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RED CLOUD. NEB.
PUBLISHED EVERY FKIDAY.
Xnlercd la the rogtofflce at Hed Cloud, Neb ,
a Second Clnti Matter.
PAUL C. PHARES.
Editor
RATEWAR IS FEARED
REFUSES TO RESCIND HIS AC
TION ON ELEVATOR REBATE.
Committee of Executive Officials Calls
on President of Great Western and
! Urges Him to Withdraw Reduction,
' but Meeta With Flat Refusal.
St. Paul, Juno 27. A delegation of
cfTlclalB from the nock Island and
8anta Fo railroad, who In reality rep
resented a number of the western
llneB operating between Chicago and
tho Missouri river, called on President
A. B. Stlckney of tho Great Western
at hlH ofllcc, urging him to withdraw
-what they called a reduction In tho
grain rates. Mr. Stlckney refused to
recede from the position he took last
week, when he ordered tho elevator
rebate discontinued. Demoralization
in grain rates is predicted.
President Stlckney recently ordered
that tho elevator rebate of V4 cents
per 100 pounds on grain shipped
Ihrough elevators bo discontinued on
the Great Western. Some, if not all
of tho other western roads, wero In
favor of cutting out tho rebates and
leaving the published siedules as be
fore. They called Mr. Stlckney 's ac
tion a reduction In tho rates. Mr.
Stlckney met their contention with
tho following statement:
"Tho Chicago Great Western has
mndc no cut In rates on grnln. Here
tofore tho tariffs have named certain
rates and provllcd that VA cents
should bo repaid from this rnto to
shippers. The Chicago Great Western
haa simply changed the form of this
tariff and named the net rates which
have been collected heretofore and
provided that nothing shnll be paid
liack, leaving the actual rate exactly
tho same bb before. Tho other roaeli
have decided to abolish the custom of
returning 1 ccntB and leave tho
nominal rates tho same as before,
which Is equivalent to raising tho
rate 1V4 ccntB per 100 pounds. There
nre 3,000.000 bushels of grain In storo
in tho elevntors at Omaha alone which
lias been bought on tho basis of tho
present rates. To raise the rate l',4
cents per 100 pounds would be equiva
lent to imposing nn unexpected burden
on the purchasers of this grain of $22,
COO, which tho Chicago Great Western
compnny does not regnrd 1.8 a squaro
deal, and therefore refuses to consent
to such an ndvance In rates."
CONGRESS TO FINISH WORK.
Pure Food Bill Will Not Go Over Un
til Next Session.
Washington, June 27. Congress
will stay in session until its work is
finished. This is the dictum of
Speaker Cannon nnd his lieutenants
and is being emphasized at this tlmo
to counteract an Impression that tho
pure food bill at least might go over
until next session. There is also trou
ble on tho meat inspection bill and
tho tleup on tho railroad rate bill indi
cates delay. Tho Immigration bill Is
also In conference, as are several of
the appropriation bills. All of theso
things must be worked out without
any date of adjournment being set, ac
cording to tho decision of tho houso
leaders. When tho work Is done an
adjournment resolution will bo forth
coming In Bhort order.
While tho situation spells delay un
til next week, tho work on tho floor
is progressing. Membors say there Is
no need of prolonging the session be
yond Friday if tho conferees make
up their minds that tho work must
bo done or that agreements which will
meet nil demands can bo arranged on
all matters bofore that time and thnt
if tho Idea of proloncim: tho session '
for tho purpose of killing certain bills i
is abandoned, this week will see tho
end. I
Three Negroes Ground to Pieces.
Muskogee. I. T., June ST. Mistaken
for an ash heap by tho engineer, three
unknown negroes were run over by a
Missouri, Kansas nnd Texas train at
AVelch, I. T., near the Kansas line,
nnd ground to pieces. I-'rnijmonts ot
the bodies wore gathered by the train
men nnd round to bo cold, which
showed they wero dead before being
run over. A revolver was found near
where thoy lay. Tho bodies were so
badly cut up that the manner in which
thoy mot death cannot bo ascertained.
$5,000 Reward for Finding of Brewer.
Pittsburg, Juno 27. Five thousand
dollars- reward for Information lending
to tho finding of Michael Licliel, Sr.,
a millionaire brower of Erie, Pa., was
announced in this city. Llebel left
his home on May 25 and wont to Tluf
falo, from which plnco ho tolegraphcd
his famljy he was. about to start for
homo. When ho did not nrrlvo homo,
dotectlves were called Into tho case.
Cuts Wife's Throat.
Chicago, Juno 27. Korath Horwat
killed Ills wife by cutting her throat
with a razor and then gashed his own
nock so badly that ho cannot recover.
