The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, November 24, 1905, Image 1
II THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL \s NOHKOliK , NKUUASKA , I'KIDAY. ' NOVKMIIKK Jl IS BURGLARS ENTERED OFFICE AT ALDA EARLY TODAY. THEY SECURED $225 IN CASH The Inner Vault of the Safe Was Sim ply Wrecked With Hammers and Cold Chisels Burglars Got Four Pounds of Nickels and Dimes. Grand Island , Nob. , Nov. 23. Spe cial to The Noxvs : Robbers entered the postolllco at Alda , Nob. , a small town near here , early this morning nnd secured $22C In cash. The outer door of the safe was opened xvlth ease while the Inner vault was simply wrecked xvlth hammers nnd cold chisels. A package of stamps to the amount of $050 xvas found in a cornfield across the railroad tracks and a package of $92 in stamps xvas found underneath the wlndoxv through xvhlch the burg lars made their exit. Four Pounds of Nickels. In the cash stolen xvas three or four pounds of nickels and dimes and a great quantity of pennies. Only $3P. of the money stolen be longed to " 4 ivornmont , the rest be longing to . * Vstor , ? Modesltt per- Bonally nnd to'n. . Craxvford. The postmaster . V0 general mer chandise store In con .y > xvlth his office. " % Nebraska Oil Fields. Lincoln , Nov. 23. Oil and gas ex citement In Nebraska continues to be intense , and the drilling of xvells xvlll coon bo begun in the southeastern part Of the state , near Ilumboldt , Kails City and Salem. Dr. Condra of the elate university says that xvells 2,000 feet deep or more should bo drilled along the Nemaha , In order to reach the Cherokee shales , the formation In which oil has been abundantly found In Indian territory. He says that this same formation has been found to ex tend under southeastern Nebraska , and It seems quite possible that oil will be found In this state. If found , It will undoubtedly be in pockeU caused by folds In the strata. Tucker Law Held Unconstitutional. Lincoln , Nov. 23. The Nebraska su preme court has held that the new Tucker jury laxv , affecting all coun ties outside of Douglas , Lancaster and Gage , is unconstilutional , and has de nied the application of Governor Mick ey for a mandamus to compel the can vassing board of McPherson county to proceed under the laxv In the prepara tion of a Jury list. Rademan Shoots Himself. Omaha. Nov. 23. John P. Rademan , business manager of the Papillion Times , took his life in a room at the Arcade hotel by shooting himself twice xvlth a revolver. Letters loft by Rademan indicated ill health prompted bis action. Artesian Flow Near Homer. Homer , Nob. , Nov 23. At the new Great Northern toxvn of Wlnnebago , eight miles south of here , contraciors , who are boring a xxell for the railroad , struck what apparently Is a strong floxv of artesian water , at a depth of 305 feet The xvater Is noxv floxvlng f' ' ! > to the surface at the rate of twenty gallons a minute. WANT NATIONS TO INTERVENE American Jewish Students Protest Against Atrocities. "New York. Nov. 23. A mass meetIng - Ing of a committee of university men In behalf of the Russian Jews was held In Temple Israel. Edward Lauter- bach presided. The meeting was Intended - tended to initiate a movement on the part of the American Jewish students , who until noxv have taken little part as a body In the relief of their co religionists. Mr. Lauterbach said that next Saturday the J ws throughout the land would worship In special thanksgiving for the liberty and priv ileges they enjoyed In this country , but that the services would be sad dened by the knowledge of recent .events In Russia. "The civilized nations should In tervene , " he declared , "to stop the atrocities , for which there has never teen an excuse. " In concluding , Mr. Lauterbach said : "However , much credit Is due President Roosevelt for bringing about peace , perhaps It would bavo been better If the war had gone on , Russia had been whipped , and the bouse of Romanoff , with the dynasty of the grand dukes , had perished from the earth. Then the Jews would hare won their freedom. " l Woman Shot Down In Homo. r' Evans , la. , Nov. 23. Mrs. Will Hughes xvas killed mysteriously at her home. A bullet crashed through a wlndoxv and struck her In the neck , passing through the windpipe and sev ering the Jugular vein. There Is DO clexv to the perpetrator. Lieutenant an Alleged Forger. Manila , Nov. 23 Lieutenant Hugn Kirkman of the Eighth cavalry has been arrested at Fort McKlnloy on the charge of forgery. It la alleged that Lieutenant Kirkman was short