WILL STAY OUT
M
Miners Refuse to Act on Presi
dent's Proposition
THEIR VOTE IS UNANIMOUS
(emphatically Decide to Tight to llio
Last Preldent Mitchell Mukui
Harried Trip to Now York
Other New of Interest
Minora voted practically unnnl
rnoiiBly to continue tho strllcc.
President Mlehell went to New York,
whom ho hold a long conference with
Bonatora Quay nnd Penrose. Nono of
the- gentlemen would discuss thu moet
log. Entlro national guard of Pcnnsylvn
tila now encamped In mlnlni; regions.
LHUo disorder followii 'arrival.
Presidents of coal roads refuse to
confer with manufacturer.')' association.
Suit against coal roads to begin at
bllAdclphla.
GOO
A Wllkcsbarro, To., Oct. 8, dispatch
Bays: Unless President Mlchell's hur
ried visit to Now York henrs fruit thu
end of tho mine workers' strike hcciiis
a long way off and the prospect of suf
ficient coal being mined to satisfy the
public demnnd Is extremely poor.
Evory local union of tho miners' or
ganization through the hard co.il belt
held special meetings, either Inst night
or today nnd resolved to remain on
etrlke until tho inlna ownors grant
them sonic- eonccFalon. And while the
reports bf thcao meetings came pouring
Into Wllkosbnrre, President Mitchell
dictated a letter to tho picsldcnt of
tho United States In which hu gave h!a
answer to tho proposition thnt tho
strikers return to work and trust to
lmvo their condition Improved through
an Investigation commission. What
tho answer of tho mlneru' chief Is he
refused to divulge.
Mr. Mitchell sent his letter to Wash
ington before he had heard from all
tho locals. This afternoon, necoin
ironlcd by tho thiee district presidents,
lio left for New York. Ills mission
there Is also n secret. Ah New York
la tho headquarters of the coal opeiu
tora, a rumor Immediately spread that
a sottlomcntv was In pumped, but Mr.
Mitchell an Ah in colleagues would not
Bay whom tiMy expected to meet.
Ncarly a
io resolutions passed by
tho various)
ners' meetings lontnlncd
Bontenccf
the effect that tho men
will rerun!
jut, "though nit the troops
In tho
Unli
Stntts weie sent bore,"
until
y are granted some conccs-
Additional troops for this legion
linvo not yot arrived, and the geueial
Mrlko situation romnlns unchnuged.
CROPS IN THE SOUTH
Agricultural College. Contention to Con
sider tlio UiioHtlon
Ono hundred and llfty delegates, rep
resenting every section of the country,
tnct at Atlanta, Gn., In tho sixteenth
annual convention of tho Association
W American Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment stations, which will be
bcld over tbrco days.
Welcoming nddrenses wero delivered
by Government Allen D. Chnndler, for
tho stato, and Mayor Livingston in be
half of Atlanta. Professor W. M. Lig
gett, president of tho association and
dean of the agricultural college of
Minnesota responded.
Among matters of Importance thnt
will como before the convention for Its
discussion will hn tho subject of thu
need of tho diversity of crops In tho
fjoulh. It is understood that the con
vention will dovoto much time to this
subject.
It la stated that the beef problem
In tho southern states also will bo
brought before tho association's atten
tion. One of Lincoln' .VhnuhkIiia
Samuol Arnold, seventy-two yenrs
old, who wob convicted In 18ii.r of par
ticipation In the assassination of Abrn
Mudd, Frank Mclaughlin and others,
ham Lincoln, Is dead at his homo at
Vnsonvllle, Md. Arnold, with Dr.
was tried and convicted in Washington
during Andrew .lohnsou's term of of
fice Arnold and Mudd were sent to
tho Dry Tortugas for life, but wero
pardoned by President Johnson nfter
ho had boon ucqutttcd in thu Impeach
ment trial.
Corn Palace Siiici'HHfnl
Tho corn pnlacc, which has been
held In Mitchell, S. I)., came to a close.
It has been a highly successful one,
and tho attendance was very satisfac
tory, Fifty cowboyH tamo In oft the
range with their horses and gave an
exciting parade. Tho weather has been
excellent and tho nttendanco has been
such as to pay all tho expenses und
leavo a large surplus In tho treasury.
