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ter
FASTIViASLW
REGK
THREE MEN STEALING A RIDE
ARE SLAIN
ABOUT F0RTARE INJURED
Excursion Engine Breaking is Cause
of the Disaster Failure to Warn
the Onrushing Express Results in
Deadly Work
KANSAS CITY Tho Missouri Pa
cific fast mail from St Louis due in
Kansas City at 1030 Sunday morning
crashed into an excursion train that
had broken down at Deadmans
Curve three miles from Bees Sum
mit Three men were killed and from
thirty to forty Injured perhaps three
of them fatally The dead were
tramps riding on the fast mail
The excursion train which left Kan
pas Citv early Sunday for Sedalia was
made up of twelve coache3 The en
gine broke down and while it was be
ing repaired the last mail which had
the right of way came thundering
along at a high rate of speed
While the excursion train was but
slightly damaged most of those hurt
were on this train The dead were
taken to Lees Summit and the Injur
ed removed to the Missouri Pacific
hospital at Kansas City
Responsibility for the wreck seems
to rest with the crew of the fast mail
which failed to stop promptly when
flagged While the excursion engine
was being repaired two flagmen were
seet ahead to stop ttie rast mail then
about due The engineer failed to
see the foremost flagman and only
slackened up when warned by the sec
ond man within a saort distance of
the excursion train His train was
running so fast however that it was
impossible to come to a full stop and
when it struck it was making fifteen
miles The engine baggage car and
the foremost mail car on the St Louis
train left the track and rolled down
an embankment The impact badly
damaged the engine and baggage car
of the excursion train -out the cars
remained upright
Most of the injured were in the bag
gage car on the excursion train This
car had been turnec into a refresh
ment car and in it were -about fifty
persons mostly negroes making mer
ry The crash same without warning
and they were tumbled into a shriek
ing groaning mass cut bruised and
otherwise maimed
IDEAS OF PEACE AND AMITY
English Press Reviews the Events of
the Past Week
LONDON A number of this morn
ings papers commenting on the
events of the past week as marking
an extension of international ideas of
peace and amity devote the greater
portion of their editorial articles to
the visit of the American squadron
the kings message to President
Itoosevent and more particularly hs
majestys speech at the review of the
Honorable artillery compqany The
Daily Telegraph goes as far as to say
The net results of the last few
days are practically the inauguration
of a new era and clasping the hands
of our kinsmen across the ocean and
holding our nearest neighbor as the
best of friends we have given hos
tages to the future and pledged our
selves for the cause of peace
RACE TROUBLES SUBSIDE
Police Believe Lee Brown May Ee
Returned to Evansville
EVANSVILLE Ind The town has
been quiet on Sunday and the officials
have had an opportunity tc rest after
a week of excitement
The negroes have marched at home
and the services at their churches
were not well attended Many of the
negroes who left the city during the
week are returning and by the middle
of the week business will be resumed
jn Baptistown
The police will keep no extra guards
this weak as they believe the excite
ment is at an end It is not thought
it will be necessary to guard Lee
Brown the negro when he is brought
back here for trial
Sent to Investigate Plague
WASHINGTON D C On account
of the plague situation in India which
as yet continues very bad Surgeon
General Wyman of the marine hos
pital service has determined to station
expert bacteriologists at Calcutta and
and Bombay Past Assistant Surgeon
F K Sprague has already been desig
nated for the post at Calcutta and
Acting Surgeon Hume will be assigned
to the port at Bombay
One Famous Race Horse Dies
LEXINGTON Ky The former race
horse and sire Fonso died Sunday at
C F Meekins Oakwood stud Fonso
was 24 years old by King Alfonso
dam Itto b Weatherbit He won the
Kentucky derby in 1880 defeating
Luke Blackburn Among his get are
Rudolph winner of 245 races and 53
039 First Mate winner of 16380
Ellen winner of 11090 Appomattox
Forerunner Gonfaler Lord Hussey
and Loudown
COURT DISMISSES THE CASES
Denver Mayor and Council Purged of
Contempt
DENVER Colo Tho state supreme
court dismissed the contempt proceed
