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KILLED
BULL PEN USED FOR HOUSING
CONVICTS AND GUARDS
COLLAPSES.
LOCATED ON MOUNTAIN SIDE
Handicap Responsible for Great Num
ber of Injured Victims Several Dis
play Great .Heroism in Rescuing
Wounded from Structure.
Waynesville , N. C. Four convicts
Were killed , 12 mortally injured , and
17 guards and convicts more or less
seriously hurt by the collapse of the
bull pen in which they were housed
in a mountain pass in this county.
The bull pen was near Waterville ,
N. C. , in the heart of the Smoky moun
tains. The convicts were all negroes ,
leased by the state of North Carolina
for work in connection with the con
struction work of the Transcontinen
tal railroad.
All four men had only a few months
of their time to serve , one or two be
ing due to leave the camp in August.
The bull pen was built entirely of
heavy logs and the weight of the roof
caused it to collapse. The structure
slid down the mountain side without
warning for 65 feet , and not one of the
occupants escaped uninjured.
The Tennessee and North Carolina
railroad , which is fighting the Trans
continental for right of way , sent to
the scene a special train from New
port , Tenn. , with physicians and
nurses and coffins for the dead.
The injured were taken to Newport
for treatment under guard and the
dead will be sent to Raleigh , where
the state penitentiary is located.
The fact that every convicted man
was burned with ball and chain ren
dered the victims helpless and is re
sponsible for the great number of in
jured.
COMMISSION TO BEGIN ITS WORK.
Will Gather Evidence and Fix a Rate
on Second Class Mail.
' .7 Washington. The task of gathering
evidence as to what should be the rate
of different grades of second class mall
matter is to be started at New York
City July 18 by the commission ap
pointed by the president for that pur
pose.
The commission is headed by Asso
ciate Justice Charles E. Hughes , of
the supreme court of the United'
States and associated with him are A.
Lawrence Lowell , president of Har
vard university , and Harry A. Wheel
er , of Chicago. The public sessions
will be held in the circuit court of ap
peals room in the New York postoffice
building.
Sets Clothes Afire.
St. Joseph , Mo. Grieving over the
drowning several weeks ago of her
12-year-old son , Mrs. Rachael Carr sat
urated her clothing with coal oil and
set it afire. Members of the family
who had been watching her rolled her
in bed clothing and put out the fire.
She was badly burned , however , and
physicians say she will die.
Over Two Hundred Graduate.
Manhattan , Kan. Two hundred and
fifteen students were graduated from
the Kansas State Agricultural college
here. The commencement address was
made by Edward Benjamin Krohbelt ,
associate professor of history in Le
land Stanford university.
Auto Runs Off a Bridge.
Bloomington , 111. Louis Orr , a lead
ing young man of Dwight , was killed
when an automobile owned by John
O'Boughton , which he and his com
panions had used without permission ,
ran off a bridge. The machine was
going 60 miles an hour.
Bonilla to Oppose Loan.
Washington. Former President Bo
nilla of Honduras said he came here
to oppose the Honduran loan treaty ,
which he considered very unjust to his
country. Senor Bonilla stoutly dis
claimed having any revolutionary
ideas.
Lightning Strikes an Electric Plant.
Shawnee , Okla. Lightning which
struck the plant of the Shawnee
Gas and Electric company caused the
destruction of the property. The de
struction of the plant leaves the city
without lights and street car service.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Sioux City. Saturday's quotations
on the local live stock market follow :
Top beeves , $6.10. Top hogs , $6.00.
Calls Are Sent Out.
Colorado Springs , Colo. One hun
dred thousand calls are being made
announcing the sixth annual session
and exposition of the International
Dry Farming congress , which meets
here October 16-20.
Former Railway Man Dead.
Chicago. Sylvester T. Smith , for
mer general manager of the Union
Pacific railroad and of the Denver and
Rio Grande , died here at bis resi
dence in Kenwood. He was 72 years
of age.