of troop funds to the amount of $500 and that bo raised the money by forging Hamas to a note. FOR INDEPENDENT TELEPHONES National Grange Favors Farmars Or- ganltlng Companies , Atlantic C'lty. N .1. . Nov. 23 On the eve of llual adjournment the Na tional Orange , Pations of Husbandry , adopted a number of pending resolu tions. The convention unanimously favored a proposed amendment to have the farmers' organize Independ ent telephone companies In their va rious localities as a moans of secur ing more reasonable rates and hotter service through competition. Another resolution endorsed the effoits of President Hoosovelt to scciiio Justice for the consumers and producois or the countiy In relation to Intel state carriers and the Orange faxoroit an amendment to the Intel state com merce law xvhlch xvlll allow an Inter state commission to hear complaints against unjust and unteasonublu rate regulations. Explosion In Fireworks Factory. Seattle. Wash. , Nov. 23 The build ing In Grant street In which fiiewoiM were manufactuied for the Wa Chong company , Chinese merchants , was wrecked by a torrlllc explosion OIK white girl and txvo Chinese boys \veio taken fiom the ruins badly hint Other or bodies may bo pinned under the debris PATRICK RAYMOND ASSESSED $50 FOR IT IN LINCOLN. CAPITAL IS NOW MODEL CITY It Was Only a Few Days Ago That It Was Possible to Buy Cigarettes In a Lincoln Tobacco Store With Much Ease Different Now. Lincoln , Nob. , Nov. 23. Pat Raymond mend was fined $ fiO In police court hero yesterday for rolling a cigarette. Ho was seen by nn officer to bo rolling a cigarette and was arrested. Lincoln lias suddenly got busy xvlth violators of the nnti-cigaretto law. Only a few days ago It xvns possible to buy full fledged cigarettes of at least ono tobacco dealer in that town. BAR ASSOCIATION APPLAUDS. President Breckenrldge Criticises Se verely Legislation. Omaha , Nob. , Nov. 23. President Breckenridgo In his address to the Nebraska bar association here last night xvas heartily applauded , espe cially for his caustic crltrclsm of the recently published volume containing the laxvs passed by the last legisla ture. Plain talk xvas used unsparingly to strike at the existing abuses. Anoka Nuptials. Anoka , Neb. , Nov. 23. Special to The Nexvs : L W. Mannen , one of the most prominent business men here , xvas married yesterday to Miss Her- tha Cnim , the popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Cruin. They Journeyed to Fairfax , S D. , xvhero knot tielng and knot untieing are easy , Rov. J. W. Oliver accompanying them. Many friends xvill receive them on their return xvlth the usual amount of rlco. Anti-Saloon League In Session. Indianapolis. Nov 23. At the ses sion of the Anti-Saloon League Su perintendcnt Baker presented Ills an nual report It shoxvcd that during the past year the league had received and expended in its xvork $339,479 , an increase of $72,000 over the preced ing year. TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Fire , which started In the Badgoi Furniture store , Indianapolis , did dam age estimated at $122,000. Carl Winter , a contractor of LaCrosse - Crosse , Wis. , choked on a piece of ap ple and died four hours later. Rumors of a revolt at Panama reached Washington. The details are withheld , as further reports may clear the situation. John Brown , a negro , shot and killed his wife and her father ana mother at Meridian , Miss , , and then made his escape. Because they objected to his atten tlons to their sister , W. N. Jones shot and Instantly killed Harry Brltton and probably fatally wounded Britten's brother , Frank , al Nyack N. Y. Resolutions favoring abolition o American duties on Philippine prod ucts and the repeal of the nexv law to regulate shipping between this coun try and the Philippines were adopted by the New York board of trade To prevent the extinction of the buffalo , prominent men interested In toologlcal matters have planned to or ganlze an association to be known a the American Bison society The so ciety xvlll hold Its first meeting In New York next month. At a special meeting of the Mich igan grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen it xv dirjied to levy n special monthly . in foi ten months upon mot- T tx-flx-p years of age and ovei t n eel the payment of $13Dit > u , , , npa ] as sessments. APANESE LEADER STRUCK DY A STONE THROWN AT HIM. DY SOME DISORDERLY KOREANS A Message Received In Toklo Thla Morning Says That Marquis Ito Was Slightly Injured Wednesday Night by a Party of Koreans. Toklo , Nov. 23. A message xvhlch vas received hero this morning fiom eoul states that Marquis ltd was lightly injured by a stone thrown by no of a party of disorderly Koreans Vodnc.sdaj night. SENATORS DiSCUSS RATES Committee on Interstate Commerce Holds Another Conference. Washington , Nox. 23. Itallxvaj into- naklng was again considered b > thu onnto connnltioo on InlorMnte com- noice , but In an Intotmal xvay , as no no-asmo has been pioiienlcd to thu ommllloo upon xvhlch It can base Its action Views \\ore expiessod b > sev eral mombets xxhlth Indicated uhlmip llxlslon as lar as Iho situation him developed. Thoio Is the furlhei Hull cation that a majoilly of the commit eo will fax01 a measure giving the ntoistate commoue commission moio lower , which moans , In some form , control ovei rates It seems to bo quite well undoistood that Unco 1U- mbllcans and enough Democrats fax or such legislation to Insure u rule niak- ng bill being repot led. Informal discussions among Repub- lean members of the committee t-lioxv hat apprehension Is felt that If n bill should be repotted by Republicans and Democrats against the wish of u maJoiUy of the Republican members t xvould create a division In the paity hat xvlll xvork disaster In the future The Republicans who favor rate-mak- ng legislation asseit that the wa > to avoid a rupture Is to support a con servative measure , In line xvlth the recommendations of the president. Some of Ihe opponents of a bill glv- ng the commission poxver over rates ejipios.sod the hope thai xvhen tlio vlowb of the president have been set 'orth an agree ment can ho reached by he RepubllraiiH on a bill which can 10 i eported and passed without muc'ii friction At ftitmo meetings each member of the committee will be giv en opportunity to state his vlexvs ) n regular order Senator I'ornKer expressed the opin ion that It would bo sufficient to meet the present situation if the Inlerstalo commerce commission should bo au thorised to take cognbancc of complaints - plaints , bring suits to enforce the laxvs n the United Stales courls and that all cllstilct attoinoys he empowered ! p mosociito suclj cases Senator DelIver - Ivor said lie believed that the move- men I for control of rates had pro- gresseil to the oxlent that legislation short of giving some tribunal of the government such poxver would not bu satisfactory. INSURANCE HEARING AT PIERRE Local Agents Testify That They Use Common Rate Book. Pierre , S. D. , Nov. 23. In the hoar- Inu of charges of violation of the anti- compact laxvs before Insurance Com missioner Perkins local agents testl- fled tliat they used a common rate book for what is known as "union companies , " the book being furnished to them by a Minneapolis publishing house. The principal witness for the companies xvas J. C. Ingram of Chicago , assistant western manager for the German-American company of New York , xvho admitted that his com pany was ono known as union , and that the rat s of such companies xvore alike In different sections , but he could not remember whether there- had been any agreements as to rates in South Dakota since the anti-com pact law went Into effect. The In vestigation Is yet under way. ID case It IB proven that the anti-compact laxv has been violated the law shuts the offending company out of the state for a period of one year. The Investi gation of the St. Paul Fire and Marine will not be held until the llth of next month. Federation of Labor. PHtsburc , Nov. 23. Ono of the most Interesting features of the American Federation of Labor convention was the reading of a reply from Governor Pennypacker to the communication of the convention asking that he issue a supplemental call for the extra ses sion of the general assembly , which would Include certain legislation in the interest of labor unions and em ployers' liability laws. The answer stated that the authority to Issue such a supplemental call was seriously questioned and advised the convention to got legal advice on tlio matter. The reply xvlll bo considered by the special committee of the convention that xvas given charge of the affair In the strat. There hns been considerable po litical talk during the past xveek and from what is said In the convention now , It looks as though there will ho but txvo changes In the officers thla year. These xvlll bo bj the retirement of Fifth Vice President K ! Id and Eighth Vice President Spencer , thi latter a plumbers' union official BURTON'S ' CASE IS PUSHED Judoe Vandevenler Expedites Trial o | Kansas Senator. St. I/jiils. Nov. 