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IS SUGGESTED BY HH TAWiEY
Believes It Will be for Best7. Interest
of Those fat Charge cf Govern-: f "
merit Forces "There.
Washington An examination on
the ground of the estimates for. the
appropriations for continuing , work
on the Panama canal subnflttcd by
Secretary Ta!t for, the fiscal yearCbf
1900 is to be made by, members of
the nest congress who. will have in
charge the pieparatlon of the sundry
civil bill in .which the appropriation
for the canal is incorporated.
The proposed visit is the outcome
of a suggestion! from Representative
James A. Tawney of Minnesota, chair
man of the appropriations committee
iu the last congress, who was at the
isthmus following the adjournment
last March. He believes it will be to
the best interests of the service, as
well as to those directly r.nd indi
rectly in charge of the administration
of the forces at work 'there if the
members of. the appropriations com
mittee having in charge the prepara
tion of the sundry civil bill go to the
isthmus with the estimates for the
next fiscal year and consider them
carefully -with the officials having su
pervision of expenditures "for all kinds
of work being done. The suggestion
has met with a hearty response from
those identified 'With the commission's
work, who believe that a great deal of
good will result from "a heart-to-heart
talk between the congressmen who
prepare the appropriation and the of
ficials who spend it. and that it will
clear away in advance any misappre
hensions or misunderstandings that
may exist as to the justness and pro
priety of allotting the money esti
mated to be necessary for the year's
work.
TWO-CENT FARE FOR KANSAS.
A
Railway
Commissioners Likely
to
Take Summary Act'on.
Topeka, Kas. It may not be nec
essary for the State Board of Rail
road commissioners to take much time
before ordering in an emergency pas
senger rate of 2 cents per mile.
George W. Kanavel, chairman of the
board', said that he believed that it
would not be necessary for the board
to have a hearing at all. He thinks
that all that would be necessary wou'd
be for the members to meet and decide
on the advisability of declaring an
emergency and putting the2 cent rale
into effect at once, and ordering the
railroads to charge not more Uian 2
cents per mile for hauling passengers.
If this position is right, Kansas may
have a 2-cent rate within a few days.
WIRELESS STATIONS IN ARMY.
Germany Military Authorities Will1
Extend This Branch of Service.
. Berlin From October 1 each of the
Germany telegraph battalions at Ber
lin. Frankforton-the-Oder and Co-
blenz, will have a section for wireless
telegraphy added to it. At the same,
time a fourth telegraph battalion, also
with a wireless section, will be estab
lished at Carlsruhe. '
Troops for the Philippines.
t Washington Inquiry-at the war de
partment "into a report from Japan
that the authorities plan an increase
of the military forces in the Philip
pines by the addition "of thirteen regi
ments of native troops, to be officered
by Americans, disclosed that the story
is based on a recommendation by Gen
oral Mills, in command of the Philip
pine Department of the Visayas that
the force of scputs be increased by
fifty companies. The basis for the
recommendation is the desire to
duce the expenses.
re-
Four are Killed in Wreck.
Birmingham, Ala. The Bloecon
accommodation train- on the Bir
mingham Mineral railroad, a branch
of the Louisville & Nashville railrosd.
was wrecked bv spreading rails be
tween Adger and Johns Friday. Four
persons were killed and eight or ten
wounded. r
Burton to Edit Daily Paper.
Abilene,, Kas. Former United
States Senator J. R. Burton of.Abilene
and L. C. Housel and J. H. Yetter, the
latter two connected with the business
office of the Topeka Capital, purchased
the Salina (Kas.) Union. The paper
will be made a dally and Burton will
take editorial charge.
Rai3uli Defeating' Moors.
Washington Information . .has
reached the state department by cabe
to the effect lhat the bandit Raisuli
has completely defeated the large
force sent against him by the sultan
of Morrocco in the effort to secure tne
release of Caid MacLean.
AMERICAN PROPOSALS READY.!
Latin Ccufctries Satisfied With Them
as They Have Been Amended.
