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Red Cloud Chief.
published weekly.
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BED CLOUD,
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Turkey, ordering n new warship
without paying whnt la duo on past
contracts, recalls the optimism" of tli4
elatcr, who, falling from a tower, re
innrkrd as he passed each Btory,
"All's well so far."
The Odelsthlng, tho lower house ol
tho Norwegian Parliament, ha8 adopt
ed a bill Introducing universal com
munal malo Biiffragc, and another pro.
vldlng communal suffrngo for women
paying taxes on an Income of at leaHt
300 crowiiH.
King Leopold haa conceived tho Idea
of a vast network of electric rallwnya
connecting Antwerp and the coast
with IJruBelr, nud eompilslng also a
lino connecting Brussels and Paris,
with cars capable of making the Jour
ney between tho two capitals In two
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CHAPTEH XVII. (Continued.) window, followed hurriedly by the
"Why do you not reproach mo?" sho doctor,
fried, passionately. "Abuse mo, speak What happened nftcr that nobody
hnmiilv to mi ilo anvthltiK but act over know, for Lady Caroline and
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Hooker T. Washington haa been
placed at the head of tho negro depart
ment of tho South Carolina Interstate
and West Indian Exposition and has
Issued an address to the colored people
of tho United States. Inviting them to
show tho progiess made by them slnco
the date of their emancipation.
Farmem In 1'lorlda, In tho low
country of South Carolina and In the
southern part of Georgia aro experi
menting with fond expectation In tho
Cultivation of cassava and sugar cane,
In tho hopo of developing two Ideal
money crops. Their Interest has been
excited by tho hiicccsh of an experi
mental cassava starch factory In Do-Land.
Tho Innumerable admirers of M.
.lules Verne will leain with regret that
tho author of "Dr. Ox's Experiment"
and of so many other delightful scien
tific fairy talcB Is lying vory seriously
111 at his residence at Amiens. M.
Verne was taken suddenly unwell some
three months ago, and has been oblig
ed to keep his chamber ever since, nls
sight being greatly affected.
Tho rector of St. George's, n fashion
able church In Brooklyn, haa deemed
It necessary to Issue a circular In which
he announces that In future "audible
courtship" will not bo permitted In
his church while scrvlco Is In prog
ress. Ho does not particularly object
to such mild forms of expressing af
fection as tho holding of hands, but
the more strenuous manifestations
must bo reserved for Icsb public placed.
toward me as you are doing; your
kindness Is killing mo. Not all tho
epithets you could heap upon me
would punish mo sufficiently for all
I have made you surf or. Have you for
gotten that I uctually thrust myself
upon you that It was I who offered
myself to you that fatal night, not you
who HBketl for me7 Why do you not
taunt mo with all this? llavo I to
put these cruel thoughts Into your
head, or Is It that you aro too noblo
to uso them against a woman? If you
would only be unkind to me. I think 1
should not feel quite so wretched "
Lyndon smiled, though rather sadly.
'I am afraid you will have to go on
being wretched forever If you aro
waiting for mo to bo unkind to you,"
ho said. M)o you know, strange as It
may hcoiii all the displeasure I felt In
my heart against you has hoinehow
disappeared, leaving only lovo and
forgiveness In Its place. I am not
angry with you now, my dnrllng; I am
only t-ad, and a little lonely perhaps,"
he concluded, turning abruptly away.
After a short Interval ho came back
to her side again, and went on with a
forced cheerfulness that In nowise de
ceived her.
"However." he said, "of courso this
state of affairs will not last forever.
Time, they say, cures all things. In
the meantime 1 will get through a lit
tle traveling, I think, and refresh my
memory about certain foreign cities,
so good-bye for awhile, and do not
quite forget mo during my absence.
And" In a low tone "remember,
Mildred, that whatever you do, or
whomsoever you marry, I wish you all
the happiness that can possibly befall
you."
"Are you sure you forgive me?"
whispered Mildred, tremulously.
"Think of all that has happened."
"I do, Indeed," he salit.
"Will you not kiss me then?" whis
pered Mildred.
So he kissed her once again, for tho
last time, upon her lips; and It was
thus they parted.
