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-Men Injured and Much Prop
erty Damaged at New Ulm
MANY BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN
Occurs on Anniversary of Big Cyclone
of Twenty Years Ago and People Are
on Guard Follows Hot Spell That
Broke the Record
Now Ulm Minn July 24 A tornado
passed a mllo north of Now Ulm from
west to cast yesterday Several luilld
Ings woro blown down nnd two men In
jured Thd1 Injured men nro August
Woodmnn and William Thomlltz both
of whom sought shelter In a barn
which wns blown down upon them
Several farm buildings In the district
were wrecked A heavy rain accom
panied tho Btorm Half an hour prior
to the tlmo tho storm BtruckithlB sec
tion tho government thoWhomoter
showed 105 tho highest point reached
this season Tho air was closo and
heavy arid tho anniversary of tho dis
astrous cyclone of 20 years ago having
Just been passed all residents In tho
vicinity of the disturbance sought ref
uge In cellars Reports from the coun
try to tho west of1 hero are to tho effect
that considerable damago was done
GENERAL DROUGHT SITUATION
Scattered Thunder Storms Reported
In the Heated Area
Washington July 24 With tho ex
ception of scattered thunder storms
yesterday tho most Important of
which so far at least as reports to tho
weather bureau show was that at
North Platte Neb where eight one
hundredths of an Inch of rain fell the
drought and Intense heat continued
throughout the states of tho corn belt
Temperatures again averaged over 100
degrees In that area making tho 3Gth
consecutive day In which tho thermom
eter has risen to 90 degrees and high
er Aside from North Platte a trace
of rain was officially reported at Des
Moines two ono hundredths of an inch
at Kansas City some rain fall In Tex
as some In Arkansas and also some
1n northern Minnesota These storms
he Bald brought only temporary relief
nnd afford little sustenance to the over
parched ground which after the great
ly protracted drought needs a general
rain According to present indica
tions there seems to be no prospect of
euch a downpour for tho next two days
at least Beyond that time the officials
will not make any predictions There
Is no prospect of any relief from pre
vailing conditions in the central val
leys and the middle western states
and Forecaster Frankenfield repeats
his forecast of continued warm weath
er with light and scattered thunder
Btorms in that section
KANSAS LOOKS FOR SHOWERS
Temperatures Range to One Hundred
and Ten Degrees
Topeka July 24 Temperatures in
Kansils yesterday were as high as 110
Ono death occurred In Abilene and
prostrations in Leavenworth Atchison
Osage City Topeka and some of the
smaller towns The state Is overcast
with clouds and the air Is humid J
Thunder storms of various degrees of
intensity came during the arternoon
Leavenworth had two showers of 20
minutes each No relief other than a
Blight cooling of tho atmosphere result
ed The Indications aro for showers
The situation throughout tho state has
become very uncomfortable and water
Is becoming scarce Nearly a month
of a temperature of 100 nd over with
not a drop of rain is the story coming
from many Kansas towns Many
farmers are rushing their stock to
market trying to buy feed and trying
to find water for stock
GRFAT HEAT IN THE NORTH
Minnesota and the Dakotas Are
ferlng Harvesting Difficult
St Paul July 24 Reports from all
sections of the states of Minnesota and
the Dakotas show that the heat wave
continues with -If anything Increased
intensity Many stations rdport yes
terday as being a record breaker with
maximums ranging from 100 to 10S
Bismarck reports a maximum temper
ature of 106 the highest In many
years The heat has had the effect of
maturing grain much earlier than
usual and In northorn Minnesota and
Dakota the wheat Is about ready to
cut Work in the harvest fields how
ever Is carried on with great diffi
culty many prostrations of men and
animals being reported
Showers In Nebraska
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Lincoln July 24 Showers visited
4he east central part of Nebraska last
evening but there was no general rain
fall and none at all in the sections
roost sorely drought afflicted The
precipitation at Grand Island was near
