THISIN NEBRASKA EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE OR LESS IMPORTANCE. Official Report of the Grain Acreage Shown Increase—Socialist Nomi nations—O^her Nebraska News. Grain Acreage in Nebraska. The official report of the grain acre age this year, issued from the state labor bureau, having been compiled from the reports of county assessors, shows the corn acreage of this year to be 6,840,905, as compared with 6, 474,487 last year, or an increase of 366,418 acres. Lancaster county leads with 2*3,475 acres, an increase of L107 acres over last year. Custer county takes second rank with 232, 427 acres, and Knox county third with 224,475 acres. The report gives the acreage of winter wheat as 1,852,085, an increase over 1905 of 11,229 acres. Clay county leads in winter wheat with an acre age of 85,404. Adams oounty is sec ond with 82,323 acres. Spring wheat suffers a decrease of 56,067 acres from the acreage of 1905, its total acreage this year being 293, 948. Sheridan county is first in spring wheat, having an acreage of 26,714. A slight increase is shown in the oats acreage. In 1905 it had an acre age of 2,420,624, this year it has 2, 442.768 acres, or an increase of 22,144 acres. Cedar county ranks first in oats with an acreage of 86,666. Madi son county is second with 75,816 and Boone county third with 75,282 acres. The acreage of barley shows a de crease of 78,668, its acreage this year .being 109,692 and in 1905, 188.360. The rye acreage shows a decrease also of 58,179 acres. In 1905 the acre age of rye was 141,149 and this year 82,970. The total acreage of these six prin cipal crops this year is 11.623,368 acres as compared with 11,314,491 acres in 1905. or a total increase of 308,877 acres. Nominations of Socialists. LINCOLN.—The socialist party of Nebraska held its state convention here with an attendance of seventy five delegates. The following state Jicket was nominated: United States senator — John P. Roe. Omaha. Governor—Ezra Taylor, Broken Bow. Lieutenant Governor—Charles A. Howell. North Platte. State Auditor—E. F. McClure, Brok en Bow. Treasurer—Dr. Robert A. Haw thorne, Raymond. Superintendent of Public Instruction —Ada K. Sebc-ll, Ponca. Commissioner of Public Lands and Build.ngs—Thomas P. Lippincott, Blair. Attorney General—Rev. George C. Porter, Omaha. Resolutions were adopted declaring opposition to child labor; in favor ot free meals and clothing for school children; favoring pensions for wage earners over CO years old; to raise cor poration taxes and lower those on homesteads: favoring state insurance; for a curtailment of army and navy appropriations, and for government ownership of utilities. Work of Assessment Done. LINCOLN.—Secretary Bennett has about concluded, with the assistance of Henry Seymour and Edward Law rence of the auditor's office, adding up the various items of assessment. The totals show a decrease in the value of unimproved lots and an increase in lands and improved lots. This in crease is due to the improvements put on the lands. Bicycles have decreased over 2,000 in number and almost dou bled in value, while the average value of carriages and wagons has increased only 3 cents, the value being $4.77 this year. Bicycles are valued at an aver age of *10.19, but it is supposed most -of the automobiles are counted in with the bicycles. Publication Held to Be Legal. At the request of Secretary of State Galusha the legal department Of the state has handed down an opinion holding the publication of the notice of the constitutional amendment to be voted on this fall, In a supplement to a daily or weekly newspaper, is legal. The opinion also states the notice must be printed daily for three months if the notice first appears in a daily publication. Bryan Comes September 5. Charles W. Bryan received from Paris a verification of the date in William J. Bryan's message saying when he would arrive in Lincoln. The original message said September 5, but as there was a conflict with a press dispatch C. W. Bryan thought it best to verify the date. This having been done, it is now known that September 5 will be the day of the Bryan recep tion in Lincoln. Nebraska Makes Good Showing. LINCOLN—“Nebraska made a good showing at the Grand Army of the Republic encampment,” said Gover nor Mickey, on his return from the national meeting of veterans at Min neapolis. “Nearly 400 of our people were there, making one of the largest delegations in attendance. I was on General J. R. Tanner’s staff, but was permitted to be with the Nebraska section in the parade. We marched behind the first banner of Nebraska floating beside the state flag and the stars and stripes.” Race Entries at Fair Close. Entries to all the races to be pulled off this year at the state fair have