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THE LIVt MULU RIAIIALI.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUHE
IltA I'. 1IA.HH, 1'roprletor.
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THUMB: $125 IN ADVANCES.
NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA.
United States Deputies Driven Prom tho
Matowan Goal Fields,
THE NEWS IN BRIEf.
The president lias Binned tho com
mission of Edward CaHIstcr as col
lector of Internal revenue for Men
tana. Dr. D. B. I'urlnton, president of the
Dennlson, Ohio, university, has bceu
elected president of tho WcBt Virginia
university.
Trumnn H. Snfford, professor of
astronomy at Wllllnins college, died
at tho residence of his son In Newark,
N. J., In his CGth year.
Rev. O. V. Gray, a prominent Moth
odltfl minister and well known In
northern Ohio, dtod at Geneva, Ohio,
of paralysis, aged C9 years.
Lieutenant Fred E. Thompson of
tho Fourth Illinois infantry died nt
his homo In Urhana, from diseases
contracted In tho Spanish-American
INTRENCHED IN THE MOUNTAINS
Hero Miner Are Armed, With Narrow
Hooky l'atliwnji That Form Imprerna
lile Natural Kortlcatlom The Men
Urged on by Women.
war.
Tho president hna disapproved nn
act of tho Chcrokeo Indian council
providing for n commission to execute
a new ngrcement with tho Dawes com
mission. W. E. Median, secretary of the
Pennsylvania fish commission, Baya
that tho now flBh law recently Blgncd
by Governor Stono docs not prohibit
fishing on Sunday.
Charles P. Lyman, tho aged father
of Gcorgo P. Lyman, general trnlllc
agent! of tho Burlington railway, died
suddenly at tho homo of his son nt
St. Paul, Minn., of heart failure.
Goodwin, tho well known authority
on Argontlno crop statistics, estimates
last season's exportable surplus of
wheat In that country nt $10,500,000
bUBhcls, ono hnlf of which Is still on
hand,
At tho annual commencement at
Brown unlvorfilty, Provldonco, It. I.,
nnnouncomcnt was mndo that tho de
Blrcd $2,000 000 endowment had been
raised and was Increasing every
hour.
William J. Bryan will Bpcak In
Watcrtown, N. J., Juno 25, going thero
at tho invitation of Rev. II. N. Dun
ning, pastor of tho Stono Street PreB
bytcrlan church, and formerly of Lin
coln, Nob.
A dispatch to tho Dally Exprcs3
from Vlonn Baya that two Szcchs, nam
ed Orsovlo nnd Znros, havo boon ar
rested at Praguo, Bohemia, on tho
chnrgo of being Implicated In n plot
ngalnnt Francis Joseph.
Tho Marl: Lano Express, In Its
weekly review of tho crop situation,
sayB tho effect of tho past week's cold
on EngllBh wheat hns been decidedly
prejudicial and agricultural pros
pects show general retrogression.
M. Dupuy, tho French minister of
agriculture, Informed a deputation of
sonntors nnd deputies from tho sugar
growing departments that, as tho su
gar bounty question wan International,
nothing could bo docldcd on tho sub
ject before tho Bnissolla conference
reassembled,
Tho Missouri oupromo court has
mado ahsoluto tho wrltB of prohibition
Issued ngalnst Judges of tho St. Louis
courts who ordered n recount In four
contested election cases. In deciding
tho cniiBcs tho oupromo court declared
that If tho ordor of tho Judges wero
compiled with tho secrecy of tho ballot
would bo vlolntcd.
Tho stato rcgont of tho D. A. R. of
Florida, Mrs. Denis Hagnn, of Jackson
ville, nppllcs to tho chaptors through
out tho country to send to that place
in her caro us many sowing machines,
new or second hand, na enn bo gath
ered. Numbers of women who havo
been loft dcatltuto by tho flro could
liitpport thomsclvcB nnd help others
If theso machines wero obtained.
It was announced at Now York that
$300,000 of tho $500,000 gold coin with
drawn from tho sub-treasury by tho
National City Bank, wa8 shipped to
Ilollnnd.
Tho Denver Stockmnn says: "It be
gins to look nu though the big do
main! for cattlo and mutton on tho
Pacific coast had been pretty well
filled. In Portland last week tho top
on beef was $4.75 and weak at that.
