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- . W in i ii "n 1 1 r nrr "r 1n mif iw hi i 1 1 1 ---. -- -sO e.pf-4jp s - - -- r alvaabm WHOLE NUMBER 1,628.. VOLUME Xtfcri. JTUMBEK 16. COLtJMBtJS, lEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 24.1901. r- - " -il loimraL a . & B SEW ON SCHLEY MaHaVi Estcrj 5o: to Be Used a: "ArzaTxlis Acacsnrr. AtJTMt WILL IEVI5E SOME MITS lie Admit tht Hh Lanrs- ' To AbntiTf aad sys Proof sbeeti War 5oc All Shown Too United states Ofllc 1.1a as Tbrv Slioold Have Cru WASHINGTON. Jniy 20. Tn sec retary cf the navy nas decided that the third volaae of Madams history o' the Spanish-American ar shall not be used as a textbook a: the naval academy unless the obnoxious lan tHage it contains in characterizing the action of Hear Admiral Schley is eliminated. The secretary says that it tc-oald h? manifestly improper to have a history containing scch intem perate lan5Eae as a textbook for the cadets. Ke -will inform both Com mander XVaintvrisht. who is in com mand cf the naval academy, and Mr. Haciay .4 the anthor cf the history, cf his decision In this connection th secretary says the proofs of the en tire volnme re net submitted to him by the historian. He received only the proofs of the third chapter that reiatinz to the mobilization cf th Seets which contained a snmmary of tfce oaieis arhich he. &- secretary of the navy, had issued in makinz the naval preparations for Tar. That chapter was satisfactory tind he re turned it to Mr Maclay -xtih his ap proval. He says he never satv the accoent of th battle of Santiago and the criticism of Rear Admiral Schley nntil niter the book "as published. Mr. Maclaj teas appointed to his pres ent position in the Ne York navy yard Aesupt 23. 1500. having been transferred from the lighthouse ser vice. Arra NaTal Clique. BALTIMORE. July 2v General Felix .Asms. puWisher of the Balti more American, has telegraphed the feile'R-ing tc President McKmley THIliam MfKinley. President. Can ton. Ohio. "Mariay's Hiscry of th Navy" is the standard in use at the naval academy. In the third volume. jest issued, the historian charges Rear Admiral Schley "-ith being a co-xard. a liar, a caitiC. an incompetent and insubordinate. In an inter iear in the American this morning. Maclay. the historian, who is a navy department clerk, classed as a laborer, and at tached to the 3rocklyn navy yard, says that proofs of this Third volum5. irhich ssoaW have told the most glori ous story in all our naval annals, c-ere submitted to Secretary Lons and Acxniral Sampson and approved by them in advaaoe of publication, also that l-oasr pet him in his present po sition afte- he had read and approved this scurrilous attack upon Admiral Schley. These proofs -xere also sub mitted to Admiral Dexey. ho refused to read them. If aazht ere needed to convince any fair-minded man that a clique in the nsvy department has conspired to traduce the hro of Santiago and that th -ousptracy ras carried into execration whSe this brave and gallant oScer "was suffering expatriaaon or " the fever-infested coasts of South Aiserica. this should fumis it. Will yoa. Mr. President, m viex of all this. sit quietly by and permit these con spirators so continue their diabolical wsrk? Every jusnce-loving American appeals to yoa to intervene in the name and for the sake of fair play. Next to being right all the time. xhich ao man ever -xas. the best thing -is to find out as soon as possible that yea- are "a-rong and riaht yourself im mediately. FELIX AGNUS. Publisher Baltimore j Grdr in Rlocdr Battle. DENVER. Colo.. July 2 A special te the Ne'ars from Sidney. Neb., says: Greek and Austrian graderr met here in deadly combat. Six Greeks -a-er wounded and one Austrian -sras killed After a drunken rcrx the Austnans at tacked the Geeks -oath knives, re velvers and clubs and completely rout ed them, after severely -xoundine six of their number. Rade Lubovic. an Austrian, was killed. Bobbed sad Drop Dead. WICHITA. Kan, July 2. After be ing rabbet! on a Cheetah train, return ing from EI Reno. F. R. Smith, an aged man from 3onham. Texas, cropped dead in a crowded coach. The . body "sos placed in a seat and taken to Oklahoma City. His wife and daughter were with him. Hn. IIisiu is safely Over. QUEEN5TOWN. July 20. Mrs. D. Hanna. who is a passenzcr on the Canard "liner Campania, from New Tork tc Liverpool, -when interviewed on the steamer in Queenstown haroor by a representative of the Associated Press, said her trip to Europe was entirely one cf pleasure and that its duration -would depend on circum stances. She asserted that she was net aware of having left Nex York ciry under sensational conditions. Htt Rain In Part