Mrs. Hanna Omeger of New York
city, according to Law Notes, recently
recovered 7G0 damages for Injuries
sustained by an Icicle falling from n
tank on top of tho defendant's building
through tho skylight of her houso and
striking tho. good dame on tho crown
of her head. She was not only knocked
senseless, but was Interrupted In tho
midst of her dinner, which, when she
recovered, hnd grown cold. For all of
these things sho asked flf,000 damages.
A citizen of Owosco, Mich., raised a
howl to the city assessor, claiming
that his property was assessed at an
extravagantly high figutc. Ho wound
up by declaring that If Mr. Laverock
could sell the property at tho valua
tion named tho city ofhclal named
could have a commission of 2 per cent.
In less than two hours Mr. Laverock
had sold a lino residence and two busi
ness blocks. Tho taxpayer backed
water, but tho assessor declares ho will
havo his commission, which aniount.s
to $400, if ho has to sue for it.
Living representatives of four gen
erations of one family aro not uncom
mon In the Putted States, but living
representatives of four generations
who nil havo the same birthday annl
veisary aro surely not frequently met
with. This is said to be true of the
family of Mrs. Edith Ford, who live
near Gronsburg, 1ml. Sho Is the great
grandmother, was born In Scott coun
ty, Ky and is 66 yearu old. Her
daughter Is Dfi years old; tho next rep
resentative of the family la 30 yearn
old, and the fourth member Is threo
years old. Their birthdays all fall on
July St.
A departuro from old methods of log
transportation has been recently made
on tho Columbln river. This consist
in building hugo rafts so substantially
that they can be towed to San Fran
cisco. It is no small undertaking to
put to sea with a stupendous, unwleld
ly raft anil successfully tow It almost
n thousand miles; tint the trip has necn
accomplished a number of times nud
promises to become a regular business
Tho logs am principally for piling and
posts and one raft will contain as much
as &00.000 llnenl feet. Tho rafts aro
built somewhat In the shape of a colos
sal elgr.r, and each log Is lltted care
fully Into Its place. The whole la fast
ened together with tons of chains, till
the danger of going to pieces at sea
Is reduced to a minimum.
It Is now held by tho New York
Hoard of Health that pneumonia has
permanently displaced consumption ua
the leading cause of death In that city.
In-tho past year the excess of deaths
from pneumonia over thoso by con
sumption was greater than ever beforo.
Influenza has brought this about.
Prior to 1890 consumption had always
been tho chief causo of mortality, but
Inlluenzn, which eaRlly runs Into tho
ticiito lung trouble, has now becomo
domesticated In this country. Chica
go's experience In this regard corre
sponds exactly with New York's.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Denzll did not appear to recover
quite so rapidly as had been at first
confidently expected, the Inward in
juries he had received though slight
tolling on him more seriously than
the doctors had anticipated.
Mrs. Younge had been telegraphed
for on tho evening of the accident, and
had arrived at King's Abbott early
tho following morning, having elected
to travel all night rather than enduro
tho agonies of suspense, though the
telegram had been very reassuring.
Tho third day showed their patient
apparently better than on the preced
ing one. There had been more decided
symptoms of amendment, and ho had
gono through tho dressing of his
wounds with wonderful composure and
stoicism. Hut toward evening ho grew
depressed and Irritable, and evinced
n faint Inclination to wander; where
upon the doctor looked grao, shook
his head and mndo certain chnuges in
his medicine but all io no purpose.
Tho next day he was in a raging fovcr.
Tho fifth day afier tho fever first
declared Itself Lady Caroline, having
Insisted on the poor mother's lying
down for nn hour or two, was sitting
In DenzH's loom as tho time wore on
toward evening. Bending over his bed.
sho noticed a certain change In his
face
"What Is It?" she asked, tenderly.
"Mildred." ho whispered, with deep
entreaty In his tone, and holding out
his hand.
"I am not Mildred, dear Denzll,"
said Lady Caroline, thinking that he
still raved; but he said:
"I know you are not." qulto distinct
ly; anil then again, "I want her why
does she never come to me?"
