Nebraska Newspapers

    THISIN NEBRASKA
EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE
OR LESS IMPORTANCE.
Adjutant General Culver Would Stim
\ ulate Military Pride—The Will
; * of Mr. Rosewater. ,
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Will Offer Prizes.
LINCOLN—Adjutant General Cul
ver will offer prizes to the best drilled
squads, sections, platoons and compa
nies at the next annual eneampmeut.
He hopes to stimulate interest in drill
so that the entire year will see drill
ing in the armories in the state. As
it is now, the companies drill for
several months jiriot to encampment
and then take a long vacation after it
is over. The adjutant general is in
Columbus inspecting the range used
by the sharpshooters in preparing for
the national contest.
It is rumored that General Culver
is looking for suitable location of ma
neuver grounds, which he hopes to
purchase for the permanent use of the
guard. He has been tendered the
abandoned Fort Niobrara reservation,
;but it is too much out of the way to
be usable by the militia. The tr&ns
iPortalion to and from Fort .Niobrara
would annually cost a small fortune.
■General Culver will select land in the
central part of the state on the Platte
river.
Insurance of Rosewater.
The life insurance carried by Eld
ward Rosewater of the Omaha Bee
amounted to $291,449. It is said that
■no newspaper editor in the west has
so much insurance. The following are
the policies and the companies in
I which he was insured:
Connecticut Mutual. Hartford, three
policies. $10,000. $15,000, $20,000.
Equitable Life. Iowa, one policy. $5,
000.
Equitable Life. New York, four poll
'cies. $10,000, $20,000, $10,000, $10,000.
( Fidelity Mutual, Philadelphia. Pa.,
one policy, $10,000.
■‘ Illinois Life, Chicago, one policy, $.">.
jOOO.
Manhattan Life, New York, three
policies, $5,449. $10,000, $10,000.
Massachusetts Mutual. Springfield,
■ two policies, $20,000, $10,000.
Mutual Life, New York, three poli
;cies. $1,000, $5,000, $10,000.
National Life, Montpelier, Vt., one
; policy. $20,000.
Northwestern Mutual Life, Milwau
kee, three policies. $2,000. $2,000. $10.
I o-oo.
Pacific Mutual, San Francisco, two j
policies. $5,000. $5,000.
’ Penn Mutual. Philadelphia, Pa.,
three policies, $10,000. $10,00u, $5,000.
State Mutual Worcester, Mass.,
three policies, $10,000, $10,000, $5,000.
Washington Life. New York, one
pollicy. $10,000.
Total. $291,449.
Campaign Against Mange.
! LINCOLN—Dr. C. A. McKim. state
veterinarian, expects to begin a cam
paign against mange, which has made
great hedaway among the cattle on the
ranges. He will quarantine several
counties at a time and compel the
ranchmen to rid their herds of the
disease before he will raise the quar
antine and permit cattle to be shipped
out or in the counties. It is probable
that he will select Hayes. Hitchcock.
Cook. Dundy and Chase counties as
the first field of the campaign.
Drills for National Guard.
LINCOLN—Competitive squad drills
will be a feature of the winter work
of the National Guard companies. At
the meeting of the military board it
was decided to encourage these drills
and to offer numerous prizes for the
best, drilled squads. These will be
followed by section and platoon drills,
each for a prize.
1 Peter Jansen Sells His Farm.
BEATRICE—Peter Jansen, who re
cently located in this city, has sold
his 2,000-acre ranch in Jefferson coun
ty for $75 per acre, or $150,000. Mr.
Jansen has been one of the leading
farmers and stock raisers for the past
thirty years, and will now take life
easy.
Prize for Nebraska Corn.
Deputy State Superintendent E. C.
Bishop has received notice that a Chi
cago firm has offered a ¥100 prize in
the Nebraska corn growing contest.
It has not been decided in what class
the prize will be offered.
Ditch Laborer Shot and Killed.
SCOTTS BLUFF—Arthur Crocker, a
laborer at Burke s camp on the gov
ernment Irrigation ditch about ten
miles north of here, was shot and in
stantly killed by a negro. The negro
escaped.
