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.rrn a COUNTY" HEM AY 31 OTTO-All Tho News When It Is News. VOLUME XVII DAKOTA CITY. NEB., FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1909. NUMBER 43 DATO LATEST BY TELEGRAPH SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. 17 WORKMEN KILLED ki.S EXPLOSION DKALS DKATII IV MIXING SHAFT. Sufiix-atlng Piimos at First Drlvio tlio Kesciiers Back, but AfUT a Tlmo tin Injured mid Cliarml Bodies of Ici(l Are MroiiKlit to Surfniv. " As the result of an explosion of gas Jn mine No. 4 of the Iickuwanna Coal shortly after 7 o'clock Wednesdu: morning, seventeen miners were killed anil sixteen Injured. With the excep tion of one, those killed were foreign ers. With few exceptions those in jured were Americans. Twelve of the more seriously hurt were taken to the Spongier hospital. It was stutt-J all probably would re cover. Inspector Joseph Williams, ot' Altoona, with a party entered the mine shortlv after S o'clock for the purpose of ascertaining If anyone was yet en tombed. Superintendent W. N. John t son stated Wednesday night that while the mine has been regarded as non gaseous, the explosion was due to the Ignition of a pocket of gas by the open lamp of a miner. The first man to reach the surface was A. L. Johnson, son of the superin tendent. Young Johnson had been In a lower heading. There were burns on his arms, body and neck and it was stated he had Inhaled flames. He is one of tho few of the very seriously In jured. Following the superintendent'." son came two Italians, their faces burned to a crisp. They were attend ed by mine physicians. Superintend ent Johnson called for volunteers to enter the mine. In the volunteer ranks stood several women. Those were or dered back. With wet handkerchiefs tied over their faces the first squad of the relief party started, four came back unaided, the others, overcome with black damp, were pulled to the surface with ropes. A second and a third party entered, nly to be driven back by deadly gases. Oxygen, sent by the Cambria Steel works, aided the searchers and with safety helmets a fourth rescue party succeeded in bringing twelva bodies to the surface. Late In the afternoon five more bodies were recovered. In twos and threes the injured were found and lifted to the mouth of tho mine, and there hastily taken to the temporary hospital established at the company's store. They were later re moved to the Spangler hospital, twenty-six miles from Wehrum. Late Wed nesday night all but two rooms of tho mine had been thoroughly searched, and It was announced that it was thought no more bodies were in th mine. WATKK STOLEN 15V AHMED MEN. Illg Tlicft Occurs Near Colorado Springs, Colo. Six armed men, supposedly from Victor, Colo., early Wednesday morn ing held up Caretaker Arthur, of the Colorado Springs, Colo., water system, opened the flood gates on Pike's Peak and turned 174,000,000 gallons of wa ter Into the Victor reservoir. Caretak er Arthur was held a prisoner for some time while the water was being run off, but finally managed to elude his captors and telephone to the city for help. Sheriff IJurdsall, of El Paso county, with a posse of ten armed men. Including deputies and detectives. Immediately left for the scene of the holdup. The water supplies for Colorado Springs and the Cripple Creek district are located on the slopes of Pike's Peak and disputes over them are fre quent causes of friction between the two cities. It seems that Victor Is short of water this year, although Col orado Springs has an ample supply, having 900,000,000 gallons left aftei the theft of Wednesday morning. Arbuekle a Witness. 4 jonn ArDuck e. the corren mcretiniit whose invasion of the sugar refining field precipitated the bitter trade fight of the American Sugar Refining company, was a witness Wednesday before the federal grand Jury which is Investigating the affairs of that com pany. John Sparhawk, Jr., counsel for the Pennsylvania Refining com. pany, also testified. KiHTiimlm to I'arulyslH. Dr. Thomas P. Wilson, at one time president of the institute and editor of the Medical Advunce, of Chicago, died In I'pper Mont Clair, N. Y., from par alysis Wednesday. Sioux City Live sux-k Market. Wednesday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow: Top beeves, $6.60. Top hogs, 7.60. nurthquako Shocks I'elt In Nevada An earthquake, the most severe ex perienced In several years, occurred at Jra-ss Valley, Nev., at IX:. 