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r - J & -ur.- ; ' k x t. a- " -.' -! -Ja; . tv - - .tiooo 3TXri rJ '- .. , .: WHOLE NUMBER K738. VOLUME XXXIV. NUMBER 22. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1903. 'r .- Zi ' ' r :,-. ., ' .ia., - amuta A ; if ift - i. JM n SSl U18M JBW p S" Bj iircrnm. (MttTRTO "if it -" 1 $ 4 ?!: V t .1 Ij . I 1 - " . f -. - I ; -- . " -.' t- ' '" -" h ' : I :'-'' . ' u - - . f : r ' "' V t. K ft! fx I WirH ALL t jfcjcsiy 7 BHBm. aaassavaaaS sasaasaTPP,ea. 'asnsVassssB Y- aj3-ii How the Yachti Appear During the Contest. DOINGS OF TURKS EVIDENTLY INTEND EXTERMI-. NATING BULGARIANS. J THE INSURGENTS TAKE REVENGE Repressive Measures Have Reached the Utmost Limits of Barbarism A Gloomy View of the Crisis in Bul garia Set Forth. LONDON According to a Sofia tel pgrani to the Times the Turkish re pressive measures in Macedonia have readied the utmost limits of barbar ism, and it is evident that it is the s intention to accomplish this by de fgrees the total extirpation of the Bnl garian population. Within the last few dajs. says the Times correspondent, twelve more Christian villa?jes"have been handed ovr to fire and sword, and the women, children and the aged hate been mas sacred indiscriminately. Convoys of prisoners dispatched to Monastir have been murdered by their escorts on the way. A private letter from a foreign res ident in Monastir says even the local Turks are disgusted and mediate as--rssiuatiug the consul in order to pro vokc European intervention. The insurgents are doubtless taking a terrible revenge and are executing the revolutionary piogram to the let ter. The repotted concentration of large Turkish forces in the Adrianoplc district nt" Mustafa-Pasha, Kisylagach and other points on the Bulgarian frontier is regarded with much appre hension in Sofia. A special dispatch published this morning gives a gloomy icw of the crisis in the Balkans. According to teports from Constantinople a rnmot whs current that war had already been declared against Bulgaria. Tl was proved to be unfounded, but the',,,, ,imo of lwo mjnllle. state of popular feeling is said to be; such that no other issue is regarded as possible. ( It is further stated that although the Russian souadron was withdrawn from India it continues to cruise near ', the Itosphoriis. ; It is reported that several Italians have been murdeded by Turks In Is- mid. :i seapmt in Asia Minor, fifty-, three niilT. southeast of Constant!- n!'p- ' From Belgrade it is announced that i a bis mass meeting of Macedonians in- j tended to be held August 23 was post-1 poncd to August T.O by order or the goiernmcnt on account of the Turkish , protests. ' FREIGHT DcFOT DESTROYED Loss at Rock Island Sustains Chicano Big CHICAGO. 111. At midnight Thurs- democratic ronrcntion for the state day fin- started in the freight house j senato having won a decisive victory of the Chicago. Rock Island & Pa-' over his opponents. Colonel Gorman cific railroad, situated at Folk and , is so years of age and begIns llis po. Sherman streets. The flarne had luica, career where his father bcgua secured quite a star: when discover- i tjjjrV vears a"o. ed. and by the time the first engine, arrived, the buildinc. which is 23') j Cleveland i iaoy Boy. feet long and two stories high, was a NEW YORK. The baby boy re mass of flames. The firemen from cently lorn to Mrs. Grover Clcvc he first had no hope of saving the (land at Buzzards Bay. Mass.. has been structure or its contents. , christened Francis Grover Cleveland, The loss was primarily on outgoing ' a name selected by the other chil freight aud is estimated at $300.01j0. dren. Veteran Actor Buried. CLEVELAND. O. The funeral of the late veteran actor. John A. Ells-, lor. who died suddenly in New York, last Friday, was held here Tuesday. The sen-ices were conducted by Dean ' Williams of Trinity Protestant Epis copal cathedral and the Holy Rod commandery of Masons. Floral trib utes from the Actors club of New York and from individual- players i were receive. The interment was in 1 -ake View cemetery . " Election Annulled. GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador. The elec- tion of Alaredo Baqueriza Moreno.: 'miriisterltn the United States, as vice president of the republic of Ecuador! has been annulled on the grouad that J it was --unconstitutional. Death of John Ellsler. i NEW YORK. John Ellsler. father) of Effie Ellsler, the actress, and him-'j self a veteran actor and theatrical j manager, died of heart disease t his home here, aged 82. SAIL SET. VERY FAST TIME. New world' Record Made by the Horse Dillon. READVILLE, Mass.