Nebraska Newspapers

    THIS IN NEBRASKA1
events of interest of more
OR LESS IMPORTANCE.
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Preparations Making for the Legisla
ture—Nebraska Wolf Bounty—
Miscellaneous Matters.
Repeal of Wolf Bounty Urged.
Deputy Auditor Cook is in favor of
repealing the law which provides a
bounty for wolf scalps. The last legis
lature appropriated $15,000 for this
purpose and this has been used and
W there are now on file in the auditor's
office claims amounting to $20,000. A
letter was received by the deputy au
ditor asking if the next legislature
would appropriate any more money as
a wolf fcounty. One man sent in a
voucher and explained that he was
out hunting with a party which killed
eight wolves
Norfolk Interested in Road.
NORFOLK — Norfolk and northern
Nebraska are intensely interested in
the newly projected Yankton-Gulf line
of railroad m which United States
Senator Robert J. Gamble of South
Dakota is interested. Tt is believed
here that if the road is built it will
pass through Norfolk on the old pro
jected Yankton, Norfolk & Southwest- i
ern grade. This old grade was built
ten years ago when the line between
Yankton and Norfolk was first
planned. It passes straight north from j
orfolk, touching the edge of Pierce,
and then goes to the Missouri river j
through a virgin territory.
Preparing for Legislature.
The state board have re-located a
number of the offices to make room
for the legislative committees, as fol
lows: The state veterinarian moves to
4t;,e office of the treasurer: food com
missioner to retain one room on the
third floor; game warden and the
traveling library t the office of the
secretary of state; charity board to
the office of the governor; railway
■commission will be located perma
nently in the office of the secretary of
* state. Secretary of State Galusha was
authorized to secure bids on repairing
tne legislative halls and for papering
the bouse of representative room.
Seeks Pardon for Mrs. Lillie.
Mrs. Lullie, mother of Harvey Lillie,
for whose murder Mrs. Harvey Lillie
- ir serving a life sentence in the peni
* tentiary. called upon Governor Mickey
and asked for a pardon for her daugh
ter-in-law Mrs. Lillie furnished evi
dence to the governor which she be
lieved was of sufficient importance to
prove the convicted woman innocent
oi the murder. Inasmuch as the re
quest for a pardon has not been adver
tised according to the statute. Gover
nor Mickey will not look upon the re
quest of Mrs Lillie as official and will
take no action until proceeding is
taken according to law.
Child Burns to Death in Barn.
L.OCP CITY—A 2-year-old daughter
of Mrs. James Gray, who resides on a
!tarm about eight miles and a half
south of this village, was burned to
death. She and her little brother
were playing in the barn and evi
dently with matches, when the barn
caugt fire and was totally destroyed.
4 be little boy escaped uninjured. The
.:ttle girl ran out of the building with
her clothing all on fire and was
burned to a crisp. A cow also perished
in the flames. *
Run Over by Separator.
WILBER—On the farm of Frank
Tichy. east of town. Joe Kodera. em
ployed with a threshing outfit, was
driving a traction engine drawing a
separator when his pipe fell out of his
mouth. Stepping off the engine to
pick it up. he slipped and fell bo
ween the engine and separator the
wheels of the latter passing over him
breaking his right thigh and left
cheek bone.
Four Horses Stolen.
NORFOLK — Four horses were
stolen from the stable of John Dorsey
during the night, near Creighton.
There is no trace of the robbers. A
Jk, reward of $l(»b has been offered. Farm
ers all over northern Nebraska are
organizing into the North Nebraska
Live Stock Owners' Protective associa
tion. which is formed for the purpose
of tracing horse thieves and bringing
them to punishment.
Profit tr> Insoecting Oil.
State Oil Inspector Church put in
the treasury $1,131.38. the net receipts
of his office for October. The total
receipts amounted to $2.237.80 and the
expenses of the deputies and office
amounted to] $1,106.42. and it was only
a month for oil. anyhow.
> Alden Gets His Salary.
-'Sae State Board of Public Bands
and Buildings, allowed Dr. Alden, for
mer superintendent of tne Norfolk
asylum. $625 salary from the time
he was requested to resign by the
governor until he actually got out of
the institution.
Campaign Bills Filed.