Poor Lady Caroline was greatly per
plexed; she knew not what to do. Had
tilings been different she would have
followed the dictates of her own kind
heart and sent for Mildred on the spot;
but, ns It was, she remembered former
scenes and Lyndon'a recent sad do
pailuro and did not caro to take tho
responsibility on herself of bringing
her daughter anil Denzll together.
"Mildred. Mildred!" called tho sick
man, impatiently: and then tho littlo
ray of reason that had come to him In
connection with her face vanished, and
he wandered off once more into tho tci
rlble feverlnnd. bearing with him tho
name of her ho loved.
For two houis ho lay thus, calling,
Kmiotlnies wildly, sometimes feobly,
hut always for her, until his loving
nurse's heart was smitten to thn core.
At length camo Stubber, tho family
doctor, and, seeing Denzll In this state,
ho regarded him silently for several
minutes.
"Uuly Caroline," said ho, with de
cision, "Miss Trevanlon must bo Bent
for, be It right or wrong."
For which Lady Carollno blessed
him secretly, and sent for Mlldied
forthwith.
Sho camo without a moment's delay,
and, even as her foot crossed tlio
threshold of the door, a midden sllenco
fell on Denzll. He turned tho fover
for a time sank conquered while his
beautiful eyes lit up with passltm.ito
expectation and fond hopo.
Slowly and with hesitation Mildred
advanced to the sldo of tho be I, and
then Lady Caroline went over Jto tho
Slubber, stnndlng with their backs to
the bed, nnd their faces turned to tho
chilly outer world, could toll nothing.
When at length they returned to tho
bed they found Mildred pale and trem
bling, the heavy tears coursing each
other down her checks In rapid suc
cession, which sho hastily brushed
nwny as they drow nearer her, h"r
hand tightly clasped In DenzH's. 11"
had even made an effort to hold her
with the poor Injured fingers, nud hnd
brought them so far that tho tip
touched hers.
Ho was I'lilte sane now. Ills face,
slightly Hushed, was looking upward;
his eyes, glad nnd happy, wero fixed
on hers, while she answered back the
gaze, forgetful of all else but that ho
lay before her sick, It might be, unto
death.
"Denzll, you are exciting yourself,"
said Iaily Caroline, nervously.
"No, I am not," answered Denzll, his
voice clear and dlctlnct, but without
removing his eyes from Mildred's;
"leave me for a moment."
Ho waved them back Impatiently to
the window, and neither Lady Caroline
nor the doctor could bring themselves
to disobey the command.
Hut Slubber, who was becoming seri
ously uneasy about his patient, glanc
ing round at him cautiously and sur
reptitiously, saw what followed. He
said that when ho and Lady Caroline
hnd again withdrawn, Denzll looked
nt Miss Trevanlon, and that then Miss
Trevanlon stooped and kissed him, not
once, but twice.
This was what Stubbor said, but he
also added that It was his firm belief
that sho did It out of pure humanity
and nothing more. When two minutes
later, ho again approached Younge, he
found that Mildred had disappeared,
and that Denzll was lying perfectly
composed, his faco turned toward the
half-open door. He sighed heavily but
contentedly, nnd then came back to tho
realities of llfo.
"Doctor Stubbor," said he, "do you
know that I am better?"
"Timo will tell." answered tho littlo
doctor, sontentlously; "and now you
must go to sleep If you wish to keep
In thnt much-to-be-deslred condition.
Lady Caroline, I trust to you to let
no more young ladles Into tho room
this evening."
Denzll laughed quite rationally, nnd,
changing over to tho other side, In a
few minutes, fell Into a sound, refresh
ing slumber,
Not once ngaln during nil the re
mainder of his illness did Miss Trev
anlon enter DenzH's room; neither did
ho ask for nor alludo td her In any
way, although Lady Carollno noticed
tho intense look of Interest that camo
Into his face whenever her name was
casually mentioned.
After a week or two, tho remem
brance of her visit faded, or came to
him only ns a shadow from tho fevered
past ho had gone through, nnd not un
til tho doctor hnd given him permis
sion to quit his bed for an hour or so
every day, to lie on a lounge In tho
adjoining apartment, did he venture
to speak of It and try to discover tho
truth.
