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I Loup City Northwestern VOLUME XXVI_ LOUPCITY\ NEBRASKA, THURSDAY", MARCH 18, 1909 NUMBER 19 A Boiling Down of the More Impor tant Events Here and There General. The Standard Oil company was de nied a rehearing in the Missouri ouster. Thirty or more lives were lost in the tornado at Brinkley. Ark. The property loss is fi.000,001'. The new tariff bill is said to cut the lumber duty in two. House insurgents may force a dead lock on speaker to secure concessions on rules. Turkish subjects have petitioned for the removal of Consul Kaisini Bey, who is accused of grafting. The Roosevelt party is to be well supplied with medicines and surgical ] instruments for the African trip. The Iowa supreme court in a deci sion held that the pure food law ap plied to original packages and not to ik retail quantities taken out of large receptacles. 1 The engagement was announced in Paris of Muriel White, daughter of H nry White, the American ambas sador. to Count Herman Seherr Thoss. an officer of the royal Prtis m. siau cuirassiers. f In accordance with a xusiom of r many years, the anniversary of- iho birth of -Edwin Forrest was observed with memorial exercises _h£ld at tTtn> home of aged actors at Holmesburg. After having been identified by ill's. Arthur McKinney as the negro who attacked her. Anderson Ellis was taken from the Rockwall (Tex.) coun 1 y jail and burned at the stake. George T. Oliver of Pennsylvania succeeds P. C. Knox as U. S. senator from Pennsylvania. He is a news paper publisher. Wage reductions are predicted among the iron and steel workers at Youngstown. Ohio. Pope Pius is ill with the grippe at Rome. At Washington Lieutenant Com mander James H. Reid. United States navy, leaped from a second story win- \ dow of the naval hospital and was seriously if not fatally injured. : cVke Pres id-'m Fairbanks goes l ack to the practice of law. Xeuroes of Montgomery. Ala., will present Senator Foraker with a tine testimonial. The coming extra session of con gress can transact any business that may be brought up. The United States Steel corporation has bought Isle Royalc in Lake Su perior. President Taft will probably attend the Grand Army reunion in Sait Lake. President Taft had a flood of call ers on the first day of iris adminis tration. By a decision rendered by the Ne braska supreme court Bishop Bona cwjo of the Catholic diocese of Lin coln triumphs in his ten years' fight with Father William Murphy, a priest stationed at Seward. Neb., for pos session of St. Vincent's church. Two strong shocks of earthquake were felt in Ecuador. The congratulations and good wishes of Cuba were received by President Taft from President Go mez. Vice-President Zayas and a number of prominent Cuban officials a and politicians. \ R. Mead Shunt way was hanged in ■ tite penitentiary at Lincoln, the su l>reme court having refused to enter tain a motion for a further stay of sentence. There is strong sentiment among ^ congressmen for chan ling the date ot inauguration day. Elilui Root will he the republican leader of New York, according to ex published interview credited to ex Senator T. C. Platt. in January last there was a falling off of about $50,000,000 in the total value of the country's exports, as compared with those of January, 1908. Senators Cummins and Dolliver will urge the appointment of Major j r- s. H. M. Beyers of Des Moines as ' minister to Switzerland. Ex-President Roosevelt announced for the first time that he will sal! from New York for Africa on March 23, at noon. President Taft is in favor ef an in heritance tax. A white 'possum, captured in Co manche county, Texas, was forwarded by express to President Taft. The relations of Iceland with Den mark have recently become greatly strained. A semi-official note issued at Berlin points out the impossibility of Aus tria-Hangary accepting intervention bv the powers in connection with her negotiations with Servia in the mat ter of the proposed commercial and railroad agreements between the two countries. Speaker Cannon declares himself in favor of changing the date of the V presidential inauguration from March r 4 to May 1. The inaugural address of President Taft published in Tokio fevoked ap preciative comments for the states manlike views embodied in it. The new tarifT has been tentatively completed by the republican members of the house ways and means commit atee and the tariff