fHE O’NEILL FRONTlEH O. H. CRONIN. Publisher. (WEILL, NEBHARK/ Could a man. had he the opportunity, really live In any age widely remote from his own. Modern philosophy tells us that life Is then at Its highest and best when the organism Is perfectly adapted to Its environment. If this be so, then It Is clear that any large, sud den and abrupt change In the environ ment must Impair the vitality of the organism and might even destroy It al together. There are many worthy peo ple who delight to call themselves old fashioned, and are always longing, so they pretend, to live In some other and better age than their own. It la a vain aspiration, and those who entertain It only succeed, so far as they succeed at ■lII, In getting hopelessly out of touch with their own age. We have no other »ge than our own to live In, and the true wisdom of life Is frankly to live In our own age, and to make the best of It, neither bewailing the past, of which having no personal experience, we make to overselves an Ideal necessarily more or less false, nor disparaging the present merely because It Is no easy thing to live well and make the best of life In any age. Queen Mary of Kngland Is an expert needlewoman. She Is not only an ex pert dressmaker, but Is wonderfully clever at lacemaking. She has taught her daughter the way of making lin gerie gowns and has Insisted that the princess be trained In the same severe school as herself. Her training was most rigorous. She was taught the value of practical arts, and despite the royal position she never was led to be lieve she should fritter away her time. Her husband has been serious in that respect, for he Is earnest and fond more of solemn pursuits than society affairs. The queen has met many American women, but she has made warm friends only with those who are interested In charities, literature or have some special aim. To such wom en the queen often has said she wished society women would give up high heels and long earrings and learn needlework. In fact she even has said that learning to cook was much better than spending an afternoon at the races. The pure food law of Germany has many commendable features, as shown In the report of Carl Bailey Hurst, the American consul at Plauen, Saxony. There Is a public laboratory In Plauen, not only making a specialty of examin ing foodstuffs, but also all kinds of utensils. The German federal law au thorize the police to obtain by payment all kinds of food products, toys, car pets, paints, eating, drinking and cook ing utensils, and kerosene, and dealers mnd producers found guilty of violating the provisions of the pure food law, not only suffer penalties, but their premises afterward are supervised as frequently as the police may determine. Gross offenders against the law can be punishel by life long Imprisonment at aard labor. The laboratory Is required annually to analyze 30 miscellaneous samples, purchased of llfTerent deal ers; this to be done for every 1,000 in habitants. Bast year 3,306 samples were analyzed, taken from 1.463 places of Bale. Blnnossler has recently reported to the Academic de Medicine de Paris some Interesting experiments with re gard to the nophro-toxlc action of va rious meats. By subcutaneous Injec tion of an aqueous extract of hashed meat he has been ablq to produce al buminuria In rabbits and guinea pigs The minimum dose necessary to cause this condition Is variable, even when the same kind of meat Is used to pre pare the extract, a fact which must be attributed as much to a difference In the renal resistance of various animals as to variations in the toxicity of the meat. Albuminuria uppeurs very quickly after the Injection and only lusts a few hours. On Valley road, in Montclair, there is a house whldh has cost about $10,000 to erect that Is being furnished In the handsomest style by one of the big New York storeB. The structure will bo a model home In every respect, but no person will have his lares and pen ates there. The house Is for exhibi tion purposes only. It Is constructed of concrete throughout, and Is said to be the only one of Its kind In the world. Its builders assert that It will last for a thousand yeurs. The American sturgeon Is a distinct species and Is captured in