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WELCOMED BY NEIGHBORS
Imwriun Crowd l at the Station lo i
lend Welcoming
1 rrclsr Will lip llrlil Prlilny Aflrriiimn
Ml the Auditorium
Dcs Moines Mny a The speclnl
train bearing United States Minister
M II Conger nml party arrived In Dcs
JMolncs nt 10 oclock hist night An
Dmnipusc crowd of itcople wiih nt tlm
Mntlou to iiriM1 th distinguished
lownu who linil passed through Riich
drying scenes In 1li Orient Major
Conger nml pnrty were quickly trntiH
lerrcd from tin triiln to a onrrlngp
xt mill tlit cheers of the multitude anil
twortotl liy it ilniin corps of veterans
luisscd up Fourth Ktrcct froiujhc mil
vny station nml nt once wenf to the
Conner lioini Just outside of I lie busl
icsm district There Mcro no cere
inonlcH Inst night the party having
lint In such n busy ilny nt Council
Bluffs nml ncroiH the state that they
were Kind of an opportunity to rent
upon reaching home The formal wel
coming exorcised will he held Friday
afternoon at the Auditorium followed
tty n Itrllllntit reception nt the state
house In the evening
On the trip across the Ktnte from
Council Bluffs the train stopped at
Avoca where a thousand persons
greeted the minister At Atlantic
n000 persons were nt the station At
fltunrt nnother thousand waited nml nt
lipxter Mnlor Congers old home the
entire population turned out to nf
fcctlonntoly greet him ns fJovernor
Conger At each of these points Ma
jor Conger appeared and spoke hrlellv
and shook the IiiiiiiIh of nil who could
ct within rench
Appeal for liileriil Pence
Indianapolis May J Mrs May
Wright Sewall a nieinher of the Worn
nH International Pence and Arbitra
tion committee of the United States
lias Issued an appeal to the Licrgymun
throughout the country to explain to
the meetings to be held May 18 the
TcsultN of tlio peace conference of ISO
iud the court of arhltrntlou as It has
been formed Mrs Sewall has also
vent out an address to be read at the
meetings In which she makes a strong
appeal for arbitration and universal
pence
Loyal Icglon Klcrt Ofllrers
New York May 1 The military or
ilcr of the Loyal Legion of the United
States held Its annual dinner and meet
ing last night nt Dolinonlcos the elec
tion of olllccrs resulting as follows
Commander Brevet Brigadier General
Henry L Burrett senior vice com
aunnder llrlgadlcr General Joseph W
Plume junior vice conimnnder Al
bert L Qlbson treasurer Paymaster
3ohn Furney
Oil lot May Day In Germany
I llerlin May 2 May day passed off
quietly Three hundred and olghty
lve thousand persons attended tho va
rious socialist and trades union meet
ings and at all of these resolutions
were adopted in favor of the eight hour
day and the right of union Hamburg
Ielpslc Hallo and other lnrgo towns
celebrated the day Nowhere were
ihere nny disorders or arrests
Lutherun Woman Missionaries
Washington May 2 The 12th con
vention of the womens home and for
eign missionary society of the general
yuod of the Evangelical Lutheran
church of tho United States began
here last night in the Memorial Lu
theran church with a consecration
meeting Mrs Alice G Pond of Kan
fas the president of the society deliv
ered her annual address
Iteiney Hull Tor Melbourne
Washington May 2 The navy de
partment has been Informed of the do
imrturo of Admiral ltemey aboard ills
flagship the Brooklyn yesterday from
Sydney for Melbourne where the
American admiral and his vessel will
represent the United States navy In
the coming celebration which will
mnrk the opening of the first federal
parliament of Australia
Ten Can Are Ditched
Cedar Falls In May 2 Tho Chi
cago Great Western freight train No
BO was wrecked last night near Hud
pon and ten cars of lumber and grain
thrown into the ditch The watch
tower containing Ilnrry Thiol the
signal agent was torn down but he
was uninjured although burled in the
ruins The loss Is estimated at 5000
Celebrate Dewey Victory
Washington May J The third anni
versary of the battle of Manila bay
was celebrated here last night by a
tianquet at the Rnlelgh hotel and par
ticipated n by otlicers of the Ameri
can fleet who took part In that con
flict These numbered nbout 25 per
