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THIS IN NEBRASKA EVENT8 OF INTEREST OF MORE OF. LESS IMPORTANCE. Grain Receipts at Omaha Greatly In creased—Irrigation Matters to I Come Before Legislature. Wheat Comes Over Double. Omaha received last mouth two and one-half times as much wheat as for the,same month last year, and more than three times as much oats, so that in spite of the iight movement of corn, total receipts for the month were 1, 617,600 bushels larger than last year. Receipts of corn for August were 1,844.700 bushels, as cothoared with 2, 201,000 bushels a year ago, the de crease being due to the fact that the farmers this season have been both too busy to haul corn and have been holding for higher prices. They havie taken considerable wheat to market, as they have threshed, in .preference to storing it. Corn is beginning to move more freely and liberal receipts are expected this month, tverybody now feeling reasonably sure of a,large crop. The August movement, both in and out, was an increase over July. Re ceipts for July were 2,577,000 bushels and shipments 1,895,500 bushels, while, receipts for August were 4,974,000 bushels and shipments 3,985,000 bush els. All grains, except rye and barley, showed an enormous increase, over last year for the eight months ending August 21. and the total increase to that date was 7,903,600 bushels, while the increase in shipments, for the same period was 5,320,500 bushels. - S . J. L. KENNEDY, Republican Nominee for Congress from the Second District. Irrigation an Issue. Ex-Senator H. G. Stewart, who rep resented Dawes county In the state 3enate in 1895, a populist at that time, was in Lincoln last week. He now lives in Scott's Bluff county, where he has an irrigated farm and is en gaged in farming and live stock rais ing He says the proposed amendment to the state law which Sam Cox of .Scott’s Bluff endeavored to have pass ed will come up before the next legis lature in some form. “The present law permits of the worst form of land lordism,” he said. “The state assumes control oyer the water in streams, but assumes no control over it after it is taken by appropriators. We must either do like Colorado, pass a law giving the county commissioners the right to determine the prices to be charged by private corporations for wrater, or change the law so as to per mit the people to organize districts. As it is the private ditches may charge what they please and our land is held by them as security for payment. That is the worst form of landlordism. The change may he slow in coming, owing to lack of interest on the part of legislators from the eastern part of the state and the small irrigable sec tion of the state, but it is sure to come.” Nebraska Centenarian Dies. DANNEBROG — Andrew' Gillespie, who recently died at his home twelve miles north of here, was one of the most remarkable men of Nebraska. Although well past the centry mark in age, he retained great vitality, and up to within a few' months of his death was as active as many men thirty years younger. He was born in War ren county, Kentucky, June 4, 1805, being one of ten children, nine of whom lived to ripe old ages. He has always been a frontiersman. In Search of Nebraska Oil. NEBRASKA CITY—J. N. Maupin of the Beatrice Oil and Gas company has filed with the register of deeds a nnmher of leases on property adjoin ing the city,,where prospecting for oil or gas will be commenced in a few days. Tried to Burn Church. KEARNEY—An unsuccessful at tempt to set fire to the Roman Catho lic church was made here. Lavern Merriman, painter, accused of com mitting the deed., was arrested a few minutes later. Promotion for Nebraskan. WEST POINT—Jerome Longer, a native son of West Point, who has filled the position of chief inspector of the electrical department of the United States navy yard at Brooklyn, N. Y„ has been promoted to the superintend ency of the test room of the navy yards at Newark, Brooklyn and Phila delphia. Killed by Wagon. NORFOLK—George Donsey, a 4 year-old boy, was run over by a mail wagon and died three hours later. Falls on Tines of Fork. ALBION—James Gance, a farmer living a few miles in the country, fell from a stack of hay, striking on the tines of a pitchfork. He was brought to town for medical attention and, al though weak from loss of blood, is not regarded in a critical condition. HASTINGS—The Episcopal convo cation has voted unanimously to meet next year in Kearney, where the con vocation will be entertained at the, new $50,000 military academy building, to be completed by that time. NEBRASKA BRIEFS. The Bloomfield band boys are equip ned with new uniforms and are step ping higher than usual these days. Miss Lulu McConuaha gave up a lu ; crative position as teacher In the Blair schools to possess herself of a home stead in Sheridan county. The Grand Island Canning company is having