THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL. , , , , , , . nral SOeJoly NORFOLK NEBRASKA FRIDAY SKPTEMHHU . . 20 1002. S. I Villages In Turkestan Wrecked j [ ' h by Seismic Shocks. INHABITANTS * ARE CRUSHED , { Total Number of Lives Lost Is Esti mated at One Thousand One Town Is i Completely Destroyed No Euro- I peans Among the Victims. I Berlin , Sept. 2G. A dispatch re- i -calved hero from Tashkent , capital of ] Ilusslan Turkestan , reports a torrlblo f earthquake , Aug. 22 , the shocks con- " tlnulng until Sept. 3. One hundred persons were killed at Kashgar , in eastern Turkestan , 400 In the village of Astyn , twenty at Jangl , while the town of Aksuksltcho was completely destroyed. Allahabad , India , Sept. 20. A dis patch to the Pioneer from Kashgar , eastern Turkestan , says that only a 'dozen people were killed there In the earthquake , but that the disturbances \vrecked many villages In the northern part of the province , the total num ber of persons killed being 1,000. /There / were no premonitory signs , eays the dispatch. The temperature continued to rise during the subse quent days , which were attended by a repetition of slight quakes. The dls- patch says no Europeans lost their fl [ > , lives. ( Kashgar , capital of the province- Blnkiang , is situated at the conflu ence of roads leading to Pekln , In dia , and the Russian empire , and U of considerable Importance. It has a population of 50,000. The gazateers mention the town ol 'Ak Su , In eastern Turkestan , and say it Is a center of trade , the foreign trad ers , about 100 In number , being most ly Russian subjects. The popula tlon of the circle about Ak Su Is given at 180,000. . There are 4,600 houses In the town Itself. I > j , INSULT TO AMERICAN FLAG. Venezuelan Government Apologizes , for Act of Discourtesy. i Port of Spain , Island of Trinidad ISept. 26. The Venezuelan govern tuent has been compelled to apologize to the United States and to formally ealute the United States llag as a punishment for the unfriendly action of the \reuezuelan gunboat Restaura dor in Hying the Stars and Stripes { while bombarding the city of Ciudad * Uolivar. u.o Ileniaui'tv.Incident M'as iiau 'died by Herbert W. Bowefl , United j States minister to Venezuela , nios puccessfully. His negotiations , wera brief and to the point and he did no ji Vait to consult with his governmen in the matter. He took a firm ant determined stand and secured slgna ! i and noted reparation from Venezuela in a manner that left no animosity against the United States. In Caracas It was at first believed the Restaura dor had saluted the American flag as a result of influence brought to bea by the American ships of war , where as the apology was brought about by Bowen from Caracas. He acted quick ly In order that the Restaurado Bhould not leave the port before repa ration was obtained. j Marines Are In a Fight. ' Washington , Sept. 26. The navy de partment has received the following Cablegram from Commander McLean Of the Cincinnati : "Colon , Sept. 25. Three hundred In curgenta attempted to board the train leaving Empire station and capture a Colombian officer , a passenger from Colon to Panama. A marine knockei the Insurgent officer down with the butt of a musket. Guards trained Col gun on thorn , but did not fire , as they fled. " < Roumania Gives Fresh Offense. Vienna , Sept. 26. The Tageblat publishes a dispatch from Bucharest eaylng that Roumania has fount means of giving a mild answer to the United States. Nothing has been dente to improve the condition of the Jew Bays the Tageblatt , but telegraphic orders dors have been sent to all local au thorlties to stop the issue of emigra tlon passports to the Jews. Many Intending emigrants have thus been stopped and a fresh grievance ha been added to their old wrongs. ( St. Louis Firm Corners Pepper. St. Louis , Sept. 2C. St. Louis is th controlling factor in the various brand of the black pepper market of thl country , and to a great extent of th [ Whole world. A local firm has prac tlcally cornered the staple in th .United States after two months o Quiet buying. It is stated that the cor cor will not affect the retail price , a there is enough leeway between . wholesale and retail quotations to a low for a slight increase without ac .vanclng the price per pound. | Mexican War Veterans Meet. Paris , Ky. , Sept. 26. The thirtieth annual meeting of the National Asso elation of Mexican War Survivors wa held here yesterday. Representative from ten states , to the number of fifty Srero present. Many speakers ad 'dressed the body. H. T. Ogden of Cln clnnatl was elected president of th organization. Of the 112,000 veteran \vho made up the association , enl 8,000 survive. Indianapolis was chosen . as the next place of meeting In 1903 GUEST BLOWS UP A HOTEL. Ha Wrecks the Building With Dyna mite and Shoots Himself. Washlnetou , Sept. 26. The Golden Sagle hotel , on the corner of Jersey avenue and D street , was dynamited at 4:30 : a. m. by Frank McKlo , one of ho guests , who subsequently commit * ed suicide. Between twenty and thirty guests wore thrown from their boils by the xploslon , but only the proprietor , Louis Brandt , and his wife were In- uroil , the latter seriously. The roof of the building was blown off and the 'ailing wreckage crashed through to .ho basement , leaving the structuie as if wrecked by a tornado. Every itine of glass In the building and the adjoining structures was broken. The affair is involved In some mys- ; ory. The proprietor gave a bunquut lust night in honor of his wife , who ; iad just returned from Germany , and McKle was a guest. McKie had bo ° riled at ? the hotel four years and had boon treated as a mem ber of the Brandt family , which in cludes a daughter , Sophie , with whom McKlo is said to have boon In love. \Vhon the wrecked building was searched enough dynamite was found in McKle's trunk to blow up a block of buildings. FORMER POSTMASTER IS HELD. Kansas City Man la Held Responsible for Loss of Money Package. Kansas City , Sept. 20. A suit filed in the United States circuit court In this city against S , F. Scott , former postmaster , and his son , Samuel , who was employed as utility clerk In the Kansas City postofllce , makes charges fixing upon the former postmaster and his son the responsibility for the loss of a package containing $8,000 from the registry mail during May , 1901. 1901.Tho The loss of the package promised to go on record as one of the unsolved mysteries of the postofllce. The money was sent by the National Bank of Commerce In this city to the bank of J. O. Brlnkman & Co. at Great Bend , Kan. The suit Is brought by the Bankers' Mutual Casualty company of Des Molnes , which Insured the Bank of Commerce against loss and which subsequently made good the amount , Boy Editor Arrested. St Louis , Sept. 2C. Richard E. Mur phy of Jefferson City , who , while a resident of St. Joseph , Mo. , gained considerable notoriety as "tho boy editor" and who wont to Washington and secured personal interviews with Piesldent McKinley and a number of other statesmen , which ho published 1 . hl-j own i/oor , was arrested hee on the charge of forgery. Recently a money order of the Pacific Express company was stolen at Campbell , Mo. , Murphy acknowledged to detectives that he had filled out this order for $48.50 and had it cashed at the Ger- mania Trust company. The" boy , who claims his age is thirteen , was ar rested just as he was boarding a train for Chicago. McGuIre Settles Shortage. Atlanta , Sept. 26. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join' ers of America In convention yester day disposed of the accounts of P. J. McOuire. It had been stated that dur ing McGuire's term as general secro' tarj- and treasurer a shortage had been discovered and for this reported discrepancy the order has suspended him from his office. A resolution was adopted by the convention accepting the sum of $10,000 from McGulre as payment of the alleged shortage and that no further action of any sort be made against him. It was decided by the convention to remove the head quarters of the brotherhood from Phil adelphla to Indianapolis. Kelly Seen In Memphis. St. Louis , Sept. 26. There are no developments in the municipal bribery scandal. Rumors continue to be re ceived by Circuit Attorney Folk of the whereabouts.of Charles F. Kelly , the fugitive delegate. A message was received from the authorities at Memphis that a man believed to be Kelly had been seen there by the po lice last night. They gave chase , but the man , by jumping on a moving train and then Jumping off into the darkness , had eluded them. Elevator Falls to Bottom. Kansas City , Sept. 26 , An elevator at the Emery-Blrd-Thayer Dry Goods company carrying twenty-five young women employes fell three stories at noon. A doien girls were injured , but with the exception of Emma Par ish , aged eighteen , who was hurt In ternally , and who was unconscious when removed to her home , It IB bo- lleved that none was seriously hurt. Several fainted and for a time it was thought many had been killed. Two Outlaws Killed. Muskogae , I. T. , Sept. 26. Deputy United States Marshal Funk and a posse killed two outlaws at Henrietta after a desperate fight and captured two othors. One of the captured mon is Jlin Holbrook , a member of Bert Casey's band. Both men refuse to divulge the names of the men who were killed. There were five men in the gang and the officers surrounded them. In the fight that followed one nntlow escaned. Editor Dies of Wounds. Winchester , Tenn. Sept. 26. S. E. Robinson , editor of the News-Journal , who was shot yesterday by A. H , Banks , died of his wounds. , _ Candidate for Congress to Suc ceed Henderson Named. CONVENTION INTERPRETS PLANK Denies That Dlngley Tariff Breeds and Shelters Trusts Does Not Mean Any Abandonment of the Principle of Protection. Hampton , la. , Sept. 20. Judge II. P. Ulrdmvll ot Clarion , la. , was yuatcr- day