(Ill Wont Work
Oil can not competo with coal for
naval use, at least that Is tho con
clusion reached by tho board of naval
engineers, which has been making ox
perlmenta with a series of burners tin
dor a 2,000 horso power boiler in Wash
ington. They havo drawn tip a pre
liminary roport to tho secretary of tho
navy, which will show that out of
fourteen different devices presented
by American Inventors for tests not
ono would produce steam in competi
tion with coal.
LADRONES TROUBLESOME
General Heparin Two Altnck an Town
Dlspmltlon Hint
General Jesse Lee telegraphs from
Tnclohan, Island of Leyte, P. I., that
ladronea have twice attacked the town
of Carlgarn, province of Leyct, whero
they killed a number of nntlvo con
stabulary and levied contributions. Tho
population of Curlgara withdrew to tho
mountains. Lndrorus have been active
recently In several parts of the Island.
Governor Tnft Is going to Cavlto short
ly for the purpose of meeting the mu
nicipal residents of thnt. province, to
discuss with them methods for the sup
pression of tho Indrones.
I'orto lCliun Not n ('It If en
A decision was handed down In tho
United States court at New York by
Judge Lncombe, In which he holds
that a citizen of Porto llico Is not u
citizen or tho United States.
The matter camo up on tho applica
tion for a writ of hnheas coipim sworn
on behalf of Isabella Gonzales, a Porto
Itlcan woman, who nrrlved In New
York August 24 last. She was ordered
doported, but a well-to-do aunt nnd
uncle on Staten Island secured attor
neys to get her released through ha
beas corpus.
Cuhe Forged Check
Seveial hunlnctn men of Aberdeen, S.
IX, havo been worked by a stranger
who paid small bills with checks bear
ing tho forged signature of J. L. Loeba,
a wealthy German farmer living near
town. Tho cJieckB wero drawn In
amounts ranging from $10 to $.10. It
Is thought llftccn or more were enshed,
netting tho swindler between $100 and
$200. No clue to the forger, who left
town as soon na the checks wero
cashed, has been ohtnlued.
Mini Wo urn ii In Church
Mngglo Lynch, a seaniBtrci's, who dis
appeared fifteen days ago, was found
In the tower of Sacred Heart church In
West Atchison, where she had been
without food or drink for two weeks.
Sho was In a seml-unconscloiin condi
tion and too weak to raise her band.
Miss Lynch had shown signs of Insan
ity and says she hid to elude persona
who wanted to kill her. Her groana
during mats resulted In her discovery.
ConiuW Transferred
General 10. S. Hragg. consul general
for tho United States at Havana, bus
been transferred io tho post of consul
general at Hong Kong, China, taking
the place of William Hublee, traii3
fened to Havana. Thu change Is duo
to a piotcst mnde by the Cuban gov
ernment on nccount of a letter IJragg
wrote his wife.
U. H. OIIIcIuIh OpllmUtlc
There Is a distinctly hopeful feeling
In ofllclal circles at Washington that
a settlement of the coal strike will
como from efforts being made by tho
president. "There is something doing
and 1 believe the miners will soon bo
back to woik," was tho confidentially
expressed opinion of one of tho highest
olllcers of the treasury department.
Sow CiiAtoiu lloumi
Tho cornerstono of the New Yorlc
customs house wns laid Wednesday.
The ceremonies wero made Impressive
by tho presence of a number of com
mittees of prominent men from tho
leading mercantile nnd Industrial or
ganizations. Speeches weie made by
Secretary of tho Treasury Shaw and
former Secretary Gage.
Neck to Ahollith Strllie
Hy n unnnlmous vote of lending
representative clubs nnd other organi
zations. Including civic societies and
thu Chicago bar, It was concluded that
an executlvo committee go to Spring
field this winter and endeavor to ob
tain amendments to the child labor
laws nnd a compulsory arbitration law.
WrtH'k t (lultu
Burlington fast mall No. 8 ran Into a
coal gate near Galva, III., the train be
ing ditched. Fireman Sands of Gnles
burg waa killed nnd Engineer Johnson
wns probably fatally Injured. No pas
sengers were injured.
HERE AND THERE
A general insurrection hns broken
out In a dozen districts of Macedonia.
Tho Ilurlington, la., Malt company's
plant was destroyed by lire, entailing a
loss of $y0,00lt. Insurance, $75,000.
