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Loup City Northwestern VOLUME XXVII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , DECEMBER 23. ltHKt NUMBER 7 NEWS OF IKE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS National. Political, Personal and Other Matters in Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. Foreign. The pope appointed Rev. James O'Reilly, new rector of St. Anthony of Padua, Minneapolis, Minn., to the bishopric of Fargo, X. D., and Rev. F. M. Failon of the provincial oblates of Ruffalo, N. V.. to the bishopric of Ixindon, Canada. An official telegram from lluenos Ayres states that the authorities hav ing the 1910 exposition in charge have set apart a special building for Ameri can railway exhibitors. At st. Petersburg, the publisher of Tolstoi’s book. “The Kingdom of God Within Us,“ was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment in a fortress. W. G. Spilter, an American, pro prietor of the Astor house at (Colon and alleged owner of the Cuban steam er Otori, was expelled from Panama territory. He was put aboard the Royal Maii steamer, Magdalena, bound for Jamaica and New York, by a de cree of President Obaldia. He is charged with enticing employes on the Panama canal to leave their work. Chan Yin t'ang, successor to Wu Tung Fang as minister to China from the United States, accompanied by his family and a party of forty secre taries and Chinese students arrived in San Francisco on the liner Mon golia. A severe earthquake, occurred in Guam, causing considerable damage, according . a cablegram received at the navy department. The women's and children's hospital was wrecked. There were no casualties. (evidence is multiplying that Zelaya intends to retire from the presidency of Nicaragua. Reports to that effect are general throughout that country and the American consular officers seem to gh e credence to them. General. St. Paul uas begun a fight tor lower telephone rates. ( The interstate commerce commis sion ordered a reduction in charges of the Omaha, & Council Bluffs rail road. Bed Cloud. Sioux Indian warrior, who died on the Pine Ridge agency, will be buried according to the ritual of the paleface and not above ground as he requested. Senator Burkett of Nebraska and Representative Hull of Iowa are in a contest for next fall's military tourna ment. Hight persons were fatally injured and a number of others less serious ly hurt In the wreck on the Southern railway near Greensboro. The Rev. Datid C. Hughes, father of Governor Hughes of New York, died at the executive mansion, fol lowing a recent stroke of apoplexy. Testimony of the Brokaw divorce went to show that the plaintiff made the money of the millionaire fly. Reports from the east say Mr. Wil lard has been offered the presidency of the B. & O. railroad. Senators Burkett and Brown may split on the selection of a new district attorney for Nebraska. President Taft has promised to speak at the next meeting of the farmers’ national congress, which meets in Lincoln October 5 to 11, 1910. lieslie M. Shaw declared tnere is no doubt in the minds of those who have studied the proposed central bank that such an institution would be owned, or at least controlled, by the Standard Oil company. The state occupation tax upon cor porations was upheld by the supreme court of Nebraska. President Taft said at Hartford. Conn., that the time might come when a civil pension list will become a ne cessity. George A. Puckett, five years edi tor of the Roswell (N. M.) Dally Rec ord. died from tuberculosis. Many million acres of coal land will be opened to use for agricultural pur jioses if congress should pass a bill introduced by Representative Mondell of Wyoming. Mrs. Frank Hicks and four of her children were burned to death when a crude oil stove exploded setting fire to their house at Wayne. Kansas. Another failed hank in Oklahoma Is giving state officials much concern. Nebraska hogs topped the market at Denver, bringing JS.47V2. Imports of hides and skins for the calendar year will aggregate nearly a hundred million dollars. Oeneral Leonard Wood, now in com mand of the department of the East, will be the next chief of staff of the army. Iowa has a candidate for the United States supreme court when there is another vacancy. He is Judge Horace E. Deemer, of the supreme court of that state. J. P. Morgan. Jr., came back to the Vnited States from England. He de nied the report, that he would take charge of his father's great interests. Tli j 5-cent fare proposition on Oma ha street railway has gone glimmer ing. Congress, before adjournment for the holidays, is doing some work at night sessions. The proposed plan to abolish the Isthmian canal cpmission met with vigorous opposition. News of the resignation of Zelayn was received with seeming satisfac tion at Washington. The only orders issued by the Navy department to the "Nebraska are for it to rejoin the battleship fleet. That is the statement made by officials . Notwithstanding his unpopularity, there seems to be much mourning over the death of the king. Zelaya is said to be untruthful as well as inhuman. After ten rounds of furious fighting "Cyclone Johnny" Thompson