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% Loup City Northwestern VOl.L ME XXIX. LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1911. NUMBER 25~ EPITOME OF* WEEK'S MEWS ! Most Important Happen ings Toid m Bnef. Washington By a vote ef :4i to II the < anadlaa tj *greemen* »a> passed by ef represents' *es No Ms * -re s-icwed to the bill. »t«rt a as »err stm :.sr to "be one •ns*-d mo* khu exrep- that h car -x «n aoaed n<lec which auihor ii and mooes is hwiOrt- Taft to ofc'atx further reciprocal trade neia done nrjth I anada Tee of the op f w«#» were cos' by tbe Demo ns:* and be other T> by Krpulicua • • • rorsaa i'nute made by insurgent fcep-i Uai. senator* that they hr rec ’«tx as aa organisation distinct *'-•» the iieput lent mayor:::- in the sited Sta'es sens'* and that they be ©ten one-fourth of all the majority memae-ships of *he roaunV’.ee and ■tt'.r. of these assign mens were re je*-ted by a *ote of T to 4 at a meet id of the imi - mmm.i*tee on eon ■stbsss • • • Tbe majority repoet of tbe wayr and means • msi'.'s* an tbe or-railed farmer* free list bUl. submitted to the house by ' "halrman Vnderoood. shews that the ht!l would reduce the tariff brwenne t 1.41C Oi based on importations for the Inst fiscal year • • • Eejewoertattee Berger Socialist, of hTioroassn wan‘» -ongrews to haws power to ra s non ns-utional renew tmn lie introduced a resolution pro posing at amendment to tbe Const! to* son granting that authority and rfcaradrrlxed the lonsrltutlon as "aatleuated and obsolete " • • • Tormer speaker <"11x110* tn a speech m *bs bowse rigorously assailed tbs proposed f'snadisr reciproetty agree osaot sad declared It as dangerous to lartcst trade tsimlcnl to the best Inte-ewts of American farmers and -r-naln to rest.:* in depreciation of American fane lands • • • Ac-pae u tbe Tts-ed States senate tadiea*** that tbe direct Tote for sen s'ors b;3 is going to bar* a stormy Dm of :■ At effort eras made to re !<•* 'i * bouse measure to tbe Judiciary =omm.-ee *nd the plan failed, a: leas: temporarily • • • Dfjmestic ' 'Utu hiring imaH of sending C'l'.titf ieie»* through the malls. • a» Stl ti MM ts the T’nited Stale* fti••-:<“> -001 a* Chicago and takes to •fcf ;<nsce a' Lea tec worst. Eat to verve a five year sentence • • • G k. «at' h rase* sa-d *o be valued a- l; * were stole* from an ex p'evw * ag -n of tbe Pxmi*le» Trans f»r rjmpany at Chicago when tbe diver inf* tbe map on standinp In an alley No 'rat* of tbe perpetrators of 'be beid dayllpb' robbery ta* been found by tbe puttee • • • Tbe last aord 1* Insurance was sprung at 1 miias. Tex . when tbe Tern pe-tr- e hmnais earn pan y was or panuted Tbe company will insure In rbrtetna at id per cent leas than the •eguiar aober patrons • • • 'ixens of New Orleans friends of '^riau. G.bfaoa* bare take* step* to sonar tbe movement started in Balti more to raise a fund for the erection o' a Cardinal G.bboa* memorial bail m m m 'oom Claary. son of an Otiexo N T « aser-nant fell dewd on the brink of a new!*-dug grave in St Meter s cemetery He was talking wri tbe grave da»er who had Just finished bis aork. man bean diseaae ended bis life • • e That the agreement entered Into by 1C manufacturers of sanitary enameled ware, charged by tbe pov immeat with rtoiatiap tbe Sherman ant. trust an was ad vac tap eons to Jobber* sad "onsctoers was testified to hr prominent manufacturers from various parts of the country at tbe bathtub trust hearing. • • • TV Ohio Iwsnoerm'.r delegation in aim acanting tbe political to tbe east and to tbe west *o shack' coats and go to _1 I* earnest tor Gov Jodson Har me* their candidate tor tbe pret,Men tost MutoMs in 1*U • • • Will Potter, a negro was the cen tml figure in a tragedy at Livermore Ky, when iM men dragged bun upon tbe opers-tku.se stage and after hang teg him. riddled bis body with bullets Potter bad shot sad killed Frank Mitchell in a quarrel • a • fflcials of New Or guilty recently is lkrbcrx atufllnp' of violating the were sentenced ta e*H m m_... . . ..... The report that Booker T. Wash ington and a number of northern negroes would try to gain control of the International ft Great Northern railroad, was denied by Emmet J. Scott, private secretary to the negro educator. • • • Will Potter, a negro, was the cen tral figure In a bloody drama staged at Livermore. Ky, when 50 citizens drzkced him upon the opera house stage and after stringing him up rid dled his body with bullets. He shot and killed Frank Mitchell, twenty tao years old. white. In a quarrel • • • Mrs Matthew T Scott of Bloom ington. ni.. was reelected president general of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution at Washington. D. C, by a large majority over Mrs. William 3 Storey of New York. • • • That a check for $10,000 toward a jackpot” for the election of Senator Lorimer was contributed by C. F. Weihe of Virginia. Minn . a prominent lumberman, was the direct statement made before the Helm investigating ommtttee at Springfield. 