THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. J’NEILL, NEBRASKA ^=r. :-- _ There are seventeen mills In Germany engaged exclusively in the manufac ture of tissue paper. Germany turns out more tissue paper than any other country in the world. The exports of German tissue paper, especially those Qualities used tor cigarettes, copying books, artificial flowers, chimney shades, carnival articles, etc., are steadily Increasing. Up to about twen ty years ago, says n German contem porary, the manufacture of tissue pa per was almost unknown in Germany, and now the German article controls most of the world's leading markets. King Leopold of Belgium has taken possession of the new Japanese palace In the Boya! Park at Laeken. it Is di vided Into several wings. Each of I hem contains half a dozen finely decorated drawings rooms. The furniture, the ornaments, the sculptures, the paint ings, the screens and the roof were ex ecuted at Tokio by the best Japanese artists. More than 2,000 electric lights Illuminate the palace, where the king intends giving some gorgeous recep tions in honor of the shad of Persia next summer. There is a man of 86 in New York ■who has not tasted meat in thirty eight years. He expects to live twenty five or thirly years longer. He lias b uglit up a large family on vegetables alone. His eldest son, who was In childhood very delicate, with an obvl «..;s consumptive tendency, became a vegetarian with his father thirty-eight years ago, and is a line, vigorous, hearty man, educating his children In the same regimen. The three great power stations now being built on the Canadian side of Niagara Kails will have an aggregate output of 285,000 horsepower. Ulti mately one of the companies, the On tario, will add to its output so as to bring I lie total to 407,000 horsepower. It Is estimated that the grand total of tlie world's present hydro-electric power Is l 483,000 horsepower, of which the Can adian stations will represent more than 27 per cent. For 1905 the assessed valuation of franchises In the city of New York Is $302,193,550. At the tax rate of $1.51 the annual revenue from these franchises would he over $4,500,000. The accumu lated taxes due the city for six years are over $20,000,000. The corporations resisted in the courts the payment of this tax and after a long legal battle the court of appeals, on April 28, 1903, unanimously sustained the tax. Among the interesting facts about the new Pennsylvania railroad tunnel and terminal in New York are these: Total cost, $60,000,000, in addition to the ■ 10.000,000 for the station site, on which ere about 300 dwellings; daily train opacity, 900; passenger accommoda tion daily, 200,000; men at work, about 10,000; time required for trip under the Hudson, two minutes. With reference to Uip cremation of the body of General Xylander, at Jena, under Roman Catholic auspices, a lead ing Roman Catholic organ of Germany —the Bayerischer Courier—stales that the participation of the priests was the result of instructions received from a high ecclesiastical quarter, and that the case is a precedent for Roman . Catholics throughout the world. A lamb nursing milk from a bottle the same as a baby was the spectacle that Annapolitnns witnessed the other day. The lamb was being driven about thf* city on a dray. It was seated In the lap of the driver, and was nursing from a bottle to which a small rubber nipple was attached, the same as to a baby's bottle. At Pompeii, Naples, San Martino and other Italian cities tourists could ob tain formerly with ease, permits to snapshot historic places for a nominal fee, but now the objects Intended to be photographed have to be specified In writing, and a tax, varying from 10 cents to $1, Is Imposed for every nega tive. The traction situation In Chicago is controlled by two companies, the Union Traction and the Chicago City. By the recent purchase of control of the lat ter company for $26,000,000, J. Pierpont Morgan controls the entire traction business, though associated with him are Marshall Field and John J. Mitch ell. By a vote of 141 to 17 the Pennsyl vania house of representatives has passed a bill providing $20,000 for the purpose of erecting a statue of the late Senator Matthew Stanley Quay in front of the new Pennsylvania state capitol. Nine republican representatives voted against the bill and one democrat for it. The Elder-Dempster steamship line Is now