TILE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , JULY 4o , IU02.
Violent Demonstration at Clos
ing of Unauthorized Schools ,
CRY 'OF bbWN WITH THE POPE ,
Students Parade the Streets Chnntlno
Antl-Clerlcal 'Ref rains Clericals
, Gather at Schools of Sisters , to
Express Sympathy ,
. /Paris , July'24.--The ngltA'tlon pro-
Vokcd by the qrdor of Prime Minister
qmb'oB. tq.cloee Uio congrecatiohlfit
recalls , .to , s6roe oMeiU tbo
fnacted when M. Ferry , ( hen
nt. , expelled the JeBultn la li'Srt ,
DompustTfttloBil 'lit Mof of ( li 'tiling
i&il ih * t W * ' f irt m-e takirfir
jii' , > & > 'irtt' ' ' i > Bny placcjj lu thd
.jrf /tfk'Wf'Iho / ' prefects proBOhe.
t < i' [ thfeBiielifafl hi'tho sch'otilB and ordered -
dored th Jt/itie' IrifltltutlOns be clo e'i. ;
sefibUt disturbance occurred lant
tolghfut the Cafe do Music. The , pollco
Soared the cafe. Several persons
Svoro lniurfeatad twenty-five arrcBta
Vr'ore ma'de. Boras 'disorderly meet
ii ing of Catholics , w.cfrc held during tbo
co'urlbo of tbo ovcnfag , * rcBulting in
cufflos anil the making of nrrostB.
Nationalists Join Clericals.
Tbo nationalists "havo 'joined ' the
cicrlyajs In c.ngncerlng the .ftgjUtfon ,
and Uiolr "icadora "are in the jorefropt
pf , lho effervescence In , .Paris. ' ' Conoid-
jOrablq sympathy has , becn'jVftrltoJ up
on behalf of the mfna and their
Behoofs hnvo freon made the particular
objects of demonstrations. , The clbr-
'loalB called on .their sympathizers to
, meet outside of the school conducted
.toy the SlBtora pf St. Vincent tfo Paul ,
'
whlc'h was xlOHcd 'yc.Bterday , and. a
I ( considerable crowd , gathered there ,
.compelling a , large body of pollco. and
.mounted municipal guards to form n
cordon In Uio streets londlhg to the
jecLool. A few trifling colllslono oc
curred between , the cWlcollB 'and
counter dumon&tVatbrs. A nationalist
, inomber of , the chamber of deputies
\vas arrested whllo'trying to force'his
J-way through fthp pollco cPrilon , but
' was BUDBcQuontly released.
Students , followed by a crowd composed -
' , * posed of the rougher clement ,
, matched up and down the Boxilovard
, St Michael until a'lato hour , .chanting
' ! | anti-clerical refrains and shouting
/'down with the priests and the pbpo , "
but these fiod at the sight of the
> mounted guards and patrols.
Excitement In Provinces.
' ' The greatest excitement in the prov
inces is displayed in the clfTlcal
stronghold of Brltany , where the pens-
' unts have gathered in front of the
' nuns' schools and declare they will
i , .not allow the nims to be expelled.
'iFbr Instance , at Lnndcrau , a mob of
< 'farmers , men and woman , " "have
iriounted guard in front of the sisters'
, - 'school , awaiting the police. At La
Dresso , the commissary of pollco , ac
companied by gendarmes , thrlco tried
' s , ( . to approach the congregatlonlst
. ; < school In.order to effect its closure ,
* but was obliged to abandpn the at
tempt owlnp to the threatening nttl-
* .p . tude of ho demonstrators.
* , i Government Has Many Supporters.
,5 ' Against these and similar Incidents ,
' \ however , must bo sot off the addresses
, ' , in support of the government voted by
many municipal councils. While con
siderable sympathy Is fqlt with the
! Bisters personally , Prime Minister
' Coriibes undoubtedly feels that ho is
supported by the 'mass of the country
and Is not llkoly to rccedo from the
position he has taken. The trouble IB
caused mainly by' the ambiguity of the
/wording of' the law of , associations ,
which has led branches of the con-
I'KTCgatlonfl.'Buch ' as the schools now
lclosed , to suppose that their , position
Wfts legaltpcd- 'the request for au-
'thorlratlon made ' by 'heaQqua'rters. '
vThlB was evon''tlic 'interpretation bf
the matter 'accepted by Waldebk-Rous-
eeau , the former premier , but Combes
takes -contrary view.
