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CHASING A NEGRO.
Posse and BIoOdhounds on the Trail
of Police Chiefs slayer.

PHILIPPI, ". Va, July 26.-The real
assassin of Chief of Police Wilmoth has
been located and officers with bloodhounds
are on the trail With the daring and
desperation of Tracy the negro murderer is
terrorizing the people and steadily pushing
his way up the mountains. His name is not
known and the only point Of identity is his
reported confession to another negro whom
he was trying TO take with him. he was
located by the authorities on the Roaring
Creek d Charleston Railroad about thirty
miles northwest of Womelsdorf.
a large posse is on his trail and If taken
he will probably share the horrible fate Of
his companions. He is well armed and will
make a daring fight for liberty. The whole
country is aroused and the negroes are all
leaving.
CHARLESTON, w Va, July 26-Attor-
ney General Freer received a telegram to-
night from Governor White, who is at
Mountain Lake Park, Nd, instructing him
to go 10 Elkins at once TO take criminal
action against members of the mob en-
gagged in lynchings there recently. The
Governor considers the conditions serious
y report is current here that the number
of negroes killed was five. The attorney
general left for Ellxins tonight. There is
no term of court in that county until Octo-
Der, but the attorney general Will order a
special term and a special grand jury and
will take up the prosecution in person.
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RAIN PLENTY in TEXAS
1T IS STILL FALLING AND PORTIONS
OF THE STATE ARE FLOODED.
Railway Tracks washed Out and Cot
~ ton Fields Under Water
Trains Delayed.

DALLAS, Tex, July 26.-The situation
did not improve to-day and in some dis
tricts has become more serious. In the
western part of the State, particularly, the
rain continues to fall. and there is little
prospect of an early resumption of rail-
road traffic. Nearly all trains arriving in
Dallas to-day were late and trains on the
Missouri Kansas & Texas are reported TIED
up at Hillsboro. There are several wash
outs on the Texas Central and no trains
have gone further west than Whitney on
that road. The Cotton Belt is cut off from
Gainesville by a washout at Leon river. 1t
is feared the bridge there will be washed
out
At Waco the Brazos is up thirty-one feet
and lacks three feet of being the highest
ever known. In East Waco merchants are
moving their goods.
The Katy bridge is washed out at
Hillsboro and fifty feet of the main line
of that road on the Dallas branch is I'M
dermined. Several residences are under
water and skiffs have gone 10 their rescue.
John Richards, boy of seventeen, was
drowned in Chambers creek at Blooming
Grove to-day. He was attempting 10 cross
during the overflow
AT 10 o'clock tonight the BraZos river
at Waco began declining. The levee built
TO protect some of the largest cotton plan
tationS below Waco broke during the day
and over 5000 acres of cotton were sub
Brdzos rivers together have destroyed
about 10000 acres of valuable crops in Nc
Lenan county alone. Rain has ceased fall
ing at Waco and the sky is clear.
While the railroads and small farmers
are suffering from the flood in western
Texas the cattlemen are being benefited.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 26-Dr. William
Frederick, who attended Champion jeff
riess injuries last night and this morn
ing repaired his broken nose, made the
following statement regarding his injuries:
1.-The condition of Jeffres's face would
make it evident TO any one that Jeffries
was not engaged in fake fight. The con-
dition of his face showed the punishment
which he received was enough to have put
out a fighter who did not possess the eX-
traordinary staying power of the cham
piOn. The confused wounds on the right
infraorbital and the left superaorbital
margins, as well as the detected condition
of the splum of the nose, prove what fury
the blows must have possessed. If such
blows had been rained on one of less stay
ing powers the fight would have been over
sooner The other visible effects of Fitz-
attempt was made TO turn the victory to-
ward the loser -
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Cheers for the Last Man.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When the last man in the line in the
graduating class at West Point came for
ward to receive his diploma there was
partially concealed grin of the sheepish
type on his fair round face. As he sa-
luted with the stiffness of a manikin on
wires d cheer went up from his fellow
cadets. The cheer fell and rose, and
died away and rose again. The round
face turned red the square chin slightly
quivered, the bright gray eyes suddenly
dimmed.
The President smiled
Again the cheer rose, louder, fuller than
before.
1t was a cry of encoura cement a shout
of sympathy, a strident declaration of
full equality. 1t was the symbol of
soulful process that was designed to draw
the opposing end of the class TO a common
center. The glitteTing staff had lauded the
man whose brains had placed them first in
the race for hOnOrs; the gray-coated lads
lifted the last man on "A stormy war of
cheers and swept him beside the clever
youngsters who proudly led the line
cadets all, comrades all, one for all and
all for one.
The last man I'm the line stiffened as
he took his diploma. His chin grew rigid
his eyes frightened.
And again the cheer of good fellowship
Shrilly arose.
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Turnips and Beats.
Lippincott's Magazine.

