NEBRASKA NOTES
JBICHT OUTLOOK FOR THE FAIR
The Attendance This Year Expected
to Be a Record Breaker—A Post
office Robbed—Other Maters in
Nebraska.
All Ready for the Fair.
LINCOLN—Secretary Mellor of the
etate fair board is of the opinion the
attendance this year will be larger
than ever before in the history of the
fair. This will be brought about by
several new attractions not heretofore
a part of the fair. One race of much
interest will be between two guidless
horses. The Guideless Wonder made
such a bit last year that the board
thought a race between two horses
without a rider or driver would be a
decided and novel drawing card. The
derby will be of great interest and will
be the means of attracting many peo
ple.
Inasmuch as William J. Bryan will
return to Lincoln September 5 during
fair week, this will also greatly in
crease the attendance as it is expect
ed thousands of strangers will come
here to attend the welcome reception
Moses P. Kinkaid.
In a convention held at Kearney,
which lasted twenty-four minutes.
Congressman Moses P. Kinkaid was
unanimously re-nominated by the re
publicans of the Sixth congressional
district.
to the distinguished Nebraskan. Many
of these of course will take advantage
of the opportunity to visit the fair. A
bureau of information will be estab
lished down town and at the fair
grounds. The secretary has listed with
him now 1,000 rooms so it will not be
necessary for any one to sleep on the
streets, as has been the custom in the
past. It is only necessary to inquire
at the information bureau and rooms
will be supplied. ,
Two Men Rob Postoffice.
Lee Acrey and J. F. Lunden are un
der arrest at Seneca for breaking into
and robbing the store and postoffice
of Uhler & Cowley, August 15. The
merchandise obtained was valued at
$107, while only $1.14 in postal funds
were taken. The robbers were arrest
ed the same day and most of the plun
der recovered at a sod house several
miles from Seneca. Lunden subse
quently escaped but was later recap
tured and the men were taken to
Thedford and lodged in jail. They
finally admitted the robbery.
Back After Fifty Years.
FREMONT—Mr. Meeker, the old
gentleman who is making the trip
from the acific coast to Ohio with an
ox team and the same wagon with
which he first crossed the plains to
Oregon fifty years ago, will be in Fre
mont on Sept. 3, and take part in the
semi-centennial celebratidn of the
founding of the city. He writes the
committee that he will have to length
en his schedule a little, but will be on
time. He camped in Fremont over
night fifty years ago and is returning
over the same route he took at the
time.
Plenty of Teachers in Sight.
LINCOLN—In answer to the news
paper reports from Richardson county
that the supply of teachers is fifty
short. Superintendent McBrien has
wired Superintendent J. Oliver of Fails
City as follows: “When you have
schools for all worthy teachers in
Richardson county under our latest
rulings, we can find you all the well !
qualified teachers you need, whether !
fifty or 100.”
Territorial Pioneers.
Territorial Pioneer Day at the state
fair is Thursday Sept. 6. Everyone
who located in or was born in Nebras- j
ka before March 1, 1867, is a terri
torial pioneer and is expected to be on
hand. They will meet at the stock pa
villion at 1 o’clock Sept. 6. when not
less than a thousand territorial settlers
should come together to talk over old
times.
Lieutenant McDiil Resigns. /
Adjutant General Culver has or- [
dered the acceptance of the resignation !
of Second Lieutenant Gilbert R. Me- |
Dill of Company M of the Second regi- |
ment, stationed at Albion. McDiil |
failed to attend the encampment, at j
Fort Riley and rendered an insuffi
cient excuse. He is a photographer
and is said to have remained away
from camp, although badly needed. In
Company E of the First regiment at
Wilber John H. Lindon has been elect
ed captain to succeed L. J. Grim, who
was elected major.
Assessment Footings.
LINCOLN—The work of compiling
the figures of the State Board of
Equalization has been completed ana
the returns have been made to the va
rious county clerks. The total assess
ed value of the state is $313,060,301.
against $304,470,961 last year.
Big Money for Cattle.
