Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 41, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 June 1901 — Page 6

Weeklu Courier. t. POANK, FuOMahsr. JASFEB. : : INDIANA.

It Fmi -ofl: .illy announced in Ecrlin. on the 7th. tJi.it it had be-en da-cub-el that the Mlectioa of Count Von Waldersec's succesmr us eominand of tin international forces should be left to the couuiie.i dcra of ÜM inn rrational forces in China. A rcMrj oomao fioin Nagasaki that rn return for an leCefroa port m COW Mio anili iiikI Port LaarctT ore mentioned Kussia offer to jji e J'alney or Port Arthur to.lapan. I lie Nagasaki press saya it has tins information from a most reliable authority at Vladivostoek. United Bfstei imbsssndor to Berlin White attaches pi at importance tc the news that some of the principal German Hate i i I drop tii;r eloublf tariff, a he believes this will make the negotiation Of 'be omtnereial tr at b t v.eeii Um i nt t ii States and Uermaux mueh more likely. Negotiations between the Cramp Maini- .e kers group cf ship buildrrs and stockhohU rs of the BothM hem (Pa.) steel WOekS have been resumed ami the eot.-olidat ion originally mapped out luul, on the 'th. In en Arranged so far ns that was possible without the actual delivery of Um stock. The British (blp Poltalloch, which was etesnded ; lt i t months aft) oa the ocean beruh near the North Coke lighthouse, was Boated oa the fith. For OVCT two weck she hntl been within Ü0 feet Ol deep water. She was uninjured. not even being strained to any perceptible rvtent, ;niil looked ne ne the worse for her stay on the I Sc h. A snowstorm occurred throughout the central aim northern portions of North Dakota on the t ti . At Jamestown snow fell for two hours. A similar state of affairs is reported in towns on the Jamestown Northern railroad. The snow quickly melted, hnow fell late in May. 1001, hut similar occurrence in June Is not known to have ha ;. n- el In-fore. The Hong Kon( press warmly censures Count N on WaldersoS for had eonduct of military affairs in North China. The papers nay the commander-in-chief can not le personally exi -iterated from blame for permitting uttackii on iunoceul places and innoent people until German military role it. North China is u hy-word for incnVici.ey and injustice. Georg NY. ( uinl erlaiui. known tc the American stug'i as George W. Thompson, "Father of the Liks," died in Brooklyn, on the 6th. from blood poi-'ninaj following an operation upon his hand. He was horn in New York city in 1836. lie ia sanl to have founded the Order of Klks :5 yean sgo, beeoneing first exalted ruler of New York lodge No. 1 in 1' v The Ileilin l.okal Analoger call attention to what it dej-i-rilM as tht "ill-temper ed utterances" of the London Time, regarding Count You Wuldcrscc's return, and says: "The animua of the wrath of the Time, is the fae t that several huuurcd Germane remain in Bhanghnl, thus jmtii anently divesting the city of its character as British domain." The State Hank of Indiana, nt In dianapolis. closed business on the ML '1 he gilt- djM-d assets and depositwere transferred to the Columbia n.v tional bank, which ope-ned its dOOrS the same day. ('ther paper wa I BCd la the hands of the SecurityTrust Co. uk trustee, for collec tion. All depositors of the State batik will be pah dollar for dollnron demand Ab a re tilt of the agitation by the fierman ( olonial society in favor of some modifications of the law of l7n under which thousands o." (ierraans asroadwere denationalised without uny den Ire on their part for Stich a result, the yoreroment announeet Ihal a new Li i, aeietg drafted, by t lie terms of which (ierinans abroad will lose their natioiialify only by 1 1. lr 0W1 volition. About the tirst of next month full eivil (Tovcrtunent will be set up in tin Philippine island-, exactly as projected by tin- Philippine commission Ai aoon after that date as HB administrative machinery can he made ready for it, the new Philippine tariff wiii lie proclaimed, also follow inj.' out tin; Original j isn formed before the annoureement of the late decisions ol 11' s i p r tue court Cor tin- th'ril tunc tlio case . f o braska agnlnat the bondnien of ,loneph Bart