The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909, September 03, 1897, Image 6

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LAMS PU1
TZho Mooting of Dolcgntos Sottlo
Down to BusineoB.
m PLAN SAID TO BIS FORMULATED.
iSlr. JLileJi furil TelN About the .MlnerV (
tflrilto unil "Ooierniiictit by Injiini,-
lion" mill Wim I H ii Special Scm- j
hlidi of Cmigrem. I
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'St. Loitih. Aug. )il. Kourteon dili'er--!nt
labor organizations, iticsl titli n
JPebs' Koelul democracy, n pplfmoii tctl
M)y Uic populist party in Kansas, wero
Krenrcse.nted tit thu big labor confer
ence Unit assembled huro yesterday,
ibul what tin; SS (lilTorctit. delegates au
complishcd during a very busy session
iu otic know. basldcs themselves. Tho
committee on resolutions and plan of
action wan ut work all afternoon and
Antil night. Mr. Sovereign announced
'that it had formulated a plan, but do- !
alined to give any details. I
Chairman Sloinbiss, of tliu local com
wiiittcc. of arrangements, called tho
4cilor conference to order at ten
o'clock. A bout TOO people were neut
te.rud about the ball, not all of them, '
.towuver, being delegates. Mr. Slelu
bitts suggested that as the call for tho
convention had been issued hurriedly, i
:ind n.s many of the delegates were yet
.unadvised as to the meeting place' and
Jionr, mi adjournment be taken iu miiu hiiii iiib munuy iinuvcr wiuim
till II o'clock. Shortly after 11 o'clock il- Tliere were three distinct explo
re contention was again called to hions as the robbers forced their way
order, W. Ii. I'resoott. chairman of tho t( tho bank's treasure. Although they
National Typographical union, of in- v'" lard by hundreds of people and
dianupolis,' was chosen temporary tnu ,,,m,c wa-s h surrounded by an
-chairman, and W. ('. Pcuroe, of Coliini- exulted throng, the safe-crackers
4uh, temporary secretary. Mr. Pros- ' escaped and arc still at liberty. The
co tl then appointed a committee on ' third charge was exploded even while
.credentials. Considerable controversy ll' trooL in front was thronged with
jiro.se over inc naming ol a committee ,
on resolutions, which, although tho
-convention was not yet permanently
organized, was moved by one of the
delegates. This brought out a Hood of
3unondmculs and motions, but tho
whole matter was finally tabled and tho
meeting adjourned until two o'clock.
.The committee on credentials madu
"its report immediately upon the us
Humbling of tho conference for its
afternoon session. It was shown that
J8S delegates, representing tho follow
dng organizations, were represented:
'United Mino Workers of America, tho
"Social Democracy, the American Fed
eration of Labor, tho Stonemasons' In
leniutionul union, Hrotherhood of
lVaintcrs and Decorators, Hrotherhood
of Ilottlo Hlowcrs, Uuildiug Trades
'Council of St. Louis, tho Patriots of
Amierlea, tho Hrotherhood of Track
iForcmcn, the Single Tax League of
America, Central Labor Council of Cin--ciuiiaU,
the International Typograph
ical union, tho People's party of Kun
. Ksiaand the industrial Order of Krecd-
itirm.
'AL'hu. chairman then named acommit
'f acts. on resolutions and plan of action.
JUr. Jlutohford then took the lloor. Ho
WcrX, over tho miners' strike from its
"inception to tho present day, and
vUwult particularly upon "government
by injunction." Ho pleaded for
r. prompt action, and coming to tho
iHjjoiut of his argument, advocated an
. appeal to tho president of tho United
States to call a spoeial session of eon
jpjniss to act upon tho matter of injunc
tions, and find means of relief from
"tho existing troubles in the labor
vworld. "In case of refusal," said Mr.
Itifilchford, "J am in favor, if tho presi
dent refuses to call congress together,
of a complete paralysis of business. I
Jbe.liuvc in a sympathetic strike."
Patrick O'Neill, of Rich Hill, Mo.,
yho said he represented 1,500 "organ
fizefl picks," favored a labor revolution,
1 lie wu.s a socialist, ho said, and be
i liuvcll in the minors taking things in
v. their own hands, if necessary. His
"fierce harangue pleased the audience j
-.greatly. Mr. Sovereign put himself
on record as opposed to Mr. Iltitch
tfovd'H plan. Ho believed this would bo
tbe last convention to be held under
(present conditions and Unit the crucial
4chI now confronted organized labor.
