IkposedT
COV. GOEBEL'S ASSASSINS
ABOUT RUN DOWN.
ARE
GOLDEH'S EVIDENCE.
Republican State Officials of Ken
tucky Are On Trial for
Murder.
1 Frankfort, Ky., March 25. Saturday
the prosecution in the case against
aecrelary of State Caleb Powers.wharg-
ed with complicity in the 'Goebel as-
sassination, introduced ita principal
wltnees, F. Wharton Golden, of Knox
ounty, an intimate friend of secretary
mmm- lno-TS"gM3 (ii Tiai'e'maiae
a confession implicating a number of
people in the murder. Attorneys for
the commonwealth gay that Golden's
fa practically the capstone of the whole
structure of evidence, and expect ' to
. prove by his testimony, not inly that
m conspiracy existed, but also w ho were
'Implicated in it.
The court room, was jammed -ions
before the hour set for the examina
tion, ana when Anally the doors were
closed a large crowd remained outside.
Secretary of State Powers was tin
only one of the defendants brought into
ourt. Captain Davis and Culton re
maining in Jail. Golden was the first
witness. He had known Secretary
rowers for about eighteen years and
Inew Mr. Culton. He- was also
quaimed with Governor Taylor and
Captain John Powers. He said he wa!
a friend to all of the defendants. H
...was in Frankfort in January and
February and saw John Powers near
ly every day. He was in Frankfort on
January 14 and went to Harlan county
on the 18th, then went to Laurel coun
ty for two or three days, from there
returning to Frankfort
"Whee did you. go to Barboursville?
isked Attorney Campbell.
After hesitating the witness said;
"1. won't answer that."
"When old you have a conversation
with Secretary Powers?"
"When Mr. Powers and I left here
together. Mr. Powers told me to go to
Harlan county and tell Postmaster
John Hirst to send down ten witnesses
la the contest case. He wanted regu
fcvr mountain feudists, when who would
,. Hand up and, if necessary, go into that
legislative hall and kill off enough to
la&ke it in our favor.
did not see Mr. Hirst. I saw
damp Howard. I told him we wanted
ten regular mountain feudists for wit
Jesses. We wanted men who had good
tolts,'43a."
"Were the Colts 4.5$ to be put In evi
lenee?" asked-Attorney Campbell.
"Most assuredly they were," axswer
td Golden.
In reply to a question. Golden said he
lid not know the witnesses w ho cams
lu Frankfuft. He delivered the mw
tage to Howard on Sunday, a few days
Wore the shooting of Goebel.
"When did you next see Caleb Pow-
"I saw him Tuesday. I got on t he
bain at Ferris station. Laurel county.
He had a couple of men on the train
named Pease and Loeka. He told me
b take care of them. I next saw pow
irs in Frankfort. I don't remember
what conversation we had then."
SELECTING THE ME.
"Who selected the men who came
titom Harlan county?"
"Hamp Howard. - He selected thirty
ten beside the ten. Caleb Powers. I
think, selected the men from Knox
county. There were about seventy or
ighty, Jim Sparks, county attorney
- m Laurel county, selected the men from
Laurel county."
"When was it determined to bring
the men to Frankfort?"
'l don't know."
The witness stated tht at London
Powers said be wanted a regular army
If mountaineers to come to Frankfort.
- In answer to further questions. Gui
les, said that Powers gave him 1180 to
give to Judge Bingham in Bell county.
-I 'gave some of it to Bingham to
send ten men down to Frankfort," said
.olden. '''
Witness also said that he gave- toi
Howard 173.80 for ten tickets to Frank
fort and return. He knew some of the
men' from Bell county; most ' of the
sen mere mountain feudists. In all
about 1,200 or 1,500 men -were brought
' to V rankfort.
