' Thirty Thonumnd In I.lne. The triennial conclave of Knights Templars of the United States will con vene at Louisville, Ky., Aug. 27. At this great function of the order it is expected there will be present 30.000 j Sir Knights, representing every state and nearly every city in the union. The preparations for their reception and entertainment during their four days’ stay in the most hospitable city in America have been carried to a point where nothing is left to be de- i sired. Louisville Templars, among whom are included the leading city and state officials of Kentucky, have spared neither effort nor expense to make the occasion worthy of the vis itors and themselves. According to coniracts made for quarters to date Templar visitors will be present from the following states: j Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colo- j trophies, worth $5,000, will be given as prizes. This is the first contest of the kind since the wlennial of 1883 at San Francisco. Twenty-seven of the handsomest belles of Kentucky will act as sponsors for the Sir Knights in this contest. The conclave ball will be held in Confed erate hall on Thursday evening. This great floor will hold 16.000 dancers at once. The ball promises to be the most brilliant social function ever given in the south. Churchill Downs, the fam ous race course where the Kentucky derby is run, will be the scene of a horse show during the week, at which Kentucky thoroughbreds will be on ex hibition. Excursions on the river will be given every afternoon and evening during the week and railrood side trips are to be made to the Mammoth cave, Chickamauga battlefield and other points of interest, indications show I i I mss BEULAH _ LOUISE PUfrM MANCEBUAf _* 'WtMTKg^iHErtinosEY. rmiiyfWT^j MISSEUiABCm jfrrcR30N ^O/ISVILLE mafajRM k \ JENKINS/ L \Bca«un& / a \ GflCCN / t A GROUP OF LADY SPONSORS. rado, Connecticut. District of Colum-1 bla, Florida, Georgia. Illinois, Indi ana, Iowa, Indian Territory, Kansas. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Michi gan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jer sey, New York. North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,Tenncssee,. Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Vir ginia, Wisconsin, Idaho, South Caro lina. Some Rare Attraction*. The week of the conclave will be one | of rare attractions. The state's repu- | tation for hospitality is to be main tained at the Louisville custom house, where the Grand commandery of Ken tucky will have headquarters. This is one of the handsomest buildings in the south. The entire second floor will j be at the disposal of the grand body j of the State Templars and seven ele- ! gant .entertainments are scheduled for the week. " Other public buildings that will figure prominently In the exer cises that 1nark the week will t>c the city hall, an elegant building that will be converted for the time being into an electric palace, and where several of the important commandery entertain ments will occur; the Jefferson coun ty court house, where a number of commanderies will have headquarters, and the Female High school, where the offlcfal sessions of the grand encamp ment of the Knights Templar will be held. Particular attention Is being paid to the subject of Illumination and deco ration. the sum of 150,000 being ex pended in this manner alone. A quadruple electric arch is to be the most noteworthy feature. The Kentucky Grand commandery headquarters in the Louisville custom house will fee opened Monday evening, and the following morning the con clave will be opened by the grand par ade of over 30,000 uniformed Templara and 125 bands of music over the hand somest and broadest thoroughfares in the city. Tuesday evening a great lawn fete will be held at the Masonic Widows’ and Orphans’ home, closing with a display of fireworks. A chorus of 200 negro voices will give a concert at the horse show building the same evening. Competitive drills will oc cupy the second day of the conclave, when five magnificent sterling sliver that It will be the most brilliant and successful encampment in the history of the order. Tl»* Knight* Templar Drill. The schedule of the drill Includes about 7C movements, which will re quire about 40 minutes on the field for each commandery. During the re cess for dinner Detroit commandery 1, of Detroit. Mich., will give an exhi bition drill. The judges in the contest will be well-known U. S. army officers. They will reserve their decisions