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'''ISPK'-v- as tsjum LMMWMMMB w i-t, El f 5W 3 . WHOLE NUMBER 1.633. YOLTTME XXXn.-NOIBEK 21. COLUMBUSJNTEBRASKA. TTEDNESDAY. AUGUST 28, 1901. dMrnmras jmmctt f .u ' - ..-? i SHOW STRIKE STATUS Eepcra trzn. Steel flans Limeaiea Etrnrtu cf Ccstencmr Tercet I CIASfiE WIIIIN WEEK rtOMISO. ! Aicamat.u oeiai say riai oat- ce win b Harrii-c-ri to I Start Taisc Ir Biafci es tao Ci plalaed Project. I methods cf using well water for irri- ' PITTSBURG. Pa Aug. 24. A sum- ssstg -purposes. Mr. Dobson is en mary cf the steel strike situation last I rxvzaziz.z investigations of this sub night shows about ue following con- -ect applications filed at his - tion- . office are receiving prompt attenticu. This city Star Hill Tto mills run- -re stats board of irrigation has ring; strikers say five more men left jurisdiction over flowing streams only the plant and. joined their ranks, bu- ( and it do nothing more than as .maaagement positively denies state- eje- those who wish to use well water inert. for irrigation Several jolluh ul-sys- Painter 31111 Four mills running, terns depending entirely upon, wells Tire lighted in the bar mill furnaces. f or tie water supply are now in oper ant failed to start as expected. . ation and Mr. Dobson believes sim- Peuusylvauia Tube Works Mill j'ir methods might be adopted else- idle; machinists say they will quit to night. AH Carnegie mflls running fail. lleKeespcrt Deimar plant idle and no attempt will be made to start it be fGire next week. Everything else dosed. Irondalr Mill running with same f sree as yesterday . 7,-a" two turns and assurance from th manager that mare men will b1 added to morrow Wefisvill. Situation unchanged; twelve mills running. Lisbon Fires started in tin plate plant. Mauazer Evans says everything ready to start, with plenty cf men. Strikers voted today to remain out and the mill is strongly picketed. Wheeling Everything tied and no apparent indications of an attempt te start any of the milis. Bellaire The National Steel com pany's idle plant will, it is said, be started early next week by a full force o men No late advices have been received by the Amalgamated officials from either 3ay View or Joliet and the sit uation at these points is considered by them to be snehaneed. The conference o' the labor leaders at th omces of th Amalgamated as sociation was the leading feature to day. Tb officials of the organization aH sinned pleased with the way thing? 'ere movinz and oc of them said; In another six cays you will see a oecided chanze in the strike that will tell wits effect on the mist and aid in hurrying the final outcome of the "strike. Just what this change is to be was net said, but it was inferred 1 that th commr event hinged upon the conference that was taking place. Two sessions were celd by the con ferees behind closed doors. After j the adjournment of the first session, none f the participants would give out any information of the proceedings further than to say that the leaders had been called together for the pur pose f having the situation thorough ly explained to them and to have some action taken lookmjt to the aid c: the strikers, morally and nnancially, by all of the orgam ed. nous represent- SCHWAB PAYS EOL'R MILLIONS. Keportra to Haxe Drelded to Graap the Bethlehem tel. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 24. A check .for $4,000,000 is said to have been received by the Girard Trus. company te be paid stockholders cf the Bethle hem Steel company on account of the controlling interest m the company en which Charles M. Schwab holds an opnon. The Girard Trust com pany is acting as a depository for the stock. Omcials of the company de cline to furnish any information con- deeming the reported receipt cf the $4, I 000.000- j At a recent meeting of the stock- holders cf the 3ethlehem Steel ccm- pany it was arreec to sell to Mr Schwab at the rate cf $24 a share and he was given an epeen until Aug- set 26. The total amount cf money involved in the sale is said to be 517.000.000- The reruiar monthly meecng- of the directcrs of the company will be held Tuesday and it is reported that Vice President McHvain w31 be elected president. Russian Troop 3Iobmzia;. g?,r??wTi: z. f.i