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> Loup City Northwestern volume xxv LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY", SEPTEMBER 17. 1908 NUMBER 45 MUCH IN SMALL SPACE FOR THE HURRYING READER. EVEN 15 COVERING WiQE FIELD Som:tt-. -g cf Congress, Political Gos s.p Here arid There, and News and Notes of General Character. « )» Pclitica!. jLdge Taft announces he will et - taialv mak- a trip west during tr. campaign and visit Nebraska, but the trip eas- and south has not yet been determined. It was announced et Chicago that Murphy and ilcCarren had patched up a tem;iorary truce for the purpose of harmony at the Rochester convention, but Murphy denies that Mr. C-onaers > an patch :p anything for him. \Y. J. Brvan made reply to Speaker Cannon in his address at Olney. III., declaring he is worth only $150.000 and asking how much the speaker is worth. The Iowa legislature adjourned with out electing a senator to fill out Alli son’s unenpircd term. Agreement pre vailed among republicans to assemble after election and elect the man who receives the primary endorsement. Secretary Taft was visited by Sen ator Foraker. who pledged anything he can do in the campaign. William H. Taft aroused crowds in Ohio towns to enthusiasm, and an nouncement is made that the candi date will make a campaign tour of the country. Forty t wo Icwa smndpatters bolted the nominee of the republican legisla tive caucus and prevented the elec tion of Governor Cummins to the Senate. Republican leaders, citing favorable legislation, declare democratic cam paign talk will not deceive labor vote. It is said that Senator Foraker's followers in Ohio are preparing to knife Taft. ► A Gir.era!. Much timber in the vicinity of Fort Meade and Lead. S. D., has been de stroyed by forest fires. The annual meeting of the Union Pacific stockholders will be held Octo ber 13 to elect directors. » Harry Thaw may be in contempt of court because of his failure to appear in Pittsburg a; the bankruptcy hear ing. ~\Y? have had a better time in Omaha than at any place since we left New York." said one of the younger members cf Harriman party at the Union s'aiion on leaving for the east. Orville Wr;ghr made a Sight of sixty five minutes and twelve seconds in his aeroplane, breaking the world’s rec ord made the day before. The United States circuit court in Philadelphia handed down a decision holding the commodities clause of the Hepburn rate law is void. The Standard Oil company answers the .request for rehearing of the gov ernment in the big case in which Judge I.andis imposed a fine of $29,000,000. G. W. Fitzgerald, accused of the theft cf $171 <•*•'•> from the subtreasury in Chicago, has been released from !y os the- government refusing to furnish testimony. In his tear of Illinois and Indiana towns Mr Bryan made a vehement at tach on Speaker Cannon. The constitutions] amendments in N I ' a- .a v. re adopt- 1 as party mea sur s by all political parties. Some democratic and populist opposition was shown at the primaries. Th Nebrr. -ka university authorities are expecting a heavy registration of students. England las launched a new war ship that is the largest of any of its class. Speaker Cannon opened his cam paign for re-election in Danville. 111., with reply to a speech of Samuel Gompers. Corn is marly up to the ten-year averag e according to a report of the Department or Agriculture. Ord-r was mad- for a through rate on lumier from Washington points to Sait Lake City and Utah. Four deaths arc the results cf a hotel t: • in i • aver that was started by an incendiary. Mile. La Blanche, wao entertamea Ak-Sa.-E a crowds in Omaha last year broke her hack in Toronto. In the inquest over Dr. F. H. Rustin of Omaha a woman "id a strange story of a suicide agreement in which she was to kill the man and then kill herself, but, her coura te failed and she says a man was secured to take her piace. That man is now under arrest. All Nebraska representatives in congress have been rinoninated. ac cording to the cfir-ia' returns from seventy five out of ninety counties. Nebraska is included in the itin erary of Judge Taft. The next reunion cf the Grand Army will be held in Sait Lake. Inquest of Dr. Rustin’s death in Omaha brought out the startling testi mony that the doctor tried to per suade the Rice woman to kill him and when he nerve failed told her he had procured a man who would do it, pointing out Charles Davis. The lat ter denies having agreed to do so. The authorities in Des Moines. Ia., have started a move to abolish the "redlight ’ district, but will offer un fortunate women a chance to earn a living honestly. Samuel Gompers will Invade Can nons’ district in an effort U> defeat him. Fifteen thousand people are home less as a resu!' cf forest fires in Min nesota and property loss is immense. The governor appeals for aid The head of the ocomotive firemen issued a statement to the effect that the organization is taking no part in the election and is not in poliics. The preside.