Nebraska Newspapers

    YMfl SPI3IT RAMPANT
ALL ENGLAND THOROUGHLY EN
THUSED OVER SITUATION.
London Talks Nothing But War
and la All Excitement Over
Movements of Troopa.
London, Oct. 24. War talk reigns
supreme everywhere In England. Lon
don la teeming with people notable
socially, hut what cares London for
society when troopa are piling Into
transports and when everybody from
her majesty down la saying "Good
bye." "God bless you" and "Good luck
to you." The newsboys are fairly rev
eling in their " 'urrlhle slaughters"
and the ordinarily pacific stock bro
kers talk incessantly of strategic and
military tactics.
Ttere is nothing of the traditional
shopkeeper element visible In British
character since the first shot was fired.
A multitude of military details flood
all classes of publications and almost
everybody who has ever been in South
Alnca takes the first oporturilty to
air his views as to the lighting capa-
Diimes or tne molts, the result being
a marvelous mass or conflicting theo
ries. The news of Friday's fighting in
xsatal made a tremendous sensation
and the pluck and dash of the King's
Koyal Rifles and the Dublin Fuslleers
greatly stimulated the universal en
thusiasm. The total Iirltlsh force at
Camp G-lencoe, according to reports
immediately preceding the announce
ment of the engagement. Include the
Eighteenth Hussars, the Natal
mounted volunteers, the First battal
ion of the Iicestershlre regiment, the
First King's Koyal Rifles, the Second
Dublin Fuslleers, the Devonshire reg
iment, the Dorsetshire regiment, sev
eral companies of mounted infantry,
and three field batteries, a total of
about 4.000 men, opposed to a Hoer
force estimated at twice that number
and possibly reaching a higher figure.
This very disparity between the com
batants gives an additional element of
fascination to the Jjlstory of the day
A NOTABLE FIGHTER.
Probably no other ofllcer In the Brit
ish army has seen more fighting than
General Sir William Penn Hymons, (he
commander of the Fourth division
under General Sir George Stewart
White. Certainly none has seen more
In India, and the campaigns In Bur
mah and Zululand revealed his splen
did qualities In the most brilliant
fashion.
The forthcoming parliamentary by-
election In Tower hamlets. London, Is
Icing fought on strictly Boer and atitl
Boer lines. The liberal candidate.
Harold Spencer, declares that the war
was brought about as much by the
blundering of the secretary of state for
the colonies. Mr. Chamberlain, as by
the obstinacy of the Transvaal govern
ment. On the other hand, the con
servative candidate, William Guthrie
asserts that the scandalous arrogance
of the Boers was alone responsible for
the hostilities. Both Join in a wish
that victory may attend the British
arms .but this does not deter the el.;c
ors from creating a little war of their
own.
One of the most curious features of
the mobilization has been the Inocu
lation of the troops against enteric
fever. This was not made compulsory,
but the company commanders were In
structed to urge the men to allow
themselves to be Inoculated, and most
of them have undergone the ordeal.
RAILROD STRIKE THREATENED.
Big Four Employes Have a Crleq
ance to Be Settled.
Cincinnati. 0.,0t. 24. A special from
Anderson, Ind., says: A committee of
Blf Four trainmen and operators was
In conference here on the question of
of a strike at noon. They conferred
with the chairman of the federated
organization at Indianapolis and were
advised that a strike will be declared
next week. Conductors, firemen and
brakemen and operators will go out
tomorrow over the entire system If no
Increase In wages Is secured. They say
their, committee could get no consider
ation from General Manager Sennit
at Cincinnati. Operators Fahnstock
and Mc'Culiough were disc harged with
out a statement of reason here. All
wire communication of the men is
being conducted by telephone. They
fay some think telegraph operators are
acting as spies along the system.
SL I'auJ, Minn. (Special.) A gvn
eral strike on th Great Northern will
probably occur within a few days. It
will Inc lude conduc tors, engineers, fire
men. brake-men and switchman, and
the men exrct to tie the roiid up from
end to end. In the great strike of five
years ago the conductors held aloof,
but they have been brought Into the
prefent trouble by a recent order re
quiring them to pay for bonds covering
damages to trains under their charge,
The lis of grievances given by the men
Is a long one and they claim to have
been unable to secure anything like
satisfaction from the management
Since last March grievance committers
have been almost constantly In this
city trying to reach some agreement
with the railway officials, but without
result.
