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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1902)
r Cf. k r- - i PLUNGE 10 DEATH Pa3songor3on Now York Ebctric Road are Killod. MOTORMAH LOSES CONTROL Of CAR Train niinlim Dinin Miimitiilu Nlilr. nnil Htrlke Another Imitleil Willi lit- urlnnlt Ton Kllleil Onlrlulit mill lln i j other Injured A Glovetsvlllo N Y. illspiili'li says A wreck Willi li oiettrtod on tin Moiiii lulu Lake ralltoad eniisoel the almost Instant drnth of ton poisons anil oiii' vlitltn died In I lie hospital later It Is believed that several victims will Hiiiciitnli to their Injuilis The bodies of many of the h titan weie crushed almost beyond teeogultlon and the scenes ahont the wreck were hot rlfving The nee ident was muted hy a eont lilnation bnggngc and imsc'tiger mr getting away from the motnrman and rushing down the iiioimfilii Hide at terrltle speed The lirnKe refused to work and at the end of the grade the heavy ear e rindied Into a loaded eu ear, nlno iIoncetidlng the tnoiintnln The latter wits hulled from the track nml tiuneil on Its Hide and over fit) per cent of the pnssengeis weie f tijtit il Those who weie pinned undei the ai weie crushed to death anil In sonic Institutes terrlhly mutilated The lomhlnatlou tar also left the tun It and turned on its Hide , Ah the hi enp of the accident Is re mote from the i'lt. It was two hours licforc appllauiiH to raise t lie op"ti car and lolenso the victims weie seemed The accident happened at a shntp curve, where tho Hack turns to make the cllinli li) the Htiep inount.iln Hide The wreck occcriod at the cud of a day of pleasure at the icon at the top of the mountain and the mis woto loaded with excuislonlHtH The mi on whhh the dead and In jured persons weie iIiIIiik wjih an open one. In ohnigo of Motoimau Aitliur Pet kins and Coudiictni .Iiiukh Cameioii nml the car which wan responsible for the wreck was In charge of Motorman William Dodge Aeeotellng to fondue tor .lanieH Cuiueiun of the open i.ir. the closed mi inn away while coming down the grade ahoe the uirve and collided with the open car us the lat ter wan rounding Hie nine Moth tars then went down the grade at lightning tcpoed. At the foot of the hill tko eats camp together ngaln Just before the rear mr had rem bed the one nhmd the lights in the tlrHt car went out and added daikupss to tlie horror The heavy double mr struck the othei with hiicIi fone that It raised the leaf end of the fltht ear Into the air nud over the right otn linnkment Hide Hutli cais weio tle rnlled and pnssonget.s were thrown In every dlrntlon. Mnnv were Instnntly ltlllcd and others died fiom their in juries Immediately afterward FELL ON LIGHTED LAMP Heath Oiiieil j n I'rrullur Acrlileut nt Nelmik C'tly. A Nebraska City. Neb. July 0. ells piitih says: Mis. Martha Uuchnnnu. an aged lady who lives with her son. met with an au Ident that cost her life Kho wns Htibject to epileptic fits Din ing the night Hhc was nick and got up to get something. Lighting a lamp she stalled Into another pait of the house. KIip was taken with n fit and fell on the lighted lamp, breaking it and coveting lier body with burning oil She was a mnsa of (lames when her son wan awakened by her seretyiis and went to Iter rpHctie. 0pr half of her body was burned over anil In many plates the flesh was so badly baked that it diopped off before the lire was ox tlngulshed. Dr. Stoekett. who was called, dltl everything to nlloviate her sufferings, but pronoutued the InjurlcH bh fatal. She was kept under nn opiate, all of the time until her death this afternoon. The lndy bus been a real dent of this city for many yeutu. FEW DEATHS IN NAVY Fortunate Purine 'I' Outhreak of Cholera In Anlatle I'orlii. It develops that the nnnl forces on the Asiatic station have been singu larly fortunate or careful during the prevalence of the formidable outbreak of cholera In the east So far 'jUtore have been only three deaths frolrt that dispone reported to Hear