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(RASHJOGETIIER
FatalWrcck Occurs at Alliance,
Nebraska.
(MINER HUNTING IS KILLED OUTRIGHT
Section of freight Train Collide
Fireman Seriously Injured nnd One
llrakeninu lladly Hurt Hinct
Cauie of Wreck Not ICtwmn.
An AlHanco, Nub., Juno 1 Rpccial
ays: A disastrous wreck caused liy u
renr end collision occurred at :2:30 yes
ttsrduy morning on tliu Itttrlliifrlon
tlirec miles west of this city, in which
Engineer 1 1 mi tltir, in charge of engine
210, was hilled outright and two other
trnliitnen injured,
Thu llrst section ofeustbound freight
No. no, due ut Alliance at o:3."i p. in.,
was coming down a slight grade three
mllesout nt the ruto of twenty miles
n hour when the second suction of
the Hiimu train crashed into the rear of
the head section at the rate of forty
Uvu miles an hour, piling way car, en
gine, tender and a dozen cars of lum
ber and burying trucks deep In the
ground nt the side of the traelc.
Engineer Hunting, who enme here
but a few days ago from Lincoln, was
found under the wreck, caught by the
right side of the cab, lying with his
face upon the rail, having never moved
from his place in the engine. He was
apeodlly removed by the traimen and
olliclnls and the remains icmovcd to
this city and taken in chargu by the
undertaker. Fireman Johnson and
Head Ilrakeinau Mills, on thu second
section, miraculously escaped death,
and crawled from beneath the ruins;
although Johnson was very seriously
injured. The wounded were cared for
without delay and It Is thought at this
time that all will recover.
Thu only assignable cause for the
disaster, as fur as known, Is that En
gineer Hunting while at his post had
either fallen asleep or that something
lind happened to him fiom which he
wns unconscious of the danger ahead
or powerless to control hi engine. Un
der the supervision of .Superintendent
I'halau and Koadmaster Melntyre,
from this place, who were early ou'thu
scene, n tr.iek was soon swung around
the wreck ami by 10 o'clock a. m. nil
trains were running, causing but lit
tle delay. Thu scene of the catastro
phe has been besieged by visitors from
Allianco since early morning.
Tun Itcpitrtt.
Thu report on the Coucr d.Alene in
Testigatlou will be submitted to the
house committee on military affairs
soon and will probably be im'idu pub
lic. The majority report Is expected
to acquit (lonoral Morrhun and the
United Stntes military authorities
from responsibility, holding that they
were there tomnlntnln order, with thu
fitntu ofllclals directing atlairs. The
minority icport, on thu other hand,
will be an arraignment of the United
States military authorities, holding
that they could not and did not vacate
their functions to the statu and that
they wore responslblu for the treat
ment of Imprisoned strikers.
Wife Klse iliiryimtn.
A Lansing, Mich,, June 3 special
Bays: Colonel KM It. Sutton of Detroit,
regent of the university of Michigan
and n prominent republican politician
of the I'lngree following. wns acquitted
at Lansing: Mich., of complicity in the
Btato military clothing frauds, on ac
count of which various members of the
state military board and himself had
been Indicted. The jury considered
the case only an hour and forty min
utes, lloth Sutton add his wife burst
into tears at the announcement. Sut
ton's counsel also wept, and Mrs. Sut
ton kissed each of the jurors.
Head Metered I'mm Hud.
At Springfield. III., William Clem
ents.aged seventeen ycars.was pushing
a car towards the cage In tlio Taylor
rlllo mine, which was ascending nnd
thu weight of the ear pulled Clements
towards the cage. His head wns
caught by the cnge and severed from
the body. In attempting to save Wll
Ham, his father, was injutvd so badly
that he will die.
Abdul' l(ciiit.
Tho state board of transportation
Saturday received a request from thu
cltlens of Abdnl, a small town between
Huporlor and Mt. Clare on the .Missouri
Pacific rallrund, nsklng that the road
bo compelled to give them a telegraph
and shipping station. They assert
that they arc of enough consequence
to be recognled In this way and ask
thnt tho road honor them at once.
Krote Uuilcr Arrest.
A warrant has been Issued at Ha
muli for the arrest of Former Deputy
Auditor W. 11. Reeves, who was lodged
In jail, his bail being fixed at 81.S00.
