THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL
PART TWO NOUKOMC , JNI'JMKASKA ' , FRIDAY , SKlTKiMMKIt , l'XJ. ' ) ; PAGES 9 TO 12
Convicts Make Desparatc Ef
fort to Escape.
USE DYNAMITE WITH SUCCESS.
Four Prisoners arc Killed In the Run-
nlng Fight Which Followed , and
the Others are all Recaptured.
Convicts Throw Dynamite. -
Illrmlughnm , Aln. , Sept. 4. Special
to The News : Convicts at the min
ing cmnp revolted this morning. Dy-
nainlto had been smuggled Into the
wards In small quantities and at tin
opportune time this morning the ex
plosive was used wllth good effect
on the prison , demolishing the walls.
The prisoners then escaped with the
guards In hot pursuit. '
A running battle was kept up be
tween the convicts and the guards
until the prisoners finally saw the fu
tility of their attempt and surrendered.
The guards used their carbines freely
while the convicts throw sticks of dy
namite at their pursuers. Pour con
victs were killed and every one was
recaptured.
MINISTER DEAUPRE ENDORSED.
This Goverment Approves of KIs Ac
tion In Panama Canal Matter.
Washington , Sept. 4. Additional in-
Btructlons have been cabled to Mr.
Boaupro , the American minister at
Bogota , reiterating the position of this
government regarding the canal
treaty. The state department as
sumes entire responsibility for every
representation ot Mr. Beaupre to the
Bogota government concerning the
treaty and his activity In this direc
tion is heartily endorsed by the presl-
i dent and Secretary Hay.
Minister Beaupro's latest instruc
tions advise him that President Roosevelt
velt will not enter Into any engage
ment with the Colombian government
which will hamper his scope of action
under the canal law. This govern
ment will not Indicate what its course
of action will be In the event the
treaty IB rejected.
RAILROADS MAKE CONCESSION.
Cattle Shippers of Kansas Win Fight
Against Proposed Higher Rate.
TopeUa , Kan. , Sept. 4. The Kansas
cattle shippers have won th ir fight
before the state board of railroad
commissioners. The railroads of Kan
sas had announced an advance in
freight rates for Sept. 5 , which the
cattlemen declared was equal to a
raise of 15 per cent. The cattlemen
Immediately carried their grievance
to the commissioners and a lively
flght had boon in progress for several
days. The railroads finally announced
that the proposed rate would not be
put in force and conceded all that the
cattlemen were contending for. This
ends the caso.
Baseball Results.
National League Philadelphia , 4-0 ;
Boston , 1-2. Plttsburg , 6 ; Cincinnati ,
3. Chicago. 2 ; St. Louis , 5. New
York , G ; Brooklyn , 0.
American League Washington , 1 ;
New York , 3. Chicago , 0 ; St. Louis ,
1. Boston , C ; Philadelphia , 5. Detroit ,
0 ; Cleveland. 1.
American Association Louisville , 4-
7 ; Minneapolis , C-l. Columbus , 16 ;
V Kansas City , 0. Indianapolis , 2-8 ; St.
Paul , 5-7.
Western League Des Molnes , 1 ;
Omaha , 12. Milwaukee , 4 ; Peorla , 3.
Denver , 1 ; Colorado Springs , 12. St.
Joseph , 7 ; Kansas City , J.
Boiler Explosion Causes Panic.
Newark , N. J. , Sept. 4. A boiler ex
plosion , which caused a panic for a
time on Market street , In the business
center of the town , occurred In the
engine room of the Hanson-Van
Winkle company , manufacturers of
chemicals. Six workmen were injured.
TROOPS GO TO CRIPPLE CREEK ,
A Thousand Men are Hurriedly Dis
patched to the Gold District
at Noon Today.
Denver , Sept. 4. Special to The
News : A thousend troops wore hur
riedly dispatched to Cripple Creek at
at noon today. Governor Peabody
sent General Chase , Attorney General
Miller and Lieutenant Thomas K. Me-
Clolland to Cripple Creek yesterday
afternoon to investigate the condi
tions there , with the understanding
that troops would not bo sent to the
gold district until they reported. The
hnrriod dlstpatch of troops at noon
today is taken to indicate that the of
ficials found conditions resulting from
the miners' strike all that had been
represented by the mlno owners.