-Beforc a great crowd of spectators at Readvillc on Monday, and with track and weather conditions perfect, Lou Dillon trotted i a mile in two minutes, a new world's record. So that no breeze might in terfere, Millard Sanders, driver of the great mare, brought out the daughter of Sidney Dillon for the attempt early in the day. For pacemakers there were two run ning horses hitched to road carts, Peggy from Paris, driven by "Doc" Tanner, and Carrie Nation, driven by Scott McCox. The first score was fruitless, Lou Dillon making a break just before reaching the wire. On the second at tempt, however, the word was given. Starting Judge Walker rang his bell, but Tanner, nodded or him to say "go" and turning to Sanders, called to hiji to come along. Tanner kept Peggy from PrHs di rectly in front of the peerless chest nut trotter while McCoy lay at her wheel. In this way the trio went to the quarter pole in thirty and one quarter seconds. With never a skip Lou Dillon went so smooth-galted down the back stretch as to lead those not timing the mile to believe that her speed was not alarmingly fast. The half was clicked off in 1:00. Around the turn to the three-quarters pole the clip quickened, the third quarter being in 30 seconds, mak ing that mark of her journey in 1:31. Faster and faster came Tanner with the runner and right with him trot ted the handsome California-bred mare. Sanders was sitting perfectly still, but McCoy was crying aloud to his runner to cheer on Lou Dillon. To the amazement of all the quarter was driven in twenty-nine seconds, thus making the mile in the wonder- When Sanders Jaggctl the mare back to (he wire those who Kad witnessed tjlc performance leaped to their feet ant, sent fot1n checr aftcr checr lou Dion apparcntlv was as fresh as Hlo,lgn she ha(i onv icen out for a jogging exercise. Sanders said he ful- ,y ociieved that before the season cIgPa he wm ,lrjvc the marc in 1:59 or better, SANTA ROSA. Cal. Lou Dillon was bred and raised on the Santa Ro-a stork farm !t !s sai(1 that wnen a co , Dnion was ofTered for sale for 150. with no takers. She is by gidnej Dillon, out of Lou Milton, botl t0,-a animals, Gorman's Sen in Politics. BALTIMORE. Md. Colonel A. P. Gorman, jr.. the only son of United states Senator A. P. Gorman, was nominated by the Howard county Senator Hanna is III. CLEVELAND. O Senator M. A. Hanna. who has but recently returned from a several weeks' vacation, was taken so ill at his office Tuesday as to require the services of a physician. The physician stated after an exam ination that Mr. Hanna was suffering from stomach trouble, and advised his immediate relaxation of business and retirement to his home. Senator Hanna immediately left for hi? home. Jsn Kubelik is Married. VIENNA Jan Kubelik. the violin ist, was married at Debreezin. Hun gary, on Wednesday to Countess Mari anne Czaky. niece cf Coloman Von Czell. former premier' of Hungary. Only a few friends were present. Bishop Wolotka performed the cere mony. The couple have proceeded to Prague, to. visit the bridegroom's mother, and from there they win pro ceed to Marienbad to spend their honeymoon. SIX MASKED MEN HOB THE DEPOT AT M'FARLAND, KANSAS. STATION IS QUICKLY LOOTED Railroad Men Are Soon Subdued Passengers at Lunch Counter Rush to an Uustairs Room and Save Themselves by Blocking Entrance. M'FARLAND. Kan. At 1 o'clock Friday morning six masked men, heavily armed, appeared at the Rock Island depot and started to enter the office door. Conductor Monnchan of freight train No. 48, which had just pulled in, and Night Baggageman Charles Toler saw them aad hurriedly attcmptedJo block the door, but the robbers forced an entrance and, after taking their mon ey and watches, beat the railroad men into insensibility. They then rifled the depot of its contents and going hurried to the eat ing house, held up and took all the valuables from half a dozen men on the platform, employed at the round house, and a part of the train crew. Passengers at the lunch counter scur ried upstairs and blocked the entrance effectively. The bandits then looted the eating house cash register and silverware, doing their work in a cool and collected fashion, after the man ner of veterans. Then, apparently as a joke, they marched and carried six of the Rock I&Iand employes, including