Mi-nnii-nrrmTMmxi
, KANSAS CITY RIOT
Four White Men and Two Negroes
Wounded.
ONE MAN IS FATALLY INJURED
Trontile Started In Low tjnarter of the
City Officer Who Appeared to Quell
the Hltturlianre Orceted With
Volley I'rnni Negro Gunt.
A Kansas City, Mo., dispatch says:
Four while men were bhot, one per
haps fatally, n negro was shot and
another badly cut, as the result of a
drunken fight started by a crowd of
negroes in Koscdalc, Kansas, a suburb
of Kansas City.
Wm. lllanchard received the contents
of a shot gun in the fnve and breast
and was taken to a hospital, where his
wounds are mid to be fatal.
lepiity Marshal Davis was wounded
in the hand and two white men, names
" unknown were lso slightly wounded.
lien Cable, colored, was seriously cut
and Tout Smith, colored, was shot and
slightly wounded.
The segrocs were quarreling in front
of "joint" wlieu Hid Kawles, a negro,
preclpatcd tho trouble by cutting
Cable. The latter secured a shot gun
and flrcd into the crowd, the shot miss
ing the crowd and striking Itlanchard.
During the 'excitement half a dozen
of the negroes secured rovolvcrs and
hot guns and began tiring ptomlscu
ously. Deputy Marshal Davis came upon
,V "the "scene and was greeted by a volley
from the negroes, receiving a wound
in the hand. Davis, with the aid of
two other officers, Anally succeeded in
(fuelling the disturbance and arresting
'the leadcis. but not before two inno
cent white men had been injured by
-stray shots. These two men, whose
'wounds arc believed to have been
idight, dissapeared before their identity
became known.
CHALLENGER IS LAUNCHED
Shamrock II Take Her Initial Itlp Into
Water at Dumbarton.
W Shamrock II. was satisfactorily
launched at Denny's yards at Dum
barton, in the presence of a good crowd
of invited guests, newspaper men and
employes. Lady DufYeriu christened
the new challenger, which looked
pick and span in coat of whito paint
rimmed with green while the manga
nese bottom of the new boat sbonc like
a mirror.
Mord and Lady DufTerin. Sir. Thom
as Lip ton and others who came from
Glasgow on a special traiu, stood upon
a raised platform decorated rvith un
ion jacks, the stars and stripes and the
4 Irish flag and with Venetian 'masts in
green and white, which were tho pre
vailing colors.
MANY DEATHS BY FREEZING
Unconfirmed llcport of FiUailltle In
Alaka.
The Skaguay News of Ayrll 13. con
tained dispatches from Dawson, the
most important of which says:
Two men, names unknown, who ar
rived from Nome bring sensational re
ports of wholesale deaths by freezing
along the coast. They report that two
hundred persons have died from ex
posure of freezing before the middle of
January at various points. Their
stories are not credited here, .as they
lack confirmation.
Knot Tied a Second Time.
Miss Maudo Fugg and A. L. Miller,
residing in Arlington, Washington
county, Neb., were married at SiYemont.
A license was Issued to the couple by
County Judge Wlntersteenctf Dodge
county, about a wetk ago, and they
went home and were marrld. They
were told by a friend that a marriage
license issued by the Dodge uiounty
judge was not good in Washington
.county. For this reason they went to
' .Fremont in a rush and had the knot
itled.
I'realdent Grants I'ardoa.
The president has pardoned Benj. J.
Iliamm, who was convicted in Kllnqls
.In 1800 of using the malls to defraud.
JIamm Is now in the insane asylum at
'Washington, and the evidence at .hand
Booms to show that his using the analls
as he. did was directly due to Ids omen
tal .condition. He is said to be rapidly
improving, and although he guts a
full pardon he will be kept in the
asylum until he has fully recovered.
i Haiti House Horned.
Tle bath houses at Steamboat
Spring, Nov., which in the palmy
dayB of the Corastock. was a watering
place where more money was squand
ered in a night than at most any other
resort on the coast, have been des
troyed by tire. Tho loss is heavy as it
understood no insurance was carried.
