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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1901)
f Tllti NOUKOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , SKPTKMBKU , IflOl Companies in Seven States to Be Consolidated , RAILROADS HAVE A HAND IN IT , One Great Corporation to Handle Out * put Will Represent Not Only the Undeveloped Properties , but Those Already Tapped. Plttsburs , Sept. 4. The Post nays : All tlio coal mining companies of Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , West Virginia and Kentucky are to bo consolidated Into ono great corpora * tlon by the J. P. Morgan syndicate. The enormous proportions of this cor poration can hardly bo realized. The fact that the Plttsburg Coal company , with Us capital of $04,000,000 , and the Monongahola Coal and Coke company , with Its capital of $30,000,000 , arc to ha Included In the greater consolidation , brings the matter strongly before Pittsburg coal operators. Officers of these companies are expecting to at tend a meeting of the coal operators In Now York on Thursday of next week , at which the preliminary steps toward the formation of the greater combine vrlll bo taken. The railroads are also taking keen interest in the project and owing to the Morgan interests predominating in that Hold , the consolidation is looked upon as being unusually strong. The Pennsylvania Railroad company , the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company and western roads under the Morgan Influence are associated , It Is said , In the great movement , which promises to rival In Importance the recent or ganization of the United States Steel corporation. The completion of the project will mean the consolidation of from $200- 000,000 to $300,000,000. This will rep resent not only the undeveloped prop erties in the six states , hut also the actual output properties under devel opment. ENGINEERS IN CONVENTION. One Thousand Representatives of the Order In Session. Rochester , Sept. 4. Over 1,000 dele gates and alternates were present when President P. E. Leahy of New York city called the 20th annual con vention of the National Association of Stationary Engineers to order. The most Important subject to come up for discussion will probably bo the question of whether the association shall bo resolved into a big labor or ganization or maintain independence and freedom from labor entanglements. There are 357 lodges , with a member ship of 20,000 , in the association. Shamrock's Seventh Trial Spin. New York , Sept. 4. With her own ar , designer , builder , manager' and sallmaker on board , the yacht Sham rock II sailed her seventh trial race yesterday off Sandy Hook and the Highlands of Naveslnk. Although at times there was not more than a three- knot air , at no time did the yacht net sluggishly. She slipped through the water at an amazingly good rate of speed under Influence of her great mainsail and light sails. The water was smooth but even when pressed tea a speed of nine knots the yacht made a very small wave at the bow and left an absolutely clean wake. Convention of Letter Carriers. Chattanooga , Tenn. , Sept. 4. The first business meeting of the 12th na tional convention of the National Asso ciation of Letter Carriers was held yesterday. There were 5GO delegates In attendance. President Parsons then read his annual report. He defended his admlnlbtratlon against sharp crit icisms that have been made. The re ports of Secretary Cantwell and Tread urer McDonald were read , showing to tal receipts for the past year of $27 , ' 413 and disbursements of $22,375 , leav ing a balance on hand Sept. 1 of $5,509. President Attends County Fair. Canton , O. , Sept. 4. President and Mrs. McKlnloy attended the county fair yesterday. It was children's day and hundreds of children from all over the county wore present. The presi dent and Mrs. McKInley , accompanied by officers of the fair association , drove around the grounds several times , stopping at different places where something attracted their atten tion , but did not leave the carriage. Preparations for the start for Buffalo In the morning made it a busy day at the McKInley home. Outlawed Horsemen Reinstated. Chicago , Sept. 4. The prediction that the horsemen outlawed last spring by the Western Jockey club would he reinstated has come true. It is an nounced that ono of the decisions reached during the protracted meeting