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3f I'll V* NV •i'aSftii. 5$ pUr' .|«KF v^ -0p,^m. •'«.• BRITTOH FIRE. '''::$2^*®*!! *^^w,Hsiea«w Fro*i' Am-. .^v-twi^ton, v. ,\ "''•"''®^tton, '&' D. Aug 24*HFurth6r in vestigation of the fire. of Tuesday night reveals a cpmpletedestruction of 'the fbUowing stores.and all their contents: :./••• Drag store of. Georjft Baker Dr. Hugo Miller, in this |uH«linis:!lo|ait'liia, entire i''.% "medical library,* instruments and X Ss'ray apparatus he estimates his loss at ^•V-$1,000, with no insurance Hardware 8t°r® of S. 8. Laiwrefti.ee, drug .store of. \. Dr. R. E. Jones, dry goods store of F. '*y.v .: E.. Alpin, all insured forv about half HH' their value. The hardware, store of Widemann & Ingersoli was consider-f •J ably damaged. The fire started at 12 ••o'clock, .midnight, in the rear buying •of Lawrence's hardware store.. Origin unknown. The Citizens' bank is a to tal wrtck, the walls alone .standing. The vault is uninjured. •*'.'' FATALLY INJURED. Traction Engine Rolls Down Em »aiikn»ei»t anil. •ijnieM Farmer. La Crosse, \Vi6., Aug. 24. -T-. While taking -a traction engine to his farm yesterday afternoon Charles Twite, a -prominent farmer residing a few miles •X: south of here, nearr Stoddard, met with i, -a probably fatal,accident. On the road he met a team and in turning out the engine ran oft the road ar.d rolled down ... an embankment. He was thrown oft, ^tell under the engine and pinned to the ground for some time. The occupants -of the buggy released him, but his body was cooked .in places and his v. limbs .burned to the bones. His con dition- is bery serious and may prove a a MONTANA'S LAND AUCTION. Many Inquiries From Everywhere and Sale* Days Fixed. Htlena, Mont., Aug. 24.—Montana's auction salexfef lands will commence, in Carbon county, of which Red Lodge Is the seat of government, on Sept. 18. About 6,000 aiCrjes \vill be sold or leased, Flathead county sales will begin1 Oct. 22. There ar.e 55,000 acres in this coun ty. Whether any intervening sales will be held has not yet been decided. The state land office is being flooded with inquiries" as to the character of the land and terms of sale, which are, briefly, that no lahd will be sold for less than $10 an acre, and if not sold will be leased to the highest bidder. YOUTHFUL TRAIN WRECKER. Eleven-Year-Old Boy Sentenced to the Industrial School. Janesville, Wis., Aug. 24.—An expen sive wreck on the Janesville branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway was caused a few days ago by William Kinney, tht eleven-year-old son of a watchman. The boy pleaded guilty yesterday and Judge Fifield sen tenced him to the.industrial school for boys at Waukesha. Young Kinney, who had previously ditched a train at Spring Brook by throwing a.switch under a train, loosened the breaks on some freight cars, which, running down a^steep grade, crashed into a freight train. ELEVATOR FIRE. Northfleld Farmer*' Company Loses a Building: and Much Grain. Northfleld, Minn., Aug. 24.—The ele vator of the Northfleld Farmers' Mer cantile and Elevator company burned, also 10,000 gushels of grain. The in surance on the building was $3,500, on the grain $5,000, and on flour and feed in stock $400. This covers the loss. The origin of the fire is not clear. It is not known whether the company will re build. POSTOFFICE ROBBED. Burglars Blow a Safe at Hall, Iowa, Last Night. Hull, Iowa, Aug. 24.—The postoffice here was burglarized. The safe was blown to pieces by three explosions and $474 in stamps and $150 in money taken. :'.V. Gives Up Life to Save a Life. St. Paul, Aug. 24—John W. De Camp, who was for many years in the com mission business in St. Paul, died yes terday in Seattle from burns received in an attempt to rescue a servant whom he believed to be imprisoned in a room in his blazing home. He was taken out of the building alive, but difed a few hours later. His family escaped, without injury. Barber Shop Burns. Buffalo, Minn., Aug. 24.—Fire broke out Sin the barber shop and residence of Andrew Thil. The building was al most totally destroyed in the interior by the fire" department trying to ex tinguish the flames. Mr. Thil was ab sent in the city and Mrs. Thil was visiting friends in the country. There was $600 insurance on the building. ^Retires From Army' With Honor. Fargo, N. D., Aug. 24.