THE SICUX COUNTY JOURNAL
L. J. MM U frairlrlgr.
IIAKUIsON, -
XEBUAKA
NEBRASKA STAIE NEUS.
A Catholic pan-onage '- J ullt ttt
HowelV.
Schuyler is troubled with Beai
thieves ami burglars.
Polk toi' u y i r -hards are reported to
Le loaded with fruit.
A horse belonging to A B. Cjpper of
McCouk was killed by ligbmiug.
Eight cars . f old wheat were bought
and shippei from Kearney in one day
Matt Droft of Co!ea.an. Red Willow !
county, threshed 111) bushels of rye
fro ai three acre j.
A son of L. Br ckett of Ewirg is suf.
fering from blood poieoniDg caused by
cutting bis foot.
Hayes county proposes to be at the I
state fair with botb feet. The exhibit!
wi 1 be a big one.
Wdiiam Uluibiich of Talmage lost a
iioger by getting it in the machinery of
u steam thresher.
A masked burglar undertook to hold
up a Burlington telegraph operator in
Xecumseb, but faded.
Homer Smitb, living near Schuyler,
had his collar bone broken by being
thrown from a bugy.
Fire in Mils'.ir's saloon at Schuyler
caused by the explosion of a lamp did
considerable damage.
Judge J. K. Wilcox of Bel Cloud, is
.suffering from a painful wound caused
by running a needle io bis fcot.
Blooniington has arracged for a gala
-day August .2. K icing and base ball
are the principal attractions offered.
Judge Tighe of Verdon delivered last
week 1,200 bushels of corn that he bad
previouly contracted for CO cents per
-bushel.
Arthur Hicks of St. Joseph was
'thrown from a B. & M. train at Supe
rior by a sudaea lurch of the cars and
received fatal injuries.
A good many farmers in the bailed
3 strict have cut their wheat with a
mower end think it will yield fiom ten
to twenty bushels per acre.
John Uarey'a team at Carleton ran
away the other day and collided with
-Ed Ogden's, breaking Ogden's wagon
tongue and knocking down his bore s
The little son of F. Sellhorn of Tal
mage was thrown from a little waon
ia which Lis little bister was drawing
him and sustained H fracture of the
f ight arm at the eltow. -
A bog cholera swindler is work'.cj
his way from South Dakota and ex
pects to strike Nebraska farmers in
DaWtB county ai his lirst victims. They
have been warned against him by the
local press.
Mrs. J. F. Abbott of Unadilla pro
cured an incubator and "eet it." The
first hatching was suooe sful but a hog
got into the hen house and devoured
over one hundred of the .chicKens in
one night.
During a storm the residence of Tox
JdcKil.ip wast of Cambridge was BtrucK
by lightniu,-. The stroke killed the
house doj.', but did nut irjure any of the
family. T'ne insurance comp Of al
lowed him i80 damages on the house.
An oidinance was j aiised and pub
1 shed some tune ago to provide, a sys
tem cf 6swtr,ige for Co! urn bin, but
work has cot yet commenced and tev-
eral of the citizens are becoming im- I
patient and vant to knew the cause of I
the delay.
William Rutledgeof Burt county has
-returned from a two month'.! v:sit at
hie old home in England. During bis
absence, in which he traveled almost in
cessantly he gained twenty pounds. It
h:is been a quarter of a century since
he was last there.
tiastsummer thebarn of L. H. Stei
2rl who lives adjoining Fairmont, was
i truck by lightning, killing one of bis
i.orscs-, and the other afternoon during
. .siioer lightning again struck his
.t. urn, killing four mules and a horse.
"I he last slock killed was insured for
u II i! l,,,.;. ...u.. .i.-
'vostern part of Wayne coun'y was
mossing tho Dog Town creek wilh a
binder, drawn by three hoiscn, the
' bridge gii3 way, lett'ng the horses into
the wuter. MBuah succeeded in sav
ing two jf. them but the middle one
.drowned.
