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VOLUME XXXJ.-NUMBER 14.
JAPAN H ASM HAND
Kuaia Girw to Government at Tokio Pall
Liberty of Action.
JATANESE FORCE TO 60 TO CIINA
Kattre ChrUtlaas Said to Have Beea
Slaachtered la Thoesaads Ptnaai
Gallty of Startiaa; lnserreetloa Ara t
Be Beheaded.
LONDON", July 7. The Russian gov-
eminent announces that it will give
Japan a free hand to apply military
force in China. The terms of this con
sent are summarized in the subjoined
.dispatch from St. Petersburg, under
"date of July 6, in reply to an inquiry
fora the Japanese cabinet regarding
the dispatch, of Japanese troops to
China to render aid to the foreigners
in Pekin.
The Russian government declared
that on May 27 that it left the Japa
nese government full liberty of action
in this connection, as the Tokio cabi
net expressed its readiness to act in
full agreement with other powers.
It is in consequence of this, no
doubt, that Japan is preparing to em
bark 20.000 more troops.
Political considerations that were
tnougnt to nave oeen numo.ns - .
tion of the powers are thus laid aside I
for a moment at least, by the govern-
ment supposed to have the clearest ,
thought to have been numbing the ac
purposes respecting umna s iuiur.
respecting Chinas lutures.
Janan's disDatch of troops now can
have little bearing on the fate of the
foreigners in Pekin.
Baron Hayasbi, the new Japanese f
minister, who arrived in London re- i
cently. said that ten days would prob
ably be required for the carrying of
troops? to China. His dictated state
ments contained these sentences:
If all conditions Japan has asked
were conceded I see no reason why Ja
pan should not undertake the task of
' suppressing the trouble. The powers
are all agreed in wishing to put down
the rebels, but it does not seem that
they are agreed on the means.
From these authoritative utterances
It la inferred that Japan does dominate
. conditions and that the concert of the
powers is a little jangled.
Details of further horrors in Pskin
are gathered by correspondents at
Shanghai from Chinese sources, espe
cially of the slaughter in the Chinese
and Tartar city of thousands of na
tive Christians, so that the capital
Teeks with carnage. The ruthless
thirst for blood is spreading in all
the northern provinces and wherever
there are native Christians the scenes
enacted In the capital are reproduced
in miniature. From the capital noth
ing further comes regarding the lega
tion forces except a repetition that
they are all dead.
The correspondents aver that if the
Chinese officials in Shanghai wished to
throw light on the real state of affairs
In the capital they could do so and
therefore the first reports are accepted
as true.
Prince Tuan's coup de etat is de
scribed by the Shanghai correspond
ent of the Daily Mail as a sequence
to the grand council of ministers, at
which Lung Yu advocated the sup
pression of the Boxers promptly. The
dowager empress gave her whole sup
port to Yung Lu and a scene of dis
order ensued. Prince Tuan passion
ately Intervened, backed by Kang Yih.
They rushed from the council and
their partisans raised the cry. "Down
with the foreigners." The effect was
electrical. The eunichs, palace officials
of all sorts and most of the populace
took up the cause of Prince Tuan and
his agents immediately put the em
peror and the dowager empress under
restraint.
IN HEART OF BOER COUNTRY.
General Paget Snccessfnlly Engagee
Burgher on Two Day.
LONDON, July 7. General Paget is
moving toward the heart of the coun
try held by DeWet
Lord- Roberts telegraphed to tne
war office under date of Pretoria. July
6, 2:25 p. in., as follows:
"Paget engaged the enemy on July
3 successfully at Pleisfontein. He
drove them out of a very strong po
sition across Leeuwkop to Greenerfon
tein. where he bivouaced for the night
He followed the enemy and on the
afternoon of July 4 was at Blaauw-
kopje, fifteen miles northwest of Beth- i
lehem. He reports that all ot Steyn's j
government officials except the treas- ,
urer general, who has gone to vrede,
arc at Bethlehem, which haa tn:c pro
claimed the capital. Steyn himself is
reported to have taken flight to the
mountains.
"Buller reports the line to Heidel
berg restored, thus completing every
communication between Pretoria and
Natal."
Lourenzo Marquez on Friday learned
that the Boers are showing fresh ac
tivity. A British force is reported
within forty miles of Koomatispoort
Don't tike Slpido Verdict.
LONDON, July 6. The morning pa
pers generally publish editorials com
centlng upon the verdict in the case
of Sipido. the would-be assassin of
he Prince of Wales. The Daily Tele
graph says the result of the trial is
"monstrous." The Dally Chronicle de
clares that it is "an outrage on hu
manity." and the Daily Mail charac
terizes it as "a reproach on Belgium."
Lea la Gold Coast.
LONDON. July 7. The colonial of
fice has received from the governor of
the Gold Coast colony. Sir Frederick
Mitchell Hodgson, a dispatch dated
Atekewautek. July 6, saying that ow
ing to the non-arrival of the relief
column and the reduction of the food
supply he had decided to push through
the rebels and had deceived the enemy
regarding the route followed The col
umn suffered great privation, but the
rloss was only six men killed and sev
'jEral wounded.
