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Loup City Northwestern VOLUME XXV_LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY . FEBRUARY 27. 190S NUMBER 16 t ASSASSINATED WHILE ADMINIS TERING THE SACRAMENT. MURDERER iS UNDER ARREST Only Exiuse Offered for Dastardly Deed is that He was Opposed to Priests in General. Denver. Colo.—Father Leo Hein- ^ richs was shot and killed while ad ministering the sacrament at early mass in St. Elizabeth's Catholic church. Eleventh and Curtis streets, this city, at 0 o'clock Sunday morn ing. Kneeling at the altar rail be tween two women Giuseppe Guarnat cio pressed the muzzle of a revolver agatus; the body of the priest, after i reiving from him the consecrated wafer, and shot the priest through the , heart. Exclaiming "My God! my God!" Father Leo feii prone in front of the altar and died without uttering an other word. With a scream the assassin sprang . * into th • aisle and. waving the pistol about his head, daslied to the church doors. For a moment the hundred or more peoph in the church were dazed. 'i hen a woman shrieked and the con gregation itecame panic-stricken. Some v. omen fainted and many became hys terical. Several men rushed to the aid of the priest and oth *rs started in pursuit of the murderer. Among the latter was Patrolman Daniel Cronin, who over took the fleeing Italian on the church steps. Guernaccio attempted to shoot the policeman and was foiled and overpowered only after a desperate fight, in which several men had come, to the assistance of the officer. The murderer was hurriedly removed to the city jail, and as threats of sunt an ary justice were made by men in the crowd which quickly gathered in front of tile church. Chief of Police Michael Delaney called out the re serve force of patrolmen who were kept on guard day and night. Before the commotion caused by the traged} had subsided the Franciscan^, brothers connected with St. Eliza beth's church silently brought can ops for the dead and placed them be side the body of their superior, where lie lay. By direction of Bishop Mattz the church door was closed for the day. Guarnaccio was placed in solitary confinement at the city jail. He ad mitted to a policeman who inter viewed hint, that the priest whom he had killed was a stranger to him. and it explanation of his crime made the following statement: "I just went over there because I have a grudge agains’ all priests in general. They are all against the working man. I went to the com munion rail because I could get a bet ter shot. 1 did not give a damn whether he was a German priest or .any other kind,of a priest. They are a’! in the same class." SETTLEMENT OF LUMBER RATE. Hill Lines Offer a Compromise Which May Settle Controversy. Tacoma. Wash.—A settlement of the ft ight rate controversy which has seriously affected the lumber trade of tie Pacific northwest is believed now to be in sight. Frederick Bailsman of Seattle, chairman of the conciliation committee of the affiliated commercial organizations of the northwest, re ceived official notification last night that the Hill railroads would agree to accept lumber shipments from any shipper on individual bond, provided the federal court will amend the in junction issued October 2ft. BLOW TO HARRIMAN LINES. Through One-Way Tariffs Are Ordered Cancelled. Chicago.—Is was announced that the Interstate Commerce commission has entered a ruling compelling the I'nion Pacific. Chicago. Milwaukee k St. Paul. Chicago k Northwestern. Missouri Pacific and other railroads to cancel all tariffs on file to the far northwest through Portland- Ore., which have not been concurred in by the Northern Pacific. FATALITY AT GRADE CROSSING. Six People Killed and Three Seriously Injured Out of One Party. Spring Valley. N. Y.—A fcam specked pair of horses that tore through the streets Sunday dragging between them a splintered wagon pole, brought to the village the first news of a grade crossing accident, in which nine members of its most prominent families were either killed outright or seriously injured. Fish Gives Up Contest. New York—Stuyvesant Fish an nounced that the contest in the Chi cago courts to prevent the voting of Illinois Central Railroad companf Mock held by the Union Pacific Rail* road company was now closed. TRAIN MEN ENTER PROTEST. Railway Brotherhood Object to Cut in Wages. Cleveland. O.—Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers, made the follow ing statement in connection with the reported purpose of some railway com panies to order a general reduction in the wages of employes: "The threatened reduction of wages of employes in train service is abso lutely unjustified from any point of view. Their pay is based on mileage basis, practically piecework, and they are only paid when these services are performed. Wages of employes in train service fall parallel with the shrinkage in business, plus increased living expenses away from home. When their earnings are $150 per month their expense of living away from home is about 15 per cent, while at the present reduced rate of $Tu— which has to be met by hundreds— under present conditions that expense will increase into at least 20 per cent of earnings, because they are held away front the home terminal until there is 'a full tonnage train to be handled, making a total automatic re duction already in wages of from 00 to To per cent. "The reads are getting the same re turn in freight receipts for the ser vice rendered as they did when the business was good, and there is no consistency in asking men to accept further reductions than result from thi- present busine-. shrinkage, and the full power of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will be used if I necessary in an effort to prevent any further reduction, because it would be absolutely unjust.” William G. Lee, assistant grand master of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, speaking for his organiza tion on the same subject, dictated the , following: ‘The wage workers have not had a 1 thing to do with this panic and loss | of business except to suffer from the ' mismanagement of some employers and speculators who blundered in the game of dollars on Wall street. If he , works he produces just as much per . hour as he ever dick His living ex- j penses are just as high as before. “All classes of trainmen are paid by the mile or trip: and a reduction of miles run or trips made, means a re duction of the amount paid by the em ployer. "There can be no good argument presented why trainmen should re ceive lower' trip or mileage rates for miles run. Freight trains are not run unless business requires it. C'orpor- I at ions never carry an overload of la bor. but labor is usually compelled to carry an overload of capitalization. Yates for Governor. Springfield. Til.—Former Governor : Richard Yates announced his candi dacy for governor in this statement: “I have decided to be a candidate for the republican nomination for governor at the general primary election on 1 August S. 1908. 1 do this because, af ter full investigation. I believe that there is now an opportunity for the first time in this state, for an effect- : nal and real appeal to the people (in stead of two conventions and commit tees) under the provisions of the new election law." Doiiiver to Speak for Allison. Washington.—Senator Doiiiver ex- , pects to leave for Iowa early in March for a number of speeches In behalf of Senator Allison’s candidacy for re election. With Doiiiver in the field for his colleague it is expected that Re- ! present alive Birdsall. who has an- j nounced his withdrawal from the race for congress in the Dubuque dis trict, will also go on the stump in 1 Iowa for the “Grand Old Man.” With it1 a month or six weeks there will be a formidable array of well known men championing the Allison cause. Girl Dead From Sympathy. Rartford. Conn.—Because of her re gret over the conviction of General Stoessel at St. Petersburg. Amelia Karris killed herself here by inhaling illuminating gas. The girl was a Russian and had formerly been eru- j ployed in the general’s family. Stephenson Resignation In. Washington. — Secretary Cortelvou j states that the resignation of Elmer H. Stephenson as internal revenue col lector for the district of Nebraska j had been received by his department ; and had been accepted. Foraker Reports Bill. Washington—A joint resolution for the marking of graves of soldiers and sailors of the confederate army and navy who died in northern prisons and are buried near the prisons where they died was reported by Senator Foraker. Hurry Call for Land. Washington.—The proposed opening of Standing Rock and Cheyenne Indi an reservations in South Dakota has reached a stage where people from that state are coming on to Washing ton for the purpose of hastening, if possible, the conclusion of the treaty i with the Indians. WHERE IS HIS PROTECTIVE ARMOR? r ~ ---- - —... ■ ... .. STUYVESANT FISH LOSES CASE HARRIMAN INTERESTS HAVE RIGHT TO VOTE STOCK. Court Dissolves the Injunction — No Law Against Outside Corporation Holding Illinois Stock. Chicago—Judge Ball of 'he superior court on Thursday dissolved the in junction secured last October by btuy vesant Fish by virtue of which the. Harriman interests were restrained from voting 281.2:: 1 shares of the cap itap stock of the Illinois Central rail road at the annual meeting of the; company. The theory on which coun sel for Mr. Fish based their argu-1 ments in support of the injunction— that it was contrary to the laws and public policy of the state of Illinois 1 to allow foreign corporations to own ; and vote the stock of domestic Cor porations—was denied by the court. Under the ruling of the court the previously enjoined stock, which is held by the Union Pacific Railroad company