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CHE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. WEILL, NEBRASKA The medal* to be awarded at the Olympic games In Loudon are now be ing exhibited In the Royal academy. The artist Is a talented young Austral ian, Bertram Mackennal. They are said and appear from photographs to be finely Imagined and executed. The re verse of the prize medal shows St. George riding down the dragon, with an angel looking on; that of the com pnemoratlve medal, a • winged Fame, erect, with a palm In the right hand and a trumpet In the left. The reverses ore to be used this year alone. The obverses, It Is said, have been adopted for use at future Olympic meetings. The obverse of the prize medal shows an athlete being crowned by two fe male figures; that of the commemora tive medal a victor returning home In * four-horse chariot. The finest songster among our Scot tish warblers Is undoubedly the black cap. I am afraid I cannot describe Its eong. It has to be heard to be truly appreciated. Once heard, It Is never forgotten—the rare sweetness, the pure quality of the song. I cannot compare the blackcap's song with that of the nightingale, far, unfortunately, I have never heard the song of that bird. I could never be In England at the proper time. But I have often heard our lark, and Its song Is bolder,, louder, more Overwhelming In Ks grand outpouring of melody. But for sweetness nothing has ever thrilled me like the song of the blackcap, says a writer In The Scotch man. Returns received by the United States geological survey for Iron ore produced In the year 1907, while notjcomplete, In dicate that the total production for the year will fall between 62,000,000 and 54, 000,000 long tons. The total production Of 1906 was 47,749,728 long tons. The Lake Superior district shows an .In crease of about 15 per cent; the south ern district an Increase of only 4 per cent and the northern and northeastern districts 8 per cent. The western dis trict figures, while Incomplete, appear to show little or no gain over 1906. The amount of Iron ore In stock at the close of the year was said to be the largest In the history of the Iron trade. Professor A. Herschel, In the Quarter ly Journal of the Royal Meteorological society for October last, describes the extraordinary effects produced by light ning In the midst of an open moor In Northumberland. A hole four or five feet In diameter was made In the Hat. peaty ground, and from this half a dozen furrows extended on all sides. Pieces of turf were thrown In various -directions, one three feet In diameter and a foot thick having fallen 78 feet from the hole. Investigation showed that In addition to the -effects visible on the surface, small holes had been bored In the earth radiating from the large excavation. In 1905 the exports of polished dia monds from the Netherlands to the United States amounted to 39,197,843; In 1908 the exports were 311,633,352. The year 1907 opened auspiciously, but In the month of July the American buyers began to reduce their pur chases, and as the financial crisis be camo more acute the orders from America ceased entirely, and from the middle of August up to the end of the year the entire shipment of diamonds did not exceed 375,000, and the total exports for the yeah amounted to only 17,452,604, as against 311,633,362 for the calendar year 19*6. -4 —. ■ » ■ On one occasion when Timothy Nicholson who has recently retired from charity work at the age of 80 ?’ears, was heading the prosecution of Uegal liquor selling in Richmond, Ind., the defendant was put on the witness stand and was asked, among other questions, If he was acquainted with Mr. Nicholson. Answering In the af firmative, he was asked what kind of man Nicholson was. He said he was "a pretty good man. taking him alto gether, and he would be a first-class fellow if he would only leave liquor •lone." . " -- - , Of 33,387 boys and girls enrolled In . Greater New York’s 19 high schools In the school year 1906-7, only 1,713 graduated and 403 received certificates qf having completed commercial or technical