M. Combes hns signed a decree for
tho the epulslon of several Americans
who were concerned In the recent turf
scandnls nt Paris. Ono of them Is a
horseowner and tho others aro book
makers. A mnll train on tho Pennsylvania
railroad, at Jamestown, ran Into n
wagon on which a number or children
had climbed, killed Joseph Uius, aged
eleven, and mortally Injured thrco
others.
iinnrv M. Tlmninn. a wealth v stock
man of Thomasville, la., which town
was named for him, died nt a hospital
In Kansas City nged forty-nine. Ho
went to Kansas City to buy stock nnd
while at tho stock yawls was taken HI
and Tell and fractured his skull.
An Athens dispatch says: Dr. So
torladlB, tho custodian of nntlQultles,
anuounc8 tho discovery near Chero
nea, the placo where, according to Plut
arch, tho Macedonians burled their
dead after tho defeat of tho Athenians
and Theblnns by Philip of Mncedon,
1138 I). C., of a number of skeletons in ft
good stato of preservation.
True Scotch Thrift.
A Scottish farmer when going to
market, It was obsorvod, always took
a hon with hlra In his trap. Every
plnco thu fanner stopped ho put tho
nosebag on his horse, and then tho
hou was so trained that what dropped
from tho horso's bag tbo hon would
pick up, so thoru was nothing wasted.
Dreamless Sleep a Myth.
In a rocont numbor of thu Scottish
Modlcal and Surgical Journal, Sir Ar
thur Mitchell holds that dreamless
sloop Is a myth,
MITCHELL'S REPLY
President of United Mineworkom
Answors Roosevelt
MINERS WENT HALF WAY
Relieve the Striker, In Connrntlng to
Leave Uuofitlun to Preldcutliil Com
mittee, Did All Thnt Wan Ncce
iiry Other New
A Washington, Oct. 10, dispatch soya:
Tho reply of John Mitchell, president
of tho mine workers' union, to tho ap
peal of President Hoosevclt for a tem
porary suspension of tho strlko In tho
anthracite region wns made public at
tho White house yesterdny. It follows:
"Hon. Theodore Hoosevclt, Presi
dent of tho United Stntes, Washington,
I). C: Dear Sir Hon. Carroll D.
Wright has, no doubt, reported to you
the delivery of your message to mo
last Monday and my statement to him
thnt I should take your suggestion
tinder advisement, although I did not
look upon It with favor.
"Since that time I have consulted
with our district president, who con
cur fully In my views.
"We dcslro to nnsure again that wo
feel keenly tho responsibility of our
position and tho gravity of the situa
tion, and it would give us great
pleasure to take any nctlon which
would bring tills coal strike to an end
in n manor thnt would safeguard our
constituents.
"In proposing that there be an im
mediate resumption of coal mining
upon the conditions wo suggested In the
conference at tho White house, wo be
lieved that wo bad gono more thnn
half way and had met your wishes.
"It Is unnecessary In this letter to
refer to tho malicious nssnult made
upon us in the response of the coal
operators. Wo feel confident Hint you
must have been Impressed with tho fair
ness of our proposition nnd the Insin
cerity of those who mnllgncd us.
"Having In mind our experience
with the coal operators in tho past, wo
hnve no renson to feel nny degree of
confidence In their willingness to do
us justice In tho future; nnd Inasmuch
ns they have refused to accept tho de
cision of a tribunal selected by you,
and Inasmuch ns there Is no law
through which you could enforce tho
findings of tho commission you sug
gest, wo respectfully decline to advise
our people to return to work simply
upon the hopu that tho coal operators
might bo Induced or forced to comply
with the recommendations of your
commission.
"As stated above, we believe that wo
went more than halt way In our pro
posal at Washington, nnd wo do not
feel that we should bo nsked to mako
further sacrifice.
"Wo appreciate your solicitude for
tho pcoplo or our country, who aro now
and will bo subjected to great suffering
and Inconvenience by a prolongation of
tho coal strlko, nnd wo feel thnt the
onus of thla terrlblo stato of affalra
should be placed upon tho sldo which
has refused to refer to fair and im
partial investigation.
"I am respectfully,
"JOHN MITCHELL.
"President U. M. W. of A."
