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AS TO STOCKMEN’S PASSES
The Court Adheres to Its Former
Judnment.
The supreme court has adhered to
its former judgment in the case of the
C. B. & Q. R. R. company against
David C. Troyer, error from Hamilton
county, Judge Barnes dissenting.
Troyer while traveling on a stock
shipper’s pass sustained personal in
juries. In the lower court judgment
was given against the railroad. The
supreme court holds that under the
evidence the question of the alleged
negligence of the company was a mat
ter for the court to determine and the
evidence is sufficient to warrant a
finding that the defendant company
‘was guilty of actionable negligence
which was the approximate cause of
the injury complained of. The court
says that it cannot be said as a mat
ter of law that the plaintiff was guilty
of contributory negligence so as to
preclude a recovery. The court holds
that a person while traveling on a
freight train on a stock shipper’s pass
for the purpose of attending to the
live stock being shipped sustains the
relation of the carrier of passenger,
but in a restricted modified sense.
Such a person while so traveling as
sumes such risks and inconveniences
as necessarily attend upon caring for
such stock and such as are incident
to the means and methods employed
by the cotnpany in the operation of its
freight trains.
Judge Barnes dissenting says that
the plaintiff’s right to recover depend
upon actionable negligence upon the
part of the company and as he reads
the record finds no such negligence is
shown. The plaintiff was walking in
order to reach the caboose at the end
of a freight train and was struck by
a switch engine on an adjacent track.
Judge Barnes says the fact was clear
ly established that the space between
the railroad tracks where the plaintiff
was walking was wide enough for his
safe passage if he had exercised or
dinary care.
BAKER MUST HANG. ^
Little Hope Remains for Man Con
victed of a Double Murder.
LINCOLN—The supreme court has
overruled the motion for a rehearing
filed by the attorneys for Frank Bar
ker, the Webster county double mur
derer. The forty-day limit in which
•the motion could have been filed ex
pired Tuesday. Counsel for Barker
submitted an application for leave to
file a motion for rehearing. The court
allowed the application to be filed, but
overruled it as intending to delav the
carrying out of the former decision.
Since being confined in an isolated
cell Barker has become gloomy and
is a trifle despondent. June 16 is the
date of the execution and the hanging
will take place between the hours of
11 a. m. and 3 p. m.
MAN AND WOMAN HAVE GONE
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Frank Hanscom and Mrs. Ortman
Create a Scandal.
BEATRICE—Sheriff Trude and his
deputies are scouring the country for
Frank Hanscom and Mrs. Etta Ort
man. who, it is alleged, have eloped.
Both are married and have families re
siding north of this city. Mrs. Ortman
came to the city and soon after Han
ecom arrived. - Neither returned home
and no trace could be found of them.
The sheriff is sending out cards and
offering a reward for their arrest. This
is the same couple that scandalized
the neighborhood in a similar man
ner about a year ago, when they dis
appeared, finally coming back and re
suming relations with their families.
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Big Cattle Shipment.
STANTON—A special train load of
fat cattle, consisting of twenty-six
cars, owned by Louis Smithberger, Ed
Zilmer and Horton & Chace, left here
for the Chicago market.
Given Three-Year Sentence.
AINSWORTH — Harvey Beloit
pleaded guilty to grand larceny in
district court and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for three years. Be
loit is the party who several weeks
ago entered the residence of Rev.
Mr. Tainter at Long Pine and pur
loined therefrom clothing and $27 in
cash.
Large Catalpa Grove.
AUBURN—Wallrich Ubben of this
city has been highly complimented by
the bureau of forestry department of
the national government. Last week
he received a communication from
Frank G. Miller, first assistant, Wash
ington, asking for information con
cerning the catalpa grove on Mr. Ub
hen’s farm, south of town. This is
one of the largest artificial groves in
the country and last year was inspect
ed by a corps of government officials
who measured the trees and oollected
information concerning their growth.
Gift to Doane College.
CRETE—Doane’s students and fac
ulty members are rejoicing over the
receipt of a $10,000 gift to the college.
Public announcement of the gift of
that sum by James Whitcomb of Wor
cester, Mass., was made during the
progress of the band concert on the
campus and was received with cheers,
college yells and a general jubilation.
The gift came as a result of the solic
itation of President Perry, who is at
present in the east. It is to be used
in the erection and equipment of the
music conservatory.
