MAIL GAR ROBBED
WHERE IS HIS PROTECTIVE ARMORT
THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
NEBRASKA NEWS
LONE BANDIT MADE A HAUL
FROM ORIENTAL LIMITED.
A Condensed Account of Transac
Hons at the National Capital.
REPUBLICANS HOLD STATE CON
VENTION IN OMAHA.
MAIL MATTER WAS RIFLED
The Most Important Items Gathered
From Each Day's Session of
Senate and House.
LARGE GATHERING IN BOYD
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Threw Off Pouches at Stations and
Rode 100 Miles Without Train
Crew Detecting His
Presence.
A lone bandit boarded the mall car
oii the westbound oriental limited,
the fast transcontinental train of the
Great Northern railroad, at Bonner's
Ferry, Idaho, before daylight Sunday
morning, bound the two mail clerks
and robbed the mail und express cars.
The robbery was not discovered until
the train reached Spokane, Wash., at
5): 20 a. in., more than live hours after
the bandit boarded the train. The
train carried the through transcon
tinental mails and It was registered.
The amount stolen will not be known
until the registered mail has been
checked up by the postal authorities.
When the train arrived In Spokane,
the mall car was closed. Employes
at tho station opened the car ami
found one of the mall clerks lying
bound on the mall sacks. The other
clerk was locked In a closet.
As soon as the men were released
they said that a bandit boarded the
car at Bonner's Kerry, a division point
about 100 miles east of Spokane, whore
the train arrived at 4:04 a. m. The
dorks said the bandit held them up,
bound them and went through the reg
istered mail. He then said he would
work the regular mall and proceeded
to do so.
At all regular stops he threw off
the mail and took the outgoing sacks,
though at some of the smaller places
where the train does not stop, he did
not throw off the mall. He stayed on
the train for nearly five hours, jump
ing off at the Oregon & Navigation
junction, two miles east of Spokane.
He did not put off the locked pouch
at Newport, Wash., and did not ex
change mails at Priest River, Idaho.
The robber is described as being six
feet tall, wore a sweater and overalls
'.lid had a three or four days' growth
of beard.
Mail Clerks Benjamin Stumpf and
.lohn "W. Xysteril, who' were held at
the mercy of the robber, tell a re
niarkuble story of their experience.
Locked in the small closet, hardly
two feet square, the latter almost
fainted from suffocation after the
train had pulled into Sand Point, thirty
miles west of Conner's Ferry, and,
rapping on the door, pleaded with the
robber to allow him sumo fresh air.
The bandit responded willingly, and
leaving the door ajar about an inch,
secured it with a piece of rope.
Twice later on the way into Spokane
the robber ceased his work of rifling
the mall sacks to go to the door of
the closet to inquire as to how
Nystern was feeling. When Stumpf
remonstrated with his captor that the
cords which bound him were cutting
into his wrists, the robber generously
loosened the fetters and made every
effort to make It as comfortable as
possible for his victim. While ripping
open the mail sacksi tho robber cut
one of his lingers and many pieces
of mall were bloodstained.
The bandit had seemed entry to
the car by claiming to bb a postoth.;,'
iuspector, giving the name of C. W
Bennett.
KNIFE FOR A TRUSTY.
Murderer Alia Tries to Escape at
Denver.
An attempt was made by Giueseppe
Alia, the condemned murder of
Father Leo Helnrlchs, to escape from
the Denver jail, where he has been
under heavy guard day and night. Ho
made use of a razor blade, with which
l.c slashed the neck of a "trusty"
who was cleaning his cell, and then
made a rush to get away. The
"trusty," despite his cut, rushed after
Alia and pinioned him and he was
quickly overpowered with tho help of
Deputy Warden Garpen. The "trusty"
hud a wound two and a half inches
long on his neck, but as the Jugular
vein is not severed he will recover.
RAILROAD TUNNEL BUILDING.
The Chilean Trans-Andean Project
Has Been Inaugurated.
The Chilean minister of public
works and a committee of American
engineers attended the- inauguration
ceremonies of the Chilean sections of
the trans-Andean tunnel, in connec
tion with tho railway from Arlca,
Chile, to Ln Paz, Bolivia. The tun
nel will pierce the summit of the
Andes and will be the highest In tho
world. ' The line, when completed, will
shorten the time to Buenos Ayres by
six hours-
ROBBED A KANSAS BANK
Three Masked Men Entered in Day;
light and Took $2,500.
Citizens Gave Chase and Surrounded
Them Once But They Escaped
A Marshal Wounded.
