SUNDAY BASEBALL
Results in a Riot at Nebraska
City Sunday.
SIIERIF F ATTEMPTS ARREST OF PLAYERS
aecocd Aftrr n HorlmuiiiRit In Which
Ilia llovnlvcr U Tukrii Prom lllin
1'rlniiU of 1'luyorn Aminillt
Milliliter of tint (limpet
A Nebraska City, Web., July 20, spe
rial imya: Notwithstanding tins decla
ration mado by the tneinticrH of the
Sunday observance league tbat all base
ball players would bo arrested, a game
was played this afternoon on tbo An;
grounds, between tho Argos and NU'h
nine. There was to have been a giune
between the Argos and Crescents of
Omaha, but the latter missed their
train and failed to arrhe. There was
n crowd of 1,200 present to witness the
game. At the close of the third In
ning tho nherlff appeared and after
Homo iliniculty, during which there
canio near being a riot, by reason of
tho spectators Interfering, the teams
wcro arrested and taken up town,
when they wore released on ball be
fore Justlco II. 0. Leigh. The com
plaint. It Is said, was (lied by Uov. K.
M. .Touch of the Haptlst church.
A warrant sworn out by a niemlier
of Hie law nnd order league was placed
In the hands of Sheriff Hrowcr for the
arrest of the two teams. When he ar
rived on the grounds an angry crowd
Mirrouiiflcd and hustled liliu violently.
His revolver was taken nway from
him. He succeeded in arresting four
players and took them to a Justice's
tifllcc, where they were placed under
bonds. A number of city past ore vere
at the Justice's olllce. and when they
left friends of the players threatened
nnd jostled them. A rock was thrown
at Uov. C. M. Shepherd of the Metho
dist church, missing him, but strik
ing a companion and Injuring him.
Mr. Shepherd was chased to his home.
The outbreak Is the result of a long
and bitter fight between the law and
order league and friends of Sunday
ball.
LOSS MANY MILLIONS
MMtliil Itlver I'IooiI SI tint t Ion droit
I UK Wurito
A Keokuk, la., .Inly 20, dispatch says:
Exploration of the Hooded district: of
tho Mississippi iIvit from Keokuk
south shows eonditions beyond appre
ciation or realization of any but peo
ple of long experience with tho father
of waters in Its moat destructive mood.
The sltuntlon is growing worse hour
ly nnd a grent conflagration In a great
city would not be more rapidly do
Htructlvo of vnlue than the water Is a
hundred miles below Keokuk. There
In absolutely not the slightest chance
of stopping thin dozen times most
costly flood In the history of tho great
river nbovo St. Louis.
The correspondent of tho Associated
press went all over the worst dam
aged area today In the steamer Silver
Crcscont and found everywhere tho
crops under wnter deep enough to tloat
a steamboat.
People of tho river cities give an Im
meuBo mass of details all to bo gen
eralized In losses aggregating mil
lions of dollars, hundreds of farmers,
rich ten days ago, penniless nnd home
less, and hundreds watching and pray
ing that tho great loveos may hold
which are now their bulwark against
additional millions of loss and in many
cases penury.
Careful estimates of tho territory
covered and generalization of tho
tatomentu of tho best informed peoplo
Indicate the loss up to today Is about
fdx million dottnrs, with every pros
poet of two or three millions addi
tional by the rlso above which has
not yot reached the lower stretches of
tho river.
Most of the loss is on tho Missouri
aide of the river between Keokuk and
Hannibal.
REFUSES TO PAY REWARD
Warden of Oregon l'eiiltontlnry Kind n
Iioplioln
The remains of David Merrill, es
caped convict, have been delivered at
the Oregon penitentiary, nfter being
brought to Salem by Mrs. Mary Wag
goner, who found tho body near Cho
chalis. Warden James of the Oregon peni
tentiary and one of the prison guards
readily Identified the dead convict. The
casket was Interred In the prison cem
etery without ceremony.