5 o'clock Tuesday night. A second uim lighter Fhock came at 11:49. 5,800 Deer Are Killed. Aooordlng to an official statement lvon out by President' Frank M. Ma jor, of the Louisiana game ommis Wion, 6,600 deer were killed in that jitate during the season Just ckwd. iiAKiiiMAX m moi;s denied. Xo Truth In Stories of tho "WlzaadV Death. Rumors thst K. 11. Harriman was rrlti.-a'iy 111 In V!enn:i, a report that at tiiin-s .v.-.s i xatji rated to the extent of sayii.g that he was dead. all met with prompt denial by his associates at the Union Pacific office Monday afternoon. I'.nt notwithstanding, the reports, ceupli il with a sharp bear laid, eausi d n decided break in the New Yoik stock market, and the de cline in the so-called ll.irrlman stocks had not been checked when trading closed. Union Pacific dropped 4 points, recovered only a quarter, leav ing a net loss of 3 for the day. Southern Pacific showed n net loss of 2 ; Reading, 4'4, and Amalgamated Copper, Lossi s us high .as 12 points from the high, water mark fioin a few days ago were i corded. One of Mr. Harrinian's closi st asso ciates said .Monday nftcritoon that he felt convinced any report purporting to indicate that Mr. Harriman was se riously 111 was utterly false. "We have received several cable grams from Mr. Hn rriinun, today," he said. "One of tho-e was addressed to a member of his family, and gave no hint of any change, in Mr. Harrinian's condition." Robert S. Lovctt, vice president and general counsel of the Union Pacific Railroad company, made this state ment: "I have no doubt that the rumors are falre. I had a cablegram from Mr. Harriman this morning upon a matter of business. I have been called upon most every day since Mr. Harri man sailed to deny fal-e reports about his health. I am tired of it, and shall pay no furtht r attention to them." A dispatch from Vienna rays: "There is no truth whatever in the re ports which seem to have been cur rent in many parts of the world that K. H. Harriman Is seriously 111. Mr. Harrinian's health on the whole is con sidered satisfactory. Certainly there have been no serious complications of any kind sincehe arrived here. He has been driving dally and has shown a lively interest In all Viennese social events. On Saturday Mr. Harriman was among the guests of the emperor at the Neue Handel's akademie, and on Sunday afternoon he witnessed the trotting races and took a drive through the principal streets." VOlt Itfi.UK HAND CRIMES. Two More Arrests Miulo by Federal Sleuths. Olusseppi Bolbo, who was arrested Sunday at Meadvllle, Pa., was tho member of 'the black hand society who wrote the threatening letters which were afterwards sent to he different cities to be mailed, according to Post office Inspector Hosford, who returned to Cincinnati Sunday night after tak ing part in the raids in Pittsburg on .Saturday evening and Meadvllle on Sunday morning. A large number of letters and papers, which It Is expect ed will throw much additional light on the operation of the black hand, werv found in Holbo'a room. Orazlo Ruui fols, known by several other names, who was arrested in Pittsburg on Sat urday evening, Is believed to bo. the originator and chief conspirator in tlie recent black hand activities in Ohio and adjacent states. BODY I'OIXI) IX BOX CAR. Man's Skull Crushed and He Is Re lieved to Have Been Murdered. The body of an unidentified man, (bout 40 years old, who doubtless had been murdered and robbed, was found In a box car at Akron, O., Monday. The man's skull had Wen crushed In and his pockets cut open and rifled. Death probably occurred several days ago. The car was received from Ham mond, Ind., last Thursday and was not opened until Monday. There was a slip of paper In his pockets addressed to "J. M. O'Leur," which head: Take Fairfield elevated to LaGrange car. Get olT at Ogden avenue. The note Is believed to have referred to a Chicago address. The man was 