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.