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"DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, Stat- M r,oclH, VOLUME XVI DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1908. NUMBER 32 WORLD'S DAILY htm CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND CONCISELY STATED, COURT AIDS FUGITIVE JiAST CHAITKK IX HEMAUKAMl-lf HOMICTDK CASK. New Yorker Who Is Now a Prominent Citizen of a W.tvn City Twenty Kix Year Ago Killed Hlval in Love anil Politics in an election Day Fight In Rome western city, the name of which Is scrupulously guarded, lives a prominent and respected citizen from whom the supreme court of New York Wednesday removed the stigma of an Indictment which was returned twenty-six years ago and charged John Taylor with the death of Thomas Mur ray. The present home of Taylor and the tin me under which he haa since lived, married and risen to the head of a big mercantile establishment, are known to but three men at Kingston, N. Y., and his secret will be kept. Taylor's Identity was made known by him to the court ufter a search for him which covered two continents and took several years had been aban doned. Throwing himself on the mercy of the prosecutor Taylor invited an In quiry1 into his life for the past c,uurtei of n century. This was made iin1 t proved so satisfactory that former Su preme Court Justice Clearwater, who as district attorney obtained the in dictment against Taylor, declared that it would be gross Injustice to reveal the man's new name. Wednesday Justice W. C Howard, of Troy, sitting In the supreme court, dismissed the Indictment against Tay lor after it had been shown that all possible witnesses against the defend ant were dead. Justice Clearwater, who personally Investigated the case, and the present district attorney, W. A. Cunningham, seconded the action if the court. Only Justice Howard, Mr. Clearwater and Mr. Cunningham have knowledge of the facts in th case. ,siSVrS " I '- PANIC IX A BIG SCHOOL. Due to Ileimils that Black Haiul In (ended to Wreck Building. A rumor that a big public school in the Italian section of Newark, N. .1 was to be blown up by Black Hand blackmailers as an act of revenge for the failure of parents of pupils to pay tribute resulted In a panic Wednesday in which two children were Injured. It became necessary to close the school lor the day before the trouble ended. The school was in session when a great throng of excited women, shouting and gesticulating, broke down the school gates, forced their way jnt the building, made their way up stairs screaming and calling for their child ren by name, so exciting the pupils that, they ran from the class rooms Into the halls. In the Wild scramble of mothers and children down the stairs many little ones were thrown down and trampled on and two seriously in Jured. When the police arrived order was quickly restored. INVADE THE CITY If ALU flund of Idle Foreigners Makes Noisy- Demonstration in Chicago. A band of a hundred foreigners out of employment invaded the Chicago city hall early Wednesday and de manded that they be furnished with work. On entering the hall they de manded to be admitted to the otflce of Mayor Uusse, but this was refused and they were directed to the bureau of charities. Instead of going there they lined up in the street opposite the hall A report soon was current that they were about to be joined by a thousand other men and a detail of police was sent to disperse them. The men de parted In a column after being ordered off by the police. Throughout the demonstration they were noisy, but not otherwise disorderly. A Wholesale Expulsion. It was announced at the chapel services at Clemson college at Colum bia, S. C, Wednesday that mem bers of the sophomore and freshmen classes had been dismissed In addition to 48 Juniors expelled Friday last. The cause alleged was insubordination in un April fool prank. New York Girl Wedt In Home.. Miss Annette Ioeb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Iyieh, of New York, was married in Rome Wednesday to Slgnor Arturo Luzzato, a member of the Italian parliament. Slgnor Luz zato Is wealthy and has iron interests In Tuscany. Sioux CM Live SUk U Murket. Wednesday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow: Top beeves, $6.70. Top hogs, $5.30. I.iimlx-r ConiNiiiy Fined. Federal Judge Khappen Wednesday sentence the Stearns Salt and Lumber company, of Ludington, Mich., to pay .a fine of $20,000 for accepting rebates from the Pere Marquette railroad shipments. Kwrctary Alice lo Tour Euinjte. Alvey A. Adee, second assistant sec retary or state, leu w a-ililniftuii , cU- i nesday on his annual bicycle t-.'r of ' Europe. He will be absent about two I months. 