Nebraska Newspapers

    EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE
OR LESS IMPORTANCE.
Taxes Will Scon Begin to Flow Into
the State Treasury—Miscellaneous
Nebraska Matters.
State Treasurer’s Report.
State Treasurer-Moftensen’8 month
ly report shows that this is the "hard
up” period for the state, but that
taxes will soon begin to flow into the
treasury. Notwithstanding the small
amount of receipts, the treasurer re
ports that he has $262,599 In state (le
(pository banks, and, as usual, he gives
.the names of the banks and the
amount in each. There is only
$1;60&&1- in the permanont school
fund. During the month the treasurer
received $100,556.05 and ptfld out $210,
329.20 on hand September 1. The bal
ance on hand at the close of Septem
ber was $266,194,82. The following
tare the bank balances reported by the
treasurer at the close of September:
City National.$ 12,708.0?.
'Columbia National. Lincoln . 12,192.05
Warmers and Merchants, Lin
coln . 8,045.57
First National, fdneoln. 14,020.21
Nat'l Bank of Commerce,
; Lincoln . 13.12S.00
‘First-National. Omaha .. 14,290.06
J. L. Braudels & Sona. Oma
ha . 6,112.39
Merchants National, Omaha. 11.864.15
Nebraska National, Omaha.. 12,039.29
:Omaha National. Omaha ... 12.390.91
United States National, Oma
ha . 15,407.09
Alliance National. Alliance.. 4,009.32
Battle Creek Valley, Bat
tle Creek . 2.104.83
Bank o£ Bcysile Mills . 1,000.00
Broken Bo\v State'. 3.000.00
Custer National, Broken Bow 4,016.90
Security State, Broken Bow.. 2,068.85
First National. Chadrou —. 4,128.08
!First National. Crete. 4,011.43
State Bank, Curtis . 2,499.42
Pannebrog State. Dannehrog 1,101.90
(First National. Fremont .... 6.247.G6
(Bank ot Glenvillo . 1.027.91
’Commercial State, Grand
Island . 3,316.94
Greeley State .2,510.13
Union State, Haravrd . 3,000.00
Harvard State. 2,002.08
First National, Hastings ... 3,885.92
German National. Hastings.. 7,454.43
First National. Ifoldrese ... 2,655.33
iState Bank of Jansen. 2,ft5UO0
(Central National. Kearney .. 4,000.00
Bank of Lexington . 2,000.00
First National, Loomis . 2,000.00
Newport State . 1,000.00
Norfolk National . 6,537.17
First National. Ord. 4,965.58
Ord Slate . 3,793.09
Pierce State . 3.096.80
First State. St. Paul . 3,058.00
First National, Seotls' Blurt. 2.000.00
First National. Superior. 4,074.78
Bank of Syracuse . 2.205.82
First National, Valentino ... 2,036.07
Valentine State . 4,168.31
Saunders Countv National.
Wahno . 4.080.45
First National. Wayne . 3.017.88
West Point National . 5,000.00
Wolbacti State . 1.000.00
City National. York . 4.296.00
First National, York . -7,931.50
Total amount .$263,599.33
Rush Fcr Land at North Platte.
! NORTH PLATTE—A land opening
occurred at the United States land of
fice where a heavy rush was on. The
land involved was about 100 sections,
located in Scott's 1:1 off and Banner
counties. The commissioner of the
general land office designated Septem
ber 30 as the date of the opening, but
tthat being Sunday, the matter went
over, when about 150 men had as
sembled at the land office door, eager
to get the first choice of this land.
The land was mainly grazing, but fair
ly valuable, ranging in value from
$3,000 to $7,000 per section, if the land
were deeded. This tract, never became
^abject to the Kinkaid homestead law
'until, nc,w the commissioner has,
under the provisions of the ICink&id
law, withdrawn the land for irrigation
purposes. However, upon investiga
tion, the commissioner ascertained
that the land was nonirrigable and
therefore restored it for entry.
Stabbed While Hazing.
1 AUBURN—A stabbing affray took
place on the high school grounds after
the meting of the literary society. For
some time some of the older boys have
'tried college pranks upon the younger
classes and It was during one of these
sieges that , Philip Horn drew a knife
and stabbed Gene Mastin, who was as
sisting in the hazing. He was not
seriously injured.
Girl Jumped From Window.
