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' -". Sl t .-. . -tf . --. : -f IS r-.-- yOLUME XXX.-NUMBEK 15. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 19, 1899. WHOLE NUMBER 1,523. r j Ctftafe asamW .-. 1 : 4 - M CROP COifflONS fl 5'.Tafa33cinHletb Ontlsoi bffigilj Tavombls. it coiu uhly k kttol Cra Win Be Very Vtao Xnw la ta Smttfccra Pan ef the Sksta --OT)Mmt Tleld wni Hat . Str.Bc TsUaertlaaeaw Xi ,t- ters L'niversity of Nebraska, Lincoln. The past week has been cool, with heavy rains in southern counties. The average daily temperature deficiency has. been about three decrees. The . ' maximum temperatures Tor the week ., have generally been below 90 decrees. The rainfall of the week hai "below normal in the northerm aad In most of the extreme western counties and heavy in the southern counties. In several southeastern counties it rang ed from two to slightly more than four inches. The past week has been an excel lent one for the growth of vegetation in all parts of the state. "Winter wheat has ripened rapidly, and harvesting has commenced. The quality is every where good, but the acreage Is small and the yield per acre is also smalL Oats have made rapid progress, and are now ripening in southern coun t3es. -Some damage to oats is reported, caused by lodging, rust aad hall, but ' the damage is small, and the crop promises to be a large one. Spring wheat is looking well. -Com has continued to grow rapidly. Had is. now- too large for cultivation, except in northern counties. Corn Is laid by fairly free of weels. but more cultivating would have been done " it -grown less rapidly, an J some fields have been laid away weedy. The ear liest planted corn is tasseling out in southern counties. Taken as a whole. Corn continues in exceptionally good rondftion. A good crop of tame gasa is being cut for hay in eastern counties. SOUTHEASTERN SECTION. -Butler Rye and winter wheat har vest in progress: haying begun; much corn laid by. some fields beginning to tastel our Cass Wheat and oats rusting some; many pieces of oats lodging; plenty of moisture and hot weather have forced corn ahead wonderfully. -Clay Fall wheat and barley har vest about completed; oats ripening and look well; corn making very rap id growth, nearly all laid by. Fillmore Wheat Being cut; oats turning, corn never promised better. Gage Oats turning rapidly and will make a good crop, fall wheat and rye mostly in shock: corn plowing re tarded 'by frequent rains. Hamilton Small grain harvest com menced, corn rather weedy, early corn- tasseling out. NORTHEASTERN SECTION. Antelope Wheat and cats heading aieely and promise a splendid yield; much corn being laid by Boyd Excellent week; wheat im proved somewhat, corn fine. Burt Corn doing splendidly; wheat aad oats rusting somewhat, fine crop c hay being cut; potatoes fine. Odar Small grain heading out, get ting rusty, corn fine and nearly all laid "by. cool and damp weather. Colfax Harvest of winter wheat and rye begun, corn fine, good rain. Cuming Barley and rye turning: corn growing fast, wheat heading. CENTRAL SECTION. Boone Wheat, oats, ry? and barley heavy crops, potatoes and grass good; com fine and half laid by. Buffalo Early rye being cut; corn doing well, but some pieces are weedy, gives promise of largest crop ever raised here. Guster Crops are doing finely, es pecially corn, some laid by. Dawson Rye harvest on. light: -.corn fine, much plowed third time. Garfield Week of frequent showers: crops doing nicely. Hall Winter wheat harvest on: some corn laid by; potatoes plenty. Howard Winter wheat and rye be 'ing harvested: spring wheat and oats doing well, corn doing well, -but would he .improved by rain. SOlTHWESTERN SECTION. Adams Most corn laid by and is making rapid growth; wheat being cat. yield small, but extra good qual ity? potatoes uausually fine. Chase Crops growing finely; grass hoppers at work on wheat. Dundy Com and potatoes growing welf; stock on range fatten fast. Franklin Harvest commenced: 'wheat well filled, good quality, but thin on the ground; oats good crop; com never looked better. .Frontier Small grain poor, but will pay to cut; heavy rain; corn fine. .Furnas Wheat being harvested, good quality, but light yield; corn do ing well and promises a big crop; po- -tatoes and pastures good. WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN SECTION. Box Butte Small grain and grass Improved by rain 7th; corn gocaL Cherry Dry week: coca doing welL Cheyenne Heavy rains helped meadows and small grain: corn welL Deuel Cool, with little rain; corn doing fairly welL -Keith Small grain and pasture need rain; corn weK; wheat poor. , Keya Paha Plenty of moisture; slight damage by hail; corn good. -Kimball Rain helped small grain: . except some fields about dead. -' The millinery stock and fixtures be . longing to Mrs. Esther Baraett of :. Norfolk was burned. Value aboat '1700,, insured for 8450. Mrs. Baraett v" lived in the building, bat was away . for the night. Furniture, insured for 850; was damaged The coanty board of Hall coanty -" .Inaugurated a movement for better '.roads, appropriating 81.4W for the im- provement of one section line straight -- through, the coanty east to west. It is ..' expected by the inaagarators ef the' "' . movement that it will lead to a system : ' of fine