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NEBRASKA NOTES
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MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS IN
THE COMMON WEALTH.
NEBRASKA RAILROAD PROPERTY .
State Board of AGsessment Completes
Its Labors-Entire Tot1 Amounts
to $47,690,848.35 - Other M tters
Hero 1nd There.
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LINCOLN-Tho statd board or
nssessmont has about completed the
nssdlJsmont of railroad prollel.ty In No.
brnakn , but wlJl moet again to maltO
fLtI'formal findings hy the atloptlon or
n resolution snylng the IlsselJsmont
was mndo arlol' a consideration or the
stocls nntl bondR , not earnlags allli the ! I
l1h 'slcnl property. 'rho hoard asseS8'
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cd all the railroad IJrollort ' In the
state at a totnl of $ .17,099,8.18.3G. 'I'hls
la an htcreaso ever hUlt year oC $10 I , .
872. 'rho following o.t8essment ! shows
the assessment per utile and the total .
nssessment or each rend :
Assessed 'l'otnl
valuullon nssos ed
nnllronc.1. ) lor mllo. vnluatlon.
Atchison & Nob'Rlm. $10,000 $ 1,0110\00 \
n. & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,004,200
C. , N. & K.\ . . . . . 6,000 2G4,200
G. I. & 'V. Comml. . 0,600 2,200HOO
Ie. C. & 0. . . . . . . . . . 6,000 906,400
Llnc. & IJnclt ) Hills f.,600 971.35r.
Lincoln & . W. . . . OIiUO 477.fiS6
Nobrnam ! Hall WilY. . 8,000 1,09,920 :
Nebrnlltn ! & Col'nc.1o 0,000 2,68.1,260
Neb. . W 'o. & " 'ost. 4,600 033.r.r. &
Omnlll1. & . P. . . . . . 800 090l1
Ol11ahu & S. 'V. . . . . 0,035 4117,922
Oxford & KnnRus. . . .1,000 238,440
HOlubllcan ) Ynlloy. . 10,000 6G21,800
: nt'I' . Vnllo ) ' & 'V. , . 4,000 110,880 !
U. V. , K. & S. 'V. . . . 4,00ll 3.1,000
Durllnton ! system ,
totul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,236,999
U.P , mnln IIno.$18,200 $ 8,506,310
O. & n. V. brunch. . GOOO 2,82fJ,7S0
Icnrnoy branch. . . . 4,000 302,404
U. P. Syslom ,
total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11 , 3jGOO [
C. & N. W. . . . . . . . . . $ OfiOO $ G,931.I05
c. , St. P.t 1\ [ . & 0. . 8,600 :1,30.1,8110 :
C. , n. I. . . P. . . . . . . . 10,000 1,242,700
8t. Joe hranch. . . . . . 7,7011 3j7,30r. [
Nelson brnnch. . . . . . 0,000 309,180
Totnl , n. J , systom. . . . . . 2,089,180
M. P. mnln line , . . . . $ 8,500 $ 784,125
Weelllng' 'Vntor. . . . 7,800 63G,070
LIncoln brnnch. . . . . 7HOO 354,042
Crete hrnrch" . . . . . 0,500 378,170
6prln lIeh & l'apll-
lion bmnch. . . . . . . 2.j00 [ 197,000
C. & N. W. . . . . . . ( ; ,000 100/100 /
Totu ! , 1P. . sya. .
tom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,271,013
Pac. n. n. In Nob. . $ 4j00 [ $ 320,490
St. J. & O. I. . . . , . . . GfiOO 730,015
Wllmnr branch G. N GOOO 0-11,050
G. N. . S. C branch. . 3,000 : tOS,730
Mnson City & Ft. D. . . . . . 700OQO
O. Dr. & 'rer. Co. . . . . . . . . 120,0'0
C. , lit. & St. It. . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000
Vnblllh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000
1lllnolri Centrnl. . . . . . . . . . . 10,000
A , T. & S. I . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . 5,000
Totnl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,099,848
Tornndo In Burt County.
