THIS IN NEBRASKA
EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE
OR LESS IMPORTANCE.
Contract to Outfit New Wing of Nor
folk Asylum—Death of a Former
State Treasurer.
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Furniture for Asylum.
Rudge & Goenzel, which firm has
eold the state about $50,000 worth of
supplies, such as furniture and dry
goods, during the last two years cap
tured the contract, to outfit the new
wing at the Norfolk asylum. With
the exception of Norris Brown, all the
members of the Board of Purchase and
Supplies and Superintendent Young
visited the various Lincoln furniture
stores an* secured prices. The above
firm offered the goods at the lowest
figures, the total bill amounting to
some $1,900. No bids were advertised
for, as it is said by the board members
to be almost impossible to get bids on
furniture through advertising. Wheth
er any of the Norfolk firms were called
upon to make prices, and thus save
freight from Lincoln, is not on record
and neither is it of* record that any
except Lincoln stores were .visited,
Governor Mickey and Treasurer Mor
tensen are of the opinion that the
state got a good bargain and that the
goods were bought at extremely low
figures.
J. C. McBride Dies in Savannah
LINCOLN—Word was received in
Lincoln announcing the death of Gen
eral J. C. McBride of Savannah, Ga.,
formerly a citizen of Lincoln and ex
state treasurer. He was born in Ur
bana. Champaign county, O., May 2,
1844. H? moved with his parents to
Indiana in 1859, where he enlisted as
a privatae in the civil war at the age
of 17 years, serving in the Forty-eighth
Indiana infantry, afterward being pro
moted to captain for oravery in action.
He served for three years and then
returned home on.a furlough, enlisting
for two more years, during which time
he was stationed at Fort North and
Fort Concho in lower Mexico. After
the war was over, leaving his wife at
the fort, he started on a three years’
campaign in driving the Indians out
of that part of the country, where they
had been doing a great deal of damage.
After leaving the service, he came to
iNebraska, settling at Schuyler and es
tablished the Schuyler Register.
Cream Tests Inaccurate.
Fod Commissioner Redfern is of the
opinion the farmers sre being done in
the way cream is tested and because
of this he will make recommendation
to the legislature that the test be
changed. At this time the cream is
tested in a machine whi'-h Redfern
said was made to test milk, and as
cream is much lighter the test is not
a god one. He will recommend that
cream be tested by weight and the
amount of butter fat be measured and
then the per cent bp applied to the
bulk. Redfern will make a number of
sample tests before making his recom
mendations.
Violation of Game Law.
At Lincoln C. N. Crandall wras fined
$50 and costs by Justice Stevens on a
complaint sworn to by Chief Game
Warden George L. Carter, charging
that Mr. Crandall had shipped game in
a suit case without accompanying the
package. The charge of not labeling
the package as required by law was
not pressed. The fine was agreed to
tby Mr. Crandall and he pleaded guilty
to the charge.
Making Much Vinegar.
, FALLS CITY—Up to last Saturday
the vinegar factory had purchased 42,
000 bushels of apples, a very large
portion of which would have gone to
waste had the factory not been here.
The factory now has ten tanks, each
of a capacity of 16,000 gallons, and it
,is the intention to build still others
as the supply of appl is abundant.
Very few of the good apples will go to
waste, as the packers seem more anx
ious for stock than some time ago.
Man Found Dead in Jail.
MILLARD—A man named Thomas
Coffey, recently employed by Contract
or Fitzgerald on the railroad grade,
came to the town marshal and asked
permission to sleep in the jail. This
was granted and the door was left
open so he could leave when he
was ready. In the morning he was
found dead, having hung himself dur
ing the night.
Shortage of Corn Huskers.
Applications have been pouring into
the labor bureau for farm hands to
help get in the corn crop, but so far
the labor bureau has not been able to
even begin to supply the demand. At
this time there is not a single appli
cation on file in this department for a
place, while the applications for farm
helpers are almost countless.
Wagon Load of Clover Seed.
BRADSHAW — Henry Berger, a
farmer living a mile and one-half west
of this place brought to town a wagcn
load of clover seed, consisting of
ninety bushels, for which he received
a check for $540
Shut Out of Nebraska.
