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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
HUGE MILL
IS BURNING
Plant Covers an Entire Block
With It's Big Ele-
vators.
ASK AND RECEIVE HELP
Immense Industry at Alton, Illinois,
Destroyed = Blaze Spreads and
Threatens to Do More Damage
Loss Estimated at 100000.

st. Louis, Oct. 2.-The fire that
broke out in the plant of the Standard
Milling company's plant at Alton, ILL.,,
at 1880 o'clock destroyed that struc-
ture nd 100000 bushels of wheat, and
is 81 aiding rapidly to adjoining build
ingss iven by a-high wind. The ST.
Louis re. department has just sent a
a con ement of fire companies on a
specia train to Alton. The milling
plant rers an entire block with its
elevat and mill. It is reported
some he employees failed to escape.
The 10 SO far is estimated at $780,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
SUES WEBSTER DAVIS.
Bought Windmill and Has Failed to
Pay for Ii.

Kansas City, Oct. 2.-Webster Day-
is is being sued in the circuit court
by the Brinton Pump and Plumbing
company, because, it is charged, he
bought windmill June l, which he
has failed and refused to pay for. The
amount sued for is $26935.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
c. B. FARwELL OPERATED UPON
Large Stones Removed From Bladder
at ST. Luke's Hospital.

Chicago, Oct. 2.-Former Senator
Charles 3. Farwell successfully under
went an operation for stones in the
bladder at St. Luke's hospital yester-
day afternoon. Although the opera
tion is considered serious one, Mr..
Farwell stood it exceedingly well, and
there is every hope for his recovery.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
FILL A VACANCY.
II. a. Norfolk Elected to Position In
Uniform Rank K. P,s.

At the regular meeting of Ottumwa
company No. 8 last evening, an cleo.
ton was held for the purpose of fill.
ing the Office of first lieutenant made
vacant by the death of S. Leroy Ora
ham. Second Lieutenant Harry A.
Norfolk was elected to the position,
and upon his place being declared va
cant another election was held for
second lieutenant, which resulted in
Otis P. Higdon being chosen Later
in the evening Captain Mitchell filled
two appointive offices by making John
NJ. Leonard right guard of the com
pany an L. A. Gordon, left guide. The
report ST the company showed it to
be in e! cellent condition
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
ASK s5oo,ooo DAMAGES.
Peoples Gas Officials File Suit Against
Hearst.

Chicago, Oct. 2--The Peoples Gas
Light and Coke company yesterday
filed suit for 100000 damages against
William r. Hearst and the Chicago
American, the charge being that by
printed statements, editorial comment
and other means, the company's bust.
ness has been damaged and it's good
name injured.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
bun NO MORE BONDS.

The Treasury Department Already Has
Stipulated Sum of $2o,ooo,ooo.
Washington Oct. 2.-The secretary
of the treasury announced today that
the treasury department would discon-
tinue for the present its purchase of
bonds for sinking fund. The amount
of s20,000.000 for which proposals were
invited September 10 was reached at
noon today.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
CHURCH LAWS CHANGED.
Amish Sect Makes a Radical Revision
of Its Greed,

Bloomington, H., Oct. Radical
changes and thorough revision of
the religious laws of the Mennonite or
Amish church were made in the con-
ference just ended in this city. These
changes were the result of a quadru-
pie murder year ago, and were made
necessary by attacks upon the sect,
prompted by the crime
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
BIG DEFICIT RESTORED.
Shortage of Seventy Thousand Dollars
Made Good.

Washington, Ind, Oct. "A short
age of over $4,000 in the accounts of
the Peoples National Bank, it is de-
clared in statement made public by
the directors Of that institution, was
discovered within the last few weeks
and was made good by former Cash
Ter r. G. Davis, his bondsmen and
stockholders of the bank.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03

Washington, Oct. 2.-Weather
Forecaster Garriott in his official :
forecast of the weather which will =
prevail tomorrow for the yacht
races, says:
"The outlook is favorable for a 4
racing breeze from the northwest $
off Sandy Hook Thursday. The
weather will be overcast followed
by a clearing"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
BARNES SELLS THE UNION.
Veteran Monroe County Newspaper
Man Sells Plant,

Abba, Oct "A. R. Barnes has sold
his newspaper. the Abba Union. to j.
w. Johnson, formerly of Knoxville.
The formal transfer took place Yester.
day. =
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
BEAUMONT OIL WELLS.
Twenty "came In" During the Month
of September.

