Red Cloud Chief.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
RBD CLOUD,
NEBRASKA
Thin bamboo tubes nro fnstpnod to
cnrrlnr pigeons In China to protect
them from blriln of prey. When tho
hlrd it In motion tho nrtlon of the ulr
through tho tubes causes n whistling
pound, whlfR alarms prednccous birds,
nnd keeps them at a respertablo dis
tance. Competent authorities nsscrt that
South America bus greater undovel
nped resources than any other portion
of the world. Any erop grown else
where can be duplicated there and the
country abounds In mines of coal, sil
ver and gold, most of which have been
only slightly developed.
Ixml Curton hns Just sanctioned a
considerable outlay on an experi
mental Indlarubber plantation near tho
Tenasierlm coast. No fewer than 10.
000 acres are to be thus cultivated, and
carefully framed estimates show that
when the trees reach maturity tho
plantation should yield hiindsomo
profits.
A Mauser bullet "ntered the brain of
Jeromlah 0'I.eary, a British soldier, at
the buttle of Colonso. An expert sur
geon removed tho bullet, and with It a
small portion of the imm'H bialn. Slnro
then bis memory Is slightly Impaired,
and he detests the taste of beer, al
though he had been very fond of It
previous to iceelvlng tho wound.
The growth of electric railway street
systems In the principal countries ot
Europo during the last four yearH Is
shown In a tablo In a recent Ihmio at
L'Elcetrlcleu. Germany leadB with
SCO miles In 1890, which had Increased
In 1899 to 2,100. Austria-Hungary It
next with 45 miles In 1896 and i!00 In
1899. The United Kingdom Is third
with C7 miles in 1811(5 and 000 In 1H9D
and tho other countries follow In t li Ih
order: Italy, France, Switzerland,
Russia, Belgium, etc.
Order and method nro tho conjur
ers by whose aid a man of very aver
ago abilities may, If ho chooses, so
vitro to himself tho blessing of never
being hurried. Only arrange properly
the quantum of work which Is to bo
got through In n day or week, or In
any fljied period, and n small margin
over and above tho bare space abso
lutely needed for each part of It, and
that margin will bo available for tho
chance distractions for which peopU
complain that they havo no time.
Not long ago n young man In Port
land, Me., bought an old army mus
ket to celebrate. A little later ho wat
giving tho weapon an overhauling,
when ho noticed some scratches on the
stock that looked like writing. After
giving tho stock n good cleaning, It
V3H found that the scratches formed
the name "Samuel H. Gammon." As
jVSara" Gammon Is one of the Port
land O. A. n. veterans whom every
body knows, the young man was nat
urally very much surprised at llndlng
his name on the old gun. When tho
inuskot was shown Mr. Gammon he at
onco recognized it as tho ono he had
returned to tho government whon ho
was mustered out of service thirty
five years or more ago.
In Breaking of tho possibility of nil
alliance between Peru, Bolivia and tha
Argentine Republic, with a view to war
with Chile, an American, who has
lived in Chile for a number of years,
says: "Peru and Bolivia know very
well that they cannot whip Chile, nnd
the outcome of a war, In the event ot
tho alliance I have named, would bo
the same. Tho Chileans can and will
fight. We can put 375,000 men in tha
field, for 10 per cent of the population
can bo counted upon In tho event of
war. Wo havo amplo modern urm?
nnd I havo no fear as to tho outcome.'
Should the Queen of England decide
against Peru In tho boundary arbitra
tion, a war may result, though I am of
the opinion that It can be avoided."
The bicycle, according to a iccent;
decision of tho full bench of tho Mas
eachiibetts supreme court, Is not a,
"carriage," within tho meaning of that
term as used In tho statutes. Cities
and towns are consequently not bourn',
by law to keep their toads In such u
state of repair and smoothness that a
bicycle-rider can go over them In
safety. This decision was called fortlj
by an action brought ngalnst u certalij
Massachusetts town, because of per',
nonal Injuries Incurred by the plain
tiff while riding her bicycle on ono of
the roads. The court held that a bi
cycle Is more properly a machine, than
a "carriage," as legally defined, and
that bicycle-riders, Injured from acci
dents arising from detects In the high
ways of cities and towns, have not ti
valid claim for damages. Tho decl-i
slon will not prevent them from con
tinuing the agitation for good nnd safo
roads.
