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DAKOTA COUNTY' HERALD,
VOLUHE XV
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1907.
NUMBEB 30.
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THE WtlOLB WORLD.
BOISE FEARS ORDEAL
lAKRYOUS DHKAH OP TRAGEDY
WRING MIXERS' TRIAL.
TredJctiona Are Freely Made Uiat Man
Who Confessed lie Won Hired to
Kill Kx-Govovcrnor Will Be At
tacked In Witness Ciialr.
Counsel for the prosecution and de
fense in the Steunenberg murder case
at Boise, Idaho, have settled down to
their final preparation work and there
is every reason for believing that the
trial of William Haywood, first of the
accused, will be commenced on Thurs
day next.
Various reports as to moves tend
ing to further delay the trial are In
circulation, but the attitude of both
ides indicates thut they are ready
to go to the, bar for trial. The only
preliminary proceedings pending is a
motion by the di-fenso for a bill of
particulars of the evidence from
which the state hopes to show that
Haywood conspired in the murder of
Steunenberg.
Violence Is the ever present fear.
The position of the prisoners and their
activity through years of bitter labor
warfare, the dissension over their ar
rest In Colardo and removal to Idaho,
the rallying of thousands of working
men to their support and the radical
propaganda undertaken in their be
half, together with the. Intense feel
ing against the Mine Owners' associa
tion and other Incidents have served,
rightly or wrongly. to make the case
in the minds and Attitude of thouv
sunda a -contest between the classed
raTher than a trial for ' the alleged
crime of murder. . '
In few minds' is there belief that
Haywood, Moyer mid Pcttibone. their
friends or the men iifflltated with
them in labor union circles would ap-
prove, much less encourage, any act
,' of violence at this time, because such
.'act, it is believed, would be a fatal
error. . . '
llONOU "LITTf,K MACK?
M'Clcllaii Statue Unveiled In Yolilng
ton. . '
President Roosevelt, cabinet ofllcers,
army ana navy ottlccrs ana men
prominent in civil life participated
Thursday afUrnoon in the ceremonies
attending the unveiling of the statue
to Clen. George B. McClellan, which
has been erected in Washington by
the Society of the Army of the Poto
mac. Hundreds of old soldiers attend
ed the ceremonies. Addresses Were
made by President Roosevelt and MaJ.
Gens. Sickles, Howard and Dodge.
The statue Is the. work of Sculptor
MacMonnies. When Mr. MacMonnics
first made his model for the statue In
his studio In Olvcrny. near Paris,
many artists admired its vigorous
treatment. The figure of the general
had been modeled from photographs
busts and articles worn by him during
war times, furnished to the sculptor
by relatives and comrades of Oen.
McClellan.
roit hlowinj; a oiicuch.
fuse Against nil Alleged Pennsylvania
Dynamiter ;ivcn Ut Jury,
All the evidence in the case of Jo-
, eph Ohunowsky. charged with dyna
miting the Welsh Congregational
nt Edwardsville, Pa., two years ago.
was given to the Jury Thursday.
Sensational evidence was Introduc
ed In this ease when a man named
Stephen Savage confessed on the stand
that ho and Ohnnowsky had been
promised $125 If they blew up the
church, the money to be paid by a
rertain saloonkeeper who had been
refused a. liquor license by the court
Kavage implicated a prominent bu:d
ness man of Edwardsville as being the
one who was ready to pay the monev
This man was on haid Thursday to
take the stafd and deny the statement
made by Stvage. but the court said It
was not necessaiy. us there wus no di
rect evidence to show he had anything
o do with the deed.
- Attempt to Wreck Train. '
An attempt was made Wednesday
night towrecka passenger train on the
Chicago and Northwestern railway
heavily loaded with passengers bound
from Milwaukee nfid Rucine for Chi
cago, but fortunately an extra freight
train struck the obstruction placed on
the track and only the locomotive left
the rails.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stcck market follow: Butch
er steers, t4.SSfSS.lS. Top hogs.
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Examining Range Fences.
- Under, the direction of the depart
mnt of the interior a corps of special
agnU bfn work Thursday examln
Ing fencen and titles to public lunds li
Wyoming.
Break Immigrant Record
Ten trans-Atlantic liners brought
more than 15,000 aliens to New York
Wednesday, which is the record
the number f Immigrants for
day."
