i7 J
foitfs'
LIVES ARE LOST
HASTINGS BRAWL
FLOOD DAMAGE IN KANSAS
TIRED OF LIVING
REVENUE OFFICE IN A
ft
Hi!
Workman Trapped in a Pennsyl
vania Coal Mino.
EXPL0S10H OF GAS CAUSES DISASTER
Itetruern Driven lliteh, iiml I", very UTort
l Itcurli llin Interior Wim I'iixiii"
rcMtfnl Nnmlier of lleml Not
Vol Known Oilier Nei.
A Johnstown. I 'a . July ID. dlr.patch
miyii Nearly two hundred uiuti, il Is
thought, were killed or Injured today
in mi oxphmlon In the Cambria Steel
company's lolling mill (oal mini: un
der West Mont hill nt noon. How
inniiy nio (lend II will lake several
days lo determine. It was nearly an
liour after Hie explosion bcfino any
general knowledge of what had hap
pened got abroad It wan nearly I
o'clock when nil hope of sending vet
rue purtlcH from the Went Mont open
ing wan nlinndoned. Richard Hcnnett
and John Meyers, who cHenped Iroin
the mine, went hack two miles to see
what iiHHlHtance could he rendered, hut
the damp drove them hack and they
fell prostrate when they reached the
outside. It was clear that rcBciie work
ould not proceed from the Went Mont
opening and hasty preparations were
made to rescue the unnrlsonul men
lit the Mill creek entrance.
Hoon after the news of the cxplo
ttioii reached the Candida nlllelnln
Minim; Knglnecr MarHhall (J. Moore
and ouo nf hln nsslstnnts, Al (!. Pros
her, made an nt tempt to enter the
mine. They were followed ly Mine
(Superintendent George T. Robinson,
lint the gases compelled them to 10
liirn to the Htirface.
Mlnera who left the mine by way
of tho Mill creek entrance brought
liorrlblo atorlea of itiiwIIiik over the
lead bodies of their comrades. Tom
Mister wan In his olllce when the ex
plosion occurred. With the help of
Foreman Roberts an effort was made
to replace a few of the shattered doors.
President Powell Stnckliotise to
night Htilil: "The disaster In an un,
iisual one and was unexpected. The
mine, wna Inspected three dnya ago.
Tho number of casualties Is now
placed at ISO."
Mayor Hendry says that General
Maunger Price told him that slxty
llv bodies were already In sight at 1
o'clock Friday morning.
FLOODS SUBSIDING
llrort From Lincoln mill Other Poind
) More Cheerful.
Tho waters la the lowlands of Kin
cola and elsewhere In the eastern por
1 1on of Nebraska are sulnldlng, and
residents who were driven out by the
lilgh water are returning to their
lioinpfl, says a Lincoln, Neb., July II,
dispatch. The losses suffered are very
heavy
Htato Engineer Dobson and City En
gineer Campen have nmde meusuro
iiieutH Hint determine pretty accurate
ly tho deptli of the water ns compared
with former Hoods. In lS'.M Mr. Do.i
hon .measured the volume of water go
ing down Kail creek and his maximum
figures showed Hint It was ft, 800 cubic
feet per second. My a test made yes
terday at II o'clock la the morning
lie found that lO.KI.'i.fi cubic feet of
water was passing down the channel
every" second. The measurement was
made nt n point where the channel
divides Into three parts and the work
can bo done easily Theae figures show
that there was almost twice ns much
wnter in the bed of the creek as there
was in 1891.
Tho situation in other places Is bet
ter, tho waters receding slowly. Tho
railroads leading south out of Lin
coln nre practically In running order,
but It will require some time to get
tho roadbeds in solid shnpe. At Bea
trice tho loss by tho tire of Thursday
morning wns very heny, the totnl
being at least a (piaiter of a million
dollars.
SALT CREEK CLAIMS VICTIM
Idling 01 il n Oriinriieil Neur WiimtIy
While UutliliiK.