of Texaa. HOUSTON, Tex July tQ. Heavy rains are reported, from many parts cf Teaxs last night, today and tonight, wnile the rain is not general, near ly aH sections of the state have ben reached and a large portion of thr ccttcn country has been soaked. The reports from Denton. Fort Worth ana Temcu in northern Texas say that the do-srnpour covered a -sride area in fie Tidnity of these towns. Other sections need rain. TAX If VY fit TIE STATE; It to Stow Cteced ud la SI Mm a Blov. LNCOLN, Neb., July 22. The state board of equalization completed the tax lery by counties The rate for the general fund is 6 mills; for the nalversity fund. 1 mill Owing to the increase in the assessed valuation ot the state, -which amounts to nearly C7G0.0M. the university fund will be increased this year by about S2.5S5 over last year. The levy by counties is as follows General Fund. ' University Anteiop- .... Easar ... Blaine Boone .... Box Bun- .. Boyd Brown Buffalo Bart .... 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Mrs. Dan Johnson, postmistress at Rokeby. a small town about twelve miles south west of Lincoln, while driving across the Reck Island track within a mile of her home at an early hour this morning, was struck by a special freight train and received injuries that resulted in her ceatl- Opinion is prevalent there that Mrs. Johnson came to her death as the result of de liberate action on her part. She had had a great deal of trouble with her neighbors, who made her the victim of constant persecution. HrTttint Har Crrp. BAS5ETT. Neb.. July 22. Ranch men in this vicinity are making ac tive preparations to begin haying and inside of ten days th harvest will be well under way. At nrst i was thought that the heavy lat rains had injured the crop, and whil this was found true in some instances, as a reneral rule the fear was unfounded. Cow Drags B-r to Death. "RTAHOO. N-h.. July 22. Chas. 3IH ler. 10-year-old sen of Mr. and Mrs. N. Miller, was killed while leadinz a cow to pasture. He tied the rope around his body and the cow ran. dragging him four blocks, breaking his neck and greatly mutilating his head and face. Enrin Seta Fire to Wheat. STROMSBURG. Neb.. Jaly 22. As John Dritzler started to thresh some wheat for J. A. Frawley. two miles west of here, the engine set fire to the Seld and burned twelve acres of fine wheat. ooc Starts For Fhllippiae. LEXINGTON. Neb.. July 22. Rev. Mr. Montgomery of "Wayne. Neb., i? visiting in Lexington. Neb, prior to going to the Philippine islands, to take charge of the Presbyterian mis sion schools. hciri Trace Staaer-. BEATRICE. Neb.. July 22.- BeL a farmer three miles from this city, was robbed while working in the -neld. Bell is a bachelor and had over S100 secreted in a trunk at the house. The thief stole S3T, but 2I net find the balance, which was in another part of the trunk. 3eII drove to Bea trice about midnight, secured the Fulton bloodhounds and they traced the thief to this. city, where he was located. He settled the matter. Karens Still Bsrafd. RAVENNA. Neb July 22. The Ravenna Souring mills burned m the ground with 7.600 bushels of wheat in the bins. This mill was bm"- by C. Seeley and was one of the L-esr in the state. The fire caught in the third story after the fire at the Burliiisti I tinned heated term, there was net j sufficient pressure for th water t: , sav it. There was about $13,900 n-jsurasse. BiCETOMITM Pcrtfcna cf PhHrppiaei Xetsa t"lksir Tim Tars, of GuTfrsafnti riOT iliiy f ot ratvmcAL cote Tkiw Seatka Trtel ikmmi Tmmt Iatoad tn Fail To drasp tkm Ifct-iwimf tla StiU SBBildtn Saie BcizaTca AtteaiBMd Aroud lalmad f Cttm. 3IANTLA. July IS. The United States civil commission announced today that after three rn-nths' trial of a provincial form of government in the islands of Cebu and Bohol and the province of Batangas. Luzon, cok trol of those districts, owing to their incomplete padncatioa. has been re turned to the military authorities, it having been proved that the com munities indicated are backward and undeserving of civil administration. The provincial and civil officials of these designated districts "will con tinue their functions, but are now under the authority of G-en. Chaffee instead cf that of CiTil GoTerno Taft. as heretofore. General Chaffee" has the power arbitrarily to remove from office any or all provincial or civil cScials and to abrogate any sec tion of the laws promulgated in these provinces. The residents cf the island cf Cebu have protested, but without success, against the return of that island to military controL Several islands near Cebu are be sieged by the insurgents. The in surrection en the isiand of Bohol has been renewed and insurgent