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The big alligator which, for two
weeks has been the boss of the finny
tribe In the Mlssissippl'between Cahok
la and Baden, and Inis been the prize
■ought of all fisherman of East SL
Louis, Alton and Madison, has at last
yielded to fate. He is now only a piece
of hide in the hands of a taxidermist.
He was the biggest object that has
been caught In this part of the Mis
sissippi In the memory of any Inhabi
tants. He was 7 feet 6 Inches long
and weighed 476 pounds. He was cap
tured In a net by Herman Abel, of
South St. Louis, off Sandy Hook, across
the river from the St. Louis water sta
tion. It Is not known how the alli
gator came to be in the river.
The queen of Roumanla preaches the
"simple life." She writes: "If only
people could content themselves with
the fruits of the earth, with bread and
vegetables for their dally fare, how
raslly might men provide for their fam
ilies! If only women did not require
•uch costly toilets, they would never
be under the necessity of working for
their own living. For the present state
of things men are perhaps in the first
instance to blame, since they have en
couraged women to become so frivolous
•nd exacting; but the greatest fault
lies with the women themselves, whole
extravagance makes them demand such
sacrifices from their husbands.”
Til* sporting attractions of Hklbo,
Mr. Carnegie's Highland home, are thus
summed up: The extent of this shoot
ing Is about 20,000 acres, of which about
10,000 acres are moor, 6.000 acres arable
and 4,000 acres wood; 600 to 800 brace
grouse. 22 stags, 4 fallow bucks, 42 roe
deer, besides black game, partridges,
pheasants, snipe, woodcock, hares, rab
bits and wild fowl may be expected.
There la fair salmon and sea trout
fishing In about fifteen miles of the
Evellx and good trout fishing In Lochs
Migdale, Laggan, Lars and Butdhe.
The French partridge must look on
the rabbit as a true friend, for the bird
has no compunction In making use of
11s burrow us a place of refuge In times
of necessity. This tendency on its part
Is not generally known, but those who
have to deal with the red leg on the
wide heaths of Norfolk and Suffolk,
whbh are Infested with rabbits and
perforated with their burrows, are fully
aware of the manner In which the birds
disappear below the ground If driven
very hard.
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There Is a better way to make one's
frayed ruffs presentable than to pare
them with the scissors. Says a writer:
“With the first touch of steel the cuff
Is ruined. Light a match and pass it
round the frayed edge (do not burn i
your wrist). The cleansing fire will
remove the dross and leave Intact the
pure gloss of the cuff. A cuff treated
with fire will last laundry generations
longer than the cult treated with
•teel.”
Baron Fersen, captain of the Russian
cruiser Izumrud—who reported to the
rzar having blown up his vessel rather
than have her fall Into the hands of
, the Japanese—has Just that sort of
blood in his veins. For he Is one of
that family of Highland Macphersons
who settled In Sweden, where they
flropped the "Mac,” called themselves
Fersen, anti afterward overflowed Into
Russia, where they rose to high posi
tion.
In the National museum at Wash
ington there are only three relics of
John Paul Jones. These consist of an
old flag which flew at the masthead
Df the Bonhomme Richard, an old
flint-lock musket, and a fierce looking
cutlass, berth of which were captured
from the Serapls when Captain Jones
took that battleship In the famous na
val engagement In September, 1779.
Rider Haggard Is his own head gar
dener and has three acres of garden
under cultivation. His staff consists
of three regular men. with frequent
use of a fourth—the owner himself.
There are six glass houses, in which he
grows prize orchids, a highly cultivat
ed kitchen garden, an orchard and two
pondB, in which the author-gardener
grows aquatic plants.
A youth at Cambridge university was
In 1717 mildly remonstrated with by
his uncln on account of his chandler’s
bill being too high "by reason of yt
foolish custom you have got of drink
ing and treating wth Tea wch is not
only very chargeable but is ye occasion
of misspending a great deal of time.
I hope therefore you will leave it of."
In the city of Leipslc, the headquart
ers of the German book publishing
trade, there are 2,916 firms tilling or
ders, and its book publishers’ exchange
has 3,240 members, Leipslc has not only
one of the most celebrated universities
In Germany, but as a city is renowned
for Its music schools and concerts.
