A
IBRffi
Some Likelihood of on Epidemio of Pneu
monia, FRIENDS CALLED UPON TO HELP.
Precautions Necessary to Ward Off the
Dif cusc In the Matter of l'roper Cloth
Ir.g Articles of Apparel Should Oo
Forward nt Ouco Tlio Hancock De
layed. LINCOLN, July 2C Spcclnl to tho
Omaha Deo: Tho military authorities
of tho stato aro In receipt of soveral
telegraphic communications from Ad
jutant General Barry, who Is now In
San Francisco with Colonel Stark,
awaiting tho return of tho First regi
ment. From Information received at
San Francisco it Is learned that thoro
Is somo likelihood of nn opldomlc of
pneumonia on board tho Hancock and
Bteps havo bcon taken by Adjutant
Ooneral Barry toward supplying tho
returning soldiers with proper and
suitable clothing when they arrive. To
this end ho has roquostcd friends and
relatives of tho soldiers to send chest
protectors and other articles of clotn
lng to bo delivered when tho troops
arrive, which, It Is now expected, will
not bo beforo tho first of next month.
Tho following dispatch was received
yesterday afternoon by Chief Clerk
Ayors of tho adjutant general's office:
TSAN"TnANCISCO, July 25. I. J.
Ayers, Adjutant General's Olllco, Lin
coln, Neb.: I recommend and urgo as
a precaution against pneumonia that
friends and relatives of each soldier of
tho First regiment Nebraska volun
teers send at oneo by mall extra thick
chest protectors, cut for front and
back. Seo physicians for details of
making them. Tho government docs
not furnish these. Tho best medical
authorities hero endorse. Request the
press to give publicity In beat position
in newspapers and to call attention to
tho fnct that town peoplo should notify
thoso In tho country. RiiBh forward
extract of orders relating to promo
tions In tho First regiment.
(Official.) "P. II. BARRY,
"Adjutant General."
Tho transport Hancock has been de
layed a day or two on account of a
break In tho machlnory, which, though
not serious, necessitated a stop for re
pairs. It Is estimated here that tho
rpglment will not return to Nebraska
until the latter part of August or the
first part of September. The work of
mustering out tho troops will requlro
about threp weeks tlmo and possibly
inoro.
Chief Clerk Ayers lino addressed lot
tors to tho postmasters of each town
represented In tho regiment requesting
them to securo tho publication of the
dispatch received from Adjutant Gen
eral Barry. Tho letter sent out by
Mr. Ayers closed with tho following:
"Too much cannot bo done for tho
enro and comfort of tho boys who havo
fought so gallantly and bravely and
who havo not only won for themselves
tho distinction of being heroes, but
havo bestowed honor upon tho great
stato of Nebraska and this republic,
and found n warm placo In tho heart
of every law.-abldlng and llborty-lovlng
citizen."
Tho parents of young Morrlsoy, who
was captured with tho Gllmoro expedi
tion nt Baler, P. I., have been unablo
to get n reply to their numerous tele
graphic Inquiries regarding their son,
and yesterday tho following dispatch
was sent to tho war department:
"LINCOLN, July 25. Georgo D.
Melklejohn, Asslstnnt Secretary of
War, Washington: Has tho war de
partment any information of Morrisey,
reported missing with tho Gllmoro ex
pedition? His mother Is deeply dis
tracted. Governor Poyntor Inquired of
you on tho 20th inst., but received no
reply. Please answer Immediately.
"GILBERT, Lieut. Gov."
A LOSS OP TEN THOUSAND.
A Disastrous Conflagration nt O'NollI,
Holt Comity.
O'NEILL, Neb., July 2G. There was
a vertiblo carnival of lire in O'Neill
yesterdny. At 1 o'clock tho lino livery
barn of II. A. Deyarman was discover
ed to bo on fire. In an incredibly
short space of tlmo tho ontlro build
ing was a seething furnace. It wa3
conceded at onco that tho building
was doomed and all offort was directed
to prevent tho flames from spreading
to adjacent buildings.
A terlfJlc gale was blowing directly
from the south and for a tlmo It
seemed that tho ontlro northeast por
tion of tho town could not possibly
bo saved. From tho barn tho flro
spread to tho blacksmith shop and
plow works of Frank Bain, which
were totally destroyed. From there It
crossed tho street to the north nnd
caught In tho Fallon llvory barn nnd
a vacant business building belonging
to tho Stato bank. Both buildings
were destroyed, but tho contents of
tho barn, which was undor lease by C.
