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The larger pupils attending the
Bunsen public school at Belleville 111
went on strike for a reduction in the
hours of study
At a special meeting of the directors
of the Missouri Pacific at New York
a semi annual dividend of 2 per cent
was declared
With several stolen letters in his
pocket Samuel S Goodman a clerk
in the Chicago postofilce was arrested
for robbing the mails
Frederick G Roelker one of the best
known members of the Cincinnati bar
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was found dead in his bed room with
a bullet in his brain
A tornado passed over the extreme
southwest corner of Beadle county S
D Saturday afternoon injuring ten
persons and destroying much prop-
v erty
James Shenherdson editor of a
weekly society paper committed
cide at his home in Chicago by shoot
ing His mind had been injured by
brain fever
It is estimated that the repairs to
the Oregon which has just arrived a
San Francisco from the orient
dered necessary by the damage
stained when she was wrecked in the
Gulf of Pe Chi Li will require about
six months on the dry dock and cost
250000
Ihe Minnesota supreme court affirm
ed the decision of the Ramsey county
court holding former State Treasurer
- Bobleter and his bondsmen responsi
t ble for the money of the state lost
in defunct banks The amount in-
volved is about 50000 The bonds
men are liable in the sum of 400
000
Western roads have agreed to make
reduced rates for July 4 from all the
territory east of the Missouri river
Tickets will be sold at a fare and one
third for the round trip in all terri
tory where the local rate is 3 cents
a mile and at a rate of a fare and
one fifth for the round trip -where It
is over 3 cents a mile
William Carson manager of the
Spot Cash mine was fatally stabbed
at Leadville Colo by P F Lynch
The men were playing a friendly game
of cards for the drinks Lynch ac
cused Carson of cheating and a quarrel
ensued when Iynch drew his knife
and stabbed Carson five times the
fatal wound being made in the ab
domen
The shirt waist problem has reach
ed a crisis before the school board
of the District of Columbia and prom
ises to become such a serious prob
lem in local municipal affairs as to
engage the attention of the district
commissioners Twenty five youths
were sent home from the school be
cause they wore shirt waists and the
principal pronounced these garments
improper attire
Crop reports from the entire North
ern Pacific system indicate very fav
orable conditions The seventh bul
letin issued from Vice President
Hannafords office states that through
out Minnesota there is plentiful moist
ure with the ground in such condition
that without more rain crops will
not suffer until well into July A few
North Dakota points report slight
damage from frost but not enough to
leave permanent traces West of th
Dakotas favorable conditions prevail
Tracey Griffin colored was hanged
at Brunswick Ga for murder
It is semi officially announced that
President Loree of the Balimore
Ohio railway is also to be made presi
dent of the Baltimore Ohio South
western
The National packing house at Mex
ico City Mexico burned Loss 300
000
Jane Harriet Hamlin sister of Win-
field Scott Stratton the Colorado
multi millionaire is dead at her home
in Jeffersonville Ind
The entire plant of the Wylie Coop
erage company at Interlochen Mich
was wiped out by fire
The population of Great Britain
almost doubled in the Victorian era
but that of Ireland declined from
6801000 in 1821 to 4456000 in 1891
Senator Hanna has announced the
appointment of Hon John Blodgett
of Grand Rapids Mich as a member
of the republican national committee
to fill the vacancy in the national com
mittee caused by the recent death of
Wm Elliott of Michigan
Julien Phelps United States consul
atCrefeld Germany has resigned He
was appointed from Iowa in 1897
The Peoria 111 internal revenue
district will this year contribute 30
000000 to the United States govern
ment
The president has reappointed Mig
uel A Otero governor of New Mexico
His term expired June 7th
At the thirtieth annual commence
ment of the University of Nebraska
degrees were conferred on 212 mem
ers of the senior class
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Hundreds Dead and a Tremendous Los3
of Property
KEYSTONE THE WORST SUffERER
A Clondbnrst Deludes the Coal KcRionB
Town of 2000 Inhabitants Is Swept
from Its Fountatlons Property toss
Rivals Johnstown
ROANOKE Va June 24 Passen
gers on a train from the west report
that about 300 people were drowned
yesterday evening along the Elkhorn
division of the Norfolk Western
railroad and that miles of track and
bridges were washed out
The passengers on the train were
transferred by ropes from the train
to the mountainside near Vivian W
Va
All wires are down over the de
vastated section and no other partic
ulars are obtainable Those drowned
are said to include the most prominent
folks of the section
The general manager of the Norfolk
Western left for the scene It will