OAKLAND-A tornado of consider.
nblo dhnenslons , accompanied by hall ,
atrucle the Logan boltom. The tor.
nado Immed Onldand about a balf mlle
to the west and cver.thlng In Its IJath
was swellt clean. At Uehling conshl-
crable dam ago was done to lxtl1dlngt1 I
nnd a man and hey were slightly In. I
jured. South or town along the creelc I .
the outbuildings and harna on the
farms of , Tohn Peterson. , C. A. Mogal .
nnd AIr Walberg were blown down
and 'Vnllborg's house was mo\'ed from
the foundation. A heavy rain accom.
panled b ' hall , some st01les as big as
lion's eggs , preceded the tornado. 'I'ho
wlnll did conshlerablo damage about
town to trees nt1l1 outhulldlngs.
Grcat Prospects In Banner.
UARmSBURG-1'ho general C0l1l1l-
Uon or crolHI In Bnnner county 18
flattering In the oxtrelllC , with the ex.
coptlon or n few fields or wlntOl' wheat
which were aown too late last fall.
Corn Is practlcall ) ' all planted , ant }
mostly up. The CrOIJ acreage will e- ;
ceed provlous 'ears. Gmss on the
range Is sillendhl , ntHI cattle wont on
grass In fine shape , with promlso or.
early beer. Ban nor county has built
nnd Is com1110tlng over 100 mlleH of
IlIIlelJOndent telephol1o 11110 since the
flrst of the year , with the IlrollliGO or
many moro miles before fall.
Wants An Invcntlgtlon.
LINCOLN-A written requ st has
, be on made by Suporlntendent J. I _ .
Greene at the Uncoln hospital for tbo
Insane , to the state board oC tiubllc
Jands and ulllllngB , nsitln ! ; that an
official Investigation bo made of the
death or Wlnfiold S. l\h Cartnoy , nn In.
mate of the institution. who was
stranled ( to death hallothel' : Inmate ,
Lightning Strikcs Elevator.
nRAINAHD-'rhe Omaha Elovntor
company's elevator at Yanlm was
truc1. by lightning. 'rho niachlnory
waR damaged and the roof or the ,
building torn off. 1\lI1eo D 1'l1I1 or , who
was unloading grain at the elevator ,
was thrown to the ground b ' the
shocle , but escaped uninjured.
' ; Hog Killed Snnke.
I GRAND ISIAND-1'ho Messrs. Bel'
nard Wieso and Ed , Stoltenborg , resld
Ing uxmr Abbott heard a loutl nolsl
In the barnyard a few dlJ. 's ao ( ant
upon Investigating found a six roe
roptllo of the "blaclsnalw" varloty h
battle with 11. 400 pound hog. Tilt
snake was lel1led.
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\ Stock Dlcs of Hydrophobia.
I1Ul\1 OLD'r-Scott Biggs , 11. IJroml '
nent farmer and stocle man lIvlnl ; III :
miles south of this city , has lost sevel
bOl1 < 1 ot cattle within the last weol
tram n strange dlseaso which the VOl
orlnary surgeon Ilronounces cloal'ly d (
, 'oloped hydrophobia. No other atocl
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lias boon lost In the nOlgh borhood , a :
though the farmers or thnt Hecllo :
were much tllsturhed about six wool <
00 ( by a strange dog which appoam
In seroral or the Vtlsturos nnd clmsel
the slocl. abont.
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OVErt , .HE STATE.
Commencement oxorclsos are on in
cvt'ry dh'ecllon.
81x stlulonta wl1l graduate from tb
Ord buslnes collogo.
i\any now ] lOmes nro bolng built in
Clar. Center thlB year. .
There IB saltI to be a great scarcity
of teachers fn Gage coun ! ) ' .
'I'ho Plerco COllnt . l alr and Speed
assocIation has heen organized.
1'h Courier , a now tlally nfternoon
) inper , hns appeared at Beatrlco.
'rho now ma 'or anti council or Oma.
ha. have heen InductOlt Into offico.
Mr. and Mrs : J. B. Croty of Deatr
celehrntetl theIr goltlen wedtllng ] ast
woek.
A hnll storm at l rllul\1n \ and vicln.
Ity lastell forty.flvo minutes aUtl tlltl
grent dlUnnge. ,
The Ashland TelelJhono compU1Y Is
continuing extenslvo hnprovements
be an ] nst yenr.
Bloomlleltl , 111m man ' other NobrasJ
1m towns , Is experiencing IL grent
building hoom this year.
