The Semi-Weekly Tribune.
IIIA L. llAKK. 1'rnprletor.
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NORTH PLATTE
NEHBASKA.
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I I lie mm in uiucr.
A h!;j liail storm tore up things gfeu
erally In Idaho.
Over 1,000,000 acres of wheat In Man
itoba aro ruined.
Four Russian ambassadors are cnu
ferrlmj In Paris.
Tho recent rains hava Inundated the
streams in Georgia.
Tho Mexicans aro planning 16 crush
tho Yaquls entirely.
General Joo Wheeler says ho will
have nothing to do with politics.
All grades of refined sugars were ad
vanced one-tenth of a cent a pound.
Kansas City's population Is figured
at between 184,753 and 193,109.
Louis C. Klein, prominent Wisconsin
business man, is dead at Racine, aged
C8.
Tho Ninth Infantry has left for Ma
nila to help lick the wlld-cycd celes
tials. Tho recent heavy rains have created
great havoc in tho vicinity of Luak,
Wyo.
A largo number of patriotic Chlca
goans aro enlisting to fight tho fcstlvo
Boxer.
Tho National Wagon Manufacturers'
association has decided not to raise
prices.
Tho railroad employees of Colorado
held their first annuul convention at
Pueblo.
James Norton, principal of tho Lake
View college, Chicago, uied at South
ampton. Qottllcf Eckor, for many years pres
ident of tho Indianapolis Macncrchor,
is dead, nged CG.
Mrs. Wiley Mclean, sister-in-law of
John R. McLean, died at tho Hotel Vic
toria, Put-ln-bny.
John McNecly, genoral manager of
tho electric light plant of Odon, Ind.,
has confessed to sovcral burglars.
A couplo of men who havo been ap
propriating CQUlncs In tho vicinity of
Buffalo, wero gathered In by tho sher
iff. John Barrett, ex-United States min
ister to . China, Bays tno United
States miiBt dotermino the fato of
China.
Secretary Gago Is going to Issuo a
third call on depository banks to fork
over $5,000,000 hold by them as de
posits. A dispatch by tho steamer Empress
of China says that at Osaka thirty-nine
persons had uied of tho plague up to
Juno 5.
Mrs. Kntherlno Lott Clomens, wiie
of Will M. Clemens, tao author, died
suddenly of heart trouble at Hackcn
sack, N. J.
1 Georgo Evans, superintendent of tho
transportation of tho Loulsvlllo &
Nashville railroad, waB appointed gen
eral manager of that road.
As a result of tho expulsion from the
board of trade, Charles McLaln and
Ids brother. AiDcrt C. 'McLain,( each
.brought suit for ?100.000Vdamages at
Chicago.
Leslie Orear, ol Marshall, Mo., Re
publican nominee from the Seventh
Missouri district, died at Colorado
Springs, Colo. Ho wont west for his
health n month ago.
Malno republican state convention
unanimously nominated Dr. John F.
Hill of August, for governor nnd reso
lutions endorsing tho national admin
istration wero adopted.
Robort Noakcs. tho railroad man,
now at Drlstol, Tenn., Is tho namo of
tho Goobel Biispect foi whom a war
rant of arrest was refused. Tho requi
sition was mado on tho governor ot
Tennessee.
Tho coroner's Jary In tho caso ot the
St. Louis strikers who wero shot in
tho fight with the deputies rccontly,
has returned n verdict that tho men
wero killed unjustifiably, tut by
parties unknown.
Captain Carter will mnk? another
deiporato effort to get a rehearing cl
lil.t case.
A couplo of enterprising burglars
wero scared out whilo at work at
Cheyenne.
Tho United States Is again Insisting
that Turkoy must dig up that indem
nity coin.
Ezra J. Warner of Chicago has add
ed $20,000 to his previous gift of $50,
000 to Mlddlebury College, Mlddlebury,
Miss Sally Campboll, daughter of a
farmer of Colo county, living near
RusBollvlllo, Mo., was Btruck by light
ning nnd killed.
John Fitzgerald of Chicago now
claims tho handball championship of
tho world.
Arthur Edgorton Dateman of Wash
ington, D. C, a well known stock brok
er, Is dead.
Frank Bonn of Sioux City was
stabbed to death at Mllwaukco by a
colored woman.