Former Secretary of State Porter
must repay the state $923 collected by
him as fees for recording brands dur
ing his term of office, according to
decision of the supreme court affirm
ing the judgment of the district court
of, Lancaster county. The court ad
heres to a former decision in which
it held that the law giving Porter the
fees was unconstitutional as adding
to the emoluments of office. In the
former trial the case was reversed
because judgment included the bonds
men, against whom there was no cause
| of action.
STATE NOTES.
A franchise has been granted at
York for a gas plant.
Another new rural mail route has
been started out from Palmyra.
A girls’ and boys club is to be or
ganized at Glenover. Gage county.
The deputy county clerk of Colfax
had his collarbone broken by a horse
of both feet.
The democrats of the First con
gressional district will meet in Lin
coln June 15.
Mrs. Mary Vincent of York died in
Denver, where she had been for
about two months, hoping to benefit
her health.
"William Neal, a laborer at the Peru
brickyard, got his left hand in the
rolls and lost the first two fingers.
The wound was dressed by Drs. Fair
child and Shelhorn.
The Commercial club of York is
busy just now to secure attractions
for a Chautauqua. There seems to
be a strong sentiment among the peo
ple to hold one this summer.
Granville Smith of Beatrice has in
stituted suit in the district court for
damages in the sum of $5,000 against
Louis Walther, a merchant of Wy
more, for false imprisonment.
The efforts of the respectable ele
ment of Homer to rid themselves of
the disgrace incident to drunken In
dians and squaws has resulted in no
saloon license being issued in that
place for the coming year.
Though the law is not operative for
this year the Grand Island base ball
club has decided not to have a game
of ball on Memorial day, it interfering
with the hours during which memo
rial services will be held at the opera
house.
Members of the Southeastern Fruit
Growers’ association are contemplat
ing a big crop of small fruit. The
association has received a consign
ment of 120,000 strawberry boxes and
4,000 crates for the berry supply this
season.
Bob Moore, the young colored man
who had his right foot cut off above
the ankle a few weeks ago. surprised
his friends bv riding in the streets
at Humboldt on his bicycle with as
much ease as he did when possessed
of both feeet.
A special train left Stanton recent
ly for Chicago with twenty-six cars
of cattle. The train load was made
up of cattle that had been fed for a
long time and will bring a good price.
It was estimated that there were $40,
000 worth of cattle on the train.
The executive committee of the Be
atrice volunteer fire department held
a meeting to make arrangements for
the proper observance of firemen’s
memorial day, which occurs on Sun
day, June 11. Committees were ap
pointed to complete final arrange
ments for the services, which are to
beheld in fire department hall.
County Superintendent B. E. Dill of
Johnson county has reason to feel
proud of the report he has made to
the office of the state geologist. He
has received very complimentary let
ters from both Prof. E. H. Barbour
and Dr. G. E. Condra of that depart
ment, in which they say his record is
by far the best that has reached
Memorial day will be celebrated in
Stanton this year by the Grand Army
of the Republic, assisted by all the
fraternal orders. The memorial ser
mon will be preached by Rev. Dr.
Sisson Sunday, May 28, and William
V. Allen will deliver the memorial ad
dress at 2 p. m. There will be no
sports of any kind indulged in on Me
morial day at Stanton.
George Fahnstein, formerly of
Plattsmouth, was one of the Snyder
(Okl.) storm victims. He was killed
by being crushed under the debris of
a hotel building where he had been
boarding. Fahnstein, who was about
25 years of age, was one of the expert
bridge builders sent to Plattsmouth
irom Illinois at the time the Burling
ton reconstructed its Missouri river
bridge at that point.
Word has been received from Sa
vannah, Mo., that William Jones, the
horse thief, who was arrested in Otoe
county and sent to Cass county for
horse stealing and afterwards taken
to Lancaster county on the same
charge, and in both cases was sen
tenced to the Nebraska penitentiary
for a term of one year each, has just
been sentenced to two years in the
Missouri penitentiary for stealing a
horse.
Land Commissioner Eaton, who has
returned from a land-leasing trip to
Taylor and Burwell. says that the
school land in that region is all in
good demand at constantly improving
rates. He says that there are in
quiries for all western land, even that
in the san„ hills. With the spread
of irrigation, the introduction of new
forage plants, and better methods of
cultivation, the commissioner believes
that the sand hill region will make
great strides.
