The Semi-Weekly Tribune. JKA U. HAUK. l'foprlttor. TKKMSl $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA Thero Is a chortncss of BarvoJt hands In several localities. Wheat la turning out well In Fill more county, some farmers claiming a bettor yield than lust year. The date has been fixed for the meet ing of the Women's State Federation of Clubs to bo hold nt York October 10, 11 and 12. Tho program Is replete with good things. Tho now Danish Lutheran church, six miles south of Fremont, In Saun ders county, was dedicated last Sun day, tho dedication service and ser mon being by Row A. W. Lund of tho Danish Lutheran church of Fromont. Will Adair, a young man of De catur, was fooling with an old plMtol when ho accidentally discharged It, tho contents going through his left hand, completely destroying tho use of tho first and second fingers. MIbb Stella Slsson of Drown county, tho young woman who was bitten by n rattlcsnako on tho 23rd of June, died last week. Her agonies during tho Inst two weeks woro terrible, but sho passed away as If In sleep. During a storm E. P. Stringflehl, n prominent farmer five miles southwest of Stella, was pumping water when a holt of lightning struck tho windmill tower. It knocked Mr. Strlngfk'ld several feet on tho ground and when ho regained consciousness ho found his right hand somewhat burned. Mrs. Sophia Lollmnd of Fremont, administratrix of tho estate of Wll hclm Lehman, has surd John Scwanke, Herman Jahn and Gcorgo Dletz for $85,000 damages. Sho clnlnin they arc responsible for tho death of her son, Wllhelm Lehman, who was run over last January by Schwanko. Hastings reports that tho year's BUgar bent crop promises to bo "Unus ually heavy and nccordlng to somo who nro engaged In tholr culture, tho yield will surpass that of any previ ous year, both In quantity nnd qual ity. Thero are two hundred acres of land around Hastings planted to beets this year, which will bring to thoso raising them closo to $11,000. William Burrow, a young man re siding n fow miles rouMi of Elk Creek, was arrested for orenklng tho qr.sr nntlno regulations established thorn somo two weeks ago against por.ionu ontorlng tho town that havo had ex posure to tho smallpox. Mr. Burrow was taken beforo Esqul'o Merwlns c'ourt, where ho pleaded guilty to tho charge and was fined 10 and costs. J. W. Van Arsdol, a farmer living nenr Horace, was Instantly killed by his team running away. He was de livering a load of hogs to his neigh bor when the endgato of the wagon came out. letting the hogB fall under tho team, frightening them. The horses ran away, throwing him out nnd running the wagon over him. Ho leaves a wlfo and four small children. A petition Is being circulated at Wy moro asking the governor to have bat tery A, N. N. 0 go Into camp In that city In August, during which tlmo tho lnterstnto reunion will be held. This Is dono In order that the boys may rccolvo pay from tho stato for tho tlmo they aro In camp, nnd as It has boon customary for them to go Into camp onco a year, at tho state's ex penses, It Is bcllovetl tho request will bo grnntod, The mortgago record of Cuming county for tho month of Juno shows: Eighteen farm mortgages tiled, aggre gating $29,212, nnd thirty released, amounting to $40,343.20. - Town nnd city mortgages filed, two, aggregating $1,050, nnd four nil eased, amounting to $1,340. Of chnttlo mortgages tlioro woro filed sixty-eight, aggregating $G3, 007.(39, and relcnsod during tho sumo period, 100, aggregating $03,512.52. Tho business men of Hnstlngs held n mcctlug recently and doclded to havo a stroot fair somo tlmo during tho latter part of September. Thero will bo $G.000 In caBh prizes hung up In ordor that thero may bo plenty of amusements on tho dally program. Tho prizes offered will bo for fire men's tournnment, shooting tourna ment, horso races, ImBo ball, foot ball, blcyclo races, band contest, traveling men's eako walk, stock exhibit, agri cultural exhibit, etc. Miss Valentino of Falls City, a girl of fourteen, was taken to tho girls' Industrial homo nt Clenova by Sheriff Tinker on a finding of tho