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighed 170 pounds. He wore a black suit of good material. AUTOMOBILE RC.NS WILD. Six IVrsoiiM Seriously Hurt Wlicn Car Crashes Into Tree. As the result of a big sightseeing au tomobile running wild, filled with mer rymakers on their way home from Coney Island, curly Monday, six of the occupants of the vehicle are In hos pitals with severe injuries and one young woman Is expected to die. The fatally injured victim Is Miss Mary Emery, 27 years old, of Washington Heights, New York, who suffered frac tures of the legs and of the right arm and Internal injuries when the car crashed Into a tree on the Ocean park way. AH the twenty-five passengern were thrown out by the shock. Wh'iu Sprouting In Shocks. Rain continues throughout Tcnnes lee and reports are coming In from many points of wheat sprouting In the shocks. The same conditions prevail in northern Alabama and southern Kentucky. Ki'M'ucr Is4s Life. John Ab. ahlre, aged 12, and George ole, aged 3.1, a farmer, were drowned In the Ohio river at Portsmouth, O., Monday. Abeshire got beyond his d pth while swimming and Cole at. tempted to rescue him. Will Known Divine Ix-ad. Rev. J. J. Porter, aged 68, one of the most widely known baptist minis ters In the United Ktatts, died Monday In Winchester, Ky. , COOL WORK OK HKillWAYMAN. liloliN Vp a Texas IVunk In Frontier Sijlo. In true frontier style a hlghwnyinan, described as genteel in appearance, robbed the branch banking house of the Waggoner Rank and Trut com pany in the most central section of the downtown district of Port Worth, Tex., Tu sday afternoon, escaped with S3, 100 in currency, and up to a late hour Tuesday night was still at large. The robbery was the most daring attempt In Texas In years. Cashier Walter E. King was alone In the bank. A well dressed stranger walked In. approached the window of the cash ier's desk, leveled a revolver at King and next came the demand for ull the money in sight. "Make a move or a noise of any kind and I'll kill you," said the man. The cashier complied, and stuffilng the roll of bills JS.100 hi denomina tions ranging from $1 to $20, the man backed out of the door under cov of his pistol, ami as Mr. King ran o a telephone he saw the man min gling with the crowd-i with an air of unconcern. The police reached the scene five minutes Inter, but the stranger had disappeared. At the time of the rob bery several hundred were In the vi cinity of the building and many noted the arrival at the bank and the de parture of the man, but his manner was bland. Several declare that ho climbed into a waiting automobile af ter walking several blocks, but the po lloe place little credence In this asser tion, and it is believed he is still In Fort Worth. Tho loss to the Waggoner bank Is covered by Insurance. The bank, how ever, has offered a reward of $1,000. STORK CAUSES HEJOICINfi. Queen Victoria Presents Alfonso with a Daughter. Queen Victoria of Spain gave birth to a daughter at 4: 2 5 a. m.. Tuesday. When it was seen Monday night tho? the accouchement was Imminent the members of the royal family, the pre mier and a number of high court per sonages were hastily summoned to the oalace at Lagranza. The accounchement was In every re spect successful. The dowager queen Christina, the mother of King Alfonso, and Princess Beatrice, mother of Queen Victoria, were at the bedside of her majesty. The booming of fifteen guns an nounced the birth of a girl and the rejoicing thereafter waa general. Half an hour later the king, accompanied by the mistress of the robes, presented the infant to the. dignitaries assembled In the ante chamber. The king has been showered with congratulations and In commemoration of the event he signed the pardon of several prisoners and reduced the pun ishment for a number of others. The birth of a princess Is particular ly pleasing to both the king and the queen, as they had hoped that this 'Uld, the third, would be a girl. The st two children are boys, Prince Al fonso, born March 10, 1907, and Prince Jamie, born Juno 23, 1!)0S. The eldest, as heir to the throne, Ih fair like his mother, but he has tho pro truding lip of his father, a pronounced characteristic