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I. M. RICE , . - - . . Publisher
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.AN ATTEMPT MADE TO SLAY TOM
DEXXISOX.
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I Infernal Machine Placed on Porch am1
Set to Go Off When Lifted-Expos-
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I tended A'ictim , Who Calls Police.
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, An infernal machine was discovered
Sunday evening on the porch of the
residence of Thomas Dennison , a wel1 <
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II < known man of Omaha , Neb.
: ; Frank Erdman was placed under
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I J ' I Dennison made ' a statement to the ]
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" ' I 'time ago that he would murder Den-
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{ I i I , The infernal machine was in the
" I lorm of a suit case , containing two
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: ; I found twenty-four half-pound sticl {
:1 : of dynamite , and in the other , with
, I } barrels so placed as to fire . into the
I i ' dynamite , was a securely fastened and
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. loaded revolver. When found , the
i ! suitcase was fastened with a strin ,
tied to a screw eye , which was in
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\ turn fastened to the porch.
Ii The belief is that the dynamite was ;
Ii ? j Intended to be exploded through the
II agency of the string and the revolvt
II t : when the suitcase would be lifted from
I the porch.
i I i Mr. Dennison's little daughter and a
Ii schoolmate , during the afternoon ,
; tried to lift the suitcase , but failing ,
I I - . because of the weight , merely exposed
I _ ' ' - . the cord , which attracted Mr. Denni-
, I t . ' . ' ' .son's attention. He at once notified
. . . the police department , and two de- <
I tectives were sent to the scene. The
I cord was cut and the grip removed 1 to
I a vacant lot , where in . examination
\ I showed its character.
1\ \ . Mr. Dennison believes the danger-
11 ous grip was placed on the porch dur-
I II p I Ing the time the family were at din-
ner.
I I ' " ner.For a number of years Mr. Dennison
has been a man of considerable prom i-
, \ I nence in local politics. He some time
, 1 ' since admitted in court that his bus
, II' t ness was that of gambler.
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FIGHTEVG IN NICARAGUA.
. Estrada's Forces Lose 14 Killed aml
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29 Wounded.
Two days' fighting near Rama , Nic
aragua , cost the Estrada forces four-
teen killed and twenty-nine wounded ,
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partment in Washington from Consul
Moffatt : of Bluefields. The casualties
of the Madrid forces , he adds , were
. not learned.
Gen. Mena confined the fight to his
intrenchment. Large quantities of
ammunition and provisions , said to be
the entire stores of the Madrid forces
at Bluefields , were said to have been ;
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J BURGLARS LIFT DIAMONDS.
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Savings of Lifetime Gone.
While Samuel Vogel and his wife of
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iStewark , N. J. , slept soundly , burglar ;
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stole a handbag containing jewelry
. worth $10,000 from under the pillow
1 beneath Mrs. Vogel's head and $600 (
in cash from her husband's pockets.
The pair did not discover their loss
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Vogel , who Is a middle aged shop-
keeper , had put the savings of a life.
time into the diamonds.
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:1 One Killed In Collision.
! Two Missouri , Kansas and Texas
freight trains collided head-on near
Booneville , Mo. , early Saturday. Both
engines and twelve care were demol-
ished. Fireman Strait , of Sedalia , was
killed and a brakeman injured , but
not seriously.
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I Mine Workers Adjourn.
I With no definite plan for future ac-
tion the United Mine Workers of Il-
linois , adjourned their convention Sat-
Tirday. President Walker has issued a
t general strike order to the 75,000 min-
ers in that state.
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Warrant for a Banker.
A. warrant has been issued for the
I . ' arrest of H. J. Welty , former president
-of the Home Security Savings bank , at
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t Bellingham , Wash. , which was closed
by the state examiner March 31. He
is charged with embezzeling $10,000.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
- . Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
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i 37.00@8.05. Top hogs , $9.50.
Wage Scale Readjustment.
A readjustment of the wags scale
of 1,000 telegraphers of the Boston
and Maine railroad was announced
Saturday. The men will receive a
raise averaging 7 per cent.
Loses Life in Ohio River.
Edward Butke , a clerk in the Bal-
timore and Ohio offices at Cincinnati ,
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which he was riding capsized on the
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FUNERAL OF KING EDWARD.
Last Tribute Paid' ' to Britain's Late
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Monarch.
