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ELECTRIC FLASHES
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD
DUE TO INTEKSE HEAT
MANY DEATHS THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY
Wavft of Torrid Weather Extends
from Pittsburg to Kansas City and
IVoni Chicago South Mercury Has
Registered Close to 100 Decrees
Many Heat Fatalities
The wave of torrid weather under which
the central states sweltered last week
showed no abatement Sunday From
Pittsburg to Kansis City and from
Chicago south cloudless skies and a blaz
ing sun left a record of prostrations and
deaths which has seldom been equaled for
the early clays of July Through
out the entire district the mercury
registered close to 100 de
grees in the shade during the day and the
number of prostrations ran into the hun
dreds Cincinnati with a maximum tem
perature of OS degrees showed the highest
death rate fourteen deaths resulting out
of a total of fifty prostrations but there
were many fatal cases at other points In
Chicago rhe mercury registered close to 90
for the greater part of the day and there
wore over a score of prostrations Two
men were killed by the heat and several
other cases are critical At Cleveland live
deaths have been re sorted
GOMEZ IS ALL RIGHT
Head of the Cuban Army Is Neither
Dead Nor Wounded
Private advices direct from Maximo
Gomezs general headquarters in western
Camagaey reaching Havana via Placetas
and Saudi Spiritus flatly contradict re
cent Spanish official reports alleging that
the Cuban general in chief was either
wounded or lulled It was Jose Maria
Gomez the Cuban who commands the
Saudi Spiritus division not Maximo
whose horse was killed in an engagement
near Placetas a fortnight ago Lac ret
commanding patriot reinforcements from
the east crossed Weylers central trocha on
the night of June 28 and has since joined
Maximo Gomez north of Arroyo Blanco
en Carrilli recently attacked Mayajigua
Spanish outpost near Remedios and
rblev up he forts looted go eminent
store and burned the town
SpanTards are enraged because the
American authorities released the Daunt
less at ITorida Official newspapers in
Havana demand that Madrid make a
prompt protest and lake energetic steps to
force the American government to punish
violators ot anii filibustering laws make
an apology pay reasonable indemnity
and accept full responsibility for future
Cuban expeditions allowed to leave
American waters
CHICAGO ROAD RACE
Nearly Five Hundred Riders Con
test for the Prizes
The annual road race of the
South Side Cycling Clubs Chicago was
held Monday over the Pullman course the
start being made from the corner of Jack
son Street and Michigan Avenue out
through Washington Park down the his
toric Midway Plaisance through Wash
ington Park thence south to the village of
Pullman The field was the largest that
ever started in a western race nearly all
of the 517 entries starting Carl A Ander
son seven minute man won time 4980
KWMerrill six minutes second Chas
Terryberg six minutes third The time
prize lies between Fred Xeison scratch
and W J Bolstad two minutes Time
4030
CYCLONE AND CLOUDBURST
Two People Hurt and Much Dam
age Done at Barnuin Minn
Dispatches state that a cyclone followed
by a cloudburst passed south ofBarnum
Minn Saturday The Moose River rose
rapidly and inside of five hours the water
was three feet deep in every house on level
ground and Main Street was a raging tor
rent Every bridge in town was washed
away and streets ruined Three houses
were blown away Mrs J Murphy was
seriously and her husband fatally injured
The village has asked the government for
aid The St Paul and Duluth lost a num
ber of bridges and several miles of track
Great quantities of logs were washed
away
Play a Neat Trick on the Mob
Has Brown the negro who it was an
nounced was lynched near Yilla Ridge
Mo Saturday night is alive After cap
turing him the men took him into the
woods supposedly to lynch him Instead
they turned the negro over to the deputy
sheriffs and returning to town gave out
the lynching story This allayed the ex
citement and prevented the formation of a
mob In the meantime the negro was
kept hidden At midnight he was taken
quietly to Union the county seat and
placed in jail to await trial
Wealthy Man Suicides
Hardin Parish 60 years old who arrived
in Saratoga N Y from New York city
last Thursday was found dead in his bed
room Monday morning He had com
mitted suicide with a revolver Mr Par
ish ha- for many years lived in Indianap
olis and is said to have been one of the
wealthiest men of that city
Stabhed for n Bunch of I5nmis
In a quarrel over a bunch of banana
John Shank a prominent resilient of South
Bend hid was twice stabbed by Charies
h i believed
Lennox a well known citizen
