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TmS IN NEBRASKA
" .EVENTS OF IEST ; : OF MORE
, : ) an LESS IMPORTANCE.
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THE'YEAR WAS NOT A GOOD OUE
I .Burllngton's Net Earnings Show a
' Decrease In Compnrlson With Form. '
'or Perlod-Democrntlc State Con.
, ventlon to Meet In Lincoln Aug. 16.
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Burllnton ! Report Flied.
UNCOLN - NotwUhstntllllng the
'great prosllorlty In Nobraslm IWrlng
Lho In.st 'ear the Burlington rallrorul
did not male IlR much money In this
stale ns It did the 'ear IJrovlous. This
, , year , as shown In Us report flied wUh
1.ho secretary of the State BOlml or
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. . Assessment , Its net earnings In No-
f braslm amounted to only $6,396,768.12
, or only $2OGG a mlle for over ) ' milo ,
, main lIne and hranch In the Atate. Last
'year It mule on every mlle It owned
i In the slalo the sum of $ : ! ,210 ! a mile.
No reason Is gl\'en for this slump
in Its earnings. Its gross earnings In
, Nehrailcn amount to $ l ,8G3,060.28 ,
from which arhltrary allowance ot
I road east of the rIver on freight
huslness , amounting to $ I,776G62.76
II must ho deductcd , ICII.Vlng a tolal
gro.3S earnings of on1) ' $14,8G,397.63.
The road sIJent In oporatlng expenses
1n tills state the sum of $8,22,1,049.60 ,
whllo Its t.'LXCS paid and taxes "ten-
dowll" amounted to $ HG,1i79.81.
The capital stocle of the road Is
' : $110,839,100 , and Us value Is not
quoted 011 tllO marlwt , the report Sa8 ,
nrul has not heen on tllO market for
: four ) 'cI1I's.
Democratic State Convention.
UNCOI.lN-T10 ] domocratlc state
onventlon will meet In Lincoln
Wednesday , August 16 , to nomlnato
11 full state tlclwt , InchllIng ! three
Tnllrmul'commissioners. . The call does
not Include the Indorsement of n can.
dillato for the United States senat ,
but UIIs clln come up under the head
of "such ether huslness as ma ) ' properly -
erly como hoforo the convention. " 'l'ho
1msls of representation was flxcd at
Qno delegate for every 100 vo cs or
fraction thercof cast for Wl1llam O.
Hastings for supreme judg . This
will maleo n con7cntlon of 8GG delo-
gates.
Get Story of Earthquake.
PLA'l'TSMOUTH-l\Irs. Isnae C cll
is In rocolJt ! of n ] elter from n rela.
tlvo residing nt San .Toso , Cal. , which
gives some additional details of the
recent earthqualto which wrought so
much destruction In San Francisco and
Qther near.hy towns. The writer re.
] Jorts that the handsome residence of
1\Irs. Joselh Martin qnd family , ! orm.
r residents of Plattsmouth , wns torn
from Its foundntlon 11Y the force of
the shock nnd moved for n dlstanco
or nine feet. The occupants had 0.
narrow escnpo from death under fall.
Ing tlmhers , hut. 'nono of them were
seriously Injured.
Fruit Prospccts In Richardson.
HU1\f \ or.DT-Oplnlon seem to bo
hanglng as regards the fruit pros-
1 } ( ct In this vicinity , amI the latost.
report comes from 01 Lltlle. who Is n
Tecognl ; > : ed OXIJert In horticultural mat.
ters. Ho 8a's that after n careful In.
vestlgo.tlon nmong the small orchards
Qf the city ho finds 0. certain portion ,
ranging from twenty to forty per cent
Qf t110 IJ\1ds arc yet In n healthy con.
-dltl m , nnd ho therefore prelllcts a fnlr-
sized yield with the qunllt ) ' under con.
tlnued favorahlo conditions much Qet-
tel' than could bo expected Ir the CrOIJ
were full.
Assessment Board Meets Mny 7.
