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TAFT 11 JEW YORK.
President Elect Addresses So
ciety of North Carolinians.
Urges Dixie Voters to Break Away
From Political traditions Declares
North Yearns for Closer Association
With South Negro Question.
President Elect Taft was the prin
cipal spanker at the tin mini dinner ot
the North Carolina society In New
York Monday night.
Mr. Toft, in the course of on ad
dress Mhlch was confined entirely to
the south and its problems, did not
hesitate to follow up whnt he regards
ns the advantages of his trip through
the south during the recent campaign
and urged again thnt the voters of that
section should break awny from the
outlived sentiment and traditions of
their past political nMlliattons and cast
their ballots In accordance rnthar with
their economic and real political be
llefs. Mr. Taft declared that nothing
would give him greater pride dmlng
his coming term in the chief executive
ofllco than to so direct the policy of
the national government with respc-t
to these southern states as to con
vince tho Intelligent citizen of the
south of the deslro of his administra
tion t nid them in working out satis
factorily the serious problems before
them and of bringing them and their
northern- fellow citizens closer and
closer In sympathy and point of view
Mr. Taft frankly expressed htmself
regarding the so-called "negro qucs
tlon," nnd' declared that neither he
nor the Republican pnrty had any Idea
of forcing upon the people of tho south
tho dominance of an Ignorant clasB.
Mr. Taft declared that tho north
yearns for a closer association with
tho south, and quoted statistics to
Bhorv that the Industries of the south
had grown and prospered more during
tho past decade than any other sec
tion of the country.
EIGHT TEAMS TIED FOH LEAD.
Riders In Six-Day Bicycle .Race Far
Ahead of Old Records.
Kew York, Dec. S. Furious riding,
which resulted In the establishing of
new records and two serious acci
dents, marked the six-day bicycle race
at Madison Square Gardeh. From the
stant the contest has been a succes
sion iof sprints for mile after mile, tin
vtil the riders are far ahead of tho old
records. Two teams have dropped out
of the contest because of aucldents.
Menus Redell was -caught In a pocket
and before he could extricate 3ilmself
one of the contestants came up from
behind and' catching his pedal, scar
the unfortunate rider sprawling on the
track, breaking his right shoulder
bone. Two hours later Patrick Logan,
during ix desperate mix-up, was thrown
heavily. He was carried off uncon
scious, bleeding from the head and
mouth, zaid his case is pronounced se
rious. Eight teams nro tied for the rfad.
wiin ionr one lap neiuno and two win
ers far in ne rear. .11
: RUEF CASE NEARING AN END..,
Defense Rests Without Calling Wit
nescs to the Stand.
San Francisco, Dec. S. Abe Ruof's
third trial upon an issue of municipal
bribery exposures of 190G the alleged
bribery of a supervisor In the award
of'lbo United Railroads trolley fran
chise is approaching an end. Some
time tomorrow tio Jury will begin
consideration of a .verdict. Arguments
are' now being made and It is practic
ally assured' that a verdict or a dis
agreement will be included iu the rec
ords of ue court before the end of
the week. The decision of the attor
neys for the defendant to call no wit
npsses has undoubtedly shortened the
proceedings by many days, and while
the move va5 not erjtirely unexpected,
there was much surprise when Henry.
Ach, Ruef's lending counsel, an
nounced that the defense would rest.
GRAND JURY ON NIGHT RIDERS.
Soldiers Guard 40 Prisoner While
Civic Body Passes on Evidence.
Union City, Tenn., Dec. 8. The
stage is set for the final drama in the
story of night riders of Tennesseee
A special graud jury Is preparing a
fresh set oflndictments.
Across the street, in a great bridk
building, guarded by soldiers with
fixed' bayonets and loaded rifles, are
forty-nine of the accused night riders
some of them in their shirtsleeves,
others in overalls just as they were
taken by the military.
Erkstromep Commits Suicide.
St. Louis, Dec. 8. Charles A.
Ekstromer, Swedish vice consul In St
Louis, who committed suicide at his
home here, was short In his accounts
as manager of the St. Louis office of
the West Disinfectant company, ac
cording to a statement made by Emit
Taussig, president of the company
De Oro Wins First Game.
St. Lolus, Dec. S.ln a fast game.
Alfredo De Oro of Cuba won the first
f three matches that will determine
the three cushion billiard champion
ship of the world, defeating Thomas
A. Hueston of St. Louis by the score
of 50 to H.
Parsons Man Breaks Jail.
Parsons. Kan., Dec 8 Paul Weg
gen, a policeman held for complicity
in the burglary of $5,000 worth of mer
chandise from the Stresburger general
store here last month, broke Jail and
escaiieil
GOVERNORS MEET AGAIN.