ly a third of an Inch and It ranged
downward from that to a sprinkle
In the towns of Alma Franklin Tren
ton Hastings and Aurora The maxi
mum temperature for Lincoln yester
day was 103 In tho western part of
the state live stock Is being marketed
at any price the farmers can get
J Heat Still Intense
Burlington July 24 The heat la
-till Intense Tho maximum yesterday
was 108 Tho corn throughout Iowa Is
reported to be holding out remark
ably well Forty minutes rain la re
sorted at Charlton
Death and Insanity From Heat
Omaha July 24 Death and Insanity
claimed their quota of victims in Oma
ha yesterday the former taking four
the latter claiming three tho direct
result of excessive beat
ACCU3ED OP EENDER CRIME3
Governor of Kansas Issues Requisition
for Four Suspects In Colorado
Topoka July 24 Four persons bo
licved to bo momburs of the notorious
Bonder family accused of committing
a score of murders at their home near
Galena Kan 20 years ago aro be
lieved to have been located nr Fort
Collins Colo and Oovernor Stanley
has Issued requisition papers on tho
governor of Colorado for their return
to this state Tho first stops towards
bringing tho suspects to Kansas woro
tnken upon the representations of
Frank Ayres of Fort Collins who ns
sorts that ono of tho quartette Kato
Bonder was once his wlfo Oovernor
Stanley Issued tho requisition upon
affidavits of four men who went to
Colorado especially to Identify tho sus
pects
The Benders committed a series of
tho most atrocious crimes over record
ed They lived on a small farm near
Oalona nnd for years as It dovoloped
after their flight had lured travolera
to their place murdered them for their
money nnd burled their bodies In tho
yard around their homo or under tho
house Tho homo was arranged with
trap doors All four members -of tho
family wore accusod of aiding In tho
murders An Investigation Into tho
disappearance of a man who had
stopped at tho Benders and whoso
hones woro found beneath tho houso
led to their Might ono night A heavy
reward for their arrest was offered by
the state but they were never found
Tho family consisted of man wife
daughter and ono son Tho parents
would now be In tho 70s and Iho chil
dren about CO years of age
MILK DEALERS PUNISHED
Several Arrested and Fined for Use of
Preservatives
Des Moines July 24 Tho milk deal
ers in Des Moines aro feeling tho ef
fects of Iowas Btringont law In regard
to milk adulterations J J Myers a
prominent butcher and dealer in milk
paid a fino for being guilty of hauling
milk in which formaldehyde had been
placed as a preservative Ho claimed
that he had purchased tho milk from
tho dairymen nnd did not know that
anything had been placed in It for
preserving but tho law makes no dis
tinction of this kind and ho paid ills
fine He then filed Information
against tho proprietors of tho Iowa
dairy under the state law and they
were arrested for adulterating their
milk Tho tests showed they had been
handling milk In which formaldehyde
was used Tho company receives milk
from more than a dozen different
sources and the proprietors say they
are unable to tell who it is that la
using the adulterant
BANK SAFE BLOWN OPEN
Burglars Enter by a Window but Use
Too Heavy Charge of Dynamite
Beemer Neb July 24 The Beemer
State bank was broken into last night
by burglars Entrance was made
through a window Aftor getting in
the burglars put a dynamite fuse into
one of the safes and blew the doors
and bottom out the blast breaking
the windows of tho building
The explosion aroused several citi
zens and the burglars becoming
alarmed fled without getting any cash
The safe is damaged to the extent of
100 or more Bloodhounds were
brought up from Lincoln but could do
no good on account of the hot dry
weather Sheriff Phillips and a party
of men from West Point and also a
party from Wisner were down to help
catch the robbers Tho bank offers a
reward of 100 for the apprehension of
the robbers
HUSBAND IS SLAIN
John Hagey Dies at Braddyville la
of Pistol Wound
Braddyville la July 24 John
Hagey a member of the town council
and the school board died yesterday
from a bullet wound inflicted by John
Russell who lived with tho Hageys
until recently and who was turned
from the house by Hagey as tho re