Australia is considering the introduc
tion of the metric system and a bill
providing for Its use will be introduced
\t the next session of the common
wealth parliament. The Idea Is to
make the system permissive for a cer
tain time, reserving the right to make
It compulsory at a given period.
We women are adepts of the Idle In
lustrtes because our time Is of no earth
ly consequence. Think of the miles of
lace we crochet, the impossible em
' broideries we make, the countless odds
and ends we construct, of no earthly
nse except to catch dust.—Mrs. Lane in
London Fortnightly Review.
One hundred and thirteen years ago,
w June IS 1792, the Hartford Rank was
•rgantzed under the charter granted by
the state a few weeks before, and its
•oors were opened for business on
August 8, 1792. It has'had a contlnu
»us business existence since that date.
Plans to build electric street car lines
In Pekin have aroused a great protest
ftrorn the natives, who say the cans
would be very harmful to the poor, as
a large number of coolies now make a
living by hauling passengers in rick
shaws or on wheelbarrows.
A scientific man In Buffalo proclaims
that he has discovered that working
•bout high voltage electric apparatus
•esults in ’’grave disturbances of the
digestive organs." and a whole train of
lyspeptlc symptoms.
A Sheffield (England) firm has on
slew In its window a pocket knife pos
sessing seventy-five blades. Each blade
•as a losal scene engraved upon it.
The firm offers 85,000 to any person
who can shut all the blades without
tutting Mis fingers.
A few Incandescent lamps with a zlr
scmlum filament Is announced in Ger
nany. Professor Weddtn. a physicist,
recently presented a lamp of this kind
\lo the Electro-Technical Society of
rJologne.
\While pursuing a mouse the other
l,y. Mme. Delatour of Paris, broke
.trough the floor of her room and found
*> the hole a braae box, ooatalnlng gold
Mom of the value of $1,000.
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NEBRASKA WILL BE
GREAT FRUIT STATE
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Excellent Showing Is Made by j
the Report of the Bureau
of Labor.
A GOOD CROP FOR 1905
With Exception of Apples Fruit Tree*
Are Bending Under Their Burdens
of Lusciousness Over the
State.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 9.—In Nebraska
there are 5,919,633 orchard trees. A
compilation of the various fruit trees in
the different counties was made by the
bureau of labor recently.
Otoe county, with 183.569 apple trees,
heads the list, while the next Is Rich
ardson, with 162,393. The third is Lan
caster county, with 169,000, and the
fourth Is Cass, with 156,082, and Gage
county Is fifth, which reports a total of
126,055.
The premiership In peaches occasions
some surprise, since It goes to Nuckolls
county, with 101,016 trees, with Gage
county p. close second, claiming 100,124.
Webster county reports the third larg
est number, 84,674, and Jefferson county
reports 79,497. Nemaha county, the sup
posed garden spot for peach culture,
reports but 73,864 trees, while Otoe re
ports 63,451, and Johnson 62.346, al
though Holt, a comparatively new
county, with a big area of sandhills
and newly-tilled "ralrie land, claims
66.599 trees of the peach variety. Cass
county has 74,150, according to the as
sessor's returns. The extension of hor
ticulture westward Is shown by the
fact that Garfield county claims 2,494
peach trees, Gosper 9.76S, Furnas coun
ty 20,320 and Kearney county 33,440.
Lancaster county Is credited with 1,590
pear trees, 5,088 of the plum variety and
14,840 cherry trees.
YOUNG JAPANESE MISSING.
Was Probably Victim of Y. M. C. A.
Fire at Lincoln.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 9.—The Lincoln
Y. M. U. A. building, a two-story frame
structure erected a year ago at the
corner of Thirteenth und P streets, was
practically destroyed by fire Sunday.
Little of the contents was saved. The
loss will not exceed $7,000, well In
sured.
A young Japanese who slept in the
building Is missing, and it is feared he
may have been burned to death.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
HAIL DAMAGES CROPS.
Causes Considerable Loss in Northeast
ern Nebraska.
Randolph, Neb.. Aug. 9.—A severe
rain and wind storm, accompanied by
hail, visited the country west of Ran
dolph. West and south of McLean the
crops are practically ruined. Late oats
was beaten flat to the ground, and
corn was stripped of Its leaves and the
naked stalks are standing.
