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Till: OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JUNE .22, l!03. donbtedly be promptly retired to private life hv their Indignant rniis'ltuen!. Tho rami fre? delivery service has come to tiy. It Is likely, of r ur. e, th it ex trsvgnce will lie loppfd olT anil that a healthier system will be Inaugurated under the nw regime, jt j. certain thit It will re a long time before wholesale scrinl! re r g 1 1 ii uncovered and beati-e of the discoveries which '.iave been made the tnt l appropriation for the nrxt few years will certainly not Increase at the rate which fiaa been the rule In the last few years. Establishes Athletic Department. Bine the return of 1'reslclent Roosevelt from his long and Interesting "swing around the circle" the strenuous chief ex cutlv hai been paying considerable at tention to athletics ond has had one of the rooms of the White Hu'.i.. titled up ai a department of physical culture. This room, which for more than two generations was used as the sacred council chamber of presidents and their cabinet, has been wholly denuded of everything reflective of the old days and Instead now holds a varied assortment of sporting and athletic goods. Including boxing gloves, sword sticks, fene Ing sword and folia, padded vesta and gloves and other Implements used to keep the person of the president In "tit" condi tion. The historic apartment now used as the president's training quarters contains no remlndara of Lincoln and his political advlsera seated at the cabinet table approv ing the emancipation proclamation, or of Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur. Cleveland, Harrison, McKlnky or the long list of presidents who had preceded them. No where can be aeen a suggestion of the grent national problems that have been fought Out by the giant Intellects In the room In days gone by. On the contrary, the room hn an up-to-dateness that la very startling, and yet one cannot help but admire thla very much up-to-date president because he Is the living embodiment of the old Latin maxim, "A sound mind In a sound body." It has been generally supposed that what the president calls "the department of physical culture of this administration" waa located In the basement In one of the rooms formerly used as a billiard room or laundry. It will therefore be a shock to those sticklers for propriety to know that one of the finest rooms In the White House ha been given over to athletic purposes. Poor Opinion of Jap. Quartermaster General Humphrey, who has Just returned from hard campaigning In the fat1 cast, has little patience with those who look upon the Japanese in a fa vorable light. The general tells some very Interesting stories of the Chinese campaign and In which he came In close contact with the Japanese soldiery. General Humphrey Is of the opinion that when the clash of arms cornea between Russia and Japan the Russians wilt Inflict such punishment upon the Japanese people that they will be a generation In recovering from the attack of the Russian bear. Captin A, W. Butt of the quartermaster's department and a former Washington news paper man, returned to the states with General Humphrey, and he Is now In Wash ington for, the purpose of closing up his account. Captain Butt - say that the American people have very erroneous Ideas a to the Japanese, and denominates the empire as A toy empire, everything being done along toy lines. He states that the navy of Japan I greatly overestimated and that the fighting qualities of the Japanese .soldier are by no meant what they are cracked up to be. Captain Butt, however, Is enthusiastic over the Philippines and be lieve that they will become one of our moat valuable possessions, and he believes the Filipino much .superior to the Japanese. It is remarkable how differently returning army officers 4ook upon the Philippine Island. One man has nothing but praise of the climate and the opportunities af forded 'to make money. Another officer just as capable and Just as discriminating has nothing but condemnation for - the fhlands and th people. If is simply a clear -faae of paying your rrioney and taking your cholca.' One thing t la-certain, how v3r, that the islands will not be disposed .of for om years to come If over. DEATH RECORD. Major James B. Pond NEW YORK. June 21,-MaJor James B. Pond, the well known manager of lecturers and singers, died at his home In Jersey City, as the result of an operation on June 17, In which his right leg was amputated. Major Pond, who had been 111 for a month, two weeks ago underwent a slight opera tion, but the wound failed to heal satis factorily and It finally became necessary to remove the leg. It was announced at the time that th patient had withstood the shock well and that the surgeons were hopeful of his recovery. Major Pond was born at Cuba, N. Y., In 1838. Old-Tim Trapper. CASPER. Wyo., June 21. (Speclal.) Iouls Lamont, an old trapper who had been in th Sweetwater country for thlrty flv years, died Thursday morning while being brought In from Ervay. Lamont was In the employ of the Smithsonian In stitute and had furnished the Institute with many valuable fossil