Clarence Auclimuty, son of Mr. and
Mis P. K. Auclimuty, of Waierly. wns
bathing with a number of comrades
in the valley Hooded by Salt creek.
lie waded out until well In the cur
rent, which carried his feet from un
der him. Aid wns secured by (wo
comrades, lint owing to the swift cur
rent ami being compelled to swim
ngnlnst H, they were tired out when
they reached him. Ho was a well
liked yong man of tue vicinity and
his death la keenly felt, doubly so be
cause the parents buriedian elder son
a week ago.
Will Kerltiw the I'mmi.
Tho papers In the case of Gaynor
and Greene, in which tho department
of justico seeks the aid of the state
depnrmont to secure the extradition
' of tho men named, have reached the
date department. They have been re
ferred to a rovlowlng authority and
when Secretary Hay Is in possession
of all tho essential points in the ap
plication he will proceed to consider
the case. It is not certain when Hie
application will be presented.
STIKE NOT SETTLED
Freight lliiiHlltTi Hefiino ti On llitrk -Teimnli'M
l7 ynll
A Chicago, July 10, dispatch Bays
The rtrike of the Height handlers as
sumed knleldcKcople hues this morn
ing and al noon had resolved Itself
Into a more determined and serious
phase by the action of the teamsters,
acting as individuals, coming to tho
iiRslstnnco of tho freight handlers and
declaring I hoy would ipiit work. Karly
In the day the railroads reiterated
their tetiisal to accede lo the demand
Tor union recognition. Then several
hand strlkets in blocks of live began
to work', and It looked as though the
trouble was orr. with the railways as
easy victors. Following this came a
conceited iifusal on the part of tin'
lUrlkcis to accept the railroads' terms
and to olTiet the dcsntlon-i came the
response on the part of the teamsteis
individually, who drove their horses
back to their barns. The move
created loiistet nation among the busi
ness men.
The oillcnii of the teamsters' union
say the situation Is becoming serious,
as tiny (an no longer hold back the
men.
CARDINALS STUBBORN
Illume Til f IN lleimuiili Unit Frlitri
I. imi m .'hlllpplnet.
(Sreat excitement prevails at the
Vatican our the preparation of tho
answer to Gowinor Tnft's proposals,
says a Home dispatch. It has become
unknown that the difference of opin
ion Is so strong among the cardinals
that It (annul a scone nt the last
meeting of the Vatican committee.
Pampolla, Sornllno and Vannutelll de
sired to concede to Tuft's demand
for the fi nlrs' withdrawal. The Jesuit
.Steinhiiber, however. Indignantly op
posed the plan and expressed surprise
that he alone defended the friars,
wlille Caidlnabi (Sottl and Vivesy Tuto
and the monks did not stand firmer
for their fellows. I'ltlmately Stein
hiiber succeeded In gaining a mnjorlty
against conceding the total with
drawal of tho friars from the islands.
The antl-lreland party consider that
this defeats Tuft's mission.
Judge Taft. governor of the Philip
pines, withholds his opinion of tho
vntlcan note of Wednesday and simply
says he will act upon the Instructions
he receives from Washington. It Is
thought that an agreement can be
reached by changing the demands for
the withdrawal of the friars.
MUST PAY THE TAX
Olco Colored With I'lilm Oil Come Un
der New I. Hiv
A Washington, I). C. July 10, dis
patch says: The commissioner of in
ternal revenue today decided that
oleomargarine which 1ms been colored
by the use of palm oil shall bo sub
ject to a tax of 10 cents a pound.
The law requires that any oleomar
garine which has been artlllclally col
ored to resemble butter of any shade
of yellow shall pay a tax of 10 cents
a pound, but that when made with
any constituent part that gives It a
yellow color It shall be taxed but one
fourth of 1 cent a pound. Tho com
missioner holds palm oil has never
been tistd as a component part of
oleomargarine and that Its use Is
clearly for coloring purposes.