Founds Dead in Room.
MOOREFIELD—Mr. Kelley, l’ather
in-law of the railroad agent of Moore
field, was found dead in his room. Tno
cause of his death is unknown.
Big Price for Ranch.
FALLS CITY—Mr. Fred Wittwer, a
well known farmer of this county re
siding at Salem, a few days ago pur
chased the Orendorff ranch near
Coatesville, this state, paying there
for $75,000. Mr. Wittwer, who made
the purchase, came to this state in
1S50 and is a member of a family, of
several brothers who emigrated to
this countrv from Switzerland. He is
possessed of 1,200 acres of choice land
in this county, but moved to his
ranch, where he will make his future
home.
Died in Her Sleep.
LINCOLN—Mrs. C. F. Barras, wife
of a Lincoln building contractor, died
in her sleep at her home, 3103 Vine
street She was 54 years of age.
When she retired there was no sign of
01 health or depression.
Using the Apple Surplus.
FALLS CITY—The new vinegar
factory which has recently been built
here Is now in full operation, employ
ing a number of men and making a
market for a large part of the surplus
apple crop of this vicinity.
NEBRASKA BRIEFS.
Good farm land in Richardson coun
ty brings about $190 per acre.
September 27, 28 and 29 are the datei
for holding the Hayes county fair.
The new Y. M. C. A. building at
Beatrice will be dedicated about Oct.
15.
The canning factory at Blair closed
down after preparing 1.300,000 cans of
corn for market.
E. W. Masters was in Plattsmoutb
searching for his wife, who had mys
teriously disappeared.
The new Congregational church at
Stanton was dedicated last Sunday
The structure cost $12,000.
.lack Welch of Tilden has thirty-five
a-cres of potatoes, from which he ex
pects to harvest 4,000 bushels.
Six thousand square feet of brick
and cement walks have just been com
pteted in the business part of Edgar.
It is now unlawful to expectorate up
on the sidewalks, on the stairs, or with
in any public building in Edgar.
The principal of the public school at
Hayes Center is paid $60 per month,
which is better than $80 in the cities.
Threshing in Franklin county reveals
a much larger yield of small grain than
was expected. Stand up for Nebraska
Richard Blaco of Washington county
was thrown from a horse, receiving in
juries that it is feared will prove fatal
Two stock trains were in collision
near Dhitraan. in which a brakeman
and two stockmen were seriously in
jured.
The republican senatorial convention
for Hall and Howard counties has been
called to take place on Tuesday. Oc
tober 2.
A Mr. Coblediek of Republican City
was paid $10 for riding a bucking bron
cho at Ragan. Other men on several
i occasions had tried and failed.
Three families who emigrated front
Boone county to California last spring
have returned to their first love. They
have had all they want of California.
Frank Kiuzer of Loretto. Boone coun
ty, was taken sick in the morning with
acute gastritis and died before night.
A wife, four daughters and two sons
survive.
Two old soldiers living in the north
ern part of the state died after return
ing home from the Minneapolis en
campment. The strain was too much
for them.
Lynch, one of the new villages of
Boyd county, reports an attendance of
229 the opening day of school. It is ex
pected that the number will be in
creased to 250.
Beet raisers near Wood River in Hall
county are preparing to dig their crop.
The beets this year are fine and the
crop will bring some raisers as high
as $100 per acre.
The attendance in the Holdrege pub
lie schools is larger this year than ever
before. The total enrollment is 665,
an increase over last year of 100. The
enrollment in the high school is 122.
The recent Are at the Geneva Indus
trial School for Girls which did dam
age to the amount of about $5,000, was
started by a little girl who had been
sent to the institution from out in the
state. She made confession of the
deed.
A telegram from R. A. Templeton,
sr.. of Tekamah. who was on his way
from Wyoming to Omaha with eighteen
cars of sheep, states that he was in a
wreck on the Burlington near Alliance
and had Thirteen cars of the sheep
killed.