Sovereigns and representatives of
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the powers of the world paid a last
tribute Friday to England's great mon- '
arch , JEdward VII. , whose body now <
rests in St. George's chapel at Wind-
I sor castle , where the bones of Edward
IV. , the. sixth and eighth Henrys ; ,
Charles I. , the third and fourth
Georges , and William IV. are entomb-
ed.
Bright sunshine followed a night of
thunder storms that swept the city
and soaked the funeral decorations , .
but had no deterrent effect on the
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gathering of thousands , who from .
midnight until dawn sought points of
vantage from which to watch the pass-
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ing of the cortege.
London's millions filled the streets ,
and open places as they have never be-
fore filled them , either at a funeral or
festival. All the peagantry that mark-
ed the burial of Victoria was naug
when compared with the magnificence
of Friday's spectacle , which was splen-
did in its accompaniments of gilded
coaches , brilliant uniforms and deco-
rations. ,
Far surpassing the ceremony attend-
ing the removal of the king's body
from Buckingham palace to West-
minster hall , the procession Friday in- :
cluded nine sovereigns , the former
president of the United States , Theo-
dore Roosevelt , who alone was not ar-
rayed in uniform ; the heirs to several
thrones , the members of the royal
family , the officers of the households ,
the officials of the government , field
marshals , generals and admirals ,
whose names are synonymous with
Britain's achievements in war ; de- <
tachments of troops of all the British
arrmy and representatives of foreign
armies and navies and variegated uni-
forms , a solid phalanx of glittering
colors. The lines of red coated sol-
diers were drawn as on that great oc-
casion of England's mourning , nine
years ago , with arms reversed and reg- ?
imental flags dipped to the ground.
TWO KILLED IN WRECK. :
Bodies of Victims Are Cremated I ) '
Electricity.
Two men were killed and their bod-
ies cremated by 33,000 volts of elec
tricity : when a northbound Peori
sleeper on the Illinois Traction system
iollided with a south bound electric
freight train near Lovelace , Ill. , at
3:30 o'clock Friday morning.
The dead : J. E. Bobbett , Staunton ,
Ill. : , motorman on the freight train ;
Charles Thompson , East St. Louis , 111 ,
conductor : of the freight train.
The passengers in the sleepers es-
caped : with slight bruises. The over-
head electric wires fell on the cars in
the freight train and set fire to the
wreckage. The men who were kille
were caught in the wreckage.
LILLIS IS SUSPENDED.
udahy's Victim Loses Mcmbershi ]
In Evanston Golf Club.
Jere S. Lillis , president of the West-
ern Exchange bank of Kansas Citj " ,
Mo. , who was the victim of an assault
by John C. Cudahy , the packer , in the
latter's home In Kansas City several
weeks ago , was expelled from the Ev-
anston Golf club Friday. No charges ;
were preferred against Lillis.
The banker's name had already been
dropped from the membership rolls ;
of the Kansas City club and the coun-
try club.
Cannon Cheap for Every One.
In answer to many inquiries the war
department has issued a statement to
the effect that municipalities desiring
. ijsolete field pieces for ornamental
purposes may obtain them upon for-
mal application to the department
through a senator or representative.
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Former Roommate of Lincoln.
Richard Price Morgan , who is cred-
Itod With drawing the plans for the
first elevated railroad in the United
States ; and a former roommate of Ab-
raham Lincoln , died at his home in
Dwight , Ill. , Friday , aged 82 years.
Watcher Falls Off Roof.
Scantily clad , Lambert Wilson of
tvensville , Ind. , went to the roof of
his house to take an observation of
Halley's comet. His foot slipped and
he s coasted swiftly down the roof and
fell thirty feet to the earth. He was
painfully cut and bruised.
Judge Jenkins Confirmed.
The senate Thursday confirmed the
nomination of former Congressman
John J. Jenkins , of Wisconsin , to be
United States district judge of the dis-
trict of Porto Rico.
, Fires a Fatal Shot.
Wallace A. Bussell , of Seattle ,
Wash. , 23 years old , walked Into the
Monte Carlo saloon and gambling
house and fatally shot the proprietor ,
Joseph Bonner.
Five Dead in an Explosion.
Five men were killed Thursday by
an explosion in the Hamilton powder
works , four miles from Nanaimo ,
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Schooner Reported Ashore.
A report that the schooner Charles
R. Wilson is ashore on the south side
of Point Reyes was received by the
rchants exchange of San Francisco
late Friday afternoon.
Dies of Old Injuries.
