WHAT THE POLICY WILL BE
THE SAN FRANCISCO DELEGA
TION REACH AN AGREEMENT.
Relief is Now Prevalent That if the
Oriental School is Abolished
Coolies Will be Barred.
San Francisco—Mayor Schmitz and
the members of the San Francisco
school board were in conference and
formally agreed on the policy they
will pursue in connection with the
question of the , Japanese and San
Francisco schools. The mayor and
members of the board have refused to
make any statement as to what posi
tion they will take when they call at
the white house to confer with Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Root.
In a telegram, however, to the Cali
fornia Exclusion league. Mayor
Schmitz declares the delegation has
“not made any arrangements up to
date of any kind.’’
More than 300 telegrams were re
ceived by Mayor Schmitz and the
members of the board urging them to
stand firm for the exclusion of the
Japanese coolies from the United
States.
a telegram received oy Mayor
Schmitz from the president of the
California Exclusion league, in part,
reads:
"Morning papers anounce in big
head-lines that "Schmizt Deserts La
bor for Japanese. Mayor and School
Board Make Complete Surrender.’ We
cannot and will not believe it. Ex
clusion league demands exclusion by
act of congress; treaty will not ex
clude. Sovereign rights must not be
bartered away by promises and
should not be basis for compromise.
We will not yield one iota of our
rights as a sovereign people regard
less of cost or consequences.”
Mayor Schmitz's reply in part fol
lows:
"Telegram received. Announce
ment of morning papers absolutely
false. Have made no arrangement up
to date of any kind. Story false like
all other statements made about me.
Have refused to give any statement
to reporters. President has refused
also until conference is completed
and is showing friendly spirit. 1 am
a Californian trying to do my duty
to my state. Cannot succeed if ham
pered by hostile press of San Fran
cisco.”
At Monday’s conference the Califor
nians will present their views to Pres
ident Roosevelt in writing and a final
and definite agreement will not be
reached until Tuesday.
No Improvement in Famine.
Washington—The state department
received the following dispatch from
Consul General Rodgers at Shanghia:
"According to instructions am draw
ing $25,000. Relief committee desire
me to offer hearty thanks. N'o im
provement in famine conditions.”
SCALP FOR EMPEROR WILLIAM.
Fehmi Pasha to Be Banished at De
mand of the Embassy.
Constantinople—The special com
mission of inquiry' ordered by the sul
tan to examine into the charges
against Fehmi Pasha, chief of the se
creat police of the palace, who, it was
alleged by the German embassy re
cently, caused the seizure of a ship's
cargo destined for Hamburg, has con
cluded its work. The German embassy,
at the sultan’s request, waived a pub
lic trial, but insisted that Fehmi Pasha
be banished, which, it is understood,
will be done, as the sultan is con
vinced that Emperor William is strong
ly backing up the German embassy's
demand for the punishment of the offi
cial.
SUNDAY SESSION OF HOUSE.
Day Occupied in Delivery of Eulogies
to Deceased Members.
Washington—The house Sunday lis
tened to eulogies on the life and char
acter and public service of the late
Representative Rock wood Hoar of
Massachusetts and Rufus E. Lester of
Georgia, both of whom died during the
last summer.
Mr. Lovering of Massachusetts pre
sided during the eulogies on Mr.
Hoar. The following delivered ad
dresses: Messrs. Washburn, Greene,
McCall, NcNary, Lawrence, Weeks.
Tirrell, Lovering and Gilette of Massa
chusetts; Boutell, Illinois; Sherley,
Kentucky; Houston and Butler, Ten
nessee; Olcott, Parsons and Bennett,
New York; Murphy, Missouri; Cha
ney, Indiana.
Stockmen Ask a Transfer.
Washington—Alfred E. Dericules of
Denver, Colo., chairman of the grazing
committee of the National Live Stock
association, is in Washington at the
head of a delegation of western stock
raisers which is to prepare before the
agricultural commitee of the house and
senate to urge the enactment of legis
lation to provide the transfer of such
public lands as are suitable for graz
ing from the control of the interior de
partment to the control of the agricul
tural department.