One of tho manufacturers of oloo
mnrgarlne hns served notice of his
Intention to use palm oil ns a coloring
matter.
OFFICERS ELECTED
National IMticiitlnniil Amiocliitloii Clmmci
i:illott for rri'Klilrnt.
Charles W. Kllot. president of Har
vard, was elected president of the na
tional educational association in ses
sion nt Minneapolis. Other officers
were elected ns follows; Treasurer,
W. N. Davidson. Topeka. Kan.: first
vice-president. W. M. Ileardshenr,
Ames. In.; second. O. T. Bright. Chi
cago; third. Charles F. Reeves, Seat
tle; fourth. James Hennedy, North
Dakota; llfth. Charles R Ewlng,
Cleveland: sixth, W. N. Sheats.
Jacksonville, Kin. : seventh. Marlon
Hi own, New Orleans; eighth, J. D.
Pearey. Anderson, I ml.: ninth. Helen
(irenfel. Denver: tenth. H. H. San
ford, Pennyan. N. Y.; eleventh. J. II.
Francis. Los Angeles; twelfth, Wal
lace D. Nye, Minneapolis.
I initio AND THERE.
While Frank Marshall, a stockman
of Welltleet. Neb., was grooming an
IOugllsh stallion the horse attacked
him iciously with his teeth, stripping
the tlcsh off one linnd, pulling thn
thumb out and striking to kill.
Friends soon emtio to Marshall's as
sistance, it Is feared the mutlluted
hand will have to be amputated.
Frank Cullen, a man who was
locked up In Jail at Peoria. 111., several
days ago suffering with tremens,
asked the Jailer for a drink of water.
A tin cup was handed him and tho
Jailer turned his bank Cullen torn
the cup npart and cut his throat. Ho
bled to death within n few minutes.
ills majesty will leave Bucklng
hnm for n change of air shortly. Tho
cotottation date will be announced nl
most Immediately. His mnjesty hns
gained strength, though still confined
in n. lied nr couch. He has a Rood nn-
petlto. The doctors are satisfied that
his constitution Is thoroughly sound."
A strike of the employes of the Cin
cinnati Traction compnny Is scheduled,
according to C. K. Hlxford, who ia
heading the movement, but he do
dared that tho amalgamated associa
tion president. Mahone, has taken
away the local charter becaiiBO Rlx
ford could get only twenty-seveu
names after two monthB' work.
Trustees of James Mllllkln univer
sity. Decatur. 111.. Issued a statement
saying that owing to delny in building
materials arriving tho contractor will
be unable to flush the building in time
for the opening next fall, and Hint the
opening has been postponed until the
fall of 1903.
Contracts have been signed at Dal
las, Tex., by a citizens' committee and
the .tock Island company by which
thnl road Is guaranteed a bonus ot
jr.0,000 for a right-of-way into the
city. The survey lias already been
made and the road Is expected to
begin Its servlco into Dallas via Fort
Worth within three mouths.
Toughs Assault Brotnors on
Way to Thoir Home
A STREET flOIIT THAT ENDS BADLY
.Hc'ktiiI of lliii riirllrlpiinti Are Ilmlly In-
Jiircil iiml (tni) N Very Seterely
Miihlieil- other Neuii of (Jen-
nil Interest to Itciiiteri,
As a result of a midnight brawl Sun
day night at Hastings, Ncti., seven
men nie In serious trouble, Andy Zlg
eler is badly stabbed and six other
men are somewhat beaten tip.
The trouble gtew out or a prttv
quarrel In the early pan of the even
lug Intween Lou and Will Crawford
and a gnng of five, composed of Andv
Xlgeler. LrucM Fox. I. Webb, Herb
Crow and an unknown person. After
the war of words was over the two
Crawford l.iotbnb started home, but
had not gone !ar when they noticed
that they weiv being followed by tho
gang. The two boys stayed about tho
ttietta for some time and again start
ed home, only to find Hint they wero
still being followed. They succeeded
In gming within two blocks of their
home when their live pursuers sprung
up from behind n bunch of grass and
assaulted them.
