Nebraska Newspapers

    THE POPES WILL
ONLY A PORTION. HOWEVER, IS
MADE PUBLIC.
THE PERSONAL ESTATE MATTER
Further Progress with Arrangements
for the Conclave—A Wall Being
Built Around Aoartments Where it
Will Be Held.
ROME—Several thousand of the
faithful crowded St. Peter's Sunday to
pay tribute before the sarcophagus
containing the remains of the late pon
tiff. on which Ih the following simple
inscription in gildeil letters: "Leo
XIII, Pont Max."
Meanwhle requiem masses contin
ued in the chapel of the sacrament as
well as In many other Roman churches.
- The will of Leo was read Sunday.
While nominally leaving the estate of
Capineto to his nephew, Ludavlco Pec
ci, It really makes no change, as the
■whole family property, amounting ap
proximately to $120,000, had already
been divided among the three nephews,
Count Camillo having already sold his
share.
The congregation again on Sunday
made further progress with the ar
rangements for the conclave. Cardinal
Cthbons arrived today, but did not at
tend the meeting.
A wall is being built around the
apartments where the conclave will be
held. It 1b already ten feet high. Some
of the Italian bookmakers here pro
posed to conduct public betting on the
chances of the papal candidates and.
In order to obtain permission to do so,
offered to donate their gains to char
itable institutions. The government,
however, promptly refused the request.
At the sixth meeting of the congre
gation of cardinals, held today, forty
tlve cardinals were present. Cardinal
Della Volpe, voicing also the opinions
of some of his colleagues, criticised
some of the ceremony in connection
with the Interment of Leo XIII last
night because the cardinals did not
participate in the entire procession and
complained generally of the lack of or
der. Cardinal Oreglia replied that he
had already noticed this and that he
would punish those who were respon
sible.
PURE FOOD MEN ADJOURN.
Elect Officers, Condemn Preservatives,
Boost Good Whisky.
ST. PAUL, Minn.—The national con
vention of dairy and food commission
ers closed Friday with the election of
officers, as follows:
President, J. W. Bailey, Oregon: first
vice president W. P. McConnell, Min
nesota; second vice president, Maronl
Heiner, Utah; secretary and treasurer,
R. M. Allen, Kentucky.
A number of resolutions were adopt
ed. The most important were those
referring to coloring matter and pre
servatives. The use of preservatives
In food was condemned and coloring
matter was also condemned, except
that known to be harmless. The bot
tling in bond of liquor was approved
and a recommendation was added for
the extension of the law to facilitate
the distribution of pure whisky from
manufacturer to consumer.
Hill Denies Timber Yarn.
ST. PAUL.—James J. Hill, when in
terviewed in regard to the story pub
lished that he and H. Harriman
■were uniting in a great timber deal
whereby they will control the lumber
market of the world, said: *
“It might as well have been said we
were out the money. There is no
truth in it. I do not own any limber
and I do not want any timber. There
is nothing to the report whatever, just
newspaper talk.”
Methodist Minister Assaulted.
PALMYRA, Neb.—The Rev. William
Van Buren, pastor of the Methodist
church here, was assaulted last night
while returning from church, knocked
'down and beaten by unknown men.
The assault is supposed to be the re
sult of his action as a member of the
town board in closing business houses
on Sunday. Two members of the
board recently resigned, and the feel
ing against the minister has been
bitter.
Auto Crosses Continent.
NEW YORK.—Dr. Nelson Jackson
of Burlington, Vt.. and Sewell B.
Crocker, his chauffer, have completed
an automobile trip across the conti
nent which began at San Francisco
on May 23. It is the first time that
an automobile has made the trip. A
bull terrier which Mr. Jackson picked
up In Idaho made the trip to New
York with him.
Hurrying on to the Front.
LONDON—The Standard prints a
Tien Tsin dispatch which says the
New Cbwang trains are crowded
with Russian troops going in the di
rection of Port Arthur; that these
trains are taking precedence over nor
mal traffic, and that heavy guns and
artillery Is also being sent.
BOODLE LETTERS FOR JURY.
| Kelley Turn* Over Lee's Epistles for
Use Against Farris.
j ST. LOUIS—Mrs. Daniel J. Kelley
| arrived here from Niagara on-the
i Lake, Out., where her husband^ D. J.
! Kelley of New York. A stopping, he
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| Doing under indictment in this state
1 on the charge of legislative bribery.