Beaumont, Tex, Oct. 2.-The num-
Der of oil wells brought in during the
month of September is twenty. The
August record was twenty-three and
the number brought in prior to August
l was twenty, making total of sixty
three gushers at the close of last
month
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
SEND TOBACCO TO KAISER.

Wisconsin Dealers Ship Six Car Loads
of Dane County Produce.
Sun Prairie, Wis, Oct. 2.-Sir car
loads of Dane county tobacco were
shipped to Berlin, Germany, by Bar
nard & Wilder, dealers of this place,
to d. Brennan & Co., tobacconists, to
Emperor William.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
NOTED CONFEDERATE WEEDS.

General e. P. AIexdander Chooses His
Bride in Maryland.
Hagerstown, Nd, Oct. miss
Mary Landon Mason and General E.
p. Alexander of oSuth Carolina We're
married yesterday. General Alexan-
der is distinguished ex-confederate
officer, having served through the civ
il war as chief of artillery on the
staff of General R. e. Lee.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
GRAIN DEALERS GATHER.

Over Seven Hundred Go to Des
Moires to Attend Convention.
Des Moines, Oct. 2.-Over 500 dele
gates to the annual convention of the
National Grain Dealers association
arrived here yesterday. Three hun
dred are from Chicago, and 200 more
Chicagoans came by the night trains.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
KEEPS SECRETS OF SESSIONS.

United Mineworkers Are Dumb on
Conference in Virginia.
Parkersburg, w. Va, Oct. 2.-The
leading representatives of the United
Mineworkers OF America from all the
coal-mining states have been in SEES
sion at the Van Wrinkle hotel here for
two days and left last night with the
secrets of their sessions well kept.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03

Lieut.. James J. Doyle, who was the
deck officer on the Brooklyn during
the Spanish war, read entries in the
Brooklyn's log concerning the battle
of Santiago. He said he had written
the log but the navigator had made an
addendum to it. He said it looked
very much to him, before the Brook
lyn's turn, as if they were about to
have general mixup with the Span
ish ships,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
FOR A MONUMENT.

VI. - y. 0ahS' IA SSoo' ropiuS VI
Masonic Business.
Dr. l.. j, Baker, of this city, grand
treasurer of Iowa Masons, is in Cedar
Rapids on business pertaining to that
lodge. Among the principal matters
which he will take up will be the cree
ton of monument in honor of the
late 7. S. Parvin, the father of Iowa
Masons and grand secretary and grand
librarian of the Masons of Iowa. What
action will be taken has not been full
ly determined upon as yet.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
CONDITION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Treasury Department Shows Total
Debts of $1,O31 ,524,365.

Washington, D. c., Oct 1.-The
monthly statement OF the public debt
shows that at the close of business
Sept. 80, 1901, the debt less cash in the
treasury, amour Isl ,O31, 524,365, a
decrease for the y Ath of $4,S25,401.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
SUES FOR DIVORCE.

Fannie Wisner Crockett Brings Suit
for Absolute Separation.
Eldora, Oct. 2.-More than usual in.
terest is created in this vicinity by
the announcement that Mrs. Fannie
w. Crockett has filed petition asking
for an absolute divorce from her hus-
band, Frank w. Crockett, on the
grounds of cruel and inhuman treat.
ment,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
CARNEGIE SMELLS BIG FUND.
Steel Maenate Offers Munficent Gift
to Glasgow College.

Glasgow, Oct. ANDREW Carnegie
has written to the authorities of the
Glasgow Technical college, announc.
ing that he will give 925,000 toward
the 6 100000 necessary to complete the
required fund, 5e150,000, for the i'm
provement of that institution.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
DELAY FIAT ON MoLINEux.
Supreme Court Gives no Indication of
Date of Its Decision.

Albany, N. Y, Oct. 2.-The court of
appeals did not render any decision
yesterdy in the Roland B. Molineux
murder case The next decision day
of the court is Friday, but there is
nothing to indicate when the decision
in this particular case will be rem
dered.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
FORMER oTTuMWAN DEAD.
Mrs. William c. Dana Dies at Her
Home in Denver.

