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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1908)
The Chief E. B. DoWOLF, Publisher RED CLOUD, NEBR. Efforts aro being mafl 'n London la further tho emigration of British worn en to South Africa. Mmc. Jcanno Marnl lies Just won tho Chaucunrd prize given by tho Bocloto des Gens do Lett res of France. Alfrod Sodcrman of Worcester, Mass., lias succeeded In growing po tatoes and tomatoo on the snmo vino. Tho schools of London uro to have foghorns, but not, It may b, as n symbol of tho pedagogy of old Kng laad. It Is proposed to build a medical col lego at Lucknow ns a memorial of the visit of tho princo of Wales in 1905, at a cost at $1,250,000. One nolntTin" favor of the dlrectolro sown is tho fact that It could not pos sibly bo as bad ns somo of Uic Imag inative artists picture it. Sweden is Rending to tho United States for somo of her rons who have forsaken her and hnvo mado a succcsh of carccra in UiIh country. In order to keep tip tho supply ol billiard ballH Bovcral hundred olc phnnts havo to bo killed every year. Billiards Is an expensive game. Japan's now primu minister say hlB ono aim will bo to preserve tho world's peace, but thus far he has not ordered tho Japanese navy to sink itself. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr, havo a second son. The outlook for that youngster is brighter than it la for tho second sou of the king ol Spain. Tho Pan-American idea continues to And favor. Tho president has ap pointed nlno delegates to tho Pan American scientific congress, to bo held in Santiago, Chile, In December. A WilkcBbarro Judgo has an nounced thnt debts for bhcath gowns aro uucollcctablo In his court. It Is a poor stylo that cannot chronicle Its own pecu'lar foolishness at tho start-off. Wu Ting-Fang has eight ancient rules which nssuro n person that ho caa llvo for 300 years. Tho rules must be tho limit of unbearabloness, or somebody would have tested them by this titno. A co-educational collcgo In Ohio is reported to havo been responsible for 10,000 weddings during Its career of CO years. This looks as If tho co-educational system is not us bad ns homo persons say it Is. Tests of rolnforced concreto barges and pontoons havo been conducted by tho Italian government since 1807, and tho results havo been so gratifying that several mora of tho strange con structions havo been ordered. Tho EnglUh papers havo combined to boycott tho woid suffrngotto. They dlscovorcd that Its uho was no assur ance that a circulation solicitor wouldn't get a panful of dishwater whero ho had been counting on u kind ly welcome John Ruskln piopoaed old-ngo pen sions more than CO years ngo. In his lectures at Manchester in 1857 on "Tho Political Economy of Art" he pleaded for pensions to "soldiers of the plowsharo us well as soldiers ot tho sword." A Chicago profesfeor predicts that English will bo among tho dead Inn euoges in tho year 4000. However, when it is considered that tho lan guage has been pretty well used nnd abused without showing tho weat most persons aro sangulno enough to hope thnt it will llo n little longer. Who donles that tho world Is grow Ing bettor? asks tho Omaha Hoc. A man has been sentenced to soven years in prison at Gohlllcld, Nov., for selling fnko mining stock. Life Is go , Ing to loso somo of Its attractiveness In tho wost if it Is mndo a crime to flcoco a tenderfoot by tho mining stock game. Ono want begets nnother. The harvest is uncommonly big this year, and tho demand for agricultural Imple ments Is on n corresponding scnlo. In somo quarters tho announcement is that all records havo been broken. Such activity means busy times and lots ot work in tho manufactories oi mowers and reapers nnd other up-to-dato machinery for farmers. "Vodka" bottles in Russia carry the Imperial caglo on tho labels the "vodka" trado is n government mo nopolybut a commission of tho Duma, appointed to consider tho drink evil, has lately recommended that tho caglo bo removed from tho lnbol. and a skull nnd crossboues bo put In Its placo, with npproprlato warnings against tho ueo of tho poison. It looks as though tho potato bug, Ilko tho elm treo beetlo, tho cotton boll