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THIS IN NEBRASKA EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE OR LESS IMPORTANCE. President Reusing Speaks of Chari ties and Corrections—Mr. Bryan to Speak at Peru. OMAHA—In his annual address be fore the Corrections and Charities conference in this city. President Reu sing paid many tributes to the condi tion of charities and corrections and spoke of the courtesy of Superintend ent Morris o hossAetfteaicEl .»OIET ent Morris oi the Associated Charities in arranging for the conference. He declared that because the political laws of the state were sucn that inexperi enced men and women are too often put in charge of the state institutions only to be removed in two years and succeeded by other equally inexperi enced men and women, it has been found necessary to form a board, whose duty it was to inquire into causes of dependents and delinquents and to relieve the needs of unfortu nates. He deplored that in the entire organization, there were no more than two dozen active workers, the rest be ing merely sympathizers and would-be office-holders. "A few enthusiastic workers." he said, "have formed what is known as the Nebraska State Conference of Charities and Corrections. Its work and aims may be summed up as fol lows: First, to disseminate and in tensify interests in charity, seeing to it that only those receive charity who deserve it and will De benefited by it. Third, to rationalize penalty, tak ing the idea of retribution or vengenoe entirely out of it. Fourth, the reform Taws, institutions and administration. • according to the above advanced ideas. I Fifth, so far as we can to give such a healthful system and to man’s whole moral and civic life that fewer will tend to poverty and crime than do now. Mr. Bryan at Commencement PERU—Presiden* John A. Woodard of the senior class of the state normal, in reply to a unanimous invitation from the class, has received the following letter from Colonel W. J. Bryau: "My Dear Mr. Woddard: 1 thank you for the very kind invitation which you extend on behalf of the class, and I am glad to note that your commence ment comes at a time when I shall be ax home, and I take great pleasure in accepting. Please present my compli ments to the class and assure them that I appreciate the honor which they do me." Mr. Bryan's acceptance has occa sioned much gratification, not only among the members of the senior class, but the other classes as well, and among the friends and patrons of the school. Colonel Bryan’s non-par tisan address made in chapel during the campaign here was regarded as one of the best addresses ever given at Peru. His coming again will be hailed with pleasure by patrons and students of the school. Petition for Pardon. A lengthy petition with many signa tures was presented to Gov. Mickey by Attorney L. W. Billingsley, asking for the pardon of CPanes D. McMillen or Red Cloud, who has served three years of a sentence of eight years for the crime of manslaughter. The gov ernor parelled McMillen some time ago to a harnessmaker at Benedict, but he returned voluntarily to the penitentiary, claiming that he feared that his surroundings there were such that his temper might get the better cf him and also get him into trouble again. Good Prices for Land. STERLING—Land about Steiling is bringing good prices. Last week E Zulhke bought the 320-acre farm of J. R. White seven miles north of Sterling for $29,000. it is one of the best improve 1 farms in this county. The following week George Frey of Hebron, Neb., bought the H. G. Fit hair. i60-acre farm two miles east of Sterling for $12,000. Attempt to Burn Schoolhouse. BRADSHAW — An attempt was made a few nights since to set fire to the public school building at this place. The scheme had been carefully planned by the would-be incendiary. A box about ten inches square had been filled with excelsior which was well soaked with coal oil. while over this had been drawn a sack well soaked with oil. Engineer Teal Drops Dead. NORFOLK—Andrew Teal, one oi the oldest and best known North western engineers, who had been in the service for many years here, drop pe l dead from heart failure. A Woman Fails Dead. KEARNEY—Apparently in the bes; of health, Mrs. Albin Lund, wife of a prosperous end prominent farmer east of the city, fell dead at her home, from heart disease. Argument of Tax Case. The famous Nebraska railroad tax cases which the railroads have been trying persistently to stave off will be argued before the United States supreme court at Washington. Tues day. January' 22. This date was agreed .upon between Attorney Genera! Norris Brown, representing the state, anc Charles J. Greene, special attorney for the Burlington, who was armes with written credentials authorizing him to act for John N. Baldwin, foi the Union Pacific. Banker Cut in a Fight. BEATRICE—F. L. Pothast. cashie of the