' Dr. IT. K. Scheir.o! formerly of Fro
mcnt, was eoriously injured in a run
away near . j-Seiiiiingion tho other day.
Dm. Bro-'n imd Martin of Fremont
-wero citiled o u'.Usd tho injured phy-
5 sic'uvj, -yutli ,v.ne.l n dislocatioa of
th Lip nrd other iDjurics of less itu-
'portacljiatiiro.
The l iniud liiuf.i.' ilty council hiisjac-
' -ccptt.d the proposition of S. II. Clark,
' which w.is for the council to declare
' th Locr.st street crossing of the Union
i Pacifier lunin line uloosd, on 1 the com
'tiwuiy would build a passenger depot
'- Work will ba ctimmsuced tbia -all oa
- th foundatiou, and a depot building
roUd In thnrlng. ,
ffornnTHSTANDnio bv tlfl with
Ufceie gam, Italy will make as oxkibit
AlIwWorld'iFair. ItwlU not, how
b vary brilliant or upMaivw
ow wwlng to tba Dnrrnaaad oonatuoi
Um Italian fiunoaa.
ore Alx.ut h ltulkllB AK-Ut on.
Dinveb Cjuv, Aug. 13.-The stale-j
atnt made at the Denver real estate -eic-.aiie
that the arrest of the l r.si- ;
dett and vice-president of the .National
Capitid Savings building ad Loan as
sociation in Chicago was the direct re
sult of the exposure made ly the local
scbar.ge. At a meeting tivs months
ago the crooked operations of the con
cern were shown up and the attention
of the governor and Uuited States dis
trict attorney was called to the affair.
Through these offi-ia s the United
States district attorney at Cricago took
hold of the case. It is estimated that
Denver investors lst over iij.OOO.
Pobti-U D, Out, Aug. 13. The Na
tional Capital Building and Loau asso
ciation in Chicago had an agent in this
city by the Came of G. IL Parker up to
a'mii February 1 when he lisappeareJ
It is thought ha received abtmt one
thcusacd dollars from his victims.
Tlie Wrung Kind of a W le. "
New Vokk, Aug. 11. The Re. Geo.
W. Jones, pastor of the colored Baptist
mission at Atkins avenue, has oLta;neo
a divorce in Tren'.oa, N. J., from bis
wife Jirlis, who is a Cherokee Indian,
lie says be tried to make a Christiau of
her, but could rot. She not only treat
ed him badly, swore at him and refused
to take care of his Home, but finally left
him for one of his deacons when be was
pastor at Long Branch.
He sas: "The next wife I marry will
be an ugly one. A minister of the gos.
pel has no right to marry a pretty wo
man. They can put on style but when
:t oomes dowu ta work you wj! find a
pretty wife won't do. My former wife
was a beauty. She was as pretty as i
wax figure, but the Lord deliver me
from a Cherokee Indian squaw.
Still Ml.iliiE.
Chicago. Aug. 13. Postoffice inspec
tors are lookiDg for W. F. Mortimer, the
cretary rnd treasurer of thi National
Capital Building and Loan association
of North America, and K. A. Wect
worth, brother-in-law of Lewis Morti
mer, the general manager of the con
cern. Warrants wera issued for their
irrest but the men have not been found.
Postoflice Inspector Stuart was in re
ceipt of several dispatches from differ
ent part of the country asking that let
ters thy bad sent to the association U
ent bacit. The commercial agants
which were reported to have endorse 1
the association now say they did not,
but that they informed all inquiriei
that the concern wai unsound.
A f hiiimiiHn' ':tt4ir.
