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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1901)
WlK"WIWPtWiWW(rtlit'1PllWfrfi y 9 M r i m ft iv m SaA Red Cloud Chief. runusiiKD wbeicly. RED OLOU1). NKIIRABKA Lord llopntotin's oldest son, Lord llopo, who hao koiio out to Australia with hln fnthor, will return after Eas ier to England, when ho will hogln his public school career at Eton. Lord Hope Is now In his 14th year. Ilia brother Is a year or two youngar, tord and Lady Hopctoun havo only thceo two sons, ns their little girl died omo years ago. I'rof. James of the University of Chicago, has boen working twenty years to get a fully authenticated case of death from snake blto. Every case ho investigated turned out to be en tirely without foundation, or else to bo basod on utterly Insumclent evidence, until tho other day when a snake charmer in Georgia died from tho er (oct of a diamond rattler's bite, and adequate proofs wero given by the at (ending physician. About the coolest thieves on record did a Job of work In Philadelphia a Jew days ago. Early In tho morning, .while hundreds of pcoplo were going to work, half a dozon men arrayed as mechanics appeared in front of a Turk ish 'bath establishment in Walnut trect, and with chisels, hammers and wrenches took down tho handsome bronze ornaments and railing which ornamented tho place. Then they calmly walked away with the plunder. Merits of chocolate as food for troops in tho fields appear to be be coming rapidly and widely appreci ated. In the recent autumn maneuvers of the Austrian army .in Gallcla a rhocolate ration was found to be equal to about five times its weight of the prlmcst beef. From Russia also catua equally favorable reports respecting the use of chocolate and now in Amer ica it forms a chief constituent of a new emergency ration wltn which trials hate boen lately carried out According to the Norwich press, a syndicate has been formed for a floating Monte Carlo, to bo moored off the English coast somowhero Just be yond tho three-mile limit. Negotia tions are pending for an obsolete At lantic liner, which would bo turned Into a miniature casino, at a total coat. Including the first outlay for the hulk, of 60,000. The Idea Is to provide a haunt for gamblers within easy reach of London, but beyond the reach of the betting laws of tho realm, and, of course, capital for running the tablea would have to bo provided to the ad ditional tune of nonio hundred thou sand pounds. It is understood that the Brighton coast la thought of. It la contended by me organ of the German general staff that the rapid and declslvo manner In which cam paigns are now carried out will not allow time for mining. A fortraaa will, it is affirmed, bo captured by bombardment or open attack or in most cases by a combination of the two methods. The training of engin eers in the German army In mining work has been abandoned, while the cumbrous material required for sub terranean warfare will no longer form part of the equipment of their forces. In AuBtrla, it la further stated, the same views on the matter are held, and the eame stepa toward carrying them into practice have been takan. The government Is horeaftor to par tially furnish tho quarters of British army officers. The amount of furni ture that will be glvon Is not yet spec ified, but it will Include at leaat tha bed, a chest of drawers, woabstand and bath. This saving In hired or other transport at every regimental move will, it Is calculated, Boon show as a cat-off or reduction of the initial out lay. Hero is a hint for our war de partment. Perhaps soma officer good at figures will help tho suggestion by estimating the cost of providing fur niture for quarters and how much would bo required, annually to pay the interest on this sum and provldo a linking fund for its ultimate, extin guishment. The Missouri Dairy Association heard some lntorostlug testimony about the influenco of music ou kick ing cows. One man had (in animal so vicious that she ulways had to bo tied into the stall at milking time, His two boys noticed that whenever they began 'to sing at their work, the cow became quiet. Now, Instead of tying her, whoever is milking moroly strikes up "Annie Rooncy" or "My Old Ken tucky Home," and tho cow stands per fectly still. Another