closed with practically all events filled. The races this year have oc cupied the special attention of the board o^ managers and the indications are a very successful race meet wilt be the result. The completion of the modern and commodious stable has (had lots to do with getting good horses entered, as heretofore the man agement has been handicapped by not having proper accommodations for the horses. . • NEBRASKA BRIEFS. Falls City will make vinegar Sep tember 1. Sterling is arranging for a carnival August 24, 25 and 26. Chicken thieves are operating in the vicinity of Humboldt. One farmer lost 200. Beatrice has a picked team of fire men to enter the Humboldt tourna ment. The Congregational church at Albion has resumed services after spending $700 on improvements. Mrs. David Lane of Plattsmouth fractured her skull by falling against a stove. She may recover. A house on the farm of Mrs. Plager, a widow living north of Humboldt, caught fire and was burned to the ground with all its contents. Two new banks, the Fanners and Merchants of Weston ad the State Bank of Fordyce, have been granted charters by the state baking board. Mrs. Maggie Fay of North Platte had a hearing before the board of insanity and was adjudged insane. She will be taken to the state asylum at Norfolk. William J. Bryan is expected in Lin coln on the afternoon of September 5. He will be escorted to the state house for a welcoming speech and a recep tion. The barn on the Shaughnessy farm, southwest of Tecumseh, was de stroyed by fire. The origin is unknown. There was no insu*ance on the con tents. Andrew Zimmerman, a prominent citizen of Deuel county, was found be hind his barn with the top of his head blown off. The shooting is believed to have been accidental. Mr. Tidball, an old gentleman 70 years old, while going to the country to lathe a church near Milford, was thrown from the wagon by the team running away, and had his shoulder blade broken. At the last meeting of the village board of Elwood ordinance was passed calling for a special election to vote bonds in the sum of $12,000 for a sys tem of water works. The election will be held soon. While Eld Uhler. who lives three miles northwest of Benedict, was milk ing his cow another cow caused her to jump, knocking Mr. Uhler over and throwing her weight on his breast. He is in a critical condition. C. B. Storz, charged with drugging and robbing one Sheldon from Iowa during the races two weeks ago, was brought before the country court. He entered a plea of not guilty and waived examination and was bound over to the next term of the district court Paul Bohm. living one mile and a half southwest of Hardy was running with a gun in his hand after a pig, which he intended to shoot, when he fell, breaking the gun, which exploded, the charge passing through his leg be tween the knee and hip. It is prob able that the limb will nave to be am putated. A horse driven to a carriage about a year ago by C. O. Whedon at Lin coln, and trained by Charles Scully since that time, was last week sold to C. K. Billings, the millionaire owner of Lou Dillon and Major Delmar for $2,000. The horse is young and green having practically no record, although Mr. Scully receently drove him a mile in 2:17. Dr. McNally, government inspector, condemned twelve carloads of lambs at the stock yards in Grand Island. The lambs were afflicted with scab. Th£ shipment was from Reno, Colo., and was consigned to Swift & Co., Chicago and Omaha. The shipment was cut out and the lambs dipped in the required “dip" and will be ready for shipment in a few days. Neither the people nor the live stock of Nebraska will starve to death this winter, according to the report of crop acreage made by the county assessors to the state labor bureau. The reports show there has been a decrease in the acreage of potatoes, but just the same there are planted in potatoes this year 80,928 acres. Last year the potato crop covered 89,271 acres. A. N. Bank last week sold a quarter section of land five miles east of West Point for $74 an acre. The land is ab solutely without Improvements and the price Is another illustration of the ris ing values of land in Cuming county. The death of a horse belonging to Frank Brodie at the Fremont infirm ary has caused much excitement. Three weeks ago the horse and two Fremont boys were bitten by a froth ing dog Veterinary Burgeons declare that the horse showed signs of the rabies, and physicians are recommend ing that the boys be taken to a Pas teur institute. While digging and leveling off a sand hill on his lots in the outskirts of Ravenna, James Motsick unearthed at least a half dozen skeletons. Appear ances indicate that the skeletons were once Indians. The half dozen or more bodies were placed and other