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.
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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
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trot Friend stTtlS. Thsy too tba
mil sad follows It it) lister, wheat
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