Lake Michi gan and Lake Erie, where It Is land locked, but below the falls of Niagara the same species occurs and passes to the sea. It is recorded, with every probability of truth, that a specimen of this species was captured some years ago in the firth of Tay, having crossed the Atlantic. There are In the country In towns having more than 8,000 Inhabitants but 800 high schools. These schools aver age 17 teachers each, and have 365,000 pupils. In the smaller towns there are 8,160 high schools having an average of 2.7 teachers each and 405,000 pupils in all. Therefore 53 per cent of the Suplls attend small high schools which uvo less than six teachers each. Eggs with two yolks occur not un commonly. but eggs with throe yolks are exceptionally rare. Such an egg was recently laid by a barred Plymouth Rock pullet at the Maine experiment station, and Is described In some detail In a bulletin recently issued. The egg was somewhat, above the average size but no other abnormal feature was noticed. The hope of Singapore is for a great trunk line railway running from this southern point of the Malay peninsula northward through Slam to Burma and on to India, and a branch line through Cambodia into China. Some day that hope will be realized. Within a radius of 2,000 miles of the little Island on which Singapore Is built there is a population of 700,000,000. Piny said that thunder Is rarely hoard In winter and that the great fertility of the soil is due to the fre quency of thunder rain in spring Science has discovered the cause ni the nourishment in ruin water to he the presence of great quantities of ni trogen and ammonia in the thundei rain and in hall. The Subway Telephone Construction Company, of Chicago, has promised tc provide that city with a complete auto matic telephone system by the first ol June next year. At first it will covci only the business district, but luter will be extended to the residential sections Divorces are becoming more frequenl In France, an increase of 80 per cent being reported during the last eight years. There were 12.847 divorces dur ing 1909, as compared with 7,157 in 1300 Beer brewing in Japan dates bach only twenty year*, in 1908 the produc tion not only supplied nearly all th« home market, but sufficed for $601,44! of exports. An acre of growing wheat uees 61 tons of water a month. NEBRASKA OFFICIAL GIVES SALARY AWAY Basing Division on Population Each Family of Six Will Re ceive a Cent. Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. 23. K. B. Coyles, commissioner of public lands and buildings of Nebraska, has decided upon a plan of giving away his salary for charitable purposes. Cowles draw* a salary of $2,000 per year. Here l» his plan: Requests for donations will be fa vorably considered if the money is tc go to pay for churches, to pay preach ers' salaries, to libraries, to the Salva tion army, to pay for wooden legs or arms or crutches or for surgical opera tions. "No part of my salary will be given to skating rinks, baseball grounds, bi cycles, roller skates, trips to Europe pet dogs or parrots license to wed or for doctors’ services in case of obste trics. Persons should not waste time in calling in person or squander post age in mailing requests to me for these purposes. "My salary is $2,000 a year. I esti mate that there are 1,200.000 people in Nebraska, and in responding to re quests for donations 1 will divide my salary so that each Inhabitant will re ceive his proper share. A family of Mix persons will be entitled to one cent. If there are 300 persons in one society or church organization the donation will amount to 50 cents. Each appli cant can compute the amount coming by this rule. I have an income from my farm, quite small in a dry season, but this 1 decline to give away as 1 am reserv ing it for my grandchildren. It Is true that I have no grandchildren at this time, not even any children, but if this reason does not appear to the applicant to be sane and sound, I can think of some other reason on short notice and it will not pay to urge me to separate this small amount from my purse.” GOVERNOR’S MANAGER CONCEDES HIS DEFEAT Dahlman’s Majority About 1,000—Hitchcock Gets 2 to 1 Over Opponents. