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The poetoffice at Glen Rock wa9 en
tered and robbed Saturday night of 300
pennies.
Burglars entered the store of H.
Ruttert at DeWitt last week and carried
off a few articles of small value.
The school board at Niobrara bag
purchased a new 3(K) pound liell which
will aoon be placed in the belfry.
Mies Lulu Grrretsm of Graf has
brought suit againt Charles Ernest for
breach of promise iu the sum of $10,000.
Miss Simanek, a teacher in the Crete
schools, was robbed f a purse contain
ing f25 on the tram while on er nay t'i
the state fair at Omaha.
The Salvation army was an attraction
on the streets of Oakland list k and
the inhabitants suspended for a time
their political discussions.
While working on the railroad near
Platte Center one day la-t week a
clinch bar fell on P. F. Doody's fxt and
injured it ao he will be laid up from
work for several weeks.
Enos, the little son of G. V. Wright
of Table Hock, recently got one hand
caught in the cogs of a cider mill and
the end of one finger was crushed off,
and three others badly bruised.
Warren Fairbanks, who lives at
Pauline, lost a stack of liay last Sanr
day by fire. It occurred at nom anil
how it caught is a mystery. It cs me
near burning up his stable also.
Nannie Graham, who went insane
sometime since at Nebraska City, and
who has been cared for by the county,
was removed to the home of her uncle,
Jesse Graham, in Nemaha county.
Frank Feigueon, a farmer's boy near
Litchfield, was ru l over by a team
bitched to a hay rake recently, and se
riously bruised. One rake-too'h went
clear through bis leg. He is now re
covering. John Hansen, who burglarized a farm
house near Union, was sentenced by
Judge Ramsey to a year and a half in
the penitentiary. He says he ison'y
eighteen years old and that big home is
in Chicago.
Dan Zerbe recently killed a wolf in bis
farmyard near Gretna. The wolf was
in the act of killing a chicken, without
waiting for the consent of the owner or
anyone else. A general wolf hunt is
being talked of.
John Neilson of Eik Creek met with a
painful accident recently while running
his pony. In making a turn his pony
fell and broke one bone of his arm,
which will disable him from work for
quite awhile.
Charles Goodman of Carroll met with
an accident which may prove fatal. His
threshing outfit, which had stopped at
the town well, started suddenly and
Charley fell out backwards, striking his
head on the hard street.
Numerous plumming ami graping
parties have been organized recently
around Deuhler, and they got what they
went after in abundance. There is
enough of this wild fruit along the blue
to supply a regiment with Joily for
years.
A smooth street fakir at Tt'Ciimseb
last week relieved a few of the citizens
of about $20 for some electric belta,
which he gold for a dollar. The fakir
won his audience by throwing away
some small charge to see the boys
Ecramble for it.
There is a law prohibiting cursing and
wearing in public, but if it were strict
ly enforced in Shelton the revenue from
tinea would ie Bufficent to piy all ti e
expenses of the village and the levying
of taxes would be unnecessary .Shelton
Clipper.
Burglars went through a number of
honses and offices at Mead recently, but
secured little of v"luo. From now on
spring guns will be set in likely places
ind it is thought that some nice fat bur
flare can be gathered and filed In the
cemetery for future efercnce.
The funeral of John Ziska, a highly
respected Bohemian, and father of F.
Ziska, one of Exeter's leading mer
chants, was held in the Catholic church
at Milllgan. Mr. Siska was born in Bo
hemia in 1812, and died at the age of
eighty-four years, two months and thir
teen days, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Frank Matejka, v. ho lives between
here and Million. Ho came to Ameri
ca in 1852, settling in Rochester, Wis.
Ten years later he moved to St. Clair
county, 111., and fn lKiJ he settled on
Turkey creek, southwest from Exeter.
At the time of his death lie had lived in
Fillmore county longer than any person
how living in the county.
A shooting affray is reported to have
taken place on the farm of John Bunny
Hear Atlanta. He find two ahoU at
tanner Dodd without effect.
Some people around St. Edwaid art
making themselves unpopular by (ret
ting Into their neighbor' melon patches
and destroying melon, vines and all.
W, F, Liston's l ouse north of Pall
tade was truck by lightning recently.