roads in a few years in all parts of. the coanty. ' Long Pine aad I mediate vicinity ing hall and wind storms so far. Aa abundance of Tain has SaBea aad the crop 'prospects are good. Baaehsaea are making active aceanrarJaaa Jar haying. .Help win The crop will he ' Following is the filed and released i daring the month of gages lied, twenty- fcstsed. thirty-faar, 84113.71; dry alea. Ire. j8f7Jg: ra- . auasa; Hen, ad. twenty- imsneaae this year. oac, azaajtbSa; re- "Za aWiaafcaa. laaaSSf I ssasr. aasusssvsav Ainsworth dispatch Comity Ctert Smith has received official Mtiicatioa of the commutation of the sentence of Ole h mlw sua from imprisonment far life to fifteen" years, one moath aad eight days, which with good time re leased aim from arisen oa the Fourth of this month. Tke history of the caw hi a follows: On the 31st day of starch, lK7: bie Anderson, living In. the southeast part of what was then Brown coaaty, hat later partitioned off as Rock coanty. was arrested for the murder of his wife which occurred a few days pre vious. He was tried aad on the 2tth day of February, 1889, after nearly two years had passed, was convicted and sentenced to be hanged. Sis sentence was afterward commuted to imprison ment for life. The murder was mat foul. Anderson braining Ms wife with a bucket and afterwards hiding the body in an old well where it was found. On the 3rd of this month Gov ernor Poynter commuted the sentence as above, making Anderson a free man. There Is a good deal of dfcnat Jafaetkm over the governor's aetiaa aad ft win be "widespread when It be comes generally known. No intima tion was given oar people so far as known, that any effort was being; made to pardon Anderson aad the aews will come as a shock to our Justice-loving people who feel that such work is a bid for the court of Judge Lynch to sit in Judgment hereafter. Fremont dispatch: A case hai been on trial in the district court for the last two days involving some some what novel propositions of law. Geo. Kern suddenly disappeared from his home in the western part of the coan ty in November, 1891. and has not been heard of since. His property was mortgaged and there were rumors that a part of it had been sold. About a year ago he inherited considerable property, and as he has been absent seven years his wife. Anna Kern, made application to the county court for her appointment as admin istratrix of his estate, alleging that, not having been heard from him for seven years, he was legally dead. The application was resisted by some of his creditors, who at once commenced attachment proceedings, levying on some land. The county court decided in favor of Mrs. Kern and the creditors took an appeal to the district court. Last evening the Jury brought in a verdict In her favor. The creditors claimed that Kern left to avoid prose cution for the crime of selling mort gaged property and that, therefore, the presumption of death on account of seven years absence did not apply t Tarsia Oat Wen. The rains which have fallen in this part of the state during the past week, says a Wayne dispatch, have made doubly sure the biggest crops with which this country has been blessed for many years. The corn has long ago been laid by and is now as high as a man's head and will, according to the estimates of conservative far mers, go eighty bushels to the acre. Wheat is being harvested and what was supposed was a total failure is making a good crop. Oats and other small grains were never in finer con dition. The prospects are that, with the exception of wheat, this portion of Nebraska will break all previous records in the matter of large crops. The farmers here are still holding their corn from last year, not being in a condition where they are forced to sell, as has been the case in pre vious years. brk in Brtof. The Central Granaries company, having over 100 elevators in Nebraska, is refitting and repairing its elevator at Wymore and arranging to increase its capacity to such an extent as to make that a cleaning station for all of southern Nebraska. The changes contemplated will enable the plant at that place to handle several train loads dally. The Northeast Nebraska Grand Ar my of th Republic reunion at Plain view witnessed an ntteniance of at least 4.000 people. The rain in the afternoon interfered somewhat in the enjoyment, but the crowd was good natured and the big pavilion and large number of tents afforded shelter. The program was well carried out. The re union next year will be held at Pierce. CI into Sudduth. a lad of fourteen years, was apprehended at Bennett while in the act of robbing the post office. He had crept in through the stamp window and was seized by Miss Mabel Hartley, daughter of Assistant Postmaster Hartley. For about a month Mr. Hartley had been missing money taken from the tin during his absence at dinner time The amounts taken ranged from one to one and a half dollars. An old lady by the name of Mrs. Johana Curtin. who lives at Sterling, has filed a claim in the county court of Otoe coanty against the estate of the late Father Cusson. She says that he persuaded Tier some three years ago to give him 8200 in gold she had saved and promised to pay her 10 per cent interest on it. He would not give her a note, bat said he would cot live her and would see that she was