TAKE ISSUE WITH IRELAND.
Catholic Clergy of Denver Differ
, . FVom Archbishop.
" " .Denver , July 24. Resolutions hava
' "teen unanimously adopted ' by''the
'Catholic clergy of the Dehyer diocese ,
Assembled In annual retreat , which
take "views of the school question .and
the friar question in the Philippines
differing from those recently ex
pressed by Archbishop Ireland. The
resolutions commend the act estab
lishing a department of public instruc
tion in the Philippines insofar as 're
ligious Instruction IB permitted at cer
tain times , but declare that the de
nominational system In vogue in En-
- ghxnd , should have been established.
* ' 1 They invest the government to guard
against ' UemptB at proselyting by
teachers , and protest against the forci
ble removal of the'friars as a violation
of the constitution.
Mysterious Murder at Pittsburgh
PlttsbUrg , July 24. One of the , most
mysterious murders in the city's his
tory was committed last , .night In a
drinking room ip fa rear of , the Traction
'
tion hotel. The yjc'ji in Agnes King
of 139 Crawford /street. / The murderer -
' derer is unknown. The man pulled a
. dirk and made a lunge at the woman , '
, cutting her under the j&f , ' A second
mlanh severed th ? Jygylar vein. The
' '
murderer esqap'rt' ' ljirp'ugh a eldo
' '
*
door. < ' *
Iowa Regiment Encamps.
, Atlantic , la. , July 24. The twelve
I'1. ' companies of the Fifty-first regiment
. . of Iowa arrived in the city yesterday
If- and Immediately went into camp nPrth
'of the city. About 700 men are nowln
I ) comn. Governor Cummins and 'staff
I' ' will"arrJvo'in the city next-Saturday
And review the different companies.
POLAND MOURNS FOR FRIEND ,
Death of Ledochowikl Regarded Al
most as National Bereavement ,
Home , July 24. The remains of
Cardinal LcdochaWHkl , who died hero
yofltordny , were laid In ntnto In the
cJinjKjllo nrdonto of Iho I'alaco of the
Propaganda , where they were slibs'b-
aucntly vleltcd by nil the members of
Ihc Baqrftd collogo. ,
Th6 Pjazitt dl Spn na , where th'o'
Paiaco of the rropngnndn titrtnds , IB
crowded with people , including many
American , pUKrjmn , caper to obtain ad-
mlsnlon. Letters and telegrams of re
gret arc pouring In from all quarters.
The grief Of Poland , Cardinal bedo-
chowHkl'8 n&tlve country , amounts ta
almost a natldAAl demotiBtration ; the
dead clirdlhfU bftvlng' been 'pbrsona :
nbh k rat a io > Runsla and Germany on
mcc6urit of his advocacy of Polish in
dependence.
RANGE WAR IN VVYoMlNQ ,
"
Harder Killed ' rid 6ever Thoudahd
Sheep Slain Hear Rock Springs.
'Denver , July 'ifyA telephone 'mes-
Wige. received " 6y Mrs. Lc'oriarii cdg-
wick 'at n'er'borne'her ' 'conVd ' sd the
information'lHat upon 'her hvteband'd
Bhbep ranch nbar'Hock'Springs'Wyo. ' ,
6no of hlu horderfl had been killed ,
prcn\imai > ly by fnfurlated cattle herd
ers. Tlie 'inesgago also stated that
7,000 Bheep had been slain by the
porno : per on ,
'
'Mrs. 'ScdRwlcU Bays that there IB
the m6st' ' intense jealousy between the
p'hcop 'and cattlemen in that district ,
and that Oftt'n 'hundreds ' of cattle or
shcop arc slaughtered when found
roaming upon strange ground.
MANY FARMERS PENNILESS.
Flood of Mississippi Has Left Pov
erty , In Its Wake.
Keoicuk , la. , J uly 24 , The1 MlsBla-
nlppl river flood reached its maxi
mum tnfoughout the district on the
MiBBbtirl B'ldo * Snd th'o crest wan at
Hannibal 'yesterday , when the stage
was at 'a ' 'Standstill.Tho river loll
four inches , at Qulnoy and ten inches
ht Kebkukl The commlBsIonere for
Illinois levees report .them in gooJ
condition' nnd many Bqunro miles safe.