While plowing on his farm in Sar*
py county the team of Henry Fricke
stepped into a hole. Upon investiga
tion Mr. Fricke found it to be a coy
ote’s den and in it were fourteen
young ones. He brought them to the
county clerk’s office and received $14.
At Grand Island, Jacob Windnagel,
who is erecting a large residence,
walked into a room he supposed was
floored, stepped on a piece of tarred
paper and fell through to the cellar,
the paper having been placed over an
unfloored portion. He sustained a
broken rib, and it is feared internal
injuries.
Eart Beery, a young man of Hum
boldt, will leave in a couple of weeks
for Seattle, Wash., where he has been
given a position as assistant electri
cian on board the new battleship Ne
braska. He expects to remain for
several years.
The Sherman County Telephone
company of Loup City has filed arti
cles of incorporation in the office of
the secretary of state. The object of
the new company, which has an au
thorized capital stock of $50,000, is
to build, own and control telephone
lines in Sherman and surrounding
counties.
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RUMOR OF BATTLE
RUSSIANS THINK LAND AND SEA
FIGHTS IMMINENT.
MANCHURIAN DISPATCHES STOP
Silence Taken to Indicate that General
Linevitch is Advancing—Events Ap
parently Rapidly Shaping for a
Great Battle.
ST. PETERSBURG—With a sus
picious stoppage of dispatches from
Manchuria and a strong possibility
that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky has
cut his last communications with
home and set forth on the final stage
of his journey to his goal, either Togo
or Vladivostok, keen interest is mani
fested in naval and military circles
here in the twofold field of war.
Though the Admiralitv, which has
been completely silent since the ad
vent of Rojestvensky in the Chinese
sea, publishes no dispatches, the con
viction is growing that the united
squadrons, as indicated by the Asso
ciated Press on May 15. departed from
the Annam coast immediately after
their juncture and naval officers are
anxiously expecting news of the first
skirmishes between scouts of the hoe
tile fleets.
The Associated Press correspond
ent, on his visit to naval officers yes
terday to investigate the rumor that
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s health
had broken down, was repeatedly and
eagerly questioned for the latest in
formation through the press dispatches
which, it was declared, is a better
source than the Admiralty.
Captain Clado confirmed the state
ment of the Associated Press that the
vessels of both squadrons are equip
ped with apparatus for cleaning their
bottoms at sea. He said it was en
tirely possible for Vice Admiral Nebo
gatoff to put the last finishing touches
to the vessels of his division during
the mysterious interval when they
were lost to sight before passing the
Straits of Malacca.
Neither the*Admiralty nor individ
ual officers have any information re
garding the rumored request of Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky to be relieved,
and all who were questioned regard
ing the report express doubts of its ac
curacy. It was pointed out that it
would be entirely possible for the
fleet to delay in the China sea until
the arrival of Vice Admiral BirilefT,
and it was declared that Rojestven
sky will keep his flag flying as long
as he is not utterly incapacitated for
command, which would then devolve
on Vice Admiral Voelkersam. who is
known as an officer with a Teutonic
thoroughness and attention to the de
tails of his profession. He is qlso a
noble strategist and theoretician.
The Associated Press was informed
that Vice Admiral BirilefT will be sent
to Vladivostok, which possibly ac
counts for the origin of the rumor of
Rojestvensky’s request to be relieved
of his command.
On the military side the indications
are that events are rapidly shaping
for the preliminary stage of another
great battle. The Russian army has
been refitted and is ready for action,
and it is asserted that General Line
vitch isn’t the man to waste days in
inaction.
ROJESTVENSKY GOING NORTH.
Russian Fleet is Said to Be Taking
on Coat.
LONDON—Now that it seems defi
nitely established that Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky has started on his north
ward journey, there is a great deal
of interest in the eastern campaign.
Kwangchau bay, where provision
junks are said to be waiting for the
Russian fleet, is the most northward
of French possessions on the Chinese
sea and the last port which Rojest
vensky can select for his final depart
ure to meet the Japanese. It has a
fine anchorage and a sheltered chan
nel, where a large fleet may ride in
safety.
Reports still circulate in London to
the effect that the Russian Pacific’s
fleet coaling arrangements are ex
tremely inadequate and have been
the main cause of its prolonged
stay in Indo-Chinese waters, and that
the admiral is finding ever-increased
difficulty on this score.
EIGHT YEARS FOR OHLIGER
Wooster, O., Banker Pleads Guilty
and Is Sentenced.
