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Loup City Northwestern VOLUME XXVI LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 190!) NUMBER 31 Foreign, Earth shocks, accompanied by sub terranean rumbles, continue daily in the Ribatejo district, Portugal. Xo casualties have been reported, al though many walls have collapsed. A dispatch from Leopoldville in the Congo says the trial of Rev. William ilorrison and the Rev. W. H. Shep pard. American missionaries, for al leged libel, has been postponed to June 30. Emperor Nicholas will visit King Edward at Cowes Aug. 2. The Rus sian imperial squadron will go first to Cherbourg, arriving July 31, and stay ing until the next day. A dispatch received at the state de partment from Lisbon says the Por tuguese government has authorized the importation of S,000.000 bushels of wheat up to July 10. The liberals and the radicals as welt as the socialists have refused to par ticipate further in the discussions by tue finance committee of tue German reichstag of the matter of new taxa tion. -uanuel V. Domenec*. and Francisco P. Quinones, representatives of the re publican party of Porto Rico, dis cussed with President Taft conditions in the islands. The president was urged to consider the matter of cit izenship for the people of Porto Rico and to recommend legislation aloug that line. Minister Wu Tin* Fang of China called on Secretary of State Knox to say farewell preparatory to a two months' absence in South America. The Chinese diplomat is also the dip lomatic representative of China to Peru and it is to present his creden tials to the president of Peru that he is making this trip. General. The United States transport John A. lJix arrived at Seattle from Honolulu Friday, uringing the Hawaiian exhibit lor the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposi tion. Marked interest abroad in the cur rency problem of the United States was noted by Jacob H. Schiff, banker, who returned from a six weeks' trip in Europe. Government attorneys in the crim inal libel suit against the Indianapolis News were forced to take a continu ance to secure witnesses. By adopting a resolution for night sessions and by interpretations of rules, the senate will endeavor to curb western senators. The Nebraska tax board increased the assessed valuation of Burlington. Northwestern and Union Pacific rail roads. and decreased Missouri Pacific. At Mason City. la.. Judge Clark sen tenced Edward McNamara of Grafton, who shot and killed his father, Mar tin McNamara, last November, to 18 years in the Fort Madison peniten At Ithaca, N. Y., President Jacob' CJould Schurman of Cornell university, in addressing the graduating class, criticised the reported statements of President Woodrow Wilson of Prince ton. that he deplored the decrease in intellectual vitality and slacker spirit of study in American colleges. The universities of Wisconsin, Mich igan. Minnesota and Toronto have been admitted to participate in the pro fessors' allowance system of the Car negie foundation for the advancement of teaching, according to announce ment made in New York. The first night session of the senate brought a display of temper and ex change of personalities. Senator Burkett had a narrow es cape in an automobile accident near Washington. Jack Shelton, under arrest in Den ver. is considered fourth man in the Union Pacific train robbery. He is known to have been in Kearney and North Platte, Neb., in an automobile, and is believed to have carried the swag. Detective McDonald, from Spokane, Wash., arrived in Omaha and at once identified Woods, Torgenson and Gor don. the three men under arrest for the Union Pacific railroad robbery, as far western criminals who are sup posed to have had a hand in the Great Northern holdup. Edward Dana Durand, the new di rector of the census, was born in Michigan in 1871. He was legislative librarian of the New- York state library from 1895 to'1897. Later he was instructor of economics at Har vard and Stanford universities. The vice president of the Union Copper company was sentenced to the Tombs for contempt of court. Germany resents the charge that that country is meddling in the tariff affairs of the United States. The three alleged bandits who held up the Union Pacific Overland train had examination at Omaha and were held to the grand jury, with bail fixed at $25,000 for each. All indications are the men held are the guilty par ties. Their case will come before the grand jury in a few days. The Yukon exposition at Seattle was opened by President Taft from Wash ington, as he touched the electric but ton. The Burlington crop report shows good conditions Dr. Elliott, former president of Har- i vard college, will make a tour of tne west. The one hundred and twenty-first general assembly of the Presbyterian church closed at Denver last week. The session next year will be held in Atlantic City, N. J. Senators Aldrich and Stone had an angry clash In the senate. By a