In this city yesterday was to reinstate all of the horses and horsemen out lawed last spring who had made ap plication. The Western Jockey club thus reverses the strongest ruling made in Its fight against the opposition reinstatements Including all appli cants. Meet Next at Kansas City. Milwaukee , Sept. 4. The question of the National United Postofflco Clerks' association affiliating with the Amer ican Federation of Labor was indefi nitely postponed at last night's ses sion. Kansas City was selected as the next convention city. F. T. Rogers of Chicago was elected president. Negro Shot and Body Burned. Troy , Ala. , Sept. f Bill Fourney , a negro charged with assaulting Miss Wilson at Chestnut Grove , was shot and his body burned by a mob near the ccone of his crlmo yesterday. GEROMILLA GOES FREE , General Chaffee Disapproves Death Sentence on Filipino Insurgent. Washington , Sept. 4. The outrages committed by armed guerrillas and bandits against Innocent Filipinos con tinue to bo rigorously dealt with by the authorities In the Philippine. The records In about 20 cases wore received at the war department yesterday. They show that the death penalty was Indicted upon 13 murderers by mili tary commissions and that five offend ers wcro sentenced to hard labor of from 15 to 30 years. In the case of Blmplolco Qoromllla , who was sen tenced to bo haugod by a military commission - mission , of which Lieutenant Colonel Swlggart was president , for acting ua a leader of an armed band of Insur- gf.ts und firing upon and killing two Ametlcan soldiers , although at the time living under the protection of the military authorities of the United States , General Chaff ug disapproved the sentence and ordered the prisoner liberated. Says General Chaffeo In his endorsement : "Tho ilndlng cannot logically bo sus tained. The killing of the deceased soldiers in an engagement with a reg ular detachment of the public enemy Is not murder , but a natural consequcnca Incidental to a state of war. " MENACE TO TRADES UNIONS. [ Decision of House of Lords Stirs Up British Trades Union Congress. Swansea , Wales , Sept , 4. 0- commo tion was caused at yesterday's session of the Trades Union congress here by the action of some employers in en deavoring to recover damages , under the house of lords' decision ot July 22 last , from labor organizations for pick eting by their members. A delegate from Blackburn waa served with a writ restraining him and the members of the Blackburn branch of the Weav ers' union from picketing Banister & Moores" works , where a strike Is now In progress. Damages and costs wore claimed. Besides this suit the Tuff Vale railroad Is suing the Amalgamat ed Society of Railway Servants for 20,000 damages , incurred as a re sult of the strike of 1900. Those suits will be strenuously defended , but their seriousness puts In the shade almost every other topic of discussion. Judge Bowerman delivered his ad dress , declaring that unions were threatened with demolition and that their position was Intolerable. Ho said the parliamentary committee favored au alteration of the constitution of the unions with the object of minimizing their liability. TIME ARRIVES TO DECLARE WAR. Venezuelan Paper Announces Troubles Have Passed Diplomatic Stage. Caracas , Venezuela , Sept. 4. The Republlca , semi-official organ of the government , publishes an Inspired ar ticle , ending ae follows : "The hour for notes has passed and the time for action has arrived ; Di plomacy has laid before the world the just reasons which It has had and has for asking compensation for the grievances it has suffered. It has ex hausted all the means at Its disposal for settling threatening questions be tween nation and nation. We have waited long enough. Now Is the time for reprisals. " WILL SHOOT ALL SOLDIERS. Dewet Gives British Two Weeks to Leave Orange River Colony. Cape Town , Sept. 4. It Is reported that Commandant Myburg has issued an order directing that all armed co lonials captured after Sept. 15 are to be shot. Captain Wellis , with a patrol of 25 men from Outshoorn , was taken In ambush near Melringpoorl. He and two men escaped , three others were killed and four wounded , and the rest , who surrendered and took the oath of neutrality , were released. Dewet has Issued a proclamation that ho will shoot all British troops found In Orange River Colony after Sept. 15. FRANCE KEEPS A BOLD