ley, former state trmunsroft is on trial in the dlttrlcl court at Omaha. Siut is bronghl to recover the amount of Pirt lev's defalcation of mror six hundred ihutamnd dollars. The COM has boon tried twice prrviOnsly in tin mmo urt. and lioth ol the viTdietr were set aside by the siipremt court on errora of Um trial court. Jas. T). TIoss, president of the Rail Way Porters' SSaodation, has issued n rail for a meeting of UM exceutiv tnmittee in Chicago, on the Uth, M eompi. t. arraagementa for the estub Uahmonl of a private hnapltal foroneV ored men in the nilway MTflcCi The question of calling a national coin tum befoffj or after the national fioa vention of the Colored People s Nr. tlonal i i . amoclnUoa win alot be ronaldered,

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C UK KENT TOPICS. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. GcOtV' Kruekbel'f was killed ut Bixby, Minn., on tin- 8th, in o peculiar way. lie climbed to the top ol inwind miil to repair the gonring, and while there his clothes aupht in the wheel and he was spieeed to death Cyrus C Hincs. of Indianapolis. Ind., who was tor many years a prominent lawyer in that city and at one time Judge of the circuit court, died at the UfOCOnCM hospital on the 0th. He had a brilliant war record. The Pabsl Browing Co., of Milwaukee, suffi red a loss by tire, on the bth. to the extent of between 1150,000 and 1300,000 tully COTC rod by insurance. Cm man was killed during the progress of tin fire. CongrcMinaa Theobold otjen and his private secretary, Nathaniel Greon, wi re run down and both seriously injured by an electric car at Milwaukee, on the tth, while lriv injr in a buggy. The Berlin TagObhvtt prints speeial corresHnde;i i from New Guinea, containing a full account of the maswure of the members of the first German South Sea expedition on the cannibal island-, of St. Matthias. They were all killed and eaten save one. Miss OUie Tvm n, a poor orphan livinir in Todd county, Ky.. has learned through attorneys that she is to receive over 13,000,000 from the estate of John Tyson, her uncle, a Scotchman, who died in Australia. She i one of 1- heirs. Col, Wilson, with 2t;i of Kitchener's scouts, surprised and routed 00 Boon of Beyer' command, miles west of Warm Maths. The Boon left :t7 dead 100 prisoners, and all their wairon and supplies, including S.O(K) cattle, in the hands f the British. The llritish loa was ihr. e men killed and U Wounded. Senator A. Hanna has been appointed a colonel on the official stat' f den. Bnaaionr, pommandorlnhlf of the Grand Irmy ol tho Bepublie. Senator Ham a was recently mustered into Memorial Post in Cleveland, O. Ma.i. George Arthur, assistant paymaster of the United States army who recently returned from the Philippines, died suddenly nt the Weddel! house in (lev eland. (3., on the Mis, as the result of the rupture of a bloodvessel in the head. The Wnj ne hotel, the leading hotel in Port Wayne, Ind., was damaged t'. the extent of 131,000, by trie on the ni.'ht ol the tth. The guoata all ;ot out safely. The Ann rican contingent of millionaires and merchant princes was entertained at lord Brnaaey'e residence, in London, on the nifrht of the tth. It was a brilliant affair, with a largf assemblage ot ministers, mem beri of parliamtnl. leading men of thr London chamber of coinnmrce, banker-, and Judgl K, News lias been received in Washington, through unofficial channels, that Lieut. Richard H. Towaley, of the navy, has been convicted by conrtinarti il. tt Manila, and sentenced t dismissal from the service for connection with commissary Irregulnrb ties. A terrifie tornado struck Clarksville. Tern., on the f.fh. WaddeB hnll. at the Southwestern Bresbyteriaw university, was wroknl, eausim,' " d ila mage, and Peat as' tobacco factory, in New Providence, woe wroeked damairc about .ihkk. Considerable damage of a minor nature was done. At Toronto, Out., on the 7th, Frank BuUedgO and I'red I.ee Kiee, convicted of robbing Ihn post office ami a private bank at Aurora, were. Sentenced to U'l years in KiogOtOB penitentiary. Upon being returned toiai', UuUedga broke from the officors and plonged hoadlono; from the jail pal 1 rv to the paved floor 30 