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PARIS HOIt IX RIOT.
Officer Wounded by American
Citizen.
The expectation that May day
woald pass off In Paris without vlo
lenee was not realized. The day be
ran calm, but toward evening the
working center In the vicinity of the
trades unions' headquarters ' became
the scene of serious disturbances. In
which many persons were Injured.
Th precautions taken by the au
thorities and the stern determination
to repress disorders, however, brought
tranquillity before midnight.
Over 1,000 arrests were made dur
ing the day. Twenty persons were
badly injured and a great number of
others are suffering from contusions
or from being trampled.
During the afternoon Jacob Law,
who la a naturalised American, from
the top of an omnibus passing the
Place de la Republlque, fired Ave
shots, by which two cuirassiers were
wounded. .
The crowd attempted to lynch Law,
who was dragged from the omnibus.
He was rescued by the police after he
had been severely beaten.
After a meeting at the Labor ex
change 5,000 men proceeded to the
headquarters of the labor federation,
hooting the police meanwhile. Charges
were made by the police and a woman
flred, the bullet striking a member of
the bicycle patrol. The squad of po
lice, drew their sabers and revolver
and' a lively melee followed, lasting
half an hour. The police pressed the
crowd to' the banks of St Parten'f
canal, during which 200 arrests were
made and many persons hurt.
CHICAGO FIRE' CAUSES PANIC.
109 Women In Mad Hindi to lapt
Flames.
About forty women were Injured
Wednesday in a Arc In a building at
66 Wabash avenue, Chicago. The
first floor was occupied by the Stor
& Clark Piano Company, and the
three upper floors by the Lotus Lunch
club, which is patronized exclusively
by women.
When the flames were discovered
fully 100 women, including the. em
ployes,' were in the place, and nt the
first 'cry of fire an Immediate panic
ensued. A number of women leaned
from the windows of the second and
third stories to the streef below. The
greater number, however, rushed to
the fire escape. This was filled th
few seconds with a struggling mass of
women, making desperate efforts to
climb down. A number lost their holds
and fell to the street, and others wero
pr.shed off. i
The flames, which started In the
basement Van' up the elevator shaft at
terrific speed, and cut off a number
of women in the front part of the
building. About a third of these, de
spite the warnings of spectators, leap
ed to the ground. Others were taken
out by firemen without being Injured
MUS. YERKES ARKS DIVORCE.
xjve of the Widow for Wilson Mlner
Soon ;rovs Cold.
A suit, believed to be for a divorce
has been begun by Mrs. Mary Adelaide
Mlzner against Wilson Mtssner. of
New York, and Louis B. Hasbrouck
was Wednesday appointed referee to
take testimony.
Mrs. Mlzner was the widow of ("has.
T. Yerkes, the traction and subwav
promoter.
me marriage of Mrs. Yerkes to
Wilson Mlzner occurred a few months
after the death of her husband, over
a year ago. Several weeks after the
marriage the pair separated, and since
then all sorts of reports have been
afloat regarding them.'
RACE RIOT IV INDIANA.
A .Mob of 500 Whites Attacks Negroes
at f.reeiiHhiirg.
A bitter teeling against the negroes
as the result of an assault on an aged
white woman last Saturday caused u
race riot at Greensburg, Ind., Mon
day night. Six AiegroeB were badly
beaten, one of whom may die. Th
mob numbered 500. All the saloon
und other places frequented by lie
nivr inucn iiequeiueu oy lie
Were visited und furniture and
8 Idemollshed. The negroes
in the places were beaten and
d to leave town. The author!-
groes were visited und furniture and
fixtures
found
warned
ties finally Induced the crowd to dls
perse after promising that all negroes
of bad character would be compelled
to leave.
0 Brownsville Raises Fund.
a movement nas Deen Btarted a
Brownsville, Tex.,' towards raising by
popular subscription $10,000 to be
paid as a reward to any soldier or of
tlcer of the Twenty-fifth Infantry wh
will confess to having participated in
the raid on Brownsville in August
last, or will give the names or produce
the necessary evidence to convlc
those who are guilty.
Moors Hide Murderers.
It is said the Moorish authorities
are keeping secret the whereabouts of
the murderers of Dr. Mauchamps,
French subject, who was killed some
weeks ago, being, afraid to have the
truth as to the cause of the murder
known.