CLEVELAND, O—L. P. Ohliger,
ex-president of the closed Wooster, O.,
National bank, pleaded guilty before
Judge Taylor in the United State dis
trict court to a count in one of the
indictments charging him with hav
ing issued a draft when there was no
funds in the bank to meet it. Judge
Taylor sentenced Ohliger to eight
years’ imprisonment in the Ohio peni
tentiary.
Ohliger is an ex-congressman, ex
county treasurer, postmaster at
Wooster under President Cleveland’s
first administration and collector of
internal revenue in Cleveland during
Cleveland’s second administration.
Fleet Not in French Waters.
PARIS—In regard to the press dis
patches saying the Russian fleet has
returned to HomKohe bay the French
officials say the Russians are not
within French .*aters. The officials
are not aware of the exact locality
of the fleet, hut communications with
the French naval and civil authorities
in Indo-China satisfy the officials here
that the Russians remain outside
French limits. It is maintained that
the fact that he fleet is off Hon Kohe
bay does not constitute a breach of
neutrality.
Leader of Gang Captured.
GRETT FALLS, Mont.—Fred Mor
tense, the alleged leader of a gang
of six burglars of Minneapolis, Minn.,
similar to the Neidermeyer gang of
Chicago, has been identified here by
Sheriff J. W. Dregger of Hennepin
county and will at once be taken
back to Minneapolis. Mortensen,
who is but a youth, broke jail In Min
neapolis July 9 last and was taken
here several days ago by the city po
lice as a vagrant, his identity later on
being disclosed through the local
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RUSSIANS GO NORTH
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Combined Squadrons Sighted off the
Coast of Annam Tue&day.
SINGAPORE!—The Russian fleet
was in latitude 13.30 north and longi
tude 111.30 east (about 120 miles
northeast of Cape Varelia, coast of An
nam) during the morning of May 16,
according to a report brought here by
the British steamer Hong Wang. The
German steamer Segovia sighted
forty-two Russian ships forty miles
from Cape Varelia May 15, steaming
slowly north.
The latitude and longitude in which
the Russian fleet was reported by the
British steamer Hong Wang, does not
indicate that a naval battle is immi
nent. The Russians were, on May 16,
only about 150 miles from the coast
of Annam and apparently heading
north for the waters of the island of
Hainan, near which, according to a
Hong Kong dispatch, 150 junks laden
with provisions were waiting for the
Russian fleet. Even in case Admiral
Rojestvensky decides not to take
these supplies on board or if the Hong
ong report is correct the Russian fleet
May 16 yas still about 700 miles from
the southern part of the island of For
mosa, where it has been asserted Ad
miral Togo may give battle and it is
doubtful if the fleet can now make
more than about 200 miles a day un
der the most favorable circumstances.
GENERAL WOOD ENDS CAMPAIGN.
Returns to Zamboanga from “Hike”
After Moro Pilates.
MANILA — The Moro outlaws,
against whom General Leonard Wood
has been campaigning, have been kill
ed in action with all the principals.
The outlaws were supporters and fol
lowers of the sultan of Solu. The
large tribes of the Island of Jolo were
not involved. The outbreak was
purely on the part of an aggregation
of piratical outlaws and disorderly
characters of Sulu asid the other is
lands stretching down to Borneo.
The position selected by the out
laws for the defense was in almost
impenetrable jungles and exceeding
ly strong, prohibiting the use of ar
tillery and necessitating close contact
and an assault in two instances. Gen
eral Wood’s forces sustained a loss
of nine killed and twenty-one wound
ed, all of whom are doing well. The
constabulary had two killed. The lat
ter were highly praised by General
Wood, who said: ‘The troops behav
ed splendidly and performed this diffi
cult service in a highly creditable
manner.” General Wood has return
ed to Zamboanga with the troops.
SECRETARY WILSON IN KANSAS.
Cabinet Member Visits Experiment
Stations in that State.
MANHATTAN Kan. — Secretary
Wilson and the government experts
accompanying him on his tour through
toe southwest spent Monday in this
state, arriving from Texas in a spe
cial trajn on the Rock Island road.
The first stop was made at McPher
son, where the government experi
ment farm was inspected. At Hering
ton, which was reached in the after
noon, addresses were made to a large
audience of farmers, who came from
adjoining towns, by Secretary Wilson,
Prof. Spillman, D. M. A. Carlton of
the department, F. D. Coburn and .T.
