Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVI
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , JUNE 3, 1901)
NUMBER 30
A Boiling Down of the More Impor
tant Events Here and There
roreicn.
Theodore Roosevelt, who is at pres
ent the guest of Governor Jackson of
Nairobi, has accepted an invitation to
a public banquet to be given there in
his honor August 3.
Considerable interest has been
aroused in musical circles in Germany
by the statement that Richard Strauss,
the composer of "Elektra" and "Sa
lome." is about to start work on a
light opera.
The dispute between Portugal and
China over the possession of the de
pendencies of Macao has reached an
acute stage.
At Oboyan. Russia, a gang of des
l>eradoes attacked a government wine
shop. They killed live persons and
mortally wounded the keeper.
The police at Odessa arrested 192
Baptists, including thirty women,
charging them with meeting illegally
on a mountain top near that city.
The body of George Meredith, the
English novelist who died May 18.
was cremated at Dorking in the
presence of a few members of Isis
r family There was no religious
service.
A political meeting that was being
__ addressed at Sheffield. England, by
Premier Asquith was stormed by a
crowd of suffragettes. The women,
however, failed to effect an entrance
to the ball and several of them were
injured in (encounters with the police.
General.
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There is no doubt, in the mind of
officials that the three men arrested
in South Omaha are those who held
up and robbed the Overland Union
Pacific Saturday night. They have
been identified by operatives of the
train and will be held for trial, lhe
mail pouches stolen with letters there
in rifled, were found in the attic of
a South Omaha school house. Chil-'
dren playing in the woods found guns
and aceoutrenents that gave officials
the first clue. Four men were in the
robbery, but only three thus far have
been caught.
Woods. Torgensen and Gordon are
caught.
the names given by the three men
arrested for robbing tne Union Pacific
at l.ane Cut-Off and making away with
mail sacks. The names may be as
sumed. Government has taken the
men in hand and will prosecute.
Criticism of the Foraker act was
made by Mr. Garrett of Tennessee.
In the big reward offered for appre
hension of the Union Pacific railroad
robbers, many wili share, including a
number of school children.
Gov. tiasken of Oklahoma has again
been indicted for land frauds.
Mrs. Alice Choppin. a daughter of
a former Austrial consul to' New Or
leans and connected .with the best
families in that city, died at Mexico
City in poverty at the home of her
aged motner in the leper colony.
Three men were arrested in South
Omaha as suspects in connection with
the recent Union Pacific holdup.
S. N. D. North, director of census,
has resigned his position as the re
sult of a quarrel with Secretary Ne
gel over final control of department.
An effort to break the Dutch stand
ard of sugar grading for tariff pur
poses stirs up the beet sugar advo
cates.
President Taft spoke words of en
couragement on occasion of gradua
tioa of class of colored (people from
Howard university.
Porto Rican affairs were again
threshed out in the house, the re
marks being based on the bill taking
from the legislature of the island
possession of certain powers now
vested in it and providing for other
reforms which it is designed to in
augurate in behalf of those people.
“Adam God” is now on trial in Kan
sas City for the murder of patrolman
M uliaae.
Brigadier General James Allen,
chief sigua! officer, will leave Wash
ington for a visit of inspection of the
signal corps property at Fort Omaha
and a visit to the signal school at
Fort Leavenworth.
Four heavily armed and masked
men held up Union Pacific passenger
train No. 2. the Overland Limited, in
a deep cut a few miles west of Omaha
Saturday at midnight and robbed the
mail car of seven sacks of registered
maH. Passengers were not molested.
The April statement of the bureau
of statistics shows a marked increase
in the importation of manufacturers'
materials and a decline in the expor
tation oi foodstuffs.
The deadlock in Illinois was broken
by the election of Congressman i^ori
mer as United tSates senator.
There is an automobile-hating so
ciety among Washington senators.
’ The trial of the $30,000,000 suit of
the Pennsylvania Sugar Reiiniug com
pany against the American Sugar Re
fining company was begun in New
York before Judge Holt in the United
States district court.