23 Rapid pnigion > has boon made In the trial of United States Senator Uurton of KHIIHIIH , charged with rcmloiliiK services iih an attorney lioforo tlio postolllco department partment at Washington In vlolnlton of the foik'ial statutes , nnd It now ap pears probalilo tlio cnso will go to ( In jury not Inter than Saturday The government 1ms taken several HIOII | cuts In Its proiontatlon of ti < Htltnon > and Judge Vandoxiniler hah Mixed time hy hlH haip. decisive rulings ami his admonitions lo counsel to confine theinsolxea stilctly to tlio matteis at Issue. Trip Through Labrador. St. Johns. N F. Nov 23.I.olton from Dillon Wallace , the Lahindoi explorer ploror anil New York lawyoi , con tallied tlio news that ho had success fully ciossod Labindnr Mi Wnllnie Is the ( list \\hllo inan who has cvoi crossed Lahiador without ollhci guides or Indian assistants. With Mi Wallace was ono companion tintnod Kanton. l.ollois nald that hoth wore well and had plenty of pioxlslonh when they leached the province of IJngnvn , on Oi t 10. ZEMSTVO CONGRESS RALLIES TO PREMIER'S SIDE. SOCIALISTS LEAVE IN A HUFF They Are Denied Privilege of Voting In a Meeting of Peasants Call Delegates - gates to Moscow Congress Traitors. Peasants Pillage Estates. Moscow , Nov. 23 A lOHolutlon out lining the pioposod piogram of tin.1 /oinstvolsts favoring the Mippoit ot the gox eminent In Us oftoils to cs tnhllsh tlio libel lies iiionilht'd bthe Impellal nianllosto ol Oet : iO , hut ubk Ing foi the tiaiibfoiimiUon ol the Hist doiima Into u constituent iisscmhl } , to ho elected on the basis ot dlieet aim uulxeisal suftiago which was Intio duced hy Iho executive coiiiiiiltlo In the /unihtvo rongiosB , was the subject of a prolonged debnto , In which nenil > foil } speakets participated , and at the end of a long nlghl session tin1 rosolullon was icloiiud back to the coinnillioc for the Incorporation of an > modlfiralloiis made necossar.x b > the criticism of It , and It will bo xoled on today The decision practically of the con- gtess to coopora'io with the BOX urn mcnt ol Count \Vltto IB extromel.x dlB tasteful to the social democrats , the party mganl/atlon of which sent a letter to the congress saying the dele gates had fold themselves to the gov eminent , but that the socialists would shoxv thnm up to the people as trait ors , and would continue to prosecute the campaign for a democratic icpiib Ilc. The socialists also created a scone In the congioss of peasants , to which they demanded admittance , with the right to vole , which was refused , wheioiipon the socialists left In a huff aft or declaring that the peasants did not know who wrro their best friends In the 7cmstxo congress the legal commlttoo iniioducod a progiam for the making of the ncccssaiy legal changes to bring about the right of habeas corpus RUSSIANS' ' GOOD SHOWING Two Soldiers Die as Result of Battle to One From Disease. Washington. Nov. 23. Colonel John Van R Iloff. medical department. U S A , xvho has locontly returned from the Russian army In Manchuria , xxith xvhlch ho went through part of the campaign of the war against Japan , has been authorized by the chief of staff to give out excerpts of his official re port. According to Colonel IIoff , the number of killed and dead of wound1- xvas 37.C42 men and number of dead from dlscaso 18,830. These statistics are exclusive of casualties at Port Arthur and show almost exactly two men dead from re suits of battle to one man dead from sickness. This record is , according to statistics , the best made In any war up to the present time. Ammonia Fumes Fatal to Four. Houston , Tex. , Nov. 23. Eight ne gro workmen were caught In the cellar of the Houston Packing company when an ammonia plpo broke , and all of them were overcome by the fumes It xx-as necessary to dig through the wall to get the men out and this took much tlmo. Steve Johnson was dead when taken out , F. W. Miller suc cumbed shortly after and the physi cians have practically given up hope of the recovery of Sam Godley and Jones LIHoy. The other four men probably xxlll recover. Mutual Cuts Salaries. New York , Nov. 23. At the regular meeting of the trustees of the Mutual Life Insurance company the offer of President Richard A. McCurdy to have- bis salary reduced from $150,000 to tTD.OOO was accepted and further re ductions xverc made , amounting all tote - to I150.0t > a ISSUED AN IRADE TODAY REJECT ING POWERS' DEMANDS. FOR A HAND IN MACEDONIA Turkish Emperor Will Not Allow Pow- era of the World to Have Anything to Do With