delegate said that In Switzerland farm workers who have good voices get bettor iuy be cause they cuu milk the wildest and most restlofes cows. Tlio "sense of tha meeting," however, was expressed by a fanner, who said: "It may be all right to sing to a kicking cow, but I wantito keep my eye on her feot. Sho might take u notion to dance to tha music." Robert Genrhart, who Is eighty-four j ears old, recently wnlked from his homo in Hnish Creek township to Me Conncllsburg, Penn., and back, making a round trip ol fifty-two miles. H is tho father of twenty-eight children nd has never boen 111 In his life. A business man In Fort Worth, Texas, has had his feelings hurt by being described in tho elty directory aa 'colored." Ho thinks about $5,000 will heal his wounded dignity, and hah brought suit against the publishers fur that lun THE LEGISLATURE. Tnnrsdny, .lauttnry 31. Tho senato listened to two of it dis tinguished members yesterday. Ex fiovoriior Crouuso nltaclccd a bill pro viding for tho establishment of two new slate normal schools on tho ground that tho stato and the taxpayers wcio not In duty bound to discriminate in favor of teachers ns against black smiths or persons of any other profes sion or trade, tiat the statu should not compete with private enterprises and that it was against publlu policy to separate stato Institutions or to create more than In necessary, ilo took the ground that the proposed expenditure of 8110,000 for the proponed schools was but tho entering wedge for tho ex penditure of millions and other extrav agances that are practiced under the name of education. .Senator Martin spoke on behalf of barbers, who be said were being fleeced, by the state barbers' examining loard without re ceiving any protection in return. Ills bill abolishing the barbers' board wan recommended for passage in commit tee of the whole, but notion on tho nor nml school bill Introduced by Senator Allen of Furnas, was deferred to await the action of the house which has de etded to consider a similar bill as n special order at 2 o'clock. In tho committee of the whole the senate Indefinitely postponed a hill abolishing the contract rate of Inter est which, under tho present law, may !)0 as high as 10 per cent. An antl cidnaplng bill was recommended for passage by tho judiciary committee tho bill, amending tho marks and Wand law was recommended for pas sage in committee of tho whole and a bill mnklng the legislative journals inferior as evidence in courts to the enrolled bills was Indellnltely post poned. A rcbolutlon calling for 85, "H2.2A to pay the expenses of the elec tion contests instituted against Menu tors Hansom and Llddell, of Douglas, fuslonlsts, was presented and referred to the committee on accounts and ex penditures. Ransom's auti-lddnaplng bill was favorably reported by tho committee on judiciary. A house blU for the relief of Lancaster county in the matter of drawing jurors was passed. Yhoraday, January 31. The house yesterday decided to set tle the normal school pioblem this afternoon at l!:30 o'clock. Tho propo sition of taking up these bills In com mittee of ttie whole yesterday after noon was made and the postponement till this afternoon waa made und tho postponement till this afternoon when the matter was made a special order resulted after a brief discussion. The house will take up four bills in com mittee of tbe whole, one providing for the purchase of the old Western Nor mal school, one providing for tho es tablishment of a normal school at Central City, one establishing two normal schools In tho western part of the state, the place not stated, and the other to appropriate 175,500 for the Peru normal school. Soveral of the members wero out to see the old Western Normal yesterday and found to their surprise a very substantial structure. The members from the western part of tho state ' are very anxious to establish new schools in tho west. A number from tho eastern por tion are desirous of securing an addi tional school in Lincoln. Various prop ositions are being discussed (n this connection. Kills were placed on third reading. JDno by Ilroderick, providing that the fcountry road tax shall bo paid In cash In counties under township organisa tion passed as did one by Fuller, pro viding for mowing the weeds along