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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JTFXE If ) , 1S7J. CKMAJLA , THURSDAY 3LOBNtNTG , AUGUST 5 , 1897. SINGLE OOPV FIVE CENTS. MORE HEX WALK OUT Do Annitt's ' Diggers Continue to Throw Down Their Picks. TWENTY MORE MEN JOIN THE STRIKERS About Half tbe Force of the Preceding Day Eemains at Work. COMMITTEES WORK IN MINERS' HOUSES Enlist Sympathy of Women and the Latter Do the Best , ONLY ABOUT FORTY MIN AT PLUM CREEK Clo IiiK of tinMlnr I.lkr to Occur SIMIII Output of Conl ! . > o Very Mtieh Ho trlctc < l. FITTSBURG , Aug. 4. The striking miners Kalnrd another victory at Plum Creek this morul'g by Inducing twenty more men to join the ranks. All of them were diggers This le-axe * the mine working with about half the force ot jcetcrday. Committees are working Industriously in the house * cf the miners. They first enlist the sympathy cf the women and then the men are more easily Induced to quit. The strikers are turning their attention entirely to the dig gers knowing that If they come out the employes will be forced to follow. On the other hand tbe New York and Clex-eland Gas Coal company is making every effort to keep them in. It Is acecrted that all the Plum Creek miners arj working , v5lr ! the strik ers eaj that not mor than fo ty men are in the pit. The full ferceof that mine to 240 nun Before tbe campers came the out put was from 120 to 140 cars a day. This output however , was about forty cars above the average when the other mines are woik- Ing The output yesterday -was thirty-nine cars With twenty mo'e men out today the output is cot expected to exceed twenty cars BIG DECREASE IN OUTPUT. The complete closing ot the mine will be expected In a fexr days. Tbe march to Plum Creek mine was commenced at 1 o'clock thifc liiornlng by the campera at Center school house They were reinforced by la'ge boJles from Sandy and Turtle CreeR. The com bined forces arrived at the mine at S a. m , remain'ng until G o'clock , when they marched hack to camp , taking xvlth them in triumph twenty diggers who cameout. . The camp- e-6 at" Sandy C.eek . had little to do Tb : mine is to all Intents and purposes shut doxvn The putput Is not more than tw , . cars a . 'ay. The capacity of the mine hs be n 100 cars a day. Tbt normal eratput with the three mines In operation , it seventy care There hrs been no change s" Tar nt Oak Hill. A statement made by thi miners that only two men were worklrp may be true. In that case the output o ) eight cars given for Monday and Tueydnx will UP dec cased to one car. The extra ordinary capacity ot the mine is 120 , acd the normal capacity nipety care I > The demonstration against De Armltt has had tbe effect of decreasing tbe eapacitj II ef 340 cars , to forty-two cars , with the proba. fclllty of further reduction. The rampcrs at Turtle CreeK were on the march at 3 a. m. and went to the Oak Hill mine They marcb ( > d back at GtSO a. m and hail breakfast The camp life hcs beer reduced to a syptem. One hundred mer were sent to Plum Creek and SOO sent home leaving COO men In caifip. They have dl vlded Into companies of 100 each , under i lleutfnant I revision * seem to ha plentiful The camp will be policed by strikers sworr In by Burgess Teatk a borough pollcemer The hearing of Pre ldcnt Dolan and thi other offl > 'als charged with riot and ur lawful atspn-blagc IB fet for 3 o'clock thi' ' nftern'on It is thoucht the case will b- dropped by the defeafiants giving ball foi court and nolle prorse being entered later OPERATORS TAKE IT EASY. One of the notable features of tbe fctrik liy the miters has been the absence o : effort bj th operators to get their miners t ( work There has been no meeting by then to consider the situation , nor haH-e then heen an > attempts to ftart the mines will new men. This xvas explained today bj an op rater who said he ! s satisfied to hax- ( the etrike continue until Jcauary. as he ha : enough coal to last him or can get it a prices xvhlcb will enable him to make i Tiroflt Tbe lower river markets are re parted to be well Blocked with Plttsbun coal and by reason of almost contlnuou nevlgation horn January until July largi ttockE have t > ecn accumulate ! in New Or lean ? Louifevllle and Cincinnati markets am no coal boat fctage of water can be expectei now before- November Some of the rai operators haxe plentx cf coal , one produce ; claiming to have not less than 2.000 toni available for his contracts and others cat liuy coal at a price almost as low as the : can produce it Ruling prices are 7.1 centi T o b cars at shipping point for run o the mine and fl to $1 25 for screened coal. The miners at Schnilek's mines on tbe Red stone- blanch of the Pennsylvania railroai came out today and the mine * are once mon closed down When the nexvs was receive ! Jn this city the price of coal Jumped to tl i ton anJ brokers said prices were likely ti udx-ance to $1.50 before next week. President Alfred De Armitt of the Nev York and Cleveland Gas Coal enmpanj say Ills men are not on a strike and arc not Ii sympathy with the movement. "They havi > been Intimidated" said he , "and I have ni doubt all would return to work if the utrlk crs encamped at the different mines wen withdrawn. " UNDER MILITARY DISCIPLINE. The mlnerk' camp Is now under strlc nilll'ary dUclpllne , and exerythlng Is mov Ing like clockwork The customary marc will be made to Plum Cree'k In the earl morning and will be continued dally , th uimerV official ! say. until the suspension t the DC Armltt mines Is complete. At the bearing In the cate of Preslden Dolan and othre for rl t and unlawful ai teub'age this afternoon before Juulce Sera n ens a number of witnesses were heard , bu the Justice retrrxed hi * de lilon until tc m rr > > xx afternoon. The hearing of the tour miner * arreste Us * week at the McGovsrn mini * nea Can nsburg. for trespass , uas comluded tbl sfternxm No ex-ideince connecting the de fendcnti directly with the fong "We'll han li'.a k sheep to a nour apple tree , " 01 wit the use ot opprobioua epithets was produced None of tbe defendants appeared at the hesi Ing and they were held In ooutempt. At ta I menta wrre Usui < 3 for their arrftt. ? ere'ary Watner laid his compliment to Pietidcnt De Armltt of tbe New Yor end Clexeland company In not viry cbolc terms The reason for tblt was the public * Iran of tbe * tory that Mr De Armltt ha ri'1 that { 10.000 had been M-nt Into tb JMtuburg district by the We t Virgin ! rp < > Jlor * In order to bring about a strike c in rcrs in this district and thus force tti I" r of coal up Both the secretary an I > < > dent. A. F Carrick I the palntert an dcratorf , xrba characterized the a'.ory as roi ard. said tbat if it was true tbe v ad larJIy ttni organizer * into tbat du < r , t to indue * , tbe men to strike if parelU'i nrpanlze-r Camttroo Miller is irranglog K B i-erting of butlfiMs men an1) rcloerc t t ke { > < * ! ? a : Roittp in 'Ii * fn'jr'u HOD ! < j J r m ton.evrrtw He ex.