A TORNADO
Disastrous Wind in Nebras
ka Attended With
I Loss of Life
1 BURWELL, Nob. A tornado struck
this part of Qarflold county Friday
ovonlng, killing, Mrs. E. D. McKln
ney, aged GO years, and Injuring many
others, though not seriously. Flttocn
rcsldencoa and flvo business houses
worojdofltroyed by tho wind and barns
and outhouses were scattered over
tho pralrlo:
Tho dead: Mrs. E. D. McKlnney.
Seriously Injured: Frank Hornlck,
Mrs. Leopor, Mrs. Dlnnell.
It had rained tho greater part of
tho day. About 4 o'clock It cleared
off and tho sun shono brightly for a
couplo of hours. The heat wns in
tenao and tho atmosphere loaded with
"humidity.
Shortly boforo C o'clock a bank of
clouds rolled up In tho southwost and
moved along rapidly. As thoy ncared
town thoy seemed to tako on n green
ish huo, rolling and tumbling like
tho waves of tho sea, As tho storm
noarod town It assumed a whirling
motion and darkness seemed to coma
on In almost an Instant, broken only
by tho forked flashes of lightning
that appeared to como from overy di
rection. Tho rain fell In torronts and
tho wind blow with such voloplty
that It soomed as If every houso In
tho town would bo swept from Us
foundation. This continued for per
haps ten minutes, after which tho
storm departed ns suddenly ns It
came, sweeping to tho northeast.
Peoplo of tho town hurried out to
ascertain tho damage dono. Thoy
oUnd that tho homo ot E. D. McKln
iioy had been wrecked and Mrs. Mc
Klnney klllod by bolng qrushed by
tho timbers of tho building.
Several houses in town nro lovelod
to tho ground and reports from tho
country Indicate that tho damago has
l)ecn hoavy,
Friday night It was impossible to
secure details, though it Is known
that the damago in Burwoll will bo
at least $50,000, and ns much more in
tho country nearby.
CONDITIONS IN PORTO RICO.
Report of Treasurer of Island Made
Public.
WASHINGTON William F. Will
Boughby, treasurer of Porto Rico, In
a bullotln mndo public by tho census
bureau, discusses tho insular and mu
nicipal finances of tho Island for tho
year 1902-3. Tho report constitutes n
portion of tho general Inquiry Into
tho wealth, dobt and taxation now be
ing conducted by tho census bureau
It shows that at tho beginning of that
fiscal year tho Insular treasury was
charged with $1,167,569, Of this
amount $1,084,448 stood to tho credit
of various trust funds, leaving n bal
nnco of $314,600 constituting tho real
balance of the Insular treasury avail
able for tho purposo of meeting ordi
nary current expenses.
NEGRO RACE IN DEEP MIRE.
Four Thousand Years Behind Whites
In Civilization.
OSCEOLA, la. Dr. J W. Loo of St.
Louis, speaking before tho Mothodlst
church conference, took up tho negro
question and declared that in their
forty years of freedom the black race
had 'fallen below tho station where
240 years of slavory had placed It.
Dr. Leo asserted that tho negro Is
4,000 yeare behind tho white man In
civilization. Caste, spirit and race
projudlco, he said, aro right because
God has planted them In mon's hearts.
Tho opinion was expressed by Dr. Leo
that tho negro should rojolco nt tho
more privilege of living and breathing
In UiIb country.
.FIGHTING IN BAKU DISTRICTS.
Many Skirmishes Result In Consider
able Loss of Life.
ST. PETERSBURG A privnto dls
patch from Tlflls says that thero waH
firing Friday night at various points
"In tho Daku districts nnd there woro
many skirmishes, resulting In consid
erable loss of Ilfo. The situation, tho
dispatch says, Is alarming nnd there
Is great uneasiness nmoug tho Tar
'tars. Five battalions of Infantry, a bat
tery of artillery and a body of Cos
sacks havo been Bent to Kutais.' -Cossacks
have also been sent to Shula
very, where encounters between tho
Tartars and Armnlans aro feared.