Anderson, Ind. President Powell of
the International Tin Plate Protective
association was here for a short time
on his way to Chicago to consult with
the officials of the American Tin Plate
company. Powell declares that If the
company does not agree to treat the
men fairly 10,000 employed In the plants
will be called out on a strike.
Pittsburg, Pa. After many reports of
settlement and as marry disappoint
ment the announcement Is made that
the window glass schedule has finally
been agreed upon. President Burns of
the workers' association withdrew his
demand for the extra advance for New
Jersey factories and the settlement as
made fives the workers a general ad
vance of about 6 per cent.
BOAT'S CREW SURPRISED.
Washington, D. C. Oct. 24. The sec
retary of the navy has received the
fol'owlng cable from Admiral Watson,
dated Manila, Oct. 21:
On October la the Insurgents sur
prised a crew of four men from the
gunboat Marlveles, who under white
flag were landing the non-combatants
from a raptured proa at Hlcogon Isl
and. William Juraschka, boatswain's
mate, first class, was ccptured. An
armed crew of ten attempted a rescue
unsuccessfully. Sydney N. Hoar, a
landsman, was fatally wounded; Fred
erick Anderson, apprentice, first class,
everely wounded In the grain; Nich
olas Farre, coxswain, wounded In the
left lev, slight. The Concord and Mar
Wtles will punish If possible.
KK2TS PRC5LASAT1CI
Warns All Boers to Leave Johan
nesburg. Capetown, Oct. 24. President Kruger
has Issued a proclamation to the effect
that all Boers must leave Johannes
burg at once. A clause In the pronun
ciamento liberates all inmates of pris
ons within the city's limits.
The manifesto goes Into effect at
once. This move of Kruger's Is Inter
preted to mean that he Intends Imme
diately to demolish the city with dyna
mite. Johannesburg Is in the center of the
gold mining region and is a metropolis
or the English residents in the land of
me tsoers ana the British own a great
deal of property there.
General Joubert, commander-in-chief
or tne Boer forces, han issued a procla
mation announcing to the British col
onists that the South African republic
wan iorceu into war by evil-disposed
etc puausis.
a iorce or Boers set fire to two
trucks laden with dynamite, which had
been left standing by the British min
ers near Mafeklng. The dynamite ex
ploded, killing more than eighty Boers
and wounding many others. The Bo
ers were under the Impression that the
iruc-KS contained medical stores and
provisions, which, as they had no Im
mediate use for them themselves, they
desired to keep from failing into the
hands of the English.
About 700 Boers who were wounded
In the recent battles with the British
have been gent to the rear, to make
their way to the Uaad basin, where
they will go Into hospitals.
The Robinson, Crown, Ree and Bo
nanza mines have been seized by the
Boers and are being worked by them.
All of these mines are owned by Brit
ish capitalists.
MYSTERY AT BOSTON.
Suicide of an Unknown Woman
Puzzles the Police.
Boston, Mass. (Special.) The sup
posed suicide of an unknown woman,
nrobably U years old, fashionably
dressed and with an appearance of re
finement, is engaging the attention of
the police. The woman was a passen
ger on board an East Boston ferryboat
on Its midnight trip. After the passen
gers had left the boat the boat hands
found a woman's cape and handbag on
a seat in the boat. In the bag was a
sealed envelope, addressed to Mrs. B.
I. Clark, general delivery, Worcester,
Mass., and an unsealed letter, in which
the writer said she saw nothing In life
to keep her on earth and directed that
If her body should ever be found the
authorities should refer to Bishop Pot
ter of New York, who would see that
It was buried.
"I do not wish," the letter said fur
ther, "to reveal my identity, for it
would do no good and rob me entirely
of the little comfort which I may find
in death."
In addition to these two letters tiiere
were found clippings from the San
Francisco Call of September 25, giving
llpij on the Oakland races and several
letters torn into small bits. Some of
the: pieces, when placed together form
ed a part of a typewritten letter, which
read:
"Have conferred with your husband s
nttcrneys and they inform us that he
de finitely declined to advance any fur
ther sums. They also assert that you
on Ser.tembcr 28 last made draft upon
him for 4t)0 without his knowledge!,
and although drawn under these cir
cumstances he honored it rather than
further discredit you. We cannot sire
our way clear to proceed further in
the "
At the Hotel Touraine, on which ho
tel's paper the woman's letters were
written, it was stated that no person
was missing from that house.
SOOTHED BY MRS. CLEVELAND.