* in his coming mes sage will suggest an Inertuse in army strength to a hundred thousand Mrs. Marshal! Field. Jr., of Chicago, , was married ar 'he V- - r ns- u reg j istrv office. London to Maldv in Drum I mond. second -on of the 'a' Edgar Atheling Drummond. The president plat:- 'o end his sum rrt‘-r vacation S-; Z~. and return to Washington. Both republican candidates for gov ; ernor in West Virginia have pc-eed ’o withdraw provided Judge Nathan ! Goff will acree to accept the nomina tion. A public meeting of Taft and For aker and the formal burying of all dif ferences between the Ohio factions in the Republican party was a feature at tending the Grand Army parade and encampment at Toledo. The receivers of the Pillsbury-Wash burn Milling company declare that un less they are empowered to raise $75. 000 immediately by means of an issue of certificates of indebtedness, the mills must close, which would result in a loss of established business. The recent Nebraska State fair was ! the most successful ever held. Complete returns if the Vermont election give Prouty, Republican, a plurality of 2ft.C73. The sum of SI".000 is left to the Actors' Fund of America by Tony Pas tor. the so-called "Father of Vaude ville” in this country. Lionel Saekville Sackvill?-West, sec ond Baron Saekville. died at Knole park. Seven Oaks, near London. He had been ill for some time. Europe is thrown into a turmoil by Emperor William's demand that Mulat Hafid be recognized immediately as Sultan of Morocco. Washington. General S. Lockwood Brown, for merly of Chicago, and prominent in G. A. R. circles, was married here to Miss Elinor T. B. Chester. General Brown is 75 years of age and his bride is 63. The hearing in the contempt pro ceedings of the Bucks Stove and Range Company against tabor officials who are alleged to hare violated an in junction to discontinue a boycott may not be held until October. Justice Gould of the district Supreme Court has intimated that the matter should go over until the regular court term in October. A note of warning against federal employes resigning to participate in political campaigns with the expecta tion of possibly re-entering the service is found in a star :-ment given cut by civil service commission defining its attitude. "Congress will be called in extra ession inm dlat-'y after the presi dential inauguration next March, and will remain in sessiomhalf t year or longer." sr.i ! Senator McCumber of Xorth Dakota, who has reached Wash ington after talks with President R osevelt and Mr. Ta£» "The'session will be called for tariff revision and a hitter will b? precipitated,. The con flict of interests which must develop will fce stubbo, ’ !y contested. Foreign. With ad! the sok-ma splendor of the Roman Catholic chuA Cardinal Y.n conzo VannuteHi. the pope's legate, was formally received by the prelate! who have gathered in London for the eucharistic congress over which h« will preside. A patrol from the American fleet is still searching for tae men who failed to go aboard the ships wnen sailing from Melbourne. M. Albert:, who retired recently from the post of minister of justice. I Denmark, surrendered to the police : and confessed to a series of frauds azainst the Bondestandens Spare | kasse a savings bak of which he was j president. The battleships Maine ana Alatama, ■he advance guard of the American fleet on the voyage around the world. ! arrived at Suez. Countess DeSatatler. prominent in 1 Parisian society, committed suicide by shooting in Paris. The act, it is believed, was the resnlt of nervous excitement. \\ .ibarn E. C-rtis writes that Glaa gow cates its great wealth and pros perity from its early trade with Vir ginia tobacco plantations and Jamaica sugar fields. Persona!. The Iowa legislature deadlocked over the election of a senator and enemies of Governor Cummins declare he is defeated. A meeting of the loaders of the democratic r:arty was held at Chicago, when it was practically agreed to force Mr. Bryan out upon an. active campaign.* ;t. Tiigt William H. Taft will make' an extensive tour in the United States be^ fore the November election may be announced as the personal determina tion of the candidate. Mayor Dahlman of Omaha declares that unless Shallenberger is 2,(M>0 or 3.000 ahead of him he will contest his nomination for governor on the ground that populist votes were counted for him. Alexander Tronp, democratic com mitteeman from Connecticut and per sonal friend of W. J. Bryan, is dead. Friends o:f progressive legislation in YUrsiOgton see the “Canon blight” rn the cefeat of Congressman John J. Jenkins in the Wisconsin primaries. Commissioner General of Immtgra TOTHE FREIGHTMEN WHAT CLARK HAD TO SAY TO TRAFFIC MANAGERS. THE L! isilL BE ENFORCED Incorporations and The.r Rules Should Be Overlooked and Supervised by Federal Tribunals. St. Lou'?. 