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JM"ii THE BED CLOUD CHIEF. A. O. MOSMER, ubllaher. RED CLOUD, NEHRA8KA. CURHENT COMMENT. Tun rublwr trust combination Itito ofTcct November 1. goes Nkw coal fluids hnvo been discovered In Lancawhlre, Knirhind. Tiikiik Is a famine In Shun nntl mis Btonnrles uidc for assistance. ' , Tiik medical journals uro betftnnlnp; Jrto tnko an ItitercHt In the linprovement of country roadn. Tin: Mexican loan of 000,000 was nil Tnntn&eouidy placed, allowing the tfood credit of tho country. Tuts constitution of Louisiana per mits women to hold any ofllco connect ed with public education. Thk number of JuvcnlleerlmlnalR con victed In England lu 1M1 was lesn than half the. number convicted lu 1871. The fihlptncnt of fruit from Califor nia to London was sold there at miction the other day, liringliifr comparatively low prices. Kino Mamktoa has Wen given ?i,?.00 as his sharo of tho proceeds from the Bale of tho vessels wrecked at tho Sa tnonn Islands. Tin: mace of tho house of representa tives consists of u bundle of thirteen ebony rods entwined and bound togeth er with silver bands. ATf Messina, Siena and thrco other - Itnllan university towns the number of students Is so small that there Ir a pro fessor to every four pupils. I'iikdiiihck I). Taiten, the genial president of the Gallatin National bank of New York, began his career In Wall treut as u boy In tho bank which he now directs, and through perseverance and foresight attained the position he has for some time lllled. P. Nicnot. Cnorrii, tho author of 'Kiithlcen Mavournecn," celebrated f the 84th anniversary of his birth at Portland, Me., on August 'J. A recep tion was given In his honor by friends, who hud thu pleasure of hearing him ling the charming ballad again. Ooon looks must 1h supported by i;ood dressing, or there is a failure in Iho general makeup. Congressman ItulUiy, of Texas, Is generally consid ered the handsomest man In congress, but ho does nut dress in n manner cat- jt ciliated to bring out his good points. " " ' i . . - . J KiiRDEiiiCK Waud was playing Damon Mn Utlca, N. Y. ills lirst entrance is from tho senate chamber. After the "reception" npplauso had subsided, Da mon spoko his first lines, beginning: "And now tbrro is no public virtue left In Syracuse." Whereupon a volco In tho gallery broko In upon tho stem old pntrlot with tho remark: "No, begorra, nor In Utlca, naythcr." Tiikiik Is ii movement on foot In England to penult benrers of tho minor title of "Honorablo" to prefix this to their names upon their visiting cards. Tho honorable movers hold that in these days, when there nro so many honorables that tho public can't remem ber who Is honorablo and who Is not, their distinction will go unrecognized unless they nro permitted to label themselves. Tint $10,000 prlro offered for the best dramatization of "Hlack lleauty" has not lieeu awarded. Nine plays" wero ex amined and refused. One pluy not sub mitted In tho contest has boon consid ered worthy of a trial and will be brought out In the fall. "John' Oliver llobbes," whoso Inst contribution to tho Unknown Library, "Tho Sinner's Com edy," has attractcdattcntlon, Is n young American woman living In Loudon and her real name Is Mrn. Cralge. Tiik Scotch housewives know how to tnko care of tho money when they havo an opportunity. Homo Scotch working men hand over all their wages to tholr Wives, who make them nn nllowaueo lor pocket money. In tho course of n nowspnper controversy on this subject a thrifty matron stated that slio al lowed her husband ouoshllllng and six pence weekly out of his wages, with permission to spend n portion of it In taking a dram with a friend on Satur day night Mu. PiNWitmiE, of tho national bu reau r of ethnology and arclueology, has lieen nt Salisbury, Mil., for several days seeking Information of tho long ex tinct tribe of Indians known as tho Nuntleokes. With several local as ilstanta ho has traversed tho en tire length of tho Nuntleoko, river, vis iting