Eagles Hear Reports of Officers.
New York , Sept. 4. The Fraternal
I
Order of Eagles heard reports of the
worthy secretary and treasurer r.nd
that of the trustees , but deferred ac- J
tlon on matters suggested in the reports - .
ports until afteuioon. There are
three candidates for president , Congressman - j I t
gressman Timothy D. Sullivan of New
i
York , Judge Henry Davis of Cloto-
land and J. T. Pallltior ot Kansaa
City. The next convention will beheld
held either In St. Louis or Baltimore ,
.
BONACUM CASE AGAIN.
Appeal of the Bishop Reaches Nebras
ka Supreme Court.
Lincoln , Sept. 4. The case of Bish
op Bonacum of the Catholic diocese
of Lincoln against Father Murpfly of
I Seward has reached the Nebraska su-
'
preine court. The appeal of the bish
op from the decision of the district
court of Seward county was Hied with
the clerk of the supreme court. The
transcript Is voluminous and alleges
many errors' on the puit of the trial
judgo. In support of the contunilon
communications from the prefect of
I the propaganda at Rome , Cardli.al
Gottl , In his own handwriting ui. i
certified to by the American consul as
. to their authenticity , arc submitted.
I Father Murphy , although excommu
nicated , is still holding thu church at
Seward and has Ignored the com
mands of the bishop to vacate. The
bishop so'ught to enjoin him from such
action In the district court , hut the
| i decision wns In laver of Father Mrr-
Phy.
NEBRASKAJXPANDS SOME ,
Decision of Boundary Commission
Adds Five Thousand Acres of
Disputed Territory.
Sioux City , la. , Sept. 4. Special to
The News : At a mooting in the Joint
boundary commission from South Da
kota and Nebraska held hero yester
day It was decided to establish as
a boundary line between the two states
the middle of the channel of the Mis
souri river between Union county , S.
D. , and Dakota county , Neb. 1'lnts
and surveys showing the present lo
cation of the main channel will be
submitted today. Courts and Individ
uals In the two states have had many
clashes over this question which It
Is now hoped to dispose of ofllectually.
By tills decision Nebraska will get
about 5,000 acres known as the Sioux
Point cut-off , that has heretofore been
considered In South Dakota territory ,
and Is the property of the S. M. Cattle
company of Sioux City. South Da
kota gets two tracts of about 200
acres each , once claimed by Nebraska.
The members of the commission
are : 13. C. ICrickson of Kile Point ,
president ; Col. J. L. .lolley , of Vor-
milllon ; S. II. Dixson , of Sioux Falls ;
K. A. Lundborg , of Wayne , Neb. ; C.
.1. Swanson , of Oakland , Neb. , and Dr.
F. O. Hoblnson of Hartlngton , Neb.
Other boundary questions were con
sidered , and the present boundary at
other points was not disturbed.
Gathers Collection of Bugs.
Iowa. City , Ia.t Sept. 4. Professor
Henry F. Wlckham , professor of en
tomology at the State University of
Iowa , has returned to the unlveraity ,
after a tour of the Great basin. He
traveled several thousand miles by
foot in search of beetles and insects ,
thousands of whiah he secured from
the salt and soda , lakes. Hundreds of j !
the specimens he secured arc without !
duplicates In the world's museums.
Great Western Makes Good Showing.
Chlrago. Sept. 4. The annual re
port of the Great Western , presented
at the meeting , contained several sur
prises. While other Chicago-St. Paul
lines have been showing decreases in
net earnings , the Great Western has
succeeded In making a net Increase of
over $124.000. despite the fact that
more than the usual amount of Im
provement work was done during the
year. S. C. Stlckney , J.V. . Lusk and
R. C. Wright were elected directors
to serve three years.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
Mrs. Jennie Williams was stabbed
to death at her home in Columbus , O. ,
by William Greene. Jealousy was the
motive.
Rev. J. S. Myronell , D. D. , recording
secretary of the board of church ex
tension of the M. K. church , died at
Philadelphia Monday.
