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Loup City Northwestern VOLUME XXVI_LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY . MARCH 11, 190!> NUMBER 1# * \ K Boiling Down of the More Impor- \ < rant Events Here and There l 1 ► Congress. The salary of the president of the United States has been definitely fixed at yTSJKki per annum, without any additional allowance for travel ing expenses. A complete agreement was reached by the conferees of the general defi ciency bill. The amendments mak ing an appropriation of $500,000 to pay the first two installments to Co lombia under the provision of the treaty recently ratified and appropri ation of $2b,0t'0 to pay the expense of a commission to investigate the interests of the United States in Li beria were adopted. Senator Burkett's bill to amend the T derul court law governing the Ne braska district passed with some amendments in the senate and was sent at once to the house. A bill was presented in the house b Representative Bird S. Mctluire of Oklahoma to confer upon the court of claims jurisdiction to hear ar.d determine claims of the Pawnee ’ribe of Indians in Oklahoma against he United States government. . Senator-elect Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas has reached Washington, and was a visitor at the capitoi. where he was- introduced in the senate side by -—•Senator Curtis. Now tnat billion-dollar sessions of congress are the rule, little other than appropriation legislation can be enacted during the short session. The appropriations for ihe session prob ably will be the largest on record —even exceeding the Jl.OOthdOO pro tided for at the first session. Representative Hinshaw Introduced a bill appropriating $2aJ'<'» to pur chase a quarter section el land near Beatrice. Neb., for the purpose of a public park. The immigration commission, com posed mainly of members of the sen ate and of the house of representa tives. was sharply criticised in th senate by Senator Clary of South Carolina. The senate ship subsidy bill was lost in the lower bouse. Congress worked nearly all night on the od to finish up business. The president sent to the senate die following nominations: To be consul at Boma, Congo Free Slate. William W. Handley ol' New York. To be associate justice of ihe sn prem ■ court of New Mexico. Howard A. Mann and Ira A. Abbott. Senator Burkett of Nebraska intro duced a bill providing for an inspec tion of locomotive boilers similar 10 that now required in the case of .steamboat boilers. Genera'. President Taft had a flood of call ers on the first day of his admiuis I ration. The new tariff has been tentatively completed by the republican members of the house ways and means commit tee aud the tariff framers are now de voting their attention principally 10 discussing the proposed provisions for additional means for securing - revenue. Permanent headquarters, for the National League of Republican clubs, of which John Hays Hammond is president, will be established in Washington in ih* near future in order to keep the .‘I.8M0 clubs and 1 .ffhii.''lift members active throughout the year. Tii*' inaugural address of President Tait published in Toldo evoked ap preciative comments lor the states manlike views embodied in it. The ceremony or inauguration of Taft and Sherman took place the usual way and at the usual time, ex cept that exercises were held in the senate chamber on account of severe storms. Immediately after Taft had taken the oath of office Roosevel. left for Oyster Bay. The street parade and grand ball in the evening were features of the inauguration. President Taft will convene con gress in extra session March 15th. S'-cretary Wright approved the find ings of the retiring board in the case of Colonel William P. Tucker of the pay department of the army, and son in-law of Mrs. John A. Logah. This places Colonel Tucker on the retired list for life on three-quarters pay. It is rumored mat Harr.man has made a deal for an entrance to Seattle over St. Paul tracks State Senator Skinner charges that the saloon element is spending large sums of money in influencing legis lation in Colorado. J’he lower bouse cf the Arkansas legislature has passed a state-wide prohibition bill. Deadlocks in Illinois am] Wisconsin may cause two senate vacancies in the next congress. The pope of Rome is indisposed front a severe cold. The ninth attempt of Mrs. Eliza beth Lowery of St. Louis to end her life was successful. She (‘rank car bolic acid because of despondency. Many new faces for both house and senate will be seen in the coming congress’. The house passed the sundry civil appropriation bill after a debate marked by much bitterness. Appropriations of the present con gress will pass the billion dollar mark. The price of May wheat surpassed all records of recent years on the New York produce exchange, when It advanced 2 cents a bushel to $1.22%. The final price was $1.22%, a net advance for the day of l%c. The negro who killed the young woman at Ottumwa. Ia.. has been ar rested and made full confession. The