running boats between London and Bermuda for passengers and cargo. The voyage takes about twelve days. The company wants to make Bermuda as popular with English people as It Is with Americans as a winter resort. Charged with street betting, which he denied, a bookmaker stated in a London police court that somebody had thrust a paper into his hand in the street, but had no idea what It meant. "Well.” said the magistrate, "I’ll tell you then. It means 12 5, or a month.” The Cuilinan diamond, 3,032 carats, ■which arrived In London from Cape Town by mail, was at once taken to the Standard Bank of South Africa, St. Clement’s lane, where it will be kept for the present. It may be placed on public exhibition. Radium has been found in wheaten flour, said Professor J. J. Thompson, at the Royal institute, London. How It got' there, he added, he could not explain. There was no doubt, however, that such flour would produce radio active bread. Iceland possesses a large number of trees, although it is only credited with having one. The climate and soil are by no means unfavorable to tree-grow ing, and evidence exists to show that Iceland was once covered with trees. The north and northeast Lancashire cotton spinners have agreed that an advance of 5 per cent, in wages be paid to weavers, winders and warpers in July nbxt. No fewer than 300,000 peo ple are affected by the decision. The money sent by former citizens of Austria-Hungary who have immi grated to the United States to their relatives at home amounted to be tween $40,000,000 and $45,000,000 dur ing the year 1904. Every week the canal commission Imports no less than two hundred tons cf !m«-ct powder and two hundred tons cf sulphur bars into Panama. Thea* * re -<*ed in exterminating the mosuui. to* MILLION TO SCHOOL Theological Seminary in Chicago Re ceives Great Endowment from the McCormick Estate. Chicago, May 9.—An endowment 01 $1,000,000 and a president formed a j double gift to McCormick Theological | seminary announced yesterday. At the meeting of the board of di j rectors held Wednesday afternoon the i family of the late Cyrus If. McCor j inick gave the endowment of $1,000,000 I to further the work of the institution. J The money is to be used in strength j ening the seminary in every branch of its work. The announcement of tlie endowment i was made at the alumni banquet, held in tlie Church of the Covenant, at 5:30 I o'clock yesterday, and was received I with enthusiasm by the directors, facul ty, alumni and students. The directors adopted a resolution that $1,000,000 be raised for providing scholarships for students. In view of the fact that the proceeds of the new mdowment are not available for icholarships. Dr. McClure President. Tlie Rev. James (1. K. McClure was elected president of the seminary. He has been Identified with Chicago Pres byterianism for more than twenty years. He has been pastor of the Pres byterian church of Lake Forest, presi dent of Lake Forest college, president of tlie board of aid for colleges, and a preacher at Yale university, his alma mater. • Professor Samuel Dickey, who has served the seminary as adjutant pro fessor of new testament literature and exegesis, was elected to full professor ship. The commencement exercises of the seminary were continued throughout yesterday afternoon and evening and closed when (hlrtv-one graduates re ceived their diplomas. Jn 1859, at a meeting of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church held in Indianapolis, Ihe late Cyrus H. McCormick Induced what was then the Theological Seminary of New Albany to locate in Chicago. Since then the Interest of the McCormick family in the seminary has been continuous, it lias founded chairs and built buildings and has contributed in every way to tlie support of the institution. DR. KOCH’S SWEETHEART 'oung Woman Goes on the Stand and Testifies About Hurts on His Hands. Mankato, Minn., May !).—Miss Mary Fltzpatriuk, daughter of Senator Fitz patrick. of Winona, and the sweetheart of Dr. Koch, came on the stand this morning. She Is about 22 years old, a very sweet looking, pretty girl, who testified that on the evening of Novem ber 1 Dr. Koch called on her at her home, bringing her a birthday present of a box of perfumery. He remained about an hour. On the Sunday before they had been out driving, the doctor had his gun. He got out of the buggy to shoot, and the horse was frightened, and Dr. Koch, running back through the bushes got some scratches. She saw the scratches when Dr. Koch came to see her. Dr. Voegle testified that he bought the package of perfumery for Dr. Koch and Identified the handsome perfumery box displayed in court. READY TO MOVE EAST Presidential Party Will Leave the Sur viving Bears and Start for Wash ington Monday. Glenwood Springs, Colo., May «.