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VOLUME XXXIV.-NIJMBER 25.
CABINET BROKEN
THREE MEMBERS OF BRITISH
MINISTRY RESIGN.
THEY AIE PROMPTLY ACCEPTED
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Mr. Chamberlain's Letter
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-irnciai Announccmcm as maoe
7 the Associated Press.
LONDON Th official announce
ment of the resignation of Mr. Cham-
berlain and two other members of the i gressman Mondall. in a leagthy
cabinet is made, as follows; I speech, took strong grounds against
-Three prime ministers have ten- i Jcn repeal.
demi. their resignations, which have ' it wms evident from the feeling dis
been actepted by the king. Right played that if the congress does rec
Hon, Joseph Chamberlain, secretary ommend the repeal of these laws, and
for the colonies . Right Hon. C. T. it s the belief that the committee
Ritchie, chancellor of the exchequer. on resolutions will report favorably.
and Lord George Hamilton, secretary j that it will only be after a hard fight,
for fsdia." ; Interest in the possible action of the
Here follows Mr Chamberlain's let- J congress on this point in fact, over
rer. dated Birmingham. September 9. J shadows everything else that has come
in which he sets forth his reasons for
his resignation
"For the present, at any rate, a
preferential agreement with our colo
nies involving any new duty, however
small, on articles of food hitherto un
taxed, even if accompanied by a re
cuction of taxation on orher articles
of food equally universal in their con
sumption, would be unacceptable to
the majority of the constituencies.
''However much ire may regret the
decision, however mistaken we may r
think it. no good government in a
democratic country can ignore i'. 1 '
feel therercre that as an immediate
practical policy the question of prefer- i
ence to the colonies cannot be press
ed with any hope of success at the
present time, although there is a very
strong feeling in favor of the other
branch of the fiscal reform which
would ?ive further discretion to the
government in negotiating with for
eign countries for commodities, and
would enable our country to . retalia
tion if opposition was made to our
just demands.
"If. a I beieve. you share these
vie-vs. it seems to me that you will
b absolutely justified in adpting them
as the policy of your government, al
though it will necessarily involve some
changes in its constitution.
"As secretary for the colonies dur-
ing the Iamr eight years. I have been !
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in a special snsp rho rpnrpspnrariv !
of the policy of a closer union which
I firmly believe to be equally neces- j to under the control of the secre
sarv irr the interest of th colonics I tary of agriculture. AK of the speak-
and ourselves. I believe it is possible !
today and may b impossible tomor-
ro-- to make arrangements for such roads in tne general scneme ot coio
a union. I have had unexampled op- l nidation, without which, they claimed,
porrunities of watching events and ap- ; scheme of irrigation would be oi
predating the feelings of our kins- no ralue.
men beyond the seas. I stand, ther-
fore, in a different position than any i MISS RUTH BRYAN ENGAGED,
of my colleacues and I think that I
hould justly be blamed if I remained
in office, and thus formally accepted
the exclusion from my political pro
zram of 50 rrra a part thereof.
I think thaT. Tiith absolute loyally
to your zovcrnmnt and no fear of
embarrassing it in any way. I can best
promote the raus I have at hearr
from tho outside, and I cannot but
hope that in a perfectly independent
position my arguments will be re
ceived with less prejudice than will
attarh to those of a nartv leader. Ac
rorriinzlv. I u-oiihl ;nrSr rhr vp.it !
lirnir the present policy of the ov
ernmenr to an assertion -of our free
dom in the eac of all commercial
relations with all foreign countries
and that you should azree to my ten
derinz my repudiation of my present
office to his majesty, and rfevotinz
myself to the work of explaining and ,
popularizing these nrineiples of imoe
rial union whih experience has con
vinced me are essential to our welfare
and prosperity. Yours very sincerely.
"JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN."
New Panama Cana! Plan.
WASHINGTON. D. C The follow- .
ing bulletin was posted at the state
department
"Under date of the 14th instant '
Mr. Beaupre telegraphs the depart- j
ment of state that the report of the !
canal commission passed the senate
unanimously. .