111.—“I doubt if the whole history of lawmaking in this country discloses such a. record of ignoring, evading and defying law as has marked the course of the interstate commerce law. Its purpose has been defeated through technicalities, but it must not be assumed, that the effort toward governmen* regulation of in terstate commerce has been, is. or will be a failure or that it will be aban doned in despair. There will be no vindictiveness, no playing to the gal leries and no partiality in administer ing the law as laid down by congress, but there will be a firm purpose and an earnest effort to enforce the full in tent.” This statement was made by E. F. Clark, interstate commerce comniis sioner. in an address this afternoon be fore the annual convention of the American Association of Freight Traf fic officials. Mr. Clark said the roads should be permitted to maintain traffic associa tions. providing their articles of incor poration and their rules are subject to approval by a federal tribunal and are made public. He opposed the proposition that a complaint against an increased rate should automatically suspend such rate, but urged that the Interstate Commerce commission be given authority to suspend a proposed in crease in rates until its reasonable ness could be determined. The following officers were re elect ed by the association: President. Robert C. Wright.- Phila delphia: first vice president. T WL Gallagher, Baltimore; seccHd vice president. W. D. Groseclose, St. Louis; third vice-president. Charles R. Capps, Norfolk.- Va.; fourth vice-president. George R. Crosby. Chicago: secretary, treasurer, J. F. Ausch. Philadelphia. Chole’-a Has a Firm Hold. St} Petersburg— An oGtc al state meat of the cholera situation in St. Petersburg shows that Sunday there w‘re fifty-eight n- w cases and tight death - from • he di. use anj that there - h m with it. Harry Thaw Gets Transfer. Pi ig ■ -i- >: V—Harry K. Thaw will he trar furred frcm the Pnchess c un'y jai to the jail at V*~hi> PI V - :■ --r contr; . tin der an order issued by Supreme Court Justice Mills at a special term in this city. Barriers Rib Embassy. Washington—Bcrgtsi s entered the British embassy and mole from the rtotn of rho housekeeper. Miss C'ara Chilis, a sum of jewelry ami : gold war.h and chtiu. Ambassador Mi E Idle Men the EcCroc. Lend .a—The'nuT’i: "r of ttnexploy ed in this city was strikingly illus trated when men. surrounded anj attempted to make their way into a hospital which had advertised for a porter at a wage of $4.50 a week and m^als. Shaw He3as> the Company. Philadelphia—Leslie M. Shaw, for merly secretary cf the treasury, will come to this city shortly to accept the presidency of the First Mortgage Guaranty and Trust company cf this city. Vet ow Fever irs Mexico. Mexico—Reports fror the city of Merida, capital of Yucatan declare •hat two authentica cases of jtiictv fever are in the pest house there and t'at-fctir suspected ca?'s are under cbservatlcr. SPIN G '. 'HEAT STARTS EAST. Movement Begins Earlier Than Last Year and Grain K;gh Quality. St. Paul, liinn.—According to the general freight agents of the north ern railrT-ds, which run through the • ■ p movement ha-- just started and it is from rwo to three weeks earlier than last year. Eeports received from Doluth and Superior shew that the movement the last two days of last week indicated re ceipts of from 500 to G'O cars daily in those two cities for trans-shipment devyn the lakes. The crop is more abundant in some places and less in others, but the grade is larger. Tbe percentage tag of No. 1 northern wheat is greater than usual. To Investigate Fish Combine. Chicago.—A statement made by Louis M. Polakow, publisher of a trade journal devoted to the fish trade which was given publicity on Saturday, was made the basis of a report that federal Investigation would be made of the affairs of A. Booth ft Co., who went into the hands of a receiver last week. Polakow declared that the prices of fish to dealers throughout the country were dictated by A. Booth ft Co., and that he was ready to give the district attorney details concerning their operations. j STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON DENSED FORM. THE PRESS, PULPIT AND PU8U0 What is Going on Here and There That is of interest to hte Read ers Throughout Nebraska. A‘ a school election he'd to deter mine whether or not the city of He bron should vote $20,000 bonds for the purpose of building a new ward schoc!. the bonds carried by a majority of fifteen. While Mr. and Mrs. William Burke of Friend were out riding in their au tomobile. the machine was overturned and Mrs. Burke suffered the breaking of a collar