T. J. l\fnlnncy , the 12 , 'ear-01d son or
Councilman Maloney of 'Vymoro , was
accidenta'ly shot and prohn. ly fatally
wounded whllo out luntlng.
Herman Prowltz was before the In.
sanity board of Stnnton county and
adjud ed a fit sUbject for treatment.
SherIrf Stucher took him to Lincoln.
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A slceleton found In Cho croele at.
Prague hM he01l Identified by a lea.
ther belt still clinging to It as that or
' nclav Vopath , wllo IIlsaplwaretI Cour-
teen months ago ,
At the I'laic of his own lifo , Willie
DerCUI ) , 11 yenra or art ! : ' , or Papl11l0n ,
juml1ell Into the whlrillool Insldo the
mill dam and rescued from tlrownlng
10-year-old Paul hlers.
'I'ho bnrn ant1 corn crlh and out.
building helonlng ! to .John Sauntlors ,
livIng southwest or Oaklnnd , were de
stro 'ed hy fire , caused by the explo. .
slon of IL lamp In an Incubator. Loss
$800.
Plnlc French the ' or
, 16-'eaNld son
Mr. and Mrs. John French , who lIve
nine mil os east or Tecumseh , was' '
drowned In the Nemn.ha river. Ho
was tnldng IL swim when the ILccldent !
occurret } ,
The local camp of the Woollmen of
the World already have ono hundred
candIdates for UtO public Initiation
which will tnlw Itlaco In Nebrnslm
City at the state log r01l1ng meet on
July 3 , 4 and G.
Harry , the 10.yoar-old SOil or Lero )
V. Bowman of Chadron , was drowned
whllo tryIng to swIm just below the
dam of n small irrigation ditch on the
farm of CBrton Freeman. adjoining the
city of Chatlron.
At the ( 'oroner's Inquest hold at th
Uasllngs asylum over the body of
l\tarUn 11 ic ! ' marn , the Inmate whe
WfI strucle 10 ; . Durllngton pn.ssengCl
train nud 11"lnnfly 1Ued ! , rendered n
verdict rr fl1idde.
EIhteon ! ; .oears old and a dl\'orced
wife for the soconll tlmo Is the contll.
lion of Ionn Crain of Lincoln , who wa2
granted by , Tmlge Frost a divorce fl'Om
.Too I , Crain , her send husband. Tha
two were married InVJlber July 4 ,
190G ,
Two deputy game warllens from
Llncon ] went soutIt of Ainsworth to
Long Illlw and arrt.\Stetl 1\1. I. McDonald -
ald for seining In the lalw. 'rho wal'd.
ens secured two Reines In his posses.
sion and brought them. to the court
house In Ainsworth.
Dr. J. 1.1. Greene , superIntendent of
the 1..Incoln Insane ns 'lum. filed are.
quest with the board of public Innds
and bulltllngs for an investigation of
the malter of the death of W. S. Mc.
Cartnoy or NobrnRlcn CIty , who wa ! !
Itl\1ed \ In the asylum during tllO first
, . . .eele iu November , 190.1.
Fraul. Bl'own , a well.lmown farmer ,
was Instantly Idllod at his homo uear
A 'r last weele by a stroleo of light.
nlnJ : : . Ho with hts son , aged 11 : rears.
waR rldln homo fl'om the ileitIs in 1\
lumber wagon , seatoll on a SIJrln fleat
over a high box when the bolt strucl , .
'I'ho boy was ani ) ' RtlllUlet1.
'I'ho jury that has been consldel'lus
the ease of the stnto ngalnst Chl\1'10.1
: \1. Chamberlain , of tIte old Chambel'
lain bRuldng house or 'I'ocumsoh. re.
turned a verdict. Ilt Auburn findlnp.
Cllnmberjalu gUilty ns eharged In the
Inft'matlon. 'l'ho cuse was tried on n
( 'hango of venue fl'Om Johnson county ,
1 ' 1.wrence Cnr1fIJter ; : ! , about 20 yar :
( If a/o / , who was cleric In the Ro 'al
hotel aul1 son of a prominent real estate -
tate donI' ; ) , ' n Rod Cloud. wns found
tloal : wlt.1 a blillet hole through his
heart an.i a rtvo\ver ! \ 1 'lng b ' his sldo.