Mrs. Kelley Is on her way to Jef
ferson City to present the letters re
ceived by her husband from former
Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee as
evidence In the trial of Senator Far
ris, under Indictment in connection
with the legislative boodling. which
begins on Tuesday.
The letters have been expressed to
Kelley's attorneys in St. Louis and
will remain In tneir keeping until they
are taken to Jefferson City by Mrs.
Kelley. She has been subpoenaed as
a witness, but will remain in St. Louis
until she is summoned to appear.
LAURIER MOURNS DEAD POPE.
Canadian Premier Expresses Sorrow
at Leo's Demise.
OTTAWA, Ont—Sir Wilfrid Ijui
rler, the Canadian premier, has ad
dressed the following letter to the
apostolic delegate, Mgr. Sbarettl, to be
forwarded to Rome:
“I beg you to convey to his emi
nence, the cardinal secretary of state,
the deep sense of sorrow which has
been caused in this country by the
death of his holiness. Pope Leo XIII.
Canadians of all classes and denomina
tions have had many reasons to ap
preciate the broad, wise and enlighten
ed statesmanship with which he guid
ed the church and which now calls for
the spontaneous tribute of admiration
from the whole world.
"I have the honor to be your excel
lency's obedient servant.
“WILFRID LAURIER.”
INJUNCTION IS INEFFECTIVE.
Men Quit as Individuals, Thus Getting
Around Restraining Order.
MINNEAPOLIS — Eighty workmen
employed on the federal building
struck Saturday because one of the
sub-contractors put two unfair electri
cal workers to work.
The men belong to the various un
ions that are members of the building
trades council, which was recently en
joined, along with the Electrical Work
ers' union, by Judge Cray from inter
fering in any way with the electrical
contractors by ordering or inciting
thelf workmen to quit work. In this
case, however, the budding trades
council disclaims all responsibility
and the men claim to have each acted
on his own individual responsibility.
South Dakota Commission.
MITCHELL. S. D.—The South Da
kota commission, which will have
charge of the state building at the
World's fair, organized here as fol
lows:
President, S. W. Russell; vice pres
ident, J. L. Boucher; secretary, F. R.
Farmer; treasurer. W. B. Saunders.
The commission has but $7,000 to
spend, and will use that to build a
corn palace, believing that the
products of the state can be displayed
in better style iu this manner than in
any other within the appropriation.
Hope to Unite Populists.
DENVER—A large attendance is ex
pected at the conference of political
reformers to be held here. The con
ference will be of an unofficial char
acter and members of various parties
are invited to participate. The na
tional committees of both branches of
the people's party are, however, called
to meet here in conjunction with the
gathering, and It is believed that some
agreement will be reached for harmon
izing the two factions of that party if
an amalgamation to include other re
form parties is not effected.
Siam Wants to Borrow Money.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — United
States Minister King at Bankolt re
ports to the state department that in
quiries have been made of him as to
the chance of placing in the United
States a loan of one million pounds
sterling. He says that the proposed
loan is for twenty years at 5 per cent
and that the general revenues of
Siam are offered as security. An offer
from other sources is now under con
sideration.
“Lord” Barrington III.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The preliminary
trial of “Lord" F. Seymour Barring
ton, charged with the • murder *of
James P. McCann, which was set for
Monday in Justice Campbell's court,
will probably be postponed. Barring
ton is ill in the Clayton jail, with a
threatened attack of typhoid fever.
Saturday his temperature was 10314
and on Sunday his condition was not
changed. It is thought he will be all
right soon.
Death Parts Him from Millions.
SAN DIEGO. Cal.—S. L. Griffith, a
millionaire of Danby. Vt.. who came
here a few months ago and bought a
beautiful place called “The Palms,” at
National City, died Tuesday,
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FIGURES ON TAX LEVY.
State Board of Equalization Holds
Session.
UINCOI.N—The state board of
equalization has been in session mak
ing tentative figures to represent the
relative position of the counties for
the purpose of fixing the levy.
Several counties had representatives
before the board looking after their
interests.
The assessment rolls show a total
of 33,408,776 acres of land returned
this year, an increase over that of
last year of 567,586 acres. The aver
age assessed valuation of improved
land is $3.91 an acre, as against $3.15
last year. Unimproved land is return
ed at an average of $1.14 this year and
$1.05 last. The average value of im
proved lots has been increased from
$127.76 to $128.71.