One of tho most fascinating exhibits
at the Paris Exhibition Is that contrlbi
nted by the Pasteur Institute. In tho
Pavilion of Hygiene are many neatly
labeled bottles, securely corked, ono
hopes, containing an army of bacilli
and paraBltes. The raviges of tho mH
crobes are further demonstrated in lta)
uttacks on the raw materials of silk,
of beer, and of wine; whilst hard by
another case Illustrates tho expert
imenU whereby the great researcher
exploded his own belief In tho theory
ot spontaneous generation.
Only
Way
CHAPTER VII.
Veronica's face was ns haggard as
Alan's. The blow had been so crush
ing, so unexpected that ho had not
Feemed glad to see her, that his heart
had not leapt out to her, ns hers did
to him, that his eyes did not lest for
ono moment upon tho boy, was bad
enough; but Hint there should bo an
other womnn In her place! Oh, that
was anguish Intolerable! At last s'.io
spoke. "You love her, Alan?" she
naked.
"Better than my llf!" he nnswered
passionately.
"Oh!" She gave a little shudder.
J'Then I will go und !enc you to your
happiness." she said quietly. "It's tho
only way the only way. 1 will tako
our boy und go!"
"But yon cannot go!" he groaned.
"I mndo you my wlfo, Veronica, and
as long as yon live you will bo my
Wife, although my heart and hers may
break."
"I break your heart?" cried Ver
onica. "Why, I would give my llfo
for you. 1 would not have you un
happy for a moment If 1 could help It.
I love you lis much as In the old
days, Alan, before tho 'shipwreck. Oh,
why was 1 saved?,"
Ho looked at her, and poor Veron
ica's heart failed her. There was no
lovo In that look. All tho lovo of
Alan's heart was given to Joyce.
Theio was pity nnd despair, but no
love. When a womnn loves a man
she can soon sec the difference. He
could not say that ho praised God that
she was saved, and ho did not. "Tell
mo about It," ho said mechanically.
If she talked ho would bo able to
Ihlnk what It would bo best to do for
her. But as for him, tho despair of
his heart almost choked him when ho
thought that In about half an hour
he must pull down Hint beautiful fab
ric of (h'lr live, must ruin .Joyce for
ever! Ho could scarcely think of Ver
onica In his overwhelming agony;
but she spoke, glad to see his Inter
est. "I was washed In shoie, Into a
sandy bay, Alan. 1 had gone through
jtho anguish of dying; but when tho
people found mo they hi ought me to,
but the shock had been too much for
ino; I could not remember anything,
hnd then In about live months baby
(was born, nnd then It nil came to me
slowly. I was 111 and weak nnd could
do nothing; I could scarcely think.
Then at last when I wrote the letters
wore sent back to me. and I heard a
(tumor that you had gone back to Eng
land. I was penniless. I did not
know if you wanted our marriage ac
knowledged, so I did not write to Mr.
'Dempster; but ns my strength le
'turned my courage did also. I began
giving singing and guitar lessons.
People were good to me. I worked
linul, and nt last scraped together
enough money to tnko mo In n sailing
boat to England. I hate the sea. 1
.was afraid of It; but you were there,
and I camo. But It was a year before
1 could dud anything of you, nnd I
should nut have found you nt all but
Hutchinson told mo ho had seen you
and had spoken to you."
"When did he tell you thut?"
"Two days ago. But ho told me
that he had seen you two months ago,
and you had spoken of me. You hud
told him wo were married, Alan,
which he ban not known. Ho tracked
mo home from a music shop, whero
they get me music lessons; but I can
not tell why ho delayed."
But Alan could. Hutchinson, In his
cruelty, knew that It would bo tho
niln ot Joyce's llfo as well as his own
If this marriage with her could bo
k'onsunimated tlist. Ho knew Hutch
inson hated him, so this was his re
venge! He tried to think of Veronica, but
It was of no use. Joycc'B Image camo
)iefore him whenever ho tried to think
of tho poor girl who was his wlfo.