feet below, and died of his injuries soon after. Andrew ( amegic signed a deed in London, on the Tth, transferring $m.BOOyOOg in five-per- ent. United Stat--Btcol Corporation bonds to trustees for the benefit of the universities of Pentium!. The amount lieeomes Immediately seal la Mo. The next installment ol interest can be used for the (a toiler ti i in. Mr. I'.roderic k, the ISritish war MtC retary, replying to a question in tinhouse of BOSH mono, on the Tth, r - larding the probabUity of an sarlj eonclttaion of peace in South Africa, res (firmed that tin- gotornasen! woukl not consent to (MtcttSS tin- future independence f the conquered states with the Boen, Inc statement .f the treasury bob a:ices in the general fund, exeltislt ; of She $i:.0,()iu,fn jr!, res. rve in tin dl visim of redemption, laStted on tin ?th. showed: Available cash balance, fb '.."'.4C : gold, 9e304,l?7. The Enaiish censor of ptayi bat firbn!len the production of "lhFirst Yisit," an ringBsb version ..' the yountrer liumas' "Cue Yisito fit IfoCCO, Id which t he Ainei ic.m actress Beverly Siti-r-.n. was to touv j'luycil the leading role,

Count Goluchowski.the Austro-Hun-gariaa nil tator al totohjp affsu s, in formed an Austrian d iutatioi , a the Tth, that the government con. I not iiicit. mi a suggestion of mediation between Great Britain und the Huers, because "No serious government would care to undertake no l aHon after tho Dritkd fovornMont aadj deehsrad khnt it woukl not noeent mediatlO I, and tha an ff If to in iliate would be rCgStdcd by (ireat Brits am as an anfi londly aet." Chief .lusiic.- Holrilbj w. fnlhM ol the United states snpiense oanrl arrived in ClUnagO, on the 7th. from Washington He deeUnod to dtaeium for publientton any of the national ..Haus now oenmpylng public utteat ion. Tho ereretory ( the troaauryr, on the Tth, bottgh! short -term bonds for the sinking fund as follows: 1725,009 fours at I113.S0S, $7.Vu(M fours, deliverable on the Mh. nt UlgJl $14.000 threes ;it I10O.8&31. The total amount purchased to date was fll.L'.'.T.'.i'JO. LATE NEWS ITEMS. A committee repreentlnp the stn chnts of the Kansas Wesloyaa university, who are a unit in defense of Dr. Krank 1). Tuhbs, frfessor of natural science, dismissed because of alleged heresy, Issued a manifesto, on Um OUw denonneinj tho board of trustees for "duplicity and unfnlrnean." The incoming junior und senior classes seem determined to carry OUl their threat to leave the university if the trustee do not ac t i de tO their demands. President Harper of the University of Chicago announced, on the 9th. thai the d iversity had begun to es-tahli-h affiliated preparatory sc hools in different parts of Europe to give opportunity to the children or college ace whose parents are trave ling abroad during the year to have the benefits of foreign residence without obstructing the progress of the studies. Most elaborate arrangements have been made for the twentieth international convention of tho Society f Christian Endeavor In Cincinnati, on July t to 10. As many we re unable to att-nd the convention in London last year, a larger SttendsnCS than Uaua is expected, especially since theaa conventions hereafter will he held only once in two .cars. (dive r ( rosier and Kmil Dergdoi'l were drov.Tied in Summit lake, neat Akron. O.. em the 0th. They, witb Michael Shay, were crossing the laks in a boat, when Bergdorf began to rock it and the frail raft upset. Shav crawled on top of the overturned boat and made a ele sperate but fruitless e-ffort to save his companions. United States Senator I'.cverulpe according to (be st. Petersburg correspondent of tl" London ihcily Mail, will not find much difficulty i3 securing from the Russian government a concession for a steamship line from the- United States to YlaeJlvostoek or I'ort Arthur. The- t hinesc in I'ekin expre ss great satisfaction at the annou meineiit of the intention of the- court to return to ivkin in September. AH the foreiirn IrOOpS, with the exception of the legation guards are expected to have withdrawn by the middle of that month. Maj. W. II. Pah surgeon geni tal on the staff of Lieut. -(.en. Miles in I'orto Rico, Committed suicide in Pittsburgh. I'a-. 