Wantkii: Knergetlc young men and
women of neat appearance. No expe
rience required. Local work. 301
Kichards lilock, Lincoln, Neb.
Fire at the Hclnze smelter In Iluttc,
Mont., caused a loss of $100,000, fully
insured. As soon as the fire was un
der control tho smelter employes held
a meeting and agreed to give their ser
vices free for olc week for rebuilding
the plant.
An attempt of three convicts at the
r New Mexico penitentiary at Santa Fe
to effect an escape resulted in tho kill
ing of a convict named Stevenson by
Superintendent llurson, the mortal
wounding of the other two convicts,
and of two penitentiary guards
SHORTAGE MANILA HEMP
War With Spain I!h llntl Kffect of Cut
ting How n Supply.
Heforo the Industrial commission at
Washington .Joseph C. Taylor, secre
tary of the Standard Hope and Twine
company testified that before the war
with Spain, -10 per cent of the material
going into the manufacture of binder
twine was Manila hemp, but after the
war started not more than ! per cent
of It was of that material. He de
clared that there is not a rope or twine
manufacturer in the I'nltcd States who
has made a cent In such manufacture
In the past twelve mouths, .lames II.
Anderson of tho Pittsburg chamber of
commerce argued that the railroads
arc the greatest factors in the world's
progress, but said water transporta
tion should bo encouraged.
UPHOLD THE GAGE RULING
Countervailing Duly on Itunlan Sugar
Declared Legal.
The board of classification of the
United States general appraisers in
session at New York, announced a de
cision in the Hussiau sugar case. The
board, by a majority vote, holds that
tho United States government was jus
tified In imposing a countervailing
duty on Husslan sugar. The opinion
was written by Judge Soraervlllc and
General Appraiser Fischer concurs
with him. Colonel Tichener vf rites
dissenting opinion.
BOYS BURIED IN SAND BANK
Onlr One wf Five, Havana with III
Life.
While playing In a sand bank near Dnt
ant, I. T., five boys boys were buried
by a cave-in. Four of them, James
and Presley Hhodcs, Claud Ktheridge
and John Main, arc dead. Claude Unfit
worked his way out barehanded. The
other four dug In the wrong direction.
Sertlee Men Organic.
Representatives of local camps of
Service Men of the Spanish war met at
the Masonic temple In Chicago and ar
ranged the state camp or department
of Illinois. The meeting was held by
order of Hrigadlcr Ueneral John A.
Wiley of Pennsylvania, the commander-in-chief
of the society. Colonel K.
C. Young, Chicago, was elected com
mander. The. Service Men of the
.Spanish war was organized at camp
Hamilton, Lexington, Ky., on Novem
ber ft, 1808, Among 'the charter mem
bers arc Hear Admiral Schley, Major
General S. M. It. Young, Major Gener
al iloe Wheeler .and Vice-President
Roosevelt.
To 'Compete. "With the Trait.
The consummation of the project to
consolidate all the independent cereal
plants of theconntry is now assured,
says an Akron.'O., dispatch. The var
ious properties, ten in number, will be
"turned over to the Great Western
'Cereal company. nt Chicago. The new
company willcompcte with the Amer
ican Cereal company, better known as
'the "oatmeal trust."
Hlg BertlUn'Coal Land.
One of the largest coal deals ever
'made In Somerset county has just been
concluded atOlerlin, Pa., and embraces
over 15,000 acres adjoining Herlin. The
territory was sold to the W. K. Nlver
company of Xew York, which operates
mines near Elk Lick, Somerset county.
Dcvclopemeuts of the new territory
are to begin immediately, requiring an
expenditure of 81,000,000.
Boy KnIUt In Navy.
Forty-three boys from 14 to 1 A year
old. who were. enlisted In Chicago and
vicinity, have left for the east to join
the United States navy. After a course
of preliminary instruction at the naval
training station at Newport, U. I.,
they will be .assigned to service on
battleships cf the North Atlantic
squadron.
Lloyd Urlicom Home Again.
