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i I IfJ -v avBP'! ta J."5Si jB l-vf . ' W l, m-'. ,-. .... iiw m? 1 Itfl3i . i'Ew5 v jfaigm ' av y u tho m ) IMS I , s i I DEATHS IN SHOCK Earthquake Claims Many Victims in Turkostan CONTINUES SEVERAL DAYS i Vive Hundred Killed lu Two Vlllimivt Onn Town Completely letroyd anil I.enncr ! of llfi KIo where Other New A Ilorlin, Sept. 20, dispatch nays: A (1lHpnlc.li rccoUed hero froiu Tashkent, capital of KiiHalnn Turkestan, reports a terrible earthquake August 22, tho shocks continuing until September .1. Ono hundred persons wen killed In Kashgar, In eastern Turkestan, 100 In tlio village of Astyn, twi'iity at Jnugl, while the town of Aksuksltcho was completely destroyed. Knflhgnr, capital of tlio piovlnco of ftlnklnng, in sltiuited at tin confluence of roads lending to i'cklu, India and tlio HiihhIuii empire, nml Ih of conslder alilo Importance. It has n population of fifty tlioiiHanil. The gnzeteers tnen tlon tlm town of Ak-Su In enstorn Tur kCHtau niid say It Ih a center of trade, tlio forclRn trade, about one hundred In uiiiulior, being moHtly Russian sub JcctH. Tlio population of tlio circle nbout Ak-Su Ih given at ono liundreil nnd eighty tlioiiuund, Tlipro nrc four lliounanil houses In tlio town Itself. Another dispatch from Allahndltad, India, Sept. 25, says: A dispatch to the Pioneer from Kashgar, casern Turkes (aii, Baya that only a do.pii people were killed there In the earthquake, hut that tlio (llHturhanceH wrecked many vil lages In tlio northern part of the pro vince, the total number of pemoiiH killed behiK 1.000. There wore no premonitory signs, nays the dlHpatch, but a pronounced rlso In temperntiiro followed tho prin cipal Hhock. The temperature continued to tIho during the subsequent days which were attended by u ropltlon of slight quakes. The illHpateh BayH no Kuro pcatiH loat their liven. A ROMANTIC WEDDING Tom Colored Hollo Wed it Hold lor In l.lnroln Thero wnn a wedding in Lincoln, Nob., colored society on tho 21th lust, which partook somewhat of tho ele ment of romance. The parties thereto were Sergeant II. L. Conwell of the Twenty-lll'th col ored infantry, U. H. A., and Miss Mary Parker Johnson of Del Rio, Tex. Hy a preconcerted plan Miss Johnson sud denly left her parental roof lu tho iLono Star state and checked her bag- ige to Lincoln. At the same time tin geant, having obtained the requisite o of absence from his regiment. ch is stationed at Port Niobrara, the tlrst train for Lincoln. The nee c.f the story may bo guessed. finding lodgment at the hostelry of m, Mo.iby, 1027 I'j street, a special essengcr was dispatched for Itev. riot? Mastou, and In almost less time than Jt takes to relate tho circumstances the x twain wero made one. The brldo will accompany her husband to his post of duty nt Niobrara. Klovittnr Tumble An olovntor at the F.mory-nird-Thayor Dry floods company, Kaunas City, Mo., carrying twenty-live young vromon employes, fell three Btorles at noon Thursday. A dozen girls were Injured, but with tho oxcoptlou of ICtnma Parish, aged eighteen years, who was hurt Inter nully, and who wns unconscious when removed to her home, It Is believed that nono were seriously hurt. Several fainted and for a tlmo wero thought to have been killed. Tho elevator Is used for freight, but at tho time of tho accident the girls woro bolng carried to tho top tloor for luncheon. It was loaded to tho limit. Nlirlui Itoml Incorporated Articles of Incorporation for an Otoe cnunty-Cass county railroad wore tiled with tho county clerk of Otoe Thurs day. The Incorporators aro W. L. Wilson, John W. Stelnhart, W. A. Cot ton, Ixigan Knyiut and John North house. Tho initial point is Nebraska City, tho road Is called tho Nebraska City & Northwestern", and runs through tho counties of Cass and Otoe. The capital stock Is S'Jfi.OOO. in share of $100 each, nnd tho capital can bo Incrcnscd when needed. It Is not known whether It Is to bo an electric Hue or n branch to connect with tho lloc.k Island at South Ilcifd. I l)riit;i;lit lijur.'il Otto Pohl. a drugglest of Fremont, was Injured nbout the face and eyes Thursday morning by an explosion of poiiin metallic sodium which he was testing. Ho dropped a piece of the imaterlal In water, but It did not ignite as It should have done. Then he ap plied ut match, when the stuff exploded. iHls eyesight wns saved