1IAHIU.M AN HO A OS IX lllOPLY. Denial of Charges In Federal Dissoln lion Suit. The answers of the defendants In the suit of the United Plates to dissolve the so-called Harrlman system of rall roado as being a monopoly In restraint of trade were filed In the federal court at Salt Lake City, Utah. Monday. These answers make a general denial of the allegations of the government. Jtesldes the answer of E. H. Harrlman, figned by himself and Parley L. Will iams, his solicitor and counsel In Salt Lake City, answers are filed by Sena tor W. A. Clark, president of the Salt Lake route, the Farmers' Loan and Trust compnay, of New York, H. C. Fl ick, the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line, Oregon Railway and Navigation company and Southern Pacific com panies. To cover certain allegations of the government Joint answers were also necessary, and these were also '.led. Mr. Harrlman in his answer denies that he, with Jacob Schiff, Otto H. Kahn, James Stlllnian, or others, have owned or controlled a majority of the lock of the L'nlon Pacific. He admits that he Is president and the other men were directors. Schiff and Kahn re- ilgned In 1906 and Htlllman in 190S. He admits that Schiff and Kahn were lembers of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb it Co., and that this firm bought stock ind bonds of the Union Pacific and Jregon Short Line, but It Is denied 'hat the company was a "fiscal agent" if the Union Pacific. He denleB that he and the other defendants conspired to restrain trade among the several states and foreign countries or to re train competition among the defend ant steamship and railroad lines, or to deprive the public of advantages of rade and commerce through Inde pendent competition, If any there was, r to effect a consolidation with the idea of monopolizing or restraining trade and commerce, admitting, how- iver, that the Union Paclfls acquired a majority or the capital stocK or the various lines and systems. He denies in each instance that the acquisition of tock va to kill competition or mo nopoltze trade or commerce. CHAMPION EGG EATEK. Missourlan Shjh Jit Can Eut Forty Two ut One Sitting. Louis Gill, the champion egg eater and butcher of Montgomery, Mo., says he can smash to smithereens the record of Frank Rvan. of Whiteside Mo., who Is reported as having eaten as hi eh as thirtv-five eccs at one sit- i To prove his assertion Egg-Eater Gill has offered to put up $50 that he can consume forty-two eggs In a con test for the championship and $60. Gill's highest record is thirty-six eggs, but he is inspired by the contest that is now on in the country to great er things; therefore he challenges the world that he can swallow forty-two Missouri eggs and digest them or for feit his $50 VICTORY FOR ASSEMBLY. Russian Diimif Forces Retirement of Minister of Commerce. The Russian duma has scored a vic tory of sweeping Importance In forc ing the retirement of M. Alexleff, vice minister of commerce and director of the department of commercial naviga tion, the affairs of which long have been In a chaotic condition. The bud get commission threatened to report against the budget of this ministry un less Alexleff was removed and M. M. Shipoff, the minister of commerce, yielded. This Is considered the'flrst step to ward the establishment of ministerial responsibility which the first duma tried In vain to enforce. OLD MAN KILLS A YOUNG GIRL. Sensational Double. Tragedy In City of Pittsburg. Samuel L. Gardner, 69, a civil engi neer and prominent citizen of McKees Rocks, a suburb of Pittsburg, Pa., shot and Instantly killed Dorothy Bradney, aged 16, Monday and then shot him self through the mouth, Inflicting a wound from which ha died at the hos pital shortly after noon. Gardner has a wife and several grown up children. The