f
I
C
r
hi
ft
0
1
VI
I
1
IP
H
zg
SI 1 11
Highest Temperature of the
Year is Recorded
FORTY DEATHS ARE REPORTED
People Drop Every Minute and Hot
pltals Are Full Kansas Terribly
Scorched Temperature at Omaha
Soars Up to 105 Degree
St Louis July 25 St Louis was
tlio hottcut point In flie country yes
tardny 1071 degrees beV recorded
iu the maximum tenfliernture n jlKiiro
never reached before In thin city No
Immediate prospect of relief Is In
sight and the Indications nre for con
tinned hot and dry weather for the
ueit 21 hours nt lenst
Throughout the day people dropped
on the sidewalks In nil pnrts of tfie city
nml hortHH In the Htrcits dropped to
the pavement tumble to mow The
citys facilities for handling the heat
cnHiH proved nnilctintc nnd the
lienlth department nt once put Itself
In commiinlcntlon with the city comp
troller nuking thnt nHslgtnnce bo glvyn
the department In the shape offundB
vltlb whlrh to buy horses to run the
ninlitilnnctB nnd nlco to ptirchiiHc etrn
nmbulnnceH
In the 24 hours ending nt mldnlglrt
40 deaths directly nttrlbuted to the
heat had been reported In tlucpnmo
period of time 75 enses of prostration
went on record
HOT WEATHER CONTINUES
Local Showers In Various Places
Bring Only Temporary Relief
Washington -July 25 Scattered
thunder BhowerH In the northern tier
of HtatcB In the central west yester
day Rave Borne icllef In thnt locality
from the Intense heat These showers
Kern rally light In chnrncter occurred
In the Dnkotas Minnesota nnd Mlchl
Kan Mom of these showers nnd over
n wider area nre expected today
Their effect however will be tempo
rnry nnd warm weather Is again pre
dicted for Friday In the great corn
belt the Intense heat Btlll continues
find there seems to bo no Imineillatc
prospect of n general rain though the
fact thnt showers nro becoming more
Kenernl than for somo days 1b encoiir
nglng to the olllclnls hero who hope
they mny be the forerunner of n gen
rral hrenk up In the hent and drought
condltloiiB although the foreensters
will not say thnt thin Is a probability
Tor today showers nro Indicated for
the region from the Dakota eastward
nnd there Is a possibility of showers in
Nebraska Iowa Illinois and Indiana
St Loulo roportcd a temperaturo of
10 iHiSU Pnulof 101 dogre s both
- brcaklngT
Tv -
Kansas Heat Record Again Broken
Topekn July 25 Tho heat record
for Knnsas was liroken ngnln
y Jn Topeka th Myerjynent
record gave 10C degrees Manhattan
nnd EmpoYla report 112 degrees Nu
merous prostrations nre reported and
In Abilene there were thro deaths
Central Kansas wns the only place
linvlng even light thumjer showers
The financial part of the situation Is
lost sight of for tho present What Is
being thought of now Is the extreme
physical discomfort resulting from
tho heat the alarming scarcity of
drinking nnd stock water nnd tjio pros
pect of much sickncsB after the heated
spell
- -
i Two Deaths From Heat
Lincoln July 25 A night of tho
most oppressive heat since tho torrid
wave began wnB followed yesterday
by a maximum temperature qf 105 de
fcrceB the hottest dny save last Sun
day for 15 years Two deatliB from
heat occurred Tlio forecaster snya
that conditions nro now the most fa
vorable for a week In tho souUnvqst
crn tier of count lea nlong the Kansas
line where corn nnd pastures nro
abandoned ns failures farmers are dis
posing of Block nnd merchants aro can
celling orders
i Omahas Top Notch
Omaha July 25 Tho heat record of
thlB year was made here yesterday nt
4 p in 105 degrees two tenths of a
degree higher than last Sunday wblch
waB nt that time n record breaker
There wero four deaths nnd three
prostrations A thunder storm visited
Omaha at 11 oclock Inst night and
rain fell nt Intervals for half an hour
Tho precipitation WnB not heavy and
the temperature wns reduced but little
Four Deaths at Davenport
Davenport In July 25 Weather
Observer Sherrer reported 100 degrees
of heat hero yesterday one degreo
lilgher than over recorded here heforo
There wero four deaths and 20 pros
trations
Burlington Buys Another Road
Lead S D July 25 Thero is now
tout little- doubt that tho Burlington
Hallway company has purchased tho
Black Hills and Tort Pierre Railway
companys lino of road between this
