Nebraska Newspapers

    WILL OF DR. DOWIC.
feevla Balk ( to. RtM
Ofcetattaa OaSholle ( kirtk.
x The last win of tlio Jate Jeha AKx
andcr Dowle kail been filed for prebnte
la tho County Court of Lake Comity, .
t Waukrgau, 111. It devises the bulk
tof the estate of the dead lender of Zlon
'City to cxtead the Christian Catholic
Church, ef which he died the exiled
'and exeesimnaleated bead. To the
widow, Mrs. Jane Dowle, only the' strict
allowance demanded by the law is be
queathed, and to his son, A. J. Glad
fitone Dowle, from hath of whom Dowle
died entranced, the sum of $10 la de
vised. An attendant, Barnett Burleigh,
la given $1,000, "a his fee and reword
for the loyal service that God used him
In, In the saving of my life In Jamal-'
ca."
All of the remainder of tho property,
the existence and value of which la
clouded by extensive litigation, is de
vised to John A. Lewis, a friend and
adviser of the dead prophet, who was
In Mexico at the time Dowle died. In
fcrlef the provisions of Dowle's will
are :
Orders payment of just debts.
Gives widow, Mrs. Jane Dewie, only
tier dower and stututery rights In estate.
Gives son, Gladstone Dowie, $10.
Gives Harnett Rurlolgh $1,000 for sav
ing Howie's life in Jamaica.
Gives balance of estate to John A.
Iewia as trustee.
Appoint Iewis spiritual uceei.er aa
lead of church.
Directs continuance of church work by
Lewis, using estate for purpose.
If court finds IXwie had no legal title
to property, directs' selection of commis
sion of firo U determine disposition of
whatever of estate may be left.
Names Lewis, Fielding II. Wilhite and
James F. Peters executors of will.
RELEASE JAMES GILLESPIE.
tiprraic ( art Says Trial et Allee-ed
RIare Was IaTalld.
By a docMoa of the Indiana Supreme
Court James GUlespie sf Rising Bun,
nerring a life seateace In the State pris
on for the murder st his slater, is set
free. The aecisiaa is based en the ground
that aa ' errsr was - committed la not
granting a new trial' It holds that far
ther presnoutiaa be abandoned.
Miss BUsabeta ailleaeJe, a woman of
middle age, was killed Dec. 3, 1003, by
a load sf afast from a shotgun fired
through the wlaaew of a room at her
borne. Iter brother, James Gillespie, te
(ether with Belle ileward and Mr. and
Mrs. Mroa Barbour, were indicted and
placed m trial charged with the crime.
The jury disagreed, and later Gillespie,
who elected ta fee tried separately, was
placed a trial and convicted in 1005.
Us was sentenced to prison for life. The
other three defendants were later acquit
ted. In the irat trial, after ths jury had
been swarm, it was fouad that oae of the
Jurors was a soosad cousin of ths deceas
ed husband of Belle Howard, oae at tb
defendants, .
Reports from Jamaica show that Gov.,
Swettcnham's resignation has been re
ceived with general satisfaction. Ths
Governor's unpopularity is ef long stand
ing and baa been brought to a climax by
recent events.
Secretary Taft has announced that Col.
Goethals succeeds Mr, Stevens as chair
man of the Iathmian Canal Commission
and engineer in charge of the canal work.
Col.' Goethals will receive a salary of
$15,000 annually.
The President baa appointed George J.
Woodruff of the forest service to be assist
ant Attorney General for the Interior, to
succeed frank L, Campbell, who has been
transferred to the position of special at
torney in the Department .of Justice.
The Keatucky Court of Appeals has
declared unconstitutional the restricting
act of 1000. This will remove seven Dem
ocratic members of ths Legislature and
render more doubtful tha election of Got
J. O. W. Beckbam to the United States
fienate.
United States Scrr.toi Cullom of Illi
nois, after emerging from an interview
iwith President Roosevelt, said he had
told the President that if be had his way
he would try to put 12. II. Harriman in
the penitentiary on account of the Alton
deal alone.