Ilooxlor l'olleo llxelteil
Tho report that thirty bodies wero
found In lxjulsvillo, Ky in cold Btorngo
directly across from an Ice cream fac
tory, which furnished the refrigeration
for their preservation, has caused a stir
in police circles at Indianapolis. For
tun days detectives have been search
ing for a number of bodies that had
mysteriously disappeared from tho Cen
tral college of physicians nnd surgeons,
all having been lifted by a band of
ghouls, now under arrest. A grave rob
bing Investigation showed tho opera
tions by the ghouls on a larger scalo
than supposed. It Is now thought that
upwards of 1,000 bodies havo been
stolen from cemeteries about Indian
apolis nnd in tho gns belt during tho
past two years.
Cocoanut Shell for Fuel
East Side confectionery manufactur
ers aro supplying cocoanut shells to
tenement dwollers for fuel, says a Now
York dispatch. Tho shells aro sold In
bngs of fifty to sixty pounds for ten or
fifteen cents a bag. Tho material fur
nishes more heat than coal, nnd whllo
It docs not burn ns long ns coal, Its
lasting qualities aro much better than
wood.
Wultor Wvllmiin'H Puttier Dead
Alonzo Wcllmnn, father of Walter
Wellman, Arctic explorer and tho
Washington correspondent of tho Chi
cago Kocord-Hcrnld, and A. W. Well
man of Mndlson, Wis., died nt his resi
dence In Hradshaw, Neb., at an early
hour Thursday morning after a soven
weeks' Illness.
Muriler nnd Hulelilo
Miss Alice Fisher, n young woman
employed In tho government printing
ofllco at Washington, was shot and In
stantly killed by William Dougherty,
an employe of tho samo oftlce. Dough
orty then shot und killed himself.
Jealousy was tho motive.
Information has been received of tho
discontinuance on October 14 of tho
Hock Bluffs poatoftlco on nccount of
rural free delivery bolng established
out of Piattsmouth upon routes Nob. 1
and 2, October 15.
TRAGEDY AT MERCER, TJEB
Two Italian IlnllroaU Inborn r.l, Killed,
During Drunken Itniwl
T. O. Hlch, a laborer working with
a construction gang on tho Union Pa
cific near Mercer, Neb., shot two men
about 8 o'clock Thursday evening nnd
escaped on a westbound freight train.
One of tho men Is dead and tho other
is In a critical condition. Hoth of them
nro Italians, working In tho aamo gang,
Hlch had been In Valley and had been
drinking considerable. The shooting
was the outgrowth of n drunken quar
rel. Hlch caught onto tho side of a
car of a westbound freight which
slowed up ns It passed through Mercer.
Tho Interpreter for tho Italians nnd
ono of tho men went to Valley on a
handcar ns soon ns possible and noti
fied tho authorities.
MURDER AT NAPER
K.C. Taylor nnd ".folinnle" Hlmw Slnln
hy Sioux Indian
A Nnpcr, Neb., Oct. 10, dlspntch says:
"Johnnie" Shaw and E. C. Taylor wore
killed here by John Hear.
Wednesday night at G o'clock Bear,
son of Swift Hear, n noted Sioux chief,
rodo up to an Indian school six miles
from Naper on tho reservation nnd
killed E. C. Taylor, n farmer and teach
er. No one else was present except
the wire or Taylor nnd three Indians.
The murderer then mounted his pony,
starting north. Ho met "Johnnlo"
Straw, a pitcher tor an Indian ball club,
nnd shot him, killing him instantly.
Ho used a shot gun both times. At 7
o'clock Thursday morning lie rode into
Honestecl, but waa prevailed upon to
surrender and Is now In the county
Jail. Taylor's body will be embalmed
nnd sent home.
JESSE MORRISON FREED
A llund Accepted for Alleged Slayer of
Aim. Cnstlo
Jessie Morrison, tho nlleged alnyer of
Mrs. Olln Castle, left the Kansas peni
tentiary shortly before noon Wednes
day for her homo In Eldorado, Kan.
Warden Jewett Informed her that sho
could depart at that time. Tho su
premo court order stated that she waa
to bo released on tho approval of her
$10,000 bond. Word came In from El
dorado that the bond was satisfactory.
Miss Morrison thnnked Warden Jewett
und the prison olllclnls and Bald that
whllo they had treated her kindly sho
hoped never to return. She left on a
Kansas City electric car. Sho was nl
lowed to take some fancy work with
her.
