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Loup City Northwestern volume xxv LOUP Cl TV. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, APRIL 2. 14KIM NUMBER 21 I WYOMING MINE FIRE EXPLOSIONS ATTENDED WITH MANY FATALITIES. THEY OCCUR IN HANNA MINES it is Believed That Seventy Lives Are Lost, Though All the Bodies are Not Yet Recovered. Hanna. Wyo.—Seventeen men lost their lives, in mine No. 1 of the Union Pacific company Saturday after noon. when an explosion of gas com pletely wrecked the colliery and en tomlied the unfortunate miners, a mile and one-hulf below the surface. The fire broke out some days ago. and although Hot* men have worked every other day. ihe fire being well walled off while they were at work and fought, barring the off days, it could not be extinguished. Saturday the miners were idle and only the force of fighters, gas men and fore men went in. The supposition is that the brattices leaked and let the gas out into the fire area, causing an ex plosion which ignited the dust of the mine, completely wrecking the work ings. t ? I Large gangs of men are engaged in The. work of rescue, but the entombed miners are dead and their bodies may nor all be reached for many days. All were married and leave large families. An explosion in the same mine on .tune 30, 1903. entombed 169 miners and it was six months before all of the bodies were recovered. Shortly after daylight the dismem bered remains of Tennant and Huhta la were picked tip on the prairie some distance from the east slope, where they were blown by the second ex plosion last night and which snuffed out the lives of more than fifty men who were working like beavers to reach Superintendent Briggs and his seventeen companions who were killed earlier in the day by an explosion of gas while fighting fires below the tenth level Tennant's head was blown from the body and has not been found, and it is supposed to be in the mine. One arm was blown away, but was recovered. Htihtala's body was badly burned and mangled. The bodies of Warburton. Perry and Munson, recovered last night, were badly burned about the face, head and hands. The five bodies have i * en prepared for burin! and shipment The efforts of the relief workers were devoted to the closing of the west sloi>e, which has been sealed. It is believed that this will have a ten dency to smother the flames on the tenth level and enable the rescuers to draw off the large quantities of gas and permit them to enter the east slope in search of the bodies which are known to be scattered all along from the tenth level to the wrecked entrance, a' distance of more than 1.500 feet Later—Although seventy coffins are being rushed to Hanna and those in u i>osition to know say this is the num ber of dead, only fifty-four names of victims lias been obtained so far. The Union Pacific Railroad company is do ing all within its power to assist in the rescue of the entombed miners bpecial trains bearing ail possible as sistance were hurried to the scene of the catastrophe. EVANS TO GO FOR TREATMENT. Admiral Is on His way to San Louis Obispo for His Health. Washington.—Admiral Evans com manding the Atlantic fleet, is on his way from ..lagdalena bay to San Fran cisco altoard the Connecticut. Arriv ing at San Francisco he will proceed at once to San Luis Obispo by rail, there to take treatment at a mineral springs resort. The Connecticut will return to Magdalena bay at once, stop ping at San Diego on its way. It will join the fleet, which will come up the coast under command of Hear Ad miral Thomas. ENJOIN FREIGHT SCHEDULE. t U. S. Circuit Court Prohibits Kansas Commission From Enforcing It. Topeka. Has.—Judge Pollock in the Vnited States circuit court here issued an order temporarerily enjoining the state board of railroad commissioners ;tud Attorney General Jackson from putting into effect the new schedule of freight rates April 1. The rail roads assert that the rates are confis catory. The case will be argued here on April 14. Ridgely Leaves for West. Washington.—William B. Ridgely : left for Kansas City, Mo., to assume : tiis new duties as president of the re organized National Bank of Commerce, l^awrence O. Murray, the assistant sec retary of commerce and labor, who will succeed Mr. Ridgely. is still ill at Atlantic City, N. J„ and will not be able to take up the new work for a ' few days. Robbers Get $2,000. San Francisco. Cal.—Two robbers | blew up the postofflce at South San Francisco an secured $2,000 in coin and stamps. Bank to Reopen. Kansas City.