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THEY BREAK EVEN
Russia and Japan Each Scoro a
Bloody Victory.
THE JAPANESE AMBUSCADED
hiljr Two Men Mill of Two lllnllloii
ICai-npe llrntti In a 1'iim-Kui"
lam lletlrn Under I'lre
OIL INSPECTOR REPORTS
Information lias been received at
New ('hwnng thtough reliable chan
nels tliat pnrt of the Japanese form
left ill I'll iJin Tien to checkmate the
Russians' southward movement to re
lievo I'orl Arthur, was attached Miiith
t'Hftl of Shungnmayn. After slh re
Blstancc, tho Jupancso made i .line
retreat, tho Russians hotly fo lng
them, when tlio Japanese nuulo : r ink
movement catching tho Russian n a
trap The Russian loss was plai I at
K00 men. Thpy then fell bark on Kal
Chou and began to retreat along the
Ilalmutgu Tsnlihou road.
Alioiit two thousand Rmsliiu infan
try f 10:11 Kal CI1011 passed through
Now Chwang nccompanled hy a large
Btipply and hospital train. Severn!
ctirtf. contained bandaged tnon. Tlio
troops appraied fngnod out and Hhowed
ovoiy Indication of a long, forced
march Tlio officers refused to fiirnlHh
any Information, hut a non-cotnmls-Hloned
oHlc'cr told a correspondent of
the Associated presB that all the troops
wero retreating from 'IValchoii. He
foro he roitld say anything further he
wis reprimanded by a captain. Strag
glers aie closely watched by non-fom-mlssioned
olllccrs to prevent them talk
ing, The Riissluns have ahandonoil
the ground mines eight miles south of
New Chwang.
A native mosseiiRor just In from the
Itiisslun camp oust of New ChwaiiR re
ports that there are many wounded
mon there;.
A flankliiR movement of the Japan
ese around tho Russian left fiom Feng
Wang ClteiiR wns repulsed with a loss
of two battalions. A law force of
Japanese moved out In tho moriitiiR
along the Feng Wank Cheng and Hal
Cheng road,
Tho Russians at Port Arthur are
poMed In a ravine thirty miles south
east of Hal Chong. Tim Japanese were
preceded by two battullonn who walked
Into tlio Russian ambuscade. They re
colved a murderous rllle and artillery
lire, at clohe rnnge and wcie wiped out.
only one or two escaping. Tlio mala
,Tapane9os force, which was Rreatly su
perior to tho Russian force tried to
outflank the Russians, who drew off
without IosIiir a man. The Japanese
found the ravine vacant save for their
own dead.
A Chinaman who whh smuggled by
the Japanese into Port Arthur to act as
n npy, escaped from there and arrived
at Now ChwanR. He told a correspond
ent of the Associated press that the
ltusslann wore workliiR a larRo force of
niou nlglit and day repairing the war
ships, They expect that tho work will
bo completed In a fortnight Four
cruisers under Golden Hill (ut tho en
trance to Port Arthur) have their guns
trained to assist in repulslnR a land
attack. Tho channel Is partly clear,
but Admiral Togo's blockade Is effec
tive, The spy estimates the total strength
of the Russian forces, including the
Hailors, at less than thirty thousand
men. There are many sick and
wounded.
There is food sufficient for two
mouths. All the Chinese foodstuff hut
been seized by the authorities.
Two armored trains on board of
which are mounted guns lauded from
the Russian battleship Retvi.an re
cently ran to a point near the Japan
ese llnps and opened fire. The Jap
anese replied and their shells badly
damaged tho train, though it managed
to return to the Russian lines.
The Russians nie Poit Arthur are
gloomy, though hoping that Genera!
Kuropatkln will send an army south
to assist the garrison at Port Arthur.
Admiral Togo Is stopping many na
tive boats attempting to land food
stuffs near Port Arthur.
flilrr t!liurili I'urn 7.M!:t In Trramirnr
III (Inn Y:ir.
Stato Oil Inspector I'M Church haH
complete his first year's work and
his report ahowr, that In twelve months
ho turned Into the stale treasury $7.
