BANK ISJOBBED
BURGLARS BLOW SAFE AND GET
AWAY WITH CASH
3500 SECURED BY BURGLARS
Noise Attracts Citizens Who Gather
Around the Building but No One
Is Hurt in an Exchange of
Shots with Robbers
WATERLOO Neb The Citizens
tate bank of this place was robbed at
I a m Tuesday The robbers
j jecured 3500 Of this sum 2700 was
m currency and the balance In gold
ind silver The damage to the safe
md furniture is estimated at 600
The bank is fully protected by insur
ance
The robbers of whom there were at
east three and perhaps four gained
tn entrance through the front window
Dy removing a pane of glass They
mrefully avoided disturbing the burg
lar alarm
Their work inside the building was
iasily and quickly accomplished The
safe stands outside of the vault and it
was completely wrecked by a charge of
nitroglycerine
The noise of the explosion awakened
ihe people in the vicinity of the bank
ind they soon gathered around but
vero kept back by the robbers A num
oer of shots were exchanged but no
one was hurt
In the confusion and darkness the
ourglars made their escape with their
aooty and although a posse was soon
assembled there is little clue upon
which to work
Several strange men in a wagon were
seen- north of town Wednesday It is
thought that they may be the robbers
It was said the outfit had gone to
wards Omaha and the officers there
nave been notified to be on the look
out for it
Detective Franklin and posse with
bloodhounds took the trail from the
wrecked bank The hounds seemed
somewhat confused and were unable
o get a start
After an hour J W Miller one of
he posse found a roll of bills tucked
jnder a plank in a barn one and one-
aalf miles from Waterloo The dogs
were taken to the barn At noon they
were in full chase to the north of Wat
erloo The trail is fresh and the race
will be hard
NEBRASKA IRRIGATION PROJECTS
Much Inquiry as to What is Going to
Be Done
WASHINGTON The Nebraska del
egation in congress is receiving numer
ous inquiries from constituents as to
what has been or will be done in the
ruatter of irrigation projects in that
State their object being princpally to
jscertain the contemplated sites of res
ervoirs in order to secure homesteads
7i that vicinity In order to secure
iime definite information upon this
i ibject Congressman Snallenberger
ailed upon the irrigation expert El
vood Mead of the geological survey
lid was informed that nothing has
done in Nebraska up to the pres
et time except the measurements of
ertain streams and the sinking of a
fw artesian wells but that during the
jext season which will commence in
he spring experiments with these
1ells will be carried out quite exten
ively but that no definite plans had
een made as to the probable locations
t the wells This means of securing
rater from irrigation so Mr Mead
tatcd was moie adaptable to Nebraska
ran any other system Nebraska is
1 1 what is known as the Dakota sand
stone belt and the expert says there
i plenty of water under the soil to
uriy on all needed irrigation projects
m that state
FARMERS SEEK BETTER RATES
The Wants of Nebraska Kansas and
Oklahoma Agriculturists
TOPEKA Kan A call has been is
sued for a meeting of the Farmers
Co operative Shipping association to
be held in Topeka at an early day
The purpose is to form a close ar
rangement for mutual protection
among the farmers of Nebraska Kan
sas and Oklahoma The farmers seek
the same treatment from the railroads
in the matter of shipping as the ele
vator owners
Elevator Destroyed by Fire
HURON S p At Sheffield a sta
tion eight miles east of Huron on the
Great Northern railroad at 5 oclock
Monday morning fire totally destroy
ed John Blairs elevator containing
11000 bushels of wheat and other
grain- Loss on the building 4000
insured for 800 No insurance on fix
tures or grain
Elkins Bill is Favored
WASHINGTON The senate com
mittee on interstate commerce Mon
day unanimously agreed to report the
Elkins anti trust bill with some
amendments that a subcommittee are
perfecting
PRACTICE USURY
President Stickney Says Stockmen
Are Shylocks
CHICAGO At the meeting of the
Interstate Commerce commission A
B Stickney president of the Great
Western appeared to defend his ac
tion in making a seven year contract
with the big packers on the basis of
greatly reduced rates
Mr Stickneys defense was coupled
with an attack upon the Chicago Live
Stock exchange and his competitors
classing the former as barnacles and
the latter as Oriental savages
In his criticism of the Chicago Live
Stock association he declared that
company whose assets were a few
chairs and an office desk collected
commissions during 1901 amounting to
3151000 against an income of 2
451256 received by the Union Stock
Yards company These commissions
amounted to over 40 per cent of the
total freight charges upon the stock
brought into Chicago
Mr Tomllnson of the exchange
showed that the commissions collected
amounted to 2154286 while tho
freight charges were 14263400
about 15 per cent instead of 40 In
speaking of the 20 per cent contract
packing house rate made by the Great
Western Mr Stickney declared that
as soon as it became known three of
his competitors in order to wreck a
sort of Oriental vengeance made a