prominence of both families and the youth of Miss Bradney served to make the shooting sensational. It Is alleged Gardner had been infatuated with the young girl for a long time. Japs Raid the Consulate. Four Japanese entered the Ameri can consulate at Mukden Monday and brutally attacked the native staff In revenge for a private spite. The Jap anese were arrested. No apology has yet been offered and probably the matter will bo made the subject of diplomatic action. Evelyn Tliuw Files Suit. The counsel for Evelyn Neablt Thaw Monday tiled In the supreme court of New York a suit for the annulment of her marriage with Harry Kendall Thaw. The annulment Is asked on the ground that Thaw was insane at the time of ills marriage. Work for S.OOO. Twenty-five hundred cotton mill workers in eastern Connectcut and the same number of rubber workers at N'augatuck, Conn., Monday were glv en work on full time, after a long pe riod of Idleness. Morgan Sees tui-cn and Pom. J. Pierpont Morgan and. daughter, Mrs. Herbert L. Sutterlce, were recelv ed In private audience at Rome Sat urday by ij'i'"". I! Vera, after whit li they visited the pope. GTtKAT NOHTIIKKX IS FIXED. Penalty of $5,000 for Granting of He bote. The Great Northern Vtallway com pany was Tuesday convicted of grant ing rebates to the American Sugar Refining company before Judge Holt In the United States circuit court In Kew York and fined $5,000. The Company was charged by the govern ment with giving rebates on sugar hipped from this city to Sioux City, la., In 1902. Counsel for the com- pany gave notice of appeal. The re bating Indictments agulnst the North ern Steamship company were dis missed. The trial was remarkable for Its brevity, lasting only two days. Before Judge Holt Imposed the fine United States District Attorney Stlm Bon called the court's attention to the fact that there had been no attempt ed concealment of the alleged crime upon the part of the defendant. The trial was begun before Judge Holt and a Jury Monday and was com pleted during the day, Including argu ments of counsel. The evidence was confined to the proof of a few neces sary factB and then rested entirely upon the questions of law Involved. Judge Holt charged the Jury, and his Interpretation of the law strongly fa vored the government's contention. Had the case been a civil one, and not a criminal action, the court said It would have Instructed the Jury to re turn a verdict In favor of the com plainant, but being a criminal action th,e law did not permit such Instruct Hons. AN "L" TRAIN WRECKED. tfany Persons Hurt lit Accident In Chicago. Eight persons were seriously Injur ed, one probably fatally, and nearly a. score of others more or less painfully hurt In Chicago Tuesday, when a mi tor car on the south side elevated rail road Jumped the track near the In diana avenue station and crashed to the ground below. The car was used as a smoker. About fifty people were In the front car when the accident happened and all of them were more or less Injured. The train was moving rapid ly when the front trucks of the motor car Jumped the track. The car bump tfd along the rails for a short distance and then plunged off the structure. landing in the rear of a yard of a j!!. 2,ynlle. JSfiU1 ?ar crashed into life ri nee. The second rear of the motor car and was carried by It along the ties for several feet. The passengers n the front of this car were thrown in a. heap to the floor, and some of them were dashed against windows, cutting themselves badly. A panic followed In the four rear ears. A number of men raised win dows and leaped out onto the elevated structure, where they were inlmml nent danger from the third rail. The attendants in the rear cars, however, managed to get them back Into the train before anybody was Injured. METHODISTS fx PROTEST. Oppose Elimination of Nnine of Jesus from New York Schools. A protest against the elimination of the name of Jesus Christ from the ex ercises in the public schools of New York was adopted unanimously by the. New York Methodist conference Tues day. A resolution was presented by the Rev. Dr. Thomas Bond, of New York, declaring that although the highest courts have held that this is a Christian country there seems to be a widespread