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The Semi-Weekly Tribune IBA 1 BAKU. Proprietor. TERMS) fUB IN ADVANCE. WORTH PLATTE HEBBA8KA. BRIFE TELEGRAMS. Three negroes were shot from an ambush at Dallas. Tex. Tho Danish East arcenlantl expedi tion sailed from Copenhagen. The Dank of England nas reduced Us rate of discount to 3 per cent. Don Justo Banltz, the famous Mexi can lawyer and statesman, Is dead. Right Rev. Richard H. Wilbur, Epis copal Bishop of Alabamn, is dead. John Clark Rldpath Is in a very crit ical condition. Dick Crokcr has left England In a very bad humor. A militia company is being organized at Casper, Wyo. The Italian senato has been opened at Rome. There Is considerable rioting over tithes In Sofia, Bulgaria. The Douglas school In Chicago was destroyed by fire. Lobb 176,000. The town of Moscow, N. Y., was to tally destroyed by fire recently. Several cares of yellow fever have been discovered at Quemudos, Cuun. Cuban custom receipts for first four months of 1900 were over 15,000,000. In New York Oscar Gardner wen from Billy Barrett In flftoon rounds. Senator Piatt of New York broke a rib Saturday by falling against a chair. George Dlllman of Cheyenne has been appointed to a West Point cadet ship. President Krugcr has moved his headquarters to Atkmnar, near Nels prult. A measure is before the Costa Rlcan congrcsB putting the country on n gold basis. Over 32,000 immigrants passed .through Hamburg and . Bremen last month. Three Japs have come all the way to Kentucky to get pointers on race horses. A Paris paper says tho relief col umn must hurry or it will reach Pckln too late. Troop C of tho Sixth cavalry has bocn moved to Port Logan from Fort Russell. Governor Gccr of Oregon has recent ly married Miss Isabella Trulllnger of Astoria. The naval bureau has decided to re tain naval officers as inspectors of ship building. Prominent Catholic clergymen are dlsciiBsing plane for a federation of Catholics. The census supervisor at Buffalo lays the population of that city Is near ly 400,000. The nationalists elected tho mayor of Havana. General Rodrlqucz was tho lucky man. Eight thousand Pima Indians on the Gila reservation, near Phoenix, A. T., are starving. A secret posse attempted to catch Captain John Powers at BarbourBvlllc, Ky., but he got away. Three persons were killed and four teen Injured In an explosion or gun powder at Pnlladelphia. Ex-Marshal Flnley of Tucson has been held, charged with complicity in a recent jail breaking. Tho San FrauclBco Chinese have"iif cured a dissolution of tho quarantine in one section of Chinatown. 1Mb believed that an agreement Jina been reached in Chicago for the abol ishment of sympathetic strikes. Two of the three rod mills of tho Illi nois Steel company at Jollet, have re sumed work, after a ahutdow or sev eral weeks. Tho southern district court of Now York, In a case, decided mat Porto Rico Is a foreign country as far as tho constitution Is concerned. AnBon Phelps Stokes, Jr., secretary of the Yalo corporation and son or Anson Phelps Stokes, tho New York banker, has accepted tho position of assistant pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal church of New Haven. Perry Barnard, aged 30, a paper hanger, at Flora, Ind., Bhot and killed his former wife, Jennie DovIb, and se riously wounded her mother, Mrs. Wil liam Davis, and his 3-year-old daugh ter. Barnard escaped. Bloodhounds aro on the trail. Tho Northern Pacific Railroad com pany has filed with the secretnry of state at St. Paul, Minn., n deed rrom the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad com pany, transferring nil its property to the Northern Pacific. Tho considera tion named was $2,799,824. Tho Marquis of Lansdowne has been accused of personal animosity In cen norlng South African dispatches. Jimmy Michael was easily beaten tiy Burns Plerco In n twenty-mile motor paced race at Charles River park, Cam bridge, Mass., in tho slow ttrao of 34:29 3-0. A train carrying the Tennessco Edt torlal asspclatlon was wrecked at Abu ville, N. 0., but nono of the editors were hurt. The United States honorary commls Blotters at tho Paris exposition will make a tour of Inspection of the Atner lean exhibits. The Midland Steel Works nt Mtinrtr. Ind., employing 1,000 men, will re' sumo work the last of this week. Tha mm closed down last week. Mead Cottrell was shot seven times in C. D, Bull's saloon at Mlddlesboro, Ky., and fatally wounded, Cottrell's dying statement Is that Ball shot him