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Figuring With Mexico to Take
Yaqui Indian Lands
THOUSANDS ARE READY TO GO
fiend an Agent to Ask Concession of
Mexican Government Believe They
Can Convince the Red Man They
Are Friends Will Pay for Land
Moxlco City Juno 18 A Mormon
agont Jamos M Cannon la hero for
tho purpose of securing from tho gov
ernment a concession for settling 1000
Mormons In Sonora on tho lands from
Tvhlch Yaqul Indians havo boon driven
Mr Cannon says
Wo bollevo that If sultablo tracts
of land nro placed at our disposal In
tho Yaqul country wo will do much
In this country In tho Interest of peace
for tho Mormon church has faced tho
Indian problem slnco Its organization
We require no rifles In our manage
ment of tho red brothor and are always
Instilling It Into his mind that wo are
his friends and not his foes If tho
concession Is obtained a commissioner
will be sent at once Into tho Yaqul ter
ritory by the Mormon church for the
purpose of ascertaining the attitude
of the Indians and if peaceful a con
tract will be made and lands purchased
from tho Yaquls
PLEAD FOR MOLINEUXS LIFE
Court of Appeals Hears Arguments
for a New Trial
Buffalo June 18 Tho court of ap
peals yesterday heard the flrst argu
ment for a now trial for Roland B
Mollneux tho young New York club
man athlete and chemist under sen
tence of death for poisoning Mrs
Catharine Adams In December 1898
who was an unintended victim of a
plot to take the life of Harry Cornish
manager of athletic sports Judges
Parker Vann Bartlett Gray OBrien
Halght and Werner In their gowns of
black sat upon the bench to hear tho
famous case and down at the counsels
table were former United States Sen
ator David B Hill who holds tho brief
of the peoplo and John G Mllburn
president of the Pan American exposi
tion who espouses the cause of tho
young prisoner at Sing Sing
Thirty Passengers Injured
Hamlet N C Juno 18 Late last
night the north bound Seaboard Air
Line Atlanta special turned broadside
off a trestle Into a pond about a mile
north of Rockingham Thirty passen
gers were more or less Injured sev
eral very seriously and two a white
man and a negro probably fatally On
account of the rains the piers of the
trestle gave way on the left side At
the flrst crash all lights went out and
-water rushed in waist deep through
tho windows A relief train came from
Hamlet with surgeons and another
from Rockingham The hotel here Is
being used as a temporary hospital
Reformers Cited for Contempt
Denver June 18 Judge P L Pal
mer of the district court yesterday
cited Rev W H Talmage state super
intendent of the Anti Saloon league
Rev M A Rader pastor of Grace M
E church and W D Wynkoop secre
tary of the local Christian Endeavor
society- to appear In his court today
to answer to the charge of contempt
on certain statements made In Denver
pulpits and elsewhere regarding the
courts action in cases involving the
rights of saloon keepers to sell liquor
to women and of restaurants to serve
liquor on Sundays
i Captain Sentenced for Bribery
Mobile Ala June 18 In the United
States court yesterday Captain C W
King former construction quartermas
ter at Fort Morgan Ala was sen
tenced to Imprisonment In the peniten
tiary for one year and a half and to
pay a fine of 3000 He gave notice of
appeal and made the required bond
of 10000 King was convicted several
weeks ago of receiving a bribe with In
tent to influence his official conduct
Funeral of Commander Belknap
Annapolis Md June 18 The fu
neral of Commander Charles Belknap
XJ S N who died Saturday of blood
poisoning in the Union Protestant in
firmary Baltimore was held yesterday
at St Annes Protestant Episcopal
church Many naval officers profess
ors and a detachment of marines ac
companied the remains to the naval
cemetery where the interment was
made
Pingree Growing Weaker
London Juno 18 Governor Pin
grees physician left him at midnight
last night There is continued appre
hension as to his condition The
strongest drugs have failed to check
tho dysentery and the only hopeful
symptom is that the patient Is enabled
freely to partake of nourishment
Mrs PIngreo has sailed for London
V
Prisoner Uses Iron Bar
P Topeka Kan June 18 Tony