a busy season in the can ning of sweet corn, the crop being excellent. Three hundred hands are employed. Ita Moore, an old settler residing southwest of Bassett, was'killed while making ha.v. Mr. Moore was running a stacker and walking close behind the horses. Thomas Carrol has declined the democratic nomination for member of the legislature from Dodge county, and I last week filed his declination with the con ntv clerk. The jail at Springview sprung a leak the other night and gave Sam Foster his liberty. The sheriff over took him at Newport and he is again under lock and key. Carrie Nation passed through Falls City last week on her way east. She stepped off the train long enough to swing her hatchet at a bunch of loaf ers who were smoking. J. J. Markey of South Omaha, in order to save-walking a block, jumped from a street car when it was running at full speed. His face looks as if he had been in a prize fight. A fire at Milford, Seward county, burned four buildings. Smeasy s liv ery barn, a very large structure, a millinery store and a blacksmith shop were among the buildings burned. Colonel W. H. Grassmeyer of Buf falo county has 250 head of cattle and as many hogs for winter feeding. He estimates his corn crop for this year at 18,000 bushels. Stand up for Ne braska. Jacob Rhuter, ntar Juniata, is the only man in Adams county who does his plowing by steam power. The plow used by Mr. Ithuter has twenty two shovels and turns over forty acres a dsfy. Farmers are taking great pains to preserve their oats and wheat straw this year. As soon as threshing is over the straw stacks are scratched and all the loose straw is hauled to the barn for safe keeping. Stanley Morrow of Geneva commit ted suicide by taking carbolic acid. The body was found in a corn patch a few- rods from his home about 1 o’clock . Morrow was about 38 years of age and has been a rural mail car rier. On October 11 and 12 the Otoe Stock Breeders' association will hold a live stock show in Nebraska City. The first date will be show day and the second will he sale day. Premi ums aggregating $1,000 have been as signed to the different classes of live stock. Charles Helmann, a prominent con tractor and builder of Arapahoe, while superintending the building of a resi dence for A. Nieman, fell from a scaf fold to tile ground, a distance of twelve feet, and sustained a severe fracture of his right leg just above the ankle. Suit has been commenced in the dis trict court of Sarpy county by the ad ministration of Mary L. West, who was killed at Mauawa July 4, against the amusement company, the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company and the Omaha and Council Bluffs Bridge company, for $5,000. Emiel Kubr, a farmer living north of West Point, has a fifty-acre field of corn that is a prize winner. There is a perfect stand of corn in the entire field with no stalk less than ten feet in height. Every stalk has from three to five ears of corn upon it, each ear being from ten to twelve inches i in length. S. M. Shaffer, a farmer living six miles south of Norfolk, was burned to death from the explosion of a burn ing can of coal oil. He was pouring oil from a can into the kitchen stove for the purpose of starting a fire. The oil caught from live coals from a previous fire and the can exploded, throwing the burning oil about, set ting fire to the house and Mr. Shaff er’s clothes. While drilling for a well on the Pe ter Cameron estate farm, about three miles south of Tekamah, a heavy vein of gas was found at a depth of sixty five feet. The pipe was plugged and a small vent made and ignited, which burned continuously making a blaze about two feet high. Mr. Cameron will make a thorough investigation and endeavor to use the gas in his home for heating and lighting pur poses. Ezra Meeker, thy Pacific coast pio neer, who is going back over the old overland trail, arrived in Fremont with his team of an ox and a cow. and camped for a day or two. He started from Washington with a yoke of oxen in January last. At a camp near Brady Island one of the oxen died. “He was all right at night,” said Mr. Meeker, “hut the next morning he was dead. I couldn’t get another ox and bought that big cow to take his place, hut she can’t fill it.” Deputy Sheriff Laehnit of Platte county went up tc- Spaulding and ar rested Barney Bodwig, who had been caught by the Greeley county sheriff. The man was charged with commit ting an assault upon Miss Winnie Ziegler. A new Methodist church was dedi cated at Shelton Sunday with impres sive ceremonies. The new structure has been erected at a cost of between $8,000 and $9,000 and of this amount over $5,500 was raised the day of the dedication. Governor J. H. Mickey spoke at the dedication. The government’s biograph pictures of the American navy will be exhibit ed in Hastings soon after the middle of September. They will be shown there before being taken to Omaha for exhibition during Ak-Sar-Ben week. Governor Mickey commuted the four years' sentence of Louis Wood ruff of York county, who was convict ed of an offense against Miss Mabel Kerwood. Woodruff’s father lives at Kearney. The young man was accus ed by the young, girl, but later Is said to have signed a statement that an other man was the guilty party. FIRST AID TO THE SUFFERING. MINE LEASES ARE UPHELD DECISION OF LOWER COURT CON FIRMED IN MINNESOTA. Chief Justice Start Says Statute Does Not Authorize Sale of School or Swamp Lands of State. St. Paul. Minn.