Nebraska Newspapers

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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XV
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1907.
NUMBER 27.
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CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF ALl
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
BIRDSALL WARMS UP
IOW AN IN VIGOROUS ASSAULT ON
ship si r.siitv.
Iliiislinw Spurned Offer mill r.s Result
Subsidy Hunters Aiv on Ills Trull
Holds Roosevelt tlic Only Great
Man Kvcr Horn in New Viirk. .
General debate on the ship subsidy
blli in the national house of congress
terminated at 2:15 o'clock p. m.
Thursday, whereupon the bill wok
read under the five minute rule for
amendments. Prom that time until
the recess at 6 o'clock amendments
were offered to the bill and the discus
sion proceeded thereon. The leaders
on both sides were drawn Into the de
bate. By a vote of 11! to 127 the
house defeated an amendment except
ing the Sierra, the Sonoma and the
Ventura, of the Oceanic line, from the
operation of the bill, and empowering
the postmaster general to make con
tracts with citizens of the United
States for carrying mall on steani
'shlps. Representative Hlrdsall, of Iowa, In
, opposing the bill criticised Mr. Gros
venor for his methods In reporting the
measure. During his address Mr.
Hlrdsall, speaking of President Roose
velt, said:
1 "The present occupant of the White
House is the only reHl great man who
woe actually born In the great city of
New York."
Mr. Birdsall also asserted that Mr.
HInshaw, of Nebraska, had been ten
dered a liberal donation by the ship
subsidy men for . his campaign, but
that he had Indlgnuntly spurned It.
"And now," he added, "they pro
pose to follow him up in his district
and defeat him for re-nomination or
at the polls.".
FAST TRAIN WRIX'KKI).
VilftlnetT Killed and Several Passen
gers Hurt (in R. and O.
Baltimore and Ohio train No. 19,
westbound running eighteen minutes
late and forty miles an hour, was
jwrecked Thursday night near Indian
jCreek, seven miles east of Connells
Vllle, Pa. "Tile entire train," consist
ing of a combination smoking and
baggage car, two clay coaches and the
private car of Robert J. Finney, su
perintendent of the Pittsburg dlvlsio.i
of the Baltimore and Ohio rallroa.l.
left the rails, and after running f r
300 feet along the ties was thrown into
a ditch at the foot of the mountains,
where the wreckuge was completely
burned.
Wiley Irwin, engineer, of Pittsburg,
was killed, the fireman fatally Injur
ed and the baggagemaster, express
messenger, conductor and six passen
gers seriously injured. About thlr'.v
passengers were more or less cut and
bruised. -
BULLKTS KNll I.IVES OF Font.
A Horrible Tragedy la Enacted In
Illinois.
Thomas Baldwin, a rich farmer and
ormer merchant, aged 68, of Colfax.
III., shot and killed Charles Kennedy
and wife, Mrs. Samuel Kisman and
daughter Cora.
Baldwin was under bond, charged
with criminal assault on Cora Elsman
aged 14. He settled with the girl s
father for a sum of money, but v.ij
subsequently arrested. He blamed
the Kennedys and Mrs. Elsman for
the prosecution.
Baldwin narrowly escaped lynchlm;
at the hands of angry farmers. II
surrendered to a deputy sheriff at Ar
rowsmith and was driven hurriedly to
Saybrook and brought by train li
Bloomlngton.
Michigan Democrats Meet.
The first session of the Democratic
itate convention of Michigan Thurs
4ay called for the nomination of two
Justices of the supreme court, two re
gent of the university of Michigan
and a member of the state board of
education was devoted to organization.
Klsty-Flvo or Crew III.
The battleship Connecticut, .if
whose crew sixty-live contracted ty
phoid fever while cruising in the West
Indian waters, arrived in New York
Thursday. Fifteen are in a crltlc.il
condition.
To Work on Robbery.
John E. Wilkle, chief of the secret
lervlce, arrived In Chicago Thursday
nd immediately took charge of tin?
investigation of the recent robbery of
the subtreasury.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Tup
beeves, $5.35. Top hogs, $6.85.
Hits (.Ium Jobber.
The United States court of appeals
In Philadelphia held the National
Window Glass Jobbers' association
violated the Sherman anti-trust law
In forming an illegal combination for
the restriction of trade and the reg
ulation of prices.