A promlnont Journalist of Baku has
been killed by Tartars, who aro con
ducting a crusado against newspaper
men.
Tho oil men havo received Informa
tion that tho insurgents threaten to
kill the operatives when they resume
work and to burn the works now in
course of reconstruction.
Both Sides Willing to Yield.
"LONDON Tho correspondent of
tho Times at Karstad says ho believes
thero Is a disposition on both sides to
yield on tho question of the demoll
lion of tho fortifications and an arbl
tratlon treaty. Sweden, ho sayB, does
not want tho historical fortresses de
molished, and that if Norway Is will
ing to oumollah the modern forts
Sweden will be ready to conclude an
arbitration treaty for tho settlement
of all future differences, but not those
affecting the questions now under dls-cusslon.
8U8TAIN8 TREATY.
Cabinet Ministers Advised to Remain
at Their Posts.
TOKIO In accordance with estab
lished usage, the cabinet ministers
havo presented an official statement to
tho Mikado explaining tho necessity
of instituting martial law at the cap
ital and at the same tlmo asking tho
imperial Judgment as to whether they
should remain In office or retire. Tho
emperor's reply, which was made to
day, ndvlsos them to retain their re
spective posts,
Tho spoclal session of tho privy
council Monday lasted for four hours.
No bill was presontcd, only a report
from tho cabinet ministers, Premier
Knt8iira making an extended stato
mont of tho peaco negotiations.-
According to tho constitution a
treaty with other powers must bo sub
mitted to tho council beforo ratifica
tion. It Is unusual to hold a special
sitting for simply mnklng a report on
diplomatic affairs beforo a treaty as
sumes a form ready for ratification,
and tho sitting today without a spec
la bill was rather unexpected.
Opposition political parties havo ap
pointed an oxtenslvo commltteo to
fully report on sufferings alleged to
havo been caused by tho police during
tho recent rioting. The progressives
and their local branches continue to
press resolutions against tho govern
ment. Tho Shlbs branch condemns
tho government's assumption of tho
power to Buspend newspapers, declar
ing It to bo wholly unconstitutional.
Quiet, however, prevails in Tokio.
PRESIDENT URGES SPEED.
Requests Consulting Engineers of Ca
nal to Hurry Their Work.
"WASHINGTON Upon tho occasion
of tho recent visit of tho members of
tho board of consulting engineers of
tho isthmian canal nt Oyster Bay tho
president addressed to them a few re
marks which will bo printed shortly
nnd prosontcd to tho different mem
bers. After bidding them welcome ho
urged them to use nil tho speed they
could Bafely make in coming to a
conclusion as to tho best plan for
digging tho canal so that ho might
havo araplo tlmo for studying tho re
port boforo sending It to congress.
Ho did not express himself In favor
of either a lock canal or a sea-level
canal and refrained from any techni
cal observations, but urged the mem
bers to atnto their opinion without tho
slightest hesitation and to Bend him
reports, not as ho should Hko to get
them, but as ho ought to get them.
The members of tho board have near
ly' all returned to Washington, but It
had not yet boon decided when tho
next meeting will bo held. They will
for Bomo days occupy thomsolvos
studying tho different plans and data
with which they havo been provided.
LOW RAILROAD RATES.
Colonization In the Southwest to Be
Encouraged.
CHICAGO Colonization of InndB In
tho southwest Is to recolvo from tho
rallrondB reaching that section tho
greatest attention ever accorded tho
subjoct The exccutlvo commltteo of
tho Western Passenger association
Friday arranged to run cheap homo
seekers excursions In October, No
vember nnd December, nnd to follow
theso with cheap colonists' rates In
January and Fobruary, to accommo
date noso who deslro to go to re
main. Tho minimum selling rato from Chi
cago will bo $16.50 for tho round trip,
and tho low rates will bo in effect to
all points In Toxas, Now Mexico, Ari
zona, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Ar
kansas and to portions of Kansas and
Nebraska.
POSTAL RECEIPTS HEAVY.
Increase Over Last Year Shown In
Large Cities.