OSMOND—John Goff, a cattle feed
er of this place, has just returned from
South Omaha, where he sold a ship
ment of cattle which amounted to
about $13,000.
OVER THE STATE.
Democrats of the Sixth Congres
sional District have nominated Hon.
L. G. Shumway of Scotts Bluff for
Congress.
A large force of men has been put
to work re-ballasting the Union Pa
cific roadbed with crushed rock be-;
tween Beatrice and Lincoln.
Mrs. Victor Kasper of Schuyler at
tempted suicide with a butcher knife.
Neighbors saw the act and caught her
before much cutting was clone.
Mr. Blakely of Springview went to
sleep on the floor of a hotel in Long
Pine, and when he awoke found that
$50 had been taken from his pockets.
The badly decomposed body of a
man was found by the side of the
road north of the Sunnyside cemetery
at Wilber. It was not identified and
has been buried by the county.
The horse stolen from the barn of
G A. Crannell, living four miles south
of Tekamah was found in a pasture
three miles east of Hooper. No clue
to the thief has been obtained.
Plans are being made to organize
a new cemetery association at Falls
City. The land which will be used
is the thirty acres joining the Steele
cemetery on the east side and which
belongs to E. S. Towle.
Fremont is completing arrange
ments for the celebration of the city's
natal day September 3. The feature
of the day will be a big parade in
which the pioneer settlers will be
conveyed in automobiles.
One of the most pitiful cases that
has been brought before the insanity
board at Tekamah in many a day was
that of Mrs. Lillian M. Peterson, a
woman aged 30 years, who has been
living at Crab Orchard. She was ex
amined by the board and pronounced
a dipsomaniac. The board ordered
her taken to the Lincoln asylum for
treatment.
The father of Louis WoodrufT, a
convict in the state prison, lias writ
ten several abusive letters to Govern
or Mickey. The latter tore them up
as soon as he read them. Woodruff
was sentenced to four years for statu
tory assault. His wife, who married
him soon after he was arrested, has
made many pleas for the pardon of
Woodruff. A petition is being circu
lated.
Two records were broken last
week, in McCook. First, Judge B. C.
Orr of the district court made a new
record in the district court of the
county by naturalizing thirty-four cit
izens in one day, unnder the new law:
Secondly. the McCook postoffice
fractured all records in its money de>
partment by issuing $2,000 worth of
money orders in one* day, of which
$2,000 were international, destined for
Greece.
Charles Gagnon, an old settler of
Richardson county and one of the
first merchants in the district, died
at his heme in Rulo. Mr. Gagnon was
coming down the stairway between
the bank and the hardv/are store in
Rulo and fell almost the entire length
of the stairs and landed on his head.
He was picked up and taken to his
homo in an unconscious condition and
remained in that condition until his
death.
A fact a great interest to Nebras
kans is this: The oldest living white
person born in what is now Nebraska,
is Rev. S. P. Merrill of Squirrel Is
land, Me., who dates from July 13,
1835, at Bellevue. Li vug at Lincoln
now is perhaps the earliest settler
still here, in the person of Mrs. Mar
tha A. Wheeling. She lived a year
on the site of Omaha, 1840, and for
five years beginning in 1847 was at
Bellevue.
The ten days’ session of the York
Chautauqua was brought to a suc
cessful close. It was certainly one
of the best attende-d meetings ever
held in York, and the management
is more than gratified with the re
sults in every respect. Not a day
was lost on account, of bad weather
The total receipts were $4,514.
Holiness meetings held in the vicin
ity of Seward wrere slimly attended
or. account of extreme heat.
Mrs. .1. A. Murphy of Humboldt ae
well as numerous friends, is becom
ms exceedingly anxious to hear from
her daughter. Mrs. Joy Bullis-McKie.
a Humboldt, lady who 13 at present in
the city of Santiago, Chile, where the
earthquake recently occurred. Mr
and Mrs. McKie have lived for sever
al years at Manzanillo. Mexico, where
the former was in the employ of Col
onel Smoot, the famous promoter of
harbor works at the latter city.
