TIIID CTMA1IA l > A1LV'v rtBJ3 : MONDAY , JUNK 20 , 181)0. ) that If , by any chance , the men were allvr , they nhould have fresh air to breathe. The blocked slope nnd gangways held out little hope of the air reaching them The rescuers were divided Into thrcn relajs of forty men each under the direction of Mine rorcman Alex McMullln The men worked as they had never worked before , clearing mi By the debris In the slope with the energy that only springs out of the knowledge of dear lives behind It They made good headway - way considering the dimcultios thpj had to contend f.Mand after tvrlvo hours work Imd cleared the slope n distance of COO feet At 2 o'clotk In the afternoon It became iH'CCusary to swear In extra policemen to control HIP crowd around the mouth of the shaft U had Increased to fully 7 000 per sons Ropes woic stretched around the shaft nnd only nine ofllclpls were allowed to enter the enclosure Sheridan , the water bo > , who had such a narrow escape , tells a thrilling tile of the disaster HP thinks there was an explosion of gas , which blew down the newly erected Umbers and caused the cave In Ho said those Inside had no apprehension of n fall " was working or n squeeze" EverjUiIng nicely nnd the men expected to be out of the mine within an hour LIKE A HUNDRED CANNON. "The report of the fall , " sajs the boy , "was like a hundrol cannon and the force of It blew mo fully tvvuity-flvo feet I was fcurled again it the side of the slope A piece of rook hit me on the berk or tin- head the wound rommenred to bleed and then 1 fainted " Richards and GUI , who wore on their vvnv out after timber , concur with Sheridan Hut the concussion was terrific They weio knocked oft their feet and banged against some brattice work - "Nobody rp- Superintendent Law sajs"Nobody grots this dreadful occurrence moro than I do It Is too early jit to glvo any reason us to Iho canso of the accident , but I con assure jou that If I thought there was any danger In the work undertaken by the men not a single ono of the men would have bppn allowed to enter the mine I don t care for the damage to the mine It Is the loss of life that gives mo so much sorrow The breaker of the twin shaft buriKd down three jcars ago There were over 100 wen In the mine at the time , but alt cscni c 1 through a second opening The fiist great disaster In the anthracite region was In Sep tember , 1SC3 , when 120 men perished In the Avondale mine , this county The break r over the m.no caught lire and all the mm in the mine were suffocated This great catastrophe caused the legislature to pass a law compelling mines to have two openings , but when a cave In occuis In n mlno and the men are surrounded on every side by dobrls It makes little difference ho\v many openings there may be Thoj cannot escape- even It spnipd by thn falling roofs DMJIMITMVI'V OP TIII3 MlbMHIIlI. 3Jiuiy llroiiilcrcn of South In Dnniver from tile Itlvcr. VERMILLION , S D Juno 21 ( Special ) The Missouri river at this point threatens to raise havoc with bottom lands In the near futuie At present the main channel of the rlvci runs near the Nebraska IduffB about four miles from this city Dm Ing the flood of 1S81 the river cut across the bottom on the southwest nnd formed a "dugout" neveral miles long , the nearest point being about three miles from this point. Near this "dugout" Is a deep ravine , running into the Vcrmllllon river at a point about half a mile west of this city The head of this ravine Is now separated from the "dugout' by only a few j ards The high water of the Missouri has diverted the main channel Into this "dugout , " nnd the water Is cutting con tinually toward thla ravlno Unless the watir recedes soon the river will cut Its waj through to the Vormllllon ami damages looting up lute the millions will ensue. Crops are looking well , although the growth of small gialn Is so lank it Is lodg ing badly. Consldeiablo rust Is reported In wheat. The plum ciop will bo an almost complete failure. six Aim IIUO\VMII I'lion A YVCIIT. Hunt IpHctK In n Sinill on I.nKe Slum a mi Three Heseucil. SHAWANO , Wls , June 28 Word has reached hero of the drowning of six per sons at Shawano lake during a gale this evening. A party consisting of O A. Rlauin and wife , Herman Dracker and wife , Louis Gokoy. v\lfo and child of Pulcher , Miss Emma Garbrecht of Shawano and Miss Mar garet Crowe of St. Narlanz , Mauitovvoc county , started fiom Cecil about 5 o'clock In O A. Rlsum's yacht for a few days' outing on the north shore of the lake. When about three miles from shore the boat was cap- Blzed by a sudden squall and the paity thrown Into the water. Mr. Rtsiim and Mr Dracker clung to the capsized yacht foi novoial hours , the latter holding the child In his aims , and vvoro rescued by parties from Coell who were attracted by their cries foi help The bodies of the other six have not been recovered r 1 Pleet lleetH IllHiiNter. WHEELING , W Vu , Juno 2J-Tho Pltts- buig < o.tl llot-t met with disaster nt Brown's Island , just above Stoiibenvllle , Satin day night The Acorn Hunk n coal boat In the chiinul and the Volunteer mink u baigo on the bar Thu Joseph U Wil liams Hinilt a coal boat This mornliit the Frank Gllmore uunU thiee barges and ono < oal boat and grounded aiiothei boat. The John W Allus , to prevent wrecking her fleet , Broundid It nt the head of the Island The Toinudo bus torn out the bo it sunk by the Acorn Other boats are double tilp- plng past the wrecked b.irgis The steam- boil men censure , the Acorn for not notify , ing boitH above of the sunken b.irgis 'I'lA ' e Tien Vi rcNleil for Vanillill in. MANSFIELD. Mo , Juno 28 The ix-oplo of Wilght i ounty are greUly Incensed at what has tuincd out to bu onp of the wotst acts of vandalism that has over oct until in this stctlon of the state A night or two ago n gang of men vlnltod the homo o n mlnititer living near Mutoinb and almost demolished thn picmlsis bj destrojlnpr his orchard , limning the vehicles into the i r < - < I , and otheiwltu rulnlnt , tbo propelty 'Jhty did damage imountlni ; to hundreds of dollars lars HhiMlIT Moss ban arrcstid Amp Adamsoii , Tlia Adnmtion , John Hurry , Ltn Gray and ' 1 Mourns Ivej , who lire ch.uged with the crime. rcsiilont lE.mcLcuiB of Siibinn , Ohio , is highly H'hiH.