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Editor
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RECEIVE8 ENTIRE REPUBLICAN
VOTE IN BOTH HOUSES.
THOMPSON GETS FUSION VOTE
Ballot Formally Announced In Joint
Session Today County Option Bill
Introduced In Senate Bill to Re
peal Dipsomaniac Lav.
Wncoln, Jan. 10. Hon. Norria
Drown bus boon practically cliohfu
Wnltotl Stales senator to succeed Sou
nlir Joseph II. Millard, llo received
tto entire Republican voto In both
hoiiHu and senate and IiIh Dumocralic
opponent, W. H. Thompson, received
tho entire fusion voto. The ballot
will bo announced In Joint session to
day, and Mr. Drown will bo formally
elected.
Mr. Brown was Indorsed for acnatot
by tho Republican state convention
nd later received tho Indorsement
nt tho people at tho Novombor elec
tion. Two bills affecting tho liquor traffic
were Introduced In tho legislature.
One provides a county option law,
which permits a voto to lie taken in
any county once a year whether sa
loons shall bo licensed. Tho other la
designed to repeal tho dipsomaniac
law, which permits Incarceration and
treatment at asylums for those ad
dicted to tho drink habit.
RAID ON FENCES GOES ON
Judge Munger Issues Orders to More
Cattlemen in Nebraska.
Omaha, Jan. 1G. Remove your
fences within flvo days or liavo them
removed by the government at your
oxpenBc. This Is tho substance of an
order Judge Mungor or tho United
States court has just sent to a num
ber of cattlemen maintaining Illegal
fonces around government land In
Sheridan, Box Butte, Cherry and other
northwestern counties or Nebraska.
Tho order also enjoins the rangers
from erecting other fences Illegally
aftor they liavo romoved the ones they
have. If tho cattlemen leave the
work for tho govornmont to do United
States Marshal Warner and his stall
will do tho work.
The order was sent to these : David
IH1I, Henry Oberwetter, John V. Hill
andf John M. I.owroy, Harry II. Hell
wood, James Bellwood, R. M. Hamp
ton, Joseph II. VnugTin, James C.
Vaughn, Charlog C. Joy, W. N. Wilkin
non, Martha Patmore, Thomas Hlg
gins and A. M. Wilson. Star Ranch
company, Charles M. Tulley and A.
M. Wilson.
HIS BULLET AT LAST FATAL
Miss Engel of Grand Island Dead from
Wound Inflicted by John Hamlin.
Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 1C- After
nearly six months of suffering, Miss
Rachel Engel, victim or John Hamlin's
bullet, passed away as a result of her
Injurlos. She was shot in tho back
while coming to the city with a num
ber of friends one evening at tho
carnival last August. Hamlin was In
fatuated with tho young girl and
nejther she nor her parents looked
upon his attentions with favor. He es
caped aRer the shooting, but was cap
tured at Dannebrog tho next evening.
Tho bullot struck tho spinal col
umn and Miss Hngel had ever since
been paralyzed from that point down.
Hamlin has since been In Jail. A
rhargo of shooting with Intent to kill
will be changed to murder in the iirst
degree.
TRAIN SLAUGHTERS SHEEP.
One Hundred Run Down by -Union
Pacific Near Lincoln.
Lincoln, Jan. 1(5. Union Pacific
passenger train from Omnhu ran into
a drove of sheep about two miles from
town, nenr the nurlingion crossing,
and killed over 100 head. The train
was almost thrown from the track and
the passengors were shaken up. When
tho collision occurred It was snowing
ami almost dark, and tho man In
charge of the sheep could not drive
them from tho track, whero thoy hud'
lied to keep out of tho deeper snow
on tho level ground.
Deadlock in Rhode Island.
Pirovidenco, Jan. Hi. A deadlock
resulted from the first ballot taken In
the Rhode Islnnd legislature for the
choice of a United, States senator to
succeed Sonator George Peabody Wet
more. Fifty-six votes will bo necos-
IM BEN ill
I snrv for a choice. Tho total of tho
votes cast in tho two houses fol'owa:
Colonel It. H. I. (lotldard, Providence,
41; Colonel Samuel Pomeroy Colt,
Bristol. 39; Senator George Peabody
Wetmoro, 31.