Two of the successful republican
candidates filed the*r statements of
campaign excuses in the secretary of
state’s office. Auditor Searle makes af
fidavit to spending $44.95 in railroad
fare. $10 for printed cards and $20 for
postage, besides donating $125 to the
state campaign fund, making a total
of $209.95. Attorney General-elect
Thompson says he gave the state
committee $100 and went to the fur
ther expense of $18.74 for miscellan
eous items, including railroad fare,
stamps and telephone tolls.
Winter Wheat Figures.
The total acreage of winter wheat
^ In Nebraska for 1906. announced by
the state labor bureau upon reports
received from the various county as
sesosrs. is 1.852.085 acres, compared
with 1,74.1.856 acres last year. The
average yield per acre this year was
K 24J> bushels and last year it was 21.0S
bwFl els. The production this year is
4s&i9,363 bushels, against 36,630.319
"f bushels last year. The value of the
crop this year was $29,503,085.95.
against a total valuation last year of
f2S.441.223.30.
NEBRASKA BRIEFS.
j Hon. Church Howe, consul general
; at Montreal, is visiting in Nebraska
i fot two weeks.
Jesse Headley of Burt county plead
guilty to killing his father and was
1 sentenced t otwentv-three years in the
penitentiary.
The 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Willi 'm Tenscher of J precinct. Sew
ard county, was run over by the water
tank of a traction engine and instantly
killed.
Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews
will be the Nebraska representative at
the Social Education congress in Bos
ton November 2ft and Deoemt>er 2.
nebraska headed
Dennis Sullivan was killed in a run
away about six miles northwest of Co- j
lumbus. His lifeless body was found
| on the doubletrees of his wagan. The j
• only mark on the body was a bruise |
i on the back of the bead.
"Tice” Adams and Louis Fulton of
j Richardson county each busked 575
bushels of corn in five days, or 115
bushels per day. They received 2 cents
per bushel for .labor and were not
racing Corn is excellent all over and
■ much of it runs from sixty to seventy- ;
| five bushels per acre. .
The general merchandise store of
j F. H. Clark of Valley was broken intx>.
The burglars effected an ertrancse
through a door in the rear of the room
I used for the dry goods. Besides some
j clothing, the entire supply of razors
i and cutlery, just received for the
I Christmas trade was taken,
j Mrs. Sarah McKnight of Auburn.
who. on October 25 last, celebrated ter
! 81st birthday, received word on Sun
day that she was great, great grand
mother to a little boy born on ter
birthday. Mrs McKnight while at the
head of the fifth generation is un
, usually active and intellectual. The
i new baby lives at Yysilanti, Michigan.
Judge Walter H. Sanborn of the
! United States circuit court of appeals
for the Eighth district has issued an
order assigning United States District
i Judg e. Jacob Trieber of the eastern dis
trict of Arkansas to assist Judge Mon
ger in holding the November term of
the United States circuit and district
courts for the federal district of Neb
raska. Judge Trieber s assignment ;
begins November 3 and will continue j
1 until March 1. 1907.
William Shroder of Alaska is viait
mg in Beatrice with his sister. Mrs.
| William Schultz. Mr. Sehroeder has
sj>ent a great many years in the north
west. and brings back many r.ch
specimens of the gold found in that j
region. Among other things, he has
i a nugget made into a charm for ais
i nephew. Lieutenant Hugo Schultz, re- j
recently graduated from West Point. !
and ai present in the service of the :
regular army in the Philippines.
John Warner, an employe at ihe
crusher near Blue Springs, is another
victim to meet (lath there. He and
, two companions were loading crusted
rock ballast at the works when a train
passing struck a swinging beam used
in hoisting ballast to the cars, throw
ing it around and striking Warner on
the head from the effects of which he
died, and seriously injuring his com
panions. Warner leaves a wife and
two children. tb‘ family living in V>Ty- ;
more.
A. A. Duba. owner of a horse shoe
ing establishment in Waterloo, has
located his brother, of whom all mice
has been lost for nearly two score
years. Duba and his brother were
separated in childhood, the Waterloo '
man b-ing adopted by a family named
Duba. and he has carried this name
since. Mr. Duba has been endeavor
ing to locate his brother for several
years, and Sheriff Caldwell was suc
cessful in finding the missing relative.
