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M, Labori, Dreyfus' Chief Counsel,
Shot Down on Way to Court
DOCTORS SAY HE CANNOT LIVE
EDMON D. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. FRIDAY. Al (1. IS, 1SW).
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
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VOL. XI.
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FRENCH PLOTTERS ARRESTED.
ESPERATE WORK OF RECRUIT
(litre
Ren*ks, aug. 14.—Two men am-
bushed Maitre Labori, counsel for
Dreyfus, and one shot was fired,
hitting Labori in the back. M. La-
bori foil in the roadway, lie is still
alive.
Maitre Labori left his house alone
for the court at about 0 o'clock this
morning.
His residence is situated in the sub-
urbs of the town, about a quarter of
an hour's walk from the Lycec, the
route being along a solitary road be-
side the river Viiaine. He had reached
a point half way on his journey
when two men who had evidently
been lying in wait for him, rushed out
of a narrow lane and ono of them
fired a single shot from a revolver.
The murderers were only a couple of
yards behind their victim, and the
bullet struck Maitre Labori in the
back.
The wounded man uttered an ago-
nized cry <nnd 'eli fiat on his face.
The murderers immediately lied
through the lane from which they
had emerged and both escaped.
At 7:30 o'clock it was announced
that the bullet had entered the stom-
ach; that there was no outward bleed-
ing and the physicians believe that
M. Labori will die from the wound.
A later story has it that M. Labori
was shot in the temple by a man who
fired a revolver at him outside the
court and that the miscreant was ar-
rested.
MR, CROKER TALKS.
Bajra lie Han No Candidate for the
Presidency—PraUei llryan.
New York, Aug. 14.—Richard Cro-
ker, referring to W. J. Bryan, said:
"liryan is ono of the greatest men the
United States has ever produced. lie
is closer to tho people than any other
man, and is trusted by the masses,
who understand him and appreciate
him. But that does not mean that I
shall work for the nomination of Mr.
Bryan or that I think he is the only
man fitted for the nomination. He is
as good a man aud leader as could be
found. But 1 have no candidate.
"It is for tho convention to name
the man and the convcutlon will not
meet for at least ten months. It
would be a travesty on popular suf-
frage to pick tho candidate before the
people's delegates meet, and 1 shall
have no part in making such a selec-
tion. 1 shall not even try to influence
tho New York state delegation for
anybody."
"Will Taminany make another light
against free silver as it did at the last
election?" was askod.
"I don't know," said Mr. Croker.
"There's lots of time and every issue
may chauge except the ones against
trusts and against imperialism aud
slaughter."
ATTOU ISLANDERS DESTITUTE.
Revenue Cutter Grant Finds Tliem In
.Straitened Circumstances.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 14.—A pri-
vate letter from Captain Blamm, of
the revenue cutter Grant, now witl
the sealing patrol in Bering sea. state:
that the inhabitants of Attou island
were found by him in straitened cir-
cumstances, but in no immediate dan-
ger of starvation. The inhabitants,
numbering seventy-three, twenty
three men and 50 women and children,
were in a pitiable condition. Many
of the children were partially naked
aud their elders wero but little better
off. All wero dependent for bodily
warmth upon the common practice of
huddling, five or six together, in their
"barabasos" or native huts.
Tho only fuel on the island is a
icant supply of driftwood. Tho
Bills Two Police Odlcsrs In a Cold
ll'.ou led Mannar.
Denver, Col., Aug. 14.—Two police
officers were murdered hero at 1
o'clock yesterday morning by a re-
cruit belonging to Company L, Thirty-
fourth volunteer infantry, now sta-
tioned at Fort Logan. Three soldiers
had been raising a disturbance in
Louis Klipfel's saloon and Officer Tom
Clifford was notified of their action
and nsked to keep his eye on them.
He was about to accost tho soldiers,
when ono of them turned on him,
placing the muzzle of a revolver to his
breast, sent a bullet through his
heart. Clifford expired almost imme-
diately.
All three of the soldiers then start-
ed to run, but two of them were over-
taken and captv.fid. The one that
did the shooting, however, continued
runn ng, with Officer W. E Griffith
on a bicycle in pursuit The fleeing
man dodged through alleys and open
lots for several blocks, Griffith patron-
izing the streets.
On Sixteenth street, near the union
depot, the officer saw the man making
for the viaduct. He shot at him twice,
the soldier returning the fire, mor-
tally wounding Griffith. He died a
few ininute!i later while being con-
veyed in an ambulance to the station.
The entire police and detective
force* of the city were Pent out after
the man and the country for miles
around has been patrolcd and searched
without getting any trace of the
double murderer.
Victims of Hurricane Need Large
Food Supplies,
I 000 DEAD, 100,000 DESTITUTE
WILL BE A BUMBOAT.
Pa in i us Methodist Church In F.vantton,
III., Will l e rut to Ignoble Use.
Chicago, Aug. 14.—Evanston's fa-
mous old Methodist church, the build-
ing in which Frances E. Willard read
her essays as a girl graduate, the
building in which Abraham Lincoln
spoke, and a landmark in Evanston
since its erection, in 4857, is to pass
the rest of its days in ignoble service.
Mounted on a raft and anchored in
the lako off Evanston, beyond the palo
of tho local prohibition law, the old
church will be used as a bumboat,
from which beer, whisky and all the
ordinary brands of hard drinks will
be dispensed.
MONTE CHRISTI BESIEGED,
Insurgents Have the Town at Their
Mercy—People Will He Starved.