The quarantlno against San Fran cisco on account of tho bubonic plaguo nt the California state lino has been declared off by the federal authorities. The Journeymen plumbers, after an unsuccesrrni strike at St. Paul. Minn for shorter hours, lasting six weeks, nave lormany aeciareu tho strike off. Druggists and hotel keepers will be barred from the Odd Fellows of Mlnne- aota hereafter. The Decourey building, a ten ttory structure at 676 West Broadway, Wew York, occupied by several retail firms. waa damaged, wlUi its contests, to the extent of f no.OM y flrw. CLASH AT TIEN TSIN Chinese and International Forces Engage In Sharp Fighting. BATTLE FOR FIVE WHOLE DAYS Klglit Hundred American Aro Among Defender of Itealcged City Shang, Director of Telegraph, Cablet That Foreign Minister! Are Safe. LONDON, Juno 23. Tho sllenco of Pckln continues unbroken. Four thousand men of the allied forces wero having sharp defensive fighting nt Tien Tain Tuesday and Wednesday, with a prospect of being reinforced on Thurs day. This is tlA situation In China as set forth in tho BrltlBh government dispatch. "Eight hundred Americans are tak ing part In the fighting nt Tien Tsln," say the Shanghai correspondent of tho Dally Express In his cable ot last even ing, "and they apparently form a part of a supplementary force, arriving with Germans and British after the conflict started. It Is Impossible to estlmato tho number of the Chlneso there, but they had a surprising number of guns." The Information appears to hnvo been brought by the United States gun boat Nashville to Che Foo nnd tele graphed thence to Shanghai. The Chi nese nro defcerttng Shanghai In largo numbers and going Into tno Interior. Reports from native sources continue to reach Shanghai of anarchy In Pokln. According to these tales tho Btrects aro filled day and night with Boxors, who arc wholly beyond the control of tho Chinese troops and who ure working themselves up to u frenzy and clamor ing for tho death of nil forelgnern. The English consulate at Shanghai is said to have received from Influential natjves reports of u tragedy In tho palaco at Pekin, though precisely what It Is Is not defined. The consulate thinks Lint Admiral Seymour, com mander of tho Interantlonal rollef col umn, was mlBled by Information from Pekln, and consequently underesti mated tho difficulties In his way and tho Chinese power of resistance with Maxim guns and Mausers, 'i ho consuls at Shanghai still bcllove tho foreign ministers at Pokln safe, although Jap aneso reports received at Shanghai al lege that up to June 15, 100 foreigners had been killed In Pekin. Tho Dally Express says: "Wo un derstand that Mr. Reglnnld Thomas secretary of the British embassy In Washington, Is to succeed Sir Claude McDonald nt Pekln arid that the rea son of Sir Caude's recall Is the break down of his health." A opeclnl dispatch from Vienna says: "LI Hung Chang has wired the vari ous Chlneso legations In Europe direct ing them to Inform tho governments to which they are accredited that ho Is called to Pokln by tho emprcsB to net ns Intermediary between China and tho powers to negotiate a settlement of tho points nt Issue, and he instructs them to beg tho powers to facilitate his mission by declining to send fur ther troops to China. Shcng, director of telegraphs, wires from Shanghai to tho Chinese legations In Europe that tho foreign legations In Pekln are safe. It Is reported that tho BrltlBh government will send 1.C0O ma rines to China, and possibly, accord ing to somo of tho morning papers, 10,000 of tho regulars now with Lord Kouerts. STORMS DELAY TRANSPORTS. Supposed That I.ognn Will Leave for Takn on the '44th. WASHINGTON, Juno 23. Quartor- master General Ludlngton has receiv ed a caulo mcsBage from Colonel Mil ler, quartermaster at Manila, saying mat tne transport Hancock, which had oeen unavoidably detained by contin uance of storms, l.d Balled on Juno 19 for San Francisco, and thnt tho transport Wnrrcn, which had been or tiered south by the major general com mantling, would sail from Manila for San Francisco on Juno 1. No mention was mado of the trans port Logan, but it is supposed that it will bo ready to start from Manila on Juno 21 with tho Ninth Infantry for ini.ii, as previously predicted by Gen orai AiacAnnur. it is understood horn that the movement of tho regiment to Manila from Tarlac, Conception nnd other stntlons on the Manila & Daaii pan railway has been dolayed by tho prevalence or severo storms In tho in