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3VAiftlt ,UUt j -T)p- - T tt r " 3- fr .;.. it J , SWEPT BY FLOOD '4 City of Cleveland Devastntod by Rushing Waters. A CIOUMURST IN THE NIGHT TIME It evidence Strooln ulckly llecuiiin Tor rent Mniiy Ilotnn Cudi-nuliied--triplet Inmate l'eiined hi hiiiI Vanle-Nlrlekcu- -I.o lleut). A Cleveland, O,, dispatch says: With tho breaking or tliiwn Sunday morning Iho citizens (f Cleveland awoke to look upon u scene of unparallcle do vnstaUon nml destruction caused ly n raging Hood. Whiles this entire 'city was inure or loss effected, the great volume of raging water vented its lin ger over miles of the eastern portion of tho elty and caused an amount of damage approximately cstlmntod at , 1,000,000. Tho appalling overflow was caused by a terrific rain that commenced to fail hhortly after S o'eloek in the night, turned Into a perfect cloudburst be tween the hours of .'I and fl, and then continued with great force. The storm, according to the weather otllclnls, was the heaviest that swept over Cleveland sineo the establishment of the govern ment weather bureau there over forty yearn ago. That uo lives were lost is scarcely short of a miracle. The surging waters spread over an area in the est end .uearly.eight miles long and a mile and n half wide. This extended from Woo.lland Hiilsnveuuo to Hast Cleve land and back to Fust Madison avenue. Mmiy Unimex Undermined. Great volumes of water poured over row I)oaii and Oiddings brooks down Quluoy street, swamped Vienna street, ruslied over Cedar avenue, back to Kast Prospect street, swept like a mill race down Lincoln avenue to Kuclid avenue and then on to Glen Park placo, where houses were undermined rut though built of straw and almost incalculable damage ilonu to streets and "property. Over a largu share of this exclusive residence territory the water rushed with terrific force, varying in depth fromormto six feet. Culverts, tres tles and bridges wcro torn down nnd for hours nothing seemed capable of stemming the tide of destruction. Hundreds of residents who were im prisoned in their beautiful homes like stranded islanders were almost panic stricken, expecting to be called upon to wade out into "the swirling waters lit almost any minute. D.mgor signals were flashed about the city as speedily as tho disabled telephone system would allow and tho rescue work commenced How boats plied back and forth assist ing whole families from perilous po tations, but these proved pitifully inadequate, ilnd it was soon found nec essary to resort to the precaution of calling on tho life-saving crew from the river, a distance of seven miles. The life-boats were quickly loaded mi wagons and hurried to the scene of destruction. KIDNAPPERS DEMAND MONEY Tlireuti.n to Abduct Nun or Wealthy Vnnkton Man. S. S. Groou, a prominent citizen nnd elothicr of this city, has received a note v poorly written nnd full of misspelled wonla, demanding SliOO of him nndend 'ingwtfhn threat to abduct 'his ten-year-old son if ho does not comply. The writer of tho note demands him to place 8300 in n cave one mile west of town by Sunday ovening. Mr. Groon says he will pay no attention to the Mtte. Constitution Fairly Ilenten. At Newport, II. I., the Columbia, splendidly handled, Heat the Constitu tion four minutes, nineteen seconds, corrected time, over a course of fifteen milco'to windward and hack in the iirst trial races to select the cup de fender. Tho defeat wiib decisive, and admirers of tho Constitution are at' their wit's end to make apologies and excuses for her had behavior. She was fresh from the Hcrroshoff ship yard, where her bottom had been scraped. Threo Lyncher Convicted. The judy in the casus of John Strength and Martin Fuller, at We tuinpkn, Ala., charged with having participated in tho lynching of Itobcrt White, u negro, returned a verdict of murder in tho second degree, and sen tenced to ten years in the penitentiary. k This tnakcts three convictions iu these eases, Geo. Howard having been sen tenced to Ufa imprisonment. Root Il wn AbcPHM. Secretary of War Uoot is ut his resi dence iu Now York suffering from an nbccsH. Ilia physicians say the secretary