OMAHA—Homesick and lonesome,
Nora Mercell, a 16-year-old girl who
was placed in the Good Sephard home.
Fortieth and Jones streets attempted
suicide by leaping from a fourth-story
window of that institutoin at 3:30
o’clock in the morning. She was only
slightly injured.
Fremont Bonds Accepted.
FREMONT—A telegram from Cleve
land, O., announced to the city coun
cil that the electjlc light bonds recent
ly sold to a company thore had been ap
proved. This is welcome news. The
~ building, of the plant has been held up
a month' on account of the delay.
Prosperous Madison County. .
NORFOLK—Nearly fifty wagon
loads of lumber were hauled out of
Norfolk by farmers one day last week,
from which the Press concludes that
agriculture in Madison county is in a
prosperous condition.
Took Carbonic Acid tay Mistake.
FREMONT—By a mistake Mrs.
Frank Grenleaf, wife of the janitor of
the Central school, drank a quantity
of carbolic acid. Mrs. Greenleaf
placed a bottle of sulphate of i>otash
on a shelf beside the bottle of carbolic
acid. During the night she got up and
In the dark poured some medicine into
a glass of water, which she began to
drink. Discovering that if burned her
mouth, she concluded she had got the
wrong bottle and called for her hus
band. Physicians were called and they
saved the woman’s life.
Perkins County Prosperous.
GRANT—The first of October finds
Perkins county with a well-matured
crop of everything attempted in the
agricultural line. There has been no
frost yet and the corn is ripe, though
still green In foliage* and the yield will
be heavy. All snaU grain did well
thia season and potatoes were never
wo good before. Real estate has ad
vanced rapidly and a great deal of land
has been sold to parties who will settle
there next spring. It la thought now
that the population of the county will
be doubled during the coming year.
NEBKmSKA briefs.
Lincoln business men will conduct a
trade excursion to the Black Hills.
The trip will take five days and the
boomers will start October 15.
Two Beatrice residents who care
lessly enclosed a written note in a
parcel of merchandise recently, paid
$10 each for violating the postal law3.
The city council of Columbus has
just passed an ordinance against spit
ting on the streets and the fellow
that is caught at it will be fined $5
and costs.
Schinstoei: Bros., toted horse breed
ers of West Point, suffered a serious
loss in the death of their best stallion
from an attack of inflammation of the
bowels. The animal cost the firm
$2,800.
Henry Oliver of Omaha, while get
ting into a boat at Fort Calhoun lake
was shot in the arm below the
shoulder by the accidental discharge
of his gun. He bled profusely and is
in a serious condition.
Thomas Kempster. the Plattsmouth
Burlington storehouse keeper, is to be
transferred to Denver, and W. A.
Swearengen. the local station agent
for the Missouri Pacific, is soon to be-,
transferred to another point.
. Adjutant General Culver has re
ceived a special pamphlet from the
war department describing the new
methods of identifying soldiers. The
imprint of the right thumb is to be
filed with the enlistment papers.
Little Orra Malone, grandson of
Landlord Ester of the City hotel, Daw
son, fell from the .second story win
dow of the hotel to the pavement on
the street below and sustained a la
ceration on his chin and a fracture
of the nose, but otherwise was not
hurt.
Secretary Adna Dobson of the state
irrigation board has received the blue
print of a dam which the Farmers’
Canal company expects to build across
the Platte liver near the Wyoming
I line in order to All their irrigation
ditches, when the water in the river
is low.
Jay O’Hearn, convicted of murder
j in the first degree in Omaha and sen
1 tenced to be hanged, last week,
through his attorneys filed petition in
error and a transcript in the supreme
court. O’Hearn wes sentenced some
months ago and since that time has
been kept most of the time in the
penitentiary. •
State Superintendent McBrieu has
notified County Superintendent Yoder
of Douglas county that a school house
■must be built lor the pupils of the
Nebraska district which lies on the
Iowa side of the Missouri river. The
district contains twenty-three pupils,
and was separated by the vagaries of
the Big Muddy.
Prof. C. H. Bright, principal of the
high school at San Isidro, Manila, P.
I., and a former superintendent of
Wayne county, Nebraska, saw a press
report of Professor Greggs’ garden at
the Peru Normal and writes asking
for the plan, that he may teach the
Filipino how to raise gardens accord
ing to our system.