trinkets were buried with them. A peculiar feature of the skeletons is the posi tion in the ground as they seem to have placed slanting at a considerable angle. Will H. Hyers, secretary of the Kan sas City Board of Trade, whose dead body was found in a field near that city, was formerly a resident of Platts mouth. at one time being deputy treas urer of Cass county. Dr. and Mrs. Rich of Grand Island^ were the happy recipients, some ten days ago. of the seventh daughter. Having provided names for six daugh ters in the accustomed manner; Dr. Rich decided to offer a prize of $5 for the most suitable and pleasing name anyone would suggest, he and Mrs. Rich to be the judges. Five political conventions are set for* North Platte for September 8. They will be congressional, senatorial and representative conventions of the so cialist party and the senatorial and representative conventions of the pop ulist party. Mrs. Mary A. White, a former citi zen of Surprise, but now of Trenton, Mo., celebrated her 100th birthday August 12. She has four daughters and three sons whose ages are from 60 to 78 years who wore present at her birthday. Five generations of he* family are living. THE POPULAR FAVORITE IN THE GREAT PAN-AMERICAN SHOW. M ° » G TouR /loll ROE DO1111111 III "■llliu* CrtKTMicit : “The Great Declaration of Monroe, Mads in the Infancy of Latin-Ameri can Liberty, Was an Assertion to All the World of the Competency of Latin Americans to Govern Themselves and Their Countries. That Assertion My Country Has Always Maintained.”—Secretary Root. MEXICAN CONTRACT LABOR BARRED FROM TEXAS SOIL ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBB DE CIDES UNSKILLED MEN CAN NOT BE IMPORTED FOR RAILROAD WORK. Washington.—An important ques tion respecting the importation of la bor from Mexico into the United States for work on railroad construc tion in Texas has been determined by the department of justice. The ques tion was whether men employed as la borers on ordinary railroad construc tion were “skilled'’ or “unskilled,” in the meaning of the law. The depart ment of justice has decided that the men are "unskilled” laborers and that therefore, cannot under the law be admitted into the country under contract. Mexicans Denied Admission. On June 9, 1906, Doreteo Arellames, a Mexican, applied for admission at El Paso, Texas, and was debarred by a board of special Inquiry on the ground that he was a contract labor er, and that his entry into the United States was in violation of the immi gration act approved March 1, 1903. An appeal was taken at the instance of J. E. Hutt, who has a contract to furnish labor to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, and the Fort Worth and Denver City rail roads. all east of Albuquerque, N. M., and George H. Mosher, who has a similar contract for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad west of Albuquerque as far as the Pacific coast. On June 25, 1905, Sebastian Sotelo was denied admission at El Paso by a board of special inquiry under the alien contract labor law. The appeal was taken at the instance of the Ben Heney company, of Tucson, Ariz., which has a contract to furnish labor for the Southern Pacific between El Paso and San Jose on the coast line and to Fresno on the Valley line. Question of Skilled Labor. The question Involved the construc tion of the term "skilled labor” in sec tion 2 of the immigration act ot March 3, 1903, it being contended by the appellants that laborers ordinar ily employed in the construction and maintenance of the tracks of railroads were skilled laborers within the mean ing of the term as used in the act, and that if labor of like kind could not be found unemployed in the United States, laborers of this class could be imported into the United States under contract. Admission Would Nullify Law. Acting Attorney General Robb, In his opinion, says: “It is probable ex perience demonstrated that very few skilled laborers were brought to this country under the provisions of sec tion 5 of the act of 1885. For this reason when the law came to be amended in 1903 it was not deemed neecssary to limit the exception to its operation to new Industries as was the case in the original act. In other words, congress, recognizing the vast difference between skilled and un skilled labor, concluded that it might with perfect safety permit skilled la bor to be imported in all cases where 'labor of like kind unemployed could not be found in this country.” But no such exception was made in favor of the importation of unskilled labor. Indeed, to rule otherwise would, in ef fect, nullify the whole law. Should Favor Home Labor. “The act was designed and intended for the protection and security of the American laborer, whose welfare every patriotic