Herbert B. Bates , a clerk in the First
National bank at Richmond , Va. , shot
and killed Miss Rena Gentry. He then
shot and killed himself.
Striking employes of the textllo
mills operated by John and James
Uobsou at Philadelphia , numbering ;
2,200 , returned to work Monday.
Wesley McChesncy was instantly
killed and Archie Montague probably
fatally injured by the caving in of a
slope in a mine In which they were
working near Cameron , Colo.
William J. Onahan of Chicago , who
has just returned from Rome , is au
thority for the statement that In the
near future two additional cardinals ,
will be created in the United States , j
Intimidation of jurors wjio convicted !
Caleb Powers of complicity in GOT-
ernor Goebel's murder is charged by i i
his attorneys at Lexington , Ky. Pow
ers was sentenced to nan ; ; on Nov. 25. j |
A determined effort is making by J 1 ,
Chairman McLeod of the Western
Passenger association to secure the
cancellation of the ? 8 rate for the
round trip between Chicago and Rt.
Paul. | i
Poor whites as well as negroes were
found held in peonage in Alabama.
Marlon Prestwood , a rich planter of ,
Troy , was shown by testimony to have .
kept a family of ten in practical ; '
slavery. | |
A bulletin on the milk supply of
largo cities , issued by the agricultural ,
department , favors monthly Inspec
tion of dairies and prompt shipment
as better than pasteurizationon which
medical authorities are divided. |
Attempting to Preserve Order
in Constantinople.
AMERICAN EMBASSY GUARDED.
Sultan Advises Minister Lelschman
That Uprising May Occur at any
Time Revolutionary Junta Pro
claims General Insurrection ,
Washington , Sept. I. Special to
The News : Minister Lolsclimnii ca
bles ( he department that several pow
ers are landing marines tit Constant !
nople to preserve order. Lelsuhmun
has added guards to ( lie American
embassy on advice of the miltanlio
nays an uprising may occur at any
time.
Sultnn Is Again Defied.
Sofia , Sept. 4. A special dispatch
from Rlln , near the Turkish frontier ,
eays a courier lias arrived there wiili
a copy of the proclamation of a gen-
em ! Insurrection , which has hern
dally awaited. The document Is ad
dressed to "Our llrelhren in Macedo
nia and Adrianople , " and begins by
congratulating them on the heroic
flght they have already waged. Tlu >
proclamation proceeds :
"Armed only with your own Htrcngili
against n inlgMy en'p'V ' , you luno
shaken the hateful Ottoman domin
ion. A hundred thousand of the snl
tan's soldiers and an Innumerable ln-
ildel mob will resist your advance.
You have sacrificed everything before
the altar of liberty. Your vlllageq
were burned , your homes pillaged ,
your children massacred , anil your
sisters , wives and mothers violated.
A succession of valiant champions hni
persisted In the struirnle and dyed the '
fatherland with their dead blood , but ,
with greater zeal you hive embraced i |
the light. Your smoking hearths have
strengthened your manliness ; the
cries of the children and the moani
of the women exasperated your souls.
From the breasts of the fatherland
cnme new olinmplons , replacing these
who have perished. The holy flag of
liberty waves more proudly over > \ \ *
dear fatherland. One more heroic
stroke and the centuries of tyranny ,
will fall to the ground In convulsions |
of death. The dawn of liberty peeps j
already above the Macedonian horizon I i
and awaits this stroke to shine with
Its full brilliancy on the Macedonian
land. Prepare then yourselves for
this stroke. Bo at your posts. The
hour for the battle strikes. "
The proclamation is signed : "From
the Supreme Central Government. "
More fighting Is reported from the
district of Dcbre. The Turks attack
ed the revolutionists at the village of
Dambehl and both sides suffered
heavy losses. A company of Albanian
troops passing through the vallov of
Kltfchero was slaughtered by revolu
tionaries. The Turkish troops recent
ly made an attempt to take a pars oc
cupied bv Insurgents through the val
ley of the Pafoskn river , but were de
feated with great loss.
TURKISH ATROCITIES.
Sultan's Soldiers Slaughter Innocent
Villarjers by the Score.