Less than 1,001) people, among whom
vrcro a large number of wonien, us-
numblcd in Masonic hall last night to
listen to addresses by prominent labor :
leaders brought to the city by the eon- i
reronee. urand Muster Workman
Sovereign, who presided, made an tin-
passioned address, in which he said
tho laboring men of the country aru
'uow face to face with the last great
i problem of civilization their rights
and liberty of f roe speech, llo predict-
cd that tho conference would result
art the issuance of an edict that would
Jlead U a new era of liberty to the la
'borinjf classes of America.
The presiding ollleer thou called for
liugciie V. Debs, and John V. Kelley
ami!quuc.cd that the social democracy
Sunder was busy with tho committee
on resolutions and could not attend
rt.be meeting. He sent word, however,
that after tho presentation of tho re
jporfcof tho committee this morning ho
would make an expression of his views
on the question before tho conference.
John V. Lloyd, of Chicago, spoke in his
stead. Ho t-nid the injunction was tho
Cast nail in tho colllu of freedom and
jjuti'.ic-e, and predicted that thero would
mover be an eil'ectlvo strike until every
wheel of industry in tho country was
stopped.
At midnight the committee on rcso-
Cotious went into session at the La-
cludo in an endeavor to prepare some-
thrT tunable to report at to-day's
ujieetintf
nmrnvwrnnnnn
KILLS TEXAS FEVER.
Wonderful Nucceiful F.xpcrlincriM With
Hid Dip ill Fort Worth, Tex.
K anhah City, Mo., Aug. HO. A prom
Incut Texan ranchman naid yesterday:
"No discovery of recent years is
fraught with so much interest to the
southern and southwestern cattlemen
as Unit of an ellleient dip at Kort
Worth, Tex., for tick-in fected cattle,
and a debt of lasting gratitude is due.
Dr. Victor A. Is'orgaard, the govern
ment veterinarian in charge." The re
sults of dipping in a solution of para
line oil have been so wonderful that
its adoption lias already been oilieially
recommended to Washington. It not
only destroys the ticks in a short time,
but does so without the least injury to
the animal's bide, hair or eyes. It is
said that cattle dipped in this solution
in 17 hours from the time they entered
the dipping vats were perfectly free
from ticks, and they could have been
safely admitted into any country.
SUCCESSFUL DANK RAID.
Ihri'ii Kobheri Curry Awiiy 8!!,00( from
tint Institution nl Flnidiilc, K ii ii.
IOi.mdai.k, Kan., Aug. HO. Three dur
ing robbers broke into the Pcoplu'a
Exchange bank at an early hour Sun
day morning, blew open the safe,
after three loud explosions, and,
though the building was surrounded
by hastily-awakened citizens fully
armed, escaped with nearly S'J.OOO in
cash in their possession. The cracks
men used nitro-glyoerlno in gaining
entrance to the vault, and blew open
pciipiu "Vllh " capturing me tiunng
men within.
HAD A
NARROW ESCAPE.
Wreck on tho Chlciit;o A: Alton Near Alton
Scare Theatrical I'dIIih.
Sr. Lon.s, Aug. .'). The passengers
and train crew of the midnight .special
on tlic Chicago A Alton railroad, which
arrived in this city at 7:l.r a. m. from
Chicago, narrowly escaped death in a
wreck near Alton yesterday morning.
Near the outskirts of that city the en
gine was derailed, while proceeding at
a high rate of speed, by spreading
rails, and went down a l."i-foot em
bankment. The tender, three baggago
cars and a postal car, followed and
rolled on top of the engine, under
which Peter ltafl'crly, of Hlooinington,
tho engineer, was pinned. He was
taken out fatally injured. Several Pull
mans, in which were theatrical peo
ple, remained on the track, but tho
shock threw the passengers from their
berths and sever 1 were injured more
cu' less seriously.
THREE FIRE VICTIMS.
llorrllilo Arililcnt nt I'ort 'l'liinpii VAtj,Vln,r
CllilHCd ly ICxpiMlon of CiihoIIiiii.