Names have finally been decided
upon for the two new towns on the
Union Pacific Railroad company’s
extension from Strornsburg, which
have met with the approval of the
postal authorities. Elforts to select
names from local Indian nomencla
ture resulted in failure from theii
lack of euphony when given English
pronunciation, and other names 1n
honor of local celebrities were reject
ed from conflict with the names ol
other postoffices in the state. The
name finally approved for fhe first
town west of there is Pclk, identical
with that of the county, and the sec
ond town Hordville, in honor of T
B. Herd of Central City.
A gang of surveyors has been run
n>ng a line through Cass county
starting from South Bend and par
alieling the Rock Island tracks at a
distance of about a half a mile. They
have run until they are now about
four miles west of Murdock.
W. E. Hewit of David City received
a message from Spokane, Wash., an
uonncing the death of his brother, Dr.
I. W. Hwit, who died at that place
of Bright's disease. The doctor was
well known in Butler county, having
practiced medicine at Bellwood for a
good many years.
The fine peach crop, raised on Will
Bryson’s farm one-half mile from Ad
ams. is just harvested. The peaches
are its large as California fruit and
the crop is immense.
Elmer Tuttle of Salem, Neb., is In
the county jail at Falls City, charged
with assaulting and robbing Andrew
Ogden on the night of June 21, last
Suspicion at once ponted toward him
as the guilty person, but before a
warrant could be served upon him
he left the county and stayed away
until a few days ago, when he re
turned to Salem.
BLOCKHOUSE ON OUTSKIRTS OF CITY OF PINAR DEL RIO, CUBA,
AROUND WHICH ONE OF FIRST BATTLES OF CUBAN
REVOLUTION RAGED.
FAVORS REFORM SPELLING
PRESIDENT INDORSES THE CAR
NEGIE MOVEMENT.
Orders Adoption of System in All Offi
cial Documents of the Gov
ernment.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. — President
Roosevelt has indorsed the Car
negie spelling reform movement He
Issued orders Friday to Public-Printer
Stillings that hereafter all messages
from the president and all other docu
ments emanating from the white
house shall be printed in accordance
with the recommendation of the spell
ing reform committee, headed by
Brander Matthews, professor of Eng
lish at Columbia university. This
committee has published a list of 300
words in which the spelling is re
formed.
This list contains such words as
“thru” and “tho” as the spelling for
‘through” and “though.” The presi
dent’s official sanction of this reform
movement is regarded as the most
effective and speediest method of in
augurating the new system of spelling
throughout the country. Not only will
the printed documents emanating
from the president utilize the reform
spelling, but his correspondence also
will be spelled in the new style.
Secretary Loeb has sent for the list
of 300 words which have been re
formed and upon its arrival will im
mediately order all correspondence of
the president and of the executive
force of the white house spelled in ac
cordance therewith. As the spelling
reform committee shall adopt new re
forms they will be added to the presi
dent’s list and also to that of the
public printer.
wnue tne order to the printer does
not contemplate an immediate reform
in the spelling of official documents
from the executive departments in
Washington, it is regarded that more
than likely the respective heads of the
department will fall in line with the
president’s ideas and have their offi
cial documents printed in the new
spelling.
TAFT WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT
Secretary of War to Decline Place on
Supreme Bench.
Washington.—William H. Taft, sec
retary of war, will formally communi
cate to the president in a short time
that he does not desire the honor of
an appointment to the supreme court
bench. He will send notice in time
for the president to make a selection
before the fall term of the supreme
court opens in October.
Mr. Taft’s indorsement for the pres
idency by the Ohio Republican state
convention is practically assured. He
has been considered one of the most
prominent possibilities by Ohio Re
publicans, and in view of Speaker
Cannon’s reiterated declarations that
he would not be known as a candi
date, the secretary’s plan of action is
considered most significant at this
time.
The Ohio Republicans have been
quietly booming Mr. Taft for the pres
idency for months. By every possible
method they have been advancing his
cause, even going so far, it is under
stood, as to solicit a public expres
sion from him on the subject of his
candidacy. Mr. Taft has fought shy
of the subject, but the latest develop
ment places him more conspicuously
before the public.