WASHINGTON Postal receipts
for tho fifty largest cities in tho
United States, compiled by tho third
assistant .posmaster general, aggregat
ed for tho month of August $5,819,
151, against $5,334,917 for the corre
sponding month In 1904, or an In
crease of 9.07 per cent. The highest
percentage of Increaso shown by any
city was at Portland, Ore., whoro tho
Lewis tind Clark exposition raised tho
receipts to $44,965, an Increaso ot
54.05 per cent over tho receipts for
August, 1904.
HONORS SHOWERED ON FOLK.
Governor of Missouri at Portland Ex
position Grounds.
PORTLAND, Ore. Thohusands ot
persons assembled In tho auditorium
ot tho Lewis and Clark exposition to
do honor to Missouri and Governor
Folk. When Governor Folk, accom
panied by Governor George E. Cham
berlain ot Oregon nnd by municipal
and exposition officials, appeared on
tho speaker's stand ho was received
with round upon round of applause.
Welcoming speeches were made by
Governor Chamberlain, Mayor Mano of
Portland and President Goodo of tho
exposition.
Ministerialists Secure Majority.
MADRID Full results of tho elec
tions show that the ministerialists
havo obtained 240 seats and the op
position 167, Serious disorders aro re
ported from Ferrol, while a number of
persons were Injured.
Launches Boom for Folk.
PORTLAND. Ore. Governor Cham
berlain, during the Missouri day ox
erclses at tho Lewis and Clark fair,
launched the boom for Governor Folk
as the next presidential candidate on
tne democratic ticket.
STOP WAR
White flags Displayed as
a Sign of Cessation
of hostilities
OODZIYADINI, Manchuria An or
der by General Llnovltch putting Into
effect tho stipulations of tho armlstico
arranged by Generals Ovanovskl and
Fukushlma has been prepared and
distributed to tho army. Tho order
directs tho Immediate cessation of
hostilities; the retirement of pickets
from tho neutral zona nnd the estab
lishment of a post of communication.
It forbids all other communication be
tween tho armloes.
OUNSHU PASS As a result of the
armlstico, which was effective Sun
day, tho outposts of tho main posi
tions on both sides will roqvo back
about two-thirds of a mllo and hero
aftor will display white flags.
Thero Is now ono fast train dally
on tho ratlwny. Thero has boon a
considerable advanco In tho valuo of
both native and Russian money. Tho
natives welcome poaco and hope tho
Peking government will send n strong
man, Ifko Yuan Shal Knl, to Manchu
ria to ro-establlBh native control and
to prevent anarchy during tho evacu
ation of tho Russian nnd Japanese
armies. The people fear tho outlaws,
who, In lnrgo numbers, aro armed
with Russian and Japanese rifles.
A report of tho Red Cross admin
istration shows that altogether 30,000
beds and twenty trains were supplied
and $11,000,000 woro expended during
tho war. Minor Red CroBS organiza
tions nro nlready leaving for home,
nnd with tho consummation of peace
tho entire society will bo relieved,
tho empress hospitals leaving Inst.
ST. PETERSBURG Tho American
embassy has received from tho Japa
nese legation in Berlin $"20,000 to bo
devoted to tho relief of 1.71G Japanese
prisoners now at Medvld, province of
Novgorod. Chargo d'Affalrea Eddy
will go to Medvld next week to make
arrrangoments for tho distribution of
tho money. Tho prisoners will bo re
leased ns soon as tho signed peaco
treaties are executed. With tho Jap
anese arc Bovcral AmorlcanB and Eng
lishmen found on board captured Jap
anese trnnBports. Theso foreigners
will probably bo released beforo tho
Japanese.
Will Sail for Home.
WASHINGTON The Japanese min
ister, M. Takahlra, expects to sail for
his homo In Japan In a few weeks to
Join Mmo. Takahlra, who has been
over thero for nearly two years.
Mrs. Nell Burgess Dead.
NEW YORK Mrs. Noll Burgess,
wlfo of tho nctor and niece of J. H.
Stoddard, died Sunday at her homo In
Highlands, N. J.
WILL TEST ANTI-PASS LAW.