sentiment in the province of Batangas is strong. General Chaffee has ordered a bat talion cf the Thirtieth infantry to be gin the occupation of the island of Mindoro. The province of Batangas will be occupied by the entire Twen tieth infantry. H. Phelps Whitmamh, governor of Benguet province, who -was recently ordered to Manila for investigation of certain charges presented again? him, was before the Philippine com mission. Mr. Whitmarsh denied ev ery charge made against him. The result of the commission's action in the matter will be knows Saturday. KANSAS GETS SOAKED. goathirnt SliMoari and Oklahoma Share in ntMd Downpour. KANSAN CITY. Mo.. July 15. Fur ther good rains following those of yes terday fell after midnight last night and during today in many points in the southwest. Still more is predict ed. The area covered was principally in southwestern Missouri, central and southern Kansas and in the central part of the ndian and Oklahoma coun try. The heaviest fall was in Sedg wick county, in which Wichita is sit uated, and where nearly two inches and a half of water felL The rains have increased the prospects of half a crop of com, and wen: further toward making good pasturages a certainty However, but little rain is reporter in northern and western Kansas, and some points are still suffering a drouth that extends back from four to eight Threaten Im to Paekars. CHICAGO. July IS. Packers throughout the country will lose hun dreds of thousands of dollars each year if a decision announced by Judge Kohlsatt in the United States circuit court is sustained in thr United States supreme court. The court ruled that .borax dees not con stitute the manufacture of a new ar ticle. For this reason, he held, the packers are not entitled to a rebate on the tariff duties. CoL Hoi;Und Ak for Rain. TERRE HAUTE. InL. July IS. Colonel Alexander HogelaTtd. father of the curfew, spoke en municipal re form in behalf of children in the First Methodist Episcopal and First Presbyterian churches here. He took occasion to refer to the continuation of the drouth in Kansas and Nebraska and other sections. He invoked the Lord to send needed showers on the stricken districts and -urged Chris tians everywhere to pray for relief. Coaelaat Held for Startler. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. July 19. Ned E. Copeiand. charged with the mur der cf A. C Rcdgers on a train near Rawlins last week, was given his pre liminary hearing at Green River. He refused to engage an atromey and would make no statement He was held to the district court on the charge of murder in the first degree. Saath Dakota Cload Banc HURON. S. D July 1?. Parties from the west report heavy rain a few miles from Highmore and west of Harfold. At Harrold there was a cloudburst and three inches of water fell in a few aunutes; the town being flooded. There was damage to the Chicago & Northwestern roadbed. Sheep were drowned, cattle stamped ed and some were killed by lightning In a few fields small grain and corn were washed quite badly. Taited States Coaaml Daad. "WASHINGTON. July IS A cable gram received at the state depart ment announces the death at Gibral tar of Horatio J- Sprague, United States consuL Mr. Sprague had been censul at Gibraltar since May 12. 1S4S. His son. Richard L. Sprague. is the vice and deputy consul at Gibraltar and it is announced at the state department that he will be ap pointed to fin the vacancy caused by Ms father's death. I MEAT tfi MISSIA AS1 NH4 Caitos Scat Ceaaal Oeaerala Kcpwrt tb Tlcld. WASHNGTOJf, July 1?. Tae Kate department is is receipt of interest ing reports concerning the wheat crops of Russia and India. According to a report from Consul General Hol Ioway at St. Petersburg there are good reasons to hope that the wheat harvest of 1S01 will exceed that of 1S00. The spring wheat is more premising than the wintei crop, the latter having suffered heavily from varioss causes. However, it is stated that the loss in the winter crop will ) be balanced by the amount cf spring wheat sown. Consul General Patterson of Calcut ta states that the wheat yield of India, as a whole, is estimated at 5JSS0,000 tone, 5i per cent more than the de cennial average, aad this under art verse conditions, such as cold weath er, hail. Insects and rust. The ex port of wheat from India this year, the consul general says, probably will be greatly increased. Consul Fee at Bombay estimates India's harvest for this year at 5.590, 000 tons, or L70.Q00 tons more than last year. The estimated area of growing wheat fcr the year is 22. 