Farmers State bank of Pick rell. was assaulted at rickrell by Elvii and Harry Snyder. In the fight Mr Pothast received a knife wound ii the leg. Mickey Honors Requisition. Gov. Mickey has honored the requi ^ sition of the governor of Colorado fo the return of J. B. Flora to Fort Col lins on the charge of having obtainei money under false pretenses. Flor is now under arrest in Omaha. NEBRASKA BRIEFS. The Kearney Realty company has ' i filed its articles of incorporal ion with the Secretary of state. The Enevoldson Land company of St. Paul has been incorporated with a paid up capital of $8,000. E. L. McGregor, a wealthy farmer of Cedar county, suicided last week. His dead body was found in his barn. Sam Thomas, who was arrested at Keokuk. Ia., for swindling, is wanted in Fremont, for the same kind of a job. A matrimonial agency in St. Joseph got $125 out of a Cass county man. but the promised wife was not forth | coming. The Salvation Army on Christmas day distributed twenty-five baskets of food and over 150 garments to the worthy poor of Beatrice. The Andrew’s Dental company of Omaha with a paid up capital stock of $25.00 filed its articles of incorpo ration with the secretary of shite. The 2-year-o!d son of Mrs. p. F. Willems, living near Diller. pulled a can of hot lard over and was badly burned about the neck, arms and thigh. Switchman Mose S. Jennings, at the McCook yards lost a leg in an acci i dent while switching cars. It was am ) nutated beiow the Knee. He will re l | cover. Seigle Crossley. a farmer living j seven miles north of Mason City, had j his foot crushed in a com shelter. It is thought the limb will have to be amputated. At North Platte, after a sensational trial at the preliminary hearing of Miss Mirth Clara for the murder of John Leonard, the county judge dis charged the defendant. As showing the tendency of Pawnea county lands to advance. F. M. Col well sold last the forty-acre fruit farm of G. R. Martin, one-fourth of a mile west of Table Rock, for $110 per acre. At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Bruno State bank of Bruno, it was unanimously voted to increase the capital stock to $10,000 and erect a new modern brick bank building. The animal report of t,he treasurer of the State University Athletic uoard has been made and it shows the total receipts for the year were $17,089.50 ] and the expenditures $15,296.27. leav ing a oalance of $2,393.27. Thomas and Robert Halpin. the old est 15 years old, living with their uncle and guardian in Valley county, are said to be the victims of such cruel l neglect that the matter has betn in vestigated by the county court. Anurew Teal, one of the best known locomotive engineers in the state died at Norfolk from valvular heart trouble. Mr. Teal ha . just completed his twenty-five years of service for the Chicago & Northwestern railway. The Tecumseh city council has passed resolutione and placed the same upon record pledging the council to raise annually the $600 required by Andrew Carnegie for the maintenance of the proposed new library building. Andrew Arnold, an old Gage county resident who was thrown from his horse a few days ago at his farm near Inavale, died from his injuries which resulted in concussion of the braia. He was 56 years of age and leaves a widow and six children, two daughters and four sons. Vernon Bascom, cashier of the Na tional bank of rawnee City, received a message from Centralia. Wash., to the effect that his brother, frank A. Bascom. a conductor on the Northern Pacific, running between Portland and Tacoma had been injured in a wreck, and probably would not live. A claim for $350 for interest on a claim of $3,300 will be filed with the state auditor by O. B. Pols, of Cleve land. O. The company, after being in litigation with the state of Neb raska for fifteen months, obtained judgment for \he $3,300. and now wants the interest on its money from the time the contract was completed until the case was decided. The requisition of the governor of Colorado for the return to fort Col lins of J. B. flora has been honored by Governor Mickey. Coiiins. who is now under arrest at Omaha, is charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, it being alleged that he bor rowed a horse for an hour and se cured from Howard Russel $90 under a chattel mortgage on tun animal. Bess grain was produced in Nebras ka this year than last, according to the estimates made by the state la bor bureau on the acreage and pro duction of the various crops. An in crease of about 8,000,000 bushels is noted in winter wheat, but spring wheat fell short about 200.000 bushels. Corn fell short almost 2,500.000 bush els of the production of last year. Twenty-two stacks of hay belonging to A1 Tift on laud southeast of North Platte, near the stock yards, was burned. The tonnage destroyed was in the neighborhood of 150. ani the total loss will amount to over $1,200. J. D. Brown, for fifteen years the leading business man of Burchard. has sold uis stock of general merchandise .and retires irom business with a com fortable fortune. letters written three years ago were Iasi week found in the United States mail box in the Omaha National bank building, where a defective box had prevented their being seen and re moved by the mail gathered since the time tney were dropped in the !