Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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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.
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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.
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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<v
line tank used in a lantern show last
Friday, which gave rise to rumors
of attempted assassinations, took
place while Tuan Fang, governor of
the province of HUnan, was trying a
moving picture'machine which he had
brought here from Europe for the
amusement of he dowager empress,
before taking it-to the palace. The
sensation this incident created in offi
cial circles elearly indicates the ex
treme state of nervousness in high