The farmers from the flooded terri
tory arc. scattering to the cities for
rworliat 'ariy kind of employment ,
some going as tar north as .Dubuque.
Hundreds are In a pitiable condition
of abject poverty.
SCHOOL TEACHERS MURDERED.
Bodies of Four of Those Missing
From Cfebu Are Recovered.
Washington , July 24. The war de
partment received the following cable
gram regarding the Bchool teachers
who have been missing fromv Cebu
Blnco June 10 :
John E. Wells , 209 Montgomery
avenue , Providence , R , 1. , and his
cousin * Louis A. Thomas , same address -
dross ; -Ernest , , Heger , 1413 Vine street ,
Cincinnati , O. ; ( Clyde A. France , Berea ,
O. , missing Cobu , murdered by la-
drones ; bodies recovered. Leader of
murderers killed ; eight others , captured -
turod by the constabulary.
Dr. Little 'Elected President.
Tacoma , Wash. , July 21.- Over COO
delegates are in attendance at the
Young People's Christian union con
vention of the United Presbyterian
church. Dr. R. M. Little of Chlcaqa
was elected president yesterday. He
was presented with a gavel made from
a piece of walnut taken from the
Fourth United Presbyterian church In
Allegheny , where the organization bf
the young people's movement had its
start in 1S89.
Capsized by a Squall.
Savannah , Ga. , July 24. The sloop
Lbvoll polio , owned and Balled' by
Captain Allen "N. 'Calder of Thunder
bolt , and' havlng'-on' ' board a pleasure
party , ' was1 capsized in the Og ee'chee
river nthr' Hell 'Gate durlng a' ' squall
arid 'Captain Calder's aged mo'ther and
infant daughter-'wore drowned. Captain -
tain Calder's' father and wife were
Beriously Injured , and the former may
dio. -
Tracy Appears at Logging Camp. ,
Tacoma , Wash. , July 24. Harry
Tracy , the outlaw , appeared fat Mil-
'ler's logging camp' , four miles "from
.Kansaekat , yesterday and ate dinner.
Tra'cy IB not wounded and looks tresh
and 'rested."He is Bearing a derby
hat , but hovhad a slouch hat in 'his
pocket. "He' tlirhas his rifle ! and two
revolvers1 and has a good supply1 \ > t
ammunition.
Gulty ) Persons May Be Found.
Springfield. 111.July 24. Adjutant
General Smith received advices from
Captain Butterfleld , in command ot
the troops at Eldorado , that quiet pre
vailed , there , but that he was making
active Investigations and hoped to
bring to justice some of the parties
guilty of the outrages toward the ne
groes.
6PARK8 FROM THE WIRES.
A Chinese Btcam'er capsized in the
West river and ' 200 persons were
drowned.
Spies of the sultan of Turkey have
discovered a plot against his majesty's
Jife formed by the palace eunuchs.
. Nearly 200 boys and girls , employed
in the American Cigar company's fac
tory at" Mtddjetown , N. Y. , went ou
Btflko' Wednesday. The strike was
due to a' reduction In wages.
Richard Mullen , -ged thirty-three ,
a Cincinnati flrem i , In a jealous
rage , Wednesday shot and fatally
wounded his wife , aged seventeen ,
and then flhot his two-year-old babv.
Brlscoe Frederlckson , & seventy ,
year-old negro , was convicted at Hen
derson , Tex. , Wednesday of criminal
assault and given the death penalty.
The" prlson'er was escorted by soldiers
to the depot to be carried to'the peni
tentiary for eale ketplng.
Jeffries and Fitzsimmons Are
Now Resting : .
