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Loup City Northwestern LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, IDOL VOL. XVIII. NUMBER 15. Senate and House Will Lock Horns on Revenue Reduction. NEITI1ERDISPOSED TO CONSESSION Fervent Debates and Certain Strife Is the Outlook—Measures Crowding as the Time for Ailjoiirnment Approaches. WASHINGTON, D. t\, Feb. 18.—'The last week but one of the present ses sion of congress will te an txcee Sing ly busy one in'the lions*. Much busi ness remains to be disposed of and the invariable crowding which char acterizes the closing hours of a con gress has begun already. The appropriation bills, so far as the house Is concerned, are in fairly good shape. The last of them, the general deficiency bill, will follow cn the heels cf the sundry civil bill, which is about half completed. These bills and conference reports will be given the right of way over everything else. All other matters, tome cl them of great importantc relatively, but not of Imperative necessity to be passed, will have to take their chances in the final rush. Speaker Henderson is almost con stantly besieged by members impor tuning him in the interest of various measures. He is keeping ever}thing clear for the great hills and letting the driftwood of legislation into the current only when It will not Impede progress of things which must pass congress before March 4. There are many knotty prob’ems to be solved in connection with the ap propriation bids over differences be tween the houses and many gord sized rows are promised. Th ? ulti mate fate of the river and harbor bill will probably depend upon how heav ily it is loaded when it comes back from the aerate. The biggest fight between the two houses from present appearances is likely to occur over the war revenue reduction act. The senate conferees seem determined at present to force the senate substitute or allow the b 11 to fail. But the house conferees are standing firm, and as many members of the house have their backs up the impression prevails that the house wll* support its conferees, and if it doss the senate in the eud may he com pelled to yie’d. Tomorrow is suspen sion day and the bill appropriating $5,000,000 for the St. Louis exposition will he put on its passage. A motion to suspend the rules will cut off op portunity for amendment and no doubt is entertained that this bill will com mand the two ..hirds necessary to se cure its passage upon a motion to suspend the rules. The program with reference to this and other measures, however, may be materially modified if it becomes cer tain before March 4 that an extra ses sion is to he called. RETALIATION NOT INTENDED. Ilelgliun Taking No Step* Regarding Duty on Itx Sugar. WASHINGTON, D. C., Fob. 18.— Count Lichtervclde, the minister to the United State from Belgium, says his government has not taken any steps looking to retaliation against the United States because of the continued impression of a countervailing duty on Belgium sugar imported into the United States. The countervailing duty on Belgian sugar has been imposed for several years past. KITCIINER TAKES CHARGE. Will Conduct rurgiiit of DeWet In Person. LONDON, Feb. 18.—A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from De Aar, dated February 1(>, confirms the re port of the arrival there of Lord Kitchener and his staff to superintend the chase of General Dewet. The cor respondent says: “Dewet's force is now denuded of almost all transport vehicles and his horses are exhausted.' Asphalt Trouble Not Kmled. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacoa, Fell. 18.— (Via Haytien Cable.)—The asphalt controversy has been tempo rarily adjusted by the diplomacy of the United States minister to Vene zuela, Mr. Fran'is B. Loomis, and the matter will doubtless go to the courts, as it is reported that the United States government desires a forma! adjudication as to the rival inteiests involved. N»tl>anlel S« 1ft l» Dead. CHICAGO. Feb. 18—Nathaniel Swift, a brother of Gustavus F. Swift, the millionaire packer, died here today after an iilness of four days, the im mediate cause of his demise being con gestion of the brain. Mr. Swift wa3 born in Sagamore, Mass, 63 years ago. He was ordained a minister of the Methodist denomina tion and took his first pastorate at Eastham, Mass., when he was only 2? years old. German* to Have Fast Gunn. BERLIN, Feb. 16.—During today’a discussion in the budget committee of the Reichstag, one of the military com missioners said the tests with the ma chine guns firing 300 shots per minute were satisfactory and that the wholo army would lie fitted out with them during the present year, forming a special corps. SHE LEADS THREE RAIDS Mrs. Nation KcKinnri lloatilltIra In Tope* kii and Continues Tliem All Day. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 17.