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MTSTEJIY IN A CHIME
BODY O : AVAI/TER. V. SCIIUI/fJS
FOUXJ ) IX YJKGLXIA.
3'txjkcts of Victim Contain Money.
Watch and Valuable Papers TJn-
tonohotl Caul Found Hears a. Siou.v
City , loua , Address.
The body of a young man believed
to be Walter F. Schultz , of i:514 : Doug
las street , Sioux City , la. , was found
Sunday in the snow near Alexandria ,
Va. , with his throat cut from ear to
ear , but no knife was found near the
body and the man's money and watch
was untouched. A card in his pocket
gave the fonlgoing name and address.
and three unused Wells-Fargo express
orders bore the same name , one order
being for $300. dated at Los Angeles ,
Cal. , December 9 , 190S. A letter without -
out an envelope in the pocket was dat
ed Sioux City , December oO , and sign
ed. "Your sister. Ellen Dorothy. "
The body was dressed in a neat ,
black suit , a soft shirt of blue , with a
turndown collar , black tie and brown
shoes. The victim appears to be 35
years old , 5 feet C inches tall ; weight ,
150 pounds , and has brown hair , blue
eyes , and is clean shaven.
The police have no clew as yet to
solve the mv > tery of the man's death ,
but arc ; f ( nidoiu he was murdered.
The moti\ < - for the crime is puzzling.
The detectives , having found his val
uables untouched , dismiss the robbery
theory. The body was found Sunday
morning in a field about 400 yards
from the Alexandria depot. The
throat ivas literally hacked apart , and
the coroner says It would have been
impossible for the man to inllict the
wounds himself. A closed knife was
found in the victim's pocket , but no
other weapon was nearby. It is be
lieved the man has boon dead two
days. Xo further clew to the man's
identification was found , though cards
in the ncki-t bear the name of Mrs.
Ain't Hume Gillette and J. L. Burch ,
\Vn .jington. Xeither could be located
St ES KLI3VICX XIGIIT I1IDEITS.
Tobacco Man Wauls S2o.OOO for Men
tal and Physical Woes. '
Frank Kcklt-r. foimer tobacco dealer
of Harrison county , Ky. . but now of
Cincinnati. O. . has sued eleven alleged
"night riders" in the I'niled States
court In Covington , asking for S2. .oOO
damages , said to have been sustained
at the hands of the night riders. !
I n a lengthy bill of particulars Eck- 1
lor slates that on the night of March
25. 1OS. ! ) the defendants and several
others to him unknown surrounded
liis home in Harrison county at mid-
nigh l. He says that at the point of a
pistol ho was attacked and dragged
from his home and forced to accompany -
pany the defendants to the Pendleton
-county line , a distance of one mile.
He further states that he was kept a
prisoner in Pendleton county for
some time , but was finally allowed to
, gx > with a warning.
He alleges that as a result of the
raid ho was forced to leave his home
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and remove to Cincinnati. !
For his mental and physical suffer [
ings he asks for $25,000.
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1 "WEDDIXG OF PRIXCESS KAXA.
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i > angliter of Japanese Emperor to
Marry Prince Kita in April. '
The wedding of Princess Kana , a
daughter of the emperor of Japan ,
with Prince Kita Shirakawa will take
place about th < - middle of April.
Mr. Xakasaki. of the imperial house
hold department , who recently return
ed from Europe , where he purchased
a number of articles needed for the
wedding , had an audience with the
-emperor recently and gave an account
of this trip. It is reported that the
clothing : was purchased in London ,
and several pieces of jewelry , includ
ing a necklace valued at $13,000 and a '
ilnger ring at ? , " > , r 00 , in Paris.
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35URXED AT THE STAKE.
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Texas Xe ro Pay. Horrible Penalty
for an Assault.
After having been identified by Mrs. !
i
Arthur McKinney as the negro \rho i
attempted an assault upon her Friday - I
day morning. Anderson Ellis was taken i
from the Rockwell county , Texas , jail
Sunday night , secured to an iron stake
driven Into the ground and burned to
death in the pres nc of about 1,000
persons. Earlier in the evening Will
Clark , a negro , was shot and killed
while his father. Andrew Clark , re
fused permission to a posse to search
his promises on the assumption thai
Kllis was concealed there.
