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S"; f?!l,s::i,"?tr7 ?- ?$ "V" -s?- r .- y i 3 x" , s. - -. -' v- - -. JPit W - - J. C- -v ! Cf -" v " - " . ' - - f i - 4&A r : -1-ra.fes iV -C , X -. , VOLUME XXXI. NUMBER 15. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 18, 1900. WHOLE NUMBER 1,575. KNOWN Kill NUMKR Ki. tk uvr stock rnjmn. MIS. f rwi TAKES Till STANt s?: if, v ' V p.. ' fl y- . ... frv-a ife --'. ' . . - . ?'."; 5 .:-- iff""". - : r &: i-- ' 3Z 9 S F- if 35 v Blanket Indiana in Minnesota Are Ex cited and an Outbreak is Feared. WOtKEl TIE MSELVESINTO f if NZY Wetaiax Hu Bnn Beard of Captaia Mercer Since HU Departare for the Agency and He May Hare Bern Slala tireat Excitameat at Red Lake. ; SOLWAY, Mimu, July 14. Danger 'of an outbreak .by-the blanket Indians en Red Lake is increasing; The In dian police from the agency have gone over to the point where the blan keters are still holding their war dance and it Is expected that trouble will ensue, bulletins "lufvebeen posted in the Chippewa language warning all friend ly Indians and whites to remain away from the point or suffer the conse quences. Twenty mounted men left Solway late last night and will proceed to the agenvy and take instructions from Indian Agent Mercer. The men are well armed and carry each 1,000 rounds of extra ammunition which will be distributed among the settlers. A petition will be sent to Governor Lind tomorrow, asking that a detach ment of state troops be sent to Red Lake at once. The Indians keep up their war dances and their shouts can be heard for three miles at frequent intervals. They discharge their rifles In the air. It is said that a large body of reds from the northern part of the state ha joined forces with the blanketers and small bands of Indians are join ing the main body hourly. It Is es timated that the entire force numbers over 300 at the present. The squaws and papooses have been sent north and only the young bucks remain at the point. The, white settlers at thp point are preparing for an attack. The Indians at the agency have assured the whites of their support, but it is thought that jmany of them are going over to the blanketers. Nothing has been heard of Captain Mercer since his departure for the lake and fears are entertained for his safety. Wl! GABLES TOR MAY. Chinese Minister Undertake to Gee Sm ur Throujli to C(in;er. WASHINGTON, July 14. The Chi nese minister. Mr. Wu. has undertaken - to get through a cipher cable mes sage from Secretary Hay to United States Minister Conger at PeKin and to deliver bacc the reply of the latter if he be alive. Mr. Wu forwarded the cipher dispatch, together with an ex tended explanatory message of his own, on Wednesday, and the results are now being eager.ly awaited both by Secretary Hay and the Chinese min ister, although-lt Is appreciated' that some days must elapse before runners can carry out this plan or opening up communication between the Amer ican government at Washington and the American minister at Fekin. It was soon after Minister Wu pre sented the text of the edict issued by the Chinese imperial government that Mr. Hay requested him to get through a message to Minister Conger Since the Chinese government has succeeded in getting through its own communica tion from tekin, Mr. Hay felt that it was quite reasonable to ask that like communication be opened between our minister and the government here. Mr. Wu readily assented to this proposition and evidenced an earnest desire to use all his personal and official influ ence in getting through the message. He suggested, however, that Mr. Hay tlmself should write the message in cipher, as this would be proof positive to Mr Conger of its genuineness, whereas any open message to the minister might be under the suspicion ' of having emanated from the Boxers. KliN DOWN ROUEIS. it. Louis Authorities Take Member of a Oevperat. ttaus After a Fleet. ST. LOUIS, July 14. Ten detectives engaged this morning in a thrilling street fight with John Nelson, alleged to be one of the gang who robbed the Illinois Central express car of J10,00"0 near Wickliffe. Ky.. early "Wednesday morning. In the battle, which began la the house on Finney avenue and ex tended to the Vandeventer street sta tion, forty shots were exchanged. Nel son was badly wounded, but escaped. General Special Agent George Murray, chief of the Illinois Central railway detective bureau, was shot by the fugi tive and is in a hospital with his left thumb shattered and a ragged pistol wound ranging through his left arm from the elbow to the-shoulder. Charles W. Barnes, said to be a mem ber of the gang, was quickly overpow ered at 4300 West Bell place at 3 o'clock this morning and is now in Jail. FifcUtins Among Taemselvs. NEW YORK. July 14. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Shanghai says. The viceroy of Fun Kien has received a dispatch from Pekin, dated July 7, announcing that General Nieh, with 9,000 men. had reached there from Lutai by making a, long detour of the north. He met and defeated Prince Tuan's army and rescued Prince Ching. but lost 2.500 men in the operation. He is now trying to rescue General Yung-Ln and thus save what may be left of the legations in Pekin: Nieh is favorable to the foreigners. Explosive Are a M.Ttry. PARIS, July 14. The origin of the two boxes of explosives discovered bv a watchman in the cellars of the grand place of the Champ Elysee- is still a mystery. The police believe they were left by workmen when they excavaied the foundations of the building or were hidden there by thieves who intended to recover them later. The feeling in other quarters, however, is that a plot existed, to burn the palace and a connection is made Between the discovery and the recent fire at he Caaeau. d.'Ean,. which investigatioBS showed to have "beea the work of an incendiary. J. Frank Negreen. 18 years of age, a stamp dealer in Omaha, was arraign ed Ik fore a United States commission er at New York charged with Laving used canceled stamps for mailing let ters and with being a fugitive from justice. It is understood that oficers are on their way to take him back to Omaha. The Dally News Tien Tsin cni neadent says the allies have decided t bombard the native city, which they have hesitated to attack, owiag te- the heavy commercial interests la-Tolved. Wfr FniI rr Suala. BM f Staai NEW YORK, July 12. Twenty-four bodies were recovered from the hold of the Saale today, which makes the total number of dead taken from this ship alone sixty. Host of the bodies were so badly burned or mutilated that recognition was impossible, but several were identified by initials or names on arti cles taken from parts of clothing that sometimes remained. All of them ap peared to be workmen in the holds of the steamship. Great pumps were worked in the Saale today and by 2:30 p. m. the ves sel was floated. The ship was In nine or ten feet of mud and when she final ly freed herself from this body she seemed to jump fully two feet out of the water. When the sixteenth body- was brought out it was then nearly 7 o'clock. Coroner Hoffman said that I he would not stop until all the bodies had been brought up, but his workmen said they could not see. There were eight more bodies, according to the report of the coroner's men. In the steward's room. How many more there were in the ship no one could tell. It was believed by the workmen that all had been found. The faces of the dead were horribly distorted and swollen. The odor of the bodies pervaded the ship and was detected on the Jersey shore when the wind shifted that way. The work of the wrecking company may be finished tomorrow or Friday. Up to tonight 159 bodies of victims had been recovered and eight more are known to be on the Saale, having been located but not taken out This makes 167 bodies recovered from the ship, river and bay. One other body was found of Rockaway, making the total thus far 168. A DUEL OP BIG 6UNS. British aad Bossiaa Legation at Pekla Battered Down by Artillery. LONDON, July 13. The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mall says the following story regarding the po sition in Pekin emanates from Chinese official sources: "The two remaining legations, the British and Russian, were attacked in force on the evening of July 6, Prince Tuan being in command. The attacks were divided. Prince Tuan command ed the center, the right wing was led by Prince Tsai Yin and the. left by Prince Yin Lin. The reserves were under Prince Tsin Yu. "The attack began with artillery fighting, which was severe and lasted until 7 o'clock in the morning, by which time both legations were de stroyed and all the foreigners were dead, while the streets around the le gation were full of dead bodies of both foreigners and Chinese. "Upon hearing of the attack Prince Ching and General Wang Wen Shao went with troops to the assistance of the foreigners, but they were outnumbered- aadU defeated. Both Prince Ching and General Wang Wen Shoa were killed. "Two foreigners are said to have es caped through the gates, one with a heavy sword wound on his head. "Prince Tuan. in celebration of the victory, distributed 100,000 taels and huge quantities of rice to the Boxers." The Chinese representative at Berlin denies the statement that Li Hung Chang had sent to him a hopeful tele gram. He cays, on the contrary, no di rect telegram has been received by him from Li Hung Chang for some time. The remaining news is restricted to the usual crop of untrustworthy ru mors, the most serious of which, re ported, by the correspondent of the Ex press, Is to the effect that Europeans are directing the Chinese military ope rations. The correspondent asserts that Captain Bailey of H. M. S. Auro ra distinctly saw a man in European garb directing the Chinese artillery operations outside of Tien Tsin. H0VUT FlUriNOS TO TIME. Captaia Dodd la Xorthwestera Laxoa Has a Thrilling Experience. WASHINGTON, July 14. The War department has received an Interest ing report from Captain George A. Dodd. Thiru cavalry, in regard to op erations in northwestern Luzon with Troop F of that regiment .from April 8 to May 3 last. This troop enjoys an enviable reputation for expert horsemanship and military drill in this country, having participated in various military tournaments at Mad ison Square garden at New York, com ing out with flying colors in each. Cap tain Dodd's force, consisting of eighty seven men and ninety-seven horses, left Ylgan, the capital of Iloeos Sur province, on April 8 and headed north ward. Early on the morning of the 15th inst. his