LINCOLN—The International Im
provement company will not be al
lowed to do business in Nebraska un
der its present articles of incorpora
tion. State Treasurer Mortensen, who
,is a member of the State Banking
board, which passes on these matters,
requested Secretary Royce to notify
the officials of the company they could
do no busness under the Nebraska
jaws. This company agrees to build
houses and homes for people who want
them and are willing to conform to
its rules and regulations.
*' Prefer* Death to Prison Term.
HEBRON—James Dickson, a young
farmer from near Glead and whose
•home is at Decatur, 111., committed
.suicide in the county jail at this place.
JMckson had been convicted of forgery
and was sentenced to two years in the
•penitentiary. He,killed himself by
,-banging and used an ordinary towel,
which was tied around his neck and
then to the bars of the side of his
,cell. H1b sentence to the penitentiary
and his dread of serving the time
.seemed to have prompted him to com
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NEBRASKA BRIEFS.
Fremont has a record-breaking yev
for building.
Robert Mattern, employed at tha
stone crusher at Wymore, was struck
by a train and instantly killed.
At Fairmont, while working in the
yards, Brakeman I.ante, of No. 72,
slipped waile switching and caught
his foot under the wheel of the engine,
cutting the foot off.
O. H. Singley of the Union Pacific
has been looking over the tax records
and finds his company must pay $18,
150.23 to Platte county this year—
$1,000 more than in 1905.
A memorable event in Wayne's his
tory was the laying of the corner stone
of the new main building of the Neb
raska normal college by the grand
lodge A. F. & A. M. of Nebraska.
Union Pacific men say that the motor
service between Lincoln and Beatrice
is rapidly finding favor with the trav
eling public and that it has increased
the Lincoln-Beatrice business consid
erably.
The dead body of Mike Shannahan
was found on a bar in the Platte near
North Bend. Shannahan was about 22
years old, and had been missing for
several days. He resided with his
father in North Bend.
The separator of the threshing out
fit of Edward Sorenson near Bancroft,
was totally destroyed by fire. The
machine is a total loss. As the fires
in the engine were out it is thought
the fire was the wora of incendiaries.
The federal grand jury at Lincoln
made its report and was discharged.
Twenty-seven indictments were re
turned, but the court refused to make
public any of the indictments except
those returned for illegal sale of li
quor. The most important are held
back until arrests are made.
Christian & Lang breeders and im
porters of thoroughbred Aberdeen-An
gus cattle York county, met with quite
a loss in the death of an imported Tro
jan Erica cow. bred in King Edward
of England’s herd, a show animal that
cost them several hundred dollars.
Death was caused by pneumonia.
The directors of several of the school
districts in Dodge county have ordered
vacations of three weeks during the
cornhusking season. While the crop
in Dodge county was damaged to some
extent by heavy rains in the fall, there
will be a large crop. Already there
is evidence of a scarcity of pickers.
The Dodge county poultry associa
nun iitriu a xiicci,lug iui iuc pui puac ui
preparing a premium list for fee an
nual show which is to be held in De
cember. Messrs. J. M. Archerd and
J. M. Maher were appointed a commit
tee to solicit among the business men
of Fremont for some special premiums.
Jasper Waidron, a well known
farmer i.ving south of York, brought
in samples of the finest quality ear
corn that was pronounced better than
the average seed corn. He said that
south York county had another bumper
crop and that corn on his place goes
seventy bushels to the acre and up
wards.
While Albert and George Weaver
were driving to Stella with a load of
apples the team became unmanageable
coming down the steep grade south of
the cemetery and when turning the
corner at the foot of the hill the
wagon upset throwing Albert against
a post with such force as to break his
collar bone.
Secretary Royse of the state bank
ing board, announced that Receiver
O F. Biglin of the Elkhorn Valley
bank of O’Neill, had declared another
dividend of 15 per cent, making a to
tal of 35 per cent paid to depositors.
Some property still remains to be di
vided between the Claimants. The
bank was wrecked by its officers, who
fled.
Sheriff Dunkel of Hall county, has
received a letter from a woman in New
Mexico expressing her belief that there
lived there the man who was guilty of
the murder of one Venfcen, in Grand
Island, eighteen years ago. It was re
called immediately that such a man
was found dead in a patch of weeds
near the round house about that time
and that no clue to his murderer was
ever found.