O. Baker, wero removed without loss.
Tho total loss by (Ires is about $10,000.
Tho insuranco will not exceed $1,200.
Tiro llnttlrslilp Almost Heady.
WASHINGTON, July 2C Tho two
big battleships Kearsargo nnd Ken
tucky aro now so well along toward
completion that tho contractors have
called for tho eight-Inch guns, as they
are about ready to put on tho upper
turrets and mount tho guns thore. It
Is thought their first speed trial will
occur in September.
Ileudjr for Ills Vnrntion
WASHINGTON, July 2G. Tho presi
dent leaves for Lake Champlaln at 3
o'clock this afternoon. Postmaster
General and Mrs. Smith, who weo to
havo accompanied the president, will
not go with him, but will Join tho
presidential party later.
Two Deaths In Havana.
WASHINGTON, July 26. Gonornl
Brooke at Havana sends tho following
death report under date of yesterday:
July 22, Santiago, Goorgo Alison,
civilian employe; Arthur Hayes, post
quartermaster sergeant, died 19th, yol
low fever,
GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
Item of Interest (lathered from Varloui
Hourccs.
Charles Frohman has purchased
Daly's theater. Now York.
Nicholas Ruggcnbach, of Swltzor
land, tho builder of tho Right railway,
Is dead.
Tho Politique Colonlalo states that
Russia and Japan aro arming with n
vlow to a posslblo conlllct In Corcn.
The Politique Colonlalo states that
Russia and Japan aro arming with o
view to n posslblo conflict In Coroa.
A careful estimate made places the
total number of tailors now on strike.
In Greater Now York at nenrly 10,000.
It Is stated that tho government has
decided to proclaim a law Introducing
a purely Norwegian flag for consulates.
United States Ambassador Choato
gavo a reception nt his residence In
London to tho Yalo-Hnrvard athletic
teams.
Tho battleship Suffrcn was launched
at Brest on tho 2Gth. It la tho largest
ship In tho French navy, being of 12,
500 tons displacement.
Gideon J. Tucker, cx-sccrctnry of
stato of New York stnto, died on tho
25th at his homo In Now York from a
complication of diseases. Ho was 73
years of age.
Tho Bank of Spain will bo authorized
to ralso Its circulation to 2,500,000,000
pesetas. Loans to tho treasury will
bo mado nt 2 por cent and private
loans at G per cent.
Lacking but a few days of 10G years,
Mrs. Cathorlno Dillon, tho oldest wo
man In Bucks county, Pa.. la dead.
Sho was born In Ireland, July 27, 1793,
nnd camo to this country early In life.
Socretary C. T. Ponwoll of tho Pen
well (111.) Coal company, received In
structions from his fathor to havo all
fires drawn from under the boilers at
tho shaft and closo down tho mlno Im
mediately. .
Thoro nro no grounds for tho roport
that thcro will bo moro trouble with
tho Indians about tho Cnss lako af
fair. Tho Bear Island and other Chlp
powas ropudlato and rldlculo Flat
Mouth's position In tho matter.
With regard to tho caso of alleged
shoplifting at tho Louvre and with
which tho namo of Miss Hobba, an
American, was associated, tho manage
ment of tho Louvro has withdrawn tho
charge and explained that thcro had
been a mistnkc.
Chick Davis, tho negro murdcror of
William Grin, a respected farmer, was
lynched at Wllraot, Ark. Ho was over
taken In a cornfield and snapped both
barrels of hla gun nt tho pursuing par
ty and wns thon llred upon by thorn
and Instantly killed.
Official reports show that tho con
dition of winter wheat In Franco Is
very good In nlno departments ol
Franco, good In sixty-seven, fair In
eight nnd bad In ono department.
Spring wheat is very good In four de
partments, good in thirty and fair In
thirteen.
Jano Walker, n colored woman, was
killed at Strong City, twenty miles
west of Emporia, Kan. It 13 reported
that John Gates, marshal at that place,
tried to nrrest her, but sho resisted,
chasing him somo dlstanco with a
razor. Gates drew a gun nnd shot,
killing hor. Tho Walker woman had
a bad namo horo, and is known in dif
ferent parts of tho stato.
Friends of Agent Reed nt Choyonno
River, S. D., have sounded tho secre
tary of tho Interior to seo If tho res
ignation of that official would bo ac
cepted. Inspector Tinker, who Is
making nn Investigation of affairs at
tho agency, has nlso communlcntcd
with tho department asking if that
official would bo permitted to relin
quish his commission.