probably be several days before the
road is open
TAZEWELL Va June 24 The
trainmaster of the Norfolk Western
railroad walked the track between
Vivian and North Fork a distance of
twelve miles He discovered thirty
bodies floating in the river
WASHINGTON June 24 The foP
lowing dispatches have been received
by the Washingtotn Post regarding the
reported loss of life by the flood in
West Virginia
BLUEFIELD W Va June 24
Flood in Pocahontas coal field equal
ing that of Johnstown Two hundred
drowned Impossible to estimate the
loss of property
ROANOKE W Va June 24
Cloudburst over Pocahontas division
of the Norfolk Western this morn
ing Keystone Elkhorn Vivian and
other towns wiped out Railroad dis
patches say 500 lives are lost One
house left in Keystone Twenty five
to thirty miles of railroad track are
destroyed
BLUEFIELD W Va June 24 This
entire section has just been visited
by a floed the extent of which in all
probability will exceed that of Johns
town in 1S89 so far as the loss of
property is concerned Yesterday morn
ing shortly after midnight a heavy
downpour of rain began accompanied
by a severe electric storm which vio
lently increased in volume and contin
ued throughout the entire day and
night At 10 a m while the storm
has abated the lowering clouds would
indicate another terrific downpour at
any moment
Many miles of the Norfolk West
ern railroad tracks bridges and tele
graph lines are entirely destroyed and
communication is entirely cut off west
of Elkhorn so that it is impossible
to learn the full etxent of the loss of
life and property but officials of the
coal operations located in the stricken
districts have sent out messengers to
Elkhorn the terminus of both tele
graphic and railroad communication
and have received a report that a con
servative estimate of the loss of life
will easily reach 200 A number of
the drowned are among the most
prominent people in the coal fields
f IRE IN THE STATE PRISON
Attempt to Destroy the Remaining Winu
Is Thwarted by Prompt Discovery
LINCOLN Neb June 24 The re
maining wing of the Nebraska peni
tentiary building one of which was
burned last March narrowly escaped
destruction last evening from a fire
started maliciously Governor Savage
and Warden Davis say by convicts
employed in the broom factory
Prompt discovery allowed the flames
to be quenched in their incipiency and
the damage is nominal An investiga
tion in the broom building showed
that a candle had been lighted and so
placed that after burning itself about
half way would communicate to a
mass of broom corn The nozzle of
the hose had been plugged but the
pressure was so strong that the water
removed the obstruction and the fire
was quenched
Boers InflictrLossen
CRADOCK Cape Coloney June 24
In an engagement at Waterkloof June
20 the British lost eight men and had
four men seriously wounded In addi
tion sixty six men of the cape colon
ial mounted rifles were captured
Captain Shandow is reported to have
been wounded and one Boer killed
Refuse Perishable Freight
COLUMBUS O June 24 The Nor
folk Western railroad officials here
have no information regarding the
disaster in West Virginia beyond the
fact that great damage has been done
to the road in the Pocahontas district
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EX CONSUL HAY KILLED
The Son of Secretary Hay Meets With a
Violent Death
NEW HAVEN Conn June 24
Adelbert Stone Hay former consuUof
the United States at Pretoria South
Africa and eldest son of Secretary of
State John Hay fell from a window
in the third story of the New Ha
ven house in tMs city shortly before
230 oclock this morning and was in
stantly killed
The dead man was a graduate of
Yale of the class of 98 and his death
occurred on the eve of the university
commencement which brought him
here yesterday and in which by vir
tue of his class office the young man
would have been one of the leaders
The terrible tragedy has cast a
gloom over the whole city and will
undoubtedly be felt throughout the
whole day which heretofore has been
so brilliant and full of happinesss for
Yale and her sons
The full details of the terrible ac
cident will never be known Mr Hay
had rooms at the New Haven house
for commencement week It is gen
erally supposed however that after
going to his room he went to the win
dow for air and sitting on the sill he
dozed off and overbalancing fell to the
pavement below a fall of fully sixty
feet The fall resulted in instant
death and within fifteen minutes the
body had been identified as that of
young Hay How it all hapepned be
came a matter of speculation on the
part of the throng of curious specta
tors who gathered and a subject of
mournful inquiry for the classmates
and friends of the young man
JESSIE MORRISON SANGUINE
Has No Fear of Unfavorable Verdict
TVhen Case Conies to Jury
ELDORADO Kan June 24 Argu
ments in the second trial of Jessie
Morrison for the murder of Mrs Olin
Castle will begin tomorrow morning
It is believed the case will go to the
jury Tuesday evening Miss Morrison