premature explosion of a can non. Henry Mahan, aged 70 years, an old soldier, was killed at St. Mary’s. Ohio, while officially opening the Me morial day observance. The Illinois legislature is again in a deadlock, this time over the question of sine die adjournment. The Wright brothers will arrive in Washington June 10, when President Taft will present them with the gold medals obtained through public sub scriptions by the Aero Club of Amer ica. F. P. Baker, tne oldest newspaper editor in Kansas, died a few days ago. Hidden in the garret of the Brown Park school house in South Omaha, within a few feet of the spot where the rifled mail sacks were discovered, four sticks of dynamite were found by the two janitors. On recommendation of Congressman Kinkaid, Dr. J. .T. Pickett was appoint ed pension examining surgeon at Rroken Bow. Neb., vice Dr. C. J. Chris tensen. resigned. The senate refused, Lt> to 47, to strike the Dutch standard test out of the sugar schedule. At Denver the federal grand jury returned indictments against the of ficers of tne Union Land company and others interested in coal lands in Routt county! Colorado, charging them with conspiracy to defraud tne govern ment out of coal lands. Temperance people from all sections of the world will gather at London in July to attend the Twelfth Interna tional Congress on Alcoholism at the Imperial institute from July 18 to 24. Thirteen men were hanged in public at daybreak in Constantinople, having been found guilty of complicity in the revolutionary outbreak of April 13. The bodies were left exposed to view for a short time only. Omaha people are asking the Wash ington authorities for better mail service out of that city C'hicagoward. Mrs. May Ion of Silver Creek, Neb., was arrested by a federal officer on the charge of using the mails to de fraud. The Santo Domingan government is proceeding against the revolutionists as rapidly as possible. The United States army signal corps dirigible balloon No. 1. better known as the Baldwin dirigible airship, made a successful flight at Fort Omaha. Washington. President Taft sent to the senate the nominations of the following post masters: Nebraska—William H. Reed. North Loup; Empire, Sioux county. C. M. Cunningham, vice H. B. Cunning ham, resigned. The attorney general says that the charges against Judge Edward R. Meek of the United States court at Dallas. Tex., and United States Attor ney William H. Atwell of the north ern district of Texas "are wholly without foundation, cruelly unjust and for the purpose of securing a delay in the prosecution of a man whose of fense against innocent victims, in the fraudulent use of the mails, deserved the severest punishment.” Senators Gamble and Crawford of South Dakota continue to do business together, notwithstanding that a num ber of newspapers in the state are persistent in their declaration that quarrels between the senators are of almost daily occurrence. The senate expects to get through w'ith tariff work this month. Thomas C. Dawson of Council Bluffs, for some years United States envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Bogota, and re cently prombted to be linked States envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Santiago, was here, receiving final instructions previous to departure. At the annual conference of state and territorial health officers with the United States public health and marine hospital service it was de clared that rabies frequently is con tracted from the bites of “skunks, wolves and other wild animals.” President Taft approved a change in the navy regulations, recommended by Secretary Meyer, by which mid shipmen are prohibited from marry ing until the completion of the prescribed six years' course of train ing. The twenty-sixth annual readjust men of postmasters' salaries was an nounced to become effective July 1. Personal. Vice Admiral Baron Uriu of Japan placed a wreath of red and white roses, colors of the land of the Mi kado, on the tomb of Washington at .Mt. Vernon, Friday, Former Gov. Folk of Missouri gave a lecture in Crete, Neb, Ambitious congressmen out for good committee places next fall are ; hanging close to the speaker. Senators Burkett and Brown took opposite sides on some tariff sched ules. James J. Hill appeared before the grand jury at Spokane to answer questions as to the correspondence between the Great Northern officials and former Judge M. J. Jordon, who is under indictment on the charge of embezzling large sums while counsel for the railroad. R. A. Jackson was elecied general counsel of the Rock Island lines. The position carries with it the title ol first vice president. Mrs. Geo. Shealt of Duluth, visiting near Seattle, Wash., lost $20,000 which she had hidden between sheets in her bed. SUPPOSED FOURTH MAN IN THE RAILROAD ROBBERY. ACCOMPANIED BY A WOMAN Her Name is Lillian Stephenson, Who Says She is Willing to Tell What She Knows. Omaha.