Newspaper Man Causes Arrest of
Railroad Attorney.
PLAINFIELD. Wis. Charged with
using his railroad pass In violation of
tho law, W. B. Angelo, an attorney for
tho Wisconsin Central, Rnilway com
pany, and holding a position as a no
tary public, was formally placed un
der arrest on complaint of W. H. Ber
ry, editor ot a newspaper at Wau
shara, Wi Tho action Is for the pur
poso of testing tho anti-pass law pass
ed by the last legislature.
ON RIGHT SIDE OF LEDGER.
Santo Domingo Begins to See Light
Ahead Financially.
. WASHINGTON Tho war depart
ment made public the first complete
report of Colonel Colton, tho "control
ler and general receiver of tho cus
toms service of Santo Domingo"
showing tho customs receipts and
other fiscal datn since April laBt, tho
first period ot administration of tho
Island revenues by tho Americans.
Colonel Colton takes up tho treas
ury figures showing how the finances
of tho lslnnd and business nro Improv
ing, and ho says "tho most striking
feature of tho showing for tho month
was tho handsomo balance of trndo In
favor of tho republic, amounting to
$473,224."
Naval Payments Embezzled.
TOKIO The information has been
made public that throo naval pay
masters have omobezzled $165,000 of
government funds. Tho announce
ment has been cnlmly recoived by tho
public, but the knowledge that the
commission of the crime extended
over tho period of a year without dis
covery may, It Ir said, cause a feeling
of distrust and uneasiness toward the
naval administration and furnish a
weapon to tho political parties that
aro strongly opposing the govern
ment. Quieter Feeling Prevails.
CHRISTIANIA Peaco between
Sweden and Norwny being assured, a
quieter feeling prevails here. News
from Karlstad however, Is still await
ed with the keenest Interest, and
thero Is anxiety to learn tho details
of the compromise. The press is
unanimous in hoping for a speedy set
tlement of tho questions. Thero are
some misgivings entertained that
peaco has been secured, but all the
newspapers express relief that peaco
has been secured provided It Is on an
enduring basis.
FOR THE 8UPREME BENCH.
Chae. B. Letton of Jefferson County
Heads tho Ticket
LINCOLN In tho republican state
convention hero Thursday tho follow
ing nominations wero made:
For Justice of tho Supreme Court
Charles B, Letton of JefTereon county.
For Regents of tho Stato Univers
ity V. G. Lyford of RIchordBon
county and Fred H. Abbott of Platte
county.
Tho platform Indorses tho Roose
velt administration; declares for "ade
quato nnd effectivo control" of inter
state commerce against rebates and
freight discriminations nnd favor con
ferring upon Bomo branch of tho exe
cutive government the power. of of
foctivo action; demands .that Ne
braska congressmen co-ope'rato with
tho president along these lines; de
clares In favor of tho direct primary
law; commends tho present state ad
ministration is economical and business-like.
Anti-pass plank: "We be
lieve that the giving of free transpor
tation upon railways Is detrimental to
tho Interests of tho peoplo and recom
mond that a law bo enacted by the
legislature of this stato to prohibit
It"
Judgo C. B. Letton of Falrbury, tho
republican candidato for supreme
Judge, is an old resident of Nebraska,
having lived in Jefferson county since
1869, where his father took a home
stead near Falrbury. Ho worked on
tho farm, taught school and earned
tho monoy to educate himself, and af
ter graduation studied law an.d was
admitted to tho bar. In 1886 ho was
olected the first county attorney of
Jefferson county, serving four years.
Ho was elected Judgo of tho First Ju
dicial district in 1895, and was re
elected in 1899, serving until Novem
ber, 1903, when ho resigned to accept
a position on the supremo court com
mission, which he still holds as presid
ing Judgo of department No. 1. In
1904 Judgo Lotton served as president
of tho stato bar association. He is a
clear and forcible writer, has always
beeh a close student of legal and con
stitutional history and has taken an
interest in all public questions.
FAVOR SEA LEVEL CANAL.
Majority of Board of Consulting En
gineers of This Opinion.