— Word was received early today that President Roosevelt and party had started for New Castle, where the party will board the private car Rocket and start for Glenwood Springs. The pres ident will remain here until Monday, vhen he will start east. THE MARKETS. Sioux City Live Stock. Sioux City, May 8.-Sioux City Stock Yards—Hogs—Good light and butchers, $5.10®5.20; mixed anti neavey, $5.00®5.07%. Cattle—Butcher steers, $4.00®6.00; fat ’cows and heifers. $3.00®3.00; stock cows and heifers, $2.00®3.U0; siocKers and feed ers, $3.25®4.GO; yearlings and calves, $3.00®) 4.25. Chicago. Chicago, May 8.—Cattle—Market steady Good to prime steers, $5.GO®5.65; poor to medium, $4.30®5.40: stockers and feeders, $2.75®5.25; cows, $3.00®5.25; heifers, $2.GO®1 5.50; eanners, $1.60®2.40; bulls, $2.G0®1.GQ; calves, $3.00®5.73. Hogs—Mixed tnd butcher, $5.15® 3.35; good to choice heavy, $3.10®5.33%: rough heavy, $4.NO®5.05; light. $5.05®3.30; bulk of sales, $5.10®5.30. Sheep--Market for sheep and lambs was steady. Good to choice wethers. $4.40® 5.00; fair to choice mixed, $3.50® 5.25; west ern sheep. $4.00®5.00; native lambs. $4.00® 0.25; western lambs not shorn, $4.50®7.25. Close: Hogs—Bulk, $5.20®5.27%;, good heavy, $5.15®5.35; light, $5.05®5.30: mixed and butcher, $5.05®5.32%; rough heavv, $4.75® 5.10. Cattle—Market steady with beeves quot ed at $4.40®G.GO; cows and heifers. $1.50® 5.30; stockers and feeders, $2.GO®5.25. Sheep—Market weak at $3.25®5.00; lambs, N. 25® 7.13. South Omaha. South Omaha, May 8.—Cattle—Nativt steers, $4.25®6.25: cows and heifers. $2.50®) 5.00; western steers, $3.50®5.10; eanners, $1.75®3.25; stockers and feeders. $2.00®3.00; calves, $2.00®G.00; bulls, $2.50®4.10. Hogs—Market steady. Heavy, $5.10@o.l5; mixed. $5.10®5.2%; light, $5.0I%®5.15; pigs, $4.00®5.00: bulk of salts, $5.10®5.12%. Sheep—Westerns strong. $4.75®5.25; wethers, strong, $4.O0®>4.75; ewes, strong, *4.00®4.50; lambs, strong, $5.25®G.OO. GRAIN MARKETS. Grain and Provisions, Chicago, May S. —Cash quotations w«re as follows; Flour—Market easy. Wheat—No. 2 spring. 90(g#6c; No. 3 spring, 87<8’95c; No. 2 red, 90%ty94fLc. Corn—No. 2, 49% c; No.; 2 yellow. 50%c*. Oats—No. 2. 29%4e. Barley—38^* 43c Flax- $1.39%. • ' MAT GALL SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION Nebraska’s Governor Likely to Yield to Demand for More Railroad Laws. A COMMODITY RATE BILu . Demand for It Is Becoming Such That the Governor, Who Favors Plan, Is Inclined to Call the Leg islature Together. Lincoln, Nob., May 10.—Governor Mickey is being besieged by many busi ness men to call a special session of the legislature to enact a commodity rate bill, and at the state house it is said he is favorably inclined to act. The governor was much disappointed at the failure of the rate bill to pass public opinion and will force the legis lature to act. As a precedent he points to the convening of congress in special session next October for the considera tion of railroad legislation. Feeling has been much intensified by Ihe actions of ilie railroad companies. They have boldly told the state board that unless the railroad assessments were reduced from last year the col lection of taxes will be again enjoined in federal court. None of last year's taxes has been paid and the injunction se cured then still holds. The railroad plan is to keep doing tills yearly in the belief that it will create a sentiment among the lax payers that it is cheaper to reduce railroad taxes than to pay interest on warrants representing them. WANTS STEEL PLANT. Harriman Said to Plan the Establish ment of Big Industry in Wy oming. Omaha, Nrb.. May 9— At a meeting of the Union Pacific directors in Sayt Lake City it was voted to issue $100,000,000 of new stock. A dispatch from New York states that $10,000,000 of this will be used to build a steel plat at Laramie, VVyo., for the pur pose of furnishing rails for the Harriman system and to fight the Colorado Iron and Fuel company, which is a Gould prop erty. Harriman and Gould have been at war for several years. Since Gould has an nounced that he will build the Western Pacific, which will parallel the Central and Southern Pacific, it is stated that Harri man will build the steel plant in retalia tion. The United • States Steel corporation is said to be aiding Harriman in his scheme and that the steel trust will give all neces sary aid. Harriman will be compelled to withdraw from the directorate ol' the Denver and Rio Grande, now' that he has openly de clared war against Gould—at least that is be supposition in Wall street. BLIZZARD ON RANGE. -oss Caused by Unusual May Weathei of Snow and High Winds. Harrisburg, Nob., May 9.