a soap of first class quullty, The War In South Afilrii. The following dispatch from Roberts has been received nt the don war ofllce: "Pretoria, July 10. Methuen ocou-. pled Ileckpoort without opposition tJ peak of. Ian Hamilton and Mahon continued their march along the coun try north of the Delagoa Bay railroad. Hunter is reconnolterlng tho positions occupied by the Free Staters between' Bethlehem and Ficksbnrg." Fire Hug nt Went Point. In a downpour of rain at West Point the firemen were called to extinguish nn incipient tilne in a r.ihbish heap back of Tuinmond's barber shop. One hour later another lire broke out in a bain on Lincoln street. The barn is' a complete wreck. Prompt action saved a row of barns along the alley.. It is supposed to bo the work of a fire bug. Three alarms were turned in. Mtil-Uoud Tit-hot. Tho mid-road j oculists of the statij at their meeting In Grand Island, nom inated the following ticket: Governor,1 Taylor Flick; lieutenant governor, 11. G. Rioter; secretary of state, W. C. Starkey; auditor. Samuel Lichty; at torney general, J. Stevens; treasurer, A. Tipton; commissioner, James Sal mon; superintendent, Mrs. J, T. Kellcy. Tornndo Near Unmet, Neli. A small tornado struck about thrcq miles south of Bennet during u recenf storm, tearing up everything in itj path for a short distance. The barn, cow sheds, chicken houses, pigpens, etc., of James Taylor were made a complete wreck and It Is reported that other damage was done in the coin' munity. Hilled the Sultnn. The Matin pilnts a dispatch from Tripoli reporting n French victory In West Africa and the death of ltabat, formes sultan of Hornu, In tho Soudan. Tho eldest son of Itnbat was wounded In flight. Omar Bcnlbrnhim hits been placed on the throne of llornu. Still In righting Trim. General Joseph Wheeler, commander, of tho department of tho lakes, has asked the war department to assign him to duty In Chlun. Powder Magailne Kiplodes. A Nevada City.Cnl., July 10 dispatch says: Lato last night a powder maga zine belonging to Gcorgo E. Turner and situated near tho Reward mine, about two mllca from this town, ex ploded, tearing a hole forty feet deep In tho earth. It is not yet known whether thero has been any loss of life and the property damage has not been estimated. Saloon Fight at Wichita. A Wichita, Kans., dispatch says: Jim Kennedy was ordered out of Frank Johnson's saloon at Union City, OkL, for disorderly coLduct. Ho resented it and drew his gun, shooting Johnson in tho head. Johnson replied" with two shots. Johnson is dead, but Kennedy will recover. The latter is under ar rest charged with murder. Italian Iteclproclty Signed. Final signatures of of the Italian re ciprocity agreement havo been at tached at the Btate department. The arrangement, like that with France nnd Germany, is made under section 3 of the Dlngley tariff act, and in thai matter of imports into the United j States relates only to Btlll wines, bran dies, argols, paintings nnd statuary. Use Dynamite to Kill Fish. Some persons without regard for tho law used dynamite nt Malony lake, near Humboldt, Ncb killing a large number of fish, specimens of which were found floating on the surface of the water the following day. The lessees of the lake think they know the guilty parties and will investigate and punish the offenders if possible. Charge Him With Murder. "Dutch" Poors, the alleged murderer of John Adams, has been arrested at Warsaw, Neb. Poors and Adams left Chandler, Okl., in company two weeks ago. Adams' body was found hidden in the hrubh south of Warsaw last Saturday. When arrested Poors had Adams' team and other property. Thrown Into the Lake. One hundred excursionists were pre cipitated into tho lake whllo standing on the Bteamcr landing at Lake Ge neva, Wis., which collapsed from overweight. All were rescued and but few Injured. No names wero given. The oxcursionlbts were from Harvard, 111. Life Lost In the Fire. Thomas D. Cahlll, Washington rep resentative of the Cosmopolitan maga zine, was killed in the tiro thnt des troyed tho Vehmeyer broom corn warehouse at Chicago. Firemen search ing through the ruins found his re mains. Find Fragments of llody. A terrible explosion wrecked De pew's atoro at Naylor, Ga. Fragments of a man's body were.found In the ruins and it is believed a safe blower waa killed while attempting to blow tho safe. Sidney Kdgerton Drad. non. Sidney Edgcrton, nged eighty two, died at his homo at Akron, O. He wns prominent, in politics iu tho days of President Lincoln. Yerkes Nominated. The republican state convention of Kentucky, held at Louisville, nomi nated John W. Yerkes for governor, and adopted a platform declaring the issuo of tho election to be tho Goebel election law. Fatal Kentucky Fight. In a three handed fight at Hawes ville, Hancock county, Kentucky, be tween Allen and Frank Pulllum and Jack Hason. I lesson was killed in Btnntly s,nd Allen Pulliam died tnrea' '.ours lutec v.