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NEBRASKA NOTES MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS IN THE COMMON WEALTH. A CASE THAT INDICATES MURDER I Jacob L. Headly Found Dead in Burt County—Mrs. Lillie Again Loses in the Supreme Court—Other Matters Here and There. CRAIG—With every circumstance indicating murder and robbery, the f body of Jacob L. Headley, a wealthy ^farmer, was found in Bell creek, a wile and a half northwest of here. It almost entirely covered by the and was badly decomposed, disappeared three weeks ago nothing had been heard or seen him until his body was identified. discovery of the body was made Robert Adams, who went to the to repair some fence. Adams notified the coroner, who an inquest this afternoon. The was so badly decomposed it was to identify it by the fea From the clothing it was iden as Headley. wound in the head plainly the manner of death, and circumstances proved be that the wound was not the inquest it was shown he ve had between $50 and $100 person, but no money was his pockets evidently having before the body was thrown creek. First of Assessments In. OLN.—Dakota county Is the f the counties to make its re t assessment to the state board the report having been this morning. The returns total increase of $41,753.99 in valuation, or an increase total assessment from $2,160. this year. Horses, cattle, hogs, and sheep were each increased 1:7 the assessors, though the property was returned by the in this county at the same as last year, except that by of the Sioux City A West to this county this year the railroad property tn the state was from $428,160 in 1905 to this year, or an increase of This leaves an increase on all property of $5,935.99 in the as which is one-fifth of the val I.and was increased 4 cents in the assessment, while lots inor used 15 cents in the assess on each acre. I Surveyors Near Fremont. FMONT.—Surveyors, nresumably e emploi. of the Biriington, are ing west of Fremont, and are ne for the Maple Creek valley. t are nine men in the party, and are equipped for a fortnight's They have iwo wagons, a tent, ng utensils and a stock cf provi This morning they began work e Tumor ranch and cut diagonal ■ross it. Many people watched . but were unable to get any in ition. ? surveyors arrived over the 3 Pacific, and it was announced at time that they were in the em of that road, and would survey ie block system of signals which ing inaugurated. The fact that pitched their tent two miles north e railroad line and went to work cornfield disqualified this state Girl Accidentally Poisoned. EMONT.—Gertrude Hunfer. a iter tf L. H. Hunter of Crowell. I from the effects of poison aeci diy taken. She was playing tak tedieme and told her mother that tad >aken a pill which she had I in a glass of water. A little 1 while after she was taken sick and a physician who was summoned found her beyond help. Only One New Town Likely. ARBURYILLE—The Union Pacific on the Central City and Stromsburg new line four miles north of here have been having a hitch in their proced ings of getting town sites (land) anil it looks as if there would he but one town on the extension. Institute for the Blind. NEBRASKA CITY—The closing ex ercises at the institute for the blind were concluded and the scholars left for their homes in various parts of the state. The trustees, at the suggestion of Superintendent .1. T. Morey, retain ed the entire faculty for the ensuing year. Mrs. Lillie Loses Again. LINCOLN—The supreme court re fused to grant a leave to file a mo tion for rehearing in the Lillie murder case. This is the third time Judge Hamer, attorney for Mrs. Lillie, has asked the court for a rehearing and this is the third time the court has refused the request. Finds His Mother Dead. ELMWOOD—Mrs. Sarah Inman, a widow about sixty years of age. was found dead at her home in this city. For several days Mrs. Inman had been anticipating a visit from her son, Bert, and wife, who reside at Florence. Col., and they came. Going to the home of his mother, they found the door locked and could get no response to their 1: nocking. Going to a window Bert peered into the room and was horri t>*<i to discover his mother lying on 'iIn floor dead. M iss Neill Has Disappeared. HUMBOLDT—Miss Faye Neill, the 16-ear-old adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David W. Neil, who removed two years ago from this place to Paw nee City, has disappeared from her home and relatives have been looking lor her in this section, but without avail. Jap Killed by Train. OGALALLA—Train No 2 run down and killed a Japanese who was riding a velocipede car on the track near k Brule. OVER THE STATE. The contract has been let for a $20 - 0(K/ school bouse at Alma. The new M. E. church at Friend was dedicated last °unday. Friend is making arrangements for a big blowout on the Fourth. The contract for the new Burlington depot at Fremont has been