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NEBRASKA NEWS
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SllflTON FARMER DROWNS HIMSELF
1 rininl I'ncii Ooir.nr inl In : I'iiihI of
Wnli'r (!lri'iini)litiii'r4 titrroimilliii;
lln Uiinii 1'itlnt ti ,4lf llettruc
Hun Ollmr New Note
.1. ft, Hmlth, a prominent young
Iniinei living two mile-i titrtliW(Ht of
Slu lion, Ncli,, wan fouti I dad In a (Ish
pond hi liln f.utn ind in'tiiiistatHTB
iiiuiMiiKlliii; the case iinll'.Ui' thai lit'
i'oiiiiti!(l((l unhide Smith was Moulded
Willi iiiwiiiiiilu ituil ocm. innlly had
Ml I Old h lit epilepsy Oil" 'if these nt-
Imi l:i. ou'iirred Saturdiy night, nml
jll i lucntifiiBt tin' tif morning ho
isltul IiIh wife wlicif flu' gin wan, t;ay
iik In- w.'iiitnl It to nhool a talililt In
'lit' ind. Hlii', hy.wover liail been sus
picious that ho nilgh' in ono of ti In
spill. i. do hlmarlf tiury mil liail hid
den (lie gun. She refused to It'll wht'ie
il was, nml In; went hi' utnl that, wns
tin- Just noun of lilm alive, tils wlfo
supposing liu had oith"i go no to town
oi vim about tin1 plu 'i
Almiil II oVIui Ic a tilghbor called
nml liiquiicil for Mr .Smith, anil on
a i.ihiiIi of thu promt.-" a hl clothing
whs. ton ml on thn liarik of the ponil.
Uiinii further sciic'i .Smith's hody
witt. Iiititit! face, ilownwinl in tin' bot
Inin ol llio pond. A.t Mm water was
only Unci' feet In liiHi tt ww thought
lii' lutil connnttti'il mi' kI. ami thin
tin in v wns horiii' ut ny tin. lluilltiK of
a hoi tic In his 'hitliiu, containing a
itnifll itinonnt of u mii A physician
who wiih i' lli'il found Indications of
jiii,soiinig.
Siiulli wiih nlioiit MiirV-uvo yrnrs old
and lettves n wif ml tn children,
lie wtm well iki'd tin in -t illy, owning
a I'm in ot two bundled 'ind f-iity acton,
whli h wiih wi'll .Ho' It '1 and with no
JnitcliUilni'im.
Tim iiiiw i mil tli.it Vl'ig limit liy
'Mimloun nml Ni'lii'irtki Coil company
I .liii'hhon, Nidi , in ili'Mdy down twen
ty Hid on its liimt.4 ii" ir Hi. !. The
ulinll ih being hoarded with threo-Iuch
tlHiil.ii. Ihat will -mill, i' tot a depth of
Limn I en In tw 'v 'i'Ih th" onstiiii
tlon ol i nwlli'h from the WIHiunr &.
Sionv Falls lailioid ' th tnlne will
lie begun, A company 'apltiillotl at
Kiti.Pim has (iltcatly b"cn formed to
liulld an t'li iti ie line 110:11 the mines to
the 1 oiiililimlloii brldg"
The foiirccn-yjit-Jl I ua of W. II.
"Bciliuontl. living t'v 1 mile-, north of
K iii-haw, Ncli. v.n found behind his
fnlliri'11 Imiii wtth 1 linlli't wound In
the head and 1 Hitiy-f,vo caliber re
volver Ivlng hv bin -i-lt The hoy illnl
Hhoillv ifler being found The hoy
was verv fond of pr.i'H'ltK with Ure
al inn and it m thought the shotting
witt. timely m cidcut'il
.I11I111 II. Cox. a pioniinont business
Illllll of linltHlllilllMl. ?J"'l . W.U stricken
Willi ipoplexy While H.it.'d at the Slip
lii'i' t.ilde. He lu. ilti been iiucon-
ai ioiiii and hlii left -. 1 . 1 U paralyzed.
