THE SOUTHWESTERN.
BEN St'HOT ICH & GIBSON. Ed* and Pub*.
LOUP CITY, - - NEB.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, wife of a
former governor of Rhode Island and
the daughter of the late Salmon P.
Chase, governor of Ohio, died in Wash
ington.
Expert decorators from every state
in the union met in Chicago to attend
the session of the nation..I window
trimmers' union.
Railroads have a scheme of bringing
Kansas soldiers home from San Fran
cisco and then look to the state legis
lature for their pay.
The international phase of the Ital
ian lynchings In Louisiana has as
sumed a rather more serious aspect as
a result of several official reports re
ceived at Washington. These show
that the Italian officials on the scene
believe that four out of the five men
lynched were Italian citizens.
D. H. McGowan & Co., West India
merchants, Ixjndon, have been de
clared bankiupt. Thier liabilities are
£75,000
The striking machinists at the Grand
Trunk locomotive shops, Port Huron,
Mich., have returned to work.
The Irish agricultural and technical
instruction bill passed its second read
ing In the house of lords.
Eliza Sanford, one of the sixteen
daughters of Revolutionary soldiers on
the pension list, died at Montclair, N. J.
Kansas City ice dealers have ad
vanced the price.
The national deficit for July Is $8,
618.000.
Four thousand Cubans who fled to
Florida during the war want to go
back to their native heath.
A civil service examination wiP be
held at Nebraska City, Neb,, Sep. ,m
ber 6.
Tbe Illinois state veterinarian has
ordered the slaughter of more cattle
because of tuberculosis.
The committee appointed to select a
place for holding the reunion of Roose
velt's Rough Riders next year have
chosen Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Annie Bigelow and Mary li
Garr, both of Kansas City, have been
appointed laundresses at Lower Brule
Indian school, S. D.
The president has denied the appli
cation for pardon for Henry Gardes,
former president of the National bank
of New Orleans, who is now serving
an eight-year sentence in the Ohio
penitentiary for misapplying the funds
of the bank.
President Mellen and other Northern
Pacific officials are considering the
building of a branch line from Wal
lace, Idaho, to the mine* on Sunset
Peak.
J. E. Sampson suicided at Omaha,
because his sweetheart Jilted him.
Ralph Carlson, 16 years old, of Boone,
la., Jumped from a moving train and
was killed.
Wholesale price on carpets will ad
vance on and after the 15th Inst.
The Pennsylvanian Steel company
made a shipment of forty-three car
loads of steel to India.
The British ambassador to the
United States assumes the title of Lord
Pauncefote as a result of his elevation
to the peerage.
Orders have been received at the
navy yard from Washington to rush
repairs and alterations on the cruiser
Buffalo.
The American steamer Alameda,
Captain Von Ottcndorf, which sailed
from Sydney for San Francisco, had
on board $1,250,000 In gold.
Lieut. Bryde. Ninth regiment na
tional guard, New York, has been dis
missed from the service.
The late storm left only four homes
standing in Calrbelle, Fla.
Authorities at New port News ex
press ability to hold the yellow fever
in check.
Director of the Mint G. E. Roberts
estimated the gold output of Australia
for the present year at $7,000,000 la
excess of that for 1898.
The Minnesota and Dakota line ct
fifty elevators has been sold to F. 1L
Peavey & Co. for $300,000.
The recent intense heat is said to
have been damaging to cotton pros
pects in Arkansas.
A corporation to complete with the
National Lead and Oil company, com
monly called the white lead trust, has
been organized by Pittsburg capitalists.
Secretary Hitchcock will Join the
president at Lake Champlain about
August 18 for a week's stay.
Yellow fever Is said to be abating at
Vera Cruz.
> Ice rrcatdent Hobart left l,ong
11 ranch for Iuike Champlain for a tun
days' visit to President McKinley.
Albert I'hlers, aged twenty-five. died
at 8t. Paul from Incujaw, resulting
from a blow given hint by hie father.