and by the Railroad Securi-; ties company of New Jersey, can be I voted at the annual meeting of the| Illinois Central, which is to he held in inis city on March 2. There is no apjieal from the tie-j cision handed down by Judge Ball, but it is considered probable that Mr. Kish will take further legal steps to regain possession of the Illinois Cen tral. Judge F. B. Farrer of New Or leans. who has acted as leading conn-: sel for Mr. Fish throughout the con troversy. said, after the rendering of i the decision, that the case will now he tried on its merits, but declined to say how quickly proceedings will be instituted. None of the principals in the case j wore in court, both Mr. Fish and Mr. Harriman being in New York. Ail of the attorneys on both sides and many other lawyers and business men were . present and tilled the court room to overflowing. President Harahan of the Illinois Central came in while the decision was being read and heard tile latter portion of it. When the con-1 elusion had been reached he said: “My bead is too full of that decision to allow me to say anything, but to say that I am highly pleased and more than highly pleased is putting it mild ly." Judge Ball, who is of a somewhat j frail physique, turned over to his son the task of reading the decision, which contained almost 10,000 words. As soon as it was concluded there j was a veritable stampede in the court room, brokers, lawyers and messeng ers making a rush for the door in order to announce the result. They ran into various rooms seeking for telephones and many tore headlong for the elevators, while others tied wildly down the stairways. So much excitement and confusion has not been witnessed in the county court house for many years. Twenty-eight Men Killed. Berkeley. Cal.—With a force that shook the entire bay region like an earthquake, the packing house of the Hercules Powder works at Pinole, fourteen miles north of here, blew up at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon and in the explosion four white men and twenty-four Chinamen were killed. IOWA POPULIST COT VENTION. Delegates Elected to Convention and Omaha Platform Endorsed. Des Moines. Ia.—Populists of Iowa held their state convention and select ed district delegates and delegates-at- ■ large to the national convention, which mee^j in St. Louis on April 2. L. H. j Weller was chairman. Resolutions | were adopted approving what is known ! as the Omaha platform of I he people's j party. TO AVOID A LABOR WAR PRESIDENT WRITES IN THE IN TEREST OF WAGE WORKERS. Tells Commerce Commission to Look Into the Situation Where Rail roads Propose to Make Cut. ■Washington—Serious industrial dis putes in prospect were in the mind of President Roosevelt when he wrote a i letter to the Interstate Commerce com mission. which has been made public ite says that information reached him that on acrount of the enactment of unfavorable laws by the congress and by the various state legislatures it is regarded as necessary by railroad com panics to reduce the pay of employes. He points out that under the law either party may demand the services of the j chairman of the Interstate Commerce commission and of the commissioner 1 of labor as a board of conciliation. He suggests, therefore mat the in terstate Commerce commission make such an investigation as will enable it to furnish data concerning w.age con | ditions on various railroads as may re ! late, directly or indirectly to the pos sible impending controversy. Text of Letter. The president's letter in part fol lows : “The White House, Washington. Feb. IS. 1908.—To the Interstate Commerce Commission: I am informed that a ! number of railroad companies have served notice of a proposed reduction of wages on their employes. One of them, the Louisville & Nashville, in announcing the reduction, states that the drastic laws inimical to the inter- j ; ests of the railroad that have in the last year or two been enacted by con gress and the state legislatures' are largely or chiefly responsible for the conditions requiring the reduction. "Under such circumstances it is possible that the public may soon be 1 confronted by serious industrial dis putes. and the iaw provides that in such cases either party may demand the services of your chairman and of the commissioner of labor as a board i of mediatioin and conciliation. These 1 reductions in wages may be war- j ranted, or they may not be. As to this, the public, which is a vitally in terested party, can form no judgment without a more complete knowledge of the essential facts and real merits of • the case than it now has or than it ! can possibly obtain from the special i pleadings certain to be put forth by each side in case their dispute should bring serious interruption to traffic. If the reduction in wages is due to natifral causes, the loss of business being such that the burden should be. i j and is equitably