—Heavily ironed and in the custody of Deputy United States Mar shals Tom Clarke and VV. H. Robin son. the fourth hold-up suspect, arrest ed at Denver, and Lillian Stephenson, who was arrested with him, arrived in Omaha from that city Sunday after noon. The man was taken at once to the federal building in the police auto, where he was delivered over by the Denver authorities to Marshall War • ner. From thence he was taken be fore Commissioner Anderson, who asked him his name. “Jack Shelton." he replied. The war rant read for “Jack Gordon.” Anderson asked him if he could furnish $25,000 bonds and the prisoner shook his head, whereupon the com roissioner gave him over to the custody of Marshal Warner and ordered that he be placed in the county jail. He said that no examination would be heard at that time, it being the Sab bath. but that the hearing would be at 10 o'clock. It will probably be post poned. however, as Shelton says he is not ready. The woman, who was not in irons, hut traveled rather more in the guise of an honored guest, was also brought before Anderson and held as a witness for the examination. She was placed in the mantron's department of the county jail and the matron instructed to give her the best of everything. Shelton was placed in a cell opening cff the jail office and far away from the other three suspects. He is a quiet young man, apparently between 23 to 27 years of age. He was not particularly well dressed, but is un questionably the man in the famous photo. Judging from his appearance the police and other officials are again inclined to doubt that he is Gordon's brother. The woman appears to be about 30 years of age and is fairly attractive and well dressed. She said that Lil liati Stephenson is her real name. '\“I used to know him out in Spo kane.” she said, speaking of Shelton, “and I met him again just a little while ago at Denver. He said he had been east, but didn't say what for and so I don’t know anything about it.” Shelton and the woman were both under heavy guards who were instruct ed that absolutely no one sliould speak to them. Those who were on the Union Pa cific train, which brought the suspect to Omaha, say that as they whirled past the very spot, where the famous hold-up occurred, Shelton peered out the window with great interest and smiled. The train was met at the station by Special Agent Canada of the Union Pacific, Marshall Warner, Captain Mostyn of the local police, several postal inspectors and a Pinkerton man. \'o one aside from these and the press had heard that the suspects were coming and they were hustled away before the gathering crowrd had time to realize what was transpiring. STORK GETS BUSY IN FRANCE. Vital Statistics for 1908 Show In crease in Birth Rate. Paris.—The vital statistics of France, which in 1907 showed an ex cess of 19.892 deaths over births for that year, a fact that led to the most pessimistic predictions for the future of the French race, have now been published for 1908. Their study brings to light more reassuring official figures and shows an excess of 46.441 births over deaths for that year. VIRUSES TO BE INVESTIGATED. Government Will Adopt Measures to Prevent Use of Impure Stuff. Washington.—Radical changes in old regulations regulating the sale of vi ruses, serums, toxins and analogous products Jfftve been made in the new set of regulations just promulgated by a government board of officers. The new regulations are the outgrowth of the recent outbreak of the foot and mouth disease in cattle, it having been discovered that in all probability the disease was caused by the impor tation from abroad of infected vaccine virus. c-uaany company pays Tax. Topeka.—That the Cudahy Packing coinpEHy has paid $82,000 to the gov ernment, this being the amount due under the indictments secured against the company for alleged violation of the internal revenue laws, was an nounced by United States District At torney H. J. Bone. Canada Taking Our Products. Washington.—Merchandise from the United States forms a steadily in creasing share of the imports of Canada, as shown by figures from Canadian official publications, just re ceived by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and La bor. Imports from the United States to Canada increased from 34.03 per cent of the total importations of Ca nada in 1S69 to 60.4 per cent in the fiscal year ending JIarch 31, 1909, while imports from Great Britain have decreased 23.69 per cent. I SETTING A NEW PACE. ' ' "1 i vtONKR ip mn Of THOSE. KIUM UNDER MT HW CRN 00 MWL ROCKEFELLER A 60LFER NOW GAME MORE INTERESTING THAN FINANCE HE SAYS. Declares He's Out of Stock Market— Glad There Is More Work for Unemployed. New York.