sons less than one fourth of those who
vere In the battle
Mr Nation Hack In Her Cell
Wichita Kan May 2 Mrs Carrie
Nation returned to Wichita yesterday
and went directly to the jail where
che occupies the rotary cell
Cuban Delegate Sail for Hoine
New York May 2 Members of the
commission from the Cuban constitu
tional convention sailed for Havana
yesterday
Western League Umpires Assigned
8t Joseph Mo May 2 President
T J Hickey of the Western League
from a sick bed yetcrday assigned
the umpires for their iirst work of the
season Bob Caruthers goes to Den
ver Leo Mesmer to Kansas City J
lopkay to Colorado Springs and Jack
JJrenuan to this city
NEW RAILROAD PROMISED
Arrangements Completed fur AtUlmnn
nml Nlohinra ltli r llnr
Onmlui May 2 Vliiiiiiclnl arrange
ments for the building of lie Atkin
miii nml Niobrara Ulver railroad are
being closed In this city P I Me
Million or Charter Oak la president
of the company was here In consulta
tion with T A Harris vice president
and A 0 Periy a director and origin
ntor of the plan which Is now being
developed
All but two miles of the grnde for
the rond from Atkinson neross the
Nlohrnia river where Is to be located
the town of Perry Is completed and
It Is expected that the trains will be
running by July -1
This road Is to he n narrow gnuge
extending from n Junction with the
Klkhorn nt Atkinson up Into Itoyd
county tine of the richest agricultural
counties In the state lying bctwccn
the Nlohrarn and the Missouri rivers
North of that county lire the rich agri
cultural lauds of South Dakota
The road as now projected Is 20
miles In length The rolling stock
Is said to be ordered and will be ready
for service ns soon ns the line Is com
pleted
UNION PACIFIC DEAL
Olllclal Announcement nf Vanderbllt Con
trol Mny Ho Made TodayTerm
of tlio Agreement
New York May 2 Olllclal announce
ment of the plan under which the
Union Paclllc Is to be annexed to the
Vnudcrhllt establishment mny be
Hindu today The Insiders knew about
It yesterday and advanced the price of
Union Paclllc 13 a share and New
York Central 5 on the strength of
their foreknowledge of the deal
Under the terms of agreement
reached among the owners of a ma
jority of the stock of the three sys
tems New York Central Northwest
ern and Union Paclllc such ownership
being Identical Northwestern Is to of
fer to make the control of the Union
Paclllc paying for the common stock
at the rate of lr0 In xj per cent col
lateral trust bonds guaranteed by
Northwestern Specialists llgure such
bonds as worth between 05 and par
which would seemingly give the stock
a value above 1 10
Such an arrangement will carry with
It control of Southern Pacific and give
to the Vanderbllt Interest the pre
eminence In the western Held already
enjoyed In the east
PANIC AT DOG SHOW
Photographer Flash Light Sets tho IMace
lu Uproar
Chicago May 2 A photographei
brought the dog show now being held
under tho auspices of the Mascoutah
Kennel club to an abrupt close last
night He took a flashlight picture ol
the show where 20 dogs are chained
up the aisles between the kennels be
ing Jammed with sightseers Ten
pounds of Hash powder was used and
the Hash fumes set every dog In the
place frantic with excitement They
made every noise of which an Insane
dog Is capable and many of them
tugged wildly at their chains In the
attempt to get at the crowd The
dogs were so wild that It produced
much excitement among the people
mid there was a rush for the door
n number of women fainting but no
person was Injured The dogs con
tinued In such an excited condition
that It was found necessary to close
the doors for the night
Onto nml Union Pnclfln
Los Angeles Cal May 2 The Even
ing Express publishes a report that
private advices have been received
here to the effect that John W Gates
the steel magnate is responsible for
the recent phenomenal advance of
Union Paclllc stock and that Gates
Is acting for Senator W A Clark and
associates who are endeavoring to se
cure control of the Union Pacific ns an
outlet for the Snn Pedro Los Angeles
nnd Salt Lake railroad
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD
David Henderson a distiller was
Instantly killed at Henderson Ky
Wednesday by the explosion of a keg
of yeast
A dlspntch received from General
MacArthur at Manila states that the
hospital reports show 2r80 sick In hos
pitals In the Philippines and 01U sick
In quarters
Mrs Josephine White Is In jail at
Brautford Mich on a charge of hav
ing caused the death of her husband
by strychnine poison
The Northman the second of Chi
cagos transatlantic lluers to sail for
Europe left Tuesday bouud for Ham
burg The round trip Is expected to
take h days
D W Mlushnll of Terre Haute has
made a third gift to Depauw unlver
slty comprising altogether 50000
The money will be used for the con
struction of a new science hall
By a vote of 42 to 21 the New Cen
tury club one of the lending worn
ens clubs of St Paul adopted n res
olution protesting against any color
line in the Minnesota state federation
Efforts that have extended over a
term of nearly four years to combine
tho leading manufactrtrers of pianos
In an association for the control of
prices have been revived in Chicago
Twenty two hundred union cooks and
waiters in San Francisco struck Wed
nesday because the Restaurant Keep
ers association would not sign the
union agreement for shorter hours and
Increased wages
Fry nnd VjtctcU two men charged
with defrauding Barclay Co bank
ers Loudon of nbout 15000 by forg
ing documents purporting to n present
large shipments of gold ore t which
never existed were committed for
THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY MAY 3 1901
511 III 1 1
Oregon Short Line Now In Pos
session of Disputed Grade
OLARK FORCES WITHDRAW
Marshal Pmmrtt Hcrtm Injunction Iapen
Itt Mralulng llii in Iroin further
hihI the Oriltr li Obeyed
In Ironl of Itluhtof Wny llemoveil
Halt Lake Mny 2 A spcclnl from
Uvada Utah says that the whole In
length of the old Utah and California crnh
grade for the possession of which
Senator Chirk and the Oregon Short
Line have been struggling for weeks
Is now In undisputed possession of the
Oiegon Short Line United States
Marshal Einmctt arrived at Uvndn
yesterday and hurrying out to the
ground served on Captain Kelly and
Colonel Maxson in charge of the
Clark construction the Injunction pa
pers recently Issued by the United
States circuit court at Carson City re
straining them from further Interfer
ence with the Short Line In Its con
struction operations over the dis
puted right of way The order was
at once obeyed The barricades and
the trochns In front of the right of
way were removed and the Clark
forces withdrew The Clark forces It
Is snld will now break camp nnd re
turn to Uvada
Nearly Whole Vlllaee Deitroyeil
Dcs Moines May 2 The village of
Kensett In Wright county wns de
stroyed by lire hist night Fourteen
buildings were burned and tho total
loss Is estimated at 20000 The prin
cipal losers are E I Tucker livery
man Eullel Sons Ice house Ed
lOdwardsons restaurant Knutsons
blacksmith shop Llndiiulsts hotel
Grnnderrcr Lockson Implement
ers Eckert t Williams elevator
Farmers Mutual elevator Kensett
News olllce and Roebucks store
Chlrngo Teacher Win
Sprlnglleld Ills Mny 2 Judge
Owen P Thompson of Jacksonville
yesterday handed down his opinion In
the suit for mandamus of the Chicago
Teachers Federation against the state
board of equalization nnd awards n
peremptory writ of mandamus Judge
Thompson holds that members of the
state board of equalization are public
otlicers and that It Is their legal duty
to assess the stocks of the 20 or more
companies named In the petition
No Army lont Work Now
Des Moines May 2 Dps Moines
has given up hope of having nny
work done on the new cnvnlry army
post here this year Dlfllcultles have
made It Impossible to secure a settle
ment this year A committee will go
to Washington to try to secure the
consent of tho war department to n
modification of the conditions imposed
upon Des Moines but even if success
fill it seems Improbable there will be
any work done this year
Nebraiikii Woman DUiipnran
Wymore Nob May 2 This com
munity lias been apprised of the dis
appearance of Mrs O P Perger from
East Pueblo Colo on the night of
April 0 The day previous she had