Tho top on lambs wnn $3.75 and on
Bhccp $3.50, with rt weak market and
expecting n slump.
John G. Woolley, prohibition candi
date for president In 1900, has start-
cd on rt trip around tho world for the
purK)Bo of collecting data on tho liquor
trafllc, proparntory to Issuing a liook
on tho results of tho prohibition move
ment. A Berlouo rising Is reported to have
occurred In tho Turkish town of Novl
Bazar, Scrvla.
Thomas Curtis Clarge, consulting
engineer nnd ox-prcsldont of the
American Society of Civil Engineers,
1b dead nt his homo In Now York city.
Colonol Guorlltt, tho musical com
poser, Is dead In Berlin,
David Lankln of Tarklo, Mo., hub
given $50,000 to Tarklo collego and ha
promtsod to dupllcnto all donations
received in tho next two years up to
$50,000.
HUNTINGTON, W. Vft., June 25.
Today n posso of deputy United
Statos marshals, led by A. C. Huffonl
of Blucflcld, wero fired on by tho
strikers and forced to fleo from tho
coul fields at Mntowan. On their Jour
ney from Blueflelda tho officers wore
forced to travel twenty-flvo miles on
foot, owing to tho destruction of the
railroad by flood. They reached Mate
wan Sunday ovcnlng nnd Immediately
began serving notices of tho Injunction
which had boon Issued by Judgo Jack
son of tho federal court.
A mob of strikers followed, armed
to tho teeth with llrenrms. On nil
sides could be heard tho cry:
"Down with government by Injunc
tion." Women called down tho vengcanco
of heaven upon tho marshals and chil
dren hurled stones nt them,
When nlghtfull had enmo notice had
been served on tho strikers of all the
coal companies but one, and they
wero to bo served at Thackcr. Fearing
an ambush they waited until morning
and early today set out for Thackor.
Somo tlmo before noon they attempt
ed to serve tho Injunction pnpers. A
mob followed, enraged to desperation
at tho sweeping character of the In
junction. Ono reckless follow llrcd
tho first shot, nnd nlmost Instantly
tho mountain Bides echoed the reports
that followed tho cracks of twenty or
thirty rllles. Tho deputies lied, barely
escaping with their lives.
Tho Btrlko altuntlon la assuming n
most Hcrloun stage. Sheriff Ilatllold
has withdrawn all his doputlcs be
cause, It Is mild, ho docs not bellevo
In tho policy being used to put down
tho strike. Tho United States mnr
Bhals havo boon left nlono and after
being chnBcd from tho flold It In be
lieved that they will bo strongly re
inforced nnd return to fight when
thoy again appear to enforce tho In
junction. Tug river divides West Virginia
from Kentucky. On cither sldo tho
mountains nro almost perpendicular
and tho ontlro distance from bank to
bank Is not moro than 500 yards. On
tho mountain aide of West Vlrglnln
tho collerlcs aro located. On tho
Kentucky sldo nro nothing but moun
tain paths. A hand of strikers almost
a thousand strong hnvo crossed over
Into Kentucky nnd nro occupying tho
mountain passes. Hero thoy aro out
of reach of tho deputy marshals ami
command the entrances to tho coller
lcs. Tho strikers have nothing but
hatred and contempt for tho marshals
and It la said thnt nt tho mnss meet
ing at Thackcr on Saturday night thoy
decided to Ignore tho lnjuuctlon.
CAILLES TURNS IN ARMS.
Insurgent (leneral and Six llnndrort ot
HI Follower Surrender.
SANTA CRUZ, Province of Lagimn,
P. I. ,Juno 25. When General Calllcu
surrendered hero with C50 men and 500
rifles ho entered Santa Cruz to the
music of native bands which were
drawn up In six lines in tho church
yard. Calllcs and hla staff entered
tho church, where maBS was celebrat
ed by Chaplain Hart of tho Eighth
United States Infantry.
Tho column passed In review before
tho United States army headquarters
with arms at port, returned to tho
enclosure, surrendered their rifles and
received receipts entitling them to
thirty pesos each. All tho receipts
wero deposited In tho hats ot Calllcs
and his officers, Calllcs insisting that
tho arms wero not being sold, but be
longed to tho revolutionary govern
ment and that the proceeds must go
to the widows and orphans. During
tho surrender of arms, Calllcs nnd his
staff, who wero outside of tho en
closure, wept.
