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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1901)
BOHEMIA NUGGET. mblUhid lEvari- FrMr. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY A Comprehensive Review of (he Important Happenings of (he Pat Week Presented In a Condensed Form Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. II. O. Armour, tho Chicago packer, died at Saratoga. An attompt was made to murder a family of hopplckors. A lono highwayman tried to hold up the Agcr-Lakevlew stage. Thieves are robbing slulcoboxos In tho vicinity of Dawson. Tho Vcneiuolan fleet Is bombarding Rio Ilacha, Colombia. An X-ray apparatus has been sent from New York to Buffalo. Shooting of President McKlnloy dis cussed by ministers In their sermons. Two bombs were discovered under the Haymarket monument In Chi cago. The 8tcelworkers' executive commit tee ordered Shaffer to settle tho strike. Prayers for the President's recov ery were offered In churches through out the land. New York police aro looking for Emma Goldman. Steps are being token for the suppression of anarch ists. President McKluley's chances of recovery have Improved. For the present no attempt will be mado to removo the bullet. Messages of condolence were re ceived from all parts of the world. Dr. Von Mlquel, Prussian ex-Mlnls-ter of Finance, died at Frnakfort-on-the-Maln. The Texaranla train robbers are still at large. The ecumenical conference opened in London. Fighting Is expected- at Bocas del Toro and at Colon. The New York conference did not settle the steel strike. Remarably quiet year reported In me ungiisn wheat market. Columbia beat Constitution 17 sec onds over a 30-mlIe course. Bridge of the God's ascended by the iieguiaior exploring expedition. Prince Chun delivered Chin's letter or apology to Emperor William. Harvest Carnival of the Modern Woodmen of America opened at Al- oany. New International boundary line may put much of Blaine, Wash., In Canada. Census Offlce issues a bulletin on the sex, nativity and color of the popula tion of Oregon. The chainmakers are striking for more pay. Venezuela issues an explanation of the trouble. A Cotton Belt train was robbed near Texarkana. The Japanese press Is excited over the Honolulu incident. Visible grain supply August 31st shows general increase. Late developments were not favor able to the steel strikers. Governor Schroeder reports pros perous conditions in Guam, Summary of crop conditions reports generally favorable weather. The United States offered to medi ate between Venezuela and Colombia. ine uaracas ana uogota govern ments replied to secretary Hay's note, English and Pittsburg syndicates oet i400,ooo on the coming yacht race. Men employed to take the strikers places at the Le Hoi smelter walked out. Boers threaten to shoot all British soldiers captured after September l&tn. Courts will be asked to set aside the sale of a Skagit County. Wash. ington, road to the Great Northern Hallway. Lono highwayman near Ashland. was captured .Insurgents of Colombia have besieg ed Bocas Del Toro. France requests the Turkish Ambas sador to leave Paris. Oregon's Pan-American exhibit has been of much benefit. British bark Collessle wrecked on west coast of South America. Official trial race of Columbia and Constitution was without result. Labor Day was quite generally ob served tnroughout the United States. Philadelphia woman waa arrested in London for the forgery of nearly $500, 000. United States Consular agent re quests that a gunboat be sent to tho scene. Burdette Wolf, who murdered a girl in Portland 10 years ago, Is in hiding Jn Peru. The steel strikers were unable to get the men at the Duquesne mills to .walk out. Roosevelt, in an address, said the cry against the men of wealth is not Justifiable. In Hong