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Count do Cassini , now ambassador to
the United States and mentioned .as
the possible successor of Count Mura-
vleff , late foreign minister of Russia ,
Is one of the two great Russians now
In the public eye. The other is the
Grand Duke Alexis , the highest rankIng -
Ing military officer of any nation now
represented In the far east. Count de
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Cassini js at Washington and the
grand duke at Pekln or trying to get
there. Both are warm friends of the
United States. The grand duke.brother
of the czar , Is high admiral of the
Russian fleet in the Yellow Sea or at
Port Arthur.
Alexis was loafing one day at Kiel ,
where the United States-steamship-Co
lumbia rode the waters. Turning to an
American captain he said : "I'm glad
you Americans are rebuilding your
fleet Twice In my career I have heard
the project of capturing one or two of
your great cities and holding them
for ransom deliberately discussed by
officers of European fleets whose coun
tries had hard work to make ends
meet. I once made'a sensation when ,
after listening to a conversation of this
kind , in which the officers of four dif
ferent fleets took part. I said , 'Gen
tlemen , the United States and Russia
are friends. Should y she be unjustly
attacked Russia would help to see that
the wrong be righted. ' Ah. I can't tell
you where or who it was. Come over
to the Kurlk ( the Russian flagship ) ,
and have a glass of wine. " Alexis is
the head of all the navy of Russia , a
brave and intelligent man.
The family of the Count de Cassini
were for more than 174 years the di
rectors of the great observatory of
Paris. His immediate family settled
in Russia in the early part of this cen
tury. The members of it were scien
tific , and the present count is the first
of his line to take to politics and di
plomacy rather than the profession of
his ancestors. At the same time few
men in secular life in Europe can
boast his attainments in the way of
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Miss Edith Parker and Miss Hallie
Champlin of the Chicago Country
Club , who won the national women's
tennis championsnip in doubles at
Philadelphia , are the first young wo
men of the West to ever achieve that
honor. Both are expert players , and in
their matches at Philadelphia they
gave- shock to the knowing ones , who
expected Miss Wimers of Washington ,
and Miss McAteer of Pittsburg , to win ,
by defeating them in straight sets ,
running up a score of 9 7 , 6 2 , 6 2 ,
taking the last set and match with
ease. In every match throughout the
tournament in doubles the Chicago
girls won the matches easily. The
only ones to take as much as a set
were Miss Hunlwell and Miss Shaw ,
the women experts of the Longwood
Country Club of Boston , who manag
ed to win in one set of the preliminary
rounds.
Miss Champlin and Miss Parker
have played much together , and in the
western women's championship last
year both took a high place in the
matches , meeting defeat in the semi
final rounds by the team which finally
won the championship.
In singles both have been well to the
front in the matches , but their work
this year has been largely In doubles ,
and their success is attributed to bet
ter team work , the result of good hard
practice on the courts.
This season both will go to Niagara
August 27 , where the international
championships are to be held. This
will be one week before the western
women's championships on the Ken
wood courts , Chicago. They will also
take part In several matches in the
club tournaments this summer. They
will again meet at Niagara , as well as
In the western. Miss Wimers and Miss
McAteer , who won the championship
in singles and who won the western
championship in singles last summer ,
is regarded as one of the fastest play
ers on the courts. Mr. Gardner , the
leader of the tennis contingent of the
Kenwood club , regards her as the best
woman player he ever saw , and pre
dicts that she will win all the events
this year.
J fettr-rboy.
The reservoir of the Grand Rapids
water works gave way last week , let
ting loose about. 100,000,000 gallons of
water. The escaping torrent did dam
age to property to the amount of $200-
000 , and would have cost many people
their lives but for a quick-witted news
boy. He happened to notice early in
the morning a small leak near the
gatehouse , Jumped at the conclusion
that it meant mischief , and rushed off
as rapidly as his legs could carry him
to give the alarm. As a consequence
of his promptness only one person was
fatally injured. The men and women
whose homes were in the track of the
flood ought to see to it that that news
boy gets something more substantial
than a vote of thanks.
I.OVB at Sight.
Sir Claude Macdonald. whose posi
tion in China has brought him into the
public eye , has a touch of the roman
tic in his makeup , which is shown in
the way he chose his wife. The story
goes that he one day saw through a
window Miss Ethel Armstrong , a
daughter of Major Cairns Armstrong ,
of the old Fifteenth Regiment. He did
not know her , but he then and there
resolved to marry her which he did.
scientific and classic knowledge. His
diplomatic work for Russia in the
Orient ranks with that of the best tal
ent in the world. He was the czar's
representative in the complications
which followed the Japanese-Chinese
war , and it was he who secured all the
important concessions to Russia re
cently granted by the Chinese emperor
and the empress dowager.