of Syca more. 111., was awarded the decision over "Fighting Dick" Hyland of San Francisco, before the Empire Ath letic club in Kansas City. Henry W. Blodgett. United States attorney for the eastern district of Missouri, has resigned. Four persons were killed and a number of others injured when a Cen tral of Georgia passenger train col lided with a passenger train on the Macon & Birmingham road. Four hundred and forty thousand of the Red Cross stamps, the profits of which are to be used for the war on tuberculosis, have been placed on sale in Nebraska. At the request of Representative McGuire, Secretary Wilson ordered that the government good roads ex hibit which was sent to the Topeka convention be transferred to Lincoln for the state convention which will be held in that city during the week of January 17. A number of members of the Ne braska and Iowa delegations take ad , vantage of the recess of congress to j go home for the holidays. Alaska's delegate to congress. Jas. Wickersham. said that upon his ar rival in Washington early in January, he would introduce a bill providing for the establishment of a territorial government for Alaska. The Towle Syrup company's plant at St. Paul, Minn., was almost totally destroyed by fire. The loss is $l.fl0.00f>. The house passed the Esch bill, re quiring railroads to make full monthly reports to the interstate commerce commission of all accidents. After perfunctory sessions of boih houses the Illinois general assembly adojurned until Tuesday, January 4. and the prospective battle over deep waterway, primary and other legis lation advocated by Governor Deneen goes over until the new year. Some choice heavies sold at To ledo. Ohio, at $S.70, the highest price reached in the local hog market since 189.'!. The market advanced a strong ten cents, the top price of the bulk of sales being $S.60. The president gave the first of his formal white house dinners. Washington. News of the resignation of Presi dent Zelaya at Nicaragua was re ceived with evident satisfaction at the state department and elsewhere bnt not one sypllable of comment could be elicited from any responsible officer of tlip administration. Severely attacking Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger, the Gug genheim interests, and the administra tion of the land office in general. Rep resentative Hitchcock of Nebraska urged upon the house the necessity of appointing a speciai pommittee to in vestigate “tlie notorious land frauds of recent years." By a joint resolution offersd in con gress a commission of seven persons to investigate the prospects for a semi-centennial celebration of the emancipation proclamation in 1913. is provided. On the occasion of the 110th anni versary of the death of George Wash ington the Alexand ria-Washington lodge of Masons, in accordance with its annual custom, placed a memorial wreath on the tomb at Mount Vernon. Conservation of all the timber lands lying within the bounds of the Yose mite National park in California is urged by Major Forsythe, acting su perintendent of the park, in his an nual report to the secretary of the interior. “Hands off Hawaii in liquor mat ters" is substantially the protest re ceived by congress from the Hawaii an legislature. The secretary of Ha waii transmitted to the two houses of congress a resolution declaring that any legislation to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquor In that territory, as proposed in a pending bill, would brand Hawaii as incapable of self government. The estimates of expenditures of the war department for the coming year amount to $94,799,067, and were favorably acted on by the house com mittee on military affairs and the bill is ready to be reported to the horse. _ Personal. State Senator John Raines of New hork. author of the Raines law, died a few days ago. Horace H. l.urton has been appoint ed associate justice of the United States supreme court. Rev. J. Albert Hyden. whose father was with General Washington when General Cornwallis surrendered, died at his home in Ottawa, Kansas, aged 83 years. George Dudley, former commission er of pensions, died in Washington. Vigorous denunciation of President Zelaya was .made by Senator Rayner. President Zelaya is pictured as rul ing Nicaragua with an iron hand. President Taft made a speech be fore a bowery audience Jn «ew York. In a speech at London Premier As quith pledged local self-government to the Irish. Henry Augustus Willard, the last of the three well known Willard broth ers of Washington, D. C., died a few days ago. aged 87. President Zelaya says he is the vic tim of a big and strong nation. NOT MUCH DOING UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. ADJOURNMENT FOR A TIME Appointment of Lurton to Be Asso ciate Justice Occupying Atten tion of the Senate. Washington.