VICTORY FOR BRVAW'tJiU altME IS Oi.
tuoiAi: ABOUT RUINED
THEY ADMIT IT NOW,!'REPARE F0R FICHr
NEBRASKA NOTES
OLD IT4XU4BO rLAHK TAKES
otT or ram flat'okm
THE VOTE EXCEEDS 2 TO 1
OW CREDITED WITH THREE fC
CtaaiXL ErrOMTS.
Ciaraaalaa .f Ik Lna,n o, Wark
Mot lablcaia Katlra
aal'arartloa.
Si.
LOUIS. '1 he rnmmltlM na
resolutions v"ted tbe gold standard
Blank out of tbe democratic plat
form by a vote of thirty-five to fif
teen. Tills was tbe third victory
for William J.'liryan during tbe all
eight session of tbe committee. He
bas two successful efforts and se
cured modi Heat Ions of tbe tariff
(nank oil two separate votes.
An effott was made to secure a re
res after tbe vote on tbe gold plank
but It was voted down and the con.
Oiiltee continued with Us work on
ether features of he platform.
The contest was one of tbe most
Interesting features of the conven
tion. The mala fight was upon a
proposed income tax plank providing
for an amendment to the constitu
tion to meet tbe adverse decision of
the supieme court upon the Wilson
law. It was upon this amendment
snd the gold plank, the two proposi
tions having teen brought In con
Junction, tbat Mr. Bryan made tits
trong light. Mr. Williams of Missis
sippi,, first offered the Income tax
amendment and it was Immediately
antagonized by former Senator Hill,
who stated that with such a plank in
liie platform, New Yjik could not
be carried for the democratic noml
cets. He urged the attention of a
platform which will enab.e the dem
ocrats to win la doubtful states and
elect their candidates. r. Williams
withdrew the aiuendmest. saving
that he, with many other diruicrals,
was seeking harmony with a view
of succeeding on a democratic plat
form. Mr. Hryao then offered an income
tax amendment, and made a speech
In favor of It. He asserted tbat
while votes might be lost among
the very rich, the democratic parly
ought to consider tha great mass
If the people, who hear the burden
of taxation and the expenses of tbe
government.
Senator Daniel replied to Bryan,
nd was very vigorous In bis denun
ciations of the course tbe Nebraska
man was pursuing. He said tbat he
wanted to win and desired a plat
form which would bring to the dem
ocratic party the voters who had
left it when pursuing a course
whirl) Mr. liryan bad shaped and
advocated. He was tired of being
forever in the minority and Insisted
tbat it would be aisurbed for demo
crats, facing victory, to take any
action which would mean defeat.
To lose New York meant defeat.
Senator Bailey and Senator Till
man, while believing In an imnma1
tax, sild that in view of toe state
ments of tbe New York member of
Ibe committee, it would be unwise
to insist on tbe income tax plank.
Senator Ilalley then ssked unani
mous consent to hnve both the In
come tax amendment and tbe gold
Vandard plank dropped.
Worst of Flood i Over.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.-The Kaw
river Is falling here ana wes" o.
Topeka and It is confld. ntly l
lleved tbat tbe worst of the flood It
over.
Not for many days, however, will
'normal conditions prevail at Ar
mourdale, Argentina and the low
llyng portion of eastern Kansas City,
Kas., where hundreds of houses of
the working class are under water,
snd many plants are Inundated. In
the lowest portion of Armourdale
wblcb Is ibe most unfavorable por
Hon of the flood area, the water Is
from three to bIx feet deep while,
lurrounding the Neslon Morris pack
Ing houses northeast of Armourdale,
and c'ose to the mouth of the Kaw,
tbe water ii twelve feet deep.
Armourdale is abandoned, tb
streets running rivers. Most families
owned their homes and the aggre
gate loss will he heavy. Flood con
ditions In Kansas off tbe Kaw water,
shed are still "rlous, the stream!
at Abilene, Emporia, Ottawa and
Wichita slIH being hlgb and coi
tlnulng to rise at some points.
Missouri Justice Stricken.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.--Jnstlc
Gavon D. Burgess cf tbe Missouri
supreme court, bas suffered strokl
of paralysis at bis borne bere and t
In serious condition. He bas heel
conscious slnee bis affliction but
' talks with difficulty. It cannot h
determined at this time bow aerlom
Judge Burgess' illness msy be,
Judge burgess now serving bit
second term on tbe bench ba?ln
been elected In 1802 and 190T
HAlKISfi HOIMKS CLOSER HV TBI
DhOl.MTIMM or I.AHOKKK.