city nnd Piedmont It is owned by the
Homestake company and Is the oldest
piece of rnllrond In the Black Hills
Record Again Broken
El Reno July 25 Tho record was
again broken yesterday when 10708
registrations were made in El Reno
The total for El Reno is 120G37 Tho
registration at Lawton yesterday waB
1342 making the total for that place
29268 Grand total 149025
Woman Falls to Death
Chicago July 25 A young woman
supposed to be Mrs B DeGrafT of Ln
CroEse fell from a window on tho sixth
floor of tbe Morrison hotel and died
Ma bour later at the county hospital
T1 COMBINE PLAYS TWO CARDS
Makes Move to Open WeUtvllle ahdf
Hyde Park Plants
Pittsburg July 25 Two move It
Is reported were made by the aggres
sive olllclalfl of the Amirlcnn Sheet
Steel company yesterday toward the
breaking of the strike One wns the
hipping of EOtAe of the nonunion mm
that have been employed In the Van
dergrlft mills of the companyto Wells
vllle to assist In the starting of tho
plant there As n consequence of this
report there is suppressed excitement
pervading Wellsvllle which nt nny mo
ment mny benk out Into n serious con
dition Doth strikers and ofllclnls of
the company nre on the nlert nnd
ready for nny emergency The Impres
sion Is strong thnt the genernl officers
of the Inlted States Steel corporation
have become determined on the sub
ject of an early breaking of the Htrjkc
nnd to ultimately force the operation
of nil Idle plants The Bocond move
ment Is reported to be the starting of
the long Idle Hyde Park plant of tho
American Sheet Steel company
Tho Post says Thnt mysterious
conference which was nttended by
President T J Shaffer of tho Amalga
mated assoclntlon nnd Secretary John
WlllllnmB on Tuesday night promises
to bring nbout n chnnge In the situa
tion -of the steel jvorkers strike In a
few days It Is understood that a
movement haB been started by the
Amalgamated ofllclnls for n settlement
of tho difficulty by further conference
with the officials of the steel corpor
ation
UNDER ARMED INSURRECTION
Sheriff Ousted by Governor In Arkaro
sas Town Will Not Quit
Memphis Teiin July 25 That
armed partisans of J A Loerewell nnd
J II Rhodes claiming to 4e the legal
sheriff and circuit clwrk of Mississippi
comity Arkansas were threatening to
take possession of the court house nt
OBceoln which rcis held by armed
followers of Sam Iloweu and C S
Driver also claiming to be sheriff and
circuit clerk respectjvely was the re
port that reached Memphis yesterday
According to the report the court
house wnB barricaded and practically
the entire town wob under arms
The dispute overdue possession of the
shrievalty and clerkship arise It is
said through the incumbents refusing
to recognize tho revocation of their
commissions by the governor follow
in n decision by the supreme court
aiUerse to them in a suit brought by
Iovowell and Rhodes who claimed
they wero legally elected Bhcrlff and
circuit clerk
A further report says Sheriff BoweT
nnd County Clerk Driver refuBed to
vncnte their ofllceB but that J A
Lovewell and J W Rhodes who wero
respectively appointed as their suc
cessors upon being refused posses
sion placed the mutter In the hands
of la ttycrs that there wns some ex
citement among the partisans of the
four men but It wha agreed to allow
tho matter to go before the proper
court isprirziij LiIK
FIRES CAUSE MUCH LOSS
RcportG From Dubuque Show Destruc
tion to Property antl Live Stock
Dubuque In July 25 Reports of
disastrous ilreB are coining in from
the surrounding country In Vernon
township large tracts of meadow have
burned nnd farmers have been fighting
Ires nfl night In Washington town
ship James Lyons lost nil IiIb barns
nnd outbuildings grain hogs nnd a
team of horses Nine miles from here
In Illinois 1 1 head of cattle smothered
In a lire Northwest of tills city terri
tory a mile square covered by timber
and meadow was burned
Last niglt 10 head of cattle hunt
ing for grasB fell from the East Du
buque bluffs nnd were killed
COLLISION ON ROCK ISLAND
Several Persons Injured but None Se
rious Enough to Go to Hospital
Tlflln In July 25 A passenger
train on the Rock Island rnllrond ran
Into nnother which was going on n
sidetrack hero yesterday A Bleeping