the Control of Financed In Macedonia. CoiiHliintlnoplo , Nov. 23. The mil- tan today hmuod an Irndo npptovlni ; the decision of the council of inlnlii- leiH to i eject the domnndM of the poweni for International contiol of Iho llninicoH of Macedonia. Wholher the domnndH of the poxv- 01 H IH ic'joctod absolutely or on cer tain condition ) ) IH not definitely uncur tained. PROPOSALS OF POWERS REJECTED Porte S.iys Public Opinion In Turkey Would Not Countenance Acceptance. Vienna , Nov 23 - A dispatch fiom Constantinople sa > s the icply of the poile whlih XVIIH handed Baton Vou I'alli e , the Aiislio llungailnn amhiiR siidor , icjcds the pioposalb of the poweis on all points and doeluroH that the public opinion of Tin hey would not countenance their acceptance. The poile ngiees to extend to txvo yearn the letms of tlio civil agents of the poweis In Macedonia. It Is rn | orteil that the sultan appealed to Ifrnperor Piancls Joseph to postpone tlio naval domonMiatlon In Turkish waters and that the emperor replied that further delay was Impossible. Warships Awaiting Instruction ! . Athens. Nov 23 The warships of the poweis which propone to muko n domoiiHtiallon against Turkey aiilved at Pinions and exchanged salutes and ollUlal visits The commandeis of the vessels are awaiting Instructions Constantinople , Nov. 23 The porto has i ejected I he pioposals of the pow ers for tin- Intel national control of the llniinees of Macedonia Agrarian Disorders Continue. Kursk. Russia , Nov 23 'Iho ngrfc- rlan dlsonlni idli.ling : Stib/lm has Hf Ordinance f > nit the tioojis liaxe ii * ieri declarIII ) Half the dlslilcl Is In the . V > IH of peas- anl riolets , xvho are pillaging tlio vll- lageis and devastating the harxested crops During the pillaging of ono es tate , a company of Cossacks looked on being imablo to Interfere Rifles Found in Havana. Havana. Nov 23 Sixty Remington rllles wore sol/od hy the police In n raid on a house near San Jinn de Mar tines , piovlnco of Plmir Del Itlo In xvlildi fifty nntl govc innient plntlei- xxeio mooting A do/en of the hiller woio captured Colonel Julian Ctusi a prominent cltl/en of IMnar Del Itlo and at present In Hiuina. lias been arrested In connection xvlih the nntl government moxeiiKiit and xvlll betaken taken to Plnar Del Rio for trial Four Street Car Accidents at St. Louie St Louis , Nov 23. Txvcnty-onu per sons \\ere more or less dangerously Injured In four street car accidents. Mnn > of Iho injuries received are seri s and several are of such a charac ter that they may prove fatal. Thom as Lcary , Jerome Goldman and J. E. Kcclan received sevcio Internal In juries and are not expected to re cover. Tlit * lilt rr .Ionian. Conceiniii ; ; ( hat unique. Hlieam , the river Jordan , Dr. Llbbey , In "The Jor dan \nlley and Potia , " vxrltes : "Per haps tS strangest thing alwut this fa mous river IH xvliut none of the an cients o\or guessed that Its course was mostly beloxv the level of the sea. They Journeyed up nnd down the vul- ley Hince before the clayn of Abraham ; they climbed down the roads from Je rtisalem to Jericho and up Into Moah and Edom ; they built roads east and west of the Jordan ; they built roads and bridges and cities far beloxv the level of the Mediterranean and yet nev er seem to have suspected that thlH stream differed from most of the rlxern of the globe In this respect. Greeks , Romans and Mohammedans , Jexxs , Christians and crusaders knoxv every nook and cranny of lt winding course , but failed to realize that while Its head and source rested high on noble Hcrmon's side Its mouth In the Dead sea xvas fur beloxv Uie surface of the habitable vvoild and all the surround ing occuns. " CnUiultlr * That Didn't Occur. When the first use xvas made of the natural gas vxells people of a certain class wore much Tllnturbed. All sorts of evils were predicted , and warning letters were lecolvecl by the companies In charge. Ono man sent n caution against boring much Into the earth. The world was a hollow sphere , he said , filled with n gaseous substance anil floating like u balloon lu space. If the gas xvero allowed to escape disaster would follow. Another , claiming to bo n scientific man , nssiiiod the owners of a well that ai\x tire coming in contact with tlio escaping gas would be com municated to the gas beneath and cause tenlfic explosions. "Men are too Inquisitive , " he bald. "They peer too far. Let them beware. " The gus com panies have kept on boring , and the world bus so far held Itself together. THE CONDITIONJF THE WEATHER