—A ;ou tinuous rain for twenty-four hours, followed by a blizzard and freezing weather, has dene much toward rotting the small grain recently sown, and it Is generally reported that many acres will have to be reseeded. It is feared that tne losses among cattle on the range will be quite heavy, especially among the calves, of which the loss has already been quite heavy owing *u the wet, cold spring. WILL BE A DRY TOWN. Applicants for Saloon Licenses it. Homer Withdraw Petitions. Homer. Neb.. May 8.—This town, where Indians have for two decades se cured In some manner liquor which has done much to degrade them, will be a dry town. When tHe Homer town board met at 1 o’clock today to act on applications for saloor licenses they were surprised to find that the three applicants, Harry Randall. Joe Money and Joe O’Dell, had withdrawn their petitions for licenses. Judge R. 13. Evans, of Dakota City, appeared in behalf of the Law and Or der league. This league was formed ten days ago. when, as a result of the rul ing of the United States supreme court thal Indians having allotments could not be denied liquor, disgraceful scenes occurred. The reds tried to drink all tlie stock of the saloons and repulsive orgies were the result. So bad was the condition that the citizens who have seen for twenty years drunken Indians | without becoming aroused, took quick action. Three petitions were circulated by the business men, addressed to the town board. One asked the board to deny all applications for saloon licenses. Another was signed by free holders. remonstrating against the three petitions before the board, and a third petition was signed by many on the petitions of the saloon men, ask ing that their names be removed. Banishment of the saloons from Ho mer is the only recourse left to the people to keep all the reds In Nebraska from coming there to become intoxicat ed. Under the supreme court ruling the federal officers are powerless and apparently the only way of protecting the Indians is to kill ofr the saloons in | owns near the reservation. ANNUAL MEETING. | Seventeenth State Convention of the Photog -aphers of Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., May 9.—Photographers of the slate have outlined an elaborate pro gram for the seventeenth state meeting to be held in Lincoln. May 10. Following the usual custom the larger photographic supply houses will send their representatives ;o teach the proper use of their goods. Tills feature of the program will be of practical benefit to photographers. Several noted lecturers will also embellish the programs with their best ideas on matters of particular Inter est to the picture men. The executive committee announces that the Undell hotel will he the headquarters for the members of the association. Died on a Train. Omaha, Neb., May 9.-While tying his shoe in the sleeper on the Burlington train at Pacific Junction, Henry G. Graff of Estherville. la., dropped forward into tile aisle and when Ids wife reached him he was dead. The body was brought to this city and turned ever to an undertaker, who pre pared it for burial and sent it forward to Estherville. Mr. and Mrs. Graff, who had spent the winter in Los Angeles, were on route home from the coast when death j overtook Mr Graff. He had not com I plained particularly and the death was | totally unexpected. Heart failure was uu I doubtedly the cause. — ■ ■ I I 1 ■ lllw ■ j THINK BATTLE IS NEAR : Russians Believe Oyamsf Is Trying t Force Huge Struggle Inside a Fortnight—Japs Reinforced. Amoy. China, May 10.—Vessels arriv ing hen report having sighted Japan I'se warships between this port am, Hong Kong. The Japanese ships ap pear off Amoy at night and undoubted iy are in communication through this place with the island of Formosa. > censorship is maintained over raid messages from Formosa. Saigon, May 10.