Mrs. Waggoner made a formnl de
maud upon Supurlntondedt 1 ee for the
roward of ?t,f00. Mr. Lee declined to
pay tho hanio, offering her $300 for her
trouble anil expense and explaining
that tho reward could only be paid for
tho capture of the convict and that she
hnd not captured Merrill, but bad
merely found his dead body by acci
dent. Mrs, Waggoner refused the amount
offered and made a formal written de
mand for the full reward to be pre
sented to Governor (Jenr
KeloiHC t'llllltlllll
' Superintendent Hcghtol of the Kenr
ney, Neb., Industilal school, In pursu
ance of his previously announced pol
icy of retrenchment, has decided to
dispense with the services of chaplain.
llcv. W. Hauptmann will, therefore,
leave the school, his resignation tak
ing effect August 1.
Jolm W. Mxrkiiy Demi
John W. Mnckay. of San Frnnclsco,
who has been Buttering from heat
prostration since Tuesday last, died at
his resldenco on Carlton House tor
race, London, at 0:30 o'clock Sunday
evening.
Tho news of tho death of John W.
Mackay in Ixindou caused quKo a
Bhock In San FranclRco, nltuaugh tlio
nubile wns In a measuro prepared for
it by tho previous announcement of his
Illness. Mr. Mnckay was tho last sur
viving member of tho four bonanza
kings, Flood, Q'Urlen nnd Fair, tho
other three, having long since dlod.
KANSAS NEWS
t,'ili ltiiiptiiliiRN of InterrM lo Knilituiit
of Jiiyliiiuker ,Nt:itc.
A Topeka, Kan., July 19, dispatch
Rays: An unusunl appeal has been
Hied In the supreme court here by O.
W. Coffclt, who Is charged In Cowley
county with the assassination of Ceo.
Montgomery, a detective of the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fa railway. Cof
felt was on trlnl recently nnd tho Jury
hung. Ilefore his second trlnl Is
called, Coffclt nppeals to tho supremo
court for an order discharging him,
nnd falling to get such an order, ho
wants mi order compelling the trial
Judge to give him a chnnge of venue.
Ileforo tho recent trlnl begnn Coffclt
mndo a motion for his dlsehargo, which
was denied, lie next asked for a
cbango of venue, which was also re
fused. Then he naked for a contlnu
nni'o of the caRO, and ngnln tho court
overruled the motion. Then the trial
canio on, Insllng a month, and tho Jury
was unable to ngree. Ho Is unwilling
to go to trlnl In Cowley county ngaln,
nnd so ho nppeals to the supreme
court for the order the trial court has
denied him.
The ground of Coffelfs motion for
his discharge la that he was kidnapped
from Oklahoma and therefore is not
within the Jurisdiction of the Kansas
courts. Ho declnres that ho was ar
rested In Texas on n charge not coii
ncUeil with the murder of Montgom
ery and taken to Ponca City, Okla.
The warrant for his nrrest was accom
panied by a requisition from the gov
ernor or Oklahoma, and he submitted,
but he declines that he was taken out
of Oklahoma and Into Kansas without
dii ' process of law.
George IluHlngtnn, who shot nnd
killed Ode .Miller, n young man em
ployed on llulllngton's ranch, near
Langley, In Ellsworth county, was ar
rested Saturday and bound over until
Hie October term of coin l In the sum
of $5,000. Ills friends have been un
able to secure tho bond, llullliigton Is
a Joint keeper In Sallnn. but the al
tercation Is snld to have occurred over
a settlement of accounts at Hulllng
ton'H ranch. Hulllngton says tho
shooting was In self-defense, but tho
coronet's Jury at the Inquest found
that Miller came to his death from
shots llred from the revolver In tho
hands of Oeorgo Hulllngton nnd recom
mended tho latter be held.
L. S. Crum. United States marshal,
has a bad attack of typhoid fever, and
has gone to his homo In Oswego. Ho
contracted tho disease In Topeka.
There are many enses of this dlseaso
In the Btate and n number of deaths
have been caused by It. Somo physi
cians call It "malarial fever." but It
borders so closely upon typhus that
there Is little difference. The disease
Is caused by tho recent rains and
Hoods, which have carried tho germ
Into wells and cisterns from tho sur
face. He says It Is even In tho city
wnter. Tho water since tho rain has
not been properly Altered.
