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SOCKLESS JERRY FIGHTS WITH
A BURLY NEGRO
Crowd of Fort Scott Hoodlums
Brealc Up a -Political Meeting
Which the Noted JKansan VVas
Addressing Other Items
Fort Scott Kan Ex Congressman Jer
ry Simpson -was routed here by a crowd ot
hoodlums while attempting to deliver a
political address in the amphitheater at the
race track A crowd of probably 200
roughs went to the meeting to create a
disturbance One of the leaders a big
negro jumped upon the platform and
when the ex congressman attempted to
push him off - the negro fought aud they
both went to the floor Others then rushed
Jn and Simpson was in danger of rough
treatment until Mayor Goodlander and a
crowd of professional and business men
took a hand and beat off the rowdies Sev
eral of the latter were arrested but the
mob later overpowered the poliee and re
leased the prisoners Mr Simpsons speech
was not finished Many of the citys best
people were in the audience
IS SHOT TO PIECES
Slayer of New Orleans Policemen
Riddled with Bullets
New Orleans After a desperate battle
lasting for several hours in which he suc
ceeded in killing Sergeant Gabriel Porteus
and Andy Van JKurem keeper of the po
lice jail and Alfred J B Bloomfield a
young boj and fatally wounding
Corporal John F Lally John Ban
Yille ex Policeman Frank H Evans and
A S Lecele one of the leading confec
tioners of the city and more or less
seriously several other persons the negro
desperado llobert Charles who killed
Capt Day and Patrolman Lamb and bad
ly wounded Officer Mora was smoked out
of his hiding place in the heart of the
residence section of the city Friday after
noon and literally shot to pieces The
tragedy was one of the most remarkable in
the history of the city and 20000 people
soldiers policemen and citizens were gath
ered around the square in which Charles
was finally put to death
The list of casualties since the trouble
began is twelve lulled and twenty eight
wounded
INDIANS FIRE HUGE FORESTS
When One Blaze Is Extinguished
They Start Another
Kalispel Mont One of the worst for
est fires ever known in northwestern Mon
tana was raging in the Swan Lake coun
try on the western part of the Lewis and
Clark forest reserve on July 28 Gus
Mosler superintendent of the reserve re
ports that the Indians deliberately set fire
to the timber ami are slaughtering the
game He will procead against the perpe
trators
Within the space of thirty miles up and
down the river he says there were over
thirty fires burning fiercely He says that
many millions of acres were burned and
that it is the finest white pine and cedar on
the reserve It is almost impossible to es
timate the damage As fast as one fire
was extinguished another was set The
weather was very hot and dry and the
fires spread rapidly
EAGLE KILLED CHILD SAVED
Farmer Shoots Bird as It was Car
rying Away His Child
Sheboygan Wis As a great eagle was
flying away -with his baby daughter T
Smith a farmer of Sheboygan Falls seized
his rifle took quick aim and killed the
bird The bullet passed close to the
child but did not injure it The eagle
measured 0 feet and 1 inches from
tip to tip of wings While at work Smith
saw the bird fiy close to his children and
before he could reach them it had seized
his daughter Mary aged 3 years The man
secured the rifle and when he fired the child
and bird fell to the ground the child not
being injured The eagle was the first
killed in Sheboygan County in a long time
EXPLOSION RESULTS FATALLY
Destruction of Artificial Ice Plant
in Texas Is Attended by Fatality
Waco Texas The plant of the Waco
Ice and Refrigerating Company one of the
largest in the south was entirely demol
ished by a terrific explosion in the boiler
room which killed two and seriously in
jured several of the employes The shock
of the explosion was distinctly felt all over
the city
To Acquire More Territory
Madrii The cabinet is considering the
proposition of the United States govern
ment for the cession of the islands of Ci
bitu and Gagayen in consideration of an
indemnity of 100000 The ministry re
gards the proposition favorably and nego
tiations for a treaty- accord between the
two governments is proceeding rapidly
Hero Hobson Coming Home
Washington Naval Constructor Hob-
son now in the hospital at Yokohama
will return to Washington as soon as he is
able and will probably be detailed for a
shorttour of duty in the bureau of con
struction and repairs
Hope to Settle Labor Troubles
Chicago The committee appointed at
lheTlTiiver conference of the executive
committee of the American Federation of
Labor to aid in settling the Chicago labor
trouble- is here It consists of President
Samuel Gorapers Yice President James
Duncan and Thomas L Kidd
Against Secret Courts Martial
Berlin Emperor Williams decree
