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NEWS OF NEBRASKA
CONDENSATION OF IMPOR
TANT NEWS ITEMS.
abort unit rithy Paragraph Which Tell
of What Hit Happened or Will Hap
pen In Oar Commonwealth Th News
Ilrlefljr Hummarliod,
Thuriday, Augniit S.
John A. Clcmcntn, one of tho pioneers
of Caits county, whose homo 1h nt Eliu
wood, died yesterday of a complica
tion of disease.
Clay Center McthodlfitH nrc proud of
their newly-remodeled church, which
Is now cnpablc of seating twice an
ninny ns fonncrly.
Tho village board of Fairmont has
granted n saloon license to nn appli
cant, and tho citizens promise to servo
an injunction to shut the Haloon out.
State Treasurer Mescrvo has issued
a call of state warrants to take effect
August fi. The amount Is 812,000 and
tho number of the warrants runs from
50,172 to 50,401 inclusive
George E. Pnyunk, n barber living
nt 1010 Klin street, Lincoln, died last
night an the result of taking too much
morphine yesterday morning. lie hnd
been in an unconscious stato for more
than twelve hours, and Ills recovery
waB hurdly hoped for from tho time in
which hia condition first became
known.
The Ideal Creamery company of Ong
filed articles of incorporation yester
day with tho secretary of state. The
company has a capital stock of 825,030,
tho third largest capital of any cream
ery company In the. state. The incor
porators aro Wllllntn A. Carpenter,
Charles F. Hush and Hoy A. Hush. Tho
company commenced business April IS.
Clark Prcsson, aged 22, son of Rev.
J. II. Prcsson of Stromsburg, nceUlcnt
Jy shot and instantly killed himself.
Ho was repairing an old revolver when
it exploded, the ball entering his
brain. He was a good-natured, kind
hearted young mau, a member of the
Modern Woodmen and Nebraska Mu
tual. Ho had, until quite recently,
been assistant beekkcepcr of the
FarmersYand Merchants' bunk.
Sunday, AiiRUkt II.
Tho. building of Ar inour's new waro
house at South Omaha has been de
decided upon definitely. It Is said that
tho building will be a very largo one,
probably ten btorlcs high.
Frank Jones, a convict at tho peni
tentiary, and a trusty, made good his
scape Saturday morning by dressing
up In the good clothes of tho engineer.
A diligent search was made for him In
the city but up to Monday noon ho hud
not been located.
Miss Nettle Moomau of Oxford, who
recently returned from Moody's train
ing school at Northlleld, Mass., has
bccn-nitpoiutcii liii.-nNiiiury-in cntna'iiy"
the Presbyterian foreign' board and
will leave for Shanghai the lfith Inst.
She expects to be In tho foreign Held
eight years.
All portions of Nebraska except the
southern and southeastern sections of
tho stato received a good wetting dur
tho last twenty-four hours of Inst
week. Tho regtou of greatest precipi
tation appears to havo been a belt
stretching from cast to west through
tho central portion of tho state. Grand
Island received tho hardest downpour,
which was 3.12 inches.
It was stated at Ilavclock that Mrs.
Vincent Hotter, who was burned to
death in n gasoline stovo explosion,
was filling the tank of tho stovo when
tho accident oceurcd. Tho stovo was
lighted and the oil in tho can caught
fire. She set tho can down ami' ran
out of tho house screaming for help.
Her clothing was on fire. In crawling
through a fence to call help to save
her baby she Injured herself internal
ly, and U Is thought this may have
hastened her death. Sho is said to
have made this statement during a
brief period of consciousness.
J. A Rcnnlng of Wyfuoro hns a
unlquo apparatus arranged for the
purpose of taking
a birds-eye view
Picture of the town
wn. .Mr.
IcrgHluu
larMi
.Mr. Rcnnincr has
long been qonsldci
xpert in the
matter of inukin
Itcs and he
has some of tho lnri
the country
Recently ho attached a kodak to Ills
kites and connected with tho kodak is
a net of clock works which opens and
closes tho camera at a certain time.