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. TRACES $5,000 PAYMENT FOR DAY
PORTRAIT TO HAY AD
MINISTRATION.
RESENTS HINT OF PERJURY
Secretary of State Tells Hamlln Com
mittee if Receipt Has Been
"Doctored" There Will Be Some
Vacancies in His Department.
Washington. That the scandals that
have turned up in the state depart
ment cannot properly be laid at his
door. Secretary Knox made clear to
the Hamlln committee of the house ,
but belong to past administrations.
He explained the $5,000 payment to
young Mr. Hale , which Elihu Root
contracted for , and the affair of the
Rosenthal portrait was traced to the
administration of John Hay.
At the same time Secretary Knox
resented what he regarded as an inti
mation that perjury had been commit
ted by some of the present clerical
force of the state department. The
committee has not succeeded in solv
ing the riddle In connection with pay
ments made to Albert Rosenthal for
the Day portrait and the recovery of
the voucher for that payment.
Secretary Knox gave the committee
the original voucher and the explana
tory memoranda attached to it. Ac
companying the latter was a receipt
from Rosenthal which the latter has
no recollection of giving. There was
a letter from Consul General W. H.
Michael , former chief clerk of the de
partment , written in answer to Secre
tary Root's request for information , in
which Michael says the balance of
$1,600 was given In cash to Secretary
John Hay and used by him in connec
tion with Chinese affairs under Mr.
Rockhill.
"Don't you think , " asked Mr. Ham-
lin of Secretary Knox , "that this re
ceipt was prepared since this hearing
began ? "
"Are you charging anyone with per
jury ? " remarked Mr. Knox.
"I am not , but I think this suspi
cious , " said Mr. Hamlin.
"If you can ascertain , " retorted
Secretary Knox , "that since you got
your letter from Rosenthal that some
one in the department fixed this up
there will be some vacancies. "
"I may do Secretary Root an injus
tice , " said Davis , "but I think he said
the voucher was in two parts. This is
all one document. "
Secretary Knox " 'I gave it to you
In the shape in which I received it. "
"With these papers is'a letter
signed by Rosenthal referring to a
portrait of Secretary Day. It is
signed March 23 , 1906 , and addressed
to no one. Do you know anything
about it ? " asked Hamlin.
"Nothing , " said Secretary Knox.
"As soon as this affair developed I
ordered a search for the voucher. I
found the affairs of the department in
an chaotic condition. I have reorgan
ized it and will endeavor to install
business methods. "
MEXICO CITY IS MENACED
Rebel Head of Strong Force Demandf
That Madero Remove Military
Commander of District.
Mexico City. General Jose Vera ,
commanding 4,000 rebel soldiers , the
flower of Madero's army in the federal
district of Mexico , sent an ultimatum
to Madero declaring that if Madero
did not make a change in the com
mander of this military zone he would
take Mexico City within twenty-four
hours.
Madero's agents here have sent
back word to Vera parleying for time.
Vera is reported to be a bandit like
Zapala , but has a strong force of
the best , most daring of all Madero's
men. He cannot take this city , but
might begin a hot battle on the out
skirts.
Madero named Emillo Sobrino to
command all the forces in the state
of Mexico. Now Vera has risen
against Sobrino.
SEAMEN'S STRIKE IS BEGUN
Walkout Is Called at British , Belgian
and Dutch Ports Vessel Owners
Are Not Worried.
London. The seamen's strike was
formally declared at London , Glas
gow , Liverpool , Cardiff , Bristol , South
ampton and other British ports , and
also at Belgian and Dutch ports , but
the chances of any real international
strike being declared seem remote.
Indications show the confidence of
the shipping federation is well placed ,
for at hardly any of these ports was
enthusiasm displayed for the strike ,
and the shipowners maintain an atti
tude of indifference , semingly satisfied
that they will have no trouble in filling
the places of the strikers.
The men demand chiefly a concilia
tion board and the establishment of a
minimum wage , and complain bitterly
of wholesale employment of Asiatics
Mint Becomes Warehouse.