Renders Assistance to Two Yonng
Men Hurt in a Runaway.
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 24. Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, wife of the former presi
dent of the United States, was the he
roine of a driving accident here. She
had been In Trenton making several
calls. It was about 6 o clock when her
equipage started hmeward by way of
the macadamized Princeton pike. When
outside of the city a wild team was
encountered, which was driven by Mr.
Richard Stock to.i, a near neighbor of
the Clevelands In Princeton. The run
away crashed Into a buggy driven by
George Lawrence and John H. Thomp
son of Trenton. Young Stockton was
thrown violently to the ground, and
Thomson went flying over a barbed
wire fence.
Mrs. Cleveland heard the crash, and
at once left hi r carriage and came
quickly to the assistance of young
Stockton, who was badly stunned. She
then looked after Lawrence, who was
lying In a cornfield, where he had ltccn
tossed.
SUSTAINS TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Topeka, Kan., Oct. 24. Last winter
the Kansas legislature passed an act
providing that telegraph companies
should not charge more than 15 cents
for a ten-word message, and provided
a penally of 1100 for each refusal on
the part of the telegraph company to
forward messages at the rate named.
A large number of suits were brought
at Topeka and elsewhere. The Postal
company claimed the messages could
not be handled for 15 cents except at a
loss, and believing the act to be uncon
stitutional, and In order to test the
matter, the company refused to com
ply. At Seneca, Kan., Judge Stewart,
the circuit Judge of Nemaha county,
has rendered a decision In favor of the
telegraph company. The effect of the
decision Is to declare the act unconsti
tutional
TRIAL TRIP OF AN AIR SHIP.
Bregens, Lake of Canstance, Oct 24.
-The first trial of the flight of Count
Von Zeppelin's airship will take place
at Frledrlchshafer In the next day or
two, as soon as meteorological condi
tions permit. The day and hour de
pend upon the disappearance of the
fog at present hanging over the lake.
Arrangements have been made witn
the Lke Constance Steamboat com
pany to have boats In readiness to
come to the assistance of the airship
In rase an accident should happen.
Count Von Zeppelin, In addition, has
chartered a hospital steamer to follow
the flight of the airship over the lake.
Laporte, Ind., Oct. 24. Emma and
Leona Card, daughters of E. M. Cnrd,
poor fisherman, have been advised
that they" are the heirs of bequests of
150,000 each made by Lady Max, an
Englishwoman, who died recently. The
two youthful heirs are great-grandchll-dren.
The children are aged 10 and 12
years respectively.
GRUEL WAR'S PRICE.
ENGLAND PAYS A BLOODY PEN.
ALTY FOR ITS VICTORY.
Twenty-Five Per Cent of the Killed
Were Officers-There la Mourn
ing In Many English Homes.
London, Oct. 24. The victory over the
Boers near Glencoe, Natal, was ob
tained at a fearful cost. The British
routed the enemy, but they lost, eleven
commissioned officers killed, including
General Sir William Penn Symons, tlia
general commanding, and twenty-one
wounded. There were also thirty-one
non-commissioned officers and men
killed and 151 wounded. General Sy
mons died Saturday of the wounde be
received Friday while leading his men
where the fighting was the hottest.
Extremely grave official news re
specting the battle was given out at
the war office. Up to 6 p. m. one
squadron of the Eighteenth Hussars,
numbering 160 men, and a section of
mounted infantry, are missing. They
went in pursuit of the Boers after the
fight. They have not leturned to camp
and it Is feared that they were drawn
Into a trap and either killed or captured
by the enemy.
Besides these two bodies of troops
there are thirty-three enlisted men ab
sent from the various commands In the
fight. They are believed to be either
captured or killed.
The battle at Glencoe, even as offi
cial reports admit, was no skirmish,
but a battle that lasted eight hours.
The fighting was fierce.
The Boers displayed remarkable
courage when once driven from their
cover by the advance of the Brltkh,
who paused neither for shot nor shell,
but kept on and on, merely stopping
for breathing spells and to reform
their ranks.
The British artillery displayed as
tonishing marksmanship. This soon si
lenced the Boer guns on the top of
Tallana hill and then the order came
to charge. The Kings Rifles and the
Irish Fuslleers led the charge with
great glory to themselves and to their
country. The fire was fast and furi
ous In their face, but they never fal
tered. The men dropped by dozens
and the officers fell, too, but the line
kept on Just the same, pausing only to
lie down and fire by volleys in ex
tended order. They never lost an Inch.