the night hostler and Baggageman Toler. and locked them In a refrigerator car and disappeared in an easterly direction. ' During the thirty minutes of their presence not a shot was fired and only Monnchan and Toler were in jured. Two hours afterthc robbers disap peared Sheriff Frv had organized a posse, released the prisoners from the refrigerator-car and galloped in pur suit. The bandits were headed to ward Topeka. The banditts secured eight watches and probably 130 in money. They left McFarland on foot: The night agent at Paxico. four milccs cast of McFarland, saw them itass by along the tracks on foot at 2:30 o'clock. At 1 o'clock Friday afternoon there is a report from Paxico that Sheriff Fry and Chief Custy pf the Rock Is land detective force, aided by four county deputies, have the robbers lo cated in a patch of timber near Pax ico. Advices from Paxico at 2:30 show that tha bandits eluded the posse in pursuit and passed on through the thick brush. FAVORS A-NEBRASKA IDEA. 'Judge Talks on Lynch ings and the Crime Which Causes Them. MYSTIC, Conn. Hezekiah Butter worth of Boston made the opening ad dress at the Universal Peace union's sessions Friday. His topic dealt with the effect upon the world of the open ing of the pan-American canal. He said that the canal would wed two oceans and make all mankind one family. Supreme Justice Charles B. Lore of Deleware. who at the time of the lynching at Wilmington. DjI.. de nounced such practices, made an ad dress. He recommended the Falls City method of dealing with criminal assault. Alfred H. Love of Philadel phia, president of the Universal Peace Union, and Henry W. Wilbur, of New York, editor of the Defender, also gave addresses. The objective and aims of the Straight Edge Co-operative industries were explained by their organizer, Wilbur F. Copcland of New York. CAUSES AN EXTRA SESSION. Salvador is to Deal witht a Claim Against Her. SAN SALVADOR Congress will hold extraordinary sessions to deal with the payment of the Burrell claim in accordance with the last agreement arrived at in Washington through the efforts of Senor Lopez. Salvadorean minister to the United States. Alfred H. Burrell brought an ac tion against the republic of Salvador because of the government's treat ment of the Triunfo company. The court of arbitration, sitting in Wash ington in May last year, awarded Mr. Burrell 1448,000 damages in gold. The Salvadorean government refused to make payment and efforts were then mr.de to arrange another settlement. Attack Was Premeditated. NEW Y'ORK In response to a tel egram of inquiry regarding the re ported assassination of Vice Consul Magelssen at Beirut. Syria, Mr. Fry erK treasurer of the board ot Pres byterian missions at Beinit. has ca bled to the Associated Press as follows: "Although the attack made on Vice Consul Magelssen was evidently premeditated, the bullet missed him and he escaped un injured." ' Shaw Coming West. WASHINGTON. D. C Secretary Shaw left here Friday for Oyster -Bay. where he will remain over night and go west. The secretary, who has sev eral engagements in the middle west. will return here about September 15. Hawaiian Volcano Gets Busy. HONOLULU. The volcano of Kil auea shows increased activity. Clouds af smoke are ascending from the Crater. RELIANCE" COMES IN FIRST. Winner Fails to Csyer Course Inside of the Time Limit ' Start. Turn. Finish Reliance ....11:02 1:55:10 4:38:45 Shamrock HI 11:02 2:07:40 NEW YORK. With Reliance less than a third of a mile from the' fa ish and Shamrock III. hull-down on the horizon, fully two miles' astern of the gallant defender, the fowrth race of the present series for -the America's cup Thursday was declared off 'be cause of the expiration of the time limit of five and one-half hours, as happened on Thursday last. Although officially it was no race, the defeat administered to the challenger was so ignominious that whatever linger ing hope remained in the breasts of the friends of Sir Thomas' boat van ished. Reliance's victory was in ev ery way more decisive than that of last Saturday. Shamrock was out sailed, outpointed and outfoolcd from start to finish. Reliance beat Shamrock ho'pelcssly in the work fifteen miles to wind ward, rounding the outer mark twelve minutes and thirty seconds ahead of it, a gain in actual time of eleven minutes and twenty-nine seconds. Down the wind it steadily increased its lead. The real interest of the day was not against Shamrock, but was in the exciting