courses. During the same year, 6,708 pupils left the first year nigh school classes, or 46 per cent of *11 those entering. In other words, al most half of those entering the high school drop out during the first year and a good many more than half dur ing the first two years. England Is Interested In a discussion over a suggested censorship of novels. Prominent writers Insist that the dan ger is impending. Certain English la dles who make u specialty of produc ing erotic fiction are pointed out as the chief offenders against good taste and good morals. Responsibility for the possible censorship is laid at their door. In England an omolul censor may be appointed to exercise his func tions in the same way as the censor of plays. Bohemia has ceased to exist In the Paris Latin quarter, according to Al lred Capus, the playwright, who may be regarded as ah authority on the point. In a lecture delivered on behalf •of the "Malson d'Etudlants,” which Is to be the headquurters of the General Association of Purls Students, he re marked: "Wo must not be afraid to acknowledge that our students are no longer Bohemians.” The recent municipal elections in Paris were remarkable not only for the candidature of Mile. Luloe, who was •oundly beaten, but for the first re corded candidature of a domestic ser vant. The liveried class is supposed to take on the political color of its sur roundings and to be ultra-conserva tive as a rule, but this candidate stood as a republican socialist, and he Is said to have been strongly supported by bis kind. i.i The severest criticism of the stupid ■ tty and Inefficiency of the parliaments of the world Is. in M. Marcel Prevost’s opinion, the almost universal Indiffer ence of women on the subject of vot ing. "Neither the representative nor the voter," Bsys this expert hi feminine psychology, "excites their envy. They do not even think about the vote, and If men ofTer It as a gift they pay no ‘ attention, burst out laughing or refuse point blank.” F. W. Fitzpatrick, consulting archi ll; tecl of the International 3octety of Building Commissioners, says the fire loss In the United States every year is | $100,000,000 greater than the amount spent In new construction. In this esti mate Is Included the money paid an nually for Insurance and the cost of lighting fire. Visitors at n Pails hotel were dis agreeably surprised one morning to .$lnd that the boots they h->d left out «ide their doors hud b on stolen by a burglar. Only one pair was left, on 8%ehlch was a pup- r with the words, {“Not good enough for me” STIRRING SCENES MARK NOMINATION OF TAFT Vote on First Ballot Is 102, One Vote Short of His Managers’ Claim. MAKE IT UNANIMOUS General Stewart L. Woodford, Hughes' Booster, Presents the Motion— Outpouring of En thusiasm. ++44444444 4+++++++++++++++ 4- 4 4 THE VOTE. 4 4 + 4 Taft .702 + 4 Cannon . 61 4 4 Knox . 68 4 4 La Follette . 25 4 4 Hughes . 63 4 4 Fairbanks . 40 4 4 Foraker . 16 4 4 Roosevelt . 3 4 4 4 444444444+4444 444444444444 Chicago, June 22.—For president of the United States, William H. Taft, of Ohio. Taft on the first ballot; Taft by 702 votes; Taft by the unimous choice of the convention. Such is the result of the culminating day of the republican national conven tion of 1908, effected amid scenes of tumultuous enthusiasm, and after a nerve racking continuous session last ing nearly eight hours. The picture within the walls of the amphitheater ns the presidential can didate was named was truly grandiose In its magnitude. In front, to the right and left, below and above, the billow ing sea of humanity, restless after hours of waiting, and stirred from one emotion to another, was In a fever of expectancy for the culminating vote. The favorite sons of other states had been name* except Knox and LaFol lette, and now on the roll call came Ohio. As the Buckeye state was reach ed the tall, gaunt form of Theodore E. Burton advanced to the platform to nominate Ohio's candidate. He spoke fervently with the singing voice of an evangelist, which went ringing through the great building. Ohio Starts Things. The close of his speech of