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NEBRASKA’S VOTE ESULT8 A8 FAR A8 REPORTS HAVE COME IN. heldon’s Vote Compared With That of Mickey Two Years ago—The Con gressional Outcome—Names of Suc cessful Senators and Representa tives. THE STATE TOTH. 2 2 K » cr if a 9 . B> •» (5 *1 • £ ' = * 5 o'* * * COUNTY. ? \ ? ! *1 ! is; • *i ; Adams . 1533 1752 1829 1904 Antelope ... 1314 973 1477 1162 Banner . 68 25 136 44 Blaine . Ill 74 107 73 Boone . 1481 689 1450 1300 Box Butte .. 401 403 566 3*3 Boyd . 714 528 992 604 Brown . 450 278 509 271 Buffalo . 2007 1660 2148 1603 Burt . 1640 >43 1793 979 Butler . 1405 1511 1374 1916 Cass . 2354 164* 2245 8099 Cedar . 1167 11*2 1613 1433 Chaae . 211 235 297 310 Cheyenne. 4X9 . 293 663 2*5 Clay . 15*2 1477 1684 1750 Colfax . 645 7 54 *23 116* Cuming _ *88 1340 1153 1671 Dakota . 648 524 764 645 Dawes . 606 384 683 454 Dawson _ 1273 102T 1412 1173 Dixon . 908 707 1225 1010 Dodge . 1948 1956 2248 2290 Douglas _ 9526 9322 10532 12881 Fillmore_ 1623 1483 1661 1764 Franklin_ 922 *27 1074 1013 Frontier_ 777 6*7 *5* 685 Furnas . 1113 1145 130* 1146 Gaga .. | 2649 1893 3731 2096 Garfleld _ 322 200 341 241 Grant . 65 43 87 76 Greeley. 593 732 660 840 Gosper . 318 399 454 473 Hall . 1844 1515 3120 1479 Hamilton ... 1117 1000 995 839 Harlan . 726 1285 995 839 Hayes . 23* 183 2*4 194 Hooker . 50 36 54 45 Howard - 857 1086 1033 1148 Jefferson ... 1573 90< 1845 1121 Johnson _ 1235 838 1845 1121 Kearney_ 876 886 1075 966 Keith . 189 202 215 217 Kimball _ 71 32 115 50 Knox . 1146 1262 1557 1688 Lancaster ... 5660 3229 6536 4601 Merrick .... 967 790 985 961 Madison _ 1614 1233 1883 1588 Nance . 883 627 1003 707 Nemaha - 1468 1140 1541 1528 Nuckolls ... 1229 962 1424 1140 Otoe . 1833 1435 2192 2065 Pawnee .... 1340 810 1576 834 Perkins _ 134 151 138 181 Pierce . 777 728 907 995 Platte . 1048 2146 4350 2224 Polk . 902 930 896 1426 Red Willow. 1056 979 1164 754 Richardson . 1760 1621 2213 2141 Baline . 1791 1514 1973 1800 Barpy . 722 796 742 997 Saunders . . . 1800 1967 2290 2294 Scott’s Bluff. 508 227 432 233 Seward . 1617 1496 1751 1842 Sherman .... 620 673 669 693 Stanton _ 592 641 708 789 Thurston ... 466 501 649 671 Washington 1198 1067 1485 1313 Wayne . 969 756 1070 1034 Webster _ 1056 979 1328 1147 Dork . 1977 13791 2112 1640 Totals .. 91888 80263!105807| 97194 CONGRESSIONAL VOTE. First District. Bur- LaMas Pollard. Dovle. kett. ters. Cass . 2125 1822 2548 1871 Johnson _ 1116 860 1436 1019 Lancaster .. 5283 3475 7124 2878 Nemaha - 1304 1263 1750 1301 Otoe . 1775 1513 2438 1787 Pawnee . 1292 837 1666 745 •Richardson. 42 2213 2141 Totals _12895 9812 19275 11742 Pollard's majority, 3,083. Second District. Hitchcock and Kennedy ran a close race in Douglas county for congress, the latter carrying the county by 7G. In each of the outside counties of the district, Sarpy and Washington, Hitchcock secured a majority of over 200, giving him the election by a ma jority of 350. ‘ ,Third District. Me- Mc Boyd.Graves.Carthy. Killip. Antelope ... 1383 940 1595 1068 Burt . 1608 926 1912 852 Boone . 1303 1031 1444 1323 'Cedar . 1089 1260 1581 1381 .Colfax . 717 870 977 1173 Cuming . 909 1429 1285 1551 Dakota . 561 549 800 631 Dixon . 797 820 1412 868 Dodge . 1909 1976 2186 2398 Knox . 1514 1206 1774 1623 Madison .... 1542 1172 1597 1499 Merrick _ 962 724 1145 805 Nance . 852 656 1036 671 Pierce . 796 674 971 926 Platte . 1092 2080 1435 2176 Btanton _ 400 644 743 726 Thurston ... 345 656 670 666 Wayne . 920 786 1228 879 Totals _18789 18449 24151 21210 Plurality ... 349 _ 2941 _ Fourth District. Hin- Gil Htnshaw. Thomas, shaw. bert. Butler . 1421 1544 1544 1739 (Fillmore .... 1603 1472 1829 1564 ■Gage . 3019 1841 4084 1720 Hamilton ... 1179 1055 1586 1274 Jefferson _ lo.4 735 2264 724 golk . 921 953 1043 1152 aline . 1839 14J1 2259 1548 Saunders ... 1389 1868 2624 1917 ?eward . 1496 1655 2034 1521 ork .| 1977| 1379| 2112| 1640 Totals _17349 13728 21379 14799 Thayer county missing. Fifth District. Suther- * Norris, land. Norrls.Mauck. Adams. 1600 1751 2029 1752 Chase . 310 227 297 21v Clay . 1567 1523 1859 1539 Franklin ... . 937 903 1118 963 Frontier_ 845 625 947 602 Furnas . 1288 96S 1482 979 Gosper . 353 365 517 400 Hall . 1860 1443 2256 1270 Harlan . 1064 939 1073 759 Hayes . 183 163 306 192 Kearney_ 889 837 1117 918 Nuckolls ... 