Ills novel scheme has been tried with
success, everything working to per
fection. Monday, August 7.
Marshal Stump of Fulls City, "who
was shot In tho head by a tramp a
few weeks ago, Is now lying a Uiq,
point of death. Hearst, the man ar
rested nt Humboldt on suspicion of
doing tho shooting, lias been released
for want of evidence.
Probably tho largest crowd that has
ever been in Lincoln park was on tho
grounds Sunduy at the Epworth assem
bly. The street cars curried fully six
thousand people out to tho grounds
during tho day. This was in addition
to tho number already there in camp,
and R Jorge number who weut in car
riages. Tho weather was delightful,
Fully 7,000 people listened to tho pow
erful and stirring sermon by Bishop C.
C. McCabe.
Tho work of putting in a telephone
eyBtcm nt MeCook is nearly completed.
Tho trial of Gertie Russell of David
City, who was accused of infanticide,
has been concluded, tho jury return
ing a verdict of not guilty.
Tho quarantine against smallpox,
which has existed at Table Rock for
some time, has been raised, not a new
case, having developed for three weeks.
A head-end collision occurred on the
C, St. P., M. Si O. road near Tekatnnh,
between a passenger train and a worlc
train, and Fireman Olson of tho work
train was fatally injured.
Work tins commenced on tho new
high school building nt Illnlr.
Tuediy, Augtmt n.
The Congregational church at Dan
bury was dedicated Sunday.
Upon examination the supervisors of
Dodge county find tho bridge across
tho I'latto river nt Fremont In a dan
gorous and unsafe condition.
Peter Janscn of Jefferson county has
been appointed by President McKlnlcy
ns one of the twelve commissioners of
tho United States to tho Paris exposi
tion. Three miles of tho Iturlington main
lino between Stratton and Trenton
has been carefully and evenly oiled
with 2,000 gallons of crude petroleum.
Tho result will be carefully watched.
The claim for bounty on chicory was
paid yesterday by tho state. In the
absence of Auditor Cornell tho warrant
for 817,840 was drawn by tho deputy
auditor. This Is the amount appropri
ated by the legislature.
Warren Flick of Omaha has carried
a case to the supreme court to test the
right of the Omaha city council to give
one man nn exclusive contract for
hauling garbage In that citv. Mr.
Flick was fined 810 and costs for try
ing to haul gurbngc.
Governor PoyntcrluiB appointed Lola
Vincent of Omaha, wife of tho editor
of the Nonconformist, as a member of
the advisory board of tho Industrial
home for women at Mil ford. Sho will
fnko the plnce formerly held by Miss
Phoebe Elliott of Lincoln.
Tho contract for building
building nt the institute for
a school
the deaf
and dumb at Omaha has been let to
Hamilton Hros. of Omaha, who offered
to do the work for 818,088. Tho heat
tug and plumbing will be furnished by
llalfo A. Rend of Omaha for 82,007.
George Turner and wife of Urokcn
How were thrown from their buggy
while out driving. The horso stumbled
while going down a steep hill and Mr.
Turner found himself with his left leg
broken. Mrs. Turner, though con
siderably bruised, Is not badly hurt.
Wednciduy, Augnil 0.
Klljuh Poor, an old soldier, dropped
dead whllo mowing in u neighbor's
yard at Fulls City.
John Nlcholnt, sr., of. Sutton, lost
three lingers by his hand coming in
contact with a circular saw.
At Rlulr yesterday tho bondsmen of
ex-Oil Inspector Hilton settled his
shortage with tho state, paying over
87,8.10.
Collins Reading,- a four-year-old boy
living seven miles north of Itroken
How, was bitten by n rattlesnake. Ho
was at once taken to town and placed
under a doctor's care. Ho may recover.
The responsibility for the disastrous
collslon on the St. Paul road near Te
hamuli last Saturduy, Is placed upon
a boy whom the company employed to
attend to the switch at the gravel pit
where tho uecldcnt occurred.
