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t l V'- BLUt ON BENDER Cloudburst at Marysvllle, Kas., . Causes Flood. RIVER RISES SIXTEEN FEET fijwn Itaalf It Deluged ft ml Mm Ho' limit l'l(lod Willi Walor--Trnik on IJiilitn I'rtriflo Wimheri (iil"ttlier Nnwl of w (limrrnt Niitiiro. A Marynvlllo, Kim , Aug. '.'.", dispatch ntyH A cloinllitirHt ntruck In tills vi cinity early today, causing tho Dli; Mini tlvcr to rlsn filxtecu feel within n f-w hours nml h (.Milling n rcnl (looil of wnlnr down tho hottoniH alu ig thnt hi I (Min, Many Inhabitants lit 1'ic low tanda were driven from their home huiI heavy damage to properly was ilono One death hy drowning Is re pot I oil. MaryBvllle was deliiRed and the bot (ihiih were tilled with water from ten to llflccn feet dcei. Fifty houses wero liliiiost entirely HtilinietKeil, their In uidteii taking refuge In trees and on housetops. Hnventy-flve persons were rem'tind In boats. The Btorm washed out. tho ti:i"liii on the Blue Valley lir.iuch of the nlon Pnclllo for several mlli'rt and wlticd out telegraph nml lelephono wires, cutting tho town off from outside communication till late in the day. Tonight tho river Is fall tin;, although farms for miles nrouud will ho iiiuler water for n-veral days. Hiiiith of liero, at tho town of Blue ltitplilH, the liluo river rone to within tt few Inchco of the highest point of tho Juno rise, causing much damage. MARKED ADVANCE. Mtioiial Weiitlmr lliiremi Iteport Corn In lletter Hlinpn. The national weather hureau's week ly nummary of crop conditions, issued Tm'H.lay, Auntist 25, says: "'Po'rtloim or tho, south Atlantic stntes perlenccd hovvy rains, while the Ohio valley, the greater part of Texas and tho Itoeky mountain ami Pacific, coast, districts are suffering from drought. Theie was some damage In the northern portion of the middle Atlantic. Btutcs hy 1 ocal storms on the 19rh. On tho whole, the corn crop has made fitvornhlo progress, csiieclally over tho cimtral nnd western portions of the corn bolt, the most decided advance be ing reported ,frora Nebraska and Knn ww In tho upper Ohio valley corn Is wittering seriously for rain which is also needed In portions of Illinois and Missouri and much of tho crop In Iowa wilt suffer iiuleau rain falls soon. Tho reports Indicate that early corn will be Hafo from frost by September 15 to October 1, and late corn from October l4o0ctolier 15. .JUiiuslder.-ihli spring wheat remalnB to lie cut In North Dakotn. but har vuKlhigM practically flnlnshed else whore In the spring wiient region. In Hoitthorn Minnesota much grain In Hliot'k i3 damp In South Dakota, Ne lir.iska and Kansas the weather has linen highly favorablo for stacking nnd thrashing. Harvesting is nearly lln iiilied in Oregon, and advancing rapidly in Vaaulngtnu, the grain being of su perior quality. Cotton has suffered materially from AiMvy rains and Inck of sun shlno over .t largo part of tho centrnl and eastern districts. liU plowing has progressed under favorable conditions, ecopt in tho Ohio valley ami centrnl iKirtlons of tho Mississippi valley where the soil is too dry. Director Goorgo A. I jo vein ml of the nUto university weather hurenii has tunned the weekly crop report for tho woek ending August 25: Tho past week has een wnrm and dry, Tho mean dally tempcrnturo has averaged three degrees above normal v in eastern counties nnd six degrees Kliove in western. in a few centrnl and south central counties the rainfall ranged from ono tialt ot an inch: in other counties only light, scattered showers occorred. with genernlly leas than p, quarter of nn Inch. Tho high temperature unrt light rain fall ot the past week have been ex ceedingly favorablo for tho growth of corn, ns well as for the advancement of threshing, stacking and inylug. In thi) countle of heaviest rainfall work WHfi delayed the 'first hnlf of the week