Georgo W. Perkins, formerly the first
vice president of the New York Life In
surance Company, baa sent to that com
pany his personal check for $54,010, in
reimbursement to the company of the con
tribution made from ita funds in 1004 te
the expeuses of the Republican cam
paign. In a newspaper Interview, while he waa
en route from the South, John D. Rocke
feller declared emphatically that federal
control of all the rullrouda would be a
good thing for them, aa well as for the
general public. He said that the rullrouda
and other big corporations were greatly
overcapitalized, and his only explanation
of Mint policy by men with whom he bad
been associated was the temptation to
niako money faster.
Former Secretary Shaw, speaking at
the banquet of the South Carolina So
ciety of New York, said it was the duty
of all citizens to go on record as prom
ising tha safety of railroad Investments
from the reckless manipulator, as well as
from the reckless demagogue.
As a punishment for those railroads
which retaliate on lawmaking by reduc
ing service or pay. Gov. Hoke Sniith of
Georgia, in an address at the banquet of
tbe Cincinnati Receivers' and Shippers'
Association, advocated limited railroad
ownership, national. State and municipal,
to supplement uatiouul and State control.
"I hud a letter a few days ago," said
Congressman Hale of Tennessee, "from a
constituent who asked me to seud him ths
rules and regulations of Congress." "Did
you do It?" "Ye; I sent bim a photo
graph of Joe Cannon."
United States Senator William J.
Stone. In the course of a speech In Kan
tuts City, said that If we are to bav
erlotis iroulile lth any nation it will be
v.lih Japan. "Japan,'' ha reuiurked,
"wsnts the Philippines. I am uot sure
if It would uot be best fur all concerned
if she would get them, hut one ihiug la
jeertaiu, and that in she will never get
Jthenj with our coawut."
A movement Is on fast ha California ts
term a State council ef so reenters.
At the close of 1905 the bwildiag trades
a Germany bad 20,663 aaioa members.
The Shirtwaist "Masses' Caion of New
fork City is preparing to make demands
for higher wages and reosguillon of tha
inlon. .
Johannesburg (South Africa) unem
ployed are making their presence known
y daily processions through tbe streets
f tbat city.
The New England sonvcntlon of ths
it earn, hot mater and power pipe fitters'
ind helpers' unions has been called for
april 17, at Hartford, Conn.
Iloston (Mass.) Cigarmakcra' Union
las added a local sum to $:t-a-week-out-if-work
benefit paid by the International
'A all unemployed members.
An agitation has been begun to secure
far the blast furnace workers an eight
tour dny instead of the twelve-hour limit,
which they have for years been accus
tomed. The New South Wales Hairdressers
ind Wigmakers' Union Is urging the ne
cessity for government Inspection and
luperviaion of hulrdressing saloons in the
merest s of public health.
According to the opinion of prominent
tabor leaders, the most satisfactory em
ployment of convict labor would be on
ie building of public highways and the
reclamation of State lands.
Some of the Washington (D. C.) labor
leaders are much Interested In forming
women's trades unions and in establish
ing auxiliaries to their locals, which are
to be composed of members of the fair
ex.
Labor unions of Cleveland, Ohio, have
1 new scheme to build their labor temple.
To add to the amount already raised It
Is proposed to have individual unions sub
scribe for a certain number of shares of
itock each month.
The average union scale of the Amalga
mated Association of Street and Blectrle
Railway Employes is 23 Mi cents an hour,
the average service day a fraction less
than ten hours, and the average number
f days worked a. year 800.
New Bedford (Mass.) Textile Council
kas sent a circular letter to the various
textile unlona in New England urging
them to join In asking the manufacturers
to shut down their mills the lust week In
August for a week's vacstlen. i
A strike has been declared at the Port
land (Ore.) lumber mills swing to tbs
refusal of the employers to grant a .raisS
la wages and to shorten the hours. The
men demand $2.50 for a nlnebour day.