George Quentln, a pioneer resldont,
fathor of August and Otto Quentln,
two promtnont .men of St. Joseph, Mo.,
died, aged 74 years.
Mellon Chnmborlatn, LL. D., ono of
tho moat distinguished Jurists nnd
book lovers In Now England, died at
Boston, aged about 77.
Emporor William has Bent a lottor of
congratulation to tho American Evan
gelical church.
Admiral Frederick Maxso of the
British navy Is dead.
Oriental advices say gold has been
found In the Philippines.
J. H. Stlllson, who wub shot by St,
Louis strikers May 29. 1b dead.
Tho khedlvo of Egypt, who has been
suffering from diphtheria in Englund,
la getting better.
Tho bulldlngB jnd trestles of tho
Consumers' Coal and Ico company at
Bayonne, N. J occupying an entire
city block, wero burned. Loss 1100.
000. Tho treasury department has issued
n new flvo dollar silver certificate.
At Victoria, B. C tho steamor Cot
tage City has arrived with ninety-two
passengers and $150,000 in gold dust.
She roports all vessels ox Nomo safe
except tho Alaskan, 'which ran on tho
beach and la a total loss. The pas
enters are safe.
UTESf FROMSOIJTH HFIUCfl
Record or the Last Six Days at
the Front
GIVEN IN CONDENSED FORM,
llutlor Occupied Ht:indr:'tnu, Capturing
Itnllnmjr Holllng Stock llrldrlurrg
Tnkrn, anil Itocr Clmcd Hcvea allies
llocr Defeat nt Wynborg,
Mondur, June 23.
Clements defeated Bocra at Wyn
berg. Tuesday, .Juno 20.
Lord Roberts failed to report his
latest movements ngalnst tho Beors,
but London believed a battlo was In
progress In tho Free State. Dr. Reltz
said annexation of Boer territories
would mean enslavement of burghers
to pay cost of war to British. Capo
Colony north of Orango river Is quiet.
Last force of Boera surrendered on
Juno 20. Krugor Is not In good health.
Wednesday, Juno 37.
Tho Boers still fight It 1b stated
nn agreement exists between tho forces
of the two republics not to submit in
dividually whllo both of them have an
army In tho field. It Is rumored that
President Steyn has forced his way
through Gen. Ruudle's lines south
ward. Thursday, .Juno 2(1.
Boors are said to bo urging Presi
dent Krugor to surrender on promise
of parole. Fighting continues In South
Africa. Within four days Boers sur
rendered 4,000 rifles. British won two
small fights.
Frldny .III no 30.
British official In tho house of com
mons admits soldiers In South Africa
suffered sovcro hnrdshlp and nscrlbes
suffering to a faulty military system.
Attack on a British convoy by Boors
repulsed, tho English losing fourteen
killed and fifty wounded.
Roosevelt Is negotiating for a house
CEYLON,
THE ISLAND
Tho Boor prisoners taken In tho war
with Great Britain aro to bo deported
to tho island ot Ceylon, ono of tho
Asiatic possessions of tho queen. Tho
Islund is a llttlo moro than half as big
as Now York state, and It has about
half as ninny Inhabitants, mostly Sln
galeso. It Is a representative colony,
and tho garrison numbers about 1.C00
men. Tho Boera who, as a people, nro
said to bunk on their God-fearing qual
ities will find themselves lonely as
not moro than a tenth of tho popula-
DcutU or Martin J. KomcII.
Martin J. Russell, editor of tho Chi
cago Chronlclo, died at Mackinac Is
land, Mich., Tuesday. At 19 he became
n roporter on tho old Chicago Evening
Post. Within a year ho was city ed
itor, and Borved for two years. In 1873
ho went over to Wilbur F. Storey's
Times, where ho becamo a paragrnphor
in tho days whon to bo a paragraph
writer for tho Times was to call from
a man all that was lu him ot Invcctlvo,
forco and satire It waa in this old
school of Journalism that Martin J.
RueboH waB graduated. When tho old
Times had passed Into history Mr. Rub
bcII, with Horatio W. Seymour, found
ed tho. Chlcngo Chronlclo. Mr. Russell
beenmo president of tho company and
editor-ln-chlef of tho paper. Under
President Clovcland ho sorvod ono
term as collector ot customs nt Chica
go. Drought In n Drspomdo.
