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* * - > * - - - mvHBmM- M * tLI AN OCEAN RACER- OATTtESHIP IL'tlNOlS 'FASTEST OF THEM ALL- Trlul Spin n Triumph A trrag * ' Sport ! of I 7..11 Knot * Tor runt Unnro llnnli All In Her Clim No I IKUU-I' In World C'nii liiml ; | HIT llocord. BOSTON , Missluno : 13. With the proud distinction of being tlic fastest battleship In America , and the speed iest of her class in the world , the next ea fighter , Illinois , llt-s at anchor in President's lead's tonight after a most successful trial. Over the gov ernment cour.e front Capo. Ann to ( Jape Porpoi.se and return , a distance' of sixty-six nautlual miles , she raced yesterday under the xxatohful eyes of United .s'uti's naval lepresentatixcs -and established a now record by nuhf mining an axerage .sieed [ of 17 ; i ! knots lor four consecutive hours. iNul onlj did siie ( leiii'jn.sUrate that siie xva. faster than any warship alloai of her Ki/e , but .she proved her ability loturn upon an enemy xvlth extraordinary quickness by'describing a complete circle within : ! i)0 ) yards , or a little more t anXwice her length , in three min utes and ten seconds , while ploughing inioiigh the sea at full speed PUMTY or UISKUVK : roxx mi. Steadiness and reserve pnxxor char acterized ( lie performance of the ship throughout Urnsoxerctest. Tne xvork of her engines was smooth and even , as the record showed but one-tenth ot H knot diH'orciicc between the outward and homoxvard til p. She easiiy met every teinireinent and nut an accident of any kind marred the SIICLV.Iot the day.Rear Rear Admiral .Sampson , xxho xvas iiboard uiidllleially , and Hear Admiral I Evans , xvlio acted as president of the 5 trial tx > ard , as well as the other naval I o llcera xvln > took part in the trial , xveie th 'roughly ' p'c.isod witli the new cham pion , and as she steamed back to her Anchorage xvith a bioom at her mast- bead , thcolliuiiil.sol the Newport Nexvs Shipbuilding company , xvliosc three years of labor bad uuched such a hap py climax , xvere enthusiastically con- grainIiiud. SICCKHTAUY MNU 1'MCAHICD. WASHINGTON , June 12. News of the splendid performance of the bat tleship Illinois on her trial trip today i came u > Secret iry Long tonight in a I dispatch from Capt. Robloy Exans.jhc jCbairman of the trial hoard. It con tained t lie same information as that in the press dispatches , Secretary Lr > ng , in a brief talk on the line per- lormanco ol i.lie ship , said : ' The re1-nit is very satisfactory to theoflU ialsof the department. We 'knexv that the Illinois xvas a tine ship and expected her to make an excellent a loxving. We think she will piove herself one of the tjost ships in the , 11101 lean i avy. The result speaks admirably for the contractors , and It sp'aks xve 1 , , lso for the American nuiji uuiiui-i. u uiu in um , ii.iiu. The Illinoih is a very line ship and xxe ought to be proud of it. .Xll < > | > ll'll IIH l.lltt. HAVANA , June ill. The Cuban con- Q itutional convention yesteiriay ac cepted the I'latt amendment by a vote of sixteen to eleven. The resolution t accept xvas carried xvilhout discus sion. immediately after the opening of the session SenorsTamayo , Gilleundas and Quesada , constituting a majority of the committee on 'atlons ' , sub mitted as a substitute Un ihecommlt- ftec's former report thel'att amend ment as passed by congress , recom mending that It be adopted and made an appendix to the constitution OUATiniSI ) AT XVASJIINUTON' WAHHiNiiroN , Jiuiu 13 The nuxvs of the adoption ot the Platt amend- mctt by the Cuban constitutional con vention xvas received xvith genuine gratification here. The administra tion otllcials all along have felt that its ratification xvoiild be accomplished. ItoiiKli ICIiliirin Tronlili * . FORT .SCOTT , Kas. , June ll ! . George Younger , son of Jim Youmror , ther-on- vlct , xvbo Is confined in the Minnesota penitentiary , xxas placed in the feder al prison here today , charged xxitli de frauding an Indian at Mound Valley , I. T. Younger xvas lieutenant in the rough riders. Iiiilliinx Arn Tim-it I 'p ' HKI.KN.X , Mont. , June l.i A special from Red Lodge , Mont. , says that ser- lous trouble is Uueatoning xvith the Arapahoe Indians In Shoshone reser- vatlon in Wyoming. The Indians openly deli-nl the authorities and are preparing for thp barborous sun dance. The state militia lias been ordered to the scene. Along Mr.'lv , WASUINOTAN , June U. After the consultation of Mrs MeKinley's phyj j slcians yesterday forenoon ttie folloxv- j j Ing statement xvas Issued : "Mrs Me- ( i Kin ley's physicians report tlut sue , continues to. shoxv improvement. " Kniprror XVIIIIuni nt Kinl. Kiicr. , June l.'i Emperor William , accompanied by the lieadquarters 1 : staff , Prince Henry of Prussia and tbo ' chiefs of bis maje.ity , arrived here today to witness the launching of the j battleship Saehenngen at the Ocr- mania yards. The emperor boarded ] the Imperial yacht Honenzollern amid 1 salutes from the war vessels present. Oxvlng to the unfavorable weather h theT launching \xas postponed until I thu.afivrnoon. - SIXTEEN ARE DEAD. full KITi'Cl of Mine Horror Hr ctto not , l'o-Mllo. P.OIIT JtoVAi , , Pa. , June 12. As a 1 result , of , the explosion In the. J'ort Royal mines of the Plttsburg Coal , iompany sixteen are dead , seven in- I lured ' and thousands of dollars' xvorth Df property destroyed. Tlie olllclal list of dead and injured xvas made public by the company's otllcials to- aight. DKNSK VOUJMKS OK SMOKI : Smoke rose from the .shaft during the night in great volumes. Great ex- iitemfcnt prevailed and the entire pop ulation of the toxvn remained all night/ ' it the mine eagerly axvaiting some aexvs from those thought to be either buried under the tons of shite or sloxv- 'y ' axvaiting either death from flames jr relief from the outside , xvith small : hancc favoring the latter. In the attempt to rescue the men cnoxvn to be in the mine other lives were placed in jeopardy and may bo lost. lost.From From what could bo ascertained last night about ( i o'clock there xvas a low , fumbling sound , followed by a roar .vhicli sounded like a cyclone , then ohrec sharp and short reports. While waiting the arrival of appll- tnces necessary to enter a burning nine a temporary rescue party entered the shaft and started toxvard the s > x > t whore it xvas thought some of the en tombed men might be found. Lying it the bottom of the shaft xvere Laxv- rence Settler and John Stakes. Un- 5onsclotis and covered xvith dirt , the aion xverc quickly taken to the top of the mine. They crfmld give no inform * ition as to what caused the lire. About 7 o'clock William Me/June of West IN'exvton , general superintendent > f tills district ; Dennis Worlley , pit DOSS of the mine : Michael Roy , fore- man , and several other bosses , xvith ibotit txxenty men , went doxvn shaft No. 1 , xvhlch is just opposite on the Baltimore & Ohio sidex > f the river. TXVO MOHK KXI'UJSIONS. About three hours after the rescue party had been in the mine txvo more ixploslons xx ere heard. Meantime the jrowd around the opening of the shaft tiad increased , the croxvd Including mothers , wives and sisters of many of the men entomed. Atll o'clock four men volunteered ko go down shafts No. 12 and . ' 5 and one man doxvn No. 1. At 3 o'clock W. A. Sxvoenoy and Frank Stratton came to the surface , bringing Harry iJeveridge in an un- ionscious condition , xvith both arms iiul a leg broken and badly burned. He cannot live. All three men suc cumbed shortly after reaching thestir- face. Sweeney , xvho xv.is mainly in- strumental in saving Bcvcridge , xvas a * > le to Usll that