BOTH WIND UP HARD TRAINING
Champion Is Still Favorite at Odds of
About Twti to One -Attendance
Promise * ! to Tax Capacity of the
San Frarfclsco Arena ,
San .FranclBcp , July 24. Everything
IB no\v in > rcaUlncBB for the , Juftrlev (
Fltzslmmons cbntcst on .Friday night
and the attendance , promlaos to tax
the cipaclCy of tbo aferia. Both of the
pueillt8 ( ) are now rcating. , Jortrlco In-
'dulged in. lijn light exerpieo yesterday
at'tho'Rolfance'club In Oakland. Ho
) iko 'e early and Bklpp'ed the rope 1,600
tlmen , flnlBhlng the brdeal with no vis
ible sign of oxhnilsUon. He tipped
the btfam at 217 pounds , but expects
to weigh 218 when ho enters the ring' '
tomorrow night. |
FltzBlmnionp took & jog along the
drivcB at qolden Gate park and
( spacred wllh Griuln ajQd Andy Gft'lla-
ghetr at the ; Olympic club , Expert * on
itho scene declare Uiat IhoreIB .appar
ently nothing ftirthW" to bo tfcstred In
the condition of , tne men. The con
census of ppmlon eccms , to be , however
'
ever , that FJtzsimmonB'1 a o , and the
difference in weight IB agonist the
chances of the Corn'lshmani fnd that
Je'ffrica is the logical wlnneT. The
betting odds'show Jeffries still a fa
vorite at 2 to 1 and 16'Xi to 4 , with
much Fltfcslmmons .mbnoy In sight.
DAN PATCH WINS 2:04 : PACE.
Cuts His Record to 3:03 : 4 at Cleve
land Meeting ,
Cleveland , July 24. The 2:04 : pace
and the 2:07 : trot furnlBheil BQnsatlons
for the record breaking .crowd that
attended the grand circuit races hero
yesterday. The unb.eatdn Dan Patch
was .always a 1 to 6 favorite for the
pace , and ho won , but had to cut his
record to 2:03 : % when chased out in
the opening heat by Rlloy B. The per
formance did not tire the favorite In
the least and ho took the deciding
heat with ease.
The first1 heat of the 2:07' : ' trot went
to The Monk , who had sold for $50
to ? iO on the field. Lord Derby was
far back and the judges decided that
Spear had made an Improper drive.
He , was taken down and George Saun-
ders'put up behind Lord Derby. The
drlvo on the stretch was terrific and
The Monk was nipped at the wire.
Lord Derby trotted the last half In
1:00 : % . A bad break put him out of
the going in the deciding heat and the
race went to The Monk. The Judges
fined Spear $260 and gave the money
to the substituted driver. All bets on
the race were declared off.
STEEL WORKERS STAND FIRM.
Refuse to Accept Reduction of 25
Per Cent.
Elwood , Ind , . July 24. Renewed ef
fort was made hero to have the Amal
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers accept the 25 per cent reduc
tion in wages , in order that the Amer
ican Tin Plato company may secure
nn order of 1,600,000 boxes of tin from
the Standard Oil company. President
Shaffer and Secretary Williams ar
rived in the city yesterday and the
American Tin Plate company's < plant
was closed In order to give the 400
members of the Amalgamated associ
ation1 i chance to meet with the repre
sentatives of the company and 'the- na
tional officers , that 'tho matter might
'bo fully discussed and if possible ar
range1 to rescind the vote taken by'the
workmen last 'Saturday. ' The" meeting
lasted four hours 'and despite the fact
'that * President f Shafferadvised : the
men to accept the "reduction , they ( re
fused to rescind 'their formeraction. .
r Piecework1 to' Be General.
Omaha , July' 24. It maybe only n
question of time until' ' all' 'the black-
emlths in-the'"Union Pacific-shops-go
out on ar strike ; ; thus materially .In-
"creasing 'the number 'of strikers. 'In
Omaha , and Armstrong' ' only are' "the
blacksmiths out < at present These
are the only places where1'the mem
bers 'of this 'craft have' been asked' ta
accept piecework , consequently "the
others have" had no occasion \f > strike.
But things are very llablri to undergo
a change coon , as an official bf the
company 'says the Union' Paclflcwwlll
In the near future announce a general
enforcement of the piecework system , '
and the 'blacksmiths' have repeatedly
avowed their determination never 'to
accept piecework.
Carmen Granted an 'Increase.
Topeka/ July 24. George R. Hen-
derson , . superintendent of machinery
of ; tho"i ; Santa Fe , met the grievance
committee of the Carmen's unloti yep-
terday' ' and informed them 'that vthe >
would be granted an increase of wages
ac once. This is a result of a confer
ence between " Mr. Henderson and
Third Vice President Kendrick in
Chicago. The officials refuse to make
a sUtament of the' extent of 'the ' in
crease or on what portion of the reap
it goes into effect.
Woman Smuggler Caught.