—With probably fewer than a Quorum of members of either house in the city, all legislation in congress during the next two days will be by common consent. The house will undertake nothing more than the passage of some bills of minor importance and the comple tion of its work on the District of Columbia appropriation bill, which al ready has been under consideration for two or three days. It has been hoped that the army supply bill might be taken up and dis posed of before adjournment, but that program has been abandoned in the face of the departure of so many members. It is expected that very little time will be necessary for the disposal of the District bill, and with it out of the way the house, in the main, will simply "tread water" until the time for adjournment for the holi days. The senate will undertake very lit tle except the confirmation of Hon. •Horace H. burton to be' associate justice of the supreme court of the Cnited States. The nomination will be reported favorably to the senate on Monday and an effort will be made to have it acted upon. The present indications are that there will be no objection to such a course and that Mr. burton's confirmation will take place before the beginning of the holi days., thus enabling him to take his seat on the supreme bench Upon the j reconvening of that'body after the holidays. It is not expected that a quorum will be present either Monday or Tuesday, and if such should prove to be the case a call for an aye and no vote would have the effect of postpon ing action until January. No one seems twilling to accept this responsi bility, and Senator Bacon of the judi ciary committee, who has charge of the nomination, is hopeful that the expediency of 3uch a call will not be resorted to. Undoubtedly there are a number of senators who consider Mr. burton’s age to be against him. but their ob jection does not go to the extent of pronounced opposition. Some investigation is being made of Judge burton's decisions as a circuit judge, with a view to determining tlie foundation of the charge that they are in the interest of corporations, and a statement covering this phase of the question probably will be presented to the senate when the subject is tak en up for consideration. In the main, the disposition is to al low the president to have his way in the selection of a successor to Justice Beckham, but many of the senators are disposed to make a record regard ing Mr. burton's shortcomings, if be has any. If it were a question of success or defeat. Mr. burton would have many champions and there is no doubt that he would be confirmed on a vote. The only question involved at this time is the advisability of delay. He would be confirmed soon after the holidays, even though the question should be deferred so long. Both houses will adjourn on Tues day for two weeks, the day for the re convening being fixed for Tuesday, January 4. Green B. Baum Is Dead. Chicago.—Gen. Green Berry Baum, former commissioner of pensions, died at his home here after an illness of several weeks. He was 80 years old. To Enforce Food Law. Washington.—A comprehensive en largement of the activities of the De partment of Agriculture in the admin istration of the pure food act is con templated. Their object is to inaugu rate for ports where the department has no chemical laboratory, a system atic inspection of foods, as in done at the ports where such facilities exist. For this purpose there has been estab lished a complete chain of laboratory districts, with headquarters, to which will be sent samples of imported goods when necessary. Oklahoma Bank Law Attacked.* Oklahoma City.—Restraining orders against State Bank Commissioner Young were asked in a suit argued in the district court. The United States Fidelity and Guaranty company and the Southern Surety company, sure ties for the State School Land com mission in the protection of funds de posited with the Columbia Bank and Trust company, asked the court to pre vent the bank commissioner from mak ing the state guaranty fund and slate banks preferred creditors in closing up the bank's affairs. Cardinal Satolli Fatally III. Rome.—Cardinal Satolli has suffe red a severe relapse from nephritis. Ex treme weakness has been marked and he is often delirious. The doctors L'ea.r a fatal issue. Rumor of Menelik’s Death. Rome.—A rumor was circulated here that King Menelik of Abyssinia, was dead, but there is no confirmation of this. The latest dispatches from Ab yssinia. which are dated December 12, merely announce the illness of the king, but give no details. WOULD’T IT BE MEAN? woulont it be meam-ip JwmusT should pin d HtHBV CLAY JHITH -SUfTCEKMO WITH Twt HCOK WOBM - A*D3HOUUD CURE HHi or 1HL POEASE -SOME OtCAWg | VERY VtCOROUS A"° HOOK WORK CORE WWHT SMOTE /WRU3T. WDULDKT ft Bl MEAN 3 WILL FIGHT THE STEEL TRUST ORGANIZED LABOR PREPARES TO OPPOSE ‘ OPEN SHOP.” Copy of Grievances Is Sent to Presi dent Taft and Governor of States. Pittsburg, Pa.