The Stnto Board of Assessment wJl1
moot. Mondn ) ' , May 7 , to 110gln the
consideration ot the "aluo of rnllrond
propert ) ' , and not on Mo.y I , nR some
members of the hoard suppose1. ! The
stntutes fixes the first Monday In May
ns the Iay of heglnnlng , and not ! \lay
1 , as has heen frequently publlsh 1.
A numher of rands which enter No-
brasm over leased IIncs have fnllell
to maeo nn ) ' report , though 0. penalty
becomes operative after April Hi If re.
ports are not In. It Is understood the
penalty will not bo enforced.
Will Ask Aid f1)r Doctors.
LINCOI.N-Tllo homoopathlc physl.
clnns of the state wJl1 ask for aid tor
tilO doctors who suffered loss In San
Francisco. Dr. Erlo D. WOOllwo.rd of
Lincoln , president of the state asso.
clatlon , wJl1 recelvo gifts. Dr. James
C. Wood of UIO national nssoelatlon
wlrod Dr , Woodward from ClevehUld
nsltlng tor nld.
Boy AccldentnJly Kills Brother.
S WARD-A tatnl ncchlent oc.
curred nt tllO homo of 1\1. \ J. Eicher or
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'N" township all. SUllllny. Mr. and
Mrs. Elchor were away from Immo ,
and the two boys toole the rifle and
went out to shoot at n mark. Whllo
placing the target , In some unaccount-
nblo wa ) ' , the rlfio was discharged and
the hey Dennlo wns lt1l1ed.
Farmer Suffers by Fire.
TEKAMAH-Tho homo of Llewollyn
Slovens , a tnrmer living about twelve
miles of this place , was destroyo:1 by
fire. A sewing mnchlno' wns aU that
was snvod.
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Grain Company Objects.
The chnelder.Fowler Elevator
compau ) ' filed In the Rupremo court
0. petition objecting to the depositions
talten In the case some time ngo 111111
also to nonrly all of the qu tlons
asltell the witnesses. The petition cov ,
ers forty or tifty' Pl1gos.
NEDRASKA IN BRIEP
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'l'ho vrlntcrs of Deatrlco have or.
, ganlzed 11 union.
West Point gave over $500 for San
l'ranclsco ufferers.
A hlocl , system Is helng Installed ort
the mlll'Oall nt Arlington.
1'uhllo Rchools In Nohraslcn ( lulto
formall ) ' ohserved Arhor day.
'fhere Is said to ho qullo n'numbel
of smalluox CIlHOS In LIncoln.
'l'he democratic state conventloIt
will bo hold In ' .llncoln , August 15 ,
All Nebraslcn. towns did nobly In
furnIshing succor to the earthlul to
su rCerers.
Congressman Hinshaw hns Recured
nn Increase In pension fl'om $6 to $12
for Lewis . Wolford ot Yorl , .
After so many unfilled vrollllseR ox.
tundlng over n. number of yonrs , Bent.
rice Is at last going to hava \ new
Durllngton depot.
Attorney McCandloss of Wymore ,
was In Dcatrlco nnd purchased 600
trecs to be plllnto1 ! In the varls of
Wymoro. Ho selected silver poplars ,
elms nnd hncltherrles.
'fho I lrst Nntlonal bank of Crofton ,
haa heen authorlze1 ! to hegln bushleHs
with $2,000 : ; cavltal. lIonry LammCl's ,
president : II. J. Oswald , vice presl.
dent : l"ranle Nelson , cashier.
L. A. lImhall , who settled In the
state of 'Vushlngton In.st yenr , Is hacle
In Oxford , atter spending mueh time
and money In lool"ng for n better
homo ti1an south.central Nebraslm.
nev. A. F. Ploetz , who was pastor
of the First Presbyterian church In
Plnttsmouth for more thau five years ,
has accepted a call to the pastorate of
the First Oerman Preshyterlan church
In Lexington. .