BOERS SHOW GREAT VALOR.
The Boers fought valorously, but
they could do nothing with the Inspir
ing advance of the English regiments.
When the first of the charging line
reached the hilltop the Boers fled, leav
ing their dead and wounded behind.
The British troops behaved with
great gallantry and at no time were
beyond the control of their officers.
But the slaughter In their ranks was
pitiful. The percentage of officers that
fell was far In excess of that of the
enlisted men. About 5 per cent of the
troops engaged were officers, yet 25
per cent of the dead were officers.
Among th wounded they numbered 1
per cent.
In other words five times as many
officers were wounded as enlisted men.
In proportion to their numbers, and
more than three times as many were
wounded. The explanation is simple.
The officers followed the traditions of
the British army and refused to take
advantage of cover, while they were
ordering their men to do It. This val
iant and Inspiring conduct cost them
bitter losses, but It helped to win the
day. They stood behind their men
when the ranks were lying down, and
thus made themselves targets for the
Boer sharpshooters, and they stood out
In the open while their men were be
hind trees, rocks and bits of fallen
timber.
The cream of the British forces in
South Africa were engaged. General
Symons column Included the Eigh
teenth Hussars, the Natal Mounted
Volunteers, the First battalion of the
Ieleestershire regiment, the First
King's Royal Rifles, the Second Dub
lin Fuslleers, the Devonshire regiment,
the Dorsetshire regiment, several com
panies of mounted Infantry and three
field batteries, about 4,000 men In all.
They were opposed to a force at least
twice that number and perhaps more.
IRISH HEAVY LOSERS.
The Irish regiments lost the heavi
est, for they were in the thickest of
the fight and fought with great gal
lantry. The Fuslleers lost eighteen
killed and seventy wounded. The Hus
sars had seven wounded and the bat
teries one killed and three wounded.
The King's Rifles had eleven killed and
sixty-eight wounded. The losses in
the other commands were compara
tively trifling.
General Kedvers Buller's last order
before leaving England for the seat of
war was a telegram to Sir George
Stewart White, commanding In South
Africa, forbidding any British advance
pending the arrival of the army corps
now en route.
The number and Importance of en
gagements for the next four weeks will
depend upon liner aggressiveness. The
defeat at Glencoe will curb the Impetu
ous burghers, the war office feels, but
others expect them to return to the
fray with redoubled ardor before the
arrival of Ge neral Buller's corps. Gen
eral Duller plans to have four divi
sions, each a little army In itself, and
each capable of meeting the full force
of the Boers. The plan Is regarded as
perfectly feaHlbl", because he will have
80,000 men. With three of the divisions
he will Invade the Transvaal at dif
ferent points, leaving the fourth to
hold Natal.
There is a growing feeling here that
the war will eventually resolve Itself
Into a guerrilla campaign much like
that of the American forces now In the
Philippines.
DONTS THAT PREVENT COLDS.
Don't live or work in damp, dark
places, where the sunlight either never
succeeds In penetrating, or In suet
small amounts that Its beneficent work
as nature's great scavenger and germ
icide cannot be successfully accomplish
ed. Above all, don't sleep in a room
where the sunlight and air have not
had a chance to do their great work
of purification during the day.
After what 1 have said of the ab
sence of sunlight as encouraging germ
multiplication, I think it Is not hard to
understand the Importance of this rule.
Even In the summer time such places
are prone to be breeders of disease
germs. In the winter, when mlerohlc
life Is more luxuriant, such places fairly
swarm with minute organisms. Many
of these, of course, are not producers
of disease, but then many are.
Bo much for the avoidance of what
may be called microbe breeding grounds
but microbes cannot be avoided entire
ly, and the best means to secure Im
munity from their effects Is to avoid
as far as possible everything that would
tend to lower the vitality and so les
sen the power of resistance to them
that our tissues possess naturally.
DINAH'S OHIO TOUR.
MAKES REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN
IN M'KINLEY'S STATE.
During the Past Week He Has Made
Over Fifty Speeches and Trav
eled Constantly.