—Lieut. Arthur G. Duncan of Fargo, who has served as a volunteer officer in the Philippines, and was recommended ,for promotion to a captaincy for gallantry in action at Batac, Luzon, by Gen. Young, has resigned his position in th^ army and will become a merchandise broker in Fargo. Slnd Do(? nt MnntorvJUe. Mantorville, Minn., Aug. 24.—A mad dog was. loose in this village. Several women anfl children arid one .man were, badly lacerated by* the cr^y canine safe "before he wasv disj»t^edl'-?^»^fe% £®S3 t. :. •.: •'VfefeSg&Kifci jf Steamer Irene Burned. Aitkin, Minn., Aug. 24.—The steam boat- Irene was destroyed by fire here,: together with warehouse and full load -of freight. The whole is a complete loss to Messrs. Vlebohn & Tully, the owners, as there was no insurance, Ex-Congremman Schnlelc 'DeA^I Milwaukee, Aug.^24 —A special from Baltimore. Md„ announces the death of ex-pporfress^an Chase W. 8chaick, f&rmerly of Milwaukee. Para lysis of the brain was the-immediate .cause. He was 84 year* of age. r-J 1 "\'V *. •*.. ••/. •. ROHAKCB BND8 IW TRAGEDY. I Startling Case of Attempted Murder and Suicide. Palmyra, Wis., Aug. 25.—A startling case of. attempted murder and suicide occurred here yesterday afternoon at the residence of'Alfred Watson and. served as a realistic ending of a ro mance of a LIND OUT OF POLITICS. Pledge Given When the Partnership Was Formed With Judge I'selaitd. St. Pauli Aug. 25.—Judge TJeland, law •partner of John Lind,-declares 'that un der no circumstances will tha former ..governor re-enter the political field. Judge Ueland', it appears, exacted a written pledge from Mr. Lind before the professional copartneiship was formed- that he would/ riot' take any active part in politics. When the Idea of a partnership between the two men was first considered: Judge TJeland in dicia Wd-very plainly that if Mr. Lind had not concluded absolutely to keep out of .politics there wa$. no use,at all in discussing professidi?al*'relationshlp. Mr. Lind assured his friend in the most, positive manner that it was his intention thereafter to keep as far away from politics and politicians as possible. :f". ..' A FAMILY QUARREL Results in Death of One and the Se rious Injury of Another. Butte, Mant., Aug. 25. As a result of a family quarrel John C. Kimball is dead, his wife, Gussle, is in the hos pital with a bullet wound in her chest, and Frank Yechout, the father of the woman, is in jaif, charged with doing part of the shooting. The persons were walking together yesterday morning when Kimball drew a revolver and began -shooting at the woman. Yech out then shot Kimball. The Klmballs had not been living happily together. SEEKS A PARDON. Thomas J. Riley 'Who Deliberately Murdered a Butte Banker. Helena, MOnt., Aug. 25.—Thomas J. Riley, who killed Patrick Largey, a Butte Banker, four years ago and who is serving a life sentence for murder in the second degree, is seeking a pardon. He has written a long letter to the state board of pardons reviewing his case and urging favorable action. He says petitions will be secured in Butte. His crime was premeditated and there is little prospect of a pardon. SEIZED GUN AND DOG. Other Evidences Against Game Law Breakers Not Found. Albert Lea, Minn., Aug. 25. After waiting for the opportunity Game Warden Kroessin of this county has had J. M. McGrane. Thomas Clement and F. W. ICahler of this city and C. L., Fink of Bricelyn, arrested for vio lating the game law, arid he has seized a dpg arid gun. The parties were in a field with guns and dog and were shooting, but the warden did not se cure any of the game. EVIDENCE OF MURDER. Bloody in Wagon Spoke Found Ward's Cabin. Deadwood, S. D., Aug. 25.—The Law rence county commissioners yesterday offered a reward of $250 for the capture of. W. H. Ward, the alleged murderer. The" searching party at the Ward cabin found the clothes of Kirk Sheparcl stowed away in a barrel, and a wagon spoke was found near the house cov ered with blood. This settled the quesf tion of the murder of the second brother. Would Kill a Whole Neighborhood. Huron, S. D., Aug. 25. Thomas Tomw, released from the penitentiary a few weeks since, where he served a term of two years for assault with in tent to kill, was arrested in Lake By ron, township a few days since. The board of insanity has adjudged him in sane and he will be sent to. the asylum at Yankton. He deliberately drove a farmer and his family from their home and took possession of the place, threatening to kill the wkole neighbor hood|:Mfp3 ."W&W lown Lodge ConerreNH. •Clear Lake, Iowa, Aug. 25.