distributed between capitalist and wage workers, the pub- 1 lie and congress should know it and if i it is caused by misconduct in the past | financial or other operations of any 1 railroad, then everybody should know 1 ! it. especially if the excuse of unfriend ly legislation is advanced as a method i of covering up past business miscon duct by the railroad managers, or as a just justification for failure to treat fairly the wage earning employes of the company.” “In God We Trust" to Stay. Washington—President Roosevelt was overridden by the house commit tee on coinage, weights and measures, when it was agreed to report favora i bly Utt,.McKinley (111.) bill requiring restoration to gold and silver coins of the national motto “In God We Trust.” During the discussion Knowl and of California, being in a facetious I mood, moved that the committee further recommend the placing upon ! all clearing house certificates the bib ! lical inscription. “I know that my Re | deemer liveth.” LAND GRANTS IN OREGON. _ » Depsrtmsnt of Justice Brings Suit Against Roads. Washington—The fact that the de partment of justice lias made all < preparations to begin a suit to enforce the terms of government land grants ! in the state of Oregon was brought out J in the senate when Senator Fulton of the committee on judiciary, reported a resolution authorizing the depart ment to bring such suits and asked ' for its immediate adoption. Senator Heyburn asserted that hundreds ot millions of dollars would lie found to be invo ved if the proceedings were made general. The resolution was gen erally discussed by senators, the only j action urged against it being based on | the idea that the attorney genera! was now empowered by law to do all that was sought by the resolution. During the discussion of the resolution. Sena- , tor Fulton announced that the depart ment was ready to proceed and merely wanted the authority of congress to meet ary possible question that may be raised against the legality of the ] proceedings. The resolution also applies to the grant made to aid in the construction j of a telegraph line from Portland to ! Ontario and .McMinnville. Ore., under the act of May f. 187o. The resolution authorizes the attorney general to as certain and enforce all the rights ex- j isting in favor of tiie United States if it appears that the lands are for feited to the United States by the vio lation of the conditions of these acts. ; Senator Fulton said there was no 1 question bur that the roads bed vio lated the terms of these grants as the j violation had been admitted before the subcommittee of the committee on ju diciary. Mr. Tillman explained that he had introduced the original resolutions in j view of what he had learned while on a visit to the Pacific coast He was satisfied that railroads are withhold ing from settlement lands worth mil lions of dollars. The propriety and necessity of pass ing such a resolution was questioned by Mr. Foraker. Mr. Fulton did not personally be lieve the resolution was necessary, but tiie attorney general wanted it. He thought, it should be passed. Senator Nelson said tbe supreme court had decido*. that the forfeiture jf st.cl. grants could lie euforceri either in t he courts or by congress. ‘ This resolution." lie said, “is mere ly an expression that congress prefers to have the court take action. Con gress could only declare absolute for feiture. but the court of equity could ■ say to the railroads that if they pro- 1 feed to comply with the terms of the j grant their grants would not he for- I feited.’’ Aldrich Bill a Makeshift. Washington—Speaking pi the senate Mr. Stone of Missouri declared that while the recent financial panic was in part due to a shortage of available currency, the concentration of the money at given poin‘s had much to do with it. There was. he said, too much of this money in New York. The Aldrich bill he regarded as merely a makeshift in meeting the needs of the ' country. __ Foreigners Leave Country. Washington—At the cabinet meet ing Tuesday Secretary Straus of the department of commerce and labor I laid lx lore the president some signifi , cant figures as to immigration and j emigration. The figures show that for January there was a large decrease f in the number of Japanese arriving ■ in the TTiited States. The total ar- | rivals for both the mainland and Ha- ; waii were 971. as compared with about 5.00ft for January. 19o7. Mr. i Straus did not offer any explanation ! as to the falling off in Japanese ar- i rivals. Knox Files Savings Bill. Washington — Senator Knox on Wednesday introduced a bill to estaij lish a system of postal savings banks. The bill embodies the plan outlined by Postmaster General Meyer in his annual report and which he advocattl! in public addresses, being calculated to encourage economy and thrift and to afford a place of deposit free from any possibility of doubt for vast sums of money which otherwise would be hoarded and kept out of circulation through ignorance or lack of con fidence. DANIEL FREEMAN SERIOUSLY ILL. First Nebraska Homesteader Taken Sick in His Winter Home. Beatrice. Xeb.