Death of Hanna’s Brother-in-Law.
Cleveland, O.—Jay C. Morse, at one
time president of the Illinois Steel
company and brother-in-law of the
late Senator M. A. Hanna, died here
Wednesday of a complication of dis
eases. Mr. Morse was associated with
the late Col. C. M. Pickands In an im
mense Iron ore and coal business, and
he amassed a large fortune.
Molders' Strike Is Off.
Manchester, England.—The threat
ened strike of Iron molders in the en
gineering trade of Manchester and
southeast Lancashire has been avert
ed. The molders have accepted an
advance of 25 cents.
Visible Supply of Cotton.
New Orleans.—Secretary Hester’s
statement of the world’s supply of cot
ton Bhows a total of 1,875,757, against
1.976.713 last week. Of this the total
of American cotton is 943,757 against
997.713 last week.
Will Build Railroad in Mexico.
Phoenix, Ariz.—News is received
here that J. J. Hardwick, of Phoenix
and Los Angeles, has secured a con
cession from the Mexican government
for the construction of a railroad 5U0
miles long in Sonora.
Train Runs Into Stage Coach.
Los Angeles, Cal.—One person was
Killed and four others were more or
(ess severely injured in the running
down of a mountain resort stage at
Aausa by a Santa Fe limited passen
ger train.
SAY8 REBATES WERE PAID.
Standard Oil and Railroad Company
Indicted in New York.
Jamestown, N. Y.—The federal
grand Jury investigating alleged
violations of the Elkms rebate law by
the Standard Oil company, the Penn
sylvania Railroad company, and the
New York Central Railroad company
in the state met here Friday and re
turned two indictments, one against
the Standard Oil company, the other
against the New York Central.
The charges against the Central are
covered in a single count, although,
according to the theory of the prose
cution, the company equally is guilty
with the Pennsylvania company in
granting rebates. The charge of fail
ure to file with the interstate com
merce commission, as required by law,
a schedule of rates, which evidence
taken by the grand jury indicates, was
maintained.
The Standard Oil company was
again indicted on a charge of accept
ing unlawful and discriminating
freight rates on shipments of oil over
the Pennsylvania, the New York Cen
tral and the Vermont Central railroad
companies.
The indictments are closely related
to those found by the same jury two
weeks ago against the Standard Oil
company and the Pennsylvania in the
matter of discriminating rates for oil
shipped by the Standard from Olean
to Burlington, Vt All of such ship
ments were over the Pennsylvania
from Olean to Rochester; over the
New York Central from Rochester to
Norwood, N. Y., and over the Vermont
Central from Norwood, to its destina
tion.
STORM DAMAGES GRAVEYARD
Cemetery Grounds Flooded and 200
Bodies Exposed to View.
Kansas City, Mo.—A terrific rain
storm prevailed in Kansas City and
vicinity early Thursday. In Kansas
City 5.93 inches of water fell, a record
for the time, three hours and a half.
Low lying lands were flooded and the
police and fire departments were call
ed upon to rescue persons from base
ments in Little Italy, in the north end
of town, and in the east and west bot
toms, where the water entered many
small houses. Several downtown
basements were flooded and goods
damaged.
At Elmwood cemetery, five miles
east of the business district the en
tire cemetery grounds were flooded,
and in the lower ground a strong cur
rent was formed. This resulted in the
washing out of dozens of graves. At
least 200 bodies were exposed. Monu
ments were wrecked and other dam
age done.
LYNCHING JURY FAILS TO AGREE
Little Likelihood of State Continuing
Case at Springfield, Mo.
Springfield, Mo.—The jury in the
case of Doss Galbraith, the alleged
leader of the mob which lynched and
burned three negroes here in April
last, and who was on trial charged
with second degree murder, was dis
charged by the court Friday when it
reported that its members were un
able to agre.
After the jury was discharged its
members freely admitted that the
vote stood ten for acquittal and two
for conviction. Twenty ballots were
taken and there was no change after
the first ballot.