Anti-Masonic Rioting in France.
Violent antl-Musordc rioting occur
red at Reims, France, "Thursday.
Many persons were injured and the
police made J60 arrest
BF.EKS LUNACY TRIAL.
Jerome Moving Steadily to Tluit Und
for Thaw.
Interest In the Thaw trial Wednes
day centered In the maneuvers of Dis
trict Attorney Jerome, who seemed to
givs further Indication of his purpose
In the near future to apply tor a com
mission In lunacy to report on the
present condition of the defendant's
mind.
The witness stand for the greater
part of the day was occupied by Dr.
Evans, director of the New Jersey
hospital for the Insane at Morris
Plains, N. J., an alienist for the de
fense who was up for cross-examination.
Mr. Jerome seemed to direct his ef
forts at getting from Dr. Evans Infor
mation as to the exact recognized
forms of insanity from which the ex
pert declared Harry Thaw was suffer
ing at the time of the "brain storm"
which resulted in the killing of White.
Dr. Evans had testified that In his
will Thaw displayed evidences of a
melancholic state of mind. The dis
trict attorney dwell , for an hour or
more on the subject of melancholia'
and asked the expert If it was not truo
In acuta melancholia there is a recur
rence of the affliction In at least one
third of all cases.
Dr. Evans said there was.
Mr. Jerome said he Intended calling
as a witness In rebuttal Dr. Allan Me
Lane Hamilton, the alletilst. who was
first employed by the Thaw defense,
but who has not heretofore figured In
the trial. Dr. Hamilton recently re
turned from Europe and In a publish
ed Interview JuBt after he landed was
reported to have sold that he came
to the conclusion that Thaw was in
sane at the time of the tragedy and
that he is insane now. The district
attorney also states that he would call
Dr. Charles F. Rlnguman, of Pitts
burg, the Thaw family physician. In
rebuttal. Dr. Bingaman was on the
stand for a short while Wednesday,
but Mr. Delmas objected when Mr.
Jerome started In to cross-examine
the physician as to Insanity in the
Thaw family on the ground that th-)
itness had not qualified as an expert.
POISONS WIFK AND CHILD.
Denver Man's Illicit Love Leads to
Double Murder.
Benjamin C. Wright, of Denver,
"olo., solicitor for the International
Correspondence school, of Scrantori.
Pa., is held a prisoner in the city Jail
there on a charge of murder, having
"onfessed to Chief of Police Michael
Delaney Monday in the presence of
witnesses that he poisoned his wife
Cora and his daughter Genevieve, who
were found dead Monday In tilr
home In that city. Infatuation for
Stella Good, for whom the police
claim to have learned Wright had neg
lected his family, Is supposed to have
been the motive for the crime. Ac
cording to the statements of" hospital
physicians Wright himself had taken
no poison and was shamming when he
seemed to be unconscious. The con
tents of his stomach were examined
and no poison was found.
Wright did not disclose the nature
of the poison given his wife and child
but it is known they died in agony.
LOTTERY TICKKTS KKIZKI).
Largo Number Sent Over on an At
lantic Liner.
Customs inspectors at Hoboken, X.
L, seized 500,000 lottery tickets Tues
day night, when, according to the offi
cers, the tickets were being taken
ashore by two stewards of the Hamburg-American
liner Kaiserin Augusta
Victoria. The news of the seizure was
not made public until Thursday night.
Lottery tickets are classed among Ille
gal Importations. The stewards who
It Is alleged had been engaged to de
liver the tickets to agents of the Ham
burg Lottery company In Xew York,
were not arrested, as the Hamburg
American line, which is responsible
for them will compel them to appear
when wanted. The tickets ranged ir
price from $1 to $5.
Fight Over Court Grows Hot.
The fight between East St. Louis
and Mt. Vernon, III., over the situation
of the Appellate court, Fourth dis
trict, gives promise of being one of
the hardest fought battles ever before
the legislature. The reason advanced
by East St. Louis for the removal is
that one-half of the court business
comes from St. Clair and Madison
lountieiv
000 Japanese. Coolies Land.
The 600 Japanese coolies who caino
In on the Pacific Mall liner Mongolia
Tuesday night were allowed to land at
San Francisco Wednesday by Commis
sioner of Immigration North, notwith
standing that he had received no in
structions to hold them, the amend
ment to the Immigration bill being
lot yet in force.