MEN QUIT AND WALK 0U1
UUIVMMI OK STBl'UtiLE NOl
M4KKEU of VIOLKHI!.
Packart IWuutl t Arda la Ur
wauiU Maila-Mllf IbuuiaiJ
Out la Ibe Ul( faik
ia" tanlar
CHICAGO A general strike callec.
In tbe packing uuusas of the country
lendered more than fifty thousand
men Idle and closed nearly ail tbe
packlLg centers at noon today, lu
muit cises the packers have made
no arrangements to reopen, although
such arrangements may follow tooay
Tbe supply of fresh meat will soon
be exhausted unless tbe bouses are
reopened. The beginning nf tbe
mike was not marked by violence,
although in several places strikers
quit work before the hour set. The
stiike calis out all uulons affiliated
with tbe packing trades' council.
One of the packers made the fol
lowing statement: ,
'A conference was held between
Mr. Doom llt-y and his assistant
and the pickers about ten days agt
at which time the packers contend! i
that the demands "tor an Increase iti
the wages of unskilled labor weru
unwarranted by conditions, and M.
Donnelley was requested to modify
his demands. No further commu
nicate was received until 2 oYl x k
Monday when a letter was received
slating in it a strike was cidered
fur 12 o'clock today.
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb. -At neon
tsd.iy 4 ooii employes of the four
packing houses at South Omaha hid
clown their tools and went out on a
strike. The packing plants affect d
ire those of Armour, Swift, Cudahy
and tbe Om ilia racking company.
The strike Is the r suit ofanouhr
r celved from Second Vice I' tsldcnt
Vail of the am ilagmated meat cut
teis' and butcher workmens' unicn
and affects practically every ruin
employed In the packing houses,
(killed and unskilled.
"1 lie demands of the strikers are
for closed bhop for unskilled labor.
The packers siy thev will make nc
attempt to operate their plants for
the present. T;. this end tbey gae
notice to the commission mn tbat
there would be no market for live
stock tod ly and that they could not
purchase uotll further notice. Tbe
notice was given yesterday and as a
consequence few cats of stock came
In today.
A statement of tte position of tbe
local packers shows that the are
unanimous io their refusal to accede
to the demands of the men, and that
they are anxious to submit the mat
ter to arbitration. They claim that
conditions do rot warract an in
crease In wages.
Nine of the employes in the me
chanical department of the i Cuth
Omaha plants struck, and tbe em
ployes nf the Union Stock Yards,
company remained at work. Ten,
unions are affected by the strike,
most of them affiliated with the
butchering craft. It Is anticipated
that no action will be taken locally,
all the negotiations being made In
Chicago.
Zeller ,s Caught
OMAHA, Neb.-W. M. Z-ller, the
maiket uardener, who on Saturday
murdered his wife and her father,
was tue central ligurc In a dramutk
sceoe which as enacted outside his
home this afternoon. Zeller had for
more than two days successfully
eluded capture, notwithstanding
that hundreds of citizens had been
aiding the police in the search.
This afternoon during the funeial
of bis two victims Zeller came out
of his hiding place. One police
officer was alone at the ZeMer home
when the murderer suddenly ap
peared In front of the house and
looked In thu window. Seeing the
oilicor he immediately started to
jun and the officer covered him with
i shotgun.
Boy Pataly Wounded.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.-Louis
Padllln, a boy residing at Las Pad!
Ipis, south of this city was shot and
probably fatally wounded by a mem
ber of a gang of alleged stock thieves
who susnected him of having given
Information aglnst them. Officers
from this city are in pursuit of the
hind who (I'd to the M1ma7.no moun
tains, thus far eluding capture.
Gamblers Fire on Haiders.
MEMPHIS, Tcnn.-As a remit ot
a raid by deputy sheriffs tn a gamb
ling bouse, Deputys Houston aud
'Mitchell are dead aud Deputy
Thomss J. McDeiroott Is mortally
wounded. Frequent raids Dave been
Dade on crap games recently. Five
deputy sheriffs forced their way Into
a place In DeSoto street. A moment
later a fusillade of shots met the
officer. Wben tbe smoke cleared
away Houston and M lot belt were
found dead.