—The fra ternal congress has just closed an in teresting two .days' session in this city. There were presennt delegates from the grand lodges of Yeomen, Fraternal Choppers, Modern Brotherhood ot America, Red Cros^ Knights of the Maccabees, Ladies of the Maccabees and. Woodmen of America. Several fine addresses were delivered and the best methods of fraternal? insurance were discussed. *. New Hello Quarter*. 'aulkton, S. D., Aug. 25,-r-The new telephone exchange building is about, finished and the office will be moved to -the new quarter^ in a few days. Charire Becomes Murder. Helena Mont., Aug. 25. The third Quinn "who was stabbed by WIll(am "MUldoon in a drunken spree at -Liv ingston Tuesday night, died yesterday, and Muldqon will toe charged with murder. Wmm 'Vc\SV Dr. few months.. Mort Cart- right lies at the sanitarium with two bullets through his body in-close prox imity to the heart, and Ella Cartright his wife, lies at the H$ftie of her grandparents with a bullet in her back. He can live only a few hours, while she is expected to recover, her life be ing saved by her corset steels,' which destroyed mUch of the force" Of th% bul let. A few weeks ago this mere boy of eighteen years met and loved Miss Etta Strike, a pretty girl of fifteen, and was married shortly afterward. They lived together at the home of his parents for a few" week's.'" Trouble arising, they separated, she going to Iowa., and he rentiaicir.g here,- Later the trouble appeared to be settle^ and Mrs. Cartright returned to Palmyra' yesterday, stopping at .the Watson res idence, where She was met by her'hus band. The trage'dy occurred shortly after the arrival of young Cartright, when a. fusilade of bullets was heard.' •No further explanation of the tragedy is given. l#m m::miwm WON'T STAND FOR IT Roitermund Warned Against TrifllnK With Smallpox. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 25. "If Dr. Rodermund undertakes to cut any of his capers around St. PaUl he will be hustled to the pesthouse and kept on a light diet. We shall not be in any hurry td let him out either. He may defy the law in a small town, but in St. Paul he will have to abide by the ac cepted theories of common-Bense physi cians." This is the way Health Commissioner Ohage looks at the Appleton, Wis., physl clan who smeared himself with smallpox, virus, afterward attending his patients and wound up by eating the pus from a smallpox postule. Dr. Rodermund did this to prove his contention that the en* tire theory of contagion is at fault. Dr. Ohage is a firm believer in the vir tues of vaccination and, as such, is not disposed to permit any trifling with the law which makes vaccination, compulsory with patients that are exposed to smalU pox. He said that all he requires in Dr. Roderm'Und's case is his statement that he has exposed himself to smallpox and that will be sufficient excuse for taking him to the pesthouse. "Vaccination has been demonstrated, thousands' of times over, as an effective means of preventing the spread .of the disease," said Dr. Ohage. "and we do not intend that any one shall come into St. Paul and defy the ordinary 'rules of health." Dr. M. J. Rodermund addressed the St. Paul Anti-Vaccination society at Central hall, Sixth and Seventh streets, last night. The doctor's talk was informal and fol lowed a written paper by Mrs. Laura Little of Minneapolis on the evils of vac cination. WITHOUT A PENNY. Woman Deserted by Her Husband in Winona. Winona, Minn., Aug. 25.—The largest ed by her husband in a strange city, and without a penny, was the condition of Mrs. John Schlosser here this morning, Schlosser„ who is a carpenter, came, to Winona with his wife early in the week in search of em ployment. They stopped at a hotel. On. Thursday he told his wife that he would go out to Clear Lake, S. D., and when he secured employment he would send for her. Thursday afternoon he left the'place without saying a word, and that was the last she saw of him. She became uneasy later in the day and made in quiries at the depots. It was there learned that he had purchased a ticket for Devil's Lake, N. D. The Ionian did not have a cent of money, and In company with a Winona woman she attempted to secure enough to follow him. Failing in this, she told her story to Mayor Stewart and he furnished her with a ticket to La Crosse, where she says she will be able to get the money and will then follow him. BfURDER AT HIBBING. Former St. Paul Waiter Is Killed by a Bartender. