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m:i two toviis ANTO RICA AND ANGELES ARE TAKEN BY AMERICANS. Filipino aro Completely Surprised and Scatter Like Sheep New Recruit Fight Well. Manila. Special) Advices from Ca blet, under date of August 11, report the General MacArthur took the Nlntt regiment, a battalion of the Twenty sseoad and a detachment of the First artillery from Caluluet to Santo Rico, sear BocsJor, Friday morning. The in trance of the troops to the town a Dot opposed, the Insurgents fleeing- as the Americana approached. The troops had a hard march of ten miles, In some places being- obliged to trade waist deep in water. Many were exhausted. The troops spent the night at Santa Rita and proceeded Saturday. Lieutenant Hazard of General Wbea ton's staff, with five scouts from the Iowa regiment, marched up the railroad luto Angeles. A small force oi rebels attacked the scouts outside the town and Lieutenant Hazard sent for rein forcements. General Wheaton's orders, however, were that the Americans should not occupy Angeles, and a force f 600 or 700 rebels appearing. Lieuten ant Hazard retired. Manila. General MacArthur's troops remained all night at Calulet The reb els had evidently fled far beyond rifle range, for the American outposts were sot disturbed, and not a shot was fired luring the night. At daybreak a re- eonnoitering party, consisting of a bat ned' mterVn,rtniWS The nartv armroarhed wMthin i rirWJowopar. with the field run The Americana - eelved with a blydlrect rifle fire returned with a few volfeys venteentl1 ThVstrength of the Insurants at An- reles no? being kSown ! Se situation was reported to General MacArthur mho did not desire to send reinforce- ments, and directed the reconnoitering party to return unless the rebels aban- toned the town. Soon after the receipt f these orders It became evident that the rebels had set Are to the town and Bed, leaving the place to be occupied y the Americans. A battalion of the Twelfth infantry was also sent on a reconnoitering ex- pedltlon toward the west, but up to soon no firing had been heard in that lirection and no word had been recelv- d from it at General MacArthur's headquarters, and it Is believed that the troops encountered nothing. Everything Indicates that all the reb- la have scattered for miles In every I ther storm is reported at New Rock- ! the cyclone. Forty-six people were direction from Calulet. The Insurgents ' !ord In Eddy county, where It is as- killed and there are many more in the lost heavily In the fighting around Ca- lerted that from 26 to 100 per cent of debris. Eight privates of troop C were lulet It la believed that 100 ,vere killed :he crop of 40,000 acres of wheat was Injured, two fatally. Sergeant King of and 800 or 400 wounded. The Iowa reg- : aid waste. The total loss will be over , the Eleventh Infantry was Injured, bneat killed thirty In one place, and 11,000,000. North, a discharged private, Is miss- ne company of the Seventeenth sud- 1 REPORTS FROM OTHER POINTS. ' lnf- At Prt of Humancao eish Senly encountered a party of rebels in Minneapolis, Minn. A special from : teen bodles have been found. Eight a trench and killed twelve. Halstead, Minn., says: Hail totally de- hundred people are starvlnR here." The American loss was Ave killed and itmv.H rmn. in hi. tinn mon ! Three persons were killed at Las thirty-one wounded, including three of- cer' SURPRISE TO FILIPINOS. The attack was a complete surprise to the Insurgents, who had no idea that a movement was Intended until the ar- mored car opened a deadly Are with two Gatllngs, a revolving cannon and m six-pounaer. The heavy . artillery i epened Ion both flanks a moment later. ! A majority of the Filipinos were asleeu - - . i ? o- , en wun j IT v . -. "noB i nlau" "'u vwauiij snoniy ueiore uovu. )sland ttpart from ponce. ;t . c,.r. toesha arousing the soldiers 1 4 large acreage of crops was destroyed taln however, that the food supplies mie Americans maintained almost a iy hail. Hail fell north and south of t , the Bt,cken' dutrlcU haV(s bee de- ZZ'iZJj? 1ZW ,O'!f'J!,r0,h1iia- 'stroyed and In these quarters the sup- fT. Vf7 D? Jametown- N- D" reports the most plv of government stores In store Is ES"' tTe mU. p!f?" W,a S lestrucUve hailstorm of the year on BmaU. fillet wagons will be sent out SEJE.12. . v ,d and laagie,' tni Wednesday night The storm began at tomorrow In various directions. Oen hough the ditches flowed small riv- sew