< ! , . THE NOEFOLE WEEKLY NEWSJOUMAL , , , , , NORFOLK NEBRASKA VR1DAY APRIL 2,3 , 1002 t Orders Injunction Suit Filed in Federal Court. CITES THE ANTITRUST LAW. I - .Feels Satisfied That Illegal Combine Exists Bases His Action Upon Re- , suit of the Recent Inquiry by De partment Suit to Re In Illinois. Washington , April 25. Attorney 'General Knox made the following statement regarding the socallcd beef trust : "On April 4 this department directed , W. A. Day of Washington to cxamlno Into , as far as practicable , the public charges to the effect that a combina tion of the largo meat dealers had been effected contrary to the provisions the laws of the United States. This preliminary examination resulted In In structions to Mr. Day and Mr. Dothea , "United States attorney at Chicago , on April 7 , to prosecute simultaneously In Chicago and the east a more partic ular examination Into the allegations and proofs alleged to exist In support thereof. From their reports I am satis fied that sufficient evidence Is In hand : tipon which bills In equity for an In junction can bo framed to restrain the combination mentioned from further proceedings under their arrangements , which clearly appear to bo in restraint of. trade. I have , therefore , In compli ance with the law , which provides : 'It shall be the duty of the several dis trict attorneys of the United States In their respective districts , under the direction of the attorney general , to Institute proceedings In equity to pre vent and restrain violations of this net , ' directed the district attorney at Chicago to prepare a bill for an In junction against the corporations and persons who are parties to the combi nation mentioned , to bo filed In the United States circuit court for the Northern district of Illinois. " Packers Enter Denial. Chicago , April 25. United States District Attorney Bethea refused to make any statement about the action that he will take under under the attor ney general's Instructions. A repre sentative of the packing houses said that the packers welcomed a full In vestigation of their relations with each other and the conduct of their busi ness. In their uohalr ho entered a de nial to all charges that they are In a combination to control prices or In restraint of trade. ' FENCES MUST BE REMOVED. 'Cattlemen So Told by Secretary of Interior. Washington , April 25. A delegation of cattle dealers from Nebraska had a hearing before the secretary of the Interior yesterday and urged t\ \ < t the taking down of fences on government domain be deferred until congress at its next session has an opportunity to act. They represented that It means largo losses to their interests. Secre tary Hitchcock told them he had no discretion In the matter , as the law ordered the removal of the fences. 1 Gold Excitement In Montana. Sand Creek , Mon. , April 25. Great -excitement prevails at this place over a strike made yesterday In the hills ad joining the town and scores of pros pectors are traversing the adjacent country , staking out claims. The low est assay of samples by local assayers yielded returns of $31 and the highest $28,000. In a pan the precious metal Is easily discernible to the naked eye. Samples have been sent to Butte for assay and expert opinion. Car Strikers Still Out. San Francisco , April 25. The board of directors of the United railroads considered yesterday the demands of the striking street caV employes. The matter has been referred to the direct orate In New York. Pending word from them no decision can bo reached. It Is understood that Urn local moni tors of the board are In favor of grantIng - Ing most of the demands of the car men. Tug Firemen's Strike Broken. Duluth , Minn. , April 25. Four tugs of the Union Towing and Wrecking company went Into commission last evening with nonunion firemen and as many more will bo put to work today under the same conditions. Local offi cials of the towing company assert that the strike Is broken. The striking tug firemen declare that the war Is etlll on. Archbishop Corrlgan III. 1 New York , April 25. Archbishop Michael Auguatln Corrlgan Is seriously ill at the archloplscopal palace In Mad ison avenue. At a late hour last night Dr. Delafleld said that the archbishop's temperature was 102. that his malady , vras pneumonia of an extreme typo , and that his condition was serious , but not dangerous. The archbishop's ago . la Almost 70. Baptist Women Elect Officers. St. Louis , April 25. The 33rd an nual meeting of the Woman's Baptist V Foreign Missionary society of the west mot yesterday. Mrs. A. T. Scott of Chicago was chosen president , Mrs. Ilandall of Minnesota , vice president ; Mrs. F. C. Clatworthy of Evansvllle , corresponding secretory ; Miss Jnlla Austin , home corresponding secretary , and Mlas Matilda B. Cllncj treasurer. POSTAL CARD PLANT RAIDED. Inspector Stuart Captures Clever Counterfeiter at Chicago. Chicago , , April 25. A postofflco fraud Involving the Issue and circula tion of millions of postal cards wan brought to a close last night by Inspector specter Stuart , who arrested Loula Smith and confiscated over 100,000 : ards , printing presses , cardboard and plates. Two weeks ago Inspector Stu art found a postal card that had a BUS- plclous look. He at once began an In vestigation , and since then ho has suc ceeded In