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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1906)
THIS IN NEBRASKA EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE OR LESS IMPORTANCE. State Board of Assessment Practically Concludes Its Work—Miscellaneous News and Notes. Railroad Taxes Unchanged. LINCOLN—The Etate board of as sessment and taxation practically com pleted its work, with the exception of passing on the valuation of the Union Pacific railroad. An effort to increase the valuation of the Northwestern road i was not successful, Governor Mickey and Treasurer Mortensen voting for $35,000 a mile and Secretary of State Galusha, Auditor Searle and Land Commissioner Eaton voting for $32,500. It was left at the latter figure, which means an assessed valuation of $6,500, the same as it was last year. The Burlington was valued at $38,750 a mile, an assessed valuation of $7,750, the same as last year. The Minneapo lis & Omaha road was valued at $42,500 a mile, an assessed valuation ct $8,50o, the same as last year. Children’s Home Society. OMAHA—The annual meeting of the Nebraska Children's Home society was held at the headquarters here. A num ber of out of town members were pres ent. Reports were made from the offi cers and the state and district super intendents. Following the annual meeting the new board of trustees met and elected the following officers; President, Dr. W. O. Henry, Omrha; vice president. Rev. H. C. Herring. Omaha; secretary, Clarence S. Paine, Lincoln; treasurer, J. W. Thomas, Omaha; auditor. H. A. Snow, Omaha; attorney, H. H. Bald rige, Omaha; state superintendent. Rev. E. P. Quivee, Omaha. The old members of the board of trustees were all re-elected ecept Rev. E. Com'oie Smith, whose place was left vacant to be supplied later by the board. Working for Cash Basis. NEBRASKA CITY—The grocers of the city are trying to get together and do nothing but a strictly cash business. For a number of year a number have followed this plan and they have suc ceeded so well that others are trying to adopt some plan whereby all of the dealers here will join in the same plan. If this is done the other merchants will be compelled to fall into line and then ail of the business in this city will be done on a strictly cash basis. This will do away with the credit sys tem. which in the past has been the means of forcing a number of men out of business and into bankruptcy. Heavy Work is Contracted. OMAHA—The Omaha Lincoln & Be atrice Railway company has been let ting some heavy contracts near Omaha. At this time six and one-half miles cf the road entering Omaha has been lec. All of this work is through the hills, with cuts twenty-five to thirty feet deep and corresponding fills. Other contracts will be let in the near future. Burglars Raid Ceresco. WAHOO—Burglars raided Ceresco, this county, and looted two stores. They secured plunder amounting \o several hundred dol'ars in value. They also stole a cart and sorrel horse, the property of Mail Carrier W. T. Marsh, with which it is presumed they carried away their booty. > i Hope for Power Project. COLUMBUS—Mr. Fritz Jaeggi of Switzerland, is expected in this city shortly. His coming is looked forward to with great interest by a large num ber of our citizens, as Mr. Jaeggi is largely interested in the proposed power canal and it is believed his coming is in connection with that project. Bankers at Long Pine. LONG PINE—W. A. Bucklin, cashier of a local bank and secretary of Group 6 of the Nebraska Bankers' as sociation, entertained the hankers of this section of the state in Long Pine. The meeting was w'ell attended and voted by all attending bankers the most successful meeting in years. New Buildings for Kearney Academy. KEARNEY—The completion for the canvass for a building fund for the Kearney Military academy is an nounced. M'"s. Cochrane, an eastern patroness, gives $25,000 through Bishop Graves; F. G. Keens gives $10,000 and the Kearney subscription amounts to $15,000. Will Celebrate. TECUMSEH—Citizens have decided to celebrate the Fourth of July. On the same date the semi-centennial of the surveying of Johnson county will be observed. Crops Are Doing Well. FALLS CITY—Crops are doing well notwithstanding moisture has been de ficient. Corn in coming up with a fair to a full stand, with little difficulty be ing reported with the germinating power of the seed. Find Accused Man. FREMONT—James Ryan, charged with highway robbery at Council Bluffs, was arrested by Police Officer Sidera on the streets of Fremont. A reward of $25 was offered. Bondsmen in No Hurry. FALLS CITY—A formal demand was made on ex-Treasurer Bode for the funds of the city and school dis trict and also on his bondsmen but no money was obtained as several of the bondsmen are reported to be unwilling to put up their share. Girl Refuses to Marry. FREMONT—Hazel Klinger, the young girl who charged Stanley Mc Minlgan with a serious offense, before Judge Stinson said she would not mar ry the defendant and he was bound