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OCCURR E N C E 8THEREIN
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FIND POWERS GUILTY
EX SECRETARY OF KENTUCKY
CONVICTRD OF CRIME
Jurys Verdict Was Unanimous
Must Spend the Balance of His
Days Behind Prison Bars Will
Seek a New Trial
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Georgetown Kyjf We the jury find
the defendant guilty and fix his punish
ment at confinement in the penitentiary
for the rest of his natural life
This was the wording of the verdict in
the case of ex Secretary of State Caleb
Powers charged with being an accessory
before the fact to the murder of William
Goebel The vote in favor of a life sen
ieneewas unanimous
Wben the verdict of guilty was returned
Powers for the first time during the weary
ix weeks of the trial betrayed his feelings
Under all of the trying incidents of the
trial he had -maintained a changeless ex
pression the same -whether things
were going favqrably or against
Jiim The verdict of guilty
however apparently staggered him
Have you made a verdict gentlemen
We have the jurors answered and at
the same time Mr Stone the foreman
passed the verdict up to the clerk who
read it aloud Powers always pale grew
ghastly as the verdict was readandhis face
betokened great mental angui3h
This was only for a few seconds how
ever and then regaining his composure
lie turned to the Misses Dangerfield who
had been in conversation with him and
said
VI was not expecting that The verdict
isunjost
- There was no sort of demonstration fol
lowing the verdict and the vast crowd
filed out of the court house almost in
silence Powers remained vin the court
room for some time after the verdict was
rendered in conference with his attorneys
who will at oncoinove for a new trial and
failing in that will take an appeal
SERIOUS FIRE lN INDIANA
Great Ax Factory at Alexandria Is
Totally Destroyed
Alexandria Ind The entire- plant of
the Kelly Ax Manufacturing Company
valued at S00000 was destroyed by fire
Sunday evening It was the largest ax
factory in the world employing between
SOO and 1000 men when running at full
forcefTiie plant was well insured The
- i acfory was located nortli of the city out
side of the corporation and the fire depart
ment could not render any assistance The
fire cut off the water supply of the factory
and left no means of fighting the flames
The fire started in the grinding depart
ment of the ax factory A strong wind
carried the flames to the pump house and
doomed the entire works to destruction
In a short time the whole plant covering
ten acres was reduced to ashes It was
the only plant not in the trusts
The insurance on the plant is thought to
be about 150000 Just how the fire started
is unknown but it is thought to have orig
inated from an overheated boiler When
first discovered by the watchman the wood
work between the boilers and grinding
srooin was ablaze The plant was thoi
oughly equipped with an automaticsprink
ler but owing to the steam in the boilers
being so low it would not work Many of
the employes of the establishment live
Iwithin a short distance of it and every
ieffort was made to extinguish the blaze
without success and the plant was de
stroyed within a short time
ANOTHER BRIDGE DISASTER
Second Accident of the Kind at tht
Paris Exposition
Paris Another serious accident has
happened at the exposition Two persons
a fencing master and a woman whose
identity has not yet been established were
killed and a crowd of thirty people were
precipitated from a bridge to the roadway
below Most of the victims were women
Theirinjuries consist of wounds upon the
head and face broken arms and ribs and
internal injuries
The accident occurred at 11 oclock Sat
urday night on a wooden bridge joining
the Invalides to the Italian pavilion
It was rumored at first that the bridge
had fallen but it was found that this was
not absolutely correct as only the hand
rail on one side had given way Just be
fore 11 oclock some one passing over from
the direction of the Champs de Maes
shouted It cracks and although there
was no justification for the cry it was re
peated by the crowd causing a terrible
crush and panic At a certain point on
the Invalides side the bridge curves around
somewhat and it was here that the hand
ixail gave way for a distance of ten to fif
teen yards and the crowd of people fell
headlong to the road below
s rj New Yorks Population
Washington The population of Greater
New York as indicated by the count just
completed at the census office is 3437202
This includes the population of the bor