struggle of Reliance in the last half hour to reach the finish line before the regatta committee fired the gun which should announce the expiration of the time limit. Did not finish. SOPER AND HUCKLEBERRY. Government Officials Speculate in In- dian Lands. WASHINGTON. D. C It is stated at the department of justice that charges and allegations which have been made regarding the official con duct of United States Attorney P. L. Sopor, his assistant, Mr. Huckleberry, and United States Marshal Colbert, all of Indian Territory, arc already under investigation by officials of the department and in due Jime a full re port will be made to the attorney general. Messrs. Soper and Huckleberry are alleged to have associated themselves with one of a number of trust com panies having to do with Indian lands, but no charge is made that the particular company with which the gentlemen are connected have been guitly of wrong doing. The charges against United States Marshal Colbert relate to his-official conduct outside of Indian land mat ters. The department of justice will make a thorotigh investigation of, all the charges. PRESIDENT IS GRATIFIED. Thankful That Consul Magelssen Es caped. OYSTER BAY. President Roose velt was notified Friday night by a representative of the Associated Press of the incorrectness of the report that Vice Consul William C. Magelssen at Beyroot, Syria, had been assassinated. The president expressed gratifica tion that Consul Magelssen had es caped without injury from the assault of the would-be murderer. He an nounced, however, that no change would be made in the plans of this government and that the European squadron which he ordered to pro ceed immediately to Beyroot, would continue to its ordered destination. It can be said that the president and Secretary of State Hay loth re gard it advisable in view of the pres ent state of unrest in Turkey, to have American war vessels in Turk ish waters: For several hours President Roose velt and Secrelar3- of State Hay were in confidence at Sagamore Hill. They discussed every buggested phase of the situation in Turkey. At the con clusion of the conference Secretary Hay announced his intention of re turning immediately to Washington In Chinese Famine District LONDON According to mail ad- m vices from Hong Kong, missionaries returning from the famine District In Kwangsi province, south China, report that "conditions there improved. The harvest had commenced and the free distribution of cereals had ceased in many places early in July. It was ex pected that necessity for further dis tribution of food would disappear en tirely in a few weeks. A man usually makes a virtue of the means he uses to conceal his faults. Hague Hearing Must Wait. ROME. Dr. Lardy, the Swiss min ister at Paris, and Prof. Matzen of the Copenhagen university, having re fused to be arbitrators in the ques tion of Venezuelan preferential claims. Count Lamsdorf, the Russian minister for" foreign affairs, tele graphed to the Italian foreign office asking if Italy had any objection to postponing the first meeting so as to give the czar time to choose the mm other two arbitrators. Funds for the University. LEXINGTON, K Dr. George H. Denny, president of Washington and Lee university, who has just returned from Chicago, announces that the widow and children of the late Cyrus H. McCormack have given a fund of $10,000 to the university, the pro ceeds of which are to -maintain the new science hall. Prior to the death of Mr. McCormick he gave $20,000 tc the university, and this latter gift is in line with his wishes. CONSUL NOT SHOT UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WAS tf " I MADE1 TO KILL! HIM. WJLLET MISSED THE MARK .Minister. Leiehman Explains How Error Came to Be Mads Csrrec tion Relieves the Tension Walsh ington Officials Now Think Dialo macy Will .Be Successful. WASHINGTON A decidedly new turn in the case of United States Vice Consul William Magelssen at Beyroot. Syria, who was reported to have been assassinated last Sunday, developed LFjiday night when it became known that the report was incorrect and that, although Mr. Magelssen had been shot at, he had not been injured. This re port came to the State department In a dispatch from United States Minister Leishman at Constantinople, who said the mistake in making the original an nouncement was due to a mistake in translating the cipher message to the minister. The dispatch from Mr. Irishman followed closely on the