Secretary Hitchcock has finally dis
posed of tho Cass Lako (Minn.) con
troversy. Ho announced that the gov
ernment would soil in pnrcols tho
north half of section 15, which com
prises nearly tho wholo town of Cass
Lako. Tho 500 or moro intruders nro
located chiefly on this half section
and on tho northenstorn part of sec
tion 1G. They will have to rcmovo
from section 1G as soon as possible.
Comptroller of tho Curroncy Dawes
today gavo out an abstract or a roport
of eighty-eight national banks In Ne
jraska, exclusive of Lincoln ami Om
aha, of their condition Juno 30. A
comparison with the report of April
5 shows that loans nnd discounts ad
vanced from $11,07G,350 to $14,387.5G5;
cash rcscrvo from $1,094,184 to $1,272,
922; gold holdings from $004,527 to
$082,232, nnd total resources from $21.
377, 152 to $28,004,353. Tho Individ
ual deposits Increased from $14,039,044
to $1G,C40,291 nnd tho avorago reservo
hold from 29.17 to 40.23 por cent.
Late arrivals from St. Nlcholns,
Alaska, roport that thoro aro at St.
Mlchaol's about forty small river
steamor.s for salo. Thoy aro tho prop
erty of unsuccessful prospecting par
tics that wintered on tho Koyukuk nnd
other branches of tho Yukon. In many
Instances their ownors depond on their
salo to nccuro means to obtnln tho
passage homo. Tho Btenmcrs aro for
sale at any price, but thcro Is no do
mnnd for them, and 110110 havo thus
far been reported sold. Several ves
sels aro reported aground on tho Koy
ukuk rtvor. Thoy will not bo ablo to
get away until tho river rises.
MayorMnybury of Dotroit sent to tho
common council a mcssago, In which
ho contended that tho council hns pow
er under tho older street railwny ordi
nances to rcgulato rates of faro. Said
ordinances provldo that rates of faro
shall "not bo moro than 5 cents."
It Is stated that tho Norwegian gov
ernment has decided to proclaim a
law Introducing a puroly Norwegian
flag' for consulates.
The French ministry decided to bo
verely punlBh a certain prominent
general of division who has Indulged
repeatedly in remarks Incompatible
with discipline
Fines of $1,000 each woro paid at
Jefferson City, Mo., by the Rochester
German Insurance company, the Hart
ford Flro Insurance company and tho
Liverpool, London and Globe Insur
anco company, and i-e companlos can
contlnuo business in the state.
MR. ROOT INTRODUCED
How Secretary of War Appean at tho
Cabinet Mooting.
HE IS GIVEN CORDIAL GREETING.
den. Alger Illds Adieu, Stinking Hands
With the l'rcsldcnt nnd Ilnch Member
of tho Cnhlnot Tho Alusknn llound
nrjr Line Dispute tho Slnlu Topic Dis
cussed. WASHINGTON, July 2G. Tho fea
tures of tho cablnot meeting yesterday
wero tho farowell of Socretary Alger
and tho presentation of his successor,
Mr. Root. Half an hour aftor tho cab
inet had assembled Mr. Root appeared
at tho Whlto House Ho was immedi
ately admitted and was formally pre
sented to thoso of his now colleagues
whom ho hnd not mot.
His greetings wero ploasant nnd cor
dial. Ho remained but a few minutes,
lenvlng shortly after noon to catch tho
12:45 train for Now York. When ho
left tho Whlto Houso ho said ho would
return and assume chargo of tho war
department AuguBt 1.
Shortly after Mr. Root had left Gon
ornl Alger mado his adlous. Ho shook
hands with tho prcsldont nnd each
mombcr of tho cabinet. In saying faro
well thero wero many kindly oxprcs
slons of regret and exchanges of well
wishes. Tho cabinet romnincd in ses
sion about threo quarters of an hour
after Genornl Alger's departure.
Thoro was a general cleaning 110 of
llttlo odds nnd ends preparatory to
tho president's departure today.
Tho main topic discussed was tho
Alaskan boundary lino dispute Sec
retary Hay explained tho status of tho
direct negotiations now In progress
between himself nnd Mr. Towor. tho
British chargo, nnd said ho was not
without hope that this voxod problom
would bo solved by direct negotiation.
Great Britain now seom3 willing to
consider tho proposal of the United
StateB to glvo Canada tho privilege of
a port of ontry into tho Dominion
while retaining nbsoluto sovereignty
over tho Lynn canal, and It Is around
this sort of a proposition that tho hopo
of a settlement now hovers.