remains. Although he had mads many . thousands of dollars from his furs and fossils, he died a pauper. H was 79 years old. Two weeks ago he was caught out In a storm in th moun tain and contracted a hard cold, which developed, int6 pneumonia. Sam a el V. Steele. CHICAGO, June 21. Samuel Vernon Steele, for many year one of the best known dramatic and musical critics In Chicago, died today of bronchitis. The Illness was contracted during the World's fair, for which Sir. Steele was second In command of the bureau of publicity and promotion. After the close of ths cxposl tion h became an editorial writer on the Chronicle, but continued HI health forced him to give up the work several months ao. Mrs. William Hopp. WE8T POINT. Neb.. June ti-tSpecial.) Mrs. Wm. Hopp died at her farm home six miles southeast of thla city-' on Friday aged 62 years. The cause of death wa dropsy. The remains were Interred today In th Swedish Mission cemetery here Sh leaves a husband, but no children. Prospector of Bis; Railroad. FIQl'A. O.. June 21. Major 8tephen John. son. 1 year old. died today of paralysis. ) drafted the charter of th Columbus P1q.ua Indiana railway, now th Pennsyl vania line to Chicago and St. tout, and ws for a quarter of a century it counsel. Fnaeral of F. C. Van Benthayaea. BLOOM INGTON. ' 111 . June 2l.-The funeral of F. C. Van Henthuysen will be held at Bloomflnld, la., on Tuesday, Instead of at Mt. Pleasant, a announced. Ask your jeweler for GORHAM " Silver Polish It clean a well j polUhes LOVERS' TROUBLES AT END G.il Takes Carbolio Ac.d and tba Young Man Shooti HimielC OLD FLAME ATTEMPTS TO BREAK MATCH Spend the Day In Wood and Pnt Plan tnto Execution When Friend t ome In Search of Them. SC'RANTON. Pa., June CI. A pair of young lovers, Eriifst Smle and Mlsa Jennie Hreimnn. both of Greenwood, were the par ticipants In a double tragedy this evening which has resulted In tiic tormer's death and which will probably pmve fatal to the girl. The two had loved each other devotedly for several months, but n not tier woman from Bm'c's old home intervened and sought to hold him to an alleged engage ment to her. This led the couple to seek relief, and they apparently planned to night's affair with much deliberation. Mis Brennan purchased a bottle of carbolio acid this morning and shortlj afterward both started out for a walk. They strayed to a secluded spot In th midst of a foreat and spent the entire afternoon sitting lde by side on a rock. They were een by several other rambler In th wood and this led to the search by the girl' cousin, Thoma C'avanaugh, and several of his friends. When the party came In sight of the place Miss Brennan put the bottle of acid to her Hp and drained It. As she did so Smlc started to run, with several of the party close on hi heels. He drew a re volver and fired upon them three time and then, stopping, turned the weapon to his heart and shot himselt twice. He fell dead Instantly. Tho girl suffered great agony and the physicians hold out scant hope. HAILSTORMS JMMAGE CROPS Cover Narrow Strips, bnt Destroy All Vegetation In Path. of Storm. LINCOLN, June' 21. Severe storms of hnll and rain prevailed In eastern and central Nebraska this evening. Near Hastings small buildings were blown over and hnil practically mined growing crops In a strip two miles wifle and several miles long. Hall between Mllford and Beaver Cross ing, for a distance of twelve miles, cut vegetation to the ground and smashed window lights. Near l.'lysses a farmer, Melville Crawford, was struck hy lightning und killed. There was a heavy rain over nearly half of the state. VLYSSES, Neb.. June 21.-(Speclal Tele gramsMelville r'rawford, a farmer about 42 years old, living three and one-half miles southeast of here, was struck by lightning and killed about 1 o'clock this afternoon. He had returned home from church and was putting his team tn the barn when the bolt struck him. He moved here recently from Danvenport, Neb. He carried $2,000 insurance In the Ancient Order of United Workmen at Garrison, Neb. Grandma Woodruff was burled today, aged 87. WEST POINT. Neb.. June 21.-(8peclal.) -A copious rain fell this morning gener ally over th county. The corn needed rain badly. Small grain la looking well and potatoes show a good yiold. early planted ones being now dug for market. Pros pects are excellent for a bountiful yield of all field crops and hay. HASTINGS. Neb.. June 21. (Speclal.)-A severs hailstorm, accompanied by . heavy rain and high wind, passed to the south and east of Glenvtlle this afternoon. The path of the storm was about two miles wide and on the strjp struck crops were completely cut to the ground. PIERRE, S. D., June 21. (Special Tele gram.) A general drtizllng rain prevailed over this section of the state 'ast night and today, bringing relief to vegetables, which were beginning to show the effects of the dry weather. Gradnates First Class. O'NEILL, Neb., June 21. (Special.)