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l 1 k . Only T\vo Persons Meet Death.
i / : Messina experienced two terrific
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I I r ' rarthquakes : at about 7 o'clock : Thurs-
I day morning , which were accompa-
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I 1 dulatory movement than the earth-
i I \ j , quake of last December , which de
! ; t stroyed Messina , Reggio and otiier
I I 11 j cities , laid waste many villages in Cal-
' , : abria and killed 200,000 people.
1 i The walls of the old ruins were
I. 1 ; 1 i d + : I thrown to the ground and Messina
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i ( ! E J cloud of dust. The casualties were
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I i' ' El r ' settled in rooms which the great
( J ! I i earthquake had left comparatively
' ; ' undamaged. She was standing at the
l' ' ' : . : door when the shock occurred , and
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I i ; ,1 , fore she could escape from the room
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I I I. i I I ! I I . . . walls burying both mother and child
i " ' , under the debris. Soldiers and en-
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j I gineers , who rushed to the rescue ,
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I ! t ! for help , and they worked over her
II i 'I ' t several hours , when they found the
' ' H mother dead , with her child in her
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U arms. Several persons were struck
"Ii I F' ' by detached stones , but so far . as is
: I Ij , known no one was fatally injured.
\j \ I. i i \ } J' I ! The first shock was followed quick-
t Ij ! II ly with a second and people fled pell
c mell to the American quarter , which
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I place of refuge. So great was the
, j I rush to the American huts that the au-
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I , 1 thorities were unable to check the in-
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, 'I E vasion , and as a consequence these
structures , which were designed for
- the most needy of the populace , were
taken possession of by the first corn
ers. The soldiers , however , drew a
cordon around this quarter and a
' . . guard was mounted at the bridge lead-
ing to it. Many of the panic stricken
j people vyere driven off and orders were
- issued that no one should be permit-
I ted to occupy the American quar-
t ter pending further instructions. Com-
merce ceased in the city and the places
I , _ of business along the seafront were
closed. As a result several thousand
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workmen are idle and special precau-
tions are being taken to prevent dis
orders.
SUGAR TRUST IS IXDICTED.
' Accused of Consiracy in Restraint ol
. Trade.
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, I I pnny , six of its directors and two oth
I er idividuals were indicted by a fed-
. . . . eral grand jury : Thursday on a charge
j of conspiracy in restrain of trade.
f The individuals indicted are Wash-
ington B. Thomas , president of the
American Sugar Refining company ;
Arthur Donner , Charles H. Senff and
I John E. Parsons , of New York ; John
Mayer , of Morristown , N. J. , and Geo.
I . H. Frazier , of Philadelphia , Pa. , all of
\ whom are directors of the company.
Indictments also were found against
Gustave Kibsel and Thomas B. Har-
nett , counsel for Adolph Segal. There
were fourteen counts in the indict-
" ment.
The indictments charge the corpora-
tion of the American Sugar Refining
company and the persons accused of
conspiracy in restraint of trade in vio-
I lation of the Sherman anti-trust law.
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The defendants will answer to the in-
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" the Indictments were made involves
penalties of a fine of not more than
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$5,000 or imprisonment for not more
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t . - . . the individuals , and a fine of not more :
I than . $5,000 in the case of a corpora.
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thhc system of filtration and water
BUpply for Cincinnati and suburbs was
officially completed and formally
! transferred to the city Thursday. The ,
I plant has been under construction for
, I ' " twelve years. It cost about $12,000-
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Sugar Prices Cut.
' All grades of refined sugar were
I reduced 10 cents per 100 pounds
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.1 l I Sioux City Live Stock Market.
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I ' City live stock : market follow : Top
: beeves , $6.40. Top hogs , $7.75.
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I I , Found Dead Washtub. .
I I } The body of Yung Yow a Chinese
I' Jaundryman. who had been strangled
! with a rope , was found wedged into a
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, 'I Wages of 3,000 men and boys em-
( 'J 'I' . ployed in the plant of the Maryland
: ! ' Steel company at Sparrows Point were
I increased 10 per cent today.