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School Question in Tokio.
Tokio—The Jiji in a leading edit
orial anent the San Francisco inci
dent, expresses disbelief in the possi
bility of the adoption of a new treaty
mutually restricting labor immigra
tion as a solution of the public school
controversy. The Jiji declares that it
is aware that a large number of Jap
anese are going to San Francisco
from Hawaii and that this immigration
is causing jealousy on the part of the
white labor, but it contends that this
is due to the imperfect provisions of
the existing law\
For Famine Relief.
St Petersburg—An imperial decree.
Issued Saturday, provides for the is
suance of thirty-five million dollars in
4 per tf-.-.t state rentes to meet the
famine reuef expenses.
Robert Hart Leaves China.
London—It is announced that Sir
Robert Hart, director general of Chi
nese imperial customs, will leave Chi
na for England at the end of February
on a two years’ leave of absence and
that he is not likely ever to return.
DIES BY INFERNAL MACHINE. ‘
A Justice of Peace Nearly Blown to'
Pieces.
j Paterson, X. J.—Justice of the Peace
| Robert Cortese was fatally injured in
I his office last night by the explosion
of an infernal machine sent him by
express. The office was wrecked and
the detonation could be heard for
blocks.
The judge has actively aided the,
police in the capture of Italian law
bieakers recently.
Justice Cortese died at midnight
from his injuries. He had been home
| to supper this evening, leaving his son
Robert in charge of the office. It was
the younger man who received the in
fernal machine, which came from Ne
wark and was delivered by an Ameri
can express wagon. It had .been pre
paid and the boy accepted it.
When Judge Cortese reacned the of
fice, Robert handed the package to
| him. The outside wrapper was of pa
1 per, tied with strong twine. Judge
I Cortese removed this paper. Inside'
was another wrapping made fast with
i a strap, such as boys use to put
around school books. Robert says he
watched curiously to see wjiat the
! little box contained.
His father rested the package on
: the desk and pulled the end of the
strap toward him so as to loosen the
i tongue of the buckle. The moment
he did so there was an explosion. A
hole six feet square was torn in the
floor and the desk was driven down
into the cellar and torn to pieces. The
boy was hurled into a corner and se
riously bruised and burned.
Judge Cortese was found lying be
j tween the doorway and the hole in the
flooring. Both legs and both arms
were broken, his face ?na oody were
: torn and lacerated and his back appar
ently broken. Some of the flesh was
| torn from the bones. He was re
moved to St. Joseph's hospital, where
his ante-mortem statement was se
I cured.
Judge Cortese had been a justice
for twelve years He was shortly to be
: specially appointed a sergeant of de
i tectives in recognition of his active
work as a detective in aiding the po
: lice in running Italians and other
j criminals down.
John A. Creighton.
Omaha's Late Capitalist and Philan
thropist.
WANAMAKER HOME BURNS.
Residence in Philadelphia Containing
Art Treasures Dest*oyed.
Philadelphia—The country home of
John Wanamaker at Chelten Hills
was destroyed by fire tonight. The
! loss is estimated at $1,500,000.
Mr. Wanamakers home was consid
; ered one of the most artistic and val
I nable of Pniladclphia suburban prop
[ erties. The estate consists of thirty
j acres of ground, and the house was
: in the main of English style of ar
j chitecture and stood on a hill about
| 350 yards back from the famous Old
: York road. The Wanamaker art gal
j lery contained some of the rarest
; prints and most valuable paintings in
j existence.
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Seven Miners Entombed.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.—Seven miners
are entombed in No. 0 colliery of the
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre- Coal company
at Wanamie and the miners ac
quainted with the workings of the cob
iery say there is little hope of reach
ing any of them. Fire broke out on
the fourth lift of the shaft and the en
tombed men who were caught in the
lower lifts cannot be reached until the
flames are extinguished, and it may
! require many hours fighting before
the flames are subdued.
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Egan to South America.