State Secretary Bailey arrived in
Beatrice to arrange for the dedicatory
services of the Mary Young Men’s
Christian association building, to be
held the middle of next month. Eight
days will be given to the dedicatory
exercises, which win consist of en
tertainments addresses and gym
nasium exhibitions
The effects of the- Sioux City, Homer
& Southern Railway company were
sold at sheriff's sale by Sheriff H. C.
Hansen to J. A. and Harry H. Foye, of
Sioux City, la., for 816,700. Three
bids were made, the first by the
Foyes, of $15,000, the second by E.
A. Burgess, representing the Sioux
City Bridge company, at $16,500 and
the final bid of $13,700 by the Foyes.
The trial in the county court, of
Chief of Police Howell, for assault,
was held at Tekamah the jury re
turning a vbrdict of not guilty. ‘ This
trial is the outcome of a free-for-all
fight which took piace there one night
during the races. In arresting the of
fendes, Howell hi* a young man by
the name of Allen several times with a
heavy cane, indicting wounds which
necessitated medical attention.
T. C. Calvert of Lincoln was in Be
atrice trying to locate L. P. Monlux
and George Moore, solicitors repre
senting an installment plan house.
Calvert claims that the men have
been making bogus contracts, selling
these goods at half price and pocket
ing the money. When the contracts
reached Lincoln the deception was
discovered and the company sent a
representative here to investigate.
Sparks from the engine blown un
der the door set fire to a car of am
munition and quartermasters’ supplies
belonging to the Fifth cavalry and en
route from frort Riley to Fort Des
Moines. The ammunition began to ex
plode and the train crew hurriedly cut
out the car and switched it on a sid
ing near Papillion. The fusilade of
shots lasted from 6 o’clock in the
morning until after 8 o’clock, fifty
rounds of ammunition for the regi
ment being consumed.
Governor Mickey has appointed the
assistants of the bureau of animal in
dustry of the federal government in
I Nebraska, assistant veterinary sur
geons. They will assist Dr. C. A. Mc
Kim In Ftamptng out the mange from
the western part of the state.
Changes of venue have been granted
in four of the cases for embezzlement
pending against Charles M. Chamber
lain in the Johnson county district
court. Chamberlain was cashier of
the failed Chamberlain banking house
of Tecumseh. The cases will be taken
to Nemaha county.
The large dwelling house of Mrs. E.
M. Erb of Beatrice was badly dam
aged by fire. The house was occupied
by C. M. McNeill and W. J. Florida,
and their loss will amount to about
SI,000 partly insured. The damage to
the building wll reach $1,200.
At a special meeting of the stock
holders of the David City Chaucau
. ana association held In the courthouse
I Postmaster E. G. Hall was elected a
I member of the board of directors to
fill vacancy, caused by the resignation
of E, Williams' for a term of four
years.
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PRESIDENT TO URGE REFORM IN
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
Will Recommend Enactment of Inheri
tance Tax Law—Field Estate
an Instance.
Washington. — President Roose
velt has inserted in the prelimin
ary draft of his forthcoming annual
message to congress a recommenda
tion that a law be passed imposing a
national tax upon inheritances. The
president first called public attention
to this idea in his celebrated ‘ muck
rake” speech which he delivered at
the laying of the corner stone of the
office building of the house of repre
sentatives April 14 last.
Therein he expressed the view that
ultimately the United States would
have to consider the adoption of some
such scheme as that of a progressive
tax on all fortunes beyond a certain
amount either given in life or devised
or bequeathed upon death to any in
dividual—a tax so framed as to put it
out of the power of the owner of one
of these enormous fortunes to hand on
more than a certain amount to any
one individual. Such taxation should
be aimed merely at the inheritance or
transmission in their entirety of those
fortunes swollen beyond all healthy
limits.
He deeply regrets, for instance, that
there was no such law to prevent Mar
shall Field from tying up his estate
in the way he did. The Field fortune
is regarded as having ‘ swollen beyond
all healthy limits” at the time of its
creator’s death. It will be a positive
menace by the time it is turned over
to the heirs.
If John D. Rockefeller and other
wealthy meu of the country should
follow the example of Mr. Field there
would develop an oligarchy of wealth
which would bring disaster to the
American people.
AMERICAN WINS BALLOON RACE.