Dt.'sl10ntlenry u\'fI' disappointment In ! 1
I love affair Is glvon Is the causa of the
, suicide.
John Dunafon , a farmer Hving abou1
three n1\l e southeast of Frnnle1ln ,
whllo IJlowing unen.rtllcl ( the bones 01
n mlln tlH't had been burled about fivt
'oal's. Dy the teeth It nlllJenred thai
ho was ahout Rlxt . 'enrs old. It I :
genernll ) ' thought that the remahts nt. ,
thOfo of Hans UolY rson , ' "ho tllsal1
Ilearetl nbout montll hefore the bru
tal m1l1\lor of A. D. 1\rlschbaum : fo :
which 'l'oomRI1 Is now sorvlng a lIf4
sentence nt Lincoln.
Smith Boss , while wOl'jln ! ; , on tit ,
lop of a twentr.four foot \rlml mil
, . tower , at the homo or , Tohn IIolnliC
ton mllCtl nOI.thwest. of Nebrnslm Clt'
was thrown to the ! ; rolltul anti serlOli !
1) ' . If not fntally Injurel1.
E. II. Pnrcell , who Is conl1ectetl wit
the Custer County Chief , hns just 1't
turned from a five months sojourn I
Al'lzozna amt hns brought with him
I'omarlmble cUl'loslt ) ' In the shnpo (
( i a gonulno Olin monster , The mot
ster. which was CalJturotl all \0 , Is on
of the rarest , most m 'stol'ious 1\11
deadly reptiles In oxlstenco.
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EIGHT , KillED IN WHEGl (
DROKEN FLANGE ON SMOKING
CAR THROWS SWITCH.
Hot Wnter Henter , Torn.from Fatcn- : :
ings in Coach , Crushes Out
Lifo of ! In.n.
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LoulsvJlle , Ky.-Eight persons were
tlte Loulsv1ll0 & Nashvl1le railroad
Montlay. 'rhe train left Knoxvl1le Sun- I
Itl1led and 22 Injured by the
or two coaches of a passenger train on '
day night. was on , : me and was nearIng -
Ing the Union station In LoulsvJlle at !
a moderato slleed when a lIange on a I
wheel of the smottlng car broke ,
throwing ellen a switch and causing
two of the coaches to sideswipe a cut
of box cars on a shllng. I
'rhe locomotive and combInation ,
haggugo and mnl1 car ) lassed the switch
In safet ' , but the J cur trucl < s of the
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smol\C1' ran in on the switch , followed
by the Jadles' coac)1 ) nnd two sleelJCrs. I
' 1'he smollng car did not break loose 1
from the front of ' .he train , and was !
dragged 200 feet ul'1IIg the ties , \lnLII' '
the sldo of the car 5truclc n string of
freight carR. The fl'lInt of the smelting
car was u llnjured , but the right side
of the car was domoiished and the roof
torn off.
'I'he front end of the ladles' coach ,
which was yestlbuletl. was HtOye In for
20 feet , seatH being lorn 11)1 ) IIntl all the
windows smasho1. [ The hot water
heater , which was III the forward end
of this cat. , was torn loose from Its
fllstening antl hurlell to the middle of
the car , 1,1111ng Howard D. Coleman , or
Stanfortl , K ' . , In Its Hight.
ANARCHIS S TEAR UP FLAG
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Reds Cheol' Action of Man Who Seizes
Emblem from Child and
Destroys It.
Chicago. - While a large part of
t < : > population of Chicago was paying -
ing ItH respects to the nntlonal elll-
bll.111 and the men who fought to
Eave It , 500 annrclllst8 gatltf'ret ! ut
memorial meeting for tllo ex-
er.uled anarchists anti chcerell whell a
smnll nutlonnl flag waf ! snatched from
the hand of a child who had wandered
Into the meeting , torn Into lilts nnd
thrown oa the 11001' .
'rhe Insult to the American lIag wns
the chief Incident of the meeting which
marleel the first Chicago appearance of
BOl'lmHllln. With Emma Goldman , the
high pl'le1tps'l ! ' of the unarchlsts , he divided -
vided the apJllnuse as chief sllealter of
thl' da ' .
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FerttHzer Men Indicted.