12 cent rate on livestock between the
Missouri river and Chicago which left
them a net rate of between 7 and 3
cents per 100 pounds for hauling the
traffic 500 miles and which Injured no
one but themselves
He followed the lead of other rail
road officials in asserting that the
rates as at present adjusted favored
Chicago and went further by giving
figures to prove that the Missouri
river points and St Paul were en
titled to slaughter about 40 per cent
of all the hogs and cattle raised in
the country
A C Bird third vice president of
the St Paul road declared that rates
on live stock were too low and did not
bear a just share of transportation
charges
FIFTY LOSE LIVES IN FIRE
Horrible Catastrophe Occurs at Insane
Asylum in England
LONDON About fifty insane pa
tients were burned to death by a fire at
the Colney Hatch asylum Tuesday
morning
The outbreak occurred in the Jew
ish wing of the institution The flames
spread with great rapidity and before
they could be got under control five
wooden buildings including dormitor
ies and the doctors apartments were
gutted
All the efforts of the officials were
directed to removing insane patients
but the latter became wild with ex
citement and so panic stricken that
not only were they unable to help
themselves but greatly impeded the
operation of those trying to save them
There were nearly 600 women in the
burned annex at the time the fire was
discovered and most of them were
safely transferred to the main build
ing which was uninjured Some how
ever escaped and are still at large
rendering it difficult to ascertain the
exact number of those burned to death
It is believed that at least fifty per
ished
Child Saving Institute
The Child Saving Institute of Om
aha is distinguished from any other
institution in the west because of
the aid department This institution
endeavors to assist in keeping fami
lies together and has prevented many
families from being broken up A
recent case of the sort occurred in
the central part of Nebraska where
a woman died leaving four little chil
dren The father of the children was
away from home at the time and was
in search of a position where he could
support the family When the mother
died it was found that no relatives
nor friends could take care of the
children and that the father was in a
helpless condition but a good man
and loved his children An appeal
was made at once to the Child Sav
ing Institute The little ones were
taken in and tenderly cared for for
nearly three months In the mean
time the father secured a position
and made arrangements to re-establish
the home and now they are re
united as a family and prospects are
bright before them
Child Whipped to Death
SMITH CENTER Kan Albert Jor
dan a wealthy farmer and his wife
of Crystal Plains are in jail here
charged by a coroners jury with whip
ping to death Harry Kipers 4 year3
old The boy with an older brother
and sister were intrusted to the care
of the Jordans a year ago by their
guardian
Farmers Organize at Beilwood
BELLWOOD Neb The farmers to
the number of several hundred met at
Beilwood and organized a Farmers
Co operative Grain and Live Stock as
sociation Subscribers to the capital
stock are rapidly being secured
SETTLERS WIN IT
DECISION OF COURT AFFECTING
LAND GRANT
TITLE BETTER THAN RAILROADS
Opinion Reverses the Judgment Ren
dered Some Twenty Years Ago Re-
garding the Case of the Northern
Pacific
WASHINGTON The United States
supreme court Monday rendered
through Justic Harlon an opinion af
fecting the Northern Pacific railroad
land grant
The case was that of Peter and Hen
ry Nelson who located upon unsur
veyed land within the Northern Pa
cific grant In the territory of Wash
ington in 1881 This was after the
railroad company had filed its general
map showing its proposed line but
before it had filed its map of definite
location
In the opinion handed down Monday
it was held that the title of the set
tlers was better than that of the rail
road company and that until the defi
nite map was filed congress had con
trol of the lands within the grant re
gardless of the general map
In a dissenting opinion Justice
Brewer said the opinion reverses the
judgment of the court of twenty years
ago by which the interior department
had ever since been controlled in deal
ing with disputes between the railroad
company and settlers like the Nelsons
The supreme court through Justice
Holmes delivered an opinion in the
case brought by Isabella F Blackstone
to test the legality of a tax assessment
levied by the New York authorities
under the state succession tax law on
personal property left by the late
Timothy B Blackstone and deposited
in New York and deposited when
Blackstone was domiciled in that city
It was shown that the money so de
posited amounted to 4943456 The
surrogate court of New York county
held the assessment to be legal and
the opinion affirmed that decision
President Roosevelt will leave
shortly after midnight for Canton O
to attend the banquet in commemora
tion of the birthday of the late Presi
dent McKinley -to be given tomorrow
night The president will respond to
the toast William McKinley Sec
retary Root will speak for The
Army
The president has commuted to life
imprisonment the death sentence pro
