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NEBRASKA NOTES
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Tbe teachers' Institute at Faili
Cltr began oo Moodiiy.
A trace of frost ws reported bj
early risers lo tbe Elkhoro vallej
near Sun loo oo August oioib.
Tbe Werrn iii block at Plaltsiaeutb
baa been sold to A. H. Rawtaler oi
Ouaba lor I12.5U0.
Jobo J. Novonty baa been ap
poioUd regular ruial carrier at
Bruce aod Alvlo Novont? substl
tute. Tbe labor organizations of Nebres
ka City will bold a big celebration
to tbe grove north of tbat city oo
Labor day.
Wallace Merchant of Mitchell
found a porcupine oo tbe creek oeai
tbat place. Tbe fretful porcupine is
not common lo Nebraska.
A telephone war at Kmersoo la
Biting tbe citizens tbe advantage el
free see vice on two systems, fbey
hope tbe war will be perpetual.
A valuable borse belonging to Kll
patrlck brothers or Beatrice wbicb
bad bceo driven to town dropped
dead on tbe atreeta of aunstroke.
This year's Improvements at Cam
bridge have amounted to sixteen
thousand dollars so fur, and several
now buildings are in Immediate
prospect.
Rural free delivery service hai
been ordered established September.
15, at Pauline, Adams county, on
route; area twenty square miles;
population 295.
Howard county has trie belt sweet
corn crop In the memory of the old
est Inhabitants. Canning factorial
in different parts of the state ar
just beginning to work up trie new
crop.
A carload of strike breakers passee
through Plaltscnouth over tbe Mis
sourl Pacific from South Omaha tt
Kansas City. Most of the mm wert
negroes and had been woiklng Id
tbe packinghouses In South Omaha.
Martin Schleicher's blackstnltfe
s'Kip c night fife at Fremont and war
badlv damaged. Schleicher 'a loss is
about 150. The bulldlpg was ownec
by Mrs. John Didue; lo-s about 1200.
Neither party carried any Irsurance.
P. Julian, general car foreman o!
the Dnlon Pacific, was In Platts
mouth and succeeded In securlnf
thirteen men to work in the freight
car repairing department lo thi
Unloc Pacific shops In Omaha.
Most of the men previously worker!
in the Burlington shops at Piatt
mouth.
Floyd F. Mitchell, who was kll1e
by a train oo the Colon Pacific al
Council Bluffs wmi for some time i
resident of Fremont, having rtcentlj
removed to Council Muffs, flla twt
daughters, Mrs. Gecrge Ron In and
Mrs. E. Hassett of Fremont wen
notified or bis death aod went t
Council Bluffs. lie was about
years of age.
Battery A of Wymore aeot tt
Seward and camped from Saturda
until Mondar. when they left fot
tbe encampment at David City
Iber traveled by train to Crete ant
from there to Seward they marched
There were fifty-two men and tbej
had three 3-Inch guns.
Speaking of Cuming county corn,
the West Point Republican says
'Aoyone looking at tbe cornfield of
Anton Psota. across tbe river. woul
Datura!!; suppose that be bad r"
across an elegant piece of tlranei
land. The free aod unlimited use o
the cultivator Is given as the can
of a prospective yield of fron
seven tv-tive to a buodred bushel
per acre.
Twenty-five years ago Bert Smltl
of Pender, fell upon a needii
sticking In the carpet. It broke lo
two. and about balf of It remaloei
In the fleshy part of bis abdomen
It save him no trouble until a fev
weeks ago, when it began to ge
up an Irritation which made It
removal necessary. The needle rise
traveled four Inches In twenty-Aw
years.