over to the district court. v It is known that the Union Pacific railroad will have two stations on its cut-off from Strosburg to Central City. One will be two miles north of Clark 'postoffice and the other will be some six miles north and east of Arborville in York county NEBRASKA BRIEFS. The new Burlington depot at Fre mont. will cost $40,000. The Odd Fellows of Geneva, have now got into their new hall. Burt county officials are taking steps for building a new court house. Geneva is making preparations for celebrating the Fourth of July. A fine team of horses was stolen from A. G. Batch at Plattsmouth. Work has been commenced on the new Christian church at Beatrice, i Mrs. Emily Holslnger, a member of the Soldiers’ Home, passed away after a long illness at Grand Island. Patrick Curtins, an old resident of Boone county, has been adjudged in sane and taken to the asylum. R S. Young, who has a ranch in Blaine county, has lost many cattle by their eating ergot that grows in wild rye. The new democratic mayor of Omaha will retain some of the old re publican officials in making appoint ments. Over ?4,000 has been subscribed by citizens for the purpose of sinking a shaft at least 2,500 feed deep in that vicinity in a search for coal, gas or oil. Temple Rice, aged 13, second son of A. K. Rice and grandson of R. A. Templeton of Tekamah. was drowned in the Combinaiion ditch east of that city. The Farmers’ Mutual Telephone company of Bennett with a capital stock of $10,000 has filed its articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. At Osmond Hagen Bros., machine shops were destroyed by fire. The loss is $5,000, with $2,500 insurance. Spon taneous combustion is assigned as the cause. Articles of incorporation for the Farmers’ Elevator company of Bee. showing a capitalization of $5,000 have been filed with Secretary of State Galusha. rsusness men oi spencer nave pur chased the fair grounds adjoining the city park and work on a race track will start at once, in order to perfect it by July 4. The last of the relief from Osceola to San Francisco sufferers was sent last week, when the committee at its final meeting voted to send $160 bal ance on hand to the general relief board on the coast. The hospital fair and carnival held at Blair during the entire week closed with receipts amounting to nearly $300. which will be used toward paying off the indebtedness of the Blair Eme-gency hospital. The Papillion Commercial club has taken up the matter of better roads between Papillion and Omaha. The club will meet the county commis sioners of Douglas county, to see what can be done in the matter. Annual reports to the school board show that the total cost of maintain ing the Hastings public schools for the year ending May 1 was $40,433.64. while the receipts were $45,278.6G, leaving a balance of $4,846.02. Sid Mackey a prosperous and prom inent farmer residing near Reynolds in the southern part of Jefferson county, murdered his wife and took his own life. The couple, it is said, had not livbd happily together. Cement foundations for the new Catholic church in Loup City, have been laid. The building will cost when completed over $15,000. Building on the new Presbyterian church, to cost $6,000> will be commenced at once. The Congregational church at Stan ton, that was gutted by the fire of March 11 is nearing completion again. The roof is on, the plastering almost finished and the interior work well under way. It will be finished about June 15. Arthur Moss, night watchman at Crawford, was killed last week, being shot by a colored soldier from Fort Robinson. His brother, James Moss, then killed the soldier, but got a broken arm, being struck by another soldier with a board. Late general orders from national headquarters of the Women's Relief corps at Superior, by the president, Mrs. Abbie Adams, announce that the twenty-fourth national convention of the organization is to be held in Min neapolis, Minn., August 16 and 17. The Presbyterian church building committee at Edgar, is pushing the work of the church building and hope to dedicate it by July 1. The church when finished will have a seating ca pacity* of 400, with raised seats for the choir, and will cost about $5,000. Joseph II, the fine trotting animal owned by Frank Daily of Auburn, died after a twelve hours’ illness of in flammation of the bowels. Joseph II, had a splendid record among horse men and was valued at $2,000 by Mr. Daily, who refused $1,500 for the horse two years ago. Roy McElwain, one of the Platts mouth boys who was In San Fran cisco during the recent earthquake, returned home for a month’s visit with his mother. He reports that the news paper accounts of the San Francisco horror were not exaggerated, and that he is glad to get away from the stricken city even for a brief period. The horse exporting firm of Schin stock Bros, of West Point has bought and sold during the past year over 4, 000 head of horses and mules, the bulk of which have been shipped to western points for use in railroad