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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.