properly buried. Of late Sheriff J. H. Sutton has rea son to believe a quantity of stolen property was concealed somewhere in Central City and he determined to tad it if possible. Daring the first of the week he found aboat 300 pairs of shoes in a livery barn, which were identified as a part of the shoes re cently stolen in Genoa. Later he lo cated quite a lot of clothing in a pri vate barn in the eastern part of town for which he wishes to fad an owner. Burleigh Hacker was arrested at Fremont on a charge of bastardy. An na TTim iiihwii a seventeea-year-old girl of that city, haviag accused aim of being the father of her unborn child. The ease came ap ia coaaty court, aad Hacker was bound over to the district court aad his band fixed at 8500. He was able to famish hoods men and was released. The yoang snan is a driver ia the employ of his father. Harry Anderson, the yoaaar man wiM) was accidentally shot at St. Isaacs, Ceaar county, on the Foarth of Jaly while polishing the target at a shoot tag gallery, died of his woand at Sioux Cfty. After recetyinff the suss he walked to hss home at Lime Grove, a often miles, aad want to bed resatas; the irmrni nr isiliii to his parents that he was ia- JKbjht Wsseaaaaa Cook of Fairbarr very elese can from hetag hr & ballet from the revolver walkiss; his Beat as asaal aad when in front of Colby's billiard hall be srk-Taatera Jato the win that ererythiar was an the atreet. -the hall right hasMe, him from across I m Gave the Order fcrf Skagkter rf Itaxsaeans. TK FKNMSI I1AN fUSTlATf t CnlmimmUmn mt m -A Satan! Bliawy CDfCINNATL O.. July 15. J. M. .Thobaro of the Methodist Episcopal church, who has spent forty years as a missionary, mostly in India, is here with his family, some of whom are in HI health. The bishop spent some time Ja Manila in March last and was an intelligent observer of eveats. He says there is ao doubt that the oat- pfnbs was intended by Filipino leaders to include a general mi win ere in the city of Manila. He cited in proof of this the testimony of two Filipino servants who were summoned to ser vice in the army by Aguinaldo, and who dared not disobey, bat who warned their American employers to keep within doors that night, as orders had been given to kill all Europeans found on the street. Another evidence was the finding of five thousand new knives stared in a Catholic church. Only the splendid discipline of the American troops prevented the mas sacre in Manila. The bishop was in London when the thrilling news of Dewey's visit came. It was universally understood, he said. that it meant the permanent posses sion of the Philippines by the United States. To questions put to him why Dewey did not leave Manila after his victory, he said the shortsightedness of the United States government "made it impossible. Dewey had not coal enough to carry him to the nearest American coaling station and he was bound to take Manila in self defense. The whole history of the present Phil ippine situation showed such a natural and logical and even inevitable course of events that the United States is bound to assart ks authority there. Anarchy and assassination, he de clares, would follow the withdrawal of the United States forces. The only trouble lies In the Luzon Island. All the other Islands are peaceful. The bishop thinks the proper policy of the United States is to enlist the men of the other islands, who are the natural enemies of the inhabitants of Luzon, to fight Agninaldo's army. Officered by Americans, they would quickly dis pose of the few men that Agulnaldi can muster. Viewing the situation in the far east from the standpoint of a missionary of forty years In that part of the world, the bishop was impressed with thr fact that It was the duty of the United States forced upon the circumstances of the Spanish war. to hold the Phil ippines, and to preserve order, and ex tend civilized government in that vast region. Moreover, in the interest of morality and Christianity, he hoped for the dissolation of the Chinese em pire, which he characterized as the most helpless government on earth. In that event Russia should have a portion, giving it an available Pacific port. England, though tavoring the integrity of the Chinese empire, al ready has in mind the valley of the Tang-tse-Klang as its share. The United States should have its portion of the coast opposite the Philippines. Such a division of China would brim untold blessings to the people of that empire, and would advance the civili zation of the whole world. The bishop declines to discuss thr subject from the standpoint of Ameri can politics, but he says he cannot im agine why the United States should shrink from giving up her exclusive policy and hesitate to take her place among the nations when the duty is so manifestly thrust upon her. If China falls to pieces, as nearly all well informed people believes she will, it would be unwise, if not morally wrong. to concede that the European nations have a right to settle the destiny of that great empire without any refer ence to America. The United States must inevitably become the dominat ing naval power of the Pacific ocean, and if such a future is in store for her she certainly ought to hold an Important section of the coast line of eastern Asia. A If ANIvfi TO IMrCRiAUSM. Baatlct