W. W. Parker, a prominent physi
cian at Richmond, Va. died, aged
seventy-seven- During the civil war
lie commanded the celebrated Parker
battery of the confederate service.
Philip C, Hanna, former t’ntted
Mate* onaui at Porta Ri a, arrived
in New York from .an Juan
Henrir quesada. the t'ubun agent la
Washington Is In dally consultation
with ths stste department o#< Isis fs*
> pecting «hs t'utiss* held prisoners In
Hpanlsh psiusl settlements
la tbs house of romtn ns ths appro
priation hill passed ths first reading.
Kdinund t'uaro a wsll known miner
la ths lloniestahs. it l». was horribly
crushed by falling r**cb sad died at
tbs liomsatake hospital
Tb* conference at Christiaan clues |
Its sees.on ahsr delegates had unaai
IwMMlt agreed to accept as In vital i 11
la bald as«t year * c. infer esc# t» parts.
Dswta ‘tleaderwoa a negro, was
lynched st Part HUkiby, Us, for st
tempting to assault tbs m year oil
faughter »f J W How man, a pi inter
for whim he worked
A Parka glspalrb slats (bat Miss
ITIeetm (itfford of Chicago baa been
cagggvd as prims guana at lbs Am
sterdam up*rn bowse.
hr" 1 ; • - ' — - - * j
Loaded Car Loaves a Trestle and Many
Passengers Are Crushed.
THIRTY-SIX KNOWN TO BE DEAD.
-
Only Two I’craoni Reported to Rave Es
caped—All Other* Killed or Wounded
—Town Hall of 9tratford Transformed
Into Impromptu Morgue,
Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 7.—Prob
ably forty persons were killed by an
accident on the Stratford extension of
the Shelton Street Hallway company
at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, when
a loaded trolley car went off the tres
tle over Feck's mill pond at Orno
noque, ubout six miles north of Bridge
port, and cank in the flats fifty feet
below. Thus far thirty-six people are
known to be dead and several more
injured.
The identified dead are:
Joseph Hotchkiss, Bridgeport, engi
neer lire department.
Henry C. Coggswell, Bridgeport,
aged 60, employe of New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad member
of Board of Education.
Orlando B. Wells, aged C3, shoe
maker.
Ellas E. Bradley and wife, select
man, Milford.
william oeuorn, stratroid.
Arthur Holmes, Stratford.
Daniel Galvin, AnBonia.
Conductor John Carroll, Bridgeport,
S. Banks, Shelton.
Mrs. McDonald, Bridgeport
Wlnthon Lanthear, motorman,
Bridgeport Traction company.
Bessie Toomey, 22, Bridgeport
William H. Harvey, 37, Bridgeport.
Mrs. J. H. Rugg, Stratford.
Mrs. Frank Blew and two children,
boy aged 3 and girl aged 5, Stratford.
William McCullough, Stratford.
Mrs. Arthur Holmes, Bridgeport
Margaret Brennan, Bridgeport,
(Identification not positive.)
Thomas McNally, 30, Bridgeport
(Identification not positive.)
Peter Ring, 28, Bridgeport.
Patrick McDermott 50, Bridgeport
Mrs. Patrick Brennan, 5U, Bridge
port,
Alfred Pitt, 22, Bridgeport
William Cotter, 25, Bridgeport (Iden
tification not positive.)
Irving Daruse, 23, Bridgeport.
Mrs. William H. Harvey, Bridgeport
John Galvin, 22, Ansoma.
Margaret Farrell, New York.
Only two persons are known to have
escaped unharmed. It Is believed that
there were forty-three passengers on
the car, but the Indicator was removed
by a conductor of another car and
spirited away, so that at present It Is
impossible to state accurately the
number aboard.
The scene of the accident Is midway
between Shelton and Bridgeport. The
car was north bound, running toward
Shelton. It was In charge of Conduc
tor John Carroll of Bridgeport, who
waB among the killed, and Motorman
Hamilton of Bridgeport, who es:aped
by Jumping.
The trestle Is 440 feet long, made of
Iron, with stone foundations and was
not protected by guard rails. South of
the trestle Is an incline down which
the car ran at a high rate of speed.