FRONT. Refuses to Yield in the Slightest De gree Its Demands Upon Sultan. Constantinople , Sept. 4. Munlr Boy , Turkish ambassador to France , wired the porte that he had strong hopes that a settlement would be reached which would preserve the dig nity of both governments. M. Delcasse , French minister of for eign affairs , on the contrary , wired M. Bupst , councillor of the French em bassy , catcgoilcal Instructions to take no stops to show that the relations be tween the two countries were modified. Tension Is Broken. Paris , Sept. 4. The Gaulols says. The Colombian legation in Paris has received a dispatch from the president of Colombia announcing that the ten sion is greatly relieved and that there is no longer any fears of hostilities. Representatives of the Venezuelan and Colombian governements were In terviewed and both expressed them selves as convinced that the affairs In dispute would be arranged peacefully and without the intervention of the United States. Arrest Ex-Boer Official. London , Sept. 4. Dr. Krause , former governor of Johannesburg and a prom inent official of the late Transvaal gov ernment , who was taken Into custody In London last night , was charged at the Bow street police court with high treason In the Transvaal under the fu gitive offenders' law and was re manded for a week without ball. Disturbances In Morocco. London , Sept. 4. The Tangier cor respondent of the Times says. "The disorders among the tribes are Increas ing. Last week tl.w mountaineers plun dered villages 20 miles from here. The sufferers did not complain because the officials require bribes for assistance , which the villages cannot give. " Bold Robbery on Cotton Belt Road in Arkansas. THEIR LOOT SAID TO BH RICH. After Blowing Open Safe With Dyna mite and Taking Huge Shipment of Money They Run Off on Engine. Passengers Are Not Molested. Texaikann , Ark. , Sept 4. No. 1 Cot ton Bolt passenger tiuln leaving Tex- arKaim lit 9 25 p. m , In charge of Con ductor Armstrong and UnKlneor lion- tlornon , was hold up and lohbed near Kyluu , four miles south of Toxarluum , last night. The train waa ( lagged by one of the robbers , who forced the ilreman to go back and cut off the mall and baggage curs , and returning , forced the englncur to glvu up the management of his engine. Ono of the robbers , who , It appunra , In an expert - pert engineer , ran the engine , mall and exprcHB cars about u mile from the point where the first stop wan made und forced the express messen ger to open his car The robbers then blow open the safe with dymunltu , se curing , it IB Raid , a very largo amount of booty. The exact amount Is with held by the railroad and express people - plo , but It Is known that a very large Rhlpmont was inn do last night on thla train. The robbers after securing the loot cut the onglno from the mall and ex press earn and forcing Engineer Hen derson to got off , they took the onglno , in charge of the robber engineer , and went south at full spood. No passen gers wcro molested They wore , how- ox or. badly frlghtonod and hid their valuables. The robbers wore evident ly in possession of all fnots concern ing this particular shipment of money , together with a schedule of the train , an tholr schema was successful In every respect. There wcro five men In the gang. FOR KILLING A RANCHMAN. George Brownfleld Charged With Mur dcring John Vaughn. Deadwood , S. D. , Sept. 4. George Brownfleld , i saloonkeeper at Bculah , Just across the line In Wyoming , IB In Jull charged with the murder of John Vaughn , a cattleman , who had about 75 head of stock. Brownfleld came to town ono day with nil of Vaugn's cat tle , which ho said ho had purchased for $1,800. Vaughn has not been seen since and Brownfleld Is charged with murdering Vaughn for his cattle. Death of Mies Thoburn. New York , Sept. 4. S. L. Baldwin , recording secretary of the missionary eocloty of the Methodist Episcopal church , yesterday received a cable gram from India , reporting the death from cholera of Miss Isabel Thoburn , president of the colle.go of women and girls at Lucknow , India , Miss Tho- burn was a sister of Bishop J. M. The burn. Miss Thoburn was the first mis sionary sent out by the Women's For eign Missionary society of the Metho dlst Eplscapol church. She wont to India In 18G9 and has been there con tinuously for 32 years. Fatally Shot In Race Riot. Indianapolis , Sept. 4. Two hundred