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.
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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.
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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. ,
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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.