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CAPITAL (ITT (DAT A WEEKLY SUMMARY OF IMPORT ANT HAPPENINGS. EVENTS OF STATE-WIOE INTEREST of Da:ngg ot the State Legisla ture. and Other Things of Which Nebraska People Desire Knowledge. . - Raiiroad Regulation Bil-'s. Two hills have been introduced in the senate for the regulation of rail roads by conferring |K>wer upon the newly elected railway commission. It is probable both bills will go before joint committees before a bill for this purpose is rejiorted back to either of the houses. Senator Root, of Cass, }>as introduced a bill that la almost an exact copy of the Texas law. His oil* is 8. F. 31. It provides that the commission shall have power to make rates where none exist, U> change rates that already exist and establish rates for any railroad line or any part of a line. Ten days' notice shah lie given to a railroad when a change is to he ordered. The bill contemplates an appeal to the courts in the usual manner Senator Mdrich introduced 8. F. No. IS. It provides not only the qualifi cations oT (be railway commission, but defines its powers. It contains pro visions taken from the Texas, Cali fornia and Iowa laws and suggestions Horn Judge Brewer's recent decisions in railroad cases. The bill provides that -the commissioners shall receive ' a salary of >3,509 each, with power to 1 elect one secretary at a salary of not j to exceed >3,500 aod two clerks at aot i to'Axceed'11,390. Regulation of Corporations title real centers to a great, esiaut on rite makeup of the legislative railroad committees which are said to be satin facfory to the “progressi ve" republi cans. but it is not certain that either of these commit tees will formulate the more important hills dealing with rail road regulation. A movement has already been started in the housg for the appointment, of cogiiuittees of seven to consider hill* relating to the campaign pledges f’ian. Assessment Board Change. Preparation of a hill to change the '■omposttion of the state Itoard of equalization and assessment by reduc ing its membership from flve to three has been commenced, and as soon as ♦he measure is fully drafted if will be Introduced In one or both houses of the legislature, it is proposed to make the board of review include the governor, the secretary of state and only one other state official. The board’s present membership takes in the land commissioner, treasurer and auditor, but If the change that is iu view should lake place two of these would have to be dropped. Some un certainty eclats as to which of them wilt be left off in the bill as il is to be formulated. The desire for this change comes from the fact that dur ing the two years in which baud Commissioner Katon and Auditor 1 — * k. . ' * ; 3 Bearle have been members they have Iwioe opposed any considerable in crease in the assessments o transpor tation companies, and frith the assist ance of Former Secretary of State ua tusha, their votes prevailed in 1905 and 1906. The railroads, under the ohauge (If it is made) will be given a full hearing, as they have already had. It is believed the change will result in a square deal all around House Gets Susy. *" • Resolutions were passed by the house Thursday authorizing the speak er to name members of four com mittees to act with slmiliar commit tees from the senate to draft bills on direct primary, terminal taxation, free transportation of persons and proper ty and railway commission ;\> ac complish this a resolution by Farley i of Hamilton, was substituted for one by McMullen of Gage who sought to name the committee on direct prl mary in a slightly different manner than had been agreed on by a number of the house republicans. An agreement was reached in the house to work Friday and Saturday. Bills were introduced to compel Christian science healers to take ex aminations in anatomy and other branches, to remove the $r>,000 liabil ity limit for loss of life in an accident; to establish a bacteriological labora tory in the state university, appropri ating funds for the expenses of the legislature. Vote Themselves Stamps. After much wrangling over Vie prop osition. he house members, after twice voting down the matter of hav ing the state furnish postage, finally decided that five two-cent stamps a day were sufficient and ueedful ia the transaction of