A team belonging to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Underbill became frlghtenet
oo the streets of Seward and suc
ceeded In making a wreck of a car
rlage aod nearby trees, and injurei
Mis. Underbill seriously. Mer lo
juries are Internal and tbe phy
sicians say It is a miracle sht
dirt not meet her death. Frank Uo
derhlll lo trying to get oat of tin
carriage landed with bis back lo thi
team and sat oo the doubletrees be
hind the maddened team and ml
riculously escaped Injury. Charle
Underbill of Seward was also at
occupant of the vehicle but form
nately received ootbiog but a ahak
lug up
Occasionally fruit growers ba?.
been mystified by finding that pcacl
tr.'es tbat used to produce fro
tones are this year beai log clings
The phenomenon la eiplalned b;
the statement tbat the. cold, we
weather has caused aome peaches
ilpeo Imperially next to the seed
leaving tbe flesh of tbe fruit it
tached where It would be free lo per
fectlv ripened fruit.
Hhelton will have a harvest festlv.
tbe second week Id Sepumber.
admimalitt ares WAFT .,41 Q
tatUDauT iBtiaiD.
NOTHING LEFT OF FLEETS
VLADIVOSTOK MlOAOBtOW till
IT
tkuli oct or Float.
Innuu af Pa Art bar Caoa Cm
a DitaMea-acaat C'oaKiUUsl
Ollmd la Wall
WUkara
8T. PETEESBORG. A feeling
almost aklo to despair relgoa lo tbe
much tried Russian admiralty. Tbe
official report of VIce-Admlral Sky
rdloff, coming oo tbe heels of tbe
known loses sustained by tbe Port
Arthur squadron In Its desperate
ortle of August 10, and tbe anxiety
over tbe fate of tbe warships still
unaccounted for, not only confirming
tbe sinking of the Ruilk, but show
ing tbat the injuries sustained by
tbe Groobol and Rusrla in tbe fight
1th VIce-Admlral Eamlmura's
squadron, was even greater than an
ticipated, completes tbe crushing
nature of the blow to Russia's 111
itarred naval forces In tbe far east.
So far as tbe immediate future is
concerned, tbe admiralty does nut
disguise tbe fact that tbe Vladi
vostok squadron is destroyed. Tbe
effect on tbe public is most depress
ing. Tbe only consolation found Is In
the wcrds of praise bestowed on ofll-
cera aid men and tbe unequal char
acter of the fight. Russian naval
experts by the system of certificates
figuring that Inferiority of the
Vladivostok squadron In armor and
luns was slxty-nloc to 200.
Io some quarters of the navy there
Is also a disposition to censure Rear-
Admiral Jessco for abandoning the
Rurlk, even though standing by her
would have meant that tbe Oroniobol
nd Rossla would have shared her
fate. Tbe chief mystery at tbe ad
miralty Is why VIce-Admlral Kanil
mura drew off when Admiral Jessf?n'8
lb Ids were at his merry. The tnly
explanation Is tbat bis squadron
must have suffered sucb frightful
damage tbat it could not continue
tbe battle.
The weight of opinion continues
to correspond wltb tbe foreign re
ports tbat tbe battleships are back
at Port Artbur, but some of the offi
cials st tbe admiralty cling to tbe
hope that they are csptured. Chee
Foo reports received bere sppsreotly
leave oo doubt oo tbls point sod
Emperor William's request that tbe
German naval sttaches st Port Ar
tbur, Captain Hoffman and Lieu-
tenant von Gllgenhelm, be Instruct
ed to leave tbe fortress Is generally
regarded as evidence conclusive.
Charge of Manslaughter.
8T. LOUIS. Tbe coroner's jury
wbicb has been investigating tte
death of Mrs. Jennie Helms of New
York, who died lo a hotel bere sfter
taking a dose of what she supposed
was cream of taitar, returned a ver
dict of manslaughter against Charles
M. Farthing, tbe drug clerk who
sold the preparation to Mrs. Helm's
husband.
Tbe jury also recommended tbat
F. L. Right, the proprietor of the
drug store, be held for allowing an
unlicensed drug clerk to sell drugs.