-fts that alxiu 1 T itfa 11 be la atteiiaame cmii : ( rm all tbe mine * in tht four.u p 4 fr j punievy to CalifornU , Tne meetlnB w be aldrec-frd by Pr * Mnt DoltD and Mr. Miller OPKN AIR DBMONSTRAT10N. Arrangement * b ve b * i complete for the open lr demonstration under tb * au'plcet of the United L bor Iricue of weztern Penn- oyirinlB tomorrow evralng. oo tb * Dnqawne wharf. IB tbe Interest of the striking miners. Tbe leaders expert ZO.WO people to attcnl. The pfikern will talk from a w goo. Tb * meeting will tw oddremed by Bvgcne V. Defc * Mrs. Mary Jon * of Chicago , M. M Oartand. president , and W. A. Carney , vie * pr0ld it of thr Amalgamated a octtlon ; United Mine Wo-k rs' Orcanlzrr Cameron Miller , M. P. Ctrrlck , national secretary of the Pulntecs and Dcorators union , and M. Coutialian national secretary of the ilnmberi' nnHn. After the flddrei an sp iral will be made to tbe aodUice for flnen- ; lal Maittance for the striking miner * , and .he leaders expect thtt the result will show .hat the pnWIc Is in hearty sympathy with .h * miners In their struggle for living waged. The miners claim If they can only get a lie : - ! e msre finanrlil a'slttance they will easily , ln tbe ptOVe and they are straining every e-rre to ra ! e more money. The- miners at the Sehmock mines , on the ledstone branch of the Pennsylvania rail- j oad , came out again today , and the mlfi I ire rlo ed down This Interference caused j be price of cwl to Jump from 7 cents to 1 a ton , and brokers say there will prob- ibly be another ad\ance to Jl.M before the md of next week. MORE MARCHING. Eight hundred worklngmen , headed by a band , marched through the streets of Turtle Creek tonight. The strikers had gone to meet them and about 1.200 men were In lino. Re\\ William Hall of the M"thodlst Epls- : opal church. Wilmerdlng , addressed a mcet- ng after the parade. He complimented the miners on their fight and tbe peaceable manner in which it was being conducted. At the close of his address he hunde-d tb-1 miners a bag containing ? 2r.5. a contribution from the citizens of Wilmerdlng. J. B. Corey , a prominent coal operator. has ent a letter to Governor Hartlncs , call- _ ng attention to the open defiance of the sheriff's proclamation and the sl-erlff's fail ure to enforce the proclamation , and auks him to order out a sufficient force of the National Guard , whom Mr. Corey ttje arc playing soldiers , to disperse the strikers. KBITM : TO AVOHK WITH \Vhlte Employe * In n Cotton Pnrtdry \Vnlk Ont. ATLANTA. Auc. 4 Tx o hundred women and giile employed at the Fulton Bag and Cotton mil's in this city struck this mornIng - Ing because of the employment of negro help by the management. The operatixes learned yesterday that twenty-five colored women were to be put to work In the folding de partment today. The xihite femalie em- plojcd in the mllU gathered about tbe main entrance this morning and awalteJ the ar rival of the president. Mr. Jacob Elsas. The nexvly employed neg o xvomen were already there. When Mr. Elsas came the xihlte women explained that they xvanted to Icnow whether It was true that he proposed to put negroes to work xvlth them. He said he did and the white women refused to go to work At noon the 400 men employed in the millv Talked out in obedience to the orders of the Textile Wortett , ' union and in sxmpathy with the striking female operatives. This forced the closing down of the factory. Strikers gathered la angry groups about the mills , and for a time it looked as though there would bo a riot. The Fulton Bag and Cotton company 1 = one of the large concerns of the kind in the s"uth Abcut SOO men women and chil dren are affected by the strike. MIVRItS MAIICII I.VTO MlSSOmi. Mrlkr I * . Siirciullnir In lonn nml l.IU-rly 10 Itfiic-li Soullmnrcl. OTTUMWA. la , Aug. 4. ( Special Tele- warn. ) The coal miners' strike in this dis trict is becoming serious. A tie-up of the mines is probable , and trouble between tbe -trlkers and the men who desire to stay at work may follow. Another committee waited on the operators and reiterated a de mand for SO cents and $1. The demand \x-as refused. The men at Cincinnati , la. . Joined he other miners who xxere out The Cin- 'innatl men left in a bndy for Mendota , Mo. . hus making the fi'st move that has yet been made toward the Mlrsourl territory. 11 the mines along the Milxx-aukee road , in- ludlng Mystic , Foster and Jerome , are stiil . -rklng , but the Centervllle men expect tc tart on a marching tour of these mines to- xoirow to get them to quit. None hut the Xeb men aneout near the city but the Cen- te-ville men say if they succeed in getting he Milwaukee road men out , the big m\D"t \ aear Ottumwa will bs the next objective paint. Some of tbe miners employed here are alread } agitating a walk out. \Vrht Vlrclnln M inert. . * n Itulr , 1U-- fu e to Strike. WHEELING , W Va , Aug 4 Except In the Fairmont region , where J. W. Rae sni Joseph H. Wood appear to be making some headway , tbe stlke leaders arc losing cour age The strike in the Kanawha valley is c failure thus far. while in the New river re gion there has he-en but little to lend en couragement On the Norfolk & Weste-rr there Is nothing to ind-cate that a strike was ever ordered. Tomorrow is looked for ward to with the hope that It may effect a change , especially In the Wheeling district , where eo much was expected and so little accomplished , all tbe miner * but fifty be ing at work again The disorder at Corinth last night lesdi to the fear that MTlous trouble may follow an attempt to ar est the foreigners who were mlxtd up tn It There lt > a feud between the Italian and Hungarian minera and tine ; they have taken the opposite sHB of the strike they are decidedly dangerous. It < > - trill 11 1 u if neli . H.VRKERSBURG. W. Ya. Aug. 4. Upon tbe application of James Sloane , Jr. , ot Bal timore , a stockholder In tbe MonRgb Coke and Coil company , made by ex-Governor Fleming , his counsel , Judge Jackson of the United Slates court this afternoon granted a liwctplng injunction restraining Eugene V. Deb * and hU avbociAtes from In any wa > interfyrlng xvith or molesting the manage ment yr the conducting of the property ol tbe 'MtvaRh Coke and Coal company or itt emplojiU , or by trespassing upon the prop erty of Lhe companx or the approaches there to , or inciting its employes to strike or in terfering in any manner whatever , cither by word or deed in the companx'fc affairs Ohio Miner * ( lull Work. CANTON , 0. . Aug 4. Over 100 Oitiaburj miners , beaded by a band , marched to Nortti Industry aad held a meeting. Afterward the ; visited all tbe local mines and succeeded ii inducing all tbe miners to come out. At agrtemnnt wai reached whereby no coal wil l > e mlnt < d for any purpose whatever until ib < pretut mlnlnc troubles are mtled. Oninlin Mini ( let * tlie Job. MADISON. WIs. , Aug. 4 The state library commission thit afternoon awarded tbe contract for completing the new hlfc- toricul library to Harry Johnson of Omaha , whose bid * at f2M.7XS. Work will U btguz : In a fewdm ; Mot < -iut-ii ! of Ocean Vt-ktelk , A lit. 4 At IJzard Pasted Parts , from Ntxv York , for Suthampton. Sparrndum , from New York , for Rotterdam. At Now York Arrived Georgian Prince , fremi Santos , Wei B City , from Bristol Hcclu. trom Corx-nhujren , for Saale. At Brt-men Suiled St Paul , for South ampton. iiajtstic. for Liverpool , Prttriand , for Antxxerp. At Southampton Arrix'ed Parit. froir. New York. Sailed Trave , from Bremen , for New York. Hutterdam Sailed VwnflamAfor New At Liverpool- Arrived -Sytaia. from Rat ion Bulled -Waoslmd. for Philadelphia o Teutonic , for New York. t At Chert-cure ArrHeii- ahn frr-m New , . IUIK T ia fjni < > uihor Bremen ' At aiaif wArredCircasiU. . Trom New * 'i ricui Me \ in * n At Lor. ion-Arm ed-ijojbile , from. WOLCOTT MAKING HEADWAY Sentiment in London Inclines More to the Bimetallic Doctrine. MEETING BRITISH CABINET IN PROSPECT Mr. Itnlfonr Dcnlc-n Knorlilcc of Ilir Conference Annnntirpil for Snliir- dnjnnO Dlxciikxrx Whnt Mnj- HP Dune Ile-rcnftrr. ( CorijriKht. 1W7 ij Prw Publishing Crnnpanv ) I LONDON. Aug. 4. ( New York World Cablegram - | blegram Spwlal Telegram. ) The ( statement | cabled yesterday tbat the final meeting " 51 | the American raone-ttry eommistiontrs with | Lord Salisbury would be held at the foreign j office at the end of next week It cot cre-dUetl . here. Mr. Balfour affirms entire Ignorance ' and says no such mietlng It arranged. Sir j Thomas Sanderson , permanent under cecre { tary of foreign affairs , ranking next to Lord I Sill-bury , states : " 1 have heard of no such | meeting , and deem the statement untrue ] At that time most of the cabinet members i will be away. Lard Salisbury might come , to Londrn from Hatflcld , but no notlie hat been eerxed. and mtwt of the ministers could ! net be present. I do not believe that the1 Br.tlrh government ha-j submitted any propo ' s'tlcn ' to tbe American envoys. " English pape'fc are now seriously noticing Mr. Wolcott's bimetallic commission. The' Dally Chronicle said this morning after , authoiltatlxely" announcing ' the meeting1 next week. "Most of thc'cablnet will be' ' present , and Lord Salisbury is then ex ported to make known to President McKln- ley's envoys the derision cf the Brltlfh gcvernment on the subject of the proposed extension of silver. " As I cabled two weeks ago , many impor tant people have expected Lord Salisbury again to make the old offer to open the Indian mints and withdraw 10-shllllng gold pieces from circulation MUCH NEGOTIATION NECESSARY. The Statist , the most Important financial paper here , has inclined to that view , as hcs also the Tlires. qualified- ! , but I learn after midnight on very nearly the hlghen author ity that all such statements are premature and without foundation at present. Aside from very grave doubts , rs to any meeting before September , Mr. Balfour and' the Brit ish government are firmly of the opinion that it would harm rather than help any practical effort to settle the monetary ques tion if an offer were made bv Great Brit ain un'll official negotiations privately con- dueted had proxed England. France. Ger many and the Vnlted States wpre prepared to agree on steps effectively to remonetize silver and maintain par of exchange. It 1 = believed Mr Balfour has refused to hold any official conferences with anybody until pretty nearly a final agreement has been reached. The French and United States governments have Informed the British gov- errment what they will do if England and Germany will take certain specified stepa. If the British should accept th's offer , the acceptance muat be conditional on German agreement. Thus Germany will not be approached preached until it Is iound what England will agree to , and much time must elapse before a formal c-nferenee is porsible. Should Germany tacltlj agree to the de mand agreed upon by the three other na tions , then a meeting such sa predicted for next week might be held. Tbe progress of negotiations In London is being kept profoundly secret , but It Is said England is prepared to make a few minor concessions London take-s Scna'Or Wclcott and h ( < - colleague ? more e-erlously than Paris did. The French papers. 'nclii'J- ' ing Ls Temps , made game of them ; I > uudon Journals regard them with respect. EDWARD MARSHALL. Lcirr is : U > T GOI.NG TO CIIETR. lurUUh " \ \ nr ' hip * .lusl Out for n I'ractlec CrnNe. CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 4. The second squadron of Turkish war ships , consisting of sex en vessels , commanded by Harl Pasha , which sailed from the Dardanelles jester- day , ras arrived at Slgrl , island of Mitlyne Referring to the fears expressed here that that the departure of the Tu'kifch fhips might lead to a collitlon with the interna tional fleet in Cretau waters. In view of the announcement of the foreign admirals that they ha\e decided to oppa e the land ing of Turkish reinforcements in the iflund of Crete , the Turkish newspaper * bay that ibe sqi-idron has only been ordered tn carry out evolutions in the islands o ! the arcbi- CANEA. Crete. Aug 4. Upon the receipt f the news that the Turkish squadron from the Dardanelles was coming into these waters the foreign war ships got up steam and the international troops on there have takt-n measure ? to anticipate any possible com plications. The renort and these prepara tions have greatly ex-e.ted the Mussulman- . The admirals and commanders me * today on beard the Italian flagshtns to die.