393.7U. Tills amount was derived from
fees for Inspecting oil and gasoline
over and above tho expenses of the of
fice and tho salaries of tlio deputy In
spectors, No other oil Inspector has
made such a record in tho matter of
large fees and small expense.. Mr.
Church's own expenses, outside of bis
salary barely oxceeds $100. In May Mr.
Church received $1,701.00 In fees and
expended $S!H.77 In salaries and office
expenses, leaving a balance of $807.83,
which he has .paid to tho stale treas
urer. During the past six months, not
counting tho month of May, he paid
I ho Measurer $1,011
SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE
llniiliUnii Chik In llo ti Higher Tribunal
fur .Settlement.
The Dennlson case Is to bo passed
upon by the highest court In the land,
the Pnitod States supieme court. The
attorneys for Dennlson have an
nounced that In cafe or an adverse
decision In the state courts the sti
piemo court wlfl he given opMrtunlty
10 decide regarding tho extradition
laws between (he states, and tho attor
neys for the Civic Federation, which
Is behind tho effort to take Dennlson
to Iowa, also emphatically declare that
they will not nut until tho last court
has been nppealed lo. Governor Mickey
will not go to Omaha (o testify in the
controversy, but will make a deposi
tion certifying to the honoring of tho
extiaditlon warrant and including
true copies of all the papers ex
changed during the hearing of tho ap
plication. The copies of the warrants
have been piepared at thu governor's
office.
MINERSSTATECASE
Tho Federation Denies That it
Countenanced Outlawry.
MINE OWNERS TO BLAME
Fart !tgrllng Vaimn of .Strike Fetl
erutlon Caring fur llepnrteil Min
ers Women ami Children,
Mr. Town Iteiippolnteil.
Dr. Solon R. Towne of Omaha will
servo for another year as stale health
Inspector. Dr. To who's term expired
June 1. and he was re-appolnted at a
meeting of tho state board of health
held in the office of Governor Mickey.
The hoard also re-appointed Dr. Geo.
Hrush of Heal rice as one of the secre
taries of Hie board, for a term of four
years and Dr. W. N. Norward of Oma
ha as under secretin of the state hoard
of dental examiners for a period of
throe years. The re-appolntment of
Dr. Doward was in line with the policy
of the hoard to select one member of
the dental hoard from Omaha and one
from Lincoln, because in each city Is
located a dental college and because
dental fakirs flock to the centers of
population rather than lo the smaller
towns.
I'.levator mill Mill lit Tallin Itni'k.
(. W. Uutterlleld and sous, of Hum
boldt, have bought of Capt. R I'. Jen
nings, a tract of ground at Tatile Rock
near the city tracks, for an elevator to
be erected in the near futuie. The aim
Is to have a cleaning station for grain,
similar to that of the Hayes-Karnes
company. It js rumored that a steam
mill is to he built In connection there
with. The officials of the railroad
were Iheie with Mr. Huttertleld looking
over the site and making the neces
sary arrangements for its exact loca
tion.
Convention Hull Flnlsliml.
D. J. Cumpau, of Michigan, J. 0.
Johnson, of Kansa". Norman K Mack
of New York, and C. A. Walsh, of
Iowa, members of the sub-committee
of the democratic national committee
on convention ainiugements, are in
St. Louis and will be Joined by the
other members, when the formal trans
fer of the coliseum by the business
men's league to the national committee
will lake place A force of carpen
ters and electricians Is at work on tho
lntei lor of the hiR building and this
work will be hurried to lompletion in
tlnio for the transfer.
Klllcxl by Unit of Lightning.
Lieut. Natlinnlel T. Rower, engineer
rorps, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., wns
killed near the targot range. The offi
cer was on ills way to the range to
shoot when a bolt of lighting out of
11 comparatively clear sky struck his
rllle, which he was carryliiR, passed
through tho arm Into the right breast,
nnd out through the shoes. Ho was
to have been married In July.
Whipping I'iihI Iti'tlvi'il.