Tbey havs been receiving $1.75 , for. tea
kours.
According to the Americas Federation
bit, 047 labor unlona, with a membership
t 102,510, reported 2.3 per cent ef such
xtembers without employment la January,
la December the ratio of unemployed was
LI per cent, and In January, 1900, ths
percentage waa 2.25.
None hut American citizens will be
permitted to work as section hands on
ailroads if a new labor union, embrac
ing all section hands employed on rail
roads West and Southwest, succeeds la
letting its demands granted by the gen
era! managers' committee iu Chicago.
The sailors on the great lakes are dls
istlafled with their houra and wages. In
formation from a reliable source , states
that they are going to demand better con
ditions when their committee is called
Into conference with the Lake Carriers'
Association to make a contract for ths
coming season.
The Ohio Federation of Labor has gone
on record against tbe products of con
vict labor being placed In competition
with free labor. Ohio, Wlaceasia and
Illinois have laws requiring the convict
iabor label to be placed en all goods made
By convicts. There is a proposed federal
law which would require all convict-wade
coods to bear tbe label also.
Emanations of Metals.
Prof. Gruhn sf Berlin has published de
tails of his latest experiments demonstrat
ing his theory tbat metals have character
istic smells, Botwlthstaadiag that many
authorities have held tbat such bodies
ars absolutely inodorous. Inasmuch as
they ds not lose anything of their own
weight. In the firat experiment Herr
Grnbn shows that a piece of copper, tin
or other metal at all times gives off sa
sdor, but which most persons cannot de
tect, but when the same pieces are heated
ibove a lamp they give off readily dis
tinguishable smells, 'After the heating is
tontlnued for an hour or so the smell in
creases outil equal to that In a cold state.
It continued, the odor ceases to be appre
ciable. It Is, therefore, inferred that tbe
vaporized matter is uot identical with the
netal itself.
To Promoto Labor Peace.
Under the act sf Congress establishing
tho fund for the promotion of Industrial
peace, which was provided by President
Roosevelt out of the proceeds of the No
bel peace prize, the President bus ap
pointed four trustees, namely: John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, as representative of
labor; Marvin Hii.hltt, president of tbe
Chicago and Northwestern Ruilroad Com
pany, aa representative of capital; Seth
Low of New York and Thomas G. Ilosb
f Birmingham, Ala., as reprcsestatlves
t the general public. These are iu ad-
lltlon to the chief justice of the United
States, the Secretary of Commerce aud
'hor and tbe Secretary of Agriculture.
Thle aud That.
Italy imports every year nearly
5,000,000 tons of coal, almost exclus
ively from tlio United Kingdom.
Chinese fanners are beginning to tie.
maud modern tools, especially such as
are useful for Intensive funning.
Of the 407 savings bunks In Japan,
jnly one is foreign. Of the 1.71)0 ordi
nary banks, only four nre foreign.
The largest nrtlclo Iu tho new section
f the Oxford dictionary Is ou tlio verb
passi." It takes up sixteen columns.
President Roosevelt has presented to
the National Museum on outtit of tho
guuehos of tlio South American plains.
Severut mining compuulcs have start
ed work In Honduras, Central Ameri
ca. The principal deposits ore gold
tud silver.
A course o;' cooking lessons fur men
only has been begun In Copenhagen
under the auspices of au Influential
xmimittee.
It appears that eggs nre sent from
Australia to Ireland and thence to En
rlnnd, where they are sold as froaS
"Irish egs-
Nebraska
Legislature
Pledge Are Kept.