It tore a flue down, knocked off tome
plastering, etc. The family fortunately
ped Injury.
lhe Japanese Import More Than They
Ixport by 27,000,000 Yea-
LAST WAR MADE THEM EXTRAVAGANT
RaHla HtreDgtben II rr Power hi tbm Eut
Mot an tool la Rentier Ka-llef to
Destitute Inhabitants of t ut unu.
Tokio, Japan, Aug. 26 (via Ban Fran
cisco, CaL, Sept. 12). During the firat
half of the current year Japan' im porta
from abroad exceeded her exports by
nearly 27,000,000 yen. A preponden
anoe of imports is by no means a new
feature of Japan's foreign trade, but
nothing on ao large a scale has been
previously reported. The causes are ap
parent, namely, on the one hand the
flush of prosperity that always follows
a victorious war, and on the other, the
dull state of the foreign markets. Dur
ing the war great sums werespentin the
country and iarge profits Hccrued to the
farming and indust rial classes, ao that
the purchasing power of the people at
large developed considetably. A keen
demand for imported goods naturally
ensued.
A new link with Russia has been
forged by the arrangements of the steam
ers of the Russian volunteer fleet, ply
ing between Odessa ami Vladivostock,
whereby she sha 1 henceforth stop at
ShanghaL There are twelve of these
steamers and all except one, a vessel of
twenty-five tons, they range from 7,1.06
to l,.ri00 tons, their speed vaiying from
thirteen to eighteen knots. The con
stant passage of such venue. s to and fro
tie t tteen Eurojiean Ilu-siaand her ruost
extreme port in the far east, suggest the
ease with which tshe could gradually
muster a strong military force at Vladi
vostok k, where she io disponed.
' At the same time experts are well
aware that Rus-ia'a naval strength in
the orient is greatly overestimated by
the general public. She has, it is true,
a squadron powerful in number of fillips,
displacement and weight of armor and
armameiiL But among all her cruisers
in Japanese and Chinese waters, only
one carries quick firing guns, and the
significance of that fact is not to be un
derrated. The death of the queen of Corea has
not released the little kingdom from pet
ticoat government. The king's favorite
concubine, Mine, Om Sang, now exer
cises as great influence over him as did
his highly gifted consort, and rumor
says that the wife of the Russian repre
sentative does not shrink from this
lady's companionship on the back stairs
of Corean politics.
A subscription has been started in Ja
pan for the relief of Formosans rend
ered homeless by the recent retellion.
The emperor set the example by sub
scribing 3.000 yen; the treasury gave
4,OX) and private subscriptions are
rapidly coining into the newspaper
othces. It has always been the habit
of Chinese insurgents or disbanded
soldiers to burn, pillage ana murder,
and many excesses of that nature per
petrated by the Formasan robberies
have been laid at the door of the Ja
j panese. As for the rebel soirit, it is
' new virtually stamped out though the
' desultory raids continue to be made by
little bands of desperadoes. '
lilcyi In Praotlcallle (or the Army.
Hklkna, Mont., Sept. 12. The
; Twenty-fifth infantry bicycle corps,
commanded by Lieutenant Moss, has
reached Helena fiom Fort Yellow
stone, The distance between the two
posts of 191 miles was covered in
twenty-seven hours. Lieuignant Moss
and his men left for Fort Missoula
; twenty-two days ago, and have cov
ered 1,100 miles of mountain climbing,
across the main Rockies, through the
t national park. The trip lias proved
I the entire practicability of the bicycle
for military purposes over such roads
as are usually found in a mountainous
country.
t'ongresimian AUuck un Kdltor.
Nkw York, Sept. 12. A Sun; special
from New Orleans says : Congressman
C. J. Boatner, attacked Judge A. A.
Gundy, editor of the .Monroe Bulletin,
! on the streets of Monroe Thursday with
a heavy stick, and fight resulted. The
fight was brought about by a letter
I written by the Hon. A. Bonoit, the pop
f ulist candidate for congress, against
1 Jloatner, a candidate for re-election.
I ; On Saturday last he published an arti
cle in Gunby's paer about Boatner,
under the caption "Who Is the Liar?"
. Several of Mr. Boatner's friends were
' with him at the time of the attack on
, Gunby. The latter attempted to strike
'' iback at Boatner, but was held by the
bystander. Boatner is a "sound money"
', man, but will support Bryan. The dif
j Acuity grew largely out of the financial
question, Gunby Is one of the mest
stalwart of silver men. He was a dem
ocrat until six months ago, when he
went over to the populists. ,
' Condemned to IJrath.