W. Robinson, respectively secretary
and chairman of the state board of
agriculture, and E. R. Nichols, presi
dent of the Kansas Agricultural col
lege at Manhattan. A stop was also
made at this point in the evening to
enable the party to make an inspec
tion of the latter institution. Tues
day will also be spent in this state
and a meeting at which Secretary
Wilson and the experts will speak will
be held at Norton at 2:30 in the after
r on.
FEAR GENERAL TIEUP.
Present Indications Are for a Big La
bor Upheaval in Chicago.
CHICAGO—Sunday brought no
change in the attitude of both sides
of the labor controversy now in pro
gress in Chicago and everything
points toward an extension of the
teamsters’ strike to many other busi
ness houses during the week. Tho
officials of the seven express compa
nies, whose refusal to reinstate any
of their striking employes caused the
collapse of the settlement of the
trouble Saturday night, still adhere
to their determination not to give em
ployment to any of their former em
ployes, and the other firms involved
in the difficulty declared that they
would stand by the express company
in the fight. The teamsters’ union
has taken just as firm a stand as the
employers and it was stated by Pres
ident Shea that the union would nev
er call off the strike until the ex
press companies came to terms.
The first spread of the strike is ex
pected to come Monday morning,
when the Lumbermen’s association,
an organization employing 2,400 team
sters, issues- an order to their men
to make deliveries to all business
houses, regardless of whether they
are involved in the strike or not
Funeral of Hiram Cronk.
NEW YORK—The body of Hiram
Cronk, the last veteran of the war
of 1812 to pass away, was buried here
Thursday in Cypress Hill cemetery
with impressive military honors. Be
fore the funeral the body of the vet
eran soldier lay in state in the city
hall, where it was viewed by many
thousands. There was a constant
stream of men, women and children
moving past the casket in the city
building—the first which had rested
there since the body of General Grant
laid in state.
McComas to Get a Job.
WASHINGTON—Justice Martin E.
Morris of the District of Columbia
court of appeals, having indicated to
the president his intention soon to re
tii \ the president . has announced
that he will appoint former Senator
Louis E. McComas of Maryland as
Justioe Morris’ successor.
Mrs. Southworth Dead.
CLEVELAND. O.—Mrs. Louisa
Southworth, well known in the wo
pan suffrage movement, is dead here,
aged 74 years.
MAY GALL TROOPS
CHICAGO STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS
DECLARED OFF.
TROUBLE IS LIKELY TO SPREAD
Stipulations Agreed to Except as to
Taking Back Express Company
Drivers—Unions Will Therefore
Pursue Plan Originally Mapped Out.
CHICAGO—The strike of the team
sters instead of being declared off
will be spread to greater proportions.
This was decided Saturday night by
the members of the Teamsters’ Joint
Council, which was in session until
midnight.
The council met at 8 o’clock to hear
the report of the negotiations that
had been in progress with the em
ployers throughout the day. They
agreed to all the stipulations of the
employers with the exception of that
which declared that the drivers of the
express companies should not be taken
back. This was the rock upon which
the peace program was wrecked and
after several hours of debate it was
decided that the Teamsters’ union
could not leave the express drivers
to make a lone fight, but must stand
hv them. It was decided to call off all
the negotiations and prepare for a
further fight.
The sense of the meeting was ex
pressed in the following resolution,
which was passed and given out as
defining the position of the teamsters:
“It is due to the members of the
public and members of the teamsters’
organization that a statement is is
sued relative to our position relative
to the proposition submitted by the
Employers’ association. The Employ
ers’ association offered a proposition
which might, have received favorable
consideration from the strikers and
their committee providing it carried
with it no proviso that would act as a '
detriment to any part of our organiza
tion. Their proposition, however, car
ried with it that the strike against
the railway express companies be de
clared off without those companies
agreeing to the proposition made by
the employers of any other proposi
tion, they having made the statement
that they had held a meeting and de
cided that no strikers would ever
again be re-emploved as workmen for
the railway express, companies—in
fact, to establish a blacklist against
all of their former employes. This the
teamsters’ organization or its officials
could n*t accept.
“We believe that, the railway ex
press companies are not justified in
their refusal to reinstate any of their
former employes and believe that the
best interests of all would be served
had they agreed to the same proposi
tion or a somewhat similar one to that
which the Employers’ association sug
gested.