Disaster In Montreal.
Rochelga Protestant school at Mon
treal, Quebec, burned Tuesday after
noon. Bodies of 18 children have
been taken out of the ruins. The body
of one teacher has also been recovered
and It is feared ton more are in the
ruins.
Hchool Kiisrin tendon t Fleet Officer.
Frank B. Cooper, of Seattle, Wash.,
was Wednesday elected president of
the department of superintendents of
the National Educational association
The next convention w 111 be held at
"Vashlngton, D C.
Prominent Horseman Dead.
Henry W. Conner, of Xew Orhans,
president of the new LouUlana Jockey
rlub and prominent in cotton ex
thiinge circles, died Wednesday.
CIK IN A FIRE TRAP.
TfiMiier and Sixtcrn Children Killed
at Montreal.
Principal Maxwell and sixteen child,
ren perished In a fire at Montreal,
Can., Tuesday afternoon In the Hoc
helaga school of the Protestant school
commission.
The fire wns first noticed by work
men employed noarby. The teachers
were notified and the work, of getting
the children out of the building be
gan. The kindergarten department wni
located on the second floor, und It was
here that the loss of life occurred.
The children were started out, but
found the lower hall full of smoke ond
refused t descend. They retreated
to the rooms Alienee they had come.
The fire by this time was making
Its way upward and the smoke grow
ing so dense that even the experienced
firemen could not stand It.
Capt. Carson tried to get Mrs. Max
well to go down the ladder, but she re
fused and rushed back into the back
part of the building In seurch of tin
children. Later she was found lyinfl
on the floor with a child beside her.
The deaths were caused by asphyx
iation. There wore no fire escapes on
the building.
Mrs. Sarah Maxwell, principal of the
school, was 31 years old. The children
who were killed ranged from J to 8
years.
It Is asserted at the office of the
building commissioner that official no
tice was served on the school com
missioners In November that not only
this school, but fifty others in the city,
must be provided with fire escapes.
None had been built at the Hochelaga
school. Another point to be explained
Is why the kindergarten class had
been taken to an upper floor.
, CALLS KTOKSNKL A COWARD.
Slav Officer, Who is on Trial for Life
Is Accused of Treason.
A secret report on the defense of
Port Arthur, which is the basis of the
Indictment on which Lieut. Gen. Stoes
sel, Lieut. Gen. Fock, who command
ed the Fourth East Siberian division
at Port Arthur, and Maj. Gen. Rets,
chief of staff of Stoessel, are standing
trial for their lives before the supreme
courtmartial at St. Petersburg.
It is of the greatest interest, os ex
plaining the decision to try these three
offlceres and nolle prosse the other de
fenders of Port Arthur. The report,
which was written by Lieut. Gen.
Smirnoff, actual commandant of the
fortress, is sensational in the extreme.
It categorically accuses Stoessel of
cowardice and Incapacity, and flnully
of deliberate and treasonable hasten
ing of the surrender to save his own
life, 'and. In defiance of the decisions of
two successive councils of war. The
report is biased in the extreme, and
breathes most bitter personal enmity,
and shews that the high officers of the
Port Arthur garrison In the darkest
days of the siege were almost at each
ather's throats.
KO. V. PKRKINS CLKARED.
Court of ApiM-als Holds Former Insnr
unco Official Not Guilty.
The Xew York court of appeals
Tuesday decided in favor of Geo. W.
Perkins, vice president of the New
York Life Insurance company In the
matter of the charge of grand larceny
made against him in connection with
the payment of funds of the New York
Life to the' Republican national cam
paign In 1904.
The decision Is by a divided court,
voting four to three. The prevailing
opinion holds there was no larceny,
owing to the absence of criminal In
tent. The dissenting opinion holds lar
ceny consists in taking property be
longing to someone else, even for a
commendable purpose.
Fpldcnilo on Warship.
The secretary of the navy Tuesday
'received a dispatch from Rear Admir
al Evans stating the battleship Con
necticut would sail Immediately from
Guantannamo for the north with a
typhoid epidemic aboard, there being
thirty-five cases now under treatment.