The number of cattle returned this
year is 2,313,495, with an average
value of $4.46 each; horses, 659,983,
with an average value of $7.74, and
asses 3,940, with an average value of
$9.40 a head.
The total assessment of the state is
$188,458,379, an increase of $8,481,811
over that of last year.
Of the total valuation, Douglas coun
ty furnishes $25,593,610.32, about one
seventh of the total.
Those who have appeared before
the board have been given to under
stand that they cannot hope to get
the assessment of last year reduced,
since the entire levy will be made
on a basis of 2 mills higher than last
year. The principal desire is to get a
levy which will compare equitably
with the other counties of the state.
While the board is disposed to low
er the levy of those counties which
return a high assessed valuation, they
aim to make the levy as great as pos
sible, and there are several counties
which will get the limit of 9% mills.
Of taxable franchises, Nebraska has
but few, as shown by the assessment
roils. The returns show thirty-six of
what are known generally as public
service corporations that will pay
taxes on intangible property, com
monly known as franchises.
Bellwood Bank Pays Dividend.
M. J. Holland, who has been receiv
er for the Bellwood bank, which was
wrecked by A. H. Gould, the cashier,
has declared his first dividend of 5
per cent. The bank, which did a
large business with the farmers
northern Butler county, failed in
January, 1902. It Is said that there
are some assets remaining in the
bank, but they are of doubtful value.
The small size of the dividend dem
onstrates the skill of Gould as a bank
wrecker.
Socialists File Ticket.
The political party known as so
cialists was the first to file the list
of nominees for state officers. The
ticket is composed bf C. Christiansen,
Plattsmouth, “no business address,”
for supreme judge; F. S. Wilber, Om
aha, and F. B. Lipplneott, Blair, re
gents of the state university. Wilber
has no business address. With the
names was the motto of the conven
tion, "Economic Equality.”
A New Bridge.
The county supervisors have let the
contract for the erection of a new
iron and steel bridge across the Loup
river at Ord.
easyfor iowa fTshers.
Fine Amounts to Much Less Than Li
cense Fee.
LINCOLN—Game Warden McCon
nell has reported the case of a num
ber of Sioux City parties who were
arrested at Dakota City for fishing
without a license. They were taken
before a local justice, who fined them
$1 and costs, much to their own satis- I
faction and the discomfort of the
game warden, as they could afford to
be fined several times and then get
their fishing cheaper than by paying
the license fee. The customary
amount of fines for these offenses is
the amount of the license with the
costs added.
Chief Deputy Carter thinks the
poachers should have been fined at
least the amount of the license fee.
He says Iowans especiallv should not
object to paying this fee, as the state
has a similar law costing Nebraska
hunters $10 per county to hunt quail
in Iowa.
Fees of Bank Examiners.
The state treasury has received its
first fee for bank examinations under
the new law. The last legislature en
acted a law fixing the salaries of bank
examiners at $1 800, and requires
them to turn all fees into the state
treasury. The fee was paid by the
Frenchman Valle” bank at Paljsade.
Bank examiners hitherto have been
allowed all fees up to $2,000 a year,
it is said that the fees rareli went
above that figure.
THE STATE AT LARGE.
August 5th Wahoo will hold a spe
cial election to vote school bonds.
There is an epidemic of scarlet
fever in the neighborhood of Elmwood.
The locality Is under quarantine.
A. A. Curtin, a brakeman on the
Rock Island, had his right hand
smashed while coupling cars In the
yards at Beatrice.
There was a heavy thunder storm
at Greeley, during which the Catholic
church was struck by lightning, shat
tering the shingles and plastering on
one corner.
A telegram was received at Seward
stating that Claude Roberts had ac
cidentally shot and killed himself at
Ogden, Utah. He resided in Seward
nearly all his life.
Governor Mickey honored the re
quisition papers of the governor of
Illinois for two divine healers, F. C.
Parker and \V. F. Hall, who were ar
rested recently in Omaha.
Henry Brooks, a young man who
lives near Henderson, was arrested
and brought before Judge Taylor at
York. He is charged with committing
an assault upon Agnes Batztaff.
A large number of workers from
Austria have recently arrived in
Saunders county and are staying with
their fellow countrymen until they
can find work or locations for farming.