-The graduating exercises of St Mary's acad emy, held at the opera house, occasioned red-letter day In the history of that in stitution, partly for the reason that this Is the first class graduated from the in stitution. This Institution of learning may well feel proud of this. Its first commence ment. The opera house wa taxed to Its limit long before the hour. The class was seven In number and all young women. The hall was tastefully decorated with flags, bunting, palm and flower and the class motto, "Virtus Sola Cassis." The graduate are: Margaret- M. Barrett, Agnes F. Clark, Rose E. Grady, Mary M. Haggerty, Margaret M. McGreevy, Florence E. Mullen and Anna L. O'Donuell. There were many present from as far west as Cbadron and east as far as Randolph. The manner In which the graduates ' handled their subjects showed that they were dllll- gent and faithful In their work and brought th fact vividly horn to those present from abroad that O'Neill could lay claim to as fine an institution of learning as any city In Nebraska. Aeensed Men Disagree. YORK. Neb.. June 21. (Special.) George Boslough, a young man about town who was arrested and sentenced to the peniten tiary, but owing to a technical error pro cured a new trial, was surrendered to th county officers by his bondsman, who thought that Boslough was making ar rangements to skip th country. His bonds man Is also charged with ths sam crime and was sentenced at the same time, but owing to a technical error they vrre granted a new trial. It la generally be lleved now that they have a quarrel be tween them and that both will tell raor on the witness stand than In the former trial, owing to the Intimacy between them being broken. Farmhands Strike. HUMBOLDT. Neb., Jun 2l.-v'Speclal.) The strike epidemic seems to have reached Humboldt and has broken out In a new place on the farm. Attorney I. E. Smith of this city la the possessor of a farm a hort distance from the city and has em ployed thereon several hands. Yesterday three of them, all youngster In their teens decided that $125 per day wa not suffi cient compensation for thetr service and went on a strike, demanding that they be paid $1 50. The news was carried to the employer, who treated It as something of a Joke, with the result that the boys are again at work at the same old rat and Veace once more reign. Tires of Beating-. FREMONT. Neb.. Juna -(Special.) Mrs. Mary Elmore brought suit In th dls trict court yesterday for a dlvorc from her husband, J. M. Elmore, who la now serving sn elghty-flv day sentence for assaulting her last Sunday. Elmor 1 served several Jail sentences for assault upon his wife and has been up so many times for being drunk and disorderly that h cannot remember them. She has four children, whoa custody she asks may tx given to her. Dragged hy Pny. TECTMSKH. Neb, Jun !l.-SpecliL R usee II Chamberlain, a Tecumseb young man. Is suffering th result of having bis pony ran away with bin and dragging him a distance of perhap 3n0 feet. He stood up In the stlrups and attempted to cut switch from the branches of a tree, which overhung tho rondwny. The pony became frightened, reared srniiTid and threw young Chamberlain cut of the saddle. His foot became caught In the stlrrmp mith the result as r.bov given. He was badly shaken up and suffered a l.icerntlon on bis head which required several stitches to draw together. Inatltnte a Success. TKrrMfEH, Neb.. .Tune 11. -(Special. 1 The Johnson county teachers' Institute, which closed In this city last evening, was a very Interesting session. Over eighty teachers were enrolled and considering the fact that some twenty teachers from this county are away attending summer school; the attendance was large. The Instructors were: Prof. Cnrnes of Chicago, Dean For dyce of Lincoln and MJhs Hltt of the Peru Normal, and their work. Including the lec tures, wan very satisfactory. Superintend ent Adklns says he considers the Institute Just closed one of the most successful r,nes ever held In the county. rt eduction Hits the School. BENEDICT, Neb., June 21.-(8pecial.)-The decrease In railroad valuation of the Kansas City and Omaha railroads which run through the towns of Benedict, York, Mc Cool Junction. I.ushton and several school districts In. the country, will perhaps make hardship on some of the schools through which this rond runs, owing to a certain amount of railroad taxes usually figured on by the school board. This year none of the school boards anticipated a reduc tion of railroad valuation. The reduction of valuation of the Kansas City and Omaha railroads through York county Is over 1D,000. Decrease In Assessment. WEST POINT. Neb., Jvne 21-(Speclal.)- The total assessment of Cuming county. as equalised by the County Board of Super visors, Is ss follows: Real property, $1,978, 643; personal, $4,10,231: Chicago & North western railway, $100,376; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omnha railroad, $47,1)05; Western Union Telegraph company, $3,289; palace cars (Pullman). $119; telephone com panies. $7,050. As equalized, the total as sessment of Cuming county this year will fall about $3,000 below that of last year Reception to Bridal Conple. NEHAWKA. Neb.. June 21. (Special.) Vila P. Sheldon returned from Edgar Thursday night with his bride, and yes terday his parents. Hon. Lowsan Sheldon and wife, gave a reception In their honor, to which all their old friends and neigh bors were invited. The house wns