111., by Wll .iam Bu-gess. an electrical contractor uf Duluth who said he had the story at first hand from Weihe. who is a brother-in-law of Edward Hines, the lumber man • • • New Jersey police are searching for lues to the principals in an Ontario ft W estern express car robbery which r-sul'ed in the loss of over $1,000 in and the disappearance of $5,000 worth of valuables at Weehawken • • • Personal Victor Morawetz of New York and Saiss Violet Westcott of Syracuse, a laughter of the late Edward Noyes Westcott. author of “David Hamm.” were married at Mayfair London. • • • The engagement is announced at Akron O.. of Mrs Burke Roche, iaugtrer of the late Frank Work, and 'ourth cousin of B G Work of Akron! o Rober* Seton Beres'ord brother of Lord Denies, who married Mist Vivien Gould • • • William A Day was elected presl er.r of the Equitable Life Assurance -*ety by the board of trustees at New York city • • • Edward A Moseley, secretary of •be in-“estate commerce commission and originator of much .labor legisla tor. died In W"ashingtoii' after a long -linewa He was sixty-five years old • • • Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, who was stricken with vertigo at the pen sion office and was taken to a hos pital. Las sufficiently recovered to re turn to his hotel in Washington. • • • Lir r G Abbott, director of as rrophj sical observation in the Smith sonian institution, was presented with the Draper medal in W’ashington for making the discovery that the sun is s variable body and that its heat and light vary. Setting forth her own experiences ;n the divorce court and creating a harac er like that of her former hus hand, it is said. Edna Goodrich, who until her recent divorce was the fourth Mrs Nat Goodwin, has written a book called "The Deynard Divorce.” • • • Former President Roosevelt re turned to New York from a seven weeks' tour of the west and middle west As he stepped from a train from Chicago he came Into contact with a crowd of outgoing Easter vis itors. many of whom greeted him with cheers. • • • F.»v Charles Taze Russell, known as "Pastor Russell" of the Brooklyn tabernacle, Brooklyn. N Y„ has ac cepted the pastorate of the London tabernacle. Paddington. • • • Sporting Parkey McFarland, the Chicago boxer, had the better of his ten-round bout with "Harlem" Tommy Murphy beiore the Fairmount Athletic club at New York city, it was a case of speed and cleverness against a man of the more rugged type and the former proved the superior in a short bout. • • » Foreign The Moroccan rebels have stormed F z and massacred the garrison, ae -uing to a message received at Madrid. Spain from Tetuen It is also stated that the sultan has fled to the French consulate for safety. • • • Mrs Maldwic Drummond returned to England on the Lusitania without having discovered any trace of the |1-c,tWO worth of Jewels lost on her recent trip to this country on the Amerika. • • • Many priceless works of art, in cluding paintings and gobelins, were destroyed when the city hall at naerbeck. a suburb of Brussels. Bel gium. was destroyed by fire. Two fire men were killed. • • • If Porfirio Diaz does not resign as president ofAfexico at once the In surrecto army surrounding Juarez. Mexico, will open fire on that city and the most destructive battle of the war will be on Announcement of the fact was made by Francisco I. Ma dero the rebel leader. • • a The owner of a large Munich beer house waa sentenced to six weeks in Jail and to pay a fine of |7S0 and five of his waiters to terms or from one to three weeks in Jail, for serving too much foam on beer. BURNS EASTER WIT SPARKS FROM LOCOMOTIVE SET IT AFIRE ON WEARER’S HEAD. j HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE i What la Going on Her* and Thar* i That ia of Intareat to the Road are Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Central City. — When Mrs. D. H. I Burke. living west of the city, was driving home from the city Saturday afternoon, 6he met with a peculiar mishap. She was wearing a fine new Easter bat, and the sparks from a passing locomotive lodged in the elaborate trimmings and set them on tire. Mrs Burke bad difficulty in remov ing the hat from her head, as it was stayed by several hat pins, and she was somewhat scorched in the opera tion. However, she succeeded in get ting it off and throwing it out of the buggy before it did any great damage. To Give Course of Lectures. Peru.—Prof. H. B. Duncanson of the state normal school has received an Invitation from the state of Washing ton to give a course of lectures at the marine biological station at Friday harbor. San Juan island, in that state. : He has accepted, and has been grant ed a leave of absence from the sum mer school for the purpose. Elk Creek Has Paper. Tecumsen.