THIS IN NEBRASKA
EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE
OR LESS IMPORTANCE.
Appointment of Receiver for the Stand*
ard Beet Sugar Company—fdor.
folk Officials Want Investigation.
Receivership No Surprise.
FREMONT—The appointment of a
receiver for the Standard Beet Sugar
company in the federal court by Judge
Munger, as announced In the papers,
was not wholly unexpected by the bus
iness men here. It had been generally
known that the financial condition of
the company was not the best and that
President Leavitt was making stren
uous efforts to raise money by trying
to induce the stockholders to assign
their shares of stock, so that it could
be put up as security for loans to pay
for last season’s beets and other ex
penses. Beet raising has not proved
very profitable around here and A. S.
Grigereit is about the only one who
has raised them successfully on a large
scale. He already has a contract for
this year and some work done on the
land. Whether he goes on with his
contract or not will, of course, depend
on the policy of the receiver in regard
to operating the plant this season.
Officials Balk on Resigning.
NORFOLK—Dr. Alden, superintend
ent, and Dr. Nicholson, assistant at
the State Insane hospital here, who
have been requested by Governor
Mickey to resign, have not yet sent
in their resignations. Dr. Alden says
that he-desires a thorough investiga
tion before resigning and he will sub
mit to the result. He says that as long
as no charge has been brought against
him he be'!eves he is entitled to an
investigation. He denies that there
has been friction and declares there
has never been an unpleasant word
,between himself and Dr. Nicholson.
Boy may Lose ms nose.
KEARNEY—Guy Huston, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Huston of Riv
erdale, met with a peculiar accident,
which came near cutting off his nose.
As it is, it may become necessary to
amputate the member, though nothing
definite has yet been determined. The
■little fellow was playing on a disc har
row. sitting on the seat as it he was
driving, when suddenly he lost his bal
ance and fell down, his nose striking
one of the discs, which almost severed
the member from his face.
New Town Has Its Troubles.
FREMONT — The new town of Le
6hara, seven miles south of here on
the Great Northern, is less than six
taonths old, but already has a postoffice
and saloon fight on hand. Most of the
farmers in that vicinity had their mail
delivered by the rural route carriers
previous to the appointment of Ray
Esty as pr'stmastrr. about six weeks
ago, and the cuting rft of the free de
livery does not suit some of them.
There is also a faction that does not
think Esty runs the office right.
Slot Machines Have Gene.
NEBRASKA CITY — For the first
time in many years slot machines are
out of business in this city. In accord
ance with the orders of Mayor Stein
hart recently issued practically all of
the slot machines were removed.
Those which were not removed were
dismantled by the owners.
Will Have $50,003 Building;
FREMONT — The Young Men's
Christian association committee met
and employed Architect Fisk of Lin
coln to draw the plans for the $50,000
building that is to be built. It is to
be 132x44 feet, fronting on Firth street,
and three stories high.
Rural Carriers’ Convention.
BEATRICE—The rural mail car
riers of Gage county met here and
selected C. W. Prumblin of Wymore as
delegate to the state convention to be
held at Hastings on July 4.
Kearney Man Ends Life.
KEARNEY—The lifeless body of
William Johnson was found by his wife
hanging to a tree in the yard at their
home in this city. Death came
through strangulation.
Small Tornado at Cordova.
CORDOVA—Cordova was visited by
a small tornado, doing quite consid
erable damage to buildings and wind
mills. The J. E. Dorsey Grain com
pany met with quite a loss, a corn
crib 160 feet long being totally de
stroyed.
Updike Asks Dismissal.
The Updike Grain company of
Omaha filed in the supreme court a
motion to dismiss the case against it.
in the matter of rebates, alleged by
the attorney general to have been
paid by the railroads to this and num
erous other grain companies. The
Omaha company admits it received 1%
cents for loading grain at its terminal
elevators for shipment east of the
river. It asserts, howeve*, this is a
matter of interstate commerce and the
supreme court of Nebraska has no jur
isdiction in the matter at all.