Cape Haytien, Aug. 14. — Monto
Christl is now besieged by the insur-
gents and tho town is without pro-
visions. The village of .Juan Nunez,
situated betwoon Macoris and Moc,
has risen in favor of Jimincz.
Havana, Aug. 14.— General Juan
Isidro Jimincz, the aspirant to the
presidency of the republic of Santo
Domingo, says ho has received news
of numerous recent successes of his
partisans. Ho will go to Santo Do-
mingo as soon as his partisans, who,
ho says, are a majority of the popula-
tion, desire.
a Foal F^r Luck.
Lonsvil-le, Ky., Aug. 11—Because
a girl dared him. William Crowe bor-
rowed Gertrude Moore's bathing suit
and at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
dived into the river from the Big Four
bridge, a similar leap from which
killed Thomas Heavey just a weak
ago Crowe, who is an athlete of local
pute, made tho descent of 00 feet
successfully and expresses a willing-
ness to repeat the performance. Ger-
trude Moore is a fisherman's daughter.
Crowe is a suitor, who. at least, stood
second in her favor. His bridge-jump-
ing feat was tho result of bantering
by the girl and his rival.
Washington, Aug. 14.—Two dis-
patch cs from Governor General Davis
of Porto Rico, giviug original details
of the fearful havoc wrought by the
hurricane of last week, were received
at the war department yesterday
They were immediately sent to Sec-
retary Root, who already has taken
measures for dispatching relief to
the people of tho island. The secre-
tary expects that tho transport Mc-
Phcrnon, with a large quantity of rice
and beans, will leave New S ork to-
day, and this will be followed by
other vessels as fast as arrangements
can be made for sending supplies. Ho
thinks it is the duty of the govern-
ment to make provision for feeding
the people until the aid voluntarily
given by the citizens of the country
reaches them, and he will exhaust
every means at his disposal to this
end.
The following are the dispatches re-
ceived by the War department from
General Davis:
Tho true state of affairs throughout
the island is not yet known because
of total destruction of all telegraphic
connections and great destructions on
all roads. Not more than one-fourth
of tho towns have been heard from
but enough is known to warrant the
statement that one-fifth of the dwell-
ings in the island arc totally de-
stroyed and their owners without any
shelter whatever or any food beyond
what has been saved from the debris.
Tho cotfee crop and most of the trees
are ruined and thus reliance for sup-
port is gone.
Fully one-third of the people sub-
sist entirely on fruit and a small de-
gree on tubas. All tho former is
destroyed and much of tho latter arc
rotting in the ground. A great many
thousands of cattle are drowned and
tho debris carried down the rivers is
strewn over the ocean with tho wreck
of tho storm and the dead bodies of
animals. The deaths from falling
walls and drowning will number more
than a thousand and may be several
times this number. The state of dis-
tress is very great and when green
fruits saved from the debris aro con-
sumed, the suffering will be very
great
Food of all kinds is needed, espe-
cially rice, beans and codfish, which
has been tha main support outside of
fruit. Cheap cotton clothing is also
needed, for thousands rushed naked
from their dwellings at night when
the gale broke. Medicines are also
needed most pressingiy, especially
quinine and other simple medicines.
I estimate that at least 1,000 tons of
food will bo required weekly for sev-
eral weeks.
While 1 have not yet full data, I re-
peat the estimate that at least 103,030
people are homeless and destitute.
General Davis' second dispatch:
Further but still incomplete reports
confirm previous cable reports as con-
servative.
Paris, Aug 14. —M. Paul Dcroulede,
founder of the League of Patriots,
and a member af the Chamber of Dep-
uties for tho Angouleme division of
Charonte, was arrested Saturday
morning at his estate at Crolasey,
near Paris. Other members of the
Anti-Semite and Patriotic leagues
were arrested later.
The arrests were made on the
charge of plotting to overthrow the
present government, according U a
semi-official note.
M. Deroulcde was taken into custo-
dy by four gendarmes an I was driven
to Paris. Oi his arrival here he was
incarcerated in the coneiergerio pr*«-
on Tho arrest of M. Maroei-llabcrt
ia cxpectcd.
Tho polica have cljsed tho offices of
the Patriotic League, which are now
guarded by gendarmes.
When an attempt was made to ar-
rest M. Guerrin, president of the anti-
Semite 1'ague, he refused to surren-
der, and barricaded himself in his
house. Ho says lie is prepared to hold
out for three weeks, having a good
stock of food und firearms.
Tho doors and windows of his resi-
dence arc barricaded and M. Guerrin
announces he will blow up his house
beforo he surrenders.
On luc application of M. Faire,
fresh ft arches of various houses were
made, including tho headquarters of
the anil •Semites, whero only unim-
portant papers were seized.
An extraordinary lynching occurred
at Port Gibson, Miss. A youngnogro.
accused of attempted criminal assault,
was hangj.l and then shot on the
county gallows within tho jail, all un-
known to tho sheriff or his deputy.
Ono insurance company refuses to
pay the 81.00) fine and continue to do
business in Missouri. A few others
Manii.a, Aug. 1 *. —A roconnoissauco aro atm to l>j heard from.
by troops of General Samuel B. M. Elijah Self, a farmer, living near
Young's brigade with tho object of perry Mo , shot and fatally wounded
discovering tho whereabouts of the Albert Kimball, his son-in-law.
enemy near San Mateo, northeast of fj,|l0 pittsburg anil Gulf's stand on a
tho San Juan reservoir, about ten | differential rate wl'.l eauso a disas-
Americans Capture San Mateo—
Loss, Three Killed, 13 Wounded,
NEGRO TROOPS FOUGHT NOBLY
RETURN OF "JIM" CUMMINGS.