let. An opera house will be one of Al ma's improvements this year. The Presbyterians of Loup City pro pose to build a $6,000 church this year. Hon. Wm. F. Gurley of Omaha will be orator at the Fourth of July cele bration in Ashland. The Cass County Teachers’ institute will convene in Weeping Water Au gust 13 for a one week's session. The new $25,000 building at the in stitute for Feeble Minded youth at Beatrice will be completed this month. Richardson county was well repre sented in the Kentucky home coming. Quite a number of families journeyed thither. County Assessor .Torn finds an in crease of taxable property in Rich ardson county to exceed one-fourth million dollars. John Burgett, a Richardson county farmer, fractured his leg by falling from a roof. The member will have to be amputated. Mrs. Vera MeGraw. a young woman who has been attending the Omaha Commercial college, was found dead in her room in that city. General Nelson, retired army offi cer, delivered the commencement ad dress before the senior class of the University of Nebraska The new Y. M. C. A. home to be erected in Fremont at a cost of $40,000 will be started soon. Plans for it have been adopted and excavation is under way. Wesley J. Barr died suddenly in the jail at Greenwood. He was recently from a Lincoln hospital, whence he had been sent under the new dipso maniac law. The residence of E. Westphalin. on his farm, two miles north of Millard, Douglas county, was totally destroyed by fire. Very little of the contents were saved. General Leonard Tv'. Colby, of Bea trice, and Miss Marie C. Martinez were united in marriage by the Rev. N. A. Martin, the Methodist minister of that place. At Tekamah a fire caused by an in cubator lamp destroyed the poultry house belonging to L. G. Wood, killing 150 little chicks and destroying two incubators. Sam Kee, who for several years has been operating a laundry in Hum boldt. sold his effects and left for his native land. China. He will remain in that country. The report of the registrar of the bureau of vita] statistics of West Point for the month of June show the births in Cuming county to be thirteen and the deaths four during the month of June. Dr. D. T. Quig’ey and Dr. George B. Dent of North Plaite are planning on going to Chicago soon to attend clinics, and while in that city they may make arrangements for opening a hospital in North Platte. Fay Baker, who was given an eigh teen months’ sentence for having pos session of the horses stolen from George Heine of Hooper, was taken to the state penitentiary’ at Lincoln by Sheriff Bauman of Dodge county. The cherry crop about Humboldt is the best for several years, and has just commenced to reach the market. The yield has been larger in some former years, but the quality prom ises to be unusually fine this season. Sheriff Quinton of Cass county is looking fo- William Tinkham. who for merly worked on the farm for August Schulke. near Greenwood, who is sup posed to have taken a horse belonging to his employer. Both hired man and the horse disappeared very suddenly and have not since been heard from. Frank G. Whitney, aged 42 years, a resident of Westerville, Custer county, committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart with a 32' calibre revolver. Whitney was de spondent because his wife left him ai month ago. He was insured for $2,000 in the Workmen of Omaha, where he lost a foot while working in the yards. The policy is in favor of his wife. Samuel Yost, aged about 45 years and single, committed suicide by hang ing himself to a tree at the rear of Hann’s park. Grand Island. A number of young boys were playing on the grounds when a foul happened to go over the grandstand. One of the young fellows went around the stand and there almost ran into the form of the man. whose toes were then just touch ing the ground. Miss kmma Shouse. who lived in the tamily pf William Maddox of Falls City as a domestic, was found dead in bed. evidently having taken carbolic acid purposely, as she left a written statement to her parents and sisters, bidding them goodbye and telling what what disposition to make of her personal effects. Among other things she said: "Kind friends. I am going to leave you. Oh. if 1 had only stayed in Strauseville.” At Fullerton the jury in the murder trial of James Nichols returned a ver dict of not guilty. It was alleged that Nichols shot Orlando Fish in the leg in a quarrel over the possession of real estate on March 6. Fish dying from the injuries on May 6. The Wickham sawmill outfit, con sisting of the saw. traction engine and two loaded wagons, went through the approach to a bridge across South Fork, several miles south of Hum boldt. landing at the bed of the stream ten or twelve feet below. No one was hurt. Postmaster Staley of the office at the Soldiers' Home, Grand Island, hitherto denominated as "Home. Ne braska." received his commission as postmaster of Burkett. Neb., the