Chief Surgeon Plummer of the Rock
Island has designated Dr. Hefferlin’q
hospital at Beatrice as the official hos
pital for crippled and injured em
ployes of the road between Belleville
and Horton, Kas.
At the special precinct election in
Valentine ten thousand dollars In
bonds were voted as a bonus for the
new normal school. The vote was
practically unanimous, there being
only fifteen against bonds.
The iron columns for which officials
at the government building have so
long waited are at, Norfolk at last.
Work will be immediately pushed and
within three weeks’ time, according
to Superintendent Williams, the sec
ond story will begin to rise.
William Purmont, a cook who de
serted his family at York about one
year ago and went to Dakota to live,
was brought back by Sheriff Brott. He
had his preliminary hearing and was
bound over to the district court.
F. S. Moose, charged with whipping
his wife, had his preliminary hearing
in the county court at Beatrice and
was bound over to the district court
in the sum of $200, in default of
which he was sent to the county jail.
Ex-Treasurer George W. Maurer of
Gage county has filed in the supreme
court a petition in error in the suit
brought against him in the county to
recover some $3,325 paid by him dur
ing two terms of office for clerk hire
in excess of theJ’ees of the office.
Just, at, the opening of the game of
ball at Wahoo between Wahoo and
"Stone's Strutters,” the colored team
of Atchison, Kas Charles Rathburn,
manager of the latter team, dropped
dead. He was apparently in good
health and his death was from heart
failure.
A barn belonging to Bert Breed,
living one and a half miles northwest
of Tekamah, was struck by lightning.
Two horses were killed, and Breed,
who was in the barn, was knocked
down and rendered unconscious for
some time. The barn was set on fire,
but not burned.
The county superintendent of Stan
ton county is the first to send in his
annual report to the state superintend
ent. Male teachers have been paid on
an average of $50.82 a month, as
against $45.40 last year, while the
wages of female teachers have in
creased from $3G.30 to $38.64 a year.
A band of twenty horses were stolen
out of a pasture of F. T. Bishop’s
place, in the north part of Perkins
county, July 12. They were traced to
Wry, Colo., where they were shipped
to South Omaha. The billing was
changed en route and the car switched
off and sent to Neligh, Neb.
The ten-year-old son of Frank Tip
pen, living southwest of Fairbury, was
severely bitten by a rattlesnake. A
dog belonging to Mr. Tippen attacked
the snake and after he had torn it
into three pieces, the family supposing
it dead, went up to look at it, when
the head of the reptile which was at
tached to only about three inches of
its body, raised up and sank its fangs
into the boy’s bare foot. The boy will
recover.
The barn of Thos. Bryant, on a farm
about three miles east of Schuyler,
was struck by lightning and set on
fire. One horse and three head of
cattle and the entire building was
burned before sufficient help could ar
rive.
Mr. Munster, a prominent young
farmer residing a few miles northeast
of Beatrice, finished threshing his,
wheat crop last week. From forty
seven acres the yield was 1,000 bush
els, nearly twenty-two bushels per
acre.
j JOKE WAS NOT APPRECIATED.
' Gift of >11,000,000 in Checks Makes a
Columbian Student Angry.
With flushed face and flashing eye,
Marcellus Hartley Dodge, favorite
grandson of Marcellus Hartley, the
dead millionaire, yesterday was the
recipient of checks representing $11,
000,000 from his classmates at the
class day exercises in Columbia uni
versity. That the reference to the
legacy he will receive from the estate
of his grandfather was not pleasing
to the young man was made manifest.
He did not arise to accept the checks,
but compelled Roi Cooper Magrue, the
presentation orator, to carry them over
to where he was sitting and place
them in his hand. Neither did he ut
ter a word of acknowledgement of a
gift which recalled so unexpectedly
the death of his grandfather.
It was a Joke designed by the grad
uating class. Not until its effect was
shown by their popular fellow student
did it dawn upon the students that a
breach of good taste had been com
mitted. In making the presentation
Mr. Magrue said:
“Although Mr. Dodge is a very hard
worker, we are afraid his path in life
will not be as smooth as we should
wish. Therefore, to assist him at the
outset of his struggle with the world,
wo have taken up a collection and
raised $11,000,000, which is repre
sented by these three checks. I take
pleasure in presenting them to you, sir,
as evidence of the interest of the class
in your welfare.”
Mr. Dodge was evidently offended
and the other exercises were hurried
along.—New York Press.