-ctcil all thiough Hint Rpullun , lie jniH lived in Clinton Co , 75 jours , and his : been inoidi'iit of the Sahina Ihiiik 20 jcn : . Jlo gladly testiiiwi to Iho nil-lit of Hood'h Sax-a- pniilh , and what ho KIV : is vvoithy uttuntion. All biain VUHKLTS tind Hood'h Suisnpiuillu ] ii'ctiiaiadapted ! ] to their needs , 11 inukex pure , lich , icd blood , mid fiom this comes nmo , mental , bodily and digestive stionglli. i " I am ( ; lnd to nay that Hood's Sareajm- rllla IB R very Rood medicine , pipe-dally ns a blood puriller. It has done mo rnori many times. For several jcaisl' greatly \\llli pallia of 'in ono o > e and about my ttunjiles , es pecially at night w In u 1 lusd been having hard day of phjNiral nnd. mental labor , ItooU many romc-dira , hut found help only in Hood's Barsaparllla which cured me of rheumatism , neuralgia nnd lieadache , Jlood'u Sartnparllla IIUB pro ; ccl itself n true friend. I also toke Hood'H Pills to keep m ; bow da regular , nnd llko th jillls Tory much. " ISAAC LEWIS , Sablnn , Ohio. Sarsapariila Iitho One True lllooJrurlfier.-Aldrr.C | l l .tl. nly b ) r I Hood & Co. , IxucllJMass. ' , rfilclnit and u 11 rrfti arc prompt f tlOOU S FlIlS wuj In eOcct. c.nU. YEAR'S ' YIELD OF THE EARTH Mineral Output of tbo Unitatl States for Eighteen Ninety-Five , GENERAL RECOVERY FROM DEPRESSION To I il I Viilllc of < lie I'rnilnct Ion Altnonf i liinuilN ( lie IllKlicM K.t-r lit * . curili-il tinil flu * ( ) iiiintlf ; \ < -t- UiM ! > lleiilN the Hcooitl. WASHINGTON' , Juno 13 The mineral products of the United States for the cal endar 3 car IS'J'i nro rcvle , e'd at length In the mineral resources report of the United States geological survey The report , which vas compiled by IJr David T Day , chief of division , Hhovvs the total \aluc of the > ioducta as $ CU,70o,2UO. This stands against a production valued nt $327.3G.r.91 for 1831 'his la an Increase of tW.OOO.MO The qual- ty and vrluo of the various prolucts for ho je.ir vuro as folluus , therehclng no output of tin or ozocerite : Tom Ibs , Mrtiil or milieu Vnluo 'U lion . 04I53US JlW'.ViS - ' ) Kll rr . . . . . I , HO 100 * ) ? M > VM Jull . ! 273f. ) 47C'OUD ' < l > IK-r . 3S1,1O.SC3 ( , CN2 i ! ' (1 < I . 101441) ) 10 IV. OlO /.IMC . . . fyi8 fi Jsoo CiUlfllKllXCT . . , S < ilJI 1,317 Ut \lunilmiui . 9ii ) wo 451 rrj Millti uity . , -j is tin VIcKil . lO.Wi S.IOI latlnum . no jo ) Total . jj.o 452'J 1) ) lltmnlnmm dial . 111,113.191 > I1374 < 771 < iin jlMiiili utitlunrltp 51 7to,12J t,01 > :7J SulUllDK Unno . r4tn.Sslii ! itiolcinn . ssi D7el.7I | N'atural as . ] j is < i < l > i > IrUU cli > . . . . . . H.OlMWO Uluj ( all otlur than lirlcl , ) . SCO 000 fOOWW Cement . . . . . . f.371,401 0 4 S14 Mineral \tntci t . 31 4W 543 4 Ijl . ' 17 hii'iiliatc lock . 1 W7,77t J n ? OH .InicBtonc for lion llux . riIT)44 ) /.Ini , white . i'i COD iiiruit . . . n.oisooo ; 't > w Mineral ptlnt3 . . . . . . 61,175 Clb 352 iilmlhtonn . : ' , rvs 'Ibioui talc . 3D.2I ) ,70 8J" > \K | > hultlllil . CS Idl 34S 2S1 to | MU > tll > . 20.315 271 CJ-j rteloua stunct . 111U1 j i in a . . iiiM1) 312 MJ C'oniiiilrum mid emery . . 2 1U luti 20 < j Oil HtiHiet , cto . 141204 Mlctt . M Wl .urjlL's . 21 SS ) ( S 21 inirnlle . f.7,421 114 3U 'liiDie iur . 4 UCO Jl WJ ) Vld'pnr . 12 SM 11J771 4 mint hi * ort * . " ) ri" " 1 7w "Hilt . 2b 5'K ) JSJ 400 vlotiazlto . . ] /i73 uuo 137401 rnpilto . . . to 4(10 ( uxllc1 . . 17 COJ 14 IW ) lpliur . 1 too 42000 llorH earth . t , "UO 41 4 its . cocoo roooo InfUMoilnl cm tli . 4'j i\ \ 20511 Mill Hones . .J14J liromh Iron ore . . . . . . 1 " 740 Ifi 7'H CVibalt nxlile . 14 CS 10 1 " fl nistte . JIOO 17 ( MM bcstos . ' 173 13 'ill llutllil . . . . 100 o.iO llils tlKurc nho\vB tlie coin IKS vilu # of tlie silver ] > iuiluct ut tie r itlo of 10 to 1 of iol < l I hi. bullion Miluc of tin ; bll\ei , uicoidlii ! ; to the < iui tatloii at Nc\\ lurk last hUuidii , li J3. ISL'.CtO ISL'.CtOINCUnASK INCUnASK ALL AUOUND The report in fcunimari7ing conditions sajs The Bcnornl IncrenBO lb a long step to\v.ird iccoveiy from the depiesslon tolilcli the mineral industry , like all others , has hecn subjected. The total value Is slightly less than the Krcnte-bt vvo have ever known , v.hlch v\.is over $048,000,000 in 1S9J. Jn teuna of fiuuntltlcs produced Instead of value re ceived , 1883 Is greatci. In other vvoids , prices are lower Considering the record of the total values recorded In these reportb since IShO the In crease from $350,313,000 to $1)11,735,290 Is significant , and the average for these sixteen jears gives a fait approximation to what our normal mineral product should ha' e been half wa > between these dates , 01 in 1S88 Comparing thlt > computed noimal product with the .ictual products the average - ago jearly gain due to the general growth of the inditbtry should bo about $25,000,000 , or the product for 1S95 should have been Sr.70,000,000 , The great products of 1SD2 and 1895 show the ease with which the niineb can rebpond to anj' actual demand , it shows the capacity Is blgnltlcautb gi eater than the ability to market the product. In fact , It is dilllcult to confine the largo capacity to actual requirements With very Blight en couragement , the product taKes a phenome nal stride. In 1892 and 1895 the product most dilllcult to hold In choik has been Iron. This product easily contiols the vaiiatlons in the total value , either by the quantitj pro duced or by the range In pike. AVhlle the coal production is so great as to make a sig nificant factor In the total value It is much sleadlci , In spite of the extra demand for It in older to produce any extra buppb of iron The inci eased output of Iron in 1893 vas necessary because of the gieat re- ticnchment in 1S94 The luilroads oulered as little iron as possible in that jenr , but ordered freely In 1SU5 to take advantage of prices which were still