Pierce, Neb., Aug. 7.—A disastrous
hailstorm visited the territory about
Jive miles east of here. The farmers
who have been heard from say they
will be satisfied if they get half a crop
of corn. The hail was live inches thick
on the ground. t
Thurston, Neb., Aug. 7.—An electrical
storm passed over tills locality, accom
panied by wind and rain.
SUICIDE NEAR AINSWORTH.
Man Aged 75 Years Takes a Dose of
Strychnine.
Ainsworth, Neb., Aug. 9.—P. B.
Hoard, living about eighteen miles
north of here, took u dose of strychnine
and died In a few minutes. Hts son
in-law wanted him to take an antidote,
but he refused, saying that he wanted
t< die. He leaves a wife and several
children. He was i5 years old.
STATE WILL INVESTIGATE.
Inquiry Concerning Horse Tail Reed
at Valley.
Valley, Neb., Aug. 9.—Dr. Peters, vet
erinary of the state university experi
ment station, began today the horse
tail poisoning experiment to prove the
fact that the many horses which have
died In this vicinity Is due to their be
ing poisoned by the “horse 'tall reed,"
which Is plentiful In the hay of Platte
valley. Tx^» horses will be used and
fed on the reed for several days. The
experiment will be at John Ingraham's
barn in Valley.
ROAD MAKES PROGRESS.
Settling with Farmers Whose Land Is
Taken.
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 9.—The Sioux
City and Western railroad has succeed
ed In making settlements with a num
ber of parties against whom condem
nation proceedings have been begun.
John Nau of Saunders county received
$6,000 damages. The new road pusses
through his farm buildings. The price
paid for farming land will average over
$125 per acre, but as the damage to the
other land Is necessarily taken Into
consideration, the average paid is but
little above the consideration of recent
sales.
From all Indications Esttna, the new
town laid out about seven miles from
this city, across the river, will have
quite a boom. A bank and two stores
have arranged to start In business there
soon, and there Is already some inquiry
for lots. It will be a good grain ship
ping point.
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GIRL STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Clothes Stripped from Child’s Body and
She Is Badly Burned.
Broken Bow, Neb., Aug. 9.—During a
severe electric storm the 6-year-old
granddaughter of Marshal Towsley was
struck by lightning and badly burned.
The bolt first struck tljc house, and the
child, who was standing in the door
way. received a portion of it, the cur
rent running down the left side, burn
ing the clothes from her body and pass
ing through the toes of the left foot.
Ex-Sheriff Armstrong, who ran to her
assistance, was neariy knocked sense
less.
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CUMING COUNTY HARVEST.
West Point, Neb., Aug. 9.—The har
vest of small grain is about finished
throughout Cuming county. Spring
wheat and oats are a little above the
average and winter wheat has done ex
ceedingly well. One field just thrashed
yielded thirty-two bushels to the acre
of extra heavy berries. Up to this year
only a very limited area of winter
wheat has been sown in this vicinity,
but the farmers are becoming alive to
its superiority over the spring variety,
and its cultivation Is becoming more
general. Corn Is lo first class eondi
J Uon.
MILLIONAIRE INDICTED
Bribery Charges Develop an Unexpect
edly Big Scandal in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee. Wi»„ Aug. 9.—A sensa
tion second only to that caused by the
Indictment of Charles F. Pfeister de
veloped In the case Saturday when
the commencement of a suit against
the Wisconsin Rendering company by
Mr. Pfeister for the recovery of $6,543
balance due on promissory notes held
by him was followed almost Imme
diately by a voluntary statement from
Fred C. Cross, president of the Wis
i onsln Rendering company, denying
(hat Mr. Pfeister owes the company
any money, und also denying having
ever made any such charges against
Mr. Pfeister before the grand jury or
having any knowledge or Information
on which such an Indictment could bo
based.
Charles F. Pfeister was indicted by
the grand Jury of Milwaukee county,
charged with stealing $14,000 belonging
to the Wisconsin Rendering company,
of this city. At the same time indict
ments were returned against four oth
ers, the rhurge of bribery being al
leged in three of the indictments and
one of perjury. The list of persons for
whom capiases were issued is as fol
lows :
Charles F. Pfeister, capitalist, one
indictment; larceny.
John F. Dlttmar, formerly supervisor,
one indictment; bribery.
George F. Reichert, supervisor, one
Indictment embracing fourteen counts;
bribery,
Harney A. Eaton, state senator, one
Indictment; bribery.