New Insurance Investigation.
New York, Jan. 16. An Investiga
tion Into tho afTalrB of tho Metropol
itan Insurance company, similar to
that into the New York Life, which re
sulted In tho Indictment of George W.
Irklns and Charles S. Fnlrehlld, has
been begun by tho district attorney,
l'rcsldeul John It. Hegcmun of tho
Metropolitan has boon asited to ap
pear personally at tho criminal court
building.
Two Million Dollar Timber Deal.
Stillwater, Minn., Jan. 1C A deal
In standing timber and logging opera
tions of tho biggest magnitude on tho
St. Croix for many years has been
closed. It is a salt of nil the busi
ness of the Musser-Sauntry land, log
ging and manufacturing company. The
deal involves more than 52 000,000.
SPOKANE COMPUTES CASE
Railroads and Intervening Cities Hav
Their Inning Today.
Spoknne, Wash., Jan. 10. Spokane
practically completed tho presentation
of Its case before the interstate com
merco commission. Tho railroads and
intervening great cities which are op
posing Spokane's plea for lower rates
will have their hearing today. One ol
tho most Interesting questions raised
at tho hearing wns as to w:io would do
rivo tho bonellts of lower rates, the
Jobbers of Spokano or the consumers
Commissioner Prouty ruled that It was
not worth while to pursue that line ol
Inquiry, an tho commission had re
peatedly held that tho ultimate offoct
of reduction In freight rates was tc
give tho bonellts to the consumers
as competition brought this about
even though tho Jobbers might have
been disposed at first to take them
selves tho benefits attending the rate
reductions.
Commissioner Prouty gave notice
that tho commission would require a
statement from tho railroads, cover
ing tho amount shipped Into Spokane
under class ratings, lie added that 11
might bo found necessary to send one
of tho commission's oxperts to go over
the books of tho roads.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT LUBECK
Nurse Kills Banker and Then Turns
Revolver on Herself.
Tjubeck, Germany, Jan. 1(5. Ernest
Blllier, manager tu mu iuu.ii muin ui
-...l.. .. l. . 1 1 It.... I.
Commerce, an ex-motnuor or
me
relchstng nnd prominent In finance
and political lire, was shot and killed
In tho si root here by Miss Elizabeth
Sehulz, who then shot herself. Mis
Sehulz had been the nurse of 11 err
Stlller's wife, who died some time
ago, and desired him to marry her.
Stiller repelled the woman and the
tragedy followed.
CARLAND HEARS DYER CASE.
South Dakota Jurist Takes Place of
Finkelnburg in Embezzfement Trial.
St. Louis. Jan. 1(5. The trial ol
David P. Dyor, Jr., the suspended teller
of tho United StntOB subtreasury, who
is charged with the embezzlement ol
$iit,200 of government Hinds, was he
gun In the United States district court
before Judge John E. Carland of
South Dakota, sitting In place ol
Judge Finkelnburg, who disqualified
himself.
CHICAGO GRAirT AND PROVISIONS
Features of the Day's Trading ana
Closing Quotations.
Chicago. Jan. 15. A sharp decline
in the price of wheat at Minneapolis
caused a weak finish today to the
local wheat market, the May delivery
being down :5'sc. Corn was up ,sR,,1c.
Oats showed a gain of lA8shc. Pro
visions wero Cc higher to 5c lower.
Closing pi lees:
Wheat -May, 7fi;o; July, 7:V.
Com May, -lliTsc; July, i:i!ifi-13V-
Oats May. 37S':J7U,o; July. :rJ"i,o.
Pork May, $1.Im; July. $U'..t)0.
Lard Jan., $'.U7i; May, $9.55.
Ribs Jan.. $'.t.02'-..; May. $l).22'i.
Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard
wheat, 7:!ff7tc; No. 3 corn, lO'ie; No.
2 oats, Ilo'.jC.