Athkns, Sept, 12. Sixteen Greek offi
cers have been condemned to death for
taking part in recent rebellion and a
ouniber of others are on trial.
00,000 Hlll In Four Yuan.
Chicago, Sept. 12. Albert Fleck, a
cyclist of Germany, is In the city.
! Fleck says he Is making a tour of the
'.-nrld an a waser of M.000 against t50.-
1 loOO, put up by the Hanovor Bicycle club
'to ride 00,000 miles in lour years, tie
asserts he started from Hanover April
2, and has since ridden 7,000 miles. Mr.
I Fleck Is already thirty-seven days
ahead of his schedule time, and is con
fident of wverlng the 90,000 miles In
'much shorter tlm than four yeri.
ftiefcraaka la she Xmm.
Washihotoh.S ept. 11 The Septem
ber report of the statistician of the de
partment of agriculture shows a decline
in the condition of corn from the August
statement of five points, or from 95 pei
cent in Aug 1st to 91 in Septeoibtr
The sveragt-a in the principal corn grow
ing states are: Kentucky 93, Ohio 104,
Michigan 101, Indiana 103, Illinois 100,
Iowa 103, Missouri 85, Kansas 89, Ne
braska 103.
Although there has been a falling off
in the condition in some states, particu
larly in Kansas and Nebraska, the crop
this year promises to be a large one.
Nearly all the great central states report
a high condition, though with many
local reports of drought, flooding rains,
insects, or, along the northein border,
early frosts The Pacific elope sends
fav' rable reports.
The general condition of wheat, con
sidering both winter and spring varie
ties, when harvested, w as 74 6, againBt
75.1 in lh95 and 83.7 in 1894 There-
ported conditio ns for the principal
w heat states are as 101'ows: Ohio 62,
Michigan 75, Indiana (H, lllinoi 77,
Minnesota 80, Iowa 84, Missouri 75,
Kansas 70, Nebraska 77, South Dakota
70, North Dakota til, California 100,
Oregon 80, Washington 7V
East of thi Rock mountains com
plaints of both fertility and quantity
of the wheat are almost universal the
raujes stated Iteing winter killing, being
due to deficient-snow covering, stunted
grow th due to early drouth, insect at
tack, rust and especially the prevalent
heavy rains following harvest, from
which a large percentage of the grain
sprouted and rotted in the shock. A
few fcattred countries are excepted.
The early thresed grain in Dome states
escaped injury and the spring wheat
fareil generally better than winter
w heat. The Pacific slope suffered some
what, chiefly from dry weather shrink
ing the grain, but nut so generally as
the central and eastern mates.
The Kuropan agent of the department
reports a general reduction from earlier
estimates of the wheat crop, owing to
unfavorable weather, which was par
ticularly bad at harvest time in central
Europe, though fairly good westward.
The quality of grain is reported high.
Oats and barley will be short. The
corn crop in the southern peninsula is
looking well. Condition of oats when
harvested was 74.0 percent, against 77.3
in August; rye 82. birley 83 1, buck
wheat 93 2. tobacco 81.5, a fall of five
points Hnce August; potatoes 83.2,
against 90.8 per cent last. year.
Cell-a,e It Ainitvernary.
Ci.kvkla.mi, O., Kept. U. The annl-ver-'-iry
uf the battle of Lake Krie was a
holiday for the city. The majority of
the tdiopB and factories clc.Bed and the
city put 011 a gala dress for the occasion.
Cupini' dor Perry's monument in Wade
park was covered with Hags and flowers.
Great numbers of visitors from north
ern Ohio came to the city.
Governor Bushnell of Ohio presided
a' the morning exercises In the O. N.
G. armory. He suggested that congress
or the state ought to appropriate money
to erect a monument on I'tit-in-Hay
island to the memory of the men killed
in the battle of Lake Ki ie. He then in
troduced Governor Lippitt of Khode
Isl tnd the orator of the day who de
livered a stirring address.
Ex-Senator M. C. Butler of North
Carolina, a nephew and Oliver Hazard
Perry a grandson of the commodore,
were introduced and made remarks.
One of the most interesting incidents
of the morning meeting was the intro
duction of Mrs. Klizabtth Mcl'eters.