Among the arrivals on the steamer
St. Louis at New York was Lloyd C
Griscom, secretray of the Un ited States
legation at Constantinople. He re
fused to talk f affairs in Turkey, ex
cept to say that the feeling toward the
United States was one of great cor
diality. Victim fiynch A Uurer
According to the Vienna correspon
dent of the London Morning Leader, a
Jew usurer named Urban was re
cently lynched with horrible brutality
at Sobodel, Hungary, by five of his
ruined victims. The. dispatch adds that
many arrests hare been made in con
nection with tlte lynching.
Omaha Maa JUlla Hlmielf.
Chris Peterson, for fourteen years a
driver for tho Omaha bottling works,
committed suicide at .his home 051
North Tweiily-Senmth street. His
wife discovered the body suspended
irom a rafter in the .barn. Peterson
had been in failing health for several
months.
Factories C,'ImmI SIowk.
There Is forty feet of water In the
river at llellalre, O., and still .rising.
The lower part of the city as well as
Uenwoodi across the river, is under
water. The people huve taken refuge
In the upper stories. All the manu
facturing plants are closed and eily
water is bliitt off.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
The Standurd Oil company will de
clare a dividend of -0 per cent on iU
capital of 8100,000,000 May 1.
The Utah Coal and Lake company, a
New Jersey corporation, has taken
steps to increase Its capital from glO,
000 to 810,000,000.
Final arrangements have been made
at Detroit for the building of a steel
plant at Sault Sto Marie which will
employ 10,000 weu and be capitalized
850,000,000.
THINK WAR OVER
Exodus of Troops From China
Soon to Begin.
FRENCH TROOPS TO TAKE THE LEAD
Nuntrron Appointment of Chinese
With I'rnnoutired Anti-Foreign
Tendenclr Canting
Comment.
General Voiron, the commander of
the French troops In China, has In
fomed General Chaffee that 10,000
French soldiers will leave China next
May. Li Hung Chang believes that
the Chinese troops tinder General Liu
will be withdrawn over the boundary
outside the territory designated by
Von Waldersee ns the sphere of the
allies, as the governor of Shan Si pro
vince received telegraphic Instructions
nearly a week ago ordering their with
drawal. The majority of the French and Ger
man newspaper correspondents accom
panying tho expedition directed
against General Liu, and which has
been mobllzlng at Pao Ting Fu, re
turned to Pekln believing that the
expedition would be called off.
Hsl Liang, formally governor of the
province of Shnn SI has been appoint
ed governor of the province of Hupcl.
The foreign consuls of Hankow,
capital of province of Huipel. have
protested against this appointment.
The numerous appointments of Chinese
with pronounced anti-foreign ten
dencies Iscausing'commont at Pekin
even. The foreign ministers admit
that so many appointments of this
character ,are ill-advised, while the
missionaries, are alarmed for the future.
It Is the opinion of Mr. Kockhlll, the
American, speclal.ecommisskner, that
the. foreign troops may now 'commence
leaving China, with perfect safety.
On ihe other hand the -announcement
Uiat 10,000 French troops are "to leave
In May causes fear among the Ftench
residents, ami this fear is shared by
the French native, converts to Chris
tianity, wlw inform the priests that
they are dally threatened with what
will happen to tliem when the foreign
ers leave.
RIPLEY GOES FREE.
Jnry leclare lie Wa Not In Conspiracy
I Flrat to lie Acquitted.
The jury in the case of Captain
Hipley of Frankfort, Ky., charged
with complicity in the Ooebcl murder
returned a verdict of not guilty.
Although the jury wasoti two hours,
most of the time was taken up in dis
cussing the case in the jury room.
'Only two ballots were taken. On the
first ballot ton jurors voted "not
guilty," and two voted guilty. The
two who voted guilty said they be
Qleved the evidenced showed him con
mected with the conspiracy, but when
they learned that cither the life im
prisonment sentenced or the death
'sentence must be imposed nnd that a
shorter sentence would not be permis
sible, they voted with tho majority for
'acquittul.