Tho offlcera nftorwarda walked to
headquarters, where Cnlllcs tendered
hla sword to General Sumner, who gal
lantly hnnded It bnck. General Sum
ner also handed back tho revolution
ists' ling, which Cnlllcs will personally
present to General MncArthur. Gen
eral Sumner congratulated Cnlllcs on
his surrender nnd tho latter responded
thnt It was a happy day for Laguna
province.
Tho president of tho federalists In
Laguna mado n patriotic address to
tho former Filipino officers nnd then
tho latter and tho rank nnd flle of
the Filipinos took the oath of allegi
ance publicly on tho piazza.
Frank Mekln, tho deserter of the
Thirty-seventh Infnntry, who had
been nctlng ns n lieutenant with the
Insurgents under Calllcs and who sur
rendered, was placed In Irons.
Hundreds Dead and a Tremendous Loss
of Property.
KEYSTONE THE WORST SUFFERER
Cloudburit Deluge the Coul Region
Town of 3,000 Inhabitant la Swept
from It Fountatloni Property Lot
Rival ilohnttown.
FIRST STORIES WILD.
WHEAT PROSPECTS ABROAD.
Good In Hnittlii'rii nml Central Httropc
' nml l'oor In Northern I'ortluo.
LONDON, J iino 25. The Mark Lnno
Expvess, In Its weekly ciop review,
noting the necessity for rain In tho
United Kingdom, sayB: Tho wheat
has coino Into ear on remarkably
short stems and the enra will not fill
without more molBturo.
Wheat cutting has begun In southern
Spain. The provinces ot Andalusia
nnd Murcla expect lino ylolda nnd tho
promise In ccutrul nnd northern Spain
Is excellent. The wheat crop In cen
tral Europe Is very promising on the
conflncn of tho Adriatic and very bad
Indeed on tho confines of tho Baltic,
Indicating that Crotla and Hungary
will havo a good crop, while Prussia
ntul Prussian Poland will havo n
BoiioiiB deficiency. Mcdlocro results
may bo expected In Bavaria nnd Austria.
Ilenth from Wrnt Virginia Floail Not fin
Mirny n Iteptirtetl,
ROANOKE, Vn Juno 25. Tho pas
aongor train from tho west over tho
Norfolk &. Western railroad, which Is
duo hero at 1:53 p. m., did not reach
Roanoko until 5:30 o'clock this morn
Ing. When tho train camo In thero
wero many people at the station who
had waited anxiously all night for the
bolatcd nowo cnrrler from tho dovns
tatod coal fields of West Virginia,
Among those who camo In on this
train nnd who had "been In tho storm
was a prominent business man of
Roanoko, several railroad men nnd a
woman and two children. Thoy camo
direct to Roanoko from Vivian nnd
wero compelled to walk a dlstnnco of
cloven miles from that placo to tho
small town of Ennls, whero they
wero enabled to got a train for this
city. Theso passengers dcclnro that
tho number of deaths has been oxag
gcrntcd, In their opinions, nnd fcol
confident thnt not moro thnn 100 pco
plo havo lost their lives, though they
cannot Bay with any ccrtnlnty ns to
the number. Tho mountain districts
lying back from tho railroads prob
ably havo suffered heavily and tho
exact loss of llfo will not bo known
for Bovcrnl days.
OIT for tlm North I'ole.
NEW YORK, Juno 25. A dispatch
to tho Journal and Advertiser from
Duudco snys:
All Ib ready on tho American. Tho
Baldwln-Zolglcr expedition la nbout to
start for tho north pole. Tho Icndcra
and tho forty men who nccompany
them, many well known scientists, do
claro that they will not ho content to
go "further north" than tho Duko of
Abbruzzl, who holds the honor of hav
Ing been "furthest north." They vow
thoy will reach tho polo and plant the
American flag thero.
Tho expedition Is fortunately In flno
shape. Sho was formorly tho Esqui
maux, tho crnck whnler cf tho llcot
here.
ROANOKE, Vn., Juno 24. Pnssen-
gora on n train from the west report
thnt nbout 300 peoplo were drowned
yesterday evening along tho Elkhorn
division of the Norfolk & Western
railroad and that miles of track and
bridges were washed out.
The passengers on tho train wero
transferred by ropes from tho train
to the mountainside near Vivian, W.
