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4kHt-' rf7 tT-Z'3Zi e-.v trvrftf- v ; . -O-. Vi ."-.. -- i .' T t.f. t w ?v i VOLUME XXXIII. NUMBER 18. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1902. WHOLE NUMBER 1,682. rf-fa- 1" : 5r ' .PBssssVsW M .Asm. M aY maw at "BsaBaBasaBr ssW .aSs'.BbsbsbbSbW BbsTJ BbsV torircl Ctw (Mammas i $ - irt - B. -- l . : w 4 ' 'A A BATTLE IS ONi ENGAGEMENT BEING WAGED AT DULOE, COLOMBIA. HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN SUM Revolutionary Forces Under General Herrera Meet Government Troops The Government Loss is Reported as Light Rebel Loss Heavy. PANAMA, Columbia, Aug. 2. The peace commissioners who left here ' July 29 on the British steamer Cana to visit the revolutionary General Herrera, near Agua Dulce, returned to Panama at noon today. They in formed the representative of the Ab- eociated Press that-they--were uaabto-l to fulfill their mission, because of a severe engagement between the revol utionary and government forces has been on since the 29th, when the revolutionary forces attacked Agua Dulcc. At o o'clock the best battalion of the revolutionary forces attacked the gov ernment entrenchment with fierce courage. The slaughter of the revolu tionists is said tc have been excessive and barbarous. That same afternoon a white flag was raised in their camp and they asked for an armistice during which they could bury their dead. This was granted. The losses of the rebels up to Wednesday, July 30, were reported at over 200, while the government forces had eight men killed and eleven wounded. General Moreno, one of the peace '4 commissioners who returned today, pays the entrenchments at Agua Dulce are masterpieces of military art. At the expiration of the time of -- armistice the engagement recom menced with the same fierceness. Nine government battalions which had not taken part in the fight were still being held in reserve last night. General Salazar, governor of Pan ama, has received a letter from Gov ernor General Moarles Berti saying he is very enthusiastic as to the out come and hopes he will win a battle that will decide the matter. General Salazar. in turn, is doing everything to help General Berti. At 3 p. m. today he dispatched further supplies of provisions and ammunition for Berti's army at Agua Dulce. DESIRED BURIAL IN OMAHA. Last Wish of Chicago Woman Who Commits Suicide. DENVER. Aug. 2. Mrs. Julia C. Howell, who came here from Chicago about two weeks ago, killed herself by taking laudanum. The suicide was not discovered until today, when her landlady had Mrs. Howell's room opened. Mrs. Howell was a widow and said to be a daughter of J. S. Howell, a Chicago artist She wore mourning and her gowns were of the mobt expensive material and make. An extremely elegant gown she picked out to be buried in, leaving money with instructions for her burial in Prospect Hill cemetery, Omaha, where she had picked out a lot A note gave sickness as the cause for the suicide. The coroner has sent the body east To Build Two Big Steamers. DETROIT, Aug. 2. At a conference between president Alexander Mc Vittie of the Detroit Shipbuilding company the local branch of the American Shipbuilding company and General Manager W. C. McMillin of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation company a final agreement was reached for the building of to new side-wheel passenger steamers to out rank in sire and capacity any siae wlirders in the world. Bryan in New Jersey. NEW YORK. Aug. 2. William J. Bryan, accompanied by his daughter. Ruth, arrived here from New Haven and departed later for Burlington, N. J. Launch Cruiser Des Moines. WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. The crui ser Des Moines will be launched at the Fore River yard, Quincy. Mass., September 20. Her sponsor will be -Miss Helen West of Des Moines. Baldwin Back from Arctics. HONNINGSVAAG, Norway, Aug. 2. Evelyn B. Baldwin, the arctic ex plorer, arrived here today. He re ported all his men in good health and said: "We have been baffled, but not beaten." Circulation Statement. WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 2. The monthly circulation statement itcued by the comptroller of the ci:r rcii?y shows that at the close -f busi ness July 31, 1902, the total circulation of national bank notes was S358.9S4. 1S4. an increase for the month of $2, 312,093. and an increase for the year of $2.S31,2S1. The circulation based on United States bonds amounted to 931C.C1 1.767. an increase for the month of $2,375,936. and a decrease for the year of $10,424,606. Miss Hay Weds in September. .WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. 