Admiral ilrtlxny, surgeon general of the navy Two were privates of the marine, corps mil the other was an omeor or the I liavy. Moreover, there Jtave not been. i is Haw, over a' nnu a eioen pet sous (tacked by the disease in tttir naval ittnbllahment In China and the Phlllp- , lines. This Is unusual (ousldeilng the Iict that the men cannot be looppil p aboard shlti lint must lie given t jtoro liberty with Its attendant dun V l?r of contrnitlng the disease ARMOR FOR NEBRASKA frit Shipment fur llittl'lili uv on llin Wj. I ISaturday the navy depnitment was ) Iformed that the tit at consignment of . m or ior ine new imitiesnip .nciiuis ' f had been shipped. iTho armor makeis are tinning out sir product at the tute of ten thou- id tons a year with expectations of tsldetably Inctcaslng this tute so St thete nppenih to be no prosped rotnplalnts on the hi ore of non Ivory of this piotPitive material. CnilHT htim I.illil. ho corner-Htone of the Oinahn nu rium was laid Saturday in the icnce of n large ctovvd of pi unit t cltleils, JJiiVldent Sanbmn laid Htono In position Senator Millard, 3. Millard. At ting Mayor Can and i '. Maliondy were among the mini on the stngo." Senator Mlllatd ' i an extpndod.BiU'Wft tlllngoP the i illdlitK of'JlhP4nltx .JMld-tho limit of v aiidltofljjfm. MrtiMftUoney .-Jilso o a't'lerifith. ' t j ip Ucniand for lfunimoeks Is sfrong FEEDS LONDON'S POOR llitr Million IVil nt tlm KIiir'h Corona linn Dinner lialf a million of London's slum ihvollets weie King IMwaid's guesta on the aftettioou of July fi They wero smtteted In about 100 halls, s hools and par Its in vating iiumhcrH. the gtentest number of the ro.val bene ficiaries being at Stepney, vvhete no less than tfi.oou enjojed a dinner such as they hpIiIoiii partuke of At evety gatheilng was read a mes sage from the king, Hlgneil by his pri vate soetetary, to tin poor, sent t.uough the lord rnuyni of London, Sir Joseph (' Dlmsihi'", as followa Huckltigham I'alaic, II :'0 a. in I am Mimmaudcd b the king to Inform j our lordship that his majisty and tho qiK'cti hud Intended visiting Home of his (orouatlon dinners today and he deeply t egrets that his illness prevents t holt doing so The king has depu tized memheis of his family to repre sent him at as many of these dinners as possible I am turthet (ommanded bv the king to oxpicss his hope that his guestH are enjoying themselves and passing n hupp) lav KNOLLYS. Satuiday tuoinlug's bulletin un noiiuclug that King IMvvaid is out of daugei was also circulated, so that half a million poor folks drank his majestj's health In no unrestrained enjoyment out of the coronation cups prmentnl to each of thpni as a houvp nlr of Hip ocmslon The l'rlnce and I'llnuss of Wales travetsed the me tropolis fiom end to end In Hetiii-state, the caiilageH being escotted by a de taihment of the Horse (Suards, and appealed nt lential gatherings in hcv eial disttli Is WANTS PROPERTY REMOVED 'llii ('ilium liiiriiiui'iit Si'iii ii olllo .NiiIk to VViiHlilnutnn .lint after the oicupatlon of Havana bv the I'nited Statert Hoops In lb!IS the war depaittnent Hecured by leaso a l.ugi vvaiehoiise belonging to prlvuto pet sons nud hunted at Trl.scornln, iiiosh the buy ft otn the i Ity of Ha vana About ,000 tons of coal belong ing to this government is still In the building The war depaittnent also built a i.illioail fiom the wharf at Tris ioiiiIu. lonnectlng with the existing Intel lor tnlltoail system a few miles Horn the bay. The Cuban government naturally does not cjite to hci a manifestation of lotelgn preieine near Havana and It has signified a disposition to discuss with the United States authorities the subject of the removal of tho toal and the abandonment of the place us u coal Million HERE AND THERE Plre at Clinton. N. C . destroyed forty-two htons and reshlpnues, caus ing a loss or $100,000. V. C llarr of S.iult Ste Mnrlp. Mich,, wlio Is prominently idputllleil with tho V 11 Clergue Intel ests at the Soo, boa announced that one of