until af night, when the award of the prizes will be made the occasion of a func tion at the horse show building, in which the 27 Kentucky sponsers will take part. Associated with Capt. Grant on the | drill committee are Gen. John B. Cat tleman and two colonels of Kentucky j regiments—Col. David W. Gray and | Col. Thomas J. Smith. Additional interest attaches to the Louisville conclave because of the fact that at it a southerner, Right Em inent Sir Henry Bates Stoddard of Bryan, Tex., will be elected grand mas ter. Mr. Stoddard is now deputy grand i master, and will succeed Mr. Lloyd of I San Francisco, the present grand mas ter. The south has furnished only two | grand masters up to date—Most Emi nent Sirs Warren I^aRue Thomas and John Quincy Adams Fellows of Ken ! tucky and Louisiana respectively. The officers of the grand encamp ment, with the exception of Messrs. Lloyd and Stoddard, already mentioned, are: Grand Generalissimo—George M. Moulton of Chicago. Grand Captain General—Henry W. Rugg of Providence, R. I. Grand Senior Warden—William B. Melish of Cincinnati. Grand Junior Warden—Joseph A. Locks of Portland, Me. grand Prelate—Dr. J. C. W. Coxa of Washington, la. Grand Treasurer—H. Wales Lines of Meriden. Conn. Grand Recorder—William H. Mayo of St. Louis. Grand Standard Bearer—Col. Arthur MacArthur of Troy. N. Y. Grand Warder—Harper M. Orahood of Denver, Col. Grand Captain of the Guard—Charles C. Vogt of Louisville. Mr. Vogt is the chairman of the ex ecutive committee for the triennial. I.on( Sought by Lonlirllle. As long ago as 1889, when the York branch of Masonry of Louisville made its triennial pilgrimage to Washington, representative Kentucky knights went thither to extend to the Templars an invitation on behalf of the member* of the order in the Blue Grass state to hold their next conclave in Its metrop olis, but Denver won, and three years later Boston carried ofT the prize Louisville coveted. Again at the Hub was Louisville defeated, but at Pitts burg. in 1898, succeeded in having the knights agree to hold the 28th trien nial conclave of the Templar grand encampment of the United States In Louisville this year. For three year# the Templars of the state and city have been making per fect the plans for the hospitality they will extend to the visitors. The work has been divided among 50 different committees, whose members are the most prominent of all professions and crafts in the city. The executive committee, the gov erning body, while containing only 14 members, has the mayor of the city, Hon. Charles P. Weaver, the post master. Dr. Thomas H. Baker, bank | ers, wholesale merchants, leading rail road men, etc. An entertainment fund of over $100, J 000 has been raised, of which $35,000 was given by the Knights Templars of Louisville and Kentucky and $20,000 by the city council as a special appropria tion. Besides this liberality on the i part of the council, it has further | agreed to meet practically all the ex ! pense incurred by the committee on public comfort, which will amount to ! about another $20,000. THE QUADRUPLE ARCH, LOUISVILLE. THE STATE FAIR IN SEPTEMBER liooil Crops or Poor Crops. 11 is (jolng to He s Hummer. LINCOLN, Aug. 19.—For thirty-two years past; good crops or poor crops, the Nebraska state board of agricul ture has annually presented to the public at it« fairs the products, re sources and possibilities of this won derful young state, the flower of the I "new west," :i region of country known until a few years H30 comparatively as a barren waste. These products have been found, on actual examina tion, without superiors anywhere, both as to quality and yield. This year corn and vegetables have been badly scorched in some parts of the state, It is true, and yet in many other parts they are good. Small grain was never better. The fair management is going right along with the fair as usual. Sep tember 2 to tj is the date of the fair and on that occasion one of thp largest crowds ever on the grounds is con fidently expected. The management has improved the grounds lately pur chased by the state by the expenditure of $18,000 for permanent improve ments. The wing of Horticultural hall, destroyed by a wind storm, will be rebuilt. A new woven wire fence has been placed around the whole grounds, all the old buildings have been repaired, painted and put in the best condition. September 5 Is Woodmen day and on that occasion the handsomely uniform ed drill teams will contest for prizes ranging from $25 to $75. Three prizes will be given for the best drilled teams. There are 40.000 Woodmen in Nebraska and a host is expected on that day. Secretary Furnas announces that the outlook for exhibits was never better. Let the people all attend this great fair and with their families spend a few days’ recreation profitably and pleasantly. CATTLE DIE FROM ANTHRAX. State Veterinarian Called Hut Coaid Do Nothing for Then). PKNDKR, Neb., Aug 19.