It Is now believed that lteeves In his
so-called "confession" only gavo half
tho truth regnrdlng Noely's evolutions.
Cabinet Crisis lit Jupnti.
The Jnpnn cnbtuet erisois continues.
Marquis Ito will probably bo called
pon to form a ministry.
Charge of IucendnrUm.
A verdict charging incondnrism In
tho burning May 1(1 of the Hotel
Iloleno at Chicago, III,, in which three
Ilvos wore lost, was returned Suturdny
by a coroner'H jury. Tho jury urges
tho arrest of the night wutclunnn,
lleury Fredericks, who has been mlbs
iag slueo tho fire.
jl Killed by Kick of it Horse,
B. A. McCracken, cashier of the First
National bank, and father of tho V, M.
0. A. In Pnna, 111., died from the result
of a kick from a horse.
DELIVERS THE LETTER
A Messenger liny From 1'hllndelnhla
Itcnrhci Pretoria,
Tho Philadelphia North American
has received the following cable mess
ngc: "Pretoria, May 29. Ilystressof dire
circumstances thu messniro from tho
school boys of Philadelphia to Presi
dent Kruger, dcltvcred this day, had
tho tono of sympathy and sorrow at
the final misfortune which Is about to
wipe out thu South Afilcan republic
from the roll of Independent nations,
rather than of encouragement to a
people fighting for liberty for the
fight has been fought anil lost.
"The messiige was delivered in the
executive chamber at thu eapltol,
thiough the windows of which camo
the rumble of ox carts and general
confusion attendant upon the evacua
tion of the city by the families of the
Doers. The llrltlsh aru leported to be
approaching.
"There was an impressive silence In
the chamber as the stern and venerable
president of the doomed republic bout
forward to receive from Messenger
Jules Frauds Smith tho packet which
the boy had traveled 12,000 miles to
deliver Into his hands.
"President Kruger's reply was grave
and couitcous. He tendered heaity
thanks to thu American people and
particularly to the liberty lads of
Philadelphia, for their sympathy, and
charged Smith to return his gieeting
to the good people of Ahum lea. Then,
with fatherly kindness, he shook hands
with Smith, congratulating him upon
completing his long journey in safety
and expressed the hope that ho would
have an equally safe return to his dis
tant home. The cntlie gtoup was thet
photographed."
TURKEY TRADE GROWING
(irntlrylni; Incrcusn n Amount of
Kiporls.
A gratifying Increase In tho amount
and variety of American products en
tering Turkish ports hns been noted of
late according to a report to tho sta,to
department from Consul General Dick
inson nt Constantinople. Wlru nails
and other articles of American manu
facture, says thu consul, have taken
complete possession of the Levantine
markets and when other staple articles
of American make are ones thnnimrlilv
introduced their market In Turkey also
can be contiollcd by our manufac
turers. Consul General Dickinson re
ports an innovation In the slnmn nt
orders for American boots nnd shoes
from leading Turkish merchants, their
undeniable superiority over the Euro
poan product assuring extensive sale
In Turkey. The greater part of some
200,000 tons of railroad material to be
used In constructing the new Nile rail
way will be finished, it is said, bi
American manufacturers.
BLOW UP A BANK BUILDING
Four Itohhor Hold Off Cltlzon In
I own Town.
The savings bank at Sheldahl, twenty
live miles north of Des Moines, was
blown up by four robbers, who secured
Sl.OOOuiid cscancd nfter liotillmr tifi..
or more cltlens at bay with rifles.
onortiy niter midnight a terrific ex
plosion shook the town nml liiimoillnf...
ly the inhabitants turned out to learn
the cause. A glance up tho main
street showed the hiillillmr tl,..
savings bank to be in ruins and the
iimuers uuriung. When the citizens
rushed to tho scene tliev u..,-.. mnt ),.
two strangers with loaded rifles, and
wero stood off until tho other two had
secured tho booty and all four backed
away into thu dark lies and escaped.
FLOODED BY CLOUDBURST
I.lttlo Town of Duney, In Illinois,
Almost Drowned Out.
l'he little town of Dcwev. near Cum.
palgn, HI., sustained h'euvv ilamiKr..
from a cloudburst. Tho sidewalks
were torn up, ma ly residences were
damaged and tho farm fluids Hooded.