After it ran onto the trestie for about
ten feet the trucks left the rails and
then the car continued on the tie3 for
about seventy-five feet, when It went
off the trestle and dropped Into the
pond below, overturning completely
and up-ending. When the car struck,
the four-ton motor and the heavy
trucks crushed Into it and Instantly
killed many of tha passengers.
ACCIDENT AT BAR HARBOR.
BAR HARBOR. Me.. Aug. 7.—A score
of persons were killed yesterday by
the collapse of *he gang plank of the
Mount Desert ferry. Two hundred
people dropped fifteen feet Into the
water. Eighteen bodies have so far
been recovered, and more are In the
water. The exact number of dead will
not be known for some time, as a
strong tide sweeps under the pier, and
some bodies may have been carried
away with It A diver, who was set
to work without delay, was engaged
in his search until 5 o'clock last night,
but only eighteen bodies were found.
Eye witnesses differ in their estimates
of the number of peope who were car
ried down when the plank broke, but
It was the vanguard of the crowd which
j was rushing from the train to the
I steamer. Those who fell into the water
j last were mostly pulled out by main
! force, but not a few were gotten out
: by boats, which were immediately
i manned.
THE BOUNDARY MAT HR.
'
U'listfvrr th« Ontrom* T1»«*r* Will
No War.
CHICAGO, Au*. 7 —Sereno E. Payne
of New York, chairman of the way*
ami means committee of the house of
representative* anti a member of the
Joint commlsaloo on Alaskan boundary,
arrived In Chicago yesterday on his
way home from a tour of two months
In Alaska and the Pacific coast. Mr.
Payne said:
"lietn* a member of the commission,
my lips are sealed a* to the probable
report and the course the boundary
matter will take This would he a
matter for an arbitration comnilsehm.
If one were appointed I do n<d think
Hlr Wilfred l^urter had any Me* war
would result from the boundary ques
tion when he made his rwetil ipwctl
In Ottawa; I do not consider such a
thtn* worthy ot eertoua consideration" ,
Hi rwa w III apes* fee Imrha
CHICAGO. Ill, Au* 7 -William
Jennings Itryaa paused Hmwik (Yt< j
•■ago yesterday from Wlwnulh to 1
Iowa. Its was naked
Are you (elm to lostwky Inrtai
the campaign in that slate ’’
”1 a*," he replied.
"Are y«e» p>ls| to speak M that
he!*’* I
”1 in"
“And why?"
"I do «mA t ire to discuss that point " j
further then that t'oiouel {try** re
fused to talk about the Kentucky ait
wath-n
SHIPMENT Of ARMS TO STOP.
C. !■ Consol at Shanghai Cota OS the
Snpply.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7— Hon. John
Goodnow, consul general of the United
States at Shanghai, has rendered a
decision as referee in the consular
court which will be of far-reaching
Importance during the continuance of
the war in the Philippines. The case
was in relation to the steamer Abbey,
charged with taking arms from Canton
to Luzon. It has been in contention
for some time. The owners of the
vessel gave a bond that the ship would
land the arms purchased at Singapore,
but it did not do so. But the bond
was demanded by the Chinese customs
authoity. Mr. Goodnow holds that it
must be paid. The importance of the
decision is pointed out by the Shanghai
Mercury, which says:
“The effect of the decision of Mr.
Goodnow reaches much beyond the
mere fact of being Judgment for the
plaintiff, with the penalty of the bond
and the costs of the suit. Hitherto the
American forces at Manila have had to
fight against Filipinos well armed with
modern rifles and guns and it is no
secret that the majority of these arms
have been landed in the Philippines
from Chinese ports. When United
States consular officials have received
information that cargoes of weapons
were about to be shipped from China
their urgent protests to the Chinese
authorities have been the means of
stopping shipments. But when the
United States officials, through want
of knowledge, have been Ignorant of
such contraband runs, the Chinese offi
cials have likewise been blind to these
shipments, thongh no doubt well aware
of such. It is in this respect that Mr.