Striker Shot hy Soldlor
John Durham, a striker, waa killed
by Private Wadsworth of tho Eigh
teenth regiment, at tho collieries near
Shenandoah, Pa. Tho guard was on
outpost duty and challenged tho striker
twlco whllo the latter waa within tho
lines. Durham did not respond and
was shot through the chest. Ofllcials
believe an attempt wna being made to
dynamlto tho camp. Wadsworth re
ported to headquarters and sur
rendered. Convict Make During Kcnpe
Convict Dyron Murphy, a fireman on
tho prison locomotive, mndo a sensa
tional and successful break for liberty,
Bays a Folson, Cul., special. A mo
ment nfter tho engineer had stepped
from tho tab Murphy pulled tho throt
tle wldo open nnd headed for Sacra
mento. Volleys were llred at tho con
vict by tho prison guards, but Murphy
was unhurt. He left tho engine at
Alder Creek and took to the woods.
Two lllown to Atom
By an explosion In tho Producers'
Explosive company's factory, south of
Lima, O., Earl Bush, a nltroglycerlno
maker, and John Anspaugh, a helper,
were blown to atoms. The factory was
wrecked. Big buildings in tho city
swayed and plate glass was broken by
the concussion. Bush had but recontly
accepted tho position, and his wlfo
wns en route there when tho accident
occurred.
(iohln Doesn't Kxpcct Trouble
General Gobln nnd staff arrived In
Wllkesbarre, Pa., Thursday morning,
and will make their headquarters there
until tho strike ends. With tho gen
eral came tho remainder of the Third
brignde, which Is being detailed In
various parts of the third anthraclto
district. General Gobln waa of tho
opinion that no trouble would bo en
countered.
I.lner Hun Down Steiimer
During a dense fog Thursday morn
ing tho British steamer Hobcrt Ingham
was run into nnd sunk off Deacbhard,
Eng., by tho liner Kron Prlnz Wllhelm.
ho Inghnm wont down live minutes af
ter being struck. Kron Prlnz picked
up thirteen of tho crow or tho wrecked
at earner. Tho mato and ono passenger
woro drowned.
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
Joseph Valln, a Lincoln bartender,
waa held up and robbed of $3.
Tho British war office has decided to
adopt motor wagons, recent experi
ments having proved them to bo sat
isfuctory. A. E. Stlllwoll haB purchased the
San Rafael mines, located at Zncatocas,
Moxlca, tho consideration being $1G0,
000 in cash.
Fivo foreigners were killed In a col
lision between a coal train and a gravel
train on tho Panhandle road at Van
Emeus station, Pa.
In tho Danish landsthlng October 8,
Foreign Minister Duntzer submitted a
bill ratifying tho cession of the Danish
West Indies to tho Unled Stntea.
Tho transport Sherman, which left
Manila thirty-eight days ago and on
September 9 put In to Nngaskl with
cholera on board has arrived at Sau
Francisco.
Tho entire family of S. A. Lorlng at
Bloomflold, la., narrowly escaped death
by eating poisoned cheeso. Tho mother
and two children woro thrown into
convulsions. This 1b tho second caso
thcro of this kind and much excite
ment has beon caused.
SAEE IS (RACKED
DuBois, Neb., Visited by Men
Bent on Robbery
GET BUT VERY LITTLE CASH
One Man Under Arrent nnd Poo Search
ing for tho Other Supposed Kolilier
Trolled nnd Captured Other
Sows of Intercut
An attempt waB mnde Saturday
night to crack the aafe In the Bank
of Dubois, at Dubois, Neb. The night
was dark and rainy, with much thun
der, and the explosion waa not dis
tinguished and the nttempted robbery
waa not discovered until Sunday
morning. Some watehc" were taken
from the vault, and tho safe was found
on lta face, but no entry had been
mado. Two men have been placed
under arrest ns Biispects, and a posse
la after another, who had In his pos
session tho watches taken from the
vault An effort was made to get tho
bloodhounda from Beatrice, but they
wero out and could not get here.
ROBBERS NOT CAUCHT
Men Who Held Up II. M. Train Still nt
Large
Futile attempts were made Sunday
to secure n trace of the men who
robbed the Burlington train near
Woodlawn on Saturday morning. The
ofllcers throughout the eastern section
of Nebraska did not relax their efforts
during the dny and reports of sus
picious characters wete continually
coming to Burlington headquarters In
Lincoln, but none or tho men seen
tnllled exactly with the description or
the robbers furnished by the trainmen
who went through the ordeal of the
hold-up. Two men weie detained at
Ilubbell, which Is In Thayer county,
but only one was like nny of the rob
bers. Both wero tall and the olllcers
seemed to think It not worth while to
arrest them.