rendering the publicity of courts martial
virtually illusory is severly -commented
upon by the liberal organs
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DARING PLOT IS SPOILED
Scheme to Release Prisoners in
Pennsylvania Penitentiary
Pittsburg One of the boldest and most
systematic plans for the release of one or
more prisoners from the Riverside pen
itentiary was thwarted last week
The first theory advanced when the mat
ter was disepvered seemed to point to the
release of Alexander Berkman the an
archist who is serving a 22 years sen
tence for the shooting of H C Frick dur
ing the big Homestead strike in 1892 but
the conclusion reached by Director Muth
of the Allegheny police department is that
the real object of the Tescurers was to se
cure the freedom of the notorious real es
tate swindler J C Boyd who is serving a
7 y ears sentence in the penitentiary for
his misdeeds
The plan by which the rescuers hoped
to reach the inside of the penitentiary wall
was by a tunnel from the cellar of a house
on Sterling Street nearly opposite one of
the gates Their work is remarkable con
sidering the obstacles to be overcome In
vestigation showed that it was over 200
feet iong and because ot its zigzag char
acter had not reached the prison wall One
of the police officers who crawled a dis
tance of 201 feet in the dark passageway
was compelled to return before reaching
its end by reason of the foul gases arising
From this it is inferred that the tunnel had
tapped a sewer Director Muth however
believes that the dead body of one of the
tunnelers will be discovered when the tun
nel is opened from the surface as is the
intention He thinks the man was over
come by the gas and his companions for
fear of complications fled The men had
been at work on the tunnel since last
spring
FOUR KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Combustion of Chemicals Results in
Number of Casualties
Chicago An explosion occurred in the
chemical department the Windsor Cel
luloid Collar Company on the fourth floor
of25 Dearborn Street setting fire to the
building and resulting in the death of four
women
There were twenty five girls working in
the Windsor Collar Company when with
out a moments warning a terrific explo
sion occurred blowing the glass of the
front windows clear across Dearborn
Street A sheet of flame followed instant
ly and the terror stricken girls with their
clothing licked by the flames crawled
through the window to the fifteen inch
coping running along the front of the
building The coping extended eighty
feet to the Lichstern Tailoring Company
building the windows of which were
thronged with men shoating encourage
ment to the terrified girls As soon as
they reached tne Lichstern window the
girls were drawn into safety Just as Mrs
McLaughlin one of the killed was about
to be drawn through the window the girl
behind her in her haste pushed Mrs
McLaughlin who lost her balance and fell
to the ground dying instantly The other
three jumped from rear windows
CANT USE CZAR REED
No Concealment of Fact that His
Services Are Not Wanted
Chioago Thomas B Reed will not be
invited by the Republican national com
mittee to make any speeches in the coming
campaign If the ex speaker breaks into
the party fight at all he will have to do so
on his motion or through the invitation of
some club or other organization not asso
ciated with the regular campaign manage
ment Around the Republican headquar
ters no concealment is made of the fact
that the ex sp ikers services are not
wanted
To Release 3Iilitary Prisoners
San Francisco Under instructions
from the war department Gen Shafter has
appointed a board of officers which is or
dered to meet at Alacatraz Island to ex
amine all general prisoners in confinement
at that station and to submit recommenda
tions looking to the release of such prison
ers as deserve clemency There are about
500 military prisoners on the island many
of them it is said having been convicted
of trivial offenses
Inglorious End of Brilliant Career
Wichita Herbert B Stimpson a law
yer and prominent criminologist of this
city committed suicide He shot himself
in the head He had just been arrested
charged with embezzlement of 625 given
him by a client to quiet a title to real es
tate He had been decorated by King Hum
bert of Italy for scientific works He won
the cross of the Legion of Honor by blow
ing up the gates of Dahomey
Assassination Plot Frustrated
San Doningo A plot to assassinate
Gov Ramon Cacerons has been discovered
and twenty five conspirators have been
imprisoned Several military officers are
involved The accused will be tried by
courtmartial President Jiminez is visit
ing the interior The country generally is
quiet
Lizard Causes Death
Philadelphia Some time ago Miss
Anna Jones of Marcus Hook Pa acci