! rules W. Hemenway of Duquoin , 111. ,
prcminent in Illinois Masonic grand
lodge circles , died Thursday from the
eff.ects of injuries received in a rail-
road wreck several years ; ago. .
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SIX BISHOPS CONSECRATED.
Imposing Catholic Ceremony at St. !
Paul , Minn. , Thursday.
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Significant , of the growth of Cath-
olicism in the new world was the
splendid ceremony performed by
Archbishop Ireland in St. Paul , 1\1inn. ,
Thusrday , by which for the first time
since the church came to America six
bishops were consecrated simultane-
ously.
These bishops of St. Paul province
received their divine commissions at
the hands of their own venerable met-
ropolitan , assisted : by two of his re-
maining bishops , in the chapel of St. i
Paul's seminary almost , precisely at
the spot where Father Louis Henn
pin , the first Christian missionary to
the regine of the future province ,
landed on the bank of the Mississippi
"a league below the falls of St. An-
thony" 230 years ago.
The bishops consecrated were
Rev. James O'Reilly , of Minneap
lis , bishop of Fargo , N. D.
Rev. John J. Lawler , cathedral of
St. Paul , auxiliary bishop of the arch-
diocese of St. Paul.
Rev. Patrick R. Heffron , rector of
St. Paul's seminary , bishop of Winona ,
Minn. ,
Rev. Timothy Corbett , of Duluth ,
bishop of Crookston , Minn.
Rev. Vincent Wehrle , of the Bene-
dictine order and abbot of the mon-
astery at Richardton , N. D. , bishop i of
Bismark , N. : D.
Rev. Joseph F. Busch , head of the
missionary band in the archdiocese of <
St. Paul , bishop at Lead , S. D.
OVER $30,000 IS STOLEN.
Three Packages Taken from Oil Cit . ,
Pa.
Three packages of money contain-
ing $32,024 were stolen from the
Pennsylvania depot at Oil City , Pa. ,
Thursday while John J. Truby , the
station agent , was loading baggage on
to ; a Buffalo bound train. The money
was being shipped by the Adams Ex-
press company to Philadelphia. , .
The railroad detectives investigat- I
ing the robbery are of the opinion
that the theft was the work of one
man , who knew the money was in the
depot and knew3 just where it was lo-
cated.
The Pennsylvania railroad pay car
arrived in Oil City late Wednesday
night and turned over to the day sta
tion agent three packages of money ;
wrapped in manila paper containing ;
$32,024 , which were receipted for in )
the name of the Adams Express com-
pany. > The money was consigned to
the treasurer's office of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad in Philadelphia.
The packages proved to be too
bulky for storage in the small depot
safe and Night Agent Truby placed
them under a sack behind the ticke' :
county , covering them carefully. There
was no one in the depot.
At 3:30 o'clock Thursday morning
the Buffalo bound Pennsylvania train
pulled into the station and Truby
stepped out on the platform , closing
the office door behind him. The door
is ; self locking. While about 200 feet
from the depot office Truby saw by the
light of the station platform lamp that
the office was not closed. Hurrying
back he ran into his office and dis-
covered the three packages of money
were missing. A hurried search of the
train and vicinity of the station was
made with no results.
STEAMER BURXSAT SEA.
Nineteen Persons from Disapled Ship
Are Landed Safely.
The steamer J. Marhoffer , which
left San Francisco for Portland , Ore. ,
on May 14 , has been burned at sea
' /enty-flve miles north of Newport ,
Ore. Capt. Wellander , of the United
States life saving station , reports that
nineteen persons from the burned
. steamer , including the captain and his
I wife , have landed safely in their own
boats. >
The T. J. Marhoffer was a screw
. steamer of 618 tons , built at Aberdeen ,
Wash. , three years ago. At the time
of the disaster she had no cargo , hav-
ing sailed from here in ballast.
Denver Signs New Player.
In an effort to stop the losing streak
of the Denver Western league team ,
President McGill has practically con-
cluded negotiations whereby Second
Baseman Cranston , of the Kansas City
American association team , will go to
Dem'er. He will replace Thompson
at second base.
Militia Being Withdrawn.
The withdrawal of the militia who
have been policing the cement plant
at Hasco , Mo. , since Monday , began
Thursday. The conferences between
the strikers and officials of the plant
are not yet ended. There is no indi-
cation that violence will be attempted
Joins Wife in Death.