is in no danger, and that no operation will Iks necessary. Mrs. Root sitld that her husband needed a little rest, and that they would go to' Southampton, L. I., tor a few days. Iiijurietf Itniult In Dentil. t' Injuries received by being thrown from a buggy at Plnttsmouth, Neb,, re sulted in tho death of Hon. John P. JJuck, a pioneer Cass county frrmor. Mr. Hack and wife and their grand daughter wero on their way to tho old ncttlerh' reunion when tho team Im camo frightened and ran away, throw ing the occupants out of the vehicle. Mr 1 J uck was rendered unconscious by tho fall and he died several hours later. His wife and granddaughter escaped with only slight bruises. The deceased was ubhty yell is old. WILL NEVER BE CONVICTED I. l.Kunfrl, Clmrped Wltli Murder, 1I Suddruly. I. J. Kunkcl, a German merchant, who was the principal in a sensntlonnl murder trial at iLawrcnce, Kan., in 1S8U, died in Lawrence recently. Ho was tried anil acquitted on the charge of jH!soning ills second wife. The case wan fought stubltornly by both sides, nnd the state endeavored to show that the prisoner was respon sible also for the (loath of his llrst wife, of his second wife's daughter nnd of his own crippled son, all of whom hud met deatli at different times suddenly and iu a mysterious manner. Kunkcl was apparently in good health. He was taken suddenly ill on thu street, and died a soon as ho reached home. ENDS HIS LIFE rurten-Veiir-old Hoy at llencm Mini low Carbolic Arid. Hoy Van Cleve. a boy fourteen years old, tho only son of Mrs Van Cleve, matron of the girls' industrial school at Oiitcv.i, Neb., committed sulelde at the homu of his aunt, Mrs. J. S. Unpen," three miles southwest of Uenevu. by swallowing a quantity of carbolic acid. Letters written at II o'clock the day before the commission of tho deed in dicated his intention to do the deed. He went into an empty com crib, wrote n notu telling where tho letters could bo found,, and then took the poison. Whed found, shortly after, ho was in a dying condition and ex pired before Ids mother aud thu pliys icinn arrived. He was a bright, intelligent boy, but it is not possible thnt be had any con- ceptlon of tho horror of the act he com-'' mittcd. II in dread of starting to school iu a strange placo Is about tho only known cause for the deed. MANY PRAIRIE CHICKENS Store In Wcntcrn Kiiiiksii Tliuii for Many Yearn. According to reports received at Sa Una, Kau., from several points in the western part of the state more prniriu chickens will bo found this year than in any years past. Tills is the almost universal opinion expressed by corre spondents throughout the west. ' . Tho reason advanced in the majority of instances flir the presence of tho large number of chickens is that tho extreme dry weather of tho present summer ha,s In-cn conducive to tho breeding of the birds. Hunting parties arj quite frequent in tltat section. RANCHERS MAY RESIST They are (lit on Notice to ()uit Company Iind In Arlrouu, Forty-three ranchers and all the resi dents of tho town of Fairbanks, Ariz., in the San Pedro Valley, have been no tified to leave ther homes, which are on the liouqulllas Spanish land grnnt. Tho land recently camo Into thu po session of a large cattle company aud will be fenced iu as soon as the settlers can be ejected. One rancher has built a ort an I proposoi to stand off the company' cowboys, who will bo en gaged in clearing tho land of ranchers and their improvements. Tho grant embraces 17,3.15 acres. WINS IN A DRIVE. Muddcu'a Yankee Cnpturm the Hlg Futurity. John E. Madden's Yankee, at. four to one in the betting, won the classic Fu turity at Shcopshead Hay, the. richest fixture of tho American turf. He won driving by a length mid a half from what was perhaps the best aud high est class field which ever ran for tho stnko. Lux Casto wns second, while Harry finished third. It was a great race and nobly won, and a record breaking crowd of 30,000 people stood up iu their excitement and wildly cheered tho victor. Thu track was fast and all conditions favorable. WU TING FANG MUST LEAVE Chinese MlnUter at Wnihlugton Uoe to Loudon. "Li Cliing Fang, adopted son of Li Hung Chang, having declined