Mayor F. W. Brown of Lincoln an
nounces that he will ask the legislature
to appropriate funds to aid the town of
Lincoln to build boulevards front the
city to the State Hospital for the In
sane, the penitentiary and the state
fair grounds. This is a part of the
mayor’s plans for a system of boule
vards.
When horses, cows, hogs or other do
mestic animals are condemned by the
state veterinarian because of disease,
they must be killed and disposition
made of their bodies by the owners.
There is no provision in the statute
which required the veterinarian himself
to slaughter the beasts or destroy their
carcasses.
During an electrical storm lightning
struck a tree in the yard of J. R. Bate
man in West Stella, ran down the tree
until even with the house and then,
tearing off a shingle, entered the house,
going through a kitchen cabinet, and
crossed the room tearing off a siding
board, then following the water spout
ing into the ground.
Mrs. Joy Bullia-McKie, of Manzanillo,
Mex., arrived in Humboldt for a visit
with her mother. Mrs. .1. A. Murphy.
Mrs. McKie has just returned from
spending the summer at Valparaiso and
Santiago. Chile, and had such a narrow
escape from the earthquake disaster,
having started for home only a day
or two before the shake occurred.
Mark T. Hunter, the only convict at
the penitentiary who was a civil war
veteran, is there no longer. Governor
Mickey ordered his release after visit
ing the penitentiary and talking with
Hunter. The real name of the latter is
W. F. Dunn. He is 67 years of age.
He was sentenced to one year for ob
taining $300 by false pretenses from a
bank at Decatur, and has served six or
seven years of his time.
General L. W. Colby of Beatrice has
brought suit for $1,000 in the Pawnee
county district court as a balance al
leged to be due him for legal services
and expenses as attorney in setting
aside the will of Xels Isaac, deceased.
J. H. Matzutani, a Japanese of Lex
ington, is making arrangements to rent
several hundred acres of land in Daw
son county on which he intends to
grow sugar beets on a large scale and
use his fellow countrymen to tend the
crop. He has an interest In several
hundred acres of beets grown near Lex
ington this year.
Mrs. Elmer J. Miller, the wife of a
blacksmith’s helper at the Union Pa
cific shops at Grand Island was fatal
ly burned by the explosion of a can of
kerosene from which she had poured
a quantity in the stove to start the
breakfast fire.
The Boyd county land cases, which
have been in the courts for a number
of years, are about* to be settled by
the purchase of the land from the state
by the settlers at the appraised value.
Land Commissioner Eaton, who has
just returned from that county, brought
back the information.
YOU CANT KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN.
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TOLL OF LIFE INCREASING
TEN THOUSAND NOW REPORTED
DEAD AT HONGKONG.
Entire Fishing Fleet of 600 Vessels
Lost in Typhoon—Troops Aid
in Clearing Up Wreckage.
Hong-Kong. — The entire fleet
of 600 fishing junks was lost in the
typhoon. This increases the mortal
ity to 10,000 persons.
The losses are estimated at several
million dollars. More than 1,000 sarin
pans and junks are missing from
Hong-Kong alone. Wharves were
swept away and houses collapsed. The
military barracks are in ruins.
Twelve ships were sunk, 24 were
stranded, seven were damaged, and
one-half of the native craft in port
were sunk.
The steamers Monteagle, Fatshan,
Iveungshan, Wing Chai, Herntauia,
Castellano, Tak Hing. Emma Luyken,
San Rosario. Slava. Pakhong. Pet
rarch, Chum Lee, Sexta. Simon, Chang
Sha, Signal and Chinkai jVIaru are
ashore.
The American ship S. P. Hitchcock
was also driven ashore, as were many
of the launches that run about the
harbor.
The steamers Kwoug Chow, San
Chewng, Sorsogon and Kongmoen
were sunk. The steamer Apenrado
and Johanne are partly awash.
Practically all the Baluchistan troops
and 300 of the West Kent regiment
are co-operating in clearing the wreck
age of the recent typhoon. Prodigious
efforts are being made in the recovery
of dead bodies, which are being car
ried off in cartloads. Constable Mun
day, who is superintending the work,
collapsed and has been removed to
a Aiospital.