The state longue of local building
nnd lonn I1ssoclatlons will meet In
Seward onlay 2,1. neIlrCi'entatlves of
lwont ) ' towns will he In attendnnce ,
and n committee has cC'n appointed
to furnish proper entertainment.
'fho normnl quartet will leave Peru
Mny 11 , for a tour lasting until May
19. They will sing at Weeping Water ,
and negotiations are under way for
dates at Papllllonlead Vulley , Ellc.
horn anll Elmwood ,
Whllo B. l . Day was tnltlng In corn
at Weeping Water , tbo team In the
elevator became frightened nnd hack.
ed the wagon , nnd caught Mr. Day's
right arm between the wagon wheel
and the dump door , crushing the arm
from elbow to wrist.
Dr. Stewnrt , n veterlnnry surgeon of
Beatrice , lost n vnlunble horse from
strychnine poisoning. It was discovered -
ered thnt someone hnd plac d the pol.
son In the feed hex In the anlmnl'a
atall. The ma.ttor will ho thoroughly
Investigated by the authorities.
Telmmnh , which voted $10,000 elcc.
trlc light honds some monthR ago and
which the nudltor reCused to register
Iecauso the bonds amounted to 6 per
cent of the nssosBed valuation of the
town , will after all get the lion lIs rog.
Istered nnd he permitted to sell thorn.
'l'he Curtis Darllett com pliny , suc.
cessorR to the CurtlsVlln Denberg com.
IlI111Y of Clinton , Ia. , has filed Ilrtlcles
of Incorporation with the secretnr ) ' of
state nl1l1 will do huslness In NebrnsltD.
Thu firm Ilcals In lumller and It Is
now running an establishment In Lln.
coIn nnd In Omahn.
Dr. Oeorgo Oanl1y , , a Humboldt sur.
geon , cut ono of his hands qulto badly
when ho attempted to 1J.l'ush his coat ,
and struck his hn.nd against an .0P n
lance , \vhlch he had thoughtlessly
plnced In his ] Jocket. The hand was
cut to the bono In severnl places and
caused an ugly wounl1.
The Yorlt Brick company , owned
and ollerated hy home callital , commenced -
mencod buslnoss ono ) 'eal' ago , nnd al.
though It has p1l1de thousands of brlcl ,
It was \1I\I1ble to fl1mllh al1 the brick
thnt Yorl , hought. 'l'hls year It l\l\s \
adl1el1 to tile ] Jlnnt until It Is one of
the lnrtcst In the state.
Nine of the Durlington freight cars.
which wore on a aldo tracle east. of tilO
Missouri rh' r , opposlto PlnUsmouth ,
were consumed hy firo. The origin of
the flro Is belloved to 11I\ve been caused
hy spnrlrs 'from passing engine. It
Is esthnatod that , the loss w111 not ox-
eerd the Hum of $3,000.
1\1. D. Thompson , president of the
Albion Nntlonal banle , Who has been
confined to his hed for more than n
month on account of IJIlralysl.s , started
last weele. for hlIan : , the home or !
his relatives. A sloeplng cnr WI\.S :
cl1l\rterolt I1nl1 Mr. 'l'hompsol1 Wt18
taltel1 the enUre jom'ne ) ' without
change of cars.
Jospeh Carsh , a young farmer of
nellr Jlmnholdt , 111:1.do nn unusual
catch a fm\ days ago when In dlsclng
his field ho l1noarthod a nest of Boven
young grey wovos , a I'Ipecles that Is
ulmont extinct In that secllon. He
too ] , the anlmnls to the county clerIc
and rocelved thereon bounty of $29. .
6 from the stnte nnd county com.
blned.
Dulhllngs are now mpldly ( ; ClnglIJ
In the now Great Northem town of
Loshara. Two lumber ) 'ards , two elevators -
vators , 11 hardwnro store and a hutchor
shop nrc now oporllllngA oonle hItS
been chl11'tered and w111 soon bo doing
business. 'fho postoffice hils been established -
tablished , though owing to the Irregu.