Thu farmers sustained the gi cutest
loss, it is believed, as the corn nnd outs
just appearing above the ground were
uprooted by tho torrent of rain. Tho
rain began falling Sunday night, con
tinuing intermittently up to last even
ing, when tho clouds. In a irruml tlnril.
apparently emptied themselves on tho
llttlo village. The streets ran rivers
of water and some .cattle aru bclluved
to have been drowned.
.Jump tliti Track.
The engine of u fast freight on tho
Cincinnati, Hamilton ,fc Indianapolis
railroad jumped tho track west of
Hamilton, O. Eleven cars loaded with
stock wero wrecked. Timothy Ma
honey, David Starkey, and Aiiibroso
Smith, trainmen, and two unknown
boys who were stealing a ride, were
killed.
Determined to (let Tujlnr.
Acting Sheriff Sutter, at Franfort,
Ky., said ho had not yet applied for a
request on Governor Mount for the ex
tradition of W. S. Tuylor, but ho will
do so. Governor ltcckhum has been
out of tho city.
Too Much liver ut n Wedding
At tho wedding of Harry Richards
and Ida May Cockrell, at Columbus, ().,
Frank Adams, a guest, shot an instant
ly killed Joe Mulligan, another guest,
who hud thrown a bottle at him. Tho
parties to tho tragedy had been drink
ing beer to tho bride's health.
lUtlllcs Pence Convention.
Queen Wllhemlna of Holland has
ratified The Hague peace convention.
Spain has done likewise and tho ad
heslon of Germany and Great Urltaln
is expected immediately.
FATAL TEXAS fUED
Three Brothers Shot to Death
During a Trial,
ONE OF THEN THE COUNTY SHERIFF
Fight the Outcome of 1'olltlc, biiiI Kach
Side Coniioel of Nervy Men
Much Kxcltement nnd More
Troulilo I'cnred.
A Houston, Texas, June 4 dispatch
says: At St. Augustine this morning a
pitched battle between the Wall fac
tion on one sldo and the Ilrocks on the
other resulted In the death of Felix G.,
Sidney nnd Noel Roberts, three broth
ers. The hitter was sherlll' of San
Augustlnu county.
The feud grew out of politics and
has been brewing for somo years. A
few weeks ago Ned Wall, the sheriff,
was shot and killed by King llorden at
San Augustine. Portion fled, but
ufterwnrd surrendered nnd was ad
mitted to ball. Noel Roberts was up
pointed sherlll". Lust Saturday Eugene
Wall, brother of the dead sheriff, shot
to death Hen Hrocks, a kinsman of
llorden.
Today the factions met when thu
examining trial of Wall was to be held
and every man came to thu court house
armed. Hostilities began with the
nppcaranceof Sherlir Roberts and his
brothers, who fell at tho first volley
from a score of guns. A few scatter
ing shots wero returned by the Wall
fnotioulsts, but did no execution. Ap
plication was at once made to thu gov
ernor for troops, and the stono fort
rifles were ordercil from Nacogdouhcs
and will arrive at San Augustine to
morrow. There Is much excitement
and more trouble is feared. Roth fac
tious are largo and composed of nervy
men.
DEAD BODY FOUND IN GULCH
Oklithoinii Yoiiiik Mini llellevcd to Unto
Keen Murdered.
The body of William P. Davis, the
young Independence, Mo., farmer, who
mysteriously disappeared from Luther,
Okl., in March last, was found by a
searching party In a gulch near 'Lu
ther. The skull was crushed as If by
somu blunt weapon and there were a
number of wounds on thu body. Thu
belief that Davis was murdered for his
money grows stronger. James Salyer,
a former companion of Davis, arrived
at Oklahoma City Sunday from Kansas
City in the custody of Deputy Sheriff
Corlsley of Luther, having been ar
rested on a charge of complicity in
Davis' murder. He declares his inno
cence. Salyer recently purchased a
dairy in the outskirts of Kansas City,
midway between thcru and Independ
ence. When arrested a trunk said to
coutaln Davis' personal effects was
found in Sulyer's possession. Ho claim
ed them us his own. Soon after Davis
dropped out of sight his team and
wagon wero sold by a stranger, who
later Impersonated Davis and drew
81(50 of tho later's money from a Guth
rie bank. The Oklahoma authorities
will charge, It is said, that Salyer ac
companied Davis to the territory and
afturwnul got possession of his money
and property.
SHOT IN A DRUNKEN ROW
Hunduy Deer l'estltnl llesult In Two
Dentil.