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 23. Although Governor Shallenberger has not yel conceded his defeat for the democratic nomination for the head of the state ticket, a telegram was received here last night from one of his campaign managers, Chris. Gruenther, vice chair man of the democratic state committee giving up the tight. Mayor Dahlman’s majority has been considerably re duced from iirst estimates, but will apparently be not far from 1,000 votes. Complete returns from 51 counties give Congressman Hitchcock, for Uni ted States senator on the democratic ticket, a two to one majority over both his opponents and more than three times the vote of his nearest competi tor, Richard L. Metcalfe. Date returns from the republican primaries only increase the lead of Aldrich over Cady for governor. With but 300 precincts to hear from, Al drich’s lead is more than 3,000. COMPLETE RETURNS FROM DIXON COUNTY PRIMARIES Ponca, Neb. Aug. 23.—Complete of ficial returns from Dixon county are as follows: Senator—Burkett, 166; Wliedon. 99; Adams, 22; Birmingham. 44; Sorenson, 47; Hitchcock, 189; Reed, 62; Metcalfe, 102. Governor- Aldrich, 184; Lowe. 59; Cady 118; Shallenberger, 255; Dahl mnn, 147. Congress —Boyd, 232; Brian. 142 State Senator Taleott, 182; Fritz, 135. Representative—Kirk. 131; Ellis, 250 County Attorney McCarty, 156; Hendrlkson, 190; Kingsbury, 269; Paul, 168. —♦— BRYAN DECLARES IN FAVOR OF HITCHCOCK Lincoln, Nob.. Aug nil. W. J. Bryan whose activities prior to tile statewide primary were in the' interest of It. I, Metcalfe as opposed to G. M. Hitch cock for United StuteH senator, last evening issued a statement declaring himself a hearty supporter of Mr Hitchcock since Ids nomination as the ! democratic candidate. Mr. Bryan says: "Mr. Hitchcock has made an excellent record in congress, and 1 shall do all In my power to secure his election tc the Senate. He ought to have every democratic vote arid enough insurgent votes to elect him." THINKS AIRSHIPS ARE GOOD FOR NAVAL WAR French Minister of Marine Says They Contain Wonderful Possibilities for It. Paris. Aug. 23.- Admiral De Lapey* sere, tht* French minister of Marine, has become an enthusiastic convert tc the possibilities of the aeroplane in na val warfare, in view ol' the results attained in the Paris-London flight of Moissant, the great cross-country course just completed by French avia tors, and other recent achievements ir, the air. In a statement today in* expressed the wish that the French fleet should take first rank in the world In aerial navigation as it does now In subma rine teats, and proposes the establish ment of flotillas of aeroplanes at the French naval base of t Cherbourg, 1 Brest, Toulon and Bizerta. Africa, tc protect tin* ports and locate the mines und submarines of a possible enemy. "For tin* price of a single cruiser," said the minister, "we may have thou sands of aeroplanes. They will be out scouts." DETECTIVE OF NOBLE BLOOD IS MURDERED Oyster May. N. V . Aug. 23.--Georg# Gostelll. a New Yolk detective, whr whs wi 11 known for his enormom strength, was murdered early today ir a tight with a crowd at the landing o. the Siawanhaka Yacht club's boa house here. Gostelll came to America sovcra years ago from Denmark. He said lit tle of his past Ilf*. Hi- prised great-y a seal ring on which was a coat o arms, and was belleyed to be u 11 in ter of u noble family. DAHLMAN IS MAN CHOSEN TO LEAD Shallenberger Defeated by a Narrow Margin—Managers Charge Fraud in Omaha. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 22.—Up to noon complete returns on the vote cast for governor In Nebraska had been re ceived from 1.178 precincts. These are about three-fourths of the precincts and It Is estimated that they contain about four-fifths of the vote. The total figures at hand show the following: Aldrich 14,335: Joe Cady, 12,453; Dahlman, 23,441; Shallenberger, 20,652 There is now no question about the nomination of Aldrich, but the result on the democratic ticket is more com plex. Shallenberger is constantly gaining and with approximately 600 precincts to hear from. If the gain of Shallenberger should be maintained, he could not be more than 1,000 be hind Dahlman. The Shallenberger managers maintain that the remain ing precincts are