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Vol. 19. No. 942.
SENSATIONAL MURDER
Harry Kendall Thaw, Millionaire of
Pittsburg Shot and Killed Stan
ford White in Theatre
New York Harry Kendall Thaw
brother of the Countess of Yarmouth,
who shot and killed Stanford White,
the noted architect, is a prisoner in
the Tombs. Thaw admits the killing,
pleading that his act was justifiable;
that White had wrecked the life of
his wife, the beautiful Florence Eve
lyn Nesbit, whose marriage to Thaw
scarcely more than a year ago was
one of the sensations of the time.
The murder of White was probably
the most dramatic and sensational
tragedy this city has witnessed since
the killing of "Jim" Fiske by E. S.
Stokes more than thirty years ago.
'Aside from the prominence of the
principals the setting for the crime
was unique.'
The Madison Square roof garden,
which has been closed several years,
was crowded with a fashionable aud
ience'. While Harry Short, who fills
the principal comedy role in the piece,
was singing a comic song and the
garden was echoing with the laughter
and applause of the audience a series
of shots rattled in the rear of the
auditorium and a man in evening
dress was seen tof fall across a table
at which he was sitting with a party
of friends. The man who had fired
the shots fled, pistol in hand, toward
the nearest exit, where he was seized
and disarmed by police.
The audience for a few moments be
lieved the firing of the shots was a
hoax and applauded. But develop
ments came so fast and it was so
suddenly made clear that they bad
.been witnessing a tragedy, that a
'panic followed. '
Mrs. Shaw was Evelyn Nesbit, the
Floradora Sextette girl. Harry's wild
career and his infatuation for the girl
who became his wife almost resulted
in his complete separation from the
Thaw millions. There was a recon
ciliation, however, and for more than
a year Harry's mamma has been
busily engaged in teaching her daughter-in-law
the ways of "polite" so
ciety. TO RESERVE COAL LANDS
LaFollette Introduces Resolution Au
thorizing Withdrawal from Entry
Washington The initial move to
prevent corporations or individuals
from getting possession of the public
coal lands, was made when Senator
LaFollette introduced a joint resolu
tion authorizing the. president to with
draw the land from entry. It is un
derstood that President Roosevelt de
sires this express authority from the
hands of congress.
The resolution sets forth that the
government owns more than 40 mil
lion acres of public land underlaid with
coal, lignite and oil deposits; that the
future industrial development of the
POLITICS, AGRICULTURE AND HOME
Lincoln, Nebraska; June 28, 1906
country, its heat and power and light,
are largely dependent upon this sup
ply, and that it is in the interest of
the coal and oil consumers of the
country that the extent and character
of these denosits be accurately deter
mined, so that the country may know
the amount of its fuel supply ana
adopt such measures as will conserve
it for the benefit of the whole people.
It is proposed, therefore, that the
secretary of the interior cause to be
made a thorough investigation of the
deposits and report to congress the
nature, extent and best methods of
operating, and that the president be
authorized to withdraw from entry
and sale all public lands underlaid
with coal, lignite or oil until such
time as congress shall determine oth
erwise. MILLIONS FOR IRRIGATION
Coming Congress at Boise Will Ask
Big Appropriation
Boise, Idaho It has been deter
mined to designate the meeting of the
national irrigation congress to be held
in Boise in September as "the. hun
dred million dollar congress." An
agitation is then to be started to se
cure a direct appropriation of $100,
000,000 from congress to supplement
the reclamation fund. This has been
determined upon after consultation
with many of those who are leaders
in the work of the congress. The
present fund' is comparatively small
compared with the number of avail
able projects. It is swelled only by
the land sales and by the payment in
ten years installments by farmers of
the cost of construction of works. The
success attained is so great that it
is felt the fund available for the pur
pose should be expanded so the work
of opening arid land schemes for the
people could be accelerated.
Bailey Out for Bryan
Washington Senator Bailey of
Texas is not going to , contest the
presidential nomination of his party
with William J. Bryan. There is a
strong movement among southern
democrats to have one of their num
ber selected as their party standard
bearer. Senator Bailey appreciates
the strength of this movement and
he believes it should be checked. He
approved an interview given out by
Representative Burgess of Tesas in
which the democrats are advised to
turn to Bryan as their logical leader,
In his interview Mr. Bailey is quoted
as urging his friends to support Bryan
and as saying that, as President
Roosevelt is winning public approval
by advocating policies originated or
strongly indorsed by Mr. Bryan, the
Nebraskan is the logical choice.
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in your subscriptions.