Tho speeches of Sir Wllfrod Lau
rler and Sir Charles Towor camo up
lncldontally, but no serious attention
was glvon thorn. Settlement by direct
negotiation will bo tho easiest as woll
as tho most satisfactory mothod of
disposing of this troublesomo question,
and such a Bottlcmont, from tho facts
dovoloped at tho cablnot mooting, Is
regarded as by no mcanB out of tho
realm of probability.
THE CROPS IN NEBRASKA.
What tho Wcnthor llurcau llus to Say
of tho Situation.
LINCOLN, July 2G. Tho weather
crop bureau has issued tho following
statement of tho condition of Nebras
ka crops:
Tho past week has bcon dry, with
temperatures generally slightly below
tho normal. Tho avorago dally defi
ciency in tomporaturo has boon nearly
2 degrees. Tho maximum tomporaturo
for tho wock has rangod from 83 de
grees to 95 degrees.
Tho rainfall of tho week has boon
confined to a few scattered showors
on tho 22d nnd 23d. In nlmost tho
entlro Btato no rain fell during tho
week.
Tho past wcok has been nn excellent
ono for harvesting, hnylng and thresh
ing. Wheat and oats aro about all cut
In tho sounthcrn counties nnd thresh
ing is in progress. Hnrvesting has
commenced In northern counties. Oats
aro not as good a crop as was expect
ed a few wooks ugo.
Corn has grown woll, Is tasscllng
nnd shooting, nnd continues In flno
condition. Howcvor, rain would bo
very beneficial to corn In all parts of
tho state. In a fow localities corn is
now suffering from drouth.
THE CENSUS Of CUBA.
Supervisors for tho Work to Ilo Named
POO II.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 20.
Tho supervisors who nro to havo
charge of taking tho census In Cuba,
Porto Rico nnd Hnwnll will bo nnmed
soon. Director Morrlam and war de
partment officials nro now correspond
ing on this quostlon. Tho last census
taken In Hawaii was In chnrgo of W.
C. Whecdon of Honolulu, and his
name, with several others, Is being
considered for tho supervisors of tho
coming census. Seven districts nro to
bo organized In Cuba, nnd tho presi
dent, It Is understood, nlrendy has so
lccted tho mon who will havo chargo
of thorn.
THE D0UNDARY DISPUTE.
Outlook Is that It Is Trending Toward
Hottllllf-llt.
LONDON, July 20. Dcspito disquiet
ing reports it is bolioved at tho British
foreign ofllco that tho Alnskan bound
nry dlsputo la tronding toward a set
tlement. Tho United States ambassa
dor, Mr. Joseph 11. Choato, has for
warded to Washington important de
tailed dlspntches embodying Cunnda's
position with referenco to tho Lynn
canal strip. Sir Julian Pauncofoto'a
return, it Is expected, will advanco
mnttors, owing to his knowledgo of
both tho American and Canndian po
sitions. Kusthnnnd Alaska Ilntrs Tumble.
CHICAGO, July 20. It Is now cer
tain that the application of reduced
basing rates on castbound business
from Alaska through tho Missouri river
gatewnya will become gonoral. An
nouncement was mado today by tho
Santa Fe and tho Missouri Pacific
roads that thoy had authorized their
connections to mako a $47.50 rato from
North Pacific points to Chicago via
the Missouri river. Aa three roads
havo so declared thomnelves It Is but
a question of hours until tholr action
Is met by a)l tho roads competing for
the business.
FRENCH PEOPLE NOT PLEASED.
Thejr llellcvo the ltcclproclty Arrange
ment Fatal to Their Interests.
PARIS, July 20. Tho Ropubllquo
Fraucalso, referring to tho reciprocity
treaty botween Franco and tho Unltod
States at Washington, says:
"Washington dispatches nnnounco
tho consummation of tho Franco
American treaty. An enormous blun
der against which wo endeavored to
put tho government on Its guard has
thon been consummated nnd M. Miller
and Delcaaao havo botrayod French
Industry nnd agriculture to tho United
States nnd In theso two branches of
our nntlonal production ruins will bo
heaped on ruins. Truo, tho treaty has
not yet bcon ratllled nnd wo affirm
that It will not bo without discussion.
Industrial nnd agricultural associa
tions on ovory sldo are becomlug agi
tated nnd manifold protests nro being
mado and when the chnmbor reassem
bles tho government will find ltaolf
fnco to faco with an opposition fonrld
ably equipped with argumonta and
which will onorgotlcnlly lay baro tho
fatal consequences of tho convention,
whoso cruolty betrays French Inter
ests." WASHINGTON, July 2C Tho sign
ing of tho Frnnco-Aniorlcnn treaty Is
accepted In official quarters, govern
ment nnd diplomatic, as not only a do
slrablo trade arrangement, but nlso
another ovldonco of tho friendly po
litical ties botweon tho two countries.