Kansas City—John M. Egan, who
has resigned the presidency of the
Kansas City Terminal Flail way com
pany, will become vice president and
! general manager of a Brazilian rail
way system of which Sir William C
Van Horne is president, and which
has been consolidated with a number
of small lines and will build others
Egan and Van Horne have been asso
dated in railroad work the largei
part of the last thirty-one years.
Kirkman Demands Release.
Topeka, Kas.—Attorneys for Cap
tain Kirkman, a military prisoner at
Fort Leavenworth, have filed habeas
corpus proceedings in the United
States district court asking that he
be given his freedom, as his time of
service had expired. As an officer at
Fort Niobrara, Neb.. Captain Kirkman
was twice court-martialed on charges
of conduct unbecoming an officer and
a gentleman, found guilty and sen
tenced to two years’ hard labor in the
military prison.
Bill Causes Consternation.
Guthrie, Okla.—A bill introduced in
congress by Represent;,tive Murphy
of Missouri repealing the enabling act
has caused consternation among the
delegates to the coast.tutional con
vention.
Two-cent Fare Defeated.
Pierre, S. D.—The house defeated
the bill passed by the senate estab
lishing a 2-cent passenger rate. This
is regarded as ending the matter for
the present session. . j
ANOTHER THAW CASE! ^
MRS, THAW DN THE STAND
WIFE OF SLAYER OF STANFORD
WHITE TELLS HER STORY.
Relations With the Architect. to
Whose Studio She \^Jas Lured
by Invitation and Ruined.
New York—Evelyn Nesbit Thaw,
wife of the man who killed Stanford
White, told her story on Thursday. To
save the life of her husband, charged
with murder, she bared to the world
the innermost secrets of her soul. It
was the same stry she told Harry
was the same story she told Harry
asked her to become his wife—the
confession of one who felt there was
an insurmountable barrier to her ever
becoming the bride of the man she
loved.
In the big witness chair she ap
peared but a slip of a girl and she
told the pitiful story of her eventful
young life in a frank, girlish way.
When tears can»e unbidden to her big,
brown eyes and slowly trickled their
way down scarlet cheeks, she strove
in vain to keep them back. She forced
the words from trembling lips and
by a marvelous display of courage,
which took her willingly to her stag
gering ordeal, she shook off a depres
sion which once threatened to become
an absolute collapse.
As the young wife unfolded the
narrative of her girlhood and told the
early struggle of herself and her
mother to keep body and soul to
gether; of how gaunt poverty stood
over the door, and how she finally
was able to earn a livelihood by pos
ing for photographers and artists, she
tvon the murmured sympathy of the
throng which filled every available
space in the court room.
Then came the relation of the wreck
of that girlhood at 16 y*ars of age. It
was the story of her meeting with
Stanford White, the story of the sump
tuous studio appointment, whose
dingy exterior gave no hint of the
luxurious furnishings within: of a vel
vet-covered swing in which one could
swing until slippered toes crrashed
through the paper of a Japanese par
asol swung from the ceiling; the story
of a glass of champagne; of black,
whirling sensations and of mirrored
bedroom walls. In short, she told all
the story.
“Don’t scream so. It is all over. It
is all right.”
“And this was Stanford White?”
The question came from Delphin M.
Delmas, now conducting the defense.
“Yes, sir.” ,
The stillness of the great crowd
was its own tribute to the effect of the
girl’s story. Into the narrative she in
jected many little touches of a young
girl’s hopes and disappointments.
EDWARD ROSEWATER ESTATE.
Appraisement Filed in the County
Court by Attorney Wharton.
Omaha—The appraisement of the
estate of Edward Rosewater has been
filed in the county court by John C.
Wharton, who was appointed to make
the valuation by County Judge Leslie.
The gross amount of the property
scheduled in the inventory figures up
$486,504.06. The principal part of this
consists of stock in the Bee Publish
ing company, valued at par, and in
the Bee Building company, valued at
50, and the proceeds of life insurance
amounting to $158,609.66. -
The Brownsville Affair.