Kong there aro only 400 women, and in Hawaii 632 women, to every 1000 men. The number of retail liquor dealers in the United States at the close of last year was 206,000, The total vote of the prohibition party in tho elec tion of tbo same year was 209,000. The bee and honoy-ralsers of North Germany aro having a hard tlmo. They feel the competition of tho artificial honey factories very much. The arti ficial product contains often no more than 10 per cent of natural honey, j APOLOGY OF CHINA. Delivered by Prince Chun to the Kalstr with Considerable Humility. Berlin, Sept. 5. Emporor William's reception of tbo Chlncso mission of ex piation, headed by Prlnco Chun, whlcn took placo yesterday at Potsdnm, was marked with all tho severity consistent with nn audience nominally friendly. Tho Chlncso Impcrlnl envoy on enter ing tho palaco was not accordod n sa lute by tho Garde du Corps. Tho Em poror received him seated. Tho but tons and opulcttoa of His Majesty's whlto uniform were enveloped In crepe. Prlnco Chun bowed thrice on entering and leaving. Emperor Willi am romnlnod seated during tho read ing of tho Chinese nddress. After ward, however, ho relaxed his stern demeanor and welcomed tho envoy courteously, and subsequently accom panied by his adjutant, ho cnllcd upon Prlnco Chun at the Orangery. Lntor In tho evening tho Emperor, Prlnco Chun and a doicn members of tho ex piatory mission took tea on an Island in tho Havel. Tho Emperor had evidently arranged tho cntlro ceremony with n vlow of Im pressing Prlnco Chun with tho feeling that the ceremony meant cxplntlon for n foul crime, and that only through expiation had Prlnco Chun ncqulrcd j tho right to be treatc with princely Honor, not unm auer uio curcmuny did the atmosphere change. Then tho troops outside having saluted and the band having played, Hussars escorted Prlnco Chun back to tho Orangery. The imperial envoy Becmed deeply im pressed with the solemnity of tho oc casion, an when summoned to tho throne room, he showed visible env harassment. He bowed repeatedly while approaching the throne, and his voice was agitated whilo he was read lng the Imperial address. Tho entlro manner of Emperor William was calcu lated to impress Prince Chun with the solemnity of tho ceremonlnl. Ho spoke emphatically and seriously, em phasizing particularly the word "civil ized." The ceremonial lasted only ten min utes. In tho meantime ten Chinese dignitaries of the highest rank were halted In the ante-room, remalnng per fectly motionless and speechless, awaiting Prlnco Chun's return with ev ident anxiety. Prlnco Chun retired backward from the throncroom, bow ing proiusery. THE COTTON CROP. Mir: Valuable Th's Year Than Before, Though Not So Large. New Orleans, Sept. 5. The total of Secretary Hester's crop report on cot ton of the United States shows that the total crop for 1900-01 was 10,383, 422 bales, against 9,426,416 bales last year, and 11,274.840 bales the year be fore. The mills of the South used 1,620,930 bales, which was 23,819 bales more than during 1899-1900. With the excess in bales over last year of 947, 006, the South obtained for tho crop an Increase of $130,782,729; the value of this year's crop having reached $494,567,649, more in dollars than has ever before been paid for any cotton crop. Sir. Hester compares ine vaiuo of this crop with that of the year be fore last, 11,274,840 bales, the largest ever grown, and shows that the South received this year for 891,418 bales less, $211,794,562 more. GERMAN CRUISER SUNK. Collided With a Battleship In the Baltic Set No Uvea Lost. Berlin, Sept. 6. The commander of the German fleet maneuvering in the Baltic, telegraphed today from Sass nltz, Island of Rugen, that the third class cruiser Wach haB been sunk off Arkona, after having been In