publlu highways. Fowler's bill pro viding that tu tho popular vote on con stitutional amendment, a majority of the votes cast on the proposition shall ybe sufficient to carry the mea&ure, also passed. Loomls' bill, providing regu lations for carrying out the death pen alty at the penitentiary passed. Leare Fifteen Million. The estate of the late Philip D. Ar mour, according to a petition for let ters testamentary tiled In probata court at Chicago, is valued at 915,000, 000. Of thts, 814,000,000 is realty. Tills estate is distributed among the members of the Armour family, the le gatees named in the petition being Mclvlna G. Armour, widow; J. Ogden Armour, son; Philip 1). and Lester Ar mour, grandsons. The executors named in the will aro tho widow and son. Company Violating Law. Attorney General Sheets at Colum bus, O., has instituted in the circuit ;ourt of Franklin county proceeding in quo warranto to oust the Pennsyl vania Railroad company from con tinuing Its relief department. The state claims that the company, In vio lation of law and abuse of its corpor ate powers, Is engaged In tho business of transacting life and accident huut nnce. lllluohi Town Horned. Fire almost destroyed tho entire business section of tho little town of Tolono, nine miles south of Danville, 111. The loss Is estimated at 911)0,000, partly covered by Insurance. The fire started in a small frame building occu pied by a restaurant, and before It was gotten under control nearly every business block was destroyed. Funeral of Comnoer Verdi. The funeral of Verdi took place January 80 at Milan, Italy. All the authorities followed the bier. The ceremony was simple hut most impres sive, owing to the silent demeanor of the populace, who wero present at the service in immense mimlier.x. Many Jnpaneie Hoi til em Killed. The North China Dally News asserts that while a quantity of Chinese gun powder was 'destr6ye4 at Shan Hnl Kwan thero was an explosion and forty Japanese soldiers were killed. SALOON SMASHED Mrs. Nation's Hatchot Brigade Wrecks Topeka3 Finest. THE "SENATE" VISITED AT EARLY DAWN Crunader Niirreil In Running- tha (Jannt let anil I'llea Her llroadaxa With il real Vffor Arretted and lenMl Other Nana. A Topekn, Kan., Fob. , dispatch says: Mrs. Nation today rettlcvcd yesterday's setback, when she and three follower wrought damage to thoextentof 91,500 in the "Sounto" the finest equipped joint in To pelca. Mho did more, for sho gained tho first police protection given her since sho started on her saloon-smashing career at Wichita a month ago. Tho pollce'f olio wed up her raid toduy and arrested the propiletor of the "Senato" and two men who were guarding the place. Mrs. Nation was arrested, but promptly released. Mrs. Nation and her wreckers, each armed, with a hatchet, sallied forth at daybreak. They forced their way past a negro who guarded the door of the "8cnate," and In less than ten minutes had strewn the floor with broken mirrors, bottles, slot machines and splintered bar fixtures. The ne gro fired a shot of warning Into the colling but It had no effect. Presently a policeman entered the room ami said: "Well, Hlatcr Nation, I guess we'll have to arrest you again." "All right," she responded, chrcrlly. "You came just when I wanted vou to." Sho turned back as she reached the door and Inquired: "Everything cleaned up, ladies?" ' The police judge was glad to release her when she appeared for' trial and administered a rebuke to the officer. Mrs. Nation soon walked proudly down Kansas avenue, free again to smash and preach. The owners of the saloon were later arrested. GOMEZ MAY BE RULED OUT Cubans Determined Me float! Nr lie Freildent. A dispatch from Havana of February 4 says: The Cuban constitutional con ventlon held Its first meeting since the deadlock occurred over what Is known as the "Gomez clause" in the twelfth section of the constitution, which pro vides that naturalized citizens shall be aligible to the presidency of the re- DUhlla If thev hava H4.rv.wl lti ..