By John In the United States, the Arkansas River is 1,470 miles long, but at various points in its course, it is very narrow for its length. No British ship is permitted to carry a deckload of timber into a British port between the last day of October and April. Emile Zola has just refused an offer of $100,000 for three books. "I once walked the streets of Paris in danger of starvation," he said, "but I am not starving now at the age of 61." Bermuda's receiving ship, the Terror, has been put out of commission after perhaps the most uneventful career of any naval vessel. She was an iron floating battery built in 1856. George Gould, like his father, is a silent man. He divides his secrets with no one. Taught in a practical school, he has the ability, the wealth, and the experience to develop his plans on a scale of great magnitude. It is predicted he will make a greater reputation as a master financier than his father left, and that he will accumulate, if he has not done so already, a much larger fortune. Vice President Roosevelt recently In an interview with the Cherokee Indians at Buffalo: "The first shot fired In Cuba was fired by a half-breed Cherokee Indian in my regiment in the first battle of Guacamayas. He was wounded eight times before he gave up, and as soon as he was out of the hospital he was back in the ranks, ready for more fight. I had about fifty men who were either whole or part Indian in my regiment." To this, American Horse, a noted Oglala chief, responded: "Maybe that's the reason you had the bravest regiment in the army." Accredited Russian officials have Just made overtures to a Philadelphia firm to establish a plant on the line of the Trans-Siberian railway for the making of steel and the construction of cars and locomotives. A free site has been offered, lumber, coal and Iron privileges are to be granted, while the government guarantees to purchase a certain number of cars and locomotives annually. The capital of $10,000,000 is to be raised in the United States and the original plant shipped duty free from American ports. This is but one of the many indications that the Russian government is willing to make any concession to those who can and will develop Siberian industries. On the 14th day of November a terrific storm wrecked twenty-one vessels in Balaclava Bay, bearing for Britain's men ammunition and warm clothing and other necessaries for the winter, which settled in with unusual severity. Through unpardonable oversight, the land transport broke down altogether, although it was but ten miles from Balaclava to the front. Cholera, the terms of which had been brought from Varna, raged in the British lines, and those who escaped it fell victims to scurvy, dysentery, or fever. With only tents for shelter and rags for clothing, with insufficient food, and no medical comforts, the poor fellows starved and died, and rotted. Between the beginning of November and the end of February, 8,689 British troops perished in hospital. On the last of these dates, 13,608 men were still in hospital. A swarm of bees held up the business center of Waterbury, Conn., the other day. The bees swarmed a day before the scheduled date, and as they made their way through the business district there was great excitement. Store doors and windows were closed and women and children screamed and fled to the side streets. There was a general scattering down South Main Street as the swarm descended on this thoroughfare, and, although the most traveled in the city, it was bare of everything but bees in a few minutes. Electric cars and all other vehicles went into retirement, and the bees, after stinging 60 persons, circled about the salvage loots and the livery stables until they threatened to destroy all business. When the excitement was at its height, the bees, attracted by the sound of repairmen working on a roof, made a dead set for the base, and the way the men slipped down the ladders would do credit to sailors. The bees sought the seclusion of the housetops, where their owner, with the usual blandishments, succeeded in coaxing the bees into a big chimney. After a successful flirtation with the queen, the man loaded the warm honey into big pails and brought it along in anticipation of such a load. Coal exposed to the weather, say for a month, loses one-third of its heating qualities. If a ton of coal is left on the ground and another ton is placed under a tiled roof, the latter retains 47 percent more heat. Storing coal in a dry place, covered, coats the more heating power because the volatile and valuable components do not escape. Resume for the Crimean war, but