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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL , , , , . NOllH'OlilC NKllltASKA l < 'IUr > AY DKCKMIIKK 15 HOB. TELLER. SCOTT AND MORGAN NOT SATISFIED WITH CONDITIONS. TAKE UP QUESTION OF SALARIES None In Favor of Stopping Woik , However House Discusses Life In surance Control Republican Caucus Favors Joint Statehood. Washington , Due. 15. The senate spent , four hours in discussing the Panama canal emergency appropria tion bill and when It adjourned the bill \vas still under consideration. Thnve wore sot speeches by Teller , Ew.lt. and Morgan and they were fol lowed by a general debate , in which p.ll phases of the controversy wore ex- plotted. Including the question of sal- cries , the control of the Panama rail- roud and the necessity for general legislation on the canal subject. All\ ! ; \ sor. , cJmliman of the committee o appropriations , expressed the o'.dnlo. . that congress should take up the ques i ! tion of salaries In connection with other canal legislation. He also said that the status of the Panama railroad ehould be made a subject of legislation. Teller , Scott nnd Morgan expressed dissatisfaction with the conditions In Panama , but all Indicated a determi nation to support the supply meas ures necessary to secure the work on the canal as undertaken. Teller ad- Tocfcted a sea level ; Scott spoke In favor of the San IJlas route as prefer able to all others , and Morgan ex- profited the opinion that before the Panama canal Is completed another ct : n ! will be necessary to do the busi ness required A separate bill rcgu In i Ing the issuance of bonds for the canal and placing them on the same basis as other government bonds was jisifid without debate. During the day Rlklns made a statement from the committee on In- tcrstitto commerce , expressing the opinion that the commlttoo would make report within a reasonable tlmo. Tax to Regulate Life Insurance. Dehtito on the recommendation In the president's annual message re garding insur.'inco regulation occupied the house without conclusion. The pending resolution refers the ques tion to the ways and means commit tee , and in Its defense Payne , chair man , made the argument that the only Tvay congress could control insurance wns through the taxing power. To this many objections were made Members said congress could not af ford to take the position that the only way it could control insurance was through taxing It , that it should rcso lutcly pursue other methods of control until some way was found that would bo effective. Liberal rules of debate allowed lengthy speeches , which wont off on other subjects moro or loss In tended for home consumption and ap plicable to particular localities. DESPONDENTjMTOR DIES Polk City Youth Shoots Himself In Girl's Presence. Polk City , la. , Dec. 15. Despairing orer his Inability to secure the promise Jessie Darr to ise of sixteen-year-old become his wife , and fearing he could not become rich soon , Henry Hudson , aged nineteen , shot and killed himself here. His last moments were spent In the yo'ing woman's company , but not until the moment of the tragedy did flhe realize that he planned suicide. Hudson had requested Miss Darr to sit down while he wrote a note. She did not know that the note contained the details of his funeral as he wished It to be. Handing the note to Miss Darr he picked up a shotgun , put the muzzle to his forehead , and pulled the trigger. The shot brought Miss Darr's brother , Frank , to the room. Hud son was lying dead In a pool of bloon on the' floor. Miss Darr lay beside him In a swoon. Harry Hudson , the youth's father , committed suicide In DCS Moines a few vears ago. TO TAKElUGESlFiTRIKERS Plans Formulated for Standing Army of Strike Breakers. Chicago , Dec. 15. The Chicago Em ployers' association at a meeting formulated plans for the establish ment of a standing army of laborers , both skilled and unskilled , and repre ecntlng every branch of