Coffeyville, Kan. There were throe
persons in the Tyro bank Friday af
ternoon when two masked men of
rough appearance entered. A third
man remained on guard outside. The
two men inside ordered the bank's
president, Joseph Lenhart, the book
keeper, Miss Grace Dodson, and the
Missouri Pacific agent, named Alex
ander, who happened to be in the
bank, to throw up their hands. All
did so at once. One of the bandits
then leveled a pistol at the three
while the other secured all tho avail
able money In sight. The robbers then
retreated out of the front door, joined
the third bandit, and the three rode
away towards the south.
At a late hour Friday night tho
three bandits who robbed J,he Tyro
bank were headed for the Osage hills
near Bartlesvllle, Ok., with sevoral
posses of citizens in pursuit. The
bandits hid for a time in a house near
Wann, Ok., and gave battle to a posse
which came upon them. Two horses
belonging to the citizens wore shot
down and the bandits escaped, going
west "for a short distance and then
turning south again. City Marshal
Lee of Wann was shot through the
hand by the bandits. Posses are clos
ing In on the robbers from every di
rection and it was not believed they
could escape. It Is believed they will
be intercepted when they reach the
Caney river north of Bartlesvllle, and
that a battle will be fought there. A
special train left Coffeyville Friday
night for Dewey, Ok., with a hundred
armed men determined to run down
the outlaws.
Passed "Blllups Booze Bill."
Guthrie, Ok. The house Friday con
curred in the senate amendments to
the "Blllups Booze Bill" and sent, it
back to the upper house with tho
emergency clause providing for the
initiative nnd referendum on the dis
pensary proposition in 1908 the only
change. Tho dispensary provision Is
to the offect that a dispensary shall
be established In every town of 2,000
or more and that they may be estab
lished in any other place in the state
where there is apparent demand for
one. The emoluments to be derived
by tho dispensary agent aro 10 per
cent of the profits. The state buys
tho liquor, adds expenses, etc., and
then adds 50 per cent as a state profit.
Thaw Answer. Filed.
New York. Denying the charge of
Insanity and praying for dismissal of
the suit, Harry K. Thaw, through his
counsel Friday night, made answer to
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw's suit for an
annulment of their marriage. Thaw's
answer was delivered to Daniel
O'Reilly, counsel for Mrs. Thaw, who.
after receiving the papers, announced
that the case would be put on trial
calendar In the supreme couit next
week.
A Thaw Divorce.
New York. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw
Wednesday will institute proceedings
for the annulment of her marriage to
Harry K. Thaw. The action will bo
basod on the allegation that the de
fendant was Insane when the union
was contracted. Thaw purposes to de
fend tho suit. The papers In the case
will be served some time Wednesday
and an early trial is expected. In tho
meantime tho two, by mutual agree
ment, will remain apart.
THE LONG VOYAGE ENDS.
Battleship Fleet Arrived at Magdalena
Bay in Splendid Condition Ready
for Any Emergency.
San Diego, Cwl. When the Ameri
can battleship fleet steamed Thursday
Into Magdaleua bay, passing through
the rocky gateway marked by Sail
Rock on the north and Uedondo. Point
on the south and dropped anchors be
hind tho high peninsula promontory
which stretches a protecting arm down
from the main land and make Man o'
War Cove the most sheltered harbor
of the lower Pacific coast the history
making naval cruise of more than thir
teen thousand miles begun at Hamp
ton Roads less than three months ago,
practically camo to an end. Admiral
Evans in reporting tho arrival of the
fleet to Washington by wireless stated
that the vessels were In better condi
tion than when they left Hampton
Roads and wore ready for any emer
gency on one day's notice.
The Importance of the message from
Admiral Evans is overwhelming. Tho
eyes of the entire list of naval officials,
practically every citizen or the Unltek
States and even the entire world were
expectantly awaiting the reports at the
terminus of the long voyage as to the
effects it would have on tho ships.
Now that word has been received that
the entire fleet Is in even better con
dltlon than t the time it started on
its long cruise the mammoth naval un
dertaking is crowned with boundless
success.
NEBRASKA CONEVENTION.
The Republicans Named Delegates, In
structed Them for Taft and In
dorsed the Roosevelt Policies.
Omaha, Neb. The Nebraska State
Republican convention met at two
o'clock In Boyd's theater. Without a
voice of dissent, the candidacy of Wil
liam H. Taft for president of tho
United States was Indorsed by the con
vention and a solid delegation for the
secretary will go to Chicago Instructed
to vote for his nomination first, last
and all the time.