In a drunken row at Atchison, Kan.,
W. 1). Hauler, a qu.irryman, shot and
Instantly killed James llurgett and
Carl T. O.ithout, laborers. The men
had taken a keg of beer to a grovo
near that city and us they drank they
quarreled. In a recent labor ditllculty
Rnnler had refused to quit work when
his comrades requested It and they
taunted him, with being a "scab."
Angered, Ranier went to his homo
nearby, loaded his shotgun with buck
shot and returning deliberately llred
upon llurgett and Oathout, both of
whom wero drunk.
TWO TRAINMEN ARE KILLED
freight Train Ditched by Accident to
DrhliiR Wheel.
A special from Lima, O., says: As
nn east-bound freight train on tho
Lake Erie & Western railroad was
running at full speed about eighteen
miles out of Sandusky, )., the tires
camo oil' ono of the driving wheels,
ditching tho engine .and piling about
twenty cars on top of It. Fireman
Enoch llowsher nnd llrukemnn J. W.
Purtoll wero crushed to death, and
Engineer Hell was seriously hurt In
ternally. Tho men injured livo in
Columbus.
Hohnol lltilldliiB Humeri.
A Foxboro, Mass., dispatch says: Tho
town hall, which, besides tho town
olllces, contained tho high grammar
and three Intermcdlato schools of the
town burned. Ono man was killed
and threo others Injured, one of whom
will probnbly die. Tho dead: George
H. Jossollyn. Injured: Arthur A. Jos
sellyn, dangerously hurt; Sam. John
son, Joseph Hopkins. Tho financial
loss Is estimated ntg.'iQ.OQO.
Drowned During IlaptUm.
Within less than three minutes after
having received tho sneramont of bap
tism and tho benediction of his pastor,
JamcB Phillip was drowned in tho
waters in which ho had been baptized
in tho presenco of helpless and horri
fied brethren of his congregation.
Phillips, after tho final benediction,
had gono aboard tho steamer Wichita,
nt Memphis, Tenn., to put on dry clo
thing. Ho stopped aboard tho steamer
when ho was overcome with religious
fervor, foil backward over the side of
tho boat, and boforo nsslstanco could
be rendered was drowned.
DAT.H HARVEST IN INDIA
It Ii Boraothlng Appalling Condition
of Stricken Ileyond Description.
Louis Klopsch of New York, pub
lisher of the Christian Herald, who ar
rived nt llombay, India, May 14 and
started at onco on a tour of the famine
stricken districts, has returned after
traveling through the most sorely
smitten portions of tho llombay presi
dency, including Gujerat and llarolda.
Ho makes tho following statement re
garding Ills observations:
"Everywhere I met the most shock
ing and revolting scenes. The famine
camps have been swept by cholera and
smallpox. Fugitives, scattering in all
directions and stricken in flight, wero
found dying in fields and rondsldo
ditches. The number at one relief
station were increasing nt thu rate of
10.000 pur day.
"At Godhera there wero 3,000 deaths
from cholera wl chin four days, and at
Dohad S.SOU in the same period. The
hospital death rate at Godhera and
Dodad was 1)0 per cent.
"Tho condition of thu stricken sim
ply beggars description. Alrand water
were lmpiegnated witli an intolerable
stench of corpses. At Ahmedabad the
death rate In the poor house was 10 per
cent. Every day I saw new patients
placed face to face with corpses. In
every fourth cot there was a corpse.
"The thermometer read 11.1 In tho
shade. Millions of Hies hovered around
tho uncleansed dysentery patients.
"I visited the smallpox and cholera
ward at Viragam. All the patients
wero lying on the ground, there being
no cots. Otherwise their condition was
fuir.
"I can fully vouch for tho reports
that vultures, dogs and jackals nro
devouring the dead. DogH have been
seen running about with children's
limbs in their jnws. The government
is doing its best.but tho native olllclals
are hopelessly and heartlessly Inelll
clent. Itetweeit tho famine, the
plague and tho cholera, the condition
of llombay presidency is now worse
than It has been at any previous pe
riod in tho nineteenth century. Whole
families hiu'e been blotted out. The
spirit of the people Is broken and there
may bo something still worse to como
when the monsoon breaks."
FIGHT WITH BOXERS
Itusslnn Cojsnek Collide With a Force
of Chinese Itebcl.