—At tlio close of a momentous two-days' conference here Tuesday, war was formally declared upon the United States Steel cor poration by the leaders of organized labor throughout the United States and Canada. The decision to battle long and hard against the stand taken by the steel corporation in its policy of “open shop" was reached by the labor con ferees only aftej- hours of debate and a deal of IToubri?. In a resolution adopted by the na tional labor leaders, organized labor throughout the country is called on to thoroughly and completely organize all employes in the iron, steel and tin plate industry, ordering an assess ment of ten cents per member, rec ommending appointment of commit tees to see the president, congress and the governors for the purpose of lay ing before them the “grievances from which labor suffers at the hands of the steel corporation.” At the conference, which passed the remarkable battle decree, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, presided, and through him the measure was put upon the record books of the execu tive council of the federation. The grievances of organized labor against the steel corporation, as set forth in the resolution, have been for warded to President Taft and the Uni ted States senate and house of repre sentatives. The governors of the states in which the United States Steel corporation owns plants or has interests will also receive a copy of the resolution. The resolution deals principally with the low wages paid the men In the employ of the steel corporation, the hours of work and the general condition of oppression under which the corporation is alleged to hold its employes. Thorough organization of all em ployes in the iron, steel and tin plate Industry and co-related trades la urged and a call for organizers to assist in the work is made. JOHN W. GATES IN NEW ROLE Appears Before Methodist Conference and Warns Delegates Against Speculative and Other Gambling. Galveston. Tex.—John W. Gates, the once prominent Wall street figure, appeared in a new light at the Gulf District Methodist Episcopal con ference in session at Port Arthur, when he addressed the gathering of church men and laymen, warning them against speculation and all other forms of gambling. He pictured the life of a man who gambled, and speculated, and turned fortunes in a few hours. Jumping from pauper to millionaire, and then to pauper, as compared with the tiller of the soil, and the mechanic and the merchant, who earns his money by labor and by shrewd business meth ods, invest well his savings. Woman In Quantrel! Raid Dies. Emporia, Kan.—Mrs. Sallie McKin ney, who. tradition says, led Quan trell and his band into Lawrence on the memorable occasion of the sacking of that town on August 31, 1863, died here after a long Illness. Prison for All Who Aid Strike. Sydney, N. S. W.—Business has been so demoralized by the miners’ strike that the legislature took the drastic step of passing a bill render ing both strike leaders and employes who instigate or aid a strike or lock out liable to imprisonment for a year. New Japanese Envoy Arrives. San Francisco. — Baron Yasupa Uch.'ia, new Japanese ambassador to the United States, arrived here Fri iuy on the liner Tenyo Maru. COOK COMMITTEE IS AT WORK Members Are Fully Acquainted with Explorer’s Records—Loose-Dunkle Affidavits Create Excitement. Copenhagen.—The meetings of the Cook committee at the observatory are rigorously guarded. The committee is now fully acquaint ed with tile explorer's records and it is said that they contain nothing Dr. Cook could not have compiled alter his return, during his five months' stay in Greenland or aboard the Hans Egede, where there was an abundance of voluntary assistance by a scientist versed in exploration, a knowledge of instnmienis and also of the use of a typewriter. The Loose-Dunkle affidavits have ar rived and are creating much excite ment. Private advices from Christiania state that Nansen, who has' hitherto declined to give an opinion, disbe lieves Dr. Cook’s claims. New York.—Capt. B. S. Osbon of this city, secretary of the Arctic club, has written Capt. Joseph E. Bernier in Ottawa. Ont., and others that Capt. August W. Loose’s story of his dealings with Dr. Cook, as pub lished in a New York newspaper, was concocted for sale without regard to the truth. “In the presence of witnesses.” said Capt. Osbon, “I heard Loose say: “ ‘I was out for the money and I didn’t care how I got it.’ ” Capt. Osbon does not believe that Loose’s narrative as supported by his .affidavits, was a part of any plot to discredit Dr. Cook. "The idea originated with Loose and Dunkle,” says Capt. Osbon. “They had for sale matter in this contro versy so explosive that nobody dared handle it. When they found that out, they cast about for something else. Dunkle was the promoter. Loose the workman. Also, Dunkle got most of the money. That’s what Loose says, and now he is casting around to see where lie stands. He’s got a corn science and it smarts.” SUGAR CO. PAYS $695,573 Arbuckle Bros. Reimburse United States For Money Due as Cue toms Duties on Imports. New York.—Arbuckle Bros., gener ally credited with being the largest independent rirals ot the American Sugar Refining Company, have ac knowledged that from 1898 to 1907 they, too, failed to pay the govern ment all the money due as customs charges on imported sugar. In settlement of all civil claims against them, the Arbuckles hare of fered and the treasury department, with the concurrence of the attorney general, has accepted payment of $695,573. But criminal prosecution of those responsible will in no wise be hampered or conditioned by this ac ceptance. Johnny Thompson Gets Decision. Kansas City, Mo. — The cham pionship aspirations of “Fighting Dick” Hyland were rudely shattered last night when, after ten rounds of fast milling, Johnny Thompson was awarded the decision over the CSalifor nian. The bout was a whirlwind affair, both boys being of the aggressive kind. Thompson twice sent Hyland to the ,.oor. —L Gen. W. W. Dudley Dead. Washington.