attempt to nullify it. A resolution asking the general con ference, which meets at Baltimore next May, to strike out that paragraph In the book of discipline which for bids many forms of amusement, was Adopted almost unlanlmously after a fchor debate. Double Hanging In Philadelphia. The second double hanging of the present year at the Philadelphia coun ty, Pa., prison took place Tuesday When Max Soifer and Joseph Tolrlcj were executed. Soifer shot and In stantly killed a girl because she threat ened to end their engagement to mar ry, and Tolrlce killed the brother of his sweetheart after attempting tj Khoot the girl. Scurcliing for Kettle of Gold. John Warren, u coal , miner of dwensboro, Ky., Is in Kakakee, 111., tearchlng for a kettle of gold contain lug $5,000, of which he claims com panlons planned to rob him. lie was Injured In a railroad accident and tuk- en to Kentucky before he could dig up the gold. Strangled by l'als Teeth. John R. Sandburg, aged 73 years, a machinist employed In the "(J' hops in Galesburg, III., was strangled lo deuln by Ills raise teetn. In goiig down the cellar stairs he caught his heel on a step ami fell, the fall caus ing his teeth to become dislodged, Strangling him. Swedenboig's Body Exhumed. The body of Kmauuel Swedenborg the famous mystic and writer, was ex humed at London Tuesday and started pn Its Journey to Sweden for dual bur. Utl In Swedish soil. Quarantine Agulnst Culm. The murine hospital and public health eervlce has Issued an order es tabllshltg a quarantine begluing Tues I day agelnsi Cubit with thd exception of the Metropolitan ll-t i t of Havui.j. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS NEBRASKA CITY SCORCHED. Two lire Coming Together Keeiw Firemen Hurtling. Monday morning the saloon of Ua- der Bros, at Nebraska City was dis covered to bo on tire, and It was only after a hard tight that the fire boys saved the building and prevented the tire from spreading to the outside buildings. The saloon wnji almost gut ted and the loss Is about J '.'.000. w ith a partial Insurance. The fire boys had Just made ready to return home when another alarm was sounded, and It was found that the warehouse of K. L. Overton, tilled with farm machinery. was on Are. The fire had h good head way and the building with Its con tents were destroyed. The building was a two-story iron-covered one and It was difficult to get at the fire. The loss is something over $4,000, with partial Insurance. The cause of neither fire Is known and many are Inclined to the bcl'ef that one of them was the work if a firebug. Both fires were In the busi ness district,, but as no wind prevailed It guve the volunteer llremen chance to make a good fight. Th:e are the first fires this city has nad so far this year of any note. SCARLET FEVEI'. EPIDEMIC. School and All Public Meeting Stop pill Two Weeks. For several weeks past the corps of physicians at Shelton have been baffled with a disease which part of the doctors have been calling scarlet fever and o'ners pronounced It Ger man measles and the state board of health has been appealed to and Dr. Wilson, of the state board of health, came, ami, together with 'all the doc tors of the town and the village board of health, visited a large number of cases In town and surrounding coun try, and each and every one was found to be that of scarlet fever, although of a mild type, the patients In almost every case being up and around. After returning to town a consultn tlon was held and It was decided that In order tt quickly stamp out the dls ensu that every public meeting be stopped for two weeks and also the public schools and no gatherings of any kind will be allowed In the next fourteen days. There Is much com pialnt, as no one seems to fear the epl drTT.'