A linnd to hand combat ensued dur
ing which time Zlgeler wns badly
stabbed In the right breast. The two
Crawford boys were being beaten,
Kit Led and choked, but they managed
to ciy oift for help. Their cries wero
hoard by fvo neighbors, who came to
their h3',if.Pineo Immediately and
pulled the nssallants off their badly
beaten tip victims. Hy this time Zlg
cler had begun lo feel faint from tho
loss of blood and he cried out "My
Ciod. I can't btnnd It nny longer." and
he would hae fallen had tt not been
f.ir nt.t of his chums who n.,iHitd him.
The two Cravrord boys succeeded in
gaining fiitrnt'ce to a neighbor's house
whire they leiiialned until their ns
Fallantc made 1'ielr escape with their
wounded companion. Zlgeler wns
tnken to a physician and had bis
wound dressed. It Is a bad cut and It
Is ftared that the knife reached a por
tion of the right lung.
WHEAT YIELD ENORMOUS
Toliil l.oM t.'Ktliiiuteil nt Two Million
lliinhuM,
A Lincoln grain man who recleves
reports from all parts of the state said
recently Hint he believed two million
bushels of wheat would bo the extent
of the loss on account of rnlns and
high water in Nebraska, and that the
balance of the crop would bo dam
aged from 2 to 10 cents a bushel.
Notwithstanding tho weather there
will be an enormous yield, estimated
all the way from GO.000,000 to C0.000.000
bushels, an enormous Incrense over
last year. This large yield will bring
in largo revenues despite the damaged
wheat. Most of the harm promises to
result from the color which will bo too
dark on account of rain nnd thus the
grade of the crop will be lowered.
A pnssenger on an Incoming train
said oats were not yet ripe and were
standing the weather remarkably well.
It showed no damage except where the
water had swept over It and leveled
It to tho ground. The condition of the
corn was also remarkable, considering
the recent floods. Some Is washed
out. but whero it hns been covered
with standing water it still retains Its
color and Is unjured. Owing to an
absence of hot sunshine during tho
rainy period tho corn has not been
blistered by the sun's rays.
LORD SALISBURY QUITS
Itrnlcn KiikIIiIi l'rMiilrHhli, mill N Sue
ci't'ilpil lljr lliiironr
A London, July HI. dispatch says:
The fact of tho resignation of the
premiership of Great Britain by Lord
Salisbury, as foreshadowed in the dis
patches of the Associated press, was
officially given out this evening. The
prime minister laid down the responsi
bility of his onico July 11. Within
twenty-four hours his majesty elevated
A. J. Balfour, the government's chief
representative In the house of com
mons, to the position of premier. i
While It was expected in official cir
cles that Lord Salisbury's retirement
would bo coincident with the corona
tion of King IJdward. it was scarcely
looked for prior to that event. Con
sequently about the only surprise ex
pressed as the news spread through
London concerned tho date, rather
than the fact, of tho resignation. Tho
real Interest was not so much in fer
erence to Lord Salisbury's withdrawal
as it was in the appointment of his
successor.
Ah to Lord Salisbury's withdrawal,
the main reason Is considered by prac
tically all the best Informed persons
to hnvo been simply a desire for a
quiet life on the part of a man ad
vanced In yenrs, whoso activities hnvo
been unusual, and whose scientific
tastes predispose him to study and se
clusion. That tho retiring premier's
health has failed to some extent Is un
deniable but this not more than, per
haps, Is to be expected In a man of his
yrnrs, and tho close of tho war In
South Africa nnd tho return of tho
commanding general Is considered to
be an appropriate ttmo for hla with
drawal. A Counterfeit Wnrnlue
Tho treasury department has Issued
a warning of now counterfeits de
scribed as follows: "Twenty dollar
gold certificates; check letter A; plate
number Bt; act of July 12. 1882; J.