same subject which had been shown to the prominent officials of the government. The dispatch of the minister was com municated to the president at once at Oyster Bay, but up to a late hour nothing had been heard from him on the subject at the State department. Its contents were extremely gratify-, ing to the officials of the government here, as it relieved the situation of its extreme tension and leaves the way open for an amicable and peaceful ad justment of the incident. Whether or not orders will be given calling off the proposed cruise of the European squadron to Turkish waters is a mat ter for future determination. Acting Secretary Loom is declined to make public the text of Minister Leish mans' dispatch tonight, but he gave a summary of its coatents. As stated in the press dispatch it showed that Mr. Magelssen had been shot at by some person at the time tin kn6wn to the officials, but that he 'had not been hit. The local Turkish offi cials were prompt to express their re gret at the occurrence and were exert ing themselves to apprehend the as sassin, but thus far had been unsuc cessful. The minister's dispatch also said that Consul Ravendal had reported to him that some of the consuls located at Beyroot had reported to their gov ernment that the situation at that place had become exceedingly unsafe; that this condition of affairs had ex isted for some time and that some thing ought to be done to relieve the tension. The opinion was expressed that the attempted assassination of Mr. Magelssen would probably bring matters to a focus and some effort be made to avoid further trouble. DEMOCRATS OF OHIO. Ticket Put in Nomination by the Co lumbus Convention. COLUMBUS, O. The democratic state convention met here Wednes day and nominated the following tick et: For governor, Tom I Johnson of Cleveland: for lieutenant gover nor. Frank B. Miles of Toledo; for supreme judge, Edward P. Dempsey of Cincinnati; for attorney general. Frank S. Monnett of Columbus; for treasurer of state. Charles A. Klocb of Wahakoneta; for school commis sioner. J. H. Secrist of Ottawa; for member of the board of public works, T. H. B. Jones of Ironton: for United States senator. John H. Clark of Cleveland. The Johnson program was carried out completely. Discuss Prospects of War. VICTORIA. B. C. Japanese papers brought by the Empress of China, which arrived Tuesday from the Ori ent, have columns discussing the pros pects of war. The Mainichi reports that the Japanese government has concluded arrangements with a certain power for the loan or $100,000,000 Jor military purposes. The paper states' editorially that the report is believed to be true. Settling for the Disaster. RAWLINS, Wyo. W. C. Hussey, claim agent of the Union Pacific, has made a settlement with forty-one' estates of miners who lost their Jives in the Hanna mines on June 30. The sum of $800 will be paid to each widow, $50 to each child and $45 tc each single man. News Conveyed to family. LACROSSE, Wis. News that Vice Consul Magelssen, reported assassin ated at Beirut, Syria, was 'alive and uninjured, was conveyed to the fam ily of the Vice-consul's brother. Rev. H. G. Magelssen, here Friday nighi and to the parents of the vice consu at Highland Prairie, Minn. Arrange ments will be made for a family re union and services of thanksgiving probably will be held in the Norwc gian Lutheran church here. Investigate Leper Colony. SAN JUAN, P. R. The executive committee has ordered a committee of three of its members to investigate the leper colony scandal and report at the earliest possible moment. The disclosures continue. Steamer Given Up for Lost. MARSEILLES The French -steam cr Admiral Gueydon, which sailec from here July 25, for Colombo, ha been given, up for lost. . RELIANCE IS AHEAD. .gain Shows Its Heels to Listen's j Challenger. Reliance-Start, 11:00:36; finish. 