sult of an Infatuation for Mrs Hagey
Later when Hagey again found Rus
sell at his house in conversation with
Mrs Hagey he attempted to shoot
tho Intruder who returned the flre
with fatal effect Russell is still a
fugitive
Battleships Reach Bremerton
Seattle July 24 The battleships
Iowa and Wisconsin yesterday dropped
anchor off tho naval station at Brem
erton It Is not known when tho ves
sels will be docked except that work
on them Is to be taken up and pushed
to completion Work on tho Wiscon
sin will be taken up first and will con
sist of fitting flying bridges some cab
inet work etc Tho Iowa will be
docked between the 1st and 15th of
September
Revenue Officers Destroy mill
Nashville July 24 Tho big possa
of revenue officers and deputy mar
shals that went to Putnam county to
aid in capturing the illicit still where
tho battle of Saturday occurred re
turned here last night They found
the still and destroyed It None of Its
operators was caught however
Waterspout In Texas
Dallas Tex July 24 A dispatch
from Cisco reports a waterspout 12
miles west of there which washed
away ten miles of tho track of the
Texas Central railroad An engine
went through a brjdge and Engineer
Thomas Beene was killed
Milwaukee Wins Third Race
Chicago July 24 Tho Milwaukee
crossed the line first yesterday In the
third trial race for the Canada cup
Her victory was complete as she led
the Detroit over the finish by over
two minutes and beat the Cadillac I
and Illinois by about alx minutes
TIIK NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY JULY 2 1001
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Requests an Investigation by
Fellow Officers
WILL 8UE MACLAY FOR LIBEL
Secretary Long Will Probably Name
Dewey Ramsay and Dunham as
Court of Inquiry Case Promises to
Be a Celebrated One
Washington July 24 Tho Washing
ton Post last night telegraphed Admi
ral Schley Hint In an editorial It In
sisted that ho owed It to himself ns
woll as to his friends to begin proceed
ings against Maclay tho author of - tho
History of tho United States Navy
to disprove tho lattera charge add
ing Will you do this Ploaso wlro
statomont
It received tho following tologrnm
from Admiral Schloy
Oreat Neck L I July 23--Editor
Washington Past I bollevo tho first
stop should bo Investigation of all
mnttor by a court then a civil action
afterwards I am preparing to tako
this courso
Tho Post as n result of cxtonfilvo
Inquiries based upon tho admirals dis
patch says Admiral Schloy pro
poses to ask an Investigation at tho
hands of a naval court of Inquiry and
then to sue Hlstorlnn Mnclay for libel
Ills action Is tho sequel to tho devel
opments during tho past week when
the entire country has boon surprised
by the- publication of tho unexampled
abuse poured out on him In tho third
volume of 13 S Maclays History of
the United Stntes Navy In which pub
lication ho is said to have run awny In
caitiff flight and Is In addition de
nounced as a coward a cur aud a
traitor
The Schloy court of Inquiry will un
doubtedly bo ono of tho most cele
brated cases In tho naval or military
history of tho country Tho high rank
of the officers Involved In tho contro
versy and tho Intense public feeling
which lias been aroused will combine
to give to tho Investigation a dramatic
Interest Nothing has occurred In
Washington for many years that will
compare with It Secretary Long has
already stated that ff Admiral Schley
requested a court of Inquiry ho would
grant tho request and also expressed
his willingness to personally select tho
court While he has not made any
statement as to Its personnel there
Is every reason to bollevo that he fa
vors Admiral Dowey and Rear Admi
rals Ramsay and Benham
Schley Asks Court of Inquiry
New York July 24 The Herald
Bays Rear Admiral Winficld S
Scllley has asked Secretary Long to
appoint a court of Inquiry to determine
the facts in regard to his course in tho
Santiago campaign When Admiral
Schley was pressed to make some
statement of his position lie wrote
the following sentences I really
think that as this matter is liable to
take the form of a Judicial Investiga
tion I ought not to be subject to In
terview I think that action Is prefer
able to words and I have decided to
act More than tills I ought not to ho