>cx Of the remaining $4,400 indebted ness on the city electric lighting plant at Tecumseh. $2,000 will be paid Jan uary 1. It was hoped the council would be able to tree the debt at this time. but it was not. During the pr«t year the city has reduced its total bonded indebtedness $4,000. The Holi-^-j hotel in Red Cloud caught fire in the garret frcm a de fective flue. Before the flames could be extinguished part of the roof was 1 burned and considerable damage done by water to fornisntngs on the second 1 floor In a report made public hist week State Superintendent McBrien stated that one-seventh of the teachers ot r the state are men. The male teischers draw one-fifth ot the total salary paid l to educators in the state. The aver i age wage for men is $60 a month, that oi the females ..<2. ANOTHER MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR FATHER1 ^A HUNP-BtCOMW - 3UPPFR5 FROr) > * r\OTHFR_^. PRESIDENT TAKES OUTING GOES WITH FAMILY TO PINE KNOT, VA. Several Guests Are Members of the Party—Will Return to Wash ington Monday. Charlottesville. Va. — President Roosevelt, his family and guests reached Pine Knot. Mrs. Roosevelt’s cottage in the southern part of Albe marle county, at five o’clock Thursday afternoon. Their outing will continue until Monday. The party was joined here by E. C. Hamer, Jr., a young naval lieutenant, and Richard Wilmer, young son of Dr. ■Wilmer, of Washington. Those who came from Washington are: President and Mrs. Roosevelt, their five children. Miss Ethel, Theodore, Jr., Kermit, Archie and Quentin; Rear Admiral P. M. Rixey, surgeon general of the navy; M. S. Latta, assistant secretary to the president and Miss Langdon, a friend of Miss Ethel's. L. S. Brown, general agent of the South ern railway, also accompanied the president, but he went only as far as North Garden. Mr Latta will make his headquarters at Charlottesville, and will make trips to Pine Knot when business develops requiring the president's attention. There is tele phone communication also between Charlottesville and Plain Dealing, the Wilmer county home, adjoining Pine Knot, of which use will be made for the president in case of necessity. TROOPS LEAVE SCOOBA. Mississippi Town Quiet and No More Trouble Expected. Meridian, Miss.—All the troops sta tioned at Scooba. the scene of the re cent race troubles, returned Thursday afternoon in charge of Gov. Vardainan. who went there Wednesday night to take personal command of the situa tion. Returning military officials and others comment unfavorably on the reports that have been sent out broad cast regarding the situation at Scooba. The condition there is reported quiet and apprehension of further trouble is passed. The railroad officials say there were no fresh outbreaks Thursday. The difficulty which aroused both races in this city and vicinity occurred three miles northeast of here Tues day. Accurate information upon this trouble is not yet available here, but it is known that at least five negroes lost their lives as a result of it. There are also reported several others killed. However, these reports lack confirma tion. Kentucky Feud Fatal. Lexington. Ky.—Hiram Mullins and his son William were shot and fatally wounded in a feud battle fought at their home with a gang of despera does. headed by Charles and Bud Lit tle and John Brewer. The house was rid Bed with bullets, and every window was broken. The battle ceased only when both the Mullins were shot down. Costly Fire at Marietta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. — A special from Marietta, Ga., says the plant of the Georgia Manufacturing and Public Service company, including the Mari etta Paper mill, was burning Monday evening. Already a loss of $150,000 had been caused, and the fire was not yet under control. Bryan Will Be Candidate. Topeka. Kan.—In an interview here Thursday William J. Bryan practically ! admitted that he would be a candidate I for the presidential nomination before | the next Democratic national conven i tion. Rusiean Consul a Suicide. Liverpool. — The Rusisan consul here, Col. De Heimann, was found I dead in bed Thursday morning, having i been killed by a pistol shct and a knife | wound that were inflicted by him ! self. Two Killed by Bomb in Russia. Kharkov, Russia.—An unknown traveler dropped a bomb in the rail way station here Wednesday evening npon alighting from an incoming train. Two passengers were killed and many were wounded. Outlaws Shoot a Deputy. Tulsa, I. T.