Delma Thorp, colored, aged 18, very
pretty, residing at 220 North 12th St.,
Omaha, committed suicide by taking
n dos 3 of rough on rats. She was suf
fering from nn Incurable disease and
this fact Is supposed to be the cause of
her action.
At Fremont yesterday Edward Je
rome shot Saim Popo five times and
the man is so budly wounded it is be
lieved ho cannot recover. Tho men
ran a gambling joint, and the shoot
ing was the outcome of a dispute over
money matters.
Frank Humphrey, an employe of the
King Press Drill company of Nebraska
City, had his right foot badly injured
in a machine culled the rnttlcr, used
to rcmovo the rough edges from cast
ings. It was so badly torn that tho
front part of the foot will have to be
amputated.
Governor Poynter has refused to ac
cept the report of the senate committee
of which Scnntor Prout of Gage county
was chairman, on the ground that the
committee, not being a legal commit
tee, the document Is not a public one
and cannot, therefore, be filed in tho
governor's olilco as such.
Bult la Ilodle of Water.
According to tho latest survey, the
Great Salt Lake Is about 100 miles
long, with nn average width of from
twenty-five to thirty miles, though in
Bomo places Its width la from fifty to
sixty miles, and tho greatest depth Is
found to bo some sixty feet. Its waters
contain nearly 18 per cent solid mat
ter, mostly suit and soda, with small
proportions of sulphur, llthla and bor
aclc acid. It Is a well-known fact that
Atlantic ocean water holds but 3.S per
cent of solid material, of which salt
constitutes 2.C per cent. In the Asiatic
Dead sea the water contains 23 per
cent of Bolids, Including less salt and
soda and much more magnesia, cal
cium and potassium than Salt lake'.
HiuoUliiff L'oiiiiurUiiuuU.
European railroads huvo smoking
compartments for men und women's,
compartments. They have now to deal
with women passengers who InBlst on
smoking and will not go Into the men's
compartment. Delglum, where the
first cases have arisen, now puts up
the slgu, "Smoking forbidden," ou all
women's compartments.
Hank Curlotlty.
One of tho curiosities of the Dank
of England is to bo seen In the print
ing room. A man sits at a desk, and
every three seconds a machine delivers
to him two complcto 6 notes. If he
sits thero six hours ho receives over
70,000, and In 300 days over 20
000,000.
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1'rlnce's Warning.
Tho Prlnco of Wales Ijas warned his
brother Free Masons not to mako
themselves cheap by wearing their Ma
sonic regalia on ordinary occasions.
AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST
TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
timely Mention of the Doing of the Na
tional Centres, Departmental and Ex
ecutive Official Action, and Movement
f Army and Navy.
Thurmlay, Angoftt 3.
The Pennsylvania troops, who came
In on the Senator, were entertained at
dinner by tho Iflrst Nebraska.
The president yesterday received tho
officers of the Twenty-sixth volunteer
regiment that Is being recruited at
Plattsburg, N. Y.
The steamer Humbnldt,from Alaska,
brings news of the destruction of the
United States barracks, nt Dyca. In
addition to the buildings, about 85,000
worth of stores were consumed.
The secretary of war has directed
that tho remains of Colonel Hawkins,
of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment
of volunteers, who died enroute from
Manila, be sent to his homo from Sun
Francisco.
The hospital ship Relief arrived
from Manila yesterday with 243 sick
and wounded soldiers, among them
being Captain Zcllcngcr of Company
D nnd thirteen men of the First Ne
braska. They report tho best of treat
ment on tho way over. Captain Zcll
enger has been quite sick but Is now
mending. The other Nebraskans on
the Relief are not seriously ill. Thev
are suffering from wounds and other
ailments which rest nnd cool weather
will relieve.
Friday, Aufuit 4.
Comto Ferdinand Wnlsln. Estcrhazy
s living in London under the assumed
nnmc of Dergemont. Ho has been
served with a subpoena to appear as a
witness at Renncs.
A dispatch received from Apia,
Samoa, under date of July 17, confirms
the appointment of Luther W. Osborn,
United States eouncil general at Apia,
as noting chief justice, and asserts
that he was annolntcd on the suirtres-
tlon of Dr. Zolf of Germany, president
di tne municipal council.