Mrs. Smith was not i'm favor of adjoining
education with any friis and ruffieS She
opposed the introduction of each OF the So
called "fads," and her opposition was al
ways loud and insistent. One morning she
visited the principal of the school building
which sheltered the little Smiths for the
five most peaceful hours of their day. and
expressed her continents in no measured
terms.
It's disgraceful the way children are
taught" she began, with a painful disre-
gard Of tact and diplomacy. Their studies
are so jumbled together that they don't
know when they have finished with arith-
metic and taken up geography. The other
day Bessie-she is in G. room, you know
came home and said that the teacher had
stopped in the middle of the singing les
son. right in the middle of a song, to ask
how many turnips were in a peck"
You must be mistaken excused the as
tonished principal.
mo, ma'am. Bessie told me, and Bessie
never lies" said Besse's mother with
cOmplacency that irritated the atmosphere.
The teacher was sent for. She denied
that she had interrupted the music lesson
to satisfy her curiosity in regard to tur-
nips and pecks. She went back to G. room
with unkindly feelings, but three minutes
later she came back smiling.
Il know now what she meant" said she
Il asked the children how many beats were
in a measure"
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JEFFRIEs's NOSE BROKEN.


SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-UpOn an ex-
animation being made by a surgeon after
his fight with Fitzsimmons last night it
was found that Jeffriess nose was broken
The champion was not aware of the in
jury until the excitement of the battle had
worn off. A doctor was then called, and he
pronounced the small bones of the nose
broken. Jeffries believes the injury was
received in the second or third round from
one of F1tzsimmons's left jabs on the
bridge OF the nose. The champion declared
he felt no pain from the injury and would
soon be in good shape again. He spent the
night at the baths.
When F'itzsimmons had been counted out
and he had congratulated Jeffries he
walked TO the side of the ring, and, fling
ing one of the gloves he had drawn from
his hands to the right and the other TO
the left among the spectators, he declared
in a loud voice that he had fought his last
fight.
Jeffries's manager, Delaney, referring to
the champions future plans, said: I'VE
will consider the challenge of Corbett and
determine whether not it is reasonable.
! don't know what his proposition is. If
he means business We will meet him and
will take care OF him. Jeffries is young and
strong and has no intention of quitting the
ring"
Secretary Harrington. of the San Fran
cisco Athletic Club has made the follow
ing financial statement of the fight:
Total receipts from sale of ticketc. =. .$3l $50
Seventy per cent. to cOnteStantS...... y, $40
Sixty per cent. of 20 to Jeffries. ...... Is, 3S9
Forty per cent. OF 20 to Fitzsimmons. 1925
Revenue of club from this source. 1854
All money was paid over by Sam T. Hail.
who acted as treasurer, at an early hour
this morning.
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secretary, Sir Michael Hicks Beach. had a
few weeks previously been attacked with
an affection of the eyes, which sent him
into private life-people thought for good.
The last hours Of Sir Michaels official life
had been one prolonged and terrible fight
with the Irish members in the House of
commons. And almost on the very eve OF
the day when the Conservative government
Intended asking Parliament for special ad-
illustrative powers Mr. Balfour was NOM
mated for the vacant post.
Ihe Irish members felt that they could
easily unhorse this "silk-skinned syba-
rite As for the government organs, they
received the appointment with dubious
satisfaction. Mr.. Balfour was not physi-
cally strong enough for the post. He was
too sensitive. He would never be able 70
endure the flood of insult and calumny
from the Irish benches And on March IA.
lSof, Mr.. BalfOur took his seat in the
House as chief secretary. And when five
years later he succeeded the late w. II.
Smith as leader OF the House OF Commons
and first lord of the treasury, Ireland was
pacfed.
Though follonig high intellectual pur-
suits, with aSSiduity, and conducting the
welghty and eXacting duties of his ocial
position, Mr.. Balfour has found time for
such pleasant recreatiOns as relieve the