strongly for their candidate, while Dahlman insists that he ought to break almost even. Charges of Fraud. A new and sensational feature inject ed itself into the democratic end of the fight last night when Colonel Marshall and Lee Herdrnan. managers of the Shallenberger campaign,openly charged that in Douglas county there were 2, 000 fraudulent votes cast for Dahl man. Here it will he remembered his vote was 7,100, or almost 2,000 more than that cast for any of the other democrats on the state ticket. Mar shall and Herdrnan charge that there was not only repeating, put that men were registered from vacant houses and lots that were covered with weeds; that men were imported from Council Bluffs and even as far away as Sioux City. They claim that they have made a thorough and complete Investigation and that if on the face of the returns it should be shown that Dahlman has won by a vote less than that of Douglas, they will go into court and ask to have the entire dem ocratic vote of the county as cast for governor thrown out. Managers of the Dahlman campaign contend that they know nothing of any fraudulent votes and if any were so cast it was not with their knowledge or connivance. — PARTY NOMINEES FOR CONGRESS BY DISTRICTS From returns so far received it seems certain that ttie nominations for the state have been made as follows: First District Win. Hayward, repub lican: John A. Maguire, democrat. Second District—A. L. Sutton, repub lican; C. O. Lobeck. democrat. Third District—John F. Boyd, re publican; James P. Latta, democrat. Fourth District—Charles H. Sloan, republican; B. F. Good, democrat. Fifth District—G. W. Norris, repub lican; R. D. Sutherland, democrat. Sixth District—D. M. Kinkald. re publican; W. J. Taylor, or J. R. Dean democrat. FOREST FIRES ARE RAGING IN MONTANA Ten Additional Companies of Troops Called for to Fight the Flames. Washington, Aug. 22.—Forest fires in Montana are spreading and ten addi tional companies of troops are needed to meet the situation according to a Joint telegram which was received by tlie interior department and forest service from their Held agents. Supervisor Logan, of the Glacier National park, and Supervisors Haines and Bunker, of the Flathead and Blackfoot national forests, respective ly, report that the old fires are practi cally under control, but that new ones are constantly breaking out and more troops are needed to meet the emer gency. They ask that four companies be sent to the Glacier park and three companies each to the Flathead and Blackfoot forests. Chief Clerk Fcker, of the interior de partment, who Is in the Glacier Na tional park assisting in the fighting of fires, today telegraphed Acting Secre tary Pierce that he believed the fire situation could be met and the flames kept under control with additional troops, but that the conflagration could not be entirely arrested until the ad vent of rain. Mr. Fcker suggested that some of the fires were of incendiary origin. LOST SHIP MYSTERY IS NEAR A SOLUTION Harpoon From the James T Duncan Is Found in Eig Whale at Sea. Philadelphia, Aug. 22.—A seven years’ mystery of the sea may be solved through a mishap t > the Ger man steampship Pallanza. which struck a whale at sea, nearly cutting the mammal in two and dislodging a bar poon believed to have been used by the little whaler James T. Duncan, which was lost in 1903. The Duncan sailed from Halifax with a crew of seven men in the spring of that year and has not since been heard from. Captain IVndt. of the Pallanza, which has arrived here from Hamburg, re ports that he ran into the whale on August 11. The monster was thinly impaled on the prow of the steamer and died after a terrific struggle. Nine members of the crew were let down to chop away the carcass and one of the sailors found the harpoon imbidded in the whale. On the end of the harpoon was an iron band stamped ”J. T. D. 1902.” Captain Fendt keeps a close record of wrecks and he came to the con clusion that the whale may have been responsible for the loss of the Duncan, RAIN SPOILS TENNIS. Newport.. U. 1.. Aug. 22.—A heavy rain fell during the early hours this morning, put the courts at the Casino in bad condition and it was doubtful , whether any of the matches in the fifth round of the 30Ui annual all comers’ lawn tennis championship of the United States would be played to day. ^ a_ CANNON’S TOWN GROWS. Washington. Aug. 22.