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Loup City Northwestern VOLUME XXVI__LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , APRIL 8, 1909 NUMBER 22 ■ Foreign. The Prussian government has in troduced a bill in the diet forbidding foreigners to acquire mineral proper ties and operate mines within Prussia without the special permission of the king or the authorities representing him. A semi-official note gives complete denial to the statement that Germany threatened Russia to oblige - that country to recognize the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria Hungary. Both Lord Northland and Mrs. John Alexander Stirling have lodged ap peals against the decree of divorce in favor of Mr. Stirling handed down last month by Lord Guthrie. The royal Swedish academy has presented Thomas A. Edison with the Adefskiold gold medal for his inven tions in connection with phonograph and the incandescent light. The Naples newspapers announce that the Duke of Aosta will give a dinner there in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. The Servian minister at Vienna. M. r’ Simitch. handed to Foreign Minister Von Aehrenthal the note from his government that marks the conclusion — of the difficulty between Austria-Hun gary and Servia. The London Daily Mail, describing Dr. Eliot as "America's first citizen." says that the I'nited States-could have no finer representative, as he is all that, is best in American national life. Prince Kasatkin-Rosteofseff. a mem ber of one of the best known families in Russia, was killed at Warsaw by a concert hall singer named Rosa Bauer The woman made an unsuccessful at tempt to commit suicide. A sensation lias been caused by the* report of a case of sleeping sickness in the heart of Paris. The victim is a missionary of the Order of the Holy Ghost, who dropped unconscious in the Luxomherg garden and was con veyed to Pasteur Institute. The solution of the Balkan-, crisis ( has lteen received in St. Petersburg with rage and shame, rather than with a feeling of relief, by the press and chauvinistic public which blame Foreign Minister Iswolskv for the sur render of Slav interests without con sidering the circumstances which l have -diet a ted the Russian policy. General. The French senate by a vote of 317 to .8 adopted the Franco-Canadian commercial treaty. That section of the new insurance law of New York which limits to $150, uOn the amount of business an insur ance company may write in one year, was declared oonstitutional by Jus tice O'Gorman in the New York supreme court. A resolution by Senator Clay call . ing upon the secretary of the treas ury for information concerning the 1 sugar trade was adopted by the sen ate. 1 President Taft got his first month's ' pay in the sum of $5,625. . A ‘French tank hark was blown up and twelve of her crew killed. Both Mexico and the United States are vigilantly watching the course of events in Central America. Go\ eminent receipts for the month of March showed a marked increase. President Diaz opened the second sesion of the twenty-fourth Mexican congress. There was no election in Illinois on the sixtieth joint ballot for United States senator. Kansas financiers spring question whether national banks have same rights in connection with guaranty fund as do state banks. Republican factions will make com promise, and an effort will be made to vote on new tariff bill on Saturday, April 10. Gen. Miles says he ‘‘never could quite see why a man wants to shoot elephants, zebra, antelopes and other animats wilfully.” it is reported in financial circles in. New York that all preliminary steps have been taken by the Standard Oil company of New Jersey for the in crease of its capitalization from $100, 000,000 to $500,000,000. Dr. Canfield, former chancellor of the Nebraska university, died sudden ly in New York from a stroke of apo plexy. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, foe of green ice cream, and pink lemonade, will ointinue to hold the position he has made famous, that of chief of the bu reau of chemistry in the department of agriculture. President Taft declares himself in favor of the creation of a tariff bureau. Twenty-seven traction lines in ' Greater New York earned in three f month* $7,000,000. Passenger steamers on the great lakes are to be equipped this season with wireless telegraph apparatus, to be operated by the United Wireless company. The Blackwell island bridge, cost ing $12,500,000, lias been opened to the public. Chin Yen^Qai. a wealthy Chinaman. | was arrested in Chicago as an alleged > participant in a conspiracy to smug gle Chinamen into this country at El Paso, Tex. Germany once faced the sane problem as the United tSates in forest preservation. Senator Curtis of Kansas called up on the president for a second time ■ with reference to the operation of the bank guarantee law of his state. The i situation in Kansas is said to be be- i coming somewhat acute. Senator