III train servlc.C' , as yet mill ! Is brought
from Fremont by rural dollver ' .
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F.cars are entertained.b b ) ' his rellY
Uves and trlel\ds In Humholdt nnd 'fl.
clnlLy , that Dr. Oeorgo Tuclter , wbo
I'ocentl ) . left there for Callto1'l1la , to 10.
eate permanently , mny have been a
"ICtl111 of the San li'ranclsco horror.
UIJ to this wriling they hnvve been
unnbl.o to henr from him.
There Is a great domanl1 for me ,
chanlcs throughout this soctlon , says
a Humholdt ( USIl tch , oxtenslvo 1m.
)1rovlmentf ) ! ! R'OlnJ : on both In the city
amI surrounding country. All carpon.
ters and stone mnsons have their
hanlts ful )
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REVOLT FAILS TO DEVELOP
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PARIS STltEETB SOENES OF TUMuLT -
MuLT ON MAY DAY. ,
Anarchists and Revolutionists Take
Advantage of Lnbol' Agitntlon t.o
. Oreate Disorder In Capital.
l'arls.-The long-uron ed Iay ay
falled to bring th : ) revolution whIch
Infiamamtory jou'unls predicted , but
It bl'Ought scenes ot extreme violence.
'rho labor districts , whIch thousands
or troops cOlltrollt3d with lfficulty an
even central portionS" of ParIs hnve
tnlten on the appearance of u siege ,
wlili regiments ot Infantry and cavalry -
ry cnlnped about tne Arc de Trlomphe ,
the bourse , the Bank of France an
tbe great railway station , while mlll-
tary sentinels pacud before banlts and
private e.\Itablishments. '
. The main thoroughfares In the res-
Idenllal portIon or Paris rcmaln tran-
quil. In the West. end , far remove
from rIotous scenCJ , people were dls-
posel1 10 treat the events In the la-
par q1mrtcrr. us harmless elTervescence.
'It. ' WlIs , however , l11uch more than that.
'fhrollghoul the afternoon dragoons ,
ropubllcan gUard and cuirassiers
charged dlwrderly masses , 8weeplng
the Place de ] a Uepubllque and the
1.Jload Boulevard Dc l\lagenta. Toward
nightfall cavalry chargtd with drawn
"words and many 1.ersons were wounded -
ed on both sldos. 'fhe manifestants
overturned omnlbtlses and threw UI )
basty barricades. Over 1,000 arrests
were made during : 'he day. ,
At no time did the demonstration
rtilch the mngnltude of a revolt , but
wns rather a leaderless tumult , In
whlrh the serious labor element , strug-
gllnJ ; ior a principle , was hopelessly
coufused with vlolont ngltalol's , anarchIsts -
archIsts , revolulun1sts ! , roughs and a
large number of the curious. ' 1'he
worltmcn never succeeded In forming
a processIon 01' eyen In assembling
1II0re thlln sC\\ttered bands. Their
clner acllon WlS reunion of se\'eral
thousands In the labor exchange , at
which Ii resolution wns ndopted not to
return to worlt until the eight-hour
dc.r shah have beol1 accorded ,
TWO BANKS HAVE TROUBLE
National and State Institutions , Con-
tro11ed by Pitts burg Man
Are Closed.
PUtaburg , Pa.-Natlonal Banlt Examiner -
aminer John D. Cunningham Wednesday -
day closed the Delmont National bunk
at Delmont , L"a. , of which James Mc-
Quaide , of this city , Is preshlent , and
almost at the same tlmo the attomey
general's delJ1lrtment nt Harrisburg
made aIJpllcation to the Dauphin coul1-
ty court for a receiver for the Monon- .
gnhela Vnliey bnnlt of Duqlleslle ,
which Is alleged to be Insolvent. Mr.
McQuaide Is vice presldont of the Mo-
nongahela bank and also has been
conducting a chnln of nmusemNlt on-
torprlses about the C01111tl' ) ' , which
consists mainly of merry-go-rounds.