Sioux City Live Slock Market.
'Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
'City live stock market follow : Top |
beeves , SG.oO. Top hogs. $ R.50.
Fire Captain Killed.
Capt. Ernest Pearson , of the Rockford -
ford , III. , fire department , was caught
'by a falling Avail Sunday and killed
while fighting a fire at the Rockford
paper tfox factory. The fire loss was
350,000.
Avalanche Kills Twenty-Seven.
An avalanche has destroyed a work
men's shelter at Sankt Johan , in the j
Pongaue district of Sabbeth. killing i
twenty-seven persons. Fifteen bodies
lhave been recovered.
PAT1 i ICKS I ) 11A 31 ATI C PLEA.
Life Prisoner is Befrsre Xew York Su-
| prcme Court.
In a dramatic appeal before the ap
pellate division of the supreme court
in .Brooklyn , X. "i. , Friday Albert T.
Patrick , who was sentenced to death
for the murder of Willam Marsh Rice
in 1900 , argued for nearly four hours
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for his liberty. The principal points
j of his contention were that his con
viction was the result of a "colossal
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conspiracy on the part of the justice
I at his trial and the authorities who
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prosecuted him , " and that Gov. Higgins -
gins had no legal right to commute
the sentence of the court to life im
prisonment , inasmuch as he had not
asked for or consented to such com
mutation.
Decision was reserved by the court.
In the meantime Patrick will be taken
back to Sing Sing prison and given all
the facilities he needs to prepare Ins
brief.
Assistant District Attorney Robert
C. Taylor , who appeared in opposition
to Patrick's motion , will file a brief
in reply.
The scene in court while the con
demned man pleaded his cause with
. all the mental agility and fervor of a
I trained lawyer was sensational. Pat-
| rick's wife sat just behind him. Patrick -
! rick declared that life imprisonment
i was a more severe sentence than
death , and asked the court to either
give him liberty or send him to the
I electric chair under the original sen-
' tence.
j Patrick's plea throughout was im-
, passioned. Much of it appeared to be
' addressed to the crowd in the court
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1 room rather than to the court , and at
; one time Justice Jenkins reminded
' him that he should speak to the court ,
j The prisoner referred bitterly to the
manner in which lie alkgos justice
I was dispensed "in these modern
j times. " He declared that the prose
cuting officers nowadays protect the
rich , oppress the poor and pick out
the men whom they wish to prosecute.
Patrick closed his appeal by urging
the court not to take an "impression-
1
istic" view of the law.
j "When you decide this case , " he
said , "be sure either than I am inno
cent and should go free or else I am
a heinous scoundrel and deserve to go
j down to my fate. Then the people
j will be satisfied with your decision. "
! TO AFRICA OX MARCH 2.3.
Announce Date of Hi < De
parture.
Former President Roosevelt an
nounced Friday for the first time that
he will sail from Xow York for Africa
March 2:5 at noon. He will take pass-
age on the steamer Hamburg : .
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Roosevelt said also that he had received -
ceived so many letters , telegrams and
cablegrams that it would be physical
ly impossible to answer one-tenth of
them , and while he appreciated the
sentiments expressed in the various
communications and would like to an
swer them , it would be impossible to
do so.
He added that he would have noth
ing to say on any subject , nor would
, he attend any public functions before
his departing on the hunting trip. Except -
cept for a few trips to Xew York City ,
Roosevelt said he would spend the
time at Oyster P.ay.
CUBAX AMXESTV HILL.
Passes Congress and Will Xow Go to
Gomez for Approval.
The general amnesty bill , which
.vas among the first measures intro
duced in the new Cuban congress , and
which was intended to signalize the
restoration of the republic , passed the
senate Friday. Having been previous-
ly acted upon favorably in the house ,
the bill has gone fee President Gomez
for his signature. The measure pro
vides for the release of practically all
prisoners sentenced since January 2S.
except those guilty of murder or him-
icide , in the commission of robbery
or crimes of exceptional atrocity.
Foreign Troops in Conflict.
It is rumored in St. Petersburg that
there has been a conflict between Rus
sian and Chinese troops near Harbin ,
but no confirmation is possible. If the
reports are true the trouble probably
arose out of the situation following the
efforts of the railroad authorities at
Harbin to control the local adminis
tration.