house, by a majority of four, adopted a rule reported by the com mittee on rules creating what is to he known as "Calendar Wednes day." The Kansas house and senate voted to concur in the second conference report on the bank guarantee law and the bill will become a law as soon as it is signed by the governor and pub lished. One hundred thousand strangers were in Washington to witness the inauguration. Mobilization of tropps by the Ser vian government continues. Venezuela is not regarded a safe place for ex-President Castro. Prominent cigarette dealers throughout the country have decided to abolish cut prices ou standard brands of cigarettes. The Columbus Memorial commis sion lias awarded the contract for making a statin of Columbus, lo be erected in the plaza of the union sta tion in Washington, lo l<orado Taft, of Chicago, a relative of the presi dent-elect. Th< inquiry into the beef trust may result in binding big game. The purchase of upwards of $21, •'OO.OOt* of general development bo:k1- of the Southern Railway com pany by p. Morgan & Co. was an nou ced. The price was stated to be about 7.7 Bishop Richard Scannel of Omaha was a passenger on the steamer Adriatic which arrived in New York from Southampton. .Judge Taft says lie has been mis quoted on his tariff views. The Kansas senate passed the bill already passed by the house prohib iting bucket shops in Kansas. Not only the establishments are illegal but telegraph operators taking quota tions for such purposes are subject to heavy penalties. The International Harvester com pany paid to ft. L. Thomas, clerk of the Shawnee county district court $13.i02. the fine and costs assessed against the company by Judge A W. Dana tor violating the Kansas anti trust laws. Kentucky's governor has pardoned an editor who lias been found guilty of telling the truth about certain evildoers. Washington. Final nr pa rat ions are are now be ing made at the Smithsonian institu tion for the scientific expedition to Africa to be headed by Theodore Rt oseveh. The work of preparing and packing ihe collecting apparatus is now well advanced. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has decided to establish at the Uni versity of Wisconsin a laboratory plant for the testing of various kinds of wcods in the eastern part of the United States. This is President Taft's cabinet: Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, secretary of stale. Franklin Mc Vtagh of Illinois, secretary of die treasury. Jacob M. Dickinson of Ten lessee, to be secretary of war. George W. Wickersham of New York attorney general. Frank H. Hitch cock of Massachusetts to be postmas ter general. George Y. L. Meyer of Massachusetts secretary of navy. Richard A. Ballinger of Washington secretary of the interior. Janies Wil son ol' Iowa to be secretary of agri culture. Charles Nagel of Missouri, secretary of commerce and labor. Thos.” E. Stone, now chief usher at the White House, succeeds Major Charles D. A. Loeffler as doorkeeper to the president. An immense lug stick, handsomely carved and beautifully colored, was cleared through the customs house here. The stick is a gift to Presi dent Roosevelt from the American colony at Chihuahua. .Mexico, and carries with it their wish that Presi dent Roosevelt may he recalled to of fice. so that he may use it. Nebraska millers, and there are nearly 1150 of them, according to re cent statistics, are face to face with a situation that spells reduced prices for their flour unless Secretary Wil son modifies his recent order com pelling Nebraska millers to mark their packages of flour "artificially bleached." Representative Pollard has been getting many letters about the recent decision of the agricultural depart ment in the bleached flour cases. He called on Secretary Wiisou and raised with hint the question of whether the matter might be reopened. Mr. Wil son said he had held hearings for five days on the subject and was satisfied the decision was right. Both the president and the presi dent-elect and their wives occupied the White House the night before in auguration. • The senate committee on judiciary nted i r> report a disagreement on the resolution providing for an inves tigation of tire absorption of the Tennessee Coal A: Iron company by the Cnited State;. Steel Corporation. Personal. A committee to wait upon Mayor Busse of Chicago and ask for work was appointed at a meeting of 300 un employed at Hull house. Dr. Wm. D. Crum has resigned as collector Qf customs ai Charleston, S. C. * The Honolulu legislature gives a premium to big families. Nebraska legislators are half through with their work. No more hills will be introduced. THE EXTRA SESSION UNDER THE CALL IT CAN DO ANY BUSINESS IT DESIRES. PRBBALY PASS CENSUS BILL This Matter, the Statehood Bill and Other Measures Are Likely to Be Considered. Washington. D. C.