Rockford and swept through Ed- eral George W. Davis has cabled to "SLv 1 .2' . v u .v. ' Foster, Griggs and Barnes coun- the war department an appeal for as- The Filipinos tried to ambush the Ues to Rogers in the latter county. It sistance. trZ.jyLu'?!?: titT,"' thf, c"unS ts estimated that 40,000 acres of wheat j St. Thomas As later advices come 5 S!L n.gh?PJr V Slnf wel1 adapted ere destroyed. Tbe losses are over 25 from Montserrat it is seen the first . t. 1 , ' . iWDDw 'Jlf'T'11 tJ,eJLway "lrouKh or over obstacles and firing whenever they could locate the fleeing enemy, The officers highly commend the re cruits of the various regiments. There Is reason to believe the reports tecently received that the Insurgents are short of ammunition, as well In- formed people at Calulet say the In- argents had only forty rounds of am- 1T ' ' " i am nwauwii rwca ana inai rive extra rounds were issued just before the u ngnt. Hlnra. A rjr.myir.rn n luwiinitlm r Baa Fernando the rebels have torn up three miles of railroad between there and Calulet, and It is Impossible to get inv Jmonq car more uu two miles beyond Baa Fernando. WHT EGG8 VART IN SHAPES. "Birds' eggs vary In shape as well as they do In color " said a well known . .... ... . . arnltbologlst "For Instance, the eggs ef the owl family are almost spherical and are thus easily moved by the par. ' tut bird la her desire to secure as Mtl u.nn.1 nf r7.V. v... J. V . tag the time of batching. As she nestt , to a hole, there Is no fear whatever of her eggs rolUng away and being smash- ; ea. on tae other hand, the guillemot, wniea nests, or rather lays her eggs, bare rocks In high, exposed .n. i. - " -, '"' ess eiun- amtM and rurinualv ahuyrf that ku tlrred by a violent gust of wind or th bird's sudden flight It does not roll , way, mk simpiy spina around on lu ants Uke a top. In tbe case of plovers, alpes and other birds that lay fout large eggs, the eggs narrow so rapidly , toward tk smaller end that four ol In a aest practically form a square, thus enabling the bird to eovei them the more effectually." Washing MTXICANs DEFEAT THE TAXJTJIB. tSfU1' las TriMne rrom the City ot Mexico MH have had Sf?r the Taquis Beat !!z?y 'Jr! t!"5 " f" Jf ? ser-TSJ Wiled. The state trpsdld not lose a maa, hut lieutenant Francisco Oes 4ed from sunstroke during th I w. ealr. , aad he If The woansd of Oeneral Torres, recelv. ad tm ahat. Is a atlaht one m ysaali g rapidly toward recovery. ! laatas have retired from Baeuai rd as tvppesed to be Hi fores near im. The death of Juaa Maldonadc v Tetahtate has host) coaflrmed. The ""'oa tXW WIFE MUKJUEX - .." t TwnuTwm mqseei in im oasi r i a Asmis Kroaasaa. who was Mtsr- I I t her hoase last Kondet', wm "s today tmta Awat U to gm w tt to arvsx ato. TfVOI I J , apt hasV j, wag si t mmrlit, wm Ul a4 GREEN FIELD LAID WASTE. Nor.horn aflnnooota and North Da kota Stricken by Hall and Rain. 8L Paul. Minn. (Special) A Fargo, N. D., special to the Pioneer Press says: Two million bdahels of wheat are estimated to have been lost in last week's hailstorm, which partially de stroyed the crop on nearly 250,000 acres of land In the state. Farmers who were buslnly engaged In the morning In tak ing wheat were driven to their barns for shelter and afterward found It un. necessary to take the binders back to the fields as the grain had been har- coast at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning and vested by hall In a few brief minutes. ' ... . . . Just before U o'clock the storm struck ,wept "rthwest, Th" the northern part of Cass and the went for nine hours, the greatest dam- touthern part of Traill counties. In ad- j age being done between 8 and 10 o'clock ?i,V.K. ubl" area J0VerJ wbch hal1 ! a. m. The wires were down and corn fell thickly, heavy wind and rainstorms ' ,,. . , . completed the destruction of thousands ' nu,llc"' with the Interior was for a of acres of grain on either side of the ! time lmpossble. It s now chiefly car- center of the path of the hailstorm, ried on by couriers. Covering an area fifteen miles north I At San Juan four natives were and south between ArgusvUle and drowned in the harbor: eighty houses Gardner in Cass, to Kelso, In Traill. were demolished andTundrds were u and an east and west territory ranging roofed. The damage to property Is es trom five miles wide on the south t(T Umated at 50U,000. CommlsYary stores fifteen or twenty miles on the north, to the value of $50,000 were destroyed