A life isurance agent from Kansas
City has been working around Rulo in
a most novel manner. He has se
cured a number of policy-holders
through representing to them that he
would give, them a large percentage of
his profit. Securing a note from them
in payment of premius w’hich he
promised to return under certain con
ditions, he sold the paper at the first
bank and when he had sufficient funds
he left.
The department of the game warden
has just come out victor in a con
test waged in North Platte. When
Deputy Hortsman went to North
Platts some time ago to get Ryan and
Finney, twTo men charged with violat
ing the game laws, he was pounced
upon by a number of men, and a free
for-all fight followed, after which
Horstman caused the arrest of Ryan
and Finney. A fine of $5 and costs
was assessed for common assault. Fin
ney appealed to the ulstrict court,
where he was again found guilty and
was fined $100 and costs, the whole
finally amounting to $208.
The machinery to be used in bor
ing for oil has been placed in position
on the Farlow farm, two miles south
east of Beatrice and J. N. Maupin, the
prospector, says active operations will
begin at once.
Apples are so plentiful around
Rulo that farmers are wishing them
disposed of. Many trees hang loaded
to their full capacity. The market is
full and packers are overworked. It is
difficult to find a market for the apples
and some packers have stopped pack
ing because they cannot find a mar
ket for them. • ,
Ed Murphy of Brady has leased his
ranch near Brady to several Japanese
for a period of five years at an annual
rental of $1,000. There are 800 or
more acres, part of which is hay land
and part farm land, and it is the inten
tion of the Japs to raise a big acreage
of sugar beets.
The tramp who was run over by a
Burlington train in the yards at Te
cumseh died. He gave his name as
M. C. Smith; said he had no living
relatives, and that he had friends in
Dobuque, where he frequently spent
some time.
MEMORIAL TEMPLE TO ILLINOIS SOLDIER8 AT VICKSBURG, MISS,
DEDICATED FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26.
SEVEN DEAD IN EXPLOSION
IGNITION OF GAS 8UPP08ED TO
HAVE FIRED BLAST. ^
Accident in the Rolling Mill Mine of
the Cambria Steel Company at
Johnetown, Pa.
Johnstown, Pa,—By an explosion In
the mine of the Cambria Steel com
pany here Wednesday seven men are
reported to be dead and two painfully
but not fatally burned.
The explosion is thought to hare
been caused by the ignition of gas in
setting off of a blast. Most of the vic
tims are foreigners. The explosion
occurred in a heading three miles
from the houth of the mine shaft.
An official statement given out by
the manager of the Cambria Steel
company, says:
“By an explosion in the Rolling Mill
mine of the Cambria Steel company
Wednesday evening seven men are
dead and two are painfully but not
fatally injured. Up to the present
only one of the dead has been identi
fied. He is an American born miner
named Sampson Luther. It is believ
ed the other dead are all foreigners,
as are the two injured. The wounds
of the latter consist of burns on the
face, back and arms, lacerated
wounds of the scalp and other parts
of the body.
"The explosion took place in head
ing No. 29, a considerable distance
from the ill-fated Klondike section,
where 114 men lost their lives over
four years ago. The exact cause is
not known, but it is supposed that
the gas was fired by the putting off
of a blast. All the men when found
had their safety lamps in proper trim,
showing that the accident could not
have been caused by neglect in that
direction. No damage whatever was
done to the workings, and the mine
will run as usual.”
OHIO ICE MEN FACING PRISON
Valentine Anti-Trust Law Held Valid
by the Circuit Court.
Toledo, O.—Circuit court Friday
upheld the decision of Judge Kinkade,
of common pleas court, in the sen
tences he gave Reuben Lemon, Rol
land Beard and Joseph Miller, convict
ed of conspiracy in restraint of trade
in the sale of ice.
These are the famous ice cases
which were tried in common pleas
court last summer. The sentences
given the men were $2,500 fine each
and six months in the workhouse,
and if the supreme courts affirms the
lower courts, the ice men must serve
their sentences.
The circuit court also held the Val
entine anti-trust law constitutional.
FRATERNALS MUST PAY TAXES
Illinois Supreme Court Holds Legisla
ture Has No Power of Exemption.