Tampa, Flu.. Aug. 30. Mario, the 14-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Frimccs
Valdez, of Port Tampa City, went into
the kitchen to start a lire yesterday
afternoon. She poured on kerosiUo
and instantly then; was a deafening;
explosion, followed hy the girl's ago
nizing erics as she ran from tho room
on 11 ru. Mrs. Yaldej: at once went to
her daughter's assistance. While lio
was attempting to extinguish tbo
Haines, hcrown clothes caught lire amL
the two ran screaming from the liousu.
lloth were burned 1u a crisp. Tho
house cuvtght tire anil was destroyed.
A small boy was hunted in the house.
Ills body is not yet recovered. Tho
lire spread rapidly mid live houses
were Imrautl, there being no tire pro-
j tuction
CLEVELAND IS MODEST.
(IImh ISl.ddO to ii Irlxlii Kiluriitloiuil In. .
Htltlltlon (ill II SciTlit (.'olllllt Inn. i
Uich.mo.no, Va., Aug. IK). Kx-Post-inastcr-lienerul
Vilson, president of
Washington Lee university Lex-
ington, has received a SI, 000 check for
the institution on condition timt tho.1,
giver's name shall remain a secret, but
it is believed that ex-President Clove- '
laud, who advised Mr. Wilson to ac- ,
cpt tho presidency of the university,
.sent the money.
DEADLY TIDAL
WAVE.
I HuuilreilH of People Drowned hv
PIooiIh In
i litpmi unil Cliliiu.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. :!(). The .lapun
ateumor just in brings news of severe
earthquakes in .lapun on August fi, fol
lowed by a tidal wave and great Hoods.
A thousand houses were inundated
aud 200 persons were killed and in
jured. Sixty-live Chinese villages
icro also inundated and 11111113' peoplo
' drowned.
' A PilKlttvo Curthler Located,
Kansas Citv, Kan., Aug. :i0. Wil
liam U. Porter, Jr., the fugitive bank
cashier of this eiy.', has been located
at (lUadalajara, Alex., where he and
hU wife are living under tho names of
Mr. and Mrs. W. .1. Heed. Porter is
dealing in real estate there on a small
scale. The fugitive and his wife arc
both being constantly watched by a
Vinkerton detective.
Prepared to .licet Gov. Ilviiiiit.
C01.t1.MUiA, S. C, Aug. !!0. Senator
MeLuurin sent word to Uov. Hvans
that he was personally responsible for
everything that had been said against
tho executive during the campaign.
F.vans hud informed the senator tlmt
he would hold him personally respon
sible for the bitter attacks madu ou
him.
i IHIWMIMnfMI
A JMIOUD DAY.
Thousands of Old Soldiers Again March
to tho Music of Bands.
Thoy Are Led by 1'renhlent .tlelllnlny and
Trump Tliroitjjli Street, (Jlorlntis In
KIiikh ami Cheered hy Half 11
.Million Vol.i-i.
TJtn'i'Ai.o, N. Y., Aug. 'JO. Forty-flvo
thousand men yesterday marched
through streets glorious in Hags and
bunting, receiving the ovations of f00,
000 people. The president of the union
they fought to save, himself their com
rade, was at their head. When the
line of the (Iraiul Army procession
moved at 10:!50 in the morning, the sky
had not a cloud. The rainstorms of
tho night left a clear, bracing air that
was lilto tonic to the marching men.
The procession moved for live
hours and forty-two minutes.
Along the route of march 100 girls,
I dressed in colors of the Hag. scat
! lured flowers in the path of the sol
i diers. .President McKinley rode in n
carriage at the head of the procession,
PllKSIDKHT WILLIAM 31 KINLHV.
and waved his hat at the cheering
crowd. At the reviewing stand he
took his position with Connnander-in-Chief
Clarkson and Gov. IMack, and
the headquarters' staff passed in re
view. Of all the throng viewing tho
procession, no one person was more
enthusiastic or more all'eeted by the
sight than President McKinley. With
his hand ou his hat, continually Tin
covering to the national colors or the
salutes of the veterans, the president
watched the array of proud vetcans
march by.
Jt was nearly five o'clock when Uib
last of thu New York state division,
comprising a brigade of J'ull'alo posts,
passed the stand, and after nearly six
hours of constant attention the presi
dent and tlov. Made were driven to
their hotel amid thehuzznhs of the old
soldiers and tho apjrtause of the vast
crowd. Throughout the entire day
the great crowd was orderly, and there
was no intrusion upon the president.
The president admitted that lie was
tired with the day's work, but pleased.