he climbed over , tlie bodies of at least three men on his way out. The explosion occurred at the time xvhen the shafts xverc cbang- Ing from day to night turn and it is tr > nll luiir 111:1111 ; U'l > rP. the mine at the time , but certainly no less than thirty xvere entombed. Early today all the rescuing parties eamo out of the mine. They say that tlu > black damp makes Xvork impossible and they give up hope of finding any of the missing alive. Seven years ago therexvas another disastrous explosion at Port Royal and the mine caught fire. Jt xvas neces sary to till it xvith xvatcr to quench the flames. To do this a hole xvas drilled In the bed of the river. Tills is now closed only xvith a plug , xvhiehxas arranged for such an emergency as the present , and to droxvn out the lire all that Is necessary is ro take out the plug and the xvatersof the Voughlogh- ' eny xvill rush in. This , of course , can not bo resorted to until all the men In the mine have been recovered or are tuoxvn to be beyond rescue. I.on s to jjo to tli Sen. TiOMK , June 12. The statement cir- stiiated in Amerlcasboxvs that the an-1 ntial reports of the pontiff's illness , critical condition and fainting fits have already commenced , and as the summer wanes , he , no doubts as usual , will be reported at death's door. The truth is Ills holiness at present Is in exceptionally good health , is enjoying his daily drive and xvalk and the cares of state seeming to bear lightly on his old age , ho Is mounting to a higher point of the garden than usual. The other day the pope stood ga/.lntr at the yellow strip of sunlit Mediterran ean , and , turning with a sigh to his nephew , the pontiff , used for the first I time since his "imprisonment" a ' phrase xvhlch might have been con- ! 1 itrued as impatience at his "captiv ity. " "Ah , " he said , "hoxv 1 wish I could go to to sea again. It xvould really re- nexv my youth. The last time I really stirred at sea xvas about fifty-live years ago , xvhen 1 was nuncla at Brussels. I then went near Antwerp on the ad vice of a physician and can vividly remember even noxv hoxx" cool the water xvas , hoxv invigoratlngand what pleasure I took in swimming. I found Vhecure most beneficial. " A111 co to Clilnn , CHICAGO , June J.'t K. II. Conger , United States , minister to China , passed through Chicago tonight on nls way to Washingto , xvlicre he xvill see President Mch'inley and receive his final instructions as to xvliat is the pol- Icy of the administration and xvhat course IID shall pursue after he reach- es Pckln. Mr. Conger xvill sail from San Francisco June 17. lie refused to ipeak about the Chinese situation. i FIRE HOSTELRY AT SUMMER RESORT 'TOTALLY CONSUMED. Wnnlrolu'n l.oft llolilml unit tills IVr otii In tinllnllilln rinil 'I'lionm-l e Si'nn- Illy tJImlttiixli IVII M.-ll It. Kxit.ntul J All l > m | > i' . | WKST BADKK , Ind , , Juno 1C The Mineral Springs hotel , one' of the best. knoxvn hostolerics In the state , was totally destroyed by lite early yoster- i } , entailing a his * estimated at ? 5 > uooolMi Insurance aggregating $110,000. In addition to this the loss In diamonds , jexvolry , and clothing be longing to guests xvill , it is estimated , reach 50,000. It is believed that all of the 08 per sons In Urn building xvhen the llamas xxere discovered escaped safely , although - though thoie were many thrilling ex periences , the guests being oblige 1 to grope their way through blinding smoke to the exits , leaving tliolr per sonal etlects and clothing behind. It is said that only txvelvo guests managed - aged to save their wearing apparel. bTAIITh IN THH KITOIIKN. The conflagration originated about 1 olclock in the kitchen on the ground floor , immediately under txvo roxvs of I sleeping rooms , all of xvhlcli xvere .oc cupied. Tlie lire xvas discovered by the