was sent the following year to Bermuda without having seen service, and for forty-four years remained moored off the Naval Club there. Washington Secoi. Fred C. Squires, confidential clerk to the secretary of war, has resigned to accept a position with the National Asphalt company. He came to Washington with Gen. Alger and served the secretary in a confidential and responsible capacity, during the Spanish war. The secretary of war has approved the recommendation of Gen. Chaffee looking to the division of troops of the army into brigades wherever they are assembled in sufficient numbers to permit this style of formation. The tendency of the new order is to place the army on a much better basis for operations on a large scale than under the present system. Assistant Secretary Spalding has taken steps to restitute immediately the duties collected on goods imported from Porto Rico from the date of the ratification of the Spanish treaty and the approval of the Foraker act. It is expected that warrants covering the amounts thus far proved will be issued within a day or two. These aggregate about $438,000. Secretary Root has directed the promulgation of an order creating a board of army officers to investigate the whole subject of changes in the military posts throughout the country. This board will consider proposed changes in headquarters, the establishment of military posts and also the proposed establishment of four permanent posts for military maneuvers. A United States general committee to promote interest in and to pass on exhibits for the international exhibition of modern decorative art to be held in Turin next year under the presidency of the duke of Aosta, has been formed at New York, and it extends an invitation to communicate with it to architects, artists and manufacturers who desire to exhibit their work. Crime and Criminals. A mob at Elkins, W. Va., lynched a negro who had mortally wounded the chief of police. Joe Benlsh of Walker, Iowa, shot his sweetheart, Miss Fannie Glersha, and then shot himself. He will die. The girl will recover. Mrs. Selma Bremer of Milwaukee, according to the coroner's jury, came to her death from injuries at the hands of her husband, John Bremer. He is held on a charge of murder. John, alias Louis, McDowell, arrested for an alleged fraudulent attempt to secure jewelry from several firms, claiming to be Senator Hanna's son, was turned over to the St. Louis authorities on requisition and sent to St. Louis. Rev. J. B. Dusman, postmaster at Goshen, Ohio, attempted suicide by shooting, and probably fatally wounded himself. He formerly was active as a minister in the United Brethren church. It is supposed he became unbalanced during the recent intensely hot weather. Chief Wilkie of the secret service has received a number of bank notes printed from the original plates from the State Bank of New Brunswick, N.J., over fifty years ago. A bank went out of existence some time in the '50's, and it was supposed that the steel plates from which its notes were printed were destroyed. Greek and Austrian railway graders met in Sydney, Neb., in deadly combat. Six Greeks were wounded and one Austrian was killed. After a drunken row, the Austrians attacked the Greeks with knives, revolvers, and clubs and completely routed them, after severely wounding six of their number. Rabe Lubovic, an Austrian, was killed. Mary Schuffler, wife of Michael Schuffler, a farmer living west of Indianapolis, was shot and seriously wounded by Herbert Sickinger, a farmhand, who then turned his revolver on Schuffler, inflicting a slight wound. An old grudge is supposed to have led to the shooting. Farmers turned out in large numbers, but Sickinger is still at large. Clarence Davis, aged seventeen years, in Cincinnati shot and seriously wounded his stepfather, William Weideburg. Davis had separated from his young wife, and, after having attempted suicide on three different occasions, yesterday shot at his stepfather four times. He was disarmed and arrested before he could shoot at other members of the family. Foreign. ?i "3. A Paris doctor claims the height of a person may be increased by the proper application of electricity. Emperor Francis Joseph will return for a royal visit to the king of Italy after a period of eighteen years. Queen Victoria's portrait by Benjamin Constant is refused admission to any of the royal collections. Prof. Koch and others of the tuberculosis congress cite American methods as models for the rest of the world to follow. The British congress on tuberculosis, for the prevention of consumption, has opened in London with the duke of