Sandusky, O., Oct. 24. Colonel Wil
liam Jennings Bryan has closed the
most remarkable week in his eventful
career of campaigning. He wag sched
uled for six speeches daily, the first
three days of the week In Kentucky
and for the same number the last three
days In Ohio. He has been continu
ously on a special train since last Mon
day morning and has made many more
than thirty-six speeches on the sched
ule. In traveling thousands of m
auring the week most of the time at
unusually high speed, stops were made
at points not on the schedule and
speeches were made from the rear of
the train, as well as from platformB,
He has made over fifty speeches dur
ing the week and many more short
talks at stations along the way. His
closing day of the Kentucky and Ohio
week was the most active and remark
able of all, especially In the meetings
at Fostoria, Bellevue, Clyde and other
points not on the program. He started
earlier than on other days and con
tinued later at night, apparently as
vigorous after the last meeting as he
was on Monday morning. He left late
Saturday night for Chicago en route
to Nebraska, and will spend the last
two weeks of the campaign In his own
state in a similar manner to his great
canvasses In Kentucky and Ohio.
Marion, O. A division of opinion ex
ists as to whether or not the largest
crowd of the day was not here. The
people from all the surrounding coun
try were present. Mr. Bryan covered
the same questions discussed during
the day and was warmly received.
AT SANDUSKY.
At 8:30 In the evening the Bryan
McLean train reached this city, having
traveled 509 miles and traversed thir
teen counties of northwest Ohio. A
large crowd greeted the train, and a
well organized and large procession
formed an escort to the court house
where the meeting was held. Judge
George C. Beis presided and presented
Mr. Bryan, who discussed national is
sues at length.
"We want the rights of all respected
and no privileges to the few. That Is
the Jeffersonlan doctrine and the
teachings of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. All men are created equal.
I hope I do not have to apologize for
quoting the Declaration of Independ
ence. That document was revered at
one time in the history of this coun
try. Now it seems there is a cloud cast
on its teachings. It us hope the
clouds will soon roll by.
"Do you believe that all men are cre
ated equal? If you do, I hope to con
vince you that reforms are necessary
in our government, but If you deny
that all men are created equal, then
there is no ground left on which to
base an argument. If all men are not
created equal, then my faith Is un
founded. I believe all citizens ought
to stand equal before the law. Are you
republicans willing to accept this doc
trine as fundamental? Abraham Lin
coln applied It, Mark Hanna repudiates
it.
"You have In this vicinity a soldier's
home and every soldier has impressed
upon him the sad face of Abraham
Lincoln. You cannot find a true sol
dier who does not believe that Abra
ham Lincoln Is the grandest product
of our civilization. (Applause.)
"I want the soldier to contrast mod
ern republicanism with that of Abra
ham Lincoln. The present tendency of
the republican party is to advance the
Interests of the wealthy In disregard
of the masses of the people of this
country. Lincoln said: 'The Lord must
have loved the common people because
He made so many of them.' If a man
mentions the common people today he
Is called a demagogue and Is trying to
array one class against another. Today
the republican definition Is, 'a states
man Is measured according to his
pocketbook and that man is a dema
gogue who dares to listen to the heart
beats of democracy.' " (Applause.)
THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER.
On the gold question Mr. Bryan be
lieved present methods simply meant a
government of the syndicates and by
the syndicates. Touching the trusts,
he said:
"If you want to know what the
trusts are, consult the commercial
travelers. They are mighty good peo
ple, too. If I elld not helle-ve this to
lie true, I could consult .Mr. Mc-Kinley.
I r- member In the campaign of is:i6
they hud delegates viHlt him at aCn
ton. I was not able to have them come
to me. and I had to go to them. -Mr.
Mclvlnley made a speec h to them, Buy
ing among other things: 'I know the
value of the commercial traveler. There
Is no such great recruiting ofllcer In the
United States, they go everywhere
"What will the traveling man say
when they go to Canton again? These
men thrown out of employment by the
trusts might go to Canton again, take
a band with them, and have It play the
dead march from Saul. (Laughter.) I
sympathize with the commercial trav
eler. I regret his misfortunes and am
sorry for his political mistakes."
Mr. Manna a Cleveland speech was
taken up and discussed much In the
same manner as during the day, Mr.
Bryan ridiculing the proposition that
the republican party could and would
take care of the trusts.
Since leaving Cairo, 111., last Monday
morning, Mr. Bryan has traveled 2,774
miles, 1 .206 In Kentucky and 1,509 In
Ohio, and has delivered fifty speeches
twenty-seven in Kentucky and twenty
three In Ohio, In addition to many
short talks along the way. There were
times In Kentucky In the vicinity of
Hopklnsvllle. when a train speed of
sixty-five miles an hour was attained
and In Ohio twenty-four miles In one
Instance was covered In twenty-three
minutes.