car waB knocked over on Its sldo and
Beveral passengers were Injured but
none of them seriously Following aro
tho names of those hurt
V II lti ltiT Ktist Ormigi N J
TwiF rlilMrrn
Jriink I AiliilDH IloHtni Jf
J V I n n I J Denver g IJ
A M Colling Lebanon Kan
J A Mf Ciiiir Chicago
K llmnpsim Clilrngi portor
All tho Injured passengers proceed
od to their destinations
St John to Be Traffic Manager
Chicago July 25 It Is reported that
E St John who recently resigned tho
olllco of general manager of the Sea
board Air Lino nnd wns formerly gen
eral manager of the Rock Island sys
tem will bo appointed general trnIlc
innnngcr of either tho Morgan Hill sys
tem of ronds Burlington Great North
ern and Northern Pacific or of tho
southwestern group principally tho
Gould graup and their allies
Teamsters Holding Out
San Francisco July 25 Tho teams
ters strike continues without mate
rial change ln the situatlow Both
sides remain firm and there aro no In
dications of a compromise being ef
fected nt least within several days
A large amount of freight la side
tracked at various points and cannot
bo forwarded Much loss has betfn
sustained by shippers of perishable
gooJs other than fruit
Latrobe Company Imports Negroes
Carbondale Ills July 25 About
300 negroes from Birmingham Ala
Including a few women and accompa
nied by seven or eight white men sup
posed to be guards passed through
this city ver the Illinois Central en
route for Chicago to work for the
Latrobe Sttll company
THE NOItFOLK NEWS FRIDAY JULY 26 1001
Ml
1
1
Michael Kelly Shoots Six Per
sons at Leavenworth
IS HIMSELF KILLED BY OFFCERS
Seeks Revenge on Men Who Had Him
Adjudged Insane and Disposes of
Officers Who Interrupt His Work
Shoots All Who Come In His Way j
i
Leavenworth Kan July 25 Mich
nel Kelly nn Insane man at the offlos
of the Robert Garrett Lumber cccro
pany In the business district shot
six people killing one fatally wound
ing another and more or less seriously i
wounuing lour omers lie wns nira
self finally killed bj officers who tried
to overpower him The victims
John II CHrr ttJ Jtailnr Bieinlwr of the
tVin if llcilicrt lurrett Lumber compuliy
dleil nt hiiltHl
Michael Kelly tiled after being taken to
police xtiitloti
IirPlnirlfi McOee tliot lu back ami
prohntil fulfill-
Iollrr Seiteant Wllllntn DoiIep hot In
neck wound erloiH
Mlclmel MrDoOild OotPctlve hot In Irp
Joe rnlthiif rr jllrenim phot In hand
Ike llenlefc hhut III hand
Michael Kelly had lived In Leaven
worth for years and at different tImeB
had engaged In minor business enter
prises He w9is eccentric and during
the presidential Campaign In 1S9G lost
his mind entirely At that time bo
wna arrested for creating a disturb
ance and later threatened to kill Gar-
rett He wnB arrested and adjudged
Insane Garrett and four others tcstl i
fled ngnlnst him After n year In tho
Topeka asylum Kelly was released
He had been acting queerly again and
declared that he wouhl kill the flvo
njen who sent him to the asylum
Yesterday shortly after 12 oclock
he appeared nt Garretts office and
without warning shot Garrett bb be
sat at bis deBk Garrett fell from bis
chair nnd Irrto the doorway when Kel
ly deliberately fired four sbotB more
Irrto Jhe prostrate form Leaving hla
victim for dead Kelly ran to the rear
of the companys hber yard and be
gan reloading his revolver Presently
ho returned to tho olllce to find Dr
McGfe wluj hnd been attracted by the
shots bending over Garrett Leveling
his revolver on tho window stll Kelly
took deliberate aim at tho physician
from the sidewalk nnd fired The bul
let struck McGeo in the bade nt tho
spine and ho toppled over near where
Garrett lay Then followed an excit
ing street fight between the madman
and officers wbo camo upon the scene
Kelly nourishing his revolvcY dashed
through the lumber yard He met Ike
Healer a laborer and shot him ln tho
hand A few yards further on ho en
countered Sergeant Dodge The iwo
exchanged shots ns tHey ran One
bullet fpom Kellys revolver struck
Dodge In tho neck hut not before that
officer -had shot lilni in the shoulder
Kelly kept oh running and was booh
confronted by Detective McDonald
nnd Officer Fnlthnger McDonald
dropped Kelly with n bullet in tbe