nounced against George Barclay and
James Brummett who were convicted
of murder in Oklahoma and sentenc
ed to be hanged February 12 In the
case of Homer Bird convicted of mur
der in Alaska the president has de
clined to interfere and he will be
hanged within a few weeks
A joint exhibition of the Canning
Machinery and Supplies association of
America and Canada will be held in
this city during the week beginning
February 9 President Roosevelt has
promised to press an electric button in
the white house which will start the
machinery of the exhibition
The senate committee on inter
oceanic canals authorized a favorable
report on the bill prohibiting the
granting of contracts in relation to the
proposed Panama canal to any but
American citizens
The United States is awaiting offi
cial advices from the nations of Eu
rope regarding their attitude on the
question of parcels post relations This
government through the state depart
ment recently gave notice generally
to the European governments that it
was ready to open negotiations for
parcels post treaties None of the
countries approached has responded
The question of the liability of
Andrew M Smythe late superintend
ent of the United States mint at New
Orleans for 25000 in treasury notes
which were lost by him while in his
custody was decided by the United
States court adversely to Mr Smythe
The claim was made on his behalf that
the notes were burned and urged that
as the notes were only promises to
pay the government had in reality
lost nothing by their destruction The
court however refused to accept this
view holding Smythe and his sureties
for the entire amount lost Justice
Packham dissented
The executive committee of the Na
tional Afro American council here
passed a resolution urging confirma
tion by the senate of the nomination
of Dr W D Crum to be collector of
customs at Charleston S C and
adopted an address to the country on
the race question in general
Solution May Be Peaceful
LONDON The Brazilian legation in
London announced that the Bolivian
minister Rio Janeiro has notified
the Brazilian government that Presi
dent Pando has given him power to
enter a formal agreement with Brazil
concerning the Acre dispute These
negotiations are expected to lead to
a peaceful solution of the difficulty
The Brazilian government has ordered
a naval and military mobilization to
meet the eventualities of the situation
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KILLS THE LEASING BILL
Message of Governor Puts Finishing
Touches to the Measure
WASHINGTON Governor Mickeys
message to the legislature of Nebras
ka regarding Senator Dietrichs land
lease bill has practically defeated any
legislation on the part of congress at
this session There is little chance
of any new bill should it be intro
duced receiving consideration on ac
count of matters of greater Impor
tance pressing for consideration The
only possibility of the bill receiving
any attention whatever would be
through a memorial from the Nebras
ka legislature asking congress to con
sider Senator Dietrichs bill favorably
In the event that the legislature
should not take kindly to Senator
Dietrichs bill it has been suggested
by members of the Nebraska delega
tion that the legislature memorialize
congress to create a commission to
be appointed by the president to in
vestigate the public land question and
report to congress at its next session
The president evidently anticipates the
present condition continuing for he
referred directly to this matter in his
last message to congress as follows
In view of the prime importance
of these matters I commend them to
the earliest consideration of congress
and if congress finds difficulty in deal
ing with them from lack of thorough
knowledge of the subject I recom
mend that provision be made for a
commission of experts specially to in
vestigate and report upon the com
plicated questions involved
MAMMOTH GUN BLOWS UP
Explodes on Proving Grounds and
Scatters Sea with Fragments
NEW YORK One of the mammoth
guns exploded at the far end of the
proving grounds Thursday The gun
was valued at 40000
The big gun had been through ev
ery trial and was soon to have been
placed on its carriage It was wreck
ed in the course of experiments in
throwing high explosives under con
ditions that might have happened in
actual engagement but which are
spoken of by officers as abnormal
DEADLOCK LIKELY
STATEHOOD OPPONENTS TO DE
LAY APPROPRIATIONS -
TREATIES MAY SUFFER DELAY
Cullom Wants Cuba and Canal Proto
cols Called Up but Fears Are En
tertained that This Will Not Be Pos
sible
WASHINGTON The feature of the
wfsk in the senate will e the con
test over the statehood bill The Hues
are now more closely drawn than they
have ever before been since this
measure was introduced They are
Indeed so taut that all onlookers
realize that they are about to break
but few unprejudiced persons would
undertake to say positively which side
will meet disaster
The advocates of statehood were
much encouraged by the vote of last
week and contending that it has been
demonstrated that there Is a majority
of the senate favorable to the bill they
declare that it is preposterous to ask
them to yield while the opposition