—In a running fight over a rocky eountry. Deputy United States Marshal Strickland was shot and left for dead by two desperate outlaws. The battle occurred near Dawson, a •Ball mining camp. VICTORY FOR STANDARD OIL. Recent Verdict Against Trust at Findlay, O., Thrown Out. Findlay, O. — The Standard Oil company won a victory in common pleas court here Monday when Judge W. S. Duncan decided that the probate court had no jurisdiction in the suit brought against it in the probate court and threw out the recent verdict of guilty against the company. Prosecutor David sometime ago filed an information in the probate court against the Standard, charging it with violating the anti-trust laws of the state. He maintained that he could get action quicker against the com pany by this proceeding than through indictments in the common pleas court. The Standard attorneys contended that the probate court had no juris diction in the matter; that If there had been a violation of the law the prosecutor should have proceeded against the company through indict ments. This point was upheld by Judge Duncan and the case is thus thrown out of the probate court. This decision in no way effects the indictments recently returned in com mon pleas court by the grand jury against John D. Rockefeller and the other officials of the Standard Oil company, charging them with violat ing the antitrust laws. It is understood the prosecution will appeal the case to a higher court. NEGRO SOLDIER IN PERIL. Threatened with Lynching for Throw ing White Woman Into Street. El Reno, Ok-la.—Race feeling is at white heat and threats of lynching are heard on every hand as a result of an assault committed on Mrs. T. Clifford, wife of a prominent physician. Thurs day afternoon by a negro soldier of the Twenty-fifth infantry. Mrs. Clifford and her sister, Mrs. S. H. Clark, were attempting to pass the soldier when he viciously grabbed Mrs. Clifford around the waist and threw her into the street, exclaiming that the sidewalk belonged to him. Mrs. Clark screamed for assistance and the assailant fled, escaping before help arrived. The women will attempt to identify him when he returns to the fort. STEAMER STRATHCONA BURNS. Vessel Beached and 380 Passengers Saved—Heroism of Crew. Halifax, N. S.—Word was received here Sunday from Port Dufferin, a small coast town some 60 miles east of this city, of the destruction by Are of the passenger steamer Strathcona, owned by the Halifax & Canso Steamship company, and bound from this port for Canso and Guysbor ough. That no lives were lost is due prin cipally to the heroism of the engineers and firemen, who stuck to their posts until the steamer was beached and every one of the 380 passengers land ed. In less than one hour after the beaching of the steamer she was burned to the water's edge. Costly Blaze in Denver. Denver, Col.—The Ernest & Cran mer building, one of the finest office buildings in the city, was damaged by fire Tuesday, the seventh and eighth floors being entirely destroyed. The total loss is ~$200,000. Commercial Teachers Meet. Cleveland, O. — The National j Commercial School Teachers' fed eration convened here Thursday with an attendance of between 400 and 500 delegates, representing all parts of the country. — Woman Dies of Hydrophobia. New York.—Mrs. Charles Weeks, 60 years old, cf New Rochelle, died at her home from hydrophobia. She was bitten three weeks ago by a small fox ; terrier her husband found in the ! street. — Texas Priest Falls Dead. Denison, Tex.—Rev. T. K. Crowley, j of St. Patrick's church, while putting on his vestments to celebrate high j mass, dropped dead Christmas day. i He had been a priest here for Iff years and was highly esteemed. Indicted for Grabbing Land. Helena, Mont.—T. E. Brady, a prom inent Great Falls lawyer, baa been In dicted by the federal grand Jury In this city on the charge of hisTlng Il legally fenced 13.167 acres of public land in Valley county. YAOUIS MURDER MANY nr- - MEXICANS ARE BUTCHERED AT LENCHO AND ON RANCHES. TENT HOUSESARE BURNED Americans Saved by the Timely Ar rival of Work Train—Other Mas sacres Near Valencia Are Reported. El Paso. Tex.—The details of the Yaqui Indian outbreak at Lencho sta tion on the Cananea, Yaqui River & Pacific railroad, a branch of the South ern Pacific in Sonora, Mexico, Satur day night, in which eight Mexicans were killed and all tent houses burned, have been received here. No Americans were killed, although it is certain that but for the timely arrival of a work train with a large crew of laborers Foreman Thompson and his wife would have been killed. Reports from the same vicinity tell of murders and outrages perpetrated by the Yaquis Thursday and Friday nights. The victims were all Mexi cans, who were taken by surprise on their lonesome ranches. Details of the outbreak are extremely meager, but show that the situation is serious. Immediately after the