—The state supreme court Friday handed down a decision in the ease of the state of Minnesota versus Mabel C. Evans, upholding the decision of the St. Louis county court at Duluth, which held that the state law governing mineral leases is con stitutional. This case involves the title to the famous Virginia Silver mine, located on the Minnesota range and which is said to be worth several million dollars. The action was brought by the state against Mabel Evans, the holder of the lease on the ground that mineral leases are invalid because school and swamp lands can only be sold at public auction. In this case the lease was taken out pri vately, there being but one party to make a bid on the lease. The court, in its decision by Chief Justice Start, held that “on a full con sideration of the question it is the openion of the court that this mineral lease statute does not authorize a sale of any of he school or swamp lands of the state within the meaning of the constitutional prohibition; that it is constitutional and the leases are valid.” The court held that a lease to the mineral rights did not carry with it the title to the land, which was still vested in the state. Judge Start ex plained that while this view was rath er far fetched, the court decided the question in this manner in order that the extensive business interests, in volving an immense investment of capital, might not be seriously dis turbed. The decision affects all the mineral holdings of the Fnited States Steel corporation, J. J. Hill's iron ore inter ests and many other small holdings. GIRL’S HAIR CAUGHT IN BELT Young Woman’s Scalp Dragged From Head by Shafting. Minneapolis, Minn.—As a result of her hair being caught in the shafting of one of the sewing machines at the Bemis Bag company's factory, Annie Shema, 22 years old. is now at the city hospital with her left ear and the en tire scalp torn. Little is known of the accident, further than that the girl was taken sick and 'ay down on a bench with her head within a few inches of the shaft ing. In some way her hair became en tangled in the machinery and the girl was dragged from her place on the bench. She was literally scalped alive in the. presence of scores of the other employes of the place. After consultation at the hospital,, it was decided to make ‘the attempt to graft the scalp back on her head, and the necessary operation was per formed. Sullivan Flays Bryan. New York.—Roger C. Sullivan, Democratic national committeeman from Illinois, issued a scathing reply Friday night in reply to the at tack made upon him by William Jen nings Bryan in his recent speech at Chicago. The party leader is denounced for attempting to defeat Illinois congres sional candidates in close districts and both his honesty and sincerity are called into question. Allege He Aided Law-Breaker. Memphis, Tenn.—Police Commis sioner Bruce was indicted on the charge of permitting his stables to be ! used as a passageway to a saloon, whose proprietor had been indicted for keeping open Sunday. To Improve Railroad Shops. Milwuakee.—Second Vice President H. VV. Kennedy, of the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul road, announced that the company would spend $300, 000 on an addition to the west Mil waukee shops. Salvage Work on Manchuria. Honolulu.—Capt. Metcalf, who Is supervising the salvage work on the steamer Manchuria, expects to be ready on September 10 for an attempt to pull the vessel from the reef at Rabbit island. Fatal Affray in Tennessee. Albany, Ky.—One dead, another fa tally wounded and two seriously in jured is the result of a shooting affray In Pickett county, Tennessee. The shooting, it is said, was the result of a mistake. PRESIDENT REVIEWS SHIPS. Great Assemblage of American War Vessels at Oyster Bay. Oyster Bay, N. Y.