A Tien Tsin, China, Juno 1 dispatch
says: Two more of the party of for
eigners who lied from Pao Ting Fu
have arrived here. Ono of them was
badly Injured. The relief expedition
iias returned.
The body of mounted Cossacks which
started in search of the refugees re
turned this evening. They report that
they had a light with boxers at Tull,
killing sixteen and wounding many.
Lieutenant lUotiskuy, Dr. Hamilton, a
trooper and a civilian were wounded.
It is reported from Pao Ting Fu
that eight Americans and three mem
bers of the China inland aro missing.
Tho missionaries aro in great danger.
No further news has been received
regarding the missing refugees.
Minister Conger lteport.
The following cablegram has been
received from Minister Conger at
Ptkin:
Outside of Pckln the murders and
persecutions by theSHoxers seem to bo
on tho lucrease. Tho Pao Ting Fu
railway Is temporarily abandoned.
Work on the Pekin and Hang Kow lino
Is stopped. All foreigners have tied.
The Chinese government seems either
unwilling or unable to suppress tho
trouble. The troops show no energy
in attacking the Iloxers.
Tho state department docs not con
template tho use of United States
troops in China, and it would be dltll
cult to spare any force now operating
In the Philippines, even if It wero
found expedient to employ the military
arm. Ono or two of the vessels of tho
American licet could bo spared.
CLARK IS MADE PRINCIPAL
Hoard of F.ducntloii Fill Vacancy nt
Slate Normal.
A Peru, Neb., Juno 5 special says:
Professor W. A, Clark was elected
principal of tho statu normal school,
to succeed Dr. J. A. Reattle, resigned,
at a meeting of tho state board of edu
cation held hero tonight. Tho election
took plnco at 13 o'clock and seven bal
lots were necessary to settle tho mat
ter. The first six ballots resulted
Clark three, Crabtrce three, A. K.
Goudy, one. On tho seventh ballot
Professor Clark wns made tho choice of
tho board.
Tho board continued In session, elect
ing teachers and other employes.
Professor Clark wns formerly In tho
Peru normal school, but has been for
some tlmo in the Chicago unlvorslty.
He Is a conservative man, one who is
highly esteemed by tho pupils, and Is
regarded us an earnest friend of tho
Institution.
Killed hr Hwltch Knglne.
O. C. E. Woodrow, superintendent of
the gas works at Sioux City, la., was
run down and killed by a switch en
gine at Knnsas City Monday evening
while walking on tho Missouri Pacific
tracks on his way to the Union depot.
Mr. Jehn Sherman Dead.
Mrs. John Sherman died at midnight
Juno 4, seventy-two years of age. She
was Miss Margaret Cecily Stewart.only
of tho lato Judge Stewart of Mansfield,
O. She was married to Mr. Sherman
December 31, 1848. Thcro wore no
children. She was born at Mansfield
and will bo burled there.
Herman fllhp Abound.
A Perl in dispatch says: Tho now
Hamburg-American liner Doutschland
ran aground, upon her trial trip, but It
is expected that she will soon be
Hoated.
DEATH BLOW DEALT
Boers Yield Gracefully to the
Inevitable
NO EFFORT WAS MADE TO DEFEND
General Ilotha Ylold Pretoria on
Demand UngUali Ornnt no rerun
-Fropoicd ArmUtlco Ilftfnacd
CoiumnnduraOthor Num
A Loudon, Juno 5, 12:17 p. m. dis
patch says! The war olllce has issued
tlm following dispatch from Lord
Roberts:
Pretoria, June 5. lt:tr a. in. We
are now in possession of Pretoria.
It wns announced verbally at thu
war olllce this afternoon that Lord
Hobcrts cntero 1 Pretoria at a o'clock,
South African time.
The war olllcj lias received tho fol
lowing from Loid 1'oberts:
Pretoria, Juno !5. 12:0.1 p. m. Just
before dark yesterday the enemy were
beaten back from nearly nil the posi
tions they had been holding and Inn
Hamilton's mounted infantry followed
them to within two thousand yards of
Pretoria, through which they retrent
ed hastily. De L;slo then sent an otll
cer with n flag of truce Into the town,
demanding the surrender in my name.
"Shoitly before midnight I was
awakened by two ofllclals of the South
African republic, Sandburg, military
secretary Commandant General Ilotha,
and a general olllcer of the Iloer army,
who brought me u letter from ltotha,
proposing an armastlee for the purpose
of settling the terms of surrender.