2. The marriage of Miss Alice Hay to James W. Wadsworth. Jr.. will take place on September 30. at the Fells, Newbury. N. H., the country home ol the secretary of state and Mrs. Hay. Only the intimate relatives and a few intimate friends will be present Af ter a short wedding journey the young people will go to Geaoseo, N. Y., for the rest of the autnsta. FREAK OF ELECTRICAL STORM. Cross-Shaped Hole in the Ground More Than 100 Feet Deep. TROY, III., Aug. 2. Daring a severe electrical storm here a cross-shaped fissure was formed in the ground near the school building, one arm of which is forty feet long and about six Inches wide and the other twenty feet long and six inches wide. Ellas. Burke, a carriage manufacturer, whose estab lishment Is in the vicinity, discovered the freak of nature soon after the storm. x Where the arms of the cross con verge there is a hole two feet in diam eter and a line 150 feet long weighted with lead did not touch bottom. The theory is advanced that a bolt of lightning entered the ground, yet those in the vicinity assert that no unusual bolt of lightning was noticed during the Mornf. ; SMITH IS IN SAN FRANCISCO. General Declines to Say Anything for Publication. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2. General Jacob Smith arrived today from MaJ nila on the transport Thomas. Gen eral Smith declined to say anything for publication and would not even al low reporters to approach him. Through his aide. Lieutenant M. H. Shields, General Smith said that he would not be interviewed, as he did not care to subject himself to further criticism. Major Davol of the transport serv ice delivered General Smith's order of retirement to him on board ship. General Smith on landing went to the Occidental hotel and denied himself to all visitors. Setting a Good Example. What the Union Pacific is doing in engineering improvements is com mended to other companies that opera ate in parts of the country where no such difficulties are encountered as in the west Straight roads are economic roads, and they invite traffic The wild yanks and alarming rolls to which passengers are subject on some of them cause train sickness, which is a form of sea sickness, and headache, and they cause a rapid deterioration of cars and engines. Those railroads make the best bid for patronage that promise not merely speed, but con fort, and steadiness is the more com fortable, because it indicates security. We have been eager to extend the mileage of this country. Now we might show some expedition in reduc ing it by following the example of the Union Pacific in straightening needless turns and lowering or raising need less grades. Brooklyn Eagle. PLANS FOR NEW GUNBOATS. Board of Construction of Navy De partment Holds Session. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The board cf construction of the. navy depart ment had a meeting today and decid ed upon the general plans for the two new gunboats authorized by the last naval appropriation act They, will follow very closely the Marietta type. The displacement will be slightly in excess of that of the Marietta, being 1,050 tons, as against 1,000 in the case of the Marietta, and this probably will decrease the speed, with the same horse power, 1,000 in each case, from thirteen knots to approximately twelve and a half. The batteries will be identical with those of the Mari etta and the Wheeling six four-inch guns, four six-pounders and two one pounders. Court Martial for Penrose. WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 2. An oider was issued by the navy depart ment today for the trial by court nartial of Passed Assistant Paymast er Charles W. Penrose, attached to the Michigan. The officer is charged wi'h rendering false and fraudulent ieti;rns of balances to his credit em lcz7lement absence from station and rtity and negligence in obeying ord er. The shortage in balances is said to ? mount to about $300. The court ill meet on the 7th Inst, at Erie, Pa. Commander Perry Garst is its presi dent Miners Ordered Released. CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Aug. 2. Jiulge Nathan Goff of the United States circuit court yesterday issued a writ of habeas corpus for Thomas Haggarty and other strike leaders sentenced to jail at Parkersburg by Judge Jackson for violation of the in junction issued by him. Judge Goff ordered the marshal to produce Thom as Haggerty and other prisoners here for appearance Tuesday of next week at 10 o'clock. Forty-Four Sugar Vessels. