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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1903-12-16

eil pfisnavam se, sc mohl lseu
by,i dies lepe na tom, kdybyel
ho vsdy byl uposleohl, Zajist,
en nevdatnik slomyslnfk spiIat
mole svemu pfiteli A ID nemoht
rovnati sc setredaktoru 20. A. "
kterya "a dlouholete sIutby pfa
telske msti sc zlotetf nyni pa1u
Rosewaterovi Ne, lskariotem
takym byti nemohu. cechovt
omassti . tetui cechoye nebras.
sti znaii vIastni zkutenosti pan q
Rosewatera a proto netfeba sc he
zsstavati proti mrzkyn dtoknm
20. A." Mily chuderko cd 20.
A., mnoho a mnobo Cecha II
dosvedef, Be nelsi v6bec ami hoden
rozvazsti femenky u obuvi muze,
kteryz ochotne skyta ruky pomoc.
ne krajsnu potfebnemu, pfispiva
hflvnou svou ma zssluzny poduik
tesky, snazf Sc yymoci Cech6m
spravedlive zastoupeni 1fadech
vefejnych jenz to vse dela ne
zistne. Ani v tom nem1ze Sc
rovnati nekomu, jenz z kazdeho
podniku ceskeho ceka a befe tue
ny zisk pro sebe sy6l zavod.
TOT budiz odpovedi nasi ma
bohopuste sopteni "Osvety Anne
ricke" ma mne ma "P. H." lax
jsem jiz dive uvedl, byl jsem nu.
cen podan odpoved tuto zajmu
cti sve osobni i Y za)mu dobre po-
Vesti Up. e. Vzdyt ml6enf zna
mena muohdy ! odsouzeni. a
mIteti jsem nemohl jiz ami k v0li
mllym ctenaf1m "P. b., jimz "a
jiste zalezi ma tom, ably eest tech,
jiz stoji tele listu, nesmela b1t
pokalena bez odvety mrzkYmi a
nestydstymi utrhsti a chlubnymi
chvastouny. Nemame.li mfti sef.
redsktora 20. A.'zs nestydsteho
hnmbukafe, necht potvrdi pfi-
seznou vypovedi sondne dokaze,
ze ma "Osveta Ameucka' y Oma
20 v South Omaze tfIkrate tolik
odberatelG co "Pok. Zap. a my
Sc zavazujeme, BE mu dame "a
kazdeno odberstele pies pocet
troInasobny jeden dollar 81. oo),
ovsem tou podminkou, &e mad
bytetni pfedplatitele odbirajf 20.
A. nepfetrAite nejmene 4 mesice;
pakli ale Sc 20. A. odberatel--
stvem sygm pouze chvasta, necht
"a kazdeho odberatele, jenz il do |
uojnasobneho pottu on obo Sc
bude nedostavsti, zsvaze Sc dati
"Pok. Zap.' pet dollarh Us oo),
a my obdrzene penize cd 20 A
venuieme "Matlci vyssiho yzde-
Iani" Az stvrdi sefredaktor 20.
A." dale pffseznon vypovedi, ze
jest 20 A. deset aneb vice rok0
stara BE vychazela nemene nez
jednou tydne, Jsk zakon toho w
zaduje BE tudiz byla zakonne
oprayn tna k tisku seznamu dluz
nyeh danf. Dale necht stvrdi So
becky Sefredaktor ten pfiseznou
VYpoVedf, ze k tiskn tomu nebyl
opraVnen "Pok. Zap" a necbt
lda pfitiny, proc nebyL A kdyz
Vse Sc stsne, pax DOMAIN IA
''Pok. Zap ze 1sme sefredaktoru
70. A. listu tomu velice ukfiv--
dill, domahsfce Sc zskoonon ce-
1tou tiskr seznamu dluzoYch dam.
Tim polemikn syou 8 "Osvetou
Americkou' konGime. ncbof ne
cheeme okradsti GtenaFe sve 0
setbu uzItecneJI a zaziVnejh
Wine dobFe, ze posledni sIovo
bude a musf mfti smutne prosluIy
''faItyf" cd 20. A M, dopFeje.
me mu II "nevinn4" rados,i. Spro
stYeh nadavek a tlbych insinusci,
pobIych re zmGkleho mozku stare
no pana 81 nevsimneme, ale pdjde
me kldne eestou nastoupenou,
cestou prava, nebot vGFime, ze
"psi HAS nejde do nebe.' y
V 1cfe VAclav BuTeS.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1903-12-16