"Ill- nltcinllug physician tin slight
3ini.'i foi IiIh !" ivry
The iiililhiiiniii"r m lim of the enn
tii'l whlHt ,1'imii'i itlim wlihh was to
hi4Vi' linen luld an Auiiit lr to Hi at
('miiu'll niiillrf. 1 1 liii hoen p.i.-tiioni'il
tinlil Anmml J md r, M. I. Aitlien,
of liiiuoln, Irt. piMHidiMit of the associa
tion. YY. II llowlett. r Ivm.is City.
IK vice-pieHideni. ml otto IVi'inlller,
of Yanltlon, vS U. -..'.Tetary and trea.s
111 cr
If Onveiuor SavK" and Adjutant
ni'iiciiil Colby have Mi-mi way the
IiiIkhiIi of NubranUi national gunrds-
nun will puiMcipa'c u i-ori uuey
Kan.. In oinnaiiy with regulais. The
reiiort that thu Kov.nwii'nt Is willing
o near 1 portion 11 uie expense is
ei mucous Adpitiut Mi'iieral II. C.
Oorliin, iu his loiter if invitation, sns
"hit. tiinnot he Ion" iti 1 h lemets It.
HERE ANO THERE
Fiie ulacli'd '!!' 1 n -jcain elevator
it UhliMno own"'! iv I ilia J Badeuer
,$ Co., at Seventeenth -.tiei't md Will
lei It court and III 1 huu;" ot $7o.0iio
to elevator and at '
The hotly f Mr fl "irne Wolf, of
Chippewa Fills. Wn, who hii' h"cn
nisslng iiue 1 11 ii" i' w.n found in
the Mind four lull".-, .viuth of the city.
lei Inishnnd ia under -m-mii'lon
Posses have iiu.'l from several
ooiuls in MStem Waihtiutou to Inter
eepl outlaw TrKV who Is siliin led to
be In the nhi'Dp .'ouutry south of the
(lititt Northern rail vi wheie ancf
fott will he mule i -nut iiinil him.
While the little aou if Wllliuni Bus
klili, of near Pl.it taut nth -a as helping
bis father 111 Mm harvest ncld. riding
011 the liludet unl ke-ptug the grain
hoiii logging, he itiht his left arm
In the big bain in th" rear of the
'Mndi'i'. The arm w i-. terribly crushed.
Lot lie Butisell 1-, killed and Max
Bcti'i'rt dangerously wounded by J. C.
"MiCrtslln. n pioiiiiiidiit uiinlug man, at
Stilt Lake City. IJtilt. who then com
mitted siiiciilo by thootlitg til 111 he';' in
the head Peters and Mis.i Kussell are
wid to have taunted lilm about his
dninestlc troiilden.
On Tiyou itruet, Colorado Springs,
It. It. Taylor, 1 iiloueer, and proprietor
of n book Htoio, hIioc and killed Frank
I,, rilinilur, a riiilni-iil brakoman. Tay
lor lairronilered, but a.ildo from declar
ing I hut his -n't w.i.! jiintitled, refused
tu talk ihout thu diootlug of Shader,
who ,v.in his brolher-lu-I'iw.
EVERY DAY A BIG DAY
Hcrr'lnry FiirniK (llrr mil .Hmnn Infor
iiuilliiii Almiil llir Fair
Socrctnry KnrnnB of tho Htnlo fair
Hays that hiBofar n ontrlcH of exhlhlta
aro concerned, they wore never so
crowded and overflowing. Thp dcninnds
for space are equally Rrwit nnd prom
ise more than to keep tip with entries.
Under Hie new rule of the hoard of
mnnnKPi-H, exhibitors! are required to
make all applications for stalls, pens,
nnd Hpaco direct to fiuperlntendentH of
classes. Owing M tho fnct that tho
superintendents live In different partn
of tho state, until these olllclnls open
their unices In Llmoln, tho volume of
demand for space for exhibits Is not
readily nt hand. Superintendent
Lconuiil of tho swlno class has already
reported moie pens sold than were on
tho grounds lust year. To meet this
condition thu board Is building n new
hog barn,
Hvcry day of the fair will be a good
dav. Monday, September 1, will ho
l.l-colii day. and It Is hoped that tho
citizens of Lincoln will mako It n
memornble day In attendance for all
exhibits will then be In place, fresh
ami attractive, In fact It will he one of
tho very best of all days for sight see
ing. Wednesday will he fraternity day
nnd great preparations nie In progress
ir, make this the biumr day In atten
dance. Frhlny will he another grent
dny. This Is down on the list ns fruit
dny and In addition to tho great dis
play fruit will he given away, as Secre
tary Furnas put It. by Hie sled load.