Diviae Talaks It Teads Toward Chrfattiaatry. RICHMOND, Va.. July 15. At the afternoon session of Baptists reports were submitted and addresses deliv ered. The board of managers set forth that the last year has been one of persistent effort. Difficulties were en countered, such as the vastness of the field and complex interests, but over against those were many favorable re ports. The bible reading and mission ary work has been encouraging. At the evening session F. O. Haw of North Branch spoke in place of R. H. Tillinghast of Iowa on The Church and the Union." The banner for senior work in the "conquest missionary course was pre sented to Woodruff Place church of Indianapolis. Ind, after which Presi dent Chapman delivered his annual address. President Chapman alluded to the friendship existing between this country aad England, an-i leaned to- imperialism as tending to advance the cause of Christianity. The board cf managers of the B. T. P. U. decided late tonight that next year's convention shall b? held in Cin cinnati. NEW YORK. Jaly 15, At J. P. Mor gan Cc's office it is said that the Mexican bond issue has been over subscribed. The amount bid for here is aboat 925,640,060. the fan allotment intended for distribution in this coun try aad Holland. The books win not close before Saturday. NEW TOXK. Jaly 15. The ICddle cex Coaaty bank of Perth Amfaoy. N. J has dosed its doors. Cashier Ed ward M. Valentine is reported to be missing with 3100.86 of the bank's WASHINGTON. Jaly 15 The plete statistics cf stamped paper sales ia the United States daring the fiscal year Jaat closed, as aaaoaaced today, shows a grand aggregate of 5.162.C29. S25 pieces of an kinds of stamped pa per hasasa, with a total -ralaatf oa ef 82j839 J7. an lac ream of 552,78133. or aver 12 per cent ia namberv and 83.44C.721, or"10 per eeat te valaercver 1896. the devn likes to tke at aft? own HEMEANTTO m i an Mt rw DtahaUcalFWpMa fitvw Uaht a taw oac gon voLiKTf s im tntive Receptlaa Accorded tke Brave Scl Item at 8aa Fi SAN FRANCISCO. July 15. Not since the departure of the regiment of California voluntesrs for the Philip pines have the streets of San Fran cisco presented such a scene of ani mation as they did today, nor have steam whistles, cannon and bells cre sted such a rumpus. The cause of the f demonstration was the landing of the Oregon volunteers and the- California signal corps, preparatory to going- into camp at the Presidio and the final mastering oat. Great crowds gathered early along the line of march. First in the lin was Major Noble. General Shatter's aide, followed by the bandxf theTaird f artillery. Then came Governor Geer of Oregon and his" staff, followed by the Californians, who shared the cheers with the Oregon ians. Then came the regiment, headed by Brigadier General Sumner and its band. As the men aiirrbrid comaaay freat aa the wMt street they made-a splendid appearance. The ambulance bearing the sick and wounded followed, then Battery C of the Third artillery. All along the line of march the men were cheered to the echpand the bands hired by Individuals played lively mu sic As the soldiers passed the Palace hotel they were deluged with flowers thrown from the windows by the guests. At the junctions of Third. Market and Kearney streets the crowds were immense and the three morning, papers which have offices on the cor ners of those streets vied with each other to see which could make the most noise. A curious sight was long streamers of immense firecrackers which dangled from the roof of a high building. As the soldiers neared this point the crackers were lighted and the racket they made was awfuL General Shafter and his staff and Governor Geer of Oregon and his staff and many notable army officers re viewed the parade as it passed up Van" Ness avenue toward, the Presidio. As the men passed the reviewing stand they cheered continually. When the Presidio was reached the men were given a rest and then com menced the work of going into camp. Here they will rest under military discipline for two or three weeks. Then the final muster-out will take place, and they will be sent to their northern homes by train. TEAR B0WN A GERMAN FIAG. Eptaode at Hoaotalu Which Xay Cams tTapleaaantaf. HONOLULU. July 7. (Via Victoria, B. C, July 15.) There was a flag Inci dent nere on the Fourth of July which promises to be made an international episode. Carl Klemme, the proprietor of the Orpheum hotel, gaily decorated his building in American colors, hoist ed the American flag over it and under the American flag the German flag. A friend of his wanted to use an Ameri can flag and Klemme good-naturedly loaned him his. leaving the German flag floating alone from the flagstaff. J. H. West saw it and ordered Klemme to haul it down. There had been ill will between the two men before and Klemme refused to takeorders from his enemy. West thereupon gathered u lot of soldiers from the transport Sheridan and showed them the Ger man flag floating on the Fourth of July in American territory. The sol diers at once proceeded to the roof, tore down the German flag and de stroyed it and put into its place some red, white and blue bunting torn from the other decorations of the buildinr West was today fined 3100 in the police court for malicious mischief and the German consul