WAS A FLOATING FIRESHIP.
Derelict Sailed for Thousands of Miles
in Safety.
A naval officer recently returned
from China tells an extraordinary
story about a derelict which has been
floating around the Eastern sea. The
Fannie Kerr is a four-masted bark of
2,426 tons, built of steel. She left
Newcastle in April, 1902, with a cargo
of coal for San Francisco. She rounded
the Horn in safety, but her cargo
caught fire in the South Pacific, and
after trying for more than a month to
extinguish the flames the ship became
so hot that the captain aind crew aban
doned her on the 6th of June and took
to their boats. They landed at Kauai,
an island of the Hawaiian group, made
their way to Honolulu, where the cap
tain made his report and the crew was
discharged. On the' XOtk of March last
the captain of the steamship Heath
dene, bound from Yokohama to For
mosa, sighted a vessel adrift, from
which smoke seemed to arise. Steam
ing toward her he discovered that she
was the long missing Fannie Kerr,
which had been gradually drifting
westward several thousand miles for
nearly nine months, with her cargo
still on fire.
The Bachelor Born.
“There was never yet a bachelor of
forty whose heart has not been at
some woman’s feet to take or leave,
as she would,” says a well-known
writer, and this, generally speaking,
is absolutely true. However, there is
one type of mail, a very rare one for
tunately, who from a mixture of cold
love of self and miserliness rigidly
eschews matrimony.
Of such a one the story is told that,
being on one occasion somewhat im
pressed by the bright eyes and red
lips of a certain damsel, he gave some
thought to the married state and pon
dered over the advisability of entering
it. Racked with doubt, he ordered a
meat pie to be prepared, and on its
appearance divided it in half. There
was ample! Then the reflection
crossed his mind that in course of
time a subdivision might be neces
sary. The portions were divided by
a tremulous hand into two. He look
ed, hesitated and scraped them all
on to his own plate. The damsel had
to find another lover.
The Pitcher*
The- pitcher takes a telling pose;
And holds the ball on high,
Then turns It with his linger tips,
His new’ in-curve to* try.
Then swiftly swings his strong right arm
'Pile vicious deed is done!'
The umpire dodges skillfully
And hoarsely shouts: “Ba-aJI one!*’
The pitcher takes his pose- again,.
Both feet firm on the ground.
Again he holds the ball on high.
And slowly turns it round.
Then once more he uncoils himself,
The batsman to undo,
The ball smacks in the catcher’s glove;
The umpire shouts: “Ba-all two!”
The pitcher fiercely grinds his heel
In desperation grim.
Once more he holds the ball on high.
All eyes are fixed on him.
Once more he swiftly lets it drive—
Then fiercely slaps his knee
Because the umpire coldly cries.
In foghorn tones: “Ba-alt three!’*
The pitcher’s face Is firm and set,
A wild gleam in his eye
Shows his determination, as
He holds the ball on high.
He hurls It In—the bat swings round
And meets it with a thud!
The ball soars o’er the left-field fencer
The pitcher’s name is mud!
Somerville Journai
Wesley’s Loving Cup.
A loving cup ot old English jack
wood. once owned by Bishop Asbury’s
mother, and frequently used as a sac
ramental cup by John Wesley when
he administered the sacrament to the
little band of Methodists at the As
bury home, has just been given to
the Westleyan University, Middle
town. Conn.
Bricks of Glass.
Glass houses of a very substantial
kind can now be built. Silesian glass
makers are turning out glass bricks
for all sorts of building purposes,
claiming for them such advantages as
variety of shape, free transmission of
light, strength, cheapness and general
adaptability.
Suicides Favor Monday.
Monday is the favorite day for com
mitting suicide. ,
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' Latest Quotations From South | |
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SOUTH OMAHA. (
CATTLE—There was! a moderate run
of cattle, and as the demand was in
pretty good shape a very satisfactory
Market resulted. The cattle began
moving toward the close in good sea
son, so an early clearance was made.
Beef steers sold at steady to strong
prices as compared with yesterday. The
prices paid, though, showed considera
ble variation owing largely to the rapid
fluctuations that have been going on.