bone beside some ether bruises. James Keith, a bartender from Ray mond, was shot and killed at Bridge port by Michael H. Hagerty, a saloon keeper of that place, as the result of a drunken dispute. Both men are well known. Mrs. Dora Wilson, proprietor of the hotel at Manley, went to Lincoln to attend the funeral of her niece, Miss Edna Kennett. While in a restaurant she was attacked with appendicitis, taken to a hospital and operated on and died next day. Leaving behind her a hnsbavl and five children. Mrs. Ernest Olson, liv ing about four miles north of Polk, deserted her home in company with Ray Helvery, the hired man, came over from Polk to Central City with him in an automobile, bearded the train at that place and has not been : heard of since. Judge Grimes held a brief session of the district court at Sidney anl sentenced the following to the peni tentiaary: Henry Harris, burglary, eighteen mon‘hs; Samuel Gim. for gery'- two years and a half; Will La Maar. a boy of IT. was sent to the state reformatory for a period of four 1 years for burglary. \v ok was received m Beatrice teat Lon Eddleman. a young man whose home is near Ellis, had died in South Omaha from an overdose of cocaine. Eddleman was suspected of having robhed the store of the Jackson Drug company in Beatrice. He was also suspected of ether robberies at Erits and Plymouth and escaped from the officers a few years ago. Sheriff H. U. Miner of Burt county has apprehended Fred Clark and Ed Orr. half brothers, wanted at Mt. Ster ling, III., for jail breaking. The men do not deny having taken French leave of the Mt. Sterling prison. They had been given a preliminary hearing on a charge of assault with intent to kill, and were awaiting trial in the district court there when a jail de livery was effected. A. E. Williams, living at North Seventh street, says the Lincoln Jour nal. has succeeded in growing in his yard a very perfect cotton plant, which is now full of blossoms. It was planted in March and has been given care enough to bring it to full devel opment. Inasmuch as it is only cne of thirty stalks to come to perfection, it does not appear that eott .n can he grown here to advantage. The food commissioner has forward ed to County Attorney English cf Douglas county informal ion that six restaurants of Omaha are selling skim milk and directs that they be prose cuted under the pure food law. The law requires that milk shall test 3 per j cent butter fat. Two and six-tenths per cent was the best any of the res- , taurants in the list did. according to i the food commissioner’s report. The annual convention cf the Lu theran synod cf Nebraska opened in Haardy. The following officers were ! elected: Rev. L. Groh. D. D.. of Oma ha. president: Rev. Gecrge W. Livers of Benedict, s-creta~y; Dr. James H. Miller of Surprfw, treasurer; Rev. C. J. Ringer of Wajite. statistical s cre tary; Rev. M. L, Melick of Omaha, his torian. The annuiU reports showed a general advance all along the lines. n*j_i (.ommissioner jccnson is pro ceeding against more farmers cn a charge of selling Botien eggs. He has asked county attorneys to prosecute P. Smith of Rolioby and ?. L. Cullen of Ashland for selling bad eggs to a i storekeeper. It is the food commis sioner's policy tt> catch farmers by having inspec‘or«: stationed at coun try stores to candle eggs and the first farmer that offers a bad egg is imme diately detected. Some boys at Shelton were using a high, slanting wire as a slide for life and sliding down hanging by their feer. While Harold Kesterson was making a slide the fastening to wh'ch his feet were attached broke, precipi tating him to the ground head first. He alighted on his lands first with, such force as to break both arms at fhe wrist, the bcnes protruding through the flesh. Although badly in jured it is thought that his arms can be saved. The assessed value of property ap portioned to cities and towns, belong ing to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneap olis & Omaha railroad, under the pro visions of the terminal tax law, is in creased from $277,100 in 1907 to $435, 191 in 1908. A letter received at Fremont by her husband clears away the mystery which surrounded the disappearance of Mrs. Olsen. Mrs. Olsen is in Sweden staying with her parents. How she managed to get there Mr. Olson says he cannot imagine. He says she did not have any money that he knew anything about. !HE CORN RAISERS’ NIGHTMARE. TO JOIN IN GENERAL WAR LABOR MEN TO TAKE PART IN FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS Announcement Made That American Federation Will Join in Fight Against Plague. Washington. — American working men and workingwomen. represented by the American Federation of Labor, will co-operate with the coming world's congress on tuberculosis to prevent the spread of consumption in work shops. homes