Burlington Improvements!
The Burlington railroad company
has announced the letting of the con
tract to Kilpatrick Brothers & Collins
for the new yards at Lincoln and the
rebuilding and double tracking of the
line between Lincoln and Milford.
State Fair Space Being Taken.
Secretary Mellor of the State Fair
board received word from the super
intendent of the swine department of
the fair that every barn was full and
he had received 100 applications he
didn’t know what to do with.
Will Dedicate Sept. 1.
BEATRICE—The board of directors
of the Mary Young Men’s Christian
association met in company with
State Secretary Bailey of Omaha, and
it was decided to dedicate the new
building about September 1.
Big Mills Burn.
BROKEN BOW—The property of
the Georgetown Roller Mill and Flour
company, situated several miles/south
and principally owned* by Mayor
George of Broken Bow, was totally
destroyed by fire.
NEBRASKA BRIEFS.
Dakota county will have full rural
delivery after July 1 .
Tecumseh has decided to hold a big
celebration this year.
A new $25,000 Christian church will
be built this year in Beatrice.
Platsmcuth High school commence*
ment exercises will be held May 25.
The plumbing in the new Brandeis
building at Omaha will cost $53,000.
Miss Josephine L. Gilliland is now
clerk of the Gage county probate
court.
Bishop Scannell confirmed a rlass of
' twenty-five at the Schuyler Catholic
church.
The law and order league of Ne
braska City, has put the ban on Sun
day base ball.
Young girls in Grand Island hav6
been stealing flowers from lawns and
selling the same.
Cuming county had frost three
nights, but it is said no damage was
done to the fruit.
The lid is on in Table Rock, and
billiard halls, bowling alleys and the
like will not be permitted to run.
During the month of April, 191 cars
of stone were shipped by Davis & Ma
guire from their quarries near Blue
Springs.
Ex-Sheriff W. M. Dineen of Fillmore
county, was overcome by gas while
working with a gasoline engine at the
ice cream factory in Geneva.
Iree Egge. the eleven-year-old son of
Mrs. Fannie Egge, of Tecumseh, has
: lockjaw. He jumped from a shed and
j stuck a rusty nail in his foot. No at
tention was paid to the wound; and
lockjaw resulted.
It is reported that about $49,000 will
be expended in erection of churches
| in Albion the present year. The Cath
olics will build a $25,000 edifice and
j the Methodists will put in about $15,
000 in a house of worship.
Mayor Anderson received a letter
from the San Francisco relief commit
tee thanking Tekamah for the car of
j provisions sent last month. The car
1 left April 25 and arrived in San Fran
cisco May 1, only being on the road
i five days.
Aioert uaviuson oi uuampion, was
killed at Bone. Ia., on a Northwestern
; car loaded with iron pipes. He and
his son, Earl, were riding on the car.
As the train was being switched some
; of the pipes were shifted and Davidson
was crushed to death.
Mrs. Abbie Adams, of Superior, Na
tional president of the national Wo
man’s Relief Corps, hai .lamed addi
tional aides on her staif from Neb
raska as follows: Mayme H. Cleaver,
Neligh; Mary H. Rennick, Nelson;
Emma J. Ducker. Red Cloud.
Columbus is to have a gas plant and
gas will be furnished there as cheap
as it can be furnished anywhere. A
local company has been formed, and
| the business will be started right
away so as to furnish gas for fuel and
for lighting purposes before next
winter.
| Lewis Guggenmos, one of Howard
| county's earliest settlers, was instant
j ly, was instantly killed by a horse
which he was treating for a sore shoul
der. The animal swung its head around
striking Mr. Guggenmos, a powerful
blow above the right temple, causing
concussion of the brain. He was a
native of Bavaria, being seventy-one
years of age.
The merchants of Kearney are plan
ing a harvest festival to te held in
September, and a committee composed
of John Crocker, Edward Finch and J.
W. Paterson has been appointed to
solicit membership for the organiza
| tion, which will take charge of the af
j fair. It is proposed to call a mass
meeting of the citizens soon to appoint
permanent committees.