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Insurgents Annihilated.
SALONICA. An insurgent band of
.IXjI yyt r c iTninnnrAH rr- rVt Tttlr
September !-. between Istib and Kra- ;
tova. Another band, which attacked i
the railroad near Demirfaissar. was re- '
pulsed with loss.
A Big Memorial Banquet.
i2rii.vixJ- ai i juiui. umqu:i. ,
of the armies that are to take part in
the Sherman memorial. Gen. Schofield
will preside. Each army will be toast
ed. Father Sheridan will respond for
the Army cf the Tennessee. Gen. John
R. Brooke for the Army of the Po
tomac. CoL John J. McCook of the j the company of SIO.037,310 The Z.
"Fighting MeCooks." for the Army of COQ.000 acpropriated in the aid of the
the Cumberland, and Gen. T. J. Hen
derson of Illinois for the Amy cf
the Ohio.
Terrible Storm in the Alps. I
ROME As a result o the terrible .
stsrms in the Alps Saturday, all tele-
graph communication was for a time
cempletely interrupted, and Italy cut ,
oft from Europe and America.
Must Use Russian Language.
ST. PETERS3URC3 An order just "
Issued directs that the lectures in lit-
rature, hicry. constitutional law and 1
recsrapiy si "Hslni2f t Finland) f
Tnirverstv- must be srmi in Eujbsujii.
OUR ARIO ACRES.
! trrisatisn Coftaress Considers
nizatien Scheme.
OGDEN, Utah It developed Wed
nesday that the fight over the prop
osition to commit the natiosal irriga
tion congress in favor of a repeal of
several of the extinguished land laws,
mcludias the desert land act. the tim-
bor and the commutation clause of
fc , :
I le UUUIC3LCSU tU Kill DC J
close one.
Champions both for and
I tYtat OTi?i mtrj w-aa i -!
the session of the congress. Oeorge
H. Maxwell of the executive commit
tee and Senator Paris Gibson of Mon
tana favoring such action, while Con-
before it.
Wednesday was a day ef hard work
for the delegates. Besides listening
to half a dozen interesting speeches,
numerous resolutions were introduced
and referred to the resolutions com
mittee, of which Senator Smoot of
Utah has been elected chairman. Ac
tion on the long considered consolida
tion with the Trans-Mississippi con
gress was also taken.
The committee, through its chair-
man. senator Carey cf Wyoming, re
ported against such action on the
ground that the time had now come
r such action and the irrigation
congress would best preserve its indi-
viduality in the work it set out to
do. The report was adopted.
The morning session of the con
gress was devoted to colonization and
the opinions of railroad men and so
cialists on the besr methods of set
tling the arid region with a desirable
class of farmers and small stockmen
were listened to with much interest.
The feature of the morning session
was the speech of Commander Booth
Tucker of the Salvation army, who
gave a very complete description of
the methods pursued by the Salvation j wresting papers were to have been
army colonies of California and Col- presented by bureau chiefs of the de
orado in settling them with people : nartment of agriculture, the congress.
from the tenement districts ol the '
east. j
The commander made a plea fcr.
government aid for the great coloniza-
tion projects of the Salvation army ,
ers urSed more complete co-operation
between states. land owners and rail-1
' Announcement Made That She is to
; Wed W. K. L-avitt.
LINCOLN. The encasement of
' Miss Ruth Bryan, daughter of V.. J.
, Bryan, to Mr. W H. Leavitt of New
por. R. I., was announced Wednesday
eveninc Tto announcement was
mad" ar a parry given by Mrs. Mary
Fitzserald. After the party Mr.
Leavitt and Miss Bryan attended the ;
theater
Mr. Leavirt is an arris
and amonc
"&er things, he painted a portrait cf
Mr. Bryan, and it was while engaged
In this work that he became acquaint
ed wi-h Miss Bryan. He has been in
Lincoln for the last three months, a
portion of the time a guest at the
3ryan home.