—Mrs. Car rie Nation put in a busy Sunday in Topeka today and as a result the cap ital city has experienced more genu ine excitement tham can be remem bered by the oldest inhabitant. Mrs. Nation literally crammed the day full or' exciting episodes. She succeeded in having the contents of a notorious joint smashed, broke into a cold stor age plant where a number of fine bars had been stored away for safety and demolished them,, addressed a large mass meeting of men and women, and was arrested four times. The last time that the law laid its hands upon her was when Mrs. Nation emerged from the church where the mass meet ing had been held. Tonight Mrs. Nation announces that she will begin tomorrow morning where she left off today and will not rest until all the joints in Topeka have been closed. This morning at 6 o’clock she sallied forth from the state house grounds at the head of 500 men and women, all armed with hatchets and axes, and moved on the joint3 of the city. Nobody but Mrs. Nation knew what plans she had laid. In the crowd were a large number of tire students of Washburn college, some of | the ministers of the city and a num ber of professional and business men. The crowd marched in perfect military order. There was no excitement. The men and women were following their recognized leader, whom they trusted implicitly. APPROPRIATION BILL. Senate Will Devote N<ar)y All It* Time to These Measures. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.— The senate will devote practically all its time during the present week to i ppropriation bills The postoffice ap propriation Will will probably be taken up tomorrow on convening, theugh it may give place to the dip’omatie and consular appropriation bill. The amount of time to be consumed in discussing the=e measures will depend largely upon the detemlnat’on which may be reached with reference to the ship subsidy bill. So long as the dem ocrats feel that the subsidy bill is to be pressed in case of a lull they will Insist upon debating all measures pre sented. The bill making appropria tions for fortifications will also re ceive attention during the w<ek, and it is expected that the conference re port upon the Indian hill will he con sidered. The army hill probably wil be reported late in the week, but not in time to be debated before the be ginning of next week. There is some talk of the renewal of night sessions, but it is not probable that they will he again undertaken until the closing days of the session. DANISH DMl IS Off United Slate* May Not Get the Is land*. LONDON. Feb. 18.—“The Danish government," says the Copenhagen correspondent of the Daily Mail, “has suddenly broken off all dealing with the United States regarding the sale of the Danish West Indies. This is line to a satisfactory offer made by \ the Danisli East Asian Steamship company to assist and in the future administer the islands. Cigarette Dealer* Win. DES MOINES. Ia.. Jan. 18—The hoard of supervisors of Polk county have remitted the taxes assessed against cigarette dealers in Des Moines for sales made prior to the date of the Tennessee decision against the ciga rette trust. Practi ally all the deal ers here stopepd selling as soon as the decision was announced. But the assessor assessed all who had been selling, whether they had quit or not. The board had an agreement with the attorneys for the cigarette trust that they would abide by the Tennessee de cision. hence the taxes have been re mitted. Arrest Wife anti Daughter. TOPEKA. Kan.. Feb. 18— Sheriff Cook today arrested Mrs. Maggie Cum mins and her 14-year-old daughter, Edna, on a warrant issued in Jeffer son county, charging them with the murder of John Cummins, a quarry man, the divorced husband of Mrs. Cummins. The daughter Is charged with putting poison in the coffee drank by the father, whirl resulted in his immediate death. Mrs. Cum mins Is charged with Instigating the t rime. Alfiittve to British Interest*. LONDON, Feb. 18.—The Standard, in the course of a special article on American steel combinations, admits tliat it “is a serious menace to Brit ish steel manufacturers," but says: “American users of American steel goods will he squeezed to the last cent short of damage to the trade. “It remains to Le seen," says the Standard, "whether the American pec pie will much longer permit the con tinuance of n policy which permits such combinations.” Oil Wo!U in tin* iiuir. AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 18.- A special from Beaumont, Tex., says: Colonel W. H. Pope of this city ami Judge O. M. Carter of Fort Worth have received permission from the secretary of war to sink oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico in the vicinity of what is known as the "oil pool,” near Sabine Pass. Judge Carter says work will be com menced as soon as preliminary ar langements can be made. The Agricultural Measure Passes After a Four Days' Debate. TO BLOCK ACTION ON SIBSIDY BILL Colorado Senator Announces that lie Will Prevent Any Vote on Shipping; lllll During Present Sestlou—Miscel laneous Matters. WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.