nomination was the signal for loosing the long pent up feeling of the Taft legions. Instant ly the Ohio delegates were on their feet, other Taft states following, while the convention hosts in gallery and on the floor broke into mad demonstration. •'Taft. Taft—W. H. Taft," came in a roar from the Ohioans. Megaphones seemed to spring from concealed places and swell the Taft tumult into thunder. A huge blue silk banner bearing the familiar features of the statesman-sec retary was swung before the delegates, awakening a fresh whirlwind of en thusiasm. All semblance of order had been abandoned, and the delegates’ arena was a maelstrom of gesticulating men, the guidons of the states were snatched up by the Taft enthusiasts or borne under by the storm of disorder. The band was Inaudible—a mere whisper above the deafening volume of sound. For 10, 15, 20 minutes this uproar con tinued. It was a repetition of the scene of Wednesday when llie name of Roosevelt broke the convention into a frenzy, repeated In intensity and almost In duration. But there is a limit to the physical resources ot throat and lung, and at last the tired voices died down to a hoarse shout and then sub sided. J.I113 lull IlVW me for the speech seconding Taft’s nomi nation by George A. Knight, of Cali fornia, his big round face beaming forth on the sympathetic multitude and his splendid baritone voice welling forth like the tones of a great church organ. California's cribute to Taft was brief and fervid. Now there was another lull in the Taft movement, while the remaining candidates were placed in nomination. It was late in the afternoon before the convention, now literally sweltering in the intense heat and weary after near ly seven hours of the session, reached the end of the flood of eloquence and the decks were at last cleared for the culmination. But no. Just as the last swell of oratory, the seconding speech for LaFollette. had died away like a cyclone from a clear sky burst a La Follette demonstration which swept the convention from its very bearings. LaFollette, Then Roosevelt. It was the same deafening wave of sound that had greeted Roosevelt and Taft a little while before. Intense and maddening, and with the vital ring of genuine enthusiasm. It seemed as though Wisconsin had suddenly peo pled every foot of the galleries. The delegates sat calm and waiting, except the frantic Wisconsins, but the conven tion for the time being was in the pos session of the gallery. Now a singular transformation oc curred. Gradually the whirlwind veered from LaFollette to Rposevelt. A banner bearing the Roosevelt portrait and waved from the gallery was the signal for the change, but In the con fused babel of voices there was no dis tinguishing where the LaFollette cheers ended and those for Roosevelt began. Roll Call Starts. Amid this pandemonium and with the galleries in full control, < Chairman Lodge decided upon heroic action in order to again make the convention master of its affairs. He ordered the roll call of states to begin for the vote on president. Such a call under such circumstances of intenso confusion has probably never occurred in the history of national conventions. A ballot was taken to nominate a candidate for president while the con vention was cheering frantically for a man whose name had not been pre sented to the convention. The votes were being counted for Taft while the people were shouting for Roosevelt. The delegates, however, cast their votes uninfluenced by the clamor of the crowd. More than this, the ttrst states on the call, Alabama and Arkansas, had been relied upon by tne Roosevelt enthusiasm to start the stampede for Roosevelt, but they held by their in structions while the stampede raged about them. The secretary was powerless to I make his call of the states heard above ! the deafening clamor. Seining a meg aphone he shouted the roll of states: FIRST AND ONLY BALLOT FOR PRESIDENT. ? ri m I i 1 T ? ? S i 5 8 1 6 States. : g 1 § g i f 5 : : : : x : 5 : : | . • i us . <t» • 22 I Alabama . 22 15 ) Arkansas . 18 20 California . 20 10 Colorado . 10 14 Connecticut .