—The popula tion of Danville. 111 . is 27.S71. an in crease of 11.517 or 70.4 per cent as compared with 16.364^ in 1900. TELEPHONE COMPANY EVADES DIRECT REPLY Nebraska Corporation Enjoined i Troni Connecting With Inde pendent Concerns. Lincoln, Neb. Aug. 19.—In answer to the questions asked by Attorney General Thompson, the Nebraska Tel ephone company has filed replies In the supreme court. The interrogations re late to the business of the Nebraska Telephone company which has been en joined from purchasing or connecting with certain independent telephone companies on the ground that such purchases are contrary to the anti trust law. In giving an account of its business, the Nebraska company suys It has f>8,567 subscribers’ stations owned and operated by the company. The company in its answers says It has no publicity agents In Nebraska and that it has not made appropria tions for publicity or political purposes. In reply to an Interrogation as to whether or not the company has ever given special Inducements to prospec tive subscribers by appointing them ugents and paying a cash consideration therefor, the agent's only service being to speak a good word for the company, the company replies: "This question Is too broad and In definite to permit of an answer." For a comparison of Iib rates from year to year, the company refers the attorney general to its tariff sheets on file with the railway commission. DEATH CALLS SIXTY-NINE BURT COUNTY PIONEERS Lyons, Neb., Aug. 19.—Death has taken away 69 of the Burt county pio neers and old settlers in less than one year. Several of them have lived elsewhere, but all have died since their annual reunion, held last August. The list Is as follows: A. G. Davis, Miss Hopper, Mrs. Val bor A. Gelland Beebe, Thomas J. Ever ett. Mrs. Hannah Corey, L. L. Darling, Chas. W. Knney, Mrs. Stina Peterson, Jonas M. Johnson, Johanna Petters detter, Mrs Anna Christina Benson. Peter J. Swanson, Wm. Riley Davis, B. C. Joliff, Mrs. Sarah Brokaw, Mrs. A. A. Plummer. Sherman Robertson, Al fred Walberg. G. A. Thompson, August Sklenar, John W. Tatlor, Nelson Peter Shlnbur, S. L. Conger, Iney Ann Mos berger, W. H. Price, Wm. Murphy, Amelia Caroline Lange, John Dalrym ple, Mrs. Anna Anderson, Mrs. Julia Hanson. Mrs. Sarah Short Monnette, Mrs. Peter Cameron, Mi£. 8. T. Mat thews, Austin H. Cates. Joseph Lang ford, Mrs. Andrew Carlson, W. A. Harding, Wm. Crawford. Mrs. Teresa E. Cleveland, Mrs. E. W. Harding, Mrs. J. C. Bacon. Robert Daley, Mrs. Peter Flannigan, Wm. M. Jones. A. C. Palrna tier, Eda C. Nelson. Nils Olson, Mrs. D. C. Wallace, Mrs. James Carruthers, Wm. A. Ciark, Mrs. Annie E. Robert son. Swan M. Nelson, Mrs. John Becks trom, David M Farrens, Olif M. Rem ington. Charles M. Brookings, Rev. Father Cross, Mrs. Lewis Miller, Charles E. Barker, Captain I. N. Mont gomery, Mrs. Johanna Johnson, Walter C. Freeman, Henry McKinsie, David S. Couchman, Z D. Bowen. Mrs. C. F. Laughltn, George Luce, Mrs. Eugene Grenier, Mrs. Ellsworth Hall. JURY FIXING ALLEGED i IN BROWNE BRIBERY CASE Chicago, Aug. 19.—Declaring that practically ali of them had been “ap proached” in connection with the re j trial of Lee O’Neil Browne, Judge Ker Bten yesterday dismissed a panel of 75 I veniremen who had been subpenaed in ' the work of selecting a jury. Judge ! Kersten pronounced the situation “de ( plorable.” The veniremen were immediately taken to the office of State’s Attorney Wayman, where Judge Kersten asked each man by name if he had been called upon by any one in connection with liis possible services as Juror. Nearly all answered in the aliirmative. Mr. Wayman made the assertion in tive employed by ted tive employed by the defense that the latter had systematically sought out every prospective venireman, either by direct approach, or through families or households. P. R, O’Donnell, counsel for Browne, asserted that the veniremen “had been seen” by agents of a third interest, neither defense nor prosecution being interested, for political reasons, in the downfall of Browne. DANIEL FROHMAN TO WED YOUNG ACTRESS At Least Rumor Connects His Name of Pretty Protege of Abe Hummel. New York. Aug. 19.