001 the Mh, by shooting blnusslf in tlu right temple. Tt i understood ir, Washington that form r l're sident Kruger of the Transvaal will not visit the United State- during the coming KunSnW Of fa!'. t one time there was a preistet that Mr. Kruger Bright make such 'i vbit, hut those having some knowledge of his intentions say tho Msit vil not be made, at least for the present. N. H. Csrsksdon, a prominent attorncj of Kan teas City, Mo., dropped dc .id 'f heart disease on the 10th. He was bom at hbcr. V. a., in I S0O. At the time ef his death he was S 'tiBg as at torney for Lraiik Bochefeiler in his com agalnol Krank Bienjel, former prvsidenl of the fund fiiegel Sanders Li . e St eick Ce. J nl'e- I.; her, in the district court at Omaha Neb., on the loth, decided that the Statute knOWD OS the- fe-male labor law ed Nebrasks, prohibiting owners of manufacturing ami ne chsnlcsl concerns, stores ami simps from (working letnule employes moro than 00 hours a week, is conatitutklUal. The United states goubool Concord left hokohnnan, on the loth, for Laa la-ka. whire- she is to asi-t In OB forcing the liquor laws in that section und Otherwise take up the- dutie s formerly periormed by tin gunboot Wheelinjr, which recently vvas put out oi i ommisaion, lr. AiiL'ist M. Unger and I'. Wayland Brown, en trial in Chicsgo for conspiracy to defraud Insurance e'om-panie-s through thfl death of MilS Marie- liefe nboch, we're- found guilty, on the b'th, ami sentenced to tho penltentisry under the Indetermlnato act, HAI though tin war drags its -low length along,1 say s ConsuMleneral BtOWC, at ( ape Town, in a report to the state department) "business has been fairly good in the British colonics, and the- imports from (he United Stiite s have mil lallen off ill value." King Id wan I appeals to have- deemed to secure worthy pictorial illustrations of the incidents of his rcVu. lb' ha - commissioned Reymour Luea.4 (o paint a picture ot the royal reeep (ion et tin- Moorish era bossy, The state in the i ans of Lulu Prince Kenned, on trial ai KsnsnsCity, M-., ior murdering he i husband, rested, on the 10th, fend court adjourned lur Uic day.

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News by Telegraph from Variou Towns in Indiana. llrHlk eif Juiliie- lllnea. ladtanapoBs, Ind., Jam 1. .ludge Cyrus Hiiies. for BMO) years u rrsiui nl of Indianapedi-, u Iiisur of prominence and once circuit ja Ige, but feir several years a resident ol New York city . dice! at the He aconne M hospital in this City, He Oa born in Washington oounty. . V., la iv :. and uhe u H years ol age aame to India nspolis IP served la the- arm and rose from a private to the rank of colonel. He was a law pari ne r of (ee n. Harris n and e sAttornc y General Miller, bnl si jt iu LMT, Where he had since liveti. Cwal (hup. Washington. I ml.. .1 line 7. - The nsuUdatraa of the Wtumlnoue coal com panic of Fadiana, sumbering about M and ope rating Ifg mini is now an assured fact. The representative of the trust, .lohn s. Byes, of Sullivan has closed contracts with the- Washington operators and the large mines in this section will become a pari of the trust's prope rty. The busine ss of the trust will be Conducted under the name of the C( Dsolidated t'oal company of Indiana, and the capita! stock is $10.(MH).(00. Skip Hefe. re thS fdellna. Mar ion. I m!., Jone T. Charit Barth, who conducted a tailoring establishment and was pre side lit of the- local branch of the National Tailc rs' anion, was to have been imiri ie d to Miss I'l ta Chambers, All the preparations for the wedding had been made and the it In ne furnished. Harth le ft town after -idling ail of his household goods, borrow ing about UM from his friends and securing and a gold watch valued at from Miss Chambers. Sentenced, Marlon, Ind.. Jure- T. The jury in tht Fred Miller murder ease returned a verdict giving Miüer a sentence f from two to twenty-one years la the pc nite nt lary. Miller and William Stibbs we re frit adi and lived iu Fairmount. On the evening of April :;C thej quarreled and agreed lo go to the fair grounds grid settle the dispute, MiiUr shot Stibbs. and, as no one witnessed the affair, his pica Of M !f-de-fense was partially e -tablished. 