The verdict in tle Hipley case Is gen
erally approved, though it wa a sur
prise, as it was .generally predicted
there would lie a hung jury. Captain
Hipley is the first one of the alleged
Goebel suspects to be acquitted.
The matter of a .requisition for the
return of Governor W. S. Taylor for
trial is again a theme of popular spec
ulation, but Commonwealth's Attorney
Frankliu refuses to discuss it.
TRUCKS LEAVE THE RAILS.
Wreck on the Milwaukee Near MltcelL,
H. J).
A wreck occurred on the Chicago,
Milwaukee fc St. Paul railroad five
.miles south of Mitchell, S. 1)., in which
seven cars were derailed and the track
.and ties were badly torn up. .The ac
cident was caused by the front trucks
under a refrigerator car leaving the
rails and turning half way around and
(plowing up the ties. The train pass
ed over a bridge 250 feet long before
it stopped. No damage was done oth
er than the refrigerator cor and the
road bed. The train was going at n
rapid speed. There were six cars of
stock on the train, but these escaped
Injury and none of tlwe train crew were
Injured.
DEATH IN CASCADE TUNNEL
Section Mau Suffocated svnd Four Other
Overcome.
J. HI. McDonald wan suffocatd to
death .and four others overcome by
smoke isml gas In the Great Northern
Cascade .tunnel, says a Wellington,
Wash., .dispatch, The men belonged
to a section gang working in the tun
nel, and wore found about midway by
a track walker an hour after a freight
train had passed through. McDonald
was lying in a pool of waUr. The
other men r.cKrercd after being1 taken
out on a special engine sent to rescue
them. This is tb.e third fatal accident
in the tunnel.
Hralejr Foub4 Not Guilty.
The jury after being out all night in
the case of Fred IJraley, who was
charged with un assault with Intent to
commit rape uon a young womau by
the name of Mao Alligor, of ilutte,
Neb,, returned into court with a ver
dict of not guilty.
New Ceniu of riatUmoutll.
The work of taking a new census of
Plattsmouth has been completed. The
returns show the city's population .to
be 0,400, or 4TJ0 more than given by
the census taken In 1000.
ENJOIN ATTORNEY GENERAL
Hock litand Itoad Hoc- Into Federal
Court.
Failing in the state court the Hock
Island Hallroad company has applied to
the federal court for an extension of
the Injunction in the old maximum rate
case to apply to the present attorney
general. The application for an ex
tension was made two or three weeks
ago at Omaha, but the matter was not
given publicity. The same point was
recently raised in the Nebraska Su
preme court and was decided against
the railroad company, it being held
that aulnjuiictlau against the attorney
general would not bind the state, In
short, that the state cannot be en
joined.
This new phase of the maximum
rate case involves 81110,000 so far as
the Hock Island company Is concerned,
that beine-the amount which the for
mer attorney general sought to recover
In the form of penalties for alleged
violations of the maximum rate law.
Similar suits were instituted by hint
against other railroads in Nrbrask.i,
the total amounting to over $.1,000,000.
All tho roads are supposed to lie Inter
ested In the outcome of the application
in the federal court.
CREST OF FLOOD
Cincinnati Now the Center of High
Water.
The stage of the river at Cincinnati
was fifty-one feet and rising at tho
rate of two Inches per hour. This
means 3 feet at ft o'clock In the morn
tag, when the trains villi be shut out
of the Grand Central depot. The Hlg
Four, Hnltimore fc Ohio, Southwestern
Illinois Central, Chesapeake A Ohio,
Queen & Crescent and other lines using
that station have already arranged to
use the forty-eighth' stredl station' un
til the high water subsides. There Is
every indication that they cannot run
into the Grand Central again for a
number of days. None of the other
systems will be shut out. All the
railroads have also made arrange
ments for receiving nnd delivering
freight, at higher stations, so there will
be no Interuptlon here either to pass
enger or freight traflic. Owing to the
inlmbllity of tho steamers to get under
the bridges, navigation on the river is
suspended, but It can also be resumed
in a few days so far as the present rlso
is concerned. Oniug to the washout
tho Cincinnati, Portsmouth A Virginia
road cannot run trains.