Tho llttlo boy, also, was looking at
him with his, Alan's, own blue eyes,
which were so great a contrast to his
curly dark hair. That these poor
creatures, dependent upon him for
love which he could not give, troubled
him.
"Veronica," he said at length, "will
you go back to where you live und I
will wrlto to you when I have seen
her?"
"Tho wife you lovo?" asked poor
Veronica.
"Yes," said Alan. "Will you do
that? You know that you can trust
no."
"Ot course," said Veronica, simply.
'I will do what you say always. It
Is misery to mo to think that I havo
made you so unhappy, when I thought
only to mn'ke you happy."
"My poor girl," he said, deeply
touched by tho contrition In her 10110
and by her sadness, "you would havo
done very wrong If you had not
come."
She gave him her address and left
him. When she had gone a little way
from him she took her hoy In her
arms and hugged him fiercely. "He
ever looked at you, my own," sho
iald "never once! But you are
other'H Joy! Oh, Alan, Alan," she
ailed, "why was I Saved!"
But Alan was standing where she
Viacl left him. He told hlmsolf that
lie was no coward, but that his heart
Called him for this. There was no
7e
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Romance
gfc) by
Alan Adair.,,,
way out of It. He and Joyce, his wlfo
of six weeks, must part!
At last ho roused himself; It was
getting late. Joyce already would bo
uneasy about him. Tho thought of
her pretty wifely solicitude, nnd how
after todny It might never bo put to
tho test, overcame him altogether, To
feel that Joyce was living, nnd that
ho must gle her up, that they weio
both young and loving, and must go
on living apart forever, wub too much
for htm. "My God, help us to bear It!"
Aftcrwanls It camo back to him with
profound i egret that ho hnd never
thought of Veronica nt all; but ho
could bo thankful that he had seen her
and had not hated her.
He crept home slowly, like n wound
ed animal going to Its lnlr. Home!
Tho very word hurt him. And he anti
Joyco had only this morning talked
of buying the pretty house for their
summer residence. This morning was
It, or years ago Could It be only an
hour or so since ho Jeft the station,
nil unsuspicious of what was to befall
him?
For he hnd been unsuspicious. He
hnd entltely forgotten the woman who
ho now easily Identified as Veronica.
Ho had been happy as It Is given to
few mortals to bo happy. Ho groaned
tilnutt as he opened the door which led
Into tho pretty hall. His throat was
dry; he could not call Joyce.
But she had evidently heard tho
opening door, for she camo out of the
morning-room, which they furnished
with the hangings they had bought
on the day ho had seen Veronica. She
called gaily to him and n little re
pionchfully. "Oh. Alan, how late you
are, you naughty boy! And our ride
will you have tea first?"
He simply could not nnswer. It was
Impossible; his tongue clove to the
roof of his mouth, and his dry throat
could not articulate a sound.
"Alan," sho called again, "come
along, darling."
"I am coming." His voice was, how
ever, so mufl1ed,a In a moment sho was
alarmed. She camo running out to
him.
"Alan, Alan, what Is It? Are you
111, dearest?"
Her unconsciousness almost killed
him, together with tho .thought that he
woutti nuvo to tell her. Then she
came up to him and saw his face. In
an Instant she knew that something
nwful hnd occurred. Her Jaw fell, and
she staggered up to him, putting out
her hand and feeling as It she wero
blind. Sho was unconscious no longer,
for she remembered vividly tho day
when he had turned so white, and hnd
told her the reason afterwards ns they
sat together at tho hotel. Her quick
mind told her that his ashy grcyness
and the misery on lite face had some
thing to do with his dead wife. Hand
In hand they went together Into tho
pretty morning-room. Into which tho
sun was shining, nnd thoy sat down
speechless. A bird In a bush close by
set up Its Joyous sons. Nature wns
full of gladness.
Then suddenly he wrenched his
hand out of hors und throw himself
headlong upon the couch. Sobs broke
from him anti his shoulders heaved.
For a momont sho let htm weep, nntl
then sho knelt down bcsldo him nntl
flung her pretty, soft arms round his
neck, and pressed her cheek, down
which the tears wero running, ngalnst
his, so that their tear 3 mingled to
gether.
"Tell mo like this," she said. But
he could not speak, his grief wns un
controllable. And so In whlsperB she
began: "It Is something about your
wife, Alan your first wife, I mean,
poor Veronica?"