—Gen. W. W. Dudley of Indiana, formerly commissioner of pensions, died Wednesday of Bright's disease. To Take Over Potash Mines. Berlin.—The government of Prussia, which owns three potash mines, has presented to the federal council a bill extending imperial control over the potash production of the country. Many of the existing potash contracts are with American firms. Blow Up Bank; Steal $Z,000. Lawton, Okla.—Five robbers entered the Citizens’ State bank at Geronimo, a small town near here Friday, dyna mited the safe and escaped with >2,000 in cash. ZELAYA TENDERS HIS RESIGNA. TION TO NICARAGUAN NA TIONAL CONGRESS. LOOKED UPON AS FORMALITY Ruler's Action Is Acclaimed by People with Shouts for United States and Estrada—Sends Message to Assembly. Managua, Nicaragua. — President Zelaya has resigned. He sent bis resignation as chief executive to the national congress of the Nicaraguan republic on Thursday. Five deputies were appointed im mediately upon the receipt of the resignation to draft a bill looking to its acceptance, which is now consid ered a mere formality. Accompanying his resignation Ze laya sent the following message to congress: “The painful circumstances into which the country is plunged call for j acts of abnegation and patriotism on the part of good citizens, who are the witnesses of the oppression of the republic by the heavy hand of fate. The country is staggering under a shameless revolution which threatens the nation's sovereignty and a foreign nation, unjustly intervenes in our af fairs, publicly providing the rebels with arms, which has only resulted in their being defeated everywhere through the heroism of our troops. “To avoid further bloodshed and for the reason that the revolutionists have declared that they would put down their arms when I surrendered the ex ecutive power, I hereby place in the hands of the national assembly the abandonment of the remainder of my term of office, which is to be filled by a substitute of their choosing, with the hope that, this will result in good to Nicaragua, the re-establishment of peace and particularly the suspension of the hostility of the United States, to which I do not wish to give a pre text for intervention." News of the president's action spread throughout the city, and soon great crowds moved through the streets, shouting for the United States, Estrada and the revolution. Appareixtly theye was no other course for Zelaya to take. The'-p^ople were aroused. The guns of the revolu tionists threatened. The warships of the United States lay in Nicaraguan ports. v Managua has been seething for days. The spirit of revolt has spread even to the gates of the palace. Zelaya sur rounded himself with an armed guard. Unchecked, the people have marched through the streets, crying for the eud of the old, proclaiming the new regime. Who will take up the reins no one knows nor cares. There is no doubt that congress will act quickly. Df. Jose Madriz, judge of the Central American court of justice at Cartago, who has been close to Zelaya and is now his ohoice for president, is on his way here. Madriz has his following strong and influential, even among the revolution ists, but Gen. Estrada, under whose command the great body of fighting insurgents now face Vasquez's troops at Rama, will have none of him. Estrada's word will bear weight in the choice of president. Zelaya has known, too, that Madriz is not acceptable to the United States, and he has sought to learn who would be looked upon with favor by that government as his successor, but the American government, so far as can be learned, has named no man and the choice probably will lie with those who have gained the upper hand. RUSH MARINES-TO COR INTO U. S. S. Buffalo with 700 Men Aboard Gets “Hurry-Up" Sailing Orders— American Citizens Alarmed. Washington.—The United States ship Buffalo, now at Panama with 70C marines on board, was Friday ordered to sail at once for Corinto. This action was taken as the result of a telegram received from the United States consulate at Managua, in which it was stated that inasmuch as Ze laya, in his message resigning the presidency, had made unpleasant ref erence to Americans, and owing tc a report which was current in that city to the effect that civilian adher ents of Zelaya had been armed with daggers, the citizens of the United States had appealed to the consulate for protection. Another telegram from the Ameri can consulate at Managua states that it Is currently rumored there that when Madriz arrives in Managua Ze laya will formally surrender his office to the national assembly, and that that body has already received instructions from Zelaya to cast its vote for Irias as president of Nicaragua. The conclusion of the United States officers at Managua is that by the selection of Irias, Zelaya would stil! retain his hold on power and continue to dominate the situation. Children Burn In Locked House. Winnipeg, Man.