Goodnow has scored such an important
point. On the strength of that Judg
ment the officers of the imperial mari
time customs of China must do ail in
their power to stop shipments of arms
to suspicious destinations.”
THE YELLOW ELVER SITUATION.
CoodlMana Ornorall; Said to He Very
Satie fartory.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—All reports
received by Surgeon General Wyman
of the marine hospital service yester
day Indicate that the yellow fever sit
uation at the Soldiers' home and the
conditions In the localities thereabout
continue satisfactory. The measures
adopted by the government to prevent
the spread of the disease are working
admirably. There were no new cases
and no deaths at the home today, ac
cording to a .dispatch from Governor
Woodfln.
Surgeon White, who is in charge of
the marine hospital at Hajnpton City,
reports that he interviewed all the doc
tors there and no suspicion cases were
reported; also that a house to house
Inspection at Phoebus, which immedi
ately adjoins the Soldiers' home, shows
no new suspects. A steam launch with
ten men, sent by Admiral Farquhar, is
an addition to the patrol fleet. Two
disinfectors, Messrs. Hope and Massie,
have left New Orleans for Hampton to
engage In similar work there. There
are eighteen persons at the detention
camp at Craney Island, five of whom
were received yesterday.
No Yellow Fever ut Norfolk.
NORFOLK, Va„ Aug. 7—The follow
ing statement was given the Associated
Press correspondent:
To the Associated Press: The re
ports of yellow fever and suspicious
cases existing in this city and recently
published are without foundation,
i nere has been no yellow fever In
Norfolk, Portsmouth or Berkely and a
strict quarantine is in force against
infected points.
O. F. NEWBILL,
President Board of Health.
J. F. WELCH, M. D., Quarantine
Officer.
Troops to II© Withdrawn.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 7.—It is an
nounced that all the military will be
withdrawn from Cleveland perhaps be
fore tonight. Yesterday was one of
the quietest days since the beginning
of the strike. Violence has ceased en
tirely and there Is no apprehension of
a fresh outbreak. The action of the
merchants in declaring their purpose
to resist the boycott has already had
fts effect.
Cubans Crowtl Into Santiago.
SANTIAGO DB CUBA, Aug. 7.—
There are nearly 5,000 Cuban soldiers
In town expecting to be paid here to
day. The remainder of the Cuban
troops in the province of Santiago will
lie pnid at the towns of San Lnis.
Crlsto, Songo and El Canev. Colnel
Moale, on the I'nlted States transport
Ingalls, arrived yestterday wlh the
money.
I)«fer« It iv sh Colonisation.
I.ONHON. Aug 7.—According to a
dispatch to the Daily Mall from Berlin
at a meeting of tiromtnent Hetiu-ws
held there yesterdny to dim-us* the
plan proposed by American Hebrews
to buy the Island of Cyprus In the
Mediterranean for Jewish colonization,
It was decided to collect further Infor
mation before proceeding In the mat
ter.
t*en«ejrlvanla 1 fm>|it lo Visit I li!rs,n.
CTIICAOO. Aug 7.—Colonel J. |l.
Sanborn of the First regiment uf the
Illinois National guard has Invited the
Truth PenneyIvanla regiment on be
half of the Chb mo regtm sts tif the
Illinrde National guanl to stop at Chi
••ago on August 3>t It Is un lerstuud
the IVnos> Ivania rrgtairnt I* willing to
pantile In Chicago after lelsg mum
tern* not at Man Fr »n<l*«o
Hte**ltst t*U*M
OIICAOO, Aug 7 Albert V Koe.
the one armed Foetal T* egraph ms
•eager who Is rl>Bag a bi« r> te Iron
New Yorh to Hvn Praaetaro. errivea In
tNtti-ago reeterds* tsltiilmlill abend
*d hla arheduie He will resume hta
Journey w«a« In the n»ornl:>«
l'*wi at sou t *•» tSpee.4
WUNIMTUN, Aug 7 —Fatted
Stale* Minister t'oager reports to the
•««i* depart*., at fropi pwfcieg that he
has received eltl. t*| aotn« «.f |i„ f,„
mat opening lo foreign trade of the
port of Man Tuae. la the pruviae* of
Fuhtea.