- In the wara. A poll of the house before the meeting showed that none of the delegates had changed opinion, but that tho anti-Gomez faction was short by one man, Honor Llorente, who was atlll unable to attend. On learning this Juan Gulberto Gomel, colored, and his followers, made a ahrewdimove, and (persuaded Honor lietaucourt to vote with them for the postponement of a further discussion of the clause until the other portions of the consti tution had been considered. Senior Alcmnn made a motion to postpone dis cussion and it was carried by fifteen votes to fourteen. HAS FULFILLED CONTRACT HI. l.ooU One Iter Fart In the repeti tion Frojevt. A (Washington dispatch Bay: The secretary of the treasury has written Representative Tawnov. chairman of the Louisiana purchase exposition com-. miuee, mat no has received satisfac tory evidence that the Lnuislaua pur chase exposition company has raised the 810,000,000 "required as a prere quisite to government aid. Mr. Taw ney says the secretary's letter is con clusive aei satisfactory assurances that thebaic? Louis authorities havo compliedVIth their part of the pro Ject and that It Is now incumbent upou the government to comply with Its part as pledge In the last civil sundry appropriation act. The committee per fected the bill and by a vote of six to two oidered it reported favorably. Two democrats, Mr. Williams of .Miss issippi and Mr. Otley of Virginia, voted gainst the bill. Masonic Temple Ilurned, The Masonic temple at Toledo, O., . us destroyed by fire. Loss, 8150,000. The Masonlu records, regalia, etc., were all lost. Armstrong Jfc Co.'s wholesale and retail grocery ou the ground floor, Miss Mnuek's millinery and other smnll shops were gutted. The loss is covered by insurance. The lire started at the buse of the elevator shaft and spread with great rapidity. Norther at Cnjte Henry, A tcrriiiu northwest-em storm Is ragiug from Cape Henry to Capo Hat teras, the wind averaging fifty miles an hour. A large three-masted schoon er has been sighted over three, miles off the Cape Polony life saving station, signaling for assistance. She Is in danger of being blown ashore, I'ltUburfr llulldlnr Hums. The largo four story Iron front double building on Wood street, Hltts burg, Pa., occupied by the Stevenson it Fostor Printing company collapsed. vhe ruins took fire and in less than an hour the destruction was complete. Tho building had been closed for re pairs. The loss Is esttmutcd at SIM), (MM). ' Town Deitrnjed by Fire. A dispatch from Hlackford, Ky., Im mediately south of Kvansvllle, Ind,, on the Illinois Central, says the entire town was destroyed by fire. TO CREATE COMMISSION Holme rne Semite Mill Frothllng fo Handling Cliilni Agnlniit Bpnln. Wushlngton, Feb. 5. The holisc yes lerdny passed tho senate bill to cieate a commission to adindlcatc tho claims of ITnlted States cltircnsngal list Spain, which the government assumed by the treaty of Paris, nfter having amended the bill so as to refer the claims In the court of claims instead of to a commis sion. A strong etfort was made to vote down the amendment and pass the senate bill, but the advocnles of this course were defeated by u vole of 12.1 to 88. A bill was without debato passed to extend the charters of national banks for another period of twenty years, when the present char ters expire. Hills to ratify the agree ment with the Crow Indians of Mon tana and to provide for the redemption of the Hawaiian coin at par weie defeated. About an hour was spent on the postotTlee bill In the discus sion of the 'amendment to reduce the railway mall pay, but no action was taken. Tho ship .subsidy bill wns laid aside Informally by the senate to permit con sideration of the appropriation bills. This action was tnlteti late In tho day on Mr. Allison's request that the Dis trict of Columbia appropriation bill be taken up. Mr. Frye, In charge of the shipping bill, who had said he would not give way to appropriation bills without a vote of tho senate, was not In the chamber nt the time, but Mr. Aldrleh. Mr. Hanna aud others Inter ested in the measure joined in the general assent given Mr. Allison's re quest. The shipping bill holds Its ploce and as the unfinished business can be taken ' up when tha appro priation bills are hot occupying atten tion. PUNISHMENT OF BOXERS Heal (Juration TSow Drfore tha Foreign F'nvnya. A Pekln Feb. 4 dispatch says: To morrow will le held the first joint meeting between the foreign envoys and the Chinese plenipotentiaries. Only LI Hung Chang and Prince Ching have plenipotentiary rights. The other Chinese have merely