stern responsibilities of life. He is a cyclist,
and is president of the National Cyclists
Union. But he is best known as "A golfer. In
1894 he was captain of the Royal and An
cient Golf Club, St Andrews.
Whittinghame House, Mr.. BalfOuT's home,
IN East Lothian. ScOIldDU, was Duill py MS
grandfather, John Balfour. in 1877. But
the demesne itself, which that gentleman
purchased on his return from India with a
large fortune, has mucmh longer history.
Whittinghame is celebrated, indeed, in
Scottish annals as having been at one time
the home of the great Douglas family,
while tradition has linked it with the
tragic fortunes of Mary Queen of Scots
Having been given Whittinghame Castle
by the Queen in 1854, ii was there, it is
related, that the Earl of Morton planned
with Boutwell, the murder of Darnley. A
portion of the castle still existed in a
habitable state early in the century and in
Stonypath Tower. which is supposed to
have been built about 14l4, there is even yet
a striking souvenir of the hoary past Be
sides it's historic interest Mr.. Balfours
home has the charm of some of the pref
test scenery of the south of Scotland-the
wooded banks of the Firth of Forth on the
one side and the picturesque features OF
the Lammermoor country, as Scott de-
scribes them, on the other. Here Mr.. Bal
four, Who is a bachelor lives during the
parliamentary vacations.
But neither the House of Commons nor
the Foreign Office exhausted Mr.. Balfours
energies. His second class in the moral
science school terminated in his mind to
bear fruit about 1879 in a book called "A
Defense of Philosophic Doubt. 1.-THE Foun-
datiOn of Belief was his last publication.
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always buys a box when he attends per-
Torrance and often IL is two boxes, for ne
goes to the theater in state, attended by
suite of members of the Chinese legation.
During the winter Mr.. WI gives theater
parties, and on these OCCASIONS engages all
the lower boxes i'm the theaters and fills
them with charming young ladies, chaper-
oned by Madame WI. The latter likes comic
opera because, as she is not "A good English
scholar, she cannot understand the dramas
and plays in English, but enjoyes the bright
scenes and choruses Of the comic opera.
Mr.. WI always attended the performances
of 1.-The MikadO." and he would laugh
heartily AT the hits on the Japanese and
their country.
Mr.. WI was very attentive to Madame
Wa at all times and at public receptions
and entertainments he took the greatest
delight in introducing her to everyone
Mrs. WI never seemed TO mind the atten-
tions her husband paid to other ladies.
There never seemed to be the last bit of
jealousy in her disposition, and she seemed
as fond of the younger women as her hus-
band, always picking out the young and
pretty ones TO stand next 20 her.
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New RniIwnv Incorpornteh.

COLUMBUS, o., July 26.-The Columbus
& Southern Railway Company of Lancas-
ter was Incorporated to-day with 5000 600
capital stock by Livingston Curling, John
G. Reeves, George Hoadley jr. B. +. Dun
poration state that it is proposed to con-
struct a railroad TO be operated by steam
or other motive power, having its ter1nini
in Columbus and Wellston, with branches
from Lancaster Hamden and AllenvfUe
The new company is the purchaser OF the
Lancaster X Hamden road, recently sold
by the United States Court The fact that
the proposed line viii compete directly with
the Morgan coal roads. the Hooking Valley
and the Onio Central gives rise 10 the sug-
gestion that the Goulds may be financing
the deal.
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THREE SOLDIERS INJURED.
Horses Attached to Gun Ran Away
on the Parade Grounds.

SALT LAKE, Utah. July 26.-Three
soldiers were seriously injured at Fort
Douglas to-day while the troops were being
reviewed by General Funston. One of the
horses attached to a gun of the Twenty
second Battery became entangled in its
harness, frightened the others, and all six
bOted at a terrific rate of speed across
the parade grounds. The caissOn turned
over, badly injuring Privates G. T. Burden
and c. G.. King. Private Hayes, who was
riding the leader had his skull fractured
and received internal injuries His re-
cOVery is doubtful.
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Keeping Things Tidy.
Chicago Journal.