He groaned, and an awful knowl
edge enmo to Joyce a knowledge that
clutched her heart and made her very
being stand still. For a moment she
saw nothing distinctly, heard nothing
distinctly, only felt Alan's tears upon
her cheek. Then, when tho mist
cleared nway: "Is sho allvo?" she
whlspeied.
"Yes!" he cried.
"Alive? Oh, my poor heart! Alive!
Your wife? And I I "
Ho snt up then nnd grasped her
hands In his. "You, you!" he cried.
And tho agony of bis voice came back
to Joyce for years after. "You! I've
got to give you up, Joyce! You. the
wife ot my heart, my own, my soul!
You've got to be us nothing to me!
How can 1 do It"
"I don't know." she said feebly.
"And yet, Alan, w must!"
"Do you think I don't know It?" he
cried, "Do you think 1 would have you
live with me while my wlfo was liv
ing? Do you think I should lot one
person In this world point a finger of
scorn nt you? Do you think 1 should
let you soil your beautiful white soul
for me? Oh, Joyce, I love you too per
fectly for that, you aro too dear to ran
for that! I will say good-by to you,
my own, and never look at your faco
again; but I will not let you live dis
graced. But the parting tho part
ing!" Joyce's white face uplifted to his,
Joyce's hands grasping his, Joyce's
wholo being suffused by love for him,
and hp had to give her up! No more
exqulsHte agony had to be imagined
than this moment's, nnd yet, when It
came to the actual doing of It, It ho
far trausconded the Imaginings ot II
that this Interview almost seemed
swert in comparison.
"Tho parting?" she re-echoed. "The
parllng7 You menn Hint t xnst
cease living in the same hotsc, lu the
same place, together? Alan, can wo
do It? Will strength bo given us? Oh,
what sbnll wo do?"
(To be continued.)
ENGLISH TIPTOPPERS' PAY.
Wliut Mm Lending Men of All rrofa'
loni Kuril In Kngland.
It payB to bo at the top of things
Money Is always attendant upon repu
tation, for nowadays tho succossful
man Ib well rewarded for his ability.
Diplomacy seems to be ono of the most
paying professions to follow. "The
snlary of an ambassador," la a well
known saying when any ono wishes to
Indicate that such nnd such a person Is
possessed of great wealth. Sir E. J.
Monon, our iimbnssaifor nt Paris, is
the most highly paid of nil thoso vigi
lant gentlemen who gunrd our Inter
ests abroad. Ho receives for his sor
vlces tho princely Income of 9,000 a
yenr. After him comes Sir II. Rumbold
at Vienna, with 8,000; Sir F. C. Lns
cellcs, at Berlin, with the sumo yearly
sum, and Sir Charles Stewart Scott,
who draws 7,800 from the public
purse to represent us In St. Peters
burg. All the English diplomats uro
well paid. Hero Is a list of some of
them, giving tho place at which t'.iey
reside and tho income that comes to
them for It: Washington, 6,509;
Rome, 7,000; Turkey, 8,000; Toklo,
4,000; Egypt, 6,000; Teheran,
f,000 a list taken at random, which
serves to show the large earnings of
our representatives. Tho English
church Is still a paying profession for
the men at the hoad of It. Tho urch
bishop of Canterbury, Dr. Temple, on
Joys, and Indeed earns, tho nice little
sum of 15,000 a year, while his col
leuguo of York is, like tho bishop of
London, paid 10,000 for Jits arduous
and never-ending laborB. The earl of
Mlnto, tho governor of Canada, heads
the list of governors with 10,000, and
after him comes Sir Alfred Mtlncr of
Capo Town with 8,000. Lord Beau
champ of New South Wales gets 7,
000, as also does Gen. Grenfell, who
looks after that island fort, Malta.
Sums of 0,000, 5,000, and 4,000
are common salaries. Consul-gonorals
are munificently paid. Two of them
Viscount Cromer of Cairo nnd Sir H.