a dispatch to the Pent Bleu from Vienna says According to advices from Galatn. twenty P-nssian torpedo beats and sev- eral dispatch boats have arrh at tae n-iacrs- 3&i-r n-rii 'RjTssi-i rroons are commencing to mobilize along the Turkish frontier. o-rericn rtne Tocethor. MSHORE. Prussia. Aug. 24. "tt:t Edward arrived here at lunch time and was met at the railroad sta tion by Emperor William, in the uni form of a 3ritish admiral, and the offi cers of the heacGunrters staff. The yi-Tg- of England wore the uniform of the Dragoon guards. After cardial' greetings the sovereigns entered an cpsn carnage drawn by four hand-1 some horses and were driven to the; castle, where they had fcmcheau. lavs State Pair Opens. DES MOINES. T?g- 24. The Icwa state faf- which wSl continue for seven days, was formally opened yes- tereay. witn. a larger list cf exnibitors , than, has been entered upon the books of the assccatian- in years. Entries for exhibits closed last night at mid nigat. The attendance has consisted. largely of visitors the cpening day whe are sr31 engaged in arranging their goods. The program - -f-nJMaadayi does .mx begin OttAT MTOtfST Pi WliATKHI- Dtt Waatfcar Sfcows to Far Its Gft LINCOLN, Aug. 24. The dry weather of July and the resultant damage to ersss ia. several sectious of the state have caused Nebraska farmers to iistUj renewed interest in the subject ef Irrigation. State aaieer Dobson has received many applications for water rights along the Platte nver during the lasr two weeks i and inquiries are being made daily seller and with good results. COLD ALONG TIE ILIE UVHL Expcrlaoata In Sanajf Floor Gold at Hastiac Pro-ras Frnttfal. HASTINGS Neb., Aug. 24. The test of Sour geld made at 3nckton on the Blue river was a rood success and proved a big surprise to the Chicago parties -who are here with their mill for extracting gold. It was much richer than they expected. A run was made with 300 pounds anc me mm nau no Lraum ui rating the gold from the sand into the quicksilver vats. The workmen are compelled to snut down for a few days on account of some of the quick silver entering into one of the cylin ders. J. F. Hoyt. the inventor of the ma chine, said that yesterday's test was ' a great surprise to all. as it showed nearly $15 to the ton. This is so much better than they had anticipated that all concerned are very much ' elated over the test and axe quite anx ious to have the mill in good running order. Coadition of Xebraaka Bank. WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. The ab stract of the condition of the national banks of Lincoln, exclusive of Omaha aad Lincoln, at the close of business on July 15, as reported to the comp troller of the currency, shows the av erage reserve held at 34.40 per cent, against 37.4S per cent on April 24. Loans and discounts increased from 51S.5S3.304 to S19.SS3.559: gold coin' ?.a 9 a3 -fiW T-i kIA Tn tT? .ifl- ' totai specie trom i.4.si4 to 4i.uo4. 25S. lawful money reserve from 31. 627 .590 to $1.622.525 : individual de- ' posits increased from S21.51L245 to . $22255.706. To Fcd Cattle ia Colorado. SUPERIO?., Neb Aug. 24. C. E. Adams has just returned from a trip to Colorado, where he has purchased .r 5.000 tons of ensilage. This feed wa? put Ti-p by the Longmont Packing com- rwir. 'Who OW"T?S the laraeSt SilOS in ' - . the world. The Superior Cattle com- ' pany will feed cattle there this win- Por Cattle Stealing. LINCOLN. Aug. 24. A requisition from the governor of Wyoming for the return of John Turner was honored and an extradition warrant was placed in the hands of the proper authorities. Herman is now under arrest in Chad rcn. He was wanted in Converse county. Wyoming, to answer the charze of cattle stealing. Third Carriajt of Alfalfa. LEXINGTON. Neb.. Aug. 24. Lex-1 TTgrnr; and vicinity was visited with a good rain. Plenty of rain, has fallen within the last few weeks to make 3 third cutting of alfalfa a profitable cue. Farmers of Dawson county for-: tanaze enough to have grass land or j an alfalfa field wQ be well prcvidec I irirh hay. j i Lisataiar Bar w"- j ! 3r.r.AfrTrL Neb.. Auc 24. me hea.