the Clergue pro jects is to build a large tlty dock nt tho Soo Kloots that have been shellacked may be cleansed without Injuring tho polish by wiping over rapidly with clean cloths dipped In clear worm water to which ketosene has bpen mill ed in tin proportion of a tablcspoonful to a pail of water. The Joint committee of the miners and operators of the Birmingham, Ala., district, have reached an agreement by which tho miners fall to secure an In crottso In wages or the eight-hour day. Wages of day laborers wero made uni form thioiighout the district. Tho village of Hliint, twenty-fivo miles east of Pierre. S. I)., was stirred up recently by an alleged cold-blooded niurdtr. Milton (luusalusmun. a prom inent citl7en, was shot In the back by Hott Lluuey, a teamster Thero were threats of lynching and officers nt onco Htnrted for Pierre with Llnney A college for Finnish theological Htinleuts. the first 111 the United States, will he built at a place to be decided at next yeur's meeting of tho synod of that that church. This step was de cided on nt a meeting of the Kanslllts synod of Finnish church nt Astabula, Ohio. Indiana stnte officials are worried ns to the wheteabouts of a check for ftiX'i.OOO sent two days ago by the linked States to tho state of Indiana In payment of Its war claim. It has not been seen by the state officers. The checks mailed to Illinois and sev eral other states have been received. A little daughter of Henry Stroud, who resides a few miles east of Platts moutb. Neb., met with a serious acci dent July A The girl and other chll dien weie plnvlng with n 22-callbpr re volver when a bullet waa accidentally discharged, entering the child's abdo men. She Is icpotted t le In a vqry crltlial condition, but soma hopes arc entertained for her recovery. Cle'ii ge M Jones, secieUry of Ober lln UNlege, has announced the receipt of i. t heck fiom John U. Rockefeller fot $i2,0tM. which was the amount duo from Mi Hot kefeller ns part of his pledge tif $200,000 for the college en dowment fund The receipts of this i heck unupletes the bnlf-inllllon dollar endowment movement for which tho late Piesldent Harrows labored ho earnestly during the last year of his life A letter was reielveil by ol.lcers of the Ouluth, Minn, laud otllie from 1 and Commissioner Hermnn. directing them to withdraw fiom sett lenient, en try or any other form of disposition, tertaln townships and paits of town ships In Cook nnil Lnke counties, em bracing In all 400,000 acres. This ac tion Is taken pending a determination of the advisability of establishing what Is to bo known ns "Tho Lake Superior Forest Reserve." The sub-treasury lias telegraphed $500,000 In currency to Chicago, pre sumably on account of tho ctop move ment. The two-year-old rhlld of Clotn Painter, which wantletetl away from Its homo near' Sprlngv'low, Neb.," An July :i." was found Sundny morning after a. night nud day fjeaieh by tho wlmje community. Tho body was found In tho river neatly two mlleB rto'jn limine mid had ovldently bcn In HblahT.n,'lUV,'rKTfev; was discon tinued, nearly tlm, entire- etowd Joining in the xeatch. IfREIdllT TIED IIP Nino Thousand Men on Striko in Chicago. ROADS REFUSE ANY CONCESSIONS VVnnliln'l Ai;rrii to 'lerni) Di'liiunili'il lijr .Mm nml strlUf I'ri-i Iplliilt it ('hli 11 Ki nnil ittn-r I'nliitM Vrr.ii till Ji'iiilifi Order Strlln. A Chli ago. July 7. dispatch hayr.' Hveiy union freight handler In Chl mgo went on a sttlke this morning, ioniplftel.v tying up the Height Unfile, not only In Chimgo, hut affecting It In eveiy tenter of the lountty for which Chit ago Is the illstilbutor. The order to walk out was given hy Piesldent Citrinn of the freight hnntllers' union, after a number of e.uly conferences with the agents of the tallioails. The situation ns It was left last week was gone over thotoughly, but neither side Hhowctl any disposition to make eon t esHlons The ralltoadH immediately notified the police nnil all teserves. In antlclpj tion of