A posso arrived ut Globe, Ariz.,
with a heavily Ironed Moxlcan
who Is bollovcd to bo ono ot tho
gang ot four which killed two station
koopora at Now River Wells, robbed
a stage coach and committed numer
ous other depredations two weeks ago.
Officers refuse to talk, but thoro la
reason to bollevo thoy came upon the
gang and killed three.
Killed by Cigarette Smoke
Charles Krackaka, a young man, met
tho most peculiar death that has ever
been recorded in Philadelphia. Ho
went to Willow Grovo park to attend
tho concort given thcro nightly by
Damrosch's orchestra, A clgarctto
smoker puffed smoke In the face of
Krackaka, who waa tokon with a vio
lent paroxysm of coughing, tho blood
running from his mouth, and In a few
minutes ho was doad. The man who
was smoking the cigarette escaped
during the excitement, and his Identi
ty It unknown.
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS,
Flour WlnUr patents, H.rcW.40;
straights, JISM.10: special brands, hard
spring patents, $5; soft bakers', export
bags, 2.(KrfJ.85; rye, $2.SOfi3.10. Winter
Wheat No. 2 red, f. o. b SHftS7Hc; No.
S red, 82 U 85c; No. 2 hnrd, 82c; No. 3 hard,
Mc. Spring Wheat No. 1 northern, &5c;
No. 3, f. o. I).. S2lSWHc; No. 4, SOgsic.
Corn No. 2, 4Hici No. 2 yellow, 42',lc; No.
3, 41ic; No. 3 yellow, 42c; No. 4, 414?.
Oats-No. a 23'4ff20Hc; No. 3 white, 21c;
No. 2, 25f,4t?2Uc.
Provisions Mess pork, regulnr, J12.30CT
12.T5. Lurd, regular, J0.S5fl8.S7V4; old, $S,75
J0.S3. Short rib sides, 6.&r(J7.10. Pickled
hams, 12 Ib3, lOV'flOVic; 10 lbs, WiWic;
picnic linms, 6H7e; bellies, SHlOHc:
smoked hums, ltowfllc; skinned hnins, 11
itfll'ic: shoulders, Ty7',4c: picnic linms,
77ftc; short rib sides, 7lj7Hc; rough
sides, 7?i97I4o; short clear sides, 7
74c. Dressed mcttts llecf, 5fSc; hogs,
CUQCc; sheep, VMV.ic, lambs, 8&13c per
lb.
Hay-Choice timothy. $ll.Gttll2; No 1,
$10Gll; No. 2, ttfc'O.W; No. 3, $700; 'choice
prnlrie, $3.S09; No. 1. J78; No. 2, $fi?7;
No. 3, $5.506; No. 4, $5'5.50. Heans I'ca,
hand picked, S2.10fi2.12 pur bu; medium,
$2.0502.08. lluttcr-Extra creamery, Wi
19c; firsts, 17ISc; Boconds, 1614Q17C
Ilorrles Strawberries, Michigan, lG-unrt
cuse, "Ecajt.Ci; Itnclno berries, $1.2501.75.
Iled raspberries, $2.2502,75 for 21 pints.
Illnck raspberries, lt.6ofll.75 for 21 pints,
S2.50O2.75 for 24 quarts. Blackberries,
1.25'((2 for 24 quarts. Blueberries, J 1.75 2
for 1C quarts. Cheese Kull cream, twins,
new, OViJMic; dulsles, 10c; Young
America. lO'ic. Wool-Illinois. West Mlch-
I km n and Eastern Iowa, Una unwashed
iloeco, isfjsoc; medium unwnslicd, 20ft22c;
coarse unwashed, lStf20c; Minnesota, Kan
sas, Western Iowa anil Dakota, coarse,
17iB18c. Poultry Live turkeys, good to
choice, CiyoVio per lb; gobblers, EV&c;
chickens, Sc for hens; springs, 12ftl9c;
roosters, Co per lb; ducks, old, 74i7V4c;
Miring, llfll2c; geeso, $3.5001.50 per loz.