of the Spanish Haps burgs. The second son, on the other hand, Is dark complexioned and looks the real Spaniard. He was named af ter Jaime the Conquerer, King of Ara gon, as a compliment to tho province of Catalonia, which formed a port of the ancient kingdom. RohlM-rs Overlook $5,000. Robbers opened the safe in the Cit izens National bank at Locke, N. Y., early Tuesday morning and obtained between $2,600 and $2,700, most of which was In $5 bills. They over looked about $5,000 In gold. There were four men In the band, and, hold ing at bay the citizens who were aroused by the explosion, they made "lelr escape. Six t Girl anil Takes Own Ufe. Charles Ulary, said to be the son of a wealthy undertaker of New York, BUot and slightly injured Beatrice Kel ly, 18 years old, at Erie, Pa,, early Tuesday and then committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. Convicted Ranker's 'IVrcn Ends. Thomas J. McCoy Saturday was re leased from the Indiana prison, hav ing completed the maximum time of h:s term. He was formerly a promi nent republican politician, and was convicted of embezzlement in connec tion with the failure of a bank at Rensselaer. He will go to Chicago to live. Sweltering In Philadelphia. Three sudden deaths, eight prostra tions, two cases of suicide and one ut tempt at self destruction were reported to the Philadelphia police up to 1 p. m. Tuesday, partly due to the hot weather. The temperature was 87 de grees and rising. Tiki Killed by Lightning. Charles lirown, 6 years old, son of Irs. Josle Brown, of Joplin, Mo., and Edward Poc, a farmer near Anderson, Mo., were killed by lightning Express Office Is Ijooted. Two armed bandits entered tho night office of the United States Ex press company at Green Bay, Wis., at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning and coi pellud the man In charge to open the afe. They obtained ID, 000. English Painter Dead. Edward John Gregory, It. A., pres ident of the royal Institute of painters In water colors, died at Great Markrw, Bug., Tuesday, aged 69 years. NEBRASKA t FK.IIT (U'AKAN I EE LAW. Ncbni-.Ua Bankers I'iic Suit for a Re straining Oidi r. John L. Webster, of Omaha, and former United State Senator W. V. Allen, attorneys for tv:e b inking Inter ests of Nebrasi-.rt opposid to the state bank deposit guaranty law, Tuesday filed suit In the federal court at Lincoln for a restraining order niraliiht the bi.idi'.iip urd a:ul Sumuol Patterson, Its recret.iry. The petition asks that the state beard be forbidden to levy an assessnic it t guarantee bank lo;vu:ts. It nsl:s that Patterson be prevented fri-ni i:'i.ii'K his siat. Fifty-two K-'.nkf. i.htI i.al and state, have joined In the pleading. It Is al lef.ed that the new ect Is confiscatory, taking pioperty without due process of law and requiring th" property of one bank to pay the lla'.i ities of an other; that its as. i s.--in nt provision is so indefinite as to permit i:n unlimited number of aso-shie As being made Kgalnst the banks un'. that the provi sion for Immediate payment of the de- osltors Is iliogieul end Impossible of fulfillment. Alleged defects in tho rec ord In tho law's passage are also cited. IS Rl lLDIXG NEW WATER I'LAXT, The Council ll.is OITim! rJtiO.OOO for Present Plant. The city council of North Platte held a special meeting Mo.ulay even ing to met with'Mr. HolTincistor to dis cuss settlement of the water works question. He offered to have spe cial engineer make an appraisal of tho plant, but thib the council declined, as thi" city engineer hud made an ap praisal at their request, valuing the plant at $52,000. The council then passed a formal resolution, offering $60,000 for the prerent water works plant and making the offer good until July 6 next. Just whether or not the water works company will accept this offer remains to be seen. If they do not. It Is felt that the city will vote bonds to build a plant of their own. It Is considered that $00,000 Is the iOlrtmum price the city will pay. LHJIITXIXG STRIKES A IIOV. JToIIgh Youth Is Instantly Kllli'd While Fishing. During the storm Monday at Ne llgh a son of Conrad Goks was Instant ly killed by lightning while fishing on the banks of the Clear Water. His