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extent, furnished il auricuIar connec-
tion with the outside world. In WAS the
progeny of a COW owned by w. f. Bry-
son of Adams. He gave it to a coupIe
OF young men of the place and
when IT died they took the pelt to Ne
braska City to have ii stuffed.
4
An aged, gnarled elm tree at Arbor
Lodge, the home of ]. Sterling Morton
has attracted a good deal of attention
for peculiarity that happens to be a
mint of the wilderness. Years ago
big limb was amputated. To see it's
stump at a certain angle is to behold
remarkable resemblance of a wild
cat, crouching as if to spring. The
formation is strange enough to dispIsv
NAL
Is a rattlesnake one of Gods Great
ures? III so is preacher of the gospel
justified in killing it2 A little while
ago Rev. Mr.. Croker of Grant took a
NAiP i''' tHc VII To
the town his quick eye discerned rat
tlesnake on the ground. He was then
six miles from home. Here was his
chance to commit slaughter With
buggy whip in hand he proceeded to be
in at the death. Hardly had the whip
cracked twice when the horse took
fright and logged off at rapid clip.
Here the preacher was in pickle. He
tried to catch his horse but was not
fleet enough. Then he returned to I'm
ish the snake and it had crawIed Off
out of sight. 1t would at least have
been relief to have had something
besides the bare ground to slash
Pensively the divine trudged home
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out
public a
broken the high quality officials.
W. Marsh who a administered
a
which
which
a
Missouri
Nebraska
1886 he elected
satisfactory had been county
position
number Falls
nal still retains expotor public opinion
candidate
any republican candidate
a of fvedi
his office
control
had
the reduction
"-, - 'bstituton quiet for turmoil
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ODD n BITS n OF
NEBRASKA n LIFE

No desertion could be more shame
less. A husband abandoned his wife
after she had treated him and COM
forted him through a siege of smallpox,
all this after she had squandered over
$500 of her money in addition to living
by the earnings of her toll Mrs. Oscar
A. Trumbull, of Hastings, is the wO-
mans name. All tired out and weak
from her vigils by his sick bed, she
felt the need of his assistance for once
in earning a living. When she would
have rested she found her husband
missing. He had gone to Omaha, ap-
parently with no purpose to come back.
She wrote the police there and they
learned that he had been at Fort Crook
contemplating enlistment but had gone
away.
A tramp at Madison recently did his
part to sustain the tradition that a
bum has no love for water. He had
been hired by a farmer not far from
town. Unkept and dirty he was TAX
en- right from the road because Of a
rush of work. With feeling next to
horror the lady Of the house gazed at
his rags and sooty skin. She did not
want such a creature to snuggle be-
tween the white sheets of any bedroom
in the house. Telling her husband so
at the first opportunity she had him
place tub of water with a change of
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Mutual
He is bit gieved a farm Ne
hawka
until with
York This
the time until 1889
DePauw his
him o
In February 1884, Mr. Lnch
his attention until he
Farmers Mutual
he made its which
Its growth has been wonderfully
lightning
Mercantile
about $6WVO
He also
Mutual
meeting held in Chicago The following
and this Il. Paul. Mimi
On March 81 1892 Mr. Linch
children
house 2Sss South Ninth
The office the Farmers
North
a the Fellows since he WAS
s a Woonn Rov,
ardent a
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1902-10-23
SALE THE VIRGINIA COAL
MINES.

Richmond, Va, Oct. 1.-THE
Clayton coal mines, which comprise
about $500 acres Of coal property in
Henrico and Goochland counties, Va,
were sold at public auction here to-
doy for 100000 to Messrs. H. Lee
Lorraine and F. G. Christian, repre-
senting, it is said, Northern capi-
talists.
Secretary Moody who spoke well
in borrowed evening clothes in Chi
cago was not to blame. His speech
was not, however, second-handed.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1902-10-23
WILLIAM HOOPER YOUNG
INDICTED.

New York, Oct. 1.-THE grand
jury today found an indictment for
murder in the first degree against
William Hooper Young, who is un-
der arrest in connection with the
killing of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer, whose
body was found in a canal near Jer-
sey City. Young will qe arranged
Monday.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1902-10-23
OVERMAN AT KINsTON.