Frank F. Schultz, formerly newspa
per reporter, one indictment; perjury.
The Indictment against Mr. Pfeister
alleged that on March 30, 1901, the ae
•used was bailee of $14,000, said amount
being deposited with him for the Wis
consin Rendering company for the pur
pose of obtaining for the company a
valuable contract from the city of Mil
W'aukee for disposing of garbage. If
not so used, the money was to be re
turned to the company.
It Is c harged that the money was not
so used and that Pfeister converted It
to his own use. Thfc indictment caused
a profound sensation. Mr. Pfeister is
engaged in many of the biggest enter
prises of Milwaukee. He Is a director of
one of the leading banks, owns a large
interest in a big tannery, is proprietor
of a large hotel and owns one of the
leading newspapers of the city.
Mr. Pfeister Issued a statement de
claring the charge absolutely false and
without foundation.
The other Indictments are in a way
connected with the charges against
Pfeister. These indictments make the
total number so far returned by the
present grand jury 133. The jury has
taken a recess until August 22.
LITTLE GIRLS OUTRAGED
Lynching May Follow Horrible Atrocity
in Kentucky—Perpetrators in Jail.
Mt. Sterling, Ky.. Aug. 9.—A horrible
crime is reported here from West Lib
erty, Morgan county, and a lynching
may result. On Caney creek lives Levi
Phipps, a respected mountaineer, with
two daughters, who. it is alleged, were
taken from their home by five men
and kept captive in the woods all night.
The girls were terribly maltreated by
the captors, who released the captives
at daybreak. The girls, who were
nearly dead, managed to reach home,
and gave the alarm. A posse was
formed and the men captured and
placed in Jail. Lynching is openly ad
vocated, and a strong guard watches
the ail. The girls are aged 16 and 12,
and L is feared the youngest will die.
The names of the men could not be
learned.
ARE AFTER ILLINOIS.
Congressman Larimer and Representa
tive Kittleman Seek to Control
State in Interest of Shaw.
Chicago, Aug. 9.—Congressman Wil
liam Lorlmer has begun the presidential
campaign for 1908 in Illinois. The prize
sought is the state’s delegation to the
national republican convention and this
congressman’s present candidate is Sec
retary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw
of Iowa.
Last year James M. Kittleman of the
Nineteenth district was nominated for
the legislature by Congressman Lori
mer at the request of Secretary Shaw.
Since the legislature adjourned, Repre
sentative Kittleman has been boosting
Mr. Shaw wherever possible, and while
he Is related to the secretary, his mis
sionary footsteps lead to the Lorlmer
camp.
NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS.
Indianapolis, Ind.—"Mr. Dooley,” the
chimpanzee, in the Interest of which Gov
ernor Hanly was asked to suspend the an
ti-cigarette law, that it might smoke and
be immune from arrest while In Indiana,
died last night. An autopsy showpd that
the chimpanzee had died from shook and
general prostration as a result of being
deprived of cigarettes, which he had used
constantly for two years.
Duluth, Minn.—C. O’Flynn and Marshal
Alworth of Duluth have returned from
Isle Royale with a young black hear,
which they say was captured In a novel
manner. The men were fishing near the
mouth of Big Elsklwtt river, and Alworth
sent a leader down stream, to which was
attached a hook batted with a good sized
shiner. The line was carried around a
shari) bend by the current and the baby
bear, which seems to have been fishing
also, caught the shiner and was himself
caught, the hook fastening firmly in the
Ups.
Council Bluffs, la.—While unhitching his
team after the forenoon’s work, Peter
Keegan, foreman of the Wickham Bros.’
brisk yard was hurled against a tree by a
sudden start of one of the horses and re
ceived a fractured skull, from which his
death resulted In twenty minutes. He was
taking the bridle from the horse, which
Irritated him by endeavoring to eat grass.
With hts hand entangled In the bridle rein,
Keegan struck the horse a smart blow
causing it to Jump quickly down a short
decline dragging the man against the tree.
Winona, Minn.—H. Llttau, a veteran
drayman of Winona, was burned to death
In a Are in his barn. He had released four
horses when he was kicked down and Into
the path of the flames by the fifth horse.
All the Skill was burned off his body. He
lived two hours In great agony. This Is
the fifth time his barn has burned. Mrs.
