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Most Important Happen- J
ings Told in Brief.
Foreign.
Theodnio Roosevelt will bo flic
guest (if Gowmor Jackson, (if Nair
obi, at u public banquet to be glsoti
in his honor (in August 3.
Fighting unions tlui clans Iiiih been
resumed In the I leu with district, sixty-live
miles north of Amoy. The trou
ble begun three y.enrs ago because of
the abduction of a bride. More than
.100 men have been killed In the en
counters. No concessions In the way of high-
cr pay will he made to the 8,00(1 strik
ing .Japanese sugar plantation labor
ers, according to a resolution adopted
by the planters' association. The
meeting was nttcndrd by thirty-one
plantation mnuagcr from nil parts or
the Hawaiian group.
Marcel Provost, the French author,
has been elected a member of the acad
emy In succession to thu late Victor
ion Snrdou.
A severe epidemic of typhus has
broken out at Kharkova, Russia. One
thousand cases have been registered
and nil the educational institutions
are closed.
An uprising of the peasants similar
to that which occurred n few years
ngo In Andalusia Is now threatened
in Gnlllela where the country people
are reported to be burning the crops
and the forests.
Domestic.
Congressman William I.orlmrr, of
tho Sixth congressional district of
Illinois, was elected United States
senator by the joint session ot the
Illinois general assembly, on the nine-ty-llfth
ballot.
The Switchmen's union of North
America, will hold their next annual
convention at St. Paul, Minn.
It Is said that Zlon City Is to be
nlwindoned by the Dowleltes, who arc
thinking of migrating to Alberta,
Canada.
The American Sugar Refining com
pany has been sued for $110,000,000 hy
tho Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co.,
for the alleged shutting down of the
Pennsylvania company's plant.
Dr. W. T. Tinna, said to he the old
est citizen In Illinois, celebrated his
ono hundredth birthday today by en
tertaining 1.000 persons In n park near
his home, south of. Putin. He was a
Burgeon in tho Civil war.
The Western Passenger association
lins leconimended that nil western
roads grant a rate of one and one
half fares for tho round trip for all
Mate fairs ond for all largo conven
tions which shall givo promise of suf
ficient business to warrant a low rate.
It was also recommended to grant a
rate of one and one-half fares for tho
round trip for tho merchants' meet
ings which the Chicago association of
commerce will hold In Chicago In
the enrly fall.
I). W. Woods of Minneapolis, .lames
Gordon of Denver, nntl Fred Torgen
sou, of South Dakotn. believed to be
three of tho four men who held up the
Overland Limited Saturday night,
were arrested at South Omaha Thurs
day night, near n gulch in which had
heen found two nutomatlc revolvers, a
Colt revolver, 200 rounds of cartridges,
a Hash lamp, three old hats and dark
colored handkerchiefs. A fourth man
who was seen near by escaped the
olllcers, who woro lying In wait for
tho robbers. Friday the Janitors of the
Hrown Park school, 100 ards from
tho plnco whero tho guns were con
cealed, lound six largo and two small
mail sacks almost full of mall, In the
uttlu of the nrown Park school. The
janitors, neighbors and olllcers have
identified tho men as three of four
men who havo been hanging around
the neighborhood. Tho men told con
flicting stories, and gave a lame e.
eiiso for tholr presence near the cache.
Tho cartridge found In the hiding
The cartridges found In the hiding
found at the scene of the holdup.
Theso facts seem to furnish the
strongest ovldonco that the police have
got tho right men.
Moro than 3,000 men employed In
the Homestead steel works received
well filled pay envelopes Friday for
tho first timo In eighteen months. The
payroll amounted to $200,000.
Tho National Slavonic society will
build n homo for orphans at Pitts
burg, Pa,
William M. liarrett of New York,
was elected president of tho Adams
Express company, vice Levi C. Weir,
who resigned tho presldecny and was
elocted chairman of the board of
managers and chairman of tho board
of trustees. Mr. llarrott bus been
u vice-president of tho company.
A $25,000 Roman Catholic church
was dedicated at Falrbury, Nebr. Wed
nesday. It is ono of thu llnest In tho
state.
A light earthquake shock was felt
In flip of tho central states Wednes
day evening. No material dumagc was
done.
Mississippi, Alabama nnd Arkansas
have suffered great loss of property
through heavy rains, nnd the rivers
nnd creeks are at flood stage.
The Ilfty-llrst annual session of tho
general assembly of the United Pres
byterian church convened at Knox
vllle, Tenn.