Cambridge as president of the association. The University of Berlin receives 1,500,000 marks for benevolent purposes under the will of Dr. Vrillnd, the Berlin composer who died in Wiesbaden last month. Benjamin Baldwin, who claims he was "chief constable for California" for twenty-five years, has been arrested in London on a charge of begging. He was discharged. The London county council has voted to send a tramway manager and an electrical engineer to the United States to investigate street railways, especially the "shallow" Underground lines of the Boston system, which it is proposed to construct there. A sensation has been caused in Rome by the alleged theft of the Raphael school from the Church of Santa Sabina. The painting, representing Madonna and Child, was painted by an American woman. Accidental Happenings. Two men lost their lives in the grand rush to get homes in Oklahoma. A.B. Cummins, candidate for nomination for governor of Iowa, had his shoulder dislocated in an accident. The Wilcox handle factory at Lebanon, Ind., one of the largest industries of the kind in the state, was totally destroyed by fire, involving a loss of $10,000. Destruction by forest and prairie fires is reported at Denver from different points, directly attributable to dry condition of grass and timber from the long dry spell. Cattle men are becoming alarmed at the shortage of water in the streams. Fire in the Union block in Taunton, Mass., caused a loss of $150,000. Among those damaged are Hack's Publishing company, H. Dwyer Hardware company, H. Tasker, jewelers; H. Hepburn, undertaker; A. A. Barker, druggist, and Charles Barnard, tailor. While seven boys, ranging in age from fifteen to eighteen, were sitting on the track in the shadow of a box car at Indianapolis, a switch engine with a cut of cars struck the car, which dashed into the group. Two of the boys were killed and three others injured. Frank Hanoh of Escanaba, Mr. Moslock of Milwaukee and Jim Woodin, the latter aged thirteen, were drowned in Doan lake at Floodwood, eight miles south of Republic, Mich. Details are meager, but it appears they were fishing on a raft. The bodies were recovered. Sybil Sanderson, the singer, has made a contract with Maurice Grau for a tour of the United States. She will sail from London for New York on Sept. 20, and will make her first appearance in San Francisco. The Hungarian violinist, Kubelik, has been engaged by Daniel Frohman for an American tour, commencing in New York in December next. Mr. Frohman has guaranteed that Kubelik's share of the proceeds of the tour shall not be less than $100,000. Frederick S. Williams, city editor and founder of the Sunday Times and a well-known Indiana politician, died at Lafayette, Ind., aged fifty-three. He served as chief clerk in the office of the third auditor of the United States treasury during President Cleveland's administration. General. Dun's weekly trade review reports business about normal. A young girl afflicted with diphtheria died while under treatment by Dowie. The Wisconsin pension list shows a gain of nearly 200 over that of a year ago. Relics of St. Anne, on exhibition in New York, are credited with miraculous cures. Reports show that during the present year Cuba's exports have exceeded her imports by $8,637,185. A famous painting, "The Birth of Liberty," was bought for $1.60 at a sale of unclaimed goods. The Iowa corn crop will amount to over 14,000,000 bushels if no further damage is done. An operation on the stomach of a New Jersey farmer relieved him of a frog five inches long. People Talked About. The French zoologist, Henry LaCase Luthiers, is dead. He was born in 1821. Dr. Alston Ellis of Hamilton, Ohio, has been elected president of the Ohio university. Dr. Edward Morley, brother of the Rt. Hon John Morley, the well-known Liberal member of the house of commons, is dead. Former Congressman Simon J. Schermerhorn died at his home in Rotterdam, N.Y., from apoplexy. He was seventy-three years old. J. D. Eckman, manager of the Joint Rate Inspection Bureau in Indianapolis, is dead. He was known among railroad men all over the country. Henry King Elkins, a pioneer lumber merchant of Chicago and one of the first directors of the board of trade, is dead, after an illness of nearly a year. John Downer, the builder of many of New York's famous structures and master builder for the last twenty-five years for the Astor estate, died suddenly of heart disease in New York. Robert Folger Westcott, father-in-law of ex-Capt. O.M. Carter, U.S.A., and head of the Westcott Express company, died suddenly at Richfield Springs, N.Y. FAVOR OPENS. A aMWS» Cass Lake and Walker Move Master. Cass Lake, Minn., July 28.