almost by a miracle, as particles of tho sodium wont Into tho organs. I Kiiiihiih Acrli'iilturul Colleeo iroiv Tlio regular count for the fall term nt tho Kansas State Agricultural col logo was mado Wednesday, and the total enrollment thus far has reached 88C, an Increase of 10(5 over last year. Students are still coming. College nu thorltlefl expect tlio enrollment to reach 1,000 this year. Kuimiiii Town After Oil A Neosho Falls. Kan., Sept. 25. dis patch says: Capitalists from Lincoln, III,, and Dallas, Tex., have lu tho past fow weeks secured largo holdings of gas and oil leases around this place. The company Is composed of F. J. Oll vur, of Dallas, Tex.; J. Sulllvnn. C. A. Nicholson and Frank Iloblett. of Lin coln, III. Thoy havo cngnged W. I. etriims, one of tho most extensive pros pectors iu tho Beaumont fluid, to de velop their holdings hero, Tho ono drill already on the ground hu3 reached u depth of 500 feet. THE POWDER EXPLODES I'renmttiro Comhiifttlon Trove Kcitul to Hnonil Miner A Covington, Vn Sept. 2.ri, dispatch says: Five white men and one colored man were killed nnd hovcii badly In jured nt the 1'ottH Valley mlneH luf, evening by the premature explosion of nine kegs of powder. Tho dead: Hubert Crart, IM. Tinnier. Oulley Tingler. Fran Khadler. John HayneH, whites. Hobert Iluiton, colored. It Ih claimed the explosion vn9 eniiHPd by the Jar of a drill being UHcd after tho powder wan placed. Tho men were entirely eoered by the huge upheaval of earth and tho bodies wero only recovered after several bourn' work. Some of the Injured aro In a critical condition. Four men were killed and Hevernl In jured early Thursday morning by a rear-end collision of a Burlington pas senger with a Htock train at Maiden, III. Tho dead: George Stewart. Winchester, 111. A. II. Cnnthors. Table drove, III. A. II. Wngnor. Pinlrlo City. III. W. L. Collins, Ilardolps, III. Among tho Injured: I,. II. Wlsoy, Knoxvllle, III. M. .1. JolitiHon, Avon, III. The stock train wns making a Biding in the darkness when the passenger crashed Into the caboose. Tho and Injured wero all stock men. RUINS THE HOTEL dead I rule (lnct Ncek ltociiRO for u Funded Slight Frank J. McKee, nged twonty-nlx. for four years reshllng at tho Golden Kagle hotel, Washington. D. C, wrecked that hostelry with dynamlto at an early hour Thursday morning, nnd afterwards killed himself with a pistol, Piqued at being cut by Louis Ilrandt. the proprietor of tho hotel, la paid to havo been the cause. McKee Is alleged to havo possessed from $20,000 to 130,000 during the tlmo he lived nt the hotel, but drew his laflt $70 from a building association last week. Ho had been drinking heavily for some tlmo and had lost largo sums at the races. It Is said McKee was very fond of lirnndt's daughter. The explosion threw Brandt and his wire Into the cellnr, but they wore not seriously Injured. Tho dynamite was placed In a vncant room over tho cham ber of the couple. McKee shot himself In his own room nfter tho explosion. Other occupants of the hotel mlracous ly escaped Injury. Held Her skirt Too IIIrIi When I'ntrolninn Piosser saw 18-year-old Uosie Keller displaying a pair of anklis lu llnlivar stieet, Cleveland. O., ho arrested her. On the police blot ter, after her mine, Is the charge: "Lifting her skirts on Mollvar street." Tho girl was very tearful when ar rested and Insisted Hint she merely wished to save her skills from drag ging In a pool of water. The officer was positive that she overestimated tho depth of the water. She seemed a con tinuance. ('mil In Wyiuulotto County A 1 1-Inch vein of coal has been stitick on the farm of J. I). Keed, throo miles west of Kansas City, Kan. Tho discovery has caused much excitement in that vicinity ami owners of proverty abutting that of the Heed farm aro nl rcady prospecting. A shaft will bo sunk and tho work will be pushed. Tho Irdge Is about ten feet below tho sur face of tho ground. This Is tho first tlmo that coal, in good quantity, has ever been (.truck In Wyandotte county. To limtoll Cliiitieellor Strong Acceptances have been received from President Ilonjatnln Ide Wheeler, of the University of Cnllfomla, and Presi dent David Starr Jordan, of Leland Stnnford university to be present nt tho formnl exercises of inauguration for Dr. Krank Strong as chancellor of tho university of Kansas, October 17. HERE AND THERE Count floswln