Conservation Conference Calls Then
Together at Washington.
Washington, Dec. 8.Not slnco last
May, when tho governors of tho states
met here in response to tho lnvltutlou
of President Roosevelt to discuss the
question of tho conservation of the na
tion's lesourccs, has tho national capi
tal been thu scene ot so notable a
gathering as that which asseniblotf
hero todu.
Tho governors of tho ntntes arc
again here, either In person or by
proxy, with a great .throng or other
distinguished men The purpose of
their meeting is a Joint tonsvixntloi)
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conference" with the national con
servation commission In order to get
under way tho most Important part of
the work of tho conference tho re
port to the president on tho natlonnl
resources. The report is duo Jan. 1.
Today's session began this morning
with an Informal meeting Jn tho red
room of the Wlllard hotel for the pur
pose of organizing. This uftcrnoon
there will bo a great general meeting
In tho Relasco theater, at which Presi
dent Roosevelt and President Elect
Taft will be among, tho speakers who
will address tho members of the Joint
conservation conference, tho rivers
and harbors congress, the southern
commercial congress nnd other organi
zations with allied objects whoso ses
stons In Washington help to make up
what haB been called "conservation
week."
After tho opening scsslom the Joint
conference will take up it's business in
earnest at the Hubbard Memorial hall.
The plan Is to take up one nfter an
other the main subjects which the na
tional -conservation commission under
Chairman GIffoi'd Plnchot haB been
studying wates, lauds, forests, min
erals. Distinguished men, including gov
ernors, senators;" representatives,
bankers, buslnesB men nnd othera, will
address the meetings. J. J Hill, .John
Mitche'll, Andrew Cnrnegle and a score
of other representative tnen have ace-Opted
Invitations to be present
Slnco vtho conference seven months
ago, when the president quickened the
interest of the entire nation in ono of
Its most perplexing problems the na
ilonnl conservation commission hns
made an inventory of the natural re
sources A the country This Inventory
will bo presented to-Chalrman Plnchot.
who In hiB Teport to the president Ian
1 will make tecommeridotlons wlrtcti
both the wprk of the comnilsslon'sTd
the Joint conference may suggest
vital In solving the conservation prob
lem.
Tho Inventory Is completed now an
far as present knowledge can go. nThe
members of the commission declare
and the f country as u whole 'is con
vinced thnt the state of affairs is one
that requires 'immediate and -effective
action
FRAMING NEW TARIFF BILL.
Congress Gives Committee Power to
Subpoena Witnesses.
Washington, Dec. S. The work of
framing a new tariff bill will bo active
ly begun by the house ways and
means committee tomorrow. The ma
jority meuihers of the committee will
be designated '10 draft the bill A reso
lution offered In the house by Chair
man Payne of the house wuys and
means committee, which was adopt?
gives the committee power to sub
poena witnesses for the tariff hear
ings. ' An executive meeting of the
committee probably will be held to se
lect the names of thosp whom It is
desired to have appear before it.
President Van Cleave of the National
Association of Manufacturers probably
will be one of the first called
FretH Disturbances in Persia.
Teheran. Dec 8. The nationalists
at Meshed, a holy city of northeastern
Persia, have routed the garrison snd
seized the government offices Fresh
disturbances are reported at Ramadan,
Kermanshah and Tallsh
Reprieve Granted Bllllk.
Acting Governor Sherman of lllluols
has granted Herman Bllllk of Chicago
a further reprieve until Jan. 29, J009.
Bllllk was sentenced to he hanged
Dec. 11 for the murder of Mary Vrzal
Shoots Mother, Thinking Her Burglar.
Detroit, Deo S Raymond Schnil
zer, aged twenty-two, shot his mother,
whom he mistook for a burglar Shu
was seriously wounded, but will re
cover Contract for Chicago's New City Hall.
Chicago, Dec. 8 The contract for
building Chicago's new city hall has
been awarded to the Noel Construction
company of Uultimore, whose bid was
J3?15 000
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Defense Springs a Surprise tn
Rustin Murder Case.
New Witness Produced Who Testifies
She Saw "Woman In the Case" on
Morning of the Murder Trial t
Nearlng End.
Omaha, Dec. 8. The defense In the
trial of Charles E. Davis sprung a sen
sation when Mrs. Emily Allen testified
that she saw Mrs, Abblo Rico tho
morning of the murder buying a paper
at Sixteenth and Fnrnam streets at 4
a. in. The prosecution tins introduced
several witnesses to show thnt Mrs.
Rice took n enr near tho Rustin homo
at 1130 tho night of the murder nnd
went direct to Clara Gloason's house
and remained there until tho next day.