the St. Petersburg legation," Bays a dispatch to tho London Times from Pekin, "China hosappolntcd Sir Chen Lo Feng Lu (Chinese minister iu London) to St. Petersburg, transferring Wu Ting Fang from Washington to London." Find Man nt tho Wheal. The navy department lias succeeded by means of its notice to tho press in learning tho whereabouts of Hustaf E. Clacson, who' was tho man at tho wheel on the Texas in tho battlo of Santiago. Captain Ixsinley, the judge advocate in tho Schley court of Inquiry, received a telephone message from a resident of Washington, giving him Clneson's ad dress in tho United States, which, how ever, was not mado public. Highest for Hoven Yours . The highest price paid for hogs dur ing tho past seven years was recorded on the Sioux Oity market Friday, tho figure being 80.35. rhllllpx IIcrIiih AruIu. The secretary of statu has issued ar tides of incorporation to tho George II. Phillips Urain company of Chicago, 111., with a capital stock of 8500,000. Tho incorporators nro Ueorge Phillips, tho late "corn king," .Jacob Hingcr and William Wlliart, all of Chicago. Cxnr Hulli for Deniniirk. A St. Petersburg dispatch says: The czar, the' czarina uud tho lmpcrinl chil dren sailed for Copenhagen. Tlioy will remain a fow days In Denmark before proceeding to Kiel. UNABLE TO FINISH The Socond Rrtce of American Yachts a Failure WIND DIES OUT AND TIME EXPIRES. I'oluinlilii Mum t'p I ho )l-l uud Hum Auity I'roui CoiiNlltutlou When ever "Wind 1'rfnlicin t'p. Upton I'rcicnt. A Newport. H. I., dispatch says the M'cond official trial race of the Colum bia and the Constitution practically had no result. The ynchts, for lack of wind, were unable to finish within the time limit of live and one-hiilf hours. At 0:110 In the evening the contest came to an inglorious conclusion, two miles to the east ward of Hrcnton's reef lightship. At that time the Co lumbia lead by n good quarter of a tulle. The course was triangular,-ten nautical miles to a leg, the first Ix-lng a beat. windward, cast by south, the second a reach with the wind nlKiut abeam, and the third n run before the wind, which hauled to make it another stretch with the wind abeam until the racu was de clared tiff. Sir Thomas Lipton and his friends watched the race with eagjr interest from the bridge of the steam yacht Krtn. Nothing noteworthy occurred in tin; race until the second mark was rounded by the boats, the Columbia leading by a margin of four and one halfiininutes. t Almost a -fiat calm pre vailed for nearly twenty minutes. The Constitution was showing marvelous ability ai a drifter. The Columbia set her spinakcr, but the wind hauling, took it in again after a few moments. The Constitution lowered her splnnker pole, but did not set the sail. Under her balloon jib top sail she crawled up very slowly and passed the Columbia. Thu wind came a little fresher and the Constitution, increased her lead. It freshened still more, when Columbia lulled out and passed the Constitution with singular rapidity and was a .quarter of a mile in the lead when Ou tline limit wns up. ACCUSED OF CAUSING RIOT Mr. Nation Arrcnled at New York Hut l(ctcHcd. A New York dispatch says: Mrs. Carrie Nation, who arrived lu this city recently, was arrested at Twcnty clgthth street and F.ighth u venue, charged with "raising a crowd anil creating a riot." She was ideated, however, upon the. assurance of her escort that she would go directly to her hotel. He fore being arrested Mrs. Nation entered three saloons find two concert halls, and iu strong language lectured the bartenders and the s-r-sons gathered in the illnVreut resort. A crowd followed her from plnee to place, constantly growing larger and inure boisterous, aud finally the police interfered and arrested Mrs. Nation. Dliapproie llo)cott. At Omaha, Neb., the central hilxir union recently declared a Isiycott up on tho Ak-Sar Hen festivities because non-union labor was employed con structing the booths nnd pavilions that are to Iw used. Tho local typograph ical union held a meeting and resolved that while not liking it Itecnuso non union men were-employed still it wns against policy to boycott a public en terprise of this