—When congress meets on the 15th inst., upon the call of the president to consider a revi sion of the tariff, there will be no constitutional restrictions upon the nature of the business that may be transacted, it is generally conceded that at least two months will be re quired for the representatives to conclude consideration of all the schedules involved in this legislation. The house itself will not receive the bill for some weeks, as the commit tee on way aud means will require considerable time to report the meas ure. During this long period the senate will have nothing to do in respect to the tariff, and even after me bill leaves the house it will he in the hands of the committee on finance for some time before the senate actually gets possession of it. and the debate begins. Then will l>< gin a long wait by the house of rep resentatives until the state amend ments can be known and conferees appointed to bring about an agree ment upon them. This procedure will result in each house having to remain in session with nothing to do in relation to the tariff covering a |**iiod of a couple of months. Three days is the extent cf a recess that may be taken by either body. In view of the extended period of inactivity that would face each house should nothing he considered except the tariff, many senators are consid ering the advisability of entering nit on other legislation which they be lieve ought to be passed in time to send it over to the house when that body has disposed of its bill and will only have to wait for senate action on the tariff. The advocates of portal savings banks have talked of the pos sibility of such a policy being adopted ever since they became aware of their inability to secure legislation in the last -session of congress. There art' many earnest advocates of a change of date in the inaugura tion from March 4 until a later day. when favorable weather is likely to prevail. Senator Depew took the first legislative st“p in favor of such a change when he introduced a reso lution proposing an amendment to the constitution to change the date of the inauguration from March 4 to the last Wednesday iu April. Advocates of statehocu for New Mexico and Arizona were greatly dis appointed that no progress could be made toward the enactment of an enabling act during the last session and they are restless over any propo sition to delay action until the regu lar session of congress because they fear that the mass of legislation that will then come up will crowd their claims to the bacKground. The president's veto of the census bill make mandatory some action to provide for the enumeration of the thirteenth census, and while legisla tion might be delayed until early next winter, some of those who are -nterested in the passage believe that the extra session would give an ad mirable opportunity to dispose of it. HARRIMAN AND GOULD DEAL Union Pacific and Wabash Will Ex change Business a Kansas City. Chicago—The Record-Herald says: Negotiations are in progress which will eventually laid for Edward Hy Harriman's Cnicn Pacific line west of iansas City the greatest traffic cotip in its history, it is understood that beginning early in May there will be an interchange traffic agreement be t ween the Wabash and the Union Pacific at Kansas City which will be of immense value to each system. Wireless for Storm Use. Philadelphia. Pa.—One result of wire prostration due to the blizzard will be the establishment by the city of a wireless plant on top of the city hall tower. Loeb Goes to Gotham. Washington—William Loeb. jr„ who was named by President Taft as collector of the port of New York, will take charge of the New York customs house Tuesday morning. No War in Sight. New Orleans*. La.— President Ze laya of Nicaragua, in a cable to Con sul General Altschul here, denies pos itively that preparations are beine made in his country for a war with either Costa Rica or Salvador. Simplicity of President Taft. Washington. D. C.—Domestic sim plicity characterized the first Sunday in the White House of the Taft fam ily. President Taft, accompanied by his brother, Charles P. Taft, walked to the Unitarian church for morning services. The capacity of the church was taxed to its utmost with wor shipers and strangers whose curiosity impelled their presence. It was ex pected that the president would ar rive in his automobile, and his ap pearance among the crow'd. of several hundred. i f BXESS THAT MAXIM MAN NOW WE.CAN SIEEP HAXIM5 ■SILENCER 3osrofi HEfWLD FWO HUNDRED DIE III QUAKE MASRAN DESTROYED AND JERU SALEM BADLY SHAKEN. Sultan Orders Turkish Officials to Or der Money and Provisions to Stricken City. Jerusalem.—This city was shaken Wednesday by an earthquake which, it was learned later, destroyed the vil lage of Masran. near here. At least 150 persons are dead and how many more are buried in the ruins is not know,i at this time. Relief parties were at once sent out to the scene and early reports front th* tu indicated that '.he disaster is greater than at first supposed.- They reported that every home in the village was destroyed ind that the groans of scores of buried persons, still alive, can be heard from the debris. Soon several had been ex tracted from the ruins, but most of them had suffocated. Constantinople.