grading. At Hastings notable progress is be ing made in the preparations for the Chautauqua, which will be held from July 16 to 22. Rev. Lincoln McCon nell, the evangelist, who has been en gaged for platform manager and chorus director, will he there about June 1 to begin the chorus rehearsals. Extensive improvements are to be made on the Paddock opera house in Beatrice the coming season, one of which is the changing of the main en trance from Sixth to Court street, as a means of safety to large audiences gathered there in case of fire. The county commissioners of Otoe counvy have completed arrangements with a Topeka, Kas., firm to refund $78,000 of 5 per cent Otoe county bond a at 4 per cent and to run until 1929, with the privileeg of paying off $8,000 in 1912 and $10,000 per annum after that date. THE PIED PIPER OF CONGRESS. pojt FOREST FIRES RUIH TOWNS MANY PLACES WIPED OUT BY THE RELENTLESS FLAMES. Covers Area of 200 Square Miles in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Menominee, Mich.—The worst forest fires since 1894 are devastating 200 square miles of territory in the north ern peninsula of Michigan. Already eight towns and villages have been wiped out and many others are in peril. Reports indicate the destruction or peril of the following towns: Talbot, 25 miles north of Menomi nee, wiped out. Quinnesec reported to be on fire. Saunders, in Iron county, swept by flames; loss of life reported. Shaffer, in Dickinson county, wiped out; loss of life reported. Daggett, fire burning directly to ward the town. Powers, reported to be in danger; fire only short distance away. Ralphs, north of Escanaba, de stroyed. Salvole, north of Escanaba, wiped out. Cornell, north of Escanaba, wiped out. Woodlawn, north of Escanaba, wiped out. It is feared the loss of life may have been heavy. The city of Iron Mountain, the cen ter of the great Menominee range iron district and the county seat of Dick inson county, has been cut off from the outside world. There seems to be three separate fires. One covers the territory along the Chicago & Northwestern railroad from Iron Mountain east past Norway. Another is extending northward along the Escanaba & Lake Superior line. These two fires are rapidly joining each other. Another fire is burning between Talbot, 28 miles north of this city, and Powers, at the junction of the Northwestern. Still another fire is reported in the Chocolay district, south of Marquette. CRAPSEY^ HERESY VERDICT Four Jurors Recommend Suspension Until It Is Made Clear He Ac cepts Church Creed. Rochester, N. Y.—The verdict in the heresy trial of the Rev. Dr. Algernon S. Crapsey, Episcopal rector of Ba tavia, was delivered to the accused minister Tuesday. Four of the jurors —W. C. Roberts, C. H. Boynton, G. S. Burrows and John M. Gilbert—state that in their opinion sentence should be passed as follows: "That the respondent should be suspended from exercising the func tions of the church until such time as he shall satisfy the ecclesiastical authorities of the diocese that his be lief and teaching conform to the doc trines of the apostles’ creed and the Nicene creed as this church hath re ceived the same. However, we ex press the earnest hope and desire that the respondent may see his way clearly during the thirty days that under the canons of the church must intervene before sentence can be pro nounced to the full satisfaction of the ecclesiastical authorities of such con formity on his part.” Garfield Report to Congress. Washington. — President Roosevelt Thursday transmitted to congress the complete report of James R. Garfield, commissioner of corporations, of the investigation which he made into the operations of the alleged oil trust. A full synopsis of the report, accompa nied by a message from the president dealing with the facts developed by the inquiry, was sent to congress on Fri day, the 4th inst. “Ice Trust” on Rack. Cleveland, O.—The grand jury re turned Indictments Friday against President Harry Norvell and 13 direc tors of the City Ice company, known locally as the ice trust, charging viola tion of the Valentine anti-trust law. Thirteen Mourners Killed. London.—A dispatch from Berlin Bays that 13 mourners who were at a graveside during a funeral at Teschen, Austrian Silicia, Friday, were struck by lightning and killed, while 20 oth ers were severely burned. Reconstruction at Stanford. San Francisco.—Stanford university will be reconstructed at once and by next September every building neces sary to the welfare of the college will be in perfect condition. The work has already commenced. St. Louis Guests Depart St Louis.