liytho rnlnB and some flight damage reunited to. grain tn shock. Stacking .....t llirAalilnir from shock aro now nearly completed in tho southern , untitles. Corn has grown rapidly and hH Improved In condition. It Is earing wull and now promises Hie best It has tlilh ftenson. A. little early corn Is be ginning to harden In southern coun ties, considerable coru lll lt safe from injury hy frost by September 15, tint much corn will require until Oc tober 1, and soino of the latest Holds will noed two or three wentts of Oc tober to mature. Fall plowing has progressed nicely with the foil In ex cidlout condition. Pasture continue guild Tho third crop of nlfulfa is be ing ut. Woolen Mill Will Wot. I Is estimnted'lnat inoic than 20,000 employes of tho American Woolen company, Huston, Mum., will ho idle noxt week, owing to tb closing down of a. number ot mills, Nclnvnli'A Hnliirjr, .Tii.hw E. H. Unry, chairman of the crc'iitlve committee if the nltcd Mates Stoel coriwnillon has Issued tlM following BU'iraoit: "I know of no annngement or understanding for the return of Mr Schwab to the presl deiu y of the corporV.1011. I think his gwicral doaiio Is t3 fa'ly and perma nently regain his t.vil U It hna been ulllridtiy htatod tout. Iili salnry was KiO.OOU per annum ..ud that In addi tion ho received son; jIUIuk out of the liouiu fund, the samo at other otllcers. Thcso Klntomoivts, ll'. i till other om wil iiitteinViiti, can h ru'led upon " FUSION IS EFFECTED.. " . . f Ndintftlta DeinorriiUntiil l'iiulliil. 'Bin i Hajua Aton, Hf.7P,W Court Justice J. J. Sulli van. University Regents' . A. Jones and Dr. I J. 0. Weber. Tho drmocrnts at Columbus and the populists nt Grand Islund, named the same men for supreme Judge and ro gentH In their conventions held Tues day, August 25. Tho democrats named Judge Loomls of Fremont ns temporary chalrmnn, who spoko at longth of tho funda mental principles of democracy. H. W. Hlslcy of Grand Island wns named for secretary. When there wnB a cull for Bryan tho latter suggested tho convention hear from Mathew Myvall of Ithaca, N. Y., to speak as an eastern democrat. Ho was a young man, evidently fresh from Cornell, u fluent spenkcr, and urged the fact that tho democrats of tho country have their eyes on Nebraska for reasons generally known in view of conventions hardly six months off. Ills reference to tho hnmeful treat ment of General Miles, whom he eulo gized, wns loudly ceerml. After a recess of hnlf an hour tho resolutions committee reported a plat form. It reaffirmed tho platform of tho KuiiHns City convention In the fewest words posolble and condemned tho asset currency plan and further legislation along tho lino ot tho Ald rlch bill. Thcso were tho only references to national Issues. Among otlior planks was one de manding that tho judiciary bo kept free from partisan bins and undue In fluence of Bpcclnl nnd corporate Inter ests. It commended tho record of Judgo Sullivan an an embodiment ot high character. It arraigned tho stale administration for cxtravaganco and burdening the stuto with an Immense floating debt, Tho platform was adopted without discussion. Nebraska populists In'stato conven tion declared for fusion. It referred to next year's convention a resolution in dorsing tho Denver manifesto. After nominating Judgo John J. Sul livan of Columbus for supreme court justice, tho populists engaged in a de bate over tho question of notifying the democratic convention at Columbus ot what had been done. Then It nomi nated by acclamation two candidates for regents Prof. William A. Jones ot Hastings and Dr. E. O. Weber of Val paraiso. Tho resolutions adopted declared na tional Issues aro not Involved In this campaign. RELIANCE AGAIN WINS. American am! KnglUti Yacuti Have an Kicltlnr Kara. Tho second race for tho America's sup was soiled Tuesday, August 25, tho vessels' sailing