the status of ad visors. All the envoys bave agreed to main tain absolute secrecy and will endeavor to impress the Chinese with the im portance of similar reser"o, but as a matter of fact there are many Chinese who already know exactly the pro gram of tomorrow's meeting. All rumors and ropovts that large numiKirs bnve been listed for punish ment are without foundation, as only twelve provincial authorities have been named. These the Chinese will be required to punish commensurately with their misdeeds. There is n nri- vate feeling that at least half of them will be executed, while the others must be banished or imprisoned. To Celebrate the Fall or Manila. The society of the Array of the Phil ippines meets in Salt Luke City August 13th to ISth. -The people In the Mor mon capital aro considerably stirred up over tho mutter. It Is learned that the citizens have organized finance nnd entertainment committees nud are now eugnged in detailing the plan for the reception of all who may come. It will be a grand ovation to the heroes of Mnnila. August 13th is the anni versary of the fall of Manila and the demonstration at Oreat Salt Lake by the famous Utah liattcrtes will t-lval tho original scene. An effort is being insde, with assurances of success, to bring the Astor Uatterles. and as many of the volunteer regiments to Utah on this occasion as possible. When the program has been finally completed It will give assurance of a very warm time in the City of the Saints. Oen. Greene and other leaders will attend. SurprUe In the Army BUI. Just how two clauses came to be In serted In the reorganization bill, mak ing only volunteer officer already in tho subsistence and quartermaster's department eligible to appointment to those branches of tho service under the new law. Is" not known to the war department. Tho effect will lie to pre-vent-the realization of the aspirations of many line officers now In the volun teer establishment who had planned to transfer to these branches of the statr under the reorganization act. To Compete With fltnndard. The steamship Duke of Fife brings news that owners of Japanese oil wells are organizing u strong company to compete with the company formed by the Standard Oil company to develop" the Kchlgo oil fields. Tho opposition company have acquired wells known to have been proluetlvc for the last' 100 years. Tho;e give It possession of 4,000 acres in the oil district. Fall of Know a llleliir. The value of tho great snow and i (tilt storms which have prevailed in, Arizona recently can be measured by millions of dollars. The snowfall was the heaviest known for years and v furnish enough wnter in this valley, cveu If no more rain falls for six! months. It will greatly aid the mln-' Ing Industry, besides being of Incalcul able value to sheep and cnttle, flnvernor to ll F.lected. In the Cuban constitutional conven tion the question of provincial gov ernment camu up for discussion, and it wnB voted that the governors of tha provinces should be elected by tho direct vote of the people, n motion to have the president appoint them being defeated, Couple Ilurned to Death. Joseph Ilodgers, a negro potter, and his wife, enoh about fifty years of ago, were burned to death at Kansas City, tho result of an explosion of gasoline that set tire to theit home. IN GRAVE DANGEI Americans of Vonezuola in a Hos tile Camp. ENGLISH flEGRO POLICE LEAVE POSTS Employed to Ilo l'ollce Duty Hut Heroine SVared When InrturiienU llegln Fir- In Families Alinont at Mercy Of the Native Other Newn. A Port of Spalu, Jan. 'JO dispatch says: According to advices received today from Caracas a trustworthy en gineer, who has arrived there from Pitch lake, reports that the situation is disastrous. He soys that a hundred and fifty English negroes, who wero employed to do police duty when the in urgnnts began firing, went Into the jungles, only twenty-five Amerlcnns being left to protect the property and lives of Amiirican families. The messenger from the lake Im plored the United States legation to afford protection, saying that the lives and property of Americans wore ex posed to guerilla attacks, firing going on nightly, and the Americans being too few to hold out long. Minister Loomls, accoidlug to the same advices replied that these reports wore pos sibly