neck Dodge raised his revolver but
it fillled to work and catching up
with the murderer he crushed bis
skull with the weapon
Kelly sank to the ground and was
carried to the station in nn uncon
scious condition dying soon after his
arrival there
Garrett never regnlned consciousness
and died an hour after being taken
to the hospital Dr McGeo Is silll
suffering seriously nnd it Is believed ho
ennnot recover The wounds of tho
others are slight
BOMBARDMENT AT NEWPORT -
Kearsare Fires Only One Shell but
It Alarms Citizens
Newport It I July 25 Tho
screeching of a shell that proved to
have come from tho United States
battleship Kearsarge and its explosion
Into fragments that broke a small
piece of stone out of the new city hall
blinding on Bfoadway and ctlt a limb
from a tree nearby caused groat con
sternation nmong Newport citizens
shortly after 5 oclock last evening
Half an hour Inter two officers came
ashore from the Kearsarge traced tho
shell to the city hall and obtained In
formation ns to Its passage over tho
city They examined some of the
pieces and pronounced tbe shell a one
pounder from tho Kearsarge after
which they returned without making
nny explanation
PJague Case at New York
New York Jiily 25 Dr Dofy
health officer of the port of New York
announced yesterday that tho Illness
of Rabviano the stoker on the steamer
Hohenfels who was sent to Swinburne
Island on Monday hnj been diagnosed
os bubonic plague The vessel camo
from Calcutta All of tho crew wllj bo
held at Swinburne Island for observa
tion and tho vessel will be thoroughly
dlsiufcctcd
Baseball Scores Yesterday
National League Pittsburg 11 Cln
clnnntl 2 Philadelphia 4 Boston li
Brooklyn S New York lO St Louis
2 Chicago 1 American League
Chicago 17 Washington 3 Cleve
land 0 Baltimore 9 Detroit 5 Phil
adelphia 12 Milwaukee 4 Boston 3
Western League Kansas City 9 Des
Moines 2 St Joseph 7 Omaha 2
Denver 1 St Paul 4
Zurbanos Force Surrenders
Manila July 25 Colonel Zurbano
with 29 officers 518 men 243 rifles and
100 bolos has surrendered to Lieuten
ant Hickman of tho First cavalry In
Tayabas province These former In
surgents have taken the oath of alle
giance to the United States and their
surrender clears that diitrict of tbe
revolutionary element -
NEW BOAT LEADS THE WAY
Constitution Again Proves Its Superior
ity Ovsr Columbia In Light Air
New London July 25 ln a fine
Eouthwest breeze over the 39 mllo
cource from New Haven breakwater
to Sarahs Ledge at the mouth of New
London Harbor the Constitution again
showed what n superb racing craft she
Is In light air and smooth water She
beat the Columbia yesterday eight
minutes twenty three seconds fnlrly I
and squarely There were no flukes
the wind holding true and steady with
the exception of a shift of a couple
of points after two thirds of the dis
tance ha been traversed I The breeze
at no lime was of sufficient strength
to raise a single white cap on tho
waves I
Yachtsmen are now convinced that
the Constitution Is faster than the
Colflmbla on every point of sailing In
light weather but In a heavy blow and
a rough and tumble tsea marty believe
that the Columbia will provo tho
speedier
e
BROOKLYN BRIDGE DAMAGED
Suspension Rods Yiefd antf Great
Commotion Follows1
New- York July 25 Last evening a
number of the vertical supporting ca-
bles of the Brooklyn bridge pulled out
of their socketB and are now dangling
In the nlr The accident happened at
the New York end of the bridge nnd
this end sngged from four o six
inches This completely stopped all
street car traffic over the structure
but after n temporary delay pedes
trlanB and wagons were allowed to pro
ceed The vertical cables which
pulled out were Imbedded ln tllo long
cables upon which tbe bridge Is
hung The accident caused great ex
citement and the police reserves were
called out
DEVOTE FIRST DAY TO REUNION
Over Fifteen Thousand Expected at
Baptist Young Peoples Convention
Chicago July 25 The HUi annual
convention of the Baptist Young Peo
ples union began In this city yester
day Over 15000 delegates and visit-
ors from all parts of the Cnlted States
and Canada are expected to be pres
ent at the fheetlngs which will be con
cluded Saturday night
Yesterday was Bpent in Informal re