Severoys mast prot katsrrhu
lCatarrh Balm) poskytne rychlou
GIevu a pomoc We vsech pFipsdech
nosuiho katsrrhu rymy. Hoji
zanet sliznice, usnsdnuje dech a
odstrani odporne vymesky Ma
prodej lekarnach. Cena age. =,
postou z8c. w f. Severa Co,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. If
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1903-12-16
Wesley lupie.

Co je vsechno mozne v Chicago
"a nyoeJsi "slavne" demokra,ickt
spravy, toho dnkazem jest tato na.
nejvys povedena historka. Pied.
min, sobotu po p1Inoci Viii Nc.
Gusbin otevfei salon WiIiama
Burnse & 3o74 State 1lice,
stoupnni vi "a bar a fidil ho k
velke spokojenosti notnich hosti.
ktefi Sc do saloonn nahrnuli
liberalnfm "bsrtendrem" zname-
mite byIi eastovani. Co vsechno
prodal veselY lupit "a hotove,
odzyonil poctiVe ma registru, bylo
to celkn sr2,87, ale strtil je do
kapsy. Kdyz nedeli rano pate
hodine pfisel dennf bartender
y J. Cayanaugh, nechtel svgm
otim ami vefiti. kdyz yid6l hospo
du plnou lidi "a "barem" ne
znameho mu tfsniks. "Co II 6erta
to ma znamenat1" vzkfikl CsVa
naugh ps koIlegu "a "bafem"
"Co chcete pit1' pferusil no ten.
to rozmsrne. "Kdo jste vlsstnG1'
tazal Sc Caysnaugb lupice. "Novg
"bartender',' odyetil tento kid
ne. ''Burns mne nsjsl sobotu
v noci' dolozil 1smeyem. "TGSi
mne', fekl Cayanaugh nemaie sni
tuseni, be 81 2 mel lupit dela legrs
ci podaVal novemu kolIegovi
ruku ''Well, ma zdravi', probo
dill 'Iupit vyprazdniv skIenitku
whisky. V tom pFistoupil k baru
jeden 2 nschmelenych kostymrd =
praviI; "Dejte nam bakej "mixo
yanY drink. y Lupit dsmsyem
odyetil; "5dr, ia VAN z6xuji isky
ebeete, "a vytabnuv eisnickY na
vod, zstal v mem hledati, jak Sc
d6la "mixovany drink. well,
welI,' divil Sc Cavanaugb, 80
toho mnoho neyite naseho ume.
nj" Lee lupis SO medal spIesti
touto poznamkou a pravil opet
yesele IA tendoysl bar ma zapade
tam befou vsechuo i.straight
tam mic nemixui'. TO bylo
Cavsnaughovi uz pfiiis mnoho
proto prayil; ia myslim, be
pdjdu "a bar sam" "All right,
deite nam vsak jeste ieden drink
na mn6. Noeni hostf Sc vsiebni
postavil k barn a jeden . Mich
zvolaIi "Tfikrat slava noyemu
bartendroyil To je chlapfk, kite.
remu neni rovnol" kdyz vsiehni
dopili a pfali Stesu liberalnimu
tisniku, tento pojednou vytahuul
veliky revolver a namifiv no ma
Cavanaughs, zvolal: "Vyklopte
vSeehno, co mate Wy ostatni
takef". "Coze2' zvolali host4
ulekani kazdg vyhrabal nekolik
doIlar0, ,ktere mu jeste zbyly a We.
selg lupie sebray je uprchl a do
sud nebyl chycen Policie onon
okrsku 81 Ease utrzila notny kou
SEX ostudy.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1903-12-16
PopIasena nd Ian.