over a triangular course, ten miles to tho leg. Tho Reliance crossed tho lino a winner by tho close margin of ono minuto nndnlnctecn seconds. Tho weather was hazy and the boats wero for a long tlmo invlslblo to tho great crowd watching from shore. When they emerged from tho thick hazo for the homo run It was seen that ono boat was leading slightly, but no ono could Identify her. Thero wns Intense Bitspcnso nnd excitement aB they drew nearer and u little later when It was seen that the Ilcllanco was leading the Americans wero on tho nnxlous Beat until they saw tho gallant defender dash across tho lino in front of tho pretty craft that camo over tho sea to battle for the cup. A scene of Indescribable enthusiasm fol lowed. All sorts of craft turned their whistles loose, bands played and tho cheers of tho multitude wero drowned. Captain Darr outgeneraled his rival, Captain Wrlnge, nt the outset, tho American being a quarter of a mile to windward of tho British boat. Ex perts said Shamrock's handling was amateurish. At all events the Ameri can was off under decidedly favoring conditions. GIVES HALF FORTUNE AWAY. Mail i r Much Wraith Dlvlilfi Million Among llelatlve. A Norwich. Conn., August 25, dis patch says: Stephen H. Itonth of Chi cago lias divided half of his wealth among relatives In this city, the gifts aggregating about a million dollars. Those who are to benefit by the dis tribution nro Mrs. Elizabeth Itanilall, a widowed sister of Mr. Koath, $250, 000; Mrs. M. E. Jodsan, Mrs. Henry H. Motion, Henry F. Parker, all of thla city; Mrs. Harvey Walker, rUooklyn, N. Y nnd Gerald L. Parker of Cincin nati, ()., children of Mrs. Henry L. Parker, another sister, each to receive 150,000; Edward lloath, a nephew, $250,000, nnd Frauk lloath, brother, $250,000. Mr. lloath, half a century ago, wan employed by tho Norwich & Worcester Hnllroad company In this city, but wns attracted to tho west, where he finally settled In Chicago. Ho became very wealthy, but continued to spend his summers here. Ho Is now soventy-flvo years ot ago and a BUfferer from loco motor ataxia. Mr. lloath", in an inter view, said ho desired to see to what uso his relntlvcH would put tho money and that It had been given uucondl tlonally. NEWS IN BRIEF. Danville, HI. Winifred Baker, said to liavo been ono ot the leaders in tho riot, was convicted of assault with In tent to kill Sheriff Whltlock. Ho wns given an Indotermlnnto sentence, which means from ono to fourteon years, at tho discretion .of tho board of pardons. Madrid Tho report published in the United States by a news ngency that n plot ngalnst tho life of King AlfonBO had been discovered at Huesca is offi cially declared to be absolutely unfounded HALE MILLION LOSS Council Bluffs, Iowa. Catches a Terrific Storm. GETS SIX INCHES OF RAIN. Hat Two C'tiiiiilliiiroU Within Twenty four Hoiiri, ami I'ropiirtr WhkIifiI Auar-Tralu Truffle Tletl Up-- New of llnnt'rnl Nature. A Council muffs, In., August 20, dis patch says: Two cloudbursts, one this afternoon tho other tonight, destroyed hundreds of thousaifds of dollars' worth of property in this city. Hun dreds of families In the lower districts of the city were removed from their homes with dllllculty. Mnuy htislncbs houses were Hooded nnd the totnl lops In tills city alone is now estimated nt easily half a million dollars. The rain fall hero for the twenty-four hours ending at midnight will amount to six Inches, The Northwestern rnllrond Is not running a train in or out of the dty Grove and Hattle Creek mncmfwp.n nnd reports wushoutH between Idn Grovo and Hattle Creek, In., nnd be tween Mapleton nnd Cnslann. In. The Hock Island nnd Milwaukee are both tied up and not running trains either in or out of tills city. UcjiortB from twenty-five Miuthwest oi n Iowa points shew the full of rain has been tho heavlrat ovir tinnwn over so large nn