name of the office having been changed in honor of the junior senator of the state. The city council of York has pasted an ordinance calling for a special bend election July 16, 1906, to vote on the proposition for issuing bonds to the amount of $20,000 to run twenty years at 5 per cent, optional payments after ten years from date. * THE LOST CHILD. INSPECTION BILL OUTLINED COST OF SUPERVISION FALLS ON GOVERNMENT. Requires Federal Label on Meat and Meat Products as Guaranty of Purity. Washington —A meat inspection provision was completed by the house committee on agriculture Wednesday and will be presented to the house for action at once, which it is declared by the committee will insure that American meats and meat products are healthful, clean and in every re spect wholesome and fit for food. The important features of the legis lation are that it places the cost of the inspection on the government and makes an annual automatic appropria tion of $2,000,000 to pay the expenses. It requires a rigid post mortem and ante mortem inspection of all animals killed for food. It requires a govern ment label as a passport for all meat and meat products which enter inter state commerce and in addition to this label, a certificate of purity to the car rier and to the se-retary of agriculture for such products which enter for eign commerce. To secure this label the product must be handled in ac cordance with sanitary regulations to be prescribed by the secretary of ag riculture.who is authorized to employ, ■without regard to the civil service law for the first year, an adequate corps of efficient inspectors to supervise the enforcement of his regulations. It prohibits the use of preservatives or chemicals in the preparation of meat foods which are deleterious to health, and leaves the matter of de termining this question to the secre tary of agriculture. The label on the product is to indicate the ingredients, but the date of manufacture is not required to be stated. The sanitary requirements which the secretary Is to prescribe and en force must insure complete sanitation as to all buildings, whether slaughter houses or canning establishments. Washington. — Chairman Wads worth of the house committee on agri culture Friday night made public the correspondence between President Roosevelt and hlmsc-lf regarding the committee. The president in hi3 letter says that almost every change in the house amendment was for the worse as com pared with the senate amendment, and, in his judgment, so framed as to minimize the chances of rooting out the evils in the packing business. Mr. Wadsworth declares the presi dent is “very, very wrong" in his es timate of the committee's bill, calls attention to provisions in ihe bill and concludes with an expression of regret that the president should feel justified, by innuendo at least, in impugning the sincerity and the competency of a com mittee of the house of representatives. “You have no warrant for it,” says Mr. Wadsworth, in closing. No Bill in Asylum Case. Kankakee, 111.—The grand jury in vestigating conditions alleged to have existed and now to exist in connection with the eastern Illinois asylum for the insane at Kankakee has voted a “no bill” in the case of C. R. Miller, secretary-treasurer of the institution, who was charged with the appropria tion of interest funds accruing to money belonging to the asylum. Concurs in Banking Amendment. Washington.—The bill amending the national banking laws with senate amendments was concurred in by the house Friday by a vote of 125 to 70. It provides that a national bank may loan to a single borrower a sum not in excess of 3u per cent, of its capita! stock. Schwab May Be Senator. New York.—The report has been re vived that Charles M. Schwab will turn up at the proper moment as a candi date for United States senator to suc ceed Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada, whose term expires on March 3, 1909. Former Ball Player Dead. Boston. — Michael J. Sullivan, a member of Gov. Guild's council, and formerly a pitcher of the New Y’ork National league baseball club, died if the city hospital of cerebral hemorrhage Friday. Pledge Devotion to Czar. St. Petersburg.—The League of Mili tary Regenration. composed principal ly of guard officers, has been founded here. The members pledge their de votion and Sdelity solely to the orders o£ the emperor. Insurance Man Is Free. Minneapolis, Minn.—For lack of evidence. Assistant County Attorney Dahl moved the dismissal of the case of toe state against Judge William A. Kerer, and the motion was granted by Judge Brooks. PACKERS DECLARED GUILTY Kansas City Jury Finds They Ac cepted Rebates—Railroad Also Convicted. Kansas City, Mo.