500.000 acres, being a'oout 5,'JW.WO mere Tnari the previous year. r0fl3ITI0N OF LIVE STOCK. argentine Active AAintr Introduction ot Taroat and 3f octh DUeaae. WASHNGTON. D. C. July 19. The United States minister a: Buenos Ayres haa forwarded to th state de partment a degree. Issued isj the Ar gentine government, prohibiting the importation of live stock coming from foreign countries, of the ovine, bo vine or any other species tnat,in the opinion of technical authorities. might carry infection of foot and mouth disease. There is a provision in the decree, however, that such stock coming from foreign countries whose official representations certify that such disease does not exist in their country, and that the necessary precautions have been taken to avoid infection, are excepted from the application of the decree The de cree says that all animals which are shipped before the decree was issued will be submitted to forty days quar antine after their arrivaL SCRAMBLE FOR BROOM CORN. Droath Caoaes shortage .Estimated at Fifteen Thousand Tons. MATTOON. I1L. July IS. The scramble between the Union Supply company, or trust, and the agent of the big eastern manufacturers not in the combination for possession of the broom com yet in growers" hands reached a climax today, when $123 a ton was offered. The Kansas crop is a failure and it is estimated that there will be a shortage of 15.000 tons. Fifteen thousand dollars worth of brush was bought in this vicinity Sun day at almost any price demanded. Broom com men cf experience say the brush will rise to 5o0 a ton. To .Te05e Kill in 5. DENVER. Cola. July IS. Confirm ation was received cf the report that the Radcliffe hotel, cabins and other buildings belonging to the proprietor cf the Grand Mesa lakes were burned yesterday, a mob of seventy-five men, all residents of Delta county, set fire to the property. The incendiar ism was intended to avenge the kill ing of W. A. Womack by Game Ward en McHaney last Monday. Electric! Worker Strike. WASHNGTON. D. C July 19. To enforce a demand for an increase of pay to JC.50 per day all the men em ployed by the electrical contractors in the city failed to report for work today. They number about 125. Two contractors, not members of the Con tractors 'union, signed th agreement today, the Contractors union last niaht decidinz to refuse tli" demand. Itabooic Plajrse Abroad. GIBRALTAR. July 19 The orient liner Ormuz. Captain Cead. from Sid ney. N. S. W.. for London, which left Colombo. June 2S. arrived off Gibral tar with two cases of the bubonic plague on board. She was lefused ad mittance to the harbor ana proceeded toward Plymouth. . aooc Their Own Wounded. JOHANNESBURG. July 20. In the course of an inquiry condrcted under oath here, various non-commissioned officers and men of the British army confirmed the statement that the Boers shot the Beer wounded at Tlakfontein. Koot Start's for Omaha. LEAVENWORTH. Kan. July 19. Elihu Root, secretary of war. com pleted bis inspection of the Fort Leavenworth reservation and passed the afternoon with his staff examin ing maps and plans. The only de termination yet arrived at is to push the work of improvements ar the post until it will have a capacity of caring for about 3.000 men. The details for the contemplated improvements win be worked out at Washington. - It was announced at the meeting of the Glass-blowers' association, at Mil waukee, that the date nd place for the conference with their employes co the new wage scale frg"? been fixed for July 29. at Atlantic City. The San Francisco Labor council j has passed, by a nearly unanimous -rote, a resolution advocating in strong terms, the rejection of Andrew Car- negie's offer to that city of $739,900 j for a public library. COM BELT IS SOAKED GflKxona Earns Pall Over Kajar Portias f tie Sevsoweet, UTE CtOrS AM I" ASTIRES REVIVE "Joed Caaaet Be Ktlaatd. bat Will Prave Iatsaeaae Iaaarea at Least Half a Barvaat roar Begiaa la Waatcra ana aad Sweeaa to Saiaaaari. KANSAS CITY, Jaly Is. Generous rains fell this afternoon over the big ger part of the com belt of the south west. They came just in the nick of time. The good that will result to late corn and to pastures cannot be estimated, but it will undoubtedly prove immense. Scatteilng" showers fell over the southwest last night and tris morning, but in most places up to noon continued accounts of intense teat were reported. The rains began m western Kansas about I o'clock this afternoon and traveling east had reached the Misoursi line by 4 o'clock. Reports from many counties assert that today's rains, following what lit tle had fallen within the past forty eight hours, will insure at least half a crop of com and make pasturage sure. The storm began in Kansas City fchortly before 5 o'clock this evening. The fall continued for over half