-uss the- matter In view of the possible arrival of ihc squadron a French war ship has been dispatched to Sitia , an Italian war ship to Suda bay. an Austrian to Castelli , and a Rus sian to Rctino. _ LOOIvIM ! KOIl FiVOHS. i\i -rl Preldent MeKInley to ( Slvt * < iMintiiiiicint | > Tariff Hediirtlon. PARIS. Aug 4. Tbe Gaulols today pub lishes an interview with tbe mln'sttr of com merce , M. Boucher in which he Is quoted as declaring that "It should not for a moment be doubte-d tbat President McKlnley will spontaneously grant to France 20 per cent tariff reduction at prrmlttfd by tbe Dingley bill. " M. Boucher is reported to have added , "Jt IE tit course onlv on 'bis condition that Franco will continue to grant tbe United States the customs concessions arranged as a quid pro quo for the economic advantages which hare now disappeared. In asking for this reduction , France will cite the favors accorded to imports from the United States and the liberal legltlatlon enabling Amei- loan insurance companies to operate In Franco In competition with the home com panies. " Gnnuiliiliiir 7'IIJ.i.i1iulltiil to Hull. BOMBAY. Aug 4. Gangdahar Tilka. the native member of the leglslatlxr council and publisher of the Kessrl. who was formally committed for trial on Monday last. charged with inciting tbe natives to disaffec tion , hat , been admitted to bail in the sum of IOO.W'0 rupttt. . The magistrate who heard the iharg * refused to admit tbe prisoner to bail und the latter wes compelled to make an implication to the high court Judged for an order requiring the authorities to refease him on bail pending bU trial. Mnui'k Kliiir lit VUlt HitC tiln. . PORTSMOUTH , Aug. 4. King Cbul- alongkorn and EU tulte arrived here today from London on hit way to vitlt Queen Vic toria at Osborne. Hie majesty was rectlve-d at tbe railroad wtatiou by tbe prince of AValf . The war ship ? here were decorated with bunting and fired a royal ealute as tbe king proceeded on his wjy to the Icle of Wight At Ob-jrn& tbe king of Slam will lunch with the queen and later be will take tea with ttie prince and princeee of Wales on board tbe royal yacht O borne. 1C I HIT Vl ll ii 1'rrr l oileluf ; Ilnilkr. LONDON. Aug. 4. The king of Eiam , ac- companle-d by tbe crown prince of SI m , Prince Chew fa Meha Vejtrarudb nd by Lord Hirrle. one of her inaety' ] lords In waitiog made a eurpriee visit at midnight to an eist end inttitutioc tiitblltbed for tbe shelter of the botneltkt His majett ) was greatly Intfrcftud In the COO outcatte oc cupying bunks in tbe bulidlng and inquired cloeely Irto all ' the detail * of mi&aEing eucb ' lastUutloa * . OUIJ1T IlItlTAIX AXU ITS COLON CKS. , t linnibrrlnln i > fnU CnncrrnltiR tlip llrnnnrlntlnn of Tr < - tlr . LONDON Aug. . Toe secretary of state for the col on let. Mr. thumblrliUn. answerIng - Ing a question in the House ! Commons to day on the subject of the renunciatlno by tbe go\ eminent of tbe treitieiLwUh Germany and Belgium , raid the rctiutuaation was the unanimous wlrn of th t self-cove rnlng rol- onles. who desired to deal with the United Kingdom on preferential terms. Mr. Chamberlain addefl that at the confer ence tietweeti the cotoalal premiers and himself - self a resolution was passed unanimously , tbe substance brfng tbat the premiers of the self-governing colonlet heartily endorsed th epeedy renouncementi of the treaties as hampering the trade of Oreat Britain and her colonies , and thit \ $ wco accompanied by au important and significant resolution , namely , that In the hope of improving the trade relations between the mother country and the colonies the premiers present under took to confer with their colleagues as to what result could be re-cured by a preftre'nce gl\en by the colonho to the products of the United Kingdom. On receipt of the-sp Ins - s ructions Mr. Chamberlain further explained her majesty's government resolved to Im mediately withdraw the treaties with Ger many and Belgium. The fecretary of state for tbe colonies eald also tbat the law officers of the crown were now considering the question whe hr th ? ncMutlon of the Canadian Parliament In fringed thcoe treaties. The Canadian govtrn- ment had aekcd to be allowed to be repre sented lit tore the law officers of the crown. TMi was unusual but tbe request of the government of Canada had , been grante-d. In rr > n"luslon Mr ChainbcrjiIn tenured the House * that tbe action of Canada in this mat ter wa net a &tep toward separation , but d ntlcctly a movement against separation , the intention being to show gratitude and to prove the loyalty of the colonies. ATT\CK VOITII ArillCAX POLICY. Ir'llfrp < l l.nTi nn I'M H'H StrlctnrpM on pcrrtnrj of Stntc. LONDON , Aug 4 The " South African policy of tbe B : itih government was sub jected to an attack in" the House of Com mons today by Sir Wilfred Lawson. liberal , ho also gave Cecil Rhodes a sham prod- dlnr. Calling attention to the attitude of the secretary of state , Mr. Chamberlain , toward South Africa. Sir WIlfred Lawson ! criticised the letter's policy H.B being I "dangerous and d&stractlve to our reputation ' abroad. " I Referring to Cecil Rhodes , Sir Wilfred re 1 marked that the cx-prcmier of Cape Colony ' was guilty of "treachery , be-trayal of his t sovereign and disloyalty tq his colleagues. " Sir Wilf-ed explained that Mr. Rhodes' guilt consisted In "falttly dating a lettei , which was very like a forEerj , Involving i bloodshed , murder and confusion in many parts of the world " I "Yet. ' added Sir Wilfred , "all has been endorsed by Mr. Chamberlain , who has , placed the House of Commms in tbe de- i grading po-ltian of declaring Mr. Rhodes to tie an honorable man , thus making Great B-itain the laughing stock of all nanlro i.