It is not believed the state will try
the case again.
Death Ends Suffering.
Tomahawk, Wis.—C. C. Ramsey,
district superintendent for the United
States Leather company, died. He
was stricken blind Tuesday while seat
ed at his office desk and Thursday he
suffered a stroke of apoplexy.
Banker in Bankruptcy.
Boston.—Sylvester B. Hinckley, of
Newton, president of the First Nation
al bank of Chelsea, which recently
closed its doors, was petitioned into
involuntary bankruptcy Friday by the
Fall River Five Cents . avings bank.
Tramp Steamer Ashore.
Victoria, B. C.—The tramp steamer
Twickenham, from Soerabaya, Java,
with 6,500 tons of sugar for the Brit
ish Columbia Sugar Refinery company,
is ashore on San Juan island, two
miles from Roche harbor.
Russian Land Distribution.
St Petersburg.—The Russian gov
ernment has definitely decided to pro
ceed with its original plan of distribu
tion of land regardless of parliament,
and to go to the country upon the Is
sue at the coming elections.
Rain Saves Com Crop.
St Joseph, Mo.—Heavy rains Thurs
day broke a drought that was doing
considerable damage to com and lata
fruit Railroads and bridges were
washed out and buildings in process
of erection were damaged.
CHAOS RULES IN CITY
REFUGEES IN VALPARAISO,
CHILI, FIGHT FOR FOOD.
SUPPLIES INSUFFICIENT.
Cemeteries Destroyed and Authorities
Unable to Bury Victims—Town of
Quillota Sinks Out of
Sight.
Valparaiso.—Chaos rules in Valpar
aiso and martial law is unable to keep
order. The scores of thousands of
homeles, famine stricken refugees
fight in the streets for food.
The army and navy officers are
working heroically to bring order out
of chaos, but they are fearfully handi
caped.
The injured are still without ade
quate medical care, in spite of the tire
less energy of army, naval and pri
vate surgeons and nurses.
Food supplies are insufficient, but
arse increasing. The minister of the
Interior has ordered all Bhips in Chil
ian ports to proceed to Valparaiso
with food and bring away refugees. A
regular relief service has been estab
lished. Cattle shipments are on the
way. Frontier train service has been
established from Talca. Supplies of
meat and milk are arriving regularly
but not in quantities sufficient to pre
vent hunger.
Estimates of the number of dead
still remain between 3,000 and 5,000.
Twenty-eight bodies were found Wed
nesday under the stairway of the tele
graph office.
Meat and Bread Scarce.
Meat and bread are scarce. Meat
Is now being distributed by the au
thorities. The grocers’ shops that
were not destroyed by the earthquake
are now nearly out of stock. Canned
(neats, sardines, condensed milk and
biscuits are much needed.
As a first installment the govern
ment has appropriated $4,000,000 for
the relief of the destitute.
One of the greatest difficulties en
countered by the authorities is the in
terment of the bodies recovered from
the ruins, as all the cemeteries were
destroyed. At the various temporary
morgues heaps of coffins have accumu
lated, awaiting the designation of their
place of burial. The work of recover
ing the bodies is being pushed to the
Utmost in order to avoid an epidemic.
The total number of corpses buried
up to Tuesday, August 21, was 648.
The main post office has been re
opened.
Every Wall Ruined.
At Llai Llai there is not a single
wall in good condition. There were
30 persons killed there.
At Cabildo the railroad station was
damaged.
At Quillota many buildings were
prostrated.
The earthquake was severe at Con
con and Colmo. The dead in those
places number 25.
The work of bringing order out of
chaos is progressing rapidly and the
telephone and telegraph lines have
been restored to Santiago. The postal
system is in working order and mail is
being delivered regularly.
Electric cars already are running be
tween Baron station and Recro, and
probably the opration of cars will be
extended to Vina del Mar.
A movement Is on foot to organize
a company to facilitate the raising of
the money necessary to reconstruct
the city. It is proposed to advance
the sums needed without interest for
the first six months. The plan Is to
construct the new buildings of light
materials and to lay out the streets
so that they will have a uniform
width of 20 meters.