weevil and tho wicked Ilea, which havo on their bucks lesser crltlorH to bite 'em, la going to got his. Farmers In Maine, which Is a big potato stnte, are rojoleliig over tho alleged dis covery of n parasite which Is oxter initiating tho potato bug. That In sect has been for muny eain ono or tho scourges of tho eountiy, Infest lng every region where tubers nro raised, ir tho paraslto proves to bo all that is claimed tho days of tho po tato bus are numbered, e POINTERS STATE NEW8 AND NOTE3 IN CON DENSED FORM. THEPRESS. PULPIT AND PUBLIC What Is Going on Here and There That Is of Interest to hte Read ers Throughout Nebraska. Tho vlllago of Oralg w:il hold a corn carnival September 10 and 10. A personal liberty league was or ganized In Nebraska City last week. Tho Nebraska City ehautauqua lasted ton days- nnd netted ?C00 to tho munngers. Arrangements nro hetng perfected for n big pure food show In Omaha In Novcmbc r. M. C. Springer of Lincoln Is to ask North Platto for a franchise to operate u gas plutiL Tho farmers over this section of the state, nays n Cnmbrtdgo dispatch, uro complaining about helr corn crop, which is being largely destroyed by ii worm. Tho management of the Gage Coun ty Agricultural society Is making ox tcnslvo preparations for tho county fnlr to bo held In Beatrice at the driving park September 21 to 20. Sheriff Bockwlth left for Roswcll. N. M., where ho goes to take charge of Ralph N'pltnan, n fugltlvo from justice, charged with shooting Kmll Snndoso south of Rushvlllo on July 3, 1908, nnd who died two days later. Thu 8-year-old son of August Wlsch nick of Cortlnnd was killed by tho ac cidental discharge of a shot mm In the hands of a brothor only 10 years old. Tho boys were out hunting, when In some manner the gun was discharged. C. M. Schneider and son of York havo mado nn assignment of their stock of dry goods and groceries for tho benefit of their creditors C. A. Mc Cloud president of tho Fanners Na tional bank of thnt city bus been mimed ns thu assignee. At Guide Rock tho Crary Mercan tile company's store was entered nnd caHh, Jowolry and other things taken. At Spires' shoe store a window glass was removed and a $5 pair of shoes and srmo cash, In nil about $10 woith, was stolen. At n meeting of tr.e executive com mit too of tho Omuhn branch of the Missouri river congress a resolution wns passed expressing n preference for early January as the tlmu for hold ing tho next meeting of the congress, which will bo at Yankton. Prof. W. L. French of tno depart ment of agriculture In tho Peru state normal, haB resigned to accept n po sition as manngor of a large agricul tural and llo stock Intel esti; near Kansns City. His placo will not be lllled nt Peru until March or April. With nn cniollmeut of 191 and probabilities of reaching the 200 mark, tho Podgo County T-Michers In stitute nt Fremont bus broken the stuto record. Tho Instructors arc enthusiastic over tho success of the Institute, freely complimenting the teachers on tho enthusiasm displayed. Edward Hlckotts, n tramp, entered some cam occupied by Graek section men nt work for tho Missouri Pacific vallvvny in Nebraska City nnd broke open a number of their trunks. They caught the thief and nearly bent him to denth before ho was rescued and placed in Jail to await his tilal. Just when about to bo married in tho oftico of tho county Judge at Grand Island. Miss Sadie Hodgson and Mr. Everett Allen, of Cairo, re ceived n rudo shock. A telephone message indirectly from the father of the bride, entered protest on the as sertion that tho grcoin was not of ngo. Tho marriage wus postponed. Thu cereal mills nt Nebraska City nre Installing new nuichlneiy in their packing department, nnd In the futuro all goods will bo put up in sealed a'r tight tin packages. This Is done to pi event peevlls from gernilnntlng In any of their products. All of t'-o machinery belongs1 to a new patent piocess which Is Just out. 011,0 family nt Guide Rock has live generations now living. The lino of descent Is tho elder Mrs. Montgomery, now 90, her sou, William Mont gomery; hit; daughter, Mrs. Sheeley; her daughter, Mrs. Maude Hlatt, to whom a llttlo girl was born last week. All aro Guide Rock