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THIS IN NEBRASKA EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE -ft OR LESS IMPORTANCE. V Biennial Report of the Deputy of In surance—Total Receipts and Ex penditures From All Sources. Nebraska Insurance Matters. LINCOLN—The biennial report by John L. Pierce, insurance deputy, shows that 327 insurance companies are doing business in Nebraska at this time. The total premiums re ceived in Nebraska by all classes of companies in 1904 was $9,030,559 and Jn 1905 $9,866,332. The total losses paid by all classes of companies in 1904 was $3,808,958 and in 1905 $4, 635,229. RISKS WRITTEN. 1404. 1905. Fire— Nebraska stock companies . 35.490,455 3 40,591.717 St'k companies, other states.. 135,018,36S 156,600.352 Mut ual compa nies . 44,640,723 57,538.467 Totals _3215.149,546 3254,739,536 Life and Accident— Nebraska legal > reserve life companies ...3 6,710,455 3 6,453,062 Legal reserve life companies other states.. 14,951,953 12,540,494 Mutual benefit life assns. 2,093,800 3,621,650 iMutual accident companies ... 18,301,240 21,670,120 Fraternal bene ficiary socie ties . 26,103.695 27,006,300 Totals .* 68,161.143 171,291,626 PREMIUMS RECEIVED. Fire— Nebraska stock companies ...$ 523,027 $ 536,436 Stock companies other states.. 1,824,331 2,069,770 Alutual compa nies . 644,828 782,130 - Totals .S 2.992.186 $ 3,388,336 \ Life and Accident— Nebraska legal reserve life companies .. $. 597,2GS $ 704,988 Legal reserve life companies other states.. 2,603,164 2,593,393 Mutual benefit life assns.... 221,530 283,841 Alutual accident companies ... 154,709 1S4.266 Fraternal bene ficiary socie ties . 2,078,669 2.251,201 Totals .f 5,655.2*0 $ 6,019,389 Miscellaneous—■ Alutual hail and plate glass companies ...$ 53,453 { 62,515 Fidelity, casual ty and surety companies ... 329,581 396.202 Totals .$ 383,034 $ 438,S07 Total premiums received by all companies ...J 9,030,559 $ 9,S6i,S32 Railroad Gives Away Elevator. Mr. Vincent, who represents the Farmers’ Grain company on the Omaha Grain exchange, relates the following incident that fell under his observation recently. He was invited to assist in a farmers’ jubilee in an Icwa village on the anniversary of the opening of their elevator. Parties were present from Gohrville, la., where there is also a railroad junc tion or crossing of two lines. On the first line of road was located an ele vator worth probably $2,500, and it was the property of the railroad com pany. The farmers organized a grain company and began looking for a site. Of course the new line wanted the company to build on its property. The old line, realizing that the bulk of the shipments would go over the line pat ronized by the farmer’s company, of fered the farmers the above mentioned elevator on its switch. The offer was accepted and the deed made out for a nominal sum. The move was a sa gacious one. There will probably be no less than 100 cars of grain shipped each year and the freight will be about $75 a car, or $7,500 annually, that the road would have lo~t if it had permit ted the farmers to build on the rival road. That railroad may be said to have “invested” $2,500 in “farmers.” The income from hauling two cars will pay interest at 6 per cent on the “investment” and the rest of the $7, 500 will contain a large element of “profit.” Mr. Vincent, in speaking of the in cident, stated that he desired to call attention to the fact that an elevator is only a storage place for grain till cars can be obtained to ship in. and since the railroads are required to house al lother freight offered, it was his opinion that they should be re quired to furnish the elevator to as sist in handling and loading the grain. He remarked that the proposition ap peared reasonable and the only argu ment against it would seem to be that the other system has been used so long fhat it has grown familiar.— Journal-Stockman, South Omaha. Child Burned to Death. UTICA—Near this city a death re sulted from the use of kerosene oil by trying to start a fire. The 6-year-old girl of Will Blazing, living nine miles 1 northwest of the city, started to light a fire in the kitchen stove by placing a cab in tne can. As she took the cob out of the can she dropped some oil on her clothing and as soon as she had applied the match it immediately eet her clothing on fire. She was fat ally burned. Taken Fatally III on Train. LEXINGTON—A man named O. S. Noran of Creston. Neb., who was ill with kidney and bladder trouble en route over the Union Pacific railroad for Denver, was taken worse on the train this morning and removed to the Commercial hotel of this city where he died. Struck Wife While Drunk. KEARNEY—Dr. Mansford Mott, a veterinary surgeon, was fined $100 and costs in police court this afternoon for striking his wife. Corn Husking Records. PLATTS MOUTH—Some good rec ords in corn husking have recently been made in Cass county. Recently John Huse and John McBrien each husked 145 bushels in twelve hours, while two other huskers employed on the same premises made similar rec ords. WEST POINT—The first anniver* eary of the establishment of the Home for the Aged in West Point was properly celebrated by a social enter tainment given by the local clergy. ' ‘ .