business. The following day Speaker Nettleton announced that as no appropriation was available with which to pay for stamps, the members would not be supplied with same. It will require the passage of a bill providing for stamps and appro priating money to pay for same This is not likely to be done. Want Mickey to Stay. An effort is being made to interest ex-GovernorMickey in some business enterprise in Lincoln, in order that he may find a good excuse for follow ing out his natural desire to make his home here permanently. It is recog nized even by people who have dis agreed with him politically that his name and business judgment and ex perience would be a fine asset for any concern that could secure an alli ance with him. Leading members of the Commercial club have mentioned pome promising projects In- the hope that he may find one to his liking. BEiiaBiMttiaSBMMi Square Deal Element Wins. In the formation of the committee! ] of both houses of Urn Nebraska legis 1 lature the square-deal element wai able to overcome alt opposition. There j is every reason therefore, for the peo ■ pie of the state to expect some whole some legislation in respect to those ■ questions in which hey are vitally in- j terested. Senate Committees Named. The committee to select the s?nat» committees announced its choice, tin more important committees being: Railroads—A. Wiisev, chairman; E D. Gould. C. H Aldrich. J. G. O’Con noil. Geo. VV. Wiltse, t\ H. Epperson D. Hanna. 1.. C. Gibson and .1. C. Byrne3. Reveuue—B. F. Thomas, chairman; J. C. F. McKesson. F. W. Phillips, H. E. Sackett. ('. A. Luce. C. G. Sibley and S. H. Buck. Rules—C. L. Saunders, chairman; E. L. King and Geo. VV. Wiltse. University and Normal Schools— It. M. Thompson, chairman: E. D Gould, W. H. Wilson, F. VV. Phillips. IC. L. King. A. L. Clark and F. VV. Ashton. Agriculture—W E. Thorns, chair man; .1. 0. F. McKesson. L. Good ! rich, C. G. Sibley, Charles A. Randall, ! K. Wilcox and F. W. Ashton. Irrigation—C. G. Sibley, chairman; • A. Wilsey, D. Hanna, C. A. Luce, H. j B. Glover, R. M. Thomson and .1. C j By t ties. Judiciary—E. L. King, chairman; | B. F. Thomas, C. H. Aldrich, C. H. j Epperson, H. E. Sackett, J. L. Root, R. j M. Thomson, George W. Wiltse, F. W. j Ashton, and W. R. Patrick. Labor—F. W. Ashton, chairman; ] Joseph Burns, B. F. Thomas, Charles : A. Randall. J. C. By rues. Municipal Affairs—1,. C. Gibson, chairman; Joseph Burns, II. E. Sack ett. B. F. Thomas and F. VV. Ashton. Live Stock and Grazing—D. Hanna, chairman; C. G. Sibley, H. B. Glover, W. E. Thomas and J. P. Laita. Insurance—Joseph Burns, chairman; W. H. Wilson, B. F. Thomas, F. VV. Phillips and H. E. Sackett. The House Committees. Speaker Neftletou’s list o’ bouse I committee* was made public. The j more important ones follow: Rules—Mr. Speaker, chairman. Hart, Keifer, Marsh. Harrison, Brown, (E. Pi. Armstrong. Livestock and grazing—Masters, chairman; Keifer, Richardson. Baird, Siolz, Jones. Oreig Snyder. Metzger. Revenue and taxation — Do.jge. chairman; Doran, Neff. IJnvis. Scudder, Killen. Baker. Stadfer. Kuhl, Quack colmsh, Carlfn. Bank and currency—Har.. chair •MAS: Farley Steinmer. Smith. .Milli gan, Kuhi. Snyder. “ttblic schools—Shubert. chairman; Wlrham,-Wilson. F. C. Doran. Cuddice, France. Metzger. University and norniAt schools—Mc Mullen, chairman; Armstrong, Gilman, Smith, Hamer, Logsdon. Snyder. Cone, Worthing. Judiciary—Brown lE. P.). chairman; McMullen. Hamer, Brown (E. W.), Clarke (fl. T.), Jenison. Harvey, Flier, Carlin, Quackenbusa. Kuhl. Finance Ways and Means—Keifer. chairman; Dodge, Brown tE. W.), Har rison. Farley. Knowles. Armstrong, Hill Redinoud, Graff. Fries. Agreulture—Walsh (J.), chairman; Jones tCassi, Stolz. Rejcha. France, Graff, Murphy. Telegraph, telephone and electric companies—Jenison, chairman; Hage meister. Dodge, Best, Hansen, Brown, (E. W.), Adams, Metzger. Graff. Corporations—Baker. chairman; Rohrer, Hansen. Barnes. Whitman, Howe, Van Housen. Public lands and buildings—Marsh, chairman; Shubert. Eller, Fletcher, White, Thieasen, Rejcha. Byratn. Logsdon. Besse, Metzger. Fries. How aid. Railroads—Hanison, chairman; Dor an. Hart. Farley, Marsh. Jeulson, Knowles. Walsh. Keler, Scudder, Quackenbuab. Cone. Duncan. Adam*, Henry. Constitutional amendments—Tucker, chairman; Whitman, Talbot. Culdice, Line. Lahners. Henkel. Richardson, Witeoe (F. C. i. QnaekeiilMish. Carlin. Labor—Leeder, chairman; Hage uieister. Johnson. Lalmers, McCel iough, Lee. Milligan, Saunders. Neff. Whitney, Bolen. Schoettger. Weems. I The Senate Adjourns. The seuate Thursday laid over a resolution authorizing trips to state institutions by a committee, took n« action on the appointment of joint committees to consider important leg islation. reconsidered a motion to recognize only one publication of the state statutes and adjourned till Mon day. .11 p .in. Bills were introduced which require Christian scientists to obtain a license from the 3tate board of health, preventing brewers from be ing interested ill saloon licenses un less in their own name, limiting the number of saloons in South Omaha, Omaha aud'Lineoln. repealing the act creating the state board of charities, and preventing corporations from issu ing stock at less than par value or for anything but money, labor or property actually paid, tendered or delivered. Frazier Reappointed. Lou W. Frazier of Fairmon was re appointed secretary of the state print ing board. The board comprises Audi tor Searle, Treasurer Brien and Secre tary Junkin. There were several ap plicants for the position. Mr. Frazier lias served in this position for four years. The senate has adopted a new rule regarding admission of persons to the floor. The new ride admits the per sons who usually have the privileges of the floor, such as members and ex members of the legislature, state of ficers and their deputies and their clerks, and permits members of the senate or the secretary of the sen ate to issue cards of admission to others. This is considered an ex tremely liberal rule and it may be abused to some extent, but most of the responsibility will repose on the members of the senate themselves for any abuses that occur. Aftermath of Cox Murder. Six citizens of Minatare, the town where Sam T. Cox was shot and killed by a hotel keeper, have peti tioned the state board of pharmacy to close the drug store of Wilson & White at that, place. They allege that the laws of Nebraska are not fully complied wdth by the drug firm. The nature of the violations are not stated. The names signed to the paper are Elisabeth Bosley, O. G. Pierpont, A U. Parmenter, B Decker, T. E. Chambers and J. O. L. Moffit. It Is supplied that the petition is an out growth of the Cox murder. SHORTEN HIS HOURS. MlutMiMUt JonraiL Death is working overtime on all the railroad* and if congress can reduce his labors it can't be done too quickly. NEAR CLASH IN HOUSE TWO CONGRESSMEN HAVE SPIR ITED ALTERCATION. Gaines of Tennessee Tries to Attack Mahon of Pennsylvania. But Fight Is Averted. Washington.—The house late Thurs day took on. Hie appearance of the closing days of the Fifty-fifth con ' gross, commonly known as the “War congress,” when altercations between members were frequent. fate in the afternoon Mr. Gaines of Tennessee and Mr. Mahon of Penn sylvania were only prevented from meeting in a persona! encounter by the intervention of oilier members. Mr. Gaines was making a speech on his bill to “dock" members' pay for ' absence from the house and he : charged Mr. Mahon wiih being absent from the house 95 per cent, of the time. Mr. Mahon thundered: “Any man who charges me with ; being away from this house 95 per ; cent, of the rime tells an untruth." Mr. Gaines staried down the aisle : from his seat. "No man can tell me 1 1 He!” exclaimed Mr. Gaines. When order had been restored Mr. Mahon again arose. Having been cau tioned by the chair that it was i against the rules to address a mem ber in the second person, he meas-' tired his words, saying be would speak in the “fourth person.” He i theu said: i oe charge of the gentleman front j Tennessee that I am away from this ' house 95 per cent, of my time is a deliberate falsehood." With a rush Mr. Gaines reached tlie ! center of tlie chamber, making di retely toward tlie gentleman from I Pennsylvania, insisting as he went j that no man could call him a liar j without personal chastisement. The rush of Mr. Gaines upon liis 1 adversary brought a dozen members before the speaker's desk. Messrs. ■ Ollie Tames of Kentucky. Taylor of Alabama. Bell or Georgia, Williams of Mississippi, the minority leader, and Stafford of Wisconsin. grabbed : Gaines, who. resisting vigorously, was borne back to his seat. The friends of Messrs. Gaines and , Mahon engaged in an effort to bring about a reconciliation in which they were successful. Both gentlemen apologized, Mr. Mahon rushed across J the chamber and the two clasped ; hands amid loud applause. TOBACCO TRUST IS GUILTY. Two of Its Companies Convicted in . Licorice Paste Trial. t New York.