Va .
All wires are down over tho de
vastated section and no other partic
ulars are obtainable. Those drowned
nro said to Includo tho most prominent
folks of the section.
Tho general mnnngcr of the Norfolk
& Western left for tho scene. It will
probably bo several days before tho
road Is open.
TAZEWELL, Vn., Juno 24 Tho
trnlnmnstcr of the Norfolk & Western
railroad walked tho track between
Vivian nnd North Fork, a distance of
twclvo miles. Ho discovered thirty
bodies floating In tho river.
WASHINGTON, Juno 21. Tho fol'-
lowlng dispatches havo been received
by tho Wnshlngtotn Post regarding tho
reported loss of llfo hy tho flood in
West Vlrglnln:
'BLUEFIELD, W. Vn., Juno 24.
Flood In Pocnhontas coal field equal
ing that of Johnstown. Two hundred
drowned. Impossible to estimate the
loss of property."
"ROANOKE, W. Vn., Juno 21.
Cloudburst over Pocnhontns division
of the Norfolk & Western this morn
ing. Keystone, Elkhorn, Vivian nnd
other towns wiped out. Railroad dis
patches say 500 lives nro lost. Ono
houso loft In Keystone. Twenty-live
to thirty miles of railroad track nro
destroyed."
BLUEFIELD, W. Va., Juno 24. This
entire section hns Just been visited
by n flood, tho extent of which In nil
probability will exceed thnt of Johns
town In 1880, so far ns tho loss of
property Is concerned. Yesterday morn
ing, Bhortly after midnight, a heavy
downpour of rain began, accompanied
by a severe electric storm, which vio
lently Increased In volumo and contin
ued throughout tho entlro day and
night. At 10 n. m whllo the storm
hnn abated, tho lowering clouds would
Indlcato another terrific downpour at
any moment.
Many miles of the Norfolk & West
ern railroad tracks, bridges and tele
graph lines are entirely destroyed nnd
communication Is entirely cut off west
Df Elkhorn, so thnt It Is Impossible
to learn tho full etxent of tho loss ot
llfo nnd property, but officials of the
coal operations located In tho stricken
districts havo sent out messengers to
Elkhorn, tho terminus of both tele
graphic and railroad communication,
and havo received a report that a con
servative estlmato of tho loss of llfo
will easily reach 200. A number of
tho drowned nro among tho most
prominent people In tho coal fields.
EX-CONSUL HAY KILLED.
The Son of Secretary Hay Meet With n
Violent Death,
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Juno 24.
Adclbert Stone Hay, former consul of
tho United States at Pretoria, South
Africa, and eldest son of Secretary of
Stato John Hay, fell from a window
It, tho third Btory of the Now Ha
ven houso In this city shortly before
2:30 o'clock this morning and was In
stantly killed.
Tho dead man was n graduato of
Yalo of the class of 'OS and his death
occurred on tho evo of tho university
commencement, which brought him
hero yesterday, nnd in which, by vlr-
tuo of his cluss office, tho young man
would havo been ono of tho leaders.
I no ternuio tragedy has cast a.
gloom over tho wholo city and will
undoubtedly bo felt throughout tho
wholo day, which hcretoforo has-been
so brilliant nnd full of bappIncsBa for
Ynlo nnd her sons.
Tho full detnlls of tho terrlhlo ac
cident will novcr bo known. Mr. Hay
had rooms at tho New Haven houso
for commencement week. It is gen
erally supposed, howovor, that after
going to his room ho went to tho win
dow for air and sitting on tho sill he
dozed oft nnd overbalancing fell to tho
linvcmcnt below, n fall of fully sixty
feet. The fall resulted in Instant
death and within fifteen minutes the
body had been Identified t;a that of
young Hay. How It all hnpepned be
came n matter of speculation on tho
part of tho throng of curious specta
tors who gathered and a subject of
mournful Inquiry for tho classmates
nnd frlenda of tho young man.
Omaha
JESSIE MORRISON SANGUINE.
Una No l'rur of Unfiivor.ihlo Verdict
When Cno Coino to Jury.
ELDORADO, Kan., Juno 24. Argu
ments in the second trial of Jessie
Morrison for tho murder of Mrs. Olln
Cnstlo will begin tomorrow morning.