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2. Forty four steamships, one of the largest fleets in the history of the sugar trade, are now either on their way to the Delaware breakwater or are taking on cargoes in Java, and within the next few weeks will land on the piers of the Atlantic coast refineries not less than 250,000 tone of the raw pro duct All the ships are large, mod ern carriers, whose cargoes will aver age at least 5,500 tons each. Those Earthquake Shocks. LOS ALAMOS, Cal., Aug. 2. Al though no more severe earthquake shocks have been experienced here since last night the people are still panic-stricken. Many of those who have not already fled from their homes are preparing to leave in case the disturbances continue. The dam age done is variously estimated at from $10,000 to $30,000. It would have been much greater had the buildings not been of wood. A VILUCEJUIINED LOS ALAMOS, CAU WRECKED BY SEISMIC DISTURBANCES. THE KOriE FLEE FOR SOUTH Terror-Stricken Populace Leave Homea and Rush from the Scene Hills and Knolls Spring Up Durinc. the Night SAN LUIS OBISPO. Cal.. Aug. L A strip of country fifteen miles long by four miles wide, rent with gaping fissures and dotted with hills and knolls thaa sprung up during the night as if by magic, a village in ruins arid undreds',"of ' peSplefleeing-for their lives, are the results of Wed nesday night's seismic disturbance In the prosperous and fruitful valley 'of Los Alamos, in the northern part of Santa Barbara county. Daring the last four days that sec tion of country has been shaken by a series of earthquakes that is with out precedent in the history of tradi tion of the Pacific coast, and the con tinuance of the disturbances and the increasing severity of shocks have so terrorized the inhabitants that they are leaving for other parts as rapidly as possible, and even now the village is almost entirely deserted. The disturbances began Sunday evening with a shocok which caused several thousand dollars' worth of damage to property in the village and the surrounding country, being more severe and more disastrous in the vicinity of the Western Union Oil company's oil wells on the Carriga ranch. This shock was followed by a num ber of disturbances less severe and less disastrous, continuing through the remainder of Sunday night and Monday afternoon. On Tuesday night beginning at 12:10 o'clock, there was another series of seven shocks, all of which were light The general direc tion of thes disturbances was east and west, and in action they resem bled the waves on a pond of water. The most severe shock of the en tire series occurred at 11:30 o'clock yesterday morning. Hills were shak en and twisted to their foundations, and the valleys trembled and rolled like the unstable surface of the ocean. Great fissures were run deep in the earth, hills and knolls appear ed in level valleys, springs of water opened in places that had been dry, and the general topography of the valley was greatly changed in many respects. This disturbance had no general direction, but was what is known as a "twister." It was preceded by a rumbling like that of distant thunder, which increased until the earth be gan to rock and twist and the hills be gan to tremble. With the first warnings of the sound of the approaching disaster the terror-stricken people rushed into the rtreets and sought places of safety In vacant lots and fields, while many fled toward the neighboring hills. New York for Roosevelt OYSTER BAY, Aug. 1. "President Roosevelt will have a solid delega tion from New York state to the next republican national convention." This statement was made this afternoon by Senator Thomas C. Piatt of New York, after a conference with the president at Sagamore Hill. Mr. Piatt was accompanied to Mr. Roosevelt's country home by Colonel George W. Dunn of Binghampton. chairman of the republican committee of New York. The visit to the presi dent was by appointment At 9:30 in the morning Senator Piatt and Colonel Dunn boarded the government yacht Sylph at New York and fifteen minutes later the trim little ship was under way for Oyster Bay, when, there was a conference lasting two hours. Craven is Lynched. WASHINGTON, August 1. Charles Craven, the negro accused of murder ing William H. Wilson, near Herndon. Va., and who was captured this mom' ing and taken to Leesburg, Va., was lynched this afternoon. Rudyard Annoyed by Public LONDON, August 1. Rudyard Kip ling, who has been much annoyed by the visits of Brighton excursionists to his home at Rottingdean, has pur chased a new country place near Tun bridge Wells. Earl Joins Liberal League. LONDON, Aug. L Announcement is made that Earl Beauchamp has joined the Liberal league. This for mal defection from the conservative ranks, coming at a moment when ex citement is rife over the liberal vic tory in the North Leeds by election, occasions considerable interest in po? litical circles, Earl Beauchamp, who succeeded Viscount Hampden as gov ernor of Newark, resigned that office in 1900. Indian Bands Reorganize. PIERRE, S. D., Aug. 1. The Chey enne river Indians at their recent council perfected a complete reor ganization of the bands on that reservation, and adopted a constitu tion which is a radical departure from their old methods. They hav selected a council of twelve members, six of whom serve for one year, and six for two years, all to be