The Hague The American nropos
tion concerning the collection of con
iraciurai aeois is now ready for snb- j
mission to .the examination committee
of the peace conference. General ,
norace rorter navmg introduced the
.j .uu5ra, tuciuuin? inose rec- "
ommended by the Latin-American I
states. Dr. Luis Drago.of Argentina '
is receiving .congratulations on the 1
proposition.
Needs of the Signal Corps.
.Washington Brigadier General Jas.
Allen, chief signal officer of the army.
In his annual report urger a consider
able strengthening of the arm of the
service in his charge. He says it is
believed that by the development of,.
the power of accurate control upon
the field of battle through perfect
Uses of information it would be pos
sible for the commander who first
vtffises It to the limit for tactical pur
yeses to sjala as decisive victories in.
Ike Mare as any thai have ever been
ia the stsL-
MONEY TO MOVE THE CROPS.
Secretary Cortelyeu Anou
New Plan.
New York The first considerable
transfer of cunency-to the west for
I the movement of crops and other in
terior needs of the country was made
by the subtreasury Friday. Five hun
dred thousand dollars was transferred 1
to Chicago, and another $500,000 to
San Francisco.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou
announced a new plan of depositing
government funds in New York, Bos
ton and otho.- cities to afford relie to
the money market in the approaching
crop movement period. Secretary Cor
telyou will, commencing next week,
place each week at such points in the
country as he shall designate govern
ment funds to such ah amount as he
drems sufficient to prevent an. acrfe
monetary stringency and possible
panic when the demand for money is
greatest at the height of the crop
movement.
The plan for financial relief "was
made known Friday in the following
official statement to the Associated
Press:
"Secretary Cortelyou announced
Friday that beginning with next week
the treasury department will make
each wee!: for a period of not less
than five wcclis deposits in national'
banks at New York, Boston and other
points, the security required to be ap
proved state, municipal and railroad
bonds acceptable under the existing
requirements of the department, with
the understanding that if called for
such deposits shall be returned after
January 1 in installments to be fixed
by the secretary of the treasury. This
action is taken to meet the commer
cial and industrial needs of the coun
try at this season and is believed to
be preferable to waiting until a time
of acute stringency, when the only"
alternative would be a large general
deposit The latter policy the secre
tary desires to supersede by one
whicn snall liave its mate O0.
ject the adjustment of the operations
of the treasury department as rapidly
as may be practicable, under existing
law. in such manner as shall preclude
their being in any sense a disturbing
factor in the business world."
Investigation of the results attained
under the old treasuiy plan of wait
ing until the last moment and then
placing a large single amount of gov
ernment funds in New -York disclosed
to Secretary Cortelyou that as a rule
the placing of a- large amount of
money, while it really helped, was
generally ill-timed and either came
too soon or too late.
BRAZIL GETS ITS BACK UP.
The'Haue Arbitration Court Decision
is Not Satisfactory.
Rio Janeiro An official recital of
the position of Brazil in the matter of
the organization of a permanent court
of arbitration at The Hague has been
made public. I says that Brazil does
not insist upon a superior position in
the Anglo German-American project
for the organization of a new perma
nent court of arbitration. It pro
nounced itself as against the creation
of such a court asan utterly useless
step, inasmuch as there exists at The
Hague a permanent court of arbitra
tion created by the convention of 1899.
Brazil also puts itself on record as
against the classification of the sov
ereign states, represented .in the con
ference into states, of first, .second,
third, fourth and fiffh class. Inde
pendent and civilized nations It is de
clared should not be invited to a con
ference' in order that they -may sign
conventions in which they are,classed
and classify themselves' as powers of
the third and even of the fifth order.
OMAHA ROAD, FINED $20,000.
Rebating Railway and Former Freight
Aqent in Trouble.
Minneapolis. Minn. A fine, of $20.
000 was imposed upon the Chicago.
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Rail
way company and its former general
freight agent, Hiram M. Pearce," or
dered to pay a $2,000 fine by Judge
Page Morris in the United States dis
trict court. - The- Omaha road con
jointly with its former general freight
agent, was convicted in the same
court. April 11, of granting rebates
to the Spencer Grain company.