Every Indication points to one of
the most skilful hold-ups that could
have been planned. The railroads In
two hours got a great number of men
In motion gunrdlng their Interests, but
tho thieves seem to have vanished.
This Is believed to be possible only
where some of them nre well ac
quainted with tho topography of the
country.
At Burlington headquarters It was
said Sunday night that no new de
velopments had been uncovered dur
ing the dny worthy of mention. Tho
detention or the two men at Ilubbell
wns not regarded as furnishing a clue
to the thieves, though their records
will be looked up.
STRIKE IS OVER
Settlement Kffcrtod nt New Orlenn und
.Men Co Itnrk to Work
The strlko of street railway em
ployes, which has effectually blocked
traffic on nil New Orleans, La., lines
for two weeks, wns settled Sunday
night by the union almost unanimous
ly accepting the governor's ultimatum
on n secret ballot.
Negotiations which began Sntuiday
night, continued until 7 o'clock Sun
day morning, when the executive
board flnnlly decided to submit tho
matter to a general meeting of the
union. The basis of settlement Is that
tho men will go back to work at 20
cents and ten hours, with a minimum
of sevon and one-half hours a dny,
no discrimination to bo mado against
any of tho men under charges, and
ns many to be taken back ns aro need
ed for tho operation of the company's
lines.
There Is widespread rejoicing In tho
city over tho settlement of the strike.
It began Sunday morning, September
28, nnd has been effective. Not a sln
glo passenger has been carried on a
car since It began.
Sunday morning, October 12, tho
people awoke to lind In different parts
of the city stuffed figures hanging to
telephone nnd telegraph poles with all
sorts ot Inscriptions on them. Somo
represented tho governor, some tho
mnyor and there woro many repre
senting officials of tho railway com
panies. Appeal to Supreme Court
Judge Jones of the United States
court at Montgomery. Ala., refused
tho application or Jackson W. Giles,
a negro, tor nn Injunction restraining
tho registrars from sending up their
lists without the" nnmes of himself nnd
other qualified voters. Tho judge's
action Is based on wnnt of Jurisdic
tion, following decisions which con
fine the equity side of tho court to
matters Involving property rights. An
appeal was tnkon and certified direct
to tho supremo court of tho United
States.
Second Crop of lterrle
Chris Bell, a farmer near Plntta
mouth. Neb., has a curiosity at his
plnco in tho form of n pntch of black
berries which is producing tho second
crop this yenr. Ho also baa somo
cherry trees which aro budding nnd
tho prospects aro that they will bloom
again beforo cold weather seta In.
Cass county has broken nil former
records for fruit growing this year.
Pilgrimage to Purnell Grave
Tho tenth annual pilgrimage to tho
grave of Parnell occurred Sunday,
says a Dublin, Ireland, dispatch. For
tho first tlmo tho lord mayor and cor
poration of Dublin did not participate
In tho ceremony. Tho attendance waa
Binallcr than In provlous years.
New Deun ot Wetmlnter
Rov. Charles Henry Robinson, hon
orary ennon of Rlpon, has been ap
pointed dean ot Westminster, In suc
cession to the Very Rev. George Gran
vlllo Bradley, who has resigned.
ACCIDENT AT STAPLEH URST
Young I.nily Sereroly Injured When Can
Hump Together
Miss Mndgo Work, daughter of Mr.
nnd Mrs. D. C. Work, o Sowa.-d, Neb.,
met with a serious nccldcnt at Staple
hurst. When tho freight train pulled
Into tho station tho train crow cut
tho caboose off to do some switching,
leaving It Btnndlng in front of the
depot. After doing their switching
they backed up to the cabooidkwlth
such force as to knock tho car rom
tho trucks, and Mlsa Work, with sev
eral othera who were standing up In
tho car talking, was thrown across a
scat, Inuring her bnck soverely nnd
cutting n gash In her face. She wns
also injured Internally and rendered
unconscious for some time. She wns
taken to the hotel and her injuries
attended to, nnd this morning sho
wns brought homo on the passenger
train. Several others in tho car re
ceived alight injuries.