This announcement disposes ot two
rececr series concerning the future
of Miss Bryan one that she was en
gaged to Captain Richard Hobson. for
merly of the navy, and the other that
she was intending to devote ler life
to the work of Hull house in Chicago.
Melien Refuses to Talk.
NEW YORK. President Melien of
the Northern Pacific railroad, declined j
to uiicuss the statement tnat ce is
to resign from the Northern Pacific to
succeed President Hill of the New
York. New Haven fc Hartford road,
t1 tnt? report is coirect.
Plague Condmcn i cxnous.
MARSEILLES. The unofficial re
ports make the plague situation seri
ous. The aeac, tt apoears. mciuues
focr -a"OEien and one man whose
fcodies e covered with bubos, leav
in Iittle doul)t the nature of th
disease.
st. Lsuis Fair Finances.
WASHINGTON. D. C The com
j mittee appointed by the secretary ot
the treasury to examine the vouch
ers and verify the accounts of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition com
pany has reported that the vouchers
are is. proper form and shew, as claim
ed, an expenditure on the part of
exposition, therefore, is now available
and has been placed to the credit or
the company.
Redwcod Lumber Combine.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. A large or-
ganizatioc of redwood lumber mer-
chants and manufacturers of Califor-
nia has bees, perfected tor the pur-
pose of handlbrg for the eastern mar-
ket the large demand lor redwood
lumber. The organization, which, has
a capital cf S3.QQO.000. includes ten
nf the largsrt producers of redwood
lumber in the state. The hcadeuar-
terr cf the sew ecsre: wai t at Los
Msdenas, California.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WqpNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 19Q3. WHOLE NOIBERl.Tli: ?
iTHEIRWnRKDflMU"" WATER IS NEEDED r "" rrtrsl r"' 1
IRRIGATION CONBREM IS NOW OF
THE FAST.
CHAME OF CERTAIN LAID LAWS
The Great Fight ef the Session Comes
Upon Report of the Committee on
Reeetutiens Delegates Finally Get
Together.
OGDEN. Utah. The eleventh Na -
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uuui unginuu cuugress came 10 an
ed Friday afternoon. It re-elected
Senator W. A. Clark of Montana pres
ident and decided to hold the congress
of 1904 in EI Paso. It adopted a plat
form which requested congress to
make needed modifications of the ex
isting land laws in order that spec
ulation aad monopoly of public domain
bo prevented. The great fight of the
congress came up when the report of
the committee on resolutions was
made. Over the adoption or rejection
of the clauses the majority report re
questing that congress reoeal the
desert land act, and timber and stone
act and the commutation clause of
the homestead act occurred a debate
of four hours duration, exceedingly
bitter at times and participated .
in. by some of the most prominent
men in the work of irrigation.
The opposition to the National Ir
rigation congress committing itself in ;
any such manner was led by former
Senator Carey of Wyoming. Congress
man Mondell of Wyoming and former j
Congressman Shafroth of Colorado ;
and when a substitute for these pro-
visions of the majority report was of-,
fererd by Congressman Needham of !
California, simply requesting congress
to modify the land laws, the whole j
strength of the opposition was thrown
in its favor. '
The result is regarded by them as !
a decided victory, in that the national
body of irrigationists did not come out
in direct opposition to the laws they
so strongly defended.
The debate wa3 prolonged until
evening, and although a number of in
tired out by the long, and at times ;
acrimonious, discussion, adjourned
without listening to them.
El Paso wont its nicturesaue fight .
for next years congress on the first
k.1t. J.. . ,J I
iwuuu -n. ucaictai.c cuun u mam.
by the northern states to bring the
honoT to Boise, but ir was unsuccess- j
faL It was apparent that the desire .
to go to Portland. Ore., in 1905 had j
much to do with the action in giving i
the honor for 1304 to the southwest.
Many delegates left for their homes .
Friday. Several hundred will go on
an excursion through Cache Valley, j
viewing the state agricultural school I
at Logan and tne great irrigation
works of the Bear river valley.