RECOMMIT RATE BILL
Tillman Says Standard Oil is Influenc
ing Action of Conference Commit
' tee LaFollette's Good Work
Washington, D. C, June 27. The
time of safe and sane legislation has
passed for the present session of con
gress. The members have become im
patient to return to their homes to
participate in the game of politics
that is now reaching an acute stage in
most localities. The date for adjourn
ment has not been definitely fixed,
but is understood to be close at hand.
The members of both brancheswould
agree upon a day of adjournment, but
they fear that on account of so much
important work being in an unfinished
state that would have to be rushed
through in any old way, that Roose
velt might give them another sur
prise by giving it out that he would
not approve ill considered legislation
and might go so far as to veto some
bills, and then proceed to call congress
together again immediately in extra
session to complete the work.
The rate bill has been referred back
by the senate to the conference com
mittee a second time, the last re
port being less satisfactory than the
first. The first report contained the
signatures of the full conference com
mittee, but Senator Tillman refused
to sign the last one on the ground
that the bill had been mutilated to
suit the Standard Oil and he could
not stand for it.
There is one thing happening here
from day to day that is as refreshing
as It is novel and surprising, which
is that in the midst of the hurry and
confusion of the closing days of an
exciting session of congress that the
voice of the farmers of the west are
being heard in clear and ringing tones
that mean business. Senator LaFol
lette evidently is not the least ruffled
by the turmoil of the closin;; session
and is getting in his work to protect
producers and consumers of cereals
against the railroad elevator combine
by having the scope of the investiga
tion of the interstate commerce com
mission extended to cover the con
spiracy of the big elevator concerns
to plunder the people and destroy
small competitors.
The omnibus building appropria
tion as it passed the house shows up
modern statesmanship as understood
by the average member of that branch
of congress, which is to pry open
Uncle Sam's strong box and get some
of the money for their district under
some pretext. It Iooks as though
every republican member in a close
district succeeded in breaking into
the government safe in that bill. The
senate, however, may cut out some
of the most palpable steals before
passing if through that body.
It . is generally believed among the
leading politicians here that Bryan
and Roosevelt will be pitted against
each other in the next national elec
tion. The republican members of
congress are believed to be meeting
with good success in raisng funds
for the coming campaign.. Roosevelt
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shows no disposition to interfere with
the devious methods employed oj
congressmen to hold up different in
terests for campaign funds. Congress
will probably adjourn within a week.
WILL BE HANGED ON MONDAY
Judge Sutton of Omaha Changes Uni
versa! Custom
The long established and perhaps
universal custom of making Friday
hangman's day was broken by.: Judge
Sutton of Omaha when he sentenced
two murderers, Jay O'Hearn and Har
rison Clark to b3 hanged on Monday.
The two men on whom the death
sentence was pronounced w objects
of the mob attack on tb.i f ouglas
county jail last March. Jay tVHearn
was one of the youthfuf nandits
charged with the hold-up of ' the sa
loon of Nels Lausten when Lausten
was killed, and Harrison Clarke - was
one of the three men who held up a
South Omaha street car and shot the
conductor, Ed Flury. Joe Warren,
another of the gang which held up
the Lausten saloon, was sentenced to
fifteen years at hard labor in. the
penitentiary.' All the prisoners" will
appeal.
Soon Goes to ' Isthmus
Washington John F. Stevens, the
chief engineer of the isthmian canal
commission, and Mrs. Stevens left
Washington for New York. Mr. Ste
vens will attend the meeting of the
Panama railway directors in New
York and he and Mrs. Stevens will
sail for the isthmus on Thursday, to
gether with the entire canal commis
sion. House -Passes Repeal Bill
Washington The house passed the
senate bill which repeals the so-called
twenty-eight hour law by fixing the
minimum time in transit for stock at
thirty-six hours, upon the written re
quest Xf the owner or person in
charge of the particular shipment.
Rate for Harvest Hands
flhionucv Tn resnonfiA to a telecrram
from Governor Hoch of Kansas ask
ing western railroads to send farm
hands to that state the roads decided
to make a rate of a third of the usual
fare from points in Iowa and Kansas
for a rorftr! nf twolvo riova fmm Inna
29 to July 10 inclusive.
Royal Family to Cruise
St. Petersburg The imperial fam
ily is planning a summer cruise in
the Finnish1- archipelago. No official
announcement of the time of the em
peror's departure is obtainable.
Will Run as a Republican
Emporia, Kan. The . democrats of
the Fourth congressional district nom
inated John Wesley Moore of Marion
as a candidate for congress from the
district on the democratic ticket.
Moore will run as a tariff reform re
publican. Building Bill Passed
Washington The omnibus public
i building bill was passed by the ' ous