According to tbe verdict of tbe
ury Mrs. Helms died from tbe
affects of tartar emetic poisoning.
Fartbing has been in tbe custody
of tbe police since Mis. Helm's
1eatb.
Severe Storm In Manitoba.
WINN EI PEG, Man.-Reports of s
disastrous storm bave been received
bere from Plcrson and Mousamln,
but ao far nothing has been beard
from Inteiveulug country seveoty
miles wide.
At Moosamln, Archie Latimer, a
weli-knnwo farmer, was instantly
killed by llgbtnirg while working
lib a team eight miles noith of
bere. Tbe same bolt killed tbe
team. For violence and velocity tt la
storm surpassed anything ever Been
In tbls uelghhoihood. It Is Impos
lible to state the extent of tiie
damage to standing shops in tbe dis
trict. Lightning struck 1n the town of
Lyleton, causing a fire wbicb totally
destroyed five buildings. Tbe loss
ill run into thousands. A beavy
thunderstorm accompanied by ball
paased over Mclita. Tho bouse of
tbe manager of the Union bank, was
Struck by lightning sod almost
totally wrecked.
Knapp Paya tba Penalty.
COLUMBUS, O.-Alfred A. Knapp,
convicted of the muider of bla wife,
Hanna Goddaid Knapp. and wbo
confessed to five murders, wss elec
trocuted In tbe annex at tbe Ohio
penitentiary a few minutes sfter
Bldolgbt In 181)6 Ids Geppart was
murdered In Indianapolis and Knapp
llalms to bave killed her. After
ward Knapp retutned to Clncinattl
lod Id 189 married Hannah Goddard
wltb wbom bi l(f ad all anootbe.
rUOff-BTT DAM II. WILL KEA(H
UMC MILLOM 1MI1L1 K.
lima area atraaa WUb WimIiii
aaa Mabrta hkyarrapafa la Path
of tat W lad bap
irat Daanaga.
ST.
;welve
PAUL, Minn. Death to
persons aod destruction to
jroperty, both private aod public,
estimated at H.Ouu.Ooo resulted from
I screeching gale wnicb tore down
.be valley of tbe Mississippi at about
i o'clock at nlgbt from a point some
bere near the confluence of the
Minnesota, aod Mississippi riverr
lear Snelllng. At about tbat point,
he fury of tbe elements seemingly
livlded and, with a rear, descended
ipon the twin cities aod their en
rlrous. Beginning at point below
Fort Snelllng there Is the first
mown evidence tbat tbe storm
ilruck with damaging effect. It
tame from the southwest and bowi
ng In its fury uprooted trees aod
lemollshed buildings In its pathway
oward St. Paul.
It tore off two spans of II lit b bridge
:oinpletely. The bridge Is there
urn nee ted wltb the high bluffs at
Vest St. Paul and Is 180 feet above
;he river. This mass tt steel was
.arried to the flats beljw where fly
ng steol grlders and heavy planks
'ell on several small frames nouses of
he flat dwellers and crushed them.
Sone of the occupants of tnese
louses were hurt, they having seen
he storm coming and taken lefuge
n the caves In the hillsides. The
itorra tore along the flats, uprooted
;rees on Harriet Island and with a
leafenlng roar and the hiss and
iplash of falling nheets of rain It
itiuck this city at Wabash street
iridge. Here were located at the
uidge entrance on opposite slles of
Vahash street, the Tlvoll concert
lall and Empire theater, both of
hlch were fairly filled with men
vatcblng the performances. Tbe
'u 1 force ot the tornado struck
:hem. The buidllngs begat, to sway
ind rock and the audience became
)anlc stricken. Men and boys rushed
iver each other for exit. The lights
vent out and the sheet lightning
lashes followed one another with
untire rapidity, Illuminated a scene
if pandemonium which was Inten-
iltled by the crash of glass and the
rearing of timbers as the frame
itructure gave way before tbe storm.