lieved the wounds will not prove laiai
Lennox is in jail to awaii the result of Ihc
wounds
Explosion in Chicago
Fireworks and gasoline were combinei
in an explosion which blew out the frmt
of -the building at otilS Jefferson Avenue
Chicago Sunday night Four persons
were badly injured
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PARDON FOR THE YOUNGERS
Efforts to Secure Freedom for the
Famous Outlaws
The effort to secure the pardon of the
Younger boys for the part they took in the
famous Northfield raid of a score of years
ago made by the James gang has taken
such shape that it is to be formally brought
before the Minnesota state board of par
dons at its meeting on July 12 Cole and
Jim Younger have served twenty one
years in the penitentiary at Stillwater a
period as long as the average life sentence
and powerful influence in their behalf is
to be exerted Cole is T6 and Jim is 49 In
anticipation of the effort for a pardon Cole
lias decided to break his silence and re
serve on the subject of the raid steadily
maintained ever since his capture and
will make a statement before the board
He will disclose the part he and Jim played
in the raid and atlempt to show that the
blood of Cashier lleywood is not on his
hands
Their friends seem to be legion and very
influential The petition is signed by
nearly all the members of congress from
Missouri senators and ex senators the
legislature of that state almost to a man
judges of the supreme court governor
and ex governors and a host of prominent
citizens throughout the state having no
affiliation with politics More than that
leading residents of Missouri have de
clared their willingness to sign a bond to
the amount of a million dollars if neces
sary guaranteeing that the Youngers will
conduct themselves as honest men and
good citizens during the balance of their
lives -
SHERMAN TO SALISBURY
Sharp Note Said to Have Been Sent
on the Seal Question
The Washington correspondent of a
Chicago daily asserts that official corre
spondence is about to be submitted to con
gress which includes a dispatch sent by
Secretary Sherman to Ambassador Hay
dated May 10 for submission to Lord
Salisbury insinuating that England has
been guilty of bad faith in carrying ou
the terms of the Paris seal award The
correspondent says
There is no doubt that the publication
of this dispatch will cause resentment in
England It was really the work of Mr
Foster and Mr Hamlin jointly I learn
that the administration -is very proud of
the dispatch and believe that it will be re
ceived in the United Slates with the same
popular approval as greeted Mr Olneys
Venezuela dispatch Lord Salisbury has
not yet replied
RENOUNCES THE WORLD
Beautiful California Heiress to Be
come i Sister of Mercy
Miss Katherine Mosher of San Fran
cisco has entered her novitiate as a mem
ber of the Order of Sisters of Mercy of the
Roman Catholic Church The young lady
who thus renounces the world is but 26
years of age and is handsome accom
plished travoloil and an heiress Her
father is Leo Mosher owner of large
property interests in St Louis and worth
1000000 Katherine is the only child
Her father was strongly opposed to the
action of his daughter She was formerly
a society bell of St Louis and a graduate
of Loretlo Academy She has devoted
large sums to charity in the past Bishop
Montgomery of Los Angeles performed
the ceremony
JUMPS TO DEATH
A Young Englishman Leaps from
Brooklyn Bridge
Capl K C Keeble aged 52 an English
man by birth and formerly a sergeant in
Coxeys army eluded the vigilance of the
police and jumped from the Brooklyn X
Y bridge Sunday He leaped feet fore
most his body making two complete revo
lutions before it reached the water 140
feet below He struck with a splash dis
appearing and was not seen afterward
Keeble took the fatal leap in a sweater
with the arms cut off drawers reaching
only to the knees and a pair of high laced
shoes He was the twenty third man to
make the foolhardy experiment of jump
ing from the bridge
BREAKS PACKING RECORD
Kansas City Has Killed Over 1500
OOO Hogs Since January 1
Kansas City packers have broken all
Tecords in the first half of ISA This is
the record for six months ending June SO
nogs killed 1535000 cattle killed 412000
sheep killed 470000 These figures indicate
an increased slaughter of 857000 hogs 43
000 cattle and 100000 sheep over the first
half of lSOti This enlargement of the
packing business is said by packers and
live stock men to be the result of the in
creased supply of live stock in Kansas
City territory The extensions of trade
receipts in stock at the Kansas City yards
for the month of June were record break
ers all around
Monument to Brigham Young
The corner stone of the proposed monu
ment in honor of Brigham Young and the