- . lest ram storm c. the seascn eu cere. xices j- Archbishop Seane are that accompanied by much thunder and iis fcome-comius -xill de delaved a lightning. During the storm lightning , ao:::il ore. " He is slishtl-v" indis struck some wheat stacks belonging j Qsed Germ2T a3d ho to W. A. xtolmes. burning five of them advised by phjsiciaas -,ot -c eoae to the ground. ; . after hot 5 The ardl. .-.- .. Barn aad Hore Bcrafd nilUrir- ea au. ;-. in- rry,s large bam belonging to Durvey rul- ton was discovered to be on fire and i before the fire depa lent reached the sm .4, -i r t?5 rir a team cf fine horses, together with a ' large qurmtity of hay. were bumed. H art While KIdlasrthe Bampcn. FREMONT. Neh. Aug. 24. 3ert 3rcwneIL a 15-year-old boy at Fre-' mont. aH a couple cf bones" in his I right foot broken while riding en the bumpers at Filger. He was taken to ' his home in this city Laaxer of braka Wins. WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. Joseph H Langer cf Nebraska has been se- lected fcr consul at Sollingen. Ger-' many, and his commission win be is- i sued in a few days. Possoaed by a Watermelon. PLATTSMOCTH. Nelu Aug. 24. A 10-year-old boy named Willie Em mens. who lives with his parents near r-is city, was taken violently iH a few days ago and the symptoms indicated that he had been poisoned in some manner. Investigaticn showed rfra-r he Van pTri a portion of a watermelon stolen from a neighbor's ysrn and which contained a small quantity of poison. Two other boys whe are sonic of -the melon were net affected. a sum? OF 11 1 1 ( It I J illl i 1 Mais Ser Predominate in Jecruka and S"ffgribcrag State. IwSETY-aWE TtW CENT AH: WHITE Taa Stat of Sariaklad With CkUiMUd Ja tag- 3arr ta Caasr. WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. The cen sus bureau today issued a bulletin giving the population by sex, nativity and color for Group 5, consisting of. the states of Nebraska. Missouri, Mon tana, Nevada and New Hampshire. According to this statement the males predominate in all the states except New Hampshire, Ia the .lat ter state there are 20S.209 females against 205.5SS males, the percentage being 50 J. females. In Missouri 5L4 per cent of the population is composed of females; in Nebraska. 52JJ per cent: Nevada. 6GJj per cent, and in Montana. 5LS per cent. The percentage of foreizn-bom pop ulation in 3rf! of the states mention ed is as fellows- Nebraska. 15.5; Mis souri. 17: Montana. 27.6: Nevada. 23.S New Hampshire. 2L4. As to color, crer SS per cent of the population, both in Nebraska and New Hampshire, are white, while in Mis souri 94 per cent. Montana S3 and in Nevada 93.5 per cent are white. In the last named state there is a consid erable proportion of colored, com- Ml aarl ia tarwaly 5tffi WkUa t aucao ataka a 8w- :-rpri5ed maHlv at Indiaa5 d Chmgse I:, Moi:t2:ia the cajo g comprised , i,-,- of wj.; chines aai Ja-a- nese. while in Missouri the colored element is practically all of negro de scent. In Missouri there are 15L234 ne groes. 443 Chinese and Japanese and 130 Indians: in Montana, 1.523 ne groes. i.739 Chinese, 2.441 Japanese and 11,343 Indians, in Nebraska. 5.269 negroes. ISO Chinese. 3 Japanese and 3.322 Indians: in Nevada. 439 negroes, 1.352 Chinese, 22S Japanese and 926 Indians, in New Hampshire, 662 ne groes. 112 Chinese, 1 Japanese and 22 Indians. KILLED BY F0OTTADS. John J. Gillaan. Formerly of Nebraska Lefislatare. Shot Dai ia Lincoln. LINCOLN. Aug. 27 John J. Gilli lan. ex-representauve to the Ne braska legislature, was found mur dered on the street at 10:30 o'clock last nigbt. The body was discovered lying across the curbstone at Seven teenth and G streets by Walter L. An derson, an attorney, who happened to be passing that way Three shots were heard a short time before and two men were seen running east from the vicinity. Copies of magazines carried by Mr. GLUilan were strewn along the sidewalk, his shirt front was torn down the right side and a bullet wound near the collarbone and two others in the breast completed the story of the tragedy. me sound of Seeing feet and a cry f-m ruiacrriin n- tMa. frtw-TTlT-wl - ' - - "- ""- to aalt followed quickly after tne shooting. All his valuables were still on the person of the dead man. show ing that the murderers did not have time to complete the work cf rising hi: pockets. Sheriff 3ranson. acting in the ab sence of Coroner F. A. Graham, took