GETTING FRIENDLY. .1_mm mn Tom—Making any progress in your «u|t for Miss Millyun's hand? Dick—Oh, yes. Tom—Why, I heard her father kick ed you out every time you called. Dick—Yes; but he doesn’t kick me es bard as he used to. Ambiguous. Obliging Shopman (to lady who has purchased a pound of butter)—Shall I *en«S it for you, madam? I-ady—No, thank you. It won't be toa< heavy for me. Obliging Shopman—Oh, no, madam. I'll, make it as light as I possibly can..—Punch. Strictly Business. Mrs. Knicker—Did you hold a short eeswion with your husband? Mrs. Bocker—Yes, I merely had him pass an appropriation bill. frHe i fni-iim ii|na A trial package of Munyon’s Paw Taw Pi'jfs will be sent free to anyone on re Address Professor Munyon, 53d & eflerson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. If you are m. need of medical advice, do not fail to write Professor Munyon. Your communi »aen will be treated in strict confidence, »b*£ your case will be diagnosed as care faSy as though you had a personal inter siewr. Mimyon's Paw Paw Pills are unlike «H other laxatives or cathartics. They a**K the liver into activity by gentle ateZiiods. They do not scour, they do mt gripe, they do not weaken, but they egan the publication of Kansas City’s lrst newspaper, the Journal of Corn nerce, which later became the Kansas Dlty Journal, the Kansas City Histori cal society today observed “Van Horn day.” _ Spirit Lake—Deibner Bros, are plan ning for the erection of a double store building. JOHN DIETZ MUST SERVE LIFE TERM FOR KILLING HARP Hero of Cameron Dam, Wis., Is Found Guilty by Jury of Mur der in the First Degree. Hayward. Wis.. May 15. — John F. Dietz will spend the rest of hls natural life at hard labor in th< state peni tentiary at Waupun, by the verdict of the Jury today, for the murder of Dep uty Oscar Harp In the battle of Cam eron dam on October 8 last. The Jury Brought in the following verdict: “John Dietz guilty of murder in the first degree. Hattie Dietz, his wife, not guilty of murder in the first degree. Leslie Dietz, his son, not guilty of mur der in the first degree.” The smile with which the old man has always faced the things that have happened him did not desert him. He •mlled as the Judge read the verdict handed up by. the foreman of the Jury. He made no demonstration. The verdict In John Dietz’s case was ihe first read. As the verdict came out, a frown came over the face of Mrs. Dietz and she glared at the Jury. Les lie smiled faintly and the color came ind went In his face. The announcement that the Jury had arrived at a verdict was made at 8:45 B’clock. Judge Reid was immediately notified and Sheriff Fred Clark receiv sd a telephone message from the clerk of the court to bring John Dietz Into :he court room. Mrs. Dietz had been with her hus band throughout the night, and Leslie called this morning. The three de fendants came to the court house walk ing side by side accompanied by three ipeclal deputies. Denounces Lumber Trust, "Mr. Dietz,” said the Judge, "have you anything to say before sentence is passed ?” Dietz calmly faced Judge Reid. “Do you suppose,” he asked, looking Btraight at the Judge, “I haven’t known that sooner or later the lumber trust, because it is big and I am little, would kill me, or put me out of the way? I have fought my fight and defended my home and family. I have done nothing wrong, and this conviction does not alter the facts. The trust has one creed, one law, one purpose, that Is ’rule or ruin.’ They could not rule John Dietz; so they tried for six years to ruin him. This morning it looks as if they have got what they were after. "I have done nothing wrong, and the state has. And yet it is the state that sends me to Jail. It is the state that has come in here in a court of law and has come in here in a court of law and was not allowed, and have never been allowed, to tell what started this whole trouble. “It Is the state that waylaid my chil dren and took one away to Jail and put a bullet through the other—a young girl." "I cannot see, Mr. Dietz, that that has anything to do with the killing of Oscar Harp,” said Judge Reid. New Trial Is Denied. Dietz made the usual motion for a new trial, although the motion probably has never been followed by an argu ment like the one heard this morning in the little country court. V. W. James, of Eau Claire, special attorney for the state, suggested to the convicted man that he get an attorney to draw jp the motion in proper legal form, and ask the court for a 10 days’ stay in which to file the exception.. Dietz ignored the suggestion and plunged headlong into hls denunciation of the “lumber trust.’’ The court also advised Dietz to get an attorney. Judge Reid overruled the motion for a new trial, but gave Dietz 10 days In which to file exceptions. History of the Affair. The trouble between John F. Dietz and the lumber companies operating in Sawyer county was began in 'February 1904, through Dietz’s refusal to allow the companies' to flow logs ov •• the Cameron dam on a quarter section bought by Mrs. Dietz without paying him the toll he demanded. In the 10 principal attempts to cap ture him on various charges and legal processes, Oscar Harp, a deputy sher iff, was killed October 8 last, several men were wounded, Myra Dietz was shot through the body, Clarence Dietz was wounded in the forehead and John Dietz was hot through the hand. The shooting of Bert Horel, at Winter, Wis., by Dietz September 6 last, is more or less closely traceable to the original trouble. Tile tenth armed effort to take Dietz was successful, and he "became a prisoner October 8 last. He was charged with various offenses ranging from destruction of propertv and as sault and battery to murder ’r. the first degree. Mrs. Dietz and Leslie were defendants in the murder ease. They, Myra and Clarence and John Dietz are defendants in other actions pending against the family. On account of the unexpectedly early verdict, the court room was occupied only by those who have followed every move In the trial from the beginning. There was a moment's silence follow ing the reading of the verdict. The court then asked Dietz to stand up. DIAMONDS AT RENO DAZZLE BERNHARDT Gowns and Jewelry Worth Third of Million Deck Di vorce Seekers at “Camille.’ He no, Nev.. May 15.—The Majcsil. theater, thanks to the divorce colony, presented the most brilliant scene since Its opening, when Sarah Bernhardt appeared In "Camille." The “colony” women of the east monopolized not only all the boxes, but a large portion of the orchestra circle. They vied with each other In elaborate ness of dress and display of Jewels. It is estimated that the gowns and jewelry represented not less than a third of a million dollars. Bernhardt declared It to be the most brilliant reception she ever was hon ored with outside of New York city. LANG WINS FIGHT. Sydney. N. S. W., May 15—Bill Lang won his fight with Jack Lester, Tommy Burns’ protege, in the sixth round to night. Lester broke one of his wrists and was practically defenseless, Lang being given the decision. Lang was the favorite In the betting. FIELDER SUSPENDED. New York, May 15. — Outfielder Davidson, of the Brooklyn club, was to day suspended for three days by Presi dent Lynch, of the National league, for his trouble yesterday with Umpires Klem and Doyle. ROGUE IS BARRED BY BRITISH QUEEN Women Who Paint Their Facet or Use Lib Save Are Forbid den the Privileges of Court. London, May IS.—The frigid and re straining hand of Queen Mary waa felt forcibly at the first court of King leorge's reign. The lyord Chamberlain, acting fot the austere sovereign, had already noti fied the great dressmakers of London that they were to Inform their custom ers that it was the queen's wish, which In only a euphemism for command, that hobble dresses and clinging skirts should not be worn at state functions, and after the first gasp of dismay ths edict was accepted as the laBt word. But other words were to come, ana on the afternoon before the court waa held a quiet "suggestion" by the queen was swiftly sent abroad that lip salve and rouge should be dispensed with by tho women who were to attend. With this suggestion went a royal conces sion permitting the use of face powde* In moderate quantities. And so it happened that the facial pigments were noticeably abBent. and even the conceded rice powder waa seen to have been “puffed" on with gentle hands. Still another suggestion has been promulgated, and this, in the opinion ol many, caps the restrictive climax. II Is that the royal ban may be accepted as lying against women wearing elbow length sleeverf and "uncollared” after noon dresses In the royal enclosure a» Ascot, and that large hats are forbidden In the same sacred precinct. 4 EMBLEMATIC MAIDEN 4 4 TOO SHY OF CLOTHES 4 4 ---— 4 4 Richmond, Va., May 13.—It 4 4 waa declared in the state library 4 4 building today that a bill will be 4j 4 introduced before the next legia- 4 4 lature providing that a more 4 4 modern and maidenly figure be 4 4 substituted in the Virginia state 4 4 seal in the place of the amazon 4{ 4 who has conquered the tryant. 