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i (-- 'rvl;XVv.jr$egQiiirfi!, i '.. Red Cloud Chief. PUllLlSllHD WUKKLY. uf.d cloud. NLltUASuA It Is pleusant to know that the Unit ed 8tntoa government has mado "Woodman, sparo that true" practl cally an act of Congress for the pro tcctlon of the giant trees of California. Moro than one speech during tho present session of Congress liaa had In It tho special Ingredients of tho forco of eloquence which Emerson thus summarized: Clear perceptions; memoryj power of Btatemcnt; logic, Imagination, or tho skill to clotho vour thoiiKlit In natural Images; pt's tlon; which Is tho heat; anil then a Brand will, which, when legitimate and abiding, wo call character, tho helKht of tnauhoud. Steel rails weighing eighty pounds to the yard were first used upon railroads In this country In 1883. Since that tlmo steel has practically superseded Iron as a trnck-bulldhiK material, and tho weight of the rails has tended con Mantly to Increase. Now one of tho preat trunk lines Is experimenting with nickel steel, which Is even more expensive than steel, hut which will undoubtedly como into general uso If the claims made for It aro justified. The house committee on Interstato and foreign commerce and the senato committee on naval aTfalrs have reached different conclusions on tho subject of a Pacific cable. The houso committee has voted to report a bill for the construction of a cable by a private company from Han Kranclsco to Hawaii, the Philippines and Japan, under a pledge that the government shall pay the company not moro than 1300,000 a year for twenty years for carrying Its messages. The minority of the house committee Is In favor of government construction of tho cable, and the senate committee has voted to report a bill for government construc tion of n cable, but to extend to Ha waii only. Diplomatic Intercourse docs much to Inform one-half of the world how tho other half lives. Just now the gay noclety of our national capital is learn ing from the rules which hedgo about tho wife of the Turkish minister, who has recently come It) Washington, something about the position of wom an In Moslem lands. As a faithful Mohammedan, the minister's wife Is not allowed to see men, except as sho mny glance out at them on tho street from her closed carriage. She may re celvo from ladles calls, some of which she will perhaps return when assured that sho can do so without encounter ing any of the men of tho household. Her husband has even Inquired If sho might not be taken through some of tho great government buildings on Sunday, when they would bo deserted by their regular visitors. Tho March report of tho statistician of tho department of agriculture shows tho amount of wheat remaining in farmers' hands on March 1 to havo been about 15S.700.000 bushels, or 20 per cent of last year's crop, as compared with 198.000,000 bushels, or 29.3 per cent of tho crop of 1S98, on hand on March 1, 1899. Tho corn In farmers' hands is estimated at 77:1,700, 000 bushels, or 37.2 per cent of last year's crop, against bOO.r.UO.OOO busliels, or 41.C per cent of the crop of 1898, on hand on March 1, 1899. Tho propor tion of tho total ct op of last year Bhlpped out of tho country where grown Is estimated at 1C.S per cent, or about 318,000,000 bushels. Tho pro portion of tho total crop of last year that was of merchantable standard Is estimated at 80.9 tier cent. Of oata there aro reported to bo about 290, 900,000 bushels, or 30.5 per cent of last year's crop, still In farmers' hands, ns compared with 2S3.000.000 bushels, or 38.7 per cent of the crop of 1898, on hand March 1, 1899. A young freshman, while waiting ono day last autumn for a room to bo assigned to her In a college dormi tory, picked up an old newspaper and read In It an editorial upon eseapo from burning buildings. Tho sugges tion vas there made Unit by onco "thinking out a plan of action for an emergency, tho action Itself woufd he como somowhat mechanical. The girl laughingly said to herself that an opera cloak would bo a good thing to havo near In case of lire by night. When sho unpacked her trunk her warm evening cloak was given a hook near the closet door. Sho decided also that her night slippers