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 25—William Car son, a former waiter and bartender in various St. Paul and Minneapolis saloons and restaurants, was shot and instantly killed to-day at Hibbing by John King, the bartender in Hadman & Co.'s saloon. The trouble arose over the payment for a drink. King will be brought to Duluth to-morrow for a preliminary hearing. LOG PIRATES. Rnft Owners Report Several. Losses of Logs. La Crosse, Wis.,Aug. 25—Raft owners on the river report log pirates are again at work. Wednesday night a launch and two men took a large portion of a raft above here, and last night thieves held up a watchman at the point of a rifle several miles from any town and after securing valuable logs made off with them without being identified. ENGINE EXPLODES. One Is Killed and Others Seriously Injured. Canby, Minn., Aug. 25. A steam threshing engine belonging to Sam Watkins exploded while threshing on the farm of C. L. Christen&on, near Porter. Minn., and instantly killed Mrs. Christenson and severely injured her young daughter, Lars Christenson, John Anderson and one of the assis tants at the machine. SKULLS AND RELICS. An Ancient Mound at Trempealeau Opened by Winona Men. Winona, Minn., Aug. 25. Desert mound at Trempealeau has just been excavated by John Dye and others of Winona, with the result that seven skulls, presumably of moundbuilders, and many broken bones and relics have been found. n. FAVORS 1'AllIS GREEN. Former Feeds It to His Mules and Takes It Himself. Buffalo. Minn., Aug. 25.—Barney Mc Keag, whose place is a few miles from here, committed suicide'' by taking paris green. He attempted to murder his daughter-in-law with an axe and tried to feed his mules paris green. 'i&V-'sSv,'.' Two Country Fires. Grand Meadow, Minn., Aug. 25. A fire occurred on the farm of Alex Brown in Racine township. A setting of grain and the separator of H. Ra bine were burned. A. large barn, a hog-house and a milkhouse were burned on the. farm of Ed Rutledge, near High Forest. It is thought children set the fire while playing about the barn. V: first- Hull's Postofttce Robbed, iv Sheldon, Iowa, Aug. 25.—The postof fice at Hull was broken into and about $300. worth of stamps and $85 In cash were taken out of the safe. There seems to be no clue, to the robbers'. 'f-i'.Macaroni Wheat Yields' WellMi Britton, S. D., Aug. 25.—One hundred and twenty acres bt macaroni wheat Jfhreslh£d out. 28 bushels to the acre, gt pounds to the bushel. It was shipped and Is expected to grade No. 2. ^Thia variety of wheat averages 2S bushels, NORTH DAKOTA STATE NEWS. Barlow to to have an agent. Wilton's school haB begun. •••-.:•? illegal hunting is reported in McLean county. Enderlin Is to have a new Catholic church. Steel range peddlers infest Pembina county. Emmons county land is advancing in value. Many new enterprises are reported at Maddock. Many improvements are being made "at Fessenden. -John Hurley is the rew stenographer for Judge Lauder. Washburn will have a hardware stor-s with a $10,000 stock. Hail did no material damage in the vicinity of Bathgate. The telephone system at Ellendale is proving satisfactory. The Harvey mills report that the new wheat makes fine flour. A tough gang of hoboes was made to move on by Lisbon officials. Crop conditions in the western coun ties make settlers feel good. Senator llansbrr.ugh has been down to Illinois on a business trip. Sella Shepherd, a little Grafton girl, broke her arm in three places. Bailey Fuller is said to have th£ finest corn in Stutsman county. Grnn 1 Forks has reached the "site selection" period of its public libravy. It is said there'are fine herds of an telope in what was Hettinger county. Miss Lena Sletten of Richland coun ty ^ied at the state asylum of apoplexy. Milton will endeavor to have a creamery ready for business by May 1, 1902. Many chokeberry bushes, in the Jim River valley are blooming, the second time. Marxian's old city hall is to be sold. Sneak thieves are reported at Glen Ullin. The first wheat threshed in Dickev county went fifteen and a half, bushels per acre. Washburn has incorporated as a city. A couple of blind pigs were pulled at Bismarck. Farmers around Bathgate predict that land in that vic.'rity will soon be woith $50 an acre. A car load of machinery for the stati manual training school