"I replied that I would gladly meet
tho commandant general the next
morning, but that I was not prepared
to discuss any terms, as tho surrender
of the town must bo unconditional. I
asked for a reply by daybreak, us I
hud ordered the troops to march on
thu town as soon as It was light.
"In his reply Ilotha told me he had
decided not to defend Pretoria, and he
trusted women, children and property
would be protected. At 1 o'clock a. ni.
today, while on the line of march I was
met be three of thu principal oilicers
with a flagof truce stilting they wished
to surrender the town.
"It was arranged that Pretoria
should be taken possession of by her
majesty's troops at a o'clock this'after
noon. "Mrs. Ilotha nnd Mrs. Ivruger aru
both In Pretoria. Some few of the
llrltlsh prlsonurs have been taken
away, but the majority are still at
Waterval. Over a hundred of the
ofllccrs are In Pretoria. Tho few I
have seen arc looking well."
At 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, almost
eight months after the declaration of
war, Lord Hobcrts entered Pretoria.
While the commandcr-in-chlcf of the
greatest army Great Ilritain over put
into the field was fulfilling the prom
ise he made to the guards at lllocmfon
tein, to lead them into tho capital of
the Transvaul, England was celebrat
ing the event with enthusiasm.
SHEEPMEN KILL ASSAILANTS
Robber Fall to Tie Their Prisoners
Tight ICnouRh.
Tho sheep camp of King & South
gate, three miles uorthenst of Steiling,
Col,, was robbed by two men, who
bound and gugged the proprietors and
their employes. After the robbers left
the sheepmen released themselves and
aided by a neighbor overhauled tho
robbers, killing ono and badly wound
ing and capturing the other. Tho
latter said their names were William
Harris and William Read and that they
wero from Tennessee. James Lynch,
ono of the pursuers, was painfully
wounded in the hip.
Undoubted Cno of Plague.
Health OHlcor O'llrlen and Uacterlol
ogist ICellogg have reported that tho
case of a Chinese who died on Satur
day at San Fruneiseo after ono day's
illness was undoubtedly one of bu
bonic plague. At the time of the au
topsy tho body was already beginning
to turn black. Certain glands had
been removed from the body, it Is said,
by physicians cngnged by tho Chinese.
Tho health otlleer has been instructed
to qunrantino the persons and labora
tories of these doctors.
Stand by I'uxtor Huvldce,
In a meeting full of dramatic Inci
dents tho People's church at Omaha
shook itself free from tho domination
of the Spokano asseinblago and uphold
Rev. Charles W. Savldge, tho pastor, In
his condemnation of Rov, D. M. Mc
Iuturff, bishop. A few thero dis
sented und about fifteen showed their
disapproval by leaving the church In a
body.
Darn, Horse and drain Uu.rn.
Tho barn of Omer Piatt, living near
Tccumseh, Nob., with its contents
burned to tho ground. Two horses, a
lot of grain, hay, harness, etc., wero
consumed. The origin of tho fire la
not known, the family being absent
from tho placo at the tlmo. Mr. Piatt's
loss, which is about 8)00, is partly
covered by Insurance.
Five Million lUceWlaf Relief.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam
ship company has donated 5,000 pounds
to tho Indian famine fund. The vice
roy, Lord Curzon of Kedlcston, tele
graphs that cholera continues in many
of the llombay districts. About 6,770,
000 persons ure now receiving relief.
Found Dead.
At Elwood 3tatlou, near Springfield,
Mo., Charles, Payno was found dead in
bed In the rear of his store. Ho had
been shot in the head, apparently by
burglars. . r
PLENTY OF RAIN
Unlrenltr Weather llurenii ttitys Crop
Are In Good Condition.
Tho past week ending June .1 ha
been warm, with sufllclcnt rains for
crop needs in nearly all sections of tho
state. The dally mean temperature
averaged about 4 degrees above nor
mal in the eastern counties, and about
(1 above in the western.
Heavy showers wero general
throughout tho state on May 31 and
June 1, and with the exception of tho
southeastern counties the rainfall was
generally equal to or ubovu the normal.
In many counties In tho northeastern,
central, and southwestern sections
from one to over two inches of water
fell. The heavy -alnfall rclluved the
drought conditions in the western por
tion of the state.