German Frew Generally Do Not Believe i
He Spoke as Beported.
TOO SENSIBLE A MAN FOR THAT
No Serious Importance Attached to
Storice that Have Ileen Set Atloat Itc
gardlng the Admiral—A Ues're to
Know duet How Much and How Idttle
Truth There le that llae Ileen Alleged, j
BERLIN, Aug. 7.—Midsummer dull
ness is brooding over Berlin. Nearly
everybody of consequence is absent
and politics Is at a standstill. The \
exodus to the watering places, sea
shore and mountains has been more
general than usual.
The papers editorialize on recondite
subjects, live themes of discussion be
ing almost totally lacking. Although
the diet reassembles August 16, the
fate of the canal bill is as uncertain as
ever. Its chances have not improved
during the vacation. The center, :
whose help is vital, insists on the pas
sage of the communial reform bill, to 1
which arrangement the Prussian gov
ernment seriously objects. The agrar
ian opposition remains determined.
Even the fact that the emreror has
come out publicly and strongly in favor
of the canal bill makes no difference.
Admiral Dewey’s alleged anti-Ger
man utterances at Trieste are more ex
tensively commented on in American
than in German papers, with a few ex
ceptions, the tone of the latter is mod
erate and conciliatory. Most of the
papers disbelieved the truth of the al
leged utterances from the first, citing
the admiral's past conduct and well
thentlcated friendly attitude toward
the German representatives in the east.
The influential Boursen Courier says:
“On the German side no serious politi
cian for a moment has attributed any
importance to this latest canard. Ad
miral Dewey is known from his Inter
course with German naval officers as
a quiet, thoughful gentleman, incap
able of giving vent to such incautious
utterances.”
The Agrarian Deutsche Tags Zei
tung likewise expresses disbelief, ad
ding:
“After all we need not trouble our
selves about Admiral Dewey’s views of
Germany, Prince Henry and German
naval officers.”
The Taggebiatt repeatedly expressed i
the conviction that the whole story is !
inaccurate and other important papers,
like the Cologne Gazette, Hamburger
Correspondent and the bulk of the Ber
lin papers, said it would be interesting
to know Just how much and how little
the truth was to the whole story.
GRADED CATTLE WILE BE EREE.
Acting Secretary M.lk.-I John Regulates
Admission of Caltle In t'Dl>a.
WASHINGTON. Aug 7.—Acting Sec
retary of War Melklejohn has issued
an order prescribing regulations for
the admislon into Cuba tree of duty
graded cattle for breeding purposes,
in compliance with the department’s
recent circular. The order restricts
the period of admission until July 1,
next. Cattle shall he entered only at
Havana, -Cienfuegos, Nuevitas and
Manzanillo, where proper inspection
will be established.
None but pure bred or graded cattle
Immune from the effects of fever and
of not ess than one-half blood of a
recognized breed, shall he admitted. |
This latter provision is qualified so
that cattle of a recognized breed of
less than one-half blood, or graded cat
tle. whether of a recognized breed or
not, may be admitted duty free if proof
is presented that they aro suitable for
breeding purposes.
DEWEY ACCEPTS INVITATION.
Thanks » York for the Receptlf n
that Is Being riitnnr.l
New York, Aug. 7.—The foliov^ing
letter from Admiral Dewty, dated at
Trieste, Austria, July 24, was received
by Mayor Van Wyck:
“I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of June 30.
tendering me on behalf of the city of
Now York a public reception upon my
arrival and extending to me the Vo3
pitalitii s and courtesies of the city.
“In accepting this invitation 1 desire
to express my deep sense of gratitude
to the ritiz ns of New York and their
representatives for so sigr.nlly honor
ing me.