an tour and caused a decided drop in the temperature, the weather bureau re cording S3 at 5 o'clock, against 100 at 3 o'clock. TOPEK.A. Kan.. July Is. The rains that have fallen in Kansas last night and today have practically assured a com yield of at least 30.000,090 bush els, and the yield may be even better. The state is under the influence of a lew barometric condition and more rain is expected tonight. Correspond ents from numerous Kansas towns in reporting rain say the sky is overcast with clouds tonight and more rain within a few hours is certain. The drouth in Kansas has been broken and with it has gone the excessive hot srelL It is the opinion among those who" have been watching the weather conditions that the season will be more favorable to crops from now on. Good rains are reported tonight over portions of eastern and central Kan sas, and in each case is mentioned the tact that the rain is not through. Emporia, Hiawatha. Clay Center, Ells worth. Salina, Atchison, Sylvan Grove, Great Bend, Concordia, Quenemo, Ot- J tawa, Fredonia and Osage City are among the places favored with rains, which ranged from one-half to two inches. Secretary Cobum of the Kansas Board of Agriculture is enthusiastic over the result of the rain. He is sure that the com yield will reach at least half a crop if the present very favor able weather conditions continue. The manner in which corn has held it own during the drouth was some thing remarkable and is a source of wonder to the farmers. In some places it has had no moisture for over two months. It has made almost no growth, but the leaves have been kept green and the tassel kept cfL Weeds could not flourish in the dry spell any more than the corn and they were easily eradicated. The fields are there fore clean and have a new lease of life since the rain. TRIUMPH OF S0CLALISM. That is What John Barns Expects in America. NEW YORK. July 15. The steel strike in America is attracting much attention in England generally, and while long articles are being printed in the newspapers on the subject, no comment is made in the editorial col umns, according to the London corre spondent of the Tribune. John Bams has been less reticent, fcr he fore casts an American Armagedon with the revival cf the old anti-slavery feel ing and the transformation of trusts into state organizations by the politi cal power of the hordes of workmen. Financiers watch the quotations from Wall street, and are unmoved by socialistic trades. Combinations are felt to be on trial in America, and if they survive the great conflict with organized labor concentration of capi tal will be promoted in England. Last Furnace Closed. PnTSBURG, July 13. The last fur nace in Linsay & McCutcheou's mill was closed dow at noon. As soon as all the men had let the mill, sev en deputy sheriffs were stationed about the plant. The open hearth and billet mills of the Clark plant were running today. Secretary Cridler Beevveriac-. WASHINGTON. July IS. Third As sistant Secretary of State Cridler, who has been ill or several weeks, was sufficiently recovered today to be re moved to Seabright. N. J. He was ac companied by Mrs. Cridler. Thresher In jary U Fatal. WEEPING WATER, Neb.. July IS. Daniel Drum, who was injured by a threshing machine yesterday, died just before the doctors arrived to am putate the limb. KesiatratioB Total at KU Bcao. WASHINGTON. July IS. The offi cial report on the Oklahoma land reg istration received at the Interior de partment tcday shows that the regis tration at El Reno was S.565 and at Fort Sill 3.209- This makes the total registrations so far 55,159- Judge James H. Sellars. candidate for the democratic nomination for governor, committed suicide with morphne at Crawfordsviiie. ind. STATE f All 8MUKS riRCIASE. mcn Ordered ta Bajta Work an the w Shads. LINCOLN, July 29. The state board of public lands and buildings com pleted the purchase of the state Jair grounds and the board of agriculture immediately ordered the builders to Begin work an the new live stock sheds an4 harac The grounds will be enclosed by an improved wire fence and all of the main buBdinss now standing will be repaired and repaint ed. AH of the expense incident to putting the grounds and buildings in shape for the next state exhibit will be paid cat of the balance cf the ap propriation of $35:000 made by the legislature. Secretary Furnas said that every thin gwould be in readiness by the openiag day of the fair. The various ceattraeters har tec iaareaaed wita the importance of ther duties and tiny hare agreed to exert every poer to haTe their work completed by Aug-" ust 25. The warrant which was delivered to the Nebraska Exposition association for