THREE HUNDRED ARE KILLED
! Columbia Supply company, were giv-
Bulgarian Insurgenta Worsted in ! en advance information of the indict
Bttle With Turks. i mcnts returned against them by the
i faoal rran -iTirr hn T-ier Tnacfl-i
SALOlUA. inrw nunarea am-1
h..nHro TTll-
earians have been billed in a fight be-
'ween insurgents and Turkish troops
between Okrida and Dibra. The Bui-
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garian dead include many officers, one
of whom wore a Russian decoration.
A Karraltnn nf Tforfifa artnrlcpri rhv i
J-: -. -vr;, , !
September 16 and several of the latter
were killed and wounded. The rest of j
the gendarmes took refuge at the
j, j
sian consulate, where they arc be
sieged. The situation at Mitrovitza
is extremely critical. 1
The Bulgarian villagers, who are J One Group of General Staff to Visit
opposing the Turkish forces in the ; Other Countries.
neighborhood of Mclnik. are estimated j WASHINGTON, D. C Announce
to number 1.000. ; ment hss been made at the war deDart-
that one group of general staff ofi-
Battleship Maine All Right Now. : cers has been designated for duty as
PHlLADELPffiA. The new battle- f attaches abroad and will be given spe-
! ship Maine, which has been undergo-,
ing repairs at Cramps ship yards for
structural weakness which developed ; parture. The following are designated
under tests of her heavy guns, left the as attaches:
works of her builders Friday and pro- ( Captains Sydney A. Cloman. Twen
ceeded to the League Island navy ty- third infantry; William G. Haan.
yard. The Maine, which is in com-1 artillery corps: Horace M. Reeve,
j mand of Captain H. G. Leutze, will
stop only long enough to take on a teenth infantry.
supply of jprovisions and coal and The present scheme is to utilize one
have her magazines stored with am-: half the general staff in Washington
munition. She will then sail for Cule- j and to distribute the other half among
bra. West Indies, where she will ir-' the various department headquarters
ticipate in the fall maneuvers of e
Atlantic coast squadron. The Maine
will also undergo an official speed
test.
Snow Breaks Trees.
STURGIS. S. D. A large number ,
of fruit and shade trees were ruined
by the recent rain and snow storm
the trees being yet in full leaf, they
could not hold up the heavy snow
which stuck to them, bearing- them t
to the ground and in many instances
breaking off large limbs. The storm
lasted for several days, and is said to
be the worst that ever visited the
Black Hills country at this time of
the year.
t
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
PORTLAND. Ore. The directors cf (
the Lewis and Clark exposition, which
is to be held in this cirv fn IMS. .
apportioned $380,900 for buildings, and VIT - I " " " ""
. . . . lts handsome and spacious home on The engineers in charge of th ex
hare .asked the state commission toi, ;?rf . . , .. .. . ..
set aside $300,000. the first state ap
propnation. ior tne same purpose.
This apportionment of funds, it is be-!
liered. will be srxScient to carry the j
exposition to the time ti.e sates an? j
J opened. L
Crops Are .Not as Baslly
at First RspsrtesL
NEW YORK R. G. Dm if .Co.'sf
Weekly Review of Trade sayst
Business has raacte asoslerate prog-
ress during the past week, despite ua
usual opposition from the elements
When all other industries are to a
considerable degree dependeat upon
agricultural conditions, reports cf se
rious injury to crops by cold and
wee weather arc not calculated to
stimulate confidence. Subsequent cor
respondence indicated that the aaotnt
of damage has been exaggerate as
t , T ' , . .
i usual and prospects brightened.
The car shortage Is beginning to be
felt, especially in the Pittsburg dis
trict, where sufficient labor cannot be
secured for handling freight. Max-
1 mfacturing plants re well occHpied
ss a rule, even the textile mills re
porting less idle machinery, and at
Chicago there J s notable pressure for
implements and hardware. Lumber is
in. better demand as structural ac
tivity revives. Payments are season
ably prompt, except where late crops
delay settlement, and the outlook for
fall and winter business contains
much that is encouraging. Railway
earnings thus far reported for Septem
ber show an average gain of 10.36
over last year. In the iron and steel
industry quotations have been declin
ing for some months and a large ton-
J nage of business is held back in the
, expectation that still better terms may
be offered. Uneasiness over the labor
' situation aggravates the difficulty, al
though late developments in the
j building trades are most encouraging
in this respect.