—The sultan was notified by Pasha Katha that a serious a-thquake had taken place near Jeru salem and destroyed the village of Masran, killing probably 200 persons. His majesty at once notified the heads of municipal governments at different points in the realm to prepare succor for those of the victims who still lived tnd forward provisions and money as generously as was* possible iu the limited time. Smyrna, Asiatic Turkey.—Municipal officials of this city immediately upon learning of the destruction of Masran, which is near Jerusalem, by an earth quake. ordered aid to be pent to that village. It was reported here that the dead would number between 200 and 100. Fifty rescuers at once set out from this city with full equipments for taking care of those of the suf ferers who had been spared death. Relluno, Italy.—Thirteen persons are known to have been crushed to death Wednesday in a landslide that struck the village of Tassei. Scores of houses were buried, and it is feared the death list will be greatly increased. Troops have been dispatched to the scene. Innsbruck. Austria.—The detach ment of six officers and 25 men of the Austrian army who were reported as being overwhelmed by an avalanche neat La Frann have been rescued. They were found in a tunnel where they had taken refuge. The tunnel was covered with snow. Blow to “Easy Marriages.” Springfield, 111.—A bill which seeks fo restrict the divorce evil in Illinois and to throw now safeguards around the issuance of marriage licenses was introduced in the house Tuesday bv Representative Dillon of Galena. The bill has the backing of Episco pal and Catholic clergymen of the state. It seeks to prohibit the ‘easy marriage'' of divorced persons and im poses both a heavy fine and a jail sentence for divorced persons who make a false statement in the request for a license. Girl Stenographer Claims $6,000,000. Lansing. Mich —Miss lone Rickerd. a stenographer in the office of the sec retary of the Michigan grand lodge 3f Odd Fellows, is reported to have established a claim to a $6,000,000 share of a $44,000,000 estate in Scot land and Canada which was left by a great-uncle. Would Rescue Arctic Explorer. New York.—Rear Admiral Schley, on behalf of the Arctic club of Amer ica, of which be is president, in a let ter appeals for financial aid to enable Dillon Wallace, explorer, to effect a rescue of Dr. Frederick Albert Cook from the Arctic regions, where be has been iost since July, 1907. Noted Architect Dead. Detroit, Mich.—Elijah E. Myers, .noted architect and designer of state capitols and public buildings, died yes 1 terday in this city. REFUSES TO AID IN LIBEL CASE Federal Attorney at Indianapolis Re signs Place. Indianapolis. — The resignation of Joseph B. Healing. United States dis trict attorney, who refuses to take part in the government's Panama libel suit, has caused much comment here and there is much speculation concerning his probable successor. It has been xuown to a few of his friends that Mr. Keating did not ap prove of the methoQ adopted under in structions trout President Roosevelt of prosecuting the Indianapolis News and New York World editors, but his resig nation came as a surprise to many. Mr. Healing hits held the office of United States district attorney for nearly eight years, and his standing with the department of justice is said to be high. In connection with the Elkhart bank case Mr. Healing prose cuted and convicted all the officials of that institution. including Walter Brown, who was his close personal friend and a member of the Republic an state committee. TEN MEET DEATH IN A FIRE. Tenement House in New York De stroyed by Blaze. New York. — Cut off from escape by a burning stairway, ten persons perished Wednesday in a five-story tenement house at 372-4 Seventh ave nue. The victims, who were all Ital ians. w ith the exception of an uniden tified Frenchman, ranged in age from 60 years to an infant girl of five. Five persons, including a policeman, who was cut by flying glass, and a male child about a year old, were injured and taken to hospitals. It was at first believed that the blaze was incendiary, following a “black hand" blackmailing letter which an occupant of the build ing received several months ago. The fire marshals and police after investigating reported that the fire was not of incendiary origin.' The only member of the Travisano family who survived the fire was Min nie. aged 10. who left home to visit friends. WOULD EXCLUDE ORIENTALS. California Senate Adopts a Resolution Addressed to Congress. Sacramento. Cal.—In lieu of an anti Japanese statute tiie senate has ex pressed its view on the subject of Asiatic immigration by adopting a resolution calling upon congress to en act an Asiatic exclusion law that would keep Japanese as well as Chi nese aliens out of the country. Senator J. 1$. Sanford tried to amend the resolution so that Japanese would be denied the right of naturalization, but this was voted down. The vote on the resolution was 28 to 7. Standard Oil Official Dead. Newr York. — Wesley H Tilford. one of the vice-presidents of the Standard Oil company and a former treasurer of the corporation, died at his home in this city Tuesday after an illness of two months. Mr. Tilford, who was born 58 years ago in Lexing ton, Ky., had lived in this city since his early youth and had been asso ciated with the Standard Oil company for more than 30 years. Monument to 170 Children. Cleveland, O.