Festival at St. PaaL.
ST. PAUL. Minn July
7. The
jiawesieni
Scandinavian Sangers
T association began its annual singing
festival' in this city tonight with a
grand concert. Delegates arrived dur
ing the day from North and South Da
kota, Iowa and. Minnesota.
i raiina Draw a.
T Krr. CHARLES, La July 6. By
the sinking cf a k1 on the lake to
day in a rain storm three persons,
Mrs. C. J. Phelps, her mother. Mrs.
ATTtda. Johnson, and her brother. Al
bert Johnson, aged 11, were drowned.
URN lir STAIWARt fROf ITS.
Sereral Xlllloa Dalian' Worth af Prop
erly Destroyed by lire.
NEW YORK, 'July 6. The fire at
the works of the Standard Oil com
pany of Constable Hook, Bayonne. N.
J., which started early yesterday. Is
still raging, and ho estimate can yet
be made of the damage, though it will
run into millions.
The entire plant is almost certain to
be consumed.
The oil from the works is spreading
along the upper bay and the Killvon
Kull, blazing as it flows, and serious
damage is threatened the adjoining
property.
Naptha tank No. 7 exploded shortly
after 6 o'clock. The force of the ex
plosion smashed wfndows on the Hook
and at least one person was killed
and several injured. Charles King,
an electrician, was the one killed, and
John Watso and Owen Drunimond,
watchmen, were overcome by" fumes
and smoke, and Fred Mauer was cut
by flying glass. They all lived In
Bayonne.
The Are was started about 1 o'clock
by a bolt of lightning which fell dur
ing a terrific thunder and rain storm.
It struck squarely in the immense
yard of the Standard Oil company,
which covers 600 acres of ground.
King, the electrician,, was struck by
the bolt and at the same time it ex
ploded two immense reservoir tanks
of crude oil. One hundred men were
at work in the yards and whether
more wore killed is not yet known.
The explosion was heard for miles and
heavens were lit up for hours af-
terward D the flameg wnlcn leaped
a hundred feet in the alr. The col.
unm Qf smoke whlcQ rose from the
... burnin tanks SDread out in such
a cloud that to those coming to this
city from the west the bright morn
i ing sun was obscured.
MANY LIVES CRUSHED OIL
Electric Car With Orer lOO Passenger
Jumps Over Sixty-Foot Embankment
TACOMA, Wash., July 5. The most
appalling accident ever Known, in the
history of acoma occurred this morn
ing, when the 8:30 Edison car, loaded
with excursionists coming to see the
parade, was dashed down sixty feet
over the bridge at the gulch where the
track runs from Delin street, burying
the passengers, among wnom were
many women and children, under the
wreck of the car.
The car turned completely over and
mangled the umortunate victims into
unrecognizable shapes, as the debris
crashed down the steep side of the
gulch. Where the car went off there
is a sharp curve, at the toot of a steep
grade. Just how the accident occurred
will never be known, but as the car
struck the curve instead of following
the rails it whirled completely over
and pitched from the bridge, striking
on its top. the heavy trucKs and body
of the car crashing the frail upper
works to splinters and smashing down
upon the mass of men, women and
children, with which the car was
loaded.
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE.
Chinese Emperor Forced by Prince Taaa
to Commit Suicide.
SHANGHAI. July 6. Emperor
Kwang-Su committed suicide by rak
ing opium, under compulsion of Prince
Tuan, June 19. The empress dowager
also took poison, but is still alive,
though reported to be Insane from che
effects of the drug.
The foregoing had been officially re
ported to the German consular staff.
Two Manchus who have arrived at I
Shanghai certify to the truth of the
statement that Prince Tuan visited
the palace and offered the emp-ror '
and dowager empress the alternative I
of poison or the sword. The empe-or,
they say, took the poison and died i
within an hour. The dowager em
press also chose poison, but craftily
swallowed only a portion of what was
offered to her and survived. On the '
same day the Chinese customs bureau
was destroyed. Sir Robert Hart, the
inspector of customs, and his staff es
caping to the legations.
BOERS Will NEVER GIVE UF.
President Kroger Scoffs at the Idea of
So Ing for Peace.
LONDON. July 6. The cordon
around General De Wet appears still
to be wide. At least he has not yet
been cornered. Dispatches from the
front, except official ones, deal with
trifles of vague probabilities.
The Daily Telegraph's Lourenzo
" 74 "T.w P Kr
rks MAOMiMi4Atif a AW VtA1 tn
at Watervalander. Mr. Kruger was i
" -W AAVV. -" .w- -
there, but he deputed State Secretary
Reitz to talk. The secretary said:
"We do not. need to discuss peace.
President Kruger wishes through me
to repeat what he has said over and
over again. The South African repub
lics will fight for independence as long
as 300 burghers remain alive and even
then will continue to fight Such is
our decision."
Agree oa Wage Scale.
BIRMINGHAM, Afcu, July 6. The
coal operators and miners of Alabama
came to an agreement on the wage
question today and signed a contract
for tke year," ending June 30, 190L
based on the contract of the year just
ended. .Work in all of the mines will
be resumed. The blast furnaces that
blew out on Monday on account of
the suspension of the work at the
mines will go in operation the first of
next week.