New York , July 24. As a prominent
young society woman of Philadelphia
stepped from -the steamship Kron
Prinz Wilhelm"bn its arrival hero ,
having met her husband , waiting on
the pier , agents of the treasury de
partment Interrupted their conversa
tion and took from the woman a pearl
necklace reported worth $20,000 ,
w.hich she had purchased in Paris and
omitted * from her declaration. She
wore it around tho" nock under the
dress collar.
NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICANS.
Governor White Is Renomlnatcd Pro
hibition Plank Rejected.
Fnrgo , N. D. , July 24. The 'efforts
of Editor Streetor of Emmons county
to amend the report of the committee
on resolutions to Include a plank de-
niaudlrig that the question of .prohi
bition bo submitted to the voters , was
about tho. only feature of yesterday's
Ilcpubilcnn state convention. Tho'ef
fort , VhllourisucccBsful , 'was ft sur
prise In , its apparent popularity. The
ticket arranged by the jeadcrs went
through solidly. It la as'follows : 'For
congress ; T. F , Marshall , 3. F. , Bpald-
ing ; governor , Frank White ; .lieuten
ant , governor , David Bartlctt ; judge-
supreme court , John M. . Cochrano ;
secretary of fitate , E. F. Porter ; audit
or , D. M. Holmes ; treasurer , D < Mc
Millan ; commissioner of insurance ,
Ferdinand Loutz ; attorney general , Q ,
W , FrlckJ superintendent of public
instruction , W. L. Stock well ; commis-
'sioner ' of agriculture and labor , R. J.
Turner ; railroad commissioners , C. J.
Lord , J. F. Shea/Andrew Schatz. '
The resolutions adopted pay a trib
ute to the late President 'McKInley ,
endorse the 'stato ' administration , , ap
prove , the 'work ' of North Dakota's .rep
resentatives in congress , denounce
( the attacks made jipon the administra
tion by antl-lmper'.jUiBtB , absolve the
Btato and the Republican party from
the charge-that either IB dominated by
corporations and demand a reform ot
the primary election laws.
Will Fight Southern Merger.
Nashville , Tenn. , July 24.-r-An extra
session of the , Tennessee legislature is
considered a possibility as a result of
.recent stories to 'the effect that 'a '
'merger of the .big southern 'railway '
eyst'oms is contemplated in connection
with ' ( he formatitm'of the Southern
Securities .company. The movemeht
to have the governor convene the gen
eral assembly comes , from Nashvlllo
business men , who .express themselves
as very much in earnest in inaugural-
' ing a fight against the ! alleged' merger.
Hepburn Talks1 of Politics.
New York , July 24. Representative
W. P. .Hepburn . of' Iowa , who has been
a visitor at President Roosevelt'
homo in Oyster Bay , said : "I am con
fident that oUr next state convention
will heartily indorse President Reese
velt's administration. I know nb'thltig
of any" plan to present Congressman
Littlefleld's name to succeed Speaker
Henderson in the next house. * I am
'confident that General Henderson'will
bo chosen again for the speakership. "
Only Natives to Return. " . \
London- July 24. Denying a rumor
that Dr. Leyds , who was the European
agent of the Transvaal , was returning
to South Africa , Mr. 'Chamberlain ,
the colonial secretary , made the im
portant announcement yesterday that
all those not of .African birth who hail
fought against the British could not
be allowed to return to South Afrlci ,
Twenty-three Strikers Slain.
London , July 24. The Vienna coi *
respondent of the Daily Express ca
bles that the agrarian strike In the
province of Gallcla resulted In a coi-
filet between troops and strikers at
Czortow , In which twenty-three pe
sons were killed and forty wounded.
Arrested With Revolutionists.
Managua , Nicaragua , July 24.
President Zelaya eays Dr. Russell Wil
son of Ohio , who was arrested at Blue-
fields , is compromised with the revo
lutionists. He is still there. No newa
has been published here regarding the
Blueflelds filibuster.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
Edward Philbrook , one 'of 'the 'larg
est cattle' owfaprs of easterns-Montana ,
was drownedinRosebud river.