—Its credit restored with $G,000,000 cash and exchange w-ith which to pay a deposit account of $12,000,000 and with fmancie-s of nationsal prominence in charge, the National Bank of Commrce cl this city will reopen Monday. SENATE PASSES ALDRICH BILL. ! Currency Measure Finally Gets Through Upper House. Washington—The Aldrich currency bill was passed by the senate Friday by a Tote of 42 to 16, in the main, a party vote. Previous to the taking of the vote on the Aldrich bill a vote was taken on the Bailey substitute authorizing the government instead of the national banks to issue the emer gency circulation for which the bill provides. The vote on the substitute j stood 42 to 13. and this vote was en tirely partisan, even Senator La Fol lette casting his vote with the repub licans. The bill has been before the senate since January 2. The vote was not reached until after 6 p. m. and the galleries were practically empty. An interesting feature of the passage of the bill was a reiteration by Mr. Aid rich of his promise to bring in a bill for an investigation of the entre bank ing system of the country with a view to instituting reforms. as passed tne Dili provides xor not more than i'lOO.noo.OOO of emergency currency to be issued to national banks upon the deposit by them of state, county and municipal bonds, to be approved by the secretary of the treasury The currency is to be is sued with a view to securing an equi table distribution of the currency over the United States and in accordance with the unimpaired capital and sur plus of banks in each state. Hanks are to pay for this emergency circu lation one-half of 1 per rent a month during the first four months it is cir culated. and afterwards, three-quar ters of 1 per cent a month. The bill provides ihat no hanks shall pay less than 1 per cent on gov ernment funds deposited by them. As amended the bill tarries an im portant change in banking laws re lating to bank reserves. This men! provides i ha' of the 15 per cent ! reserve required lo lie kept by hanks ! not in reserve cities, four-fifths Of I this is to he kept in the vaults of the j bunks, and of that amount one-third ean be in the form of securities of the kind required. By another amendment agreed to the period during which half of 1 per cent interest is to be charged, was ! reduced from six to four months, after ‘ which three-fourths of 1 per cent is : to be charged until redeemed. TROOPS SENT TO TREADWELL. Action Taken on Request of Governor Bacause of Fear of Violence. Washington.—Eight hundred strik ing miners, most of them foreigners, rosscs.-ied of ten cases of dynamite and a desire to destroy property and perhaps life at Treadwell mines in Alaska, was the situation presented ! to Secretary Taft by telegraph, from the acting governor of that territory, who requested the aid of federal troops. Tie secretary acceded to the request without delay, and announced this action at the conclusion of the cabinet session. The order, which went forward, directed General Bush, commanding the Department of the Columbia at Vancouver barracks, to place a sufficient force at the disposal of the United States marshal at Treadwell to assist him in the en forcement of the law. ENJOINS NEW FREIGHT RATES, j Judge Poilock Prevents Enforcement I of Kansas Tariff. Topeka. Kan.—Judge Pollock in the T'nited States circuit court here is sued an order temporarily enjoining the state board of railroad commis sioners and Attorney General Jack son from putting into effect the new schedule of freight rates April 1. The railroads assert that the rates are confiscatory. The case will be argued here on April 14. Congressman Shoots Two Men. Washington.—In a desperate affray on a Pennsylvania avenue car a negro and a white man were shot by Con gressman Thomas J. Heflin of Alaba ma. Thomas Lumby, a negro, was shot in the head and is in a critical condition, and Thomas McCreary, a New York horse trainer, is suffering from a wound in the leg. The shoot ing of McCreary was accidental. Mr Heflin was arrested an taken to the police precinct station on a charge of assault with intent to kill. American Car Takes Ship. San Francisco. Cal.—The American car in the New York to Paris race left here Friday on the steamer City of Puebla for Seattle, at which port it will be transferred to the steamer Humboldt, sailing April 30 for Alaska. Bank Robbers Captured. Neosho. Mo.—Two of the bank rob bers who on the night of March 25 attempted to blow open the safe of the Springtown. Ark., bank were cap tured here by local officers. They were camped near town. Milton Will Succeed Bryan. Talahassee, Fla.—Governor Brow ard has appointed Hall Milton of Marionana to succeed the late Sena tor Bryan of Florida in the United States senate. Greely on Retired List. Washington, D. C.—Major General A. W. Greely of Arctic iame, having reached the age of G4 years on Fri day, was transferred to the retired list in accordance with the law. He is now traveling in the orient on leave of absence. House Passes 360 Pension Bills. Washington—A part of the session of the house Friday was devoted to consideration of private pensions. 