charge of the body. Any one of the three wounds in the breast would have been fataL Sealer Clears Bis Skirts. WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. Captain Thcmas F. Schley. Twenty-third in fantry, has made an official reply to the War department regarding the al lesed interview credited to him in the matter of the Schley court of inquiry Captain Schley says that he has had no interview and has talked with no person for publication whatever. He also says tnar some remarks made by him in a private conversation were picked up. distorted and extended. ArrhbUhop Keaa Kerara.. dxuQCE. Ia Aug. 23. Late ad- I I i bishop s indisposition is not serious 1 i.u tiiers ii u uiau ibr airva. Crocker to Sail Ar: S-t- LONDON. Aug. 23. Friends of Richard Croker. wbo saw him today. j assert that he intends to sail for New ! x era. August 4. Wcrid-Wide Copper Combine. DENVER. Aug. 23. The News says: Mining men cf the dry accept as true the reports that a world-wide copper combine has been formed and campeti ticn in buying copper win no longer be known. The combine is said to have been effected between the Amal gamated. Calumet t Hecla. Senator Clark ari the Roth srh fids. Papers have been signed covering a long term of years. The financial management wfll be in New Tcrk. I Pardosed by the Prcaideat. WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. W. R. Thcssason. a bey- wiio was convicted in the eastern district cf MT.wjuri of passing a $20 ccunterfeit silver cer tificate and en November 1L 1SSS. sen tenced to be imprisoned ffve years in the vaniiri penitentiary, was pardon ed today dt the president. The trial judge stated that, he imposed a Iang sentence because he understnod that the pTisanex's mother desired a loag l Eentsnce to refers, him. NEW TOWN IS LAB WASTE. Flare Wind Storm ad Trats at EL RENO. OkL, Aug. 23. A wi4 and rain storm amounting almost to- a. t tornado nearly demolished the new town, of Anadarko. W. P. Levis of WeatherfonL Tex., and John Antone of Paris, Tex and Dr. Mayse cf Wich ita, Kas were killed by faWny build ings and a number of others were in jured, while about twenty buildings were almost completely wrecked and hundreds of tents and great quantities cf merchandise were strewn OTer the prairie. The town people are-busy this Bornisyand soon the wreckage win se cleared away" and buildings replaced. The damage will amount to several thousands of dollars, but cannot be estimated accurately at this time. Known, injured: Sam. PNelsoaV Fin it City,, may-nci-i recover. Dan Warren, Story county, internal, but not serious. Several others were reported injured. but it is believed none will die. j The storm struck at asout S o'clock, and came up without warning. John Antone was killed in the lodging tent and grocery store of his sons. located just west of the postofSce. The post office building, a rudely constructed af fair, collapsed and fell over the tent. Antone's three sons succeeded in get ting out. but their father was caught by a large timber and crushed to death. ' W ? Levis was killed in a tent by ' the side of a saloon building being erscted on the corner of Tenth and C streets. He leaves a wife and three children. He was a painter. Dr. , Mayse of Wichita was killed in his tent by an unfinished house blowing down on him. Dan Warren, a young man. was injured while standing in a tent near Levis' place, being knocked from ' his cot by a timber. IESENTS AIMEB INTEIVENTION. Prcaideat of Zeaador Warms Tiatioaa to Keep Haads Off. NEW YORK. Aug. 22. The follow ing dispatch, addressed to the Associ ated Press, has been received from General Alery Alfaro. president of Ecuador- QCTTO. Ecuador Aug. 2L War be tween Colombia and Venezuela is im probable. The union cf the conserv atives in both republics with a view of exercising absolute control has led to conficts of a transitory character. The president strongly condemns any armed intervention in the internal af fairs of the republics. ALFARO. Protocol Still Uaaicaed. PEKIN. Aug. 23. The Chinese peace commissioners have not signed the settlement prctccoL Prince Ching. president of the foregn office, tele graphed to the emperor requesting an edict empowering him to sign, but no reply was received. He telegraph ed