two brothers who were with him were se verely stunned. Tho boys were seated In a row when tho storm approached. Tho bolt of lightning struck the hoy In the cen ter. He was 17 years old. The storm passed to the north of Neligh and totally wrecked the build ings on M. O. Dixon's farm on the Willow. Considerable damage was done to outbuildings along the path of the storm. No serious damage to crops has Ven reported. HOTEL MAX IS INDICTED. Must Answer Charge iX' Selling Liquor Without License. William I'urkey, a Fllley hotel man, was arrested Monday morning upon an Indictment returned by the recent grand Jury charging him with selling liquor without a license. The Indict ment returned by the grand Jury charges Purkey with selling whisky to Fred Shonewels of the Fllley vicinity. Purkey appeared before Judge Peni berton and gave bond In the sum of $500 for his appearance at the coming session of the district court. CLOUDBURST AT BLADEN. Heavy Ireipltation Visits Portion of Welwter County. A cloudburst occurred neur Bladen Monday afternoim after a hot and sul try' forenoon. About an inch of ruin fell there. It was heavier between Bladen and Blue Hill. A mile west no rain fell. It commenced raining again early In the evening and kept It up steadily all night. It Is believed there ha been a total precipitation of three or four Inches. Jury Returns Indictments. Four indictments have been re turped by the grand Jury which has been In session at Holdrege. A. K. Ayres, W. H. Parker, Jennie Lelter and Maud Baldwin ure charged with si Uing liquor without licenses. Sev eral more indictments are thought to have been brought and will be made puulic as soon us the arrests ure made. Wife Seeks IMvoree. In a suit for divorce Instituted by Mrs. Dora Jones, of Hastings. the plaintiff alleges that her husband, William Jones, to whom she was mur ried in Belleville, Kan., In 1893, bus treuteil her with extreme cruelty and on one occasion threatened to "cut her heurt out." Former .Bn!:;o Stricken. H. M. Sinclair. former supremo court commissioner, Is critically 111 at Kearney, lie is suffering .from rtom uch trouble. He was taken suddenly III Friday night Biol has since grown mmli worse. It Is feared by the at-t.-niling physicians that he may die ut any time. Clmiies Wyiuore'a Body I'lmnd. The body of Charles Wymote, of Beatrice, who was drowned Saturday evening In the Blue river north of Barmston, has been found. New Mill Alinoxt Onuplcml. Chadron's new 200-barrell mill Is neuring completion, rising from the ashes of a much smaller one Robert Hood Is the proprietor, which fact al ways means success and a "squiii-v deal" In Chadron. Ihimcwood Under Arrest. Motorman K. K. Damewood, of Iin coln, who assaulted Inspector Ilhlel Payne, of the IJncoln Traction com pany. Saturday night, gve himself ujj to Justice Bacon and was placed under .toad to appear Tucsdty fur trial. STATE liS I IUS1IOP HoXACl M TALKS. Says Xo Violence V. n--. Offend to Hint t VI.ISMS. Right Rev. Plshep Hov.ucum return ed to Lincoln Saturday fri ni Btittet county, nnd mlnln:1ed the i!emor.n tion at Ulysses Friday n'ht, In w'. i.ii he was pictured as being driven from the town 1 y nn angry mob. No violence to Bishop Betinrum was offered t V.'i.i, a-nl tln extent if the demonstratio n toward the two priests who nee. mp;. :.!,.,! iilin was limited to rude remark; ly u snmM party of mer nnd boys. The en.y Indignity he suf fered, the bif'ii p s; ', 1. was when, after L aving Uyser l:i t livery rig far Dft vld City, a party of men f illowc 1 In nn automobile ami ct irpetled the livery. 1 man to ab.uul n his pasn-ngprs'. neies. sltatlng their wa'Aite; a distance of four miles to the village of Garrison, where they were accommodated for the night. A dispatch from v:ysc soys the feeling there In bitter toward the blsh. op and the poopV nre loyal to Father Murphy.