360 being passed at the rate of ten a minute. d <SU*e*iTTOlt 40OfiAr,O# //i/mr/ort In 0* Mr) ) osanyj. £?i£~v*'r’Csf 4/QviD#r/art PROPOSED ISSUE OF BONDS UNION PACIFIC TO MORTGAGE BRANCH LINES. It Is Proposed to Raise Fifty Millions to Cover the Company's Present Financial Needs. New York—Stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad company will meet on May 5 to authorize an issue of bonds, to be secured by mortgage on all the lines of the Union Pacific which are now unmortgaged. These lines aggregate 1,630 miles, accord ing to an official announcement. The amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue were not .made public, but i’ was currently reported that it would be $40,000,000 or $50,000,000. This, it was said, would be sufficient to cover the company's financial needs for some time, and it was expected that only a portion of the issue will be made in the near future. To facilitate this bond issue the stockholders will be asked at the same meeting, to ratify the taking over by the Union Pacific Railroad company of the physical properties of the Leavenworth. Kansas & Western Railway company and of the Topeka &- Northwestern Railroad company, which are'already through ownership bf stock a part of the Union Pacific system. These roads taken together have about 200 miles of track and are unmortgaged. It is proposed to in clude them with the other umpo.rt gaged lines byf,which, the new issue of bonds is to. be secured, and. in or der to do this it is necessary, under the laws of Kansas .by which the two companies were incorporated, that the transaction should be ratified by the stockholders. I he directors by a vote declined to grant the request made by certain stockholders that the board of di rectors bring a suit against B. H. Har riman, H. H. Rogers and James Still man to recover profits which they were alleged to have derived from a sale of the stock of the Illinois Cen tral railroad, the Railroad Securities company and the St.' Joseph & Grand Island railroad to the ' Union Pacific system. The suit was-requested by L. A. Stbrrs and Henry R. Buck of Hartford. W. A. Arnold of Willimantic and A. C. Bates of .'East Granby, Conn. In giving their reasons for refusal to bring the desired action the directors stated the interests of Messrs. Harri man, Rogers and Stillman in the stock of the Illinois Central and of Mr. Har riman in the Stock of the Railroad Securities company and the St. Joseph & Grand Island was fully discussed before the directors before the trans action and purchase was unanimously authorized by the other members of the board, while Messrs. Rogers. Har riman and Stillman were excused from voting on that subject. Indiana Has a Candidate. Indianapolis.—The Indiana demo cratic state convention closed its two days’ session after naming a state ticket, adopting a state platform and instructing the thirty delegates to the national convention to vote for Wil liam J. Bryan for president. John W. Kern of this city was endorsed for the vice presidential nomination. Syndicate Buys Slow Paper. Kansas City.—Al! of the require ments laid down by the comptroller of the currency for the reopening of the National Bank of Commerce of this city were completed with when Receiver George T. Cutts on Thurs day received $2,870,000 tn cash from a syndicate which took over a!! the slow paper of the bank and all the as sets termed “bad” by the government officials. The bank will open on Mon day, March 30. with 47 per cent of its deposits in Its vaults and with Comptroller Rldgely as Its president. A DISCUSSION OF QUARANTINE NEBRASKA PARTY VISIT THE AG RICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Two Propositions Presented Which It is Desired the Government Shall Consider. Washington.—Governor Sheldon and his party spent much of Wednesday with the authorities of the agricultur al department .Messrs. Jay Laverty, A. F. Stryker, I. !•!. MacPherson and E. E. Myers, wh *he governor, called at the department and remained a long time with T)r. Melvin, chief of the bureau of animal industry. Two propositions were presented, j First that the government permit its inspectors to be also state inspectors of live stock at quarantine points with I the power to issue government certi- j ficates on intrastate shipments of live ! stocii; second, that government in spectors claimed in connection with the second projtosal that stock is often weighed and settled for and afterward inspected; if on inspection some of it is rejected the settlement having already been made, there is difficulty for the dealer to get his drawback; if he gets it at all he is liable to offend a customer and lose his busi ness. It is desired that stock be in spected as it leaves the scales, so that settlements will not be made tin til after the inspection report is known, and thus the chance of em barrassment in case of any rejec tions may be avoided. The govern ment regulations say the stock must have been sold when they are inspect ed. and they are, but it is desired to have the inspection made at the same time so that the settlement may be made on the basis of the result of the inspection. Lrovernor bneldon was especially I concerned about the first proposition i He was equipped with maps, statis tics, etc., covering Nebraska and showing that in the east part of the state there are about 1.000,000 cattle feeding and expected* to be ready for market by June. In that entire terri tory there are not over 1.900 cases of scabies. He pointed out that If these be shipped to South Omaha they must go in quarantine, and there is delay, trouble, loss and embarrass ment. Hut if they go to Sioux City, St. Joseph or Chicago, because it is an interstate transaction, there are facilities for making immediate in spection. prompt clearance, and no delay. Wherefore he wanted the fed eral inspectors permitted to do for the intrastate traffic the work they now do for the interstate, in order to pro tect Nebraska’s home market. He pointed out that the Kansas live stocK man sends his stock to Kansas City or St. Joseph, and being an in terstate transaction gets benefit of the government's business methods; but Omaha suffers because it cannot se cure as to Nebraska business the same expedition which is accorded to interstate business. Guilty of Taking Rebates. Grand Rapids, Mich.