ings against Mayor R R Wright jr
and members of the city council of
Denver arising from the passage of
an ordinance granting a street rail
way franchise in disregard of an in
junction issued by District Judge
Mullens
Another decision sustains the right
of the Denver fire and police board
to hold over under the Rush home
rule law until a new charter Is adopted
and an election held
The suit to test the legality of the
general appropriation bill passed at
the late session of the legislature was
remanded to the court of errors and
appeals The district court decided
that the appropriation bill was not
properly enacted and an appeal was
taken
BAIL ALLOWED FOR DEWEYS
Supreme Court of Kansas Fixes It- at
15000 Each
TOPEKA Kan The supreme court
Friday allowed Chauncey Dewey Mc
Bride and Clyde Wilson tne St Fran
cis ranchmen to go free from pail
upon securing 15000 bond The bond
is to be approved by Sheriff McCul
lough of Cheyenne county
Chauncey Dewey said that the bond
was all arranged for and that they
would be out of jail Monday He re
fused to state who would go on the
bond but declared it was not his fath
er as he was a resident of Illinois
Attorney Hessin will take the bond
to Cheyenne counts
TO DICKER WITH THE SIOUX
Major McLaughlin to Negotiate for
Cession of Lands
BONESTEEL S D Letters have
been received here from Washington
within the last twenty four hours that
Major McLaughlin Indian inspector
who is now in North Dakota will be
ordered to the Rosebud agency at once
to begin negotiations with the Rose
bud Sioux Indians for the cession of
their lands in Gregory county Every
one here is jubilant as it now seems
an assured fact that this magnificent
body of land will soon be thrown
open for settlement when it is ex
pected Bonesteel will experience a
great boom
ROOSEVELT AND ROOT CONFER
Secretary of Var Goes to Visit the
Chief Executive
OYSTER BAY N Y Secretary
Root is the guest of President Roose
velt at Sagamore Hill Secretary
Root said his purpose in visiting the
president at this time was to discuss
with him some departmental matters
which required the presidents atten
tion While he declined to indicate
what the matters were it is known
that the pending investigation of
army contracts the Alaskan boundary
question and some problems relating
to the Philippines will be considered
Editors Elect Officers
OMAHA The convention of the Na
tional Editorial association adjourned
Friday afternoon after choosing offi
cers for the ensuing year In a lively
contest between P V Collins editor
of the Northwestern Agriculturist
Minneapolis and Frank R Gilson edi
tor of the Palladium Benton Harbor
Mich the former was elected pres
ident of the association Mr Collins
who has been first vice president of
the association succeeds Garry A Wil
lard of Eooneville N Y as president
To Locate Boundary
LINCOLN Neb Governor Mickey
has appointed C Sawnson of Oak
land Dr F O Robinson of Harting
ton and E A Lundberg of Wayne to
act as boundary commissioners to de
termine the state line between South
Dakota and Nebraska The change in
the channel of the upper Missouri
river is in a measure responsible for
the boundary line dispute
Forges Czolgoszs Name
LOS ANGELES Frank P Feiten
of Cleveland who forged the assumed
name under which Joseph Czolgosz
brother of the assassin was traveling
while in Los Angeles was fined 250
in the United States district court
English Golfers Coming
LONDON Arrangements have been
completed for an Oxford Cambridge
golf team to visit the United States
It wil consist of Messrs Low Hunter
Croome G B Ellis H C Ellis and
Beveridge
Four Die of Tetanus
PHILADELPHIA Tetanus was re
sponsible for four deaths in this city
Friday Two of the victims Frank
Layfield aged 12 years and John Mon
roe aged 12 received their injuries
during the Fourth of July celebration
James Joshstonc aged 10 years was
shot by a pistol the wound developing
lockjaw and Joseph Knitte had his
hand crushed in a paper mill jockjaw
setting in before his arm had been
amputated
PENALTY IS PAID
RHEA HANGED IN THE PENITEN
TIARY AT LINCOLN
ATTORNEYS SEEK TO SAVE HIM
Walk3 to the Gallows With a Firm
Tread and Dies Without Making a
Statement Crime for Which He
Was Convicted
LINCOLN Neb William Rhea
convicted of the murder of Herman
Zahn a saloonkeeper of Snyder Neb
was hangeS at 123 oclock Friday
The nour of the execution was to
have been durin the noon intermis
sion at the penitentiary while the