Stevens Quits the Canal.
John F. Stevens has resigned as
chief engineer of the Panama canal.
The president has accepted the resig
nation, and has asked the canal com
missioners to assign MaJ. George W.
GoethaU to the office of chief engl.
neer.
Promotion for D. P. Dyer.
The president has decided to ap.
point David P. Dyer federal Judge of
the eastern district of.Mlsrjurl. Ho
now occupies the position of United
States district attorney rt r that dis
trict. For Fleeting Tourists.
George Sheets, of Salt Lake City,
Utah, chief of police, and George Ral
eigh, chief of detectives, were arrested
Tuesduy, charged with complicity in
a conspiracy to fleece tourists passing
through Salt Iake.
Seventeen Mutineers Shot.
Seventeen persons condemned by
courtmartial for participating in the
recent rising at Tukum, Russlu, were
shot Wednesday.
Political ITisoner Hscupes.
Antonio Vlllareal, the alleged Mex
ican revolutionist, escaped Monday
Just after he had been turned over to
the immigration authorities at El
Paso. Tex., and while being taken to
ward the Mexican line for deportation.
Roy Kliocl Friend In Play.
Frank Hicks, of Ramsey, III., aged
12, was t-'lrnt by Albert Depew, aged
14. anil al.nost distantly killed. They
had beet, hunting, and were playing
With the gun.
i Nebraska
: State News
FARMKRS WANT SUGAR FACTORY
Lincoln Potent y licet Growers Will i
Try to Get New Plant.
The Lincoln County Beet Growers'
association, which was recently foeui- I
ed. held a public meeting at the Con- ,
way opera house at Sutherland Sat
urday afternoon. As well as further
ing the Interests of the grower to a
material extent, it Is the Intention of
the association to do nil possible to
secure the erection of u beet sugar
factory In this country. The associa
tion will ask from factory people $,"
per ton for alt beets grown and an
additional sum cf 25 cents a ton for J
all beets siloed and delivered at the
factory after Nov. 15: that the factory
Shall accept all beets ordered each
week regardless of the supply of cars.
,The other terms: f the association's
contracts are about the same ns or
dinarily used by the factory and the
grower.
At the Paturdny meeting numerous
farmers signed contracts to grow cer
tain acreages for a period of three
years. It being the Intention of the as
sociation to secure enough contracts
of this nature among Its membeis to
run a factory for a time, providing
one can be secured. By taking thl
method the association feels that it
will be in a position to talk business
to those desiring a location for a fac
tory and at the same time secure ma
terial assurance that a factory will be
established providing the growers do
their part.
WIFE BF.ATKR SF.XT TO .1 AIL,
Richard Titus Pleads Guilty to As
sault ami Battery.
Richard Titus, of Table Rock, who
pleaded guilty to a charge of wife
beating, was sentenced by Justice
Marble to fifteen days' imprisonment
and to pay the costs of protecullou.
Titus came to Table Rock from Mis
souri a few months ago with his fam
ily. The alleged attack on his wife
was made on Sunday. Both the sher
iff and county attprney enme over
from Pawnee City to attend the trial.
The complaint charged him with as
sault and battery. f.o which ne pKal
cd gutlty. Sheriff lartin took him td
Pawnee City to serve his sentence.
Should there be further trouble after
his release, an effort may be made
to commit him to the asylum under
the dipsomaniac act.
PHARMACY COLLEGE CONTRACT.
Job or Building School l-ct by Crclgli
to Vnlvorslty.
The contract ha been let to P. J.
Creedon & Sons for the erection of a
$30,000 home for the Crelghton School
ftf Pharmacy at Fourteenth and Dav
enport streets, Omaha. Excavation
has already been started and the
building is to be completed in Septem
ber, in time for the opening of the
fall term. The building will be three
stories In height and will be 60 feet in
width by 72 feet In length. It will
Join the Crelghton College of Medi
cine on the west. The school of phar
macy, at present hus quarters in the
Edward Crelghton institute.
HOY LOSES BOTH HIS HANDS.
Caught In Corn Shredder and lludly
Crushed by Machinery.
At the farm owned by Jams Sin
clair, between Falls City and Preston.
Paul Schmidt, 21 years old. met with
a frightful accident Monday evening.