—The Russian hospl tai ship Kostroma arrived here today which indicates the approach of tli fourth division of the Russian seconc Pacific squadron. Sixteen freight lader steamers are off Cape St. James nett here. The main Russian squadron is said to be off the coast of Annan. St. Petersburg. May 10.—Interest if once more directed to Manchuria. The news from the front indicate tha Field Marshal Oyama is pressing Gen Linevitcli s advance posts east anc west of the railroad with considerable force, as if about to undertake a gen eral offensive movement. The Rus sians are offering slight resistance anc ate falling hack upon their first line o. defense. The Russian advance post cover a front of about 100 miles, ex tending fiam Singtmantsu on the Lia« river ft: a southeasterly directioi across the railroad above Changtu t« the Mandarin road leading to Kirin t Knmnl pass, about seventy miles du east of Tie pass. * Cavalry on the Flanks. The Russian cavalry protects bo wings, small bodies being probably bt yond the Liao river in Mongolia t' guard against a surprise turnir movement in that direction. Expert believe, however, that Ciyama’s purpos 13 to thrust in from the east, tu Kirin, and interpose himself betwee Harbin and Vladivostok, preparator to the investment of the latter plac Linevitch's dispositions seem especial taken to meet such a plan. He would not give battle along b present line, but would gradually n tire and draw in his forces as Oyama’ strategy develops to the main Russia positions, which extend due east ar west from Kirin through Kuanchang tsu to Hualtaihsien. A considerab’ force of troops is also reported to t due east of Kirin, as far south as tb Tumen river, to contest the Japane advance northeastward toward Vlad i vostok. It is not regarded as certain the Ja. anese advance will really be serioil Oyama is known to have receive large reinforcements, which have fllle up the Japanese ranks, and he brougl up immense quantities of supplies a ammunition after the battle of Mul den. Mey Come in a Fortnight. Rut at the war office here there is difference of opinion as to whethf Oyama is yet ready, and it is adde that if he is in earnest probably almo a fortnight will elapse before the issi is decided, the preliminaries of each t the battles of the present war, in vie of the fact that the armies cover sue a large area, having always been lo and tedious. Up to yesterday the Russian advam posts generally had . retired abot eighteen miles. If Oyama’s offensiv is pressed home the climax should t reached about the time the sea fig! between Rojestvensky and Togo anticipated. Linevitch’s headquarter are at Gunshu pass. Hongkong, May 8.—A dispatch frot Saigon reports that Rear Admiral Ne bogatoft’s division has passed Saigon. JAPS AND FRENCH AT OUTS. Neutrality Issue Once More Threaten to Extend the Scope of War. Parts. May 10.—The critical tone c the British press concerning France' alleged breaches of neutrality in Indo China brought out an emphatic genera statement today from the foreign of lice that the accusations are unfound ed. The feeling prevails here that th situation is gradually assuming niue tension. Genera1 depression prevailed on th bourse today owing to the Japanes attitude against France over the ques tion of neutrality in the far east. A semiofficial note issued this aft ernoon says: "Contrary to the alle gallon contained in a dispatch fror Hongkong to a foreign agency, no only has the French government no diriegarded the rules of neutrality, bu after sending jts civil and militar. agents very precise instructions for th enforcement of these rules, the govern ment has unremittingly seen to the! extension." London. May 8.—Vague fears of pos sible complications over French neu trality in the far east affected the ton of the stork exchange today. The mar kets inclined to flatness all around. No Protest for Japan. St. Petersburg. May 10.—The foreigi otlice authorizes the following state ment: "France has not transmitted to Rus sin a new Japanese protest against vlo lation of French neutrality.” A general revolutionary movemen has occurred among the peasants o the province of Bessarabia. They havi burned several estates. RUSSIANS’ HEALTH GOOD. Official Statement Issued About Condi tion in Eastern Armies. Gunshue Pass, May 10.