—The Steams Salt and Lumber company of Luding ton, Mich., indicted last January on a charge of violating the interstate com merce law by accepting rebates on lumber shipments, entered a plea of guilty on twenty eounts. Republicans Urged to Attend. Washington.—In view of the tenta tive announcement by John Sharp Williams, leader of the minority of a general democratic filibuster, retalia tory of the policy of the inaction charged against the majority. Repre sentative Burke of Pennsylvania, as sistant whip on the republican side of the house, sent out-calls for all repub lican members to be in their seats each day as promptly and as continu ously as possible. An unusually large attendance was noticeable Wednesday on the republican side. A DENIAL 10 STATES THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO EN FORCE THEIR STATUTES. TWO GASES ARE PISSED UPON Notable Decision of 'the Federal Su preme Court in Minnesota and North Dakota. Washington—In refusing to grant to Attorney General Young cf Minnesota a writ of habeas corpus releasing him from the penalty imposed by the United States district court for the dis trict of Minnesota on the charge of contempt of court iu instituting a pro ceeding in a state court for the en forcement of the railroad rate law after the federal court had prohibited such a course, and in affirminig the decision of Judge Pritchard of the United States circuit court for the western district of North Carolina, discharging from imprisonment James H. Wood, a ticket agent of the South ern railway at Aahviile, after he had been sentenced by the Asheville po lice court to serve a term on the rock pile on the charge of collecting for a ticket on that road a greater price than was permitted by the state rail road law, the supreme court of th? United States added two others to the series of decisions which have ren dered notable the present term of th«t court. In both rases the right of the state to fix rates for railroad transportation was the issue and both involved con flicts between the federal and the stair courts The decision in each case was oposea both to the states and to their courts. The opinion of the court m both cases was announced by Justice Peckham. and with the exception of Justice Harlan all the other members of the court stocd behind him in the announcement of the court's finding. Justice Harlan read a dissenting opin ion in the Young case, its which he took the view that the suit was prac tically a proceeding against the sta'o, and therefore not permissible under the eleventh amendment to the con stitution. He therefore characterized the opinion as eramaking in the his tory of the court; said P had the ef fect of closing the courts of a state against the state itself and predicted the result would lie disastrous. The two cases were si familiar that both practically were decided in one opinion. The principal ' T'fbtfffithci - inert was made in the Minnesota case. STEVENS IS SHOT. Adviser of Japs in H4rrmt Kingdom Attacked by Coreans. San Francisco.— With the revolver of the would be assassin concealed in tue handkerchief. D. W. Stevens, for merly counsellor to the Japanese em bassy at Washington, but for several years diplomatic adviser to the Corean government at Seoul, was shot and seriously wounded as he was about to leave for Washington. Thre shots were fired at Mr. Stevens "from a thir ty-two calibei revolver by I. W.'Chang, a diminutive Corean. Th' first bullet missed the diplomat and accidently struck and perhaps fatally wounded M. W. Chung, one cf the three or four Coreans, who were lying lit wait for Mr. Stevens. The other two shots took effect in Mr. Stevens’ back, one bullet striking him under the right shoulder blade near the spinal column and the second a few inches lower. While the wounds are serious, it is said the chances for Mr. Stevens' recovery aro good. BIGGEST GRAIN RECEIPTS. Record Broken by Arrival of Four Hundred and Eighty Cars. Omabar—Records for receipts of grain at the Omaha market were broken Monday, when 4S0 cars were received, consisting of 8S cars of wheat,'209 cars of ccrn and 179 cars of oats. Of this enormous amount or grain, Hfi cars were forwarded, con sisting of 2S cars of wheat. 72 cars of corn and 4G cars of oats. This left 33t cars cf grain to handle through the terminal elevators of Omaha and bought by Omaha grain dealers to apply on their contracts, many of which ate not filled. “JIM CROW" DISCRIMINATION. Prominent Negroes of South Com plain to President. Washington.—The president re ceived a delegation of prominent negroes from the south, who talked to him about alleged unequal accom modations given colored passengers on railroads in southern states- where "Jim Crow" laws are enforced. The president asked his callers to submit their contention in writing. Newspaper Office Dynamited. Rock Island. 111.