The supreme rounrll of the Royal
Arcanum ended Its thirty-second an
nual session at St. Louis, Montreal
being selected for the next meeting
in May. 1!I0. Cloves H. How en, Paw
tucket, It. 1., was elected supreme re
gent. The Sioux City Daily News was sold
to Frank R. Wilson who has been
managing editor, by Mel Uhl of Om
aha and T. V. Ashbaugh and N. W.
Reay of St. Paul. The paper was start
ed December 1, I HOG.
James A. Moffett, a director of the
Standard Oil company of New Jer
sey;, will succeed the lato Henry II.
Rogers as vice-president of the com
pany. It Is understood on good author
ity. Mr. Moffett has had an active
charge of the transportation uroblcms
of tho Standard Oil company for tho
Inst two years, a task to which Mr.
Rogers devoted hlmse-lf. He is also
president of tho Standard Oil com
pany of Indiana, upon which Judge
Landis imposed the $29,000,000 fine.
He Is lift j -seven years old.
Chicago will not ask President Taft
to lay the corner stone of the new
city hall.
Capt. Arthur W. Cunther, president
of the association of retired olllcers
of the army of union volunteers was
found dead In bed. He was seventy
three years old. Death resulted from
apoplexy.
The Overland Limited on the Union
Pacific, eastbound. was held up about
eight miles west of Omaha s'-iortly af
ter 11 o'clock Saturday night. Seven
registered mall pouches, whose esti
mated value is large, were taken by
the robbers.
While rowing on the nine rive:
near Manhattan, Kansas. Miss Gladys
Irish, of Manhattan, and Walter God
dard, of Minneapolis, were drowned.
Their boat struck a snag and cap
sized. A panic-stricken mob ot 1,000 work
men stormed a school In New York
clt.v. thinking their children were in
dnnger from a nearby tire, but the
janitor locked them out and prevent
ed a panic.
At a meeting of the nominating com
mittee of tho upper Iowa state uni
versity at Fayette, Professor Richard
Watson Cooper of Mainline univer
sity, St. Paul, was elected to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
President William Arnold Shanklln.
Olllcers of tho Salvation nrmy from
every quarter of tho United States
were in attendance at the national
congress of tho organlntlon which
opened In New York. This congress
was called to order by Miss Eva
Booth, the commander in this country.
Ellis W. Nlles, Termor receiving
teller of the First National bank ot
Minneapolis. Minn, and confessed em
bezzler of $20,000, was sentenced to
servo five years in the penitentiary at
Stillwater.
Washington.
A cablegram from Stockholm states
that the Swedish tariff commission,
which has been at work for three
years, has submitted to the govern
ment an exhaustive report covering
the "problems of a protective tariff."
The discussion has been of a some
what academic character with a view
to possible change in tho economic
policy of the government.
Prof. Chnrles R. Henderson of tho
University of Chicago, was appointed
a member on the part of the United
Stntes of the international prison com
mission, in sucessiou to Dr. Harrows,
deceased.
President Taft sent a message to
congress renewing the reconunendn
Hon of President Roosevelt for an ap
propriation for the participation of the
United States in the universal and in
ternational exposition to be held in
Brussels In 1010.
Manuel V. Domenech nnd Francisco
P. Qulnones, representatives of tho
republican party of Porto Itlco, dis
cussed with President Taft conditions
in the Islands. The president wan
urged to consider the question of
citizenship for tho people of Porto
Rico and to recommend legislation
along that line.
That the maximum nnd minimum
rate provision of tho sennto bill may
prove unconstitutional on tho ground
that It delegates legislative powers to
the executive and that tho tariff bill
as amended by the senate may as a
result of such a decision prove null
and void and the Dlngley rates bo con
tinued, were some of the assertions
made by Senator Shlvely of Indiana
In a speech In tho senate on uo
tailff.
The senate Monday by n vote of 50
to 25. refused to ploco lumber on
the free list.
President Taft will bo tho llnnl nr
biter In fixing rntoB In the new tariff
bill.
The Philippine tnrlff bill passed tho
house Monday by a vote of 12S to OS.
S. N. 1). North, director of tho cen
sus. hnB tendered his resignation, nnd
E. Durand, deputy commissioner of
corporations, has been nominated to
succeed him.
Secretary ot War Dickinson has just
returned from a twenty days visit to
i the canal zone.
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NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Western Nebraska has of late re
ceived some fine rains.