Dual Illinois Tragedy.
Henry Green , of Springfield , Til. .
aged 25 , a blacksmith , murdered his
wife and committed suicide. The
double tragedy occuriod at Pawnee , at
the home of Mrs. Green's parents.
where Green had called to see about
the withdrawal of the divorce suit
which Mrs. Green had filed.
Edward Arrives at Paris.
King Edward arrived in Paris Fri
day afternoon from London. As he
is traveling privately there was no
government reception at the railroad
station. He was met , however , by
Ambassador Bertie and greeted by a
large crowd.
Avalanche Kills Fifteen.
Xews reached Rome Friday night
that an avalanche had destroyed the
house in the village of Pradel , prov
ince of Belluno , Venetia , killing fifteen
persons.
Head I.lown to Atoms.
David Coffraan , of Cleveland , Tenn. .
aged GO years , purchased a stick of
dynamite , attached a fuse to it , light
ed it and lay down on the dynamite.
The explosion tore Coffman's head to
atoms , and the body almost to the
waist was literally torn to shreds. He
leaves a widow and several grown
children. Family trouble was the
cause.
VOX Kl'ELOW IS iT/rACKED.
German Chancellor Blair.cirt for Impe
rial Indiscretions.
A severe attack on Chancellor von
Buelow and a defense of Emperor
William in connection with the alleged
imperial indiscretions last year is con
tained in a book by Rudolph Martin ,
Herr Martin was formerly attached to
department of the interior and is said
to be supported by a considerable par
ty at court as a part of an organized
plan to force Von Buelow out of office.
Hcrr Martin gives expression to many
sensational assertions against Prince
von Buelow , whom ho accuses of mis
directing the emperor , especially in
the matter of the interview published
in the London Daily Telegraph. He
declares this interview was prepared
unlcr ( Prince von Buelow's instructions
and the prince , after its perusal , told
his majesty it could be published.
Then when the crisis arose after its
publication the prince advised the em
peror to leave Berlin during the exciting -
ing debates in the reichstag.
POLICE CAPTAIX KILLED.
Patrolman Enters Station and Fires
Five Bullets Into Ills Body.
Capt. W II. Matthews , of the Fifth
police precinct in Washington. D. C. ,
was shot and killed while sitting at
his desk in the station house Friday
night by Policeman Collier. Without
the slightest warning Collier entered
the station and wont immediately into
the captain's office , where he jerked
from his pocket a revolver and began
firing into Matthews' body. Five
shots were fired , two of them piercing
the captain's skull. Collier , it is al
leged , had been repiimandod by Capt.
Matthews for a breach of the rule * ; ,
and this at the time angered him. The
police say they know of no other rea
son for Collier's action. Lieut. Sprin
kle arrested Collier and placed him
in a cell.
CAIIXKUIK TJSACIIKKS' FUXD.
Laird of Skibo Has Been Asked to
Amend Its Restrictions ; .
Andrew Carnegie has been asked to
amend the restrictions of his pension
fund for college professors so as to
include in its provisions about 7H in
stitutions now barred as sectarian.
Thirteen college presidents whose
institutions arc among the 7f > present
ed a memorial making this request to
Dr. Harry S. Pritchett. president of
the Carnegie foundation. The memo
rial urges that many schools which
are original ! founded by religious
denominations are today free to men
of all creeds , and do not ( ouch doc
trine or dogma nor anv particular be
liefs "on the part of students or fac
ulty members. '
These are. il is contended , practical
ly nonsectarian.
COMP.iXE GOKS TO WALL.
Dcering : Coal Company i" Placed in
Hands < r Eloceiver.
The Deering Coal company , of Dela-
\vare , a $ . " . .000.000 corporation operat
ing mines in Indiana and Illinois , was
placed in the hands of a receiver
Thursday by Judge Kohlsaat in the
United States circuit court in Chicago
The bill for the appointment of a
receiver was filed by the Witt Mercan
tile company with a claim of $2,1)24. )
and Jackson K. Deering. owner of
$250,000 worth of the coal 'concern's
stock. R. 11. Hammond , president of
the coal company , filed an answer ad
mitting that the corporation was in
such financial straits as to make a re
ceivership necessary.