President JIcKinley, after his return
to the hotel at night, said of the paradu:
Kvun to n veteran tho sl(,'li6 was :v most sur
prising as well ns mi Inspiring one. It Is too
Sail that ovvTV child la llio country c-ould not
frco It. for lil would surely Inspire patriotism
and Inculcate nil tho jooil (juiiltties that o to
r.iaUo up Me American oltfcien. I never laid
supposed until yesterday that so ninny hravu
survivors ot tho war were cnpuhlu o following
Cfjirtlal music tliroiiKli eity streets. Such a
tllsplay of patriotic couniKO cannot faiO lo bo of
twMiutlt to tho entire country.
Prusidemt iMoKinley visited camp
tires during the evening at two of the
local churches and the crowds that
greeted him were tremendous. lie
spoke brielly at one saying:
ladles niul gentlemen: TKo saddens part of
tlso reunion of tho old soldiers of tfrr nriny is
that at every annual encampment -wo miss
ninny fiiuiiliar faces. Our comrades are dim In
ishlnu with tho ptisslni,' years, tho circlo Is nur
rowlni,' and uvory annual roll cull discloses ono
ind still another not present, but accounted
for. They havo (,'onc from human shrht ; thoy
have parsed from nssoeintlou with us huro
nuy lier; thov havo none to join tho
Kreat majority of that army vrttli whleli
they wesv so loni; associated and tliey sloop to
nlKht within those (,'ruen tents whcv.o curtains
never outward swluiJ. Grant has Kne. fahor
miui niul Sheridan aud Thomas and Mel'horson
and I.ivr.iii and a lout; lUt heslde. rich in pro
clous memories and not only huo tho great
comiuandors uoiio, but tho rault ami tllo of that
splendid army havo joined their old command
ers on tho other short. Tli-y nro i;ono who
hoem so great; their ulorlous work is done,
and they wear a purer crown than anv man can
weave them. Speak no more of their renown,
but in tho vast cathedral leavo them. Hod nc
cept them, Christ recclvo them. U Is our duty,
it is our business to preserve and Improve uivl
streiiKtheu and jtloiify tho manltleent institu
tions for which thoy fouuht and for which thoy
Kttvo their lives. I thank you, ladies and gen
tlemen, for this moment that you have given
to mo to pay my respects to that noblo army of
volunteers, tho sacrlllolal giants wh threw
darkness asundor and thus assured our nation
al existence.
AN ASSASSIN'S VICTIM.
PrcHldcnt llonlii, of Uruguay, Shot Down
miring a National l'ete.
Monti:vidi:o. Aug. 'JO. .J. Idiarto
llorda, president of Uruguay, was
killed yesterday, the victim of an as
huss.in's ballot. The crime occurred
during a national fete, which was be
ing held here. Hie murderer was a
young man named Arredondo. lie
was immediately arrested. While
the assassination of President
llorda in universally denounced,
his removal from the sphere
of control is regarded as a good
thing for Uruguay. He has long been
suspected of keeping revolution alive
for his own purposes and he was con
nected with a linn which provided
military materials for the government
whereby he hud umusscd a fortune.
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ALL RECORDS ECLIPSED.
Tim On-lit Ntur Pointer Pari- a .Mlto If) I.rm
'I linn Two ."UliiiitcH.
Hkadixo, Mass., Aug. !10. The two
minute mark for harness horses, about
which experts have long written and
talked, was passed at the grand circuit
races hero Saturday, the grand Chicago
pacing stallion, Shir Pointer, owned
by .lames A. Murphy, going the full
mile in the phenomenal time of l:iV.)f,
thus necessitating the setting of a
new limit to the speed of light harness
horses. Accompanied by a runner, tho
big bay Tennessee pacing-bred stallion
wiped out the mark and had three-
quarters of a second to spare when ho
went under the wire.
It was tho most '
wonderful performance ever show i bv
a light harness horse and about 8,000
people went wild over it.
Prosreis of tint IIih-ihmr Ilorc.
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Flora Temple Trot
Dpxlcr Trot
Goldsmith Mnlil Trot
KiniiKKlur Trot
Miiint S Trot
.Johnston ...Pace
Tuy-Kyo-Sco Trot
Muutl S Trot
Sunol Trot
Nancy llnnlcs Trot
Allx Trot
Ituhurt J I'.ieo
John It. Uoutrj IMco
Star PoIat'T J'.ico
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DEATHS EXCEED BIRTHS.