W. Lyons, register; Ellis H. Roberts,
treasurer; portrait of Garfield: nnd
$5 silver certificates: check letter A;
series of 1899; J. W. Lyons, register;
Kills II. Roberts, treasurer." These
counterfeits aro crudely executed pho
tographs with coloring applied to
seals, numerals and backs In such a
bungling manner as to make impossi
ble their extensive circulation.
A Nuinhiii i!f" nrWnlntc' Iti-oitt I'rom
lllKh Wnt.r
Ninety fret of the Atchison. Topeln
& Santa Fe railroad track at Luke
view, Kan , near Lawrence, was
washed away Sundny by wnter rush
ing from tho old river bed Into tho
Kaw tier Tho previous break In thn
it nek across the eastern arm of tho
lake just formed had not been rem
edied nnd a work train was caught be
tween the two breaks without coal or
water.
The water continued to rise at tho
lake all day nnd flowed over the Santa
Fo tracks at the east side, washing
away some of the track The coun
try east of tho lake Is badly Hooded
and many families are moving away.
The KniMiis river at Topeka was
still slowly rising Sunday. One of the
piers of the street railway bridge has
given away, and trnlllc over the line
hns been abandoned. Chatles Ken
nedy, a negto boy, was drowned In tho
river.
LAWYER IS KILLED
Acrlilmitul DMrhiirK of n Turret Itlllo
I.ikU In it 1'iitiitlty
Brent K. Yates, n young business
man of Hiawatha, Kan , was shot anil
killed last Saturday morning by tho
accidental dlsdiarge'of a small target
rifle. He had been shooting at birds
back of his store and at the time of
the accident was entirely alone. It Is
supposed that a bullet caught In tho
gun and while he was trying to extract
it the gun was discharged. Others in
store heard the shot and ran to his as
sistance, catching him as he fell. The
bullet entered the stomach and prob
ably ranged up towards tho heart.
Yates died in half an hour, not retain
ing consciousness
Mr Yates was a graduate of tho
Yale Inw school and was a practicing
attorney at Omaha a few years ago.
Later he was traveling auditor for tho
International Correspondence school
of Seranton, Pa . giving up that posi
tion to take charge of tho Yates Drug
company at Hiawatha He was thirty
three years old and a prominent
Knight Templar.
NOT ALLOWED TO LAND
Mito AlUlrtoil With IlUiMtB Coiilil Not
i; n tor New York
A peculiar case of deportation, In
volving the. denial of tho right of a
patient witli an Incurable malady to
land In this country to consult a spe
cialist. Is that of Gulllomo Sangerius,
a wealthy Spaniard of Havana. Senor
Sangerius arrived at New York from
Cuba, June 1, A physician of tho
United States marine hospital servlco
boarded the steamer after she had
passed quarantine inspection. He
noticed thut Senor Sangerius had
trichoma, a desease of the eye, Senor
and ordered him isolated In the United
Stales marine hospitable for aliens.
Senor Sangeriu protested and ex
that he had come here to consult the
most noted specialists of this country.
He appealed to the humanity of tho
physicians, but they told him that
they could only obey the law, Senor
Sangerius boarding a returning steam
er under protest.
MONEY F0"RSTAfESCH00LS
TroiiHiirnr lniirtmiMit Iimum Check Cn
tlur Morrill Art
Warrants are being Issued at tho
United States treasury department
for $23,000 for each of the forty-eight
states and territories for the benefit
of the agriculture and mechanical
colleges. The money is paid out of
the funds derived from the sale ot
public lands, under the provisions of
the Morrill act. passed In 1S90 provid
ing for the payment of $15,000 to each
of the states and territories with an
Increase of $1,000 a year in the appro
priation until it renched $25,000. Tho
maximum was reached In 1900. Porto
Rico. Indian Territory and Alaska aro
not provided for in the act. Tho war
rants will be forwarded to the treas
urers of tho different states within
the next ten days.