London , Sept. 4. The Dally Mall's
correspondent In a dispatch from MOD-
| ' astir tells of an Ineffectual effort ho
1 made to penetrate the Albanian cor
don and roach Armensko. He was
threatened with death and compelled
to 'return under . He
I guard. gives nu
merous instances of Turkish treach
ery. The villagers of Armensko were
massacred before n single Insurgent
' visited the place. The Inhabitants of
the village of Nevolkas , near Fiorina ,
were butchered while on their way to
Fiorina , after having surrendered on a
guarantee of Immunity. At Fiorina
the Inhabitants are in a state of ab
ject fear and are handicapped by a
bigoted Greek metropolitan , who or
ders them to stay In the vlllagn and
not to flee , with the result that the
savage soldiery murder them by the
scores. The European residents of
Monastlr , Including the consuls , are In
a state of great anxiety. Many , In
cluding the Italian consul , have re
cently been Insulted by soldiers. Op
erations commenced last Thursday on
an organized scale against the Insur
gents and bodies of troops arc oper
ating In all directions , but no details
have arrived.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Two Children of Topeka Pay Their ,
!
Lives as the Result of a Girl's
Carelessness.
Topeka , Sept. 4. Special to The ,
News : A girl built a flro this morning j
in n Topeka homo , using kerosene to
start It. She poured so much oil on
the smouldering ( Ire that when It did
start an explosion followed. Two ohll- ,
dron standing close to the steve were ,
caught In.tho explosion and burned to
death.
Costly Blaze at Nashville.
Nashville , Tenn. , Sept. 2. Fire that
started In the retail dry goods house ,
of Timothy Bros. , near the publlo !
Bquare , spread to H. G. Hill & Co. , I
wholesale dry goods , and the hardware |
house of Keith , Simmons & Co. Tha '
total loss Is estimated at 1175,000.
MOONEY AND MITCHELL CLASH.
Local Unions Must Return to Work
and Respect Chicago Agreement ,
Kansas City , Sept. 4.- James Moo.
. ? y , the district lodor who Is re
tarded us roHponslhli ) for the Novln-
Kor coal strike , Is assort < ; d to bo hold-
lug out ugalnst John Mitchell to fur
ther bin alleged aspiration * for the
presidency of the United Mlno Work-
orn of America. Mr. Mooney has , It la
Btatcd , worked at cross purposes with
President Mitchell ever slnc < the
Plttsburg , Kan. , conference , two
months ago , when Mitchell .went so
far us lo tell Mooney to sit down and
keep Htlll. In any event , the situa
tion In the Novlngor district promises
to furnish an Interesting light. Now
that the minors ( hero have violated
thn agreement reached by President
Mitchell mid tint minors at Chicago
recently , tint operators say they will
make no effort to conciliate I ho strik
ers , The oponilors , furthermore , have
told the national hoard of the Pulled
Mine Workers that , they expect the
board to control HR own men , and if
Ihpy fall to do so they will be unable
to deal will ) I ho otllcerH of I ho na
tional organization at the KntMiis City
conference next week , when It was
hoped all differences would be wiped
ouL Thus the Ritual Ion has devel
oped Into a question of authority. If
j ' the men RlllI refuse to go lo work
after \Mco President T. J. Lewis , who
has been sent Into the Hold by Presi
dent Mitchell , tnlUs with the strikers ,
the next move. It Is said , may bo the
suspension of Mooney and the local
unions Involved.
WHERE KING AND EMPEROR MEET
Chateau of Wllbelmscbe Famous for
its History and Its Beautiful
Surroundings.
llerllu , Sept. 4. Special to The
'NI WH : The Chateau of Wllhelinsche ,
near Cnssol , whom King ICdwnrd pnyn
bin present visit to KmpororVllllaiii ,
is the old seat of the plop-turn of House
and Is renowned for Its picturesque
park and its beautiful gardens , will )
their famous fountains , which rival
tho.se nt llorroiihausor , the royal do
main near Hanover. Louts Napoleon
resided \Vilheliuselio , as a slate
prisoner , from September , 1S70 , until
February 1871.
Engineer and Six of Crew Lost.