—In view o exaggerated reports of sicKness in th( Russian armies published abroad, th< Associated Press is authorized to giv< the following figures furnished Iron headquarters of the number of sick it the entire region from Lake Baikal eas: to Vladivostok: In Hospitals—Wounded, 769 officers 14.900 soldiers; sick, 1.157 officers; 13, 918 soldiers. In Sanitary Trains—Wounded, 35 of fleers; 774 soldiers; sick. 45 officers; 771 soldiers. In Hospitals for Convalescents— Wounded, 216; sick, 332. Last week 6J patients died and 42 were discharged. Convalescents—Wounded, 437; sick. 500. Among the sick are the following cases: Contagious dysentery, 39; typhus. £18; grippe, 204; fever, 92; an thrax. 39; scurvy, 71; smallpox, 30; catalepsy, 16; diarrohea. 449; unspeci fied, 129. Russians Driven Back. St. Petersburg. May S.—General Line vitcli telegraphs that the Japanese cavalry on Thursday drove back the Russian mounted outposts. Printers Win a Victory. St. Petersburg. May 8.—The printer* who struck April 23 have won a vic tory in their demand for observance of Sundays and holidays by abstention from work, cnly the Novoe Vremyea appearing this morning. Nan Patterson Threatened. New York. May S.—Lawyer Levy, of Miss Patterson's counsel, received a letter which had been sent in the mail to Nan Patterson's mother in Washing ton. in which Miss Patterson's life was threatened. Levy said if the let ter had not been written by a crank he would regard it as important. PRIVATE CAR LINES I TO COT ICE CHARGE ! Armours, Ir Is Said, Are Muci Alarmed and Will Take the Lead. — jROADS TO ENTER TRAFFIC I ' ■ . — Many Have Ordered Refrigerators Al« ready, and Others Prepare to Do So—Can’t Afford to Allow Moncooly to Continue. Chicago, May 30. -The Armour people are getting ready to make a radi cal reduction in their charges for icing refrigerator oars. It also is re ported that they have decided to cancel all contracts they have with railroads for the exclusive us*' of Armour refrigerator cars. The revelations made at hearings of the interstale commission in the private car line cases and the Michigan fruit cases which showed the Armour company practi cally has a monopoly of the fruit business from Michigan, not only has scared the Armour people, but the railroad people as well. A number of railroad companies already have determined hereafter to conduct their own refrigerator car business. The Michi gan Central. Lake Shore, New York Cen tral, ar.(1 other Vanderbilt lines lately have ordered hundreds of refrigerator cars, which will be put in service as soon as completed. The Baltimore and Ohio also has placed an order with the American Car and Foundry company at Chicago for the construction of 250 refrigerator cars. High Prices Halt Car Building. Other railroads would have given orders for the construction of refrigerator cars before new if they were not handicapped by the large advance in the cost of steel cars. Last November, when the present boom in the price of steel began, ordinary steel freight cars were being made tor $1,100 and $1,200 each. Today the same cars are being sold for $1,100 and $1,500 each. The entire membership of rne interstate commerce commission will be here tomor row’ to begin the investigation of private car lines. It is understood that this in vestigation will be the most thorough ever undertaken by the commission and that it will not only Include (he private c. * lines owrned by the Armour company, but also the International Harvester com pany, the refrigeration for the transporta tion of fruits and vegetables, terminal charges and granting of rebates in connec tion with private car lines. Union Pacific Men Not Talking. Officials of the Union Pacific decline to discuss the new $100,000,000 stock issue other than to say that no announcement as regards the purposes of the issue is likely to be made for some time. It is not believed that the company has any intention of disposing of the new stock until something is to be done in the future to check the aggressive movements of George J. Gould. It is not unlikely that in ease Mr. Gould carries out the Western Pacific scheme and thereby practically parallels the Southern Pacific between Og den and San Francisco, Mr. Harriman will strike back by paralleling some of the more important eastern lines controlled by Mr. Gould. The Chicago and Northwestern is figur ing upon a steam interurban competitive service between Freeport and Rockford. All. of the steam roads of Illinois are up in arms against the trolley competitors and are striving to weaken the effect of the rival linos upon the passenger busi ness. The interurban between Freeport and Rockford is doing an enormous busi ness, both in passenger and freight, and is cutting heavily into the earnings of steam roads. The Northwestern proposes to put in service a number of short local trains on a fast schedule and with a rate of fare at low as the interurban. BIG VICTORY" FOB DUNNE 1ayor of Chicago Wins First Round for the Proposition of City Own erships of Traction Lines. Chicago, May 10.