King Gebrge of * Saxony , ' 'Wh'o suc
ceeded o the throne June1 111 'last-on
'thai death of " 'his brother , ' Albert , 'Is
Bflffering from pneumonia. *
Jockey''Taylor , J the -'steeplechase '
rider. * died at ; Chicago Wednesday as
'the result of 'injuries ' received 'in'a
-Jllmplng race on the' 'opening day at
'Harlem. '
Triimpeter 'Davy and Private" .Esple
of the Canadian mounted rifles'"were
drowned in the ABslnibolne "river at
Winnipeg' ' by their boat- striking one
of the' bridge 'piers ' and capsizing. ,
' 'Mrs. Saul C. ' Vaughan , ; pne of. the
wealthiest- most prominent "wom
en of , Paducah/Ky.- was'accldentally
TBhot and killed with a < Flobert 'rifle In
the , hands of Vaughn Dabney , , aged
thirteen
Privates Grover C. BurriB-bf Ohio
and t Frederick Nolting ofrWaverly ,
la. , members of the hospital corps
stationed at Fort Washington , Md. ,
were drowned while bathing , in the
Potomac river.
Typer Not to ninme.
The talented young authoress was al
most in tears.
"In that review of my historical
novel In this morning's , paper , " she
said , "you made- typographical error
and called it d' 'hysterical' novel. "
"That , wasn't tf typographical ' .error ,
madameakl 'the ' llteraryedltorvjth
a 'frosty , eye. Chicago Tribune.
The Difference.
Mrs. Dash The idea of Mrs..Hash
'bavins-society ' aspirations ! Why'her
father was a peddler !
Mr. Dash Yes ; she's entirely too for
ward. She ought to.hang back until
people have forgotten it , Now , in , your
'case ' , my dear , it was your grandfather
who was a peddler.
True Ilremui.
"Tho other night 1 took n nap ou the
sofa and dreamed something sharp was
going through me. "
"Did the dream come true ? "
"Yes ; vyben I awoke Mound my wife
had gone through my pockets. I guess
she la sharp enough. " Chicago News.
American Bandits Secure Fifty
Thousand. Dollars ,
MAKE. TH lR ESCAPE WITH EASE
One of ( He Da'ndlts'Engages ' In QUarrel -
rel With Conductor as a 'RUso and
When Train IB Stopped to 'Eject '
Him All Three Alight
tel Pasop''Tex. , July ' 24. A daring
holdup , took place on the Mexican
.Central atabout 12:30 : a. m.r Jilst diter
the train Jett ; BermCjlllo. At Bcr-
inejlllo three .American's boarded the
train , two * secreting , ti taselv.ep pn tha
blind baggage , anfl" the other entering
the third"class coach. , 'As Boon a& the
train pulled out iho two j6n the blind
baggage entered the express carfind
covering' "Messenger .BUck'ner with
tholr guns ordered , him . .to .throw up
hlu hands. The raCBBcnf6r offend , no
resistance. The robbers then went
leisurely tnrpugn the cafe , securing
$50,000 in currency , consigned to the
'Banco Mlnero at Chihuahua , They
also took what other money packages
were In the safe-and/Btood quietly by
until the train stopped , making a
hasty exit a'nd dropping off the train
na it was slowing' down. After alight
ing , they 'disappeared ' into the dark
ness of the night.
Abbut the time > the robbers .entered
the * express car the conductor of the
train became engaged in an alterca
tion 'with ' ai passenger -Who refused-to
pay his faro. Finolly the conductor
had' ' the train stopped and the passen
ger icjected.
The robbers alighted at the same
time. It is now believed the trouble-
Borne , passenger , was a. . partner of , the
robbers and 'bis > actions a ruse , to se
cure the stPppaga of the , train ,
NAVY BUSY CHASING REVOLTS.
United States Ships Not Abl < ? to' Keep
Up With Changes.
Washington , July 24. The navy'de '
partment has taken steps to Investi
gate the reported Interference with
American shipping Venezuelan .
waters , which IB said to have resulted
from the recent blockade declared by
President Castro upon a number ol
ports in the republic.
The navy 'department has been In
formed that Commander Rodgers left
LaGuayra yesterday with the gunboat
Marietta for the mouth of , the Orinoco
river.
The work , laid out for the Marietta
will keep it busy , for-five days or > more
and meantime the gunboat Ranger ,
*
at Panama , will be the only sentinel
on the isthmus , Machlas having been
ordered to sail at once from Colon for
Capo Haytlen.
Scorpion Goes on the Rocks.