Washington. The historic New Or
leans mint will cease to exist as such
after July 1. It will be conducted
henceforth as an assay oflice and a
storage place for 22,000,000 silver del
lars. Only one of its old vaults is con
sidered burglar-proof at present.
Kills Self When Son Weds.
Kansas City. Despondent because
her sixteen-year-old son married
against her wishes , Mrs. Nettie Super-
nawa hanged herself in the basera it
of her home in this city. j
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PEERS REHEARSING FOR THE CORONATION.
EX-PRESIDENT AND J. P. MORGAN
MUST TESTIFY , SAY STEEL
PROBERS.
TENNESSEE DEAL THE ISSUE
P. B. Kellogg , Government Prosecutor
in Standard Oil Case , Admits He
Is Counsel for Subsidiary Com
panies in Steel Combine.
Washington. Ex-President Roosevelt
velt and J. P. Morgan will be sum
moned to appear before the Stanley
steel investigating committee to give
testimony on how certain railroads
owned by the steel trust are able to
declare enormous dividends on small
capitalization.
Chairman Stanley made this known
when he declared there was so much
in connection with the steel corpora
tion he desired cleared up that he in
tended bringing before the committee
everyone who could throw any lighten
on the subject
Colonel Roosevelt will be asked
about his tacit assent to the absorp
tion of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
company by the steel corporation , and
Mr. Morgan will be queried concern
ing the panic of 1907 and the financial
transactions preceding and consum
mating the deal through which the
Tennessee company stock was turned
over to the steel corporation.
Frank B. Kellogg , special counsel of
the government in suits for the dis
solution of the Standard Oil , admitted
to the committee that his law firm is
counsel for subsidiary companies of
the steel corporation. He said he had
no apology to make to the American
people for this connection.
Since 1907 , Mr. Kellogg has been
prosecuting the Standard Oil under
engagement by the department of jus
tice. Before that he had been em
ployed by the government to make
arguments in suits against the > aper
trust and the Union Pacific railroad.
Attorney General Wickersham knew
of his connection with the steel cor
poration.
Mr. Kellogg said lie had never been
asked by anyone connected with the
government as to his views as to the
legality of the steel corporation under
the Sherman law , or the legality of
any of its acts or methods of opera
tion. He was incensed by criticism of
his connection with the steel corpora
tion.
tion.James
James Cayley , former vice-president
of the steel corporation , told the com
mittee there had been an"understand
ing during many years between the
railroads and steel rail makers as to
the price of rails. He had never heard
of apportioning the tons of the rails
among the rail makers or a territor
ial division of the business. He said
there was no danger of an iron ore
famine because of the vast supply not
only in the United States but through
out the world.
In 1907 and 1908 he attended the
famous Gary dinners , but never heard
any discussion as to prices or busi
ness territory. He gravely stated the
only discussions he recalled covered
such points as abolishing Sunday la
bor and improving the welfare of the
workingmen , together with talk as to
general business conditions.
Varsity Honors Clews.
Ada , O. Henry Clews , the New
York banker , has been Honored by
Ohio Northern university with the de
gree of doctor of philosophy.
Bust of Sherman Complete.
Washington. A marble bust of
Vice-President Sherman has just been
completed and will be placed in the
capltol. The likeness , which shows
the vice-president wearing spectacles ,
has been accepted by the govern
ment.
Gould Party Buys Texas Road.
Palestine , Tex. A committee said
to represent the Gould interests pur
chased the International & Great
Northern railroad at receivership sale
here. The road sold for $12.645.000
PACT FIGHT BEGUN
RECIPROCITY BILL IS REPORTED
WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION.
Adverse Reports Are Submitted bj
La Follette and McCumber Gore
Offers Amendment.
Washington. The Canadian reci
procity bill was returned to the sen
ate , with several reports setting forth
the diverse views of members of the
finance committee.