It was a Taft convention from start
to finish, despite talk of a division,
and when the question of selecting
delegates at large came up for con
sideration tho slated delegation Gov
ernor Sheldon, Senator Norrls Brown,
Victor Itosewater of Omaha and Judgo
Allen W. Field of Lincoln went
through with a rush. The alternates
aro A. C. Rankin of Furnas county, I
(Jr. Barlght of Omaha, Lieutenant Gov
ernor M. R. Hopewell of Burt county
and Paul H. Marlay or Castor county.
The platform was given over prin
cipally to an endorsement of the poli
cies of President Roosevelt and of
Secretary Taft. for president. It fol
lowed closely the lines of that adopted
by the Ohio convention and in one in
stance quoted that document wherein
a revision of tho tariff is declared nec
essary. State Issues and tho adminis
tration of state officials alBo came in
for full approval.
A Jotin Brown Relic Burned.
Iowa City, Iowa. John Brown's anti
qualed old wagon in which ho made
many pilgrimages during his crusade
against slavery, was destroyed by firo
here Thursday, only two charred
wheels remaining as rollcs of the an
cient vehicle. Tho old wagon was
left here by Brown 48 years ago and
has boon preserved during that time
by Herbert S. Falrall, a pioneer news
paper man of Iowa City.
Gov. Johnson Will Open Headquarters.
St. Paul, .Minn Gov. Johnson's
presidential headquarters will ho es
tablished In Chicago, and may be ex
tended to Include New York anil
Washington.
Rules Without Authority.
Washington, I). U.--Pre3l(lent Roose
velt Is asked by wfiat authority of law
he has oxerolsed the functions of gov
ernment in the Panama canal zone
since tho date of the expiration of tho
firth-olghth congress In a resolution in
tho house Introduced by Mr. Harrison
(New York.)
Mr. Harrison called attention to Sec
tlou 2 of the act to provide for the
temporary government or tho canal
zone, approved April 28, 11)04, which
reads' as follows:
"That until tho expiration of the
lirty-elghth congress, unless provision
for the temporary government of tho
canal zone be sooner made by con
gress, all the military, civil and Judi
cial powers as well as the power to
mako all rules and regulations neces
sary for tho government of the canal
zone and all rights, powers and au
thority granted by the terms of said
treaty to the United States, shall be
vested In bucIi person or persons and
shall be exercised In such manner as
the president shall direct, for the gov
ernment of said zone and maintaining
and protecting the inhabitants thereof
In tho Tree enjoyment or their liberty,
property and religion.
"The fifty-eighth congress." said Mr.
Harrison, "closed March I. 1005, with
out having conferred upon the presi
dent any authority to continue to ex
ercise the government of the zone.
The fifty-ninth congress similarly
failed to empower him, a bill for that
purpose, introduced by Ropresentatlvo
Wanger having died in tho committee
on foreign commerce. Notwithstand
ing these omissions the president has
continued to direct tho government of
the canal zono tho same as If ho had
been veBtod by congress with the au
thority so to do."
More Speeches to Come.
Washington, D. C Voting on the
pending Aldrlch currency bill in the
senate has been further delayed by no
tices glvon Wednesday of speeches to
he mado on that measure next week.
Senator Tillman notllled the sonato
that he would submit remarks on Mon
day and that Senator LaFollette would
speak on Tuesday.
Favor Public Building Bills.
Washington, D. C A largo number
of public building bills were ordered
favorably reported Wednesday by the
senate committee. They Include the
following: Oklahoma City, Ok., $500,
000; Pocatollo, Ida., $125,000; lndepen
denco, Mo., $SO,000; Fremont, Neb.,
$50,000, and Maysvllle, Mo., $50,000.
Would Make Banks Pay Interest.
Washington, D. C Senator Nelson
of Minnesota Thursday gave notice of
an amendment ho will propose to tho
Aldrlch currency bill requiring nation
al bankH to pay 2 per cent interest on
weekly balances of government de
posits of money.
Three More Colliers Ordered.
Washington, D. C Tho purchase of
throe new steam colllors with a coal
carrying capacity of 7,000 tons, at a
cost each of $525,000, was agreed to
Friday by the houso committee on
naval affairs.
Four Hundred Bills in 30 Minutes.
Washington, D. C. A part of, tho
session of tho house Friday wus de
voted to tho consideration of private
pension bills. Four hundred and fivo
were jiassed In 110 minutes,
Indian Bill Agreement.
Washington, D. C. The conference
on the Indian appropriation bill reach
ed a full agreoment Friday and re
ports were presented to both houses.
An Ozark Forest Reserve.
Washington, D. C. The president
has signed a proclamation creating the
Ozark national forest In the north
western part of the state of Arkansas,
Fire Destroys 300 Homes.
