A BATTLE IS ON
ENGAGEMENT BEING WAGED AT
DULOE COLOMBIA
HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN SLAIN
Revolutionary Forces Under General
Herrera Meet Government Troops
The Government Loss Is Reported
as Light Rebel Loss Heavy
PANAMA Columbia Aug 2 The
poaco commissioners who left here
July 29 on the British steamer Cana
to visit the revolutionary General
Herrera near Agua Dulce returned
to Panama at noon today They in
formed the representative of the As
sociated Press that they were unable
to fulfill their mission because of a
eovere engagement between the revol
utionary and government forces has
been on Binco the 29th when the
revolutionary forces attacked Agua
Dulce
At 5 oclock the best battalion of the
revolutionary forces attacked the gov
ernment entrenchment with fierce
courage The slaughter of the revolu
tionists Is said to havo been excessive
and barbarous
That same afternoon a white flag
was raised in their camp and they
asked for an armistice during which
they could bury their dead This was
granted The losses of the rebels up
to Wednesday July 30 were reported
at over 200 while the government
forces had eight men killed and eleven
wounded
General Moreno one of the peace
commissioners who returned today
says the entrenchments at Agua Dulce
aro masterpieces of military art
At the expiration of the time of
armistice the engagement recom
menced with the same fierceness
Nine government battalions which
had not taken part in the fight were
still being held in reserve last night
General Salazar governor of Pan
ama has received a letter from Gov
ernor General Moarles Berti saying
ho Is very enthusiastic as to the out
come and hopes he will win a battle
that will decide the matter General
Salazar in turn is doing everything
to help General Berti At 3 p m
today he dispatched further supplies
of provisions and ammunition for
Bertis army at Agua Dulce
DESIRED BURIAL IN OMAHA
Last Wish of Chicago Woman Who
Commits Suicide
DENVER Aug 2 Mrs Julia C
Howell who came here from Chicago
about two weeks ago killed herself by
taking laudanum The suicide was
not discovered until today when her
landlady had Mrs Howells room
opened Mrs Howell was a widow
and said to be a daughter of J S
Howell a Chicago artist She wore
mourning and her gowns were of the
most expensive material and make
An extremely elegant gown she picked
out to be buried in leaving money
with instructions for her burial in
Prospect Hill cemetery Omaha where
she had picked out a lot A note gave
sickness as the cause for the suicide
The coronei has sent the body east
To Build Two Big Steamers
DETROIT Aug 2 At a conference
between president Alexander Mc
Vittie of the Detroit Shipbuilding
company the local branch of the
American Shipbuilding company and
General Manager W C McMillin of
the Detroit Cleveland Navigation
company a final agreement was
reached for the building of two new
side wheel passenger steamers to out
rank in size and capacity any side
W heelers in the world
Bryan in New Jersey
NEW YORK Aug 2 William J
Bryan accompanied by his daughter
Ruth arrived here from New Haven
and departed later for Burlington
N J
Launch Cruiser Des Moines
WASHINGTON Aug 2 The crui
ser Des Moines will be launched at
the Fore River yard Quincy Mass
September 20 Her sponsor will be
Miss Helen West of Des Moines
Baldwin Back from Arctics
HONNINGSVAAG Norway Aug 2
Evelyn B Baldwin the arctic ex
plorer arrived here today He re
ported all his men in good health and
said We have been baffled but not
beaten
Circulation Statement
WASHINGTON D C Aug 2
The monthly circulation statement
issued by the comptroller of the cur
rency shows that at the close busi
ness July 31 1902 the total circulation
of national bank notes was S3539S4
184 an increase for the month of 2
312093 and an increase for the year
of 233I281 The circulation based
on United States- bonds amounted to
31GC147C7 an increase for the month
of 23759aG
TRAIN FOR THE ROAD MAKERS
Great Northern Places Cie at Dispoaal
of Road Commission
train for the road makers aNl m
WASHINGTON Aug L The Great
Northern Railroad company has plac
ed at the disposal of the office of pub
lic road inquiry of the United States
department of agriculture a railroad
train for the purpose of transporting
representatives of the office engineers
road builders and road machinery to
bo used In practical object lessons In
road building Road conventions will
be held at the cities where the train
will stop
The train will start from Chicagc
August 15 and will reach Minneapolis
early in September where demonstra
tions of theoretical and practical road
building will be given at the state fair
grounds during fair week
At the close of the fair the train
will continue westward to the Pacific
coast stopping at the principal cities
en route at each of which practical
demonstrations in good road building
wil be given
NEBRASKA BOY SURRENDERS
F F Nelson of Grand Island Navy De
serter in Indiana
RICHMOND Ind August 1 F F
Nelson one of the thirty boys who
ran away from the training ship near
San Francisco May 7 has surrendered
himself Nelson enlisted in January
as an ordinary landsman and was de
tailed to the ship Pensacola in the