Kinston, N. c., Oct. 17-Hon. Lee
S. Overman spoke here tonight to a
large, enthusiastic and we'll pleased
audience from his eloquent perora-
ton to the close of his unanswerable
denuciation Of Republican principles
and no better Democratic doctrine
has been heard in long time.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1902-10-23

IOST-Between T.. d. Giddens resi-
dence and the Methodist church one
gold neck chain with two gold
hearts attached, one engraved 'sM.
L. W. and the other s'Jim.' Re
ward for its return to this Office.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1902-10-23
TWO BIG FIRES RAGING.
Great Loss of Property, and it il
Feared That Number of Lives
Are Lost.

Are Lost.
Albany, N. Y, Oct. 19-One of
the worst fires in the history of the
city of Albany is now raging in the
heart of the business district. Tie
big dry goods store of the Boston
company is a mass of flames, and
surrounding property is threatened.
It is feared that number of lives
have been lost.
Easton, Pa, Oct. ia big fire is
raging at Nazareth, near here. The
two hosiery mills of Henry Kramer
have already been consumed and
, the fire is not yet under control. Loss
thus far 100000.
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A SIGN OF RESUMPTION.
Mules Being Taken From Pasture to
Shamokin Collieries.

SHANOKIN, Pa. Aug. 10.-Mules are
being brought back to local collerie,
from pasture. At one colliery black
smiths are engaged in shoeing the ami
mails. This is thought TO be a sign Of
coming resumption of work.
Charged with threatening to kill Faust
Winco because he said he was going to
work. Peter Yarrish. striker, and his
wife. were held under bail each for
court and to Keep the peace, by local
Justice today. The evidence showed that
Winco had applied to the Mine Workers
leaders for relief, and when aid was re-
fused him he threatened to go to work.
Yarrish. who heard the threat got his
children TO boot and jeer Winco.
The Washington times., 1902-08-11
CHINESE TO BE GUESTS.
Distinguished Party Expected at Sag
amore Hill Today.

OYSTER BAY, y. Y, Aug. 10.-The
following list of distinguished Chinese
who are to be received by the President
at Sycamore Hill tomorrow at luncheon
was made public here today:
Prince Chen. Minister WI Ting fang,
Mr.. Liang. who has been appointed TO
succeed Mr.. WI; Mr.. Wong Kai Tai. and
Mr.. Wong. secretary TO Prince Chen.
With the Cinnamon will come Third As
sistant Secretary OF State II. II. d.
Pierce
The Syiph. which will take the party
aboard IN New York tomorrow morning.
is expected to arrive OFF the ]. West
Roosevelt pier at noon. She will leave
again at 2:3O o'clock.
The President did not go to church to-
day. II is understood that certain very
important matters demanded his con-
tinuous consideration throughout the
day in order that he might act upon
them during the coming week.
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SUDDEN INVASION OF CATS.
Porchtown People Mystihed by the
Strange Avalanche.

CLAYTON, n. j.. Aug 1O.-When the
people of Porchtown. a few miles below
here, awoke Yesterday morning Ihe,
were amazed TO find the village almost
overrun with strange cats. There were
scores Of them, wild and hungry, and
they drove the housekeepers to despeta-
tion. Where the sudden invasion came
from no one was able to tell. but It
seemed as though all the cats within
n radius Of many miles OF the place had
been gathered up and dumped down in
The village.
Whether 1t was the act of iokers or
was done with malice aforethought was
mystery. but the cats were there.
Many OF the residents are cunning fol
them at nights. and the number is rap
IDLY lessening
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STORMS DO DAMAGE
IN PERSEY TOWNS
Ccontinued from First Pasc)

The damage TO telegraph and tele-
phone wires has almost completely cut
off communication with the rest of the
country. but reports from round about
so far indicate that the storm has been
heavy, the loss occasioned BY rain and
floods being fully equal to that from the
wind
The rainfall, according to Weather
Observer f. r. Cook. was 455 inches
the heaviest he has experienced in thirty
years service for the government.
Some Of the streets were flooded to
depth of three feet. and In some sec
tions boats were employed. Dozens Of
factories have been flooded and hun
dreds of cellars are inundated.
Every creek In the vicinity is swollen
to an unprecedented extent.
The Delaware River also began rising
tonight. but unless there have been
heavy rains throughout the upper water
shed no serious damage Is anticipated
from this source.
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POTTERS CHARGE
$40, 1000 FRAUD
KILLED BY FALL OF CRANE.
One of the Two Victims in Awful Tor
tuTe Three Hours.