exaggerated, but that they could no. be ignored, nnd that he would wire the fact to Washington. Mr. Olcott, tbe Orinocq manager, has returned from Caracas, where he went to try to arrange for the release of tho steamers and schooners captured by a Venezuelan gunboat near Trinidad. The Hritish owner flew tho Venezuelan flag, and the crew were not shot. The resolution in th'e uasV, near the asphalt deposits, is Increasing but the disturbances are remote from Caracas, which remains tranquil. The commander of the French crui ser Suclict confims these intelligences and the report of the activity of the in surgent. It appears that an attempt to capture Ciudad llolivur, capital of the state of llollvar, alwut thirty-five miles up the Orinoco is likely to be made as soon nsthe insurgents have re ceived a large supply of Arms expected. Cables to tho Trinidad papers from Caracas are severely censored. The Venezuelan government threatens three American reporters with forcible expulsion and is rigorously suppress ing press dispatches to the United States. Even diplomatic messages are tampered with. WORKMAN KILLED. M. VT. I.llley, a B. A M. Track Repairer, Run Over Ily Hwltrh Knflne. At Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Jan. L'8, after he had quit work, and was on his way home, M. W. Lllley, a II. A. M. track repairer, was Instantly killed. He probably did not see the engine, which was within ten feet of him, when he stepped on the track. A mo ment later his crushed and mangled body was taken from under the engine. He died within live minutes of the time he was struck. M. W. Lllley was a man about forty five years of nge, employed on the re pair tracks of the yard. He lived at University Place. The crew of the engine supposed ho saw them np prouchlng and hod no thought that he would walk ou the trucks iu front of the engine. The engine was coming down the line as Lllley walked dlong the track. He stepped on from tho llroninn'. !! The fireman saw him but was power less to stop the engine Engineer Ma loy did not see him. The fireman suc ceeded iu getting the engineer to stop when the drivers of the big machine were over Lillcy's body. His body was taken out from between the drive wheels and he died within a few sec onds afterwards. Coroner Graham viewed the remains and ordered them taken to Undertaker Roberts' morgue. Wll L SERVE AS A PRECEDENT Balaiy of ConCret man Oslo From Time of Flection. liy a vote of ten to five the house committee on judiciary has adopted a resolntion that Representative Itich aidson of Alabama should draw salary from August 0, 1000, the date of hfs election to succeed (encral Wheeler. Tho case has excited some controversy', as the authorities have been divided as to whether Mr. Richardson's pay should date back to tun time of Oeneral Wheeler's resignation or from Maich 4, when congress convened, or from the day of his election. The decision will serve as a precedent. Wilder ftlncle Mnnajiement. The Toledo & Ohio Central will, it is understood, take possesslhu of the Columbus Noithwcstern, running be tween Peoria and St Marys, O., next Monday, February 4, and will ut once begin operation of tho roud. The de tails of the arrangement have not been given out by the officials of the Ohio Central. Admlml KatiU Retired Rear Admiral Albert Kant, who has just been relieved from command of the Pacific station, wns placed on the retired list Jnnuary 20 on account of age. Ho has had a long and ills tlngulshed career, of which nearly eighteen years wbb spent at sea. Safe lllowara at Culver, Culver, a small town north of Salvia, Kan., was visited by burglars aud two atorea wore broken into. The thieves aeonred about WOO tu the two places and made good thetr escape. GOTHENBURG'S HEAVY LOSS Mtisl Ontrnctho Fire In History of Ne-y hrniikn Town. The most destroclivc lire ever ex perienced In Oothrnbiirg occurred Sun day night, January 27. A largo livery barn nnd thtcc store buildings nru la nshes. The fire was discovered about mid night bursting out from the roof of A. P. Singer's livery bnrn, wliloh was a frame structure 40x100 feet In size, and in a few minutes the whole build ing was wrapped In flames. Thirty two head of horses, Including a fine stallion, perished In the flames and the stock of buggies and harness