Washington—Five witnesses were
examined Thursday in the Browns
ville inquiry before the senate com
mittee on military affairs. All were
of the discharged battalion of negro
soldiers except former Sergeant
Luther T. Thornton of Company B.
He testified that when aroused by the
firing on the night of August 13 he
was under the impression that the
barracks were being fired upon by the
people of the town. He told of the
call to arms, the inspection and other
matters.
The Rosebud Reservation.
Washington—Representative Burke
of South Dakota had a hearing before
the committee on Indian affairs on
his bill opening the Rosebud reserva
tion to white settlement. He pre
sented to the committee the general
subject of opening the reservations
to white settlement, with particular
reference to the Rosebud reservation.
It was learned that Major McLaugh
lin is en route to Washington, and is
expected to bring with him the treaty
with the Sioux of Tripp county which
will be satisfactory to all concerned.
ANXIOUS TO TRY AIRSHIPS
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GETTING READY TO EXPERIMENT
WITH BALLOONS.
General Allen Hopes to Have the Best
Corps on Earth and Will Operate
Just Outside of Omaha.
Washington — Quitely, but with a
determination to thoroughly satisfy
himself on the subject, General Alien,
chief signal officer of the army, has
been making preparations for most ex
tensive experiments with balloons, air
ships and earoplanes, wtih the view
of settling upon some system of aerial
navigation for use in operations of
the army, either in times of peace or
war.
Recently there arrived in this coun
try from France a type of balloon
used by the French army which was
purchased by the signal corps in or
der that its merits might be tested
in competition with balloons of Ameri
can make, while in New York there
is being constructed an immense bal
loon in which it is proposed that the
men of corps shall make their trial
ascents.
It is the intention to conduct the
experiments at Fort Omaha, just out
side of Omaha, Neb., and for this pur
pose $50,000 of money already ap
propriated has been allotted for fit
ting up the fort with all the neces
sary appliances, including gas tanks,
repair shops, etc.
General Allen said that he will be
prepared to conduct experiments with
every conceivable kind of machine of
fered and all will be given a trial be
fore a board of officers, but the de
partment under no circumstances will
purchase plans of balloons or ma
chines not already put to practical
tests.
Genera’ Allen said that he believed
this country was far ahead of any
other in the matter of flying machines.
COUNT CREIGHTON IS DEAD.
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The Great Philanthropist Passes
Away at His Omaha Home.
Omaha—Count Creighton is dead.
The final summons came to the ven
erable Omaha philanthropist at 1:27
o'clock Thursday morning, as he lay
in a peaceful unconsciousness that
had lasted for nearly twenty-four
hours. There was no struggle, no re
sistance. His great life passed away
in a breath, and the loving friends
and relatives who had watched at
his couch, hoping against hope that
he would be spared for a few days
more, were scarcely aware that the
end had come.
At his bedside were Sisters Johan
na. Clotilda and Idelhert from St.
Joseph's hospital: Miss Cotter, the
count's housekeeper for fifteen years
past, who had been with him almost
constantly since his illness began,
and who had bestowed the utmost
care and attention upon him: Mr.
John A. Schenck, the count's brother
m-law; the Rev. Father Bronsgest,
the Rev. Father O'Conner, vice presi
dent of Creighton university, and the
immediate members of tne count’s
family.
A New Record Made.
Washington—A new high record In
the way of passage of private pension
bills was made by the house Friday,
when 725 bills were passed in an hour
and a half.
Woman Suffragists Busy.
Lincoln, Neb.—Woman suffrage or
ganizations of the state are anxious
for the legislature to go on record
as favoring woman suffrage. Resolu
tions and petitions were read in the
senate Wednesday from the Rushville
Suffrage association and the Broken
Bow Suffrage association, praying
that the joint memorial to congress
to submit an equal suffrage amend
ment be passed. The Ord Women's
club submitted a resclution and peti
tion praying for the enactment of
proper pure food legislation.
No Mileage for Advertising.