low , but advancing. This ad\ance was a marked Industiial fea ture of the jear. and continued until Sep tember The prices o [ steel rails have not jet declined again. The United States shared In the general Increase In gold pro duction the Increase being shown in neaily all the gold producing states , but comlin ; principally from Cripple Creek and other now camps In Colorado The gain In the quantity of petroleum , but especiallj the phenomenal Increase In Its piico , was ono of the great featuios of the 3 car The steady Increase In the gold product since 1632 was Kept up during 189"i , Increasing from 1,010,816 ounces In 1814 to 2,27uC2U ounces in 1893 The valuation of the latter being $391,600,000 SILVim I'llODUCTION FALLS. SlUei production fell to 4Y.OOO,000 ounce * . from 11.501 122 ounces in li l with coinage values HKpcctUelj of $ fii)7"C'nn j > m | $ ci - 000000 Coppet domcftle ere production fol low od the upwaid tendency of the othei metals and Increased over 20,000,000 pourds or $ 'ifiOO,000 The rapidly Increasing pio- iluct ofInc which was checked In 1SH and 1S11 , waj resumed The declining tendency in Iron and fated production In 18' ) ) was changed in 1801 to ou of tLo most remaik- anlc incriMB In production of pig iron in the liltitoij of the Indiiatiy In the lulled Statce It icse fiom < it > ? 7 "SS long tons In 1594 to 'iUC.iOS tons In 1803 , or ncnily 42 per cent This Is the Higest product ever attained In this countrj , the nearest ap- proath to It being In 1R30 The value alto Inci eased from $970 to $11 13 pur ton Iron orn production Increased over Jl per cent nnd with but six exceptions all of the lion 01 e pinduUng states participated In thin nil- vunie The total product of coal of all Kinds Jnci eased 22,370,004 Jong toim , or 23- Ofil 12 ! short tons , or IS per cent The value of the product Increased $11 < > . ' 7I79 , about 0 Itr cent The year vvas inarKed by a pn- c ] IK I Ion conslderabl ) In oxccts of the mar t demand * and values vvoio much reduced In ( nnscqucnco Antl.iaclto decreased 11 tents iit'i long tan at the mines and bitumi nous fi rents This decline In value vvas nci.il thiQuyhont thcie being but three 01 fnni compnnitlvcly unimportant btatrb whose value 'vas larger in proportion in 1595 than In 1891 I'ttrolcnm production showed a notable Increase , especially In Ohio , Indlnna and Callfoiuln , and the j ear's other features are decrease In stocl.H rlso In prkts and cAteiiblon southward of piofltalily pi educing districts In the Appalachian rauge. The total coke product In 1895 was I lie laigest and the previous jear the small- tht In locent jcara This fluctuation la caused by the rise and decline of the pig lion product , In the manufacture of which almost the entire coke output is consumed AMKIIIC.VS THUM : WITH Itiiliuicr IN Slum ii to lit * T.urK 'l > in Pa * , n r of tint I ulti'il StiiU-H. WASHINGTON , Juno 28 The American tradi * . with Norway Is icvlevved in u bulle tin Issued by the Agiiiulluial department. It forms the seventh of the series relating to the extension of foreign markets for Amu lean uKiicultuial product ! ) . The bui lt tiu t > aju tno products of Norwegian agri culture are net BullioleiH to meet the ic- quticments of tlu > population , and food- stulTs have to bo Imported In considerable ] quantities A leading feature Is a de tailed Eintlntlcal ruvlinv of Norway's for eign trade , utteutlou being [ jlven to the character and sources of Impoitcd incnhau- dUc. Tlio total iwporU , exclutlve of prc- oloin metals , In 1S94 were valued at $55,205- 270 , and the exports at $3 ,762,350. The Imports art r > e and rje flour t. flour , coffee , sugar , pork , bacon an-1 hnms , hldiH , tallow , wool , cottcn , vvlnc nnd lln ecd and rapesced oils The principal exports are fish , lumber and manufactures of wood , fishery and forest products * , to gether constitute morn than two-thirds of the entire export. Norway's trade with the United States U largely In fnvur of this cointry. Our leading exports to Norway arc pork , bacon ami hums , hides tanned and raw , greases and tallow wheat and wheat flour , rctrolcum and paraOlno oil and ma chinery The principal nrtlclts received In ictlirn arc wood pulp and fish WASHINGTON. Juno 2 ? The new Argon- line minister Senor Garcia Mrnn was for mally presented b > Secretary Oln.'y jestei- day. Mr. Melon vvas accompanied by Prnor Domlnguez the piescnt Arrentlne thargc1. Torn Iloshl , the now Jiipanese initiator , \ns also jiresentcd to the prcsilcnit bj the necretarj of state Ml Hoshl vvcs aieom- isnlcd by Mr Matsul , the first Bccro'ary of ho Japanese legation o sicrr.KT non s. riit-v Are oricii Pniinil In ltre > iil < tiiK I | i Old Slilpn. The utilization of apparent vv.tsto Is well oxemplined In the breaking up of ships ef various kinds , for very nail and every chip ire put aside for sale ; but In the cnso of ostels of considerable lonnoRo , and capeclal- y of very eld ciaft , finds both curious and nluahlo nro by no means tare To glvo a rocint Instance , sajs Casscll s Journal , an old wooden vessel that was broken up near Gleenvvlch only a few mcnlhs back revealed i very curious sight when some old plank- ng In the forecastle had been loin down Icre , nailed up , vvcro the two mummified lands of a negro , and tn the palm of ciioh mud and transfixed by the same nails that ichl the hands were two counterfeit nilvor lollars The hands had been hacked off ou hlj A jcar 01 two ago the breaking up f an old schooner near Sheer-ness biought to Ight beneath the Inner "akin" of the hull [ Ulto an elaborate armament of a very old- cihloncd Kind , and a frlund of the writer's iccuied , from among the many weapons ncludcd , a splendidly made bell-mouthed lint-lock musket , the stoclv being mniked vlth a ropiesentation of arm and leg fot- ers , and the name "Philip Stoyno , Uoslon , jlnculnshlie " The most cuilous part of this find was a set of books a privateer's books evidently showing the capture of various Blench vessels. Tied up In a canvas bag , SO guineas In gold were found a jear or vvo back