Llttau was burned on the arms in drag
ging her husband from the barn. Four
horses were cremated.
Gettysburg, Pa.—While Miss Margaret
Deardorf, who lives near this place, was
making up her brother’s bed a large-black
snake sprang from under the pillow and
colled itself around her right arm. The
girl attempted to tear the snake away
with her loft hand, but In an instant the
coils had encircled her left wrist, and her
arms were squeezed together, as if in a
vise. Screaming for help, she ran to her
brother. He could not kill the snake with
a club, for fear of injuring his sister, but
succeeded in cutting off the reptile’s head
With a penknife.
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ACTION TO ENJOIN
SECRETARY HITCHCO
Omaha Indians Are Up in Arms
Over Disbursement
of Funds.
LARGE SUM IS INVOLVED
The Tribe Holds That a Payment of
Money of Trust Fund Is Pact
Due, but No Efforts Have Been
Made to Pay It.
Pender. Neb.. Aug. 8.—Ey their at
torney, Hiram Chase, the Omaha Tribe
of Indians, a corporation, has com
menced suit in the district court of
Thurston county to enjoin Secretary of
the Interior Hitchcock, General W. H.
Beck, special disbursing officer, and
Superintendent John F. Mackey of the
Omaha Indian agency, from expending
any more of the $100,000 set aside by
i ugress to be paid tne Omaha In
dians out of their $150,000 trust fund.
Judge Chase, who is not only attorney
for the Indians, but is also it member
of the tribal council, si ts forth in his
petition that the Omaha tribe is a
corporate body; that there are several
United States supreme court decisions
so holding, and that they have a right
to sue and be sued; that the treaty
with the government" provides that the
Omaha tribe must give their consent
to the disbursement of any funds ex
cept such as may be used for the pay
ment of employes or for the support of
schools, and that this payment has not
been approved by the Indians, nor have
they given their consent to the pay
ment. The petition prays for a tem
porary injunction until the day of hear
ing, when a permanent injunction will
be asked. Congress passed the act to
make this payment a year ago last
spring, and the Indians have been
waiting patiently ever since for its ar
rival. Two days before election last
fall a letter was received from Secre
tary Hitchcock promising to make the
payment at once. The Indians voted
accordingly, but until about one month
ago they got nothing. For some rea
son only $10,000 has been paid. The
Indians have been ordered to stay
away from social gatherings or dances,
and a lot of their guests—Poncas—
have been ordered home by General
Beck, the disbursing officer, on the
penalty that no more money would be
paid. He has also refused to give 1
children’s share to the parents, or give
Indians who have been guilty of drink
ing their share. All these things put
together have caused the Indians to
get ugly. They claim they are citizens
and have a right to dance or gather if
they wish so that they act peaceably
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MANY AFTER LAND.
Bonesteel Day’s Repeated at North
Platte Opening.
North Flatte. Neb., Aug. 5.—Wednes
day the city's streets contained many
strangers here Investigating concerning
the homestead land which will become
subject to entry on August 15 by virtue
of the expiration of the soldiers' declar
atory statements which, as has been
stated in this paper, were filed in the
interests of cattlemen. Many parties
secured maps of vacant land and have
gone out to look it over, and make their
selections. Every incoming train brings
a number of homeseekers who are get
ting on the ground and becoming fa
miliar with the land before the opening
occurs the middle of the month. Wed
nesday night quite a number were un
able to secure hotel accommodations
and had to stay in the streets.
The government prosecutions of the
people who have been making war on
the settlers and fencing in the govern
ment land are having a wholesome ef
fect and it is reported that these fences
are coming down as fast as they can be
gotten away as a result of these prose
cutions and from the fact that settlers
are actually moving into the country
the homesteaders are having less diffi
culty in taking and holding land.
Five of the soldiers who allowed their
declaratory statements to be used in the
interests of cattlemen were here yester
day. While talking to a city official of
this city several of them admitted that
they had filed soldiers’ declaratory
statements in the interests of prominent
cattltmen, and that they had leases
made of the land, and that they filed
their declaratory statements which are
about to expire for a consideration and
not in good faith. The mails are bring
ing into the land office here many in
quiries ab jt the land and the land of
fice is kept busy answering these. There
is hardly any doubt but all of the 250,000
acres which will be subject to entry
August 15, 16 and 17 will be taken be
fore January of next year.