2:15:30; elapsed time, 3:14:54: cor rected time, 3:14:51. , Shamrock III Start, 11:02:10; a 'sh, 2:20:10; elapsed time, 3:18:10; jorrected time. 3:16:13. Relianco wins over time allowance 3f 1:19. ' NEW YORKr-In a glorious whole sale breeze", over a triangular course ten miles to the leg. the fleet-footed cup defender. Reliance, again showed its heels to Sir Thomas Linton'. chal lenger, taking the second race of the" cup series of 1903 by the narrow mar gin of one minute and niceteen sec onds. It was as pretty and as bard fought a contest as has ever been sailed off Sandy Hook, and had the wind not fallen during the last ten minutes- the record for the course, 3:12:15. made by Columbia two years ago in its memorable race against Shamrock II. would have been broken. As It was Reliance sailed the thirty miles within two minutes and thirty nine seconds of the record, which speaks wonders for its speed in the wind that was blowing. Reliance's victory, narrow as it was. would have Decn even smaller had not Captain Wringe, the skipper of the British joat, bungled the start, sending his craft over the line nineteen seconds aftcr the last gun and handicapping it tp that extent. At every point of sailing the defender's superiority was demonstrated. It gained one minute ind fifty-one seconds in windward work, forty seconds on the run to ihe second mark and forty-five sec ands on the close reach for home. Based on the magnificent showing It has made in the two races already sailed, it is the belief of many ex perts that the cuu is safe and that it will take something better than Fife's latest creation to get it. An assemblage of excursion vessels almost as large as that of last Satur day poured down through the Narrows and out into the broad Atlantic Tues day to witness the vanishing glo'ry of the challenger. DEMOCRATS AND POPULISTS. The Respective Conventions Unite on the Same Ticket. Supreme Court Justice J. J. Sullivan University Regents W. A. JONES, DR. E. G. WEBER GRAND ISLAND. The populists in state convention here put in nomina tion the above ticket. It referred tc next year's convention a resolution en dorsing the Denver manifesto. After nominating Judge Sullivan of Columbus for supreme court justice, there was discussion of the question of notifying the democratic conven tion at Columbus of what had been done. Following this the convention nominated by acclamation two candi dates for regents Prof. William A. Jones of Hastings aud Dr. E. O. Weber of Valparaiso. The resolutions adopted declared national issues are not involved in this campaign. The Democrats. Supreme Court Justice ....a. ............ J. w. ollill, c&u University Regents W. A. JONES. DR. E. O. WEBER COLUMBUS. The democratic state convention was late in assembling, ind a3 it gathered news had been re ceived of the action of the impulist convention in Grand Island in mak ing nominations. P. L. Hali announc ed the fact in calling the convention to order. H. W. Risley of Grand Island was named for secretary. The delega tions were accepted as reported and the temporary organization was made permanent. W. L Alcn of Schuyler placed Judge Sullivan in nomination for su prcme judge and it carried by ac clamation. The nomination of Jones of Adams and Weber of Saunders foi regents was made by a rising vote In accepting his nomination Judge Sullivan modestly denied the iosses sion of any special qualifications, ex cept independence. He went on the bench a free man and promised so tc remain. The resolution committee reported a platform. It reaffirmed the plat form of the Kansas City conventior in the fewest words possible and con demncd the rsset currency plan and further legislation along the line ol the Aldrich bill. Was a Classmate of Schley. DETROIT, Mich. Lieutenant Com mandcr Francis O. Davenport, Unitcc States navy, retired, died at his resi dence here Sunday of heart failure At Annapolis he was a classmate o. Admiral Schley. He served in vari ous vessels during the civil war anc was retired in 1870 at his own re quest. Commasder Davenport lost, his right arm by the accidental dis charge of a pstol while he was on a "cutting out" expedition in Texas. Passenger Coach Ablaze. COCKEYSVILLE. Md. The reat coach attached to the York and Balti more accommodation train on the Northern Central railroad caught fire near this station Monday and was partially demolished. A dozen nas- sengers, including several women and children, were painfully burned or in lured by jumping from the train; but no one is thought to have bcea fatal ly injured. The explosion of a gaso line lamp caused the blaze. I Mftff TtlfOIAMS. : tllllllMMllMIIMIlMMtl; The collections- of internal reveaae for the month of July. 1903. were $22. 