PITTS3URG.. Pa. Aug. 10.-By the
fall of a travelling electric crane in the
3S-inch mill yard of the Carnegie Steel
Company. at Homestead. at O'Clock
Saturday morning. William Shafer and
Joseph Lisnick were killed. The crane
Jumped from It's overhead track. and fell
thirty-feet to the ground. Both men
were in the crane cab at the time. and
Shafer was killed instantly.
Lisnlck's death was horrifyIng. He
was caught In the wreck aad badly
crushed. Despite every effort of the
rescuers. he was held there in torture
from O'Clock until $50. lie was alive
when taken out, but died within a few
minutes
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Arrangements Praised.

Correspondents write TO the Times
praising the police arrangements for the
coronation. They compare Saturdays
ceremony with scenes in various coun-
tries during the past twenty five years
where large crowds assembled. and say
they never saw police arrangements
managed with better success and with
such tact and judgment. The smooth
ness was particularly due to the ur-
banity OF the individual members of the
force o
On Sunday the streets that had been
tramped by a million feet Saturday had
resumed their normal Sabbath day ap-
pearance. and the route from Bucking-
ham Palace to the Abbey contained no
more than the usual number OF Sunday
promenaders.
Even outside the Palace. when the
Prince and Princess OF Wales drove
away after luncheon, there were only n
few hundred persons gathered at the
gate.
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Fire Cut Short His Stay.

SHIPPENSBURG. Pa. Aug. 1O.-Just
after he had packed and shipped his
household good TO Altoona. the house
tenanted by Claude Williams. near New
burg. was burned TO the ground. H.
intended to remain over Sunday. but
the flames CONSUMED the few articles he
needed for his brief stay.
The Washington times., 1902-08-11
REVENUES GREW DURING
AMERICAN OCCUPANCY
QUARREL ENDS FAMILY VISIT.
Woman's Alleged Assailant HAY Have
Killed Himself.

SHAMOKIN. Pa. Aug. 10.-While
William Helm and his wife were visit
ing the latter's parents. Mr.. and Mrs
William Herman, in Irish Valley. last
night. quarrel ensued. Mrs. Herman
alleges that her husband AMI son-in-
law struck her and rolled her down a
fight of stairs. She had warrants is
sued today for their arrest and Helm
was placed under bonds for a furtheI
hearing. Herman escaped and has since
been missing. 1t is feared he went into
the mountains and committed suicide.
Searching parties are out.
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Found Rattlesnake in Her Bed.

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. August 10
When she got into bed last night Mrs.
August shoppert, of Marion Heights.
felt something cold by her side. lnves-
tigation revealed that large rattle
snake had crawled beneath the cover
during the day and was enjoying sleep.
The woman secured club and kille1
the reptile.
The Washington times., 1902-08-11
EDW ARDS OAK HAS
new LEASE OF LIFE
Tree Planted by Prince OF
Wales Recovering.
Faded Visibly When the Life of Eng
lisf Monarch Was Hanging in
the Balance.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1O.-Coinciden,
with the convalescence OF King Edward
has been The progress toward health
OF the sick tree in Central Park, form
erly known as The Prince of Wales
oak" and latterly as King Edward S
oak" which began to fail visibly seven
weeks ago when the King of England
was taken i'll.
The tree was planted by the Prince of
Wales when he visited New York many
years ago. When 1t was found. at the
time of King Edwards Illness, that the
tree was also in a bad way and appear
ed % be dying. the park authorities
set about efforts to save it II possible.
The work yas carried on under the di-
recticn of Superintendent Parsons, the
landscape architect Of the park, who
detailed Section Gardener Dougherty to
The care OF tho tree.
The Method Used.
First, the tree was freed from cater
pillars. which had damaged it consid-
orably. Tnen, after the sod was re =
moved for space OF twenty feet all
GROUND the tree, the earth was dug
away, in part. 10 depth of from one
TO two feet and was loosened below that
depth
Into the excavation was then dumped
about fifty barrow loads of fertilizer and
prepared soils. and when it has not been
raining since the gardeners have been
kept busy turning water onto the trunk
of the tree and all over the newly-made
soil. The results of the treatment are
to be seen IN the renewed vitality which
the tree is displaying.
Tree Was Neglected.
The reason the tree was not doing well
was 10 be found in the neglect ii suf
fered early in its life. Through some
accident or freak of nature the tree split
when young and instead of being bound
together again and treated properly. It
was allowed to grow as best it could
and divided against itself. Rain and the
influence of the atmosphere worked dam
age 10 the interior of the trunk where
the split was and the tree grew into
deformity.
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WORK OF DEPARTMENTS
MOVES AS CLOCK WORK
Clerks Keep Business Going
During the Summer.
SIGN FOR CABINET MEMBERS
Chiefs Are Spending Vacations at
Pleasure Resorts or Foreign Lands
Offices of the Presidents Advisers in
Competent Hands.