—The people who are most interested in the opening of the Chippewa reservation are commencing to move in earnest toward the consummation of their wishes and what they consider their rights. On Wednesday evening, a joint session of the Commercial club of Cass Lake and the Industrial Association of Walker was held at Strawberry Hall, Cass Lake. The attendance was very large, and after a full discussion of the subject, strong resolutions were unanimously adopted favoring opening. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. has left a will providing for tests to determine whether death has actually occurred. Fifty million feet of standing timber has been sold at the La Pointe agency, Wis., at an average of $2 per 1,000 feet. Practically an official admission has been made that the First National Bank of New York proposed to absorb the National Bank of the Republic. The transport Thomas sailed from San Francisco for Manila, via Honolulu, with the 600 teachers who are going to accept positions in the schools in the Philippines. H. Phelps Whitmarsh, civil governor of Benguet province, Luzon, has been exonerated of the charges against him by the civil commission. On account of the impossibility of continuing together, the resignation of Sheerer, secretary to Gov, Whitmarsh, has been accepted. The Wisconsin fraction. Light, Heat and Power company has filed, at Appleton, Wis., a $60,000 first mortgage on all its properties, in favor of the Milwaukee Trust company. The mortgage is for the acquisition of carbon shares. An official down by the, a S In- One Killed and Two Seriously Injured. Towah, Wis., July 28.-During a severe electrical storm which passed over this section of the country, one man was killed and two probably fatally injured by lightning. The first victim was Chris Peterson, a laboring man, who picked up a wire which was blown down by the wind. The others are M. J. and G. Kelley, brothers living on a farm eight miles north of here. They were in the house when it was struck. The first named is not expected to live. Erickson Pardoned. Minnesota Man Gets Out of Montana Prison. Helena, Mont., July 28.—Gov. Toole has pardoned Edmund Erickson, formerly of Moorhead, Minn., who is serving a five-year sentence in the penitentiary at Deer Lodge for assault in the second degree committed in Billings in December, 1899. Erickson is only twenty-one years old and it is believed his mind is unbalanced. Prominent Minnesota men, including ex-Gov. Lind and Charles A. Towne, interceded in Erickson's behalf. BODY FOUND IN CHEEK. Wrapped in Blanket and Brains Blown Out. Deadwood, S. D., July 28.—The body of a dead man has been found in Sand Creek, northwest of this city, by fishermen. The man is supposed to have been killed and robbed of his money and then wrapped up in a blanket and thrown into the creek. He was killed by some one who placed the revolver in the man's mouth and blew his brains out. There is no clue. Rich Strike of Ore. Lead, S. D., July 28. The Hidden Fortune Company of Denver encountered a big ledge of free milling ore in the Leadbug tunnel, on the property adjoining the Homestake mine. The ore runs about $4.50 per ton and in every way is equal to the Homestake ore. The top of another ore vein was also struck in a thirty-foot shaft on the same property. It is considered the most important strike made in the Black Hills in many years. Fatal Bolt of Lightning. Winona, Minn., July 28.—While out bathing on the Mississippi last evening, Volt G. Allen and Otto Scharf were overtaken by a severe electrical storm. They started to return to the city, and when midway in the river a bolt of lightning struck Allen on the right shoulder, killing him instantly and burning a furrow the entire length of his body. His companion was shocked into insensibility but was not seriously injured. Preston, Minn., July 27. The hot spell was broken when the wind began to blow at a furious rate and rain followed. It rained all night and reports have come in from a few miles north of here that grain stacks are all blown over, many barns unroofed and trees blown down. Edwin Stark's barn was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Loss, $1,400. Bar Saloonkeepers. West Superior, July 28.—The grand lodge of the I. S. W. A. yesterday afternoon voted to bar saloonkeepers from becoming members of the order. The delegates from both states were in favor of this rule, Hayward was chosen unanimously as the place for holding the next convention. Pretty Costly Game. Albert Lea, Minn., July 28.