learning all that was neces sary to prosecute tlio counterfeiter. Smith's scheme , according to Inspector specter Stuart , was to have a printing company enamel a quantity of the cards , as though they wore to be used for a perfectly legitimate purpose. Ho engaged another firm to engrave a plate with Jefferson's head on an In vitation card. Still another engraved "The United States of America. " Then Smith would place all these parts to gether and thus complete an excellent Imitation postal card. Inspector Stuart says that from the business In card board and from other evidence ho has , Smith must have made millions of the cards , and that he sold all he made In all parts of the country. Smith ad mits that he has boon engaged In the business for two years. EXPLOSION DESTROYS BOAT. Three of Crew Missing and Probably Dead and One Fatally Hurt. New York , April 23 While lying in Newton creek , near the Manhattan avenue bridge , In Grccnpolnt , the tug boat Thomas Perclviil was destroyed by an explosion early yesterday. Three of the crew , an engineer and two firemen , are reported missing. Edward Moran , a watchman , was found In the debris. Ho was fatally hurt. Another man , unidentified , was taken from the wreckage later. All the glass in the windows of the American Jute company's mills near by was shattered and all the electric lights in that part of the cltyu were extinguished. The cause of the ex plosion Is not known. EFFECT OF BOYS' PRANK. Man is Killed In Attempting to Re move Electric Wire From a Tree. Kansas City , April 25. Francis M. Harrison , aged 52 years , an attorney at law , was killed by a current of elec tricity last night while trying to re move a wlro which some boys had wrapped around a tree In his front yard after having cornocte > l the wire with an electric light cable. The boys adjusted the wlro In the daytime , he- fore the electric current was turned on , hoping to see electric flashes from the wet leaves of the tree at night. CHILD COMMITS SUICIDE. Twelve-Year-Old Girl Takes Poison to Avoir Punishment. Kansas City , April ? 3. Frances Rig- by , aged 12 years , daughter of R. M. Rigby , president of the Rigby Printing company in this city , was found In a dying condition on the street near her homo yesterday and later died at the city hospital from the effects of swal lowing carbolic acid. No motive can bo advanced for the child's suicide , except that she feared a punishment because of a trifling offense at school yesterday. Joke Terminates Fatally. Chicago , April 25. A practical Joke terminated fatally for Edward L. Miller - lor , when a man he had laughingly or dered to "throw up his hands" drew a revolver and shot the supposed thief dead. Joseph P. Brown , who flred the shot , was a friend of his victim , both men having lived In the same house , South Peorla street , for several months. Miners Lose Their Lives. Louisville. Colo. , April 25. One killed , one badly burned and several Injured Is the result of an explosion of gas at the Sunnyslde coal mine. The dead man and the one badly Injured arc strangers In camp and their names are unknown. In the Mitchell mine A , J. Osborno was killed by a cave-In. Potatoes High In Chicago. Chicago , April 25. Prices of pota toes hero jumped to $1 a bushel In the wholesale market yesterday. There has been an advance of 13 cents since Saturday last , and the present price Is the highest since last August , when the product sold at $1.25. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Professor L. R. Hamberlln of Van- derbllt university , Tennessee , died Thursday after a > lingering Illness. Flnley Stretchberry , a farmer near Nashville , Ind. , was probably fatally beaten by whltccaps and his wife made insane. A flre In the village of Croghan , N. Y. , caused losses estimated at from $250,000 to $300,000. Twenty-one buildings were destroyed. Edwin H. Ewlng , who was a col league of Daniel Webster in the na tional house of representatives , died Thursday In Murfreesboro , Tenn. , aged 02 years. The Interstate Mining company of Paola , Kan. , was Incorporated In Dela ware Thursday , with a capital of $50 , . 000. The company will mine for zinc , lead , etc. Ralph M. Easloy , secretary of the National Civic Federation , announced that the difficulty between the United Garment Workers of America and the Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers' as sociation had been compromised. Money Involved in Dispute on a Street Car. USES SMALL POCKET KNIFE. Trouble Arises Over Senator Money'n Refusal to Pay Fare and His Eject * ment From the Car Conductor Re- celves Wound In Hand. Washington , April 25. Senator H. D. Money of MisslHslppl had an alter cation with u conductor on a street car yesterday morning , which resulted In the senator receiving two Severn blows from the conductor and the con ductor being cut quite Hovorely In the right hand with a small pocket knife. The trouble arose over payment of faro. Senator Money later secured war rants for the arrest of Conductor Shaner and Foreman Hooper of the engine company on the charge of as sault. He also brought clmrges ngiilnst Capitol Policeman Murphy , who also Is alleged to have taken the patt of the conductor In the struggle with the senator. Senator Money said that when he loft the loop car the conductor waved his hand to