- " ] Mr. Chamberlain , replying to Sir Wilfred i Lans-on. declined to reapen "questions whlcb w-rre regarded as sealed. " He added , "As , to Mibmittlng dlrputee with the Transvaal t arbitration , it would be an extraordinary , course to submit to a foreign tribunal a j dispute between a suzerain and a subo"- 1 dinate state. " 1'Loons i\ j Over l"onr I'lmiiNiilid Ilnuscv Snld tn j Ilnip Ilrt-n IVritcoj . | , $ AN FJIANCISCO. .Aug. H. Advices re- I celved by the Bflgic st te the Japanese [ government has decided to totally abolish I the export duty from tbe commencement ol the thirty-first ffical year on April 1 ucxt. The oc s in Fukul are said to have in- vohcd damage to 4,300 bouses. According to latest tiatlve reports from Sze'chuan. states an exchange , the famine i there is still at its. height and ptupo ar djing from starvation by hundreds every day. According to a Tokio paper , the Formosa rebels teem to stand la with the high offl- I cial" cf China and their plan is to attacl ; i foreign offices and residences or otherwise ! raole.s.t foreigners so as to start international trouble. j Samuel Parker , v.ho was , minister of for- , elgn affairs in Queen Llliuokalaui'e cab- j Inet , arrived from Honolulu on the Belglc j He said : 'If annexation ta defeated Hawaii ' I will put Its foot down. It will then be I ready to negotiate with Japan. England 01 I any other country. Abopt cne-fourth of the population of the Islands is Japanese ; many of them "oldlers , it Ie rumored. I do not think Japan will do anything until the an nexation and treaty quretlpne have been set tled by the United States , ; " H110tiS Jfr NOT SO GRXEHOl'Si. Did \ut Vay Indemnity Dfiuniidrd lij TrnnoTonl. LONDON , Aug. 4. B. P. Hawkesly , coun sel for Cecil Rhode * , Inan Interview today declared that the report circulated by the J Morning Post of this city.to the effect that i Mr Rhodes and Alfred Belt , the former resi dent director at Capetown of tbe iBritish South Africa company , had personally paid the Transvaal government J 250OQO as Indem nity for the raid of Jir. Jameson and his followers into the Tranfcraal in December , 1M 5 , is "all nonttnte. " ) -pccliil C > iiiiinli > l < iii GOCN tii T TANGIER , Aug. 4. A special comuiis sion , he-oded by Vice Coatul Carleton , wh' recentl > partlclpate-d in the dcmon&tratlo : made by the United States cruiser Raleigl at the principal parts on tbe "Coast o Morocco , In consequence 'of the difference between tbe United States and Morocco rela t ve to the rights of American citizens , ha L i lied at tbe city of Morocco with lnpor tant instructions in connection with Amen can claims. The special commission , headei by Mr. Carteton , is now pressing the gov ernmcnt to settle claims.of . Americans fo : Indemnity , the principal 'one bt.rjp tuat o an agent of an American /lira at Tangier ) who was assaulted and retibed by the MOJM A -tI\lt > n ( VJIAic KlOkU. LONDON , Aug. t. A. di i atch from Con stantlnople this afternoon -uys the g tatte activity ii displayed atjtlie yildiz kioelc Ministers are summoned o 4be presence o the bultan at all hour ; of the day and night The military communion "is busy ellscussia ) special measures anfl tbe ordering of fur ther tupplles of war material , which i' I : believed are destined for Crete as Djre * Patha. the new military * oummandant. bai talk a for troops and tnupltions in order t < crush the Christian rebellion. Hcllrf of Fnrt Clinkudurn. LONDON , Aug. 4. A eitpatth to tbe Tlme from Camp M&lakand ) says tbat For ) CbaliZdara , which was relleied Tuesday bj Colonels Gondney and MelLfclJohn , WBB in vested by large bodies Cf Pathans on the evening of July C , The natives made re peated charges 'simultaneous on all sldec of the fort , advancing rifht up to tbe wall * end giving the garr Json io rfcst day or night. When finally relieved the garrison , accordIng - Ing to the dttpatch , 'wit beginning to run very thort of food and ammunition. Jiiii | < Tor Start * for Cmnntnilt. BERLIN. Aug. 4. A dUpatci from Kiel cays that Emperor William and tbe cm- press have otarted for Cronstadt on board thei Hobenzollero for their visit to Empero : Nicholas. Ilnltlt * itilU I'KcJiforUn. COSHOCTON , O. , Aup 4. D. ' GamerEt- f elder and Marshal Anspaugh , two farm- era residing near Spring Mountain , In Mon- ror township , thin count ) , bad an Alterca tion while workintr on & straw rack fur & nelghb r who wafc thrashing , mbk-h retulted in a. pit > bed but tit with pitchforks , Ans. paugh w-a btabbtd tbrouth the obdomec and had both eyes put cut He Is Mill alive , tout cunnot rtc&vtr. STATE EPTOTII ASSEMBLY First Day on tie Grounds Proves a Crowded Success. DEPARTMENT WORK W LL ORGANIZED Iciu1rr Arrnnce- ( Jlte the Iliou- KtinilK In A tU'iiiliiiioc tlic I'ull llrnrllt of Cotniirrlirtinl * e Dull } 1'roKrniii. LINCOLN , Aug. 4. ( Special. ) After hav ing experienced the grand opening of last night the Bpworth assembly was ready to settle down to regular business today. The report of the size of tbe crowd on the grounds last night requires revision , as the report of the gatekeeper shows that 7,000 people passed the gate after 5 o'clock , and the most correct estimate Is that there were E.500 people there last night. Today the regular program was given , with the- addition of o lecture by Rev. W. E. McLennan of Berwyn , 111. , whose subject was "The History of Book Making. " This was In the forenoon. In addition to the re ligious services , school of methods , Junior and bible classes and the musical program. In the afternoon one of tne Interesting fea tures-was the address , "The Epworth League In China , " bj Rev. Sla Tleng Ang of Foo- chow. This waa followed by the concert by the Sla } ton Jubilee Mngcrs , the preachers' institute and the school or Junior methods The chorus class under the direction of Prof. \ \ illard Klmball also got thoroughly organ ized during the afternoon. In the evening there was a cong sen ice of thirty minutes at the amphitheater and a lecture on "Alaska" by Dr. E. A. Schcll , who used a stcrcoptlcon in the illustration of his sub ject.The The program for Thursday Is as follows : S a. m. Pentecostal services , conducted by Rev. W. J. Calfee ( Epworth hall ) . a. m. School of Dpworth Methods ; "A Model Business Meeting. " Dr. J. r. Berry ( Epwcrth hail ) ; the Juniors in session , con ducted by Mrs. G. W. Isham ( Junior pa vilion ) . 10 a. m Bible study : "Samuel and the Days of the Judges , " Kev. E. A , Schell ( Ep worth hall ) . 11 a. m. Cornet solo , Effle Wilcoi Marsh , lecture , "Libraries. " Hev. W. E. McLennan. 2 p. m. The Slayton Jubilee ? lnger& and at- -emlily ehoru ? ( amphitheater ) . 2SO ; p m. Lecture , "Lend a Hand , " Dr. J. F. iicrry. 4 p. m. Chorui drill. Prof. Wlllard Kimball - ball ( amphithcutei ) ; preache.s' Ins itute. suo- Jtct , "The Pi-uacher and His Bible , " Chan cellor W. F. McDowfil ( Epworth hall ) ; school of Junior method' ) . Mis. J. R. Wood cock ( Junior pavilion ) . 