—A jury in the TTnited States circuit court Thursday re turned a verdict in the so-called “to bacco trust" trial, which had been on i hearing before Judge Hough for the past three v-eeks. The jury acquitted ■ Karl Jungbluth and Howard K. Young ’ on all the counts charging conspiracy | in restraint of trade and combining to control the licorice paste industry, but found tlie MacAndrews &, Forbes com- j pany and the J. S. Young company guilty on tv/u counts, one of forming an illegal combination and the other of being a monopoly. Tlie corporations named, which t were joint defendants with Jung bluth and Young, were acquitted of ! the charge of conspiracy. Gives His Life for a Boy. Riverdale, Mieli.—Elbert W. Gibson, principal of the schools here, was I drowned Friday while trying to save | 14-year-old Harry Valance, who had . broken through the ice while skating. Gibson leaves a widow and six cliil-! dren. I Gas E'.xplosion Kills Two. Wilmington. 111.—Two men were ‘ killed and more than a score of per- [ sons injured, including several worn- ; en, by an explosion of acetylene gas at j a card party in Woodman's hall here, t Japanese Squadron Not Coming. Tokio.—The Japanese government I has decided that on account of anti- j Japanese agitation on the Pacific | coast that the training squadron will j not visit the Pacific coast, but will go ! as far as Honolulu only. Man Is Frightened to Death. Philadelphia.—Albert Lindsay was frightened to death and two men were severely burned by an explosion of molten raetal in the finishing plant at Baldwin’s Locomotive Works Thursday. WORKMEN DIE IN HOT METAL. Over Score of Lives Lost in a Pitts burg Furnace. Pittsburg, Pa. — As a result of i he explosion of molten metal at the Bliza steel furnaces of the .Tones & Laughlin's company, limited, the chaired trunks of seven men are at the morgue and 12 badly burned and crippled employes are in hospitals, while anxious workers, with crowbars, picks and shovels are digging through a mass of steel and cinders for the bodies of several more who are miss ing. It. is thought 22 altogether met death. Of the injured three will probably die. B. L. Messier, the superintendent, thinks the accident was caused by the loosening of one of the steel bands about the bottom of the fur nace. It fell, he says and that made that portion of the shell weak. The great pressure of the steel charge and gas against the weak point re sulted in the plate giving way and al lowing the avalanche of molten steel to roll down on the workmen. Thirty-five men were at work about the furnace. One tnau alone of the 23. George Knox, escaped injury. The others not accounted for were con sumed by the awful fiery flood. Charles Bennett, a yard brakeman. who was passing near the furnace on a freight train when the explosion occurred, describes what he saw, as follows: MANY LINES BUT ONE CONTROL Facts About Harriman System Drawn from J. C. Stubbs. Chicago.—Determined efforts were made by the attorneys representing the government before the interstate commerce commission Wednesday to show that the Union Pacfiic and South ern Pacific ownership by K. H. Ilarri man comprised a combination which restricted competition. J. C. Stubbs, operating director of the Hardman system of railroad and steamship lines, was on the witness j stand for hours under the closest ques- j tioning by Attorney F. B. Kellogg. According to the opinion expressed by Mr. Kellogg the government had made out a clear case. "The evidence of Mr. Stubbs shows conclusively,” he said, "that there is no competition between the two sys tems; that both are controlled by the same set of officials; that rates are the same, aud the general agencies in this part of the country have been consolidated.” Mr. Stubbs, however, maintained that the control of the Union Pacific by the Southern Pacific did not affect competition between the two systems. Hopkins Defends Smoot. Washington.