command encountered a large party of- insurgents under Gre agiro Aglipay in the mountains near Badoc In a fierce fight lasting an hour forty-nine insurrectios were killed, four were mortally wounded and forty four were made prisoners. The affray took place in a thick jungle, which made the movements of the soldiers very difficult. The command then pro ceeded to hunt down a large body of insurgents believed to be somewhere in the vicinity of Baloc Fire P strays Casla Works. PITTSBURG, Pa.. July 14. The Garland chain works at Rankin. r& were destroyed by fire at 4:30 this afternoon. Loes. $100,000. The fire was caused by the explosion of a tank of chemicals, but no one was injured. Sw Treaty Flaas es Barlia. BERLIN, July 13. The signing at Washington by Secretary of -State Hay and Dr. Yon Holleben. the German am bassador, of the reciprocity agreement between the two countries has had an excellent effect here, especially as the Berlin foreign, office states that it was done without exacting special conces sions from Germany. The Semi-Official Post says: "The importance of the concession does not lie in the market advantage, but in the recoining "of the reciprocity principle and in the fastening: of friendly ties." LONDON, July 13. Lord Curzon of Keddleston. viceroy of India, cabled to the secretary of state for India, Lord George Hamilton, that an excellent rain has fallen in. the northwestern provinces and in parts of Central In dia aad that useful showers nave ec carred ia Rajppetana aad Deems. LONDON, Jaly 13. Am exceptional heat wave iscaaing numerous ssa strohea aad iroatratfoas. In Loadoa the theraoaaeter registered 125 de degrees ia the sua and 8 ia the shzis 1-t Tw.l Myriad Army of Chinese Sweep Down TJjea the loreigmexi. IUSSMNS Sllf HI KAVY LOSSES Hear, lafall at Oppoitaa Time Saves Farelgaen Frm Disaster Stack Daabt I. Tarawa on Optimistic aU ports Caaceralag Legatloaa. LONDON, July 12. The Express this morning publishes a dispatch from Tien Tsin, dated Friday last, via Che Foo, saying- "General Ma has defeated the allied troops and reoccupied the Chinese eastern arsenal, after Inflicting great ment lasted six hours and was fought with great determination by both sides. The Chinese were eventually able to utilize the effective guns of the fort abutting on the city walls near the tao tai's yamen, the allied troops suffering severely from the lack of heavy guns and cavalry. "The Japanese commander sent an appeal to hurry reinforcements, as the allies were In imminent danger of a general defeat," have endeavored to send up reinforce ments from Tien Tsin, but instead of that they are still in force in the neigh borhood of that place, and are assisted by the imperial Chinese troops. According to a Che Foo dispatch the fighting around Tien Tsin on July 3 and 4 was the most severe yet experi enced. The British loss alone was thirty killed or wounded. The Chinese had 75,000 men attacking simultaneous ly from the west, north and east and made excellent practice with over 100 LONDON, July 1L "No authentic news from Pekin" is still the burden of the dispatches from the far east, and although the disposition is to be lieve the optimistic reports from Chi nese sources, no real confidence is pos sible, until the legations, if they are still In existence, are permitted to com municate with their governments. If. as is alleged, the Boxer movement is losing ground in Pekin, it might have been supposed that the Boxers would guns. The defenders numbered 14,000, with scant supplies, and it was only the presence of the newly arrived Japanese and Russian guns that pre vented a disaster. One Russian com pany of infantry numbering 120 men had 115 killed or wounded. The Ger man contingent also suffered heavily. By the evening of July 4 the situa tion was very critical. The allies nar rowly escaped total defeat. Providen tially when things were at the worst a heavy ralnfalL compelled the Chinese to retire. On July 6, the rain having abated, the Chinese renewed the attack, open ing fire on Tien Tsin with two bat teries of four-inch guns, but the allies, aided, by twe H HL 8. Terrible's fer inch guns, succeeded in silencing the Chinese artillery after eight hours of fighting. At Shanghai it seems now to be the general belief that the date of the dispatch of July 3 asserting that two legations were still standing was an error, accidental or Inten tionaL The couriers must have left Pekin at least five days earlier, mak ing the real date of the message June 28, while the alleged massacres are said to have occurred on June 30. Un til this point can be cleared up the greatest anxiety will be felt as to the fate of the Europeans. According to the Shanghai corres pondent of the Express it is war to the knife between the dowager em press and Prince Tuan. In an edict the latter boldly discards his mask and signs himself as emperor. He warmly commends the prowess of "his faithful Boxers." and In flowery lan guage appeals to their cupidity and fanaticism. In the same decree Prince Tuan appoints Prince Tzuan. the "Iron Capped" Prince Tsaishan, his Imperial clansman, and Kang Yi to command the three chief wings of the Boxer army. The Chinese version of the origin of the outbreak as published in Shang hai is that Baron von Ketteler was halted by