__:_• ■ • NEBRASKA BRIEFS. Farmers’ Institute will be held at Falls City December 18-19. Len Collins escaped prosecution on charge of “bootlegging” at Tekanah. The state will move fish from Gib son's to Cut-Off lake at Nebraska City. Roy Patterson was thrown from a horse and broke his arm at Platts mouth. Gordon M. Moore, brakeman, plead ed guilty to stealing from a car at Sidney. Fremont Hill of New York is in Nor folk “booming” the Yankton & Gulf railroad. The initiative and referendum prop osition was defeated in special elec tion at Blair. Falling from a baby buggy, the in fant son of M. Rogers of Utica broke his collar bone. The state board of public lands and buildings let a contract for the renova tion of the legislative halls for $400. The identity of the supposed sui cide at Alliance, has been proven. He was C. Curtis, whose mother lives in Tucson, Ariz. The county commissioners have called an election in three of the pre cincts of Polk county to vote bonds for an electric railroad. The four elevators at Eustis are making extensive preparations to handle the enormous corn crop which will be moving in a few days. George N. Erickson, a fifteen-year old boy, broke through the ice while skating on a mill pond at Dannebrog, and was drowned. He was alone at the time. William S. Noyes, a former railroad man and restaurant and hotel prop rietor, well-known throughout the state fell dead in the Bostwick barber shop at Hastings. Word has been received at Beatrice from Casey, la., that J. F. Burns who formerly conducted a wholesale groc ery house in that city, had lost his large general store by lire. Many acres of beets are still unhar vested in the vicinity of Sutherland and the ground in places is frozen too hard to admit of digging. Some of the growers are fearful lest they en counter serious losses as a result. Ninety per cent of the corn crop of Cuming county is now safely cribbed. The weather for the last month has been highly favorable for gathering corn and every advantage has been taken of that fact by the farmers. Rev. Joseph Presson, commandant at the Soldiers’ Home at Milford, in his forthcoming report will advise the erection of a cottage for the use of the commandant and his family and single men employed at the home. About a year ago Frank Fentress, of Polk county, sold out all he had and pulled up stakes for Washington. One year was enough for Frank and he has moved back like hundreds of oth ers, and will hereafter stand up for Nebraska. Henry Habig was shot and instantly killed while hunting along the Flatte river, in Hall county. A gun in the hands of his son-in-law, Arnold Feh renkamp, having accidentally dis charged. Habig had time only to say: ‘Arnold, you’ve killed me.” Miss Charlotte Templeton, secretary of the Nebraska library commission, has just returned from assisting in the organization of the new libraries in NebrasKa. One is located at Nel son. where George Lyons offered a building free of rent for a year and the city council authorized a levy for the benefit of the library. The other is at Geneva, where a large library has been given to the public o.nd the free rent of a building offered. i ne iaw enacted ny me mst legisla ture to regulate veterinary surgeons is unconstitutional, according to a de cision rendered by County Judge Les lie of Omaha, in the case of the state against Dr. D. D. Turner. The case was filed by Dr. Ramacciotti as a test of the law. The decision will be of interest because several other prose cutions hinged on the outcome of this case. It is said it may be carried to the supreme court for a final test. W. H. Holloway, residing some miles from Grand-Island 4,ad a strange ex perience the other night while making his way home from that city. When about half way between that city and Doniphan a man jumped out from the side of the road, told him to halt, making the command good by point ing a revolver at Holloway, and mounted the wagon. Looking at Hol loway closely, the main said: “You are not the man I was looking for,” dis mounted and told Holloway to drive on. The second distressing accident dur ing the past week, says a Shelton dis patch. happeneed when a -horse ran away with Mr. Mose Kithcart and threw him out and broke one of his legs between the ankle and knee. The other accident was that of Marshall George, who was just leaving his home to move to Hampton. Neb. When going down an incline near the mill race he fell from his loaded