* 14 6 ( Delaware . 6 .. .. .. 10 | Florida . 10 . . 6 Idaho . G .. I. 64 Illinois . 3 .. | 51 . 30 Indiana . 1 .. I 30 20 Iowa . 20 20 Kansas .. 20 26 Kentucky . 24 .. .. 2 18 Iyouislana . 18 .. .. .. .. .. v. 12 Maine . 12 16 Maryland . 16 .. .. .. .. 32 Massachusetts . 32 .. [ .. .. .. ....| 28 Michigan . 27 .. 1 1 .| .. 22 Minnesota . 22 20 Mississippi . 20 36 Missouri . 36 6 Montana . 6 16 Nebraska . 16 6 Nevada . 6 .. 8 New Hampshire . 5 .. .. 3 24 New Jersey . 15 3 2 4 78 New York . .. 10 65 3 . 24 North Carolina . 24 f .. .. .. 8 North Dakota . 8 1.. 46 Ohio . 42 I .. . 4 14 Oklahoma . 14 | .. .. .. .. 8 Oregon . 8 68 Pennsylvania . 1 f •• .. .. 64 8 Rhode Island . 8 I 18 *South Carolina . 12 f .. .. 2 .. .. 2 8 South Dakota . C 24 Tennessee . 24 36 Texas . 36 . 6 Utah . 6 . 8 Vermont . 8 24 Virginia . 31 2 . 1 10 Washington . Ib 14 West Virginia .^ 14 . 26 Wisconsin .W 1 . 25 6 Wyoming . 6 2 Alaska . 2 2 Arizona . 2 2 District of Columbia . 1 •• .. .. .. .. 1 2 Hawaii . 2 2 New Mexico . 2 2 Philippine Islands . 2 2 Porto Rico . 2 _.. 980 Total"..-1 702 I 67 58 40 | 68 \ 25 | 16 Pennsylvania cast three votes for Roosevelt. •One absent. j OFFICIAL BALLOT « 1 ON VICE PRESIDENT, j Blur- Mur Vote. States. man. Guild, phy. 22 Alabama . 19 1 2 18 Arkansas . 18 20 California . 20 10 Colorado . 9 .. 1 14 Connecticut . .. 14 8 Delaware . 6 10 Florida . 10 26 Georgia . 26 6 Idaho . 6 64 Illinois .El .. 3 SO Indiana . 26 .. 4 26 Iowa . 15 7 4 20 Kansas . 19 .. 1 26 Kentucky . 26 18 Louisiana .15 1 2 12 Maine . 9 3 .16 Maryland . 16 32 Massachusetts . 32 28 Michigan . 20 8 22 Minnesota . 22 20 Mississippi .19 .. 1 36 Missouri . 36 6 Montana . 6 16 Nebraska . 12 4 6 Nevada . 6 8 New Hampshire . 8 24 New Jersey . .. 24 78 New York . 78 24 North Carolina . 24 a North Dakota . 8 * Ohio . 26 10 10 14 Oklahoma. . 14 8 Oregon . 8 68 Pennsylvania . 60 .1 8 Rhode Island . 8 18 South Carolina . 17 .. 1 8 South Dakota . K 24 7. vnnessee. 24 96 Texas . 36 6 Utah . 6 8 Vermont . 8 24 Virginia . 24 .. .! 10 Washington . 10 Jr wfSt V'r»'n'a .13 Z6 Wisconsin . 4 9 2 6 Wyoming . 6 2 Alaska . 2 2 Arizona . 2 .! !! 2 Diet, of Columbia . 2 .. !! 2 Hawaii . 2 2 New Mexico . 2 .. .. 2 Philippine Islands _ 2 2 Porto Rico . 2 980 Totals .816 75 77 Wisconsin cast 10 votes for Governor Sheldon, of Nebraska, for vice president, and West Virginia give one vote to Charles Warren Fairbanks. One Wiscon sin delegate tailed to vote. "Alabama, Arkansas"—but his voice was swallowed up In the mad uproar. Gradually, however, the curiosity of the multitude conquered their enthusi asm and they lapsed Into silence to hear the result of the roll call. A hush of lexpectatlon hung over the assembly as the call proceeded. Hasty summaries showed that Taft was far In advance. When New York was reached the Taft column totaled 4E7. Ohio car ried the Taft total to 511, twenty more than enough to nominate. Still the call went on till the final result was an nounced by Chairman Lodge: “For Theodore Roosevelt, 3 votes: for Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio, 16 votes; for Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indiana, 40 votes; for Joseph G. Cannon, of Illnots, 61 votes; for Robert Lafollette, of Wis consin, 25 votes; for Charles E. Hughes, of New York, 63 votes; for Philander C. Knox, of Pennsylvania, 68 votes, and for William H. Taft, of Ohio, 702 votes.” A great shout went up as Chairman Lodge concluded his announcement and with one accord the cohorts of Cannon, Knox. Hughes and the other heroes Joined In a common tribute for the can didate of the party. Made Unanimous. General Stewart L. Woodford, for Governor Hughes, leaping upon a chair moved to make the nomination of Taft unanimous. Senator Penrose, for Knox, and Boutell, for Cannon, and Henry, of Georgia, for Foraker, seconded the mo tion for a unanimous vote. General Woodford, of New York, was recognized and said: “Mr. Chairman: On the request of Governor Hughes and of the united New York delegation. I move that the nomination of Wm. H. Taft be made unanimous. Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, and Repre sentative Boutell, of Illinois, both clamored for recognition. The former was given the first chance and he moved to make the nomination unani mous. Mr. Boutell seconded the motion, and Indiana. Wisconsin and Foraker dele gates followed suit. The motion was put by the chairman and carried with a shout. "I declare the vote to be unani mous," said the chairman, and the last cb&er of the day was given in response. Nominate Sherman. The New York delegation marched Into the hall bearing banners of Repre sentative Sherman, preceded by a band. Their entry aroused considerable enthu siasm. On the call of the roll of states for the vice presidential nomination, Dela ware yielded to New York, and Timo thy Woodruff took the platform to nominate Sherman. New Yorkers Win. The point was made by Mr. Woodruff that no republican ticket had ever been defeated when a New York man was on it, except once, and that was when the opposing party was bright enough to put a New York man at the head of Its ticket. The remark evoked much laughter and applause. “On behalf of a united delegation of the pivotal state in the union—for as New York goes so goes the nation—I present to you the name of Congress man James S. Sherman.” Cheer Cannon. When Speaker Cannon arose to sec ond the nomination of Sherman he was given what was really one of the most enthusiastic receptions accorded to any man during the convention. “I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord than to dwell in the tents of wickedness,” he began. Cheers and laughter greeted the re mark. Cannon declared the platform adopt ed by the convention was true to the i, hopes, aspirations and principles of the country. Next he paid tribute to Taft, as the nominee of the party, saying of him that he was a broad, cultured, judicial minded, executive of ficial who had answered every draft made upon him with unfailing zeal and fidelity to public service. “I say without mental reservation," said Mr. Cannon, “that William H. Taft is my candidate.” Again he was com pelled to pause until yells of delight from the delegates had died away, He then entered upon an earnest eulogy of Sherman, sketching his serv ices to the country as a whole and describing him as a man evidently qualified to act as vice president. “If ever a contingency should arise, which God forbid, that he should bs called upon to supplant the president, there’s no man I could trust more to fulfill all the duties of that high offce than Sherman.” He closed, pre dicting glorious triumph for Taft and Sherman. Governor Wilson, of Kentucky, sec onded Sherman. Senator Lodge nominated Curtis Guild, of Massachusetts. Charles E. Osborne, of Michigan, sec onded Guild. Thomas McCarter, of New Jersey, nominated Franklin Murphy, forme! governor of New Jersey. Nominations then were closed and tha roll was called with the result as pre viously stated. Made Unanimous. Senator Crane, of Massachusetts, moved that Sherman’s nomination be made unanimous. The motion prevailed, and Sherman was declared nominated unanimously. Senator Warner, of Missouri, was named as chairman of the committee to notify' the presidential nominee, and Senator Burrows, of Michigan, the vice presidential nominee. The usual motions of acknowledg ment to the officers of the convention and to the city of Chicago were passed. The convention adjourned sine die at 11:47. _ MRS. SAGE ENTERTAINS SAG HARBOR CHILDREN New York, June 22.—This afternoon every child in Sag Harbor, her summer home, is to be the guest of Mrs. Rus sel! Sage, who has planned a picnic for all the children. All the children have been asked to be present and join in the festivities. There will be games i and music and an out of doors supper ! for everybody. Mrs. Sage visited Pierson High school toward the building of which she do nated $125,000. yesterday, and spoke brielly to the pupils. She referred feel ingly to the fact that her mother lived in Sag Harbor. Mary E. Beasley, of Philadelphia, pat ented, In 1SS4, a barrel making machine. All barrels before that time were made by hand. A Woman in the Chicken Yard. By Julia Adams