.1. P. Morgan, jr.. has been selected
a director of the United tSates Steel
corporation and a member of the
finance committee, to succeed the late
Henry H. Refers.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men passed resolutions condemning
the present immigration laws.
Lee Smith, third baseman for the
Kokomo club qf the Northern Indiana
league, died from injuries received in
a game at Kokomo,
The United States army signal eo'ps
dirigible balloon No. 1. better known
as the Baldwin dirigible airship, made
a successful flight at Fort Omaha.
Wool prices continue to advance in
Boston despite heavy shipments.
Senators Cummins. Borah and Eiai
ley had a long conference on the in
come tax situation in the senate. They
hoped to be able to decide on a p an
whereby all the income tax strength
could be consolidated in one vote.
Financial problems are becoming
the botheration of Cuba.
The purchase by Kuhn, l.oeb & Co.
and the National City bank of New
York of $30,000,000 of bonds of Ar
mour &. Co. of Chicago was announced.
This is part of an authorized issue of
$50,000,000.
The reconstruction of Athens, ac
cording to German ideas, is the latest
possibility.
The sugar trust was the object of an
attack in the senate by Senator Owen
lOkla.), who sent to the secretary's
desk a denunciation of the trust pub
lished in a local newspaper.
Andrew Carnegie of New York lias
arranged to give $1,000,000 for the
establishment of a “hero fund" in
France.
Word reached the state department
from Honduras of the acquittal of
Eugene O. Griffith and Mrs. Caroline
Beauchamp, who had been sentenced
to twenty-live years on a charge of
arson.
President Taft will visit California
if Uncle Sam will pay car fare.
President Taft has accepted honor
rary membership in the Associate So
ciety of Chapin post. Grand Army of
the Republic, at Buffalo. N. Y„ said to
be the largest G. A. R. post in the
world.
Swift and Co.'s sales of fresh beef
in Omaha for the week ending May 22
averaged 9.to cents per pound.
The Union Pacific has ordered one
hundred locomotives to be built by
the American Locomotive company.
The Omaha Commercial club made
a tour of Iowa covering 117 cities.
Carl Erickson of Colorado Springs.
;il years old. holds the record for
somnambulistic feats. While asleep
he walked out of the window in his
apartments and foil twenty-five feel to
the ground without awakening s.nd
kept right on sleeping for more than
three hours.
Washington.
The president nominated P. Emer
son Taylor of Nebraska to be consul
at Port Louis, Mauritius.
Senator Crawfofd of South Dakota
is out in an indignant denial that he
intended appointing his son to a West
Point cadetship. The charge has been
widely circulated in South Dakota, and
has aroused much feeling. The facts
are. Senator Crawford explained, that
his son has had for a long time an
ambition to be a cadet, and years ago
determined be would try for the honor.
Accordingly, when a competitive ex
amination was to be held in the state,
the young man went and took it. He
took his chances with others and won
on his merits, according to the sen
ator.
The council of fine arts, created by
President Roosevelt, and which was
to have charge of the beautification of
Washington and to pass upon the de
sign of government buildings, was
abolished by President Taft in an ex
ecutive order. This action was re
quired by the last sundry bill, which
failed to appropriate money for the
expenses or salaries of any of the
commissions created by President
Roosevelt, without the consent of con
gress.
E. P. Smith of Omaha perfected ar
rangements with .Mr. Bowers, solicitor
general, for the test case on the
bleached (lour question which is to be
started at Omaha. Mr. Bowers had
practically agreed some time ago to
the proceeding, but until now the de
tails were not arranged.
Elmer Dover, the former secretary
of the republican national cominitlee,
whose appointment as national bank
examiner at New York has been held
up by the comptroller of the currency,
will be offered, it la said, a similar
position in some other district.
The senate, by a vote of 5G to 25,
refused to place lumber on the free
list. An extended plea for a differ
ential duty on dressed lumber was
I made by Senator Smoot, who cited
the various lumber interests along the
Canadian border.
Personal.
A Silver Creek (Neb.) man was in
Denver looking for his wife, whom he
thought bad been kidnaped.
Father Miles, at one time identified
with church work in Omaha, is dead
in St. Louis.