Iced Turkeys, choice, 7c; fair, Co; chick
ens, hens, sgsc; geese, 5Gc; ducks, 6tS
fc. Vcnls Carcasses weighing SOflGO lbs,
7c, nnd 10OQ11O lbs, 9c. Potatoes Now
Triumphs, COQGlc per bu; sacked, early
Ohio, 56063c per bu, nnd $1.40tfl.60 per bu;
peerless, $1.0501.75 per bu. Cattle Native
shipping nnd export steers, $1.5005.65;
dressed beef nnd butchers' steers, $l.50j
5 30; steers under 1,000 lbs, $3.55ff4.80: stock
ers nnd feeders, $3.1001.75; cows nnd
heifers, $213. irogs Pigs nnd lights. $5.20
Q6.25; packers, $5.1505.35; butchers, $5.2517
5.G5. Sheep Native muttons, $494.75;
lambs, $607; culls nnd bucks, $301.
Illinois Prohibition Ticket.
At tho First Rcglracnc armory In
Chicago tho Illinois prohibitionists
nominated tho following ticket:
For governor, Vlsscher Vero Barnes,
Lako county; lieutenant-governor,
John A. Henderson, Randolph county;
EXILE HOME OF BOER PRISONERS.
80 909 Too .-
" bo ' q5T7 ; too
OF CEYLON, SHOWING HAPPY
tloii profess Christianity.
Yet tho plnco to which tho Bocra
by thousands aro tn bo sent Is so
beautiful that it Is called tho Happy
Valley, or, In Slngalcse, tho Dlyatzala
wa Vnlloy. The English say tho cllm
nto there Is perfection. Tho Happy
Valley is at tho Bandnrawcla "ml of
tho great Haputnlo Valloy. Just now
tlyj site selected Is barren ground, but
buildings will bo put up to accommo
date tho prisoners from South Africa.
Tho locality hns been inspected by tho
secretary of state, Benjamin A. Rad
ford, Woodford county; auditor, James
A. Stone, Sangamon county; attorney
general, Frank S. Regan, Winnebago
county; trensurer, Henry C. Tunlson,
Morgan county; tru&teos of tho stato
university, Elvlr S. Stewart, Chicago,
J. E. Bettlngor, Fulton county, Mrs.
Clara Harford, Grundy county; elec-tors-at-largo,
W. P. Throgmorton, Du
Quoin, Henry M. Bnnnen, Rockford.
Tho platform adopted, besides de
ploring tho evils arising from tho salo
of liquet, condemns tho natlonnl ad
ministration for its maintenance of tho
army canteen system, points to tho
fact that tho consumption ot liquor Is
increasing In Cuba, tho Philippines,
nnd Porto Rico, nnd calls on nil tor
support in tho fight of tho party to
suppress tho evllb named.
Illinois Dcinocnttla Ticket.
For governor, Samuel Alschulor of
Knno county; for lleutonant governor,
Elmer A. Porry of Brown; for stato
treasurer, Millard F. Dunlnp ot Mor
gan; for socretnry of state, James F.
O'DonneU of McLean; for attorney gon
eral, James Todd ot Cook; for auditor,
George B. Parsons ot .Vnllntln; for
university trustees, Wlla Holmes
Smith of Cook, Charles W. BUra ot
Montgomery, Joseph Schwnrtz ot War
ren. XT. C. T. U. KleeU 0cen.
The World's Woman's Christian
Temperance Union congress re-elected
tho president, Lady Henry Somerset,
and tho other officers. Mrs. L. M. N.
Stevens of Malno was elected an addi
tional vice-president. Tho congress
heartily approved tho action ot tho
Women's Christian Temperance Union
ot America rolatlvo to tho tomplo in
Chicago, and a greeting was cabled
to tho two mothers ot tho crusado
movement, Mrs. atowart ot Springfield,
Ohio, and Mrs. Thomson of Hillsboro,
Ohio,
Might Overrun tho World.
Lord Wolscloy, In an Interview pub
lished lu London, says: "China pos
sesses every requisite for overrunning
tho world. Sho has a population of
400,000,000, all speaking the samo
language or dialect, readily under
stood from ono onil of tho cmplro to
tho other. Ohs has enormously de
veloped wealth nnd still more enor
mous natural wealth awaiting devel
opment. Her men, If properly drilled
and led, nro admirable soldiers. They
aro plucky and able to live on next to
nothing. Moreover, they nro absol
utely fearless of death. Begin with
tho foundation of millions upon mil
lions of such soldiers na these men
aro capable of being made and tell mc
If you con where the end will be."