framers are now de voting their attention principally to discussing the proposed provisions for additional means for securing revenue. Foreign. The selection of Oscar Straus for the Japanese mission causes surprise in Tokio. Passengers who have arrived at Bordeaux on the Afrique from Sene gal. a French colonial dependency in West Africa, report that Colonel Gouraud’s column recently suffered a defeat in that district after several sharp engagements In which they lost heavily. The lower house of the Austrian Parliament, which closed in disorder February 5, after a scene of extraor dinary turbulence arising from the old antagonism between the Germans and the Czechs, reopened March 10 with every promise of a continuance of the disorders. The country has received the pass age of the income tax bill by the French Chamber of Deputies with mingled feelings of rage and triumph. The commercial, money and property classes generally think it a piece of folly. Definite returns from the general elections held throughout Italy for a new chamber of deputies confirm the previous reports that the present ministry has been given a large ma ojrity. Lord Guthrie of England, whe granted a divorce to John Alexander Stirling from his wife, who was an American actress, has allowed Mrs. Stirling -the expenses of her action. He has decided also that Lord X'orth Jand. named by Mr. Stirling as co fekpoudent, should pay the cost of the husband's action. While the information is unofficial. It is understood to be altuos’ definitely settled that former Secretary Straus of the department of commerce and labor will be appointed ambassador to Japan from the United States. , ^ Washington. Owing to continued disturbed con ditions in Nicaragua and President Zelaya's failure to make serious efforts looking to the settlement of the Emery claim, the State depart ment has withdrawn the American charge at Maguay. The following postoffices will be •cme domestic money order offices on April 1: in Nebraska. Agate, Burge, Center Point, Cunire, Harlan. Hollin gen. Hull. Kramer. Lake. Leshara. Meadville, Newboro. Sanbern. Sedan. Suunyside. in Iowa, daywork. Crans ton. Gridlev. Hanford. Hanley. Irving. .Jubilee, Ladega. Lorah, Metz. Olof, Pleassis. At the republican caucus Represen tative Dwight of the thirtieth New York district probably will be elected republican whip of the Sixty-first con gress. Representative Burke of Penn sylvania. who has been assistant “whip" for his party during the Six tieth congress probably will consent to serve for another term in the ca pacity. It is unlawful for railroads to so adjust their rate schedules as to force commodities into a particular city or port, according to a derision of the in ter-state commerce commission. The case was that of the chamber of com merce of Milwaukee against, the Chi cago, Rock Island & Pacific and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railways. The committee held that the joint through rate on corn, rye and oats from the west and north west ought not to exceed such rate to Chicago. Much speculation is rife as to which way Speaker Cannon will shoot in selecting committees. It is stated that Nebraska’s dele gation will go solidly against Cannon and the present house management. The passage of a new census bill during the special session, to take the place of the measure vetoed by Presi dent Roosevelt previous to his retire ment from office, is confidently pre dicted by its Triends in congress. Maximum and minimum rates of duty are provid'd in the tariff bill which will be introduced in the house by Chairman Payne, of the ways and means, committee, when the special session convenes. A paragraph will -be included in eac-h separate schedule providing lor the minimum duties on articles under that schedule. Py order of the interior department about three million acres of land in the counties along the eastern herder of Wyoming are to be thrown open to homesteaders who are to be allowed to take either 16(1 or 320 acres. The land can not be irrigated and will be of use, therefore; for dry farming only. Those who take the full 320 acres entries -must m^ke an attempt to cultivate the land. Personal. The notorious Mrs. StafTleback died in the Kansas penitentiary. President Taft declined to take sides for or against the house insurgents. Colonel Cooper was unmercifully scored by the attorney for the prose cution in the Carmack case. Ex-President