1151 1073 1441 1147 Perkins _ 139 149 161 161 Webster _ 1142 957 1433 1036 Red Willow. 1142 957 1324 620 Totals _15898 14303 19058 9927 Hitchcock and Phelps counties miss ing • Sixth District. Shum- Kin- Mc Klnkaid. way. kaid. Neel. tanner . 72 18 135 44 laine. 128 74 130 49 Box Butte .. 418 237 622 323 Boyd . 818 462 1224 564 Brown. 503 236 574 222 Buffalo . 2078 X555 2296 1602 Cheyenne ... 44* 271 034 822 D*Wson .... 1331 991 1575 1026 Dawes . 669 336 791 360 Garfield. 369 157 409 177 Grant ....... 64 43 87 76 Greeley . 569 670 738 782 Hooker . 68 27 54 46 Howard _ 850 2052 1072 088 Keith . 217 176 215 317 Kimball - 77 2* 132 38 Sherman _ 651 654 705 648 Scott's Bluff. 475 280 470 170 Totals _12600 9471 15223 9385 Cherry, Custer, Holt. Keya Paha, Lin coln, Logan, Loup, McPherson, Rock, Sheridan, Sioux, Thomas. Valley and Wheeler counties missing. Nebraska Assembly. Following is the roll of the two houses, with residence and politics, as far as known at this writing: Senate. Dis. Name and Residence. Politics. 1— W. H. Wilson Table Roek.R 2— J. G. O'Connell, Tecumaeh.ft 3— Schuyler Buck. Berlin .V 4— Jesse I* Root, Piattsmouth.R 5— W. R. Patrick. Papilllon.F 8—L* C. Gibson. South Omaha.R C. L. Saunders. Omaha.R B. F. Thomas, Omaha.R 8—George W. Wiltse. Randolph..R *—E. D. Gould. Wolbach.R 10—W. D. Holbrook, Ames.R It—Charles Randall. Newman G've...R 18—John C. Byrnea. Columbus.F IS—Frank W. Phillips, Star.R 14,—David .Hanna.. Valentine .R 15—Byron H. Glover. Comstock.R 18—R. M. Thomson, Ravenna.R 17— Fred W. Ashton. Grand Inland...F 18— E. L. King. Osceola.R 19— C. H. Aldrich. David City.R 20— Joe Burns. Lincoln .R J. C. F. McKesson. Lincoln.R 21— >H. E. Sackett, Beatrice.R :.’2—Dr. P. F. Dodson. Wilber.R 23— Dr. F. Wilcox .R 24— Lewis Goodrich. Fairmont .R 25— C. H. Eperaon, Falrfleld.R 26— W. E. Thorne, Bladen .R 27— A. L. Clarke, Hdhttngs., .R 28— C. A. Luce, Republican City.R 29— A. Wilsey. Mu or he Id .R 30— Charles A. bibley. North Platte..R Haase. Dis. Name and Residence. Politics. 1— Albert otalder. Humboldt .R Frank Shubert, Shubert .R Cass Jones. Rulo.R 2— N. A. Steinauer, Stetnauer.R W. P. Raper, Pawnee City.R 3— W. D. Redmond, Peru.F E. R. Quackenbush, Auburn.F 4— Charles W. Pool. Tecumseb.F 5— J. W. Armstrong:, Auburn.R 6— Clarence France, Syracuse .F Charles Duncan. Unadllla.F 7— Frank J. Davis, Weeping Water.R Charles E. Noyes. Louisville.R 8— M. T. Harrison, Dunbar.R 9— Howard Whitney, Springfield... .F 10—S. C. Barnes. Omaha.R F. C. Best, Omaha.R H. T. Clarke. Jr., Omaha.R N. P. Dodge, Jr.. Omaha.R A. R. Harvey. Omaha .R Michael Lee. Omaha .R Edward Leeder. Omaha .R F. S. Tucker. Omaha.R James Walsh, Omaha .R 11 — H. B. Shoettger, Arlington.F 12— H. D. By ram. Decatur.R 13— 1. C. Eller. Blair.R 14— I. H. Knowles. Fremont.R Fred Howe. Norrh Bend.F 15— Charles Graff, Bancroft.F 10—J. Heffernan, Jackson .F 17— Adam Pilger. Stanton.F 18— J. O. Milligan. Wakefield.R 19— John Kuhl, Randolph .F 20— G. W. Saunders. Bazile Mills.... R 21— Dr. W. tr. Fletcher, Orchard....R 22— Aubrey Smith. St. Edward.R 23— T. C. Alderson, Madison.R 24— James Greig. Wjodville .F 25— John Weems, Fullerton .F 26— J. C. Van Housen, Schuyler.F 27— T. Cone. Wahoo .F A. W. Vopolenski. Prague.F 28— John Talbot, David City.R J. M. Bolen. David City.F 29— Dr. F. A. Marsh. Seward.R J. P. Stolz. Milford.R 30— I. W. Blyston, Lincoln.R E. W. Brown. Lincoln.R Ned B. BroWh, Lincoln.R Frank Rejcha. Hallam .R Dr. L. S. Gilman, Havelock.R 31— Fred G. Johnson, Dorcht ster... R J. J. Rohrer. Friend.R 32— Adam McMullen, Wymore .R D. J. Killen. Adams.R C. W. McCulougli. Blue Springs..R 33— Dr. C. H. Culdice, Dewitt.R 34— W. C. Line. Diller .R 35— Thomas Lahners Belvidere.R 36— J. P. Thiessen. Jansen.R 37— Samuel I^ogsdon, Shickley .R F. O. Edgecombe, Geneva .R 38— 1. E. Hart. Gresham.R D. W. Baker. Benedict.R 39— J. B. Buckley. Stromsburg.R 40— Emil Hansen. Archer .R 41— W. I. Farley, Aurora.:.R Wm. Hagemeister. Henderson....R 42— D. M. Nettleton. Fairfield.R Dr. A. J. Jennison, Howard.R 4 3—J. W. Keifer. Jr.. Bostwick.R 45— A. S. Howard. Trumbull.F 46— A. S. Bessick. Red Cloud.F 47— E. O. White. Cairo.R A. L. Scudder. Doniphan.R 49—Soren M. Fries. St. Paul.F 49—T. H. Doran, Burwell.R 52— A. H. Metzger, Merriam.F 53— George M. Adams, Crawford.F 55— J. P. Baird. Ord.R 56— William