trade , to be prepared to go to any city In the United States to fill the places of strikers when necessary The scope of the association will bo extended seas as to Include every city In the United Slates with a population of 50,000 or more. Employment bureaus will bo maintained In all cities of this class , where nonunion workmen can regis ter and when the occasion arises these men will be used to take the places of strikers. Four Deck Hands Drowned. Brownsvlllo , Pa. , Dec. 15. Four persons were drowned In the Monon gahela river as the result of the paa songer steamer Rose Hlto colliding with the tow boat John R Klein and sinking In fourteen feet ot water. All of the dead wore employed on the steamer aa deck hands and were drowned wbllo they slept The boat carried fourteen passengers , but all were gotten to shore safely. NEBRASKA BANK REPORT Deposits Again Close to the High Record of Aug. 25. Lincoln , Dec 15. According to the quarterly report of Sc-c ti'liiry Iloysu of the state banking , board the Ne braska banks aie carrvlng a reserve of 31.8 pei cent During the year loans have incieased f 7.719.311 851 , and the legal resoivo has increased ? 5- 107,0 0.28. D-poslts have Inereasoil $10.6.5,51M.57. ( Notes and hills lodls- counted and bills payable have been reduced from $ : I7 ! > ,87.0 ! ! : < to | 1I5- ( 770 I3. ! The number of banks has In creased from 515 to 54fi. Deposits nt this tlmo are less than one-half million of dollars lower than on Aug 2S , Iho high water mark lor the year , since which tlmo loans Imvo Increased nearly $4,000,000 , while the reserve has decreased about the same- amount. * ' % TO PAY BACK MONEY HE f > tfif MCE STOLE. XV ! / < BEFORE % / , . AS CONVERTED John H. Page , Desiring to Clear His Conscience Before He Starts on a Missionary Tour , Writes to Sheriff to Find Victims. New York , Doc. Ifi. Uel'ormed by religion and desiring to clear his con science before ho goes to India on u missionary tour , .lohn II. Page , a car penter of Wllliamsbnrg , has written to Frank P. Grace , sheriff of Sonoma county , California , asking him to llml persons whom Page robbed there and In the neighboring county of Mondo- cine In 1S)5 ! ) , so that he may make res titution. An answer from the sheriff said that none of Page's victims had yet boon discovered. Auditor Pierce Returns. Lincoln , Doc. 15. Deputy Insur ance Auditor Pierce of Nebraska , who returned from Now York after taking pirt In the examination of Insurance companies In the cast , says the In vostlgation of the New York Ufo will ho cart led to its , European business Mr Piorc.e says Iho slate experts found the new York Life entirely sol vrni and a statement will he issued soon Two of the expert examiner' will IIP sent to France to make HK- - European In vntfot ( ! s Sues for Loss of Gcalp. Nebraska City. Nob. . Dec. 15. Th case of Miss Olllo Halbrook against William l.olbold is on trial in the ells trict court The plaintiff sues for $10,000 damages for the loss of her Bcalp. Miss Halbrook worked In the defendant's bakery and while on duty her hair caught on a revolving shaft tll.ll I.V.1 I-lull- Ollllj * Wlla LUI 11 1 1 Ulll her head. Miss Halbrook was about eighteen years of ago when the accl dent happened , two years ago Christ mas. She was taken to Omaha nnd remained In a hospital for severa months and physicians grafted skin over her entire head. Pat Crowe Will Not Go to Iowa. Lincoln. Dec. 15. Governor Mickey announced that ho could not honor the requisition of the governor of Iowa for the removal of Pat Crowe to that state. Governor Mickey gives as a reason the fact that there is sill a criminal charge hanging over Crowe In Douglas county. Nebraska , and un til that Is disposed of he cannot bo removed. He saya , in conclusion when justice Is satisfied in tills state he will honor the Iowa requisition. Routzahn and Bentley Bound Over Lincoln , Dec. 15. After a hearing consuming three days , Justice Steven bound over to the district court Olen M. Routzahn. former chief of police and William A. Bentley , former chie of detectives. Doth men are charged in throe separate complaints with , levying blackmail on keepers of dis orderly resorts. Alleged Emberzler Arrested. Pierre , S. D. , Dec. 15. United States Marshal Laughlin returned from the Dad river country , having in charge H. J. Freeman , alias W. H. Morton , who Is wanted at Memphis , Tenn. , on a charge of embezzling $25.