urge that the vote was not a test at
all and no real indication of the atti
tude of the senate They say the bill
Is standing in the way of other legis
lation and contend that it must get out
of the road and remain out when the
appropriation bills begin to press to
the front as they will soon do It is
probable however that with some ex
ceptional times the bill will hold its
place in the front ranks during the
week
If night sessions are attempted the
opponents of the bill will resort to the
usual methods to kill time On the
other hand it is admitted the support
ers of the bill will take a bold stand
against allowing any other business
to proceed until a vote is secured on
the statehood bill Some would even
go to the extent of excluding appro
priation bills
There is some apprehension on the
part of the bills supporters that there
No one was killed because of the J may be an effort to unduly discuss and
elaborate precautions for the safety of
officers and men A shell bearing a
large charge of gelatine was fired suc
cessfully under abnormal pressure
The gun was loaded for a second shot
with the exposive shell and a large
amount of brown powder put behind
it The wires were fixed to fire the
detonation cap and the officers wont a
mile and a half away for protection
A lieutenant turned on - the current
There was a great cloud of yellow
smoke and the sea was whipped up
a mile off shore with fragments of the
gun
DISLIKE THE CUBAN TREATY
English Interests Protest Against Itu
Adoption by United States
LONDON The reciprocity treaty
between Cuba and the United States
threatens to raise one of the most
serious differences of opinion between
Great Britain and the United States
that has occurred for years
So much importance is attached to
the matter that a special meeting of
the cabinet has been called to see
what action should be taken There
is of course nothing to cause alarm
in diplomatic circles but Great Brit
ains entire commercial policy is be
lieved to be vitally concerned
The matter came to a head by the
action of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United Kingdom which waited on
Secretary Lansdowne It included
several members of Parliament and
represented the most powerful busi
ness interests from all the British in
dustrial centers
ROSEBUD AGENCY LANDS
May Yet Be Thrown Open to Settle
ment This Year
WASHINGTON The chances of the
passage of the bill opening the Rose
bud Indian reservation in South Da
kota to settlement have been some
what enhanced within the past few
days The community of interests
plan is to be tried on this measure
and if the contemplated program can
be carried out there is some hope
that the Gregory county lands may
yet be thrown open to settlement dur
ing the present year
The members of the South Dakota
delegation in the house are laboring
diligently to bring about this desired
result and at the suggestion of Con
gressmen Burke and Martin a confer
ence was recently held in the commit
tee rooms of the public lands commit
tee to discuss ways and means of put
ting the bill through
Many Banks Are Interested
NEW YORK About a dozen of the
banks and other financial institutions
including several insurance compa
nies are interested in the loan of 40
000000 negotiated by Kuhn Loeb
Co for the Pennsylvania railroad The
statement comes from a member of
one of the firm that the money was
loaned at 4 per cent no commission
being paid
delay the statehood bill and such a
course will be resented
The work of the week will begin
with the diplomatic appropriation bill
on Monday This measure is in charge
of Senator Hale Me who will at
tempt to put it through with despatch
As the bill stands it is not calcu
lated to provoke much debate but
there is a probability that there will
be an effort to attach to it Senator
Lodges Mass consular reform bill
as an amendment If this should be
made considerable discussion is prob
able
There are several special orders for
the week which will consume more or
less time The memorial exercise or
dered for Friday at the conclusion of
the morning business in honor of the
memory of the late Senator McMillan
of Michigan is indeed expected to last
a whole day As usual in such cases
the senate will adjourn after the con
clusion of the memorial addresses
Senator Cullom 111 will make an
effort whenever the opportunity offers
to secure consideration of the Cuban
treaty and he said that he would again
move if necessary to have the senate
go into executive session during the
week for the purpose of taking up the
treaty Senator Cullom also has in
charge the Panama canal treaty and
expresses a desire to secure early con
sideration but as several of the mem
bers of the committee on foreign rela
tions which is now considering the
treaty find it necessary to be out of
the city during the week it does not
now seem probable that the cana
treaty will be reported
week
His
during the
UNCLE SAM AT ST LOUIS
Exhibit Expected to Surpass
All
Previous Efforts
WASHINGTON The government
exhibit at the St Louis worlds fair
promises to excel all past exhibits of
that nature It is said that every de
partment will be amply represented in
an effort to show up-to-date methods