.C. &- M - ' - Bottling Hebron-Wait. 1 The Blue Valley Mineral Water company, of Hebron, has Incorporated with a capital stock of $1,000. The company has Incorporated for a period Cf ninety-nine years for the purpose of bottling and selling Blue Valley mineral water. All the shares wer readily sold to the citizens of Hebron who are convinced of the medicinal powers of the water by recent expert ments on treating local cases. Th company will begin business April 10 1908. Arrangements are being mad to secure the Willard mansion In the city park and convert the same Into sanitarium. Search for Lost Child. The fire department and a hundred citizens searched Grand Island for five hours Monday night for Vane Crlbbs, the 3-year-old son of B. W. Crlbbs, foreman of the L'nlon Pacific roundhouse. The child wandered away early In the evening, and when his parents were unable to locate him the police were notified. The child was found at midnight In an outhouse a mile from his home.' He evidently wandered awuy and, becoming lost, took refuge In the building against the cold. He was dressed only In a blouse und trousers and was purtially overcome by cold. Gasoline Causes llla.e. A fire was caused by the explosion of some gasoline which was being mixed in Horace Kuwitzky's shop at Nebraska City Tuesday evening. Three men had a narrow escape. Ralph Ku witzky was badly burned on both hands and face. 'John Kastner was burned about the face and his clothes nearly burned from him, and Horuce Kuwitzky lost part of his hair und was f.urned about the neck. The men ft'ere putting In cement by a blow pipe nd gasoline wus used In the mixture. rid It ignited and caused the explo ilon. Tiniest Nebraska Baby. A baby weighing 1 'a pounds is struggling for existence In an "Infant .Incubator" at Tekuniah, in charge of Dr. Lukins, of that place. The child was born to Dr. and Mrs. C. O. Swan son. The fitther Is a veterinary sur geon. Dr. Lu kin. who was In attend ance at the blrih of Ihe child, gave it ns his opinion that the baby until,! live. Burglars Overlook Money. Burglars Tuesday iiiv-nl entered tin office of the Iddinns I. limber yards at Sutherland by prying open u whnl.rt and ransacked the building. The s.ife was opened, but no money wus se cured, though the rolihers ,i erlo, d;e I $100 In checks. It is thought tpi vork was done by i ramps. New Mull for (.ales Aeude ny. Rev. Charles A .Isquitli has n slgned the pastoral" o the Flr. t Con gregational church lo become princi pal at dales uc adeii y ut .Veligii. II. w ill enter upon hi- academic 1 1 1 1 ! -next fall. I'eaiiies Not I utnntred. The peach trees in the vleinliy ,,f Tuble Rock ure uiinost ready to break Into full bloom. The recent colli weather Keetns imt to .live Injured them, und If one-foortli of the bun blossom and nothing iuterveiies. tile outlooU for pcache i veiy proiol.-ii.j Lnrpe Hum Ciirncil. A large bun belonging to ('hiiM Chrlstc nscu, of .Miudeii, burned down tills Week. it WiiH Vji'lcd .,t -.'. with $J3tt Insula . -e. Tin- oriyiii i.t the die Is unknown. i INTERESTIN3 HAPPENINGS $ From Day to Pat Condensed FOR OUR BUSY READERS I MRS. PALMERS CASK PECULIAR. Mystery Surrounding Sulfide of Wealthy Nebraska Woman. The authorities of Pottawattomle county, Oklahoma, are still Investigat ing the suicide In Shawnee on March 20 of Mrs. Charles Palmer. Belief grows that Mrs. Palmer took her life because of domestic troubles. Mr. aimer formerly waa Miss Perry, of Nebraska, nnd had been married twice, her first husband being a Mr. Mefford, who died within a year after the marriage. A child was born to this marriage and was with Mrs. Pal mer at' the time of her death. Mrs. aimer hud spent the winter In New Mexico, vmere she had extensive prop erty holdings In Mora county. Includ ing a government allotment and valua ble (own property. ft is claimed by an attorney that Mrs. Palmer secured the rights of her child to her property long before her death. On the day of her death Mrs. Palmer Is said to have prepared sup per and culled the family to the table. They were slow In gathering, and piqued by this, she retired to ' her room, where she was luter found In dying condition. Mrs. Palmer was worth between $20,000 and $30,000, and had valuable property In Shawnee, besides her hold ings In New Mexico. Much of this ho received from her first husband's es tate. An Investigation will be made by the county attorney of Mrs. Palmer's properly holdings, as It Is known at torneys have been employed by Mrs. Palmer's relatives and parents In Ne braska to prevent any sale or dlsposi. tlon being made of them. DIES IN FIGHT WITH FIRE. Nebraska n Ti n loir to Check Fltimee Drop Dead. While fighting n prairie fire near Homer In a desperate effort to save