people, hut tho two last named now reside in Kear ney. August Mischnlck, n prominent fnrmer llvlug at Cortland, who was taken in by a matrimonial bureau nt Indianapolis, Ind., sonio time ngo to tho tuno of $1,400, last week tocured a license to wed Miss Louise Kncss. In his tlrst matrimonial venture, Mischnlck went to Iudlannpolls, where ho found his Intended In jail. Ho se cured her release and married her, Mischnlck and bride camo to Gage county to live nnd a tew weeks after their arrival In Nebraska Hho desert ed him with her mother and money. Although tho railroads have as yet failed to announro nny reduced rates to tho stnte fair at Lincoln, they nro making big preparations for linudllng n largo crowd. The dato of tho fair l.i August 28 to September 3. Tho Hinlliigtou road has m ranged for twenty-live special trains to ncconi moduto tho peoplo riding along tho lines of that syBtom. Tobacco raising In N htihl;n has been demonstrated to bo a practical possibility by Jpuso (oldster ef Chapmnn, who htu raised a crop or nn flno tobacco as could ho found mow-here. NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTCO. Items of Greater or Lesser Impor tance Over the State. Drown county has a political orator In the person of a thirteen-year-old girl. A pioneers' association for Cuming county has been organized nt that point Tho Fullertnn chnutnucpia this jear was tho most successful over held there. The Chautauqua tent at Pawnee City was wrecked by storm. The loss Is $750. The Cass County old settlers' picnic wns laregly attended. Gov. Sheldon mndo nn nddress, Fred France of York county was badly gored by a vicious cow. Ho was nearly cxhauctod when icscucd. Mr. nnd Mrs, O. Yockcy, pioneer residents of Gage county, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Lightning stnrted n bad pralrlo flro north of Cronkston, which raged sev eral days before It wns under control. A oung man named Bryan was ar rested nt Arcadia for bootlegging, lie will bo tried at tho next term ot court. The Seventh Hay Advenllsts in Ne braska will hold their annual camp meeting nt Hastings, commencing August 27. Jnmes Mnrtln (colored), a trusted ompolyeo, swindled a Nebraska City firm out or $000. Ho paid back $400 mid lift the town. F. L. Zlegler, a traveling man out ot Lincoln, attempted suicide at Hold rpge by taking laudanum. Physicians saved him by heroic work. Fii.il II, the Heatriee horre driven by Fred Rabare, won flist place In the 2:10 pace at Coffcyvllle, Kns. The race was for a $1,000 purse. Charles Hagen, who was killed by a freight train on tho Omaha rallioad about three miles soulh of Blair was 41 years old nnd a baker by trade. Tin state railway commission has compiled n set of figures, giving as Its guess that railio.ul legislation has re sulted In u saving to the state of over $0,000,000. Tho management of the Gage coun ty agricultural society la making ex tensive preparations for the fair, to bo held nt tho driving park Septem ber 21 to 20. A final quietus has been put to the proposition to have Merrick county bulM a big drainage cnnal at Clarks, tho County Hoard of Supervisors hav ing refused to mnkc any nppropilation for catrylng on tha work. Tho l'i-year-old daughter of John Meeher llvlug ten miles northeast of Lindsay, drank tho contents of a bot tle of fly killer which had been knocked to tho lloor In the wash room and died a few hours later. The Otoe Canning company has be gun packing corn. The pack tills year does not piomlse ns large as that of last year, because of the high water during the mouth of Juno and tho cold weather In the Bprlng. The Morton-Gregson Packing com pany at Nebraska City has closed down ItB plant for lojnlrs and Govern ments fnsppctors Hugh E. Hervoy and M. Johnson have been transferred to Kansas City, nnd Dr. B. O. Hull to St. LouIr. During a thunder storm at Prague the bam of V. J. Fninn. containing threo horses, wns struck by lightning nnd burned to tho ground. The same storm killed six head of cattle belong ing to Frank Kornuda and destroyed somo stacks of wheat. Tho Merrick County Agricultural sc. cloty wns given Biibstantlnl encourage nient when tho County Hoard of Su pervisors met and voted an appropri