Rev. George Scott died at the home
of his son. Prof. Scott of the Gates
conservatory in Neligh, from cancer
in the throat. Mr. Scott was one of the
landmarks of Congregationalism in
Nebraska, and was well known in the
state. He was born in Cumberland,
England, January 18, 1837, was mar
ried to Miss Sarah Collins in 1867, and
they came to America in 1871.
Herman Krueger, a farmer living
near Ithaca, died as a result of in
jury received while in the act of oil
ing his windmill. He had climbed to
the top of the tower with the mill
running. The wind changed and
turned the vane around, pushing him
over, and in his attempt to save him
self he grabebd the gearing which was
in motion and it pulled his hand
through the cog wheels. Blod poison
ing set in.
At a special election $9,000 bonds'
were voted to erect a high school
building at Valley, Douglas county.
Only four votes were cast against,
while a year ago the same question
was lost.
Jason Timerman of Stella, received
a telegram from Los Angeles, telling
of the death of his son Ono Timerman
at that place. The young man was a
graduate of the state university and
held a chair in the engineering depart
ment till his health failed during the
past winter, when he went to Cali
fornia on the advice of a physician.
F. F. Carruthers of Hastings, re
ceived a bad cut above the left eye. A
yearling colt kicked at him, but missed
its aim and struck a font. The fork
handle in turn struck Mr. Carruthers
a violent blow across the forehead.
H. B. Miles of Omaha, the Union
Fuel comptiny of Lincoln and the
Whitebreast Coal and Lumber com
pany of Lincoln were the successful
contestants in securing the coal con
tracts for the state institutions. The
contracts were awarded at the meet
ing of the state board of public lands
and buildings.
Superintendent George E. ICindler,
who has been at the head of Albion's
schools for the past three years, has
been elected superintendent of the
Seward schools. Mr. Kindler has
proved himself a strong and success
ful school man.
The Southeastern Nebraska Tele
phone company has incorporated with
a capital stock of $100,000. The in
corporators are J. H. Miles, W. S. Kor
ner, Edwin H. Towle, P. B. Weaver,
A. E. Gantt, J. H. Morehead and G.
W. Duerfeldt. The company will make
Falls City Its headquarters.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT!
PAPER TRUST SURRENDERS
MEN WHO REFUSED TO TESTIFY
OBEY THE COURT.
Decree Is Entered for Government in
Proceedings Against the Gen
eral Company.
St. Paul, Minn.—The United States
government Friday secured an uncon
ditional surrender of the paper trust
in the United States circuit court, be
fore Judge Sanborn.
The attorney general began a suit
Decembed 27, 1904, to dissolve a com
bination between the General Paper
company and 23 other defendants on
the ground that an agreement nad been
entered into by them in restraint or
interstate commerce.
Attorney Kellogg, tor the govern
ment, and Attorney Flanders, for the
defendants, appeared before Judge
Sanborn sitting as a circuit judge, and
Mr. Kellogg moved that the mandate
from the United States supreme court
affirming the order that the witnesses
must testify be filed. Judge Sanborn
ordered the mandate filed. The wit
nesses then appeared before the United
States examiner and offered te testify.
The defendants then withdrew their
answers. Mr. Kellogg announced that
the government did not care to exam
ine the witnesses and moved for a de
cree in favor of tho government.
Judge Sanborn ordered that the de
cree be entered for the government for
the relief prayed and that the dectee
be settled June 16. The proceedings
before the court and the examiner
were then adjournal.
The three witnesses who refused to
testify, C. I. McNair of the Northwest
ern Paper company, A. C. Bossard of
the Itasca Paper company, and B. F.
Nelson of the Hennepin Paper com
pany, paid into court $100 fine assessed
against thorn for contempt of court tor
refusing to answer ouestions put to j
them at a former hearing.