—Armour & Co., Swift & Co., Cudahy & Co., and the Nelson Morris Packing oompany were found guilty in the United States dis- 1 trict court here Tuesday of accepting rebates from the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway on export shipments on packing house products. The specific case considered, which was practically identical with the oth ers. was that charging Cudahy & Co. with accepting a rate of 23 cents per 100 pounds on a shipment of lard to New York for export to Germany, when the legal tariff then on file with the interstate commerce commission was 35 cents. Kansas City. Mo.—The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway com pany was found guilty here late Wednesday afternoon by a jury in the United States district court on four counts of granting concessions on packing house shipments for export to the Armour Packing company, Swift & Co., Cudahy & Co., and the Nelson Morris Packing company. The conviction carries with it a fine of from $1,000 to $20,000 on each count. Judge Smith McPherson, the presiding judge, deferred sentencing the defend ant until June 22. All four counts are practically the same. RUSSIAN MOB SLAYS JEWS Thirty Killed and Many Others Are Wounded in Massacre at Bialystok. Bialvstok, Russia.—A Jewish anar chist threw a bomb among the Corpus Christi procession which was in prog ress here Thursday, and killed or wounded many persons. In consequence the Christians at tacked and massacred the Jews and demolished their shops. Thirty persons were killed and many others wounded. The bomb was thrown from the bal cony of a house in Alexandrov street. A Russian clergyman named Fedor off was among those killed by the ex plosion. Immediately after the explosion J Jews began to fire with revolvers from the windows of the house into the j crowd. Soldiers surrounded the house and fired two volleys into the win- j dows. Meanwhile the enraged Christians attacked the Jewish stores in Alexan drov and Suraz streets, demolishing | the fixtures and windows and throwing the goods into the gutters and beating and murdering the Jews. St. Petersbuig.—Disorders appear to have broken out at Bialystok Friday afternoon with even greater fury than characterized Thursday s riots. Semi official messages from Grodno and Minsk report that the excesses were ■ started again by the throwing of sev- j eral bombs. The crowds then opened ! fire on the police station, to which the j troops replied, and there was a con- < stant interchange of shots between j Jews tn their houses and soldiers in the streets. Visible Supply of Cotton. New Orleans.—Secretary Hester’s statement of the world’s visible supply j of cotton shows a total of 3,457.373. against 4,621.040 last week. Of this, the total of American cotton is 1,996, 373, against 2,158,010 last week. Vote for Lock Canal. Washington.—In committee of the whole Friday the house by a vote of 110 to 34 voted in favor of a lock canal across the Isthmus of Panama. Progress of Royal Tour. Christiania.—King Haakon VII., Queen Maud and Crown Prince OlaC who left Christiania on a royal prog ress to Trondhjem, where the king and queen will be crowned June 22, arrived Thursday at Toftemoen. Allege Pastor Is Firebug. Murphysboro, 111.—Rev. Mile Gordon Cummings, pastor of the First Christi an church, of Murphysboro, was ar rested charged with having set fire to a residence here owned by his wife. He Sled a $750 bond. Demand Release of Miners. Denver, Col.—The Western Federa te of Miners’ convention adopted a resolution addressed to Judge Smith, of Idaho, demanding that he release the imprisoned federation afficials at once on reasonable bail. Miners Ratify Agreement Pittsburg, Kan.—The referendum vote of the miners of district No. 14 on the action of the conference commit tee in reaching an agreement in Kan sas City, is almost unanimous for rati fication of the agreement TO SUE IN REBATE OASES CRIMINAL ACTION AGAINST OIL AND RAIL MEN ORDERED. Admissions of Concessions to Stand ard Is Cause—Millions in Fines Faced. Cleveland. — Instructions have been given at Washington to begin criminal proceedings against the Lake Shore railroad, George J. Grammer, vice pres ident of the New York Central lines west of Buffalo, the Standard Oil com pany, and whatever other officers may be shown to have been implicated in the payment and receipt of rebates whien were disclosed in the interstate commerce commission hearing here Thursday. The contemplated proceedings may include Edgar Bogardus, traffic man ager of the Standard Oil company at Chicago, and other officers of the Lake Shore at Chicago and Cleveland. This, together with the complete back-down of the Standard Oil com pany, when it was given the eagerly sought opportunity to make a defense before the commission, was the de nouement of the commission’s session. Acting under instructions from the comni’ssion, Attorney J. Marchand started for Chicago with a view to preparing the cases for presentation to the federal grand jury there. His instructions are positive with respect to CapL Grammer, and he has been further ordered to ascertain whether it will be possible to proceed