dentally swallowed a lizard while drink
ing water Frequently the reptile climbed
up in her throat but had successfully re
sisted all attempts at ejectment The
other night after complaining of a chok
ing sensation she suddenly expired
Peru Ts for Gold
Washington Mr Roberts director of
the mint has been advised by the United
States minister to Peru that the latter
country adopted the single gold standard
and has issued a gold coin known as the
libra or Peruvian pound being identical
in weight and fineness with the English
pound sterling
Silent Now Forever
Lancaster Pa Miss Susan H Landis
of Ephrata who recovered her speech a
week ago after a silence of nearly six
years is dead In January 18i she lost
her power of speech and the efforts of
physicians failed to restore it
Waterspout In Kansas
Solomon Kan A waterspout flooded
the town July 25 over six inches of water
falling Cellars and lower floors were
flooded and railroad culverts were washed
out
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MOBS DEADLY WORK
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Two Persons Killed and Many In
jured in New Orleans
New Orleans Two negroes dead two
fatally shot and twelve men seriously
wounded is the known result of the des
perate work of mobs in this city Wednes
day night and Thursday morning Three
of the wounded are white men who were
hit by stray bullets
Public excitement here reached its high
est tension and armed mobs are searching
various parts of the city in an effort to ap
prehend Robert Charles the negro who
shot and killed Police Captain Day and
Patrolman Lamb at an early hour Tues
day morning
Wednesday night a mob composed of
several thousand persons formed at Lee
Circle and marched out Charles Avenue in
a body It was reported that the mob
would march upon the Parish prison and
demand the negro Pierce who was with
Charles when the police officers were
killed The police accordingly sent strong
reinforcements to the prison and when
themobjnadeits appearance its leaders
were told that an- effort to secure the pris
oner wouiu oe resisieu lu uiu uilici cuu
giWise council prevailed and the members
of the throng slowly dispersed Small
bands of men and boys were soon formed
and scattered to several parts of the city
Many negroes who were on the streets
and riding in cars were fired upon with
more or less success
GERONIMO IS MAD
Mind of Old Chief Gives Way After
Fourteen Years Confinement
Vinita I T After a long period of
confinementj which he endured more like
an infuriated beast than like a human be
irg Geronimo one of the most blood
thirsty Indians that ever figured in hisr
tory has gone stark mad He is a prisoner
ar Fort Sill O T
It cost the government 1000000 and 100
lives before he was safe behind iron bars
Deprived of his liberty as a punishment
for his crimes he could not stand the con
finement For fourteen years he has been
a prisoner of war the last ten at Fort Sill
For almost half a century he led a band
of bloodthirsty Apaches on the path of
war To the early settlers of the south
west he was a terror In March 1886 af
ter four years of constant chase Gen
Miles and Gen Lawton cornered Geroni
mo in the Four Peaks basin nearPrescott
A T After months of starvation and af
ter all hope of cutting their way through
the cordon of troops surrounding them had
gone the Indians raised the white flag and
surrendered
PLACE FOR H CLAY EVANS
Will Probably Be Named to Succeed
Perry S Heath
Washington It is reported with some
degree of probability that the vacancy in
the position of first assistant postmaster
general caused by the resignation of Perry
S Heath is to be filled by the ap
pointment of Henry Clay Evans pen
sion commissioner to that place This
is said to have been decided upon in ac
cordance with the presidents wish to
gratify the soldier element and the G A
R especially who have criticised Mr
Evans policy of strict construction in ad
ministering the business of the pension
office The commissioners enemies have
made his present position so uncomfortable
itvis believed he would be glad to be re
lieved of the strain He is thoroughly con
versant with the duties of the first assist
ant postmaster general as he held that
office in the Harrison administration
For a Constitutional Convention
Havana The decree calling a constitu
tional convention and providing for the
election of delegates was promulgated last
week Thursday The elections will ba
held on the third Saturday in September
and the convention will meet in Havana
on the first Monday in November The
convention according to the terms of the
decree is called in conformity with ihe
spirit of the joint resolution of congress
and a part of its duty will be to agree on
the relations that are to exist between the
government of the United States and the