As compared with the close of last week
it is safe to quote cattle generally 15c
higher and in a good many instances
the improvement has been even mors
than that. The bulk of the fair to
good cattle sold from $4.60 to $3, with
choice going from that up to $5.25,
which is the highest price paid in some
time. The cow market held about
steady on desirable grades. There Was
a good demand for anything decent in
the way of corn fed cows or heifers
and good grass stock sold without diffi
culty, but when it came to the canners
and cutters the market was very dull,
with the tendency of prices downward.
Bulls, veal calves and stags did not
show enough change from yesterday
worthy of mention.
HOGS—There was a fain/ liberal run
of hogs and the market was in Just
about the same condition it was yes
terday, that is rather unsatisfactory- to
the selling interests. Buyers started
out and bought a few of the best light
weights about a nickel lower than yes
terday. They sold largely from $5.20
to $5.30. After hey had picked out a
few of that class the situation grew
rapidly worse until at the close hogs
had to sell a big dime lower. Heavy
hogs sold largely around $5.15 and
5.17%, and on the close even light hog3
had to sel around $5.15.
SHEEP—Quotations for grass stock:
Good to choice lambs. $5.50@5.75; fair
to good lambs, $5.00@5.50; good to
choice yearlings, $3.75@4.00; fair to
good y-earlings, $3.50©3.75; good to
choice wethers, $3,50® 3.75; fair to good
wethers, $3.00® 3.50; good to choice
ewes, $2.75@3.50; fair to good ewes,
$2.50@2.75; feeder lambs, $3.50@4.00;
feeder yarlings,, $3.00@3.50; feeder
wethers, $2.75®3.25; feeder ewes, $1.50
@2.50.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE—Pat cattle steady; quaran
tine steers steady; quarantine cows,
steady to 10c lower; Stockers and
feeders, strong; calves, higher; choice
export and. dressed beef steers, $4.70#
5.25; fair to good, $ 4.0 0 ®4.7 0: stockers
and feeders, $2.50®4.35; western fed’
steers, $3.00® 4.60; Texas and Indian
steers, $3.25®4.60; Texas cows, $2.00®
3.20; native cows, $2.00®4.40; native
heifers, $2.40@5.40; canners, $1.25®2.50;
bulls, $2.50®3.75; calves, $1.75@5.00.
HOGS—Market 5® 10c lower; top;
$5.40; bulk of sales, $5.30®5.40; heavy.
$5.25@5.40; heavy, $S,25@5.40; mixed
packers. $5.25®tT.40; light, $5.32%®
5,45; yorkersi $5i40@5.45; pigs, $5,40®
5.45.
SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market Arm;
native lambs, $3.15®5,85; western
lambs, $3:00®5.S0; fed ewes, $2.90®
4.75; Texas clipped yearlings, $3.00®>
4,95; Texas clipped sheep, $2,75@4.00;
steers and feeders, $2.75®3.65.
WILL RETURN INDICTMENTS.
Result af Inevstigation in the Post
office Department.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Four indict
ments resulting from the postal in
vestigations are likely to be returned
by the federal grand jury in this city
next Monday.
This is the fruit of the jury deliber
ations at which Postmaster General
Payne hinted just before his depart
ure on his ten days’ cruise along the
coast. The jury has had the cases
under consideration for a long time.
They involve contract matters closely
related to transactions which have al
ready resulted in sweeping action on
the part of the investigation officials.
It is understood that these postal offi
cials and a contractor are involved.
One of these parties is not a resident
of Washington. Extreme reticence
has been observed regarding the cases.
Robert Fitzsimmons Marries.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Robert
Fitzsimmons, actor and pugilist, was
on Friday granted a license to marry
Julia May Gifford, the actress. The
ceremony will take place Saturday at
Miss Gifford’s hotel. Fitzsimmons
gave his age at 41 and that of the
prospective bride 23.
Buildings Ceded to the Churches.
SAN JUAN, P. R—All the munici
pal rights in the church buildings at
Guayma, Arroyo and Cayamas have
been ceded by the provincial authori
ties of those places to the Catholic
churches. The ownership of the
churches has been disputed ever since
the United States took over the
islands. Spain, during the old regime,
claiming the churches, which were
maintained out of the municipal funds.
Condemn Northern Press. ^
MEMPHIS.—The fourth annual con
ference of the industrial and ex-slave
organization convened here on Friday
with representatives of thirty-four
states in attendance. Resolutions
wore passed condemning the northern
press for its attitude in the negro
question and extending a vote of
thanks to the southern newspapers for
their stand in regard to the recent
lynchiugs in some of the northern
states.