Sectioo 6 of the roof were blown
through the sir and landed east on
Third atreet a block distant.
Driven From City
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.-Two
bnusand cltlieos of tbe city ar-
esied F. J. Hangs, Attorney Eugene
Engley, Attorney J. C Cole, to-
ether wltb Mr. Hall, manager of tbe
jnloo store and some fifteen others,
rtie crowd waa divided Into three
quads, one taking tbelr prisoners
i Harnard Creek, about three miles
-om bere. where they were told to
save the district and not return,
be other two squads taking tbelr
flsoners toward Canon City, where
bey were treated in a like manner.
rne greatest excitement prevailed
2 the district and the citizens de-
;lare that none of the deportees will
-e allowed to return.
Under guard of 2,000 men they
were escorted to a point on tbe old
"anon City stage road three miles
.om the city. There a spokesman
tepped forward and said:
"You men are not wanted in tbls
amp and you are not going to be
illowed to live here. You do Dot
teem to be happy unk'89 you can stir
ip trouble. We have bad trouble
nougb. You are goir g on and you
ire not coming oacK. ir you ao
ihere will be either a bullet or a rope
for every one of you. Now go and
ceep going."
Returning to the city a part of the
irowd made an attack upon tbe
inlon store. The otTlccrs at first
epulsed the attack, but they were
i ve i powered and about twenty men
tntered and completely wrecked tbe
itock. All the goods were thrown
nto the ttreet. Tbe stock was
vunh about S3,000. '
Rtacued by Sheriff Bell.
COLORADO SPRINGS Col. A
pcclal to The Gazette from Victor,
I., says a mob took a man and
rhd to lynch him but Sheriff Bell
md deputies reacued blm.
Threaten Him With Death.
NEW YORK. an anonymous
etter was received by Assistant
Jolted States Diatrlct Attorney,
fuel M. Marx, threatening the feder
il official and those connected with
Dm wltb death If the prosecution
ind arrest of Italians for alleged nat
irHlltstlon frauds did not cease. Mr.
4ari has, slnoe bis appointment as
lislstant United States district At
orney last January, caused the arrest
t many Italians oo those charges.
IS
GENERAL STOESSEL FIRM
KKMMC1 J At A KKftC DEMAND
UIKtNUtK POUT AKTHIK.
Says fcoaaa
ta taa Jaaaaa la Twa
Iay Attack Hava Baa a
Orrat Troopi tlgkt
Haroleally
TOKIO.-Tbe protected cruisers
Chitose and Tsushima bave defeated
tbe Russian cruiser Novlk and forced
ber aabore near Korsakoff.
W A SH I N GTO N. The state de
partment received tbe following
cablegram from Minister Uriscom at
Toklo:
Japanese fleet sunk Novik off
Sakhalin."
The following details of the attack
on tbe Novik bave been received at
the Japanese legation:
Oo tbe morning of tbe 21st the
Novlk, wbicb bad been heavily
damaged, was stranded and partly
sunk. The Tsushima was hit once
In the coal bunker, but the damage
baa already been repaired. There
was no oi her damage, nor waa there
a single casuallty on either side of
tae Japanese vessels."
TOKIO. After a severe engage'
ment with tbe protected cruiseis
Chitose aod Tsushima, the grey
hounds of tbe Japanese navy, the
ileet Rusisan cruiser Novik has beeo
vanquished. After it the Novik In
a sinking condition, was run ashore
in Kor akovks harbor on tbe island
of Sakhalin.
The details of the fight are not
known here, but it is evident that
the Chitose aod tbe Tsushima caught
up with the Novlk and that a run
ning Hgbt ensued.
The contest was resumed and ter
IUS1AN CKtlSK UtrElKU
HATTLK WITH J a fa.
minated early in the u:ornlt;g. Cap-ldlnder and J. S. Hall, representa
tain Sukelchiru Takahashl. who was i tlves of the Interstate Merchantlle
in command of tbe Chitose. re-
nnrlfd th enoMcmint. In a hrlol
telegram which reached the navy
department bere io the afternoon.