government of Cuba
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MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux City Cattle commonto prime
e375650 hogs 512520 sheep
225525 wheat 693 corn 33g35e oats
2223c butter dairy 15US creamery
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Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 575 hogs shipping grades
300 to 540 sheep fair to choice 3 00
to 435 wheat No 2 red 77c to 79c
corn No 2 30c to 40c oats No 2 22c
to 23c rye No 2 52c to 53c butter
choice creamery 17c to 19c eggs fresh
9c to 12c potatoes 2Sc to 34c per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
550 hogs choice light 500 to 530
sheep common to prime 300 to 425
wheat No 2 77c to 7Sc corn No 2
white 39c to 40c oats No 2 white
25c to 26c
St Louis Cattle 325 to 575 hogs
300 to 540 sheep 300 to 425
wheat No 2 73c to 74c corn No 2
yellow 37e to 3Se oats No 2 22c to
23c rye No 2 54c to 55c
Cincinnati Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 540 sheep 250 to 425
wheat No 2 7Sc to 79c corn No 2
mixed 44c to 45c oats No 2 mixed 2Gc
to 27c rye No 2 0c to Glc
Detroit Cattle 250 to 575 hogs
300 to 550 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 SOc to Sic corn No 2
yellow 42c to 43c oats No 2 white 27c
to 29c rye 5Sc to 59c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 79c to
S0e corn No 2 mixed 41c to 42c oats
No 2 mixed 23c to 24c ryerNo 2 54c
to 55c clover seed prime 505 to 5C0
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 northern
75c to 70c corn No 3 40c to 41c oats
No 2 white 27c to 2Sc rye No 1 58c
to 59c barley No 2 4Gc to 47c pork
niess 1100 to 1100
Buffalo Cattle choice shipping steers
300 to 5G0 hogs fair to prime 300
to 5G0 sheep fair to choice 325 to
475 lambs common to extra 350 to
000
New York Cattle 325 to 555 hogs
300 to 5G0 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 81c to 82c corn No 2
44c to 46c oats No 2 white 29c to 30c
butter creamery 17c to 20c eggs west
ern 15c to 17c
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Auditor Cornell Decides Not to
Shut Out Illinois Fraternal Insur
ance Associations and Issues Li
censes to Nine from that State
Auditor Cornell insurance commissioner
of Nebraska has issued licenses to nine
Illinois fratepnal insurance companies that
had ben withheld by him pending a de
cision as to whether he should stiut out all
Illinois companies in retaliation for ad
verse decisions by the Illiiiois insurance
commissioner against Nebraska com
panies Not having power under the state
reciprocal insurance law to shut out com
panies Auditor Cornell decided not to en
ter into a warfare The Modern Wood
men of America one of the Illinois com
panies had prepared to test the auditors
right to refuse a license The companies
interestedVwrote risks in Nebraska last
year amounting to 16842500
TO ENFORCE THE GAME LAWS
Attention of the Nebraska Sheriffs
Called to Reported Violations
Gov Poy liter has addressed the follow
ing communication to the ninety county
sheriffs of the state calling attention to
their duty to prosecute violations of the
state game laws
Executive Chamber Lincoln Dear Sir
My attention has been called to frequent
violations of the game laws of the state in
the killing of young chickens before the
opening of the season The law makes it
your diitj under severe penalties to pros
ecute all such violations These prosecu
tions are made binding upon yourself
your deputy or deputies the county attor
ney or any constable of peace officer in
your county I would refer you to the
game laws section 86 and direct that you
enforce its provisions within your jurisdic
tion W A Poyxter Governor
The law cited by the governor provides
a penalty of 5 for every ruffled grouse or
pheasant pinnated grouse prairie chicken
sharp tailed dusky or other species of
killing quail between January 1 and Sep
tember 1 A similar penalty is provided
for killing quail between January 1 and
September 1 and for killing wild ducks or
geese between May 1 and September 1
WOMAN SHOOTS HE CHILD
Schuyler Girl May Die from Wounds
Inflicted by Mother
Fannie Gadsden wife of James Gads
den of Schuyler shot her 11-year-old
daughter Alice inflicting -wounds one of
which is of a very serious nature having
passed through the body at the waist line
the second shot struck in front on about
the same line passed around under the
skin to the back and out
Mrs Gadsden has been mentally afflicted
several years iiTlieritTng such ailment so
it is said and is reported to have had on
many occasions designs not only against
the lives of her children Alice and Bur
gess but herself and husband as well
After shooting Alice she placed the pis
tols muzzle in her mouth as if to end her
own existence but a sudden change pre
vented her suicide It is doubtful if Alice