-. LOSES til EE IX RIVETt Peculiar Acii.lent Ciiisck Icjitli Near Li cr.tiir. While securin;; legs on the river near Decntur Set unlay morning. Stance Shlllum. of South Onmbu, was drowned by having his launch sub merged ly rt It' rgc? caving off of the bank along which he was running tho boat. Together with a party from one or the packing houses, Shlllum had been camped near town, and along with the outing wrc plekl-'rT up a little money on the side by securing logs. He had gone down the river n ways, had cap tured peveral logs nnd was returning to the mill with t'liein when the acet dnt occurred. When about a quarter of a mile from the camp, as he was steaming along close to the shore, a large bank of dirt suddenly coved off, and striking the boat squarely, sarftT It Immediately and Shlllum was drowned, TOWN SLIPPING INTO RIVER. Will Ask Ciovcrnii'cnt to AM In Hip. rapping Bank. Dur'.ig the recent high water, the Missouri river has been slowly but surely undermining; the town of De cntur and titlKens ure signing a peti tion to ask that a portion of the $75, 000 devoted by congress to navigation work In this part of the river be de voted to rlprapping the banks there. The accident to Pan Shelan, of South Omaha, who was drowned when a large piece of the river bank fell on his boat has called attention to the rapidity with which the liver Is eat ing Its way Into the banks In the vi cinity of Decatur. Decatur people uro becoming alarmed and wlil make a strong effort tir- Induce the government to ptop the ravages of the stream. FARM DROPS INTO MISSOURI. River Makes Cuts on the Ranks Xcbi X hrusUu City. The Mlssouil river at Nebraska Cliy Is hleln r than It has been for several years nnd much of the lowlands are under water. Below the city the banks are cutting a way quite rapidly and al ready one farm has been washed Into the turbulent flood and considerable other land Is threatened. The storm of last Wednesday In the vicinity of Julian did more damnge than was flrnt reported. Several farms were stripped of their crops by the hall and others wero ruined by the flood of that day. No estlmute can be placed on the damage done. Many or the bridges are out. Win: DEAD, HUSBAND INSANE K:d Conditions of Afflicted Family at Harvard. The sudden death of Mrs. H. M. RIs ley, of Harvard, and the attack of In sanity suffered by her husband a few diys prior culls attention to the trou bles of a much of dieted family. Mr. Rlsley n ntly became blind and he und his wife were familiar fig. ures on the street, Mrs. Rlsley with a cane acting an his guide. Mr. Ripely became violently Insane and was taken to the Hastings asylum. Mrs. Rlsley was formerly Mrs. Char lotte Fuller. ;-'he was a graduate of Lombard college, Oaleshiirg, 111., and huj a numtwr of relatives living theie. (N'togi'niirlun Commits Suicide. Joachim Paiistalu, aged 81 und c widower, committed suicide near Grand Island ut tho farm home of his i son-in-law by hanging himself to n I rafter in the barn. Mr. Paustaln, de j spitu his age, was In good health anil physical condition and had worked about the gi rderi earlier In the duy. The old gentleman has always re ceived the kindest of treatment and there Is roi known cause for the deed. , Ills wife has been dead for a number of years. Cattle Roy Drowns. A torrentiul fall of ruin In M crook end vicinity Saturday evening did heavy damage. Small streams became livi rs and bridges were washed out. Crops were either washed out or beat en down by the hail which accompa nied the r'i in. 'Raymond, the son of Elmer E. do Img, was caught In u canyon, where he w.ia herding cuttle, u tut drowned In the rush of water. Climi'li Diditntkd at SI el ton. After huving been completed fin several months the new ca. ri d Heart Catholic church of Khellon was dedi cated Sunday. The beautiful new church was filled to the doors and tho services were Impressive. kiujt !rfcltN Bond. ' Ray Knupp, who was arrested last w-'vk upon a Htutulory charge, was to have hud his preliminary heurlnf Sat urday at Albion When hour for hetuing arrvd, howyr, Knapp did not appear und his bond was forfeited. TUT ASKS 2 PER CEHT. President, In Special .Message, Reo oninienJs Levy L'pon thi Net Ejrnlnjin. WOULD INVITE AID OF STATES. Congress Advised to Seek Constitu tional Amendment Allowing As sessment on Incomes. Recommending legislation looking to the placing of a 2 ier cent tax ou the net Income of. corporations and also tho adoption of an amendment to the constitution providing for tho linpi.sltlon of nn income tax without