FARMER FEARFULLY INJURED
Three lllba CroufcrH In a4 HI Life
Unpaired of.
D. G. Whitney, living five miles
south of Chester, was hurt, probably
fatally. He was out cutting stalks
with a stalk cutter, when for somo
reason, the team he was driving started
to run. in endeavoring to stop them
the tongue broke and he was thrown
onto the lover In such a manner as to
break three ribs loose from his breast
bone. The team ran home and tho
folks thinking something wrong
started to investigate. They found
the injured man trying to get home.
He was taken to his father's house and
his wounds dressed. When the ex
amination was made tho lungs had
protruded through the ribs to tho size
of a baseball, and hemorrhage had set
in.
BRIEFLY TOLD.
A heavy snow storm and big freeze
lias practically killed the Kentucky
peach crop.
The hamlet of Illscaync, Fla., was
struck by a tornudo, and several
houses demolished.
uOeadwood, S. I)., will endeavor to
get tho president to attend tho quarto
centennial on his trip through the
east.
The opening day ceremonies of the
Buffalo pan-American exposition was
postponed to May 'JO on account of the
weather.
The immense cyanide plant of 1200
ton capacity that the Homestake com
pany erected in Lead, S. D., has been
started up.
Peter Golden of, New York won the
six-day go-as-you-please walking match
at Columbus, G, He made 335 miles
and eight laps.
William Sturgis, the founder of
Cedar Falls, la., died the other day at
his winter homo in Smyrna, Fla., at
the advanced age of 83 years.
George Peets, who has been on trial
at Codar llaplds, la., tho past fortnight
for the murder of William Hlgginson,
was convicted of manslaughter.
It is said the Egyptian government
has granted a concession to an Ameri
can company to ply passenger boats
betweec Khartoum and South Soudan.
J. S. Clllen, a Chicago lawyer killed
his wjfeand fatally shot himself. The
couple wase married but a short time
ago, but .were separated, Her refusal
to return led to the tragedy.
The home of John Andigo, an Ainish
farmer, living near Kcndallvllle, ().,
was entered by three burglars who
secured 10,000 after burning the old
man's ears, nose and feet with lighted
matches.
Many Ohio and Pennsylvania cities
are nervous over Impending disaster
from floods. Heccnt heavy rains have
swollen the streams, and rivers. Pitts
burg, Pa., is tho storm center, unci
thousands of dollars worth of damage
lias been done.
The First National bank of Van
couver, Wash., has closed its doors.
President Charles Known and Cashier
T, L. Can by, to whom was traced a
shortage of 881,000 have commitcd
suicide. They hud speculated in
stocks.
VOTERS PUT OUT
Partisan Excitement High at
Santiago De Cuba.
TtlE NATIVES ARE ROUSED TO ANGER
Claim Unfair Tactic hy the Kepnhllcaii
Itnlh Hide IllitatUlled Take
Their (Irlevance to General
Whiteside- -AMiired of
Impartiality.
A Santiago De Cuba dispatch says In
tense partisan excitement was caused
by an alleged attempt of the republi
can party to exclude members of the
national party from the registration
places. It Is asserted that hundreds
of voters' were refused registration cer
tificates on various pretexts and that
the registration boards gave preference
to republicans over nationalists who
were ahead of thorn In tho line. The
cause of protest rises from the qualifi
cation requiring a voter to be able to
read and write, the tests being made
without regard to age. Many fulrly
educated applicants were refused cer
tificates because they mUspellcd cer
tain 'word.
General Whiteside has given orders
to tho commander of the rural guards
to visit the leglstratlon ofUce and to
investigate these charges. The city
authorities Object to this, declaring
that It amounts to military interfer
ence and they protes', vigorously.
The republican press bitterly attacks
the action of the military governor, as
sertlngjthat it is an interference and
that thc'tnilltary ure in alliance with
tho nationalists.
The Cubana Libre, the principal or
gan of the nationalist, alleges flagrant
unfairness on the part of tho general
government In favor of the republicans.