wagon and the team ran away, the wagon running over cue of his legs and badly fractur ing it above the knee. F. F. Foster, one of the trainmen on the Union Pacific between Loup City and St. Paul, narrowly escaped death near the fair grounds, by being struck with an engine. Nebraska will be represented and have its snare at international stock show's. At the stock show at Chicago next month, in the exhibit of steers in the Auerdeen-Angus class, Nebraska University has entered six. Christian & Lang Co., of York, wire won prem iums at Nebraska State fair, expect to exhibit Angus cattle at the next inter national. Herman- is very near a hard coal famine, the two coal dealers only hav ing about three tons of hard coal be tween them. Hard coal has been or dered a long time ago, but for some unknown reason none has yet arrived. York county farmers are receiving thousands of dollars from the sale of alfalfa hay and clover and timothy seed. Land on which these crops are produced are returning owners from $20 to $35 per acre. It is estimated that York county has 16,000 acres of alfalfa which yields hay crops in one season. DO IT NOW I im. Ill ,1/HAH^H 4ft ruoi^TMA^j: BAHOAitiS p PLCMTr Of , OPPORTUNfTIfib *ow nr do 1 RH| VouflstioPW&X ‘ ; •"-?H R lb PONT LET It COOL.. / TO.TMI3:. a S „ m tt^—,, I , , j THREE BANKS CLOSE UP _•_ INSTITUTIONS IN M’DONOUGH COUNTY, ILL., SUSPEND. All Conducted by C. V. Chandler— Notices Posted Say They Are Short of Ready Cash. Peoria, 111.—Three banking institu :ions in McDonough county, conducted oy C. V. Chandler, of Macomb, closed cheir doors Friday. Notices to the effect that the banks were short of ready cash were posted on the doors 5f all the banks Friday morning. The decision to close was reached Thurs day upon an examination of the books by Mr. Chandler himself. The banks are: The bank of Ma comb, • conducted by C. V. Chandler fc Co., having a deposit of $450,000, and capitalized at $50,000; the Chan dler & Imes bank at Colchester, capi talized at $25,000, having a deposit of $200,000, and the Chandler & Smith bank at Bardolph. capitalized at $25,000 with $50,000 in deposits. The money of the depositors in all three banks has been invested through Mr. Chandler, the senior member of the private banking firm in McDon augh county real estate, and the im mediate cause of suspension of the three institutions is given as a lack of ready cash. The Macomb bank stood good for the payment of the bonds of the Macomb and Western Illinois Electric railway, and when the bond holders made a demand for their money they absorbed all the ready cash of the three institutions. C. V. Chandler has been in the banking business in Macomb for a quarter of a century, and in addition i to-his private holdings is treasurer of the Western Illinois State Normal School of Macomb and treasurer of the city of Macomb. It is not thought either the school or the city will lose by the failure of the banks. The state is protected by a trust company bond and the city's deposits in the bank are small at this time of the year. Mr. Chandler made a statement Fri day, setting forth in effect what was stated in the notices posted on the doors of the banks. The liabilities are upwards of $700,Q00, with unincum bered real estate worth over $400,000. The mortgages are mostly on central Illinois farms and are considered gilt edge. There was little show of excitement over the closing of the banks. The depositors have faith in the word of Mr. Chandler and expect the fulfill ment of his promise. In Colchester the major part of the depositors are miners who made no demonstration when they read the notice on the doors of the bank. SIX DIE IN ST. LOUIS FIRE. Blaze Destroys Barracks of the Sal vation Army. St. Louis, Mo. — The Lighthouse hotel, a three-story structure at Ninth and Market streets, utilized as a. salvation army barracks, was dam aged by Are early Wednesday, when probably 500 homeless men were lodged within it. Six lost their lives and probably 35 were Injured, about half that number being seriously in jured, some not being expected to live. Four were burned to death and two died from injuries received in jump ing from upper windows. Six others of those who jumped are lying uncon scious at the city hospital and are not expected to recover. Blaze in Girls’ Academy. Jefferson, S. D.—Fire which started in St. Catherine’s Young Women’s academy destroyed one of the halls and threatened to destroy the main building. One hundred pupils in the main building escaped. Gives $100,000 to Wrecked Bank. Butte, Mont.—Receiver Wilson, of the wrecked Aetna bank of Butte, Fri day announced that he had received a check from Augustus Heinze for $100,000. Mr. Heinze formerly was president of the bank. Sweet Marie Sells for $14,000. New York.