collision with the battle-ship Sachsen. There was no loss of life. The Wacht was a steel cruiser of 1250 tons displacement. She was built in 1887, was 262 feet long, nad ,31 reet C-ln. beam and drew 13 feet 9 Inches of water. The Wacht had an armored deck two inches thick and carried a crew of 126 men. Her armament con sisted of four 3.4 inch quick-firing guns and two small qulck-flrers. She bad three torpedo tubes and was estimated to have a speed of about 19 knots. WANT8 TO BE AN ENGLISHMAN. Boss Croker Is Preparing to Change His Nationality. New York, Sept. 6. A London dis patch says: In the current Issue of Week End a contributor gives an account of a con versation he recently had with Richard Croker. "Mr. Croker tells me," says the corresoondent. "that he Is passion ately found of rural England, and that some day he hopes to settle down at a little .country houso In one of our most picturesque counties. 1 nope i am betraying no confidence when I re mark that ho is trying to prove himself fit for citizenship wth us by an applied study of our manners and customs." Money fcr Urlbe-Urlbe. New York, Sept. 5. A dispatch to the Herald from Maracalbo, Veno-'- zuela, says: Sums of considerable importance are transmitted regularly from London to Maracalbo for General Urlbe-Uribe that is to say, for the Colombian revolutionists by a banker named' Is qulerdo Stebln, who formerly carried on business as a merchant in Colom. bla and amassed a large fortune. Alaska Land Decision. Washington, Sept. 6. Acting Secre tary Ryan, of the Interior Department, has rendered a decision in the land contest case of George Harkrader and others against Anna Goldstein. The case involved a conflict between tho Bonanza Lode Claim and tho townslte of the town of Juneau, Alaska. Tho townslte protested against tho grant ing of tho application for a patent to the lode claim, and the Secretary sus tains tho protest. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and financial Happenings of Im. portance A llrlcf Review of the Otowth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report Baker City has Issued J20.000 worth of bonds to establish wator rights. Tho fonccs of Jcsbo Carr around 80, 000 acres of public land In Southwest crn Oregon have boon torn down. A. B. Hammond, n Montana capital 1st, has bought 60,000 acres of tlmbor land near Portland. Deputy Fish Warden AtiBtln Is put ting In a fish rack In tho Sluslaw IUvor Just above tho mouth or wildcat Creek. J. S. Hcrrln, of Jackson, has sold his 1901 wool clip, 10,000 pounds, to San Francisco parties nt 13ft cents r. o. u, Ashland. Tho notnblo feature of tho fair nt Marshflcld Is the largo number of dlf fcrent kinds of "skin games" which havo been licensed. j ., .!,. n, i, i,.. ! ft" ? ""mm r , Willow Creek and Susanvlllc, Cattle and sheopmon In Grant nnd adjoining counties are losing small lots of stock every onco In n while from poison weeds and gun-shot wounds re spectively, The salmon hatchery at Sluslaw I not to be abandoned, as lately stated It la the Intention to Increase tho out put and operate tho hatchery to Its fullest capacity. As this Is tho open Bcason for ducks numerous hunters aro going out dally from Albany. They aro said to hav troublo avoiding accidental slaughter of Chinese pheasants, J. R. Jenkins, a Hnrvey sheepman says sheep are so thick on Steins Mountain this year that ho expects to havo to move his bands down to lower ranges within a few weeks. Feed Is dry and tho weather being so warm, he believes sheep are likely to go on the Fall ranges In rather a poor con dltlon this year, A pocket of 60 per cent puro gold ore was uncovered in the Virtue mine in Eastern Oregon, Reports aro current that numerous Chinese pheasants are being slain un timely in tho Willamette Valley. Superintendent