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha. Jan. 15. Cattle Re
ceipts, S.onii; slow. 10c lower; native
steers, $4.0ilft;.:',i); cows and holfors,
$2.fi0?-l.(i.": western steers. ?;!.25i
5.:i0; Texas m-ers. $;i.0!fi 1.10; tan
ners, $2.i0fi ;t tm; Mockers and feed
ers. ?2.Siiri.'..0ii; calves. $:'..0i) (Tt tJ.5n;
bulls, stags, elf., $2.rt)fff 1.50. Hogs
Receipts, 10,000; shade to 5c higher;
heavy, $ti :l."gii.40; mixed, $0.:12'U.(Q)
fiJll; light, ?ii.25fiii.r,5; pigs, $5.25ft
COO; bulk or sales. lil.aOtfjXi.J'.u. Sheep
Receipts, 5,000; strong; yearlings,
$5.75(0.15; wethers, $5.25w5.li5;
ewes, ?l.4tiflr.20; lambs, $(i.50Q7.50.
Fuel Famine In North Dakota.
Washington, Jan. Hi. Additional
complnlnts were received from North
Dakota points complaining of the fuel
situation and repotting either a scarci
ty or an entire exhau&llon of the coal
supply.
MESSAGE ON NEGRO TROOPS
President Tell3 Senate His Rcasonc
for Dismissing Men.
Washington, Jan. IS. President
Roosevelt gent to the senate a special
message regarding the Rtownsvillo
Incident, which gives tho additional
evidence collected by Assistant Attor
ney General Purely and Major Block
8oni, who were sent to Texas by the
president to investigate the affair.
Tho president submitted with his mes
sage various exhibits, including maps
or Brownsville and Fort Brown, a
bandoleer, thirty-three empty shells,
t.ovcn ball cartridges picked up In the
streets a few hours after the shoot
ing, thrqe steel jacketed bulleta and
tome scraps of the casings of otl It
bullets picked out of tlfu houses into
which they "lrad ben fired.
Tho president declares that the evi
dence Is positive that the outrages
of Aug. 12 were committed by some of
the colored troops that have been dis
missed and that some or all or tho
members of tho three companies of
the Twenty-fifth Infantry had knowl
edge of the deed and have shielded
the guilty ones.
The n'gro troops are referred to by
tho president In his message ns
"midnight assassins" and ho declnres
that very few, If any. or tho soldiers
dismissed "without honor" could liavo
been ignorant or what ocrurrcd. That
part of tho order which bars the sol
diers from all civil employment under
tho government Is revoked by tho
president. This clause, the president
says, was lacking in validity. The dis
charged troops, however, will bo for
ever barred from re-enllstlng In tho
army or navy, and ns to this the presi
dent says that "there Is no doubt of
my constitutional and legal power."
Secretary Taft's report, giving tho
sworn testimony or witnesses, Is trans
mitted with the message. The testi
mony or fourteen eye-wltncsscs Is giv
en and the president declares that the
evidence Is conclusive that the weap
ons used wor Springfield rifles, now
used by tho United States troops, in
cluding tho nogro troops who were In
the garrison at Brownsville.
POPE TO FRENCH CATHOLICS
Pontiff Seeks to Comfort Faithful
In
in Their Trials.
Rome, Jan. 12. The Osservatoro
Romano, olllclnl organ of the Vatican,
mibllshoB the text of an encyclical ad
dressed by theior --,7f- Venernblo
Brothors, tta r H yU, J?op8 aml
Clergy and of too Prenefffc'jople." In
this document the pontiff said his
chief object in addressing the faithful
-"-- v.-,---
jn iYJlnce wa8 (X,
comfort them in
, i,.,i ..ii'.i ...i.ini. i r.iit iiunniv
iui;ii ouuui uifto, ..ii.ijii . i.h. uw..j.
riicro was, however, great consola
tion in the Tact that the Catholics ol
Franco were united. The French gov
ernment's declaration o! war was not
only against the Christian faith, but
against, all spiritual ideas. The
French Catholics must b prepared
for all sorts of trials, but they wero
certain of finnl victory. Contrary tc
statements on tho BUbjoct. the church
did not desire a religious w'ar, Involv
ing violent persecutions. Belug a. mis
sionary of peace and carrying out hei
mission loyally, the church did not
willingly expose herseH to wnr and
persecutions, as she did not desire to
see her children suffering. Regarding
tho ecclesiastical properties, the en
cyclical said the pope had not aban
doned them. The French government
had imposed on French Catholics an
organization which tho church was
absolutely unable to accept without
Imperiling her existence as a divine
Institution. The church could not pre
vent the unjust spoliation in progress,
As for tho progressed cultural asso
ciations, they nro contrary to tho ec
clesiastical hierarchy given to the
church by the divine founder, himself
nnd tho pope condemned them In spite
of the material injuries involved at
the hands of tho government.