the country is practically devastated. a dispatch by cable from Ponce sent ffe?Ju'e estimated all the way from at 10 o'clock this morning says the to 100 per cent of the crop. I town was almost destroyed. Almost The acreage in Cass and Traill coun-lall the frame buildings are down, the ties is placed at from 100,000 to 200,000 ; bridge Is swept away and there is no acres. Many conservative estimators . communication het say that 60 per cent of the crop of 125,- the city proper. The damage to the J00 acres is not too large a figure for port is estimated at 1250,000 . Two na the destruction in Cass and TrallL In . lives are known to have been drowned, the northern part of the county the The records and property of the custom itorm seems to have begun as far west : house are ruined and all the vessels is Erie and Galesburg and gone direct- ' are ashore. ly east on the county line between Cass , At Aibonlto very little remains stand ind Traill to Red river and then over tng excepting the cathedral and the Into Minnesota. The hail was appar-; barracks Four natives perished and ently heaviest along the line and crops 1 three United Btates soldiers were badly Dn Ola" lArmi Ilka thA r;ranlr ann lh. nea7ke. w7reSomP7et;Ty T T. A ' if "l " f " SeMit UleftVanndicatlon : JL , A" an malca-Uon I ?f th!M G' n,ht telephoned in he had cut 200 acres before the storm fuid tomw w PloW8 to !umm" fa" th other 1,000 acres of ?, f"fm- A, 60 "T. "? n.t ,os froT ha." j mow e,quj" a.toUt '?" .whttt l I t A. e y ior the eBHnsni I ihreh P1 torm 8wePl ". from ,rth akott l?to Minnesota and tele- pia. from, Halstead and H end rum re- teirlble destruction. The lowest Un of the loss in that vicinity has i Placed at 60,000 acres. Jji aU the , tormstricken section Insurance men that less than S per cent of the jcreage was covered by ball insurance. re "trips of country on either "de of the hailstorm suffered Just as leverely, as the wind and halt flattened the grain and beat it into the ground j k badly that It cannot straighten up n account of IU ripened condition. An- -indows were knocked in and several nches of hail were piled in the street. (The storm started near Kelso, N. D., d cleaned a strip fifteen miles wide to southeasterly direction, passing through Halstead, Perley. Highland, NlelsvlUe and Shelly on the north and iorgetown on the south. The crops on . . . . . . . - i ine estanrc ijajrympie xaras are to-; ally destroyed. The Insurance among farmers Is light. lemme worm pai over per cent of the total. Not one-haU of the grain destroyed was insured, PRESIDENT THANKS KAISER. Plattsburg, N. T. President McKln lev has written a letter to Emoeror William expressing his pleasure at the ippointment of Dr. Mumm von Schwar. enstetn as envoy extraordinary to the o..- ..-j-- , dk. fr..m nnit stot nnrini th Bhenr from omit i America of Dr. von Holleben, the Ger- - . . man amoassaaor at wasnington, say-, nil- thnt Irr Ton KCH WH rlenut e In S Dre- vious stay at Washington Is pleasantly remembered. . , , HAIL STORM IN NORTH DAKOTA. Fargo, N. D. (Special.) A severe hall storm swept across the northern part of Ca" "southern part of Traill coun tle laBt week- B1ty thousand acres of ripe grain was destroyed, a sman oercentaire of the storm area had been harvested. It U reported that 40,000 acres was destroyed in Eddy county, j P"Jn 10 the east through Norman Vr""Tr"" "."'" " aamagea ny tne storm. ' T A. F. ELMORE UNDER ARREST Arkansas City. Kan. (Special.) Al- ' bert F. Elmore, Who Is wanted In . - j ... . ureensDurg, a,y., ior muruer cunimuieu i in. i. i VJmnn ,, and killed a man named Durre. He Is ' well connected In Kentucky and was well known and has highly respected relatives Is this county. Elmore saya the killing was In self-defense, ADMONITION UNNECESSARY. New Tork. Herman Hauser, the treasurer of the Herald Square theater. who lumped from the Brooklyn bridge last Thursday, was arraigned In court tnAm.V tA ainsBWa tf ths ahsaJTnT Of &! UmvU4 ,ttlcld' HaM,r. "P11"? h iMm raM ki he mada an-;Ut. Jump and he was discharged, after having been cautioned by the magie- trate not to repeat the act I STEAMER QUEEN ARRIVES. 