might tea eonably bo kept under the bed. A few weeks ago, on a bitterly cold night, that very dormitory burned to tho ground. Tho young girl aroused from sound sleep by tho alarm, ha.l only tlmo to seize her cloak and slip pers and llee for her life. Not an other of her belongings was saved, Having to run some distance for shel ter, tho wraps saved tho girl from an exposure which on such a night might havo been fatal. Recent antl-forelgu demonstrations in China havo prompted Secretary Long to order a gunboat sent to Chin ese waterB for tho protection of Ameri can missionaries. A Chinese secret so ciety, bearing tho curious namo of "Tho Boxers," has been active In fo menting these demonstrations, and tho nntl-reform nttltudo of tho empress dowager ndds to tho dangers of tho situation. Tho provlnco In which tho disturbances have occurred Is partly undor Gorman jurisdiction, and tho Gorman authorities will co-operato In protecting tho missionaries. KAHSAHORNADO Several People Reported Killed Near Clearwater. RUIN LEFT IN THE STORM'S PATH l'arin IlniiHOK nml llnrn Illnnn Down In Hlrlp of Country VIltoil Tele- graph nml Telephonn CoiiiiuuiiI- ration Cut of Olhor New. A Wichita, Kas., April 1.1 dispatch says: A htorm approaching a tornado In proportion is reported from near Winllelil, between l.t o anil Newton, and in the vicinity west of Clearwater. Two deaths are reported and four people are said to have been Injured by overturned bouses. Wires aro down and names nml par ticulate are unobtainable at 10 o'clock tonight. At Putnam It is mid several houses were blown down and four people seriously injured. Word was In ought by passengers on the south bound Santa l"e passenger train that two persons were hilled. The telephone and telegraph wires were rendered useless by the wind and all attempts to reach Putnam, Newton or adjoining points are to no avail. West of the Santa Fe railway, it Is reported that a strip of country live miles long was swept by a storm at 1 o'clock this evening1 anil several farm houses, barns anil other buildings blown down. No casualties are re ported from there. LONG RACE AND A WEDDING Itmiiauce. Mcriiu In Atitrla I'lnil u rinitli' In CIiIuikii. Sera fy Stefanowle and Annie Prul gouskl raced over three thousand miles fioin Telcbus, Austria, to Chicago for the double purposeof avoiding Michael Satcnskl. justice of the peace In the town of Tclehus, and to be married. The justice was also in love with the young lady anil bad sworn to make Iter his bride, lie followed them to Amer ica ami is now said to be Chi eago searching' for the couple, ignorant of their wedding, and for the purpose of outdoing Stefanowie by inducing tho young woman to marry him and re tain to the native town in Austria. However, after considerable scheming the justice has been outwitted ami Ste fanowle is now the husband of the young woman. The young people were to be married In Telehus, when the justice, who also desired the girl, proposed to have her himself, and to escape himethe two lied to America, with Satenskl in hot pursuit. CHINESE COME IN SWARMS ThmiminilH Alleceil to llun I'imeil Cu- toni Hiiiiho Harrier. The San Francisco Call says that thousands of Chinese are passing the barriers of the custom house and not only are being landed, but are being made native born eltietis of California, each with a vote and qualifications to participate in the political all'alrs of San Francisco and the state. It is asserted that during tltu last three or four months over 1,000 Chinese have been landed and of these at least 100 a month havo been admitted on the ground that they were burn in the Mate, which fact being admitted, en titles them to the rights of citizenship. Charges are made that this inllttx of orientals is only made possible by fradulcnt evasions of the restriction act. CONTRACT SURGEONS Secretary of Wur (Site Approval to tlui KtrrnlxTK Hill. The secretary of war has forwarded to congress with his approval the draft of a bill prepared by Surgeon (ieuoral Sternberg- providing for the appointment of contract surgeons who have tendered one year's faithful and satisfactory service in the army of the I'nltcd States as assistant surgeons of volunteers with the rank of