also against the officials of the Lake Shore for a violation of the injunctions issued more than three years ago and re straining the railroads from paying re bates or. any kind of traffic. It is the purpose to proceed under both the in junctions and the Elkins amendment to the interstate commerce act. Th's decision is the result of testi mony given before the commission that from 1S03 to January, 1906, the Lake Shore paid rebates to the Standard Oil company, in the form of remitted charges for storage of oil. The evi dence showed that this was done di rectly by the authority of G. J. Gram mer, and was discontinued by his ex- ] TvrPdc fint Vinnit rr Auditor Marcus C. Tullv. of the Lake Shore, reluctantly told the com- I mission that it had been the practice of Edgar Bogardus to give his bills for storage to the general agent at Chicago, who would forward the ac counts to the auditor at Cleveland, who in turn would give the Chicago office credit for the amount without receiving the money from the Stand ard Oil company. The sum thus re bated amounted to about $500 a month and is said to have been sufficient to drive other oil dealers out of busi ness. The federal grand jury will be asked to indict Vice President Grammer and the Lake Shore for paying these re bates. Under the law both the rail road company and the official can be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $20,000 for each offense, and similar treatment can be given the Standard Oil company and the officials of that corporation who may be shown to have been guilty of solicit ing the payment of the rebates. The maximum fines that could be assessed under the law would aggre gate $720,000 against the railroad, a like sum againts each of its officers who is guilty and a like sum against the Standard Ofl company and against each of its officials found guilty. It is possible, therefore, for the Stand ard Oil company and the railroad company and their officials to be as sessed several millions of dollars for infractions of the law. In addition to this, if the commis sion’s attorney finds that he can pro ceed under the injunctions of the courts, and he is now certain that this is possible, a charge of contempt of court might be pressed and in volve a punishment by both fine and imprisonment. The testimony in the case was so positive and clear that the commis sioners felt that they could not ignore it. After communication with Wash ington it was determined to institute all the criminal proceedings possible against the accused and to prosecute them vigorously. The instructions are to leave no stone unturned in the attempt to bring the suspects to the fullest justice. President’s Uncle Dead. Sayvtlle, L. I.—Robert B. Roosevelt, uncle of the president, died here Tues day. He had been ill for several months. Robert Roosevelt was born in New York August 7, 1829. He was admitted to the bar in 1857, and prac ticed law for 20 years, but inherit ing a fortune, retired from practice. Mr. Roosevelt was a Democrat in politics, and for many years prominent in the councils of his party, both in the state and nation. One Survivor of Wreck. Tampa, Fla.—The schooner Thomas S. Dennison, Capt. Wade, arrived at Port Tampa, having on board Capt A. Phinney, the sole susvivor of the crew of the three-masted schooner Emma L. Cottingham, of New Bedford, Mass. Six men composing the crew of the Cottinghom were lost. Soldiers Threaten Mutiny. Port Said, Egypt.—The Russian steamer Korea from Vladivostok April 15, with troops for Odessa arrived here Friday in tow of the British steamer Safari. The Russian soldiers were on the point of mutiny. Monument to Confederate Dead. Madison, Wis.—A monument to con federate soldiers who died here as prisoners of war in 1862 was unveiled Friday afternoon by the Grand Army post, the Woman's Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans. Guilty of Atrocious Murder. Appleton, Wis.—Wenzel E. Kabot Thursday was found guilty of the mur der of Michael McCarthy at Kaukaut- I na on September 13, having quartered and cremated the body. Kabot will be sentenced to life imprisonent. Light Sentence for Murderer. '■ Moscow.—Michalin, the workman ! who murdered Nicholas Bauman, the revolutionist, whose funeral, Novem ber 2, 1905, was the occasion of a great : liberal demonstration, was sentenced i to 18 months' imprisonment LANDS OF CROW AGENCY. -2.—nngemenls for Eegistration, to Begin Juno 14, Completed—Bur lington Offers Low Bates. Omaha, Neb.