conducted a class at the teachers
meeting nt that place She formerly
resided two miles west of Wymore
and since the death of her husband
has tnught school at Pueblo and else
where She holds property at Ilcntrlce
nnd Kansas City
Wrreked by a Vithout
Helena Man May 2 A Great
Northern express train wns wrecked
two miles west of Fort Benton yester
dny The engine tender baggage and
mnll cars were ditched and Engineer
John Wilkinson wns killed The fire
man was thrown lfK feet down nn
embankment but received slight In
juries No passengers were Injured
The wreck wns caused by a washout
Ilarriman Still In the Ilace
Des Moines Mny 2 Senator W F
Hnrrlman of Hampton arrived In the
city yesterday to consult with his po
litical friends ami associates He was
one of the first to be announced no n
candidate for governor He stnted
thnt he had no Intention whatever of
withdrawing from the rnce for the
nomination no matter what others
may do
New Plow Combine
Louisville Mny 2 The stockholders
of the Avery Plow company yesterday
authorized the directors to sell out to
the new plow combine being engi
neered by Chicago capitalists if they
can get their price which is between
1000000 and 2000000 It is said In
Louisville that the new combine Is to
include eight factories In Indiana and
Illinois
Cut Off ni Own Hand
Wlnslde Neb May 2 Yesterday
Theodore Erickson an old man took
a hamlax and laying his left hand
on the sidewalk hacked it off nt the
wrist Ho struck It three blows
Then leaving the hnnd and the ax on
the walk he sat down on n step
where he was found and cared for
Win Holy Terror Cae
Rapid City S D Mny 2 P B Me
Carty of this city has received word
from the supreme court at Washing
ton thnt he has won the Holy Terror
case which gives him one eighth Inter
est In the Holy Terror mine at Key
stone
No Opposition In Hollo
Washington May 2 The war de
partment received the following cable
gram from General MacArthur nt
Maulla Queutiu Sales surrender
Hollo April 21 All organized op-
position that island ended
TRAINS COLLIDE IN ASHED
WlilteliuT Held anil II O Mill Aiming the
Injuriil ririinnn l Killed
Emigrant Gap Cal May 2 In the
darkness of the smoke of the snow
sheds a Raymond excursion train ran
Into the rear end of the limited train
No 2 at Yuba Pass last night The
private car of D O Mills was on the
rear of the limited ami wne bndly
damaged Fireman James Saunders
of The Dalles Ore was instantly
killed and many passengers and men
of the train crews were Injured D
O Mills and his granddaughter nnd
Whltelnw Held nnd wife had Just
seated themselves at the dining table
the rear of their car when the
came All were more or Icsh
bruised but none seriously Injured
Whltelnw Held received nn ugly cut
In the face
The limited had struck n rock In tho
nheds and wns delayed until the sec-
end section caught up Saunders was
crushed between the tender nnd en
gine The tender of the second engine
wns also driven up Into the cab The
baggage car climbed over the rear
of the tender and shot up ngnlnst the Ish rule
roof of the snow shed knocking down
the guards left Minneapolis yesterday
for the Pacific northwest The num
ber of people on these special trains
wns not loss than 1400 The total
number of people taking advantage
of the settlers rate and passing
through St Paul and Minneapolis
since September Is estimated nt 05000
Apology Prom Venerneln
Caracas May 1 The incident rein
tlvo to the arrest of Ignnce II Paiz
United States consul at Barcelonn wns
closed yesterday Cousul Goldsmith
at La Guayra sent to Mr Russell tho
American charge dnffairs here a let
ter from the Senezuelan government
expressing regret for the occurrence
nnd explaining thnt It was n case of
mistaken identity The situation of
nffalrs here is now quiet
Knoek Out Kiglit IIoiir Imr
Tncomn Wash May 2 Judge
Snell sustained the demurrer of the
city to the complaint of the former
city employes who have been suing for
overtime This decision knocks out the
eight hour law passed by the legis
lature of 1S9
IetulIntH Uo the Tirrli
Mldlesboro Ky May 2 A large
band of masked men about midnight
wrecked the residence of John Turner
