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Red Cloud Chief . I PUULISH15D WKI5KLY. RHI) CLOUD. NKHItAHKA At Annapolis, Mil., tho women who pny taxes appeared for the first time as vottirs a few weeks ago. Of tho G71t votes cast only twenty-two wero by women. ALIVE AND WELL Latest News at London ccrning Ministers. Con- ARE BOMBARDED fOR MAM DAYS Tho managers of Glasgow'n Rxhlbl ,1on of next year will havo a IiIk Job distributing tho space without hurting International sUFceptlbllltleH. The ap plications for floor-space arc already 40.000 feet beyond tho accommodation. Overhead trolley system not only damages underground pipes, but It ilso Injures trecB. Wherovor a cablo touches a branch It rapidly decays and tho tree evontunlly dies. Serious com plaints of this nature are made ot Hay Itldge. N. Y. Collis I. Huntington, now that ho has 'bought out his associates In tho Southern I'aclllc railroad, la solo own er of a system embracing ferries, terminals, river nnd ocean steamboat lines' nnd 7,000 miles of railroad, rep resenting $330,000,000 of securities ant? annual earnings gross of $00,000,000. Four hundred oik teeth were sold In Spokane. Wash., tho other day for Jl.000. The demands of tho members 'of the Order of F.Iks and tho growlnp scarcity havo Increased tho value of tho teeth. Fourteen years ago a Mon tana man paid only ISO for an Indian headdress than contained S00 elk teeth. Last year a similar hcad-drest containing only 3S0 teeth sold fo Slg. Constantino Maes, tho Italian archaeologist, says that II.O0O bronze tables, constituting tho records ol Home from Its foundation to tho time of Vespasian, are burled In the marsh at Ostln, near Rome, having been car ried to Ostla after being rescued from tho lire which devoured the capital In tho year G'J of the Christian ern. Slg Maes suggests that the ninrsh should bo completely drained In order U: ro (.over this historic treasure. A Chicago physician has Invented for himself a house which hu claims to bo absolutely noise-proof, that Is protected thoroughly ngalnst tho In trusion of fstront dins, which persist In pltc of tho existence of an nntl-noiso ordinance. Ho has stuffed all tho cracks about tho doors Mini windows with strips ot rubber, and in order to admit the air has perforated these with zigzag holes. The so ind waves aro said to dlo out by repeated rellco tlous In tho crooked passages. Holding Out mill Atl Hnfa nnd Hound- All Women mill Children In the llrlt t lull I. rj;itloii Purported Now 1'ioni Kuullfth MlnUler, A London, July .11, dispatch says: The admiralty has made public tho following dispatch from Hear Admiral llrueo, at Tien Tsln: m "Folhiwlng message from Pekin: 'Ilrltlsh loirntlon. Pekin. June 20 to 'July 10, repeatedly attacked by Chinese troops on all Miles, Itotli rllle and ar tillery lire. Since July 111 an armis tice, but n cordon is strictly drawn on both Hides of the position. Chinese barricades close to ours. " 'All woui'Mi and children in the ltrltlsh legation. Casualties to date, sixty-two killed. Including Captain Strouts. A nutnberof wounded in hos pital, iiiuludluir Cintnin Ilalliday. Host of legation all well except David Oil phnnt and Warren, killed, July -I. (Signed) MaeDonald.' " Sir Chili Chen, Chinese minister in London, has been notified by telegraph that 1.1 Hung Chung, conjunetionally with other viceroys and governors, bus mcmornlircd the throne to urge the Im mediate sending of the foreign repre sentatives under escort to Tien Tsln or the restoration to them of free tele graphic communication with their gov ernments. Sir Claude MueDonuld's welcome dis patch, dated Pekin, July "1, and re ceived in the cipher is accepted on nil sides as dispelling any doubts that might still have existed regarding the genuineness of the dispatch. SITUATION IS BETTER Word t'rtnii 1'iiiimiI I'oulcriil Clio l'oo Kindle l'reuli Hope,' The effect of Monday's news from China was to freshen the hope that the United States government can soon I get In direct communication with Min ister Conger. The mass of testimony as to his being iillvo as late as the 22d instant Is now so great as to warrant the department in resuming the con sideration of projects for the fiitu re. The state department was Inclined to regard Consul Fowler's communica tion, received