—Congressmen Ransdell, of Louisiana, Rainey and Lorimer, of Illinois, and other members of the ex ecutive committee of the rivers and harbors committee, departed for their homes Wednesday. MURDER RUSSIAN OFFICIALS Admiral Is Stabbed by Workman, While Police Captain Is Victim of Bomb Thrower. St. Petersburg—Vice Admiral Kuz mich, commander of the port, who was extremely unpopular with the work men, was assassinated here Monday by workmen whose May demonstration he had attempted to stop. The admiral was killed at the new admiralty works, a government institution. About 9:30 a. m. the admiral was emerging from a small shop in the works when a workman, who had been concealed around the corner of the building, leaped on Kuzmich from be hind and drove a dagger into his back. The assassin fled into a large forge, where he was lost among the men em ployed there. Warsaw.—While Police Captain Con stantinoff was standing with two po licemen and four soldiers, a young man threw a bomb into the group. The explosion of the bomb literally tore Capt. Constantinoff to pieces and severely wounded a policeman and six other persons. The assassin tried to escape and; firing his revolver, wound ed a soldier. The other soldiers re plied with a volley, killing the assas sin and two other persons. SIX SQUARES ARE RUINED Stanley. Wis., Is Nearly Wiped Out by Fire That Destroys Resi dence Section. Stanley, Wis.—Fire, which started from a spark from the Northwestern mill, destroyed 100 residences and a dozen business buildings. The loss is estimated at $300,000. The fire broke out in the stables of the Northwestern Lumber company, and spread rapidly. A high wind from the west carried the flames away from the Northwestern mill and saved that structure, but six blocks to the east were completely burned out. The large department store of the Northwestern Lumber company was among the business places wiped out, and the loss to the building and stock will total $40,000. Among the other losers were: J. N. Olson, furniture, $4,000; Long & Ness, meat market, $4,000; Christian & Kon seila, farm implements. $3,000; Norwe gian church and Young Peoples' read ing room, $6,000. The damage in the residence section is estimated at over $100,000, every house being destroyed between the Northwestern store and Franklin street. Presbyterians Are Hurt. Des Moines. Ia.—Five commissioners to the Presbyterian general assembly were bruised and injured late Friday afternoon by the collapse of the tem porary stand which had bee’h erected for the purpose of getting a large group photograph of the assembly. They were: Dr. C. Lukins, Roswell, N. M.. hip bruised; Rev. W. O. David, Monough, W. Va., hip bruised; George Wills, Mendota, 111., back injured and rendered unconscious; Rev. J. M. Mc Gaughey, Chariton, la., leg strained; Rev. W. C. Buell, Taos, N. M., back bruised. Mad Operator Runs Amuck. Atlanta, Ga.—Crazed by drink and by disappointment in a love affair, James H. Clark, a telegraph operator at Chamblee, in less than 24 hours killed one man, severely wounded three others, slightly wounded a fifth and clubbed a sixth with a shotgun, set fire to the home of one of his vic tims, and when surrounded by a posse shortly after noon Tuesday turned his revolver upon himself and pierced his own heart with a bullet. Navigator Attempts Suicide. Racine, Wis.—Capt Archibald H. Clarke, one of the oldest and best known retired navigators on the chain of lakes, made an unsuccessful at tempt to beat his brains out against fences and buildings, and then tried to leap into the river, but was pre vented. Earthquake at Oakland. Oakland, Cal.—A slight shock of earthquake was felt here and at San Jose and other points Thursday night. No damage is reported. Rejects Labor Bill. London.—The house of lords Thurs day, by 96 to 24 votes, rejected the bill introduced into the house of commons by James Keir Hardie to prohibit the entrance of aliens to take the place of British workmen during trade dis putes. Cotton Seed CruBhers. Atlanta, Ga.—After electing officers for the coming year, the interstate Cot ton Seed Crushers’ association ad journed Thursday, to meet next May, probably at the Jamestown exposition. RATE RILL PASSES SENATE ONLY THREE VOTES CAST IN OPPOSITION TO MEASURE. Brief Digest of Authority Conferred on Interstate Commission by the Bill. Washington.—After 70 days of al most continuous deliberation the senate Friday at 4:53 passed the rail road rate bill by the practically unani mous vote of 71 to 3. The three nega tive votes were cast by Senators For aker, Republican, of Ohio, and Morgan and Pettus, Democrats, Alabama. There was somewhat larger attendance of senators than usual, but the attend ance in the galleries was by no means abnormal, and there was no manifesta tion of any kind when the result was announced. There was, however, an almost general sigh of relief among the senators. The principal purpose of the bill is to permit the interstate commerce commission to fix rates. A provision conferring this authori ty is found in the fourth section of the bill which amends section 15 of the interstate commerce law so as to ac complish this result. That section di rects the commission to investigate complaints of unjust and unreasonable charges on the part of the common carriers in the transportation of per sons or property or of regulations or of practices affecting such charges. It also authorizes an