who is a nieinher of the Turner fac
tion in the Turner Williams feud
They also burned his stable nnd out
houses
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
B It Stevens was Wednesday un
pointed superintendent of transporta
tion of the Clover Leaf
Anti Jewish disorders have been re
newed In Algiers and the troops have
occupied various parts of the town
The Illinois Central Wednesday de
clined to grant a nine hour day to the
union machinists working along its
line
By order of the Tellurlde miners
union 250 men employed in the Smuggler-Union
mines went on slrlko Wed
nesday
Edward Bell Tower widely known
ns advertising mnnnger nnd director of
tho American Cereal company died In
Chicago Tuesday Interment will be
at Cedar Rnplds Ia
Ainillcation wns made Tuesday to
Justice Andrews of the New York su 1
preme court by John MacGuInness for
n receiver for the Boston and Montana
Copper company of Montana
Juke Gauduur has cabled George
Towns the English champion accept
ing his challenge for n three mile scull
ing race for the championship of the
world The race will take place at
Rat Tortage in August
A dispatch from Constantinople as
serts that 15 persons were killed by
the collapse of the cupola of the Greek
church at Kllszura Albania and that
the cntustrophe is supposed to have
been the work of Bulgarian agitators
The principal author of the robbery
of the American Express companys of
fice in Paris on the night of April 20
when three masked burglars escaped
with 30000 francs has been arrested
Ills name Is George Miller and lie was
born lu Chicago
nese In Maucliurln iNo great crcil
nice Is placed in such rumors bow
over ns it is believed they are clrcn
lated to show the necessity for nn in
crease in the military etreugtb of Rus
fin
twn
lH raiour
President Meets Continual Ova
tions In the South
a section of the shed
SAVAGENOW GOVERNOR
KurreriU Dietrich to 1inlllon orNebrankna
tllilif KxcrutlK SIkiiii Dletrlcha
oiiiiiilnnloii an Senator
Lincoln May 2 Governor Dietrich
ORESCENT CITYS WELCOME
New Orlrmu Ultra the Chief Mnnltrnte
Nolay JreetlnKNolnblo leinontratloni
at Vlckuburg and Jncknon Crowdi Im
pede rrorcii of the Train
New Orleans Mny 2 The presiden
tial train traveled across the cotton
belt yesterday from Memphis almost
to the Gulf of Mexico Down the
low lying rich Yazoo valley fertile as
that of the Nile It went to Nlcksburg
teeming with Its memories of I0 years
ngo thence east to Jackson the cap
ital of Mississippi and from there
down into the hind of the magnolia
and the orange to this old romantic
cltv near the mouth of the Mississippi
with Its traditions of French nnd Span-
The outpourings of the
pie to see the presidential train nlong
the route wine larger If anything than
on the two previous days and the
demonstrations nt Ylcksburg nnd
Jnckson the two prlnclpnl stops were
very striking The visit to Vlcksburg
wns In some respects the most inter
esting yet made Here a triumphal
nrcli of cotton bales bearing the
magic word Expnnslon pointed out
to the president ns he passed under it
yesterday resigned and was succeeded i the path of the new south
Although
in that olllce by Ezra P Savage The It had not been Intended to mnko nny
resignation was sent to the secretary stops after leaving Jackson the train
of state and Immediately accepted wns united nt several of the smnller
Governor Savnge then took his sent towns where cotton mills arc located
and his first olllclal act was the signing to permit the president to see nnd
of the Mliatorlal commission of speak to tho operatives At some of
ntor Dietrich This was done with the stntlons the crowds actually Im
the pen used by the former governor peded the progress of the train and the
In writing his veto messages The engineer wns obliged to slow down to
pen was formally presented to avoid dnnger of running over cnthusl
tor Dietrich after the commission had ostlc people
been signed This Is the first time New Orleans
Senator Dietrich will go to Hastings hns ever had a visit from the chief
the latter part of this week nnd nbout magistrate of the nation nnd It wns
June 1 will start for Washington