Roosevelt is enjoying simple life at Oyster Bay. President Taft will insist on Sunday being a day ot rest. The dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai is declared to have been justified. According to the present intentions of ex-President Roosevelt, his entire family, with the exception of Mrs. Longworth and Theodore, jr., will sepnd most of the time in Italy while Mr. Roosevelt is away. Secretary Dickinson as a democrat, defended his course in accepting a cabinet portfolio. There is keen rivalry for places on the house ways and means commit tee, with three vacancies to fill. Nebraska contains 8,000 colored people. Sarah Orae Jewett, the authoress, is critically ill in Boston. SPECIAL SESSION TO GET BUSY WITH ITS WORK. REORGANIZATION OF HOUSE Rules Fight in Doubt, and on This De pends Handling of the Tariff Measure. Washington. D. C.— Both houses of congress will meet in extraordinary session at noon Monday, with Vice President Sherman presiding in the senate, and for the time Clerk Mc Dowell officiating in the house. This will be the beginning of the Sixtv first congress and the first act of im portance in the house will be the or ganization of that body for business. The senate is already organized, so that outside of the mere routine the business of the first day will be con fined to the presentation of the cre dentials of Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin. The certificate of the governor of Wisconsin will be handed in by Senator Burrows, chairman of the senate committee on privileges and elections, it has been suggested that Mr. Stephenson's colleague. Sen ator LaFoliette, would oppose the seating of Mr. Stephenson, but if there was ever such intention on his part it apparently has been aban doned. and there is little doubt that Mr. Stephenson will be permitted to resume his seat. Later in the week the senate will begin the reorganiza tion of its standing committees, and until this work is accomplished little business will- be' undertaken. The house may be expected to more than make up for the senate deficien cies in activities. With, a fight on the rules in prospect, in addition to ! the election of speaker and other of ficers. to say nothing of the usual bi ennial lottery for seats, Monday bids fair to be a much crowded day at the southern end of the capitol. The action of the republican cau cus makes certain the re-election of Speaker Cannon and of the other house officers, but there is still doubt in the minds of some as to just what may he done with reference to the rules, if the "insurgents" and their democratic allies should win, the program for the introduction and committee consideration of the tariff may be different from what it should if the “standpatters" should pre vail-. '/ Speaker- CSnnon's friends are victorious in the matter of rules, the president s message cn the tariff will be received Tuesday and immediatelv followink its reading tae republican members of the committee on ways and means will introduce their bill for the revision of the tariff schedules. The speaker will then appoint a committee on ways and means and the bill will be referred to that committee. It is understood that if the selec tion of the committee is left to the speaker he will designate all the old members of the committee who were re-elected to congress. This would leave but one vacancy, that caused by the retirement of Mr. Bonynge of Colorado, and it is intimated that Representative Mcndell of Wyoming will be chosen for that position. The democratic members of the commit tee would be appointed at the same time, and the present purpose is to have the committee report the bill back to the house after one or two sittings. • the CAUCUS NAMES CANNON. Illinois M^n Nominated for Speaker for Another Term. \\ ashingtcn.—Nebraska republicans were absent during the caucus Satur day night of their party, to select of ficers for the Sixty-first congress, nub bard. of Iowa, was also among the mising. Cannon was re-elected as a candidate for speaker for the Sixty first congress and the old officers of -:he house were selected without oppo site a. Dalzell was authorized to re port on rules of the Sixtieth congress or adoption as the rules of the Sixty first congress, and the caucus named Cannon for speaker, Dalzell and Smith of Iowa, as the majority members of • he committee on rules. Smith of Iowa, :aking the place of Sherman elected c the vice-presidency. Died While Bryan Spoke. Ann Arbor, Mich.