negroes and whites engaged in a riot at a merry-go-round at Columbia ave nup and Nineteenth btreet last night. Henry Mills , white , living on Law rence street , was fatally shot near the heart by Henry Miller , colored , and Wallace PicKott of 1431 Martindale avenue was shot In the back of the head. He may recover. Boiler Explosion Wrecks Lumber Mill. Muscatlno , la. , Sept. 4. The lumber mill of the Musser Lumber company was wrecked yesterday by the oxplo Bion of a boiler and Robert Carter , chief engineer ; David L. Dulgor , as sistant engineer , and John Dulgar , fireman , were so severely buined by escaping steam that It Is thought none of them will recover. Three hundred men are thrown out of employment. Jessie Morrison Case Again. Eldorado , Knn. , Sept. 4. The bill of exceptions In the Jessie Morrison case has been signed by Judge Aikman and Hied with the clerk of court. The case will now be submitted to the state su preme court nt once and Miss Morrison probably will be released from the Kansas penitentiary on bond pending a hearing. Jealous Man Shoots Wife and Himself. Corning , N. Y. , Sept. 4. Miles E. German , a carpenter , shot and killed his wife last night. Ho afterward killed himself. Before shooting him- Belf ho fired at his mothor-ln-law , Mrs. A. D. Hollls , wounding her slightly In the head. Jealousy was the cause. No Fault of Train Crew. Kallspel , Mon. , Sept. 4. The core ner's Jury found the accident of Fri day night at Nyack , In which 36 men lost their lives , was caused by no fault of the train crew and that the freight train escaped from the Essex station through some unknown cause. Fatal Lamp Explosion. Fairfield , Neb. , Sept. 4. Mrs. Henry Hall was killed and her daughter , Mrs Rose Preston , and a 2-year-old son ol Jacob Morris were so badly burned by the explosion of n gasolfno lamp in the Unique restaurant that their ro- covcry is doubtful. Mlssourlans Walk Out. Northport , Wash , Sept. 4. Forty five of the 52 Mlssourlans brought hero Monday to take the places of strikers at the Lerol smelter walked out yesterday , asserting that condl ilonb had been misrepresented to them KILLED AT A CROSSING. Wife of Congressman Barney and Mia , W. H. Ramsey Run Down by Train. Mlhumkuo Hop ) 4 Mia H H. liar- no > of West Iloiid , wlfo of Count OHM- man H S Uuitu-y of the Fifth dlxtrlct and MrsV. . II IlHimtoy. Si , of 1'oit Wellington , tvlfo of u former alato hank comptroller , were killed by n Northwestern train yestorduy after noon near the Port Washington illa tion The women were < lrl\liu ; ncroen the track und the train struck them. Foi over two hoiir.'i the rimmliiii lay at the Htatlon at Poll \Vaahlngton , no ono being nbh to Identify thorn. After many had viewed the remains , W. II. Itimine > , Jr. , was naked to HCO If ho could tocoRtilzo tha bodies Mr Rum- noy plekud up the covering upon the body of Mra. lliiincy , hut the lomulmi woio HO terribly rnunulod that ho could not make out thn features. He lifted the COV T from the other body and foil liack trembling , with blanched faeo. He had looked upon the faeo of bin mother Congressman Batnoy wan tiyltiK a eaae In Judge OlcU'n court at the time. Ho wna overcome by the shock and couit adjourned. START ON THE EXPOSITION. Elaborate Ceremonies Mark Driving of First Stake nt St. Louis. St. Louis , Sept. 4. Juat four mouths from the date of the orKanlratlon of the exposition company ( lie Iliat tilako of the World's fair , to bo held In this city In 11)03 ) , was dilven yosturdny on the slto at Foiost park. Officers and dliectoiH of the Louisiana I'ureluuio Evponltlon company , municipal offi cers and others asHomblod In the fore noon on the alto near the structural contei of the grounds und thorn the stake was dilven by William II. Thompson In bin official capacity of clialiinan of the committed on grounds anil buildings At the conclusion of the ceremonies the Blake , which had boon specially piepared for the occasion , waa with drawn for preservation and a stake or dlnarlly used by suiveyoia suhHtitutod for it. FOR TARIFF REVISION. National Association of Manufacturers May Call a Convention. Philadelphia , Sept. 4. The execu tive ( onunlttoo of the National Associ ation of Manufacturers mot hero today to consider the advisability of culling a convention of the aaHoclatlon for the purpose of memorializing congress to rc\lso the present tariff laws and to encomngo reciprocity