dec orated with kit the flowers In season. Re freshments were served on tables spread cn the lawn. Quite a number-, of out-of- town guests were present. Boy's Thumb Jerked Off, NORFOLK. Neb.. June 21. (Special.) Ernest Wachter, a lad living near this city, lost his thumb In a remarkable way. Driving a team of horses with the reins about his hands, a sudden Jerk at the bit tightened the leather nnd tore out the first Joint of the thumb, which was so badly mangled that amputation of the rest Of it waa necessary. The nerves were so lacerated that no pain sensation was con veyed to the brain. Sunday School Convention. FAIRMONT. Neb.. June 21. (Speclnl.) The county convention of Sunday school workers for Fillmore county closed a most interesting session laHt night. The meet- ngs. which commenced Wednesday, were well attended and much Interest was mani fested. Prof. II. M. Steldley and Miss Mamie Haines, state workers, were pres ent, also W. II. Kimberly of Lincoln. Sues Town for Damage. HUMBOLDT. Neb., June 21.-(Speclal ) Through an Auburn firm of attorneys, Mrs. Cal Vandeveer has notified the town board of Stella that the corporation is indebted to her In tho sum of $2,000 on account of injuries received last month from falling on a defective sidewalk. No definite action has been taken as yet. but It Is probable that a compromise will be effected. Elect Grand Lodge representative. WEST POINT, Neb., June 21 (Special.) At a regular meeting of Elkhorn v alley lodge No. 22 of the Knights of Pythias of this place, held yesterday. Mayor Sonnen scheln was unanimously elected as repre sentative to the grand lodge, which meets In Lincoln In October. Jndge Tneker Seeks Appointment. HUMBOLDT, Neb., Jun 21. (Special.) Judge E. A. Tucker of this city Is securing endorsements over the district for appoint ment tn the Department of Justice, and seems to be sanguine of success. The place he la asking for Is a federal Judgeship In the Philippines and pays a salary of $5,000 per annum. Hart by Runaway Team, ' OSMOND, Neb., June 21. (Special Tele gram.) This afternoon while Roy E. Can non was returning home from town hi team ran away, throwing him from the wagon. Injuring him very serious!;'. A physician was called, but at last accounts Mr. Cannon was unconscious. Schools Hold Picnic. HUMBOLDT, Neb., June 21. (Special.) The members of the alumni association of the Dawson schools held their annual pic nlc and reunion at a grove east of town on Wednesday. Twenty-five members wer present and participated In a lunch and en- Joyed the out'ng. Newspaper Branching Oat, Y NORFOLK. Neb.. June 21. (Special.) Important Improvement are being effected In the plant or the Dally New, in thla city. A large brick addition is In course of construction, two new cylinder presses and a linotype machine will be Installed. Entertain Idaho Conarrman. NORFOLK, .Neb.. June 21. (Special.) Congressman Burton L. French of Idaho, the youngest member of the national legis lature, is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Baker In this city. A dinner In his honor waa given last night. The executors of the estate of Fred Parker will sell a large number of Florence lot, small farm suitable for gardening, and larger farms, In Douglas county, at the east front door of th county courthouse, beginning at 10 a. m. Tuesday, June 28J. Th property Is described In the legal ad vertisement In The Examiner. Expensive Bias mt BoU. BOISE, Idaho, June 21. Fir today In th business section caused a loss of $140,000. Th principal loser ar: Northrop Hard war company, $60,000; Armour 6 Co., $15, 000; John L- Day aV Co-, grooers, $21,000. Charge Father with Crime. P. O'Grady, sn employe of Steuben's liv ery barn, at Vi3 Park avenue, was taken into custody at a late Lour Ust night and locked up at police headquarters on com plaint of his daughter, Mary E. O'Grady, who charges him with having committed a statutory offense against her. No com plaint wa filed, but both parties will b held for an lnvMtintlon of the case by th county attorney. The girl I now about It year of age and claim Unit thru" of fense have continued since he waa 12 year old. A sistrr of O'Grady has been known te th police for im time as th proprietress of s hooae of a local resort. On three different occasion OOradr has bean axrated as ajn InmaU of th placa. VETERAN TO FiClIT MULLAH Great Britain Send Officer Now Serving on tba Frontier of India. GENERAL MANNlNi MAKES NO HEADWAY War Has Been Kolas; on Mure IW'J and Preaeat Commander la In Tight Place at Present. SIMLA, India, June 21. Major Comyn Edgerton, who has been In command of the Punjab frontier force since 1W9, has been appointed to the command of the Somallland expeditionary force which Is operating against tho Mad Mulish, super ceeJing Brigadier General W. II. Manning. General Manning, who took command of tho British exredit!on In Somallland last November, after a reverse suffered by Colrnel Swayne, has not proved successful in his campaign. Columns detached from the force have been badly mauled by the mullahs forces, the most serious British defeat being that of Colonel Plunkett's flying detachment In April, when the colonel, all his officers and