He hears the name of Peter LaForce
and lives at Pueblo, Colo.
Merritt B Otis, a farmer whose
home is twelve miles from Newman
Grove, was choked to death in a pe
culiar manner. He had gone up on his
windmill to shut it off. There was no
wind when he started and apparently
; no danger. Before he could tum off
l the wheel a breeze sprang up and set
it in motion. A set screw caught in
the collar of Otis' coat and began
choking him. He managed to call to
bis wife for aid and ..ne ran out of
the house and climbed up on the frame I
and tried desperately to disentangle
his coat from the screw, but fated. ;
Before anything lurthsr could he done
the man choked to death.
Considerable excitement prevailed
at the Blakely schol house, west of
Beatrice, when a man entered the
school and seized little May Richard
son and Took her away with him in a
buggy. The girl has been living with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vandegrift. who i
are employed at the Kilpatrick ranch.
When her mother died, several months
ago. she was given into their custory.
and she has been living with them ever
since. The man claimed to be the
' child's father, and after he kaa entered
: the school house and demanded the
child Miss McDowell, the teacher, oro
i tested and attempted to prevent him
from taking th girl, but her efforts were
of no avail. He made good his es
cape.
B. W. Manville of Ulysses won $150
in gold as the first of seven prises
given by the J. 1. Case Threshing Ma
chine company, which were awarded
for the best advertisement written by
dealers in tbe United States and Can
ada
.lohn E. Stevens, who lives north
east of North Platte, was arrested and
fined $50 for larceny of property be
j longing to the Union Pacific. The prop
erty consisted of a car door, cross
arms for telegraph posts, lantern, ham
mer and enough other articles to fill
a dray.
Peter E. Olsen of Omaha, a lineman,
v ants $30,000 from the Omaha Electric
i Light and Power company for being
badly shocked while in the employ of
: the company.
Mrs. Amanda Pfeiffer, wife of
Charles Pfeiffer of Fremont, died at
the Norfolk asylum, and her remains
were brought to her home. She be
came violently insane about two
weeks ago and wap taken to Norfolk
for treatment. Her husband, who 'was
with bar most of the time she was in
Norfolk, and three daughters sunrise
j her.
A HARD WINTER AHEAD.
SEES CANAL IN HEAVY RAIN
PRESIDENT VIEWS WORK FROM
A STEAM SHOVEL.
Plies Engineer with Details Regard
ing Work and Pries Into
Every Corner.
Panama. — Squatting on a dec
orated steam shovel in a heavy
rain. President Roosevelt Friday
watched the giant engines digging
tons of mud. and later saw dynamite
blasts tear into the walls of the Cule
bra cut.
The president's energy took him in
to every kind of corner, which the ac
companying guards tried in vain to
keep him om of. All the dynamite had
been locked up to prevent the chance
that an anarchistic workman might
hesve a stick of the explosive under
the wheels of the president s train,
but these orders were peremptorily
countermanded by the executive, who
wanted to see things in actual opera
tion. He saw them.
At 8:30 o’clock the presidential
train arrived at Pedro Miguel, where
some steam shovels were at work.
They were all decorated. The presi
dent had his train stopped for the
purpose of making a personal examin
ation.
At this point in the cut the peculiar
soil conditions have resulted in more
or less frequent landslides, and this
fact was brought to the president's
attention.
President Roosevelt descended from
his train and climbed up on one of the
steam shovels, taking a seat along
side Engineer Gray, whom he subject
ed to a searching fire of questions re
garding the work. During his conver
sation Engineer Gray took the oppor
tunity, on behalf of himself and the
other engineers, to declare that unlike
the railroad engineers, they were not
paid for overtime. The president
promised to look into this matter. He
stayed on the steam shovel about 20
minutes. By this time it was raining
hard.
President Roosevelt told Chief En
gineer Stevens that he wanted to see
all the works in connection with ex
cavation even to the temporary laying
of tracks. With this in view he hoard
ed a work train near Dedro Miguel
and went on to the next point where
steam shovels were at work. Here
there was no danger of landslides.
The presidential train continued on
the regular line toward Panama. The
work of the second steam shovels was
observed and the president made a
detour to examine the site of the Ped
ro Miguel lock.