aga:r. today in stronger terms. Hung Chang has had a serious at tack of sickness, the result of over exertion in connection with the con ferences. He is better today. Tooat Train Wrecker's End. JANESVTLLE. Wis Aug. 23. Will iam Kinney the U-year-oId son cf a railroad watchman, was sentenced to day to the Industrial School for Boys at Waukesha for wrecking a train on the Chicago. Milwaukee &. St. Paul road. Young Kinney, who had previ ously ditched a train by thowing a switch, loosened the brakes an some freight cars, which, running down a steep grade, crashed into a freight train, causing a serious wreck. President Another Expo. BUFFALO. N. Y Aug. 23. It was announced this evening that President McKinley. accompanied by Mrs. Mc Kinley. Dr. and Mrs. Rixey and other members cf his household. wiH arrive in 3uffaIo on the evening of Septem ber 4. They will be entertained at the home John G. 33bum. president of the exposition company I , Starts "Prisco Steamers. I -v TT3 4 VY-Tsr-n r-i . v ' It is stated positively by the Examiner ' that by the end of the present year 1 the Santa Fe company will abandon j its trans-Pacific steamship line from San Diego and wti establish an ori-t ental service from this port, with con- nectiens fcr Central and South Amer-' ica. I 3CoTea Tlcnaa's Bedj-. J BUFFALO, N. Y Aug. 22. The I body of Senor Vicuna, late Chilean minister, left for Washington tonight in a special car over the Pennsyiva-1 nia railroad. ants Oar Woaara Lawyers. DENVER. Aug. 23. The general council cf the American Bar associa tion has decided that women are not eligible for membership, in the asso ciation under the present constitution. This decision was reached in the ease cf Mrs. Jane 3. Ott cf Dyersville, lal who had. applied, for membership. The council was almost evenly divided en the question. It was finally decided to let the matter go ever for a year and then take the question up agr; Tera so PWcas by a DENVER. Aug, 23. A special to the News frcm Phoenix. Arfr . says: The remains of John McCarty, fish ana game ccmmisEioner cf Arizcna. who has been 'ggg for seme rime, were found in the VrmgnTTa- mountains near Flagstaff today by a searching party. He had. been literally torn to pieces ay a bear,, presumably, that he had tried to kflT. McCarty was a proszinent Ariaonian. comins to this territory twenty years ago. SHiFER MS HE PUN Pisidest Thinks He Gas. End Sari StrimT. MU. fmBTItfllSAMlJTACHSIS BTTSBGB&, Aar. 22. President Shaffer said tonight that he has well defined plans to bring tue great strike to a close. This is to be done by bringing about such a crisis in the dif ferences betwesai the steel corporation and tiie Amalgamated association as will fore a settlement. Just how all this is to be accomplished is a mys tery, but it will not be by arbitration or litigation. In answer to questions about the numerous stories going the rounds of mediation or arbitration Mr. Shaffer dismissed all by saying: "We have not heard from the other side. We have not placed anything be fore them and know of nobody acting for either side cr an any side. We are not hunting for arbitration. Arbitra tion, representing both sides, might be worse than the strike itself. Two will ing champions, one for either side, might have a worse nght in choosing a third party and in settling the differ ences than we in the continuation of the strike. "I have told the ether side that, per sonally. I would consent to disinter ested arbitration in the hands of such public men as Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Potter and Seth Low. Although I did not. as an officer of the associa tion, suggest such a move. I was will ing to advise it." A squad of non-union tin workers are scheduled to arrive in Pittsburg at 1:50 in the morning, their destination being either Demmler or the Star tin plate works. Seven strikers were arrested near the gates of the Pennsylvania tube works in Soho. When the whistle blew at 5:30 a crowd of about L500 gather ed to give a arm reception to any workers who might come from the milL None came, but the crowd be came noisy and the large force of po licemen on hand ran the leaders, all foreigners, into the mill office and called for the patroL American Federation officials offered bail for the