—Dynamitet explod ed in the press at the printing plant of the Rock Island Daily News, de stroyed the machine and practically ruined the building. China Invites Battleship Fleet. \V ashington,—China, through Min ister Wu. its diplomatic representa tive in Washington, has extended a cordial invitation for the American battleship fleet to stop in China on its way around the world. Broward to Name Senator. Pensacola, Fla.—Speculation is rife here as to whom Gove-’-nor. Broward will name as the successor to United States Senator William J. Bryan, who died in Washington Sunday.’ The coventor will appoint. TO VISIT FLOWERY KINGDOM. Cabinet Decides to Accept Invitation of China. Washington—The battleship fleet will visit China as well as Australia and Japan and will be home on Wash ington's birthday, that President Roos evelt may participate in the welcome before his retirement from office ten days later. In deciding at the cabinet session to accept invitation extended by China, R was also determined that the limit of the social calls had been reached and that all other invitations, should any be extended, would be declined with appreciative and regretful thanks. An earlier departure than July 6 from San Francisco is being contem plated in arranging the extended itin erary. This, however, will depend on the repairs necessary when the ships reach that port. Admiral Evans re ported that splendid progress was be ing made in the target practice at. Magdalena bay. Nine of the ships have already completed their work. These are the Maine. Alabama, Illi nois. Georgia Louisiana. Minnesota. Ohio. Kentucky and Keatsarge. The impression prevails at the department that the Maine and Alabama may be detached from the fleet and their places' taken by the Nebraska and Wis" consin. The two former ships may be in need of overhauling. The Chinese invitation, which was accepted, conies from the ministry of foreign affairs in Ptking. It reads: "As the American fleet has decided to visit the far east on its tour around the world we have telegraphed in structions to the imperial high com missioner of trade for the southern ports. Viceroy Ttiati Fane of Nanking, to make suitable preparations in con junction with Admiral Salt Chen-Ping. to welcome the fleet to our shores Please extend a formal invitation for the vessels to visit ottr ports through the honorable secretary of state. "In transmitting this invitation through you to your government, it is hardly necessary for tne to add that it is the desire of my government and people to give expression on this oc casion to the vet;, friendly feelings which they entertain toward the American nation anti to reciprocate for the many courtesies which have been extended to the representatives of any country on their visit to this country. You will remember Viceroy Tuan Fang as one <•' the imperial high commissioners who visited this land three years ago to make a special study of your laws and institutions, and I have no doubt that he considers it a special privilege to participate in arranging thh retention to your fleet. "Trusting that your government will see its way to accept the invitation and assuring you. sir. of my highest consideration." THE AGRICULTURAL BILL. Congressman Scott of Kansas Talks on Ravages of Texas Cattle Tick. Washington—In explaining the pro visions of the agricultural appropria tion bill. Mr. Scott of Kansas, in the house of representatives briefly called attention to the ravages of the brown tail moths and the Texas cattle tick. The former. he said, were rapidly de stroying the groves and forests of the New England states, while tile Texas tick had been one of the greatest pests known. The tick, he declared, was re sponsible fot the quarantine line which or nearly twenty years had stretched across the country front one ocean to the other. The annual cost of maintaining that line to the differ ent states and the nation was hardly less than $500,000. Nebraska Will Join Fleet. Washington—It is the intention of the navy depart men' to have the bat tleships Nebraska and Wisconsin ac company the Atlantic fleet on the way abound the world. These plans con template that two of the-battleships of the fleet, as it i3 now constituted, will remain on the Pacific coast. SPECIAL RATES TO DENVER. Western Railroads Will Grant Reduc tion on Round Trip Tickets. Chicago—Western railroads have announced that during the national democratic convention special rates will be put into effect as follows: The round trip between Chicago and Denver, $;tii; between St. Louis and Denver, $25. and between Omaha and Kansas City and Denver. $17.50. Editor Sniff is Acquitted. Logan, la.—The defense rested in the Sniff-Brundige case. In the morn ing after the opening argument by the prosecution the case was without further argument submitted to the jury. At 11: 55 p. m. the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Ruef Will Give Bail. San Francisco. Cal.—The district court of appeals ordered Abraham Ruef released upon a nominal bail of 15 upon each of thirty-seven duplicate indictments, but did not reduce the rail upon the other indictments, mounting to $790,000. Lumber Companies on Rack. St.' Louis.