"It I- Impossible at this time to fix
the exact date of the Olympia's ar
rival at New York but I shall en
deavor to inform you definitely by ca
ble from Gibraltar
“GEORGE DEWEY.*’
GIN. OTIS ASKS TOR ARTIIURY.
tlun* It. In* Oallirrtd I |> that ttn-jr May
He Hrn( llm
WASHINGTON, Auk 7.-General
Otis ha* asked fur a number of Sime
Iiudlry gun*. Gatling’1 and Hot.likls#
twelve pounder* for use in the I’hillp
pinr* All are rapid-fire guns and are
especially adapted for the warfare that
must lie prom uted there. The ord
nance bureau ha* bean very busy gath
erin* up the gun* asked for by General
Otla. as they haw lwen *• stirred aUnit
the country In dtffeient forts and ar*e
aai*. but a •ufRneat uumi-er to meet
the present demand ha tie*it procured
and ordered skipped to Manila.
I ••eul*ll,-u w| K «n»»s
Tbl'KKA Kaa Au< T tilth ml tig
isre* »h * that Kansas Is making a
•tewdy h-aliny advene* la population
The vimusislkia made by a*a«ae»r»
fur Mawh it** compiled by the stat*
board * f agriculture, gives a total of
1.4.1 II* lutaMui.'*, which la a net
Inert a»M over IWt of II III. or 3 1 per
cent Of Id* aet larreaa* It per teal
hae been mad* la tw*n » routine*
Tb* eauacralloa is tv*t ahowvd an
Increase of 13.Mt, and la IMt the gala
was PIP making a total get gala ul
•f.Jdl in the taat three years
fit SPEAKS FOR IOWA SOLDIERS.
Gov. Shaw Mukn Spirited Kopiy to the
Secretary of a Labor C ouncil.
DES MOINES, la., Aug. 7.—Governor
Shaw received a letter from Edward
Rosenberg, secretary of the San Fran
cisco labor council, requesting that the
governor’s assistance to prevent the
mustering out of the Fifty-first Iowa
volunteers in San Francisco. In the
letter the labor leader refers to the fact
that boys will be boys and that San
Francisco has many evil attractions,
the result of which would cause them
to remain in 'Frisco and to flood the
labor market.
governor Shaw mailed a spirited re
ply and among other things he stated
in the letter, ‘’soldiers will not be sol
dier tramps," “nor will they attempt
to beat the trains," “nor will they be
put off on mountains and in deserts
and there miserably perish."
“On the contrary they will return
self-respectful arid respected citizen
soldiers with a record of which they
will be so justly proud as to furnish a
good measure of protection against
what might perhaps overcome weaker
men with no reputation to maintain.
“There will be no check placed upon
the utterances of these men concerning
the cause in which they have been en
gaged. If they see fit to discredit it, it
will be their privilege to do so. One of
ray predecessors once said in a public
speech: 'If you hear any one utter any
syllable against the government of the
United States, or against the president
thereof, or against the cause for which
our boys are fighting, or do aught In
disrespect to the flag that waveB over
them, shoot him where he stands.’
“They may arrest you, they may try
you, they may convict you, but they
shall not hang you. I’m governor of
Iowa. That spirit of patriotism is not
dead on Iowa soil, and while heroic
measures will not be necessary now, I
am free to say that no returning Iowa
soldier need fear to resent In any dig
nified or manly way, any disrespectful
utterances concerning him, or the
cause for which he has voluntarily and
heroically risked his life. I am, sir,
yours very sincerely.
“LESLIE. M. SHAW."
SAVED HER BROTHER’S LIFE.
Cut the Rope by Which Hr Wax About
to Hang Himself.
YANKTON, 8. D., Aug. 7.—While
temporarily insane, Robert Law, a
young farmer near here, took a clothes
line nnd walked into a wooded ravine
near the house. His sister Ellen, who
saw his movements and considered
them suspicious, followed shortly after
and was horrified to see her brother
hanging from a limb and apparently
dead. Terror lent bravery and power
to the young girl, and Judging the limb
from which he hung would not hold
the weight of two, she climbed the
tree and swung off onto the limb. She
was mistaken as to Its strength and
was obliged to climb back to the trunk,
from which she reached out and se
cured a knife from her brother's pocket
and cut the rope. He was nearly
strangled to death, but the prompt ac
tion saved him and he will recover.