Aldrich is the master mind in the framing of the tariff bill. The powers have reached an agree ment that dispels the Balkan crisis. Congress expects to be able to vote on the Payne measure by April 10. The woman suffrage bill passed the , Wisconsin senate with a referendum attached to it. If the hill is ratified by a vote of the people woman's suf frage will become operative. The international ballon race for the James Gordon Bennett cup will be held on October 3. instead of Oc tober 10. as previously announced. The senate has knocked out tile proposed duty on coffee. At this writing Crazy Snake has not been captured. He has fled to Tiger mountain. The Utah Fuel company pleaded guilty in the United States court to day to the fraudulent acquisition of 1,44b acres of coal land and paid a fine of $8,000, also S1S2.000 for the coal extracted, and relinquished the land. Warden Beenicr of the Nebraska penitentiary died suddenly on Sunday last. In a race against time to reach tile bedside of his dying mother. Frank I.. Vanderlip, president of the National City bank of New York, covered the distance from New York to Chicago in fifteen hours and fifty-eight minutes. This according to railroad officials, broke all railroad records for the trip. Washington. Money to the amount of JHXMXO, OOO may be borrowed by the secretary of the treasury on the'credit of the United States for the purpose of erecting public buildings which i.re authorized by congress for cities hav ing a population of 5.000 or more people, if the bill recently introduced by Senator Scott of West Virginia Je romes a law. The statement of the treasury shows a balance in the general fund, exclusive of the J150.0o0.00o gold re serve. Available cash balance. $133. XU.oTl: gold coin and bullion. $42. 511.52S; gold certificates. $47,601,CCO. Lieutenant l,eigb C. Palmer of the navy has lieen assigned to duty as the naval aid to President Taft. succe?d ing Commander William S. Sims, who is transferred to-t.be command of the battleship Minnesota. President Taft hopes to get away from Washington about the middle of June. He has declared that he will be agreeably surprised if the tariff law is ready for the statute books by June 1(U but he is hopeful that the surprise will materialize. Commercial movements in the So me-stir field during February on the whole indicate a larger degree of in dustrial activity than for the preced ing month. In honor of (’hales E. Magoon. the Nebraska State association, number ing over 20o members, temporary- res idents of Washington, gave a largely attended reception at the Normandie hotel annex. Former Representative Joseph W. Babcock of Wisconsin is seriously ill. Senator Gamble secured a favor able report from the committee on judiciary on the nomination of E. E. Wagner to be I’nited States district attorney for South Dakota. Representative I^atta, although he is a brand new member, has decided that he will not try to suppress himself on the tariff cpiestion. and lias applied for time to make a brief speech. He said that he will talk in favor of free lumber, and that he Is prepared, speaking.for a great stock-raising dis trict. to say that he will favor free hides, if the district may only have the benefit of free lumber. Rear Admiral George A. Converse died at his home here of uraemic jioi soniug. Although placed on the re tired list several years ago. he was in active service at tbe time of his death, being president of the board of construction of the navy. Representative Moon of Tennessee attacked Champ Clark in the hot.se. accusing him of being a mock czar. Personal. Denial is made of any attempt to assault Mr. Koosevelt on board the steamer Hamburg. Castro will be allovtd to land in Venezuela if he wants to. At Washington Crazy Snake is not regarded as a very bad Indian. The Wisconsin delegation is for downward revision of the tariff. Nebraskans at Washington ten dered a reception to Charles E. Ma goon. Lucky Baldwin bequeathed only $200,000 to his wife. President Elliott, late of Harvard college, may be ambassador to Great Britain. . Jack Johnson was given an ovation by the colored men of New York. President Taft will not bend an inch in his demand for lower duties. Dr. .1. if. Canfield, former chancel lor of the University of Nebraska, died after a short illness at New York. Elkins of West Virginia has joined the senate insurgents. James Ifahlman has been renomi nated for mayor by the democrats of Omaha. Mrs. Gunjiro Aakio, by her marriage to the Japanese at Seattle, Wash., re nounced all rights as a native born American woman. If E. H. Harriman could have his way he would bring all the railroads of America into one giant combine. 