Marie" said Culberson, in a tone of
forced patience. # do wish you would keep
this room little more tidy. Seems TO me
things are always lying about in the mid
die of the floor"
IN try, dear" said Mrs. Culberson
meekly
That night Mrs. CulbersOn took tea with
cousin. When she returned she found
CulbersOn raging about in vain search
for his dressing gown
This is a pretty state of anairsr' he
began. Here l come home and can't find
my slippers, nor my paper. nor my pipe
nor my glasses, nor anything else When
left this morning they We're here all
right"
Yes. said his wife. They were in the
middle OF the floor I think if Won will
look in the cupboard and on the writing
desk ana on the parlor table you will find
them all safe"
And they were safe
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NEW YORK. July 2g-Arrived: Staten
dam, from Rotterdam; Bohemian, from
liverpool. Sailed: Noordam. for Rotter-
dam. MinnetOnka. for London: Umbria. for
Liverpool. Kroonland. for Antwerp: CO.
lumbia. for Glasgow; Island, for Christian
sand
LIVERPOOL. July 26-Arrived: UItonia,
from Boston: Campania. from New York
Sailed: Etruria, FOR New York.
BREMEN, July 26.-Sailed: Grosser Kur-
fuerst, Tor New York.
CHERBOURG, July 2s-sailed: Philadel-
phis. for New York.
LONDON, July 25--Arriged. Manitou,
from New York
HAvRE. July 2S.-saned: Ia Bretagne.
FOR New York.
ANTWERP. July 2s.-sailed: Friesland.
1Cx New York.
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Tommy Ryan for the middle-w weight cham
pionship. TO take place the latter part OF
October.
Kid Bruno and the Canadian Kid who
fought a fOu--round draw at the Empire
last Friday night will be matched for one
of the preliminary contests TO the Santry-
Olsen bout at the Empire on the night Of
Aug. II.
Young Corbett, who is matched to fight
Terry McGovern at New London, Conn, on
the night of Aug. -. will not accept Tim
Hurst as referee. He gave his ultimatum
in New York Friday in words that could
not be mistaken. No amount of persuasion
Young COrbett and Sam Harris, manager Of
McGovern, will select the referee this
week
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Passaic Rolling MIL Sold

PATERSON. y. J.. July 26.-The George
A FULLER Construction Company OF New
York to-day bought the Passaic rolling
mill OF Paterson. The mill Is one of the
biggest establishments in the city and en-
plovs about 1900 men. II has been work
ing night and day for years. The price
paid for the mill is understood TO be 8. 500.
GO The mill has been engaged In manufac-
turing big steel and iron girders for bridges
and keels for battleships and steel for
building construction.
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Flood AIT Fond du Lac.

FOND DU LAC, Wis, July 26.-Fond du
Lac was flooded to-day by rainstorm
which turned some of the principal streets
into raging torrents and tore up many
blocks of cedar pavement. The rainfall
dredths inches and the damage in the city
alone is estimated at $4,000. The crops are
seriously damaged and many oat fields can
no no
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BRAKES MANSION BURNED.
Aged Snowman Rescued, but a Girl
SuffOcated-Curios Destroyed.

NEW YORK, July 26.-The large colonial
mansion of John J. Drake. one of the pio-
neer showmen of the United States, at
Rye, n. Y, has been destroyed by fire, to-
gether with it's entire contents, which con-
sisted of curiOs from all parts of the
world and many gifts from European po-
tentates. Mr.. Drake, who is eighty years
old, had occupied the mansion half a CEN
fury. He was rescued by means of a lad
der. Eva Healy, of Syracuse, niece of Mr.
brakes housekeeper, who was rescued
from the burning building, died shortly aft
erward from suffocation. The loss is esti-
mated al $4,000.
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Large Class of Middies.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 26.-The 1906
class Of midshipmen at the Naval AGA
DENY promises 10 be the largest in the
history OF the institution. OF the 2f0 APP
pointments it is estimated that 70 per cent
will successfully pass the examinations.
To-day five presidential, twenty-five sena-
tOrial and seventy-tWO congressional APP
pointments were announced. These. with
others already appointed, viii be examined
on Aug II aad Sept. 10 Forty candidates
for admission passed the spring examina =
lions. Temporary quarters are being erect
ed for the accommodation OF the increased
number of middies
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Senator Clark Buys Pictures.