It appears probable from develop
ments during the past two days In the
war department that Secretary Root
has In contemplation an army of forty
tuousnna available men lor ino I'liiup
nines. Mr. Root has been making dil
igent inquiries among the bureau
chiefs regarding supplies and equip
ment, and the trend of his questioning
has been In the direetionofun increase
in the nvailuble force for tho eastern
archipelago.
Ollieial letters received at Washing
ton from the representatives of the
United States In Germany bring many
details concerning the recent action in
that country looking to the exclusion
of beef slaughtered In Helgium for
the German markets and leave little
room for doubt that this is done for
the purpose of preventing, tho indirect
introduction of an American product.
One reason for tho step is said to be
the fear of introducing Texas fever
through the American beef cattle
slaughtered in Helgium. The exclu
sion orders went into effect July 30.
Hiituriliiy, Augunt (5.
The auditor of the interior depart
ment has rendered an opinion in which
beholds that about 812,100 has been
erroneously paid to members of the
Sioux Indian nation under the act of
1880.
A detachment of 100 marines, now
stationed at Washington murine bar
racks, has been ordered to leave at
once under the command of Lieuten
ant Frank Wynne for San Francisco,
where they will join the full battalion
to be rendezvoused there and take a
transport for Manila.
Authorities at Washington havo in
formed General Otis of what is ex
pected of him in his coming campaign
ngninst the Filippinos. He must crush
tho rebellion. Every resource for ac
complishing this result will be placed
at his disposal by the president. Gen
eral Otis has been notified that every
requisition of his, whether for arms or
men, will bo honored. A reasonable
length of time for the accomplishment
of his difficult task will bo allowed
him, but at the explrntion of that time
lie must accept the responsibility for
success or failure. If he fulls ho will
have to give way to a new commander.
Monduy, Auguat 7.
Alice E. Grant has been appointed
postmaster at Phlllipsburg, Custer
county, Nebraska, vice George Glllctt,
resigned.
Lloyd's agent nt Manila cables that
the iusurpents at San Fernando have
captured und burned the United States
steamer saturnus,
. A muss meeting in honor of General
Maximo Gomez nnd his wife was held
in Huvunn Saturday, somo 5,000 people
attending.
The United States transport Huford
arrived in quarantine at New York
yesterday from Clenfuegos and Hava
na, with a number of oltlccrs and dis
charged soldiers.
The treasury department has made
n requisition upon 'the bureau of en
graving and printing for tho printing
of 810,0000,000 goln certltlcnteH in de
nomination of 820.
Advices to tho surgeon general of
the marine hospital service states that
there have been no new cases of yellow
fever at Hampton, or points In Unit vi
cinity, nnd no dcuths from that disease,
There are 5,000 Cuban soldiers In
Suntlngo expecting to bo paid off to
day. Colonel Moalo, on thd United
Stntcs transport Ingalls, has arrived
with the money. No new cases of yel
low fever at Suntlago wero reported
yesterday.
Tho postofllccs at Plutnvlew, Run
croft, University Place and Table
Rock, Neb,, will bo raised from fourth
class to presidential offices October 1.
Tho salary" of tho postmaster at the
first named olilco will bo SI, 100 per an
num and at tho others 81,000 per an
num each.
An investigation reveals tho fnct
that tho official history of internation
al arbitration efforts began in tho
United States in 1837, wjjen congress
viIh petitioned by "Citizens from Mass
achusetts" for the establishment of an
International court of arbitration.
This was the very first effurt In,, that
duration
Turmliiy, AiiRUKt H.
The Second Oregon regiment was
mustered out of service yesterday.
Tho United States dispatch boatDol
phin has arrived at Portland, Me. Mrs.
Long nnd family accompanied by a
party of young Indies from Massachu
setts were on board. Mr. Long is ex
pected to join the party today.