Drown a prisoner In tho county Jail
attempted to kill Jim Phillips another
prisoner with an Iron bar yesterday
and was shot twice in the foot by an
officer before ho desisted Both men
are colored awaiting trial for selling
liquor to Indians Tho cause of the
quarrel was an old feud
JF Stlnson a Winner
Boston June 18 Stlnson won tha
33 mlle motor paced race at Charles
River park yesterday Nelson was
thrown early In the race having at
that time broken five worlds compe
tition records Michael was two miles
behind Stlnson at the finish Stlnsona
lime 2840 4 5
BEARDON PLACED ON TRIAL
Charged With Sending Threatening
Letter to Banker Warner
Kansas City Juno 18 Judgo
Fischer In Kansas City Kan yostor
day called for trial tho case of M D
Deardon newspaper solicitor and post
master of Donnor Springs Kan dur
ing tho last administration of Presi
dent Cloveland who Is charged with
attempting to extort 1000 from Frank
Warner a bankor of that placo Tho
promlncnco of Deardon and Warner
and their standing In tho community
tho aensatlonal circumstances sur
rounding tho enso has mailo It tho
chief topic of discussion In Bonner
Springs nnd tho surrounding country
Tho prosecution rests on a threatening
letter anonymous in Its character
which Warner received through tho
malls on Feb 25 Tho writer threat
ened to blow up Warners hntiso with
dynamite unless ho placed 1000 In
I gold at a point on tho outskirts of Don
nor Springs A bag containing slugs
was deposited by tho hanker as di
rected It was taken by Boardon nnd
ho was arrested Many witnesses will
testify In Deardons behalf
JOBS FOR EXPERT FARMERS
Indian Service Short and Twenty Two
i places Are Now Vacant
i Washington Juno 18 Tho civil
i service commission announcos that on
i July 23 it will hold an examination for
i tho position of farmor In tho Indian
I service This position pays from G00
l to 720 a year at tho start with pros
pect of promotion to 900 a year and In
addition quarters are furnished
The commission states that it has
experienced considerable difficulty In
securing a sufficient number quali
fied persons to meet tho needs of tho
Indian office and there are now 22 va
cancies as follows Two each at La
polnte Wis Fort Belknap Mon Lem
hi Ida Yankton S D and Ouray
Utah and one each at Carson Nov
Colvllle Wash Yantx Or Crow
Agency Mon Blackfoot Mon Fort
Peck Mon Pierre S D Klamath
Or Standing Rock N D and Tonsuo
River Mon
RETURN TO FACE INDICTMENTS
McGarry and Taylor Give Ball for Ap
pearance at Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Mich Juno 18 At
torney Thomas F McGarry of this
city and Henry A Taylor the eastern
capitalist arrived here yesterday and
were Immediately arrested on tho
grand Jury Indictments and arraigned
in tho superior court charged with
bribery In connection with the attempt
to secure a water contract from this
city by alleged unlawful means
Pleas of not guilty were ordered
by the court on their standing mute
and they were released on 5000 ball
each They were ordered to appear
on June 24 when the time of trial will
be decided Henry Spring foreman of
the grand jury went on Taylors bond
and Congressman William A Smith Is
a surety for McGarry
MORRISON JURY IS SECURED
Trlla of Kansas Woman fdr Murder
Finally Begun
Eldorado Kan June 18 A jury was
secured yesterday to try Jessie Morri
son a second time for the murder a
year ago this month of Mrs Olin Cas
tle The trial was then begun As the at
torneys for the state have said they
will exclude much of the testimony
offered at the flrst trial It Is believed
that the case will be given to the jury
promptly It has taken four days and
a half to secure tho present jury It
Is composed of nine farmers and threo
laborers A negro was one selected
but he was excused
Agent Walker Charged With Fraud
New York Juno 18 William C
Walker formerly assistant treasurer
of tho United Security Life and Trust
company of Philadelphia and now spe
cial agent of the Fidelity Mutual Life
company of Philadelphia was arrested
in this city yesterday afternoon
charged with fraudulent conversion
Pressmen In Convention
Washington June 18 The National
Printing Pressmens and Assistants
union began its 13th annual session In
this city The forenoon session was