houses were set on fire, and by the light of the flames the Y'aquis shot at the fright ened Mexicans who were trying to es cape. The reports received here say that in addition to the eight men killed in the station a number of Mexicans were wounded. At a time when the residents of the camp, including Thompson and his American wife, seemed doomed, the whistle of a work train was heard, and a few minutes later the train pulled into the station. The crew of the train immediately went to the assistance of the people at the station and the Indians took to flight. Mexican troops are now in pursuit of the band and it is believed the In dians will be soon run down and cap tured. Soldiers are being rushed to the troubled district in large numbers, j as the government is determined to make short work of the latest out break. It is believed that the out break will not prove general and that the trouble has all been caused by one I large renegade band. Massacre Near Valencia. Nogales. Mexico.—Details are arriv ing here of the butchery of a party of Mexicans by Yaqui Indians near Va lencia, 60 miles below Guymas. Eleven Mexicans and one American were killed, and, from all accounts, there were over 100 Indians in the attacking party. The employes of the Southern Pacific railroad in that sec tion are frightened. It is said many are leaving and that the massacre may delay the road to Guadalajara. TO REVISE CUBA’S LAWS. Governor Magoon Signs the Decree Appointing the Commission. Havana. — Governor Magoon Mon day signed the long-awaited de ' cree appointing a commission to re vise the laws of Cuba. This commis sion will submit to the provisional governor the draft of an electoral law. new provincial and municipal laws, a law defining the organization and functions of the judiciary, a civil serv ice law. and also will treat on such other subjects of great interest as may be referred to It by the provisional governor. The commission consists of Cole H. i Crowder, of the judge advocate gen i eral's department of the American | army, president: Jose Miguel Gomez, secretary, and Erasmo G. Boudet, Francisco C. Justiz, Manuel M. Coron ado, Mario G. Kohiy, Felipe G. Sarrain, Otto Schoem'richf Miguel F. Viondi, Alferdo Zayas and Major Blanton C. Winship. U. S. A. The salaries of the ; members of the commission, excepting j those in the employ of the United : States government, are fixed at J400 a month. The first meeting will be held | on January 3. This is regarded as the first step toward holding new elec tions. Former Railway Agent Arrested. Denver, Col. — Frederick F. Boehm, formerly city passenger agent of the Lake Shore railroad at Niagara Falls, was arrested here Thursday on the charge of embezzling several thousand dollars from the railroad company. Boehm has been in Denver ; for about a year. Under the name of Frederick F. Stanton he has been em ployed in a positicn of trust by the j Vankleeck Bacon Investment eom | pany. He is said to have confessed to a portion of the shortage charged against him. Bad Earthquake in Chili. ' Santiago. Chile.—Half of the town of Arica, in the province of Tacna. has been destroyed by an earthquake, and other towns in the neighborhood have suffered more or less severely. The seaport of Iquique, 120 miles south of Arica, was not damaged. Well Known Artist Dies. New York.—Walter Appleton Clark, the well known artist and illustrator, died Thursday at his home in this city. Mr. Clark was 31 years old. He was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1876, and had won a high place in art. Former Railway Agent Arrested. Denver. Col.—F. F. Boehm, formerly city passenger agent of the Lake Shore railroad at Niagara Falls, was arrested here Thursday on the charge of em bezzling several thousand dollars from the railroad company. Express Official Shoots Himself. New York.—Benjamin Brown, finan cial manager of the American and United States Express companies, shot and probably fatally wounded himself Wednesday. No reason for his action is known. Famous Pilot Drowned. Portland, Ore.—Capt. William P. Greggorry, of the United States steam ship Heather, sends word from Ju neau, Alaska, of the probable death by drowning of Capt James E. Len nan, the pioneer Alaskan pilot. MOB LYNCHES A MURDERER TAKEN FROM JAIL AT LAS ANI* MAS, COL., AND STRUNG UP. Crowd of Masked Men Avenge Bru tal Crime—Victim Coolly Awaits His Doom. Las Animas. Col. — Lawrence Leberg was lynched here Thurs day night for the murder of Henry Lavenmeyer, by a mob of masked men. About 40 men entered the jail shortly before nine o’clock and easily overpowered the sherifT, ’ under sheriff and two other officers and locked them securely in a room of the building. Then men went to the cell occupied by Leberg. struck the shackles from his limbs and took him from the jail. A larger number of men and boys were waiting outside the walls and when the prisoner and