treaties with other countries The committee at the recent annual convention of the asso ciation nt Detroit wau Instructed to learn the sentiment of the manufact urers of the country on these subjects. This has been done and It Is believed that at today's mooting the reports to bo made by members will so atrongly favor reciprocity treaties and a rad ical revision of the tariff that the com mittee will Issue a call for such con vention. Roosevelt Ends Visit. Mlronpolls , Sept. 4. The visit of the vlco president of the United States to the Gopher state Is over , it has boon a continued ovation from begin ning to end , highly complimentary greetings having been accorded him on his every public appearance Many women and children ( Hood In line for hours for an opportunity to gr.isp his hand. Political men and buslnohsrnon allko have vied with each oilier to do him honor and receptions , dinuom and drives have followed In quick rotation during his two dins' stay. The vice president departed for Chicago at C.23 last evening. Victory for Chinese Diplomacy. Berlin , Sept. 4. It is conceded that the settlement of the Chun difficulty marks another success for Chinese diplomacy. Stress is now laid on the address which Prince Chun will read to Emperor William. Nevertheless , the expiatory mission has become shorn of nil semblance of a national spectacle , Illustrating German Imperial supremacy , and has dwindled down tea a private reception of n rather unwel come envoy , who has had matters nil his own way regarding the perform ance of his errand. Reporting Boer Casualties. London , Sept. 4. A dispatch from Lord Kitchener says : "Since Aug. 20 the columns report 19 Boers killed 3 wounded , 212 made prisoners and 121 surrendered and that 194 rides , 27.50C rounds of ammunition , 1,700 horses am : 7,500 head of cattle have been cap tured. " Conncll Elected Secretary. Atlanta , Sept. 4. The Baptist home mission board yesterday unanimous ! } elected II. C Conncll secretary to til the vacancy made by the death of the late Rev. Dr. Cole. Mr. Conncll has been secretary to the home missionary board In Atlanta. Business Block Burns. DCS Molnes , Sept. 4. Fire at Earl ham , 45 miles west of here , early this morning destroyed a block of build ings in the business section , with con tents , causing a $20,000 loss ; partly Insured. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. W. J. Bryan has bought the Nation al Watchman , a Washington paper. The Eighteenth Infantry will sal from Manila for homo Sept. 19 on the transport Kllpntrlck. The Alabama constitutional con vcntlon adjourned sine die Tuesday The new constitution was read am the delegates signed their names to it. Two hundred men employed at the Avonmoro foundry , Greeusburg , Pa. are out on strike for an Increase of 1 ( per cent in wages and the works are chut down completely. Decided Gains arc Claimed by Steel Officials. EARLY RESUMPTION POSSIBLE , Amalgamated Officials Say It Is All a Dluff Chalnmakers Quit Work and Plant at Plttsburg Is Forced to Close Down Outside Points Affected , Pltlsburg , Sept. 4. Developments yoiitoidiiy In the steel ntilUe show do- clili'il galini for the inanufuctuiois. The teueatilon of 32 uklllod tuun to the Star iliuit , the liiereiuipit production at the 'ttluter and the Llndtmy & McCulch- eon mlllH , the defection from the strik ers' iiuiltu of 75 inachlulnUi and plpo cutters at the Continental Tube works mil 50 ut Iho I'enmiylvanla Tube toikri , the Importation of 12 men to .ho Monusiiuti stool hoop mill f.nd the natallatlon of three mills on lh i night tttin at the Clark mill , all point to an early resumption all nloriK the line , ui viewed by the stool officials The Amalgamated ollldiila , however , rnuko ho claim that uver > thing IB progress- ng satisfactorily and nay ihat much > f tint supposed advantage of the man- rfiKtiircis Is bluff and cannot bo imulo good As an Instance , thny clto the Mridsny & McOiitehonti plant , where the company claims to hnvo as many men ut woik na they can accommo date The Amalgamated ponplu claim that .Tamos Hurloyleo president of .he Flint district , visited the Llndmiy & MeCutoheon mill you t onlay In the gulso of a roller necking work , llo made an Inspection of the mill , and , iccorillng to his report , theio are 30 men at work , nix of whom are skilled. A Wollavlllo dispatch Buys- Hurry I'hllllps , a nonunion man , wan hiutally