He and his father were operating a
corn shredder when the boy's hands
were caught In the machine and both
arms were so badly crushed that the
right hand had to bn amputated
above the wrist (aud the left hand
above the elbow. He has been taken
to his home In Falls City. It is
thought he will live.
LVMBERMEN DENY AGREEMENT
Retailer Insist Prices at Wholesale
Have Increased.
The hearing In the lumber case r.t
Lincoln was continued througl.out
Tuesday, the state putting on a doy.cn
or more witnesses, each of whom
swore the state association had never
attempted to fix prices or attempted
to restrain trade. V. It. Harrison
was aaked about the Increase in the
price of lumber and produced figures
to show the trices had been Increased
to ,the retail dealers.
SinullMix at Florence.
The village of Florence Is now In
the throes of a genuine smallpox
scare, eight children having been
stricken with the disease in a severe
form. Schools have been closed and
all public or private meetings of ev
ery character huve been suspended.
The whole community is being vaccin
ated and a general feeling of uneasi
ness prevuils. ,
Child Kin-lied to Death.
The 5-year-old daughter of George
Camm was burned to death near Val
entine In a barn. Her little brother
set the fire with mutches. He ran out
of the barn, but the little girl became
frightened, hid In the hay and was
cremated. Her body, burned to a
crisp, was found laler.
Pleads Guilty to Incest.
John P. Bridges, of .Nebraska City,
who is charged with ussuultlng his
daughter and Incest, was arraigned
In the county court, pleaded guilty,
waived examination and uun bound
over to the district court, he giving a
surety bond In the sum of $1,000.
Gets Sick on Arrival Home.
Charles McAllister, who returned
Friday night from Central America,
was taken III Saturday while waiting
for a Burlington train, which he In
tended to board for his home at Grand
Island. He Is ut the Market hotel un
der the care of a physician.
Heath of Mrs. It. 1". I'uvton.
Mrs. Mary Brace 1'anton, wifo of
Rev. Robert Flnley I'axton, pastor of
the Congregational church of Alns
wortli, died at noon after a lingeriiiK
.Ulnevg of some live yeurs.
' mvoncR cask in i.rcTurm
tier. Hnnt PlsrtiMtes Basnet t Suit mt
Onialin.
Ilev. K. Lawrence Hunt, the Brook
lyn Presbyterian minister, appeared?
on the lecture platform In Omaha
Sunday afternoon In a discussion of
the Basset t divorce case, In which ho
has figured prominently, and more
generally of the relations of the
church to the home. Mr. Hunt de
clared In strong terms his contempt
for the decision of the Washington
case. In which Mr. I'nssett was award
ed a decree of divorce, and said the
testimony produced by his enemies In
that ease was that of purchased ne
groes. Hp made little reference to Mrs.
Uassctt's suit now on trial there.
"When the head of the house In
stead of belli a g.-d Is like a devil,"
rnld Mr. Hunt, "then It becomes the
mission of the church to the homes
to tench the wife to become perfect
IhrouRh suffering. That has been the
mission of the one who figures In this
very sad case."
He denied the charge that he had
been guilty of breaking up another
man's home, lie declared his attor
neys had usyured him with the great
est confidence that Passftt would lese
In the Washington suit, and vowed
that he would appeul from the deci
sion. "I will wipe, from the fair, pure
irow of this beautiful woman and ho
ly mother the brand of adultery this
man has placed there," he said.
As for himself he said he still be
longed to the presbytery of New York,
which should decide whether he rs
rnaln or withdraw.
"The standard of the Christian min
istry must not be lowered," he said,
"but whatever my occupation I shall
preneh the gospel of God every Sab
btith day."
HELD FOR DEATH OF INFANT.
Young Father at Florence, Neb., Is
AtoiMed.
A. F. llolemotz, recently appointed
station agent of the Minneapolis and
Omaha road at Florence, was arrested
Monday pending Investigation Into the
death nf his 1 -day-old baby.
Mr. and Mrs. Holemotz were mar
ried only a week ago.
The child was born Sunday. When
Dr. Hooney left the house Sunday
evening the baby was doing well, and
on Mnndtiy morning when he returned
to the house the baby was missing.