night watchman , xvho attempted to extinguish the blaze xvith hand grenades , but failing , ho rushed to the office and notified the clerk and to gether they ran through the. halls , kicking open the doors and arousing the inmates. The electric light plant xvas soon burned out and the building xvas loft in darkness. In thirty minutes the entire building xvas a mass of ruins. Women dressed in night lobes , men's ox-erco.its , hats and shoes mingled in the crowd and congratulated each other on their narrow escape from a terrible holocaust. The proprietor of a little country store did a thriving business , those xvho xvcro fortunate enough to save any m.mey In the mad rush for safety cleaning out his entire stock of wearing apparel , regardless of its character. Amy Leslie , the theatrical critic of the Chicago Noxxs , xxlio has been at the hotel xvith her niece for the past txvo weeks , escaped xvith nothing but her night robes. Miss Leslie's travel ing xvardrobc of today consists of a nightdress , agcntleman'sshirt xvhlch I she purchased at the village store , and her bath robe. .MANY NAKItOXV ICs-CAI'KS. There xverc many narrow escapes ' from serious Injury. One gentleman from St. Paul Minn. , xvhose name could not be learned , Is said to have locked his door and lost the key. lie groped around in the dark and xvlien nearly suffocated by smoke , Ills door xvas broken in and be xvas carried In safety to the laxvn. Tlie building xvas provided xvith flro escapes , and on the front of the build ing , extending from the ground to thereof roof , xvas an escape built In a spiral fashion. It was doxvn this that many of the guests got out and reached the ground. During the rush for safety four ladies became xvedged in this spiral escape and while in tills position some one on the upper floors started a small trunk on its rapid descent doxvn the xvinding chutes. The ladies xvere scratched and bruised and xvere not re lieved from their axvkxvard position until one of the guests ran up the j chute and aftera vigorous tug succeed ed in relieving the tension and all four ladies slid to the ground in safety. Nearly all of the guests left for their homes later in the day , the railroads furnishing transportation to all who xvere in need. XXVII I'liiciMl Tor Hninninr. * NKXV YORK , June 15 , . A special to the Journal and Advertiser from Win- sted , Conn , says : ' Former President G rover Cleveland and his family are noxv domiciled in their summer residence at Tyringham , ' in the Berkshire hills. Mr. and Mrs. j I Cleveland have just arrived at Kiver-l i side. Their children , Esther , who re-1 cently recovered from an attack of diphtheria ; Ruth Marlon and Richard , ' accompanied by a nurse are also here. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland xvill occupy the room which xvas occupied by George Washington after the battle of Saratoga. The chamber is locally known as Washington's room. The farmers here xvill extend an invitation i to the ex-president to fish In their trout streams , whether ported or not. ' l''l\o Ni'jjroei Loyally SVI.VAXIA , Ga. , June 16. Arnold Augustus , Andrexv Davis , Richard Sanders , William Sunders and Sam Baldwin , all negroes , xvere executed in. the yard of the county jail of Screven county yesterday. The drop fell at 12:20 : The necks of four men xverc broken by the fall The fifth dieo of These five negroes were convicted of murder under an alleged conspiracy by an organized band of blacks , knoxvn is "Knights the Archer. " The motto of the orginixation , It Is said , xvas "Death to the Whites. " Tnl < i' I'Irit 1'rlzn. . ST PAUL , .Minn. , June 15. Lincoln , Neb. , won a signal t'iuinph In the prize contest It ) connection xvith the Woodman meeting yesterday xvhen' Hagenoxv's band of that city xvas iwarded first prize of three liundred dollars. Bandmaster Hagcnoxv and Manager Glldersleevc were shoxvered tfith congratulations. The band boys , leave for home today and will arrive il ' ) Lincoln on the Burlington .Sunday , . 