probate court that sho was Incorrigible. Bho and somo of hor associates attending tho public school, havo been meeting bad characters. It Is thought that thlB will result In parents looking moro closely to tho conduct nnd whoro abouts of tholr daughters as thoro was qulto a cllquo of high school girls who havo been forming dangorous nc qualntanccs. John Snyder nnd John Dent, of HnBtlngs woro badly scolded with boiling grcuBo whllo fixing a fnt ct- tlo at Dlako's slaughter house, lloth boys woro Immediately under tho kettle, when tho wholo bottom foil out nnd they woro completely drench ed with boiling greaso. A lnrgo tank of wator was standing nenr by and fortunately both hoys had enough presenco of mind to jump Into tho water. Thoy woro badly scolded auout tho head, faco and hands. Young Bcntz Is In the worst condition nnd It Is feared ho will loso hU eyesight. William Smith, aged 17 years, was drowned whllo bathing In tho lagoon, near Bancroft. Aftor a two hours search the body was found. Uelthnzer Greener, n farmer living threo miles south of Juniata, was found dend, lying with a short dts tanco from his house, with almost his cntlro head blown off. About S o'clock In tho morning Mr. Orecner got up nnd taking his shotgun with him started toward the pasture, whero it Is thought ho Intended shooting Botno skunks, but on reaching tho bnrb-wlro fenco ho must have slipped and fallen In such a way as to acci dentally discharge the gun In his faco. Grand Army Men And Fault With the Pension Commissioner. DISPLEASED WITH TREATMENT. Hrimtnr Hnyn-nrcl Tnhru tint Mutter Up mill Will KmlfMivor to Hen Unit Tliclr Wrong nro Jluilrrmidl Old Nolillcri oil tho Wnr ruth. Lincoln dispatch: Tho following communication, received In Lincoln by Hon. H. c. Russell, chairman of the cornmitloo on pensions, of tho Nebras ka department of tho Grand Army of tho Ropubllc, from Senator M. L. Hay ward will bo of Interest to all Ne braska veterans who have had nnv dealings with tho United Stntes pen sion ollleo during tho last lew years: NEBRASKA CITY, July 7. auner 1 II. C. Russell. Chnlrmnn it thn C.nm. mlttco on Pensions of tho Department oi iscnrasKa Grand Army of tho Re public Dear Sir: Yours of tho Cth Inst. In roKard to Com mlHHinnnr Kvnim and his troatment of pension claims is ui noun, on July 12, 1899, a com mittee selected bv tho nntlnnnl ell of tho Grand Army of tho Republic will meet In Washington to Invostlgnto all charges made ngnlnst Mr. Evans nnd look Into his mannor of conduct ing his ollleo. Comrndo W. C. Johns son, commandor-In-chlof of tho Grand Army of tho Republic, Is chairman of such committee. I hnvo written nil comrades whom I know of thnt havo complained against Mr. Evnnn and nsked them to send a full statement of their cascB to Goncral Johnson, caro of the Pension ofllco nt Washing ton, D. C for Investigation. It any comrades desires mo to do so I will seo that his complaint Is properly nr- Kucii ooioro such committee. Yours incercly, M. u, HAYWARD. For savornl months a fooll onlstlc to Pension ComtnlnRlnnnr Ovans has been snrondinir thrnueh- out tho country nnd tlmrn him been considerable rnnmlnl II t nn In his dcnllng with pension claims from mis sinto. Mr. Evans charges It to misrepresentation hv tlPllftlfin nMnr. noys who havo at somo tlmo found It mpoBsiuio to get through unmorltor- lous enses. 'mere lias been consider nblo correspondence on this subject between the Nebraska of tho Grand Army of the Republic and peopie in wasmngton. It has been al leged by CCnsIonora thnt Mr Prune e too rldd in his ruling nn nnnelnn nlnlma and that In this respect he Is follow ing me course pursued by his prede cessor. Commander Lochren, during tho uummiHirnuon President Cleveland. It Is at the request of Commissioner bvnns tnat Commander Johnson and his committee havo tirwlnrtnknn tlin Investigation. The committor win hr. given access to nil the records In the pension department nnd every oppor tunity will be afforded It. It Is under stood, to cxnmlno particular cases Cited In Blinnort of thn rhnrpna thnt the commissioner Is unfrlendlv tn thn old