A darlns hold-up and robbery took
place near Eighteenth street anil Mun
elo boulevard, In Knnsas City, Kan.,
Saturday. At that hour a lono hlgh
waymnn Btopped E. Schlbert, n driver
for Tegeler'B bnkery, and Charles
Leech, n driver on ono of the Ecinery,
lllrd. Thayer Dry Goods company's de
livery wagons. From tho bakery
wagon driver the robber took $18 and
from Leech $1.15. As soon ns tho man
had left them tho drivers hurried to
the nearest telephone nnd notified
Chief Zlmtnor of Kansas City. Kan.,
giving a good description of the thief.
Wellington, Kan., capitalists anvo
organized a company to bnlld a 500-
barrel mill In that city. At a meeting
recently held sufllclent funds were
subscribed nnd C. E. Hitchcock waa
elected president; II. F. Smith, vice
president; Edward Rothrock, secre
tary, and Walter Moodlo. tronnurer.
Tho company has subscribed $50,000
and bought tho nlno olovatorB alon
the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe be.
longing to Carter & Moodlo, of Well
ington. About 1.000 soldiers surrounded n re
sort on Main street, Leavenworth,
Kan., nnd demolished tho doors, win
dows and furniture. This was done
In revenge for the fntal stabbing of
Ell Louekn, a member of company F,
Sixth cnvalry, by a negro In tho re
sort. Nothing but the wnlls and roof
of the building were left standing. Tho
negroes In tho district were panic
stricken and there was a wild exodus.
Mrs. Josephlno Hart mnde an at
tempt, at Oswego, near Parsons, Kan.,
to drown her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Walter Fisher, in a well and, failing
in this, she committed suicide by tak
ing strychnine. A few years ago Mrs.
Hurt's husband was mysteriously
killed while he lay In bed beside his
wife. The dead woman Is believed to
have been demented.
Miss Mattle Helen Deals and Charles
W. Pavue, both of Uiwton, Olt., wero
married at Wichita, July 17. Miss
Heals won a farm adjoining I.awton
in the grand land lottery last fall,
which Is now estimated to bo worth
from 533,000 tn$50,00'.
Fifteen of the women operators In
the Independent Telephone exehango
at Air-hum. Kan., have struck and the
plant is tied up. The girls, who have
been receiving $20 a month, struck for
$25 a month.
The Volunteers of America have es
tablished a fresh air camp nt Chelsea
park, near Kansas City. Kns. They
will maintain It until September 15,
A gospel tent has been put up nnd any
denomination may hold services In
tho tent while the camp Is maintained.
Killed liy Car
Frank, tho twelve-year-old son ot
Mr. nnd Mrs. C. D. Pulver, of Grand
Island, Neb., was fatally Injured by
being run over by an empty box car
In tho yards of tho Union Pnclllc. The
boy was with a number of companions
around tho yard and taking rides. It
appears that ho was sitting in tho end
window of a box car as It was going
down tho coal chute, when the ear
butnprd against other enrs. Ho was
thrown from his sent to tho gnound,
tho wheels passing over his right
thigh. Ho dlod several hours later.
STEAMER SEVERED
German Boat Cut in Two by tho
Tug Hansa.
IT IS THOUGHT FIFTY WERE DROWNED
Nearly Tito 1 1 ii nil ml Alumni llin Strain-
r When Areldent Oicurrcd DUns-
lor Duo (o llurrr lo (lot Acrn
tho Channel Other Notts
A Hamburg, Germany. July 21, dis
patch nays: The steamship Primus, of
Hamburg, with 185 passengers on
board, was cut In two and sunk by
the tug Hnnsn on tho river Elbe at
12:30 thin morning.
So fnr bb Is ascertained, nbout fifty
persons were drowned. Thirteen
Itodles already have been recovered.
Primus was an excursion Btenmcr
from Hiixtehude, province of Hanover,
Prussln.