STANDARD OIL INDICTMENTS
Ohio Grand Jury Returns 939 Counts
Against Rockefeller and Others.
Flndlay, O., Jan. 15. The January
panel ot the Hancock county grand
jury, which has been 111 session tor
the last week, returned 939 sepnrate
inditlments against tho Standard Oil
company of New Jet soy, the Standard
Oil company of Ohio, the Ohio Oil
company, thujiuckoyu Pipe Line com
pany, tho Solar Refinery company, the
Manhattan Oil company, John D.
Rockeleller, II. II. Rogers, Wesley
Tlllord. John D. Archbold. Frank Q.
Barstow. Wlllinm Rockefeller and F.
T. f'utlilit'rt. They arc formally
charged with being members of a
trust for conspiracy against trade.
Sheriff Groves and his deputies will
begin at once to servo a copy of the
indictment on the defendants.
Prosecutor David said that he pur
posely hold off action until tho salary
law with county otllcials became or
fectlve, as he did not wish to run up a
big cost bll, which would have result
ed under the old fee system. If Han
cock county wins in each case fines
aggregating $58,000,000 can bo as
sessed. When the report of the grand Jury
was filed, Prosecutor David, on his
own motion, nolled tho Indictments re
turned last September against John D.
Rockefeller, M. G. Vllns, .J. .m Robe
Ron nnd II. P. Mcintosh, tho last three
named being officers of the Standard
Oil company of Ohio.
Tidal Wave Kills Many.
The Hague, Jan. 12. A tidal wave
has devastated some of the Dutch
Pint Indian Islands south of Achlu.
Tho loss Is very great. According to
nn official dispatch 300 persons per
ished on tho Island or Tana, whllo
forty are known to have been drowned
It the Hand of Simalu.
DARING ROBBERY AT OMAHA.
Paymaster of Her Grand Hotel Held
Up by Yardman.
Omaha, Jan. 11. "While distributing
pay envelopes to employes of the Her
(Irand hotel, tho paymaster of the
koetclry was hem" up and robbed oj
$1,000 by John Plttman, colored. Em
ployes and guests of the house gave
pursuit and after n chase of several
blocks, during which tho culprit fired
several shots nt his pursuers, Plttman
wns captured by a police officer and
taken to the station under heavy
guard. All of tho money, excepting
$.100. was recovered. This the prisoner
threw away during his efforts to es
cape. Plttman wns employed as yard
man nt the hotel.
TWO DEAD AND THIRD DYING. '
One Ends Life With Bullet, Another
With Rope, Last Man Shoots Self.
Omnhu, Jan. 12. Two suicides, one
by shooting and ono by hanging, and
nn attempted suicide by shootlhigy
were repotted to tho police during the
day. L. 12. Emerson shot himself
over tho heart In his room at a lodg
ing house and died beforo medical as
slstance could be summoned. The.
body or an unidentified man was round !
KiiKtinruhvl liv n thin nino nf liindlnu I
twine from an Iron girder under the
Eleventh street viaduct. The man
had been dead for hours. Sam Good
man, a young Hebrew laborer at the
Union Pacific yards, attempted to
commit sutcldo by shooting himself
with a revolver In the right breast
while alone In his room at 417 North
Twelfth street. He was taken to the
hospital and probably will die.
LAND MEN FOUND NOT GUILTY
Modisett, Dale and Smoot Are Acquit
ted by Jury at Omaha.
Omaha, Jan. 11. "Not guilty" was
tho verdict brought In by the jury
trying A. R. Modisett, Dale and Smoot
of Rubhvllle on a charge of conspir
acy to get public land ror ranch use.
Tho jury had been out more than
eighteen hours and had come in once
to ask further instructions.