tho mounds and graveyards of tho tribe. At Ulvertou considerable pot tery wan found, and one human skele ton was unearthed, which it is claimed was that of a long departed brave. Tho skeleton of a large dog was at so discov ered, Tho Nantlcokes uro supposed to havo departed from their native hunt ing grounds about tho year 1700 and moved westward. Tiik gavel used by Vice-President Morton in closing thu first session of the senato of the Fifty-second congress Is ono of historic Interest In 1785 Ocn. Washington planted six trees at Mount Vernon, which were named after dis tinguished herneft of the revolutionary wnr, Tho wood used In tho head of the gavel wiih taken from ono of theso his torio trees (a uiugunlia), and tho handle was made from a boxwood tree named In honor of Lafayette, This gavel was vniua bjr Lieut llrndley, of tho cnpltol police, nnd Is a fine piece of wnrkmiu ship. The gavel was presunted by Lieut. HrtulUy to tho John llrown Fort company and will bo placed among tho collections of tl. relict In their cxhibl , tion building, which has just been com letcd in Chicago. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Gloanact By Tolograph and MalL I'lIKSONAL AM) 1'OLITICAI- .lon.v (', lll'.viiV, for many years editor and publisher of tho Itollglo-l'hilosu-phlcal Journal nml n man of Interna tional reputation nmong spiritualists ntul theosophlstrt, died at Chicago. Ho was fit years old. A iiKViit.UTioN Is reported In lloltvliu Kivb Russian soldiers havo liven capt ured by the Afghans. Kx-Co.N Vict 1'Ktni Wa nn denies that ho Is about to 1m married. Assistant .SKcnr.TAiir or tiik Tiikah irnv Cum .vsi:, who has been nominated for governor of Nebraska by the repub licans, will resign In a few weeks. A firm. uk Is on foot between the pop ulists unit democrats of Minnesota to fuse on the state and electoral ticket Hi) IIiiooks, ono of tho publishers of the Herald, was drowned lu tho river near Charleston, 111., while in bathing. Ciui.i has decided to grant the request of the government of the United States to appoint arbitration commissioners. Tub sultan of Morocco received thn heads of thrco rebels who had been slain in battle. Foreigners arc be coming alarmed. Tin: name of Mr. Marshall dishing, tho private secretary to Postmaster General Wnnnmakcr, Is prominently mentioned as a probable successor to First Assistant I'ostmnster-Oenoral Whitfield, who is soon to retire. I,ii:i;t.-(?ov. Hiikkiian has been chosen chairman of tho New York statu campaign committee. Aiivicks from tho Choctaw nation nro to tho cirect that thu friends of Gov. Jones concede his defeat by Jacob Jackson by n vote of 25. Gkn. .Jamkh W. DKNVKitdlctl nt Wash ington on the Oth of blood poisoning. Ho was 7.1 years old. Denver, Col., was named after him while ho was governor of Kansas. A hknhai lox AI. suieldo was that of Judge James C. Normilo at St. Louis. Ho had been sevcroly criticised by tho Post-l)hpatch for his administration of the criminal court and brought n charge of libel against tho paper. Hroodlng over thu matter canted lilm to take his own life. Koi.uk, tho nlllnnco candidate for governor of Alabama, declares that ho will contest tho election of Jones, dem ocrat. . Tin: results of tho supplementary elections for members of departmental councils in Franco leave n net republic an gain of IDA. The conservatives now hold only six departments. Tiik pardon of H. Clay King by Gov. Iluchauan provoked great resentment nt Memphis, Tenn. llAi.t.AiU) Smith, editor of tho New York World, has withdrawn from that paper. ' Hr.Nitv 11. Rviirii, the United States consul at Copenhagen who lu under ar rest charged with having misappropri ated tho sum of 200,000 krouors, has confessed that ho Is guilty of'cmbczzle ment. Tin: London Chronicle's Rome corre spondent says that tho pope's dcslro to mnko an American cardinal at tho noxt consistory has been frustrated by tho divergence of views of Archbishops Cor rignu nml Ireland. Sr.x.uoii OAitLiftMs has written to n friend