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AN ASSAM Oil DOUaLAS COUNTY JAIL AN EFFORT MADE TO GET PRIS ONERS THERE. Opbr Is Battered Down, but the Men Wanted by the Mob Found to Be Spirited Away. OMAHA—Incensed at the news that Edward Flury was dead, a crowd of about 1,000 people, without a leader, made a desultory attempt Thursday night at taking from the county jail and lynching the three negroes held for the murder of the street car con ductor the night of Wednesday, March j 7, at the Albright end of the Walnut Hill street car line. The mob swore vengeance also on the four youths held for the murder of Nels Lausten, the Cuming street saloon keeper. Two or three hundred men mounted the jail and courthouse terrace from Harney s£reet and with the aid of a pole broke down two doors forcing its way into the jail on the east side. . Sheriff McDonald invited a commit tee to enter and inspect the jail to prove his word the prisoners were not there. The committee was headed by Joseph Flury, 3431 North Thirtieth street, brother of the murdered man. It was in the jail about an hour and when it emerged Flury made a speech to the crowd, declaring every' cell had been searched in vain; the prisoners were gone. That speech and the pres ence of thirty-live policemen had the effect of dispersing the crowd. me mgnt was cola. The ground was hidden under a deep coat of snow. The crowd was disorganized. It was quite apparent that had the ele ments been milder and the crowd headed by one or two determined leaders there may have been different conseauences. provided, however, the coveted victims were in the jail. Sneriff McDonald declared they were not and the committee failed to find them. The strongest, at least the most realistic suggestion of summary dis position of the prisoners, aside from the presence of the howling mob. was a long grass seed rope. A big man who had nothing to say carried it. He stayed well in the center of the active crowd and when the jail door was broken in was on hand. Clarence Gathright. Cal Wain or Warren and Harry Clark, the three negroes held for the F iury murder, were, primarily, the objects of the mob's wrath. Jay O’Hearn, on trial for the Lausten murder, and his pals, Raymond Nelson. Leo Angus and Joe Warren, were also wanted. RETURNS FROM INSPECTION. Report on Wreck of Valencia Will Shortly Be Made. ' WASHINGTON.—L O. Murrav of the steamboat inspection service has returned ’"from the Pacific coast, where he was sent by the government with H. K. Smith of the same service to investigate the Valencia disaster. Mr Smith has not returned but when he reaches Washington a report will be compiled covering the findings in the premises. The report will be made to the president and no infor mation will be given out relative to the findings until it is made public at the White House. SHOT DOWN WITHOUT TRIAL. t Englishman Makes Terrible Charge Against Russian Officials. LONDON—Lionel Walter Roschild, member of parliament for the Ailes bury division of Bucks, speaking at Chesham on the question of exclu sion of aliens and the number of poor Russian refugees excluded from Great Britain the last few months, said he possessed irrefutable evidence that every' one of these men sent back was shot at the Russian frontier without trial. FACTIONAL FIGHT IN OHIO. Two Republican Candidates in Ohio Congressional District. WILMINGTON. O—C. Q. Hilde brand was nominated as a republican •candidate to suceecd Congressman iScroggy from the Sixth district, and a rival convention will meet at Xenia jnext Wednesday, at which it is ex pected Mr. Scroggy will also be nom nnated. Attempts made to compro mise difficlulties have thus far been ifutile. FARMERS ALLOWED TO POOL. Kentucky Pipposes to Cope With To bacco TrusL FRANKFORT, Ky. — The house passed the •senate bill allowing farm ers to pool their crops and hold them for higher prices. Although the mea sure is a general one the main pur pose for which it was introduced was to allow Kentucky tobacco growers to combine and secure satisfactory prices for leaf tobacco. Many Soldiers Are Missing. ST. PETERSBURG—The Invalid, organ of the military, is still printing daily lists of the losses sustained dur ing the war. which, without including Port Arthur, now total 151.000 killed, v.oundpd and disappeared. The lists covering the fighting at Mukden are just beginning to appear. A remark able feature is the percntage ot men whose fate is unknown, having been abandoned on the field of battle. The staff is receiving thousands of in quiries from relatives regarding the fate of soldiers missing. Resurveys in Nebraska. WASHINGTON — Representative Kinkaid introduced a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to resur vey certain lands in Nebraska. These lands, it is asserted, were not accu rately surveyed when the country was opened to settlement, or if they w»re the monuments has been misplaced or dost sigtyt of. The Kinkaid bill pro poses to furnish relief in having a re survey made of the lands in township 23 nc«rth, range 12; township 23, north; range 13, township 28 north, range j 14; township 32 north, range 47. FORGER MAKES CONFESSION. Tells flow He Cleared Up About $65,000. DAYTON, 6.