Hebron hns taken Bteps to provide
a complete sewerage system.
Arrests In Kenrney have been ma
terially lessened since the lid went on.
Weltkamp's hardware store at Wins
low wns broken Into nnd ntiotit $100
worth of knives nnd cutlery taken.
Charles Jacobs, who escaped from
the penitentiary was captured by Mar
shall Goble nenr Prairie Home, nnd
brought back to prison.
Henry Bueholtz, a young farmer
living In the western purt of Merrick
county, wns adjudged insane at a
hearing of the the Insanity board and
has been taken to the asylum at Hast
ings.
A requisition wns issued for the re
turn of J. II. Storrs, alias J. II. Mc
Carthy. The latter was arrested at
Seattle and Is charged with the em
bezzlement of the funds of the Horn
estate.
Little Edwin Graham, of Fremont,
4 years old, was pulled out of a rain
barrel jiiBt In the nick of time. While
playing on the back porch at the home
of II. A. Ward, the boy fell headfirst
Into the barrel.
Although only one-half of the aver
age vote was polled for the proposed
Issue of $100,000 bonds for the new
High school building nt Hastings, the
proposition was defeated by a major
ity of i2 votes.
Hutch Willard. who was being held
in the county Jail at Chappell on a
chnrgc of horse stealing, made his
escape. He was given ills liberty for
a few moments, Improving tho oppor
tunity to make his get-away.
Norrls Hrown is preparing to re
open the Senator Hrown residence In
Kearney. The daughters, Lucile and
Jnne, are at the Nebraska university,
nnd will return to Kearney wh Mrs.
Drown at the close of the school year.
The case of State of Nebraska vs.
Frank Tomka for violation of an In
junction of the court was heard in
court at Madison. Tomka admitted
having violated tho injunction nlleged
and tho court adjudged him guilty
and fined him $100 nnd costs.
PustofUce employes nro (planning
several Interesting entertainments for
the postmasters of Nebraska, who
meet in Lincoln In their seventh an
nual convention June 8, 9 and 10. E.
R. Sizer, postmaster in Lincoln, Is
president of tho organization.
In federal court nt Lincoln James
Martin declared that he had been ar
rested and Imprisoned In Nebraska
City merely because he "wns a nigger
nnd had $500 in the bank" He Is su
ing William Llebold nnd Otto Jensen
for dnmages to the extent of $11,000.
Details have been received of a
murderous assault on Dave Htilley, a
former Central City boy, In Seattle.
Wnsh. As a consequence of his be
ing mistaken for n wealthy citizen of
Seattle he was held up, robbed, choked,
slugged, thrown Into a lake uud half
drowned.
Misses Gretchcn Spencer nnd Miss
Vivian Rector, two young women ot
Nebraska City, who have been in Chi
cago for the last three years preparing
themselves for the stage, havo gone
to New York city to accept a position
with one of the leading companies,
which travel out of that city.
Deputy Sheriff W. C. Condlt. of
Dodge county, hns his left foot cut off
at the ankle by a train at the Union
depot in that city, while trying to
savo the life of Frank Kent, a young
mnn temporarily Insane, who was be
ing taken to Lincoln for treatment.
Kent also had a leg taken off and sus
tained other Injuries which will prob
ably prove fatal.
Tho recent heavy rain played havoc
with tho dam of tho Albion electric
light company, ncross the Heaver. Tho
dam wns put out of commission Inst
fall nnd the company Installed a steam
plant to take us place until repairs
could bo made. Tho compnny last
winter expended thousnnds of dollars
and a vast amount of lnbor to put the
dam In shape again nnd had just com
pleted its work.
The snnltnry conditions of the moth
ods by handling cream In a largo num
ber of receiving stations nro of bucIi
a nature ns to require tho nttontlon
of the Stnto Pure Food commission,
nnd an olllclal notlco has been sent
out by Commissioner Mnlns that
wherever conditions exist that will
render cream or milk unclean or un
wholesome, or whero n samplo of
cream or milk has been taken before
it haB been thoroughly stirred, or
whore any false or unfair test hns
been made, tho operator of such sta
tion will bo subject to prosecution
under tho pure food law and his per
mit will be enucelled.
Twenty graduates will go out of tho
High school at Oakland.
Tho board of education of Grand
Island haB Instructed a commltteo to
investigate the cost of a manual train
ing nnd domestic science department
nnd It is expected that the same will
be Installed ns part of the high school
curriculum for next year. t
At tho school bond election held In
Clay Center thero woro 149 votes for
nnd 33 against. Tho proposition is
for $12,000 nnd tho proceeds will bo
used to build n duplicate ot tho pres
ent structure, or rather to double tho
size under one roof.