In Kentucky that ho favors nn unlimited, but not free, coinage of sil ver. Junni: I'r.Tr.u Tuiixky has been nom inated by tho Tennessee democrats for governor. Tho platform called for tho abolition of tho penitentiary lease nys tem. J. V. CocKitr.i.i., n brother of United States Senator Cockrell of Missouri, has been nominated by the Thirteenth district (III.) democrats for congress. Cait. Hkai.v, commanding tho rovo nuo steamer Hear, now in Alaskan wnt ers, has made u long report to tho treas ury department In regard to tho cruiso of that vessel In Alaskan watera. Tin: vote of want of confidence wont against Lord Salisbury In tho llritish house of commons by 350 to !515. Glad stone wns summoned to form n now cabinet, Juiiok Hunii McCunnr wns elected grand master of tho Knights Templnr nt Denver, Col. Tho noxt triennial con clave will bo at Itoston. It is staled that tho republican nn tlonal committee will Interest Itself In favor of Kolbe, tho people's party nom inee for governor of Alabama, whom Jones, democrat, claims to havo defeated. Iowa populist refused democratic fusion and put tho following ticket In the field: Secrulury of state, E. II, Oll letto of lies Moines, formerly n green back meinbor of congress nntlOcu. Wea ver's partner in tho newspaper business; auditor of state, A. J. lllakoly of New ton; treasurer, Justin Well of Eldorn; attorney general, Charles Mackenzie of Des Moines; rallro.nl commissioner, James H. llurnettof Indianolu, MlftCKIXANKMUS, Two torpedo boats attached to tho llritish bluu sipiadron while maneuver ing near Portsmouth en mo into collision. Ono of them was so badly damaged that she sank. Tiik Itrothorhood of Carpenters and Joiners In national convention ndopted a resolution demanding of congress tho repeal of tho clause of tho act recently passed closing tho world's fair on Sun day. Tiik Cramps, of Thlladelphln, secured tho contract to build the ocean grey hounds that are to beat tho records of tho City of Now York nnd tho City of Paris. Twki.vk Chiiinmeu wero landed near Port Wilson, Wash., tho other day, four of whom were arrested. Tiir. Knights Tomplur conclave opened nt Denver, Col., on I ho Oth, wlthu grand p.irade. Knurr persons, all negroes, wero drowned by tho swamping of n ferry nlonp between Sullivan's Island and thu mainland, near Charleston, S. C. They wero huckster on their way to tho island. . Su.vKit Is quoted nt 85 cents an ounce, thu lowest figure yet reached. Dkuiikii will shortly commence suit against tho watch truht Thk ItciicIi transport Chnrcnte, on paged in laying cables In tho Mediter ranean, Is aground near Hycres. Tint execution of thu ulght hour law as applied to the construction of public buildings has proved so embarrassing to tho officials of the treasury depart ment, that tho attorney general hns leen asked for n legal construction of tho provisions of thu act No 5 Santa Fk train was wrecked by spsrndlng rails near Denver, Col. No ono was killed but many wero severely injured. A llAi.TiMom: &O1110 engine run into n beef train near tho Ilellairo (O.) bridge wrecking both engines nnd two cars. John Lovcjoy, n brakcinun, was fatally Injured. A oi'No lady named Rust was drowned In tho Sioux nt Sioux City, la. In the same river near tho satuo place Pat Collins, n lxy, wns drowned. In tho Missouri at Sioux City Ed. Larkin, a small boy, was drowned. All drown ings occurred tho satuo dny whtlo tho parties wero bathing. Tiik works of the Lancaster, Pa,, Chemical Co. burned. Loss, $70,000; in surance, "JO.OOO. Jamkh Faiji.knkii, tho bank wrecker of Dnnsvllle, N. Y., ha been released on a pardon by tho presldont Juiiok Scott, of Cheyenne, Wyo., de cided to accept ball from the imprisoned stockmen for tho reason that Sheriff Kelly absolutely refused to pay tho ux penso longer of holding them. Wamiinoto.v Hkmhi.no hns offered ?4, 500,000 to tho world's fnir directors for the entire batch of 3,500,000 souvenir half dollars donated by congress, pro vided the exposition bo opened Sunday. Leo