M. Durand of Tohernn each receive
5,000 a yeur. For being first lord of
the admiralty Mr. Goschen draws 4,
500, while Sir Richard Webster, until
the last few days, enjoyed as attorney
general 7,000. Mr. Chamberlain has,
besides his own large private fortune,
5,000 as his official salary, while for
commanding the army Lord Wolseley
getB 4,500. The home secretary, Sir
Matthew Whlto Ridley, has 5,000 In
salary. Despite the largo figures given
above, no one, not even tho archbishop
himself, can compare In his earnings
with those of a successful barrister.
Of all "tip-top" men, your leading
counsel Is the most fortunate. Lord
Russell of Klllowen as a barrister
made something like 20,000 a year.
London Mall.
SUPPLY OF IRON-
World Consume About 00,000,000 Ton
it Year.
A good denl of anxiety has been felt
during the Inst two years as to the
available supplies of Iron ore and fuel.
Tho total world's consumption of Iron
ores in 1809 wns probably more than
90,000.000 tons. Of thlB quantity tho
United States contributed more than
22,000,000. But In all countries allko
exceptional efforts wero made to In
crease the output so as to ovortako tho
gicatly stimulated demand. These ef
forts are still being continued, says the
Engineering Magazine. Spain haa
been ransacked from ono end to tho
other, In order to Increase the avail
able suppllea. France 1b opening up
new sources of supply In Greece, North
Africa and elsewhere The Germans
havo sought to acquire almost a mon
opoly of the supply of Swedish Lap
land within the Arctic circle for a
number of years to come, nnd havo
concluded arrangements which point
to their belief that Iron ores aro likely
to becomo Increasingly scarce. This Is
a general apprehension, and If It Is
justified by the fncts, then It seems to
be probable that this condition may
mainly determine future supremacy.
Mme. do Stael once observed that
"Providence fights on tho sldo of tba
biggest battalions." In tho war of com
merce and Industry It Is concolvnbla
that Providence may In future seom to
Interpose on behalf of tho nation that
has the largest available supplies of
cheap Iron ores. Chicago Record.
I'renltlent IUcelie About SIIO.OOO.
Tho president receives n salary of
$60,000 a year, hi" nH0 free.. and this
Includes tho heating nnd lighting. The
grounds are cared for, his conserva
tory Is filled with flowers, and the
gnrdener who cares for It Ib paid by
the iiovernment. The only servants
whoso wages tho president Is called
upon to pay aro his own personal ones,
for tho doormen, messengers, cierKs,
nntl, In fact, every one connected di
rectly or Indirectly with tho executive
department nrc, of course, government
employes. Ho receives, also, as the
hend of tho army, fodder for his hors
ea and his stable Is tho property ot
the government. There aro other al
lowances and, taken all in all, It la
estimated that tW president receives
in vnrlous ways between fSO.OOO and
$90,000 a year, or Its equlvulent. I
Homethlng of an Heir.
Marshall Owen Roberts, who became
a naturalised British subject a few
days ago, is n son of tho late Marshall
Owen Roberts of New York, a mining
king, who died In 1880, leaving an es
tate valued at f8.000.000.
DRAWING(LOSER
Capture of Yang Tsun a Big
Advance.
ALLIES ARE PUSHING ON TO PEKIN
There In Fighting nt Kory Step, nail
American Are Engaged Many
Caiualtle I'ully 80,000 Inter-
untlonnU on the March.
A Washington, August 0 dispatch
snys: The capture of Yang Tsun, the
first objective point of tho interna
tional forces, was the supreme news of
Importance received on the Cliine.su
situation. The first word of this cap
turecamcin a brief ttlspatclu to tho
signal ofilce at the war department
from Colonel Scrlven, the signal olllcer
at Choc Foo, haying:
"dice Foo, Aug. P. Signals. Wash
ington: August 0, Yang Tsun captured
today. Wire up. Need own trans
portation. All well. Schivk.v."
Ynng Tsun Is the town which Gen
eral ChaiTec indicated in his dispatch
ns being the objective of the interna
tional forces on their then pending
movement. It Is at the junction of
the Pel Ho and the railroad leading to
Pekin. Its capture will Insure to tho
international troops, it ts hoped, two
routes of transportation to Pckin, It
Is 17.8 miles from Tien Tsln.
At London.