10 a m- DIE ON THE ENGINE. A luiilAcrlilciit nn Union I'nclflo Kiulntwo' , lilvrx. , COI.UMHUS , Neb , June 14. The en gine of trelght train No. 17 , west bound I > n the Union Pacillc , xvas literally hloxvn 1 to pieces between 4 and 5o'clock yesterday Jf morning near Havens , a ( lag station bctxveen Silver Crook and Clarks , by a holler explosion , resulting . In 1 the folloxving deaths : IRISHMAN .1 , 0. JKNKINS. Brakeman D. W. Fleming sustained the | fr.icturo of the right ankle and of one ( or more ribs and the severe scald ing of ids back , legs face and hands. He xvl 1 probably recover , but Ids In juries are considered serious. A rAMII.VOK KNOINKKKS. Three of the Knllmor family xverc Union Pacilio engineers the father and txvo sons diaries being the older sou. He lived In Omalia and leaves a Tamil ) Fire inn Jenkins XXMS a single man , residing at. Omaha. Brakcman Flem ing j is a xvidoxver. who has several chil dren. , Conductor Wallace xvas In charge of the tram Medical assistance arrived fr m Central City on the Grant ! Island local , the.uaboosu of the unfortunate frolght being laden xvl th the dead b < n - lesand the injured man , and pulled to O naha by the local passenger xvhlch XXMS delayed by the accident about four hours. No cause. Is assigned for the explo sion , xvhlch Is said to bo the llrst of the kind oi ) the Union Pacific during its entire history. CM 11 Irs llnlils Onl. Mxxn\ , June 14. The trial of If. W. llapple , ports'oxvard of the com- nussiary department , charged xvith re ceiving In monthly installments mon ey from a stevedoring company , began today. Tlie defense is that the mon ey received xvas for extra services. Tlie alk'gcn transactions appear on the company's books and it Is claiun" ' that Happle figures under an assuiii d name. I ) . M. C" rinn , the former Californl- an , xvho \ ; is a rested in February last on the oh n. . . . of furnishing supplies to aid the insurgents , but xvhose pros- cent ioa \ \ as abandoned last month , s going to the United Slates shortly at d has aski'd , for the return of $10,000 paid as security for his appealanco xx lien summoned for trial. General MacArthur has declined to order the return of the money , but probably It xvlll bo returned after the Insurrection is over. I'NXVIM.INO TO SlMtllKNDKIt. General Sunnier has returned hcra anfl has reported lo General Wade < f the failure of negotiations for the sur render of Cailles , ( ho insurgent leader in Luguna province. The 'Fillpirn ! apparently believes be can bold out , no I hat 11 o rainy season lias begun. I 1 pp niitineit is felt here at the liai-K rtard conditions in southern Li /.on So no insurgent camps have been dl.scox'urcdanddostio ed. Lieutenant ( Jitwan xvith a detachment , of lifty men killed live Insurgents near Jovclar. Governor General M-icArthur ox- pei ts to leave on July I f jr the United siati-s. He xvill sail on the transport M -ado for Nagasaki , n I after spendIng - Ing two xvoel.'S there x\iil embark < n the transport Sheridan for San Fran cisco. The United States Philippine * ; com mission today began the consideration of the eode of civil procedure. The Ameiicsiii lawyers argued against the nrovlsion making Spanish the court I nguage. Illiirkx III I'lTll. SiiKKNicrnitT , La. , June 14. This city and its vicinity have been in a state of levcrlsh excitement and tin- r'.st since .xehterday , xvlien John Gray Faster , a prominent planter , xvas shot a"d killed by Prince Hdxvards , a negro employed on the" Foster plantation , II . miles cast ol this city. Armed p jsscs of xvhllo inon have been scour- 1 Ing the country for miles around In an at tempt