—Notwithstand ing his unhappy experience in married life with the beautiful Marguerite 111 ington, who left him because she wanted to darn socks and sit by the tire and play with babies, and he was altogether absorbed with ideals for her artistic success—it is now gossip in theatrical circles that Daniel Frohman, ■ dramatic manager and producer, is about to marry Josephine Brown. Miss Brown is 21 years old. She is a beauty prize winner, her photograph having been shown in many exhibi tion.'.. sometimes without her consent. She came to the New Yqrk stage as the protege of Abe Hummel, whoso experiments with the practice of crim inal law landed him on Blackwell's Island. Josephine Brown became famous as the good angel of Abe Hummel’s pris on life. She called on him as often as the prison regulations would allow, and took him all sorts of delicacies in the months lie passed in the prison hospital. Miss Brown has been much inter viewed in the public prints. There is no record that she ever said she wanted to sit by the fire and darn socks and play with babies. She has been active in giving advice to girls how to live so that they would have well rounded tlgures and good com plexions. CENSUS FIGURES. Washington. Aug. 19.—The popula tion of Albany, N. Y„ is 100,253, an increase of 6.102, or 6.5 per cent as compared with 94,151 in 1900. The population of Indianapolis. Ind., is 233. 650. an increase of 64.4S6, or 38.1 per cent as compared with 169.164 in 1900. _ _ UTlt'A. N. Y.—Mrs. Sarah F. Glea son. of Chicago, a philanthropist who annually spent the greater part of a large income for the benefit of Ad ventists and their mission, died here yesterday of apoplexy, while on a visit She was 84 years of age. PREACHER ARLINGTON AT CORRECTIONVILLE ONCE ASALOON MAN Now He Proposes to Secure 16,000 Votes for Prohibi tion at Fall Election. Correctionvllle, la., Aug 20.—Rev. P. H. Arlington, of this place, committee man for the Eleventh district, of the prohibition party of Iowa, says his party la not concerning Itself with a monster petition to be presented to the state legislature as heretofore, but la rallying every force to get out a vote In the state this fall which will com mand the respect of the older parties. "Fifty thoi^and straight prohibi tion votes this fall would accomplish more with the legislators next winter than 10 times that many names on a petition,” said Rev. Arlington. "We ex pect ,to make a good showing this fall." Committeeman Arlington, who de votes practically all of his time to or ganization and campaigning for his cause. Is little concerned by the decla rations made In the republican and democratic platforms on the liquor questions. Reference to the matter at all is believed by him to have been caused by the activity throughout the country, and especially in Iowa, of the temperance people and the success attending their efforts. He feels con fident the next legislature will vote to submit the prohibition question to a popular vote. Prohibition Literary clubs are being formed throughout the Eleventh dis trict by Rev. Mr. Arlington. The pre amble which members are expected to sign reads as follows: "Believing the licensed liquor traffic to be the most Inimical and deadly foe to all human Interests and that Its ar rest must be accomplished in order to protect the home and give prosperity to the nation, we, the undersigned, pledge our aid, Influence and co-opera tion for the accomplishment of that end; and, believing in the efficiency of literary proceedings for the creation of public sentiment that will demand and accomplish the death of this insidious foe, we, the undersigned, enroll our selves members of the Prohibition Lit erary club of this place and promise to aid In all literary efforts, such as the evening programs and the circulation of books and periodicals that teach the doctrine of prohibition of the licensed liquor traffic." Rev. Mr. Arlington knows the liquor bsisiness from the "inside,” and the fact that he was at one time a saloon keeper, he tells In his speeches. He says he came out of the army a drunk ard and while freighting across the plains his party stopped at Ellsworth, f£an„ and while