general will make a report of the matter to his govern ment. Kxpnrt are lar?e. WASHINGTON, D. C. July 15. The reports of the treasury officials show that during June the imports of mer chandise into the United States amounted to 86L686.20S. of which 825, SS1,3C3 was free of duty. For the year the total imports of merchandise amounted to 8637.0T7.38S. of which over 8300.000 was free of duty. The exports of domestic merchandise dur ine June aggregated 89428.732. a gain of about 82.000.000. For the year the exports amounted to 81-227.433.425. a decrease from last year of 81.03S.905. The gold imports during June amounted to 83J05.6S6, a decrease of about 3225.000 as compared with June. 189S. The gold exports amounted to 320.908,327 against 3375.529 for June. 1S9S. For the year the imports of gold amounted to 388,954.603, and the exDorts to 337.522.086. The silver imports during June amounted to 81.917.215, and the exports to 83343,099. Reception for ?ebraaaa. LINCOLN, Neb., July 15. A Iarpelj attended mass meeting was held in Lincoln to perfect plans for a state reception to the First Nebraska regi ment, which is expected to reach San Francisco within two weeks. It was announced at the meeting that other towns and cities had abandoned their plans of holding reglmenral receptions and would unite with Lincoln in a demonstration conducted"-on a magni ficent scale. Casualty IJat from "SaaHa. WASHINGTON, Jnly 15. The war department hrs received the following list of casualties from General Otis: Additional casualties Wounded. Seventeenth Infantry At San Fer nando. June 30: Company K. Corporal Christian Jensen, arm. slight; July 4. Company E. George W. King, thigh, severe; July 11, First Lieutenant Ira L. Reeves, cheek, hand and foot, mod erate. Fourth Cavalry July 5, Troop C. Frank Bouchard, hand, slight, at Pffil la; Jaly 11. Edward Roves, foot, mod erate; Troop G, Amon Nail, abdomen, severe, near Santa Cruz. PyaaaiHe to be Ci WASHINGTON, July 15. Dynamite guns are to be need by tfcp American troops in the fall ctmpaigos against the Filipinos. Preparat'pns are being made by the ordnance rtTartment to supply General Otis with 3tx Sims Dudley dynamite pneumatic weapoas. The test made at the Saacy Hook proving grounds of a gun of this type proved very satisfactory. "fatAavetedWtta --Ti DUBUQUE. Ia Jaly 15. Dr. Gib son, state veterinarian, was here yes terday aad -visited the farmers whose stock was supposed to hxve beea af fected with rabies. He proaoaaced the disease to be mad staggers, which has symptom closely resemblias; hvurophobia. It is nnsed ty too heavy grass feedlag. Henaeck There'll ao partiag fa Inm. vra Irsflv avrwt w If yon waat a divorce, old fellow. vaa'd better attend to it oa thi tael IK RULE IN SAMOA Describe, the Tactics of TJc- Mating Satire ling. i TWL BVAL CLAIMS ARE REARS - mad ifa Bfeaw Faith la mt the Trlaaaal aad Aree by It Viadiac The Whole Over. WASHINGTON, July ia. Consul General Rose, the German official who has been one of the foremost figures ia the receat events in Samoa, called at 'the White House yesterday and was introduced by Secretary Hay to the president. A brief talk on Sa- aXairs occurred and hopes were oa both sides that 'the of recent friction had disap peared. Herr Rose afterward saw a representative of the Associated Press and gave an interesting outline of the conditions up to the time he left Sa moa. "Prior to the arrival of the Samoan commission, said he, "an armlUtice had been arranged with the native forces. Mataafa and his men were back of a line sweeping around the city of Apia, and extending from the town of Falenla to Lantlh The Ma taafa forces numbered about 2.500 men. Tanu and his men occupied the peninsula jutting out from the main land near Apia. They numbered about 2,000 men. Both forces were fairly well armed, but the Tanu men had in addition to their old arms about 700 modern rifles, furnished by the British ships at the time of the conflict. "The commissioners- first turned their attention to disarming the na tive forces. As soon as they arrived Maraafa- sent a letter of greeting and said he would abide by any decision they might make. The commission then gave a hearing on board the Bad ger, to each of the claimants for the kingship, Mataafa being heard one day and Tanu another. They were received not as kings, but simply as 'Sir. As senior member of the body, the American commissioner, Mr. Tripp, asked some very direct ques- tions of Mataafa and Tanu. He wanted to know If they were ready to give their support to the commission, even If it determined to deny the right of one or the other of them to the kins ship or to abolish the kingship en tirely. Serious as these questions were to the two claimants to the throne, they promised to support the commis sion in whatever action was taken. "Some days later the Badger went along the coast to Malie, where Ma taafa's headquarters were located. The native chiefs came alongside and a formal surrender of 1,S75 guns .was made to the commission. "Mataafa and his chiefs went aboard the ship and were entertained at a dinner. The Tanu party followed with the surrender of their arms a few daya later, for while the decision of the commissioner had. upheld Tanu. yet it was felt to be in the interest of all concerned that the native king3hip