Powell. One ounce of carbolic acid, one gal lon of kerosene, mixed and sprayed Into the crevices, nest boxes, roof of poultry house and allowed to fall as u mist on to the roosting poultry, makes an Inexpensive and good rem edy for Uce and mites. Keep the poultry house clean. The' warm weather Is not conducive to; i sweet smelling quarters where the droppings are allowed to accumulate. Thoroughbred stock is the most profitable. They do not eat any more than the mixed fowls and the first cost of eggs or of breeders is soon made up from the sale of eggs for sittings. And let your sittings be of the best. Select the eggs carefully and so gain a reputation for prime stock. Never sell for this purpose 111 shaped eggs. Either send them to market or use them In your fantily. Use plenty of whitewash. Keep a pall of this at hand where It car be used almost dally on roosts and wills An officer, quite covered with univer sity diplomas, was recently sent to Mo rocco. On arrival he found his col leagues of the staff and with his hand at his cap presented himself as “Cap tain X, doctor of letters." A young of ficer stepping out from the group salut ed the newcomer and said, coolly; “Lleutehant Z, with a certificate of primary studies." London food Inspectors have found as much as 164 grat is of boraclc add in a single pound of' meat imported from America. MIMIC WAR COSTS THREE MEN’S LIVES “Flareback” on Six-Inch Gun Is Believed to Have Caused Accident. New York, June 23.—Two more deaths In the hospital at Fort Wadsworth brought the casualties u the mimic war to three. The dead are: JOHN WELCH. GEORGE HARVEY. JAMES M'DOWELL. All were members of the Ninth regl ment of the New York National guard. The explosion and death of the volun teer artillerymen did not halt the war game. Two futile attempts were made by the hypothetical battleship fleet to pass the batteries. The three men were members of a crew operating a six-inch gun in Bat tery Dlx at Fort Wadsworth, on the Staten Island side of the narrows. Last night when the “hostile" fleet came up the lower bay endeavoring to get past the fort at the narrows the watchers discovered them and hot firing ensued. It Is believed the accld-nt was due to what is known as a “flareback.” Har vey was swabbing the gun and Welsh and McDowell were standing near the breech when a new charge of powder placed in the gun was exploded by sparks left from the previous charge. COUNTY OFFICERS MUST CUT OUT TRIMMINGS Norfolk, Neb., June 23.—Judge Welch, In the district court of Knox county, has made an important decision, which, if affirmed by the supreme court, will knock out the so-called “trimmings” of county officials. The case came up through objection being made to the Knox county com missioners allowing a claim of $21.84 filed by the county attorney for ex penses incurred while traveling through the county, such as railroad fare, liv ery, hotel and telephone bills, etc. Judge Welch ruled that the claim was not a legal one, and that any agree ment with the board whereby they would allow such expenses was in con travention of the statutes. + 4 + 4 DANCING TEACHERS 4 £ .SHOULD EMIGRATE 4 ♦ -f ♦ Wayne. Neb., June 23.—Coun- + + ty Superintendent Littell has -f ♦ reaffirmed his position on the *f ■f question of teachers dancing -f 4- during the school year. He 4- j 4- says: “A few of our teachers + i 4 holding the most responsible 4 4 positions will experience some 4 4 embarrassment when the matter 4 4 of renewal of their certificates 4 4 comes before me, owing to their 4 4 apparent forgetfulness. My ad- 4 4 vice to those who must dance 4 4 several nights during the week 4 4 is to seek refuge in a nearby 4 4 county in which the countv su- 4 4 perintendent said, ‘I love to 4 4 dance too well myself to make 4 4 such a ruling.’ ” 4 4+4+4+44444+4444»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ STRANGLED BY A PIECE OF MEAT Lincoln, Neb., June 23.