—The plot of land in ColHnwood, upon which stands the ruins of the schoolhouse which burned a year ago Thursday and snuffed out the lives of 170 children, will be pur chased by the state as a probable site for a monument. King Edward in Paris. Paris.—King Edward of England ar rived here Friday afternoon from Lon don. As he was traveling privately there was no government reception at i the railroad station. FINDS GEMS WORTH SI00.000 GREEK TRIES TO SELL MRS. HEINZE’S PEARLS. Is Arrested in Omaha, But Says He Found Necklace in Gutter in New York. Omaha. Xeb.—While trying to sell to Albert Edholm, a local jeweler, a necklace worth at least $100,000, and possibly much more, John D. Sclavi nitis, a Greek who tor the convenience of Americans calls himself Savis, was arrested Thursday by the Omaha po lice. The necklace consists of a single string of 00 pearls, carefully matched and fastened with a clasp set with a diamond of unusual size,' Accordi ng to Mr. Edholm. whose opinion is cor roborated by other experts, the strand .may be valued as high as $300,000. Savis entered the jew’elry store and presented a single pearl which he of fered to sell. Assuring himself of its genuineness. Mr. Edholnt gave him a valuation of $50 or $00. whereupon the Greek offered to sell him a dozen at $40 each, but said a friend had them By a ruse the jeweler succeeded in notifying the police and two detec tives were sent to the store, where the man was attested. At the station a search revealed the entire necklace, which he was carrying in his pocket The C^reek was heavily armed when arrested, but made no effort to resist the detectives. Th-> police had received from the New York police department the de scription of the necklace, which was said to have disappeared from the Knickerbocker hotel in that city No vember 20 last. This information, however, did not reveal the name of the owner. Savis said he was em ployed by the Knickerbocker hotel fof 13 months, in a position known as sidewalk man. He was sweeping refuse from the walk into the gutter, and as he brushed it over the curb he saw the necklace lying in the gutter with some rubbish. SPERRY RELIEVED FROM DUTY. Seaton Scliroeder Appointed Com mander of the Atlantic Fleet. Washington.—Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry Tuesday made formal application to be relieved from duty as commander-in-chief of the At lantic battleship fleet, and Rear Ad miral Seaton Scliroeder has been ap pointed in his place. Admiral Sperry was tendered the presidency oi the Naval War college, but declined the position, indicating his preference for subordinate duty there. Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright will remain in command of the second squadron of the fleet, Rear Admiral William T. Potter is transferred from commander of the Fourth division tc command the Third division, formerly in charge of Rear Admiral Schroeder and Rear Admiral Edward B. Barry, w ho has been supervisor of naval aux iliaries at New York, has been ap pointed to a higher office. Admiral Sperry will haul down his flag as commander-in-chief on the 8th inst.. when Admiral Schroeder will as suine command. The impression U that his tenure will be but temporary, and that before the summer is ovei he wdll turn over the command te Admiral Wainwright. WAS INDIAfiA MAN SLAIN ' Chicago Girl Held to Explain Valpa raiso Merchant’s Disappearance. Chicago.—Lillian McDermatt, 24 years old. Albany avenue, was taker into custody by detectives of the Cen tral police station Friday in connection with the mysterious disappearance ol George Lafuure. 35 years old. a wealthy shoe merchant, who Inis been missing from his home in ^Valparaiso. Ind. Lafoure came to Chicago three weeks ago with a large amount oi money in lus'possession to put through a business deal. His wife declares she has uoi heard from him since he left home. According to Capt. O'Brien, a check for $20. bearing Lafoure's sig nature. was found in the prisoner's possession Cabinet Approved. Washington.—All the members? of | President Taft's cabinet except Seere tary of the Treasury MacVeagh. Secre tary of War Dickinson and Attorney General Wickersham were sworn in Saturday. Personal business keeps Secretaries MacVeagh and Dickinson in Chicago for a week. The attorney general took the oath of office Friday. The senate confirmed all the notnina tions as had been expected, and the cabinet members, who have been sworn in began their duties Saturday Win Eight-Hour Day. Cincinnati. — The union men won and the employers lost in the long fought case o; the Typothetae of America against the International Printing Pressmen's union, according to a decision rendered Tuesday after noon by the Vnited States circuit court of appeais. Kansas Woman ■'Mysteriously Sain. Atchison. Kan.