“Under these conditions it is in
cumbent on the members of the team
sters’ organization to continue the
strike until such time as the express
companies will agree to the same con
ditions as those offered by the Em
ployers’ association.
The methods of the unions will not
differ from those which they have pur
sued thus far in the strike. They will
continue the boycott against the
houses where the strikes have been
held during the last month, and if any
of their members are discharged for
refusing to make deliveries all of the
drivers employed by that house will
be called on strike at once. The first
effect of the spread of the strike will
be in the building trades and trouble
is looked for in this direction on Mon
day. The sheriff of Cook county gives
it as his opinion that troops will have
to be called.
To Entertain Nebraskans.
TACOMA, Wash.—Washington lum
bermen are making elaborate plans
for the entertainment of 300 members
of the Nebraska Retail Lumber Deal
ers’ association, who leave Omaha
June? G for a trip throughout the
northwest. Every courtesy which
representative mill men of Washing
ion ran offer will be extended to make
the Nebraskans’ visit pleasant and
profitable. They will be entertained
at Sand Point.. Spokane. Bellingham,
Everett, Ballard, Seattle and other
places.
Cuban Liberas Adopt Platform.
HAVANA—The national convention
of the liberal party adopted a few
additions to the platform, including a
proposition for establishing a nation
al militia and changing the provisions
covering the functions of cabinet of
ficers. A secret session will be held
tomorrow' to eon sided campaign plans.
It is expected that a presidential can
didate will be nominated tomorrow
night. General Masso has tele
graphed to the eastern delegates not
to present his name aud to support
Jose Miguel Gome?..
SHERIDAN, Wyo.—'The attorneys
for Colonel Cody filed in the district
court a motion for a new trial of his
divorce suit.
Wounded in the Philippines.
MANILA—Coi. Wallace Taylor of
the constabulary was severely wound
ed in an engagement with the Pula
janes, May 17, at Magtaon, on the
coast of Samar. One private was
killed and*ten wounded. Manv Pula
janes were killed. Aid has been re
quested. Two companies of the
Twenty-first infantry will leave Cat
balogan to reinforce the constabulary.
Desultory fighting continues in the
islands south of Jolo. Major Gen.
Leonard Wpod, who conducted a cam
paign against Moros, has arrived.
Recruits Secured in Missouri.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.—F. G. Curry,
the strike breaker, who has been in
this city several days recruiting men,
received a telegram from the secre
tary of the Chicago Employers’ as
sociation instructing him to send to
Chicago all the men he can secure.
Curry had been instructed Saturday,
when a settlement of the teamsters’
strike Beemed likely, not to send any
more men. Curry sent several hun
dred men to Chicago early last week.
The men are offered $3.50 a day with
board.
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WOOD’S REPORT TO CORBIN.
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Additional List of Killed in Fight with
Moros.
WASHINGTON—The war depart
j ment has received the following ca
! blegram from General Corbin, trans
mitting a report from General Wood
regarding the engagements in the is
land of Jolo:
“Following just received from Gen
eral Wood, via Dumaguete:
“ ‘May 14—Returned to Zamboanga
yesterday. Troops sent to Jolo. are
being returned to stations as rapidly
as possible. Moro outlaws, who have
been raiding and killing in Sorneo,
were killed in action, together with all
their personal supporters and follow
ers of the sultan, with all large chiefs;
but the island in no way involved;
purely an organization of practical
outlaws, disorderly characters, from
Sulu and the other islands stretching
down to Sorneo. Positions selected
by outlaws for defense were situated
in almost impenetrable jungles and
were exceedingly strong, necessitat
ing close contact and assult in two
instances. Casualties, nine enlisted
killed and twenty-one enlisted wound
ed; two constabulary killed and three
wounded during the ten days’ opera
tions. All wounded doing well and
all expected to recover; bulk of
wounds not serious. Troops behaved
splendidly and performed this most
difficult service in a highly creditable
manner. Full report will be forward
ed. General breakdown of the cable,
combined with use of water transpor
tation at Jolo, and in aiding Buford,
prevented sending dispatch earlier.’
“Following list of killed reported by
General Wood in addition to those re
ported May 17:
“ ‘Samuel Weaver, Company G,
Twenty-second infantry; Elick How
ell, Company B, Twenty-second infan
try; Daniel Newport, Company F,
Twenty-second infantry; Eary E. San
soucie, Company A, Twenty-second
infantry.’ ”
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DOWIE BUYING LAND IN MEXICO
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Arrangements Being Made to Estab
lish Colony.