The testimony created n sonsation,
and County Attorney English put the
wltnoss through a vigorous cross-examination,
but was nnnblo to shake
her testimony. Mrs. Allen snld she
had known Dr. Rugtin several years,
and thnt she had often scon him with
Mrs. Rico, always believing her to be
the doctor's wife. She was sure It
was Mrs. Rice Bhe met downtown the
mortilhg of tho shoollns.
STATE ASYLUM REPORT,
Superintendent Hay Points Out Necdi
of Institution.
Llnr-oln, Dec 7. Superintendent
Hay of the state Insane asylum hns
made his annual .report to tho gov
ernor, and has some recommendations
to make relative to the needs or the
institution. Ho says tho coming legls
laturo should appropriate not less than
150,000 for n men's building, thus se
gregating the men from the women.
He also asks that $1,000 bo appropriat
ed for nn open sleeping porch for tu
berculosis pallunts, mnny cases of
which have developed durlhg recent
years.
Superintendent Hay believes mora
attention should ho given to dipso
maniacs. About 700 patients hnvo
been treated in tho institution for tho
drink and drug habits with much suc
cess, and he recommends that tho
state go so far as to hnvo a separate
Institution lor-them.
Douglas county .did more business
with the institution than any other
county In the state. It sent 1G3 In
mates to the asylum, Including 111 in
sane patients and forty-slx dlpsomn
lilacs. Lancattcr county was a close
Second', with 143 patients. No other
county had moro than thirty pantlents.
DR. YOUNG FILES REPORT.
Superintendent of Norfolk Asylum
Gives Statistics of Institution.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 8.A report
just made by Dr. G. A. Young, super
intendent of tho Norfolk Insane nsy
Juni, shows that of the $229,000 ap
propriated by the last legislature, $87,
000 remains to pay the expenses until
next April. Tho estimated expendi
tures for the coming two years la $292.
000, of which $110,000 Is for perma
nent improvements, including $20,000
to complete a rw building now in
courso of construction. Additional
buildings are asked for, including' 0110
for men to cost $5,060.
On Nov. 30 Uie Institution had
2C2 patients, 43 being nt homo on jia
rolo. During li,o year 227 were receiv
ed. and SO discharged. Ityrty-seven
pdtlents dle'd'a't' the aay'ltini during the
year.
Body Not That of Williams.
Valentino, Neb., Dec. 8. Mrs. Wil
liams has JuBt received a letter from
her son, enclosing his photograph, to
prove thnt he ,ls, not dead, as reported
eouie time ago. A floating body was
found In the Niobrara river and Mrs.
Williams went to tho spot and identi
fied It as that of her son. Prepara
tions were being made for the funeral
when she received tho letter from her
son, denying emphatically that he was
dead.
Preachers. Are Champion Bowlers.
York. Neb., Dec. 7 The preachers
of York are the champion bowlers of
the city. A team composed of minis
ters, were easy victors over a picked
team from the poBtofnce, defeutlng the
latter by 200 pins. York is supplied
with more ministers than any. other
city of its size In Nebraska, and pos
sibly In thj country.
Banquet to Sheldon Abandoned,
Lincoln. Dec. H The proposed b!Ri
quet to Governor Sheldon the night of
Jan. 5 has been abandoned Although
It is not so stated at the executive
office, It Is understood the reason for
not holding the entertainment Is the
result of a request from the governor
Alleged Barn Burners Arrested.
Papllllon, Neb.. Dec. 8. James
Chandler and Bert Bressman have
been arrested charged with burning a
barn and its contents at Rellevue.
They arc held on a charge of arson
and will havo their trial arly In the
coming term.
Johnson County Industrial Contest,
Tecuivseh, Neb., Dec. 5. More than
half a hundred prizes have Just been
distributed among tho boys and girls
of Johnson county by the Johnson
County Farmors' Instituto, which has
just closed Its first annual Industrial
contest.
Burns Defeats Austrian Champion.
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 5. In the
wrestling match here last night.
"Farmer" Burns of Iowa defeated
Charles Dellvuk. champion of Austria.
Bums won two of the three fa'ls.
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NEBRASKA
8LAGER GETS SQ YEARS.
Mrs. Ruser Pleads Guilty and Is Given
One Year.
Papllllon, Nob., Dec. 4.John fllager
hns been sentenced to bIx years In
tho ponltentlnry for attempting (0 kill
Emll Ruser, near this place, and Mrs,
Ruser, who pleaded guilty to aiding
and abetting Slager, was given ono
year. Tho evidence showed that Sla
ger, who had been employed on the
Ruser farm, had become enamoiod ot
Mrs. Rusor and thnt the two had con
spired to tnko the life of her husband
In order thnt they might become mar
ried. 1 Singer made a futllo attempt
to shoot Ruser through a window of
his bedroom while he was asloop wllu
his wife.