—The city scored a victory in the traction litigation today, bringing municipal operation a step nearer. Judge Grosscup denied a mo tion on behalf of the Union Traction company to enjoin the city from in terfering with the use of the so-called Adams street line of the old Chicago Passenger Railway company, holding the franchise of the company had ex pired. It is the intention of the city to use the Adams street line as the be ginning for a municipal ownership street railway. BILL RUDOLPH HANGED. Missouri Bandit Pays the Penalty o' the Crime of Murdering a Detective. Union, Mo.. May 10.—William Ru dolph was hanged in the jail today for participating with George Collins, who was hanged last year, in the killing of Detective Charles J. Schumacher of St., Louis at Rudolph's home near Stanton! in January. 1003. Rudolph’s neck was not broken, and death oame only after thirteen min utes of strangling. He walked to thei scaffold with a firm step and said noth ing after leaving his cell. About 300 persons witnessed the execution. REVIVED A “CORPSE.” \tlanta Man Declared Dead by Physi cian Regains Animation Before He Expires. Atlanta, Ga.. May S).—After being de clared dead by a physician, F. M. Blacker, aged 68, revived under the touch of the embalmer and lived ten hours. Blacker was declared dead and Embalm er Hilburn was summoned. The latter be gan work, when the supposed dead man drew a breath and a flush passed over his face. A physician was summoned and soon Blacker was apparently as well as he had been for two weeks. The reanima tion was temporary, for he died last night. Blacker came from Ohio, and his daugh ter, Mrs. Byer, lives in Chicago. BOARD oFTRADE_ WINS. United States Supreme Court Affirms the Chicago Organization's Right to Control Quotations. Washington, May 10.—The supreme, court of the United States today de cided the case of the Board of Trade of Chicago against the C. C. Christie Commission company of Kansas City and the Kinsey company of Chicago, involving the question of the light of private concerns to use the continuous | quotations of the board in favor of th* contentions of the board of trade. i | TIS BUT A SORDID GRAFT Mrs. Stannard Would Sa.e Womerx I from Fate of Hoopskirt. Which Is to Became Fashionable. London. May 10.—Mrs. Arthur Stun mud (John Strange Winter), the nov elist. has to her already countless wom en’s leagues add’d yet another. She has discovered that Paris threatens society with nothing less awful than a revival of the crinoline. Horrified and. alarmed. Mrs. Stannard has written the newspapers, calling upon the women of Great Britain to rouse themselves and avert ihe awful fate that it threatening? them. Checked Previous Attempt. Twelve years ago, she says, she onlj stopped a revival of this evil by get ting 21,000 women to write postcards; pledging themselves to oppose the wearing of crinoline. She now wants 12,000 women to write postcards offer- \ ^ ing to join a nonerinollne league. Ac- ^ cording to Mrs. Stannard women must V not be blamed for the danger that now Is facing them. It is to man and his vile lust for money that the shame belongs. Twelve years ago it seemed that ty rant man decreed a revival of crinoline and factories actually were started making steel hoops. For a time the outlook was black, but Mrs. Stannard's gallant 21.000 won in the end and the men lost their money. Scheme Simply to Make Money. Now we are told they are deter mined to recoup themselves, believing there is raont*- in the notion, and con vinced that once the fashion is set every woman will follow. Hence Mrs Stannard’s crusade. The Spectator, discussing the cru sade, wishes it success, but confesses to misgivings and points out “the un dertone of real concern and almost helplessness of a certain phrase” of Mrs. Stannard's letter, and says it is lamentable to have to confess that the crinolinists are right in the conviction that every woman will follow the fash ion once it is set, for the fact of a fashion being extremely hideous never vet has prevented women following it. SAYS HE Ts GUILTY Edward Gottschalk Acknowledges His Part in Two Horrible Murders Committed in St. Paul. St. Paul, Minn., May 10.