MAIL STOKM LKAVKH ITS MARK
l.N ADAMS IOIMK
Sirlkra City or Haatlngs With Al
Iia Kury fihaUarlng Wia.loar
tilaa and Da-troying frut
and Uardrna.
Erem Suit Journal.
HASTINGS, Nebr.-A most dis
astrous ball atoms struck Adams
county about 1 o'clock this morning
and wiped out over two thousand
acres of grain besides damaging
about eight hundred acres or more
of grain to such an extent tbat It
Is almost valueless.
So far as can be learned none of
these crops destroyed were insured.
The storm originated In tbe valley
of tbe Platte northwest of Hastings,
but did not do much damage until
It struck J. Ulooru's farm, six milts
fcortbwest of Hastings. Tbe bail
sterna started on tbe east half of Mr.
Ulooru's place and continued In a
southeastern direction and travehd
this course until it ran Into tbe
corporate limits of this city, where
it broke window glass right and
left, biat garden truck into the
earth and scattered fruit from trees
like btrdshot out of a musket.
However, the damage lu this city
is absolutely nothing when compared
to the great loss the farmers must
suffer who were in the path of the
storm. Hardly any of the farmers
were fortunate euough to have their
wheat cut. which accounts for such
a large loss of grain. The storm
devastated a strip two and a half
miles wide and nearly six miles long,
traveled from the northwest to the
southeast but did not go east of St.
Joseph and Grand Island rallioad
track at any place.
A terlfilc wind carried the hall
whizzing through the air and huge
roro bt;ilks were severed am) beaten
Into the ground by the tremendous
fusflade of pattls of Ice from the
Inky heavens. For twenty-five minu
tes a deafening roar announced In
tbundeious tones the complete de
struction of all grain within Its
path; then it silently stolo away
taking with it the impervious black
ness that had shrouded the scene
of destruction.
Death in a Crash.
NEW YORK. Eight persons were
killed and forty Injured, some of
them seriously injured, as a result
of a regular passenger tiaiu on tbe
Greenwood Like branch of the Erie
railroad running into an excursh n
train which was taking water at
Mldvale, N. J., at noon today.
D. W. Cooke, general passenger
igent ol the Erie railroad bas given
Dut tbe following statement:
"An excursion train Hoboken to
Greenwood Lake stopped at Mldvale
lor water and the operator in the
tower failed to set tbe block signal
against tbe train following. As a
r suit there was a rear end collision
la which eight persons were killed
lad forty injured.
A hospital train wltb doctors
ina surgeons on board was Imme
diately sent to the scene of the accl
lent and rendered all possible aid.
Fell From the Ninth Story
NEW YORK. -Miss Ilertha Dol
Leer of San Francisco, said to be the
daughter of the late San Francisco
Dolr.eer, a millionaire of San Fran
cisco committed suicide today by
Jumping from a ninth floor window
Of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
Nearly ever bone In her body was
broken and death was Instantaneous
Miss Dolbecr, who was twenty-five
years old and her cousin, Miss Mar
lon Warren, also of San Franeheo,
had been at the Waldorf since June
30, when tbey returned from a trip
to Europe, taken fjr Mlsi Dolbaer's
boalth.
Nebraska Visitor Injured.
ST. LOUIS.-In crossing Washing
ton avenue at Jefferson street 0.
Urahausar of Aldrlch, Neb., who
accompanied the Antelope delegation
to the national convention, stepped
directly In front of an, eastbound
Page avenue car ana was hurled
violently to the pavement. Fie, was
parried Into a nearby drug store,
where he was restored to conscious
ness. Later Mr. Drahausar was
taken away to too cab, stating that
the accident was due to bis own
carelessness.
Boya Fingara Sewn on Again.
BLAIR, Neb.-Frlday afternoon
while the little son of Mr John
McMahan was running a lawn mower
on Ills father's lawa he fell with
bis band In tbe knives and had the
two middle fingers of one hand rut
off between tbe first and second
Joints. Dr. Robinson and Dr.
Mlnchman were hurredly summoned
and tbe fingers placed back and
aewed on after being picked up tn
tbe grass. He Is reported aa getting
along nicely.
111' ASIANS TELi. OF LOW IS! KA1
CMOU MATTLE.
JAPS ON YIN KOW ROAD
THET ARE NOW WITHIN SIX MILES
Of J-OKT AKTUl'U.