Take AiUahtnge of Settler Kate
a royal reception which me oiu cuy
extended to President McKlnley
The nlr was full of the blare of
Minneapolis May 2 Seven heavy bnnds the booming of cannon nnd the
passenger trains none of them of J scream of whistles from the harbor
less than 11 cars and each loaded to crnft s the train drew Into tho
tlon The crowd around the station
wns so dense that It required the he
roic efforts of the police to keep the
path to the enrringes clear A big
military pnrnde consisting of the
Louisiana cavalry troop the Washing
ton artillery and all tho mllltln from
this end of the state escorted the
party along Camp and Canal streets
to tiie new St Charles hotel The
city wns liberally but not lavishly
adorned with nationnl colors But the
crowds In the- streets were tremen
dous Never except in Mnrdl Gras
times were they known to be so
choked nnd jammed with surging hu
manity
The president and his cabinet with
other gentlemen of the party were
given an elaborate banquet nt the ho
tel in the evening
At 0 oclock this evening the presi
dential train will again resume its
journey toward the olden Gate
Union of HollneHit Orgnnirutlon
Chicago May 2 Efforts will be
made it is said to form an interna
tional union of all the holiness organ
izations throughout the world at the
International holiness assembly which
opens here Friday for n ten days
session Promoters of the assembly
claim that the general sentiment
nmong all sects nnd denominations of
Protestantism is in favor of such a
course
- Miner Keolve to Quit
London May 2 At a meeting of the
Minres federation held In London yes
terday and attended by delegates from
all pnrts of the United Kingdom it
was recommended that all miners quit
work unless the tax were withdrawn
Another meeting was summoned for
Mny 7 to finally decide the matter and
to fix a date for the stoppage of work
should that step be resolved upon
Hernandez Will Itepresent Oiar
El Paso Tex May 2 General Her
nandez will represent President Diaz
at El Paso during the reception of
President McKlnley Tills information
was received by Senor Malten the
Mexican consul here yesterday The
president sends his regrets nt not be
ing nble to attend and see President
McKlnley himself
Iluchanan Get Nine Year
Niobrurn Neb May 2 Evert Buch
anan has been sentenced to nine years
in the penitentiary for attempted
criminal assault on an 11-year-old girl
the daughter of Carl Filter who lives
near Bloomfield Buchanan 1b 17
years old
Tried to Polsen Prisoner
Denver April 22 An attempt wa
made Saturday night to poison Joseph
Hnennelt n prisoner in the county jail
chnrged with having assisted In rob
bing Mrs Dr Flora Betts of 7000
worth of diamonds In August last
when driving with her An apple pie
and some cheese were left at the jail
for Haennelt by nn old man who Is un
known After nibbling at the cheese
the prisoner became sick An emetic
was administered which saved his
life
Dissection Material Scarce
Des Moines April 22 The state
board of health is In receipt of
complaint from the State Medical
Freh Fighting- In Manchuria Keported iZ l VVT I
Peking May 2 It is persistently re 1 - 1 uru
ported that there has beeii fresh fight- V Z V
ing between the Russians and the Chi- f fpnJ Tber of baiCB fr Maim
I Jw V Ujl a tllJ 1 UVUID Ul tUU
colleges of the state
Itasrball Game Yesterday
xsaxionni League Chicago 4 Cin
cinnati u American League Detroit
12 Milwaukee 11 Chicago 13 Cleve
land i
AMOUNT OF INDEMNITY
Committee nt TekliiK Deride on What It
IhlnkK tho Kinplro Miould Pay
Paris May 2 The foreign olllce has
received a dispatch from V iig an
nouncing that M Plchoii tb French
minister presented yesterday tho re
port of the committee on Indemnity
The amount China Is to pay has been
fixed at 1 III 000000 frnncs aOJ44r
000 How It Is proposed Hint the
Indemnity be distributed nmong the
powers Is not set forth but ns the
dispatch does not mention The Hague
It Is thought the ministers are hope
ful nf being able to settle the propor
tion to be received by each power by
discussion at Peking
London May 1 It Is reported that
the Japanese government has reserved