llrst lieu tenant. The bill provides for such appointments after the usual exami nation as to physical and professional eiuallfications and the officers so com missioned are to be subject to honor able discharge whenever their ser vices are no longer required. At Point of Dentil. Uufus Wright, a millionaire, and treasurer of the firm of Morgan it Wright, bicycle tire manufacturers, is lying at the point of death in a room of the Lelund hotel, shot through the neck by bullet from the revolver of Mrs. Louisa Lottrldgo of Paw Paw, Mich. The shooting occurred in tho apartments occupied by tho woman and she and the victim declare It was accidental. Ilipcmltlou Opened. The Parts exposition of 1000 was opened Saturday, but it will bo at least a month before anything but buildings is to be seen. The day's ceremonies were a peculiar mixture of sumptuous splendor In the Salles des Fetes and widespread confusion elsewhere. Itlch Mini lillln lllnncir. Julius twister, a bricklayer, who re cently Inherited S:ioo.oi)) from his brother's estate in (let many, was found dead, swinging from a rope in an empty water tank on the roof of his bouse at New York. Sickness and tho sudden change from poverty to wealth left his mind permanently affected. Cancel Dutc. Mr. lticliard Mansfield has been obliged, In consequence of an attack of laryngitis, to Cancel 'all engage ments and has gone back to New York to receive medicul treatment. YOUNG MAN KILLED Arrhlenlnl llrlnrR of A Shot Oun He millH Fitfully. Warren Hancock of Nelson, Neb., n loy seventeen years old, together with two other boys, went to Deweese, six miles south o'f Falrllold, to spend the day bunting and fishing. Hancock at tempted to pull a shot gun from the. boat by the muz.z.le when the hammer caught upon the boat's edge. The gun was discharged sending the charge of duck shot Into the boy's chest just be neath the left arm, perforating the lungs and heart, causing Instant death. Dr. Hay, the coroner, was telegraphed for but finding the death to be plainly accidental no Inquest was held. CRONJE AT ST. HELENA Tlio liner (Icucriil l.niitl mill In .Met liy tint (loternnr. Cionoral Cronje, his wife and three of his stall' of the former Itoer commando who with other lloer prisoners arrived at St. Helena Ap I 10, were landed Saturday. They were met by the gov ernor and cotninundnnt-ln-ehief of St. Helena, Uobcrt Stelndale, and Mrs. Stelndale at the castle, where the party remained for an hour, after wards proceeding to the Kent building". General Cronje looks well and strong. Itoliliiftnli tint Threu Year. The .lames Itohliisoii murder ease at Hyannis, Neb., ended Saturday. The evidence being- submitted and the argu ments made the court rend tho Instruc tions to the jury. The jury went out at 8 o'clock In the morning and re turned to the court room tit 7:30 in the evening, being out eleven hours. Their verdict was manslaughter and asked the leniency of the court. Itobinson was sentenced to three yenrs in the penitentiary. It will be remembered that Itobinson shot his wife and him self at Whitman last February, the wife dying1 two days Inter. The evi dence tended to show that Uoblnson's wife was unfaithful to him. will Put l'i I'IkM. W. A. Clark of Montana and former (iovcruor llauser of Montana held a conference at New York relative to Mr. Clark's t'nited States senate nspi. rations. Mr. Clark referred all ques tions to Mr. llauser, who in turn said that Mr. Clark "would fight to the last ditch" to retain Ills seat in the senate. "If ills seat is declared vacant finally," said Mr. llauser, "Senator Clark will become a candidate for re -election by the next state legislature to be elected in November." ChargeM With Attempting Ilupo. Fred Cbappel, of llroken Mow, a boy of sixteen years, was tried before Judge Armor, charged with attempted rape on MissSte Ua Ilabcock, the seven- year-old daughter of Joseph Ilabcock, of that place. Cbappel was bound over to the district court ifud Mrs. Ilabcock, the complaining' witness, was placed under bond to appear against him. Charged With Stealing Horn. SberilV Funk of lluffalo county, Neb., arrested three brothers named Hill, Ord and Howard Sehnacker, who are wanted in Custer county on a charge