Riuaiau I -mm n July 4 Krportad
by Chlaaaa to Haia Urea Mora
Than Elg-bt Haadrad-Or-tidal
KapurU,
ST. PETERSBURG. Lieutenant
General Sakbaroff lo a dispatch to
tbe general staff, confirms the report
of tbe Japanese occupation of Kal
Chou. He says tbat tbe Russian;
loss did not exceed IM kiiled or
wounded. General SaharofI adds
tbat the Japanese are on tbe Yin
Kow road.
CHE FOO. Chinese Junkmen who
arrived here today from Port Arthur
say that on Tuesday, fifth, a Oliiuese
carrier brought Into tbe town over
HOO dead Russians, two of whom
were high officials. They state tbat
a part of the Japanese force advan
ced to within six miles of tbe be
sieged town, taking awother eastern
fort.
LONDON. -A dUpatch from Che
I' 00 dated July 7, stated that in the
lighting which occurred on a Jjly 4,
over the possession "of one of tbe
hills northwest of Port Arthur, tbe
liussliris lost, according to the Chin
ese, loo men kIPed and fifty wounded.
Fifty Chlneso carriers were sent out
to tiling the Russians dead and
wounded.
WASHINGTON. The following
dispatches have been received at the
Japanese legation from Toklo:
lieneral Oku reports that our second
army commenced operations July 6
for occupylug Kal Plug. After suc
cessively dislodging the Russians
from their positions, we finally occu
pied Kal Ping and the neighboring
heights on July 9.
General Kuroki reports that on
July 6, our detachments after ex
pelling 300 Russian cavalry occupled1
llslen Chang, thirty miles north of
Salmalchllli. There were no casual
ties on our side.
On July 5 we repulsed a Russian
cavalry regiment under Cnlo(.el
Chlcbinskl which came to attack us
near North Fenshuileng. Ourcasual
itles were four wouoded and three
killed.
TOKIO. -General Kuroul reports
tbat on Wednesday, Ju'v 6, a detach
ment of Japanese troops diove off
3J0 Russian cavalry and occupied Kan
Chang the enemy, retiring north
ward. The Japanese ha I no casual!-1
ties. The Russian losses are un
known. On the afternocn of July 5, thir
teen hundred Russian cavalry at
tacked a Japanese detachment near
the north entrance to Fen Sbui pass.
The Russians were repulsed and the
Japanese retained possession of the
entrance to the pass. The Japanese;
had four men killed and three
wounded.
On Fridaay night July 8, during
a storm, a flotilla of torpedo boats of
Admiral Togo's fleet approached
Port Arthur. On the following
morulng one of the torpedo boats
found and attacked the Russian
cruiser Askold, but tbe result of the
attack is unknown.
The Askold fired on the torpedo
boat, two petty officers being sev
erely wounded.
NEW CHWANG. Incoming ships
reported that eight Japanese torpedo
boat destroyers are sweeping toe
gulf of Llago Tung in order tbat a
search of neutral ships may be car
ried on in a more through manner.
The weather has Improved, and If !t
continues fair, land operations will
be actively renewed.
The Japanese are nightly bombard
ing Tort Arthur.
TIEN TSIN. German military ex
ports are of the opinion that tbe
Russian positions at L,lao Yang aud
Hal Cheng are untenable against a
three-sided Japanese attack.
Withdraw South Dakota Lands
WASHINGTON. -Tbe director of
the geological survey has recpm
mended to the secretary of the
Interior the withdrawal from settle
ment and entry of an additional
776 480 acres of land in South Dakota
In connection with tbe Belle Fourcba1
irrigation project.
Boy Killed by Fall of Roof.
ft a it -i ra.v yim -XWT a 1711
x aui r ij j u JiVJi lua.-fl oe risn
er, about 20 years of age was In
stantly killed this afternoon while
working on a roof at Henton Station,
a small place north of Pacific Junc
tion. He was helping a gang of men
to lift a roof an tbe house of F. V.
Kemp and the chains holding tha
roof broke. Mr. Fisher was under
tbe structure and was Instantly
killed.
JAPANESE AKK KEADV TO DELIVER
IKlali ING BLOW
Cuntiourd Fighting; Wiib tha Out.
1ii'K Fort, aud fclaady Ad
anca at yCurdon Sur
foai ding Kuasiauf.