UNTRUTHFUL AND NONSENSICAL.
The Report that Demand Had Been
Made Upon Dewey for Explanation.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Regarding
the published statement accredited to
a French paper to the effect that the
Austrian government made a demand
upon Admiral Dewey to confirm or
deny his alleged statements to the
effect that our next war would be with
Germany, the state department officials
point out that It would be a glaring
breach of diplomatic proprieties to
commun.cate on a diplomatic subject
with a United States naval officer di
rectly and outside of the lawful chan
nels.
It would, moreover, be a matter of
complaint should Austria have ad
dressed Admiral Dewey on the matter
relating entirely to Germany and the
United States.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE.
.\ Well Knuvi n Vi'tprin.iry Surgeon M ilu i
Such
BEATRICE, Neb., Aug 7.—Dr. G. J.
Itobinson, a well known veterinary
surgeon of this place, who was called
to examine a sick bovine in a herd of
dairy cows near here, gives it as his
opinion that the animal v.as afflicted
with tuberculosis. The doctor says
that he belives there is a large amount
of milk now being broucht to town
that is unfit for use. Cattle near Wy
more and Blue Springs have l pen
afflicted with the disease for several
months and it is believed that the dis
ease is gradually spreading through
this section. The matter will be Inves
tigated at once try the proper authori
ties here.
wucoMf foa wyommo troops
—
lim. Ulrltiirth Will (io to Run Franrli«u
to Kvrwlvt* 1 horn.
CHEYENNK, Wyo., August 7.—In
reference to the return of the Wyom- j
lag volunteers from the Philippines
Governor lUchard* states that he In- |
tends going to Ran Franelaco to aid In
welcoming the troops Arrangements
have tiecn commenced in the several ,
towns from which the companies were
mustered to give the boys a reception
and entertainment on their return. If
possible something will bo dune to i
provide them with sutisistenr* and
comforts on their trip front Ran Fran
cisco to Wyoming although this has.
as yet. not taken definite shape.
»He Prestdrsl Attends I Hurt a
Pl.ATTtltlt'HGH N Y. Aug T —
I Yes id eat McKinley, arrcKiipanled by
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I
IT COSTS 35 MILLIONS,
An Enormous Sum Spent In Rebuilding
and Re-equipping tho B. * O, R. j{.
The receivership of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, which has Just come
to a close, was remarkable ia many
ways. Messrs. Cowen and Murray did
not follow precedent, but went ahead
and placed the property In first-class
shape, instead of attempting to main
tain It In the condition that they found
It. Of course the receivers were up
held by a majority of the security hold
ers and the court, but the Baltimore
and Ohio receivership marked an epoch
in such affairs that will be historical.
The vast sums expended wore put out
In '96 and '97, when trade was at a low
ebb and money scarce. During their
administration the receivers purchased
15,350 box cars, G.751 wooden gondola
cars, 6,000 pressed steel cars, 310 mis
cellaneous freight cars, postal, express
and dining car equipment, at a total
cost of $17,000,000. The 216 locomotives
cost nearly two and one-half millions.
The steel rail purchased amounted to
123,010 tons, costing $2,112,152, and
there were bought over 3,000,000 cross
ties, cobting $’,200,000, and 750,000
cubic yards of ballast amounting to
$525,000. The new steel bridges aggre
gate in value $750,000, and fully as
much more was spent In improving the
several terminals, erecting new build
ings, reducing grades and changing tho
alignment. The maintenance of way
payrolls, or the amount paid directly
to men employed In making improve
ments on the tracks, etc., In tbreo
years was nearly twelve millions of
dollars. The total amounts to about
$35,000,000, of which about $15,000,000
were secured by the lssuauce of receiv
ers' certificates and the balance
through car trusts, earnings from the
property and from the reorganization
managers. Most of the purchases of
equipment and rail were made when
material was low in price and manu
facturing concerns were in great need
of orders to keep their plants in op
eration. Steel rails are worth now from
$6 to $9 a ton more than when the re
ceivers made their purchases, and lo
comotives have advanced from $2,000
to $30,000 In price. The equipment
alone, If purchased today, would cost
$5,000,000 more and the other improve
ments $1,000,000 more. President Cow
en Is authority for the statement that
the new company intends spending
$10,000,000 more In improvements in
the next year or two.