KANSAS NEWS
Fmlon ill .lcliloii
An Atchison. Knn.. dispatch says:
The populist and democratic county
conventions assembled here August 2.
The democrats lnvltd the populists to
abandon their organization and work
with the democrats In the future as ono
party. Tho populists, nftcr recom
mending the nomination of Peter
l.aughlln, populist. a representative to
the legislature from tho country dis
trict, and of Mlr.s Ina Martin for coun
tv school superintendent, accepted tho
Invitation of the democrats nnd ad
journed to the democratic convention
to participate ns democrats. All tho
populhl hnders were In tho populist
convention. The nominations of B. P.
Waggoner for representative from tho
city district nnd of Peter Ijiughlln for
roprescntntlNo from the country dis
trict are unanimously agreed upon.
Ilmik Trmt In Kiiihim
it Is iiinu'i stood Hint tho American
Book company will fulfill the require
ment! of the icior.t order of the su
preme court of Kansas by paying tho
utululory foe nnd taking out a permit
to do busliuss in the .-late. This done,
its ugenls will distribute hooks under
Its conlinet will- the stnto text book
coipmlhslon. Its state agents In To
peka today kccimiI four carloads of
hooks Horn Its Oli'clnnntl house, hut
they will not he sent to sub-ngents un
til tl'u company compiles with the law.
Out on I Ion it
The preliminary hearing of Dr.
A. B.
By no. at (iiilva, Kan., under the chnrgo
of shooting Miss Mnud Holmes, wns
held before Justice Whitney. Tho de
fendant walu-il the preliminary hear
ing and hla iniiiife! asked that he bo
admitted to ball, which was granted by
the Justice In the mini of $5,000. Miss
llaltni's wiih alio to attend the trial,
assisted by her sitter. Her broken
right mm Is still I'liidnged with splints
nnd her luce and tuck show the utfects
of the gunshot
John I.. Totten, of Ninth Ottawa,
Knn.. n contractor, died as tho result
of an injury received from blasting a
well. Totten consented to set ofT n
blast for a neighbor, lie put In tho
Mast nnd dropped burning paper Into
the well. He was looking Into the well
when the explosion occurred and was
struck on the head by a rock.
TAKES IT TO HEART
(Irniiriil .liM'oti II- Smith Think I'lihWIi
mi'iit Nrvrro
A San Francisco. Aug. 3, dispatch
says: Gen. Jacob II. Smith, who re
turned lust Friday from Manila, will
spend several days In this city, nnd
then go to his home In Portsmouth. O.
Speaking on the subject for tho llrst
time since his arrival. General Smith
snld his forced retirement from the
urniv was nn unwelcome surprise. He
( itct not expect more than a reprimand
as a result of the verdict in the court
niiiitlal. General Smith said he had
always tried to do his duty and con
duct himself ns a soldier. Some na
tives of Samar. he said, aro nothing
but savages and cannot be treated llko
eivllled people. They all would re
sort to the must barbarous methods
of warfare at times. Instances of the
toiture nud hlaughter of American sol
diers are very numerous. "Anyone of
my commands knows that they were
not unduly seven with the natives. I
hnie always tried to conduct my cam
paigns according to military regula
tions."
A Manila. Aug. 3. dispatch says:
While cholera is decreasing In Manila,
the reports received from the prov
inces show n large number of cases
and deaths. l.ast Saturday there wero
slxtv casts and 525 denths from cholera
In the provinces. Since tho outbreak
of the opldomle there hnvo been
thioughont the archipelago a total of
21.4SO cases of cholera and 1G.105
deaths. It Is believed that many cases
wero not reported, and tho totnl num
ber of cases Is estimaieu at. j.uku.
Forty-eight Americans and eighteen
Europeans have died in Manila slnco
the outbreak.
Judge Phillips of the federal court, at
Kansas City, has Issued a temporary
injunction retraining the officers and
members ot tho retail clerks' national
protective association and tho Journey
men tniiora union uum umun-iuj,
their boycott on a Kansas City cloth
ing firm. Patrolling the sidewalk In
front of the premises was stopped by
order of the court. The causo of tho
trouble was the refusal of tho firm
to comply with the demands of tho
union to close tho store at night.