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BRITISH SIHP IS ITEI/T > . t
Customs Officers Stop Sailing of Ethel- )
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The British steamer Ethelwold , a
small and harmless looking little j
steamer lying ] at the outer edge of the
forest of shipping which skirts the j
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south Brooklyn : water front , was held
up by United States custome officers
Wednesday night on suspicion that the
vessel was about to engage in ' a fili
bustering expedition against the little
West Indian-republic of San Domingo.
The order to detain the steamer was
received from Assistant , Secretary Mc-
Harg , of the department of commerce
and labor at Washington , and was
promptly executed by William Loeb ,
collector of the port of New York.
The Washington advices that the min-
ister from Hayti has complained to
the state department that the Ethel-
' wold was believed to have been en-
gaged by Jose St Pierre Giordan ! and
Gen. Juan Jiminez , San Dominicans ,
to aid in a filibustering expedition.
Within an hour after receipt of the
order Collector Loeb had two customs
officers on the ship. They were placed
aboard with orders not to let her sail.
Capt. Brown and all others in au
thority were found to be - - ashore when
the vessel was visited Wednesday
night.
Customs Inspector Wm. E. Dodge
explained that he and Inspector R. W.
Reulberger had come aboard scarcely
an hour before to see that the vessel
did not sail. He said no inspection.
had been made of the cargo and none
would be undertaken that night , and
that , although he knew nothing defi-
nitely of any filibuster , he did know
that something of the sort was sus-
pected. A search of the cargo , he
said , would probably be made Thu.rs-
day.
LIGHT ON BOMB MYSTKRY.
Chicago Suspect Makes : a Confession
Wednesday.
Felix Shakey , former convict , once
a terror to the police , but now crip-
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pled and gray , Wednesday divulged all
he 'knew ' of the long series of bomb
outrages which have mystified the po-
lice of Chicago. State's Attorney Way-
man , to whom Sharkey told his story ,
laid a strict embargo of silence upon
the narrator and the police officials
who were present at the interview.
Tuesday Sharkey refused to talk ,
but a night in the jail conquered his
stubbornness.
"Sharkeyl has changed his story , "
was the statement made by llr.Vay -
man. "He has told all he knew. "
Nothing further could be gained by
reporters. Arrests are expected.
Sharkey was taken before State's
Attorney Wayman Wednesday by
Chief of Detectives O'Brien. Two de
tectives and R. Michaelson , a police-
man of Morgan Park , where Sharkey
holds the office of constable , were
present.
"Sharkey has changed his story , "
taining of information that twenty-
five pounds of dynamite had been
shipped to him at Morgan Park. Tues-
day night Capt. O'Brien repeatedly
asked him what he did with the explo-
sive , to which the prisoner as often
answered , at last breaking into tears ,
that he could not tell.
PREVENTS DISAST10USTRECI \ . .
Woman Flags Train in Time to Enable
Engineer to Slacken Speed.
But for the presence of mind of Mrs.
Jennie Lewellyn , an aged woman liv-
ing nearby in a tent , who ran onto the
tracks , flagging the westbound Excel-
sior Springs train on the Wabash rail-
roa.d near Missouri City , Mo. , the
head-on collision of a freight and pas-
senger train at that point Tuesday
night probably would have resulted in
many fatalities. As it was one man
was killed , one woman badly injured
and ten slightly injured.
The passenger engineer was enabled
to lessen the speed of his train and to
prevent a more serious collision. Both
engines were demolished and the bag-
gage car and a coach on the passenger
train were telescoped.
BOMB IN BASKET OF CHERRIES.
Female Spy of Police at Tiflis Is Vic-
tim of Revolutionists.
Marie Bakhtadze , who had been
prominent as an agent of the political
police at Tiflis , was killed Tuesday by
a bomb that had been sent to her by
an unknown person in a basket of
cherries. Madam Bakhtadze was a
widow of a man who formerly was
prominent among the revolutionists.