the buy Held of a neighbor, Louis Good sell. Sr.. aged about 64 years, dropped dead at :l:30 o'clock Saturday after noon in the presence of his son and several neighbor. Mr. Goodsell was n tenant on eighty acres of the Ashford homestead. Af ter plowing a tfc-ebreak to protect an adjoining hay meadow he set a fire to burn u Held of stubble. A corn husk was blown by the wlnd so as to fur nish a connection between, the mead ow and the burning field and the Hames were mcalow. conimuulcuted to the I'pon discovering the fire in the meadow Mr. .Goodsell removed his vest and made every effort to beat out the lire. He was assisted by his son Gun Goodsell, and neighbors who were attracted to the scene. In the midst of the fight on the tire Mr. Goodsell dropped (lead. Goodsell lived at Homer about flf tiHMi years, lie had suffered from mui cular rheumutistn, but seemed to be In his usual health Saturday. During the ilav he had called at the bank and filled out his pension voucher, being a veteran of the civil wur. He leaves, a widow, three sons and three daugh ters. RAILROAD CLAIMS THE STREET Lav Sidetrack While Grund Island Pi-ople Sleep. Another Indication that the, Uplon Pacific company contemplates claim Ing the full 4 00 feet of light of way through the heart of Grand Island bv occupying Front street, South eventually, was disclosed Saturday niorninit when the ordinary cltlien came down town and found a side track laid to the plunt of the Fair mount Creamery company, now build in, along the street. The work wus begun I v u force of men before o'clock and was completed before there was any opportunity to stop It by pro re:s of Injunction, should any prop . its owner In the vicinity feel so In lilned. So far there are no Indications1 that anyone would have taken such a lei) and the act of the company will, not be protested against. The street . oneerned has buildings along it for two blocks, which may be somewhat damaged or affected by the laying of 'oii,er sidetrack up to what ls( . ailed the lot line. F.ver since Grand Island has been a ity lite street has been used us such roil cement sidewalk I'klrt It. Wher these walks are. sidetracks ure expect . il eventually to be laid. Oakland Hunter I )!. K;ui .loiins. f Oakland, who was ict ideetally shot while out hunting 't iday afternoon, died -hortly ufter tnldiil'jht, not being able to survive 'le -doe!., Ili'i lit- It ll In especially Bud .ii iie w:i t'.'e l:ri of live children, the dhir four having died of diphtheria i t ii i ii a f-"'. days of each other sev- v.i ' i a ; s nc.o. I'l'-aiN lim'ty f Theft. In ei.niet court at Iteutrlce hatles I leelwithorn. of that city, e;, 'e.l ,:rh:v to filtering M. U Kor's roi eiy hti so :i':d iteiillng some cl .i r. lie v. its tilled Slu and costs and ",ei e I to i i v double the amount of of Ihe k Is stolen. i O. mill. I U t.oian ArrcMetl. Accused id' ill'. I " IMHiatiim sisters of 'it? Ko y I'rie.t, At aric Kveiftt, of St. , iUik, a'-.l Je'inle r.iul. of Omaha, ir- niTf.-teil by the Lincoln police iiti id; y. iti. women arrived In the i! :tt i.:' ii.tni',' and lagan soliciting ..-cr.:ti".. I i I' ...nd an orphanage 'I'ti lhaib'e Track. Lint. lie l oioii I'ucilli- hcpaii Thursday :e ci.lng i. ' ;!-; i. ii't'ii t of 000 cars n . ', u ii1' 'i It lo I e unil In double .a I..", i.'i.' in i.i ive.uney .ortli I'iatu, a ii i. t:i f of 'J.i miles. LiwoirmTr V'TttH The state board of Jubllc Wnds n buildings will shortly advertise fei bide for labor at the state penitentiary and It Is a safe guess to make that th Lee Broom Duster company win not be able to close another contract with the state for convicts at $0 cents per day each. Already several let ter! have been received from interest ed parties for Information regarding the contract new In force and the board expects to receive several bids. In addition to getting convicts at 6 cent a day te make brooms, the Lee eompany la also furnished power and beat and considerable machinery haa been keught by the state In order to furnish this power and beat which etherwlse would not have been neeee eary. The state does not compel the company to stamp Ite product "peni tentiary made goods." consequently it can compete with any ether concern which le not favored by cheap