The disaster occurred between Hlnn
konez and Nlenstdeten, Among the
passengers were the members of the
Ellheck tunle choral society.
At tho time of the accident Primus
was crossing the river channel near
Illnnketiez, from the southern Into the
notthern fairway.
According to witnesses nbonnl Han
sa. the movement wns made too pre
cipitately. Primus struck the tug's en
gine room nnd I (ansa endeavored to
push It ashore, but the tug grounded
nnd the ships parted. Primus then
sank.
In the Interval, however, about fifty
of the passengers were able to reach
Hansa by means of ropes nnd ladders.
Seenty more were picked up by tho
tug's boats, while others swam ushore.
WATER IS FALLING
Flood Huh Item lieil It Height ttt Keokuk,
In. Mining III tlic South.
A Keokuk, In., July 21, dispatch
jays: The height of tho Hood In tho
Mississippi valley was reached today
south of here. The river fell an Inch
and a half at Keokuk today and the
fall will reach southern points by to
morrow. Hut tho rise of a foot more
In tho vicinity of Canton, Qtilncy, La
Grange and Hnnnlbal carried tho
water over thousands of acres previ
ously uninjured.
Tho highest water Is between La
Orange and Gregory, where tho water
on Sunday was well below the rails of
the St. Louis, Keokuk &. Northwestern
rnllway on the bank of tho river. To
day a flood is pouring over tho tracks
and reaching to the Bteps of tho
conches. This rise extended the Hood
clear back to the highlands nt tho foot
of tho bluffs. Tho roadbed Is sub
merged nnd trains nro delayed by alow
orders while running through water.
The rise today took out some more
wheat In tho shock which previously
stood with its butts In water. Exten
sion of the Hooded district Increased
tho damage total a large amount In
dollars, though not a very great per
centage on tho enormous total damngo
of millions hitherto caused by the
Hood.
Tonight the greatest part of the Hood
Is between Gregory, ten miles below
here, and Hannibal, sixty-five miles
below.
Tho river here Is full of debris. Tho
most northern point of the great flood
and rivers nro pouring In much drift
from overflowed lowlands.
South of here the flotsam Includes
thousands of rabbits ns passengers on
logs, pieces of houses and other wreck
age. A NEW DEPARTURE
Bleeplng-Car Service on Missouri I'uclBo
Lincoln to Knnmi City.
On July 1st the Missouri Pacific In
augurated a Pullman sleeping-car scr-
.vlco between Lincoln and Kansas City,
leaving Lincoln nt 10:05 p. m., arriv
ing at Kansas City at 0:05 a. rn. This
service will also be very convenient
for passengers to St. Joseph, Atchi
son and Leavenworth. For berths and
reservations, apply at city ticket office,
1039. 0 Btreet, Lincoln. F. D. Cornell,
P. and T. A.
Hook Company Ousted
The Kansas supremo court Issued a
writ ousting the Amerlenn Hook com
pany from the state of Kansas and de
priving It of tho right to transact busi
ness as a corporation in this stnto until
It secures a charter. Tho order was
granted upon the petition of tho coun
ty nttomey of Shawneo county nnd
grows out of tho light for the contract
to supply the schools of tho entlro
state with school books.
French Wnnt Amerlenn Home
In tho French mllltnry service nnd
on French farms Amerlenn horses nro
much In demand, according to a report
from Commercial Agent Grlllln nt Li
moges, dated Juno 23. Mr. Grlllln says
that earo should be taken to send only
sound horses to France, as on arrival
they are carefully examined by veteri
narians, who exclude all defcctlvo ani
mals. Now Army Surgeon-tie nernl
The president has designated Col.
H. M. O'Reilly to be surgeon general
of the army, to succeed General For
wood, who will retire In September
next. Colonel O'Reilly will havo until
January, 1900, to servo as surgeon
general. Ho was appointed from
Pennsylvania.
lllble liy Installments
Tho Assumption, 111., Independent, a
weekly newspaper, announces that It
will begin tho publication of tho Holy
Bible this week, commencing with
Genesis and continuing until tho whole
Is published. It will require fifty
years to complete tho publication.