He turned traitor , however , betrayed
many of the revolutionary leaders , en-
tered the police service and was killed
last autumn. Out of revenge his wife
became a spy and devoted herself to
hunting down every one responsible
for her husband's death. For several
weeks past she had not ventured out-
side the police station.
Execution is Delayed.
Forty-five minutes before he was to
nave been hanged for the murder of
Sidney Herndon , a well to do real
estate owner , formerly of Tyler , Tex. ,
Claude Brooks , a negro , was Wednes
day granted a thirty-day reprieve by
Gov. Hadley , of Missouri.
Eight Hurt in Storm.
The latest report from Niles , N. D. ,
where a tornado late Tuesday was sup-
posed to have killed eight persons and
injured many , is that only eight per-
sons were slightly injured , and that
no one was killed.
Bolt Kills : Mother ; Spares Child.
Mrs. Charles Newman , of Mt. Ver-
non , Ill. , was killed by lightning while
carrying her child , the latter . escaping !
injury.
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CRIME OF A MADMAN. :
Two People Arc Killed at Valley Junc-
tion , la.
Calvin Littlepage , a farmer living
near Valley Junction , la. , a suburb
of Des , Moines , Tuesday night shot
and killed Elmer Jamison and Mrs.
Jamison , both parents of his divorced
wife , and then forced her and her
Infapt baby to enter a buggy which
was waiting and flee with him. .
The murderer then drove towar. . . .
Adel in a blinding rain and hail storm ,
but was soon pursued by a posse from
Des Moines. Farmers along the high-
way with shotguns joined in the chase
attracted by the pitiful screams of the
orphaned woman , who cried out that
she , too , would be slain by her former
, hus t and.
The tragedy is the result of the re-
fusal of Mrs. Littlepage tolive with
her former husband- she : having been
divorced from him last. May. Threats
of murder on the part of Littlepage
were often made , according to the
wife's story < > prior to the tragedy. A
lynching is feared.
At 1:30 Wednesday morning Little-
page succeeded in breaking through
the cordon of officers surrounding him
in a barn on the -Butler farm. The
fading light of the moon made it dif
ficult to cover all avenues of escape.
Officers found the murder's trail
through the wet fields , and discovered
a spot where he had evidently laid
down to rest. Ben Littlepage ; a broth
er , who works on a farm near the
Butler place , told the officers Wednes
day morning that the murderer had
called on him after midnight and had
said he would return to kill his wife
and baby , and he threatened to kill
his brother , and then disappeared in
the darkness.
NOT GUILTY OF MURDER.
The "Unwritten Law" Plea Clears
Chicago Man. :
The "unwritten law" was sustained
Tuesday by a jury in Judge Kernstein's
court in Chicago , which freed Michael
Pacellanp , charged with the murder
of Frank Sereno as a result , it is al-
leged , of the latter's betrayal of Pacel-
lano's sister. The defendant's sister ,
Mrs. Josephine Fresso , was a bride of
only a week , when it Is charged Sere-
no persuaded her to leave her hus-
band. According to Pacellano's de
fense , Sereno took her to New York
and placed her amid questionable sur-
roundings. The brother followed and
brought both back to Chicago , Sereno
having promised , it is said , to marry
Mrs. Fresso after a divorce had been
secured. When the party left the
train it is charged that Sereno de-
clared he would have nothing more to
do with the girl. The shooting fol.
lowed.
INTERCHANGE OF STUDENTS.
Scheme Affecting America in Process !
of Formation in London.
A scheme for the interchange of the
university students between the United
States , Canada and the United King-
dom , rivaling in importance that es-
tablished under the will of the late
Cecil RhoDes , is in progress of forma-
tion , with every prospect of success.