Noted n*ndlt and Member of the
Jmne< Gang at Home Again
Libkhty, Mo., Aug. 12. — "Jim"
Cutnmings, who was a member of tho
James gang, has como back to his old
homo in tho northern part of Clay
county after an absence of twenty-five
years. He was indicted in In74 for
stealing a neighbor's horse and he
will now answer to tho charge if
called upon. Ho may not be prose-
cuted, as tho horse was recovered and
it is doubtful if he could bo couvioted.
Cummings has been in various parts
of the country and states that he
served as a deputy United States mar-
shal at Eureka, Springs, Ark., for a
while. Ho has been reported dead
several times. His name was recalled
vividly when, in 1887, Wittrock, tho
man who robbed the Adams Express
company at St. Louis, assumed it.
TO DRIVE OUT THE OIL TRUST,
miles from Manila, resulted in tlie oc-
cupation of San Mateo.
The American loss was three killed
and thirteen wounded, including a
lieutenant of tho Twenty-first in- |
fantry.
The Americans approached San
Mateo in three columns Major Cro-
nin, with fifteen men of the Twenty-
fifth infantry, advanced from Noval-
iches, five miles west of San Mateo,
Captain Rivers, with 100 men of the
Fourth cavalry, and Captain Parker,
formerly lieutenant colonel of the
Twelfth New York volunteer regi-
ment, with 280 men of the Twenty-
first ami Twenty-fourth Infantry, and
tho Fourth cavalry, approached in
two columns from the south
Major Crottin experienced many
difficulties arising from the condition
of the country and failed to effect a
a junction with Captain Rivers west
of San Mateo, as had been p'anned.
Captain Rivera, advancing, took an
outpost of the enemy two miles south-
west of San Mateo. Ho then encoun-
tered strong rcsistancj among tho
hills, tho enemy firing from cxeel'ent
positions Having failed to connect
with Major Cronln, and seeing that
town was already occupied by the
Americans, Captain Rivers withdrew,
covering his withdrawal with a heavy
volley. A sergeant was killed.
Captain Parker, on advancing, found
tho enemy strongly intrenched on the
far side of some rice fields, about a
milo wide and covered with deep
Pushing forward rapidly, ho routed
tho Filipinos after forty minutes'
fighting ami then continued tho march
upon San Mateo, which ho entered
without serious resistance ab'>ut 1:30
in the afternoon.
Major Cronin entered the town
about 4:30. The Americans still oc-
cupy the place. Our men were ex-
hausted by tho heavy marching.
Twenty-threo of the enemy are known
to have been killed.
This is tho first action in which
Colonel Hurt's eolored troops partici-
pated. They behaved well, their lead
ers having difficulty in holding them
back. It is estimated that the enemy
trous war unless tho difficulty is
settled.
Secretary Boot has modified Alger's
order and restored tho inspector gen-
eral's department to the jurisdiction
of General Miles
Cms MoKcnie, a wealthy resident of
Texas, was killed in a Manitou, Col.,
hotel by a negro waiter.
Charlie Thompson. 8 years old, of
Springfield, Mo . while playing with
his father's "safety revolver," acei-
lently shot and ki'.cd his 5-yoar-old
sister.
Major Davidson of the Highland
Park Military academy, Peoria, 111.,
is having a gun mounted on an auto-
mobile for military service
Gomez in an open letter to Cubans
advises them to remain peaceful, as at
present, and thus secure independ*
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
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Few
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A London papc
Admiralty has iss
sidized shipping
transports in
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es that tho
rders to all sul>-
panies to hold
for the ship-
Will
■*nd«.
Cnow Intman Aoenct, Mont., Aug.
14.—Tho government commissioners
have effected an agreement with the
Crow Indians which will become a
treaty when ratified by Congress.
About l,u00,000 acres of iaml will be
purchased on tho northern end of tho
Crow reservation from Fort Custer to
Yellowstono river and from l'ryor
creek to eastern boundary of the res-
ervation, embracing the lower Big
Horn and other smaller streams. This
of the Grant gave the people all spare j leaves the Crows 2,500,(*)0 acres and
will make them independent in time
and furnish homes for thousauds of
civilized people.
«.loth in
DEADLY DUEL IN DALLAS.
l'olloemnn Kawllng* and Charles l un*als
Settle a <irudgo With Kevulvors.
Dallas, Texas, Aug. 14 —A sensa-
tional duel to tho death occurrcd here
yesterday between Policeman A. P.
Rawllngs and Charles A. Daniels. Re-
volvers wero tho weapons, tho dis-
tance throo paces and both of tho
principals are dead. Eight or nine
shots were fired and plato glass win-
dows for a block around were shat-
tered Rawlings lived ten minutes
and Daniels lived exactly an hour.
Tho former was shot thrco tlme3 and
the latter once.. Rawlings was intox-
icated and an old grudge ivas the
causo.
German Veteran* Celebrate.
Chicago, Aug. 14 —Ono hundred
thousand German-American citizens
participated yesterday in the celebra-
tion incident to the opening of the
fourteenth annual convention of the
Kreigcrbund nnd tho twenty-fifth
annual reunion in America of tho
Deutscher Kreigorverein. The for-
mer includes veterans of tho German
army, and the latter veterans of tho
Franco-Prussian war.