n Bubsldl7ed mnll steamer for its own
use snvs the Shnnghnl correspondent
of the Morning Post This suggests
thnt Jnpan Is preparing for emergen
cies Tho desperate state of the pri
vate finances of Japan is said to be
making the war propaganda popular
According to opinion in Shnnghnl nn
outbreak of hostilities would be the
signal for a rising throughout China
Everywhere among Chinese there Is n
feeling of unrest There is no doubt
that petty attacks upon foreigners
continue and the statement is current
thnt bodies of well armed Chinese nre
secretly drilling
EXPOSITION OPENS
Large Crowd PaMes Through tho Gate at
Iluflhlo Though luniigural Cere
mony ia Postponed
Buffalo May 2 The beautiful elec
trical display last night was tho cul
minating event of the opening day
of the Pan American exposition The
nttendance In the morning wns small
owing to the threatening weather
which kept away many from nearby
towns Later In tho dny when the
sun broke through the gray clouds
the crowd began to assume the pro
portions of nn exposition throng and
thousands passed through the turn
stiles The gates were opened without
ceremony tho opening day ceremonies
having been postponed until the 20th
when they will be combined with ded
ication day exercises
GERMANY GETS AN ISLAND
Prlvato Parties Secure Title From Venez
uela lu lleluilf of the Navy
Now York May 2 A dispatch to
the Herald from Trinidad says In
formation lias readied here that the
German cruiser Vinetta recently com
pleted surveys of the island of Mar
gueretta Officers of the ship spent
ten weeks making charts and sound
ings The officers say n fine harbor
has been discovered with every ad
vantage for n coaling station
German merchants in Venezuela will
try to buy the harbor and also
hundreds of acres nearby ostensibly
ns n private investment but really
to make a German nnvnl coaling sta
tion A secret denl with President
Castro of Venezuela Is reported by
which for money lie mny pPrmit it
This furnishes ndilitlonnl reason why
President Castro wanted Minister
Loomls withdrawn
Tlnseball Score YeRteiday
National League Cincinnati 7 St
Louis i Pittsburg U Chicago 8
Philadelphia 0 New York 1 Amer
ican League Chicago 19 Detroit 0
Boston 1 Philadelphia 14 AVashing
ton 4 Baltimore 0 Cleveland 6
Milwaukee 3
Murder 1 the Charge
Centerville S D April 20 Dr Fin
lay has returned from the inquest held
on the body of Fred Bauman the
party shot in Turner township The
coroners jury found that Bauman
came to his death from a gunshot
wound tired by Harry Hammond
Hammond wns taken in charge by tho
sneriir
Bricklayer on Strike
New York Mny 2 All the bricklay
ers and masons of Elizabeth N J to
the number of 400 went on strike
At Yonkers 750 bricklayers plaster
ers nnd hodenrrlers went out In
both Instances the men demand higher
wages
Miner Killed by Engine
Dm Moines April 29 Mescnhnh
Cress a miner employed in tho Klon
dike coal mine In the eastern part of
the city was struck by an engine of
the Great Western railroad and his
skull crushed so bndly thnt he died
The miner was sitting on the track nnd
wns evidently intoxicated and nnother
miner was lying drunk beside tho
track nt the same time
Prairie Fire Under Control
Hyannls Neb April 29 Tho prat
tle fires thnt for four days have been
raging over tills section of the state
are now nearly under control Only
one bend fire south of Mullen Is still
doing much damnge It Is difficult to
estlmnte the amount of damage done
The range for many thousands of cat
tle is entirely destroyed
Forest Fire In Michigan
Houghton Mich April 29 Forest
fires nre raging nt a number of upper
peninsula points and unless there la
a drenching rnln soon great damage
will be done and many hamlets and
villages endangered The whole north
country is very dry less than a quar
tor of an inch of rain having fallen dur
ing the month
Lincoln Merchant Knds ni Life
Lincoln April 29 Morrls Humph
rey for 25 years n leading buslnesa
man of Lincoln
committed suicide yes
terday by shooting himself The death
a yeur ngo or tils brother nnd partner
brought about a receivership for tht
property and the litigation which fol
lowed it is said unbalanced his mind