Warren. Callaway.R F. C. Wilson, Anselmo..R 57— E. A. Brown, Lcup City.F 58— G. W. Barrett. Shelton.R F. G. Hamer, Kearney.R 59— H. T. Worthing. Overton.F 60— John Marlatt. Newark.F 61— Willis NefT. HIMreth.R 62— Joseph Snyder. Alma.F 63— P C. Funk. Funk.F 64— Frank Masters, Spring Green....R 65— Philip Gliem. Danbury .R 67—J. C. Hill, Imperial.R Civil War Veteran Found Dead. FREMONT—Cbroner Overgaard held an inquest on the body of David Eperle, an old mail who was found ir a shanty on a small island south west of this city, where he had lived alone for six years, allowing no one to enter his shack, or even remain on the island If he could prevent it. He served during the war in a Pennsyl vania regiment and had received spec ial mention in orders for gallent con duct Twice every three months he came to Fremont to execute his pen sion voucher and draw his check. He would then buy a few supplies and a generous amount of whiskey and re turn to his shanty. Engler Goes to Illinois. A requisition from Governor Deneen of Illinois for Adolph Engler was hon ored by Governor Mickey. Engler Is the man taken from a Rock Island train at Falrbury, on the theory that he was Leonard Leopold, the murder suspect. He was able to prove his identity, but Is wanted in Chicago for another alleged crime. Taxes of Executive Mansion. LINCOLN—Taxes amounting to $300 are due on the executive mansion, and some one has to pay. either the state, or D. B. Thompson. The county taxing authorities have discovered the taxes for the year 1899 have not been paid, tA representative of D. E. Thompson said the building was sold to the state before April 1, 1899, and there fore the taxes are not due from Mr. Thompson. The matter has been re ferred to the Board of Public Lands and Buildings. Penitentiary Self-Sustaining. Warden Beemer of the state peni tentiary is working on his biennial report, which will show this year the state penitentiary to be self-sustain ing. At this time in the special peni tentiary labor fund there is about $97,000, the receipts from contract la bor and from, the sale of farm pro ducts. This amount of money. Warden '■Beemer said, will about pay the ex penses for the next biennium. This Is About what he will ask the legislature to appropriate. A number of cases of scarlet fever are reported in Nemaha county. The Lutheran organization will en deavor to build a church at Sunder land at a cost of approximately $1,500. For some time the project has been under consideration, and recently it has been decided to make an effort to raise the necessary amount by the subscription of stock method. Whether or not sufficient money can be raised will no doubt depend upon the inter est that can be awakened among the members of the church. D. T. Gilman of Sioux City, la., has sued in federal court to gain posses sion of a farm in Knox county this state, now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Butterdeld. Gilman claims that the property is his and that it is valued at $8,000. W. T. Allen, who came to Beatrice recently from Iowa to open the audi torium with a vaudeville company, has disappeared and no trace of him can be found. He leaned the rooms upon his arrival in Beatrice. Palmer ft Co., of whom he purchased furniture and carpets, took possession of the good*: MOVED. nmmuiu-mari HU""’1'*■ -i<#.iii»niiii a & cahw b. '*Wk CHARGED WITH BEBATIHG MANY COUNTS IN BILLS \OTED AT MINNEAPOLIS. Federal Grand Jury Brings in Eleven Indictments Alleging Refunds Were Given. Minneapolis, Minn.—Eleven indict ments were handed to Judge Locbren In the United States district court at 4:10 p. m. Thursday, and they cover the giving of rebates by certain rail roads and the receiving of the same by grain firms and individuals. The list of corporations against which the indictments were voted, as given out by Assistant District Attorneys Ewart and Dickie, who have had charge of the cases, were as follows: The Great Northern Railroad com pany, four indictments and about 75 counts. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railway, one indictment and 50 codnts. Wisconsin Central railway, one in dictment and 17 counts. Minneapolis & St. Louis railway, one indictment and five counts. The indictments against the rail roads charge the giving of rebates, and under the head of receiving re bates the following true bills were re turned: W. P. Devereaux company; Mc Caull-Dinsmore company, Minneapo lis; Ames-Brooke company, of Duluth; Duluth Milling company. Some of the specific charges con tained in the indictments against the Great Northern railway were two in dictments for giving rebates to the Spencer Grain company, one for giv ing to the McCaull-Dinsmore company and for giving rebates to the Spencer Grain company. The Omaha railroad, the Wisconsin Central, the Minneapolis & St. Louis were charged with favoring the Spen cer Grain company. The companies indicted who are not railroad compa nies are charged with receiving re bates. ADMITS CONTROL BY STANDARD Waters-Pierce Manager Tells of Re ports to No. 26 Broadway. St. Louis.—Hearing of the deposi tions of the defense in the ouster suit of Missouri against the Standard Waters-Pierce and Republic Oil com panies was resumed Friday. C. L. Ackert, general manager of the Waters-Pierce company, was again on the stand. Mr. Ackert admitted that the Stand ard Oil company of Indiana controls the Waters-Pierce, the Republic and the St. Louis International Oil com panies, although the subsidiary com panies are active competitors for business in St. Louis. He admitted that agreement had been made be tween the Waters-Pierce and the Standard companies regarding cer tain territory that each company was to do business in, and told of the al lotment of the territories. He also testified that the selling prices of the Waters-Pierce and other companies were fixed by the Standard. To Sue Roads for License Fees. Madison, Wis.—Attorney General Sturdevant Thursday announced that he would bring suit against the Bur lington, the Illinois Central and the Green Bay and Western railroads to collect back license fees. The suits are in line with suits prosecuted against other roads and the time ex tends back 20 years in cases. Wades to His Death. Montiecllo, Minn.—Theodore Moch ell, aged 65, a wealthy farmer near here, left his home Thursday morning and deliberately waded out into the Mississippi river to a point beyond his depth and was drowned. Cashier Hering Sentenced. Chicago.—Henry W. Hering, former cashier of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, pleaded guilty to forgery and embezzlement in Judge Pinckney's court Monday afternoon and was sen tenced to the penitentiary. Disastrous Blaze in China. Canton.—A conflagration on the river aide opposite the European quar ter on the island suburb of Shameon, Thursday destroyed over 500 houses, including all the restaurants, brothels and gambling houses. — Odessa Russians Off to Mines. Odessa.—The court-martial which has been trying the agitators indicted for instigating a revolt of the garrison of Odessa Thursday sentenced two of them, Leads and Politsovsky, to be transported to Siberia. BOY BANDIT HOLDS UP A TRAIN Lone Youth Forces Pullman Crew to Collect His Booty. Chicago.—A lone boy bandit, weigh ing scarcely 110 pounds, held up the Golden State limited, the fast Chi cago, Rock Island & Pacific train, Thursday night near Slater, Mo., and telling the passengers that he was from Missouri, robbed the rear Pull man car, forcing the porter to col lect in his cap the booty from the oc cupants of each berth. He allowed the women in the car to go unmo lested, saying that "Jesse James never robbed ladies.” After securing about $70 from the passengers, he lined up the Pullman conductor, flagman and porter, and prepared to invade the other cars, but was thwarted by the conductor, who, as he entered the forward car at the head of the line, snapped the lock and shut out the bandit. The youth then pulled the bell rope, shouting: "Good night, kiddos,” and disappeared in the gloom. BANK AT LA SALLE, ILL., ROBBED Two Bandits Secure $7,000. From Cashier and Escape. La Salle, 111.—The Farmers' and Miners’ bank, of Ladd, a mining town, was held up and robbed Monday after noon. The assistant cashier, J. J. Hurley, was alone in the bank when two men entered and asked for some pennies. The next moment, covering Mr. Hurley wi{h revolvers, they ordered him to throw up his hands. The robbers then marched Hurley to a back room, where they bound him hand and foot. The robbers then helped themselves to cash and escaped. They left $130 in gold besides a quantity of silver on the bank counter and disturbed little in the vault. The amount of their booty will be about $7,000 as near as the bank of ficers were able to estimate the loss. MOB IS CHECKED IN WISCONSIN Officers Prevent Lynching of Prisoner at Spring Green. Spring Green, Wis.