oughs of Mahattan and Bronx previously
announced and those of Brooklyn Rich
mond and Queens An approximate esti
mate of the increase since 1S90 shows it
- has been 37 9 10 per cent
Window Glass Goes Up
- -Niagara Falls N Y The window
jlass manufacturers of the United States
and the Plate Glass Jobbers Association
met here It was decided to advance tiie
price of plate glass and window glass 10
per cent
Receiver for Loan Association
Topeka Jvan Samuel How was ap
pointed receiver for theMutual Building
and Loan Association vbich was recently
s pronounceabyCoinmissioner Breidenthal
f K ho be in aifaHing conditio
VETERANS DO NOT AGREE
Confederates Object io Gordon At
tending G A R Reunion
New Orleans The Confederate Associa
tion of the Army of the Tennessee which
ncludes a large majority of the confed
erate veterans in New Orleans has pro
tested against Gen J B Gordon com
manding the United Confederate Teterans
attending the Grand Array of the Kepub
lic encampment at Chicago The follow
ing resolution introduced by Gen Chala
ron president of the association was
unanimously adopted
In view of the recent occurrences at
Atlanta and the utterance there of the
commander of the Grand Array of the Re
public this association deprecates and ob
jects to all so called reunions of the blue
and gray and protest against Gen J B
Gordon accepting an invitation to be pres
ent at the reunion of the Grand Army of
the Republic in his capacity of commander
of the United Confederate Yecerans
WOULD KILL MKINLEY
Two Alleged Anarchists from Italy
Intercepted in New YOrk
Washington Chief Wilkie of the United
States secret service stated that Iwo Ital
ians Natabe Maresca and Michil Guida
had been detained at quarantine New
York harbor by his orders Their de
portation to Naples Italy will be recom
mended to the secretary of the treasury
On Aug 1 this government was advised
from Naples that Maresca an anarchist
was about to leave for the United States
and that he might attempt to kill the pres
ident An investigation was made and
while it could not bo determined that Ma
resca was an anarchist it was developed
that he was a convict
Guidas antecedents are being investi
gated
SCORES BRITISH OFFICERS
Wolseley Creates Sensation at Ma
neuvers at Aldershot
London Yiscount Wolseley field mar
shal and commander in chief of the British
army delivered according to the Daily
Mail the most scathing condemnation
ever heard at Aldershot after wit
nessing Thursdays maneuvers He de
clared that the 30000men who participated
were utterly unfit to send abroad being
badly led and badly taught Many dis
tinguished officers listened to these re
marks among them Gen Montgomery
Moore formerly in command in Canada
but now commanding at Aldershot
ILLINOIS TOWN SCORCHED
Incendiary Fire Destroyed 50000
Worth of -Property
Peoria 111 Smithfield a town of 1500
inhabitants forty three miles west of- here
was visited by a disastrous fire which
threatened for a time to destroy the plaqe
IAs it was dozens of buildings were burned
The loss is estimated at 57500 The fire
was of incendiary origin A match had
been applied by men who afterwards tried
to rob the houses of villagers They were
discoverd in two or three houses but
managed to escape before they could bo
captured
STEYN REPORTED DEAD
Said to Have Expired AVhile Trying
to Reach Krnger
London Former President Steyn ac
cording to a dispatch to the Daily Mail
from Lorenzo Marquez dated the 17th inst
is reported to have died while endeavoring
to reach Mr Kruger as the result of a se
vere wound
A British correspondent recently released
from captivity at Nooitgedacht asserts pos-
itively that Mr Kruger wishes peace but
that the fighting commandants insist upon
continuing the war and would prevent
his flight bv force if necessary
I
STILL CHASING DEWET
Kitchener and Olhcr British Gen
erals in Hot Pursuit
Krugersdorp DeWet has crossed the
Krugersdorp Poteh Efstrom Railway and
is making to the north in order to join
Commandant Delarey who is holding
Rustenburg Kitchener and other gen
erals are pursuing him and pressing him
hard His force is reported to be at Yent
ersdorp
Hard Blow to Poor Miners
Seattle Wash A decision just deliv
ered by United States Commissioner Stev
ens holds that the sixty foot loadway
along the shore of Bering Sea does not ex
ist and that if it ever did exist it was done
away with by section 20 of the new Alaska
code adopted by congress last June The
effect of the decision is to give to several
large corporations land which has been
workeu by poor miners
Omaha Man Under Arrest