—That the opposition to the shipping bill in the senate will not permit a vote to be taken on the measure at the present session was made clear during the closing hour of today's session. For several days it has been evident that it would be difficult to sain unanimous consent to take a vote on the meas ure, but not until late today was the frank admission made that a vote could not be had. During the few hour’s consideration of tiie bill, Mr. Toller announced his intention tc prevent a vote this ses sion. In an impassioned speech he said he would not consent to a vote and it must be apparent that no vote could be had. The statement by the Colorado sen ator elicited a sharp response from Mr. Aldrich of Rhode Island, who in sisted that despite the declaration of Mr, Teller the business of the senate would proceed in accordance with the wishes of the majority. Mr. Teller’s statement also drew the fire of Mr. Chandler of New Hamp shire, who asserted that the position of the opposition was preposterous. Mr. Hanna of Ohio replied to Mr. Teller in a forceful speech in the course of which he became impas sioned in his denunciation of the methods employed by the opposition to defeat the measure. The advocates of the bill, he said, were honestly en deavoring to advance the best inter ests of the country and lie resented the insinuations against their honesty of purpose. Prior to these remarks Mr. Perkins of California delivered an eloquent and forceful speech on the bill. He sup ported the bill, particularly the idea of giving subsidies to American ves sels, but pointed out what he believed to be defects in the pending measure. He attacked especially the provision for foreign built ships. I'Jarly in the day the agricultural appropriation bill was passed after be ing under discussion for nearly four days. Senators Tillman and /tever idge enlivened the session with a dis cussion of their relative knowledge of farming. Mr. Mallory had opened the old fight, upon seed distribution by offering an amendment proposing to strike out the provision for the distribution of seeds and substituting an increased appropriation for the purchase abroad of rare and valuable shrubs, vines and cuttings, with a view to adapting them to this country. He declared that the distribution of seeds was paternalism of the most offensive sort. Mr. Tillman proposed a substitute for Mr. Mallory’s amendment, provid ing, in brief, that the appropriation made in the L 11 for the purchase of seeds be doubled. Mr.. Tillman assert ed that the bill provided considerable sums of the weather bureau, which was of insignificant benefit to the far mers of the country, and for forestry, which had no direct connection with farming. To this statement Air. Bev eridge of Indiana took shaip excep tion, declaring that the South Caro lina senator exnibited "dense ignor ance” in his statement as to forestry. “I’ll be obliged to our wise friend, the new Solomon from Indiana," said Air. Tillman derisively, “if he will tel! us what he knows about farming.” “I got my knowledge by practical experience,” retorted Mr. Beveridge. Air. Tillman replied, laughingly, that there “seemed to he innumerable law yers” iu the senate who were born on farms and perhaps nau follower the plow for a few days, and now posed In the senate ns farmers.” “There are other farm implements of value beside the plow,” suggested Afr. Beveridge; "there is the p.cch fork,” alluding to the South Carolina senator’s political sobriquet. “Ah! we have got the pitchfork in at last,” said Mr. Tillman good na tuerdly. “Now I’ll proceed to use it on the senator. Dors the senator mean when he talks of the denudation of the land of trees, and of the drying up of rivers, that it affects the farmer or the commerce on the rivers? Woman Landlord ou Her Muscle. M’PHERSON, Kan., Feb. 15.—Mrs. Christina Aschman, owner of a build ing in Inman, the upper floor of which was rented for a billiard hall, became suspicious that liquor was being sold there and demanded admission. It was refused and she smashed the door in with an axe. The proprietor at tcmpte interference, and Mrs. Asch n.an threw him down stairs, then pro ceeded to smash the contents of the room in Nation style. Wort Pri'*n Tn<1 inn Hill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Congress man Gamble h3s decided not to press the bill ceding Indian lands hi Greg ory county. South Dakota, to the gov ernment. The Indian appropriation bill contains general authority for In vestigation with a view to securing cessions of such lends to the govern ment. When the hill becomes a law Mr Gamble wil! formally recomm md that steps he taken to acquire Indi’u lands in Gregory county. IRRIGATION DILI IS AMINDTD House I'iiumiitlfs Appruveii the Nentumls Men sure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—By a vote of 7 to 3 the house committe on ir ligatlon today voted to report favor ably the Newlands irrigation bill, heretofore explained in these dispatch es, with amendment offered by Wilson of Idaho and Mondell of Wyoming, which will improve it. The three members who fought against the bill were Tongue of Oregon, Barham of (i.lifornia and Bay ot New York. The attitude of the latter is explained by the opposition of farmers of New York t» any more free homesteads, but the opposition