citizen is bound to pro mote. Law^ designed for his benefit should, if possible, be so construed as to effectuate rather than retard the ob jects for which they are enacted. “It is certainly not for the executive department of the government to nul lify the will of congress because de clining or failing to give the words of the act their natural and logical im port. Especially is this true in a case involving tte welfare of such a very large number of our own citizens. Moreover it does not appear that since the enactment of this law in 1885 it has ever before been contend ed that unskilled alien contract labor could legally be imported. Orders Aliens Deported. “The determination of the question as to what is skilled and what is un skilled labor within the meaning of the law rests largely with you. I en tertain no doubt, however, that ‘ordin ary hands, commonly employed in the construction and maintenance of tracks of railroads,’ are not skilled laborers within the meaning of the im migration act of March 3, 1903. Hav ing reached the conclusion that they are not skilled laborers, it follows from what I have previously said that such laborers may not ‘be imported into this country under contract in any event.” Immediately on receipt of the opin ion, Acting Secretary Murray of commerce and labor dismissed the ap peals of the aliens and ordered them to be deported. LABOR FAMINE IN NORTHWEST Agriculture and Industrial Sections Loudly Call for Help. Duluth, Minn.—Scarcity of labor is the cry all over the northwest from the head of the lakes to the wheat fields of the Dakotas, where the de mand has reached a critical stage. In many cases the farmers are offer ing from $2.50 to $3 per day and board and have not more than 50 per cent, of the labor they require. The same conditions are being experienced in all lines of industry, including the railroads, contractors and miners both on the range and in the copper country. Reign of Terror in Warsaw. Warsaw.—Scores are dead in this city as the result of ceaseless activity on the part of the terrorists. Bomb throwing continues in spite of police and the thousands of troops stationed here. The police admit 150 persons haVe been wounded by bombs and bullets, and that 31 police and soldiers have been slain and 18 wounded in re cent fighting. Fifteen citizens have been killed, 70 severely and 95 slight ly wounded. Camp on. High Peak. Bombay. — Dr. William Hqpter Workman, well-known traveler and mountain climber, and bis wife. Fan nie Bullock Workman, recently as cended a peak of the Nunkum range, over 23,000 feet high, and camped. Peaceful Settlement Expected. Tokio.—It is confidently asserted here that the Aleutian islands inci dent, involving the killing and cap ture of a number of Japanese seal poachers, will be amicably settled without the slightest complications. Three Badly Hurt in Wreck. Chagrin Falls, O.—A special car on the Cleveland & Eastern electric road, carrying 55 passengers, collided with a milk car while running at high speed near here Wednesday, resulting in the injury of three persons. Forest Fires in Minnesota. Biwabik, Minn.—Several large for est fires are burning fiercely west south of this place. Hundreds of acres of second growth and thicket have been burned over and still the Barnes sweep on unresisted. Former Well-Known Actor Dead. New York.—William B. Cahill, for merly a well-known actor, is dead. He was born in Ireland, and achieved a reputation before he came to Amer ica with Lydia Thompson. In the ’50s Cahill toured the United States. Cheap Oil Will Close Wells. Tulsa, I. T.—The three-cent reduc tion in the price of oil made by the Standard company will have the ef fect of stopping operations in the territory field and the shutting down of all wells now in operation. Two Killed by Boiler Blast. Three Rivers, Mich.—The boiler ol a mint distillery on the farm of Wil liam Mohney, three miles from this city, exploded Wednesday, instantly killing Mr. Mohney and his son Roy and wounding two of Roy’s children.’ Clark’s Assessment Raised. Butte, Mont—The board of eg nan, nation assessed W. A. Clark $1,000 000 on his San Pedro railroad stock, $2,440,000 on his United Verde win* and raised his bank assessment $649 000, an increase of nearly $4,000,000. NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH GOVERNOR APPEALS TO MOB TO ABIDE BY LAW. CROWD REFUSES TO HEED Applauds Executive When He Fin ishes, Then Proceeds to Make Black Fiend Pay Penalty for Crime. Columbia, S. C.