KILLS TEN THOUSAND.
Massacre at Kastoria by Turk s In
describably Terrible.
SOFL. Bulgaria Further reports
from Kastoria say the city is burning
and that the massacre of its popula
tion, estimated to have numbered 10.
000 persons, was indescribably terri
ble. The Turks slaughtered indiscrimi
! nately Bulgarians and Greeks, men.
I women and children.
, A Turkish war balloons is reported
, to have been seen hovering for the
( last three days close to the Bulgar
ian frontier in the vicinity of Has-
1 b.UU.
! A severe fight has occurred at Uli-
i
vitza. in the mountains of Kratovo. be-
twen -000 Turks and eighty insur-
KKULS,
It continued for eight hours.
5 The insurgents used bombs with
deadl7 effect. About 100 Turks are re-
poziea. .o cae oeen. Kiiieu ana many
ued. The insurgents had two
meu wounded.
LEAK FROM THE GRAND JURY.
indictments in the Pastal Cases Were
Tipped Off.
iAsai.iiiu lniormauan nas
come to light which seems to indi-
! cate that Issac S. McGiehan and Jo
seph S. Huntington, members of the
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gotten out of
j the way.
It was said that word was received
here early Fridav morning, six hours
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before the indictments were made .
public, that these men were wanted j
in this Cit;
to answer charges of brio-
U 1S Said that both these men I
dParcd from New York before J
tne warrants coum ce served on tnem.
MILITARY ATTACHES ABROAD.
c:al instructions m the military in-
formation divisions prior to their de-
Third infantry; Dennis E. Nolan. Thir-
and on special duty elsewhere.
Be the stake ever so insignificant as
a rule it makes the game.
Heroic Work of Hospital Nurses.
SALT LAKE. Utah. Heroic work
on the part of the nurses and attend-
. ants -prevented a serious loss of life
in a fire that started from a defective
Que in the Keough-Wright hospital in
this city shortly after noon Tuesday.
The loss will not exceed T10.Q00. Two
patients. William Dalton and George
Black, were so badly shocked by the
excitement that their recovery i3
doubtful.
Dinss with Yacht Club.
OYSTER BAY. N: Y". President
1 - .- . . . . 1
csevei. w tas guest ot Conor Fn-j
d7 " at aannal dincer of the !
C --fr-ear"i VkA .Tk -.
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I men prominently identified with yacht-
ing in the east were present and the
dinner was a handsome and delightful 1
affair. An invitation was sent to Sir
Thcsas Lipton, trst he was unable to
accept. 1
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KEY NOTE OF THE NATIONAL IR
RtGATtON CONGRESS-
MY STATES ttKESBTEC
of Delegates That
at a ShnHsr Goth
More Interest Tnsjfi
on F
OGDCK. Uta. Twenty-six states
and territories of tie anion are rep
resented at tne eleventh National Ir
rigation congress, which began n foot
says session in the Ogsen tnhernnete
Tuesday, this sesmg the largest num
her ever representee: since the
nine the movement for the rec
tioc of the arid west. As
how the movement has taken on a
national scop, delegates were present
even from New York. Virginia. Penn
sylvania and Vermont, and while the
states of the western plains and moun
tains. represestatiTes and mate and
municipal governments and commer
cial organizations of all kinds came
by hundreds. The convention in fact
has run away with the officers of the
congress, for so great is the numbers
of delegates already oc the ground,
with, mere coming in on every train,
that the seating capacity of the taber
nacle is totally inadequate. An inter
national aspect was lent to the pro
ceedings by the presence of two rep
resentatives of foreign governments.
Mexico and France, while the govern
ment at Washington was represented
by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson.