Pierre, S. D.—The conference com
mittee on the am -pass bill, by a vote
of 4 to 3, decim ; to report in favor
of striking out the house amendment
allowing newspapers to contract with
railroads for advertising payable in
mileage books.
Judge Boyd Quits His Office.
Lincoln—Judge Boyd, who was
elected to congress from the Third
district last fall, filed his resignation
as district judge with Governor
Sheldon Wednesday afternoon.
COMMISSION BILL IS READY
And Will Be Introduced Within the
Next Few Days.
Lincoln, Neb. — The railroad com
mission bill has run the gauntlet of
the joint committee, and as soon as
copied will be introduced in the house.
The committee adopted the subcom
mittee bill, making only some minor
changes, namely changing the salary
of the secretary from $2,500 and the
two clerks at $1,200 each to a round
sum of $6,000, to be apportioned by
the commission. The bill as practic
ally agreed to is almost identical with
the federal anti-pass law. It is as fol
lows;
Section 1. No railroad corporation
owning or operating any line or lines
of railroad in the state of Nebraska
shall issue or give any free ticket, free
pass, or free transportation for passen
ger except to its bona fide employes
and their families, its officers, sur
geons who are annually employed, at
torneys who are actually employed and
receiving a salary of not less than five
hundred ($500) dollars per year, minis
ters of religion, traveling secretaries of
Young Men’s Christian association, in
mates of hospitals and charitable and
eleemosynary institutions and persons
exclusively engaged In charitable and
eleemosynary work; to indigent, desti
tute and homeless persons and to such
persons when transported by charit
able societies or hospitals and the
necessary agents employed in such
transportation; to inmates of the na
tional homes or state homes for dis
abled soldiers and-of soldiers’ and
sailors' homes, including those about
to enter and those returning home
from such institutions; to necessary
care takers of live stock, poultry and
fruit; to employes on sleeping cars,
express and baggage cars; and to line
men of telegraph and telephone com
panies; to railway mail service em
ployes; to newsboys on trains, bag
gage agents, persons injured in wrecks
and physicians and nurses attending
such persons.
Provided, further. That the provi
sions of this act shall not be construed
to prohibit the interchange of passes
for the officers and bona fide employes
of other railroad companies and their
families; nor to prohibit any railroad
corporation from carrying passengers
free with the object of providing relief
in cases of general epidemic, pesti
lence or calamitious visitation; any
railroad corporation violating any of
the provisions of this act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and for each
offense on conviction thereof shall pay
a fine of not less than one hundred
($100) dollars and not more than one
thousand ($1,000) dollars.
“SKIP” DUNDY IS DEAD.
Former Omaha Man and Amusement
Promoter Passes Away.
New York—Elmer S. Dundy, famii-'
iarly known as "Skip” Dundy, a mem
ber of the theatrical firm of Thomp
son & Dundy, late managers of the
Hippodrome and of Luna park. Coney
Island, died Tuesday afternoon. He
caught cold a week ago last Sunday,
while coming from Luna park with
his mother in an automobile.
Omaha—Mr. Dundy was a native of
Omaha, having been born here in
1862. His father, the late Judge El
mer S. Dundy, was the first United
States judge appointed for Nebraska.
"Skip” grew up in Omaha and made
his home here until a few years ago.
Miss Mary F. Anthony.
Rochester, X. Y.—Mary F. Anthony,
sister of and lifelong co-worker with
Susan B. Anthony, died at her home
in this city. Miss Anthony would
have been SO years old in April.
DRASTIC RAILROAD BILLS.
One Would Prevent Watering of Stock
of Any Iowa Corporation.
Des Moines—T :.o drastic railroad
measures were offered in the house.
One by Hume of Mitchell prevents
stock watering by railroads and com
pels them to get the consent of the
railroad commission before they are
allowed to increase their capital stock,
and the other by Stewart makes a hor
izontal reduction in the freight rates
on live stock.
LIVE STOCK CHARGES UNFAIR.
Kansas Committee Makes Peculiar
Report on Conditions.