Fire Nearly Ruln Town.
Hltrrlsvl.le , W. Vn.-I < 'lre enrly
But1llny morning tllreatened to wlpo
out the entire town , but was sullllucd
nfter causing n. loss of about $25,000.
The blnze started In the National hotel -
tel , destroyed that building , lIcl\Cd up
the ! o'ir8t National b.\nl , hulldlng and
.then burned the post office with ull Ita
contents. Every available man In the
.town wns called UIJon 'to fight the
fiames. The only fire fightlnJ ; apparatus -
ratus to be obtained wns two hand fire
engines with whlrb , supplemented by
a bucket hrlgade the fil'e was con- .
trolled.
Dullding Strike in Oshltosh.
Othlwsh , Wls.-All building operations -
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tions whore unlol1 mon were om-
plo'rd have ceased , nl1 union carpenters -
ters of the clly , allout 150 In all , going
on strlko. The dtmand 18 for It minImum -
Imum wage of 30 cents nn hour.
W lls Mn.y De Going Dry.
Elgin , Ill.-J.'ears are telt that the
artnlan wells Installed In 1904 are
g01ng dr ) ' . It Is asserted that at times
tile fiow Is not great enough to 8upJly )
the city and that water has to be
umDed dlreetly 11' < J11li'ox river.
NAMES SUCCESSOR TO WITTE
Former Minister of th , Interior Is
Selected to FlIl I'osltion
of Premier.
St. Peteraburg.-Tho otllclal announcement -
nouncement that PremIer Witte's resIgnation -
Ignation had been accepted , coupled
with the statement that former MinIster -
Ister of the IntQrlor Goremykln would
succeed him , was made Wednesdny
COUNT WITTE.
( Emperor Nicholas ot Russia Has Ae-
ceptell His Resignation as Premier. )
In view of the pub1Jcatlons of the Inst
few days , tno former statement dId
not come as a surprise , but M. Oorem-
yltln's elevation to the premiershIp
created amazement. He Is not only
regarded as reactionary , but the
genernl opinion Is that he Is not equal
to the tasle of facIng the comIng crisis.
OPERATORS OUTLINE VIEWS
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Issue Statement Regarding Causes
with Led to CnIl1ng of Min-
ers' Convention.
Now Yorlt.ntlcllatlng the convention -
vention of miners at Scranton , Pa. , the
anthracite coal operators Issued a
statement outUnlng their view of the
negotiations In the nnthraclte field UJ
to date. The object of the statement ,
according to Its Introductory paragraph -
graph , Is "to prevent mIsunderstandIng -
Ing of the situation which has led to
the convention of mIners at Scran-
ton. "
It declares that In tno summer of
1906 the leaders of the United Mlno
Worlcers found their organization rapIdly -
Idly dwlndHng : that havIng obtained
a large wage Increase 11.8 a rcsult of
the arbitration award of the commission -
sion nJpolnted ) by President Roosevelt
In 1902 , tne men apparently saw no
reason to continuo to pay unIon dues.
It adds that on June 1 Illst. the total -
tal union memberbnlIl was 38,810 out
of some 170,000 employes. President
Mitchell's tour of the districts , whIch ,
the statement sa's , resulted In In-
creuslng the union memborshlp to 80-
487 , Is ro\'lewed and portions of some
of the mln rs' leader's addresses are
quoted. The operators nccept the
commission's decision as having permanent -
manent effect , except Insofar as subsequent - ,
sequent events hnve possibly modified. .
IIctu/l.l conditions. These ) Josslblllties
the operators agree to submIt to tho. .
same Impartial tribunal.
Soldiers Remain in Paria.
Pal'ls.-The main force of the
labor movement as It affects the
city and the country appears to
have sJent ) Itself on' Tuesday , although -
though detnched
movements
continue -
tinue to agltnte various. tra.des ,
requiring constnnt sl11'velllance by
the police and the continued
presence -
ence In Paris or a conslderablo force
of troops. However , the authorities ,
while prepared to meet any rurther
widespread demonstration , no longer
trCflt the movement as n serious menace -
ace to the community.