—Edward Gottschalk, charged with the murder of Christian Sehindeldecker, a butcher, and Joseph Hartmann, his accomplice, today pleaded guilty to the charge of having killed Hartmann and confessed to Judge Lewis his part in both (-rimes. The judge will pass sentence Thurs day. Sehindeldecker was murdered in February in bis butcher shop. His body was horribly mutilated by meat cleavers, the motive being robbery. Gottschalk says Hartmann killed the butcher while he remained outside the shop. After that Gottschalk tried to avoid Hartmann, but failed, and that finally Hartmann attempted to kill Gottschalk. The latter killed his ac complice in self defense. TO JURY THIS WEEK. Koch Murder Trial Will Probably Ee Ready for the Twelve Men by Friday Noon. Mankato, Minn., May 10.—The testi mony in the Koch murder trial today brought out nothing new for the de fense. Thus far, though the prescution has developed more damaging circum stantial evidence against Koch than at the former trial, the defense has also been able to explain away many of the circumstances. It is now expected that the defense will rest on Wednes day, and that the jury will get the •ase by Friday noon. PRESIDENT S DINNER. Mr. Roosevelt Entertained His Hunting Party Before Formally Bidding Them Goodbye. Olenwood Springs, Colo.. May Presi dent Roosevelt entertained at dinner his companions on his hunt in the mountains. After the dinner he bade them farewell. At the dinner were P. B. Stewart of Colo rado Spring", Dr. Alexander Lambert, Guides Jake Borah, John Goff, Brick Wells. Jack Fry and G. M. Sprague, Cour ier Elmer Chapman and Secretary Loeb. In discussing the function said: •‘We sat iust as we did in camp. Mr. Loeb was the only dude at the party. You reporter fellows ought to have been there. You could have got all kinds of pieces for your papers.” Otncr members of the hunt said the party talked over the events of the three week’s hunt and had a good time generally. Needless 10 say, it was a dinner none will forget. The president was at his best. He was entirely rested and had just come in from a two or three hours’ drive through the woods, where the president went to study Colorado birds. Mr. Stewart is a naturalist, -who knows every bird in the mountains and can tell its habits and imitate its calls. The dinner was served in a private din ing room of the Hotel Colorado. The guests were dressed much as they were in the mountains. Flannel shirts were the rule, although the guides did discard their chaps and laid away their guns. The president and Mr. Loeb wore their frocks, and Dr. Lambert and Mr. Stewart wore plain business suits, as they have not yet. connected with their dress clothes. SJome of the stories told at the dinner later went into private circulation, but it was understood they were not to bo printed, and the wishes of the president will be respected. It can be said, however, that, they related entirely to incidents con nected with the hunt. President Roosevelt left here at 5 o’clock this morning on his return trip to Washington. The special train \h •lue in Denver at 5:. ) this afternoon. HOBSON IS TO WED. Vierrimac Hero to Become the Hus band of Miss Hull, of Tuxedo Park, N. Y. New York, May 9.—The engagement of Miss Grizelda Houston Hull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. George. Hull, of Tuxedo Park, New York, to Capt. Richmond P. Hobson, has been announced. The wed ding, which has been set for May 25, will be very quietly celebrated without formal invitations. Only relatives ar.d a few intimate friends will be present. Miss Hull is a grandniece of former Governor Houston of Alabama. cornTroductIrates Interstate Commerce Commission Is. Looking Into Tariff from Missouri River Cities. Chicago, May 10.—Complaints made by the millers of Missouri river cities against the railroad rates on corn prod ucts from Missouri river points and southern Texas were the subject of an investigation begun here today by the. interstate commerce commission. The assertion is mad* that rates discrim inate in favor of Texas and Louisiana, | millers.