She is a daughter of lien Fleming, one
of the gunners on the I-aw renee. She
is now an inmate of the city infirmary.
General Axline sprang to his feet and
moved that steps be taken to take her
from the institution and give her a
comfortable home. L. E. Holden p'om
ieed that one would be provided.
Rev. C. E. Manchester, a cousin of
Commodore Perry, delivered the closing
pi ayer.
An imposing civic and industrial
parade took place yesterday afternoon,
the streets through w hich the proces
sion moved Wing thronged by thou
sands of people. The (tattle of Lake
E'ie was reproduced on tha lake front
last evening, closing the celebration.
The display was a success and nuB wit
nessed by an immense crowd.
Cn 1 the s. 11 1 1 i.Ti NainpK.
IiMkin, Sept. 10 A few d;iys ngo
Mr, Gladstone waB requested to addre-s
a mass meeting to be held at Liverpool
for the purpose of condemning the sul
tan of Turkey for permitting the massa
cres of Armenians. In reply to the re
quest Mr. Gladstone has written a letter
in which he says : "My opinions of the
great assassin and of the disgrace the
European powers have allowed him to
bring upon them are well known to my
countrymen, but I do not think that
benefit would accrue from my taking
rart in meetings, however valuable and
even obligatory, such meetings may be
for those still engaged in the active
duties of public life "
Latter Carriers' 111 Hi Inn.
Gband Bafios, Mich., 6ept. 11. At
the afternoon session of the carriers'
association Treasurer McDonald's an
nal report was read and accepted. It
showed $16,587 receipts and a balance
on hand of $5,018. The election will
take place today and the following were
plaoed In nomination for president: J.
U. Parsons ol New York, U. w. worm
,lnetonof Chicago and R. H. Qnlnnol
J Philadelphia. ......
ROBBED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT!
Messenger for a Brewery Held up at
Noonday and Bobbed.
GETS NEARLY $2000-00 IN CASH.
IJIldcrbrand, the llMner, Klgiit man
'uliy to Hold one of tha Kobbera. Tha
Other Mak-s nlTtrlib lha Booty
and hma uut baao f ound.
New York, Sept 10. Henry Hilder
brand, nineteen years old, confidential
bank messenger of George Ringler A
Co., brewers, was held up by two men
at midday yesterday and robbed of f 1,
989 in cash and $3,000 in checks. One
of the robbers is in custody, but the
other escaped.
Yesterday's deposit of money and
checks was in two cigar boxes, wrapped
about in Btout manilla paper and care
fully tied up. It was Htlderband's cus
tom to go home to his dinner before
going to the bank, and, yesterday, on
reaching the hou?e Ililderhrand opened
the front door with his latch key and
started up stairs. Half way up the
first flight he met two men coming
down and moved close to the wall to let
them pass. As he did so one presented
a revolver while the other snatched the
package containing the money and ran.
The man with the revolver held it close
to Hilderband's face until the street
door shut behind the fugitive aud then
si'uck Ililderhrand acroes the side of
the head with the pistol and kicking
him in the abdomen started to escape,
Hihhrbrand, who ie sturdy and
plucky, tottered down stairs and, al
though weak and dazed, seized him,
and a hand-to-hand conflict followed.
The two struggled to the front door,
when the robber threw it open. Ilild
erhrand Bhouting for help while the rob
ber began to beat him over the head
with the revolver. Policeman Owens
saw the two fighting on the street at
the door and arreRted the man, who
proved to be James Dalton, twenty
three years old. He was an iron work
er from Buffalo.
Farmrrt Fight a Dual.
Coffekville, Miss., Sept. 10. W. B.
Johnson and John W'lbourn, two prom
inent farmers, fought a duel with Win
chester rifles at fifty yards near here
esterdtiy, which resulted in Johnson's
death. A feud has existed between the
men for some time. They owned ad
joining farms and when they met a
quarrel arose. There was only one wi
neea to the affair. ilbotirn and the
witness, Sam Lewis, had been hunting
squirrels and while returning tinme
they met Johnson armed with a Win
chester rifle. A dispute arose and
Johnson opened fire on Wilbourn with
out warning. Wilbourn returned the
fire and a regular fusillade was kept up
between them, which resulted in John
son being pierced by four balls, Wil
bourn ercaping without injury.
Wilbourn has been placed in jail. He
claims that it was a case of self de
fense.