prisoners were in their cells but ow
ing to the fact that the attorneys who
were seeking to savo the life of Rhea
by means of injunction had not fin
ished their xlca to the supreme court
the warden postponed the time by
order of the court
It was expected that Rhea would
make a statement but he declined to
do so and wanted the execution to
take place with as much expedition
and as little ceremony as possible
Not even a minister was present on
the scaffold with him although Rev
Williams the prison chaplain was in
his cell during the morning Rhea
had stated some time before that he
thought he was ready to die and had
derived much comfort from the read
ing of religious literature Though
apparently somewhat nervous and
trembling he walked to the scaffold
with a firm tread between the two
attendants who led hinv to his doom
each grasping him firmly by an arm
On the scaffold while his hands and
feet were being tied and the noose
was being adjusted he stood firmly
with head erect and a defiant look
The only words he uttered were after
the black cap had been drawn over
his head and the noose was being ad
justed He said to Detective Stryker
Dont draw the rope quite so tight
The death warrant was read to Rhea
at 1130 a m by B Fairfield clerk in
the wardens office At noon he ate
a hearty dinner At 120 between two
stout guards James Delehanty acting
deputy warden and James Stewart
his special death watch he entered
the west cell room where the scaffold
was placed At 123 the trap was
sprung and William Rhea hungtwitch
ing at the end of the same rope which
hanged Niegenfind
It was not until fourteen minutes
had elapsed that he was pronounced
by the physicians as lifeless While
a minute examination was not made
the doctors claim that his neck was
not broken and that strangulation
was the cause of death This was due
to the fact of his light weight For
this reason it was also necessary to
use the long drop of six feet
Immediately after the trap was
sprung the pulse of Rhea sprung from
the normal to 1G0 In five minutes it
had dropped to 12G and gradually grew
less until at last not a flutter could
be felt
Rhea was convicted of the murder
of Herman Zahn a saloonkeeper of
Snyder on the night of January 4
1903 while holding up the place
Rhea with two companions had been
drinking and carousing for two days
The evidence at the trial showed that
when the men entered the saloon
Zahn pleaded with them to leave and
that thereupon Rhea shot him dead
and kicked him several times as he
lay lifeless on the floor
Withdraw i roops from Cuba
WASHINGTON The secretary of
war has ordered the withdrawal from
Cuba of four companies of the coast
artillery the Eighteenth and Twenty
first now at Cienfuegos and the
Tventy third and Twenty fourth now
at Havana The Eighteenth company
is to go to Fort Schuler N Y the
Twenty first to Fort Mott N J and
the Twenty third and Twenty fourth
to Fort McKinley Me This discon
tinues the present post of Cienfuegos
and leaves in Cuba the Seventh and
Nineteenth companies at Santiago
and the Twentieth and Twenty second
at Tavana which latter wil ultimately
garrison the two projected coaling sta
tions at Bahia Honda and Guanta
namo
Wakes Up After Five Years
LONG BRANCH N J For the first
time in five years C Endicott Allen
who is a Harvard graduate has been
asleep during that time except for in
tervals of a few moments He is sup
posed to be suffering from hysteria
His waking spell did not last long
but the doctors now believe he will
recover
Gibbons Summoned to Rome
NEW YORK In response to an offi
cial message from Cardinal Rampolla
summoning him to Rome Cardinal
Gibbons the primate of the Catholic
hierarchy in America and a member
of the sacred college at Rome which
will elect a successor to Leo XIII ar
rived in this city Wednesday night
from Baltimore He will sail for
Europe on the La Touraine Thursday
The cardinal may not go direct to
Rome
MM
J THE 8JVL STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations From South
umana ana rvansas city
SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE There was a good run of
cattle but still the demand was active
and the market was brisk and fully
steady Anything- desirable in the way
of beef steers sold readily at steady to
strong prices The supply was not ex
cessive and as packers have not been
getting any too many cattle for the last