Newport , R. I. , July 24. The United
States dispatch boat Scorpion went
ashore at the Blue Rocks , in the up
per harbor , yesterday , having struck
hard and fast , but she backed from
the position with her own englneo.
Later she proceeded on her way. It
is believed the damage to the vessel
is slight. The Scorplon was coming
in from the fleet off Block inland and
when moving to her anchorage her en
gines failed to reverse at the order
and word came back that they were
on a center. The anchor was imme
diately let go. Though considerable
chain was , paid out , the hook .failed
to find holding ground and she made
straight for the rocks , where she
brought up. _
Miss West Will 'Not Break' Bottle.
'Defli'Molnes , July 24. Mififf- Frances
West of Des"MbInes , who was selected
by former 'Governor ' Shay to christen
'the ' .new ship , " Des Molnes , to be
laun'ched Sept. 20) ) has notified 'the '
navy department that 'it would belim-
possible' for" her' to be 'present at 'the
launching x > f' the vessel."MtaB. . West
sails today for China , where'"she' will
/visit / ' 'Minister and -'Mrs. ' 'Conger ' 'for
'several months. Governor Cummins
will name - her successor.
Cattle Have ( T xas Fever.
Springfield , 111. , "July 24. Dr Tif
fany , .slate veterinarian , returned yes
terday from Stronghurst , where he
has been investigating- diseases of. cat
tle , He found that sixty-one4 head ot
.native Missouri cattle , shipped from
that state and sold to various' parties
at Stronghurst , were'suffering' from
'Texas 'fever * and * at' nineteen had
'died. , 'Dr. 'Tiffany believes that' the
cars 'were infe'cted and that the dls
ease will spread.
Send Chcckl for' ' Fifty Thousand.
Indianapolis , July - 24. Socretarj
Wilson of. the 'UnitedMine' Workers
received a xiheck forl-50,000 for the
Btrlkojfund from tho- Illinois organiza
tion. This waa forwarded -byvhlra
Immediately to the'.arithraclte field.
: The .Illinois .miners have within four
weeks , given the national ) organization
$100,000 for strike funds oandj Istlll
have' nearly half a million in reserve.
Yaquls Lined Up and Shot.
Tucqon , Ariz. , July 24. S. , N. Jaqks ,
a .merchant of Fqrt Worth , Tex..re
turning from the Yaqui river country ,
reports having seen thirty Ynqul' In
diana lined up and shot at Torrln , So-
nora. The Indians' had been captured
in the mountains the day Before. . A
number of them wore mere boye.
Rejected Suitor Poisons Sweetheart.
Parsons , Kan. , < July 24. Because
bis sweetheart , Mary Robertson , had
rejected his proposal of marriage
James Larsen , a young fanner , lost
night poisoned' her , xauslnfc her' death ,
and then ehot.'andi killed himself. " 'She
ate Ice cream into which he
pound a bottle < rf
' VETO.
IGNORES DIETRICH'S .
Marsh Will Submit Constitutional
Amendment to Vote of People.
Lincoln , July 24. In the face ot the
veto of ex-Governor Dietrich to the
constitutional amendment Secretary
of State Marsh has decided to submit
the measure to a vote of the Nebraska
electors 'next November. The move IB
taken on the advice of Attorney Gen
eral Prout , who declares that the
governor has hp right to reject or
affirm' the bill , or at least suck prefer
ence bears 'no ' weight on the matter.
'Ho ' holds that < tho. Initiative ia taken
by the legislature and the electors
then approve -or disapprove the
measure. The scope of the propdse'd
amendment is to change the majority
necessary to crirry 'a constitutional
amendment from the majority of all
totes cast to-B'majority ' of the votes
cast 'on the proposition In question.
In his veto 'message Dl6trlch-stated
that his 'reason for rejecting the
measure was'that the 'expense of' ' Bub-
mfttlng the bill would be'about f50.-
000 , but Secretary Marsh e
the cost will not exceed $7,560.
SITE FOR FIRST'RESERVOIR. '
TractofLapd ( In Colorado and Nebras
ka Set Aside for the Purpose.