Danger of War is Great.
The steamer Ilathor , which arrived
at Salina Cruz , ? .Iex. . from Ajajutla ,
brings news that war is inevitable be
tween Xicaragua and Salvador and
troops are being mobilized by both
countries. The battleship Prcsidente ,
which comprises the entire navy of
Salvador , has sailed under sealed or
ders , and it is presumed it will boni'
bard Xicaragua n ports.
StopIiiMiMHi is Winner.
The Wisconsin senatorial deadlock
was broken Thursday , United States
Senator Isaac Stephenson was reelected
ed to the United States senate by the
joint assembly of the Wisconsin legis
lature on the twenty-third ballot , hav
ing received G3 votes out of 123 cast.
Convicts Heroes at Fire.
With never a thought , apparently ,
of attempting to break for liberty , a
hundred state penitentiary convicts at
San Quentin , Cal. , fought to save from
llames the jute warehouse belonging to
the prison. Several prisoners narrow
ly escaped with their lives.
Breaks Swimming Record.
The crowd at the sportsmen's show
in Xew York Thursday night saw
Charles M. Daniels , of the New York
Athletic club , beat the world's swim
ming record for 200 'yards. The time
was 2:15. while the old record , held
by Daniels , was 2:15 1-5.
Village Ila/.ed by Quake.
A' telegram received from Smyrna ,
Asiatic Turkey , says the village of
Masran , near Jerusalem , has been de
stroyed by an earthquake. One hun
dred and fifty persons are reported
buried in the ruins.
Shock Hastens Mother's End.
Mrs. Joseph Browning , aged mother
of Gideon Browning , victim of the fa
mous Rattle Run church murder ,
when the Rev. John II. Carmichael
killed Browning , dismembered his
body , and cremated it in the church
stove , died at her home in the village
of Adair , Mich. , Thursday. Mrs.
Browning ha # steadily declined since
the horror and shock of her son's mur
der.
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WOULD HURT 3JIC , PROJECT.
Scot is Bluff People Wrought Up Over
ProiiTC-s ! < ' Measure.
Strong- feeling has been aroused a
Scotts Bluff by the receipt of a copj
of S. F. Xo. 174. introduced by Sena
tor Raymond and passed by the senate
last week. Telegrams were sent b >
officials of the government irrigation
project in an effort to head off the
bill in the house. The board of direc
tors of the North Platte Valley \Vatei
Users' association in a session attendee
by all of the nine directors , passed the
following- resolutions :
"Whereas , We , the members of the
board of directors of the North Platte
Valley Water Users' association con
sider that a bill now before the state
legislature , namely , S. F. No. 174 , dan
gerous to the interests of the farmer ?
under the government project , and
whereas , we believe .and are confident
that should said bill become a lau
it will stop the further extension of
the government project or construc
tion of the government reservoirs
therefore be it resolved , that we re-
request and urge our senators and rep
resentatives in the state legislature to
use all honorable moans to defeat saif
S. F. No. 174. "
The resolution was adopted unani
mously.
The Water Users' association com
prises all the settlers under the foui
million dollars government project
They must pay $43 per acre on theii
land under the government ditch tf
reimburse the national government foi
the building of the ditch and it thoi
becomes , their property. As a part of
the government work three reservoirs-
are contemplated in the Nebraska
part of the system. Directors of th <
association are emphatic in expre-
ing the opinion that the bill would d
great injury to the government pro
ject , which ultimately will be tin
property of several hundred settlers
An opinion prevails among the direc
tors that the bill as drawn would op
erate to the interest of certain private
interests.
Tt is safe to say that a strong efforl
will be made from the North Platte
valley to kill the bill. John Steen. for
merly a resident of Omaha and Wa-
hoe , commissioner of public lands and
building" for Nebraska from 1SSR t <
1890. now a settler in the North Platfr
valley , was elected secretary of tin
Water Users * association.
AIAYOR MILLER AFTKK THEM.
Women Charged with Running- Im
proper Report.