an apportionment among the several itates. President Tnft Wednesday sent to Congress a messngo embodying hU views on tlie subject. This action fol lowed a protracted special meeting of the cabinet. In his messago the president speaks of the apparent Inability of Congress to Rgree to an Inheritance tax, and as regards an Incomo tat, he refers to the decision of the Supreme Court In the case of Pollock vs. the Fanners' Loan and Trust Company, In which the c6urt held the tax to be unconsti tutional unless apportioned according to population. ' It is," enys the preai ilent, "undoubtedly a power which tyie Government ought to have. It might lie Indispensable to the nation's Ufa In Ureat crises." The amendment, therefore, he de clares. Is the only proper course. Such on amendment to the constitution, he contended, was preferable to the ono proposed of reviving a law Judicially declared to be unconstitutional. The amendment which he proposes should be made to tho tariff bill provides for the imposition upon all corporations and Joint stock companies for profit, except national bnnhs (otherwise tax ed), savings banks and building and loan associations, of an excise tax ot 2 per cent on the net Income of the corporations. This, it is estimated by him, will bring an annual revenue of $25,000,000. "This is a tax on privi lege and not on property," he Bays, "and is within the federal power with out apportionment according to popu .lallon." Tho president points out that !in-' other merit to tho tax on corporations Id tlie federal supervision, which will give to the government, the (stockhold ers niul the public knowledge of the real business transactions and the gains and profits of eyery corporation in tho country. The adoption of tho amendment, he says, will make a long step "toward that (supervisory control of corporations which may prevent a further abuse of power," MINISTERS OUST FOSTER. Expelled from Chicago Conference on Account of Heretical Views, Professor George Uurnian Foster on Monday was expelled from the Chica go Baptist Ministers' Conference be cause of the alleged heretical beliefs expressed in his recent book on "The Function of Religion." After a long and hented debate, in which the cler gyman Indulged in bitter personalities, the organization at its weekly meeting derided by a vote of 40 to 10 to drop tho University of Chicago professor from its membership. The action does not affect Professor Foster's standing as a Baptist minister, but simply ad vocates disapproval of him and takes from him the right of fellowship In the conference. The resolution finally passed was stripped of all unnecessary verbiage, and in such form was able to command the support of a number who disliked the sort of tactics pur sued by the foes of Professor Foster. As introduced by Rev. Johnston My ers, leader of the anti-Foster forces, the original resolution recited the var ious accusations against Professor Fos ter and declured his retention in the association injurious to the denomina tion. It also called upon the trustees of the University of Chlcogo to dismiss Professor Foster from the faculty of the Institution. With the consent of Mr. Myers the resolution was amended and simplified until its final form, as passed, was as follows: "Resolved, That the Baptist Ministers' Conference of Chicago drop Professor George Bur man Foster from its membership." SLAIN MAN'S BODY IN CAB. Victim of Murder and Koliberr Is Foil nil at Akron, Ohio. The body of an unidentified man about 40 years old, who doubtless had been murdered and robbed, was found In a box car at Akron, Ohio. The man's skull had been crushed In and bis pocketa cut open und rifled. The car was received from Hammond, Ind. A allp of paper, found In a pocket, ad dressed to "J. M. O'Lear," said: "Take Fairfield elevated to La Grange car, get off at Ogden avenue." The note Is belleveii to have referred to a Chica go address. 