New York, Aug. IX Sing Quod?,
one of the richest Chinese merchants in
New York, has b?en lying prostrated by
fasting for nearly thre weeks becausa
bis only son, a baby about cine months
old, died. He has i-eversl daughters by
h:s first wife living in China. Sing
Qaong thinks he is going to be left heir
less. He to over fifty years old. Ac
cording to the Chinese rule he will have
to buy a sen. Prob:ibly this idea has
bten the means of prostrating l,im. If
he continues to fast he will soon be a
freik. He drinks locust tea and gens
ir.g root tea occasionally. He lets his
big business go to the four winds.
There is no use to rrake an- more
money, be says, if tlmre is no one to
spend it for him.
fchut I) au Offlrer.
Memphis, Ten.., Aug. 13. Police
Captain George T' O'Haver shot and in
stantly killed jj Parker, alias Cha'les
Waldron, on the U iloigh road near this
city.
The negro, who bears a bad reputa
tion, bad stolen some harness and the
officers weretrytng to induce him to
submit peaceably to arrest. This he re
fused to do, and drawing a case knife
barpsned to a n r. t edge, started for
Captain O Haver. 'Ihe latter after
warning the negro, put three bulleta
Irom a 38-calibre revolver into his body.
xtc an Ai'.v.ince.
Top-ka. Kan, Aug. 13. McGrath,
president of the farmers' alliance, has
returned from a trip through the state.
He says a large amount of wbeat is bd
ini held by far mars with the expecta
tion ttat prices will materially advance.
S ormeg In Tex-M.
Houston, Tex., Aug. 13. Reports
from Yokum and Lexington state that
a terrible storm swept over those sec
tions yesterday. Houses were unroofed
and blows down and stock killed.
Binning H la Fare.
Berlin, Aug. 13. The Berliner Tag
blatt states that Friedkinder Brother,
a jewelry firm of this city, has institut
ed proceedings against Dr. Carver, the
well known American marksman, for
obtaining credit for jewelry to the value
of $3,223 and then absconding.
Made It IUin.
Chicago, Aua;,Jl. Hon. C. B. Far
well received a telegram from Prof
Dyrenfurth in charge of the rain pro
ducing experiments provided fcr bj the
last congress now being conducted on a
ranch in Texas, Prof. Dyrenfurth says
that the first experiment was made yes
I. terday heavy discharges of powder be
inj exploded high in the air. C'.ouds
began to gather soon after and it is
raining heavily there today.
Itr Winnipeg they ask ISO a oot lees
tor a corner lot than they do for an la
Ide one, because it costs so much ta
doer off tie snow' la' winter around
corner lota that people doat
A GIGANTIC SWINDLE.
KxtKisure f. Fr iu-liileiit Hull
itijr and 1 oau Ao iat oil.
Who H
liMM Klirrd uf Co .Mrruble Mo ,.
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Chicago. Aug. Ii-Al.reJ Dot
president, and F. II. Tolmau, vice p
dent, of the National Capital Sa'. -4
Building an 1 Lan association of N ' "
America have been arretted by P -!-
office Inspector Stuart, charged with u-r
ng the mills for fraud.
It is charged that the men who have
been conducting this association have
swindlel thousands of people from every
state in the union and taken in from
HOC, (W to $3-'jO,UUU and given nothing
in return. The victims hail from
Maine to California. From facts al
ready known aod the scheme will par
ade! that of the great' Fund Wawindls
which was broken up about five years
ago.
There are still twj more at lilierty.
These two men that are missing, it is
believed, got away with the moat money.
For six months or more lettrs have
bften received from ail parts of the coun
try by the poitofli :ee nd city authori
ties, protesting that the National Capi
tal Savings Build'ng and Loan useocia
tiot of North America was not what its
projectors represented it to be, and that
it was collecting money' and making no
loans.
laspector S'uart has b.cj working on
the case four months. He fo:nd that
the concern was gigantic io is frau 1.