- 000 from the Chlchasaw Bank and Savings company. Freeman was teller In the bank. After leaving Memphis , ho went to Costa Rica , but was com pelled to return on account of his health. He was working with a North western railroad engineer corps when a/rested. Oppose Parcels Post Project. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Dec. 15. The Im plement dealers of South Dakota , southwestern Minnesota and north western Iowa , In session here , passed resolutions expressing sympathy with President Hoosevelt In his demand for railway rate supervision. The parcels post project was strongly opposed. New President of Switzerland. Berne , Switzerland , Dec. 15. The state council and the national counsel , assembled as a federal assembly , elected M. Forrer. the vice president of the federal council and a radical , to be president of the Swiss fed era tlon In success'on to M. Ruchet. M , Muller WM elected vice president PRESIDENT MITCHELL ADDR33S- ES CONVENTION AT SHAMOKIN. DESIRE A WORKING AGREEMENT Men Will Demand an Eight-Hour Day , Increase of Wages and Recognition of Union Scale Committee Hold * Prolonged Session , Shamokln , Pa. , Dec. 16. The trl- district convention of the United Mine Workeis of the nnthinclle coal lohl opc'iied hero , with (11)3 ( ) delegates n attendance , lepiehentmg HiS,5111,1 inlon men Chief llurgosh Hnvul Sluihter delivered a welcoming ad- lres r.ltor which President .Mitchell being unanimously Hii'tod chairman vas greeted with liandclapplng and cheeis as lit- stopped lorward to address dross the convention. He s > poke brief y. He said : "I have watched during the tlmo 1 have been associated with you the evolving of the minor , ibe develop nent of his manhood , the giailual up Iftlng of the great mass ol people , who for generations have been op pressed and crushed. I do not know whether you fully icall/o what a won- lerlul transformation has taken place imong the niilliraclle minors The mine workers are to be congiatulated on the good use to which they have put their leisure time and their In creased earnlnt'.s IJvc-rjwhoio nro evidences of Inerivisod Inlclllnonoo , of a bet let manhood , ol a iioblei wom anhood , ot , i betlei and more cheerful childhood If by any chance 0111 be loved organization should past , , the achievements It has already made should endear It for all time to every citizen who is dependent on the anthracite coal Holds for 111 : live ! ! hood or welfare. " Immediately after adjournment the wage scale 0011111111)00 ) assembled In President Mitchell's rooms at HK Windsor hotel and commenced worn They held a prolonged session. Delegates - gates lee ! lilllo lUiiibl hut that a do innnd for an fight hour day and rec ognition of Hie union will he Incorporated atod In the riporl of ( his committee along with an Increase of wages from 10 to 20 per cent. CZAR STANDS" WITTE Reactionary Camarilla Falls to Effect Downfall of the Count. St. Petersburg , Dec 15.