—John D. Rockefeller, looking unusually fit and wearing a deep coat of tan and a flossy looking golf cap. returned Friday to New York from Hot Springs, Va., where he took Mrs. Rockefeller some time ago for her health. The oil k?hg was accompanied by his wife, his sister-in law and granddaughter. “I have had a splendid tirne.” said Mr. Rockefeller, “and we are greatly improved in health and spirits. I have golfed and golfed and golfed.” “What do you think of the financial situation and bull markets?” he was asked. “Do you know." replied‘the 70-jrear old billionaire, “that th«y have one of the best golf courses^n the world down there where we've been? It's a lot more interesting than finance and the stock market. You know I'm out of that sort of thing. I'm a golfer now. Ask me something about golf. I'm way up in the game. See what a tan I've got? “But I am really glad to get back. I've been away five months, and it seems good to see New York again.” Mr. Rockefeller said the death of H. H. Rogers had been a great blow to him. “It was sad, very sad,” he said. He was curious to know if there was more work for the unemployed than there had been. When told that there was apparently more work than formerly, he said: “That’s fine. I'm awfully glad to hear it." STREAM POLLUTION PERILS Epidemic Caused and Waters Made Unfit for Use, Declares Report of Committee. Washington.—The committee on the ‘ Pollution of Streams." appointed last year, of which Alec H. Seymour, sec retary of the New York state depart ment of health is chairman, Friday presented Its report to the meeting of the state and provincial boards of health of North America. The other members of the committee are Dr. Charles O. Probst, secretary of the Ohio state board of health, and Dr. H. D. Holton, secretary of the Ver mont state board of health. Studies of conditions all over the United States and reports of state health departments show that there have been many epidemics of typhoid fever directly due to this practice; that in many case public nuisances have been caused, and that many of the waters of the various states are rendered unfit for domestic and manu facturing purposes. Fish life has been destroyed and the waters ruined for boating, bathing and fishing and ren dered objectionable and obnoxious in other ways. The report shows that during the past few years many laws have been passed dealing with this subject, but that the legislative activity has not kept pace with the needs. San Francisco Gets French Medal. San Francisco.—The marvelous re construction of this city since the earthquake and fire of 190G was grace fully recognized by France Saturday, when Ambassador Jusserand. on be half of his government, presented to San Francisco a handsome gold medal In commemoration of its achievement. Arrest Five as Counterfeiters. Newark. N. J.—Four men and a woman, all Italians, were arrested in this city on suspicion of -being coun terfeiters or being concerned in pass ing counterfeit money. The police lound a number of two-dollars bills in a trunk in the house. Peruvian Cabinet Resigns. Lima, Peru.—The Peruvian cabinet has tendered its resignation. It has been proved that the revolutionary outbreak was engineered entirely by the followers of the Pierola brothers. CRIME FIGHTERS IN SESSION. National Conference on Criminal Law and Criminology Draws Many Experts to Chicago. Chicago.—Leaders in the war on crime from all parts of the country have been attracted to this city by the national conference on criminal law and criminology which opened Friday in the Northwestern Univer sity School of Law. The meeting is in a way a celebration of the school's fiftieth anniversary, and scores of lawyers, penologists, prosecuting offi cers, physicians, wardens, and others were invited to take part in the dis cussions. There will be no set speeches. The wide range of the conference is shown by the topics that are being discussed. Some of them are: The unnecessary multiplication of criminal laws as a cause of disrespect of, and disregard for, the law. Needed reforms in the use of medi cal expert testimony, and the feasibil ity of establishing state commissions of specialists for expert testimony. The problem of the Jury system. The problem of the simplification of judicial procedure by eliminating cer tain of the cumbersome and anti quated forms of the common law. Limitations and restrictions on the right of appeal. To what extent should reversals for errors be permitted? Measures for the supervision of suspects, especially in such matters as the “Black Hand" crimes. Is irresponsibility co-extensive with insanity? The mixed high school as a factor in adolescent criminality. Whether all technicalities in plead ing and practice which do not afreet the substantial rights of the accused should be disregarded. GIRL’S SLAYER TO HANG Jury Convicts Negro Who Killed Ot tumwa Choir Singer and Barely Escaped Lynching. Centerville, la.