It Is believed tho enso will go to tho
Jury Tuesday evening. Miss Morrison
is absolutely confident that, sho will bo
acquitted this time.
Today to a reporter she said: "I am
Just as suro of acquittal as I am that
I am living this minute."
"Tho trial this tlmo has not been so
.'.earing on me," sho continued. "It
was a terrlhlo strain the first time,
This time, however, both sides rush
cd things and It did not become so
tiresome."
Tho defense hns failed to locato J.
W. Morgan, tho pcddlar who was at
tho Castlo houso tho morning of tho
murder. With him on the stand Miss
Morrison's attorneys had promised to
furnish a surprise.
I.ateat Ountatlon from Soutu
anil Knvian City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cnttlp Thero was n very light "in.
Packers nil seemed to want a fairly lib
eral number of cattlo nnd as ft result tho
feeling was a llttla better on nil good
cattle. Thero wero nbout twenty loaus
of beef steers Included In tho receipts
nnd tho market could safely bo quoted
stronger, particularly on tho good heavy
weights. Puckers nro not very anxious
for tho common Btuff and tho ngnt
wclghts, nnd on thnt cluss tho feeling was
not so much better. In somo cases tho
choicer bunches sold Be or even 10c higher
thnn yesterday, but tho situation could
probably best bo described by calling It u.
good, strong mnrkot. Practically every
thing wns sold In good season. Tho cow
market did not show much change, but
still a llttlo better prlcca wero obtained
for tho better grades of corn-fed stun.
Trices nro probubly n dlmo higher than,
they wero Tuesday, which wns tho low
day, so that tho market Is about back to
whero it wns on Moaday. Tho grasscra
havo not Improved ns much ns tho corn
feds, but still they nro selling a little
better thnn they wero on Tuesdny.
Hogs Tho fresh receipts wero fairly lib
eral nnd ns thero wero several loads car
ried over from yesterday tho supply on
salo was of good proportions. Tho mar
ket opened very slow nnd packers wero
bidding 2ViS3c lower than yostorday's
genoral mnrkct. Sellers did not llko the.
Idea of selling any lower, nnd as n. re
sult It was somo time beforo much wns.
dono and tho hogs moved townrd tho
scales very slowly. Tho bulk of tho early
sales wont at $3.S"Hfl5.92W, with somo of
tho better grades as high ns $5.974. Tho.
market, however, grow worso Instead of
trotter ns tho morning ndvnnccd, and It
flnnlly took pretty good hogs to bring'
$3.90. Tho most of tho later sales went at
$5.S7JJ.
Sheep There wero quite a for sheep
on salo today and the market on fed Bluff
held Just about steady. A string of weth
ers sold at $3.C3 and a small bunch of na
tlvo owes brought $3.60. Fair to good,
western ewes Bold at $3.00. Taking every
thing Into consideration those prices look
ed Just about steady with yesterday.
Lnmbs also sold In nbout yesterday's
notches. Western Btuff sold as high as
$1.50. There wero several cars of western
grass sheep on Bale this morning, but
packers wero slow about taking hold of
them and tho mnrket could bt quoted h.
llttlo lower.
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle Cholco beef steers, CftlOc higher;
others, steady; cholco dressed hoof steers,
$3.50515.90; fair to good, $3.00115.40; stockers-
and feeders, $3.50(01.93; western-fed steers,
$1,5013.73: Texnns nnd Indlnns, JI.155.23;
Texas grass steers, $3.0001.00; cows, $2.$i
Tt.50; heifers, $3.50f5.00; canners, $2,000
2.73; bulls, $3.2iffl.75; calves. $3.5003.00.
Hogs Market steady to 2',4o higher;
top, $G.07,$; bulk of sales, tS-SSfiCOS; heavy,
fB.WtfG.OVii mixed packers, $3.S530,03;
light, $3,005(5.90: pigs, $3.2M75.G3.
Sheep and Lambs Marlot strong; west
ern lambs, $1.33f?3.00; western wethers,
$.1,250-1.00: western yearlings, $1.0034.50;
ewes, $3.23-33.70: culls, $2.O0ff3.0O: Texas
grass sheep, $3,001(3.00; spring lambs, $1.50-
G3.10.
ROOT ISSUES FINAL ORDER.
GERMANY TO SOUND TRUSTS.
Intend to I.i'iirn o TI-olrKlTcot Upon tho
Triulo of tlia Country.