to capture Kdxvards. A dozen or more negroes are under arrest in Kenncbec'sstore , and xvliat fate tonight - night may have in store for them is uncertain. Foster xvas xvidely k'noxx n a'id very popular. He xvas a brother- In-laxv ol Governor McMIIlian of Ten- 11 'ssce and belonged to one of the old est families in tills state. There had been bad feeling for some time past betxxe-n the negroes and overseers on the Foster plantallo i and Foster xvas appealed to settle the dif- fercnces The planter started to see the negroes and upon reaching a negro cabin he xxras fired upon and killed. lUltPKKKIi AI.ONK KSUA 1'K.S. There xvere a d < x.cn or more negroes In the cabin , ami they broke and ran in all directions. 'The overseers xvere innc.klv lolnud hv < > llu > r men. nrid it. I XXMS not long before all the negroes Wi-re arrested , excop * . Prince Kdxvards , | ; xvbo did the shooting. Posses xveits 'quickly formed and started on a limit j ' for the negro , but as yet have made no fi rbh.'r. r I-SK ( illl's t I II V 'I ( Hill ) ' . KANSAS Cm , June H. The case of Lulu Prince Kennedy will go to the Jury tomorroxv. The taking of test- ! ' rauiv xvas finished this aftcrmxm and arguments xvill began tomorroxx morn- Ing. Tcxlay the defense suffered a second set-back xvhen Judge Wolford ruled out a conversation xvith Kenne dy before the killing , lending to cor- rolwratu evidence offered yesterday to prove that Kennedy admitted having ruined Lulu Prince. , CHOPS OFCOUNTllY ; ' I I PRELIMINARY ' REPORT OF AQRI I CULTURAL STATISTICIAN. , Dcrrrnv In Wliml rnltlup oT ( In AiTi > iiK < > or m T ( I I'or ( ml - < ! onHMon lnlrllooil , lint OinniiKi'il In soui II. vl-W l I'.iiKlUli Oroji. June 11.-Prelimina ry reports of the spring wheat acreage Indicate a reduction of about 1,200,000 : > ures , or tl.4 per cent. Of the txventy illiles reporting 10,000 acres or upxvards In spring xvheat , eight report an In crease aggregating about IM.WH ) acres ind twelve a decrease amounting to nbout LUJI.'J.OOO. There Is an Increase In acreage of 10 per i-ent In Is'exv Mex ico. 7 In Nevada , 4In Arizona , : $ In Michigan , in Montana and Utah ami 1 percent 111 Wyoming and Washing . ton , xvhllo in Iowa there Is a decrease ' if i ; < per cotil , Oregon 8 , Kansas 7 , Wisconsin and Minnesota ( I , Illinois , Nebraska , South Dakota , North Da kota and California , Idaho 4 , and Colorado li per cent. The average con- lltlon ot spring wheat , on Juno 1 xvas 1)2 , as compared with 87.3 at the cor responding date last year. The avcr- igos of the principle states are :0re- : gen ICi , California 1)1 ) , Minnesota 1)3 ) , loxxaand Soiitli Dakota 02 , North Da kota 01 , Wisconsin Si ) , Nebraska. The average condition of the xvlnter xvheat declined during May 0.3 points , the condition on Juno 1 being 87.8 , as against 1)1.1 ) May 1. In 11)00 ) the condi tion was 82 7. The principal averages by states are : Maryland 100 , Virginia 08 , Pennsylvania 0(1 ( , California 02 , Ohio and Indiana ! K ) , Tennessee 88 , Kansas 67 , Missouri , Illinois and Okla homa 84 , Michigan 08 and Texas 40. The loxv condition in Texas Is due to tlioufh ana tlie ravages of the xvhcat plant louse ; In Kansas , Oklahoma and Missouri the crop has been damaged by the Hessian lly and diouth ; In Michigan the Hessian lly has seriously injured the ciop , and it has done con siderable damage In portions of Indi ana , Illinois and Kentucky. The present averages of condition relate strictly to the crop still under cultiva tion Juno 1. CHOPS or TIIIC OLD COUNTUV. LONDON , J une 11.The Mark Lane Express in its xxoekly crop rovloxv to day Kays that oxvlng to the dotloloncy in rain English hay Inevitably xvlll bo considerably beloxv the average and Importers xvho aie noxv complaining of the plolhora of day food stuffs , such as oats and maze , xvill