—Quickly following the jury's verdict of guilty in the case of John Junkin, a negro who mur dered Miss Clara Rosen, a choir singer of Ottumwa, Judge M. A. Roberts sen tenced the prisoner to be hanged. The jury returned its verdict after a deliberation of less than four hours. There was an immense crowd await ing the result of the trial and as the last words were read by the clerk a shout went up which was taken up by the crowd in the courthouse square. Attorneys for the defense waived their customary right of three days be fore sentence of death is passed and agreed that Judge Roberts pass sen tence immediately, which the cohrt did. Junkin will hang the last Fri day in July, 1910. He was taken to Fort Madison for safe keeping till the day of his execution. Adj. Gen. Guy Logan of Des Moines was in the court room when the sen tence was pronounced. He stated that there would be no need of militia to guard the prisoner as the verdict met with popular favor. Junkin’s crime was one of the most atrocious in Iowa. He confessed kill ing Clara Rosen with a stone while she was returning from the home of her sister. Later he dragged the girl into an excavation and assaulted her. Her dead body was found by a search ing party the next morning. Russian Prince Is Murdered. Tiflis. — Prince Eristoff. a prom inent member of the Union of Unions, has been murdered by un known persons on his estate at Klonieff. Japan Tries War Airships. Victoria, B. C.—That secret trials of airships and aeroplanes in northern Japan have demonstrated that gun3 and heavy loads can be carried is a story brought by the steamer Mont eagle Thursday. Thaw’s Niece Is Married. Rome.—The marriage of Miss Beat- j rice Thaw, daughter of Alexander 1 Blair Thaw of Pittsburg and niece > of Harry K. Thaw-, to Don Francesco ! Theodoli of Italy, took place at the ; Thaw residence Thursday. THAW LOSES APPEAL MUST REMAIN IN MATTEAWAN ASYLUM. DECLARES COURT. PATRICK LIKEWISE FAILS Slayers of Stanford White and Wil liam Marsh Rice Legally in Cus tody, Says Supreme Tribunal of New York. New York.—Harry K. Thaw, fight-' ing incarceration at Matteawan Asy lum for the Criminal Insane, and Al bert T. Patrick, serving a life im prisonment at Sing Sing, both lost their appeals by adverse decisions of the appellate division of the supremo court Friday. The appellate division held that Thaw accepted the alternative of con finement as insane when he pleaded insanity as a defense to the crime of slaying Stanford White. Patrick, the court held, was legally in custody, as there was no doubt of the power of the governor to commute his sentence of death. Doth defend ants sued out writs of habeas corpus and the proceedings were upon ap peals against decisions dismissing the writs. Opinion in Patrick Case. The Patrick opinion, which was writ ten by Justice Jenks, and concurred in by the other members of the court, was in part: "The judgment, as commuted, was attacked. J have no doubt that the Harry Kendall Thaw, governor has the power of commuta tion in this case. I find no force to the contention that there cannot be a commutation of the punishment of death to that of life imprisonment be cause commutation implies a less pun ishment, and life imprisonment is a greater punishment than death. The degree of punishment is not deter mined by the individual preference of the convict. “The relator argued that he had never accepted the commutation, but he states in his printed points that commutation does not require his ac ceptance. Such. I think, is the law. In this the commutation differs from pardon, either absolute or conditional. Case to Be Carried Up. “The whole proposition in effect is that the governor's act, ineffective to change the punishment, nevertheless remitted it. It is hard to see why the exercise of that power that cannot change a punishment in effect remits or abolishes it.” After the decision was rendered William L. McDonald, Patrick’s coun sel. said: “We shall promptly take all the legal steps to bring Patrick's case into tho higher courts. We have not an appeal by right from the appellate di vision, but that court can grant us an appeal if so disposed. If this is not done we shall get a writ of error and carry the case to the United States supreme court.” BANK LOOT IS $137,000. Lewiston, Idaho, Insitution Is System atically Robbed for Five Years— Defalcation Made Good. Lewiston, Idaho.—That the Lewis ton National bank has been robbed of 1137,000 is the startling statement made by National Bank Examiner Claude Gatch, who has just completed an investigation. Beyond the fact that the stockhold ers have made the alleged shortage good, Mr. Gatch declines to discuss the situation. The embezzlement has, it is stated, extended over a period of the last five years, and it was made possible, it is understood, by manipu lation of the adding machine used in computing the daily balances. Immediately after the condition be came known to the bank officials, a meeting of the stockholders was called and the entire defalcation made good by them. Engineer and Fireman Killed. Saginaw, Mich.—Engineer John Smith and Fireman Reynolds were killed when a Pere Marquette railway engine ran into a washout and tipped over burying them underneath. The accident happened two miles west of Freeland. Two Killed in Mine Riot. Beliaire, O.