He shook hands with all the Amer
icans he met while walking over the
ground.
MOTHER AND CHILDREN PERISH
Four Burned to Death Despite Effort*
of Husband and Father.
Coldwater. Mich.—Mrs. Charles
Mowry. aged 21. and her three chil
dren. Homer, aged six years; Louise,
aged three years, and a baby of six
months were burned to death early
Wednesday in their home on a farm
near Batavia Station, six miles south
west of this city on the Lake Shore
railroad.
Charles Mowry. the husband and
father, rose early and built two fires
in the house. He then went to the
barn to do chores and while there dis
covered that his house was afire. He
rushed back, but the flames had made
such headway that he could not enter
the house and his calls through the
windows to hi* family brought no re
sponse.
Condemned Man Shows Fight.
Miliedgeville. Ga.—With the fury of
a tiger. Nims Devereaux, a negro,
fought the sheriff and his deputy, who
j entered his cell to escort him to the
I scaffold. The negro was overpowered
and later was hanged.
Noted Rabbi Passes Away.
New York.—Rev. Dr. Raphael Ben
: jamin. rabbi erf the Temple Beth Elo
! him. of Brooklyn, and formerly rabbi
! of the Mount street temple of Cincin
I nati, died in Brooklyn Thursday night.
He was 60 years old.
Cincinnati Capitalist Dead.
Cincinnati.—A telegram was re
ceived from St. Louis Thursday an
nouncing the death of Dwight Kinney,
a capitalist and one of the best known
dnb men in Cincinnati. Mr. Kinney
was 40 years old.
Prominent Wisconsin Man Dead.
Oconomowoc, Wis—George L. Wil
aey, a prominent business man and
vice president of the First National
bank of Oconomowoc, dropped
in the bank Thursday. Mr. Wllsey
van H years old.
WRECK VICTIMS NUMBER 59.
Official List of Dead in B. A O. Dis
aster Given Out.
Chicago. — The Baltimore A Ohio
Railroad company has given out
an official list of the killed in the
wreck a: Woodville. Ind.. last Monday
and places the number at 59 persons.
In all previous statements the dead
were declared to number 47.
Much criticism was heard, because
of the action of railroad-claim agents
who visited Mercy hospital and set
tled claims of two of the victims for
$150 each. The claim agents declare
they were requested to vis'it the hos
pital by friends of the two men who.
they say. wished to leave the city and
continue on their journey to the north
west. Both men. it is said, suffered
only slight cuts about the face and
hands and were satisfied with the set
tlement.
On account of the heavy death roll
of the wreck the Indiana state rail
road commission has decided to take
action, and representatives will be
sent to Woodville to make an investi
gation. The commission will probe
the charges that the cars of the
wrecked train were not up to the
standard or equipped with air brakes.
The railroad officials deny that the
train was without air brakes.
POSSE KILLS NEGRO FUGITIVE
Black Who Murdered Five Men Dies
Fighting to the Last.
Asheville. X. C. — Fighting with
all the desperation of a man at
bay. Will Harris, tbe five-times mur
derer. fell Thursday riddled with bul
lets from the rifles of officers and cit
izens in the woods near Fletcher.
He died giving shot for shot until
his last cartridge was expended.
At seven o'clock in the morning a
report reached the city that blood
hounds had followed the scent to
Buena Vista, eight miles from Ashe
ville and that the animals had lost it
there. Three posses of citizens and
officers immediately set for Buena
Vista and the negro was sighted in a
wood.
The posses quickly closed in and a
fusillade of shots from the woods ten
minutes laTer told the inhabitants that
justice had been done and that the
murder of two policemen and three
innocent negroes had been avenged.
FIGHTER IS DEAD OF INJURIES
Mike Ward Expires from Effects of
Blow by Harry Lewis.
Grand Rapids. Mich.—Harry Lewis,
the Philadelphia prize fighter, whose
battle Thursday night with Mike
Ward, of Sarnia, Ont.. resulted at an
early hour Friday in Ward’s death at
a local hospital, is still under arrest,
together with Referee D. C. Ryan, of
Detroit, and Frank O'Brien, of Phila
delphia. who acted as second for
Lewis.