Mrs Holemotz suld her husband had
disposed of it. The doctor went to
the depot und Holemotz told him the
child had died during the night and
that as they wished to conceal Its birth
from his wife's folks, who live In
Minneapolis, he did not wish anything
said about it. The doctor then notified
the marshul, and after a search the
body was found at the depot in a suit
case, wrapped in a towel. Holemotz
then said he was sending the body to
his brother at Randolph. He is be
ing held pending further investiga
tion. An uutopsy showed that the baby
died from suffocation. ., ,
Mr. and Mrs. Holemotz came to
Florence from Randolph. He Is about
25 and she Is 19 years of age.
KILLFD BY JI MPING OFF TRAIN.
Pumiicc City Man Attempts to Get Oft
Wlii'a Train Docs Not Stop.
Louis A. Loll llller, of Pawnee City,
was found In u dying condition at the
Intersection of Main street and the
Rock Island railroad. It would ap
pear that he was en a train from the
west. No. 1014. which stops at sta
tions only to take on stock, and as it
was going through without stopping,
when it re:icncd the crossing, which la
just east i f the depot. It is evident
thak he must have jumped from the
train and struck on his head, crush
ing in the skull. He died about 3 a.
m. At the inquest it was learned that
none nf the train crew knew he was
on the train. The coroner's Jury re
turned a verdict of accidental death.
The funeral was held at the Methodist
church. Itev. C. W. .Shepherd officiat
ing, and the body was Interred in
Pawnee City cemetery.
RAILROADS SWING THE CLUB.
S):sinl Rates for Contention, It Is In
tiiiintcd. Mil) Do Refused.
Prof. John Matzeii, secretary of the
Northeastern Nebraska Teachers' as
sociation, which meets at Fremont
next month, has received notice th.Lt
his request for special rates to the
convention will not be acted on until
after the legislature etids IU consid
eration of the rate question.
The Intiinution Is given that if the
2-cent rate goes Into effect there will
lie no reduced rutes.
Itig Prices for I nil.
J. 1. ithynolds, residing live miles
west of Oxford, recently refused $75
per acre for his quarter section of al
falfa land. A short time previously
K. W. Giles sold a ten-acre tract half
a mile east of the city for $300 per
acre. This place has an orchard, but
the building improvements are ordi
nary. Colder Weal Iter in Northwest.
After nearly a month of the most
pleasant we.ither the thermometer at
Alliance Tuesday morning stood at 25
degrees above zero, with a northwest
utiid and snowing. This Is a drop of
40 degrees since Monday evening,
Gcltiujt Ready for Spring Elections. .
ClticH of tho second class In Nebras
ka me gelling ready for the spring
campaign, with indications thut the
license question will not be as gener
ally illicu.'-Kcd as usual.
Cut Leg on Wire Fence.
While out riding a wild colt, Iaw
renco Llnde, of Alnswoith, ran into a
barbed wire fence und cut his left leg
below the knee to the bone for about
six Inches,
Vote Railroad Bonds.
The election ut Aurora to vote bond
in u Id of the Omaha and Nebraska
Central railway was held In Aurora,
I lit in II 1 1 hi, i'lilou and Scovllle nra.
edicts Monduy. The bonds carried In
ail but Scovllle. The amount of the
bonds caiiiid Im $17,500.
Victim t t Com Midler.
Fred Giilier. of Kansus City, while
vvoikiug with u corn shelter, had his
hand caught and so badly lacerated
that he lost two fingers and It is
doubtful if he will t-uve his hand.
WORK OF
I CONGRESS I
The Sonnte Wednesday, by a vote ol
8 to 4'J, rejected the resolution declaring
Iteed Stnnot not entitled to ft seat si a
Senator from t lie State of I'tnh. Prevl
nsly. by n vole of 4'. to on motion
it Senator Hopkins, an amendment was
ulopted providing tlmt two thirds of the
Senators present must vote to unseat
Senator Smoot In order to make the order
ffective. The Semite then took up Sen
ior AKIrich's financial hill, which was
leliated for nil hour, when adjournment
was tnkon until evening. At the nijht
session the naval and rivers and harhors
tppropriation bills were passed. The post-illk-e
appropriation bill was passed by the
House. All the provisions relating to In
rensed pay affecting !0 per cent of the
,iostal employes were restored to the bill.
