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FOR THE 'COMMISSION DETERMINE THE FATE OF THE PHILIPINES- T Would llave Mttle Etteet Any wayAdmiral Hampton and Scblcy Kl aMld at Waahlnfton Today. Washington, Ang. 22. Conditions about the great slate, war and navy building have about assumed their nor mal aspect. Daly a few clerks were on duty in the principal bureaus yesterday and they did only a few hours work. Mots word wm received during the day Irom Admiral, Dewey, notwithstanding tbateab!e communication with Manila bad again been opened. Among war officers the terms of capi tulation of Manila a cabled by General Merritt was a topic of discussion. Unollicial advices from Manila re ceived previous to the arrival of the test of the terms indicated that Uie capitu lation of the city included the surrender of the Philippines, and that Spanish Sovereignly over the entire archipelago was, temporarily at least, at an end. This view is not sustained by the condi ttoas of the surrender as cabled by freneral Merriit, and it may be said it is no the view taken by the best in formed officials of the administration. While some of the war authorities la-t night were inclined to the opinion that the articles of capitulation might lie sonetrued to mean the surrender of Spanish control over the entire Philip pine group, the prevalent opinion now U that they mean precisely what they ay and that the surrender includes pnly the city of Manila and its immedi ate surroundings, or "suburbs," as it is expressed in the articles. It can h otated uuthoritatlvely that the preside it is quite satisfied with the Urma as made by General Merritt and Admiral Dewey. Their instructions af forded them considerable latitude for In dividuality of action, the president feel ing confident that tbey would secure the teat possible terms in the circumstance. Itat they have done so be it certain. It ia pointed out that the terms of the aapitulation of Manila can have but lit tle affect upon the action of the Paris saoa oom mission in any event. The protocol provides for the cession of the sity, bay and harbor of Manila to the United Slates and leavei to the peace socu mission to determine the disposition and government of the Philippine isl ands. Whether Spain ia to retain her ssverlrgnity over the is ands is a matter to be decided by the commission. The action of the commission is eir-Som-cribed by the te'ms of the protocol, while the terms of the capitulation of Manila, it is suggested, oan have very At tie more serious effect upon the com edian Ion's work than those of the sur fsnder of Santiago. Rear Admiral Sam peon and Rear Ad Bind Schley are expected to arrive in Washington tome time tomorrow. The appointment of t.'ie twoadm rals respect ively on the Cuban and Porto Rican oommirsions necessarially will cause Sbem to be detached temporarily from their present commands. Ttie detachments, it ia said, by the a aval authorities, will be only tempora ry. In the ab-enceof Admiral Samp son, Commodore Philip will have com Stand of the squadron of vessels In New fork. Repairs on the ships will be pushed with vigor and as rapidly as possible tbey will I put in excellent condition lor eea dutv in either war or peace, No determination has yet been rear hid by the naval authorities on the question of reorganizing the naval squadrons on a peace footing in view of the new condi nous whU-h now confront tho United States. It is scarcely likely that any considerable change will be made pend ing the successful termination of the peace negotiations. Early yesterday afternoon Adjutant General Cor bin received the following dispatch from General Merriit: Manila, Aug. 21. Major-General Otis, with steamers Peru and City of Puebla, has arrived All well, no caau allies. (Signed.) MaaaiTT. About Forty Killed. Arabon, Maes , Ang.22. A local train front Providence, Rhode Island, on the New York, Niw Ifaven and Hartford, do In Boston at 7 :45 p. m., while stand ing' at the dept last night, was tele scoped by an express train from New Bedford, and between thirty and forty people were killed, besides a large num ber injured. Canton, Maw., Aug. . Word was received here at 7:80 last night of a fearful railr-ad accident at Sharon, on Mew York, New Haven A Hartford road, and an argent request made for physi cian and undertaker's wagons. All the physicians in town, at well a three anderUkers and their wagons, were Immediately dispatched to the scene of the accident, followed by a large orowd f aight-eeers. The surrounding eoun ' try has bean thoroughly aroused, and a large quantity of sheets, bedding and hospital euppllea were dispatched from tall town to Sharon, a distance of about fossr anilea. TTee fcersaat rtaf Haas. Tvboni, Pa., Aug. n.