—Sweet Marie, the fam ous Wotting mare, with the record of 1:04, was sold at the Old Glory horse sale at Madison Square gar den. The price she brought was $14,000. Big Fire in Gallitzin, Pa. Altoona, Pa.—The opera houBe, Shil ling & Dawson’s hardware store, and the Mountain Supply company's gen eral store, together with nine dwellings, were burned in Gallit sia, Pa. STEAMER SINKS; MANY DROWN. Forty Victims Estimated in Disaster on Georgian Bay. Wiarton, Ont. — The coasting steamer J. H. Jones, ownpd by the Crawford Tug company, of Wiarton, it is now conceded, foundered ofT Cape Cocker Thursday afternoon and all on board were lost. At least 25 persons sailed on the steamer on its last trip—a crew of 12 and 13 passengers who are known. Other estimates place the number of lost at 40. The Jones, which plied between Owen Sound, Wiarton and Manitoulin island ports, was one of the staunch est steamers on the Georgian bay, and was commanded by Capt. Crawford, a fresh water navigator of large experi ence. Part of the cabin, a lifeboat and two unidentified bodies have been found by Indians on the north shore of the Christian islands. Boats are now out from here, Owen Sound and Penetan guishene and Parry Sound looking for survivors and wreckage. While estimates received here as to the number of lives lost in the wrreck of the Jones are, as a rule, 25 or 26, one report says the list of dead may reach the appalling total of 50. The Jones was a wooden vessel built in 1888. She was 107 feet long and of 152 tons burden. OTTO YOUNG IS DEAD. One of Chicago's Leading Capitalists Passes Away. Chicago. — Otto Young, 62 years old, one of Chicago's leading capital ists and landowners, died at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at his coun try home at Lake Geneva. Not since the death of Marshall Field almost a year ago has there come such a shock to the Chicago business and financial world as this unexpected news caused. It now de velops, however, that Mr. Young had suffered with tuberculosis of the lungs for five years. He was obliged to re lease his active hold on affairs five weeks ago, but it was not thought the attack would prove fatal. He was afflicted with diabetes also. Mr. Young’s fortune is estimated at $17,000,000. His holdings of central business property in Chicago were ex ceeded only by those of Marshall Field and the Levi Z. Leiter estates. Up to the time of his death he had been planning the erection of a $10,000,000 hotel in Michigan avenue. The idea had become his hobby and he intend ed it to be the finest hotel in the world. It is believed he left some provision in his will for the carrying out of the project. BITTER WORDS BY A NEGRO. Minister Denounces President for Dis charging Colored Troops. New York.—At a union Thanksgiv ing service, in which the members of four negro churches of this city par ticipated Thursday, President Roose velt was denounced for his action in dismissing three companies of negro soldiers from the United States army. At the conclusion of the service, which was held in the Mt. Olivet Bap tist church, nearly everyone present made a contribution to a fund which is being raised for the relief cf the dismissed soldiers. The sermon of the day was preached by the Rev. W. H. Brooks, pastor of St. Mark's Afri can Methodist Episcopal church. His language against President Roosevelt was exceedingly bitter. ' Fatal Wreck on Wabash. St. Louis.—A Wabash passenger trgin for Kansas City ran into a freight train near Ferguson, 12 miles from here, killing the fireman of the freight train and seriously injuring the freight conductor. Carnegie Gives University $30,000. Fayette, la. — Announcement was made Friday by President W. A. Shanklin, of Upper Iowa university, that Andrew Carnegie has given the' university $30,000 contingent upon $120,000 being raised. William Fisher, Inventor, Dead. Marshalltown, la.—William Fisher, an inventor of steam contrivances in use in every civilized country on the globe, is dead, aged 68. Death result ed from pneumonia. He was promi nent in state manufacturing circles. Russia Loses Prize Case. Libau, Courland.—The prize court has concluded its examination into the confiscation of the British steamer Oldhamia during the RusBo-Japanese war, and has found in favor of the American consignors of the cargo. ROAD'S HEAD KILLED PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN RAIL WAY VICTIM OF COLLISION. PRIVATE CAR SMASHED Samuel Spencer and Six Others Meet Death in Accident Near Lynoh burg, Va., Two Being Prom inent Baltimore Men. Lynchburg, Va.—Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway company, and recognized as one of the foremost men in the development of the southern states, and six other persons were killed Thursday morn ing at 6:10 o’clock in a rear end col lision between two fast passenger trains ten miles south of Lynchburg and a mlie north of Lawyer's depot. Philip Schuyler, a retired capitalist, of New York, was among the killed, together with other gue3ts of Mr. Spencer. Only Mr. Spencer's private secretary, E. A. Merrill, of New York city, and one of three porters sur vived the accident. Following is a list of those killed: Samuel Spencer, New York, president of the Southern Railway company; D. W. Davis, Alexandria, Va., private dis patcher to President Spencer;Charles D. Fisher, Baltimore, Md., member of the grain exporting firm of Gill & Fisher, a guest of President Spencer; ' Hi’*.- X :***'• '' Samuel Spencer. Francis T. Redwood, Baltimore, Md„ member of the brokerage firm of Lownes & Redwood, a guest of Presi dent Spencer; Gen. Philip Schuyler, New' York, director of the Southern railway and trustee of New' York Life Insurance company, a guest of Presi dent Spencer; Willilam Pollard, negro porter in President Spencer's car; J. W. Shaw, negro fireman. Mr. Merrill's head and arms were badly injured, but he will recover. A number of others were injured. Blame for the wreck in which Mr. Spencer and his party were killed is placed wholly on C. D. Mattoax, the operator at Rangoon, who has dis appeared. The collision was between the Jack sonville expre^ and the Washington & Southwestern vestibule limited, both south-bound. President Spencer and his entire party, so far as is known, were sleeping when the col lision occurred, and the probabilities are that all of them, exceping Dis patcher Davis were killed instantly. It is certain that life was extinct be fore the flames touched them. Presi dent Spencer's body was burned al most beyond recognition, as was that of Mr. Fisher. The body of Mr. Schuyler was taken from under the train before it was burned very much. Mr. Spencer's car was attached to the rear of the Jacksonville train, which was standing still when struck. Mr. Spencer was lying directly under the big locomotive of the rear train. So great was the force of the impact that the forward train was sent at least 150 feet ahead, the locomotive going over and upon the body of Mr. Spencer. Until after the debris burned itself out and the engine cooled off the bodies could not be removed. President Spencer earned his first laurels in railroading on the section of road on which he lost his life Thursday. That portion of the South ern system was formerly known as the Virginia Midland, of which Mr. Spencer was superintendent in 1877. This was the highest position he had held up to that time, and he left it within a year for a promotion. JENNIE YEAMANS IS DEAD. Popular Singer and Actress Succumbs to Tuberculosis. New York.—Jennie Yeamans, popu lar as a singer and actress a decade ago, died after a long illness at the Hotel Gerard from tuberculosis. For a week the physicians had held out no hope of recovery. Miss Yeamans lived with her mother, Annie Yeamans, at the hotel, where they have both been familiar figures for years. Mrs. Yea mans was with her daughter when the end came. Miss Yeamans, who came of theatri cal lineage on both her father’s and mother’s side, was born in Australia. Lady Elgin Survivor is Dead. Milwaukee. — Edward Mellon, 87 years old, one of the survivors of the ill-fated Lady Elgin, who saved himself when the vessel went down with hundreds of excursionists aboard, died Friday. Ten Prisoners Break Jail. New York.—Ten of the most des perate prisoners in the county jail at Long Island City escaped from that institution Friday by sawing out the bars of their cells, and are still at large. Stanley Washburn Married. Washington.—At St. John’s church Tuesday Miss Alice Langhorne was married to Stanley Washburn, of Min neapolis, son of former Senator W. D. Washburn. The bride is a cousin of Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson. French Warships Go to Tangiers. Toulon.—The French squadron com manded by Admiral Touchard left here at 12:30 o’clock Wednesday morning for Tangier, Morocco, upon the receipt of instructions from the ministry of marine. i PRESIDENT BACK AT WORK ROOSEVELT RESUMES DUTIE3 AFTER PANMA TRIP. Special Message Covering Observa tions While on Canal Ship and in Porto Rico fcr Congress. Washington. — After many months of dullness the wheels of gov ernment business started Tuesday with dizzy acceleration. Perhaps the ginger noticeable was due to Presi dent Roosevelt’s return. He was at his desk early, bronzed and invigora ted in health from his long sea trip to Panama and Porto Rico. Secretary I,oeb took to him a large amount of correspondence which had accumula ted since the president's departure and was with him up to the time of the cabinet meeting. Much of the time of the cabinet session was taken up by the presi dent’s account of his trip to Panama and Porto Rico. His special message on the Panama canal, It is expected, will be sent to congress probably about a week after it convenes