inquiry as to whether the rates or practices are “unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential or unprejudicial or other wise in violation of the act” and in case any of these conditions are found to exist the commission is empowered to determine and prescribe what will be the just and reasonable maximum rate and what regulation or practice is just, reasonable and fair. Other powers conferred by this sec tion are: To apportion joint fares, establish through routes and maxi mum joint rates and prescribe their division and to determine the compen sation to be paid to shippers doing service for carriers. Section 16 of the present law is so changed as to provide for an award of pecuniary damages to complainants found entitled thereto, and in case payment is not promptly made in ac cordance with this award the bene ficiary is authorized to file suit in a United States circuit court to compel compliance. The finding of the com mission is to be received as prima facie evidence of the facts in such suits and the petitioner is absolved from all liability for costs. Another provision renders legal the service of the orders of the commis sion through the mails and provides that these orders shall take effect 30 days after service unless suspended or modified by the commission or sus pended or set aside by the courts. A penalty of $5,000 for each offense in disobedience of the order is imposed, and the penalty is to accumulate at the rate of $5,000 a day in case of con tinuous violation. Orders other than those for money payments are to be enforced by the federal courts through writs of mandamus or injunction. In case of appeal to the supreme court these cases are to be given precedence over all others except those of a crim inal character. The bill was amended by the senate 60 as to give the United States circuit courts jurisdiction to entertain suits brought to annul or change the orders of the commission and to provide against the granting of interlocutory decrees without hearings and making appeals from such orders direct to the supreme court. Other provisions extend the defini tion of the word railroads so as to make it include switches, spurs, tracks, terminal facilities, freight depots, yards and grounds and defines the word "transportation” so as to make it embrace cars and other facilities for shipment or carriage, “irrespective of ownership or of any contract,” the in tention being to make the railroads responsible for all special car service. It is made the duty of carriers to fur nish car service upon reasonable re quest. state amendments include on pipe lines, express companies and shipping car companies under the head of “com mon carriers” and make them amen able to the requirements of the bill. Other senate modifications prohibit the issuance of passes or the granting of special favors to one class of pas sengers over another, prohibiting rail road companies from transporting commodities produced by themselves; require such companies to put in switches at the reasonable request of shippers, prohibits the granting or ac ceptance of rebates and reinstate the imprisonment penalty for violation of tne law. The commission is given access to the accounts of the companies affected by the act, but examiners are forbid den under penalty of heavy fine and long imprisonment from divulging the facts ascertained. Fines of $500 for each failure to keep proper accounts is provided. dives Up Difficult Task. New York.—George W. Jiminez, the policeman who went to Panama to re organize the police department, has quit the task and reached his home in Brooklyn. He said; "The police of the republic of Panama are a national body, and there is really no effective method of governing them.” Cabinet Angry at King. Lisbon.'—The Robeiro cabinet re signed Thursday, owing to the refusal of King Charles to postpone the meet ing of the cortes. Anaconda Directors. Annaconda, Mont—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Anaconda Copper Mining company Wednesday the former board of direc tors was reelected, with the exception that George H. Church was elected in place of A. C. Burrage. Frisco Banks Nearly Beady. San Francisco.—It has been decided by the clearing house banks of San Francisco that all San Francisco com mercial banks will reopen for business on May 23. COAL STOCK GIVEN GRATIS Mining Shares Presented to Railroad Officials to Secure Better Facilities. Philadelphia.—Before the interstate commerce commission George W. Creighton, general superintendent ol the Pennsylvania division of the Penn sylvania railroad admitted that he held stock in several coal companies and that the stock had been presented to him. John M. Jamison, of Greens burg, Pa., president of the Jamison Coal & Coke company, testified that his company had presented Pennsyl vania road officials with stock in his company with the object of securing better treatment and facilities from the corporation. He also said that Robert Pitcairn, now assistant to President Cassatt, had declined a proffer of stock, saying that he pre ferred the money. Mr. Jamison bought the stock back from him for $5,000. Philadelphia.