there he was standing In a saloon when a rough fellow drew a revolver on the barkeeper. A deputy sheriff came In and commanded Arling ton to help him arrest the man with the gun. In giving the assistance, Ar lington was shot In the leg. He could net proceed with the train and the saloon man, feeling grateful that Ar lington had helped save his life to the detriment of his own plans, gave him a Job as bartender. Three months later Arlington bought the business and ran the saloon himself. He declares h« quit the saloon business because of an Innate abhorrence of the crime of mak ing beasts out of his fellow men. He was later converted and Is now a preacher. He believes Christianity is the only genuine cure for the liquor habit IOWA CITIES BEGIN A FIGHT AGAINST ROADS Charges of Discrimination in Rate Filed Before Interstate Commerce Commission. Washington, Aug. 20.—Through At torney General Byers, of Iowa, and the state railroad commission, allegations were made to the Interstate Commerce commission today that the interior | towns of Iowa were being compelled to pay excessive and exorbitant freight rates from points east of the Miss issippi river. It Is alleged In the petition, which Is filed against the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railway and oth er interstate lines, that the freight charges from Peoria, 111., and from points east of Chicago to interior points In Iowa are discriminatory and unlaw ful. DEAF SUPERINTENDENT IS AGAIN APPOINTED Des Moines, la., Aug. 20.—The state board of control has reappointed Henry W. Rothert to be superintendent of the deaf school at Council Bluffs, Ignoring the attacks made upon him by the as sociation for the deaf. BALLOON IS ’BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WRECKED Dessau, Germany, Aug. 20.—Police, gendarmes and foresters are today con ducting a search of the hills and for ests in their vicinity for the remains I of a balloon and Its probable passen i gers which was last night seen flam ! Ing In the sky. Some wood cutters, who were re turning from their work near nightfall, discovered a burning balloon drifting over the wooded hills at a considerable altitude, finally falling rapidly. The wood cutters lost sight of the balloon as It neared the earth, but Immediately notified the authorities in Dessau, who sent out searching parties. CHOLERA IN ITALY. Bari, Italy, Aug. 20,—The latest re port on the outbreak of Asiatic cholera which has begun In the province of Bari Delle Puglle, shows there have been 33 deaths. The latest cases re ported are one at Blsceglle, two at Bar letta, three at Trlnitapoli. one fatal case at Ope, five cases and two deaths at Margherlta D1 Savoia and one death ut Cerignola. WILL SELL RAILROAD. Dallas, Tex.. Aug. 20.—Announce ment Is made this morning by Master Commissioner William F. Flippln that he has set September 15 as the date for the sale at public auction of the Inter national & Great Northern Railroad company and its properties. The sale will occur at Palestine. The sale Is the result of litigation pending In the fed eral courts for several years. Ida Grove. Ia.. Aug. 20.—Miss Grace Holton and Avery Biekery were mar ried at the bride's home near Schles «lg. WASHINGTON STATUE PRESENHG FRANCE Eeplica of One in Richmond Formally Donated by State of Virginia. Versailles, France, Aug. 20.—In th© Napoleon hall of the Chautau of Ver sailles In the presence of the French minister of war. General Bran; th® French ambassador to the ynited States, M. Jusserand, and his wife, and the American ambassador, Robert Ba con, and Mrs. Bacon, the bronze rep lica of Houdon’s celebrated statue of Washington in the state house at Rich mond, Va., presented by the state of Virginia to the French republic, wa® today dedicated. Among those present were the Mar quise De Lafayette, the members of th» French mission, which presented to America the statue of Rochami®au, now at Washington, and United States Senator Nathan B. Scott, of West Vir ginia. General Brun, who presided, spok® of the statue as the createst work of the greatest French sculptor of th® 18th century. Colonel James Mann* chairman of the Virginia commission, delivered the speech of presentation. State Senators Dan P. Halsey ami N. W. King, of Virginia, also made ad dresses on behalf of the state of Vir ginia. Ambassador Jusserand, in th® absence of the French minister of for eign afTairs, M. Pichon, accepted th® statue on behalf of the French govern ment. CONVENTION OF MINERS . TO ADJOURN THIS WEEK Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 20.