expected to say but I will add that It
is a very great pity that tbvro should
be any controversy over matters where
everybody did his best
STRIKE GOES INTO COURT
Steel Magnates Want Injunction
Against Former Employes
Pittsburg July 24 The steel com
bine forces have decided to carry the
strike into the courts It is learned
that former Judge P M Smith of
Wellsville O has been retained by
Perslfer F Smith district manager of
the American Sheet Steel company to
prepare papers for presentation within
a few days to a federal court asking
for a restraining order to stop strikers
from accosting or molesting In any
way nonunion men on the highways
The move promises a crisis in the
strike thus far ono of watchfulness
and waiting Tho application for an
injunction may be made in the United
States district court and at first will
apply only to Wellsville but it Is be
lieved the plan Is to pursue similar
tactics at McKeesport and other places
whore necessary
A rumor is in circulation that a car
load of men will run into Wellsville
today to supplement the force now at
work According to strike leaders
tho officials of tho Wellsville mill are
apparently seeking to bring on an open
conflict in order to Invoke the aid of
the sheriffs deputies and If possible
the militia Earnest and renewed
warnings have been sent to the strik
ers to remain cool and keep within tho
law
Serve Notice on Crooks
Fort Sill O T July 24 A Law and
Order League has been organized here
to suppress the dozens of crooks who
have infested the country since the
Kiowa Comanche registration began
Its members threaten to mete out
summary punishment The organiza
tion haa decided to print and distrib
ute 1000 handbills bearing the follow
ing Notice Is hereby served on all
confidence men pickpockets thieves
and crooks who aro caught plying their
vocations that they will be hanged to
the nearest tree
Firemen Back at Work
Wllkesbarre July 24 The station
ary firemen and tho coal operators aro
again at peace Nearly all tho strik
ers including a number of engineers
wljo went out In sympathy with tho
firemen were back In their old places
today The officials of ono or two of
the large companies said they would
employ the men when there was work
for them
ELK9 ELECT OFFICER3
Charles E Pickett of Waterloo la
Chosen Grand Exalted Ruler
Milwaukee July 21 Tho grand
lodge or the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks completed tho first days
session Into last night having elected
officers an follows Grand exalted
ruler Charles IS Pickett Waterloo
la leading knight A 1 Fluid Colum
bus loyal knight William II Brock
Lexington lecturing knight Judge
A 11 Pickens Denver secretary
George A Reynolds Saginaw troas
titer 13 C Orris Meadvlllo Pa
Thi tost Important business nfo tho
day wns tho election of tho grand ox
alted ruler As predicted from tho
first Charles 13 Pickett of Waterloo
la had a walkover being elected on
the first ballot with nil votes against
li2 for Judge Nothaway of Still
water
The feature of the social sldo o tho
big gathering was tho first big out-of-doors
event tho magnificent parado
of military and civic orders which
pnssod through tho principal streets
yesterday afternoon The pageant
was witnessed by many thousands of
people It Is estimated that 50000
strangers nro in the city
o
MINING CONGRESS OPENS
Principal Object Is to Secure a De
partment of Mines
Bolae Ida July 21 Tho fourth an
nual session of tho International Min
ing congress convened at thu Colum
bia theater yesterday Tho meeting
was opened with anVnddress of wel
come by Governor Hunt lie wan fol
lowed by Mayor Alexander who ten
dered tho keys of thu city to tho visit
ors Responses were made bv E L
f Sliafner of Cleveland and others
President L Bradford Prince of New
Mexico then delivered his annual ad
dress Ho reviewed the previous ses
sions and spoko of tho work to bo
done Mr Prlnco stated that tho prin
cipal object of tho congress was to se
cure tlie establishment of a depart
ment of mines Ho snld It was neces
sary that the great Industry ought to
have recognition in order that tho de
velopment might go forward nt a
pane that would keep It abreast of de
velopment along oilier lines There
were many problems confronting tho
Industry ho Bald thnt could not bo