Bally of Texas had a fight with a
New York correspondent in one of the
i Senate corridors.
Senate , millionaires. Stephenson
Guggenheim and Newlands are ex
pected to vote for the income tax.
A French. New York sculptor, may
be chosen to make the proposed Abra
1 ham Lincoln monument at Lincoln,
Neb. >
The two Nebraska senators divided
on the question of the sugar standard.
President Taft insists on the lowest
possible limit In department estimates
j Ten Lincoln (Neb.) educational in
stitutions grant between eight and
1 nine hundred diplomas this year.
President Taft’s great task is to
1 withstand the upsoaring of national
j expenses.
Senator Beveridge spoke in favor ol
downward revision of the tariff.
John Hays Hammond has declined
. the tender of the ministership tc
! China.
Elmer Dover is not to get the New
i York national bank examinership
Admiral Ijichi of the Japanese war
ship was given cordial welcome ai
Tacomah, Wash.
ZEPHYR, FIFTEEN MILES FROM
BROWNWOOD, DESTROYED.
MANY FATALITIES RECORDED
Apparently One of the Most Destruc
tive Twisters That Ever Visited
the Lone Star State.
Brownwood, Tex. — A tornado of
great fury struck the little village of
Zephyr in the eastern portion of
Brown county at 1 a. m. Sunday morn
ing and left a path of death and de
struction seldom paralleled. The death
list has reached a total of thirty-two
and the number of seriously and fa
tally wounded will reach fifty. A
score are more or less injured.
Nearly fifty houses were entirely
demolished. Lightning struck a lum
ber yard and started a conflagration
which destroyed one entire business
block. No effort was made to light
the fire as the care of the dead and
wounded victims demanded all atten
tion. A section baud rode a handcar
to Brownwood and spread the alarm.
In two hours the Santa Fe railroad
was speeding a special train to the
scene of the storm with nine surgeons
and a score of Brownwood citizens.
Hundreds of persons directly in the
storm's path saved themselves by
taking refuge in storm cellars. More
than a dozen bodies were horribly mu
tilated. v
County Clerk Thad Cabler and wife
and two children, who had gone to
Zephyr to spend the night, were killed.
The big stone school building and two
churches were swept from the face of
the earth
By daylight sixteen surgeons were
working on the wounded Brownwood
hurried its second relief train at noon
Sunday, loaded with provisions, cloth
ing and necessary articles and forty
nurses.
A special train will leave Zephyr
for Temple, carrying the more seri
ously injured to the hospital.
'* The storm swept the earth for only
a short distance, probably less than
a mile. Its fury is considered the
most terrific of any tornado ever ex
perienced in tnis section.
The surgeons who formed the first
party out of. Brownwood found a deso
late scene awaiting them. The hill
sides at Zephyr were covered with
debris of all kinds and bodies of dead
animals and human beings. The ruins
were dimly lighted by the burning
buildings and the cries of the wound
ed rose above the sound of the ele
ments. which threatened a second
storm. A hog roaming through the
debris-strewn streets was killed while
attempting to devour the body of an
infant. Bodies were found .twisted
about trees and in every conceivable
shape. People walked the streets al
most naked. Residences which escaped
the storm were turned into hospitals,
into which were carried the bodies of
the dead. One house collapsed oil a
family of nine without serious injury
to any of them. Brownwood, with
organized relief work, has the situa
tion well in hand.
THE SENATE WILL HURRY.
And Congress Will Probably Adjourn
Early in July.
Washington.—Progress on the tariff
bill is being made steadily between
speeches, and while the leaders are
unable to predict the end. they feel
that the time for the final vote is
gradually approaching, and they now
predict that the work will be disposed
of in time to permit congress to
finally adjourn early in July.
The outlook for the present week is
for many speeches and for slow
progress on the schedules. The prob
ability of night sessions is not so
great as it was a week ago. but the
policy of reference to them will not
be decided for several days.
OFFICERS ARE ON THE HUNT.
Important Developments Expected in
the Train Robbery.
Omaha — Developments of decided
importance in connection with the
train robbery are expected shortly by
the government, railway and police
officers who are working on the case,
if,present indications hold good.
