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Earthquake Claims Many Victims
in Turkostan
CONTINUES SEVERAL DAYS
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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.