soldier. nrailnntlng In Otrmlln. From tho Indianapolis Journal: Perhaps the most amusing school "racket" of the year Is that reported irom iyons, Neu. The commence ment season has brought the usual roportn, with somo variations of con troversies between board and pupils, faculties and students, relating to col or, to hats and gowns or somo other non-csscntlnl, but In no Instances lias young America shown ns much pluck or achieved as distinct a victory us did tho high school graduating class nt Lyons. The dispatch docs not stato tho origin of tho controversy boyond saying that tho students had "suffered cortaln humiliations nt tho hands of tho school board." Every porson who Iciiowb tho tendency of small officials to oxorclso offenstvo nuthorlty will understand that. Py way of retali ation tho graduating class adopted "Work for tholr class motto nnd de termined to receive their dlplomns In "overalls." Tho school board en deavored to thwart this rebellious Bchcmo by refusing to pay for tho public hall, whoroupon tho clnss ap pealed to tho public, charged an ad mission feo, g.U a great outpouring of tho pcoplo to sco nnd hear them In tholr overalls and mndo money. This so hurt tho dignity of tho high and mlghtly ofllclnls thnt they resigned In a body, evidently expecting tho Lyons public school Byatem to "como tumb ling aftor," which It will not do. Tho Incident Illustrates tho tenden cy of somo officials, who nro clothed In a llttlo brief authority, to magnify their ofllccB nnd tho ability of young Americans to take caro of themselves. Tho high school graduates at Lyons could not havo adopted a bettor class motto than "Work," and their appear ance In overalls showed thoy attached moro Importance to n principle than thoy did to moro oxtomal appearance. In this country thoro In no suror guar anty of success than work and no higher bndgo of Amorlcnnlsm than overalls. Tho class nppoalcd to tho public on strong nnd tenable ground, and deserved the support It got. Per haps tho members of tho board saved tholr dignity by resigning, but tho peoplo will not troublo thomselves to Inquire. They will chooso nnother board and tho schools of Lyons will go right nlong. Meanwhile, It Is to bo hoped tho graduates will not forget their clnss motto. E. II. Force, a prominent citizen of Beatrice, died last week. Henry Ilnrtcnbuch of Grand Island llseovored tho prcsonco of a burglar In tho storo of his father. Ho quiet ly loft to got a pollcoman, but not be ing nblo to find ono nt onco, secured tho asststanco of Qua Stovers and the two suddenly dashed Into tho storo with tho warning that If tho burglar attempted to escapo ho would bo rid dled. They caught tho man under a counter, and his chances for doing tlmo In tho penitentiary aro flutter ing. NcbiBukn O. A. II. Mntftr. Department Commander Evans of tho Grand Army of the Republic has Issued tho following general orders under current date: 1. The following appointments of my official staff are hereby announced: Assistant adjutant general, Wlnslow H. Barger, Hebron; assistant quarter master general, William C. Elder, North Platte; Judge advocate general, W. R. Burton, Hastings; Inspector general, John Sklrvlng, O'Neill, nnd John Keith, Sutherland, chief of staff; special aide In charge of transporta tion, A. Trnynor, Omaha. In accordance with a resolution pnsscd at the last encampment tho fol lowing comrades will constitute tho reunion committee: II. C. Russell, C. E. Adams, John H. McClay and Jnmes D. Gage. Legislative committee Is nnmed ns follows: General John M. Thayer, I. D. Evans nnd J. H. Culver. Executlvo committee, C. of A., S. T. Cnldwcll. L. J. Horton, William Gil ford. Tho following named comrades aro nppolrted uldes-do-comp on tho commander's staff and will bo obeyed and respected accordingly; O. II. Hlakeslce, Post No. 112; Georgo Cun nlnghnm, Post No. 35; David Morgan, Post No. 91; W. H. Smith. Post 19; W. L. Hylynr, Post No. C3; I. G. Hlck mna, Post No. 30G; P. O. Avery, Post No. GG; John Lett, Post No. 32; J. II. Treshcr, Post No. 15; Seth F. Stiles, Post No. I; Louis Kelly, Post No. 258; Gcorgo W. Martin, Post No. 147; W. D. Prultt, Post N. 120; T. F. Powers, Post No. 227; H. C. Matron. Post No. 109; L. M. Hcothorn, Post No. 25. Tho twenty-first annual reunion of tho soldlors and sailors of Nebras kn, under the nusplces of tho Grand Army of tho Republic, will be held at Camp Otis, In tho city of Lincoln, on September 11 to lfi Inclusive. 