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PopIasena Ian.
We ttvrtek easne rano o sedmt
hodine vnikla poplssena Ian do
pfibytku Arthura Whitea a EIme
ra Blackmanna v Cambridge,
Mass, tito byli zjevem jejfm mel
vyB podeseni. White nalezal Sc
Y nejlepsim spsnku, kdy probuzen
byl hlukem ma schodech, Zdalo
Sc mu, ze neiaky opiIsc Sc pracne
po nich hrabe nshoru. V tom
Vyra2eny byly dvefe lozuice a We.
lika Ian skokem vrhnula Sc ma
postel, kde spal White a chtela Sc
nj ukryti. Ten SNAIL Sc il "a
hnati ranami svych pesti nohou,
ale LAD Sc nedala odbyt ami kdyz
Whiteovi pfispel jeho pfitel ku
pomoci, nemohli popIasenon lani
nitebo svesti a 2fi zapsse Sc zvi.
fetem byl cely nabytek rozbit.
Konetne po dloubem zapase poda-
lilo sc jim zatlatiti Ian s pomoci
ieste jinych lidf do pfistenku, kde
roztrbsla Whiteovy saty ma cary.
PAX byla zavletena do stale osud
jeff bude mIadymi muzi rozhod
nut. Ian zsbGhls do Massachu
sctts avenue a pied pronasleduji
cfmi lidmi uprchls do mladene.
ckeho bytu, kde zpdsobila takovy
poprask.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Jan, 5 In History.

1bss-Catherine de- Medici. cruel and in
triguing queen Of France. died.
ITO Stephen Decatur. commodore, u s.
NJ. born in sinnepuxent. Md: killed in
duel at Bladensburg Nd, 1920 De-
catur won fame and promotion in
Tripoli, where he burned the American
frigate Philadelphia. which was cap
tive to the enemy. He served through
out the war Of 1912 and subsequently,
brought the Algerines to terms. The
duel with Barron resulted from q chal-
lenge by the latter. While acting as
commissioner Of the navy Decatur had
criticised Barron's action on q certain
memorable occasion. and. although he
offered every reparation. the other in
sisted upon fighting Decatur mag
unanimously refrained from killing his
antagonist.
1Se7-General Francis A. Walker, veteran
Of the Federal army and a we'll known
economist. died in Boston: born 1S41.
H9s-General Johnson Hagood. a Confed-
crate veteran OF note. died at Barn.
well. S. c.; born 1929.
1901. B. Polk, veteran American actor.
died in Baltimore; born 1s41.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Ossined Woman Dead.

Rome, N. Y, Dec. 31.-Miss Stella Ew-
ing, one of the ossifled women, who for
ten years have been living wonders to
physicians and scientists, died Tues
day, aged 80 years. At an early age
she was afflicted with infammatory
rheumatism, which physicians failed
to relieve. At the age of rs she lost
the use of her limbs, and eminent
specialists said she was gradually
turning to bone. During the last ten
years of her life Miss Ewing was to-
tally blind and unable to move a mus
Gle. A sister, Mrs. Emma Ewing
Palmer, is afflicted in the same man
ner,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
A COSTLY FIRE.
BIZ building of the Review and
herald Publishing Company in
Battle Creek. Burnn.

Battle Creek, Mich, Dec. 31.-In
the destruction Monday night of the
big building occupied by the Review
& Herald Publishing company the
seventh Day Adventist colony is
brought face to face with a second
heavy loss by fire within a year, the
adventist sanitarium building hav-
ing been burned down only last Feb
ruary. Monday nights loss is esti-
mated by officials of the Review g.
Herald company at $35o,oo0, with in
surance amounting to $15O,000.
James II. Wilson, billing clerk, was
seriously injured while saving books
and valuable papers in the office.
The fire is supposed to have Original
ted in spontaneous combustion in a
pile of rags in the press room.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
IMMIGRATION INCREASES.
More Arrivals Than During
the Year 1901.

New York, Dec. 31.-While the i'm.
migration at this port for the last
half OF the current year has not been
as large as that of the first six months,
tnere was very heavy increase in
the total immigration as compared
with the previous calendar year. The
total number of immigrants that ar
rived at New York and were admit
ted in 1902. up to and including De-
cember 20, was 545,751, as compared
with 4l',113 in 1901, gain this year
of more than 13s, 900.
Italy and Austria-Hungary contrib
uted the largest proportion of the
years immigration, the number of ar.
rivals from Italy being larger than
from any other country; the influx
from Russia, Germany, Norway and
Sweden, Greece and the United King
dom was also very heavy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Jan. 9 In History.