Golden Gate On May 7 he and twenty-nine
other boys were given shore
leave and they missed their boat back
to the island They all feared punish
ment and left San Francisco coming
east Nelson left the gang at Ogden
Utah and fearing to go to his home
at Grand Island Neb where a reward
was offered for his arrest he came on
east in search of employment Tired
of keeping himself hidden and hungry
he gave himself up and the officers
of the war department were notified
last night of his arrest He will be
held until advices are received from
Washington
ENGINEER DIES AT HIS POST
Sacrifices His Own Life to Save the
Lives of Passengers
ELM GROVE Wis August 1 In a
collision here between a passenger
train from Waukesha known as the
Scoot and a westbound freight
train Dennis Connell the engineer of
the passenger train was instantly
killed and the firemant Thomas Cham
berlain badly injured Several of the
passengers of the Waukesha train
were more or less bruised although
none sustained injuries that are con
sidered serious
The accident was caused by the
frieght which had orders to take the
siding at Elm Grove Before it could
be backed up the Scoot hove in
sight Engineer Connell reversed his
lever and applied the air brake but
too late to avoid the crash Connell
died at his post sacrificing his life
to save his train
MANY DIE OF CHOLERA
Disease Spreads Rapidly Through Por
tions of China
ST PETERSBURG August 1 Offi j
cial returns show that cholera is
spreading with terrible rapidity
throughout Manchuria The epidemic
now claims hundreds of victims daily
mostly Chinese but Russians and oth
er Europeans are dying of the disease
At Inku between June 6 and July
18 there were 834 cases and G50 deaths
and at Harbin since the recent out
break 1463 cases and 939 deaths have
been reported At Mukden there were
forty nine deaths out of seventy six
cases in eight days and at Port Ar
thur sixty seven deaths out of 109
cases in eighteen days At Kirtin
there have been about fifty deaths
daily These statistics are given as
samples of the reports which are be
ing received from all sections of Man
churia
SKoots Wife as She Sleeps
KANSAS CITY Mo August 1
Fred Falkenburg a teamster shot and
illed his wife as she lay asleep at their
home at West Argentine a suburb
some time during the night and then
shot himself He cannot recover Jeal
ousy probably was the cause
Hon John D Lyman Dead
EXETER N H August 1 Hon
John D Lyman known throughout the
coantry as a writer upon agricultural
subjects died here today aged 79
years
West is Outdoing Itself
CHICAGO August 1 The monthly
crop report of the Chicago Burlington
Quincy railroad company shows
that in Iowa Nebraska and northern
Kansas the corn is rank and green
but a little late for the season It will
almost certainly -be the largest crop
ever grown in the west Wheat in
the same territory is very heavy and
will yield not less than thirty bushels
per acre average Oats are a good
rrnn
THE REPUBLICANS
THOSE OF IOWA NOMINATE
THEIR STATE TICKET
EVERY COUNTY IS REPRESENTED
Some Controversy Over Tariff and
Trust Utterances The Nomina
tions When Undertaken Are
Quickly Made
Secretary of State W B Martin of
Adair county
Auditor of State B F Carroll of
Davis county
Treasurer of State Gilbert S Gll
tertson of Winnebago county
Attorney General C W Mullan oi
Blackhawk county
Judge of Supreme Court Scott M
Ladd of OBrien county
Judge of Supreme Court short
term Charles A Bishop of Polk
county
Clerk of Supreme Court John C
Crockett of Hardin county
Supreme Court Reporter W W
Cornwall of Clay county
Railroad Commissioned E A Daw
son of Bremer
DES MOINES la July 31 Nearly
1100 delegates attended the republi
can convention practically full dele
gations representing every county
The only controversy was over the
tariff and trust utterances of the
platform and that was settled in the
committee on resolutions in favor of
a reiteration of last years utterances
as contended for by Governor Cum
mins with an addition to the trust
plank congratulating President Roose
velt upon the inauguration of judicial
proceedings to enforce the anti trust
laws
With the axception of the address
of the temporary chairman the con
vention was devoid of oratory No
nominating speeches were made and
the notable visitors comprising the
entire Iowa delegation in congress
were not called upon
Messrs Martin Gilbertson Mullan
and Ladd were renominated by ac
clamation Judge Bishop who is now
on the supreme bench by appoint
ment and B F Carroll had no op
position Five ballots were required
to nominate a candidate for clerk of
the supreme court Six candidates
were in the field including C T
Jones the present incumbent The
first ballot resulted John C Crock
ett 236 Charles T Jones 270 T E
Bosquet 87 M A Buchan 180 C W
Neal 142 J E Wheelan 236 Mr
Crockett gained steadily and won on
the fifth ballot
E A Dawson was renominated for
railroad commissioner on the second
ballot his competitors being W S
Ketchum of Marshall county and W
Blakemore of Taylor county
W W Cornwall was nominated for
supreme court reporter on the first
ballot receiving C41 to 464 for B
I Salinger the rresent incumbent
and 127 for J H Williams of Story
county
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