Sterling , Colo. , July 24. Tefe-
graphic orders , wcro received by the
local land office irpm the interior de
partment t Washington withdrawing ;
,890 townships , , embracing 900,000
acres of land located in C6lorado.aml
Cheyenne .county , Nebraska , from
.public entry. This land is located on
the nqrth side of the South Platte riv
er. It IB believed that Chief. Hydro-
grapher Newell has recommended to
the interior department that this land
be set . aside for the first great na
tional reservoir under the new Irriga
tion , law. The ( preliminary survey will
begin at once. If this survey IB finally
approved by Washington , the building
of the 'reservoir by the government
will soon ) e begun.
' Hearty Grip 'Costs a Hand.
! Des' Molnes , July 24. Captain J. N.
McClandhan ; a prpmlpent politician
of Corydon and ex-grand master bf
the Masonic order of Iowa , lost 'hi *
right" hand from the effects of a hand
shake with A friend whom he had not
met for a nurnber of r years. The meeting -
ing between the two : took place sev-1
eral months ago , and the grip received
by his friend was so hard , that several
of the small bones were broken and
afterward caused a cancerous growth.
He was In a Chicago hospital for sev
eral weeks taking treatment and was
advised by the surgeons to have , the
member amputated. The operation
took place yesterday.
Baseball Score's Yesterday.
National League St. Louis , 10 j
Pittsburg , 4. Boston , 3 ; Philadelphia ,
0. Brooklyn , 1 ; New York , 4.
American League- Baltimore , . * Tj
Chicago , 5. Washington , 6 ; Cleve
land. 5. Boston , 3 ; St. Louis , 2. Philadelphia -
adelphia , 5 ; Detroit , 2.
American Association Louisville ,
2-4 ; 'Columbus , 1-3. Indianapolis , 0-12 ;
Toledo , 6-4. Milwaukee , 3-9 ; St.
Paul , 2-1.
Western League Omaha , 3 ; St. Jo
seph , 2. Des Moines , 7 ; Kansas City ,
0. Denver , 8 ; Peoria , 1. Colorado
Springs , C ; Milwaukee , 5.
High Dive Proves Fatal.
Detroit , July 24. Alexander Smith
essayed a high dive from the main
mast of the schooner Maria Martin ,
lying at the foot of St. Aubln avenue ,
yesterday afternoon. It was ninety
feeffrom his perch to the water and
in the descent he lost his' ' equilibrium
when "about twenty feet from the
water. 'He struck on his side 'with
terrible force ' and failed to 'come' to-
the\ surf ace. Smith was a young mane
o thirty jearst ( with conslderablelocal
reputation as a daring high diver. The
body was recovered * three hours. later.
Thing. <
A tattered , , forlorn , miss of .fifteen
summers entered the office * of a young je
real estate man , , the. other day. Ordi
narily , he 'is ' the. pbJUest of , Individuals ,
but this , day .hej-waa . so- busy that ho
dldn/t / know /'where / , he > wnR.at"fSo ,
witty a swift glance out of thecornenpf
his eye , he said rntherBharply , :
'Well , w.hntdo ; you want ? "
' 'P-p-p-lease , . mister , won't you buy
a ticket on our cuckoo clock ? ' replied
the girl hesitatingly.
, "Buy a ticket on your cuckoo clock ?
What the deuce would I.do .with * a
cuckoo. clock- even if I should , gctit ? " .
"Oh- you won't get- Itmister. . , Please
buy n ticket"
Ue bought Kansas City Independ
ent.
"Dotrwooil "Winter. "
A man-from North Carolina who was
'visiting ' In Philadelphia in the course
of conversation used the expression
" ' - "
"dogwood'-wlnter.
"What do- you mean by dogwood
winter ? " asked his host
"Don't you really know -what dog
wood winter 'Is ? " demanded the innn
from Hickory , N : C. "There is'always
a spell of it in 'May ' whcrj the' dogwood
tree is in bloom. ' For several ilnya
there is cold , disagreeable , cloudy
weather and often rt touch of frost
Down our > vny it never falls , and * jvo
call It dogwood 'winter. I thought the
phrase 'was general. "
The Colon In'BriiUe.
Some people may not know that the
colors are not now taken Into action.
Before a corps proceeds on service they
are placed in safe custody , as suits
such honorable .insignia , and "when
Johnny comes marching home again"
they will bo all the fresher for not beIng -
Ing carried through dusty lands and
trying rivers.- The men whose duty
it would have , been to carry them and
stand by ( them to , the' , JoBt we nowa-
flnyB employeQ.ln' Jess BentlcwintaL-'U
more'useful , duties.