—On the waters of Long Island sound, within view of Sagamore Hill, the president of the United States reviewed Monday the greatest fleet of American warships ever assembled. There was a ship of war for every state., 45 in all, ranging in size from the magnificent 16,000-ton Louisiana, just completed, to the fleet little tor pedo boat and the submarines and in cluding one troop ship and colliers. As the Mayflower dropped her an chor at the head of the fleet on the completion of the review the presi dent descended from the bridge, his face wreathed in smiles, and enthpsi astically throwing his arms around the shoulders of a group of senators and representatives exclaimed: “Any man wbo fails to be patriotic ally inspired by such a sight as this is a mighty poor American, and every American who has seen it ought to be a better American for it.” “And you, gentlemen,” he said, ad dressing the naval committee, “are responsible for it. It is your handi work and it has all been done within the past ten years. Every one of these ships is a fighter and ready to go into action at a moment’s notice. Again you have shown your wisdom in the appropriations for the target practice, for there is where the American navy excels. Our men can shoot and shoot straight, and therein lies our naval strength and our superiority.” WILL PRCBE HARVESTER TRUST Kansas Attorney Genera! to Determine if State Laws Are Violated. Topeka, Kan.—Investigations of the International Harvester company have been instituted by C. C. Coleman, attorney general of Kansas, to deter mine whether the concern Is operating in violation of the state anti-trust laws. Attorney General Coleman stat ed that in the district courts of Reno and Shawnee counties all of the im plement dealers in Topeka and Hutch inson would be subpoenaed to appear before District Judges Dana and Galle and tell what they knew about the operations of the company. The company has storage houses for its implements at Topeka, Hutchinson, Wichita and Salina, and it was decided to begin with the investigation at two of these points. The examinations are to be in secret. Applications fer subpoenas prepared by the attorney general allege that “secret arrange ments and agreements exist between dealers in various lines.” The appli cation specifies that all contracts en- | tered into between any of the dealers and the International Harvester com pany for the years 1904, 1905 and 1906 be brought into court. Students Surrender. St. Petersburg.—At a meeting of social democratic and social revolu tionist university students it was de cided not to oppose the reopening of the universities, which is scheduled for October 14, thereby furnishing a strong possibility that the paralysis of the educational life of the country which has lasted for two school years may soon be ended. Johnson for Running Mate. Minneapolis, Minn.—Not only was Gcv. John A. Johnson renominated for the office which he is now holding on the Democratic ticket at the state Democratic convention held in this city Tuesday, but ho was also spoken of as the logical running mate for William Jennings Bryan on the nation al ticket in 1908. Indiana Has Earth Shock. Princeton, Ind.—A distinct earth quake shock was felt here at 10:33 o'clock Friday morning. Houses rock ed and dishes rattled on their shelves. The shock was felt In towns and cities within 50 miles of Princeton. Shaw to Campaign in South. Washington. — Secretary of the Treasury Shaw left Friday night for a campaign tour of Virginia, North Car olina, Tennessee, ' Missouri and other states. He probably will not return to Washington before election. Gant to Go on Stage. San Francisco.—Mr. and Mrs. Gans and his brother-in-law, Bob Turner, arrived here Thursday. It Is the pres ent intention of Gans to rest a week before leaving for the east, where he will play ten weeks at ?1,000 a week. Gov. Pardee Defeated. Santa Cruz, Cal.—Congressman James N. Gillett, ot Eureka, was nom inated for governor Thursday by the Republican convention on the first ballot, receiving 591% votes to 233% votes for Gov. George C. Pardee. PEACE COMES SLOWLY CUBAN REBEL8 MAKE ONEROUS DEMANDS ON PALMA. WANT CAPOTE FOR CHIEF Insist That Vice President Shall Suc ceed to Executive Office and Re store Insurgents to Positions in the Government Service. Havana.—While peace projects have caused a general suspension of revolu tionary operations, no appreciable progress towards anything like a sat isfactory understanding has been made. The liberal leaders insist that it is unjust to regard them as insur gents, and assent that they are mere ly seeking for peace, at the same time declaring that not only must the terms of peace be better than hereto fore talked of, but that there must be some unquestionable guaranty that the conditions will be carried out to the letter. The moderates meanwhile continue in a waiting attitude. The demands which come from the insurgents themselves as the price of a cessation of rebellion are regarded in the capital for the most part not to be considered. These demands include the restoration of deserters from the rural guards to their former positions, the reinstatement of liberals who last year were deposed from municipal of fices, the retention of their arms by the insurgents, and other equally rad ical propositions. The liberals have not yet relin quished the hope that they may