nron nnd the dnm nge to tho corn crop cannot be esti mated. In Omaha the precipitation rrnchrd over two Inches In three hourr nnd flooded n number of places of busi ness. Several streets were curb full at one time, nnd wooden pavements wero washed from a number of streets. Hnscments and cellais Buffered over the entire city. Farms wero flooded In the country districts nnd great damage done to un threshed wheat. TO PROSECUTE GOMPERS. Action Wilt Ho Taken A oil nut lllni fur Advocutlnc lloTcott. Samuel Gompers, president of the American federation of labor, is o be called into court for his ndvocmy of tho employment by trades unions of tho boycott. The American anti-boycott association, which is organized to protect manufacturers which it con siders discriminated against by labor unions, has taken up tho matter. The attention of tho officers of the associ ation has been called to a letter writ ten hy President Gompers In which he threatened to order a boycott of tho products of a paving brick company of Chicago. This letter Is believed to furnish the basis for an action ngalnst tho president of the national labor body, and counsel for the anti-boycott association has been ordered to pro ceed legally against Gompers. LOSS HALF MILLION. Khimki Couutlm Huril lilt by Tiientl.ij'ii Clouilliiirnt. The damage to farms in Nemaha and Marshall counties, Kansas, by Tuesday's cloudburst Is greater than at first estimated, and now Is placed at $500,000. Great quantities of hay, wheat and oats In stack, desldes wheat and corn In bins, were swept away, while many farmers lost all their cat tle and hogs, according to reports brought In from the lloded district. Iluslnes 1b at a standstill at Frankfort. Dozens of bridges are out and wire communication with mo&t of the flooded points is still Interrupted. The Vermillion river fell ten feet In twenty-four hours. Youth MetB Watnrr Death. Clyde Hlle, a youth of eighteen, was drowned In the river a mile from the vlllngo of Cairo, Neb., Wednesday. Hlle went out to the river to take a Bwlm with two friends. Art Dyo ami another companion. They sny that while they were disporting themselves in tho water Clyde suddenly gave a cry and sank beneath the water. They tried to reach him but could not. Alarmed, they sped to the vHngc and secured help. Joe Hancock, with others, dived after the body. Hancock finally secured it. It was then too late. Hlle waB the son of n widow, the youngest of a largo family In poor financial circumstances. 1'arkn Scut to I'rlnnn, Sam Parks, business agent for house smith's nnd brldgemen's union, lias been sentenced to not less than two yenrs and six months nor more than threo years and bIx months la Sing Sing on a charge of extortion. Parks wns convicted of extortion in having taken $200 from Josephus Plenty, a Hoboken contractor, to call off a strike. Threo other Indictments on similar charges aro waiting action. Kills lllnmcir. Wayne MeCloud, a San Francisco newspaper man, blew out his brains Tuesday night nt tho time Bet for s wedding to Miss Matthews. Tho guests had assembled and the lovers wero on tho walk near tho house, when Me Cloud drew a revolver and fired. In sanity is helloved to have prompted tho deed. Nuw llrother Drown. The body of Joseph F. Johnson, a young ranchman who lived with his brother fifteen miles southeast of Long Pine, Neb., wns found among the rushes nt the bottom of a small pond near their house. Johnson had gotto Into the pond to bathe in the evening. He waa taken with cramps, but owing to the thickness of tho undergrowth, Ills brother could not effect his rescue. His bod ywlll bo shipped to Mnrcon county, Iowu, wlicro his nged mother lives. Ho had made arrangements to start on a visit to her soon. PERISHES IN CANYON. ! Ytrrii Nt-hriMl I. lid 1'oihiiI lleail at -Moiilli of n t'liu, Clans Christiansen, u lad of 12 or 13 