The idea which is supported by an
influential committee headed by the
Hon. P. H. Asquith , prime minister ol
Great Britain , and Lord Strathcona ,
high commissioner of Canada , and in
cludes the heads of the chief universi-
ties in the United Kingdom , and has
also the indorsement of the president
of the American and Canadian univer-
sities , aims at providing opportunities :
to students of the three countries tc
obtain some real insight into the life
"progress and customs of other nations ,
with a minimum of inconveniences tc
their academic work and at the leasJ
possible expense.
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To Fly Across English Channel.
Herbert ; Latham , Count de Lambert
and Henri Farman are at present on
the coast at Calais , France , awaiting
favorable weather conditions to at-
tempt an aeroplane flight across the
English channel for a prize of $5,000
offered by a London paper. French
torpedo boats are being held in read-
iness to guide the aviators In theii
flight and rescue them in case of neod
Well Known Baseball Man Dead.
Charles Cushman , aged 52 years
well known in baseball circles as man-
ager of various clubs , died Tuesday in
a Milwaukee hospuital following an
illness extending over several months
which is said to have resulted from an
accident. Mr. Cusliman at different
times managed teams in Milwaukee ,
Toronto and Rochester , N. Y.
Explode Bombs in Theaters.
Bombs were exploded at midnight
Monday night in two of the theaters
at Barcelona , Spain. One of the play
houses fortunately was empty , but the
other was crowded and the audience
was thrown into a panic. One man was
fatally wounded.
Deaths from Plague at Ainoy. .
According to official reports there
have been 177 deaths from bubonic'
plague in Anioy in the fortnight ended
Monday. Native reports show improved
health conditions in the larger interior
towns , but the populations of some
villages have been decimated during
the month.
TViclilta Trades Watt.
' The. Wichita Western league base-
ball club has traded Pitcher Watt to
the Omaha team , of the Western
league , for Pitcher Johns , a south-
paw , who was with Dayton , 0. , last
year.
Woman Lawyer Dead.
Mrs. Carrie E. Burnham Kilgore ,
aged 71 , the first woman admitted to
the bar in Pennsylvania , died Tuesday
at her home in Swarthmore , Pa.
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DAYLIGHT LAW IX FORCE.
S"el hiSKa Saloons Locked : Doors at 8
O'clock Wednesday Xiglit.
. At midnight Thursday the Nebraska
daylight saloon law , enacted by the
last legislature , took effect. It pro-
vides that all drinking places in cities
and towns where license exists must
close at 8 o'clock p. m. Gov. Shallen-
berger reiterated Thursday evening
what he has heretofore announced ,
that the llaw will be enforced to the
letter. He says municipal authorities
will be expected to look to the en-
forcement of the law , but if they fail
then the state government will act.
In his efforts the governor will be as-
sisted by the Nebraska Anti-Saloon
league , : which has appointed agents in
license towns to act as watchers. So
far as known there will be no united
attempt to ignore the law , although in
some places , where the liquor interests
are strong , funds , it is said , have been
raised to test the law. Lincoln being
a dry municipality , local interest was
not keen , only so far as it affected the
wet suburban town of Havelock , where
the local supply of intoxicants is
drawn from , and to which place
crowds from Lincoln go nightly.
A new rule was promulgated by the
Lincoln excise board which prohibits
the practice of drays and delivery wag-
ons bringing beer and other intoxi-
cants from Havelock to Lincoln and
supplying customers. ,
Other enactments of the last legis-
lature went into effect at midnight ,
save the bank guaranty act and non-
partisan judiciary law. which have
been enjoined in the courts.
SIDNEY MAX SHOT IX TEMPLE.
Anton Krupicka : is in Critical Condi
tion and May : Die.
Anton Krupicka , a well to do farm- .
er , residing fourteen miles southeast
of Sidney , was shot in the right temple
about midnight Wednesday night , sup-
posedly by his stepson , Andrew , a lad
aged 15. The father was sitting at the
dining room table , and the shot was
fired from the outside , shattering the
glass in the winodw. The weapon
used was a 22-caliber rifle , which the
boy had recently purchased.