Perry Noblett , a young farmer near
Rockport , Mo. , awoke Thursday morn-
ing to find his wife dead of heart
disease. He was so overcome with
grief that he fired a bullet into his
o'vn heart , and both bodies were dis-
covered by the suicide's father.
Pitcher Higgins Returned.
Pitcher Higgins , who was recently
released to the Denver Western league
club by the St. Louis Nationals , has
been returned to the latter club be-
cause of a hitch in the conditions of *
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Na\'al Commodore Dead.
John Augustine Nicols , 51 years old ,
commodore in the United States navy
and l a native of Boston , died at Rich-
mond , Va. , , Thursday morninpf.
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GIRLS . SIGN NOVEL PLEDGE.
Xo Kisses for Men Who Drink Liquor
Will Be Forthcoming.
"The lips that touch liquor shall
never touch mine. "
The foregoing is the pledge of thirty :
young women , all of marriageable
age , of the vicinity of Kirk , who have
organized what is known as the "Ban-
ner County Young Women's Temper-
ance union. " The result has been that
wherever the influence of the associa- :
tion is felt , the result has been much
more far reaching and effectual than
the passage and enforcement of any
county option law.
It so happens that nearly all of the
members of the Banner county organ-
ization of which Miss Mary Watkins is
president , have young men who are
looked upon with considerable favor < ,
and it also happens that a number or
them have young men who occasion-
ally tarry for a while over the glass
that contains the foaming beverage.
When the manifesto first went out
these young men considered the whole
thing a joke , but they have changed
their minds.
ATTEMPTS TO WRECK ! TRAINS
Someone at Nebraska City Shows De-
termination.
For some time past someone has ;
been giving the Missouri Pacific em-
ployes at Nebraska City considerable
trouble in smashing the switch lights
along the track in the southern part
of the city. Watch was placed , but
the guilty party could not be discov-
ered. Last Friday morning the sec-
tion foreman found four large railroad
spikes driven in the frog of a switch
on the main line , so that a passing
train would have been wrecked. He
removed them and reported the mat-
ter and on Saturday morning two
large bolts were found driven into the
switch rail at the same place. A
watchman has been placed at this
point with a hope of locating the party
or parties who seem bent upon wreck-
ing some of the trains at this particu-
lar point. This is very close to where
the passenger train was derailed in the
daytime some two weeks ago.
COURT AFFIRMS SENTENCE.
Bert Taylor , Nebraska Murderer , to
Be Hanged October 18.
The supreme court has affirmed the
death sentence of Bert M. Taylor , and
fixed the day of execution for Octob'e
28. Taylor was convicted of the mur-
der of Pearl Taylor , his 17-year-ol
sister-in-law , nearly three years ago.
He also attacked a younger sister-in-
law. Taylor escaped a pursuing party ;
and reached California , where he was
apprehended. On his return to Min-
den , where the crime was committed ,
an effort was made to lynch him.
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Auburn Again Wet.
After two years of the dry regime ,
Auburn has restored the saloon. Two
places have opened in South Auburn.
It is expected that six places will be
open ultimately , though remonstrance
has been filed against J. Harmon , for-
oerly of Stella , who has filed a peti-
tion.
They Want to See Him.
York county farmers are looking for
the organization that advised them
hold their wheat. The present is a
most unsatisfactory experience in fol-
lowin gthe advice given , as they art
now obliged to take considerable less
than they could have sold for last win-
ter.
Many Cows Are Condemned.
Since the tests for tuberculosis were
made by the Omaha health depart-
ment a year ago , almost 400 cows
have been killed , under the supervision
of the United States government in-
spectors at South Omaha. The last
suspected animal was killed Wednes-
day.
Davidson Will Resign.
William J. Davidson , chancellor of
the Nebraska Wesleyan university , at
Lincoln , announces that he has ac-
cepted the position of professor of
sacred rhetoric the Garrett Biblical
institution at Evanston , Ill. , and will
i conclude his services at Lincoln on
September 1.
Railroad Tax Return.
The Union Pacific has filed a person-
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al l tax schedule for Douglas county
with the county assessor. The return
gives its property as worth $1,214,745.
Last yearvthe return was $1,208.200 , a
difference of $6,545.
Baloon Follows Mail Carrier.
E. O. Harvey , rural mail . carrier on
route 3 , from Bancroft , saw a baloon
all day Thursday. It followed him
al1 around the route. He thinks it
wa3 one of the Omaha weather ba-
loons. >
( I. H. Winters , a deaf and dumb
mau , was struck by a train near Min-
den and instantly killed. He was rid-
ing n. bicycle and was struck while on
a ci ' oss ing.