prisoners, who are charged with disorderly conduct, but the mag istrate refused to accept it. The men will have a. heariugln the morning. NO CI4.N6E IN TIE STIIKL Jfo Developments or Gatas for Either of the Conteadin- Par e. prTTS3CRG Aug. 22. The strike situation was not materially changed today. The feeling of irritation at Wellsville has been increased by the appointment of thirty strike breakers as special officers to guard the plant cf the American Sheet Steel company, and the police here have had to dis perse noisy crowds at the recently aed up plants, but there has been no seri ous trouble at any pomt. It is assert ed that an attempt was made last even ing to fire the Monongahela works cf the American Tin Plate company. Ac cording to the story told by John Schuster, general labor boss of the plant, a pressure gauge was knocked off of an eight-inch gas main and burning paper thrown into the place with the Idea of destroying it with ex plosion and fire. He says he plugged the break before the brand was thrown and saved the works. The strikers in dignantly deny that they had anything to do with any plot to wreck the plant and are inclined to discrecit Schuster's story entirely. The promised break in the Carnegie properties has not yet come. As far as outward appearances go ihe Lower Union mill in this city has not been affected, but the strikers insist that they have seriously impaired it. The strike leaders are trying hard to gain a foothold in the Clark mill, which is running with non-union men. but that property, too. seems to be going at practically full capacity. It is quieter at Duquesne. but the fight for suprem acy there is by no means over. VeyrI Preston of the United States Steel corporation was in the city again today and conferred with the officials cf the Carnegie company. He and the ether officials are srm silent as to their plans. The somewhat shop-won. ru mor of peace has again been revived, nut the mildest suznestion of it at au thoritative places produces long and positive denials. Drowad io a Taaaet. CLEVELAND. Aug. 22. Five men were drowned last night as the result of an explosion cf gas in the tunnel leading from, crib No. 2. where the fa tal accident of last Wednesday oc curred. The work cf staking the shaft at crib No. 2. which is five miles from, shore, was completed yesterday. Five men were at once put to work digging a turn0! toward crib No. 2. when the accident occurred. The bodies were re covered. 3Settls sacs for St5,et). LINCOLN. Neh Aug. 22. Andy Nettles. the colored man reported Iia.tly injured in the Rock Island, wreck in Oklahoma the nine of the recent land cpening. today brought suit, aaainst the road fcr S5.000 dam ages alleged to have been sustained is. that, wreck. He decalres tne ac cident was the direct result of care- fr-'fflesB of. employes of the company. L Nettles says le. was injured in. the n I nu hA.?r i. -u ' 1-3! n,g ie ajTUa Sea PaM OS T set H a B ma! Way. 'lfi ' n .j.. 1 k 1 T 1 WAa1 ' I mi VICTIM fWm KIMMliT. rai ia tk Wmk ! it lata: HUMBOLDT. Neb Aug: 27. Hum bolax people were shocked to learn that Will Bracelcn. one of the party of for ms Busters who left here three years ago for the Klondike had perished in the wreck of the steamer Islander off the Alaskan coast. The information so far is meager, but authentic, and comes from "Bracelen's traveling com paaioc and partner. Ed Dennis, to his brother, John Dennis, who returned several weeks ago from the gold fields. The message was dated Juneau. Alaska, and forwarded from Vancouver August 19 and reads: "John Dennis. Humboldt. Neb.: Been in wreck; injured some; will re main a few days to try and recover Bnceiex.'s body. ED DENNIS" The case is a. particularly sad one, as the young man is the eldest of a fam ily ot eight children and for many years was zhe main support of his wid owed mother. Mrs. Sarah Bracelen. in the rearing and educating cf her fam ily. Most of the children are now grown, however, tne eldest brother being Prcf. Charles M. 3racelen, last year principal of the public schools at Blair, and two sisters being teachers in local schools One pathetic feature of the case is that each morning since the receipt of the last letter the mother has kept a warm breakfast fcr the homecoming