solved satisfactorily without the di
rect aid that could bo given through a
government department of mlnos
DR KOCHS LATEST THEORY
Bovine Tuberculosis Is Not Transmis
sible to Human System
New York July 24 Professor Koch
of Berlin announces Bayo a Herald dis
patch tils discovery that bovine
tuberculosa Is not transmissible to
tho human system Tho famous bac
teriologist In an Interview mndo tho
statement that ho haa demonstrated
that meat and milk tuberculosis infect
ed cattle may bo consumed with abso
lute Impunity
English oxperts talked of the theory
with mingled astonishment and con
professor Would encounter stubborn
debate and learned disproof of his
mad Idea
Stop Exportation of Negroes
Birmingham AIaJuly 21 The ex
portation of 400 negro laborers to Chi
cago amf other noYthorn cities to work
in steel mills was stopped here last
night by the arrest of two labor
agents on n misdoinennor charge One
furnaco of the Tennessee Coal Iron
and Railwny company waB banked last
night on account of tire scarcity of ne
gro labor The party of negroes wa3
to have loft on a late train but when
tho organizers were arrested their
ranks were broken in great confusion
It is said some of the arrested had In
tended taking the placU of strikers
In Pennsylvania
Judge Harney Under Arrest
Butte Mon July 24 Judge E W
Harney of tho district court Is con
structively under arrest for refusing
to tostify before a notary public Ho
had been called to glvo a deposition In
the application for a new trial In tho
Minnio Healy mining case which ho
recently decided in favor of F Augus
tus Hoinzo and against MIIos Flnlon
and tho Boston and Montana company
He denied tho Jurisdiction of tho not
ary Mrs Brackett a stenographer
In tho office of Heinzo and Deputy
Sheriff Rowo aro also in tho sheriffs
custody for the samo offense
Burned by Live Wire
Dubuque la July 24 Carl Jacob
son a lineman in tho employ of tho
Union Electric company was terribly
burned by a live wire Ho then fell
from a 30 foot pole breaking his leg
His -Injuries are thought to be fatal
Wheeler Again at Liberty
Loup City Neb July 24 Joseph
Whoolor an old man arrested on a
charge of Incest and who Jumped his
bond about two months ago and was
captured at Marshalltown la broke
jail last night and escaped
8PARKS FROM THE WIRES
The steamer St Paul haa arrived
from Alaska with about 12500000 In
gold
Efforts aro being constantly mado by
United States authorities to hurry tho
Cubans In tho formation of their gov
ernment bo that reciprocity trade ne
gotiations may be begun
Archibald Sattley vice president of
the Sattley Manufacturing company
axtenalvo manufacturers of farm ma
chinery died Wednesday at Spring
field Ills of pueumonla after a brief
Illness
Contracts were let Tuesday by Presi
dent Ramsey of tho Wabash railroad
for work on tho Pittsburg Carnegie
and Western railroad which will bo
the line over which the Wabash will
gain entrance into Pittsburg
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tempt nnd asserted that tho German 1
They Estimate a Loss of 3l2
oooooo Bushels
CROPS ARE A FAILURE AJROAD
Russia Reports Drought and Desola
tion In Many of Its Cereal Raising
Districts Phenomenal Heat Pre
vails In Northern Section
Now York July 24 Tho Journal of
Commerce whlcliyoslordayitologrnphod
to n largo number of bank presidents
In Iowa Missouri and Kansas prints
a Hpeclal report which iiuyu Thero
Is every reason to helluva that tho
early loportn of damnges to tho corn
crop by drought have not been exag
gerated On tho contrary It Is evident
that thu situation Is worse than re
ported and that the damage Is beyond
repair Tho region of most lamago
lies In an Irregular circle of tiOO miles
In diameter with St Joseph Mo as
tho approximate center
The following question was sent to
tho bank presidents Kindly wlro
your opinion of percentage or damago
to corn and llvo stock by drought In
your vicinity
Tho answers Indicate very serious
losses In tli6 region specified In Kan
sas many report 75 per rent damage to
corn In Missouri tho majority of the
reports are between 50 mid 75 per cent
In Nebraska tho reports aro generally
between 35 and 50 per cent while In
Iowa tho damage Is between 25 and 30
per cent
It would Boom from tho returns