As a result of the typhoon the Royal
Dutch Petroleum company's lighter,
loaded with oil, while being pumped
out into tanks, was stranded, but was
subsequently refloated. The company’s
pier was damaged to the extent of
$30,000. Manager Murray and staff
were instrumental in saving the lives
of 100 men and women and children,
who have been housed, clothed and
fed on the company’s premises.
Shipping has been resumed, but is
hampered by the inadequate supply
of steam launches and lighters. The
former command $180 and the latter
$100 for hire each working day.
The Chinese are evincing the most
remarkable spontaneity in subscrib
ing to relief funds for the typhoon
sufferers. A remittance of $10,000 has
been received from the Chinese of
San Francisco.
DEATH LIST STILL UNKNOWN
Cimarron River Keeps the Secret of
Its Victims.
Kingfisher, Okla. — The number
of lives lost Tuesday when a
Rock Island passenger train went
through a bridge over the Cimarron
river, is not yet revealed and proba
bly never will be.
Workmen have been busy replac
| ing the destroyed bridge. The smok
I er, engine, baggage and mail cars
' are still hidden under the waters of
I the river, although the stream has
,,fallen several feet.
All work at the scene of the Rock
Island wreck at Dover bridge has
been suspended. The rescue party
has lost all trace of the location of
the two coaches in the river. Both
are thought to be entirely embedded
in saud.
Most of the injured have gone to
i their homes. Three persons are still
I missing—Mail Clerk Gamble, Circus
man Littlefield and negro porter Doug
las—and are undoubtedly drowned.
These, with the death of a little boy
named Zells, of Payne, O., from in
juries, make the death list four.
DOUBLE MISSOURI TRAGEDIES
They Cause Loss of Three Lives at
Excelsior Springs.
Excelsior springs, Mo.—Three lives
were sacrificed in two tragedies which
occurred here. Domestic trouble
caused Jerome Curry, manager of the
Central Sash and Door company, of
Topeka, Kan., to shoot and kill his
wife and then kill himself. At almost
the same hour James Farley, a con
tractor, aged 40 years, of this city,
walked into a drug store and poured
out a cup of carbolic acid from a five
gallon bottle and drank it.
The Curry tragedy occurred on a
bridge leading to one of the springs.
Mrs. Curry, who was 53 years old,
has been here since August 25. Her
husband came last night. They ap
peared to be on good terms until they
started for a walk to-day when a
quarrel ensued. Mrs. Curry suddenly
started to run when her husband fired
at her three times. As she fell, he
fired a bullet through his own brain.
He was 55 years old.
Farley was despondent over the re
cent death of his wife.
TO NEGOTIATE NEW TREATY.
Convention Between United States and
Santo Domingo.
Washington.—A new treaty with
Santo Domingo probably will be
negotiated. By the terms of the pro
posed convention, the United States
will not act as the fiscal agent of San
to Domingo In full capacity; that is,
it will not act as paymaster of Santo
Domingo in the liquidation of that
I country's indebtedness,
j The bond issue plan, suggested by
Frederico Velasquez, the minister of
foreign affairs and commerce of San
to Domingo, meets with the approval
of the officials of the state depart
ment. Out of this will grow the ne
gotiations for the new treaty.
Two Die in Wreck.
Pulaski, Wis.—A work train on the
new line of the Northwestern road
ran into a workmen's sleeper car here,
killing Ed Ware and George Madden,
of Pittsburg, and injuring 14 others.
Prelate'* Body Is Washed Up.
Oran, Algeria.—The body of a man
believed to be the bishop of San Pab
lo of Brazil, who was lost in the
wreck of the Italian steamer Sirio on
Kormigos island, Spain, August 4, has
been washed up on the coast here.
Death of Millionaire Banker.
Akron, O.—Henry Robinson, a wide
ly known banker and manufacturer,
died of heart disease. He leaves a
fortune estimated at over a million
dollars represented by interests in
many .business institutions.
Bank Cashier Missing.