His reward for these distinguished
services was the embassy to Washing
ton , now considered one of the highest
diplomatic stations by the governments
of Europe. Count de Cassini speaks
seven languages fluently , including a
few Oriental tongues , and is a master
now of English , which he did not
readily speak when first arriving at
Washington. He is a man of far more
liberal views than the 'late Count Mu-
ravieff , and as foreign minister would
be more satisfactory to England than
the man who preceded him. Muravleff
hated England and all English customs
and England hated him.
3at > ethe Mind.
To preserve a sound mind in a sound
body one must , says a doctor in the
July century , observe. the laws of
health with regard to food , exercise ,
and sleep. Few become insane who ,
with sufficient mental occupation ,
daily take two or three hours of vig
orous exercise in the open air , and do
not protract exciting studies or busi
ness far into the night. 'The observ
ance of one day in seven by a com
plete change in subjects of thought ,
and the suspension of modes of activ
ity required for six days , would be
philosophical , even though it had no
basis in religion. " Other foes to san
ity that the doctor mentions are anxi
ety , exaggerated sensitiveness , and the
lack of occupation that great wealth
makes possible. The best prescription
for insomnia dates , he says , from the
time of Solomon : "The sleep of a la
boring man is sweet , whether he eat
little or much ; but the abundance of
the rich will not suffer him to sleep. "
These are old truths that long ago
men grappled to their souls with steel
hooks , but the grapplings have become
weak and it is well to see to it that
they are tightened.
Von K ettler's Marriage.
Baron von Ketteler , the German
minister to Peking , news of whose
murder by Boxers is confirmed , was
the son-in-law of Henry B. Ledyard ,
president of the Michigan Cen
tral railroad. The marriage of
the baron and Miss Maude Led
yard took place in Detroit , Feb. 24 ,
1897. The baron was promoted from
the position of minister to Mexico to
that of minister to China last fall. Be
fore going to China
the baron and bar
oness visited De
troit and spent sev
eral days with their
friends.
The marriage of
the baron and Miss
Ledyard took place
in SS. Peter and
Paul's church , De
troit. It was the
greatest social
event of the winter
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Ledyard was a
Protestant and the
baron a Roman
Catholic , a special
dispensation had to
be procured from
Mgr. Martinelli.The
civil marriage was
Von Ket"er.
first
performed on
the afternoon of Feb. 23 , by Justice
Merritt E. Shindel , at the Ledyard res
idence on Jefferson avenue. At the
church service Bishop Foley , assisted
by Very Reverend Father Schapman ,
S. J. , and Rev. Father Joos , S. J. , offi
ciated. The bride was attended by Miss
Amy McMillan , daughter of Senator
McMillan.and the groom by Herr Adolf
von Bruenning , second secretary to the
German legation at Washington. The
baron and baroness left the same day
for Mexico , where Baron vet Ketteler
was then minister. i
Young West Pointer Pirea Pive Shot ! at
His Sweetheart.
HARTINGTON DRUG STORE ROBBED
Farmer Near Ilumboldt Nearly IOHCH His
lil to In Attempting to Stop 11 Kuimwny
Team of Mulua lllteheil to it Harvest
ing Machine- . ,
Farmer Cut br Sickle.
HUMBOLDT , Neb. . July S. Fred
Swihart , a farmer living several miles
northeast of town , had a narrow es
cape from death the other day.Vliile
working in the harvest field he at
tempted to assist in stopping a fright
ened team of mules attached to a bind
er and was thrown in front of the
sickle. His right arm was caught and
literally cut to pieces , the bone being
cut through in two places above the
elbow. He was dragged thirty feet
before the team could be stopped. It
is feared that he is also injured in
ternally. Fortunately the sickle bar
was broken or the result might have
been more serious.
/Jealousy CauM'H H Shooting. _
WEST POINT. Neb. , July 7. Yester
day afternoon William Hart , a young
man , a'stranger , who has been work
ing around the livery stables of this
place for a few weeks , attempted to
murder Christina Johnson , a young
woman with whom he had been keep
ing company. He fired five shots from
a revolver purchased a few minutes
before the shooting , but failed to hit
her. He was under the influence of
liquor and it is supposed committed
the assault through jealousy , she hav
ing repulsed him. He was immediate
ly placed under arrest.
Kubbera Visit Ilartmgton.