London , Sept. 4. The captain and a
portion of the crew of the schooner
Klampenborg have been landed at
Shields. They report that the Klam-
penborg was abandoned on ( Ire. The
third engineer was killed and six of
the crow are missing. The survivors
had a thrilling experience. Fire ,
which had bioken out on board ,
reached the petroleum tanks on Wed
nesday and caused a terrllic explosion ,
killing the engineer. The crew took ,
to the boats during a violent storm.
One boat with six occupants drifted
away and was not seen afterwai-'s.
It Is supposed that she was swamped
on the high sea. The weather contin
ued so severe that the survivors on
the other boats took refmjo again on
the vessel on Monday evening. They
had to take to the bents again and
were on the point of exhaustion when
they were rescued. I
I Postal Investigation.
Washington. Sept. L Postmaster
General Payne said that when the fed
eral grand jury In this city disposes
of the postotllce cases now beioro it
the Investigation In Washington will
be practically complete , leaving mat
ters in New York still to be clossd.
He said he hoped to have the entira
postofllco Investigation ended and Mr.
Brlstow's report in by the 1st of Octo
ber. The grand Jury was in session a
short while and adjourned after exam
ining several witnesses.
Langley Falls to Launch Airship.
Wldewater. Va. , Sept. 4. ICfforts
to launch Professor Samuel P. Lang-
ley's sixty foot man carrying aero
drome had to be abandoned , owing to
the failure of the gasoline motor to
work properly. For four hours Pro
fessor Charles M. Manloy , the invent I
or's right hand man. labored hard to
get the machinery In shape. He was
unsuccessful. The trouble was caused
by a broken valve in the engine.
Can Not Answer Telegrams.
Oyster Bay , Sept. 4. President
Roosevelt received many telegrams
congratulating him up on his escape
from the hands of Henry Wellbronner ,
the Insane farmer. Owing to the large
number of these messages , ho will bo
unable to answer them , but appreci
ates the spirit In which they were
sent. The secret service force has
been Increased since Wollbrenner's
arrest.
Hanna Is at His Office.
Cleveland , Sept. 4. Senator Hanna
was at his olllco for a brief period for
the first tlmo slnco his Illness. Mr.
Hanna Is still determined to go on the
Btninp In the Republican state cam-
pulgn , which opens Sept. 19 , notwith
standing that It will probably bo
against the advice of his physicians.
Attell Defeats Regan.
St. Louis. Sept. 4. Abe Attoll of ;
San Francisco received the decision i
over Johnnie Regan of New York in a L
twenty-round contest for the world's i
featherweight championship , weight
1122 pounds at the ringside. The contest -
test wan one of the cleverest and fast-
oat ever seen hero. .
Failure of Attempt to Open
Rosebud Agency.
MAJOR MCLAUGHLIN .REPORTS.
Less Than Half the Signatures Were
Secured , While Three-Fourths Were
Required Offer of $2.75 la Made ,
but Indians Demand $0.00 an Acre.
Washington , Sept. 4.- Special to
The News : Disappointment In Hie lot
of the large number of people who
have been hoping to nee Itosohud
agency opened in settlement. Indian
Inspector JIIIIIOH MeLaugblln arrived
In thin oily yesterday to olllclally re
port to Secretary Hitchcock the fail
ure of the negotiations with the In
dians looking lo n cession of a portion
of the reservation In Gregory county ,
S. D.
Maj. McLiiUKhlln offered ( ho In
dians $2.75 an aero for such landH as
might be oiitored by lmnmnleuiern ! ,
which wns L'.l cents an acre inure than
than was provided In I ho original bill
regarding this proposed cession and
Introduced In the senate and hoiuie
early In the last congress.
Of the I.IHH ) male mouthers of the
trlho whose signatures wore required
lens than half wore Been rod ( o the
agreement , the failure to Hoe.iiro the
necessary throo-fourths being due lethe
the demand for $5 per aero for the
laud. It In probable that no further
effort will bo made If the Interior de
partment Horuros an agreement I his
fall , but let the entire mailer res I. un
til additional loglMlntloii can be RO-
eured from oongroMH.
Jealous Woman a Murderer.