--Ao.cordlni , to reports Irorn Tsariikoe/ Solo , -Hie re actionary camarilla , headed by Gen eral Count Alexis Ignatieff and M. Stesehlnsky. formed to elfic ; ! the downfall of Count Wltto and to create a dictatorship , has failed and his maj csty Is standing firmly by the premier. M. Menshlkoff. the well known writer , who Ir. in close1 touch with the count , is out with a strung article demanding the Inanimation of an aggressive light ag'iinst ( hi ; revolution bofoio it is too late. A constant stream of reports Is coming in to the effect that the mili tary party , principally the sapper and engineer battalions and Hie fortress artillery , are formulating demands foi hotter rood and clothing and more humane treatment at the hands of their olllcors The government Is sending several columns of troops to the Baltic prov inces of Ksthoriia and Courland , and to Riga In response to appeals from the Gorman embassy demanding the protection of German subjects , the government has replied that ample * troops wore on the way to Insure the protection of foreigners. Situation at Riga. Stockholm. Dec. 15. A newspaper man who returned here from Riga says"The IvOtts , constituting a majority of the population of Livonia , control the situation there. Their hatred of the Gorman speaking popu lation , which Is unrelenting , Is caused by years of oppression on the part of the German nobility. The peasants around Riga are burning estates and murdering land owners. The Ger mans of Riga expect n St. Bartholo mew night , and it is evident that the Letts are preparing for a wholesale slaughter , Murders are committed In broad daylight , mostly for revenge ami the police are afraid to Interfere The governor general does not dare command the troops , not knowing whether they will obey orders. Several oral country committees have estab llshed republics , Intending later to confederate Into a Baltic republic The revolutionaries are preparing an Irresistible strike for January , and the workmen are being armed. " Caucus Favors Joint Statehood. Washington , Dec. 15. The Repub lican members of the house , In can cus , unanimously doclarcd In favor of admitting Indian territory and OKla bema as ono state , and by a vote o 165 to 06 declared In favor of admit ting Arizona and New Mexico as one state. Both statehood questions are to be contained In ono bill. The conference ferenco which resulted In this action took place at the conclusion of the esslon of the house , and occupied an hour and a half. The only oppo sltlon to the program was directed against Arizona and. Now Mexico , ani Adams ( WIs. ) and Tawncy ( Minn. wer the only speakers on this sld . CORN IS CROWNED THE KING Nebraska Boya nnd Girls Show Farm Products at Lincoln , Lincoln. Dec. 15. King Corn and Queen Alfalfa wnro crowned with elaborate coronation curemonloH at Grant Memorial hall bufoio an on- ihuslaHlli ; crowd of school hoys and girls and many of the wull known educators caters of the state The Lincoln hotel Is the olltdal hoadiiuartcr.s and more than 500 dole- gains have registered and elite roil their corn for the contest. The exhibits of corn and corn prod' tints are displayed on long tables In : large room of the second lloor of thi' now building at the university farm Conibnad , hominy , pancakes , fritters puddings and even corn pies an among the attentive looking oatr-ldoi concocted by the school girls of tinPlate Plato and now on display LINGUISTIC FEAT NECESSARY TC PERFORM CEREMONY. CAN'T UNDERSTAND MINISTER Preacher Was Finnish , One Interpret er English nnd the Other a Syrian. Questions nnd Answer go Back and Forth. AHlifibilla. Ohio , Dee. 15.MHH | lo- tiilla Adbo and Salon Abood , Syrians , were married here with the aid of two Interpreters and three languages. The daughter of the Nov. William- Ken , KlnnlKh Lutheran preacher , and i Syrian friend of the young couple , who could speak ICngllHh , were Iho links between the pastor and tlio brid al pair. Miss Williamson translated her fa ther's words Into Kugllsh and the Kyi Ian her won Us Into the language the couple understood. The responses went back over Iho same route. CIVIL SERVICE P.EFGM . LEAGUE Twenty-Firth Annual Meeting in Progress at Milwaukee , Milwaukee , Dei 15.