Sarnnelal nnd his mother, both of tho most prominent Polish nrlstoeracy, are on trial at Vienna for frauds Involving twenty million dollnis. At Kcosnuqua. la., Mrs. flcorge Claf lln. u prominent woman, committed suicide by hanging while her husband, who had been watching her to prevent the deed, fell nsleep. Tho taking of Inventories of the Om aha packing houses stopped Thursday In accoi dance with Chicago Instruc tions. It is thought tho proposed merger is off for the present. Among the candidates for ndmisslon to the naval academy who passed tho phslial examination nnd were sworn in as midshipmen wero Frank J. Fletcher, of Mnrshnlltowu, la. Cardinal Hanipolla lecolved Arch bishop fliiidl, apostolic delegate to tho Philippines, nnd Sen clary O'Connor Thursday morning and gave them their last Instructions relative to Philippine mutters. The lire underwriters' association of the northwest convened at Chicago on the 'Jfith and the attendance wns un usually large, floorgo W. Law, of Chi cago, and Kalph W. Breckenrldgo, of Oinnha, were the principal speakers. Stella i.tster, In Fast Jopllu, Mo., shot and killed Joseph Knotter, son of a brewer at Ualosimrg, III. Knotter tried to break into the Lister house against the woman's will. She locked tho door and shot through the panel, tho bullet taking olTect In tho young man's head, killing him Instantly. Sonator J. P. Dolllver, of Iowa, de livered the prlnrpnl addres at tho dedication of Ottuniwa.'a'' Carneglo li brary Thursday afternoon for which Mr. Cnrnegle gave $50,000. A recep tion iu tho new building was nttended by many people. Four hundred coopcre employed In tho shops of Peoria. 111., In the manu faituro of whisky barrels, went on a strike on the 25th. They demand an Increaso in wages of 10 per cent. Their demands were mado some throo mouths ago anil the strike was called without giving the employers notice of auy kind. ASK COURTS AID Novel Suit as a Result of the Coal Shortage BOSTON TAKING INITIATIVE Appointment of ItecoHcr for Mine Do- iiiiinilrd Committee Stitrt Moo- uient lino Think Itnelf on Might Truck Htrlkn Hltmitlon A IloBton, Sept. 29, dispatch says: A committee of citizens, headed by tho publishers of a Hoston newspaper, Sat urday sought relief In tho courts from the present coal shortngo and high prlcesprlccs hy asking for n receiver for coal companies nnd coal-carrying roads. A hill in equity wns filed lu tho Biipromc court ngaluM them. Tho petitioners nsk thnt a receiver bo appointed for tho benefit of nil con cerned upon such terms and in such manner nnd with biicIi rates of waget nnd other conditions of employment, and with such prices for goods pro duced nnd sold ns the court shall from tlmo to time ndjudgo proper. Tho bill !s based upon the legal theory of the coal sltuutlon given hy H. W. Chapln, a lawyer, who says: "Since the public, havo a right In the mines, a right to have conl forth with mined for immcdlato consump tion nnd havo a right to have that coal Immediately transported out of tho mine regions by tho coal-carrying roads, a court of equity, if no other solution of tho difficulty, is open, has nuthorlty to, and upon the application of a rcpercsentative portion of the peo plo undoubtedly would, appoint n re ceiver or recelvera to take Into his or their hands tho whole business now in the hands of tho anthracite combine, and to run It in their place." WILL NOT WITDRAW ARMY Axiurmii'o Thnt tlio Inland l Snfo In Yet IiiHiinielent Though recognizing in the request of tho Cuban government for tho with drawal of tho remaining American troops in Cuban a very natura' deslro to iemove nil traces of foreign occupa tion, tho indications are that the Unit ed States authorities hero will order the withdrawal only upon the comple tion of tho permanent treaty contem plated In the Piatt amendment. Both that amendment and the Cuban consti tution provide that a permanent treaty shall ho signed between the United States and Cuba whereby each govern ment shall assume certain distinct obligations. Cuba for its part Is not to make any foreign treaties impairing her Inde pendence; Is not to nssumo cxcisslvc indebtedness; Is to recognize the right of intervention of tho United States to protect lives and property and lnde of the military occupation; is to con tinue tho sanitary measures inaugur ated; is to sell or lease to the United States lands for coaling or naval sta tions; and Is to adjust the title to tho Islo of Pines in a subsequent treaty. For Its part the United States is to maintain tho indcpcndcnco of Cuba, and protect individual life, property and liberty. Now thero is no assur ance, at tho present moment, that tho Cuban government has a sufficient dis tinctively Cuban army at hand to un dertake to care for these things Itself. Moreover, It Is regarded as essential that such provisions In the projected treaty as those touching coaling sta tions and tho ownership of tho Islo of Pines bo expressly arranged for In a treaty thnt shnll bo absolutely binding upon both partlep.aro'.