Six Xea Blown to Atom.
PARKERSBUrlG. W. Va., July 5.
The most horrible calamity that this
city ever witnessed, occurred this
morning at 7:20 o'clock, in which six
men were blown to atoms and one
other, John Chalk, so badly injured
that he soon died and two more are
expected to die any minute. About
forty others, spectators an children,
were slightly injured, some burned,
some hurt by the explosion and some
bruised in the ranic. The yarus of t&a
Ohio River railroad are spotted with
pieces of topi flesh and sprayed with
bleed that was wiped up by the burn
ing oiL
Kather Death Thaa Prisoa.
CHICAGO. I1L. July 6. la fear of
punishment for crime for whim she
had been held without bail to the
grand jury. Mrs. Martha. Heising. a
midwife, living at 4759 Halstead
street, drank carbolic acid in the pres
ence ot her husband and children to
day and died immediately. Oflkers
who accompanied her -permitted her
to stoD at her home to take a farewell
of. her family. As soon as she arrived
home she drained a phial of carbolic
acid before she could be prevented
and sank to the floor, dying immedi
ately. r
BRYAN AND STEVENSON
Dementi Again Place the lebnsku at
Their TickeVs Head.
VITAL rOMTS Of TIE rUTFNM
slfteea to Oae la Give Dae Xmahasla
Adall K. Steveasoa. of IUlaets, U Xenat-
aated far Ylee-Presldeat by Ace!
tlea.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., July 5. Will
iam Jennings Bryan of Nebraska was
tonight unanimously placed in nomi
nation as the democratic candidate
for president of the United States on
a platform opposing imperialism, mil
itarism and trusts and specifically de
claring for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of IS
to-lr -
The nomination .came as the culmi
nation of a frenzied demonstration in
honor of the party leader, lasting
twenty-seven minutes and giving ut
terance to all the pent-up. emotions
of the vast multitude.
It was late this afternoon when the
convention was at last face to face
with the presidential nomination.
Early in the day there had been ted
ious delavs to reconcile their differ
ences and present a report. Until this
was ready, the convention managers
beguiled the time by putting forward
speakers of more or less prominence
to keep the vast audience from be
coming too restless
The first session, beginning at 10
this morning, was entirely fruitless of
results, and it was not until late in
the afternoon, when the second session
had begun that the platform commit
tee was able to report an agreement.
Already Its main features, embodying
the 16 to 1 principle, had become
known to the delegates and there was
little delay in giving its unanimous
approvaL This removed the last
chance for an open rupture on ques
tions of principle and left the way
clear to the supreme event of the day
the nomination of the presidential
candidate.
The vast auditorium was filled to
its utmost capacity when the moment
arrived for the nomination to be
made.
When the call of states began for
the purpose of placing candidates In
nomination, Alabama, yielded Its place
at th head of the. list to Nebraska
and Oldham ot that state made his way
to the platform for the final speech
placing Mr. Bryan's name in nomina
tion for the presidency.
The orator was strong voiced and
entertaining, yet to the waiting dele
gates and spectators there was but
one point to uis speech, and that was
the glowing peroration which closed
with the name of Williams Jennings
Bryan. .
This was the signal for the dem
onstration of the day and in a common
purpose the great concourse Joined- In
a tribute of devotion to the party lead
er. -- -s-"-
JTemlaate Vice-President.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 6. The
democratic national ticket was com
pleted today by the nomination of Ad
lal E Stevenson for vice president.
The nomination was made on the first
bajlot, state after state joining in the
wild scramble to record their support
of the winning candidate.
The platform "adopted says In part:
The democratic piatiorm r-auirma
faith in the Declaration of Independence
and allegiance to the constitution of the
United States framed in harmony there
It denounces the Porto Rlcan tariff law
as a bold and oaen violation oi me -ganlc
law.
It demands that the promise of Inde
pendence made by the United States to
Cuba shall be speedily fulfilled.
It demands that a promise shall be
made to the Philippines that those islands
shall also be Independent and that they
shall be protected from outside Interfer
ence. The present war In the Philip
pines is branded as a war of criminal
aggression.
The platform does not oppose expan
sion when U takes in desirable territory,
that may be formed into states of the
American union, but it declares that the
question of imperialism has reference to
the very existence of the republic
The Chicago platform is reaffirm .-d and
special reiteration made of the principle
of the free coinage of gold and silver
at the historic ratio of 16 to 1.
The people are warned against mili
tarism. . . , .
Private monopolies are declared to be
Indefensible and intolerable.
The public control of trusts: the reUre
mont nf hank notes: election of sena-
i tors by vote of the people: establish
ment of a government department ot la
bor: liberal pensions: control of the JT1
caraguan canal by America, and state
hood of Arizona. New Mexico and Okla
homa are advocated.
The Hav-Pauncefote treaty is con
demned and cordial sympathy for the
Boers expressed.