-The twenty- fifth annual meoilng of Hie Civil Ser vice Helorm league opened here. The Eubjc'ct of civil service relorm In the west was treated In papers by Samuel 12. Sparling of Wisconsin , William I ! Moulton of Illinois , A. O. Harrison of & 3Uirn < .rMty and otV > rn. o. The annual report of the council vas read by Richard Henry Dana of So.ston. The loport , in part , Is as fol ows. "Tho most notable event of the year In the United Status Is the sue ce = sful revolt against boss rule In lolitlcs , exemplified In BO many parts of the country at once. AH the In splratlon to civil service reform is to U II1U UUUIMIJ IIUIll UIU UUOD , nun event is a source of great Joy to us , who have labored HO long In the good cause Hut with our satlslactlon hero comes to all serious minded men the fear lest Hie pooplc , content with victory , will lapse Into Inactivity. "As to future work , " the report says , "wo ought to secure In states which have civil service laws , the ex- ensign of the merit system to some ilglior municipal and other positions now exempted by law For the na tional government , we hope to see the fourth class postmasters or at least the higher grade of them , put under the merit system " HEAD OF PROVIDENT UNDER FIRE Equitable Tries to Have It Shown Scott Owes It $100,000. Now York , Dec 15. During the In surance investigation Edward W. Scott , president of the Provident Life Savings Assurance society , made nn earnest appeal to Chairman W. W. Armstrong of the Investigating com mlttee to exclude from the hearing certain statements bearing on his re lations with the Kqnitable Life As surance society , of which he was formerly Australian agont. Charles B. Hughes , counsel for the Investigat ing committee , had asked Mr. Scott whether the Equltublo Life Assurance society had not a claim of $100,000 against him. Mr. Scott at first declared that there was no such claim against him , and then Mr. Hughes presented let ters that passed between Mr. Scott and President Alexander on that sub ject In 1901 , In which President Alex andcr advised Scott to make a formal admission in writing that his ac counts with the society showing bal ances of $557,523 with the society wore accurate. In ono letter Mr. Alexander wrote that Mr. Scott had accepted the accounts. Mr. Scott's letters to President Alexander proposed a conference , but made no admissions as to the accept ance of the accounts. First Train on New Road. Pierre , S D. , Dec. 15. The first train , other than those In the con struction work , was taken across the Missouri river hero on the Pierre , Rapid City and Northwestern rail road , which Is building from bore to the Black Hills. A party of North western officials took about thirty In vited guests across In a passenger coach. LEGISLATE AGAINST CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION EVIL. - FREE TRADE WITH PHILIPPINES < It May Not Come Thin Session Mod - erate Tariff to be Continued Againnt Sucjar and Tobacco Senator Per kins' Remarkable Memory. ' < Washlnglon , Dec. 15. IHpeclnl.l ' ICIe'ollim reforms , especially In ( lie mat ter of contributions to campaign funds , will receive a Inrge umoiinl of inten tion In comcrcxH , although Just how to pass a snllxfaclory law covering mich case * IM one of Hie unsolved problems. .Several able lawyers Imvo Introduced bill i diMlgneil to ivnrh thr ovlln , but eloctliniH hcliing In the states almost wholly. Kvou the prcMlili'iiHul elee ( Ions are slate all'iilrH. Tlio Htale.t dwon ( Hie electors , anil the ( doctor' * choose the president and vice pre-d dent. These' electors nilglil be climeu by the legislature * If llml euur-no was preferable , nnd In the early ilnys ol the nation Hint wan the method pur- nil * i the national legislature bus no control over the election of a proMlilonl of tin- nation , but such IM the1 fad. Congress has coiilrd over the Heel Ion of repre sentatives and on thai arcoiint may be able to regulate1 caiiipiilgii contribu tions ami cxpi'iiHCM In mich elect Ions. Funds Go to Stnto Committees. Ill presidential yearn campaign funds are nearly always Hont to state com- mllliM'M by ( lie national I'onimlHco.H. Of course there lire ; expenses for speak ers , literal lire , lioiiiliiuarlerH and ei-.iii- palgn paraphernalia , but the ellHliurHo ini'iits for getting out the votorH anil for the OUIIVIISSOH of voti'rn In elonbtfu Htati'M are made through tlio Hlnlo or ginil/.MlliiiiK. National legislation can not reach state e'omiiilltees , ami then , is Homo doubt whether a national coin inlllco could bet made subject to a federal oral law. Rovorta to Public Sentiment. In the opinion of those who hiivn given the most careful iillenliiiii to tliu mibjoct Hie' hoiii'lli , il romillN wblcl will follow Hie inii-i .iii'limi of nian.