MMrrlen an Anjrrl.
Minneapolis, Alinn., Sept. 10. Mary
Ann Tuttle and J. Schweinfurth were
married yesterday. She, for many years n new8papers employing non union
has presided over his notorious "heav- p,,, The parage of the reso
en," near Rockford, 111., as the leading ,ution exciujes from the congress the
angel. The ceremony was performed atj
the home of Charles C. Whitney, one ofi
Schweinfurth's ardent followers, and
the leaders' example was followed by
four of hia disciples in the wedlock of
Albert 0. Teft to a sister of Schwein
furth and William Weldon to a Scandi
navian girl named Bertha Olson. The
trlpple wedding was witnessed by the
friends and followers of Schweinfurth
only. The event is considered extra
ordinary, in that the doctrines of the
sect heretofore have proclaimed against
CA,ll,lnn,ria,lua WllOtllr CT Tint. (L
ci.i,.i iu" ...
new section has been added to the faith
cannot be learned.
EUcn as 10 omige 111111 10 remain tuwo
MTbrniairM, with his ship. The messt-ag ) indicates
I ondo.', Sept. 10. Constantinople i that the position of Manilla in very se:i
correspondent of the Times telegraphs ou?, though no details are obtainable
that many Armenian prisoners have ' owing to the rigor of the censorship,
been released anil that those who had ' Busine.-s telegrams have been received
sought refuge on ship? in the, harbor
have been allowed to dise-nbark. The
government is inclined to giant amnesty
to those who took part in the recent
rioting. 1
The dispatch adds that France will:
shortly sign a commercial treaty with
Tnrliev. after w hich the ttorte will ne-
gotlate for similar treaties with Austria
and Italy. This is an important step,
as it ib a preface to the removal of the
industrial deadlock existing at present,
Shot In the I'otirt Room
Lancaster, Ky., Sept. 10. Postmas
ler J. O. Hamilton shot and killed Jim
r, colored, and accidentally woun.l -
idge R. A. Burnside in the court
Knox
All Jill1
house vesterdav morning. Knox had
quarreled with the postmaster about a
i,n .n,l l,ad . t.isti.l In each band. He
naopedone and Hamilton began firing,
r " . . j ,n (L l.,1,.0
aiiiing n...u ,....B,
who was in tne line 01 ure
Will Have Them Court Martlnled.
London, Sept. 10. The Standard to
day will publish a dispatch from Mad
. ' .... .u- u. '-.
no saying tin w. ou.j,., K....u...
nas resoivm. vw p.. -,,i;
witn measure, w u .u,,
risings in the Pb lllpptne islands and
Cuba. The members of the revolution
ary Junta In Madrid who have been
proved to be In wrre.ndence w th the
nbels ana wun reiugees in r .onaa "ai
jlftw York, b.ve been sent or trial b
turn a miibi j vje- nw
A Mob Kaia af Tarror.
BrBiNOFiKLD, Ky., Sept. 9. The de
rn nd for free turnpikes 1 Washing a
county has developed a luob which m ty
have to be quelled by state troops.
Monday the eheiiff went o -t in the
country to arrest the men who shot
Tollgate Keeper Wells Saturday nit ht
i and riddled his house witb bulk .s.
1 The men, who numbered over fifty,
defied the authorities and threatened to
I burn the town cf Springfield if an at
I tempt was made to arrest them.
Monday at dusk the slientl arrested
Joe Settle, a mem her of the mob, a. id
brought him in to jail at midnight. In
the meantime, however, the man's
fiiends got wind of the affair and moved
on Springfield, apparently to put ihe
threat to burn the town into execution.
The arrest occurred at 6 o'clock and
at 8 o'clock the large tobacco ware
house of P. W. McLaughlin, within a
square of the court house, was in flames.
Toe people, remembering the threat
thought it was being executed and in a
few moments the streets were alive with
men armed to the teeth and cletermii ed
tr give the incendiaries a warm recep
tion if they attempted any further out
rages. Business was su-psnded and
every man is armed, ihe names of
some fif y or sixty participant- in l ie
outra-8 are known ana .sheriff Cryci ift
has organized a putse o capture them.
The t,r Truvi-t.