WASHINGTON A majority ot the
foreign mombers of tho consulting
board of engineers of tho Isthmian
canal appear to favor a sea-level ca
nal. This fact may become of tho
greatest Importance If their votes
shall become necessary to decide that,
which Is tho principal question re
quiring ratification at the hands of
this boaid. No attempt has .been
mado to pass on tho question at any
ot tho board meetings, but tho fact
Is that tho majority of tho foreign
delegates, who havo been closely
studying tho vast amount of data col
lected and laid beforo the board by
tho canal commission, aro at present
of tho opinion that a sea-level canal
would bo better than a lock canal.
The board met for tho first tlmo in
a week In Washington and talked
about dams. Engineer Stearnes, a
member of tho board, explained at
great length tho details of construc
tion of tho dam erected for the en
largement of tho water supply of Bos
ton, a structure which was regarded
as in many ways meeting tho condi
tions which obtain on tho Isthmus. A
decision on this question ot dams was,
however, postponed until tho board
had visited the Isthmus. The mem
bers expect to sail from New York
with tho canal commission September
26 or 27. Next Wednesday Mr. Bu-nau-Varllla
and Linden W. Bates will
explain to tho board their respective
plans of canal construction.
HURRY THROUGH EXECUTION.
Murderer of New York Speedily
Shocked to Death.
AUBURN, N. Y. Record-breaking
celerity was the unusual feature in
tho electrocution of Henry Manzer in
tho death chamber at Auburn prison.
Tho witnesses entered tho room nt
6:05 o'clock. Manzer was escorted
to the chair one minute later. In an
other minuto ho had been pinioned In
the chair and the mask had been
urawn over his face. Stato Execut
tioner Davis immediately mado con
nections with the fatal lever, and 1,780
volts coursed through the victim for
thirty seconds.
JAP FLAGSHIP SINKS.
Vessel Which Led Fleet Into Action In
Sea of Japan Partnally Destroyed.
TOKIO Tho Navy department an
nounces that the battleship Mlkasa
has been destroyed by firo and tho
explosion of its magnzlno causing the
loss ot 599 lives, including men of
other ships, who went to the rescue.
Tho fire started from an unknown
cause at midnight on Sunday. Beforo
tho officers could be rescued the fire
reached tho aft magazine, which ex
ploded, blowing a hole In tho port side,
of tho vessel below tho water line and
caused the ship to sink.
Manchurlan Ports Opened.
LONDON Tho Shanghai corre
spondent of the Morning Post says
that an imperial decree has been is
sued ordering many of the ports in
Manchuria to bo opened equally to all
treaty powers.
Cholera Cases In Prustla.
BERLIN An official bulletin Issued
Monday says sixteen cholera cases and
six deaths were reported from noon
September 9 to noon September 10,
and fifteen cases and six deaths from
noon September 10 to noon today.
ARMISTICE
Arrangements UnderWhich
hostilities are to Be
Suspended
LONDON Tho Japanese legation
gave out tho text ot tho Russo-Japanese
amlstlce protocol as follows:
1. A certain distance as a zone of de
marcation shall bo fixed between tho
fronts of tho armies of tho two pow
ers in Manchuria as well as In tho
region of tho Tumen river, Corea.
2. The naval force of one of the bel
ligerents shall not bombard territory
belonging to or occupied by tho other.
3. Marltlmo captures will not be
suspended by tho a rmistlce.
4. During tho term of tho armlstico
new reinforcements Bhall not bo dis
patched to the theater of war, Those
which aro already on their way thero
shall not bo dispatched north of Muk
den on tho part of tho Japanese or
south of Harbin on tho part of Russia.
5. The commanders of tho armies
and tho fleets of tho two powers shall
determine In common accord tho con
ditions of tho armistice In conformity
with tho provisions above enumerated.
6. The two governments shall order
their commanders Immediately after
tho signature of the treaty of peaco to
put tho protocol Into execution.
Tho protocol was Blgned by M.
Witte, Bnron Rosen, Baron Komura
and M. Takahlra.