-Tb alletsd largest American flag In the country, sMamring 60 by 100 feet and suspended front galvanised wire cable bait an 1Mb thick and 1,000 lewt la bMgtfa was attMrled Bounty attemooa between ww Moontoin tops east sf this towa, mii& foal above the Jenlftta rim. ' Ps) wruif waj Mwwded by pftrsds, al him.Ii hyasft. m4 sd- PEACE MAKERS Manes Praparailoa for lleeelvtnf Tlia Commlulon, Washington, Aug. 23 In view o) the early meeting at Paris of the Spanish-American peace commissioners ar rangements are already under way fo the entertainment of the distinguished body. It is understood the commis sioners will be (juctts of the French gov ernment. It is understood the meeting! of the commissioners will be held in the French foreign office, in the sumptuous and historic Salon des Ambasadeurs. The Salon is probably the most elegant official apartment in all Europe, being hung with Gohelin tapestries and decor ated with la vitb frescoes and works of art. The president hopes to be able to an nounce the names of the commissioners on the part of lbs United State this week. COmmle.looeri Named. Washington. Aug. 23. The state de partment yeserday received a call from M. Thiebaut, secretary of the French em bassy, aud in charge during the ab sence of Ambassaeor Cambon. who bore a notification from the Spanish govern ment of tne military commissioners for Cuba and Pc rto Rico Under the peace pro ocol each country was to name its peace military commi-sioners within 10 days. The ten days were up today, and accordingly Spain gave the notice of the appointments. They are as follows; For Cuba Major-General Gonzales Parrado, Rear Admiral Pastor y Lan dero, Marquis Montero. For Porto Rico Major-General Ortega y Diaz, C mmodore of First Rank Val- leriuo y Carrasco, Judga Advocate San chez del Agu.la y Leon. Considerable significance attaches to the naming of Marquis Monteroy on the Cuban commission. He is named, it is believed, in order to carry out Spain's desire to have an understanding as to the future government of the island, be being familiar with the questions of the civil administration of Cuba. As secre tary of the Cuban treasury, he is also familiar with questions affecting the Cuban debt Dewe't Elegant Sward. Washinoton, Aug. 23 The design lor the memorial sword the government is to present to Rear Admiral Dewey, ao cording to act of congress, was finally determined upon yeateiday by the com niittee having '.he subject under consid eration, consisting Assistant Secretary Allen, Senator Lode, oi. Massachusetts, and Professor Oliver of the United States naval academy. A great many designs have been submitted, some of them showing much artistic beauty. The one selected was submitted by Tiffany A Co., of New York. Us marked characteristic is its simpie and solid elegance. The hilt of the swoid is plain and solid, but highly traced gold handle. One side of the blade bears the inscription : "The gift of the nation to Rear Admiral George Dawey, U. S. N., in memory of the victory ai Manila Bay, May 1, 1X98." The scabbard is of dark biue damascened metal, with tracery of gold. At its end are two dolphins. Dodgnd fcpanlarda Daring- War, Nkw York, Aug. 23. The American hip McLaurin arrived here yesterday from Singapore. Captain Oakes, its com mander, nays that he learned of the commencement of hostihtiis between Bpain and the United States when he was off Anker, and thereafter a bright lookout was kept for Spanish privateers, snd al! vessels at sea were avoided. Ar riving off St. Helena, the McLaurin put into the. inland lor water, and to pick up Information about the war, but the latest news was a month old. Captain Oakes kept out f the course, to avoid capture, thus delaying its arrival several days, Miner In Statu Quo Pana, 111., Aug. 23. Although trouble was expected, no material change oc curred in the miningsituation yesterday. Louis Overholt of the Spnogside Coa! company and Julius Brr.ebl of the Pana Coal company failed to arrive from Bir mingham, Ala., Monday night, with 1,0U0 negroes, as wax expected, and only the usual complement