It was one morning, when he wns
feeling considerably stronger, nnd had
Mabel beside his couch, reading to him
scraps of poetry that every now, and
then struck her fancy ns she glanced
through the volumo in her hand, that
ho approached tho subject.
"Is your sister away from homo?"
he asked, In the middle of a most pa
thetic passage.
And Mabel answered "No," redden
ing a little.
"Then I think she might have como
to see me beforo this," ho said, with
all the fretfulness of nn invalid.
"Well, you see, she. has all tho house
keeping to nttend to. now mamma Is
so much your slave,'1 returned Mabol,
smiling; "that keeps her away. Sho
always asks for you, though, nnd Is so
glad to hear of your getting un so rap
idly." This sounded rather lame, nnd Ma
bel, feeling It to bo so, tried onco more
to resort to her book.
"I suppose It would glvo her too
much troublo to make her Inquiries In
person," ho snld, bitterly; "everyone
else comes to seo ma except herself.
Surely Lyndon could not object to
that?"
"Havo you not heard, then?" asked
Mabel, hesitatingly. "I fancied you
would havo known beforo this. Her
engagement with Lord Lyndon Is at an
end. Ho has been abroad for tho last
four weeks."
aro talking too much," sho wont on,
hurriedly; "you aro looking very pala.
Your mother will say It In nil my fault
when cho cornea in. Llo back amongst
your cushions comfortably, and 1 will
go on with my reading."
"No," Interrupted Denzll, putting his
hand hastily over tho opan page. "I
am tired of reading." Then, with ft
short laugh "I am afraid you think
mo n wivnge do you? nnd aro won
dering whether I havo sadly deterior
ated during this Illness, or whether I
am now, for tho first tlmo, showing
myself In my real character. The fact
Is, I like talking to you better than
listening to the most perfect poetry
that could be written. Now you can
not call that iincompllmontary, nt all
events, can you? I feel ns though I
had left tho world for years, and, Inur
ing come unexpectedly back to It, am
now hearing all tho ntrango things that
havo happened during my nbsonce a
sort of Itlp Van Wlnkllsh feeling, 1
suppose; so I want you to educate mo
before I mnko my way down-talrs.
Miss Sylverton was with mo yesterday,
and told me of Charlie's promotion.
Sho said nothing of her mnrrlage. how
ever; but no doubt that will follow,
as a mntter of course."
"It Is almost urranged to take plnco
next month," observed Mabel.
"Queenlc," said Denzll, in n low
voice, "tell mo this when did I last
seo Mildred?"
"It was sho that saw you fall and
went to your assistance, you know,"
returned "tho queen" evasively.
"I know that," said Denzll "your
mother told mo tho wholo story. Hut
havo I never seen her since In any
HOMES FLOODED
Rising Water Follows Hoavy
Rainfall in Ohio.
MANY LIVES SUPPOSED TO BE LOST
A Numbfr Are Mlmilng anil Supposed to
IIkto Heen Mrowiirtl l.lfs Ntnrk
Carried Away Property Mor or
l.rm lludly Damaged.
CAN SEE NO CHANGE.
way?"
"Oh, whero could you havo seen
her?" asked Mabel, Jesultlcally, and
with considerable confusion, turning
to nrrango some flowers on tho small
tnble near her.
"It was only a dream then," mur
mured Denzll, disappointedly, and said
no more on the subject to his com
panion's great relief. Hut tho next day
he tormented little Stubber to allow
him to go down-stairs.
(To bo continued.)
A terrific rainstorm, accompanied by
a heavy wind, visited the vicinity of
ltlpley, O., doing great damage to
property and causing the loss of a
number of lives.
Eagle creek suffered severely and a
numlwr of people are reported missing
or drowned, among the number being
no reported Is the wife and daughter of
John Hlett, Illett postoillce, who left
just before the storm broke.
Advices received at Cincinnati from
parts of Hnm n county anil the adja
cent territory allow that houses were
Hooded. Relief committees are oaring
for the flood victim.
Fifty cattle were drowned near Elis
berry and all the telephone and tele
graph lines in the path of the storm
suffered.
At Maysville, K. the heaviest rain
fall In years occurred. Ilouseson Can
ada creek were moved from their foun
dations. At Portsmouth, O., the rinfll win.
nearly two inches.