—While William Jennings Bryan was delivering his lecture on “The Prince of Peace” in University hall here Sunday night Mrs. C. S. Grimes, 65 years old, a res ident of this city, who was seated in the balcony, fell dead from heart dis ease. • Tragedy in Cheyenne. Cheyenne. Wyo.—Posey Ryan, a ranchman of Fort Laramie, shot and killed his wife and daughter while the women were egting dinner in a res taurant. Mrs. Ryan brought her daughter to Cheyenne last week and commenced suit for divorce from Ryan. Russian Eye is on Persia. St. Petersburg.—The situation in St. Petersburg. The government is St. Petersburg. The government is sending a division of cossacks to Te heran, and it has ordered the consuls at Resht and Astrabad to summon Caspian warships in the event of out breaks threatening the interests of Russia. The Novoe Vreyma publishes a Teheran dispatch saying the situ ation is critical, that an insurrection is imminent and that only a strong military fetachment can prevent th« , sacking of Teheran. [WARS FEGNWJM "*1 AacVEAoH JACOt) ^‘GAVQCK PitKlNSONi L-v«——- — ■ i A RICHARD A.. mLWER 1__ ,—i/WS G.vonL.. n AEYER /Vi'RS CHAS. |_ /NAGCL. pxj I—Iars cetcrc e l !WiCKEJ?5HA/A f [7m?s philander i KNOX The Wife of James Wilson. Secretary of Agriculture, Is Dead. Frank H. Hitchcock, Postmaster General, Is a Bachelor. LABOR FAVORED JV RULING COURT OF APPEALS MODIFIES BUCK STOVE DECISION. No Action Taken on Contempt Charges Against Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison. Washington. — The court of ap peals of the District of Columbia yesterday modified and affiimed the opinion of Justice Gould of the su preme court of the District, enjoining the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers and other defendants from publishing in the "We don't pat- 1 ronize". list the na»; ' of the Buck i Stove and Range Company of St. : Louis. The opinion, which was handed | down by Justice Robb, holds that the ] decree of Judge Gould should be modi-1 tied to the extent that there should be i eliminated from the decree the re- ' striction of the labor organization and : the other defendants from "mention ing, writing or referring" to the busi ness of the Buck Stove and Range Company or its customers. Otherwise | the decree is affirmed. The court holds ; that the “combination” and boycott in furtherance thereof and the publica tion in the "We don't patronize” list in aid of the boycott is illegal. the court held that the defendants could not be restrained from all pub lications referring to the Buck Stove and Range Company, but only to such as are made in furtherance of an ille gal boycott. In a partial dissenting opinion Chief Justice Shepard took a strong hand in upholding the freedom of the press. He says that even assuming that the publication of the complainants’ name in the "we don't patronize" column of the Federationlst "was a step in the formation of a conspiracy to coerce in dependent dealers into refusing to ■ have further business relations with \ that company, I cajinot agree that the j publication can be restrained for that \ reason. The chief justice held that "the only I remedy for libelous or otherwise ma- j iicious, wrongful and injurious publiea- • tions is by civil action for damages and criminal prosecution. There is no ! power to restrain the publication.” The decision does not settle the ap- 1 peal in the contempt proceedings in which Messrs. Gompers. Morrison and Mitchell were given jail sentences. This case will be heard later by the appellate court. MILITIA TO PROTECT NEGRO. Governor of Iowa Says Junken Must Have Proper Trial. Des Moines, la.—“John Junken, mur- j derer of Clara Rosen, must be ar- j raigned during the daytime at Ottum- j wa. The law must take Its course and all the militia necessary will be fur nished to prevent violence," said Gov. B. F. Carroll Wednesday night. The governor so notified SherifT Jackson over the telephone. “I intend to protect the good name of Iowa and of the people of Ottum wa," said Gov. Carroll, “and I will not have it said that a prisoner has to be arraigned by stealth, under cover of darkness, to secure a fair trial. “If Junken is to be hanged I want it in the legal way and not by a mob.” Joe Gans Whips Englishman. New York.