Fine Exhibit for Corn Show.
York, Neb., Dec. 7. All of the corn
exhibits at- the t'occnt corn show hero
have been shipped to Omaha und en
tered thoro in tho Nntlonal Corn ex
position, which opens this week. One
of the best exhibits Is that of 540
bushels of corn which wns raised from
ono bushel of Selected tiecd coin. Ac
companying the exhibit aro affidavits
ninde by responsible men who meas
ured the six acres on which the corn
wns raised', and weighed tho yield.
York county -will furnish ono of the
largest Nebraska exhibits at tho ox
position, and several hundred persons
are preparing to visit Omaha to seo
the rompnrlson It makes with the com
munities in the United States.
Pierce Submits Insurance Report, '
Lincoln, Dec."4-'Jphvn U. Plcrco,
deputy state auditor, wlfo-for six years
has bee(n In charge of tho "Insurance,
department of the atuto, bns jus com
pleted his annua) report. Mr. Pierce
has Been the Insurance department
expand In Nebraska as it never did
before. There hns been a clear profit
to the state In this department during
the past six years of over half a mil
lion dollars. Doputy Auditor Pierce
believes the Insuranco department of
the stale government should ho on- .
tlrely segregated from the auditor's'
ofllco, and' recommends legislation to ,
that ond. He reports that 34G lnsur.
nnce companies aro doing business in
the state at this time. '
Many Applications for Clemency. -Lincoln,
Doc '7. Much of Governor
Sheldon's time Is being tnkt'n up Willi
hearing of applications for clemency
by convicts nt the state's big refoma;
tory. With tho knowledge (hatliieut
governor's term will soon oxplrot
mnny restrained men who believe they
aro entitled to their freedom havo
had their friends very busy lit their
behalf for somo time, and sis the time
grows Bhortor those applications? in
crease. Governor Sheldon has jiot
taken dtifiplta. ae.tlQjiJn.jiu4:..or, 4hf&
cases, but announcement Is expettifi.
from him soon of tho names whlch'he
has decided are worthy of merit. '
Nebraska Lutherans Celebrate
Omaha, Dec. 4. Nebraska Luiuer
nns.nre this week celebrating the es
tablishment of the first Lutheran
church in Nebraska filly years ngo by
Rev. H. W. Kuhns. Several mefcHngs
have been held in the large Lutheran ..
churches) at vJilri ma.fiy, of tho.jd)d'J
residents who were members, of tho
Lutheran church u decade ago were
present. Fourteen -persons Vete en
rolled In tho first, congregation. Rev.
Kuhns found only nine Liitlmraus In
the Indian muling village known us.
Omaha" In J,8j8.and it was not until
1802 that the "first church edifice was;
built. . ' . t'
Supreme, . .Court Vacancy, . '
Lincoln, Deo. 7. Interest Is still 'fff
tense on who shall succeed Johnr J.
Sullivan, who reslgned'IUpluce on tho v
supremo henvh after Serving one day.
Applicants are no-tIfs iium'erous than
they were before any. appointments
weie made, and the tff'.valryr Ik. evcu
keener. There has beejfi no Intimation,
from Governor StyeUlon who the new
appointee will he, but It IS understood
that he prefers to name a Democrat,
The Democrats, on tbe'other hand, are
trying to prevent snr-h action being
taken, or to secure the resignation of
any Democrat who may he named.
Gretna Man Takes Morphine.
Omaha. Doc. fi. H. R. Harrington,
age dthlrty-two years, committed sul-c-lde
In his room at the Merchants
hotel by taking' morphine HarrfnR
ton's father is said to 'be a California
millionaire- The young man has lived
at Gretna for some time and owns
considerable realty there. He lias
been drinking heavily for some days
and this is believed to have 'caused
him to take his life.
Charged With Stealing Mall Pouch.
Beatrice, Neb.. Dec. 5. United
States Commissioner Cobbey of Kan
sas City has caused the arrest of Will
iam Keltey at this place on a charge
of stealing a mail pouch from a car
at Grand island some time ago. His
hearing is on before the commission
er today. ' -
Two prisoners Neap Liberty.
Clay Center, Neb., 'Dec. 7. Two
men held -for robbing the Deweese,'
bank made keys out of an Iron bed slat
and had gotten through three doors -when
Sheriff Sanderson discovered;
them. Only ono door separated them
from liberty when they were sent
back to their cells.
Society of Equity In Session. '
Indianapolis. Deo. 8. Representa
tives of various branches of the Amer
ican Society of Equity are In session to
pass finally on the action of the or
ganization's national convention which .
was held In Milwaukee, Oct. 6, 7 and
8. The indications are that all the
convention's deliberations will be ratified.