is absolutely confident that she will be
acquitted this time
Today to a reporter she said I am
just as sure of acquittal as I am that
I am living this minute
The trial this time has not been so
v earing on me she continued It
was a terrible strain the first time
This time however both sides rush
ed things and it did not become so
tiresome
The defense has failed to locate J
W Morgan the peddlar who was at
the Castle house the morning of the
murder With him on the stand Miss
Morrisons attorneys had promised to
furnish a surprise
GERMANY TO SOUND TRUSTS
Intends to Learn o TJieir Effect Upon the
Trade of the Country
BERLIN June 24 The World
i respondent hears that Count von
low proposes to send a commission of
experts to the United States to collect
all the available information on the
working of trusts and their effect on
the general trade of the country The
German government and emperor are
deeply concerned at the trust develop
ments and the report o this commis
sion will determine whether special
legislation shall be introduced in the
Reichstag dealing with them
Chnffee Military Governor
WASHINGTON D C June 24
Following the order issued yesterday
making Judge Taft civil governor of
the Philippines an order has been
issued naming General Chaffee as mili
tary governor of the archipelago The
military has been ordered to vacate
the Ayuntamiento the large public
building which was erected out of
the municipal funds of Manila for gov
ernment purposes This will be occu
pied by the civil officers in the Philip
pines
The palace of Malacayan heretofore
occupied as headquarters for Generals
Otis and MacArthur also has been or
dered vacated by the military authori
ties and will be occupied by Governor
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Will Make Wheat Rise
WASHINGTON D C June 24 It
is now recognized as inevitable that
the cereal harvests of 1901 in Prussia
will show the largest and most disas
trous deficit that has been recorded in
recent years and the requirements of
the German empire in respect to for
eign grown foodstuffs will far exceed
those in any recent year
These statements are included in a
long report upon the deficit in Ger
man breadstuffs received at the state
department from Consul General FraiHc
Mason at Berlin
Modern Wonders In Paris
PARIS June 24 Ladies going this
year to Trouville Deanville and other
resorts are much interested in a new
Italian invention a life saving corset
invented by Signor Montagnoll It is
made of waterproof linen and can be
a number of bridges having been wash i inflated in a few seconds In one trial
ed away Orders were issued to ac
cept no perishable freight for ship
ment to points on the eastern end of
the fine No attempt is being made
to run trains east of Kencva
of it a sailor was thrown into the sea
with his hands and feet tied and a
125 pound weight attached to his legs
He remained floating and four men
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REMINISCENCES Of A CYCLONE
An Old Fashloned Twister that Strongly
Impressed a Nebraskan
LINCOLN Neb June 24 Dr W
H McHenry of Nelson was in the
ciey several days ago and the recent
tornado at Dorchester suggested to
his mind several cyclone reminis
cences One cyclone in particular had
made a deep impression Eight or
nine years ago we had an old-fashioned
twister in Nelson and the freaks
it performed were wonderful to be
hold said he That cyclone was al
most human in its Intelligence judg
ing from some of the things it did
Several incidents happened which
knocked out completely the Dorchester
tornado story In the north part of
town there lived ah invalid who had
not walked a step for five years She
was asleep when the storm came on
her house and directly in the path
of the cyclone Well sir that storm
picked her up so gently that her som
nolent senses were deluded into the
belief that she was making a quick
voyage in an airship Her bed sailed
gracefully through the air for almost
a mile the invalid smiling in her
dreams Then she was gently depos
ited between two straw stacks upon
eight or ten feet of chaff But that
wasnt the wonderful part about it
Down in town Warren Knapp runs a
soda water fountain That cyclone
whisked around his store pretty lively
and in the general confusion mixed an
ice cream soda flavored it with pine
apple syrup and carried it to the bed
side of the invalid By her pillow
it descended with a gentle thud and
she awoke to find two long straws
carefully selected from the farmers
straw pile protruding from the glass
An hour later the invalid was res
cued and taken to the home of a
neighbor The soda water glass was
donated to the museum of the local
High school
MUST PAY BY JULY 1ST
Of Interest to Land Purchasers in Otoe
and Slissonri Reservations
LINCOLN Neb June 24 The set
tlers on the Otoe and Missouri In
dian reservation lands in Gage county
and also across the line in Kansas
will be interested in the following dis
patch from Washington
The purchasers of lands in the Otoe
and Missouri Indian reservation in
Kansas and Nebraska will be expected