ation of $150 for the annual county Talr which the association holds at Clarks In September. John 11. Reed, who was arrested at Wymore and bound over to tho dis trict court on n chnrgo of bootlegging, escaped from the oincors. Ho nsked to see his family before being taken to jail, nnd whllo tho ofllcors waited at the front door of his homo, Reed escaped through the back door. Tho York flro department Is now equipped with a flue team of horses, to be used on the now chemical onglno recently purchased by tho city coun cil, which arrived last week. At tho Inst meeting or tho city council tho city hall was ordered to bo remodelled so ns to accommodato tho new onglno and provide sultablo loom for tho horses. Joseph Cutrler, a tramp, who In company with L. E. Truscott, was stealing a ildo on a Rock Island box car loaded with Iron tubing, wns badly crushed In tho yards nt Beatrice. In switching tho engine struck tho car pushing the tubing to tho cud in which tho men were riding, Currlor was so badly Injured Internally that he may not survive. Thomas F. Costollo, ex-Union Pacific conductor, has filed u suit nt Grand Island for damages in tho sum or $20, 000, making the Union Pacific tho de fondant, nnd alleges that ho was per manently Injured by n i en rend colli sion in Omaha, In 1901. Whllo his train was puling Into that city on tho down grade another frolght crnshod Into tho rear or his train. When the rural mall carrier drove to tho water tank of Alex Fnrrls, near Murray, In Cass county, to wa ter his team, he was surprised to find tho llttlo 2-year-old child of tho family In tho tank doad, having accidentally fallen In and di owned. Railroads from tho east of Omaha havo decided to reduce tho oil rates from the enet to Omaha between 3 and 4 cents per hundred pounds. Tho rnllioadii maintain that although this cuts quite n figure In their reveuues, tho reduction was made on their own volition and will affect a largo vo'iuno of buslncsu. NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Ben efit of Our Readers. Miscellaneous. Tho Missouri board of railroad com mlssloners has ordered an Inspection of the Santa Fe tracks out of Kan sas City. Two hogs were recently sold at Klrknvllle, Mo., for $2,000 each. Tho average price for the entire lot of 50 was $200 per head. It was announced nt Republican headquarters In New York that the conference of President Roosevelt with party leaders at Oyster Hay re sulted In the Indorsement of Gov Hughes or Now York for renomlnatlon. Tho government's petition for a re hearing by the United States court of appeals of the casu against the Stan dard Oil company has been tiled nt Chicago. The government attorneys ngree that if the Interpretation of the lnw stands ns decided by the appeal Judges, successful prosecution of re bate cases against corporations would bo impossible In the future. Just four dayi before the annual Talr was to bo held at Mexico, Mo., all the mal. buildings on the grounds were totally destroyed by fire. Incen diarism is suspected. A suit ior $25,000 damages has been filed by an employe against a Louis ville rug manufneturer. Tho employe alleges that ho contracted tuberculo. sis while working In the factory. The Illinois mllltnry authorities hnvo turned over to the civil otllcers the task of keeping order In Spring field. Only one regiment of troops rc mnins in the city. William J. Bryan fired tho opening gun in the Democratic natlonnl cam paign In Des Moines, la., where he discussed the question of the tariff before a largo audience. Tho little town or Bow, near Belling ham, Wash., was nearly wiped out the other day by u forest fire. Nearly $10,000,000 are involved in two contracts recently signed In New York, providing for a sewer system and paving In Havana, Cuba. The flubcommltteo of the National Monetnry commission has completed Kb labors In England and separated, some returning home and others visit ing the continent. Tho Indiana miners now on strike have been advised by their national president, T. L. Lewis, to return to work immediately. Thirteen men were dangerously In jured, six of them probably fatally, In the lower Detroit river when a charge of dynamite exploded under