be able to force the resignation of Presi dent Palma and all the high govern ment officials. The succession of Vice President Mendez Capote to the presidency is also discussed, liberals seeming to think they could reach an understanding with him that would be satisfactory to all. Many business men of Havana ridi cule the whole effort for what they call a patched-up peace, which they allege can be no more than tempor ary, and some go so far as to assert that the country never can be gov erned rightly or investments be abso- ' lutely safeguarded unless the United States intervene. This is frankly stated in some cases, also by high government officials, and brings the I retort that those who make such state | ments are not good Cubans. Despite all drawbacks, however, the fact that peace proposals are pending and that hostilities have been sus pended has brought more or less hope fulness to the people of Havana. WORK OF NATIONAL HATCHERY — Nearly Two Billion Fry Propagated | During the Past Year. Washington.—A preliminary state ment made by George H. Bowers, United States commissioner of fisher ies, to the secretary of the depart ment of commerce and labor of the operations of his bureau for the past fiscal year, says that the aggregate output of fry from the commission's hatcheries during the year was only a trifle less than 2,000,000,000. The actual figures were 1.9:51,854,609, an increase of nearly 200,000,000 over the output of 1905. “The fish cultural operations of the government," the statement points out, "appeal to the tastes and satisfy the needs of all sorts and conditions of men. For the people of the New England coast, where from the earliest colonial days the rich harvests of the sea have been gathered by hardy fish ermen, cod, flounders and lobsters have been produced in immense num bers, and nowadays when one of these is caught it is very likely to bear Uncle Sam's hall mark if a person only knows where to look for it. The very successful operations of the new marine hatchery in Maine will do much to keep up the abundance of fish in these waters.” To Enforce Pure Food Law. Washington.—As the result of the new pure food la which goes into effect January 1 nest, the department of agriculture is making preparations for the increased tabor and equipment involved in its enforcement. The working forces and the appliances of the laboratories at Philadelphia. Chi cago, Baltimore and New Orleans will be largely increased, while at the ports of New York and Boston there will he erected new laboratories in which to conduct the necessary examinations of all food products coming into this country. Mother Decapitates Babes. Columbus Grove, O.—Mrs. Henry ! Knippen, wife of a farmer living near i Cloverdale, Putnam county, decapitat ed her two children, a boy aged three and a girl aged one and one-half years, and then went to the home of a neigh bor and told what she had done and asked them to go to the children. The boy’s head was nearly cut off. while I the girl’s head was found near the | body. A carving knife was used. The j woman was discharged recently from the Toledo state hospital for insane. Concern to Reorganize. Kankakee, 111.—The David Bradley Manufacturing company, of this city, Friday went into voluntary liquida tion. Assets are $1,962,883, and lia bilities $790,331. The object of the liquidation is to reorganize business. County Attorney Indicted. Hopkinsville. Ky.—The grand jury has indicted County Attorney John W. ! Kelly, charging him with misappropri- I ating $4,700 trust funds placed in his hands as master commissioner prior to resigning office January 1, 190G. Confederate Veteran Dead. London.—Capt. John Lowe, who j served on board the confederate cruiser Alabama during the time that vessel was preying on the commerce of the United States during t;he war of secession, died in Liverpool. Charge Murder to Land Dealer. Ardmore, I. T.—Federal officials 1 lodged John Brown, a land dealer, in the federal jail, charged with murder ing M. Swancy, a prominent farmer at Loves Valley. Brown alleges that he shot Swancy in self defense. BANKER IN OLSON’S CHARGE STENSLAND TURNED OVER TO CHICAGO STATE’S ATTORNEY. '• _ President Takes Hand in Bringing Fu gitive to Justice—May Return on Refrigerating Ship. Chicago.