Topeka, Kan.—The committee from
the Kansas legislature, which, acting
jointly with a committee from the
Missouri legislature" recently made an
investigation of the Kansas City
Stock Yards company, submitted its
report to the legislature Tuesday. The
report is peculiar in that while it
states that the charges on certain
classes of live stock are unfair and
exorbitant, it recommends that such
charges be maintained and legalized.
Seattleites Made Happy.
Washington—The senate committee
on industrial expositions authorized a
favorable report on Senator Ankeny’s
bill appropriating $700,000 for the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, to be
held at Seattle in 1909.
Washington — The president has
signed the general service pension
bill recently passed by congress.
Bryan Talks to Legislators.
Cheyenne, Wyo.—By invitation of
the legislature William J. Bryan made
an address in the hall of the house
on Tuesday. The floor and galleries
were crowded. Mr. Bryan talked for
an hour, principally of representative
government, including the initiative
and referendum, election of United
States senators by the people, re
straint and control of corporations
and ownership of public utilities. He
was given a dinner by legislators and
prominent citizens Tuesday night and
left for the east Wednesday.
FAMILY FROZEN TO DEATH.
Mather and Five Children Perish from
the Cold.
Bismarck, X. D.—A telephone re^
port from Goodrich, a town on the
Carrington branch of the Northern Pa
cific is to the efTect that an unknown
woman and five children were frozen
to death there Monday night
Cheyenne, Wyo.—A sflow slide at
Kirwin, a mining camp north of Lan
der Wyo., buried Charles Rinnell and
wife and John Reynolds.
THE SERVICEPENSION BILL
IS PASSED BY LOWER HOUSE OP
CONGRESS.
Veterans Aged 62 Will Receive $12,
70 Years $16 and 75 Years
$20 Per Month.
Washington—The house passed 9
number of important bills Monday, In
cluding the McCumber service pen
sion bill, the omnibus lighthouse bill
and the omnibus revenue cutter bill.
The service pension bill provides
that veterans having reached the age
of 62 shall receive $12 per month; 70
years, $16 and 75 years, $20.
The omnibus lighthouse carries a
total appropriation of $1,568,500 for
the lighthouse establishment and an
additional sum of $195,000 for addition
al light keepers.
The house by a vote of 110 to 85
concurred in the senate amendments to
the urgent deficiency bill, loaning the
Jamestown exposition $1,000,000 and
safeguarding the loan by a lien on the
gross receipts.
The house passed a resolution call
ing upon the secretary of commerce
and labor through the bureau of cor
porations to investigate the causes of
the fluctuations in the price of cotton
and the difference in the market price
iof the various class of cotton.
The investigation is to be conducted
with the particular object to ascertain
whether the fluctations in prices have
resulted in whole or in part from the
character of contracts and deliver!^
dealing futures, or is the result of any
combination or conspiracy which inter
feres with or hinders commerce.
Mr. Burleson of Texas, in explaining
the resolution, said it was proposed to
ascertain wnether the contracts sold
■ on the New York and New Orleans cot
i ton exchanges brings about a violent
t fluctuation in the price of cotton and
whether the contract sold enables the
members of the exchanges, by combin
ation among themselves, to bring
about a depression by reason of the
fact that under the terms of the con
tract they would be authorized to de
liver any one of thirty grades of cot- ;
ton. It is claimed that the difference
between the present price of spots and
futures at New Yorq is more than $7.50
per bale, and that this difference ex
erts an injurious influence on th®
price paid for cotton.
the big salary melon.
Nebraska Down for About $175,000 in
the Slice.
Washington—Nebraska is down for
about a $175,000 slice of the big
salary melon the house postal com
mittee is preparing to cut for the
postal employes of the country. To
' begin with there are about 200 clerks
j in first and second class postofflces
j in the state who will get a raise
iveraging about $100, each. The total
of this wfl be $25,000. Then there are
some 200 letter carriers who will re
ceive a similar increase, the total of
which increase will be approximately
$20,000. Then there are some 200 rail- !
way postal clerks who have a raise of
$100 each coming to them, which will
amount to $20,000 more. Last, but
not least, comes the 925 rural free
delivery clerks who are going to get
an increase of $120 a year each, and
this will total $110,000 a year.