the state fair grounds was after wards sold to the state treasurer for investment of the permanent school fund. READ IS SALT CREEK. Bade af rakaavn Staa Foand Coder Bistn at sUaeela. LINCOLN, July 20. An unknown man was found dead in Salt creek un der a Rock Island bridge two milts south of this city. It was at first thought he had been murdered, but an invetigation soon exploded that theory. A wound on his head was thought to have been made by a bul let, but Corcner Graham insists that it might have been caused by some sharp piece of metal in the undergear ing of a freight train. Coroner Graham and a jury examin- ', ed the body aad after listening to the testimony of the section workmen returned a verdict, finding that death came from unknow causes. It is be lieved that Graham was riding under a freight car and while asleep or from exhaustion lost his hold and felL SLAUHTER 60ES TO MANILA. Nebraska Paymaster to Serre Two Tears In the Orient. OMAHA. July 20. Major Bradner D. Slaughter, army paymaster here, has news that he has been ordered to the Philippines for service. Major Charles E. Stanton, now in Manila, is expected to come here to relieve him. August 13. Captain William R. Graham will be relieved from duty in the Phil ippines to also come to Omaha. Major Slaughter is not surprised, and. in fact, is quite willing to try a couple of years on the other side of the world. It is expected that Major Stanton will net be able to arrive here and take charge before September L Major Slaughter will be accompanied to Manila by John A. Lottridge. his chief clerk, who came here from Lin coln at the besinninz of 1S99. Plaia-riew Farmer's Snicide. PLAINVrEW. Neb.. July 20. The body of William Dibbert. a prosperous German farmer who lived six miles northwest of here, was found hanging to a rafter in his granary. Mr. Dib bert had been afflicted with kidney trouble for the past year and during the day had worked in the harvest field, but when he left th field at night he failed to show up at the house. He was found by his mother, having hung himself the previous evening. Child stntk by tishtninj. GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. July 20 The little daughter of Hnry Stack, aged seven years, was struck by light ning while playing in the back yard in this city. Her hair was badly burn ed and she was seriously shocked, but has good chances cf recovery. Depaty Game Warden. LINCOLN, July 20. Governor Sav age has named Captain J. T. Richmond of Johnstown as deputy game warden, to serve without compensation. It is the intention of the governor to ap point at least one deputy for every county in the state. Toiaf Xaa Die on Train. ALMA. Neb.. July 20. Jesse Mc Guire, of Garden City. Iowa, who was accompanied by his mother, bound far Colorado fcr his health, was taken from the Burlington train dyinz. Se died shortly after being placed in the depot. Danslis; from a Halter. CAMBRIDGE. Neb.. July 20. The body of John Denmead was- found dangling -from the rafters ot the bam Gn his place north cf town. A doctor was summoned and gave as his opin ion that the man committed suicide by h?ng'rg' and that the deed was ( done at least three days before the body was found. Denmead was a farmer in fair circumstances and had lived alone for some time. His wife had died several years age. Site for EaeasaBsaeat. LINCOLN. July 29. -Adjutant Gen eral Colby, accompanied by CoL Will Hayward and CoL Harry Archer, will leave Lincoln to go to the lake region of Cherry couaty for the purpose of securing a site for the annual encamp ment cf the Nebraska national guard. I thas act been definitely determired that the encampment will be held in that region and the final decision will not be made until the party returns. i: t M1U1IU MttEf TELEGtAXS. nlBnaBsagJa :;::iiiii Alonzo H. Stewart, doorkeeper of the United States senate, wa married at Atchison, Kan., to Miaa Grace Bliss. Colonel George Quick. SS years old. of Freeburg. I1L, has brought suit for divorce against his wife, also an octo- The United States army transport Sumner, with convalescent soldiers on beard, has sailed from Manila for San Francisco. J. Pierpont Morgan has just bought the Chilean section of the trans-Andean railway for ninety thousand pounds sterling Christopher Anderson, the aged man who shot himself on the grave of his wife in the cemetery near Nebraka City, Neb., died. It now seems that there is small probability of an agreement being reached between France and Great Britaia over tb Newfoundland ques tion. The Massachusetts Republican state convention hs been called to meet in Boston 'October 4. Governor Allen of Porto Rico will be invited to pre side. August Newman was