Lieut. Lahin Captures Contest for
James Gordon Bennett Cup.
Paris. — Uncertainty regarding
the result of the balloon race for
the James Cordon Bennet cup, started
from here Sunday afternoon, was end
ed at noon Tuesday when a dispatch
was received by the Aero club an
nouncing that Hon. O. S. Rolls and his
companion. Col. Capper, in the bal
loon Britannia, landed between Sand
ringham and the sea at 6:30 Monday
night, thus establishing that Lieut.
Frank P. Lahm, Sixth cavalry, If. S.
A., the American competitor in the
race, who descended near Whitby
Monday afternoon in the balloon
United States, is the winner.
Signor von Wilier 'of Italy Is sec
ond, Count de la Vaulx of France
third and Hon. O. S. Rolls of Great
Britain fourth.
The beautiful cup presented for com
petition by James Gordon Bennett be
comes a trophy of the Aero Club of
America. The first cash prize of $2,
900 goes to Lieut Lahm. and the en
durance medal to Mr. Rolls, who was
the longest in the air. 26% hours.
BRIDGE OVER FALLS COLLAPSES
One High School Student Killed When
Crowded Structure Givea Way.
Menominee, Mich.—While a party of
25 students of Oconto, Wis., high;
school were standing on a foot-bridge
at Oconto Falls, Wls., Friday watching
the falls, the structure collapsed, hurl
ing the whole party 40 feet into the
stream. William Ballou, aged 14
years, was killed and Viga Sentil, Ha
zel Denizen and Frank Donlevy seri
ously injured. Prof. Newcomb, the In
structor, was badly hurt, and several
others were slightly injured.
Kansas Pioneer Dead.
Kansas City, Mo.—William Weston,
a pioneer who held many municipal of
fices here, died, aged 75 years. Mr.
Weston, who served through the civil
war in a Kansas volunteer regiment,
came of a family of soldiers.
Old River Captain Dead.
Watertown, N. Y.—Capt. William N.
Visger, aged 49, owner of the passen
ger steam yacht Idler, and one of the
best known St. Lawrence river steam
boat men, died suddenly Thursday at
Alexandria Bay of heart failure.
Opens Wisconsin Campaign.
Milwaukee.—The Democratic state
campaign opened here Thursday night
when John A. Aylward, the candidate
for governor, spoke on the principles
of his party before an enthusiastic
gathering in Pabst theater.
Falling Slate Kills Three.
Webb City, la.—J. Duffy, Arthur
Moore and Albert Brackey were killed
here Wednesday by falling slate in
the Avondale mine and Newton Cor
dell was dangerously injured. All are
miners.
Two Motor Cyclists Injured.
San Diego, Cal.—Breed and Herrick,
motor cyclists, who left here en route
to Buffalo, N. Y.. were badly injured
at Eseondidc. The pair were travel
ing when the machine ran Into a
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COMING CABINET CHANGES.
Secretaries Moody and Shaw td Re
tire This Winter.
Washington.—Two retirements frofn
the president’s cabinet are slated for
the coming winter. They are those of
Attorney General Moody, whose resig
nation will become effective about tfie
1st of December, and that of Secre
tary Shaw, who, according to present
intentions, will retire in February.
For one of these vacancies to be cre
ated, the president will nominate
George V. L. Meyer, American ambas
sador to Russia, but for the other he
is not yet ready to announce a suc
cessor.
Mr. Roosevelt has sought to prevail
on Attorney General Moody to re
main in the cabinet, but the latter, be
cause of business arrangements he
has made, has found It impossible to
do so.
He also would like to have Secre
tary Bonaparte take Mr. Moody’s
place when the latter retires, but the
former prefers the position at the
head of the navy department, with
whose workings he has become thor
oughly familiar.
Some suggestion has been made
that Secretary Metcalf, of the depart
ment of commerce and labor, take one
of the positions to be made vacant in
the proposed shifting of cabinet of
fices. but he also has expressed a
preference to remain where he is.
POLICY KING KILLS HIMSELF
“Al" Adams, of New York, Ends Life
with Revolver.
New York.—Albert J. Adams, who
made a large fortune as the head of
the policy gambling combine, shot
himself in the head Sunday night at
his apartmonts in the Ansonia, in this
city. His dead body was found Mon
day morning. Adams had been In poor
health since his release from Sing
Sing prison, where he served a term
for having conducted a policy game
in New York.