Prosecuting Attorney Brown said
that warrants would be asked for
charging Lewis with murder, and
charging Ryan and O’Brien with aid
ing and abetting a prize fight.
Tunnel Blast Kills a Negro.
New York.—Following the explosion
of a blast in tbe Manhattan end of the
Pennsylvania railroad's East river
tunnel late Friday, tons of sand and
rock tumbled down, filling an excava
tion which had been hastily vacated
by a gang of workmen. One man. a
"heading boss." had missed his foot
ing and falling to the bottom of the
pit. was buried in the mass. It was
hours afterwards that the body was
recovered.
Earthquake Fett in New Mexico.
Tucumcari, N. M.—An earthquake
shock at Meecalero Indian reservation
at five o'clock Thursday morning
a oke people and shook articles from
shelves. A slight shock was felt at
£11 Paso, Tex.. ai3o.
Three Burned to Death.
Goodland, Ind.—The country home
of William Whitney, five miles south,
was burned Thursday. Two children
and a farm laborer were burned to
death. The fire was caused by the
explosion of a lamp.
Planing Mills Burned.
Peoria. III.—The planing mills of
the Wahlfield Manufacturing company
burned to the ground here early
Wednesday morning, incurring a lass
oi $60,000, nearly covered by insur
ance. The plant will be rebuilt
Scaffold Falla; Five Hurt.
Knoxville, Tenn—Five men were in
jured, two seriously, by the collapse of
a scaffolding Wednesday on the seven
story Arnstein building. The men
were removing casing from concrete
work when the scaffolding felL
LIVES LOST IN FLOOD
PROPERTY LOSS ALSO HEAVY
IN WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE WITHOUT MILK
Damage to Fields and Herds in Adja
cent Territory Will Run Into
Hundreds of Thousands, Ac
cording to Estimates.
Seattle, Wash. — A heavy rain
fall Wednesday, 2.48 in four hours,
and a Chinook wind which melted re
cent fresh snows in the Cascade
mountains, coming simultaneously,
are the causes of the most disastrous
floods in the history of the Puget
sound region.
The valleys of the 'White. Duwam
ish. Cedar, Green, Stuck, Black and
Puyallup rivers are under water, flood
ing 200 square miles of territory.
This includes practically every acre
of lowland lying back of the eastern
shores of the sound and extending
'from Seattle t® Tacoma
The power plant at Electrine is sub
merged. and Seattle and Tacoma are
dependent on their local auxiliary sta
tions for power to move street cars
and provide electric lights. The local
plants, however, have fuel enough to
operate several days.
Railroads Are Blocked.
All traffic over the Northern Pacific
and Tacoma-Seattle inierurban lines
| is at a standstill A week will be re
quired to repair the damage to the
road after the water subsides. These
lowlands are thickly occupied by small
towns, hop fields and dairy farms.
Damage done to fields and herds will
run into hundreds of thousands. The
Seattle milk supply comes from them,
so this city will be without milk for
days.
Half a Dozen Drowned.
Six persons have been drowned. To
the north the Skagit, the largest river
in the state, is on the rampage and
railroad traffic in that direction is at
a standstill. The greatest loss by the
streams to the north has been done
i to the lumbering interests, where mil
lions of feet of logs and shingle bolts
have been carried into the sound and
out to sea.
High tides combined with the floods
have converted all the river deltas,
| which are great tracts of fertile farms.
! into muddy torrents. Hundreds of
farmhouses and villages are sub
merged to the second stories and many
persons are homeless. The loss to tbe
| Northern Pacific alone will reach
$150,000. and the total loss on the dis
trict will run to a half a million.
Hope for Relief.
No rain has fallen in the flooded dis
\ trlcts since an early hour Thursday
; morning, and while in some places the
| overflooded territory is as deeply cov
; ered with water as at any time since
the freshets started, the feeling
throughout the valleys in general is
that the worst is over, and that if con
; ditions which now prevail continue
j for another day, all further danger
will have passed.
From up-river points, to the south
ward of Auburn, along Green and
Stuck rivers, come reiwrts that the
streams are rapidly receding, but
forth of here in the lower country, ad
verse advices are still to be re
| ceived.