—The first conviction under the game law this year took place yesterday when Cv B. Cordlin of Owatonna pleaded guilty to shooting two quail. He was fined $10 for each bird and costs, amounting in all to $27.30. Ice Famine at La Crosse. La Crosse, Wis., July 28,—F. A. Bigelow, a local ice dealer, made the statement yesterday that La Crosse is threatened with an ice famine, caused by the recent heated spell. Drought Ended. Le Roy, Minn., July 28.—The intense heat and drought of the past three weeks was brought to an abrupt end by a good shower. There was no wind or hail. Chamberlain, Wis., July 28.—A freight train was wrecked upon a rock on the Omaha track near Shell Lake yesterday, delaying traffic but injuring no passengers. Atwater, Minn., July 28.—J. T. Sigg, a farmer living nine miles south of here, lost his barn and seven horses and a lot of hay by fire. No one was injured. Grafton, N. D., July 28.--Grafton will adopt a new charter and go under the general law. At the election held there was a majority in favor of the new charter. Kindred may secure a laundry. Linton streets are being graded. A new bridge is to be built at Medina. The Boat is expected to reach Ashley on August 1. Buffalo authorities are after pot gangs. Many Improvements are being made at Medora. A wind storm did some damage in Barnes County. The Harvey mill used 85,000 bushels of wheat last year. At Dickinson, good horses bring $50 each in car load lots. The potato crop is reported good in the vicinity of Jamesstown. The barn on the big Fowler farm, near Kindred, was burned. J. E. Plahan reports he never saw range cattle looking better. Iowans are to purchase 20,000 acres of LaMoure county lands. Barley harvest has commenced in the southern part of the state. Efforts are being made to secure a night policeman for Kindred. The Pythian membership in North Dakota now aggregates 2,300. Flax is improving in the country along the Jamestown & Northern. Cattle on the ranges are said to have suffered terribly from mosquitoes. Cut worms are said to have damaged flax in many sections of the state. George Carl and son of Sanborn caught 250 fish in Spiritwood lake. The big Clark farm, near Menoken, has been sold to the King brothers. This year the crops around Aneta are the best ever known in that vicinity. Cattle shipments from the western part of the state will begin about Aug. 15. A large force of men are at work on the government buildings at Fort Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. James Ryder of LaMoure celebrated their golden wedding. Around Dickinson, the farmers are aiming at seventy bushels of oats per acre. At Oakes, the fire engine used to sprinkle the streets during the hot period. There is opposition to the bond issue at Casselton for enlarging the electric light plant. Stutsman county ranchmen claim sheep will pay even with wool as low as 10 cents. The Mandan state people are ready to cash up for premiums awarded at the 1900 fair. The three-year-old colt of Axel Gustafson of Fargo was badly scalded with boiling water. When the Mayville flax mill gets to going good, it will turn out a car load of fiber each day. Miss Freda Bartholome, daughter of the late chief justice, will teach music at Bismarck. Frank F. Judge, the veteran Grafton musician, has been engaged as leader of the Drayton band. F. L. George, late of Red Wing, Minn., is the new Chief Clerk at the Hotel Metropole, Fargo. Last week a Mandan real estate man sold fifty-six quarter-sections of land to prospective settlers. Dickinson people are proud of the large amount of incomparable sidewalks laid this summer. The new Polish cathedral at Warsaw cost nearly $50,000, and there is not a dollar of indebtedness now. Louis Reuter, manager of the Mercer County Roller mills, was struck by lightning, and instantly killed. This year there was so much rain that the plans to establish artesian wells over the state were lost sight of. Lee Makee was handling a gun at Dunnelth, when the old thing went off and picked up a showcase full of jewelry. W. A. Scott of Fargo transferred twenty-four sections of Stanton County land to A. T. Bachelder of Vermont. Robert J. Tousley of Ellendale and Harry J. Miller of Jamestown, N.D., have been appointed railway inspectors. Many of the Public Examiner Wallace and Deputy Proctor are making a round of official examinations of county records and accounts. Henry Dohmann, informed through the grapevine, has started a new enterprise in LaMoure county, which has 1,823 schoolchildren. Ransom county warrants are selling. Foster county will pay a $2 bounty on wolves. The dog trainer at Sheldon's is doing a