of Messrs. Barham and longue is not accounted for. They have always been regared as warm l lends of the irrigation project, and as the Newlands bill meets the ap proval of all representatives and sen ators from the regions affected, as well as all government officials who have given any study to the subject, opposition from the coast was not to lie expected. While there is not much time remaining for legislation at this session, Newlands, Phafroth, Wilson and King, who have been untiring in their 'efforts, bulievo that the bill agreed upon today may be enacted. A timilar measure prepared by Senator liansbrougb has been reported to the senate. Representative Mondell’s trill to continue in force the provisions of the Carey act until otherwise provid ed was today reported favorably from tiie committee on irrigation by Rep resentative Wilson. This act, which, unless extended, ceases to operate after 1904, permits states and terri tories having arid or semi-arid lairds within their boundaries to segregate them for reclamation purposes. Mr. Mondell s bill also provides that the contract between state and United States provided for In the Carey act shall not hereafter be required. THE NEBRASKA REVtNIE DISTRICT Senator Tliurstou Will Enter Protest Against Any Change. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Collector Patterson of the Dubuque (la.) reve nue district had a conference with tho treasury officials looking to the divi sion of the Nebraska district. He pre sented hi3 reasons for the proposed changes, using the argument that if South Dakota was attached to Iowa it would greatly benefit South Dakota business men, as he would put stamp deputies in two or three points in the state, thus saving trips to Sioux City, where ihe stamp deputy is. He also stated that Collector Houtz had re fused to make such an arrangement. It is learned that officials of the inter nal revenue bureau are not inclined to favor the proposed division of the No lo aska district, ps the .Dako'as are opposed to being split up for the bene fit of Minnesota and Iowa without some corresponding return. The mat ter has been finally presented to the president and it is expected Secretary Gage will discuss the situation with his chief this week. Senator Thurston will present a pro test against any change in the district and, in the face of this, with the oppo sition of the North and South Dakota delegations, it is not likely any change will be made. UNCLE SAM MAY GET THEM. Sale of JJattiftlt Wept Indies un Immedi ate Tofiftibility. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 15.—Important developments in regard to the sale of the Danish West Indies are expected shortly. It is said in well informed circles that the foreign office is unable to send a definite and favorable reply to the United States. King Christian, it is understood, gave assurances that while he pre ferred tile islands to remain Danish, if Ihe circumstances could be improved, he would do nothing to prevent their transfer. Tho Rigsdag has apparently con cluded that enough expenditures have already been made for the West In dies. so it is unwilling to give the fur ther appropriations necessary to re tain them. Fix Expotdt Ion Untfli, NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—At a meeting of the trunk line passenger agents the report of the committee to ar range rates for the Panamerican ex position was adopted. This report provides for three general bases upon which to establish rates, each varying according to the time allowed and the accommodations given. The cheapest will be coach excursion for five days at slightly more than the single fare for the round trip. Sma.IiPM Turn on u Church. WICHITA, Kan.. Feb. 15.—A special to the Ileaeon says: The United Pres byterian church at Winfield had all its windows smashed with the excep tion of two during U»t night. It is supposed to be one result of the bitter joint war in progress there yesterday. Tho church was a fine, large struc ture. with stained glass windows be tween fifty and sixty in number. The damage done exceeds $200. Iowa Sword for Evan*. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—The sword voted to Admiral Robley D. Evans by the Commercial Exchange of Iowa will be presented to the former command er of the Iowa Wednesday evening at the admiral's home on Indiana av erue in this city by Governor Hull, chairman of the committee on mili tary affairs, and in the presence of the Iowa delegation and its friends. One Hundred Thousand Dollars for Lives of Nebraska ns. CHINA MIST TOOT THE Bill Hours Murder Uov. Price, Ills Wife and Daughter— Position of State Weigh* muster Knocked Out By the Court— MIseellaiieouM Nebraska Matters. WASHINGTON, F*>b. 18.