: They" were fed back of the state
house, captain L. 0avis and Charles
Ffciley providing- the provisions. Con-
Hawing, Golden said:
" "We sent most of them back, that
Bigot. By we,' I mean myself, Pow
' aM,-Davis, Culton and Governor Tay
fcr. Flnlcy, Taylor and Powers decided
i wend bock all except ten or Aftn
'' from each county. I selected twelve
Armed men to be kept from Knox
' woontr- Deputy Marshal Geo. Thorap
on elected the men from Laurel
Mttty. About 175 men from the
Bsonntatns, brought to Frankfort, re
MUned to see that we got justice."
r, fott bare any further convers a-t'tLM-mlth
Powers regarding the work
(f Voa b mn ranln,n" here?
"JAr.- We understood what they
'rt -'haft- tTv Wa knew that
'u "j'gdg bar ta f Into that
H.U m clean
S7 -aaawai to awto ft ma-
r.3
technical point. Golden became 111 and
court was adjourned in 1 :30 o'clock.
I'LANXKD TO KILL HOEUKL
Golden resumed hi testimony at the
afternoon session. He said John Pow
ers and a black-eyed, niuslached man
had a talk concerning the closing of
Secretary Powers' office during the lat
ter's absence.
"I had my back turned," said Gol
den, "hut when I turned 1 saw John
Powers give the key to the man. John
Powers sail to me, 'Goebel is going to
be killed this morning." I said, 'This
mut not be done.' He said, "Don't get
excited. I gave that man the wrong
key.' I said, 'We must go and see Ca
leb." "John Powers saw him. I didn't."
"What wa next done?' '
"Wt ajY r.ntS back to the slate
house. I didn't go to Louisville that
morning, i can't say why."
"ixi you know a man named Dick
Coombs?" asked Attorney omi-h-u.
"I do; he U colored and lives In Be
attyviiie. He. Came down with the Lee
.M.iv"r .c-oirj;ent"
"I?d you have any talk with Caleb
or John Powers about Diik Coombs?"
"Sty; but they had two negroes there
to kill Goebel. John Powers told me so.
Thty w ere Woekersmilh and i Di k
Coombs. 1 saw Dick Coombs at the
drug store near the depot every morn
ing for a week or so previous to the
shooting. Coombs, talking to a man
named Wallace, in my presence, said:
I n him; 1 know him as far as 1 can
see him and 1 can kill him as far as I
can see him.
He was talking of Goebel. This
conversation was in the adjutant gen
eral's office. H? also said: 'I know
his every movement and 1 can hit him
with this as far as I can see him." He
carried a Colts 23, that shoots a Win
chester cartridsje. Coombs was in the
'assistant adjutant general's olfice on
the morning of the shooting w ith Hock
ersmith and Jim Wallace. 1 saw the
man who got the key from John Pow
ers that morning. The fellow is a lit
tle man. When we (Caleb and John
Powers and myself) went back there,
he said: 'You have given me the wrong
key." I don't remember what John said
to him. The rest of the day 1 was
around town. So reference was made
to the key the rest of the day. The
key was to Caleb's office.
- "On Tuesday did you meet Caleb and
John Powers?" asked Attorney Camp
bell. '"Yes, I did. I saw them in Caleb's
office. 1 got a letter from Hlakemun
that morning, asking me to come to
Louisville. Caleb said he was going
with me, but said he might want me
tt go to the mountains. He was talk
ing to Walttr Day and Governor Tay
lor. K. J. Howard of Harlan county
came up and he talked to Ttfylor. He
insisted on Taylor calling out the mili
tia. MEANT TO KILL LEGISLATORS.
"Taylor said: 'My God. you jeole
muHt do something ifirst, adding, I
can gi-X the militia quick enough. V ou
fellows must act first
"liy that I understood we fellows
must rtiiwe a riot in the senate cham
ber. Goebel was there. As I told you
this morning, we would clean out
enough of that legislature there tit
make it our way."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Oh, kill them."
"After Taylor was through talking I
urged Powers to take the train with
me, us it was due. A i-a. t, range
learned that Senator Goebel had been
shot. We continued on to Louisville.
Both John and Caleb rowers were
along. We left for Frankfort that aft
ernoon and went directly to the state
house. I did not see Powers again that
day."
Attorney Campbell then took the wit
ness back and Golden told of a con
versation he had with Caleb Powers on
a train in Laurel county previous to
the shooting. "Caleb said," continued
Golden, "d them, we've got them.'