On imperialism and militarism the plat
form says In part: .,
"We condemn and denounce the Philip
pine policy of the present administnr
tion. It has embroiled the republic In an
unnecessary war. sacrificed the lives of
many of its noblest sons and placed the
United States, previously known and ap
plauded throughout the world as ,the
champion of freedom, in the false and
nn-American. Dosltion of crushing with
military force the efforts of our former
allies to achieve liberty and self-government.
"The declaration of the republican
platform adopted at the Philadelphia
convention held In June. 1900, that the
republican party 'steadfastly adheres to
the policy announced In the Monroe doc
trine." Is manifestly Insincere and de
ceptive. This profession Is contradicted
by the avowed policy of that party in op
position to the spirit of the Monroe doc
trine, to acquire and hold sovereignty
over large areas of territory and large
numbers of people In the eastern hemi
sphere. "We oppose militarism. It means con
quest abroad and Intimidation and op
pression at home. It means the strong
arm which has ever been fatal to free in
stitutions."' Blame tka Police.
ST. LOUIS, July 7. -The June grand
jury in the final report today fastened
much of the responsibility for the dis
turbances which marked the recent
street railway strike on the police. The
report denounces the police Taw as
passed by the last legislature and says
that it makes possible for the presi
dent of the board to step in and as
sume fulL authority over the chief of
police. The jurors declare that the
law should make it compulsory for
the mayor to he . a member of the
board and to attend the meetings.
KaToya Krach Part.
PARIS. July 7. The Boer delegates,
Messrs. Wessels. Fischer and Wolmar
ans. arrived in Paris this evening.
They were met at the station by the
president of the municipal council and
several senators, who invited them to
be present at a reception to be given
at the Hotel De Ville on Tuesday
next The crowd which had gathered
at the station greeted the delegates
with acclamations, and a few persons
cried "Down with England." They
were placed nnder arrest, bat
subsequently released.
wsre
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. TpDNESDAY, JULY 11,
TK IM STOCK MAMCT.
Lataat Owotattoes rraa Batk
aad Kaaaaa Cl.y.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cattle Supplies were unusually laKge
for the day, and Included a lot cf very
desirable beeves. There were 138 fres
loads. 3.453 head, the big bulk of them
corn-fed beeves. Trade opened out sUrm.
Some of the best cattle sold about steady
with yesterday, but the general market
was afitlOc lower. Cows and heifers were
In light supply, good demand and about
steady. Veal calves, bulls, stags, etc
sold at unchanged quotations. Business
In stockers and feeders was very dull, but
there was no particular change in quota
tions. Choice 1.400 to 1.600-lb. beeves. tSM
65.40: good 1,100 to 1.400-Ib. beeves, H.90V
5.10: fair to seed 1.000 to 1.230-lb. steers.
34.9064.95; poor to rair steers. -
good to choice cows and heifers. WP
4.73: fair to good cows and heifers. : t&M
4.00: common and canning grades, SZ.259
X50; bulls, stags, etc.. C2afc4.5d; calve,
common to choice. $3.007.00; good to
choice stockers and feeders. 4.M?W:
fair to good stockers and feeders. -Ww
4.50 common to fair stockers and feed
ers. $3.flOS4.00; milkers and springers, 13.38
33.45.
Hogs There were 115 cars. 8.080 hogs,
aa against 11.509 a week ago aad t
week's supplv. owing mainly to. the holi
day, are M.000 smaller than. last week.
The quality was fair, but there Is a de
cided increase In the amount of light
mixed hos coming, as compared with
supplies earlier in the season. The west
had 40.000, against 59,000.
The market opened Tc higher and
ruled active until the biz end of the
supply was exhausted, sales ranging 15.10
(53.25. with the bulk at $3.153.17s. Al
though provisions opened strong, eastern
hog markets reported the early advance
lost, and the final wind-up locally was on
the same basis, with a few loads still
unsold at a late hour. Butcher and heavy
hogs. $5.15.10.25: mixed and medium
weights. J5.10S5.30: light and light mixed.
KUVRSITli
Sheep Only three fresh loads. 702 head,
were received. There was a good demand
from all sources for choice grades at firm
figures, but common and stock sheep
were slow sale at mean prices. "Weth
ers. I3.754.25: ewes, J3.GO4.00; lambs,
$4.506.50; sheep. $3.0053.60.
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle Receipts. 2.5W; market steady to
strong; native steers. $X735.60; Texas
stwrs. J2.73ifi3.30: Texas cows. 2.603.06:
L native cows and heifers. $2.105.00: "lock
ers and feeders, xj.a0'g4.w; nuns. .&
4.00.
Hogs Receipts. 9,000: market strong to
5.2S; Yorkers. $5.2055-25; pigs, H.W9
5.17tj.
Sheep Receipts. 2,000; market steady;
lambs, S3.00X90: muttons. $X005.CO.
TltN TSIN GIVES Ur.
Xatlvo City Falls Before Bomhardmeat
or Allied Forces.