\ bills nnd Hie illscir-i ion In both houses of emigres * Is tile effect on public sell- lltiieiit. l.artri' ranipalmi funds will bo discouraged , nnd corporations will hesi tate bet' ire giving liberal Himw as In Hie pa"i The ji.-irly workorH nnd the men to whom the money Is paid will be as ckiinoroiiH as before , hut they will have to lake smaller amounts. Free Trade With Philippines. It IK iril the Intention of the Ilepnb- llcnns to allow absolute free trade with the Philippines during the present ses sion of congress , tlieingh very fe'W Re publicans have liny fear on Hie si-ore of damage to Amorleiin products. Sen ator Klkins. who joined the beet sugar men in the light against Cuban roel- e'st fen i1 Hint Philippine products will compete with those of the United Stall < > > an to il * the least ibimage to Ainerlcan Industries , other senators anil representative. ! fool the sumo way , but out of def -rein e to promise's that we'remade' when the treaty which ced ed the Philippine- ; was niHUo.l there soc'ins te > bo a disposition to continue a moderate larln" against the chief prod ucts of the Island , sugar and tobacco , until ten years from the lime the cos- filon was made. That will bo four yours hence. System of Memory. Senator Perkins of California has a marvelous memory for mimes and faces. He never forgets the name or face of a man If bo is of any COIIKO- cUOico ! or importance. He does it by association. If lie' Is Introdueeil to a man he learns his residence. If In a city ho nscerliiliis the street ami num- lier , If In the- country the town and county. lie' associate's the man's fncM- and name ; with u place where bo mot him and also with his residence. This , together with a naturally acute mem ory , enables him to place men quickly when lie moots them a second time even after the lapse of many years. " 1 could now sit down and name a thou sand men In California. " said the sen ator , "and give the street and number and town In which each lives. " Contemporary of Allison. The late Senator Mitchell of Orogoi entered the semite tlrst with Wllllau B. Allison of Iowa. That was In March 1875. ! His service had twice lioe-n In tcrrnptecl , but he hail always be-on i strong man In bis state. It Is eloubtfu when reckoned by dollars and cents I any senator ever procured us much fo his state as Mitchell. Oregon was pe' cullnrly situated In Its demands. Its rivers and harbors need a great deal Ir tlio way of Improvements ; public * land and Indians roe-nlred legislation ; law relating to mines , to bridges , to fores reserves , had to be passed. There were constant demands upoi Mitchell which required visits to all o the departments. Few senators eve work as hard for their constituents a did the late Oregon senator. An Old Story. Year after year the report of th Maritime Ijind company of Nlcarugm submits a report to congress. The las report states that "no work has beei clone In the past year for reasons giver In tlio reports of 1000 to 1004 , which I that the Nicaragua ! ! government 1m unlawfully confiscated the plant am property of the company In Nicaragua. " A dozen years ago this concern was dls- rilECONDITIONOFlHEWtATIIER "omporaturo for Twenty-four Houro. Forecast for Ncbranka. Condition of Iliu wuutlior n record- d for ( lie Ul bourn ending ut K a. in. oiluy : Mtixlniiiin Ifi Mlnlnnitn 18 \vorngei Hi ! lurome'lor 'IO.IU I'olal ruin for your : t7.C > : t Chle-ago , Dee , 15. The Inillolln In- Miml by HID Chicago iirulldli of the Unlloel HlntoH wnutliur bureau