1 UEJKJT one head. THE TARIFF DEBATE RULE FIXING DATE OF V3TE ON THE MEASURE. THE TIME SET IS APRIL 10TH Condition;: Are That the Rule Pro tects the Bill, It Is Said, from All Amendments. WASHINGTON. — Following num erous conferences held throughout the day. Representative Dwight of New York, the republican "whip” in the house, announced that the rules committee would bring In a rule fix ing the time for taking the final vote on the tariff hill and restricting amendments thereto, and that the rule would be adopted. Mr. Dwight made an unequivocal prediction of victory. The rule which will be brought in Monday sets the day for a vote on the tariff bill on April 10 and pro tects the measure, it is said, from all amendments except those recom mended by the ways and means com mittee. and those offered on the floor of the house that will give an op portunity for a vote on the question of free lumber, protected barley and protected hides. It is reported that the majority of the twenty-six or more republicans who met Saturday and drafted a pe tition to the tariff framers asking for protection on lumber, coal, iron ore and bides, have been prevailed upon not to oppose the Payne bill as they threatened to do unless heed was given to their demands. This development today, it is said, makes the adoption of the rule a practical certainty and accounts for the con fidence of Mr. Dwight in the success of the rule. It is also said that the dissatisfied republicans have re ceived assurances that interests in which they are particularly interest ed will be given careful attention when the bill reaches the senate. Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee. Representatives Dalzell and Dwight and other house leaders had a conference with Pres ident Taft, during which the presi dent is said to have expressed ap proval of the tariff program as out lined ,1)/ the ways and means com mittee. The rule will have the effect of shutting off general debate automat ically and from the time of its adop tion until the bill is submitted to a vote discussion of the tariff will pro ceed under the five-minute rule. The senate will have nothing before it except the census bill until the tariff bill comes over from the house and is reported by the com mittee on finance. WILL THE GOVERNOR SIGN? Omaha Greatly Interested in What He Will Do. Omaha—Thousands are holding their breath for a scratch of Gov. Shallenberger's pen. Telegraph and telephone service between Omaha and Lincoln will be at a premium Monday, and wireless may even be resorted to In an emergency. The ears are ail to the ground for the first bit of news as to whether the governor of Nebraska will sign a bill w^hich will close all saloons in the state at 8 o'clock each evening. At 9::!0 o'clock Monday morning a special train will leave the Burling ton station to take Omaha business men to the capital, where they have been promised a hearing before the governor to present reasons why the saloons should not be closed at 8 o'clock. Several meetings were held Sunday to discuss the situation. The temperance forces are strongly urg ing the governor to stand firm with the legislature in the enactment. OMAHA PREACHERS DIVIDED. While Many Favor the Bill, Several Are Opposed to It. Omaha—The daylight saloon bill was an absorbing topic of conversation Sunday and the adherents and oppo nents of the measure talked earnest ly in support of their views. Many pastors voiced their sentiments from the pulpit, while others withheld their opinions. The governor is satisfied that the state stands with the daylight sa loon bill, but Omaha is divided, and be wants to hear from this city be fore taking action. EX-SECRETARY HITCHCOCK ILL. Fears Are Entertained that He Will Not Recover. Washington.—Ethan Allen Hitch cock, former stcretary of the interior, is critically ill at the home of his son in-law, Commander W. S. Sims, U. S. N„ and grave fears for his recovery are entertained. Mr. Hitchcock has been confined to his bed for the last two weeks, s'ullering from heart and kidney trouble and he has had several sinking spells. Jumps in the Niagara. Niagara Palls, N. Y — An unknown man about 38 years old Sunday after noon committed suicide by jumping into the river from Luna island in sight of a score of persons, who saw him swept over the falls. Admiral Cervera at Rest. Madrid.—Vice Admiral Cervera, who died Saturday, was buried Sun day afternoon. The body was placed in a simple black coffin and borne on the shoulders of soldiers and blue jackets to the grave, where a salute of twenty-one volleys was fired. V Too Far to Drop, and Not Time Enough to Climb Down. I PRIEST OWES SI.594.I4I.64 — FATHER M’MAHON OFCLEVELAND I FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION. Clergyman and Editor of the Catholic j Universe Caught by Failure of the Funding Company. \ - Cleveland, O.—Scheduling total lia bilities of *1.584,141.64 and assets of *75,207.08, of which *71,200 is real es tate, Rev. William McMahon, pastor of St. Bridget’s Catholic church in this city and editor of the Catholic Uni verse. filed a petite-n in the United States district court Wednesday. The secured claims amount to *946. 