Unable, were otileied to repot t to the htntlons Squads weie sent to the Height houses The utilke. the h.inillcis say, waa pui'lpltntcd by the knowledge that the talltoatls hail, tor n week past been employing men to take their places IMltnnte.4 ns to the number of men belonging to the fielght hntull"rs' union vary between seven and nine thousand The rank and file nil along have been anxious to test theli stienglh with the rallvv.iVH. but have been held in check by their officers and a federation ot labor leailets. who have sought to aveit hostllitlus. The utilke Is without ollhial sanc tion of the ledeinilon cd labor, but the Height hanilleis believe they are stiong enough to win without It. Their executive committee Is In ion terente witli the officials of the team sters' and longshoremen's unions with a view to perauadlng them to join In a HymputliPtli sttlke THROWS HIMSELF ON RAILS ::iil"rlj- Curpfiitir Hint llnmitli' Illlllriil ly nml still lilf l th 'Illrnrj. John Vodnva. a tetltcd carpenter and cabinet maker, aged 00 yeais, was run over by a Union Pacific train on a bildge Just west of Sihuyler under cir cumstances that lutlltate suit ide. The engineer nml fireman sn Vo dnva had hidden himself between tim bers on the bildge until Mie train wns not over two car lengths away, when he suddenly nprang out .mil threw himself ttcross the rallH It was Im possible to stop the train In that short distance nud he wns Instantly killed, his body being badly cut. The train was a special going west and the acci dent occurred between 8 and ! o'clock. What Is thought to give color to the suicide theory, beside the strange con duct of Vodnvn. is that he has had some domestic trouble. About a month ago his wife, an elderly woman, to whom he was married last fall, had him nnested for assault and batteiy, committed through liquor. Voduva has three daughters, all mar ried. He left but little propel ty. CORONATION DATE KliiK Will lit- Crowncil llrtnrn ,1iiljr 11 hiiiI IA A London. July 7. dispatch says: King Ktlwnid will be crowned between August 11 and IS His recovery has been so rapid and satisfactory that the above decision wns arrived at today. 'No official announcement of the fait has jet been made. The pageant through the streets and the ceremony at Westminster abbey will be much uirtnlled from the orig inal plan. Their majesties will drive from Uticklngham palate to the abbey, through the Mall to Whitehall and thence to tho abbey, the snme route as taken nt the opening of parliament. Hnil n Human limit. The bend of n man, the features well preserved, was found on the bank of a creek thnt flows thiough La Loma park. Ilerkeley, Cal. The head was that of a middle-aged man nnd hail, according to medical experts, been sev ered from the body by someone not familiar with surgery. However, aa it has the appearance of having been pte served'by fluid It Is believed the head had been used by smile medical Insti tute for medlenl purposes. Ilrrnk World' Iteinril llr. (icorge W Fisher, of llaltlmore. Mil . Is the owner of n nineteen weeks' old homing pigeon which hna just bioken the world's record for birds of ItH class In a 500 mile contest from Augusta, (!a . to Haltlmoie the bird made the distance in n single flight nt the rate of l.o.'0 18 ards a minute, or nearly fotty miles an hour In n 200 mile contest It mude forty-eight miles au hour Turkey Slmkrii A dispatch to the London nxchnnge Telegraph iontpnn fiom Vienna says a seveie eaithqunke shock wns felt at Sulonlm, Kuiopenn Turkey At cord ing to this tllspntth many houses were w iiketl nnd there wns much loss of lite Pnttli'ulnis of the disaster have not rt been icielvecl llruuiieil Willie Hntlilnc Alfred M Wilson, n prominent nnd wenlthy fanner living In Catherton pieclnctf near Hed Cloud, Neb., wns ill owned while bathing In a flooded draw A jtumg.man who was with him made several Ineffectual attempts to lescue him. but did not succeed In doing so He leaves a family ' ' Tito