assaulted on the atreotii of Wellavlllo yoHtenlay by John Elliott , a striker from Irondalo. Phillips Is badly In- lined and waa unconscious for iiomo I lino. Elliott bus so far eluded ar rest. PACKERS IGNORE DEMAND. Strike of Butchers and Meat Dressers Is Threatened. Chicago , Hopt. 4. A strlko of 17,000 skilled \\orklnginen In the packing trades throughout the country Is thronioned The last day for the pack ing firms to glvu au answoi to the re cent demand of the biitchrm and meal diaspora foi an trierraito of 10 per tent In the piesnnt sealo ofvugns uxplrod hurt , nltjht In Iho labor click's af fected there Is consequently much un easiness. The Ignoring of tholr de mand was regarded by Uio butchers of the local packing firms an foreboding n struggle If the demand Is to bo urged. President Donnelly of the Amalgamat ed Meat Cutters' association an nounced that ho would try to secure n dutlnlto reply from Armour and Swift. Among the signs regarded as signifi cant Is the fact admitted lust night by Mr. Donnelly that a largo hall In being sought In the stock yards dis trict as a headquarters for the seven local unions , number Ing 3,000 rnon. That no ultimatum has yet been In- sued , was made clear by President Donnelly , but ho did not conceal that he has been disappointed at the fail uio of the packers to answer within the stipulated time the demand for a revlnlon of the wage scale on the hauls of the 10 per cent Increase. Chain Makers Strike. Plttshurg , Sept. 4 A now strike Is on It la that of the chain makois They refused to go to work yesterday and the strlko Is claimed to bo wide spread. The men demand an Increase of wages. The advance asked for In the Pittsburg district averages 21 per cent , and In the east the advance asked runs all the way from 4 to 100 per cent , dencndlnc on the kinds of chains made. The strike has been starlcd by the Chain Makers' Association of the United States. The worka of the Pitts- burg Chain company arc Idle today. The plant has been working night and day. Big Four Strike Postponed. Pltlsburg , Kan. , Sept. 4. The threat cnod strlko of the miners employed by the Big Four mines has been post poncd until the national board of the United Mine Workers of America Is heard from and the men went to work jcBlerday under conlracls dictated b > the operators. The Central Coal am Coke company posted notices at its shafts fainting that It would pay the 63 cents mine run prlco and the eight hour day Is to prevail , but it will not sign up with the Unllcd Mine Workers of America. Sues Union for Damages. San Francisco , Sept. 4. The Pacific Coast Steamship company has begun suit In the United States circuit cour to recover damages to the extent o $25,000 , which it alleges to have sus talned by the strlko of Its firemen and sailors. The suit is brought agains the Pacific. Marino Firemen's union and the Sailors' union of the Pacific coast. Oelwein Shopmen Strike. Oelweln , la. , Sept. 4. All the helper to machinists , bollcrrnakers and black smiths In the Chicago Great Western shops , numbering 100. struck ycster day. They ask for an Increase from $1.GO to $175 per day. They are or gunlzed and affiliated with the Amor lean Federation of Labor. Two Killed by Cave-In. Macon , Mo. , Sept. 4. A coal mln near Kasoyvllle , this county , caved In yesterday und killed William Bush o Darksvlllo and Van Redd , who worket in the mine. A son of William Bush was seriously injured. CONDITION OF IOWA CROPO. Corn R.ipltlly Maturing and Will Be Out of Way of Frost by Sept. 20. Dea Molnes. Hopl I W'oathor bir- eau crop bulletin , Iowa soctloii , for week ondltiK Hopl 2 The thought la nl111 liolillni ; full way , with continued detriment to po > atoea and pant urea and hindrance to plowing. The corn crop Is nuurlrig naturlly In all sections and harvesting vlth hlndern Is now In pn > KnHii In ear- y nlnritcd Holds , with prouttvct Unit a Tory largo parnMitiiKt * of tlwNcrop will 10 In shock before Hopl. 20. With lormal temperature and usual condl- lena for rlponlni ; ( hero will ho but lit- 1 corn to bo damaged by frost lifter ho 20lh , though inportn Imllcato that oino llnhln will need till Oct 1 to ma- tire perfectly. Haiti In much ncedoil or gruiiH and potiUopii , hut corn In gen erally beyond need of help from aildl- lonul molHturo With timely harvest- n& the viiluo of the com fodder thht year will ho well nigh Inestimable. BIO BET ON YACHT