—C. S. White. the last of a gang of forgers, which has worked extensively in Chicago, Omaha and St. Louis, was arrested Wednes day in Lima and confessed in this city that he had led the gang of check workers. He stated that, checks were printed by himself and his men iden tical to those used by the Illinois Steel company. They were made out in sums of $50 and $51, and on pay day at the plant the men would dress as Hungarians, get in the crowd and pre sent th%ir checks for payment at banks or saloons near the factory. White stated that he was a little scared at first, but that it was so easy that he worked hard afterward and cleared up $55,01)0 before leaving Chi cago. TO HEAR EVIDENCE. Kansas Railroads May Defend Their Oil Rates. NEW YORK —Announcement was made that an organization, including prominent men of affairs as well as leading men of letters has been formed to urge the simplification of English spelling. This new body is called the simplified spelling board. It will ap peal to all who for educational or practical reasons wish to make Eng lish spelling easier to acquire. An drew. Carnegie has generously under taken to bear the expense of the or ganization. CARRINGTON CASE AFFIRMED. Major Will Appeal to United - States Court in Case Against Him. MANILA.—The supreme court of the islands has confirmed the decision of the lower court in the case of J. F. Carrington, formerly a major in the United States army. Carrington will now appeal to the United States su preme court. Carrington was convicted in Febru ary last of falsifying vouchers of the civil government when an officer in the army and in charge of a battalion of Filipino scouts, to the amount of $1,500. and was sentenced to a total of sixty years and live uays imprison ment. He subsequently was tried by court-martial and dismissed from the army. NELSON MANUSCRIPT SOLD. Memorandum on Plan of Battle at Trafalgar Brings $18,000. LONDON.—The original draft in Lord Nelson's handwriting of the his torical “general memorandum" to his captains at the battle of Trafalgar was sold at auction at Christie's today for $18,000. The purchaser was a bookseller who was reported to be acting in behalf of an American col lector, but the bookseller denied so doing and said he thought the docu ment ought to remain in England, add ing that he was ready to hand it over to the British museum for $18,000. Snow Valuable to State. OMAHA—All Nebraska rejoices over the white blanket of snow which has covered the state for several days. It has been called another “$1,000,000 snow.” The warm weather had put the ground in a receptive hood and the eight inches of snow will make a first edition of a spring wetting. The snow, farmers say, will have been of value to all sorts of crops. The railroads have not started their crop bulletins, but reports received at general manager's offices -show every thing to be in fine shape. TO MAKE SPELLING EASIER. New Movement Is Started in New York City. KANSAS CITY. Mo.—Francis M. Cockrell, Hudson C. Clements and Charles A. Prouty, members of the interstate commerce commission, ar rived in Kansas City and will at once begin the hearing of testimony on al leged illegal rates charged by railroad companies for shipment of oil from the Kansas fields It is expected that two and probably three days will be consumed in the hearing. ALGECIRAS DELEGATES WAIT. Men at Conference Are Unable to Set tle Questions Presented. ALGECIRAS, Spain—Moroccan con ference has reached a peculiar stage. It is completely helpless to solve the deadlock which has arisen over the remaining details of the police and bank questions. The sessions are tem porarily suspended wdthout knowing when they wHI Tesume. The French and German delegates are bound by their instructions and therefore are unable to make any further conces sions and the conference not having judicial or legislative powers cannot settle the difference by a majority. Comanches Apply for Divorce. LAWTON. O. T.