selected in the future to be for two-year terms, changing half the council each year. TRAIN FOR THE ROAD MAKERS. Great Northern Places One at Oiesissl reOeVfl GflftfYtMWfta train for the road makers aNl WASHINGTON, Aug. L The Great Northern Railroad company has plac ed at the disposal of the oStee of fab lie road inquiry of the United States department of agriculture a railroad train for the purpose of transporting representatives of the office, engineers, road builders and road machinery tc be used In practical object lessons In road building. Road conventions will be held at the cities where the train will atop. - The train will start from Chicago August 15 and will reach Minneapolis early in September, where demonstra tions of theoretical and practical .road building will be given at the stats fait grounds during fair week. At the close of the fair the train will continue westward to the Pacific coast, stopping at the principal cities en route, at each of which practical demonstrations in good road building wil be given. NEBRASKA BOY SURRENDERS.. F. F. Nelson of Grand Island, Navy De serter, in Indiana. RICHMOND. Ind., August 1. F. F. Nelson, one of the thirty boys who ran away from the training ship near San Francisco May 7, has surrendered himself. Nelson enlisted In January as an ordinary landsman and was de tailed to the ship Pensacola in the Golden Gate. On May 7 he and twenty-nine other boys were given shore leave and they missed their boat back to the island. They all feared punish ment and left San Francisco, coming east Nelson left the gang at Ogden. Utah, and fearing to go to his home at Grand Island, Neb., where a reward was offered for his arrest, he came on east in search of employment Tired of keeping himself hidden, and hungry, he gave himself up and the officers of the war department were notified last night of his arrest. He will be held until advices are received from Washington. ENGINEER DIES AT HIS POST. Sacrifices His Own Life to Save ths Lives of Passengers. ELM GROVE, Wis., August 1. In a collision here between a passenger train from Waukesha, known as the "Scoot," and a westbound freight train, Dennis Connell, the engineer of the passenger train, was instantly killed and the fireman, Thomas Cham berlain, badly injured. Several of the passengers of the Waukesha train were more or less bruised, although none sustained injuries that are con sidered serious. The accident was caused by the frleght which had orders to take the' siding at Elm Grove. Before it could be backed up the "Scoot" hove in sight. Engineer Connell reversed his lever and applied the air brake, but too late to avoid the crash. Connell died at his post, sacrificing his life to save his train. MANY DIE OF CHOLERA. Disease Spreads Rapidly Through Por tions of China. ST. PETERSBURG. August 1. Offi cial returns show that cholera is spreading with terrible rapidity throughout Manchuria. The epidemic now claims hundreds of victims daily, mostly Chinese, but Russians and oth er Europeans are dying of the disease. At Inku, between June 6 and July 18, there were 8S4 cases and 650 deaths and at Harbin, since the recent out break, 1.463 cases and 939 deaths have been reported. At Mukden there were forty-nine deaths out of seventy-six' cases in eight days, and at Port Ar thur sixty-seven deaths out of 109 cases in eighteen days. At Kirtin there have been about fifty deaths daily. These statistics are given as samples of the reports which are be ing received from all sections of Man churia. Shoots Wife as She Sleeps. KANSAS CITY, Mo., August 1. Fred Falkenburg, a teamster, shot and Hied his wife as she lay asleep at their home at West Argentine, a suburb, some time during the night, and then 3hot himself. He cannot recover. Jeal ousy probably was the cause. Hon. John D. Lyman Dead. EXETER, N. H., August 1. Hon. John D. Lyman, known throughout the country as a writer upon agricultural subjects, died here today, aged 79 years. West is Outdoing Itself. CHICAGO. August 1. The monthly crop report of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad company shows that in Iowa, Nebraska and northern Kansas the corn is rank and green, but a little late for the season. It will almost certainly be the largest crop ever grown in the west Wheat in the same territory is very heavy and will yield not less than thirty 1asheie per acre average. Oats are a, good crop. Newspaper Man Insane. HURON, S. D., August 1. The coun ty board of insanity on Monday .ad judged N. T. Smith of this place In sane, and he has been taken to the hopital at Yankton. Rican Veicans Threatening. MANAGUA. Nicaragua, A sat 1 La Democracia states that ths volcano Poas. in Costa Rica, is -psttisg fort groaning- sounds and emitting ashes. THE REPUBLICANS THOSE OF IOWA NOMINATE THEIR STATE TICKET. EVE8T COUITY IS KHESEHTED Ssmm Controversy Over