The majority report was noncom
mittal neither for nor against. Sena
tors Williams , Stone and Kern , Demo
crats , submitted a statement indorsing
the measure as "half a loaf , " and
therefore better than no tariff revision
at all , and urging its acceptance with
out amendment , declaring proposed
additions to the bill intended to bring
about its defeat.
Senators La Follette and McCumber
presented reports in opposition to the
measure.
"When I want two things I want
both , but if I can't get both , then I
want the one I can get , " Mr. Williams
said. "Not only is it true that I would ,
as original propositions , favor most of
the amendments offered , but I could
easily write down several hundred
others that I would like to put upon
the statute books , reducing the tfur-
den of tariff taxation upon the pee
ple.
"But I see no sense in refusing to
kill a rattlesnake because I cannot at
the same time kill an anaconda. "
Mr. Williams favors the house
"farmers' free list bill , " but is not in
favor of it as an amendment to this
bill , because he thinks the result of
putting it on would be to defeat the
bill.
bill.Mr.
Mr. La Follette says the bill makes
the farmer the scapegoat in the inter
est of the railroad , the miller , the
packer , the newspaper publisher.
MRS. NATION LEFT $10,000
Last Testament Filed In Washington ,
D. C. , Which She Claimed
Her Home.
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Washington. The will of Carrie A.
Nation was filed in fche probate court
here. It was dated in 1907 and in it
Mrs. Nation declared herself a resi
dent of Washington.
It is estimated the estate disposed
of by the will is valued at $10,000 , con
sisting of houses and lots in Guthrie
and Shawnee , Okla. , an account of
$1,000 in an Alexandria ( Va. ) bank ,
and a life insurance policy.
To the Woman's Christian Temper
ance union of Kansas Mrs. Nation be
queathed her "Book of My Life" and
all rights thereunder. Charlion A. Mc-
Nab , her only child , Is bequeathed $60
a month if not in an insane asylum.
After the death of Mrs. McNab her
children are to receive $500 each. The
remainder of the estate is to be given
to the Carrie Nation Home for Drunk
ards' Wives and Widows at Kansas
City for a home for children twelve
years old and under.
Medals Given to Six Tars.
Washington. President Taft pre
sented medals of honor to six
members of the crew of the warship
North Dakota and spoke in praise of
their heroic deeds when on September
8 , 1910 , an oil fuel explosion on the
North Dakota killed three men , put in
jeopardy the lives of scores of others ,
and placed the battleship itself in
danger.
In addition to the medals of honor
a gratuity of $100 was given to eacl
man.
Gives Parrot $3,500 In Will.
Oklahoma City , Okla. A will leav
ing $3,500 for the support and mainte
nance of a pet parrot has been drawn
by Thomas Billingsby , a capitalist of
this city. The parrot is twenty years
old. Billingsby was a sailor for many
years , and came into possession of the
parrot in Polynesia.
Two Asphyxiated in Well.
London , Ont. Two farmers , Ellas
and Warren Hicks , were asphyxiated
at the bottom of a 75-foot well near
Xere. Both are dea < " $
HELD FOR SWINDLING
HEAD OF AMERICA ELECTRIC
FUSE COMPANY ARRESTED.
Frank G. Jones Is Charged WItl
Having Forged Notes Aggre
gating $800,000.
Muskegon , Mich. It is believed
by the creditors of Frank G. Jones ,
president of the American Electrical
Fuse company and a director of the
Hackley National bank of this city ,
that he has , through fraudulent oper
ations , swindled them out of hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
1 Jones was arrested on a warrant
sworn out by officers of the Old Na
tional Bank of Grand Rapids , charg
ing him with obtaining $50,000 under
false pretenses. An under sheriff took
him to the Grand Rapids jaiL
In the Grand Rapids federal court
a petition in bankruptcy was filed by
George A. Hume , Thomas Hume and
John G. Emery , three Muskegon cred
itors with claims amounting to $33-
999. Referee Wicks appointed Paul
S. Moon of Muskegon as receiver. It
is alleged the liabilities of the con
cern are $750,000 and the assets $150.-
000.