Jil,- :t(), as the most valuable piece of couilrmatory evi dence yet received touching safety of the I'ekin diplomats. L'p to a date DISASTER IN MEXICAN MINE I'lrfl llrenkH Out nnd Thirty Lives Am HncrlNcml. A Montorov, Mox., special states that the authorities have been notified of a terrible catastrophe at Matehuala, n thriving mining camp south of Monte rey, in the state of San Luis I'oto SI. Fire broke out In the La Paz mine and before the miners could reach the sur face many of them wore entombed and either burned to death or suffocated.. The fire raged fiercely for soyeral hours. F.levon bodies linva been taken out and others are known to be In the pit. It ls thought the loss of life will reach thirty. There Is great excitement In the mining town and the number of missing men cannot be accurately de termined. When the fire was discovered Itumon (Ionic., tin' foreman, boldly descended the shnft and went Into the burning ehnmber-for the purpose of aiding the unfortunate miners, lie was overcome by smoke and perished, Ills body hay been recovered. MOURN FOR THE KING All ICurnpe In Shocked by the Assmsl tuition tit lluiiilii'rt. When (Jucen Margherlta of Italy was Informed of the king's assassina tion and death she burst Into tears, saying, ''It Is the greatest crime of the century. Humbert was good and faith ful. No person could have loved his people more, lie was one who bore 111 will to none." All Furopo mourns tho death of the good king. It Is learned that Angelo ltrcssi, the assassin, has lived at Patterson, New Jersey, for over a year. In manners he was quiet. He was employed In the silk works of llamll fc llooth at Patterson Ills companion was Gnri bntiir Spornndio, who, a few weeks ago, shot down his foreman and then shot himself, leaving a letter telling how he hail been selected by lot-to kill King Humbert, and, having no choice, owing to his living so far away froiv Italy, killed the foreman instead. It would seem that ltros.si took upon himself the task his friend refused to do. WILSON STARTS FOR CHINA ARE ALMOST SURE Feeling of Doubt Giving Way to Hope. .LEGATIONS ALIVE, BUT HARD PRESSED A McMnRr It Kent July U3 Anilotmty Awnlt Succor nnd Wonder Ht Delny Movement on I'ekin Moon by Americans and llnclMli. Scientific research haH Just destroyed mi Interesting piece of ancient history. For centuries I'hursala, In Southern Thossaly, has been regarded uh tho scone of the famous defeat of Pampoy, which gave the dominion of the world Into the hands of Caesar. According, however, to the "Messagcr" and the "Journal d'Athenos," Capt. Dousmals, of tho Greek Knglnocrs, after un ex haustive study of tho ancient battle fields of Thesialy, afllrma that beyond question the battle between Pompoy and Caesar was not fought at Pluir biila, but near tho modern Kardltza, which Is about CO miles to tho northwest. When prosperity nnd philanthrope go hand In, hand, tho progress of n country Is beyond question. Germany is advancing In n business way. Her trade operations show increasing ca pacity for planning and fuller scope in performance. Hut with tho devel opment in material things is noted an Increaso In gifts for tho benetlt of schools, libraries, charitable Institu tions and other objects. Tho provision of corporations and private manufac turers In aid of employes Is a further token o! a keoiter sense of responsi bility for the proper uso of wealth li'lie world abounds with article: marked, "Mada In Germany." I.ct not the world forget the good deeds which jnay be labeled "Done in Germany.' hour no answer had been received to the seeon 1 Conger message, but in view of Consul Fowler's news the ofllclnls were inclined to look forward to an early reply. Consul Fowler's dispatch was dated Che Foo, July 30, and was as follows: "A letter from the German legation dated the 31st inst., received at Tien Tsln. Gorman loss Is ten dead and twelve Injured. Chinese ceased their attack on the 13th. llaron von Ivet teler's body said to be safe. The Aus jtrlnu, Dutch and Spanish legations destroyed and the French partially. A letter from the Japanese legation, ( dated the 32d, arrivee? at Tloti Tsln on the 33th. Ten battalions of Chinese ' shelled the legations consecutively from the L'Otli of June and stopped on the 17tb of July, but may renew. The enemy are