Escnpcd I.lon Cnuc Punic.
At .Milwaukee, Wis., a Hon es
caped from its cngo at the Coney
Island menagerie nnd frightened the
pleasure seekers In the park. The at
tendants wero teasing the beast by of
fering meat and then snatching it
away, when tho Hon dashed so violent
ly against tho bars that the cage fell
over and freed tho animal. It knocked
over the kangaroo, but could not reach
the men, for they ull climbed tent
poles. Then the Hon ran through the
pork, where people wero drinking
beer. Tho women fainted nnd tho men
climbed trees. Tho cowboys in tho
show chnsod tho king of beasts, las
soed It and draggad it back to its cage.
Michigan Republican Ticket.
Tho Republicans of Michigan In con
vention at Grand Rapids, Thursday,
nominated tho following ticket:
For governor, Aaron T. Bliss of Sag
inaw; for lieutenant-governor, O. W.
Robinson ot Houghton; for secretary
of state, Fred M. Warner of Farming
ton; for state treasurer, Daniel Mc
Coy of Grand Rapids: for auditor,
Perry F. Powers of Cadillac; for attorney-general,
H. M. Oren of Sault
Ste. Mario; for land commissioner, Ed
ward Wlldloy of Pawpaw; for school
superintendent, Delos Fall of Albion;
for member board education, Jaraca II.
Thompson of Osceoln.
VALLEY.
ofilclnls of tho colony, and work era
this has begun. Tho first thing to be
dono waB to convort tho footpath from
tho station to tho site, a milo and a
half distant, into a cart path. There
is a natural lake at the foot of the
valley which can supply all tho watei
necessary for washing purposes,
though not for drinking, and n prac
tically unlimited supply can bo drawn
from tho streams nbovo tho valley
Fifty buildings over 100 foot long will
bo built, oach one of which will ac
commodate about 100 men.
Woman Kill With a Kazan
Presumably Inspired by Jealousy,
Miss Jessie Morrison, Eldorado, Kan.,
attacked her successful rival, Mrs.
Olln Castle, formerly Miss Clara Wiley,
during the absence of Mr. Castle, and
Inflicted wounds with n razor which
proved fatal. After killing Mrs. Cnstlo
Miss Morrison ran to her homo and
turned tho bloody blade to her own
throat Sho Is still alive, but her
wound Is pnjbably fatal.
Hex Is lu Mlhvnukeo.
Rex arrived at Milwaukee Tuesday,
nnd ns hlu visit was anticipated thcro
wero thousands nt the wharf and
alone tho streets to greet him. It was
tho opening dny of the third annunl
carnival, and the coming of Rex, who
is supposed to havo great quantities of
fun stored nway somewhere In his
clothes, was tho flrtt real event on
tho program. Tho carnival closes Fri
day night.
Native TrooM (lu tn AMinntl,
Tho English government has re
ceived dispatches from Ashantl indi
cating that tho relief ot Kumassl
should bo accomplished this week.
AbotU 850 men of tho British central
African forces sailed on June 22 for
Ashantl, whero they will bo employed
to quell the rising.
Kxeurtlon Train In a Wreck,
The west-bound Chlcngo & Alton
passenger train dashed Into tho excur
sion train ot tho SU Louis Sunday
School Superintendents' union, ladec
with 400 peoplo Tuetdny morning nt
tho east approach of tho Merchants'
bridge. Two of tho coaches, crowded
with women and children, wero thrown
from tho track and overhung tho top
oil an ombankment thirty-five feet
high. A panic ensued, but tho occu
pants wero nil taken from the overt
turned cars in safety. None were injured
OUR CALENDAR,
EVENTS Of I WEEK
Items of General Interest Told In
Paragraphs!
COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY.
Itecord of Happening of ."Much or Little
Iniportiinco from All 1'nrM of the Civ
Hired World l'rli'es r I'lirm I'roducts
lu Western jllurkut.
The Minnesota republicans named
Samuel Vansant of Winona for gov
ernor. Milwaukee's electric parade was
cheered as the crowning spectacle of
tho carnival.
Thlelen resigned as Prussian minis
ter of public works.
Haytl adopted tho gold standard.
Germany plans a colonial army.