—Fred Smith, a farmer one mile from Fred Glister's, lost four head of cattle from anthrax. Mr. Smith did not realize the fearfulness of the disease and skinned one of the cows. He let his hogs have the carcass and inside of two hours forty-five hogs were dead. His big dog ate a portion of the car cass and died in a few minutes. Mr. Smith cut his finger while skinning the creature and when he reached town his hand was swollen stiff. He was persuaded to go to a physician for treatment. The doctor is unable to say whether he can save him. but the swelling seemed to be checked some what before he left town for home. ClirUtlan Kndeavor Convention. The sixteenth annual convention of Christian Kndeavor for the state of Nebraska will be held in Omaha Octo ber 25-27. A large gathering is an ticipated by the 1901 committee. Prof. Kxcell of Chicago is engaged as musi cal director. Father Kndeavor Clark will be at the opening meeting. Other speakers of note will be present. Kn deavorers throughout the state should plan to be In attendance, as they can not afford to miss the great treat in store for them. MISS .TOY RKKD, 1901 Press Com. Cattla Poliim.it by L'aoe. HASTINGS. Neb., Aug. 19.—There was a wholesale poisoning of cattle at the asylum for chronic insane. A herd of thirty-five cows belonging to the in stitute had been feeding in a field of corn planted for fodder and as there was a slight sprinkling of cane amongst, it the cattle ate it with the corn. Nine cows died. Slept With <;** Turned On. OMAHA, Aug. 19.—John W. McBride registered at the Midland hotel and in the morning was found in his room dead, with the gas jet turned on full, the door locked ami the window and transom tightly closed. The man was a stranger in the city. Furnas County Fair Canceled. BEAVER CITY, Neb., Aug. 19.—The officers of the Furnas County Agricul tural society have canceled the date for the annual fair on account of short crops and hard times. The postoffice at Michigan City. Jnd., was entered by burglars, who forced open the steei vault and steel safe, securing $S0 in stamps and $100 in cash. Will Build New Court Houie. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Aug. 19.— The county board has declared the court house bonds carried, selected the new site upon the condition that the offer of a strip of adjoining real es tate be made good by the donors with In twenty days ami have let the con tract for the lithographing of the bonds. Architects' plans will be In vited at once and the work of con struction begun as son as they arc finished. IMPORTANCE OF IRRIGATION. State Engineer 14ob«on figures Its Worth to Nebraska l.an. } LINCOLN, Aug. 17.—Stale Kngineer i Dobson has issued a report which will convey to the public an accurate idea of the importance of irrigation in Nebraska. Figuring on a conservative basis he estimates that the increase in land value, due to irrigation alone," is not less than $16,988,000. There are 3,924 miles of irrigating canals in the state, constructed at an estimated cost of $4,773,984 and covering 1,698,831 acres of land. The report shows the irrigation in each county and is as follows: ~i Sfi 1 B > ! I 5 I S a;* 'T> ? a * r ! : S3 . * * 85 • • I ; * i : i—i—.——j—. Antelope .. | 1.2,1 1.200) 21'.$ 2.150 Box Butte. 25.8 12,920 6,760 67,600 Blaine .... 115.0 152.625 ; 62,510 625.100 Buffalo ... 34.0 20.792 15.544 155.440 Bovd .. 4.8 IS.BOO’ 665 6.650 Banner ... 12.:! 1.5.!S: 1.160 11.600 Brown _ 24.9 6.166; 5,590 55,900 Boone .| 4.5 1,400 250 2,500 Chase . 73.21 31.146j 12.685 126.850 Cheyenne ,| 218.1 213.636 96.4(8 964.180 Clay.31 751 70 700 Cuming ...| 5.0; 11,3:11' 1.800 1 8,000 Custer _ 52.8 42.8H9| 16,580 165.900 Cherry .... w:l.o| 45,859 19.122 1 91,220 Colfax _ 6.0' 2.5001 20.000 Dundy .... 87.7| 25.177; 11.804 118,040 Deuel . 285.6 474.036, 105.685! 1,056,850 Dawson .. 241.3 331.927 198.18(6 1.981.800 Dawes .... 271.1 138.006| 53.1901 531,906 Douglas ..1 29.0 33.400 19,3441 193.440 Frunklln ., 7.5 3.086! 735 7.850 Furnas .... 43.0 40.582 12,4901 124.900 Frontier . ,| 5.0 49t>| loot 1.000 CartleUl ...