825.73; unsecured claims. *371,207.91, and commercial paper. *185,918. Father McMahon was a director of the Fidelity Funding Company of New York, founded by P. J. Kieran and which now is in the hands of receiv ers. Thus it came about that his name was signed to many of the pa lters issued by the company and for which he now is held liable by the re ceivers. The pel it ion enumerates many notes j signed by Father McMahon. They are | held mostly by Xew York. Pittsburg and Cleveland banks. Among the larger secured claims cited are the following: Carnegie Trust Company, New York. *281.256.73: Guarantee Title & Trust Company, Pittsburg, *185.0001 Society for Savings, Cleveland. *235, 000; Third National hank of Buffalo, *3.200. Included in the secured claims as filed by the petitioner are liabilities held by almost every banking institu tion of prominence in the city of Cleveland and similar institutions in Boston. New York. Pittsburg, Syra cuse and Buffalo. The filing of the petition by Attor ney J. W. Sutphen was not entirely a surprise either in financial circles here or to the parishioners of St. Bridget's who had known for some time past that the financial affairs of Father McMahon were in a badly en tangled state owing to his connection with the Kieran enterprises. It was announced authoritatively from a priest closely identified with the affairs of the Cleveland diocese that the liability set forth in the peti tion in voluntary bankruptcy made by Father McMahon is personal and that the Catholic church property is not involved in a way that the church can lose. WANTED—A THIN MAN. Uncle Sam Has use for Human Skele ton in Testing Refrigerator Car System. Chicago.—A thin man—thin enough to fit into a narrow crack—is wanted by the bureau of plant industry, de partment of agriculture. Besides his thinness he must have knowledge of refrigerating machinery and be able to keep both thin and warm in - a frosty atmosphere. A salary of $900 to $1,200 will be paid this intelligent skeleton if the government finds Ufa. He will be sent out with a special refrigerating car to ail parts of the country to test a system of cooling fruits. He must be thin in order to get into all corners of the car to run the machinery. Finish Waterway Report. Washington.—Another big step in the plan for a deep waterway from the lakes to the gulf was taken Friday when the engineers’ board in charge of the survey completed tts report on the portion between St. Louis and New Orleans. One Dead in Illinois Wreck. Murphysboro, 111.—An Illinois Cen tral passenger train was wrecked at Carbondale Friday and Fireman John j Hamilton was killed, and the engineer, baggageman and expressman Injured. U. S. SOLDIERS LEAVE CUBA. Stars and Stripes Taken Down and Home Government Now Is in Full Control. Havana.—The last emblem of Amer ican domination over Cuba disap peared Thursday when two battalions of the Twenty-seventh infantry, and engineers sailed for home. The ceremony attending the transfer of authority took place in the presence of the American garrison of Camp Columbia, consisting of two battalions of the Twenty-seventh infantry, three companies of engineer*, and one bat talion of Cuban Infantry, forming three sides of a hollow square. At the direction of Maj. Gen. Thom as H. Barry, commanding. Lieut. Bvard Sneed of the Twenty-seventh infan try, advanced to the flagstaff and hauled down the colors. The troops presented arms and the Cuban and American bands played "The Star-Spangled Banner.” A Cuban lieutenant then raised the Cuban colors. The troops again sa luted and the ifcncis play the ‘‘Hymno de Bayamo."’ The transfer of the camp being thus completed, the Cuban troops lined the roadside and presented arms, while the Americans, numbering about 800, in heavy marching order, swung past. They halted outside the camp limits where a long line of trolley cars was in waiting to convey them to the trans ports Sumner and McClellan lying at the arsenal docks. READY TO GREET ROOSEVELT. Even the Lions and Elephants Are Getting Restless in British East Africa. Mombasa. British East Africa.—The preparation for the reception here of Theodore Roosevelt are nearing com pletion. Frederick John Jackson, lieu tenant governor of the protectorate, a famous sportsman and the author of the book on big game in the Badmin ton library series, will receive the for mer president. Since the advent of the rains lions have been terrifying the natives with in four miles of Kilindini. An elephant that evidently had strayed from a herd made its way into the bazaar at Ma singi and played havoc. The natives at Masingi have been assured that they need have no further fear, as Mr. Roosevelt is on his way to the protec torate to hunt. They are awaiting Mr. Roosevelt's arrival contentedly. LAMPHERE NEAR DEATH. Gunness Farm Hand in the Throes of Consumption Is Report Re ceived at Laporte. Laporte, Ind.