Requisition from Illinois Honored
A requisition from the governor of
Illinois for the return to that state
of Fred C. Stanley, who was arrested
In Sacramento, Cal., on a charge of
grand larceny, was honored by the
governor of California.
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Labor Troubles In Japan.
Owing to the discharge of 600
workmen from the ship yards at Ku
raga, Japan, disorders have broken
out there and parts of 'he works have
been destroyed. Troopahav been sent
RESCVK IMPRlSOAfcU MINERS.
Heroic Struggle at Johnstown la Suc
cessful.
After being entombed since last Frl-
y noon In the Berwlnd-Whlte Coal
company mine No. J 8 at Foustwell,
near Johnstown, Pa., the seven min
ers who were shut off from the world
by a sudden rush of wateV caused by
the breaklngof uwall of an abandoned
mine, were rescued at 10 o'clock Tuesv
day night. The men were greatly ex
hausted.
Owing to their weakened condition
It was decided not to bring them out
until after the mine had been drained.
The men were reached at 10 o'clock
by Stiney Roden and Charles Ream,
who made a dash through fifty feet
of water which filled the heading.
Earlier In the day John Holya, a
brother of one of the Imprisoned min
ers, and three comrades made a futile
ttempt, to reach the men. They oamo
back half drowned and reported that
portions of the heading were still
completely filled With water and that
more pumping would have to be done
befWe. the Imprisoned men could be
reached. The efforts t pumping were
then redoubled. At 10 o'clock the
water had so far gone down that it
was resolved to make one more at-
empt to break through to the over
cast, where It was believed the unfor
tunate men were still 'uilvo.
Stiney Kodon ud Charles Heum
volunteered for (he service. Over an
hour elapsed before either man was
heard from, and then Ream came
swimming back through the heading
bringing the first news from the im
prisoned seven. The effort had near
ly exhausted Ream. Ho reported that
the seven men were alive and all In
good shape, hut until more pumping
was done the passage to the place
where they had taken refuge was im
passable to those who could not swim.
Then it was resolved to let them re
main where they are until the
head-
ing had been pumped out.
SLAV CRISIS IS AVERTED.
lhe Recruiting Hill Is Passed by the
Duma.
The lower house nt the Russians
parliament Tuesday adopted the gov
ernment's recruiting bill. (
With the exception of the Novoe
Vremya, which holds Itself outside the
ordinary press restrictions, not one of
the morning papers Tuesday ventured
to report Monday's debate on the gov
ernment recruiting bill in the lower
house of parliament,' fearing suspen
sion, and In their accounts of the ex-
executive session of the house refer
red only guardedly to the conflict be
tween the house and government.
President'- Cilovln Is quoted in an
interview as saying: "Conditions are
now so changed there is no prospect
of an early dissolution of parliament,
and there Is ground for the hope that
the lower house will display creative
activity resulting in the enactment of
necessary reforms."
HITS MOTHER: ENDS HIS LIKE.
St. IjuiIs Painter Kills Himself He-
. cause of Remorse.
At the Inquest Tuesday Into, the
death of Edward Linte, of St. Louis,
Mo., aged 24, who committed suicide
Monday night by shooting, it develop
ed that Linte had taken his life be
cause of remorse In having struck his
mother A'ith his first. He had been
out of work as a painter for some
time, and. Monday his mother chlded
him for not making further efforts
to procure employment. In a rage
he struck her in the face,, but later
he returned and .. weeplngly begged
forgiveness, which she freely granted.
Then he went Into the cellar and shot
himself.
Killed Man with a Blow.
The coroner's jury ut London
Tuesday found "Pedlar" Palmer, the
English Pugilist, guilty of manslaugh
ter in causing the death of Robert
Choat, a gas house stoker. Pulmer
struck Choat In a railroad car . be
cause the man refusesd to stop singing'
when requested by Palmer to do so.
Prisoners ;o on a Strike.
Eight stalwart prisoners In the city
jail at Alton, 111., who, In default of
police court fines, are required to
sweep the streets, were put on a diet
of bread and water Wednesday be
cause they went on strike and declared
they would not work.
An Insurance Scandal.