Sedan, Kan.—O. B. Stollard, cash
ier of the People’s State bank of
Sedan, with deposits of $75,000, dis
appeared, leaving a note saying he '
was a defaulter and had fled. The
Bafe it time-locked and the amount
of money missing is not known.
Will Meet in Minneapolis.
Atlanta, Ga.—The National Dental
association elected its officers for the
coming year and selected Minneapolis
and July 30, 1907, as the place and
time for the next meeting.
Man Lives in a Treetop.
Wrentham, Mass. — Charles Bat
tersby has built a “house” in the
tops of two adjoining pine trees on his
farm and will spend the winter there.
He is 35 years old and is a consump
tive. The “house” is painted white.
There is a door and two windows, but
the latter will be closed only to pre
vent snow from entering. Access to
the treetop is had by means of a rope
ladder, which, Robinson Crusoe-like,
Battersby will pull up at night.
Government Buying Silver.
Washington. — The director ol
the mint Wednesday purchased
200,000 ounces of fine silver, one-half
for the Denver and one-half for the
New Orleans mints, at 68.35 cents per
ounce.
Missouri National Bank Closed.
Washington.—The Bates National
bank, of Butler, Mo., was eloped Thurs
day by action of the board of direc
tors, for the purpose of going into
liquidation. Mr. W. J. Butler has been
appointed receiver.
Normal School Burned.
Stanberry, Mo.—The normal school
was destroyed by fire. Loss, <75,000.
Two hundred students attended the
college, but only the president's fam
ily lived in it and they escaped unin
jured.
Bad Fire in Buenos Ayres:
Buenos Ayres.—Customs dock No.
4 has been destroyed oy fire. The
damage is estimated at several mil
lion paper dollars. The shipping is
safe. The Argentina paper dollar is
worth about 42 cents.
Named for Congress.
Toledo, O.—Elmer G. McClelland,
of Wood county, was nominated for
congressman on the thirty-ninth bal
lot at the Ninth district Republican
convention here over James H. South
ard. the present Incumbent.
BLAST WRECKS TOWN
TONS OF DYNAMITE BLOWN UP
AT JELLICO, TENN.
TWELVE PERSONS KILLED
Property Loss Estimated at $500,000
—Carelessness of Two Men Re
sults in the Awful Dis
aster.
Jellico, Tenn.—Twelve deaths, the
injuring of scores of other persons
and $500,000 damage to property were
caused here Friday when a carload of
dynamite standing on a track near
the Southern depot -exploded with a
report that was heard for 20 miles.
There is a bare possibility that oth
er bodies may be recovered from the
ruins of buildings, but this is hardly
probable.
Buildings were shattered in the
business section of the town and
nearly every piece of glass within a
radius of one mile of the scene was
broken.
The explosion occurred at eight
o’clock Friday morning. The freight
car, belonging to the Pennsylvania I
railroad lines, contained 450 boxes,
about 20,000 pounds, of high explo- I
sixes consigned to the Rand Powder
company, at Clearfield, Tenn.
Near the scene of the explosion
there was ruin and wild panic.- Men
shrieked and groaned as they died.
Buildings tumbled to the ground, and
a large part of the business district
of the city was reduced to a pile of
rubbish. From beneath the wreckage
men and women, maimed and bleed
ing, struggled into the streets and
fled at a mad pace, without stopping
to ascertain the nature of the disas
ter.
Two causes are assigned for the ex
plosion. One is that three parties
were shooting at a mark on the car
and that a bullet entered the car and
caused the explosion. The other is
that while the car was standing on
a side track a carload of pig iron was
switched against it and that the im
pact caused the explosion.
Without exception every business
nouse in tne town is either totally
wrecked or badly damaged. The
union depot of the Southern railway
and the Louisville & Nashville rail
road, located about one hundred yards
from the scene of the explosion, was
shattered to splinters. This cut off
all telegraphic communication and
news of the explosion was handled by
telephone. The explosion occurred
upon the Kentucky side of Jellico, and
in consequence every house on that
side of the town is wrecked. Not one
was spared. A large number of resi
dences located near the railroad on
the Kentucky side were without ex
ception demolished. As a result it is
estimated that one-seventh of the pop
ulation of the two Jellicos is home
less.