Wealthy Contractor Killed.
Chicago The body of Evander Mc
Iver. a wealthy contractor residing at
3554 Prairie avenue, was found Fri-
1 day in a stairway leading to a base
ment at the corner of Twenty-fifth and
State streets. There were marks of
violence on the body. v
COST OF THE ARMY IN CUBA.
Report of Quartermaster Shows the
Expense ,of Occupation.
Washington It 'cost the American
government $2,554,970 in addition to
j the regular ordinary expense to keep
I the American army of, Cuban pacifica
( tion in that Island: during the fiscal
year of 1907. This fact is shown in
the annual report of General Aleshire.
quartermaster general of the -army. Of
the amount stated $1,915,33 was,
spent for transportation. - " ' f
RECOGNITION FOR HONDURASli
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State Department-at Washington Deo
ciaes to Aamit country. :
Washington A distinct 'forward
movement towards the establishment
of a permanent peace in Central
America was made when Senof
Ugarfe,' the reprereiitative in this
country 6t the provisional govern-!
ment oi Honduras, called upon Acting
Secretary of State Adee and who sail
the American government had de
cided to "extend formal recognition toi
the government of President Davila.
Artist's Refuge in NaVy. .. '
Philadelphia, Pa. After a long"
search JW. A, Wright, a young artst
of 'Dallas, Tex., who had been' missing
for seyera lweeks, was found in the
hospital' at the naval home last night!
Wright came to this city several
months ago hoping to obtain employ
ment as illustrator on a magazine.
Suddenly his letters home ceased.. His
father became worried, asked the po
lice here to seek'hls son, "and falling
to ted him came to this-city and
searched himself. -As a- last hope he
i appealed to the Bewspasera.
THE liDBB SCARCITY
LACK OF MEN STOPS MINK AND
RAILROAD WORK.
THE 0UTL00X ON GOAL SUPPLY
Harrlman Lines Order Fuel from
, Australia and. Repeat, Warning .
to Dealers and Consumers. .
Omaha The scarcity - of labor In
the west has reached what the Union
Pacific officials rterm an alarming
stage and they say it places an
ominous aspect on the situation for
the coal consumer the coming winter.
The Union Pacific is repeating its
urgent appeal to coal dealers to stock
up on their supplies now while they
may, but' is meeting with discourage
tntr MMiiilta Thor necArt thati for
I axmt reason the coal
men are not ordering as they should
if they want to help in trying to fore
stall suffering. n
;.Coal mine labor is so scarce that
some of the Harrlman lines have or
dered coal from Australia and lately
they made arrangements for the pur
chase of 2,000 tons a week from Illi
nois, paying $1 a ton for the coal and
,$7 for freight to Garfield, Utah.
At least 1,000 men are needed In
the coal mines of Wyoming and Utah1
alone, where labor is so scarce that
Japs are drawing as high as $170 per
month. Agents have been sent all
over the country to .induce men to go
west to work in the mines. The
Oregon Railway and Navigation com
pany has brought out of Chicago, Cin
cinnati and Pittsburg as many as
1,000 men at a time, paying their
fares.
Recently this road sent an official
to New York to induce immigrants
to go west. He arrived on a day
when the transatlantic liners landed
11.CC0 people in New York city, but
as far as the records' show not one of
this horde landed west of Pittsburg.
If so much difficulty on account of
the lack of 'labor is experienced in
getting coal to run the railroads it is
naturally anticipated there will be
greater difficulty in supplying private
consumers next winter and conse
quently the railroad managers have
been issuing warnings to consumers
to lay in a supply. Many of the deal
ers of the western states have heeded
this warning, but many more are
playing the part of the "foolish
virgin." Great trouble Is anticipated
for this winter unless the warning
of the managers is heeded. An espe
cial effort was made to have as much
coal as possible moved before the
corn crop was ready to move and thi3
to some extent has been successful.