9100,000 I.ua In Factor? Fir. The concrete building of the Penin sular Milled Screw Company and the factory of the Michigan Stamping Company, Bellevue avenue, near Mack avenue, Detroit, were destroyed Wed nesday by Are of unknown origin. Tht loss ii 1100,000. Bisnop ku:t out of towu. Action Against Kabraska Cathollo Dignitary I'ollows Feud. At Ulysses. Neb., a' mob Friday nlRht drove Cnthclfo Bl-hop Bonacum, of Lincoln, nnd two priests who no companied him out of town and threatened them v.i'h violence The troni'lo of t'.ie evening had itsorlcin In Ion? church fftid between. Bish op Urnaoiim and trio Rev. William Muipby, for f-evcrnl years priest In control of the pariil.es of Ulysses anil Powaid. Ill-hop Rnn.v.um excommu nicated Father Murphy, was sustained at Rome, and recently semred a ruling In the civil courts ousting Father Mur phy from the parish property. The majority cf the 1 niisaloners through out the Ion-; controversy have stood with the priest, tlie trurtees at Sew ard at different tinies refusing to per mit prleots Ff r.t by the bishop to occu py the chinch. . The stotm brolcc when Bishop Bon acum. accompanied by Fathers O'Brien and Kline, came to Install them, re spectively, at Ulysses and Seward. Father O'Brien was sent out from the hotel to reconnolter." He found the church strongly guarded and the as pect threatening. It was then decided to hold the formal ceremonies of tak ing possession of the church at tha hotel, nnd this formality was begun. The mob on the outslda of the hotel began making a demonstration. Threats were made to "egg" the bish op, and at tlie most critical moment when It seeftied that violence would be done Father Murphy arrived and pleaded with the people to commit no breach ot tlie peace and to acquit themselves as lnw abiding citizens. He asked the people to protect from any violence tlie bishop and the priests. Father O'Brien arranged for a vehi cle to take them out of the village. Almost before the crowd knew what wus being dono the bishop and the two priests were loaded Into the livery rig. end a stm t was made for the country on the road to David City. The con veyance started away at a lively pace. and it was some time before an auto mobile carry representativea of Fath er Murphy's flock went In pursuit. The story told by the liveryman, who returned soon after without his pas sengers, was that he wm overtaken on the road and hla passengers were ort dered to get out and walk. This they did, and then the liveryman was or dered to turn about and drive to Ulys ses without loss of time. It was late at night that Bb;hop Bonacum and th priests went to a farmhouse for pro tection and engaged a farmer to tak them to David City. "" 'NINE KILLED IN WEECK. Two Heavily Laden Cars Crash To gether with Fatal Results. XIne men were killed and at least a dozen men anil women Injured Satur day night in a head-on collision be tween two heavy cars of the South Shore Electric Ruilway at Samuel's Crossing, Iud. The accident occurred shortly after !) o'clock. A west-bound car was coming at high speed down a Ions hill, which is. formed by the ele vated structure under which the Lake Shore railroad tracks pass. The car was well lllied. At the foot of the hill It met on east-bound car, also going at a terrific speed. The cars were buried in each other. The motorman of the west-bound car was killed, while the motorman of the east-bound car put on his brakes and Jumped. The pas sengers were farmers and residents of Porter and .Michigan City. It was hours before all the bodies could be extricated. The Injured were taken, to farmhouse s and rushed on special, cars to South Bend and near-by towns.. BODY FOUND IN TRUNK. Victim Believed to Be Elsie Sigel, Granddaughter of General Sigel. The body of a young and pretty woman, strangled to death and then wedged Into a small steamer trunk, was found by the police on the top floor of a four-story brick building at 782 8th avenue, New York. Two Chinamen who disappeared sud denly about the time the woman came to her death are being sought by the police, who are also endeavoring to ferret out the significance attending the mystery in the disappearance ot Elsie Sigel, of 200 Wadsworth avenue, a granddaughter of the late General Franz Sigel. of Civil War fame, who has been missing from New York for a fortnight. Around the dead girl's neck was found a gold plated clasp pin bearing the letters "E. C. S." 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