Springfield, 111. — The supreme
court Wednesday rendered an opin
ion in the case of the supreme
lodge of the Modern American Frater
nal order against the board of review
of Effingham county.
Tho supreme lodge scheduled office
furniture and supplies for taxation
amounting to $6,000. The board of
review added $30,000, the amount of
mortuary expense fund on hand. The
lodge appealed from the action of the
board, asserting such fund was ex
empt under the provisions of the act
of 1905.
The court holds that the legislature
had no power of exemption.
Maniac Jumps Into Sea.
Norfolk, Va.—Counting the min
utes, which seeemed to them to be but
few Intervening between them and
death, bruised, bleeding, hungering
and athirst, five men adrift on a bit
of wreckage, off the Florida coast,
saw one of their companions, whose
suffering had driven him mad, throw
himself into the sea to death, and not
long afterward a ship which was com
ing saved their lives.
Spanish Diplomat Transferred.
Madrid.—Senor Arturo Baldasano y
Topete, the Spanish consul general at
New York, has been transferred to
Manila. Senor Diaz Mirando of the
foreign office will succeed Senor Bald
asano at New York.
Import Strike Breakers.
Atlanta, Ga.—The first importation
of strike breakers to take the place of
the Southern railway machinists who
are on strike in the shops here,
reached Atlanta Thursday. About 75
men were in the lot.
Mother and Children Drown.
Santa Fe, N. M.—Mrs. Guadaloupe
Viglly Bares, wife of a rancher at
Round Mountain, and her two chil
dren were drowned in the Rio Grande
near Santa Fe during Monday’s bliz
zard. They were fording the river.
Gas Explosion Kills Two.
St. Paul, Minn.—George C. Harding,
white, and Frank Aldrich, colored,
were killed in a tunnel leading from
the St. Paul Gas Light company’s
plant, at Fourth and John streets,
Wednesday, bv an exnloslon of eaa.
ILLINOIS HONORS ITS DEAD.
Memorial Dedicated at Vicksburgv
Mite., to Soldiera Whe Fought
There.
Vicksburg, Miss. — The Illinois
Memorial temple, the tribute of
that state to its soldiers who fought
In the siege of Vicksburg, was dedi
cated at the Vicksburg National Mili
tary park Friday with elaborate cere
monies, the military spectacle being
especially imposing. The parade,
composed of the National Guard of
Illinois regiment and the militia of
Mississippi, headed by Gov. Charles S.
Deneen of Illinois, and Gov. Vardaman
of Mississippi, left the city shortly
after ten o'clock for the march of
three miles to the park. The entire
route was decorated and thousands of
visitors who came to Vicksburg to be
present at the ceremonies cheered the
soldiers as they marched along under
a glorous October sun.
The Illinois Memorial temple is a
magnificent structure consisting of a
marble dome 62 feet high and 54 feet
in diameter, with flights of marble
staire leading to it. It cost $200,000.
On the interior are inscribed in bronze
the names of every one of the 36,000
Illinois soldiers who were engaged in
the operations which the Vicksburg
National park is intended to com
memorate.
The state of Illinois appropriated
$260,000 for monuments and memo
rial markers in the park. Illinois had
70 commands in the Vicksburg opera
tions during the civil war.
TAKE FIVE BODIES FROM RUINS.
Total Number of Dead in Kansas City
Fire Has Reached Eight.
Kansas City, Mo. — Five bodies
were recovered Friday from the
ruins of the Chamber of Com
merce building in Kansas City, Kan.,
which was destroyed by fire Thurs
day, and it is now known that at
least eight persons lost their lives in
the fire.
The body of Charles A. Lynch, a
laborer, was recovered late Friday
afternoon.
The bodies of Edward Winslow and
his wife and two daughters were re
covered earlier in the day.
Eight persons are still missing.
The building was owned by Aider
man Walter A. Bunker, of Kansas
City, Kan., who estimates his loss
at $60,000. The cause of the fire is
unknown.
WISCONSIN TAXES " REMITTED
State Treasury, Full to Overflowing,
Does Not Need Cash.