Tariff and Trust Utterances The Nomina tions, When Undertaken, Are Quickly Made. " Secretary of State W. B. Martin, of Adair county. , 'Auditor of State B. F. Carroll of Davis county. Treasurer of State Gilbert S. Gil ssrtsoa of Winnebago county. nttoraeyjGenenHda W. Mulan.of Blackhawk county. Judge of Supreme Court Scott M. Ladd of O'Brien county. Judge of Supreme Court (short term (Charles A. Bishop of Polk county. .Clerk of Supreme Court John C. Crockett of Hardin county. Supreme Court Reporter W. W. Cornwall of Clay county. Railroad Commissioned E. A. Daw son of Bremer. DES MOINES, la.. July 31. Nearly 1,100 delegates attended the republi can convention, practically full dele gations representing every county. The only controversy was over the tariff and trust utterances of the platform, and that was settled In the committee on resolutions in favor of a reiteration of last year's utterances as contended for by Governor Cum mins with an addition to the trust plank congratulating President Roose velt upon the inauguration of judicial proceedings to enforce the anti-trust laws. With the exception of the address of the temporary chairman the con vention was devoid of oratory. No nominating speeches were made and the notable visitors, comprising the entire Iowa delegation in congress, were not called upon. Messrs. Martin, Gilbertson, Mullan and Ladd were renominated by ac clamation. Judge Bishop, who is now on the supreme bench by appoint ment, and B. F. Carroll had no op position. Five ballots were required to nominate a candidate for clerk of the supreme court Six candidates were in the field, including C. T. Jones, the present incumbent The first ballot resulted: John C. Crock ett 236, Charles T. Jones 270, T. E. Bosquet 87. M. A. Buchan 180. C. W. Neal 142, J. E. Wheelan 236. Mr. Crockett gained steadily and won on the fifth ballot E. A. Dawson was renominated for railroad commissioner on the second ballot, his competitors being W. S. Ketchum of Marshall county and W. Blakemore of Taylor county. W. W. Cornwall was nominated for supreme court reporter on the first ballot, receiving 641 to 464 for B. I. Salinger, the present incumbent, and 127 for J. H. Williams of Story county. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. The following are the members of the state central committee from the various districts, including the old members. Chairman Spence was re-elected without opposition as chair man: First district, H. O. Weaver (holdover); Second. C. W. Phillips of Jackson (reelected); Third, Burton E. Sweet of Bremer (re-elected); Fourth, J. G. Hempel of Elkader (new); Fifth, E. M. Sargent of Grun dy Center (holdover; Sixth, R. W. Clayton of Mahaska (holdover); Sev enth, J. D. Whisenand of Polk (hold over); Eighth, R. H. Spence of Ring gold (re-elected); Ninth, Asmus Boy sen of Audubon (new); Tenth, S. X. Way of Hancock (holdover); Elev enth, George E. Scott of Woodbury Government Fuel Oil Tests. WASHINGTON, July 31. The bu reau of steam engineering of ths navy department, which has been ex perimenting at the Washington navy yard for some time with fuel oil, has found that the tests with the low pressure air for spraying purposes have been quite satisfactory. Many complex problems, however, must be solved before it will be possible to determine to what extent fuel oil can be used in the navy. If the con templated experiments with small tor pedo boats are successful further ex periments will be made with a torpedo destroyer, but beyond this no plans have been made. Watchman Sleeps on Duty. DES MOINES. Is.. July 31. As a result of what' Is believed to be a drunken spree firemen at. an early hour this morning found one man dead and another dying in the Stoner Wall Paper company's building in South Des Moines, while trying to put out a fire which destroyed 150,000 worth of property. Both men are watch men. The jdead. man's name is David Watt night watchman for the Ston er Wall aPper company. Paper from Cane Chaff. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 31-Twenty-three sacks of chaff, or refuse of cane after the sugar has been ex tracted, were brought from Hilo bj the bark Santiago, and will be ship ped east to be used in an experiment for paper manufacture. Thousands o tons of the chaff are burned or oth erwise destroyed on scgastflantatiom In the Hawaiian islands, but' pbserv lag men believe it can be utilized. FLANS FOR IRRIGATION. State Engineer Dssson and Assistant Leaking Over the Ground. LINCOLN. Aug. 4. State Engineer Dobsoa and Assistant Forbes returned from a trip inspection through the Platte valley of eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. They made the trip with a view to ascertaining the el evation of the land in the various sec tions along the river, preparatory to the formulation of plans for irrigation work. ' "I am