WASniNUTON.-It is expected
that tbe Japanese campaign in Man
churia and especially io tbe diiec-1
tloo of Port Arthur, Is approaching
toother one of such climaxes as
(narked the passage of tbe Yalu.
Minister Grlscom, at lokio, baa
cabled tbe state department as fol
lows. "It is announced from headquar- ,
its or tne general staff that foreign
tuiliiary attaches who bave been
issigned to accompany tbe second
army may go to the front on tbe
SOili Instant. Press correspondents
a day latter."
It Is recalled tbat the Jaoanesa
;eoe.-al stall bas permitted tbe
newspaper correspondents and
attaches to come to the front at
inch moments as initiated tbe de
livery of a great and carefully plan
led biow against the enemy.
To Call Hen Out.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Uoless the
packers recede from their position
lu the wage scale contioversy it is
expected that the 112,oik) men and
women employed in the Kansas City'
I'.aots and who owe allegiance to the
tin ilgamated meat cutters' and
butcher workmen's union will go on
i strike tomorrow at noon.
The plants that will be affected
?re the Armour, Swift, Fowler,
Ruddy, (Juilahay and Schwarzchild &
Mil.boruer.
Louis Reinhardt, business agent
if the packing trades council aud
(eventh vice president of the amal
gamated meat cutters' and butchers
workmen's union, received the fol
lowing telegram from Michael Don
ticlly. president of the union today:
"UNION HEADQUARTERS,
Chicago, July 1 1 Call out all men
at noon tomorrow unless otherwise
didered. Instruct each man to take
9l! Ills tools when leaving the plant
and proceed directly to his home.
During the strike all are ordered to,
oliey the laws and use no violence
'oward any one.
"MICHAEL DONNELLY."
Death of Noted Bandit.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Overtaken
by a posse of ranchmen near Rifle,
Colo, wounded and unable longer to
:nntinuc tbe fight for lire and
liberty, Harvey Logan, escaped con
vict, train tobber, and all 'round
desperado, whose 'early life was
spent near Dodson and Fansas City,
placed bis revolver barrel to his
temple and sent a bullet into bis
brain. It was tbe end of a stormy
life, and the manner of Its ending
Showed bow much Logan meant it
when he told a Tennessee farmer
'jne year ago last month that be
would never again be taken to
prison. That was a day or two after
he had escaped from tbe county Jail
at Knoxville, from wblcb he was to
have been taken to serve twenty
ears In the Tenoesse penitentiary.
Big Electric Road Deal.
CHICAGO, III. Chicago and Illi
nois capitalists of high standing
bave taken preliminary steps in thaj
building of a vast electric line wblcb
Uiall extend from Moilne, 111 , to
Omaha via Des Moines. The syndi
cate already operate a line from
Indianapolis to tbe Illinois state
line and the intention is to build
an extension to Moline connecting
up a continuous line from Indian
apolis to Omaha. It was stated
that immense New York capital
was inlerested In the proposed sys
tem which Is being incorporated
under various titles in the four
states but will all be under one gen
eral management.
Dynamite Was Used
IRON WOOD, Mich. The home ot
Earl Walton, superintendent of the
Hrolherhood aDd the Sunday Lake
iron mines at Wakefield was de
stroyed today by dynamite. Sec
lions of the house and veranda were
blown two hundred feel, but the
family, asleep upstairs, escaped ser
lous Injury. Superintendent Walton
has no idea as to the identity ol
the Dcrnetrators of the crime or
their motive. A strike occurred at
the mines In January against a Id
per cent cut In waixes. Some or tin
old employes found their places
taken when the two mlDes resumec
shipping. Sheriff Olson has swum
In au extra force cf deputies.
Overdue Bark Is In Port.
8AN FRANCISCO.-The overdue
French bark Moctehello, on which
15 per cent reinsurance was quoted,
bas arrived bere, 180 days out from
Swansea.' Her long trip Is accreditor);
to calms and bead winds. She re
ports speaking tbe British ship
Celtic-Monarch in latitude 60.24
south, longitude 87 14 west, for th
welfare of which considerable anxiety
baa been felt.
J. II. Morebead bas been choaea
uaoager of the Falls City Telephone
company.
The Modern Woodmen of Fall
City beld memorial services. Grave
it Steele cemetery were properly
decorated. j
Ludwig Baric of Columbus left;
this week for Germany and will be
losent about two years, during wblcb
time he will receive treatment for
deafness.