The following are the members
of the state central committee from
the various districts including the
old members Chairman Spence was
re elected without opposition as chair
man First district H O Weaver
holdover Second C W Phillips of
Jackson re elected Third Burton
E Sweet of Bremer re elected
Fourth J G Hempel of Elkader
new Fifth E M Sargent of Grun
dy Center holdover Sixth R W
Clayton of Mahaska holdover Sev
enth J D Whisenand of Polk hold
over Eighth R H Spence of Ring
gold re elected Ninth Asmus Boy
sen of Audubon new Tenth S X
Way of Hancock holdover Elev
enth George E Scott of Woodbury
Government Fuel Oil Tests
WASHINGTON July 31 The bu
reau of steam engineering of the
navy department which has been ex
perimenting at the Washington navy
yard for some time with fuel oil has
found that the tests with the low
pressure air for spraying purposes
have been quite satisfactory Many
complex problems however must be
solved before it will be possible to
determine to what extent fuel oil
can be used in the navy If the con
templated experiments with small tor
pedo boats are successful further ex
periments will be made with a torpedo
destroyer but beyond this no plans
have been made
Watchman Sleeps on Duty
DES MOINES la July 31 As a
result of what is believed to be a
drunken spree firemen at an early
hour this morning found one man dead
and another dying in the Stoner Wall
Paper companys building in South
Des Moines while trying to put out
a fire which destroyed 550000 worth
of property Both men are watch
men The dead mans name is David
Watt night watchman for the Ston
er Wall aPper company
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLB The supply of cornfed steers
has been very light all the week and hi
fact there has not been enough good stuff
on sale to test the market It is safe to
quote the market strong however on
anything desirable The cow market has
been In pretty good shape all the week
tintf good stuff is right axound 23c higher
The general market is anyway 1523o
higher unless in the case of something
very inferior Bulls have not sold any too
well this week and except In the case of
something good the market is a little
lower The demand for feeder bulls has
been limited Veal calves and stags have
sold none too well Stockers and feeders
have been strong all the week and if any
thing aro a little higher Tidy cattlo in
particular are stronger and yearlings of
good quality are selling considerably
higher than they were a week ago The
same is also trjie of short twos West
ern range cattle have made up the bulk
of the receipts this week and some South
Dakota cattle sold at 550 Steers of good
quality are probably 13c higher fjpr the
week and In some cases 25c higher Cows
aro also fully 1525c higher for the week
and stockars and feeders are strong
HOGS There was just a fair run of
hogs but as other markets were all quot
ed lower prices took a drop amounting
to a good dime as compared with yester
days general market Trading was none
too active at the decline but instead of
improving as the morning advanced the
market seemed to weaken and a good
many hogs on the close sold 1015c lower
It was a slow draggy market from start
to finish but as supplies were limited the
bulk of the offerings were disposed of in
fairly good season The better grades of
hogs sold largely from 745g750 and as
high as 705 was paid
SHEEP Quotations for clipped stock
Good to choice yearlings 400435 fair
to good 390420 good to choice wethers
3S0410 fair to good wethers 3C03S0
good to choice ewes 350S375 fair to
good ewes 325350 good to choice
spring lambs 523G530 fair to good
spring lambs 30S523 feeder ethers
275310 feeder yearlings 30O335
feeder lambs 3005300 feeder ewes 125
223
KANSAS CITT
CATTLE Native steers 315S10 Tex
as and Indian steers 250i425 Texas
cows 225360 native cows and heifers
14g215 stockers and feeders 200550
bulls 225f410 calves 223Q535
HOGS Steady to strong bulk of sales
740i770 Kheavy 76jTi775 packers 735
5760 medium 740765 light 725S755
Yorkers 745755 pigs 6tW715
SHEEP AND LAMBS Steady mut
tons 3G04CO lambs 3756O0 range
wethers 340ft4CO ewes 34C450
CATTLE FOR EXPOSITION
Endeavor Made to Secure Exhibit from
Royal British Herds
WASHINGTON Aug 4 When Sen
ator Harris of Kansas who sailed from
New York a day or so ago on Majestic
reaches London he will begin through
the United States ambassadpr Mr
Choate diplomatic negotiations of an
unusal character with the king of
England Mr Harris has gone to Eu
rope as the special commissioner of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition and
he also bears credentials from the
state department directing United
States diplomatic and consular officials
to co operate with him in his plans
His mission is to arrange with Euro
pean traders and breeders of live
stock for exhibits of their blooded ani
mals at the St Louis fair Among
the stock of famous pedigree for which
he will negotiate are the two royal
herds of shorthorn cattle one of which
is owned by King Edward now at
Sandringham and the other by the
heirs of the late Queen Victoria
Both herds have been exhibited at the
royal agricultural shows and Senator
Harris will endeavor to arrange with