Nashville , Tenn.-Tho grand jury of
the United Slates circuit court , which
hus been Investigating the alleged ror-
tlllzor trust for the past fOlll' woels ,
F1'1day rot11l'ned an IIltllctment against
I about 80 rertlllzel' mnnufacturors , including -
cluding a nUlllbor of local mell. 'rho
hullctment contains six counts detailIng -
Ing in specillc form alleged violations
of the anll-trust laws , and charging
the defemlnnts with combining and
being ongnged In a trust or combination -
tion ,
Mob Riddles Victim.
Wadet bore , N. C.-About two
o'clocle Monday morning a mob 01
BOmo 200 citizens , after having Imoclwlj
Insonslblo Sheriff Doggnn , bnltel'otl
down the tloorH of the count ) ' jnll alii !
secured J. V. Johnson , who SOIllO tlnH
ago m11l'dered his brothel'-In-Iaw
Johnson was strung UI1 to a tree am'
hIs bed ) ' rhldled with bullets.
Denth of 'Vnr Veternn.
Duluth , 1\lInn.-CaIJt. U. A. Durn.
ham , 0. veteran or Ihe civil war , wa
suddenly strlclccn tlown Sundll ' ant
died In u few momcntR. Cnllt. Burn
ham was 7 years ohl anti ( Jaw lIIucl
h lIghtln In the civil WI\I' .
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a New Yorl-l'he l\lcGo\'el'n-Urlt
If tight In 1\1nlllson Uqunt'e Gnrdon 1\1on
1. day night went the lull ten r011lds ll
( ' declGion wns given 11I1tlor the rules , bu
It McGovorn , accordhtl ; to mllll ) ' , hat ! th
bettor of the contest ,
BOMB THROWERS IN RUSSIA
Several Persons Are Killed and Injured -
jured by Deadly Missiles Hurled
by Revolutionists.
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Tints. - Whl1e Gov. Gen. TIm.
aselfl and Chief or Police 1\Iar.
tlnofr were driving Sunday bombs
were thrown at them. NeIther
was Injured , but IL Cossaclc be.
longing to their escort was lel1Ied.
'rwo bombs wore. thrown simultaneous.
Iy , one of them _ flllllng to explode.
Clllef ot Pollco l\Iartlnoff shot and
Idlled one of the terrorists , but the oth.
'er escaped. Gov. Gen. Timosolff's
coachman WM wounded.
St. Pctersburg.-l\f. . Shataloff , war.
den of the city prJson here , was shot
four times Sunda ' and mortally
wounded by an 18-year-old youth who
was executing a socIal revolutionist
sentence , In revenge for ShatalofC'8
had treatment of political prisoners.
The assassin Idlled a beggar who tried
to stop hIm , but afterwards was arrested -
rested
Sebastopol.-Several bombs were
thrown here Sundny while a review of
troops was helng hed after the Te
Dcum In celebration or the anniversary -
sary of the emperor's coronation.
Three persons wore Idlled and several
wounded.
RIVER RISES AND RECEDES
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Phenomenon \Vitnefised at Racine ,
'Vhcn Water Fills Basin for
Thirty Seconds.
Raclno , 'Vls.-Selches swept up both
rlvcrc 'Vednesday , and , as a 1'e , > ult , the
pontoon brIdge crossing the river a
1\Ialn street was badly damaged.
According to stories told at the doclts
the water rose three to five feet , partly
curryIng away timbers on the south
end of the structure , so that 1t cllnnot
bo closed ,
'rhe government tug Industry c0111d-
cd wilh the swing part of tile brIdge
and did moro damage.
For moro than a week the water In
thl' river has been eight inches below
normal , showing evidence of dlsturb-
arCC3 ! on the lalw and from the fact
that northcMtel'11 squalls have been
prevalent. At six o'clock t11d water
had receded to about 18 Inches below
1I0rmal. 'I'hell the waves came In wilh
a current of about ten miles and
I mashed the bridge.
I 'rhe water remained stationery for
. llbout :10 : seconds and then rapidly re-
'cedcd , becoming normal.
Government After Lynchers.
Wushlngton.-1'he government has
talen step ! : ! to punish the persons
who are responsible for the lynchIng -
Ing In Chattanooga , ' 1'01111. , on March
1J ! last , of the negro Ed. John-
I son , who , under the sentence of death
fol' assault , had been allowed an ap-
) Jenl by the United States supreme
court fl'om the circuit court or the
United States for the Eastern tllstrlct
of 'rennessee.