Lightning Score* Three Victim*
Haltimoiie, Aug. 11.—Georgo Gea-
ures, aged 18, and Tony Rixes, aged
21, were struck by lightning and in-
stantly killed yesterday.
I'LATTsniiin, N. Y., Aug. 14. —
George 11. Harbor of Peru, aged l*,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
Arranging for Mnblll«> tlon.
JoiiANNEsm ito.Aug 14.—The Trans-
vaal government, it is reported, has
provisionally arranged with tho Neth-
erlands South Africa Railway com-
pany (or mobilization on tho shortest
notlco if required. Immense stores of
provisions and war material have been
collected at Pretoria.
Iluhoulc I'Ugue at ci w n*
Shanghai, Aug. 14.—Tho bubonic
plague has appeared at Now Chwang,
in the province of Liao Tong, on the
river ^la?
Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 11. — Gov-
ernor Hradloy, discussing tho inter-
view with Congressni an A. S. Hcrry,
of Newport, in which tho latter de-
clared Bryan might be shot if ho per-
sisted in coining to the state in the
interest of Goebel, said: "I cannot
think Mr. Hcrry made tho statement
attributed to him. In any event such
a statement is an insult to Kentucky
and wholly without foundation or ex-
cuse. Mr. Hryan would be in no more
danger in Kentucky than in nny other
state in tho Union."
May Censure McKlnley.
Chicago, Aug. 14.—A convention of
the Afro-American council of colored
men will be held at Bethel church be-
ginning Wednesday and lasting until
iSaturday evening. It is expected that
a fight will result over the resolutions
which it is promised will be intro-
duced denouncing President McKin-
ley for not using the federal authori-
ties to prevent lynchings in the South.
Tragedy In a Texni Church
Dallas, Texas, Aug. 14.—A negro
named Edward Lipscomb and tho
wife of William Daugherty wero shot
at church near Suinmonville lasteven-
ing. Lipscomb is dead and the woman
fatally injured. John and Hill Rob-
ertson, two negroes charged with the
shooting were capturcd by members
of tho congregation, but later made
ilioir escape.
For Itlotlng Students.
London, Aug. 14.—Tho St. Peters-
burg correspondent of the Times says:
"It has been decidcd by tho govern-
ment that hereafter any university or
high school student creating or in-
stigating disorders shall be forcibly
drafted into tho army and compelled
to render from one to three years
service."
A Suit Against the Standard Co
It llrought In Nebraska-
Omaha, Neb. Aug. 14.— Attorney I numbered between .100 and 400 mem
General Smith to-day begau proceed-
ings in tho district court of
this county against tho Stan-
dard Oil company. Tho cas.* is
brought under the Nebraska anti-trust
law. He asks that the company,
which ho alleges is a trust and con-
trols the price at which petroleum
and its prod ucts are to be sold, be
ousted from tho state and enjoined
from doing business. The petition not
only names the Standard Oil company
as defendant, but also a number of
other firms aud corporations which
are alleged to be owned and controlled
by the Standard Oil company.
Word has been received from Lieu-
tenant J. G Gilmore, of the United
States gunboat Yorktown, who, with
fourteen members of the crew of the
gunboat, was raptured by tho insur-
gents last April near Haler, on the
east coast of Luzon. The message,
which comes through Spanish pris-
oners, is to the effect that the officer
and his men are at Vigan, in tho
province of South Ilocos, on the west
coast of Luzon. All but two arc well.
Lieutenant Gilmore is allowed a house
and a servant and is fairly treated.
I>1 <I Not
to Ch
Sunk tho Chinese Transports.
Vancouvkh, B. C., Aug. 11.—Mail
advices from Asia briug news of dis-
turbances in China. Thousands of
robbers aro ravagiug the country.
Ten junks full of soldiers to head
them olf were captured, arms taken
from tho soldiers and tho junks
burned. Hundreds of tho soldiers
wore drowned. Seven hundred na-
tives who resisted the inarch of tho
robbers were killed, while 2,000 saved
their lives by joining tho robbers.
Smelter 6trlke (Iff.
Denver, Col., Aug. 14.—The strike
of tho employes of tho American
Smelting and Refining company's
plants in Colorado was declared off at
a meeting of tho Sineltermen's union
in this city last night. It is thought
now that it is but a question of a
short timo until all tho plants of tho
American Smelting and Refining com-
pany in Colorado will be going at full
blast. The hours and pay will be th«
samo as beforo tho strike.
Hero Deign an'* Now Bllllt.
Boston, Aug 14 —Osman W. Delg-
nan, tho young hero who stood at tho
wheel of the Merrimac and guided
her into her grave in Santiago har-
bor, and for whem Congress provided
a special bill admitting hiin to tho
naval academy, Ins arrived at the
Charleston navy yard aud joined the
famous little gunboat Marietta as
chief boatswain's mate
Plattsruro, N. Y., Aug. 11.—The
President decidcd at the last mo-
ment not to attend church, but in-
stead went for a driva with Mrs. Mc-
Kinley, who has been prevented by
tho cold, rainy weather from going
outdoors for the last two or tluec
days.
Storm Struck Santiago.
Santiago i e Ci ha. Aug. 12.—The
heaviest storiu experienced hero in
fifteen years struck this city yester-
day. Rain and wind were almost In-
cessant for several hours. Several
houses on streets In the low portion of
tho city were undermined and a good
deal of damage, though nothing very
sorious, was done elsewhere. In tho
American camp nearly half tho tents
were blown down.