The( Senate completed the rending of
he agricultural hill Thursday after most
of the day hud been spent in debate on
the forestry system and the grating inud
provision. Smartiug under what they con
ddered unfair treatment, the Democrats
resorted to a systematic series of objec
tions against provisions In the sundry
civil bill In the House. They compelled
he Republicans to maintain 1(0 members
for a quorum of tho committee of the
whole and forced the reading of the bill
in full, for the first time at this session of
Congress, wasting nearly three hours'
time. Several times, on demand, a quo
rum wns counted at the night session, and
ninny of tho members appeared In evening
be. At 10:43 d. m. the committee rose.
having completed ninety-six pages of the
hill, and Immediately thereafter ad
journed. v
The agricultural appropriation bill took
tip most of the time of the Senate at both
the day ond night sessions Friday. The
grazing amendment wns stricken out of
the bill on a point of order raised by Mr.
Aldrich. The .conference report on the
legislative, executive and judicial appro
priation bill wns agreed to. The conferee
on the Indian appropriation bill reported,
and Mr. Clnpp gave notice tlmt be would
call It up Saturday. The military aend
fuiy appropriation bill was reported aud
passed. It carries $1,074,383, an Increase
of (33,400 over the amount appropriated
by the House. The House devoted prac
tically Its entire session to consideration
of the sundry civil appropriation bill. The
work of speelnl agents of the Depart
ment of the Interior wns severely criti
cised as working unnecessary hardship to
settlers in the debate on nn amendment
intended to limit their work to investiga
tions to coses where there Is ground to
suspect fraud, which was adopted. The
-oierenee report on. U1 omnibus light
house bill wins adopted, and the 'measure
now goes to the President. In committee
of the whole !!tli Senate private pension
bills were passed in thirty minute.
Tlthough the Senate devoted four hour,
to legislative matters Saturday, nothing
wns accomplished except speechmaklng.
The agricultural appropriation bill re
ceived further criticism on the forestry
section. The Senate leaders expresse-'
disinclination to permit much more talk
on the bill. An hour wan devoted to de
bate on Senator Aldrich's currency bill,
and the Mine after 3 o'clock was devoted
to eulogies of the late Senator Alger of
Michigan and Representatives Ilitt of Il
linois, Honr of Massachusetts and Lester
of Georgia. Under a rule reported from
the committee on rules tho House amend
ed its substitute tor the La Follette six-teen-hour
railroad employes' bill, in lint
with the President's views, by an affir
mative vote of 270, there being no nega
tive votes cast. The House agreed to th
conference report on the legislative, ex
ecutive and judiciary bill, and then re
solved itself into the committee of the
whole for the further consideration of
the sundry civil bill, holding a night ses
sion In the hope of completing tho mens
ure, tthich was passed at 11 :4.' p. m.
The Senate Monday passed the agrlcui
rural appropriation bill, carrying nearly
$10,000,001, the postotfltio appropriation
bill, carrying $210,000,000; the pension
appropriation bill, carrying $145,000,000,
and the bill authorizing the establishment
of an agricultural bank in the Philippines.
The principal amendment to the agricul
tural bill was offered by Senator Rever
idge, which requires tfie date of cunning
and inspection to appear on tho label.
Another amendment offered by Mr. Hevcr
idge, to require the puckers to pay the
cost of administering the meat inspection
law, was defeated. The Senate also pass
ed a bill granting a service pension of $12
a month to army nurses who have reached
the age of (12, $15 a month at 70 years,
and $20 at 75. Senator Depew addressed
the Senate on his resolution for an inves
tigation of the currency system. At the
night session the Senate ratified the
Snuto Domingo treaty by a vote of 43 to
111, and parsed 3J0 private pension bills,
clearing the calendar. The House de
voted the first hour of its session to eulo
gies for the lute Representative John F.
Rixey of Virginia, aud as a further mark
of respect took a recess for hulf an hour.
Upon reassembling a resolution reported
- by the committee on rules was adopted
providing for five hours of debate on the
Littnuer substitute for the Senate ship
subsidy bill und for a vote on the measure
not Inter than 5 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Conference reports were agreed to on the
Indian appropriation bill aud the bill pro
viding for the allotment and distribution
of Iudiuu tribal fundu. The antl-tlppinj
bill, applicable to the District of Colum
Ma, was defeated without division.