Pave one, every pledge In the Re
publican state platform has been kept
by the Republican legislature. That
one Is the pure food bill, which has
been recommended for passage in ths
house as amended by ths committee
of tho whole, and it has slresdy pass
ed the senate. It Is likely a big fight
will come when tha bill gts back to
the senate, for the senstors ars op
posed to the amendments tscksd on
by the house. Unless the house re
cedes the senate may kill the bill. The
governor got the primary election bill
Saturday evening. He had already
signed the anti-pass bill and the house
has concurred In the senate amend
ments to the anti-lobby bill. In face,
Saturday evening when the legislature
adjourned It had everything well In
hand, and were It not for the appro
priation bills which the senate Is now
working on there would be little to do
of state Interest, though measures of
local Importance to many communities
are "till pending.
Intcmrhnn Hill Causes Debate.
The real light Saturday in the house
came over the bill by Thomas, S. F.
26, providing that street railway com
panies may own stock In Interurbnn
companies and that the latter may
ownthe stock of street railway com
panies. While a majority of the Doug,
las and Lancaster delegations were for
the bill, the members from out In the
state were decidedly opposed to it be
cause they argued it would give to tho
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Rail
way company a tnonoply on the Intor
urban business, and further, It did not
require physical connection between
competing lines which may want to
get Into the same town or city. As a
result no action was taken on tho
measure, but when It again comes up
in the committee of the whole, amend
ments covering these points and re
quiring the company to get permission
of the state railway commission to is
sue bonds will bs offered by Cone of
Saunders.
Anti-Lobby Bill Passes Senate.
The senate substitute for the Jenl
son anti-lobby bill was passed by the
senate after the emergency clause had
been stricken out. The bill requires
all paid lobbyists to register with the
secretary of state and places rather
stringent restrictions on the method
by which they may work. The bill.
II. R. 18, was recalled by, the senate
at tha request of Gov. Sheldon after it
had been Indefinitely postponed, and
was amended by the judiciary commit
tee by the substitution of practically a
new b'll. When the first vote was tak
en on Oa measure there waa a marked
absence of senators from their seats.
They were brought, in under a call of
ths house, the senate waiting several
minutes for the sergeant at arms to
I find Senator Thomas, who waa the last
one to show up.
I i Cutting Away Appropriations. '
' The senate committee on finance.
ways and means in reports to tho sen
ate Saturday slashed house approprl
i atlons amounting to $120,000. .
I
- Veto for One Omaha Bill.
Oov. Sholdon vetoed II. R. 209, by
Clarke of Douglas, because he be
lleves it will validate acts of the Oma
ha city council giving away parts of
streets In Omaha to railroads. The
bill la ostensibly to permit the narrow
Ing of streets and alleys, but it alao
validates actions of the city council
taken heretofore without authority of
law, It is claimed, by which it vacated
public highways. At present any per
son could have the illegal acts of the
council set aside and the vacated
streets converted again to public use.
The Clarke child labor bill and Lee's
Omaha-South Omaha consolidation
bill were in a grist of twelve measures
that were signed by the governor Sat
urday afternoon.
Routine Iroccedlngs of Senate.
The senate passed tho .fallowing
bills Monduy:
By Knowles Requiring railroads to
Issue 1,000-mile mileage books for $20,
tha books to be transferable.
By Whitney. Appropriating $3,000
for buildings and repairs at tho South
Rend fish hatcheries.
By Green Appropriating $7,000 for
the Investigation of animal diseases
By Alderson Appropriating $91,
000 for buildings at the Norfolk In
sane hospital.
By Hamer Appropriating $15,000
for a Dulldlng at the Kearney Indus
trial school for boys.
In committee of the whole the sen
ate Monday considered the following
bills:
By Jenlson Appropriating $30,000
for the purpose of providing for nor
mal training in high schools having
four-year courses to puss.
By Kelfer Appropriating $27,000
for running expenses of tho Ortho
pedic hospital. To pass.
By Doran, Henry, Hill. Metzger and
Wilson To provide funds for carrying
the seven months' school in all coun
ties of the state. Amount appropriat
ed reduced from $DO,000 to $25,000. To
pass.
By Armstrong Appropriating $25,
000 for a heating plant at tha Peru
normal school. To pass.