-only when these things are 'done will tho small remain ing forco of the United S.atefl troops be withdrawn. TOOK MINE FOR BOARDBILL And Thereby .loteph Konenthiil Ilccillue it Wealthy Man A Helcnn, Mont., dispatch says: Jo seph II. Rosenthal, a well known pio neer, Is dead nt Butto of n complication of diseases. Ho was born in Holland sixty-four years ago, and Is survived by his wife and two sisters, Mrs. M. I. Sehlesslnger of Is Angeles nnd Miss Mny Rosenthal of San Francisco. Ho came to .Montnnn forty-live years ago. At Butto one of'hlV botirdars, .TirOthy Kelly, could not pay his hill, nnd, ngalnst his wishes, Rosenthal was com pelled to take in payment an Interest in a mine which afterward developed into ono of Hutto's largest producers and Rosenthal renltzed a fortuno through tho stock forced upon him. FhIIm Into it Steiiin Well A special from Anoka, Minn., says: Allco Blbeau, tho seven-year-old daughter of David Blbeau, foil Into a steam well and wnB literally parboiled death resulting before sho could be res cued. Her nine-year-old sister was probably fatally scalded In an heroic attempt to rcscuo her, and a mnn whose name Is not known, was nlso fearfully burned, but will recover. Tho children woro playing upon somo boards which covered a well used to condense steam from n near-by mill. Tho boaids j;avc way. BOTH KILLED BY PISTOL Tonne Connie II oo to Hot Married and Found Drml The dead hodleB or II. B. Mitchell nnd Miss ,Mano.l Leo, prominent young people of Stony Crook, Vn., wero found In tho weeds near that place. They had both been killed hy a platol wound and the revolver wns found ly ing between them. It Is understood that the two left homo last Tuesday to be married. DETERMINED ON VISIT Tour of Crown 1'rlncn of Hliiin Otberwlne Ineotnplnln Tho crown prince of Slam Is making preparations to leavo Buropo October 3 on his return homo ofter a long ab sence. Itegnrdlng his American trip, tho crown prlnco Bnld to a representa tive of tho Associated press: "Oh, I could not go homo without visiting your great country. An educa tional tour such as initio has been would certainly bo Incomplete unless I saw America. I am looking forward to it Immensely. I expect to spend about n month In tho United States." MANGLED BY CARS Certtir County Mnn Itun Over nml Kilted Nrnr lliirtltiKtou A llartlngton, Neb., Sept. 27 dispatch says: Last evening tho incoming train ran over and Instantly killed Jacob Soohner, a mllo from this place. Tho body, mangled and crushed beyond rec ognition, was found by tho section gang early this morning after four trains had passed. The presumption is that Soehncr, be ing intoxicated, sat down on tho track and fell asleep. Ho leaves a wife and thrco children. It seems that nono of tho men In chargo of the passing train know of tho accident until the body was found. Tho coroner's Jury returned a verdict of accldontal death by having been run over by tho cars. Strike nt Hnntliigo Tho stevedores and enrtmen at San tiago, Cuba, have struck for 10 per cent advance In wages. Their union has warned tho British and Spanish consuls that If any of their subjects nrc Injured the union will not be re sponsible. Tho Ward lino 'steamer Orizaba 13 loading at night using her crew under tho protection of the police to do so. Business is paralyzed and thousands of persons are seeking work. Ilii Cliurcen to I'rcTcr Tho Lake George committee, repre senting tho anti-Imperlnllst league, upon the request of Judge Advocato Genernl Davis, has submitted somo testimony In substantiation of Its charges against the army In the Philippines. The testimony submitted is of a volunteer soldier who served In the Island of Panay in December, 1900. Tho testimony is similar to much