—Represen tatlve Stark of Nebraska has received an important claim from the heirs of Rev. Charles W. Price, who reside in Hamilton county, Nebraska, for flOO.OOO indemnity against the Chinese government. Rev. Mr. Price, who for merly resided in Hamilton county with his family, was one of the victims of the Chinese outrages last summer, and, together with his wife and daugh ter, was assassinated by the Boxers. The papers in the case show that Mr. Price was conducting a missionary school r.t a oolnt some 2(a) miles from the coast, by special permission of the viceroy, and was acting under a guar antee of his protection when the school was assaulted by Boxers and he and his wife and daughter were murdered. Rev. Mr. Price was a soldier in the civil war and was drawing a pension from tlie government for his services. The evidence shows that it was a cold blooded murder. The heirs and rela nves of the deceased aid ail residents of Nebraska, with the exception of a sister, who oves in Indiana. Mr. Stark will present tiie claim of the state de partment for transmission to the Chi nese government through Minister Conger, THIS INTERESTS THE EARMER \ Letter With Reference to the CiRine Law Ilelng Sent Out. '1 he following leuer with reference to the game bill is being seat out: "To the Agriculturists and Horticul turists of Nebraska: I desire to call your attention to the fact that the cold storage men and market hunters are doing all they can possioiy do to defeat the passage of senate file 101, and the duplicate bill, house roll 138, which the State Board of Agriculture and the State Horticultural society endorsed at their late annual meeting. "These bills provide for a revision of the laws for the protection of the fish, game, song and other insectivor ous birds which are among the best friends that we have. Stringent pro visions are made by the oills to pre vent, the destruction of bird life in the state, and protecting the shipment out of the state. Estimates based on re liable information indicate that not less than $150,000 worth of game birds were shipped out of Nebraska by deal ers during the months of September and October of last year. A large pro portion of these birds were killed by maraet hunters living in other states which forbid the exportation from their states of game or song birds. The fish and game and all bird life have been declared by the supreme courts of other states to he the prop erty of the state and it is a great injustice to the people of Nebras-a that a few men should be permitted to annihilate the bird life, the prop erty of the state, for speculative pur poses. "I trust that every farmer, fruit grower, gardener and other person interested in the matter of the protec tion of our birds will petition the members of the legislature to support the bills above mentioned. "PETER Yul’NGERS." State Welslimaxtcr. LINCOLN, Peb. 18.—Attorney Gen eral Prout gave an opinion in which he held that the offlte of state weigli master and his assistants have no legal existence. This opinion is based upon the decision of the supreme court, which declared the Board of Trans portation act unconstitutional. He holds that according to the statutes the weighmaster can be appointed only by the transportation board, and as there is no board there cannot, there fore, be any weighmaster. The weigh master in turn appoints his assistants and the same construction is placed upon their offices. William Mach of Omaha was recently n»med by Gov ernor Dietrich for the position of weighmaster, but since the opinion was rendered the appointment has been withdrawn. Lexter Strong Given Five Year*. KEARNEY. Neb.. Feb. 18.—Lester Strong has been sentenced by Judge Grimes to serve five years in the peni tentiary for attempted assault upon Caroline Hansen. In computing the time served by Strong at the peniten tiary before his retrial the judge fig ured he served two years instead of one. making his sentence one year less. District court adjourned at noon today. •lud.ee Maxwell's Kuneral FREMONT, Nob., Feb. 18.—Funeral services were held over tne remains of Judge Samuel Maxwell at his home nortli of this city. Hundreds of citi zens attended. Rev. W. H. Buss, pas tor of the First Congregational church, delivered a eulogy on the deceased. He reviewed his public career from the time he moved to Nebraska in 1856. The remains went to Platts mouth for interment. The propagande fide at a meeting re c nsidered the appointment of the Rovj M. C O’Brien as bishop of Portland, Me. The decision arrived at has not yet been divulged. 1 HE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latent Oimtatioim from south Omaha and Kansas t itv. SOUTH OMAHA. Union Stock Yp.rds—Cattle—There was a fairly good run of cattle here for tills time i t tne week, and ns unfavorable re ports were received from other points the tendency of prices was downward,. Trail inti "as rather slow, and rs a result it was late before the sards were cleared. Tiooe were about 30 ears of steers on sale, and while the choicest heavy cattle did not sell much different from the day before liids on the less desirable kinds were II of a dime lower. Sellers found it . difficult matter to dispose of some of the common and half tat stuff, and In some cases they were catling bids loo 1 pc lower, or 15*1Tie lower for the week. About 2a ears would cover the re~ eeipts of cows, and buyers took hold In fairly good shape and bought the cattlo at