The Union Pacific has been a
leader in taking its own advice and
has laid up over 200.000 tons of coal
that it the- better may handle coal for
others this winter, r
BOY WOULD USE WAR CLUBS
Young Man Near Sheridan, Wyo,
Planned Wholesale Murder.
Sheridan, Wyo. Roy Fink, a 16-yoar-old
boy, is under arrest, charged
with attempting to kill several men
at the "W.eltner ranch. , It is alleged
that Fink In preparingfor the slaugh
ter, manufactured two 'wicked-looking
.war clubs and purchased' a quantity
of carbolic acid an i turpentine. His
idea was to club'his victims to death,
and then pour carbolic acid down
their throats to give the impression
bat they had committed suicide. Fink
was betrayed by a boy he took Into
his confidence, and his arrest fol
lowed: 'Outbreak in China Feared. t
. Berlin A special dispatch from.
Shanghai, says that the situation" in
China, especially In the Yang Tse
valley, continues unsatisfactory. It is
impossible, the message adds, to say
whether a general outbreak Is im
pending, but the revolutionary move
ment" gains strength daily and the
secret organizations are growing visi
bly. The Chinese officials say that
thousands of revolutionists are con
cealed in the foreign quarters of the
cities, thus' placing themselves out
side the jurisdiction of the Chinese
courts.
Editor and Typesetter Gone.
St Joseph, Mo. P. - S. Moores of
Mound City, Mo.,, for seven years
editor of the Jeffersonian, has disap
peared from his home, leaving his
wife and four children. Miss Zoe
Meek, who was in the employ of
Moocrs as a typesetter, disappeared
at the same time. Mooers has sold
his paper to E. Martindale of Hia
watha, Kas.
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Nicholas Writes Singular Words.
'St. Petersburg The union of Rus
sian people' recently sent an address
to Emperor Nicholas demanding the
complete exclusion of Jews from the
du'ma 'in .order to obtain a geaitfne
Russian'-duma. His majesty wrote jp
on the margin of the document, "Read
with pleasure."
Men Needed in the Schools. '
Mitchell, S. D. It is evident that
the men are retiring from the busi
ness of teaching school. In this state
at least: This is noticeable from the
fact that it is difficult to secure a man
to., .fill the position of principal in a
number of towns in the state. This
has. come to light through requests
mat nave neen filed: with the man
agers of Dakota Wesleyan universtiy
asking for information if they had any
male students on their lists or if they
knew where a man could be secured
as principal of a school.
'Fort Riley Maneuvers.
Washington, D. C Between Sep
tember i and 4 the operations against
the earth redoubt erected at Fort
Riley, Kas., by the engineer troops,
will commence. Various problems are
to be worked out, the first three Hav
ing' to do with material. ,
Harbin, Manchuria The bubonio
plagaejaas broken ont in Soath Man
churia. -Sixteen deaths hare' been re
ported. Travelers into North Man
churia are' helag examined at Kwaag-chtoxTsm.
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SUBMITS PROPOSITION FOR
TERNATIONAL COURT.
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Germany and Great Britain Join,
and Other Nations Give Sup
port to the Measure.
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The Hague The text of the Ameri
can proposition for the establishment
,bf a permanent court of arbitration
has been completed In agreement
with Germany and Great Britain and
will come up lor discus'sion August
,28. It consists of twenty-six articles.
" The first article records the desire
of the signatory powers to organize
an "international high court of jus
tice, easily accessible and free of
charge with judges representing the
various systems of laws of the world
and capable of insuring a continua
tion of arbitration by jurisprudence."
The second provides that the
judges must be "jurisconsults of
known competence in international
law, selected so far as possible from
the members of the permanent court
pi arbitration."
The proposition further provides
that the judges shall be elected for
terms of twelve years and gives them
diplomatic privileges and immunity.
It proposes a court of seventeen
judges, nine to form a. quorum, and
provides that they shall sit twice
yearly, in July and January. - The
court is to sit at The Hague except
fit special instances.