Jacob Frank, an agent for the New
York Life Insurance company, was
arrested Tuesday charged with forg
ery In the third degree In connection
with the recent election of the dlrec
troB of the company.
A' ESTER N LEAGUE BASEBALL.
Schedule of Games to lie Played at
Sioux City, la.
Following Is a schedule of the West
ern League games to be played at
Sioux City in the Immediate future
Des Moines , ...May I, 7, ,
Lincoln May 11, 12, It, 14, 15
Omaha May 29, 10, 10, SI
Aged Woman Burns to Death.
Mrs. A. J. Elliott, aged 70, of Ever
ett, Wash., was burned to death at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. J.
Russell, of La Crosse, Wis. The acct
dent was caused by the overturning
of an alcohol lamp.
lire Causes $200,000 I am.
A fire Monday night destroyed the
plant of the National Stove company
at Lorain, O. The loss Is 1200.000.
Four hundred men are idle.
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A SPREE ENDS IN TRAGEDY.
Norfolk Saloon Man hlaln by Prosper
ous Furmer.
Within . one week of the dsy when
eighteen years ago he killed (leorge
Ives, of.TIIden, with an ax for tres
passing, Herman Boche. of Nor
folk, wh " was acquitted of that
killing, shot and killed Frank Jarmer,
a Norfolk saloonkeeper. The trsgedy
occurred In front of an ill-famed re
port. '
Boche Immediately disappeared,
and has hot been found. He. Is n
prosperous farmer,- living four miles
southeast of Norfolk, and has a Urge
family. The two men were members
of the same fraternal order.
Boche and Jarmer were warm
friends, and went to the brothel at
o'clock In the morning. After a night
Of dissipation they were departing to
gether, at G o'clock. Jarmer Insisted
that Boche enter a waiting cab, and
at once forced him Inside Boche
lunged out and fired three bullets Into
Jarmer's body. The cabman did hot
Interfere, but climbed onto his box
and drove to town.
Jarmer succumbed on the floor of
the resort's parlor, an hour utter the
shooting. His wife was taken to the
place to see him die.
Sheriff Clements and u poi--se are
searching tor nocne.
Both men were married. Boche
having a family of six children.
Up until a late hour not the slight
est clew had been received regard
ing the whereabouts of Boche. Boche's
farm and the river banks have been
searched and a man hunt still con
tinues. A warrant for Boche's arrest
containing second degree murder und
manslaughter counts was tiled by
County Attorney Koenlgsle'.n. No cor
oner's Inquest was held over Jarmer
as there was- no conflicting evidence.
"Red," the hack driver who saw the
shooting, tells of Jarmer, when
wounded, pleading In Vain for mercy
from Boche, who continued firing.
MAKES EFFORT TO END LIFE.
Grand Island Painter Cuts Wrists iukI
Stabs Himself While In Jail.
' ,W. A. Womack, a painter by trade.
made a desperate attempt ut suicide
while In the city lall at Grand Island,
to which he had applied at midnight
for lodging. .He made two vicious
stabs with a pocket knife Into his side.
close to the abdominal region and sev
ered the main arteries In his wrist.
-' Womack was discovered by the Jail
er at 9:30, on his usual half-hour
round, lying In a pool of blood In one
corner of the jail. The Jailer Iromi
dlately summoned help and the man's
wrists were bound and the city physl
clan summoned. When discovered
by the jailer the man was still goug
ing his wrists with the knife In order
to make the blood How more freely.
He resisted the efforts to'stop the flow
of blood and begged to be permitted
to die. He repeatedly attempted to
tear away the bondages. Upon ex
amination the physician found th
two Jabs in the abdominal region.
They were as deep as the knife blade
would go and It Is feared entered the
abdominal cavity. He was finally put
beyond danger , of further harming
himself and taken to the St. Fraiu is
hospital. '
Womack has frequently been lakeii
up by the olllcers and four month
ago was sent to Lincoln to the institu
tion for the cure of Inebriates. The
attending physician does not expect
him to recover.
MAN KILLED BY A CAVE-IN.
Scott Minor Loses HU Lire While
Working In a Ditch.
Scott Minor, of Tekamah, was killed
seven grilles north of town Wednesday.
He was enaaged In laying tils In a
ditch eight feet deep on the J. P. Lutta
ranch, when a cave-In caught him.