4 4 It is pointed out by those ad- 4j 4 vocatina the chaoga that the fe- 4 4 male which now helps to em- 4 4 blazon the arms of Virginia is 4 4 “masculine, immodest and no 4 4 true child of art.” 4 4 As she stands today this 4 4 daughter of liberty is clothed 4 4 principally in majesty, the 4 f natural litheness of her limbs 4 4 being neither hobbled nor ha- 4 4 remed. '4 tHMHiniltliitttlillttt FIGHTS TO DIE AT BRINK OF NIAGARA Aged Woman Struggles to Thwart Man Who Tried to Pull Her From Cataract. Niagara Falls, N. Y„ May 13.— Fighting with grim determination t< end her life, Mrs. Elizabeth Hartley of Buffalo, 60 years old, was rescued from death at the very brink of the cataract by Constable Thomas Har rington, who faced constant danger ol being carried over the falls with the struggling woman. Mrs. Hartley, who came here today, entered the water about 60 feet above the falls. Her dress caught on a Jagged rock 16 feet from the brink ol the falls. There she was held unti: Harrington reached the bank with e pike pole and hooked It into her dress Her arms pinioned by the terrlfle current, Mrs. Hartley tried to get fre< from the pole, but finally, weakened by her struggles, she became quiet anc was dragged ashore. At the hospita where she was taken It la said she can not live. On the river bank was found a let ter and a bunch of flowers. The lette: read: "No longer to be treated as t thing demented.” Word received later from Buffalc said Mrs. Hartley was an Inmate o: the state hospital there. She had beei on parole for several weeks and lef the Institution to take a position In i private family. She had shown ni signs of her mental trouble for threi months. MAN WHO SOLD BODY DENIES HE IS DEAL Qrewsome Press Agent Storj About Charles Kittrick, an Invalid, Proves Fake. Chicago, May 13—A grewsome pres agent story for a small north side hos pltal, operated by a man name' Rogers, was nailed when the victin of the alleged practical Joke indig nantly denied the yarn. According to reports circulated b the son of the hospital owner, wh has acted as his father's press agen for some time, Charles Kittrick, a invalid, had sold himself "body an soul” to seven nurses of the liospltt for 37. The nurses, It was said, wer making a grewsome speculation. The next night a report was sent ou by young Rogers that Kittrick had die at 9:05 o’clock. Kittrick awoke th following morning, read his obltuar notices in the newspapers and the .ndlgnantly denied that he has passe from the land of the living. He als declared that he would take.steps t punish the over-enthusiastic pres agent for his "practical Joke." ANOTHER GRAFT TRIAL. Pittsburg. Pa., May 13. — Chari* Schad, former member of the sele* council, was placed on trial In crlir Inal court today before Judges Kraz* and Shafer on two charges of bribei in connection with councilmanle oi dinances. This is Schad's second trio OIL SCHOONER WRECKED. Pensacola, Fla., May 13.—It was e: ;ablfshed this morning that the vess which was wrecked and washed ashoi xt St. Andrew's beach in the gulf stor two weeks ago was tne schooner Que* of the Standard Oil company. Her ere of five men were undoubtedly drowne The boat is a total loss. GETS SCHOLARSHIP. London, May 13. — At the nnp.u meeting of the British Iron and Ste Iristttute today, the Carnegie rescan scholarship of 3300, was awarded to M. Keeney, of Colorado. HIDE AND SEEK GAME PLAYED IN CONGRESS Two Houses Are Taking Sep arate Days on Which to Hold Meetings. Washington, May 13.--The Senate nd Houso of Representatives, to all ppearances. are engaged In a game f hide and seek. The Senate was In esslon yesterday and the House was not. The House was In session today and the Senate was not. Tomorrow neither will be In session. The Senate ivlll meet again on Monday, but the House will not. The House will meet Tuesday, out the Senate will not. The House has decided to adjourn f.ver Monday because the order for I hat day Is the discharge of commit tees. One of the discharge motions would result In calling up for action a $140,000,000 service pension bill. The passage of this bill Is not on the dem ocratic program for the extra session. A parliamentary contest In the Sen ate as exciting as the skirmishes that marked the attempt to elect a presi dent pro tempore yesterday was pre dicted for Monday. Will the Senate hear the promised re port of the finance committee on Ca nadian reciprocity, consider some other l egislative proposition or continue bal loting? That question was variously tnswered by senators. Some were ot 'he opinion that nothing could be done antll a president pro tempore had been selected. Others contended that the mere presence of Vice President Sher man at the capitol was all that wae necessary to sweep away the question if whom should occupy the chair in tils absence. Washington. May 12.