MUKDEN General Fukushlma, rep
resenting Field Marshal Oyama, and
tho Russian commissioners mot at
Shaboth, a station north of Chantung,
at 10 o'clock this morning. It prob
ably will tako several days to arrango
tho details of the armistice which they
aro to prepare.
NOT A CANDIDATE.
Mr. Bryan Not Now Posing for the
Presidency.
CHICAGO "I want to make my
position perfectly clear. I want to
say to you that not only am I not an
nouncing a candidacy, but I am not
permitting announcement of a candi
dacy by any ono elBo for me."
In theso words William Jennings
Bryan administered a check to the
enthusiasm which at tho Jefferson
club banquet given tonight in Mr.
Bryan's honor greeted tho speeches ad
vocating his nomination for tho third
time for president.
There had been warm words of
praise for Mr. Bryan, particularly
from former Congressman OHIe M.
James of Kentucky and Judgo James
B. Tarvin of Covington, Ky., who had
declared unqualifiedly for Mr. Bryan
as tho democratic nomlneo for presi
dent in 1908, and from Mr. Alexander
Troup of New Haven, Conn., who de
clared that Bryan was tho nntural and
legitimate leader of tho democratic
party In tho coming campaign. When
Mr. Bryan, who came last on tho pro
gram rose to respond to tho toast,
"Democracy versus Centralization,"
ho deferred for a few moments en
tering upon his formal address until
he had returned thanks for the words
of praise showered upon him by tho
speakers who preceded him and until
he had set himself right on tho ques
tion of possible candidacy for tho
presidency. Mr. Bryan said:
"I am not now a candidato for any
office. I have never said that I would
never again be a candidato for office,
but I want to say now that talk of
candidacy for office does not affect mo
as It onco did. I believe that my place
In history will be determined not by
what tho peoplo are able to do for me
but what I am able to do for tho peo
ple. (Applause and cheers.) I think
It Is now too soon to choose a candi
dato for president to make tho raco
three years from now; It Is too early
to pledgo ourselves to any one man. I
trust that beforo the tlmo comes to
name a man for tho next presidential
raco light may bo thrown upon our
party's pathway, and that a man may
bo chosen who will be best ablo to do
for tho party more than I have yet
been able to do.
William Jennings Bryan, soon to
leave for a tour of tho world, received
a notablo testimonial of esteem at a
banquot given in his honor by tho
Jefferson club at their rooms, Ran
dolph ahd Clnrk streets. Covers wero
laid for 300 guests and among them
were many prominent people.
PLOT AGAINST THE MAYORS.
Opponents of President Palma Sought
to Ou&t Them.
HAVANA General Freyo Andrado,
secretary of the Interior, says ho has
discovered a plot of tho liberal party
uy which the llebral governors of tho
provinces oi Santa Clara, Camaguay
and PInar Del Rio proposed to dis
charge all the mayors and other lead
ing municipal officials who were parti
sans of President Palma. The plan
was discovered aftor tho mayor and
lieutenant mayor of Glanapay and the
mayor and treasurer of Cabanas in PI
nar Del Rio wero discharged.
Poor Pay Causes Desertion.
WASHINGTON General Funston,
commanding the department of Cali
fornia, quotes from the report of his
Judge advocate concerning desertions.
Tho latter attributes tho desertions to
the poor pay recoived by enlisted
men compared to what men receive
in civil occupations. General Funston
says the buildings at Presidio, San
Francisco, are not a credit to the
United States and should be replaced.
Thero Is no further reason for main
taining the post at Fort McDowell. It
should bo abandoned.
QUARANTINE BOUNDARIES.
Department of Agriculture Give No
tice of a Change.
WASHINGTON It having been de
termined by tho department of agri
culture that tho contagious and com
municable disease known as scabies
exists to n slight extent only, If at all,
practically all of tho cattlo country.