given up to addresses of welcome and
to a response by Mr J H Bowman
nresldent of tho national union
Found Dead In a Boat
Rock Island Ills June 18 Charles
Wendt an aged fisherman residing at
Cordova was found dead in a boat
floating in tho Mississippi river Ho
had been shot with a shotgun fired
within such close range that gunwads
were imbedded In his face Coroner
Eckhart placed four brothers Edward
Harvey Elmer and Curley Stiles un
der arrest They had a quarrel some
time ago with Wendt over a fishing
net and had made threats against him
An examination of their ammunition
disclosed wads like those picked out
of Wendts face
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Asa eight years old and Carl aged
11 sons of Adam Roger of Laketon
Ind were drowned in Eel river Mon
day
In an altercation at Collins Mich
Monday between H D Larrey and an
old man named Davis both men were
killed
The Terre Haute machinists strike
was settled Monday through the efforts
of Eugene Debs The men get ten
hours pay for nine hours work
Crazed by causeless jealousy a min
er at Butto cut his wifes throat with a
razor Monday killing he- Instantly
He then gashed his own throat but
will recover
William Pollard engineer and an
Italian fireman were killed by the ex
plosion of a boiler at the Colorado
Fuel and Iron companys mine at
Btarkvlllo Colo Monday
THE NORFOLK NKWS Kill AY JUNK Jl W01
British Have 40229 Persons in
Concentration Camps
OF THESE 410 DIED IN MAY
Nintty Eight Were Adults and Over
300 Children Announcement of the
Death Rate Received In Commons
With Groan3 by Irish Members
London Juno 18 Itoplylng to ques
tions in the house of commons today
Mr Brodrlck tho war secretary said
there wore 40229 persons In tho con
centration camps of tho Transvaal
and Oraugo River Colony Tho deaths
la thuso camps for tho mouth of May
numbered 98 men and women and 318
children Tho announcement of tho
mortality was received with groans
from tho Irish members and cries of
scandalous Mr Brodrlck added
that tho authorities were arranging Tor
tho roloaso of tho women and children
who had friends to recolvo thorn but
tho government could not undertake
to feed them In tsolatod positions
Tho division in tho houso of com
mons on tho motion made by Mr
Lloyd Georgo to adjourn tho houso on
tho question of tho treatment of Boer
women and children which was reject
ed by a vote of 253 to 151 servod to
accentuate tho split in tho Liberal
party on tho governments war policy
Sir Henry Campboll Banuerman tho
Liberal leader supported Lloyd Georgo
In denouncing tho policy of concen
trating women and children In camps
and with Sir William Vernon Har
court Liberal and tho Rt Hon Will
lam M Bryco Liberal voted In tho
minority on Lloyd GeQrgos motion
About 50 Liberal Imperialists abstained
from voting as a protest against tho
section of
tho house of commons Identifying
themselves so closely with tho cxtremo
pro Boors
UGANDA A WONDROUS LAND
Sir Henry Johnston Reports That
Game Is Very Plentiful
London June 18 Sir Henry Ham
ilton Johnston special commlsslonet
for the Uganda protectorate has re
turned to London after an absence of
two years He brings stories of
Uganda rivalling Henry M Stanleys
description of Darkest Africa Sir
Henry relates that the country sur
rounding Montoaian Is totally depopu
lated as a result of Intertribal wars
and Is consequently marvelously
stocked with big game that are as tame
as English park deer Zebras and an
telopes can be approached to within
ten yards and there Is no sport In kill
ing them Elephants and rhinoceros
are also abundant and according to
Sir Henry lions in Uganda are too busy
eating hartebeesto to notice a passing
caravan The prehistoric giraffe was
discovered In this country by the com
missioner who proposes to maintain
tho region roferrei to as a national
park He photographed a race of ape
men In the Congo forest differing en
tirely from Stanleys pigmies and so
cured phonogragh records of their lan
guage and music
MAD MULLAH IN TIGHT FIX
English Flying Column Captures His
Cattle and Corners Him
London June 18 A dispatch to the
foreign office from the consul general
of Somallland says that tho Mad Mul