—Word was received ' here from Searcy. Ark., stating that Daniel Freeman, the first homesteader and an old resident of Gage county, was seriously ill and not expected to recover. During the last few years Mr. Freeman has been spending the winter months in the south. Million in Treasury. Peoria. 111.—The nineteenth annual meeting of the Illinois division of the t'nited Mine Workers of America con vention was held in Peoria with an attendance of 350. The secretary's re port showed a membership of 6C.000 in good standing in the state and a balance of $930,G32.83. A LIVELY DISCUSSION IN THE LOWER BRANCH. MATTER CONCERNS EMPLOYES Legislative. Executive and Judicial Appropriation Bill, Carrying $32,336,573. is Passed. Washington—The legislative, execu tive and judicial appropriation bill, one of the large supply measures of the government, was passed by the house Monday after several day's discussion The amount carried by it is practically as reported by the committer;—$32, 330,573. There was a lively debate over the provision giving discretion lo heads of departments to remove or reduce in capacitated employes of the govern ment. The provisions went out on a point of order, although a new one was adopted declaring the appropriation noi available for the compensation of any persons incapacitated or perform ing the service for which they "re em ployed. Mr. Tawney look occasion '•> remark that the original provision of be bill was not directed at superan nuated clerks, but oply at those who, regardless of age, had bec ome incapac itated. When the provision for the removal or reduction of incapacitated govern ment employes was reached Mr Gold en of Xew York made a point of order against it. Mr. Keifer of Ohio charged that the provision was but another method of attempting to do what was more di rectly proposed at the last session of congress—"to provide by law for th * dismissal of the old soldiers in the d' partmenf.s..’ He said he wot.id UK to have a civil service examination of the old men of the departments before they were mustered out "on the word of some one person as to what con stitutes incapacity." Coinciding with the view expressed by Mr. Gillette, Mr. Tawney, chair man of the committee on appropria tions, declared that by the provision the commit.ee had attempted t-r liber alize. and instead of leaving it man datory. had given the head of a de partment the alternative ot demoting rather than dismissing an employe. The provision, he said, had nothing to do with superanuation. which was but “a convenient subject iu this house with which men may popularize themselves in the large cities where a great many federal office holders live and vote." it was, he said, a convenient medium for the newspa pers of Washington in their efforts to increase their circulation among th ; [ 30.000 persons employed in the de partments. The chair sustained Mr. Goulden's I point of order. The provision, accord i ingly, went out of the bill, hut imme diately afterwards the house ;r*>pied j the following provision by way ot sub stitute: The appropriations herein made for j the officers, clerks and jiersons eui • ployed in the public service, shall not | he available for the compensation of any jierson incapacitated for oerform I ing the service for which such person has been employed. IF ROOSEVELT WAS MAYOR. Then There Would Be No Sunday Sa loons in Chicago. Chicago—"If Roosevelt was mayor of i Chicago there would be no Sunday sa loons," declared Charles W. Trickett, in St. James Methodist church a: one of scores of simultaneous meetings < helds in Chicago and throughout Illi nois in response to a call by the Chi cago Law and Order league to cause the enforcement of the state Sunday closing law. --- Hargis' Estate Foots Bill. Lexington. Kv.—In the defense of Beech Hargis for the murder of his father, a few weeks ago. Judge James Hargis, the expenses will he paid out of the $50,000 which is the boy’s share of liis father s estate. When Judge Adams convened court at Jackson the Hargis case was the most important matter awaiting action. It is expected ti'.at Beech Hargis will be promptly in dicted. and if this is done his trial for the murder will at once begin. The defense will be self-defense. STANDARD PROFITS ARE SAME. Quartely Dividend of Fifteen Dollars Share Declared. New York—The directors of the Standard Oil com pan v declared on ' Monday a quarterly dividend of J15 per share. The same amount was paid in the corresponding quarter last year. Embry for Oklahoma. Washington. The senate committee on the judiciary ordered favorably re ported the nomination of John Embry for United States attorney for the district of Oklahoma.