during the breaking up of an old os.se ! Ijlng between Ulrkcnhcad and Now 3tlghton With the money were founJ , too , a most cuilous and unlrmo set of foreign ) laylug cards , s > oino loaded dice and thico nagnillcent pieces of amber All these v\ero otind In the false bottom of a wooden bunk Hut oven during the breaking up ot quite modern vessels which have become w recks remarkable finds , particularly i elating to umiKgllng contilvauces , are by no means are In n portion of a considerable vueck on the southeast coast only the winter be- ere last the shlpbrcakers found hidden In a Bait of the engine room , a < iuantilv of valuable jewelry and a number of nevva- mper clippings and published poi traits ic- atliiB to a niurdei and robbery at St Louis , u the United States. The jewelry found was that described in the reports as miss ing Two of the men cmplojed In the en gine room were drowned In the wreck , but , so far as nil Inquiries made by the police could show , thcio was no clew to attach cither the diowned men or the other engine loom hands with the published descriptions and portraits of the murderei The mys tery vvoi never cleared up. The manager of a shipbreaker , a man who has been for forty jears In the business and who was especially sought out bj' the writer , told the latter that ho could cite some hundreds of eases where hiding places for small ar ticles smuggled by officers and men had been found , these being In connection with ncarlj every part of the hulls broke up , and : ie produced several articles that had been found by himself or his men. Many of these were false or duplicate bills of lading , and there were counterfeit foreign coins , a pair of heavy gold earrings with a turquoise In each probably sfolen by one foreign sca- mau from another a hand grenade' with a cap to It , an old wig with three small gold nuggets v rapped In It , and many other small trifles. "At Hotherhlthe , bon'e jears ago " said ho , "in the forepealt of a verj old wooden merchantman , wo found the skeleton of a lad Jammed behind the skin of the vessel The lad had been a stowaway In all probabllltj. A gentleman at Ilothei- hltlie keeps the skull now , or did till lately. " Am UN. "It Is not generally known , " observed a pi eminent blacksmith to ho Washington Star , "that nearly all of the anvils used by blacksmiths in Ibis countrj' are mndo bj ono firm In Brookljn , N Y. All kinds of substitutes have been Invented and put on the mail.et , bit after using them the black smith g < nerally goes back to the wrought lion anvil , which is hand made There are plenty of cast iron and steel anvils for sale , but thej dud but little favor from black smiths , vho picfer the nnv II that sings The cast Iron anvil has no music about It , and docs not give any moro response to the hammer than if one was hammering on a stuirip It Is music , or singing , as the smithy calls It , that Is wanted A black smith does ncarlj all his talking to his helper by the sounds made on the anvil by his hammer. As far as the village black smith Is concerned , singing by the anvil Is his constant advertisement Ordlnarllj an anvil will last from ten to twenty years , that Is , If It Is handled carefully , though there are many anvils that are now used by sons which vvcro used by the fathers dur ing their entire lifetime " oiiH 1)11 ) ml < ! > . It seems that the luuavvay accident by which Austin Corbln and his coachrmn were killed was caused , Indirectly , by the fact that a team of spirited horses vas liclng lined for the 111 hi time without blinders What followed was only to be' expected , tajs the Philadelphia Ledger. To put such a nervous , sensitive animal as a hoiso Into the now and strange relations of an open bridle , after he has been accustomed to the lost ml ut of blinders , is to Invite an acci dent But this lamentable occurrence should not bo allowed to check the movement to free the horse from the cruel absurdity of blinders They are Injurious to him and dangerous to his driver , and why they were over adopted by horsemen Is a conundrum They should never bo put on a horse , for ho can bo trained to do much better without thorn ; but If ho has been accuktomed to thorn they should not bo taken oft Injudi ciously , nor should ho bo recklessly driven without them until ho has learned to adapt himself to his new conditions Jlr Corbin's death resulted from somebody's fatal folly. Clili-f Arlluir WorUluir fur Arliltintloii TOPHKA , Kun , Juno 2S.-T. M , Arthur , chief of the motherhood ot Locomotive niiKlneem , In heio visiting the Topelsn membeis of the order Mr Arthur said today that In his opinion strikes would not 1m so frequent in the future as they hnvo been In the imst Ho -working with th leiidtis of the different political organiza tion. ' to build up sentiment In fnvor of a law for the arbitration of differences be tween rnllroml companlis and their om- plojea ui.d believes that congress will en act n law In the near fnturo Mr. Arthur addressed u meeting of engineers during the day On 11 for tli < * Irlxlt font i > ittlon , NI3W YORK , Juno 2S The Irish Na tional Federation of Amurlca has Issued lo Its blanches In this countij a notlco of the liish rnco convc-ntlon to bo held In Dublin on September 1 The convention Is called l > v the council of the federation of Ire land and the clmlrmiui of the Irish party Its object , an net forth In the rail , is to recoiiBlltulo a united homo rule party and to satisfy the > rnrnlng of the Irish race nil over the world foi n thorough n union of thu political forces of IreUnd K.icli liratu h of the federation in .America is entitled to ono delegate to the convention .Mlllllf.