will recover Mrs Gadsden was but a
few days home from a sanitarium
Safe Burglars Overhauled
Sheriff Armstrong has arrested the two
men who are believeuVto have robbed the
safe in Tierneys drug store at Ansley
The robbers were discovered in attempting
to rob Shepards safe after they had gone
through Tierneys and before their arrest
was accomplished they had iled but with
the officer in pursuit The thieves were
capture while asleep in a brush thicket in
Buffalo County ten miles southeast of
Peters bridge on the South Loup They
secured from the safe between 200 and
S300 mostly in gold and silver The sher
iff found on their persons 220 a bunch of
skeleton keys a small file and a razor
They gave their names as Redding aud
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Firebug at Work Again
The incendiary whose efforts to destroy
West Point have so far been fruitless
made another attempt a day or two ago to
fire the rear of a frame dwelling house oc
cupied by a widow and her family who
were sleeping in the building at the time
The fire was extinguished without much
trouble This is the first attempt to fire a
building where human beings wore placed
in danger the attempts heretofore having
been mostly confined to warehouses barns
sheds and disused buildings of that char
acter There is no clue to the perpetrator
Grasshoppers Thick at North Platte
To illustrate the number of grasshoppers
infesting the county around North Platte
the following instance is a good one A
load of alfalfa hay which was brought to
town had three pitchforks sticking up and
each handle was covered its entire length
with big yellow and black grasshoppers
Barn and Stock Near Tecuniseh
t The barn on the farm of William Saat
hoff west of Tecumseh together with its
contents burned to the ground during the
absence from home of the family Four
horses a quantity of grain hay a number
of farm implements several sets of harness
and other farm equipment were lost
Elevator Fire at McCook
The P II Easterday Co elevator in
McCook was entirely destroyed by fire
The loss on building is 2503 There was
about 1000 worth of grain in the elevator
t the tune The fire is thought to have
originated from a spark from a passing en-
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City May Own Its Lights
The city council of Columbus is just now
agitating the question of purchasing the
electric light plant and operating it in the
interests of the city If the deal is con
summated it would give the city an all
night circuit
Build Addition to Elevator
In order to handle the large amount of
grain that he received P I Smith of St
Edward has been compelled to build an
addition to his already large elevator
Callaway Backet Store
The building known as the Racket Store
at Callaway was kestroyed by fire The
loss is 10000 The fire was caused by the
explosion of a lamp The Kearney fire
department was all ready to go when it
received word its services were not needed
Ends Iiife with Strychnine
Emma the wife of C C JDoescher re
cently marriedT died suddenly from poi
soning at the home of her father Claus
Henhings south of Wisner Strychnine
poisoning with suicidial intent was the
verdict of the coroners jurv
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DRIVEN FROM THE COUNTRY
Citizens of Iiyous Duck an Ugly
Husband in a Creek
Andrew Adams a carpenter by trade
was taken from his home at Lyons by a
number of persons supposed to be his
neighbors and after tying him with ropes
carriedhim bodily to the banks of Logan
Creek some distance away When the
crowd arrived at the creek bank Adams
was told of the many warnings sent him
by the marshal and also by other persons
to stop misusing his family and as he did
not see fit to do so the citizens of Lyons
had decided to give him a dose of his own
medicine He was thrown into the creek
with his clothes but was fished out before
much harm could liappen him and was let
go with the understanding that he leave
the country Adams who is also an old
soldier draws a good pension from the
government of which very little goes to the
support of his deserving family Adams
at one time lived at Pender It is reported
he was compelled to leave there under
similar circumstances Adams chastise
ment meets with general approval
TO BAR IT FROM BALLOT
Populist Chairman Protests Against
Mid Road Ticket
Chairman Edmisten of the Populist state
committee has filed with the secretary of
state a protest against permitting the mid
road Populist state ticket to go on the offi
cial ballot under the designation of Popu
list The previous designation of the
Populists has been the Peoples Independ
ent Party but Chairman EJmisten avers
that the name Populist belongs to the Peo
ples Independent Party and its use by
another party will tend to confuse the