A tramp who went to tho kitchen
door of an Augusta woman's house
found her wedding ring hanging on a
nail In tho casing and stolo it. Tho
woman told tho ,town mnrshal that
tho ring was worth" only about $3, and
mado her husband )rlp roaring mad.
VOSS COMMITS SUICIDE
Hull County former Heroine t)oiond
rut mill KIIU Himself
Monday morning, when tho two old
er sons of Hans Voss, a prominent
German farmer residing a mile nnd a
half east of Grand Island, Neb., went
out to tho barn to feed their horses,
they found their father lying dead on
a pllo of straw In the horse -bnrn.
They took him to tho house and
promptly notllled their rclntlvea In tho
city, nnd the coroner. It was found
that ho had arisen during tho night,
gone to the stable and taken strych
nine. Coroner Roeder went out to the
place nnd upon Investigation found an
Inquest unnecessary. Tho bottle from
which ho hnd taken tho fatal draught
lay near where tho boyB had found tho
body on the straw pile.
Hans Voss resided In the vicinity
mnny years, being counted, with his
father, among tho old settlers. Ho waa
married nearly twenty years ago to
a Miss Scnkbcll, whose parents and
family still reside In that vicinity, and
the llrst years of their married life ap
pear to have been happy. The union
was blessed with four children, thrco
sons and a daughter. In recent yenrs
the family appears to havo had some
domestic unpleasantness, and last
week Mrs. Voss applied for a divorce.
There In no doubt but that the man
took his life as a result of this domes
tic trouble. Ho was well-to-do and In
good health.
AN INTELLECTUAL TREAT
livery Hour of tlin Kptrnrth Amhly a
Hochil nnd Monti Uplift.
As the date for the opening of the
Epworth assembly nt Lincoln Park
draws closer Indications become clear
er that the attendance will bo a record
breaker. If the percentage of registra
tion for tents already mado continues
It will mean u tented city of from 1,000
to 5.000.
Dlshop Cranston will bo with tho
aASctnbl.y this year. Dr. John P. I).
John, ex-presldent of Do Pnuw uni
versity, nnd Dr. Charles A. Crane, of
Boston, nro to lecture.
Rev. Dr. Chnrles F. Aked, who Is a
Haptlst pastor of Liverpool, Eng., Is
one of the star attractions of this as
sembly. Ho will lecture August 8
and 9.
Mr. Alton Packard, tho cartoonist
and humorist, will add variety and a
rich vein of humor to the program.
For many years Mr. Packard was a
newspnper Illustrator and his cartoons
have brought laughter and merriment
to newspaper readers throughout tho
land.
There arc other splendid attractions,
and tho musical feature will bo greatly
enjoyed by listening to the Twentieth
Century Ladles' quartet, the Imperial
hand bell ringers, nnd best of all. tho
KafTlr Hoys, vho were such delightful
entertainers two years ago. They will
return and will glvo two full concerts
August 14.
President L. O. Jones Is to be con
gratulated on securing such attrac
tions. He generally knows what tho
peoplo like and will enjoy.
Ml Tiiylor U Insistent
At Washington. D. C, Monday, Jus
tice Hagner Issued a rule ordering Sec
retary of War Root to Bhow cause by
July 28 why a peremptory mandamus
should not Issue, requiring mm 10 re
store Miss Rebecca J. Taylor to a
clerkship In the war department.
Miss Taylor was dismissed last June,
and she alleges the action was unjust
treatment. Tho trouble grew out of
published statements of Mls3 Taylor
criticising tho Philippine policy of the
administration.
Rustler It Convicted
Harry Hill, pleaded guilty to the
chargo of horse stealing at Greeley,
Neb., and was sentenced to six years
In the penitentiary.
That same night about 2 o'clock the
arguments in the Lamb case wero
oniinii and tho case clven to the Jury
and the Jury had agreed on a verdict of
guilty. Sentence will do pronounceu
soon.