years of nge. residing about' ten mlie.i west of Callaway, Neb., was found dead by his mother tho other evening. The lad was herding cattle lti the can yons for a neighbor, nnd ns he failed to return home for dinner as waa his custom, a search was Instituted hy his mother nnd neighbors, which culmin ated In the above result. It appeals that the lad had been hired hy Atigtif't Jaeger, a well to do farmer nnd stockman, to herd his cattlo for him. and In so doing ho was assisted only by ills favorite dog. While t!. cattlo would graze tne noy nnu (cog Vcre In tho habit of hunting UirdfU the canyons uml hills for coyotes, bad gers, rabbits, etc., and It Is supped was doing tills when lie met his deta. When found only Ills, feet were fcr& trudlng from a hole into which he'lia crawled and the earth about which had caved In on htm. 1 1 It is thought that the dog liadrun sonic animal Into the hole, when Jie hoy attempted to cinwl In nndlbrfng It out. and in so doing jarred thojearth above which caused It to cave ltiuopn him, cither smashing him or s nib t hir ing him to death. fr K When found In the middle of the af ternoon putrefaction had set ln nd tho accident must have happened! iu tho early morning. ROOT HAS RESIGNED C TciitlfiM l(rlcnatlnn to 1'retlJent 'faf t to Hmreril It Int. $'jj An Oyster Hay, August 25 dispaich snys: Secretary Hoot under datojof August 19 presented his tesbjnr.tlon formally to the president. TttVjeitg nntlon was accepted by tho president with the understanding that Mr. Soot continue ns sectetary of war-?m.tj( at least January 1. GovernorGefcrat William Tuft of the PlilllppIries.Swlll succeed Mr. Hoot as eeeretaryowar. President lloosevelt today h jjlhor ized the following statements 7 "The president sumo mpntfago tendered the secretaryship of r to Judge Taft and at thut tlme'Jit'Vls ar ranged that he would succeed fecre lary Hoot. Secretary Hoot vMl get out oi omce some time in jnuy ana Judgo Taft will assume thfe duties ot tho office shor rtly afterward." ' Itfiintte.l. I 1 A 4-year-old baby girl, jwltlfllpretty pink cheeks and laughing" bli eyes, has caused a reunion of her fa'Jier and mother In Norfolk, Neb J of M- they had been apart on accountlot Amestic Infelicity for many weeks. Jleveral months ago Charles Nordwlg wdnaped tho little girl from Sioui y, and brought her to his parents bare. Hia wife folowed and little' MrJtel waa taken Into court. The parent agreed to forget tho past, but rs. Jfordwlg changed her mind, went, toMer par ents and began suit for dlyorm. Inno cent little Mabel wanted to stf"papa." Ho came to her and she refiiifd to let him go. She loved him. and sjle loved her mother and for her sakefthe two began life over again and "nil go to housekeeping in Norfolk,, jj ' 'f Knocked Off l'latfornj. Judge Carroll U Wood, )I the Ar kansas Bitprmo court, who Ufopposing Governor Davis for i tJlrd term, knowked Governor Davis otja speaks in fTutnml four feet to til eround. durlnc tho debate at Blsrufrk, Ark.,' Wednesday. Governor 'DavK was not hurt and friends proyenial further trouble. Judgo Wood was Immediately arrested on a charge ot ifeault and battery. Governor Dav aj publicly asked Judgo Wood quefltloife and be fore they could be fully rulwered in terrupted with moro q'ues tins, which so angered Judge WocdJ that he knocked Governor Davtf tim the plat form. Later tho matter 'f3 adjusted nn.l .Tudce Wood return; to Little Hock. JS llnlflh Citiln lllH Three firemen wero'TiVilbusly over- como and several otfeen fiillghtly aN footed by smoke from fl In the hold of tho Dutch bark Arafat flnm In New York harbor Wednesia) ,'iThe vessel wns loaded with casojpll.jfrhe firemen were overcome ns soon allhey entered the hold and they werejescued with, difficulty, the rescuing eman being affected by the smoke, Mit less 86rl- ...,,.!,. rni, (,,..