decreasing. The Gorman, ltussinu, American, British and half of the Japanese and French legations still defended. Japanese say they have food for six days, but little am munition. The emperor and empress are reported at Pekin." I TALK OF IRISH REBELLION Demon- llnpi'S for Concerted Action AinonK til l'oucr. " lirlgadler General James H. Wilson dopaitod from New York for San Fran cisco, where lie will embark on August 3 on the Japanese steamer America Maru for China, lie was accompanied by Ids aides, Lieutenants J. H. hooves and G. Soulard Turner. When asked if lie thought that the various foreign forces In China could be merged in n homogenous whole, the general said that such n thing was possible, and that it depended largely upon the skill and tact of the general issimo. In view of the pressing needs of the situation he said that he felt sure that there would be no great dif ferences In the organization of the allied forces. He said that there would be much preparation required for tho advance on account of the scarcity of forage along' the routes to Pekin. COMES WITH CARGO ON FIRE CI do Linn Nti'iuuer Itenrhes l'lilln ilelphhi None Ton Soon. The Clyde line steamer Goldsdoro arrived at Philadelphia from New York? with n portion of her cargo in Haines. The fire started in the forehold and Is supposed to have been the result of spontaneous combustion. The Golds boro was towed to the Camden side of the river and beached In the mud. Tho tire was extinguished after the hold of the vessel had been filled with water. It Is thougiit that the damage to the ship will be comparatively light, but the loss on the cargo of general merch andise will doubtless be considerable. A Washington, July 31, dispatch says: General Corbln today received a dispatch from Fieutenant Colonel Cool Idge, commanding the Ninth infantry at Tien Tsln. It came by way of Che Foo and is as follows: "Tien Tsln, July 37. Following let tor of Lieutenant Colonel Shibn, mili tary attache at tho legation of I'ekin, dated July 33, arrived. Tieu Tsln 33, at U o'clock in the evening." "Pekin, .Inly "" Hvenlng. Wonrc all awaiting impatiently the arrival of reinforcing anny. When are you com ing? All legations have been block aded since 13th last mouth, and since the 301 h we have been attacked con tinually night and day by the Chinese soldier, from more than ten encamp ments. Ily a supreme effort we are still defending. We are daily await ing with the greatest anxiety arrival of reinforcing army, and if you can't, rrach here in less than a week's time it is probable that we will be unable to hold out any longer. Fmporor and empress dowager appear to be still at Pekin. Wero our reinforcements to arrive very probable that they would Ore to Wan Sltoshan. Killed and wounded up to date, eight killed, one n captain of infantry, and uu ambas sador's attache; seven seriously wound ed, the first secretary of legation being one of tho twenty slightly wounded. Tito number of Kuropoans killed is six ty In all. "COOLIDUF." Doubt Is giving way to a feeling of certaiuty thiitthe legations are alive, and the feeling prevails that the at tack by the Ciiitie.se on the legations will not be renewed. They are con vinced that the councils of the vice roys In the great sou; hern and central provinces and the advice of LI Hung (.bang have had effect, anil tho. wljocver is In power in I'ekin, whether ctriperor, empress, Shing, Tuan or Tung, now have been made to see the necessity for the preservation of the legations. It is understood that American and Knglish troops will boon move on Pol'in. The two governments are op posed to longer delay, and are bound to know that their ministers are safe. The energies of this government will bo directed nnd concentrated for nn advance on the Chinese capital. A cablegram from General Chaffee who is at Clio Foo gives his program, and indicates an immediate forward move ment. It is said the legations have pro visions. ROBBED MAN CAUSES SCENE Hushes ThroUKh Hloux City Street llrnnillshliig HevoHers. Three Illinois men, James C. Murphy, of Chicago, George Jarvls of St. James and Charles Mundy are in jail, charged with robbing Frank Krolowskl of Mil waukee of 5330. Krolowskl, after tho alletrod robbery, rushed into a gun store nnd seized two revolvers which lie loaded ns ho ran