the Pekinese, who, taking advantage of the condition of affairs, shot him out of revenge, thereby caus- ! ing a conflict between the Chinese troops and the Germans, the latter de stroying the tsung li yamen. The in furiated soldiers under Prince Tuan then gained complete control over the dowager empresss. All CAIS RliMUNi AS USUAL Strikers aad Traaslt Coaapaay TeU Dif ferent Stories. ST. LOUIS, July 13. Cars are run ning as usual and traffic on the va rious lines of the St. Louis Transit company is growing heavier. Officials of the Transit company declare that a number of the strikers have desert ed the union and are applying for work. This is denied by strikers' ex ecutive 'committee, which, makes a counter assertion that men are leav ing the employ- of the company. Efforts are being made by the citi zens' committee, of which John T. S Wilson is chairman, to settle the strike by arbitration. The committee has is- sued a statement reviewing the situa tion and requesting both parties to the controversy to submit the matters in dispute for settlement by a board of arbitration. Neither side has an swered the request. The Transit com pany officials say that as far as they are concerned there is no strike. TmmA la Appreciated. HAVANA, July 10. Civil Governor Betancourt of Maranxas called upon General Wood today to express his appreciatiom of the steps the gov ernor ass takes towards giving inde pendence to the Cabana and also of. General Wood's attitude in endeavor ing to lift up Cuban public life. In this connection he mentioned the re organixatioB of the Havana university and said he -hoped that ia the future it would be a university ia fact as well as in name and that, aad that its professors would be chosen rather for their fitness than because of their relations to politicians. Jsstsc CawI4.2Ce NEW LONDON, Mo July 13. Charles HaaeDtBrst, who m 1871 ac companied Gilbert Gates from St. Charles. DL. to Kansas, was a witaeas todav ia. the trial of Alex Jester. He described the aaearaBce of the pris oner at the trial at Wichita. At the time wkea Jester was asked low the powder caate to be is the Test which he wore, which the state daiara was the ptuauLj of Gilbert Gates, he was dambfeaaded aad aaahle to aaswer. The jade, owiag to the ariaoxer"s In- abOitr ts aralr adJoaraed court. At its oaeaiac aa boar afterward. Jester was able to testify. v Lataat Uaatatteaa Wwwm Smmttt aad : CUy. SOUTH OMAHA. Cattle The week opens out with a lib-t eral run. 200 loads. 4.692 head. Including!, 64 loads of western rangers, practically the first of the season. Trade opened out slow. Some of the best cattle brought, very nearly steady prices, but more cattle sold 510c lower than any other way. stuff ruled slow, fully 10c lower. Veal calves, bulls, stags, etc-, ruled steady "ihe stocker and feeder market was very slow and prices were unevenly lower, more particularly for the lighter weights. Beeves, J4.804J3: poor to fair steers. $1 5-S0: good to choice cow? and heifers. $4.20&i.T5; fair to good cows and heifers. C.804.00; common and canning grades. COOgXaO; bulls, stags, etc.. rt234.33;-) calve, common to choice. S3.006l6.50r good to choice stnekoro ami feeders. S4.O0frM0;J fair to good stockers and feeders. 13.jj1 .w; common to rair stocicers ana iu-i ers. X23S3.fiO; milkers and springers, 13.08, 1.50. Hogs The week opened with an aver age Monday run, 69 cars. 4,900 head, as against 5.600 on last Monday. The quality was Just about like last week, pretty good but there was quite a large proW portion of light mixed stuff. In sight m the west. 32.000. against 56,000 a week ago and 61,000 a year ago. The market opened fully steady, with all of the packers in the competition, and the feeling grew stronger right' up to the close, some late sales 5c higher. The range was narrow at S3.1035-20 and bulk of the supply brought" $j-U5.15, with the former leading price and the latter representing last sales. The vens were cleared early. Butcher and heavy hogs. $3.1205.30: mixed and medium weights. J5.10S3.15: light and light mixed, J5.10jf3.15. Sheep Receipts were heavy, 22 loads, 7.080 head, practically all western grass era. There was a lair demand from all sources, but the market was slow and 10 Sloe lower than last week. Western grass wethers. J3L65Q4.00: western grass ewes, J3.23'?j3.73: western grass lambs. J4w0 06.25; western stock sheep, $3.003.:0. KANSAS CITY. Cattle Receipts. 7.CU0; market 10c lower; natives. $4,7545.45; Texans. $3.0OS4.50; stockers. $3.2554.75. Hogs Receipts. 7.000: market steady; top. $3.35: bulk, $3.205.274. Sheep Receipts. 