MemorIal Day in Mexico.
Mexico Clty.llelllorlal day was
obcHveel here by the local post ,
Grund Army or the RepubHc , whlcb
d < : > coratetl the graves of Amerlean sol.
tltl'rs In the United National cemeterY4
I , 'Ihero rest the remains of many sol.
: dlerE who lost their lives during tile
I , Will' of tbe North Amel'lcan Invasion.
Snn FrancIsco Dead.
I ! San Fmnelsco. - 'rho bodies at 171
. I more victims of the fire have beeI :
I discovered , brInging the death Hst 11.1
the morgue UII to 418.
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Dl'idgo Trust Men Fined.
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. I Norwall" O.-A criminal court jury
3 returned a vertllct of guilty agalnsl
I 8e\'on britlgo companies anti seven
- u ents fol' restmlnt of trado. 'rhe
1 companIes were finell $300 I\nd costE
i each , five ugents $250 and costs eacb.
I Jnmcstown Exposition.
tl Washington.-Senatol' Daniel 1'0'
- ! l'lOrted fr m the senate comm.tteo aD
: > , Industrial expositions his bill appro.
t : priatln 375,000 for the JamestoWl1
I ) conlennlnl eXllosltion to he held 011
I the shores (1r Hrunpton Hoads.
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IRISH UADER DEAD. I
DIood Poisoning Due to Oporntions on .
Jaw Cause Demise of l'oich-
nel Davitt.
DubHn. - A notable career closet
Wcduestlay night , when after n. Ions
and painful I11n08s , 1\lIchlel Davft !
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dletl peacefully untl Il1inlessly ! n. !
12 o'clocl. , 111 thu lrosenco , ot hil
oldest son Michael , and his two daughters
tors , who had devotedly attcntled hilI
through his 1I1ness , nnd mnny or hie
most Intimate friends , Inchldlng John
Dillon.
The greatest sympathy has been tlls
111ayed hy nil classes of society durln
Ir. Davitt's 1I1ncss. Wednesday thE
hospltnl was besieged hy amlous In.
qUlrers. John E. ! tedmond , leader of
the IrIsh part ' In parliament , was IJ
frequent inquirer by telephone fron :
the house of commons and gave up hh
proposed continental trip over the
Whitsuntldo holhays owing to tIlE
condition of hla frIend , the father of
the Irish Land league. After a rail ; }
Tuestlay night , 1\11' . Davitt was able tc
speak to those at hIs bedside , but seer
showed that he was losing ground.
Mr. Davitt retired from the repre
sentatlon of South 1\Iayo in parllnmenl
In 1890 , but to the lllst took IL lceen In.
terest in the politics of his country.
Death was duo to blood poisoning
which followd two operations for no.
erosls of the jaw bone , nnd spread se
rapIdly that all efforts to stay it. !
course were unava11ln111' / . DIlVItt'1
1I1ness began with an Insidious attacll
of toothache , to which ho paid no at
tentlon until John Dillon urged him te
hllvo recourse to medical advice.
For some time the1'o were hopes fO !
his recovery , but the state of hl
health which was undermined by ex.
ertlons nt the recent general elections
greatly handIcapped his progress.
DISLIKE INSPECTION BILL.
Enemies of the Measure Confer to
Frnmo Substitute for the
Deverldge Rider.
Wanhlngton. - ' 1'he enemies of tht
Beveridge bJII for. Inspection of thE
operations of meat-pacl < ing houscl
were very active \Vednesday. . Mos'
ef the day was spent In conferenccs
the purpose of which was to fl'amt
amendments to the Beveridge bl11 01
pel haps n. substitute for it that will
me the npproval of the packers ane.
r..ot injure the business of the caUIt
raIsers. Prominent In these confer'
ences were Representative Willian
Lorimer of Chicago , Chairman Wads
worth of the house committee on agri.
culture , and Hepresentatlvo Henry o.
Texas , representing cattle Interests.