- for KIllllIK- UlNMMUllllUtN. . CINl I.NNATI , June 28 , The Commorclal- Trlbum f tprolal from Munclo , Ind. . Bays : timing tbo tstitko last winter Krank Gal lagher vvnb assaulted by tvvo strikers and In self-dofon o killed them The Jury ren- ileied u vc-idlrt nf guilty of murder against GallaUu-i. Citizens have aturtcd a collnn- tton to help Gallagher In the higher courts. * BliootN IIUVlfi - for Iiillilrllty. NUW LONDON , Conn. , Juno 2S , Jiimes llomkcy , siRed 44 , uhot nnd killed his wife and then committed sultido today. Un- raiihfuliu's. on the part of the wife v\ae glvca as the cause. AXNDAW NEBRASKA RAINFALL Intorestinrj'iQhlUstlcs ' Pumishod from the University Experiment Station. PRECIPITATION AMPLE AND RELIABLE iril ImU'V ( lint Dm I HIT < lif iro\v- iiK MHhtlfn I IKMiotM'fH Conic Midi * 7illllcl4lit I'ri'ii mi' } ( o CroiM | Safe. LINCOLN , Juno 28 ( Special ) An ex tremely Interesting bulletin from the Unl- \pislly of Nebraska c\pcilmcnt station 1ms list been Issued by Professor 0. I ) . Svvec- loy nntl Qeorgn A Lovelim ! Iho bulletin s known as No 15 , nntl may bo hail for the asking by addressing the dlicctor of the station nt Lincoln. It says' "The total amount of precipitation for the jcar In Nebraska ranges from about thhteen Inches In the extreme southwest- iru corner of the state to about thlrtj-four nchcs at the extreme southeastern. The a\ erase for the slate Is 2333 Inches Al- hough the total j early rainfall of the state , and especially of the western parts of the stnto , Is rather small , a very largo portion if it falls during the months of the grou- ng season. "Thus of the 23 33 Inches of annual rain- all In Nebraska , 1G 08 Inches , or 09 per cent of the entire amount , falls during the fhc nonths of the growing season , April to August Inclusive. That \\o may see how wo compare In this respect with other states , ho fallowing table , compiled from the rec ord of weather bureau stations , shows what icr cent of the total j early rainfall occurs n these same five months In other localities Station. Per ( " station 1'er r Dmnha , Ncto .r.T Keokiik la . Rt North I'litto Ncli 72 Davenport In . . . r > " > Dodco City Kun 7J Duluth Minn Oaejeiine VV > eSt Pt I'nul Minn . . 61 St Louis Mo ,4S Huron , 8 1) 71 "It thus appears that the states of No- , naska , Kansas , Dakota and Wjomlng , with heir none too plenteous supply of > eaily rainfall , ha\c , on the other hand , the ad vantage over the states lying farther to the east , that u laigo percentage of this rainfall ) ccnts In the growing season when It is nest useful and that as wo go eastwaid the iorcentagt > gradually falls off , particularly oward the southeast , or In other words. In he direction toward which the actual imount of rainfall Increases most decidedly , so that If we compare the rainfall of the growing season alone In different ocallties , Nebraska does not appear in so unfavorable n light as her small } early rain fall would Indicate "At the western end of the state the larg est monthly rainfall occurs In Maj , farther cast lliLialnfall of May , June and July Is not gteatly different , while at the extreme cistern end of the state the poilod of great est laintall Is delated until June. NUJIllBll OP HA1NY DAYS. "The follq-Wlng. table shows the average number of dajs. In each month upon which a measutablc amount of precipitation oc curs In Nebraska , and the aveiago amount which falls qn each rainy day. Amount Italny Daj s. on n.ith Month 1 Number. Inches January . . . .u GJ Oil Kcbiu.iry r > 7 Oil March Cr 038 April 92 020 M.iy * 121 030 June ? ' 102 OSS July . . ! . / ! > 9 035 August So 0.11 September j..j GO 02S October CO , Q2 November . ' 4 1 017 December . . . . , . . . , GO 012 ' Year . , . . . . , . . .311 021 "It thus appears that there Is rain In Nebraska , at , any eire locality on the average ono day in foutt and that when It rains there falls oni the average about a quarter of an inch a day , "There are on the average but six and a halt dajs in the 3ear In which as much as an Inch falls In a day , although the total amount falling In these quantities Is of course considerable. It would be difficult to make a trustworthy estimate of the amount of this that ruus off , but It is of course small in compi-ilson with the amount thus lost In localities where heavy rainfall Is of fre quent occurrence. "Dut a trilling amount of the total jearly precipitation falls In showois of less than one-tenth of au inch per day. "Tho following table gives not only the noimal pieclpitatlon of the state as a whole for the eeveial months of the year , but also Its variability , or , in other words , the avci- ago departure of the rainfall from the nor mal amount for that month The last col umn shows what per cent this varlabtlit } is of the normal precipitation for that month Normal Moin Pcrcont- PipclpltaVnrln - i > Beof\n- tlon. lilllU. iliblllts Month Inches. Inches 1'tr cent Tiinuarj . . . 0 C.S 0 US 41 Tcliruirj , 071 0 2'i Ti Mirch , . . . . . . 1 IS 0 11 50 April 2 0 1) ) r. Mny 3 ( - 1 27 Ti Juno 3 13 1.11 28 Jul > 3 51 1.27 SI5 AUKUtt 2 r2 0 " 20 Heptunljcr 1 SI 0 82 4" October 1 19 077 02 November. . . . . . . . O.CS 010 M December . , . 0 TO 0 30 43 "It thus appears that the greatest uncer tainty as to the amount of precipitation occurs In those months of the year when but little falls In any case During tbo five mouths of the grow Inn season , April to August Inclusive , the liability to a de ficiency does nptvary greatly , although the greatest uncertainty occurs unfortunate ! } In the month of July , when a deficiency Is liable to affect the corn crop so seri- oiiBlj. "Tho variability of rainfall in Nebraska , especially In the western pai t of the state , Is , on the vvholp , rather largo as compared with that of localities farther cast. PHOGIU5SSIVD CirANGES IN TIIR RAIN FALL. "If wo examine the precipitation for the series of jcars from 1849 to IS1)1 ) ! Inclusive given In this table wo shall find that , al though the rainfall of the past few jears has been less than that of the earlier jears of the series , so far as wo can Judge from the rather meager records of these earlier Soars , jet there Is afforded no evidence of any considerable progressive change In the climate of the state , cither toward wetter or dilcr condition ! . There have been exces sively wet and excessively dry years , the annual rainfall having ranged from 13 30 Inches to 47 53 . .inches ; thoio have