tenor. Arretted for Swindling. NEW YORK. Juno 23. Edward M Lognn nnd Charles P. Contes. nllns Charles M. Smtlh, who wore arrested several days ago on a chnrgo of swlnd ling merchants In this city nnd other cities out of thousands of dollars, wero arraigned In tho Center court before Magistrate Medio today. It Is said that sevonty-flvo victims have been found. The men wero arrested on a specific chargo of swindling, In connection with a store nt PeokskllL Detectives brought into court two largo bags filled with complaints, Witness from different cltlea testi fied to sending goods- to tho store run by the prisoners In PceksktU and later In Philadelphia. Among tho companies represented to havo lost are tho Le high Shoe company, tho McPhnll Piano company of Boston and others. Tho prisoners wero held In G,000 ball, ench tor further examination on next Mon day. Ilallmad Trnniferred. SPRINGFIELD. III.. Juno 23. There was filed In the office o" the county recorder of Macoupin county today a deed from Stuart Brown, mns- ter-m-chnncery of the United States circuit court for tho Southern dis trict of Illinois, to Charles H. Helm one ot St. Louis, Mo conveying tho Litchfield, Carrollton ft western rail road property, which' runs from Qulncy to Litchfield, for the Bum ot 185,000, Also a deed for Charles H. Helmenz and Clara Heimenz, his wife, to Edwin B. layman, conveying the HAS EYE GENERAL ON STEYN. t Lord Jlulirrt I Not Concerning Itlmnelf WHH Krugernnd llotlin. LONDON, June 23. General Stcyn's forco In the Orange River colony nro for tho time drawing most of tho at tention of Iord Roberts, rather to the neglect ot Commandant General Louis Botha and President Kruger. Tho severance between the Trans vnal and tho Orange River colony was completed yesterday, as Lord Roberts said It would be by the arrival of Gen eral Buller's ndvanco guard, under Lord Dundonald, nt Standerton. The wide knot around the C.000 or 8,000 men under Gencrnl Steyn will not con tract. Adroit maneuvering and brisk fighting nre likely to take place, be cause until nil resistance south of the Vnal Is at an end, the British lino ot communication will not bo safe. President Kruger's principal condl rendered to General Baden-Powell, nro back on their farms and working peacefully. General Baden-Powell rode with only 300 men from Mafoklng and ho made the last section of his rldo to Pretoria with only thirty-five. ImtA Roberts met him In the outskirts of tho town and escorted him to the presidency. General DeWet's farm houses hnvo been burned by tho British. General Buller has issued a special order eulo gizing tho services ot Strathcona's horse. Captain Jones nnd the brigade from h. M. S. Forte have been ordered back to tho ship at the admiral's request. President Krugcr.s principal condi tion for Immediate peace is that he be allowed to stay in the country. Thero aro 5,000 British sick and wounded at Pretoria. Mrs. Reltz, wife of tho Transvaal state secretary, and her family, who arrived hero onroute for Europe, had so llttlo money that tno Dutch consul purchased second class steamship tick ets for them. MAY MAKE TRIP TO HAVANA. i'rocsedlng for Neely' Itetnnvnl to Cuba Are to lie Tuken. WASHINGTON, Juno 23. It Ib un derstood that the United States at torney nt New York will tnko action within tho next day or two looking to tho prompt romoval of Neoly, the al leged embezzler of Cuban poBtnl funds, to Havana for trial. Judge La combe, before whom tho case will bo brought, expects to leave New York on July 2 and It Is his wish that the mat ter be disposed of before his departure. Some days ago the government sent to Havana for conloa of papers wanted In the case: also for a certified copy of artlclo 401 of the old Spanish-Cuban laws ngalnst the crime of embezzle ment. These papers have been re ceived nnd forwarded to United Stntes Attorney Burnett, who will prosecute tho ense. There are two Indictments ngalnst Nccly. one. for violation of articles 401 ot the Spanish-Cuban laws and the other In under sections 33 to 57 ot tho Cubnn postal code. The former case Ib said to bo the stronger nnd It la probable that he will bo tried first un der tho indictment for violating arti cle 401. Officials here expect that Nee- ly's counsel will take the case to tho United States supreme court. MORE TROOPS If NECESSARY. Mllei Say the Government Will Cure for It Cltlxen In China. CLEVELAND, Juno 23. Genernl Nelson A. Miles, who came here to witness n test or the recently Invented