—Prompt and de cisive action by the local authorities Thursday prevented the lynching of Thomas Balf, who is accused of as sautling Mrs. Edward Frank. Balf, who was captured at Madison Wednesday, was brought here at noon Thursday for his hearing, and the train with the officer and prisoner was met by an enraged mob. which only needed a leader to carry out a lynching. Balf spent most of the afternoon in jail, and during much of the time there was a crowd about the jail yel ling, “Hang him!” When it came time to catch the 4:30 train, however, the officers braved the mob, and then they were forced to run from the would-be lynchers. The constables and Balf reached the train safely. New Congressman Kills Man. Baton Rouge, La. — Democratic Congressman-elect Judge George R. Favret, Wednesday evening shot and instantly killed his lifelong asso ciate and former schoolmate, Dr. H. H. Aldrich, one of the best known citi zens of Baton Rouge. While hundreds of persons were near the scene of the shooting none knew what happened between the two men. Judge Favrot refused to talk beyond letting it be known that the matter was a private quarrel. Goes Insane; Slashes Mother. Appleton, Wis.—George Horner, a butcher, became suddenly insane Fri day and began to kill a number of chickens running in the yard. His mother attempted to interfere and he attacked her with a butcher knife. Pottery Plant Destroyed. Columbus, O.—A $50,000 fire visit ed the plant of the Columbus Pottery company, located at Chaseland, de stroying the front half of the build ing. The blaze originated in a new kiln on the outside of the building. Harahan Heads Illinois Central. New York. — By the election Wednesday of J. T. Harahan as presi dent of the Illinois Central Railroad company, to succeed Stuyvesant Fish, it is believed that E. H. Hardman has at last realized the, fulfillment of his plan to control a railroad line from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Illinois Central Official Dead. Chicago.—John Colvin Welling, vice president of the Illinois Central and in that capacity director of its account ing department since 1890, died Friday HITCHCOCK TO RETIRE J. R. GARFIELD WILL SUCCEED AS SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. MOODY WILL BE JUSTICE President Announces Appointment of Attorney General to the Supreme Bench to 8ucceed Justice Henry Billings Brown. Washington. — Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcodk will retire from President Roosevelt's cabinet on the 4th of next March, and James R. Garfield, of Ohio, at present commissioner of corporations, grill succeed him. Herbert Knox Smith, now assistant commissioner of cor porations, will be appointed to Mr. Garfield’s place. These changes and that of the retirement of Commission er Richards of the general land office on March 4 were announced in the following statement from the Whiter House Wednesday: The secretary of the interior. Mr. Hitchcock, has Informed the president that he would be unable to stay after March 4. Mr. Hitchcock has for some time felt that the very exhausting work he has been engaged in for over eight years in the interior department was wearing on him so as to-make it impossible for him much longer to remain. At the president's earnest request he consented to accept a re appointment on March 4, 1905, at the time of the president's inauguration. J. R. Garfield. But he then stated that he could not say how long he could stay, and he feels now he must insist on being re lieved after March 4. Declines Foreign Post. The president urged him to accept the ambassadorship to France, but Mr. Hitchcock feels that he is entitled to absolute rest and was obliged to re fuse the offer. The president went carefully over with Mr. Hitchcock the i choice of a successor who could be depended upon to carry on with ab- i solute fidelity the present policies of the department, and agreed with Mr. Hitchcock that the be3t man to carry | on the exceedingly onerous, difficult | and responsible work of the depart- j ment was Mr. James