—Senator Hopkins spoke in favor of Reed Smoot Friday. lie took the position that senators were not. federal officers to the extent that the senate could impeach them for high crimes or misdemeanors. If a senator was to be punished, it must he done by the 3tate or federal courts. Must Pay Quake Losses. Hamburg.—The North German Fire Insurance company, according to a de cision rendered by the local court in a test case, must pay the losses incurred as a result of the San Francisco earth quake of last year. Curtis to Be Kansas Senator. Topeka, Kan.—Congressman Charles Curtis was nominated for United States senator to succeed Senator Benson, by the caucus of Republican legislators Friday night. The action of the caucus is equivalent to election. Millionaire’s Son Is Killed. Chicago.—Walter S. Bogle, Jr., son of the millionaire president of the Crescent Coal company, was killed by a pistol shot Friday In a room at his home. Members of the family declare the death was accidental. Santa Fe Railway Indicted. Los Angeles, Cal.—The federal grand jury Wednesday returned two indictments against the Santa Fe Rail road company, containing 76 counts. The railroad is charged with giving rebates on lime. Tired of the “Rarebit Dream.’’ New York.—Pinning to hi's clothes a note saying that “life is a rarebit dream,” Albert A. Chittenden, an ar tist, committed suicide by inhaling gas In his apartments on West Twen ty-ninth street. WIFE SLAYER LYNCHED JAMES CULLEN HANGED BY MOB AT CHARLES CITY. 1A. SMASH WAY INTO JAIL Ministers. Women and Leading Citi zens in Crowd—Victim Had Killed His Spouse and Young Step-Son. Charles City, la. — James Cul len. a white man tJO years old. who had murdered his wife and young step sou. was taken from the jail here Wednesday night by a mob and hanged from the bridge that crosses tl ? Cedar river. The lynchers, who were headed by some of the leading citizens of the town, made no attempt to disguise themselves. The summary execution was wit-1 nessed by more than 1.000 persons, in- [ eluding some women and children and j feur ministers. A prayer service pre-1 ceded the lynching. The crow d gathered a trout the jail ! at nine o’clock. With a railroad iron j they battered down the door and with i picks and axes quickly out through ! the wall and secured possession of the j prisoner, immediately after hanging I Cullen the crowd dispersed. Feared He Would Escape Death. Judging from the expressions about ! town the hanging was largely the re- ! suit of the commutation granted to Louis Busse, the Bremer county wire murderer. Busse, who murdered his wife within 15 miles of Charles city, was twice granted reprieves and then his sentence was commuted to life im prisonment. One of Cullen's sons, it is said, was hanged by a mob in Missouri near Jop lin a dozen years ago for horse steal ing. Cullen had been married three times, his two former wives leaving him. His brother, Richard Cullen, a hanker, from Warren, 111., who was in the city, did not hear of the lynching until it was all over. Men who participated in the hang- • ing stated Wednesday night that they : did not fear prosecution. They said - that they disliked mob violence but ’ considered that if lynching was ever j justifiable, it was in the case of Cul-1 !cn. They declared that the estate of ! $50.0<>»> which lie had accumulated as j a contractor here, would have been ! used to fight his case in the courts [ and that, it would be years before he I would have been punished, if ever. j .Tames Cullen, a wealthy contractor. ! killed his wife and his 15-vear-old step- ! son at four o'clock Wednesday morn ing. at his home on East Clark street, and attempted to commit suicide, but failed. He first murdered his wife with a large knife and then went to where the boy. James Eastman, was sleeping. When the lad felt the knife blade touch his throat he battled bravely with his step-father and gained possession of the weapon. Boarders in the house were aroused, as was also Cullen's brother. He with Prof. Rudd and Royal Jacobs took the kuite away from Cullen and the boy started to town to summon the mar shal. As he went out the front door Cullen shot him twice, killing him in stantly. He then attempted to kill himself by shooting. Lynchers to Be Arrested. Des Moines, la.—Gov. A. B. Cum mins Thursday ordered immediate prosecution of as many as possible of the mob that lynched a murderer at Charles City. The leaders of the band are known and will be arrested. STOVE WORKS DESTROYED. Fire Causes Loss of $750,000 in Detroit. Detroit. Mich.