I'urnn In Wjromlni;
A bulletin issued by the census bu
reau places tile number of farms In
Wyoming at ii.09,. They cover an nrea
of 8.124,53J acres, or 13 per cent of
the total area of the state, and aro
worth $2(5.2ii."i,30O. Tho live stock on
the farms is worth $39,1 15,877. Tho
farms are of an average size of 1,033
acres, but of the land Included
In them only 10 per cent Is im
proved. A portion of tho buletln Is
of which it says:
"The progress of agriculture In tho
decade in 1900 is attributable to tho
successful raising of hay and forage,
cereals and other crops. The total in
crease In iriigated land in ten years
was 372.292 acres. Most of this land
was public domain In 1890. At n low
estimate Its prohent vnlue Is $10 per
acre, or $i'.,0:u.S52. Irrigation has add
ed this large amount to the farm
wealth of the state."
LOOKING FOR LOST MONEY
Simillni; up it Kuinit Kiirm f.r.Iiutwio
MitnV Money.
Word has been' received at Burling
ton, Kan., from the north pail of the
county that the farm occupied by G.
W. Hughes Is being spaded up by per
sons hunting burled money. Hughes
was declared Insane last week and Is
now in the asylum at Osawatomte. Ho
was known to have between $800 nnd
$1,000 In money nnd so far only $400
lias -been found. It was In the bank
nt Burlington. Ho Is supposed to have
burled the money somewhere on his
farm In an old bicycle tire.
Illf of Smallpox
The Infant child of W. L. Llsk. threo
weeks old, died at Frepiont, Neb,, at
the county pest house. Its death was
due to a severe case oi contagion, mo
Infant was born at the pest house at
a time when its mother was recovering
from tho malady.
Frank Allegar. a bricklayer, working
on F. R. Woolley's now brick blocks
nt Seward, Neb., fell from a scaffold
Into the basement, a distance of about
fifteen feet, striking a Joist in the fall,
breaking one of hla legs
Wood River Farmer Found Doad
in an Out House.
EVIDENTLY HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE
Wns r.irteil From Ills Wife l.eutr u
Letter for it Neighbor Ciirhollc Aclil
I'neil Other Sum of it .More or
I.c liitercMllif; Nit tit re.
Israel Mead, a highly tespected farm
er living three miles south of Wood
River. Neb., committed suicide early
Monday morning by swallowing two
ounces of carbolic acid. The cause of
tils rash act was worrying over tumlly
troubles, he and his wile having part
ed two mouths ugo. He lhed on his
farm with his two boys Oeorgo and
Charles, aged fourteen and sixteen.
When tho boys arose Monday morning
their father was not to bo found, but
upon the kitchen table was found n
letter addressed to a neighbor, and In
the letter he stated that he was tired
of living without his wife and as she
would not live with him he had de
cided to end his existence. He also
stated where his body would be found.
Neighbors were called anil the body
wns found In an outhouse. Coroner
Boeder was notified, but nfter viewing
the remains decided that an Inquest
was unnecessary.
Last spring, upon complaint of his
wife. Mead was taken before the board
of insnnlty, but nfter a hearing was
discharged. Since that time he and
his wife have been living apart. Tho
deceased was forty-eight years old and
wns the owner of a hundred acres of
good land.
A DAYLIGHT HOLDUP
It I (i (iriinit Train Held op In I'olnriulo
MniintiiliiH.
The Denver & Rio Hiande narrow
gauge passenger train, which left Den
ver Sunday night, was held up Tuesday
and robbed by five masked men 250
miles west of Denver. The engineer
was beaten on the head with a rifle and
compelled to stop the train. The pas
sengers were forced to line up on the
ground while two safes in the oxpiess
car were blown open.
The passengers were then relieved
of their valuables. Many threw their
money and jewelry among the rocks
before they were searched. Many tour
ists were among the passengers. The
cars, as usual at this season, wero all
tilled.
The scene of the robbery Is In a wild,
mountainous (ouutry at the foot of
Maishall Pass on the west slope. The
bandits mounted horses and disap
peared In the ravines that lead Into
Marshall Pass.