of seven men re sumed work in the Sprlnselde coal mine and they under heavy guard of sheriff! and deputies. Report were received that 300 negroes were at Centralia and would arrive last night. The Pana an ion miners were added to by 100 men from Moqueta, who drove overland on hay wagons during the night. There ia great fear of serious results on the arrival of the negroes. Indignation meetings are being advocated and will probably be held on the arrival of the negroes and action be taken to compel their Imme diate departure from the city. Auitrlaa Soldiers Drowned. London, Aug. 88. A dispatch from Buda Peslh to a London news agency ays that Sunday, while a regiment waa crossing a pontoon bridge over the river Meroe, near Hoed, the bridge collapsed. Three hundred men wars immersed, and it ia feared that eighty were drown ed. Lit Bait s Heeded. Haw You, Ang. SS.-A cablegram ro ceived by Stephen K. Barton yesterday, announced that Miss Barton would leavs Santiago for Havaaa m Sunday. A cablegram from Mr. Barton the Bed Crass agent, wbo Balled for fwrto Etes on ths lltb, announces Us arrival m4 the landing oftbs Red Cms MppMss, Hs Ulerrspba that there to very erfsal need of light food, poosrtea sad dslles etcsfor Irs thoMtad MS for M toMt MEHRITT'S REPORT iV. P- LEARS OF CO- A KILLED IN STEAD OF WM- LEWIS- Complete I.lat of Killed and Woonded Evana Dies In ttie Jionjiilul A bun don ( Camp Thomas lonorgeula Peaceful. Washington, Aug. 24. Adjutant General Corbin yesterday afternoon re ceived the following dispatch from Gen eral Merritt: Follow ing is a list of killed, wounded tnd deaths of enlisted men in this com mand since August 1 : KILLED. WILLIAM P. LEARS, First Nebras ka. ROBERT M'CANN and SAMUEL F. HOWELL, Fourteenth infantry. CLEMENTS LAURER, Twenty-third infantry. Lea hs, results, wounds and diseases . Charles Winfluld, James Mcllraih, rhird artillery; Lee Synder, Tenth P nnsy'vania; John G. Dunsmore, Dar le J. Nicholif, George II. Perkins, First California; Cnarles Dunn.Aetor battery ; Serjeant Uurnston, Leslie B. Paden, Henry Dick son, Sidney Piatt, Thirteenth Minnesota; Charles Pheonix, First Col irado; Sergeant W. J. Evans, First Ne braska; Kdar Johnson, Rufus R. iiol brook, Edward C. Young, Second Ore gon ; Wa der Herhine, Twe;ity-third in fantry; Will am B. Robbin, Neil Ho qtiard, Thomas Serjeant, hospital corps; I'hilip Fern, Arthur Jobbling, Eigh teenth infan'ry ; Le Roy Minuioh, First Wyoming William Sander. Severely wounded : John F. Duncan, Lawrence P. Connor, George Hanson, William A. Wickham, Claud F. Head, First Nebraska. Clinton Lambert, Lucius Snow, Four-Ue-ith infantry. Fen ton F. Newman, Joseph Smith, Richard L. Turk, Twenty-third infantry. Thomas Hayden, As tor battery. Scgeant Mervin Carleton, Corporal Henry E. Williams, Frank Crowl, Oarlos Little, Thirteenth Minnesota. Among the slightly wounded are: Joseph' S. Oviatt, Charles E. Pelser, Jqcn P. McCauley, George Englehorn, First Nebraska : Wm, A. Jones, Louis H. Wallace, Guyman Thorston, Clarence T. Rice, Henry E. Bo rowman, George T. Twency, Louis Ulmer, Louis Kahl, Willis S.Moore, Ernest L. Rider, Henry Fitzlotr, Milton A. Trenhatn, Albert 8. Hansen, Charles J. Ahlere, Charles P. Wool, Thirteenth Minnesota. In the above list all are privates, ex cept where otherwise noted. Insurgent Are I'eaieabla. Manila, Aug. 24 The rumors of trou ble between trie natives and Americans are for the moat part unfounded. The fact ia that the insurgents have been un willing to disarm, until assured of the permanence of American pro ection. The run on the Spanish bank, which originated in the rumors of an excessive note issue tc all the Spanish authorities, led to a run on the institution, but the British banking houses came to its as sistance, and averted a failure. B 'sineas is now booming. The ob structions in the Paiig river, which flows tbrouh the city, have been removed and the water works have resumed oper ations. London, Aug. 23. The Associated poena learns that the Philippine junta in London received a dixpatch irom Manila yesterday announcing that matters there are rapid y quieting down and that the friction between Agulnaldo and the Americ ans is disappearing. The junta is satisfied that all friction will soon disappear and that there w II be no trouble from the insurgent if the Americana decide to retain the Philip pines. Abandon Canip Tlionia. Chickamauoa I'AKt, Aug. 24. The war