Ualn Dispells Famine Fears In India
London, Aug. 12.— Specials from
Bombay report rain in Allahabad,
Madras, tho Deccan and Bengal and
showers in Bombay, and the govern-
ment's anxiety in regard to tho possi-
bility of a famine is relieved.
Struck for a Ten-Hour D17.
Rick Lake, Wis, Aug. 12.—Two
hundred employes of tho Bice Lako
Lumber company struck to-day for a
ten hour day instead of eleven. The
company refused tho demand aud tho
•non quit work.
Storms In Wisconsin.
La Crosme, Wis., Aug. 14.—Disas-
trous hail, rain and wind storms
swept over this locality yesterday.
Stoddard, eight miles south of hero,
suffered the loss of a big grain ele-
vator.
Father and Three Children Terish
Marion, Va.. "Aug. II. —Thomas
Martin's home waa burned last night.
Martin and his thr o children, aged
a, 11 aud 13 years perished.
ALEXANDER M'DONALD'S FALL.
"King of the Klondike" Bald to Have
Failed for 30,000,000.
Victoria, H C., Aug. 12.— The
steamer Queen, from Skaguay, brings
the news that Alexander McDonald,
king of the Klondike, has failed. His
debts are estimated at 80,000,000. His
assets are of uncertain value.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 12.—In the
abscncc of confirmatory advices, no
credence is given here to the report
that Alexander McDonald, tho Klon-
dike mining king, is an insolvent.
FOUR KILLED BY LIVE WIRES,
Omaha Firemen Moot Death While
Lowering a Hlg Truck.
Omaiia, Neb, Aug. 11.—Four fire-
men lost their lives last night in a
blaze on an upper floor of the Mercer
Chemical company's building at Har-
ney and Eleventh streets. The fire
in itself was insignificant, the fatali-
ties resulting from contact with a live
wire.
Negro Assaulter Is Lynched.
Nashville, Tenn , Aug. 14.—Willie
Chambers, colored, arrested on a
charge of criminally assaulting the
14-year-old daughter of Willis in Wat-
son, was lynched by hanging near
Bellbuck e at an early hour yesterday.
He was identifiod by his victim, who
is in a critical condition.
Detroit Fares ltedu> ed-
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 14.—The com-
mon counci , at a special session,
adopted, by a vote of 24 to 10, amend-
ments to the ordinances of tha Citi-
zens and Fort Wayne lines, changing
the rate of fare from ."> cents to eight
tickets for a quarter. There will be
a hot legal light over tho plan to re-
duce tho rate.
Little More Klondike (iold.
rn.E, Wash., Aug 14. — It is
stated that there is now at St. Mich-
ael, Alaska, about $:i 000,000 worth of
gold dust for shipment to San Fran-
co and Seattle It is thought this
will conclude the big gold shipments
for this season. About fH,000,000 has
been brought down so far.
M y Moan no, OOO I lie Men.
Chicago, Au?. 11.—The bookmak-
ers' strike has reached tho critical
stage, and from assertions made by
tho manufacturers in answer to tho
demands of the strikers it is believed
that a genera', tie-up of building ope-
rations in C iioa/J and a striko of 60,-
0('0 cruftsinen is imminent.
Deadly Work of Hush slid.
Reading, Pa., Aug. 14.—Solomon
Quinter, a well known citizen and
former railroad employe, shot and in
stantly killed his wife, Annie, aget
4H years, and her paramour, Edward
H. Kitzmiller, aged 28, at an early
hour yesterday morning. Quinter
pected that his wife was unfaithful,
and lying in wait for several hours he
caught the couple in a compromising
position. Quinter surrendered to tho
authorities and was committed to
prison.
Mystery Surrounds It.
Omaiia, Neb, Aug. 11.—A mystery
surrounds the personality of the young
woman who killed herself in a hotel
in Hastings, Neb., Wednesday night,
by swallowing a large quantity of
morphine. She had registered as
"Mrs. W. L. Leo of Salt Lake City,"
but as telegrams have been sent to
Salt Lake and various other places
and no identification has been made,
it is generally believed that Lee is not
her true name. She was a young
woman of attractive appearance.
Signal for a Native Uprising.
Loudon, Aug. 14.—Tho Capetown
correspondent of tho Daily Chronicle
says: "I am convinced that the first
shot fired in tho Transvaal would bo
the signal for a general native rising
Tho imperial government, I can as-
sert positively, has been warned ac-
cordingly and is postponing the en-
forcement of tho new Hasuto hut
tax."
Troops ltosdy for Africa.
Bombay, Aug. 12.—Preparations arc
about completed for tho dispatch of
12,000 troops to South Africa. A
number of transports aro in readiness
in Indian water* and in the event of
war troops will be embarked simulta-
neously here, at Karacho and at Cal-
cutta.
Volunteer! Nominated.
Lincoln, Nob, Aug. 13.—Tho fusion
couuty convention lias nominated for
the office of cleric of courts and sher-
ilf, respectively, Lieutenant Colonel
Frank D Eager and Captain P. J. Cos-
grove, officers of the First Nebraska
awaiting muster out ut San Fran-
cisco.
Killed In Family Wmad.
Bcranto*. Pa, Aug. 14.—James
Quinn, rged 00 yeai s. i resident of
L >okout, a suburb of Carbondale, w
killed In a family foul between tho
Uuiuus uud th-- 'iuliavher*.