000.Banks
Banks throughout the central states
are believed to have been victimized
in sums of $20,000 to $50,000.
Jpnes was a Chicago lawyer before
he went to Adrian to establish the
company. In Adrian the company got
into trouble through some checks it
sent out.
Many of the stockholders are Muskegon
gen people , quite a number of them
employes of the company. The receiver -
ceiver has discharged all the high
salaried officials , keeping only a small
working force. The plant will continue -
tinue In operation.
SAIL LOOT TRIAL IS ON
Chicagoan Being Made Scapegoat tc
to Protect the Big Four
Is Charge.
Cincinnati. Charles W. Baker , at
torney for Edgar S. Cooke of Chicago ,
who is on trial here charged with em
bezzling $24,000 from the Big Four
railroad , in his opening statement de
clared that his client was being made
a scapegoat by officials of the com
pany to protect the road from pun
ishment for giving rebates.
Baker said that officials of the Big
Four railroad were suspect of tak-
ing millions of dollars from the treas
ury and paying it in violation of fed
eral laws to favorite shippers.
"If the truth were known , " said
Baker , "Warriner did not take $643-
000 , as charged , but he probably took
$1,643,000 or $2,643,000 , but he took It
for the purpose of the railroad. "
The Big Four , he said , did not make
any charges against Comstock , the
former treasurer of the railroad. He
said they induced Warriner to appear
without counsel and plead guilty , and
then had Cooke indicted for embez
zlement.
He said the Big Four railroad had
not made any demand upon the Amer
ican Surety company , which signed
Cooke's bond , and that P. A. Hewitt ,
auditor at the time , covered in the in
dictment of Cooke , had been promoted
meted since.
DIRECT ELECTION BILL WINS
Resolution for Popular Electlor
of Senators Is Approved by
Senate.
Washington. By a vote of 64 to 24 ,
the United States senate , after a day
of ( sharp debate , adopted a resolution
to submit to the states an amendment
to the constitution for the election of 1
senators by direct vote.
The Bristow amendment , which re
serves to the federal government the
right to control the senatorial elections
In the states , was adopted before the f
final vote , 44 to 44 , with Vice-PresI-
dent Sherman casting the deciding t
vote.
vote.The
The resolution as amended must
pass the house of representatives by
a two-thirds vote , and then be ratified
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by three-fourths of the states. \
LORIMER CASE IS DELAYED tt tn
Hearing in New Inquiry Postponed s
Until June 22 Because Senator's c
Counsel Is Otherwise Engaged. fi
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Washington. Announcement was t
made by the special senate com c
mittee of eight which is to conduct
the second Investigation into the elec
tion of Senator William Lorimer of
Illinois that the first hearing will be
held in Washington on Thursday ,
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June 22.
The committee had previously deter y
mined that the first hearing would be t
held on June 19 , but the change was ii
made after a lengthy conference with
Senator Lorimer , who said that his t
counsel , Judge Elbridge Hanecy , is d
engaged in the trial of a case in Chicago dt dq
cage and will probably not be In a t
position to appear until June 22. Judge b
Hanecy represented Lorimer at the bt
previous investigation.
Held as White Slaver. a
N. Y. William aft
White Plains , Simon , ft
engineer of the New York Central , is ftci
under arrest here pending an investi citi
gation of the alleged murder of hla tisi
wife , who was found dead , a towel and siti
pillowcase bound around her neck. ti
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Found Guilty of Embezzlement.
Washington. For the second time
John Barton Miller , former secretary
and treasurer of the-First Co-Operative Ao
Building association of this city , has o :
been found guilty of embezzlement of
$135,000.
LINCOLN
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Mistake in Game Season.
Chief Game Warden Henry N' . Mil
ler recently sent out cards bearing the
dates of the open seasons for game-
in Nebraska and otl r facts in rela
tion to the game laws , but a mistake
in the open season for ducks , geese
and water fowl was made in the
printed list. The cards issued by the
game warden state that the open sea
son for ducks , geese and water fowl
is from September 15 to the fifth oC
the following April. The original bill , .