not far from yesterday's prices. The gooff cattle found ready sale at good steady 'trices, but the market on thn medium kinds seemed to bo a tittle un even. Some were culling t'- steady, and others a little lower. Conners did not show much change. Hulls were slow sals and lower, in sympathy with the decline on steers. Veal calves brought steady prices. The trade > stock cattle was very slow, ns yard traders il!d not want anything but the vert best. Choice heavy wi Ight cattle brought practically steady prices. Hogs—There was u not lied liberal run of hogs, luit. the demand being in good shape, the market ruled very active and higher. The first bids were 2'-j*i,V higher and a number of loads sold at 15.27’-2 and $5.30. Aft< r the first round, though, pack ets raised their hands and began paying $5.30 and $5..21*. or a big nlck 'l higher than yesterdays general market. As high as $5.35 was paid for the better grades of medium and heavyweights. Tho hogs changed bands about as fast as tho buyers could get to than) and all but a few loads were sold by It o'clock in tha morning. Sheep— There wire only a few sheep on sale and the quality of the receipts as a whole was rather common, l.amhs were slow sale and generally a dime lower than yesterday. Ton lambs sold at $4.90. There were no good wethers on sale and those that were offered sold at not far | Tom steady prices, considering quality. The best ones brought $4.20. Kwej and wethers could Vie quoted dull and weak and lambs a dime lower. There was no change noticeable In the feeder situation, receipts still being light. KANSAS CITY. ~ ! Cattle— Blockers and feeders, steady; b ef steers and rows, Htiiloc lower; native beef steers, $4.59<b5.50: stockers anti feed t rs. S'1.75*/4.75; western-fed steers, $4.'./o' l.!W; Texans and Indian steers. $3.75*i4,f<o; cows. $3.no in 4.25; heifers. $1.5or«4.30; fan ners, $2.25Sr2.85; bulls, $ J.OOfff 4.3-j; calves, $5.0 Wr0.50. Hogs—Market strong, t p, $5.42'-: hulk of sales, $5.:;2,./n5.4n, heavy, $5.35Si3.42Vji; mixed packers, $5.30*15.40; light, $5.20*15.35; pigs. $4.60*45.05. Sheep and l.amhs—Market 10c higher; western lambs, $ I .90*1 5.20; western weth ers, $4 15'u 4.15: western yearlings. $4.50*1' 1.00: ivres. $3 50*14.110: culls. $2.50*13.25. SIX 1Y MEN ENTOMBED Explosion lllixkx nil Clinnntls of Exit iiml Hr* Kiiconipnssrs Them. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 16.—A spe cial to the Post Intelligencer from Victoria says: News of what it is feared will be one of the most hor rible mine accidents in the history of r.ct only the province, but of the do n:ion, took place this forenoon at the union mines, owned by the Welling ton Colliery company, of which dames Dunemuir, the premier of the prov ince. is ttie principal shareholder. The telegraphic advices received so far give no complete story of the accident, but newspaper correspondents are now hurrying by steamers and tug-boats to the scene and the facts will shortly be obtainable. As near as can be gathered, the ex plosion took place about ll o’clock in No. 6 shaft. This particular shaft is situated in the village of Cumber 'd nd. There were sixty men In it when the explosion took place and not one of them escaped. The explosion wrecked th mine, destroying the shaft from midway down and filling with a solid mass of rocks, timbers arid earth. The first explosion was followed by several more, while the dense volume of smoke issuing from the ventholes Indicated only too truly that the fire as well as gas was doing its destruc tive work below. As soon as practical after the accident the men of the morning shift in No. 5 shaft organ ized a rescue party. No. 5 is situated about a mile from No. 6, but the two workings are connected by a tunnel and through this channel an attempt was made to help the unfortunate fel lows in the wrecked shaft. NEBRASKA DISTRICT INTACT. t'diiimiRKloiicr Ycrkrn Shjn lows'll Attack In Utterly I utile. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Senator Thurston had an interview with John W. Yerkes, commissioner of internal revenue, today, relative to the rumor that efforts were being made to di vide the Nebraska collection district. Commissioner Yerkes said he under stood such a scheme was being pushed, but thought it had little chance of succeeding. Later Congressman Mer cer also called upon the same eirand as the senior senator from Nebraska, anil was given to understand that the Nebraskans need not fear about any division for some time at least. TARIFF WAR IS IMPROBABEE. Kuiwiftn Ambns.-ailor I ntlinite.s No Serious Result. Washington. Feb. t.. -The state department has officially advised Count Casini, the Russian ambassador, of the decision reached by (he Treas ury department to impose a counter vailing duty on Russian sugar import ed into the United States. Count Cassini was unwilling to ex press an opinioon as to what action his government will take, probably preferring to await developments from St. Petersburg, whither he referred the official communication. However, he scoffed at the idea that a serious tariff war is probable.