8 p. m. Grand iont.ert and entertainment , the Slayton Jubilee singers. ASSEMBLY NOTES. During the progress ot the assembly the Swedish Epworth 1eag-ae of Nebraska and Kansas will hold sessions each day at the Swed.sh Methodist church , corner of Eigh teenth and J directs in the forenoons from ! ) to 12 and in the afternoons from 2 to 5 Delegates from the churches of the two states are arriving in town , each congrega tion haling two delegates. The -Visitors arc being entertained by the Swedish Methodists tf the city. Tomorrow evening a reception will be held at the church , after which re freshments will be Bervea. The Swedish mis sion is being held at Lincoln at this time , in order that adiantage may be taken of the low rales , and also that any of the visitors who desire may visit the ccsembly. The visiting delegates will ilslt the grounds In c. body several evenings of the session. The largtbt singls dclecation on the grounds is that from Unhersity Place. There are twenty-six tcnto , arranged to form two sides of a square , enclosing n rpace in which is set up a headquarters tent , 75x50 feet in Uzc. This tent is furnished with chairs , tables and plenty of literature for the con venience of the University Place people and their friends. The Bee has the only newspaper headquar ters 011 the grounds. It hao a pretty tent , with table , chairs , a typewriter , and In the evening is lighted -with the new acetylene gas. The readers of The Bee are invited to call at The Bee headquarters. There was an amusing spectacle this morning when the first load of straw- came on the assembly grounds. The supply had been short the night before and the campers were anxious to get their quota. A large number , a majority of whom were women , ruihed in and gathered up the straw as fast as three men could pitch it from the wagon , some of them belug almost buried as tbe huge forkfulls came Cwc. Several kodaks IOOK snap shots at the good natured riot. The managers of the assembly are doing all in their power to make the visitors com fortable and are succeeding well , consider ing that the number of tenters is so much larger than was anticipated. About fifty etudents from the Lincoln Normal are attending regularly. They can only come evenings , as their school is in session. _ S.KTTI.B . AM. Tiinin nirrciiEXCKs. ISreneli In Anclnt Order of HI * lirmiiiiiH IH Ilcalftl. ATLANTIC CITY , Aug 4 A breach tbat has existed for the post thirteen years in the Ancient Order of Hibernians of America h abaut reached adjustment A numbe of seceding delegates and the delegates of the old order held a meeting today. There were prefce-nt for the Ancient Order of AmericaJ. . F. O'Connor , national presi dent. Savannah , Ga. ; Joan S. Weadock , na tional vice president , Bay City , Mlih. ; James O'Sullivan , national secretary , Philadelphia Rev. W. E. McLaughlm and National Direc tors Maurice F Wilkeof Philadelphia an1 Colonel John T. Murphy of Norwich , Conn Tne seede d were represented by Rev. E Phllllpo national delegate , Scranton , Pa ; E A. Hayes national secretary , New Brunt- wick , N J ; James Qulnlan , Scranton , Pa Jtseph B. McLaughlln , Philadelphia ; Mil.6 F. Cartland , Brooklyn , and James H. Murph > According to the articles of agreement it is soeclfie-d that "all questions In dispute sbal be teferred to an arbitrator who shall be ehosen from the beirarchy ot tbe United States , and who fhall be Irish by birth or descent. He chall ha\e power to reconcile existing differences. " Bishop McFall ol Trenton was tbe agreed upon arbitrator , anc delegates went to Trenton-today to aek him to accept. i\mi > s nox PAINT. . \fTulr In n Critical Condition In In- illnn Trrrlior ) . ARDMORE. I. T. , Aug 4. Horace Gibson , a etockman Jutt in from near the Indian res- enstlon , reports tbe Klowa and Comanche Indians putting on war paint and says an uprising of the Indians is feared. Mr. Gib son says tbe Indians are greatly stirred up over tbe death of their chief , Quenah Parker , and will not be pacified. Jt ie unsafe , be says , for whites to enter the reservation There are between 8,000 and 10,000 Indians on thit reservation , but they arepoorl ) armed , EO far as is known. There is be lieved to be about one gun to tvery thirty Indians. KANSAS CITY , Aug. 4. A dispatch re- reived Lere from Fort Sill , I. T. denies positively the story of tbe killing of Chief Quenaii Parker by a gang of lawless whites , who raided the reservation , which ttt is said to-have aroused the war spirit among IheuKlowag and Comanchts Fort Sill re ports tbat Chief Parker was one of several Indians who had trouble with outlaws , and adds that the reported killing originated in the fact that Running Antelope , a Comanche , was thrown from bU lioree and hurt in tbe scrimmage. Ilaiinn nt tin600. . SAfLT STB MARIE. Mich , Aug 4- Eenatcr Mark A Hanna and party arrived here on the senator B yacht Comarxhe The pany will leave tomorrow for a cruise on tbe north taore of L&kt Superior t9 JJuluth. ii\\is OMMITO OM : suti ; . | j Only Heneflt I * to Trrntr n Cnolcr ItmoM'horo. Hour. Ilee. Hour. lire. "i n. in < ! < 1 ii. tn 72 O n. ni Its 2 | > . ni " 7 n. in . . . . . . ' < ! n ] i. ni 7-1 S n. in. . . . . . (17 4 p. til 7t ! II n. in. . . . . . (1(1 T | t. in 72 1 < n. m ! O ii. ni 72 11 n. ni. . . . . . < ! ! > 7 | t. in. . . . . . 72 12 in 7O S p. in 72 ! l | i. in TO Rain to the north , smith , east and west and never a drop In Omaha That IK the reco'd of the latest prec pltation. Good rain : are reported on all sides , and all the bene fit this city receives is a dwidedly cooler temperature , which Is very welcome as far as It goes. The statement that there wrs no ruin In Omaha must be qualified in a measure Cltltere In the north part of town insist that they had a be-avy shower Tues day oicht , continuing for eve minutes No one down town saw any elens of rain. Think of a maximum temperature of only 76 de grees , aa It xva.i yesterday , when only two or three days ago It was 102 degrees. A lively north wind made itself felt all day yesterday , te o. and the popular linen suits were called la for repair. The prediction * for today are for fair weather , with slight change In the temperature. ri\ : IIIATII'PHOM TIM : III\T. Quintet of IVr-Koux Pull Vlrtlm to Trnti < Tiiltirc In ( "Incltiniitl. CINCINNATI , Aug. 4. Five de-aths from heat were reported today. The tictltns are : TONY GUETTE. SAMUEL BAUM. LUDWIG ROSE. GEORGE ST1TEX. JOHN STICK. There were twenty-one other prostrations , most of them not serious. The maximum mercury today WES S'4 by-street