Sacramento Cal Robert B Hull of
South Omaha was arrested in this city last
Friday upon arrival of the train from the
east Hall is accused of having stolen
large sums from firms for which he bad
acted as collector He admits having taken
the money and says he fled from Omaha
to Cheyenne where he started to enlist in
the army
One Killed and Three Hurt
Chicago One man lost his life and
three were injured in a fu e which destroyed
the building at 154 to 169 Desplaines Street
The dead man is Edward Gray burned
while asleep The building was occupied
by the Independent Paper Stock Com
pany Loss 25000
Cannon Shoot Fourteen Miles
Berlin Herr Krupp will begin practice
this week with cannon shooting fourteen
miles
Ueclcham Calls Extra Session
Frankfort Ky Gov Beckham has is
sued a j roclamation convening the general
assembly in an extra session on Tuesday
Aug 2S 1900 The only question to be
considered is modification of tlie amend
ment to the Goebel election law
Creditors Will Be PaidL fti Full
New York Thecreditorsof D Appie
ton Co the publishers will be paid 100
cents on the dollar This statement 1s on
the authority of James G Cannon chair
man of the reorganization committees
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Old Veterans Hold State Encamp
ment at Iiincoln Camp Named in
Honor of Gallant Officer Who Gave
His Life in the Philippines
With due formality the camp of the
Grand Army of the Republic at Lincoln on
Aug 13 was christened Camp Lawton in
honor of the gallant officer who gave up
his life in the Philippine Islands An as
semblage as large as any that ever at
tended the opening exercises of aNebraska
reuuion witnessed the ceremony which
was the single important event of the day
In connection with the christening the
officers of the state department assumed
possession and control of the camp and
were presented with a large silk flag by
the local reunion committee
The veterans assembled in the large
tabernacle tent for the opening meet
ihg which was scheduled for 2 oclock
At the appointed Jime the local committee
Commander Reese and other officers of the
department ascended to the platform
Col Pace on behalf of the local committee
called the meeting to order and announced
that the state officials had failed to
put in an appearance Col J H McClay
welcomed the veterans in the absence of
the governor and lieutenant governor and
Commander Reese responded
The old veterans put in the time attend
ing the business sessions campfires and
such other entertainment as had been pro
vided the balance of the week and all
went home vowing that it was one of the
best encampments in the history of the
order in Nebraska
WAS A SEVERE STORM
Much Damage Done by Disturbance
of 14th Inst
A hailstorm several miles wide visited
Chadron on the 14th beating vegetables
into the earth and stripping trees and berry
bushes of their foliage destroying flower
gardens and breaking nearly all the win
dows on the north side of buildings Hail
stones as large as liens eggs fell and the
ground was covered with ice A funeral
procession was caught in the storm but
shelter was found before da age was
done Stock was stampeded and run into
the fences
An immense amount of water fell at
Neligh damaging the pumping and elec
tric plants to the amount of 500
The terrific windstorm which passed
over Lincoln on the 14th inst blew down
the big pavilion on the Grand Army re
union grounds and at least two thirds of
the other tents No one was injured The
women and children were taken to near
by buildings for refuge5
It was a small tornado when it reached
the town of Blair Several buildings were
unroofed and many were damaged by fall
ing trees Reports from the country show
that farm buildings suffered greatly Nels
Lund had his home blown down and was
caught in the wreck He had one arm
broken and was badly crushed Crops
suffered severely
In the vicinity of Fremont one farmer
had his barn blown away and eight hories
killed Much other damage is reported
At Swan Nelsons four miles northeast
of Hooper the barn was blown to pieces
four horses were instantly killed and three
more were so badly injured that they had
to be shot All the barns and outbuildings
on the farm of August Ruwe were com
pletely destroyed and it is estimated that
his loss will reach 2000 There were
probably twenty five windmills blown to
the ground and a number of houses were
moved from the foundations and roofs
blown off
Lightning struck in a number of places
The Methodist Church at Battle Creek was
struck and badly damaged Pat Kellys
barn east of Tilden was struck resulting