big business. Lightning killed much stock in Cavalier county. A new flouring mill may be built in Washburn. August 16 is the date for the Winnipeg Day at Grand Forks. Contractors have lots of trouble to secure laborers in Grand Forks. There is an epidemic of a disease in some areas. Some stolen horses were recovered near Fairmount. Ellendale has its quota of assault and battery cases. The Bank of New Rockford is erecting a new building. North Dakota's crop of 78,000 school children helps some. Since good crops seem assured, there is a decided building boom. The Mandan fair people are cashing premiums awarded last year. Charles Kono, a Bohemian, was taken to the asylum from Dickinson. It is now claimed there is no blackleg among the cattle in Wells county. Steele county people will make it warm for horse thieves in the future. An ironing crew has caught up with the graders on the Oberon extension. A man who disappeared from Towner county has been located on the coast. Farmers in the southern part of the state have begun to cut early-sown wheat. The water in the James river is said to be higher now than at any time for a long period. Many valuable horses around Drayton have been poisoned by eating water hemlock. Dickinson has already baled 600,000 pounds of wool this year, and the clip is not half in. Bismarck streets are unsprinkled because of a temporary hitch in the compensation, etc. Hankinson hunters have organized to protect game and prevent violations of the game laws. Stores will be established at Arnold and Baldwin, the new stations on the Washburn road. Wells Richard Sykes has brought suits against some Iowa parties to have certain tax title deeds set aside. The Harvey school board will appear in district court to answer charges of irregularity in handling funds. Sheriff Goodall has new towns working hard to get new roads opened up and graded so that the farmers can come in and trade. A Brooklyn firm has an agent in Burleigh county, purchasing tax titles and abandoned farms. Many cattle in the county are reported to have died from want of exercise and water. Hankinson people are looking on the deal they got about the Great Northern excursion on the Fourth. More than 1,000 Indians are said to have been vaccinated recently on the Fort Totten reservation. Attorney Purcell and Druggist Ritzenhouse of Wahpeton have opened a sheep ranch west of Kulm. The prisoners in the Stark county jail made another attempt to break the bars, but were unsuccessful. Oberon has been one of the liveliest towns in the state this summer, on account of the railroad extension. The fact that Fargo will spend $10,000 on city schools next year shows that the kids are not neglected. Some mean kids at Grand Forks broke the electric light globes on the streets by throwing stones at them. Edmore and Brocket, townsites on the Lakota extension, will be platted and the lots put on the market at once. A burglar attempted to enter Mrs. Simpson's residence at Mandan but was frightened away, leaving a pair of shoes. Wilkinson may get into a horse-racing circuit, which is to include Minot and a number of Montana towns. Western ranchmen are kicking against improper inspection of cattle driving into the state from Minnesota. Due to many prisoners at Dickinson, he wants a special term of court to dispose of the cases. Emmons county farmers claim that the wheat struck by hail last month is better than the rest—as the hail killed the weeds. Timmerman has resigned as secretary of the Morton County Fair association, and Roy Gilbreath is his successor. Carrington learns that the Northern Pacific will build a new roundhouse at that point, when the Bowdon extension is completed. Ole Erickson was arrested near Oakes for beating his wife, because she wanted to rest after weeding two acres of potatoes. Harrison farmers have completed arrangements for the erection of a farmers' elevator, and will have it ready for the crop this fall. John Alexander, of Dickey county, was bound over to the district court on the charge of shooting a boy named Dean, in a row over a fence. Stoneman, the state attorney, is beginning to learn that his work forcing the law is not appreciated. The Casselton K. P. lodge was the scene of violence, as a Pierce county deputy sheriff had time trying to attach a team for a bill, which gained so much notoriety that the sheriff bounced him. Violators of the prohibition law are beginning to learn that State Attorney Burke is serious about enforcing the law. In total, $30,000 has been donated in addition to the $20,000 already raised, bringing the total to $50,000 for the building fund. 