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Serious Charge is Made Against a Citi
zen of Pierce.
Oscar Rish , an employe in the poo :
hall of Nick Coury , at Pierce , is accus
ed of making a strenuous attempt tt
drown Coury in the river below thE
mill dam. The two men had been fish.
ing dur'ng the afternoon and as thE
evening came on Courey decided to gc
home. He noticed that Rish had beef !
keeping behind him , and as he rose ,
he alleges , Rish seized him and thr
him over a sieep bank into the deel !
and swift stream below. As he came
to the surface he saw Rish on the 1
edge of the bank with one of the fish
poles , but not to rescue him , as he a1
first thought. He says Rish ! prodc
and pounded him over the head with
the pole in an effort to keep him un
der water. Evidently thinking he
had accomplished his purpose , Rls1
went away and Coury , though nearl3
all in , managed to get to shore by
the aid of the pole and fishline thai
Rish had used to push his head under
water. The line had become entangled
'in the brush on the edge of the hanK
and the half strangled man caught the
pole and drew himself to shore. ] No
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and Rish are Syrians and Rish ha :
worked for Coury in the pool hall for
several months. He is of a moody dis-
position , but was never considered
dangerous. Monday afternoon Rish
pulled a gun while at the pool hall and
shot himself through the fleshy part 01
the left leg between the knee and hip.
It is not known whether the act wa ,
accident or an attempt to commit sui-
cide. The gun , a 32-caliber , was tak-
en from him by Chief of Police Geo.
Goff , though he begged to keep it , as
he said he needed it to protect him-
self. His wound will keep him in bed i
for some time.
APPROVES CONSOLIDATION.
Auditor Barton Favors Union of Two .
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State Auditor Barton has approve .
the plan of consolidation of the Higl
land Nobles Waterloo , Ia. , and the .
American Order of Protection of Lin- 1
coin. Before the consolidation may i
be effected it is necessary that two- < i
thirds of the membership in both .
lodges vote in the affirmative. The
first protest that has yet arisen has
come from Cheyenne , Wyo. , where a
member of the latter company entered
a protest and insisted that if the order
would change its headquarters to
Cheyenne there would be little trouble ]
about enlarging its membership and
securing enough interested men to
boom the order.
It is proposed to name the consoli- :
dated orders the American Nobles.
The present laws governing the two ,
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orders are to be amended to provid .
for the election of a board of supreme :
trustees , or not less than five nor
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more than seven members ; and add- :
ing to the officers supreme physician :
for territory west of the Missouri riv- I
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er , and supreme organizer. These
two officers and two of the trustees :
are to be elected from among the
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membership of the American Order of
Protection , recommended by its ad
visory board.
GRAND ARMY MEN.
Twelve Hundred People at Fairbur ;
for State Veterans' Session.
The first day of the encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic at
Fairbury was ushered in at 6 o'clock
Tuesday morning by a bugle call from
the dome of the court house. About
1,200 delegates had already arrived <
and the various committees have been
busy all day taking care of their :
guests.
Martial music was furnished all
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during the day by the National Asso-
ciation of Civil War Veterans. Three
concerts were given by the Hebron
lilitary band and other bands and
drum corps kept things lively all day.
The city was beautifully decorated
in our national colors , every business . .
house was covered with bunting and
flags , and a majority of the residences
displayed the stars and stripes.
S. Tirelle , an Italian laborer in the
employe of the Burlington , who was
shot , probably fatally , by the accident-
al I discharge of a shotgun while hunt-
ing near Edgar , is in a hospital in
Beatrice with part of his skull blown
away and little hope of his recovery.
Insane Man Wanders Away.
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John .Heybrock , adjudged insane , ,
escaped at Stanton and wandered
away. No trace of him has been
found. It is feared he may commit
suicide.
Brakeman Has Toes Crushed.
A. W. Barge , a brakeman on the
: Milwaukee railroad , had three of his
toes smashed while working with a
switching crew in the Crofton yards.
It is not thought that the toes will
have to come off.
J. C. White is Arrested.
A man giving the name of J. C.
White was arrested at Beatrice charg-
ed l with short-changing a number of
merchants in that town.
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The Senate Thursday reached an
agreement to begin voting at 4 o'clock . .