Ey Brown Appropriating $2,500
for an addition to the homo for the
friendless building. To pass.
By WalshApproprlatlng $20,000
for a cattlo barn on the state fair
grounds. Indefinitely postponed.
Majors May Sue the State.
Redmond of Nemaha got through a
resolution Monday morning In tho
house to clear the title to eight acres
of land belonging to T. J. Majors, by
allowing tho colonel to sue the state.
When the state bought sixty acres of
land for the state normal so hoi at Pe
ru It was in two tracts. By a mistake
the eight-acre tract was not proper
ly described and Instead of getting
what the state bought the deed read
eight acres belonging to Col. Majors.
However, the state has been using
what it bought for rrly years and the
resolution Is only for the purpose of
allowing Col. Majors to get his lltlo
cleared up.
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Puro IkkI mil PummhI.
Both the senate aud the house Wed
nesday afternoon adopted the report
of the conference coniniUUo on the
amendments to the pure food bill
without aerloua opposition, the expect
ed fight over the measure not mate
rializing. Christian Science Bill Killed.
The senate Wuduesduy ufternoon
killed H. It. 288, known s the Chris
tian Science bfll and bucked by the
atate board of health. The bill requir
ed all practitioners of Christian Scl-"
ence to report contagious diseases the
jams as physicians, and attached the
sains penalties to ttrem aa physic-tans 1
they failed to report these diaeasse.
Tha majority In favor of Indefinitely
postponing the bill was large. Bpser'
son of Clay mads the principal argu
ment against It on the ffreunas It
would give Christian Science practi
tioners legal standing, which they is
net have now.
' e
Many Bills Are Slaughtered.
Behind locked doors the senate lati
Wednesday afternoon voted to Indefi
nitely postpone all bills not carrying
appropriations except those whlah
have already been advanced to third
reading. The action affects a number
of bills of more or less tmoprtsnce
and against which some powerful lob
by work has been done during the last
few days. At 5:30 o'clock the senate
went Into executive sosHlon to consid
er the re-appointment of Warden
Boemer and after the appointment had
been confirmed and the executive ses
sion closed it took up the question of
the Indefinite postponement of the
bills not yet acted upon.
By the action taken by the nous
and senate In Indefinitely postponing
all bills not on third reading, many
Important bills were slaughtered,
among them being the Harrison bill to
reduce Pullman ratos 20 per cent; the
Quackenbush reciprocal demurrage
bill; the maximum freight rate bill on
oil; the stock yards and the live stock
commission bills. Many members are
not satisfied and an effort will be made
In both house and senate to secure a
reconsideration of some of the lmpor
tant measures.
A Police Court Aherlncb .tolmn.
A man's occupation," said a magis
trate, "marks him so unmistakably
tbat 1 enn tell ut a glume what he docs
for n living.
"There Is, fv,r instance, the violinist
You can tell a violinist from the fact
that he carries his head to one side.
"The groom mid the cavalryman
have bow legs. And, when they stand
still they hold tlioir legu wide apart,
as though there was a horse between
them.
"The painter limy I detected by the
mark of the palette hole in his thumb.
"The pianist's enormous hands Iden
tify him. From constant practice they
become abnormal. Weber, you know,
could stretch two octaves.
"Men who work amid the vapors of
mercury, copier or arsenic nave a
green tmicou membrane, and greenish
hair and skin.
"The players of flutes and clarinets
have thick, distended cheeks aud tough
aud leathery llpa.
"The scrubbers of floors have swol
len knees, and often, afflicted with the
disease called housemaid's knee, they
limp." New York Herald.
Leadlnw lp It.
'Beg pardon, sir," said the man in the
suit of faded black, "but are you carrying
all the life insurance you want?"
"Yes. sir, answered the man at tha
desk. "I am."
"Could I Interest you In a morocco
bound edition of the works of William
Makepeace Thackeray?"
"You could not"
"Hon't vou need a germ proof filter at
your house?"