Later the leaders on both shies con
ferred with General Whiteside and ho
assured them of his absolute impar
tiality, insisting that they should dis
play equal fairness.
The Juno election is regarded as very
important because of its probable In
fluence upon tho future election of del
egates to the constitutional convention.
CREDITORS ARE ANXIOUS
Coniort to Queen Wllheliulna Ha Ante
Nuptial Debt.
Dispatches received from Paris re
port trouble at the castle of Pet loo
over the bachelor debts of Prince Hen
ry, the huabaud of Queen Wilhelmina.
It is said that shortly prior to his mar
riage lie promised his creditors in Ber
lin and Frankfort to pay one-third of
of his debts within a month of
the wedding, but the money has not
been forthcoming and the money lend
ers applied to J uce n Wilhelmina. The
latter declared her husband must pay
disown debts out of the allowance
made him by the state. It Is now said
the creditors have formed a syndicate
and propose to negotiate the prince
consort's paper on the Amsterdam
bourse. Queen Wilhelmina is report
ed to bo very angry.
ROBBERS GET BOOTY
Uoldnp on Choctaw, Oklahoma Oulf
ltond.
Tho fast express train of tho Choc
taw, Oklahoma & Gulf, which left
Memphis, Tenn., was held up by three
masked bandits at Itridge Junction,
Ark. It is not known what tho booty
was, but a dispatch received at police
headquarters stated that the express
messenger and the porter of the train
were injured after resisting the ban
dits. The"Wells-Fargo Express com
pany usually make their heaviest ship
ments to the west on tho train. The
train left Memphis with a heavy pass
enger list. The scene of the holdup Is
a lone railroad crossing about four
miles from the river. It is said the ne
gro porter was shot by ono of tho bau
dits.aud is in a serious condition.
LYNCH A NEGRO MURDERER
Tneeet Mob Find llliu Hidden In Court
Hnne.
A mob of 100 men forcibly entered
ihe court house at Springfield, Tcnu.,
took Wyatt Mallory. a negro, from
the officers guarding him, and hanged
him from the court house veranda. As
the rope grew taut with tho negro's
veight each member of the mob fired
a -shot into the swinging body.
Mallory fatally wounded J. H. Farm
er, a white man living at Adams. Tho
ttherifY beard that a mob was forming
ntu secretly moved the negro from the
jail to tbooourt house for safety.
Urmuil Shorter Hour.
The employes of the skewes factory
of Wolf, Sayer A: Heller of Murphys
boro, 111., tho only factory of tho kind
in southern Illinois, have gone on a
strike. They demand shorter hours
and recognition of the amalgamated
woodworkers' union of America. The
firm refuses to grant the demands and
ns n result the plant has closed tempor
arily. Wed an American (llrl.
A london dispatch says: Mai comb
MoncrelfTe, a brother of Sir Kobort
Moncrciffe nnd of the duchess of
Athol and the countess of Dudley, and
Miss Amy Moorehead Walker of
Chicago, daughter of the late S. ,1,
Walker of Frankfort, Ky., were mar
ried at St. Paul's chinch, Knights
bridge. A reception was afterward
held at Carter's hotel in Albemarle
street. Moth functions were largely
attended.
Never judge tho milk by the color of
the milkman's pump.
CROP CONDITIONS.
Work Generally Hnchward, lint MoUttire
Abundant Outlook Favorable.
University of Nebraska Weather
llurrnu, Lincoln, Neb., crop report:
The past week has been cold, with
about the normal rainfall. Killing
frosts occurred, with temperature be
low 30 degrees. Vegetation Is so
backward, however, no damage was
done.
Haiti was general on two or three
days. The amount exceeded one-half
an inch at most places, nnd at a few
places exceeded an inch. Although
wet weather has irtardctl farm work
In parts of the state, generally consid
erable progress has been made during
the past week. Spring wheat seeding
Is well advanced, and some spring
wheat Is up coming evenly and nice
ly. Oat seeding has been general tho
past week, and Is nearly completed in
southern counties. P.urly sown oats
are coming up nicely. Present Indi
cations are for small acreage of oats,
caused by the late spring and wet
weather at seeding time.