3. Tho city of Lincoln has dono much for tho comfort and entertain ment of tho Grand Army. This year of great events promises tho most suc cessful reunion In the history of tho department. Tho reunion committee Is doing nil that can be done. Ample shelter, both buildings nnd tents, wood for cooking, straw for bods and liny for teams to accommodato everybody will bo provided. The Spanlsh-Amer- Icnn soldiers will bo given n day on tho program. A special Invitation Is hereby extended to shnro with us a week of pleasure and profit In our camp at our capital city. A full pro gram will bo published In n Inter order. 4. All offlclnl communications should bo addressed to WInslow H. Bnrgor, nsslstant adjutant genornl, Lincoln, Neb. G. All business with the assistant quartermaster general should be mi ll ressed to W. C. Elder, North Platte, Neb. (lunril AeuliiHt Fimillpox, The following order has been pro mulgated by the stato hoard of health and sent to all known local boards In NcbrosKa: To Local Health Boards and Physi cians of Nebraskn:All cases of small pox arising In this stato shall here after bo promptly reported to tho sec retary of the state bourd of health, with statement of Burroundlnc condi tions. Following this first report. weekly reports of all new enses und deaths must be returned. Whcro tho origin of tho Infection can bo ascer tained, It must be stntcd. U. F. CRUMMER. M. D.. Secretary, Omaha, Neb. By order of tho Stuto Board of Health. Dr. Crummer, referring to tho nbovo order, said: "Tho continued appear ance of smallpox at dlfforent points In the state, the most serious outbreak being at Tnblo Rock, has given rise to somo apprehension for th'o future. It Is especially important that tho in fection should bo kept out of tho stato Institutions, for it Is well known thnt when n penitentiary or any place sim ilarly crowded becomes Infected with tho disease, It Is almost Impossible to get rid of It without burning the promises down. Whllo tho legisla ture, In tho faco of this threatening condition, rcfUBcd to ennct tho pro posed sanltnry bill, or to make tho needed appropriation for Its enforce ment, It hns boon found that our emergency bill, passed to meet tho ex pense of tho board last winter, lnnd- vertontly conferred upon us cortnln powers, which tho governor and othor stato ofllcor8 now wish tho medlcnl board to use to tho beat possible ef fect, In nBslBtlng lucnl boards to stamp out this unwelcome visitor. Tho first nnd most Important step Is that a prompt report bo mndo by tho board whon a caso occurs In any community, nnd I hopo thnt the physicians of this stato will support our board in this work. "All members of tho locnl bonrds and practicing physicians In Nebraska, who mny seo this ordor will kindly consldor It ns nn otllclnl notlco with out writing for a personnl lottcr." NrliriiHkii In Ilrlcf. John Phllpot of Humboldt was se verely burned about the faco whllo assisting In setting off tho fireworks, Tho accident was tho result of a pre mature explosion of a fountain piece, which became Ignited from spnrks Just as Mr, Phllpot was stooping to put It In place. Tho powder flashed up In his faco and for a tlmo It wns feared that he would lose his eyesight. An oxnmlnntlou showed that tlu In juries wero nil external In character and not necessarily dnngcroua . Ilnrry Anderson of I Imo Grovo, nonr Hartlngton, wns accidentally Bhot by a target gun, tho ball enter ing his breast. Tho shooting occur red at St. James during tho celebra tion. Tho bonrd of regcnt3 of tho Ne braska stato university will hold a special meeting about the mlddlo of this month, called for tho purposo of taking final action regarding tho con struction of tho farm building and other Improvements and nt tho siuno