R. Garfield, at ; present commissioner of corporations. ' Mr. Garfield has accordingly been no- , tified that he will be appointed on ! March 4. when Mr. Hitchcock retires, i Land Commissioner Resigns. Commissioner Richards has informed the president that in accordance with his intention, expressed to Secretary Hitchcock last May. he will resign, his resignation to be eeffctive March 4. This will complete eight years of service in the land office, four years as assistant commissioner, and lour years as commissioner. His succes sor has not yet been determined upon. The assistant commissioner of cor porations. Mr. Herbert Knox Smith, will succeed Mr. Garfield as commis sioner of corporations. Mr. Smith has filled the position of assistant commissioner of corpora tions since August 15, 1903. He was appointed from Connecticut. Moody to Be Supreme Justice. The president Wednesday an nounced the appointment of Attorney General William Henry Moody of Massachusetts as justice of the su preme court of the United States, to succeed Justice Henry Billings Brown, who retired some time ago. Mr. Moody has filled the oflice of attorney general since July 1, 1904. Previous to that time he had served for more than two years as secretary of the navy. He had also represented his state in the fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fif ty-sixth and fifty-seventh congresses. It is generally expected that Mr. Moody will retire from the depart ment of justice the latter part of De cember. Former Governor’s Wife Dead. St. Louis. — Mrs. Esther A. Stan ard, wife of former Gov. E. O. Stanard, died of neuralgia of the heart at her home here Wednesday. Mrs. Stanard was 73 years of age and although she had been ill for some time, her death came unexpectedly. London Has a New Lord Mayor. London.—Sir William Treloar's term of oflice as lord mayor of Lon don was inaugurated Friday with the time-honored pageant, but the usual gaudy, symbolical cars were eliminat ed from the procession. Prince Albert to Rule Congo. Brussels.—Prince Albert of Fland ers, nephew of King Leopold, was Fri day officially declared the successor of the king as sovereign of the Congo j independent state. This puts an end to the controversy. Robbers Commit Murder. Louisville.—Mrs. John Etley, wife of a factory employe and the mother of six children, was found in bed Thursday with her throat cut and skull fractured. Coroner Kelly believes the motive for murder was robbery. Two Die in Train Wre sk. Greenville, O.—Conductor James Wllsou and Orln Risen, a trainman, were killed and three others injured as a result of a collision between a freight and a wreck train on the Cin- I cinnati Northern railroad at Rossburg. I NINE WORKMEN ARE DEAD FLOORS OF NEW HOTEL STRUC TURE GIVE WAY. Disaster Due to Insecure Footing on Ocean Front Which Weakened the Whole Maee. Long Beach, Cal.—With no warn ing, save the cries of the workmen who first felt the floors sag .beneath their feet, five stories of the central wing of the new $750,000 Bixby hotel collapsed at 9:35 Friday morning, car rying nine men to death in the tons of tangled wreckage. About ISO ar tisans and laborers were scattered through the structure at the moment it fell, and of these nearly 100 were carried down in the ruins. Five bodies have been taken from the mass of debris in the basement and one of the injured died at the Long Beach hospital. Three other bodies have been lo cated in the ruins, making nine the total known dead. Thirteen men on the contractor's rolls are unaccounted for and nine injured are being, cared 'for at the hospitals. None of the in jured will die. Following is a list of the dead: R. M. Perkins, concrete worker. Long Beach. Carlton Brashear, signal bill, near Long Beach. A. Bensenso, laborer. Albert Hartie, carpenter, Long Beach. One unidentified body. L. M. Phillips, No. 659 Maple ave nue, Los Angeles, died of injuries. The missing: M. Johnson, E. Paz. P. Wanders, — Jansen, A. D. Deshaser, L. Lopez, M. J. Wilson, S. M. Norton, all labor ers; A. Long, Louis Zelker, C. John son, O. Butoch, carpenters; R. E. Cun ningham, plumber. VThe new hotel is built on the beach and stands facing the ocean. To this fact Contractor A. F. Spaulding at tributes the disaster, claiming that the footings were insecure and weak ened the structure. John