—For the first time in the history of this country, divorces were applied for in the district court by two Comanche policemen. No. Progress At Algeciras. ALGECIRAS, Spain—The French ana German delegates to the Moroc can conference are awaiting further instructions. In the meantime no prog ress is being made towards an adjust ment of the details of the police and bank questions. Tons of Dynamite Explode. DULUTH—In an explosion of eight tons of dynamite at the works of the Great Northern Powder Co., at Thom son. Minn., tonight seven men were in jured, none fatally. Chauncey Depew Improving. NEW YORK—The Tribune says: Senator Chauncey M. Depew, it may be asserted on the authority of a man who talked with him, is deriving the benefit from his temporary absence from Washington. Walter Wellman is Back. NEW YORK—Wra!ter Wellman, who has been in Europe preparing for an attempt to reach the North pole by dirigible balloon, was a passenger on the steamer La Lorraine, which ar rived in New York. HAS FLOOR INJHE SENATE RATE BILL DISCUSSION ALL THIS • W2EK. It Is of Paramount Importance and Therefore is to Be Given the Right of Way. WASHINGTON—The debate on the railroad rate bill will continue in the senate during the present week. The prospect is that this rate bill will more completely monopolize attention this week than it did last, for while under the original arrangement the rate bill could not be taken up until 2 o'clock each day, its consideration can be now entered upon under Senator Tillman's present policy every day as soon as the routine of bills and presentation of re ports, is concluded. Mr. Tillman has announced his purpose of pressing the consideration of this bill to the exclu sion of everything else when anyone is prepared to sp ;ak on it. He said: “And when there is no one ready to speak I shall ask the senate to proceed to vote upon the measure.” That, however ho will not be unrea sonable in this respect was shown by the fact that he agreed on Thursday to take a recess until Monday because, notwithstanding there are many sena tors who will as!: to be heard upon the Mil before the final vote shall be taken no speeches had been prepared. Jt is the intention to give everybody who reallv wants to speak an opportunity to do so, but if when all the speeches ire made there should seem to be a dis position to delay final action this effort will be antagoo zed. The speech making during the pres ent week will l-e lMii'gurated on Man day by a speech by fra tor McCreary Df Kentucky. A number of senators will he heard during the week in frr mal speeches, but the order of deliv ery has not been determined. Among those who are preparing speeches are Messrs. Elkins, .Spooner, Lodge. Foster and MeLaurin. Senator Spooner will discuss the legal aspects of the subject dealing especially with the question of review of the findings of the interstate commerce commission by the United States courts. Senator Lodge will de vote himself especially to the presenta tion of his reasons for desiring the en largement of the commission as out lined in his amendment. In all prob ability most of the speeches will pre cipitate running debates, as did Mr. ftayner's address of last Wednesday. Indeed, the disposition is to question most of the statements made on the floor of the senate, and from this time 'orward very few speakers will be per mitted to escape without interruption. Though much attention is being given to the presentation of the merits 5f the question pro and con. a still 'arger numbzer of senators are devot ing themselves even more assiduously :o the preparation of amendments to the bill. The republican senators who fln not accept the house bill are con centrating their efforts upon a review proposition and they have practically a greed on the fifth section of Senator Knox’s substitute for the pending bill as the basis of their amendment. BUFFALO BILL IS ALL RIGHT. Never in Better Health and Now in Italy With His Show. NEW YORK—Colonel W. F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill) has cabled from Genoa, Italy, emphatically denying the reports widely disseminated throughout the United States that owing to family troubles, business perplexities and failing health he is threatened with complete collapse and would shortly retire from the head of his famous Wild West show, which is now on tour in Europe. Colonel Cody's cablegram was addressed to J. A. Bailey, general director of the Barnum & Bailey’s cir cus, who is Colonel Cody's business partner in the Wild West show. It is as follows: GENOA, Italy, March 12.