should be brought to an end and that an administration by white men, at least over those localities where white interests are greatest, should be brocgh about. Tanu yielded to this decision, but for a time there was some prospect of trouble, as the royal flago were kept flying over the Tanu head quarters, despite the fact that he had surrendered the kingship. This was a source of irritation to the Mataafa people, who considered it contrary to the understanding arrived at. "Since arriving in this country, however, I understand that this source of difficulty has been removed and that the Tanu flag is withdrawn and the Tanu forces disappeared. The Mataafa people have also gone back to the interior. With the natives disarmed and both factors back to their homes, there is every reason to believe that no further trouble will arise and that the commission will be free to work out a satisfactory plan for the future government. "In determining upon the abolition of the kingship the commission exam ined the question with great care. The opinion of all was secured and this was almost unanimous in favor of abolishing the king3hip. The manager of the German company, which is the most extensive business concern on the islands, strongly approves the plan of having white administration. The two large American companies, the British business interests and the smaller German concerns also ap proved the plan." Herr Rose did not wish to discuss the future government of the islands, as this might anticipate the report of the commission. He has no doubt, however, that the essential principle will be the white man's administration in place of the native kingship, cer tainly for those parts where foreign interests predominate, while at the same time the natives will be given proper consideration In the direction of affairs In the interior of the island. Herr Rose expressed hope that his visit here would help disarm any feel ing which had arisen. He will remain here some days, going on a trip to Niagara Falls and other points of in terest before sailing for Berlin. Fatal Xrael ra the Fraaee. ST. PAUL. July 15. A Helena. Mont., special to the Pioneer Press says: W. D. Smith and Robert Ste vens, prominent stockmen in the Shields river valley, fought a duel last evening on the ranee forty-five miles from Livingston, Mont. Smith was killed. The men had an old quarrel over land and boundary Imes and when they met renewed It. Smith finally advanced on Stevens with a five pound rock in his hand and the latter shot him with his revolver. After the killing Stevens rode all night to Liv ingston to give himself up. Both men bore excellent reputations and poth were reputed to be wealthy. an farSfaalta. "WASHINGTON, July 15. The war department has received the following -dispatch from Captain Siebert; SAN FRANCISCO". July 13. B com pany engineers will sail t&dar for Ma nila on City of Para. Straelc a Itnaaara CHICAGO. July 25. At the govern ment sale of unclaimed goods held here William F. Blair, a custom house broker, bought a lot of old clothes for 84 and in one of the garments discov ered 33,00 in bonds of the Equitable Investment company of Council Bluffs, la. The clothing was addressed to W. J. Morse, care A. A. McLeary, 1503 Jmaer bafldsag. Chicago, but ao trace of either was ever discovered. ODESSA. July 15. Four ironclads ami a fotHIa of torpedo boats have started for Batonm to convey the re masss of the czarowitch to Sevastopol, The News Briefly Told, i Ttiltttt aaaaaaart FrMay. At a meeting of the repablkan state committee held at Boston tt was de cided to hold the state coaveatioa ia that city on October 6- Samuel Keaaey, sr.. father of Uaited States Seaator Keaaey, died saddenly at Wilmiagtoa, DeL. from an attack of paralysis, aged 65 years. Attorney General Oren of Michigan advised Auditor General Dix that the 1-cent per pound beet sagar boaaty law of 1897 is uneoastitutioaal. It is uaderstood that Captain Wil liam P. Duvall. First artillery, has been selected as lieutenant colonel of the new Thirty-first volunteer in fantry, j Germany's exports to the United States for the quarter ended with June mat were 821.W.. as co? with 934 jmjm tm th uiiisspaaiiag auarter last year. Former United States Senator Ar thur P. Gorman, who is staying at Magnolia. Mass and who has teen somewhat indisposed, owing, it is said, to the change from his accustomed surroundings, was greatly improved. His. illness was not serious. The secretary of the navy has re ceived a request from an American citixen, who is building a chapel in Mexico, for 100 pounds of metal from the battleship Maine's bell to east a bell for the chapel. The request will be granted if found to be expedient. The pension committee of the Grand Army of the Republic finished its work by a call at the White House, where it spent some time in confer ence with the president. Later it made a final visit to the pension bureau, where it examined about thirty cases as the result of published reports aad other complaints. A dispatch has been received from General Otis requesting that there be sent to the Philippines 2,500 horses, in order that a brigade of cavalry may be organised for use at the end of the rainy season. General Otis has tried the horses of Manila and nearby coun tries, but none of them seem to be