HUNTING COSTS THIRTEEN LIVES
Record of Accidents in Wisconsin and
Michigan Since Sept. 1.
Milwaukee. — Thirteen dead ana
j 21 Injured is the prelude to the
season for hunting deer in Wisconsin,
which opened Saturday. This is the
record of hurting accidents in Wiscon
sin and upper Michigan since Sept. 1.
LASt year, during the hunting season
in Wisconsin, 26 persons lost their
lives and 51 were injured. Most of
these accidents were the result of
carelessness.
In Michigan a hunter is guilty of
manslaughter if he kills any one. even
by accident. This law has had the
effect to greatly lessen hunting acci
dents in the peninsula, although it has
also operated to cause hunters who
have accidentally shot some one to de
sert the wounded party for fear of
prosecution, and several corpses found
In the woods are undoubtedly of those
who were accidentally shot and left
to die by cowardly hunterB.
In Wisconsin there is no such law.
; but the next legislature will probably
act.
Oklahoma Bank Robbed.
, Guthrie, Okla.—Robbers early Fri
day dynamited the safe in the Bank
of Lahoma. at Lahoma. in Garfield
county, and escaped with $2,700 in
cash. The bank had just received $10,
000 to pay farmers for their cotton,
but the robbers overlooked it.
Indicts ’Friaco Mayor.
Sn Francisco.—The grand jury
brought five indictments against Eu
gene Schmitz and Abraham Ruef on
the charge of extortion. On each
charge the ball was fixed at $10,000
and bond at $5,000.
Bishop Will Rest.
Jackson, Miss.—Bishop Charles B.
I Galloway, of the Southern Methodist
i church, has consented to relinquish
all labor until he is completely re
: stored to health. He will leave for
Florida in a few days.
Man Killed by Fly Wheel.
Pittsburg, Pa.—Louis W. Kirkland,
! 33 years old, employed in a Penn ave
j nne confectionery store, had his skull
ground off by being caught in the
spokes of a fly wheel Friday night, and
died almost instantly. .
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Destructive Fire.
Stamford, Conn.—Fire which caused
a loss of $300,000 Thursday in the
factory plant of T. B. Smart The
Atlantic Insulated Wire and Cable
company places its Iobb upon ma
chinery and stock at $225,000.
Bishop Tigert Is ill.
Tulsa, L T.—Bishop John J. Tigert
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
south, -whose home is at Louisville,
is dangerously ill here with ton
sUitis, and bis family has been sum
moned to bis bedside.
FAVOR A CMALTO THE GULF
FRIENDS OF DEEP WATERWAY
ORGANIZE AT ST. LOUIS.
Adopt Resolution to Congress Re
questing Appropriation to Com
plete Channel.
St. Louis.—The Lakes to the Gulf j
Deep Waterways association became a I
fact Friday when the plan for perma- j
nent organisation and the report of j
the nominating committee were adopt- i
ed at the final session of the conven- :
tion of the provisional association, or- i
ganized by Congressman Lorimer. of '
Chicago, and several of his congres
sional associates, which has been in
session at the Odeon for two days.
Following is the main portion of the
address adopted by the convention:
"The proposed deep waterway is to
extend from the Chicago drainage
canal through the valleys of the Des
plaines and Illinois rivers to the Mis
sissippi river at Grafton. III., and
thence down the MisBissipp to St
Louis, and is to have a mininum depth
of 14 feet throughout. We recom i
mend that for the purpose of meeting
the probable future needs of naviga i
tion that the minimum depth over the !
mitre sills of the locks should be 21 i
feet In the initial construction.
The excessive cost of the project,
as shown by the engineers estimates
was due mainly to the existence of the
prominent barrier between the great
lakes and the Mississippi valley.
"The chief obstacle to the prosecu
tion of this project has been removed
by the drainage canal.
‘ According to the estimates based
upon recent surveys by the United
States engineers, the work remaining
to be done in order to complete the
deep waterway channel to St. Bools
will cost $81,000,000
"Believing present transportation
facilities of the United States to bs
inadequate and wholly unsatisfactory,
we favor appropriations by the con
gress of the United States in sufficient
amounts to create such additional
transportation facilities as the grow
ing needs of the nation demand and tc
the end that such appropriations shal
be secured, this association recom
mends to its representatives in con
gress diligent, assiduous and untiring
efforts to secure the necessary mean:
with which to develop a deep water
way.”