—The government has made all arrangements for the regis tration for the lands of the Crow res ervation, which will be drawn July 2 at Billings The registration dates are June 14 to 28 at Sheridan and Billings, and the Burlington has of fered exceptionally low rates to those wishing to lake a chance in Uncle Sam’s big lottery. The rate will be one fare for the round trip from nearby points, where the regular one way fare is $20 or less. From all other Burlington route points it will be 75 per cent, of the one way fare, but not less than $20. This will make the rate from Omaha. Kan sas City and Denver much less than a fare for the round trip. The tickets will be sold June 10 to 26 inclusive, with a return limit till July 10. All lodging places will be listed and committees at each town will meet the excursionists. The mayor of Billings has wired the Burlington that everything will be done to take care of the registration crowd and he will take personal charge of the police force. Tents with board floors will be laid out in the streets, and booths will be con structed. The mayor says that Bill ings will be able to take care of 10, 000 people at any time. Sheridan has also advised the Bur lington that complete arrangements are being made to take care of the crowds for registration. The location of every available room will be filed, while cots, bedding and tents sufficient to accommodate a small army will be secured from Fort MacKenzie. Fine camping grounds will be prepared. Hotels and eating houses are stock ing up and will be prepared to take care of all that come. The police force is taking measures to eliminate all undesirable elements, such as thugs and gamblers. The Chamber of Commerce and city council are taking vigorous measures to insure registration visitors a safe and com fortable time at Sheridan. REPUBLICAN TICKET NAMED Minnesota Convention Selects A. L. Cole for Governor and Indorses Senator Nelson. Duluth. Minn.—The Republican stat convention Wednesday nominated a complete state ticket. The platform gives an enthusiastic indorsement of the present national Republican administration; approves the Panama canal; protection to Amer ican labor and industries; the gold money standard; legislation against the adulteration of food; election of United States senators by direct vote of tire people; a two-cent railroad fare: abolition of free passes and a readjustment of freight rates. The ticket follows: Governor,, A. L. Cole, Walker; lieutenant governor, A. 0. Eberhart, Mankato; treasurer, C. C. Dinehart, Slayton; attorney general E. T. Young, Appleton; secretary of state, Julius Schmahl. Redwood Falls; auditor, S. G. Iverson, Rushford; clerk of supreme court, C. A. Pidg eon. Buffalo; railroad commissioner, C. F. Staples, West St. Paul. NINE KILLED IN EXPLOSION Barrel of Naphtha Blows Up Aboard Ship Setting Fire to Cargo of Linseed Oil Cake. Liverpool.—Nine men were instantly killed and about 40 others wounded following a terrific explosion on board the British steamer Haverford Thurs day. The Haverford with passengers ar rived here Wednesday from Philadel phia. The stevedores were in the act of loosening the steamer’s hatches when suddenly a most violent explo sion occurred. It blew off the hatches, rent the decks, and hurled dead and wounded men in all directions. Sev eral bodies were dismembered and the deck resembled the floor of a charnel house. The cargo, consisting of linseed oil cake, in hold No. 2, and hold No. 3, was soon blazing fiercely. It was re ported that the disaster was caused by the explosion of a barrel of naphtha. Death Laid to Wealthy Woman. Sioux Palls, S. D.—A sensation waa caused here Tuesday by the arrest of Mrs. Moses Kaufmann, wife of a wealthy brewer, on the charge of man slaughter in connection with the death of Miss Agnes Polreis, who was em ployed as a domestic in the Kaufmann home. The girl died several days ago and r»as buried at Parkstou, her home town. Heavy Damage by Wind. Anaconda, Mont.—A tornado in Chouteau county, Mont., has destroyed an immense amount of property. It is reported that Fort Assinniboine Is seriously damaged. The oountry Is a stock-growing region, and the loss Is difficult to estimate. The damage re ported reaches $100,000. Heads Illinois Wesleyan. Bloomington. 111.—Dr. Francis G. Barnes was installed as president of Illinois Wesleyan university Friday. An address was delivered by President Edmund J. James, of the University of Illinois. Nurserymen Elect Officers. Dallas, Tex.—The convention of the American Nurserymen’s association adjourned Friday. Orlando Harrison, of Maryland, wiis elected president. The next meeting place will be Detroit, Mich. Several Hurt in Wreck. Joplin, Mo.—The 'Frisco passenger train that left St. Louis Wednesday night crashed into a freight train be tween Wentworth and Pierce City, Mo., Thursday morning, injuring a number of persons, several seriously. Dinner to Archbishop. Rome.—Cardinal Satolli gava a din ner in honor of A rchbishop Farley, of New York, who previously had assist ed him in the ceremonies atten dant on the observance of Corpus Christl day at the church of fit. John Lateran. IS IN A FERMENT GENERAL SITUATION IN RUSSIA DISQUIETING. ON THE VERGE OF AN UPHEAVAL Talk of Political Strike Which Will Bring Government to Its Knees— Prospect of a Struggle Between Par liament and the Proletariat. ST. PETERSBURG.