Temperatura for Twenty four Hours. Forecast for Ntbraaka. Condition of the wnathor aa roooraV nd for the 24 hour * ending at 8 a , m. today : Maximum 04 Minimum < G Average fiG Ihiromotor 29.80 Rainfall 40 Total rainfall for month 1.01 Total rainfall for year 30,17 Chicago , Nov. 23. The bulletin In- mined hy thu Chicago alalloii of the United BtntoH weather hunmu thla moving , given the forociutt for No- hranka an follown : Haln and cooler tonight. Friday probably fair anil colder. Mnishiili ( ifij. Jr. , Accident.illy Shot. Chldino Mm L',1 Whlh ( loaning a gun pit imiati'M ' in Koine , ui u huntIng - Ing expedition MnrHliiill 1'loH Jr. . eon of Maislnill Field the well known dry goodH men haul ol thin city accident- allx shot hlmstir Ho was taken lo a hospital and will jimlmbv ] ' ] | u. Tjital Affray In New York. Now Voik , NIIV 23In a light In the rooniH of the Paul Kelly associa tion In ( Steal . ( OUCH htrcct , one man WIIH killed iind sexual others wounded - od Hc'on > - of ( .hots xvero filed , but as fai as IK kiiiixxn to the police only onu man John llanlngton , vrau killed. DENOUNCES REBATES , BUT ADMITS - MITS ACCEPTING COMMISSIONS. ATTEMPTS TO JUSTIFY CONDUCT Former Vice President of Equitable Tells What He Thinks Should Be Done to Regulate the Business and Remedy Existing Abuses , Now York , Nov. 23. After being on the xvllness stand before the Arm- ttioiiK legislative eomntltloo on Insur ance lux obligation foi the gi eater purl of thiou days , dago 13 'I in bell , second end vice pioHldont of the ISiiullablo Llle AHSIIHIUCO society , finished his testimony , and Just jofoie adjourn ment submitted a llbl of suggestions for the lemedy of existing abuses In the m.inageinent of Insurance compa nies and lor IttslHlatlon designed to glxe thu state proper control over the companies and to Insure the conn- demo of the policy holdeis. Prom inent among thcso suggestions was ab solute publicity. While admitting that WIOIIK had been done hy Insur ance olllclala , Mr Tarbcll bald ho had no npologlcH to make for any of them nnd that he hoped they xvould bo pun ished. Mr. Tnrhell was on the stand the en- tlu > day and xvas ( ] iinstloned as to the fijslem of agencies and the commis sions and other compensations allowed them for getting business. .lust before * the n ( OSH the fact \vas brought out that Mr. Tarbell had taken out Insur ance on his life and on members of his family , and had received the ag ( ills' commission on the premiums , as well as ronoxval commissions Ho bald thai ninco he became an officer ho had taken out $200,000 on his own life In the Equitable. Besides his pol icies In the Equitable , he had taken insurance In the New York Life , the arrangement being made with Ocorgo W. PorUns , and on this too ho re ceived the commission on the pre miums. Ho had also a policy In the Aetna and In the Travelers , on which he collected the commissions. He said he carried $100,000 on his own life and $100,000 on members of his family. Mr. Tarbell was emphatic In de nouncing the system of rebating by agents and stated that any agent of the Equitable who gave rebates to get business was dismissed. When he told of getting the commissions , Assembly man Cox asked If that was not rebat ing , and Mr Tarbell said It was not , that he thought ho was entitled to It. Later when Mr. Hughes took up this same subject the witness Justified the taking of commissions as being sim ilar to a merchant who purchased goods of a fellow merchant In the same line perhaps to fill an order and got those goods at cost , or of a pro fessional man treating another and charging less than the regular fees. Mr. Tarbell further said , If he had done wrong he xvas sorry , but that ho had acted In good faith Admit Receiving Rebates. Topeka. Kan , Nov 23. Before the state board of railroad commissioners hero A H Hogshett , a representative of the Great Western Salt company of St. Louis , admitted that his house hud received rebates from the Mis souri Pacific railway on salt ship ments. The examination of E. E. Mar tin of Hutchlnson , Kan. , brought out tha fact that the salt company he rep resented had received rebates from the Rock island road. Suspected Man Arrested. Chicago , Nov. 23. Frank Vochla was arrested on suspicion of being the murderer of Miss Maud Reese , the stenographer xxho was killed by a burglar that she found In her apart ments. Vochla had several fresh cuts on the head and face and this led to his arrest , as the murderer of Miss Reese dashed through a window In making hji escaca.