Denver. Sept. 4.--Mrs. Th < 'odor <
Kruno , wife of 11 bookbinder , WHU nhot
and killed ul her home by Mrs. Knlo
Bernardino. The iniirdoronn WHS nr-
roHled. Shu declined to malm any
statement. The oaunn of the shooting
] Is supposed to ho Jnalousy. Mrs.
Kruso was attending her olght-
rnont Its-old baby when called to I ho
' door by Mrs. Bernardino , who Itnnii-
dlalely fired through the wire netting.
Railway Officials Are Not Guilty.
Newark , Sept. 4.- Chief Justlcn
Guiuiuero announced that he had d -
I cldod to grant the motion for the dis
missal of the Indictment for man-
i slaughter against the o'llclals of the
North Jersey street railway.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
Frederick R. Coudcrt , the famoun
New York lawyer , Is seriously 111 at
his home on Cove Nock , L. I.
Champion Jim Jeffries and Jack
Moifroe have agreed to moot In Los
AngeloH Oct. 11 ! for a twenty-round
contest.
Three Japanese have been arrested
at Kobe on suspicion of plotting the
assassination of thu premier of Japan ,
Viscount Katsura.
Albert Champion , at Charles River
park , Boston , established a new
world's lecord for motor cycles by
riding a mile. In Ill'ty-slx seconds.
A Lake Shore freight train killed
Mrs. William Hillman , Mrs. Olllo
Peters and Miss Illancho Gill near
Llgloner , I ml. They were walking
on the track.
The published reports that govern
ment deposits In national banks are
to bo materially Increased Is declared
by Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to
bo unfounded.
William Sollog , aged fourteen years ,
wns drowned In the River Des Peros
at St. Ixxiis with his brother , Ben
jamin , two years the senior , whom he
was trying to rescue from deep water.
The California promotion commute * )
has sent a telegram to the president
of the Now York Yacht club Inviting
the club to select San Francisco har
bor as the next course for the defense
of the America's cup.
BLOCK ACTION ON TREATY ,
Another Panama Canal Bill to be Sub
mitted to the United
States.
'
Panama , Sept. 4. A dispatch from
Bogota says congress Is discussing a
bill authorizing PrcHldent Marroqu'1 !
to negotiate a new Panama canal
treaty with the United States. The
opposition Is doing Its utmost to pre
vent congress approving the matter.
One of the senators now In Bogota ,
writing to a friend hero , compares the |
senate to the tower of Uabel. Con
fusion , ho says , reigns among the gov
ernment supporters , while the opposition
\
tion Is organized and Is systematically
blocking all governmental measures.
The nationalists , expecting to bo vic
torious at the next election , want 1
themselves to make a canal treaty , |
bollovlng that If President Marroquln i ,
Is able to sign one It will be dllllcult t
to overthrow him. ,
i
Stranrjler Knapp Is Taken ( o Prison.
Hamilton. O. , Sept. 4. Alfred A.
Knapp. known as the strangler , was
taken to Columbus by Sheriff Blsdorff.
to await his execution In the electric
chair Dec. 12. Knapp was unmoved ,
with his change of location and expressed -
pressed the hope that ho would soon
b back in Hamilton.
AR6UE SOLDIER'S WIDOW CASK.
Stcretary Hitchcock Heart Ann *
Uowlea' Land Claim.
Washington. Sept. 4. Hncr taiy
Hitchcock heard argument In * cu *
Involving the legality of ontrlim mad *
by Holdlurs' widows In the IntoroHt of
cattlemen In western Nobrankn. Th
ciiHe IH that of Anna Howies and In *
Volvos the requirement * under section
IJIlii" . governing rights of noldlnni' wliU
O\VH to make homoHtcnd out HOB , par
ticularly with rolVioiico an to tha
point whether the roqulromenU In
clude resilience. The entry woman
In thin case contends that ro.nldmic
on the land entered In not nnconHury.
She IIHO | contend ! ) Unit having mad *
an entry she can loamIhn hind or
nialiii an iigruuiuent lo neil on th *
completion of her llnal entry. Th
cninmlmiloiior of thr general Innd oC-
llCtt lofllHOd ( O COIICOdO thilfiO polll til ,
and dm cane went bol'oro the urcro-
tury on appeal , The land Involved )
In the llroKon Mow hind dlntrlct tttul
the case IH a tr ( onu.