Instru ments , but the per cent of humidity WSE high. At 10 o'clock tonight the inorcury shows 73 on the street , having fallen C de grees in the hours. The weather bureau predicts much cooler weather tomorrow LOUISVILLE , Ky. . Aug. 4 The pressure of a thunder storm near the city this after noon caused a marked decrease In the tem perature. Last night equalled the previous night in humidity and discomfort , the mer cury remaining in the 90. The thermometer reached the century mark at 11.30 this morning , but Immediately began a stead > decline , owing to a nearby storm which brought It to S4 degree * at sundown. A dozen prostrations were reported , several of them serious. The extreme heat in the state continues. Reports from points in , the lower Missis sippi valley tonight show a continuance of the extreme heat , with one or two exceptlsji Memphis broke the record for the year with a maximum temperature cf 100. A cool breeze tempered the heat somewhat. In Arkansas the heat Is terrific end there is no pro-pect of rain Prescott , Texarkana and Warren each report a minimum temper ature of 106. The hot wave now prevailing around Vlcks- burg. Miss. , IE the worst of the seaoan. The temperature all day ranged In the neighbor hood of 100. Fred Goodman of Chicago died from the effects of the heat. Na.hvllle , Tcnn. , reports a maximum of 99 degrees today. At Chaitanooga the ther mometer registered 1U3 this afternoon There were no fatalities. ST. LOUIS. Aug , 4. The thermometer failed to reach the SO mark today and in consequence there were fewer prostrations and much relief was felt by everybody , who had suffered from the four-days' heated spell. The only fatality today was that of Bernhard - hard Bauerfeind , a barber. Over In Illinois and vicinity yerterday and today were the hottest of the season , the thermometer registering 102 In the shade. Thrashing crews were compelled to stop work. From Robinson , 111. , where the ther- monieter registered up to 103 , come reports that the excessive heat and need of rain have seriously damaged the growing corn. JAPAV& inn.vs ox AUHITKATIOV. W'nulM tinI'll I ted Sliit ' > to Asfctiitii Co ii 1 1 n Kf lit Ki'M'oiiHllillIt j . NEW YORK. Aug. 4. A special to the Herald from Washington sa/s : Japan will insist that the United States assume a contingent responsibility in the matter of arbitration of her dlDerences with Hawaii on tbe subject of Immigration and tbe tariff. It is said this is one of the es sential conditions to which Japan will con sent to arbitrate , and if this responsibility is not a < sumed by the United States Japan will break off negotiations looking to arbi tration ana back up her demands by a naval demonstration In Hawaiian waters. The State department has not jet received anj official communication from the Japanese government on this matter , and the admin istration hae not indicated whether or not It w-111 comply with the Japanese demand when made. An official of the Japanese legation said In an interview : "I am not officially In formed concerning the terms , of arbitration , but that Japan ( should ask the United States to tc.ke recognition of it end resume an ulti mate responsibility for the decisions of the arbiter as regards Hawaii being carried out seems to me very natural. If the United States refuses to give ut a guaranty it ib prdhable that the aibitration proposition will fall. We prefer to entertain a grievance and to Indemnify our subjects ourselves rather than to arbitrate after the Indignity of the refusal by the United States of so Just a request. Neither the United States nor the Hawaiian government tan Justly plead dis interestedness Frequently in tbe Hawaiian- Japan correspondence of late the pending an- neaation has figured as a factor in tbe sit uation. This should operate In tbe arbitra tion Luff ) as we-11. " _ _ MAKi : MAM' TIIOI < iMJS OWHEAT. . Clilrnco S > nillonte IluIU Dip und I.lnfk It * I'orKelN. CHICAGO. Aug. 4. The Inter-Ocean will eay tomorrow : Six hundred thousand dollars have been taken out of tbe wheat market on tbe long side in the past sixty days by a syndicate of traders who are working here through a young New Yorker. George B. French. Tbe fcjndicate is mainly composed of wealthy Wall ttrett men. A number of St. Louis traders and Joseph Letter of this city , are also said to be Interested. Thej started a bull campaign in wheat over sixty dajfc ago , hujlng July wheat when prlv-S were 10 to 15 cents lower than at prt ent They made no demonstrate ns of their oper ations. but bought wheat whenever the local traders had a celling fit When the ( .horte tried to ecu IT they found that the re Mater \er ? little wheat to 'be had and tbe syndi cate quietly sat down on their holdings and let tbe Kb or t sellers get tbe prices up The ) accumulated a line of over 5,000,000 bufchcls and tbe price wae run up 15 cents They took special pains to hell on the sharp ad vances and while there were a great many tailere who expected tbat they would bold the market stiff up to the lutt the French synlicate quietly worked out of their hold ings Friday , making a profit of JIOJ.OOO. They replaced their line with September around 70 cents and in tbe paet tlm-e dayt ha\e 6old 7,000000 bu ! jeln at a profit that netted them { 300,000 , making their aggregate winnings $600,000. liolled Onl. Ho I | i. CHICAGO , Aug. 4. Hepre-M-nta'lves of the oats milling interests outride of the Ameri can Cereal company at their meeting hert today advanced the price of roll ltd oats 40 cbntfa a. barrel and 'M cents u keg The advance will not affect the central market as the out Hid fc miller * have ben about 4i cents 4 ban el undtr the Ameitcan Cere. oompany'a prices. Hoof li-7'urkrr ( ioek to I.ouilou. NEW iollK , Aug -e"ummandtr : B , otr Tuikcr < f the S * latlun Arm > will ) e.a\t this city fur Ixind n tomorrow on the atcatner Nvrmaimia. He toft , to lay his plans ( or cikrlratlnn in , the United States before Gectral Booth. CASH FOR NEW WHEAT Nebraska Fanners Get Teed Moncj for the Present Season's Drop. SIXTY-TWO CENTS OUT OF THEIR WAGONS . Elevator Bnjer * Paid that Figure for "Wheat Ycst rd y. ALL OFFERED GRADES UP SPLENDIDLY 3eny Bright , Plump and Firm and the Yield Unusually Large. OTHER CROPS MAKi FINE PROGRESS llnlii * of tinl.nt Tu i laj . Put XOT Life tii tin- Mill mid die of Aliiindniit llrld. This certainly Is the year of Jubilee for the Nebraska farmer. His efforts to raise a crop have generally been auccca