As a result of the smashing of the
trust the price of wh'te paper has
fallen from $2.35 per 100 pounds to
$1.85. Competition has been restored,
but it is understood a new combine
will be formed which threatens to in
crease the price to $2.50 per 100 pounds.
WHOLE FAMILY POISONED..
Daughter Dies and Others Are in Pre
carious Condition After Sup
per of Beefsteak.
Rochester, N. Y. — A whole family
named Oppenheimer was taken vio
lently 111 Friday, after eating sup
per. Earnle, the eldest daughter,
a^ed 24 years, died. The father and
allot her daughter and two sons are
in a precarious condition. The fam
ily had beefsteak for supper, and it
is believed this contained some poi
son.
Big Lake Strike Ends.
Cleveland, O.—Following confer
ences between President Keefe, of the
Longshoremen’s union and allied labor
interests and representatives of the
dock managers, it was announced
Wednesday night that the strike of the
longshoremen on the lakes has been
settled. The men will go back to
work on the basis of last season's
wages, pending another conference.
Fairbanks’ Birthday.
Washington.—Vice President Fair
banks was 54 year3 old Friday. He
spent bis time presiding over the sen
ate in one of the busiest days of the
session. He received many messages I
from friends throughout the country.
Treasurer Admits Shortage.
Newbury port. Mass.—James B. Fel
ker, treasurer of this city, who was ar
rested Thursday night charged with
embezzlement from the city treasury,
admitted Friday that his accounts are
short not .ess than {85,000.
Heads American Tract Society.
New York.—The eighty-first annual
meeting of the American Tract society
was held Wednesday. William Phil
lips Hall was elected president to suc
ceed Gen. 0. O. Howard, who retires
amid regrets.
Fanatics Loot Town.
Manila.—May 7, a band of Salvadors,
long-haired religious fanatics known
is “Fuzzy Wuzzies,” looted the town
of Malasita, in the province of Pan
gasinan. A force of constabulary is
on the trail.
TO CONTINUE AWARD.
Miners Will Work for Three Years
More Under Terms of Anthracite
Agreement.
l ew York.—Aftrr carrying on ne
gotiatiens for nearly three months, the
subcommittee representing the anthra
cite mine workers and operators of
eastern Pennsylvania Monday agreed
to continue the award of the strike
commission for another three years
and the men will return to work as
soon as practicable, probably Monday.
All miners who have not committed
violence against persons or property
will be reemployed and no one will
be discriminated against because of
any activity he may have taken in the
strike movement.
The outcome of a dispute, which
threatened to develop into a long, bit
ter struggle and paralyze a great in
dustry, was looked upon with consid
erable satisfaction by the coal road
presidents, as the agreement entered
into is their first proposition made
early in March in reply to the mine
workers’ original demands.
The miners had little to say regard
ing the agreement, except that it was
the best they could do. They pointed
out, however, that the agreement en
tered into is the first general agree
ment that has ever been signed be
tween the operators and miners, and
they look upon it as a step forward in
their efforts to have regular agree
ments with their employers.
MUST KEEP UP FRISCO AID
Secretary Metcalf Says Reports of
Devastation in Stricken City
Are Not Exaggerated.
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Washington.—Secretary Metcalf ex-*
plained to the president and cabinet
that the reports of the devastation
wrought by the earthquake and fire
were not exaggerated, and that the
work of relief necessarily must con
tinue for some time. He praised the
army for its efficient work and said
that Dr. Devine, representing the Red
Cross, and the citizens’ relief commit
tee, had done and were doing every
thing possible. He was emphatic irf
his commendation of E. H. Harriman,
of the Southern Pacific, who, he said,
plbsonally was on the ground and in
addition to affording the facilities of
his road, had given largely of his per
sonal funds and assisted otherwise in
the work of relief.
Orders Bank to Close.
Pittsburg, Pa.—Shortly before the
time for the Columbia Savings and
Trust company, of this city, to open
its doors for business Wednesday word
was received from the state commis
sioner of banking, J. C. Berkey, order
ing the bank closed. The order was at
once obeyed.