—The pitiable affair at Bialystok apparently has burned itself out. No further blood shed was reported today and no more is expected even by the radicals, who. are satisfied that the authorities are now in control and will do everything possible to prevent a renewal of the excesses. This confidence is based on the ac tion of the governor of Grodno, who is hated and distrusted by the bureau crats and who, after Investigating the situation at Bialystok, took the unpre cedented step in order to prevent a spread of the massacres to telegraph the authorities of all towns within the Jewish pale, denying the alleged offi cial reports that the disorders were due to the wanton throwing of bombs at a Christian procession by Jewish revolutionists. This measure, aided by the Catholic clergy, who today throughout Russian Poland addressed their congregations, imploring them not to uelieve reports spread broad cast for the purpose of stirring up bloody excesses, was efficacious in calming the agitated spirits among the Christian population. The Cath olics of Warsaw cancelled a great re ligious procession which was to have been held here today, in order to avoid the chance of a conflict. The general situation, however, is hourly growing more disquieting and the country seems to be on the verge of another gigantic upheaval. In St. Petersburg and Moscow the populace is greailv excited ana nothing fs talked of except a general political strike wh ch would bring the govern ment to its knees. The proletariat leaders, who have been preparing for months for a blow, believe the mo ment has come to strike. The agrar ian troubles are now sufficiently ex tended and disorders in the army are rife. The government has openly re fused to accede to the demands of parliament and a rupture Ts immi nent there. ine ultimate plans oi tne leaders depends ipon the success achieved, but if the government is brought down it is not doubted they are determined that they and not parliament shall take over the reins of government and forever enjoy the fruits of victory. Insipid strikes in St. Petersburg and Moscow with which the movement was started, while based ostensibly on economic grounds, really are purely political. The committee of the unem ployed is only a revolutionary organi zation of last fall's committee of work men in disguise. JAP MONOPOLY IN MANCHURIA. American and European Merchants Greatly Dissatisfied. PEKING—Widespread and growing dissatisfaction is being manifested by American and European merchants, banks and shipping Anns against the Japanese administration in Manchu ria. The Japanese occupation under the Portsmouth treaty will continue until next April, and in the meantime foreign commerce is almost blocked, the Japanese merchants gaining ad vantages which make it increasingly difficult to compete with them. For eign goods for Manchuria through Port Newchang. where the regular Chinese customs duties are levied, while the Japanese import through Dalny and Antung without duty. Harry N. Pillsbury is Dead. PHILADELPHIA — Harry Nelson Pillsbury. the chess master, died here Sunday of apoplexy after an illness of many months. Pillsbury was born December 5, 1872, at Somerville, Mass., where the body will be taken, the funeral to be held there. Pillsbury learned the rudiments of chess when he was 1C years old at the Deschapelles Chess club In Bos ton. His first notable victory was a score of 5 to 4 in a match with John F. Barrry of Boston in 1891. In 1893 he won the New York City tourna ment with a total score of 7 out of a possible 9. Dinner for Miss Ellen Terry. LONDON—A dinner was given at the Hotel Cecil in honor of Ellen Terry. The 200 guests included per sons prominent in 'the theatrical world. Winston Churchill, during the course of a brilliant eulogy of Miss Terry's genius, said he considered it a great loss that Great Britain had no national theater. To Prevent Massacre. KALUGA, Russia—The governor has issued a strict order to the pre fect to prevent with all the means in his power anti-Jewish massacres. General Porter Dead. HAVERHILL, Mass.—General How ard L. Porter, one of the leading shoe manufacturers of this city, and prom inently identified with the Young Men’s Christian asociat'on movement, died suddenly Sunday of cerebral hemorrhage. He was 59 years of age. General Porter was prominent in the Odd Fellows fraternity, and was at one time chief of the Patriarchs Mili tant of the World. He was a member of the Sons of the Revolution and vice president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. Memorial to Carl Schurz. NEW YORK—The committee of ldO citizens of New' York, organized to take measures to establish an ap propriate national memorial to the late Carl Schurz has been completed. One Hundred Are Killed. VLADIVOSTOK—A passenger train was derailed at Progranitschnaia sta tion. on the Chinese Eastern railway, and 100 persons were killed or in. jured.