Armed with a warrant sworn out
unon complaint of Mayor M'ller. wh
claimed to have reason to believe that
certain persons were conducting : v
improper resort north of Central City
Sheriff Tier. Deputy Diznoy. Marsha
Vster and Constable Milt Soil made a
' aid of the place Saturday night , ami
brought in two women described : i
"Mary Roe" and "Nellie Doe. " Judgt
Peterson convened an extra session o
the court Sunday morning and upo :
the women pleading guilty they were
' "nod $10 and costs. Upon payine
this they were released with the un
derstanding that they were shortly
to take up their residence elsewhere.
G UX TOTER ACCIDEXTA LLY SHOT.
Small TJoy Kills Player in BasobaH
Game.
Sylvester Cozad was accidentally
shot and killed at a ball game about n
mile north of Freedom , in Frontiei
county. Young Cozad is a boy about
13 or 14 years of age. While he wa.c
making a run during the game a re
volver fell from his pocket , which war
immediately picked up by a young boy
mined Bonar. a son of George X. Bo-
nar. He called out to young Cozad
"Stop , or I will shoot you , " apparently
in fun. and then fired the revolver , Co-
yu\ ; \ turned at the call and was shot
through the left breast and died jil-
most instantly. The Bonar boy though ;
the gun was not loaded , so it is re
ported.
Xebraskans Congratulate Tuft.
The Nebraska legislature. boil
houses of which are democratic , Fri
day adopted a joint resolution congrrtt
ulating President Taft and wish in-
him a successful administration. Th-
. solution , signed by the speaker o :
the house and president of the senate
\ \ telegraphed to the White House.
Former Xebraskan Killed.
Mrs. Mary Hanks , a former rosidoi T
f Beatrice , and wife of Paul Hank.
va ; killed Tuesday in a railway ac < " >
.lent at Forth Worth. Tex. Mrs. Hank ?
in company with her little son. wa
driving over a crossing in the outskirt-
if Fort Worth , when the buggy wa
truck by a passenger train.
Improvement at .Hardy.
Butler - Son have begun the erec
tion of a brick store building for Ok
Ilerg at Hardy on the sight of the
frame building destroyed by fire ove-
a year ago. The excavation has boo'
done for several weeks. Work will b <
mished on it now as the weather per
mits.
Postoffiee Burglary atPauline. .
The general store of Carl McClery
at Pauline , Neb. , was entered by bur
glars and about $75 in cash and $170
worth of stamps were secured frorr
the postoffice which is in the store
Merchandise to the value of between
$90 and $100 was secured. Nothing is
known as to how they entered or left
Mie town.
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Ossenkop Case is Resumed.
The murder case of the state ' . s.
Fred Ossenkop. who is charged with
the responsibility for the death of
Charles Byrnes , of Eagle , has been re
sumed in the district court at Platts-
mcuth after a vacation since Febru
ary 9 , at which time the case was con
tinued because of a. contagious disease
which prevented Ossenkop from ap
pearing in court. ,
GIRL LOSKS LIFT. IX STREAM.
Drove Off Bridge That Was Covered
with Water.
Swept down stream by an unnamed
swollen creek in a large pasture five
miles south of Dodge. Minnie Plautz ,
aged 18. was drowned and her little
brother aged S was nearly drowned.
The two were pulled out of the creek
by Charles Harris and Tom Hassan ,
who worked heroically in their efforts
to rescue the pair , but were too late
to save the girl , who was in the water.
The boy was unconscious wh n taken
out but soon revived. He was in the
water about ten minutes.
Charles Harris , in a wagon , was
ahead of the two children and had
safely crossed the stream , though the
bridge creaked under the weight of his
team. The girl probably failed to keep
the team she drove in the middle of
the bridge and the light buggy in
which she and the boy rode tipped off.
Thomas Hasson in a wagon was
driving some distance in the rear and
he saw the accident. He called Har
ris and the two made a desperate ef
fort to rescue the boy and the girl.
The former was soon nulled out. but
it was some time before the girl could
be found. One of her feet protruding
above the water finally indicated where
she was.
KIR'MWAY IS 1XXOCEXT ?
Unknown 3Ian Claims dial lie Killed
Mrs. . Martin.
Chief Cooper. - > f Lincoln. Tuesday
received a letter from a man who
claims that he killed Mrs. Sarah Mar
tin , for whose murder R. Mead Shum-
\viy is under sentence to be hanged.