—Fire gutted a great [iortion of the large plant of the Mich j igan Stove works on Jefferson ave- ■ nne Tuesday evening, causing a loss . estimated at $750,000. while the en- j tire plant was insured for but $380,000. Upwards of 15,000 gas and coal stoves were ruined, and of the tre mendous plant covering an area of ten or twelve acres only the office j buildings, the foundries and part of the ; storage building were saved, less than j two-thirds of the entire establish- ^ ment. Several firemen were injured by falling debris and half a dozen spec tators were hurt wheu the horses at tached to one of the fire department wagons ran away into the enormous crowd that lined the street opposite the burning plant. Shaw of Persia Dead. Teheran, Persia. — Official an nouncement of the death of the shaii at 1.1 o'clock Tuesday night, was made at nine o'clock Wednesday j morning from the office ol" the grand vizier. The news of the death of the shah was received quietly by the people. Bad Sleet Storm in Southwest. Kansas City, Mo.—An unusually se- ! vpre sleet storm in western Kansas ' ind throughout Oklahoma and Indian territory Friday crippled wires south from Kansas City. Fire Causes Loss of $1,000,000. Lancaster, Pa.—A fire which start ed in the tobacco warehouse of S. R. Moss & Co., here Friday from the fall ing of an electric arc light spread to adjoining property and caused a loss estimated at $1,000,000. Hundreds Die by Tidal Wave. The Hague.—A tidal wave has devas tated some of the Dutch East Inuiau islands south of Achiu. The loss is very great. According to a brief of ficial dispatch 300 persons perished on the island of Tuna. Tragedy in Idaho Town. Rigby, Idaho.—Miss Irene Miller, a teacher in the public schools at Lew isville, near here, was shot and killed Wednesday night by Prof. I. F. Couch, principal of the schools, who then committed suicide. Smith to be Michigan's Senator. Lansing. Mich.—Congressman Wil liam Alden Smifh of Grand Rapids was nominated Thursday night to suc ceed United States Senator R. A. Al ger. This Is equivalent to an elec tion. PONCE iS SAFE IN HARBOR TOWED TO THE BERMUDAS BY A TRAMP STEAMSHIP. Capt. Harvey Cables That Shaft Broke —Passengers and Crew All Are Well. New York.—The steamship Ponce, with' a broken shaft but safe, is riding at anchor in St. George's bay, the Ber mudas, and her crew of .'>2 persons and the seven passengers aboard are re ported ’‘all well.” This assurance was received direct from Capt. W. A. Harvey by the own ers, the New York and Porto Rico Steamship company, Friday evening. Friday's cable reported that the long overdue steamer had reached the for tified harbor in tow of the German steamer Elizabeth Rickmers, but a message from the master himself had been eagerly awaited by General Man ager Mooney of the line and still more anxiously by the captain’s wife in Brooklyn. Mr. Mooney stated that a represent ative of the company would sail on the steamer Bermudian for Bermuda Saturday, furnish bonds for the in demnity ot the Elizabeth Rickmers and immediately after arrange for a tow to bring the Ponce to New York. The passengers will be offered the option of coming to New York on the Ponce or taking passage on the next Quebec Steamship company's steam er leaving the islands for New York. The Ponce, it appears, was but two days' sail from New York w-hen her machinery was disabled. She sailed from Ponce. Porto Rico, December 26, and on December 30 broke the shaft in the stern tube. Roughly estimated, the vessel was then 350 miles from I this port which ordinarily she would have made on New Year's day. Help- ! less, the Ponce drifted for ten days, I her signals of distress being picked I up by the German steamer on Janu ary S. The Rickmers. Capt. Walsen, had sailed two days earlier from Phil adelphia for Nagasaki and Shimon eseki. “HANGMAN” PAVLOFF SLAIN. Czar's Advocate General Is Shot Down by Assassin. St. Petersburg.