LONDON, July 5. The commanders
of the allies in Tien Tsin Inform the
correspondents that it would be sui
cidal to atttempt" to reach Pekin with
the troops now available In the face
of the colossal force of Imperial troops
and Boxers occupying the country be
tween Tien Tsin and Pekin. So far
from taking the offensive, the 12,000
International troops at Tien Tsin and
the 8,000 others att Taku and interme
diate points can barely keep up com
munications, fighting incessantly with
overwhelming numbers using far more
numerous artillery than the allies.
This telegram has been received:
SHANGHAI, July 4.-11:10 a. m.. via
Chee Foo. Tien Tsin city fell be
tween 7 and 8 o'clock on the morning
of.Jiue.3u..
It is understood that Shanghai un
doubtedly referred to the native city
of Tien Tsin, from which the Chinese
have been bombarding the foreign
quarter and the dispatch Is taken to
mean that the allies are now more than
holding their own.
Advices received by way of Shang
hai aver that the Chinese losses
around Tien Tsin are between 7,000 and
8,000, according to official estimates.
The correspondent of the Express
at Che Foo, telegraphing on Wednes
day, says Vice Admiral Seymour was
wounded while sitting in a house at
Tien Tsin by Chinese sharpshooters.
Official news received at Che Foo
shows that the Chinese nave been guil
ty of horrible cruelty toward wound
ed and captured, subjecting them to
what is known as ling che, or the slic
ing process. Under this hideous prac
tice the bodies of the fallen are mu
tilated. Revolting stories are told of the bar
barities practiced upon Japanese and
European prisoners captured on the
way to Pekin, though it Is "not known
that Admiral Seymour lost any prison
ers. The Chinese troops marching to
ward Tien Tsin, the Chinese say, left
behlndrhem trails of rapine, fire and
blood. Native women were assaulted
and children were cut in two.
According to roundabout reports, it
is asserted by the Chinese that Prince
Tuan is personally directing the as
sault upon the legations. He confer
red honors and gave large sums of
money and other presents to the Boxer
leaders and the commanders of
the troops who drove back Admiral
Seymour and also gave money to every
soldier taking part in the operation.
An edict of Prince Tuan's has reach
ed Shanghai ordering southern rice
roys to assemble the Chinese fleet and
to attack the war ships at Shanghai.
Japan is reported to be landing an
army at Peetaughs, to the northward
of Taku. The Japanese generals are
believed to be about to move toward
Pekin. following the plan previously
formulated.
Tao Tal Sheng of Shanghai issued
a proclamation on Wednesday which
practically forbids foreign war ship
approaching the Tang Tse Klang, say
ing that if they do so the Chinese au
thorities will not hold themselves re
sponsible for the consequences. It Is
considered that the Chinese officials are
preparing to evade responslbtlitv if
an outbreak occurs. Even Li Hung
Chang is suspected. The foreigners
are simply aghast at the extent of the
Chinese armaments, which have been
systematically accumulated.
Fear Uttla 4Jt Laat.
PHILADELPHIA, July 5. A blank
cartridge fired at close range by a ne
gro boy Into a large collection of fire
works of a highly explosive cuaracter
cost the lives of four cnlldren, tne
probable death of three others and se
vere burns and laceration to twenty
other persons, only two of whom were
adults. The explosion occurred in
front of the small shop of Antonario
Mammerello, on Eighth street, in the
most thickly populated section. The
fireworks were on a stand on the pave
ment and consisted largely of giant
firecrackers, torpedoes, rockets and
chasers.
Crazrd hy the Heat.
CHICAGO, July 5. Christina John
son, a domestic employed at a Sheffield
avenue residence, became crazed at
the excessive heat and attempted to
burn herself to deaths She saturated
her clothing with kerosene and applied
a match. As the flames enveloped her
she ran shrieking through, the house,
crying oat that she was too hot and
wanteu to die. She was restrained
witk difficulty and tke Are extin
guished', but she had suffered severe
burns which necessitated her removal
; to a hospital, where she continued to
pare in her delirium.
10c higher, closing weaK:-Dui ot saies.
S3.23e5.32H: heavy. $3.25'&5.37i: packers.
rL53Uiff5EU: mixed. S5.lSa5.30: light. $3.0o
GETS
CAUGHT
FROG
Aedfect to Bwitckmam at Grasd Island
lenlts ia Deatk.
IS IUN tOWN IY A rtfKIT CM
KDlad Before aa Uaa of tka
TJalaa Paele Other Stat JIawa Twa
aya laataaee ta ladaatrtal Schaal at
ay.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., July 6.
While switching In the Union Pacific
yard Georgs Ketcham was run over
and almost instantly killed, living but
Ave minute. after the accident. A car
had just been loaded at the freight de
pot and was being taken on another
track; Upon $ arriving at the switch
a coupling had to be arranged. Ket
easa stepped i ia an unusual way,
his face toward the coming car and
engine. The coupling was made just
where there was a frog in .the tracks.
He happened to step into the same,
only about an inch where the rails
Join. The oncoming car made him
move back, his foot was tight and
when the car struck the foot it whirled
him about, running down the left side
of the entlrebody. 'ine accident was
at once known by the other members
'of the crew, one of whom was a broth
er of the unfortunate man. He was
picked up and was being taken to the
office of the yard master, a few hun
dred feet west, dying on the way. The
company surgeon was Immediately
called but by the time he arrived Ket
cham was dead.