CITY OF MEXICO—Gladstone
Dowie, son of the Zion prophet, John
Alexander Dowie, and Judge Barnes,
a legal adviser, are in the city com
pleting details for the taking over of
a large tract of land for the purpose
of establishing a colony in Mexico
similar to that at Zion City, 111. In
an interview today Mr. Dowie said:
“We have secured an option on one
of the Gonzales haciendas, embracing
700,000 acres of territory in the state
of Tamulipas. We are also negotiat
ing for farming lands, totaling 1,000,
000 acres. The papers closing the
deal have been signed by the Zion
agents and Lieutenant Colonel Man
uel Gonzales, owner of the hacienda,
and in a few weeks we will begin the
work of establishing our colony.”
WILL REPRESENT PRESIDENT.
Fairbanks Will Go to Portland Expo
sition.
INDIANAPOLIS, lnd.—Vice Presi
dent Charles W. Fairbanks will leave
Indianapolis next Saturday night for
Portland, Ore., where he will repre
sent President Roosevelt at the open
ing of the Lewis and Clark exposi
tion June 1. A small party will ac
company the vice president, but its
composition has not yet been deter
mined, he said. After spending sev
eral days at Portland, the vice pres
ident will come east to Flint, Mich.,
where he will deliver an address
June 7. During the following week
he will be the commencement day or
ator at the Iowa State university.
From June 19 to 23 he will be in Del
aware, O., attending a meeting of the
board of trustees of the Ohio Wesley
an university.
Fast Time to Yokohama.
CHICAGO—According to advices re
ceived by Traffic Manager P. S. Eus
tis of the Chicago, Burlington & Quin
cy railroad, a record-breaking trip ha3
been made by the Great Northern
Steamship company’s twin-screw Min
nesota, between Seattle, Wash., and
Yokohama. The Minnesota, with a
big passenger list and a large cargo,
reached Yokohama Friday. She left
Seattle May 5. ^er time of fourteen
days is twenty-four hours better than
the steamer’s contract speed called
for.
Bank at Manila Closed.
MANILA—On the order of Gover
nor General Wright, the American
bank has been closed and placed in
charge of the insular auditor. No
financial statement has been issued.
The reason given for the closing of the
bank is the protection of the deposi
tors.
Chink Gives to Jap War Fund.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Moy Kee,
manager of Indianapolis Chinese, has
been made a member of the Red
Cross society of Japan. A letter
from Count Matsugata, accompanying
the appointment, acknowledges a con
tribution to the war fund.
Motor Car Reaches Oregon.
OMAHA—Motor car No. 1, which
the Union Pacific started a few days
ago for Portland, Ore., reached the
line in Oregon Wednesday after a
splendid and highly successful run.
The trip will be completed in a day
or two. The run over the mountains
was delightful, and no trouble at all
was had. The car experienced no
difficulty in making the schedule, with
all stops included. It was speeded
for thirty miles an hour on a 4 per
cent grade, or 200 feet to the mile.
Russian Colliers Under French Guns.
SAIGON, French Cochin-China—
Fortyt-hree colliers, mostly Russian
and German, are anchored off Nha Be
under the supervision of the French
gunboat Caronade. Twenty similar
ships are off Crre St. James, under
the supervision of the French cruiser
D’Assss. The Russian transport Kietf
is still in the commercial port of Sai
sron. No more direct news of the Rus
sian fleet is expected beyond what
might be received from refugees,
should fighting occur In the neighbor
hood of the Pescadore islands.
HOCH MUST HANC
THE BIGAMIST AND MURDERER
IS CONVICTED.
DEATH FIXED AS THE PENALTY
It Takes the Jury Less Than One
Hour to Decide—Murderer Much
Surprised at Finding of the Twelve
Men.
CHICAGO—Johann Hoch, who, by
his own confession, is several times
a bigamist, and who is charged by the
police with having married at least
forty wfomen in the past fifteen years,
was found guilty of murder an 1 the
death sentence recommended by a
jury in Judge Kersten's court.