McClaln ordnance, in an interview re gardlng the Chlneso question, is quot ed as saying: "Our government will bo prompt to net In thnt matter as soon ns the true iiltuatlon Is learned. This country will be equnl to tho emergency, nnd when decisive action Is taken It will bo ot such a character as to be effective The trouble in China Is most serious nnd tho result Is most difficult to pre dict. What Is likely to result from the uprising Is certainly n very serious proposition. "Tho United Stales will send enough troops to Chinn to protect the Ameri cans there nnd American interests More troops than those ulready detail ed will be sent to China speedily if the sltuntlon demands. The dignity nnd rlgh's of the government will bo upheld." Illnnder of roRtolMce Department. WASHINGTON, Juno 23. It has been discovered thnt through an error committed In the stato department there Ib now no postmaster for tho position of postmaster nt Honolulu. Severn! weeks ago tho president nom inated John M. Oats for the position ot postmaster at thnt place and tho nomination wns confirmed by the son- ate, It Is now learned that the man appointed Is tho brother of tho ono whom It wns Intended should fill tho position. Joseph M. Onts was formerly postmaster general of Hawaii and tho Intention was to give him tne office at Honolulu, but through an error the unmo ot his brother John was sent to the Bcnute. John M. Onts lives ut San Frnnclsco nnd has no desire to go to Honolulu. The commission will bo cancelled and Joseph M. Onts will be appointed. Are Holding Their Own. CARACAS, Venczueln, Juno 23, The Colombian revolutlonlBts have occu pied Baucarnmangn, on the Venezue lan frontier. Cncuta, a town In the de partment nt Santnnder, also on the Venezuelan frontier, continues In pos session of tho revolutlonlBts. Itooievelt Will Not lte.lcn. NEW YORK, Juno 23. B. B. Odell, jr., chairman ot the republican stato (ommlttco, had his attention directed to tho statement of an ardent partisan of Lleutonant Governor Woodruff that Governor Roosevelt would proably re sign, making way for Woodruff In the exocutlve office, the expected result be ing the nomination ot Mr. Woodruff for governor. Mr. Odell said: "Gov ernor Roosevelt will not resign, He will serve out his torm ns Grover Cleveland did when ho was nominated for president There Ib no reason why RE McKinley and Roosevelt Aro Leaders for the Republican Party. ENTHUSIASM IS UNPRECEDENTED. Peeling of the People I'lnili Vent In AW luo.t Itlotnu OutburtU Delegntei nnd Spectator All Cheer Work of tho Twelfth Itepuhtlcui Convention. PHILADELPHIA, June 22. McKin lcy was nominated by acclamation at 12:44. The roll was culled and each stnto voted for McKinley nil tho way down tho roll. 1:69 p. in. Roosevelt unanimously nominated for vice president. The convention adjourned Bine die at 2:24 p. in. PHILADELPHIA. Juno 22. Presi dent McKinley was unanimously re nominated for president of the United States by the republican national con vention nt 2:44 o clock yesterday and an hour and ten minutes later Gov ernor Roosevelt of New York was unanimously selected to stand beside him In the coming battle. The scenes attending the selection were tumultuous. Such unanimous demonstrations In honor of the nomi nee of a nntlonal convention havo not been equalled perhaps In the history ot politics In this country. It was a love feast, a jubilee, a ratification meeting. There wns a setting of the spectacu lar performance. Bright peonies at the end of the stage made the brightest of color. Thero were no preliminaries. The wrangle expected over the ques tion of reducing the representation la tho south was averted by the with drawal of ex-Senator Quay's proposi tion. The great hall became quiet as Senator Lodge, standing beforo 15,000 eager faces, gavel in hand, announced that nominations for president of tho United States were In order. The rend ing clerk ndvnnccd to the front of tho platform. He was about to call tho roll of Btates for the presentation of candidates. When Alabama was called n thin, rcd-whlskereo delegate from that stnto arose and surrendered the first right to speak to Ohio. Amidst a tumult of applause Senator Forakcr went to tho platform and when quiet was restored began to speak first thanking Alabama for Its courtesy In yielding, but attributing that fact to the overwhelming popu larity of tho candidate. As Mr. For akcr continued he was repeatedly In terrupted with cheers. His announcement that the nomina tion