given that a loss of 50 per cent In this
region would be an exceedingly moder
ate estimate This would Indicate a
loss of at least 312000000 bushels In
tho region of groatost drought nnd
probably considerably more It ahnuhl
lie iiorno In mind that these figures
refer to only the small area or greatest
damage No nttompt has been made
to ascertain iho damage elsewhere
Tho damage to live stock Ib considera
ble In Missouri and Kansas but very
slight In Iowa nnd Nebraska
Crop Failure In Russia
Washington July 21 A St Peters
burg dispatch to the United States de
partment of agriculture dated July 21
states that a temperature of 103 de
grees was reached that day In Odessa
nnd that phenomenal heal was prevail
ing through all of northern Russia
A cablegram to the department from
London dated July 20 mentioned re
ports that tho crops In Siberia appear
to bo nearly n total failure
BOERS BURN SUPPLY TRAIN
Kitchener Reports Another5 Unexpect
ed and Successful Attack
London July 24 The British war
offico has received tho following ills
patch from Lord Kitchener dated Pre
toria July 23 A train from Capo
Town with 113 details and ntores was
held up captured nnd burned at
Scheepers eight miles north of Beau
fort West on tho morning of July 21
Our casualties wore three killed and
18 wounded An Inquiry Is proceeding
French reports that Crabbu with 300
men was attacked In the mountains
near Cradock by Kritzlnger nt dawn
hily 21 The horses stampeded An
all day fight foltowed Cralibe fell
hack on Mortimer Our loss was
slight
Sleeper Goes Over Embankment
Denver July 21 One mile west of
Marshall pass a Pullman sleeper
broke loose from tho west bound pas
senger on the narrow guago line of
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad
yesterday and roller down an embank
ment A dozen passengers were In
jured but no ono was killed Tho car
turned a complete somersault and
alighted on Its trucks 14 feet below
tho track It had left Tho causo Is un
known
Distributes His Fortune Before Death
St Louis July 24 David Block a
woll known member of the Merchants
exchange died last night In moderate
circumstances though ho might havo
passed away a millionaire Ho be
lieved with Carnegie that it was al
most a crime to die rich and several
months ago acting on this theory ho
called his children about him on his
birthday and distributed his fortune
among thorn equally
Constitution Wins Again
New Haven July 24 Again yester
day did tho Constitution provo speed
ier than the Columbia In light airs and
Huky weather On elapsed tlmo sho
won by flvo minutes and sixteen sec
onds and by four minutes six sec
onds corrected tlmo the length of the
course being 28 miles
Canners Withdraw Price Sheets
Marshalltown la July 24 Repre
sentatives of 70 Nebraska and Iowa
canning factories met hero yesterday
to discuss the situation In view of the
protracted dry weather and decldod to
withdraw all prlco sheets until they
can ascertain the probable shortage of
the seasona pack
Rev Charles Edward Brown Dead
Ottumwa la July 24 Charles Ed
ward Brown father of former General
Manager W C Brown of the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy railroad died
yesterday at tho homo of his grand
son aged 88 Old ago with tho ex
treme heat as a factor caused tho
death
Rumors of Peace Negotiations
London July 24 Wo hear ru
mors says tho Daily News that ne
gotiations with a view to peace in
South Africa are proceeding in Lon
don m
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CONDITION OF NEDRA3KA CROP
Early Corn In South Section Ruined
North Part In Better Shape
Lincoln July 21- The past woek
has boon hot nnd dry Tim rainfall
consisted of only a few scattered show
ots wllh generally very light fall of
rnln
The past week las been a good ono
for haying aud threshing but a very
unfavorable one for corn Early plant
ed com has been practically ruined
In the southern counties Late planted
corn Is quite generally beginning to
lassel very small ami Is In ciltlcal con
dition In southern conation It livi
been damaged considerably and with
rnln soon would produce only a partial
nop In noithern counties tho lato
plnnted corn Is In better condition
although II has suffered considerably
from drought In many western coun