meeting the question of the election of a successor to Chancellor MacLean will bo taken up. Whllo several well known educators havo been mentioned for tho place made vacant by tho res ignation of Mr. MacLean, It is not tho Intention of the bourd of regents to select a man until his fitness for the position Is thoroughly established. '1 Tho Awful Deed of a Nebra:kan- in Stan ton Oounty. SUICIDE FOLLOWS THE FIRST CRIME Frank I.rplcy, n llnliriiilnii, ArimI (10, I tlio Chief Actor llritM Out tho llrulii of IIU liitter Half With Hit ivr mill 1'rlglitriilly .Miitlhttcii Her Hotly. STANTON, Neb., July 13. (Special to tho Omaha Bee.) Word reoched hero today of a horrlblo murder, coupled with suicide, In Ramshom precinct, Tho crime wns committed last evening, the principal nctor In tho tragedy beln Frank Lcpley, n Bo hemian farmer, CO years of age. It transpires that early In the even ing Lcpley took (i hammer and at tacked his wife fiercely, beating out hor brains nnd leaving the body In n fenrfully mutilated condition. Tho head Was beaten almost to n Jelly nnd tho floor and walls of tho room wero covered with the unfortunate wom an's blood, showing that a dreadful struggle for llfo had occurred. Tho woman must have mndo n bravo fight for existence, ns the furniture of tho room wns strewn nil nbout. The skull was crushed in several places and tho fnco so badly disfigured that It was nearly Impossible to recognize tho vic tim. An 8-year-old son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Lcpley wns In 'tho room when tho at tack was made upon his mother. At first tho Ind pleaded with his father to spare his mother's life, but when tho man turned on him and threatened to kill him ns soon as ho had finished tho woman tho boy rushed In terror from the liou.c. Ho ran as fast ca his limbs could carry him to the nearest neighbor, four mllas away, and gave the alarm. As soon as possible a party was or ganized and went to the rescue, but nrrlvcd too late to bo of any nsslst nnce, for both the womnn nnd her brutnl husband wero dend. Tho body of tho murderer wns found about 300 feet from the house, lying on tho ground, fnco downward. Tho features wore distorted, but no sign of violence was found on tho body. The conclu sion Is that after Lcpley killed his wlfo he ended his own miserable cxlstenco by tnklng poison. When discovered tho body was arrayed in Its best clothes, as though tho suicide wns a deliberate affair. Ho had evidently killed his wlfo and then dressed him self for tho departure Into tho other world. Tho body was yet warm when found nnd efforts wero made to rc suscltato tho man, but It was too la:u to bo of any clfcct. On entering tho houso n horrlblo sight met tho eyes of tho party. In the kitchen In a great pool of her own blood lay the corpso of tho victim of hor husband's fury mutllnted almost beyond recognition, whllo everything In tho room wns spattered with tho llfo fluid. Sho must havo mndo a hard struggle for llfo and If tho truth could bo known It would mako a talo that would causo tho blood to run cold with horror. A thorough senrch of tho premises revealed a Bum of money amounting to $350 hidden away In a bureau draw er, whllo on n table In the sitting room wns found a noto from Lepioy In which ho requested his friends to give him n fine funeral nnd erect a monument over his grave. Ho also wroto that ho wanted some ono to havo his proper ty, hut did not designate anyono ns a boneflclnry. Tho writer continued that ho was tired of living nnd hnd de cided to put nn end to his oxlstence and thnt of tho rest of the family. This Indicates that ho Intended to kill the boy nftor ho had finished his wife. Ho said that nobody was to blame. No cause, unless It was sudden men tnl nberrntlon, Is known for tho crlmo, ns Lopley nnd his wlfo nro reputed to havo lived happily together. Tho coroner held nn Inquest today and returned n verdict to the effect that Lopley killed his wlfo with a hammer nnd committed sulcldo by tak ing poison. Tho Leploys leave a married daugh ter nnd n son grown to manhood. Tho latter was nway from homo at tho tlmo