available for cavalry Adjutant General Corbin said that no one had been authorised to enlist anv of the three Rough Rider regi ments provided for in the volunteer act. It would require the president's express direction before any step could be taken toward raising these regiments. The impression given by General Corbin's remarks was that there is little likelihood of the organi zation of these regiments, even in the future. lairrt-T Agus M. Cannon, president of the Salt Lake State of Zlon. who was re cently arrested on the charge of po lygamy, appeared before a Justice of the peace and waived examination. He refused to say anything about the case. Kansas City democrats, backed by members of their pa. y in other parts cf Missouri, have raised 350.000. which they Intend offering to the democratic national committee, if the committee will send the democratic national con vention to Kansas City. The tlnitel States minister at Con stantinople, Oscar B. Straus, has ur gently invited Admiral Dewey to visit him. In the event of his acceptance the British special service steamer Im ogene will proceed to thi Mediterran ean to escort the admiral to that port. Almost complete returns to the bu reau of immigration of the treasury department of immigrants arriving in the United States for th2 fiscal year ended June 30, 1899, show an increase of S2.570 over the fiscal year ended June 30. 1S9S. The returns yet to be received will not change the figures materially. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: There are persistent rumors in Cape Town that Sir Alfred Milner contemplates a step to bring about the dismissal of the Cape ministry, headed by Mr. W P. Schreiner and the recall of Sir John Gordon Sprigg, former premier, .to form an imperialist government. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail says: "The Transvaal field cornets are refusing to register. American citizens unless they take oath to bear arms for the republic in the event of war. The Americans, therefore, threaten to become British subjects to as to avoid commander ing. The Transvaal government is making representations to Washington on the' subject. At a meeting of the Dewey commit tee, appointed by Mayor Harrison for the reception cf the admiral when he visits Chicago next fall. It was decid ed to appoint a European committee consisting of citizens of Chicago who are now in Europe, who shall meet Admiral Dewey either at the Suez ca nal or at Gibraltar and officially ex tend to him the invitation to Ti3it Chicago this falL Wedaeada?. Le Soir declares that on July 15. following the national fete. General Jamont, commander in chief and vice president of the supreme council of war, will be replaced by General Bru gere, who was last wee appointed military governor oi Paris in succes sion to General Zurlmden. removed. The navy department las dlspa-ch-ed to Admiral Evwey the medal awarded him by act of congres to commemorate the battle of Manila bay. The admiral's medal Is identi cal with those sent to each man in the fleet, with the exception that his own name is engraved upon the edge. Ambassador van ilollenben of Ger many has made his farewell call on Secretary Hay and will leave here on Thursday for New York, whence he takes the steamer for home. In New York he will confer rith Herr Mnmm, who is to be German charge d'affaires this summer during the ambassador's absence. The war department has let the con tract for repairing and fitting the transport Thomas to the Cramps com pany, Philadelphia, at 3239.500. Major J. M. Carson, jr., of the quartermas ter's department, will have charge of the Thomas during the refittiag and also upon its voyage by way of the Suez canal to Manila. Brigadier General Asa B. Carey, pay master general of the army, will be retired today, having reached the age of 64 years. He will be succeeded as paymaster general by General Alfred E. Bates, recently military attache of Uaited States embassy at London. Charges have been filed against In dian Agent John 3. jfayaagh of the White Rock Indian agency, ia Neva da, alleging among other things arbi trary administratioa. These charges are the oateosae of a dispute as to the management of the aejeacy school aad have already eaaaed two taveatiga- rioas by order at the Waaiaatoa tnorttisa, The Delagoa hay award will be made ia October. Charles Mali. Belgian coasul at New York, is dead. Th transport Logaa will be refitted for Maafht service. The cruiser Raleigh will have re pairs made costing 9245 JOO. Archbishop Ireland will sail from Liverpool for New York July 12. M. J. O'Brien has been elected pres ident of the Soathera Express com pany. The Venezuelan commissioa has brought the chronological review np to 184L Ambassador Porter at Paris tender ed a baaaaat to the members of the Venesaalaa eaaamisaioa. XJsssaasssBL .frank. C BoUsn. Siarshv Infantry, is assigned as side oa Gen eral Wheeler's staff at San Francisco. Freasenden & Nachbour, New York dry goods agents, have gone into bankruptcy. Debts. 