—Elk Creek, this county, ; Is to have a weekly newspaper. T. W. 1 L&lly is moving his plant from Ster ling. where there are two papers, to Elk Creek, and will publish the first number of "The Elk Creek Citizen" next week Tornado Destroys Live Stock. Stella.—A tornado Wednesday after noon formed at the farm of George : Helmy. almost demolishing the house, and the barn was destroyed. Many hogs were killed. The loss is $2,000. i No other serious damage from the : storm is reported. Telephone wires I are down south of town. Merrick county wants a new court house George W. Wheeler died suddenly a: Table Rock. Fire damaged C. O. Banion's cigar ■ factory at Chadron. Rev. J. B. Able of Hickman was In jured in an automobile smashup. The value of Nebraska lands has more than doubled the last ten years. Falls City seems to be growing so i rapidly people cannot get houses in which to live. Former Governor A C. Shailenber ger will deliver the commencement ad dress at Howells. May 23. M*s. Pospisil. living five miles east of Pierce, was burned to death Satur day evening at the home of her son. i Vaclas. Oxford held a meeting to discuss the agricultural college location, and con : siderable interest and enthusiasm was aroused. The York public schools recently gave a county fair for the benefit of the cadet encampment. The affair netted the boys $236. Mrs. John Smith, living west of Nor man. committed suicide by drowning herself in the water tank on the farm. She had been in bad health for some : time. Poisoned by eating a dish of greens fas; Tuesday. Mrs. M. W. Crosier, living four miles west of University i Place, is dead and her husband is in a serious condition. Werner Gerhard, a 15-year-old Lin coln boy, was accidentally shot Satur day morning, when a revolver in the Lands of a friend was discharged as be was examining it. The comptroller of-the treasury has ; granted e charter to the Farmers’ Na tional bank of Wakefield While hunting near Stanton. George A. Thoms, a telegraph operator, was accidentally shot in the left leg near j the knee. An $80,000 high school building is being erected at Nebraska City. Fire on the B. & M. right-of-way at ' Holdrege destroyed several ware houses. mostly belonging to brewery companies. It is expected that the hospital for indigent sufferers from tuberculosis, j for which an appropriation of $40,000 has been made, will be located at j North Platte. The Methodists of Sterling will ! erect a new church building to cost from $8,000 to $9,000 on the site of the ' old building, which was destroyed by ! fire last August. Tilden is making great headway In : the way of good roads. Farmers are ' rendering valuable assistance. , The board of county commissioners of Johnson county have named William Ernst and Albert Russell a committee to secure and prepare an exhibit from Johnson county for the state fair this fall. Shivering with fear under the hal lucination that some person was plot ting the death of her family. Mrs. David Davis of phiUipsburg. Iowa, was taken off a Rock IslSfcd train at the union station at Omaha Tuesday morn tag raving mad. At the Easter service at the Presby terian church at Lyons. Mrs. S&muei Shaw had a strobe of paralysis and had to be carried from the church to her borne in an automobile. Two hundred and forty-five wagon loads of tin cans, ashes and rubbish were removed by the street commis sioner's department in response to ‘ requests to help clean np Omaha. The National Nebraska Guard mili ’ tary board will meet in Lincoln April j 24 to decide on the date and place of the next annual encampment. The encampment will probably be held in August. Governor Aldrich has issued an Arbor day proclamation, designating April 22 as the day w hen trees are to ; be planted and the memory of J. Ster | ling Morton freshened in the minds of ! Nebraskans. While riding around the campus of ! the Wesleyan university on a motor ■ cycle with Harry Baker, a Havelock | boy, Irene Wilson, aged IS years, was seriously burned by ignited gasoline that leaked from the motorcycle tank. A remarkable record is being made by two Holstein cows in the Badger £ Pro6t dairy at Central City. One. a : registered 4-year-o!d. is producing 1 eight galions of milk daily, and anoth er, a 2-year-old. is producing twenly I two quarts. 1 William Fuller, a shopman employed . by the Lincoln Traction company, was ; crushed while repairing a journal, the heavy car breaking loose from the set brakes and descending on Fuller with its full weight. He died two hour* after the injury. L. E Wetling, a well known Lincoln man. was held up and relieved of some cash and a fine gold watch. The ban ; dits w ere chased by officers and an i exchange of shots took place, but they made their etcape. Roman Weidman. who resides south of Fremont in Saunders county, was ! found in an unconscious condition on his farm by a neighbor who noticed his prostrate body in the yard. Weid man had been chopping down trees | and a heavy maple tell upon him. He will recover. 