T. Alton has made nn offer of W,- 000.000 for tho lot without tho Sunday closing proviso. I Tun treasury department has decided that a foreigner who makes n contract in this country to work hero nnd then returns to his own country cannot como back to thu United States for tho pur pose of fulfilling his contract without violating tho provisions of tho contract labor law. At the Castle Yacht club regatta In the Solent, England, the American lont We Win won first prize In tho half rat ing match. Tub annual confederate reunion of tho survivors of Ross, Ectors nnd (Iran hury'B brigades was held at Weather ford, Tex. About 1,000 survivors unil visitors wero in attendance. A i.AMisi.mr. on thu Georgia Central railroad neur Whltcaburg, Ga., killed three negro laborers. Fivr. men were killed by tho fall of a heavy stono wall at tho Hartford City (Ind.) glass works. Tho causa was de fective masonry. Foun eases of yellow fever developed on the schooner Eva Douglass at Key West, Flu. Tiikiik was a flro nt the stnta deaf and dumb asylum, Council llluffs, lu. Loss, 110,000. Mihh Lizzik IlotinKN has been arrest ed at Fall River, Mass., for tho murder of her father and stepmother, a crlma which has startled eastern society, nil parties being prominent Junnr. Wai.i.aci:, in the United .States court at Utlca, X. Y., allowed tho har row tooth trust tho right to sue, not withstanding tho pica thut it was nn Illegal combination, Tiik llrolhcrhood of Locomotive En gineers will eugngu In no boycott against Carnegie materials. Tin: Pittsburgh Post publishes n story of anarchists again plotting aguinst tho llfoof H. C. Frlclc. Tin! differences between tho Amal gamated and tho iron manufacturers over wages has bcenesettled by mutual concessions, nnd all tho western mills will resume at once. ADDITIONAL. LUSFATCUKIk Dozk.vs of fatal cases of cholera havo occurred nt St Petersburg. Ho.w 11. It. Smai.lkv, of Vermont, has been madu chairman of tho demo cratic committee, having charge of tho speakcro in the national campaign. Gi:.. N. (1. Diw.v, a well known club man of New York and Washington, committed suieldo at Denver, Col. His mind was disordered by drink nnd lovo for n Mrs. Hames. Wahhi.no ro.v Is almost deserted by officials. Ci.f.aiiino house returns for tho week ended August VI showed nn nverago In crease of 7.7. In Now York the Increnso was 4.0. iN oiler of 7,500,000 has been mado for tho $12,500,000 world's fair souvenir coin. Gov. linoWN, of Kentucky, authorises tho denial of tho published statement thut ho requested lluehnunn to com mute tho sentence of 11. Clay Klug nnd denounces as u forgery any petition with such purpose with his name signed to it An Indian village was destroyed by flro on Queen Chavlotto island, It. C. It was started by Christianized Indians, who objected to tho heathen burying of tho dead on poles. Ediioii Mr.iui.i., of tho Tribune, Is after tho world's Chicago fulr di rectors with a sharp stick becauso of alleged oxtravngance. Tup. manager of tho Jefferson iron works nt Steubcnville, ()., bus refuse to sign tho scale. Tiikiik aro 1,500 places In tho gift of tho people, authorized to bo filled by Indians at the various agencies throughout tho country, at a total ex pense to tho government of $J57,010. Jlisuor kvan, oi Aiion, in., nas ob tained writs of ejectment against Father Kuhlman, of Mitchell, recently deposed. Considerable hard feeling has been stirred up in Catholic circles over the matter. TiiKiti: is a huge Hlump in thu postal business of Now Orleans, caused by tho coll.ipso of thu lottery company. Tin; ofilcial countof the Choctaw voto gives Jones, tho progrenslvo candidate lor principal chief, ft largo inn jority and gives the progressives lu out of -JO rep resentatives In tho national council. TWKI.FTH Indiana republicans nomi nated A. J. You, locomotive engineer, j for congress. In thu Chickasaw election Wolf, full blood, defeated Harris, half breed, by a small majority. Two children wero fatally burned by a fire at New