Into the street. Ilrnudlshlug tho weapons he dashed down the crowded street, scattering pedestrians by random shots In the air. Finally he was enrolled by the police and locked up. The alleged robbers were captured later. Mundy claims to be a brother of a prominent Iowa politician whose name ho refused to disclose. The men will bo arraigned. BYRD IS AMBUSHED rrouilnent rolltU-litii of Tenimsseo As- HiMKluntnl. Michael llyrd. a prominent farmer living near Maurnetle City, N. C, was assassinated from ambush. Ilu died a few hours after having boon fired upon. No clew has yet been secured as to his murderers. He was a prom inent politician and had many political enemies. It is said ho was assassinated within twenty foot of the place whore he killed a man four years ago. Hivlndler Arretted In Iliivuni. Two men and a woman, charged with swindling the North American Trust company out of S 10,000 were ar rested in Havana, Cuba. The chief of the gang to which they belong escaped to Cardenas, but hl't arrest Is expected. All are Spaniards. The chief, who was released from jail in January, had an olllco near the ollloes of the trust. com pany, and the gang had made prepara tions to pass various forged cheeks, particularly one on the engineers' de partment that had been raised from SOD to SO. 000. Counterfeit American money was found in the possession of those arrested. LOSING FAITH IN CHINESE Washington Authorities Abnut Ilrnity to Quit Unpin. A Washington, July 37 dispatch says: There wero no developments yesterday to warrant the assumption that there will be the slightest improvement in tho Chinese situation. Indeed, the general tenor of the news that found light was to add to the steadily grow ing doubt ns to tho good faith of tho Chinese government as manifested in Its acts. Admiral Kempff's letter, giv en publicity by the navy department, mndc the direct statement that tho Imperial authorities were in sympathy with the boxers, thoug.i ho added that tho government was -afterward para lyzed and Ineapaple of controlling the. situation. This "was tho first ollleiat declaration to come to our government contradictory to the Chinese represen tations that the imperial government hud steadfastly and from the first op posed the boxer movement, and our government is bound to accept the word of its own olllcor until thnt Is overcome by Irrefutable evidence. LONDON (HITS WOItl). JOHN CLARj Lending RIDPATH DEAD After a Tho writer of a short story In tho Century Magazine has Invented two phrases that may find a permanent placo In political slang. Party plat forms do not always express tho real icntlments or tho Intentions of those who subserlbo to them. It Is easier to promise than to perform tho prom ise. This writer speaks of a "weasel word" ns ono that sticks tho meaning out of another which Is beside. It, just ns a weasel sucks an egg, leaving only tho shell. "Weasellng," ho -ways, If highly expedient because ono class ol voters will like the weasel, and th other tho word thnt has been weaseled tho egg. The othor phrase Is "Hit stained glass plank." Glancing through the window nt ono point a dog lookt Circulars Ismieil nt Niitlnunllst Htrntlon In Cork. At the nationalist demonstration held at Cork, Ireland, John K. lied mood, loader of the united Irish party in parliament, made a vigorous appeal for funds to assist the candidates of the party, at the forthcoming general elec tion. He publicly repudiated the state ment that the united Irish league was opposed to certain Irish members. William O'llrlon nnd others tpoko. During the meeting hand bills were distributed discouraging the work of tho army and urging, as England's army was now "discomforted" Ip South Africa, the demand was ripe for an Irish rebellion. SulTniutcd hy (lu. Finest Schcldlcaud J. G. Christ, em ployes nt the Peoria glucose factory, went into a tank to wash it out and wore suffocated with the gas which had accumulated while the works wisro Idle. I'M ward Cashiii, who attempted to rescue the men, was overcome and had a narrow escape. Christ lost his life in going to assistance of Seheidol. Ilutlilit.il, lit IciiHcd on Hull. I'.stes (!. Itathbono. former director yellow, whllo nt another he is green, of posts in Cuba, now under arrest on ...! ni AI1 ll. l.lliwlnlil I r illHiMI.ll ' ai