Amerlcnns Win Most Events.
Atehns.-Tho lymplc
games
com-
mltteo published a full Hst of the win-
ners. The
Americans
Won 11 firsts ,
six seconds and five thirds out of 29
events , In many of which , however ,
the Amorlcans did not compete.
Crossed Wires Cause Fire.
Connellsvlllo , Pa.-Tho new slx-
story building and stock of the Aaron
Furnlturo comIlIlny was dal\laged by
fire Wednesday to the extent or $85-
000. Crossed
electric wires are sup-
Imsed to have caused the blnzo.
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'FRISCO HAS OAPITAL IN BIGHT
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FOR ALL NEEDS.
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Work of Olearing Up Durned Section
Progressing-Now Yorkers Ready
to Advance Money.
San Franclsco.-An Investigation
, nude Wednesday demonstrated that
ho fear thnt Sun Francisco will
3uffer a perIod of hard times as al1
, \ftermath ot the dlsllstrous fire Is Ul1-
ounded. Cureful e9tll11ato made b ) '
.1llthorltles competent to spealt , show
that within the next year there will
Je over $200,000,000 available for the
rehabllltlltlon of Sun Francisco.
The following figures made clear
where this sum Is to originate :
Investment of new Geary street municipal -
nicipal road , $340,000 : Homo Telephone -
phone company expenditures , $1,000-
000 : Insurance losses now due and
payable ( njlproxlmately ) , $176,000,000 :
Unlled rnllroat1s now constructions ,
$9,000,000 : city bonds of 1904 , sum
stili available , $17,000,000 : Ocean Shore
railway , approximated expenditures
here , $1,000,000 : restoration of Pacific
states 'l'elophone company , $1,000,000 :
restoration of governlpent hull dings ,
$770,000 : buildIng of sea wall , $2,000-
000. Total , $207,110,000.
It Is expected that a Inrge part of
this money will come from eastern
and foreign cnpltallsts. In figuring
the two hundred and odd million
which will bo available , the Investigators -
gators did not talte Into consideration
the sums that may be ralsod for the
beautification und Improvement of the
city.
city.Signs
Signs of renewal of l'ndustrlnl activIty -
Ity were apparent In many parts of
the burned dIstricts , nnd the worle of
clearing away debrIs preparatory to
rebuilding was In progress In u score
of places. It was said that plans forever
over 30 largo buildings have been
drawn , and will bo submitted to the
authorities after the new building
laws are promnlgated.
San. Franclsco-The first definlle
pToposlUon for furnIshing money on
n large 8cale to Snn FrancIsco for the
purpose of rebuildIng some of the
burned sections was made publ1c
Tnesdl1Y , when It was announced that
; : . syndlcato of No" . York eupHal1sts
hat1 IIgrcod to advance $1(10,000,000. (
'rho news cnmo in 11. telegram received
by W. F. Herrin , chief counsel of the
Southern Pacific , from United States
Senator Newlands , of Nevada , who
had a large Interest In the burn ad Palace -
ace hotel. Senator Newlands stated
that he hnll submitted ilie plan to New
York financIers and that they had vir-
tunHy consented to supply the money
on a bond and II10rtgage bn.sls. The
names or the New Yorle people are not
given. The otter iF under discussion
by the local finance committee.
CONSTABLES FIRE ON MOB
Foreign Minewol'kers Attack State
Pollce with Stones and Receive
Shower of Dullets.
Mount Carmel , Pa.-The first serious -
ous co1Uslon In the anthraclle coal
regions since mIning was suspended
on April 1 , occurred here Monday between -
tween a mob of Idle mlnl' workers
and a platoon of the new stnte constabulary -
stabulary force , and resulted In the
injuring ot probably 20 men , three of
them will I1kely die.