-, flro KnBliwnrft unable to subdue the flamesjan'ltyhe hark was tnwnii to Jersey iiau wm buuk kT Connected bf Telegraph. A dispatch from Dawpn says: Cap tain Nesmith. who js li.flfcharge of Fort Egbert, nunounccsjftht Withe lost link connecting Seattle and Jt. Michaels by telegraph is complete TMeBsages are now forwarded to Norfkiiy mall. Thla marks the Aiuerlcaa: government's great Alaskan lantJWfeystem. The drouth Is broken.Tivqlweeks of rain will save hundreds nfj thousands ot dollars this year to JjUyora, . mF v lrapliiB OaJ wiiiin rniirnnil men werp encased In trying to place a derailed freight car on tho track near tho union station, St. l)uls, early Monday, a torch was acci dentally brought In contact with a brustcd pipe from which gas was es caping, resulting in an explosion that will probably cause tho death of En gineer Houquett and seriously Injured Switchmen J. Hardin and B. J. Hunt HERE AND THERE Berlin The body of Count von Bau dlssln, an army ofllcer of Berlin, wns drawn out or tho river at Hamburg. Tho count had shot himself and then Jumped Into the water because of un requited love. South Norwnlk, Conn. The schoon er Willie. L. Newton of Bangor, Mo.! capsized off Norwalk light during Btorm Wcduesday night nml the crew, believed to number seven men, was drowned. One body has been recovered, IS ASSASSINATED I . American Vice-Corisul Shot by Subjects of Sultan. UNITED STATES. NOTIFIED ii Prompt 1'un nhiiiont 61 Offender De manded of Turkish Baler, anil War lilp4 Wilt ho Hen till He KefuKet to Coniplj. -Victim I W. C. MacolUeu of illnunota A Washington, At 'tat 27, dispatch Bays: The state dc ftrtment has re colved a cablegram , from Minister Lelschman at Constantinople an nouncing that Willlim C. Magelssen, United States vice onBtil nt Beirut, Syria, was assassinated yesterday while riding in n engage. Tho American minister Immediately brought the crime ti.tho attention .of the government ant demanded action by Turkey. Secretary Loomls today cabled Min ister lelschman Inst uctlng him to de mand the Immediate arrest and pun ishment of tho persons guilty of the crime. No demand for money Indemnity for the man's fanlly tins yet been made, but that probably will follow. Ma gelssen was appointed from Minne sota. Admiral Cotton, commanding the European squadron, has been cabled by tho navy department to havo his vessels in readiness; to move to Beirut, which Is on the eastern Bhoro of tho Mediterranean sea, in case the do mands ot the United States govern ment upon tho Turkish government are not complied with. Tho Brooklyn and the San Francisco are at Vllle Franche and the Machlas Is at Genoa. Magelssen, who is a Scandinavian, was appointed vice consul at Beirut September 30, 1899, by Consul Gabriel Ble Rftvudal, who is of tho same na tionality. At the time of IiIb appoint ment as vice consul he was a consular cleric in Turkey. Magelssen was appointed on the rec ommendation of Senator Nelson of Minnesota, who says he was the son of a prominent Lutheran minister. He was born at Bratsburr Fillmore coun ty, Minnesota. COMPANY NEEDS WATER. An Injunction It Catulasr Canal Con panj Trouble near Culbertnon. The Farmers Canal company of Culberteon flnda Itaclf In a peculiar situation as tho result of an injunc tion and Is unable to get water from tho Frenchman river for irrigation purposes. The company was recently enjoined by the McCook Canal com pany from taking water from the river until it. tho McCook company, had secured Its share. The McCook com pany had a prior water right and the Farmer company is situated- above them on the river. Above tho Farm ers' Canal company ditch are the ditches of the Riverside and Krotter canal companies and they use the water so that tle river is not able to supply enough for tho Farmero" canal when tho McCook ditch is closed. Tho Farmers' company has priority over the Rlversldo ahd