practically the eitlre detachment were wiped out. Iat advices received In London, June 14, were to the effect that General Manning himself was surrounded and unable1 to( assist Colonel Cobb, whose column was In a seri ous position at Callady, and on half rations. One of the causes of the nonsuccess of the expedition has been the cowardice of the native Somali regiment of which so much was hoped when It was formed recently. Only a few days ago news came that the native camel corps had mutinied. The operations against the Mad Mullah, who first ra'sod the - tribes against the British in 1W9, have already cost $2,000,000. A desire has been manifested to abandon the campaign, but In the predicament of General Manning's force it has been found necessary to order British troops from India, and when they arrive the British forces will consist of 8(0 British troops, 1,000 Indian troops apd 4,000 natives. The Peril of Our Time Is lung disease. Dr. King's New Discov ery ior Consumption, Coughs and Colds cures lung trouble or no pay. 60c, $1.00. For sale by Kuhn & Co. RUSSIA INSISTS ON SECRECY Inform China that Fntnre Negotia tion Most Sot Be Allowed to Leak. TOKIO, June . (Via Victoria. June 21.) The situation In Manchuria remains prac tically unchanged, only part of Shin King province having been evacuated by the Russian troops. Trade In Manchuria Is reported to be at a standstill on the un settled state of affairs. It is expected that some developments would have supervened on the arrival of M. Lessar, Russian minis ter at Peking, on May, 29, and especially an M. Plancon, the Russian charge d'affaires, who put In the two tetn of demands on China, informed th Chinese government oh that day in view of M. Lessar's arrival an immediate answer to the demands was required. So far the only outcome to M. Lessar's presence has been a statement alleged to come from him that the publication of the terms of the demands was regarded by; Russia as a breach of faith on the part of China and thereafter it would be neces sary for China to future negotiations to appoint two commissioners who should be held personally responsible for the secrecy of the negotiations. i The Japanese press denies Russia's right to Impose any eueh conditions on China. The Yalu difficulty continues. It now appears that the Russians hav purchased twelve acres of land at Hong Am Pho in the name of their Corean Interpreter and are busily engaged in collecting coal and building materials there. The connection between this settlement and the Russian lumbering concession on the Yalu is problematical. The Japanese newspapers regard the enterprise with ex treme suspicion, but the Japanese govern ment has made no sign. The Corean government has addressed protests to the Russian representative at Seoul regarding the alleged trespass and the desecration of grnves by Russian sub jects In Corean territory. The Russians aro said to ba duiveylug fur a railroad by Liao Yang and the Yalu via Fengh Wang and roads fit for artillery have been built in that region, which commands the Corean border. REBELLION GROWS SERIOUS . Government Troop Not Eqnal to Task of Sobdolng Them. VICTORIA. B. C, June 21. The steamer Athenian, which reached port today from the Orient, brought news that the Insur rection In Yunnan Is causing grave alarm. A Peking dispatch of June 4 says the Yunnan Insurgents now number $0,000. They are well trained and armed with weapons of Improved pattern. So far the govern ment forces have fared badly In encounters with the rebels. From refugees who came from Shlh Ping It has been learned that a church belonging to French missionaries waa destroyed and the missionaries fled to Yunnan for safety. Some of the priests were captured and murdered by the rebels. VICTORIA. B. C, June 21.-Advlces from Shanghai tell of the burning of a temple at Ping, involving the loss of 160 lives. A large throng gathered to worship and burned paper and Incense by the wholesale. This resulted In the temple taking fir near the stairway, cutting off tho escape of th people. ManyL Jumped from window and wer killed, other were crushed to death by the crowds. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has purchased the fleet of steamers on the Yang Tse of the McBaln Navigation company for $1,600,. 000, and the Japanese line will make this a connection of their American and Euro pean service. Regarding the proposed Canton-Hankow railway, a correspondent reports that American and Japanet experts have been compelled to return to the starting point Ayers SarsaparUla Purifies the blood, gives strength to the nerves,and brings color to the cheeks. Ayer's Pills regulate the bowels, cure constipation and biliousness, and aid the digestion. Two grand family medicines. Sold for 60 years. U'i: without accomplishing anything on account of Inadequate protection by the Chinese officials. They were threatened by rioters enroute. Minister Conger has,ppealrd to the Chinese foreign officers to protect the foreigners. DEWEY MARCHES TO GOODLAND Sheriff Takes Him and Companions tn Topka to Appear In ftnnreme Court. GOODLAND. Kan.. June 21. Chauneey Dewey, William J. McBrlde and Clyde Wil son arrived here today from