14s-Caroline Lucretia Herschel, astrono-
mer. died; born 1851.
1S73-Napoleon III. ex-emperor Of France,
died in exile at Chiselhurst, England.
Louis Napoleon was four times exiled
from France. When the prince was Z
years of age, his mother, Hortense de
Beauharnais. retired with him into
Switzerland under the ban Of exile,
Napoleon having lost Waterloo and
the throne. In 1896 Louis made the
first of a series of attempts to gain
the throne then held by the Bourbons.
18SS-Professor Bonamy Brice died: born
1903. General Washington Seawell died
in San Francisco; born 1903
18e0-Hon. William Darrah Kelley Penn
sylvania congressman, affect1onately
known as the Father of the House. -
died at Washington.
l901-Rear Admiral Thomas w. Phelps, U.
s. NJ. retired, died in New York city;
born 1910.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03

slave law and Kansas-Nebraska bill,
the civil war and reconstruction. For
words uttered in speech on the Kan
sas contest he was assaulted in his
seat in the senate chamber by Con-
gresham Preston S. Brooks of South
Carolina. He afterward denounced the
institutions Of the south in a powerful
speech on the "Barbarism of Slavery"
philippe which aroused and con-
verted even southerners themselves.
He acted as confidential adviser Of
President Lincoln and from 1861 to 1870
served as chairman of the committee
on foreign relations.
Mortimer D. Leggett noted
Federal veteran of the western armies,
died in Cleveland: born 1915.
Boer attack on the British
lines at Ladysmith; heavy fighting and
casualties
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
PRESIDENT WOUNDED.
nr. Roosevelt Receives Cut from q
!" Rapier During Fencing Bout
with Gen. Wood.

q. Washington, Dec. 30.-A wound re-
ceived by President Roosevelt in a
fencing bout with Gen. Leonard
Wood a day or two ago, though spo-
ken of lightly by the president, turns
out to have been a narrow escape
from the loss Of the left eye. The
srapier of Gen. Wood, who is an expert
sfencer and who is teaching the pres
sident the art, penetrated the presi-
dents mask, intlicting a wound just
above the eyebrow. The deviation
of an inch would have cost Presi-
dent Roosevelt the sight of that eye
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Jan, 10 In History.

1S60-The great Pemberton mill at Law
renee, Mass, fell, and 525 persons were
killed and wounded.
1863-Lyman Beecher, father of the IA
nous family, died in Brooklyn; born
Oct L. IT'S.
1S9o-Dr. Johann Joseph Ignatz Won DOL
linger, German theologian. leader Of
born 1899.
1S93-General Benjamin Franklin Butler,
civilian general, lawyer and states
man, died in Washington; born 1918.
1S95-Aaron L. Dennison, called the pio-
neer American matchmaker, died in
Birmingham, England, aged SO.
1900-General Dabney Herndon Maury,
noted Confederate veteran, died at
Peoria, ILL.,, aged 70.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
SULTAN HEMMED IN.
The Ruler of Morocco Unable to e.
cape from FeE, Which IL Surround
ed BY Rebel HordeS,

Madrid, Dec. Sit is reported here
that the sultan of Morocco has been
foiled in an attempt to break out of
Fee by the rebels, who are investing
that city.
The hostility against the sultan is
spreading in Fee. The Moors are ex-
hibiting photographs of him arrayed
in ridiculous garb. The sultan Monday
assembled the mobiles of the besieged
town at the palace and exhorted them
not to despair, assuring the chiefs
that the imperial troops ultimately will
triumph.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
RavaEes of Cholera.

Manila, Dec. 3o:-Moros on the ISL
and of Mindanao report that cholera
IS depopulating the villages. on the
east side of Lake Lanao. At Maciu
there is an average Of SO deaths a
day The: disease also prevails at Ba-
|colod. has appeared on all sides
sof Lake Lanao, but the Visayan res
.iidents Of the is land do not yet seem
have been attacked. IS: Il =$..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
On Il Lecture Tour.

s5# Ithaca, N. Y, Dec. 30.-President
Jacob Gould Schurman left Ithaca
monday night for an extended west
sern trip. He will visit several of the
larger cities and will speak on po-
itical and educational topics. The
cities where he is alread y scheduled
to speak include Omaha, St. Louis.
Chicago and Lincoln, Neb. President
sSchurman will speak in Lincoln
Thursday on .'Our Philippine Prob
lem -.-.s : r.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03