Among other fishing stories, Neosho
Falls records the capture ut ft Bain-
I bow trout.
IN A SAD PLIGHT
Ashland Youth Mentally Unbal
anced From Worry
ROAMING THE FIELDS AND TIMBER
Flcr nt Sight if Frloml Who Dnlre to
Cnpturn lilm nnd (llvti lilm C'arr
Wna Frnrful f I.eilnpt Ills .Toll
Willi Itnllromli
A young man by tho name oi Bus
sell Whlttnker, who has lived In Ash
land, Nob., for ninny years went crazy
tho other day. Ho has been living
with his mother, a widow, nnd has
been working for tho railroad. For
some weeks Ills health hns not been
good nnd ho seemed to fenr that ho
would not bo nblo to work and would
loso his Job. Saturdny a note was
found that ho had left, saying that
when the note wns discovered ho would
be dead. Tho neighbors In the east
part of town stnrtcd out to find lilm
nnd nftcr awhile discovered that ho
had run away like a wild mnn and
gone out Into the country. His friends
linve spent several days trying to cap
ture lilm. Ho Is hiding In corn fields
and In tho ravines nnd heavy brush
and timber along the Pintle river. Ho
runs like a deer from the sight of mnn
and although tho seekers liavu been
within n few feet of lilm ho wns too
speedy nnd escaped, getting away in a
corn field. Tho mntter Is worse from
the fnct that he has n pistol. For
tunately tho weather Is warm and he
finds apples, grapes and fruit to supply
htm with food. It Is troubling his
friends to know how to capture him
and also ns to what may happen to
lilm In hbt terror and illness. He is n
young mnn of good habits and well
liked by nil who know him.
PACKERS IGNORE COURT
No (Jhnngr Noted In Kxi-liiuigo of 1'rlcrn
AtiiiiiiR Thrill
A Chicago, 111., Aug. 1, dispatch says:
A syndicate of attorneys representing
tho nllcged beef trust today prepared
for the filing of n demurrer to the bill
by virtue of which tho federal court
Issued an Injunction to prevent tho
packing houses from coimplrlng to'
manipulate tho market. The contents
of the demurrer were made public. It
Is n general demurrer nnd traverses
every allegation In tho bill. Insuffi
ciency, unconstitutionality of U10 anti
trust law nnd n denial of tho right of
the courts to compel tho packers to
produce their books for Inspection, arc
alleged In addition to tho general de
nial to the truth of the charges made
in tho bill. The packets claim tho
right to quote prices to agents and
rcgulnte prices at their respective head
quarters. So far ns the Injunction has been
operative there hns been no apparent
effect on the methods of the packers.
As soon as the demurrer Is verified by
tho different defendants It will bo filed.
WILL SHOOT TO KILL
Slllltlit ut hhi'iiiinilo.ih, I'.i,. I'nrntHlieil
Curtrlli;'
No renewal of Saturday night's at
tack on the soldiers' camp by the strik
ers wns made Sunday night nt Shenan
doah, Pa., notwithstanding that night
wns the time fixed, according to ru
mors, for a concerted attack. Outposts
were thrown nround tho camps in addi
tion to the sentries, but they were not
disturbed. The troops aro now sup
plied with hall cartridges and are In
structed to shoot to kill nnd investi
gate afterward, If more trouble llko
that of Sutrun dynlght occurs.
Two attempts were made Sunday
night to get nt tho horses of the Klghtli
regiment Knch tlmo they were de
tected nnd fired upon by sentinels, but
escnped. The officers think they pro
posed to malm the horses.
NEW POLICE BOARD
Governor Bmnce Select One for the C'tly
of Onuilin.
Governor Savage, Monday Inst, set
tled tho long-standing trouble In police
circles in Omahn, by the appointment
of a brand new set of fire nnd police
commissioners.
The men chosen by the governor nro
William J. Broatch, Joseph W. Thomas,
Carl C. Wright and Lee Sprntlen.