of McKinley wns equal to an elec tion in November brought vociferous cheers, the gallery spectators joining In the enthusiastic demonstration. The impatient audience called for a vote, It apearing that there would bo no other candidates. It took some min utes to restore order, Chairman Lodge vigorously pounding his desk and ap pealing to the assemblage. Just as Alabama was called, the first state on the roll call, ex-Senator Quay started out of the hall and thero was n disturbance of cheers. Pnrtlal order was restored and tho roll call pro ceeded, each delegation as called cast ing their votes for Roosevelt unani mously. At tho conclusion of the call Chair man Lodge announced thnt Governor Roosevelt himself, who refrained from Roosevelt had received 929 votes, one ing. This delegate was Governor delegate In the convention not vot- voting with the New York delegation. Chairman Ixulgo's announcement that Governor Roosevelt had been nominated for vice president evoked a burst of applause that fairly shook the great steel-glrdlcd building to Its foundation. This closed the final business nnd at 2:24, on motion of Mr. Sereno E. Pnyno of New York, the republcnn nn tlonal convention of 1900 adjourned sine die. Iloberti Is Found Guilty. SALT LAKE, Utah, Juno 22. Tho jury In the case of B. H. Roberts, on trial for unlawful cohabitation, re turned a verdict ot guilty. Roberts, in an agreed statement of facts put be fore tho jury, admitted that he entered into a polygamous marriage with Mag gie B. Shipp and lived with her and his legal wife, Sarah Louisa, It Is claimed that Roberts relies on the su preme court to reverse tho verdict on technical grounds, Fatnl Fire In Itound House. BAKERSF1ELD. Cal., June 22. Tho Southern Pacific roundhouse at Kern City wns burned and the remnlns of Patrick Qulnn nnd Byrd Gllmore, em ployes, were found In tho debris. They wore killed by the explosion ot an oil tank, which started the fire. The loss to tne railroad compnny will amount to 1400,000. Twelve engines were de stroyed. Long Distance Wedding. PRINCETON. Ind.. Juno 22. Rob ert Lockhnrt or Covington, Tenu., nnd Miss Katherlne Cllne of Pntoke, this county, wore married at noon today by long distance telephone. Coving ton Is 30 miles south of here nnd has direct telephone connection. The marrlnge was set for today, but owing to business matters the groom could not leave homo. Hlxth Cnvalry for Munlla. ST. LOUIS, Juno 22. Troop M of tho Sixth cavalry, Captain Cabell commanding, departed from Jefferson barracks today on a special train over tho Missouri Pacific road for San Francisco, whence it will sail for Ma nila as soon as transports can bo so- cured. At tho samo tlmo 234 horses belong ing to tho troop wero loaded on a special stock train and shipped to Portland, where a transport bound for Manila awaits them. An officer and twenty-seven men accompanied the Btock. 0UND0AT AS TARGET. Clilncie Il.neuien Mako Unnuccetifn 1 At tack on Monocacy. LONDON, Juno 22. Tho United States gunboat Monocncy was two miles up tho Pel Ho nver when tho International Heet began tho bombard ment of the Tnku forts. According to the Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Express It wns shot through tho bowB. Tho correspondent says that Chinese riflemen on both banks of tho river attacked it, but unsuccessfully. Tho scantiness of nuthentlc informa tion with regard to tho Bltuatton con tinues. Admiral Kempff's dispatch announc ing that Tien Tsln was being bom barded was prominently used by tho London papers and commented upon as Indicating a change for the worse. The British admiralty does not be lieve tho report of the death of Ad miral Seymour, commander of the in ternational relief column, and semi official assurances nre given that thero Eccms to bo not tho slightest cvldenco to back up such a report. It is pointed out thnt Admiral Seymour had suffi cient supplies to enable him to get to Pekin or to get back. "We nre hopeful," says tho semi official announcement, "thnt since he has not dono tho lntter he has done tho former." A dispatch to the Associated Press from Shanghai uated yesterday was:. "The conBUls met today to consider) tho situation, which In the absence of news from Pekln Is looked upon ns particularly threatening. Grave fearB still exist ns to tho safety of the Eu ropeans In Pekln. It was agreed to wire to the senior consul nt Che Foo to communicate with the senior officers nt Tnku, asking for immediate assist ance in communicating