of her son and each meming when the Portland train fr puLed in one might have seen her out attempting to catch a glimpse of the returning traveler. NEIIASH4 6ETSI.SSRAIL Pares Well Is Distribution of Addltiaaal free Kara! Delivery. WASHINGTON. Aug. 27. Superin tendent Machem of the free delivery service has concluded the work of pass ing upon the number cf rural free de livery routes which are to be establish ed in Nebraska up to and including November L The service is to be equitably distributed throughout the state, and. according to the figures made public. Nebraska fares well in the allowances made as compared with other western states. Rural free- deliv ery will be established October 1 at Kearney with two carriers: at Elk Creek, with one carrier: Geneva, two carriers: Waverly. one carrier: Crete. Gne carrier, and York, two carriers. The service will go into operation No vember 1 at Grand Island, with three carriers; at Minden and Greenville. -wiTh Sour-carriers ibtst ai-Mail iiiL. DQier. with two carriers each, and at Beatrice. Colon. Graftcn. Peru and Fairbury. with one carrier each. On September 1 there will be 109 rural free delivery routes in operation in Ne braska, with 260 pending apphcaaons. Rural free delivery win be establish ed at Yankton. S. D.. October 1. em bracing ninety-six square miles, with a population of L533. Simon Price. War ren Osbcm and L. W. Godfrey have been appointed carriers. Land 5al by Union Paeidc. OMAHA. Aug. 27. Angust sales of the Union Pacific land department thus far aggregate 93.440 acres, as against 52.(W0 acres sold m July. The drouth had a depressing effect upon sales gen erally during the lastwionth. but the clouds of doubt have rolled away since the exact conditions have become known, resulting in. a largely increased demand for the lands of the central west. One sale made recently is that of 3.S4Q acres cf grazing land in Colo rado. Freachor Sue fcr DiiMt' YORK. Neb.. Aug. 27. One of the last cases on the disaict court rec ords is frcm 3radshaw. Rev. Harmon E. Metier, pastor of the Christian church at that place, asks that C 3. Palmer and his son pay him IIjPOO each for alleged defamation of charac ter. Smallpox ar 3flih. LEIGH. Neb.. Aug. 27. Two cases of smallpox are reported two milese east of town at the home of John Genden gar. The victims are a son and daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Golen Gen dengar. They were exposed to the dis ease at Fremont. Boy Kasilax for Cattle. SUPERIOR. Neb.. Aur. 27. C. E. Adams, president cf the Superior Cat tle company, closed a deal with the Longmont Packing company. Long mont. Colo for 6.000 tons of ensilage. This is the entire output of the com pany this season. Ksitraioa of Land Titles. LINCOLN Aug. 27. Judge A. W. Crites cf Chadrou. W. i Hand cf Kearney and F B. Tiptcn. the com mission appointed by the supreme court to investigate the Torrens sys tem of regisa-atiou cf land titles, wfll probably make a rnp to Chicago to ex amine working? cf the system in Cook county. Judge Crites has been chosen president of the commission and 3Ir. Tipton secretary. A report must be prepared before January 1. 190L aatco!f Wlanrrs of Land. HCM30LDT. eb.. Aug. 27. S. 3. Boost. n old soldier who drew- claim No. 533 in the El Reno district, has re armed from Oklahoma, where he se lected a fine quarter cf land five miles frcm Hobart. He is enthusiastic over the new country and will seen, go down again to take up his residence. He wfll also work as a carpenter, for which there is great demand. Vincent. Earek. who drew 2J32 in the same district, left to make his selection. i iz i z 1 1 z i z z iz in z i : 1 1 1 WEf TOHIAMS. t : 1 1 r 1 :::::::: f n 1 The war department has been in formed that the damage to the bat- teries at Fort Morgan, below Mobile, rroBi me szcrm iasz wees: st mj - TfiTC?TT The postoffice department has order-1 ed the lease of the building owned by J. B. Clark, for use of the postoCce at Red Oak fcr a term of ten years at $$30 per anTTm. The Rev. Handley Carr Glynboule - Norrisean. professor of divinity at Cambridge university, has been ap- pointed bishop of Durham in succes-j sicn to the late Dr. Wesn'ott. t Over 2.000 carriage workers were notified by seven shops at Cincinnati, J 0 