NaMoaal Capital Nolaa.
The Senate has passed a bill to es
tablish an immigration station In Ne
Orleans.
Tbe House has pawej a bill creating
new land district in Valley county,
Moutana.
The House passed a bill providing for
a United States judge for the northern
district of Alabama.
The District of Columbia appropriation
hill, carrying $10,724,o32. an increase of
lfi'iH7,21'S over the amount passed by the
llouve, wus ritiorted to the Seuate.
KARRI MAN IN A RAQB.
Maa-nat Tells t'ltaarra Cvanli
ale W ay I. ,. Chief Waa Oaatea.
F.dwnrd II. Hnrrliij'tn bold the Inter
state Commerce ComuilioUon In Newr
l'ork why Stuyvesant KiHti recently was
deposed from Hie nrvHidoncy of tlu Il
linois ('en trill railroad. He told Ills
story voluntarily. In fact he Insisted
on telling It ami would not bo deterred
by tho government's inquisitor or even
by his own lawyers, who frequently
tried to Interrupt lilm.
Asserting that Mr. Fish had used th
Illinois Central railroad as personal
nsset; Hint ho Inn loaned Becuritien to
trust companies to pad their atuto
H3t tit
KbWAHU II. UAit&IMaJT.
luents, and that he hud loaned himself
$1,000,000 of the roadM fund, giving
pructlcully worthless securities as col-
la tern I, Mr. Ilurrinmti cnutwd a Hensn
tlon when ho told that Stuyvesant Fish
wns ousted from tlm presidency of the
road for misusing tlm company's funds.
Other secrets told by Ilarrlman may
bo HiuumnrisEcd us follows:
The Union Pacific bought only a domi
nant minority of Southern Pacific stock
because it could rule the road without
holding a majority.
When a plot by James R. Keene to
gmb the roitd and divide, its purplus
among stockholders was discovered in
ltKXl William Rockefeller came to the
rescue. He took over some $17,000,000
of Southern Pacific stock with a written
guarantee that it would be repurchased
without loss to him within a year.
The Stutes of Washington and Oregon
would be ten years aheud of where they
are to-day if the government had permit
ted llarrimau to take over the Northern
Pacific.
The States mentioned would be ten
years behind where they are aow if ho
hadn't put through the Southern Pacific
Union Pacific deal."
Rut' for the 8h. r.aSriknti-trusf law h
would have a road from New York t
Sun Francisco in a week. '
MRS. HOLMAN'S DENIAL.
Husband Nas She Ha Gives H.
tatemeat to Jerasa.
Charles J. Holman baa issued a state
ment at Pittsburg In behalf of his wife,
Kvelyn Neshit Thaw's mother, denying
TIrt. Cunt. j. hoimw-
that Mrs. Holman ever gave District At
torney Jerome a statement with which to
embarrass young Mrs. Thaw oa the wit
ness stand. Furthermore, he says Kvelyn
was alw'uys snt to Sunday school as loot;
as her mother hud onlro! of her, and
thut her mother never left her daughter
in care of any muu at any time. Tu
public, he says, hus lyanl only one aide
if the story.
sterilisation of Uum.
The idea of preventing; reproduction of
iusane persons is contained ia a bill be
fore the Wisconsiu Lcttitilature, which
proposes to create an examining board of
three persons; a physician, a lawyer aud
a neurologist. Their duty would he t
push upou the condition of Imbeciles uud
hopelessly insane, aud to perform the
o pern tiou of sterilization. At the same
time, the State board controlling insano
asylums and prisons has rwoaimeaded
the peualty ot steriiixatioo for criminal
tssault.
Told la a Few laaaa.
The West Point cadets will have their
encampment at the Jamestown exposition,
beginning June 5, so they may hear tho
President's address.
Private Edward S. Lung of tbe Calted
States marine corps was bold without bail
at ltoston on the charge of atarderiug
Corporal John J. Cuiuu.
The (iuggpuheims have secured the rail
way and steumsliip holdings of the White
Puns aud Yukon railway. The news was
brought down to Vancouver, B. from
White Horse by the steauiur Amur.
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