The weather for the week was very
favorable for the progress of all crops.
Corn continued to make good growth,
nnd much of the crop is cultivated the
first time. Sonic Holds were washed
considerably in the region of heavy
rainfall, but no serious damage Is re
ported. Small grain Is generally in
good condition in nil sections, but
some wheat and oats are too rank in a
few northeastern counties. The out
look for hay Is excellent, and alfalfa
cutting Is In progress. Cherries nnd
strawberries arc ripening in a few
southern counties.
DEATH OF PIONEER EDITOR
(1. IV. l'ulrbrotlior Puso Aunr nt 111
llrounvlllo Home.
At .1 o'clock Monday evening, Jnuo
4, G. W. Fiiirbrothcr, the pioneer edit
or of Nebraska and veteran soldier,
quietly passed away at his homo in
Ilrownvllle, Neb. His entire family
was nt his bedside ministering to his
wnuts. Some tlmo ago Mr. Falrbrother
suffered a stroke of paralysis which
nearly proved fatal, but he illiially ral
lied and was thought to be on the road
to complete recovery, but during tho
lust two weeks dropsy of the heart de
veloped and terminated the career of
one who for over forty-three years has
been a prominent and nctlvo character
In the affairs of Nebraska. Ho was
highly respected and loved by all who
knew him.
New Cnpltol Dedicated.
A Santa Fe, N. M., June t dispatch
says: The new eapltol of New Mexico
was dedicated this afternoon with im
posing ceremonies. Houses and streets
were especially decorated. A grand
military and civic pageant was re
viewed from the eapltol steps by Gov
ernor Otero. At 3 o'clock tho gover
nor's salute was llred and the monster
Hag raised on the lantern eupoln. Tho
new eapltol takes the place of the ono
destroyed by Inceudnries In 1891. Tho
building Is classic in architecture and
built of sandstone, granite and pressed
yellow brick.
Itochninhenu Hlntute Unveiled.
A Vendome, France, dispatch says:
Tho statue erected by subscription
opened to Franco and to the United
States in honor of General Rochambeau
of revolutionary war fame was un
veiled thero with great ceremony. Tho
city was richly decorated and the
houses were festooned with the
French and American Hags. United
States Ambassador Horace Porter's
passage through tho streets was made
the occasion for friendly manifesta
tions. Religious services wore hold
this morning in memory of tho soldier
who fell in America,
Insist on Old Ituinnr.
Ilrokcrs Identified with Vanderbllt
affairs say there was soino foundation
for the report of the movement, where
by thu Union Pacific, Pennsylvania and
Chicago & Alton will tako an interest
In Rurlington affairs. Reports luiva
been current for somo time tluit a largo
part of the buying of Ilurlington was
on orders from a largo International
banking house, and tho stock accumu
lated was turned over to and carried
by a prominent trust company in New
York
Death of Steven Crime,
Steven Crane, tho American author
and, war correspondent, died Tuesday
at Iladen Weller, linden, aged thirty
years. London newspapers, chron
icling thu death of Steven Crane speak
in warm praise of tho American nov
elist. The St. James Ga.etto says:
"The loss of one of the most brilliant
present day writers will bo as deeply
felt by tho English as tho American
nation."
Post Mull In Colllilnir.
Tho Atlantic coast line fast mall
ran into an open switch atGarrysbnrg,
N. C, colliding with some freight cars,
Engineer Cheatluin nnd an unknown
white tramp were killed. Four mail
clerks and two colored firemen wero
more or less seriously injured. Nono
of tho passengers wero hurt.
Tonne Man Ohareed with Itnpe.
A warrant has been Issued for tho
arrest of Jesse Georgo, a young man
about twenty years of age, living near
Lushton, Neb., charged with commit
ting rape on a twelve-year-old girl.
The county sheriff has been hunting
tho young man, but has not yet suc
ceeded in locating him.
lllchard Htorrs Dead.
Rov. Dr. Richard Sallea Storrs, pas
tor emeritus of tho Church of the PIN
grlmB, llrooklyn, died at his homo iu
New York. Ho was tho author of a
large number of works on religion and
historical matters.
I.urce Crop.
The farmer. of Kansas will Jsoon bo
In the midst of the task of gathering
the largobt wheat crop In Its history.
Secretary Coburn of the stato board of
agriculture says tho aggregate yield f
will bo 85,000,000 bushels. i "