After the shooting the wife wrapped
the gun in her apron and buried it
near the house , where Sheriff McDan-
iel unearthed it. The boy , who is half-
witted , claims his mother fired the
shot , and that he stood directly behind
her , while the mother says the lad
did the shooting. An effort was made
at the last term of district court to
send the boy to the reform school , as
it was charged that many of the prai-
rie fires which had been kindled in the ! I
vicinity had been started by him. The
neighbors filed a complaint , but I I !
through the assiduous efforts of the
father the charge was withdrawn. The I .
home has been the scene of many
camily quarrels. I
COURTS SHOULD .NOT INTRUDE.
Shallcnberger Recents "Interference" I
in the Bank Guaranty Case. .
Gov. Shallenberger has entered a
protest against the intrusion of the
federal courts in the affairs of the
state. He had reference to the in-
junction issued Tuesday against the
bank guaranty act. He said :
"The p' ? ople of Nebraska have ex-
pressed themselves in favor of the :
guaranty of bank deposits. When the I
opponents of such a mea'sure will not i !
let the state courts pass upon a matter I
in which the people of the state are i
primarily interested and forced the
matter into the federal courts , which
have no connection with the affairs of
the individuals of the state , it merely I
means that the enforcement of the law
has been delayed. The people of the
state have spoken and they will not
be denied , even if the federal courts
do provide a temporary bulwark for I
the opponents of the guaranty act. "
BODY IS CARRIED TWEXTY MILES :
Stench Leads to Finding of Corpse
Near Grand Island.
Induced by the stench that filled his
nostrils , James Denman , farmer , liv- I
ing along the Platte South of Alda , I
rode to the river's edge to investigate
and found lodged to a wire fence that I
stretched to an island , the body of a I
man with his hand raised up and
fearfully bloated. The sheriff was im I
mediately notified and with an under
taker's wagon went to the under-I
removed the body to the morgue in I
Grand Island identified
, where it was
as the body of Milton O'Neill , who was
drowned while bathing south of Shel-
ton Sunday. The river had carried it
about twenty miles.
Concord Man : Fatally Hurt.
Frank Johnson , an employe of a
Concord implement dealer , while fix- I
ing a windmill on the C. G. Swanson
farm , two miles northeast of Dixon ,
met with a serious accident. 'While
doing some repairing near the wheel
the tower broke and the young
man fell on an iron rod which was .
forced about eight inches into the ab
domen.
Wheat Cutting Begins.
Farmers in and around Beatrice be-
gan cutting wheat Wednesday. The
grain is very heavy and it is estimated
the yield will average from twenty to
thirty bushels to the acre.
Scratch on Foot Fatal.
Mrs. Pauline Wittulski died Wed-
nesday afternoon at her home in West
Beatrice from blood poisoning caused
by a scratch she received a few days
ago on her foot. She was 63 years of
age and leaves a family of eight child-
ren.
: Murdered While He Slept.
Antone Krupitska , living southwest
of Lodge Pole , was mysteriously mur-
dered in bed Wednesday night. There
Is no ' clew as to who did the shooting.
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SHAM BATTLE J2XDS REUNION.
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Large " Crowd in Attendance During
the Whole Program.
The Fort Kearney National Park
association reunion closed Monday. A
large crowd filled the grounds all day
long , and many were loath to lea\e in
the evening. While the gathering has
not been the success that was planned
for it , on account of the unfavorable
weather , there is great satisfaction foi
the promoters in the great enthusiasm
that has been shown. The program
consisted of various addresses and a
sham battle between the old veterans
and a company of militia. The veter-
ans had an old brass cannon behind
the breastworks , where the fort proper
. stood , and they shot this with the
rapidity that generally prevails with
I an old-time cannon. Col. ! Maxon of
Minded , was elected commander of
the association , while Dr. Hoover , of .
Kearney , will act as secretary for the
ensuing year. The plans are to hold
another reunion next year and each . .
succeeding year. .