of stealing1 hogs there and running them elsewhere to sell. They had, It is charged, just sold three stolen hogs in one of the near towns. They will be taken to Custer county for trial. No Hunter lliinni'tH Worn. At Cleveland, ()., the women mem bers of the Fast Madison avenue Pres byterian church sot an example in self-denial Sunday. Some time since they entered into an ngroement to abstain from new Faster gowns and millinery and to devote the money to the purpose of raising the church debt. Secretary l'orlcr KcRlgn. Owing- to continued ill health Hon. John Addison Porter, secretary to the president, lias tendered his resigna tion, and the president lias accepted it to take effect April I. George II. Cortelyou of New York the present assistant secretary to the president, lias been appointed to the ofllce. Maile I.nlior Cnuiiiilloner. Governor Nash of Ohio lias appointed M. I). Uatchford of Masslllon -state commissioner of labor statistics. Mr. Uatchford is tho former president of the united mine workers. .Milken n lllg Catch. Tho sealing' steamers Terra Nova, with 37,000 seals, and Walrus with l'.'.OOO seals, returned from the icefields to St. John, N. F. llotli ships arc heavily laden. Tnylor nt, Washington. Governor Taylor of Kentucky Is in Washington to remain to look after his Interests in the contest before the supreme court for tho olllce of gover nor of Kentucky. THE NEWS IN BRIEF Five thousand elgarmakers have been laid off at New York. Mrs. F.llabeth Whitfield llcllamy, tho authoress, Is dead at Mobile, Ala. Tho Chinese government lias sent 7,000 troops to Shan Tung to suppress the "Hoxers." However, it is notorious that the majority of tho troop aro of the same society. Williamsburg llrooklyn, was visited by a SIOO.000 lire. One man was killed and a boy fatally Injured. At Lexington, Ky., during n dispute Dr. James K. Parker shot and killed V. A. Autoualla, an Italian tailor. George 11. Sparks, an engineer, was roasted to death on a gas stove at Columbus, O, He had becomo uncon scious from fumes of burning gas. Murderous tramps assaulted two ststers, Kate and Johanna Sullivan, at West Toledo, O. Ono is dead and the other a raving maniac as a result of injuries. (.EN. "BOB'S" PLAN Has a Beautiful Net Spread for Unwary Burghers, HOPES TRAP WILL PROVE EFFECTUAL liner Decide on a New IM.'in of Cam paign mill AliKiiilmi Sloge of Wepen ir I'lneli of Hunger llcglniilng to lie Felt nt .Mnfuklng. A London April 17 dispatch says: Lord Uoberts has spread his net far and wide to eateli the adventurous commandos that have been making mischief In the southeastern part of the state. The net has not vet been drawn in, but at the headquarters of Lord Itoberls the impression exists that the power of the lloers is necroas In";. A Daily News correspondent has the lloers lleeing to the southeast: a Standard correspondent reports them fleeing northward: a Dally Telegraph correspondent says that some are going north and others south; while a Morn ing Post report says it is nut known what the llol-rs are doing. Fvldently the feeling at lllocmfon tflit Is that the dispositions of Lord Huberts are such as to enable him to concentrate a large force rapidly at any point. The doers, being aware of this, are presumed to be thinking now ehlelly of retieat. The investment of Wepener. according- to a special dispatch from llloem fontein, lias absolutely been aban doned. .According to a llethany dis patch the lloers are unable to retreat northward because the llritish strong ly hold all roads. Diverse reports come from Natal, one asserting that the lloers have re tired beyond the Itlggarsberg range and another saying that some of them are close to Lndysiuith. A dispatch from Lady Sarah Wilson, who is in Mafeking, says the pinch of hunger is beginning to be felt there. DEATH OF RUFUS WRIGHT Opinion or Pollen Thitt lnint Will Detehip u Sensation. Kufus Wright, the tnillionaiie man ufacturer of rubber tires, who was shot during a scuttle for possession of a revolver in the apartments of Mrs. Louisa Lottrldge. at the Leland hotel In Chicago, tiled from the effects of the wound. The body of the millionaire is now at undertaking rooms, where an inquest will be held. It is the opinion of