Decide Against Crapsey.
Batavia. N. Y.—The court in session
here Wednesday in the Crapsey case
has considered both charges and speci
fications of the presentment, and the
vote throughout has been 4 to 1
against Dr. Crapsey.
Kills His Brother.
Montezuma, Ind.—W. H. Sylvester,
president of the First National Bank
of Montezuma, was shot and killed at
noon Thursday in his home by his
brother, whose mind is believed to be
affected.
Secretary Bonaparte Better.
Washington.—The navy department
was advised Friday night that Secre
tary Bonaparte was able to go to his
country home near Baltimore and will
probably resume his duties at the
navy department next week.
Two Killed in Collision.
Chattanooga, Tena.—An incoming
train on the Chattanooga Soutnern
railroad struck a street car at a cross
ing near the city limits Friday. Two
men were killed, one fatally injured,
and several badly hurt.
Pistol Shots in Cuban House.
Havana.—During the session of the
house of representatives Wednesday
two revolver shots were fired. Sev
eral members feared it was an at
tempt to cause a riot. The man who
fired the shots was arrested.
Lumber Manufacturers Adjourn.
St. Louis.—After deciding on Nor
folk, Va., as the place for the next
annual convention, the National Lum
ber Manufacturers’ association ad
journed without naming a date for the
1907 gathering.
DOUMA OPENS PEACEFULLY
CZAR INAUGURATES RUSSIAN
PARLIAMENT WITH SPEECH.
No Mention of Amnesty Made—Mem
orable Event Passes Off With
out Hitch.
St. Petersburg.—Without a single
hitch and with only a minor incident
to mar the memorable day, the Rus
sian parliament was inaugurated
Thursday. The weather was superb,
and the stage management of the im
pressive ceremony at the winter pal
ace, where Emperor Nicholas, sur
rounded by courtiers and all the pomp
and panoply of power, delivered the
speech from the throne to the mem
faiu.x'.iLiruj.tt IN IV.
bers of the two houses, was perfect.
Such a spectacle perhaps never before
has been witnessed on the earth’s
stage.
The delegates to the douma had as
sembled at the winter palace, where
standing in the center of a pageant of
bewildering splendor the workmen
and peasants heard the czar read his
speech from the throne.
The speech promised little. The em
peror pledged himself to maintain the
parliament and asked it to labor for
the uplifting of the peasantry and the
education of the people.
There was not a word about land
for the people or of amnesty for po
litical prisoners.
The message in reality was less a
throne speech than a greeting, and re
quired only three minutes for its de
livery. Emperor Nicholas read slow
ly. The admirable and even cordial
tone of the sovereign In renewing his
pledges and asking the cooperation
of parliament for the regeneration of
the country was only negatively satis
factory.
Dispatches received here from all
parts of Russia indicate that the open
ing of the parliament was celebrated
everywhere.
St Petersburg.—The hope of the es
tablishment of friendly relations be
tween the emperor and the national
parliament was further strengtheeud
Friday by the audience granted by Em
peror Nicholas at Peterhof to Prof.
Mouromtseff, president of the lower
house.
Prof. Mouromtseff returned to St.
Petersburg from the audience appar
ently much impressed by the emper
or’s earnest interest in the problems
of the country. Though the radical
hotheads had been praying that Prof.
Mouromtseff would lay down the law
to file emperor and make a scene, the
half hour’s conversation was skillfully
guided by the sovereign aud the par
liamentary chieE so that friction was
avoided.' . rT"*- __^
MAY SETTLE MINE TROUBLE
Joint Meeting of Illinois Operators
and Miners to Be Held at
Springfield.
Springfield, 111.—By long distance
telephone Friday William D. Ryan,
state secretary of the United Mine
Workers of America, arranged with
Col. Randolph Smith, president ot
the Illinois Coal Operators’ asso
ciation, whose headquarters are in
Chicago, for a joint meeting of coal
operators of the state and delegates
from various lacal unions of miners
to be held in Springfield next Thurs
day morning, when an attempt will
be made to settle differences between
operators and miners over the wage
scale.