character. If any boy eotting is donuMt'shnuld be against tho persons directly responsible for Un employment of non-union men. Iturna to Dentil in Hotel. The destruction of the Hotel MoKce at Pittsburg, Pa., a frame strut lire, re sulted in tho death of Harry McKec, a boy; injuries to four others, and the narrow escape of many more. Molten wan burned to death. The injured wore: Pella Campbell, John M. Oray Harry.Mardls, Harry MeUouver, and Mary Wolosliu. Miss Campbell will probably die. The fire was caused by tho explosion of a gasoline stove, which Miss Campbell attempted to light. Tho injnred were all employes. MacArlhur nt WiiHliliiRton, A Washington dispatch says: Maj. General MacArtliur, who formerly wus in command of the American forces in tho Philippines, lias reached Washing ton. Ho was accompanied by Cnpt. T. Q. Ashbnrn, h..j niddc-de-camp. (Jen eral MauArthur's stay in Washington will Iks brief, as after formally report ing to tho war department officials he. will leave for a call on Secretary Hoot in New York nnd then will "return west. Chnrced With IlnolleKKlni;. United States Deputy Marshal Moore orought before Commissioner Hode of Grand Island, Neb., one, Kll Warm-ion the charge of bootlegging. At tho hearing tho prisoner was bound over to the United States district court at Omaha and in defnnlt of the S.'.OO lnind was taken to that city for safe keeping. Ho was operating at Nelson. An Kdltor lUdly lleuten, C. Miller, -editor of the Cumlng County Democrat at West Point, Neb., was badly beaten by a young law stu dent, Charles Neenry. Miller's teeth wero knocked out, his nose broken and both his eyes blackened. Miller was having a political discussion with ,11m Conlin in the Green Tree hotel nnd Nccary took a hand with disastrous results to Miller. Neenry win; arrest cd nnd released on bond. The encoun ter stirred up considerable excitement and there wns talk of dealing harshly with tho young man. HASTINGS BOILER BURSTS IHphxIou In Mni'hlno Slio;i Vnrtliilly Wreck IIuIIiIIiik. A dispatch from Hustings, Neb., says: A two and one-half horse pow er boiler iu Hiinclngrcn'stnnehlne.shop exploded with u tcrtitlu report that was heard all over town. N'o lives were lost. Mr. Huuclngrcn hail been using the Imllcr without, n safety valve and nt too high a pressure and It ex pliK.l. A portion of thu boiler went, through tho west side of the building cutting the studding and springing the whole side of thu building. Other portions went through the west side and thu plate ghiM front was blown out and the engine left a wreck. Mr. Kuncingrcn uud another man who were staui'lng iu front of the shop were lifted off their feet, but were un hurt. The damage Is S.'IOO, w lth no In surance. A BOX OF POISONED CANDY Unilllij Woumn of lllncl. HUM Nnrrnu ly INciiimh Dentil. .Mrs. Kiln Vcnar, a well known lady residing near Wlilluwood, S. 1).. re cently took to ralve a little girl, a daughter of n waitress iu D.-adwood, mimed Priest. She promised her aeoptcd child all her property when she died. The mother, working linrd in Dcadwood. it Is i-linrinil. luirctiiim-d a box of candy and u Imttlu of strych nine and mixed the two pretty well and sent the box to her daughter with instructions not to cat any of It herself but. to give it to Mrs. Venter which was done. Some of the candy was eaten by the woman and she was very badly poisoned, but will live. Mrs Priest has been arrested. FATAL AFRAY AT V SOCIAL niirrol llctwccu Women Terminate! In Murder. A I'lkcton. 0., dispatch says: Israel M. McCallastcr is dead and .lolin It. Cutllp ami .McClevclauil Nance aru in jail as the sequel lo a toclal given at Salt Creek, recently. Miss Stella Mo-t'olla-itcr an A Salllo Cu'.lip cigngeil in adispuluan-1 while McA'oll..ster was endeavoring to separate Ihem ho was stabln-d from behind and expired al most Instantly. Nance Is alleged to have ticalcn the living man with a club A terrible se-ne followed, during which kuUcsuiul revolvers were drawn and women fainted. KxeltJ-ment Is still high and more blood may fiovv as it is said a mob will take the matter in hand when it lias been definitely net tled who cominlttced the murder. Child Item liter hy limy. A