BERLIN, Juno 21. Tho World cor-
icspondcnt hears that Count von Due-
low proposes to send a commission of
experts to the United States to collect
all tho nvallnblo Information on tho
working of trusts and their offect on
tho general trade of tho country. Tho
German government and emporor nro
deeply concerned nt tho trust develop
ments nnd tho report of this commis
sion will determine whether special
legislation shall be Introduced In tho
Reichstag dealing with them.
FIRE IN THE STATE PRISON.
lllll Ciiinpiiiiy Lone. ,
BOSTON, Mass., Juno 25. Judgo
Drown of tho United Btntos circuit
court today handed down a decision
ndverso to the American Doll Tolo
phono company In tho suit for Infringe
ment of pntonta brought ngalnst tin
National Telephone Mnnufncturlng
company and tho Century Telephone
company. Hills In equity ontorod by
the Iloll company aro dismissed on tho
ground thnt tho palont Involved in tho
first enso was void and that affecting
tho socoud elthor was void or bo limit
ed ns not to bo Infringed by tho defendant.'.
It I (Inn, CrowUer Now.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 25.
Commissions na brigadier genorals
havo been Issued to Enoch II. Crow
dor, Judgo ndvocato's dopartmont;
James Allen, slgnnl corps, and Robort
L. Houso, cavalry. Thoy will hold
theso places until Juno 30. Tho np-
polntmenta nro in recognition of the
services of theso men In tho Spanish
war and tho Philippine campaign.
Attempt to Destroy the Itoinnlnlng Wing
I Thwarted hy Prompt Discovery.
LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 21. Tho re-
mnlning wing of tho Nobrnskn peni
tentiary building, ono of which wns
burned Inst March, narrowly escaped
destruction Inst evening from a flro
started maliciously. Govornor Savago
nnd Warden Davis say by convicts
employed In tho broom factory.
Prompt discovery allowed tho flames
to bo quenched In their lnclplency nnd
tho damngo Is nominal. An Investiga
tion In tho broom building showed
that ft candle had been lighted nnd bo
placed that after burning Itself nbout
half way would com mm: lento to n
mass ot broom corn. Tho nozzlo of
tho hoso had been plugged, but tho
pressuro was bo strong that tho water
removed tho obstruction and tho fire
was quenched.
Clinrfi Military (lovernnr.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 24.
Following tho order Issued yesterday
making Judge Toft civil governor of
tho Philippines, an order hns been
Issued naming General Chnffco ns mili
tary governor of tho archipelago. Tho
milltnry has been ordered to vncatn
tho Ayuntnmlento, tho lnrgo public
building which was. erected out of
the municipal funds of Manila for gov
ernmont purposes. This will bo occu
pied by tho civil olllcers in tho Philip
pines.
Tho palnco of Malacayan, heretofore
occupied ns hendqunrters for Generals
Otis nnd MncArthur, also has been or
dered vacated by tho military authori
ties, nnd will bo occupied by Governor
Tuft.
Hrimlor Kyle' Condition.
AIlEItDEEN, S. D Juno 25. Son
ator Kylo's condition hna not changed
mnterlitlly. Ho Is somewhat better
this morning than ho wns yesterday,
but Is a vory sick man.
Now Stiillou on llllnolu Centrul.
CEDAR FALLS, la.. Juno 25. In
order to provide hotter track facilities
the Illinois Central railroad has de
cided to establish ft unv station by tho
namo of Wllko midway botwoen Alilon
and WlUUms.
(lllhert I Stiipendml.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 25.
Presldout JoluiBon ot tho American
longuo has wlied Umplro Haskell that
Socoud Hnsciuan Gilbert of tho Mil
waukee base ball team Una been sus
pended for llvo dayB. Tho cnuso of
suspension Is not known hero.
Man I Tii li mi for n liner,
SPEARKISH, S. D., Juno 25. Thero
hnvo been rumors In town for several
days to the effect that a man had been
Bhot and killed In the Hear Gulch min
ing district, ho being taken for n deer.
As near as can bo learned two men
wont Into tho gulch on n hunt. It Is
believed tholr names were Cook and
Dougnl, tho lattor belug the ono killed.
It Is stated thoy woro residents of
Selm, S. D. Tho accident Is said to
J liavo taken, pluco near Crow Peak,
liner' Intllct I.o.nen.