Ketcham was a young man, about
twenty years. His father. George
Ketcham, was killed on the road sev
eral years ago. He was a conductor.
While his freight train was pulling
out of Shelton one night and he was
attempting to board the caboose, he
sllnned and was badly Injured. He
was taken to the hospital at Omaha
and lived some days but all efforts to
tide him over the results of the ac
cident were fruitless. Young Ketcham
leaves a widowed mother and four
brothers, one of whom is also a
switchman, and was at the brother's
side two minutes after the accident
last night.
Saataace Bey to Reformatory
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. July 4.
Charley Frlsh, a boy fifteen years of
age, was given a hearing Deiore
County Judge J. E. Douglas on the
charge of Incorrigibility. His moth
er filed the complaint, asking to
have him sent to the reform school,
as all efforts to keep him at home had
proven fruitless and when she had
found a place for him to work he
would run away. He could not resist
his inclination to place obstructions-
on the railroad tracks. On the
strength of the evidence the court de
cided that the best place for the boy
was In the state reformatory, where
he. could be properly looked after and
kept oat ot mischief and he was ac
cordingly sentenced to that Institu
tion. Shaffroth Saateaced at Xorth Platte
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., July 4.
Chief of Police H. T. Rice, who went
to South Omaha last Friday to take
possession of the man who was want
ed here for stealing a coat, vest and
gold watch a couple of months ago, re
turned with his prisoner Saturday
evening. The latter is a negro named
Charles Shaffroth. He was appre
hended at South Omaha by Chief of
Police Mitchell last Wednesday, while
trying to sell the watch at a pawn
shop. The chief happended to be In
the place when Shaffroth offered the
watch for sale and took him into cus
tody at once.
Kanch Hoaie Destroyed.
LEIGH, Neb., July 1. Yesterday a
house out on the Wisherd ranch, five
miles southeast of here, was totally
destroyed by fire. The house was oc
cupied by William Wilber, a tenant.
The fire originated from a defective
flue and only for the timely arrival
of a neighbor two children would have
perished. The building was insured,
but Mr. Wilber had no insurance on
household goods.
Shall Craahed by a Fall.
STERLING. Neb., July 3. Eugene
Schneider, a carpenter, who has the
contract for building the German Lutheran-
church three miles west of town,
fell from the scaffolding this morning,
striking h.s head on a rock. His skull
was crushed and his body badly
bruised. It is thought that it will not
prove fatal although he had a very
close call from being killed.
Scarlet Feyer at Hamboldt.
HUMBOLDT, Neb., July 1. Several
cases of scarlet fever are reported in
and near this city, but as the disease
Is in a very mild form the physicians
and authorities hope to be able to
prevent its spread. The little daugh
ter of Alex Vebrick, a farmer living
south of town, died yesterday of the
disease and the funeral was held at the
family residence.
Mamlltea GItcb Fire Tear
WAHOO, Neb., July 4. Judge Good
yesterday sentenced Hamilton, the
man found guilty of complicity in rob
bing Joseph ft Grafe's store, to five
years in the penitentiary. Court ad
journed until July 12, when Harris, the
ether arrest in this case, will be tried.
Bridge Collapse With Trams
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., July 4.
By the collapse of a bridge here yes
terday two men, a team and ice wagon
were precipitated to the bottom of
Table creek, a distance of twenty feet
The men were severely bruised and it
is believed were' Injured Internally.
Will Fire Cantered Caaaoa
GENEVA, Neb., July 4. Today at 2
p. m. will be fired a number of salutes
from the old Philippine cannon cap
tured by Company G and brought
home. It Is estimated that the largest
crowd ever seen in Geneva will be
present.
Kid Farm of Chtekaa Ilce
SEWARD. Neb.. July 5. Yester
day morning about 10:30 Jacob Wes-
terhoff built a fire m his cnicken
house In order to smoke out lice and
then went down town. The fire soon
had the chicken house in ashes and
then caught the barn, which was en-,
tirely destroyed before the fire de-,
partment arrived- A daughter of
Mr. Westerhoff was quite badly
Burned in getting their horse out of
the barn and Mrs. J. C. Morgan was so
badly frightened that it was neces
sary to call a doctor.
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Plattameath
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. July 4 Jack
Elliott saw a floater going down the
river this forenoon and when a short
distance below the Burlingtoa bridge
he caught aad towed it to short. He
was about 40 years of age, Ave feet
eight Inches, sandy mustache, stubby
chin whiskers and black hair. He wore
checkered overalls, light colored
striped shirt and No. 7 shoes. In the
pockets were found a blue cotton
handkerchief, a silver dollar and a
nickel, safety pin, two padlocks, a
heelplate and a collar button. He-was
evidently a laboring man. The body
had not beea ia he watsr lepg and
was not badly decomposed.
Wealth for Omaha Wema.
DES MOINES. Ia.. July 1. Thomas
Foley, proprietor of the Savery ho
tel, irceived word todar to the eftf.ct
that kis mother-in-law. Mr?. Sarin
Hiatt of Omaha, mart.fallPB. heir toa
large estate in Austria by tke dentil
o an uncle engaged in the woolen
manufacturing business in ienna.