ties a large percentage or the oats and
spring wheal has been cut Tor hay and
In many southern counties a largo por
tion or the oat crop will not bo
threshed Fruit of all kinds and gar
den vegetables have been damaged by
tho drought Apples and peaclioa ar
dropping badly
CONDITION OF THE IOWA CROP
Early Corn Badly Damaged but tRaln
Soon Would Savo Late Planted
lrs Moines Jiilj 21 Tho week af
forded no relief rrom tho oxcusulvo
heat prevalent the preceding week anil
larger part of tho mouth Tho past
two weeks havo broken all prevloim
records of unstained high tempera
tures for so long a period In this state
Homo mitigation of the torrid condi
tions was afforded by scattered show
ers In portions of the eastern and north
central districts hut Iho drought ban
not been broken Tho reports Indi
cate that early corn in the tasHolltii
stage has suffered material damago
in all piTrts of the stale and especially
In the southern anil eastern distil is
Late planted corn on deep rich soli lit
showing much less Injury and eoplnun
rains wllhln a week Would brighten
tlu5 outlook for about Ihrcc fourtliH of
the crop The extent of actual loss
cannot ho oat limited at this tlmu Har
vesting small grain crops Is nearly
completed ami threshing Is In prog
ress Pastures potatoes apples i nil
garden truck show omtljiual deterior
ation
Baseball Scores Yesterday
National League St Louis 5 Chi
cago 0 Philadelphia 2 Boston 1
Pittsburg t Cincinnati 2 New York
3 Brooklyn 8 American League
Chicago 10 Philadelphia i -Milwaukee
7 Boston Western League
Kansas City 10 Des Moines 2 SL
Joseph 0 Omaha 2 Denver 8 SL
Paul 7 Colorado Springs 1 Minne
apolis 1
HAULS DOWN A BRITISH FLAG
Federal Commissioner Whipple of Una
lajska Misunderstands Courtesy
San Francisco July 22 News from
Unalaska gives details of the alleged
arbitrary acts of Federal Commission
er Whipple who recently lined sailors
anil masters of ships On tho Fourth
of July the master of the British ship
Gleiiova hoisted the English Hag In
honor of the American holiday Judge
Whipple was enraged when ho saw
the British flng Hying and sent an of
fleer on board and hauled it down
News of this outrage reached Captain
Harry Knox or the United States gun
boat Concord which was In the har
bor lie personally went to the Glen
ova holstedthe llrltlsh Hag returned
to his own vessel and then fired a
salute In honor of tho Englishmans
courtesy
Burns With All on Board
Mononlnee Mich July 22 Govern
ment Light Keeper Young saw a ves
sel afire about 17 miles southeast of
Green Island Ho reported to the flro
tug Menominee and that boat went
out to tho Bcene but tho boat sank
before it could bo reached It Is not
known what boat It was It is feared
that all on board were lost as no report
from any ono on board tho vessel has
been received
Four Killed at a Crossing
Lebanon N H July 22 A carrlago
containing James Goodwin William
Thurston Thomas Burns and Eddie
McCabo was struck by tho Montreal
express on tho Boston and Maine road
shortly after midnight and all four
were Instantly killed
Surprises Boer Commando
KrooiiBtadt July 22 Major Plno
coffln surprised a Boor commando at
Honlngsprtiit July 19 capturing Com
mandant Hatting two sons of General
Prlnsloo and 24 others aud killing and
wounding 17
8PARKS FROM THE WIRES
Henry King Elkina a pioneer lum
berman of Chicago died Sunday after
an Illness of nearly a year
Secretary Root who has been mak
ing an inspection of military posts
In tho west returned to Washington
Sunday r
Brigadier General Samuel T Cush
ing retired formerly commissary gen
eral of subsistence died In Washing
ton Sunday
Tho Spanish sen to rejected a mo
tion which bad been opposed by Prem
ier Sagasta to determine by inquiry
who waa responsible for tho disasters
to Spain In the war with tho United
States
Luther B Richardson ox mayor of
Grand Forks N D and formerly ter
ritorial secretary died Sunday Ho
had been prominently connected with
the political history of the state for
the past 25 years
Two hundred workmen at Cramps
shipyards Philadelphia are placing
beneath the hull of the tremendous
new battleship Maine the broad timber
ways on which the vessel will glide
Into the Delaware at noon on July 27
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