I understood by that remark that we
had the democrats down here and we
could do as we pteasc-d after we got
here."
The witness then took up the events
after the shooting.! He said he saw a
man named lilakeman in Louisviile.
niakeman and John Powers had a con
versa tion. ,
Counsel 'for the defense strongly ob
jected to this tins of examination and
the commonwealth withdrew it and an
nounced that it was through with the
witness.
Golden, who was very weak from blf
hemorrhage, requested a few minutes
rest, and he was accordingly taken out
by a deputy sheriff.
Gulden's illness proved more serious
than at first thought, and after halt
an hour's delay adjournment was taken
until 19 a. m., Monday. ,
. PROTECTED BY ORDERS.
Judge Mungar Passes Upon
Duties of a Soldier.
the
Omaha, Neb., March 28. Fair and
Jockens, the two- members of the Tenth
Infantry who were held at Fort Crook
for the shooting of Deserter Morgan,
wore released by Judge Munger on a
writ of habeas corpus. Adge Munger
held that while the trial and acquittal
by a military court for an offence
against the laws of the state was not a
bar to prosecution in the state court,
a private was "bound to obey the order
of his superior officer, and such ordet
was a full protection against prosecu
tion unless the illegality of such an or
der is ao clearly shown on Ita fac
that a man of ordinary sense wouU
know whan ka heard It that such aa or
der was lUegaL
Tha j4a hatt thai la thoa obeying
tka oraar ta fkoot taw feaartar if hi
Oajai to E th9M o-
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A BLIGHT.
PUERTO R1CQANS ARE HAVING
A TOUGH TIME.
FILLED WITH ALARM.
Tariff Legislation Throttlaa All
Manner of TradeThe Peo
ple Starving,
San Juan, P. R.. March, 16. I have
been looking around San Juan for a
week, ti-J'ihK to find out what is wrong.
American militaiy officials told me at
the outset that the year and a half ol
Amr-rtosn sovereignty had been a blight
on the ls!;,nd. This was not the echo
of Spanish or of Puerto Rlcan feelings.
They spoke of their own views with
soldierly frankness and sometimes with
i word of regret for their own posi
tion. Their talk was more jxdnted
than when filtered through ofliclal
"haiiiiels.
Ieavitig for the moment the question
f responsibility, no one can doubt the
evidence of the senses. The blight is
here. H spreads over the town and
out into the country. Trade is dead
and mercantile and Industrial activity
ire paralyzed. At first I thought the
evidence might be misleading. Busi
ness never goes forward in the tropics
with the hum and roar of the north.
The luck of noise and push would not
be conclusive.
Such life as is seen in the harbor
monies from the government transirtB
unloading supplies for the troops and
relief supplies for the people of the in
terior, who have not yet recovered from
the ravages caused by last summer's
hurricane.
I made a search through the customs
records to learn the extent to which
trade between Spain and its late colony
continued. Notwithstanding that Spain
hasi practically closed its market to
Puerto Rican products, it yet ships a
large amount of its products here. Col
one) Davis, the collet.-tor of customs,
has been gathering data which estab
lishes this fart.
STILL TRADE WITH SPAIN.
Hoisting Itu? flag has not enabled the
merchants in the United Stales to
wrist this market from those in whose
hands It has been for generations. The
notion that all the customs of Latin
commerce could be Americanized by
forcing the trade has had a severe
jo!t. The Jolting is likely to continue
till the American merchants learn that
they must conform to existing condi
tions. That will b some time and in
the meanwhile such importations as
there are from Spain and England will
continue.
It is on an understanding of this
probability that Collector Davis bases
his belief that Puerto Rican free trade
wit hthe United Slates and the Ding
Icy tariff against the rest of the world
would enable the island to collect 0
fair amount of customs revenue for
several years.
I have asked a number of army offi
cers who have been stationed In the
isolated sections, and they all tell me
as much, but they add that the tend
ency to pauperizing the inhabitants is
becoming pronounced and that in the
sugar and tobacco regions the relief
should be stopped. In those districts
there is some work and money could
be earned with which to buy supplies
and a little local trade be set in motion
again. ' .