Chairman Moses of tho committee
having charge the reception of Admiral
Dewey on his nrrlvnl at Washington,
which Includes the presentation of tho
sword voted him by congress, has re
ceived from the admiral a letter ap
proving the plans under consideration
for the affair.
A statement prepared nt the war de
partment shows that by October 22
there will be in tho Philippines, or on
tho way thore, 40,000 men. They will
nil reach Manila before the beginning
of the dry Benson. The troops to bo
sent from this country are ten regi
ments of volunteers, amounting to 13,
350 men, recruits for skeleton regi
ments organized in the Philippines,
1,000; recruits for regular's, 3,500; eight
troops cavalry, 005; marines, 400.
The yellow fever scare nt Hampton
mny delay the completion of some of
the war ships now being built at New
port News. The navy department was
today advised that many of the work
men had fled with tho appearance of
the fever, and the builders huvo noti
fied the department of tho dclny to
work of construction which would
necessarily result. Tho ships building
at Newport News arc the Illinois,
Kearsargc, Kentucky nnd Arkansas.
Wed ncad ay, August 0.
General MacArthur's force, consist
ing of 4,000, advanced flvo miles be
yond San Fernando yesterday, and
encountered and defeated a Filipino
force of 0,000 men. The enemy re
treated, leaving many dead and
wounded. The American loss in killed
and wounded is twenty.
The Second Oregon regiment broke
camp yesterday at tho Presidio, and
marched to the ferry with the band of
the Nebraska regiment nnd Utnh nrtll
lcry acting as escort. The regiment
leaves few ill behind. The Nebraska
and Pennsylvanln soldiers received
their pay for June yesterday.
In speaking of the Captain Carter
court-martial case, Attorney General
Griggs suld thnt in ull probabilities
he would not reach a formal con
clusion in tee matter until Mr. Wayne
MacVcagh, counbcl for Cuptuln Cnrter,
had been irlven an opportunity to be
heard. Mr. MaoVeugh Is now In Eu
rope. It Is the expectlon of the offi
cials that n conclusion will be reached
before the close of next month.
General field returns of the First
Nebraska us given by General Shnfter
are: Total commissioned, 40; promoted
from ranks, 18, resigned, 15; dis
charged, 2; killed and died of wounds,
3; remaining to be mustered out, 41;
total enlisted, 1,240; total enlisted
joined regiment, 1,240; discharged, 325;
killed and died of wounds, 32; died of
disease, 25; drowned, 1; deserted, 2;
transferred, 5; remainder to be mus
tered out, 855.
Acting Secretary of the Interior
Ryan has affirmed tho land office de
cision In the case of the stato of Ne
braska against Joseph Cannot, Charley
J. Nelson, Williniri LuedkenndChurles
A. Londburg, Involving hinds In the
nbondoned Fort Randall military res
ervation in Nebrasku. In each case
the settlers' homestead application is
rejected in favor of the state, us it had
applied for the land under the school
grant within one year of the date of
the act provldiug for tho disposal of
the lands. In these cases the settle
ments were made after the date of the
act und the stntc hnd a prior right of
selection for one yenr.
Fatigue from Mental Work.
Dr. Edward Thorndlke of tho West
ern Reserve university has mado some
Interesting experiments on mental fa
tigue. We are used to think of the
mind as a machine, and our Inability
to work as a sign of Its loss of energy.
Sleep Is supposed to restore tho energy,
as an accumulator Is recharged with
electricity. The Incorrectness of this
view might be questioned by the fact
that mental action Is the complex for
such simplicity, and that some minds
do not tire with large amounts of
work. Dr. Thorndlke's experiments
show that certain persons are as fit
for hard mental work after a day of It
as In the morning, and seem to have
no analogy with a charged accumu
lator. Curium Japaneie ('imtom.
The Japanese havo a custom of cele
brating the blossoming of the trees by
a general holiday. This aesthetic peo
ple also regard the grouping of flow
ers as such a fine art that they fre
quently require their young women to
taVe a two years' course simply In tho
a-rangement of (lowers. Doth the Chi
nese and Japaneso have a true Idea of
the value of each blossom, leaf and
stem In the final effect. Each twig,
each branch Is given Its place In the
study; no blossom or leaf must be
crowded; each, Instead, must stand
forth In its own beauty of form uni
color.