—Joe Gans, former light weight champion of the world, easily defeated Jabez White, the English lightweight champion, in a ten-round bout at the National Athletic club Fri day night. It was a tame exhibition and the big crowd was disappointed, as the men were slow and lacked force be hind many of their blows. Gans was far from being the Gans of even two years ago, as he missed several blows, misjudged the distance and failed to take advantage of many opportunities that presented themselves. HELD FOR $70,000 SHORTAGE. Utah's Ex-Treasurer Admits the Theft of State Funds. Salt Lake City.—James Christiansen, former state treasurer, who retired from office January 1, is under arrest on the charge of being a defaulter to the amount of $70,000. The arrest followed Christiansen's confession of his responsibility for the shortage. He is now in jail here. The money. It is acknowledged, was used in speculations in Nevada mining ven tures. Christiansen was state treasurer for the four-year term ending at the be ginning of the present year. The short agV in the accounts was discovered a few days ago through the checking oi the accounts bv the state board oi examiners. At the time Christiansen was in Nevada where he has extern sive mining interests. In response to a telegram apprising him of the dis covery he returned to Salt Lake City and admitted his shortage. The amount of the shortage has been deposited to the credit of the state by the bonds men and friends of the ex-official. HAVE NEW DEATH MYSTERY. Dayton Police Believe Body of Woman Is Another Murder Victim. Dayton, O.—Another baffling mys tery confronts the police in the dis covery of the body of an unidentified white woman in the canal below the Apple street bridge. In the opinion ol the officers, it must have lain in the water about a month. They fear it is another of the baffling murder cases that have thrown the city into a. panic. The woman apparently was 30 years old and well dressed. She was at tired in black. She wore Romeo slip pers, but over these she had a pair of new rubber shoes. The woman's un der garments were in good condition. The decomposition will, it is feared, prevent the identification of the woman. Six girls have been found slain in Dayton recently. Four of the murders have never been solved. TAFT JOINS OPTIMIST CLUB. Says His Administration Is to Be Hopeful and Cheerful. Washington.—President Taft Thurs day said his will be an optimistic ad ministration to an optimistic country, full of hope, cheerfulness and confi dence. The president expressed this senti ment when he became a full-fledged member of the Optimist Club of Amer ica. upon the invitation of its founder, William J. Robinson of New York. Andrew Carnegie was a caller at the White House, coming, he said, to pay his respects to President Taft. “I wish President Taft a memorable adminis tration and I think he will have it,' said Mr. Carnegie. Ten Years for Slayer. Moundsville, W. Va.—Dr. Charles M. McCracken of Cameron, W. Va., recently convicted of second de gree murder for having caused the death by shooting of his two-year-old child last Christmas eve, was sen tenced Wednesday to ten years in the penitentiary. Milwaukee Gets Low Grain Rate. Washington.—Merchants of Milwau kee are given the benefit of as favor able through rates on grain as those of Chicago in a decision of the inter state commerce commission in the case of the Milwaukee chamber of commerce against the Rock Island and others. Indianians Wed in Mew York. New York.—James H. Marsh, 23 years old, and Miss Marion H. Hether ington, 19, both of Indianapolis, Ind., were married Thursday by Mayor Mc Clellan. % STANDARD OIL IS VICTOR WINS FAMOUS $29,240,000 CASE IN FEDERAL COURT. Judge Anderson Decides Government Has Not Proved Charges and Throws Suit Out of Court. _ Chicago.—As forecasted Tuesday, the famous Standard Oil rebating cases in which .Judge Landis imposed a tine of $29,240,000 have been thrown out of court. Judge A. It. Anderson, before whom they came for retrial, after the United States court of appeals had reversed the Landis fine, Wednesday afternoon held that the government had not proved the charges made in the indict ment and. following a long argument by District Attorney Sims, ordered the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. From Washington comes the report that an appeal to the United States circuit court of apeais will be taken from Judge Anderson's decision. This would take the case back to the same court that reversed the Landis decision in an opinion administering