little son of Carl Spronse, just old piioiu'Ii to run out of doors, was run over by Heiinett's dray at Cullaway, Neb. The child was playing outside when tin) dray passed by at a good speed, and the little one ran in front aud was knocked down and one of tho wheels passed over It, Injuring it qulto severely, if not fatally. The father of the child committed suicide two yenrp ago. Fiilrllelil Woiniiu llururd. Mrs. Henry Hall was probably fatal ly burned at Fairfield, Neb., by the explosion of a gasoline lamp which she was filling iu her husband's store. Mrs. Preston was also badly burned nnd a young man named Norris wns burned about tho back and legs. Tho store, caught fire, but tho blaze was ex tinguished. Two Ileml Tiro Humeri. At Albany, N. Y., a frightful fato befell tho family of Wilbur Alexander, a contractor. A naptha launch ex ploded on tho Hudson river at the "Abbey," a uiilu anil a half below Al bany, killing Mrs. Alexander ami her little daughter and burning Wilbur Alexander and Ills son, Wilbur Alex ander, jr., In a horrible manner. tUprrt Swimmer Drowned. Georgo Hclchcr of Hrooklyn, Now York, well known as an expert and fancy swimmer, wns drowned iu Hroad Channel, nt Hockaway beach. Ho wus giving au exhibition in deep water of how a swimmer could carry a person on his-back, aud his daughter, Eva wus tho one. he carried. llrltiR Cargo of KoiiUklii. The steamer Homer has arrived at San Francisco from the Prlbyloff isl ands with '.'2,01:! sealskins, a largo numlier of fox skins uud a quantity of whalebone. The catch of seals is re ported as small . THENEWS IN BRIEF Warden Davis, of the Nebraska state penitentiary is skit wifh typhoid fever A dispatch from Caracas, Venezuela, says that wur is Imminent between that power aud Colombia. Tho strike of tho brewers at the t'rttubntrHrow cry, -declared last Fri day is off, thu men having gonu back to work. Articles of incorporation of the Val entine State bank have been filed. Tho new bank will huvo a capital stock of 8J5.000. At Munson, Pa., Kmnnuul Hiiius, a German miner, was blown to atoms by an explosion of powder which had ignited from his pipe. Hev. J. W. Swan and wifu of Wymoro were tendered a reception by the mem bers of th M. K, church. Hev. Swun Jias uceeptcd a call to Omaha. During a thunder storm ot Altoonn, Pa., a party of golf players took refuge in a building. Lightning struck it aud I). 1). Marks, aged S3, was killed, Late reports from thu wreck which occurred on tho Great Northern forty miles cast of Kalispull, Mont., indicate that tho wreck was tho worst In tho history of the road. Thirty-four lives huvo boon lost aud tun were injured, at least three of whom will die. TO AVERT WAR Prosidont McKinloy Tenders Hie Good Offices. WRITES TO SPUNKY IIEIGHBORS llre t'ntnmlilii and teueoirlii to Settle 't'hrlr lllrrrreuee-i Doplori-N IUpil- Hon of qimrrel -Ami'erK are lie- relwd- Content I'mIuhum), it has been accvtalucd that on Au gust si, during Secretary Hay's recent, visit to Washington, a telegraphic, mes sage was sent to the ministers lit Car acas and Itogota, directing them to in form tin- foreign secretaries of Vene zuela aud Colombia of thcillstress with which tin- president had heard of tho likelihood of a disturbance lietwi-en those two republics. Adverting to the responsibility of the United' Stntcs being 'exerted to compose tho pending questions, thu ministers have directed to say that, while the relations of this government with both uallous aru equally intimate ami friendly nnd every opportunity Is taken to show thu good will wu bear them, au offer of tin- president's kindly otllces to arrange any differences which tuny exist between Colombia and Ven ezuela would bo Ineffective without the acqulcsence of both. Nevertheless, In spired by the sentiments which are common to all the govern ments of the American i-epu biles, the United States would sincerely deplore a breach of the amicable relations that at this time happily exist between the sister na tions of the western world, and would especially regret any action by either of them which might menace tho se curity tif transit, across the isthmus of the neutrality of its territory anil thereby