INSANITY PLEA FOR THAW.
Attorney Says He Was Directed by
Providence to Kill White.
New York—The state laid its casa
against Harry K. Thaw —a plain, un
emotional story of the shooting on
the Madison Square garden roof. The !
defense replied with a plea of heredi- |
tary insanity. It was asserted that
Thaw in slaying Stanford White be
j lieved he was acting as an agent of !
Providence, that real or fancied
I wrongs committed against him by the
j architect and former friend of his :
I wife had caused the impulse to kill,
j When the deed was done. Thaw made
I no move to escape its consequences,
| but holding the fatal revolver aloft
, he stood as if mutely proclaiming to
! the world, "The deed is done, it was
I right, it was not wrong.”* Thu3
l Thaw’s counsel outlined the case to
the jury after the prosecution had oc
cupied less than two hours of the
morning sitting of the court in relat
ing through eye-witnesses the narra
tive of the tragedy.
A TWO-CENT FARE BILL.
—
It Is to Be Introduced in the Legisla
ture.
Lincoln. Neb.—The joint railroad
committee announced that it will in
troduce a 2-cent fare bill in the legis
i lature. The bill as drawn by the sub
committee of four was submitted to
the entire joint committee and recti
fied by that body which finally de
cided to introduce the measure.
Big Fire Lights Up London.
London—Fire broke out in a block
of buildings near Cheapside and with
in a short distance of the general post
office. The whole city is lit up by the
glare of the flames.
Stockmen Called to Mpet.
Denver—The committee on public
lands and forest rgeserves, appointed
at the recent annual convention of tho
American National Live Stock asso
ciation, has been called to meet at
the Willard hotel, Washington, Feb
ruary 14. This meeting is of great
importance to stockmen throughout
the west. The use of public lands for
grazing will be fully considered and
I the best method of controlling these !
lands in the interest of all concerned
will be taken over with the federal
authorities at Washington.
Two-Cent Fare Bill Passed.
Jefferson City, Mo.—The house by
a vote of 92 to 1 passed the bill reduc
ing passenger rates to 2 cents a mile
on all main lines railroads in Missouri
and 3 cents a mile on independent
lines less than forty miles in length.
Ryan Knocks Barry Out.
Hot Springs, Ark.—Tommy Ryan i
knocked out Dave Barry in the fifth j
round of a scheduled twenty-round
fight before the Whittington Athletic
club. Barry was outclassed at ail
stages.
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JILTED SUITOfUILLS BRIDE
8E3SIE NEWTON SHOT ON EVE OF
INTENDED WEDDING.
The Benefactions of Count Creighton
Who Recently Died in Omaha—
Other Matters Here and There.
Ponca—Crazed by a rejection of hia
offer of marriage after courtship ex
tending over 5 years and the fact that
his old sweetheart would marry Ed.
O’Donnell, Frank Frink shot and in
stantly killed Bessie Newton and t
short time later attempted suicide, in
flicting a severe bullet wound in the
head from which he will probably die.
For the past five years Frink and
Miss Newton had been sweethearts. Ai
short time ago she gave a final refusal
to his offer of marriage and centered
her affections on Ed. O’Donnell. Her
wedding to O’Donnell was scheduled
to occur at once. When the news came
to the ears of Frink of the approaching
ceremony he, finding the girl's father
down town and knowing that she was
at home alone, secured a revolver and
went to the house. When 3he came to
the door he lifted the gun and. shoe
her through the heart. She fell dead
at his feet Returning to town he se
cured more cartridges for his gun and!
went into an alley where he shot him
self through the head. He failed to in
flict a mortal wound and reeling waa
able to walk half a block before be
fell. He was taken to the hospital and
while upon the operating table the.
bullet which he intended should end*
his life fell from his nostril.