Just how fur the'11egotlatlons amonl
these gentlmnen have IJrogressetlls no\ \
Imown , but Il Is stated that the propo.
sitlon framed as a result of them wll
be submitted to the patJwrs ! for thel'
approval before its provisions ar
mtde : public. If the paclwrs approvE
the proposition the presumption Is tha1
the amendments or substitute wJII bE
'pressed upon the house.
What the effect of such action will
be cannot be conject1ll'etl at thlH stage
It mIght cause the president to mal'E
good his threat to publish the confiden.
tial report of Messrs. Nem and Hey.
noldR upon conditions existing In the
Cr-Icugo stoclQ'ards.
FIVE DEATHS DUE O FLOOD
, Milldam Dreaks , Sending Great
Sb'eam of Watcl' Down the Canyon
to Destroy Property.
Reno , Nov. - rhe most dlsastroUl
1100d In Nevada in many yearl
occurred Monday morning in Golcon
da , a small town about 200 miles fron :
here. It was caused by the brealdn
or tire large dam In Polo Creek can
yon , three miles above the sheep-shear
Ing corral of the Golconda Cattle com
pan ) ' . Five men were drowned ane
.several are baelly Injured.
When the dam brolQ an Immcns (
'volumo of water poured down tbe can
yon , carrying everything before It.
When it struclc the shcep-shearln !
coral there were a number or men a
worl" nnd all ol these were carriec
away with the fiood.
Not n buildIng or fence or the Gel
condlL Cattle company was left stand
Ing.
Ing.The
The track of the Southern Pnclll.
railroad was undermined a mile wes
of the town , anti aU trains are elgh
to 12 hours lato.
The dead .aro : Three l\lexlcan shee ]
shearers ; a Chinese coole , and ono In
tllan boy. All were employed by thl
Golconda Cattle company.
Flood at Walla Walla.
Walla Walla , Wash-Hea"y dam
I age Is threatened by a 1I00d tha
I Is sweeping. through this city and eve :
the adjoining county. The Walll
Walla Power company's dnm on WaUl
I Walla river , 15 miles above the city
went out early Wednesdny , cutting 01
I nil electric lights and power. Aide
street , a busIness thoroughfare , I
fiooded to a de11th or three feet. 1'WI
hrldges in the city ha\'o been carlel
lawny. Sovera ] hOlllles ] mvo fioatel
I down with the flood and it is fearel
I the dnmages In the country will b
great.
Date for Railrond Trin.l.
IanSM City , Mo.-Attorney G < Jnora
Herbert L. Hadley announccd that th ,
I state or MissourI will bo ready to pre
I sent its 0Idence In the IUIlXlm1ll1
I freight rate bill cases before a stat ,
commissioner Juno 11.
Train Kills SweethC\\rts. \
. Paw Paw , W. Va.-Rlchattl Robert
L BOn , 2G ) 'ears old , aUtI hIs sweetheart
Hattie Royce , 10 , were strltclc anti In
stantly Idlled b ' a Baltimore & Ohll
passenger train Tuesday night whU >
wnllelng on the tra\lk.
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BOMB IS THROWN .
ATTEMPT TO KILL THE KING AND
QUEEN OF SPAIN.
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SIXTEEN PEOPLE ARE SLAIN
One of thc Horscs Drnwlng the Royal
Carriage Is Killed. The Assassin
Who Is Said to be nn italian Anarch.
1st , Makes His Escapc.
MADlUD - The } > ubHc rojoiclngs . '
pver the marrlago or KIng Alfonso nnd 'i. . .it ;
PrIncess VIctoria bad a terribly dra.
matlc sequel at 2 : 30 o'cloclc T1l11rstla '
afternoon , as IL bomb thrown from an
upper wIndow exploded with deadlY'
effect near the coach occuped by the
Idng and Queen. Providentially King
Alfonso nnd Queen VIctoria escaped
when au electrIc wlro deflected the
bomb , but at ] east sixteen persons ,
most of them belonging to the pOl"
sonal and military escorts , were ] dll.
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pd. Many others were Injuretl.
Several of these Idlled were stand. . ' (
Ing on the balcony of the house from .t . ' 1'
whIch the bomb was thrown. The ex. " , .
plosion occurred just as the ro 'al ,
couple was ahout to enter tbo palac& .
'rho route of the cortege had been di.