2.500 head; market 10c higher; muttons. $3.S54.50; Iambs. $3.00 56.00. I0ERS POtCtl TO tVACUATf. Lord Roberts Kerorts Successful Aa aaalt of BriUah. LONDON, July 11. Lord Roberts'has sent the following dispatch to the war office: "PRETORIA, July 10. Clements' and Paget's forces entered Bethlehem July 7. The former on nearing the town sent in a flag of truce, demand ing its surrender, which was refused by Dewet, when Paget, making a wide turning movement, succeeded in getting hold of the enemy's most Im portant position, covering the town. ' This was earned before dark by the Munster Fusiliers and Yorkshire light infantry. This morning the attack was continued and by noon the town was in our possession and the enemy in full retreat. "Our casualties were four officers and thirty-two men of the Munsters wounded, one missing; Captains Mc Pherson and Weakes and Lieutenant Conway severely, and Lieutenant Boyd Crochefort, acotish Rifles, slightly wounded; seven mea.ef.the Yorkshires weunded;. one killed;- two wounded the Imperial yeomanry. "Paget reports that but for the ac curate practice of the Thirty-eighth Royal artillery and the Fourth City Imperial batteries the casualties would have been many more. "Baden-Powell reached Rustenburg during the evening of July 8 without opposition. He found all quiet there and public confidence satisfactory, thanks to the prompt and bold grasp of the situation taken by Major Han bury Tracy. The district west of this Is somewhat unsettled, owing to the small force which attacked. Rusten burg being still in that neighborhood. Measures are being taken to meet -this. "Further information regarding the capture of Bethlehem has now been received from Clements. He states that the country there is broken and diffi cult. Consequently his and Paget's I cavalry were unable to make any wide turning movement. Clements attack ed one position, while Paget attacked another. The position assailed by Cle ments was gallantly taken, by the Royal Irish, who captured a gun of the Seventy-seventh battery lost at Stormberg. The list of casualties has not yet been received, hut they are few, considering the strength of the positions assaulted. "Hunter's cavalry, under Broadwood, reached Bethlehem Juiy 8. Hunter, with his main force, was within nine miles of the town when Clements dis patched his reports." Pat Blaaae oa Idler's Grew. CLEVELAND, -July 10. No at tempt has been made to recover the bodies of Mrs. James Corrigan. her three daughters, niece and grand daughter, who were drowned by the capsizing of the yacht Idler off thi3 port last Saturday afternoon. A ter rific gale blew all day yesterday and continued until late this afternoon, making it impossible for tugs to get near the scene of the wreck for the purpose of making a search. A party will go out to the wreck with divers tomorrow. Vast Army la Philippines. WASHINGTON, Julr 10. A state ment prepared by the adjutant gen eral shows that the total strength of the United States army in the Philip- P"13 June 3 Isu was V26 offlcers and men. Of that number 31.821 were regulars and 31.605 volunteers, distributed among the different arms as follows: Infantry. 54.368 officers and men; cavalry. 3,492; artillery, 2. 291, and -staff corps. 3,276. The total strength given includes 1,330 officers and men of the Ninth infantry, since transferred to China. Preparing; for Beat War. WASHINGTON, July 13. It is In ferred at the War department that Colonel Liscum and. the two battalions of the Ninth infantry, which arrived at Taku on Friday, have reached Tien Tsin. Colonel Liscnm was given a free hand in the matter of an ad vance and it is thought by prompt movement he has already reached the bereagured city- of Tien Tsin, whee according to advices today to, the Brit ish admiralty, reinforcements were urgently needed. Victorias fe British. LONDON, July 9. Late news from South Africa reports that the Boers ineffectually attacked General Boiler's escort between Standertoa aad Heid elburr on Saturday as he was retara fhg from a visit to -Lord Roberts. The Boers attacked Firkabara; gar rison at mida! gat oa Tuesday, bat were drivea oat after forty-tve ann ates fightiac. General Brabant, on July 5. occupied Deeraborg, between Senakay and WInburg. which served as n base for bands asaailisg convoya. TiMEgLatij f Elk Greek Severe! j In jcred at Tecumsea. tk ntntniONisT state ticket . IV Xaah, a Farmer, Xear itktaa4 Badly Cat Vp by a Keaper, Drawa by Five FTigatraed H.iaea Otbcr Stat. H( lajored by a Fall Froam Wheel. TECUMSEH, Neb., July 13. As Miss Amy Lawrence and Miss Blanch Hughes were bicycle riding Wednes day evening the former suffered a painful accident. They were riding at a -lively gait when Miss Lawrence's wheel struck an old can ia the road. She was thrown completely over the handlebars and landed on her head and back. She was picked up in an unconscious condition and jtaken home. Upon, examination the physician found that four of her ribs were sev ered from the spine, her head badly lacerated and one limb considerably injured. The unfortunae young wo man remained in a semi-conscious condition for hours and grave hopes were entertained for her recovery for a time: It is now believed she will recover, but she will be confined to her bed for weeks. The young woman lives in Elk Creek and the accident occurred there. Prohibitum State Ticket. LINCOLN, July 13. The following state ticket was named at the prohibi tionist convention today: Governor, L. O. Jones, Lincoln; lieutenant gov ernor, Charles P. Lawson, Santee Agency; secretary of state. N. L. Whit ney, Beatrice; treasurer, C. C. Crowell, Blair; land commissioner, Erastus Hickman. Seward; auditor, Wilson Brody. Brody; attorney general, D. M. Strong, North Bend; superintendent of schools, Bartley Blair, Page. Electors at large: D. A. Shaffer, St. Edward; Joel Warner, Creston. Electors: First congressional district, Charles E. Smith, Falls City; Second, John Dale, Omaha; Third, C. L. Carpenter, Creigh