department has ordered General Breckinridge to abandon Camp Thomas at Chlckamauga Park, and the general is using every means tocomply with the orders as rapidly as poisibln. The vari ous regiments have received orders to pack up and be ready to get out on short notice, and all have gone about obeying orders in a systematic and rapid manner. As fast as railroads can furnish transportation the men will move. A large number of the regiments have been ordered to their state capitals. The others wdl be seat to Kuoxville, Lexington and Utintsvllle, Ala. Many of the regiments of the Second and Third divisions of the First corps are already moving to Knoxvdle and Lex ington, and as soon as possible all the regiments of the Tiiird corps not order ed home will go to Huntsville. General Breckinridge, the commander of Camp Thomas, will fo either to Knoxville or Lexingt n. He states that hs has not yet received definite informa tion as to which of the tw camps ho will be order!. All that will be left at Camp Thomas will be in the hospitals, whe-e ths men are too sick to be moved, and one regiment, which will sot u ft guard. It is not known where the light artlfo lery and Colonel Qrigsby's rough riders will be sent, as no orders relating to them bare been issued. Ttio First Maine infantry broke eamp and toft for homo yesUrday. Pmratja af ike risasa. Maosio, Aug. 14. Ths 'official Oft MMo whish pwMlshtd yesUrdsy morn ing n decree eoahrriog decorations upon a. Oam boa, tho Proaob ambassador al Washington, II. Pstenotrs, ths French ambassador at Madrid, and II. Dai oases ths Frsaoh Baielsler of foreign attain, Masts also for dsooratioa M. Tbtsbant, Irst sssrstary of tbs Froneh smbsssjr al WMklagvM ftad M. DsOrsndrs nad 1, CUTTING DOWN EXPEN8E8 BaSranahmant the Oenaral Ordar la Ana) Discharge Han. Washington, Aug. 20. Retrenchment on neatly every department of the armj since the cloe of hostilities. This ii especially noticeable in the ordinancs1 and engineering department, when ths ! men employed for the exigencies of war are no longer employed. In tne ordi nance department the force at the vari ous arsenals is to be materially reduced in all cases where this can be accom plished without detriment to the service. The Rock Island arsenal will probably be affected miire than any other. There befo-i the war about 240 men were em ployed. When the peace protocol was signed, there were approximately 4,000 men engaged and orders have been is sued which will reduce this number by two-thirds. Before and during the wai large numbers of contracts were made wiih ordinance firms for supplying ma terial. In many cases these were made conditional so they could be terminated within a few days after the cessation ol hostilities and the department has in every oase availed itself of this privilege. At the end of the civil war the govern ment had otustanding contracts for fur nishing a hrge number of big sea coast projectiles but as these were regarded, unneceeary when hostilities came to an ond, amicable arrangements were made with the companies, by which these contracts were cancelled. At '.be present time contracts are in existancn also for furnishing pea coast projectiles, but as the government is de sirous of obtaining nil contracted for, there will he no necessity of resorting to such action as was taken at the close ol the civil war. Thequartermaster's department is dis pensing as rapidly as possible with such of the transports ai were chartered, and for which there is no necessity. Consid erable labor is involved in this work, at a board of survey has to be appointed tc determine the varions questions that arise pending the return of the vessels to their owners. In the engineers' department the ser vices of electrician, mechanics and laborers engaged in the work of harboi and river mine defense and of boatmen employed in the patrol of the adjacent waters to warn approaching craft of their danger also are being discharged as rapidly as consistent with the good oi the service. SIX DROWNED IN A CLOUDBURST- Otilldron on a Porch Swapt to Death Tarantr root Wall or Water. PirrsiitiRQ, Aug. 20. A cloudburst up Sawmill run yesterday morning caused a tidal wave in that stream, eudanger ing the lives of a docen persons. Five children are missing and are supposed to have been drowned. They are: Irene Loftus, Regis Loftus, Genive Shaugh nessy, Margaret Shatighnessy, Nellie Sauls, Anna