and public buildings. This developed at the session of the executive council of the federation, when the council decided to assume charge of a mass meeting to be held in connection with the congress on Sunday, October 4. John Mitchell will preside and make an address emphasizing the impor tance to workingmen of the tubercu losis crusade. Samuel Gompers, pres ident of the federation, will make the principal address. The effect of tu berculosis upon the workers will be proved by statistics, which show that 25 per cent, of ai! deaths between the ages of 15 and 45 are due to con sumption. It was decided that the American Federation of Labor make every effort to aid in furthering the movement among the people of our country to se cure legislation for the conservation of our natural resources. A resolution was adopted to urgent ly request President Roosevelt to in tervene and prevent the surrender of Jan Pourer. to the Russian govern ment. Pouren participated in the rev olutionary movement of the Baltic provinces to obtain a freer form of government for the people of Russia. When the revolution failed he escaped to the Uni;ed States and obtained em ployment which he followed for more than eight inomhs. Russian spies in the United States ferreted him out and now demand hi. extradition. KAISER DOESN'T ENTER FRANCE. William Changes His Mind About As cending the Hohneck. Altenberg. Alsace.—Emperor Wil liam disappointed the general expecta tion that he weald set foot on French territory Friday in the course of a siglw-seeinsr trip along the Vosges range. The French authorities for warded his majesty a hearty invita tion to do so and had made every prep aration to welcome the imperial vis itor. He had intended to ascend the Hohneck. the highest point in this vicinity, which is situated in French territory. From it a splendid view may be had of Kemiremont and the valley of the Moselle river. Emperor William arrived here late in the after noon and decided not to proceed across the frontier. Commodities Clause Hit. Philadelphia. — The commodities clause of the Hepburn railroad act was Thursday declared to be uncon stitutional by the United States cir cuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. Judges Gray and Dallas agreed in an opinion, covering 75 type written pages, that the clause is un constitutional. Judge Buffington dis sented. but did not file an opinion. Gans Beaten by Nelson. Colma Arena, San Francisco.—Bat ling Nelson clinched his claim to the lightweight pugilistic championship by defeating Joe Gans for the second time at Colma arena Wednesday aft ernoon. The fight ended in the twen ty-first round when Gans. beaten down hv a succession of blows from his sturdy conqueror, failed to get upon his feet within the count of ten. Indicted for Arson in New Orleans. New Orleans.—Julius Lipps. man ager; Abe Wolf, secretary and treas urer of the Central Glass company of New Orleans, and John Eckert, an employe of that company, were indict ed by the grand jury Wednesday night on the charge of arson in con nection with a fire which about ten days ago burned over a portion of three blocks in the business section of New Orleans, causing a loss of $1,500,000. The fire originated in the building that was occupied by the Cen tral Glass company. DELAY IN BIG LABOR CASE. Legal Proceedings Against Gompers and Others Are Postponed. Washington. — The legal pro ceedings against President Samnel Gompers. Secretary Frank Morrison and John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor, in which they were charged with contempt of the su preme court of the District of Colum bia on account of acts and utterances apropos of the judgment of that court directing them to cease publishing the name of the Bucks Stove & Range company in their "We don't patronize" list, were virtually postponed for two weeks after a brief hearing Wednes day. Justice Gould of the supreme court presided. The postponement was taken at the instance of counsel for the stove com pany and in opposition to the ex pressed wishes of Mr. Gompers and his associates, who complained of the delay as expensive and unnecessary. It was stated on behalf of the com pany. however, that it would be neces sary to examine witnesses as to the issues made by the petition and the answers, and Justice Gould, saying that he saw no necessity for great haste and urging the desirability of af fording both sides a full opportunity to be heard, granted the request. He appointed an examiner to take testi mony, gave each side 30 days, and an nounced his own willingness to sit. in the case after the facts shall have been ascertained. BISHOP SPALDING RESIGNS. Head of Pecria Diocese Retires Be cause of III Health. Peoria. 111.