in the loss of thebuilding a valuable team
cream separator and several sets of har
ness Gus Klitzkes barn at Madison was
hit and totally destroyed and with it sheds
and outbuildings Loss S0O no insur
ance Several residences weie also struck
CIRCUS PEOPLE IN PERIL
Mob at Bloomfield Threatened to
String Up tlie Manager
The Great Syndicate English American
show exhibited at Bloomfield recently
A crowd of several hundred people
before the time for the evening
preformance and demanded the show to
leave the town immeiliatly They claimed
that the people had been short changed
and that pockets had been picked It was
demanded that all moneys wrongfully
obtained be returned Upon being refused
the mob seized the manager and was abuut
to string him up when he accepted the
proposition settling in full and left the
town as quickly as possible The amount
returned was about 200
Nebraska Farmer 3Iurdered
Fred Schlack a farmer living near Pick
2rell was found dead in the road near his
home Wednesday meriting lie had been
to Beatrice and his team ieiurued home
without a driver It was thought at first
he had fallen fronvlhe wagon and broken
his neck but examination revealed two
builet holes in the back of his head Why
he should hae been murdered is not
known as 200 in money on his person had
not been taken
Beatrice Man 13 Drowned
Arthur Freeman a well known younj
jeweler of Beatrice was drowned while
swimming in the Blue River about a niiij
above the city The young man was ac
companied by several companions and one
of them Fred Lusuh nearly suffered a like
fate in trying touescue Freeman and was
only saved after stienuous eiforts by his
companions
Camper Drowns Near Schuyler
UebertDeBray of LaGrange 111 aged
L3 guest of C W Nieman and one of
a party of campers at McAllisters lake a
resort for small camping parties near
Schuyler was drowned in the lake He
was unable to swim and got beyond his
depth
Monstrosity in Corn
H B Blackmsr a farmer residing east
of Ashland has a curiosity in an ear of
corn One main ear is surrounded by ten
small nubbins two of which are about half
the siza of an ordinary ear while the rest
are from two to four inches long Four of
the nubbins are perfectly developed
Woman Paralyzed by Fall
MrsGeorge H Stover wife of a
of North Louo leturniug
fronWu evening social fell into anlbpen
cellarway striking on her back injuring
her spine and paralyzing her lower limbs
WRECK AT HUMBOLDT
Two Freights Collide No Xdves Are
Xost
Freight trains 63 and 66 collided in the
yards at Humboldt Train 66 in charge
of Conductor Richey and Engineer ODon
nell was ordered to meet No 18 west
bound passenger and No 63 westbound
freight in charge of Conductor Nichols
and engineer Gray Train 66 was too long
for the siding and when it- pulled out on
the main line to let No 13 pass at the rear
of the switch No 63 came round the curve
at full speed and crashed into it
Both enginesonq a big six driver were
badly damaged but the crews saved them
selves by jumping after the engines were
reversed One car of merchandise for
Billings Mont and one car of beer car
ried by No 63 were the worst damaged
A car of ties and one empty were also
badly -shattered
The responsibility for tho catastrophe is
hard to place no one being particularly to
blame The yardsare undergoing a trans
formation and all tracks are in poor shape
which added much -to the difficulty of
getting by
Tornado Near Bloomfield
A tnrnnHn ctrnnlr nor THnnmfiplfl lnfc
nrfinlr William WionVo mifl Henri PunV
were seriously and several others were
Slightly injured The tornado struck the
buildings on the farm of Roy Emmons ut
terly demolishing them It moved in a
northwesterly direction and narrowly
missed other farms but so far as known
Emmons farm was the only one directly
in its path Wienkes leg was broken and
he was otherwise injured In the collapse
of the buildings he and Puck were caught
under the falling lumber and Pjuckwas
with trouble extricated hour afterwards
from the debris
Firearms in Family JFettd
The families of W J Stevens and Frank
Merriman farmers living near Miller re
opened an old feud the other afternoon
The families are neighbors residing on
adjacent sections and they have been at
outs for several years When Merriman
rode by the Stevens farm the other after
noon four shots were fired at him but he
escaped without a scratch and rode to
Miller and swore out a complaint He
was advised to drop the matter as the
Stevens family would lefute his unsup
ported testimony More trouble is ex
pected
Brakeman Killed at Blair
As the northbound local freight on the
Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha
Railroad was switching near the depot in
Blair the head brakemau Paul Eisner
was almost instantly killed The train
crew was kicking a car in on the switch
when Eisner threw the switch and stepped
in front of the car and caught his left foot
in between the switch rail and the rail of
the main track three wheels of te car
passing over his body horribly mangling
both lower limbs and the right arm He
lived about twenty minutes
Train Kills Section Foreman
AVhile attempting to get a hand car out
of the way of a north bound Omaha freight
near Nacora Section Foreman Charles
Johnson of Dakota City was hit by the j
train ana almost instantly jcuieu me
man who was on the car with Johnson saw
their danger and jumped but Johnson
stayed with the car and tried to get it off
the track Johnson leaves a large family
He was foreman for the Omaha road for
eighteen years
Will Ship Sheep to Nebraska
Three stock raisers of Johnson County
Harry Berry W Robb jr and Purdy
Piatt have gone to Montana where they
will buy and ship to their Johnson County
farms from 4000 to 5000 head of sheep
The sheep raising industry is on the boom
in that vicinity
Case of Water Works vs Wahoo
The court has given its finding in the
case of the Wahoo Water Works Company
against the city of Wahoo the mandamus
writ to compel the city to raise its water
rental tax levy above 7 mills statutory
limit being denied The case will be ap
pealed
Tornado Wrecks Buildings
A tornado with the usual funnel shaped
cloud struck the town of Bostwick last
week No one was hurt but the property
damage is considerable Five houses were
wrecked The hotel was partially wrecked
The new town hall is oil its foundations
Oil Inspector Gaflin Djing
J D Gaffin of the state house of repre
sentatives and now state oil inspector
was stricken with apoplexy while at work
in his office in the capital building in Lin
coln
Hitchcock Wants the Toga
Gilbert M Hitchcock editor of the
Omaha World Herald has announced
himself as a candidate for United States
senator to succeed John M Thurston
Horse Kills Farm Hand
Peter Anderson a farm hand working
for Frank Jahnel near Kennard was
kicked in the stomach by a broncho and
died from the injuries
Steamboat Launched
A steamboat with a capacity of seventy
five persons was launched at Cambridge
on Lavonia lake
Nebraska Short Notes
The Methodists of Arlington have ded
icated a new church
Alma will have a three days street fair
commencing Sept 12
Several large ranches in the vicinity of
Alliance hive changed owners lately
Threshers in north central Nebraska re
port the yield of grain as large and the
quality good
The government bridge over the Niobrara
Itiver at Niobrani is reported to be in a
dangerous condition
Harold Yeast and Jvoseoe Fisher Valen
tine boyswere scuffling for possession of
a revolver which was discharged and the
ball passed through the hand of Yeast
Miss Belle Doolittle of Wisner was shot
in the neck by a ball from a target rifle
rwhile she was sitting on the porch at home
She was not seriously hurt The shooting
was the result of carelessness on the part
of the person with the gun
Rev E E Ho sman of Plainview ha
been appointed fnancial secretary of the
Wesloyau University at Lincoln
It is asserted that he ivy freight engines
are built at the navelock shops of the Bur
lington 1390 cheaper than under contract
with locomotive works
Clark Hogans delivery horse at York
the otSerday made things lively for a short
time and in the mixup the two Elliott boys
in the wagon narrowly escaped instant
death Both were thrown out each strik
ingtbe ground on his head One boy is
severely injured his face is bruised and
pdtli eyes blacked His brotherMface is
swollen and the skin on his facetorn
ca a - jr
Afcr sae -
ENY0YS ARE EEEED
ALLIED ARMY ENTERS PEKIN
WITHOUT A FIGHT
American Troops Under General Chaf
fee in tie JGead News of the Libera
tion of the Besieged Ministers and
Their Friends
Out of thd gloom of the recent acute
crisis came rlho cheering information
from many sources Friday unofficial but
so circumstantial and positive as to be
generally credited in official quarters
that the allied armies had reached Pekin
and that the legationers had been reliev
ed This information came from press
dispatches from London Shanghai and
Berlin and they were eagerly scanned by
the officials in Washington The dispatch
from Berlin conveying the communica
tion from the Germanpnsul at Shanghai
that the allies liad entered Pekin and
liberated all the foreigners was credited