a scathing rebuke to the judge. That Attorney General Wiekeraham will make every effort to get the case before the United States supreme court for final decision is believed in the capital. District Attorney Sims has not announced what action he will take. He is waiting on instructions from Washington. The decision rendered by Judge An derson means that ali but two of the pending indictments against the Standard Company are void, and will be abandoned by the government. The six cases that are affected in volve the indictments for shipments over the Chicago & Alton railroad and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail way, and the indictments, too, that have to do with the storage charges alleged to have been allowed illegally to the Standard Oil Company by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail road. It was Judge Landis who directed the case to be taken before Judge An derson when Judge Bethea declined to hear it after the supreme court of the United States decided to allow the reversal of Judge Landis’ decision by the United States circuit court of appeals to stand undisturbed. The -big Standard Oil prosecution had its beginning August 27, 190t>. On that date ten indictments were re turned by a federal grand jury, charg ing the Standard Oii Company of In diana with accepting concessions from railways in shipments of oil from Whiting. Ind. Demurrers'to two of those, involving shipments over the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad and connecting roads to Grand Junc tion, Teun.. were quashed shortly af ter they had been returned. The -ight remaining bills were demurred to, bui the demurrers were overruled. CATHOLIC PRIEST IS SLAIN. Father Arisicn of Newark. N. J., Vic tim of Mysterious Murder. Newark. N J.—Three men whose features were concealed by their heavy overcoats and slouch hats walked into the study of Kev. Erasmus Anslon, pastor of the Polish church of St. Stanislaus Wednesday mo ruing and opened fire upon him. Three bul lets from tlieir three revolvers hit the priest, killing him instantly. The trio turned to escape and found their way blocked by Mrs. Antonio Sewrzytska, the housekeeper. Without i-an instant's hesitation one of the vis itors turned h!a revolver upon her, in flicting a wound which is likei'y to prove fatal. Then all three rushed out into the street and escaped. The police rounded up four suspects, rind arrested all the former trustees whom the dead priest ousted when he took charge of ihe parish. WAGE DEADLOCK 13 ON. Miners and Operators Fail to Fteach an Agreement. Philadelphia.—The conference be tween the sub-committees of the an thracite mice workers anil operators to arrange a now agreement to go into ■ft'ect at the expiration of the present working arrangement came to an end lalte Friday afternoon without’result. While the prospects are not as bright as they were for a peaceful set tlement, there is still hope that radi cal action by either side will be avoided. The executive boards Satur day issued a call for a convention of the miners of the three anthracite dis tricts to be held in one of the mining towns to consider plans for further action anil thea will follow another conference with the operators before March 31. Over 30 Die in Tornado. Brinkley, Ark. — Thirty or more lives were snuffed out, CO people were injured, and property estimated to be worth $1,000,000 was destroyed by the tornado which wrecked this lit tle city Monday night. Of the known dead. 14 ere white. The remainder-of the dead and sejrt ously injured are negroes. I _ . Children Burn to Death. Parkersbuig. W. Va.—While the par ents were away from home Friday, two children of Granville Miller, aged two years and one month respectively, were burned to death at Normamown, Gilmore county. Will Fight Duty on Coffee. Washington.—The Democrats in the house will oppose the establishment of a duty on coffee and the provision of the new tariff bill for the rc-establish | ment of the stamp tax on checks, bonds and stocks. tr REPORT SEA FIGHT MEXICO HEARS SALVADOR AND NICARAGUA ARE AT WAR. GUNBOATS IN A BATTLE Diplomatic Relations Broken Off with Zelaya's Country by the United States After Recall of Envoy. Mexico City.