At the office of the Colonial Secur
ity company, of which Adams is treas
urer, it was said Monday that Adams
had been ill of diabetes for a year,
and that it wa3 this illness which
must have prompted him to commit
suicide.
New York.—Coroner Harburger, in
a statement made Tuesday, gave an
intimation that he was not entirely
satisfied that the death of “Al” Adams,
the former so-called policy king, was
the result of suicide.
DEAD AT BLUEFIELO MAY BE 70
Twenty-nine Bodies Have Been Recov
ered From Pocahontas Colliery.
Bluefleld, W. Va.—Twenty-nine bod
ies have been recovered from the west
fork of the Pocahontas Collieries com
pany mine at Pocahontas, Va., and a
conservative estimate places the total
number of dead at 70.
The rescuing party reached the
scene of the explosion but the im
mense amount of debris and wreckage
has hampered the search for bodies.
There is no evidence thus far of fire.
Raton, N. M. — A disastrous ex
plosion occurred early Friday in the
Dutchman coal mine at Blossburg, a
small camp five miles from Raton, in
which 15 miners are supposed to have
lost their lives. Three bodies have
been recovered.
Iowa W. C. T. U. Is Reunited.
Des Moines, la.—By mutual agree
ment of separate conventions held In
this city Wednesday, two branches of
the W. C. T. U., one known as the W.
C. T. U. of Iowa and the other as the
W. C. T. U. of the state of Iowa, were
consolidated into one body. They were
divided 16 years ago by a dispute over
the question of affiliation or nonaffilia
tion with the Prohibition party.
Big Earthquake Registered.
Washinugton.—The weather bureau
Friday issued a bulletin announcing
that the bureau’s seismographs re
corded “another great earthquake” be
ginning at 9:05 p. m. on October 1,
but that the earthquake probably was
not disastrous.
Shaw Speaks in Ohio.
Hamilton, O.—Secretary of the
Treasury Leslie M. Shaw addressed a
large audience in Beckett’s hall here
Friday. The secretary spent two hours
at the Butler county fair, where he
spoke briefly.
Withdraws Hague Expense Bill.
The Hague.—In the lower house of
the states general Friday the govern
ment withdrew the bill authorizing the
expenditure of $15,000 for the reception
of the members to the second peace
conference.
State Official Resigns.
Springfield, 111.—R. Weldon, who has
been connected with the state high
way commission since its organization
resigned to acecpt a place on the edi
torial staff of an engineering publica
tion In New York.
Hoke Smith is Elected.
Atlanta, Go.—The Democratic ticket
headed by Hon. Hoke Smith for gov
ernor. has been elected by the usual
majority, there being no opposition
except the Socialist ticket, headed by
J. B. Osborne.
SAYS ROOSEVELT
NATIONAL SUPERVISION IS ONLY
PROPER METHOD.
REMEDY WITH CONGRESS
Control of the Great Common Carriers
of the Country Prevents Necessity
of Considering Radical
Theories.
The government ought not to con
duct the business of the country, but
it ought to regulate it so that it sttall
be conducted in the interests of the
public. . . .To exercise a constant
ly increasing and constantly more ef
ficient supervision and control over
the great common carriers of the
country prevents all necessity for se
riously considering such a project as
the government ownership of railroads
—a policy which would be evil In its
results from every standpoint.—Pres
ident' Roosevelt.
Harrisburg, Pa.—President Roose
velt broke the silence of several
months to make an address at the
dedicatory exercises of the Pennsyl
vania state capitol, paying especial at
tention to the problems involved in
the centralization of wealth and of
corporate power.
The president talked strongly on
the subject of placing a curb on the
stupendous fortunes of the country
so far as they are given a free field
in the business world, and declared
for national control of the concerns
that do an Interstate business.
But he made it quite clear that he
believes there is no necessity or rea
son for applying the principles to the
extreme of government ownership of
railroads. This he said was most un
desirable and could only result in evil
under any circumstances. He con
tended that the restrictions Imposed
by correct and conservative national
supervision of these roads and of the
large corporations would correct ob
jectional acts and practices and make
government operation uncalled for.
Duty !s with Congress.