—Barnum & Bailey, 25 West Thirty-fourth street. New York: Strongly deny re ports of failing health, bad business and retirement. Never in life felt better and business immense. CODY. May Get Small Increase. PITTSBURG—Fortv-flve coal ope rators of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio left here for Indianap olis. Tomorrow afternon the party will open a conference at Indianap olis to decide whether or not the min ers shall get an advance and the amount to be given. This conference will probably end Wednesday after non, when the operators will meet the miners in convention. One of the operators said that he thought the imners would be given an increase of 5 per cent, but not any more. ROME—The sacred college will be received by Pone Pius X and will pre sent its greetings to him. the occasion being the feast of St. Joseph, the nameday of his holiness. The pope is in the best of health and spirits. Geological Survey Wants'Building. WASHINGTON — Director Walcott of the geological survey has recom mended to congress that a new build- j ing will be erected for the use of that branch of the government service at ! an estimated cost of $1,200,000. The director says the government property and records in the rented buildings now occupied by the survey, the value of which amounts to about $6,000,000, are in constant danger of loss by fire as the buildings contain over 100.000 square feet of varnished and inflam mable wooden partitions. Ware To Take An Appeal. DEADWOOD, S. D.—A bill of ex ceptions is being prepared by counsel for Rev. G. G. Ware, recently convict ed of conspiring to defraud the gov ernment of land, and sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and serve one year in jail. A certified copy of the rec ord will be filed with the clerk of the court of appeals at St. Louis sixty days after the judgment of February 27. The case will be presented ai the September term of the court of ap peals at Denver. In the meantime Mr. Ware is out os baiL STATEHOOD BILL. Action Feared That May Defeat the Measure. WASHINGTON—There are indica tions that the statehood bill may be referred by Speaker Cannon to the committee on territories. This action, the friends for Indian Territory fear, will entirely defeat the measure. The committee can retain the bill indefi nitely and should it appear that there are “insurgent” votes enough to con cur with the senate the bill would not, they say, be brought in the house. Under the rules of the house a sen ate amendment to the house bill which changes the charge on the treasury sent the bill to committee automat ically. The amendment in question is one granting lieu lands to the state for school urposes in case sec tions 13 and 33 reserved in each township, prove to be mineral lands. Although the bill goes to committee without a motion in the house, it is still .on the speaker's table. Unless some member insists that the refer ence be made at once, the plan is to defer the reference until the return of members who have gone south on a river and harbor inspection tour. This delegation will return Saturday. An agreement was made before they left whereby nothing was to be done with the statehood bill until their return. The news that the bill was to go to the committee, which leaked out was somewhat disconcerting to the “insur gents,” who have been bending their energies to strengthen their numbers in the expectation of a direct vote on the motion to concur in the senate amendments. If some way had not been discovered to send the bill to committee this motion to concur would have been in order and would have taken precedence over a motion to disagree and go into conference. Just how the “insurgents” are to meet the new situation has not been decided upon so far as can be ascertained. TOM LAWSON SOUNDS ALARM. Exposes What He Claims Is Insurance Plot. BOSTON—Thomas* W. Lawson, for warded a telegram to Chairman Arm strong of the insurance investigating committee of the New York legisla ture. In it allegations are made to the effect that interested parties have received assurances that the proposed insurance legislation can be killed. The telegram concludes: “I assure your committee its work was never in greater danger than at present. I have in my custody insur ance policies issued within a few days signed by new reform officers and affidavits from the insured that they received them for nothing by proxy and in some cases w'ith large rebates.” DEATH FOR O'HEARN. Jury Finds Him Guilty and Assesses Extreme Penalty. OMAHA—After deliberating less than three hours, the jury in the O’Hearn murder case brought in a verdict at 7 o'clock Saturday night finding him guilty of murder of Nels Lausten on the night of January 20 and fixing the penalty at death. Every precaution was taken by the authorities to prevent a demonstration and when the verdict was read only O Hearn, his guards and the court of