When a girl refuses a common place
man he often goes away and gets to be
somebody just for spite.
The Ilttltldh'ld Koute.
The veterans of ’Cl and '65 and
their friends vho are going to attend
the thirty-third O. A. R. annual en
campment at Philadelphia In Septem
ber could not select a better nor more
historic route than the Big Four and
Chesapeake & Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and St.
Louis on the Big Four, all connecting
at Indianapolis or Cincinnati, and
thence over the picturesque Chesa
peake & Ohio, along the Ohio river to
Huntington, W. Va.; thence through
tho foothills of the Alleghf.'iles over
the mountains, through tho famous
springs region of Virginia to Staunton,
Vn„ between which point and Wash
ington are many of the most promi
nent battlefields—Waynesboro, Gor
donsvllie, Cedar Mountain, Rappa
hannock, Kettle Run, Manassas, Bull
Hun, Fairfax and a score of others
nearly as prominent. Washington la
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania
Line direct to Philadelphia. There
will be three rates In effect for this
business—first, continuous passage,
with no stop-over privilege; second,
going and coming same route, with
one stopover in each direction;
third, circuitous route, going one way
and back another, with one stop-over
In each direction. For full Informa
tion as to routes, rates, etc., address
J. C. Tucker, O. N. A.. 234 Clark
street, Chicago.
A genius IS a person who can make
lemonade Just sweet enough and just
sour enough for everybody in the
family.
A few years ago hard times mad®
the Western farmer deny himself
everything save the barest necessities
of life. Then came the groat crop
year of 1897 and with It a story. A
Nebraska farmer carried a mortgage
of $4,200 on his property and It was
a burden hard to contend with. The
wheat crop in ’97 was enormous and
prices were high. He appeared at the
bank shortly after harvest, pulled out
$4,000 and asked for a loan of $200 to
enable him to cancel the mortgage
note. The hanker, who held the note,
urged him not to bother about It, but
go and buy cattle with his $4,000, feed
his corn crop and in that way get th»
maximum for his product. "No, sir;’*
replied the farmer, “I want to pay
thut note now. Then when I harvest
the corn crop I'm goin' to pay you back
that $200 I Just borrowed, and then
do you know what I'm going to do?"
and his honest face beamed all over
with pleasure. "I'm going to buy a
buggy!" This ltttlo Incident tells the
story of thousands of others out In
Nebraska, and the fact that during the
past six months one concern (The
Stover Carriage Company of Chicago)
have ahlpped to one firm In Omaha
alone one hundred and thirty carload*
of bugglva and carriages, averaging
about 22 to the rar. makes It very evl*
dent that prosperity la with Nebraska.
It la a wonderful state with great re*
sources, and the crops of the past f*
jours have put Nebraska farmers to
so euvlabl* position.
Any girl who refuses a sparkling
diamond engagement ring must t>«
stone blind.
The rw hir*# balloonist Is apt to taks
ons drop too much.
Ths Illinois Central Is constructing
a freight car yard at New Orleans
whbh will havs twenty eight miles of
tracks and will hold l.ooo earn The
yard Is I*lug so arranged that cars caa
bo distributed from ths receiving point
lo u.> »'i lie r p..int b> grwv H» Ibis
• til save an Immense eapei#*’ for
switching cars la.
“Yew." said ths stetled maa. he
tried to act the hog and treat m* Ids
a dog. hut I ss« showed him ha waa
playing Horae with the wrong man
when he monkeyed with me “• Indl
nnapwlht Journal.