Holxapfel. The water in the run began to rise yesterday morning and at 0 o'clock a great volume of water came down. The missing children to gether with some older persons, were standing on the porch of a tenement house in Violet alley in the rear of Main street near Wast Carson. This porch overhung the run. When the great wave, twenty feet high, came down the porch was carried away and the people went with it. Mrs. John Loftus, mother of the two 'children first named, and two men were j the adults in danger. The woman made j a heroic effort to save the children, but to no purpose. Near the mouth of the run the sand dredge Pitt-burg was moored and when the men in it saw the wreckage coming down the stream and the people strug gling for life they stopped all el-e and went to the rescue. The men and the woman wtre carried out by the sand diggers. The woman had excited the admiration of all who saw the catas trophe by her efforts. 'She was almost overwhelmed a number of times, but each time fought off the debris and came to the surface. The great body of water did much damage. A sandbar fifteen feet high at the foot of the run was washed away.! Parties of men are searching for the bodies of the children. There was a heavy and continuous downpour of rain j throughout western Pennsylvania from I midnight until 8 o'clock this morning and considerable damage was done by j washouts and the overflowing of small streams, but as far as known there were no other casualties. Mrs. I of i us, mother of the two Loftus children, is dying from the effects of ths shock and exposure. Bilntoiera Qaarrek London, Aug. 20.-The Daily Malt's Vienna correspondent says i A serious militry crisis has arisen. The Fremdenblatt, ths organ of Count Goluchowski, ths Austrian minister ol foreign affairs, published an official com munique yesterday, whereupon the min istry of the interior, over which Oonnl von Thnn Hohenstein presides. Issued s sot to all ths papers disavowing tbs Fremdenblatt's communique. It appears that Count Gnlurbcbowski resists Count von Thua's domestic policy, on ths (round thst It will destroy t Aostm German alliance, throw Austria Into ths lands of ths Russians and thus cause a iritis of deep Import to tho foreign policy. raw Said ia Have Bala Rons, Aug. 30 Rumors are In cinm I it ion that ths pope has suffered another ntapso. Dr. Lapponl, bis holiness phy ician, denies tho report, bat anxiety pro vans. ' Staarta Wants CaaM alee, LoweoN, Ang. tt.-Tho Dally Mall's (sJsasft corresysndmt says on lasonlss- tbto authority that RmsU has opsnsd M poor parlor with Ipstin tor tbs sss- ion of soallag stfttlow la she Palhi TALKING Tl," MATTER OVER. leu tor ltavis Ilaa a Conference With the President. v ajniNOTON, Aug. 23 Senator Davis, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, and selected as a mem ber of the commission to negotiate terms )i pease with Spain, arrived in Wash ington yesterday. We went to the White hou-e very soon after his arrival tnd remained with the president for an hour. The conference was of prelimi nary character and was devoted largely k the great questions which the admin- i Istration will have to settle, of the con trol of the Philippines. Afterwards Sen ator Davis went to the state department and saw Secretary Day. Senator Davis will remain in Wash ington two or three days, and the terms of peace for the American side will be formulated as far as possible in the con ference which will occur between the president, the secretary of state and the chairman of the foreign relations com mittee. Senator Davis refused absolutely to discuss with newspaper men any of the questions growing out of the war or the subjects which might likely come before the commission. He briefly re ferred to the eucces of the war and the achievements of the American soldiers and sailors in the different battles which occurred. He was especially gratified at the gallant conduct of the Thirteenth Minnesota in the battle of Manila, and while here made arranpemeiits with the war department for bringing, home the remains of Captain Bjornsted of that regiment, who died of wounds since the battle was fought. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn of the war department is contemplating the establishment of a line of transports from New York to Havana, Santiago, Ponce and return. It is expected that the line will be ready for operation next week. The line will be utilized for transporting supplies to the quarter masters, commissary and surgical sup plies, as well as such other things as may be needed at the points occupied by the United States forces. Mails will be carried also on these transpor s to and from the new American p ossessions. rfiAlSB FOB Till WAR BOARD. The navy department yesterday gave out the following letter addressed by Secretary Long to the president of the war board in recognition of his services Hinoham, Mass., Aug. 21 My Dear Admiral : In view of the practical end ing of the war with Spain and the well earned relief from further duty to which the naval war board is now entitled, I cannot, though absent from the depart ment, forbear to express to you and through you, to your associates on the board Commodore Crowninshield and Captain Mahan (ietired) the very high appreciation which the department has of the services it has rendered since the war began. That its members have been faithful and diligent in the highest measures goes without saying, for they are animated by the high professional spirit which distinguishes the navy and which they have themselves done much to stimulate and maintain. But from my personal knowledge and observation, 1 desire to add to this that equally marked have been the intelh gence, the wise judgment, the compre hensive forethought and the unfailing Icompetency to meet every exigency jwhii-h has characterized their delibera tion and actions. May it be said that not one error has been made. Proper control by the department has been ex ercised over all movements in the field, and yet, at the same time, commanding officers have been duly left to exercise discretion and have never been ham pered in their work. I do not know how your work, as a member of thai important board, could have been bettei doni- or whether in the arena of the wai you could have rend, red better service or deserved more honor. Youra very truly, John D. Long, Secretary. To Rear Admiral Montgomery Skauld, U. S. N., Chairmun Naval War Board, Washington, D. 0. I'olnonod Candy. San Fiiancisco, Au. 25. Mrs. D. A. Botkin, who is accused of causing the death of Mrs. J. P- Dunning and Mrs. J. P. Deane of Dover, Del., is now in the city prison here, having been brought from Stockton vesterday morninn. Mrs. Botkin declines absolutely to talk to newspaper reporters, but to the ohief of police she earnestly protested her inno cence. What the pobee regard as an import ant piece of evidence was made public at Stockton yesterday. Frank Gatterell, a gale man in the Wave candy store at Stocl ton, says that about three weeks ago a woman came Into the store and Mked for a four-bit box of candy, saying that she had some candy that she desired to put in the box with somo of the store candy. Gatteral gave her a box which did not have the firm name on it. The candy which she put in looked old to him and it scarcely half filled the box. Ho says bs did not observe ths lady olosely and can only desoribe her by saying that she war. of medium helwht and build. He was positive that there wore choco late cream among tne ssraay other Rronoh candies. 4 Saaaeatlcnt Faaea JaMlea Mtstio, Conn., Aug. 85. Tho thirty second annual convention ol tbs univer sal peace society opsnsd in the pesos temple at this plaos yeetorday. Tho ses sions will continus tor four days, Ar rangements wsrs mads today to main tbs meeting Uks tho form ol ft psacs Jo bilss in celebration of tho signing of tbs psacs protocol. Ths important day of tbs ooftvoauoa antes tomorrow, whoa It is lapsopfowi.lbfU NEBRASKA NOTES, j Tuesday night, whils Hon. Elijah Ft) ley, of Filley, was at Seward attending the congressional convention and bal family was in Omaha, their homo anal contents were de-lroyed by fire. No on had been in the house for over twenty four l ours and the cause of tho firs is S mystery. Avery Ransom, who was running threshing machine ft few miles frosj Osceola, was feeding tho machine whoa bis arm got caught near the elbow, stopping the machine. When he got the arm out, it was found that not bo- e was broken, but it was broissl badly. The cool evenings accompanied by heavy dews are doing considerable ts ward bringing Adams county's 00A crop around in shape. The present indications are favorable toward ft yielj of nearly 00 per cent. Tne recent heavy run put the soil in excellent conditio for plowing and nearly all of tho farm ers are