CROWDS IN OTHER TOWNS.
Bucyrus, O. It Is the general opin
ion of those accompanying the special
trnln that there were over 8,000 here.
Mr. Bryan was cordially received and
In his treatment of the topics of the
day displayed the same vigor and voice
that characterized ' the early part of
the day.
Bellevue, O. A rear end platform
speech was made here after dark, a
good crowd being present. Mr. Bryan
appealed to those present t support
tne iic-kci this rail. In the Interest of
the greater contest of 1900.
6EKEIAL NEWS ROTES.
The United States transport Shefman
has arrived at Manila.
Bound for Manila, the cruiser New
Orleans has sailed from New York.
The New Orleans board of health re
ported two new cases of yellow fever
and no deaths Saturday.
Tommy West knocked out Charlie
Stevenson In the thirteenth round at
the Greenwood Athletic club in Brook
lyn. The president has appointed Edward
P. Kingsbury of Centralia Wash., to
be surveyor at Olympia, vice MacMiek-
c-n, deceased.
Covelo. Cal. In a prize fight last
night between George Coxey and .Bin
Ball, two local pugilists, Hall received
injuries which it is feared will result
fatally. He was unconscious for sev
eral hours.
Washington D. C The degree of ma
sonry was conferred on Rear Admiral
fjchley by Benjamin B. French lodge of
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. At
the conclusion of the session Rear Ad
miral Schley held a reception.
Des Moines la. George Ervin, a stu
dent at Penn College, Oskaloosa, had
his skull fractured in a football game
between Highland Park college and
Penn, in this city. Physicians Bay his
recovery is doubtful.
New York, Oct. 24. There Is no
change for the worse in the condition
of Vice President Hobart. Though up
and about the house at Paterson, N. J.,
he receives no one but his closest
friends.
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 24. The wa
ters of the Mississippi have reached a
threatening stage. Unsorted logs in the
booms are In danger of being carried
away. The caUBe of the trouble is the
Rum river, which has been pouring
great volumes of water into the Mis
sissippi. It Is feared the booms above
will be carried away and many mil
lions of feet of logs lost.
New York, Oct. 24. Sir Thomas Lip
ton was in conference with Mr. Fife, the
designer of the Shamrock, at the Fifth
Avenue hotel. While it was not offi
cially given out that the conference
concerned the design of a new boat for
next year or alterations thought neces
sary' on the Shamrock to Improve her
speed, the conference is known to have
been along that line.
St. Paul, Minn. J. N. Hill, vice pres
ident of the Great Northern railway,
stated that there is no foundation for
the rumor that a strike Is imminent
among the employes of the Great
Northern system. He says: "On the
contrary, no dissatisfaction exists, the
skilled labor of the company receive
the highest wages and are entirely sat
isfied with the condition. The satisfac
than at any time in the road's history."
tory condition is evidenced by the
movement of traffic, which Is greater
El Paso, Tex., Oct. 24. Pearl Hart,
the Arizona woman bandit, who escap
ed from Jail at Tucson, Ariz., Oct 12,
was arrested yesterday at Demlng, N.
M., where she arrived last night on
horseback, with a male companion.
She was taken back to Tucson.
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 24. The dele
gates to the International Commercial
Congress, now in session here, in con
junction with the National Export Ex
position, went to Washington for the
purpose of calling upon the president.
Peoria 111. Fred Patee, president of
the Patee Bicycle company and ex-
chief consul of the Illinois division of
the League of American Wheelmen, was
sentenced to five years in the peniten
tiary for manslaughter. Patee was
charged with having engaged Dr. Be!
Howard to perform a criminal opera
tion on his stenographer, who disd.
Howard's trial for murder begins next
week.
Chicago, 111. Passenger train time be.
tween Chicago and Kansas City is to
be shortened an hour or more. Next
Sunday the schedules of all throughg
trains between these two cities will be
cut from fifteen and a half hours to
fourteen and a half hours. The reduc
tion will be participated in by the Rock
Island, Santa Fe, Burlington, Wabash
and Alton roads.
Jackson, Miss. One new case of yel
low fever was reported In Jackson by
the state board of health today. Five
patients are now under treatment.
There is much Indignation among the
citizens over the refusal of the board
to divulge the names and locality of
the patients.