H. R. 243 , shows that the open season ,
for game birds is from September I1
to the fifth of the following AprilJ
The open season for other birds andj
game is as follows : Prairie chickens , ,
grouse and sage hens , September L to
November 30. Jack snipe and other
snipe , September 1 to April 30. Plover
and doves , July 15 to August 31
Squirrels , October and November
Bass not less than eight inches long * .
April 1 to 15th of November , the law
to be effective after July 7 of this
year. Trout not less than eight inches ,
long , April 1 to September 30. All
other fish , April 1 to November 15.
Quail , first fifteen days in November-
Must Enlarge the Exits.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Louis
V. Guye has adopted rules and regu
lations j for the carrying out of the lira
escape and theater inspection law
,
passed at the last legislature , which
will make radical changes in almost
every moving picture house in the
state. Under his interpretation of the-
law the little , narrow exits at either
side of the stage in moving picture
houses must be enlarged to doorways ,
three feet wide by six feet and six :
inches high. He believes the prevail
ing narrow exits near the stage are
worse than no exit , because they aro- \
an invitation for people to crowd into
an impossible opening and that in.
case of fire or a panic the narrow
openings would be worse than none.
To Mark Old Oregon Trail.
A determined effort to mark th&
Oregon trail from where that trail
enters Nebraska at the southwest cor
ner of Gage county to old Fort Kear-
neay , made by Rev. E. J. Ulmer ot
Alexandria , is being ably seconded by
C. S. Paine of the state historical so
ciety. The plan originally was to take
a party of boys over the route , organ
ized something after the manner of"
the boy scouts. Since its first an
nouncement by Rev. Mr. Ulmer the-
number of people who have signified
their desire to go has been a sur
prise.
Rules for Cream Testers.
Testing cream "while you wait" has-
been prohibited by Deputy State Food
Commissioner W. R. Jackson. He has
ruled that inasmuch as an accurate
test cannot be made instantly , samples
of cream shall be held by testers who
purchase until the evening of the day
of delivery or until the next morning ,
and that payment for cream in whole
or in part shall be suspended until
the day following delivery. Mr. Jack-
soa's new ruling is to become effective
July 1.
To Test Medical College Bilf.
Preparations to test the validity-
the Grossman medical college bill
which was passed at the last session ,
of the legislature are under
way , ec
lectic physicians of the state being ;
behind the
movement. The bill ap
propriates § 100,000 for the construc
tion of a new building at the Omaha
medical college and will go into ef
fect July 7 , but whether or not pro
ceedings will be started before that
time has not yet been determined.
Revise Nebraska Statutes.
Secretary J. H. Broady of the state ,
commission appointed to revise the-
Nebraska statutes has issued an invi
tation to both attorneys and laymen-
to < co-operate with the commission in
making changes and notifying any-
such persons that they will be wel
come at the commission's office the
first Monday in each month , at which
time public hearings will be held by
the ; commission for the purpose of re
ceiving suggestions.
Thinks Boy Hurt by Fall.
Governor Aldrich held a conference
with Superintendent Thomas of th&
state institute for
feeble-minded , '
youth at Beatrice and after hearing ;
the '
superintendent's account of the :
injuries received by eleven-year-old ;
George Reeder , who was an inmate of :
the ; institution for
twenty-four days
" *
decided not to go further with , the "in
quiry. The black and blue marks on ,
the ; body of the boy are accounted for-
by the superintendent
as the result of * ,
the ; boy's fall
down a flight of
stairs- .
Governor Aldrich has been asked by
many politicians to get into the race
for United States senator. He has de-
cumed to do so under present coadk
tions. The only condition he will con
sider is one which he does not believe
will arise and that is that the nomina.
tion shall be offered to him on a
silver
platter. "ver
With impressive
ceremonies , Clark
Palmer was installed
as chancellor
00 * Weslean universit