Ibid a good sale for them long I m lore this time next year. Trying to mil AX'nr. liKtiMN' , Juno 11 The Klelncs Jour nal today prints a dispatch from The Hague saying that Queen Williol- mina's recen vHt bore xvan meant to obtain Kmperor William's consent to cnrl Mi < > South At'rltia-i xvar. botli the zxveibtind and the drclbund being xvll- ling lo do so , tiirough The Hague ar- bitratlo'i court , and that the emperor consented and the court began xvork then on. The dispatch haw created a tO'isation hero. The As ociatoil press has just ob tained fho folloxving foreign < Illce Ft'ttcmcnt , which is aulli > rized by Count von BueloW , the Imperial chan cellor : "Neither Great Britain , France nor Russia over approached Gcimany to participate in any action aiming at endingthe South African xvar. Ger many lias all along distinguished be- txxeen offering Its good offices and In tervention. To render its good offices xvould bo possible if both parties to the xvar requested it , but It xvill be re membered that Great Britain only joined The Hague conference on con dition that the Boor states xvere ex cluded. There Is no doubt that Mr. Kruger , xvho is a serious statesman , came to Europe to obtain the good offices of several of the ixnvers to end the war , hut theie is also no doubt that ( ireat Britain does notwant their good offices. At least , it is true that since the South African xvar began Great Britain lias never , cither verbal * ly or In writing , confidentially orolll- cially , broached such an Idea. It is quite possible that the Boer side has now formally asked The Hague arbi tration court to lend Its aid to end the xvar Komehoxv , and that the court has held a session legardlng the matter , but that , of con ISP , Is entirely differ ent from any serious steps to end the xvar Mile * NIIIIII" ! Ill * soii-ln > liMr. WASIIINCVION , D. C. , June 11. Tbo vacancies in the stair ot .Lieutenant General Miles , commanding tlie army caused by the death of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Michiro and the trans fer to the Inspector general's depart * mi'tll nf I , lmll ' 11 1C. Iliillni' hi vn linnn filled by the assignment of Lieut. Col. Samuel Rcbcr to duty as military sec retary and the assignment of , Lieut. Col. M. P. Mans to duty as aidc'-de- camp. Colonel Rebor Is General Miles' son. in-law. AX'nmnn C/inni'n n Trilled v. NHXXTOUT , la. , June 11. James A. Hamilton , dCiiring t ; > obtain proof against his xvlle In a divorce proceed ing , took a witness and xvatched her house Saturday night , txvo miles north of this place. At2 a. in. Hamilton saxv Robert Arey appear at a roar door of the house. Aiioticouiuerfolloxved. Ham- Hum was shot and killed and Arey then shot himself and died last night ' Norr.i r Stuart lias a female brass band. North PJatte will soon have a how * electric lighting plant. Nuckolls county farmers xvill hold a race meet next fall. One farmer In Cumlng county has 200 acres planted in beets. A Gushing man has Invented a ma chine to harvest grasshoppers. s Gold-hearing sand Is being shipped from Dundy county lo a smelter at Denver. Lightening struck the First Metho dist church at Pierce and burned It to the ground , Beatrice business men have organ ized a Commercial club and xvill look after thoxsity's Interests. Burglars entered the postofllco at Benlngton t lie other night blow open tbo safe and took all the stamps. Three young bandits robbed a box car on tlie Burlington at Wymore and xverc sentenced to thirty days In the county Jail. W. W. Roberts at North Bend was kicked in the head by a vicious horse ! the other day and nearly killed. Ho will recover. During a game of ball at Gloncoo a player lot tlie bat slip and It struck a spectator In the head , rendering him unconscious for hours , Plans have been adopted by the di rectors