4 alrltltant Urfk. Culve r, li d.. June' T. The mi itarv academy cloned after a brilliant wk of i xercises a rid social feat ure s. Many distinguished visitor- were present, among them Gov. Bhau and i x-Oov, .lack-i n. of Iowa. I'xe re ise s of the wee k include d daily ere - parade -. infantrv and artillery drills and Greco Roman, Cossack and rough riding on 'h bloeh horses ,,f the- academy. A '.a-s of rtf cadets graduated and ten gold me dais we re BWard d. VV III leneh l.r.-.-W. Richmond, Ind., .lune 7. The vacancy in the deportment of Creek lania:i ami tit era tu re at Bariham college has be en filled by the appoint me nt i :' Ltlie Pre e man The mpsoi,, a graciunte from the University of Chicago, Mi-- Thompson is alio a graduate f Bolton unive rsity. 'I hreHts anse- ItMSh Hoshen. Ind., .luie- 7. Yaientlne Inrhrock, who eirculnted a petition for I a drainage ditch in Harrison township, IV .1 , ... 1 a 1 ii i' ri i'i .ii ii a ni i; no us leni-rs. threatening the destruction of his h me with'dynamite if the project i not abandoned. Schröck is alarmed. Ketsch ' Lintoar. Brssil, Ind.. Jnnc T. Duringtht ieciesl storm he n- tin I. H. Bavin company's store- building was struck by lightning and set on Are, the building and contents being consumed. The lo-s win i arced 110,000, partly cove rd bv ii. -iirai.ee . I'miir n l'n nietet. Li can-port. Ind.. dm i 7. The sentiment in this city largely favor the pan!, ning of .lohn John sob, the form er banker, f n m the- Colttmbui (O.) penitentiary, it i though' he will return to his old home and reengage in Luainc - -. u in in- lo-ii. i ed, Indianapolis, Ind., June 7. --The täte forestry commissi n ins found that it will he delayed a yest in its Worh of getting full reports on t lie amount i f forest land in the st.rr, InrSUM of lack of fund. PeotfssaeeL Goshen, Ind.. June 7. On recom mendation of County Huperintendenl Kllil the graeluation exercisei In emintry district! have been indefinitely postponed on account of smallpox in parts of the county. lasntlpcas Speendtnv, Frank for:. Ind.. June 7. The iBMtf pox ilt nation in the vicinity of Mnnson and Colfax is Mr ions, and the- anth riie - aie alarmed over the rapid proad i f 'he d IsCS - e. go Redoes tne Dene, Indianapolls, Ind.. June 7. It has been f und that it Mill be posilbtt to psj 8!h000 on ttte -late debt July 1. -talc Auditor Hart authorizes Uiia sta lenient. BSOOd Hemel. Kent land. Ind.. June 7. A Cincinnati Arm has eeurod the contract for pons t rue 1 1ng Ii inile-s of stone roads in th s township. let loa i pii eld, Li port , I iid.. J um '.. Jude. ( pron In deciding the fanton La port water wttrki rase declared legal the action of the city and l.aporie Water Supply enmpany in therönstrtnittonofagtt&r (Kin inppfeniental water work- plant. Property owners brought suit toprcreni Um work, but tegnrdleM of the iiijunctiori prcji-c t dinyg the niant wi coii.plett d

CHRISTIAN BNDEAVORERS. Elaborate Srranif rmrnla far hs Iwrallrlh lnlerMalleinal twsiicis at rtatnnntti Cincinnati, June iu I lie- most rials ru.ite' arrangvmentn ha" neon made for the twentieth international conrentksn of the Christuin Bndonvoeora here Julv to 10. As many were unable to Attend the convention ii. London last vear, a larger atte .ielance than usual is expeetcd, espci'ially since- these mentions hereafter will be held only CUC0 in two years. The choir of l.&OC trained roieCS will bs 'e-. it ure- St Music hall. OthOf largo choruses luo bee'ii trained for UM rxpoeltion, while all the c hurch.es ami their choirs have- been engnged for the occasion. Hands vill dlnOOOIM s.ietid iiiii-H- in Wnshlngton iark, ad Joining Music hall, for the opOB air meet iia's. o.. Nasi. Mayor yieiachmnnn and local committeemen will deliver weleoraing add re SC sat inlay afternoon, Jul) BresWent (lark vdl delivei his annual addreuu, ami Aeeretarj Itaer win make his annual report SiSiirday OVCtting, (In Sunday morning there will be. ipecinl morning nddresses in "Twenty It' ears of Christian llndeavor;' in the afternoon temperance rallies an, I In the evening meetings feir Sabbath observance, The regular programmes with meet ngs by aectlona will be carried out jii the four fed low ing days with many if the most eminent hm n in Christian work participating. A RATHER UNUSUAL SCENE. jnSttSSl Hotel Court in a Murder Case In it Cireive- urreiumleil !) lie em sit ul . Galen n, Mo., June 10. An nnnsnol ta ne was presented here at the preiminary bearing of Mrs. John staiion, her fat!. ei. Janus CrobtrCO, ami