—Lieut. Gen. Vladi mir Pavloff, the military procurator or advocate general, generally known j since the clays of the late parliament j as “Hangman Pavloff,” from the epi- j thet constantly applied to hint by the I radical deputies, was shot and killed at ten o'clock Wednesday morning while walking in the garden of the chief military court building, near the Moilta canal. The assassin, who was disguised as a military clerk, was captured after a long chase through the crowded city streets, during which he fired about 40 shots from two revolvers which he carried, killing a policeman and wounding a small boy. Vice Admiral Doubassoff. ex-gov ernor general of Moscow and at pres ent a member of the council of empire, has received notification that anothei attempt upon bis life will be made. Lodz, Russian Poland.—Col. Patko Anarieff. chief of the gendarmes of the Lodz district, was shot and killed Thursday on Poludniowa street. An infantry patrol fired a volley at the assassin, but he escaped. CONFESSES TO THE COX MURDER Prisoner in Kentucky Case Implicates; Hargis and Callahan. Jackson. Ivy.—John Smith, one ol the men under indictment for the murder of Dr. B. D. Cox, has made a confession, which is now in the hands of Commonwealth Attorney Jouett Smith names ex-Judge Hargis and ex Sheriff Kdward Callahan as moving spirits iu the crime. He says that Hargis and Callahan induced him tc enter the conspiracy against Cox, making promises to see that he was acquitted and to give him a job. He declares Callahan gave him $100 after the killing, saying “Jim” Hargis sent it to him. Governor Demands Back Taxes. Springfield, 111. — Governor Den- * een sent a special message to the legislature Thursday recommending an emergency appropriation of $150, 000 for the purpose of preparation and trial of the suit against the Illinois Central Railway company to collect hack taxes claimed to be due the state under its charter provision requiring the payment of 7 per cent, of its gross earnings yearly to the state. To Probe Senator Bailsy. Austin. Tex.—A resolution was in- • treduced Friday in the senate of the j Texas legislature, signed by 14 mem-: bers out of 30 composing that body, j demanding an investigation of Senator j Bailey and Attorney General Davidson : and their connection with the read mission of rlie Waters-Pierce Oil com pany into Texas after its ejection un- j der the anti-trust laws. Decapitates His Mother-in-Law. Milwaukee.—George C. Wapp, sup- j posed to be insane. Thursday killed j Mrs. Fredericka Freund, his mother- j in-law, by cutting off her head with a j razor. He confessed the crime, say- j ing his mother-in-law talked too much, j Archbishop Montgomery Dies. San Francisco.—Archbishop Mont- ; gomery died Thursday afternoon. He ! was operated on for appendicitis a [ok days ago. He rallied after the operation and was believed to be re covering w hen a relapse occurred. Aged Woman Found Dead in Woods. St. Cloud. Minn—Mrs. Maria Nov ick, aged 70 years, wife of Thomas Novack, living near Holding, was found dead in the woods about two miles from her home Tuesday evening. 3he had. it is thought, become lost. Bank Robbers Get $800. !3onfield. 111—Severing communica tion with the outside world by cut- ; ting all telegraph and telephone wires, robbers blew open the vault in the Pi-rat bank of Bonfield early Wednes lay and made off with over $S00. THIS IN NEBRASKA FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1907. THE SHOE PINCHES. Opposition to Catalog Houses is Being Felt. “The catalog houses." says the Al bion (Neb.I News, “are beginning tu feel the organized opposition to tiieui Montgomery Ward &. Co. have begun suit against a dealers' association and several individuals and newspapers in South Dakota, charging them with 01 gaulzing a boycott and influencing job bera and manufacturers in refusing in ^ell to them. The suit will fail. They cannot prevent the showing tip of the Catalog house methods, which are de ceptive in character. They have bui't up their immense business by deceiv ing the public through their ' smooth' advertising methods. The merchant* are adopting some of iheir methods of advertising, and the people are tindiug out that the same class of goods can be bought just as cheap at home. The long suit of the cat houses has been in describing an inferior article so a* to make it appear like a superior ar tide. They have employed literary experts that have exhausted the vo cabulary of supetlative adjectives and have printed engravings deceptive in character. They have catered to the depraved sentiment that exi-dei among the people of getting something for