ton; Fourth, Frank A. Burt, Aurora; Fifth, William Trimmim, Orleans; Sixth, George H. Hornby, Valentine. Cot la Piece by Harvester. ASHLAND, Neb., July 13. A fright ful accident happened at the farm of C. L. Nash, nine miles northwest of this city, yesterday afternoon, result ing in the death of Willie, the 9-year-old son of Melville Frederick, a farmer living near Memphis. Mr. Frederick was gathering grain with a reaper, to which there were Ave horses hitched, the little boy riding the lead er The horses became frightened and unmanageable, throwing the boy un der the sicklebar of the machine. His left leg was severed below the knee, his left arm was literally cut to pieces ad-thare-were dreadful injuries about the lower part of his body." The child was beyond the help of surgical skill, which was immediately summoned, and died in a few hours. Cambridge Bay Bloodhounds. CAMBRIDGE, Neb., July 13. The pair of bloodhounds recently purchased by the citizens of Cambridge arrived from Tennessee today. The numerous midnight depredations during the last few months prompted the citizens to take this precaution. It is believed that the hounds will not only stop burglary, but put an end to the petty thievery which has been quite preva lent. Span of Bridge Dropa. FULLERTON, Neb.. July 13. A thirty-foot span of the bridge cross ing the Loup river near this city gave way yesterday, dropping Russel Had ley and a traction engine and tender which were crossing at the time a dis tance of fifteen feet to the water below. Hadley was slightly scaleded about the face and neck and his ankle was sprained. The injuries are not seri ous. TecBBMth Bank Closes. TECUMSEH. Neb., July 13.-Cashler L. R. Bailey of the Exchange bank of Vesta finds that there Is not suffi cient banking business in the little town to pay him for his services and consequently the management of the concern has decided to quit. The bank has gone into voluntary liquidation and is now closing up its business and paying up uepositors. Mr. Bailey will devote his energies to farming. Burglar StlU at Lare. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.. July 13. Sheriff W. D. Wheeler and Special Detective Delong have thus far failed to learn anything more as to the wuereabouts of the two men who held up and robbed the night operator and the ticket office of the Missouri Pa cific. As the robbers could not get the safe open they only succeeded in getting about $10 cash, and half of that belonged to the operator. Aaaual Mission Feast. COLUMBUS, Neb., July 9. The Ger man Lutheran church at this place, of which Rev. H. Meissler is the pastor, had its annual mission feast in the grove of Max Gottberg. six miles north of town yesterday, being joined by the Bismarck township church. Rev. A. Frese pastor and the Grand Prairie church. Rev. E. Holm pastor. A very large congregation attended the ser vices. Stat. Fair Contract. LINCOLN, July 13. The State Board of Agriculture met tonight and awarded contracts for state fair sup plies. Secretary Furnas said all indi cations pointed to the largest exhibit of live stock in the history of the fair. I'armer Killed by Fall. ALBION, Neb. July 13. At 10 o'clock today D R Pittenger fell from the upper floor of his uay barn, strik ing; on his head and breaking: his neck. He lived only a few moments. Finds Cons; Lost S'ster. BEATRICE, Neb July 13. Mr. James Hoagiand a resident of Beatrice, who during the civil war was separated from his family, a few days ago learn ed of the existence of a sister in Hun tington, Ind whom he had not seen for thirty-five years, and today left for Indiana to see her. Fraah- McCabat Bovad Ott. BEATRICE, Neb., July 13. Frank: McCabe, who witk a couple of accom plices was arrested a few days ago oa the charge of robbing the Beatrice Caaaiwg company's works, was ar raigned today and bound over to the aiatrict court. TestMaa la Her On Bahair Bator, th. Iaaaatty Baar. PAPILLION. Neb., July 13. The argument before the Insanity board in the Flgg case was closed this after noon at 2 o'clock and the board took a recess until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. The proceedings were enlivened somewhat today by the appearance of Mrs. Figg o& the stand. While she maintained a quiet demeanor it was evident that her feelings were undergoing a terrible strain. Some of the questions she refused to answer, claiming Atorney General C. C. Wright was of a worldly make-up, while the questions should he an swereo to God. Her husband also took the stand and along with a general denial -stated that his wife was becoming more proper in a Godly form every day. During the entire trial Mrs. Figg sat nolding a little girl. Her face was a study. She has eyes that resemble burnt holes in a blanket and has a habit of casting them heavenward, .-it times when testimony was not to her liking her features would become rigid. The general opinion prevails that she will be acquitted. Dr. Armstrong, the examining physician, made a re port that the accused were sound physically and mentally. Floater at Bellava. BELLEVUE. Neb., July 9. A floater was recovered at this place today. The body is that of a young man any where from 17 to 20 years of age, weight about 140 pounds, height five tn inches, color of hair dark auburn, close shaven, but beard evidently red, color of eyes indiscernable. The body had evidently been in the water from one to three weeks. A scar exists in the epigastic region, as from a burn or severe blister. No clothing or marks of violence. Interment at the county's expense. The body may be that of the youth lost at Gibson a few weeks ago. However, tiie coroner has failed to get a response to telegraphic or telephone inquiry from there. Xoaas; Girl's Saddea Death. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., July 9. A telegram from Maywood, Neb., con tained the sad news of the sudden death of Mis3 Violet Newell through being thrown from a horse there last evening. Miss Newell was 17 years of age and is a daughter of Senator W. H. Newell of this city, where she was born and has since resided. At the close of school in Brownell Hall, in Omaha, she and her sister, Bernice, went to Maywood to spend the sum mer vacation with their sister, Mrs. William Stewart. The body is ex pected to arrive in this city tomorrow evening. The funeral services will probably be held Tuesday and the body laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery. Farmer Tat by Sickle. HUMBOLDT, Neb., July 8. Fred Swihart a farmer living several miles northeast of town, had a narrow es cape frees deathrthe other day. While working in the harvest field he at tempted to assist in stopping a fright ened team of mules attached to a bind er and was thrown in front of the sickle. His right arm was caught and literally cut to pieces, the bone being cut through in two places above the elbow. He was dragged thirty feet before the team could be stopped. It is feared that he is also injured in ternally. Fortunately the sickle bar was broken or the result might have been more serious. Ogalalla Bank Incorporated. OGALALLA, Neb., July 8. The Ex change bank, which has been run dur ing the past three years by J. W. Welpton as a private bank, i3 now in corporated under the Nenraska laws. The paid up capital has been increased from 15.000 to $10,000. The manage ment of the bank will remain the same, under the control of J. W. Welp ton. who retains 97 per cent of the cap ital stock, while ff. Wlnlpton owns the balance. JfeaoBlte Caaspmeetias;- MILFORD, Neb., July 9. A Men onite camp meetin that has been in progress here for the past ten days closed its meeting last night. Large audiences have been in attendance at each meeting. There was lots of en thusiasm among the leaders, but It did not reach the people and few conver sions were made. Decide for the Saloon. MADISON, Neb.. July 9.The anti saloon league has begun proceedings in the district court to prevent the village trustees of Battle Creek from granting a saloon license to Ludwig Volberding. The matter was fought in the village board and the vote on the remonstrance was a tie and the mayor decided in favor of the saloon. Rnrai Mail Deliery. MILFORD, Neb., July 9. On July 16 the first rural free mail delivery in Seward county will oe inaugurated, beginning at Milford postoffice. Two routes have been established, cover ing a distance of six miles east ana six miles west. E. C. Funk and Henry Madske have been appointed mail carriers. Boy Falls oa Picket Fence. TECUMSEH, Neb., 3u7 . Ben Karas, an Elm Creek lad, was walking on a picket fence Wednesday, when he fell on one of the pickets. An ugly wound was inflicted in his side which required half a dozen stitches to draw together. Fortunately the pickets did not enter a more vital portion of his anatomy than the flesh of his side. gaffer Injaries ia a Baaaway. CRETE, Neb., July 9. An accident of a serious nature occurred at Crete Saturday evening. Mrs. Chemelier and Mrs. Huncovsky and Miss Soebeck were in a buggy on the main street when the horse took fright at a balloon and ran wildly down the street. On suddenly turning a corner the buggy was overturned, throwing out- the oc cupants. Miss Soebeck's arm was brok en and one of Mrs. Chemelier'a fingers was broken. The horse was thrown on its back and the bugy badly de molished. Charge With Selling Liqaor. BENKELMAN, Neb.. July 9. Laf ayette Allen was arrested at Haigier today charged with selling intoxicat ing; liquors -without a license. A search of his premises revealed a quantity of intoxicants. His prelim inary heariafr will be held next Thurs day. Fir. Destroys Grata. FAIRMONT. Neb.. July 9. Fifteen acres of wheat belonging to B. F. Rice- and six acres- of oats owned by M. Shoemaker. located about two miles east of here, were destroyed by ire yesterday lit unf mm rt an Caaath.aUeat Basaars Ail that Bml aat. From Calaea. Bmplre. LONDON. July 10. With the for eigners In Pekin probably safe amid civil war, with Prince Ching on their side, with the powers united aad their forces constantly increasing, the out look in China Is rather more hopeful than it has been for a month past. It appears from the cautious statement given out by Taotal Shong in Shanghai that the reason that the levy guns bear ing on the legation In Pekin were not used is that Prince Ching. who is served by 10,000 mounted troops, seized all the artillery ammunition. Sheng likewise intimates that Lung Yu, com mander in chief of the northern army is associated with Prince Ching in op posing Prince Tuan's ferocious designs and dictatorial