Austin, of the firm of Austin & Brown, architects for the building, ascribes the disaster to the prema ture removal of the supports of the concrete work on the fifth floor, al leging that the cement had been given but three instead of six weeks to “set.” Almost without exception, the men contend that the building fell from the top, carrying the lower floor with it. ALLEGE FRAUD IN BOILER TUBES Federal Grand Jury Indicts Employes of Shelby Company. ! Pittsburg, Pa. — Indictments were returned by the federal grand jury in this city Friday against J. Jay Dunn, Charles T. Close and 1 Frank T. Emmett, officials and em j ployes of the Shelby Steel Tube com pany, charging them with conspiracy to defraud the government in connec tion with the boiler tubes furnished j for a number of battleships. There are 30 specific counts against | the men and it is alleged the con I s pi nicy was in operation over a period I from 1892 to January 1, 1905. The ia : dictments further assert that the de j fective tubes were placed in boilers ] that were used on 12 war vessels, among them being the Louisiana, up on which President Roosevelt is now making his trip to Panama. MOTHER AND BABES SUFFOCATE Fire in New York Tenement Proves Fatal to Five. Xew York.—In a fire in an East Side five-story tenement house on I Madison street Thursday night a wo man and her four children were suffo I i ated. The family, named Ginsberg, occup j pied apartments on an upper floor and j their escape was cut off by the smoke and flames in the lower part of the building. More than 50 women were taken down the fire escapes by firemen. The fire in the lower floors had fillled the halls and stairways with smoke and cut off the means of escape. All of them were taken down fire escapes and ladders by the firemen, who then searched the halls and upper apart ments. Mexicans Fire on Rangers. Laredo. Tex. — Four Texas ran gers sent to Rio Grande City to quiet turbulent political conditions there and investigate the assassina tion of District Judge Welch, w-hich occurred the night before the elec tion, were ambushed by a body of armed Mexicans between Fordyce and Rio Grande City late Thursday night. The rangers were asleep in camp when awakened by a volley of shots from the darkness. A pitched battle ensued and four of the attack ing party were killed, one fatally wounded and two captured. The rangers escaped unscathed. Gov. Lanthan ordered a company of cavalry to Starr county, and a spe cial train is now- carrying the troops on a fast run. Banker Killed in Auto Wreck. Des Moines, la.—Henry Dewitt, as sistant cashier of the Bank of Sully, a small town east of here, was in stantly killed, and Frank Sherman, cashier, will probably die as the re sult of an automobile accident. King Edward 65 Years Old. London—King Edward Friday cele brated his sixty-fifth birthday quietly at Sandringham Friday, surrounded by his family. He is in excellent health. Many congratulatory mes sages reached his majesty. Prohibit Gambling in Panama. Panama.—The national assembly Thursday unanimously approved a bill prohibiting gambling in the repub lic. It will now be signed by Presi dent Amador, and gambling on the isthmus will become a thing of the past. American Volcano Active. Trinidad, Col. — Mount Culebra, which is located 40 miles west of Trinidad, is reported in a state of eruption, smoke and vapor can be seen issuing from the mountain. IMPERIALORDERS SOLDIERS ARE FORBIDDEN PO LITICAL A880CIATI0N. COMMITTEES ARE SUPPRESSED Move is Intended to Keep .Masses from Participating in Election—Offi cials Are Dismissed for Refusing to Leave Constitutional Party. ST. PETERSBURG — An imperial order has been issued forbidding sol diera of all ranks to become members of political associations of any party whatsoever, attend political meetings or take part in agitation against the government. Violations of the order will be severely punished. ODESSA—All the electoral commit tee* in this vicinity and the province* have been suppressed and their Dine tioDs have been transferred to the town councils. The arrangements made by these committees have been cancelled and their official posters have been removed from the walls of Odes sa by the police. These measures, which are intended to prevent the mass of the people from taking part in the campaign for the election of member* tc the lower house of Parliament, have produced a painful Impression here The students of Odessa university elected their electoral committee with th following poll: Social revolutionist candidates,-712; social democrats, 777; laborites, 188; constitutional demo crats, 167; government supporters. 