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IS MADE BY DR. BESSEY OF THE
STATE UNIVERSITY.
"MADE IN NEBRASKA" CARDS
Superintendent Bishop Certifying
County Superintendents Semi
Annual Apportionment.
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In a letter to Deputy Commissioner
of Lnbor Maupln, Dr. Charley E. Boa
sey of the University of Nebraska
makoH a suggestion that will be of in
terest to Nebraskans. Dr. llessey sug
gests that at all future fairs, state and
county, the exhibitors or goods manu
factured in Nebraska make the fact
known by nttachliig "Made in Nebras
ka" cards to all suc.i exhibits. Ho
Bays that this custom is followed at
nil of the fnlrs held In the Dominion
of Cannda and believes that it could
be followed to great advantage In Ne
braska. Dr. Hessey was led to make this sug
gestion by learning from the last bl
ennlnl report of the bureau of lnbor
and Industrial statistics that Nebraska
manufacturing Institutions turned out
$151,000,000 worth of finished products
In 1908, a largo proportion of which
was made up from raw material fur
nished in N'ebrasitn. Nine million dol
lars were paid In wages to the work
ers In these manufacturing Institu
tions, nnd to this enormous wage roll
should be ndded the wages paid to
workers In other than strictly mnnu
facturlng plants-railroad men. print
ers, pressmen and other skilled work
men. The total wnge roll would doubt
less exceed $20,000,000.
"Nebraska's place In the ngricul
tural world Is well known and ubso
lutely sure," said Deputy Commission
er Maupln today. "Why not proceed
now to let the world know that we are
progressing along other lines of pro
ductive enrienwir?"
State School Apportionment.
State Superintendent Bishop Is cer
tifying out to the vurioiiB county super
intendents the semi-annual school ap
portionments, which amounts to u
total of $293,192.49. or $0.79272 for
each pupil, there being 3ti9,855 school
children enrolled during tne last six
months.
One year ago the apportionment
amounted to $334,37fi.bS.
The amount allotted to Douglas
county, out of this apportionment this
year was derived from tho following
sources: State tax, $2,381.19; Interest
oni school and snilnc lands sold, $90,
099.53; Interest on school nnd saline
lands leased. $tx,30S.f.4; Interest on
bonds, $117,301.43; interest on state
warrants. $12,SGG.C5; from the sale of
fish and game licenses, $3,050; district
bonds. $134.98; final dividend from tho
jjuffalo county bnnk. $50.10.
Armory Funds Apportioned.
At a meeting of the state military
board the legislative appropriation for
nrmory rent for companies of the Ne
braska national guard was apportion
ed. The brigade headquarters, each
of the two regimental headquarters
and each of the two regimental bands
Is to have $100. Companies of the
First regiment nro to havo $250 each
with the exception of Company L,
Omaha, which Is to have $400 a year.
Company A nt Kearney, C at Nebras
ka City, D at Falrbury and F at Lin-
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Stock Judging Building to Be Erected
coin, all of the Second regiment, nre
to havo $300 each, whllo tho two Oma
ha companies of this regiment, G nnd
I, nre to have $100 each. Companies
13, II, K, L nnd M get $250. Tho slg
nal corps at Fremont Is given $250 nnd
tho hospital corps at Lincoln gets $300
a year. This is the first apportion
ment. Dr. Clark Threatens State Board.
Dr. A. W. Clark, head of the Child
Saving Institute at Omaha, has noti
fied tho State ollard of Public Lands
and Buildings that unless tho (board
accepts as nn Inmate a child named
Maxle, now In tho Saving Institute,
ho will turn loose tho wnr dogs of
publicity nnd gnvo ttio facts to tho
peoplo of ,the state. Dr. Clark gave
tne board until June 1 to get right.
Gift Goes Begging.
Lewis M. Seavor, secretary and
treasurer of tho National Humano al
liance, hos mndo a trip from Now York
to Lincoln to find out whether or not
tho peoplo of Lincoln want the thou
sand dollar drinking fountain for ani
mals sent by tho nlllnnec more than
a year ago. If It Is not wanted hero,
Mr. Sonver says that ho will bo very
glad to take it to South Omaha, where
It Is wanted, nnd that ho has inoro
thnn forty applicants on the wnltlng
list, Tho fountain has lain for a
year unpacked.