Theso nppolntees Immediately present
ed their ollkinl bonds ench in the sum
of $5,000. took the oath of ofllco nnd
proceeded to elect Mr. Broatch presi
dent pro tern.
A peremptory writ of mandamus
was sworn out by the board for the
keys In tho possession of President
William Klerstead of tho old board.
Under tho law tho governor must
recognize tho principal political parties
In making the appointment. He choso
two republicans and two democrats.
Tho mayor Is nlso a member of
the commission by virtue of his office.
Throw llyiiHinlto In Water
Arb MePonnlil dropped a stick ot
dynamite from a bont Into the Maquo
tetu river for tho alleged purpose of
killing fish. The dynamite exploded
directly under the boat and McDonald
was blown to atoms. John Balston
and Peter McCabc, who were In the
boat with McDonald, had narrow es
capes. They will have to stand trial
for violating tho game laws.
To Enlarge the Nay
Efforts will bo made during the next
session of congress to Incrcaso tho
limit of the enlisted strength of tho
navy from 25.000 to 40,000 men. This
recommendation will do mano uy near
Admiral Taylor, chief of the bureau of
navigation, In his forthcoming nnnual
report. Although 25,000 men nre suffi
cient for the present needs of tho ser
vice, that number will 'not bo large
enough to supply tho full complement
of ships under construction and those
which congress will authorize, In tho
next few years.
STATE GUARD WILL CAMP
Tito IlrglmcnU to Oil to Ft. Ullry, Knn.,
In tho Full
Adjutant General Ii. V. Colby, act
Ing under direction of Governor Sav
ngo, accepted tho Invitation of Adju
tant General II. C. Corbln to send stato
troops to the military maneuvers at
Fort Blley, Kansas. Thin means that
the Nebraska national guard will In
dulge In .an encampment with regular
troops and under the direction and in
spection of expert officers of the regu
lar army. This Information will bo
hailed with delight by the guard, as
It had been reported that no annual
encampment would bo held this year,
owing to lack of funds. General Colby
says tho regular per diem would be
paid the officers and men, but they
may bo obliged to do as they have In
the past, wnlt on the pleasure ot tho
legislature for a part of their pay. A
total of about $1,000 remains in tho
guard funds.
JUSTIFIES HIS ACTION
Secretin-- Hoot Mnliituln lie Did Hlght
In nlM'hiit-KliiR .Mlin Taylor
Tho nnswor of Secretary Boot to tho
Btilt of mandamus filed against lilm by
Bcbccca J. Taylor to compel lilm to re
instate her, has been prepared and will
be filed In tho district supreme court
nt Washington. The secretary con
tends Hint the laws of civil service
were not vlolnted; Hint Miss Taylor
was discharged for Just causo, and that
tho correspondence between her and
the secrctnry before her dismissal
shows that she had every opportunity
to make a defenso of her conduct.
Miss Taylor wns a clerk In the war
deputtmont nnd was discharged by
Secretary Boot because she wrote a
letter to a local newspaper, severely
condemning the president's policy In
the Philippines.
Stilt Coniliiln
Complaints continue to he filed with
tho department of Justice to tho ef
fect that the Sherman anti-trust law
Is being violated by the anthracite coal
shippers. On account of the lack of
evidence furnished the department has
decided not to take action; but If prop
er complaints aro filed tt Is stated that
legal proceedings will bo instituted. I
tis npparcnt to the authorities Hint coal
will reach an exorbitant flguro during
the winter, and much suffering will re
sult unless something Is done to cause
a break In the price. But the adminis
tration ennnot bring a suit for the dis
solution of n trust, tho existence of
which Is surmised, but which It Is un
able to prove.
Norm Such for Aniiiult
Mario Benbe, a professional gov
erness, of New York city, hns brought
suit for 150,000 damages against Harold
Hartshore, tho ten-year-old son of Jo
soph Hartnhore. She alleges Hint a
year ngo, while employed to care for
and educate the boy. he assaulted her
by kicking nnd beating her. and that
since then she has suffered much phys
ical and mental distress and wns made
permanently unable to pursue her pro
fession. Send ritticntH to Coaftt
Forty employes of tho Wabash rail
road, who have been in the hospital
at Peru. Intl.. were sent on nn excur
sion to San Francisco with the Knights
of Pythias train Monday. This is an
Innovation In the case of patients.