He says he first attacked the Russian
cruiser Saturday afternoon and tbat
on Sunday morning he inflicted beavy
damage upon ber. The Novlk nearly
sank but she was beached at Kor
S'lkovsk. Temporary repairs rendered
the Russian cruiser seaworthy and
sbe continued tbe right. Tbe Japan
ese suffered no casualltles.
ST. PETERSBURG. Emperoi
Nicholas baa received the following
message from Lieutenant General
Stoesel, comman Jrof tbe military
forces at Port Artnur, dated August
16: "Tbe Japanese made a two
days' attack on our position on tbe
Ublovala mountains near Louisa bay.
All their attacks were repulsed."
A representative of tbe Japanese
army, Major Yamacka, presented
himself at our advanced post with a
letter signed by General Nogt and
Admiral Togo demanding tbe sur
render of tbe fortress. Tbe proposal
was, of course, rejected.
"I have tbe happiness to report
that the troops are In excellent con
dition and that tbey tight hero-
ciaily."
Blame Railroad Company.
PIJELBO, Col. Tbe coroner's Jurj
tbat has been investigating tbe
train wreck of Sunday, August 7,
nera Eden station on tbe Denver
Rio Grande railroad, in which nearly
one hundred persons perished, ren
dered a verdict finding tbat tbe ap
palling loss of life and property was
due to tbe negligence on the part oi
the railroad company. Many reasons
are given to show negligence on tb
part of the railroad, tbe principle
one being thut the bridge was not a
first class one and should have been
so constructed tbat It would hare
withstood all the water tbe Arrooy
could accomodate.
Negro Mm derer Lynched.
CORDOVA, Ala.-Tuwn Marshal)
McNelson was killed and bis slayer, !
a negro named Avery, a short time
thereafter was taken from tho caia-l
D0(se by a mob and put to death1
with stones and Dist il btlU. a
brother of the negro lynched made
ihieats against memebrs of the mob
and now is being puisu' d. Fearlne
that another lynchnlg will occur!
when he Is captured Governor Cun-' shlPs w111 08 disarmed, tbe admlr
ningham wired Sheriff Moore at'alt' having decided that it would
Jasper to order out tbe militia if be
thought It neressirv.
Tragedy on Fair Grounds.
8T. LOClS.-Frank Schram, for
merly employed as a cowboy In tbe
wild west show on the Pike, is In the
ememeni y hospital fatally wounded,
and Charles Illgley, chief of the cow-
oys there, Is under arrest charged
with shooting blm. The shooting
occurred late at night In front of tbe
wild west show. It Is claimed by
Illgley that Schram began tbe shoot
ing, bat this It denied by tbe
Uttaw'a wuT.
WCIOKTItO l DHT AftT COS
KfcCTION WITH FElRATIO!,
Suit Bi(gi la Faderal Caart al
Daawr fur lojuaetloa AgalnaC
C-tiEaa Gavcruar ra
audj aat A lariued.
COLORADO SPRRINGS, Col.
Eugene N. Eogley, attorney general
of Coloradi during tbe White ad
ministration, one of tbe men run
out of Cripple Creek Saturday, ar
gued a case in court here.
"I Intend to return to Cripple
Creek," be said, "and I shall pro
tect myself. I am not connected
with the federation of miners in any
capacity, my services to tbat orga
nization having ceased six months
ago."
CRIPPLE CREEK, CoL-A. K.
Carleton mine-owner and bank presi
dent, denied tbat be bad led tbe mob
wbicb deported several men from
tbis district. He admitted that be
had taken a band In tbe deportation.
J. C. Hlgens, one of tbe deported
men, made tbe assertion tbat Mr.
Carleton bad pointed at blm to tbe
members of tbe mob, and said:
"There Is one you want."