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FIXING ASSESSMENTS.
Northwestern Case Deferred for a
Short Time.
Tho state board of assessment camo
very near assessing the Northwestern
railroad, hut owing to the fact that
Land Commissioner Cowles had been
cnlled away from the meeting, an ad-
journment was taken for a few days,
no action was taken on the motion
by Governor Shnllenberger to Increase
this real $1,000 n mile.
The Northwestern Is now valued nt
$33,500 a mile, nnd tho governor
moved that the valuation be placed
nt $37,500 n mile. This motion wns
seconded by Auditor Hnrton.
The motion wns discussed Infor
mally while nwaltlng the return of
the land commissioner. Treasurer
Urlnn said he was ready to vote for
the Increase, but he had given the
railroads to unuerstand that if the
road was to bo Increased he would
give the manother opportunity to ap
pear and make further argument. For
this reason he was In favor of a delay.
The value of tho Pullman company
wns fixed at the same figure as last
year, $12,500 for tho Standard cars
and $8,000 for the tourists. Auditor
Barton moved to value the Standnrd
cars at $15,000 and the tourists at
$10,000 and his motion wns seconded
by the governor, but the other three
members of the board voted to leave
this corporation at Its present assess
ment. The enr companies were ns
sessed at the same figure ns last year,
though the mileage was reduced from
150. miles a day to 100, which will
boost the values somewhat. The total
valuation of the Pullman compnny
will depend upon the number of miles
these cars have run In Nebraska. ThlB
has not yet been figured.
In his talk for an increased valua
tion of the Northwestern the governor
called attention to the fact that tho
Northwestern is assessed at $0,700 a
mile, while the Missouri Pacific Is as
sessed $7,140 a mile; the St. Joseph
& Grand Islnnd nt $0,500 and the Rock
Island nt $&" 07. The Northwestern,
he Insisted, wns out of proportion to
the other roads, and therefore should
be Increased. Treasurer Brian an
nounced that he would vote for the in
crease, though uo figures had been
submitted to show that the road was
assessed too low.
May Have Dispensary.
The excise board Is seriously think
ing of appointing an agent or drug
store to dispense liquor for medicinal,
sacramental and mechanical purposes
and grant a license to no other firm
or store. It Is said to be the idea of
the board to permit whoever gets tho
license to sell tho stuff upon the state
ment of the purchaser that it Is for
tho purposes enumerated. So far,
however, no one hns been appointed
nnd the police are still raiding plnccs
and bringing In beer and boozers
under the law.
Fitting New Office Rooms.
The third floor of the state house
not otherwise used Is being cut up In
to rooms for the use of the supremo
judges who have not nlready been pro
vided for. The State Railway com
mission has been given the use of the
senate chamber In which to care for
Its work In discovering the physical
valuation of the railroads.
Premiums for Kid Corn Raisers.
The Nebraska State Board of Agri
culture Is offering $150 In premiums to
tho boys under IS years of age who
grow the greatest number of bushels
of corn to tho acre during 1909. The
money is divided, $50 to first, $25 to
second, $20 to third, $15 to fourth, $10
to fifth and $5 each to sixth to elev
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Pioneers to Meet.
Tho Nebraska Territorial Pioneers
will hold the next reunion In this city
September C-7. Tho meeting will open
the evening of September 0 with a
memorial servico held In honor of
deceased members of tho organiza
tion. September 7 thero will bo n
picnic dinner nt the state farm.
A Long Tramp.
Four young men attending school nt
Wesleyan stnrted on n 000 mile tramp
to Cascade, Col., located nt tho foot of
Pike's Peak. They aro members of
tho Y.M.C.A. nnd will attend thd
summer conference of tho different
Y.M.C.A associations of tho mlddlo
west which is to be held at Cascade,
June 8 to 10.
Club Test of Liquor Law.
Tho right of tho excise board of tho
city of Lincoln to enact nnd enforce n
rulo prohibiting bona fide Incorporated
clubs, organized for beneficiary or so
cial purposes, from Incidentally fur
nishing liquors to their members, Js
to bo tested in the supromo court of
tho state at the earliest possible date.
Tho case mndo up In district court
nnd which will bo carried to tho higher
trlbuual as soon as the transcript can
bo prepared, Is that of tho stnt'j
against John S. Glpsou, president of
lthe Walters' club.
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FOUND WITH MARKED MONEY
formally Arraigned and Held In Hca
y Ball for Hearing Next Wed-
tiecday Officers Taking
No Chances.