Police Judge John J. Riley of Lex
ington, Ky., has revived tho old whip
ping post regime when he sentenced
Simon Scearce. a tlfteen- ear-old ne
gro, to he whipped In the public
Mliiare. Sceane had struck a white
boy much younger than himself. The
court decreed that the boy's mother
take the uegio to the public square
and give him twenty lushes with a bug.
gy whip. The mother In tho presence
of a larce crowd admiuisteied the pun
ishment as directed. Tills is the first
time such an Incident lias been wit
nessed. In Kentucky since the civil
war.
The oxecutlvo board of tlio western
federation of miners In Donvcr has is
sued a statement regarding tho situa
tion In Crlpplo Crook in reply to tho
statements mado by General Sherman
M. Roll and Secretary c. C. Hamlin,
of tho Crlpplo Creek district mine
owners' association. It Is as follows:
"Tlio cause of the strike of tho vrest
orn federation of minora In Colorado
la one of long standing, and involves
th failure on tho part of mine-owners
In far parts of tho stato to live up to
their own agreements, Ab far back as
1884, as a result of tho strikes at that
time, tho mine-owners ngreed that
eight hours should constitute a day's
work; that tho minimum dally wage
should bn $3. and that there should be
no discrimination against union men
In tho hiring and dlschargo of labor.
At the outset of tho present troublo
Manager MacNell, of the Standnrd
mill nt Colorado City, peremptorily
discharged forty-five men, members of
the wostorn federation of miners, for
no other reasons, than that they had
become union men. All of these were
old employes ot from two to six years'
standing, Mill men nro affiliated with
tho wostorn federation of miners and
aro entitled to all of the protection
that goes with such membership.
"Today the only questions involved
are tlio enforcement of the eight hour
day, the right of men to orgfttil.e in
tho unions and to prevent discrimina
tion against union men of all kinds.
"The responsibility for tho lawless
ness connected with tho contcsD re
buIU entirely on the shoulders of tlio
mlno operators, the citizens' alliance
end their allies backed up by the ready
jowor of fho state government.
"Tho responsibility haB been placed
on theso persons and organizations by
District Judge Tberon Stevens, who
denounced the military usurpation in
Telliirlde In strong language from the
bonch; by District Judgo J. Walter
Dixon, republican, who openly con
demns Governor Peabody and soverely
criticises his acts, Involving tho de
portation of men from tho state with
out trial or other chance of hearing; by
ex-Governor Charles i. Thomas, who
plainly points to tho mine-owners' as
sociation nnd citizens' alliance as being
committed on the persons of helpless
and innocent miners; by the recent
democratic Btato convention, which de
nounced in unscathing terms the line
of policy pursued."
Soventy-slx deported Victor. Colo.,
miners sent out from their state on
a special train In charge of half a
hundred Colorado militiamen, were loft
destitute upon the prairie, with a part
ing volley, fired into tho air, tho mili
tiamen deserted their chnrges and re
turned west. Later tho unfortunate
miners were turned back to Colorado
by an armed Kansas sheriff and forty
deputies.
The miners had been placed on the
train, which was a special made up by
the authorities in control In the dis
turbed Colorado town, and in charge
of well armed militiamen, nnd started
for the oast. At Iji Junta. Col., where
the tlrst stop was mado, tho cars were
guarded closely. Tho miners wore not
permitted to leave tho cars, nor wero
any of tho hundred or so men who
gathered nt the station, allowed to
communicate with them. When a point
half a mile west of tho Kansas stato
lino was reached, a halt was made. It
was a deserted spot on the wild prai
rie, witli no railway station, eating
house nor farmers' house within sev
eral miles.
Tlio men started east afoot, but wero
mot and turned back by Sheriff Jack
Brady of Hamilton county, Kansas,
and forty armed deputies. After a
longt weary tramp, they struggled into
Holly, Col., a small todwn near the Col-orda-Kansas
lino, -where they were
furnished food at tho big Salvation
army station located thoro.