union A praise cservice was held last
night at the Second Baptist church
Rev William Lawrence of Chicago
Thomas Irqubart of Toronto Canada
and J B Cranfil of Dallas Tex deliv
ered addresses
ELKS MEET NEXT AT SALT LAKE
Grand Rapids Takes First Prize In
the Big Parade
Milwaukee July 23 Salt Lake Gity
was selected as the- next meeting
place of tlio Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elfts and Grand Raptds
Mich captured the first prize In the
big Elks parade yestenjay The To
ledoChorry Pickers were awarded sec
ond and tho Chicago contingent third
money The points were general ap
pearance and beauty and originality
of customs and number in line
Greenville Mass lodge was given
Mist prize for the most unique dis
play Omaha being a close second j
The parade was by all odds the most
successful of its kind ever seen In Mil-
waukec Fully 5000 Elks took part
Will Offer Mediation j
Amsterdam July 25 Dr Kuypey
the premier will certainly advance a
scheme of mediation between Great
Britain and the Boers says the
Nieuwsblad Van Nederlnnden soon
after tbe new ministry is organized
He has had long Interviews with die I
secretary of The Hague arbitration
court Baron Van Tynden
Metcalf Leavos Tabor College
Tabor la July 25 Haven Metcalf
professor of biology in Tabor college
has resigned to accept a position in the
department of botany in the Univer
sity of Nebraska
9
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Oliver L Hagan the well known the
atrical man died in St Lois Wednes
day alter a long illness
An explosion on tho American
schooner Louise Adelaide at Stock
holm resulted in 15 deaths
Civil and military authorities In the
Philippines have arranged for divid
ing th6 government of the islands
Three Englishmen and three guides
while climbing Mount Cervlno Italy
fell down a chasm and all were killed
At Connor Tex Wednesday D C
Simonton shot and killed Mfrs Grant
ham a widow and then committed i
suicide j
An Englishman ajid two ladies to
gether with their gsiide plunged over
a preclplco while ascending tho Mat
terhorn i
Governor Allen of Porto Itleo la to
retire on Sept 1 and he will bo suc
ceeded by William II Huntseerefary
df the Island i
William Shirley of Edwardsvllle
Ind stabbed bis sweetheart Miss Flor
ence McCulloch Wednesday and then
cut Ills throat
Rev J Forworth one of the best
known Methodist divines In Illinois
dropped dead on the streets of Mo
weaqua Wednesday
Joseph R Hixson general eastern
agent of the Chicago Milwaukee and
St Paul railroad died at his home In
Elizabeth N Wednesday aged CO
It Is understood that negotiations
nre now in progress between the vari
ous cabinets of tho German empire
looking to tho speedy publication of
the long expected tariff bill
Aquilla J Daugheity collector of
Internal revenue of tbe Fifth Illinois
district died Wednesday at Maquo
keta la where be had been for six
weeks in a sanitarium as a result of j
a stroke of paralysis last January
m
urn his
Secretary of Navy Approves
Course Taken by Him
DEWEY TO HEAD THE INQUIRY
Santiago Officer Does Not Specify Any
Specific Acts but Asks That Whole
Matter Be Gone Into by Court Too
Hot However to Begin at Once
Washington July 25 Secretary
Long has received a letter from Ad
miral Schley for a court of inquiry
ln his letter to the secretary AdiAlral
Schley does not specify nny of the
criticisms to which he takes excep
tion but asks ln view of the state
ments nnd Innuendoes and abusive lan
guage contnlned In Maclays history
which he says he dpes not consider
worthy of use In any college ln the
country thnt a court of Inquiry Into
the entfre matter bo held He also
nskB that the court shnll sit In Wash
ington where his papers nre stored
Secretary Long has replied to the
letter saying that under the circum
stances he heartily approves of Ad
miral Schleys course and thai the de
partment will act favorably upon Ad
mjral Schleys request
It Ii stated that Admiral Dewey
undoubtedly will be the head of the
court of Inquiry It Is not the Inten
tion of Secretary Long to have the
court convene at onje but to wait
until the weather becomes cooler
SUSPICIOUS BRIDGE FIRE
Man Who Tries to Give Alarm is Fired
on by Stranger