of thnt taken by tho senate commltteo at the last session of congress. Wlrelen Tolej-nipli Conference Oermany'B proposition to call nn In ternational wireless telegraph confer ence having met with the general sup port of tho powers, It is understood that tho meeting will bo called at an early date. The United States in ac cepting an Invitation reserved taking further action until a program Is sub mitted. Itonohcry to Form Now I'urty Reynolds' weekly newspaper, a Lon don publication, says it understands that Lord Roscbcry will shortly an nounce his definite separation from tho liberals and will endeavor to found a national party, believing that liberal ism, In tho old sense, is played out and that opportunism Is tho policy most likely to be successful. Evncuntlon nf Mtinchurln Tho state department has received a cablegram from Uultcd States Minister Conger at Pekln, stating that tho evacuation of Manchuria has been bo gun by tho RIsslans, who already havo returned tho railway. It Is stated that tho territory up to th Llao river will bo evacuated completely by the 8th of October. KlKliiK AcaluRt tho Turk . Tho Ncue FreLPresse, Vienna, pub lished a, dispatch from Snlonica an nou'nclng that tlm inhabitants of all tho villages in tho vilayet of Monastir havo risen since Tuesday and that tho revo lutionists are nmYchlng against tho Turkish villages. (More troops are be ing sent to suppress tho rising, but tho situation is regarded ns grave. ItrrcKor Appointed Receivers were appointed for tho Maryland Can Manufacturing company. Baltimore. Tho indebtedness is placed at $300,000, nnd nssets $225,000. Re ceivers wero nlso appointed by con sent for the William Fait Caunlng com pany, tho indebtedness alleged to bo $200,000, and a&sets $300,000. Heavy lining In I own Five and one-half Inches of rain havo fallen nt Now Hampton, la., causing the worst flood of the season. Proba bly $100,000 worth of damage has been demo to tho railroad and country bridges within tho county. lUtmet l'lnut llurneil Tho largo extract plant of tho United States Leather company nt Big Stono Gap, Pa was burned tonight. Tho loss will reach $150,000. CiidotR to tin In l'unido After consultation with Captain Walnwrlght of tho naval academy, Sec retary Moody haB directed thnt tho bat talion of naval endeta shall como to Washington on tho 7th proximo to participate iu tho naval O. A. R. pa rado on thnt day. A work train on tho Southern Indi ana railway, with flfty-threp men on board, was wrecked ono mllo north west of Kldora, Ind. Nono of tho men wero killed, but seven, nro badly injured. MAKE AN APPEAL Methodists Ask Roosevelt Mediate in the Strike to STRIKE CAUSES SUFFERING If it r.untn Mil rli Ioniser Will Kcmilt In tlnpuriilleled HufTcrlnir Among tlio l'oorof the Cities Other Ne of (Senorul Interest After a Icngthydiscussion resolutions calling upon President Hoosevelt to nppolnt a commission of mediation were adopted at the weekly meeting of tho Methodist preachers of New York City, held Monday. Tho resolutions aro in lKirt ns follows: "Believing thnt tho strike now pend ing In tho coal regions has reached a stage which calls for the most se rious attention of nil Christian men; "Believing also that this strike if continued much longer will result in unparalleled suffering among the poor of our grent cities; and "Believing as well that tho time has now come for honest, earnest efforts to bring nbout such a settlement as will bo acceptable to all parties; "Wo therefore respectfully request his excellency, President Hoosevelt, to appoint a commission of mediation who will carefully consider the various questions now under dispute and seo if anything can he done to end this unhappy strike." A Washington dlspntch says the president and his ndvlsers canvassed tho question of federal Interference In the strike and the opinion prevailed that the government was, under tho constitution, powerless to act. Another conference will b held again, and It is hoped some plan for the solution of the strike problem will present itself. To Ktancellro tho Went An Omahn, Neb., dispatch says: Fif ty thousand Christians are expected in Omaha two weeks hence, to remain six days. The occasion will be the in ternational convention of tho Disci ples of Christ, nnd such nn attempt will bo made to evangelize the west ns has never before been conceived. From nil over the