Mr. Higens asserta that the rea
son for his deportation Is tbat be
refused to withdraw from tho bond
of one of the imprisoned mlneis
last week.
County Clerk Fiaok P. Mannix,
who Is on bis ranch at Montrose,
sent a telegram commissioning J.
Knox Burton as deputy county clerk
vl:e Michael J. O'Neil. wbo was
deported by the mob. Mr. Burtoj
was under sheriff of Teller county
at the time of the Independence
depot riot, and, with .Sheriff Henry
Robertson, was deposed from office
by tbe citizens. It Is understoid
that no objection to Burton acting
as deputy county clerk will be made.
Mr. Mannix remains away In conse
ouence of threats that have been
made against him.
DENVER, Col. H. N. neimerv
company, who were expelled
from
Cripple Creek by a mob
hired For
mer Governor Charles S. Thomas
to begin suit In the federal court for
an injunction forbidding Interfer
ence with them and tbelr property
In Cripple Creek. Tbey also will
seek compensation from Teller
county for their losses. Suits for
damagea also will be brought by tbe
deportees against tbe leaders of the
mob, wbo are known. No appeal
will be made to Governor Peabody
for protection. Thomas Parfel, wbo
was beaten by tbe mob, Is preparing
an affidavit to be forwarded to Presi
dent Roosevelt with a request for
'ederal protection.
Incident of Much Interest.
WASHINGTON. Some doubt wti
expressed at tbe Japanese legation
that a United States torpedo boat
should bave deliberately put herself
between tbe Russian sblps Askold
and Grozovol aod a Japanese torpedo
boat which arrived off tbe port.
The opinion waa expressed tbat
tbe Japanese vessel 'lad a perfect
right to go In an recnnolter to
ascertain If tbe Russian ships bad
disarmed and tbis la believed by the
legation officials to have been ber
object rather than to attack tbe
Russian vessels lying at Shanghai
and thus violate neutrality of China.
The Japanese legation officials were
not inclined to construe tbe action
of the commander of the American
torpedo boat in the light of inter
vention and said the effort might be
to protect American business inter
ests at Shanghai from some danger
that it bad been apprehended might
iccur. "
Have Decided to Disarm.
ST. PETERSBURG The news
that the navy department at Wash
ington absolutely denied tbat the
United States warships at Shanghai
had received Instructions to assist
in the protection of the neutrality
of China or to in any way Interfere
wltd the Japanese warships, which
did not arrive until late at night,
put something of a damper on tbe
feeling of satisfaction wltb which
the earlier reports were received.
Naval orllcials stated to the Asso-
elated press that matters relating to
he cruiser Askold and the torpedo
'boat destroyer Grozovol a re expected
,0 oe adjusted as soon as China and
JaPan cnme t0 an agreement and the
be suicidal to send them out against
the superior force of tbe Japanese
lying la wait.
Fire Followed a Storm.
CHICAGO. Fire, tbe result o
lightning, caused a loss ot 175,000 to
the plant or tbe Nubian Paint &
Varnlsb company, Fifty-first and
Moffatt streets. Explosions of tanks
of oil and varnish endangered tbe
Uvea of firemen, five of them and a
volunteer being overcome by the gas
and smoke. The storage n om and
office of tbe company were destroyed
and remainder
narrow escape.
of the plant tad i
FORMAL KUTICB SKKVKD US KOS
siAKa AT SHANGHAI.
I0HN BULL TAKING HAND
BhITISH CONSUL ACTS FOB THB
CHI.NEae TAOTAI.
Ordara Work to ataa aa Cralaar Aakota
toil iha Iaatroyar Tlama
Limit Kialrca Wltliuat
laBtpllaace.