voters This he alleges in his protest
would be contrary to the spirit of the Ne
braska election laws The mid roaders
have not yet filed the certificates of nomi
nation of their ticket The secretary of
state is a fusion Populist and the mid
road leaders have announced their inten
tion of taking an appeal iO the courts if the
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MILLHANDS FRIGHTFUL FATE
Caught by a Swiftly Turning Shaft
and Beaten to Death
W L Edwards an employe of the Rum
sey Milling Company at Tecumseh met
death in a frightful manner He was en
gaged in working about the driving ma
chinery of the mill in the basemen The
main shaft running at the fate oTlSi rev
olutions a minute runs through this base
ment In SfimiL unaccountable manner
Mr Edwards left arm was caught in this
rapidly revolving rod Ln an instant his
arm was wound around the shaft to his
shoulder and his body sent hurling
through the air pinioned to the same His
feet were pounded off and his legs Whipped
into threads He was whipped about in
this way for nearly three minutes before
the machinery could be stopped He was
taken to his home where he lived for near
ly two hours regaining consciousness for
a moment only
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Bank Cashier Goes Wrong
A deputy United States marshal arrested
Charles E Cotton cashier of the First
National Bank of Syracuse who is alleged
to be short 4700 Cotton was taken ber
fore a United States commissioner and
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gave bonds for his appearance at trial and
was released Cotton has been investing
moijey Jn Cojoradonjjnjng property A
Bank examiner recently found him short
and Cotton turned over his property to
make the bank whole The arrest is said
to have been made in order to force settle
ment The shortage is larger than the
amount named
Lincolns New Library
In architectural beauty the Carnegie
library building plans for which were ac
cepted by the Lincoln city library board
recently will surpass any structure in the
city The plans contemplate a building
after the French renaissance oj new Greek
style The main portion of the building
will be rectangular in shape size 68 by
101 feet with a 24 by 41 foot projection
from the rear Work on the structure will
begin as soon as working plans can be pre
pared by the architects
Panic Among- Guests
An early morning fire in a store room in
the Millard Hotel at Omaha caused a panic
among the guests Several firemen were
injured While the corridors were filled
with smoke the guests rushed from their
rooms in night dress Several women
fainted and were carried out by hotel em
ployes Wm Burmaster and Win White
two firemen were badly cut by a falling
plate glass window The cause of the fire
was a gasoline explosion The loss is less
than 2000
Soldier Dies on Way Hoine
George Mostin of Plattsmouth who en
listed in Company C Thirty ninth Regi
ment and went to the Spanish American
war was taken sick while on his way
home from Manila and died on shipboard
The body was forwarded home from San
Francisco
Nebraska Short Notes
Fullerton is extending its waterworks
system
Neligh young women are organizing a
brass band
Gretna Methodists are preparing to erect
a new church
The material is on the ground for a new
depot at Monroe
Fairmont has let the contract for a large
addition to the school house
On Saturday the Rock Island distributed
almost 21000 among the employes in Fair
bury
Lightning struck the residence of George
Bowlus of Scribner for the second time
within a year
A move is on foot to detach the west
three ranees of Cherry County and attach
them to Sheridan
The North Platte district holds a camp
meeting each year at Curtis It begins this
year Aug 1 and continues two weeks
The little 10-year-old son of William
Aldrup east of Geneva was in the wheat
field spreading out the shocks to dry
when he was bitten twice on the leg bv a
rattlesnake His father drove with him at
lightning speed to Dr George Mozee who
dressed the wound
Friend is anxious to have a local tele
phone exchange
Cuming County old settlers will hav6
a picnic Aug 23
Moses Roberts of Lincoln precinct John
son County has 200 head of lambs on full
feed and expects to put 400 more in the
feed lot within a few weeks
There was a balance of 1000 in the
treasury of the Beatrice Chautauqua Asso
ciation after paying all claims and the
members are consequently much elated
Lieut Paul Beck of Bancroft has been
ordered to join his regiment the Fifth
Regular Infantry at Chicago He started
for that destination Tuesday morning
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APPEALS FOE HELP
BELATED MESSAGE FROM CON
GER IS RECEIVED
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General Massacre Was Iminlnent