Word has been received by R. P.
Dana, of this city, to the effect that
Mrs. William c. Dana, of Denver, Col,
died at that place yesterday. Mrs.
Dana formerly lived here, and her hus-
band, who has been dead some years,
was employed in the local postoffice
several years. The remains will be
brought to this city and the time Of
the funeral will be announced later.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
BROOM CORN STILL RISING.
Banner Price of $14o Ton Paid ir
Illinois Field.

Mattoon, III, Oct. 2.-The price Of
broom corn is still booming. Yester-
day the banner price of $140 a ton
was paid. At the beginning Of the
season $55 a ton was the average
price.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
FIRE At oskALoosA.
Damages Boiling Works to Amount
of $500.

oskaloosa. Oct. 2.-The bottling
works of A. j. Sinclair We're damaged
by fire yesterday to the amount of
about 81 500, partly covered by insur-
ancc 1t is supposed to be of incendl-
airy origin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
OLD RESIDENT DIES.
Funeral of NeIs Hall Held at Munter

vile.
Munterville, Oct. 2.-(speciaD The
funeral of NeIs Hall, ST., whose death
occurred Monday at the home of Nels
Hall, Jr., We're held yesterday after
noon at 2 o'clock. Interment was
made in the Munterville cemetery.
Mr. Hall was ninety-one years of age:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
JAY COOKE is MUCH BETTER.

Physicians at GibraIter Island Express
Hope for His Recovery.
Pit-in-Bay, O., Oct. 2.-The condition
of Jay Cooke, who was taken serious
ly ill at his home on Gibralter island
Sunday, is much improved today. His
physicians state that he will propably
recover,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
SEYMOUR NJ ED IN NEW JERSEY
,ocra4 state Convention at Tren-
Il, Nominates Him,

TT IN, N. j., Oct. Mayor James
M symour, Of Newark, was nominal
On the second ballot as the demo
ratio candidate for governor of New
eJrsey in a convention that at times
was turbulent in the extreme.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
cHoATE WANTS A VACATION.
Ambassador in London Plans to Sal
for New York Next Week.

London, Oct. 2.-Ambassador
Choate has applied to the state de-
partment for leave of absence and
proposes to sail for New York Satur-
day week. 1t is Deneved that Mr..
Choates visit to Washington is inspir-
ed mainly by his desire to secure an
agreement on the canal treaty.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
IOWA TOWN BURNS.

Struck BY Lightning and Much Prop
erty Lost.
Clarinda, Oct 2.-The north half OF
Bradyville was destroyed by fire yes
terday. Lightning started the blaze
The loss is 100000, insurance s25, 900,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
FOSTER DECLINES TO RUN.
Will not be Candidate for Mayor OF
Des Moines.

Des Moincs. Oct. 2.-Sidney A. Fos-
ter has declined TIC run for mayor of
Des Moines, He says he cannot spare
the time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
PLoW TRUST ASSURED.
Gigantic Combination is Said to Be a
Certainty.

Chicago, Oct. 2.-The $1OO,OOO,O 900
pillow trust is said to be an assured
fact. Twenty-three pillow manufacture
ers have been in session in this city
for two days and last night at ban
quet in the Auditorium hotel discussed
their gigantic combination.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
Matters Concerning lowans at the Ma
tlonal Capital.

Washington, Oct. among the
original pensions granted by the de-
partment is that of james K. Irwin of
Ottumwa, who will receive So per
lmonth.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
BONANZA IN THE AIR BRAKE.
Profit of the Westinghouse Company
for Year Is $2,e81 ,a41.es.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE annual
meeting of the Westinghouse Air
Brake company was held and the di-
rectors' report shows the total sales,
81, 1853, S5727; expenses, S4.SSS,515.29;
profit for the fiscal year ending July
81, $2,9S1 ,341.9S.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
WEBS MAN SICK WITH FEVER.
Girl in Order to Nurse Man Marries
Him.

Oshkosh. Wis, Oct. pr. John
Mays Conley and Miss Beatrice Roche
were married here under unusual Cir
cumstances. DR.. Convey is seriously
i'll with typhoid fever. Miss Roche,to
whom he was engaged to be married,
is trained nurse
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
BLANCHE BATES SERIOUSLY ILL.
Actress Suffering With Attack of Ma.
lariai Fever.

Detroit, Mich, Oct miss
Blanche Bates, who is playing the
leading role in Frohmans Under Two
Flags" at the Detroit opera house, was
taken to Grace hospital yesterday suf-
fering from a severe attack of ma
larial fever
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
STEAMER AFIRE.
Brought Into Port With Part of Cabin
Burned.

Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. g2.-The steamer
City of Genoa was towed into port
yesterday afternoon with its forward
cabin burned Off and the deck burned
through in several places. The fire
was of unknown origin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
PIONEER TEACHER DIES.
For Nearly Forty Years He Taught the
Deaf.

Jacksonville, H.. Oct. Phillip G.
Gillett, for nearly forty years Superin-
tendent Of the Illinois institution for
deaf mutes died this morning. He
had an international reputation as an
educator.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
Under Control.

The fl was under contrc' at o'clock
The pri 4cipal losers are the Standard
Milling company, the Haydens Mach
inc shops, the Farmers elevator and
to- Model hotei.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
CUT HIS THROAT.
Inmate of County Home Tires of Life
Used Pen Knife.

Newton, Oct. Observation-Disclosures.
Hartneld, aged 60 years, who has been
an inmate of the county home ace
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
mERRlLLs GET CONTRACT.
Ottumwa Firm Will Supply School at
GlenWood With Groceries.

Des Moines, Oct. 2.-The J.H.Merrill
company of Ottumwa has been award
ed the contract for supplying the
school for the feeble minded at Glen
wood with groceries for three months
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
FARMER SUES A NE.aHBoR.
Says Affection of Wife Have Been
Alienated.

Hedrick, Oct Wv. NJ. Glandon, an
old farmer residing north of this place,
has brought suit in the district court
asking $4,000 of James Sinclair, a
neighbor, for alternating his wife's af-
fections. Sinclair says he is limo.
cent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
KILLS HIS WIFE.
Englishman Plants Loads Of Shot in
Wife and Son.in.LaW,

VITO dHu SoH-IH'EdW.
Eldora, Oct. 2.-Crazed with liquor
James Lane AN aged Englishman, ia
tally shot his wife and John Barhite,
his son-in-law, at Alden, small town
near this place. He barricaded him
self in his residence, but was finally
induced to submit to arrest.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
VETERANS AT kEokuk.
Seventeenth Iowa Infantry Meeting In
Reunion,

Keokuk, Oct. 2.-The Seventeenth
Iowa Infantry is holding its seven
teenth annual reunion in this city to-
day. Captain John A. Spielman of
Fairfield is president of the organiza-
ton. The sessions will continue
through tomorrow.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
JOHN c. sHEEHAN FOR LOW.
His New York Democracy Endorses the
Fusion Candidate.

New York, Oct. 2.-The Greater New
York democracy, of which John G..
Sheehan is the leader, held its city
convention last night and nominated
the fusion ticket headed by Seth Low
for mayor.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
JUDGE BRUCE DEAD.

FORMER KeoKuK Wan Passes Away IN
Pennsylvania.
Keokuk, Oct. 2.-Judge John Bruce
of the federal bench of the district of
Alabama, died last night at Walters
Park. Pa, where he had gone for
treatment. He was one of the old
time residents of this city.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
M'klNLEY ISLANDS.

Brought Before Congress.
New York, Oct. "A suggestion
which is meeting with favor is to
change the name of the Philippine is
lands to the Mckinley islands, says
the Washington correspondent of the
Tribune. 1t is intended to bring the
question before the next congress.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18
Pigeon River Raising

Pigeon river is fourteen feet above
low water and il rising at the rate of
n foot an hour, says a Catlettsburg.
n.y., dispatch. Fully 81 900 worth of
lumber swept by Catlettsburg. Log
booms have been broken and many
RATS are being lost. Fences have been
destroyed. driftwood has been swept
away Fully twenty-five miles on
either side OF the river is given up to
wheat fields and these are submerged.
They are expected to be total losses.
The Tennessee river is five feet above
low water mark Mt Knoxville. Tenn.
and is rising from six to eight inches
an hour, IL will likely reach from if
teen to twenty-five, as the water from
Pigeon river and French Broad river
nus come that way.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18
FATAL STREET DUEL.
Series OF Riots End in a Fatal
Shooting at Wichita.
SIRftIs CROWDED AND NytRM HURT