'Ihe scheme w ;s advertized through
agents who sent circulars and docu
ments showing Ue association to be
gilt-edged. At the t me Captain Stuart
took charge of the case L juis M. Morti
mer, the grand secretary, was appar
ently the responsible man, and handled
the cash received in large amounts ev
ery day. Ciptaio Stuart visited th
county offices frequently uisguised as a
letter carrier in order to secure evi
dence. Several weeks ago Mortimer disap
peared and after having waited in vain
for his return Captain Stuart decided
to secure the others.
George O. Ferguson of Lincoln, Neb.,
who secured about si. ty victims in his
city, was summoned here, and with his
assirtance evidence was procured for
the arrest.
Mr. Ferguson in an interview said:
"The association was represented to our
tow n by a local firm acting in good
faith. The teople of Nebka are very
much in favor of the building and loan
association plan and the offers of the
concern were soon snapped up. They
sold shares for 50 cents each, wilh a
paymeut of 811.03 monthly fo.- six
montesat the end of which time a
1X0 loan would ba paid for. Then
tbei was a meml erdiip fee of S3), an
appraisement fee cf J20 and 14 1 fcr
three months' payment, thus making
8!)5. The concern made one loan of
toOO that was genuine and this wan just
rough bait to lead others to inves, and
hund.-fds sent their money to Cuicago,
and on the strength of the loans they
exp tsd to make contracts fo-homes
Contracts were let and bui'ding bi-gan.
The manpy nev-r c.me, and finally
President Wood of the Wesieyan uni
versily, who was quite a luavy investor,
came to Chicago to investigate. He
visited theifnje-, and Manager Morti
morc, who seemad to oe quite a fine
business man, gav3 him assurances that
he would get the loan3. But ths immey
never came, a'id finally I laid the C ise
before the post-. Mi je authorities."
Inspector Stuart and District Attor
ney Gilchrist went over the books of
the concern and found that seventeen
legitimate loans had been made in as
many staea. These, it would seem,
were made to act as a bait. No record
of any other loans could be found, al
though the books tho w that money has
been received from hundreds of peoplo.
A rough estima'e of the amount of
aaeney received is 1175,000 in the year
and half the association has been in
business
The books of the association show
that it had agents in many states.
These agents transmitted hundreds of
dollars daily in check?, drafts, money
orders and by registered letter. Until
jrilbin a few months ago the concern, it
is aaid, did a heavy business in Piiila
delpbia, but it appears that the author
it: . L t l. a: ...
ia mw uinue uiscovenes wnicli re
sulted in the agent leaving.
The association was organized Feb
ruary 2L 1893, with the following of
ficers: -Alfred Downins, president: J,
H. Tollman, vice president; Louis F.
Mortimore, general manager and secre
tary. Mortimer seemed to be the lead
ing spirit in the tffaire. He was a good
manager and soon had the money How.
log in rapidly. Everything went
smoothly until the close of the Phila
delphia branch, whsa Mortimer came
here and began wrangling with his bus
iness associates. 'Anally he ousted
Downing and elect F. A, Wentworth
president. Dawnic-r threatened trouble
ai,d Mortimer, saying bis son was ve-y
111 in Philadelphia, left suddenly and
has not aino been seen. Itisaaidtbst
ba took almost 190,000 that they bad in
thabnk here, leaving $5,000 which
Downing dm tied up by inju notion
Mattiatac was last heard of July 10 a
71 Ftfhtta avenue. New York, '
A a Ohio Tras if.
D.TTOi.OAug. lL-KtaU Deputy
Cut. Warden LK. Bunuin of thfc
eityMaUy Da'id M :l!v . "
Lacaugu' nth four others seining in
Mad river near Hartdm.anville about
tiiiJnik'ht, Satuaday night.
Bunuin bad heard that a ptrty bad
g-me up the river to seme contrary to
t!ie state law, and at the request of
benjamin F. Seitner, xaruber of tLe
eoun'yFi.-.h and C.me Protective so
ei.ry, accompanied him t tse spot,
bjth being Jisuifed. Fur mila up
the river they came upon the party in
ths act of drawing the seinn and- Bun
taia stepping iutoview, said:
"Hello, boys. We got here just in
time to spe you make a haul."