Bedford, Mass, NEBRASKA STATE NEWS, firlirnnkn'fi Crop. Tlio Omaha lice lately printed crop reports from ono hundred points in tho stntc, covering fifty-flvo counties. In making their estimates the correspond ents used last yenr's enormous crop as a basis for comparison nnd tho state ment that tho Hcnson will yield two thirds to three-fourths of a corn crop means that the 'orn will crib from fifty to sixty bushels to tho acre. It Is safe to say that Nebraska's corn crop will bo quite up to the average. From only one county does' there como a discouraging report. Thayer county seems to have decidedly tho worst of tho bargain. There is an almost unanimous senti ment in favor of winter wheat as a profitable crop. It has been sown by the majority of tho farmers more ns nn experiment than us n certainty. The wonderful yields rcported.evun from the counties that havo suffcicil sovercly from dry wcnther.aro encouraging. The average yield of this cereai.as indicated by the counties reporting.wlll bo thirty bushels to tho nore and tho acreage U large. O.its have suffered considerably from tho weather. Thu wet, cold sea son delayed seeding for this grain and retarded Its growth, yet tho yluld will bo fulr. MUeclliiiirout. Tub Columbus creamery makes over n ton of a butter a day. Juiiok Clakkkon, of Omaha, was re cently drowned while bathing at Honey Creek, In. A DisTiuor fair association has been organized at Wilcox, Kearney county, and a kltc-shnped track will bo built at once. John Kr.st.ixo was killed by tho enrs near Lincoln tho other day. He was a German and had no relations In this country. A i'aiimkii named Damon, near Daw son, was gored to death by a bull which ho was about to feed. Mr. Damon wns 78 years old. An altercation between Drayman Mooro and Juke Dilllon, a farmer, nt Oxford the other evening termlnntcd in thu serious stubbing of tho former by Dilllon. Moore's condition wns critical and ho would likely die. Dillon eluded all efforts for his capture. Ho is only about 'M years of age. Tin: residence of Charles K. Emory, nt Omaha, was considerably damaged by fire tho other day. Ono of the chil dren in tho family wns playing with her dolls upstairs and called her mother to como and see the pretty bonfire sho had built for tho dolls. An nlnrm of flro nnd tho nrrlval of tho hpparatus was tho next entertainment provided for tho dollies. Mns. Anna Ciiastkk, perhaps the old est person In Nebraska, died at the homo of her son In Western, Snllno county, tho other day. According to a statement recently published by her grandson In a llohcmiun paper nt Wil bur, Mrs. Chastek was born In Ho hernia, July J0, 1781, and therefore Inched only two days of being til years old at the time of her death. Tin: other morning Delavnn R. Cole, ono of the oldest settlers of Hastings and one of her most respected citizens, wns found dead lu an old deserted one story house a couplo of hundred yards south of his home. Mr. Colo wns well off financially. On the day of his death ho received nnd handled considerable money, depositing u good sized amount in the bank and also sending a largo sum away. Ho was the owner of Colo park and about 10 o'clock at night went out to close tho gates of the park. A llttlo later his body was found by n lelghbor. Thu coroner was investigat ing the matter. Tiiiikk of tho best kuown counter feiters in America wero captured about daylight the other morning while ac tively engaged in making five-dollar gold pieces in n tent on 'thu Elkhorn road about fifty miles from Omaha. A posso of United States deputies under Harris, of Omaha, took tho gang in. They are Charles Duteher, C. 11. Uolden and Grant ll.iughman. When Harris made thu arrest ho found a complete outfit of molds, ladles, babbit metul, about 20 $5 pieces made of tho worth less metal used by tho counterfeiters, somo of which had been glided, nnd a half dozen counterfeit silver dollars. John 11. Monr.ititv nnd Mrs. Sarah Moberly, father and mother of tho two boys killed by u Missouri