pioneers to be erected at the intersection
of Main and South Temple streets Salt
Lake City Utah was laid with appropri
ate ceremonies The oration was by A D
Richards with remarks by Gov Wells and
Mayor Glendenning President Wood
ruff deposited the leaden box with a copy
of the oration and other souvenirs and the
stone was laid by the Hon Brigham
Young
Suicide Is Kept Secret for a Time
Alvin Dillaway son of President C O
Dillaway of the Mechanics National Bank
of Boston committed suicide Friday by
poison The family kept the fact a secret
all day In competitive examination young
Dillaway secured an appointment to West
Point but was expelled for a breach of
rules before his course was completed
Fatal Boiler Explosion
Three boilers at the salt works of Beck
Co at Allegheny Pa exploded Mon
day morning Two were killed and one
badly injured The dead are Andy Pien
ger and George Krouse The plant was
wrecked and set on fire
Nothing will upbraid you like unused
faculties
MI NEKS STRIKE IS ON
ITS SUCCESS DEPENDS ON THE
PITTSBURG DISTRICT
News of the Annexation Treaty Re
ceived with Great Joy in Hawaii
Prominent A P A Weds a Roman
Catholic in Ohio
Miners on a Strike
A dispatch from Pittsburg Pa July 5
says The success of the struggle for
higher wages in five states depends on the
miners in the Pittsburg district If they
fail to refrain from working the movement
will be a failure Fully 100 mines were
represented at the miners convention on
Saturday by seventy live delegates This
is a larger attendance than at any conven
tion since the great strike of 1894 The
resolution adopted was strong enough for
emergency A resolution was also adopted
requesting Gov Hastings to sign the
weighing and coal commission bills which
passed the legislature and are now before
him
6ne of the significant points about the
convention Saturday was the fact that no
representatives were present from the
mines where ironclad contracts and signed
agreements exist
A strong effort is being made to get the
co operation of the river miners in the
coming fight The operators are making
no efforts to conciliate the miners Not an
operator can be found who will not say
that the miners are entitled to what they
demand 09 cents a ton No effort will be
made to operate the mines unless it should
be the river mines hence no trouble is an
ticipated
The officials of the United Mine Work
ers of the Pittsburg district held a meet
ing Sunday and heard reports from various
parts of the district Each of these indi
cated that the men would quit work The
question or securing sustenance for the
vast army of idle men is the most serious
question confronting the officials The
organization has no money in its treasury
The miners have been unable to save any
thing and only those who have little gar
den patches will be able to live independ
ently during the cessation of work
A P A WEDS A CATHOLIC
Member of the Ohio Inner Circle
Astonishes His Brethren
Monday evening a wedding took place
at Toledo Ohio that caused a genuine
sensation in A P A circles The con
tracting parties were Joseph D Batch
charter member of Council No 2 A P A
and of the order of Zondiacs commonly
called the Inner Circle present state
secretary of the A P A order and Miss j
Tessa Cracknel a pronounced and devout
Roman Catholic Rev Father Barry of
the Church of the Good Shepard performed
the ceremony The groom says he will
resign his position as state secretary of the
A P A and will withdraw from the local
council
REJOICING IN HAWAII
News of the Annexation Treaty Re-
ceived with Joy
At the time the steamer Warrimoo left
Honolulu the Hawaiian capital had only
received news that the United States an
nexation treaty had been sent to the sen
ate The Honolulu Bulletin in comment
ing editorially on the matter says that the
republican senators have forced the an
nexation issue as the only means to de
feat the rapacious schemes of the sugar
trust The very idea of annexation how
ever caused a great celebration among the
people a good many of whom summed up
the situation as being one for America or
Japan to grasp
Girl Says She AVas Hypnotized
Miss Katie Burridge whose sensational
and clandestine marriage to Thomas R
Milliken while both the young people
were visiting at Crawfordsville Ind last
Tuesday caused a great stir in Hamilton
Ohio has made a most sensational and
startling statement She says that young
Milliken possesses strong hypnotic power
over her and that she has no recollection
of the marriage ceremony beyond a dim
impression of ascending the court house
steps at Crawfordsville and affixing her
signature to some document She says
she will never live with him and that she
didnt want to marry him
Has 242 Living Descendants