9 James DelahcrCv Warden. James Delahunty.' tormerly deputy warden, has been commissioned war den of the penitentiary by Governot Aldrich. The appointment is to take effect immediately. Mr. Davis, who was warden several years ago. is to be deputy warden. An invoice of the property at the prison is now being taken and the property will be turned over to Mr. Delahunty when that work is completed. In the meantime Mr. j Delahunty is warden. Game Birds Confiscated. Chief Game Warden Miller has a big case on hand in a prosecution against the manager of the Millard hotel at i Omaha. The game warden confiscated 135 game birds in storage in the base ment of the hotel. If the fine required by law is imposed for each of the birds found in possession of the hotel i it w ill amount to $675. Secretary Mueller of the state board of agriculture has planned to build a dyke on the west side of the state fair grounds which it !s believed will stop any ordinary overflow of the little i creek bordering on the grounds. The embankment is to be one to eight feet high, eight feet across on top and I 1.200 feet long and will cost $2,000. The first state convention held in Nebraska by the Knights of the Mac cabees of the World will be held in i Lincoln Tuesday and Wednesday. April 25 and 26. From three to five i hundred people are expected to at tend from every section of the state. Governor Aldrich has issued a moth ers' day proclamation asking for the observance of May 14 and the wearing of a white flower as an outward indi cation of observance of the day. The governor has pardoned Dr. W H. Johnson of IJncoln. who is serving a term of two years in the penitentiary for a criminal operation. The state oil inspector's office, which was crowded into the governor's of fice during the session of the legisla | tnre. has been removed back to its old place, the private office used during the legislature by IJeutenant Governor Hopewell. Harry Thomas. Printing Commissioner Harry G. Thomas of Harvard, state printing expert, has been appointed commissioner of printing at a salary of $1,500, the governor having previ ously signed the Leidig printing bill. Thomas prints a newspaper at Har vard. It was proposed that the com missioner of printing should spend his entire time on the Job. but this phrase is not in the enrolled bill and the prac tice of allowing the commissioner tc spend half his time on the job will probably be continued. Chaplain Johnson Reappointed. Representative P. C. Johnson ol Johnson county, member of the legis lature. was reappointed to his formei position of chaplain of the peniten I tiary. The appointment has been an nounced by Governor Aldrich. Bucket Shops Close. Reports received indicate that about all bucket shops in the state have closed. The Lincoln Commission company quit business as soon as the new law waa signed by the governor : and the Omaha houses all closed. VETOED BT THEGOVERKOR GOVERNOR ALDRICH ATTACHES HIS VETO TO THESE BILLS PASSED BY THE LEGIS . LATURE. The following is a synopsis of the bills vetoed by Governor Aldrich, which had been passed by the recent session of the legislature. S. F. 36—Bartling—Permitting the playing of baseball or golf on Sunday. S. F. 91—Tanner—Provided that all proposed amendments to the constitu tion shall be published in two papers In each county at the price now paid for printing in one paper: also that the papers designated shall he of opposite political parties in each county. S. F. 167—Tanner—Extending terms of office of members of school board In South Omaha for one year. S. F. 316—Tanner—Providing for a commission form of government for all cities within the state of Nebraska, having more than 25.000 and less than 40.000 inhabitants. S. F. 324—Lee—Non-partisan judi ciary act. providing for nominations of judges of The supreme, district and county courts without party designa tion. H. R 24—Netr—Amending sections S803 and SS05 of Fob bey's Annotated Statutes, by providing that the term of office of mayors and councilmen in all cities in Nebraska except those of the metropolitan class should be ex tended one year, making the term of office two years. H. R. 82—Taylor—Dolezal stock yards bills, designating stock yards as “public markets." H. R. 101—Bailey—An act regulat ing the business of real estate brokers or agents, providing for a state license for the persons so engaged and to ap propriate the receipts from said li censes and providing a penalty for vio lation thereof. H. R. 394—Clayton—-A bill amending section 13 o' article 1 of chapter 77 or the compiled statutes exempting all bonds from taxation which are issued by the state, county, township, pne cinct, city, village or school district; also property used exclusively for re ligions and charitable purposes. H. R. 