.
verted from Arsenal street to Mayor
street , owIng to the pOIH\lar desires. '
' 1'ho procession had just IlI\ssod
through 1\lnyor street and was about
to turn Into the eSlllanado leading to
the palace when an explosion shook
the the buildIngs In the vIcinIty , stun.
nlng a largo number of people and
throwIng the cortege into inextrlcablo
: : onfuslon.
'rho royal coach was brought to a
sudden stop by the shocl" officers and
soldiers of the escort falUng to the
ground about the querry and horses
tbat had been IdUed. The screams of
the terrIfied multitude mingled with
the groans or the dyIng. It was Immediately -
mediately seen that the rOYlL1 coach was t
Intact except as it bas been damaged , '
by flyIng splinters. KIng Alfonso 1m. " ,
mediately alighted and assistea Queen
VlctorJa out of the carrIage. The '
then entered another coach and were
riven sWiftly to tee palace. I
All this happened so qulcl ) ' tblLt'
people from the Immediate "Iclnlty
were not nwaro or the tragedy and
continued to acclaim their sovereigns. .
Soon , however , there appeared the II' ' ' 1 .
empty royal conch with two horses ' : ( , r. ,
mi3slng and the others spattered with .
blood. The grooms and drivers loolc.
sd deathly Il1\le in their apangled uni-
forms. Then came a boy shouting that
11 bomb had been thrown at the Idng. I I
LONDON-A dispatch from Madrid ' ;
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says that it was all Italian anarchist ;
who threw the bomb at the carrlago :
of the IcIng and queen of Spain and
that after the explosion he committed
suicide. Another dIspatch sa 's that
the assassIn is named Mateo MOl'lll
and that bo has escaped.
HIDDEN IN A BOUQUET.
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Wns the 80mb Thrown at the
King and Queen. I
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MADRID-The bomb thrown at tbo j . ; .
king and queen was concealed In a
bouquet and was of polished steel , hall' . :
I a centimeter thlclc. It was thrown . _
from a thIrd floor wIndow. The house , I' .
accordIng to some reports , belongs to : '
.
the queen's mother , havIng been be- I
queathed to her by a philanthropist , ' "
and beIng the only bouse she owns in ; ; ) r
l\IadrJd. The lOuse Is opposite the J
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Church ot the Sacrament and the cap. , .
taln general's residence. The royal '
processIon had come to a temporary \ ;
3tOp with the royal car.rlago exactly
Dpposlto the house when the bomb waB
Ulrown. The mlssllo fell to the right
Df the roynl carriage , between the
( eaders and the wheelers. The oxplo-
510n killed two horses and a groom.
rho duke of Sotomllyer , who was rId ,
'ng ' on the right of the carriages , was
; lIghUy wounded. Thl. ) scene of tlte
raged ' presented a horrible spectacle
with dead men and horses Jying about
literally torn to l1leces.
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More Victims of the Fire.
SAN FRANCISCO-The remnlns of
eleven moro vIctims or the fire have I
been dlscovel'ed , bringing the death
, ! Ist at the morgue up to 418. 1'hoso
Df Andrew Coleman and David' Cool ,
were found In the ruins of a store at
114 'I'hlrd street. Five bodIes were
! talwn out of the ruins of the Kings.
bury houso.
Accuse Him of Boodling.
LITTLE ROCK , Ark.-A bench war.
rant was served Thursday on 'Veb1 ;
Covington , president r the last state
senate , at his homo at Clarl < svlllo ,
, He Is already under indictment In twd
, cases for nlleged boodling In the last
leglslaturo. 'I'ho warrant was issued
on IL now indictment returned Wednesday -
nesday in connection with alleged ex'
tenslvo boodling charges agalnHt leg.
Islators. It Is saltl that three now In.
dlctments have been returned and
that other arrests will follow in a
I ! short tlmo ,
Cnn Makc Their Own Living. .
W ASlIING'I'ON - Phlllppino stu.
dents , who came to this country in
1903 for education at government ex ,
- pense , are to have an 011portunlty to
"hustlo" and malto their own living
tbls summer , preparatory to enterIng
upon their fourth and last yeur or
school work next fall. It Is the desire
or tbe bureau or Insular affaIrs tbat
- the students shall h1vO a few montha
or actunl hustling when they JUust
rely UIJon them solves and learn American -
ican customs and methods better tban
Is 110sslblo in the schools.