been groups of wotiijsars and groups of dry years succeeding ! ouo another In a rather Irregular mariner II "Hut If weiidylrte ( the entire series of foity-sevon yawp lute two periods of twenty- four and twtjtityrthrco jears respectively the average mlnfall of the first peilod will exceed that of the last by only about an Inch. The ditjfqreuco of a little moro than an Inch between pie moan rainfall of the first twonty-fonV jjjars and that of the last twenty-three yffew ° ' 'BO ' forty-seven would almost disappear If this year of 1849 were omitted fromihA : Merles , the mean precipi tation foi the Wenty'three years from 18JJO to 1872 la 23T.Svmchea . , while that of the twcnty-thrco i'tars ' * since is 23 40 Inches "Tho conclusion.1 rll , thorftforo , seems to bo a safe one tnat'lnU average rainfall of Np- brasUa , althoui'h" subject to great fluctua- tlons from jedtJ'rfl'Wr ' ' , yet In the long 1 run remains substantially unchanged , so far as vo can dlsccrVctHram ! the records of nearly half a century" " ( iixiil Wt'i'U ( fir Oroiix , WOOD lUVnit , Neb , Juno 28 ( Special ) The past week has been an excellent week for farmers and farm produce. Had two beautiful showers , which did a great deal of good A few farmers have commenced to cut their fall grain , which looks very nice. Oats are heading out rapidly and will make a largo yield Corn growing very rapIdly - Idly , but some woody spots can bo found Hay never looked bettor and will make thn largest crop ever known In this section of the country , Thirty Olillilroii Coiiilrmeil. "WEST POINT , Neb , Juno 28. ( Special. ) Thirty children attended their first com munion In the Catholic church today. The celebrant of the mass was Rev. William MacNaraara , a newly ordained prlebt of this county , who baa the unique distinc tion of saying mass in the church la prea- There was a little man Who had a little gun , IJa went out one day for to Shoot ! Shoot ! Shoot ! But it wasn't at game At which he tool ; aim , But the clothier who sold him his Suit ! Suit ! Suit ! Mad because lie found out he'd paid $15 for the identical suit he could get of us for $8.50 a fancy worsted suit that is the dandiest suit in town. enco of the congregation where ho partook of his own first Lommunlon He Is the first of the scholais of the convent school of this city to become a priest. SVriJlllKVY iJTJjUT WITH liH Vdlinit1) . Kiworlh W rl.tT n * Co/ml mid > - IiriiMkii rity Krrp Hunt. COZAD , Neb. , Juno 28. ( Special ) Last evening's session of the Epworth convention opened with devotional exorcises , followed by a declamation by Roy Israel of Bcn- kleman , entitled "How Reuben 1'lajtd , " displaj Ing unusual power to entertain , con vulslng the audience with his humorous pioductlon. Dr. I'aine then gave a delight ful half hour with the phonograph , after which he In his o vn way proceeded to take up the collection. After the singing of "Boulah" by the congregation Mary Kvn Gregg spoke for o\or an hour to the con vention upon the subject of the deaconas work and although It was ! ) 30 o'clock when Miss Ougg began her address the 1,500 people present , packed like sardines In a box , remained to the end The day'a work was long and exceptionally full of good things. NRDRASKA CITY , June 28 ( Special ) The Cpvvorth kaguo has finished Its labors and adjoinncd The following officers wore elected for the enbulng 3 car : President , L. O Jones ; vice president , IJlmer n. Lest of York ; secretaiy , Miss Mead The visit ors all expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the treatment accorded them by the people of Nebraska City. MGHT.MM ; ii < : irrr.vs ins 1,0n. . Startling KxiHTleiioo of n Hull Cuunt > 1'firmer til a Storm. WOOD RIVER , Neb , Juno 28 ( Special ) G. C. Rle-jland , while on his way homo with a load of hay last evening , was struck by lightning. It appears the lightning struck the horses first. Killing them Instantly , run ning up the lines to Mr. Rlesland , and burn ing and hacking him terribly. He fell from the load of hay forward This filghteucd his two little girls , who were covered up with a quilt , sitting behind him , and when he fell off of the wagon they uncovered , and , seeing the hay on lire , jumped from the wagon unharmed and ran to the first house toward home This occurred two miles south of town , in front of where Mr. May lives Mrs. May , seeing the file , ran out , and just in time to pull Mr. Dleslantl away from the hay , or ho would have been binned up Mr. Rlesland was brought home by Mr. Maj The doctors do not speak very favorably of his chance for life. Mon conns i s icnrrii couvrv. rpmciHloiiM Haiti DrliiKTOM tlint Si'c.- llon Triilc A\iiHlicil Out. 00LALLA , Neb , Juno 28 ( Special Telegram ) One of tbo heaviest rains over known to fall on this section of the coun try commenced about ( ! 30 this evening and kept pouring down for about an htrJr The watti Is running over all parts of the town to the depth of a foot Train No 1 Is being delayed hero on account of wash outs three miles east of town > i > lirtiNKa Clt > "NutoH. NEBRASKA CITY , Juno 28 ( Special ) Sheriff Hubcrlo retuined fiom Unadllla to day , having In charge George Owen and Hurt Morgan , who nro chained with bteal- nig harness from a farmer living near the latter place. They were arrested at Beatrice and were given a preliminary hearing yes terday. They were not able to furnish | 300 bonds and were sent to jail. Prof R H. Lord of this city has lieen elected principal of the Pullcrton , Neb , schools for the ensuing year. He Is an In structor of more than ordinary ability and v\lll (111 ( the position creditably. Henry and Fred Homes cr left today for an extended trip through the east. The for mer will attend the national convention of Insurance men at Philadelphia The Watson Rllles , company C , Nebraska National Guards , will go to Weeping Water for an outing on the Fourth of July. Cap tain Ulloy has all the details arranged for an enjojablo day. Hon John C. Watson went to Lincoln to open headquarters at the Llndoll hotel for Judge Hayward In the