of the noxv auditorium com pany , of Columbus for the construc tion of a $20,000 opera house. The Burlington railroad company has a gang of sin veyors in tbo neigh borhood of Oxford , They are running a line from there to Beaver City. McCook Is another Ncbraka toxvn that declares It will have'tlio grandest bloxv-out on the Fourth of July that xvas ever turned out in the state. Some of the feeders In the xvestom part of the state are shipping their fat cattle to Denver , claiming tliej get better prices than they do at the South Onlaha markets. A crazy folloxv at Norfolk xvas hit on the head by a ball bat and had hl.s right mind restored. Tlie practice is not recommended by the local doctors as being a sure cure. Over itOO carloads of potatoes xvora sold and shipped out of Sheridan county last year , l-armors are Just lindlng out that Shcrid.in . county Is adapted to potato raising. Hoxvell Reese , a farmer at Wisncr , has just cut his llrst crop < ) f alfalfa this year The yield xvas three tonn to the acre and from the same piece of ground last year be cut six crops. Editor William II. Smith of the Independent dependent- Democrat , at So ward , has taken unto himself a xvife and now xvlien he xvrites It , "we , " there ar none to dispute his privilege. A creamery at Tlldcn turned out 24.000 pounds of butter during tin the season xvas made one day last xveok , xvhon 2,47 < i pounds were churned. Tlie noxv automobile lines between Nlobrara and Verdlgree and Niobrara and Running Water xvill soon be In operation. This xvill connect the terminus' of the Ulkhorn xvith the MB- xvaukco road. Franklin claims to be doing more building this spring than any other toxvn in the mate. Among the iin- provments is a $7,000 school house that is nearly completed. Several brick blocks are being erected. During the heavy rainstorm last xveok lightning struck the xvire fence in the Mid Ic.sox pasturekllllngstiven bead of horses and three mul'is , xvhlch xvere scattered along the fence for three-quarters of a mile. Wood River Interests. By a recent decision of the supreme court the county scat of Knox county is to be moved from Niobrara to the geographical center of the county. Tlie .supreme Court was called upon to decide a dispute over the legality of a recent county seat voting contest. Weather Prophet Hicks says that xvben xve pass out of Juno there xvlll bo a dry ness throughout the state that xvill make tlie farmers feel sick. Bub thanks bo to the almighty order of limit's , Ira Hicks seldom hits the nail on tlie head especially in Nebraska. A fexv old settlers here xvlio have re sided here since the fall of man stilt insist that from certain signs and omens , revealed only to the elect , that this to be tlie crop year. The ordin ary mortal only hopes their predic tions xvill prove true. McCook Tri bune. A delegation of the voters of Boehw visited tile commissioners of Hoxvard county and presented a petition for a bridge across the Lotip , to be used In stead of the one belonging to the Un ion Pacific for xvlilcli * 700 a year Is paid. paid.The The large st John's catholic Churon ' of Prague xvas recently dedicated by Father Vlcck , tlie resident priest , and Bishop Bonaeum of Lhic'oln Several other priests xvere 'present. Four bands and a largo number of Catliolio Koclties in uniform from adjoining counties attended. St John's Is free from debt. WaltGoldieof the Wayne Demo crat xvas xvorked I'or a shirt by a tramp printer. It is not stated hoxv the printer found out that Goldle had txvo shirts and xve understand that , tlie state press association xvlll call upon him at tlie next .meeting to ex plain by xvliut right he possessed txvo garments at "one and the same time. " The tramp printer is exonerated. A company xvith $30,000 capital has been organized at Beatrice to manu facture brick. I