Ackerman holds that Oregon voters have the right to say whether more than eight grades shall be taught In the public schools A Pendleton bicycle thief got safely away with a wheel, then became frightened, Jumped off, abandoned his booty on tho street corner and ran away. - A chlcken-raldlng owl, measuring five feet from tip to tip and with claws as large as a man s hand, was killed tho other day In the mountains above Weston, Webb street, Pendleton, Is to be im proved by crushing all boulders larger than a number seven hat, that can bo round thereon. The street was dress ed with "gravel" some months ago and has been impassible for teams ever since, Another rich strike has been made in the Copper Stain mine in the Mount Reuben district near Grant's Pass, Workmen, while drilling, noticed glis tening particles in tho rock, which proved to be gold. The extent of the vein Is not yet known, but the rock Is worth many thousands per ton. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla.' nominal E6Jc per bushel; blucstem, 50' 57c; valley, o&KQoti. Flour best grades, $2.C53.50 per barrel; graham, $2.uu. Oats Old, S1.10l.lfi percental. Barley Feed, $15 15.50; brewing, $lu.bU per ton. Millstufis Bran, ?27 per ton; mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, .$1(5. Hay Timothy, siiraid; clover. $79.50; Oregon wild hay, .$50 jicr ton. Butter Fancy crcamcry,22J25c; dairy. 1820o;" store, ll12o per pound. Eggs 1717Jc per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 11 HJo; Young America, 12Jc per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 3.75; hens, $4.505.60; dressed. 10 11c per pound; springs, $2.503.50 per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $3.00 3.50 for young; geese, $56 per dozen ; turkeys, live, tsiuc; dressed, 1012c per pound. Mutton Lambs, 3Jc, gross; dressed, 07c per pound; sheep, $3.25, gross ; dressed, C0Jo per lb. Hoes Gross, heavy, $5.75 0: light, $4.755; dressed, l7feo per Veal Small. 80o; largo, 7 7o per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $3.50 4.00; cows and heifers, $3.253.50; dressed beef, 67io per pound. Hops 1214o per pound. Wool Valley, ll13o ; Eastern Oregon, 812o; mohair, 2021o per pound. Potatoes $1$1. 10 per sack. Brazil produces 360,000 tons of cof fee out of the world's yearly crop of 600,000 tons. The population of the United King dom passed that of France for the first tlmo in 1892, Holland has 10,100' windmills, each of which drains 310 acres of land, at an average cost of 25 cents an acre a year. ' Italy and Spain have fewer bouses in proportion to population than any other country. The Argentine Repub lic has most. THE PRESIDENT 18 IMPROVING. Reassuring News from the Mllbum Residence at buffalo. Buffalo. Sept. 9.-Through aM; pencorul Sunday ovory word thnt ennw from tho bin vlnoclnd Iiouho In Do" ; wnro nvonuo, In which tho Btrloko" Chief Magistrate of tho Not on Huh battling for life, wiib lunsBUrlng wi tonight tho chances of his recovery aro no grimily Improved that all or , those who hnvo kept tho pntlunt vigil i nt his bodBldo foot strongly mm. life will bo spared. Tho developments of InBt night anil today woro dreaded, hut hour after hmtr imnMiwt mill tho illBttnuulHhcd l'i- Hunt. struggling thoro bononth tho watchful eyes of physicians mid train oil nurses, showed no unfavorable I Blgns. Klvo times during Uo day j tho doctors nnd Burgeons assembled , for consultation, and each tlmo tho j verdict wan unanimous thnt what change had occurred was for tho bet tor. Not tho slightest premonitory symp tom of porltonltls appeared and thu frosh hopo, born with tho morning, grow stronger and stronger as tho day ndvnncod, until, toward evening, the confidence expressed In tho Presi dent's recovery seemed almost too snngulno. Mllbum Houso. Buffalo. Sept. 9. 