Sidney Lucas won mile handicap.
Senator Hanna denies having had an
$800 diamond stud stolen from him in
Philadelphia.
Bricklayers and Stonemasons' union
at Chicago signs a three years' agree
ment with the Masons and Builders'
association and chooses arbitration
board.
Four persons die and many others
suffer Injury from intense heat in Chi
cago. Winnebago Indian reservation build
ings In Iowa were blown down during
a windstorm.
Forest fires do considerable damago
In Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Thursdny was the hottest Juno day
In New York in four years.
Congressman Sulzer and Richard
Croker go to see Bryan about Uie vice
presidential nomination.
It is now reported that ex-Governor
Pattison of Pennsylvania is Mr. Bry
an's candidate for vice-president.
The Michigan Republican conven
tion is in n deadlock over the choico
for candidate for governor.
Wheat in tho Northwest seriously
injured by brought. Minnesota will
have half a crop, South Dakota and
Montana oven less, nnd North Dakota
practically none.
Edw?,rd Atkinson denounced war bo
fore American Association for the Ad
vanctmont of Science.
Schooner Everett wrecked on St.
Lawrence Island; flvo of crew of six
starved to death.
Burlington road will employ Crow
Indians to grade a section in Big Horn
region.
New York court decided Ico trust
must produce books nnd officers must
testify.
President starts on his vacation Fri
day.
Czar's manifesto provides for com
plete Russlflcation of Finland by 1005.
Premier Saracco promised Italian
parliament to reform expenditures.
Donaldson Smith explored region be
tween Lako Rudolf and Nile Valley.
Prlnco of Wales officially opened
London's underground electric rail
way.
German experts will confer a3 to
regulations for meat Inspection.
Louts Klopsch estimates mortality
through India famine nt 2,000,000.
Russia military authorities study
ing means for Invasion of India.
Norwegian report that Andree, polar
explorer, Is safe.
Frederick A. Maxse, British admiral,
died.
British chambers of commerco began
a war on sugar bounties.
Silas B, Cobb estato at Chicago
worth $5,257,59X
Bricklayers and Stono Masonn'
union decides to desert tho Building
Trades' council.
Dynamite explosion in Champion
mine, near Ishpcmlng, killed four men.
Lewis Amblo was murdered and his
brother Snmuol left unconscious by
robbers In a western suburb of Chi
cago. Louis M. Stoln, a South Bend (Ind.)
merchant, Is slugged and robbed of
$4,000 while wnltlnc for a street car In
the heart of Chicago.
Chicago recruits for marines aro said
to be destined for service In tho war
with China.
During an address boforo American
Association for tho Advancement ot
Science Edwnrd Atkinson talked poll
tics, and 'his utterances wero attacked
as seditious.
Health Commissioner Jenkins of
Now York, Croker's brother-in-law, is
accused of using his office for per
sonal profit.
Surplus for fiscal year, 175,000,000.
Schponer Alaskan nnd her 600 tons
cl cargo a total loss at Cape Nome.
MINOR
MilJ. WIlktiHnn Wounded,
Col. Carter left Klawassa on tho
Morning of Juno 2G with the Intention
f rc-enforclng Capt. Hnll nt Bokwal
with 400 men, 200 carriers, a sevon
poundcr and a Maxim. When half
a mllo from Dompoassl ho was fired
upon heavily from tho bush. Capt.
Ronpell and several men fell at tho
first fire. Tho, casing of tho water
Jacket split after half an hour's firing,
and nlno men, including Lieut. Ed
wards, wha wero vorklng iho scven
pounder, were put out of notion halt
an hour later. Motor Wilkinson waa
shot.
The casualties were six officers and
eighty-seven men. Tho enemy's losa
was fifty killed and many wounded.
It was estimated that tho natives num
bered 10,000, one-haff of whom had
muskets,
1'Itty with Dead Men's Itnnes.
Tho boys In tho neighborhood
bounded by Broadway, Park avenuo
nnd Soventh nnd Rutgor streots, St.
Louis, aro enjoying themselves during
the school vacation ncason with cur
ious playthings. "Shinny" is their
favorlto pastlmo and tho Instruments
they employ In the gamo aro portions
of tho decomposed anatomies of what
wero once, perchance, their ancestors.