—Within the shadow of the home of his victim, Miss Jen nie Brooks, after having been identi fied by her, and after Gov. D. C. Hey ward, who went to the scene of the trouble, had addressed the mob in vain, “Bob” Davis, the negro who on Tuesday murderously attacked Miss Brooks with intent to commit assault, and who afterwards outraged a negro girl 14 years old, was lynched at Greenwood about 7:30 o'clock Thurs day evening. Gov. Heyward reached the scene shortly after the negro had been cap tured. A platform was erected in a fence corner on the premises of the victim’s father, from which platform Gov. Heyward addressed the mob in an effort to prevent the lynching. The governor beseeched the mob not to lynch Davis, but in vain. At the con clusion of his speceh the governor was vociferously cheered. The mob then removed the prisoner from the view of the governor and within a short distance of the home of his victim the negro was riddled with bullets. It is impossible to estimate- the crowd, as citizens from several coun ties had gathered at the scene and for two days had been in pursuit of the negro, but it is certain that hun dreds of bullets were sent through his body. state is now encamped at Chickamau ga and there were no nearby troops to be called upon. The governor’s guards and the Richland volunteers of this city had been ordered to hold themselves in readiness in the event that their services were needed, but the mob was determined. The assault by Davis on Miss Brooks was made last Tuesday in her father’s store, where she was tem porarily in charge. After making some purchases the negro grasped a meat knife, shouting, “You are what I want,” and sprang toward the girl. Miss Brooks attempted to defend her self with an iron bar, but the negro slashed her across the throat, making a gash four inches long, and almost severed two of her fingers. Afterward he went three miles to another farm and outraged a 14-year old negress. A posse of a thousand men started in pursuit of the negro soon after the outrage at the Brooks store and finally captured him Thurs day afternoon, near Ninety-Six, a town nine miles from Greenwood. KING AND KAISER KISS. Cordial Meeting of Monarchs at Kron berg. Kronberg. Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, —King Edward arrived here on a special train from Frankfort at 8:45 Wednesday. Emperor William I and Prince and Princess Frederick I Charles of Hesse-Xassau met him at the station. The emperor assisted the king in alighting, and they kissed each other on both cheeks. The meeting wa3 very cordial. The king wore a black Prince Albert coat and a silk hat. The emperor had on the uniform of the Posen Jaeger regiment, with a steel helmet. King Edward was accompanied by Sir Charles Hardinge, permanent un der secretary of the foreign office; Maj. Gen. Sir Stanley Clarke, chief equerry, and Maj. Frederick E. G. Ponsonby, equerry to his majesty. Sir Frank Lascalles, British ambassador to Germany, and the British consul general, Francis Oppenheimer, joined the royal party at Frankfort. After introductions had been ex changed the party and their following proceeded to Friederichshof in auto mobiles. ENLISTED MEN TO BE ADVANCED Privates Will Have Opportunity to Become Second Lieutenants. Washington.—Secretary Taft has decided that enljsted men shall have the first chance at the 48 vacancies in the grade of second lieutenants in the army. An order was issued some time ago granting only a small portion of the vacancies to enlisted candidates. Secretary Taft’s attention was call ed to the order which discriminated against the 35 enlisted men who are candidates, and he immediately sent a message .from Oyster Bay asking that the order be annulled and an other issued which will do justice to the enlisted men who are striving for advancement Death of a Pioneer Packer. St. Paul, Minn.—James T. McMil lan, aged 70 years, a pioneer resident as well as a pioneer in the meat pack ing industry of St. Paul, died at his home here early Friday, after a long illness from liver trouble. Illinois Mayor Dies. Bloomington, 111.—James S. Ne ville, mayor of Blomington and mem ber of the Illinois warehouse and rail way commission, died suddenly Fri day morning at two o’clock while vis iting at West Baden, Ind. Breaks Lumber-Carrying Record. Superior, Wis.—Steamer F. A. Mey er broke all previous records for car rying lumber when she left Duluth with 1,500,000 feet of "sixty-day” lum ber. The Jesse Spalding formerly held the record of 1,400,000 feet. - _;_ Sultan Pardons Prisoners. Constantinople.—The sultan has or dered the release of all the prisoners in the empire who have completed two-thirds of their sentences, as a mark of gratification for the recovery of his health. 6. k. R, ENDS ENCAMPMENT ADJOURNS AFTER DECIDING ON NEXT MEETING PLACE. R. B. Brown, of Ohio, Elected Com mander-in-Chief—Fortieth An nual Parade Held. Minneapolis, Minn.