HARTINGTON , Neb. , July 7. Last
night during a performance at the
opera house parties broke into Beste's
drug store through the rear window
and opened the cash register and slot
machine. They succeeded in getting
about $12. There was $ nt ) in the show
case belonging to the Catholic church
for tickets sold which the thieves did
not find. About the same time parties
broke into Postmaster Watson's home
and relieved the hired girl of $13 cash.
IJrtnk Incorporated.
OGALALLA , Neb. . July 8. The Ex
change bank , which has been run dur
ing the past three years by J. W.
Welpton as a private bank , is now in
corporated under the Nebraska laws.
The paid up capital has been increased
from $5.00u to $10,000. The manage
ment of the bank will remain the
same , under tne control of J. W. Welp
ton. who retains 97 per cent of the cap
ital stock , while H. Whelpton owns the
balance.
First Prisoner In Three Yearn.
OSCEOLA , Neb. , July 9. Prank
Frude of Stromsburg was brought before - !
fore Judge Coleman here on the charge
of illegal selling of liquor and was
bound over to the next term of the
district court. He is now in the city |
jail in charge of Sheriff Nuqnist. This
is the first prisoner the present sheriff
has boarded , as" there has been no one
Jn the jail since the sheriff came into j
office three years ago. j
Fair Grounds Are Sold.
WEST POINT , Neb. , July 7. The j
fair grounds in this city , lately the
property of the Cuming County Agri
cultural society , were sold at sheriff's
sale under a decree of foreclosure this
week. The grounds , consisting of
twenty-eight acres of choice lands , to
gether with the spacious exhibition
buildings thereon , wore sold to a
neighboring farmer for $1,775.
Hey Tails oa PI : ket Fence.
TECUMSEH , Neb. . July 8. Ben
Karas , an Elm Creek lad , was walking
on a picket fence Wednesday , when he
fell on one of the pickets. An ugly |
wound was inflicted in his side which }
required half a dozen stitches to draw
together. Fortunately the pickets did
not enter a more vital portion of his
anatomy than the flesh of his side.
Saloon Remonstrance Filed.
MEAD , Neb. , July 7. At the board
meeting held last night to grant sa
loon license a remonstrance was filed
and the hearing set for Tuesday. This
is the second application of H. H.
Reed , the first one having been decided
against him by the district court.
Recover * From fong Fall.
HARTINGTON. Neb. . July 7. Prof.
Winteringer. the balloonist who fell
100 feet from his balloon at Lyons on
the Fourth , was brought here today
and is able to walk.
West Point Sc-ho > 1 Census.
WEST POINT. Neb. , July 7. The
school census of this place has just
been taken and shows a total of 76G I
children of school age in the city , 381 '
of whom are males and 3S5 females.
Hamilton Given Five Years |
WAHOO , Neb. , July 4. Judge Good j
yesterday sentenced Hamilton , the j
man found guilty of complicity in robbing - '
bing Joseph & Grafe's store , to five I
years in the penitentiary. Court adjourned - j
journed until July 12. when Harris , the '
ether arrest in this case , will be tried. '
Klondike-- ; urn Home.
HUMBOLDT. Neb. . July 7. Henry
Bracelen and Rollin Wright , who have
been spending the last year in the
Klondike , arrived horne iast night un
expectedly and will reimrVc for some
time with relatives. Tney" report tlie
Humboldt parties , a company of whom
are operating an extensive claim in
that country , as doing nicely and leap
ing a good harvest. These two young
men do not contemplate returning.
William O'Keefe. another gold seeker
from here , who has been home visiting
his parents for a month , left last night
to resume operations in the famous
gold fields.
GETS CAUGHT IN fRCG.
Accident to Switchman i t Grand
IleMiltH In Dentil.
GRAND ISLAND , Neb. , July S.
While switching in the Union 1'uclttc
yards George Ketcham was run over
ana almost instantly killed , living but
live minutes after the accident. A cir
had just been loaded at the freight du-
pot and was being taken on another
track. Upon arriving at the switcli
a coupling had to be arranged. Ket
cham stepped in in an unusual way ,
ills face toward the coming car and
engine. The coupling was made just
where there was a frog in the tracks.
He happened to step into the same ,
only about an inch where the rails
join. The oncoming car made him
move back , his foot was tight and
when the car struck the foot it whirled
I him about , running down the left side
of the entire body. M ne accident' was
I
I at once known by the other members
' of the crew , one of whom was a brother -
| er of the unfortunate man. He was
; picked tip and was being taken to the
office of the yard master , a few hun
dred feet west , dying on the way. The
! company surgeon was immediately
! called but by the time he arrived Ket-
| cham was dead.
I Kelcham was a young man , about
! twenty years. His father , George
Ketcham , was killed on the road sev
eral years ago. He was a conductor.