—Paul O. Stensland is absolutely in the custody of Assist ant State’s Attorney Harry Olson at Tangier, Morocco. This information was obtained in a cablegram from Mr. Olson, received Friday by Acting State's Attorney Barbour, as fol lows: “Stensland turned over to me.” The brevity of the dispatch leaves much to conjecture, but Mr. Barbour believes that Mr. Olson has brushed aside all difficulties and is in a posi tion to start for home with his prison er as soon as a ship is available. The action of the United States representatives at Tangier in turning Stensland over to Mr. Olson is be lieved to be due to the cablegram sent from the state department at Wash ington, in accordance with the in structions of President Roosevelt. The president wired from Oyster Bay that he desired the department of state to go to any necessary ex tent in the effort to bring Stensland to justice, adding: He is one or the most obnoxious types of criminals. He robbed hun dreds of very poor people, and is said to have caused several sui cides." The present indications are that Stensland will return to America on the United States refrigerating ship Glacier, unless some better method of transportation is found by Mr. Ol son. It is undesirable to take the pris oner through any foreign country, for fear of possible extradition entangle ments. The ship Glacier, if it is avail able, will solve the problem, for this vessel is expected to sail direct for the United States without stopping on the way. $ SENATOR DEPEW NEARLY WELL Will Return to His Seat in Congress Early in December. New York, Sept. S.—When congress meets at the beginning of next Decem ber Senator Chauncey M. Depew will be found in his seat. This assurance was made by a member of his fam ily. "Senator Depew's recovery has been slow, but the gains he has made have been held," he said. “At no time with in the last year has he been in such good health and spirits, and the doc tors assert that if the improvement continues he will be equal to the strain of another session of con gress.” For several months Senator Depew has been in retirement at his homo in Dubbs Ferry. The nature of his malady has never been made known, but was generally understood to have been in the nature of a nervous break down. ALLEGES CARRIERS ARE UNFAIR Wichita (Kan.) Company Appeals to Interstate Commission. Washington.—Three petitions were filed Thursday with the interstate commerce commission by the John sou-Laritaer Dry Goods company, of Wichita, Kan., against the Mallory hne of steamers sailing out of New York, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway, the Wabash, and about 40 other lines, alleging unjust, unreason able and discriminatory rates on cot ton fabrics and knit goods shipped to Wichita, as against the rates accorded various shipping centers in the west. The interstate commerce commis sion made public an order calling upon the railroads of the country for information in regard to block signal ing practice and electric signaling ap pliances. The information is asked in order that the commission may comply with a joint resolution passed at the last session of congress. • Death in Vat of Hot Water. Detroit, Mich.—John Mielke. laborer at the plant of the Railway Steel com pany, is dead after having been par boiled in a pit of hot water. Mielke’s shoes had become greasy from walk ing about the engine room and as he was passing the pit, which received the boiling water from the cylinders of the engine, he slipped and fell headlong into the scalding liquid. He was entirely immersed, being practically parboiled from head to foot and for five hours suffered most intense agony until death brought re lief. Building Falls; Two Killed. Elyria, O. — Two men were ’dlled, two tatally injured, five serious ly injured and several others slightly hurt by the falling of the second floor of the new factory building of the Garford company, under construction here. Thursday. Sixteen workmen on the first floor of the building were caught beneath the fall of heavy tile, brick and steel beams of the wrecked floor. Twelve Sojdiers Drowned. Bucharest—During the combined land and sea maneuvers at Constanza Thursday a boat load of chasseurs was capsized while being towed by a torpedo boat. Eleven privates and one officer were drowned. Boat Sunk in Collision. Detroit, Mich.—The steamer Mil waukee, of the Western line, collided with the steamer Nelson Mills in St. Clair river near St. Clair Thursday. The Mills sank and three of her crew drowned. Earthquake in Hawaii. Honolulu.—Two earthquake shocks are reported from Hilo, the island of Hawaii. After one of the shocks hun dreds of dead fish were thrown upon the beaches. Apparently they had been scalded to death. Prominent Jeweler Dead. Minneapolis. Minn.—George G. Gage, one of the most prominent jewelers and watch-makers of the city Is dead. He was a bachelor, and the only known relative is his sister, Mrs. C. S. Rob erts, of Dover, N. H. CHURCH HIT HARD PRESBYTERIANS LO£E $160,000 IN THE BANK WRECK. RECEIVER EARL HAS NEW PLAN Director* of Broken Real Estate Trust Company to Pay in $3,000, 000 for Reorganization—A Suspic ious Note Comes to Light. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—All the di rectors of the wrecked Real Estate Trust company have agreed to Re ceiver Earle’s plan for organizing the company. Mr. Earle received a tele gram from Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, the only member of the board of direc tors, who is away from the city, agreeing to the proposition that the directors contribute the amount deemed necessary by the receiver. Mr. Mitchell expressed his willingness to bear his portion of the burden. The other directors had previously assent ed to the plan. Receiver Earle spent Sunday at his home in Bryn Mawr working on the details of his proposition, which he hopes to be able to present to the directors Monday. He also expects to call a general meeting of stock holders and depositors in order to thoroughly acquaint him with his pur pose. The loans made by Segal by Pres ident Hippie aggregate more than $D, 000,000, and his securities are believ ed to be worth about |2,000,000. Con sequently the directors will subscribe something more than $3,000,000. A statement issued by Rev. Dr. Rob erts, stated clerk of the general as sembly of the Presbyterian church, an nounces that in addition to the $30,000 of the trust funds of the trustees of the church which were lost in the collapse, deposits amounting to about $120,000 are also involved. These deposits were the current funds of the board of ministerial relief, the trus tees of the board of publication and Sabbath school work, the trustees of the general assembly, the stated clerk of the general assembly and the Wo mens Foreign Missionary society. A note which is regarded with sus picion by District Attorney Hell and Receiver Earle has been found among the papers of the wrecked Real Es tate Trust company. It is for $77,000 and bears the signature of Joseph A. Baker, who had been dead for years. The loan is secured by $120,000 in first preferred bonds of the Champion Iron and Separator company, one of Adolf Segal’s enterprises. Baker, whose named is signed to the note was in the real estate busi ness at the time that Segal was con ducting a brokerage business. The two were friends. Members of Baker’s family said they were unaware that he had ever given resident Hippie a note for anything. In fact they did not believe Baker was acquainted with Hippie. In view of the fact that sim ilar notes for large amounts secured by worthless collateral and signed ap parently by fictitious persons, Mr. Bell and Receiver Earle express the fear that this note may be another evidence of Hippie's wildcat finan ciering. BOXER TROUBLES IN CHINA. German Officer Appears Opportunely and Rallies the Soldiers. SHANGHAI—A missionary, writing under date of August 18 from Sohping, in the province of Shansi, states tha a large party of Boxers entered Tsoy unshien. The missionaries and native Christians fled to the yaman for shelt er, and the Boxers following, overawed the officials and got control of the ctty A German lieutenant who was tra-c ing in the country arrived opportunely and rallied the small force of Chinese soldiers, who killed the Boxer leader and eleven others and made prisoners of forty-two, while the remainder w re dispersed. DEFEAT FOR SENATOR DICK. Republican Convention of His Own County Refuses to Endorse. AKRON, O.—Refusing to be endors ed unless Senator Foraker was also in eluded in the resolution, United States Senator Charles rf)ick was defeated in the republican convention of his home county (Siummit). Resolutions which were adopted in opposition to Senator Dick do not contain the names of eith er of the Ohio senators and conclude with advocating an amendment to the federal constitution providing for the election of senators by direct vote. Bank Scandal Causes Death. ST. PAUL—A. special to the Pioneer Press from Butte, Mont., says: Leav ing a letter in which he stated that he could no longer bear the shame and ignominy brought upon him by the al leged defalcation of his son, J. S. Wis ner of Anaconda, public administrator of Deer Lodge county, committed sui cide in a Butte lodging house by swal lowing strychnine. This is the first death growing out of the scandal in connection with the defunct Real Es tate and Insurance bank of Anaconda. Fishermen Ask Protection. WASHINGTON—The state depart ment has received a dispatch from the manager of the Gulf Fisheries company requesting that action be taken for the protection of American vessels fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. This request was made in consequence of the Hat teras incident. The Hatteras is a fish ing smack, belonging to the Gulf Fish eries company, and upon its arrival at Galveston Saturday from Mexican wat ers its commander stated that he was held up by a Mexican gunboat, August 25. Bryan to Mississippi. JACKSON, Miss.—Governor Varda nian received a dispatch from W. j. Bryan accepting an invitation to visit this city and fixing September 22 as the date. Taft Speaks at Sedalia. SEDALIA, Mo.—Secretary of War Taft will be assigned to speak in S“ dalia some time in October next at a date to be fixed later, according to as surances received here from the repub. lican state committee.