Surrounded by an assemblage of
distinguished citizens and officers of
the Keystone state and talking to one
of the greatest audiences ever gath
ered at a state capital, the president
spoke to the <people of the country of
the noteworthy things of the recent
past and of the impending problems
of the near future. The states, he
said, can do much to root out special
evils within their limits, but on the
big questions involving the union of
states the president asserted that
only careful and wise legislation by
congress could be effective.
While ho said he abhorred class
hatred and despised the narrow hatred
of men of wealth because they are
wealthy, the chief magistrate asserted
It was the duty of the people to bring
about adequate supervision and con
trol ot “the business use of the swol
len fortunes of to-day.” He continued:
“And also wisely to determine the
conditions upon which these fortunes
are to be transmitted and the percent
age that they shall pay to the govern
ment, whose protecting arm alone en
ables them to exist. Only the nation
can do this work,
“To relegate it to the states is a .
farce, and is simply another way .of
saying that it shall »jot be done at all.”
Federal Power Adequate.
The president said that under a wise
interpretation of the interstate com
merce clause of the constitution he be
lieved the national government has the
power to deal with all wealt: that in
any way goes into the commerce be
tween states. Therefore, while con
gress should avoid any demagogic leg
islation, President Roosevelt had this
to suggest:
“But. on the other hand, it shall and
must ultimately be understood that
the United States government, on be
half of the people of the United States,
has and is to exercise the power of
supervision and control over the busi
ness .use of this great wealth—in the
first place, over all of the work of the
common carriers of the nation, and, in
the next place, over the work of all
the great corporations which directly
or indirectly do any Interstate busi
ness whatever—and this includes al
most all of the great corporations,”
President Roosevelt referred to what
already has been accomplished ia this
respect and complimented Senator
Knox, of Pennsylvania, formerly at
torney general of the United States,
for the part he had played in prose
cuting the big cases brought by the
government.
Praise for Keystone State.
The president opened his address
with an expression of his pleasure at
being invited to speak on an occasion
so noteworthy, referring to the part
Pennsylvania had played in the na
tion's history and complimenting Its
people for their ruggedne33 of char
acter, their enterprise and their pa
triotism.
Public Land Withdrawn.
Washington.—The secretary of the
interior has withdrawn from entry all
the public land within an area of S00,
000 acres in the San Diego land district
in California, to be in corporated in the
San Diego forest reserve.
Governor’s Wife Holds Her Own.
Springfield, 111.—Dr. L. C. Traylor,
the attending physician of Mrs. Charles
S. Deneen, stated that there was im
provement in the condition of his pa
tient and that she was doing as well
as could be expected.
Football Kills Another.
Toronto, Ont.—Cameron Paulin, 21
years old, died early Thursday at the
General hospital from injuries received
on university lawn Wednesday after
noon while at practice with the Toron
to university football team.
Secretary of Conference.
Cedar Rapids, la.—Rev. U. P. Swen
geL of York, Pa., was elected secretary
of the Central conference of the Unit
ed Evangelioai church. Xhe presenta
tion of a gave) to Bishop Hartzier com
pleted the first session.
HEW STORMS IN THE SOUTH
THREE TORNADOES VISIT NEW
ORLEANS AND VICINITY.
Seven Persons Are Killed and Prop
erty Estimated to Be Worth
$500,000 Destroyed.
New Orleans.—Three separate tor
nadoes truck New Orleans and vicini
ty Friday, causing loss of life and
great property damage in sections
which a week before were more or less
devastated by the gulf hurricane. The
first tornado was at Pontchaoula, La.,
about 50 miles north of here, the sec
ond in New Orleans, and the third
near Biloxi, Miss., about half way be
tween here and Mobile, on the gulf
coast.
Seven persons were killed in the
cyclonic disturbances, according to
reports which reached here from the
country about New Orleans. Deaths
are reported by both St. James and
West Baton Rouge parishes.
The tornado at Pontchatoula struck
the southern end of the town about
seven o’clock in the morning. George
Hawes was killed in his home, which
was blown down, and his wife and four
children were badly injured. Three
negroes were also reported killed at
Pontchatoula.
The second tornado appeared in
New Orleans soon after eight o’clock,
ripping a narrow path through five
miles of the city’s residence and busi
ness section and doing $500,000 dam
age. No lives were lost here, but one
negro was probably fatally injured by
a freight car which overturned upon
him, and half a hundred other persons
were injured, 11 of whom were taken
to hospitals.