ambitions.. Sheag, who appears to be the sole Shanghai con duits of Pekin. news cheers the foreign consuls by these confidential communications, but takes excessive precaution to prevent the Chinese from thinking him friendly to foreigners. The feeling of unrest in the southern and central provinces continues. The members of the official classes in those provinces strive to remain neutral with a leaning toward the foreigners until they shall know whether the moderate or extreme factions will win in Pekin. Prince Ching seems to be standing for the dynasty and the old order against Prince Tuan's inordinate am bition. From a foreign point of view the cap ture of Pekin is the key to the sit uation, as there is fear, according to the Daily Mail's Shanghai correspond ent, that delay now means one hun dred recruits for the Boxers for every soldier of the allies in the land. Two couriers arrived at Tien Tsin on July from. Pekin. One brought a letter from Sir Claude MacDonald, the- British minister, to the same effect as that previously received from Sir Robert Hart. The couriers confirm the reports of the death of Baron von Ketteler. They say that Prince Ching is doing his utmost to protect the for eigners, but that the native feeling against the whites is strong. Two of ficials opposed to the Boxers are re ported by the couriers to have been assassinated. Sir Claude MacDonald's letter is dated four days earlier than that of Sir Robert Hart's. KATM LIST STftl GROWS. Bodies Recovers! From Saal. Swell Xamber or Uobok.a Fir. Victim. NEW YORK, July 9. Three more bodies were found today on the Saale. This makes twenty-nine bodies that have thu3 far been taken from the wreck of the Saale since the Are and 146 bodies m all recovered. The. bodies recovered today were found in the second cabin in the after part of the ship and they were horrible sights to look upon. They had very little cloth ing on and were all victims of the are. They could aot be identified No bodies were recovered from the Bremen or Main today, although the work of searching was kept up. Dynamite was exploded on the river bed about the wrecks of the piers of the North Geramn Llojd today with out bringing to the surface any more bodies. One charge was sent down between the ruins of the Thingvalla line pier and the pier of the Hamburg line. A column of water was hurled Into the air and the water agitated for a long distance by the charge, but no bodies were floated. Another charge was fired, but to no purpose. STILL flGNTING IN LUZON. Filipinos Had ISO Men Killed While Americans Lim. Eleren. MANILA, July 8. The last week's scouting in Luzon resulted in eleven Americans being killed and sixteen wounded. One hundred and sixty Fil ipinos were killed during the week and eight Americans, who had been prison ers in the hands of the rebels, were surrendered and 100 rifles were turned over to the United States officials. The enemy ambushed a wagon train between Indang and Naic. The Third infantry lost nine men. while on an expedition to punish the Ladrones in the Delta of the Rio Grande. In the Antigua province of Panay a running fight of three hours' duration resulted in the killing or wounding of seventy of the enemy. There were no casualties among the Americans. Federal Marshal ia Shot. MOUNT STERLING. Ky.. July 9. Today word came over the telephone from Maribo, Meuefee. county, that Deputy United States Marshal Howard Wilson had been killed and Tip Day and Joseph Bush of this county mor taly wounded and could not live only a few hours. Wilson, accompanied by William Stamper of this pace, had gone in search of Day, who was want ed in Virginia on special charges, in cluding alleged violation of the Inter nal revenue laws. Not far from Man bo, in Menefee county, about thirty five miles from here, they came up with Day, James Bush and two wo men. Ban Down by Train. ST. LOUIS. July 9. George Schoen ing and William Grab were killed and Fred Frige was probably fatally in jured at Columbia. III., near here, this afternoon. Ihe three men were in a buggy that was demolished by a train at a Baltimore & Ohio- Southwestern railway crossing. Baboaie Plague Feared ia Nicaragua. MANAGUA. Nicar.. via Galveston. July 13. The government Is renewing its sanitary measures for its preven tion of the introduction into the coun try of the bubonic plague. Waats to Ban Whirlpool Rapid. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., July 8. Bowser, the Chicago man who pur poses to run the Whirlpool rapids In his life boat, did not succeed in. launch ing his craft today. Preparations were made to put the beat In the water, but again tfle Canadian police Inter fered under the Sunday law. Flreauta Dies of rajariea. PITTSBURG. July 8. Stuart Burns of engine company No.. 4, who was taken out of the wrecked Evans build ing last night, died at an early hour this morning, making the list of dead number five. Captain Dan Campbell. also of No, 4, who was thought last night to have suffered the least In jury of any of those buried, is tonight in a very critical condition, suffering internal injuries. The paysicians con sider his chances of recovery very slight- The other injured men are getting along nicely. Calumbiis State Bank I BB !) 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