While his freight train was pulling
i out of Shelton one night and he was
attempting to board the caboose , he
I slipped and was badly injured. He
j was taken to the hospital at Omaha
j and lived some days but all efforts to
i tide him over the results of the ac
cident were fruitless. Young Ketcham
leaves a widowed mother and four
j brothers , one of whom is also a
switchman , and was at the brother's
side two minutes after the accident
last night.
FLOATER FOUND IN RIVER.
Itody < > f Laboring Man Fished Out Near
Pluttsiiiouth
PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , July 4 Jack
Elliott saw a floater going down the
river this forenoon and when a short
distance below the Burlington bridge
he caught and towed it to shore. He
was about 40 years of age , five feet
eight inches , nandy mustache , stubby
chin whiskers and black hair. He wore
checkered overalls , light colored
striped shirt and No. 7 shoes. In the
pockets were found a blue cotto'n
handkerchief , a silver dollar and a
nickel , safety pin , two padlocks , a
heelplate and a collar button. He was ,
evidently a laboring man. The body
had not beea In rhe wntor lorg and
was not badly decomposed.
Sentence Ko.v to Reformatory
PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , July 4.
Charley Frish , a boy fifteen years of
age , was given a hearing before
County Judge J. E. Douglas on the
charge of incorrlgibility. His moth
er filed the complaint , asking to
have him sent to the reform school ,
as all efforts to keep him at home had
proven fruitless and when she had
found a place for him to work he
would run away. He could not resist
his inclination to place obstructions
on the railroad tracks. On the
strength of the evidence the court de
cided that the best place for the boy
was in the state reformatory , where
he could be properly looked after and
kept out of mischief and h was ac
cordingly sentenced to that institu
tion.
Injured by Cannon Cracker
DAVID CITY , Neb. , July 4. Conrad
Lauaskle , an old soldier , was celebrat
ing the Fourth of July in advance yes
terday evening. He was giving the
boys a lesson in discharging fireworks
and held a large cannon cracker in his
hands while it exploded. His right
hand was almost torn to pieces and
his right leg was badly brtnsed. He
is in a critical condition and fears of
blood poisoning are entertained by his
comrades.
Skull Crashed by a Full.
STERLING , Neb. , July 3. Eugene
Schneider , a carpenter , who has the
contract for building the German Luth
eran church three miles west of town ,
fell from the scaffolding this morning ,
striking hs head on a rock. His skull
was crushed and his body badly
bruised. It is thought that it will not
prove fatal although he had a very
close call from being killed.
l-rSdge Collapses With Teams
NEBRASKA CITY , Neb. , July 4.
By the collapse of a bridge here yes
terday two men , a team and ice wagon
were precipitated to the bottom of
Table creek , a distance of twenty feet.
The men were severely bruised and it
is believed were injured internally.
Will Fire Captured Cannon
GENEVA , Neb. , July 4. Today at 2
p. m. will be fired a number of salutes
from the old Philippine cannon cap
tured by Company Gand brought
home. It is estimated that the largest
crowd ever seen in Geneva will be
present.
Scarlet Fever at David City
DAVID CITY , Neb. , July 4. A well-
developed case of scarlet fever at the
residence of J. F. Albin was reported
yesterday evening by the attending
physician.
School Census at Beatrice
BEATRICE , Neb. , July 5. The
school census for Beatrice , which is
just completed , shows 2,972 of school
age within the city. This is an excess
of 105 over last year.
Rldn Farm of Chicken I > ice
SEWARD , Neb. , July 5. Yester
day morning about 1050 ; Jacob Wes-
terhoff built a fire in his chicken
house in order to smoke out lice and
then went down town. The fire soon
had the chicken house in ashes and ,
then caught the barn , which was entirely -
tirely destroyed before the fire de
partment arrived. A daughter of
Mr. Westerhoff was quite badly
burned in getting their horse out of
the barn and Mrs. J. C. Morgan was so
badly frightened that it was neces
sary to call a doctor.
Democrats Again Place the Nebraokan at
Their Ticket's Head.
VITAL POINTS OP THE PLATFORM
Sixteen to Ono In Given Duo
Ailull K. Stuveition , of HUiioI * , la Nomi
nated for VIcD-Proftlduut by Acclama
tion.
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , July 5. Will
iam Jennings Bryan of Nebraska was
tonight unanimously placed In nomi
nation as the democratic candidatu
for president of the United Stated on
a platform opposing Imperialism , mil
itarism and trusts and specifically de
claring for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
to 1.
The nomination came as the culmi
nation of a frenzied demonstration in
honor of the party leader , lasting
twenty-seven minutes and giving ut
terance to all the pent-up emotion *
of the vast multitude.