taking advantage of it. As the outcome of an alleged assault some weeks ago M. H. Day, a school teacher of Berlin, is getting about on crutches, and constable Joe Cose, of Syracuse, with a warrant issued by County Judge M. C. Joyce, of Nebraska Oity, arrested the alleged criminal, Fred Bhrader, manager of the elevator and lumber yard, and vice president of ths Bank of Berlin. John GrabowsH, a workman in John Claes' brick yard at Beatrice, met witb a painful and probably serious accident recently. While working in the clay pit the wall caved in, throwing him doww and covering him to the arm pita witb dirt After being extracted he waa found to be badly injured in the groin, ever movement of his lower limbs causing fearful pain. He was taken to a near-by house and cared for until the arrival ol Dr. Felch. Be ng too badly injured ts be removed to his home, his wife was sent for. The Kearney A Black Hills railroad was sold at 11 oclock Tuesday morning under foreclosure sale to the Unios Tft iflc Railroad company for $160,00(1 The sale was conducted by Special Com missioner W. 8. Alexander and was bis! In by Judge Cornish, vice president of the Union Pacific The sale was wit nessed by P. 8. Booth, general master In chancery for the Union Pacific, and Messrs. Sargent and Creer of Boston, representing the American Trust com pany and quite a gathering of citizens, The road is sixty miles long. Frank L. Dorwart, sheriff of 8alins sounty, has been absent for several days. It now transpires that be is aa absconder, as a letter received from bint dated at Denver, states that it is not his intention to return. His hired girl, an attractive looking young woman, if also missing and it is surmised thai they are together. He drew out ft large turn of money recently from a building and loan association in which he was as investor. It is believed that his affairs of the office are in good shape. He war serving his thirl term and leaves a wif and interesting family. He owns a eood farm unincumbered, and other property. All his acquaintances are filled witb amazement at his mad and foolish act Tuesday evening while J. W. Donnell, organizer for the Fraternal Union ol America, who has been in Pawnee City about three weeks, waa crossing ths Rock Island bridge in the north part ol town, he was attacked by several mes and his arms pinioned to his side. Hs wai lifted over the banister of the bridgs snd thrown to the bottom, a distanoe of twenty to thirty feet. Mr. Donnell sayi that while he was being lifted it seemed as if someone put his hand into his in side vest pocket. The entire pocket is torn out of his vest and about 30 hai gone w ith it. His watoh chain Is broken but his watch was not taken. Mr. Donnell says he thinks a persos followed him down to the road bed but is not sure. He does not remembn how he got to his boarding place. H U quite bad y hurt in the back of ths neck either from a blow or from the fall and at present It is hard to guess how the injury will terminate. The destth of Mrs. Delilah Cromwell on the 12th inst , at the residence of John Edwards, eightor nine miles south west of Table Rock, removes one of ths old residents of this vicinity. She wai In her 120th year, and was the oldest person In Pawnee county, and doubtless in the state. She was born in Kentucky in 1778, and was therefore a girl of tea or eleven years when the flrt president, George Washington, was inaugurated foi the first term. She oould remember well hearing of all the circumstance She came to this county witb her has band, Dr. A. F. Cromwell, wbo was the first physician In tho county, In 186, being among the very first settlors. Hst husband died 81 years ago, at his homo, sear the old town of Cincinnati, eonpls of miles below DuBoia. Dr. Cromwell wu ber fourth husband, and left her widow ol eighty-nine years, thlrty-on reeri sines. Funeral services wore eon 1 acted by Rev. Aaron Berkeybile, and lbs wm burled In the Da Bote esmstsry. A. ft. Small A Oa'a hardware stoat It Fairmont wm barglarissd Monday sight. About 60 worth of rasocm, rs vol vers and pocket knives wore lakes Entramcs wm made by prying open back window. Mr. Small kopt tbs natter secret SfttU he st tbs dogs bora trot Friend stTtlS. Thsy too tba mil sad follows It it) lister, wheat thethrSTM bad stoned st osmera lad setAtsred smm papers, rrasftf&aaa ibstrftUlsdlttM faaiitjftd trwak txtel i a itisal tbs tat tftt ta, , at