—Mystery surrounds the killing of Mrs. Jerome Hoover, who was found dead at her home. The undertaker discovered a small wound behind her right ear. The wound was probed and a bullet found. Admiral Cervera Near Death. Cadiz.—Vice-Admiral Pascual Cer vera, who commanded the Spanish fleet destroyed by the American fleet off Santiago, Cuba, in 1898, is dying at Puerto Real. The last sacraments were administered Friday. TO LEAVE MARCH 23 ROOSEVELT ANNOUNCES DATE OF START FOR AFRICAN HUNT. HE SPENDS QUIET DAY Receives Thousands of Messages and Finds It Impossible to Answer Them—One of Last Acts. Oyster Hay, N. Y.—Ex-Rresideiii Roosevelt announced Friday for the. first time that he will sail from New York for Atrica on March 23 at noon He will take passage on the steamer Hamburg. Mr. Roosevelt said also that he had received so many letters, telegrams and cablegrams that it would be physically impossible for him to an swer oue-teutb of them. Wearing a Knickerbocker suit be took a vigorous walk through the woods near Saga more Hill. Leaves for Africa March 23. Finally, however, hi* consented to say a few words and made the first public announcement of the date and steamer on which he is to depart for Vfrica% which is March 23. by the steamer Hamburg. It is a happy family at Sagamore Hill. Mr. Roosevelt is enjoying an uninterrupted democratic life and in tends to continue to enjoy it until starting on his hunting trip. Several bouquets of American Reautv roses, the gift of admiring friends, were sent to Sagamore Hill for Mr. aud Mrs. Roosevelt from New York. More than anything else Mr. Roose velt needs he found is his secretary. A deluge of letters, telegrams and cablegrams ]>ouied into Sagamore Hill bringing to the former president the kindly sentiments of friends from all parts of, the world. So great is the number of these messages that he asked the press to announce that while he appreciated these and would like to reply to each, it is a physical impossibility for him to answer even one-tenth of them. Brings Treasured Picture. Mr. Roosevelt brought with him from Washington a portrait of his mother's old home in Georgia. It was presented to him by Mrs. Ella D. I.ong street, widow of the late Gen. James Longstreet, postmistress at Gaines viile. Ga. as representative of tht donors, 2:; women postmasters through out the country. One of his las* acts before retiring from office was to issue an order sup plementing that made by him August 1. 1905. prohibiting the use of influ ence to obtain assignments to duty by officers of the navy and marine corps. The order directs that hereafter all requests and recommendations, writ ten or verbal, received at the navy de partment from or or. behalf of such , officers of whatever nature—other than those received through regular official channels—are to be filed with or noted on their record. MORE INDICTMENTS FOR LIBEL. New York World Publishers Accused in New Federal Bills. New York.—The federal grand jury here, which has been investigating ai leged libelous publications in con nection with the Panama canal pur chase, has returned indictments against the Press Publishing Com pany, publishers of the New Y’ork World, and Caleb Van Hamm, one of the editors of the World. The indictments were filed with Dis trict Judge Holt, silting in the crim inal branch of the United States cir cuit court. While the indictments were placed under the seal of the court, it is understood that the return will be made oii them Friday. It is un derstood the indictments are framed under the federal omnibus statute which authorizes the prosecution for an offense committed on federal terri tory not mentioned in the United States revised statutes to be con ducted according to the existing state laws. I -j GOVERNMENT WINS SUGAR SUIT. Verdict Gives Federal Authorities $134,116 Damages. New York.—A verdict awerding the United States government $134,116 damages in unpaid customs duties from the American Sugar Refining Company was rendered Friday by a jury which heard charges of misweigh ing sugar imports. The verdict rendered was for the full amount sued fof by the govern ment on the contention that this sum was due through underweighing by the companies' employes of sugar ini ports on the company's Brooklyn docks. Language Professor Drops Dead. Orono, Me. — Joseph \V. Carr, Pb. D.. professor cf (4* rmacic lan guages at the University of Maine, died suddenly Thursday of heart trouble as be was on his way to hi~ class room. Lawyer Again Indicted. Danville. 111.—Charles E. Brown, a prominent Danville lawyer, who was indicted at the September term of the federal grand jury on a charge of be ing a maker of spurious coin, was re indicted Thursday morning on the same charge. Russians and Chinese Clash. St. Petersburg.—I”, was rumored in St. Petersburg that theve has been a conflict between Russian and Chinese troops near Harbin, but no .confirma tion is possible.