few days they took hold freely and the
prices paid were very satisfactory The
bulk of the fair to good cattle sell from
450 to 485 with the cholcor grades
selling largely from 485 to 515 The
cow market did not show much change
Desirable grades of cornfod stock were
In good demand and the prices paid
were fully steady There were not very
many cows and heifers on sale so even
the grass stuff which has been selling
slowly for the last few days was eas
ier to dispose of than usual Bulls sold
at Just about steady prices but veal
calves were dull and lower The sup
ply has been large for the last few
days and as a result prices have been
going down hill at a rapid rate It
now takes a good veal to bring 500
There were a few bunches of stock cat
tle in the yards but the demand was
limited
HOGS Receipts of hogs were quite
liberal again at all points and as a re
sult the tendency of prices continued
downward The market started out 10
15c lower There were some weak
and some strong spots in the market
but still there was no great change
from start to finish and everything was
disposed of by the middle of the fore
noon Trading was active after buyers
and sellers finally got together The
heavy hogs sold largely at 530 and
532 mixed hogs at 532 and 535
and choice lightweights sold from 535
to 540
SHEEP Quotations for grass stock
Good to choice lambs 75C25 rair
to good lambs 525 575 good to
choice yearlings 475 500 fair to
good yearlings 450475 good to
choice wethers 375425 fair to
goad wethers 350 375 good to
choice ewes 350 375 fair to good
ewes 325 350 feeder lambs 250
350 feeder yearlings 250 350 feed
er wethers 250350 feeder ewes
200275
KANSAS CITY
CATTLE Market active firm to
higher choice export and dressed beef
steers 470 505 fair to good 410
420 stockers and feeders 3604G5
Texas and Indian steers 275 500
Texas cows 175300 native cows
150450 nave heifers 250470
winner 100225 bulls 22533
calves 200525
HOGS Market opened 5 10c lower
closed 1015c off top 560 bulk of
sale 540600 heavy 535545
mixed packers 535 545 light 537
560 yorkers 5505C0 pigs 5
42 560
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market active
alid steady native lambs 320 630
western lambs- 300 615 fed ewes
300 490 Texas clipped yearlings 3
25 505 Texas clipped sheep 300
500 stockers and feeders 300400
CEREALS BELOW THE AVERAGE
Corn 17 Points Below Wheat 16 and
Oats 4 Points Above
WASHINGTON Preliminary re
turns to the chief of the bureau of
statistics of the department of agri
culture show the acreage of corn plant
ed to be about 89800000 acres a de
crease of about 4200000 acres or 45
per cent from the area planted last
year as revised in December
The average condition of the grow
ing crop on July 1 was 794 as com
pared with 875 on July 1 1902 813
at the corresponding date in 1901 and
a ten year average of 898
The average condition of winter
wheat ca July 1 was 758 per cent as
compared with 82 per cent last month
77 per cent on July 1 1902 881 per
cent on July 1 190 and a ten year
average of 782 per cent
The average condition on July 1
of spring and winter wneat combined
was SO per cent as compared with 829
per cent on July 1 1902 and 911 per
cent on July 1 1901
The average condition of the oats
crop on July 1 was 843 per cent as
compared with S55 per cent one month
ago 921 per cent on July 1 1902 837
per cent on July 1 1901 and a ten year
average of 878 per cent
Believe War is Imminent
SALONICA European Turkey In
spite of the reassuring official advices
from Constantinople tae belief pre
vails here that war between Turkey
and Bulgaria is imminent Bulgarian
bands in Macedonia are behag organ
ized under officers sent from Sofia
and a large concentration of troops i3
taking place in the hills near Yenidje
though orders have oeen issued to
avoid an immediate conflict with the
Turks
Fred Ames Goes to Prison
ST PAUL Minn The supreme
court formally entered the order sus
taining the verdict or tne lower court
declaring former Superintendent of Po
lice Fred Ames of Minneapolis guilty
of receiving money for protection
Upon the announcement that the su
preme court had reached such an
agreement Ames- was Friday taken
jo the Stillwater penitentiary to be
gin serving his sentence of six and
one half years
DINED
BV k KING
AMERICAN OFFICERS ENTER
TAINED BY EDWARD
THE MEN WHO WERE THERE
Lord Charles Beresford Toasts Presi
dent Roosevelt and Says Some
Pleasant Things The King of Eng