lah expedition had heavy fighting May
28 The flying column of mounted In
fantry under Captain Merewether
struck tho Mullahs sunnly camn dur
ing a night march and captured 5000
Head of cattle killed ono Important
chief and captured another covered
100 miles fought a sharp action and re
turned to Its base all In 24 hours
The main force of tho British under
Colonel Swalno departed for Eidab
June 2 leaving MacNelll with 300
men to guard Zariba Swaines col
umn advanced against tho Mullahs
base In the meantime the Mullah
with 3000 followers attacked Zariba
threo times Ho was finally driven off
by Captain MacNelll with a loss of 500
men Tho British in Zariba had ten
men killed and nine wounded
Tho Mullah Is now cut off from his
base and a decisive action Is Immi
nent
REPORT THE EMPEROR DEAD
Correspondent Telegraphs the Latest
Scheme of the Empress Dowager
London Juno 18 The correspond
ent of tho Globe telegraphing under
yesteruays date says ho learns In Chi
nese quarters that the dowager em
press proposes when tho court reaches
Kal Fong Fu In Ho Nang to announce
that the emperor has been killed by
brigands and that Prince Tuans son
has succeeded to the throne Tho dow
ager empress will then establish a new
capital at Kal Fong Fu which will be
connected by railway with Nankin
The contract for this railway will be
given to John C Ferguson of Boston
who tho correspondent understands
will sell the concession to tho Rus
sians
The correspondent adds that Fergu
son is acting on behalf of LI Hung
Chang and Taotal Shang who hope to
escape censure by throwing the blame
for the transaction upon Ferguson
Resume Work Under Armed Guards
Seattle Wash Juno 18 Under tho
protection of armed guards the Moran
Brothers Co metal workers and Bhlp
builders yesterday resumed work In
tho boiler and machine departments
of their planta In this city with non
union mechanics Twenty non union
boilermakers and machinists were put
to work at the old scale 350 per day
for ten hours work
8TUBB3 AND MILLER TO RULE
Will Be Tratflc Managers for Every
Railroad West of Chicago
Chicago Juno 18 Tho Trlbuno
says All tho roads In tho middle wont
and northwest In which IC tl Harrt
man J P Morgan tho Vandorbilts and
J J Hill are Interested horuaftor will
bo practically under one management
J C Stubbs now third vtco prusldunt
of tho Southern Pacific will bo tho
traffic expert or manngur for tho liar
rlmati group of roads whllu Darius Mil
ler sucond vice president of the Groat
Northern will occcupy a similar posi
tion for tho Hill roads Doth probably
will have offices In Chicago and will
act In conjunction Tills Is one result
of tho conference hold In Chlcngo on
Saturday botwuen Mr llarrlman and
various railroad num Mr Stubbs will
havo full charge of all traffic affairs of
tho Union Pacific Southern Pantile
1 Oregon Short Lino and Oregon
I gallon Ho will also havo charge of tho
I transcontinental traffic affairs of tho
I Chicago and Northern Chicago and Al-
ton IlllonlH Central Mllwaukeo and
St Paul and ono or two other lines
that may como under Harrlnmnn con
trol Mr Miller who Is ono of Presi
dent Hills trusted lieutenants will tie
the traffic export of the Burlington
Great Northern nnd Northern Pacific
roads and to thoHo mny bo added later
on tho Chicago Great Wostom Wis
consin Central Minneapolis and St
Louis nnd lown Central
DEBATE ON IMMORTALITY
Elder Grant and Rev Brown Begin
Discussion at Boston
Boston Juno 18 A five days dobato
on tho Immortality ojf tho sould was be
gun yesterday at tho Park Stroot
church Tho disputants are Elder
Miles Grant of this city and Rev Hu
bert C Brown of Now Orloans For
two dnys Elder Grant Is to dofend tho
position that both tho bible and sci
ence teach that man Is wholly mortal
and is totally unconscious between
deatli and tho resurrection while Mr
Brown Is to defend tho negative
Then for threo days Mr Drown Is to
nffirm immortality whllo Elder Grant
takes tho negative Yestiiay the ills
putnnts quoted tho original Hebrew1
for life soul etc but hardly got
clear of the flrst two chapters of Gen
esis although David Isaiah and Solo
mon wero quoted Incidentally
FAMILY FEUD ENDS IN MURDER
Harry Russell of Andrews Neb Shot
Down by James Force a Neighbor