Very little plowing has been done,
but the ground at the end of the week
was In excellent condition for plowing
and seeding.
Winter wheat, rye, and grass have
grown well, but somewhat slowly, be
cause of the low temperature.
i
KAISER IS NERVOUS
The I'lol of AnarrhUta Dlitnrb HI
Maeaty.
With reference to the statement ca
bled from the United States of a plot
said to have been concocted against
Hmpcror William and other European
rulers by anarchists In Argentina and
New Jersey, extreme reticence is ob-1
served In official circles in llerlln. Af
ter careful investigation, however, a
lepresentatlvo of the associated'' presn
ascertained in a reliable quarter that
the police presidency Issued an order
April rt for the arrest, whenever or
wherever caught, of the alleged an
archist, Hodolofo Homaganoll alias
Homanllsso, alllas Lagwick Mhecler.
The order simultaneously requests all
international authorities to assist In
apprehending Homaganoll. Photo
graphs of the alleged anarchist, with
a minute description after the IWrtillon
method, wore furnished for identifica
tion. It is a fact that for some months the
Herlin police have kept a very close
watch upon known auarchlsts in the
city, and an unusally careful surveil
lance of the arrivals known or aua-
pected to be of anarchist affiliation.
BRICKS PUT UP-AT AUCTION
Omaha Make a Very flood atari lo Her
Auditorium rood.
The first sale of bricks for Omaha's
250,000 auditorium was conducted at
Klks annual. benefit entertainment.
Ilriclc No. 1 was the first put on the
block, and a lively competition ensued.
C. N. Dieti, a local lumber dealer, of
fered 81,000 and after a struggle se
cured the prize for 12,000. The num
ber next In popularity was J3, which
started at 31.1 and was finally knocked
down at 9175. No. 777, the postofllce
box number at Ak-Sar-Hon's chancel
lor was next offered, and other num
erals to which some peculiar sentiment
attached also brought good round fig
ures. The nine bricks first knocked
down tinder tho hammer produced 9'ir
f.00, and n host of less conspicuous
bricks brings tho total now pledged to
the auditorium to about $150,000. '
FIRED UPON BY TRAMPS.
rollremnn Killed and One Fatally Wound
ed at Joplln, Mo.
Policeman Charles G. Sweeney was
shot aud killed aud Officer llert Hrou
non was fatally wounded while at
tempting to arrest a gang of five
tramps at Joplln, Mo.
The officers were taking the men to
the station when one of the tramps
shot both policeman from behind.
Four of the men escaped. The fifth,
James Toby of St. Louis, gave himself
up at tho police station. Hobey says
he fell in with the men while on his
way to Fort Smith, Ark. He says
they were on their way to Fayettevllle,
Ark.
DOREMUS WAS RELEASED
Nothing; to Connect Hint With theChlcac
Kiplonlun.
Albram F. Dorcmus, proprietor of
the laundry in which a number of em
ployes were killed and a score Injured
by a boiler explosion lu Chicago, 111., .,
was released on order of Judge Hanecy.
Doremus was hold to the grand
jury on a charge of manslaughter. In
reviewing tho case the court declared
that there was no evidence to establish
tho contention that a crime had been
committed or to connect Dorcmus with
tho explosion.
Havana I'octmaater Realgn. "
Postmaster Harrison has resigned at
Havana, Cuba. Carlos Uernandes, a
Cuban, has been appointed as his suc
cessor. Senor Heruundcz will assume
charge next month. Mr. Harrison will
re-enter tho service of the Untied
States.
Iteport on 1'urto Hlco
the first annual report on the affairs
of Porto,Hlco, of which he is the ex
ecutive, was presented to Secretary
Hay by Governor Allen. It contains
many interesting chapters, and covers
a wido range of subjects. A large
portion of the report deals with the
formation and operation of the olvili
government of Porto Hlco, and shows
tho status to which It has developed.'
Generally spoking, It shows the island)
to be lu a prosperous condition.
Fame is to notoriety what the nal.
urtle la to mock.
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