It is not unlikely that within the
nest twenty-four hours the fourth man
concerned in the Lane Cut-Off holdup
will be in custody. The missing bot
tom half of a mail sack may also be
brought to light. Some of the police
officers think it holds valuable loot.
The French Pension Bill.
Paris.—The amendments of the
senate commission to the workmen’s
pension, which, after passing the
Chamber of Deputies last year, comes
before the senate early in June,
modifies the plan of the original bill
so as to provide for specific contribu
tions from workmen and employers
instead of percentages, as provided
for in the bill of the Chamber of
Deputies.
KAISER REVIEWS GARRISONS.
Americans Occupy Places with Im
perial Party.
Berlin.—Emperor William and the
empress reviewed the Berlin and the
Potsdam garrisons at the Templehof
field today. Thirty thousand troops,
including 8,000 cavalry, passed before
their majesties and made the usual
brilliant spectacle. Tn the reviewing
party were Ambassador Hill. Allison
Armour of New York. Prof. W. N.
Sloan of Columbia university and
other distinguished people.
THE BIG FROG IN THE POND.
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MANY CITIES FEEL QUAKE
TOWNS IN MIDDLE WESTERN
states'tremble.
No Loss of Life Reported, but Sev
eral Slightly Injured—Some
Property Damage.
Chicago.—Reports continued to
come in Thursday of the earthquake
which shook the middle west
Wednesday. In this city the tremor
lasted from two seconds to three min
utes and in cities in Illinois, Indiana.
Michigan. Wisconsin, Iowa and Mis
souri it was just as severe.
So far no loss of life has been re
ported. although there has been slight
property damage and a great deal of
fright. The most severe shocks were
felt in Chicago and Dubuque, la.
Following is a list of towns where
the earthouake was felt: Janesville.
Wis.; Cedar Kar-< Is. la.; Sterling, 111.;
Rockford, 111.; Moline, 111.: Joliet, Til.;
Streator, 111.; Dixon, 111.; Dubuque,
la.; Burlington, la.; Galena. 111.;
Bloomington. 111.; Freeport, 111.; El
Paso, 111.; Fairbury, 111.; Springfield,
111.; Mount Carroll. 111.; Springfield.
Mich.; Peoria, 111.; Milwaukee, Wis.;
Madison. Wis.; Kalamazoo, Mich.;
Benton Harbor, Mich.; Aurora, 111.;
Kewanee. 111.; Hanibal. Mo.; Beloit,
Wis.; Michigan City, Ind., and Grand
Rapids, Mich.
The last previous earthquake shock
recorded in the Chicago weather bu
reau was on October 31, 1895.
One of the reports at the weather
bureau came from Dubuque. Ia.. where
it wTas said that the Bank and Insur
ance building, a seven-story structure,
was nearly thrown to the ground by
the violence of th^ shock. Clerks,
stenographers and hundreds who were
employed in the various offices ran in
panic from the building. Two seismic
disturbances were reported there.
In Chicago chimneys were thrown
down on the West and North sides,
and several women were thrown from
their feet as a result of the shock.
Large flat buildings were shaken and
families ran out, fearing the walls
would collapse. Many were reminded
of the disasters recently in Messina
and San Francisco, and were in fear
for hours after the shock had passed.
WANTS A NAVY ALLIANCE.
England Would Guard the Atlantic
Ocean and Leave the Pacific
to United States.
London—The report that Great
Britain, through Ambassador Bryce
at Washington, hopes to bring about
a naval understanding with the
United States, has attracted great at
tention in this country and is a relief
to the minds of many persons who
fear that England and Germany are
sure to have war.
In a nutshell the plan, which, it is
hoped, may be adopted, is for Eng
land Jo take care of the Atlantic ocean
and the United States to look after
the Pacific. Such an arrangement
would give America a great advantage
should she be forced into a conflict
with Japan and would be of immense
benefit to Great Britain should this
country have to fight the Germans.
Supreme Court Adjourned.
Washington.—Chief Justice Fuller
Monday declared the United States
supreme court adjourned for the
summer, and most of the justices lost
little time in getting away for their
vacations. The court suspended the
docket a month ago and since then
has held three sittings to announce
decisons and hear motions.