Flays Salvation Army. v
Philadelphia.—Before the national
conference of charities and corrections
Thursday a paper “Relief Work of
the Salvation Army” was read by Ed
win D. Solenberger, general manager
of the Associated Charities of Minne
apolis. He declared that the social re
lief work of the Salvation Army, as
carried on through its homes, lodg
ing houses and other agencies, is poor
ly administered, and that the so-called
charitable work of the army is large
ly subservient to financial interests.”
Captain and Crew Drowned.
Cleveland, O.—The schooner Algeria
sank about two miles off the harbor of
Cleveland Wednesday morning, and
Capt. Martin Eller and three of his
men lost their lives.
Shoots Wife and Self.
Philadelphia.—J. L. Yarnall, aged
80 years, shot his wife, who is 72 years
old, and afterward killed himself. The
shooting occurred at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Josepr K. Winn, at Ard
more, a suburb.
Fatal Quarrel Over Bird’s Nest.
Lockhaven, Pa.—During a quarrel
about a bird’s nest Clark Dunherman,
aged 17 years, killed Thomas Berry,
aged 20 year3, by stabbing him in the
heart Berry said he started the quar
rel.
Great Flood in China.
Washington.—The state department
Tuesday received the following cable
gram from the American consul at
Hankau, China: “Immense flood in
Hunan province. Great loss of life
and property. All foreigners safe."
Forged Joe Leiter’s Name.
Vienna.—An Englishman named
Frazer was sentenced Tuesday to two
years’ imprisonment at hard labor for
representing himself to be the son of
Joseph Leiter, of Chicago, and draw
ing checks in Mr. Letter's name.
DOWIE IS SAID TO BE DYING
First Apostle Is Beported to Be Near
Dissolution at Home in
Shiloh House.
Zion City, 111. — John Alexander
Dowie is near to death. Reports
from Shiloh house Friday night were
that the end m?y come at any time,
and at the outside the deposed first
apostle will not survive a week. He
has suffered another attack of valvular
disease of the heart, his body in the
cardiac region is swollen and distend
ed, and when the slowly creeping ail
ment reaches the vital organ death will
come.
Chicago.—Mrs. Ruth Cantell, wife of
Overseer Harry' Eugene Cantell, died
Thursday night at Zion City in child
birth. No medical services were given
the suffering woman, who expired in
agony, surrounded by praying elders
Overseer Cantell and his wife came
to Zion City last February from Eng
land, where he had general charge ol
Zionites on the British Isles. It was
the desire of Mrs. Cantell that the
child should be born in the United
States, and arrangements were made
forthwith to take up a residence in
Zion City.
Chicago.—Deacon AlexanderGranger,
commissioner for Voliva, and Deacon
John A. Lewis, commissioner for
Dowie, after a conference Thurs
day failed to agree upon a third
commissioner, who. with themselves,
is to administer the affairs of Zion
during the pending of the suit brought
by the first apostle to oust the pres
ent masters of Zion church and Zion
industries.
BEGIN WAR ON DRUG TRUST
Government Files Petition in Indiana
Asking Injunction Against
Alleged Combine.
Washington.—The attorney general
Wednesday made public the following
statement: “The government has to
day filed in the circuit court of the
United States for the district of Indi
ana a petition for an injunction
against certain associations, corpora
tions and individuals, comprising
what is commonly known as the “Drug
Trust of the United States.” The
parties defendant specifically named,
in the bill have voluntarily combined
together to control the prices at which
which proprietary medici**« and drugs
shall be sold to the consumer through
the retail druggists in violation of the
Sherman antitrust law.
New York.—The Proprietary Asso
ciation of America, one of the defend
ants in the petition filed by Attorney
General Moody for an injunction tb re
strain certain associations, corpora
tions and individuals from controlling
prices in the drug trade, is holding its
annual meeting in this city.