Expressions to this effect woro ex
changed during tho lntter daya of tho
negotiations between thoso highest In
nuthorlty on both Bides, and It 1b un
derstood that Prcsldont McKlnloy In
particular was desirous that thero
should bo no fnlluro In a negotiation
which promised to establish anothor
friendly bond between tho two coun
tries. In a personal way, It la rogardod
ao a noteworthy achlovomont of tho
French nmbnssador who, In his com
paratively brief sorvlco horo hns mndo
a reciprocity agreement, a reciprocity
treaty nnd has acted ns a peacomakor
botweon tho United Staten nnd Spain.
Tho officials on both sldos aro ro
frnlnlng from nny expressions of tri
umph over tho rosults, ns thoy sny
each sldo has secured a fair equivalent
for what It has glvon and thnt tho
trado of both countries will bo much
benefitted. Tho shipments of tho Unit
ed Stntes to Franco aro considerably
moro thnn thoso coming from Franco.
Last yenr our exports to Franco ex
ceeded 500,000,000 francs, whllo tho
trade from Franco amountod to about
250,000,000 francs. Moro than half of
this traffic will bo Influenced by tho
rates established In tho now troaty. In
tho caso of tho French shipments,
goods worth 50,000,000 francs nro on
tho froo list, whllo nnothor 60,000,000
francs of goods nro not Inlluonced by
tho treaty, leaving shlpmcnta valued
at 150,000,000 francs to bo directly nf
fectcd by tho now rates. Tho valuo of
American goods affected would bo even
greator thnn this, owing to tho larger
amount of Amorlcan oxports.
NO PREACHER, NO PRAYER.
Slmplo hut Impressive Ceremony Held
Our the llodr of Ingersoll.
NEW YORK, July 20. Tho funeral
of tho Into Robert G. Ingorsoll took
placo yesterday afternoon from Wnls
ton, Dobba' Ferry, where ho died Fri
day last.
No clorgyman wns present to con
duct tho sorvlces, thoro was no music
and thcro woro no pallbcarors. Tho
body lay on a cot In tho room whero
ho died. It was enshrouded In whlto
nnd Just ono red roso wns placed on
tho breast. About tho cot wero banks
of floral tributes sent by frlonda and
thousands of bunches of blossoms.
Tho services wero hold nt 4 o'clock.
Mrs. Ingersoll snt beside hor dead hus
band and bcsldo her snt her daughters,
Mrs. Walston H. Brown nnd MIhs Mnud
Ingersoll. Thoy wero vory much ngl
tated and wept almost continuously.
Mr. nnd Mrs. C. P. Fnrroll wero presont
and Chnrlca Broadway Rouso, Colonel
Ingorsoll's oldest friond, occupied n
chair by tho sldo of tho blcr. Thoro
woro somo forty others presont nnd
thoy romnincd standing throughout.
Tho sllenco wns broken by Dr. John
Clark Rldpnth, who, In a volco full of
emotion, said:
"My friends, It Is my very snd duty
to rend In tho prcsenco of tho dead tho
Inst poom written by Colonol Ingersoll,
entitled 'Declaration of tho Free.' This
poem Colonol Ingorsoll hnd altorod in
Homo of its pnrts only n fow hours be
foro ho was stricken down."
Major O. J. Smyth, who rosldos In
Dobbs' Ferry and who wan a closo per
sonal friend of Colonel Ingersoll, thon,
without prollmlnnry words, read an
other extract from Colonel IngorsoH'a
writings, ontltled "My Rollglon."
Dr. John Ellott of Now York rend
tho funornl oration dollverod by Colonol
Ingorsoll over his brother's dead body.
This concluded tho short nnd slmplo
sorvlces. All except tho lmmcdlato
friends thon took a parting look at tho
dead and passed out.
Aftor they had gono Mr. Rouso uroso
from his chair nnd, ns ho Is totally
blind, passed Ills hand over tho faco
of his departed friend and said: "Por
haps ho Is hotter now. No ono can
understand It."
Mrs. Ingersoll said to him: "Tho
colonol wanted you to put your hand
on his heart," nnd suiting tho notion
to tho word, sho directed his hand to
tho loft breast of tho deceased. Mr.