Wires are down and till oommuniea
Uon with stricken district is eiitoll'.
TO AVOID BODY SNATCHING
Mr. .MtlClnley Iturcly Holding Her Own
MiK-tors Tell Katun Story.
A Washington dispatch says: Mis.
McKlnley's physicians were In consul
tation Friday for over an hour and the
following' statement was issued:
"Mis. MoKinley'h physicians stnto
that her condition Is about the wimu
as reported Thursday. There bus been
ini material change in tho past twenty
four hours."
The e.ainlnatlon of Mrs. McKinley's
blood, which has leeii made under tho
direction of the attending physicians,
showed negative results, there being
no evidence of blood poison. This Is
the only due of the various examina
tions that are being made by the phy
sicians to determine the character of
the Illness of Mrs. MoKlnley. Tho
blood was taken from her arm last
Tuesday.
Dr. Itixoy made this statement as ho
left the white liou-.e:
Mrs. McKinle.v Is resting comfort
ably. Her condition shows no chango
as compared with the situation an
nounced in the bulletin. She has not
yet lost any ground, nor, on the other
hand, has there been any perceptible
Improvement. She Is just tho same as
when we saw her Friday morning."
INSANE WITH JEALOUSY.
DISTANT 30,000,000 MILES.
Kros In Thnt Far from V SI cut of ttm
Time.
Lato last December the nsterold
Kros, which was discovered about
threo years ago, came within 30,000,
000 miles of the earth. This is not tho
nenrest it gets to us, for nt one point
In Its orbit It Is. or would tie If tho
earth was In the corresponding posi
tion In its orbit, within about 13.000,
000 miles, but unfortunately this only
occurs onco in about forty-five years.
Consequently tho astronomers took
advnntage of the conditions prevailing
In December to take Innumerable pho
tographs of It and a few stars in Its
vicinity In connection with tho Bun
from nil points possible, with tho ob
ject of using them as ft basis for the
computation of the sun's distance from
the earth, which, though known ap
proximately, has never been deter
mined with precision. As tho earth
nnd tho star aro now speeding away
from each other nnd further photo
graphing, therefore, of no avail for the
purpose, tho astronomers have begun
the task of measuring the photographs
some 5,000 or 0.000 In number, to as
certain tho dlstanco In minutes and
seconds of nn arc between Enos and
the neighboring stars. After this If
done tho Intricate mathematical cal
culations will bo entered Into. These
will occupy many months, or perhaps
a year or mqro, beforo anything llkr
a definite result can be readied.
Raniului of I.lnt'otn tn l Itrplurril In
Olil Tomb.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean will print
story saying that the recent reinter
ment of the remains of Abraham
Lincoln at Springfield. 111., has been
done in sueh a manner as to leave
them in u measure at the mercy of
body-snatchers, and that strpi art to
be taken nt once, at the instance of
KoU-rt T. Lincoln, to have the body
placed as in the former monument, un
der a huge block of cement where It
will be out of the reach of any attempt
at molestation.
suitor srnrnril Kills Woman ami Thru
llliimi-lf.
IiiMinclv jealous because she scorned
nls oiler of marriage and inaile desper
ate by Imaginary grievances against
members of her family, XoK Nelson, a
Swedish farm hand, of near Kingston,
III., shot and instantly killed Mrs.
.lohu Ludig. He then turned tho
weapon on her sister, Mrs. Peter Wing,
and sent a bullet at her head, and later,
when cornered by a crowd of fanners
anxious to lynch him, ended his own
life.
TuUi'it Until In Itliiml Tank.
Frank Taylor, a young man of Ox
ford, Mich., who became despondent,
because his sweetheart married another
man, attempted to drown himself In a
tank of blood in (iicen's slaughter
house. Ho was assisting in killing
cattle, and when the tank in which tho
blood was retained became full he
stripped himself and jumped in. He
was rescued by his companions. It ir
believed he was temporarily iusane.
MlnrA on American Hlile.