labor. Nebraska manufacturers have writ ten the board that they pay from IS te $3 a day for broom makers and they are compelled to furnish their own heat and power, which makes It almost impossible to compete with the firm having the contract with thf state. The supreme court has denied th application of the Union Pacific rail' road for a writ of mandamus to com' pel the state board of assessment to reconvene and make a record of ob jections and a finding of fact. The court held that mandamus would not lie to compel the board to make a re cord or a finding of fact not required by law. The opinion holds that the state board of assessment In valuing prop erty for taxation in a quast-JudlclaJ capacity and Its action Is not subject to collateral attack, except on grounds of fraud or other wrongful conduct .ilvalent thereto or for the exercise of power not conferred by law. The Union Pacific filed a petition for man damus to compel the board to make' a record showing Just how it reached the value of Us property. The state railway commission has granted permission for a telephone company at Battle Creek, to make a rate of $13 per year to farmers and business men In place of the $18 rate, If the users will pay In advance $6.50 twice a year. If the users pay by 'the monVh they can get telephones for $1 a year. The commission figures it It not violating the principle it laid down when it refused to allow telephone companies to sell $120 coupon book! for $100. When this question came up the commission held this waa dis crimination because not inuny p,eepU could afford to buy the coupon beoks. The commission figures most anyone can pay the $6.00 in advance. The Humbnlt Telephone company has asked permlMslon of the railroad commission to increase Mb rates to farmers who bult their own metallic lines from 75c to $1.25 per month. This Is the price paid by others who use the wires put up by the company The commission concluded to allow the company to make the Increase providing the users did not come In by April 1 und show good cause wh) the order should not be issued. To the complaint against a Burling. ton stock yards at Kent-sawn, the Eur llngton has filed answer with the state railway commission. General Solicit or Kelby In his answer said the matter did not come within the Jurisdiction of the commission, but the proper procedure would be for the petitioner to appeal to the local authorities, and if the stock yards is a nuisance the lo cal authorities have Jurisdiction to remedy the evil. ' The rallwuy commission, after con sidering a complulnt of creamery com panies has decided to Issue an order reoulrlng all transportation companies to give bills of lading or receipts for ell roods offered for Hhlpment. tne re celpts to be given on demand of the shipper. The order, when issued, will snnlv to "empties' as well as otner consignments. The Judgment of the district court of Richardson county, compelling the( Missouri Pacific company to build a transfer switch to the property of the Farmers Klevutor company, at Straus vllle, is affrmed by a decision written by Commissioner Puttie. John O. Humblln of Grand Island, sentenced to be bunged for the murder of nuchel Kngle, will not be executed. The supreme court has commuted the sentence to life Imprisonment at hard labor and recommended that he be not released from confinement. A number of citizens of Crete have petitioned the state railway commls slon to compel the Burlington railroad to put back the operator In the depot there. The telegraph ohice at Crete was Just recntly closed. Christiana Henry of South Omaha, wins her ease against the Omaha Tacking company for damages for In juries, the supreme court having af firmed the decision of the lewer oourt The state rallwuy commission has ordered the Llnwood telephone com pany to charge the owners of the property the same price for telephones as the general public pays. Marlon Morris of Omaha has ben Instructed by Insurance Deputy Pierce to Htop soliciting business for the rtldgely Protective association of Wor eester, Mass., because the company has no license to do business In this state. The supreme court has quieted title to the Joseph S. Hartley homestead In Holt county In Hugh A. Allen. In the same decision