CROPS IN WESTERN NEBRASKA
Hastings, Neb., Aug. 8.—Dave Marti
has recently made several trips into
Cass county, one of the extreme coun
ties in Western Nebraska, and the re
port lte brings of crop conditions in that
part of the state are most gratifying.
It is doubtful if that particular portion
of the state could ever boast of more
bountiful crops. Mr. Marti says the
crops in Cass are far ahead of this
county. Wheat, he says, is yielding in
scores of Instances from 30 to 35, 40 to 45
bushels to the acre and that if the pres
ent favorable weather conditions con
tinue corn out that way will pteld from
65 to 70 and 80 bushels to the acre. As
a result of these excellent crops land
values out there are booming and all
bargains in the way of farms are being
purchased at a lively rate. The land
buyers out there are quite numerous.
Mr. Marti traveled over the country
about Imperial and it was here he saw
wheat threshing out as high as 45 bush
els to the acre and some of the finest
corn fields he ever looked upon.
VIOLATING GAME LAW.
Ainsworth. Neb., Aug. 8.—When tiie
sheriff whs out in the country on busi
ness he ran onto Courtney Long and
(ieorge Herring with fifteen chickens in
their possession. As this was the first
ofTense, by the advice of the judge and
county attorney the sheriff swore out
h warrant for the killing of two chicks.
The men were brought before the judge
and lined $10 and costs each, which they
paid.
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FLOODS IN LOWLANDS.
Streams Are Out of Banks in Redwil
low County, Neb.
lndianola, Neb., Aug. 8.—Not for fif
teen years has there been such high
water in the streams of this county.
Lowlands are flooded and grain in the
shock has been badly damaged follow
ing a rainfall of five inches. A break
in the Holland irrigation dam has also
let loose a flood of water. The St.
Francis branch of the Purlington rail
road is again partly tied up as a re
sult of washouts.
TRAGEDY OF ERRORS.
Countess Falls in Love with Valet
Thinks He Is Her Husband—Sui
cide After Discovery.
Rome, Aug. 9.—A strange story of
Impersonation with a tragic sequel has
Just been unfolded in the law courts of
Rome. Count Adriano Benlculli, an ec
centric nobleman, charges Ills valet,
Antinoro Paolo, with having indirectly
caused the death of the Countess Benl
eulli. Taking advantage of the extra
ordinary resemblance between himself
and his valet, the count employed the
latter to impersonate him at various
•social functions in Rome and else
where, while he himself devoted his
time to his hobby of collecting and re
pairing ancient locks.
Paolo, provided with money and good
clothes, mixed in the best of society
and everywhere was received as the
count. Meeting the Countess Benlculli
at a ball, the valet paid her assiduous
attention. The countess was pleased
but greatly surprised, as her husband,
for whom she mistook Paolo, had neg
lected her for some years, not living
with her and not seeing her.
A few days after the supposed recon
ciliation the countess and Paolo drove
to Rimini, and were walking towards
some of the caves, a visit to which was
the object of the drive. Suddenly a
oung peasant woman rushed at them
and accused Paolo of deserting her, at
(he same time addressing opprobrious
Insults to the countess.
The latter then discovered that she
had been deceived, and the pseudo
count was her husband's valet. Kneel
ing in the street at the feet
of Paolo's wife she entreated
her pardon and then returned
to Rome alone on foot. The same night
she was found dead in her room. She
had poisoned herself. On her dressing
table lay a letter stating that she had
believed Paolo to be her husband, and
that the thought of what she had done
had driven her to suicide. She was un
willing to sully the spotless records of a
noble ancestry. The trial of Paolo has
been adjourned pending an inquiry into
the circumstances of the tragedy.
NEW YORK FIRE.
Flames Eat Up Vast Amount of Prop
erty of Lackawanna Railroad
and Destroy Wharfage.
New York, Aug. 9.—Inside of three
quarters of an hour Are swept away the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad company’s terminal in Hobo
ken, seized two ferryboats and prac
tically ruined them, and for half an
hour threatened the destruction of the
entire water front in the vicinity, in
cluding the Hamburg-American and
North German Lloyd steamship docks
at which several big ships were lying.
The property damage is estimated at
between $400,000 and $500,000.
So far as known no lives were lost.