Rouso naked what sho was going to
do with tho body.
"I can't glvo him up," sho snld. "I
can't put him in tho ground. I can't
bear to think of it. Wo'ro going to
bring him back home."
Itoids Htrtud lr Kates.
CHICAGO, July 20. At a mooting
horo of tho western lines intoreatcd In
the transportation of troops, to thq Pa
cific coaBt, It was decided to stand by
tho rates already tondcrod the gov
ernment, nothwlthntandlng tho ag
greaslvo course pursued by tho quart
ormaBtcr genoral at Washington. This
decision was posslblo because tho
Northern Pacific and tho Oreat North
ern rouds havo agreed to adhoro to tho
rato mado by competitors throughout
the west.
WOMAN ONLY SDRVIVED
Soino Dotaila of tho Loss of tho Bona Ex
pedition, TERRORS Of THE FROZENNORTH.
Jut of n l'wrtjr of Heventern Who I.ofi
Tort Tournsend June 11, 1HDH, Only
One, n Woman, Is Left, and Sho llnd n
Very Closo Call Names of Homo of
tho Lost.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2G. Tho
steamer Bertha arrived yostorday from
St. Michael, via Unalnska, with nino-ty-sovon
passongors and about $1,000,
000 In gold, $750,000 of which la In
chngo of Purser Keycs. Tho lnrgoat
amount brought down by ono porson
Is $75,000. Tho purser says that thoro
la wealth In tho Capo Nomo district
and declares that thoro Is no truth lu
the olta 01' failure to find gold which
liavo been published.
Details of tno loss of tho Bens expe
dition arc told t,y pasaongora. Out 01
n patty of seventeen peoplo who loft
Port Towimend Juno 11, 1898, for Kot
zebuo sound to prospect for gold only
ono survives and that la Mrs. H. W.
Bens of Clay City, Ky. For twelvo
weeks oho watched over her sick hus
band with no ono to nld hor, nnd when
ho died ho wnB left entirely nlono In
tho bleak wilderness. Aftor walking
nlno miles Bho found a cabin In which
threo fishermen woro wintering. She
boenmo sick nnd scurvy, wns tendorly
carod for nnd finally reached St.
Michael and took passago for San
Francisco on tho Bertha. Sho will go
to Bay City, Mich., whero Bho haa a
mother, brother and sister.
It was not until Mra. Hons reached
Nulato on her wny Bouth that sho
hoard that tho members of tho party,
which had been left bohlnd 011 tho
steamer Elk, had nil died during tho
winter nnd spring from scurvy nnd
thnt all had bcon burtod on a small
Island. Theso unfortunates woro ns
follows: Captain Smith, First Mato
Frank Johnson, Carl Plummor, a
young man from Port Towusond; John
Morrison, Duluth; Peter John8on,
Johuaon houso of Scattlo; James Hut
ton, E. Cowdcr, Bay City, Mich.; Dan
lol McCall of Illinois, Captain Hlbbard
and six mon, from tho stonmor Eckort.
Mrs. Bens doscrlbod hor torrlblo cx
porlonco aa follows:
"Wo arrived In Scattlo In October,
1897, from tho oast, and nftor building
a llttlo boat named Elk No. 1, Btartoa
for KoUobuo, reaching thoro July 14,
1898. Wo anchored soveral miles up
tho Sclowlck river. In August An
drow Moore, Frank Bowon, Androw
Lnlrd, Noblo, nnd threo others,
went back, their prospecting having
shown llttlo or nothing. Dr. Bottor of
Trenton, N. J then Jolnod tho party,
and with tho othora romnincd on tho
ship during tho winter. Of tholr and
fato I havo only recently been told.
Mr. BenB built a bont and ho nnd I
wont somo eighty miles up tho Tng-
ragawlck river In search of gold. Horo
wo found soven mon, Including Cap
tain Hlbbard from tho steamer Eckort,
Wo orccted a cabin and Mr. Bona went
bnck to tho Elk for provisions. Ho
was caught In a storm and for sixty
hours waa without food nnd shelter.
This led to tho Blckncsa which cnuscd
his death.
"Captain Hlbbard and his men Join
ed tho others on tho Elk nnd I went
with my husbnnd to tho iloosll river,
n tributary of tho Koyakuk. Thoro wo
pitched our tent nnd thero, nftor near
ly threo months' sufforlng from scurvy,
Mr. Bens breathed his hist. Ho wns
burled by tho threo fishermen whoso
cnbln I succeeded In reaching. Thoy
aro Chnrles Grant of Maine nnd John
son nnd Hanson of Sonttlo. Thoy mado
n rudo blor of furs and saplings nnd
on It carved a rudo Bquaro nnd com
pnsa, n Mnltcse cross, nnd his inltlnls,
bo tho remains might bo Identified if
over found."