Washington, D. C (Special.) Sur
geon General Wyman has received a
cablegram from Inspector Woodbury of
the marine hospital service, dated at
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, saying that the
plague had made Its appearance at
Santos. Brazil. He said that there had
been. six c.ies nnd two deaths find that
autopsy in the fatal cases confirmed the
diagnosis. He also said that Isolation
was Impossible.
Manila. (Special. ) Three Insurgent
officers entered Angeles and applied to
General MacArthur for permission for
a Filipino commission, headed by a Fil
ipino major general, to visit General
litis In order to discuss peace terms
and arrange for the delivery of more
American prisoners, as well as to con
sider motheds for the release of the
Spanish prisoners. The request was re
ferred to General Otis. The insurgent
officers are expected to return to re
ceive his answer.
ATLANTA DISAPPOINTED.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 24. Repre
sentative wvingston of Georgia reluct
antly gave up his efforts to Induce Ad
miral Dewey or Admiral Schley to go
to Atlanta with lieutenant Brumby,
and telegraphed to authorities, "Dewey
will not go, Schley cannot go, Brumby
goes on Monday.
This was after he had received a
number of telegrams from Atlanta,
urging him to use every effort to have
both admirals make the trip. After
personal conferences with both of them
he learned, however, from Admiral
Schley that the latter would make a
trip to Birmingham, Ala., on Novem
ber 1, and as this would take him
near Atlanta, he consented to visit
the city at that time.
YOUNO SBWALL'S PROMOTION.
Washington. D. C, Oct. 24. An up
roar was created among the regular
army officers here when It became
known that Senator Sewall's son had
received a commission as captain and
quartermaster In the regular army, to
fill a vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of the son of Senator Quay, who
was formerly with the Third cavalry
at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. It Is said
that such appointments as this had
caused all the charges of Incompetency
against the quartermaster's depart,
merit In the war with Spain, Young
Sewall was "Jumped" over the heads ol
several others. Another significant fncl
was that the knowledge of the ap
pointment was kept from the press.
Young Sewnll has a record for Ineffi
ciency In the Spanish war. so the offi
cers In the department say,
FARMER'S BULLETIN.
These bulletin) are sent free of
charge to an y address upon application
to the secretary of agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C Only the following are
available for distribution:
No. 1. Leguminous plants or green
pasturing and for feeding. Pp. 24.
No. IS. Forage plants for tne south,
Pp. 30.
No. 19. Important insecticides: direc
tions for their preparation and use.
Pp. S2.
No. 21. Barnyard manure. Pp. 12.
No. 22. Feeding farm animals. Pp. 32.
No. 23. Foods: nutritive value and
cost. Pp. 32.
No. 24. Hog cholera and swine plague.
Pp. 16.
No. 25. Peanuts: culture and uses
Pp. 24.
No. 2. Sweet potatoes: culture and
uses. Pp. 30.
No. 27. Flax seed and fiber. Pp. 18.
No. 28. Weeds and how to kill them.
Pp. 30.
No. 29. Souring of milk and other
changes In milk products. Pp. 32.
No. 30. Grape diseases on the Pacific
coast. Pp. 16.
No. 31. Alfalfa, or lucern. Pp. 24.
No. 32. Slloar and silage. Pp. 31.
No. 33. Peach growing for market.
Pp. 24.
No. 34. Meats: composition and cook
ing. Pp. 29.
No. 35. Potato culture. Pp. 23.
No. 36. Cotton seed and its products.
Pp. 16.
No. 37. Kafir corn: characteristics
culture and uses. Pp. 12.
No. 38. Spraying for fruit diseases.
Pp. 12.
No. 39. Onion culture. Pp. 31.
No. 40. Farm drainage. Pp. 24.
No. 41. Fowls: care and feeding. Pp
24.
No. 42. Facts about milk. Pp. 27
No. 43. Sewage disposal on the farm.
Pp. 20.
No. 44. Commercial fertilizers. Pp. 24.
No. 45. Some insects injurious to stor
ed grain. Pp. 32.
No. 46. Irrigation in humid cli
mates. Pp. 27.
No. 47. Insects affecting the cotton
plant. Pp. 32.
No. 48. The manuring of cotton. Pp.16.
No. 49. Sheep feeding. Pp. 24.
No. 50. Sorghum as a forage crop.
Pp. 24.
No. 51. Standard varieties of chick
ens. Pp. 48.
No. 52. The sugar beet. Pp. 48.
No. 63. How to grow mushrooms.