Little Boy Kills Brother.
Reliance, Va.—While at play in
their home, Alvin and Reggie Jenkins,
seven and five year old boys, found
an old gun. “Run, or I’ll shoot," Alvin
shouted. Reggie stood his- ground
and received the entire contents of
the old blunderbuss in his abdomen.
He died a few hours later.
Bandmaster a Suicide.
West Point. N. Y.—George Essigke,
for the past' 15 years bandmaster at
West Point, committed suicide by in
haling illuminating gas.
ALASKA-YUKON FAIR OPENED
President Taft Presses Key and Starts
Wheels—Seattle Is Wild
with Joy.
Seattle. Wash.—At exactly 12:"0
o'elock Tuesday afternoon. Seattle
time. President Taft in the White
House in Washington, pressed a beau
tiful gold telegraph key, and at the
signal that flashed all the way across
: the country the wheels in every part
I of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
; began to turn and the great fair was
opened.
When the auspicious moment ar
rived every whistle in Seattle was
pulled wide opefl, every other noise
making contrivance was brought into
use. every man. woman and child of
the city's inhabitants and of the thou
sands of visitors already here cheered,
and the opening of the exposition was
accomplished in the midst of a deafen
ing din and general rejoicings. For
two minutes every street car stood
still and all business was suspended.
Then came the formal and impres
sive ceremonies in connection with
the opening. The parade and speech
making were participated in by all the
officers of the exposition, the officials
of Seattle, and Gov. W. B. Hoggatt of
Alaska. Lieut. Gov. James Dunsmuir
[ of British Columbia. Gov. M. E. Hay
! of Washington. Gov. J. M. Brady of
! Idaho, Gov. William Spn? of I’tah,
I Gov. F. W. Benson of Oregon and Gov.
Gillett of California. In addition to the
Pacific coast executives. Gov. Fort of
New Jersey was represented by his
son. Leslie R. Fort.
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LAYS CRIMES TO TRUST.
, Senator Bradley Says American To
bacco Company Is Responsible
for the "Night Riders.”
Washington.—After the opposition
had fiercely assailed the sugar and
tobacco trusts as the beneficiaries of
high tariff legislation Friday the
finance committee's schedules on
those products were adopted by the
senate by the usual majority.
Senator Bradley of Kentucky in urg
ing his amendment for a repeal of the
internal tax on leaf tobacco charged
the uprising of the "night riders" to
the oppression of the tobacco trust.
After reviewing the growth of the
trust, Senator Bradley said that, not
content with destroying all .competi
tion in the I'nited Staets, this concern
drove the Imperial Tobacco Company
of Great Britain, its chief competitor,
to a compromise and obtained an
agreement by which the Imperial
yielded up all competition in the
United States.
The panic of 180:1 was the subject of
! an interesting cross-fire of accusation
and denial between Senator Stone and
various Republican senators.
——
Bailey and Scribe Fight.
Washington.—Senator Bailey of
Texas and W. S. Manning, represen
tative of the New York Times in the
senate press gallery, exchanged blows
Thursday as a result of a conversa
tion they had in reference to an ar
ticle printed by the New York news
paper questioning the sincerity of the
senator in his course on the income
tax.
Neither of the participants was in
jured. as they were separated by Sen
ator Clapp, Porto Rican Commissioner
Larrinaga, several senate employes and
newspaper correspondents. The ver
sions of Mr. Bailey and Mr. Manning
are in substantial agreement as to the
cause of the trouble, and differ only
as to the number of blows struck by
each. When they were separated
Bailey had Manning by the throat.
Goes to Perfect Bond.
Muskogee, Okla.—Gov. Charles N.
Haskell, who was re-indicted here, to
gether with five other Oklahomans in
the Muskogee town lot fraud cases, ar
rived in Muskogee Friday to perfect
his bond. Bond in each case was
placed at $5,000.
Chicago Gets Prison Office.
Washington.—Prof. Charles R. Hen
derson of the University of Chicago
was appointed a member on the part
of the United States of the inter
national prison commission.