Despito the emphatic command of
Colonel Kennedy, tho men after a rest,
again took up their Journey west and
started overland for Lamar, Col.
They wero notified that a special
train would bo sent to take them nil to
Denver.
They decided to awnlt Instructions
from tho officers of tho federation in
Denver as to their future movements.
The federation of minors has furnished
the men with money to pay their cx
ypenses and there Is no Immedlnto nec
essity for them to move to anothor
town. All tho minors wero the guests
of the mayor of Holly at dinner.
Supplying tho wives nnd children of
the union members ot the Cripple
Creek district with provisions and tak
ing caro of tho deported men nro se
rious problems before tho oxor.utlvo
board of tho western federation of.
miners at tho present tlmo.
At tho meeting of tho board In Den
ver It was decided that commissaries
shall bo immediately established nt
Crlpplo Creek, Victor and Anaconda.
Whcthor tho miners win or lose In tho
present strike tho board Is determined
that the wives and little ones shall not
suffer.
William D. Haywood, secretary
treasurer of the federation, said that
tho men deported to the Kansas line,
now at Holly, would bo taken to
Denver at the expense of tho federa
tion If they wished to come. Ho sent
money to Holly for their expenses.
Secretary Haywood received Informa
tion from Victor that members of tho
mllltla had broken Into the engineer's
club In Victor nnd thoroughly wrecked
it. Tho letter which contained this
news stated that tho doors had been
broken in with axes and that theso
also had been used in smashing num
erous delicately constructed models of
engines, built by members of tho club
Desks had been hacked to ploces and
lockers smashed, while tho charter of
the club had been torn down and destroyed.
LAW AND ORDER MAYOR
llii Knforrc Onllnnnrn Agilnt Sunday
Hull flaying.
For tho past two months Nebraska
City has gone wild on baseball and
thero are over twenty clubs formed in
Hint oltei. Games are played every
Sunday afternoon and evening. Tho
church people stopped tho games thero
two years ago, and had a number ot
tho plnyers arrested. They havo ngaln
appealed to the mayor to put a stop to
Sunday games and Mayor Kressen la
sued an order to the police to stop all
ball playing within the confines of the
city on Sunday. Mayor Kressen was
elected last spring and when elected it
was thought that Nebraska City would
lio a wido-opon town all during his ad
ministration. It has proven the very
reverse and ho lias Instructed the po
lice to strictly onforce the Slocumb law
and that has boon a dry town over
Sunday.
NEED 20,00 HANDS
Kansas Will Give This Many
Harvesters Employment
REAL FARM HANDS WANTED
POOR BOYS MAKE BEST MEN
THE BASE BALL RECORD
New York, Himton unci Colorado aro In
tlio Front.
NATIONAL LBAGUR.
Played. Won. Iist. Pet.
Now York It!
Chicago M
Cincinnati -if.
St. Louis It
Pittsburg 4'A
Drooltlyn 4t;
Hoston 4:i
Philadelphia ....33
29
28
:
21
21
18
in
8
14
14
15
20
22
28
27
31
.074
.0ti7
.007
.512
.488
.301
.372
.205
AMKRICAN IJ3AOUE.
Played. Won. Iost. Pel.
noston 45
New York 43
Chicago 40
Cleveland 41
St. Umls 41
Philadelphia ....4(i
Detroit 43
Washington ....42
30
25
20
23
21
23
17
8
15
18
20
18
20
23
20
34
.007
.58 1
.505
.501
.512
.500
.3'J5
. 11)0
WBSTRRN LKAGl.'K.
Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
Colorado Snrings35 24
Denver 33 25
St. Joseph 37 20
Omaha 30 18
Des Moines 44 19
Sioux City 33 11
11
11
17
21
25
27
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.511
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.432
.289
St. Louis Wilt I.lqnlilata.
It is stated in St. l.ouls that while
tho world's fair management is ready
and willing to make tho first payment
on the governmen loan of $1,000,000 as
soon a3 duo. It has been ascertained
that to make It on tho date named
would be a physical impossibility. The
reason why a compliance with the
terms of the law authorizing the loan
Is an Impossibility is not because the
money will not bo In the coffers of
tho exposition, but because it will be
impossible until somo time Inter to
know Just what the collections for the
last day are and what the government's
share amounts to.