Instantly one of the fishermen struck
Buntain a heavy blow in the left eya
with a stone, David M.IIv&in, who
was in 'he river with the seine, drew
his revolver and began shooting at Bua
taln and Heitner. Another of the fish
ermen also pulled his revolver. Then
Buntain fired twice at Mcllvain h;tting
bicu in the arm and sending anotner
bullet through Lis body j' st below the
heart, the ball running fr m the left
s tle to the rihL One of the fhhermen
struck Sditnei over the bead witbe
lantern. This burst the lantern and
set fire to the crass, lighting up the
scene. This gave the otttiwrs command
of the situation, iluii'ain compeded
the four men to bring the wounded Mc
llvain to the bank, and then ranged
them in line io the liht of the fire un
til be lJentfied them all: John Aetzsll
David Await, James Perry, William
Richardson, and the wounded man, Mo'
Iivain.
Buntain took the seine and other
property and the party brought Mcll-
vaiu to town. Buntain immediately
called at the police office to give him
self un. but aa he was a stale oftVer and
did the shooting in se'.f-defecse, as ad
mitted by the wounded man, no arrest
was made, nor have the fishermen been
am sted.
Cyrua O.-iburn. ex president of tbe
state fish commission, called Ht ths po
lice ofiiro to i ay that the County Fish
and Game ProUctivs associatiin will
stand by Buntain.
8'..ot 111! K-llirr.
CwisjfATi O., Aug. 11. -About 8
o'clock Sunday morning Charles Nie
mann, 8ged twenty, shot arid killed
George Niemann, his father.
George Niemann was a cobbler and
lived at 13 German stree'. lie had
been divorced from I. is wife, but still
lived in the saiiie nouso with her and
her children. He had frequent quarrels
with liis family and divorced w ife, a;.d
the tragedy was the rulmination jf
lliess disputes. He had come down
stairs a litt'e aftor the boys haJ trisen
and while they were yet dressing, and
demanded that the d'or be opened'
which wa3 done. Just before he
opened the door tho son dairies took a
loads J revolver from the mantle and
put it in his pocket, fearing that his
fatiier might g"et it. The old man en
te:ed the room and began to abuse his
son, aod finally assaulted him. The
boy's mother interfered but was rough
ly pushed aside by her divorced hus
band, and she full to the lioor in a
swoon. The old man pushed his eon
out of the room and backed him diwn
stairs. Atthefootof the stairs is a
yard. As soon bs he roached the bot
tom of the step3, diaries stopped ba;.';
and drawing the revolver fired, killing
bis father instantly. The boy was ar-'
rested and his father's remains tak u
to the morgue, The boy takes his nr
rest very quietly.
Me (r.niiul td Su
Cinc'.n.vati, U , All,'. 11. lrp. Nellie
Webb, an agrd and wealthy widow of
Louisville, Ky., where her fnm'ly isveiy
prominent, committed suicide nt the
College Hill sanitarium.
She was a victim of drink and opium
and his been placed in the sanitarium
on April 21 last. Not being considered
dangerous she was allowed the freedom
of the place. Deprived of her stimu
lants, however, she developa melan
choly tendency. At7 o'clock Saturday
night, as wa usual, she was given the
privilege cf the bath room. Not long
after she had entered, the sound -j
overflowing water attracted the attend
ant, who found the door locked. Ac
entrance was forced and it was found
that Mrs. Webb bad laid down in the
tub fully dressed and -turned on ti e
spigot, deliberately drowning herself.
She was removed rrom the tub ai
qnickly as possible, but all efforts to r
suscitate her were in vain. A telegram
was sent U) one of her soni., Oeorge
H. Webb of Louisville, who will come
at once and Ink ; charge of his muUiei'a
body.
" Kounit r.ullly.