Friday on the long and short haul
amendments to the railroad bill , and
to meet daily at 11 o'clock , beginning
Monday. The voting agreement for
Friday provides that all amendments
relating to the long and short haul
shall be disposed of before the end of
the legislative day , , but the under-
standing does not preclude the taking
of a recess from one day to another
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in case the amendments should
quire more time than can be given
them Friday. All of the speeches
were in support of the Dixon long and
short haul amendment. They were
made by Senators Clapp , Smoot and
Nixon. The Senate passed the House
omnibus lighthouse bill , which , after
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ident for his signature. In the House
Representative Payne of New York de
livered an extended defense of the .
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill , arguing that
the recent advance in the cost of liv-
ing was not due to that legislation.
The modified long and short haul
amendment introduced by Senator Dix-
on as a substitute for the Heyburn
amendment to the railroad bill was
adopted by the Senate Friday after it
had been perfected by incorporating
in it a portion of the Paynter amend-
ment ! , favored by the Democrats. The
vote on the substitute was 56 yeas , 10
nays. : The House discussed the sun-
dry civil bill.
The feature of the consideration ,
'of the administration railroad bill in
the Senate Monday was the vote taken
on an amendment by Senator Cummins
to strike out the sections of the bill to
provide for the establishment of a
commerce court. This was defeated
. by a vote of 28 to 37. The affirmative
vote was cast chiefly by Democrats and
"insurgent" Republicans. A number of
other amendments were offered to the
sections , but all of them were defeat-
ed. Notice of other a-tnendments was
given. This being unanimous consent
and suspension day in the House , a
large number of bills were parsed. r '
Among the more important measures 1t ' "
passed was a Senate bill providing for , \ "
a system of parole for United States , " ;
prisoners sentenced for more than one-
year and who have served at least one-
third of their terms. A resolution , in-
troduced ; by Mr. Henry of Texas , to
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change the date of inauguration of the
President from March 4 until the last
Thursday jn April was defeated.
The provision of the railroad bill for
an extra allowance of $3,000 a year to
members of the proposed court of com-
merce over the allowances of Circuit
Court judges was stricken out by the
Senate Tuesday. The greater part of
the session was devoted to a discussion }
of the Cummins amendment making : " , ; ;
the interstate commerce commission. . / ;
the defendant in all cases in the courts- f/ /
/
. growing ; out of orders of that commis-
sion , but no action was taken. Gener-
al debate on the sundry " civil bill in
the House . gave an opportunity for
several speeches. Mr. Campbell of
Kansas denounced Democratic tariff
revision which , he said , was shown by
experiences of the country to be disas-
trous. Mr. : Underwood of Alabama
criticised the President and the Re-
publican majority of the House for .
failure to give publicity to facts gath- '
ered in connection with the corpora-
tion tax. Mr. Keifer of Ohio advocated
his plan for an international agree-
ment for preserving neutrality of the-
Panama ' Canal. Mr. Barnhart of In-
diana 'denounced .machine politics in
general and the Republican party in.
particular. Mr. Sisson spoke in favor
of legislation abolishing gambling ir >
cotton futures.
By a vote of 40 to 23 the Senate-
Wednesday amended and accepted the
House [ provision of thp railroad bilJ
which places the defense of suits be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion in the hands of the Attorney Gen- - -
eral , but permits the commission and .
shippers to intervene and even to con-
tinue the suit in case the Attorney
General withdraws. The period dur-
ing which rates of railroad companies-
may be suspended by the commissionr
was extended from * 60 to 120 days on
motion of Mr. Aldrich. The debate on
the bill continued throughout the day
and was marked by some sharp pass-
ages between Senators. Rayner and
Hughes and also between Senator !
Rayner and Elkins. An early adjourn-
ment was taken to afford the Demo-
erats an opportunity to confer over
certain propositions made to them by
the regular Republicans. The House
> ent the day debating at bill to extenS
to the Territory of Hawaii the laws ot
the United States concerning appro
.
priations that are enjoyed by terri-
tories within the United States. The
bill was passed , having been previousl7
passed by the Senate.
FROM FAB AND NEAR.
Four thousand five hundred employes
of the Pressed Steel Car Company have
gone on strike McKees Rocks , Pa.
It. is estimated that the last corn \
crop would require SO.OOO trains of
thirty cars each to transport all of it. . ' \
Benton McMillin , former Governor ' , .
. '
of Tennessee , announced at Nashville
his candidacy for the 'United States
Senate , subject to the Democratic pri- .
mary June 4 , to succee ' James B. Fra- .
1 Zler.
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