.lis two sons. Prank and Charles Cralitree, for the' murder of Alice' Stallion, the woman's lsyenrold step-eiaugh-I mi . a 1 . sii . . jer. 1 ne r.canng was leeinp neiu iu s grove, ih two justices sitting at a table under :i tree, and 2,000 people, attracted frcin pouts for mi lei around, forming a circle' about the eouri ami it. fendc nti Xotvf ithstanding no overt act has ret been attempted, threats have .'ceo made- against the ( rabtrees hy any of the itraagera in town, ami !he c ounty othc ials are taking all the jirecnUtion at their command to pro.ect the prisoners. On lens is off tho railroad, and the fact (hat L'.OOb eeple would care to come miles to atend the hearing is considered lignifiant. it has been decided to exhunx the body cd the "ir that it may be examned by the doctors to InvesUgate a henry of the- prosecutor (hat a erimiinl nssnnlt was made upon her by ne or both of the Crabtree- lioys, ai.d hat they killed her to hide the crime. i RADICAL NEW DEPARTURE. Chlrsiici I nlernlly tei (Iprn imitated Psspnseiloif lolmoai in reienn 4 ' It Ira. Chicago, June P I'resident liarmi cd the University of Chicsgo an I Oltnces that thp university has ! im to estnblish B fllllstcd reiarat'ry whools in dirl'e re-nt parts of Kurop-. These' schools Will be branches O? .cademies which are' sfflllstcd with he- university in this oountry. The' purpose of this plan is to give ppe i t unity to th.- e hildrcn of the eol ee- agi whose parents arc traveling ibroad durii'K the year to have the e ne fits of foreign residence without ibstrncting the progress of the stinls. Paris v ,! be invaded tirt. and the hracricun home school fur girls vviii he opened at u'o Hue tsongchnmpi on Hctober IS, The' wor of the Paris school Will je under the immediate ehnrgej of Miss Phab 'h Wallace, heretofore hs it rue toe of Preach in the University .if ( hie ago. and of Miss Lnmia Paird, i it many years principal of a girl's c hool in KnaSkl t ity. Berlin, according to President Harper's plans, i n, t in tie line of man h afte r Paris, A VENTURESOME MARINER. (apt. Wacktsnea Starts em m lern end Voynais leesns th,- ianlie in a U le-nhe-ll. nioucester, .Mass., ,,me jo. In his 25-foot i loop, the dreat Republic, (apt. Howard I'.lacklnjrn, of this -.-ity, yesterday afternoon, starte na hin second trai satlatit ic vovage. his MCO CO Oet-tiU'-tioa being Lisbon, l'or'.ngal, which In- expeotl tu nac h in 45 days. 1 1 previous voyage, in was to London, which trip took .'.1 ! days. Tin- start w is made amid Ik plaudits of our CM thousand perrons. s'iorlly after tve o'eloi'k the Groat Bepublie, eaoorU n by a large (foot of beats, started on her Voyage, She received a succession of salutes until she was marly off Tha'cher's islar.d, when the last of the e -eort b it her. t'vielrncr e.f a Horrible Murder. Lowell, Miics., June m, Xho hcac?less and decomposed body of a young woman was found in a lu'.ip of brush mar ( helmsforel yesterday afternOOttV Mulder had been committed In a horrible fashion, for- the head had '.'"ti BO pa rated from tin' trunk by a ccr;es of slashes with a dull weapon llreivinrel In Me Ivo, Mi vb'o, June 10. Roberl M. Johnson, who came to I bis city from Dei Moines, In., has been drowned near TulpsnciRSngO, Ho haves a wife and two children