RACE. ' English Syndicate and Party of Pitta- burgers Wager $400,000. Plttsburg , Sept. 4 The grout Inter- intlonal yacht hot of $100,000 between in English syndicate , represented by Walter J. KltiKsloy of London , and n Bioil ] ) of patriotic Plttsbiirgeni , roprc- nonted by William I. Manila , waa limit- y in ningcd yoaterday. The entlro mini was deposited In ( ho handn of thn stakeholder. Mr Klngsley turning over llfiO.OOO In Iltltlah hunk noton and Mr. Uuatln giving n ceitlflod chock for $250.000. What la said to bo the grout , eat hot In history waa Hum micconufully Hinauminatod The stulto la to bo paid within ono week after the conclud- rig nice , the place of meeting to lin Now York. Tln wager In simply f IfiO.- )00 ) lo $250.000 tluu the Shamrock lifts the cup Tliero are no conditions aa lo iccldent. lloth Mr Miistln and Mr. { liiKiiloy , Iho In niton ) for Iho respect- vo aymlicatoa , will lecolve handuomn 'ommlmduiiH. FINANCING THE OMAHA LINE. Great Western Floats Bonds for Con structlon Work on New Road. Chicago. Hopt. 4. It la reported , mija the Tillmno , that President Htlck- noy of Iho Great Western hua sue- eedeil In forming " - syndicate to tin- lei wi llo an Isatio ot $5,000,000 Chicago Great Weatorn dehenliiro bonds , to piovido for thn building of the pro- losod extension to Omaha and Sioux City. City.Work Work on theao extensions lq lo bo eommeiKOil next spring , but sorno piollmlnaiy grading may bo done thin year The surveys have all boon com pleted. A KtimoiiK Sfitmrr. There IH wild to he no equal In the vorlil to the grand ami Imposing square of Paris , tire Place do la Con corde. On one sldo of It IH the Tulle- IOH , on the opixtHlto side the Champs 3lyHees and on n third the river Helnu. in the center Hlaixlu Ihe ohellak ot : ,11x011 , a miiKnlllccnl monolith of red Egyptian granite , 71 feet high nml weighing r.00,000 pounds. Thin olwllHlt WIIH one of two of the name ahape mul Hlze , elected In i"i : ) It ( ' , by Hnme- HOH the Great at the entrance of Iba cmplc of Thi'lics. Mohammed All , malm of KKM't. ' presented It to the . 1 I'iciich go\eminent , and In 18.I ! ( It wna lemoved to It.s present position In Jie 1'liKO tie la Concorde. The re- moMil and erection on the new ulto rw- ( | tiio ! < l nn outlay of 8Uii ) ( ) mid Ihe employment ot SIX ) men , the ohellak liolntf tiaiispoi ted to Prance In a ves sel built especially for the purpose. \ The Place < le la Concorde IH rich In historic Interest. It wna there that the guillotine was erected In the "reign of terror , " after the death of Louts XVI , mid It was there that the algnal was given for the attack on the Itaatllle In 17St. ! Louis XVI and Marlu An toinette wore beheaded there In 1793. and It was the scene of great rejolc- Ing In 184S , when Franco wns pro- clnlmed n republic. The Plnce do la Concorde has also been termed the Place Louis XV and Place cle la Revo lution. HnttlennuUr 1'olnnn. "Years ago , when I was a boy nt home , " said n southern man , "an un do of mine , who Ihed near Mont gomery , wns out on his plantation one day when ho Haw nn enormous rattle snake stretched In n furrow of n cot ton field. He seized n hoe lying near by mid mmlo n pass nt the monster. At the snrno tlrno It struck out at him nml broke oft one of Its fangs on the edge of the hoe blade. My uncle dis patched the snake and then picked up the fang nml brought It to the house as a curiosity. It was sharp as a needle , mul n faint yellow stain nt the tip showed whore some of the virus hud exuded. "The bit of bone Iny for nt least three or four years In nn ebony box on my uncle's writing tnble In his study , when one ( Iny n stupid negro servant girl , not knowing what It was , used It to extract a splinter from her thumb. In less than an hour her whole lower arm was swollen , and she exhibited nil the chnrncterlstlc symptoms of snake poison. "My uncle had studied medicine and by prompt measures saved the girl's life , but for some mysterious reason gangrene subsequently appeared In her arm , and amputation was necessary. My uncle lost no time In burning hla murderous relic. " III * OnlyTenr. . The undaunted Corporal Caithness , so conspicuously daring In a "pinch" nt the bnttle of Waterloo , wns nsked 1C be did not fear they should lose the dny. "No , no , " snld he. "I knew vre could not do thnt. My only fear was that we should nil bo killed before wo had time to wlu It. "