land Also Adds a Good Word
LONDON At the luncheon to the
visiting American officers at the Carl
ton club Thursday Vice Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford read the following
message from the Prince of Wales
I very much regret that an en
gagement will prevent me from being
present Please assure the American
naval officers how sorry that I am un
able to have the pleasure of meeting
them on this occasion
At tho central table Lord Charles
Beresford presided On his right was
seated Rear Admiral Cotton ana on
his left Captain Lambton naval aide
to King Edward Ambassador Choate
Senator Gorman Senator Depow Gen
eral Lord Grenfell the archdeacon of
London Dr Sinclair and Admiral Sir
John Dalrymple sat at the same table
The American officers present were
the same as those who attended the
state ball and among the other guests
were Captain Charles H Stockton the
United States naval attache Consul
General Evans Admiral Sir Henry
Stephenson Admiral Lord Charles
Scott Rear Admiral Sir James Russell
Sir Berkeley Milne commodore of the
royal yachts Lord George Hamilton
Arthur Lee M P Perry Belmont
George T Wilson of New York Hamil
ton McCormick of Chicago and Louis
Hay of Michigan The scene was pic
turesque
In proposing the toast of Tho
King Lord Charles Beresford said it
was particularly easy to do so owing
to recent events in which the king
had been a messenger of peace and
good will toward all nations
The interests of the whole world
favored peace He said the day was
coming when King Edward would be
known as Edward the Peace Maker
The toast was drunk with enthusiasm
and then Lord Charles toasted Pres
ident Roosevelt and asked why the
president was liked in England He
added
We like the man we like the
strong generous man what I may call
the real human man The president
will do his level best to bring the
two great English speaking nations
together in one harmonious whole
which is the same idea King Edwara
had on the occasion of his visit to
the president of France If President
Roosevelt were to come I believe the
enthusiasm would be far greater than
in the case of any reception ever ac
corded any visitor from any country
King Edward emphasized his grati
fication by writing a message to Pres
ident Roosevelt in which he said it
had given him the greatest pleasure
to welcome the American squadron
King Edwards cordiality left a great
impression on the American officers
who left the function confirmed in
the belief of King Edwards desire to
maintain friendly relations with the
United States
Will Protect Indian Lands
WASHINGTON D C Commis
sioner Jones has formulated a new
set of regulations governing the alien
ation and leasing by Indians of lands
allotted them by congress Charges
of land grabbing have reached the In
terior department principally from
the Creek nation The new regula
tions will go into effect as soon as
they are approved by Secretary Hitch
cock who is out of the city It is said
the regulations will provide for the
certification of values by a properly
constituted board which as far as
possible will be free from all im
proper influences
Across Continent in an Auto
SAN FRANCISCO E I Hammond
and L L Whitman both of Pasadena
begun from in front of the city hall
an automobile trip across the conti
nent They bear a message from
Mayor Schmidt to Mayor Low of New
York and expect to deliver it in about
sixty days
Calls Troops Together
WASHINGTON General Bates has
informed the war department that nine
regiments of militia from the middle
states and thirty companies of regular
troops will assemble at West Point
Ken on July 31 for maneuvers and
instruction
Will Extend Harvest Fare
TOPEKA Kan The railroads will
probably grant an extension of the
harvest hand rate of 1 cent a mile
The rate expires on July 10 but State
Agent Gerow of the Free Employment
bureau said he had reason to believe
that a weeks extension would be
given Cloud county which was re
ported to need no men has sent in an
application for 200 and other counties
are beginning to ask for help which
were thought to be safely through
JUST THE OLD ADAM
Its LuYkln In Us AH Saya Uncle Hi
ram and We Want to Watch Out
I suppose said Undo Hiram the
old Adam is lurkin in us all
Once when I was a younger man
going along tho street one day I caw
two boys fighting Now if theres
unything I dont like to see its two
boys out of thoir heads with anger