—The resignation of Rt. Rev. John Lancaster Spalding, bishop of the diocese of Peoria, was officially announced from his residence Thurs day in the following note: "Bishop Spalding having been ill for Bishop John L. SpaFdinr. three years and a half, and forese?,ng that some years must elapse before he has hope to resume active duty in the diocese of Peoria, has, after due con sideration. resolved to tender his res ignation as bishop of Peoria to Pope Piux X." The bishop is now in his sixty-ninth year and still suffers from the paralysis which brought him near | to death.” Deposit Guaranty Law Upheld. Guthrie, Okla.—The supreme court Thursday upheld the validity of the j depositors’ guaranty law. d“ay>ng the j injunction prayed by the Noble State i bank to restrain the state from levy ; ing a one per cent, assessment upon : the deposits of the bank. It was con i tended that the law is unconstitutional i in that it levies on and takes private I property without consideration. On. ! this point Judge Huston in the Logan ! county district court overruled the : bank and denied an Injunction, the ! case then being appealed. Young Wife Commits Suicide. Seattle. Wash.—Mrs. John Davis1 wife of one of the leading real estate dealers of this city, committed suicide, by taking carbolic acid. She was 23 years old, he is 38, and they had been married only since March 15 last. Paper Mill Men on Strike. Millinocket, Me.—Responding to a telegram from their union headquar ters, the 1,200 men employed in the mills of the Great Northern Paper Company here and at East Millinocket ; west cn strike Friday. FLAY JUDGE LUIS LAWYERS FOR STANDARD OIL FILE THEIR ANSWER. DECLARE FINE EXCESSIVE Jurist Is Charged with Yielding to ^Outside Influences and the Prosecution Is Calied “Malicious.” Chicago.—Judge Kenesaw Lanii^, who fined the Standard Oil Company $29,000,000. is charged with having permitted outside influences to govern his decision by the attorneys for the company in their answer to the appli cation for a rehearing filed in the United States court of appeal - The answer refers to the judgment of that court as an “unheard-of fine.” and says that the court was “gov erned by evidence and considerations which were not proper to influence a judicious magistrate." District Attorney Sims, who con ducted the prosecution, was referred to as a "zealous prosecutor." The answer to the government's ap peal for rehearing is submitted by Attorneys John S. Mill r. Moritz Rosenthal and Alfred D. Eddy, counsel for the oil company, and cites numer ous reasons why Judge Grosscup and his associates in the court of appeals should not grant the government's pe tition. The principal argument presented is in regard to excessive fines, and it Judge Kenesaw Landis. is declared absolutely that District At torney Sims could find no authority to support Judge Landis in hr- action of fixing the "unheard-of fine.” Regard ing this the answer states: "The provision of the bill of rights j in the eighth amendment to the fed I eral constitution forbidding tbe impo | sition of excessive fines enacts a i cherished principle of Magna Charta, which is the foundation of American and Anglo-Saxon laws and jurispru dence. and which required that fines imposed for faults or crimes should be 'after the manner of the fault.' or according to the heinousness of it.' and fcrbade fines so large as to de prive a defendant of that which was necessary to his vocation or liveli hood.” The action of the government in bringing the oil company to trial is referred to as "malicious prosecution.” and it is reiterated that no evidence and law has been brought to bear on the case by the federal attor neys. Freed in Subtreasury Case. Chicago. — George W. Fitzger ald. accused of having stolen the $173,000 which disappeared from the United States subtreasury, was dis charged by Judge Chetlain Thursday after it had been shown on the witness stand that the government had in structed the treasury department heads in Chicago and other govern ment employes to not testify in the case nor make public the evidence which the secret service men have been gathering since the time of the robbery. Woman Suicide at Niagara. Niagara Falls, X. V.—A woman, about 25 years old, of refined ap pearance, Tuesday afternoon walked into the river about 30 feet above Prospect Point and was swept over the falls. She left nothing to iden tify her. Seventy-five persons saw the suicide. Four Die in Denver Fire. Denver, Col.—Four men lost their lives and a score of persons were in jured. several of them seriously, in a fire that ruined the Belmont hotel, a three-story building at 1723 Stout street Tuesday morning. Crazed with fear and almost suffocated by smoke, the guests rushed for the windows, several of them jumping to the pave ment below before firemen and police men could reach them with ladders or spread nets below the windows. The fire is supposed to have been of in cer.diary origin.