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RUNS INTO A MOVING TRAIN.
Frightened ; Horse at Harvard Imperil !
Drivers.
Two daughters of Conrad Schnell.
residing four miles southeast of Har-
vard , received several severe bruises
as the result of a runaway Monday
afternoon. They were going to town
I for medicine for their father , who It
very ill with typhoid fever , and when
within about two blocks of the Bur-
lington tracks their horse became
frightened at a cement walk outfit and
became unmanageable. He ran fu-
riously across the tracks , the girls
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holding with all their might and yet
unable to stop or turn him. A freight
train was switching on the Northwest-
ern tracks , and the horse , blinded
with its fright , dashed into the moving
train , striking head first and breaking
its , neck. The girls jumped out before
the impact and thus received their
I hurts. They were picked up and con-
I veyed to the doctor's office and after
I their injuries were attended to were
taken home in an automobile.
ENGINEERS CONVENE.
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Brotherhood Gathers at Lincoln in
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Annual Reunion.
The annual reunion of the Brother-
hood of Locomotive Engineers , and
in connection with it a conference of
members of the order , began at Lin-
coln Monday with an attendance of
300 engineers and as many more rail-
road men from nearly all the states of
the union. At an open session of the
brotherhood held in the evening ad-
dresses were made by Grand Chief
Stone , of the brotherhood ; Daniel Wil-
lard , second vice president of the Chi-
cago , Burlington and Quincy road ; P.
H. : Morrissey of the American Rail-
way association , and Mrs. Murdock ,
president of the ladies auxiliary.
Early in the day a business session
Of the engineers' brotherhood was held
behind closed doors. It was an-
nounced that the meeting was of a
routine character , unimportant , and
that no trouble was Impending.
SUN RAYS LIGHT FIREWORKS.
Department Puts Out Dangerous Blaze
Kef ore Much Headway is Made. :
The sun's heat lighted some fire-
, works Sunday morning by passing
through a plate glass window of the
Bilz store , 204 North Sixteenth street ,
Lincoln , and focusing on a new variety
of vari-colored night fireworks. Only
one box of the inflammables burned ,
although the window was filled with
'firecrackers , skyrockets and other
kinds of fireworks. The fire depart-
ment turned out promptly and saved
the rest of the stock. :
Another fire Sunday morning about t
the same time did slight damage in t
the kitchen of the home of Moses Mos- :
t
covitz , a few blocks north of the fire
works fire , . at 607 North Sixteenth I
street. Some surplus fuel around a
gasoline stove caught - > n fire , but the
flames did not spread far before the ,
firemen came.
CAPITAL STOCK : $730,000. :
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to Take : Over Phone Line.
The Nebraska Securities company ,
of Omaha , with a capital stock of
$750,000 , have filed articles of incor-
poration , and its purpose is for taking ,
over and financing the Omaha Inde-
pendent Telephone company. The in-
corporators are Walter Grover , George
E. Shoemaker , F. M. Phipps , Charles
P. Flynn and Albert E. Wilson , said C
to be all Chicago parties. Wilson is '
attorney for Joseph Harris , the Chi-
cago capitalist , who was a heavy buyer
of independent stock several months
ago. He was also the head of the
company that furnished most of the !
material and installed the plant. . .
'Catches Nine-Pound Channel Cat.
Smith Head , a well known local pis
catorial artist , caught a nine-pound
channel catfish from the Nemaha riv-
er at Tecurnseh Monday morning. That
is unusually large for a catfish , though
carp and buffalo weighing a few
pounds more are frequently caught.
Caught Under ; a Dump Car.
An Italian laborer with the Burling-
ton construction train near Geneva ,
was caught under a load of gravel from
a dump car. He was quickly dug out ,
but was unconscious for several hours.
Run Over by a Mower.
Albert Hester who lives northwest
of Tecumseh , was thrown from a
mower by a runaway team and one of
the wheels passed over his body lacer-
ating his head so badly several stitch
es were required to close it.