—The Grand Army of the Republic completed its fortieth encampment late Friday and adjourned to meet in Saratoga, N. Y., in 1907.' The encampment, after an exciting debate, decided that a pro test against the erection of a statue to Henry Wirz should be sent to Gen. S. D. Lee, the commander of the Southern Veterans’ association. Minneapolis, Minn.—The following officers were elected Thursday at the annual meeting oof the Grand Army of the Republic: Commander-in-Chief, R. B. Brown, Zanesville, O.; senior vice commander, William H. Arm strong, Indianapolis; junior vice com mander, E. B. Fenton, Detroit; chap lain-in-chief, Archbishop John Ireland, St. Paul; surgeon-general, W. H. John son, Lincoln, Neb. The new commander-in-chief was born in 1845, and has always lived in Ohio. He enlisted in the Fifteenth Ohio infantry at the age of 16 years and served in the Fourteenth Army corps in the Army of the Cumberland until he was mustered out in 1864. He then reenlisted as a veteran soldier and served as such until the end of the war. He was a private through out the first three years of his serv ice and then became a non-commis sioned officer. He has always been active and prominent in the work of the Grand Army. Mr. Brown is now editor of the Zanesville Courier. Minneapolis, Minn.—For the fortieth time since its work in war was fin ished and its glory won, the Grand Army of the Republic was in line Wednesday. There had been many parades more gorgeous, many spec tacles more dazzling and bewildering, but never was there in this country one more appealing and impressive than that which passed through the streets of Minneapolis during the morning. Col. Charles T. Keeting, of New Or leans, was overcome by the heat and exhaustion and died an hour after reaching the hospital. Thomas A. Martin dropped while marching in the parade and died on his way to the emergency hospital. BOOM CANNON FOR PRESIDENCY Danville Convention Starts Move In Honor of Uncle Joe. Danville, 111.—Speaker Cannon's boom for the presidency was launched here Thursday when the speaker was renominated for congress by acclama tion by the Republican congressional convention of the Eighteenth district. In accepting the renomination for congress, Mr. Cannon made a long speech, which sounded the party slo gan for the coming campaign. The speaker extolled the record of the Re publican party and pointed to the na tion's prosperity as a justification of its continuance in office. Labor leaders have declared war on Mr. Cannon for his attitude to laboi bills in the last congress. He replied to attacks of President Gotnpers, ol the American Federation of Labor, re garding the anti-injunction bill and other measures. RAILROAD MEN IN CONFERENCE Discuss Rate Law at Suggestion of Interstate Board. Washington.—“I am not surprised to learn that the attorneys of the rail roads of the country are in consulta tion in order to reach a common con clusion as to the interpretation of the new rate law,” said Interstate Com missioner Clements in an interview regarding the meeting of railroad offi cials in Atlantic City. "The commission,” he said, ‘‘has urged upon all of the railroads the necessity for prompt compliance with the provisions of the new law and to this end has invited them to appoint committees of conference with the commission in respect particularly to the preparation and publication of tariffs and the keeping of account books, etc.” Buffalo Treasurer Set Free. Buffalo, N. Y.—Fred 0. Murray, col lector of customs, and former deputy county treasurer, was acquited Thurs day of the charge of grand larceny in connection with the “graveyard” scandal hy which the county was mulcted out of many thousands oi dollars. When the state closed its case against Murray the court direct ed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. Dinner to Fair Officers. Berlin.—Dr. Theodore Lewald. who was the iJerman commissioner gener al to the Louisiana Purchase exposi tion at St Louis, gave a dinner here Thursday night In honor of David R. Francis, president of the exposition, and a deputation of the fair commit tee, consisting of Breckinridge Jones, L. D. Dozier and S. M. Felton, presi dent of the Chicago & Alton railway. Celebrate Return of Mullahs. Teheran.—The return of the ex pelled mullahs was made the occasion for great ceremony, the city being il luminated in their honor far four days. Crowds of people greeted them at a gate of the city. Steneland Not in Mobile. Mobile, 'Ala.—There is no truth in reports sent out from this city that a man believed to be Paul O. Stena land, the fugitive bank president of Chicago, was seen in a house on the outskirts of Mobile. Train Goes Over Embankment. South Bend, Ind.—An engine and 15 cars of a Big Four freight train went over an embankment near Eau Claire, Mich. The engine and train crews es caped. A weakened culvert caused the accident. City Employe Pleads Guilty. Milwaukee.