"I do not."
"Would you Invest In a good second
hand typewriter if you could get it
cheap?"
"I have no use for a typewriter." '
"Just so. Would an offer to supply
you with first class imported Havana ci
gars at $10 a hundred appeal to you?"
"Not a cent's worth."
"now would a proposition to sell you
a Century dictionary, slightly snell worn.
for only $40. strike you?"
"It wouldn't come within forty miles
of hitting me."
"That being the case, said the caller,
"would you be willing to buy a 10-cent
box of shoo polish, just to get rid of me?"
"Great Scott, yes!"
"Thanks., Good day." Chicago Trip
una.
Slarnlflcant Table I.lnvn.
A woman who has the reputation oi
being a most successful hostess and
dinner giver makes a hobby of het
table linen. She has sets of linen with
flowers, designs and emblems to suit
the several holidays and seasons, and
even the flowers of several of the for
eign countries. There nre holly wreatbi
for Christmas, hells and ribbon stream
ers for New Year's, lilies for Easter
and baskets of flowers for May. Roses,
sweetpeas and ferns are for summer
affairs, when the snma blossoms ar
used In decorations. Autumn leavoi
aud chrysnntheinuuis are combined
with the real leaves and flowers. Th
lluer do Us linen duos honor to the
French guest, and for an Irish patrlol
the shamrock pattern Is brought forth.
while the rose or thistle blooms for
the English or Scotch guest. These
little attentions ure always pleasing,
and when one Is buying linen one might
as well pny attention to design as well
as to quality. Though not. every one
can afford to have linen woven to or
der, as this woman did in several cases,
An Arehlleet urnl Krupttua.
A worthy but rather illiterate mat
who had come suddenly Into tbe pos
session of n largo fortune wus consult
ing with his architect relative to tut
bulldlmr of a costly muuslon. The gen
eral plan had been decided upon, but
certain details had uot been consid
ered.
"You will want a jiortico, of course,'
said tbe architect.
"Oh, yes."
"Any particular design?"
"Well, something OrleutaJ
"That would be a good'place for you
to have caryutlda,"
"Why." suld the other, somewhat pus-
tied, "I or had that when I was
boy. It broke out all over me, but
got well of It. What has tbat got to do
with a portico?"
Too Sick to Si ta Doctor.
Tho country doctor had driven nine
ting miles lu the middle of the night
Her rough, dark roads to answer an
Miiergcney call. When lie entered ths
house a voice culled from above, "la
that you. doctor?"
"It is."
"Well, this man Is too sick to see yon
to-night. You'll have to come again.
Womuu's ITivne Companion.
TUc t.o Toward It.
There ure sotuw ineu," said ths
chronic kicker, "whom good fortuus
seems to follow always."
"I thluk you're wrong." replied ths
happy hustler; "you will And good for-
tuno meets them ; It doesu't follow
tbeui." Philadelphia Press.
ihju sum rises agacti
ISLE OF PINES CUEA'3.
Isprtnt Court Derides It Is
TVot
Amerlcaa Territory.
The Isle of Pines is not American ter
ritory. The United States Supreme
Court so formally declared iu a decis
ion announced by Chief Justice Fuller.
This decislou by the highest court of
the United States apparently dlsjioses
of the question of the ownership of the
Isle of Pines once iiiul for all. The
treaty between this country and Cuba
has not been ru tilled. Owing to the
decision of the Supreme Court It hardly
needs to be ratified now, because both
of the other branches tf tho govern
ment, executive and legislative, are
necessarily bound by the action of the
court, and sou Id take no action to sep
arate the Isle of Pines from the parent
republic of Cuba except as an net of
war. So far as the United States Is
concerned, it has Judicially yielded pos-
sesBlou of the island to Culm, and it
could not regain possession except by
force.