—That the Pennsylva nia Railroad company gave rebates as recently as 1903 was the charge made Thursday by Frank B. Wigton, head of the Morrisdale Coal company, be fore the interstate commerce commis sion. Mr. Wigton's statement caused something of a sensation because o! the fact that while the commission was in session in Baltimore Vice Presideni Thayer, of the Pennsylvania railroad appeared before the body and stated that the company had made no allow ances or concessions since 1899. Mr Wigton gave a detailed statement of the conditions in the soft coal region and accused the Pennsylvania Railroad company of discriminating in the allot ment of coal cars, citing cases to sub stantiate his charges. Philadelphia.—After hearing much additional testimony concerning dona tions of stock to officials and employes of the Pennsylvania road by soft coal mining companies, the interstate com merce commission Friday adjourned until next Wednesday, when it will re sume its sessions in this city and pro ceed with its inquiry into alleged dis crimination by the railroads in the dis tribution of cars. CHURCH TO QUIT BUSINESS / Mormon Leaders to Dispose of Great Co-Operative Store and Other Holdings in Utah. Salt Lake City.—The Mormon church is going out of business, according to a local paper. Its principal holding in Salt Lake City, the Utah Light and Railway company, is to be taken over by a $25,000,000 corporation composed of English and American capitalists. If this policy is completely carried out, the sale of the traction interests will be followed by the sale of stocks in banks, sugar factories, the grea! Zion cooperative mercantile institu tion department store, and many small er enterprises. It will be nothing less than a commercial revolution which will profoundly affect the political and social life of the state. Simultaneously the announcement 1' made that the Salt Lake & Los Angeles railroad, another church property, has been sold to a local syndicate for $500, 000. This road is 13 miles in length and runs from the city to the lake. President Joseph F. Smith, of the Mormon church, is quoted as saying that the divorce of religion from bust ness is made on account of the fact that the Mormons whom the churct sought to protect years ago no longei need the protection of the church it business affairs. The church enterec business, he says, to assist convert! and strangers belonging to the church but as they are now on a firm footing the church withdraws from business entirely. TOBACCO COMPANY LOSES Massachusetts Court Upholds Anti Monopoly Law*, Prohibiting Exclusive Contracts. Boston.—The constitutionality of the state law for the protection of trader! was upheld in a decision by the su preme court of Massachusetts rendered Thursday against the Continental To bacco company. The statute involved is one prohibiting the making of a contract which would amount to unfair competition against weak dealers. Its constitutionality was questioned by at' agent of the tobacco company who had been found guilty of selling goods to certain tobacco dealers on more fa forable terms than to other dealers, provided the jobbers would deal ex clusively with the Continental com pany. Five Miners Blown to Pieces. Shenandoah, Pa.—Five miners were torn to pieces and 12 badly burned by an explosion of dynamite in the Shen andoah City colliery of the Philadel phia & Reading Coal and Iron com pany Tuesday. A box of dynamite which a workman was carrying fell from his shoulder and caused the ex plosion which igniteu the mine gas. All the men killed were mutilated be yond recognition. Furniture Factory Burns. Owosso, Mich.—fhe flve-story brick furniture factory of the Estey Manu facturing company was destroyed by Sre Friday. The Lake Ice company's ice houses are also in ruins. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Aged Actress Dead. New York.—Fanny Herring, once a theatrical favorite in New York, died at Simsbury, Conn. She made her debut at the Old Bowery theater. New York, in 1841, as the boy in the play entitled “The Battle.” American Dines Royalty. Athens.—John B. Jackson, American minister to Greece. Thursday night en tertained at dinner King George, Queen Olga, Cfown Prince Constantine and the crown princess and Prince George Mrs. Jackson assisted her husband. Company Protects Its Clients. Hartford, Conn.—The Connecticut Fire Insurance company will meet Tuesday, May 29. It is the opinion of the officers that the San Francisco iosses exhausts the present surplus, which will be replaced. FIND TRUE BILLS BANKERS AND FORMER OFFI CIALS ARE INDICTED. FRAUDULENT TIMBER ENTRIES Federal Grand Jury, Sitting at Port land, Gets Busy With Transgressors —Conspiracy to Defraud the Gov ernment Portland, Ore.