DEMAND TRIAL ,
Officers Charged With the Murder of
King Alexander , iud Queen
Draga Become Rcntlcss.
Holgrudo , Hi'pl. 4. - Special lo The
NOWH : A number of Servian olllcluls
have been arro.-ited , charged with thu
murder of King Alexander and Queen
Draga , ami they are demanding trial
llollevliig that they will be cleared
they wish to have the ehargo lifted
TRY CHEAT NORTHERN HOLDUP.
Bandits Tire on Engineer'at Great
Falls , but Their Purpose Polled.
Great FallH , Mont. , Kept , . | . What
Is believed to have boon an attempt
to hold up express No. 151 , on the
Great Northern railroad , almost with
in the city limits of Grout Falls , \\a *
foiled iiiHl night by I ho engineer , who
ran his train by UK * r.pot where it
wns lo have been halted so fast that
the rolp | > "i-H could not got ni him.
Just east of 'ho oily the engineer haw
figures by I ho s'dn of the track In
the darkness. Some ono shouted
something , but the engineer paid do
attention. There was a shot and il.o
ball passed within a foot of his head
and HiiiiiHhoil a glass In the cab. IV-
lecllveH wore hurried to the Hccno ,
hut no one was found there.
Subpoenas for Mine Operators.
TopeUa , Kan. , Sept. 4. As a result
of a conference between Attorney
General Colenian and County Attorney
Hiingate , subpoenas have boon Issued
for fourteen Osagn county coal mine
operators. They will be required to
appear before the district court hero
| Monday : and toll what they know of
the I alleged existence of iui Illegal com
bination I among the operators. If tha
evidence < obtained In deemed nil ( Helent
proceedings ; will be Instituted against
( I hi1 operators and they will be charged
with violating the anti-trust luw.
Texas Fever In Illinois.
Sprlngflold , 111. , Sept. 4. Dr. C. U
Tiffany , stale veterinarian , returned
to the city from Carrollton , Green
county , whore he was called to Inspect
& herd of cattle , the property of J. II.
Longmyer. Ho reports to the state
board of live stock commissioners that
ho llnds the herd affected with Texas
fever , and that two head have died
of the disease. Ilr quarantined tha
cattle and It Is not believed the dis
ease will spread.
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J Six Killed In Southern Wreck.
) Charlotte. N. C. , Sept. 4. Six per
sons wore killed and twenty-live In
jured , one fatally and two seriously.
In a wreck on the Southern railway
near Yorkvllle. S. C. The dead : En
gineer Brlskman , Frederick R. Hlnc.
Postal Clerk Smith , three unknown
negroes. Julius Johnson of Rock Hill ,
S. C. . Is probably fatally Injured. The
wreck was caused by the collapse of a
trestle forty feet high , over Wishing
creek.
Five Badly Injured.
Loraln , O. . Sept. 4. Five person *
were brought to the hospital In this
city , all badly injured , the result of
the collision of a trolley car with a
gondola loaded with coal. The injured
, nrc William Alken , Edward Kreuger ,
' conductor ; Skip Weaver , motorman ;
Albert Gegenhclmer , Will Mlnkler.
The physicians In attendance upon tha
Injured believe that Conductor Kreu-
uer and Mlnkler are fatally hurt.
Alleged Swindler Is Identified.
Mnrshalltown. la. , Sept. 4. A man
to B. F. Mason , a singing evan-
geliBt , who Is wanted In several cities
In Iowa and other states on a charge
of ob'anng ! ! money unlawfully , is In
| all. It Is said that the United States
postolllco dcnaiUncut wants Mason
for an illegal use of the mails to do-
fraud. The prisoner denies that ho
Is Mason , but the police say they have
Identified him.
French Bayonet Americans.
Peking , Sept. 4. In a flght between
fifteen French soldiers and four Amer-
leans the French used bayonets and
two of the Americans were wounded.
Turks Kill 200 Insurgents.
Constantinople , Sept. 4. Olllclal re
ports say that the Turks on reoccupying -
ing Kllssura , Albania , killed 200 In
surgents. It Is also stated that the
Inhabitants of the coast villages are
returning to their homes.