The writer of the letter sa > s Shumway
is innocent , lie agrees that he will
surrender if a promise is given in the
Omaha , papers to spare him from the
gallows , fie asserts that he will make
public all the details of the crime and
-surrender to the officers as soon .as
this assurance is given.
Friends of R. Mead Shumway are
making desperate < u'orts to have the
governor offer immunity from death
to the author of the anonymous letter
received by Chief Cooper Tuesday.
The writer professes to be the man
who committed the murder for which
R. Mead Shumway was convicted , and
'ie offers to surrender if clemency is
granted.
The governor , however , is not great-
"y impressed with the letter. He
thinks that if the writer is sincere he
will surrender anyway , rather than
ee an innocent man suffer.
L52AVITT IS TO I-TGIIT.
tie Will Go Jo Lincoln to Oppose Di
vorce Suit.
Further than the tacit admission
that failure has attended their efforts
to effect an arrangement with AVilliam
lomer "Leavitt not to oppose the di-
\oree proceedings instituted here by
reir ; eldest daughter. Ruth Bryan
Lcavitt , members of William .7. Bry
an's family refuse to discuss the approaching
preaching trial of the cose.
Leavitt has sent word to Lincoln
ihat he probable will come there in
person to oppose the suit with the dou
ble purpose of defending his character
and of obtaining legal custody of the
"hildren. It is said that he will intro
duce testimony from Denver to show
that he gave his wife a good home
there , but that she was so given to so
ciety that the home was neglected by
her.
MAX HURT BY IIAXDCAR.
Burl Chamberlain Run Over While
Working- .
With his right leg badly crushed
and broken below the knee. Burt
Chamberlain , a member o'f a Burling
ton bridge gang , was brought to Sioux
"ity from Bancroft for medical atten
tion.
Chamberlain was v-orking on a
bridge and not noting the approach of
i handcar was knocked off his fe * t
' y the car. two of the wheels passing
over his leg. He was taken to Ban ,
croft and then to Sioux City. j
> U- That Climbs a Tree.
F. I' . Thurbor. of Tecumst-h has a '
bulldog which will climb trees. The
Tog is good sized , and he goes up a
ree a great deal as a cat does , though
ot as sprightly. He will depend upon
'be momentum of his body in a good
un for the tree to give him a start ,
ind then he will encircle the trunk
f the tree with his 1 < gs and claw the
(
ark until ho reaches the lower limbs. ,
The dog will then climb carefully from |
"imb to limb until he gets to branches i
.vhich are not heavy enough to hold i
lis weight. It is no uncommon thing '
t.i see him climbing a tree after a cat.
Banker Has Xarrow Escape.
Capt. L. Enyart , president of the
Farmers bank at Nebraska City , had a
narrow escape from being killed. He
vas crossing the street when a run-
iway team caught him and he was
mocked down. He was considerably
bruised about the body , but he was
a veil b y a heavy bundle which he was
arrying at the time.
Damage.- for Death of Husband.
The case of Mrs. A. Maggie Marsh ,
f Grand Island , against the Union
" acific , damages in the sum of $15,000
w eing asked on account of the death of
10r husband. ? t the Union Pacific
hops , was settled by agreement be
tween the parties at bar. the company
itying $5,000 and the costs.
Bond Election.
A special election has been callfd
by the school board at Ravenna to vote
ipon the issuance of bonds in the sum
> f $15.000. The proceeds of the bonds
xvill be used for the enlarging and re
modeling of the present high school
Building.
Clothes Line Thieves.
In Nebraska City clothes lines have
een robbed of the family washings ,
vhich were left out over night and in
> ne or two instances not only the
clothes were taken , but also the lines.
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Work of Congress
In the Snote : Satnnlay the river and
harbor billv. . ' .c-idenil and there
was Ion : : livcii-- ' iver the St. Mary a
River pn.viyi.u - I-.nK ip * were deliv
ered in honor of Senator L.athuor of.
South Carolina and Representatives
P.riek of Indiana and Granger of
Rhode Islnnd. The military academy
bill was reported from the Military
Affairs Committee. The Committee on
Appropriations reports in favor of con
tinuing the secret service investigation.