Interest of his candi dacy for governor Cri > | > N i" rVni'IlollH Count ; . SUPERIOR , Neb. , Juno 23 ( Special ) The crops In this section of the countiy two never been In such a promising con dition. The season could not bo moro fa- voioblo and the warm rains of the last wo < k have put the corn far In advance of what It has been at the same time In pre vious seasons Most of It Is laid by , and the greater part of the ninety day corn tilioady tasseled , two weeks rnoro will plac < - It licjond all danger of hot winds Whe.ii , oats and rye are being cut and have yielded abundantly. The acriage of all Is very great , tn fact farmers have ulllUed every particle of arable land and the dajs of ruuchlng have entirely disappeared , IIo ' -llr < 'l > r. TREMONT , Juno 28 ( Special ) The wed ding of Miss Sarah Beebo of Platte town ship and Mr. Kred Howe of Cotterell town ship was colebiated last evening at the residence of the bride's parents In Platte precinct , a Urge number of relatives and friends of the contracting parties being present. The groom was born In this county and hau alwajs resided note Tin brldo Is a daughter of H , P Beebo , ono of the oldest and beat known residents of this vicinity , and IB u successful school teacher The newly married couple will reside on the farm of the groom near North Dend ru COIHI | > IiiHtltiili- . CKNI5VA , Neb , Juno 28 ( Special ) rill- moro county teachers' Institute has com pleted a very profitable week's work under the following able Instructors Superin tendent Recce of Tails City. Mrs A. E Uoudy of Lincoln , Prof Hubble of Fairfield - field and Principal Robert J Jlojd of Go nova. The teachers aie complimenting Su perintendent Clegg for his nine selection During next week the teachers will re ceive a treat in the way of lectures on Monday , Wednesday and Friday evenings. lliirtflar * tit Auiorn. AURORA , Neb , Juno 28. ( Special ) Swanson & Selkman's grocery was robbed laat night , the safe blown open and $35 In nnncy taken. No trace of the robbers. lll.ACIC 1II1.I.S MP.\ 1iIDKNCi : . Intend to Mnko TlicniNcli CM 1VH In tile Aberdeen t'on > enlloii. HOT SPRINGS , S. 1) . Juno -Special ( ) The Black Hills will send some very active delegations to the Aberdeen state conven tion. Among the candidates that will be presented from this poitlon of the slate nio Kirk G. Phillips of Lawrence count } , foi state treasurer , who will have no opposition In the convention , an 1 Judge William Gard ner of Rapid City for congiess Judge Gard ner will have the support of his district the Seventh ch cult besides the Meade and Dutto county delegations , and probably sev eral of the Lawrence county delegates , though that delegation is said to bo rather conservative over aiding In the nomination of a congressman from Ihc Hills , hoping that matters may eventually come their way in pushing Judge Moody to the front for United States senator. But with his own district and the delegates of Mtado and Butte counties Judge Gnidner will have- forty delegates out of the sixty-six from the Hills , which will give him strong backing to begin with A number of counties from the eastern part of the state have elected friendly Gardner delegations. Henro the outlook Is decidedly bright for Gatdnor's candidacy. Among the Hills candidates for railroad commissioner are Colonel W. J. Thornhy of Hot Springs , D W. McFadden of Custer and Dr. Smith of Sturgls It Is likely to be a close contest between them so far as the Hills Is concerned , though Thornby Is best known. There is something of a sentiment In the Hills favoring an Instruction to the con gressional nominees to suppoit the free coinage of the American product of silver The silver sentiment Is rather strong In this part of the state , and , though repub licans are enthusiastic supporters of McKinley - Kinloy , some of them feel that they do not want to relinquish their Ideas entirely upon the silver question , so long as It will not In any way detract from the support of Mc- Klnley , and that our congressman should represent that sentiment If it prevails among a majority of the republican representa tives of the state , when they assemble al Aberdeen , and that thev can do so without getting out of harmony with the pi ev ailing and uppermost principles of the paity JOl , 1. 131 1\IM , NOT .oiN T1I13 I'OI'h. South DaUotii Politician Continues 11 < > oo < l HciiiiliUcim. VERMILL1ON , S. D , June 2S. ( Special ) Colonel John L Jollej's action in will- drawing from the gubeinatorlal race Is being constiued by the populists as aino mt- Ing to his desertion of the republican party and affiliation with the populists Air. Jol- ley stated , In an Interview with The Hoc correspondent todav , that nothing was evei more Incorrect. "I lave not noi wfl I desert the republican party , " said Colo'id Jollej "I see more to ! cpubllcanlsm thin the financial question , and while' my views are not along the same line In that miller I have no Intention of leaving the partj I shall cast my ballot for McKinlej ibis fall McKinley represents the AniTlcnii people and lie tvlll bo elected Six jears ago , when the McKinley bill pn&snd , the people weie not educated In the tariff nat ter They are getting their CJPS open i.ow how over , and will loll up theli majoiitlcs this fall for McKinley. " The Clay county delegation to the Abci- dcon convention will support Herri > 1 foi govcinoi , Crane for superintendent of schools and Maj how for state audltoi. lICNIillllllHNloil III 1)11111IIT. VERMILLION , S. D , Juno 28 ( Special ) There appears to bo a small-sired ejclonc brewing In the prohibition tamp of South Dakota Last week papers were served on Secretaiy of State Thomnn Thorson , In I lie name of the state , In an action to compel him not to Issue certificates of the rcaub mission amendment to the various county auditors. In order that It may bo plated on the ballots , claiming that the amendment was not legally passed It now transpires that the move was not made bj the piohl- bltlonlsts , but by the liquor men them selves. The piohibitionlsts