HU only helper was a young buy
named Palmanteer, who ran for help
to extricate him, but on his return
could not locate the exact spot where
the cave-In occurred, which caused
much delay, and It was nearly an
hour before the body was discovered
under two feet of dirt. The deceased
was an upright, hard working young
man, and leaves a wife f and three
children, who were dependent on him
for support.
Wife Hit with Oranue Asks Divorce.
Alleging among other acts of cruel
ty that he hit her with on orange and
disfigured her face for over ti week,
Mary E. Kenrlck has filed suit In dis
trict court at Omaha for a divorce
from Richard Kenrlck. She also soy
he told her to leave homo and get a
divorce.
Too Cold for Court.
On account of a break In the heat
ing apparatus in the court house the
April term of the district court for
Adams county was continued until
next week and the case against Barney
Pearson, charged with the murder of
Walter McCulla, was assigned for trial
Monday.
Money for Educational Exhibit.
The state fair board met recently
at Lincoln and appropriated S200 for
the educational exhibit and turned
down a proposition for an athletic
meet. Th matter of constructing the
new cattle barn was left to Chairman
Rudg and Members Mellor and Cook.
Driver Hues Car Company.
Suit for 15,000 was begun In district
oourt In Omaha by Nela A. Nelson
against th Omaha and Council Bluffs
8trt Railway company for injuries
he OtVlim to have received by being
struck by a street car at Twenty
Ightft and Farnam streets Jan. 4.
Accident Delays Train.
Unlc Puclrtc truln No. 11 escape I
serio'ls wreck hi earney recently. As
It was bulling Into Kearney the rta,'
axle of the front truck gave a way,
tearing np the truck for COO feet.
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Mraslta
JOHN HAM lIN lVND GITLTY.
Hall County Jury lHx'Idr that Con
victed Murderer MtiMt Hang.
The Jury In the cas-e of John Ham
lin at Grand Island at 4:30 o'clock
Tuesday morning returned a verdict
of murder In the first degree and de
cided thi'.t Hsmltn shall suffer death.
Hamlin nas tried for the murder of
Rachel Engle. a 1 -year-old girl, who
was shot In Auftust. 1906. und linger
ed until Januaiy. 1907, before she
2 led. Hamlin Is about 40 years old.
The cu.ne went to the Jury at 9:20
Monday night.
l.'pon t'lcclln.g A. U. Edwards as
foreman, the juiy took a ballot on
Ttillly or .not guilty of murder In the
P.rt degree and 11 were for guilty and
1 for not guilty. Three formal and
nine Infonml ballots were taken on
this question. It developed that this
was itv.coinpllK)ied before the Jury took
supper nt 1 o clock In the morning.
Upon Its iitjm the quostion of penal
ty wus butloted upon, the same Juror
who si.md out fur not guilty, standing
out against the death p- ntence and his
main point of argument was that the
breokJns t the cttheter and resultant
opetation In favor of the defend
ant. At 3:40.- unanimity was reached.
Ihiiii'in fciin depievsvd and says only,
I'm cone. tnoush he took the sen-
t( nee julti? stoically.
Mart Kent, father of the girl says,
"Justice ha. j hem done; but for the
extensive uce of the pardoning pow
er, a life sentence might have been
Just U3 HuJilule'.it." "
r;.vnii:j:iG for land opening,
Mii.ij- Settlers Coining Into the North
Platte District.
The iiif-re, tlon land opening at' the
land office In North Platte occurred
Mey 1, scores of homesteaders arrived
during the lat few days to find out
the loci.tion of laud and make selec
tions, ftome. who expected much, af
ter looking over the land returned to
their homes, refusing to enter land
Others . who understand conditions
better, make selection, and only hop
they will be fortunate enough to get
their choices.
' An has been usual at the land open
ings, a few grafters are working. On
persistent sinner represents himself
to be fumlliar with vacant lands and
hires rigs ar..1 takes parties out and
shows them deeded land and prepares
their papers to file upon vacant lands
many miles from that which he show
ed thini. -Of course, deeded land ap
pears .much better. For this he de
mands J100 to locate" them, and he
finds a few stickers. There are sev
eral of these frauds and curbstone lo
cators who know the land' no better
than tl.e strangers whom they dupe.
COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE IS FATAL
Buby Fa'.; to S i nil Pnr and Is Trani-
p'.cd by Horses.
Some timbers In the bridge across
'.lie finite tt North Jiend gave away
recently v.hlic Mis. Thomas Lnngdon,
her t'Vo children und Miss Jennie Ru
dekn were driving across it and the
Mooring tipped down. The horses
vent Into the river and the buggy
hung tui the bridge. Mrs. Langdon
was cariyiiig her baby boy, who Is 1
y.'isrs old, l:i her lap. and in reaching
to catch hold of the little girl the
baby ft II to a sandbur anh wos tram
pled to ttc-ath by the horses. His head
nid bex'y was fearfully crushed by the
horses' hoofs. The bridge was sup
posed to he safe for travel and the ac
i. hienl came without warning.
Bullet Pierces Hat.
While working at a telegraph In
slruinetit In th'J office of the Associat
ed Pres at Sixteenth and. Farnam
streets. Omuha, R. I.. Huntley had a
narrow escape from being accidental
ly shot. He was working near an
open window when a bullet whizzed
through ihe loeni, pausing through his
hat.
N Pov S!irt While Hunting. '
(jforrce Harrington, son of M. F.
llnyilnctoii, uccldentally shot and kill
ed Joseph o'Donnell, brother of Jas.
F. O'Domiell, of the O'Neill National
bank, while huntli-g south of O'Neill.
The buys, both aged ubout 15 years,
were creeping upon game when young
Han Inton's gnu was dlHt harged.
KS.-rsiin'.iiK Poui'd Visits Peru.
The new examining board for nor
cunHlrtlii;; of Superintendent E.
H, Shciiuun, of the Columbus schools;
Mupci'intciidcut ('. A. Fulmer, of Beat
I lee. lir.il MlywX'orn.Met'oiinel!, of the
Ashlnr.d hU'.h school, arrived In Peru
to Ik! t trie nornuil and examine all
Its 't part nients.
K!il!itHl Hoy Returned.
IViiMnole t'iiok has returned from
Brcckciirirfcc. Minn., to Fremont with
little Ov.ald K'leppen. who had bn
taken a v. ay by ids father, F. Koeppen,
of hriydtr, after being given into th
custody of his mother. It Is doubtful
If Koeppen Is prosecuted. Th officer
left him at Hrcckcniidge.
11 n t Kuch ProMVittiou.
Ji.:iu" llilliaii, Munderson
Hieij. Oi:iahu. wus arrested Tuesday
enargej with breuklng quarantine.
aid to ue the first I ns tu nee of a prose.
eutton under the ordinance In Omaha,
tjllliah's wife and children are III
from knihII pox und he left hom and
Cot drunk.
Woman livim Saloon License. -
During the regular meeting of th
city council In Plattsmouth Monday
evening cnv-nuif of the city, "dad
voiki to grtn.t a I'uloou license to Mrs.
ura tew io iuii a suloon and th
otner ni.ir voted "no." then th may.
tr tr.si ino (icchiing vote "yes."
rUlKT Kldlll.DH His Itov.
Frl iloeppeii. u resident of Hnyder,
' i""'. r ui.e.i n; it'tkcii ridge, Minn,,
on t.-e e'.i.'.ije of kidnaping his 5-year,
old j a OxvcM, Mr-!. Koeppen obtain-
tallied u illviiMi from her husband
A general shake up of passenger
rates In Nebraska is promised as one
result of the Inauguration of the l
cent fare law. Last week the North
western Railroad applied to the State
Railway commission and waa given
permission to Install the short line
rate between Lincoln and Omaha, In
order that It might compete for bus
iness with the Burlington, which has
th short hall and has been capturing
practically all of the business. The
Burlington fare between the metropo
lis and the capital city Is 11.10. It is
now stated that the Rock Island Is to
go before the commission with notice
that It will meet the Burlington rate.
The Rock Island mileage between the
two points Is sixty miles, compared to
fifty-five on the Burlington, while the
Northwestern ha ninety miles.
With the Rock Island and North-
estern collecting, only 11.10 for the
Omaha-Lincoln Journey, the fare for
that trip will be cut considerably be
low the 2-cent basis.