1:30 a. m. No nddltlonal bulletin has been Issued by tho Presidents phy sicians. Tho condition of tho Prosl dent 1b reported ns unchnnged 2:30 n. ni. Harry Hamlin nns jubi loft the Mllbum Houbo. Ho sain Thoro hail been no change." 9:45 n. m. Un to tills tlmo the ox nected morning bulletin from tho phy sicians of tho President has not boon Issued. Tho Presldont Is reported to bo resting well. Ills condition re mnlns unchanged. CAPTURED BY BRIGANDS. Kidnaping of an American Woman In Mace donla Is Confirmed. Wnshlncton. Sent. 9. Tho Stato Department ha rccclvod Information from tho United States legation at CdnBtantlnoplo confirming tho press report of tho capture of an American missionary by brigands, llio ins natch from Minister Lolshmann re norts that brigands captured Miss Stone, nn Amerlcnn missionary, who was traveling witn n woman compan Ion. in tho vilayet of Salonlca. Tho denartmont adds that tho matter has received tho immediato and earnest attention of Minister Lclshmnnn. Boston, Sept. 9. Tho Amorican Board of Foreign Missions has re ceived a cable mcssago from Rov. J II. House, ono of tho missionaries at Salonlca, in Macedonia, saying: Brigands took Miss mono and companion between Bansko and DJoumanla." Thcso places aro situated about 100 miles northeast of Salonlca In a coun try long familiar to tho missionaries of the American Board. .Miss Ellon II. Stono is one of tho tried mission arles of tho Amorican Board, having been in this mission slnco 1878. Mis slonaries now in Boston from Bul garia aro confident that no Ill-treat- ment will bo given tho ladlos, but think It la simply a caso In which ran som Is sought for by tho robbers. Constantinople, Sept. 9. Tho Sul tan. Immediately upon hearing of tho abduction of Miss Stono and hor com panlon, peremptorily ordered tbo Vali of Salonlca to securo their roloaso and to exercise every caro for their comfort and safety. 8TRIKE MAY BE 8ETTLED. Mr. Schaffer Has a Telephone Conference With President Schwab. New York. Sept 9. Tho World, in an article on tho steel strike to ap pear tomorrow morning, will say that there Is strong hopo for settlement of the strike. It says: Hope for a favorablo outcome was Increased when, early this afternoon, President Schwab received a 'phono call from Mr. Shaffer, who said ho do- sired to speaK with him personally, Details of what passed between tho men have not been loarncd, but it was reported that Mr. Shaffer had asked for another conference between the steel trust officers and Amalga mated board and that tho board would come hero today for that purposo. Im mediately after Mr. Schaffer telephoned Mr. Schwab went to Mr. Morgr.ns office and romalned closetod with him for sorao time. Tho nature of tho nowa ho carried seemed to bo highly satisfactory to both him and Mr. Morgan." Northwest Pensions. Washington, Sent. 9. Pensions have been granted as follows: Oregon Original. Oconto Bontlnv. Portland, $12; Ezra Suman, Elgin, $6; Benjamin F, Nicholson, Eugono, $8. Washington Original. Silas M. Whlto, Walla Walla, $12; Henry W. Davis, Lincoln, $6; increaso, restora tion, reissue, etc., John 8. McMlno mee, Port Orchard, $10; original wid ows, etc., Graco 8. Wallaco, Cowlitz. $12. Famous Racehorse Dead. Marlon. Ind.. Soot. 0. Glon mnvnn tho running horse, which on tho Chi cago tracks cleared $120,000 for thn owner, Harry Goldstein, in 1893-4, la dead. Will Sign Protocol. Pekln. Sent. 9. Tho Fornl Mln. IsterS havo acCOPtod tho Imnnrlnl edicts and havo arranged to sign tho peace protocol tomorrow. Harvest Hands Killed In a Collision Jamestown. N, D Sont. 10. Ftvn mon were klllod and six othorn rH. ously Injured, two of whom havo slnco men, in a collision early today. A mixed train on tho Northern Pacific camo In from Oakcs. can-vine 17 mnn on a flatcar. As the train passed tho station a road onglno was struck, and tho force of tho collision caused tho fiatcar to collapse Tho names of tho dead and injured could not bo learn ed. They wero harvest hands who had boarded tho car at Lamouro. ritKHIIIKNT FIENDISH ACT'S I IL.IVLIUII ) At o o'clock Dr lloHweii iark. .. well-known surgeon, arrived ,. hospital, nnd lifter imitimr ih. !."