Wymore Neb July 25 What ap
pears to be a deliberate attempt to
burn a Burlington bridge across the
Blu river was averted late Tuesday
night Frank Crawford returning
from tho country about - mWnlght
found the approach to the bridge ln
flames He hurried along to give the
alarm when he was stopped by a
stranger who told him to gp no fur
ther Crawford broke away and the
man shot at him three times without
effect The supposed Incendiary had
disappeared when Crawford returned
with assistance Much of the bridge
was burned and there waB no traffic
i the line yesterday
Strife on Turkish Frontier
Vienna July 25 Albanian jnsuf
gents and Turkish regulars have had
several encounters on the Turkish
frontier Many have been killed and
jvounded on both sideso It is report
ed that the Albanians cut off the heads
of their prisoners and triumphantly
carried them on poles through Albanian
towns It is also reported that the
Turks massacred their prisoners
A band of marauding Bulgarians near
Ghevgheli intrenched in a farm house
wefe stonro J by Turks and killed to a
man
Vlfe Beater Tarred and Feathered
Elgin Ills July 25 Valentine Mil
ler of Wegt Chicago was tarred and
feathered by a mob last night for al
leged wife beating and was given a
ride to the outskirts of the hamlet on
the edge of a scantling Miller Is said
to have been intoxicated when his al
leged offense was committed While
hp was beipg tarred torches were
lighted near his body and motions
made as if to ignite bis inflajnmable
covering Miller became almost Un
conscious from fright
Postoffice Robber Caught
Helena Mon July 25 William
Miller alias E G Grant supposed to
be one of th most notorious postof
fice box robbers In the United States
was arrested by Postoffice Inspector
Salmon of Cincinnati at Havie yester
day and brought here last night Fed
eral authorities are satisfied that they
have the man they have spent months
in trying to locate and believe they
have broken one of the boldest gangs
that ever preyed on government malls
Freight Rales Again Broken
Chicago July 25 Western freight
rates have again been brokep This
time St Paul is the center of trouble
and the article most seriously affected
Is flour Tho effort to maintain tjia
rate continued for about a week Then
It was discovered that tho ferry routes
across Lake Michigan vere getting
the bulk of tho business Then the
rail routes from St Paul to Chicago
cut the rates to secure their share of
the business
Organizing a New Party
Manila July 25 The Liberted Is
authority for the statement that Senor
Paterno will leave the federal party
and will organize what he calls the
nationalists on a platform resembling
that of tho conservatives with Aguln
aldo as president and former Insurgent
military officers and former members
of the foderal party as leaders The
purpose of the new party will be the
ultimate Independence of the Philip
pines
Russian Troops Defeated
London July 25 According to na
tlvo Intelligence says the Shanghai
correspondent of the Standard Chi
nese and Russian troops have been se
riously defeated by insurgents in tho
southeastern part of Manchuria and
the rebels are now destroying the tele
graph wires
Hall Destroys Crops
St Petersburg July 25 A hall
stann In the district of Schlatzk de
stroyed the crops over a wide area
Three men and many cattle were
killed vhjlo an entire flock of sheep
and two shepherds were carried off
by the flood Some of the hailstones
welched three pounds
ywnjiagKjHlggjJiaia
TROUBLE OVER ARMY POST
Government and Water Company Un
able to Come to an Agreement
Dcs Moines July 25 Although a su
perintendent of construction has been
Installed In Des Moines to begin work
j on the Improvement of the Bite for
J the new army post there Is far from
any agreement as yet in regard to tho
one all Important matter of securing
J water for the post The citizens com
mittee made an agreement ln writing
which wns given the commission
bended by Genernl Otis In which it
undertook to hnve the water mains
of the city extended to the post nnd to
I furnish 200000 gallons of water dally
for the government Secretary Root
when he was here gave It out that
Captain Turner the superintendent of
construction had power to make all