Blazing ferryboats were cut from
their docks and floated in the river,
wandering Are ships, which for a time
endangered shipping in the river. The
Are started on an old wooden ferryboat
and swept by a northerly breeze com
municated with the ferry house, spread
to the main building of the Lacka
wanna and then to the Dukes house,
a famous Hoboken hostelry. The hotel
was a frame structure and ready prac
tically for the flames. By this time the
flames were spreading in all directions
utterly beyond the control of the few
fire fighters who had responded to the
first alarms.
Following the hotel the structure of
the public service corporations—the
street car operating company of Ho
boken, Jersey City and nearby places—
jvent down before the flames.
At 1 o'clock this morning the
Are was under control, the big steam
ship piers had been saved and a rough
estimate placed the damage at between
{400,000 and $500,000.
A remarkable feature of the great
blaze was that Inside of twenty minutes
after its start it had seized upon the
Lackawanna’s terminal and swept its
300 feet of train sheds, dooming them.
RELIEF EFFORT FAILS.
Ziegler Relief Expedition Cables That
Efforts to Find Traces of Ex
plorers Failed.
Baltimore, Md„ Aug. 9.—News today
was received in the following cable
gram from Dr. Oliver L. Fassig of the
Ziegler relief expedition:
“Shannon Island, via Edinburg, Aug.
7.—No members of the Ziegler ex
pedition were found on Shannon island
July 21. Much ice In the north Atlantic.
Will reach New York on the 20th.”
Dr. Fassig, who is an official of the
government weather bureau, is the sci
entist of the relief expedition which
sailed from Sanderfjord, Norway, on
May 17 on the Magdalina for Shannon
island on the east coast of Greenland,
with the hope that some members of
the Ziegler expedition which sailed for
the arctic regions from Norway in July,
1903, under command of Anthony Fiala
of Brooklyn might be found there. It
Is understood here that the Magdalina,
having failed In its purpose, will now
return to Norway.
MEDIUM IS A WONDcR.
Round Trip from Australia to Egypt in
20 Seconds—Protege of the
Stanfords.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 9.—The Ex
aminer says:
“Thomas Welton Stanford of Mel
bourne, brother of the late Senator
Stanford, has offered to donate to
Stanford university an almost priceless
collection of antiques which he says
were collected for him from Egyptian
tombs by the astral body of a black
smith mystic who took but twenty sec
onds for the round trip from Egypt to
Australia. The name of the blacksmith
medium or mahatma, is C. Bailey, and
it is said that some of the leading sci
entists of the world believe In his work
as a eommuner with the inhabitants of
the astral world, and his ability to per
form seeming miracles.
"Dr. Jordan, however, has made It
clear that this collection, the list of
which Includes many articles of great
value as antiquities, will not be ac
cepted, basing his objection on the
openly avowed method of its collec
tion.”
HE TOASTED THE CZAR
Secretary Taft Greatly Moves Russian
Admiral, Who Makes a Pro
found Bow.
Manila, Aug. 9.—Major General Cor
bin gave a dinner this evening to gen
tlemen of the Taft party. Rear Ad
miral Enqulst of the Russian navy and
staff were present. General Corbin
toasted President Roosevelt and Taft
toasted the Russian emperor. Admiral
Enqulst. who was much affected, then
arose and made a profound salutation.
NEBRASKA FIGHTS THE
GRAIN MEN’S OCTOPUS
Attorney General Files Suit to
Break Grain and Elevator
Trust and Stop Rebates.
BIG FIGHT IS LAUMCHED
Suit Is Filed After a Thorough lnves»
tigation by State and Private
Sources to Establish Fact
of Trust.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 5.—Attorney Gen
eral Brown, acting on behalf of the
(state, filed a suit in the supreme court
this morning, asking for the dissolu
tion of the grain and elevator trust and
upon his request Judge Barnes Issued
an order restraining the members of the
trust from accepting rebates on prices,
of grain at buying stations and using,
or employing the various devices in re
straint of trade made public in a recent
law suit. The testimony in that action
was closely followed by the state's legal'
department, and It has been supple
mented by private investigations along
similar lines.
DENIED A LICENSE.
First Cousins Are Not Permitted to
Wed in Nebraska.