of tho tragedy. CIIAN0!S IN THE LAW ITSELF. reunion Committee of (Iriinil Army of tho lti-itlhlla l'lml No Fmilt. WASHINGTON. July 13. The pen sion committee of tho Grand Army of tho Republic which Is here Inquiring Into pension measures and their ad ministration at the Invitation of Com missioner Evnns practically closed Its work today. Members of tho commit tco decline to discuss the rcsulta of tholr Inbors, but It Is understood no substnntlnl foundation has been found for tho allegations against tho work of the bureau nnd whntever Is recom mended propahly will bo as to changes In tho law Itsolf. Tho committee with Commissioner Evnns hnd an Intervlow with Secretary Hitchcock this after noon, nt which tho pension system wns discussed. Tho cominlttco probably will lcavo tomorrow, nnd present Its report nt tho annual Grand Army of tho Republic encampment nt Philadel phia in September. TiivixtiKutlni; Spi-i'iiii iiiiiimtrU'fi, WASHINGTON, July 13. Tho first of tho subcommittees sent out by the Industrial commission to InVestlgato special Industries began its inquiry Into tho mining Interest In Denver yesterday. Tho second will take up tho mnnufncturluK Interests in Boston next Monday. Tho committee on manu facturing whllo In Boston will glvo special attention to textiles nnd after Its work Is finished thero will go to New York, whore tho Immigration problem will bo taken up. In tho course of n week tho stato department expects to recelvo by mail tho full reports of all that has been accomplished at Tho Haguo confer ence. This will Includo tho formnl draft of tho treaties nnd protocols which tho United States government is expected to accopt. : The News Briefly Told Wrilnrilnjr. Brigadier General Asa B. Carey, pay master general of tho army, will bo retired today, having renched the age of C4 years. Ho will bo succeeded as paymaster general by General Alfred E. Bates, recently military attache of United States embassy at London. Lo Solr declurcs that on July 15, following tho nntlonnl fete, General Jamont, commander In chief and vlco president of tho supremo council of wnr, will bo replaced by General Hru gcrc, who wns lost wccit appointed military governor oi Pnrlo In succes sion to General Zurllnden. removed. Tho navy department las dlsps di ed to Admiral IVvcy the modal awarded him by act of congrcs to commomorato tho battle of Mnnlln hay. Tho admiral's medal Is Identi cal with thoso sent to ench man In tho fleet, with tho exception that his wn name 1b engraved upon tho edge. Ambnssador von ifollenben of Cor mnny hns mndo his farewell call on Secretary Hay and will leave here on Thursdny for New York, whonco ho tnkes the steamer for homo. In New York ho will confer with Herr Munim, who Is to ho Gcrmnn charge d'affaires this summer during the ambassador's absence. Tho wnr department has lot the con tract for repairing nnd fitting the transport Thomns to the Cramps com pany, Philadelphia, nt $239,500. Major J. M. Carson, Jr., or tho quartermas ter's department, will hnvo charge of tho Thomns during tho refitting nnd also upon Its voyage by way of tho Suez cannl to Mnnlln. Chnrges have been filed ngnlnst In dian Agent John P. .Nfayhugh of tho White Rock Indian ugency, In Nova da, alleging nmong other things arbi trary administration. Thoso chnrges nre the outcome of n dispute ns to tho mnnagement of tho agency school nnd havo already caused two Investiga tions by order of tho Washington au thorities. Turmliiy, The Delngoa bay award will be made In October. Charles Mall, Belgian consul at New York, is dead. Tho transport Logan will bo refitted for Manila service. The cruiser Raleigh will have re pairs made costing $245,000. Archbishop Irclnnd will sail from Liverpool for New York July 12. M. J. O'Brien hns been elected pres ident of tho Southern Express com pany. Tho Vcnczuolnn commission has brought tho chronological review up to 1841. Ambassador Porter at Paris tender ed a banquet to tho members of the Venezuelan commission. Lleutennnt Frank C. Bolles, Sixth Infantry, Is nsslgned ns oldo on Gen eral Wheeler's stnff at San Francisco. If Senator