1 ai..tll. TIT. W wWa ii mns, T,mmu.M.m ..r arrived from Alaska, la addition to IM excursionists It had 100 mlaers from Dawson aad Atlln aboard. The amount of gold the steamer carried Is estimated at flCO.000. Julius Knutschmldt, gen- eral manager of the Southern Pacific was among the excursionists, MORGAN CITY SAILS. San Francisco. The United States transport Morgan City sailed for Ma allt tonight with rTt recruits aad "cas. aatar aboard. The departare of tha vessel was saeventfsL The recralt won marched aboard during the for aooa aad when the curies ware all takaa la tat tea port atartod Car tas HMDS ARE DEAD DESOLATION AND DfcAT.l IN WEST INDIAN HURRICANE. Armv Officials Direct the Dispatch Of Relief Wagons to Allay the Suffering. Ban Juan de Porto Rico. (Special.) a hurricane broke ever the south A- . . , ... . . ' goVernlnenT IW bis" beeS'dUpatcned " oaney was leveiea to the ground, S W cashed Tw, ,UaS ea btates soldiers were Injured and many cavalry horses killed. Standard Oil company was ruined. The loss on property is $200,000. ( At Bayamon a majority of the house, were destroyed and the rest were flood. ed. Two hundred cattle were killed and the railway was seriously damaged, The village of Carolina was literally rased. At Caguas four were killed, . A courier who has Just arrived from , Humacao, capital of the province of , that name, on the eastern coast of the jgiand, reports awful destruction there, The loss to property is estimated at $500,000, but this is the least item of tne digaster. The courier brought an official report from Captain Eben Swift ot the United States cavalry, who says: ysv-v i? pvtirpit ncCTnoTrn ru" N la tWTlKLl,i uthTUOTtu, "Humacao was entirely destroyed by Pledras, Ave at Junco. Couriers from the other districts are anxiously expected at the palace. The steamer Slocum, Captain Thomas, en route from Mayaguez to San Juan, wus caught In the storm, but Its passen gers and crew were saved through the heroism of Mr. Single, the flrat officer. a lit? uuiivrc li v t id ruiiitni uuu tut i t The coffee crop Is ruined and the loss h ... v i haB n done &lMQ to e c-r.fr. M i. ... , ... . iT .. ceVel from the southern section of theeish, reports conveyed only a faint Idea of the sufferings of the people and their deplorable condition The administra tion appeals for help. At La Pointe-a-Pttre, Island of Guadeloupe, immense damage was wrought find acrorillnir tn n renort not yet confirmed 102 persons were killed. m tne isiani or at. ltoix Btructton was appalling. It was chiefly wrought at the west end. 'here th wrought at the west end. 'here th ,," ,ij , smaller hous a tanglod .n . - " , " .u-v tress I Ponce A hurricane struck here at I : o'clock Tuesday morning and lasted until 8 p. m. The rivers jverfiowed, flooding the town. It Is estimated that 200 npirnna were drowned. Th town ani port are lotal wreck,,. jt B be. lleved the damage done will amount to over ouo,ioo. no news nas oeen re ceived from the Interior since the storm broke. . , , PREPARING FOR TROUBLE, London. The Capetown correspond, etlt ot the Dally Mal, gay,; . j u.ar .if" " vymmcui ei-reiuer iM Transvaal government has prepared warrants for the arrest of prominent reformers whenever the condition ol affairs at Johannesburg provides as excuse. The presumption is that r res- ,.. ,..- im iu. trouble arises. . - - BUBONIC PLAGUE. 1 Lisbon. An unconfirmed report la i circulation that a case of bubonic plague has developed at Oporto, capital of the province or Douro, on the Rivet Pouro, 176 miles northeast of Lisbon. The Official Gazette announces that run at eufmldoua Illness hsd been ob. served during the last two months al Oporto. ...,.. ..., MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS. Ti. Dm JFh. TTmIIajI ft.ia. r Newark, which arrived at Callan t..i c i. a b.. Uco to Join Admiral KauU and thi JUrblehead, wt lcb arrived August K on Its way to Mare Island, left Calls Wednesday night. . , , Lourenao Marques, Delagoa Bar.- The German East Africa line tteamet Reichstag has arrived here from Ham- burg, Naples ana Morooassa with v cases of cartridges and other war atom lor tne Transvaal. PHILIPPINE TREASURER NAMED. I Washington, D. C Major Chores K Kllbourne, paymaster of the army, hai beea appointed to duty as treasurer ol the Philippines aad the Island of Ouain All moneys of the civil government ol the islands will he placed In his hands SUICIDE IDENTIFIED. asHtoi ovicide here several days act was MeaUM as Aaroa Wolkaoa al KANSAS NEWS. Abilene and Sallna are picking uj Quite a bicycle acquaintance. Linn county has the kind of toil t'..c grows corn sixteen feet high. A Mr. Smith of Topeka committed suicide instead of changing his naine In speaking of ward politicians th Atchison Champion spells the word with a "t." Emporia Is well Fupplled with sev.nrr which are not used by more thm ha!? the people. A woman In Grant cou.it:' Ir-.I-'s t spines of soap weeds and makes hat for her boys. The night clerks at t'..e AU'.tnc- ho t'lB are useful fur frlg.