his captors ap- i peared they formed a procession and marched a short distance from the jail and hanged Leberg to a telegraph pole. The self-confessed murderer made no resistance and made no statement. Before the mob reached the jail Le berg heard them coming. He arose from his cot, dressed himself coolly and awaited the coming of the avengers of Lavenmeyer's death. The leader of the mob made no effort to disguise himself, and it is declared that the ringleaders are known to the . jail officials. Leberg's crime was inhuman. Alighting from a Santa Fe freight train Tuesday afternoon at Robinson station, near this city, he crossed the river and secured a meal from a farmer named Purvis. When he fin ished eating, he demanded lodging, but was refused because of his abusive | language. Leberg left the Purvis farm and after preparing a camp on the river bank, started back toward Pur vis’ place. He set fire to a hay stack belonging to Henry Lavenmeyer, : thinking it was the property of Pur vis. The fire attracted Lavenmeyer, who took Leberg into custody, allow- j ing him to ride behind him on his horse. When Lavenmeyer dismounted to open the gate at his ranch. Leberg struck him on the head with a ham mer, which he found tied to the saddle. The farmer fell stunned, and Leberg beat him over the head until he be came tired. Then with a pocket knife he cut Lavenmeyer's throat from ear to ear and attempted to scalp him. The burning haystack attracted the neighbors to the scene, who found the mutilated body. A posse was formed and Leberg was caught a mile or two away riding Lavenmeyer's horse. He submitted to arrest quietly and even boasted of his crime, saying that he had drunk the blood of his victim. DEATH FOR NEBOGATOFF. Russian Admiral and Three Others Condemned for Surrender. St. Petersburg. — Because he ! surrendered his squadron to the Japanese in the battle of the Sea of Japan on May 28. 1905, Rear Admiral Nebogatoff is sentenced to death. The same fate is meted out to Commander ! Lichino. of the coast defense ironclad General Admiral Aprarne; Rear Ad miral Gregorieff. of the coast defense ship Admiral Seniavin, and Liuet Smirnoff, who succeeded to the com mand of the battleship Nicolai I. Such is the decision of the court martial which has been trying Ad miral Nebogatoff and 78 officers of his squadron, but in view of extenuating circumstances and the long and oth erwise blameless careers of these of ficers. the court will Detition the em peror to commute their sentences to ten years' imprisonment in a fortress. Four other officers were sentenced to short terms of imprisonment in a fortress, while the remainder were ac quitted of the charges brought against them. GRAIN TIE-UP NEAR END. Hundreds of Cars Arriving in Minneap olis Every Day. Minneapolis. Minn. — The back bone of the grain tie-up will soon he broken, as hundreds of cars of grain are now coming into the city daily, particularly over the Great Northern. Northern Pacific and Soo, the roads which handle the most grain. Great Northern officials assert that they will have handled over 7,000 grain cars locally by the end of December, as against 3,000 in the month of No vember. The Northern Pacific will have handled between 1,200 and 1,500 cars at the end of December, as against 558 in November. The other roads do not show any in crease worthy of mention, but the in crease on the two big roads is grow ing daily, and it is therefore believed that the tie-up will not last long. Milwaukeean Fined for Bribery. Milwaukee.—Former Supervisor Au gust Puls in the municipal court Wednesday afternoon pleaded guilty to two indictments charging bribery in connection with county contracts and was fined $700. Heavy Snow in Great Britain. London.—The heaviest snowstorms the United Kingdom has had in many years raged Tuesday, with hoary gales. Traffic was badly hampered and there were many small wrecks along the coast, most of the sailors being rescued. Father of Alfalfa Is Dead. Topeka, Kan.—Harrison Parkmaa, who first brought, alfalfa from South America and planted it in the United States, died Wednesday at Emporia, Kan., aged 73 years. Joe Leiter’s Auto Kills Boy. Washington—The 60-horse power touring car of Joseph Leiter. in which were riding Mr. Leiter, Mrs. Levi Z. Leiter and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Remington, of New York, Tuesday ran down and instantly killed Samuel West, a 14-vear-old negro boy. Shah Is Steadily Failing. Teheran, Persia.