Harrison Neb Juno 18 Harry
Russell of Andrews was shot and in
stantly killed there by James Force
a neighbor who was brought to Harri
son in the custody of his father and
delivered to tho sheriff
It Is not known how long Russell
was dead Tho body was discovered
by George Williams of this place
Young Russell was a brother of
Charles Russell now serving n life sen
tence for the murder of Alois Stando
mler hero about a year ago
Bad blood has existed between tho
two families for some time
Kearney Cotton Mill to Close Down
Kearney Neb June 18 It lias been
decided by the owners to close the
Kearney cotton mill For some time
past particularly since the closing of
tho Asiatic markets occasioned by tho
Chinese war the mill has been oper
ated at a loss The Kearney mill was
a direct shipper of special grades of
cotton goods to China and tills market
has been entirely closed The high
price of cotton has also worked against
the plant Eastern investors hold
mortgage bonds for 90000 for money
borrowed to use as working capital
Tho mortgago is in process of fore
closure and a decree Is expected within
30 days
Negroes Vow Vengeance
Jacksonville Fin June 18 At a ne
gro political meeting In the Sixth ward
last night a number of negroes swore
that they would havo vengeance
against the whites declaring it Is
said that they would kill any white
man who came Into tho district Thoy
seized two street cars that were pass
ing and drove the motorman and con
ductor from tho car Tho mob was
dispersed on the arrival of tho police
In force In the melee preceding tho
arrival of tho police Willio Cook a
young negro was seriously wounded
by a pistol ball
Stonewall Jacksons Last Dispatch
Hagerstown Md Juno 18 Mrs
Jacob Delllnger found among some old
papers In a trunk at her homo near
Willlamsport this county a copy 0
the last dispatch written by Stonewall
Jackson to General Loo before tho bat
tle of Chancellorsvllle Tho dispatch
Is dated May 2 18G3 at 3 p m and
states that tho enemy has made a
stand at Chancellorsvllle and ex
presses tho belief that a kind Provi
dence will bless us with success The
dispatch Is signed T J Jackson
Prince Edwards Still at Large
Shroveport La Juno 18 Prince
Edwards tho murderer of John Gray
Foster is still at large Tho poaso has
not abandoned Its efforts to locate him
and the search In northeast Texas is
still in progress but there does not
seem to be any hope of Immediate re
sults The rumor that tho negro was
captured between Jcnosvllle and
Scottsville Is untrue as well as tho
statement that Edwards was caught at
Monroe
Baseball Scores Yesterday
National 1 St
Louis 12 Boston 9 Philadelphia 8
American League Baltimore 6 Mil
waukee 7 Philadelphia 12 Clove
land 8 Washington 2 Detroit 9
Boston 11 10 Chicago 1 4 Western
League St Paul 2 Omaha 4 Den
ver 2 Kansas City 5 Minneapolis
10 Des Moines 4 Colorado Springs
12 St Joseph 8
I BIBB Ml
Fire on Squaw Island Causes a
Loss of 250000
TWO ELEVATORS GO UP IN OMOKE
Queen City Flour Mill Also in Ashes
Dock of the International Ferry Com
pany Suffers Bridge the First to
Go Fire Tug Arrives Too Late
Buffalo Juno 18 A firo which
started on tho dock at tho foot of
1 Ferry street on Niagara rlvor front
1 at 230 oclock this morning destroyed
1 two eluvatom ono large flour mill tho
I tlekot office and a part of tho dock of
tho International Ferry company Tho
1
total Iohh will bo In tho neighborhood
j of 250000 divided as follows Fron
I tier elevator 40001 Ryan elevator
75000 Queen City mill 100000
I Tho lire was a hard ono for tho do
I partmeut to got at Tho mills nnd
docks are on a narrow strip of laud
1 forming 11 part of Squaw Inland Tho
j bridge connecting tho mainland to tho
docks was destroyed soon after tho
fire Htarted Tho flro tug was sent
down tho canal from tho upper harbor
but everything within reach of tho
flames but tho dock had been d
stroyod before tho lire boat arrived
BIG LIST OF CAU3ALTIE3
Four Deaths and One Severe Injury at
Oskaloosa Within Few Hours
Qrlnnoll la Juno 18 Four dent lis
of well known Oskatoosa people and
I ono probably fatal Injury Is tho cas
ualty record for a few hours Mrs
I Naomi Deskin was found dead in her
homo upon her husbntida return from