CRADOCK, Capo Colonoy, Juno 21.
In an engngemont nt Waterkloof Juno
20 tho British lost eight men nnd had
four mon seriously wounded. In nddl
tlon Blxty-slx men of tho capo (colon
ial) mounted rllles wero captured.
Captain Shandow is reported to havo
been wounded nnd ono Uonr killed.
Will Mnlce Wlicilt Jtl.r.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 21. It
Is now recognized ns Inevitable that
tho cereal harvests of 1901 In Prussia
will show tho largest and most dlsas
trous deficit that has been recorded In
recent yenrs, nnd tho requirements of
the German empiro In respect to for
elgn grown foodstuffs will far exceed
thoso In nny recent year.
Theso statements nro Included in n
long report upon tho deficit In Ger
man brendstuffs received at tho state
department from Consul Genernl FraifK
Mason at Berlin.
I'ublUhe President' l'rorhimntlnn Ei-
tnhllHhlng Civil Oovcrnment.
WASHINGTON, Juno 22. Secretary
Root today issued tho order of tho
president establishing civil government
In tho Philippines. Tho ordor is ao
follows:
"On nnd after tho 4th day of July,
1001, until It shall bo otherwise or
dered, tho president of tho Phlllpplno
commission will exerclso tho cxecutlvo
authority in nil civil nffnlrs In tho
government of tho Phlllpplno islands
heretofore exercised In such affairs by
the military governor of tho Philip
pines, and to that end the Hon. Wil
liam II. Tnft, president of tho said
commission, Is hereby nppolnted civil
governor of tho Philippine Islands.
Such cxecutlvo nuthorlty will bo ex
ercised under and In conformity to
tho Instructions to tho Phlllpplno
commissioners dated April 7, 1900, and
subjected to tho nproval and control
of tho sccretnry of war of tho United
States. Tho municipal and provincial
civil governments, which havo been
or shall hereafter bo established In
said Islands, and all persons perform
ing duties nppertalnlng to tho offices
of tho civil government In said Is-
Inuds, will, In respect of such duties,
report to tho snld civil governor.
"Tho power to appoint civil officers
heretofore vested In tho Phlllpplno
commission, or In tho military gover
nor, will bo exercised by tho civil
governor with tho ndvlco and consent
of tho" commission.
Tho military governor of tho Philip
pines i3 hereby relieved from tho per
formance on nnd after tho said 4th
of July of the civil duties horelnbo-
foro described, but his nuthorlty will
continue to bo exercised as horotoforo
In thoso districts in which insurrec
tion ngalnst the authority of tho Uni
ted States continues to exist, or In
which public order Is not sufficiently
icstored to enablo provincial govern
ments to bo established under tho In
structions to tho commission dated
April 7, 1900.
"ELIHU ROOT,
"Secretary of War."
ltefiiK l'rrlilntlile I'rrlcht.
COLUMBUS, 0., Juno 24. Tho Nor
folk & Western railroad offlclnls hero
havo no Information regnrdlng tha
disaster In West Virginia beyond tho
fact that great damage has been done
to tho road In tho Pocahontas district,
n number of bridges having beon wash
ed awny. Orders wero Issued to ac
cept no perishable freight tor ship
ment to points on tho eastern end of
tho line. No attempt Is being mado
to run trains east of Kencva.
Modern Wonder In I'nrl.
PARIS, Juno 24. Ladles going this
year to Trouville, Dcanvlllo nnd other
resorts nro much Interested in ft now
Itftllnn Invention, n llfo-savlng corset,
Invented by Slgnor Montngnoll. It Is
mndo of waterproof linen and can bo
InflnteJ In ft few seconds. In ono trial
of It a cr.llor wns thrown Into tho sea
with his handB and feet tied nnd a
125-pound weight attached to his legs.
He remained floating nnf four men
could not push him down.
Ileliron' New Court IInue,
HEBRON, Neb., Juno 22. Tho con
tract for tho erection of a court houso
according to tho plans of G. W. Bur
linghaff wns let to Robort Butko of
Omaha. Tho building will be throo
stories with a tower and built of In
diana limestone ut a cost ot ?5G,000.
Andrlos De Wet, tho Boer lender,
Bays he Ib coming to tho United
States In tho middle of July to lecture-