Madison, Wis. — All the state
taxes, with the exception of the
school tax, which was reduced to half
of one mill, were remitted Monday by
the state board of assessors. There
already is so much money in the state
treasury that none of the oflicialB
knew what to do with it. With the
Drospect of more than $2,500,000 com
ing in from this year’s taxes. State
Treasurer Kempf threw up his hands
in despair and said there was no way
to spend it. Accordingly, Gov. David
son, Secretary of State Houser and
Mr. Kempf met and decided to remit
the taxes.
W. C. T. U. in Session.
Hartford, Conn.—Mrs. Lillian M.
Stevens, of Portland, Me., as presi
dent, opened the thirty-third annual
convention of the National Woman’s
Christian Temperance union at Par
sons’ theater Friday. More than 450
delegates from all parts Of the United
States were present. Delegates from
Austrian, Japan, England, Greece and
other countries were on hand.
Robbers Dynamite Bank Safe.
Kerkhoven, Minn.—The vault in the
bank of Kerkhoven was badly damaged
by burglars, who used dynamite in an
attempt to get at the money chest
early Thursday. While they were at
work they were discovered by citi
zens who had been aroused by the ex
plosion. Running from the bank, they
made their escape on horseback.
Attempts Murder; Kills Self.
New York.—Believing he had killed
his sweetheart with four bullets he
fired at her, Frank Dorsey, a clerk
whose home was In Brooklyn, shot
himself dead In a Fourth avenue bird
store, where both were employed.
Veteran Dies of Hydrophobia.
Marietta, O.—John Fogus, a well
known war veteran, was bitten by a
small family dog three weeks ago and
has developed hydrophobia. He be
came unmanageable Thursday and
was taken to Jail. He died Friday.
Canal Zone Governor.
Washington.—The statement was
made by a cabinet officer that appoint
ment of a governor of the Panama
canal zone in all probability would not
be made until after President Roose
velt’s return from the Isthmus.
Three Miners Found Dead.
New Philadelphia, O.—The bodies
of three psiners who had died by in
haling gas, were found Thursday, as
the dhy shift of miners went to work
in the James Mullen mine No. 1 near
this city. All were foreigners.
MUST PAY CO FARES
PUBLISHERS CANNOT EXCHANGE
ADVERTISING FOR TICKETS.
AN IMPORTANT RULING.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Holds Payment In Commodities
Would Allow Discrimination
by the Carriers.
Washington.—Under a ruling of the
Interstate commerce commission,
transportation over railroad lines na
longer may be given to newspaper
publishers or editors in exchange for
advertising space in their newspa
pers.
A protest against this ruling has
been received by the commission from
the Massachusetts Press association,
through William J. Hefferman, the
secretary of the association. In Mr.
Hefferman’s communication, he says
that the association unanimously
voted to “Enter its protest against the
reputed ruling in holding that the
payment for railroad transportation
at full rates in advertising shall be
treated on any other basis than that
of transportation paid for In cash.’’
Chairman Quotes the Law.
In a letter to Secretary Hefferman,
in response to the protest, Chairman
Knapp, of the commission, says in
part, after quoting the section of the
law which prohibits the issuance of
free transportation or transportation
paid for in any other way than in
cash:
“You are, of course, aware that ail
tariffs filed in compliance with the
regulating statute name rates in dol
lars and cents, and do not in any case
provide that transportation can be
paid for with property. It seems
plain to the commission that the law
above quoted, coupled with the fact
stated, permits payment for services
of interstate carriers only in money.
“A contrary rule would sanction un
equal compensation by different per
sons and involve ordinarily some de
gree of discrimination in favor of
those permitted to exchange their
commodities for the transportation
they desire or secure. It is the aim
of the law to prevent every sort of fa
voritism and secure absolute equality
of treatment in all cases.
myni or rrivaic bomraci.
“This ruling of the commission in
no way interferes with or abridges
the rights of private contracts. News
papers and their advertising space
may be freely exchanged for any spe
cies of property upon such terms as
may be acceptable to the parties to
the transaction, but the facilities of
the public carrier are not private
property, nor are they the subject of
bargain and sale like merchandise.
The right to travel or have property
carried by rail, like the right to the
common highway is not a contract
right but a political right, the very
essence of which is equality.
Ruling Follows the Law.