94.044; no es se ts. Bids have been opened at Wash ington for the overhauling of the transport Thomas for the Manila trade. The whaling barks California aad C W. Morgan have reported from Hako. Japan, announcing a good catch. If Seaator Fairbanks does not laa a suitable solution of the Alaska boundary controversy, the joint high commission will not meet in August. The proposed glove combination, with a capital of 315.000.000 which the American Trust company of Chicago is said to be interested in forming. is likely to fall througn as the re sult of a meeting of manufacturers who supply the jobbing trade of the country. Lieutenant Colonel Plummer, who was appointed on the 12th, has been assigned to the Thirty-fifth infantry. He will recruit and organize this reg iment at Vancouver, Wash-, and com mand it until it arrives at Manila. This is the regiment to which Colonel Kobbe has been assigned. The Turkish legation gave out the following: "The Turkish legation de clares, in reply to the dispatch of yes terday concerning alleged disturb ances in the Asiatic provinces of Van. that according to a report recently re ceived from the governor general of Lthis province perfect order and tran quillity prevail in those regions." Sfnaoay. A dispatch from Rome says the Ger man steamer Reichstag has sailed from Naples with 11,000. rifles, war material and 500 mules for the TransvaaL All soldiers in the Philippines who enlisted -between April 21 and October 26. 18M, whether volunteers or regu lars, have been ordered home as soon as transportation could be furnished. Minister Jackson reports to the state department that the North German Gazette has made a semi-official denial of the press report that the German government intends to annex Bear is land near Spltzenbergen. Cable advices from Lisbon say the Portuguese house of peers has rati fied the commercial convention bet ween Portugal and the United States. This i3 the convention concluded in Washington some time ago. Willard E. Baker, the Boston ab sconder, who escaped from a pair of Boston detectives Just as they v:ere leaving San Francisco for Boston, was discovered and caught by the local po lice in a down-town lodging house. A special from Dennisou, Tex.. say3: The Houston & Texas Central officials state that the road between Calvert and Heme will have to be virtually rebuilt, owing to the flood and that the cost will not be less than 8500.000. Mrs. May Preston Slosson. a gradu ate of Vassar, and wife of one of the profesors of the state university at Laramie, has been appointed chap Iain of the Wyoming penitentiary at Laramie. Mrs. Sloson is a member of the Presbyterian church. A delegation of prominent citizens of Peoria. 111., called at the White House and presented to the president an invitation to visit Peoria during his western trip In October next and take part in the ceremonies incident to the dedication of a new soldiers" mon ument In that city. The president ac cepted the invitation. Kansas City's campaign to secure the national democratic convention has been begun in earnest. Four thousand citizens attended a mass meeting in Convention hall, the great structure recently built by popular subscription, and In less than an hour 331.000 was raised as a bonus for the convention. It is hoped to increase the amount to 850.000. $atarar. Advices from Dawscn say that the steamer Rebort Kerr left there June 30. with over 83.000,000 worth of gold dust for St. Michaels. Word comes from Dawson that par ties arriving there from Edmoaton route report a sad state of affair-j en the Wind river, a branch of the Ple Aoout seventy-five prospectors were wintering there, and their camp was invaded by scurvy. The convention at San Francisco of the Association of American Agricul tural Colleges and Experimental sta tions the section on botany and horti culture have elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Presi- fdent, S. A. Beach of New York; sec retary, P. H. Rolf3 of Florida. Lieutenant Lawson N. Fuller, ord nance bureau. U. S. A ha." been oroer ed to the Philippines as chief ordnance officer in the field of the army operat- t ing there. Four new cases of yellow fever, all in the cfty of Santiago, were officially reported. Two deaths were reported No official report was received from Boaiato camp, but it is known tha. the sitaation there is serious. Admiral Cervera and the other com manders of the Spanish fleet destroyed in the batle of Santiago, whose con duct has been the subject of inquiry by special court-martial, were acquit ted and formally liberated. George W. Julian, the famous aboli tionist, died at his home in Irvington, Indiana. He served several terms in congress. In May, 1885, he served afl surveyor general of New Mexico. The president brought before thai cabinet the plan for omcering the pro vaaoaal army. The decision to ap point the colonels and lieutenant col onels of the volunteers from among the regular army officers who served daring- the Spanish war aad the volun teers officers from among those who served ia the volunteer army with credit or ttistiactiou. was heartily ap proved by the members of the cab- blmhrsSbtellsi fazlrtiTiB ItolaiHaat BUYS GOOD NOTES The Columbus JoviaL A Weakly Newspaper devoted a Smt iaterasssaf Th Cmtj if Ml TM Stiti if Mrofci, " ir Th UrtfW SMR, -AHD v- BEST OF MANKIND. unx or MXAsuaUi wm tm $1.50 a Year, If Paid In Advmno. aia limit of nasfstas is amaarlhedoyabUacaaads lavoti YOASa THB GOIQIDDDS JOflTMl HUHTIK WICL ST PAPHlffi OOUsTTsry, U.Wmwmmm. Oasaaaa aa tria-rraa, Wav aTvsssa j aa af I JBsssassMa9ssssssaV . Ti .S.'? .