A London, Aug. 10, dispatch says:
In tho capture of Yang Tsun the losses
of the allies, according to a dispatch to
The Dally Express from Chee Foo,
tinted August 8, purporting to give an
account of that engagement, wore S!00,
the majority of thesis being killed.
"The allies marched on Ynng Tsun,"
RayB this report, "at dawn Monday.
Tho position, held by 1,500 Chinese,
was well entrenched to the east of the
river, After an honr's heavy lighting
the Chinese were driven from tholr de
fense works."
More Dynamite at Nt. Louis.
A Bellefontain car was blown up
with dynamite in North St. Louis,
Mo. It is tho first case of daylight dy
namiting since the strike commenced.
The explosion was terrific. All of the
windows in the car were shatteret',
the forward trucks were broken and a
hole twice the sl.e of n bushel basket
was blown through the floor. There
were no passengers on the car and
neither the conductor nor motormau
was Injured.
Strike raying Ore Vein.
In excavating for the one thousand
Ion cyanide plant being built by the
Homestake near Lead, S. D., a ledge of
high grade free milling ore was en
countered. The vein is a vertical
thirty feet wide und runs parallel with
'.he enormous mines of low grade ore,
in which the Homestake has enough
ore In sight to last one thousand stamps
fifty years. The ore in the newly dis
covered vein Is ns rich as anything
ever found in the Black Hills.
Uphold Timo Copyright.
The house of lords at London gave
judgment in the case of the Times
agninst Lane, the question being
whether a reporter can copyright,
speeches, In this case the utterances
being those of Lord Roscbery. The
judgment reverses the decision of the
court of appeals, the house of lords up
holding thecopyright of tho Times.
Lord ltobcrtson dissented from the
judgment.
flayed With Manner Cartridge.
A serious accident happened to a
mall sou of Joe Comoric, a farmer
living southeast of Kxeter, Neb. The
boy, while playing with some children
in the road, found a Mauser cartridge
which they undertook to discharge by
laying it on a rook and pounding it
with a hammer. The cartridge ex
ploded, causing a severe wound on the
boy's left hand.
Kill Child anil Ileraelf.
At Creston, In., Mrs. Mary B. Scales,
recently out of an insane asylum, gave
her two-year-old daughter laudanum,
from the effect of which tho child
died. She attempted to administer
the same drug to her six-yenr-old son,
but he escaped and gnvo the alarm.
She then committed suicide by taking
the same drug.
Ureal Wheat Crop in Kana.
The condition of the Kansas corn
crop is given oftlclnlly as 54 per cent.
This estimate is based on returns from
every school district in Kunsas, dated
August 4. By the same official report
the total wheat yield is reported as
78,080,000 bushels. This is the largest
crop of wheat ever grown in many
years in any one state.
Leap from State Home.
A Columbus, O., dispatch says: F.
M. Iteneck of Falling Spring!, W. Va.,
leaped from the roof of the state house
and was dashed to death on tho stone
pavement of a court fifty feet below
The man had climbed out on tho roof
through a window In tho dome. Iten
eck was a victim of the opium habit.
Couple .In nip from Train.
Washington Turner, n young farmer
residing nenr Annlston, Ala., boarded
a train for McFall. With him were
his wlfo and baby. They had never
ridden on a railroad train before, and
as they approached McFnll the whistle
blew and Turner and wife left their
sent nnd proceeding to the car door,
made a leap for the platform, the wife
clutching the baby in her arms. Tur
ner was killed, his wife was so badly
injured thnt she died and the baby has
a broken leg.
BANDITS ARE DEAD
fturrnnnded by l'mio and Retlat Arrc
Two Citizen Wounded.
AGoodland, Kas., dispatch Bays: Tho
two mew who held up rt Union Pacific
train near Hugo. Colo., killing W. J.!
Fay, n passenger, and plundering the"
passengers, were killed ly sheriff's
posse at the Bartholomew ranch threei
miles enst of this place. The robbers,
were located In tho house on the rnnch
and tho posse lined up and cut off cs?
cape. After a fusllado between tho
robbers and the posse in which .T. W,
Brlggl and (leorgo Culllns, deputies;
were shot, one of the robbers jumped
from a window anti sought to escape
but was shot to dentil. The posse then
lay siege to the house in which the re
maining robber stood guard with n
Winchester, anti flnnlly succeeded in
setting fire to the building which was
destroyed with its occupant. The rob
bers have not been identified.