WASHINGTON, Consul General
Good oow at Shanghai cabled tbe
state department tbat tbe Cbineae
taotal of Snangbai, through tbe
British consul, has odered tbat tbe
repairs to tbe Russian cruiser Askold
and tbe torpedo boat destroyer
Grozvol be stopped. Tbe order waa
made through tbe British consul be
cause of tbe fact tbat repairs were
being made by tbe British Dock
company at Shanghai.
Acting Secretary of State Ade
has cabled Minister Conger at Pek
ing a request tbat the report as soon
as possible the facts concerning the
situation at Shanghai. A similar
request has also been addiesed to
Consul General Goodnow at Shang
hai, and Consul Uenecal F-.wler at
Chee Foo. Although no aJmlssiou
on that, point is yet obtainable, It
is bilieved that instructions Lave
neither been sent or will be sent to
Rear Admiial Stirling to co-operate
wltb the minister and tbe consuls
la the protection of American in
terests in the treaty ports.
SHANGHAI. The final time limit
allowed by tbe taotal or Shanghai
for the Roslsan cruiser Askold and
the torpedo boat destroyer Groozvot
to disarm has passed without com
pliance with bis order.
A meeting of the foreign consuls
was held this afternoon, but tbe
Russian consul general M. Kleimeoff,
was absent and no definite course
of action was decided upon.
The taotai has requested Sir Pel
ham Warrep. the British consul gen
eral, to order that the repairs of the
Askold be stopped. Trie British
consul general has taken no action
as yet.
There Is a Japanese fleer outside
the harbor awaiting developements.
A visit to the Askold sbows tbat
ber bull is not in condition to go to
sea. Tbe repairs on tbe Russian
cruiser's boilers and funnels bave
been rushed, but tbe replacing of
damaged plates in ber bull has been
pursued in a desultory manner.
In view of tbe circumstances
existing bere certain prominent
American firms made a request upon
A merican Consul General Goodnow
for tbe protection of cargo and
wharves near tbe Askold. Tbis re
quest was forwarded by Mr. Good
now to Rear Admiral Stirling, In
command of tbe American fleet
there, who has tbe matter under
consideration.
No uneasiness Is felt by tbe foreign
residents of Shanghai, but tbe Chin
ese are excited.
Storm Wrought Great Damage.
ST. PAUL, Minn. Two mlllloi
five hundred thousand Is a summary
of the damage wrought by Satur
day's tornado In various sections of
Minnesota. In addition to tbe
fatally injured nearly two hundred
persons sustained Injuries of a minor
character. The city government
had a force of 300 men at work clear
ing the streets of the vast amount
of debris wltb which tbey had been
strewn; gangs of linemen were at
work repairing damage to electric
aires and the wholesale bouses bsd
their employes removing goods and
making temporary repairs to their
buildings and warehouses.
Tbe municipality through the de
struction of bridges, school build-ln,-s,
parks, and other public prop
erty, suffered the greatest loss, Its
damage approximating a million
dollars. Tbe other losses, involving
nearly 200 business firms and indi
vidual range from toO.OOO In tbs
case of Finch, Young & McConvllle,
wholesale dry goods, down to a few
dollars for tbe breakage of window
glass aud the tearing away of awn
ings. In Minneapolis, where the work
of clearing away tbe wreckage and
repairing the damage done had pro
ceerled rapidly, tbe exent of tbe In
jury done is nut so gieat as at first
reported. The largest Individual
loser was Donaldson's glass block, an
immense department store. Tbe
loss to building aud stock Is etl
Bated at 1 100,000.
Caught Robbing the Safe.
SHERMAN N, Cuuu.-Detected la
tbe act or blowing a safe, It Is be
lieved, a man wbo gave tbe name of
Herbert Schmidt when be was hired
shot and Killed William Taylor, an
other farm band, at tbe summer
borne of W. 11. D. Ciittenden of
New York lo tbis town. Mr. Crlt
tendeu and tils family tad gone on
io outing, leaving tbe two men be
aiad. Taylor's body was found be-
; ud the well.
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