Mon day. The document will give a graphic and detailed description of conditions on the isthmus as the pres ident found them. There will be re-, commendations for the bettermeat of conditions which suggested themselves during his visit. All the members were present at the meeting for the first time since the be ginning of the political campaign. Washington. — The president be lieves the people of Porto Rico are en titled to American citizenship and will recommend that this be granted to them, in a special message to con gress. The president has expressed the opinion that it is lamentable that they do not now enjoy this right. In this connection he noted that, al though Porto Rico had sent a delegate to {he Pan-American oongress at Rio Janeiro, that delegate could not even say he was an American citizen, and this is also the case if he visits Eu rope or any other foreign country. The president was very much pleased with his visit to Porto Rico, which he- says is a fine country, is prosperous and her government an excellent one. The people, he says, are prosperous. With but two exceptions, the presi dent Tuesday expressed his complete satisfaction with the condition of af fairs on the isthmus of Panama as dis closed during his three days’ inspec tion of the work in progress there. One of the exceptions, the president told his callers, related to the sanitary feature of the quarters for bacheloi negro laborers, and this, he pointed out, under ordinary circumstances will have been adjusted within a very short time. The president expressed himself as impressed with the magni tude of the undertaking at Panama and of the way in which it is being carried out. BRIBERY SCANDAL IN PITTSBURG Two Arrests Made in Alleged Fran chise Deal. Pittsburg, Pa.—City Councilman W. A. Martin, charged with bribery in connection with the alleged tube city railroad franchise scandal, was arrest ed at his home Tuesday and locked up at Central police station, together with C. S. Cameron, president of tha Tube City Railroad company. Later they were released on $10,000 bail each. A number of members of bott branches of councils are reported to be under surveillance by detectives and any attempt to leave the city willi it is said, be followed by immediata arrest. It was alleged that $40,000 of thi $70,000 which went astray and caused all the trouble was to have been di3 tributed among 69 councilmen. SENATOR WARREN IN DENIAL Calls Special Agent Myendorff’i Charges Pipe Dreams. Washington.—Senator Warren, whe arrived in the city Friday, made a statement in contradiction of the affl davit of Special Agent Myendorff, ol the general land office, made at Sail Lake City, in which Mr. Warren and his colleague, Senator Clark, were charged with conspiring with other* to put a stop to investigations int« the charges made in connection with the entry of coal lands owned by th* Union Pacific Railway company. Sea ator Warren said: “If Myendorff made such an affida vit he must have been indulging it pipe dreams. I am informed thal Senator Clark never saw the man and never had any communication witi him oral or written.” Ruef and Chief Dinan Indicted. San Francisco. — Abraham Rue* and Chief of Police Jeremiah Din an were jointly indicted by the grand jury Friday afternoon on th» charge of conspiracy in 'connectiot with the alleged protection of a hous< of ill fame. Chief Dinan was als« separately indicted on a charge of per jury in his testimony before the jury Man and Child Freeze to Death. New Rockford, N. D.—Vincent Spil ner and wife and two children, oi Eastern Wells county, lost their way while driving home from a neighbor’s, and Mr. Spilner and one child were frozen to death. Miners to Get More Pay. Salt Lake City.—Announcement was made Thursday that the operators oi 13 mines in the Bingham district, em ploying about 2,000 men, would ad vance the wages of their employes on December 1. Eugene Debs’ Father Dies. Terre Haute, Ind. — Jean Daniel Debs, father of Eugene V. Debs; former Socialist candidate for pres ident, died here Tuesday night Mr. Debs was a native of Alsace, :and was 85 years old. Girl Student Goes to Prison. Peoria, 111.