Keeley Manager a Ilankrupt
St. Louis, Aug 1 1 —William A.
McDavid, formerly manager of all the
Keeley institutes in Missouri and
Illinois, filed a bankruptcy petition
in tho United States district court
yesterday. He gavo his liabilities at
§73,807, while his assets aro valued at
$15.
I <*.11irojr Commissioners Meet
Denver, Col., Aug. 1L—The elev-
enth annual convention of the Nation-
al Association of Stato Bail way and
Warehouse Commissioner.* opened in
this city to-day, thlrty-ono states be-
ing represented by about 100 dele-
gates
The Savages and Roblmoia* In a Feud
Knoxville, Tenn., Au{. 11 A feud
has broken out b'two n the Robinson
and Savago families in tho mountains
of Union county near tho Kentucky
line. William Savago was shot and
killed by Jac'c Robinson, who is
thought to be fatally wounded
Relief Fundi In New York.
New York, Aug 14 — James Upeyor
of Rpeyer fc Co., bankers, telegraphed
to tho mayor to-day from Newport
that ho had mailol to hi>n n check for
910,000 as his ■ ontr.buUon t • the Por-
to Rlcan relief fnn-i
nt of troops to South Africa.
A bank with a capital of §50,000 will
be organized at l'awnoe, Okla.
John lumber, 0, accidentally killed
his small sister at Enid, Okla., with a
target rifia.
A stove combine with a capital of
82,000,000 was formed at Pittsburg, Pa.
It is reported that Wm. K. Vander-
bilt, jr., will soon embrace tho Cathol-
ic religion, that of his wifo.
Servant girls in Chicago liavo gono
on a striko for 8."> and 80 por week.
They wore formerly paid 82 to 84,
which they claim Is too little.
St. Louis business men resolvod to
inaugurate a vigorous campaign to se-
cure tho national Republican conven-
tion for that city next year.
Curtiss Hitt, son of Oeneral Super-
intendent A. J. Hitt of tho C*., H. &
Q., had both feet crushed at Dysart,
Iowa, where ho was learning tho do-
tails of railroading. Ho will bo a
cripple for life.
Rev. Dr. Walter M. Barrows, who
married Perry Belmont and Mrs.
Sloane, is dead at Mackinac island,
Michigan. It is said that Dr. Barrows
juielv sensitive man and
that the criticisms on his action in
performing tho Helinont-Sloano mar-
riage ceremony preyed upon his mind,
reduced his vitality and hastened his
death.
Reports of massacres and outrages
by tho Yaqui Indians continue to
como in. Tho Indians aro driving
cattle to tho mountains and aro pro-
pared for a long siege. The Mexicans
aro waiting for the arrival of artillery
before making an attack.
State Secretary Lesueur has accept-
ed the petition of Populist Candidate
Hale in the Eighth Missouri Congres-
sional district, and his name will ap-
pear on the ollicial ballot.
Alto Pass, III., has a "breathing
spring," a curious natural phenome-
non.
A tidal wave damaged property to
tho amount of 81,000,000 at Valparaiso,
Chili.
A children's homo at Chattanooga,
Tenn., has completed arrangements
to rccelvo fifty Cuban girls, raise aud
educate them.
It Is reported that Mrs. W. II.
Perot, charged with abducting hei
daughter, Gladys. from Hal ti more to
London, has agreed to surrender tho
child if the extradition proceedings
are withdrawn.
The weekly crop report for Missouri
shows excellent prospects. The apple
crop will be about one-half the aver-
Plowing conditions arc good. A
largo cnop of hay has been made. Cot-
ton is generally good.
The Mormons, through President
Rich of the Southern Mission, will
appeal to the Governor of Kentucky
for protection from mobs
Diplomatic relations between Kan-
sas and Missouri have been resumed.
Tom Buffington was elected chief
of tho Cherokeos. This is considered
a victory for tho progressive element
in tho nation.
Pine Bluff, Ark., proposes to own
Its street ears and electric light plant.
Tho Y. M. C. A. at Peoria, III., Is
disrupted because several white mem-
bers object to tho negro members
bathing in the bath tubs
Texas flood sufferers have received
aid directly from King Humbert and
members of tho nobility of Italy.
A woman probably will be place
charge of the Lako City, S. C., post-
office, which has been closed
negro postmaster was driven out of
tow
P. I). Armour has sent messages to
Chicago announcing his complete re-
covery from the Illness that forced
him to go abroad. He will return Oc-
tober 1.
The Fight Against Tnherrulotl*.
J. II. Monrad, in an article in Coun-
try Gentleman, says:
We have had quite a little stlr-up
In Illinois, and the dally papers of Chi-
cago have had scare-headed articles
strong enough to prevent timid read-
ers from touching milk again, unless
they can afford to buy Curler's or Gor-
don Walker's certified sanitary milk.
At Wolf's slaughtering-house a lot
of cows were killed, having reacted to
tho tuberculin test, und all found more
or less tuberculous. It Is said the.se
represented 33 per cent of tho herd.