537—Minor—A bill for an act to declare all persons, corporations and assr.r'-rions operating telephone lines or exchanges within the state of Nebraska to be common carriers and to give the state railway commission of the state of Nebraska power and authority to regulate the rates and service, and exercise a general con trol over th^ same, and to require con nection of telephone lines, and inter change of telephone companies, and to fermit the consolidation of competing companies and to prohibit the granting of franchises in cities where there is in operation a company engaged in the furnishing of telephone service with out first securing the consent of the state railway commission. H. R. 573—Gerdes—Provided that the officers of all state institutions upported by public funds should make monthly reports of the condition of such state institution or board to the auditor of public accounts »nd re quired the auditor to condense such reports and place them, each month, in the hands of the governor, and es tablishing a uniform system of book keeping. H. R. 574—Gerdes—A companion bill to 573. providing that a uniform sys tem of bookkeeping shall prevail in all state offices and that an expert ac countant be appointed to examine into the condition of each state office or 6tate institution. H. R. 575—Gerdes—Providing for a state board of supervision of mainten ance funds, whose duty it shall be to look after and have a general super vision of the disbursement of funds appropriated for the maintenance of executive departments or offices. Taft May Go to Texas. Washington.—If congress adjourns during the spring months. President Taft may go to Texas to see the fed eral troops maneuver. The president answered an invitation to witness the maneuvers extended by Governor Col- i quitt of Texas. He said in substance j that he would like to s^b the man-1 ruvera but that it depended on con- j gress whether or not he could go. Andrew Carnegie has presented Sioux City. Iowa, with $75,000 for a public library. Annapolis. — In memory of the French soldiers and sailors who gained no individual fame like Lafay ette. Rochambeau or Steuben, but who helped the thirteen colonies gain their liberty, a statue has been unveiled here on the grounds of St. John's col lege. The president and Mrs. Taft. Ambassador Jusscrand of France. Sec retary of War Dickinson and Secre tary of the Navy Meyer were among those who witnessed the ceremonies. B. F. Bush has been elected presi dent of the Missouri Pacific railroad. TOSSED BY WIND, GIRL MEETS DEATH DRAWN INTO VORTEX OF WHIRL WIND AND THEN DASHED TO GROUND. London—The extraordinary death of Mary Bailey, a lG-year-old school-girl. In a school play ground at Bradford, during a recent gale was the subject of a coroner's inquest. To combat a theory of suicide which had been suggested, it was proved that the girl had not been to the top -story of the school and that she was in a very cheerful frame of mind. George Parsons, a commercial trav eler. said he was near the school when he saw the girl in the air with her skirl blown out like a balloon. She was 25 or 30 feet high and she fell with i crash. She was on a level with the i " 1 ■ " i Tossed by Wind. scoooi Daicony. out sne naa not come , from there. The wind was the worsti he had known for 15 years. The mother of the girl said her i daughter wore a skirt to just below the knees. Her injuries, a doctor stated, were i concussion of the brain, fracture of the 1 right arm, wrist, thigh and jaw. The jury returned a verdict of ac ridental death, the result of a fall caused by a sudden gust of wind. So severe was the gale in the chan I nel that the Polkestone-Boulogne steamboat service was diverted to! Dover and Calais. While three horses with a farmer's wagon were passing through Great Hallingsbury. Essex, a large elm tree was blown down and fell across the vehicle. The driver, a man named Sapsford, sustained a broken leg and the two shaft horses were felled to the ground and injured. BULL PUP LIKES FRESH MILK Dog Supplies His Own Daily Rations by Milking the Cow Himself. Cnderwood. Wash.—A farmer llv- : ing near here had a bull puppy shipped out from Boston. The puppy's principal diet had been milk served from the bottle. During the first day on the farm the puppy was intensely interested in the operation of milking the cows, and for several days never failed to watch his master closely during the milking time, morning and evening. When one of the cows be Likes Fresh Milk. gan to fail in her usual supply of milk, investigation disclosed the fact that the puppy was supplying his own rations three or four times a day by milking the ecw himself. Servants to Be Auctioned. Salem. Ore.