COUNTESS IS GIVEN DIVORCE.
Boni De Castellane Loaes Wife and
Fortune.
Paris.—The tribunal of first in
stance of the Seine. Judge Ditte pre
siding, at noon Wednesday granted a
divorce to Countess De Castellan*
(formerly Anna Gould, of New York)
and gave her the custody of her chil
dren. who. however, will not be a!
lowed to be taken from France with
i out the consent of their father, Count
Boni De Castellane.
As soon as the court assembled
Judge Ditte handed down the judg
: ment. which is a sweeping victory
for the countess. In granting her jie
| tition for divorce the court gave the
; countess the custody of her children i
the count being allowed only the ,
usual rights to see them and share '
in the control of their education
which was not contested. The count 1
was given the right to see the chi] j
dren at stated periods at the home of |
their grandmother, and keep them s
month annually during the holidays. ;
The count's demand for an “alimentary j
allowance of $50,000 annually" was I
i pronounced by the court to be with
out foundation in law. and was re
jected. The only point decided in the
count's favor was the imposition oi j
the inhibition on the countess to tako
the children out of France without
their lather's consent. The court ap
pointed the president of the chamber ,
of notaries to liquidate the affairs ol j
the husband and wife.
INDICTS JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
_
Violation of Ohio Anti-Trust La*»
Basis of Bills.
Findlay, O. — The grand jury j
j Wednesday found indictments against
John D. Rockefeller and four othei
persons in connection with th«
Standard Oil inquiry which was re
opened upon the reconvening of that
body in adjourned session Tuesday.
"What the indictments allege oi
what the four otlier defendants in ad
dition to Mr. Rockefeller are was not
given out by Prosecutor David, who
how'ever, admitted the indictments
j had been returned.
The bench warrants issued upon the
indictments were placed in the hands
of Sheriff Groves. who went to Cleve
land, where it is supposed they are tc
[ be served.
It is understood the indictments
, charge the defends.rts with having
| continued to contract the oil produc
tion an to fix prices on and after July
| 7, 1906. in violation of the Valentine
anti-trust act, a state law under which
; the recent prosecution of the Standard
| Oil company in this county was con
! ducted and in which a fine of Sa.OOG
| was imposed by the probate court.
Killed in Auto Accident.
Birmingham. Ala.—John F. Martin
! a prominent attorney, was instantly
hilled Friday and David J. Fox. presi
i dent of a wholesale grocery company
I was badly injured by the overturning
| of an automobile.
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Hearst’s Election Expenses.
Albany, N. T.—William Raldclpb
Hearst. Independent League and Dem
! ocratic candidate for governor. Friday
\ certified to the ««cretary of Btate that
he had spent $2,56.370 in promoting
his canvass.
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Gen. Ely Dead.
Norwich. Conn.—Gen. William G.
Ely died suddenly at his home from
heart trouble. He commanded the
Eighteenth Connecticut volunteers in
tbeh civil war, and was brevited brig
adier general at its close.
Ohio Governor Is lit.
Columbus, O.—The condition of Gov.
Harris is exciting alarm among his
friends. He was able to sit up Wednes
day, hot did not; leave his room in
the hotel. It is uaid that the doctors
i are afraid of pneumonia.
A BOMB EXPLODED
NEAR THE ALTAR AT THf
CHURCH IN ROME.
EDFICE CROWED AT THE TIME
No Fatalities Occur, but a Panic En
sues—Explosion Near the High At
tar, Which Stands Beneath the Great
Dome.
ROME—A bomb was exploded in St
Peter's Sunday. Tbe edifice was crowd
eo and an indescribable scene or con
fusion followed. There were no fa
ta lilies.
As soon as tie echoes of the Ire
mendous roar had ceased, a rantn,
sought by reassuring words to quid
the people, but in vain. They Bed ii
all directions and a number of »oinet
fainted. Women and children screamer
and tried to protect their families it
the crush. The church is so large
however, that there was ample root}1
for the crowd to scatter and no on*
was injured. No trace of the perpe
trator of the deed has been found.