Another partial report of the confer
ence on the naval bill was made. The
Senate passed the river and harbor
bill , carrying a total of about $10-
000,000. The Committee on Territories ,
by adjourning without fixing a date for
another "meeting , practically kills state
hood bill this session. In the Ilousa
the general deficiency bill was report
ed from the Appropriations Committee.
The House considered the bill to re
store men involved in the Brownsvilla
shooting affray to the army. The bill
was passed by a vote of 210 to 101.
The House appropriated $ 10,000 foe
the tercentenary celebration of tlw
'liscovery of Lake Chumplain.
The Appalachian and White Mountain
forest reserve bill passed the IIouso
Monday , carrying with it the provision
that the Federal Government is com
mitted to similar methods of forest pro
tection in every State. The Army ,
Navy and fortification hills * final con
ference reports were agreed to and the.
measures went to the President. Tim
"insurgents" secured the adoption of a
rule requiring one day each week for
calling on comittees for bills. The
House refused to recAle from its posi
tion against raising salaries of Presi
dent , Vice President. Speaker and Fed
eral judges , and the bill went back to
conference A large number of minor
bills were passed. The sundry civil bill
appropriating SKIO.OCO.OOO and the mili
tary academy bill carrying an appro
priation of ? 1'M , : 1,000 were passed by the
Senate. Senator Bailey , calling atten
tion to communications from heads of
departments in response to Senate res
olutions calling for papers and information
mation , stated - .at such replies re
ceived from the Secretary of the Treas.
ury , Commerce and Labor and War ' \J
and Xavy had been sent "by direction
of the President , " which he declared
was inferentially a denial of the right
of Congress to demand such informa
tion without la" intervention of the
President. Presenting a resolution by
directing that all such communications
he returned to the heads of depart
ments from whom they had been re
ceived. Mr. Bailey attempted to secure
its passage , ' which was opposed by Mr.
Aldrich and other Senators on the
ground that the orderly way to dispose
of a matter of such importance was
by sending it to a committee. After de
bate it was allowed to lie on the tublo
Tuesday.
The penal code bill on a conference
report was before the Senate Tuesday
and was subjected to filibustering tac
tics on the part of the minority that
resulted almost in no progress. Mr.
Heyburn , in charge of the measure , de-
clarcd that the opposition to the meas
ure was the result of antagonism tt
the legislative provision contained in
the measure for the enforcement of
the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to the Constitution on the parl
of the Southern Senators. The gen
eral deficiency bill was passed , carry
ing appropriations amounting to mor *
than $19,000.000. The bill was the last
of the general supply bills passed by
the Senate. Various conference reports
were agreed to , so that substantial
progress was made in clearing away
much of the urgent business before thn
Senate. The ship subsidy bill , previ
ously passed by the Senate , was defeat
ed in the Ilons-e of Representatives by
'
the narrow margin of three , the vot'o
resulting 171 ! to 175. The opponents of
the measure wildly cheered. A dra
matic feature of the roll call was the
appearance in the hall of Kepresenta-
: ive Goldfosrlo of Xew York in an invalid -
valid chair , he having been brought
from a hospital , where he had under
gone an operation on his knee cap. in
order that he might record his numo
against the bill. Conference reports on
the agricultural , rivers and harbors
and public buildings bills were agreed
to. and the
sundry civil bill sent to
conference.
SHORT NEWS NOTES.
The business section of Sumner , Miss.
was practically destroyed by fire. It 13
estimated that the loss will exceed S ° " 00.
000. '
The screams of Mrs. V. Alves routed
a burglar from her home in Elmhurst ,
Cal. The woman's husband
was not
awakened by the cries.
The White Star liner Cevie
was in col
lision with a buoy in the Crosby channel
and fouled her propeller. She" was ex-
ammod by divers at Liverpool.
Governor Ilaslell of Oklahoma
was met
by a thousand cheering people and a
braw band when he arrived at
Musko-ea
to si n a bond. s
The Red Star liner Finland
will to
withdrawn from that fleet amf placed in
the Mcditerram-an
service as a substitute
fcr the Whit * Star liner Republic
, which
sank near Xantueket.
Students of
Mercorhury acac'emv at
Morwrbm-y. Pa. , broke the scarlet-fever
quarantine and .
fkxl pnnic s.rjcken
through the deep snow to a neighboring
city. After a time they were prevailed
upon to return.