“Conceding that the advertising ar
rangements in question are ordinarily
made and carried out in good faith,
it seems plain to me that these ar
rangements must, as a practical mat
ter, involve some measures of dis
crimination^ and it is not easy for me
to see how an honest newspaper can
seriously object to a ruling of the
commission which appears to be in
obvious accord with the provisions
and the purposes of the regulating
statute.”
EIGHT-HOUR DAY IS UPHELD
Government Wins First Case Against
Contractors on Federal Work.
Cincinnati.—The first test of the
federal eight-hour day law ended in
a victory for the government here
Friday. After being out only 15 min
utes the Jury in the United States
court found the Sheridan-Kirk Con
tracting company guilty of violating
the law in the construction of the big
Ohio river dam at Fernbank, nine
miles below this city. The determina
tion of the penalty will come later.
The law provides for a fine not ex
ceeding $1,000.
Wickes Will Is Upheld.
Chicago. — The sensational con
test of the will of Thomas H.
Wickes, late Pullman car magnate,
ended in Judge Honore’s court Tues
day when the will was sustained by
verdict of a Jury which declared
Wickes sane when he cut off his own
children and a grandchild and left the
bulk of his estate to a nephew, Hugh
P. Walden. A sealed verdict, which
was reached after six hours’ delibera
tion, was read before a crowd that
jammed the courtroom. The Jury took
only four ballots in reaching its ver
dict.
Bank Robbers Secure $5,000.
Odin, 111.—Holding fully 100 terri
fied citizens at bay, a band of robbers
“shot up the town” early Friday, de
liberately dynamited the Odin bank,
took $5,000 from the wrecked safe.
Fire Stops Cannon Banquet.
Paris, 111.—Fire at the Paris hotel
caused a hurried adjournment of a
banquet at which Speaker Cannon
was being entertained by local Repub
lican politicians. Mr. Cannon later
spoke at the courthouse.
Spain Holds Cruisers Ready.
Madrid, Spain.—In view of the
alarming reports from Morocco the
Spanish government has decided to
hold several cruisers ready for dis
patch to the west coast to protect
Spanish subjects.
Railway Reduces Its Fares.
Indianopolis, Ind.—The Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton Railroad company
Thursday announced that beginning
November 1 a straight fare of two and
one-half cents would be charged in
Indiana.
National Sunday School Union.
Topeka, Kan.—The National Sun
lay School union of the Methodist :
church commenced its 79th annual 1
meeting here Thursday with delegates 1
present from nearly every state in the
i
URGES UNION OF FARMERS
ORGANIZATION PUT FORWARD
AS PROPER PLAN.
When Prices of Products Go Up They
Tend to Make Agriculturists
Stick Together.
East St Louis, III. — The fea
ture of the day’s session of the
first annual convention of the Ameri
can Society of Equity, which is com
posed of farmers, was the address of
M. F. Sharp, of Narrows, Ky. He
strongly urged the farmers to perfect
an organization.
“The trusts and combines, which
are the agencies of the infernal re
gions, call us jays, hayseeds, rubes
and inossbacks, and say that even if
we do organize we won’t stick,” he
said.
“I tell you that when organization
raises the price of products It is the
best sticking piaster in the world. I
know the farmers will stick. Equity
means a fair deal. All manufacturing
industries fix the price of their prod
ucts and know what price they are
going to get for them. The farmer,
the backbone of the nation and the
world’s greatest producer, has been
going on the theory that he will take
whatever he can get for his products.
Equity intends that tbe farmer shall
take his place with the world’s pro
ducers and fix a profitable price for
his products. That can only be done
by a plan of marketing products to
control and regulate the market
prices.”
East St. Louis, 111, — The fol
lowing minimum price scale was
ad opted at Thursday 's session of the
American Society of Equity:
Wheat, $1; corn, 45 cents, until
January 1; 60 cents from January 1
to April 1; 55 cents April 1 until the
next meeting of the society; oats, 40
cents; cotton, 12 cents based at New
York; hogs, $6.50; cattle, $6; hay,
$14. With the exception of cotton all
prices are based on delivery at Chi
cago.
ACCUSED OF STARVING BABES
Man and Woman Under Arrest for
Death of Six Infants.