—John Broziek, sidewalk inspector of the Eighteenth ward, charged with obtaining city orders by false pretenses, pleaded guilty and was committed to the Green Bay re formatory. __ THE EARTHQUAKE SHOCK FOLLOWS SHOCK IN RAP. \m SUCCESSION. A LONG LIST OF CASUALTIES Two Thousand Reported Killed in the City of Valparaiso — The Property Lose Must Certainly Mount to For midable Proportions. VALPARAISO, Chile — At 7:52 last Thursday evening Valparaiso ex perienced an earthquake of great se verity and during that night eighty two shocks were felt. Most of the buildings of the city either were ruined or damaged. The loss will be enormous, probably reaching $250,000,000. Two thousand persons killed is con sidered to be'a fair estimate of the casualties. Vina del Mar, three miles from Val paraiso, and having a population of over 10,000; Quirihue, 225 miles to the southward with a population of 2,500; Salto; Limache, 15 miles to the northwest with a population of 6,500; Quillota, 25 miles to the north, with a population of 10,000; and village* all around were destroyed. Most of the damage was due to Are which started immediately after the first shock. The whole population is sleep ing in th^ hills, the parks or' the streets. Food is very scarce. Milk costs two Chilean dollars a liter, and it is al most impossible to obtain meat, even at high prices. The railhoads are all destroyed. Rain, which began to fall lmm-> mediately after the first shock stopped an hour afterwards. The nights are ver cold and windy, the people sleping in the open are suffer ing greatly. Proportionately the catastrophe here is considered greater than that which befell San Francisco. Valpar aiso and neighboring towns are wrecked and partially burned and in all of the towns of the Aconcagua val ley conditions are similar. In the southern portion of Chile several shocks were felt at Talcapuano, Concepcion, Talco and Zone, but there the disaster was not appaling. As yet no authentic news has been re ceived frm Santiago although a cour ier is shortly expected. Quakes occur from time to time, but are steadily diminishing in force. As to the dead and wounded, an ac curate estimate is as yet impossible, but it is believed that the former will exceed 1,000 in this and surrounding towns. HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMELESS. Valparaiso Experiences Three Hun dred and Eighty-Two Shocks. LONDON.—In a dispatch from Val paraiso without date the correspond ent of the Daily Mail says: “Sixty per cent of this city has been completely destroyed. The death roll is very heavy'. There were eighty-two shocks during Thursday night and there have been 30p more since then. The tremors still con tinue. One hundred thousand people are homeless and destitute. Water is giving out. Surrounding towns have been destroyed and the railroad has been cut.” Lewis Morrison Is Dead. NEW YORK.—Lewis Morrison, an actor whose work as Mephisto in “Faust” gained him fame, died sud denly of shock on Saturday afternoon in St. John's hospital, Yonkers, after undergoing an operation for a disease of the stomach. He was 61 years of age. He was under engagement to start for San Francisco on Friday, but telegraphed that he would delay a few days. Mr. Morrison resided each summer with his daughter, Miss Rosa bel Morrison, at Neperhan Heights. Paul Morton Start* Home. QUEENSTOWN. — The steamship Lucania. which sailed for New York Sunday, took among its passengers Paul Morton. Mr. and Mrs. James K. Hackett and Mr and Mrs. F. J. Mackay. Fatal Fight in Kentucky. COLUMBIA, Ky.—Elijah Burton shot and instantly killed James Dooley following a difficulty when two by standers were wounded. John Powell and his son. 12 years old, were with Burton when several shots were fired, it is claimed by Dooley. Sympathy From France. PARIS.—The French government has expressed its sympathy to the Chilean legation in connection with the earthquake disaster. Rebuild Burnell Houses. SOFIA, Bulgaria.—The cabinet has decided to rebuild before winter and at the expense of the state all the houses burned at Ahiolu during the re cent fighting there between Greeks and Brigarians. Spaulding Brings Suit. BOISE, Idaho.—Charles W. Spauld ing, former treasurer of the University of Illinois and former president of the Globe Savings bank, Chicago, who re cently completed a term of seven years’ imprisonment in the peniten tiary at Joliet for embezzlement of funds began suit in the federal court here yesterday against James H. Brady, chairman of the republican state central committee, and others, to recover valuable interests in the Idaho Canal company and the Poca tello Power and Irrigation company. Chinese Officials Nervous. PEKIN—The explosion of the g&s