—Ray Lamphere, con victed of having Bet fire to the home of Belle Gunness on April 26, 1908, in which fire the Gunness woman and her three children were burned to death, is in the throes of consumption. Slight hopes for hiB recovery are en tertained. Attorney Worden received word from Warden Reid of the Michigan City penitentiary that Lamphere had recently lost seven pounds of flesh. He is on the wane. Efforts will be made by his friends to secure a parole. Scarlet Fever on Warship. Washington.—An epidemic of scar let fever has broken out among the crew of the battleship Missouri at the Charleston navy yard, Boston, accord ing to information received at the navy department. Eight cases are reported. Iowa Hits Lumber Trusts. Des Moines, la—The Kull bill, which prohibits combinations of lum ber concerns in Iowa and aims a death blow at the lumber trusts now operat ing In the state passed the house Fri day by a three to one vote. PLAN GIG WAGE GUT STEEL TRUST’S COMPANIES TO SLASH PAY 15 PER CENT. GOES INTO EFFECT MAY 1 Reduction Means a Saving of $25,000, 000 and Gives the Combine Ad vantage Over Independents Wht'se Cuts Are Ten Per cent. New York.—The various subsidiary companies of the United States Steel corporation, it is announced on the best authority, will slash 15 per cent, off the wages of their employes on May 1. The trust itself will not an nounce the cut, but it will he left to the subsidiary concerns to make ihe announcements on April 15. The subsidiary companies of the steel corporation have been bolding back thefr announcement of wage cuts with the purpose of letting all the in dependent companies do their cutting first. This has not only the advantage of letting the independents accumu late the brunt of the odium for wt.ge reduction and insures that there will not be au exodus of skilled trust workmen into the independent mills, but also serves a steel market coup of far greater importance than either of these considerations. Inasmuch as the independents have cut their wage scales uniformly at'the rate of ten per cent., the steel trust will he in position, il it announces a cut of 15 per cent, on May 1, to rear range its price schedules so sweep inglv that it will capture the entire steel market for months to come and insure an enormously swollen busi ness for the coming year. The United States Steel corporation paid out $160,000,000 in 1907. On that basis a cut of 15 per cent, means that the company will save $25,000,000 on labor alone. Buffalo, X. Y.—The arrival here Fri day of a carload of non-union en gineers, oilers and firemen is looked upon as the beginning of the fight be tween the Lake Carriers' association and the various unions on the great lakes. Wilkesbarre, Pa.—The first trouble | in the anthracite region since the ex piration of the three-year agreement has developed at the Keystone col liery of the Traders’ Coal Company at the Ridgewood mine, about four miles from here. The miners had a dispute over yardage and the shifting of rock and as a result refrained from work- i iug Friday. NOT GUILTY. SAYS KIDNAPER. — Mrs. Boyle Arraigned and Held in De fault of $25,000 Bond a< Mercer, Pa. Mercer. Fa. — Mrs. Helen Boyle, wife of James H. Boyle, kidnaper of ' Willie Whitla, was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Thomas McClain, at this place Wednesday, charged with kidnaping. She entered a plea of “net guilty,” and was held for the action of the grand jury in the sum of $25,000 bail. Her husband waived a hearing at Sbaron, Monday and is held in the jail here on a similar bond. The mystery surrounding 'die stran ger who visited Mrs. Boyle in jail last Monday was cleared last night when W. J. McDermott of Chicago told friends here that he called at the jail in the absence' of Sheriff Chess and identified the prisoner as his sister. Anna McDermott, who eloped from Chicago with Boyle three years' ago. KILLS MINER IN RIOT. Constable Slays One and Wounds An other When Attempt Is Made to Rescue Prisoner.. Pittsburg. Pa.—One man was killed and another probably fatally injured in a riot between a crowd of miners formerly employed at the Harwick mines of the Allegheny Coal Company at Cheswick. Pa., near here, and two deputy constables at that place. The dead man is Mike Strcnyard, aged 20 years. Norwalk Bulterge, aged 24 years, has two bullets In his back. The trouble at artel when ".he crowd of miners attempted to rescue a com rade who had been arrested by Dep uty Constables Holland and Blair. Holland, who did the shooting, is un der a $2,000 bond. Zeppelin Returns in Airship. Fredrichshafen. — Wearing a srnile which fully expressed the victory of his wonderful airship over wind, snow and other adverse weather conditions, Count Zeppelin returned in his aerial craft Friday night after having been on a voyage which con sumed two days' time. He landed safe ly on I^ake Constance and the airship was snugly tucked away in its shed none the worse for its wild experi ences. Hard Blow for Wives. St. Louis. — A wife, according to a ruling by Circuit* Judge Grimm, has no right to search her husband's pockets for money. This was decided in the case of James J. Dooley, whose petition for divorce from Li 1 liar. G. Dooley was answered with a cross bill. Quarantine Rio Grande Ports. El Paso, Tex.