| The absence of all the members of the
the summer necessities the designation
of acting Secretaries to sign necessary
routine correspondence and perform the
other duties usually resting upon the
heads of the departments. In most
cases the responsibility falls upon the
sionally. in his absence, other secre-
| taries or clerks of the higher grades
find the honor coming to them.
In the absence of Secretary Hay and
Assistant Secretary Hill the administra-
tlon Of the State Department falls on
the shoulders of the Second Assistant
Secretary. Mr.. Adee. Mr.. Adee usually
spends his summer vacation in Europe,
but this year. on account of being need
ed here at this season. took his Yaca-
tion several months earlier than usual,
returning in the latter part of June.
At the Treasury Department. Secre-
tary Shaw has been here and away alter
nately during the summer In his aD-
sence the routine work is taken charge
of by Assistant Secretary Allies.
Handling Martial Matters.
Secretary Root is in Europe, and Will
not return for several weeks. Assistant
Secretary Sanger has been compelled by
sickness in his family to be absent from
his desk a good deal lately, and the
duties of the War Department have come
to Chief Clerk Schoield in the civil ad-
ministration. Adjutant General Corbin
has Just returned from a tour of West
ein posts. and while he was away the
military administration of the army was
in the hands of Brigadier General Car
ter. who. although line officer. has had
long experience in the Adjutant Cen
erals Office. Ordinarily the duties O.
Secretary OF War in the absence of both
the Secretary and Assistant Secretary,
would fall TO the ranking general of the
army. but since the coolness developed
between Lieutenant General Miles and
his superlors he has been kept out OF
the chief place in the War Department.
AT the department of Justice. Assist
ant Attorney General Hoyt, who was the
chief. has gone away. and Mr.. Pradt.
holding the same official designation. Is
now in charge.
ne fOStOH!ce department mas DeeD
for several weeks. in charge OF First AS
sistant Postmaster General Wynne He
finds that the work of administering this
great department OF the Government
does not draw so heavily on his energy
and time as did the work OF CORE
spondent.
Bureau Officers Act.
Assistant Secretary Darling has re-
turned to his desk in the Navy Depart
ment from a short vacation, but did not
get back until Secretary Moody had left
Washington. Thus for time the Navy
Department was in the charge of ex-
perienced officials OF the ranking bu-
reaus.
Thomas F. Ryan. Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, is acting in Mr. Hitch
cocks absence. Mr.. Ryan served sew
eral terms in Congress from Kansas, and
is thoroughly conversant with the work
iugs OF the Interior Department
Whenever Secretary Wilson has been
away lately Willis L. Moore, Chief of
The Weather Bureau, has served as Act
ing Secretary of Agriculture.
The Washington times., 1902-08-11

in Canada, Australia. India, South At
RIGA, and the minor British possessions.
The firing of salutes and the holding OF
church services are reported from all
Cversea cities of the British domin-
ions.
Celebrations by the English in foreign
capitals have been general They were
attended by the diplomats of other pow
ers and representatives of the sover-
eigns. Articles in the leading foreign
journals are sympathetic
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No Fire Department.

There was no organized fire depart
ment and no ladders were obtalnable of
sufficient length to reach the part of
the house where these persons were.
The fire spread from the hotel to other
buildings and destroyed an entire block.
including 4 wholesale hardware house.
a furniture store, two livery stables,
and several other places of business.
The property loss Is estimated at
}150,000.
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Claim VIII Be Formally
Denied By State De-
partrnent.
DECISION ALREADY DRAWb
No Information as to Arrival of Jap
anese Cruiser Kasagi-Some of the
Naval Officials Concerned Over Ac-
tions of the Flowery Kingdom.