blown to pieces and Henry Ernest badly hurt by the premature explosion of a blast of dynamite at th city quarrier at Quincy, I1L The Retail Clerks' International Protective association of Buffalo pre sented to the International Association of Machinists the sum of flOi to aid in its strike. The Wabash Cooperage company's plant was destroyed by fire at Terre Eaute, Ind., causing a loss cf $20,000. with J9.G90 insurance: $6,000 on build ings and $3,000 on stock. The budget committee after a pro longed and critical discussion at Mad rid, has decided to shelve for the pres ent the proposals of the minister of finance suspending the coinage ef sil ver. John H Bacon, a Milwaukee news paper man. accepted an appoint ment as vice consul and clerk to Con sul General Rublee at Hong Kong, and will leave for China in about three weeks. Richard S. Berlin, a well known real estate dealer and manager of the Ber lin Investment company at Omaha. Neb., has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. Liabilities. $51,990.52; as sets. $370. Safe Expert Charles Walze frs dis cotered that the cashier's time Icck of the vault in the mint, at San Fran cisco from which $30,009 was stolen, does not operate and has been out of order for some time At a m-eting of the Leadville. CoL. City Library association a letter was read from the private secretary of Andrew Carnegie, dated from Skibo castle. Scotland, stating that he would give Slw.OOO for a public library for that city, provided the city would fur nish 52.009 a year to maintain it. The sales of coffee on the New Tork coffee exchange for the year ending June 30. aggregating 7.3S3.000 bags, against 3.S79.S09 bags in 1909 The sales for 1S99 were 4.0-J9.599 bags. The transactions the past year exceeded those of 1909 by 1.503.509 bags, the gain being partly due. it is said, to the large crops abroad. The dead bodies of Mr. zzid Mrs. Robert Prange. of Omaha, were found beside a public highway, half a mile south, of Lake station. St. Joseph. Mo., each with a bullet hole in the head Clasped in Prange's right hand was a revolver. It is supposed the man kill ed the woman and then took his own 1-u.e. The will of Hugh Tevis. the young San Francisco millionaire, who died in Yokohama recently, of appendicitis, while on his wedding journey, has been filed at Monterey. It divides his estate, estimated at $L009.G09. almost equally between his widow. Cornelia Baxter Tevis. and his 9-year-old daughter. Alice Boalt Tevis. Capi. Putnam 3. Strong, quarter master department. United States army. San Francisco, announces that he has resigned from the army for personal and financial reasons. The managers of the Newport. Ky racing track decid-d to declare off all further races until October L George C. Tilden. a well known min erologist. while in Salvador went in sane and was committed to the Cali fornia state hospital for th insane. John Costain was killed near New Albany. Ind.. by John Turner while trying to kidnap Mrs. Turner Jlmister Rockhille has been instruc ted to support Japanese application for an enlargement of their indem nity from 3o.000.009 to 49.009,009 yen. Edward H 3Iartin. formerly a lieu tenant in the United States army, who pleaded guilty a few days ago to a charge of passing worthless checks, was sentenced by Recorder Goff. of New York, to one year in the peniten tiary. Robert H Greeiy. secretary of the Spokane. Wash- chamber of commerce, was found dead. Lockjaw caused the death cf W. C Johnson, president of the state board of pharmacy, at Manhattan, Kan. He accidentally stepped on a rusty n "King Edward. Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William will not only meet at the great review near May ence about August 15." says the Ber lin correspondent of the London Standard, "but they will exchange vis its at Darmstadt."' The census hurean hag issued a bul letin on the population by sex. gen eral nativity and color in. 1909 in Illinois- Following is a summary: Males. 2,472.752; females. 23.?.7s; na tive born, 3,554,503; foreign bom. Ki- ?-v-s-r-i i- t0AWOO0C-SKftOAOAC 0OwOCfrOCOCrCfryOCr-aO-j!0- I Ike M leiaMc I o fCotaRbfts c c o c o o o o Q o 4 6 o o o o o o . o o o State Sank Oldest Bosk U th Stale. Pays Interest ca Time Deposits 1 AND Makes Loans on Real Estate. Jt JS ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS ON o o O 6 : 6 o 6 aha, Cfcfcata. McwVart. 6 Aad All Foreiza Countries. o o o o o Sells Steamship Tickets, - o o tta o- Hays Good "Botes, and helps its customers o when they need heipJJaT t q O'lCIDS Mno DietCTOaa. . Laaaaaa eaaasns. . O an. lucxi. wici-aa- aa o o SB O 6 c T m. tnuesK. casmib K. .J. 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