to make final settlement of their ac
counts with the government by July 1
The time under tne law expired a
year ago but a years grace was al
lowed so as to bring the matter to
a final close without hardship Some
of the settlers have recently been in
formed that they could secure a fur
ther reduction in the price to be paid
for the lands by giving their cases
into the hands of certain attorneys
It is understood that a number of
settlers were almost coerced into con
senting to join with others in an at
tempt to secure further concessions
The copy of a letter purporting to have
been sent by an attorney named Van
Arsdale of Cheyenne Wyo to set
tlers on the reservation was trans
mitted to Washington and the depart
ment immediately wired him to know
if he had written such letters He
replied that he had not and could
not understand how his name was
used that he had acted as attorney
for the setters and advised them
that the time for final settlement
would expire on July 1 and that there
would be no further grace It is evi
dent that settlers are being misled
and it is possible that those who fall
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Ijife Sentence for a Lad
LINCOLN Neb June 24 Accord
ing to decision of the supreme court
Ernest Bush the 16-year-old boy who
was convicted of murdering Silas Bai
ley near Benkelman on February 7
1899 will have to serve his life sen
tence unless executive clemency comes
to him The chief objection raised
by the defendant to the decision of
the lower court was that the evidence
did not justify conviction The su
preme court holds that the boys con
fession was fully corroborated by oth
er evidence
Church Destroyed by Lightning
NEWMAN GROVE Neb June 24
Salem church ten miles south of this
city was struck by lightning and en
tirely consumed The edifice was own
ed by the Swedish Evangelical Luth
eran denomination and was built ten
years ago at a cost of 4500 All the
furniture including the pews two or
gans and a 300 oil painting were
saved Insurance 2500
Court Denies the Motion
LINCOLN Neb June 24 One of
the 102 opinions filed by the supreme
court was a denial of the motion of
Attorney General Prout to dismiss
the case of the state against the Rock
Island railroad because of the judg
ment of the United States court
which held that the attorney general
was enjoined from proceeding against
the railroads to collect penalties for
alleged violations of the maximum
rate law
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EXPLOSION Of THAT LOCOMOTIVE
Opinion of an Old Railroad engineer as
to the Cause
BEATRICE Neb June 22 A cor
respondent was talking with an old
time railroad engineer here when the
Columbus disaster was referred to
What in your opinion was the
cause of the accident was asked
Without any reserve he said The
cause primarily was that the engine
was poorly constructed It was a
cheap John affair and if they do not
reduce the pressure on these big tubs
more of them will go just as that en
gine did The point is right here
The company is in need of say fifty
engines They take their specifi
cations and go to every factory in the
country to get prices Of course they
all cut the price and the quality of
material and workmanship is also cut
When it comes to constructing the
boiler no hand work is employed A
bushel of rivets are put in the fire
and heated to a temperature no one
knows what Then they are put in
and given a lick and a promise by a
trip hammer Scarcely any hand
work about it all machine As I said
they are carrying too much pressure
There is too much contraction and ex
pansion the boilers wont stand it
I see they talk about the water being
low That is nonsense of the most
absurd sort They were on the siding
only a few moments before waiting
for another train and had only got
outside the mile limits when the ac
cident occurred Poor construction in
my opinion is responsible for the
wreck
Hear Bellstedt This Week
The engagement with the Bellstedt
band for a series of concerts extend
ing over the month of June expires
on the 29th There has been a large
attendance from the first and all have
been delighted with the efforts of this
celebrated band Special features are
to be provided from now until the
close and increased attendance is
looked for Two concerts each day in
a large pavilion spread for the pur
pose with reduced price of admission
to the afternoon entertainments Hear
this great musical organization while
there is yet opportunity
Two New State Banks
LINCOLN Neb June 22 The State
Banking board issued charters to two
new state banks One is the Bank of
Merna Merna Custer county It has
a paid capital stock of 510000 and
its principal incorporators are Charles
E Ford S K Warrick and J M Kim
berling The other charter was given
to the Newcastle State bank of New
castle Dixon county Its paid capital
stock is 10000 and its incorporators
are Charles E Crew A B Francis
Thomas Hoy T J Hoy and A H
Marshall
High Schools May Hire Relatives
LINCOLN Neb June 22 The law