in official circles The mouncement
was joyfully received in Washington
President McKinley was shown the dis
patches from abroad and the conviction
was generally expressed that the crisis
in China is now over
Information from Shanghai via Berlin
states that Pekin was entered by the
allied forces on Aug 15 without opposi
tion and that
American troops
under Gen Ohaffee
were the first to en
ter the Chinese cap
ital The Japanese
British and Rus
sians followed in
the order named
The allies began op
erations on the
walls of Pekin in
the morning A flag
of truce was hoist- gex chaffee
ed on the wall and in the afternoon the
Americans under their general march
ed into the city
The collapse of Chinese resistance is
explained in dispatches from Shanghai
as being due to the failure of the Chinese
to flood the country below Tung Chow
The earthworks connected with the dam
at the Pei Ho were unfinished and the
canal at Tung Chow was full of water
facilitating boat transports when the al
lies arrived there Signals between the
allies and the legationers holding part of
the wall at Pekin were exchanged during
the morning of Aug 13 It was reported
that troops had gone to
Shen Si to protect the empress who ac
cording to reports with Tuan the impe
rial household aSd the bulk of the army
and Boxers left Pekin Aug 7 for Hsiau
Fu
A dispatch received from the German
consul at Shanghai was given out by the
Berlin foreign office It stated that the
allies entered Pekin without fighting the
legations were relieved and the foreigners
liberated -
With the legationers relieved the grav
est crisis is removed But there remains
many momentous questions to be deter-
lilno tifSJi el ifrft f y
j sr GUI FCFPECHIU
TAKtT TO PEKIX
mined It appeals to be accepted that
some of the powers Avill keep their mili
tary forces in China at least until all
questions growing out of the crisis are
settled This is expected to involve ques
tions not only of money indemnity but
of territorial extension on the part of
some of the European parties to the con
troversy It is uot believed that the
United States will be a party to
any such territorial controversy as
the declaration of Secretary Hay
made at the beginning of the trou
ble forecasted the purpose of this Gov
ernment to seek to preserve Chinese ter
ritorial and administrative entity
There have been many changes in the
situation since that declaration was
made and yet it seems to clearly indicate
that if territorial extension is one of the
sequels to the crisis the United States
will not be a party to it Chinese officials
are apprehensive that a long period of
diplomatic exchange may follow the
crisis covering six months or a year during-
which Germany France and some of
the other powers will keep armies on
Chinese soil to re enforce extreme de
mands of money and territorial indem
nity With Chinas present impotenfeon
dition there appears to be no issue out of
this long struggle but her eventually
vielding to the various demands
CXOCXCCXOCXXXOCC
CHINA WM NEWS
The allies captured thirteen guns at
Pei tsang
Gen Dtward is in command of the
forces left to defend Tien tsin
Germans have ordered a squadron to
Shanghai because England has announc
eanintention to land 3000 troops there
ostensibly to protect foreigners
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3RAN0 TOTAL IS 371015086281-
Money Which the Laat Session of Con
gress Appropriated
The volume of appropriations new of
fices etc required by law to be prepared
and published at the end of each session
of Congress under the direction of the
committees on appropriations of the Sen
ate and House has been completed for the
first session of Fifty sixth Congress by
Thomas P Cleaves and James C Courts
chief clerks respectively of the commit
tees A summary of the appropriations
showe the grand total of 710150SG28S
The details by bills are as follows
Agricultural 5402330000
Army 11422009565
Diplomatic 177110S70
District of Clumbla I 757736031
Fortifications 7mU2S0U
Indian S19798024
Legislative 2417365253
Military academy 67430067
fiaval - 0514091667
Peusion 14324323000
Postofflce 11305823875
River and harbor 7 v 50000000
Sundry civil Tr 0531991545
Deficiency appropriation 1303833061
Miscellaneous approDrlatlons 380230134
Permanent approprhrtTons 13271222000
Grand Total 710130SC2S8
In addition to the specific appropria
tions made contracts are authorized to
be entered into fornn increase of the
naval establishment and for various pub
lic works throughout the country requir
ing future appropriations by Congress in
the aggregate sum of 58440374 These