Pagosa Springs, Col.—G. C. Rose
and Mrs. Minnie Wheeler, leaders of
the Brotherhood of Light, who con
duct a home for poor children on a
farm near Arbeles, Col., were ar
raigned before County Judge E. K.
Caldwell here, Thursday, on charges
of manslaughter in connection with
the deaths of six babies on the place.
They waived examination and were
remanded to jail until they can fur
nish bail.
The charges were made by an agent
of the state Humane society, who al
leges that the children were fed al
most exclusively on a vegetable diet,
and were practically starved to death.
Seven children now at the home
were made wards of the county court
until the court shall award them to
the state home for dependent children
or some other institution.
CABINET CHANGES PUBLISHED
Metcalf and Straus to Be Added to
President’s Advisors.
Washington.—The following state
ment regarding prospective changes
in President Roosevelt’s cabinet was
made public at the White House
Tuesday night: On the retirement of
Secretary Shaw and Attorney General
Moody from the cabinet the following
changes will be made:
Secretary of the treasury—Hon.
George B. Cortelyou.
Postmaster general—Hon. George
Von L. Meyer.
Attorney general-—Hon. Charles J.
Bonaparte.
Secretary of the navy—Hon. Vic
tor H. Metcalf.
Secretary of commerce and labor—
Hon. Oscar S. Straus.
Cranberry Trust; Prices Up.
Appleton, Wis.—Appleton grocers
believe they have discovered a new
combine. Price lists were received
from three different cranberry job
bers, all quoting precisely the same
figure and all demanding from 8 to 10
cents more per quart than was asked
a year ago. Cranberries, ft is said,
will reach as high as 18 cents.
Utes Seek Allies.
Sheridan, Wyo.—Word reaches here
that the Utes are now moving, and
are headed northwest toward the
northern Cheyennes, whose reserva
tion lies about 50 miles east of Fort
Custer, Mont. It is said that their
purpsoe is to induce the northern
Cheyennes to join them in some kind
Df a raid.
Bank Robbers Are Caught.
Minot, N. D. — After a chase
lasting 36 hours, the sheriff's posse
succeeded Tuesday evening in
rapturing the five bandits who robbed
the Sawyer, N. D., bank early Mon
day morning when a battle ensued
with citizens during which 300 shots
were fired, the robbers getting away
with $4,600.
Rob Missouri Bank of $2,700.
Jefferson City, Mo.—Information
was received Friday that the Bank of
Jamestown, in Moniteau county, 65
miles from here, had been entered by
robbers, who blew open the safe and
secured $2,700.
Wisconsin Pioneer Dies.
Oshkosh, Wis—Samuel McClellan
Hay, for 58 years identified with the
business interests of Oshkosh, and a
pioneer merchant and banker of wide
reputation, died FYiday, aged 81
rears.
Canadian Engineer Dead.
Lansing, Mich.—William T. Jen
ilngs. aged 61, consulting engineer of
he city of Toronto, died at the resi
lence of Manager J. R. Elliott, of the
Michigan United Railways, in Lan
sing, Wednesday.
Iowa Mayor Dies.
Cedar Rapids, la.—Amos H. Connor,
nayor of Cedar Rapids, and one of
:he most prominent contractors in ,
he middle west, died suddenly ,
Wednesday of heart failure. He was |
13 rears old.
EIGHTY ARE DEAD
CROWDED ELECTRIC CARS GO
INTO THE WATER.
CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNKNOWN
Disaster the Worst That Has Happened
Since the Horrible Meadow Wreck in
1896—About Forty Bodies Thus Far
Recovered.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—By the
wrecking of a three-coach electric
train on the West Jersey & Seashore
railroad Sunday afternoon, at least
fifty passengers perished, and the list
may reach the total of seventy-five
when all is known.
While crossing over a drawbridge
spanning the waterway known at; “The
Thoroughfare,” which separates Atlan
tic City from the mainland, the train
left the track and plunged into the
water. The passengers In the first two
coaches, with one or two exceptions,
were drowned. Up to midnight twenty
five and possibly fifty bodies are still
in the submerged coaches.