Trump anil Amittftur In I'nrm Work
Not DilreU 91.00 a ny Will
Ili I'ulil to (looil Men.
The Kansas wheat belt will probably
need about 20,000 outside men for this
year's hurvest. according to report
which thus far reached T. II. Gerow,
director of tho state ftee employment
bureau.
Director Gerow Is now gathering
data In detail as to tho number ot men
who will be needed In each county nnd
locality, and the probable time that
tho harvest will begin, but the tlutu
are slow in coming In.
"One of our correspondents says he
has never before hail such a hard time
in getting Information from tho farm
ers along this line," said Mr. Gerow
recently.
"Tho wages, taking the wheat belt
over, will probably average about two
dollars a day," continued Mr. Gerow.
"The harvest will bo late on account
of the cool wet weather. It Is possible
that tho number of outside men need
ed will not reach 20.000. but I think
that will bo about the figure.
"Tho farmeis want real farm hands
If it is possible to get them. They
want men who know how to do farm
work and who can earn their money.
It is not fair that they should have to
pay full wages to men who cannot do
a day's work nor accomplish what they
are paid for. Tramps and that class
of men are not wanted either. Men
who are willing and capable will he
gladly received and good wages will bo
paid thorn."
Mr. Gerow does not anticipate as
strenuous a demand for harvest hands
ni there was a year ago. In the first
place tho wheat crop probubly will not
bo quite as large. In the second place,
some of those who came to Kansas
last year to work In the wheat fields
still remain. In the third place, there
Is not quite as great a demand for men
In oilier lines as there was a year
af,o right after tho flood. And in the
fourth place, tlio largest demand will
come from the wheat counties which
are more thickly populated and where
there Is a larger local supply of labor
than In the more western counties.
At the same time it is no small task
to attempt to Import twenty thousand
men Into the wheat belt within the
short space of two or throe weeks. In
about a month the demand will be on
full force, and it is difficult now to
tell how many outside hands tho farm
ers will need. Some farmers do not
anticipate any trouble In caring for
their crop until the need for help Is
right uion them. Sometimes the grain
ripens slowly ami gives plenty of time
for caring for It with few mon. Again
If will ripon rapidly and all at once,
creating a big demand for hands and
speedily exhausting the supply.
lion. R. II. llorh t)er!itrf Till l'not In
n I'otiifiietirrniriit Alilr.
The Kmporla rollege held Its annual
commencement exercises In Austin
chapel. Tho orator of tho day was
K. W. Hoch of Marlon. Mr, Hoch
bogan with an apology for not having I
spent much time In preparation be
cause liis candidacy for governor waa
leading hint a strenuous Ilfo. Mr. Hoch
seemed to open up his heart In a kind,
fatherly talk to tho young people Ho
did not attempt a flight of oratory. Ho
laid down plain, simple facts for build
ing Christian characters. He advised
against reading tho daily papers too
much, and against secular reading on
Sunday. Mr. Hoch's Idea of the unfor
funnte hoy is he who is born rich. It
Is the poor boys who make tho men,
he said. As Kansas' best sample, he
paid a tribute to Senator Preston U.
Plumb, "tho most useful man Kiuiaa
ever produced."
Mr. Hooh is for education. Ho
stood for tho education of tho wholo
man, the mind from books, the body
in athletics and tha soul In religion.
He closed with an appeal to the young
people to round out their education
with the crowning glory of It all, a
Christian character.
Donald McCrory was valedictorian
and Hessle Harkness salutatorian of
tho graduating class. Tho Ken yon
sophomore prizes for best work were
awarded to Mary Kopner of Ablleuo
and Howell 1-air of Hortou.