ullli ui... . i .......I t.. I. l...l I... II and not until tho window Is thrown open can you actually boo what tne dog Is like. Of course windows are not made of "planks" which ono car look through but letithit pass. a charge or fraud, furnished ball. Senior Lopez, a wealthy Spaniard, go ing his bond. Soueral SpanUh mer chants came forward and offered to provide the necessary security. Iti lite lhi l'rlce of Ohm. A combination has been effected be tween the old and new tras companies counterfeit J20 ' WHO HttVH lu'on "KHg each olhor at l'eoria, ill., :or some time, and the price has Wen raised from 30 cents to Si. 15 per thousand. This Is a higher price than prevailed when the new company started to Vompute, and con sumers are very indignant. ' l'nrld Hot .Spell llroken. A heavy storm at Paris has effectual ly broken the hot spell, the longest and most severe that Paris has ever Chief 'MIklQ of tho United States bo cret service has received from tho Penn National Hank of Philadelphia ono of tho most dangerous notes that have appeared in a long time, nnd second only to tho celebrated $100 Monroo head silver certificates, tho character of which tho treasury ex perts woro for somo time unablo to def initely determine. Tho noto Is of the series of 18S0, check letter A, plate number 7, Tillman register, Morgan treasurer, It Is a trlllo shorter than tho gcnulno, but tho most notnblo do- Xccts are in tho portrait ot Hamilton. I known. LONG FOR ACTIVE SERVICE Soldiers In Culm Aro AiiiIiiiih to On t Ulilnii. A Santiago do Cuba, July 30 dispatch says: Tho second battalion of the United States Infantry. Major Horden commanding, left today for the United States by the transport Mel'horson. The companies at Guantauaiuo and llaraeoa wore taken aboard en route. The otlleors received Instructions to prepare warm clothing for u hard win tor campaign and to be ready to re embark shortly after arriving at New York. MX the men are enlhusiastlu at the prospect of active service in China. Churned With KlttliiR Sun. A Lanipasas, Texas dispatch says: While going home from Lampasas to his farm, In company with his father, Winifred Shlpp, a young man, was shot and killed. A eorotuJi-'s jury made an Investigation, and on tho evidence adduced William It. Shlpp, the father of the boy, was arrested and Jailed on a charge of murder. Tenileri'il to Wolrott. The president has tendered the ap pointment of embassador to Italy to former Gov. Hoger Wolcott ol .Mnssa ehusetts. Mr. Wolcott Is supposed to be In France, and the president has communicated with him by cable, sv that an early answer Is expected. Hilled by I.lRhtnliiK. James L. Fitzgerald, paymaster In the otllce of the treasurer of the Choc taw, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, at Little Kock, Ark., was killed by light ning during a terrible storm. Illntorlun huccuinh Lone lllnem. John Clark Hldpath, the historian, died In the Presbyterian Hospital at New York, from a complication of dis eases. He had been u patient In the hospital since April 30. John Clark Lulpath, LL. I)., was born in Putnam county, Indiana, In April, 1811. Ho was graduated from Asbury, (now Pauw) university, in 1803, taking first honors. After terv inir as principal of an academy at Thorntown, Ind., nnd as superintend ent of public schools at Lawrenceburg lie was called In 1H0O to the chair of Knglish literature at Del'nuw. Ho was transferred later to the chair of history and political philosophy. BARNUM Siiy Iter. Wlllliiin Dexter V.'INon Demi. Kev. William Dexter Wilson. I). 1)., LL. I)., II. 1) died at his son's home In Syracuse, N. Y., of old ago. He was born in Stoddard, N. II., in IslO. was graduated from the Harvard divinity school In 1883, was for throe years a Unitarian preacher and then joined the Kpiseopil eliureli. lie was profes sor In Geneva college (now Ilobart) from 1830 to 1S0S. leaving there at tho request of his former pupil, Andrew D. White, to become registrar of Cornell university nd professor,of moral phil osophy. Since ISsOlie has been emeri tus professor of Cornell and head of St. Andrew's divinity s.'hool of Syra cuse. lleml Vruiheil In Fly Wheel. The sixteen-year-old stepson of Wil liam Otto, a well-known grain dealer of Charleston. York county, fell Into the Ily wheel of the enghie at the ele