Aluminum Kline for Home.
Russia hns tried experiments with
aluminum shoes for cavalry horses. A
few horses In the Finland Dragoons
wero shod with one aluminum shoo
and three Iron shoes each, the former
being on the fore foot In some cases,
and on the hind foot In others. The
experiment lasted six weeks, and
showed that the aluminum shoes lasted
longer and preserved the foot better
than the Iron ones. Boston Traveler.
Wood Tar.
It Is curious to note that wood tar Is
prepared Just as It was In the fourth
century B. C. A bank Is chosen and
a hole dug, Into which the wood Is
placed, covered wjth turf. A flro is
lighted underneath and the tar slowly
drips Into tho barrels placed to re
ceive It
BUte l'eucll Trade.
Slate pencils aro made In Tennessee
from slate dust and other Ingredients
compressed by hydraulic means. One
concern made 25,000,000 in a year.
wide WORLD NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF VITAL IN
TEREST. A Brief Bnmmnry of Event In Which
People aro Deeply Interested Short
Sentence Conveying World of In
formation to Our Header.
Thundny, AuguitS.
Slaughter of tuberculosis cattle still
continues in Illinois.
Tho counsel for Captain Dreyfus is
busy arranging for his defense.
LcsltoM. Shaw was yesterday re
nominated for governor by tho Iown
republicans.
Tkcro wero no new cases nnd no
deaths at the soldiers' homo nt Hamp
ton yesterday.
Kentucky will have two dcmocrntlc
tickets, the revolt against Goebel be
ing very large and general.
Oscar E. Rice, white, nnd John Ken
nedy, colored, were electrocuted at
Auburn, N. Y.,-ycstenlay.
The police of Cleveland have arrested
John Schoenthal, a striking conductor,
on suspicion of being guilty of dyna
miting street cars.
Roland B. Molincux wns arralngcd
in New York and pleaded not guilty
to the indictment charging him with
having poisoned Mrs. Kate J. Adams.
Represcntntlves of the Amerlcnn To
bacco company have purchased the
plant and business of August Reck A;
Co. of Chicago, tho consideration be
ing 8300,000.
During a race between the Columbia
and Defender the new steel mast of
the Columbia broke nnd the race hud
to be abandoned At the time of the
accident the Columbia was pretty well
ahead.
Nathan Herzog, a discharged private
of company M, 2 2d infantry became
madly insane in the California hotel at
San Francisco, and in unude condition
ran amuck through the building. He
hurt two policemen and a womun be
fore he could bo cupturcd.
Friday, Auguit 4.
Thousands of men in the Klondike
arc idle.
The town of Currnbel, Flu., was
totally wrecked by a storm.
The cup challenger Shamrock has
left Falrlic for the United Stutcs.
The revolution In San Domingo under
partisans of Jimincz, is gaining
strength.
It is stated that United States au
thorities arc busy in Alaska locating
the boundary line.
Director of the Mint Robertson esti
mates the gold output of Australia us
810,000,000 in excess of that for 1808.
Representatives of thirteen of the
largest window screen nnd screen door
manufacturers nrc figuring on com
bining their Interests.
Albert Uhlers, aged twenty-flve.dled
at St. Paul, Minn., from lockjaw, rc-
muung irom a oiow given lilm by Ills
father during a quarrel a week ago.
Tho vcllow fftvnr wiir,. nt. tlw. .!.
die-Ys' home at Hampton is dying out.
xjiltu iias occn no spread oi tne con
tagion, and the surgeons are hopeful.
Saturday, August fl.
Preston, Minn., was damaged by
floods, the loss being placed nt 3500,
000. Only four houses remain in Carrabell
as the result of the coust storm. The
property loss is large.
J. W. Rrybrough, one of tho best
polo pluyiMjj in England, is dead, the
result of an accident sustained during
a polo tournament.