In order to reach a unanimous un
derstanding about the high court of
justice it is suggested that all coun
tries appoint a judge each who shall
meet at The Hague, thus, appointing
a special tribunal according to article
8 of the American proposition, which
would really become a high court of
Justice.
The redrafting' of the American
proposition regarding the collection
of contractural debts, according to
the observations made during the de
bate, has practically been finished.
The only important alteration from
the original text is the elimination of
the words "implying the use of naval
and military forces," where it says,
"it is agreed that there shall be no
recourse to coeicive measures imply
ing the use of naval or military forces
for the collection or said contractural
debts."
CASE TAKEN TO WASHINGTON.
Merchants Exchange of St. Louis
Claims Rate Discrimination.
St Louis J. C. Lincoln, commis
sioner of the Merchants' Exchange
Traffic bureau, filed a complaint with
the interstate commerce commission
against the Missouri Pacific, the Rock
Island and the Burlington, charging
that these lines discriminate against
.St Louis in the rates on grain from
points In Kansas and Nebraska. The
general allegation is that the roads
mentioned discriminate against St.
Louis in that the rates, as at present
enforced, favor Omaha, South Omaha,
Kansas City and St. Joseph.
More Money for the Canal.
Washington Acting Secretary of
War Oliver has decided that the pres
ident Is authorized to grant the re
questof the Isthmian Canal commis
sion for permission to create a de
ficiency of $8,000,000 to meet the re
quirements of the engineering depart
ment for an enlarged scale of opera
tions. Sioux Indian Ends Life.
Sioux Falls, S. D.--Because his
mother-in-law would not share her
home with himself and bride
and chop all the .wood a Sioux
warrior named Red Shirt, who resided
in the- extreme northern portion of
the Rosebud reservation, near White
River, committed, suicide by shooting,
nimseli. it is one oi tne few cases
which are on record of a Sioux Indian
ending his own life. Red Shirt was
well known among the whites, resid
ing in the southern part of Lyman
county, adjacent to the reservation.
Harrisburg, Pa. Dr. Arthur B,
Moulton, assistant chief medical In
spector of .the State Department of
Health, who Is at Ridgway, Fa., re
ported to Health Commissioner Dixon
that there were now ninety cases of
typhoid fever; twelve cases of epi
demic cerebro spinal miningitis and
sixteen cases of intantile paralysis in
the stricken town. The local and state
health authorities are co-operating.
The source of the typhoid infection
has been located and everything; pos-l
sible is being done to prevent spread
ef the disease:
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MUCH TROUBLE Hi MOROCCO
SULTAN'S BROTHER PROCLAIMED
RULER BY TRIBESMEN.
An Army of Fanatics Gathering That
It Is Feared May Endanger Lives
of the Foreigners.
Paris The Moroccan situation is
regarded here as having assumed a
distinctly more serious aspect The
ferment- ia the interior of Morocco,
the proclamation of Mulai Hafig, the
sultan's brother, as sultan by a sec
tion of the rebels, and the appear
ance of a new Moorish army before
Casablanca, have created the fear
that the whole country will soon be
ablaze- with fanaticism. General
Drude, commander of the French
forces at Casablanca, has now prac
tically asked for reinforcement, point
ing out that his men are worn out
with being constantly under arms, but
especially insisting that he is losing
the advantage gained by his successes
because the small force at his disposal
prevents him from following up his
victory.
The government appreciates the
justice of the arguments, and although
orders to forward additional troops
to Morocco had not been issued up to
noon Wednesday, the government is
expected to decide on this step before
night. Over 1.000 colonial infantry,
cavalry and troops of other arms have
been mobilized at Oran and are ready
tc embark on board transports, and
other ttansports and warships are in
readiness at Mediterranean ports to
sail immediately for Morocco. .