the police that the coroner's Investigation will mark the close of the sensational case. A statement bv the deceased to Chief of Detectives Collet-an that the shooting was acci dental will, it is thought, clear Mrs. Lottrldge of all responsibility. Wright tiled with words of exculpation on his lips for the woman whose icvolvcr was responsible for his death, lie persisted in saying that the woman was not to blame for his condition and that he had the revolver in bis hand when it was discharged. Mr. Wright's son-in-law and partner. Fred Morgan, was at his side at death. Mr. Morgan held that his father-in-law was on an errand to help a friend who had become entangled with the woman, when be received his death wound. KILLED BY A SALOONKEEPER Colli lllooilcil Mnrilcr of u Chlcugr. I.ocul rolltlclnn. Patrick Carey, a Chicago politician, brother of Alderman Thomas Carey of the Twenty-ninth ward, was fatallv shot by William Maxwell, a saloon keeper, and the police claim the shoot ing wns done in cold blood, when Carey was offering to shake hands with the man who shot him. Maxwell provoked a quarrel with Carey and or dered him out of the place. Carey treated the mutter as a joke, and when he refused to go Maxwell began to threaten him. Henry Maxwell, a thirteen-year-old son of the saloon pro prietor, endeavored to restrain his father and in the sehutllo which fol lowed, was shot in the groin b3 his father. Carey, according to witnesses, was trying to calm the excited saloon keeper when the latter shot him down. Carey died In five minutes. Maxwell was arrested. liner Attempt Kuril pe. Colonel Sehlel anil two other lloer prisoners, who lauded at St. Helena, were sent to tho citadel In consequence of an attempt to escape. It appears that Colonel Sehlel bribed an attend ant to take, a letter to the dutch cruiser, but the boatman by mistake took it to tho llritish cruiser Nlolie. A large knife was found in possession of one of the three. Thieve nt Orlrun. A gang of tramp thieves recently struck Orleans, Neb., ami two of them were caught in the act of stealing clothing from the store of P. W. Shea. They were at once apprehended with tho goods in their possession and were brought before Justice I. M. Coultry and bound over to the district court on the charge of gran 1 larceny. Mint Hunk. The state banking board approved articles of Incorporation of a new bank at tho town of Lorton, Otoe county, Saturday, and Monday a rival bank named tho Hank of Lorton, pre sented articles which tho board ap proved. Tho capital stock is 85,000 and the Incorporators ate .1.1 1. Damme, Herman Arends, Theo. Freiriehs and John Kvcrs. Tho town of Lorton Is small but there aro two elevators which furnish considerable banking business. There was no bank there until two organized at the same time. A MYSTERIOUS DEATH Atigut 1'rn nk of Kearney t'citiml II mil In Oiniihu llolcl. August Frank of Kearney. Neb., was found dead in his bed in the Paxton hotel at Omaha last Monday morning. Circumstances indicate that lie may have committed suicide. Frank was about forty-two years old and a land dealer. Despondency over the tknth of a beloved child or financial reverses, or both, resulted in excessive drinking, followed, an it seems by the use of a deadly drug. The body is now at Coioner Swnuson's undertaking rooms, where an inquest will be held. In a valise was found, among other papers, a telegram dated Kearney. April 3. It read: "Augustus Frank, Corning, la.: Our loved one is gone. P.wi.lNK." Written with a lead pencil on letter paper were seven duplicates of the message, sent to different persons, ad- pressed to Montreal. Canada, and towns in the east. There was a copy of a telegram addressed to Mrs. Augustus Frank, Warsaw. N. Y., which read: "Will be In Warsaw with tho body Wednesday." The signature was "Giih" The hotel elerk says he heard Frank, who had stopped at the hostelry a number of times in the past few years, say something about a business set back. Frank's father. George W. Frank, is one of the most prominent men of Kearney. He started the cotton mill there and also helped to establish the electric light plant and water works system of the town. ALMOST SURE TO COME Dr. AmlreuM Ills True tleully