vator and his head is so badly crushed that it is uot thought he can live. The loy was found at (i o'clock, when tho elevator hands closed down for the day. It Is not known how long he was in the wheel. Up to a late hour ho was still unconscious. The attending surgeons say that he Is suffering from concussion of the brain. LI Huiib Chunr; Kajii MlnUtera Hate Lift PcUln. A London, July 37 dispatch says: Tho Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Telegraph, telegraphing yster day, says: "Li Hung Chang now states that some members of the legations havo already left Pekin and may be ex pected shortly. He Is becoming angry at the skepticism of the consuls. , "Tho impression is gaining ground here that the ministers of the powers to whom China has applied for media tion may still be alive. The represent atives of France, Japan, UusMa and the United States have visited Li Hung Chang.but the others still ke,cp aloof." !AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD HERO Buven An ICldcr llrnther, Hut In Ilrornril Illitmelf. Freddie, the eleven-year-old son of William Nigh, a prominent stock man living ten miles noithof Alliance. was drowned in n strange manner. He and his brother, thirteen years old, I were herding cattle on the range and i thought they would paddle In a shal low pond of water near by, but un fortunately the middle of the pond . was an old well. Into this well the older brother illpped and was saved fr.mi .drown ing only by tho heroic efforts of little Freddie, who In the struggle got Into the same hole and owing to his elder brother s exhaustion and trlght was frowned before he could be helped. Assistance f'om a distance was cnlled after the boy had regained presence of mind, but in vain Mr. Nigh went to Alliance to make funeral arrange ments and telegraphed for the mother in the east, but unexpectedly met her on the midnight train. DISCHARGED GUY Coiniiilmiloiient ut Cotuiu'tuwr Neb. Ho In Not I limine. The commissioners of Insanity at Columbus, Neb., have discharged Guy C. llarnutn from custody, falling to find sutllclent proof In the testimony brought before them to warrant them in depriving hint of his liberty. It was shown thnt ho went to tlte home of his son Thursday night car rying a dangerous-looking revolver and declnred his intention of remain inir till morning, but no throat to use the weapon was niado, and he testified that he took It with him to shoot rab bits the next dny. CONSTITUTION FOR CUBANS I Wnr Detuirtment Imtura Order for mi Klrctlon. The war department has Issued nn order for u general election to f e held in Cuba on the third Saturday in Sep tember to elect delegates to a conven tion to be held In Havana on tho llrst Monday ot November. This conven tion Is to frame and adopt a constitu tion for the people of Cubo. LeK llroken. While riding her bicycle Mrs. George Jones, of Huntley. Neb., fell, breaking her leg a short distance above the ankle. Vndcr Home Hoofs. J. O. Johnson, n farmer living a mile and a half south of Hasting!, Neb., was dangerously Injured. Ho drove over to a farmer's near by to get a load of straw, and as soon as he had It loaded ho nicked un tho lines and at tempted to get onto the wagon, but Hold er Killed. Sergeant Herbert Douglas, company F, Third infantry, of Jollct, 111., and Private Plowmin, of the same com pany, were left in Springfield, 111., when the regiment left for home. De moss wrote home for money, but It did no.t come, so lie ami Plowman under took to beat their way home, and boarded a Chicago' & Alton freight train. While walking on top of tho ears near Sherman, Domoss fell be tween the ears and was killed, his body being terribly mangled. Iiivcntinttiit Company AppcnM. The Clark Sc Leonard Investment company has appealed from a dismissal 'of a mandamus suit In the district court of Scott's Hluff county to the supremo court. The company had a judgment for Sf.'S against the county of Scott' P.luffs and the county treas urer having refused to pay the money a mandamus suit was Instituted In tho lower cjurt. Kick of llorne May Cnue Ileiitli. A ten-year-old son of George Whit nker of Albion was kicked In the head by a horse and Is now lying In a criti cal condition with a fracture of tho skull. It appears the boy was driving the horses from the cornfield, where they had strayed, and running up be hind, struck one of them, which re sulted in his injury. Shoot Illiimeir. Guv Hunt, an Klk Creek, eb., lad of fourteen years, accidentally shot himself th''ough the foot. He and a nuinberof other boys were out shoot ing with a target rllle when Guy went to shoot a frog nnd hit his foot Instead. The bullet went through his foot, but fortuuatelv did not strike any bones. Mnv Unm lli frtiii. I i . i.i -,.1. .,. 