—Federal quarantine against ports in Mexico threatened with yellow fever Infection was made effective Thursday at all ports along the Rio Grande. FINISH WATERWAY REPORT ST. LOUIS TO NEW ORLEANS POR TION IS PLANNED. Engineers- Board Said to Consider Twenty or Twenty-Four Foot Channel Economical. Washington. — Another big step in the plan for a deep waterway from the lakes to the gulf was taken Friday when ihe engineers’ board in charge of the survey completed it a report on the portion between Si. Louis and New Orleans. This is the biggest stretch of the proposed channel, and the report, ac cording to telegraphic advices re ceived at the war department, should be here to-day. The survey from Chi cago to St. Louis was completed thre< years ago. The stretch from New O leans to ibe mouth of the Mississippi will soon be complete. Although Col. Bixby's dispatch ar head of the engineers' commission in charge of the work merely announced the completion of the task, it is m, derstood that the report will be highly favorable. It is reported that Dot onlv are the conclusions of the board favo: able to the general project of a 14 foot channel from Chicago to the gulf but that tbe board considers it ptac ticable from a commercial rianditolni Information has been received her' that the board went even further in its conclusions and was of the opinion that a deep waterway of 20 or even 24 feet could be built with economy in preference to the 14-foot limit which is now proposed. The report on the delta stretches of the proposed deep waterway is now all that is left before congress can map out its work. The national river and harbor commission of congress undoubtedly will urge speedy wore when it brings in its report in Decen, ber, especially if the Illinois legisia ture orders work begun meantim Speaker Cannon is known to be favoi ably disposed toward the enterprise, and when he makes up the nest river and harbor committee it is certain that it, too, will support the project. BOAT BLAST KILLS TWELVE. French Oil Bark Bicwr, Up at Mar seiiles—Many Are Injured and Some Missing. Marseilles.—The Eiench tank ban Jules Henry. Oapt. Estoffler, in th-, oil trade between Philadelphia ar.-i Cette, blew up Thursday and was prac tically totally wrecked. Twelve melt: bers of her crew were killed and many others wounded. A representative of the Verit8« agency, accompanied by the second officer, was inspecting the vessel at the time she blew up. In the course of their work the two men entered ihe tank hold. Immediately after there was a tremendous explosion. The en tire deck of the bark was lifted, and the forward portion of the ship *a« wrenched off. Twenty men of the crew at work painting and repairing were blown into the air. Great sheets of fire shot up from the vessel, and in a few seconds she was enveloped in flames. HUSBAND AND WIFE SLAIN Toledo, O., Police Baffled by Myster ous Murder of Aged Couple, Evidently by Robbers. Toledo, O.—In the finding of the bodies of Ludwig Krueger, aged 6k, and his wife, aged 63, buried in the cellar of their home which was de stroyed by fire Thursday, the police are confronted by a puzzling murde mystery. M. Soboleskl, a tailor, last Saturday gave Mr. Krueger $2,000 as part pay ment for the purchase of a farm. It is believed that robbery was the motive and that the slayer, after bury ing the bodies smd replacing the bric» flooring in the cellar, set fire to th-: house to cover up the murder. WOMEN TO CLEAN CITY. Will Sweep Streets of Washington April 15 If the Commissioner* Don't Get Busy. Washington.—If the commissioner* of the District of Columbia haven I found a way to clean the streets of Washington by April 16, the women of the capital will go out on the streets aud show them how to do it. This ha« beeu decided by the Twentieth Cen tury club of this city, an organization of the best known and most progres sive women here. Testimony was given by several members at the last meeting that the streets in front e( their homes and in the parkwajs were Uttered with wastepaper and other debris. There upon the club decided to act Eight Killed by Dynamite. Chillicothe, 0. — A terrific ei plosion occurred along the route of the Norfolk & Western rail road Tuesday in which eight work men were killed and 20 or more were injured. Rioters in Rome Wounded. Rome.—An attempt made Friday by laborites to place wreaths in the Place* Gesu, where the victims of a recent manifestation fell, led to disorders in which several persons were wounded, and many were arrested. Fixes Hours for Saloons. Lincoln, Neb.—The Nebraska state senate Friday passed a bill compelling • saloons to open at 7 a. m. and close at 8 p. m. The measure has already passed the housie and will be sent to the governor.