The department of public works at
Santiago has appropriated $100,000
for the construction of sheds to shel
ter the refugees from Valparaiso and
elsewhere who continue to arrive
there.
Earth Swallows 10,000.
Lima.—It is reported that Quillota,
a city of 10,000 population, about 30
miles from Valparaiso, has sunk en
tirely from sight and that less than
100 of the inhabitants escaped.
Two Dead in Wreck.
Bristol, Va.—As a result of a wash
out a freight train on the Virginia &
Southwestern railway ran off a trestle
at Moccasin river at two o’clock Fri
day morning and the engine and eight
cars loaded with coal were plunged
into the river and two persons were
killed.
Three Steel Workers Killed.
Pittsburg, Pa—Three men are dead,
two are in a serious condition and
nine others were rendered uncon
scious by a blow-out of accumulated
gas early Tuesday morning at the
Eliza furnaces of the J->nes & Laugh
lins Steel company, at Soho, this city.
Wants Boycotters Suppressed.
Hongkong.—The American consul
general has sent a dispatch to the
viceroy of Canton requesting him to
suppress the Boycott association for
the hindrance of American commerce.
More Public Money for Banks.
Washington.—Secretary Shaw has
taken steps to increase the deposits
of public moneys in national deposi
tories in various parts of the country
to $50,000 each, the amount author
ized by law. It affects about 150 banks.
Strikers Demand Fewer Hours.
Bilbao, Spain.—The military governor
here has unsuccessfully attempted to
arbitrate tb® dispute between employ
ers and strikers. The latter, who
number over 60,000, firmly maintain
their demands for fewer hours.
General Manager Is Named.
Lexington, Ky—W. W. McDowell,
assistant engineer of the Lexington &
Eastern railroad, has been appointed
to succeed the late Roger S. Barr,
both as director and general manager
of the road.
Mendoza Declared a Traitor.
Bogota, Colombia.—The cabinet has
declared Senor Mendoza, former min
ister to the United States, a traitor
tor revealing diplomatic secrets. The
country approves of calling Mendoza ■
to judgment.
SULLIVAN IS VINDICATED
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO
OUST COMMITTEEMAN.
Nebraska Man Endorsed for the Pres
idency—State Ticket Named
by Convention.
Peoria, 111. — William Jennings
Bryan indorsed as the demo
cratic nominee for president in 1908,
and Roger C. Sullivan, of Chicago, vin
dicated and the demand for his resig
nation as nation'll committeeman
made by Mr. Bryan from Europe voted
down by 1,058 delegates to 570, was
the outcome of one of the hardest
politica. battles ever fought in the
state Tuesday. From start to finish
Sullivan and his cohorts completely
dominated the state convention. From
the election rf ex-Justice Boggs as
chairman to the defeat of the resolu
tions condemning Mr. Sullivan there
never was a moment of doubt as to
who controlled the gathering.
Incidental in it3 importance was the
nomination of a slate of state officers.
These nominations were made just
preceding the Bryan-Sullivan fight and
were as foll ws:
For state treasurer—N. L. Piot
rowski.
For superintendent of public in
struction—Caroline Grote.
For trustees state university—D. R.
Cameron, J. S. Cuneo, C. D. Bourland.
The feature of the platform that al
most ended in a riot was the indorse
ment of Bryan in these words:
"For president of the United States
in 1908 the Democrats of Illinois, first
and last, have but one choice, and that
tu~n is William Jennings Bryan.”
This precipitated the ope big row of
the convention.
The principal feature of the plat
form is the indorsement of William J.
Bryan for president, in the face of the
Nebraskan’s protest that he opposed
such indorsement unless Sullivan was
ousted as national committeeman.
MINERS KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Heroic Collier Meets Death Trying to
Rescue His Corade.