Butte, Mont. One of the most dls
trous fires in the history of eastern
Montana Friday wiped out threo
fourths of tho town of Big Timber,
about ono hundred and fifty miles east
of this city, on the Northern Paclflb
railroad. Throe hundred families aro
are rendered homeless and tho loss la
estimated at more than four hundred
thousand dollars.
Favor American Ships.
Washington, D. C Tho bill to re
quire tho transportation or materials
and supplies to bo used in tho con
struction of the Panama canal In ships
of Amorlcan register was passed by
the senate Friday. As amended the
bill exempts from tho restrictions
ports in which no American vessels
uro to bo secured for shipping goods
The Circumscribed German.
Berlin. A minor court in Berlin has
just decldod that it 13 a gross misdo
meanor to shout on tJio open streets
"Hurrah for Universal suffrage."
The Four Delegates-at-Large Pledged
To William H. Taft Meet
(ng a Harmonious One
All Through.
Eluding the four dolegntea-at-Targe
and adopting overy section of tho reso
lutions, endorsing William H. Taft for
president, commending the administra
tion of President Uoosovelt and Gover
nor Sholdon nnd favoring a revision of
tho tariff by acclanunntlon, evidenced
the harmony which existed among the
republicans of Nebraska In tho atato
convention which was held In the Boyd
theater.
Governor George L. Sheldon, United
States Senator Norrls Brown, Victor
Rosowalor of The Omaha Beo ami
Judge Allen W. Flold of Lincoln worn
elected a delegates-at-largo and tho
four wore choson by acclamation on
motion of C. E. Hollnnd or Seward,
who fathered tho motion to dlsponso
with roll call or counties.
Beroro the delegates were eloctod
they were culled on Tor addrossea by
the eonvTHitlon and asked to atato who
thoy would favor for president, nnd
why. Each pledged himself In une
quivocal terms to Taft.
University Certificates as Investment.
Attorney General Young of Minne
sota, In answer to an Inquiry directed
to him by Attorney General Thomp
son, replied that tho unlvoralty cer
tificates which wore offered aa an
investment to the atato of Nebraaka
were liabilities of tho state of Min
nesota. Tho attornoy general also
said the stale or Minnesota had
bought $50,000 worth of certificates.
Some weeks ago the state board re
fused to make an Investment because
It believed the state or Minnesota was
not. liable for tho certlficatoa. An In
vestment probably will be made now.
Leo Lung On Must Go Home.
Aaalslant United Statea Dlatrlct At
tornoy Lane, Lincoln, received notifi
cation rrom St. Paul, Minn., that thu
federal court of appeala had aualalnod
the order of deportation against Leo
Lung On, an Omaha Chinaman. On
was arrested several months ago aa a
Chinamen who camo within the pro
scribed Hat, and Attornoy Lane suc
cessfully prosecuted tho case against
him, but ho took his case to tho court
or appeals, which has sustained tho
lowor court.
Gets a Cold Bath in Platte.
Charles Powell, a fisherman who
Uvea in the bottoma eaat or Platta
mouth, had a cold bath In thu Platto
river. Powell got into a boat, and
atarted down (lie stream. After going,
about two miles he stood up in tho
boat, and being intoxicated, roll into
tho river. Ills coat, caught on a nail
in the side of the boat and he was
kept from drowning. Two men on
an island aaw him fall and wore able
to reacue him.
New Depot is Promised.
Tho Commercial club of Columbus
!iub notllled the State Rail way. com
mlaalon that In view of the fact that
the Union Pacific baa promised to
begin the erection of a new depot in
the year 1008, it. will not push tho
case to compel the railroad company
to build an addition to the present sta
tion. A postal card vote was taken
and the vote was in favor of doing
nothing now.
H. F. Rose Goes to Burlington.
Halleck F. Rose of Lincoln has been
tendered and has accepted the posi
tion or assistant gonoral solicitor for
the Burlington rallrond west of the
Mlaaourl river. In that position, lie
will succeed J. 10. Kolby, who was re
cently advanced to the position or
general aolldtor In place of Charles F.
Manderson. Tho appointment will ne
cessitate Mr. Hose's removal to Om
aha. More Than Was Bargained For.
Murruy Putnam, a Tecumseh live
stock fiancier, recently purchased a
line brood sow out in (lie state. When
ho called on tho ngent. with an order
for one hog, tho agent insisted on
giving him aoven. Tho stork had
called and there were six little pig
lets with tho mother, who was taking
the best care of them possible In tho
crowded quarters.
Brewing Company Quits.
Tho Val Baltz Browing Company
has notified tho secretary of state that
It baa withdrawn from Nobraska and
It not now doing business in tho state.
It requests therofore that the author
ity granted to T. J. Foloy to be Ita
ngent be rescinded.