—An investigation which nay be preliminary to suits of ouster n several states against a number of umber companies, on the grounds that :hey are in a conspiracy to control irices and stifle competition, was be fun here on Tuesday before Special Commissioner Robert G. Mitchell of Macon., Mo. The investigation fol ows ouster proceedings that were re tently instituted in the supreme court >y Attorney General Hadley, in which forty-seven lumber companies were lamed as defendants. * NEBRASKA IN BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural. Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. A Saunders county farm was sold last week for 1126.00 per acre. Free delivery carrier service is to be established at Grand Island. May 10th. The initiative and referendum law will be submitted to the voters of York at the coming election. A grafter worked some Omaha men by selling a mixture for killing weeds while at. the same time making grass grow. L. M. Crawford A Sons of Topeka. Kas.. have secured by purchase the Oliver theater building, the leading playhouse of Lincoln. Dr. .1 A. Haggard of Nebraska City has been appointed superintendent of the Masonic home at Plattsmouth. His wife has been appointed matron. A number of Beatrice young men have started the organization of a new military company to take the place of Company C, which was runs-’ tered out a short time ago George Marsh, a fanner living north of Seward, who has been acting strangely of late, was brought before the Insanity board and ordered to the asylum. Ford Ellin, representing Cotner university, won first place in the state iutercollegiat* prohibition con test at Grand Island. Weslyan’s contestant took second place. W. E. Andrews, auditor of the Cnited States treasury, has accepted the invitation to deliver the graduat ing address to the high school at Beatrice on the evening of June 5. Sarpy county has the best prospect for a large wheat crop. The acre age is large and the stand first-class. Some farmers are already estimating the crop at not less than forty bush els an acre. Henry J. Smith of Cedar county received a commutation of sentence signed by Governor Sheldon. It is to become effective April 1. Smith was sentenced to serve one year in the penitentiary tor forgery. He lias served four months and eleven days. John Semerart. aged So years, com mitted suicide at the county farm north of Wahoo by hanging himself with a small piece of rope from the top of his bed. then sliding to the floor, being suspended only a few inches from the floor with the upper part of his body. John Fleishman, aged 26 years, was killed by the bursting of an emery wheel on his father's farm eighteen miles northwest of Broken Bow The wheel, being run by horse power, was making 1.500 revolutions a minute. Fleishman, who was grinding a corn stalk knife, pressed his whole weight against the wheel, when suddenly it burst, a fragment striking him on the forehead and entering the skull. In accordance with a resolution adopted by the real estate men and the city council of Omaha. D. C. Pat terson called at the office of the State board tif irrigation and prepared to make filings in behalf of Omaha in what is known as the Fremont and Omaha power canal proposition. Pat terson stated that Omaha was ready to vote $5,000,000 to develop a power plant, water to be taken from the Platte river. Examiner Frank Lyons for the In terstate Commerce commission held a hearing at Grand Island in the case of the Wood River Grain company. Samuel McMurray president, against the Union Pacific, complaint being made that McMurray was discrimi nated against in the matter of being provided with cars to such an extent that it practically put him out of business for two months of the busy season of 1906. Marshalltown (la.) dispatch. The marriage of Mrs. Hattie H. Williams and Charles A. Williams, the latter an electrician of Omaha, was annulled in the district court last week by Judge Parker. Mrs. Williams in her petition alleged that Williams had another wife living at the time that she was married to him and that he kept the fact concealed from her un til she discovered it by accident after their marriage. A Washington dispatch says: A delegation of cattlemen, introduced to president Roosevelt by Senator Bur kett of Nebraska, left the whit«' house saying that they had obtained the president’s endorsement of a pro position whereby the government, should legislation be enacted author izing the proposition, will authoriz for grazing purposes large tracts of the government domain and allow th same to be fenced. Senator Burkett has prepared a bill embodying this plan and has hopes of securing favor able action on it. Town Marshall J. L. Pulton at Table Rock fired several shots at a mysterious stranger, whom he found at the rear of the bank building early in the morning, and probably wound ed him. The stranger escaped, leav ing a trail of blood on the sidewalk. Frank Hines, the missing Morse Bluff merchant, who was believed to have drowned himself in the Platte river, is in Omaha. When he aban doned his team on the bank of the river Hines started for the metropo lis, and there put himself under the care of a physician. The man is be lieved to be deranged.