FOR ACCEPTING BRIBE
Member! of South Omiilm School Hoard
Are Arretted
Tho arrest of tho men chnrged with
bribery and fraud In connection with
their official positions is members of
the South Omaha school board oc
curred Saturday. A. L. Lott, J. L.
Kubat, Theodore Schroedcr and Alon
zo V. Miller, nil membcra of tho board,
the latter being president, wero ar
rested nnd released by County Judgo
VInsonhnlcr on $1,000 bonds each.
This was the second arrest of Miller.
He Is now charged with taking $J9.20
on October 8 from Floyd St. John,
with Intent to defraud the school dis
trict, for his vote on the purchase of
typewriting machines. Lott nnd Ku
bat were nrrestcd on similar charges.
Two other charges against Kubat nro
Incorporated In the complaint.
Schroedcr Is accused of accepting $10
from St. John. The men will havo
their preliminary hearing October 20
WOULD HANG THEM
Mayor of s.ilem, Mum., In Furor of
Treating Coat Opcr.itor Itoughly
A Lynn, Mass., dispatch says: At
n mass meeting called for the purposo
of aiding the striking coal miners,
Mayor John F. Hurley, of Salem,
created a sensation when he said that
It ho had his way he would hang
President Baer and the other opera
tors on tho nearest tree. He said ho
did not mean to kill them, but hu
would use them as he would use a dog.
by putting a collar around their necks
and raising them on a limb ot a treo
two or three times, or until they
would bo willing to arbitrate. Mnyor
Hui ley said he believed In extreme
measures and that they should bu
adopted now.
Resolutions or sympathy with the
miners were adopted and a largo sum
of money collected
Kill Illlinolf
Edward Yeamans, a nlnoteon-yrar-old
boy living nenr Hopkins, In Noda
way county, Missouri, shot hlmseir In
tho head with a target rifle with sui
cidal Intent Ho lived only a short
time. Ycamnns had been teaching
school and wns decpondont over his
lack ot success. The shooting waa In
tho yard or hla mother's homo and In
tho presence of nil elder brother.
A Woman Pntor
Mlsa Mary Andrewa, daughter of ex
Sherlff Robert N. Andrews, Hamilton,
O.. has been elected pastor of tho
Unlversallst church at Kansas City,
Mo nn influential organization. Sho
succeeds Rev. Luther McKInney nnd
will bo tho first woman pastor Kan
sas City has had.
Killtor Shoots n Doctor
J. W. Kelly, editor of tho Intcr
Mountain, Butte, Mont, shot Dr. A. II.
Caylcy, a prominent resident of Butte.
Cnyley, it is believed, will die. Tho
shooting la said to havo resulted from
trouble over a woman. Officers aro
aearchlng tor Kelly. At a late hour
tho doctora express no hopo for Cay
ley's recovery.
Accused of Stubbing Neighbor
Willlnm Hymns nnd Emmett Wat
son, who llvo near Utlra, Neb., quar
reled over somo trespassing stock nnd
got Into a fight. Hymas, It Is charged,
btabbed Watson on the left sldo ot
the head. He was arrested nnd taken
beforo Justice Snodgrass and bound
over to tho district court.
MiiHt Stand n Democrat
Tho Kansas fusion stato ticket will
nppear on tho ofllclnl ballot under tha
name of democratic. Tho fusion
forces havo not yet succeeded in ob
taining a servlco on tho secretary of
stato with the temporary order grant
ed by a district court for tho populist
and democratic ticket both to appear.
Canada Claim Preference
Tho mayor of Toronto, Canada, hns ' t
cabled an appeal to tho mayor of Car
diff to Induco tho coal mlno operators
to glvo Canada tho preferonco In raeet
tho emergency arising from tho Amer
ican coal Btrlko.
Wage Qneitlon Adjusted
Tho question regarding wages be
tween employes of tho National rail
road of Mexico and that corporation
has beon satisfactorily adjusted. Tho
wages of engineers and conductors hna
been raised an average of 15 per cent
Peary In Surgeon's Care
Commander Robert E. Peary, tho
Arctic oxplorer, has gono to Phila
delphia to undorgo treatment tor hla
feet, which wero Injured In tho far
north. It may bo necessary to havo
an operation performed.
Under tho auspices, of Editor Ewlng
Horbert tho Rov. Charles M. Sheldon
will lecture at Wlawatha on "How to
Mako a Better World." People general
ly woro under the Impression that Mr.
Herbert waa making a fairly good na-
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