The line between Tennessee and
Kentucky runs through the town of
Jellico. The explosion occurred on
the Kentucky side, but owing to the
interruption of wire communication,
the dispatch telling of the accident
was sent from Jellico, Tenn.
SAGE WILL CASE COMPROMISED.
Heira to Get Double Amount of Their
Legacies.
New York—The will of Russell
Sage was presented to the sur- j
rogate Friday, and proved without
contest. Counsel for the executor an
nounced that Mrs. Sage intends to
give to each of Mr. Sage’s relatives
who are beneficiaries under the will
an additional sum equal to the amount
of his or her legacy, provided there is
no contest. This was accepted as
satisfactory by Senator Edgar T.
Brackett, of Saratoga, who was in
this city preparing to contest the will
in behalf of Edson M. Coonrad, of
Watervliet, N. Y., a grandson of one
of Mr. Sage’s sisters. Under this set
tlement Coonrad will receive $12,500,
instead of $6,250, and each of the 26
nephews and nieces of Mr. Gage who
were to receive $25,000, will be given
$50,000.
DECLARED GUILTY OFPEONAGE
Judge Imposes Prison Terms and
Heavy Fines on Defendants.
Cape Girardeau, Mo.—The jury in
the Smith case Friday returned a ver
dict of guilty against Charles M.
Smith and Charles M. Smith, Jr., and
the five tenants of their farms on the
eleventh count in the peonage case.
Judge Pollock pronounced sentences
as follows: Charles M. Smith, three
years and six months in the peniten
tiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and
a fine of $5,000 and costs; Charles M.
Smith, Jr., two years in the peniten
tiary and a fine of $5,000 and costs;
Ben Stone and Ben Fields, each one
year and six months and $100 fine; W.
Lee Rogers and William Woods, each
two years and six months, and $100
fine; Floyd woods, two years and six
months and $100 fine.
Twelve Known to Be Dead.
London.—Twelve persons are known
to be dead and 17 were injured in the
wreck of the Scotch express on the
Great Northern railway at Grantham.
It was stated that there are other
bodies under the wreck.
Thieves Invade Bavarian Mint.
Munich.—The Bavarian mint was
robbed of $32,500 in newly coined ten
mark pieces. The thieves got into
the miijt by creeping through a dry
underground canal which had been
opened for cleaning.
Bennington Boiler to Aid Students.
Vallejo, Cal.—The boiler which ex
ploded on board the gunboat Benning
ton in San Diego harbor in June, 1905,
'is to be shipped to Annapolis for illus
trative purposes in the instruction of
midshipmen for engineering work.
To War for Sage Millions.
New York.—A conte'st for the mil
lions of Russell Sage, who died last
July, will begin in the local courts
Friday. Senator Edgar T. Brackett
will file the papers. He will act for
several of the Sage relatives.
ILLINOIS STATESMAN DIES
CONGRESSMAN HITT PASSES
AWAY IN THE EAST.
Heart Disease Ends Long Period of
III Health—His Long and
Varied Career.
Narragansett Pier, R. I.—Congress
man Robert Roberts Hitt, of Illinois,
died at his summer home here, after
a long illness. ‘ I
Congressman Hitt came here last!
June, and since that time he has
been ill, requiring, most of the time,
the constant attention of n«rses and
physicians.
The congressman's condition was
due to advancing years. He was 72
years old.
Ill health, continuing through two
years at least, which, for the most
part, unfitted him for his congression
al duties, had afflicted Representative
Hitt so that his demise was not alto
gether unexpected. In fact, the great
I w Wtnrsr/wc MHUT ^
Robert R. Hitt.
er part of the work of the important
committee on foreign affairs of the
house of representatives, of which Mr.
Hitt was chairman during the entire
last session of the last congress, was
discharged first by Representative
Robert Adams, of Pennsylvania, up to
the time of his tragic death last
spring, and afterwards by Representa
tive Cousins, of Iowa; Charles Landis,
of Indiana, and Perkins, of New York.