claim to hive everything coming tluli way and are KUIO of a big viclory In November. This fait , they assert caused the llijuor men to make this move , which , it successful , would only stave the Issue off two jears longer , and would knock the piesrnt campaign out Rev A E Caihait piebldont of the Nonpartisan - partisan Piohlbltlon union and the ( Mills tian Citizenship league , Is very much op posed to the stop , and decl-iies the prohibi tionists do not dcslro the test of the law made They piopose to fight It out UIH | fall Illcil lleforc HIM Klcrl I nil. CINCINNATI , Juno 28Patiick M Ke own , who was nominated at the dome cratlc state convention last Wednesday foi state food and dairy commissioner , died at his homo last night of cholera morbtis South UntilIm lindoriicn Mciccr. The South Omaha Republican club , at Its regular meeting Soturdaj night , unanl- mouslj paused the following resolution Whereat , 'Jhls Is a rpptiblh m jenr , ntnl W < that nil Indications point to a universal republic inlitorv for the state and nn- I tlou , ami Whoa us The dutv of th bout Is to holcict onlv stall men as the e who haverelUcted honor upon our partv , or who have been tiled , and not found wanting Tin re'ore , 'IhH im-cllng heartily endorses the COIIIT putsiii'd bj oui active , \lRllant and over loval repn si-ntittlve In coni < rcB3 , Hon Dave 11 Miteer and uigcs his reaotn- Itmtlon and re diction as .1 lining tistl- inonlnl of the gtand work ho him nlreidy accomplished , 01 Inaugurated The people of this i llv anImMitcd to him for a mist- oflln whOM ! ardill.ilui.il b-iutv will , In the nc.ti Hutut , ulil cndlt to South Omaha , and the iltl/i us nf NobtiiMim must stiruly .ipprodntc bisoik In tin matti r of the Tinnsmltsl lppl exposition , his nnllilng oneio In indrnoiiiij ; to mike Toil Oimilm a milltaiv tr lining school , his efforts in obtaining nddltlonnl appioprlatlons fet the new 1'oit CiouV ull or which , and many things else , domon-HuilIng that no irpic- sentatlvo from Ndnuska baa uvtr accom plished so much In such u nhoit time ua our own Ua\c Moiooi. Tin rcfore. It Is the unanimous desltc of this club tint Have slmll bo ngaln ro- tuiiH'd to concuss , and vvo pledge our best cHorts. and our most sincere co opor-vtlon with his filends throughout the district teat at compllsh this desire OIHISTIW OOM5H-SOU roll CIlllTIJ. Vliiliillali I'tiNliii l < > lie Siieeueileil ) > > he I'rlnce of Mi in ox. CONSTANTINOPLE , Juno 2S Gcorglo Berovltch prince of Samos , has been ap pointed governor of Crete In succession to the Mussulman governor , Abdullah Pasha Ihc island of Samos Is autonomous , al though It pajs a tribute to the Turkish government , and Prince Gcorgle Hcrovltch is n Christian The recall of the former Christian governor of Crete , Carathcodary Pasha , and the appointment In his stead of the Mussulman , Abdullah Pasha , who was Implicated In the Armenian troubles , fannul Into flame the smoldering discontent of the Cretan Chtistlans and resulted In the disorders v.hlch have prevailed for sev eral months in the 'slnnd The appoint ment of the prince of Sairos seems desig nated to conelll ! > te Greece which has mani fested o.cit sjmpathj with the discontent of the Cretans undei Turkish rule. ins \UCIITIK iiitoici ; ins HHVIIT. rnlln-r of the ( Jirl VV lie CliitllciiKfil . .i ! > < ( ( Ivlllt lllniNi-ir. NEW YORK , June 28 A special to the World from U.Uuvla , N Y , sajs Jerome How on , a rich banker and father of Lansing Rowan , the California actress who ban challenged Coibctt to meet her in a sclcn- tlllc sparring contest , committed stiicldo by shooting himself through the heart Hy his side lay a copj of the Satuidaj edition of the Ilatavia Oally Neus containing a dis patch announcing that his daughter had challenged Corbett Mr How an left a letter - tor addiessed to his wife , the CJiitenta of which she declines to make public Mr. Rowan was Gti jears of age nrlil'M rnnffi t'licM * of Slmlciitn. BAST NOimirinLD , Jlns- * . June 28 The world's HtmlentH confeienco opc'ned hero with upw.nd of 4W college men pres ent Yestiidij morning wus principally divottd to the work of organization , nnd the military Institute was la hi undei the ( Hicdionol I' 1' Jieroh of SprliiKlli Id Tlio most important feature of the day wns the platform meetll g After the announce- im nt hrul b < en imidu an eo ! < tu < nt address wan tmule by llolx'il Sponr The first inditing on Itoiind Top WIIH In Id last oven- iim A numboi or prominent poisons spoke. Clni-iiiiiflli < < > l ntcrliiln lluiiK . CINCINNATI , Juno 21 * The grand lodge annual Inteimilionnl rrunion of UK * Older or Ulks mi els here July 7 , continuing In session nil the week AH forim r opposim ; factions meet In necoid this yun. llio local iiiliiliM liuntH all' mole ixtciiHlvi than for anj lll.c meeting ever h < 111 in thin eltj. 'J hi ilxornlloim will bo profit 11 on both HldiHoflln iivui , ami tin'i li i ti l > IIlit nnd other Hluil ilimonsti itlmis at nlglit are vorv cl.iboinlo The lodx-i nnillnifs will Ix in tlii ( .1 unl opera huusi , but tin social events Include the whole rity Klul'1 < ) < ! n I'olluli ( liuii-li Itovt. HAY PITV , .Midi. Juno 1'I In low In the J'ollB'i Cntholli Uiuiih. whlih rcaulted In u large f utlon uf Hitimmbi iHlilp Kccj ) Ing tlid i > niitor , Patlici Matkowt < kl away liom the church prcmlHi-s fin months pnst , todaj dovdop d mitllliiK low Wlilln n film ml was lielni : lonductcd todiij two or tin j'ol's qiiiriiltul and i-xi hanci d blown 'Jhi iiilln ri iits of thi < umba.tiint look HldcH anil w hlli Hit t fill me nt win ut Us In Ight home utiiIn tin < uivvil llicd x \olvoi Tlio result wau ( hit two nun were wounded , ne-ltlii I of tin m Hdlously The highest claim for other tobaccos is "Just as good as Durham. " livery old smoker knows there is none just as good as You will find one coupon inside uach tvvu < ninici , aiid twocon pans nibide carh four ounce jSVA iMKofHLu-kixcM't * Uuiliatii. JMlff. lluy a ban < $ f tins cclcmfif braicd tobacco and rend ilic I3i/vt ( gIVM II l.Stgf . . * valuable jiroriUsnml liovv