nothing. As a rule under the ex isting competition in all lines of hitai ness, you get about what you pay for The man who figures on getting any article for less than its actual wortn. is going to get. left. Remember (hi* when reading the flowery description in the catalog of mail order houses NEBRASKA BRIEF3 A new bank is to be opened ai Ode" Union revival meetings aie on iit Exeter. An unsuccessful attempt was made to rob the Colon postoffiee. Coal has been found on the farm of J. L. Gandy in Gage county. A case of diphtheria has appeal at Oxford, but it is of mild form Schuyler people are talking up a teg nlar county fair to be held at that place. The people of Ter-imiseh are inter eating themselves in securing a county hospital. A religious revival at Lexington is inducing many io turn their wa> unto righteousness. T. H. Tibbies, of Omaha, who was vice presidential candidal e on the populist ticket, is soon to lak» a wife He is t*6. . Rev. Father Barry of St. Patrick's church of Chadroo left last week to take charge of St. Patrick’s church of Hollendale, Wis. Hiss Olga Gereke. daughier of .1 T Gereke. has been elected by the school board of Seward to All the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Laura Davis. Secretary Burgess, secretary of the Young Men’s Christian association of North Platte, has teudered his resigns tion to take effect February 1. Mr Burgess has been offered the seer* taryship of the association at Temple Tex. At Burwell Mrs. M. Miller, aged about 80 years, who had been ill tor several days, escapiug the vigilance of her son, .Judge R. L. Miller and family. with whom she has been stayiug. wau lered to the North Loup river aud dis appeared under the ice. George Gebhardt, the youug mao who stole August Beck’s team in Stan to Stanton by the sheriff, having been to Stanton by the sheriff, havin gbeen captured by the authorities of Coifax county, near Rogers, with the horses still iu his possession. He was held to the district court. The board of directors of the Ne braska Prison association has elected ;he following officers. Judge M. B Reese, president;. Judge A. S. Tib bets. George A. Adams, Lincoln: Dr CJeorge L. Miller, Victor Rosewater. Rev. Hulbert C. Herring. Omaha; Rev VI. A. Bullock, Lincoln; Charles Wes ton. Hay Springs, vice presidents: John Davis, secretary: A. E. Davisson, treasurer; George W. Martin, superiu tendent. Never- before in the history of west ?rn Nebraska has there been, accord ing to the truthful old citizens, a wiu ter in which the condition of the ground gave greater promise for a bountiful harvest the following season The unusual amount of moisture has penetrated the earth to a considerable depth and the precipitation of the last several weeks has materially enhanced the farmers’ faith in 1907 as a good crop year. The office of register of deeds at Broken Bow probably ranks third this year among the twelve of the state Register J. T. Wood has just complete ! his annual report, which represents the banner year of this office. Of the total number of instruments filed ap proximately 2,000 are waranty deeds The county’s population is estimated at 25.000. with about 5,000 voters, gn ing every two voters out of five a change of title during the year. William Coffman of Nebraska City, who was arrested some time since, hail bis preliminary heating before Judge W. W. Wilson aud was held to the district court in the sum of $200. He is charged with robbing cars belong ing to the Duff Grain company. Following is the mortgage report for Gage county for the month of De cember: Number farm mortgages filed, nineteen; amount, $47,984; number released, twenty-eight: amount. $33. 761. Number city mortgages filed twenty-six; amount. $18,257; number released, twenty-two; amount, $9,102. Captain N. P. Lundeeu of York has received a letter from his brother-in law, John Nelson, who is a fireman in Panama. Nelson says he does not like the country and is making arrange ments to return to Nebraska as soon is possible. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, as lessee of the Atchison &. ' Nebraska railroad, the Burlington I branch which runs through the corner af Gage and Adams, counties, filed papers with the county clerk to Indi cate the appointment of two new trustees of the Atchison & Nebraska. »«•»%' rtf laaiilnor v—»l— --