WICHITA GETS CONCESSION
I'ntil Morton liqunlln Freight Kate In
HutMfiitlnry fllnnner,
When Paul Morton, vlco president,
and a party of other Atchison, Topoka
it Santa Fo otllciais made a tour ot
Kansas a short tlmo ago, thoy visited
Wichita. After a conferenco with ship
pers they promised to return later. In
stead, they afterwards invited the ship
pers to send a committee to meet W.
H. Riddle, general traffic manager, and
J. II Gorman, assistant traffic mana
ger, In Chicago. A. B. Helm, E. K.
Nevilng and J. S. MucAauley wore
named as that committee. They wont
to Chicago. Mr. Helm returned, hear
ing the Information that tho traffic men
had promised a readjustment of rates
that would satisfy the grain men and
millers of that section of Kansas at
once.
"It, took hut a short time to convince
tho officials," said Mr. Helm, "of tho
unjust discrimination against Wichita
in the matter of grain rates."
They'll Haul thn l'onpln.
Tho ever popular Wabaah Is al
ready fooling tho Jam St. IxmiIb bent,
and art meeting it as they always da
Tho motto of this great artery Is to
handle tho people, and how nicely It
has been dono In tho past gives confi
dences to all. 'luis road has Ju3t In
augurated through train sorvlce be
tween St. Louis, Toronto and Montreal,
and through connections with the
Maine Central railway hetween St.
Louis and Portland. Me. What's bet
ter than all is two solid vestibule trains
dally each way between St. Louis and
Cincinnati via Wabash to Decatur over
the great Wabash.
Champion Wrentler Defeated.
Frank Gotten won the wrestling
match from Dan McMahon, champion
nf rnnmta. at Davenport. la. Gottch
secured two falls out of three, catch-as-catch-can.
Armour I'licldnt; ('nninnny Tlirentriu
That a representative of the Armour
Car company threatened to make it
"hot" for commislon merchants if they
testified In regard to the effect of an
alleged monopoly contract between the
Armour company and the railroads in
the Michigan fruit belt, was a charge
made In testimony before the Inter
state commerce commission at Chi
cago. J. C. Maynnrd, a commission
merchant at Grand Rapids. Mich., was
the witness who gave the testimony.
He named V. K. Wolcott as having
said:
"You fellows should not have come
down here to testify. We will see that
you Ret the hot end of the stick."
Meillrnte Aihlaml fllannnlc Hall.
It was a rod letter day for tho Ma
sonic fraternity in Ashland, the occa
sion being the dedication of their new
ball on Fifth and Silver streets. Tho
ceremonies, which wero In charge of
the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, wore
conducted by the following grand lodge
olllcers: Frank K. Uullard of North
Platte, grand master; John D. Dlns-
more of Sutton, grand treasuror; Geo.
A. Heecher of Kcaney, grand chap
lain; Luther M. Kuhns of Omaha,
grand orator; Orman J. King of IJn
10I11, grand marshal; Michael J.
Dowllng of North Rend, grand senior
deacon; William A. De Bord of Oma
ha, grand Junior deacon, and Jacob
Kin? of Omaha, grand tyler. A largo
number of Masons from Lincoln, Wa
hoo, Greenwood aud other towns wero
pic.sont. In all, about 150 participated
In the beautiful and impressive service,
after which toasts wero responded, to
by the grand lodge officers and mauy
of the brethren.
Klght Inrhei nf Walnr.
Seventy-throe hundreds of an Inch of
rain fell In ono night at Cambridge,
Neb. Since April 21 a little more than
eight Inches of water bus fallen there,
and ever rain has. come quietly, caus
ing no damage in way of washing out
crops. Nover bofoio has that part of
tho state had a more pronilfclng out
look for a big corn crop than It has ut
this tlmo. Alfalfa harvest has Jim
begun, and it hi reported that tho yield
of this valuable product is greatui than
ovor before.
I.lliel Suit lllilu't Ktlrk.