nominated tor congtoBS by the Third district Republican convention. Tliu nomination was made on the HOC- end ballot by a vutu of 88 to 26 lor C. E. Ranslor ot Buchanan. The Third district Is at proaenl represented by the speaker of the natloual housu , Hon. Uavld B. Henderson , who recent-j ly declined a renomlnatlon. The ro- | poit of the committee on resolutions was adopted by the convention as fol lows : "Wo heartily endorse the platform of principles adopted by the late Re publican state convention at DOH Molnos. We deny that the Dlnglcy taillt breeds and shelters trusts. Wo interpiot the tailff plank in the Des Molnes plutfoun of 1&02 to be merely a reiteration of and to mean no uiora than the St. Louis plunk of 1896 , which recited : > " 'Wo are not pledged to any partic ular schedules. The question of rates is a practical question to be governed by the conditions of the times and ot production. The ruling and uncom promising principle is the protection and development of American labor and Industry. ' "We most earnestly regret the decli nation of the renominatlon which the Republicans of this district for the eleventh time unanimously tendered the Hon. D. B. Henderson. No official has been more anxious to keep In touch with and faithfully represent the well considered Judgment of his constituents than has Colonel Hender son during all the long years of his congressional career. We have faith in his patriotism and In his personal and political integrity ; wo are con scious of his great mental power and ability ; wo realize his superb leader ship and commanding influence in gov ernmental affairs and believe that his withdrawal means a great loss to the people. " Judge Blrdsall is about forty-flvo years old. The only office he hns over heldjilb , > he ju > ,0eshlt > of the district court , which he resigned a year ago to resunle the practice of law. GENERAL ALGER IS INDORSED. Michigan Republicans Approve His Senatorial Aspirations. Grand Rapids , Mich. , Sept. 20. After a long and laborious session , In which more oratory and enthusiastic partisan strife were in evidence than have been seen iu the councils of the Republican party In this &tato for many years , the Republican state con vention indorsed the senatorial candi dacy of General Russell A. Alger , for merly secretary of war , and nominated Judge William L. Carpenter of Detroit for justice of the supreme court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Charles D. Long. General Alger's friends won a great victory over the supporters of Dexter M. Ferry of Detroit , the test of strength hav ing been made on a motion to adopt the minority recommendation of the committee on resolutions to the effect that no expression of sentiment of the convention on the senatorial candi dacy of any one be taken. The ma jority report , which endorsed Gen eral Algor , was adopted without an opposing vote amid loud and contin ued cheering from the Alger support ers. " " " Death of Justice Ellis. Topeka. Sept. 20. Justice A. H. El Us of the Kansas supreme court died hero very suddenly last night. He has been In bad health for several months. Justice Ellis served in a Michigan regiment during the civil war. In 1878 he came to Kansas. He was appointed to the supreme court by Governor Stanley two years ago and was nominated by the Republican state convention for a four-year term. He was one of the loading Republican politicians of the state. League Elects Officers. St. Paul , Sept. 26 At yesterday's cession of the American League for Civil Improvement , Mrs , Louise Merion rion McCall of St. Louis talked upon "The Responsibility of Commercial and Social Organization. " The league decided to hold its next annual meet Ing at Chautauqua , N. Y. The follow ing officers were elected : President , Howard B. Heinz , Plttsburg ; treas urer , Morton D. Hull , Chicago ; corresponding spending secretary , Charles Zueblln , University of Chicago. Foss Gets the Nomination. Boston , Sept. 26. Complete returns from last night's Republican caucuses In the Eleventh congressional district give Eugene N. Fosa a total of fifty- six delegates and Melvln O. Adams fifty , this apparently Insuring the nom Inatlon of the former. The conteit was waged on national issues , Mr Foss favoring a revision of the tariff along radical linos. Ainonc his an nounced principles are free iron , coal and hides. STANDING Or ISLE OF PINES , To Bo Left Under the Jurisdiction of Cuba Until Treaty Settles Matter. WftihliiKton , Sept. 26. With the ex pectation of buluK ready to prusuut to congress at the opening of Itu next Busslon a fabric of ttuatlus botwuon the United States and Cuba , negotia tions are pending botwuon Mr Qtiuu- iida , the Cuban minis tor , and the utitto department with regard to a commer cial treaty , an extradition treaty and a treaty to adjust the titlu to ho lulu of Phios. It is the purpose of Minister Quoo- ada , It Is stated , to draw up the com- inorclnl treaty on reciprocity Hues. The fate