TAFT HONORS DEAD
PRESIDENT DELIVERS ORATION
ON GETTYSBURG FIELD.
MONUMENT IS DEDICATED
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Daughter of the Chief Executive Un
veils the Shaft Erected in Mem
ory of Regulars—Lincoln
Statue at Hodgenville.
Gettysburg, Pa.—Seldom has the
historic Gettysburg battlefield wit
nessed more impressive Memorial day
exercises than those of Monday. The
chief feature of the ceremonies was
the dedication of the fine monument
erected by act of congress to com
memorate the services of the regular
army of the United States in the Get
tysburg campaign of June and July,
1SU3, and President Taft was the cen
tral figure in the day's doings.
The president arrived early in the
morning from Pittsburg, and was met
by a committee of prominent citizens
and an escort of United States regu
lars. After luncheon a great concourse
of people gathered on the battlefield,
and the exercises began. Secretary
of War Dickinson delivered an ad
dress and formally transferred the
monument to the Gettysburg National
Park commission, the chairman of
which, Lieut. Col. John P. Nicholson,
made the speech of acceptance.
Unveiled by Miss Taft.
The shaft was then unveiled by
Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the pres
ident. Laurel wreaths were placed at
the base of the monument by the old
est regimental and battery command
ers of the Gettysburg campaign, and
the ceremonies ended with a review
of the troops on the field by President
Taft.
The monument is a beautiful shaft
85 feet high surrounded at the base by
a broad granite terrace. It stands on
Hancock avenue a short distance
south of the high-water ma:*k of the
battle of Gettysburg. The monument
represents all of the 42 cavalry, artil
lery. infantry and engineer organiza
tions of the regular army that partici
pated in the campaign. In addition
there has been erected a small monu
ment seven feet high for each of the
commands at the location it occupied
during the battle.
Lincoln Statue Dedicated.
Hodgenville, Ky.—For the second
time within a few months this little
town was Monday the scene of a
notable ceremony. This was the un
veiling of the Lincoln memotial statue
erected at the birthplace of the mar
tyred president.
Henry Watterson, the famous Louis
ville journalist, was the chief orator,
and was followed by E. J. McDermott,
also of Louisville. The statue was
then unveiled by Mrs. Ben Hardin
Helm. Nest came addresses of ac
ceptance by former Appellate Court
Justice George Du Relle for the Lin
coln monument commission, Gov. Au
gustus E. Willson for Kentucky, and
David Highbaugh Smith for LaRue
county.
Arkansas Negro Lynched.
Pine Bluff. Ark. — Lovett Davis,
a negro, charged with attempt
ing to commit a criminal assault on
a 16-year-old white girl here last Fri
day night, was taken from the Jail
in this city by an unmasked mob of
300 men. and hanged to a telegraph
pole on one of the principal streets.
Just as the negro was being raised
high above the street, the rope broke
and the body fell to the ground, but
he was immediately raised again and
left hanging
Islanders Ask Citizenship.
Washington. — A committee of
Porto Ricans has come to Washing
ton. representing the Republican party
of Porto Rico, to urge that the United
States government grant citizenship
to the islanders.
It is their intention to see President
Taft and enlist his sympathies, if pos
sible. as well as those of various sena
tors and representatives, and to get
congress to take up the Porto Rican
citizenship piank contained in the
last Republican national platform.
Advances Religious Liberty.
St. Petersburg.—The law legalizing
the sect of Old Believers, the first of
a series of important measures de
signed to put into effect the princi
ples of religious liberty enunciated in
the emperor's manifesto of May 13,
was adopted in the douma.
Continue Musical Prizes.
Grand Rapids, Mich.—The sixth
biennial convention of the National
Federation of Musical Clubs c losed. Sat
urady -t was voted to continue the prize
competitions for American composers.
30VS TO SHIRE IN REWARD
OMAHA LADS HELP TO CAPTURE
TRAIN ROBBERS.
Find Guns, Tell the Police—Rifled
Mail Bags Discovered in *
School Attic.