That the railroads of the stat are
still contemplating resistance to the
t-cerit passenger rate law was mani
fested by a letter received from a Un
ion Pacific official bv the railway
commission wrote to the various rail
roads asking why Nebraska people
were) not given the benefit of the 2-
cent rale on Interstate travel. In the
letter received the Union Pacific offi
cial states that the attorneys of his
road and others are seriously contem
plating attacking the validity of the
law In the courts. Another reason for
not rearranging the passenger sched
ules Is that the 2-cent laws In Iowa
and Missouri do not go into effect for
two or three months yet, and to make
up new Interstate schedules now, for
the benefit of Nebraska people only.
would Involve a great deal of trouble
and expense, all of which would have
to he gone over aguln In a short time
Failure of Its constitution and by
laws to pass muster has led to the ex
clusion of the Colorado Mutual Bene
fit association from Nebraska. In a
letter -to Its head office In Denver In
surance Deputy J. L. Pierce calls at
tention to several weak point In the
charter,- One of these Is that no mini
mum age limit Is fixed for members as
th laws of Nebraska require. An
other fault found with the articles Is
that they provide for permanent offl- t
vers wno snail nave votes in ma meet.
Ings of the association. This feature
Is contrary to the Insurance coda of
Nebraska, as the law specifies that all
ofllcers of mutual concerns must be
elected. 1 Further objection is made
because the association ha not pro
vided for distinct eScpense and motu
ary funds, the bylaws permitting any
funds to be used for other purposes.
The records of the state treasurer'
office disclose that the permanent
school fund, all of which Is Invested
In stute bonds and other gilt-edge se
curities, now exceeds $7,000,000. This
money ha been derived from the sale
of and Income from lands set aside
early In the history of the state for
the permanent endowment of the pub
lic schools. The Increase In the value
ef these lands and the steady growth
of the fund Itself Is bringing In each
year a greater Income for th regular
smt-annual apportlonmen of the tem
porary funds, and In future years this
growth may become so pretentious
and the semi-annual apportionments
so liberal that the schools may be al
most entirely -maintained by the In
come from the state fund. I
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Lincoln lodge No. 80 of th Benevo
lent Protective Order of Elks is plan- '
ntng to occupy Its new lodge building
at Thirteenth and P streets before the
end of six weeks. The Lincoln lodge
will be the first branch of that popular
order In the state to own Its own
building, and the example set by the
capital city lodge Is expected to in- ,
duce several other Nebraska Elk
lodges to Inaugurate building fund
schemes, chief of which are Omaha
and York. The Lincoln Elks are plan
ing to hold an Elks' reunion, lasting
two or three days, upon the occasion
of the opening of their building, and
Invitations are to be extended to all
of the Elks' lodges In the state.
Educational work In the district
was the chief topic of discussion at
tho Swedish Lutheran conference. Re
ports on the different homes re read
and discussed and new plans for this
year a work were rorinuiateu. A
coinpleto normal course is to be estab
lished at one of the schools, making It
possible for the graduates to receive
certificates to teuch.
Only one firm belonging to the Ne
braska Lumber Dealers' association
(eels dissatisfied with the findings
mad by Referee A. M. Post, of Co
lumbus, in which he held that the
Hjate had failed to establish the exist
ence of a general conspiracy In re-
strait of trade. This firm la th Bar
nett Lumber company, of McCook. -
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Th "square deal" program, as ap
plied to th present administration of
state affairs, Is accomplishing results
of genuine orth to the taxpayers of
the commonwealth of Nebraska. An
era of real, not sl.am, reform has
been ushered in and manifestations
that the treasury grafters are being
prtsd loose are becoming a matter of
almost vry-day occurrence.
In connection with th purchase of
th Idaho bonds by Treasurer Brian
It Is stated that th ordinary commis
sion on a block of bonds aggregating
27t,000 would approximate 15,600,
which amount Is saved for the school
children of Nebraska rather than go
ing to line th pockets of a broker. .
Th Pacific Coast Casuality com
pany of Fraiiclsco, a concern
handling employers' liability and bur
glary risks, has applied for admis
sion to Nebrusku
GATES QUITS MARKET.
A Merles' JMoat Bpeetaealar 11
Retires from Wall Street.
John W. On ten, America' most spec
tacular financial plunger, hog resolved
to plunge no more. He bas gone out
of business. Wall street says John W.