Albert Modisett, Horace C. Dale and l
William Smott wero charged with I
conspiracy to defraud tho government
of something like 40,000 acres of pub-.
lie land in Sheridan county by means
of fictitious homestead entries. Al-'
though Al Marie Modisett, a brother '
of Albert, was jointly Indicted with
tho others, there wns no testimony In
troduced to inculpate him, and there
Tore Judge Munger instructed the jury
to find a verdict of acquittal for him.
The indictments charged conspir
acy to defraud tho government of pub
lic lands and also charged conspiracy
to subornation of homesteaders to
make false oaths.
The ranchmen did not seek to com
bat tho testimony introduced by the
government, but acted upon the the
ory that it was lawful to get Indians
to file and to execute grazing contracts
or leases.
Tho government strove to make Its
chief showing on the Indian and sol
diers widows filings. That those
people were Induced to file, not for
their own excluslvo uso nnd benefit,
but for the benefit or Modisett, and
that they were procured to swear raise
atlldavlts was unquestionably the
strongest phase or the prosecution.
This was the first land prosecution
In Nebraska In which Assistant Dis
trict Rush failed to get a conviction.
Ttoiti-fln.
A. ltrnmU, In his writings or. the hu
man beard, proffers an opinion direct
ly opposing that of Darwin that the
beard Is u hereditary reuiiinnt of ani
mal growth. According to Rrandt, It Is
nn acquisition, so tlutt even the occa
sional heard of women has a prophetic
significance, for as man 1ms overtaken
woman In his vhol organization so it
la the ease also with reference to the
beard. Rut slowly women are follow
I X
ing, and now 10 pur cent of them I wirance company intho sto
show a stronger growth. The woman
of the distant future would then like- Hoe's Laxative Cough Syrup contain
wise be adorned with a beard. Dlo ' taining llouey and Tar is especially
UniKchau. appropriate for children, no opiates or
, , poisons of any character, conforms t
DEMOCRATS WITH ROOSEVELT j the provisions of the National, l'ur-
Missouri RcmihllcnlT. RCfnR to Vat ' l1""1 "I l)vnK ''"' '"" M. M0.
Indorsement of President's Action.
Jefferson City, Jan. 10. The houso
of representatives, over the protests
of Its Republican members, indorsed
the action of President Roosevelt In
discharging the negro soldiers con
nected with the Brownsville riots.
The resolution was passed, tho Demo
crats voting for It and the Republicans
voting against it.
When your Watch Slops
Yon cannot make it (jo by shaking It.
"7vk. When the bowels aro
2 Sj&a&j constipated you can
rSZL w ,i,..f..-f ..., .uu
cathartics but, like
tho watch, they will
not bo nblo to do
their allotted work
until they aro put
into proper condi
tion to do it.
Ono cannot mend
a delicate piece of
mechanism by vio
lent methods, and
no machine mndo by niau is as fine
as tho human body.
Tho uso o pills, salts, castor-oil
nnd strong cathartic medicines is
tho violent method. Tho uso of
tho herb tonic laxative,
Lane's Family f
Medicine
is tho method adopted by intelli- !
gent people.
Headache, backache, indigestion,
constipation, skin diseases all aro ,
benefited immediately by tho uso
of this medicine.
Druggists sell it at 25c. and 50c. .
OKMO4$N0K03
Farms That Grow
"Ho. I HfiBO" WHEAT
(Gixly-lhrco Pounds to tho Bushel)
arc situated in tho
Canadian West,
where Homesteads
of 1G0 ncrcs can be
obtuined FREE by
every settler will
ing and able to
comply with the
Homestead Regu
lations. During the present
year a large portion of
New Wheat-Growing
Territory
has been made accessible
to markets by the railwuy
construction that has been
pushed forward so vigor
ously by the three great
Railwny Companies. Grain
growing, mixed farming
and dairying are the great
specialties.
For literature and Information
address
Superintendent of Immigration
Ottawa, Cauaila
or the (ollowlnfr authorized
Canadian Government Agent,
W. v. nr.NNnTT
601 New YurL. I.tlo rulldtog
Omiiliu, .Nib.
Mention tbU pnpor.
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