the drill vessel Destroyer on which they were at work. Klnscy Crow, a mine operator in tho Jopllu district, was thrown out of a tub and fell 130 feet to the liottom or n shaft and wns Instantly killed. His rather and brothers witnessed tho accident. Tho farmers who live along tho Smoky Hill river in Kansas havo formed an association for thu purposo of getting the legislature to remove obstructions In the stream which causo flood. Threo severe oarthquako shocks oc curred In northern California recent ly. At Eurokn more thnn 100 chim neys wero knocked down and much plato glass and crockery were broken. No fntalltles were reported. Tho Natlonnl Editorial association In session nt St. Paul has adjourned nfter Bolectlng Seattle, Wash., as tho next place of meeting. Will II. Halns of Brownwood, Texas, was elected president. Tho Pennsylvania pure rood law has been declnred unconstitutional. It Is believed that not a single one ot the 70 mluers entombed by an ex plosion In a coal mine at Wlgan, Eiir., will bo taken out alive. An nppllcntion ror the appointment or a receiver ror tho Indlanola Con tracting company, ot which Gov. Has kell Is president nnd owner or tho ma jority or the stock, has been filed In tho rederal court at Muskogee, Ok. The team ot motorists which piloted the American car to victory In tho r.ico from Now York to Paris wero re ceived by President Roosovell at Saga moro Hill. Tho president compli mented them on their victory. The request of tho Kansas City grand Jury that it bo allowed to open tho primary ballot boxes has been de nied by Judge Walleco, who declared that under tho present law tho hon esty of the ballot was sacrificed in protecting tho secrecy of It. Pcaco having apparently been re stored at Springfield, 111., the authori ties have turned their attention to fix ing tho responsibility for tho threo days or mob rule In tho city. A grand Jury has been summoned nnd moro than 200 arrests have been mado ot alleged rioters. Tho Baldwin dirigible balloon has been formally transferred to the gov ernment nt Fort Myer. President Castro of Venezuela has caused n sensntlon In diplomatic cir cles by refusing to permit tho Bra zilian minister to take chargo of French Interest In Venezuela. Threo persons wero killed, two fatal ly Injured and a number of others bad ly hurt as the result of the blowing up of tho steamer l.eoland on Carp lake, near Traverse City, Mich. A general strike of tho Brotherhood ot Tailors has beou ordered in New York. An Incipient race wnr was started at Holton, Kan., when a negro at tacked a Kansas City traveling man. The negro wns pursued by n largo crowd but managed to make his es cape. Two carloads or beer wero selcd by government pure tcod ngents nt Junction City, Kan., on thu ground of misbranding. The beer wan bald to contain nearly I per cent of alcohol Instead of Vi per cent as printed on tho labels. Tho Harris mineral springs, north of Centrall.i, Mo., a health nnd pleas ure resoit, has been purchased by Kansas City parties, who will erect a modern hotel on tho property. Gov. Folk has granted the usual 30 day respite to Albert Fllloy, sentenced to be hanged In Caldwell couuty, Mo., to Sept ember 21. At Neosho, Mo,, a live wire foil upon Oranlne Weaver and a 10-year-old girl named Meadows. Weaver was almost Instantly killed and the girl's life Is despnlred of. The receivers ror, tho New Yoifc City Railway company report n deficit for the nine mouths ending Juno 30 last of SG.OOO.Out). Condition.-! at Springfield, 111., havo assumed such a satisfactory aspect that two leglmcnts of mllllla are con sidered enough to control the situation. Fleice fores-1 fires nro reported to be devastating the timber region of Vancouver Island. Half a million people assembled at Sydney, X. S. W., to welcome the American battleship licet upon their arrival from Xew Zealand. The fleet arrived on schedule time In perfect alignment. The machinists on nil the Gould lines have voted In favor of a striko In sympathy with the Denver & Rio Grande machinists. Another effort will be made to settle the trouble be fore a strike Is called. The last formal ceremony attendlnr. the official launching of the Republi can national