Kkii., Sept. 9. The czar and czarina
arrived here yesterday. Their majesties
were received at the elation by Prince
Henry of Prussia and his wife, Princ
ess Irene. The imperial visitors entered
carriages and were driven to the Jensen
bridge, where they embarked on board
a steim launch and were conveyed to
the schloss. The czir and czarina were
enthusias'ically cheered by the people.
The German fleet in the harbor were
covered with bunting and each vessel
flew the Russian flag irom the maintop
in honor of the czar.
The stay of their majpstiea here was
a short one. The Polar Star, the Rus
sian imperial yacht, was in the harbor
awaiting their coming and at 7 o'clock
yesterday evening their majesties and
their escorts went on board of her and
she shortly afterward started for Den
mark, Prince Henry and Princess
Irene went to the wharf with their
majesties and there bade them fare
well. As the imperial couple boarded
the Polar Star the warships in the har
bor fired salutes and their crews cheered
them.
Does not Favor Siciallfm.
EnwiiUKO, Sept. 9. At yeeterday's
sitting of the trades unions congress
Mr. iMa'.lison, the new chairman of the
political committee, made an address in
which he said that the change in the
manner in which tne communities now
dealt with labor questions was largely
due to the socialists who had aroused
the national conscience by exposing the
misery and degradation arising from the
defects in the industrial system. Though
the socialists had paved the way for
remedial legislation, he said their re
medies were not, in his opinion, bring
ing about the desired results.
Mr. Mallison advocated the policy on
thu part of trade9 unionists of keeping
outside the lines of the present political
parties in the right ior living wages.
The payment of salaries to members of
parlinient ought to be mado a test ques
tion in the next election.
. The congress passed a resolution ex
pelling from the sittings the reporters of
reporters of every newspaper in Edin
, buig.
I A resolution was adopted declaring
that the hours of labor should be limited
j to eight hours per day in all trades and
' occupations aud constructing the par.ia
' mi ntary committee to draft a bill on
these lines.
A Knltellion In Plilllliiie Islaniln.
I Madrid, Sept. 9. A special dispatch
fr.mi Hong Kong to the imparcial Bavs
thar the commander of the British gun
: boat Red Pole has telegraphed from
Vf!ll tlot ttio i,a.Mtu ,.f tha oitimtinn
: , ,
1 u' ' 1 T
' from a Hong Kong correspondent at
Manilla advising against the shipment
' of consignments of goods to the Philli-
pines, and stating that business tbere is
at a complete standstill. ,
The official advice from Manilla say
that the rebellion in the Phillipine ia-
lands is confined to the province of
Cavite. The rebels have barricaded
themselves in a church at Cavite, which
is so far from the shore that the Span
ish gunboats are unable to reach it with
I their guns.
I Gone Don d lu the Vorlex.
Philadelphia, Sept. 9. Alter occupy
! mg a high position among the leaders
' of the trade for nearly forty years, the
Lockwood .vanulacturing company,
manufactures of folding boxes, envelop'
eg and tags, has made an assignment,
I The 1 . r,x 1 and assets are not yet
i tabulated. The company is mcorpor-
, Ue(1 Wltn iiuuuu capital.
Want Tlii'tr Liberty.
Marskillks, Sept. 9 The Armenians
who recently arrived from Constantino'
' Pie on dob
e on board the steamer La Guironde,
,fter having surrenders! to Sir Edgar
, Vincent , one of the directors of the Otto-
bank ftfter atUcklng ,,, hoI(lillg
niaht. and who were
arrested on landing here, have sent
collective note to the minister of the in
deiaaBd,Dg their release, on the
... , th. ,,.. ntoaAitA them
d ,f fc lttrrrenderH.
THE LONG RACE IS ENDED
Aerosi-Oontinent fiicyole Belay BaM
Done in Thirteen Days.
A REMARKABLE FEAT ACCOMPLISHED
t rad Tltm Carrie tha Leather Poach the
Lut Belay at Tea Mllea and Uelivrra
It to Poiitmaater Dajrton of Maw
York-Big Affair.
New Yoek, Sept. 8. The Journal
Examiner bicycle relay race, which be
i;an in San Francisco at noon on Au
gust 25, ended in front of the Journal
cilfice on Park row in this city at
3:2y;h4 1-5 yeeterday afternoon. The
actual time for the lace was thirteen
days twenty-nine minutes, four and
one fifth seconds. The pouch, which
has come across the country cjntained
two letters, one addressed to Postmas
ter Dayton from the pjstoffice depart
ment in San Francisco, the other from
Uo!onel Schaefer, addressed to the
major-general in command of the de
partment of the east at Governor's
Iiitand.