Mahanoy City, Pa.—By an explosion
of gas in the West Buck mountain
gangway in the fifth level of the Vul
can colliery of the Mill Creek* Coal
company Tuesday, Charles Staukhus,
aged 25 years, and John Haruka, aged
30 years, were instantly killed, five
persons were probably fatally injured
and about a dozen were overcome by
after-damp. Stukus was killed by the
first explosion and Haruka was killed
as he was preparing to carry the body
of Staukus to the gangway.
There were two explosions at inter
vals of ten minutes. Both did much
damage to the mine, brattices being
ripped away and timbers blown out
along the gangway for a distance of
several hundred yards. The fourth
lift of the mine was completely
wrecked.
AMERICAN NETS ARE DESTROYED
Fishermen Complain of Action of
Canadian Cruiser in Lake Erie.
Washington.—Capt. Ross, chief of
the revenue cutter service of the
treasury department, Wednesday re
ported to Acting Secretary Murray of
the department of commerce and la
bor, that he had received advices that
the Canadian cruiser Vigilant was de
stroying the nets of American fisher
men in Lake Erie.
The reports of the fishermen indi
cate that the nets were set well with
in American waters.
Complaints were filed by the fisher
men with the American authorities.
The matter will be reported to the
state department and probably will
constitute the subject of an exchange
between the American and Canadian
governments.
OHIO IS AFTER TWO-CENT FARE
Board Invites Passenger Officials to
Confer on Reduced Rate.
Columbus, O.—The Ohio railroad
commission will take up the ques
tion of applying the two-cent faro
law to interstate traffic on Ohio roads
at once.
The commission has called a con
ference of the passenger officials of
Ohio railroads to be held in this city
August 30, when an effort will be
made to secure an amicable adjust
ment of the controversy.
Failing in this the commission will
Ble Jormal complaint with the inter
state commerce commission.
The Ohio railroads now base all In
terstate rates on the old rate of three
cents a mile.
Factories Make Gains.
Washington. — Unequaled prosper
ity in the manufacturing industry of
the United States for the calendar
year of 1904 is shown in a census
bulletin, which is comparecj with a
similar census for the year 1900. The
number of manufacturing establish
ments in the country, as shown by
the last census, is 216,262, an Increase
nf four per cent, over 1900. Capital
Increased during the five years from
(8,978,825,200 to $12,686,265,673, or 41
per cent.
Jockey’s License Suspended.
Saratoga, N. Y.—At a meeting of
the stewards of the Jockey club at the
Saratoga course, the license of Jockey
Charles Bell was supended for the
remainder of the racing season of
1906.
Linemen on Strike.
Kansas City, Mo.—At Kansas City
ind Independnce, Mo., 400 linemen
iouri & Kansas City Telephone com
pany are on strike for increased
wages. At Sedalia 40 men are
put
British Earl Dies.
London.—The Earl of Leven and
Melville, lord high commissioner of
the general assembly of the Church
>f Scotland, and keeper of the privy
seal of Scotland, died Wednesday. He
was born In 1835.
Preacher Gored to Death.
Centralla, 111.—Rev. G. W. S. Bell,
rs years old, a Baptist preacher, was
;ored to death by a bull on his farm
Wednesday. His son Frank was seri
>usly injured by the same animal a
week before.
AFTER A PREMIER
DASTARDLY ATTEMPT TO A88AS
SI NATE STOLYPIN.
HEAD OF THE RUSSIAH CABINET
His Home Torn to Pieces by Explo
sion of a Bomb—Twenty-Eight Per
sons Killed and About as Many
More Wounded.
ST. PETERSBURG—Twenty-eight
persons are dead and twenty-four
wounded ns the result of a dastardly
attempt Saturday afternoon to assas
snate Premier Stolypin with a bomb
while he was holding a public reeep
tion at his country house on Apte
kassky island. The premier was
slightly wounded on the face and neck
by flying splinters. Among the dead
are the premier’s 15-year-old daughter,
who had 'both legs broken by the ex
plosion and subsequently succumbed
to her injuries; General Zameatin,
the premier's personal secretary’; M.