Horvat left his wlfo some tlmo ago
and sho procured a warrant for his
arrest on a charge of abandonment.
It Is believed thnt Horvat, learning of
this, returned to the houso In tho
night and killed his wife as she slept.
Electrician Killed by Fall.
Lincoln, Juno 27. John M. Currnn,
city electrician of Lincoln, was killed
by falling from a forty-flvofoot electric
light pole. Ho fell head foremost on
the curb, and death was Instantane
ous. Prominent Iowa Odd Fellow Dead.
Dubuque, Juno 23. Attorney Joseph
C. Longuevllle, past grand master of
Iowa Odd Follows, Is dead.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
O'Hearn and Clark to Die Nov. 12.
Omaha, June 27. Sentence of death
was pronounced upon Jay. O'Hearu
nnd Harrison Clnrk icolored) by Judge
Sutton. Tho dato of tho execution
of both was fixed on Monday, Nov. 12,
between tho hours of 10 a. m. and 4
p. m., tho court departing from tho
usual custom of placing the execution
on Friday.
Packing House for Beatrice.
Beatrice, Neb., June 25. At a meet
ing of tho Beatrice Commercial club
plans wero perfected for the establish
ment of a packing plant in this city to
cost $125,000. There will bo no cash
hours, but tho city Is asked to donato
a site. Beatrice citizens are to tako
$50,000 In bonds. Tho capacity of tho
plant will 200 cattlo nnd 1,000 hogs
dally and will employ from 200 to 300
people. Tho contract calls for tho
completion of the plant in eight
months. It Is understood a Kansas
City company is behind tho enterprise.
Kills Himself in Presence of Son.
Fremont, Neb., June 22. Bert
Stiles, son of City Clerk S. F. Stiles,
committed suicide here. Ho went to
a hardware store, bought a revolver
and, returning home, fired a shot into
his brain, dying a few minutes later.
Tho only-witness to the shooting was
his six-yenr-old son, who was in tho
room. The boy ran into tho yard and
told his mother. Stiles wns thirty
years of age. Up to three months
ago ho lived at Grand Island, whero
ho was deputy organizer for the Mac
cabees. Despondency was tho causo
Coyotes Thick in Lincoln County.
North Platte, Neb., June 2C There
are evidences that Lincoln county will
bo overrun with coyotes. Saturday tho
scalps of forty-four of theso animals
were presented at the county clerk's
office for certificates of bounty, and
these certificates wero paid by tho
county auditor. The total number of
scnlps presented since June 1 is 219.
Last year tho county paid out over
$1,200 as bounty on these animals and
this year promises to exceed last.
Should tho coyotes continue to In
creaso there Is danger thnt the pay
ment of bounties may bankrupt tho
county.
Joseph Crow Found Guilty.
Omaha, Juno 23. Guilty on three
out or seven counts of the Indictment
Is tho verdict returned Friday after
neon against Joseph Crow, former
postmaster of Omaha and foreman of
tho federal grand jury at tho Novem
ber term of court, he was prosecuted
by Special District Attorney Rush und
District Attorney Goss for using freo
railway transportation in his attempts
In pnrrimtlv Inlliiiinon llin cinnit lurw
Ho was charged with taking this ac
tion to onnoso tho indictment of tho
Rev. George G. Ware, who was con-l
vlcted last February of conspiracy to
defraud tho government of Its public'
land in Hooker county.
Short Line Incorporates In Nebraska.
Lincoln, June 23. According to tho
articles of Incorporation filed with
Secretary of State Gnlushn, tho Oma
ha and Denver Short Lino Rallrond
i company Intends to maintain nnd
build a railroad northeast through tho
, olty or Denver, through Adams, Wash
1 ington and Yuma count Ips of Colora
1 do; easterly through tho counties of
Cheyenne, Rawlins. Decatur, Norton
j and Phillips or Colorado; through
j Kansas, though It has not yet been
I dotennlued through which counties,
I and through tho counties of Harlan,'
j Franklin, Kearnoy, Adams, Clay, Fill
j more, York, Seward, Umenster, Saun
ders, Sarpy nnd Douglas of Nebrnska.'
ASYLUM GIVEN CLEAN BILL.
1 Evidence Decided to Be Insufficient by
Board of Lands and Buildings. I
Lincoln, Juno 22. Tho 'state boarrt
of public lands and buildings gave tho
Norfolk asylum a clean bill of moral
health. Soveral weeks ago Governor'
Mickey asked for tho resignations of.
j Superintendent Alden nnd Dr. Nlchol
1 son, his assistant. The men demand-
od a hearing before the state board'
' of public lands and buildings. This
was" Kranted nnd a hcarlnc war hnlil
at Norfolk. The board practically In
dorses both Alden and Nicholson.