The merchants are so careful to avoid
politics that they go to the other ex
treme.' In talking with tbem I have
not heard the Philippines mentioned
once, nor even a hint of the constitu
tion. If congress has the power to re
lieve Puerto Rico they would like to
have that power exercised. That is
the substance of all tbelr talk, but they
want it exercised in the right way.
Provisional tariff legislation fills them
with alarm. The hurricane was the act
of God. These Puerto Rico business
men have gotten into a state of mind
where they would dread its recurrent
less than an act of congress, which
tantalizes them with the promise of a
free market at some future time, whlie
denying a present outlet for the isl
and's crops.
MANY WOMEN WILL VOTE.
Registration In Cleveland This Year
Unusually Large.
Cleveland." O., March 26. Over B.OOO
women registered In' Cleveland Satur
day in order to be eligible to vote for a
director of schools at the spring elec
tion. The Indications are that fully as
nany more will register, heretofore
:he number of women voters have been
jonflncd to a few hundred. The un
asual "heavy registration by the women
as the result of agitation in favor of
iteepin; the schools out of politics.
Arrange Wool Sale Days,
Pierre, 8. D., March 27. At a meeting
of the Missouri Valley Sheep Growers'
association held at Fort Pierre recently
It was decided to arrange for two wool
sale days for the coming season and
the secretary of the association was in
structed to correspond with wool deal
ers In regard to sending representatives
here on such dates as were selected.
The dates on which It Is expected to
hold the wool sales are June 28 and
J air II. The wool men expect to bring
la their eltpa and store them for theae
dates, when it la xpacted to hare a
aamber of bayers on band attracted by
tha appwrtwnltr of aaearla larva aalp
ntata wtthowt fr Ca ft
UKX STRIKE 111 PUERTO RICO.
Men Cettlna 30 Cents a Day Strike
and Lose Out.
San Juan, P. R., March :6 The first
strike of any importance in Puerto lllcc
since the American occupation was
started February 27. Five hundred
men employed on the Pom-e-.yijuntas-Ctado
government road quit work.
They formed themselves Into an order
ly band and marched to Adjuntas, car
rying flags and banners bearing the In
scription: "The workmen on the mill-,
tary road demand a1 cents gold per
hour." The prevailing rate had been
S cents per hour, or 30 cents per a
ten-hour day.
A delegation interviewed the con
tractor and an amicable settlement was
effected. The men were told that no
concession would be made; that others
were ready to take their places, and
that they must work for 3 cents or not
work at all. The men thereupon re
turned to woik, apparently satisfied.
Another strike was organized March
12, this time at the Areclbo end of the
road. Over 600 employes of the Cen
tral Construction company of New
York went out. These men demanded
a uniform rate of 50 cents, per day.
The shovelers were then receiving 40
cents and the drillers 00 cents. This
rate was higher than was being paid
to the same labor elsewhere on the
island. The contractors refused to con
sider any proposition for an advance
In, wages, for there were, at the very
lowest estimate, 50.1WO laborers on the
Island without employment. The strik.
era remained quiet and orderly and
made no attempt at demonstration.
On account of lack of funds to keep
up the estates many plantations are
idle and are being fast overgrown with
wild vegetation. Thousands of work
men are out of employment on this
account. Governor General Davis says
in his estimation 300.000 of 'the Inhab
itants of Puerto Rico are dependent on
labor. It was thought that the country
was in such a condition us to allow the
distribution of relief supplies to be
stopped, but immediately after this
was attempted the cities and towns
began to ill! up with beggars and in
stances may be recorded where whole
families have died from starvation.
As a consequence General Davis has
suggested to the authorities at Wash
ington that the supplies be continued.
About TOO natives have Immigrated
from Ponce to Cuba, hut from letters
received by their families here, they
have found conditions in Cuba evetj
worse than In Juerto Rico.
OUTSIDE THE CONSTITUTION.
Iowa's Governor Says the Colonies
Must Depend on Congress.
Lincoln, Ni b., March 27. When ques
tioned concerning the promised Piierio
Rican measure, and the to tion of the
lower house of the Iowa legislature in
adopting a resolution condemning it.