St. Franc!, accompanied by soldiers of the state militia, having walked the entire distance of tlilrty-flve mile. A. T. Lucas, sheriff of Shawnee connty, left here tonight with the prisoners for Topeka. where they will be given a hearing tomorrow before the supreme court upon their application for admittance to ball on a writ of habeas corpus. THE WILKES BOOTH "MYTH" Like the Monmonth and Marshal Key Myths, It Will Not Down Some History. The story which comes from the west that J, Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Pres ident Lincoln, died so lately as January last, self-slain, In a little town In Okla homa, Is Interesting only as showing that a historical myth, familiar to all readers of the history of older nations. Is making Its appeartuce In this new land. Otherwise It might be dismissed as simply' the advance story of "the silly season." If ever a man was killed In the manner described by history 'that man was J. Wilkes Booth. Not only was his Identity proved by the Incidents of the pursuit, by th papers tak?n frrtm h'.s body ut the time of his death, but the government took every precaution sgnl.ixt any posslbllty of mis take. When Booth's body was brought to Washington it was identified by many who had known him well, among them his phy sician, who found the ticar of a peculiar surgical operation be hud performed In tho removal of a tumor. Again, when some years later t!. body was disinterred and given to t'.ie Booth family for final Inter ment, Edwin Booth took measures which placed Its identity beyond all possible ques tion. J. Wilkes Booth's body was deposited In the family lot In Oicrn Mount cemetery, Baltimore, more than thirty-four years ago, and Its Interment there has been officially certified. Y'et such Is the force of myth nnd the popular love for the mysterious that there are persons In Washington Itself who seri ously maintain that Booth's body was sunk In the Potomac by order of the government, and that President Johnson, when he armed Edwin Booth with authority to make the transfer to the Baltimore cemetery, was either the tictlm of an imposition himself or knowingly participated In a deception. Myths of this nature almost naturally spring up Out of the graves of men who have played a groat tragic part in a striking historic drama. Thus, although the duke of Monmmouth was publicly executed In the presence of thousands, though among those who. accompanied him to the scaffold were some who had been In happier days his In timate friends, there was a large element, with whom he haij been an Idol, who In sisted that another than Monmouth was decapitated. It was gravely maintained by these deniers of all probability that a follower of Monmouth who greatly resem bled him had died in his place. Still another- "theorj," was that James II must at tha.last moment have arranged a plot by which .Monmouth eonpd th axe and became the "Man In the Iron Mask" which 'mask," by the way, was not Iron -Louis XIV kindly consenting to take upon himself the churge and care of the duke. Long years afterward historians took the trouble to demonstrate that, whoever the "Iron Mask" was, lie could not have been Monmouth. So strong was the popular be lief that Monmouth escaped the axe that at least two men appeared In England, claim ing to be Monmouth, and for a time ran a Course of successful imposture. The belief that Marsha Ney was not shot In the Luxembourg Garden, but escaped either by collusion with those appointed to be his executioners or by the devotion of on who resembled him and died for him, still baa strength enoiiRh to survive to this day. Only a few years ago a bulky vol ume In support of the "theory" that Mar shal Ney escaped and came to this country was published. Yet If any historical fact has been established beyond peradventure. It is that Marshal Ney was executed In pursuance cf his sentence. To break the force of evidence the believers In the Ney myth hav set up various "theories," one that the firing party used only blank car tridges, and another that an officer da voted to him and resembling him "kindly consented" to take his place before the soldiers Appointed to fire on "th bravest of the brave." Ther la a strong family resemblance In an these myths that Is found vn In the latest. A man named Ruddy substitute himself for Wilkes Booth and dies for him, shot down In the burning barn, a role which Involved hi having his leg broken In order to complete th resemblance. There Is this great difference, however. between the Monmouth myth, the Ny myth and the Booth myth that Monmouth and Ney wer Immensely popular men, who had long been idolized In their respective countries end who In their last moments were regarded as martyrs for great causes, whereas Booth waa held, north and south, to be a criminal of the most detestable character, and was to all Americans a hunted murderer, shot by the precipitate action of one of his pursuers. Thousands had rliked their lives with Monmouth and Ny, and In the heroic devotion which they Inspired Is found the origin of the myth that some Englishman died to save Monmouth and some Frenchman died to sav Ney. Booth had no such followers be for h mad his leap