The woolen manufacturer, whose
name was Felthorff. was a millionaire
and his estate will make his Ameri
can heirs very wealthy. Mrs. Hiatt is
his niece and has now living only one
daughter, who is the wife of Colonel
Harry Smith, living in Rock Island.
Mrs. Hiatt had four daughters, of
which Foley married one. Foley's
four sons, who will ultimately secure
much of the property, all live in Oma
ha, one being employed by the Rock
Island, one by the Aetna. Insurance
company, one In the hardware busi
ness aid one a stenographer.
Baraed hy Fire Cracker.
CHADRON, Neb., July 1. While the
family of Benjamin Lowenthal of this
city were asleep in a summer tent on
the lawn, a large giant firecracker,
measuring ten inches in length, was
lighted and thrown into the tent by
two mischievous boys. The cracker
exploded among the sleeping children,
setting their bedding on fire without
awakening them. The father, who
was asleep In the house, being awak
ened by the nclse, rushed out and
found the tent filled with smoke and
flames. The tent was pulled down
and the bed clothes scattered about
the lawn. Moses, the 19-year-old son.
was badly burned about the face and
hands. The rest of the children es
caped without serious Injury. The
chief of police was notified and the
boys were soon apprehended ana
placed under arrest. The boys plead
ed guilty in police court this morn
ing and were fined $3 and costs.
Attempt to Rob Bank.
DORCHESTER. Neb., July 3. The
Dorchester state bank was tampered
with this morning aDOut 3 o'clock. Two
citizens were going down street when
a dark lantern was flashed In one of
their faces by. some one on the bank
corner. They got another citizen and
approached, when they could plainly
hear the burglar alarm on the Inside of
the bank which was going continually.
One stood guard and the other awak
ened the marshal and several other
citizens, who formed a shotgun bri
gade and marched to the Dank, but the
burglars had left and no trace of them
was to be found.
Greater Will tTadergo Ooeratloa.
LYONS, Neb., June 30. Eugene
Grenier, sr., a farmer upon the reser
vation, has gone to St Joseph's hospi
tal, Sioux City, to undergo an opera
tion of his left arm and only remain
ing leg. caused by the limbs becoming
apparently dead, resulting irom a none
disease of long standing. If Mr.
Grenier survives the operation this will
leave him with only one arm, the other
leg being cut off about a year ago,
resulting from the same cause.
Injared by Caaaoa Cracker
DAVID CITY, Neb., July 4. Conrad
Lauaskle, an old soldiar, was celebrat
ing the Fourth of July in advance yes
terday evening. He was giving the
boys a lesson In discharging fireworks
and held a large cannon cracker in his
hands while it exploded. His right
hand was almost torn to pieces and
his right leg was badly bruised. He
is in a critical condition and fears of
blood poisoning are entertained by his
comrades.
Body RecoTered from Platte.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., July 1. The
body of Ray Wright, who was drowned
wnile bathing in the Platte river last
Sunday afternoon north of this city.,
was found In the Missouri river near
St. Deroin and was taken to Auburn,
where an Inquest was held. The fath
er of the boy was notified and has gone
for the body.
Smith Gallty of Murder.
AUBURN, Neb., June 30. The jury
in the case of the State against Smith,
who was charged with the murder ot
his wife, found the prisoner guilty of
murder in the first degree arid fixed
the penalty at life Imprisonment
Scarlet Ferer at David City
DAVID CITY, Neb., July 4. A well
developed case of scarlet fever at the
residence ot J. F. Albin was reported
yesterday evening by the attending
physician.
School Ceaaaa at Beatrice
BEATRICE, Neb., July 5. The
school census for Beatrice which is
just completed, shows 2,972 of school
age within the city. This is an excess
of 105 over last year.
Old Settler Plcalc.
NORTH LOUP. Neb., June 30. The
annual picnic of the old settlers of
Valley county was held at the home
of A. M. Stewart on the east side of
North Loup River. A large number of
the original settlers were in attend
ance. Herder Throwa From 1
GREELEY, Neb.. June 30. James
Fuller, a herder for Will Reed, was
thrown from a horse and had his arm
broken above the elbow; Hi3 shoul
der was also badly bruised.
aloa Date la Choaea.
SUPERIOR. Neb., June 30. At the
encampment of the Interstate Reunion
association held In this city yesterday
the reunion was located at Superior
on the dates of September 10 to 15 in
clusive. C. E. Adams of this city was
elected commander; H. R- Stone of
Smith Center. Kan., senior vice com
mander: Joseph Hunter of Guide
Rock. Neb., junior vice 'commander;
Rev. Hamilton of Nelson. Neb., chap
lain. The encampment set aside a
day for the Hispano-American war
soldiers.