-.toruii;; a'.uy chicken thieves. A Newton liveryman is so devout l i i he will not let his ilfjs out on Fur.u for anything except funerals. It Is pleasant to know that the Kan sas com crop Is niuoli better than Uif Jokes It has suggested. It is a good while since anything ha? been heard In Kansas about the Hill mon case or John l'ettr St. John. A good many person stay away from Vlysses who have never even heard that there is a whittling club there. Strong City regards Cottonwood FaKc as a suburb, and Cottonwood Falls re gards Strong City as a suburb, and there you are. The natural lakes of acphalt In Trin idad are sustaining heavy drafts for repairs that are in progress on Kansas avenue in Topeka. One thing at leapt that stands to the credit of the Stanley administration are the flower beds at the Topeka asy lum for the Insane. The McPherson Freeman regards as a sad spectacle an old man learning to ride a wheel and an old woman learn ing to skate or dance. A Burlingame woman who was caught In the act of stealing six yards of rib bon ought to have known that that sort of trimming Is out of style. "Pinafore" Is to be produced In about six weeks at Atchison for the benefit of the people who have grown up since that opera was fashionable. The chief cause of Insomnia In the office of the Leavenworth Times is the fear that the Topeka papers will stir up a prohibition war In Leavenworth. Twenty-nine Indians from the Chip pewa reservation In North Dakota have arrived at the Haskell Institute at Lawrence to study base bail and other things. The youngest printer In Kansas Is Charlie Sheldon, the 10-year-old son of the editor of the Frankfort Review. This remarkable lad would rather set type than go in swimming. One thing that makes It so terrible for a woman to grow old In Kansas Is tbe habit which the newspapers of this state have of sneaking of every woman past 80 as "grandma." A wewion man ciaima iu nave uihcuv- ) !.ie, VZ.lZ:h natural life of a flv Is thirty days not.r, I , ' . 1 1 a"i counting those which come to an un- I m , v ....... ' '; ' IT. i "a k i, ih. mv. ime 10 PP nerore your smut com- gravy A note ot triumph from Editor Hoch of the Marion Record: The largest cu cumber we've seen this season graces the editorial table as we write. We sneaked It away from the raiser our selves, and we point to It with pride It came from our wife's garden. UPhApann Vrfuma n ' A teacher In the district school Is scheaper than the prosecuted, when you are using a self $25 teacher. The 150 teacher works to confessed criminal, guilty of the crime earn the salary paid and the pupil himself, as he says, you seek to pun reaps the reward. The 125 teacher has 'eh- Blmons has repeatedly said that no salary to earn and as a consequence he changed many thousands of the bal does but little real work and the pupil , !ot. " you are looking for the crim does not advance. ,nal- why don't you seize the self-con- rr.. i.. .v.. .. a bv the elderly women in Abilene who h.t. I. th ln1mrlent sr!l- ,hc.. ,h. h.t. ui h hnuht for1 j -' "a MU apiece. a wiiu vi vwruij-oiA vtfiv xv Pea tor ennsimeni at e-mpona me re and were too "soft." cruiting omcer accepiea seenieen. inn ' . , , . Secretary of Agriculture Coburn may Visit Wichita without fear of being . Jinched, since he has corrected the fig- j u'" " . T , . , r .i V . mai iowii nau iw m ii.ui.uu . " The presence of "Buffalo Jones" at a barbecue at the Goodnight ranch In Texas. Where roast nunaio was servea, ; was not a very consistent position for , a man who pretends to be laboring to prevent the extermination of the Amer lean bison. Farmers In Butler county report army worms In great numbers attacking the crab grass, cockle burrs, morning glo- lies, sunflowers and other weeds In the corn neias, ana mat iney snuui u Dy a aeir-copressea criminal. In 81 everytblng In tbe Aelds but tbe corn, j mon's testimony be states that It was One man said his corn was so clean j In Edmisten's office where this alleged last ne couio. piay m amies Between wo rows. A young matron who was brought up , n Emporia and a young groom who was . also reared In that town, met tbe other day on the Strand, In London, and each ' knew the other, but because they