The crime for which Hoch will be
led to the gallows was the murder of
his last known wife. Mrs. Marie Wal
cker-Hoch. Hoch had been married to
this woman but a few days when she
became suddenly ill and died. He then
formed an alliance with the sister of
the dead woman and. securing the lat
ter’s money, fled from Chicago. This
woman, in quest of revenge, notified
the police that Hoch had poisoned her
sister and a search for Hoch was be
gun. He was found two weeks later in
New York and brought back to Chi
cago and confronted by several of his
supposed wives. During the trial ex
pert testimony was offered by the
state that Hoch had poisoned the wo
man by administering arsenic.
The verdict was one of the quickest
on record in Cook county, the jury
having reached a decision in less than
half an hour. Three ballots were
taken. The first ballot was unanimous
as to Hoch’s guilt and then a ballot
followed as to the punishment *o be
inflicted. This ballot showed ten in
favor of the death penalty and two
for life imprisonment. A third ballot
resulted in the twelve jurymen voting
for the death penalty.
“Well, I guess it’s all off with John.”
groaned Hoch as the verdict was read
in court, and it was plain he was
greatly affected. He had sat in a
stooping position, but when the dread
word “death” was reached he turned,
stared hopelessly at the jurors and
then sank limp in his chair. Hcch’s
attorneys will ask for a newr trial, al
though the condemned man, after
reaching his cell, declared he was
ready to die and would be better sat
isfied if they did not make the effort.
“I wish they would hang me tonight,
now that I have been found guilty,”
declared Hoch. “I’m not afraid to die
and the sooner it is over the better.”
Hoch expressed great surprise at
the finding of the jury and declared
that the jurors did not take time to
consider the evidence. He said:
“The evidence wras all circumstant
ial, and my life was guessed away by
the jury which did not give sufficient
consideration to the testimony offer
ed. If it had done so I might have
stood a better chance, but there is no
use in finding fault. I hope no time
will be lost in taking me to the gal
lows. I do not want my attorney to
attempt more for* me. as I know it will
be of no use. The end cannot come too
soon to suit me . I committed no
crime. If my wife had been shot by
me instead of poisoned, as was al
leged, it would have taken the jury
at least a day to return the verdict,
but this was a case of poisoning in
which twice as much time should
have been given for its consideration.
HIS PREDECESSOR WAS SHOT.
Sokolovsky’s Last Act Was a Repres
sive Measure.
ST. PETERSBURG—The shooting
of Major General Sokolovsky, gover
nor general of Ufa, Tuesday is the
second crime of this nature which has
occurred at Ufa within two years, his
predecessor. General Boganovitch,
having been assassinated in the
streets of Ufa on May 9. 1903. Gen
eral Sokolovsky, who, as governor of
Urenberg and as military governor of
the same province, acquired a reputa
tion as a stern and vigorous official,
was appointed to restore order in th-'
turbulent government of Ufa and
adopted a repressive policy which
long ago caused him to be marked
for the same fate as Bogdanovitcn.
Numerous revolutionary societies
were broken up by General Sokolov
sky and the last acts of the governor
general were the dispersal of an anti
government. club and the suppression
of the May day demonstrations with
the arrest of many armed demonstrat
ors.
Gould Gets Harriman Man.
PORTLAND, Ore.—It was reported
here on Tuesday that B. A. Worth
ington, vice president and general i
manager of the Harriman railway
lines in the northwest, has resigned
and that he will become general man
ager of the Western Pacific railroad.
It is asserted that Mr. Worthington
aeld a conference with men in touch
with the Gould interests while at Chi
cago recently and that his resignation
from the Harriman employ was the
result of an arrangement entered into
at Chicago.
Fuel Oil for Nebraska.
KANSAS CITY—P. Dumont Smith,
one of the attorneys of the Kansas
Oil Producers’ association, said on
Sunday: The Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad is going to give
the Kansas Oil Producers an inter
state tariff which will enable them to
sell their oil in competition with coal
in the states of Missouri, Iowa and
Nebraska. E. P. Ripley, president of
the Santa Fe, has told me that the
Santa F^e will put in the interstate
rates just as soon as the figures can
be compiled.”
Give Roads Some Leeway.
TOPEKA, Kan.—General freight
agent* of Kansas railroads have ap
pealed to the state board of railroad
commissioners for permission to issue
their new tariff sheets without wait
ing for the board to approve the
changes, as the new railroad law re
quires. J. C. Lincoln, general freight
agent vt the Missouri Pacific, made
the request on behalf of the roads.
The board refused to make the con
cession, but as a compromise decided
to allow the railroads to distribute
their tariff sheets.