Mn Stmt and Itobbed
William Delap was shot and robbed
of $1,100 and a gold watch on tnc out
aklrts of lJifollette, Tenn. He was
riding through the woods and hearing
tho Odd Fellows' distress signal, re
sponded to It. Three men accosted
him, Bhot him In the shoulder, and
robbed him. He will recover.
THE NEWS CONDENSED
Tho fire In the oil wells at Jennings,
La., have been extinguished.
A long-continued drouth In Missis
sippi has nearly caused tho ruin of the
corn nnd cotton crop.
Twenty-five thousand garment work
ers In New "i ork city have Inaugurated
a strlko for higher wages and shorter
hours.
Tho United States transport Sheri
dan has arrived at San Francisco with
1112 men of tho Thirteenth Infantry.
151 men of the Third cavalry, 554
casuals and sixteen sick.
Tho soft coal miners' convention,
which has been In session at Indianap
olis, Intl., has adjourned after declar
ing ngalnst a general strike, provid
ing for tho raising of a fund to aid tho
striking anthraclto miners, and issuing
an appeal to tho American people for
aupport.
na-ine- in the refusal of tho Oregon
authorities to pay Mrs. Waggoner tho
reward offered for tho body of Convict
Merrill, dead or alive, it Is said all
miraiiu nt Hnrrv Tracy has been
atinniinnpii. The nursult has lasted
forty days and cost ten lives and $10,-
000. ..
Senator Mctaurln, or soum Caro
lina, has refused the offered appoint
ment to tho vacancy on tho bench of
tho United States court of claims.
Charles and Duffy Kublcek, of Chi
cago, were drowned In the Calumet
river. They Jumped Into tho river to
escnpo an explosion they feared would
follow the breaking of a gaaollno tana
on their launch.
Fred L. Powell, a brakemau on an
early morning freight on the Chicago
ft Northwestern, was Blabbed to dentb,
by an unknown tramp a few mllos
west of Arlon. la. It Is thought Powoll
had attempted to put tho tramp ott
I tho train.
OVERRULE DIETRICH
Opinion By Attorney General
Frank M. Prout
SETS ASIDE VETO OF EX00VERH0R
Coiifttltutlomil Amendment, In Itnhitlou
to Vole Neceiuuirjr to Curry An
Amendment, Will bo Nulinillteil
to tho I'eoiile Thin Full
Regardless of the governor's veto,
Secretary of State Marsh has decided
to submit n constitutional amendment
to a vote of the people this fall. Sena
tor Dietrich, formerly governor, ex
ercised tho veto power when a pro
posed amendment enmo before him,
but Attorney General F. N. Pi out has
vetoed the veto with the assertion that
the governor has no rlht either to
veto or npprove a proposed constitu
tional amendment, or nt least his no
tion ono way or tho other can not
nffect the nmendment. He holds thnt
the legislature takes the Initiative and
the people npprove or disapprove a
proposed amendment, the governor be
ing powerless to Interfere. In sup
port of this position he cites the con
stitution Itself and decisions of the
Nebraska supremo court, one of which
waa written by Judge Samuel Maxwell.
Tho proposed amendment Is house
roll No. 117, designed to change the
mnjorlty necessary to carry a consti
tutional amendment from n majority
of all votes cast nt the election to a
mere majority of all votes cast on the
proposition. It nlso provides that tho
proposition shall be published only
thirty days Instead of for a period of
three months prior to the election.
It further provides for the marking of
the ballot with a cross opposite the
words "For" or "Against," or the ex
pression of preference on a voting nin
chinc when Biieh machine Is used. It
has been found Impossible to secure a
majority of all votes cast at an elec
tion because so many voters take no
interest in constitutional propositions.
It wns believed that a mnjorlty of nil
votes cast on the proposition could be
secured for nn nmendment of merit,
and for this reason a change In 'he
constitution was sought by tho legis
lature. In his veto messngc Governor Diet
rich Is on record as favoring an extra
session of the legislature. He took it
for granted thnt ono would bo called.
Ho said a special session "should and
will bo called." It was his belief that
all constitutional amendments ought
to como before this special session.