Xiif.vf.nnr, Wro., Aug. 10.-Joh0
Tregirnng and John Berry, who killed
George B. Henderson, a prominent
stockman, last fall were convicted of
murder in tho second degree. The pen
alty is imprisonment for life.
Aern-l orIUd-.r.
Lynk, Mass., Aug. lOl-Dr. S. B. An
drews wns chastised by Mrs. L. F
Dodg, secretary of the Helping nand
aviation, society for ths reolema
tion of fallen women. Mrs. Dodgs ao
cjied Andrews of circulating slsodsr,
about bar. 8h struek sad kicked him
aad caused bin to run away.
A TERRIBLE DISASTER.
An i:ciirsioii IS rjr sriu k by a
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0 Off r.
Mil l! l K N l' ItH)N( Kll.l t.lK
lksriM.ro?;, L I., Aug. 1. The era
plot e of The-, dore H.i;.er. a linxik-
ln dry g.wd merchant, glve an ex
cursion to Warpe (irove, Cold Spitng
haruor. this ttflern'.jn, by the excursion
steamer Crystal Spring and the Urge
U-pubMo. The party, winch ouoiberd
r.earl) OH souls, l ad a ve-y pleasant
day's enjoyment and about 3 o'clock
ihey embaike-l on the vessels for the
journey home. Just as they were leav
ing the dock a violent cyclone swept
over the harbor and s-rusk the barge.
The awning of tbe upper deck was
wrenched from its fastenings, lifted
high in the air and
rai.vniu tfi?iijije crash
and destructive f' roe upon the croA'ded
deck. A scene of wild confusion and
paid; ensued wbi'.h beggars description.
The screams of '.he women and children
of which the enursion party was main
ly composed, the 1 oarss shouts o' tbe
men and t!iegioans of the wounded and
dying could lie plainly heard above tbe
rumbling of toe thunder. Inky, black
Pclouds bad made it almost as d rk as
night, bnd at every lightning fia9h those
on board the steamer saw
A (.REIT MASS OF P ''(HO.VS
struggling to extn;ate themselves from
beneath the wreck u id ruin of the awn
ing. The boa is were hastily tied up to
the dock agnij, and theme on the
steamer, aided by the v lingers who bad
hurried to tbe scene, began tbe work of
rescuing those oa board the barge.
The debris was soon cleared away, and
tbe bodies of the dead aod tbe injured
were taken from tbe barge and put on
board tbe steamer, where tbe wounded
received every attention.
FOfKTth I'HttSO.NB KU. I.F.I).
Fourteen persons were found to bve
perished by the storm which bad
sprung up with sucb frightful sud.
denes, changing a scene of gaiety to
one of lamentbtion and mourning.
The coroner immediately summoned
a jury and after an examination pes.
netted the removal of the bodies. The
jury, in its verdict, strongly censured
theowaurof the excursion baro .for
carolassneis, as the vessel was found to
be
AS KOTTF.X AH ITSK
and totally urmea worthy. The bodies
of the dend were cent to their late
homes in Brooklyn yesterday.
The wounded were carefully carried
aboard the steMuer, which conveyed
them to Oyster Hay, a villnge distant
six milee, where they w rj attended by
physicians. The bodies of the dead
were laid on the deck of the barge to
await tho arrival of the coroner.
The placo where the accident oc
curred is at the head of CM Spring
haibor and is a favorite picnicing
ground. The falling and sad roeulls
are due entirely, it is said, tj the rotten
condition of the support of the de-k.
Many of the ex -urmofiitU carried home
with them p'eces cf the centerpfjats
which show they are perfectly rot'en at
tin core. The barge ibelf, it is said, is
unsafe in other particulars.
The Di Aft r lire -.