Accepted nil to Chum olhirNlilp. Friends of Dr. Itenjaniln Andrews, superintendent of public schools in Chicago state that it is probable his resignation will be presented to the board of education at its meeting Weilne-day evening, and that it will take effect May 1. Dr. Andrews will then, it is said, take a brief trip to Ktii'ope, and on Ills return will assume his duties as chancellor of the univer sity of Nebraska. Prof. F. M. Fling of the university of Nebraska present ed tho otllolnl invitation to the presi dency of that institution to Dr. An ilrews. At Lincoln, .Inly I I. The state committees of the popu list, democratic and free silver repub lican parties met at the state capltol at Lincoln to agree upon a date for the state convention at which the state ticket is to be placed in the field. The populists had agreed upon July II and stuck to the date. The democrats llnally agreed after a long debate. When the three committees met tho lirst business was the selection of a place of meeting. The democrats were influenced by the Omaha people to a slight degree and when the vote was taken 15 votes for Lincoln were found. Ill for Omaha and 1 for Hastings. The other committees found little dillleultv in agreeing unanimously on Lincoln. Trlul of Colonel CoImoii. On Tuosilnv the trial of ox-Congressman David G. Colsou, the surviving principal In the Colson-Scott duel of January Hi. in which Lieut. Kthel bert Scott. Charles Julian and Luther W. Demaree were killed and several others injured, will be commenced at Frankfort. Ky. The trial of Colson will bring many fiom the mountain districts. IlelieW Mukc mi AmhuiiU. The Insurgents, supposedly under Mascado's command, aro again active about the Marivale-. mountains across showed upon their face tlicy were ab tlie bay from Manila. A force estimat- solutely false, and it is possible that cd at .100 attacked llalauga, where several arrests mav he miuli. fne ..,.. three omi panics of the Thirty-second infantry are stationed, on Monday night, but were easily repulsed. They attacked Captain Goldman with thirty men of tho Thirty-second regiment near Orion, killing two Americans Goldman then retired. OiKtoin Iteeelpt nt llaiuiiu. The division of customs and insulin affairs of the war department has given out for publication the state ment that the receipts at the Havana customs house for the lirst three months of UU)() were SlU'.'li.ll-l against S'.'.aiH.HHS for the same period of lh'.i'.i, an increase for the three months of IHOO of 8777,.VJ.'i. The February re ceipts alone were 8'.M)7,ti:i-', while those for March were Sl.tiOtl.'.'tW. Capture mi llmliczler. After eluding detection for over a year Alonzo Fisher, formerly a trusted employe of the Armour Packing com pany at Kansas City, lias been arrest ed at San Francisco on information from that city, charging him with em bezzlement. An ofiicer will be sent from the east to take him back for trial. His accounts aio said to have been about 81,000 short. Taken to Keil CI I .lull. Sheriff Dow of Alma took some men to lied Cloud for safekeeping in the jail, who, it is charged, during the rush of business on Saturday, had carried out from the stores of Orleans about 810 worth of goods. War I'.Micnuho. Winston Churchill telegraphs to tho London Morning Post from lllocmfon teiu, reiterating his opinion that the war is bound to prove an extremely expensive business, lie says: "Two hundred nml fifty thousand men will bo needed before the end Is attained. The question of remounts will con vince one. of vital Importance. Great numbers aro now arriving but owing to tho fact that they have, to bo put to work before tlmo is given them to re cover from the effects of tho voyage their condition is low and the death rate among them high. "A FLANDKTMlTir President Krugcr Says Such is God's Word, BRITISH HARD PRESSED AT WEPENER rrctorln AiHIcc From Nntol Arc Thnt tho lirltlnh are Itctrciitlng nml That Jilernl Troop nro TuklnB Their Old I'onltlon. A Chicago News copyrighted special dispatch to the World-Herald from Pretoria, dated April 11, via Lourenzo Marque?. April 12, says: Your corres pondent sends this from his tent, near Pretoria. Hveryono is ready for tho first emergency. It i. reported