it holiki that the sale of a homestead under an ordinary ex ecut'.on dining the temporary absence of the owner Is void. WHOLE COUNTIES DRY; LARGE CITIES GO VIET Saloon Issue Is Fought to Spec tacular Finish Throughout Illinois. BOTH 8EDES CLAIM VICT0ET. 1,850 Dramshops Voted Out of Busi nessLiquor Men Retain Strong-holds. Friends and foes of tbe saloon met In a bitter struggle Tuesday, fighting (Tom one cud of Illinois to the other, and from the Indiana line to the afla tisalppi River. They fought over th oueetlcm of the abolition of more than 8,000 saloons in 1,200 townships of tho State. Estimates from tbe headquar ters tents of the rival chiefs vary scrl ously as to the detail of the remit Conservative figures place the number of saloons abolltdied at 1,250, and twenty-five Illinois counties are added to the "dry" list The returns as they were received Tuesday night Indicate that 535 Incor porated cities and Tillages are now Im anti-saloon territory; that 202 Incor porated municipalities are In townships which refused to become antl-suloon territory, and that 1,2T!) saloons were "put out of business'' by the vote. The) net majority agulnst the saloons, eU mated on the returns frone-the town ships voting, Is 37,848. In the face of these figures, repre- sentatlveB of the liquor Interests say not more than 400 sn loons were wiped out, while the anti-saloon forces claim not loss thuu 2,000 will have to cease business. The supiKirters of the saloons ex pressed themselves as well satisfied with tbe result, Inasmuch as nearly ev ery one of tlie larger cities where they had centered their defensive , fight re main In the "wet" column. Vote to Banish saloon. The following counties are now abso lutely antl-wiloon territory, so created by the voters Tuesday, and are In addi tion to the six which voted laBt Novenv ber to banish the dramshops i Boone, '' "';; Hamilton, '" ' ' lUrown, Jefferson, Champaign, Macon, Clark, Mercer, Coles, Moultrie, Cumberland, Piatt, PeWItt, Richland, Douglas, Shelby, ' Winnebago, Saline, JEdgar, Washington, Fayette, Wayne, Gallatin, White, Greene, It wus In the cities that the desper ate character of the warfare waged be- tween the two elements developed In Its entirety, and both sides were more or less surprised by the returns from some of the municipalities. ' Option Results tn Illinois. "WET" CITIES. Springfield, Freeport, Blooniingtoa, Elgin, rekin, Moline, Aurors, Monmouth, Danville, Rock Island, Kankakee, Kewanee, Edwardsville, Geneseo, Canton, Marengo, Murphy sboro, Minonk. "DRY" CITIES. Decatur, Vantlulia, Galesburg, Mount Carroll, Rockford, Taylorville, PariB, Dixon, Tjrbana, Clinton, Champaign, Fairhury, Pontiac, Dekalb, Mount Sterling, Sycamore, Areola, Mattoou, Bkelbyville, Harvard, Hillsboro, Carml, Litchfield, Jerseyville. Number of saloons wiped out Net anti-saloon majority. ....... .3' 1.25J Ten Mlchltfan 1'ouulles Go "Dry." Returns, which tire not entirely eon t plete, indicate that the Michigan Pro hibitionists won lu ten of the fourteen counties In which a fight was made. Big celebrations were held by the drys." Vau Huren, which has been . the only "dry" county In the Mate for several years, did not vote on the ques tion this spring. The law abolishing saloons goes Into effect May 1, and hundreds of saloons and hotel bars will be closed. Oakland nlone loses fifty three barrooms und one brewery. Hraolta lu Wisconsin. , Incomplete returns lu tbe election show that David S. Uose was elected Mayor of Milwaukee by 3,500; that delegates at large favorable to La Fol- lette have been elected, and also the Junior senator Is far In the lead In the delegates from the districts; that nine towns voted no license, and twenty three towns voted for license; and John Barnes has been elected to the supremt bench. Wets" Win In Lincoln. Prohibition was defeated lu ihe spe cial election held here In Lincoln, Neb a majority of 200 having been given for the retention of the saloons under a $l,f00 license fee und an all-daylight schedule. The total vote was slightly less than 8,000, much below the regis tration, and this falling off, due to rain, Is credited by the Prohibitionists with losing them the fight. The result Is a great disappointment to the tem perance element. '