Public sentiment in France is be
coming stronger against the present
half-way measures, which, it' is feared,
will only lead to disaster. The pa
pers insist that the world must sup
port France if it is decided to send
a military expedition to Fez, for in no
other way, the newspapers claim, can
the existing state of anarchy in Mo
rocco be ended. The government,
however, is resisting this pressure,
desiring to keep within the bounds
of the Algeciras convention, and the
reports that negotiations are on foot
to secure an enlargement of the man
date of the powers are emphatically
Jenied. Nevertheless, even in official
circles it is admitted that something
might happen which would place an
entirely new complexion on the situa
tion and compel France, in the name
of the powers, to chastise Morocco.
NO REPRIEVE FROM SHELDON.
Governor Declines to Grant Stay to
Harrison Clarke.
Lincoln Governor Sheldon announc
ed that he would not interfere to grant
a reprieve to Harrison Clark, the
negro convicted of murder in Omaha,
who has been sentenced to hang on
August 30. The governor takes the
position that the case is In the juris
diction of the supreme court, where
an application ''for rehearing Is now
pending, and that any stay of execu
tion would properly come from the
court, which has adjourned., for- the
summer vacation and will not convene
regularly until September.
Better Horses for Navy.
Washington General A. W. Greely,
who, during the past year commanded
tne northern division of the army,
takes the position in his annual re
port that, during the past ten years,
the remounts of the army have grad
ually deteriorated in quality, but have
steadily increased in price
Suspect in Iowa Mjrder.
Nebraska City, Xeb. Saturday even
ing a tramp drifted into this city and.
begging some money, proceeded to get
drunk. It required two policemen to
get him to jail and that was only ac-
complished after they had struck him
a number of times. He refused to tell
where he came from, where he was
going, and claims to have been an
.actor. He fills the description of the
man who killed the two policemen in
Council Bluffs. The authorities there
have been notified of the arrest The
man gives the name of Cfaas. Berger.
Schmitz Removal Sustained.
San Francisco, Cal. The state su
preme court rendered a decision in
the McKannay salary case, sustaining
the legality of the removal of Mayor
Schmitz and the appointment of
Mayor Taylor.
Ice Trust In Court.
Los Angeles, Cal. The four corpo
rate members of the Los Angeles Ice'
trust were Tuesday summoned into
coart to answer a charge of conspiracy
In restraint of trade la violation of the
Cartwright aatt-trast law.
PROBLEMS OF THE PRESENT DAY
Of the
ProviBcetowB, Mass. TkN laylac
of the corner stone of the Cape Cod
Pilgrim memorial moaameat Taesday
gave President RooeereH hat fist p
fortuity of the saasjMr to hreak
slleace upoa public qaestibas, aad
the forty-minute speech which he de
livered from a platform on top el
Town Hill, was- one of vigor aad di
rectness upon matters of national lav
pertance. Among other things he
said:
"On the New York stock exchange
the disturbance has been paitlcalarly
severe most of it, I believe to he dee
to matters not particularly confined
to the United States and to matters
wholly unconnected with any govern
mental action, but it may well be that
the determination of the government
in which, gentlemen, it will not waver,
to- punish certain malefactors of great
wealth, has been responsible for some
thing of the troubles, at least to the
extent of having caused these men to
combine to biing about as much finan
cial stress as they possibly can in or
der to discredit the policy of the gov
ernment and thereby to secure a re
versal of that policy so that they ssay -enjoy
the fruits of their own evil do
ings. "That they have misled many good
people into believing that there
should be such reversal of policy is
possible. If so, I am sorry, but it will
not alter my attitude. Once for all,
let me say that, as far as I am con
cerned, and for the eighteen months
of my administration that remain,
there will be no change in the policy
we have steadily pursued, nor let up
in the effort to secure the honest ob
servance of the law, for I regard this
contest as one to determine who shall
rule this government the people
through their governmental agents or
a few ruthless an J determined men
whose wealth makes them particularly
formidable because they are behind
the breastworks of corporate organi
zation. "I wish there to be no mistake on'
this point It Is idle to ask me not
to prosecute criminals, rich or poor.
But I desire no less emphatically to
have it understood that we have tin
dei taken and will undertake no ac
tion of a vindictive type, and above
all no action which shall inflict a
great or unmerited suffering upon the
innocent stockholders and upon the
public as a whole. Our purpose is to
act with the minimum or harshness
compatible with obtaining our ends!