directly wltvh Pekln, which they bcllove can bo brought about through Shcng, director of telegraphs. They advlBe that Sheng be asked to explain the Interruption of communications. Tho stoppage of trade has thrown 10,000 coolies out of work at Shanghai. FILIPINO PEACE PROPOSALS. Those at Mautla Submit Term to Mao Arthur Which ure Accepted. MANILA, Juno 22. Two hundred Filipinos met this morning In Manila to determine honorable nnd decorous methods for securing peace. Tho re sults were submitted this evening to General MacArthur, who accepted them. Tho loaders of tho meeting will use their Influence to Induce Agulnaldo to accept tho arrangements. If they aro successful, ns they hope to be, they believe Agulnaldo will Issue or ders in conjunction with tho Ameri can authorities, for the cessation of hostilities. Tho meeting, which wan tho first of tho kind since tho days of tho Fili pino congress, was composed of tho distinctly revolutionary clement, the Americanists being lacking. Thirty political prisoners wore released from jail this morning in order to attend. COUNT MURAVIEFF IS DEAD. Noted ltaatlun Minister Stricken With Apoplexy. ST. PETERSBURG, June 22. The Russian minister of foreign affairs, Count Muravlcff, Is dead. Count Muravlcff had just finished his morning cup of coffee nnd had or dered his lunch when he fell In un apoplectic fit nnd expired in a few minutes, between 9 and 10 o clock. PARIS, Juno 22. M. Delcas3e, tho French foreign minister, on learning of tho death of Count Muravleff, im mediately wired tho French ambassa dor to Russia, Marqulo Do Montebello, Instructions to express to the Russian government the "deep sorrow felt by tho government of the republic for tho loss of this devoted servant of Russia, who was also a true and en lightened friend of France." I-ei Fay for Fighting. WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22. Tho impression prevails in the paymaster general's office, war department, that the Ninth Infantry which is to proceed from Manila to China, will Incur sub stantial money loss in doing bo. By the act of May 26 last, congress pro vided thnt the United States troops on duty In the Philippines, Porto Rico and Cuba should be allowed 10 per cent ad ditional for the ofiicerB and 20 per cent additional for the privates. As China is not one of the places specified where additional pay may be given, the Ninth Infantry will lose a very sub stantial sum of money by being called Into extra hazardous service. Iiicreimed I'uy for Navy. WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 22. I ho Navy department has Issued a general order under tho terms of tho last appropriation act increasing tho pay of naval officers on shoro In Porto Rico, Cubn, tho Philippine islands, Hawaii and Alaska by 10 per cent and for the enllBted men or tho ma rine corps ashore at those places 20 per cent. Same Increase to bo com puted from May 2G last. Iloth Column at Vekln. BRUSSELS. Juno 22. The Petit Bleu stntes thnt a telegram was re ceived yesterday by an Important Brussels firm from China, saying that Admiral Seymour's relieving force and tho Russian column entered Pckln si multaneously. Tho legations were re ported Intact and all the Belgian resi dents nre said to be safe. Itnte Committee Meet. CHICAGO, Juno 22. By an agree ment entered into at the meeting of the presidents of the western roads in this city, tho rate-making power or all lines will be vested entirely In the ex ecutive officers ot the roads. No line party to the agreement will have pow er to issue a new rate sheet until it has been submitted to the local committee where the business originates and has the approval ot the highest executive officer In charge or the traffic of the interested roads. 'FARMERS TURN THE RIVER. riilrty-two Armed Farmers Take Twenty Hqnare Mile From Nebrnika. JACKSON, Neb., June 23. An armed band of South Dakota farmers was on guard yesterday while a channel was cut through Rlnlngci's neck, or as It. Is known on tho maps, Brulghcrs Bend. South Dakota swooped down on Ne braska, switched tho channel of tho Missouri and now 200 Ncbraskans arc on an island in South Dakota mado up of about 12,000 acres of the beat farming land in the world, which has heretofore been tho domain of tho Antclopo state. Intense excitement prevails over tho affair, but it has been a bloodless war' so Jar. The men who formed tho In vading army are well known and un disguised, bo arrests will follow at. once. At present South Dakota