? The President is Shot By An Anarchist, AT BUFFALO FAIR HE WAS WOUNDED TWICE-NOT NECESSARILY FATAL. Well Dresicd Stranger Approached II Im As If To Shake llandi, and Fired Twice With a Revolver Concealed Under a Handier- chlef-Amllsnt Was Immediately Placed Under Arrest. Iluffalo, N. V., Sept. 7. President McKlnloy was shot and seriously wounded by a woutd-bo assassin whllo holding a reception In tho Templo ot tho loft of thu mndlnn lino. The it Music at the Pan-Amurlcan grounds ' domett was opened throurh the line a few minutes nticr o ciock yesiop day afternoon. One shot took effect In the right breast, thu other In tho abdomen. The first Is not of a surl- ous nature nnd tho bullet has been extracted. Tho latter pierced tho lib- domlnat wall and has not necn lo cated. Tho President was approached by a man with a dark mustache and with ono hand covered with a handker chief. As tho roan extended his hand to the. President, apparently with the Intention or shaking hands with him, ho fired a shot which entered thn President's right broasL lodging annul tho breast bono. Another shot w. flr,l n wMnh n.nr...l President's abdomen. Tho assailant was immediately nr rut,i on, I . .,, t . and quick an n flash 20 men woro upon him. When rescued ho was cov ered with blood from a gash In his face. Cries of lynching were heard on overy hand, but tho pollco man- agod to got tho man out of tho grounds and lockod him up In a sin - tlon houso a short distance from tho grounds. Later ho was removed to the police headquarters. Detective Ooary was near tho Pres ident and ho foil Into his arms. "Am I shot?" askod tho President. The officor openod tho President's vest, and, seolng blood, replied: "Yes, I am afraid you aro, Mr. President." Tho Presldont was at onco taken to the emergency hospital, whore n bul let which had lodged against tho BOER COMMANDO CAPTURED. Many Killed and Wounded, and Several Im portant Officers Taken. M4ddelburg, Cape Colony, Sopt. 9. Lotter's ontlro commando has boon taken by Major Scholl of Plctorsburg, Ono hundred and thrco prisoners wero capturod, 12 Iloors wero killed and 40 wounded. Two hundred horses also woro capturod. London, Sept. 0. Lord Kitchener's roport from Protoria to tho War Of fice covering tho enpturo of Lotter's commando gives tho figures as 19 kill ed, 42 wounded and 62 capturod un wounded, Tho prisoners Includo Com mandants Lottor and Ilrccdt, Field Cornets J. Krugor and W. Krugor, and Lieutenant Shocman. Among tho kill ed woro tho two VaBlors, notnblo rob ots. Tho casualties woro 10 killed and eight wounded. Burned to Death, Topekn, Kan., Sept. 9. Miss Eolah Hounsom was burned to doath today In her homo nt 132 Kllno strcot. Tho origin of tho flro Is unknown. Mur der, with robbory In vlow, la suspect ed by tbo pollco, a3 sho was known to have had somo monoy. Death List Is Now Sixteen. Newark, N. .J., Sopt. D, Tho doath list of tho North Central train wreck, which occurred last wcok near Fair vllle, has been Increased to 10 by tho death today of Mrs. William Leo Munyon, of Port Gibson, Garrisons at Shanghai. Shanghai, Sopt. 9. Tho Rajputs havo loft horo, reducing tho British garrison In Shanghai to ono natlvo reglmont. Tho Gorman garrjson Is 800 strong and Is showing groat ac tivity. The Germans havo loased for tbreo years, with tho oDtlon of six. a largo tract Instdo tho general not - tloment. Thov aro fencing If. nnri building barracks and storohousos. Tho British community strongly objects. WII.I.IAM McKINI.KY. dent under nn uiiOMtlictir ulMn B lug for tho hall In tho abdomen Tho prisoner ilerlnres th.u .. 