For instance the scientists of the ag
ricultural department will mane an ex
hibit of the most recent results attend
ing their labors in soil culture horti
culture bureau of animal industry etc
The national museum will contribute
from its rich store of highly interest
ing objects chief among which are
primitive vehicles of all kinds The
first locomotive will be shown In
this connection it may be stated that
the Baltimore Ohio railroad is ex
pected to make an interesting show
ing illustrating the evolution of the
types of rolling stock usra upon its
tracks from 1830 to the present day
perfection of its equipment for pas
senger traffic
Life Sentence for Lynch
LONDON It is now generally con
ceded that the death sentence passed
upon Colonel Lynch will be commuted
to penal servitude for life subject to
further consideration after a term of
years
DIX MAY BE LOST
Rumor that the Vessel Has Sunk with
All on Board
SEATTLE Wash An unconfirmed
rumor was current among shipping
men to the effect that the transport
Dlx had gone down this side of Yoko
hama with all on board No details
were given of the wreck and it was
impossible to locate any credible origin
for the story
Dlx sailed from this port December
31 bound for Manila via Nagasaki
where it was not due for two daya
yet The cargo consisted of 3500000
feet of lumber and 998 tons of forage
Captain Hopkins was In charge of
the transport with Captain Theodore
Sternberg U S A in command of
the vessel Dlx was acquired by the
government during tho war with
Spain and is one of the largest freight
ers owned by the United States
Major G S Bingham of the quarter
masters department stated early thi3
morning that he had received no word
of the wreck He stated that when
he gave the sailing orders to Dix it
was to proceed directly to Nagasaki
There was coal sufficient for the trip
to Manila and return On the return
to Nagasaki ballast coal was to be
taken aboard and the transport was to
come directly to Seattle
The course to Nagasaki would bring
the transport in the route of the Jap
anese steamers and It is possible that
the report may have come from this
source
ELLSWORTH Kan Captain Theo
dore Sternbergs wife and daughter
who reside here reached Ellsworth
last week from Seattle where they had
gene to bid the captain goodby Tho
only news so far received by the fam
ily of the reported sinking of tho
transport Dix was the Associated
Press dispatch from Seattle today
PLAN FOR BIG GAME PRESERVE
Boston Men and Judge Baxter of Om
aha Among Incorporators
BOSTON Mass Boston and Omaha
men have incorporated the Rocky
Mountain Country club under Wyom
ing laws for the purpose of establish
ing a big game preserve fifty miles
square with a club house at Centen
nial Wyo at the base of the Rocky
mountains and bordering upon the Lar
amie plains The tract adjoins a great
government forest reserve M F
Dickinson of Boston is president De
Forest Richardson governor of Wy
oming vice president Charles Dick
inson Boston secretary and Isaac
Van Horn head of the Laramie -
Hahns Peak railroad treasurer Judge
Irving Baxter of Omaha and Hon
Graum are trustees
RISKS LIFE TO PROVE SAFETY
Foolhardy Man Climbs Brooklyn
Bridge Cable
NEW YORK Traffic on Brooklyn
bridge Friday night was blocked while
a big crowd watched a man climb one
of the big supporting cables that ex
tends from the shore to the top of the
Manhattan tower 130 feet above the
roadway of the bridge
The crowd of several thousand per
sons who gathered to watch the daring
feat expected to see the man fall to
his death but he gained the top of the
tower safely
A policeman was then sent up to
bring the performer down and a des
perate fight was expected However
this was averted for in a moment both
men were seen making the descent
Half way down the man nearly col
lapsed He threw up his hands
caught the smaller cables and clung to
them sliding down the remainder of
the distance He was arrested at once
but all he would say was I just
wanted to see if the tower was safe
MAY WHEAT GETS SETBACK
Price Declines Over Two Cents on the
Chicago Board
CHICAGO The bull campaign in
May wheat received a severe setback
Tuesday and a decline of over 2 cents
was registered in that delivery
The main reason for the decline was
the disappointing foreign advices
which caused considerable disappoint
ment among the longs in unloading
of heavy lines on an already weak
market
The letup in the export demand was
the principal bear factor advices from
France being to the effect that the
wheat which has been sold here dur
ing the last few days presumably for
French consumption was intended for
grading bond and to be exported
again as flour
FEAR FRISCO PLAGUE SPOT
Ecuador Shuts San Francisco Steamer
from Port for Fear of Infection
GUAYAQUIL Ecuador The board
of health has resolved not to admit
into port the Kosmos line steamer Her
monthis from San Francisco Decem
ber 31 for Hamburg which has arriv
ed here
The board also asks President Plazd
to recall the Ecuadorian consul at San
Francisco and to request Dr Feliclmo
Lopez of New York to go immediately
to that city and act as consul until
the plague disappears from California
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