Mary Baker the oldest person in Cass
County Illinois- has celebrated her flTth
birthday Her health is good and she en
joys the use of her faculties to a remark
able extent Her descendants number six
children fifty nine grandchildren 160
great grandchildren and twenty seven
great-great-grandchildren or a total of
242 living children She hopes to reach
the hundredth milestone
Mullan to Be Dismissed
Dismissal from the naval service is the
penalty imposed by the court which re
cently tried Commander Dennis W Mul
lan He was charged with neglect of duty
while in command of the Pensacola navy
yard He is best known in connection with
the Samoan disaster at which time he was
in command of the third rate United States
steamship Nipsic
Hard on Montanans
The law prohibiting gambling in Mon
tana which went into effect July 1 is
being universally observed The law
even prohibits the shaking of dice for
drinks and according to the attorney
generals construction match playing
cards for prizes in social gatherings is un
lawful
Snow in Colorado
The Fourth of July season was appro
priately inaugurated in Leadville Colo
Sunday morning by a severe snowstorm
At 215 am heavy snow began falling
and the ground was covered to the depth of
an inch Snow also fell at Gunnison
Teluride and Creede
Weekly Bank Statement
The New York weekly bank statement
shows a reserve decrease of 7S54000 The
banks now hold 41333000 in excess of the
legal requirements
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NEW EVIDENCE IN GOULD CASE
Woman Will Testify that Jay Did
Not Marry Sarah Ann Angell
A new phase in the suit for dower
against the Jay Gould estate entered by
Sarah Ann Angell who claimed to be the
millionaires widow was brought to light
the other day in New York The suit
hinges on proof of the marriage to Jay
Gould which it is alleged took place in
April 1853 Miss Angell says there was a
son born of this union Joseph Wilcox a
lawyer who has been retained by the
Gould estate has discovered a woman who
knows something of Jay Goulds early life
She is expected to testify at the hearing
set down for September that the alleged
marriage to Miss Angell never took place
This witness for the defense is
Elizabeth Choate 7S years old now
staying with James Pick a son by
her former husband GHJ Newark Avenue
Jersey City She is said to be the only
witness so far secured who can testify in
rebuttal She is the only former resident
of Roxbury Delaware County who knows
anything of Jay Goulds former life
While in Roxbury Mrs Choate was a
school teacher then unmarried ner name
was Redwick Young Jay at that time
lived with an uncle in Jtoxbury and at
tended Mrs Clioates school She says she
knew him well and saw him almost every
day from his 5th to his 17th year
Mrs Choate is confident that up to his
25th year Jay Gould was unmarried The
marriage she says would hardly have
been kept secret becaxise of lay Goulds
well known trait of truthfulness
GUNS MADE OF SOLID STEEL
Test Soon to Be Made at Govern
ment Expense
A unique weapon of modern warfare is
to be turned out in Cleveland Ohio It is
the first solid steel breechloading gun ever
made for the United States government
and will be manufactured by the Otis
Steel Company The gun will be of 8 inch
bore 23 feet long and weighs 25 tons
Guns have heretofore been made in sec
tions
This new process of manufacture in a
single casting is the invention of the
famous Dr Gatling He secured a govern
ment appropriation of 40000 for the man
ufacture of a test gun and awarded the
contract to the Otis people
The government is going to buy 1200
new mortars at a cost of S500000 and
they may be built in Cleveland if the test
is a success
To Kidnap a Cattle King
S W Widdle of Bakersfield Cal gen
eral superintendent for Cattle King
Henry Miller is authority for the state
ment that three ranch hands conspired to
kidnap Miller on one of his periodical
visits to the ranch and after compelling
him to sign a check for 23000 hold him
while one of the trio cashed it They in
tended to escape into Mexico with their
plunder This plot was to have been car
ried into effect last week when Miller
visited the ranch but as Widdle accom
panied him unexpectedly the kidnappers
decided to wait for a more favorable op
portunity
Linton Defeats Stocks
Twenty thousand spectators witnessed
the splendid race between Tom Linton
and J W Stocks the bicyclists at the
Yelodromc de la Dere Paris Sunday
The distance was fifty kilometres about
thirty one miles Linton won by half a
lap in 0124 3 5
New Orleans Bankers Sent Up
Ex President Henry Gardes and ex
Cashier Waller W Girault were each
sentenced at New Orleans Saturday to
eight years in the federal penitentiary
They were recently convicted of wrecking
the American National Bank