world delegates will come, for tho church has spread throughout the civilized world and to many points where civilisation Is still In its Inelpiency, since Its organlntlon by Alexander Campbell In the back woods of Kentucky, less than seventy five years ago. Some of the speukers who will be present nre: Benton McMillan, of Tennessee; Champ Clark, of Missouri; Governor Bushnell, of Ohio; Zaek Sweeney, minister to Turkey under President Harrison; Governor Stanley, of Kansas, and hilas A. Holcomb, Jus tice of the Nebraska supreme court. Yiiiiiic Thurxton rucnuftclniin A St. Louis, Sept. 30, dispatch says: Clarence Thurston, a son of Former United States Thurston, of Nebraska, and an attache to the world's fair of fices in St. Louis, was found uncon scious from asphyxiation In his apart ments at a hotel late tonight. Tho door of his room was tightly closed, tho key hole plugged, the win dows bolted and the gas jets open. In dicating nn attempt had been made at Buicldc. Thurston Is twenty-two years old and has been In St. Louts nbout threo months. Ho was taken to the city hos pital, where, at 2 o'clock, the physi cians said thero is a possibility he may recover. Hchonl Teuehrrn Organize Five thousand school teachers of of Chicago have approached, through a committee, the federation of labor officials and asked to be organized into a union. They are wroth at tho action of the board of education In docking them for absence on Labor Day. A meeting will be held Sunday when tho preliminary steps will bo taken. A scalo of wages and hours will bo pre sented to the board with an ultimatum. (lumped Into Cistern About 8 o'clock Tuesday night Bon Grlefel. a prominent German farmer, who llveti near West Union, committed suicide by jumping Into a cistern, which was near his house. Ho had been .reading a' paper and went out. As ho did not return soon, search was mado for him. A few boards over tho cistern wero noticed .to be misplaced and uioi) Investigation Grlefel wns found In tho cistern,', drowned. Ho leaves a wife and elureu children. Trie to Kill Sheriff Sheriff C. C. Scott, of Osceola, la., camo near being tho victim of nn ns snssln and Is now in a serious condi tion, ns the result of a powerful blow on his head, dealt with a club in tho hands of nn unknown enemy, who lay in wnlt in a dark alley near his home. Ho was found unconscious nn hour later. It is not believed tho Injury will prove fatal. I'nyn Mammoth Dividend Members of the original United States steel underwriters syndlcnto will receive another 5 per cent divi dend of ten million dollars, notices to thnt effect being sent out by J. P. Mor gan & Co. Tuesday. This makes n fourth dividend of ten million dollars, a total profit of forty million dollars on an actual outlay of twenty-flvo mil lion dollars, a return of 100 per cent. Corn I Hurt Tho national weather bureau's weolt ly summary of crop conditions states that tho weather has been very unfa vorable for tho mnturing of Into corn in tho central vallaycs and tho lake region and reports Indlcnto that corn In the shock hns been considerably damaged by dampness nnd mold ovor a wldo area and that much of tho crop in tho upper lako region and tho MIs rotirl valley will not bo markctablo. Reports of injury from rain to opeu cotton aro very general throughout tho belt. MDE ZOLA RECOVERS Widow of French Artlnt KncatTc Clutcliei nf tho dim A Paris, Sept. 30, dispatch says: Madame Zola passed a sleepless night nnd, although calmer than yesterday, Is exceedingly weak. She was Informed of her husband's death this morning nnd bore the shock bravely. Physicians state in a bulletin that tho madame'9 condition is satisfactory, but isolation and complcto rest arc necessary. The official report of Dr. Vibert, who performed an nutopsy on tho body of Zola, positively establishes the fact that death was duo to the inhalation of carbon oxide. Zola's fall on tho floor removed all chances of hlsalvatlon; Tho funeral will bo held Friday. Madamo Zola recovered BUlucIcntly during the day to relato the circum stances of her husband's death. Both had been awakened in tho night and she got out of bed nnd went to the bath room feeling weak. Iteturning sho found Zola sitting up In bed as it looking for his slippers. She was about to ring for assistance when tho novelist fell to the floor gasping, nnd then she too fell. Thereafter she re