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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
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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.
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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.
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