At both the morning and afternoon
sessions the building was paeked with
interested delegates and the keynote
of the present congress, as expressed
both by Governor Wells of Utah in
his speech of welcome, aad President
W. A. Clark in his response, that
"The Time Has Come to Do Things"
was heartily cheered. Important re
sults, beneficial to the cause of irri
gation, are confidently anticipated by
both delegates and ofltcials from the
present congress, and the first resolu
tion, introduced by Senator Burton of
Kansas, favoring the conserving of
the flood waters of the great river
as a part of the scheme of irrigation
of the west was received with so
much favor that there seems to be
no doubt that such action will b
overwhelmingly favored.
Other resolutions, outlining a dis
tinct plan of forest preservation, are
expected to be adopted before the ses
sions cf the congress close.
Wednesday the subject of "Coloniza
tion" will be taken np and discussed
by men prominent in railway and so
cial organization work.
HEAVY DAMAGE TO GRAIN.
Wheat and Hay Badly Injured in
Washington.
PORTLAND. Ore. A special to the
Oregonian from Spokane says: Re
ports of damage to the grain and hay
crops are coming in from all sections
of eastern Washington except In the
Big Bend. Few districts have not
materially suffered from rains. For
the past two week3 rain has fallen in
heavy showers nearly all day. the
drenched expanse extending from
Walla Walla county north to the in
ternational boundary and into north
Idaho. A fair estimate of the wheat
harvest is that two-thirds has been
cut. Much of this is stacked in the
fields and i3 swellinK from the h?av7
downpour. .
OBJECT TO RUSSIAN PROPOSAL.
If Bear Gets Concessions in China (
Other Countries Want Something
LONDON Telegrams from Peking
and Tokio, published in Sunday morn
ing's Times, record the strong objec
tions to the new Russian proposals
regarding the evacuation of Manchu-'
ria, which are regarded as having
been made in order to justify Rus
sia's continued occupation, as an ac
ceptance of them' would create an
armed camp in the middle of Man
churia along the Sungari river. The
Tokio correspendett says should Chi
na make such concessions in the case
of the Sungari, the other powers will
be entitled to similar concessions on
any Chinese river.
Clarke Challenges Hanna.
NORWALK. O. John H. Clarke.
democratic candidate for United
States senator, in a speech delivered
Friday formally challenged Senator
Hanna to meet him in joint debate on
the issues of the campaign.
Chamberlain Disrupts Party.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Arthur A.
Priestly. liberal member of parlia
ment for Grantham. Lincolnshire, who
is in this city, was interviewed con
cerning the resignation of three cabi
net ministers. 31 r. Priestly expressed
the opinion that Mr. Chamberlain had
disrupted the union party, that Pre
mier Balfour must resign and that a
liberal victory would follow, with the
formation of a new- cabinet probably
f by Lord Spencer.
Trolley Breaks Record.
BERLIN An electric car ran at the
rare of 10S 4-5 miles per hour on th
Zossen military read on Friday, said
hernia expect mat. xa mues as
hour win be reached. The xperi-
mentra coaroaar. which is cass-
pooed of rarioas electrical companies
and banks, crganixed for this purpose.
has jnsi. resumed tie trials fcr the
thxrd time.
Evidence
to
SOFIA. Bulgaria FoIlowiHg are
of the points in the note which
just presented to th
powers:
That what the Bulgarian govern
t had foreseen, as expressed in its
note of June 29 of the development
of affairs in Turkey, has become am
ply verified. The Turkish govern
ment is systematically annihilating
the Bulgarian people.
The mobilization and concentration
of such great lorcese in Europear
Turkey, under the pretext of suppress
ing the revolution, gives Bulgaria rea.
son to suppose that at an opporranc 1
moment she will be attacked by Tur
key.
The Bulgarian government can nc
longer remain indifferent to the pres
ence of such a situation, which is of a
nature calculated .to bring about a hos
tile collision between Turkey and Bul
garia. . If the great powers do not take
measures to give tne snblime port
counsels of wisdom and ot moderation
the Bulgarian government will b?
obliged to take the necessary steps
to be ready for every eventuary ana
to not be taken by surprise.
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.
Condition ef Corn in Nebraska ane
Other States.