—Two daughters, aged two and five years respectively, of Sydney Masters of Fort Rouge were burned to death Friday in a fire which destroyed the Masters’ home Mrs. Masters locked the children in the home while she was away. Henry Vy. Blodgett Resigns. Washington.—Henry W. Blodgett United States attorney for the eastern district of Missouri with headquarters at St Louis, has resigned and the resignation has been accepted. KING LEOPOLD PUSSES AWAY AGED MONARCH UNABLE TO LONGER STAND STRAIN. After Restful Day. Alarming Symp* toms Appeared. Physicians Unable to Prolong His Life. Brussels.—King Leopold of Belgium died at 2::!i> o'clock Friday morntng,' his aged and wasted body being un able to stand the strain put upon It. The collapse occurred suddenly and at a moment when the doctors seem ingly had had the greatest hopes fot his recovery. Apparently the drainage of tho wound was perfect, as no fever was present and during the day the king had been able to take nourishment. The public at large was satisfied that the king was on the road to re covery, but within the pavilion, where the king lay, there was a feeling at anxiety, chiefly because of Leopold's great age. After a restful day the patient was able to sleep for a brief period early in the evening and the night passed quietly. But towards two o’clock alarming symptoms appeared. Suddenly the king turned and called to Dr. Tbiriar: “I am suffering.” Dr. Do Page was summoned and the two physicians did everything possi ble to prolong life, but without avail. The end came quickly and. after a spell of weakness, peacefully. Prince Albert arrived at the death bed about twenty-five minutes later. The young man who will ascend the Belgian throne, the pride of hia nation and one of the best educated ol royalty, a lover of outdoor sports anti fair play, wept as he stood beside the remains of the uncle whose death had made him king and across the watching city there swept the cry: ‘The king is dead; long live the king!” Leopold II., king of the Belgians, was born April 9, 1S35. His father was Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, an uncle of the late Queen Victoria. His mother was a daughter of Louis Phil ippe of France. Leopold's father was elected king of the Belgians in 1831 when they es caped from Hutch rule, and Leopold II. succeeded to the throne in 1865. At the age of IS he was married to Marie Henrietta, daughter of the Archduk** Joseph of Austria. On his majority he entered the Belgian senate. During the following five years he traveled in Spain, Morocco, Algiers, Egypt, Pales tine, India and China, earning the dls tinction of being the most traveled monarch in Europe when he became ruler of Belgium. Leopold often ei pressed a desire to visit the United States in later years, but the coming of old age, his cares and perhaps, to a certain extent, his pleasures pre vented. 12 DEAD; 25 HURT IN WRECK Broken Rail Derails Southern Railway Passenger Train—Cars Fall Down Thirty-Foot Embankment. Greensboro, N. C.—Local passenger train on the Southern railway, known as the Richmond and Atlanta train, was wrecked Wednesday at Reedy Fork trestle, ten miles north of here, and 12 dead bodies have been re moved from the wreckage. It Is re ported 14 are dead. Twenty-five in jured are at St. Leo's hospital. George .1. Gould, who with his son Jay, was in one of the Pullmans when the train jumped the track and who w'as reported dead, escaped uninjured. The derailment was caused by a broken rail about 200 feet from the trestle that spans the small stream. The engine and baggage, mall and express cars passed over in safety, while the day coaches and Pullmans were thrown from the trestle into the creek 30 feet below. DR. DOXEY HELD FOR MURDER Official* at St. Louis Cannot Explain Arrest — Wife la Charged with Poisoning William Erder. St. Louis. — Dr. L. B. Doxey. Co lumbus, Neb., husband of Mrs. Dor* E. Doxey, was lodged in the police hold here over night. Opposite hta name on the record is, “Charged with first degree murder.” The arrest of Dr. Doxey was sur rounded with mystery. No indictment has been returned by the grand jury investigating the death of William J. Erder. The circuit attorney’s office said the police were not ordered t« make the arrest. Mrs. Doxey was brought here from Nebraska on information charging first degree murder. The coroner's jury returned a verdict holding that she poisoned Erder, whom she is charged with having married las; April. Dr. Frank W. Reilly Dead. Chicago.—Dr. Frank W. Reilly, for many years assistant health commis sioner of Chicago, union soldier, pio neer sanitarian and editor, died at his home after an illness of 15 months. Mexican Insults Old Glory. Monterey, Mex.—A drunken Mexi can has been placed in jail here for tearing down and spitting upon an American flag in token of his con tempt for the attitude of the United States in the'Nicaraguan affair. Sneezes Out Bullets. Wilkesbarre, Pa.—After carrying three bullets in his head for 47 years Francis Rogers of this city, a civil war veteran, ejected them from his nose during a fit of violent sneezing Thursday.