317; Zionists, 105. According to advices received here from Ekate.inoslav and Kishinev 104 men were today sent into exile ft>r minor political offenses. Local gover nors are dismissing officials for refus ing to leave the ranks of the constitu tional democratic party and axe prom ising promotion with the alternative of banishment if the officials will at tach themselves to parties friendly to the government. TIFLIS—A deafening bomh explo sion occurred on Pethanski street at an early hour this morning while the police were searching an unoccupied house. The noise of the explosion was audible for a great distance and the entire city was shaken. Three police men wer killed and four wounded. The police discovered some revolu tionary proclamations under a bed in one of the rooms of the house. They then went to a window and pulled aside a curtain. There was a flash of blue flame, followed immediately by the explosion, the force of which was so great that the body of a sergeant, one of the men killed, was hurled over a neighboring roof. The whole upper portion of the house fell in. OFFICIAL RETURNS IN KANSAS Democrats Concede the Re-election of Hoch. TOPEKA, Kas.—Complete ofTvial re turns from ninety-six out of 105 coun ties, received at 8 o’clock tonight, give Governoer E. W. Hoch a plurality of 2,000 votes over William A. Harris, democrat. The nine counties still out are all small ones, but probably bring Governor Hoch's plurality down to 2 000 or less. The democratic campaign managers nowr concede the election of Hoch. but claim that his plurality is considerably lt'ss than 2.000. NUMBER OF LAND ENTRIES. Increase for First Quarter Was 12, 388. WASHINGTON—The total number of land entries for the first quarter of the fiscal year 1907 was 53,626. an in crease of 12,38S over the first quarter rent fiscal year were $2,253,003, an of the fiscal year 1906. The total re ceipts for the first quarter of the cur increase of $789,666 over the first quarter of the preceding year. MRS. DAMON IS DEAD. Last Widow of a Soldier of tne Revo lutionary War. RUTLAND. Vt. — Mi’s. Esther Sum ner Damin, said to be the last surviv ing widow of a soldier of the Revolu tionary war, died at her home in Ply mouth Union, aged 93. She was mar i ried in 1835, when 21 years old. to Noah Damon, who was then 73 years old. Damon served through the revo lutionary war, having enlisted in 1775 Mr. Harahan Takes Charge. CHICAGO—J. T. Harahan, who suc ceeded Stuyvesant Pish as president of the Illinois Central Railroad com pany, returned from New York and asumed active control of the system, going at once to his office and attack ing a mass of accumulated corres pondence. Mr. Harahan set aside doubts concerning the future of the road by stating emphatically that there would he no change of policy. Sails Over Mount Blanc. AIX LES BAINS — The balloon Mi lano, which was sent up from the Mi lan international exposition, has ar rived here after having traveled over Mount Blanc. , -- Man Killed by Pet Deer. NEW YORK — It was definitely es tnlished, at Montclair, N. J., that a pet buck deer killed Herbert Bradley, a wealthy flour exporter, whose dead body was found on the preserves at his home there. Deputy County Phy sician Simmons of Orange, fonnd that Mr. Bradley’s death was due primarily to the deer’s ripping open of an artery lr. his hip. The horns of the buck, the largest one belonging to Mr. Bradley were found to be covered with blood. The animal also attacked him with Its hoofs. Senators Will Investigate. KANSAS CITY, Mo.—United States Senators Clark of Wyoming, Long of Kansas, Brandegee of Connecticut, Teller of Colorado and Clark of Mon tana, the full senate committee on In dian affairs, arrived here today from their respective homes and held an Informal meeting. The committee will meet formally tomorrow, and to morrow night will depart for Vinlta, to begin their investigations of mat ters vital to Indian Territory, and on which legislation is likely this win tar.