Krotter, companies and has filed a complaint against them with the secretary of state board ot Irrigation. Under the present circum stances the Riverside and Krotter companies use tho water most of the. time and when they do let it down the McQook company wants it and compels the Farmers' company to keep its headgates 'closed. A Washington, August 27, dispatch says: Secretary Hitchcock of the in terior department today announced his intention of having a thorough and impartial investigation made Into all Irregularities in Indian territory. This announcement was made in response to $. requost from the Daweo commission, which relates that tho re sult of years of unremitting toll Is' threatened by fanatical reports and questionable' journalism. They tirgo that there be assigned to the work ot Investigation one whose reputation for honesty, ability and fearlessness is well established, and 'hose findings will he tjinlversally accepted, i Tho following 1b tho text of Secre tary Hitchcock's reply to the' request of the Dawc commission: j "Replying to your telegram request ing that an immediate and searching Investigation ho instituted with refer once to tho integrity of your work and your fidelity to duty In connection with your official position as members of the Dawes, commission, bog to, In- rr!MniK-tiiat vour request has been nntlcipatd aid Hhat arranguiitHe-U5 in progress which will be consnm- mated vith the least .possible delay." I Milwaukee. Win. The national fra ternal congrcis bus voted to meet noxt year in St. Iiuis. Edwin A. Wood of Flint. Mich., was elected supreme com mander of t.o Knights of the Royal Ottatd. Boston Tli3 reorganization of the Norcro-s Bros, company, which re cently assigned, with liabilities of $2, 000.000 was Thursday assented to by Judge Brown, tho assets to bo trans ferred from tho receivers to the rcor gnuizaijou committee. i New York The board of conciliation provided for by the anthrnclto strike commission met August 25 behind closed doors. Carroll D. Wright met with the board for tho first time as umphd. Several matters on which th3 board fulled to reach an ngreement were wbmit.ed to Mr. Wright. . . - . i CREsllUS BREAKS RECORD (inllnnt notler I.ounm Iili (Inn vlou!le,ril on llnlf-Mllo Trae Pro- 0 August 27, dispatch says: llshcd mile t scct.3 this afternoon estab- lew mile recortl on n half- it, tloing the mllo In 2:08?4. Ketchu Ins owner, drove hlmj Cresccu was paced by Mike TI'J Tramp. tven by Dr. A. Scott Ives ot Montrenl urn hy a eteam automobile driven 1M it. Denzer. This was an experinv it and Its utility remains to bo den castrated. Tho runner was nlongsld anil the automobile to tho rear. It he back stretch on tho llwt half tin chauffeur crowded up and Ketchun , could bo heard at tho dlsy ' i-iauuL4J dolling hltn to keep off. n. Tho t no by quarts 32,i:u'P4 1:304, 2 (8. The p viouR record f.QV.i was mado by Crctoeus at Kal kr8 City two years ag) a & It io b sieved ho woulfllbavq trotted the mile uday in 2:07 lip it nut been for a cl ise hitch bike, liiv itch' nearly caused h a to break tA'Ifc f! 1 K CHIN ft'S MONEYSYSTEM. fi k a Not a' 1'aVor of t it Franco ail Ilusul media ; CbiiiIKe to) Or Ml Mtaadnrd. ikli The retort of the FrhtiehlconimlB- slon appointed to confer (with tb!n United States monetary i; change comV mlsslonora Ins bee ridaUvered to Am-1-1 bassador Porter. ItcMi'.a!ris u note from Foreign MlnlstcrilDolcasse say ing Franco Is not prepartljtb express binding conclusions unttl she has con sulted wit! the Othqrg po'Wcrs. Tho reports endorse the priirple of a gold standard for China atfl otter silver using countries, but it (points out that the plan (s positive wily under ju dicious control of theKnlnage by tho government and the &i cation of nit adequate i ;old reserve; . cml-oIllclal advices fn in Russia iad cate that M16 Russian cc amission lias made