A blackened, grinning skull serves
for the ball and u grisly thigh bono
or upper bono of tho arm for n driving
stick. The plnythlngs of tho boys of
the neighborhood nro the relics ot past
and almost forgotten generations ot
peoplo whoso bodies wero burled In tho
old St. Joseph's convent cemetery.
HouioopnthUts In Scwlon.
The Amerlcaci Institute of Home
opathy began Its annual session at
Washington, D. C. Tho featuro of
tho convention will bo tho dedi
cation and presentation to tho
government of the statue of Dr. Hah
nemann on the east side of Scott cir
cle on Thursday afternoon. Tresldent
McKlnley will attend the dedicatory
exercises, and .adaresses will bo de
livered by Attorney-General Griggs
and others. Tho same evening the
president will glvo a reception to mem
bers of tho convention at tho Whlto
House. President Walton in his an
nual address today earnestly advo
cated uniformity of medical laws In
every state In tho union.
Trnveler' Council Meeting
The thirteenth annual session of the
supremo council of tho Order of Uni
ted ' Commercial Travelers convened
at Columbus, Ohio, Friday. The coun
cil met In secret session, being called
to order by Supreme Conductor W. L.
Day of Concordia, Mich. The report
of tho secretnry showed a total mem
bership on Jnn. 1, 1900, of 14,000, a net
gain of 1,270 for tho year. Tho treas
urer reported a balance of J72.000 in
tho funds of the organization, against
a balanco of $16,000 at tho close of tho
previous year. Tho amount In tho
widows and orphans' fund was re
ported to bo $17,000.
IlUnoU rrohlbltlonUts' Ticket.
The Prohibitionist, stato convention
of Illinois nominated the following
ticket: Governor, J. G. Cunningham,
Urbana; lieutenant-governor, John A.
Henderson, Sparta; secretary of state,
B. J. Radford, Eureka; auditor, James
A. Stono, Bradfordston; attorney gen
eral, Frank S. Regan, Rockford; treas
urer, II. S. Pcrmaleo, Chicago; trus
tees stat-3 university, Georgo Bloomer,
Elvira S. Stewart and Mrs. Mary
Smith; electors at large, W. P. Throe
morton and H. M. Bannen.
At tho state convention held in
Springfield Wednesday and Thursday,
tho Democrats of Illinois nominated
the following:
IlllnnU roll oo Cillers Confer.
Fifty chiefs of police of Illinois gath
ered at Peoria Wednesday for a con
ference. Chief Klpley of Chicago was
among the number. A parade occu
pied the morning, while there was an
excursion to Chllllcothe in the after
noon. Tho huuinjss session was hold
on tho boat. Its object was a discus
sion of a bill to present to tho legisla
ture providing for a metropolitan po
Hco forco to be uniform throughout
the state, and for arrangements, for tho
coming stato convention. A banquet
followed. At night the visitors wero
entertained with another excursion
and a dance.
Kills Ills Stepdaughter.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Mar
shall, near Poplar Bluff, Mo. William,
Woodward, a farmer, shot and klllod
his stepdaughter, and in turn was
clubbed to death by neighbors. After
shooting his stepdaughter Woodward
shot himself through tho breast with
his Winchester, inflicting what would
have proved a fatal wound, but tho
man was suil living when fifteen men
entored his house nnd with clubt, beat
his head almost to Jelly. Woodward
shot his stepdaughter becauso sho
caused his arrest on n criminal charge.
MoiiHoon IlumU lu India.
Private telegrams received at Man
chester, England, from Calcutta eay
that the monsoon has burst, and
there is abundant rain. The famino
situation Is unaltered. Tho governor
of Bombny wires that thcro wero 10,
2T7 deaths from cholera out of 15,479
cases during tho week ended June 16.
Iloth Mujr Issue Ilonds.
Tho supreme court In the Indian
apolis school bond case, decided by a
vote ot 3 to 2 that in Indiana the civil
city and tho school city aro separate
corporations, and that each may Incur
Indebtedness up to 2 per cent of tho
assessed value of property In its con
fines. The validity of millions of dol
lars In bonds hinged on tho decision.
Had tho court held an opposite view,
a vast amount of bonds would have
been worthless, as tho constitution
specifics that such bonds In excess ot
the 2 per cent llrfllt are vqhJt