Tho Jury in the $5,000 libel suit of
County Tieasuier George, of Custer
county, against It. K. Rrega. of Calla
way, and ex-Sheriff Armstrong, defend
ants, after being out nil night and part
of a da. returned a verdict In favor
of the defendant.? The caso has ex
cited unusual luteiest on account of
tho piotuluenco of tho people con
terned. It originated in mi alleged li
belous urtlcle appearing in the Bea
ton, a paper published in ilrokeu Bow,
October 29 lust.
HucceMful Trip With (lit Foul.
Nine thousand, six hundred and thirty-four
barrels- of oil were consumed
as fuol in bringing tho freight steamer
Nebraska to San Francisco from Now
York. Tlio trip occupied fifty-two days
and ten hours. Tho oll-burnlng appar
atus was nover out of order. This Is
looked upon ns remarkablo In vlow of
tho fact thnt tho voyage ot the Ne
braska is the longest over mndo upon
a vossol depending wholly ipon oil for
fuel.
Two Train Koliberi Cacht.
j. 11. Ross and William Stubbs, rail
road section laborers, supposed to have
been the parties which hold up tho
Denvor & Rio Grande train near Glen
wood Springs, are in Pueblo. Ross was
supposed to bo tho robber who killed
himself nfter he had been wounded
by tho pursuing posse. The police in
vestigated anil found that Ross and
Stubbs wero In lMeblo tho nlglit of
tho crime, having left tho grad ng
camp whero thoy had been working
about two days before tho hold-up,
The dead robber tins been identified as
Georgo W. Kondrlck.
I.nvl l.elter I Druil.
Levi V.. Lelter, who died at Bar Har
bor, M., was one of tho most promi
nent of the pioneer merchants of Chi
cago. He begun his career in that city
In 1855 as an employe of tho dry goods
firm of Cooley, Wadsworth & Co.. later
becoming a partner In tho firm.
In 1805 Lelter and Marshall Field
bought tho controlling interest In tho
dry goods business of Potter Palmer,
the firm becoming one of tho most
prominent In the west. Lelter retired
from the dry goods business in 1881,
since which time lie has devoted much
of his attention to tho Improvement
and management of his extonslvo busi
ness properties and corporation Inter
ests
Mlmiourl llellnf Minify.
The navy n!llef society having pro
gressed sufficiently Into the Investi
gation of the needs of tho relatives of
the dead In the Missouri accident to
warrant n distribution ot the fund sub
scribed for their rellfe announces that
it has distributed $3,'J30.
ScIiimiI IliimU for Wlntlelil,
A school bond election wns held nt
Win Held, Kan., at which $15,000 was
vott'iWo'r tho enlarging of school build
ings and the erection of a new one.
An election to vote on a proposition to
Issue public, utility bonds In the sum
of $34.01)0 will be held Juno 28.
lltinoneii Out of Hotel.
W. K Watson, recently proprietor
of the Wichita hotel. Wichita, Kan.,
holds a worthless abstract and' deed In
consideration for tlio sale ot his hotel,
aud another man, an Innocent third
party, is in possession ot the hotel. A
man who gave his name as 7. B. How
ard, of Joplln, Mo., made the trade.
He learned that Watson wanted to sell,
and offered him a farm in Oklahoma
for hi! hotel. Ho described the farm
to the hotel man nnd gave him an ab
stract that looked good. Tho land de
scribed was supposed to bo In Woods
r ouuty. After the trado had been mado
WaUon sent I1I3 abstract to tho regis
ter of deeds la that county. Ho then
learned that no such land waa there.
Then be went to find Howard, but
Howard had sold tho hotel for $300,
receiving $200 In cash, and had gone.
The trouble with tho average man
who poses as the architect of his own
fortune is that ho revises tho plan?
too often.
Nine Million Acres are Irrigated.
There were 9,047,077 acres of land In
tho United States undor Irrigation In
1902 according to a statcmont given
out at Washington as the result of an
Investigation mado by the consjus bu
reau In that year. This acreage Is
divided into 130,030 farms and ropro-Bflnl-i
nn outlay of $93,320,452, making
the average cost of irrigation $9.48 per
acre.
A man doesn't mind being bossed
by his wife so long as bIio doesn't let
hlni know it. Q
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