The third tornado passed seven
miles northwest of BUoxi, Miss., where
it overturned an engine and three cars
belonging to the Dantzler Lumber
company, slightly injuring the engi
neer and fireman. Immense trees
which withstood the recent hurricane
were uprooted in this section.
FIVE VICTIMS OF RAIL WRECK
Military Special Bumps Into Rear of
Passenger Train.
l^ans inburgh, N. Y.—Five passen
gers were killed outright and a score
were injured in a rear-end collision
between a regular passenger train and
a military special on the Boston &
Maine railroad, directly in front of
Lansingburgh depot, north of Troy,
about five o'clock Thursday.
The collision took place on a heavy
grade, and sharp curve.
The passenger train was one that
leaves Boston daily at 9:30 a. m. for
Albany. It consisted of five cars, a
baggage car, smoker, day coach and
two parlor cars, and was about one
hour late when it reached Lansing
burgh station, waiting there for a
chance to get into the Troy depot.
Without, apparently, any warning,
the “special” came thundering along
with 18 cars and crashed into the pas
senger train, smashing the last two
cars, which were Pullmans, like egg
shells.
Both these cars were swept from
the track and rolled down the em
bankment. The engine of the special
kept on for a dozen yards and then
turned turtle, the front end plowing
into the ground and the car behind
being telescoped by the tender.
INSURGENTS SURRENDER ARMS
Rebel Commanders Aid in Inducing
Men to Give Up Guns.
Havana.—Although the surrender of
guns has not been made compulsory,
either by the provisional government
or the disarming commission, rebel
commanders have all given their fol
lowers to understand that it was ex
pected and that the laying down of
their arms was a matter of duty. The
result of this has been that the num
ber of rifles surrendered is larger, in
proportion to the number of men dis
banded, than the government ex
pected. For instance, 800 rebels dis
banded in Pinar del Rio province up
to Friday, have turned in 600 guns.
Gov. Taft regards this proportion rath
er better than the average, but re
ports from Santa Clara indicate tbaf
nearly all the guns of Gen. Guzman’s
command have been surrendered.
GAS CAUSES DEATH OF EIGHT
Explosion In Philadelphia Subway
Does Considerable Damage.
Philadelphia.—Eight men were
killed and nearly two score of persons
were injured Friday by the explosion
of illuminating gas in the Market
street subway at Sixth street.
High buildings were shaken by the
force of the explos’on and for a block
on either side of the scene of the ex
plosion nearly every window was shat
tered.
The street caved in, halting traffic
and resulting In a suspension of busi
ness. Fire followed the explosion, but
It did no damage to neighboring build
ings. The loss, It is believed, will ex
ceed $300,009.
Italian Women Storm School*.
New York.—Believing the board of
health physicians were cutting the
throats of their children in a public
school in the Williamsburg section of
Broklyn, 1,500 women, nearly all Ita
lians, stormed the school building.
Three Burned to Death.
Portland. Me.—Three of the seven
children of the family of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Vanier, of this city, were burn
ed to death Friday in a fire caused by
the explosion of a lamp which had
been accidentally overthrown.
Snowstorm in Colorado.
Colorado Springs, Colo.—Colorado
Springs Thursday experienced its first
snowstorm of the season. Reports from
the mountains indicate a snowfall of
several inches. A snowstorm also
prevailed at Peublo.
Babe Born to Governor’* Wife.
Springfield, 111.—Mrs. Charles S. De
neen, wife of the governor of Illinois,
gave birth to a daughter Thursday af
ternoon. Mrs. Deneen is said to be in
a critical condition, suffering from
uraemic poisoning.
THEIROOPSLAND
FIRST,INFANTRY SPEEDILY yEM
BARKED AT HAVANA.
FUNSTON IS NOW AT MARIANO
The Disarming of Former Insurgents
Goes Forward Rapidly—Only Slight
Trouble is Anticipated in the Set
tlement of Affairs.
HAVANA—The first landing of
American soldiers In the present occu
pation of Cuba was accomplished Sun
day with marvelous promptness, and
at night 500 men of the First United
States Inaftnry and 250 men of the
Second battalion of engineers were
settled-under canvas in Camp Colum
bia. The cruiser Brooklyn arrived
here in the afternoon with 400 men on
board. They will be sent out to the
camp early tomorrow.