| 25.7 17.502 21.0001 210,t8» Dull . 9.0| ll.OOOj 12,6001 126.000 Hlteheok . 90.8! 30,921; 22.9571 229.570 Marian ....j .5 90! 160 1,600 Holt .I 69.7! 76,292- 35.294 362,940 Howard . 61.01 K3,000| 95.687 956,870 Haves ....’ 111.2 209,230 16,210 162.100 Keith . 172,4>! 87.6961 50.2:10' 78)2.300 Kimball ..| 31.3, 10.405 221951 23.950 Kearney . 33.7 8.369! 3,4001 34,000 Keva Paha; 74.7 18,282 6.462; 64,620 Uneoln 385.8 - 578.853 210.5451 2.186,450 l.aneaster I .3 450 50j 500 Logan .! .5; 50 261 260 Iavug .I «.'!.:! 67,906 283101 283,100 Nance .... 201.51 240,400 123.2251 1,232.260 Otoe.3 222 40' 400 Plat te .... i 82.3 30,100j 2,493j 24,930 Polk .j 1.01 10t)| 60! 600 R'i| Will'w| 28.1 22.206 7.346 ' 75.450 Rleh'dson .7) 150| 80) 800 Roek .| 13.7j 1.739 695 ! 6.950 Seotts B fi. 3=18.81 1.233.966 239*101 2.399.100 asunder* . 73.0| 22.9501 26.150! 261,500 Saline . 13.0; 11.140! 6.366 ; 63.650 SIOUX . 154.8 47,601! 14,6331 146.330 Sheridan . 15.2| 5.613! 918! 9.190 Thomas . 57.(4) 15.620 6,3001 63.000 Valiev .... 110.01 296.506! 208.888 ! 2,068,980 Wheeler .. 85.3 52.000 12.1761 121.760 York.5 2251 40| 400 Totals ... 3.924.3 11,773.984 1.698.831 *16,988,310 Ctirlfitlan Endeavor Convention. The sixteenth annual convention of Christian Endeavor for the state of Nebraska will he held in Omaha. Oct. 25-27. A large gathering is anticipat ed by the 1901 committee. Prof. Excell of Chicago is engaged as musical director. Father EncOavor Clark will he at the opening meet ing. Other speakers of note will be present. Endeavorors throughout the state should plan to be in attendance as they cannot afford to miss the great treat in store for them. MISS IVY REED. 1901 Press Committee. Denlc* Pardon for Trainwreekar. LINCOLN, Aug. 17.—An application for the pardon of George Washington Davis, the colored man who was con victed here in 1891 of wrecking a Rock Island passenger train, was denied by Governor Savage. On the petition, which was signed by a .aige number of Lincoln professional and business men. Governor Savage made the fol lowing entry: ‘‘This case thoroughly investigated. I believe the party guil ty of the crime as charged and there fore deny the application." Vnlla to Return Team. FREMONT. Neb.. Aug. 17.—An im posing looking man. with a dark Prince Albert coat and light trouseis, hired a rig of August lens for a few hours' drive around town and has not yet re turned with the team. The horses were sorrels and the buggy a light one with red running gear. The officers have no trace of the team or the man. He was 35 years old and of clerical or professional appearance. Lincoln Girl Elected Director. BALDWIN, Kan.. Aug. 13.—Miss Ada G. Heaton of Lincoln, a graduate of the University of Nebraska, has been elected director of the Woman's gymnasium at Baker university, the Methodist school here. Mouth OniHliH Cuttle tom puny. LINCOLN, Aug. 17.—The Vlnta Hereford Cattle company of South Omaha filed articles of incorporation. The capital stock is limited to $15, 000. The incorporators are: A. F. M. Laughiln and George Harvey. Cuttle Pol»one«l by Cane. HASTINGS, Neb., Aug. 17.—Several cattle were poisoned at the asylum for the chronic insane. A herd of thir ty-live cows belonging to the institute fed In a corn Held plained for fod der and as there was a slight sprinkling of cane amongst It the cat tle .ate it with the corn. Nine cows were dead. A veterinarian was call ed as soon as the cows showed symp toms of poison, but he could do noth lug to relieve them. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. T Latest yuolatlons From South Onssha anil Kansas City. SOUTH OMAHA. Cattle—A illy lot of cattle predominated, with a fair supply received. Outside of a string of southern cattle going through to the range the major part of the run consisted of beef steers. No special change In the general market for steer* was noted, the demand equaling the uum ber on sale and prices throughout on beef stock holding steady. Buyers were out In good season, and while the market was not especially lively, trade was in fair shape and a good clearance was effected early In the day. top beeves selling at $5.90. The heavy decline In prices on cows and heifers tended to cut off the run in that direction, and with a limited number here values firmed up considerably and a strong, active trade resulted. There was also a better demand for s ock cattle and handy grades were free sellers at stronger prices. Coarse, heavy and till undesirable stuff was hard