State Architect Tyler bas prepaaed
plans for tbe addition to tbe Sol
diers' borne at, Grand Island. Tbe
estimated ccst of tbe new addition
U about 16,000.
Tbe coroner's Jury In tbe case of
Theodore Smart, wbo killed himself
at a Wymore ball game, decided that
be came to bis death by pistol sbot
fired by bis own band.
Richardson county bas 570 acre ot
ichool land. This was appraised al
I1.9G5. but tbe new valuation makes
it si 1,300 and increased tbe rent
1558.
A short adjourned session of the
fllsitict court of Cuming county was
beld at West Point aod several minor
matters disposed of. Judge Graves
presided. The Judge has almost re-
overed from the serious illness of
last winter.
Day Lewis, a young man who re
cently went to Gerlng from New
York was accidentally shot by a com
panion named Frank Fisher, the
bill from a 44-callibre revolver pas9-
I ig through his leg, but not striking
the bone.
Lorenzo S. Burgess filed a suit lo
the district court agalDSt Frad
look and his daughter Mary Zook,
fr $10,000, alleging libel and de
fimatlon of character. All parties
reside about eight miles south of
Nebraska City.
Teachers in the Papillion school
fur the ensuing year, after all va
cancies have been filled, are asfol-i
tows: Principal Prof. Slotbower of
Osceola; grammar room, Miss Meyer
Of Louisville; intermediate room
Miss Eu'pey of Papillion; first pri
mary, Miss McGinn of Wymore; sec
ond primary, Miss Carpenter, ot
Council liluffs.
Pruf. n. E. Funk, who for tbe last
four years nas been superintendent
5f the Fullerton city schools, tend
ered bis resignation. Miss Patrick,
one of tbe high school teachers bas
llso resigned. Prof. Funk has ac
cepted a position as cashier of a bank
it Danisshan, this stato. '
The Windsor hotel at Fremont
caught fire early tbe morning of tbs
Fourth. The furniture was badly
damaged and tbe reOf of tbe build
ing badly burned. The loss amount
ed to about $3,000 with 12,000 in-
lurauce
Miss Mary French Morton, a niece
lf tbe late J. Serllng Morton, wbo
bas made tier home at "Arbor
Lodge" for many years, in Nebraska
City, visited at tbe borne of Mia. J.
3. Richey in Plattsmoutb over tbe
Fourth. She is a writer of much
ability and has published a book of
poems entitled "Leaves from Arbor
Lodge."
Wonc bas commenced on the new
power and pump house of tbe Stieltoo
waterworks, aod now, barring tbe
t ow arrival of material, tbe work of
lying the mains will be pushed as
fast as possible, and when tbe plans
hive all been completed It will beiona
bf the best in the stale for its size.!
Datiel Kohn was arranged in
county court at Papillion the first r,t
the week on tbe charge of borse
stealing He entered a plea ot not,
guilty and bis bond was placed at
12.000, which, being unable to fur
nisli, Kohn was taken back to Omaha
where he will be confined In tbe
Douglas county Jail until his trial.
The preliminary bearlog of tbe case
will occur soon.
The assessed valuation of Scott's
Bluff county Is $755,895, an increase
over last year of ahout $50,000. Tbe
ttatement recently made in tbe
itate press that tbe western coun
ties had been in tbe bablt of turn
log lo large assessments because they,
want to show up good is a mistaken
Idea. The truth Is tbat tbey have,
h a rule, bad to assess on a higher
basis heretofore in order to produce
ihe requisite amount of local revenue
)f 20 per cent of actual value, tends
Ii reduce the aggregate, because)
(lie previous basis bas been from'
i third to a hair. Tbe result is
that the county assesesment is ac
tually le:s, although it Is clear tbat
there is a marked increase in tbe
tolume of property.
Plus Poeffcl, an old settler ot
Dnlumbus, died from tbe effects of a
fall from a scaffold a week, preivoua.
A class of thirty-nine youn g per-
ions of both sexes received tbelrj
Irst communion at St. Mary's Catbo-,
I lie church at West Point at tbs)
I lands nf tbe rector, Rev. Jotephi
1 tueslng, luring tbe celebration ot
I Pgh mass Tbe cburcb was elabor-i
j itely decorated for tbe occasion an
( t very large audlenoe waa press Dt4
it mis lunction.