“How can they restrain us from do
ing what we are not doing?” asked
President Cheney. “The whole thing
is absurd. There is no such thing as
a drug trust. The phrase is a mis
nomer—coined from ignorance of the
real functions of the Proprietary as
sociation.
MURDER GIRLS FORVOODOO
Children Slain by Witch Doctors to
Make African Rebels Immune
Against British Bullets.
Durban, Natal.—Thousands of Zulus
from Chief Kula’s kraal are reported
to be on their way to join the rebel
chief, Bambaata, and colonial troops
are being jiurried forward to prevent
their junction. Chief Kuja, who is sus»
pSeteaq/ diflffecHon, wSJ'recentlylii1'
rested and was placed m* jail at Pieter
maritzburg. it is believed that it was
the arrest of the chief which led to the
rising of his followers'" *
Natives captured by the colonial
forces report that “witch doctors” are
sacrificing children in order to render
the rebels immune from British bullets.
Before a battle they kill a girl and
concoct “medicine” from her body,
with which the “witch doctors” anoint
the warriors under the pretense that it
renders they invulnerable to white
men’s arms.
Students Fight Showmen.
Columbia, Mo. — Several hundred
University of Missouri students en
gaged in a fight with show men from
Cole Brothers’ circus at midnight
Thursday, and as a result Maynard
McDolei a freshjpan from Craig, Mo.,
was shot in the head and is In a crit
ical condition in the hospital here,
add peveral others are slightly hurt.
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Illinois Primary Bill.
Springfield, 111.—The bouse Wednes
day passed the senate primary bill as
amended by the substitution of the
Shurtleff measure, by a vote of 84 to
56. The senate refused to concur In
the Shurtleff primary election bill,
passed by the house. Conference com
mittees will be appointed.
Masonic Temple Burned.
Indianapolis, Ind.—Fire Wednesday
damaged the Masonic Temple at
Washington street and Capitol avenue,
to the extent of $15,000 and caused a
total loss of $25,000. Raper command
ery and several blue lodges lost their
paraphernalia.
Germany to Tax Autos.
Berlin.—The reichstag Wednesday
passed a bill taxing automobiles from
two to ten marks per horse power. A
motion to exempt from taxation all
automobiles used for commercial and
industrial uses was rejected.
Alleges Bribe Was Solicited.
New York.—H. Milton Kennedy,
who had a contract for the removal of
refuse and ashes from Brooklyn, tes
tified Wednesday that State Senator
Patrick H. McCarren asked ...eiinedy’s
financial backer for $25,000.
Vesuvius Again Active.
Naples.—Vesuvius is again showing
considerable activity. Tuesday a dense
column of smoke arose from the
crater, spreading like an umbrella ac
companied by loud detonations and
electrical discharges. The main crater
is discharging sand and cinders.
Assassination Story Untrue.
St. Petersburg.—There Is no founda
tion in fact for the report telegraphed
from Kleff that General Count Alexis
Pavolich Ignatieft is in St. Petersburg
and not in Kleff.
TILLMANJIHARCE
REITERATES WHAT HE SAID RE
GARDING THE PRESIDENT.
QUOTES LETTER FROM CHANDLER
Senator Lodge’s Denial that President
Had Spoken of Knox and Others—
Secretaries Root and Taft Hold a
Conference.
WASHINGTON—Senator Tillman,
who on Saturday made a statement In
the senate covering the details of his
and Senator Bailey's negotiations
through ex-Senator Chandler ■ with
President Roosevelt regarding the
rate bill, on Sunday made public a
portion of a written statement made
to him by Mr. Chandler of his various
conferences with the president on this
subject. The portion given out by Mr.
Tillman is largely a repetition of the
first part of his statement in the sen
ate yesterday. It covers, however,
that portion where Mr. Tillman had
quoted Mr. Chandler as saying that
the president had stated that he had
come to a complete disagreement with
the senatorial lawyers who were try
ing to defeat or injure the bill, nam
ing Messrs. Knox, Spooner and Fora
ker, regarding which statement Sena
tor Lodge subsequently said he was au
thorized to state from the white house
that it was an unqualified falsehood.