A riot between tho regular and vol
unteer forces stationed at Ft. Mc
Pherson, On., resulted in the wounding
of eight soldiers." As n result of the
riot eight men occupy cots at post hos-
puui uuu it, in leareu some may tile.
It is rumored that tho czar of Russia
is anxious to abdicate. He is tired of
the throne, nnd the absence of an heir
excites his superstitious feelings, nnd
this is connected with a Russian legend
that an heirless czar is to be succeeded
by a Czar Michael predestined to oc
cupy Constantinople.
William Hllkcr, a Ft. Wnyne, Ind.,
grocer is under nrrest churged with
crimlnully assaulting 10-year-old
Minnie Reamer. Hilker had taken the
girl in his wagon and drove cast of
iuwu. oume iarmers cauglit lilm In n
drunken condition, tho girl in an un
conscious condition. He attempted to
escape, throwing the girl out but hold-
uitf ouio one xooi. sue was drajjired
nearly two miles. She is in a dyinp
condition nnd ntmtiln -. ii ...i...
happened to her.
Sunday, August 0.
Tiiccs of various coals havo been ad
vanced. Admiral Dewey arrived nt Nnplcs
todny. Ho wns given a henrty erect
ing. B
Crowds aro nrrlvlng nt Rennes,
trance, In anticipation of the trial of
Captain Dreyfus.
An explosion occurred in n quarry
?,,, ney' ,1,elfelun. nnd six men were
killed and five Injured.
Seventeen people wero killed and
thirty-seven injured in a collision on
the Orleuns rallwuy ut Juvisy, France.
Adjutant General Hyers of Iown has
ssuedn circular of instructions for
the reorganization of the Iowa nation-
ill mint)
Secretary Coburn of the Kansas
state board of ugrlculture estlmutes
?rn.yl?ldof Kansas will bo 30V
000,000 bushels, which is three times
iiJ2 .Ci?: antLnear'V 100,000,000
-....w uuuio mu uunncr yioiu of 1880.
roniB Henderson, n negro, was
ynched at Hlakely, On,, for uttempt
2?? tUwuU,,th0 6,x'yr-old duugh
tcr of J. W. Uawman, a pluntcr for
whom ho worked.
W. W. Parker, a prominent physi
cian of Richmond, Va., died,1 aged
seventy-scven. During tho civil wnr
ho commanded the celebrated Parker
battery of the confederate service. Hu
was captain, surgeon nnd chaplain of
his battery, and was tho man of whom
lion. Stephen D. Leo suld; "Ho could
outcut, outpray and outfight any man
in the confederate uriny " He was a
moving spirit in his charity work in
the city.
At Pontine, Mich., tho oltlzem, en-
rnged at tho Btrect car company get
ting nn injunction restraining the city
from paving, tore up scverul blocks of
the corapuny's tracks.
Monday, Augunt 7.
The bubonic plaguo has made its re
appearance nt Calcutta.
Violence has ceased in connection
with tho Cleveland street car strike.
Tho compositors nnd stcrcotypcrs of
the New York Sun are on a strike, and ' ,
the paper finds hard work getting
printers.
At Grecntown, O., Mrs. Cathcrino
Wise killed her daughter Ruth Swarts,
aged 10. Tho girl had been betrayed,
and the fact crazed the mother.
At Bridgeport, Conn., a trolley car
left n trestle and fell into n pond forty
feet below. Nearly forty persons were
killed nnd quite a number were in
jured. The trestle is about 440 feot
long, nnd the car approached It nt a
fast speed down an Incline. Tho
trucks jumped tho track, ran along
about 75 feet on the ties und then
toppled over, the motor crushing inta
the trailer.
Tuesday, August 8.
It is stated that tho insurgents in
the Philippines demand 87,000,000 for
the release of tho Spanish prisoners
held by them.
Policeman Joseph O'Leary of Chica
go was shot and mortally wounded by
one of three lnen-whom he discovered
leaving u gunsmith's shop.
The American delegates to tho peace
conference have offered, on behalf of
the United States, to erect near the
English church a peace chapel, in The
Hague. Tho offer has been gratefully
accepted. .