confident that if the govern ment builds reservoirs for irrigation in this section it would be better to have them in Wyoming than in Ne braska." said Mr. Dobson. "This of course is on account of the elevation of the land. The conditions in the Platte valley between Guernsey and the state line are more favorable to the storage'of water than-ic-Nebras-ka." Mr. Dobson has been notified that Mr. Mead, chief of irrigation investi gations of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, will be in Lin coln on August 7 to consider irriga tion matters. It Is understood here that the Investigation Mr. Mead pro poses to make will be preparatory to the work of the government under the new irrigation law. Mr. Mead wrote as follows: "I expect to reach Lincoln on the 7th of August and would like to have a conference with you and such of your irrigation board as can be got together to talk over our work in connection with interstate and reparian rights. I also wish on this trip to take up any other matters connected with our in vestigations which may be of general interest You can say that I come to Lincoln for a conference with you and that I intend to go on to the western part of the state to look after our In vestigations after the conference is aver." No Right to Transact Busin LINCOLN, Aug. 4. Deputy Insur ance Auditor Babcock has addressed i letter to George H. Work of Hast ings, informing him that the Interna tional Agency company, which has an Dfflce in the Rialto building lcChicago. is not authorized to do an insurance business in this state and that Insur ers in the company can have no re sources through the courts for losses sustained. An Elevator Burns. BLOOMFIELD, Neb.. Aug. 4. The ele vator Wned and operated here by The Farmers' Grain and Live Stock associa Joa was burned with its contents. The Ore is supposed to have been incendiary ind the feeling here is intense toward the fiend who would commit such an outrage. There were two cars burned, one containing lumber and the other corn. There were $1,500 insurance on the elevator. Omaha Aeronaut Injured. SCOTIA, Neb., Aug. 4. Prof. Sam ael Murphy, an Omaha aeronaut, was badly burned here as he was ready to ascend, his balloon catching fire. In rescuing an assistant the profes sor's hands were seriously burned. His assistant was slightly burned. The fine balloon was entirely con sumed. More than a thousand people witnessed the accident Farmer Injured in Runaway. M'COOL JUNCTION Neb., Aug. 4. While Thomas Reardon, a pioneer farmer of York county, was cutting a field of alfalfa his team of mules ran away and he narrowly escaped being killed. He was taken from the field ind carried to town, where he receiv 3d medical attendance and is reported to be much better. Mysterious Disappearance. STUART, Neb., Aug. 4. James E. Stewart, for twenty years a resident of Holt county, mysteriously dissap peared some days ago and has not been found. He has recently suffered financial reverses that seemed to have affected his mind. The horse he rode when going away has been found. It is thought he has either suicided or wandered away. Beatrice Canning Plant Sold. BEATRICE. Neb.. Aug. 4. The Dempster Mill Manufacturing com pany has purchased the Lang Canning :ompany's property adjoining the Dempster plant on South Sixth street the consideration being $4,500. ' Beatrice Holdupe Fined. BEATRICE. Neb., Aug. 4. Elmer ain and Charles Pennington were lned $100 each for attempting to hold ip Mrs. John Marlow, a prominent resident of this city. Claims Damages for Husband's Death. BEAVER CITY, Neb., Aug. 4. Susan "L Groatbouse filed a petition in dis .rict court suing Furnas county for 15,000 damages as a result of the death if her husband who was drowned in t canyon south of Oxford July 1. The letltion alleges that the county was legligent in the matter of the repair if a small bridge and that as a result iie deceased came to his death. The lefenss will be that Groathouse was in. joxieated. Hastings Will Hold a Street Fair. HASTINGS, Neb.. Aug 4. Pursuant a published call a large number of -Jie representative business met met it the city hall to arrange for the hold ng of a street fair and trade carnzval n this city in October. Many ad Iressed the meeting, expressing them selves as enthusiastically in favor of lolding the fair. Dr. Arts was named is the head of an advisory committee, which has full power to proceed with Jm arrangements. 