A 'WhaU.'om, Wash., dispatch says:
The boundary commissions of tho
American and Canadian governments,
now engaged in relocating the line on
the western slope of the Cascade moun
tains, have completed their work
through Mt. linker mining district,
and finds that it runs three-fifths of u
mile farther south than has been here
tofore supposed, but all of the more
valuable mines remain on American
territory.
CHAPTI2H XIX.
"Mlldied's engagement Is nt nn end
with Lord Lyndon!" DenzH's pale,
haggard faco flushed crimson; ho put
up his uninjured hand nnd brushed
back his hair Impetuously, fixing his
eyes on Mabel tho while. "What
caused It?" ho asked with surpressed
agitation. "It must havo been very
sudden. Four weeks ago, you say
why, that was Just after " Ho
paused.
'Just after your accident ociMirred,"
said Mabel, slowly; and slip grew
filghtened, fearing that Mildred would
condomn tho remark If alio heard of It,
,j!ind 'determined to make no moro ad
missions, whatever happened. "You
Children' PrhmUhli.
From about tho llftli or sixth year
children aro apt to make firm friend
ships with their smnH contemporaries
This should bo a watchful period foi
mothers, for these early friendships
havo a marked inlluenco on the mind,
morals and manners of a child. Nearly
every character Is moulded very large
ly by early companionship and Bur
round! n fis. Kvery mother should take
caro to bo her children's companion
as far as possible, for she may be quite
sure that If they are left to the care
of servants they will at the best onlv
attain the lueal manners and customs
of tho nursery or sorvauts' hall, which
aro not qulto thoso of tho cultured
clnsseH, says tho Evening Star. Chil
dren roqutro tho companionship of lit
Mi folks their own age. and a mother
should be so much her children's friend
lut sho knows all their associates ami
Is able to nip In tho bud any acquaint
anco which sho thinks, undesirable. The
mother who, to save herself fatlguo,
lets her children seek companions
among their schoolmates and neigh
bors without troubling heiself to find
out whether their influence Is likely to
be good huB onl heisolf to blame II
tho manners and morals of her oft
spring ro corrupted.
Dlolii'iM' Lovo I.etteri.
Charles Dickens' lovo letters exlBt a
boxful of them. So states a wrltor In
.. i ,,,inn weekly: "I had the pleaourt
of knowing Mrs. Dickens and had th
privilege of receiving her at my house
In my earliest London days. Without
over for a moment hinting at their
contents, sho would .smile in a half
amused and yet pathetic way at the
Eiiggestlon of a muttinl friend that her
fninnllH IlllSlmnil 8 IOVO icuais ..uu.
mnko a popular volume, nfter being
edited, of course."
King IMw.jnl I.IUen Society.
King Edward much prefers congon
Inl society to solitary stato and so has
introduced tho custom of having a
good-fllzed dinner party every evening
at tho royal tablo. Tho memborB of
his own family, nil guests and several
memberB of tho suite aro always in
attendance.
I.leutrnnnt Townlry (iullty.
News has been received at Washing
ton through unofficial channels that
Lieutenant Kichard Townley of tho
navy had been convicted by court
martial nt Manila and sentenced to dis
missal, Tne charge on which Lieuten
ant Townley was coiirt-mortialed was
In connection with the recent commis
sary irregulntions at Manila. Tho
sentence must be approved by the pres
ident to 1)0001110 ofYoctlve. Towley was
formerly a resident of Lincoln, Neb.
l'rli'Kt Not l'olNinifil.
The report of (Jcorge A. Ferguson of
New York, an analytical chemist, who
made tin examination of the stomach
of the Uev. E. S. Philips of llaelton,
Pa., who was found dead In the apart
ments of Dr. Kirk Stanley, three weeks
ago, shows that Father Phillips was
not poisoned.
Kirk Stanley was discharged.
Mlrnrulotm Knoupe of Chllil.
At Greeley, Neb., T. M. Hrown's
little girl, Lucille, fell from a two-story
window to the ground. It wis found
that she was badly injured but she
slept well and don't appear to bo
specially suffering from the shaking
up she got. She is only about two
years old and it is a wonder she war
not killed.
To Tnku Sternberg's IMiire.
Col. William II. Forwood, assistant
.iiirgeon of the 1'iiited States army,
chief surgeon of tho departmcut of
California has beo ordered to report to
Major General Sternberg, surgeon
general of tho army at Washington.