Fell Through Trap Door.
Baltz Luetzinger , Sr. , residing
northeast of Harvard was quite se-
riously injured Monday afternoon by
falling through a trap door
to the j
cellar in Higgins' tinshop , while look-
ing about the place. '
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Messina Crumble * Walls .
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mother earthquake disaster which , in ; :
Messina at least , completed the de- ;
struction wrought by the shocks of !
Dec. 28 , in which tens of thousands
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offc lives were lost. ' '
I The instruments at the observatory -
registered a total of ten shocks of
varying severity since 7:20 o'clock
Thursday morning. Eight shocks , were
felt during the night. News that has .
come in there from the provinces
shows that damage has been wrought
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there , but it is as yet impossible" -
rectly to estimate the extent of _ the
losses. ( The shocks both at ' Messina .
and at Reggio created a great panic
among ! the people of these two cities. .
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Houses Fall ; People In Flight. . ; ' " ;
Walls of houses not completely de-
molished in the visitation of lasUwin-
ter were shaken : down , and the inhab-
itants of the towns rushed from the
streets toward the open country , A
woman and a child caught under the .
wreckage sustained serious injury , the !
earth-
woman subsequently dying. The
quakes have been becoming more in-
tense recently } , and Wednesday night
they were sufficiently severe to cause
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alarm. !
The shocks of Thursday morning
were undulating and vertical , and ac-
companied by deep roaring sounds.
The first one was followed by an ex-
plosion like the roar of cannon and
lasted between eight and ten seconds :
It is said that this quake was of great- ,
er severity than the fatal one of the
night of Dec. 28. The wooden houses
and huts erected for the accommoda "
tion of the people seemed to be thrown' .
from one side to another. Cries filled
the air as the people fled into the
road. . _ ,
As on the night of Dec. 28 , the , first
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shock was followed by a circular move
ment of the ground. Five minutes
later there came another quake , ac-
companied by further roarings. This
completed the destruction. The re-
mains of wrecked houses collapsed and
the entire district was covered by a
dense cloud of , dust. ' ; .
ItecallN Imnt "Winter's Upheaval. :
News' the latest shock : in Mes-
sina brings vividly to mind the disas , A
ter of last December. Positive knowl-5 . , . ; J
edge of the number of persons killed /1"
and the damage done to property was j
never obtained. It is known for cer-
tain that the dead exceeded 100,000 ,
while scores of cities and towns in
Calabria and. Sicily were left in ruins.
INDICT SUGAR TRUST CHIEFS.
President Thomas , Attorney Par-
sons and Four Others Hit. ;
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany , six ot its directors and two oth-
er individuals were indicted .by a fed-
eral grand jury in New York Thursday
on a charge of conspiracy in restraint
of : trade. . .
The individuals indicted are Wash-
ington [ B. Thomas , president of the
American Sugar Refining Company ;
Arthur Donner and Charles H. Senff
and John E. Parsons of New York ,
John Mayer of Morristown : : , N. J. , and
George H. Frazier of Philadelphia , all
of whom are directors of the company.
Indictments were also found against
Gustav : E. Kissel and Thomas B. Hart-
nett , counsel for Adolph Segal. There
were fourteen counts in the indict
ment. The indictments charge the cor- t - - - t
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conspiracy in restraint of trade In
violation of the Sherman anti-trust . )1
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New Yor .33 23 ' '
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Boston . . . .35 28 St. Louis . .22 40 . . " : "
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Ind'polis . . . .39 34 St. Paul . . .31 33 : . . .
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Columbus .37 36 Toledo . . . .30 40
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Fatally Injurea . . Seeking Kiss , . '
In her anxiety to kiss her husband
farewell at the
Charleroi station Pitts-
burg Mrs. \
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nia [ thrust her head through .
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in [ the car window. She was ' ; ,
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gashed on . the neck and Is not expect. . , .
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