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Gifts of Count Creighton.
The benefactions of Count Creigh
ton. who recently died in Omaha in
clude these:
To completing of St. Joseph's
hospital, started by his
wife .$ 230,000
Convent to the Sisters of Poor
Clare . 50.000
J. A. Creighton Medical col
lege . 40,000
Creighton block, 15th and
Douglas streets, to Creigh
ton university . 125,000
Arlington block. Dodge street
betw-een 15th and 16th
streets, to Creighton univer
sity . 75,000
Edward Creighton Institute
- and College of Law. 60.000
Byrne-Hamraer building to
Creighton university . 300.000
John Deere Plow company
building to Creighton uni
versity . 100,00
Warehouse lot on Jones street
to Creighton university.... 5.000
Other benefactions . 1,000.000
Total .$2,005,000
Hunt for Dead Man's Gold.
Norfolk — William Boche, one of
the original members of the German
colony from Wisconsin, who laid out
this city in 1866, died a few days ago,
and carried with him to his grave the
secret of a hiding place in which he
stored a quantity of gold—some of
his family believe it to have been
$2,000 and some believe it to have
been much more.
His widow and children are now
searching for the hidden treasure. Mr.
Boche never trusted the banks. When
he made a sale of real estate he had
the currency changed into gold and
hid it somewhere—nobody knows
where.
He told his wife a couple of weeks
before he died that he intended to tell
her before his life ended where the
money could be found. He walked out
of doors on a warm afternoon and r«3
turned to be stricken.
Disease in Cream and Pork.
Norfolk—Dr. C. A. McKim, Nebraska
state veterinarian, is anxious for a
bill to be passed in this state providing
loeal inspection of meat and dairy pro
ducts because of the increase of tuber
culosis among hogs and also humans.
He says drinking tuberculosis milk
produces tuberculosis of the lungs. A
tubercular cow in this neighborhood
was recently killed; the herd has
probably been infected; milk from
that herd goes to Omaha to be made
into butter.
The scientists are trying to learn
why hogs are getting the disease so
fast—whether from drinking separate
milk or following tubercular cattle.
w Egg Business Big at Seward.
Seward—The Burlington has agreed
to build a spur for J. G. Baeschlin’ the
egg and poultry buyer, so that he may
ship the eggs and poultry bought at
Seward by John Fleener to the mar
kets with less trouble than heretofore.
It is the purpose of Mr. Baeschlin to
build an egg and poultry house that
will take care of his business in the
future. Last year he shipped sixty
seven carloads of eggs and fifty-two
carloads of poultry from Seward. Dur
ing the last year his monthly purchiis
es amounted to an average of $10,000
or $120,000 a year.
Nonagenarian Who Saws Wood.
Fremont—Harlow Goff, who lives
just north of the city, on Broad street,
is one of the oldest and probably the
mo6t active man of his years in
this part of the state. He is 93 years
old, but is out around his premises
every day and is sawing and splitting
his supply of wood as usual. He is
able to attend to his business affairs
and bids fair to reach the century
mark. He says he works every day
from choice and because he enjoys it.
For Indeterminate Sentences.
The house has passed a bill which
will, if it becomes a law, make a
sweeping change in the regulation of
the penitentiary and is along the line
with the new idea that the law should
reform rather than punish persons
guilty of crime. It takes the length of
term which a convicted criminal stall
serve out of the hands of the judge
who sentences him and put it in the
hands of a prison board, which con
sists of the state board of charities and
corrections, with the governor and
warden of the penitentiary.
Dog Survived Fire.
Ashland—As an aftermath of Sun
day afternoon’s fire, which damaged
three frame buildings on Silver street,
the pet dog of William Butts, whose
meat market was burned, was discov
ered under the debris, alive and but
slightly burned.
The Last Spike Driven. v
OSCEOLA — The people of Osceola
and the surrounding country are re
joicing over the fact that the last
■spike on the new Stromsburg-Cen
tral City railroad has been driven. •