—The Incapacity of the. republican party In the Senate lo control a caucus edict without the Bid of the progressives was demon rtrated yesterday when after more Ilian two hours of effort and as a re fult of seven ballots, the Senate failed lo elect Senator Galllnger, of New Hampshire, as president pro tempore lo succeed Senator Frye, of Maine. Mr. Frye's recent resignation was based pn poor health. The deadlock was due to the opposi tion of the progressive republican sen ators, five of whom voted against and three of whom were paired against Mr. Galllnger. Washington, May 12.—Senator Cum mins got back from Hot Springs today much Improved by his outing. He said today he expected the Lorlmer resolu tion to be brought up In the Senato at Bn early date. _ _ 44444444444444444444444444 4 4 4 BIG DROP IN MAY PORK 4 4 IN THE CHICAGO MARKET 4 4 4 4 Chicago, May 13.—May pork 4 4 fell $1.45 a barrel in price today, 4 4 closing at $16.00 at against 4 4 $17.45 the corresponding time 4 ^ 24 hours previously. There hat 4 4 been something of a squeeze 4 4 against short selling in that 4 4 option, and the drop in quota- 4 4 tions was taken to mean that 4 4 the delinquents had pocketed 4 4 their losses and effected a set- 4 4 tlement. 4 4 4 ^44444444444444444444 ♦ 44-44 SUGAR TAX IN BRITAIN IS CALLED OBNOXIOUS London, May 13.—Representatives o hose who are urging on the govern pent the remission of the sugar tai ad an Interclew with David Lloyd ieorgo today and asked him to abolisl ■ his provision for revenue from th< orthcomlng budget. The chancellor was sympathetic laying that he urged that the suga I uty was oppressive to the poor am 'nterferred with valuable industry. I ’ yas most desirable that It should b • mmitted 1C he could extract the sam i mount of taxes from somebody else 1 jlowever, as It was he could not af ’ lord to surrender a tax that wa i [ringing $15,000,000. ? COUNCIL BLUFFS BONDS ’ WILL SELL AT AUCTI0P Chicago, May 13.—A new method u lUtting municipal bonds on the mar ;et has been inaugurated in Chlcagi ('he city of Council BlufTs, Ia„ ha I lent an issue of bonds to be used to larloua municipal purposes and wl jo 11 them at auction to the hlghef Didder at one of the principal hotel lore next week. r Tile citv clerk of Council Bluffs wi ‘ preside at the sale and will furnish t Intending purchasers an opinion by iecognissed firm of Chicago attorney lipproving the bond issue. J LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN ; URGES WOMAN SUFFRAG London, May 13.—The advocates i r woman's suffrage gave their cause ai i ether boost in the house of commor t today when Lord Mayor John J. Fai l reli at the head of a deputation froi 3 the'corporation of Dublin, presented i 1 the bar of the house a petition urgir B the passage of a female suffrage bi at the present session of parliamen t The members of the deputation a] 3 peared in the full regalia of their o 0 fires and the ceremony was attend* V with picturesque details. I LADY DECIES GOES UNDER ; KNIFE FOR APPENDICITI London, May 13.—Lady Decies, wl before her marriage to Lord Deci s wa3 Miss Helen Vivien Gould, unde t went an operation for appendicitis th - morning. The surgery was done r the residence of her motherinla y Dowager Lady Decies, and, accordii - to subsequent announcement, the r 1. pult was most successful. , COUNTY COMMISSIONER * DIES OF HEMORRHAG n n West Point, "Neb., May 13. — Chi IV Hupp, a member of the county boai former sheriff and pioneer citlz* widely known and respected, died su denly of cerebral hemorrhage. He w 64 years of age. Mr. Rupp was at ei board meeting and was sudder h stricken. Despite medical attention died tn a few minutes. He ms widower. ( ■■■■■--.. .. ' PACKERS LOSE AN IMPORTANT POINT IN CRIMINAL CASE Sherman Anti-Trust Law Up held in Sweeping Decision by Federal Oonrt in Chicago. Chicago, May 13.—The demurrers of the Chicago packers In the "beef trust" case were overruled today by Judge Carpenter In the United States district court. In his ruling Judge Carpenter declared that the Sherman anti-trust law, which had been attacked by the packers Is constitutional. He also held that the Indictment charging J. Ogden Armour and other packers with vio lating Its provisions Is valid. Judge Carpenter’s decision may have sn Indirect bearing on all anti-trust litigation In the United States In up holding the completeness and stability af the Sherman antt-truat law. Of this feature the court aald: "Congress aimed effectually to pre vent restraint of trade In Interstate commerce: It had constitutional power to accomplish this purpose hy making restraint of trade criminal acts, or by empowering the United States as com plainant to secure Injunctions against acts which constitute restraints of trade, or hy both. By passing the Sher man act It did both. Packers’ Point Not Uphald. The packers had based their de murrers In part on an assertion that the act did not provide a erfme or provide legal and constitutional means of correcting the abuses It was de signed to control, but the decision di rectly denied this assumption. They also claimed that the act did not de fine the misdoing In terms that woutd enable the defendant to know In ad vance that such performances as It condemned were Illegal. Of this the de cision says: "I am of the opinion that the su preme court of the United States has determined that sections 1. 