similar '. conclusion i. Franco khrt-HussIa con sider It pitferable to establish u uni form syste a in Chlnajjbyfecglnnlng on a silver b ids and afte 'Wards raising It to a fixat gold vail, tfc'nn to begin, on a gold itapdard infmedlately. fii Arm Hurned bjwt Molina Vic Newcomer, a KtMrant :eepcr at Osccolal Neb., wis (badly -.ntrned while trying to fix fa gasoline stovo that was (not burn&igproperly. A quantity q( the gasAl'ne was spilled and part of it got onfrTewcomcr's arm. It suddenly ignited aic he was so bad ly burnedjthat he llloot have tbs uso ot his inn for 8om3itfme. t ffi I.oit In Colorado Btorm. A dlspauH from Colorado says that the wife of Senator tloorge W. Hall ot Iowa Cityilowa, ant! daughter, Edith, were caurfat in abt uurd on James' peak glacitr and lost tilr way in tho blinding bbow. The$ wandered for two hours anf Mrs. Batl.fttiad collapsed when dlscevered. Sceiwas carried to a settler's difficulty. cabin ana reiuscltatcd with m tin HERE AN,p;HERE Springfield, IlI.-fThej first military .-HUM nn tififoryj ot wedding in the hltory; ot Camp Lin coln occurred Tmts4by night at 8 o'clock, yhen Enieai Harkness, a member of the GdeilMin Lund ot De catur, tho Fourthrt'.'irtocnt bnntl, nnd Miss Elizabeth ChlppflShdnlo of Monti cello, were marrleii 'Rov. Mr. Shep herd, the regtmentat afiaplain, ofllclat ing In the presence Of the regiment and a number of; :ltfeens. The pro cession headed hi (company M, and tho band, with tngragimental colors, marched from Cole del Tanner's quar ters to tho bnndfia'vlllon, where tho ceremony was perfotmed. Governor Yates gave the brldHaway. His staff wero present at tMMci'rcmony. Colorado SprIqColo. The Tellu rido Reduction cMQJVtuy has conveyed its Colorado mllltho General Metal company of News! -i been organized n representing proa tallsts. Manager the Tollurjde Reaction company's plant, tendored kif jeslgnatlon. C. D. Groves, superlnUrHnnt, has been ap pointed to Bucciculnlilm. Springfield, IB. -jSovernor Yates has pardoned JohnS dftlnly, convicted of murder n 1890MI Massac county anil Bontoncol to n;ity;nlne years In tho' , Chester, penitenrirr. On May 2, 189ti." Benjamin Laddflwiprised Lemly, Ed ward Lynn antfiawoman in his pas ture. H ordereH.the.m off, and Lemly drew a ruvolvef aaal killed Ladd. Lem ly Is at the pojdt of death. Now York A stlKirotigh inspection ot tho battlcshjp'fMncsnchusettR at tho navy yard BhoreAjghat thero aro flvn breaks In thoJuhtf's bottom but all coraparatIvelyfclt, tho largest be ing about two aM one-half feet by three inches. 1'fym damage sustained by Btrlklng Bfirfck, near Bar Har bor, is comnoratiMly trivial. SprinFfleTd;e,li.J. II. Ross, super-. intendent oft iMflHenubllc Iron anil Steel compaay. ialls in this city, ban resigned andVt .aj esignnnon lias ueen accented. JD t Superintendent warier win ay. nttsus,j ho,.appolnted. Carter will UiCt harge of the works .0 r of Mr. Rosa can Milwaukee WIb. The pronoard uni form bill relating to fraternal beno llclary organizations, ns prepared by the committee on beneficiary fraternal liibtiratico of the International insur ance commissioners), was conBldored Wednesday by the national iu&urance J commLssiouers. , St. Paul. Minn. Great Western trains' will enter Council DlufTs next Tuesday for tho first time, and within a nior.Hi temporary service will be es tablished into Omaha overtao new connection on which crow have been at work for two years. . . ... Ind'annpolis, Ind. Before adjou iurtiif inner tng no presidents of seven nati building trades unions Issued a call to tho hrger building trades unions of tho country to send three representa tives each to tho conference to be held beta October S. It Is hoped nt thla meeting to effect tho formation of national federation of bulldfug trad Da ttm liK n, which has just ffpharles S. Finney, iSlent eastern capl BB'W. Fullerton. of n f V