—The latest infor mation from the palace shows that the shah’s reserve strength is gradu ally failing. He no longer rallies when given stimulants. ABSENCE OF CARS _ RAILROADS UNABLE TO COPE' WITH THE SITUATION. STATEMENT IS ISSUED ON SAME' It is Put Forth by the Department of Commerce and Labor and Sets Out Why Products of the Country Were Not Promptly Transported. WASHINGTON—The cav shortage problem has had its influence on the movement of internal commerce dur ing the last month. According to a statement issued by the jbureau of statistics of the de partment of commerce and labor, while the statement states it is im possible to determine to what extent inadequate transportation facilities af fected the movement of grain, live stock, meat products, and, in some lo calities, lumber and coal, in Novem ber, it says it can undoubtedly be af firmed that they would have been much heavier bad the railroads been fully able to cope with the situation. A marked decline is shown in move ments of certain important staples when compared with November of last year, but an increase for the eleven months of the present year. The total live stock receipts at seven interior primary markets during No vember aggregated 3,534,117 bead, a falling off of about 300,000 head from the same month of last year. For the eleven months of the pres ent years like arrivals aggregated 37, 442,129 head, compared with 37,089, 707 head for the like period in 1905. A considerable falling off is shown in shipments of packing house pro ducts from Chicago during November, there being a total of 218.110,713 pounds, against 296,000,302 for the same period in 1905. The most noticeable decline is shown in receipts of grain, the total figures for fifteen interior markets during Novemebr having been 75,779, 424 bushels,, showing a falling off of over 17,500.000 bushels from Novem ber, 1905. For the eleven months of the pres ent year grain receipts aggregated 722,944,871 bushels, exceeding like months in 1906 by more than 11,500, 000. Decreases which occurred in the receipts of wheat, barley and rye were offset, however, by an increase in the receipts of corn and oats. Domestic cotton sight receipts dur ing November amounted to 2.392,390 bales, against 2,193.896 in November Df last yeara. November shipments of anthracite coal from eastern producing regions totalled 5,182.153 tons, compared with 5,421,584 in November. 1905. FARM EXHIBIT IS PLANNED. Harvest Home Festival Which Will Show Products of West. CHICAGO—The Chicago Commer cial association is planning the great est agricultural exposition ever held in this country. The fact developed through a conference held with the executive committee of the Western Passenger association with a view to iscertaining what rates the railroads would give for such an event. The -ailroad men were also asked to con sider what the railroads would con tribute to promoting and carrying through the exposition. The plan is to hold a harvest home festival next October or November. The railroad men said there was lit tle doubt that the railroads would do all in their power to extend the move ment providing it was made general in character and on a comprehensive plan. VALUE OF 1906 OUTPUT. What the Country Along the Harri man Lines Prejudiced. OMAHA — The Union Pacific has just completed the compilation of the 1905 figures, showing the value of the output of the country along the Hard man lines during the year. It is as follows: Manufacturing. $2,095,579,951; farm animals, $1,475,337,265; grain and [arm. $909,6b4,508. Americans Murdered By Indians. PHOENIX, Arig.—Business men of Sonora, Mex.. arriving her say that withi nthe last two months sixteen Americans have been killed by Yaqui Indians at one point or another in Mexico. Most of them were settlers who fled three years ago during the In dian troubles, but recently returned, believing they would be protected and be sate from murderous bands. They state that the recent news of the Yaqui murders there is not surprising In fact they say it is not news below the line. Trusts File Demurrers. TOPEKA. Kas.—Demurers were filed today In the supreme court In the anti-trust suits started by the state against the International Har vester company, the Standard Oil com pany of Kansas and the Standard Oil company of Indiana. Lack of jurisdic tion and insufficient cause for action are set up. — Statement by Mr:. Sage. NEW YORK—Mrs. Russell Sage, widow of the financier, gave out a statement in which she declared that it was not her intention to distribute immediately the money left by her husband, and much less does she in tend to distribute it everywhere and to everybody. She declared that she has at her own doors plenty of cases of need which have a nearer claim on her than people of other cities whose needs, she believes, can and shoud be met by philanthropic per sons in those cities. Bishop A! Coke Smith Dead. NASHVILLE. Tenn. — Bishop A. Coke Smitht of the Methodist church South, died at Asheville, N. C. Mr. Smith was elected bishop at the gen eral conference in Dallas four years ago. Colonel Mann Is Acquitted. NEW YORK—The jury in the case of Colonel William D. Mann ef Town Topics, charged with perjury, rett&ned a verdict of acquittal. The case went to the jury at 7 o’clock and the ver dict was reached four hours later.