Pp. 20. -f
No. 54. Some common birds in their
relation to agriculture. Pp. 4.
Nd. 55. The dairy herd: Its formation
and management. Pp. 24.
No. 56. Experiment station work I.
Pp. 30.
No. 57. Butter making on the farm.
Pp. 16.
No. 58. The soy bean as a forage crop.
Pp. 24.
No. 59. Bee keeping. Pp. 32.
No. 60. Methods of curing tobacco.
Pp. 16.
No. 61. Asparagus culture. Pp. 40.
No. 62. Marketing farm produce. Pp.
28.
No. 63. Care of milk on the farm.
Pp. 40.
No. 64. Ducks and geese. Pp. 48.
No. 65. Experiment station work II.
Pp. 32.
No. 66. Meadows and pastures. Pp. 24.
No. 67. Forestry for farmers. Pp. 48.
No. 68. The black rot of the cabbage.
Pp. 22.
No. 69. Experiment station work III.
Pp. 32.
No. 70. The principal insect enemies of
the grape. Pp. 24.
No. 7L Some essentials of beef pro
duction. Pp. 24.
No. 72. Cattle ranges of the south
west. Pp. 32.
No. 73. Experiment station work IV.
No. 74. Milk as food. Pp. 39.
No. 75. The grain smuts. Pp. 20.
No. 76. Tomato growing. Ppu 30
No. 77. The liming of soils. Pp. 19.
No. 78. Experiment station work V
Pp. 32. y,
No. 79. Experiment station tvork VI.
Pp. 28.
No. 80. The peach twig-borer an Im
portant enemy of stone fruits. Pp. 16.
No. 81. Corn culture in the south.
Pp. 24.
No. 82. Theculture of Tobacco. Pp.23.
No. 83. Tobacco soils. Pp. 23.
No .84. Experiment station work VII.
Pp. 32.
No. 85. Fish as food. Pp. 30.
No. 86. Thirty poisonous plants. Pp.32.
No. 87. Experiment station work
Pp. 32.
No. 88. Alkali lands. Pp. 23.
No. 89. Cowpeas. Pp. 16.
No. 90. The manufacture of sorphum
syruy. Pp. 32.
No. 91. Potato diseases and their
treatment. Pp. 12.
No. 92. Experiment station work IX.
Pp. 30.
No. 93. Sugar as food. Pp. 27.
No. 9. The vegetable garden. Pp. 24.
No. 95. Good roads for farmers. Pp. 47.
No. 96. Raising sheep for mutton.
Pli. 48.
No. 97. Experiment station work X.
Pp. 32.
No. 98. Suggestions to southern farm
ers. Pp. 48.
No. 99. Common Insects on shade
trees. Pp. 30.
No. 100. Hog raising in the south. '
Pp. 40.
No. 101. Millets. Pp. 28
No. 101. Southern forage plants. Pp.48.
A FAIR EXCHANGE.
"Are you quite sure this melon is
ripe?" inquired the young housewife
after she had made a careful selection.
"Perfectly sure, madam," replied the
grocer, "but If you wish it I will plug It
so that you can see for yourself." And,
cutting a trangular piece from the
side of the melon, he held It up for In
spection. "You see," he continued. "It
is perfectly ripe."
"Very well,' 'answered the fair cus
tomer, "you may send that one up to
the house. Twenty-five cents, did you
say? I know I have a quarter here
somewhere. Oh, yes, here it Is!"
The grocer glanced at the coin and
then handed It back. "I can't accept
that," he said; "It Is plugged."
"I know It." ' said the lady, "but I
don't see what difference that makes.
The watermelon Is plugged, too."
WILD ROSE CAKE.
Make the dough after the recipe glv
an for Pond Lily cake, flavoring with
rose and strawberry Instead of peach.
Bake In two-inch-deep Jelly tins, and
sandwich with pink Icing, and the same
on top. (Made by sustltutlng finely
pulverized pink sugar for white.) When
you have put the last layer of pink
Icing on top sift very lightly over the
top granulated white sugar.
OHIO VOLUNTEERS STRANDED.
Cleveland, O. Word has been receiv
ed that 300 Cleveland soldiers. In the
Fourteenth regiment, Just returned
from the Philippines, are stranded In
San Francisco, their pay, given them
in Manila, having been spent.
An effort Is being made to raise the
$1,200 necessary to bring them home.
Senator Hanna and Governor Buihatl!
contributed 1100 each.
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