Pacific switch engine at Lincoln on tho 7th of Inst June, hnvo commenced suit ng.iinst that company for SJ.000 each. They nllego that tho boyB wero on tho engine with the knowledge and consent of tho en gineer and that for at least a month previous tho engineer had been in tho liabit of permitting bays to rldo on tho engine whenever they wished to; that the engineer In charge at tho tlmo was nn Inoxpcrlcnced man, totally unfit to manage a locomotive ut any time, nud that ho wns ruuuiug his engine ut a dangerous rate of speed. Thk other day Plattsmouth was visited bv n destructive, flro which de stroyed Waterman's opera house. Tho building was ono of the finest amuse ment houses In tho state and was valued nt $50,000. It was owned by John Wn turmun nnd for tho pnst ton yenrs, or during Its whole period of existence, was managed by J. P. Young, now of Lincoln. It wns opened in September, 18b'-1, by I'ny Templeton. Tho insurance on the building was only tS'J.OOO. Joo Kline also lost $111,030 on his stock of clothing, with an Insurance of $12,000, liesidus several other losses. Tho entire lor.s on tho building and contents was 170,000, with insurance of $28,000, It is stated that tho crops In Rod Wil low county tills year will bo second to none in tho state. The acreago of wheat, oats nnd ryo Is double that of last year, nnd about ouu-third more of barley. Tho grain Is nearly all safely cu and in tho stack and shock. Tho yield will exceed that of last year, as tho heads of tho grain aro larger nud the berry better. Dinu.vo a dunco near Ryno's post of fice, Custer county, Robert Frazlcr at tucked Chnrles Stout nnd injured him so severely thnt ho died. Stout lino cir culated n slanderous story almut Fraz lcr, and when thoy mot a fight ensued with tho result given. MEMPHIS EXCITED. Thn Comminution nf thn hrntnnro or H. Cliiy Kin ir, thn Munlerpr of l'otin, Kx rltr the I'mpte lloynnil Moinuro Tho IliiViTimr Itinitiilljr IlpiinuncpiL MKMfiils, Tcnn., Aug. 11. Tho most Intense excitement was caused hero when the announcement that Governor lluchannn had commuted the sentence of II. Clay King, who was to havo been hanged Friday for the murder of D. II. Poston. Tho feeling of the people was further Intensified by tho bitter com ments of the newspapers on the execu tive's notion nud a mnss meeting wus held, at which Gov. lluchannn was to hnvo been hung In efllgy. This was not done at this meeting, however, as many prominent citizens counseled moderate action. Later nn efllgy of tho state's executive wns burned by a fw enraged citizens. Tho feeling over tho governor's no tion Is very bitter Indeed nnd last even ing it was given out that tho jail would bo nttneked nnd tho notorious prisoner lynched. So great was tho anxiety that tho criminal court judge, J. J. Dubose, Issued nn order for tho immediate re moval of King to tho penitentiary nnd the sheriff took him to Nashville by the first train. SIR KNIGHTS. Thry Kujoy u Dujr uf l'lraiurc nt Ilrnrer A lriiml Hlcyolo 1'uruiln. Denvkii, Col. Aug. 11. Tho knights wero viewing Denver and its surburbs yesterday, that Is, those who wero not In attendance nt the grand encamp ment or who wero not engaged in look ing after the comforts of the guosts in various clubs and headcpiarter. The weather was delightful nnd tho visitors enjoyed tho day luimensoly. Several eominandcrles left the city early in tho morning nnd journeyed around tho loop and to other points of interosb. The smelters and other mining plants also received many visitors during tho city. Courtesies wero exchanged bctwoen different clubs in tho shape of visits and serenades. Hands marched to and fro nil day and there wns good cheer everywhere. Fewer waving plumes were seen for tho knights wero In fatigue uniform and they wandered about nt will, accompanied lu ncurly every case by ladles. The principal event of tho day, out side the meeting of the grand encamp ment, was tho exhibition drill in River Front Park. Last night's bicycle parade was n graud