The dlstrubanco was caused by an
attack on a detall of the state pol1ce
by several hundred foreigners , who
threw stones at the policemen and
othorwlse endangered their I1ves to
such an extent that they were forced
to fire on the crowd.
Whlle It Is bel1eved that a score of :
persons were injured during the day I
only ten are accounted for. Three , it
Is thought , w1l1 die.
Set Date for Vote.
Washlngton.-The senate will begin -
gin voting on the amendments to the
rallroad rate bill on Friday , MIlY 4.
An amendment to that effect 'was
reached londay , but It proved impossible -
possible to so extend the understandIng -
Ing ItS to provide to have It Include
the fixing of n date for taking a final
vote on the bill as a wholo. Senator
Tillman first prol108ell n final vote on
May 9 , but Senator Morgan objected.
Rockefeller's Aid Is De d.
Cleveland , O.-Henry C. Rouse ,
chairman of the board of directors of
the l\l1ssourl , Knnsas & Texas Railway -
way company and llresldent of a number -
ber of ether western railways , dlod
hero Mondny of pneull1onla. Mr.
nouso represented Mr. Rocltefel1er
on the boards of a number or railway
companies. At the time of his death
he wns a director In at least 25 transportation -
portation companies.
Hope for San Francisco.
San Franclsco.-An Investigation
mnde Wednesda ) ' demonstrated that
the fear that San Francisco will suITer
n period of hard times as an artermnth
of the disastrous fire Is nnt'ounded.
Careful ostlmate mnde by authorities
competent to speak , show that within
the next year there will bo oyer $200-
000,000 available tor the rehnblUtatlon
of San Frandsco.
Receiver for Dond Company.
Chlcago.-Judge Dethea In ilie led-
oral court Wednesda ) ' granted an application -
plication for the appointment of are-
celver for the American Reserve Dond
company. The 'Vestern 'frust and
Savings bank was named.
Fire in IlUnolB Town.
Peoria , Ill.-Peorla was appealed to i
for help Wednesday morning as the
result of n fire whleh destroyed the
Verry levator , the Methodist church
and several residences at Arlington , In
Tazowell Iounty.
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GOll FOUND GUll TV.
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Former Assistant Cashier of First Na-
tlonnl of Mllwl\l1kee Is Convicted
on Wrty-Four Counts.
l\1Ilwnultee.-Henry O. 0011 former
assistant cashier ut the First Natlonnl
bllnlt of this clly was found guilty by a
jury In the United States district court
SUl1d y on 19 r.ounts out of M. 'l'ho
counts In the Indictments agnlnst thO'
defendant on which he was found
glillty relate to 1a1so entries and the' . .
or funds In bani"
misapplication the " n
these relating to embezzlement and ' " " -a
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telegrams bolng thrown out. " 1
The verdIct was reached by the jury
after a sesslo ? lasting eight hours.
The amount of money which 0011 j
was alleged to have misapplied was ' 1
about $250000. Mr. 0011 was unmoved -
moved by the verdIct nnd referred all "
Interviewers to his attorneys. He was I
remanded to the custody of the United
States marshal. I
Attorney William D. nubln , for Ule
detandant , at once made n motion for
11. new trial.
'l'he trial of Henry G. 0011 lasted ex-
nctly three wceks , during which tlmo 11' '
large volume of ovldenco was ubmlt- , [ ' ' {
ted to the jury. The most Interesting . ' , ' .
part of ilie testimony was that offered "
by the former llresldent of the banlt ,
Frank G. Dlgelow , who Is now serving
a ten years' sentence at the Fort Leav- ' :
enworth prIson , he having pleaded . '
guilty to looting the banlt , wllhout un- . ' ,
dergolng a trlnl. Dlgelow testhled that ' "
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mn.ny of the acts with which Goll was )
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cl1l1rged were committed under his dl- '
rectlon , but stated that he had no ;
knowledge of some of them. Aside '
from Dlgelow's testimony , bank om-
clals were subpoenned from severnl
outsldo cIties and testified as to varIous ,
accounts with the 1\1llwaulcce bank.