and tearing and scratching and pound
ing one another with a lot of big
Drutcs standing around and looking on
and enjoying it and so I stops over
to these two boys and tries to separ
ate em
Here says a big feller on the
Sidewalk to me What you tryin to
do there
Tryln to stop em I says
Well you trot along now and
let eevflght says this man stepping
down to the street whero the boys
was and giving mo a little push on
the shoulder and I pushed him back
and he hit out at me and tho next
minuto him- and me was havln It
there in the street in great shape
hammer and tongs and the crowd
wasnt just standing along on the
curb now but surrounding us In a
ring and we goln it biff bang all tho
time
The two boys of course stopped
fightin the minute we got -at it and
the littlest one says to me
Go it Skeeslcks Go it and
seemed to be more delighted over it
all than anybody And we went It all
right to a finish
Did you lick him Uncle Hiram
asked the lusty young nephew to
whom the old gentleman had told thia
story
Weell said Uncle Hiram thats
hardly for mo to say but that fight
taught me one lesson that the old
Adam is lurkin in us all Wo ar all
of us anytime liable to lose our tem
per and we want to be always watch
ing out
A POINT FOR SCIENTISTS
Why the Spontaneous Combustion of
Young Trees
Destruction of trees by spontaneous
combustion seems to be almost im
possible and yet it has occurred fre
quently on the banks of the River
Cam near Cambridge England At
one point in the river the process has
been seen going on Hale and green
willow trees covered with a rich mass
of foliage and in a flourishing
tion on the river banks suddenly
Durst forth into ignition and burn like1
tinder right down to the core
In most of the cases the trees were
little more than striplings so that
putrescence or fermentation can hard
ly be given as a reason for the phen
omenon The big vigorous willow3
poured forth clouds of smoke from
their half burned stems and when the
fire had burned out presented an ap
pearance of charred ruins looking at
if they had been stripped and shat
tered by lightning
It is up to the scientists to explain
away the fact that though a large per
centage of the substance of trees is
water yet these willow trees burned
without aid from other sources
Waiting
What do we know of pain or ruth
In that first ago of living
The immortality of youth
Its transient splendor giving
What do we reck of patience then
Of self with self debating
To stay the Impatient spirit when
It has most need of waiting
Oh lesson hardest to be learned
What must we lose to gain It
The wise discipline has been spurned
Nor cared we to attain it
For life was then a summer song
Our hearts and souls elating
We hurried with the eager throng
And scorned the art of waiting
Xsw wiser grown weve learned to wait
To curb each high endeavor
Weve learned our strength to estimate
When it has gone forever
Weve gained the lore when steps artf
slow
Past youth past love past hating
The wisdom we would fain forego
The peace that comes with waiting
Labor Situation Sized Up
District Attorney Jerome was rather
amused by the manner in which a
tramp who strolled up to the kitchen
door of the Lakeville home last Sun
day morning sized up the labor situa
tion While the wanderer was devour
ing the food set before him he bitter
ly complained about the hard times
But I had imagined that work was
plentiful now ventured Mr Jerome
Oh yes was the reply there is
plenty of work all right but if you
belong to a union you have to be on
strike most of the time and if you
dont belong to a union they wont let
you work anyhow New York Times
Bubonic Deaths
The number of deaths from the bu
bonic plague in India during the first
three nsonths of the present j ear
amount to 331000 The annual mor
tality for the last six years due en
tirely to the pest and not including
deaths from other diseases or from
famine is as follows 1897 56000
189S 118000 1S99 135000 1900 93
000 1901 274000 1902 577000
Hard to Hold
Do be careful with the baby
George
Why Ella
Well some one might take It and
hold it for ransom
Hm it would take a great amount
of ranson to get any one to hold this
baby
Paradoxical
Editor Yes I am a great believer
In preserving the forests I want you
to run in Woodman Spare That
Tree
Assistant Editor But it is too long
for the column
Editor Well chop it down
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