had never been introduced did not speak. The Oasette thinks this Is the limit. I Topeka Is Immensely complimented over the attention It received la tbe current number of Kansas Clty-o Horse ! Show Monthly ' I Bhow Monthly. Nobody has ever been able to explain why It I. so, but it is true all the aame, that Clay Center is tne wettest wwn In Kansas when It raina A .man wno can smiie at ssnsi rmmm and face a frowning world Is the ButU , A man who can smile at Satan's rage county farmer whose oats averaged Ixty-flve bushels to the acre. William Allen White of the Emporia Oasette has moved Into a house that Is big enough to accommodate all of his familiar friends who visit the Em poria street fair. "Here's aa example of how familiar ity breeds contempt," he said, aa he looked over the top of his paper at "What Is Itr "This Is a Kansas paper, snd under me neaa oi icai Jottlnss' it Bays ' m.- - ...... i j . . - 1 K'Z'ISSL-?' I WHY COT CALL Oil To the Bon. R. N. Prout, James H. Van Dusen and Jacob Rocks (the so called senate Investigating committee, better known and more properly called the republican smut committee): Gen tlemen Tou and each of you know that there Is not a particle of legal author ity to sustain your claim as an Inestl gatlng comriittee, but If you do not know by this time I will take this op portunity of Informing you that It is the general Impression of all, regardless of politics, that your wretohed pretend ed Investigation is a farce and nothing more. There Is nothing that could In duce me to give you and your mockery the consideration of a letter in answer, was it not for the fact that some may not be posted as to your methods of deception, hence this letter: That the senate did pass a resolution at the last legislature which was not en. domed by the house, and that is the only color of authority for tbe existence of such a smut committee. Gentlemen, will you tell the people of this state why the house did not Join In passing this resolution with tbe sen ate? Was there any attempt to have It pass the house? If not, why not? Please unfold the mysteries that seem to enshroud your mysterious actions, and explain to the public why you are found in this ridiculous predicament I notice In enumerating the state offl cers that are to be Investigated the first named in the resolution were the Judges of the supreme court; now permit me to ask you why you did not attempt to comply with the resolution providing you had any conAdence in your author lty? Why did you not call on the mem bers of the supreme court to come be fore you and give testimony In regard to their official action, and especially in regard to the salaries for themselves and families? Can you feel that you have performed your sworn duty under that resolution? In your report you state that the state officers refused to come before your committee and give testimony. Why did you not compel them to, If you were clothed with au thority of law? Tou state further, that all who have been connected with the lleged ballot fraud refused to testify. Gentlemen, In answer to this state ment, I And that you and your bosom friend, E. L. Simons, have connected and used my name In connection with the alleged fraud, or In other words. you have summoned Slmoqs to give testimony in this case and Simons told the same blackmailing story he has been peddling on the streets of Lincoln for the past two years. Did you at tempt to get other parties you con nected with this alleged affair to testify against your committee? No, you did not Why did you not call on all par ties you Implicated In this matter by the testimony of a man whose evi dence was Impeached In court by four teen of the most reputable citizens of the capital city of Nebraska only a few years ago 7 Gentlemen of the committee, you are called upon to answer these questions, ind when you say all whose names were connected with this alleged ballot fraud refused to testify before the committee, say, you ana each of you In your re port signed as black a falsehood as ever was signed by any living person. It Is seldom If ever, men occupying a high omciai position have disgraced them selves as In this case, where you sign a document and say that all parties h a VA T" r l aAl t -k a ra n-as a w-.a a. h-o A nr.tnA . v . !ven. I say now you have not at any mlttee. to give testimony In this mat ter; but, gentlemen, you cannot seal my mouth In regard to this contemptible aeea you cannot take Into your conA dence a man with the reputation that it Is said Simons has for dlsreputableness, for dishonesty, for untruthfulness, and Is known to you, and escape censure. Tou sought and secured his unsupport ed testimony and attempt to report to tne governor of this state that men are guilty of a crime and should be viciea scounarei wno says ne am tbe ueea, wnora you nave apparently prom ;..t? ,h'ld- h couJd Becure hu,h unc' ne I trust your committee have not en Ini1 with R mnm In ,,,,1, s ,.