Into Infamy; very few had knowledge of his guilty Inten tlons, and his sol associate in his flight deserted him when they wer brought to bay. Still, such Is th popular love of the miraculous that some American historian of the future may be compelled to demon strata to th contemporary public, by ex amination of date and documents, that It really was Wilkes Booth who was shot In the burning barn by 8ergeant Corbett. Boston Transcript. A Sore hever Matter After Porter's Antlseptlo Htaling Oil Is ap plied Relieves pstn Instantly and heals at th sam tiro. For man or beast, l'rle. tat. Reject Tito' Entry. NEW YORK. June 21 The World to morrow will say that th entry of C. S. Titus, the champion amateur oarsman of America, has been rejected by the Amer ican Henley committee at Philadelphia. Th rejection I made under rule lu. under which no reason need b given. Titus is a member of th Ata)anta Boat club of thla city. ' Xaval OtHcer for Orient. SAN FRANCISCO. June fl The naval hospital ship Solace sailed today for Guam and Manila, carrying piuwerigers, a large cumber of enlisted men of th navy aod everal hundred too of supplies. Most of the p&ssriigrrs are naval officers who are to Join veaels now on the Asiatic station. SoUc will return her about tiepcember. Fatal Fight In f bnrrb. LANCASTER, Kt , Jun IL In Hormsn's IJrk church this afternoon James Rogers killed Bud Ledford. They wer broih-rs-In-iaw. Rogers claim (hat b shot In , sU defQ GOULD'S COUSIN KILLS SELF Considerable Mjsterr Oonoerniug tbe Motive fcr tie Deed. VICTIM IS RICH AND A SOCIAL LEADER One Story la That Quarrel with (eore Oonld and Lo of Po sition I the taae of . Iepoadeacy. ST. IOD!3. Jun 2L Sandford Northrop, until recently secretary and general man ager of the American Refrigerator Transit company, committed suicide today at the home of Claud Kennerly, vice president of the Republic Railway Appliance com pany, whera he was stopping. Deceased, who was about 35 years old, leaves a widow and one child. He was a cousin of George Gould and stood high In local social and financial circles. About six weeks ago he resigned his position with the American Refrigerator Transit cornpany. No cauxe for the deed Is known. Northrop shot himself tn the back of the head with a revolver and death was almost instantaneous. Claude Kennerly states that Just ten minutes before the shooting occurred he had been eating with his friend, who appeared to be In the" depths of melancholy. He heard the shot from the floor below, and when h reached the chamber where It occurred Northrop lay- on th floor, dead. Mr. kennerly said he knew of no reason why his friend should have committed suicide, for his business prospects seemed good and his marital re lations happy. Relative Are XotMed. Mrs. Northrop an J daughter, Nnncy, aged 1 years, are now at Atlantic City, where they have been for aeeral weeks A brother. Reed Northrop. Is In Europe. Th . remains of Mr. Northrop will be taken tomorrow to Philadelphia, the home of h!s wife's parents, for Interment. Be fore marriage Mrs. Northrop waa a Miss Rlngel of Philadelphia. ' It was learned tonight that melancholia and an overworked, nervous condition brought on by many business affairs, are the only re.isons known for the suicide. None of Mr. Northrop's relatives are In 8t Louln. His brother Reid Is traveling In Europe with his family. He Is ths only Immediate relative residing here. Howard Northrop of Chicago, another brother, was notified early today. He sent a message In reply saying he .would be In St. Louis to morrow In time to accompany his brother's body to Philadelphia, where the dead man's wife has gone. William Northrop of Rich mond, Va., also a brother, received a mes sage concerning the death. Sandford Northrop Was for more than ten years one of the best known men In St. Iuls business and financial circles. He Was a member of the Country, Noonday, Field and St. Ixnils Fair Grounds clubs, besides several smaller social organizations. He had a host of friends. Mr. Northrop was a favorite of his uncle, the late Jay Gould, and he had always been on terms of closest Intimacy with the present gener ation of the Gould family. Rumor of Disagreement. Another story says that when the Goulds merged the American Refrigerator Transit company with the Missouri Pajclflc and the Wabash railroads Reld Northrop was al lowed to resign the presidency, but Sand ford was let out without that privilege. Whether this action of his relatives, which deprived him of a lucrative and responsible position, had anything to do with his- despondency" Is not known, but It Is believed i had. " GOLD MINING. IN EGYPT Auriferous Vein Found In tbe Loner Mountains Inruah of Tonrlst. Hundreds of European and American tourists. In pursuit of health or pleasure now travel on the Nile, tetween Cairo and Assouan, every year, and, since the destruction of the Dervish power In the Soudan, IVady Haifa and Khartoum havf attracted rrnny vlsltora. Thus the valley of the Nile has become as well known at any part of Europe; yet within a tew mllet of the river on either side lies whnt l practically an unknown land. The sandy waste seen from the river, beyond the belt of cultivation, to