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A Published Report Regarding Queen Wilhelmioa's Recent VUit to Germany. IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE IN AFRICA. ku Monro "f a Meetlnn Helween l.en. Kitchener and lien. Ilutliu It,. e'rbril at (he llrlllab War tltll. 'l'be Huer I. ,- In Mn Kruu,r and l.rda al The llaitue. Berlin. Juim i i. The Kleinei i dm I print.- a dispatch from The Hague saying that Queen Wlihelmina'N i. cent visil here was Meant to obtain BmporSM William's eonseut to end the South African both the rwclbund and the" dreibui I being Willing te do so, through lb Hague ai bit ration court, und that the emperor censented ami tin- epurt i gau work thereon. The lispa t . , b,,. cre ated a sensation here. An inl hiirlc-d Statement. The following foreign office state Dient i.- authorised by Count lluelow, the imp i ml chancellor: "Neither Great Britain, Prance, doi llussia ever approached Uertnuny to particlpOtS iu any action almiug a: ending the South Africon war. Ger many has all along distinguished be tween ottering' her gooel office a and Intervention, To render her good . liee-s Would be possible' if both pap tie's jo the wnr requested it; but ;t will be- remembered that Qreal Britain only joined The Hague COnfc rence cm condition that the Itoe-r statewere excluded, 'there is no doubl that Mr. KrUger, who is a sein state sme n, eaine tri Kureipc to obtain the good OfHceO of se veral of the now its to etui the war; hut there' N -,!-, no doubt that Grant Britein doe", not want their gooel i ftiees. At lea-t, it is true' that since the Seuiih African war began, Great Britain has never, either Verbally or in writing, e'ontidi ntially or officially, broached sued an idea. It is quitt possible that tl Doer skle has now formally asked The Hague arbitration court to ' its aid to end the WSf SODSChoW, that the- Ctuirt has held :i session i gardiug the matter: tint that, ot coin i. i- entirely different from unj Serious Steps tc en. I the war." KITCaUBNMI AMI lloniA. 'ei MeWS eif Tfcefe Ilm Im Met, ai iteiirt,'d. at ttaadsrloa i New York, June ii. A dispatch 'i the- Tribune from fondon says: Tin wai otP.ce authorities any ihey have- received no news ad a meeting between ti . Kitchener und Gen, Bo ÜM near St;, uilerlon, las( Wediu-sdav and the re ort of a te ntative settlement between be British ami I to i com rai ndori t coaseauently diserii! ite-d in official quarters. Mrs. Botka'i arrival in London has, neverthele- . re vived peace rumore to which publicity hna been L'lvc-n on aeveial occa sums recently. It is impossible to say exactly what :s gonig on, but Hie general opinion i- that I hem must Is seitne '"'.ltidnt ion for the rumors. Mi s Pot ha'.-, i-it is still shroudeel in sc erecy, and nlthouffh it is frequent) said that she is on a peace mission, no definite in forma tkm on this point is obtainable at present. SaOetMUS Oplnlein. On the whole, the opinion of 'e newspnpen is that Mrs. Botha's iif to Mr. Kroger can at Pest exercuM but an indirect inflUCncO iimii fstUM peace negotiations so long us the P.oe-rs pe rsist in holding out for better terms than we re ofTered at Mid die burg. The re- eleies Hot Se'e'lll th slightest ground for the statement which appeared in the Weekly patck that Mrs. Uothl was received on Hnturtlny at Use colonial office, then by Lord RobettK, Ut the war of nee, ami sfterward by Mr. Broderick, Meanwhile-, (he WSC ttCWS COUtinUVI hseoneluoii e . Gen. Blood's operations in the east ein Transvaal have apparently come In an end, and can not he called ,!eClsiv e, MBPOM I Or tlol.U LOSSB9. Tili' y re e. riKlini 1 1 ll.itiu lle- iei 1 1 cl if ieu iiiki Mnteelnl. London. June 11. Lord Kitchener, in a dispAtch from I're-toria. Ultdt I Monday 's elate, sn y the number ot Boers killed. Imprisoned or surren dered the las! montl totaled 2,i I Prom June 1 to .lone Si, S6 Boers wen kilb d, lour WOlindcd, MM were mad' prisoners ami S3 eur rendered, and Ml riibs, ns,5S0 rounds of ammunition, !-( wagons and 1,1'OU horses were eailureda Kruui'r nnil l.e il, nl TfM llnueie. Tho Hi. (-uc, June 11. Mr. Kr i; P ami Dr. Leyds hove arrived here They drove from the railroad Rtati at Kilver sum junction in ii closed cor riace, unci itre stuying ut the resi Jence of Mr. Wolmaranai one oi tin Bot r p laot euvuv. HEARD IN THE LIBRARY. James Whltcomb Uiley says that he waited N yean before hla nuuiuscripi was accept ed. In 1000, the popufaltion of Iowa and Minnesota combined wan larger than the- population of the country when Washington was president in l"so Before he beeaaae famoue as novelist Roberi Bnrrvvnai scl Itencher in Cannda. In the SCUTOU eif tune he drifted into jouriinlistn unci foundetl the Idler company with .lermns K. Jerome iu 1S,J2.