The sheriff or Sallda and sheriffs of
adjoining counties and a dozen posses
are in pursuit.
I'litnily Citt iie Itn.v
The seven-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oeorgo Lempher, of Plattsmouth,
Neb., had a rather peculiar experience
recently. He was sent to the home of
a neighbor on an errand, and while
waiting at the door he was attacked
by a savage dog, which bit him on the
heels, ankles and tore his clothing and
would doubtless hae killed him but
for the big family cat, which suddenly
sprang upon the dog's hack and at
the same time Inserted Its sharp teeth
Into Hie animals carcass. Witli a howl
of p;ii i the dog left the premises and
the bo urn home and had his wounds
dressed
ToTr C(illliiHe.
The bell tower of historic St. Mark's
eathedral. 300 feel high, at Venice, col
lapsed Monday morning and fell into
the plaza. It is not believed there was
any loss of life. The cathedral proper
escaped Injury, but the falling tower
struck tho royal palace, damaging a
corner. A cordon of troops was Im
mediately placed to keep back the
liuge crowd surging for a sight of the
ruins.
Trouble for .lliixlrltitt.
Kdwln II. Lemare. organist of the
Carnegie Institute. Pittsburg. Pa., has
gone to London to hee his sick wite
iiml union musicians may not let him
return to Anierlia. Lemare Is under a
five years' contract at $4,000 annually
and unionists claim to lie in a position
to enforce the contract labor law.
Dim of l.oebjuiv.
July 4. Harry Peery, son ofvmo of
the lending merchants of Auburn, Neb,,
accidentally shot himself !u the knee.
A physlclnn was called and dressed
the wound and II was supposed that It
was doing well until Saturday, the 12th,
be grew much worse and It resulted In
lockjaw. He died Monday afternoon.
WhiilnHril Snlln.
The Peary relief ship Windward has
finished her loading supplies. The
Windward will go direct lo Sydney,
C. II., where she will take on coal and
then bend for the Arctic regions. Mrs.
Peary nnd her dnughter will join the
hip at Sydney.
Holt llimrcllnc limine
Two strangers, heavily masked, en
tered the boarding houne'of Mrs. Sarah
Tldd. nt. Plattsmouth, and after chloro
forming the landlady, took $110 from
her purse. No clue ns to the guilty
parties has been obtained.
i ' i i
Fire Ht Nice
Les Orantls Mngaslns, In the Place
Cllchy, are burning, says a Nice,
France, dispatch. The military club
and the Credit Lyonnals have been
partly destroyed, nnd the fire thieat
ens to extend to other buildings.
Witt llslit AH Attempt' of Oleo I'eopla
to r.vnile Mm I.inv.
The Internal revenue department Is
going to make n tight against the eva
sion of the law by oleomargarine man
ufacturers who have served notice that
they will seek to color the olco nfter
It hns been sold to the dealer or con
sumer. The department has issued a circu
lar letter of Instructions giving tests
by which coloring material may be
detected In oleo. Fuller's enrth lsjire
scribed as the test for yellowjpHfj
which are used extensively In oloi
Ing oleo nnd butter. A pinch of the
enrth Is placed on a saucer and covered
with a sample of the melted olco, The
presence of any of the annllno dye will
be shown by the mixture turning a
rose color. If the olco has not been
uitlllclnlly colored the mixture will re
main the color of the Fuller's enrth.
For a cottonseed test the butter or
oleo Is melted and an ounce of benzine
Is added, if the cottonseed oil hns
been used a white residue settles to
the bottom.
The circular says "If a sample gives
negative results by both teats above
described, It may safely concluded that
It is free from artificial coloration. VT
It responds to either test, or If there Is
any doubt ns to the results obtnlned.
the sample should be forwarded to this
office for analysis."
The department agrees to analyzo
any samples sent to Washington and
to report upon them.