At Kankakee G1 and at Lincoln 23 per
cent were found to ho diseased, and
these figures were made the basis for
the "scare." Intelligent readers need
not bo told that these percentages do
not represent tho average condition
among our Illinois cows, and that a
guess of even 20 per cent would be too
high. It see ins, however, that the scare
has done some good, as It has aroused
an interest In the matter, so that even
Gov. Tanner acknowledged the need
of a large appropriation and the neces-
sity of prohibiting the importation of
animals reacting to the test. Another
result Is tho formation of a society for
prevention of consumption, not only
for medical men and veterinarians, but
for anyone Interested. According to
the dally press, among the objects of
the society will he urging appropria-
tions of $50,000. $30,000 and $20,000 dur-
ing three years, and empowering the
stock commission to test all cows
without conseut of owners and to com-
pensate them for those reacting and
killed; also to recommend a city or-
dinance for Chicago, providing a veter-
inary staff to inspect the dairy herds
supplying milk for tho city.
We have In Illinois, In round num-
bers, one million milch cows, aud even
If the testing does not. exceed 10 cents
per heud, it would cost $100,000 to test
them all. But the fact Is, that eradica-
tion Is not to be hoped for unless all
animals (including cuts and dogs) are
also tested and tho reacting ones con-
demned, and this would more than
double the expense. Then, ugaln, as-
suming that 20 per cent of the cattle
reacted, the consumption fund would
have to be somewhere about five mil-
lion dollurs! Leaving out the difficulty
of getting enough competent und re-
liable veterinarians (without which the
test becomes a delusion and a snare),
such a wholesale eradication Is evi-
dently Impracticable. How far would
$100,000, or even $2f 0,000, go in such a
campaign? The state of New York
and others have found that out, the re-
sult being the killing of valuuble
breeding animals In testing a few herds
here nnd there, aud nothing effective
being done.
Practical men (especially politicians)
have found that life must be more or
less of a compromise. Thus, in the
mutter of tuberculous meat, even such
authorities as Dr. Salmon Is willing to
compromise, and allow cattle slightly
affected to go on the market. The fact
is, that the danger Is not nearly as
great as represented. When scientists
show that tuberculous milk injected
into animals gives them the disease,
we must remember that wo do not take
our milk that way, and that millions of
germs pass our bodies without harm,
being eliminated in the excrements.
And if meat but slightly infected is
allowed because of Its being cooked, It
Is absurd to kill a good milch cow, re-
acting to the test hut otherwise
healthy, when we have the simple rem-
edy of boiling the milk, or even heat-
ing to 185 degrees F., which is much
fer than with meat which, when
rnre, has hardly been exposed to that
temperature. Surely there Is no need
of discarding this valuable drink (and
food) when the consumers have such a
simple safety guard at their disposal.
In England. Sweden and Germany, Dr.
Hang's (of Denmark) plan for fighting
tuberculosis in milch cows Is gaining
favor, and the sooner we follow that
lead the better for all.
The present Danish law provides free
testing of the herds, the owners of
which agree to keep the reacting ani-
mals separate, while those sick enough
for the veterinarians to discover with-
out tho test are killed. But it also
makes compulsory the pasteurization
of all skim milk and buttermilk, as
well as whey, returned from the cream-
eries to the patrons, and the cremation
of the slimy residue in the separators.
This is all. The Copenhagen Milk Sup-
ply Company long ago voluntarily put
all the herds and stables of their milk-
shippers under veterinary inspection,
and the more that we can get done
voluntarily, the better It is for all.
with the exhibits, ready for setting nf
upon arrival. The entire agricultural
exhibit will be shipped by government
^ansporta.
Fggs for Profit.
Prom Farmers' Review: Por tha
average farmer the egg returns are
more profitable than marketing poul-
try, but the majority raise their egg
producers, and as there is always a
goodly per cent of culls and roosters
raised there will always be chicks to
market from farm yards at a more or
less profit. None but try to secure
eggs in winter as this is the time
when the largest profits, rather prices,
are received. As to the greatest profit
one must inquire into the cost of pro-
duction always. There is no excuse
r.s to having cold houses, for a warm
house can be constructed at a very
little money cost If you are willing to
do the work of building, but the feed
is the question. All agree that wheat
In some form is the food, but some-
times it is unwise to feed wheat for the
cost of the seed would over balance
the price of eggs.
This will have to be considered, of
course, but tho mill products of wheat,
bran or shorts or both are mostly
within the reach of all. and aro fine
to use in the mash, then there aro
other grains almost as good as wheat.
Kafir corn, sorghum seed, millet, oats
and rye aro all good egg foods If you
will prnetlce a mixed diet, indeed oats
are excellent If fed In the sheaf, com-
peling tho chicks to do their own
threshing. Kafir corn and sorghum
seed should only be threshed enough
to start the chicks to eating It. Corn
is the great stand-by on the majority
of farms, aud while corn Is a most
excellent feed when used In modera-
tion, It must not be fed exclusively.
If 1 were to choose between wheat
and clover for laying hens, and grow-
ing pullets, the chances are largely ia
favor of clover. Let the pullets havo
the run of the clover field until freez-
ing weather, and then feed steamed
cut clover or clover shatterlngs, also
allowing them the run of the mowed
clover In the barn. They will get an
abundance of picking out of the shat-
terlngs, and the exercise will do them
worlds of good. Exercise Is of more
Importance than wheat, and for this
reason a scratching place Is of vital
importance, but of this later on.
Green cut bone is a very great help,
but to many the use of a bone cutter
Is not practicable as they live too far
from butcher BhopH to procure the
scraps. The various bone and beef
meals that are on the market are a
good substitute for fresh cut bone, and
if bought In large quantities are not
expensive. Several families could
combine when sending their order and
receive mutual benefit. For various
reasons this would be more agreeable
than having a partnership bone mill,
and taking turns in supplying the
butihw scraps. Partnership Is all
right when well managed, but it is
very liable to cause trouble when al-
lowed to arrange Itself.