Omaha. Nob.—Three Omaha school
boys will share in a reward which
may reach $20,000 should the three
suspects arrested in connection with
the Union Pacific train robbery prove
to be the bandits. Chief of Police
Briggs and two detectives made the
arrests Thursday night and will have
to divide with the boys.
Developments in the running down
of the men had their climax Friday in
the discovery in the entrance of
Brown Park school in South Omaha
of six large and two small registered
mail pouches, the contents of which
had been rifled.
Following the arrest in the vicinity
of the schoolhouse of three suspects
as they were approaching a point
where they had hidden revolvers and
other material that were discovered
by the boys, a hundred secret service
men. private and city detectives early
in the day began to search the lo
cality for further evidence. The
principal and teachers of Brown Park
school were thrown into a small panic
when they learned what had occurred
during the night and an open base
ment window which had been discov
ered Monday morning formed the
basis of an investigation.
Mrs. Nora FYeeman, one of the
teachers, noticed that a ladder used
for reaching the attic of the building,
and which is usually suspended from
the ceiling by a rope, had been dis
placed and the janitors were called,
lanterns were procured and two men
crawled into the attic. They were
astounded to find eight registered
mail sacks, two raincoats, a long top
coat and a pair of overalls.
An examination of the contents of
the packages showed that every letter
and package had been torn open and
the contents of value removed. In
each case the letters were stuck back
into envelopes, the robbers having
satisfied themselves with removing
money and other valuables. There
were several jewelry packages, the
contents of which had been taken by
the robbers.
The post-office authorities and rail
road officials are fully convinced that
in the arrest of Woods, Gordon and
Torgensen they have secured the
right men. The chain of evidence al
ready secured is, in the minds of the
police sufficient to convict the men.
and Chief Briggs believes he will be
able to secure a confession from
one of the trio.
LORIMER ELECTED SENATOR,
Chicago Man Selected to Succeed
Albert J. Hopkins by Illinois
Legislators.
Springfield, III. — Congressman Wil
liam Lorimer of the Sixth congres
sional district was elected United
States senator on the ninety-fifth bal
lot taken by the joint session of the
general assembly. He had 108 votes.
The election of a junior senator to
represent Illinois in the upper house
at Washington came about through a
coalition of Democratic assemblymen
and the anti-Hopkins Republicans,
breaking the deadlock which had last
ed since January 20.
William Lorlmer was born at Man
chester. England. April 27,1861. '
he was five years of agq he <
America with his parents, and i.
iocated in Chicago.
At the age of ten years his father
died and he became a sign-painter's
apprentice and later worked for the
Chicago packing houses and for a.
street railroad company, being a con
ductor when he quit that vocation to
work for himself.
He entered the real estate business
in 1886, and later became a member
cf the firm of Murphy & Lorimer in
the building and brick manufacturing
business.
In 1892 he ran for the office of
clerk of the superior court, but was
defeated. Three yeat3 later he be
came a member of congress and
served the Sixth Illinois congressional
district and was again elected for the
congressional seat last spring. For
a decade he has been a leader of the
Republican party in Illinois.
Gov. Haskell Indicted Again.
Tulsa, Okla.—New indictments
charging fraud in the Muskogee town
lot cases were returned Thursday by
the United States grand jury against
Gov. Charles X Haskell, F. B. Severs.
W. T. Hutchins, C. W. Turner, A. Z.
English and W. R. Eaton
The accused men are charged with,
obtaining titles from the government
to town lots in Muskogee by illegal
methods. Bond in each case was fixed
at $5,000 and was promptly furnished.
“As a result of four government at
torneys and an army of secret men
snrounding the grand jury and limit
ing the testimony to just what suited
them, indictments have been secured
against me,” said Gov. Haskell.
Tracy’s Debts Are $690,000.
New York.—According to a report
issued by Receiver E. G. Benedict of
Tracy & Co., the brokerage firm which
failed recently, the New York office
of the firm, his liabilities of about
$690,000, and actual assets of about
$100,000.
fioyal Arcanum Picks Montreal.
St. Louis.—The supreme council of
the Royal Arcanum ended its thirty
second annual session here, Montreal
being selected fcr the nert meeting
in May, 1310.