affair. There wero nearly 1,000 wheelmen in lino and they made a unique spectacle ns they rodo along with their many colored lanterns and other decorations. THE CORN CROP. A DlacouriiKlitK Itrport I rum tho Depart ment of Agriculture. Washington, Aug. 11. The crop re turns of the department of agriculture bIiow n slight improvement in the con dition of corn, raising tho monthly av erage from 81.1 in July to 82.5 In August In only four years, since tho initiation of crop reports, lias there been a lower August condition. In the year of worst failure, 1831, It was 70, declining to 00 In October. In 1800 It was 7IJ.5. In August, lbSO, It was 8(1.7, and In 1887 it wns 80.5, declining Into only In the latter years. A slight improvement is indicated In tho stales north of the Ohio river and a grantor advance In the states west of tho Mississippi river, except Kansas and Missouri. The condition Is high in nenrly all tho southern states, nearly the same ns lu July in tho breadth west of tho Mississippi; higher in the lower states of tho Atlantic coast and slightly lower In Alabama and Mississippi. A small decline is seen in the middle states, except New York, and also in tho eastern states, though in both of these divisions tho nverago is higher than In tho west The following averages of principal states aro given: New York, 80; Penn sylvania, 80; Virginia, 00; Georgia, 07; Texas, IH; Tennessee, 02; Ohio, 81; In diana, 71; Illinois, 7.1: Iowa, 70; Mis souri, 81); Kansas, 81; Nebraska, 80. NINETY LIVES LOST. CollUlun of Two strainer lorn. nt IleUlne- St. I'KTKitKiiuito, Aug. 11. The pleas-, ure steamer Ajax wns run down out sidoof llelsingfors Monday and ninety lives were lost Tho vessel loft llel singfors Sunday with 100 excursionists. Her return wns delayed and she arrived off llelsingfors after midnight When the narrowest part of the channel was reached tho steamer lluneburg was mot going out. The captain of tho Ajax attempted to cross the bow of the Kunoberg and the latter chunged her course, bringing about the collision. In a minute after sho was struck tho Ajax sank and tho Ilunoberg went ngrouml. Thn.su on board the Kunoberg threw overboard llfo buoys, boxes, chairs, tables in fact anything that would float and help to support tho pcoplo struggling in the water. At tho same time her boats wero lowered and pulled In tho dark, guided by tho cries of tho drowning, and succeeded In saving a number of tho passengers and crew of the Ajax. llrltUli Nnrtliwmt I num. Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 11. Tho ofilcial report of tho condition of tho crops In Manitoba and tho northwest says; Crops havo matured rapidly during tho past thrco weeks. In many places tho yield will bo small on account of the drought. About Indian Head and cast, also in Munltoba, thu yield will bo good on all well prepared lands. Wheat will Iks tit to cut in a week or two earlier than last year. Shot by u (llrl, llKi.vinr.iiK, N. J., Aug. 11. Putrlck. Quiun, a telegraph operator at Dela ware station, Is lying at hi home, in Oxford, suffering from two pistol shot wounds In tho head and ,ueck In dicted by Miss llnttlo Acres, at Creseo, Pa. Miss Acres regarded Qulnu us u lover, and it Is said that tho shooting is the outcome of his desertion of the young woman. Thu girl, utter the shooting, took poison. Miss Acres, after her urrest, would not make any statement except to say that Quiun hud wronged her and that sho wished both were dead. Tho Only One nver I'rlntoil Csn To a Vlndi tho W'onl? Thorofs a 3 Inch display advertisement In this paper, this weak, which hns no two words nlllto except cuio word. The sntno ls Iruo of each now ono uptic.iring ench week, from Ttio Dr. Harter Mcdlcliio Co. Till liouso places a "Oreseont" on ovcrytltlng they malto ntul publ sli. Look for It, send them tho uaitio of t'uo word ntul thoy wilt return you book, beautiful lithographs or maples free. . Brr.AiUNO of tho small plceo of fee. 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