ficials were present. The outer doors of the courthouse were locked, and no one was admitted until after O’Hearn had been escorted to a cab. which was in waiting on the west side of the courthouse. He was taken to the pen itentiary for safe keeping. BASIS OF A COMPROMISE. Possibility ef Two Rate Bill Factions Getting Together. WASHINGTON—If a compromise is effected in the senate Od the railroad rate bill, the indications are that it will be in the nature of a time limit on the suspension of orders of the in terstate commerce commission. Sev eral senators said that if they thought a review by the courts could be facil itated in such manner as would insure the protection of the interests of ship pers a judicial review feature could be adopted. Cleveland Reaches 69 Years. PRINCETON. N. J.—Former Presi dent Grover Cleveland, spent his birth day away from home Sunday for the first time since he moved to Prince ton. This is his 69th birthday. Mr. Cleveland is now in Florida with Prof. Howard McClenahan, where the two have been for ten days. He will likely remain south a month longer on account of poor health. Mrs. Cleve land on Sunday night said that his outing in Florida was improving him and that she expected him to return much better. -- Body Will Be Cremated. CINCINNATI. O.—The body of Herr Johann Most, the anarchist, who died here yesterday of erysipelas, will be cremated at the Cincinnati crematory next Tuesday. Mrs. Most arrived from New York late tonight. Talk for Liquor Men. WASHINGTON — Representative Barthold. Mo., and former Senator J. M. Thurston, addressed the house committee on judiciary today in oppo sition to proposed legislation for the regulation of the interstate shipment of liquor. Americans Sentenced in Mexico. EL PASO, Tex—Ole E. Finstad and L. G. Coughener, of Los Angeles, were sentenced at Santa Rosila, Mex ico, to twelve years and six months each in the penitentiary for murder. Horrible Execution. MINSK, Russia—The execution of Ivan Koukiioff. who attempted ,.0 as sassinate General Koukiioff, was a hor rible affair. He was hanged at the gate of the prison in the presence of a gap ing crowd, but the noose was so badly adjusted that Koukiioff suffered agonies for ten minutes. Production of Hard Coal. WASHINGTON—The production of Pennsylvania anthracite in 1905, as reported to the United States geolog ical survey, was the largest on record. ! THIRTY FIVE DEAD ill RAILROAD WRECK HEAD-ON COLLISION BETWEEN PASSENGER TRAINS. It Occurs on the Denver and Rio Grande, Four Miles West of Flor ence, Colo. PUELBO, Colo.—A wreck, accom panied with horrors exceded only by the Eden disaster, which occurred •August 7, 1904, on the line of the same railroad, resulted from a head-on col lision of two passenger trains on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, four miles west of Florence. Golo., at an early hour Friday morning. The trains were the Utah-California Express No. 3 westbound from Denver, and the Colorado-New Mexico Express No. 16. eastbound from Leadville and Grand Junction. They met on a sharp curve and were less than 20 yards apart when the engineers discovered that a collision was imminent. It is known that the engineer of the westbound train put forth every possible effort to bring his train to a stop, but his efforts were fruitless and although he succeeded in checking the speed of his train the crash that followed was beyond his power to prevent and he went to his death with his hand on the throttle, faithful to his charge. This much is vouched for by his fire man, who, seeing the uselessness of remaining in the face of sure death, jumped and saved himself. Of the conduct of the engine crew of the eastbound train it can only be said that they died at their posts, for no one lives to tell the story of their heroism. The disaster was made more hor rible by the manner of the death of many of the passengers, variously es timated at from twenty to thirty five. Fire swept over the wreck, engulfing the victims in a caldron of flames and leaving only charred and black ened bones to tell the tale of slaugh ter. A list of the injured given out by of ficials of the railroad company com prises twenty-two names. None of. tHe injured are dangerously hurt and it is believed they will recover. Conservative estimates on the total loss of life place the number of dead at thirty-five. Rio Grande officials in sist that the exact number of persons on the two trains cannot be ascer tained, that it is impossible. S. F. Lively, night operator at Swal lows, whose alleged failure to deliver orders to train No. 3 is supposed to have been the cause of the wreck, has been in the employ of the road for many years. He was relieved from duty tonight and will be suspended until the matter is thoroughly investi gated by the officials. ALTAR IN THE OPEN AIR. Churches Not Large Enough to Care for Funerals of French Miners. PARIS.