—Ships of Nicaragua and Salvador met in battle Tuesday and it is believed a second clash fol lowed Thursday or Friday. Three Nicaraguan gunboats, led by the Momotombo, ^attacked the Salva doran gunboat Presidente. The latter by a lucky shot put the Momotombo out of action almost at the beginning of the engagement. The three Nica raguans then withdrew. Later the Momotombo was repaired and went in pursuit of the Presidente No word haying been received from the Mexican representative in Nicara gua it is thought the cable has been cut. Washington.—Owing to the contin ued disturbed conditions in Nicaragua and President Zelaya's failure to mak* serious efforts looking to the settle ment of the Emery claim the state de pa it men t Friday, by withdrawing Mr. Gregory, the American charge at Mana gua, and ordering the legation placed in the hands of the consul, who will have no diplomatic capacity, practical ly broke off diplomatic relations with that country. Affairs in Central America have been closely watched by the American and Mexican governn^uts, both of which have now come to an under standing that the time has arrived when drastic measures should be en forced to insure pence in the Central American republics. Ambassador La Barra of Mexico spent some time at the state depart ment in conference with Assistant Secretary Wilson, and the determina tion was reached that if the American warships now in Nicaraguan waters and those to be sent there are not suf ficient to impress President Zeiaya that the treaty of peace entered into between the Central American repub lics is not to be lived up to more rad ical steps would be taken to accom plish that result. The impression was given that if need be intervention would be resorted to. The governments of the United States and Mexico, it. was stated.^are in full accord as to the policy to be pur sued toward Nicaragua.* and are now anticipating Zelaya's further moves. So far as could be ascertained no official information has been received here of a reported naval engagement betwen gunboats of Nicaragua and Salvador. As bearing on affairs in Nicaragua the following statement was obtained from official sources: ''Under telegraphic orders issued by the navy department an armored erniser will remain upon the west coast of Nicaragua pending the ar rival of the Yorktown, to take that stand indefinitely, and the Dubuque and Tacoma are proceeding to cruise an the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, and in the neighborhood of Honduras. The situation at Managua h* be coming such that the department has now ordered Mr. Gregory, the charge d’affaires, to return home upon leave of absence, to make a report to the department upon the situation, the legation remaining in charge of the consul, who will have no diplomatic capacity.” M’KINLEY DEATH COST $42,517. Government Paid Dr. Mann $10,000 and Used $2,033 for Telegrams. Washington. — After carefully guarding for more than seven years the facts as to the government's expenditures incident to the last ill ness and burial of President McKinley, the treasury officials Wednesday made a statement covering all of the items of expenditure under the appropriation of $65,000 for this purpose, made by congress on July 1, 1902. Some of tho items follow: Dr. M. D. Mann. $10,000; Dr. II. .Mynter, $6,000; Dr. C. McDurney, $5, 000; Dr. Roswell Park, $5,000; Dr. C. G. Stockton, $1,500; Dr. E. G. Janeway, $1,500; Dr. H. C. Matzinger, $750; Drs. W. W. Johnston, E. W. Lee and H. R. Gaylord, $500 each; Dr. N. W. Wilson. $250; Dr. G. McR. Hall and Dr. E. C. Mann, $200 each. Undertakers—Drug gard & Koch, $2,104.15, and McCrea & Arnold, $223. Western Union Tele graph Company, $1,593.61; Postal Telegraph Cable Company, $440.27. * Bryan’s Daughter Gets Divorce. Lincoln, Neb.—Ruth Bryan-Leavitt, eldest daughter of William J. Bryan, was granted a divorce Tuesday from W. H. Leavitt. Mrs. Leavitt and her mother ap peared in the court of Judge Cornish, and both alleged that Leavitt had not contributed to the support of his wife There was no defease. Mrs. Leavitt was granted the custody of the two children. Says Rockefeller Backs Drys. Providence, R. 1—That John D. Rockefeller is financing the anti-saloon movement is the declaration of William F. Maines, president of the Rhode Island Retail Liquor Dealers’ associa tion, in a circular addressed to all re tail liquor dealers in New England. Big Shipping Company Formed. Detroit, Mich.—A rfew vessel corpor ation which has contracted to buy 50 of the largest lumber-carrying vessels on the great lakes has been formed, ac cording to a story in a local newspaper*