4 r9 iltf The ralnfalllu Guezerat Is good, says oeiore no coma re .. - General (SuriOn Keport. Adjutant General Gage of thcO. A. R. has Mulshed his quarterly report, wliieh shows a total of 308 posts at the end of Juno and 0,110 members in good standing. The amount spent for char ity was SI 10, received relief, At Mob's .Mercy. In a riot at New Orleans one negro was beaten to death, six were so badly wounded that their lives are despaired of, and about a score of poople, white and black, male and female, have been more or less seriously wounded. It bcems to bo simply a hoodlum element strongly bent on making tionble for the negro race. Special policemen wero sworn in nnd 1,300 militia were ordered out to suppress the rioters. Injured In u Wreck. Rlnlnc Johnson was fatally and two others seriously injured in a wreck on the Southern Pacific three miles oast of lleaumont, Tex. While running at full speed the nxle of the tender sud denly snapped and all the coaches and tho Hrtit Pullman left tho truck and I turned over an embankment. There were many narrow escapes and several passengers received slight Injuries. Ilindnt'iis Mini u Suicide. Henry Overmelro, a retired business man of York town, Ind., committed suicide. He Shot himself five times with a revolver, ltuing ousted from tho presidency of the Yorktown Natu ral Gas company, he Imagined that life ljng friends had gone back on him and constant brooding over it unbalanced his mind. Uiirinentn for .Noldlem. An order for 110,000 garments was rccslvcd at the United States quartermaster depot at JelVortonville, Ind. The garments will consist of different articles of men's apparel. As Doon as tho materials arrive a force of .1,200 men will be put to work. The garments will be sent by fast freight to bcattl nnd thence to tho orient. Mnny Drowned, rassengcra arriving on the steamer Cottage City, which arrived at Victoria, H. C, from Alaskan imrts, report that the stern-wheeler, Florence III, had been caught in a storm on Lake La barge atid was ca-psizod. There woro 130 passengers aboard. Forty arc re ported drowned. The large stock farm of J, L, Wal ters, west of ltlslng City, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. 'Phe loss will bo about S00O. It Is not and seventeen persons learned whether there was any insur- ancoor not. a ltombav dispatch, and general pros pects have greatly Improved. The erpps already ovn will bo saved. The Kxchango hotel at Fort Worth, Texas, was burned, A man named Tom Gibbons was burned to death. load tho horses started, pulling mm down and trampling all over him. Ho had ono leg broken, and several ribs smashed. One wagon wheel passed over his ivpad and cut it up so badly that It is feared he he will lle. Nnw Cnnipiiiiy l'ormed. The Nebraska Klevator company has been In corporate l with a capital stock of 830,000, tho Incorporators being John It. Wright, K. H. Spencer, Thomas Worrall, and O. H. Fggloston. Tito company Is to operate a lino of oleva tors along the Union Poclflc road, Held Up. Two mnskod hlghwaymon held up and robbed Motorman Arthur F. Jen kins nt Thirty-third and O streets, Lincoln, Neb. The robbers secured 80.10 In money as a result of their work. More Troop for Olilnn. Four companies of the Highth in fantry, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Kills arrived in. St. Paul from Cuba, and went at once to Fort Sncll ing, where tho entire regiment Is be ing gathered, preparatory to sending two batalllous to China, Will He Kent to Chlniii Tho Second Infantry nrrlved at Fort Thomas, near Cincinnati, from Cubr, on three special trains, Uach com pany will bo recruited to 128 men and , bent to China soon. rirnrt-m i HMmmmrmnTIi I IUM11 IMTHBtillfr TWIT llll I l" '" " ',"1"' MWMMWW!; WrrtlWWW-- - yie 'jmimf rsc?, rStrryap-yy ) lHWMttl m. yM-SMSjjMfc iMiSS!2!ii2iiiiliiBlB5liil tXu&-u. u i