A Wichita, Kas., Jan. II dispatch
says: A series of riots began in this
city at midnight last night and ended
this evening ut q o'clock In q stree
duel between three colored and three
white men.
More than n dozen shots were cN-
changed in the crowded street be-
tween Wiley Schnell. n Texas negro
and Cash Johnson. a white trunk
maker. Schnell was shot In the head
but will not die. johnson was shot
through the groin and his condition Is
seriou. A man named lierford was
slashed with n razor and a young man
from the country had several ribs
broken.
The principal negro contestant fled
and a moi of 200 whites took after
him, catching him at the Masonic tenn
pie. Policemen hurried him into a
wagon and succeeded in escaping from
the mob.
The net results of the days rioting
is seventeen arrests.
The trouble began ut midnight when
several hoodlunS tossed IA motorman
off a trolley ear, breaking his legs and
ribs. A strong force of police have
been posted tonight and peace has
reigncd since dark.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18
4. I'utnaiu Suicides,

The citizens Of Giblon, n village
eleven miles east of kearney, Neb.,
were shocked the other day when they
learned of the suicide Of G. Putnam
at his home in that village. He o
from his bed after his wife had left
the room and pressing "A shotgun to
his forehead pulled the trigger with a
poker. The act was well planned in
every detail, and his death was in
Simultaneous. Mr.. Putnam was editor
of the Gibbon Gazette, and was doing
"a good business.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18

Fire was discovered in the livery
barn in the south part of Sutton
recently. The cause is yet unknown.
The barn. valued Mt So. 900 and belong
ing To the first national bank of SUIT
ton. was practically IA total loss.
Most of the stock, consisting of bug
with the exception of " quantity OF
hay and grain in the second story.
The barn was covered by ~ 900 in
and the stock by $500. The
barn has been used for the past fifteen
years as a livery and was rented at the
time OF its destruction by John Larry.
il is reported that the barn will be re-
built an the present site.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18
LACKS SEAL ONLY.
China Keeping Her Promise as to
Signing Joint Note
)RDtR Of EMPEROR NttDfD FIRST


\ pckin, January ~ dispatch says:
Prince Ching has notified Senior de
Cologan, the Spanish minister. who Is
in the doyeu Of the diplomatic corps
that the agreement was signed yestcr-
day morning but that he did not ex.
pcct tn he able to present It Ia the
foreign ENJOYS before Wednesday,
owing to the difficulty Of obtaining the
imperial seal, which, he asserted, is In
the forbidden city and in the private
apartments Of the cmpcror's most
trusted servant. lie said also that u
personal order from the emperor would
I've required before those who have the
seal in charge would deliver II even to
Prince ching.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18
HORSE is KILLED BY CARS
TRADE Crossing Accident on North
Twenty-Hfth street. Lincoln.

Grade Crossing Ncridcht ON North
Twenty-hfth street. Lincoln.
Residents living near the North
Twenty-tifth street crossing over the
Missouri Pacific tracks in Lincoln,
found a dead horse and a wrecked
buggy near the crossing at about &
o'clock on the evening of January, $ or
a little after. The horses head a
crushed and the neck was cut, nearly
severing the head from the body.
From the condition of the animal IL
was thought the accident had not &C.
Cured more more than two hours be-
fore the horse was found. Near by,
about thirty feet from the tracks, and
on top of the cmbankmc n six feet
above the level Of the tracks, was
found the wreck Of a %phaeton. II vas
lying in "a position indicating that il
had been struck by the train and
thrown tn the top Of the bank. The
animal was a small bay mare. No
harness was found, and in fact the
phaeton had been stripped of whip,
curtains and cushions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-18
FAvoRS CHARLESTON.
Likely to he Made the south Atlantic
Naval station.

Likely to he Made the south At'antis
Naval station.
Secretary Long, January nth, made
public the report of the board of naval
officers, submitted on the 18th, CON
corning the establishment Of q naval
station on the south Atlantic coast,
and more particularly with reference
to the relative merits Of Port Royal or
Charleston, =. G., rs the site for this
station. The board recommends
Charleston, reinforcing its views with
an elaborate statement Of the advan-
tages Of that place over Port Royal
A dissenting view is presented by
Rear Admiral George sumner, who
favors the retention of the naval sta
tion at Port Royal.
The majority report is signed by
Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers. pres
,dent Of the board; Capt. George A.
Converse, Civil Engineer {. A. Asser-
son, Naval Constructor y. u. linnard,
Commander l.. II. Leutac and lieuten-
ant Commander y. A. stanton.