Atmjita.Ca., Aug. II. -Wednesday
morning the chief of police of t!rS t-jty,
with two detectives, urn sted IVb-r Mo
Mi.hael, porter in the state lenate, for
-oiling liquor without license, Tho
chief states he hat evidence toi.cltiBive
!y proving that Mc.Michcel, wl,.- is a
i:egr, had a larce trade with members
of the assembly. Members of the houw
are very iinlij-mmt and Ue matter bus
created (.'rent excitement. Covernor
Norton gave Urn chirf of police author.
iiy to make the reij in the ante-ro.mi,
whero 'he whisky was sold. The de'
toctives found fourteen bottles of
whiak and a 1 . of beer.
l or Cauli Only.
Cii-MiiKiti.i.N.S. D., Aug. ll.-There
promi.es to Le considerable trouble
when the government begins to pay the
Sioux Ind.ans for the lands ceded to the
United States one and one-half yeir
ago. In all there were nlxiut 11,000,0
acres that the Sioux relii quUhed to the
government, and in pay therefor the
Indians are to receive various good,
such as plows, l.arrjws, ows, horses
and wi1gI1s The Indians are not
pleuscd at the prospect of receiving this
sort of pay fur ti e lands nml there is
oe. lai. to be a protest made ngninst
paying hem in goods thut are of no use
to the majority of red men. Th y want
catdi.
A t m nt ltnllr.
Aron.,LI.,A.ig. H.Uut(n Ftol,
who livei at Fifth avenue and One Hun
dred and Fifteenth street. Is suffering
fn.ru hydraphobii i t the home of hit
cousin at this pl .e. The boy was bit
ton by a bloodhound In the head and
foot about four weeks ago.
Mississippi will h- . .... ...
tho next Unitwl S.i ... . , .
k . . . "'"Mirnipiroia
thal rtato. Senator Oeorgo deelws a
ro-cluctioB tin IVio ..l -i. . .
md ii "(jiiirou uemo-
Crallc linn. anH uv.f .
da e Is Mtagonlring bin. on the .Ull.no
principle. Esch U canvassing the
Uteinbebofth. mpooti,. l,w.
they espouse. Ths oanrns. Ls beoomlng
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iinnnl rxuiranliii . . ! a- ' ri.I
, u I , 1
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vened in this city WVcUu. .
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httecdance. Latei errivali n ,
the total number of d !,..- .
five hundred. Tbre are 1 o i. ')
reprMenting the Amern sr,
. . . . ""yt.o!
ana nearly a Hundred fr. Bl jttK 1
am, with large delegations ,. 1
l.-.t r. " c:.. ' ,.. r M
Aiiere lira in ueiegaies Irom tt-n I
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muoiaviuu, ai.u lo 1 roni III kJ
tion in Rome. Ihern &r s.:. j7i
from Sweden, Kuseia, qJ, atd fjJ
, W.whJ
Thfl c.nvAntion m-cta t ..11. .1 ... .
w q., .
r n m i ...
liev. uusiave lopnel or U,Lev S..
errand, the president of tlicoo-,,!
tinnnl nnmmittM ;..t
luirrjrf
committee then no3.inatel f(Jf p.J
aent 01 me meeting Uount Vi,o
dorp of Tbe Hague; for n e prej.
Mr. George A. W illiams of IjnAj-
William Dodge of New Vorli,
Abernstorff of Boston. T:.o i,"'.
were elected
Count Von Hogendorp mi,J u J
drets in Dutch and also in Ig i.i
taking the chtdr. The committe-iaJ
conference ere then appoint! TV
?ortof te central cfjuiaii tot tjjj
bee Jquar'.ri are at Genut a sj'jj
presented by )lev. (iun'a.e TcbicJ
Geneva, Its chairman. T:is re--r. rj
referral vO a special comnnU -e ut tJ
Mr. Robert D. McBurney of N1'J
is Ihe American reptesent.i.ivF. I
Brief reports of lhewo-k intlijl
f erect countries were then p em'J
Mr. Itictard D. Morse of ..'ew Yorl
porting for th work in America. II.
report ebowed that one third d J
associations of the world wert in AxJ
ica; that they owneI Ihrev-faiTtUi
the proiierty owned by the ts-o it3-
and employed dot:ble as iciivkJ
ries as wsrs employed by a'i th- tnuJ
der of lbs associations.