1.-r,l Ml. mm., .,r l.. ...... " 1 "" """ " y no nd au tho President, nnd replied "1 urn uii iiiinrchlHt ami have t. my duty." Uitor ho denied to n police offldii thnt ho was nn nnnrrlust Mrs, McKlnloy received (h, tMI of tho attempted iiwinimiimtlon nl tho iitmoftl courage HOPE OF RECOVERY, tu t Jit I lin tvuaa iiuli...l ...I... One Bullet Removed- Wounds broitd lai. dlately and Patient Doing Wl lluffnlo. Sept- 7 Hurrttarr C telyou gnvo out the following stm. itiHllf IflKt HVimlriL. nt 7 .. .h i ..r,lu reB,,,n, wa- ...,' lW . o'clock. uiiii uiiiiui Mruck tin oe r.. .. ...... . . the upper portion of tho brrasttioaf glancing am) not penetrating-, tit vvconil bullet puuclrati-d the iM mon five Inches below tho led tip. plu and onu and one-half Inch to or tno uuiiel wound It waa found that tho bullet hnd penetrated the stomach. Tho opening In th front wall of tho utomnch was carefully ) closed with silk stitches, after tblca a search wan Hindu for a hold la tbo back wall of thn stomach. This wu found nnd also closed by the um way. "The further tonne of the bulM could not bo dltrorcrcd. althouii ! " m, domlnnl wound was closed without drainage. No Injury to thu Intestines or other abdominal orRan was dis ,,""-u. , l, nl'0n V0 Of good quality, rat i o 30; cori.l tlon at the conclusloa - '?'. " W?B KJa tyi:. JA ivuii rannoi uo loruioiu. in cua- dltlon nt presonl Justifies hope of re covery. "OEOrtGI-: 11. COKTKLYOU. "Secretary to tho President" lluffnlo, Sept. 7. Tho folloviss bulletin was Issued by the President'! 1 physician at 10:40 p, m. lnt nl.bt "Tho Presldont is rallying satlsfao ! torllv and Is restlne comfortably. "10: 60 p. m. Tomnoraturo, 100.4 degrees; pulse, 124; respiration, il iluffalo, Sept. 7. At 3 a.m. the fol lowing bulletin was Issued: "Tho President continues to reit well. Temperature 101, C; pulse, 110; respiration, 24," lluffnlo, Sopt. 7. At 4:30 tbo Pres ident was still rostlng easily. Cloudburst In Kansas. Kansas City, Sopt. 9. A special to tho 8tar from Ness City, Kan., Mfi: A cloudburst struck Nobs City U't night nnd it Is estimated that ovtr eight Inchos of wator foil, IJridgei nnd sidewalks woro washed out. cel lars wore floodod and sovoral amnll business houses woro undermined 0(1 rulnod. No lives nro reported lost Ness City Is a town of 1000 people, situated on tho Santa Fo railroad In Noss County, CG miles oast of tho Col orado state lino. Ptomaine Poisoning. Clovoland, Sopt. 0. Ninety pcopl' who ato clams nt n lunch at tbo open ing of a now public building a jtt days ago hnvo boon HI since, suffer ing, It is nlloged, froin ptomaine po' onlng. No porson has dlod, but vawj aro sun m bed, Clycllit Loses a Leg. Now York. Sopt. 9. Gangrono W' lng set In, tho surgeons at Ilelleru' hospital hnvo docldod that John Nel son, tho cyclist, must havo his ie amputated In nn offort to savo llfo. Snowstorm In Montana. Dutto, Mont., Sopt. 9. Tho wpstern portion of Montana Is tonight a u grasp or a storm tnai oegau ' v daylight this morning. Tho woSl is Intonsoly cold and considers snow hns fallon. Moro is now coromi and it is feared crops will sufior, Llih house Is Too low. London, Sopt. 0. According to re ports from Ottawa, an onglnoor of Canadian Marino Department baa Tj Ited Capo Itnco, N. F., whoro sever' wrocks havo occurred this year, lie reports that tho lighthouse Is In go ordor, but that tho light Ib 65 lower than it is advertised ns 00 as. ; lower than it in advortlsed ns whlnh Mm horizon by T. Wllicn rOUUCOB III" nun"" -r i, mllos. Ho also suggosts that UK i t ,iiin nn bo chanson to two blasts of five socondB oacn, Invl7.l7n.rn Prl