hero that another great battle is proceeding at Wepener. Fighting began at day break yesterday. Hourly reports are sent to headquarters here and they seem to be encouraging President Krugcr, when interviewed by your correspondent today, said that the war situation Is today exactly what It was six months ago. The president says that God's word, as emphasized by the prophets, will be abundantly vin dicated by the course of the campaign, which lie believes will end in victory for the lloers. "The word of God," he says, "will again prove to be a con vincing, flaming truth in the face of all mankind." Associated Press advices from Wep ener, where a llritish force is sur rounded, say the battle continues favorable to the federals. About l.fiOO Dritisli troops are wild to be tlnirc. At Pretoria a heavy cannonade was heard in the direction of ltultfonteln, situated midway between Winburgand lloshof In the Oiange Free State and north of lirandfort. Advices from the Hoer headquarters in Natal say that after a heavy bom bardment the itritish arc retiring in the direction of Ladysmith and the federals aro going to their old posi tions. FALLING WALLS CRUSH 30 Toiir-Ntory ltrlek CollnpeH In 1'ltts tiuri;. I'u, A four-story brick building on tin" corner of Wood street and Second ave nue, Pittsburg, Pa., occupied by Arm strong, McKelvy it Co., wholesale paint dealers, collapsed shortly before 10 o'clock Thursday. A score or more people were in the building at tho time and many, It is feared, arc burled In the ruins. A hundred men are tearing away at the debris striving to release the buried men and to get out the dead bodies. It is believed that no one person In the building escaped, unless one or two on the top floor may have escaped belirg crushed to death. The building fell without warning and collapsed, the fall being out toward Third avenue blocking up the street. COIL GIVEN TEN YEARS. ArrcnU for I'erjury May Kuiiilt In Son nut lonul S'eiiiel. AtChndron, Neb., the mot'oi for a new trial in the case of the state against George Coil, who was found guilty of murder in the second degree ut tho February term of court for kill ing Tom Uyan last fall, was passed upon; After hearing both sides Judge W. II. Westover overruled the motion for a new trial, and sentenced Coil to ten years in the penitentiary and instruct ed the county attorney to investigate fccveral atlidavlts which, the. emn-t suiit. jury. WOMAN SHOOTS NEIGHBOR A Quarrel Neur Superior. NvhraNku, May ltrult SerloiiHly, Frank Mcllride, a farmer living nouth of Superior, was shot in the face with a 38-ealibre revolver by Mrs. Stephenson. The ball struck tho cheek bono and was deflected Into the mouth, making an ugly aud danger ous wound, but not necessarily fatnl. The parties connected with the affair arc neighbors, nnd have at different times disagreed, the shooting follow ing an altercation caused by a few chickens getting out of tl.elr jurisdic tion. A warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Stephenson is out. Anit. Her. Allen Kelerteil. Charles II. Allen, at present assistant secretary of the navy, will bo the llrst civil governor of Puerto Uico under the provisions of the bill passed by the houso of representatives. Minister Kill llliiixi'lr. News has reached Santa Uarbara. Calif., that Uev. Dr. Joseph Hemphill committed suicide near Mallard, in tho northern part of the county, by blow ing mo top or his Head off with a shot gun. Hemy Snow In Kanna. Ucports have been received of a heavy fall of snow throughout central and western Kansas, Lamed reports ton inches of snow, Grent llcnd four Inches and Ihnporla a heavy fall. Violently III I'miii l'oUonliic The members of tho family of tho Uev. 0. C. Clssoll, of Ft. Wayim, Intl., recently became suddenly 111 with symptoms of poisoning. City Chemist Drayer discovered tho contents of a box of rough on rats in tho ground coffee used by the family. Chicago Murder ami Nulrhlo. Uelnhart Tonn, a Chicago book binder, shot his sixteen-year-old slstor-ln-law, Ida Kollur, aud then turned tho weapon upon himself, llothrero' taken to the St. Kllzubeth liosnltal I where, the i.li-l 1l...t (,.,,.. ;,,, ....i.-i B . 0., , ,,Wi, 4,i iii-i t.uuuua, ?r -'jzpiiry 'm . i3-iJJ