Charles R Fleischman Pardoned
President McKinley has pardoned Chas
II Fleischman sentenced in Illinois to
five years imprisonment in the Milwaukee
House of Correction on DecS last for em
bezzling the funds of the National Bank of
Illinois at Chicago
Ex Gov John Evans Dead
John Evans one of the foremost citizens
of Denver Colo since 1SB2 when he was
appointed governor of the territory of Col
orado by President Lincoln died at 430
Saturday afternoon He was S3 years old
last March
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicajro Cattle common to prime
350 to 525 hogs shipping grades
3U0 to 375 sheep fair to choice 2UU
to 400 wheat No 2 red 00c to 70c
corn No 2 24c to 25c oats No 2 17c
to ISc rye No 2 33c to 35c butter
choice creamery 14c to 15c eggs fresh
8c to Oc new potatoes feOc to 00c per
bushel broom corn common growth to
choice green hurl 25 to 70 per tou
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
500 hogs choice light 300 to 3 75
sheep common to choice 300 to 375
wheat No 2 74c to 70c corn No 2
white 26c to 2Sc oats No 2 white 20c
to 22c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 300 to 4 00
wheat No 2 75c to 70c corn No 2
yellow 22c to 23c oals No 2 white 17c
to 19c rye No 2 31c to 33c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 375
wheat No 2 78c to SOc corn No 2
mixed 2Gc to 27c oats No 2 mixed 21c
to 22c rye No 2 33c to 35c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 400
wheat No 2 70c to 78c corn No 2
yellow 2Gc to 2Sc oats No 2 white 22c
to 23c rye 35c to 3Gc
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 78c to 80c
corn No 2 mixed 25c to 20c oats No
2 white 18c to 20c rye No 2 34c to 35c
clover seed 420 to 425
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 71c
j to 72c corn 6 s c to ouuj jw
2 white 21c to 23c barley No 2 66c to
37c rw No 1 35c to 30c pork mess
750 to S00
Buffalo Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 4o0
wheat No 2 red 82c to 84c corn No j
yellow 28c to 30c oats No 2 white 2 b
to 26c
New Yoik Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
330 to 450 shepp 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 75c to 77c corn No 2
2Sc to 30c oats No 2 white 21c to 23c
bner creameiy lie to 10c eggs West
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W0KK OF CONGRESS
THE WEEKS DOINGS IN SENATE
AND HOUSE
A Comprehensive Digest of the Pro
ceedings in the Legislative Cham
bers at Washington Mattero tha
Concern the People
Lawmalcerh at Labor
The Senate Friday completed the wool
schedule the silk schedule and the tobacco
schedule of the tariff bill and with this
accomplished the tariff leaders had the
satisfaction of knowing that all the sched
ules of the bill and the free list had been
gone over once There now remains only
to go through the bill a second time pass
ing on the items passed over These are
very numerous and important including
hides gloves coal tea and beer After
that the internal revenue features of the
bill will be all that remains Progress
was rapid although every paragraph re
lating to carpets was stubbornly con
tested
An abrupt and startling halt in the tar
iff debate occurred in the Senate at 230
oclock Saturday when in the midst oZ
a passionate speech Sen tor Pettigrew
silver Republican of South Dikota was
stricken with paralysis of the vocal cord
which brought his vehement speech to a
close with a sentence half uttered The
Senator was not physically incapacitated
except in the sudden loss of the power of
speech On motion of Mr Piatt of Con
necticut of the Finance Committee fuller
earth wrought or manufactured was add
ed to paragraph 38 at 3 a ton This pre
cipitated a lively controversy between
Mr Piatt and Mr Pettigrew silver Re
publican of South Dakota which came
to an impressive climax when Mr Petti
grew was overcome in the midst of a
vehement speech The debate proceed
ed but no further progress on the tari1
bill was made and the awe like feeling
occasioned by this incident led to an ad
jourimient at 3 oclock
The Senate made good progress on tin
tariff bill Monday disposing of the para
graphs relating to hides which have been
the source of much controversy As final
ly agreed on the duty on hides is placed at
20 per cent ad valorem in place of 1-
cents per pound as originally reported bj
the Finance Committee The discussion
drifted into a general debate on trusts
and from that back to the sugar trust
Mr Smith of New Jersey spoke against
the duty on hides while Mr Allen ol
Nebraska supported the duty The new
paragraph was agreed to 31 20 one
Democrat Rawlins of Ltah and sovera
Populists and silver Republicans voting
with the Republicans in the ailirmative
Among other paragraphs disposed of were