This disposes of a troublesome ques
tion which has disturbed this country
and Cuba almost ever since the Span
ish war. There are several hundred
Americans on the Isle of Pines. There
ure several thousand American citizens
who were Induced to buy property lu
the island under tbo belief that it was
territory of the United States, and that
it was to be treated in the same way
as Porto Rico.
This dispute over tbe ownership of
the Isle of Pines dates bock to the
treaty of peace which was negotiated
at Paris after the war with Spalu. This
treuty provided in Article 1, that
"Spalu relinquishes claim of sovereign
ty over aud tltlu to Cuba." In the sec
ond article of the treaty Is was provid
ed that "Spain cedes to the United
States tho islund of Porto Rico aud
other Islands under Spanish sovereign
ty in the West Indies, and the Island
of Guam lu the Marluuus or Lndrones."
The Philippines were disposed of iu a
separate paragraph.
There is scarcely any doubt of the
fact that ut the beginning, at least, the
Isle of Pines was either forgotten or
was treated as an integral part of the
island of Cuba, to the government of
which It was always uttached under
Spaulsh rule.
NIGHT RIDERS DESTROY CROP,
kskui Method Krvlvnl In Flicht
Aaalnut Toltai.ro Trust.
Instead of a tobacco war, real war
with shooting anil bloodshed is liable to
grow out of the strained situation in
western Keutucky over the tobacco fight.
So-called independent or uuonrauized
growers are tired of having their tobacco
barns dynamited or burned and their beds
of seedlings destroyed by nisht riders,
aud are open in their threats to begin
reprisals. Damage to '!. extent of linn
dreds of thousands of dollars has been
done in tbe last few mouths by methods
savoring of the kuklux.
All this Is because certain tobacco
growers refuse to baud themselves with
organisations which are lighting the to
bacco trust by holding their tobacco at
au upset price. There is deep resent
ment against the trust. To deal ojienly
with it in violation of the organized
growers' program invites midnight out
rages. The authorities are becoming
alarmed at the prospect of a more serious
situatbn as the result of prolonged law-
lessncHA.
The State government has been repeat
edly called upon to afford protection, but
has only caused the arrest of three al
leged incendiaries. The State lire mar
shal has made repeated visits to the dis
trict without beiug able to clunk the out
rages, which are committed almost public
ly by mounted bands of men
This is the planting season, aud night
riders are out ueurly every night burn
ing warehouses aud tobaceo factories, sow
ing grass seed in the tobacco nursery
beds, or sowing them with salt, or rukinc
Ibem over, ruining the very foundation of
some little farmer's hopes of a crop this
yU'.
) Proa-rraa of I'rare t'ansrm,
It winn ambassador at Washington lias
transmitted o Secretary of Slate Root
tho message from the Cxar's government
containing the reservation made by the
varioss powers luvited to participate in
'Hie Hague conference. All of tho gov
erniuwuta have accepted tlte Invitation,
but in so accept in a have stipulated as to
what subjects they may propose for dis
cussion.
GOVESHOa SAVES AGGIE MYEHC NECK.
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The sentence of death lniHised upon
.Mrs. Ajrgie Myers of Kansas City and
Frank llottmun of Higginsville, Mo.,
who were eonviclMl of having murder
ed tho woman's husband, Clarence
Myers, In 11)04, vvero commuted by
Governor Folk to Imprisonment for
life."
In a message to the Secretary of
State relative to the nctlon In commut
ing the sentences Governor Folk states
that he believes that public morals
will be belter conserved by coimnutln
From Fur uud Near.
The hodv of Miss Ida A. Cooper was
found iu a creek ut Norvvalk, Ohio. It is
believed she committed suicide.
An im-eudinrv fire destroyed tli city
fire station mid city electric Unlit plant "t
Grand Forks, N. I)., causing a loss of
$riO,HK.
A communication has been handed to
the Sultan of Morocco by the foreign rep
resentatives urging that the slave trade
in Morocco be stopiied.
The entire apportionment of legislative
districts made by the last New York
Legislature is overthrown as unconstitu
tional aud void by the Court of Appeals.