Governor Shaw said:
"1 do not care to discuss the action
taken by the lower house of the Iowa
legislature. Whether or not 1 should
sign the resolution provided it pass'-s
the upper house is something I do not
care to anticipate.
"I am In favor of the Puerto Rican
tariff measure as it passed the lower
house of the national- congress, not so
much because of the financial consid
eration urged as its necessity as a
proof to the world that this nation has
put off its swaddling clothes. U Is nec
essary to settle that interpretation of
the constitution insisted on by Daniel
Webster, that It, that that document
applies to these United States only,
and not to territories. The constitution
delegates to congress the power to
legislate for the territories, and tl.cy
have no rights except those given them
by congress. They are entirely outside
the constitution.
"It is the duty of the territories to
take what congress gives them. This
is the position In which Puerto Rico
exists today, and ills the aspect In
which she should be held by the Amer
ican people."
JOKES SAYS "NO, SIRS."
Mayor of Cleveland Will Co To' Jail
To Protect Citizens Interests.
Toledo, ().. March 28, The City coun
cil last month sold the Municipal Nat
ural Gas Pipe line to the Ketlln iiros.
company. The purchasers deposited
money in payment with the city treas
urer and last week called upon Mayor
Jones to sign the contract. Mayor
Jones has flatly refused to sign the con
tract. The purchasers declare they will
compel hi mlo act through mandamus.
Mayor Jones says he will go to Jail for
contempt rather than yield; that he is
in the right, and that he will not
wrongfully convey the people's prop
erty even If ordered by the courts.
Jones will bt a non-partisan candi
date for congress in this district next
fall, and If he gor-s to prison as a mar
tyr to his principle and convictions,
it is thoucht that he wfll enlist such
sympathy that he cannot be beaten at
the polls. There was much scandal at
tending the sale of the pipe line, and
the price is held to be far below thf
value of the forty miles of Iron pipe.
CANNIBALS EAT HIS FRIENDS,
Vancouver, B. C, March, 27. Th
steamer Warrlrnoo brings from Dutch
New Guinea, a Pacific Island, the ac
count of the devouring of three offi
cers of the steamer General Pell by
cannibals, who caught tbem on shore
taking photographs. Ernest Wlcgan,
one of the party, was wounded by ar
row, and while biding aaw the bar
barians tie his three companions tc
tree, cut off portions of tbelr living
flesh and anally roaat and devour tbem
Tha Datck ataa-of-war taaMtra la re
porta m ttKUti to ftrtm Ca urac
1C
serais.
CROOKS AND SWINDLERS GO
ING TO PARIS.
THE PEOPLE WARNED.
Tha Way Cay Paris Will Entertain
Tha World at tha Expos
ition, Paris, March 27. Crooks are- swarm
Ins to Paris for the exposition, the
crowds promising a splendid field for
all sorts of confidence games. Already
ihe courts are busy dealing with scores
of swindling cases. The authorities.
through the newspapers, warn every
body especially foreigners to tight
ehy of alluring promises concerning
cheap hotel accommodations, agreeable
female guides, concessions within the
grounds, societies of mutual entertain
ment and fortune making schemes of
fering 500 per cent on the Investment.
Every consul tells pitiful stories of
people brought here from their differ
ent countries by fallacious promises ot
exposition employment and desiol!od
of their little resources by the adver
tising sharks. Now, the victims are
only anxious to be assisted home.
There is mich an outpouring of needy
strangers that hundreds apply to fill
every conceivable position.
The manager of a fashionable hotel
told me that, he engaged yesterday as
chambermaids three New York type
writers who came here-together two
months ago and had been unable to
find work among (he Kngllsh-speaking
firms. Now these girls are paid 20
cents dally and board. In New York
they held positions worth $15 and $-0
a week.
WILL FIGHT DESPERATELY.
Defense of Pretoria Will Be Espe
peclally Vigorous.