-1 this, but If the old adage be true, that birds of a feather flock together, what win men mink 7 For the benefit of all who may tmag- word of truth Vl yourselves acknowledge. Tou used the following language In your report: "We aware that the wltneM g,moni hav. lng confessed that he was a party to llm' mM. stanas in the light of a wit- Bess whose testimony should be re celved with caution." now, gentlemen, can you as an al leged committee, Iwi of whom are law tee, two of whom are lawyers sitting as a tak, evidence, preparing a TrTlort to h. (tied itn ihL Zy.tLTZ... I report to be Aled with the chief execu tive or tbe state, imagine how ridicu lous you appear. Tou say In your re port that Simon's evidence should be taken with caution, but you prepare your finding based only on this man's testimony, can you Imagine a court making Its find I nas where onlv one side of the case Is represented, and that iraua was committed and enters into detail as to how he, Simons, conducted the whole affair, and you hear him to tne end and then In your report you al- lege that other parties are guilty of tne crime, via your committee attempt to secure my presence and testimony In this matter? Tou know you did not My whereabouts were familiar to all In the state house. I have been on my ranch and farm since the ISth of May ' w"" u"f' " h"b"n Prtel "''" Li0""''' wJl,ch, ou h no ooubt used as the principal source of your '""tloa In this Investlga- t)on B,moni ( automaUc " ' f" lot of r '"the Simons gave this story another turn and here is what it was then: "He came to tne populist state committee rooms , LlncolB slleglng that be had facta which, If known, would defeat the ri- publican state ticket." Simons was re. garded then, as now, a hold-up, and ready at any time to do anything that a corrupt man or men might desire of him. Our committee refused to hear him and he was given no encourage ment whatever. He continued hanging around, and wanted his story beard, and after several days' efforts to get his scheme a hearing, a number of per sons were called Into the office and Mlmons was permitted to tell his story. The story was this, that durins the . count of the ballots In controversy the county cierics or Douglas and Lancaster counties were enjoined from forward- rou b"01- to UU, THE SUFT.ECE CCGT? aa was provided by law oenoetaina) the same. Tour friend Simons maa the following remarkable disclosure pending the hearing of the Injunction: "About 1 or 2 o'clock at night, whoa everything was quiet, he discovered a light at the Lancaster county court bouse and having some curiosity to know what was going on, went to the court house and on close examination he saw them changing the ballots cast amending the constitution Increasing the number of supreme Judges from three to Ave, and he gave among tha number the names of the following re publicans, Judge O. M. Lambertsoa, Ralph Johnson, the county clerk, the clerk of the district court, and a num ber of others, that we will not name la this article." Simons then said he would make affidavit to this story If we would pay him the sum of $1,000. He was promptly told "no," He then offered It for (750, then $600, and Anally 1300, aad at that time as chairman of-the com mittee I ordered him out of our rooms. telling him "we did not believe a word of his story," and we told him further that we did not want him to be found about our headquarters and If he was we would report him to the polico. There were present four or Ave per sons who heard Simons tell him story, and who win testify to the truthfulness of this statement If Simons has not changed the figures for his automatic story, I should say he drove a sharp bargain with your alleged committee, and in addition to this 1 am Informed he has very recently been employed at the state university by and through re publican Influence. Is this true? Gentlemen of the alleged commltteoi The story told you by Blmons of the al leged ballot