Severnl booklteepers and tellers or the , ,
bani , ' gave testimony on most of the
charges , the busls for which having "
been unearthed by the government's expert - .
pert accountant. .
GoIl WItS Monday denIed his freedom - '
dom on a ball bond pending argu
ment for a new trial before United
States District Judge Quarles on Sat-
urdny next.
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APOSTLE IS NEAR TO DEATH
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Dowie's Followers Are Offering
Prayers for the Henling of
Zion's Deposed Lender.
Chlcago.-John Alexander DowIe , deposed - \
posed lender of the Christian Cailiollc
Apostolic church , Is salil to bo near
death. In his room at Shiloh house ,
ZIon CIty , he Is surrounded b ) ' a few
of lithe faithful. " Special prayers for ,
the healing of the "first apostle" have I
been substituted for the usual dally
business programme In some quarters.
Friends and attendants of Dowie denf
that his mental or physical condition
has caused them to halt In their fight
for control of ZIon City , but It Is
.lmown by those who are In c10se touch
with the dethroned prophet that. his
hea1lh is a matter of only n abort
time.
Chicago.-Zlon' , : ro\"olt withstood
the test of John Alexander Dowie'l !
magnetic preseuce Sunda ) ' . Vollv
ruled supreme over the hosts 01 enthusiasts - , _ j
thusiasts recrenllt to the trust Im
posed In them by the rellounced "first
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apostle. "
Whllo the enf ebed ] founder of Ute ; "
ChrIstian Catholic Apostolic church
pleaded with tellrs and sobs to a mere
handful of the faithful In Shiloh tabernacle -
nacle , the thousands who had reo
nounced him assembled In the open _
all' on the college campus and therG
again renounced their former leadcl 1
and spurned him as though he Weft ,
the leader of an Invasion by the devll's \
angels. ,
RECEIVER FOR BOND CO. j
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Application of Investors in merlcan
neserve Concern Is
Granted.
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Chlcago.-Judge Bethea In the federal - '
eral court 'Vednesday granted n.n "
application for the appointment of
n receiver for the AmerIcan Reserve .
Bond company. The Western Trust \
and Savings bank was named and the \ , ' ,
'bonds fixed at $20,000. The complaln- \
ants In the bill arc Wlrt E. Humphre ) ' , I
who Invcsted $1,011 , and Jake F1llto- I
wlLz , who Invested $416. The defendants -
ants beslqes the American Reserve . , ;
Dond company are alleged subsidiary
companies : The Southern Mutual Investment -
vestment company , Lexington , Ky. ;
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the North American Investment com-
pany of the United States , 8t. Louis , 1
und the Coonlal ] Security company , of
St. Louis. . , \
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Mine Swn.llows II. V11lngc.
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QUlnnlsec , MIch.-Over an ncre ot
ground went down with a grent ronr ,
carrying a number ot buildings wltl1lt.
It WItS thought tor a tlmo that the entire -
tire town would go. The ground feU
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100 teet , and It was fOUIld to be n cave-
In over the workIngs of nn nbandonert ,
mine. Considerable damage was done , '
the city water system being bauly crlp-
pled. There Is fear thl1.t the other parttJ
or the town may faU. The mlno workIngs - "
Ings extend under a good part of It.
Confess UJ Eig'ht Murders. y
Drcsden , SaxonY.-l\fax Dittrich , a
lenthor worker who .
, wa.s nrrested recently -
cently on ilio susplcloL of murder
confessed to ilie police that ho had
Itllled eight perSOIlS In the course of
seven years.
Swedish Lutheran Conference.
Joliet , Ill.-'l'he Ilnnua. district conference -
ference of the Swedish Luthern church
convened Wednes ay 8TCnlng , wlili
230 delegates and 115 pastors , repro- i
fJenting Illinois , Inllana , Michigan an I
WisconsIn.