I work Charles Lafayette a boy of 15
years droppod undor tho wheels of an
I Iowa Central car and was ground to
i deatli Lincoln Cox dropped dead at
I tho paving works where ho waH
ployed and Charles Huff mire a prom-
Inent fanner committed suicide by
1 bunging at tho Union mills To add to
other casualties John M Price a
prominent contractor received possl
1 bly fatal Injuries by falling from a
1 Bcaffold and explosions from gaso
line caused damaging fires In tho Fred
Sattcn bicycle shop and tho Mrs Cov
ington Irons making parlors
LOOMIS IS TRANSFERRED
Minister to Caracas Is Appointed to Go
to Portugal
Wsalilnsgton Juno 18 Tho follow
ing changes In tho diplomatic corps
wero announced yesterday Francis
B Loomis minister to Venezuela linn
been transferred to bo mlulster to
Portugal vice John N Irwin o Iowa
resigned
Horhort W Bowon of Now York pres
ent minister to Persia lias been trans
ferred to Caracas succeeding Mr
Loomis as minister to Venezuela
Lloyd C Grlscom of Pennsylvania
first secretary of the legation at Con
stantinople has been mado minister
to Persia
Spencer F Eddy of Illinois present
second secretary at Paris has been
made first secretary at Constantinople
to succeed Mr Grlscom
ALLISON REFUSES TO RUN
Iowa Senator Determined Not to Be
In Presidential Race
Washington Juno 18 Senator Alli
son of Iowa was at tho whlto house
yesterday Speaking of Governor
Shaws telegram urging him to enter
tho presidential race Senator Allison
said he had already announced that
ho would not bo a candidate I havo
not changed my mind said he I
am not in It1 There is reason to be
lieve that tho senator has written a
letter upon the subject to Governor
Shaw
Piatt Names Odell
Now York Juno 18 Tho Journal
and Advertiser says It seoms to mo
that Governor Odoll will bo ro olectod
and that ho will lator bo president
This was Senator Thomas C Piatts
roply to a question put to him yester
day by a reportor as to whother Gov
ernor Odell is likely to succeed him In
tho senate two years henco
KENNEDY CASE POSTPONED
Father and Brothers of Lulu Not to
Be Tried Till September
Kansas City Juno 18 Tho case
against W S Prince and Will and Bert
Prince father and brothers of Mrs
Lulu Prince Kennedy charged with
conspiring with her to kill Philip H
Kennedy contracting agent of tho
Merchants Dispatch Transportation
company was yesterday postponed to
tho September term Papers In appeal
from tho dopision in tho case of Mrs
Kennedy who was Saturday given a
ten year sentenco for killlug Kennedy
are being mado out Pending a de
cision of the higher court Mrs Ken
nedy will be let out on ball
Refuse to Bind the Church
Jamestown N Y Juno 18 Yester
days session of the Swedish Lutheran
synod waa devoted chiefly to tho cause
of foreign missions During the last
year tho synods congregations have
given 12794 to tho cause A resolu
tion was introduced making the usa
of tho revised version of tho now testa
ment compulsory among tho churches
of the synod but It was voted down
Disapproves Indians Plans
Washington Juno 18 Tho presi
dent has disapproved an act of the
Cherokee Indian council providing for
a commission to execute a new agree
ment with the Dawes commission Tho
tribe by popular vote recently rejected
by a majority of over 1000 the agree
ment which had been made between
its representatives and tho Dawes
commission
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KNIGHF3 ELECT DICTATOR8
Supremo Lodge In Convention at Mil
waukeo Chooses Officers
Mllwaukeo Juno 18 The supremo
lodge of tho Knights of Honor yester
day elected the following past grand
dlctntorn Benjamin I Solomon ot
California 1 W Warrnnsalth of Ma
flachuiiettii James Caldwell and II S
Moody of Ohio Ana O Anggoll and
Charles II Ilaydon of Indiana A P
Hagenioyor of Kentucky and James If
Nightingale of Rhodu Island It wnn
decide to continue tho present annual
salarlon of ofllcuni
Proprosltlonn to chango from tho
atop rato to a lovol rate plan of assonn
mont and to Increase the oxponso an
HOHHtnnnl for tho coming yuar from
110 to 100 woro defeated by doclslvo
votes
Given Up for Lost
Tacoma WuhIi Juno 18 It In al
most eortnln lint the fishing schooner
Willi 0 Wing Captain John Johnson
owned by the Icy Strait Packing com