M.uJild, Si)ain..erMifss was nicy railed July 7 ovvingt.psonu' unknown c-,use, near Ouiu Itn, Portugal. Nenily nil the ears wero wrecked. Six per sons were Wiled and twenty-seven I were Injured YOUNG WOMAN A RESCUER Clrrtriiilo lluprn of ('lilmgo Stvp a Slmi'a 1,1 fr. Known well In Chicago society cir cles several years ago. then as an actress of ability, (leitiude Dtipeo gained new renown July ti for nn ex ploit at Atlantic City, N J When J. Milton Stenson, a bro'ter of Cincinnati, who had v entitled loo fur out Into the surf, was sinking for the last time, Miss Dtipeo, niter a race through the water, trnihnl him In the nick of time and by heroic efforts kept his head above water until the life savers ai ilved and effected n teseiie A great crowd gathered around them when they stt ppctl on tho bench and It was with difficulty they made their way to their ienpeetlve bathhouses. Hefore they separated Miss Dupee gave Mr. Stenson her addtess. An hour or two later sho received a short note and a check for $200. Mr. Stenson begged her to accept the check not as payment for rescuing him, but as a remembrance. Miss Dupee to turned the check, saying she did not wish any reward. TO EVADE THE LAW OIimi AInniirui'turtr Annonm InL'iillnii HuytTH Will Color A Washington. I). ('., July 7, dis patch says Notice has been served by the maiiiifnt tuiets of oleomargarine that they piopose to evado the law by selling uncoloted oleo, nnil furnishing eneh customer with n package of tol ot lug matter and instructions aa to how to use it This will save the tax of 10 cents a pound piovlded by the Invr recently passed tor the manufacturing of col ored oleo The Inlet unl levenue commissioner will make a test case, but it Is not be lieved that he ta.i prevent or punish this evasion of the law. If he latinot the oleo bill Just passed by congtess will become a tlettil lettet linker Honor N'i;n The colored people of New poi t It I., have won a notable victory in biingiug about the election of Mist Louise Van Home a teacher in the public schools. The school hoanl held a secret session last night nnil the testilt wa.c not known until today. Miss Van Home Is ipflnetl and educated and the daugh ter of Hev Mahlon Van Home, Amer ican consul nt St Thomas, D. W I. She graduated from the loial high school nud fiom the state normal school. Her father was a member of the school board for years Thla Is tho first time a colored teacher has ever received an appointment la Rhode Island Itiincr on Hip l.nkn For the first time in the history ot Illinois national gtiuiil. artillerymen will ptattlcc with powder and ball at targets. Hetetofote all practice at fir ing cannon has been with powder only, because there has been no range suit able for tho use of- cannon. Targets will be floating marks on Lake Michi gan. A battalion of artillery of stalo guard composed of batteries A, Dan ville, H, of Calesburg, and I), of Chi cago, went Into camp at Camp Ixigan, Chicago. Monday. SnUllrrn Attack llmiillti. A detac hnient of Turkish troops re cently surtounded a band of Hulgnrinn brigands at Patllli. In the Vilayet of Monastlr. Thirty Ilulgarlans wero killed. The remainder weie made pris oners Hrlganilnge Is sptenillng at alarming rates In Monastlr Turco-Hulgarlan complications are threatened In consequence of the forci ble removnl of the fiag and coat of arms from the Hiilg.uk-n agency at Serres. Uumelia. Ilulgaria has de manded satisfaction within three days. Senator Vent Falling. Senator Vest. Missouri's veteran senator, Is In poor health and Is rapid ly growing weaker, saya a Kansas City, Mo., dispatch. During the last session of congress his strength failed a great deal anil his sight became poor. Now ho Is almost blind and Is not able to leave his bed. Owing to his age. li years. It Is feared the senator cannot long survive and In any event It Is aura he will never be able to re-enter public life. VmIiiimI nt llnir Million. Accompanying a bill in a suit at Trenton. N. J., to restrain