—During a small riot at Fort Pitt Coal Company’s plaDt at Dillies mine, Lucergo Talliti shot and instantly killed Mike Baggo and Andy Petro. WOMAN OVES HAIR; LOSES II NOW WANTS $20,000 DAMAGE® FOR HER MISSING TRESSES. Milwaukee Judge Considers Loss of Locks Sufficient Ground for Suit and Overrules Demurrer. Milwaukee.—Hear ye women of America! You have a right to go into court and sue for damages if you buy a cosmetic or hair dye and it spoils your beauty. Judge Quarles of this city has said so in refusing to throw out a $20,000 suit filed by a. woman who lost her tresses. A woman has a pertectly good) cause for complaint in an action for damages if she loses her hair by rea son of the application of chemicals, particularly so if the solution is ad-* vertised as being a hair restorer. Judge Quarles on Friday overruled the demurrer «if a company of Fond du Lac to the complaint of Mrs. M. Lr» Bowman to the effect that her com plaiut does not state a sufficient cause of action. He gave the defend ants time to file their answer. Mrs. Bowman, a traveling woman!, sued the drug company and a St. I-on is manufacturer of hair dye for $20,000 damages for the loss of her, hair. She alleges its loss was caused by the application of hair stain pur chased of the drug company and man ufactured by the St. Louis company! The defendants demurred on th& ground that the complaint failed to* state a sufficient cause of action. ‘•Her hair is woman's chief beauty," said the attorney for Mrs. Bowman,! while arguing the case. "To para phrase a well-known Quotation, ‘H« who steals her pocketbook steals! trash—usually—but he who filches her. hair takes that which cannot enricW him and leaves her poor indeed.' Ai woman's ,hair Is one of her chief as sets. That has come to be so well ac* knowledged that women nowadays! are not content with nature's gifts, but purchase large quantities of bogus! capillary vegetation in order to in* crease their assets." BREWERS AGAINST DIVES National Association Members Speak, for War on the Low Class Saloons. Atlantic City, N. J.—Proper regula-’ tions of the liquor traffic and a strict' enforcement of the laws governing, saloons were strongly recommended' by speakers at the final session of the annual convention of the United' States Brewers’ association Thurs * day. Percy Andreas of the Ohio State Brewers’ association, said the low. dives were largely responsible for the! agitation against the liquor business! and he urged the members of the a*-» sociation to pledge themselves to as* sist the authorities in wiping themi out. William C. Manchester of the> Michigan State Brewers’ association, took the same stand. The new president of the associa^ tion, Carl J. Hoster of Columbus. 0..> pledged himself to devote his efforts as the head of the organization toi obtaining the proper regulation of saloons the enforcement of the law* and a separation of the liquor bugl nes3 from vices which have crept inta TRAIN BANDITS ARE HELD. Omaha Prisoner* Are Bound Over tv Grand Jury Under Bonds of $25,000. l Omaha, Neb.—G. W. Woods. Fre<t Torgensen and James Gordon were, bound over to the next grand jury and held under $25,000 bond each to an swer the charge of holding up and! robbing the Overland limited maik car on the Union Pacific railroad on, the night of May 22, by Judge W. H. Monger in the United States district court. Twenty-two witnesses were called! to identify the prisoners and all wer» more or less sure that the men In the> prisoners' dock were Identical with, those who committed the robbery. Sir small boys, running from eight to eleven years were Interesting wit nesses and each told of seeing one or more of the men in the vicinity oC Brown park before and after the rob bery occurred. They found the re volvers and other paraphernalia whlcht led to the arrests of three men charged with the robbery. Party Leaders to Testify. Indianapolis, Ind.—At the request) of the United State's Attorneys! Stuart McNamara of the department Of justice at Washington, and Charles W. Miller of this district. Judge An derson continued the Indianapolis News libel case until October 11. This action was taken to permit! the prosecution to introduce as wit nesses Frank H. Hitchcock, former chairman of the Republican national committee; Norman E. Mack, chair man of the Democratic national com mittee; George B. Cortelyou, certain, members of the office staff of J. Pier pont Morgan & Co., and certain offl-i cials of various departments of th» government at Washington. Court Removes a Commissioner. Helena. Mont.—In the federal court! •Judge Hunt summarily removed from office James S. Goodwin, United States commissioner at Custer, Yellowstone, county. Goodwin is now under ar-» rest on charge of horse stealing. Missing Engineer Is Located. Seattle. Wash.—A mining engineer, of Detroit, who disappeared from, that city April 27, and for whom, relatives are searching anxiously, is. living here in an apartment house at. 408 Terry avenue, north.