to move at uneven fig ures. The market was also steadier on bulls, stags and c«Tve». Hogs— Receipts were again moderate, less than 100 fresh loads received. '1 he quality and weights show little difference, the supply consisting largely of light and light mixed hogs. The market was rather slow In opening, as buyers were little dis posed to strengthen prices, notwithstand ing supplies were below the normai and for light stuff, especially that showing grnss. prices were no better, flood hogs, those showing weight and quality, sold better from the opening, some of the best fetching 5c higher than yesterday. Sheep—Fifteen double-deck loads of sheep from the ranges constituted today’s supply. The number, while small, was snu tlciently large to meet the moderate In quiry and no Improvement In price fol- f lowed. The trade was rather dragging and weak at recent decline. The trade in Iambs was also <1 n 11 and market weak The quality of the offerings was only fair. KANSAS CITY. Cattle—Best beef steers 5013c higher; sloekers and feeders. strong; cows, steady: choice ex|>ort and dressed beef steers. $5.4005.90; fair 1o good. $4.7006.30: Stockers and feeders. $2.7504.25; western fed steers, $4.4005.50; western range steers. $3.5004.50; Texans and Indians, $2.8004.20; Texas cows, $2.4002.90: native cows $2,500 4.25; heifers. $2.7505.10: cannera. $1.7502 40: bulls, $2.5004,50; calves. $3.0005.35. Hogs—Market 5010c lower; top. $»>.12$%: bulk of sales. $0.7006.13$%: heavy. $6,000 $.12'*; mixed puckers. $5,7006.07'%; light. $5.3505.96: pigs. $4.0004.25. Sheep and laimbs- Sheep. steady and lambs 10015c lower: lambs. $4 400*5.00: na tive wethers. $7.2503.50: native yearlings. $3.400 3 75; western wethers. $3.1505.40; western yearlings, $7.250 3.50; ewes, $2,750 3.25; stock sheep. $1.5002.25. UNITE AGAINST COLOMBIA. Vene/uela. Nlraricoa and Ecuador In* Tolvrd In Gen UrlBc*Urlh«'n Scheme^. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—News has been received in this country involv ing Venezuela. Nicaragua ami Ecua dor in the attempt of General Rafael Tribe-Tribe, the Colombian rebel lead er. to overthrow the government of Colombia, says the Tribune. A year ago it was known to the Colombian authorities that the rebels under Crilte were receiving material assistance from these republics and recent devel opments and information received by Colombian secret service agents con firm the belief that these countries are ^ preparing open and simultaneous at tacks on Colombia. It has further been learned that the plan of attack has practically been agreed upon. Targe numbers of Nicaraguans have already joined the rebels in the de partment of Panama and it will be these marauding bands the United States wil have to deal with if it be comes necessary to land marines at Colon or Panama to protect Ameri can interests on the isthmus. Venezuela's point of attack win naturally be from the Colombian Venezuelan border, where the recent battles are reported to have taken place between Venezuelan regulars and an invading army, commanded, ac cording to Venezuelan authorities, by General Gonzales Valencia. ft is somewhat doubtful, however, if Gen eral Valencia had anytning to do with this movement unless war has already broken out between Venezuela and Colombia. If the present plans are carried out, the rendezvous of the Ecuadorean rebels will be in the southern part of the department of Cauca, where two Colombian rebel generals are now said to be encamped with 4 000 troops. Keillor Kudo HI* Trouble*. JOPLIN, Mo., Aug. 17.—E. W. Carle Ion, city editor of the Joplin Dally Globe, shot himself through the heart at 8 o'clock tonight and died almost in stantly. He was an authority on min ing matters in the Missouri and Kan sas zinc fields and was 56 years old. Corbett Get* the Fight. DENVER, Colo., Aug. 17,-Young Corbett of Denver was given the de cision a tthe end of a ten round go with George Dixon, ex-featherweight champion, at Coliseum hail here to night. The fight was the fastest seen here in some time. Urge More Forcible Action. CLEVELAND, O., Aug 17._ft Is said on good authority that a number of prominent labor men will meeet in this city in conference relative to more forcible action on labor's part in its fight against the steel trust. Representatives from the Federation of Labor will be present, it is said, and President Gompera will be urged to ask the various unions in alliance V with the Federation of Ijjbor to refuse to handle steel corporation products.