fraud In which he connects me with the same Is absolutely false, and there Is not a word of truth In It from beginning to end. His blackmail tng, hold-up scheme was begotten la that low, debased mind of his or aomo other similar, and I challenge the com mittee, Simons or any other person whom they may be associating with, to prove a single charge that Is named la the story told by Simons, and in the event of your failure to do so, I shall brand you as being with bad motives only and for a mess of pottage you seek to tear down the characters and ruin the reputations of those filling or hav ing Ailed high official positions. I am. Sirs, most respectfully yours. J. H. EDMISTEN. METEOROLOGICAL CUSSEDNESa At Westtown, Chester County, Pa., the Friends' big school celebrated Its one hundredth anniversary recently. They have at the school bouse a kind of diary, or log, which has been kept up continuously for 100 years, and lnV which the state of the weather evenr day during all that time has been noted aown. The log was consulted for ul auspicious date in the matter of weathV. er for the anniversary, and It showed, mat every June 10 has been clear sines' the beginning of the school's career.1 Then some said: "Since It hasn't! rained for 100 years on June 10 we had better avoid that date, for it will bo' sure to rain then this year." But oth-' ers said that reason and philosophy in-' icaiea june iu to be a day devoted, from some unknown atmospheric caus-' es, to sunshine and blue skies. The lat-' ter set of people carried the day, and the school celebrated Its anniversary on June 10. But It rained so hard that the guests had to sit around In tents." SHE WOULD HAVE STOPPED IT, Some time ago the wife of an old'. Inhabitant of a Durham, England, vil lage died, leaving a grown-up family behind her. The father remained a widower about eighteen months; then he entered the matrimonial state again. The youngest daughter, aged about 20, on the day of the wedding, went to tne village butcher's. After the usual courtesies the butcher asked her: "Is It true yor fether got marriea agyen i "Aye! it's ower true!" said the girt "But did ye want him te get married agyen V No; we wor aall agyen It but aad fyul wad hev his aan way. But Aa back If ma muthor had been living sh'd had put a stop tiv't!" a IHS BIBLE VERSE A HINT. ' Mr. Hugh Montgomery, whose father owns a large ranch In the fertile San Joaquin valley In California, went to San rFanclsco and paid a brief visit at the house of a clerical uncle. This divine, who Is one of the best and most hospitable of men, follows the custom of having prayers before breakfast In connection with thia service each member of the fumlt circle Is expected to recite a verse of scripture. Hugh ,who has habitually a very healthy appetite, became decld edly sharp set before the amen was Id. When his turn came to recite a verse he significantly repeated the fa. miliar words. How many hired servants of m-m father's have bread enough and to spare, while I perish of hungerr The reverend uncle listened with twinkling eyes and there was a speedy adjournment to a well-sprad table. HUMOR OF THE DAT. "Our doctor keeps a medical batter In his office." "Ours don't need on" How does he manage when his na. Ments need a shock T" "Hands In hla bill." Chicago News. "I guess I wont CO to the raoaa tn. day," said one Parisian, "I don't think they will be very Interesting." "Na in. deed," answered the other. "I under stand thst the mob has been acratohod. wasnington star. "Mrs. Perkins said If we made har president she would resign from tha club." "Well?" "Then she resirnad be cause ahe got but one vote." Chicago necoru. Is cannibalism common among voa." Inquired tbe stranger, apprehensively. "Common?" said ths Pacific island belle, as she coyly dug her too Into tha sand. "Not at all. We consider It recherche." "I cannot sing when I am aad," nne yeueo witn all her might; -I only alng when I am glad, And when my heart la light" Her neighbor yelled across the wart -Alas it is too baa, That when you sing, though yoa aa gay. The rest of ua are "Father, 'said one off thai typo at young men that la likened to the Illy, 'you frequently advise mo to etnu- late tbe busy bee." "Tea, and with very unsatisfactory results." "WolL I've concluded to follow your advtoe. I have Just read here, from one of the moot distinguished scientists of the ago, that tha 'busy bos' never works to utiosil thro, h a an7."-V Prom,