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 5.—Arthur Kack
ley and Martha Calvert, of Princeville,
111., traveled 500 miles to be united in
marriage under the laws of Nebraska,
only to be balked at the desk of License
Clerk Harry Abbott by a provision of
the last session laws of the state legis
lature. Mr. Kackley and his wished
for bride are first cousins, and their
Ignorance of the fact that Nebraska
had Joined the ranks of the strict ob
servers of the laws .of consanguinity
caused them to flee tire state of Illinois
for what they thought a more propi
tious commonwealth.
For many years, the county judge has
had applications for marriage licenses
from first cousins who had crossed the
border from Kansas, Missouri, Illinois
and other states wnere such marital
relationships are prohibited. The last
legislature passed a law making this
state impervious to the clamorings of
Cupid in this regard, also, and so Mr.
Kackley was turned away disconsolate.
On being confronted with the refusal
to issue the license, the disappointed
bridegroom began to ask questions.
Then he told of the failure to obtain
the privilege of wedlock because of the
rigidity of the laws of the state of Illi
nois.
On learning that Iowa’s laws are not
so inconvenient, Mr. Kackley and his
finance decided to go thither, and left
on an afternoon train for Council
Bluffs.
This Is the first case where the new
law has been encountered in this coun
ty, and the attorneys and attaches of
tlie court house were much interested
in its outcome.
MEN HELD FOR FRAUD.
Arrested at Grand island as Members
of Money Order Raising Gang.
Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 2.—Tom Cart
mill and K. Morgan, two young men who
have been in the city for the last few
days, were arrested and lodged in jail. A
letter was received from the inspector
containing four letters addressed to Cart
mill with instructions to place them in
the general delivery and when called for
to arrest the man and hts partner. Both
are in custody at the city jail and await
ing further orders. The inspector writes
that he has just arrested a man at Raw -
lins who had stolen money orders in his
possession, and he is of the belief that
Oartmill and Morgan are members of too
gang of which his prisoner is a member,
their scheme being to buy money orders
of small amounts and raising them to one
hundred dollars. Officers will be in tho
city today to take both Cartmill and Mor
gan to Rawlins for investigation.
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CATTLE KILLED BY BLACKLEG
Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 5.—Blackleg in.
cattle has cost the lives of eight ani
mals from the herd of A. N. McGinnis
during the week. The remaining por
tion of the herd had been vaccinated. It
was just one week ago that the lirst
symptoms of the disease was noticed
by Mr. McGinnis
BADLY HURT BY GUN EXPLOSION
Oxford. Neb.. Aug. 5.—George W. Ue
bel, an old and well known resident of
this place, was (he victim of a serious
accident. In discharging the pump gun.
the piece exploded, driving the breech
pin into his face a depth of three inch
es. His nose was almost torn away
and he was otherwise disfigured.
WRECK AT PICKRELL.
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 5.—The tender
and three cars attached to southbound
Union Pacific freight, No. 71, were de
railed at Pickrell, blockading the track.
Northbound passenger, No. 22. and
southbound passenger, No. 23, met at
Pickrell and transferred passengers and
malls.
YAQUIS WISH TO BE GOOD
Would Like to Make Terms with the
Mexican Government.
Blsbee, Ariz., Aug. 5.—News comes
from Sonora, in a letter to the editor
of the Nogales Oasis, that negotiations
for peace are in progress between the
Yaqui Indians and the Mexican gov
ernment. Couriers are traveling
throughout the state wherever there
are Yaqui Indians, exhorting them to
commit no further depredations pend
ing a peace conference. A conference
will be held at Ures in a few days. It
Is said, between the Yaqui leaders and
Mexican representatives. The initia
tive came from the Yaquis.
The last treaty with the Yaquis was
made at Ortiz, in 1897, and was not
broken until 1899.
CASSIE LEFT POOR PICKING.
Cleveland, O.. Aug. 3.—Creditors of
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick will receive a
total dividend of about 7 mills on the
dollar when the matter Is finally set
tled, according to Referee in Bank
ruptcy Remington.
WRECK NEAR JOHNSTOWN
City Which Has Seen Many Disasters
Comes Near Having Another of
Awful Extent.
Johnstown, Pa.. Aug. 5.—The morn
ing train from Rockwood to Johnstown,
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
was wrecked today eight miles from
this city, prunging through a bridge.
One man was killed, two women were
possibly fatally injured and a half
dozen others seriously. That two score
more escaped death was almost *
miracle.