j necessary contracts and to fix the deal
for the water supply but Intimated
that the government would enter Into
1 no contract of any kind to take any
stipulated amount of water The water
company has belli a meeting Blnco
and the companys attorney yesterday
announced that while the company 1b
ready to make a cemtract to furnish
200000 gallons of water It will not
extend the mains without some kind
of n contract or agreement as to tho
nmount of water to be used by the
prnmeftt So the whole matter of com
pleting the army post Is hanging firo
again
j
DENY BEING THE BENDERS
Parties Who Formerly Knew Them In
City to Identify Prisoners
Denver July 25 The persons al
leged to be members of the Bender
family for whom according to a dis
patch frSm Topeka Governor Stanley
has Issued requisition papers on Gov
ernor Orman of Colorado are Mrs
Frank Ayres and her mother known
as Mrs Reed In Fort Collins whero
they reside and Will Baker of Long
mont Mrs Ayres denies that she Is
Katp Bender and declares that she will
prove an alibi She is about 50 years
old It Is said that Edward L Burton
a lawyer of Oswego Kan together
with an old resident of Galena who
knew the Benders are at present ln
Fort Collins for the purpose of making
a positive Identification of the persons
suspected if possible
Jockey Has a Rough Experience
London July So Cash Sloan tho
American jockey who has been riding
in Russia had an exciting experienco
at the Moscow races where he narrow
ly escaped death at the hands of a
fiirious mob Sloan had been riding
with such continuous success that his
mounts were always favorites On
the occasion ift question he rode a
horse which had no chance of winning
The unsophisticated crowd however
backed the Americans mount as
usual and when he was beaten their
indignation boiled over and a raging
mob of males and females savagely
attacked tbe jockey who was rescued
by a military contingent and powerful
detachment of police
Saloons Closed by Injunction
Fort Scott Kan July 22 The dis
trict court has issued an injunction
ordering all saloons in town closed and
it has been obeyed The order camo
as a result of evidence obtained by
three local ministers and several
church members who visited tbe dif
ferent saloons and bought whisky and
beer Suit will be brought against
each keeper and against tbe owner of
the buildings used lor saloon purposes
for vlofation of the Harrel law passed
during the last legislature
Newspaper Office Scorched
Des Moines July 24 Fire started
from spontaneous combustion In tha
basement of the Daily Capital building
yesterday and did 2000 damage to
the newspaper plant and caused tho
loss Of 10000 to Jhe state bindery ln
the same building Several state re
ports in the hands of the binder wero
ruined Fully covered by Insurance
Flames Sweep Krug Park
Omaha July 22 Fire of unknown
OTigin stnrted in the stables at Krug
park shortly before 3 oclock this
morning and communicated to the Ice
house just opposite Harry C Tyler
proprietor of the dog show was
aroused from his sleep and hurried to
the park only to find that all his dogs
had burned to death-
A SnccenKf ul Cn ie
First Lawyer I just concluded
very successful case
Second Lawyer Your client won eh
First Lawyer Oh no but I got my
fees Ohio State Journal
Every decade brings shorter hours to
those wbo merely work but for those
who would succeed there Is no time
table Saturday Evening Post
Adam de la DTnle a troubadour wroto
tbe worlds first comic opera In 1240
A D
Pnt Heady Wit
An Irishman who wns traveling
through London met two Englishmen
who thought they would pluy a joke on
him
Ond of them said Good morning
Pnt Did you hear tho devil Is dead
The Irishman put his hand lu bis
pocket and gave each a copper
They asked what this was for to
which he replied
TIs always n custom In ould Ire
laud when the father Is dead to glvo
something to the poor orphans
Are There None
Johnnie give me an example of a
combination of meaningless phrases
Yesnr A burglar proof safe stood
in n fireproof block Cleveland Plain
Denier
Too True
Schools and colleges exist for the
purpose of aiding us to keep up with
the knowledge of those wbo have never
attended tnem Boston Transcript
1
y
a