passed by the last session of the legis
lature forbidding school directors from
hiring relatives for teachers without
the unanimous consent of the board
has aroused considerable discussion
and many inquiries have been received
by State Superintendent Fowler asking
for his opinion of the law He has
decided that the law applies only to
rural districts and not to high schools
Drowned in the Bine
SEWARD Neb June 22 R Luck
er a blacksmith of Germantown was
drowned in the Blue river three miles
south of Ruby He was swimming
across the river to set some fish lines
when he was taken with cramps Five
men were on the bank but without
a- boat and they made no attempt at
rescue The body was recovered
David City Chantauqna
DAVID CITY Neb June 22 The
program for the first annual session
of the David City Chautauqua assem
bly is out An exceptionally good list
of lecturers preachers volcalists elo
cutionists and musicians has been se
cured and the grounds have been put
in first class condition The session
opens June 27
Melklejohn Goes to Wyoming
FULLERTON Neb June 22 For
mer Assistant Secretary of War Mei
klejohn has gone to Wyoming to in
spect copper mines in which he lately
secured an interest Mr Meiklejohn
was accompanied by Thomas C Koch
and H E Knapp who had joined with
him in the investment
Secretary Hay has returned to
Washington from Buffalo and re
sumed his duties at the state depart
ment
Discuss State Fair Details
LINCOLN Neb June 22 The State
Board of Agriculture met and discuss
ed details conected with the state fair
Arrangements were made to supply
fodder and forage to owners of stock
IIarhXnInc Strikes Chnrch
ST EDWARDS Neb June 22
During a storm lightning struck the
German Lutheran church eight miles
northeast of here and it was burned
to the ground
Presents to Teacher Forbidden
The New York board of education
has put an end to favoritism In pub
lic schools Well-to-do pupils were
in the habit of making presents to
teachers while poor children could
not afford to do so Under the new
system no one is permitted to give
teacher anything except at teachers
home and even then the gifts must
be anonymous
Tho Proper Distinction
When asked the other day as to the
question he raised concerning the
syntactical number of the United
States ex Secretary John W Foster
said I think after all the best
answer is that of the cartoonist Be
tween ourselves the United States are
plural but between ourselves and any
other nation the United States is sin
gular
A Mother of Glapts
Mrs K O Rauf who died in
North Dakota recently was the moth
er of four sons who ranged in
stature from six feet to six feet six
inches and in weight from 200 to
nearly 600 pounds The aggregate
weight of the four boys was about
1400 pounds Carl K Rauf who died
a few years ago attained a weight of
nearly 600 pounds while his brother
Ole is well content to hold himself
down to 350 pounds Lars is able to
tip the beam in the neighborhood of
Ambrose McKays Case
Rockbridge Mo June 24th The
neighborhood and particularly
members of Rockbridge Lodge No
435 A F A M are feeling very
much pleased over the recovery of Mr
Ambrose McKay a prominent citizen
and an honored member of the Mason
ic Fraternity
Mr McKay had been suffering for
years with Diabetes and Rheumatism
which recently threatened to end his
days His limbs were so filled with
pain that he could not sleep He was
very bad
Just then someone suggested a new
remedy Dodds Kidney Pills which
has been much advertised recently as
a cure for Brights Disease Diabetes
Dropsy Rheumatism and Kidney
Trouble
After Mr McKay had used a few
doses he commenced to improve His
pain all left him and he is almost as
well as ever He says Dodds Kidney
Pills are worth much more than they
cost They are certainly getting a great
reputation in Missouri and many very
startling cures are being reported
Picktvith In the lesh
Alfred Davies an English member
of parliament now on a visit to this
country constantly reminds people or
Diekens immortal Pickwith He is
short and stout 55 years old with a
round face and a most benignant
smile Put him in tights and gaiters
and he would be Pickwith to the life
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flammation allay pain cures wind colic 25c a bottle
An old maid is a woman who has
seen the flower of youth gone to seed
What Do tho Children DrlnT
Dont give them tea or coffee Have yon
tried the new food drink called GRAIN O
It is delicious and nourishing and takes the
place of coffee The more Grain 0 you give
the children the more health you distribute
through their systems Grain 0 is made of
pure grains and -when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades of coffee buS
costs about X ss much All grocers sell it
16c and 25c
You cant act all the time as
life were a perpetual cake walk
Halls Catarrh Cnre
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The woman who has pretty feet Is
not apt to wear ugly shoes
Pisos Cure is the best medicine -we ever usee
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