rul , and ho i teallzlng prices for what he has to sell far In ad\ancc of those that prevailed lest year. Those who tusned tfcelr great corn crop of 1SPO Into beef and pork are getting steadily advancing prices for their catt e and hogs ; those who held a surplus find tbe market price of all grains well above those .of twelve months ago , and those whose new- crop Is ready for the market are getting rid of It at figures that show plainly that farmIng - Ing in Nebrafrka doe pay. The Nebraska crop of winter wheat has commenced to move toward the market and It is a better quality than was expected. At all of the elevators where this wheat is offered for tale It grader No 2 hard , has a plump berry and Is as bright as a dollar. Yesterday the Nebraska wheat oid at C2 cents at all of the- elevator * , in the state where wheat was placed on stile. Winter wheat Is not raised In all of the counties of the state , but through the South Platte country and along the Missouri river counties this s-e-aiem the acreage was large and the yield was good , in ( > omo instances running as high as forty bushels to the acre. Spring wheat has not yet made its appear ance en the market , a ? little thrashing has b'ca done. Elevator men who have recently mode trips into the country say that the yield -will be geed and thtt thei quality -will be the best In several years. They say that the berry is unusually large and that It has a good color and ought to bring the highest market price whtn offered for sale. AVVS QVJT13 Ai II OOT-&O UCKR. nrncrnl Itcjolrinc : tn People i : diced in All SortN of IlnxIni-NK. The railroad companies In this state whose hopes for profitable traffic this fall fcre largely based on the agricultural products along tbclr rerprctUe lines receded more encour agement from tii ? weather reportc that came from their country stations jostcrday than from any ocrnrrence of several weeks past. Rains varying from light showers to hard downpours of three inches were re ported at the general managers , ' offices of the Omana lines. The pcin s that could not report rain reported cooler weather , a very moUt atmosphere and a general abatement of all bigns pointing toward damage to the crops from hot , dry weather The general change in weather conditions is what has brought Joy to the railroad companies. The Union Pacific weather report yes terday showed that a hard rain had fallen along the line- between Schuyler and Ames Tuesday between C and 7 o'clock. From North Platte to Gothenburg there was a good fall of rain from 10-45 to 11-30 o'clock. Heavy showers were aUo reported.from the stations between Manhattan and Stromsburg and from those between Touhy and Valley. A heavy rain fell along the1 country between Potter and HHUdale Tuesdaj night from 6 until S o'clock. WHEN IT WAS NEEDED. The BurlingtcD's weather report , made up of station reports sent in to General Manager Holdrege jesterday morning. showed a general rain along the B. d M lines in Nebrafcka. The hea\ie t falls on the north ern division were at these polu ; * Plaits- mouth .22 , Schujler. .30 ; Aurora , 1.29 ; Greeley Center , .C5. Ericsoc , 1.3G ; Burwell , .20 ; Loup City. 3.S3 ; Suttcn. .01 ; Harvard , hard rain , and nestings , l.TC inches. On the Eoulbern division the following points reported the meet rain. Ruin , .06 ; Nebraska City , .37 : Salem , .50 ; Tecumseh , .75 ; Bur- chard. .55 ; Chciler , .82 ; Edgar , .20. and Blue Hill. .30 inches. The western division and the Wyoming division reported light showers at tbe majority of plact-s. The Elkhorn rallroud rcxi ted good rains along it * , line Tuesday night Telegraphic re ports to General Manager Ittdwell Indi cate that th < Te was a giod rain of one hour Tuesday o\er the entire South Platte terri tory of tbe line. There ua oUo a goud rain all tbe way from Fremont to Long Pine There- ware light sbjwers between Buffalo Gap and Deadwooi. Along the line to Lin coln and on the Sioux City & Pacific there Mere alfo good rains. The Rock Island report , hovse > d that light showers fell Tuesday on thatNlne between here and Fairbury. There were home Ehow- e' reported from the Rook Island's lines tn northern Kansas The Missouri Pacific reported rain lit rjattcmouih , from Union to Lincoln , from Weeping Water to Talmagp and all along tbe Crete branch At Weeping Water the rain was so heavy Tuesday that the country roads thereabouts were- extremely muddy yesterday. At Elmwood there was a heavy fall of rain. There wt6 alto tome rain on the Central branch , at Stockton , and from Lenora - nora to Log&n the rain being very good. Prom Concordia to Whiting there was light rain. Between Stella end Baker tbe rain was In the form ot light bhowers. East of Lcavenworth there was a very good rain. REPORTS PROM THE COUNTRY. LOl'P CITY. Neb , Aug. 4 ( Special Tele gram ) Loup City was In the renter of a splendid t-bov.fr In w-htiti 4.05 Inches of water fell during lt t night. Farmers arc Jubilant , O.R a good corn crop is now assured iti this vicinity. STELLA , Neb , Aug. 4. ( Special ) Ye - te'day afternoon and again last night tbe rain fell In torrents , making fully a two- Inch fall. The tende-ncy to not winds has t > wn etntlrel ) Hopped and a large com crop i ( iractleall ) assured. JUNIATA , Neb . Aug. 4 ( Special. ) Another - other flue rain fell last night It has re- fru.litd the atmoiphttre end cooled off the * excessive beat of tbe past week. Thrashing continue * with unabated ilg-jr Some pieces of wheat yield oier fort } l.ueliels per acre , and with prices adtencing farmers see that prosperity ha * come. One farmer. W. W. Camp , north of town. ba let a contract for erecting oil his ftrm an up-to-date delator to store and hold grain for advance In prices. Its capacity is to be 12000 busbrli. NEHAWKA , Neb , Aug 4. ( Special ) This county was visited with tbe heaviest rainfall of tbe btaton. two and a half in-ches in an hour , jmterday evening Two miles south of here hail ftll. riddling tbe corn badly Corn was beginning to need rein badly. Ott brothers thrabbed their winter wheat last week and fumd the average to be fifty bushels [ > er acre of fine qiullty. WINSIDE. Neb. Aug 4 ( Spw l ) The work of cutting tbe wheat and oati It about lone near he-e. Farmer * estimate that the wheat will oat aiereeeoier ten Umbels per acre , jf it reaibes tbat amount The etraw and nisi tbe he-adt , of tbe wheat are very fbort It was net planted early enough nud dll cot rtoal. The gralni ot wbtat ,