pany has gono to tho bottom with tho
crow of 30 wimowhero between ho
north ond of Vancouver Island and
Moresby Island Tho schooner nailed
from Seattle just n month ago nnd linn
not boon reported slnco It ordinarily
requires live days to mako the trip
up tho coast from tho sound to thn
cnnnerloH Of tho men on tho Whlto
Wing about half wero from Tacomn
tho others being Seattle fishermen
Crop Conditions Favorable
St Paul Juno 18 Crop reports from
tho ontlre Northern Pacific system In
dicate very favorabln conditions TI10
Boventh bulletin Issued from Vice Pres
ident Hannafords office slates that
throughout Mlnnottota thoro Is plenti
ful moisture with tho ground In such
condition that without more rain cropn
will not suffer until woll Into July A
few North Dakota points report slight
damage from frost but not enough to
leave permanent traces West of tho
Dakotas favorable conditions prevail
Young Betts on the Stand
Wlnfleld Kan Juno 18 Cliarlon
Bolts 13 years old who Is charged
Willi tho murder of 11 farmer near here
was put on tho stand yesterday for
cross examination Tho hoy was cool
on tho Ht ami and ho was not mixed In
ills answers Ills recital of all tho de
tails of tho story had Its good effect
on tho Jury Ills testimony was given
tho strictest attention by tho specta
tors and tho Jurors
Ice and Storage Plant Burns
Salina Kan Juno 18 Flro last
night destroyed the plant of tho Kan
sas Ice nnd Storage plant of this city
Loss 50000 -
-
tnrlotin African Cuatoma
Anion tho hunian sacrifices of the
delta of the Niger says Count do
Cnrdl young girls occupy the most
honored place They nro at regular
periods offered up to the gods and ln
stend of shrinking- from this horrlblo
doom they nccept It with pride nnd
grntltnde Nothing Is refused to theso
girls while they nro alive If ono of
them sees a hnndsome dross or orna
ment on a woman and expresses a de
sire to have It tho womnn must give It
to her Men nro also sacrlflccd though
not for religious reasons uud they
welcome deatli ns eagerly ns the girls
Count de Cnrdl once tried to save ono
of lhese victims but Instead of thank
ing him the mini reviled him so bitter
ly for Interfering nnd scolded tho by
standers no heartily for delnying to
carry out tho sentence that they
promptly stopped Ills mouth by killing
him
The worst Insult which one womnn
can offer to nnother Is to hold out the
right hand In front of her with tho In
dex and middle finger forming the let
tor V This menus You will become
the mother of twins When twins aro
born In this region they nnd their
mothers are killed as a rule nnd when
a mother dies In giving birth to a child
the latter Is also killed and burled with
her It Is not superstition which Im
pels the negroes to dispose of mother
less Infants in this heartless fashion
but the great diflJculfy of rearing them
Altogether the Information which
Count de Cnrdl has gathered during
his residence of many years In tills
portion of Africa is of rare value espe
cially to anthropologists
lie nemembered Them
By the way suld tho man who had
stopped at a farm house to water his
horse 15 years ago a poor boy cama
this way nnd you took him In
Yes queried tho farmer somewhat
surprised
You were kind to him went on tho
stranger you fed him gave him
words of encouragement and an old
suit of clothes put a dollar in his pock
et and sent him on his way rejoicing
no told you nt tho time that he never
would forget your kindness Am I
right
I reckon you are replied tho farm
er
He Bald that If ho prospered he
would see that you never had occasion
to regret your kindness to a poor strug
gling lad
Lands sakesl exclaimed tho fann
ers wife excitedly It sounds almost
like a fairy tale dont It Why you
must have seen him
I have said the stranger and be
sent a message to you
What Is it they both asked ex
pectantly
He told me to tell you that ho Is
still poor
As the stranger drove away tho
farmer went out and kicked the pump
viciously whllo his wife threw a roll
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The Difference
Willie Pa whaf a the difference be
tween Insurance and assurance
Pa Well the latter is what the
agent has and the former Is what he
tries to sell you hjhidelphla Press