of such a treaty will depend naturally on cougronnlonal action on the subject of Cuban reciprocity. An extradition treaty between tha Unltod Status and Cuba already has been dratted. The provision for the establishment of civil government in Cuba omitted the Isle of Pines from the constitutional boundaries of Cuba and loft its tltlo to future definition by treaty. The Unlod States has do- elded to leave the Islands under tha Jurisdiction of the Cuban Kovoinmcnl until such a convention can bo con summated. FOUR TRAINMEN KILLED. Head-On Collision on Bessemer Road Near Mercer , Pa. Mercer , Pa. , Sept. 26. The worst wreck in the history of the Bessemer road was occasioned by a hoad-ou col llslon between two freight trains at a point two miles east of Mercer yester day , In which four were killed and three injured. The dead : Conductor J. K. Mackey , Engineer Charles Bllllngton , Fireman Peter Lofll and Fireman C. H. Kaskoy , The injured ; Engineer William G.ullford , Brakcman John S. Strauss , Brakeman H. K. McLaughlin. Thu wreck was caused by a cross order Issued for the two freight trains Throe engines and eight stool cars are badly wrecked. The Injured will recover. George Allison , a twelve-year-old boy , was acquitted of the murder ol Gus Hlnton , sixteen , a companion , whom he stabbed to death at a church at Birmingham , Ky. Flour Mill Managers May Yield. Minneapolis , Sept. 20. Failure ol the flour mill managers to roach a do clslon at ( thelr conference yesterday on the demand of their employes union for an eight hour day gives currency to a piedlction that they will ylold on condition that the inter national or Ion Just organized fotros r Bltur concession In all the othoi mills in the country. The new body , entitled the International Union ol Flour nnd Cereal Mill Employes , starts out with a membership of 25- 000. The otl.rers elected are : Presl dent , J. M. Finely , Minneapolis ; soero tary and treasurer , A. E. Kplllngton , Minneapolis. It is understood th mill managers indorse the interna tional organlzr.tion as assuring a uni formity of operating methods through out the country. One Miner Refused to Pay. Birmingham , Ala. , Sept. 20. Three hundred miners , employed by the Ten nessee Coal company , are on a strike because the company refused to hold from the pay of one of Its employes an assessment of $1 a week for the benefit of the strikers In Pennsylva nia , which the employe refused to pay. The local officers of the mine workers authorized the assessment and all the men except one agreed to pay it. President's Leg In Good Condition. Washington , Sept. 26. In view of the satisfactory improvement in the president's condition , no prepared statement was made , Secretary Cor- telyou simply saying that Mr. Roosevelt velt was doing nicely. TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD. Within eighty days messages will pass over the Pacific cable between San Francisco and Honolulu. President Roosevelt has chosen Charlemagne Tower , ambassador to Russia , to succeed Mr. White as am bassador to Germany. The plant of the American Lock Washer company at Newark , N. J. , was destroyed by fire Thursday night , entailing a loss of $25,000. At Lexington , Ky. , Richard Martin killed Harry Wood in a fight , resulting from a quarrel over a trivial mattot In a saloon. Martin escaped , I. Harry Stratton , son of Wlnfleld S , Stratton , hns decided to contest his father's will , which leaves the bulk ol a $10,000,000 estate to charity. Superintendent Edwin G. Cooley ol the Chicago public schools has been offered the presidency of the Unlvcr > slty of the state of Washington. Mission institutes for the benefit ol friendless Swedish and Finnish Immi grants soon will be established In Now York and Chicago , according to the plans of the Swedish Baptists ol America. Bishop H C. Potter , at the New York Episcopal diocese convention declared workmen who try to vary monotonous lives by getting drunk cannot be blamed and that prohibitory laws are stupid. A dispatch from Rome says the vol cnno on Stromboll Island , off the north coast of Sicily , has been active for several days , a fissure at the basis ol one of the craters Is pouring out lava and jets of flames to a height of 800 yards. DOEWAH JACI "Just as good a Furnace as the Round Oak is a Stove" Hound Ouk Kiirnnrnn urn nn honi'ully untile AN tli fumou * Hound Ouk Htovn llio muuo cntuFul imlnMnUltiK ntllliK 'if uxtiry Joint , door mid draft - HID Hntiii ) dully liin | > ivlloii of inn- torlul mid lout of llm roiiiplutuil lieutor. t.lko tlio Hound Ouk HtuVuH tliu Round Oak Furnace In Bimrnntuoil to | tlva lMoltito mitlnfurllon III * ( ho only furniuo Unit Inirnn nny klml of fuel , I w ( Mid , liiinl anil ( ion ooul luid tint only fnrn iicn thai liurim nil the fuel nil ( hi ) gnum unit inonl.of till ) Ntlloll ) . TIlO prlco IK ruiuonnlilii Bund for llio frcnUuuiul Ouk I'nrniieii book. ESTATE OF * H ( P. D. 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