Fairbanks does not find a sultnblo solution of tho Alnska boundary controversy, tho Joint high commission will not meet In August. Fressenden & Nnchbour, Now York dry goods agents, havo gone Into bankruptcy. Debts, $04,044; no cs sets. Bids havo been opened at Wash ington for the overhauling of tho transport Thomns for tho Manila trade. Tho whaling barks California and C. W. Morgnn havo reported from Huko, Japan, nnnounclng n good catch. Tho proposed glovo combination, with a capital of $15,000,000 which the American Trust company of Chicago Is said to ho Interested in forming, Is llkoly to fall througn as tho re sult of n meeting of manufacturers who supply tho Jobbing trade of the country. nontenant Colonel Plummcr, who was appointed on tho 12th, has been nsslgned to tho Thirty-Slth Infantry. Ho will recruit nnd orgnnizo this reg iment nt Vancouver, Wash., and com mand It until It arrives at Manllu. This Is tho regiment to which Colonel Kobbo hns been nsslgned. Tho Turkish legation cave out the following: "Tho Turkish legation de clares, In reply to tho dispatch of yes terday concerning alleged disturb ances In the Asiatic provinces of Van, that according to a report recently re ceived from tho governor general of this provlnco perfect ordor nnd tran quillity prevnll In thoso regions." Moutltijr All soldiers In the Philippines who onltflted between April 21 nnd Octobor 20, 1898, whether volunteers or regu lars, havo been ordered homo as soon as transportation could bo furnished. Minister Jackson reports to tho stato department thnt the North German Gazette has mado a 8oml-ofllclnl denial of tho press report that the German government Intends to nnnex Bear Is land near Spltzenborgen. Cable advices from Lisbon say tho Portuguese houso of peers has rati fied tho commercial convention bet ween Portugnl and tho United States. This Is tho convention concluded In Washington some tlmo ngo. A delegation of prominent citizens of Peoria. 111., called at tho White House and presented tu tho president an Invitation to visit Peoria during his westorn trip In October next and tnko part In the ceremonies Incident to tho dedication of n new soldiers' mon ument In that city. Tho president nc cepted tho Invitation, it. uiBpaicu irom itomo &ays uio ucr- jr . , , , . , man stenmor RelchstnK has Balled fromfeTJ1 cruiser Newark has arrived at Naples with 11,000, rifles, war mntcrlol and 500 mules for tho Transvaal. Willnrd E. Baker, tho Boston nb- Bconder, who escaped from n pair of Boston detectives Just ns they wero leaving San Francisco for Boston, was dlscovored and caught by tho local po llco In n down-town lodging house. A speclnl from Dcnnlson, Tex., snys: Tho Houston & Texas Central oflklals stato that tho road between Calvert and Heme will havo to bo virtually rebuilt, owing to tho flood and hnt tho cost will not bo less than $500,000. IS Snturdny. Advices from Dawson say that tho steamer Rcbort Kerr left thoro Juno 30, with over $3,000,000 worth of gold dust for St. Michaels. Lieutenant Lnwson N. Fuller, ord nnnco burcnu, U. S. A., hai been order ed to tho Philippines ns chlof ordnt.nco officer In tho field of tho nrmy operat ing thoro. Georgo W. Jullnn, tho famous aboli tionist, died nt his homo In Irvlngton, Indlnna. Ho served sovcral terms In congress. In Mny, 1885, ho served na surveyor general of Now Mexico. Four now cases of yollow fever, all In tho city of Snntlngo, wero officially reported. Two dcnthB were reported. No official report was received lrom Bonlnto camp, but It Is known thnt tho situation thero Is serious. Admiral Cervern and the othor com manders of tho Spnnlsh fleet destroyed In tho batlo of Santiago, whoso con duct has been tho subject of Inquiry by speclnl court-martial, wero acquit ted and formally liberated. Word comes from Dawson that par ties nrrlvlng thero from Edmonton route report a sad stato of affairs ou tho Wind river, a branch of tho Ptelc. Anout scvonly-flvo prospectors wero wintering there, nnd their camp was lnvnded by scurvy. Tho convention nt San Francisco ot tho Assoclntlon of Amorlcnn Agricul tural Colleges