contracts cover two new battleships three
armored cruisers three protected cruisers
and five submarine boats to cast includ
ing armor and armament 43194094
increased cost 01 Iwo dry docks construc
tion of two additional dry docks and for
permanent improvement and enlarge
ment of certain navy yards and the naval
academy 98402S0 public buildings
heretofore authorized in various cities in
cluding the new government printing of
fice lighthouses and tenders and for the
extension of the government hospital foi
the insane 5140500 and for school
buildings and sewers in the District of
Columbia 259500
A comparison of the total appropria
tions of the first session of the Fifty sixth
Congress for 1901 710150SG2SS with
those of the last session of the Fifty
fifth Congress for 1900 G749S102223
shows an increase of 351G9S4059 Of
this amount appropriations for the army
show an increase of 337S989149 forti
fications 2473720 the navey 17040
94709 the postal service S024100
sundry civil expenses chiefly river and
harbor contract work and for the census
1093398459 the Indian agricultural
diplomatic and other branches the ser
vice 2GG490391 and permanent appro
priations including interest and sinking
fund for the public debt 4034000 On
the other hand there appeared reductions
of 15531S4194 because of the passage
of no regular river and harbor act 9
3175S1G3 in deficiencies and 24942
2SS90 in miscellaneous appropriations
making a net increase as above stated of
351G9S4059
The total amount of contracts author
ized in addition to the appropriations
made is 1SGOG90013 less than was au
thorized at the last session of the previous
Congress
NINE LIVES LOST
Terrible Collision on the Grand Rapid
and Indiana Railroad
The most terrible wreck in the history
of Grand Bapids and Indiana Railroad
occurred about 5 a m Wednesday at
Pierson twenty nine miles north of
Grand Rapids The north bound north
land express collided head on with pas
senger train No 2 Nine lives were lost
and many passengers were injured some
severely Both engines and the baggage
cars were demolished
When the trains met day was just
dawning and the fog was so thick that
the engineers could not see more than
100 yards ahead The trains were to have
passed at Sand Lake two miles south of
Pierson No 2 was evidently hite and
was trying to make the siding at Pierson
The northland express had the right of
way and was Scurrying along at nearly
full speed Either the engineers blunder
ed in their orders or were unable to see
signals on account of the fog
The engineers and firemen of both
trains were reported killed as well as
five other persons -The express train
was made up largely of Pullman cars and
was the finest train on the road It car
ried the Grand Rapids coach a day
coach several sleepers from Cincinnati
and the South a buffet breakfast car and
the baggage cars
I CHURCH AND CLERGY
Theodore Roosevelt belongs to the
Dutch Reformed Church
The Catholic Truth Society in England
has restored the tomb of Cardinal Pole
The directors of the Michigan Advocate
Methodist have declared a dividend to
the conferences of 4500
Rabbi Max Heller of New Orleans has
started a museum for the collection and
preservation of articles used in ancient
Jewish worship
Under the leadership of Rabbi H L
Mayer the Jewish charity organizations
of Kansas City are to be federated and
a home for the aged erected
A chapel is to be erected in Leicester
England as a memorial 0 the Rer Rob
ert Hall who was pastor of the Harvey
Lane Chapel from 1S07 to 1S2G It will
cost about 5500Q
Sister Mary Joseph one of the founders
of the Order of the Incarnate Word died
recently at Galveston Texas She was
Lucine Roussin and entered the convent
at Lyons France thirty four years ago
The Rev J M Rodwell who has died
in England at the age of 95 was a distin
guished OrientalLst He translated the
Koran forty years ago arranging the
Suras in chronological order He also
published translations of the Book of Job
and of Isaiah
The total receipts of the Methodist
Foreign Missionary Society for the last
year were 137G3990J which is the
largest amount ever paid into the treas
ury in one year
A Benedictine priest at Maria Stein
Switzerland was recently elected a dep
uty to the Grand Council of the Cannon
of Solcure It is the first time a monk
became a member of that assembly
The Rev Dr Joseph Parker of London
is the author of over forty volumes of
sermons novels and essays and now that
he is past 70 years of age he is writing a
book fitted especially for ministers
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