Durban, March 27, It is learned from
in authentic source that the iiovr lead
ers are aware lhat they are beaten, but
think they can hold out for four or six
months, in which lime they firmly be
ll; vc foreign Intervention will force
Great Hi llain to grant favorable terms.
including Independence. They expect
O-rniany or the United Stales to In
tervene. The mission of Messrs. Wol
marens. Fisher and Wessels to Kurope,
ix to hasten this, so far as Germany Is
?oncw ned.
The P,o r plans Include a stand it
Kroonstadt. the Vaal river and other
points, culminating In the defir.se of
Pretoria, which has been pi-epaiin.'j for
). siege. The rJige of the guns havr
been tested, mines have been la hi, and
the forces in the Held have not allowed
themselves to be cut off wi'h their
heavy gunj. whii h are newlud In ihf1
forts at Pretoria.
The majority of the Transvaalers arc
ignorant of the gravity of the situation
ind though tired of remaining so long
from their farms, will fight hard, be
lieving that their liberty and property
are at stake and confident of ultimate
success.
BI6 CUBAN RAILROAD DEAL.
Proposition to Improve and Con
solidate Them,
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 26. Pres-.-dent
T. G. Hhaughnessy of the Cana
dian Pacific railroad, accompanied by
Directors II. H. MeDougall, It. H. An
gus and C. It Hosmer, are here, en
route home from Cuba. It Is learned
that these riuurnates have lieen in
Cuba inspecting the railroads of the
island with a view of obtaining control
f all the railroad mileage and consol
idating It into one system.
Kir William Van Horn of Montreal, it
is said, has been conferring with Sec
retary Itoot about the proposed deal
nd President Hhoughnessy thinks It
will be effected, in case the deal Is
consummated it is proposed to extend
!he railroad lines through rich agrb ul
.ural and mineral region of th-; Island,
.o fit up resorts for tourists, equip
roads twlth new anil modern rolling
lock and quicken the schedules..
ROBBERS OPEN SAFE.
thieves Secure About $4,000 at
Hardy, Neb.
Hardy, Neb., March 25. The Hardy
bank of this place, one of the oldest
banking houses In this pHrt of the
slate, with a paid up capital of Ho.'hw.
was robbed yesterday morning of about
tl,000.
Thieves blew tho safe front ail to
pieces, using two blasts, shattering all
the glass and making- several holes in
tho building. The noise was heard by
parties near and the alarm soon given,
since which time searching purlieu
have been out after the robbers. The
thieves took a il, & M. hand car and
went east half a mile to where they
had a team, then brought the hand car
vack and dumped it and drove back
esct and south Into Kansas.
Three men wefe In town Friday even
ing, ooe a tall man and the others me
dium sized, who are suspected. A re
ward of $250 has been telegraphed to
nearby towns and the atrlce blood
hound have arrived here, The toss
will fall on the bank, but will not crip
ple or interfere with the business.
Hon. George Washington Rebec, a
rancher of Ashcroft, ;Sk C, ha been
worn la aa a member ot Premier Mar
Sa'a fovonuaaot, with tha portfolio of
KICK OF STATE lUkiZ'JM.
Yearry Protest of trta Iowa Official
, Haa Bean Suppressed.
Ih-n M'tnes, Ia March 27 n Sat
urday a sensation was sprung In state
house and legislative circles hers in the
announcement that the state treasurer,
who walked out of the state executive
council .Friday and refused (o vole on
the railroad assessment because he be
lieved it too low, would on today or to
morrow file with the secretary ot the
executive council and give to the pub
lic a document explaining his position
on the railroad assessment and an
swering some charges made by a local
paper, that he forced the state auditor,
who has lately returned from the west
and south after a serious Illness,, to go
to the state house at the peril of his
life, after Mr. Hcrrlott refused to at
tend a council meeting held at one of
the hotels. The document Is expected
to contain much lhat is sensational, as
for the past five years Treasurer Har
riott has yearly filed a protest to what
he termed tpo low an assessment, of
the Iowa railroads and each year the
document has been suppressed by the
council and has never even gotten into
the columns of the newspapers. The
apearance of it at this time, therefore,
is anticipated with much Interest.