constrain the government, of the United States to consider Its re sponsibilities and functions under ex isting treaty engagements with Colom bia. Thu text of Mr Hay's telegram hns not been made public. It is under stood that au acknowledgment ot its receipt has been mado by thu Venezue lan government, but its purport, has not been made known, although it is said to lie friendly iu tone, and while charging invasion by Colombian forces on the Venezuelan border nml refer ring to tho temporary suspension of diplomatic Intercourse which lias oc curred, the way appears to be open for explanations. Venezuela has not de clared war against Colombia. No ac knowledgment lias been received from Hogota, but this is supposed Io-Im; duo to tho reported delays in telegraphic communication bet weed Hogota and end the coast stations. Colombia, also, It in said, has made response to tho notu of Secretary Hay. While its contents aru not obtainable, tho statement is made thnt it is concil iatory in character and expresses an earnest wish that war with Venezuela may be avoided. Such a result, it is stated, would lie a cause of genuine regret to tin? people of Colombia. Col ombia, it Is stated, stands ready to ac cept the friendly Intervention" tif tho United States to avert war and reposes full confidence In thu latter country. PREPARING CZAR'S SAFETY No niHiiBreement In I'mueo l.'niirornlnc Coming VUlt. The ofllolal statement regarding tho Paris cabinet council contains thu sig nificant statement that thu cabinet nt its meeting in July settled tho meas ures to be taken for tho safety of Km peror Nicholas during his visit to France. This phraso was deliberately inserted, it is understood, to disprove thu assertions of the nationalist press that M. Wahleek-Housscau was Itept in Iguornnco of thu czar's coming until a few hours lx-fore tho public, announce ment. It also demolishes tho stories of au alleged disagreement between Presi dent Louhot and tho premier on the subject. TWO LOSE THEIR LEGS. Negro Mnn and Woman Sleep on Hall Koud Trnrk, Near Lawrence, Kansas, "Hull" Sparks and Hoso Moore, negroes, were run down by a train. The legs of both were severed by tho wheels of the en gine. Tho man's legs wcro amputated Just above the knees, and the woman's between tho kneus nnd ankles, ltoth aru living, but their condition is crit ical. The victims of the accident had Ik-oii out carousing during the night, and it is believed they fell nslecpon the track. ,- Ml I I ! , Trnnemeo .lllurm yull. Union coal miners are out of tho mines nt Oliver Springs, Tenii., and re fuse to return to work until soms ugrecinent Is renched with tile opera tors relative to a now wage schedule. I Last Saturday night nlsnit S00 of tho Oliver Springs miners shouldered their picks and with lighted torches paraded the streets. Trill n Load of Ioot. A Pekin.idispatch says:C (Mr. II. G. Squires, secretary of the United State's legation in Pekin, started for home on leave of absence. He takes with him a collection of Chinese art, filling sev eral railway ears which experts pro nounce one of thu most complete ex tant. Mr. Squires intends to present thu collection which conbibts largely of porcelains, bronxes aud carvings from thu palaces bought from tho mis sionaries and at auction of military loot to tho Motropolitan Museum of Art. FIRST KILL AND THEN BURN Al.-ilmm Moll "liotrR Sinn- Than tUiinl Mercy. Hill Fourncy, alias Hill Hllllard, ol Troy, Ahu, charged with assaulting Miss Wilson at Chcstiut Grove, was shot and his body burned by n limb ncur the scene tif his crime. Miss Wilson, who is seventeen years of age, and the daughter of Dr. Carroll, twelve years of age, wore on'thcli- way to school at Cliesnnt Grove when they were overtaken by the negro, lln sol zed Miss Wilson and the. younger girl inn. As she did so tho negro llif.il his pistol, but. initM-tl her, The girl raised the alarm and soon a poise vits in pursuit. When llity renched the scene of Urn crime. they found Miss Wllfton uncon scious and terribly bruised lu tho faro and about tin: bead. Tho posse tracked tho negro lo bin home, where he win found iu lied, say ing he was sick. Thu Carrol girl Iden tified him and hn wai then taken nit. and shot, nnd his body burned. Miss Wilson is in a precarious condition. ENDS LIFEaTaGeIjF 122. Iti-rnrd In Sulcldn Mmln hy m Colored Moomu In Indluuii. Suicide nt tho age of I SI years in the record of a colored woman of Kokomo, hid. Last spring Mrs. Luey Washing ton, who was seventy-six years a slave and part of the. time a servant in tint family of President Mndlson, was taken to thu county house. "1 hope lo die before lly tlmo,' hho said. "I havis had morn Hum ISO lly times now and that is more than my share." A month ago the old woinnti Hung herself down n. -. a. !........ l.b..t.L. . i !..... AA.t m it jiu stairway, orc'iuiug mrcu rim mm left arm. Tho broken bonea knit speedily and site adopted another meth od of self-destruction, that of volun tary starvation. Two weeks ngo nIio quit eating, and since then hns not tasted a morsel tif food, oven Vefimlng to moisten her mouth with wntcr. Tin end camo Monday. GOES TO BUY ARMS. Ilrother of r-i-lileiit CaNtro Einhark nr l'niuee. . A dispatch to tho Now York Herald from Willeinstnd, Curacao, nayR! Gen eral Ccclllo Castro, a brother of Presi dent Castro, has left .Venezuela for France, to obtain an linmcdlato runuw ul of diplomatic, relations with France, to buy arms for Venezueln and also to attend to tho creation of a French bank. (icncrnl Castro lefc Venezuela on the Venezuelan war vessel, tho HesUiura dor formerly tho Gould yncht Atlanta. Hu will board the steamship Cana da aOlartiniq'uo nnd wlllarrivuntlior dcaux on September 1 1. Ho will trav el incognito. PLAN EXTENSION TO OMAHA ChlcnRO J rent Writern May Ino Ilond for nulltllng. It is reported, sayH n Chicago dlu pHtch,.that President, SHckney of tho Great Western has succeeded In "form ing a syndicate to underwrite nn issue of 0,01)0,000 Chicago Great Western de benture bonds, to provides for tho building of the proposed extension to Omaha and Sioux City. Work on these cxtenslona in to bo commenced next spring, but Rome pre liminary grading may bo donu this year. Thu surveys have all been com pleted. KILLED BY UNKNOWN ENEMY l-romlnrnt Member of Mormon Church Amnulnnted. Hubert Graham, a well-known elli zc.u of Wohcr county and prominent official in the Mormon church at Huntsville, Utah, was shot and al most instantly killed while on hs way homo from church nt night. Tho afj fair is shrouded in mystery, there lie ing no clue to the perpetrators of tho tleed. Mntorinaii-Hmvcd'tJlKhty Cam. At Chicago tho Logan square termi nal of the Metropolitan elovatcd rontl was practically destroyed by fire. Thu ticket agent narrowly escaped, death iu tho fire, which destroyed a lot of cars, a train shed, repair shops anil other railway prppcrty.- A motorraan wait iug with his train at the (station saw thu flame aud pulled about 80 cars out of the yards before tho ilamcd reached them. Kstimated loss, 8100, 000. Denmark to Hell Island. A London dispatch nays: A dlspateh to a news agency fron Copenhagen says thu new Danish ministry has decided to accept tho United Statca' offer of JO.000,000 kroner for tho Danish Wcat 'I ndiesr thitH-annoiincldg'ntf7an accom plished fact what tho dispatches of tho Associated press bald tho ministry would do. I'lutm for Colonial Army. Count von Jlnclow, tho chancellor at Ilcrlin, is formulating proposals which, he will soon submit to tho German states, for the formation of a colonial army. A. M. Segar, aged S!S, whose homo Is supposed to bo at ChcrryvaK'ijKnii., wns stubbed to death by Itlley Swal low ood, aged 10. Thu affray occurred in a Tacoma, Wash,, saloon, tho result a quarrel between tho two men. Swal lowood tied nnd has not been captured. 1-UnliiK SHU Ilarncd. The pinning, shlnglo and sash five tory of N. McGraft& Son nt Lakeside, Mich., was burned, together with tho finished stock. Loss, about 130,000; insurance about half in several com panies. The lira caught from a pass ing engine. I ' Jl - . ' - fe! . ., :. Ofcay. iMjii;iiiii,r.,w-;tK'liii tfuHgrajMj cTisiiwuErsfiMJW.'hr XAlv-6, "w i' mFwmwwtwWiWMiwwwffir aJjajHfcjHfrJaJmflP$ 'S' f' jflj TIM J'iWfnaWi Hin -Vmf ! I ( mMtm " LL tiaV'i'Siff' a;-juwuis ...".J-:V. t tBBBMM.aBalBtfB)fcBMaaBKV altS ..!.. tA-