General Funston established his
camp at .''feriano, convenient to his
command. Colonel L. W. T. Waller,
commanding the marines, has been
ordered to report to General Funston,
and the entire force of regulars and
m&fines will be under Funston’s com
mand until the arrival here next Tues
day of General J. Franklin Bell, who
will direct the distribution of the
forces throughout the island.
Within an hour from the time that
the transport Sumner came alongside
the railroad wharf the disembark
ation had been completed and the 850
men had been transported on the
street cars direct to the camp. Their
equipage and supplies were taken on
freight cars by another route. The
movement was so skillfully handled
that the men prepared their midday
meal from tht-ir own rations. The men
are in good condition and are pleased
with their camp and its pleasant sur
roundings.
The disarming of former insurgents
went on much better Saturday. Re
ports from members of the disarma
ment commission in various provinces
Indicate that the trouble which was
threatened Saturday may be avoided,
although ex-rebels and volunteers In a
few towns in Santa Clara provinces are
still disinclined to be the first to dis
arm, and It is feared that American
soldiers will have to be sent to back
up the demands of the disarmament
commission. Havana, Santiago, Pinar
del Rio Matanzas and Puerto Principe
provinces are practically clear of reb
els and show no signs of trouble.
Governor Taft, Assistant Secretary
of State Bacon and General Funstoa
are gratified at the situation and be
lieve they will be able to start for
home next Saturday. Governor Taft
will spend the time alter Tuesday In
familiarizing his successor, Charles E.
Magoon, with the situation. Mr. Ma
goon is expected here on that day. It
is believed that after the arrival of the
wives of Governor Taft and Mr. Bacon
in Havana the provisional governor
will give a public reception at the pal
ace to introduce Mr. Magoon tor the
people.
GREAT SHOW OF LIVE STOCK.
Entry List at Kansas City Embraces
Best Animals in the Country.
KANSAS CITY—The eighth annual
American Royal Live Stock show will
open here Monday with more entries,
in every department than ever before
in its history. The show will last all
week. Thre are entries of upwards
oof 700 breeding cattle, 100 fat steers,
sixty carloads of fat and feeding cat
tle, 250 draft, coach and hackney
horses, including a string of eight
horses from the stables of King Ed
ward and Lord Rothschild of England,
and 700 hoggs. sheep and goata Ex
hibitors are here from sixteen different
states, from Massachusetts to New
Mexico.
Dowie Has a New "Vision.”
CHICAGO—John Alexander Dowie'a
plan for a Mexican colony was aban
ioned in obedience to a command re
vived by Dowie in a vision that came
to him Friday and lasted five hours,
recording to an announcement made
today by Deacon Arrington, one of
Dowle’s followers, who has remained
oyal to the deposed prophet. The
scheme, Deacon Arrington said, was
relinquished in favor of ansther that
lantemplates the raising of $1.-900,000
ii Chicago for the purpose of restoring
Dowifc’s power and prestige.
Suing German Companies.
SAN FRANCISCO—Five nundred
suits will be filed in the next few
weeks in the federal and state courts
la San Francisco against the North
Giennan Fire Insurance company of
Hamburg, Germany. This is an
nounced by W. J. Herrin, president of
the policyholders’ committee. “We
Expect,” said Herrin, “that the Judg
uents obtained in the American courts
in this case will be recognliod In Ger
nany.”
Veterans of Spanish War.
WASHINGTON—A lnrge number of
members of the United Spanish War
veterans arrived Sunday to attend the
lational encampment of the orguniza
ion, which begins Monday. Arriving
lelegates were met by district veter
ins, accompanied by a band. Head
luarters for several candidates for
lornmander-in-chief were established,
□day. Captain Hamilton Ward of
lew York. Major Frederick S. Hodg
on of Washington and General George
f. Moulton of Illinois are assplrants
or the office.
Japs to Control Railroad.
LONDON—Dispatches received here
rom Tokio declare that the bonds of
he South Manchurian railroad have
een oversubscribed many times, but
hat there were no Chinse appllca
lons. Explaining this fact the Peking
orreepondent of the Times says that.
Ithough China was invited to partl
ipate, it did not do so, because there
rere no funds available for the in
estment and none coaid be had witho
ut recourse to a foreign loan, which
olicy and fear of foreign compile*,
ions both forbade.