After the battle OF Waterloo he emf
grated to the United States and re-
sided at Bordentown. N. j., until the
accession Of Louis Philippe in $780,
when he returned to Europe.
issued a proclamation pro-
testing against American occupation.
1902-Elbridge S. Brooks, writer Of popu-
lar books for boys, died at Somerville.
Mass: born 1S47. Baron Jean de Bloch.
author of THE War Of the Future
the book which led to the peace con-
gress Of 1899, died at Warsaw: born
1S43
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
PrOmine MT Minister Dead.

Decatur, ILL.,, Dec. 31.-Rev. A. W.
Hawkins, prominent Cumberland
Presbyteria minister, died Tuesday
morning at his home here. He has
been for two years the business agent
for the synods of Hin OILS, Indiana and
Iowa, and active in securing contribu-
tions to the $25O,0OO fund the church is
providing for part of the endowment
of the new James Milliken university
in this city.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Dies of Self-Innicted Wounds.

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 31.-Capt.
Francis G. Beach, one of the promi-
nent citizens of New Haven, died
Tuesday from a pistol-shot wound,
self-inflicted December 4 during fit
of temporary alteration resulting
from illness. During the second adj
ministration of President Cleveland
he was postmaster here. He was
well known in military circles, having
been a captain of Connecticut volun-
teers in the war with Spain.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Dom ektic TraSedY.

Peoria, ILL.,, Dec. 31.-A. P. Talbot,
manager of the Central Union Tele-
phone company's Office at Delavan,
near here, shot and serious injured
his wife and killed himself Tuesday
morning. The affair is the culmina-
ton of series, of family quarrels.
Jealousy is supposed to be the mo-
tive, as both parties are highly re-
spected in the community.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03

the boycott against all J. w. Draper.
products from slave labor.
1s7 - Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
died; born 1894.
1SS2@John William Draper, NJ D., Ameri-
can Philosophic writer, died; born 1871
DR.. Draper was native Of England
His most noted works were "History
OF the Civil War In America and "A
History Of the Conflict Between Reli-
gion and Science"
1S99-M. Anne Marie Edouard Herve, ed
itor Soleil. died in Paris: born 1885.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Justice Shiras to Retire.

Washington, Dec. 31.-Justice
Shiras, of the supreme court of the
United States, will retire some time
during the present winter. The date
has not been fixed and cannot be un-
til certain cases which have been
argued and other cases which have
been set for reargument have been
DISPOSED of.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Rath Were, Shot.

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 31.-As result
of a, quarrel Albert Mclean and Will
lam Wilson, attaches of the Phoenix
theater at Hobart, fought duel to-
day with revolvers and both 7 were
shot Wilson'S wounds resulted in
his, death. Mclean will recover. He
is under arrest. ~. r 3: IS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Jan. 7 In History,

1nS-General Israel Putnam born In Dan
vers Mass; died 1880.
176s-Joseph Bonaparte, eldest brother of
Napoleon, king of Naples and Spain,
born at Corti, Corsica; died in Eng
lard 1874. Josephs reign in Spain,
from 1908 to 1913, was only a nominal
one. The Spaniards refused to ac-
knowledge him, and Napoleon only
kept them in subsection by maintain
Inc powerful armies in the peninsula
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Mob am m G ilanism and Drink,

IF Mohammedan gets drunk"
says Mrs. Wilbur F. Crafts, "he is con-
sidered the worst kind of a deserter
They say, He has left Mohammed and
gone to Jesus They consider drunk
enness a Christian SIM which they
must endure as part Of religious tol-
Grafton"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Jan. 6 In History.