that their services are not neededTi now and that their places would open , in Sepsiberras nen-nnion shos- The American Sugar Refining com-' pany and aU the independent com-1 panies have reduced all grades of re- fined sugar 10 points to the basis of' 5.25 cents for standard granulated. F. H. Crodan has been appointed a ' clerk in the postoffice at Fort Dodge. W. R. Spence. a substitute clerk, and I Arthur L. Hayward. a substitute let-' ter carrier, in the postoffice at Atlan- t nc. Ex-Govemcr William J. Stone. vice' chairman of the democratic national committee, wno has Deen seriously uiic . . v-VT at his home in St. Lcuis for the past! cc-?crCo-r c-r c-?d c-rO'?o-jc-4C-three weeks, is reported as much bet- t9- Thd contract for building the Indian school at Genoa. Neb., has been award ed to J. 3. Herman of Norfolk. Neh, at $23,595. The bid for hospital has been rejected and win be readvertised for. The widow of Senor Canovas del Castffio. the late premier of Spain, is dead. Senor del Castillo was shot and kiHed by an anarchist at the baths of Santa Agueda, at Guesalihar. August S. 1S37. The German government has order ed the cruiser Vinetta. now off South Africa, to proceed to Venezuelan waters, to be in readiness to protect German interests if an emergency; should arise. " American coal has ousted British coal from the Swiss market." says a , dispatch from Geneva, "and the Amer ican syndicate is confident of evenai ally obtaining a monopoly of the en-t tfre coal market. ' The second of the new submarine boats for the navy was launched at Elizabeth. N J The vessel was named the Moccasin bv Miss Grace Dav of 'Virginia, sister-in-law of Senator Mar tin of that state. A dispatch from 3asse-Terre. Island of Guadeloupe, says that the town of Grand 3ourg Island of Marie Galente. in the French Antilles, has been de stroyed by fire. The town has a popu lation cf about 15.600. 1 Wireless telegraphy has scared an- , other triumph. This ame the inbound lined Lucania has signalled the port of New York when fifteen hours out and has sent a large number cf mes sages ashore without errors. Nelson H. Gates of Nebraska fell frcm a cliff in Williams canon. Colo-. rado and was instantly killed. Gates and familv. who are summering at Manitcu. were engaged m mountain climbing when the accident occurred Julius C. Beige, president of the St. Louis Shovel company, confirms the reported consolidation of fiv of the largest shovel manafacrenng concerns , in the couna-v. with a captal stock of 55.000.000. The new company win be called the Ames Toot and Shovel com- T' , - , - The tent of tne Pan-Amencan cir- cus. which was exhibiting at Port Ar thus. was blown down by a high wind. . The tent poles fell upen the audience and a number of people were injured. The American minister. Mr Conger is urging Washington's attention to the persistent occupation cf Tien Tsin university by the Germans, who refuse to vacate- the building Gr pa rent, thereby preventing Dr. Tenney from continuing his educational work, which the Chinese desire him to re sume. . Alfred Gilbert, the sculptor, has been declared bankrupt at Louden. His liabilities are not revealed. , Scitarr Hav will leave fcr Canton - j for a general conference with the pres ident on subjects which have engaged the attention of late. Queen Sophia of Sweden is agarr: J seriously SL Robert P. Evans of Summerfieid. Kan.; William W. Gaunt sf Holden and Daniel E. McCoOum of Bccklin. Mo- have been admitted ts practice before the interior deparanent. Edmaud Audran. the French com poser, is dead, aged -53 years. A standing committee of the Ger man agricularral council has agepted a resolution demanding the double tariff system in the case of agricul arral products. The story telegraahed over the coun ar that John CampbeH. the veteran horseman, known on every western track, has been offered 516.000 a year to- take charge of the racing stables of the czar of Russia, is denied by Campbell in every paracular. The 3eriin Lokal Auzeiger, revising the report that the German govern ment intends to establish a colonial army cf volunteers, declares that Count von Waldersee has been ecu suited and tsat the project will be car ried out seen. 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