NEW YORK The weather bureau's
weekIyt:rop bulletin says in part:
. Except in Iowa, northern Missouri
and eastern Nebraska, where exce
sive moisture has prevented rapid ri
pening. the com crop has made sat
iafactory progress, the bulk of earlj
planting over the southern portion of
the belt being practically 3afe froo
frost. In Iowa, northern Missouri and
eastern" Nebraska the advance ha
been very slow, and the bulk of the
crop over the northwest portion of the
corn belt will require from two tc
three weeks of ripening weather.
v The northwest portion of the corn
belt has been threatened with dam
age from the recent cold, the freezing
temperarures occurring in the north
em Rocky m-untain districts having
extended as far eastward as the west
ern portions of Dakota and northwest
Nebraska on the 14th and 15tth. but
with the exception of the Dakotas nc
serious injury has resulted.
BRAINED WHILE SOUND ASLEEP.
Triple Murder Committed Near Red
Cloud by Unknown Fiend.
RED CLOUD. Mrs. Elsa Payne, her
daughter. Mrs. Ada Williamson, and
her granddaughter were murdered
Tuesday night at their home, fourteen
miles south of this city, in Kansas.
The bodies of the old lady and the
child were found in bed. Mrs. Wil
liamson had been dragged from the
house through a wire fence, which
tore off some of her night clothes.
Her body was found in a draw, with
indications of an attempted outrage.
Her head was beaten almost beyond
recognition.
Indications are that the murderer
used the beam of a corn cultivator to
kill his victims. A beam that had
been broken had been In the barn sev
eral weeks. It was found in the ravine
near the body of Mrs. Williamson,
covered with blood. A close examina
tion of this beam disclosed that mix
sd in with the blood were gray, brown
and black hairs.
SEARCHING FOR A MURDERER
Sheriff ef Webster County Out on the
Trail.
INAVALE. Neb. The sheriff ol I
Webster county is here with a possc 1
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of thirteen men searching for th !
murderer of Mrs. Payne, her daughter
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and granddaughter, at their home near
Red Cloud last night. A man resem- 1
bling Thomas Madison was seen herp
just before the arrival of th sheriff.
He went to a corn field south of town
and has not been seen since.
While there Is no proof, that Madi
son killed the women, if found he will
ur hld. pending an investigation, or
at least until after th inquest is held
by the coroner.
Quarantine Against Marseilles.
ROME The French government,
having officially communicated the
presence of the plague at Marseilles,
the Italian government has ordered
the sanitary measures cf protection
established by the international con
ference at Venice to be put in force
An Iowa Bank Burglarizsd.
DES MOINES. Robbers entered
the Farmers' bank at Rhodes on Tues- i
day night by cutting a hole through
the roof. They entered the vault
through the top and secured S1.000 in
silver that they found outside the safe
propr. The latter -xas dynamited
md the contents exposed but nothing
appears to have been taken. This is
taken to indicate that
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Italy Has Ships Ready.
LONDON A neirs agancy dipatch
from Rome says that the Italian fleet,
fhich has been concentrated off the
coast of Sicily, is held in readiness to ,
Iave for Turkish water? at a
hours' notice.
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Will Ask for Eighteen Millions.
WASHINGTON Rear Admiral
0"NeilL chief of ordnance, will ask for
vy I
?18.0W,C0 for crdnazce a
fcr the next fiscal year.
the navy
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The total income of all American
farmers last year was about $.1,50,
000.000. Geronimo, the famous Apache chief.
ias joined the Methodist church at
Fort Sill.
The farm of the United States
cover 841.000.004 acres and employ
nearly 10.5OO.0H people.
Adeiina Patti has bequeathed her
wonderful larynx to the Museum of
the Royal College of Surgeons.
The Marquis of Londonderry has
tendered"1 his resignation of the office
of lieutenant of the city and county
of Belfast.
The number of crimes increases nec
essarily as civilization advances be
cause new laws are made constituting
new crimes.
Manitoba is the greatest wheat-
raising country in the world. It yields
twenty-five bushels to the acre. North
Dakota yields only thirteen.