Khostovoff, former governor of the
province of Penza; Colonel Fodoroff.
chief of the premier’s personal guard:
Prince Nakashidge, Police Officer Kon
uzeff, Court Chamberlain DavidofT,
Court Chamberlain, Voronin and Aid
Doubassolf, four women, two children,
several guards and several servants.
The wounded include M. Stolypin's
3-year-old son, who is seriously though
not fatally injured and a number of
persons prominent in the social and
official worlds.
Of the four conspirators who engi
neered tile outrage two were killed
with their victims, while the third,
who acted as coachman for the party,
and the fourth, who remained inside
the carritige, were badly wounded and
are now in the St. Peter and St. Paul
fortress.
Whether the assassins who entered
the crowded reception hall threw the
bomb or accidentally dropped it prob
ably never will be known, as all the
Immediate eye witnesses were killed.
The tremendous force of the explo
sion absolutely blew out the front of
the premier’s residence and carried
away the ceilings above and the floors
beneath and the walls of the adjoining
rooms.
People were literally blown to
pieces . Those who were not killed in
stantly were horribly maimed or lac
erated and all the others present wen; ,
prostrated by the shock.
The premier’s escape was miracu
lous, for only a moment before the
explosion he had stepped inside his
study at. the rear of the salon to
speak to Prince Shakovsky. Although
he was hut slightly injured, he is com
pleted prostrated by the calamity.
GENERAL MIN SHOT.
Assassn a Young Grl, Who Is Arrested
by Wife of Victim.
ST. PETERSBURG—Saturday’s un
successful attempt on the Hfe of Pre
mier Stolypin with its sickening, use
less slaughter of thirty-two persons
was followed Sunday night by another
revolutionary outrage in which Gen
eral Min, commander of the Semin
ovsky guards regiment and who, since
his prornition to be a general has been
attached as a personal adjutant to the
suite of the emperor, was killed on
the station platform at Peterhof by a
young 'woman, who fired five shots
Into his body from an automatic re
volver and then without resistance,
Bubmitted to arrest The capture of
the girl was effected by General Min’s
wife, who held her until the arrival
of an officer.
Pulajane Bands Break Up.
MANILA—It Is officially reported
that the main band of the Pulajanes
has broken into smaller bodies. A
general movement of 1,000 troops
and 300 constabulary through all parts
of the disaffected region is planned.
A part of the province of Leyte, south
of Buyog hay, has been cleared of
Pulajanes. There is no disaffection on
the west coast except a few hands
which have escaped the soldiers. On
the east coast native volunteers are
bringing in prisoners.
Root Sails for Valparaiso.
WASHINGTON—Secretary Root is
now out on the Pacific ocean sailing
for Valparaiso, Chila. A dispatch was
received from him by the state de
partment from Puerto Arenas, straits
of Magellan, saying that he was start
ing for Valparaiso.
Find Quantity of Explosives.
HAMBURG—A search of the room
occupied by a young Russian who was
arrested here today disclosed quanti
ties of explosives, a number of re
volvers and bills of lading for ship
ments of ammunition and explosives
to Russian Baltic ports.
Daughter Still Alive.
ST. PETERSBURG—The daughter
of Premier Stolypin, who was injured
by the bomb explosion in the premier’s
summer home Saturday, and who was
erroneously reported to have died, is
still alive and may recover.
Nebraskans Reach New York.
NEW YORK—The Nebraska con
tingent which is to participate in the
welcome of William J. Bryan on his
return to this country from his tour
of the world, reached this city Sunday
night.
Sugar Beets of Good Quality.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.—Recent
tests of the sugar beets grown for the
local factory show a very high per
centage of sugar contents and the sea
son has also been a most favorable
one for tonnage.
Wellman’s Trial Trip.
LONDON—The Daily Call’s Chris
tiania correspondent says that a
steamer from Spitsbergen brings a re
port that the Wellman-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald north pole expedition’s
shed and balloon were finished last
week and that Wellman intends short
ly to make a trial trip.
Johannes Nellmann Dead.
COPENHAGEN — Johannes Neu
mann, director of the national bank
and once minister of justice, is dead.