E. F. Boffinger received the pouch at
Yonkers at 2:23 p. m., and immediately
statted for King's Bridge, accompanied
by several local riders. At King's
Bridge Fred J. Titus, of the Riverside
wheelmen, w-ho holds the ten-mile rec
ord, received the pouch, and together
with O. S. Brandt, of the tame club,
they started the last relay of the race.
Coming through King's Bridge they
were accompanied by 100 cyclists, while
Messrs. Mullen and Saunderson on a
tandem geared to 123 started to pace
the riders. They had not gone far,
however, when trie two relay riders
1-ft them in the rear. At Washington
iiridge Brandt's w heel broke down, and
he was com p lied to iorrow one from
h member of the party. The route
through the city was from Washington
Uride down St. Nicholas avenue to the
b uleyard to Seventy-second street,
down Broadway to city hall park and
over to the Journal office.
All along the line crowds of wheel
men were waiting for the riders to pass
nnd joined in the party that followed,
but they were soon distanced, and when
the two riders reached their destination
there were only seven followers.
On the stand erect' id in front of the
Journal office were Postmaster. Dayton,
A. R. Grant, who had charge of the race
and started the first rider in San Fran
cisco; and W. R. Hearst, proprietor of
the San Francisco Examiner and New
York Journal. The pouch was opened
by Postmaster Dayton, while the crowd
in front of the office shouted and
cheered. The letter addressed to him
w as found in a linen envelope, which
was covered with signatures and posti
marks of the postmasters of the cities'
through which the pouch was carried,
The postmaster opened the letter and
found that it contained a formal an
nouncement of the rider leaving San
Francisco for the purpose of establishing
a recoid.
The letter which is to go to Governor's
aland will be delivered today at 8
o'clock.
A Tragedy on th streets.
RicninoND, Va., Sept. 8. A terrible
tiuvedy was enacted early last night
on Broad street, the principal business
tliorougbtare ot the city. James 0.
W i miner, aged forty-six, a native of .
Wythe county, and a blacksmith work
ing at the Richmond locomotive works
tabbed and killed S. Q. Thalheimer,
l well known liquor merchant. The
ause of the homicide w as the alleged
ictrayal of Wiininer'a partially par
alyzed daughter by young Thalheimer.j
vvimuier, wno was mining ior inai-i
heimer, came up with him on the streetj
might hold of him and after stabbing
him in three places threw him off.
Thalheimer walked about a half blocks
and then fell dead. Wimmer sought a
policeman and surrendered himself.
Mm. Bliijb itk III.
London, Sept. S Mrs. Florence May- .
brick, who is confined '.n Woking prison
under sentence of life imprisonment for
fjoisioning her husband, James May
brick, is critically ill.
Dea Moire has a Sensation.
Dks Moines, la,, Sept. 8. George
Frank, who lives at 254 West Forty-fifth
street, New York, was stabbed last night
by William Harris aud will die. Frank
was sitting on a curbstone on a crowded
corner of the leading business street
when Harris, with his brother Micheal
and George Sloan, approched him. The
three had been drinking heavily and
without any provocation William Harris
assaulted Frank. Frank got up and was,
administering a sound thrashing to
Harris, when Mike Harris drew a dirk
knife and stabbed Frank six times in
the side and abdomen. The knife went
in to its hilt at each cut. Hundreds ol
people crowded around, but were unable
to do anything because the assault was
committed so quickly. The three men
weie overpowered by bystander and
were placed under arrest immediately1
on the charge of murder. Frank wai
taken to a hospital and his wounds'
dressed. He is about thirty years of
age and unmarried. He had just come
here to look for work. His parents live
at the number given in New York city.
Tbe physicians in charge say he will
die.
Frunlratml by Intimidation.
Lbadvilli, Colo., Sept. 8. Efforts to
start up the Bohn shaft yesterday wen
repeatedly frustrated by the inttmida
tion tactics of the mine's. As fast a
one set of employes were pat ti work
the miners began to use threat!, and
the workmen weakened. The operator!
ay they will continue tor a week to.
gether to try to start to work, and il
the union miners do not by that tlnw
top their intimidation work, the mlatq
will be finally closed for the winter. .