Ho will soon leave San Francisco.
Colonel Fcrwood will assume thediities
of the chief medical oHloerof the army
while the latter is making n tour of
inspection of the Philippines.
TryliiB to Sure tho Antrinn.
A St. John, N. F., dispatcli savs:
Three wrecking steamers are lying by
the stranded I.eland line steamer Assy
rian, ashoio oil" Cape Itace. and three,
divers are making -an examination of
its bottom. Every tiling ?. ready for
discharging its cargo or attempting to
tow it on", if such a step is decided on.
The weather is most favorable and it
is likely to remain unchanged for some
time.
MiuIiImMh to Out A III.
The machinists of Chicago, 111., aro
to receive assistance in their striko
from the local branch of thu amalga
mated society of engineers, which is
composed of men in all the metal
trades. Representatives of the two
organizations had a conference and
plans were outlined for concerted
uotion.
I VHlrally IlUiiimlKIcil.
a asuington dispatcli says:
Two
Trnmeily In a Tenement.
Francisco Alasko, twenty-two years"
old, shot and killed his first cousin.
Miss Angelina Fala, aged twenty-seven
yearb of age, and then committed sui
cide by shooting himself in the breast.
The tragedy occurred in a tenement at
103 Elizabeth street, a poor part of the
city of New York. Alasko was in love
with the woman.
'Weuther C'oiidltloiiM,
The reports received by the climato
nd crop service of the weather bureau
shows th t, Nebraska received a good
wetting down on Monday and Monday
night. Tho rain was widely dlstlbuted
and was almost everywhere heavy
enough to give relief to the crops,
which were beginning to suffer.
Had burglars looted the residence of
Mr. JoncM, of tho W. II. Harrison lum
ber yards at Grand Island, but tho
amount of loot secured was not large.
West Point outlets, Albert H. Mueller
and Louis SuluHne, jr.. who have just
graduated from the military academy,
have been honorably discharged from
the servioos of the United States on ac
count of physical disqualifications.
Mueller was appointed from Illinois
nnd Soleliac from New York.
Dili, from Hiililen.
Aaron Ewlng of Loeton, Mo., died on
riunker creek, in the Klondike, in May,
from what was supposed to be rabies.
The patient had all tho symptoms of
rabies beforo and after death and tho
camp was greatly alarmed. Tho pa
tient wss bitten six weeks beforo tho
disease.dcvcloped. He died in grca
"Roiiy-
Woodmen llrj;ln Io (Slither,
The chief ofllcials of tho Modern
Woodmen of America, -which opens its
national convention In St. Paul, Minn.,
nc.t week, have arrived. Tho partv
Included Head Consul W. It. Northcoto
of Illinois and A. It. Talbot of Lincoln,
Neb., a member of tho board qf directors.
timnii Yurlit linn Acehleiit.
The Lawson yacht Independence in
Aer second sail trial at llostou, met
with her first accident, a not very seri
ous jamming of tho steering gear, but
sufll'.'ient to stop tho trial after an
hour and a half of splendid sailing,
during which sho attained a speed of a
little over thirteen and one-half nau
tical miles an hour. Tho acoldunt led
unexpectedly to a most thorough test
of the yacht's rigging nnd her big stel
mast and tho result showed that it
wjmld take a pretty severe blow to dis
mast the Hostou yacht.
Tuning (Iff in Ai'niK(
The crop bulletin issued Friday by
the secretary of the Kansas state board
of agriculture shows tho condition of
wheat In the state to be 82.8, as com
pared with un average of 00.8 for last
month.
hulrhlo Iileiitllleil,
The man who committed suicide in
Crapo park at Hurlington, Ia.,hasbcen
Identified by his son, Frank, as F. S.
Peavy, at one time a wealthy farmer
near Nuwton, la. The body is now In
a medical college vat at Kirksville,
Mo. Tho remains will bo secured aud
buried by the son.
Consldornblo fun is being poked nt
Labette county becauso its coioner Is a
colored man of limited education. Hut
at Inquests ho wisely eays littlo, re
membering that the mnn who Is long
on words is short on deeds.
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