Mr. Hitt's career was a varied one,
embracing newspaper work, diplomacy
and legislation. As a young man he
was intimately associated with Abra
ham Lincoln, and as an expert stenog
rapher reported many of that states
man's -utterances in the great joint
campaign with Stephen A. Douglas, as
a representative of a Chicago news
paper. His diplomatic career began
in 1874 as secretary of legation to
Paris, and in 1881 he went to Wash
inton as assistant secretary of state.
The year following he was elected tc
the Forty-seventh congress from the
Thirteenth Illinois district, and he
was serving his thirteenth continuous
term at the time of his death.
SAVES OWN LIFE; IS FINED.
Connecticut Man Punished for Killing
Adder on Sabbath Day.
New York. — A Danbury (Conn.)
dispatch gives an example of the
workings of the Connecticut blue
laws. Peter Zarcone, IS years of age,
while walking through a swamp on
his father’s farm Sunday was attacked
by an adder. He had a shotgun with
him and shot and killed the reptile.
A policeman heard the report of the
gun and arrested the young farmer.
When Zarcone was arraigned before
Judge Scott he was fined $10 and
costs. The judge said that he had no
doubt from the nature of the evidence
before him that the prisoner had used
his gun only to protect himself against
the snake, but the laws of the state
made it a crime even to carry a .gun
in tile <;| • r. air on Sunday and conse
quently lie had no discretion under
the law and was obliged to punish
him for carrying his weapon across
the farm.
The judge arraigned the law severe
ly and suggested that it be brought
to the attention of the general assem
bly for amendment or repeal.
LINCOLN CONSPIRATOR IS DEAD
Man Who Aided in Plot to Abduct
President Passes Away.
Baltimore, Md. — Samuel Bland
Arnold, who confessed that he was
a party to the conspiracy to ab
duct President Lincoln, which culmin
ated in the assassination of the presi
dent by John Wilkes Booth, died Fri
day at the home of a relative In
Waveriy, a suburb of this city. He
was 72 years of age.
Arnold, with three others, was sen
tenced in July, 1865, to life imprison
ment at the Dry Tortugas. All four
were pardoned by President Johnson
in 1869.
Eight-Hour Law Extended.
Oyster Bay.—President Roosevelt
Wednesday extended the eight
hour law to apply to all public
work under the supervision of any de
partment of the government. This or
der affects more particularly work on
river and harbor improvements.
Four Killed in Collision.
St. Paul, Minn.—In a Great North
ern railroad rear-end freight collision
at Cut Bank, Mont., two stockmen,
whose names have not been reported,
Roadmaster Dinton and Brakeman
Critchell were killed.
Irrigation Project Under Way.
Phoenix, Ariz.—Supervising Archi
tect Hill has laid the corner stone ot
the Roosevelt storage dam, an im
inense rock weighing six tons. This
is the beginning of real construction
of the enterprise.
Death of Empress Denied.
Brussels.—The rumored death of
Carlotta, widow of Emperor Maximil
ian, is without foundation. Although
she has made no improvement mental
ly, her health otherwise is excel
lent.
Member of Dental Board Dead.
Streator, 111.—Dr. Charles R. Taylor,
member of the state board of dental
examiners and one of the most prom
inent members of the profession in
Illinois, died at his home Thursday <
morning from typhoid fever.
A WAR OF RACES
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, IS IN THE
HANDS OF TROOPS.
CALLED OUT TO PRESERVE PEACE
The Trouble Breaks Out on Saturday
Night and Gathers Volume as the
Hours Proceed—Soldiers Are Now
Guarding the City.
ATLANTA, Ga.—A race war ol
alarming proportions began here Sat
urday night. Through the night it
raged with varying vigor, and when
morning dawned it found a number of
negroes and one white man dead, a
score of both races wounded and the
downtown streets in possession of
eight companies of the Fifth Georgia
infantry with a battery of light artil
lery in reserve. Through the day little
of importance occurred. The police
claimed, with the aid of the military,
to have the situation under control.