A careful examination by divers in
tho vicinity of Mount Desert ferry
slip, liar Harbor, Me., indicate that
the twenty victims, hitherto reported,
are all who perished as n result of the
catastrophe.
Scnor Cervantes, one of the editors
of the Havana Rcconccntrndo, recently
suspended by order of Governor Lud
low, has left for New York. Ho in
tends to go to Washington to complain
ngninst the notion taken against, his.
paper.
M. de Giers, the Russian minister,
has addressed n note to the Chinese
tsung-11-ynmen warning thnt body thnt
the conclusion of nn alliance with
Japan would give great offense to
Russia, and that the consequences to
China would be most serious.
The trial of Captain Albert Dreyfus
was begun at Renncs yesterday. The
prisoner protested his innocence on
every question propounded. He benrs
marks of suffering, has aged since his
last appearance, but stands erect. The
town und c owd were orderly.
Twenty nine persons is the total
killed In the trolley-car accident nt
Oronoquc, just six miles north of
Bridgeport, Conn. George Hamilton,
tho motonnan, has been arrested
charged with munsluughtor.belng held
responsible for the catastrophe. It is
believed ho lost his head when he saw
the danger, and turned the current ov
justend of oft".
Wednesday, AuRUHt 0.
Governor Atkinson of Georgia is dead
after an illness of ten days.
Cubans think the time has come for
civil rule instead of military.
Joseph Britton of Newark, Ind., was
whipped by whltecaps for selling
liquor illegally.
In a quarrel near Sibley. Mo., David
Elliott was shot and k'illcd by his
brother, Thomas E. Elliott.
Chairman Jones of the democratic
committee is threatened with a return
of ill health and hns gone to Scotland.
John W. Anderson, formerly junior
clerk In Monson's bank, Winnipeg, hu;
been arrested, charged with stealing
802,000. Ben Thompson, a negro, was lynch
ed at Alexandria. Va.. for attcmntinir
to nssault Lillian Clnrke. the eight-ycar-old
daughter of Edward Clarke.
The Rome correspondent of tho Lon
don Dally Mull says the Italian gov
ernment has received positive confirm
ation of the report that China nnd
Jupan havo concluded an alliance.
A box of candy sent by somo un
known person to Mrs. Elizabeth New
comb, 1510 Carr street, St. Louis, may
develop Into another ease of atsempted
murder. The package contained au
anonymous letter udvislng her to give
up her husband.
At Salt Lake City First Sergeant
John Jacken was shot and killed at
Ft. Douglus by Prlvuto W. II. Cnrter,
the lutter was then shot nnd killed
while resisting arrest. Both aro
colored, belong to the Ninth U. S.
cavalry, nnd fought nt San Juan hill.
New Era In the South
The course of tho Old South was that
tho population hed no diversification
of pursuits, and the welfare of all wa
dependent upon the Industry of cotton-growing.
Tho new plan of work
ing up tho raw material on tho spot
provides employment at all seasons
and at higher wages, educates tho peo
plo to now ways of life, Increases tho
aggregate production of wealth and
promises to effect great social reform &
Louisville Courier-Journal.
, Co-operative Agriculture. yfl
During nine years of steady work '
Horace Phlnket's nonpolitical Irish
agricultural organization has wrought
a quiet revolution by teaching thq
farmers tho benefits of co-operation,
and as a result thero are now over 100,
auxiliary dairying societies, wlUi
10,000 members; flvo miscellaneous so-i
cletlcs, with about 2,000 members; two
federations and three banks.
Vrom the Kicker.
Washington Special, Chicago Jour
nal; Fourteen stenographers aro busy
every day at the whUo house- answer
ing tho immense mall that comes to
the president. Mr. McKlnlcy does nono
of tho dictating himself, savo In '.y
rare instances. Tlo hulk of this work
falls upon Acting Secretary Cortolyou,
who In case of an emergency has as
sistants upon whom ho Is at liberty t
call. Thero aro days when the mall
so heavy that the acting secretary and
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