—Hundreds of funerals are being held at the towns surrounding Courrieres, where the mine disasrer Saturday resulted in the loss of over 1,000 lives. Sncw has fallen but lines of mourners fill every road, many of them carrying caske's where hearses were not obtainable. At B*l lv-Montigny, a rough altar was erect ed in the open air and funeral ser vices were conducted over sixty bodies. Another and similar cere mony occurred r.t Mericourt over the, unidentified dead Postponement at Algeciras. ALGECIRAS—Postponement of the plenary conference on Moroccan re forms until March 20 arouses among the delegates hopes that Germany and France meantime will reach a basis of accord. The symptoms of agreement were more favorable to day, when the representatives of neu tral nations energetically endeavored to influence mutual concessions. The French and Spanish delegates, how ever. still claim that their acceptance of the principle of inspection by France of Spanish police gives an ef ficatious guarantee. Bellamy Storer to Retire. "WASHINGTON—Other than admit ting that Bellamy Storer, the Ameri can ambassador to Austria-Hungary, is to retire immediately from his post Secretary Rot declined to make any statement regarding the change in of fice. A successor to Mr. Storer will be named by the president. The sec retary refused to say who the new ambassador would be. It is known that there has been some friction with the administration, which neither Mr. Root nor others will discuss at the present time. Populace Panic Stricken. ASKABAD, Russia—News received here from Seistan, in Eastern Persia, says that a pest is spreading; that the populace is becoming panic stricken, and. that many persons are fleeing. To Fight Bell Company. DES MOINES, la.—At a meeting of the representatives of independent telephone companies of Iowa, the or ganization of a one-fourth million dol lor corporation to fight the Bell Tele phone company in the state was started. Signers are being obtained from all the delegates present, each company to put one thousand dollars into the fund to fight the so-called trust in and out of the courts. The or ganization of the independent lines of the state into one company en tirely covering Iowa was also started. Funeral of Miss Anthony. ROCHESTER — Funeral services over the body of Susan B. Anthony were held in the Central Presbyterian church Thursday. Hundreds of men and women were unable to gain ad mission to the church and stood out side during the services. Those who participated in the last rites over the body of the dead leader included the Rev. Dr. Charles C. Albertson, pastor of the Central church; the Rev. Dr. William C. Gannett, pastor of the First Unitarian church; William Lloyd Gar rison of Lawrence, Mass. SUSAN B. ANTHONY. Her Long and Eventful Career Finally Ended. ROCHESTER, N. Y.—The long and eventful life of Susan B. Anthony closed at 12:40 o'clock Tuesday morn ing. The end came peacefully. Miss Anthony had been unconscious prac tically for twenty-four hours, and her death had been momentarily expected since Sunday night. Dr. M. S. Ricker, her attending phy sician, said Miss Anthony died of heart failure induced by double pneu monia. She had had Eerious valvularv heart trouble for the last six or seven years. Her lungs were practically clear, and the pneumonia bad yielded to treatment, but the weatness of her heart prevented her recovery. Mayor James G. Butler announced that as a mark of respect to the mem ory of Miss Anthony the flags of the city will be displayed at half mast OB the day of the funeral. Miss Anthony was taken ill while on her way home from the national suf frage convention in Baltimore. She stopped in New York, where a ban quet was to be given February 20 in honor of her 86th birthday, but had an attack of neuralgia on the 18th and hurrieu borne. Pneumonia developed after her arrival here, and on March 5, both lungs became affected. After that she became unable to re tain nourishment and showed an alarming weakness. Later, however, she seemed to improve and her friends hoped she was out of danger. Then came the attack of heart failure Sun day afternoon, following which she sank into unconsciousness. Miss Anthony herself had believed that she would recover. Early in her illness she told her friends that she expected to be as old as her father, who was over 90 when lie died. Feeling that her life could not long continue, Miss Anthony evidently