Secretary Wilson gave notice that tho
quarantine established In tho follow
ing area will bo removed September
15.:
Tho states of Washington and Ore
gon: all that part of Kansas lying east
ot tho western boundary lines of tho
counties of Smith, Osborn, Russell,
Barton, Stafford, Pratt and Barber;' all
that part ot tho stato of Colorado ly
ing west of tho summit of tho Medi
cine Bow range of mountains in Lari
mer county, tho western lino of Boul
der, Gilpin, Jefferson, Teller, Custer,,
Auerfano and Las Animas counties,
and also that part of Colorado lying
west of the ninth guide meridian west
In Fremont county; tho counties of Big
Horn, Fremont, Sweetwater and Uinta,
in the stato of Wyoming; all that part
of the state of Texas lying east of tho
100th meridian of longitude west of
Greenwich and north of the twenty
ninth parallel of north latitude.
CONFIDENCE REMAINS STRONG.
Bounteous Crops In All Sections Help
Trading.
NEW YORK R. O. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Industrial, commercial and agricul
tural progress continue satisfactory.
Nothing has occurred to weaken con
fidence, tho disposition being to ox
tend plans further into the future,
and many plants have their facilities
engaged well Into tho next year. As
demand broadens thero is a natural
tendency to enlarge capacity, which
adds to the already exceptional struc
tural activity. Jobbers havo secured
much more forward business than at
this date last year, especially in dry
goods lines, and the frequent remin
ders of autumn temperature stimu
late retail distribution of wearing ap
parel. Thus far the weather has not
been cold enough to harm tho crops
that remain to bo harvested, and an
other week of favorable conditions
should assure nn unprecedented yield
of corn. Several settlements main
tain labor dlspuates nt tho minimum,
and mercantile collections continue
prompt.
KILL PROMINENT JOURNALIST.
Tartars Conduct Crusade Against
Newspaper Men.
ST. PETERSBURG A private dis
patch from Tlflls says that thero was
firing Friday night at various points
in the Baku districts, and there were
many skirmishes resulting In consid
erable loss ot life. Tho situation, tho
dispatch says, Is alarming and thero
Is great uneasiness among the Tar
tars. Five battalions of infantry, a bat
tery of artillery and a body of Cos
sacks havo been spent' to Kutais.
Cossacks have also been sent to Shu
lavery, where encounters between tho
Tartars and Armenians aro feared.
A prominent Journalist of Baku has
been killed by Tartars, who are con
ducting a crusade against newspaper
men.
Tho oil men havo received Informa
tion that the Insurgents threaten to
kill the operatives when they resumo
work and to burn the works now in
course of construction.
WILSON TALKS TO FARMERS.
Secretary of Agriculture .at South
Dakota Fair.
HURON, S. D. The state fair
grounds wero dedicated today In the
presence of an Immense crowd, ad
dresses being made by Governor Elrod
and James W. Wilson, secretary of
agriculture. Secretary Wilson spoke
directly to tho farmers, complimenting
them upon the wonderful progress
made In the development of the agri
cultural resources of the new do
main and expressed surprise to seo
tho marvelous agricultural products,
stock and other exhibits, declaring
they surpassed many seen at similar
exhibitions In older states. Ho was
frequently interrupted by applause and
at the closo of his address three
rousing cheers were given for the
best secretary of agriculture this gov
ernment has ever had.
CALLS THE CHARGES ABSURD. '
Allegations of Mae Wood Declared to
Be Fabrications.
WASHINGTON Tho stato depart
ment Is now investigating charges
made by Mao Wood of Omaha, against
Robert J. Wynne, consul general at
London, and J. Martin Miller, recent
ly appointed consul at Alx-la-Chapelle,
Germany. Tho papers have been In
the hands of tho state department for
several weeks. Tho exact character
of the charges Is not known. Tho
fact that Mae Wood had made direct
chajges against Mr. Wynne was not
generally known. Consul Miller de
nounces Mae Woods charges as "sill
fabrications."
Promoter Killed By Wife.
BUTTE. Mont William Frost, a
mining promoter from Battle Creek,
Neb., was killed by his wife after ho
had tried to cut her throat with a
iozor. The woman blew his head from
his shoulders with two charges from a
shotgun.
Loubet Will Visit Portugal.
PARIS President Loubet has ac
cepted tho Invitation of King Charles
to visit Portugal after his sojourn at
Madrid.
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