2 and 3 of the Sherman act define with sufficient accuracy the offenses therein enumer- ’ ated.” As to the stability of the Indictment Judge Carpenter said: "I do not see how the grand jury tould have made the charge more defin ite and believe It Is sufficiently speci fic to satisfy the substantive law. Ths whole plan (that of the packers as al leged In the Indictment) from Its In tention. appears plainly to be one to •llmlnate competition as a factor tn fixing prices among the three groups nf defendants, beginning with ths igreement not to bid against each ether, and in fact to bid exactly ths lame amounts for like grades of live itock, fixing a uniform selling price and ending with fixing a uniform price of tale and an apportionment among themselves of the total business done. Paots Show Law Violation. “I nm of the opinion that the facta stated In the Indictments show clear ly a plan or scheme organized and put In operation by the defendants, ths ultimate purpose of which was to con trol the production, sale and distribu tion of fresh m.-at throughout a large section of this country, and, as inci dental to that control to lower prices to the producer of the raw material and raise prices to the consumer of the finished product. While the facts do i not disclose an aboslute monopoly, yet, the large percentage of the business which they control Indicates that they ’ intended to acquire at least commercial ' monopoly.” Judge Carpenter, overruling the de piurrers, said he did not think the trial could be held before fall. May 17 the packers will appear and plead to the i charges or file a petition for a bill of particulars. Government attorneys question their right to ask such p. bill 1 after the decision today, but that wUJ be decided at the session May 17. VESSELS COLLIDE IN ! THE ATLANTIC OCEAN I ' ' Steamship Merida Goes to the Bottom, but No Lives Are Lost. New York, May 13.—The steamship I Merida of the Ward line, with 207 pas lengers. from Havana for this city war ummed by the steamer Admiral Farra, f jut from Philadelphia for Port Antoni* - iff Cape Charles, shortly after mid '■ light. The Merida passengers and s |rew were transferred to the Admiral r Vurragut and five hours after the col» 1 islon the Merida sank. t Wireless distress signals brought th« 3 "United States Battleship Iowa to tht llerlda’s assistance. The Admiral Far' 1 fagut which had but one passenger or 0 joard, was somewhat damaged in ths a :ollislon, but was able to return to Phll ® idelphla. Officers of the Merida went imong the passengers and assured Ihem there was no danger. The passengers were transferred tc the Karragut in life boats and lost aT - their baggage. " The Old Dominion line steamer Ham ilton came along side of the Admiral if f’arragut, according to a wireless dls i- patch received here at 10 o'clock thit s jnornlng, and took the Merida’s pas •- »engers and crew off the Farragut. Tht n Hamilton will arrive at Norfolk lat» t today. _ _ _ » PASTORAL LETTER IS ISSUED ON MARRIAGE d St. Johns, N. B., May 13.—On May 27 :here will be read In all Anglican ;hurches In Canada a pastoral lette' dgned by Archbishop Matson, of Win _ llpeg, priest of all Canada, and Arch S alshop Hamilton, of Ottawa, metro politan of the ecclesiastical province of Canada, on the question of mixed 10 marlages. It will deprecate such raar 58 rlages. but says that when such are > performed they are insoluble by the if church of Rome. The disbelief of the it Anglican church In divorce Is also v. (strongly brought out, and the clergy '8 ttre prohibited from remarrying dl l' vorced persons during the life of either person to the first marriage. PERSECUTION CHARGED E TO FEDERAL OFFICIALS Is Waslilngon, May 13. -Represen tl latlve Bathrlck, of Ohio, today intro duced a resolution to protect govern 1 ’ ment employes who may be called on “' to testify before Investigating eom is mhtees of congress. The resolution a pets forth that employes of the gov , eminent fear persecution as a penalty lor testifying against their superiors n •,„