For this renson and the matter of ex
pense he vetoed the proposed amend
ment, asserting that It would cost $30,
000 to submit it.
Secretaiy of State Marsh's estimate
differs materially. He believes It can
be submitted for $7,500. The proposi
tion will not exceed twelve "squares"
In a newspaper. Thirteen Insertions
will bo roquired, the total cost of pub
lication In one newspnper being $84,
the grand total being $7,500. Secre
tary Marsh has limited the publication
to once each week, so that there will
be no cansc for dally papers to ask
pay for dally publication.
IN GOOD CONDITION
Wheat Harvest U Concluded With Re
sult! That are Satisfactory.
Crop conditions in Nebraska con
tinue to be encouraging. Tho whoat
harvest has practically been concluded,
with satisfactory results. Corn Is
making fine progress, while potatoes
and apples will bo a large crop. The
weekly bulletin Issued July 22 by the
Nebraska section of the weather bu
reau says:
Tho past week, as a whole, was cool
and wet. The dally mean tempsra
turo has averaged three degrees be
low tho normal In the eastern counties
and five decrees below In tho western.
Tho rain occurred principally In'
heavy thunder showers Thursday night
and Friday; the amount exceeded one
Inch In most of tho eastern counties
and ranged from two to six Inches In
a number of southeastern counties.
Tho first four days of tho week were
hot and dry, exceedingly favorable for
rtll agricultural Interests. Somo pro
gress wns mnde In stacking and thresh
ing wheat: however, little could be
done In tho enstern counties the last
days of tho week, because of the heavy
rain. Tho winter wheat harvest is
nbout completed; a small amount of
wheat n the southeastern counties on
low wet land has not and probably will
not be cut. Oats have been further
Injured by the showers of the week;
tho hnrvest of oats havo been In pro
gress In southern counties. Corn hns
grown well; tho cultivation of corn Is
nbout finished, because corn Is getting
so lnrge; tho cultivation was less than
usual; many fields ure rather weedy;
however, corn Is In a rather promising
condition except In the relatively small
acreago where It has been damaged by
tho heavy rains; early corn Is tassel
lng nnd silking. Potatoes are a large
crop, but thero are some eomplnluts of
rotting. Apples are nbundnnt and
promise a good crop.
PHILIPPINE MONEY
To He Minted I'rtm Design liy Natlro
Filipino Artist
Of nil designs submitted for tho now
Philippine coins authorized by the last
session of congress, tkoso drawn by a
native Filipino artist have been nd
Judged best by the president and Sec
retary Itoot and probably will bo
adopted. The artist's name Is Flg
ueros. A femnlo figure, the smoking
volcano Mncyon, tho American shield
nnd eagle and the words "Flllplnas"
and "United States of America," mako
a coin strikingly effectlvo
FALSE STEP PROVES FATAL
HiirlliiKtou llriiKeiumi or Alliance Killed
Neur Sidney, Nob.
R. Robblns, a Durllngton freight
brakemau, running between Alllaiico
and Denver, was instantly killed Tues
day night about midnight nt Lorenzo,
the first station south of Sidney, Neb.
Ho wns on a southbound train nnd was
passing over the cars from the way
way
'jsHr
car to the engine to slgnnl the
glnccr to stop nt Lorenzo to mil
some freight, nnd it Is thought
In stepping from n box car to a
loaded with lumber he made n misstep
and fell between the cars. He wns T
not missed until the trnln reached
Mercer, which Is about nine miles
south of Lorenzo. Tho train crow at
once went bnck to look for him and
he was found lying where he fell, his
end nnd ono arm cut entirely off and
the body disemboweled. The remnlns
wcro taken up and brought to Sidney,
and Inter were taken to his homo nt
Alliance. The deceased was about
twenty-five yenrs old and was married
but a fuw months ago. He had been
running on the road about two years.
VISIBLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN
Chniigox Hliown In Cable Advice to
llriulitreet's
New York city advices say that cablo
nnd telegraphic communications to
Ilrndstrcet's show the following
changes in available supplies com
pared with the last account:
Wheat United States and Canada,
east of Rockies, Increased 372,000 bush
els. Afloat for an In Europe decreased
2,300,000 bushels. Total supply de
creased 1,928.000 bushels.