all those lelating to gloves a substitute
for the paragraph on live animals iron
ore and stained glass windows The res
olution authorizing the President to in
vite foreign governments to participate
in the trans Mississippi exposition at Om
aha was agreed to soon after the Senate
opened
Several hundred pension bills were re
ported to the Senate Tuesday as the re
sult of the first meeting of the Pension
Committee since the precnt Congress
assembled Three general pension bill-
were included two of them amending the
law or JWJuT rr
proof in pension cases The tariff bill
was then taken up and the paragraph
ISO relating to watch movements clocks
etc perfected by striking our the clause
on watches and on jewels for making
watches and confining the paragraph to
those articles not made of china or porr
celains Pineapples were changed to 7
cents per cubic foot in barrels and pack
ages and 7 per thousand in bulk The
committee rates on lead ore 1 cents a
pound were agreed to 30 to 23 Messrs
Ileitfeld Mantle and Teller voted with
the Republicans in the ailirmative and
Mr Allen with the Democrats in the
negative
As a result of the rapid work on the
tariff oill Wednesday the t Inxe of the long
debate in the Senate and the final vote
on the bill is felt to b very near at hand
Two of the most important provision
those relatinir to the Hawaiian treaty
of reciprocity and the duty on coal were
perfected while another source of much
conflict the reciprocity section was ma
tured by the Finance Committee and pre
sonted to the Senate Aside from tiles--larger
items a great many minor one
which have caused more or less conflict
were disposed of The Hawaiian provis
ion of the House bill was restored aftet
brief debate and without the formality
of a ite This has the effect of leav
ing the Hawaiian treaty of reciprocity in
full force and effect During the day Mr
Turpie of Indiana spoke in support of thf
amendment for a 2 per cent tax on inher
itaiice His speech was notable for thf
picturesque metaphor and the virulence
of his denunciation of the pending bill
Decorticating Machine
The principal obstacle to the success
ful production of jute in the Southern
States is the expanse of decortication
but if the machine recently patentee
by a French resident of Cuba shall ac
complish what is claimed for it th
problem is solved and this country ma
profit by the introduction ot anothet
great industry The fiber to be decorti
cated is of course carried by an end
less apron to the rolls which act as
crushers and which may be adjnsteo
at any desired distance apart by guide
plates which also support the libez
while it is being decorticated by a
series of rotary brushes which are
cleansed when necessary by combs cor
nected Avith the machine
Lamps
A lamp said to be the largest in the
tvoiid has been invented by a Belgian
It is six feet in height and three fee
ten inches in diameter Lard oil
burnt in it and so strong- is its light
that it is possible to read at a distance
of G00 feet away from it This Great
Eastern of lamps is composed of 300
pieces
Strange Worship
In Loudon is a sect which keeps up
the worship of the Greek divinities
keeping alive all the rituals with which
the numerous Olympian hierarchy was
of old wont to be invoked and propi
tiated At the same time there is a
small select order in Paris which wor
ships the devil erecting shrines to the
arcii enemy and altars lit with his own
fire The balance sheets of both socie
ties show that they are in a prosperous
condition
LEAGUE OF REPUBLICAN CLUES
Tramps Leg Crushed
A tramp giving his name a3 Ernest
Robinson while attempting to cross be
tween the cars at Chappell had his foot
caught between the bumpers It was nec
cessary to amputate the leg above the
ankhe
Heart Fails at Touch of the Knife
A young man named Warner about 25
years old living between Curtio and May
wood attempted to commit suicide He
used a knife on his throat but his hearl
and purpose failed him and he still lives-
Woman Killed by Lightning
During a thunderstorm a bolt of light
ning entered by the window of the farm
house of Henry Rohrs living near Hum
boldt killing his wife instantly A child
she held in her arms remained uninjured
Nebraska Short Notes
The Battle Greek creamery shipped 5000
j pounds of butter to New York last week
There is a great demand for hands among
the alfalfa grewers at present There will
be no occasion for idle men in Logan
County until the alfalfa is in the stack
The hemp mill at North Bend is tempo
rarily shut down owing to the burning c
the boiler house and damage to the boiler
A man named Lichtenberg near Cedar
31uffs had a small lake which he had well
tocked with fish but some parties oame
si the night time and seined about all the
3sh out