In tb evenings publ.c iii-,'.,:,-:J
Dutch young men was held in IU
ha!l and smaller meetings fur ti t ii
gatee, divided by tbe ltu'iV"
spoke.
Tli CirMl fort In lir .-I.
Bof.To)c, Aug. H. Jamej I ci':, Li
ell died at bi home in ('au'.ii v d
2 :1."j yesterday morning.
Liwe 1 a heal.h line been lx-.ii.-
ever since his return to this citietrj
188 after conoludijg his dipl.aAt.
services abroad. Anrar.il ih!
his condition became seriounada!!.
termination wns feared, but In !..'.
then bad a change for recovery.
It appears tho poet was taker, il
uuut live wrens ego. .iwil "
weeks ago he became delino., at J i
only at l.rief intervals, when U
the memljers of his family slgnml
ognition. lie seemed to 1 1 . i. . ue
far away from liome and iipr-t'sl
long to go ha k to Klmwoo-l -.nl i
family. At tinles he fane i-1 In jar
questionably tbe para was ve-y j-fi
i b niui n nn fnmri nml i..i-.r u.
he weiiird better, and (lie delinuin
him,
On Monday he appeared 1 1 k'
Up to that time the room i nl U.-'
cK)!, but he then legan to sf.v tiic!
f-.nl,. r.f ll.r. t I tn r..n.l,.. f I . rr'l
when the nurses changed '.Le b .-ill -"i
besuff -red inteo ely when "i j'cI,
finally saiu, "Oh, why don't y j-i i-t "?
die."
from that time to lore heart aici cik!
ally Iks life faded away. He umtx'.t:
in a comatose condition unl.i
o clock this niorniiiff. when t'.o
spark of life went out. Beiidj.h
bis last moments were sister of I s C
wife, his daughter, Mr. Kdward U
netl, and her husoand, as well u- t5'
nurses and household servants.
The t'lra I an dljr firi-li"
Pai.i, Aug. ll.-Knoriiious f'-r
fires are raging in tbe forests in tli f"
inity of Toulon and a great i-uui.t'tJ 0
valualiln timlior hna nlreiulv : i'C3
stroyed. A strong wind is blowir.' "J
the flamei ere rapidly sprt-adii-.g. ;,r
is scarce in the vicinity of tho fores'
though it is not believed that if Ci0lt
quantitiee were obtained it :1"
any use as it is of cours impo""'!-'
any human being to get anyiviie co
llie conflagration owing to tl i"'01'
heat. ThMsuthnritias baie befaca.ieJ
upon to aid the residents in
the fire and the soldiers and
others are employed in digging
around the burning se:tion in order W
stop the progress of the lire. ' y
thought, however, by thoee
seen forest fires In America tuti- l"
only moans of stopping tbe onl"'r8'
tion will be to adopt the Aunrican pi
of starting "back fires" tbat ii buruiM
a tr ct of tb forest sufli liently wide to
prevent the flamei from crossing it.
ia believed that the fires are or mcu
diary origin. '
ACjrMor!err,
Cr.r.vtLAno. O..Aug. H.-A sp
from New Philadelphia,". "!'?',
VallT Junction, this coimy. hieJl
aW.Athey, agent of the V,,v,,',n1? t
MsrietU railway, '
train, S.muel MrKeown of I. ' '
Mo, asaUd hlmst-f alongside A"l
sod opened bis fslise, Uk.ng ou
rolver and placing the "',
pocket. Vary ooo afterward, an hom
lipeskiog a tord, MoKwn P""
israiaHtha abdoinen of Atby- f"
Zot kia. MoKeown was arrest