at Eller.dale is being put in position. There are said to have been many violations of the game law 'around Ha vana, Sargent county. A binder ran over Andrew Wood of Sanborn and laid him up during the busy season. In some sections of Steele county the damage by the recent hail storm was one-third of the crop. They are beginning to talk of $50 per acre or more as about the proper price for land about Bathpate. Walhalla will have its electric light system installed in a few w-aeks. Wire and pcles- have arrived. Machinery dealers of Devils Lake re port the largest business since the town was first on the map. A fresh book agent at Devils Lake was fined fbr attempting to get too fa miliar with a married lady. Har\ej fsns offered ten bet thsir teem could shut out Anarr.oose, but the game could not be arranged. The Wheatland school district is be ing sued by Miss Inez Sherman for $318.50, for alleged breach of contract, seems tc have been about equal to the deiDdnx with not mia to spare cither way. One Smell is the name of a Montana Indian arrested in North Dakota on the charge of steeling stock in Mon tana. It is reported that eight cases of smallpox have developed among the la borers on the Northern Pacific west of Bowdon. Two horses wero stolen from a mail contractor between Bismarck and Wo gansport, and two escaped convicts are suspected. Grain in some of the southern coun ties is said to have been injured by drought. That in the north seems to be i:i excellent shape. At the recent fire at Minto a number of farm laborers were in town and ren dered valuable assistance in getting the flames under control. On account of his removal from Dev ils Lake, W. H. Brown will resign as mayor, and S. M. Wineman will prob ably serve until next spring. So many of Lisbon's citizens are tem porary grass Widowers, that a few of the kind-hearted ladies got up an en tertainment for the I'orlorn hubbies. At 'Michigan City a man attempted to prevent the engagement of one of the teachers by circulating an antago nistic petition among the children. Another insurance company begins tufiness in North Dakota, and Deputy Commissioner Gilbreath is issuing its statement, with his compliments. I A Minneapolis potato house wants ten car loads of the tubers daily, and will pay from 40 to 50 cents per bushel, free or. board cars in North Dakota. William Simmons was building a chimney near Langdo, when a stroke of lightning undercut him and he fell to the ground. His injuries were not very serious, however. •A Cass county boy was driven insane —after taking a bath. That, is a horri ble example. In the boy's case the bath was taken after a big meal and while he was very hot J. A. Cc-ad, who was accused of kill ing a patient at the insane asylum—a year or more ago^-is said to have been killed. In' -the -Philippines, where he Joined the regular, army. On account of* many of the farmers Ar cutting the hay lands twice this year, Tbui^rranfirstitrnffiiiii "g the roots are unprotected and die. Fox. fn t0. tall, grass grows Instead of the regultr rn.rn.mm .Md. «. in severalty. In ca»e they do, Uic al- J&r Ashley is to have a new drug store The crop of hold-ups promises to be large. Cement Sidewalks are popular at Oakes. Carlisle Jias a "Jack, the Hugger" all Its own. Fargo's militia company is strictly all rl^ht. parties are the rage at Hay rack Enderlin. Drunken carousals at Sheldon ex cited indignation. It is said 200 binders were sold this season at Rugby. Rev. Father Wagiur is the new Cath olic priest at Kenmare. The father of Attorney Leslie of Car rington died in Vermont. Ayr people asked the railroad com missioners for a depot, The purses for the horse races at Mandan will aggregate $1,600. Bottineau farmers will open a co-op erative store at Willow City. There are said to have been numer ous hold-ups at St. Thomas. Many farmers around Neche recently sold their 1S99 wheat. At Oberon boy-i' stole 100 pints of booze from a bootlegger. Some New Rockford. men bought cat tle in Kansas—after the drought. Much damage was done in parts of Barnes and Stutsman counties by hat!. LaMoure people want a town park. Grafton may reorganize its military band. Winr.ipeggers complimente-.l the K. P. band of Langdon for its excellet music. Hoboes broke into a sealed freight car at Enderlin and swiped cheese and fruit. Now the music of the threshing ma chine engine will begin to wake the na tives. For about the steeni time