—Elsie Jacobs, the IS year-old college student of Mount Pleasant, la., who attempted to swin dle the First National bank of Gales burg out of }|,000, was sentenced tq >the penitentiary. ’ ' IN THE CONGRESS APPROPRIATION BILLS WILL BB UPPERMOST. IT WILL BE AJHORT SESSIBN Situation Such as to Need Compara tively Little Intercourse — Th* Ship Subsidy Bill and .Other Im^ portant Measures. WASHINGTON—The passage of the appropriation bills, and as little other general legislation as possible^ Such, in brief, is the forecast for the short session of the Fifty-ninth con gress, which will begin at high noon Monday. There has not yet been time for as general an exchange of views among members as is ordinarily desired by leaders before expressing their, views, but all seem to regard tbe present sit uation as so simple as to need com paratively little intercourse to arrive at an understanding. It is evident that for various reasons it will not bo possible to do much on the appro priation bills before the holidays, and this circumstance will practically have the effect of condensing the con sideration of the fourteen large suj^ ply measures into two months. Con sidering that the aggregate of the ap propriations to be, will b'e approxi mately $1,000,000,000, some senators and members express the opinion that congress cannot do better tl: give all of Its time to these measures. The ship subsidy bill probably, will be an exception to the rule for no general legislation. The friends of that measure have never been mora insistent than now. They are ex tremely hopeful and yet very appre hensive. The bill has passed the sen ate and is In committee in the house, rhe committee has heretofore been quite evenly divided, but the advo cates of the bill believe that they will be able to get it out in due season and they hope for its consideration when once reported to the house. Speaker Cannon has given no positive assurances as to his attitude, but the bill’s supporters find encouragement in his silence. One incident that is very materially helping the subsidy is the recent speech of Secretary Root 'n support of it. The fact that the speech was de livered at Kansas City is helpful, as the bill has found its principal opposi tion in the interior of the country, rhere have been some significant conferences on the bill among the most influential members of the two bouses. The senate has on its calendar two Important house bills, the immigra tion bill and the Philippine tariff bill, but there are snags In the pathways cf both. There is still intense opposi tion to the Philippine bill especially, >nd it is not believed that it can pos sibly receive serious consideration luring a short session. PANAMA IS PLEASED. People on the Isthmus Taken by Storm by President Roosevelt. NEW YORK — “President Roose relt took the Panamans by storm,” ?aid Theodore P. Shonts, chairman of the Panama canal commission, who irrived on the Panama line steamer "olon, from Colon, Sunday. Mr. Shonts spoke enthusiastically of the recent risit of the chief executive, and de clared that work on the canal was pro gressing under satisfactory condi tions. During his talk with the news paper men Mr. Shonts took occasion to ieny that his daughter, Theodora, iad become engaged to a titled for eigner. Chairman Shonts said that ie would proceed at once to Washing ton. SUITS AGAINST RAILROADS. Charged With Violation of the Safety Appliance Law. WASHINGTON — Acting on r» ports submitted by. the Interstate Commerce commission, Attorney Gen eral Moody has directed that suit b® irought against a large number of ad litional railroad comjpanies to recover penalties for violation of the safety ap pliance law through failure to keep :heir equipment in proper condition, rhe attorney general recently issued i similar order directing suits against \ large number of roads. Uncle Sam’s Strong Box. WASHINGTON — The annual re port of Commissioner of Internal Rev enue John W. Yerkes for the past fis cal year shows total receipts of $2914, 162 over the preceding year, while the receipts for the first thre months of the current year show an increase in collections of $4,661,131 over the cor responding months last year. Commis sioner Yerkes says he believes the to tal revenues in the current fiscal year will aggregate $260,000,000. During the gear there was collected from the tax >n distilled spirits $136,965,911; on fer mented liquors $54,651,636; on tobacco M8,422,997. Fatal Row Among Negroes. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Seven ne groes shot, 3 of whom will die, is the result of a general row and. shooting iffalr on Sunday growing out of an >ld feud at Mariette, seven miles from this city. Seven negroes charged with Jolng the shooting have been arrested ind are in jail here. The climax came through one negro striking an other with a fence picket Friends >f each armed themselves and the war t>egan. The jawbone of one. of the negroes was shattered and his tongue shot off. To Fight the Beef Trust. NEW YORK — Following recent Jemonstrations by their customers^ iue to the advance in the retail price sf meat, the Hebrew Retail Kosher Butchers' association met today to de cide what could be done to appease their patrons. Speakers declared they were helpless to lo#er the price* isked of them as they* were obliged to pay increased prices at wholesale, it was finally voted to appeal to Pras Ident Roosevelt and ask the chief ex ecutive “|through the press and th*. public to fight the beef trust" ' * “ . .'4, ' v j v'‘'/ • .