Miss Maliel T? Itoardman and Surgeon
General O'Reilley of the army will be
among the American delegates to the in
ternational Red Cross congress which
will P- iu lAiulon June 10.
The Plaza at the Munlinttun eud of the
new Mauhatlun bridge, New York, run
ning from Canal street and the Itowery
to the bridk'e. will lie called Cleveland
place iu houor of tho ex-President.
A petitiou for a writ of habeas corpus
was tiled at St. luis iu the l'uited States
Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of
Georgu W. Kirkmnn, formerly captain of
the Twenty-tifth United States iufuutry,
who is now serving a two-year sentence
in the penitentiary at Fort Ijeavcnwortu.
An explosion in the plant of the Raird
Machinery Comimuy, Pittsburg, set tire to
the building anil the llames spread to the
Simmoa'ds Manufacturing Company.
ltrowa& y.ortumu Machinery Company
and a number of small dwellings, all of
which were burned. The loss will exceed
$J.'iO,000.
Alfred A. Winslow, the American con
sul general to Guatemala, gave a reee
liou at Guatemala City iu honor of Jo
seph W, J. I-ee. the American miuister
to Guatemala aud Honduras. Mr. Lee has
received a warm welcome from all classe
, tbers.
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the sentence of Mrs. Myers to life ls
prisonnient than by hanging her. 1st
the Ilottman ense, he said, similar
facts to those In tho Myers case exist,
and for that reason lie also csaunuted
Ilottmun's sentence to life lmarlaon
inent. The woman had been divorced be
fore she married Myers. After her
marriage to Myers she fell 1 lev
with Hottmnu, and they consaired to
murder Myers so they could get mar
ried. She admitted talin to the hsus
after midnight and directed him to
tho bedroom where Myers lay asleep.
Myers nrose in bed when Plottinatt
struck him with a club. Tho en
clinched, and the woman caste to
Hottman's aid. Mrs. Myers beat her
husband with a bed slat and stabbed
tim with a pair of scissors. As luy
cried to her, "Help mo, Aggie, help
me!" .he. slashed him nine time
across the face, throut and chest wltl
a razor.
THE AUTOMOBILE TRADE.
Faetorles Working; Overtime aa&
AVnll Street Slump Has No Effect.
In spite of tlio slump in Wall street
the automobile industry, which one might
ex set to show I he effect, was never more
flourishing thau at present. The greatest
trouble of the makers is uot obtaiaiag or
ders but getting raw material. It is es
timated that this year there will be made
something like 22.000 cars of the four
cylinder type, with a demand for the full
product. Even more than this et tbe
smaller cars will be made cars costing
about $1,.")(K). One plant in Detroit is
shipping an average of 42 machiaes per
day.
Michigan is the bannefnutomobile pro
ducing State. Iu l'.HK) not a single fac
tory was reported In that State, whereas
lust year the figures showed that it led
in the uumber of cars produced, the
amountiof money paid for them, the sum
her of people employed and the amount
of money involved in the autamahila
trade and its adjuncts.
Ilia; Telephone KarnluK.
The annual report of the America a
Telephone and Telegraph Cjmpany show
total earniugs of $24.r2tl,0!l7, an increase
of nearly $3,000,000 over those of the pre
ceding year. The net earnings were $12,
l)70,!;l7. which means an earning of 8.1T
per cent on the $llV,tItil,HOO of capital
stockt The net output of telephones in
the year was 1,400,578, making a total
of 7,107,&kl in the hands of operating
companies. The total number ef calls
shows about six for each man, woman
aud child In the United States. The main
tenance aud reconstruction of all the Hell
lines cost nearly $:r,IXK,(M). President
Fish says that the receut improvement in
cables makes it possible to place in un
derground conduits cables containing 400
or even 000 circuits, while a pole line can
carry 000 pairs of wires in the form of
cables, as compared with the old fashioned
li'ole, which rarely exceeded tveity pairs
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