the news papers are urging farmers to plow fire breaks. Some early hunters in Ransom coun ty are said to be dodging the game warden. A suspected thief at Glen Ullin sud denly concluded he had lots of business elsewhere. Ed Berry of Dickinson will be su perintendent of the races at the Man dan state fair, Paul Tygum was rearrested at'Dick inson after serving a jail term for horse stealing. The Devils Lake Social club is said to be one of the most popular organiza tions in the state. J. E. Herbert, J. J. Neirling and W. W Ford are the deputy game wardens in Stutsman county. The Minot land office appointment is creating quite a row in the northwest ern part of the state. Street improvements are wanted at Kindred, but cannot be done, as the town is not incorporated. With the exception of a few towns— on branch roads—there seems to have been ample harvest help. Glen Ullin claims to have more feet of -sidewalk in proportion to population than any city in the state. Two well diggers at Esmond drank too much bootlegger's booze and cut each other with posket knives. Miss Lulu, the daughter of "King John" Satterlund _of Washburn, will teach in the Williston schools, the Bismarck militia ermpany. Hugh Scott was elected first'lieutenant "and John Peterson second'lieutenant. Kindred storekeepers keep open cer tain hours Sundaj for the accommoda tion of farmers during the busy season. W. C. Patterson of La Moure and A. J. Brodtkorb of Edgeley are deputy game wardens in LaMoure county. Leonard Schan of Linton had Frank Volk, George and John Krumm arrest ed on the charge of beating him un mercifully. Stark county has the money on hand to pay half of its $20,000 indebtedness. Another prisoner escaped from the jail at Dickinson. Stark ccrnty ranchmen see the hand writing on the wall in the advance of settlers, and are making every effort to protect their ranges. A Grandin man has five brothers and sisters living and all were born in July. He has five brothers and sisters dead, and those were born in other months. Banker Whipple secured some full blooded Shorthorn and Hereford cattle, and sold fcur car loads of young heif ers to Remse ycounty farmers. The furniture and fixtures of the Capital hotel at Jamestown have been sold, and Capt. Ingraham will soon have things under his control again. The little daughter of E. H. Lee un dertook to make a meal of some poison fly paper the other day at Walhalla. The doctor finally saved her life, but it was a close call. An exhibit of the work of Ramsey county worrtn will be sent tc the state fair by Mrs. A. M. Powell, the charm ing wife of that hustling real estate man of the wcked city. The Bismarck city council has taken steps to repeal the city ordinances, passed a few yea.-s ago, providing for licences under which "booze" joints have been running there. At Osnabrock a horse became fright ened at a train and kicked the driver tn the stomach. A man who went to the rescue was also kicked, and a phy sician had to care for both. Fifteen miles of track have been laid on the Oberon branch of the Northern ."Pacific, and It is expccted the road will •be turned over to the operating depart ment in a month. Two new towns are being founded, and already numerous business enterprises, including a news paper, have been established. •1 A Wells county former r?ceived $1, 300 In payment of hail insurance. He flashed the roll in ,a blind pig at Bow don. In the morning the money was gone. A man, said to be a gambler, was arrested. B. E. Gorsuch is the new captain of. TUv 'W. Finv« 11 has resigned ths pastorate of the Fargo Norwegian Baptist church, to accept a call to the vPHgrim Baptist church at Fargo. I. Practical,iyy.luel«s.t ^Tou^ SCANDAL LIKELY NIHILISTS ARE GREATLY RESTRICTIONS ON NINIUS1S French Officials Issue an Order For- bidding Them From Leaving Their Houses in Paris During the Cuar's Presence in France—Rus sian Students Promise to Fight the Police at Every Turn. Paris, Aug. 24.