The disaster, the worst that hus hap
pened since the horrible Meadow wreck
of July 30, 1896, occurred at 2:30
o’clock in the aftenoon. The train,
made up of three heavy vestibule elec
tric coaches, which left Camden at 1
o’clock in the afternoon, carried at
least eighty-eight passengers, as that
number of tickets are held by the con
ductor. That official is uncertain,
however, just how many passengers
were on the train,, and until all
bodies have been taken out of the sub
merged coaches it will not be possible
to give the true figures of the dead-.
The cause of the wreck has not yet
been established. It was probably due
either to a defective rail or the brpak
ing of some part of the superstructure
of the first coach. It has also been
suggested that the drawbridge, which
had just been closed after the passage
of a yacht, may not have properly
locked the rails. All theories as to the
cause of the accident, however, are
purely speculative.
vv uuvy a umuiig ai. u oj/t v_u u iv
have been moderate, the first coach
left the rails and dragged those follow
ing it over the ties for a distance of
fifty feet. Suddenly swerving the first
two coaches plunged over the side of
the bridge into the water fifteen feet
below. The third coach struck an abut
ment, broke its couplings and for a
brief time hung suspended oyer the
water. Brief as was this period, how
ever, it gave more than a score of pas
sengers an opportunity to escape by
the rear door. Then the car slid off
and followed the other two into the
water. It is believed every one in the
third coach escaped alive, although all
were injured.
LATER—Nineteen bodies have just
been brought into the Improvised
morgue and a diver, who has made a
thorough inspection of the submerged
cars stated that least thirty bodies
were still in the coaches. At this hour
it is impossible to identify any of the
newly recovered bodies. The total dead
now numbers forty-four.
COMMITS SUICIDE IN CHURCH.
Miss Nettie Brown of Lincoln Takes
Poison Durng Service.
KANSAS CITY—Miss Nettie Brown,
aged 25 years, said to be the daughter
of D. C. Brown of Lincoln, Neb., com
mitted suicide here Sunday in the
Catholic cathedral by taking carbolic
acid.
Miss Brown came to Kansas City
about three weeks ago and registered
at one of the leading hotels. She re
mained several days. Later she
changed her hotel, going to another
one, also first class. At the latter
place, without funds, she asked ths
hotel people to telegraph to her '‘guar
dian” in Omaha. The answer from
Omaha satisfied the hotel authorities
that he had no connection with her.
and she was requested, to leave.
Report of Land Office.
WASHINGTON — The annual re
port of the commissioner of the gen
eral land office, whicn was made pub
lic Sunday shows that the total re
ceipts for the year ended June 30
were $7,585,524, an increase over the
preceding year of $567,713. The total
area of the land disposed of was 19,
431,187 acres, an increase of 2,374.565
acres. Ail of the recommendations
made by Commissioner Richards in his
report of a year ago are renewed ex
cept in instances where congress al
ready has taken the action required.
Rural Telephone Saves Girl’s Life.
SIDNEY, la.—The little daughter of
Oscar Crandal, who lives six miles
northeast of Sidney, drank a quantity
of coal oil, and for a while her life was
despaired of. Treatment was pre
scribed by rural telephone ur.til the ar
rival of the physician, and it Is now
thought the child will recover.
Pulajanes Killed Three Scouts.
MANILA, P. I.—The Pulajanes in
Samar attacked boats carrying supplies,
on the Surigaio river, killed three
scouts and wounded one. Five Pula
janes were killed. The supplies weit>
saved.
Spelling Reform Congress.
NEW YORK—Andrew Carnegie, ac
companied by his wife and daughter,
returned from Europe Sunday on the
Celtic and had something to say re
garding reformed speling. Efforts were
being pu forth, he said, to have all
the English branches of the Reform
spelling association meet u conven
tion. It was said Canada and Aus
tralia would send delegates. He d«
ilared that President Roosevelt had
Jone more to accomplish reform spell
ing than all the reform philologists had
lone in twenty years.
Disastrous Gas Explosion.
COFFEYVILLE, KAS.—Three per
sons were killed, one is missing, four
were seriously injured and twenty
nore were more or less injured in a
;errific explosion of natural gas, which
sompletely demolished five two-story
srick business blocks here Sunday.
William O. Robson Dead
BOSTON William O. Robson, ft*
he past twenty-nine years supreme
iocrotary of the Royal Arcanum, died
>f pneumonia at his home i* Welies'ev
Jills after an Illness of two" days.