WORK AT Till: HAGUE.
Cominltton Meet to Hear Itcpnrt on tho
Arbitration Hellenic.
THE HAGUE, July 2G. Tho third
commlttco met yesterday to hear tho
report on tho arbitration schomo pro
posed by Chovallor Den Chnmpos, tho
Belgian dolcgato, which tho commlttco
approved and tho plenary conforonco
adopted without modification. Tho
commlttco nlso npproved tho final act
and then prococded to consldor tho
preamble and nppcndlccn of tho con
vention nnd declarations.
Tho question whether govommontB
not roprosonted at tho conforonco,
may, by accepting tho terms of tho nr
bltratlou board, nccuro the advantngos
thereof without first obtaining the
consont of nil tho signatory powors,
occasioned a long discussion. It Is
said tho Vatican has such a right and
tho Transvaal has not. Tho confor
onco nroso without deciding tho ques
tion. OREGON TROOPS 0ITENDED.
I'orm of Discharges Not According to
Tholr Liking.
WASHINGTON, July 2C Tho mem
bers of tho Second Oregon havo ob
jected to tho form of discharges, bo
causo It docs not contnln tho word
"honorable" It la snld at tho War
department thnt thoro nro threo forms,
"honorablo," "without honor," nnd
"dishonorable." If uono of tho worda
nro used tho discharge la considered In
law nnd by tho Wnr department as
honorablo. It seems that in tho blanks
used tho word honorablo has been left
out, but thero 1b no objection to hav
ing It written In If tho men deslro.
Gon, Wheeler Hulls for Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20. Tho
Unltod States transport Tartar has
sailed for Manila with a portion of tho
Nineteenth Infantry and a number of
recruits for tho army In tho Philip
pines. Genornl Joe Wheolor waa also
on board, Ho Is undor ordor to roport
to General Otta for duty.
Tho pinna of tho battleships Maine,
Ohio and Missouri have boon amended
to lncreaao their speed from aixteon
to eighteen knot.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE.
Quotations From Chicago, Kansas City
and South Omnha.
SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK.
SOUTH OMAHA, July 27. Cattle
Fat cattlo wero In good demand and
tho market waa nctlvo at prices that
woro at tho least a llttlo stronger,
nnd It might bo safe to call It B01Oo
hlghor on tho beat kinds. Ono good
bunch of cattlo sold up to $6.05, tho
top so far this season. Even tho med
ium kinds of cattlo woro fully steady
and tho offerings of all kinds changed
hands nt an early hour. Tho market
ns a wholo was in n good, healthy
condition. Hogs. Tho dccllno which
act In yeatordny was continued today,
and tho market went off nnothor 6
7 He under tho Influence of tho lower
rcporla from enstorn' markots. Tho
trado was a llttlo alow to open on ac
count of tho backwardness of Boilers
to mako tho concession domnnded,
nut when tho trading waB onco under
way the market wa3 reasonably nctlvo
nnd tho bulk of tho hoga changed
handa In fairly good season. Sheop
Prlmo nntlvo wcthvra,$l.254.60; good
to choice grass wothora, $4.1504.30;
fair to good grass wethers, $3.75
4.10; good to cholco grnsB owea, $3.50
03.75; good to cholco Bprlng lnmbs,
$5,005.60; common spring lnmbs, $4.00
04.25; feeder wcthors, $3.5003.85.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, July 27. Wheat No. 2
Bprlng, 70c71c; No. 3 spring,
GGfifSOc: No. 2 red. 7272c.Corn
No. 2, 3232-7ic; No. 2 yollow, 33
33V4c. Oats No. 2, 24024c; No. 2
whlto, 24020c; No. 2 whlto, 22-i02Cc.
Rye No. 2, 5lc Donrloy No. 2,
32040c; Seeds No. 1 llaxsoed, 07c;
northwest, 99c; prlmo timothy, $2.40;
ProvlalouB Mcbs pork, por bbl., $8.G5
08.70. Imu, per 100 lba., $5.27
5.37. Short ribs Bides (looso), $1.95
5.15. Dry salted Bhouldora (boxod),
$5.37V5.50. Short elenr sldea (boxed),
$5.255.35.
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK.