Corn United States and Canada,
rnst of Rockies. Increased GGS.000
bushels.
Oats United States and Canada,
cast of Rockies decreased 820,000.
Among the more Important de
creases reiwrtcd this week arc thoso
of 225.000 bushels In Manitoba, 172,000
bushels at Newport News, 149,000
bushels at Depot Harbor, 125,000 btiah
els at Minneapolis private elevntors,
102.000 bushels nt Rochester and 53,000
bushels at Portland, Me.
Tho leading Increases Include thoso
ot 419,000 bushels at Chicago private
elevators, 81,000 bushels at Louisville,
55,000 bushels at Akron and 50,000
bushels each at Chattanooga and at f
Nashville.
To Notify Son of Dentil.
The st amor Saxonla, which sailed
from Liverpool to Hoaton July 22, has
a wireless telegram for Clarcnco IL
Mackay, son of the late John W. Mac
kay, who sailed from New York Satur
day, July 19, on Campania. Saxonla
hopes to communlcato with Campania.
The remains of Mr. Mackay havo
been embalmed and placed In a metal
lic co III n, which Is now resting in tho
music room of tho Mackay residence,
surrounded by flowers, which havo
been sent In great profusion. Cards,
letters and telegrams from many dis
tinguished persons in nil parts of tho
world continue to come In great num
bers. Mrs. Mackay is as well as could
be expected.
l'romotlon and Itetlrement.
The president has designated Colonel
Thomas S. Ward, adjutant general on
Miles' staff, to be brigadier goneral to
till the vacancy crented by tho retire
ment of General Jacob Smith. Ward
will immediately go upon the retired
list upon his own application and Colo
nel Sanger, of the Inspector general's
office, will be created brigadier general
In his place.
Iladly Ilurned by Lightning
During a recent storm Ed McMIUon
and two younger brothers were la
their father's barn a fow miles south
of Superior when he was struck by
lightning, bis left side being badly
burned. Tho fluid tore off his shoe and
the shock rendered him unconscious
for some time, but he Is reported as
recovering from Its effect.
V. f. Consul Object!.
The stats department has Instructed
Charles N. Herdliska, cousul at San
Juan Del Norto, Nlcaraugua, to ascer
tain the facts of tho arrest of Dr. Wil
son, an American citizen, and to uso
his good offices in procuring bis re
lease. Wilson was attached to a camp
of insurgents and was captured and
condemned to death some time ago.
Frrd Grant Asslcnud.
Genoral Frederick Grant has been
offered the command of tho department
of Texas to which General Jacob Smith
had been assigned before his retire
ment by tho president. General
Davis, who Is to succeed Chaffee In
tho Phllliplnes, will havo under him
Generals Wade, Wlnt, llaldwlii, Leo
and Sanger.
Chinch Hub ' Corn.
Farmers around Fremont nro com
plaining that chinch bugs havo been
working great Iujury In corn Holds.
The Insects do not molest tho stalk,
but gather In clusters on tho ears. So
far the damage done Is only occasional,
but thoso engaged In raising corn
would like to find somo way of check
ing the evil.
Arm Cut OtT hy Hlndor
John Warren, a young man living
eleven miles southwest ot Superior,
met with a sovere accident. Somo part
of tho machinery of tho binder he was
working became out of gear and ho
Rtopped to fix It. Tho horses started
and young Warren was thrown down,
tho machine cutting off one of his arma
above tiro elbow.
NEWS BRIEFLY STATED
Alberto Santos Dumont, tho Bra
zilian aeronaut, arrived In New York
iiiesuny.
Fifteen thousand nririltlnnnt m
Workers In Now York eltr hnvn mil
work, which makes tho total numhw
now out 40,000.
All renl and personal property which'
was owned by John W. Mackay was
left by him to his wife and son. Mario
Loulso Mackay and Clarence H. Mac-kny.
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