In the man of great wealth, who has
earned his wealth honestly and used
It wisely, we recognize a good citizen
worthy of all piaise an! respect Bus!
ncs can only be done under modern
conditions through corporations, and
our purpose is to heartily favor the
corporations that do well. The ad
ministration appreciates that liberal
but honest profit for legitimate pro
moters and generous dividends for
capital employed either in founding
or continuing an honest business ven
ture, are the factors necessary for
successful corporate activity and
therefore for generally prosperous
business conditions.
"All these are compatible with fair
dealing as between man and man,
and ligid obedience to the law. Our
aim is to help every honest, man,
every honest- corporation, an our
policy means in Its ultimate analysis
a healthy and prosperous expansion
of businesjs avtivities, of honest busi
ness men and honest corporations."
CALIFORNIA MAN ROBBED.
Wealthy Ranchman Slugged and Re
lieved of $1,000.
Philadelphia John Schmidt a
wealthy ranchman of southern Califor
nia, Jiving not far from Los Angeles,
was sandbagged, drugged and robbed
In this city. At 4 o'clock in the morn
ing he found himself in the tenderloin
district, recovering from the attack.
He was able to give a clear account of
the affair to the police, which led to
the arrest of two young men, who
later admitted they had drugged and
robbed Schmidt
PRESIDENT CANNOT COME.
Will
Be Unable to Attend McKinley
Club Banquet.
Omaha Isidor Zlegler,"" president of
the McKinley club, has returned from
the east, where he went to secure
speakers of national prominence for
the next annual dinner of the McKin
ley club. Mr. Zlegler endeavored to
have President Roosevelt speak in
Omaha, but the president could not
accept.
ADJUTANT WALKER RESIGNS.
Official of Iowa Soldiers' Home Leaves
to Take Management of Mine.
Marshalltown, la. Adjutant George
A. Walker of the Iowa Soldiers' Home
resigned to become manager of the
Gold Bug mine, near Sumpter, Ore.
Walker will leave at once. Byron B.
Beacon, former quartermaster of the
soldiers' home, also ex-state treasurer
of the national home at Hampton, Va
will succeed him.
WRECK NEAR CEDAR RAPIDS.
Milwaukee Train Collides with Hand
Car and Twenty Are Injured.
Cedar Rapids, la. Passenger train
No. 3, on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St Paul ralroad, was wrecked Monday
at Keystone, thirty miles west of here.
Twenty persons were injured, several
seriously. The wreck was caused by
the train colliding with a handcar on
a twenty-foot embankment The ex
press and mail cars went down the em
bankment Quarter of Million Stolen.
Omaha What is liable to develop
into one of the most extensive postal
roT'beries In recent years is engaging
the attention of the postal authorities
between Denver and Omaha. .Th
amount involved in the robbery is said
to be very large, exceeding $250,000,
which was shipped by registered mail
from a Denver bank to Chicago on Bur
lington train No. 2. Three through
registered mail pouches are missing.
The loss of the pouches was first dis
covered at Oxford, Neb., Thursday
night by Postal Clerk CeJe.
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TATS NEWS AND NOTESJN CON
DENSED FORM.
IKrrtHTMrlUC
What is GeJfl.fli Here and There; Theft
ieef I
to the R
a feed and reed ewt into a jar tiled
with water.
The Webster comnty fair will he
held at Blades September 23 to 27.
The new Methodist Episcopal
church at Colambus was dedicated
last Sunday.
The Nebraska Territorial Pioneers'
association will have a reception pic
nic and banquet at Lincoln, August 30
and 31.
W. E. Weekly has purchased the
Valley opera house from W. G. Whit
more and will reewdel and enlarge it
at once.
In the death of Thomas Rearden.
sr., who was found dead in his bed
ear McCool, one of the oldest and
best knows pkmeer residents of York
fcoenty passed away.
Secretary Mellor of the state fair
board declares that the live stock ex
hibits at this year's exposition, Sep
tember 2 to C, will be the largest ever
'shown in all departments.