the conver sion of preferreil stock of the United States Steel torporatlon Into bonds la an affidavit of James H. Iincaster, an expert mechnnlcl eiiRlneer.who places tho value of the plants at not more than $,"00,000,000. It Is charged that of those who voted for conversion mnny were stock btokora who held Btock-on margin for others. Moulder on n Strike. The moulders working for tho King Drill Manufacturing company nt Ne braska City struck because tho com pany would not give them more help ers as they demanded. There were ten of them and they say that they will stay out until their demands are met. The officers of the company will hold a conference with them (Ills evening nnd It Is thought that the demands of the strlkets will be granted. TERSE TELEGRAMS It Is announced at Herlin In a dis patch Horn Pott Aitliur thnt cholera Is sprendlng In Mnuchurla and that the mentality rate Is veiy gtcnt Out of 3l)ii cases nt Inkati IU4 wero fntnl. A very heavy rain, amounting at An thony almost to a cloudburst, fell ovor ten counties In central Kansaa July 7. It will delay hat vest to n gieater or less extent Mlnlug operators of Michigan met In Bay City Monday and presented an ultimatum to tho miners, notifying them llo scale agieed upon at Saginaw must be ni'c opted at onco If at all. ' Four nnd seventy-five hundredths Incites, of rain fell July 7 In Webster City. la. Boone river and yh.J.te F.ox, Lyon 'and 'lJrow'ors rteCks aio fully a foot lilglir than at atty iicvfeiua time this year. Hoboken, the elty'a eastern auljurb, la badly flooded. NEBRASKA NEWS Bitv of Information Convoyed by Telegraph. A WOMAN'S STRANGE HALLUCINATION Think She I Cullc.t to Outlier nil der mic in together nml Tnke Them Hack to the rutherlicnif Mr. United Sui'i eeiln lltotlmuil. Wllhelmlna Klett, a (icrntnn woman, aged seventy-sK, residing near Itha ca, Neb , wns taken before the examin ing board at Walton and adjudged in sane. The tinioituntite old lady Is Inbotlng under the hallucination that she Is the second wife of the etnpetor of (Seiniany nnd has been delegated by the Lord to look niter her people in this country nnd gather them together for the purpose of inking them all back to the fatheiland. Mrs H. C Itussell has been appoint ed by the bondsmen of her tlet eased husband to take chat go of the post office nt Schuylei In the place tecently inittle vacant by his death Some doen or mote applicants have been men tioned for the uppolntmont to the pluco. piomlnent ninong them being Cnpt. i: II Phelps. 1). C Mcl.cod and Unity Woods It was Colonel Rus sell's last teiiticst that Mis Ituysrll be plated In charge until the dep.il Uncut takes some action The bodj ot Alf Auileison, n faun hand, was found In Logan ttcek neat Hani loft Nob, last night The belief Is that he commuted sub ide the night ot the Pom tit. bv jumping tiotit the bildge and tliowning TAKE THRILLING RIDE KIiIh Itlde l)on Mi ep C.rmle on n 1 1 it ml Cur. The four small sons of C It II jit's had a thtllllug tide on a hatul-iat down the dalcim nairow gauge ex tension of the ltutlington at (ialeua S. I) They ran onto the mr while out on the toad, unci alter much eflott, got It onto the track. The guttle Is veiy steep, being often as high us G and S per cent, and the car was soon going at n terrific speed One boy tolled off the side and down n twenty-foot bank Into a c.eek. Another Jumped off be hind when he became alarmed, nud was severely bruised on the ties. The other two beiame nfrald to Jump. The car soon stittck a sliatp curve, and, leaving the rails, Jumped t leaf actoss the small creek nnd plowed its way Into the hill beontl befote stopping. The boys stayed on nnd escaped in Jury. It so hnppenetl that the line was clear and a collision was avoided, although several pedestrians narrow ly escaped being hit by the car. which wns making sixty milrs nn hour. DAMAGE IN WESTERN IOWA Crop nml Itnllrnnd Property Suffer Oreutlj. A Council muffs. In., dispute li saya: Damage to railroad