ticket was held at Utlca, X. Y when Representative James S. Sherman was tendered and accepted the nomination of his party for thu vico presidency. Mrs. Ida Spooner, n widow of Fough kocpslo. X. Y., while temporarily In sane, gave her four children morphine and then attempted to shoot hersel. Ono child Is dead und two nro in a dangerous condition. Tho turbine steamer Lusltanla mado the last run from Queenstown to Now York In four days and 15 hours, break ing all records for the trans-Atlantic voyage by nearly fourjiours. An aver age speed of 25.03 k'nots was main tained for thu entire distance. Senntor Newlands of Nevada has proposed to his Republican opponent that their candidacy be submitted to a vote of tho entire people ot the stato nt the next general election. E. W. Chatln, Prohibition candidate for president, expresses the belief that Chicago Is hi danger of the same state of rioting as was experienced Spring field, sooner or later. The race war In Springfield, 111., has quieted down to such an extent that Gov. Deneen has ordered two regi ments of the milltln to return to their homes. Personal. John V. Farwell, multi-millionaire nnd a prominent figure In many re ligious movements, is dead in Chicago, aged S3 jears. P. C. Ayers, president or tho First National bank of Coffeyville. Kan., dropped dead at Stonewall, Col., a summer resort, whero ho was spending a vacation with a number of friends. Gov. John A. Johnson was re-noml-nated for governor of Minnesota by tho Democratic state convention nfter a demonstration which hi3ted for C4 minutes. Tho executive's declaration that he would not run ngain was to tally Ignored by the delegates. Rev. J. E. Moore or Columbus, Ohio, has been elected superintendent ot the Missouri Antl-Salcon league to succeed U. G. Robinson who resigned. Eugene W. Challn was formnlly notified of his nomination ns tho Pro hlbltlon candidate for president nt Chi cago. In his speech or acceptance Mr. Chatln scored both tho old parties ror tholr standing on tho liquor question. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the government bureau or chemistry, Is to preside over the International pure rood congress nt Geneva, Switzerland, In September. Herbert S. Hadley or Missouri made tho opening address or the second an nual meeting or tho National Organ! zatlon or Attorneys Goncral at Den ver. His subject wan "The Results ol Anti-Trust Litigation." Dr. Henry Hopkins, ex-president ol Williams college nt Wllllamstown, Mnss., and lor many years pastor of tho First Congregational church In Kansas City, Is dead or pneumonia In Rotterdam, Holland. A celebration In honor of tho retire mont of Rear Admiral Evans from ac tive service in tho navy wns held at Lake Mohonk on tho olflcers' Blxty second birthday. A silver loving cup was ono or tho girts or his friends nnd admirers. Georgo R. Estabrook, for years a member of the Iowa Stato Republican committee, is dead nt his homo In Mnrshnlltown. Senator Warner of Missouri is re ported to bo having tho time of his lire touring Now England In an auto mobile. A corporation Is being formed to control the 153 coal mines In southern lllluols which supply St. Louis and East St. louls. An Increnso or 10 to 15 per cent In tho prlco ot coal Is predicted. Tho pope is again reported 111 and all audiences hnvo been suspended. BURNS WINS THE DOUT. Squires, the Australian, Beaten In Thirteenth Round. "Tommy" Burns, tho chumplnti heavyweight pugllBt, ugaln detailed "Bill" Squires, the Australian, nt Sid ney, N. S. W Monday, knockfrig him out in tho thirteenth round of n fast battle which was witnessed by 20,000 peo,de, nmong them lnr dreds of sailors from tho Amoricai, battleships now in tho harbor. The betting was C to I against Squires when ho entered Win ilia pitched In tho big stadium which had been erected at Hirshcuttpro Bay for the fight and faced Harry Nathan, the referee He received nn ovation from his countrymen on his appearance. Bums followed him into tho ring and was received with cheers. The sun Lent down fiercely on tho o;on ring nnd Burns winning tho tons, choso tho northwest corner. In the eailler part of tho bnttlo the comhatpnts seemed ovenly matched, the Australian