—Details of the land fraud indictments returned by the fed eral grand jury April 9, and involving prominent men of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Southwestern Oregon, were made public today by United States District Attorney \V. A. Bristol. The property alleged to have been fraudulently secured lies on the banks of Lobster and Eucher creeks, in Curry county, Southwestern Oregon, and consists of 6,000 acres, practically all in one tract of fine timber land. The indictment charges conspiracy to defraud the government of timber land by securing entrymen to file upon the land with the intention of dispos ing of it. The following alleged con spirators are named: Richard D. Jones and William H. Smith. Sac Francisco; Jeremiah Humely, former ly United States commission in Curry county, Oregon; A. S. Johnston, form erly a deputy county clerk of Curry county, Oregon; William T. Kferr cU Coquille, Ore.; John R. Miller or Port Oxford, Ore.; Warren Gillelen and R. W. Kenny, respectively president and cashier of the Broadway Bank and Trust company of Los Angeles; G. L. Stearns, formerly president, and Jacob C. Cross, director of the Pacific Fur niture and Lumber company of Ixjs Angeles; David M. Goodwin, M. D.. and A. H. Hedderly, M. D„ of Ix>s An geles; Richard Hynes, M. M. Riley and Lee R. Ayers, stock brokers of Los Angeles; W. D. Gould, attorney, of Los Angeles, and F. W. Dennis, broker and real estate dealer of San Francisco. The indictment asserts that the Pa cific Furniture and Lumber company, which is alleged to have been the ac tive agency through which the alleged conspiracy was perfected, was organ ized at Los Angeles by Messrs. Cross Goodwin, Stearns, Miller, Kerr and Jones. The indictment declares that Smith. Jones and Dennis conducted the San Francisco end of the alleged scheme. As a blind, according to the indictment, the Pacific Furniture and Lumber company establishel and op erated saw mills at Eureka, Cal., and Port Oxford and Frankfort, Ore. It was their scheme, says the indict ment, to send to Nebraska, Kansas, California and parts of Oregon and induce men to come to places at which their mills were in operation under the pretense that there was an oppor tunity of employment in the mills. VOLIVA CUTS DOWN EXPENSES. Financial Department Costs Scarcely One-Third as Formerly. Chicago—W. G. Voliva, the present head of the Christian Catholic church, announced to his followers in Zion City that between January 15 and May 19 he had reduced expenses in the financial department of the church from $9,800 per month to $3,832 per month. This saving, he said, had been brought about by a reduction of the working force and a cut in the salaries of those retained. In the same man ner, he said, a saving had been made in the ecclesiastical department that would amount to $70,000 annually. Overseers who had been receiving $300 per month were reduced to $60. The pay of others was cut in propor tion. His own compensation under the new adjustment, Voliva said, was $100 per month. THREAT AGAINST D. R. FRANCIS Anonymous Letter Says He Will Be Killed Unless $5,000 is Left. ST. LOUIS—It became known Sun day that former Gov. D. R. Francis, president of the World's fair, had re ceived an anonymous letter threaten ing his life unless the sum of $5,000 was placed at a designated spot on Delmar boulevard, just outside the city limits in St. Louis county, between 8 and 10 o'clock at night. Detectives were stationed at the designated place for several hours last night without result. Nicholas Throws a Bomb. ST. PETERSBURG—A bomb was thrown into the parliamentary camp Sunday afternoon by a note received by President MouromstefT of the lower house, from Peterhof, which, instead of making an appointment for an audi ence at which he and the deputation could present the address in reply to the speech from the throne, contained the information that Emperor Nicho las would not receive the deputation and that the address must be pre sented through the ministry of the court. Turks Slaughter Bulgarians. SALONICA, European Turkey—A detachment of Turks on Saturday an nihilated a band of twelve Bulgarians at Lisolai, near Monastir. Another Crisis in Hungary. Vienna. A new Hungarian crisis is imminent, owing to the refusal of Em peror Francis Joseph to approve the Hungarian cabinet’s demand for an autonomous Hungarian tariif. The Austrian premier holds that an inde pendent tariff is incompatible with the common Austro-Hungarian customs arrangement. Dr. Wekerle, the Hun garian premier, has been to Vienna twice in audience with his majesty, but the fcrown and the council of min isters have decided against the Hun garian demands. Wireless System in China. PEKING—The Chinese government has arranged to establish several sta tions throughout China for experiment with Marconi’s system of wireless te legraphy and to instruct Chinese op erators in working them. Apparatus has been installed on Chinese men-of war. Important Bill Passed. MEXICO CITY—The chamber of deputies has passed an important bill looking to reforms in legal procedure with the ultimate view of relieving the supreme court of a great mass of work.