the conductor of the other car , Indicating that ho had paid his fare. Ho declared there were three separate and distinct assaults com mitted on him. He drew his kuifo , he said , to protect himself , but not until ho had been ejected from the car and then not until after the conductor had continued to assault him after the ejectment. SENATOR IN POLICE COURT. Clark of Montana Accused of Automo- biling Faster Than Law Permits. Washington , April 25. When Sen ator Clark of Montana arrived at the senate annex yesterday In his automo bile ho was Interviewed by two bicycle policemen. They asserted that ho had been exceeding the speed limit of 12 miles an hour. The senator declared that he had not been going more than ten miles nn hour. The officials requested that the chaf- four appear at the police court today and the senator announced that he would do so. Conferees Unable to Agree. Washington , April 25. Conferees on the Chinese exclusion bill decided to report a disagreement to each house. The point of difference Is the date to which the law shall extend , the house being for an Indefinite period , and the senate being firm that the law shall not last beyond the life of the treaty. The house conferees have held out at the earnest request of the California delegation , but It is believed that when another conference is ordered an agreement will be reached. The sen ate conferees announced that a can vass of the senate showed that that body would not yield on this point. Favors the Irrigation Bill. Washington , April 25. William II. Chadwick , chairman of the transporta tion committee of the board of trade of Chicago , has written a letter to Representative Newlands , the author of the pending Irrigation bill , presentIng - Ing new reasons why this measure should be passed. Mr. Chadwick holds that the states lying east and north of the arid lands suffer enormous loss as a result of the burning heat coming from the arid quarters. Donahue Cleared of Murder Charge. Kansas City , Kan. , April 25. Henry Donahue , Jr. , charged with the murder of Noah Long , the aged stone mason , who was robbed and thrown Into the Kaw river at Argentine the night of Jan. 20 , was acquitted In the district court yesterday. The prosecuting at torney announced that he would dis miss the cases against those persons who were Indicted with Donahue , as It would be useless to try to convict them. Insane Woman Jumps From -Train. Manhattan , Kan.,1 April 25. Mrs. J. M. Graham of Clifton , Kan. , while being taken to the state Insane asy lum , jumped from the eastbound Rock -Island passenger train , going at full speed , yesterday and was Instantly killed. She was In charge of W. H. Chandler of Clay county , who did not consider her violent. Passed to Second Reading. Copenhagen , April 25. The lands- thing yesterday passed the second reading of the majority report on the treaty providing for the sale of the Danish West India Islands to the United - ed States by ai majority of 32. Twen ty-eight members abstained from vet ing. It will bo decided by the folke- thing April 29. Attempts to Enter Palace. Madrid , April 25. Considerable ex citement has been caused here by the arrest of a Frenchman who attempted to enter the royal palace , The pris oner gave the name of Saury. Noth ing but a. . prayer book was found In his possession. Saury was handed over to the French embassy. Palma at His Old Home. Havana , April 25. President-elect Estrada Palma arrived at his old homo , Bayamo , In Santiago province , yester day. He was enthusiastically received along the route from Holguln , from which place ho traveled In an old-fash ioned Cuban volants. PflLflC We desire to announce to the people of Norfolk and via cinity that we have purchased the Palatfe Shoe Store from Spencer & Ovelman , and we invite an inspection of our stock and prices. We will continue to handle the same first-class lines of shoes heretofore kept by Spencer & Ovelman. Many 4 > 4 < > ' new goods have already been added to the stock and more have been ordered. Low prices will continue to be a feature of the Palace Shoe Store , as we believe in quick sales , small profits and satisfied customers. We have been connected with this establishment six years and are fully acquainted with the wants of our cus = tomers. Our Repair Department will remain in the hands of a first = class shoe maker , and every order placed with him will have prompt and careful attention. The public is invited to call and see our goods and prices. We guarantee fair treatment. " --s , " > ( vf A We keep open evenings. PALACE STAPENHORST & CO. , Proprietors. MILLARD GREEN , DRBY anfl TRBNSFER4INE Piano Moving aSpecalty. ! "Phono 53. OilU Pi u itly A-nworod 0. A. RICHEY , Dray and Transfer Line. Household Goods Moving a Specialty. Toloijhono IH. ( Calls Promptly Answered All Work Quiinintooil. MRS. H. H. HULL Manicuring , Shampooing , Baths. ; Tisr.KPHONE'.No. 447. ' Rooms on North Ninth Street L. L. REMBE , Practical Plumber and Steam Fitter. Agency for the Myers Force anf Wind Mill Pumps. Prices Right. Satisfaction Guaranteed on all Work First door West of Post Office M. E. SPAULDING , DEALKR3IN FLOUR , FEED , TELEPHONE : : NO. 88 . J.R. ELDER , Sioux City Florist , Awarded first premium on Funeral ] Designs. 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