is victor ious and hns forcibly annexed twenty square miles ot fertile Nebraska soli. Five miles north of Jackson the- Missouri makes Its big bend across. Ronlnger'8 neck. It la but eighty feet wide, whllo the river must flow fifteen, miles around. Tho farmers on tho Dakota side havo lost hundrods ot acres of fine farms and for two years have made vigorous. night efforts to cut the channel through at the neck. Within ten days twice has a ditch been cut across and again filled up. Thursday night at 9 o'clock thirty- two husky Dakota farmers all heavily armed nnd equipped with dynamite nnd Intrenching tools, crossed tho river and by working nil night opened a ditch twenty feet wide and fourteen leet deep. All this forenoon a strict guard was- maintained and no one save one farm er going for medicine was allowed to cross. A rapid stream was crossing through, which is eighty feet had a fall of eight feet. The heavy gumbo soil, twenty feet in thickness prevented fast cutting. Across the raging waters seventeen heavily armed men were on guard, while over the river in Dakota wero fifteen more. A half hour later they embarked in boats and rapidly rowed away. Another half hour and the rrlghtcned neighboring farmers began to gather while Sheriff Sides and Constable. Daley, heavily armed, came too late to make any arrests. From the wil lows of the adjacent Dakota shore and distant row boats the Dakotans kept, strict watch, though but one shot was fired. A vigorous effort was made to fill tho channel with trees, rocks, brush and dirt, but with the force of Niagara all were swept away. Considerable fear Is entertained lest there be exceedingly high water at Sioux City. No suffering will come to those on the newly made Island, as all the farmers were heavily provi sioned for just such an emergency. Their successful attempt recalls a similar night raid by Nebraska Ger man farmers eighteen years ago, when their farms were being washed away at night. They cut a channel across. Sioux Point in Dakota, forming Mc Cook lake and shifting the channel to eight miles ot Daktoa shore, where if still remains. What results the present serlou change in the channel will effect nro unknown. Some predict dire harm, while others think benefit will accrue. Thus far the war has been bloodless,. though many threats have been made. Tho leading conspirators nre Known nnd nrreBts will speedily follow, and tonight some 200 of Nebraska best cit izens are 9outh Dakotans by conquest. Incendlarle at Weit Point. WEST POINT, Neb., June 23. Tho old frame livery barn which was re cently moved to make room for a brick Etable on Main street, the prop erty of Julius Thiele, was destroyed by fire last night. The incendiary was seen by a citizen escaping from tho barnyard a few minutes before the fire started, but was not recognized. West Point has one or more firebugs, whoso hobby seems to be the burning of barns and warehouses, no attempts as yet having been made to fire dwelling houses. The citizens have organized themselves into a vigilance committee ror tno ueieciion or me perpetrators of these outrages and aro prepirTd to make ir very warm. ror tnegullty party it caught. llrldegroom Meet With Accident. OSCEOLA, Neb., Juno 23 Rev. Fris- by L. Rnsp of Atchison, Mo., who came here to be married to Miss Alice Jjnns of this place, met with a severe acci dent while riding from the court house, where he had procured the marriage license. He was driving a team or spirited horses, which became rrlght cned and ran away. Rasp was thrown out and his right leg broken below tho knee. He also sustained other Injur ies or less serious nature. Large Crowd at Chautauqua, BEATRICE, Neb., June 23. A largo attendance is reported at the Chautau qua and many visitors rrom around the state are coming in to go Into camp during tho session. John Dewitt Miller was the main attraction and today ProL Rlddell nnd the Wesleyan quartet will be the principal enter tainers. Hotel Change Hand. CHADRON, Nob., Juno 23. A real estate transfer or considerable Import ance has occurred here. The largo Blaine hotel, which has been managed for a number of years by E. D. Satter lee, passed into the bands ot Fred Rust. Hoy Foo nil Unconscious. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., June 23. A young lad named Mateer, nephew or Bam Henderson, was found living on the Bidewalk near the Second ward Bcbool building In an unconscious condition. tame property for the sum ot 9175,000. he should resign."