Since St. Anaeletus who was or
dained by Peter himself, erected an or
atory in 90 A D.. on the site of the
present basilica to mark the spot
where the remains of St. Peter are
buried, no such dastardly occurrence if
noted in the annals of the church.
Today was the anniversary ol tn»
dedication of the basilica to St. Petei
and it was beautifully decorated foi
the occasion. Holy relies were exposeq
and a large number of the faithful at
tended the services. Cardinal Ram
polla. formerly papal secretary ol
state, was among those present. Ht
took pan in the service in the choir
chapel. The last mass had just beei
concluded when the explosion oecurrec
and only one canon, who had not quit*
finished, remained aT the altar of St.
Petromella. It was near here wher*
the bomb was placed. As the canot
turned to bless the communicants
there was a tremendous roar, which
echoed through the lofty arches of the
immense dome like a thunder clap. A|
the same time a dense smoke spreac
throughout this jsortion of the basilica
and a strong odor of gunpowder filled
the air. Confusion and panic at once
seized the people. The canon at tbs
altar tried to stem tJte tide of fear.
He shouted out: "Do not be afraid;
it is nothing, merely the noonday
gun.”
His words had little effect. They
were refuted by the smoke and the
pungent smell of powder, and the peo
ple continued the headlong flight.
Chairs were overturned, making the
confusion more serious. Men and
women fled, stumbling in all directions:
the screams of children and cries
of anguish were heard on all sides, and
for a few minutes it seemed as though
nothing could obviate a grave disaster
The vast size of the church, however
gave room for the crowd to scatter
and at the end of a few moments the
people were surging towards the doors
excited and nervous, but orderly.
PUBLIC WORKS ARE NEEDED.
Chinese Viceroy Appeals to Throne
for Money for That Purpose.
PEKING—In connection with tbe
opening of Mukden. Antung and Ta
tung Kao, Yuan Shi Kai. governor ol
Chi Li and commander-in-chief of the
forces, has memoralized the throne,
asking for funds for the construction
of Deeded public works, which, be de
clares, China ought to . "v out in or
der to maintain its sc ert ignty. The
board of revenue has recommended
that the necessity money be raised
in the provinces affected, and paid
back from the revenue collected
therein It is pointed out that Muk
den and Tntung are opened by treaty
with the Cnited Stares and that Muk
der and Ta Tung Kao are opened by
a treaty with Japan, and that these
treaties stipulate, when sett ing aside
areas for foreign settlement and de
termining regulations, that China de
termine these questions.
HEARST IS READY TO QUIT.
Says He Will Never Again Be a Can
didate for Public Office.
SAN ANTONIO Tex. — William R.
Hearst reecently democratic candidate
for governor of New York was here at
noon today for a few minutes, on his
way to Monterey, where he has mining
interests. He is a com panied by mem
bers of his family.
In discussing his future in reference
to politics in New York, he said:
“I shall never agam be a candidate.
However. I shall continue to reside in
New York aDd advocate and support
the principles of reform which I have
always stood for. but these principles
are now sufficiently understood by the
general pubhc for it to be no longer
necessary for me to be a candidate.
WASHINGTON—The collie “Tbe
Commodore,” exnihired at many ken
nel shows in the T'nited States, as
one erf the English champion Fins
bury-Pilot and grandson of J. Pierpont
Morgan s international ribbon winner.
Robert Ormond, died here Sunday.
He was 8 years old.
California for New Treaty.
SAN JOSE. Cal.—In an interview
here Congressman E. A. Hayes said:
‘I expect to introduce a resolution at
the coming session of congress, ask
ing the president to enter into nego
tiations with Japan for the purpose of
making a new treaty t»etween the two
countries to settle this question of
Japanese immigration in somewhat
ibe same manner as we settled the
question with China, which, I l»elieve
x> be the only feasible and sure wav
af preventing eventually a serious
trouble.
Forty People Are Drowned.
PORTLAND, Ore.—The Associated
Press has received a dispatch from
Seattle stating that the river steamer
Jeannie ran into the river steamer
Dix near Alkali Point and that about
forty people were drowned
Threatened by Fire.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A long distance
telephone message from Ind anola.
Miss., says that the entire business
section of that place is threatened
with diet ruction by fire.