—Two servant girls from Wisconsin will meet with a warm reception when they reach Salem. They will be auctioned to the high est bidders, so many applications hav ing been made for their services to A. F. Hoffer. manager of the Salem board of trade, who announced that the two girls were coming to Salem looking for positions. Matrons of the capital city began to swamp Mr. Hoffer with applications, until 40 families had spoken for the services of the two girls. Then the auctioning scheme was hit upon. If the girls agree they will be disposed of an the block and the premiums obtained for their services by this method will be paid to them selves. A JS SIGNED MOVEMENT OF TROOPS TO CEASE FOR PRESENT. AN ARMISTICE OF FIVE DAYS Other Settlements Expected Soon that Will Result in Ending of the Conflict. El Paso, Tex.—An armistice of five days, beginning at noon Sunday, and affecting the district between Juarez and Chihuahua and west of the latter, was made effective in an exchange of identical letters signed by General Francisco I. Madero, Jr., for the rebels and General Juan Navarro for the government. The truce provides there shall be no mot^nent of troops of either side during the next five days, and that provisions and medicine may be brought to either camp from the United States without payment of duty. It is noted that Ojinago, where a small federal force is besieged, is not covered in the armistice, the insur recto activities in that district being largely independent. It is expected that in the event of the settlement of the rebellion in Chihuahua, the situ ation at Ojinaga and other scattered places throughout the republic will receive attention. The moral effect of the cessation of hostilities in Chihuahua is regarded as certain to make settlements in other parts ot the country simple. It was known that a truce was agreeable to Madero. and a telegram from Mexico City Informed General Madero that General Navarro had been Instructed by President Diaz to enter into the agreement. The concessions which the govern ment is willing to make have been known for two weeks to General Ma dero. ever since Frederico Moye, a business man of Chihuahua, visited General Madero at Rancho Bustillos. They were discussed in the meeting by the leaders and members of the peace mission. Those present were: Francisco Madero, sr.. father of the rebel leader; the latter s brothers, Al fonso. Gustavo and Raoul Madero; Pascual Orozco, the original field lead er of the revolution; Pancho Villa, former banker and present staunch supporter of Madero; Giusippi Gara bildi and General and Senora Madero. The last named is accounted a warm supported of taking Juarez and then talking peace. She feels her hus band would be in better position to talk peace from Juarez than from the hills around It. A representative from the Associated Press was pres ent by invitation, having been with the insurrecto forces much of the time since the revolt started. Much of the discussion was of a nature the publication of which is not desired at this time. It may be said, however, that Genera! Madero has the most authentic assurance of a liberal attitude on the part of the govern ment. For Gibbons Memorial Hall. Washington.—Announcement was made by Bishop Corrigan, treasurer of the fund for the Cardinal Gibbons memorial hall at the Catholic univer sity. that more than $45,000 has al ready been subscribed in Washing ton and in Baltimore and other Mary land towns. Thompson Appeals for Help. Washington.—All the Americans in Acapulco, including David E. Thomp son. former ambassador to Mexico from Nebraska, have presented a pe tion to the Tnited States government saying an attack on that city is im minent. The consul says 100 rebels have taken Ometepec and are holding it. They ^ave also apepared in San Marcos. Lorimer the Bugbear. Washington.—Mor# than one mem ber of the United States senate is trembling in his boots against that day and hour when some aspiring statesman back home is certain to arise, point a finger at him and ex claim: “He voted for Lorimer.” Given Life Term. Htchinson. Kan.—Henry Bowers, ar rested last Tuesday in Ottawa, Kan on a charge of racing a box car, con fessed that he murdered Thomas Fow ler, secretary of the Kansas Anti Horse Thief association here last De cember. He pleaded guilty and was given life imprisonment. General A. J. Baker Dies. Centerville. Ia.—General A. J. Ba ker. Iowa pioneer, and one who had had the distinction of serving as at torney general of two states. Iowa and Missouri, died at his home here Sun day. He was 79 years of age at the time of his death. Democrats as Arbitrators. Washington.—Democrats of the sen ate may be called upon to arbitrate the difference between the republican regulars and progressives over the question of committee assignments. New Record Made. Muskogee. Okla.—W. F. Seaver. a Muskogee lawyer, has established a reputation for professional speed by filing his own petition for divorce, hav ing it recorded, pleading his own case and getting a decree in about live minutes.