and Experiments sta tions the section on botany and horti culture havo elected tho following officers for tho ensuing year: Presi dent, S. A. Beach of New York; sec retary, P. II. Rolfs of Florida. Tho president brought beforo tho cabinet tho plnn for officering the pro vlslonnl nrmy. The decision to np polnt tho colonels nnd lleutennnt col onels of tho volunteers from nmong: tho regular army officers who served during tho Spanish war and tho volun teers officers from nmong thoso who sorved in tho volunteer nrmy with credit or distinction, wns henrtlly np proved by the members of tho cab inet. .....i..' I'rlilnr. The English government nnnouncca that It will contribute 45,000 to tho. Antarctic expedition fund. Today's statement of the condition, of tho trensury shows: Available cash balances, $279,008,571; gold reserve $242,108,403. The Venezuelan arbitration commis sion resumed Its session In Paris. Sir Richard Webster, tho Brltsh attorney general, continued his argument In be hnlf of tho case of Great Britain. Consul General OBborn In a letter to' Senator Thurston under dnto of Juno. 10, from Apia, Samoa, states that Mrs. Osborn nnd his son will bo compelled to return to tho United States on nc count of 111 health, tho climate being: very sovero on white women. Tho War depnrtment has granted tho request of the governor of Texas for aid for flood sufferers. Such gov ernment boats as aro available will be placed nt tho disposition of tho governor and tho rations asked for will be Issued at once. A general meeting of western stove manufacturers was held In Chicago behind closed doors. President Stan hope Bonl of the national association,, who presided, said tho general nd vnnce In tho raw materials UBed In tho construction of stoves was discussed and the western manufacurere ngreed to nn advance of 5 per cent, to tnko effect Immediately on all stoves and. ranges. In an attempt to save her child from death Mrs. Frank Lausmon of Chicago and her 4-year-old daughter Hazel wero fatally Injured by being struck by nn Illlonls suburban train. Mrs. Lnusmnn Jumped directly In front ot tho engine nnd elapsed tho child in her arms, but beforo she had a chanco to escape the two woro hit by tho swiftly moving train nnd hurled thirty feet from the tracks. Tho Brooklyn Eaglo received a let tor from Governor Roosevelt today, ac companied by a check for $25, for the Dewey fund. In his letter tho gov ernor says: "I enclose you a check, as a slight token, of my nppreclntlon of your efforts to get somo memorial und to give recognition In whntever shape tho admiral himself deems best to services to tho country which have Justly rendered him tho mnn of nil slnco tho civil war who stands highest In popular regard." Tliursilny, The stnto of Georgia hns begun a war on tho oil trust. Cecil Rhodes says ho Is not In favor of force ngnlnst tho Transvnal. Tho proposed strlko nt tho Home stead plant has been abandoned. Rlchnrd Stahl, musical director ot Daly's theater, died suddenly from henrt disease at his homo In New York. Ho beenmo ill whllo In Chicago with "The Runaway Girl" company upon the receipt of the news of Mr. Daly's death. Tho news from Tho Hague announc ing tho unanimous vote of tho peace conference In favor of holding a spe clnl conference hereafter to discuss tho freedom from selzuro of prlvato prop erty, at sea In tlmo of war Is a sourco -?f wreat satisfaction to tho administra tion, Tho American delegates had ynow interest in this question man pfnjfpthcr, perhaps, beforo tho cou ktcroiicc. Ra 'P018? nmi win go to ua iao, reru itho extent of her nresont orders. K It Is announced that tho newly pornd Dominion Steel nnd Iron com liinnv will take over thn Dominion Coal fomjmny nnd will guarantee to pay at b Jjeapt C per cent on tho stock of tho - Epoihrnlon Coal company, which Jimounts to $15,000,000. ? The funeral of Bishop Newman will Jbo held at tho First Methodist Epls- toiini church, Hnratoga, Saturday art- -rnoon, July 8, at 3 o'cloclt. Tno ru Iheral address will probably bo deliv ered by niBhop Foster, who was an Jntlmate friend of Bishop Newman.