Nurses went with the men and will
watch closely the effects of tho rldo
and the change of cllmnto on the sev
eral diseases with which the men arc
affected.
Montnnn llm llurthquake
An earthquake visited Missoula coun
ty Monday evening, says a Helena,
Mont., dispatch, causing slight dam
age. It lasted about two seconds, vi
brations being quick and short.
At Bonner, one of tho largo dyna
mos nt the electrical plant was shaken
from Its adjustment. At Clinton tho
shock wns quite severe, the operator
reporting that several old buildings
collapsed.
Victory for .lolunon
The circuit court at Cleveland. O.,
has dissolved tho injunction recently
issued bv Judgo Caldwell, restraining
tho city council from granting public
service franchises, and especially those
giving the low faro street railway
company the right to use the streets.
Mavor Johnson fought the injunction
suit, nnd, ns a result of his victory
the low faro llnea will probably be
constructed ns soon as possible.
While Men for Ilonntert
On two big Cincinnati and Memphis
steamers, says a Metropolis, III., dis
patch, on their way down tho Ohio
river was witnessed the spectacle of
white men working as roosters, a sight,
river men say. not scon since long be
fore tho war. The negro musters nro
nil striking, not so muc for higher
wages, ns because of tho hot weather
and heavy shipments which deprive
tho rousters of much rest.
ItnWInj; Kiuiitoiii Money
Ellen M. Stone, the returned mis
sionary, spoke nt tho Winona assembly
at Warsaw, Intl.. August I. She told
of her long captivity among the Bul
garian brigands, describing many
hardships enilurcti ny nci-seu .mu i.
Tsllka. It wns her desire, eho said,
to earn enough money by lecturing to
pny back her share ot the ransom
money.
Death Claim Southern Veteran
Commodoro .Tosoph Edwartl Mont
gomery, a veteran confederate com
mnnder, who. during the civil war, al
most succeeded In capturing Gonernl
Grant, died Monday morning at tho
home of his son In Chicago. He was a
great friend of Jefferson Davis nnd tho
most expert fresh water sailor In tho
confederate navy. Ho was born at Car
rollton, Ky,., In 1817.
Anthrax has been discovered among
cattle nt La Crosse.Wls. Many anlmnls
are dead and others dying.
A HEAVY HARVEST
Corn Now Safe From Harm and
Yiold Will Be Immense
STALKS ARE OF PRODIGIOUS GROWTH
INtlmiite of the Vlelil Vnry From !MO,-
000,000 to .'100,000,000 llnnhvlii
What (he C'rop lliilti-lln Miiyn
Aliont It Other News
Com Is a crop, and 11 big one at
Hint, beyond till peratlventuro In Ne
hrnska for tho yenr of 1002. Tho week
ly bulletin Issued todny by tho tse
braska section of the United States
weather bureau snys as much nnd
every bit of Information Hint can pos
sibly bo glennctl all point to an enor
mous harvest of the corcul that, more
than all others, contributes to the
prosperity and content of the Antelope
state. The stalks, frd by the Inces
sant rains, have attained a growth al
most prodigious, while tales of single
plants bearing n half tlo.en cars have
become frequent. A single ear to each
stalk menns a fair crop and the nver
ago of two to three that promises to
prevail for the present seuson con
veys an Idcn of what a corn harvest Is
In store.
Fstlmntcs of the yield vary fiom
240,000.000 to SOU.OOO.OOO bushels; If
the latter It will be the greatest har
vest In the history of the common
wealth, and If the former, or even
slightly less, It forecasts a continu
ance of the prosperous times which
have kept Nebraska in the forefront
In recent years and made her the
pacemaker of all the western states
In the contest of commercial develop
ment. The bulletin, In summarizing crop
conditions for the past week, says:
The past week wns warm and dry.
The daily mean temperature has aver
aged two degrees above normal In tho
eastern counties and five degrees above
in western.
The rainfall has generally been light,
although a few heavy local showers
have occurred. In the small area cov
ered by theso showers tho rainfall
ranged from ono to more than two
inches, but over most of the ntato It
was less than half an Inch.