King Edward for the exhibition at St
Louis
PRESIDENTS QUIET SUNDAY
Family Attends Church in Morning
Then Remain Indoors
OYSTER BAY N Y Aug 4 Pres
ident Roosevelt and his family passed
a quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill No
official visitors were received The
president and Mrs Roosevelt accom
panied by four of the children attend
ed divine service at Christ Episcopal
church Scarcely had they reached
home when the most severe thunder
storm of tne summer broke over this
part of Long Island forcing them to
remain indoors during the greater part
of the afternoon Special Ambassador
Whitelaw Reid and Mrs Reid who
have just returned from Eugland will
visit President and Mrs Roosevelt to
day
Cattle Rustler Killed
BILLINGS Mont Aug 4 J W
Perry known throughout the East
ern Montana Range as Black Perry
a notorious cattle rustler was shot
and killed by James Haynie foreman
of the Hysham Cattle company at
Sanders station
- Prominent Iowa Lawyer Dies
DES MOINES la Aug 4 John
Francis Duncombe a pioneer settler
of Fort Dodge and prominent in legal
and political circles throughout the
state died at his home here last night
aged 71 years
Murder at Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo Aug
R R Taylor proprietor of a book
store shot and killed Frank L
Shader a railroad brakeman Taylor
surrendered
The woman who weeps is the wo
man whose eyes are always beauti
ful tearless eyes are dull and cold
Superior quality and extra quantity
must win This Is why Defiance Starch
Is taking the place of all others
Much of the milk of human kind
ness tastes of the pump
IF YOU USE BALL BLUE
Get 5ed Cross Ball Blue tho best Ball Blue
Large 55 oz package only 5 cents
One of the greatest pleasures In
life is to be found In counting the
money we expect to make
Mrs TVInsIorvs Soothing Syrap
for children teething noftem tho Rumi reduce in
domination allays pain cures wind colic 25c a bottle
Prince Arnult of Bavaia grandson
of tho prince regent will visit
I am sure Pisos Cure for Consumption savd
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Any pretty domans jaw is a thing
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Halls Catarrh Cnro
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The average man is as awrtward at
making love as he Is at cutting fresh
bread
To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
of everyday use in the market and who
is reasonably satisfied with tho old
we would suggest that a trial of De
fiance Gold Water Starch be made at
once Not alone because It is guar
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cause each 10c package contains
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the lady who once uses Defiance
Starch will use no other Quality and
quantity must win
One on Tim Campbell
General Hoywood now commanding
officer of tho marine corps wa3 at ono
time stationed at tho Brooklyn navy
yard One day ho was surprised to
see a sontry approach with Congress
man Tim Campbell In custody I
wouldnt let this man pass goneral
till ho told me who he was Ho says
he Is a congressman so I knew hes a
liar and I thought the best thing to
do was to bring him to you
It Is hard for a vain man to con
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enough to disagree with him
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Ranging from 250 to S5000 nsj n
Other Prizes House and lot in Omaha value 3500
Omaha City Lot 700 Grand Kimball Piano Chapel Organ
round trip tickets to cities on the Pacific Coast Gulf of Mexico
the Great Lakes and the Inland Pleasure Resorts Sealskin
Garments Buggies Saddles Sets of Double and Single Har
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Six More Semi Monthly Special Cash Prizes
Awarding of Regular Prizes The 5000 Capital Prize
and 1000 other Regular Prizes will be Awarded in the order
of their Value to the iooi Persons making the 1001 closest
estimates of the total number of votes which will be cast for
all candidates for governor in New York State November 4
1902
These are the figures for the last five elections and will
aid you in making your estimates 181 1165085 1894
1275671 1896 1434046 1898 1359190 1900 1556520
What will the figures be this year
Awarding of Semi monthly Special Cash Prizes These
prizes will each be not less than 50 nor more than 500 and
will be paid every two weeks during the progress of the con
test They will be paid to the persons making the closest
estimates during the two weeks preceding each date of the
amount of the bank clearings of the city of Omaha on August
16 September 1 September 16 October 1 October 16 and
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on dates named will assist you in making your estimates
1901 July 1 51233488 July 16 1063599 August
1st 823138 August 1 6th 1036132 September 1st
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266 October 16th 1039742 November 1st 1205423
1902 July 1st 1061057 July 16th 1137004
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Prizes as One Made in October For No One Can Tell the
Number of Votes Cast Until After They are Counted Con
test Closes October 28
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