the eastward. In nr way represents the whole country between the Nile and the Red sea. At Kench In latitude ft! degrees north, the sandy none which forms the true desert, Is but twenty miles wide, while In the latitude ol Assouan !t Is fully ISO. To the east of this and bordering the coast of th Red sea is a chain of lofty and rugged mountains, fifty miles wide, several of whose peak attain an altitude of 8,000 feet shove the sea, and the general altitude from 1.500 tc 2,000 feet. It Is this belt of mountainous country that forms the gold mining dis trict of Egypt. , The most striking physical features of the country are the usually dry water courses, known as "wadles." These take their rise In the mountains and run down on either side to the Red aa, or to the Nile. In Its upper part a wady. usually resembles an ordinary torrent bed, but gradually developes Into a long, flat, wind ing water course, with cliffs of rocks on either hsnd, sometimes 300 feet In height, and a bed of sand and pebbles. In which all the Itthologleal constituents of the neighborhood are represented. At times, during the copious rains which fall In thr mountains In the spring and autumn, these wadles are converted into rushing rivers, which carve out great holes In their beds and banks and leav their mark on every' side. Usually, however, they ar only good, hard, sandy roads, with some small trees and plants, which form meagr but useful graslng for camels. Toward the Nile, on the west, and the Red sea, on thj ast. the wadles gradually lose themselvet In the sand of the lower district, and probably little, If any of th water which they bring down ver reaches the rlvr or th sea on th surface. Th crystal line rocks, which constitute the mountain districts to th east,1 are of th oldest geological erle met with a Egypt. Th larger mountain masses ar usually formed of a hornblendlo granite, with plnt. orthclase. which gives ths whole a strlk. Ingly red appearance when seen from n distune. Surrounding these. In the lower range and covering very extensive areas, 1s a rather fine-grained gray granite, pass ing In planes Into gneiss, and that Into mica schist, traversed by dykes ano Intrusions of greenstone, felslte, porphyry and a very fine-grained white, ervan granite. It I In tha rocks that mot of the auriferous quarts veins wer found tc occur, and th mor th granlt wa cut up by th Intruslv rock th mor fr uent and more promising th quarts vein appeared to be. Cassler"s Magaslne. grange gee he la Church. Because of a rebuke administered to her for alleged whispering In church by Rev. F. P. Bpenrer Miss Sarah Heard, a society girl of Greenville, Ga., advanced to the pulpit and soundly berated the minister last night In the Methodist church, where revival services ar In progress. A large congregation was present, and there was whispering In th rear cf th ehurch. which seemed gretly to anr.oy the minister. Stopping his discourse Mr. Spen cer singled out Miss Heard. Whan th preaafiar had concluded Hiss Heard arose, marched dnwn ths al.K- to the pulpit and there replied in l.lnd to tho preacher. Th young lady Insisted thai he had not heen whispering and sr-mol the preacher for ptiMiciy rebuking her when she wss guiltless. Miss Heard tbr i swept from the church, accompanied I several relatives ml a number of frletuN Cincinnati EiHjulrer. Pointed Pnrasrruph. Any man who speaks nothing but tlie truth Is never garrulous. The chronic kicker Isn't even satisllnl with his lot In tho cemetery. The less n man knows the mslrr It I' t convince him that be knows It all. When a wise mini wants to call hi w:f down he calls her up by telephone. A man who occasionally communes wlih the spirit says that trance mediums fre quently come In bottles. Tho public ail! FtHnd for almost any thing, otherwise many a so-called HCto. would be looking for a Job. Employment attenoles are proba'o.;- cabed bureaus because n man has trouble Miv". anything he wants in a burvnt . Tbe awcKet girl graduate bus no use f-' sn escort unless his name Is IVrov ?. Reggie, but later )n the gume she settlei down as the wife of Tqm or nil!. Ch!r b'o NewM. Ask Your Doctor He will tell you That barley. malt is a half-digested food, as good as food can be. , That hops are an ex cellent tonic. That the little alcohol in beer only 8 per cent is an aid to digestion. But Purity is Essential But he will tell you that beer must be protected from germs, and brewed in absolute cleanliness. He'll say, too, that age is important, for age brings perfect fermentation. Without it, beer ferments on the stomach, causing biliousness. Schliu beer la brewed with at! precautions. It is the recog nized standard all the world over, because of its purity. Askfortht Briwery Bottling. Phot 91. Omihi Brn-h Tit 8oulh Nlmh Ut. O Bak. THE BEES THAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS Uhe Bos, of Everything The Only Double Track Railway to Chicago u SI4.75 m To Chicago and Return Jun SO, July 1. Good till September 15. Extraordinary rates. Extraordinary fishing. Minnesota and Wisconsin NOW. Cltr Offices: 14011403 FAR NAM OMAHA TEL. 624-601 ST. J) AMISKME.KTS. 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