JUDGE PERMITS NO BAIL
Jciatc Morrlxon Chitrgcil With Murder
In I'lrat Degree.
At Eldorado, Kan., Judge Handall
ordered that Miss Jessie Morrison bo
committed to jail without bond to ap
pear at the next term of district court
on the charge of murder In the first
degree. He also issued an order rc
mnnding the prisoner to the Wichita
jail. Miss Morrison cut Mrs. OHn
Castle's throat with a razor June 10.
Her plea was self defense.
DECLARES WILL A FORGERY
California Court Hnya Mr. Craven I
Not Fair Widow.
At San Francisco the court decided
that Mrs. Nettle Craven is not the
widow of James (). Fnir and is not en
titled to any allowance out, of his es
tate. Judge Trout t declares tho al
leged will conveying to Mrs. Craven
much of the Into senntor's estate is i
forgery.
RUMOR OF STEYN'S DEATH
Said nt Lorenzo Mnrqticx That He Una
Killed Illinelf.
It is persistently rumored in Lor
enzo Marque., according to u dispatch
to the London Daily Telegraph, that
Mr. Steyn has committed suicide.
Knalan 'uriie the Chlnene.
Official reports at St. Petersburg say
that three separate columns succeed
ed in surrounding a large Chinese force
nt Hai-Chau and thnt, seeing the Rus
sians advancing from all sides, the
Chinese fled in nn easterly direction,
'caving a doen obsolete guards behind
them. The Russians pursued the Chi
nese for thirty-live versts until they
were exhausted and compelled to
nbandou the pursuit.
Suing For Pence.
A London, Aug. 11, dispatch says:
The morning papers express satisfac
tion at the latest developments in
China. The average comment thnt
China is now genuinely suing for pence
through Li Hung Chang. An edict ,,
emanating from Pekin and authorizing
Li Hung Chang to negotiate with the
powers for peace has, it Is reported
from Shanghai, been received there.
Corn Needing Italn.
A special dispatch from Rising City
ayscornin this section is suffering
from lack of rain. The past several
days have been severe on the crop,
with high winds blowing continuously
and the mercury ranging for the most
part between 00 and 100. Burly corn
will be short In any case, and unless a
change for the better comes soon the
late corn will be dnmnged also.
reorla Take In Huburb.
The city of Peoria, 111., has voted to
Annex the village of West Peoria, the
village having already voted for an
nexation some time ago. This will
add about 4,000 people to the popula
tion of Peoria. South Peoria, with a
population of 2,000 was annexed a
abort time ago.
More Troop Ordered Out.
The war department has ordered
company C nnd D of the First infantry,
now stationed nt Ft. Leavenworth to
proceed without delay to San Fran
cisco, there to take transport for Taku,
China. The companies have been re
cruited up to their full strength of l-
men, but aro short of officers.
Intuited The Queen.
For Insulting the new queen of Ser
ein, General Bellmarkowitsch, who
was one of the regents during the
minority of King Alexander, has been
placed under arrest.
FlUalmmon Win.
Bob Fitzslmmons met this Ruhlin,
the Akron giant, before the Twentieth
Century club nt Mndlson Square gar
den, N. Y., and won 'by knocking the
Ohionn down and out in the sixth round
Rural Delivery Route.
The postoffice department has orde
rd the establishment of rural free da
lvery service at Sheldon, la., Portland
und Cumberland, Intl., and Yieldon, III
Holton Company Aailgn.
The W. II. Holton Manufacturing
company at Indianapolis, Ind., which
manufactures agricultural implements,
has filed n deed of assignment.
Will Accept Waldaraae.
It is nuthorlatevely stated that the
United States government will accept
Covnt Wnlderseo as u commander oi
the international forces In China if the
necessity exists at the time of his ar
rival in that country for an interna'
tional amy to begin a campaign.
rtecoud Recelvea Order.
The Second infantry, now at Cincin
nati, has received orders to leave Fort
Thomas, Ky,, next Wednesday for San
Francisco, nnd thenoa via the Philip-
pines for service in China. S
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