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 n m m 1 1 it MET TttEGIAMS. iiiuiiniimnnHuiiii Forest fires have inflicted a good deal of damage in Oregon. The White house attic is being pre pared for servants quarters. Secretary of War Root will open the republican campaign in Illinois. Grain men say that the Kansas corn crop will reach 250,000,000 bushels. Union Pacific strikers to the num ber of about 400 paraded in Omaha. . Seventeen thousand Americans went to Canada in 1901, and 24,000 in 1902. Paul Vandervoort for many years a resident of Omaha, died recently in Cuba. : There are 257.006 names in the new city directory of Boston, an in crease of 4,722 over the number last year. " -. It has been definitely decided that no plays will be given at Bayreuth in 1903, but the plays will be resumed in 1904. It is reported that the Chicago, Mil waukee &. St Paul road has been bought in the interest of the Union Pacific. The London City Council has sanc tioned large extensions to the tram way system of London, costing nearly 2,000,000. Word has been received of the death of Henry J. Taylor, a leading member of t'e Iowa bar, at Auckland, New .Zealand. He was on a health seeking tocr. v The interior department has estab lished a free telegraph school under the insular telegraph service. The school will teach twenty-five pupils, all girls. Reports from Portuguese West Africa, where there have been rumors of troubles with the natives, show that the- distorders are assuming a grave character. President Schwab of the steel cor poration, has rented the ninth and tenth floors in the Arthur building. New York, for offices, for which he pays $50,000 rent annually. Peter F. Collier & Son, publishers of Collier's Weekly, are said to be at the head of a $10,000,000 corporation which is being organized to buy a number of newspapers in New York state. A special dispatch from Vienna says that the Servian cabinet, which resigned on July 24, has ended the crisis, which resulted from the resig nation by consenting to remain in office. The corn beetle has done immense damage to the crops in many districts in the government of Kherson. Rus sia, and m a large area of Bessarlsia. Two hundred thousand acres have been ravished. Professor J. R. McCall, for twelve j ears professor of mechanical engin eering at the Universi;? of Ten nessee, has resigned to accent a similar position with Punlue univer sity of Lafayette. A general order has been issued by General Miles, commanding the army, announcing the award of medals of honor and certificates of merit to of ficers and enlisted men for specially meretorious services. The steamer Discovery has sailed from Nome with nearly 100 American miners engaged by the Northeastern Siberian company, to begin the ex ploration of the Siberian coast for gold and other metals. The bureau of insular affairs of the war department has been notified by Acting Governor Wright of the death of Sanford G. Baker, a clerk in the insular service at Manila, who died on the 27th instant of Asiatic cholera. The circulars for the iwo new bat tleships, the Connecticut and the Louisiana, were issued by the navy department Plans will be ready August 1, when the advertisement for bids for the Louisiana will be pub lished. At a meeting of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, it has been decided to endeavor to raise a $50,000,000 endowment fund, the in terest of which is to go to superan nuated ministers, widows and or phans. After traveling for six months across the bleak steppes and frozen mountains of Siberia, Harry de Windt. o the London Daily Express, reports that a railroad connecting the eastern and western hemispheres is a feasible project Commissioner General of Immigra tion Sargeant has sent to immigration officials throughout the country photo graphs of anarchists who have been expelled from Turkey, and who are believed to be on their way to this country. - All the planters of the larger West Indian islands are talking of annexa tion to the United States, owing to their dissatisfaction over the small amount of money contributed by the imperial government to help the sugar industry. A larger and beautiful monument which marked the grave of the late Rev. James Tarbet. at Blountville, Tenn., was taken down and removed from the cemetery because the pur chase money notes were not satisfied in due time. Figures have been issued showing that the British army during the war in South Africa consumed 34,500,000 pounds of jam. The flood damage in the vicinity of Hornesville, N. Y.r is placed at a quarter of a million dollars. The Evangelistical Lutheran synod ical conference came to a close at Mil waukee. It was decided to establish one or two preparatory, schools in the south for the benefit of negroes. A commission was appointed to decide on the location of the schools. HWffi' 1st sMttask. State fimriui AND 'JIJS sUUI!SSKlrlTDsAFT50N o I- ' VfJMBJ, fvBffTjBfsV ffSW IHB. AstfAsf o Sells 9S ood inks. ft sWt sttc x tmoiM and oiaeoTi 1IMDH imam. pas. o ear martvn. vics-prbs. S m. anun. cMmaa. O MANY L. MINN. SARIMTT MULST. ooooo eo&oo&o&o fto?ooo o-Jo&oeo Coluinbus JournaJ, A efcfy RcpuUksn . Wfwipipff Df to4t ri to & Best Interest of X X . 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