[1-Charles Sumner, Mas
sachusettS senator and
statesman. born in Bos-
ton; died in Washing
ton 1874. Sumner was
among the earliest and
ablest opponents Of
slavery. He held q seat
in the United States
senate from 1850 to 1874,
q period covering the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03

e11111116 10s5o' Oo111C1.
umph was enhanced by the fact that
1t was wholly unexpected and won
against enormous odds. He went to
New Orleans without troops and with
out followers, but soon aroused the
people to the highest point Of enthusi-
asm, and soldiers from the regions
north flocked to his standard. The
British forces under Pakenham in
cluded seasoned veterans from the
Spanish peninsula. Over $500 Britons
IL wounded.
W. R. Marshall of Min
nesota died at Pasadena. CAL; born
1926.
Francis J. Heron, noted
Federal officer in the civil war. died
In New York city; born 1S40
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Jan. 4 In History,

'S9-Benjamin Lundy, phi
lanthropist and aboli-
ZIONIST, born in Warren
county, N. j.; died 1889.
Lundy established an
antislavery association
In 1915. He published an
abolition paper in Bal
timore. Among other
means Of suppressing
slavery he advocated
Tho ho1,>@%& -I4 -,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
Jan, 8 In History.

1642-Death of Calico Cali
lei. commonly called
Calico, who insisted
that 1.-The earth does
move"
10+Battle of New Or
leans. Jackson's ex-
traordinary victory was
gained with only q
trifling loss. His tri-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-03
DWIGHT M. SABlN,
NEWS NOTES,

Since Aug. l over 100000 bushels of
barley has gone out of sight in Min
neapolis- consumption and private
elevators-says the Commercial West.
The St. Paul Union Stock Yards COM
pany has sold to the St. Paul Terminal
and Transfer company strip of land
for right of way in sections 81 and %
and block s23, South Park division, for
$4,000.
= Joseph A. Rupert, a young man, re-
ceived fatal injuries by being crushed
between fat car and the walls of the
Northern Pacific shops at Brainerd
His chest was crushed and he was also
injured internally. His parents live at
Hicksville, Ohio.
The. state board of control will ask
the legislature to appropriate money
for cold storage plants at the Hastings
and the Anoka asylums. The increased
size of these institutions makes the i'm
provement necessary. All other insti-
buttons have such plants, but the asy-
lums have been getting along with re-
sfrigerators. Next summer temporary
icehouses will have to be built. 80
George Plydell, aged IS years, with
his arms full of Christmas presents
for. friends and relatives, fell from ex-
haustion within q few feet Of his home
at the foot Of Fifth avenue west, Du-
luth, and froze to death.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
TH4T MACHINE GRAFT.
Where governments Money Went
IN Buying 4utomatic Cashiers.

Washington. July 1S-It developed to-day that
the total number of the machines supplied to the
Postoffce Department by the Brandt-Dent Au-
tomato Cashier Company, of WATERFOWL Wis.
was 527. The inspectors have evidence of this,
although the present action of the grand jury
in Brooklyn in indicting George W. Beavers is
based On the contract under which two hundred
and fifty of the machines were supplied.
The information in the possession of the gov
ernment is that of the amount paid by the gov
eminent for each machine, the contracting COM
pany received $50, while 500 went for commits
sions. of which amount the agent of the COM
pany received $50. The cash registers were sold
openly in the market throughout the country for
1925, while the government paid $50 each.
There was slight change in the Construction
of the machines sold in the open market and
those sold to the government, but the inspectors
say this change was trivial and the cost insig-
nificant.
The supply of the machines dates back TO the
latter part Of 1897, when the first machines were
furnished the department for a trial The
tract for the two hundred and fifty machines at
$50 was entered into May 8. 1898. Fourth AS
sistant Postmaster General BristoW, who is di-
recting the investigation, has received no word
from New-York to the prospects of the ar
rest of Beavers.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
PLOT TO KILL FERDINAND.
The Ruler Practically a Prisoner
Murder Set for September.
TBv TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE ]

GBy TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUSE-l
Boston. July 1S.-The American Board of For
egn Missions here has been informed by mis-
sionaries, whose statements may be- 1t is said
implicitly trusted. of plot to assassinate Prince
Ferdinand Of Bulgaria.
The threatened prince. they say knows Of
the plot. but is powerless to act. so widespread
is the conspiracy. Helpless and frightened, he
has practically barricaded himself in his palace
The assassination Is set for September. on a
date known to the conspirators alone
Ferdinand rarely goes out and when he does
he is surrounded by heavy guard Of picked
troops. The palace officers and troops have been
changed. and the palace has been fortified
against attack.
The head conspirators are said to have estab-
lished headquarters at Belgrade. and to have
planned for the whole body polite to rise as one
man at a given signal from them.