—.Edward Healey, an old soldier, In Lincoln on a furlough, choked to death while eating a piece of meat In the Savoy cafe. Healey said he had been on state ra tions so long that he guessed he would have a good square meal now. He or dered a rare steak, some potatoes and coffee, tut had scarcely begun to eat when he fell sick. He was carried into another room, but died within a few minutes. A post mortem examination disclosed that a piece of meat had lodged In his windpipe, strangling him so that it caused retching, and the matter ejected from the stomach filled lungs and throat to suffocation. It was pronounced a rare case by the doc tors. 5ALOO CONTEST CONTINUES AT WINSIDE Wayne, Neb., June 23.—Attorneys for the Anti-Saloon league are trying to secure a writ of mandamus against the village board of Winslde to com pel them to close up the two saloons in that place. The matter is being heard by Judge Welch In the district court today. -♦ ALLEN NEWSPAPER CHANGES OWNERS Allen, Neb., June 23.—A deal has been made whereby the Allen News passes from the ownership of E. E. Shackelford to the handB of Professor Q. H. Stevens, of Ponca, who will take possession of the business July 1. BURLINGYON MORTGAGE FILED IN NEBRASKA Pierce, Neb., June 23.—A mortgage of $300,000,000 was recorded in the county clerk's office this week. It was made by the C.. B. & Q. railroad and cov vers it-, railroad property in Pierce county. The mortgage consisted of 18, 000 words, 19 pages of solid typewritten matter, and the filing fee was $18.75. It is held b the Central Trust com pany of New' York. ALLEGED DYNAMITER ACQUITTED BY JURY Butte, Mont.. June 23.—Louis Ferris, was acquitted last night of the charge of murder for the alleged dynamiting of the Overland Burlington train near thic city May 1. last, the jury deliberate Ing scarcely an hour. Ferris, who is a youth of 23, con fessed to dynamiting the train, but the defense alleged that the confession had been wrung from Ferris by third degree me, hods. Ferris' mother and sister tes tified that they heard the officers prom ise the prisoner a job of driving a team, a new' suit of clothes, freedom and other things if he would acknowledge the dynamiting of the train. The defense Insisted that a bad rail, not dynamite, had caused the wrecking of the train, introducing- a number of witnesses to bear out the contention. Ferris was tried for the murder of Engineer Busey, who was killed in the wreck. Two other murder charges yet remain against Ferris._ ROOSEVELT URGES GRAFT PROSECUTOR TO CONTINUE WORK San Francisco, June 23.—The Call to day prints a letter dated June 8, at the White House, from President Roosevelt, to Rudolph Spreckles, in which he comments upon the local graft prosecutions, urges the prosecu tor to "keep up the fight” and to treat j all falsehoods flung at them w ith en tire disregard. UNITED WORKMEN CAN’T PAY MONEY TO GRAND LODGE Nebraska Lodge Enjoined From Turning Over $100,000 to the Supreme Body. Lincoln, Neb., June 22.—Judge Paul it Grand Island has ruled tnat the of ficers of the Nebraska grand lodge of the A. O. U. W. must not pay to the supreme lodge of the order the $100,000 that they have about consented to turn, over in payment of a supposed debt of this jurisdiction to the national one. The order has several jurisdictions, find Nebraska has for a number of 'years maintained one separate from the supreme lodge in the matter of paying assessments. In recent years, however, the Nebraska members have consented to help out the supreme lodge on sev eral occasions, at one time paying over $59,000 to enable it to pay losses. The Nebraska jurisdiction being a younger one has had fewer assessments, while, the supreme jurisdiction has been hit ting their members pretty hard. Sev eral big fights in the order have oc curred in Nebraska, the members being divided over whether to go it alone or still remain in affiliation with the su preme body. The supreme lodge insisted some months ago that there was due from the Nebraska jurisdiction $163,000, arid the grand lodge agreed to pav it. Up rose a storm of protest from Nebraska members, as this would almost wipe out their reserve fund. Action was begun In court, but before an injunction could be served $63,000 had been paid over. The other $100,000 is saved, by order of the court, to the Nebraska members. BUNCO MAN GETS TWO YEAR SENTENCE O'Neill, Neb.. June 22.