The past week has been tho most
favorable one of the season for stnek
lng. thrashing and haying; except In
tho smnll areas where heavy showers
occurred rapid progress wns made
with this work. Oats aro cut In the
southern portion of tho state and the
harvest Is well ntlvnncetl in tho noi th
orn portion: the crop Is generally good
and In some places n very largo yield
Is reported. Threshing of winter wheat
Is progressing slowly; tho yields are
quite uniformly lurge, but the quality
was damnged by the rains during har
vest time. Corn generally bus con
tinued to grow unusually well, but In
n few southwestern counties more rain
would bo beneficial; corn Is earing
heavily, and. as a whole, promises un
exceptionally heavy yield.
BURLINGTONTRAIN HELD UP
Two Mankeil Itohhern llloir lUpreitit Cur
Near Sinnium, 111.
A Dubuque, In.. August 5, dispatch
says: Two masked men held up tho
Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy limited
north-bound train two miles north of
Savanna, III., nt 11:30 last (Tuesday)
night. They cut off the Adams express
car, forced the engineer to run up the
track antl then blew up the car. Tho
robbers hntl put torpedoes on the track
and when the torpedoes exploded the
engineer quickly brought the train to
a stop." One man hoarded tho engine
antl ordered the engineer to go ahead,
while the other man cut the express
car from the train. The trainmen
hastened to Snvnnna nnd gave the
alarm. A posse of officers and citizens,
heavily armed, hastened to the scene.
Tho limited Is saltl usually to carry
heavy antl valuable express matter. It
Is reportetl that the robbers secured
about $20,000.
EDUCATOR DIES
resilient llenrilihriir, of louu Agricul
tural College, lleail
Prof. W. M. Beartlshear, president of
the lown state agricultural coilego at
Ames, died Tuesday morning after an
Illness of a month ns a result of nerv
ous prostration, with which he was
stricken at the late convention of the
national educational association nt
Minneapolis. He was president of the
association. Mr. Beartlshear bail been
president of the Iowa stnto college
eight years, prior to which time ho
was superintendent of schools In West
Des Moines, nnd before that was pres
ident of Wostern college nt Tnma, la.
FOREIGN FLASHES
The Brynhlltl won the race for tho
king's cup at Cowies. The Meteor III
finished second nntl the Glory finished
third.
King Victor Emmnnuel of Italy bus
contributed 100,000 lire to tho restora
tion of tho Campnnllo of St. Marks,
which collapsed July 14,
Tho Osservatore Bomano says that
nt tho request of Russia, Bishop Zwic
rowlcz, Catholic bishop of Vlpja, Bus
sla. has been icmovctl from' 'pis diocese.
I
KANSAS MAN APPOINTE
lohn II. I'.lrlinriUon loe in Coniul to
Ilonilurn
A Washington, D. C. August C, dis
patch says: The president has appoint
ed John B. Blchnrdson, of Kansas.
United States consul at L'tllln, Hon
duras. Mr. BIchurdBon was recently
nppolntcd consul nt Port Union. Costa
Bleu, but declined that office on ac
count of the climatic conditions of tho
place.
Hunter Cham, of North Carolina, has
linnn i-iimtnlaRlnnril llV the IkUitflllPUt
as Interpreter of the United ffMi
am at kodc, japan.
STEAMER GOES DOWN
Hliilti In I.nlce i:rle Seamen StrtiRKln to
Hive TliriiKiilmi
About thirty miles noithenst of the
port of Cleveland, O., Monday night
tho steamer Seguln collided with nml
sank the freight steamer City of Ven
ice. The Venice nk almost Immedi
ately and four of her crew wero
drowned. Tho survivors were taken
to Cleveland by the Seguln untl the
City of Chicago, which stood by to nld
the struggling seamen. There were
no pnscetigers.
The Venice was a wooden Iron-oro
carrier, bound for Buffalo with a enr
go The Seguln was an iron lumber
carrier. The boats came together In
tho darkness, the Iron bont striking
the wooden one n little forward amid
ships and shearing a great hole below
tho water line, and oho went down In
a short time.
Cilrl Hut Hunt Ktperlencn
Miss Whnlley. nn English girl, stay
ing nt n InM nt Zlnnl, Switzerland, ls
the survlxor of a terrible experience
In the mountains.