Governor Mickey stated that ho
would make no statement until ho
hnd thoroughly examined the findings
of tho board.
Every one of tho charges of Gov
ernor Mickey wero overthrown. Tho
meeting was held behind closed doors.
At tho conclusion It wns announced
that the charges were not supported
by the evidence.
HAILSTORM IN KNOX COUNTY.
Strip of Territory Eleven Miles Long
and Two Miles Wide Denuded.
Croighton, Neb.. June 27. Tho
worst hailstorm ever experienced in
this part of Nebraska visited this sec
tion last night. Fruit trees were;
stripped of fruit, leaves and branches,
growing crops of all kinds are totally
ruined and there is not a window light
In a houso on tho side from whence
the storm came.
The hall was accompanied by some
wind. It was first noticed ten mllcB
northwest of here and It camo direct
ly toward and passed through Crelgh
ton, ceasing a mile southeast of here.
It covered a strip aggregating two
miles wide tho whole dlstnnco and
Bwopt a clean path through some of
the finest fnrms of this county.
The loss Incurred cannot yet be es
timated, but It will reach many thou
sands of dollars. Reports of the
storm's dettructlon are coming in
every moment.
THAW SLAYS! WHITE
ARCHITECT SHOT DOWN IN MADI
SON SQUARE ROOF GARDEN.
Wild Stampede of Fashionab'e Audi
ence Follows Shooting Enmity Had
Existed Between Them on Account
of White's Attentions to Mrs. Thaw,
Now York, Juno 2C Stanford
White, tho eminent architect of tho
firm of McKlm, Mead & White, was
shot and almost instantly killed by
Harry Thaw, a member of the prom
inent Pittsburg family, during tho per
formance of the musical extravaganza,
"Mamzello Champagne," on tho roof
of tho Mndlson Squaro garden. Mr.
White died before an ambulance could
be summoned and Thaw was arrested
immediately after tho shooting.
The roof garden was crowded with
a fashionable audience. While Harry
Short, who fills the principal comedy
role In the piece, was slngin a comic
song, "I Could Love a Million Girls,"
and the garden was echoing with the
laughter and applause of the audience,
a scries or shots rattled in the rear of
the auditorium and a man in evening
dress was seen to fall across a table,
at which he was sitting with a party
of friends. Tho man who fired the
shots fled, pistol In hand, towards tho
nearest exit, where he was seized and
disarmed by police.
Instantly the great audience was
thrown Into a panic and a wild stam
pede occurred, during which chairs
and tables were overturned and men
and women fought with dcspcrctlon to
escape from the roor. The man who
was shot was quickly Identified as Mr.
White, but his assailant Mas not posi
tively known Vo be Thaw until after
ho had been taken to tho station
house. Persons In Trout of
the auditorium, whero the tragedy oc
curred, say that they snw a man sit
ting with a fashionably dressed wom
an in tho rear suddenly walk down to
ward a table In front.
The first Intimation of trouble camo
when, walking in, front of his seated
victim, tho man exclaimed, "You'vo
deserved this. You've ruined my
homo," and drawing nn automatic pis
tol, fired three shots. The first two
took effect, but as the third was dis
charged tho pistol was struck up by a
fireman on duty In tho theater, and
the bullet went skyward. Thaw's wife,
who was Evelyn Nesbltt, a member of
the originnl Florodora sextette, and
whose marrlngo with Thaw for a tlmo
estranged the latter from his family,
who had been sitting with him,
sprang to her feet, and rushed up to
her husband, who was struggling with
tho fireman, throw her arms about
his neck, exclaiming: "I'll stand by
you."
Thaw had been nt the performance
all tho evening nnd had been noticed
to bo very nervous and excited.
White had been previously to tho Man
hattan club and had only been nt tho
garden a few minutes when Thaw con
fronted him.
Fireman Burden took tho rovolvor
away from Thaw and handed him over
to Policeman Dobbs, who plnced him
under arrest. Thaw handed tho police
man ?10 nnd asked him to notify An
drew Carneglo that ho was In trouble.
Mystery still surrounds tho causo of
tho tragedy, but Its solution may bo
found In tho words attributed to Thaw
Immediately after tho shooting:
"Well, ho ruined my wlfo and I got
him."
II is known that, for years bitter
enmity had existed betweon Whlto
nnd Thaw on nccount of tho former's
attentions to Mrs. Thaw, which had
begun prior to her marriage.
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