property and crops will undoubtedly be great In western Iowa us a result of an almost continuous rain during the past seventy-two hours. Itnllrontlt rut ks nre under water In doens of places and hardly any trains have gone out of this city townrd the east. The Illinois Central, the Hock Island nnd the Northwestern tracks ate washed out In many places. Uetween Missouri Valley and Logan 1.000 feet of trmk Is out nnd near Uattle Clock a train stands In the country with washouts on either side. The damage to cio'H on nc count of rain has not been equalled l.i twenty yents GETS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Iteanlt or .lentle Morrlaou' llitnl 1 rial nt F.lilonulo, Jessie Morrison, tonvicted June 118 of murder In the second degree for killing Mrs. Olln Castle, at the latter's home In Eldorado. Kan., In June, 1900, by cutting her tin oat with a ra.or, was Tuesday sentenced to twenty-five yeais In the penitentiary. Motion for a new trial waa overruled. Miss Morrison, who has gone thiough three trlnls. took the sen tence with little show of demonstra tion. The casp will be appealed to the state supreme court. At her second trlnl Miss Moirlson was given but five years. Will tCentnre lUten As a result of n conferein e of the traffic men of the western i cutis held in Chicago the grain rates Horn Kan sas City to Chicago, which have been in n demoralized condition for some time, will probably be lestoictl All the western ronds nre npparently now in a frame of mind favorable to restor ing the old rate before the heavy ship ments of the new crop. The old rates It Is expected will be restored by Au gust 1 1 I H .t 1 1 T Notel rhe Oitmo. S. Kuser. an emplove of n Canton, ') , steel tooting plant, nud H. Mloch, of Wiitsaw, llussla. have ntnde four moves In n chess game which Is ex pect oil to last five jcats The game Is being played by letter and it lequlres about foutteen days for n letter to pass between Canton nnd Wnisaw. The men uie plnylng for a pi Up of $,",000 offered by Chniles Itosenbluoi, who is related to both of t'pni. IiiiIkc Wh Siiilflnun The trial of Ft uuk A. Andiews, for mer vIcp piesldent of the v locked City Savings bank, begnn at Detiolt Tuesday morning nnd had not bee,n In progiess very lobg befoio It was tlmr aetetlsred by a sensation. Judge Min ph,y dismissed the entire panel of juiors' called frtr the Jnnuary term, stating us his reason Unit ho jtnd re ceived ''oertnttr litfotmntlon a"ffectlng, the members of the jury suihtnohed."' Willie nothing was said as to thtrna ttire of thin iHtdrriintlon, It Is suimlsed that the couit hail reference to An drews' former eloso political nsso i lutes. TOO MUCH MOISTURE I' tin fill l'tccM4lvu. it nil 1 rop surtVrlnif In t'onneiinenro The weekly bulletin of July 8 by Mr Loveland. of the Nebraska nop and climate section of the United States weather buteau, tells u plain tale of too much moistuie Crops of nil kinds nre already damaged nnd al though the harm Is not bell net! to be serious as yet, still tellef must cotnti soon tiont the Moods or else tluaurst vest cannot hope to come up toTarly expectations A .sutumuiy of the bul letin follows: The (nut week has been cool and wet, with I ess than the normal amount of sunshine. Tho dally mean tempera ture has uveiaged 'J degtees below thu normal. The rainfall vvus above normal throughout the eastern portion of tho state and quite generally ex 'ceded i Inches, while In a lew Instant es It ex ceeded (! Inches. In the western patt of the state the ralnlall was generally light The continued heavy tains In tho , southeastern counties have been 1111-1 favorable lot ciop Interests Ctops of all kinds on lowlands have been In Juted by water. Harvesting has been seriously delayed and considerable damage has lesulted to ilpe but uncut wheat, the early cut vvhe.it Is sprout ing in the shock, anil comparatively little has been sUekeil Oats have made a very rani: gtovvtb. anil in stitne ijouthrnstein counties ate lodging bad 1 