C. E. Hicks has contracted to the
farmers of the vicinity of Bladen for'
about 4.00 bushels of corn at 45c.
The dry weather still continues and
prospects for corn are poor.
W. F. A. Meltendorf of Valentine re
covered a varaable bird dog- last week
which had disappeared frost hint thir
teen months ago. The dog had been,
kidnaped by a member of the Sioux
tribe.
Guy Eastman, a young man 18 years
old. has been arrested fat Beatrice, and'
has confessed to the burglarizing of
M. L. Kors grocery store about two
.weeks ago, implicating several others,
older than himself.
A telegram reached Fremont noti
fying the relatives of Jacob Thede that
he had been killed by sunstroke while
working on a farm In Oklahoma. Mr.
Thede was born aad grew to man
hood in Dodge county.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayward. who have
had charge of the- State Industrial
school at Kearney for the last four
years, and who are to leave on Sep
tember 1, entertained abont 400. of
their friends at their home last week.
In the recent powder explosion at;
Boulder, Colo., Miss Leah Fisher, for
merly at Geneva, was thrown to the .
ground and injured severely, while her
home three blocks from the disaster.
was badly damaged, though some of
the Inmates was hurt seriously.
Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews
has been spending the summer in
Europe to recruit his strength. A
letter from him recently states that
he is at Bellaggio, Italy, on Lake
(Como, He will not return until after
the opening of school in the fall.
Evelyn Daly of North Platte, while
horseback riding was thrown from
;her horse, kicked by It and rendered
unconscious. She was picked up and
.carried to. a nearby residence and for
a time fears for her recovery were
entertained. Her condition, however,
has improved.
-. Rev. Joseph Schell, the Catholic
priest, who formerly was located at
Homer, Neb., where he made a fight
on the white traders among the In
dians, is reported now. to be making
a fight against certain bankers in Wis
consin, against whom he makes
charges of unfair dealing.
Two great bands have been hired to
furnish concerts at the state fair, Lin
coln. September 2 to 6. One of them
is the world renowned Liberatti's
Grand Military band and Opera Con
ceit company of New York city, an
organization which Isjle peer of any
band In the United States.
For forty-one years a hermit living
alone in the wildwood, and with a re
ported disappointment in love as the
foundation for his isolation from the
rest of the world, John McKlrahan.
known all over northern Nebraska as
"Uncle Johnny, the hermit.' has been
declared insane aad sent to the Nor
folk asylum.
Charles Lake, 21 years old. living
with his parents near the Missouri
river, Washington county, accidental
ly drowned. He was with his father
and two other men ia a gasoline
launch. In an attempt to remedy
some defect at the redder, a piece of
railing gave way aad the young man
was precipitated head first into the
river.
The people of Richardson county
are prosperous and making money
every day. This condition is well il
lustrated by the mortgage records.
During the six months from January
to July there were fifty more pay
ments of $13,685.90Jof debts. During
the same time there were forty-one
more city mortgages paid than given,
a saving of $6,461.66.
What is believed to be the last
homestead in Merrick county has
been filed on by Lee M. Nichols of
Palmer. It consists of seventy acres
in a narrow strip of the county run
ning up between Nance and Howard
counties, north of the Loup river.
Phillip Moller of Norfolk was killed
under a Northwestern stock train on
which he was serving as brakeman.
The accident happened north of Nick
irson. The train- crew missed the
brakeman when they reached Fremont
and wired back to find that he had
been killed.
Rev. G. Besscler of Spencer, S. D-,
has accepted a call to the Salem
Lutheran church in Fremont to re
place Rev". J. F. Krueger, who h33
resigned to accept the pastorate of a
German Lutheran church in Lincoln.
The Burlington depot in Humboldt
was entirelydestroyed by fire, the
blaze having originated, it is sup
posed, from a spark setting fire to the
shingles. The west bound passenger
train No. 11, had gone through but
a short time before, aad the engine
of that train, is thought to have
caused the work of destruction.
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