On this subject Mr. Chandler, referr
ing to the president, said in his writ
ten statement:
He said that he had been much
troubled by the advocacy of an un
limited court review by some of the
lawyers of the senate—naming Sena
tors Knox, Spooner and Foraker as
trying to injure or defeat the bill Dy
ingenious constitutional arguments,
but that he had come to a complete
disagreement with them. He made this
point emphatic by repetition.”
The statement given out by Mr. Til
man follows:
‘‘Senator Tillman said that on Sat
urday, May 5, he insisted on having
from ex-Senator Chandler a written
statement of the various conferences
by the latter in connection with the
plan of the president to control the
railroad rate legislation by alliance
with the democrats of the senate, and
Mr. Chandler gave him such a state
ment made prior to Saturday, May 12,
and signed by Mr. Chandler w’ith the
president on March 31—which had be
come a subject matter of dispute, but
would retain the remainder for use in
case any other parts of his should be
denied.”
Senator Lodge called at the White
House in the evening and took din
ner with the president. Subsequently
Secretaries Root and Taft arrived at
the White House and joined the presi
dent and Senator Lodge.
Senator Lodge and Secretaries Root
and Taft remained with the president
until late. At the conclusion of their
visit none of the parties present would
discuss the visit and all of them de
clined to answer any question0 r;;ard
ing the subject under discussion.
FATE OF FATHER GAPON.
Body of Priest Found Hanging in
Villa Near Ozerki, Finland.
ST. PETERSBURG—The mystery of
the fate of Father Gapon apparently
was cleared up Sunday by the discov
ery of a corpse, which has almost
positively been identified as that of
the former priest, hanging in the up
per jhamber of a lonely villa in the
summer suburb of Ozerki, Finland.'
The villa was rented April 8 for the
summer and a deposit paid by an un
known man from St. Petersburg, who,
after visiting the house several times
in company with a young workman,
disappeared April 11, taking the key
with him. The proprietress of the
villa, alarmed at .the nonappearance
of the tenant, notified the police, who
entered the house. Knocking down a
door, they were confronted by a body
in a long coat hanging from a nail,
the feet touching the floor. Decompo
sition of the fade made positive iden
tification difficult, but the features re
sembled those of Gapon and tha
clothing corresponded with that worn
by the missing labor leader.
Good Wages for Expert Painters and
Paper Hangers in Omaha.
Owing to a scarcity of first-class
workmen the master painters of
Omaha are paing up to 50 cents per
hour for skilled workmen. Open shops
and plenty of work.
Vesuvius Acting Up Again.
NAPLES—Prof. Matteucci, director
of the royal observatory on Mount Ve
suvius, telegraphs that the volcano is
in slight eruption. Thick vapors and
sand are being expelled and the elec
trical phenomenon continues, but he
says the situation is not grave.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis Better.
NEW YORK—Mrs. Jefferson Da
vis, who is ill in this city and whoso
condition was considered grave, was
better Sunday. Physicians say that
the crisis is passed.
Former State Auditor Dead.
VERDON, Neb.—John Francis Cor
nell, for four years auditor of public
accounts of the state of Nebraska and
fifty years a famaer on the same sec
tion of land in Richardson county,
died Sunday at 6 o’clock at his home.
A widow and four daughters, Helen,
Eunice and Vasti Cornell and Mrs. J.
R. Mickel, survive him. The funeral
will be held Tuesday forenoon and
burial will be In the family cemetery
on the hillside of the old Cornell
homestead pre-empted by his father in
1856.
Slouchy.
Crthoo s.ald Nnrltch- “l aln>t dude. *
Clothes don’t make the man, you
know." ’ J
"No,” replied Pepprey, "but many of
you self-made men look as if you had
hIso made the clothes.
A Dear Bargain.
dear t0 you now .3
in the days of our courtship, darling?
mUCh dearer- love.
Then I did not have to pay your dress
maker’* bills.