Coin has grown talrly well and although small. Is in n healthy and promising condition, cultivation has bee n delayed nnd some coi nllebls are weedy Potatoes promise a large ctop. y but in a lew place-si re coniinenclng to lot GREAT OIL AND GAS FIND lllill'l None 'Ink en for Vnl mlc Hrtip linn It Kiplulneil Orit exc itcMiicut has been caused at ! , .s.i, In the Indian Teultory. ow ing to the dlsroveiy by surveor.s wot king iioi th ot that place ot crai ks in the fides of mounds, as though from great pleasure underneath (las is (Mapiug 1 1 out the llssuies and a tontlnuul hissing and touring tan he hpard On the extreme top of the highest hill thete has been a small vnlmno nt wotk, raising up latge boulders and towing them aaiele. I'peits stnte that it Is a gieat oil and gas field and that ptessure from a great elepth has caused the commo tion. The inhabitants of TuN.i are be coming nervous over the state of af I ai is I'lillin in sleeperH on Mltvinrl I'aclllr A new Innovation was Introduced by the Missouri Pacific leading out of Lincoln. July 1st. that of adding Pull man Heepets This inauguration will be highly appi "elated by Kansas City and tliiougb pnssengers. The train leaves Lincoln at 10.01 p. m. and ac tives In Knnsas City at 0 : ()." a m passengets having the privilege of re maining In the car until 7::i0 If they so desire Berths nnd reservntlons can be had by addressing F. D. Cornell, passenger nnd ticket agent, 103D O stteet, Lincoln. l)UiKre on Minor Point. The agreement regarding thp Phil ippines which a committee of cardi nals proposes for the signature of Gov. Tail and the Vatican have been sub mitted to the pope, who has approved It. It is expected the ngreentent will be dellveted to Tnft Thursday or Fri day of this week. The catdlnals ellffer with Tatt only on minor points, chiefly regarding the withdrawal of the f riais from the Islands Frttnllljr Follow Slid hie. Aroused by the odor of gas, Herman Stover broke down the door of a fel low boarder at a hotel In Chicago The out-rushing gas was ignited from a burner in the hall and an explosion followed, probably fatally Injuring Stover. John GuntlerHon, who occu pied the room was dead In bed, evi dently having committed suicide. I.liicteu Tree Demi. Linden Trie, the celebrated stallion given by the Sultan of Turkey to Gen eral Grant, and by him given to Gen eral L. W. Colby, died at General Col by's homo place at llentrlce, Neb., Tuesday, of old age. He was even thirty years old. and being a pine bred Arabian, wus full of ginger to the last. Sign Final lleeree Vice Chancellor Kmery Tuesday, at Newark, N. J., signed the final decree by which the assets of the Spirits Dis tilling company, recently dissolved, passes to the directors of the Distill ing Company of Anietlta. THE NEWS CONDENSED July corn toadied 90 cenU at Chi cago Tuesday. Hugh Glnsgow. of Oelell, Nob., a dep uty oil inspector, has been asked to resign. Ills stlo Is displeasing. All Jews have been prohibited from settling in Manchitiia, or even travel ing through tho province except with special suppoit, which Is almost Im possible to obtain Pioseeutlng Attorney C Ossen ton of Fayette county, West Vltginiu, was in Charleston, W. Va . July 7 to see Governor White to nscettaln If something could be done to check the federal officers In the enrol cement or Injunctions Ossenton teports a reign of tenor In the mining dlstilct. At Roxbury, Mass.. Heibeit Hill, nged twenty-one shot nnd Instantly killed his sister nnd ptobnblv fatally wounded his mother Running fiom the house ho boarded a ttolley enr tor Boston, but was eaptiuod by tho police. The general session of the nntionV educational association convention be gan TttesUuy afternoon at Minneapolis In the bis poliventlon hull It la ost'l-. mated that tho opening was uttended by 12.000.dfliutes, nnd rwvv arrivals wero pouring In on every train. Ptosl ilent nrndshear Is sick, and Vice-President Green, of Trenton, N. ,i ,e. aided. i i i i V rf, 4. -tf.