"This Is too early to write of win-
ter laying," you say, and during this
torrid weather It may seem premature,
but tho pullets desired for next win-
ter's layers should be fed egg produc-
ing food, mainly, as soon as cockerels
and pullets can be distinguished. How
to manage? Well, that Is a poser for
some of you, but It Is extremely easy.
Confine the cockerels In a roomy yard,
allowing the pullets free range then
the feeding of different foods is easily
done. The idea being to force tho
cockerels for market at the earliest op-
portunity, reserving what you wish to
capouize, If you desire to make capons
of any but late cockerels.
Fowl Cholera In I lair.
Italy has for the past few months
been suffering from an epidemic of
cholera, and since November there
havo been two million deaths In tho
neighborhood of Milan alone. That is
rather an alarming state of things,
though the scourge Is not a visitation
of the human race, but merely afflict®
the barnyard. Chicken farming, it
seems, is a comparatively new Indus-
try in Italy, and this outbreak of chol-
era among tho fowls, which is prob-
ably due to some easily preventable
cause, is naturally causing very serious
trouble and anxiety to those engaged
in rearing them. The disease has
spread to tho Royal Park at Monza,
and two thousand birds, chiefly pheas-
ants, have already been laid low. As
pheasant is a favorite article of diet
with the king, he is greatly concerned,
and when he heard of the two thousand
deaths in his own hen house he is said
to have exclaimed: "I shall have to
turn vegetarian"—an Incident which
ought to bring comfort and Joy to the
devotees of the vegetable cult. The
epidemic in Italy will doubtless be
viewed with considerable anxiety in
countries which buy the products of
the Italian barnyards. Italy's fowl ex-
ports are of a yearly value of fifty
million francs.—Glasgow Evening
News.
No More Hull and Lion Flg'lt* for I'arla.
Paris, Aug. 14 —Tho government
has issued a prohibition of any fur-
ther Jghts between bulls and wild
)>easts, owing to tho extreme brutal-
ity of the exhibition recently between
a bull ami a lion.
Tlie WliNky Bottle Held Aconite
STERimrT, 1 T Aug 14.-I)r. Ray,
a dentist, swallowed aconite hero
Thursday night, balleving ho was
drinking from a bott e of whisky, lie
died a few hours later.
I.oultvllll Hill Hill «
Loner hi e. Ky.. Aug.
day destroyed tho gran I
Louisvll'.u Bast*bali club
I Nt
ed from a
stand will p
8: .1,000; lust
obably he
il llurned.
1 —Fire to-
itand of the
It orlginat-
temporary
cted. Loss,
To V y for Moftt Once a Woftk.
Hbw Yobs* Aug. It The ntett
moat dealers of New York, who pur-
chase their stock from tho packers,
havo been served with a notice that
hereafter they will havo to mako
weekly settlements of their accounts.
American Live Stock Kslilblts at Pari*
The Washington correspondent of
Farmers' Review writes: The various
chiefs of the d«partm«at of agricul-
ture are getting down to work In
preparation f'T the agricultural ex
hibits at the Paris Exposition. Word
hns been received that the live stock
section will be restricted to the show-
ing of horses and poultry and that cat-
tle will be shut out aud the exhibits
confined to breeding animals. This is
exactly what the farmers of this coun-
try will not want. It Is not probable
that Americans would care to take
over their fine studs and brood mares,
and bring them back again, whereas
it is believed that American exhibit
of attractive proportions could be
made of fat stock and work animals.
Commissioner Peck, with his usual en-
ergy. Is directing lis endeavors toward
a modification of these restrictions, to
allow the showing of such classes of
American stock as v ill be most read-
ily furnished by An erlcan exhibitors.
An interesting feature of the Amer-
ican exhibit will be an Immense trans-
parent refrigerator, which is being
planned for by the Bureau of Animal
Industry. It will probably be of an
octagonal shape, as large as a small
room, and contain all sorts of refrig-
erated products—meats of various
sorts and cuts la tempting array,
dairy products, etc. All the work pos-
\ ilble In connection with the exposition
Is to be done In this country. The
exhibition cases are helng made her"
I and will be shipped, knocked down
Amullile llogn.
Different breeds of hogs vary in the
degree of their amiability when it
comes to handling them, bo do differ-
ent animals of the same breed, saya
A. N. Springer In "I.,and and a Living."
Much of their seeming fierceness is due
to a fear that you will harm them or
their brood. Once they have perfect
confidence in you. all restiveness will
vanish, as a rule, and you can do for
them whatever necessity demands. So
far as Is possible, one should always
select pigs to raise for brood sows from
a gentle sow. Then their treatment
should be of the kindest, no dogs
should be allowed to worry them, and
they should never be chased about with
sticks or clods. They should really be
made pets of, and with a little time
and trouble It can be done. Begin by
rubbing them when eating or drinking,
keep this up at intervals until they
seem to expect and enjoy It, and the
task Is about completed.
Protect the Coifs from the Flies.—
In the Increase of Insect pests the pas-
turing of horses and colts becomes a
serious problem. It surely will not pay
to allow them to be raced to death by
files, for It Is as true in the pasture as
barr, that if the colt Is not gaining it
is losing and the loss can never bo
regained. For this reason, If the files
give trouble, keep the colts In the
barn during the day and turn them out
at night It will well pay for the *x-
ira U'Quble.—Colman's Rural World.
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