holJIng his own, and when the gong sounded an Into a the twelfth round, Burns wns de cidedly groggy and staggered to his seat. In tho thirteenth, however, Burns came up utrnng and opened the lighting with a terrific right swing that grazed tho Ausrallan's chin Tho men fell into a clinch aud ax they broUe, BurnB planted a half-urm bloxr near the point of Squlros' chin, send ing him to the floor. It took tho Aus tralian nine seconds to recover and as ho arose, groggy, Burnj put hlni down again with a short uppercut. Tho releree had counted elfiht he lore he wns able to rlso and then Bwaylng on his feel he landed a light right on Burns' ribs. Tko American cooly awaited nn opening and when It came clipped the Australian n right hander on the chin that sont him down and out. Tho referee counted Squlros out mi his second threw up the Bponge. ROBS THE TOURISTS. Lone Bandit Operates In Yellowstone Park. One highwayman, wearing a black mask, hell up and robbed tho pu stngero of r.even stage conches In Yellow stono pary Monday uiorulng nr a point only a few miles distant from tho Old Faithful Inn, near tho upper basin. Tho coaches left the hotel In the usual order, at lntorvals of a few minutes, and were held up one nfter the other, ns fast vat they came In sight. Tho highwayman was sta tioned at a bend In tho road where ho wns invisible from either direction. At tho point of a rlflo ho lined up the passengers nnd ufter relloving them of money and valuable.! allowed them to enter tho stago aud resume their journey. This performance the bandit enacted seven times. It I understood from tho accounts ie ccivod of the ufTalr that he collected in all more than $2,000 iu cash, drafts worth $10,000 and other paper and transportation, besiden a rich haul in watches and jewelry. GERMAN AMBASSADOR DIES. Baron Speck Von Sternberg Yields to Long Continued Malady. Baron Speck von Sternberg, tho Gcrmnn ambassador to tho United States, died In the Hotel Victoria. Ileidelburg, Germany, about midnight Sunday night. Tho baroness, who was Miss Lillian May Langham of Louisville, Ky., was with her husband at the end. They had be-on visiting in Germany since May. Tho Gorman ambassador, personally nnd ofllclally, was ono of tho most popular nnd highly esteemed members of the diplomatic corps In Washing ton. Whllo a resident of tuo Amer ican capital bo became Intimately as sociated with a coterie of prominent men iu civil and ofncial lire, of whom President Roosevelt, Assistant Secre tary of State Adeo and Olffonl Pin chot, chief of the forestry department, wero three. They wero together much of tho time. Tho lmmodlnte cause of Baron von Sternberg's denth wns inflammation or tho lungs. GOOD CONDITIONS ON ISTHMUS. President Roosevelt Pleased With Findings of Committee. President Roosevelt hns mado pub lic a report submitted to him by a special commission regarding condi tions In Panama. That tho president is pleased with tho report la shown in n letter which ho sont to each membor of the commission on Frlda. and the president has had a copy of tho Teport mailed to Col. Goothals requesting that tho recommendations mado by tho commission bo put In immediate effect bo far ns possible. Tho commission reports thnt it In spected the entlro lino of tho canol excavation from La Been, Uio south ern or Pacific terminus, to Cristobal, tho northern or Carrlbean terminus, and traveled through tho excavation several times, lntorviowlug tho man nt work. Indicating tho scopo of tho inspection tho commission reports thnt it visited tho government work shops, construction plants, warehouses, courts, police stations nnd tho con. valescent homo nt Tabogn. Men Given an Ovation. There was a grand rovlow at noon Monday In Centennial park. Sidney, N. s. W., In which COO won of tho Royal navy, 3,000 men or U Amer ican fleot, 7,000 or tho navni and mllltnry forces or New South Wnlos aud 4,000 endcto took part. It wnn tho largest ceremonial purado nvor witnessed In Sidney, Tho yaat nat ural amphitheatre wob flllod with more than 100,000 spco'atnr.i. The men on parade ansvvcrod tho choor. or the crowd by "oyes right." The men of the Amerlcau licet wero given an ovation aa thoy marched pnat.