It was late this afternoon when the
convention was at last face to face
with the presidential nomination.
Early In the day there had been ted
ious delays to reconcile their differ
ences and present a report. Until this
was ready , the convention managers
beguiled the time by putting forward
speakers of more or less prominence
to keep the vast audience from be
coming too restless.
The first session , beginning at 10
this morning , was entirely fruitless of
results , and it was not until late In
the afternoon , when the second aesnion
had begun that the platform commit
tee was able to report an agreement.
Already Us main features , embodying
the 16 to 1 principle , had become
known to the delegates and there wa
little delay In giving Its unanimous
approval. This removed the last
chance for an open rupture on que -
tions of principle and left the way
clear to the supreme event of the day
the nomination of the presidential
candidate.
The vast auditorium was filled to
its utmost capacity when the moment
arrived for the nomination to bu
made.
When the call of states began for
the purpose of placing candidates In
nomination , Alabama , yielded Its place
at the head of the list to Nebraska
and Oldham of that state made his way
to the platform for the final speech
placing Mr. Bryan's name in nomina
tion for the presidency.
The orator was strong voiced and
entertaining , yet to the waiting dele
gates and spectators there was but
one point to i.is speech , and that was
the glowing peroration which closed
with the name of Williams Jennings
Bryan.
This was the signal for the dem
onstration of the day ana in a common
purpose the great concourse joined in
a tribute of devotion to the party lead
er.
Nominate V.cc-President.
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , July C.Thu
democratic national ticket was com
pleted today by the nomination of Ad
lai E. Stevenson for vice president.
The nomination was made on the first
ballot , state after state joining in the
wild scramble to record their support
of the winning candidate.
The platform adopted says in part
The democratic phitform reiJIirm ;
faith in the Declaration of Independent
and allegiance to the constitution of the
United States framed in harmony thf-re-
with.
It denounces the Porto Rican tariff ij-.v
as a bold and open violation of tit" or
ganic law.
It demands that the promise of in Im
pendence made by the United Stat > tij
Cuba shall be speedily fulfilled.
It demands that a promise sh-ili be
made to the Philippines that those islands
shall also be independent and that they
shall be protected from outside in'frfer-
ence. The present war in the Philip
pines IB branded as a war of criminal
aggression.
The platform does not oppose expan
sion when it takes in desirable territory ,
that may be formed into states of th'j
American union , but it declares that the
question of imperialism has reference t- )
the very existence of the republic- .
The Chicago platform is reaffirm unl
special reiteration made of the prim ipl -
of the free coinage of gold and sIK'-r
at the historic ratio of V to 1.
The people are warned against mi -
tarism.
Private monopolies are declared to lit
indefensible and intolerable.
The public control of trusts : the r * > Mo
ment of bank notes ; election of sf > n-
tors by vote of the people ; establish
ment of a government department of la
bor ; liberal pensions ; control of the Nicaraguan -
caraguan canal by America , and state
hood of Arizona , New Mexico and Okla
homa are advocated.
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty i < ? Con
demned and cordial sympathy for 'ha
Boers expressed.
On imperialism and militarism the plat
form pays in part :
" \Ve condemn and denounce the Ph'lip-
pine policy of the present administra
tion. It has embroiled the republic in an
unnecessary war. sacrificed the live , , of
many of its noblest sons and placed the
United States , previously known and ap
plauded throughout the world as the
champion cf freedom , in the faNe ar.l
un-American position of crushing with
military force the efforts cf our former
allies to achieve liberty and self-sover t-
"The declaration of the r p-ibluan
platform adopted at the Philadelphia
convention held in June. 1500. that the
republican party 'steadfastly adheres rj
the policy announced in the Monroe doc
trine , ' is manifestly insincere andc -
ceptive. This profession is contradicted
by the avowed policy of that party in opposition -
position _ to the spirit of the Monroe doc
trine , to acquire and hold sovereignty
-ver large areas of territory ami larsji
numbers of people in the eastern hemi
sphere.
" \\'f oppose militarism. It means -on-
quest abroad and intimidation and op
pression ? t home , it means th > - str > n <
arm which has ever been fatal to fr e in
stitutions. "
IM.tme the Police.
ST. LOUIS. July 7. The June g and
jury in the final report today fastened
much of the responsibility for the dis
turbances which marked the recent
street railway strike on the police. The
report denounces the police law as
passed by the last legislature and aaya
that it makes possible for the presi
dent of the board to step in and as
sume full authority over the chief of
police. The jurors declare that the
law should make It compulsory for
the mayor to be a member of the
board and to attend the meetings.