DURBAN.
the Ship la
A BOTel BWthod ef leaving a steam
er IM Im vogue at Dwrsaa. in NataL
The originality of the method arise
front the pecmllar character of the bay.
which a long, laad-locked lagoon, con
ctc witk the open sea by a narrow
chASMl .which flow, between two
breakwaters intended to prevent the
formation t te bar. and so to main
tain free accesfor ships into the har
bor. That bar to the battle-ground of
political parties in NataL The bishop
of Natal, writing in Good. Words, ex
plains that politics turn more on pro
posals for flghting the bar than on any
policy. Ia the meantime the bar holds
its own", and tke mail steamers are too
big to get into the harbor. The out
side anchorage Is a rough and restless
place, and nine days out of ten, tug3
are afraid U He alongside a gangway.
Thas it happens that passengers are
rawven-to the alternative ot wrapius
from the ship by the same method uy
which St. Paul escaped from Damas
cusin a basket "We owe gratitude,
however, to the Empress Eugenie.."
says the bishop, "for since the day
that she came to Natal on her sad er
rand, the basket has Increased its' di
mensions. It is. in fact, almost as
large as the elevator In a London man
sion, affording room for three or
four people to sit or stand." In this
commodious receptacle the passeugtrs
are hauled aloft by a steam crane, and
dropped with much care and precision
Into the tug lying alongside. The
sensation of swinging aloft and drop
ping into that heaving tug must be
anything but pleasant The shore
gained, the visitor to Durban has a
chance of making the acquaintance of
the Natal rickshaw boy, who will sal
lop him up to the Royal Hotel in
good style. These Zulu boys are good
specimens of their race a race of
children. They have tremendous spir
its. They would think It very tame to
wait their turn for a fare, like the
London cabmen. When a traveler
comes out of the hotel there is a wild
charge of rickshaws across the street
The boys enjoy the race and shout and
leap Into the air. The dress of the
rickshaw boy Is a picturesque medley.
It is a common thing to see one wear
ing the discarded tunic of a private
of an old English line regiment, his
head covered with a child's or a lady's
straw hat. ornamented with tags of
lace and tied with a ribbon under the
chin. Others affect the ferocious style
and adorn themselves with enormous
feathers and a pair of cow's horns tied
to their heads. Youths' Companion-
ECLIPSES
OF
THE SUN.
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Alwaja aa Object of Deep Interest
to
Astronomers.
The earliest records of solar eclipses
are ascribed to Confucius. One of the
eclipses of antiquity was famous for
two events. One was that It was fore
told by an astrologer, the year beins
585 B. C, and the second was that its
alarming appearance stopped a bat
tle between the Lydians and Mcdcs.
Formerly eclipses of the sun created
terror among the beholders, and even
today educated and intelligent people
express a dread of the solemn and im
pressive darkness. One who has wit
nessed a total eclipse gives this
graphic description: "As much as
five minutes before the total obscurity
it may be possible to detect strange
waving lines of light and shade draw
ing across the landscape. Then, with
frightful velocity, the shadow of the
moon is seen approaching, a tangible
darkness advancing like a wall, swift
as imagination, silent as doom. The
immensity of nature never comes so
near as then, and strong must be the
nerves not to quiver as the blue-black
shadow rushes upon the spectator
with Incredible speed. A vast palpi
tating presence seems overwhelming
the world. Bats emerge stealthily.
An assembled crowd is awed into ab
solnte silence. It becomes curiously
cold, and the chill is mental as well as
physical."
Oalr Batchers.
Says Madame, in the New York
Press: "It is an unpleasant thins to
say, but it is true that any one in
America can put out a shingle and
start inasa dressmaker without hav
ing the slightest knowledge of ihe
business. This is where so much
trouble arises. In Paris and Vienna
it is different; one cannot obtain a
license or permit in those cities to en
ter the field as a professional dress
maker unless she or he can show a
diploma from some establishment
where the trade ha3 been learned. In
Paris and Vienna dressmaking is
looked upon as an art, and unless a
person be an artist she has no patrons.
It is quite safe to say that in all New
York there are not three artists in the
dressmaking business."
Two Phlmdelphlans Honored.
Two well-known Philadelphians
have just been honored by the Amer
icas university of Tennessee, says the
Philadelphia Times. At the annual
meeting of the board of regents, which
was recently held at Harriman. a num
ber of honorary degrees were con
ferred upon representative persons
throughout the country, among them
being the Rev. Henry A. F. Hoyt and
Henry Le Barre Jayne ot this city, the
former receiving the degree of D. D.,
and the latter that of LL. D. Dr. Hoyt
is the rector of St John's church of
Lower Merion. and Mr. Jayne is a
prominent member of the Philadelphia
bar.
oa Eastaee la Palestine.
According to an English consular
report oil engines are rapidly advanc
ing in favor in Palestine for the pur
pose of drawing water from the deep
wells to Irrigate the orange groves.
Hitherto the water was pumped by an
imal power. There was a large water
wheel, and from four to eight mules
were required to revolve it, according
to the size ot the wheeL
2few TorsTs BaUdJas Decline.
Increased cost of materials is as
signed as the cause of New York
city's decline in building. The first
three months of 1899 permits taken
out represented building3 to cost
133,000,000; the same time this year
the amount was fl6.000.000.
LANDINQ IN
WHOLE NUMBER 1,574.
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