—-The French people are wild with delight over the coming visit of the imperial Russian couple. Cabinet ministers are wildly cheered whenever they appear in public. But there is another side to the picture. The police, who have begun to de vise measures to insure the safety of the Russian sovereigns during their sojourn, have already succeeded in get ting mixed up ,with the sharp claws of the league of the rights of man, which proposes to fight the police at every turn wherever they interfere with the "sacred claims of individual liberty." The league's cause for com plaint is as follows: Among the large Russian colony in Paris there are 300 Nihilists, mostly quiet, peaceable stu dents at the Sorbonne, none of whom is known to have committed any act of violence in the carrying out of the ideas. Nevertheless the prefecture of police issued an order Forbidding? These Mliilixts from leaving their houses during the presence of Czar Nicholas in France, This order is accompanied by the warning that if they are found on the streets they will be dealt with sum marily. The league intends to prevent such a travesty on justice by any means in its power and will go, if nec essary, even to the forming of a cohort to protect the Nihilists while on the streets. The president of the league of the rights of man said: "It looks as if the shameful and humiliating ignomies perpetrated during the czar's visit in 1896 are to be repeated. If so, I warn the police that the imperial sojourn instead of a triumph may prove a scandal. This society condemns all kinds of violence, but particularly offl cial violence. The Russian students shall not be immured if we can prevent It." HELPED KILL THE RENDERS. Oregrou Man Says He Is One of the Twelve Men Who Lynched Them. Albany, Or., Aug. 24. Cornelius Stone, who lives near this city, has made the extraordinary statement that he was one of twelve men who killed the celebrated Bender family in Kan sas in 1873. Stone makes a detailed confession in which he says that the dozen men were thoroughly convinced of the guilt of the Benders, and tells how the father, mother, son and daughter were lynched. The bodies were buried, he says, near the Bender tavern. Stone is seventy years old and a leading citizen of Lynn county. He makes the confession in order to set at rest the recent stories that the Bender family was alive, and had been discovered in Colorado. SCHLEY'S ACCUSATION. May Charge Mutilation of Depart* ment Record#. Washington, Aug. 24.—Vague hints were dropped at the navy department that serious charges will be made on behalf of Rear Admiral Schley that some one in the department has mu tilated the records, that letters have disappeared, and t£at pages out of the letter press copy books have disap peared. Owing to the stringent orders issued by the department against dis cussion of the Schley case it is impos sible to get accurate statements on this point. It is also intimated that it has been impossible to procure docu mentary evidence to support Schley's contentions from the war department. ULTIMATUM OF COXSTAXS. Letter From the French Ambassa dor Demanding Prompt Settlement of Claims. Constantinople, Aug. 24.—The French ambassador, M. Constans, sent a letter to the sultan personally, informing him that he would leave Constantino ple with the entire staff of the embas sy if the matters in dispute were not settled immediately. The letter has the nature of an ultimatum. It accords the sultan the briefest delay within which to comply with the demands. 1 il STIRRED UP OVER TUBS CZAR'S CO* 1NG TOUR. S®3i& ri •J v' FOOTPADS ESCAPE. .,••• v4 -n Bloodhounds Used to Trail Murder ers of Gilliland. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 24.—Bloodhounds followed the trail of the two footpads that killed John J. Gilliland for seven miles to Rockby, where it is believed the murderers boarded a train and es caped. A heavy reward has been of fered. Charged With Kidnapping. Monroe, Mich., Aug. 24. Frank Gaines, a negro about fifty years of age, was arrested here yesterday on a' charge of kidnapping Sarah Hayes, a fourteen-year-old white girl, whose home is in Toledo, Ohio. Gaines and his victim were found in a corn field three miles north of this city and he was captured only after a desperate struggle. Stole a Bicycle. Wheatland, N. D., Aug. 24. Tom Harrison was arrested for stealing a bicycle from a dealer. He was given a hearing and fined $10. ^1: "fejfb--• :V:.'" Milte Wanted to Die'.-"' Appleton, Minn., Aug: 24.—Mflte Jan ette, who TO8 recently released on ball pending a new trial on the charge of shooting Nels Akre, attempted to com mit suicide by shooting himself In tbe head and Inflicted a bad wound. v... Habke4 ly Masked Men. Findlay, Ohio, Aug. 24L—Five mas)^e4 men entered the home or Phillp Btilea near Deahfer, and after torturing-aat ^i threatening the tamtty tor four tepvted "with tat cat*. BtaodhMMtof