—W. J. Ryan, alias A. E. McWade, who passed forged checks on local Knights of Columbus after making a showing that he was a member of the order, about two weeks ago, and who was captured in South Dakota and re turned to O’Neill a week ago, entered; a plea of guilty at a special session of the district court yesterday and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years. SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC IN WAYNE COUNTY Wayne, Neb., June 22.—An epidemic of smallpox prevails in rural Wayne county and it is keeping the officers, on the jump tacking up quarantine; notices. WOMAN CONQUERS AN ANGRY TIGER: Los Angeles, Cal., June 22.—Harman; Gerson, head animal keeper in the East Lake park zoo. was seized by both, arms by a big male tiger while wash ing its cage yesterday. The tiger stripped both arms of flesh from the elbows down, and almost pulled hls» arms from the sockets. His wife came to the rescue and by Jamming the beast, in the eyes and breast with a pitchfork pried its teeth and claws open. As the tiger’s Jaws closed on Gerson's arm the keeper, who was holding a small; hose, turned the nozzle in the animal’s face. The tiger placed a huge paw on Gerson’s other arm, and the keeper began to call for his wife, who was in the Gerson residence near the zoo. The roar of the tiger had created a pande monium among the animal3, and as; Mrs. Garson sank a pitchfork into the tiger again and again the snarls and! yells from the tiger’s cage redoubled. The fight between the woman and the man eater lasted several minutes, end ing only when Mrs. Gerson directed; the tines of the fork against the ani mal’s eyes. With his arms released,. Gerson sank to the ground and was la ter removed to the hospital. Mayor Harper ordered the bars of the tiger's-' cage strengthened. "AGUMYA SIDUHANT SABHA” IS BUNCOEP Parliament of Wisdom Didn’t Learn All the Little Brown God Could Teach. New Tory. June 22.—Sri Agumya. Guru Paramhnmsa, halt god, half man,, dread tiger of mahatma of India, had among his students when he came to teach in New York last summer, the: wisdom of ancients, Paul Morton, ex secretary of the navy and now presi dent of Equitable Life Assurance so eiey, and Mrs. Morton; Wm. C. Lane,, president of the Standard Trust com pany and director in the Erie and, many other railroads; Mine. Emma Eames, John W. Fletcher, palmist, and Louis II. Backman, professional mas seur, who thumped the ribs of many of the "400.” From the papers in the case to be tried in the city court next Monday,, pieced out with information from com plainant's lawyer. Edwin F. Stern, it appears that Backman paid the ex penses of the celebrated Indian ascetic to America and cared for him until the aforementioned financiers of Wall street banded themselves together as the "Agumya KUldhant Sabha”—in English, "parliament of wisdom”—and each contributed something to main tain the brown savant in the brown stone house at 30 West Eighty-second; st. _ _ _ SIX INJURED AND $50,000 FIRE LOSS' Chicago, June 22.—Six firemen were Injured and a property loss of *50,000' caused today in a fire, which partially destroyed the building occupied by the Commereial Cabinet company and the American Industrial company. New1 York. June 22.—Five indictments^ were handed to; Supreme Justice Goff to day by the special grand jury investigat ing the American Ice company. Several bench warrants were issued.. The names were not made public. In the 21st verse of the seventh1 chapter of Ezra can be found every letter of the English alphabet. It runs thus; "And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treas urers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the pries*, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily.” I But. still more wonderful, in the eighth verse of the third chapter of Zephaniah Is contained every letter, including finals, of the Hebrew language. I Pittsburg has seven more national, banks than Boston, but their total cap italization is *33,000,000 less. k