thin nornliig ilvim ; tlio forocnul for No- inuiliii UK follown : I''air loulihl ; ntiil Saturday. on.sMod in e'liiigriMH , unit prnpnHitlniii ! wore poiullni ; to have ( he United Slates guarantee lhe bond * of Ilio company for tlu > purpose of countnirllni ; n canal ( hrouili ; Nicaragua. AltTinm W DUNN. TWO AND A QUARTER MILLIONS PAID AT 8AI.IDA. MEW PLANTS TO BE ERECTED \ Controlling Intcrcnt In the Colorado nntl Ohio Smelter nt Saliela , Col. , Has Dcon Purchased by Unknown Parties for $2,250,000. Denver , Decin. . A controlling In- "iml ( In ( he Ohio anil Colorado innul- < r nt Kalldu , Colo. , ban been Hold , anil 'in ' purclmtu'ni will extend Ibo biml- MM ol ° Iho company by constructing1 inv planlH al Kail l.aUo and Donvnr. 'linolliy ( iooilwlu , of Dcnvor , ono of 'in former ( , wnein of Iho Hindi Iranii- > rred , IH aiitborlly for Ilio annomico- ic'iit. Ilo Kald Dial bo wan not pur- illlod at that I line to dlnolimo the loiillly of Ilio piirehiisorH , bill , that ley weio not In any way conned oil lib Ibo American Hniolllng and Ito- nliiK cuMiipuny. 'I'lm price pulil for ie Kallda plant wan ja.afill.OOO. Wreck Victims Burled In One Grave. lloi k Springs , Wyo , Dec. 15. lloln > llvi'H o | Mall Ole'rhs Peterson mill sli-wsoin. aad Hloolrlelnris BIlRora anil Mi Kooiin , who wore Itllled In tliu vroch ut Ah Ray , bavo agreed to the dans of Ilio coroner of Kwnotwatcr romily to bury Lhn few pieces of hit- nan bones recovered from the wroo.k- age In one grave , II being Impossible o Identify any of the romalrm. Robbers Sboot Bank Cnshler. Konnell , Mo. , Doc. Id. Tlio Hank of ClarUlon. eighteen mlloK dlfHant , vns nniored by robbers ami the enter leer of ( be safe wan blown off , but he Inner doors resisted the explosion nnd no inonoy was secured. Cashier W. I' . Cliatbam , hearing the noise , at- empted to Intercept the rohbors , who mini nun niiiai iimun. ill' win pitui- ably dlo The robbers escaped. Baptists Go to Cbnttnnoog.i , Louisville. Dee in. Tin- executive committee of the general llapllsi con volition of North America selected riinllnnooK'i ' as the next place of mooting for the convention In May. 1 ! " < ) ( ! Cincinnati extended an Invita tion for HIM Northern Baptist society to meet la that city at Iho same llmo. ant ] It was also accnpte.'d Boys Charged With Killing Youth. Oltiitnwa , la , Dec 15. Frank Adams fifteen years old , is dead from a gunshot wound , and Walter and Os car N'apler ngo < | tlfteeii and eleven yours , are In Jail at Albla charged with the murder. TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD The death Is announced from Sicily of William Sharp , the author. The Impanelling of a Jury to trv A. H. Hnmmol , the Now York lawyer , on a charge of conspiracy , has been corn- nlolcd. Kdward .T. Pearson , cblrf engineer of the Northern Pacific railway , has resigned and W. I * Darling has been appointed Mr. Pearson's successor After an Interval of twenty years , the earl of Aberdeen was sworn In as lorel lieutenant of Ireland for the second end time .lames Bryce was also sworn in as chief secretary for Ire land Be-tter freight rates for Montana Is the object sought to bo attained br a convention at Helena of business men , cattle men and other shippers from the various parts of the state. General Herman Hanpt. a veteran of the civil war and a noted railroad man and engineer , and the oldest graduate of West Point , died sudd n- ly on a Pennsylvania train between Jersey City and Newark. In an automobile accident In the outskirts of Washington Walter Beau- pro Townley , counsellor of the Brit ish embassy , sustained minor injuries and his wife , I.ady Susan Townley. was knocked unconscious. Thomas R. Drake , the superintend ent of Insurance of the District of Co lumbia , has addressed a circular let ter to the governors and Insurance commissioners of all the states and territories , Inviting them to attend \ conference to consider questions re lating to Insurance al Chicaco oa Feb. 1.