168.480. a decrease compared with July. 1902. of $111,291. The University of Kansas has se cured Charles M. Harger of Abileac to dellverxthe opeaiBg address at the beginning of the fall term in Scptesa ber. Intimation is given the state de partment that the constitution of Co lombia may be changed to secure the ratification of the Panama canal treaty. Robert Stevenson, a pioneer whole sale druggist of Chicago, is dead of heart disease. He was stricken sud denly while visiting- at the home of friends. x It is believed that Secretary Hitch cock. In view of the developmcats ia the Indian scandals, will recommend the immediate abolition of the Dawes commission. The general staff has finally decid ed that the Fourteenth cavalry and the Second battalion of the Scventa infantry shall sail on the Logan on September 5. Postoffice Inspector Flavin has re ceived advices that the mail stage be tween Canyon City nd Whitney. Ore., was held up on Dlxey moun tain and all the mail taken. One man was scalded to death, four others were- severely burned by es caping steam and six trick ponies were killed n the wreck of Robinson's cir cus train at Brunswick, Mo. Former Senator Butler of South Carolina resents Secretary Wilson's charge that managers of the cotton corner are "gamblers." saying no cry was raised over western grain cor ners. The United States- battleship Mas sachusetts, which was considerably damaged on August 12 by striking oa a ledge of rock during a fog while off the Maine coast, reached New York harbor. Project for transfer of Zionist colo nization from Palestine to East Africa is said to have considerable opposi tion in England. Chicago Hebrews at tach little importance to the sugges tion made at Basel. The election of Alfredo Baqueriza. Moreno. Ecuadorian minister to ta United States, as vice president of tba republic of Ecuador, has been annull ed by congress on the ground that it was unconstitutional. Bishop McFaul in a consecration sermon in New York says the public schools as at present conducted are detrimental to church and state, and iells of' the danger of education with out religion and morality. 'Sir William Van Home, who is a practical and experienced railroad manager, takes no stock In the propo sition that by building all-Canadiaa lines of railway from Quebec to Van couver the grain trade of the north west can be diverted away from wat er routes. To expedite the work of recralting the navy department will authorize pasting additional posters in various parts of the country and advertising extensively in the newspapers. This plan has been followed with excellent results by Lieutenant Evcrhardt. who is now on recruiting duty. Bids were opened at the war de partment for the purchase of $3.0O" 000 certificates of indebtedness for the Philippine government. Harvey. Fisk & Sons. New York, bid for all or any part of the amount at $102.24. This was the only bid for the whole amount and it was accepted. The stewner Empress of China brought among its passengers General S. S. Sumner. U. S. A., who has been directing the operations against the Moros in Mindanao, and who. accom panied by Mrs. Sumner, is bound for Omaha, where he will take command of the Department of the Missouri. The Congregational summer assem bly in session at New Buffalo. Mich., with representatives from Illinois. Missouri. Kansas, 'Nebraska, Iowa and seven other states has adopted a res olution endorsing the plan of organic union now under consideration by the United Brethren. Methodist Protest ants and Congregational denomina tions. At Omaha, to avoid prosecution on a statutory charge, Clarence English. a prize fighter, married Mildred Mayes in the county court. Immedi ately after the ceremony he deserted the girl, informing her that his name would be her only gain. The big strike of the Holyoke. Mass.. paper makers, which has been on since June 15. came to an end. when Eagle lodge. International Broth erhood of Paper Makers, voted to re turn to work Thursday morning and declare the strike off. At a special meeting of the Mexi can Mining and Exploring company, held at the company's executive office In Washington, former Senator J. P. Jones of Nevada was elected president to succeed General M. C. Butler, re signed. Turks are reported to have devas tated twenty-two villages in the Mon astir district, slaughtering the inhab itants and leaving the bodies unburicd in the streets. Terrible stories of atrocities are confirmed by Russian and Austrian consuls. While a hook and ladder truck was going to a fire in St. Paul a work car j on the city railway collided with it, i injuring Patrick Fleming, truckman: Joe Costello and Lieutenant Henry Lingvin, Fleming may die. alii inn iin ii iniimil Sr OM KefcaMe : Colvimbxis : ! Statte BLnk. ! 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