Declaration Almlu Tlmt the Negro Itium
Aluy lie Cxtlnct within ii Century.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Aug. :i0. Statis- i
ticians, scientists and sociologists have
for some years declared that the negro
race in America isdiminishing in num
bers. This statement is based upon
the mortality reports of large cities,
and recent statist. cal publications de
clare that the negro problem will set
tle itself by the extinction of the race
from natural causes within a century.
However true this may be, the reports
of the health department of Kansas
City show some remarkable facts
which have their weight upon
this subject. The table of mor
tality statistics shows that thero
were born in Kansas City dur
ing 1800 a.-KU persons. Of these
t'.'JIU were white and 200 black. The
licaths nirnibered 1.S7IJ, of which l,fi50
Were white and K') were black. Here
is the remarkable feature of these
figures: While 0M more white persons
were born than died during the year,
tliere were 1215 more deaths than births
among the negroes. When it is seen
that the negro population is less than
ten per cent, of the whole population,
these facts and figures are rendered
even more remarkable.
GRAND ARMY SUGGESTIONS.
Piivoring of VctcrniiH In Work IJrjjeil Por
kliilioiiiiirft Home Lincoln iMoriiiiiicnt4.
JJptkalo. N. Y., Aug. ru At the
final executive session of the Grand
Army of the Republic encampment a
resolution wn adopted urging the
provernineut to enforce thu law relative
to the employment on government
work of soldiers who were wounded
during the war and recommending till
citizens who had occasion to give em
ployment to discriminate wherever pos
sible in fnvor o such veterans. Tho
committee reported in favor of lifting
conjjruss to pass a bill setting a part 040
ncritsof timber land in the Indian ter
ritory for the use of the inmates of the
soldiers' home of Oklahoma. Tin? re
port was adopted. A communication
from, the Lincoln Monument associa
tion f California recommending that
monuments to Lincoln be erected in
every city in the land was indorsed
and the National Monument associa
tion will be asked to take favorable
uctioEL
A CORNER IN
COAL.
Plttxhnrgh Plrni Said, to lie In
"nil Control
of thf Market.
PiTESiit'itoir, Pa., Aug. !10. My the
end of this weelc practically all the
coal ii the Monongahula river district
will he in the hsiads of one firm, and
pricea. will be made by the lucky
possessors of the valuable mineral.
When the present strike began the
firm of .lohn II. .Jones it Co. saw that
prices must advance, and they quiet
ly went to work and bought coal
everywhere they could tit prices
wincn now seem very eiieap. Ltiey
hare been keeping this coal, and now
practically control the coal trade in
this vicinity. When seen Mr. Jones
refused to say just how much coal they
had, but admitted that the amount
was over 5,000,000 bushels. Inquiries
among other coal linns developed the
fact that tliere was very little coal out
side of that held by ,lones &. Co., and
that that firm would be able to get
their own price.
MINERS ARE STARVING.
rm'hn Hundred PcrxoiiK ut Nelson vllle, (.,
Absolutely Destitute.
Nklsonvilli'.. O., Aug. :!0. The des
titution among the miners here is very
groat. Manager ltuckley says 1,'JUO
persons, the entire mining population
of the town, have adsolutely nothing
to eat, and 100 of these are sick. In
this immediate vicinity there tire 1.000
destitute people, a large number of
whom tire children. Local charity has
helped them till its means are gone.
Pru of Low Price Pnded.
London, Aug. ho. 1 ne i lines, in an
editorial article on the wheat question,
expresses the opinion that the era of
bet ter prices is coming, closing the long
period of dopres-.ion, caused by the
constant addition of tho acreage of
wheat, rendered possible by the exten
sion of railways intfl new countries
and the enormoiis inercaso of the ton
nage u( steamships.
winncmi
TRAINSCOLUDE.
. Throo Missouri Paclflo Freights
j Oorao Togothor Noar StillwolL
. OXIi MAX KILLED, SEVERAL HURT.
Tliern Vro Two Wri'i'hn .So'rnl ,11 lies
Ajmrt Tho Plrst Caimcil hy u Section
ltrraklnc Loose mid tho .Si'coml
hy u .'MIsiiiMli.'rtiindliiR.