VIENNA. July 26-The Neues Wiener
Tageblatt saws that United States Senator
William a Clark viii shortly remove TO the
United States the famous Preyer collection
OF pictures. which he bought I'm December
last at a cost OF 100. 900 kronen (about
815,W The pictures. the Tageblatt says
have hitherto remained I'm Vienna as the
United States government demanded 400 O00
kronen (abOut 100000 duty but Senator
Clark IS reported 70 have secured a reduc-
ton OF this amount 10 enable tim TO re-
move the collection TO the United States
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Oriental Logic.
Harper's Magazine.

A man bought three pounds Of meat and
brought il home to his wife to cook for
dinner, and then went his way to his place
of business in the bazars. The wife was
hungry and ate the meat.
In the evening the man came home and
asked for his dinner.
There is no meat" said the wife. "for
the cat ate it
Bring the cat" said the man. land
pair of scales"
Weigh the cat said the man. The cat
weighed three pounds.
IF this is the cat" said the man. where
is the meat2 And if this is the meat where
Is the cat?"
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Ring Chatter.

Joe Humphrey offers 10 wager $500 OF even
money that Terry McGOVern Will defeat
Young Corbett in their coming battle.
Gus Gardner. OF Philadelphia. and Jim
Kearns have agreed TO box twenty rounds
at Baltimore the latter part of next month.
Kansas City viii probably secure the
twenty-round hSht between Jack Root and
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The Flood in Illinois.

CHICAGO, July 26.-Crops on many farms
in the lowlands of the Illinois and Rock
rivers are still under water and in many in
stances are supposed TO be ruined. A cloud
burst near Moline H., tonight put four
miles of Burlington tracks under water. A
large force is repairing the Lacey levee
near Havana, ILL.,, and some of the crops in
that vicinity may be saved
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LIKE MARTINIQUE.


SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, July 26.-The Off
clal report of the commission appointed to
inquire into the recent eruption of the
Costa Rica volcanoes, Miravallos and De-
cind de la Vieja, eighty and sixty miles
southeast of Lake Nicaragua, is alarming,
Prof. Pittier says: I'VE are in the same
conditions as the island of Martinique.
No alarm however is yet felt
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Town of Enon Suffers.

ENON, Pa, July 26.-Fire to-day, which
for a time threatened the whole town, de-
stroyed II. o. Hills residence, Kerr's mil
linery store. two frame buildings and badly
damaged the American House. Mr.. Hills
family barely escaped with their lives The
loss was 10000. partly covered by insur-
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scorns Bargain-Counter Man.
New York Evening Sun.

hat II wouldn't go 10 that hotel il I had
TO wither up I'm the city like shriveed
leaf. The locality Is all that you say and
the outlook is superb. but what self
respecting young woman could spend her
summer at a resort whose owner adj
vertises. special rates to young men, II
ever | desert the ranks OF spnsterhO0d
hope my accompIice Will rot hail from the
enterprising hotel mans bargain counter
or, rather. his bargain table"
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strike of Telegraph Operators.

VANCOUVER, B. c.. July PA dispatch
from Dawson says the operators OF the
government telegraph office have gone on
strike owing. IL IS said, 10 the nOn-payment
OF wages and a cut OF 30 l-3 per cent In
salaries. The special adds that the Daw-
been received from Offices farther up the
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Railway Tracks washed out.

ELMIRA, n. Y, July 26.-Hornellsville
and Canasteo, y. Y, were visited tonight
by a cloudburst which flooded the country,
washed out the Erie railroad tracks for
miles and wrought great damage.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Probably Fair To-Day and TO-Mor-
row Throughout Indiana.

WASHINGTON. July 25.-Forecast for
Sunday and Monday:
For Indiana and IilinOis-Fair on sun
day and Monday. fresh west to northwest
winds.
For OhiO-Fair on Sunday, except rain
along the lakes. Monday fair. fresh south
west winds.
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Local observations on Saturday.

Bar TEN. Ri Wind Weather. Prec
a. m $500 2 81 south. Pt. cldy. goo
p u--29-s- 80 % South. Clear. eco
Maximum temperature 90 minimum tempera-
ture. 20.
Comparative statement Of the mean tempera-
tuTe and total precipitation July IS
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Yesterdays Temperatures.

W. 7. BLYTHE.
Section Director.