KANSAS CITY, July 27. Cattlo
Excellent domnnd nt strong to 10a
hlghor prices; heavyweight 8tcora,$5.25
05.70; lightweights, $4.8505.GO; stock
orB and feeders, $4.0004.85; butcher
cows and holfora, $3.0005.15; ennnors,
$2.5003.00; western steers, $4.0005.45;
Toxnns, $3.1004.00. Hoga Market
slow; ruling prices 10c lower; heavy,
$4.3504.45; mixed, $4.3004.40; light,
$4.3004.42; plgB, $4.1504.35. Shoop
Markot nctlvo; spring lnmba, $5.00
0.00; muttona, $4.0004.50; stackers
and feeders, $3.0004.25; culls, $2.00
3.50; Toxnna, $4.30.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO, July 27. Cattlo Thoro
waa a good alaughtorlng demand for
cholco cattlo from local packers nnd
eastern shlppors nt strong prices. Good
to fancy grndos brought $5.2505.90;
commoner lots, $4.2505.20; stackers
nnd fecdors, $3.0004.75; cows, hcltors
nnd bulla, $2.00 05.10; western focders,
$4.5005.05; Toxns atoorn, $3.0005.20;
calvca, $3.2500.50. Hoga Trado In
hogs wns alow and prices auffored a
further brenk of 5c. Fair to cholco
lotB, $1.4004.60; heavy packorB, $4.05
04.37; mixed, $4.2504.60; butchora',
$1.2004.50; llghta, $4.3504.05; plga,
$3,7504.55. Shoop Tho markot for
Bheop was fairly actlvo at about former
prices. Poor to prlmo sheop, $3.00
5.35; rams, $2.5003.00; owea, $3.75
4.50; yearlings, $1.5005.50; lamba, $4.00
06.G5, a fow fnncy lota bringing $0.90,
tho highest price pnld for aomo tlmo.
FEDERATION OF COLORED MEN.
Extraordinary Hesslon Called to Meet at
Cleveland August to.
CHICAGO, 111., July 27. A cnll was
Issued yostorday for nn oxtraordlnary
Beaalon of tho National Federation or
Colored Men of tho United Statca to
meet In Clovolnnd, O., Auguat 10, to
consider questions of vital Importance,
pcrtnlnlng to the colored raco. Tho
call, which Is signed by Rov. William
Gray, president; Jnmes A. Ross, bcc
10 tar; nnd John G. Jones, attorney,
says:
"Wo Invito tho co-oporatlon, nld
uud Influonco of nil who aro lovors
of tho common brotherhood of man,
ns tho nntlonul federation wna organ
ized to ndvnnco and protect tho wel
fnro and rights of tho colored raco
of peoplo of this country. Wo, there
fore, Invito ovory stato In tho union
to Bond properly accredited dolcgatoa
from tholr county and Btnto organl
zntlons thnt nro recognized by this
national federation; e.ch nocloty nnd
association will bo entitled to throo
delegates upon their affiliation with
tho national federation. Our patri
otic women of this country will bo
admitted its delegates If proporly
elected. Lot tho loyal colored men
nnd women of this country nttond
this mooting to bo hold In Clovolnnd,
O., Auguat 10. This will bo ono or
tho grontcBt mcctlngB ovor hold In this
country sluco tho emancipation of tho
negro."
OFF FOR LAKE CIIAMPLAIN.
1'rcsldfiit unit Mr MoKlnloy Hturt for
Ilest nnd llvciipiiritlon.
WASHINGTON, July 27. President
McKlnloy was very busy prior to his
doparturo yesterday afternoon for Lako
Chumplnln. Ho wns obliged to dony
himself to tho public nnd snw only
his cabinet officers nnd others who hnd
urgont public business. Semi-official
denials woro glvon out for tho Btorles
thnt tho proaldont wna to transfer
Colonol Clay II. Evnna, commissioner
of pensions, because of alleged protests)
against his administration of tho pen
sion olllco. Tho party left Washington
nt 3 o'clock on tho Pennsylvania rail
road. Chlnesn Womiiu Murdered.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal July 27.
Chinatown has anothor murder. Tho
supposed wife of Lorn Sang, a Chinese
lnundryman, was brutally murdorod lu
n room occupied by tho pair In Stock
ton street. Tho mutilated body was
found by tho pollco when thoy broko In
tho door, hacked almost to pieces,
lying In a pool of blood and prosont
lng a most ghastly sight. Who killed
the woman can only bo conjectured
from clrcumBtancta surrounding tho
mysterious murder, and suspicion
polnta strongly toward Lem Sane,
who has not yot been found.