This condition came as the result
of numerous and repeated assaults or
attempted assaults upon white women
by negroes. The last of an even doz
en of such assaults within the limits
of Flilton county within the last nine
weeks came Friday, when four at
tempts at assault were reported.
The usual Saturday night crowds
were largely increased by men and
boys who thronged the downtown
streets. There was no leader and no
overt act until late in the evening
About 10 o’clock a negro man shoved
a white woman from the sidewalk on
Whitehall street, in the center of town.
Almost simultaneously a negro woman
made an insulting remark to a white
man on an adjoining street, and he ad
ministered what he considered due
punishment.
FYom this start the excited crowd,
which had become a mob, began its
work of destruction. Five thousand
men and boys thronged the downtown
streets looking for negroes. News that
a riot had started brought thousands
more from their homes in the suburbs
and residence districts, until fully 10,
000 men thronged the downtown sec
tion. They made attacks on the in
coming street cars. Kaeli car was
scanned for negroes. The trolleys
were pulled from the wires, and in
the semi-darkness of the unlighted
cars negroes were beaten, cut and
stamped upon in an unreasoning mad
frenzy. If a negro ventured resistance
or remonstrated it meant practically
Bure death. One car half filed with ne
groes approached from an outside run.
The mob dashed for the car. Resist
ance was made by the negroes, who
had not been apprised of the trouble.
Three negroes lay dead on the floor
of the car when it was permitted to
move on, and two more were beaten
into unconsciousness.
When the crowd seemed to be get
ting beyond control, at about It)
o’clock, Mayor Woodward mounted
car platform on Peachtree and Mari
etta streets and urged the crowd tc
disperse, declaring that the assaults of
the white women would be adequately
and promptly punished by due process
of law.
ATLANTA—With sixteen companies
of infantry, one battery of light artil
lery and one squadron of cavalry un
der Colonel Anderson, the Georgia
state militia and the entire city police
force still guarding the city. At
lanta Sunday morning is comparative
ly quiet. The negro trouble, while
breaking out in several sections dttr
ing Saturday night, is now almost en
tirely abated.
THREE BILLIONS OF TRADE.
Record for Past Year a New Mark in
History of United States.
WASHINGTON—The foreign com
merce of the United States has cross
ed the $3,000,000,000 line, in the
twelve months ending with August the
imports were $1,254,399,735 and the ex
ports $1,759,417,898, a total for the
twelve months of $3,013,817,633. These
figures are supplied by the bureau of
statistics of the department of com
merce and labor in a bulletin.
Recount of Denver Ballots.
DENVER—The recount of ballots
cast in the recent election on the fran
chises sought by the Denver Gas and
Electric company and the Denver
Tramway company was completed
Saturday. The investigation showed
that there was no fraud in the ballots
themselves, but that in computing the
total some errors were made by elec
tion officials resulting in a ioss of 115
to the gas company and 71 to the tram
way company.
Fight With Rebels Impends.
WASHINGTON—According to infor
mation which has reached.Washington
from San Domingo, a battle between
the government troops and the rebel
forces is imminent and the forthcom
ing engagement is expected to be a
decisive one. The contending forces
are assembling in the vicinity of Mon
te Christo, where the battle is expect
ed to be fought.
Sunday Closing Trouble.
PARIS—The employes of several
stores Sunday made a demonstration
against the opening of the houses in
which they worked in disobedience or
the weekly rest day law, and during
the course of a scuffle outside a large
establishment in the Rue Menilmon
tant its proprietor. M. Le Pretre,
dropped dead from excitement. After
this the Store Employes’ union met at
the labor exchange and resolved to
cease all manifestations and to sign a
letter of regret at the death of M. Le
Pretre.
Sultan Has Faltal Malady.
PARIS—The Temps says it learns
from an absolutely unquestionable
source that the latest consultations of
medical advisers of the sultan of Tur
key established the fact that Abdul
Hamid was suffering from cancer of
the kidney.
Postal Operators to Strike.
CHICAGO—Operators in the Chica
go office of the Postal Telegraph com
pany at a meeting voted to strike to
enforce demands for increased wages
and improved working conditions.