She started alone Saturday to walk
to St. Luc anil missed her way. Sho
did not return Sunday morning nnd a
rescue party went out. Sho was found
on Mondny In the hills, 400 yards above
Ayer. She had broken her ankle, but
hud crawled a long distance In splto of
tho Injury. Sho spent two cold nights
In the mountains without food or shel
ter nnd suffered greatly, but, thanks
to a strong constitution, she is recov
ering rapidly.
Or. John (lonlon Selected
Dr. John Gordon, D. D., hns been
elected president of Tabor college. Ho
hns been acting president for n year,
ami for ono yenr prior to Hint wns a
professor In tho college. Dr. Gordon
was the founder of Westminster Pres
byterian church of Omaha, was ono of
tho founders of the Omaha theological
seminary and for eight years was a
professor In that school. He was edu
cated at Western university of Penn
sylvnnln, ut Ynlo university and nlso
at tho Union theological seminary.
Home Corn Mud
Dr. Bobcrt Damerell, of Bed Cloud. A
Neb., lost his valuable driving horse
Monday. The nnlmal was driven to
Blue Hill, twenty miles north, and re
turn, and wnB so affected by the heat
that It became violently mad, running
bend foremost Into everything near by.
It finally made a broadside charge on
the barn, butting through It. Tho
horse's skull was so badly fractured
In this collision that it was deemed ad
visable to shoot the animal.
Socialist Contention
A tlelpgute convention of the social
ist pnrty of the Sixth Nebraska con
gressional district Is hereby called tn
meet nt 2 p. in. of Saturday, Augimt
HO. 11)02. In the city of Broken Bow.
The object of said convention is to
perfect perinunont organization, to
nominate a candidate for congressman
from said district nntl to transact any
other business that may properly come
befoie snld meeting. The basis of rcp
rescntntlon is ono delegate for every
five votes or fraction thereof cost for
Miss Bertha Wilklc. socialist candi
date for regent In 1901, which gives
tho various counties the following
number of votes: Banner 1, Blaine 1,
Box Butte 3, Boyd 3. Buffalo 9, Brown a
1, Cherry 3, Cheyenne 1. Custer 11,
Dawes 4, Dawson 5, Deuel 1, Garfield
1. Greeley 2. Grant 1. Holt 5. Hooker
1. Howard 3, Keya Paha 3, Keith 1.
Kimball 1, Lincoln 5, Logan 1, Loup
1, McPherson 1, Bock 1, Sherman 5,
Sheridan 1, Scotts Bluff 2. Sioux 1.
Thomas 1. Valley 1. Wheeler 1. Total
S2. J. C. L. WISELY.
Temporary Chairman.
Sargent, Neb., Aug. 1.
THE NEWS CONDENSED
The high school building in Forest,
II1..WUS struck by lightning nntl burned
to the ground with Its entire contents.
Loss, $10,000; insurance. $0,000. " ,
George W. Johnson, uged forty-five,
ono of the wealthiest men of Lexing
ton. Mo., wns shot and killed by chick
en thieves, whom ho surprised In his
hen house.
Mrs. Joe Banks, wife of n farmer
near Benton. Miss., ban presented her
husband with four bouncing babies,
two girls and two boys, and all aro
doing well.
Twelve boys, sons of American and
European merchnnts and missionary ta
residents In China, tiled of ptomaine'
poisoning at the China luluntl mission
school, Clin Foo, on July 7, as a result
of eating chicken pic.
Tho Eclair, Paris, declnrcs the Vati
can to be still preoccupied with the
possibility of President Loubefs visit
ing King Victor Emmanuel of Italy,
and, rather than rlBk a rupture with
France, the pope would, snys the paper,
receho the. president even If ho visited
tho king.
At n session of the national retail
butchers' association In Washington a k
resolution was adopted requesting the
federal government to abolish tho duty
on nil cattle antl live stock. A copy
of this resolution will be sent to the
various ofllcluls of this government.
A heavy windstorm that mvnni nvr
St. Louis, Mo wrecked two of tho four
towers or tho varied Indiiotrloikliiilld
Ing. In course or erection at Hi4BMd's
fair site, Tho towers were 2iWeet
high. The damage Is not yctTostl
muted, but a repreflontutlvo of the ex- 1
position company suld It would be sev- ?
oral thousand dollars.