was disturbed by a desire to express some wish with regard to her will, and on Wednesday last she said to her sister: “Write to Anna Shaw immediately and tell her I desire that every cent 1 leave when I pass out of this life shall be given to the fund which Miss Thomas and Miss Garrett are raising for the cause. I have given my life and all I am to it. and now I want my last act to be to give it all I have— the last cent. Tell Anna Shaw to see that this is done.” PLACE IN CABINET. Another Promotion Possible fo^ Charles E. Magoon. WASHINGTON — Nebraska may soon be represented in the cabinet The name of Judge Charles E. Magoon is being freely mentioned as a pos sibility to succeed William H. Taft as secretary of war, providing the lat ter concludes to accept a seat on the bench of the United States supreme court. Judge Magoon is now filling the duties of minister of Panama, member of the canal commission and civil governor of the canal zone. It is well known that President Roosevelt regards the Nebraskan as a man of ex traordinary executive ability and is interested personally in his walfare. Harriman Buys Electric Line. LOS ANGELES. Cal.—Official con firmation of the recent rumors that E. H. Harriman had gained control of the Los Angeles Pacific electric in terurban system is found in the offi cial record of the meeting of the boa’-J of directors and a stockholders meet ing just filed with the county clerk. It was declared semi-authorita tively that the Harriman interests had bought the system in its entirety. The lines transferred include approximate ly 100 miles of street railway now in operation. Missouri Pacific Earnings. WASHINGTON—Gross earnings of $42,518,000. a decrease of $1,175,000 as compared with the preceding year, are shown by the annua] report of the Missouri Pacific Railway company fot the year 1905, which was made public today. The net earnings for the period covered by the report were $12,341,000, a decrease of $947,000 as compared with 1904. The report shows that the total rn^eme from other sources amounting to $2,439, 000. as 498,000 less than in 1904, and that after the payment of the regular 5 per cent divident there is a deficit for the year of $18,000. To Prevent Rebates. WASHINGTON — Representative Hearst of New York, introduced a bill prohibiting secret rebates, discrimina tions and concessions, and providing imprisonment of from one to ten years as a punishment for giving or receiv ing such concessions or rebates. Still Cutting Passenger Rates. BOSTON—President Mellin. of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company, authorized the statement that reductions in passen ger rates would be put into effect on all lines during the spring and sum mer. Date for Statehood Bill. WASHINGTON—At a conference of republican house leaders it was decid ed to consider the statehood bill on Wednesday, March 21. Chairman Hamilton of the house committee on territories probably will seek to send the bill as amended by the senate di rectly to the conference, ir there should be no objection to this motion the bill will go automatically to the house comittee on territories, which will report it to the house with a recommendation that it be sent to con terence. Chinese Rebels Beheaded. CANTON—The leader of the rebels I of Kuang Si province and three others who were implicated in the attack on the house of the Rev. Dr. Andrew Beat tie, the American missionary at Fati, in February, were beheaded March 13. Finds no Sign of Trouble. MANILA—Colonel Knight, Major General Wood’s chief of staff, has re turned from a reconnaissance of the situation in China. He reports that there is absolutely no danger of trouble and that tranquility prevails, ROUTED THE TIGER WITH MAPJ Pretence of Mind Saved Life of Eng lish Surveyor. How an English surveyor routed a Malayan tiger, with no other weapon than a rolled-up map. is told by the Straits Times of Singapore: “While a well-known local surveyor, who had been kept out late at work on Satur day night, was driving in* a rikisha along Tampenls road, about 7:30 o’clock, his rikisha coolie suddenly dropped the shafts and ran for his life into the edge of the jungle. On peer ing into the darkness—the vehicle was not carrying a light—the gentle man saw a large creature standing in the middle of the road. He got out of the rikisha and went towards the beast, thinking it some large dog that had frightened the coolie. When within six or seven yards he per 1 ceived that the brute was a large ti ger. “He had no weapon except a large district survey map rolled up. He saw the futility of attempting to dis able the tiger with the rolled-up map, but the thought