members nothing. Filer Hard Winter An Indianapolis, Intl. Sept. 30. dlst patch says: This city faces tho dis tressing fact that tomorrow tho supply, or natural gns for fuel and heating pur poses will bo entirely shut off. For weeks past, or ever since tho an nouncement came that tho gas would be shut off, thousands of workmen have been engaged In remodelling houses and constructing new chimneys designed for coal or wood fuel. Despito tho unusual activity, however, it has been found Impossible to build inoro than one-third of tho chimneys nec essary, so that hundreds of property owners aro flguring on withstanding tho rigors of winter as best they can. It is estimated that not less than 20. 000 fireplaces have been built or will be built before winter sets in, tho work' affording employment for a large num ber of masons and other artisans. Cnirknuien Wow S.ifo nt Hothrouk Burglars entered (he largo store ot Miller & Cooper. Holbrook. Neb., by forcing open the front door. They blew open the safe, but only obtained a small amount of money, probably $30. Tho principal damage wns to the Bafa and building. An attempt was made, about six months ngo to rob tho store, but the thieves wore frightened away after having the safe door all soaped ready to light tho fuse. Cremated In UN Store R. S. Davis, a La Center. Wash., druggist eighty-five years of ago. set lire to the drug store of Mrs White, returned to his own store, set lire to It and wns himself consumed in the flnmcs. The supposition Is that after having destroyed the property of his competitor In business. Davis either swallowed the contents of a vial of poison, or lay down anil permitted himself to be ciemated nllvc. 1 I.nke Stemner line Aflhoro The steamer City of Rome of tho Western Transportation company went nshoie early In n dense fog on North Point, nbout seven miles north of Mil waukee, Wis. The vessel is loaded with merchandise and was bound from Buffalo to Milwaukee and Chicago. Tho location of the steamer's grounding Is a bad one, but oh tho sea 1b smooth no great danger Is feared. Heroine Violently Iiiftuno John J. Viskocll, a Bohemian farmer In Newman precinct, Saunders count?-, Neb., was adjudged insane by tho ex amining board. He is forty-two year3 old, married and has four children. His insanity has developed into tho most violent typo since his Incarceration in the county jail. Sheriff Webster took the patient to Lincoln. Merchant Hhootfl Hlinnelf William Loux, of Le Mars, la., attempted to commit suicide Monday night by shooting himself over tho heart with a bullet from a 32-calibcr revolver. Ho is in a precarious condl-W tion. No causo is assigned for hl3 act, as his business affairs aro sup posed to be In good order and ho was In good health and spirits. Alger Accept Gus Selfeld, a Peshtlgo, Wis., far mer, fatally Bhot by his Bon. Selfeld,' It Is said, was beating his wife, and tho boy shot the fnther to protect his, mother. Ho then carried his mother to bed and drove to town, giving him self up to tho officers. Several farmers havo volunteered to go on tho b'oy'a ball. The sympathy of the community, it Is said, Is with him. Wall .Street An old fellow from Tennessee, who had gotten pretty well battered in Wall street, has this to say of things down there: "Tho street is a slmplo matter of 'tis an' 'taln't. Tho bears Bay 'tia to beat 'cm down, nn' tho bulls say, 'taln't to push 'em up, nn' when a sucker gets about hnlf way between tho 'tis an' 'taln't ho's done for. That's what I was. Must Wnlt for Cardinal v Pressure for tho appointment of an other American cardlnnl continues to reacli tho Vatican from American churchmen. Tho correspondent of tho Associated press, however, Is In a po sition to sny thnt whatever tho l'uturo may bring forth, thero will bo no American cardinal named at tho con slBtory, which will marke tho close of tho papal jubilee. Hop IIitrcHt I over Hop picking in Washington is now; practically over. Hop growers aro dis appointed over the yield, which is oni fifth over what was expected. Dry weather prevented tho hops from ma turing. Tho western Washington crop will amount to J 8,000 bales, as com pared with 22,000 laBt year. Eastern Washington will produco 12,000 bales, as compared with 14,000 Bales last Ben son. Oregon crops nrojust reversed nnd will reach 80.000 to 90,000 bales, as compared with 70,000 bales las year.