Omaha, Nebr. The tolb seem i.i
bo enwrapping the men arrested
Thursday night accused ot the
Union Pacific Overland mail rob
bery. Hour by hour development!)
come, which appear to justify
the faith of the olllcers In the accur
acy of their charges. One of tho
most convincing bits of evidence, ac
cording to the olllcers, developed,
when It was found that a part of the
money in the possession of the men
when arrested was mutilated and had
heen sent by registered mall by a
western bank addressed to the frctu
ury nt Washington for redemption.
The envelope, with a minute descrip
tion of the bills were found with the
mall hags at the Hrown park school
house, while the bills themselves wero
with the other money taken from tho
prisoners. ,
This description enumerated tho
bills showing not only their denomi
nation, but the particular Issue to
which each belonged.
When the bandits were arrested sev
eral of these bills were found upon
them, rolled up with other money
that Is supposed was also taken from
the rifled pouches.
The postofllce ofilclnls regard tho
evidence ns absolutely conclusive and
have no doubt whatever of their abil
ity to secure a conviction when the
men come to trial.
Some of the school boys who dis
covered the first clews which led to
the arrest have been keeping vigil
watch over the spot, hoping to se
cure the capture of the fourth man
who has so far eluded the olllcers.
Saturday night they saw a man
stealthily approach the place where
the guns had been cached but when
they brought the officers he had Hed.
Chief Hrlggs ot the South Omaha po
lice department feels sure that tho
man Is the one who escaped when
Woods, Tortenson and Gordon were
arrested.
Motormnn Hnsklns. of the str
t
car that was held up at Tenth n
Valley streets last Friday, partla
identified Tortenson and Gordon as
the men who did the Job.
The three prisoners were arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Anderson and their bond fixed at $25,
000 each, in default of which they
were returned to the city jail to await
their preliminary hearing next Wed
nesday morning. Hertllllon measure
ment were made of the three meq
Saturday.
Twenty-Six Die in Tornadoes.
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Twenty-twor
have beeir
wrecked tfle
Oklahoma City. Okla.
persons aro believed to
killed in a tornado which
towns of Depew nnd Key West and
badly damaged many other towns in
thnt section of the state lato Satur
day. Depew was completely destroyed
by n collision of tornadoes and all
streams are so badly swollen that res
cue of tho injured Is Impossible in
many places.
Ten negroes wore killed at Key
West, a negro settlement, when tho
tornado struck. Communication with
the storm swept town Is completely
wiped out. Bristol and Keyville, in
Creek county, nre badly damaged.
From ono source tho number of dead
Is estimated at twenty-two, while the
number Injured will bo a score or
more.
Engineer McQueen, of the 'Frisco
rond, pulled his train through tho
storm swept territory three hours lnte.
He reported that the town of Depew
Is completely gone.
The destruction of property Is enor
mous. From the northern bank of
Salt creek a party of rescuers could
see In the distance the wreckage of
houses but were unnblo to get near
enough to be of any nsslstnnce to fTcf "
of the storm sufferers.
Relief parties from neighboring
towns which were affected by tho tor
nado set out early to rondor nld, but
owing to tho condition of the strenrna
the work Is progressing slowly.
Big Strike Is Over.
Atlnntn, Ga. At the conclusion of
Ihe conferenco between the commis
sioner of labor, Mr. Nelll T. K.
Scott, general manngcr of the Geor
gia railroad, and E. A. Hall, vice
president of the brotherhood of loco
motive fireman and onglnemon nt 2
P. m. Snturday. Commissioner of La
bor Nelll nnnounced thnt tho striko
had been declared off; that telegrams
to that effect had been sent to aJl
Interested parties nnd that a state
ment would follow. It is understood
that both sides mndo concessions.
Train service will bo resumed Imme
diately. Colombia Ministry Resigns.
Bogota, Colombia. The ministry
hns resigned nnd the following now
cabinet has been appointed:
Minister' of the intorlor. Euc1I(1i.b
Angulo; minister of foreign affairs,
Gulllermo Cnmaeho; minister ot war,
Jorgo Polguin; mlnlstor of 'publlo
Instruction Alvaro Urlbo; minister ot
public Instruction, Tullo Osplnn.
Justuioano C'nnon, under secrotary
of llnnnco, Is In charge of tho min
istry of finance.
(lenernl TlnTrrnv la nlon it.Aot.Un.
' designate of the republic.
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