The grand jury at Cynthiana. Ky..
has returned an indictment against
Juror King for alleged false swearing
in connection with the Jett-White
case.
The value of the diamonds in the
United States is estimated to be $300.
COO.000. Of this amount $170,000,000
worth are owned by residents of New
York.
Prof. C. G. Hopkins of the Illinois
Agricultural college declares that the
fertility of the soil is the most im
portant question in the business of
farming.
American marines may be landed in
Constantinople as a result of a warn
ing by the sultan that the Macedonians
contemplate the destruction of the em
bassies. Kansas manufactures binding twine
at her state penitenriary as a check
n the binding twine trust, which has
often advanced the price of twine 50
per cent a: harvest time.
The estate left by W. E. Henley, one
of the most successful of modern writ
ers of story books fcr boys, amounts
to but $.iJ0O. althhough his books
have had an enormous circulation.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
tells William E. Curtis of the need of
the teaching of practical husbandry
In the common schools and of the
benefit that would result to the nation
therefrom.
Count Tolstoi spent his 75th birth
day in strict privacy among his chil
dren at Tula. He was in the best of
health. The papers printed glowing
eulogies of the count-on the occasion
of his birthday.
Tne republican campaign will be
opened in Ohio at Chillicothe on Sep
tember 15. Governor Nash will pre
side and addresses wil! be made by
Senators Foraker and Hanna. Myron
T. Herrick and Warren G. Harding.
Th Paris foreign ofc says the
fact ihnt the third arbitrator in the
Venezuelan claims at The Hague was
not appointed, necessitates the post
ponement of the openinz of th case,
will cause considerable delay, but it
is anticipated that th court will opn
October 1.
Georz W. Crawford, th5 nzro who
was graduated from Yale last June ami
won the Townsend oration prizp. has
been appointed a clerk in th" probat
court at New Haven. Conn
A special raetinz of the Southeast
era Railways Land and Industrial
Agents association was held in Buf
falo. It is understood that th chiet
importance attaching to the meeting
is in connection witht th immizration
movement, havinz for its object work
in the east, middle west, and in the
Canadian provinces.
The United States bureau of for
estry ha3 established a station for
timber tesrinz ar Purduo nniversuy
This station is to be tfa n'rr'ens o a
thorough testinz outfit for th Missis
sippi valley hard wood rezicn. and ts
in charge cf W. R. Hart, who has been
making special investisations for znei
department at Wasbinzton.
A dispatch from Albuquerque N. M..
says: Miss Annie Peck of Nw York,
who has achieved fame as a mountain
climber, accompanist, by Dr. V." G
Tight, president of th T'nivr-rslty cf '
New Mexicu. and two Swiss guides
has successfully ascended Mounr So
rata. In Eolivla. the highest peak in
the Andes. This is the"first time the:
summit has been scaled.
Tirana nf n Grpk hootblark fmrn
his master ar Kalamazoo discloses a'
system of white slavery in
Michizan cities, boys beinz
several
bouzhc ;
from their parent in Greece and
brouzht to this country to 'ork as ,
bootblacks for small pay. I
Armour iz. Co. are said to have secur
ed a monopoly of the fruit carrying
trade from xh-y Michizan belT and to'.
have trebled and quadrupled charges
t
for icing. Growers make bitter com
plaint and threaten to appeal to th1
interstate commission.
President Roosevelt has decided to
SII important posts In the consular
service hereafter by the promotion ai
men experienced in the duties of suh
oSces. a reform which has been ear t
nestly urged for years by business men
of the -country.
Horace Plunkett. on whom Kinz Ed
tcarrf hnx. rnnforriy' a fcnfhrhrw-wi '
makes a trip across the Atlantic near
I ly every year to look around his es-
fate? here- H1 is a
bis 3cale in Dakota.
ranchman on a
TTyominr and
Montana.
The German army has a swimming
school for troops, where every one
mu3t learn to swim, i ae best swim
mers are to cross a stream ot several
hundred yards' width even when, car
rying their clothing, riffs and amcutti
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