Gate Is "down and out," that he tins
"lost his nerve," nnd Is fleeing from the
scene of his disaster. 'Gate says he-
hasn't time to "discus funny dreams.
Ills son, "Charley," gnys that the heat!
of the house la Just going to France for
a year or so for a good time, and that
he will return. A Cblcnga partner de
clares thut nil the "broke" stories arc
"plain rot;" "that the 'old ninii got
cold feet nnd quit when thestacW In
front of him won high enough" using
hlie vernacular that Mr. Oates use
when he used to."bet n million."
There is one fact in the conflicting:
report concerning the multi-millionaire
seculator. lie has quit business. Wall
street knows that fact, for the' fornix!
notice of the dissolution of tbe Ann of '
Charles t. (.Sates & Co. wus given out.
Admittedly .lo the Gates, father and
sou, are going abroad for a year. Wall
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JOHN W. CITES.
street rejoices over those facts. Wall
street Insist that the father and son
are quitting loser In a sliding sum of
from $10,000,000 to S40.000.000.
The notice of the dissolution of th
firm of Charles Q. Gates & Co. started
all the reports about the financial de
cline of the family.- That was the firm,
through which -' the great plunger
traded, and it was brought Into exist-
enco to enable him to plunge as he
pleased. Son "Charley" headed it b.ut
father was In reality the fliW ' ,; 4
The so-called "rich man's panto" that
reached Its clluinx March J5 was de-
dared to have been the cause , of the
downfall of the Gateses. " Consistent "
bulls always, tliey are reported to have f
been caught heavily in. that, ten-lb!
lluuip of stocks. . ' ' .' ' ,
rfiaL:. ...i-rfc
Th Pennsylvania House passed th
bill placing 3 cents tax a ton on anthra
cite cos I, it being argued that the burden
would fall largely on consumers outside
tlie State. , i
Chairman Knapp of tBo interstate com
merce commission annouueed its purpose
to ask the Circuit Court at New York
to order E. II. ilurriman to answer cer-.
tain - question concerning transfers sod
sales of Union Pacific stock which he re
fused to answer i erectly when he was
a witness before the commission. The
commission thus seeks to ' establish Its
right to inquire into such transactions.
B. F. Yoakum, chairman of th Rock
Island system. In a newspaper interview
said that a railroad bad no more business
to he at tho mercy of stock jobbers than- .
a savings bauk or a life Insurance com
pany, and that American railroads should
be as much a public trust as those institu
tions, lie said the people were not with
oiH justification in their belief that the
railroads had been systematically robbing
tlirm, and that uo one was to blame for
the present anti-railroad sentiment but
tbe managers theaiselves.
As an offset to the raie Jn grain rate
by the Union Patllic between Omaha and
Council Bluffs the Chicago Great West
ern railroad begun hauling grain free
from Council Bluffs into Omaha when
destined to elevators ou tho tracks of the
Chicago Great Western and charging only '
$'J per cor when d.-stined to elevators oa
other tracks. The Union Pacific cliarge
$5 pr car for the same service. The
Great Western's set ion VfiU have a far
reaching effect ou Iowa grain destined to
Omaha and places the Omaha market o
a parity with the Chicago market.
Two more attempts have been made to
wreck trains on the Pennsylvania rail
road in western Pennsylvania and Ohio,
and President McCrea has called a con
ference of the vice presidents and varlou
division ofliclals to take extraordinary
measures for the suppression of what ia
believed to be a desisrate band of wreck
ers. Th detectives y that tbe motive
of these crimes is robbery end not th
veageance of discliarged employes. A re
ward of $5,500 for Information leading to
the conviction and a much larger secret
reward to employes, bt been offered..
Counsel for the Great Northern railroad
at St. Paul gav' notice that the tin of
$15,000 Imposed by Judge Morris for
giving rebate on grain shipment would
be appealed. The judge jsnposed $1,000
on each count, this being th minimum
line.
The 2-cent railroad fare bill passed by
the Pennsylvania I.UIuture and signed
by Gov. Sfuart Is to go iuto effect Sept.
110, but the letter from President McCrea
of the Peuusylvaiiiu railroad to the Gov
eruor requesting n veto served notice that
the law would be tested through the
courts as to its couslil uiioimlity.