Kansas Citv, fo., Aug. 111. A colli-
sioti between three freight trains oc
curred near Stillwell, Johnson county,
Kan., yesterday morning, injuring sev
eral persons and killing one man,
whose name is given as Pontons, iirst
name unknown. The wreck occurred
about nine a. m. on the Colorado lino
of the iMissouri Pacilic between Still
well and Alartin City. Freight train
No. 12S, which left Kansas City at 7:15
a. in., was divided into three sections.
Freight train No. 110, eastbound, com
prised two sections.
There were two wrecks several miles
apart. The first was duo to the part
ing of one of tho sections of the west
bound train on a heavy grade. Sever
al cars on the roar end of the first suc
tion broke loose and dropped down the
grade, colliding with tho front end of
the section following. The engine of
the second section was damaged and
several cars derailed, but no one was
injured. The engineer and fireman
saw the runaway cars approaching
and jumped in time to escape injury.
The second wreck, which wtis duo to
a misunderstanding between the engi
neers of the eastbound and westbound
trains regarding the taking of a siding
nenr Stillwell, was more disastrous,
and resulted in several fatalities. It
was a front end collision, thu engines
coming together while both were run
ning at good speed. The engineers and
firemen were not aware of their dan
ger until it was too latu to save them
selves. One llreman is believed to
havu been killed outright. According
to the latest report received in this
city his body was buried in the wreck
age and had not been recovered. One
engineer, who is familiarly known by
the numu of "Daddy," and whoso
homo is in this uity, was severely in
juried, and it is beliuved cannot live.
At least threu others are known to
liave been seriously injured.
SIX MEN MASSACRED.
Mooiinlilners Shoot Down O Ulcers 111 Ujo
UIIiIh or Popn County, Ark.
Litti.p. Rock, Ark., Aug. 551. Six
men were probably massacred in the
i wilds of the mountainaof l'ojie county
j Sunday afternoon. Two wore killed
outright, two were fatally woundud
and left for dead, two have mysteri-
j ously disappeared, and are either dead
or being held captive by the blood-
! thirsty bandits who committed the
awful crimes. The killed are; Capt.
15. F. Taylor, of Searcy county, a depu
ty United States marshal; .loo Dodson,
of Stouu county, a deputy United
States marshal. The fatally wounded
are two brothers named IJenfrow, of
Suarcy county. Tho names of the
missing men arc not known, but
they tiro supposed to be deputy sheriffs
from an adjoining county. Tho vic
tims were all oflieers, and tho men
who did theawful work of carnage are
moonshiners of the boldest and most
desperate ciass.
l'ho scene of the bloody crime was a
gulch or ravine in the mountains of
Pope county, at an isolated spot :5
miles from Itussellville, the nearest
telegraph ollice. The region is wild
and isolated. It has for years been thu
favorite rendezvous for counterfeiters
and moonshiners, and a district in
which no law-abiding citizen could
live. The oilleers for a long time have
been trying to break up the lawless
ness in that vicinity, and many battles
between them and the desperadoes
have occurred. Capt. 15. If. Taylor, tho
richest man in Searcy county, and a
man of much prominence, determined
to aid the ollicers in putting down
crime in that section. He secured a
commission as a deputy United States
marshal and led the posse in the raid
that resulted in his death.
MOTHER
AND SON
KILLED.
Hun
Over by the sunrii !" 'Plug"
Xiiii r
Cedar .function. Kan.
Chdak .Ipnction, Kun., Aug. 31. Tho
wife and son of Thomas Coker, a black
smith, were killed by the westbound
Santa Ke "plug" last night at 5:10.
They were caught on a bridge half a
mile east of this station. Mrs. Coker
was 555 and the boy was ten.
Cash to Move the Crops.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Aug. Hi. Tho
sub-treasury at Washington, through
the local banks, has transferred S100,
000 to Kansas City. Tho treasury de
partment is doing all it can to facili
tate the transfer of currency to places
where the money is needed for moving
the crops.
Fierce Forest Fire.
St. Pa pl, Minn., Aug. ill. An Ana
conda, Mont., special says: A Herco
forest fire is raging a few miles west
of here and spreading with alarming
rapidity toward this city. The Hro
has already burned over 10,000 acres of
timber.
Victim of ii Alob'it Wrath.
St. 1'aul, Minn., Aug. Kl.A light
ning rod agent is reported to have been
lynched at llelgrade, a small town in
Stores county, Minn., tho people al
leging a cnbo of swindling.
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