wcre. destroyed. A small store building just east of the barn was burned down, and one enst of that was on fire several times, but wns saved from tho flames. West of the barn and fronting on the main stieet, two Iron venoered store buildings, owned by A. tt. Carl son, one occupied by him as a hard ware store, and the other by R. J. Stack, as a restaurant, caught fire and were burned to the ground, only a small portion of the goods being re moved from the bulldiugs. There Is no fire protection here and it was only by great efforts of thy citizens that the fire wus c6n fined to these buildings. Mr., Htngor's loss is estimated at from ftfJ.OOO to $7,000, with 84,200 In surance. Mr. Carlson's loss is placed nt87,.'00 with $4, .100 insurance, and Mr. Stack carried four hundred dollars insurance on an eight hundred dollar stock of goods. The other building burned wan o-vned by Oust Odcucrnntz of New York city, and was worth 'about 1100: nor insurance. JACOB STOTLER DEAD. r Veteran Newspaper Man nnd Knuin Floorer Fae Away. News comes from Kansas City that Jacob Stotler, the Kansas Pioneer and veteran newspaper man, who was lately editor of the Perry, Okla., Re publican, died iu St. Joseph's hospital on January 'JO. The cause of Mr. StolJ ler's death was u bladder complaint, aggravated by. his generally broken down condition, brought on by hard work. He and Preston I). Plumb came to Kansas from Xcnia, O., in 1857, bringing witli them an old-fashioned printing press nnd outfit of type, which they hauled from Lawrence UT Emporia behind an ox team. Together Stotler and Plumb founded the Kansas News, at Emporia. In those early days the name of the territory was spelled with a "z" Instead of an "s." A year later Mr. Stotler bought out his interest in the paper and continued its publication until 1834. Since that time he has engaged in the newspaper business in various Kansas towns, ac cepting, in 1897, the editorship of the Perry, Okla.. Republican. Mr. Stotler held various offices in Kansas, being for several terms a member of the leg islature. -A ROWN PRINCE HONORED. KIdk Edward luveits Him With Order Or the Garter. The crown prince of Germany, Fred erick William, was invested with the order of tho Garter January ft at Cowes, Isle of Wight, by King Edward VII The investituie occurred In the council chamber of Osborne house and was a brllllunt function. The high officers of tho lioushold, military and civil functionaries and the emperor's entourage, including a party from the imperial yacht Hohcnzollern, wer present, nil in full uniform. " Willie the crown prince knolt before tho Icing to receive the Insignia hla majesty addressed a few cordial words to the prince und then, turning to Emperor William, in touching terms he thanked him for his visit at tula time of sorrow and bereavement and dwelt on the personal and other ties uniting the two countries, Germany aud Oreat llrltain. NEEDS NEW CREDENTIALS Ambaitador Choate Mmtt Da Accredited to the King It has been decided that Mr. Cboate should have new credentials. Ills old credentials accredited him to the queen. He will now be accredited as United States ambassador to the court of Edward VII. Lord Pauncefort, It is expected, will receive new creden tials as ambassador to the United States, his present commission being signed by the queen. Iladly Injured Ily a Full. Isaac llrcitcndall was scrionsly In jured at Fremont by a fall from the roof of his barn. He was on top mak ing repairs and hnving finished started to descend by a door through the rooff He expected to step on a pile of cobs aud let himself down easy, but he missed his footing ami fell to the floor below. His back wss wrenched aud he was bruised In a number of places. It will be some weeks before he will bo around as usual. Lumber for Manila. Rids for 3,000,000 feet of lumber have been opened at Seattle, Wash. They will be forwarded at once to Washing ton. The lumber is for Manila. theHewsinIrief. "Connie" Sullivan, former bautam weight champion, is dead at Now York. The mine workers' convention re fused to raise salaries of national of ficers. TaHejieral IMhune has been left the task ot driving the Doera out at Cape Colony, " Governor Sayers reported to the Texas legislature that 31,088,414 bad beeu contributed to GaWeaton suffer- "' ... s.