Bctrteceu in British luegatlcfn and
Shelled by Chinese N
A written message signed Congerund
dated July 4 was received at Tientsin
on the 21st It was cabled to the Navy
Department in Washington Tuesuay by
Captain Charles Thomas commander of
the Brooklyn The Conger note eays
Been besieged two weeks inJSrit
ish legation Grave danger of gen
eral massacre by Chinese soldiers
wiio are shelling the legation daily
Relief soon if at all City with-
out government except by Chinese
army Determined to massacre all
foreigners at Pekin Entry of relief
forces into city will probably be
hotly contested
A Washington correspondent writing
Wednesday says that the letter from
Minister Conger in his own handwrit
ing under date of July 4 reported to the
State Department contains no encourage
ment for the officials who have been
confident of the safety of the foreigners
and have accepted the message of July
IS as genuine More than anything here
tofore received this message casts a
gloom over the capital The statfement
that Pekin was in control of -imperial
troops line no significance further than
to indicate the helplessness of the Gov
ernment at the time the letter was writ
ten
The serious position of the foreigners
as reported by Mr Conger has aroused
apprehension and revived skepticism in
official circles where the developments of
the last few days have had the effect of
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CHINESE MINISTER WU TING FANG
arousing hope that Chinese jreports were
sincere The accuracy of theconditions
reparted in Mr Congers letter cannoT
be questioned and unless the Chinese
GoTernnient has regained control of the
imperial troops and has taken foreigners
under its protection there is reason to
fear the worst and question the sincerity
of Chinese officials Vj
Li Hung Changs prediction that the
march of international forces upsra Pekin
would result in massacre of foreigners is
now accepted in connection with Mr
Conger irjeport s indicating purpose to
prepare the world for the announcement
of the death of the foreigners
Up to Wedaesday no information has
been received from the Chinese legation
or Chinese Government in response to
President McKinleys reply to the Em
peror and no answer had been received
from the second dispatch sent to Minister
Conger through Minister Wu
TIEN TSIN IN HORRIBLE STATE
Native City Rained and Many Bodies
Iyinjr Unburied 1
Tien Tsin advices via Shanghai saw
that the native city presents an appallingj
spe acle of war and desolation ScarceM
a dozen houses are intact on the sidel
facing the settlements Inmde thefcijy4
damage is terrific Many of the buildings
nearest the wall were literally blownsjtOi
Pieces - jt
Among the residences charred cornsesj
are everywhere Dogs and pigs are feed
ing on them The allies are busy remov
ing the dead Owing to their great num
ber many have not yet been buried The
Chinese it is said have lost altogether
about 11000 since the trouble started
Most of then have been killed by Boxers
and soldiers
The streets throughout the city are
strewn with all kinds of articles and
dozens of Chinese are digging in the ruins
for money and other valuables Most of
the houses which are intact or little dam
aged display the flags of one or the oth
er of the allied forces the Japanese and
French flags predominating
BIG INCREASE IN PATENTS
Five Thousand Increase in Applications
Over Preceding Year
The report of Commissioner of Patents
Duell for the fiscal year ended June 30
last shows a total of 20540 jiatcnts grant-
ed including reissues and designs There
were 1600 trade marks GS2 labels and
9G prints registered Patents that e-
pired numbered 199SS Allowed applica
tions forfeited for non payment of the
final fees were 4052 Of the total of
39815 applications received 2263 were
for designs 90 for reissues 1759 for1 ca
veats 2105 for trade marks 872 for la
bels and 127 for prints
Tke total receipts of the patent office
were 1358228 total expenditures 1
24782S surplus turned into treasury
S110401 On July 1 thirty out of the
thirty six examiners had their new work
within one month from the date of filing
and three of the remaining six overran
that time by only one day The amend
ed work in nearly all of the divisions was
acted on within fifteen days after filing
Applications awaiting action by the
patent office numbered 3364 which is be
tween 500 and 600 more than on July 1
1899 The number of applications for
patents etc received during the fiscal
year just closed was 5000 greater than
during the preceding year and tne nain
her of amendments acted upon was also
correspondingly greater The woricof
the clerical divisions also has been kept
up to date 4
Emil ilarkenburg an aeronaut r fell
from a height of 500 feet at SantafAna
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