struck him that he might manage to frighten it my mean of his roll. Suddenly he unrolled it with a quick flip, spreading it to its full area of four or five feet square. With a single bound the tiger cleared off into the jungle. “The next thing was to find the coolie, who eventallv was discovered in a state of collapse in the ditch. He was unable to pull his fare back and it was not until three or four miles had been traversed with both men on foot that he recovered sufficiently to pull the European home.” BORNE TO HIS GRAVE IN CAB. Eccentric Englishman Arranged for Queer Funeral. The eccentric life of the late Hora tio Bright, a wealthy retired manufac turer of Sheffield, was no more eccen tric than his funeral, which took place yesterday. Before daybreak an ordinary cab drove up to the door of his house, and his body, contained in a plain coffin, was placed in it. A second cab carried a party of undertakers’ men. and they were driven over the bleak moorland to the village of Moscar. six miles away, where Mr. Bright many years ago erected a magnificent mausoleum to shelter the coffins of his first wife and son. He used to sit in it for hours beside the coffins. There was no religious ceremony, as Mr. Bright, although born a Jew, scorned all religion. Mr. Bright made his money as a steel die maker to the Royal Mint and mints in other countries. Fifteen years ago he retired from business, burned his books and refused to sell his goodwill of the business to any one. His favorite amusement was to drive a six in hand through the streets of Sheffield, and occasionally he added outriders and postilions to his equip ment.—London Daily Express. Distrust. It may be my intelligence ain't what it ought to be. But somehow human nature's most mys terious to me. It gets me fooled completely when I see a solemn man Rise up to advocate some glorious philan thropic plan. And then find out he had extensive inter ests at stake. An' that he's figured all the time on prof its he might make. It gets me downright nervous; it's hard to keep serene, A-listenin' to what people say an' guess in' wh^t they mean. It's hard to disregard the words whose steady rhythmic flow Stirs up your inmost feelings, jes' like music sweet an' slow ; But I'm gettin’ so suspicious that I mere ly sit an' try To size the talker up an' catch a twinkle in his eye. I note the kind of clothes he wears, and if they're brushed with care; The way he trims his whiskers and the way he cuts his hair. I've had hard work, but 'bout the tough est task I've ever seen. Is listenin’ to what people say an' guess in’ what they mean. —Washington Star. His Labor Over. “The civil service.” said Senator Knox, “is not what it used to be. Merit counts in it as in business now and industry and intelligence are the qualities that bring success. “It was not always so. I remember meeting a man on Pennsylvania ave nue one morning many years ago. It was late. He was all dressed up. Plainly he was taking a day off. “ ‘Well,’ he said, as we conversed, ‘I worked mighty hard during the last three months trying to get a civil ser vice appointment, but I’m going to take it easy now.’ “ ‘Failed through lack of influence. I suppose?' said I. “ ‘No, no,' said he, ‘I've got the ap pointment.’ “And he resumed his pleasant stroll.” He Was Not a College Boy. Representative Fitzgerald of Brook lyn overheard an amusing dialogue on his way home from the House of Rep resentatives the other evening. He boarded a Georgetown car, the con ductor of which was about 50 years old and anything but an Adonis. When the car reached Fourteenth street, within a stone's throw of the Eagle Bureau, an elderly woman ran up and shouted; “Conductor, oh, con ductor. do you (meaning the car) go to Georgetown College?” The collector of nickels looked at her a few seconds and then gave two bells. As the car started, leaving the woman in the middle of the street, the conductor turned and asked. “Madam, do Oi look loike a student?” —Washington Star. Women Wear imitation Jewels. “Never have I known such a craze for imitation jewelry as now," was the remark of the manager of one of the big city department stores, and It only needs a glance to see that in. a store where the crowds are greatest the imitation jewelry lies. “We can’t supply the demand.” went on the manager, “and I* know it is the case not alone with ns, but even more so with those firms who make a specialty of selling it alone. “Jewelers who have for years been in the business have told me that their trade has suffered greatly from this cause. Such art and skill have entered into its manufacture that in many cases It can’t be told from the re*i.”