Friday the figures on the railroad as
sessment were completed by the coun
cil after the state treasurer went out of
the meeting. A resolution prepared by;
the governor whs substituted for the
Ileniott Resolution, filed several days
ago, proposing to imtrcase the railroad
assessment over H.fioa.fiOO, and adopted.
Taking out of consideration the, 'new
railroads built In iowa. lust year, the
completed figures show a reduction of
$100,000 in the total assessment. ."
SHOT WHILE HUNTIN6.
Wh le Gunnlnsc for Ducks at Cut-Off
Lake With a School Friend
He Is Instantly Killed.
Omaha, Neb.,' March 26. While out
hunting In a boat on Cut-Off lake Sat
urday Italph P.edimtn, 17 years of age.
smi of o-orge A. Kidman, a live stock
dealer living at 620 South Twenty-fifth
avenue, was Instantly killed by the
accidental discharge of his own shut-
gun. The body was blown from the
boat, but was recovered and towed
ashore by John Arnold, a companion.
who had accompanied Iiwlman on the
hunting excursion.
liedman, who was a pupil of the
Farnam school, decided to begin the
spiing vacation by a hunting trip and
took with him Arnold, a lad la years
ot age. Shortly before o'clock they,
arrived at the lake in the vicinity ot
the Hammond be housv. There they
took the boat and lowed out Into the
lake. Arnold handled the ours, while
Ki-dman sat in the su-rn waiting for a
shot. His shotgun was lying on the
seal in front of him.
A flock of ducks went Into the dr a
short distance ahead, and Redman
reached for the gun and drew It to him,
w ith the muzzle pointing directly at his
load. The hammer of the gun struck
the seal and the weapon was discharg
ed. The shot tore awny the entire left
side of Redman's far e and head," and
he fell into the water, dead.
His startled companion recovered
from the sudden shock of the disaster
Just as the body came to the surface,
lie managed to seize the collar of the
coat and with much difficulty to bring
the body to the bank of the lake. The
coroner was then notified "find took
charge of the isxly, which was removed
to the undertaking establishment at
Seventeenth and Cuming streets. Word
was sent to the father, and a brother
In South" Omaha, both of whom called
at the morgue later in the day. An
inquest will probably he held.
Board Grants a Hearing,
Lincoln. Neb., March ,27.--On lh
strength of the decision of Judge Mun
ger of the federal court, th- state board
of traruqmrtatlon has decided uion
Thursday, March 2&, at 10 a. m., for
hearing answers of railroads on the
order commanding the reduction of
freight rules on shipments of cattle.
The roads that will be compelled to
make a showing are the Chicago, liur
linglon & (juincy, the Fremont, F.lk
horn & Missouri Valley and the Chlca-
go, H!. Paul, MIuneaioliK Sr. Omaha.
Cndi-r the maximum freight rate law
dit-l.lon these roads are exempt from
lis provisions to a ert:ii ncxtent. The
"three glher fipds, though, are not, In '
the Judgment of Attorney General
myth, arid he Is seeking to hold them
amenable to It.
. . ...
England's Liquor Bill.
Indon, March 27. A most . Ins truu
live return of the M-nsumpUun of al
coholic beverair-B In 'dlff.-rent countries, ,
issued by the government, shows that
M inir cent of the total ISrltlsh revenuo '
Is obtained from this source. This Is 8
per cent raw" than In the United
States and double the proportion ot
Frame. ,
The consumption of beer per head In'
Kngland 131:3 gallons a year, (ler
many Imbibes only. 27.1 gallons. The
average American takes 13 gallons per
year and the Frenchman 5.5 gallons.
France consumes annually per head
3rfl gallons of oplrits, Great Hiitaln
1.03 gallons and Germany 1.8S gallons,
w hile America registers .only 0.S2 gal
lons. , '
Of tho beer consumed In the United
Kingdom 99. 8 per cent Is home made, in
Franco M.K, In Germany 8.2, and In
the United Htates W.8.
The United Htates manufactures M.I
per cent of the spirit, England 80.9,
France and Germany 92.6 and Vt. r
spectlvely,
In Australia the consumption of wins
la LM gallon per bead and of haa
W.I. Canada' flfwa art cvta kpa
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