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Annual Convention Held at Omaha
June 29
The State League of Republican Clubs
held its annual convention atEoyd3 Thea
ter Omaha June 29 The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year Pres
ident Charles E Winter of Omaha vice
president Brad Slaughter of Lincoln
iecretary Ed J Mock of Alma treasurer
P 1 Hall of Saunders County
Phil E Winter read the report of the
ommittee on resolutions It declared the
letermination to keep up the light for
sound money and a protective tariff until
Nebraska was brought back into the Re
publican column eulogized the adminis
tration of President McKinloy compli
mented Senator Thurston and Congress
men Mercer and Strode declared for equal
punishment of great and small offenders
ind stringent accountability for every
public trust It denounced the action of
rhe fusion legislature in unseating the
members from Douglas County and for
mdeavoring to seat two judges by fraud
ft closed with an instruction binding the
delegates to the national convention to
tse their best efforts to bring the lSfS con
rentipn to Omaha The report was
idopted
The following persons were elected del
egates at large to represent the state at the
national convention in Detroit First dis
rict E P Brown of Lincoln Second dis
rict Chas J Greene of Omaha Third
jistrict J M Shivaley of Fremont
Fourth district W II Edgar of Beatrice
Fifth district M A Ilartigan of Hastings
5ixth district L A Dorrington of Chad
on
The list of district delegates is as fo4
ows
First District E- F Warren of Otoe
Vuinty A J Cornish of Lancaster A J
Wright of Johnson A C Wright of Cass
Second District E J Cornish W F
friirley and James Walsh of Douglas W
J Cook of Washington
Third District L II Reynolds of Mer
rick D A Wiltse of Thurston Frank
Nelson of Knox Fred Sonneschein of
Cuming
Fourth District Frank J Sadilek of
Saline E II Ilenshaw of Jefferson L E
Ost of Seward J B Conaway of York
Fifth District S A Searle of Nuckolls
F P Cowee of Hall M C King of Clay
John J Lambertson of Bed Willow
Sixth District R II Jenness of Holt
Henry Gibbons of Buffalo C F Sche
wause of Lincoln E B Penney of Daw
son
NORTH NEBRASKA VETERANS
Soldiers and Sailors Reunion to Bo
Held at Bordeaux in July
The eleventh annual reunion of the
soldiers and sailors of northwestern Ne
braska will be held at Bordeaux a
small station east of Chadron on the
11th 12th 18th and 11th of July The
camping grounds are among the best
in the state and S C Furgeson adju
tant and W E Pease commander expect
it to exceed in both attendance and gen
eral enjoyment anyof the former very suc
cessful reunions held by this association
Department Commander John A Ehrardt
and Adjutant General P H Barry will be
in attendance as well as several state
officers
Tests His New Balloon
Prof William Winteringer of IJarting
ft7i ucpououm in a balloon
constructed by himself last week There 4
was a nerfect calm and the hnlloon heitfP
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well filled when cut loose from its moor
ings shot far into the heavens After sail
ing for a quarter of a mile the professor
cut loose his parachute making a beauti
ful drop from the clouds
Badly Hurt in xx Runaway
Mrs T J Chopin living eight miles
north of North Bend in company withbsr
two sons was driving to a neighbors wfielr
the horse took fright at some object
throwing them out of the buggy Mrs
Chopin had the scalp torn from herhead
The oldest boy was so dazed that Bo
wandered all night in a corn field befdre
being found
Paying Money to the Depositors
Thomas Murtey receiver of the Com
mercial Bank at Weepjng Water has ap
plied for an order from the district judge
to pay another dividend amounting to j6
per cent This will make a total of 70 per
cent tho bank has paid The depositors
believe they will receive nearly all of thelp
money on tinal settlement
High Water Takes Out a Mill Dam
During a severe electrical storm a cloutl
burst raised the South Loup River abouC
five miles above Callaway washing awayj
bridges tearing out banks and almost
completely sweeping tiway the big mill
dam at Callaway The rainfall is reported
as high as five inches in some localities
Hats arc Troublesome in Pender
People of Pender are complaining of the
destruction of their gardens even to the
preying upon young pips and chickens by
rats Those who are authority say that
the specie is native of Europe called tfie
wharf rat and not of the indigenous
kind
Volunteers Active at Columbus
The American Volunteers and Salvation
Army are holding meetings at Columbus
nightly Capt and Mrs McDonald hay
charge of the work of the Volunteers and
their meetings are always crowded Many
converts are being made
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