The claim Of Capt. Andrew a. Rose
Island. over which be raised the Star:
and Stripes in 1889. will be formally de
MED by the State Department as soon a:
certain additional information to sub
stantiate Japan's claim TO sovereignty
over it has been received.
/ It would not be necessary TO wait tia'
long IL the department were not de-
sirous of complying with every formal
ity and rendering action that could moi
be open TO question. The decision ha:
already been drawn. in addition to
denying Captain Rosehill's claim. II
Acknowledges Japan's sovereignty.
The decision against Captain Rosehill
is based on his failure to comply witt
the law OF the United States concerning
guano islands. This law requires that
to obtain the right TO work the guano
islands the discoverer must not only
take actual possession. but mus,
promptly file bond with the Secretary
OF the Treasury. the amount OF the bond
&c be fyed by the President.
Did Not File Bond.
Captain Rosehill found the island in
1889. but he did not file the bond until
this year. on the eve OF his departure
from Honolulu with an expedition to ex-
ploit the guano beds. In the meantime
japanese subjects had been living on the
island and working the deposits, and in
1898 the japanese government formally
annexed It and proclaimed the fact In
view OF the circumstances the State De-
partment holds that Captain Rosehill
cannot dlspossess the japanese inhab-
itants.
The State Department has not receiv-
ed any official information 10 confirm
the report from Japan, by way OF VIC
toria. British Columbia, that the Jap
anese cruiser Kasagi, which was sen.
10 Marcus Island to protect the guano
workers from Captain Rosehill. had ar
rived there before the adventurous
American.
There has not been time. the officials
say. for news of the arrival o. the
Kasagi at Marcus Island TO have gotten
back 20 Japan by the time the report
was sent out. The japanese minister
called Oh Acting Secretary Of State Adee
yesterday and told him that his epv-
ernment believed that the Kasagi would
get to the island before Rosehill's ar
rival.
report has been made to this Govern
ment that Japanese fishermen have set
tied on Wake Island in the mid Pacific.
over which the United States assumed
sovereignty TO secure its possible use as
relay station for the telegraph cable
TO connect this country with Hawaii.
Guam. and the Philippines.
Rennrt of Arrnu Ofhnar
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CAPTAIN ROSEHILL NOT
TO OWN MARCUS ISLAND

party of Japanese who were apparently
engaged in pearl fishing They explain
ed that they were left there to fish by
a schooner from Yokohama
In view OF this information the train
ing ship Adams. which will be placed
in commission next week for a long
cruise in the Pacific, will be directed
TO visit Wake Island. The Adams will
also pay a call to Midway Island. an
other prospective telegraph relation
point, where IN 1882 the surveying ship
Nero found some Japanese. Midway
Island is also under American juris-
diction.
Officials Concerned.
Some of the naval officials are con-
cerned over the seeming aggressiveness
of Japan in permitting her subjects to
occupy Pacific islands owned by the
United States, and have urged the State
Department to ask the Japanese gov
ernment for an explanation.
AT the japanese legation the idea that
Japan is trying to secure either Midway
Island or Wake Island is secuted. The
officials there say that japanese fish
ermen are very venturesome. and that
parties Of them probably found the ISL
ands in question convenient places OF
temporary rendezvous.
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are discredited. and it is believed that
ten IS the correct number
Many persons were more or less in
jured. but a list has not yet been OBJ
tainable In Dallas
telephone bulletin from Brownwood
at II o'clock tonight states that reports
are current there that thirty lives were
lost. but ten is all that can be verified
Eight bodies have been recovered and
identified, and two more are known to
be In the ruins. Eight of the victims
perished in full view of hundreds OF
persons. who were unable to reach them
or render assistance.
The Washington times., 1902-08-11
DIED.

RoBINSON-At Children's Hospital, on Satur-
day, August ., 1902, at p. m. SADIE W.,
daughter of Charles F. and Alice \. Robinson
Funeral from the family residence, lSl' Hun
toon Place southwest, Tuesday, 3 p. IN. Inter
ment at Glenwood Cemetery. Relatives IN
vited TO attend. mll-z
The Washington times., 1902-08-11
EDUCATIONAL.

ACADEMY. Rockville, Nd, for boys; home
life; individual care and instruction. terms
moderate. Address ". P. MASON. U. >. N \
lylI-6O
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TEN PERSONS PERISH IN
TEXAS HOTEL FIRE

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