NEW CHINESE MINISTER
Anih.iMitilor Wn Notllleil of III Suecei
nor'it Appointment
Sir Lalng Chen Tung, secretary of
the Chinese embassy to the coronatlonT
of King I'd ward, hns been appointed
Chinese minister to the United States.
Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister at
Washington, wns not surprised to henr
of the appointment of a successor to
himself, ns he has been expecting an
announcement of this character for
some time.
He hnd received notice that his ser
vices would be required In another cn
paclty and for this" reason has been
prepaied to hear of the naming of his
successor at any time.
Lalng Chen Tung, newly appointed
minister Is n comparatively young
man, being only a little over forty
years of age. Like the present minis
ter, he Is said to be a man of progres
sive Ideas, whose opinions have been
formed from his education, which was
received partly in the United States,
from his former connection with tho
Chinese embassy here and from his
contact with lOuropean civilization in
the course of several special missions-
liimpH In Front nf Triiln
Lena Roluner. nged twenty-two
years, of Oretna, Neb., jumped In front
of a Union Pacific train nt the union
station. Denver, Col., Monday, evident
ly with the Intention of committing k
suicide. Both her legs were cut off and
she will die. Miss Roluner was en
route to CJlonwood Springs for her
health, and had just alighted from a
train from the east.
Miner' Miirileronit Oeeil
At rovansvllle, Iud.. John Fenlger, a
coal miner, shot his wife to death Sun
day because she would not live with
him. He then shot himself in the
mouth and probably will dj. Fenlger
was under the tnlluenoo of liquor when
he committed tho crime.
Suffer Itelnpne.
The queen of the Belgians (Mario
Henrietta), who has been suffering for
some time from heart disease, but who
was recently reported to be better, has
suffered a relapse and her condition Is
critical.
HERE AND THERE
Illinois soft coal miners arc said to
be against a strike .
Sir Thomas Upton has announced
that he will compete again for the
Atnetlca'fi cup.
Oeorgo Washington Stevens, presi
dent and founder of tho Mollno plow
Works at Mollno. III., died July 13.
July 12 and 13 Mount Pelee wns
active, and nearby towns experienced
showers of ashes, stones and cinders.
Archbishop Patrick A. Feehan, for
twenty-two years In charge of the Ro
tirni Catholic arch diocese of Chicago,
died July 12.
According to a bulletin Issued by tho
Russian minister of agriculture, the
piospectH for a big grain crop harvest
are most flattering .
The Herman Lutheran orphans'
home society of Fremont appropriated
$5,000 to build an addition to the In
stitution there. It will equal the pres
ent building in size.
For over twenty-five years W. II.
Plait has been a prominent citizen of
lirand Island. Now he nnd his family
have let; for Santa Rosa, Calif., where
they will in the future reside.
Kail Farnsworth. of Grand Island,
hns been chosen by tho Omaha Field
lub to represent It at tho tournament
for the western tennis championship,
to be held under tho auspices of tho
Kenwood Country club, at Chicago,
would have bought a park for the
town or paved four blocks of the
Major Gene:';! Rates has been trans
ferred from ttio department of tho Mis
souri, with headquarters at Omaha,
to the department of tho lakes, with
headquarter at Chicago, succedlng
General McArthur, who goes to Gov
ernor's Island to succeed General
Brooke. General Kobbe, now of tho
department of Dakota, will, it Is said,
succeed General Bates at Omaha.
Krult and vegetable, growers in
southern Illinois are much alarmed
orer the strike of tho freight handlers
at Chicago, and are not shipping fruit
to jhat point.
Mosce Labnrge. aged 80, Interferred
between his daughter and her husband.
Fd Widner. at Clinton, la. Wldner
BtriKU liis father-ln-Iaw on the head
with a Hat iron, killing Ulm instantly.
Word has como to Seattle, Wash
ington, that the steamer Portland,
which has been long overduo nt Nome,
had arrived at St. Michaels. The pas-aeiigei-R
and crew were well, and tho
ship In good condition .
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