—Follow ing a statement by President Lewis of his side of the action of the interna tional executive board on the Illinois situation, and a reply by President Walker, of Illinois, today, the conven tion of United Mine Workers adjourned until tomorrow morning, to enable the special committee of 23 to complete its report. President Lewis speaks as a mem ber of the board, and defends its ac tion In formulating an agreement with the operators, which is termed a compromise by the Illinois miners. After the report of the committee, which It Is hinted, will be a blanket Indorsement of sanctioning both the strike In Illinois and also the action of the International authorities, a vote will be taken, probably tomorrow ami It is believed by the leaders that tK convention will be adjourned sine die before the end of this week. M’MURRAY JUSTIFIES HIS ENORMOUS FEES Indian Land Lawyer Goes on the Stand in His Own Behalf Today. Sulphur, Okla., Aug. 20.—J. F. Mo Murray, whose contracts with the In dians allowing him 10 per cent attor ney fees on the sale of $30,000,000 w orth of land, is the subject of an investi gation by congress, went on the stand before the special congressional com mittee today. Mr. McMurray described his contracts as "a plain business deal.” He said the relation of his law- firm with the Indians began in 1899, when he was employed by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians to appear before th* Dawes commission. This commission was empowered to determine for th© government who should be Included in the Indian tribes. There were many who claimed they were wrongfully kept off the enrollment of the tribe. Enroll ment with its claim on the government was estimated to he worth $5,000. Mr. McMurray was engaged by Gov ernor Johnston, of the Chickasaws, to protect the Interests of his tribesmen by keeping as many claimants as pos sible off the rolls. McMurray professes to have kept 3,100 claimants off the rolls, estimating that these claimants each would have reduced the tribal property $5,000. It was held that Mo Murray's firm got $750,000. SWALLOWS TOOL AS HIS TEETH ARE FIXED Then Scranton Man Has to Be Operated on to Get It Out of System. Scranton, Pa.. Aug. 20.—Thoma© Duffy, a machinist, 23 years old, of Dunmore, near here, was operated on for the removal of a dentist's tool which he swallowed a week ago while having his teeth fixed in the office of Dr. Harold Davis, of Dunmore. The tool was a two-inch steel prong, with a quarter-inch burr at one end! The physicians had to force it down Duffy’s neck into his stomach last week. It worked its way to the vemlform appendix and set up a condition sim ilar to appendicitis. The appendix was found to be inflammed and the steel instrument Imbedded In it. Duffy's condition is critical. ESPERANTO CONGRESS. Washington, Aug. 20.—Group meet ings of Esperanto circles from various sections of the country, led the pro gram for today, the fourth day of the session of the sixth international con gress of Esperanto. In the afternoon . the delegates to the congress, repre senting about 35 nations, are scheduled to witness an example of ttie great American game as shown by the Washington and Cleveland baseball clubs. Rail connection between Mexico and Guatemala is about to be established by the building of a bridge 800 feet long over the Suehlate river. CLEVELAND, OHIO,—Acting under peremptory instructions from Gov. Harmon, the county authorities Satur day clamped the "lid" on the betting ring at North Randall track three hours before the close of the grand circuit race meeting. As a result it is predicted that the track may be per manently closed. Sheriff A. J Hi ratios retired from the race with his pockets, his bat and the fullness of his shirt full of money, and tonight a swarm of aggrieved bettors are looking through the downtown streets for bookmakers, armed with tickets that have not been redeem ed.