K THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL L NORFOLK , NEUHASKA , K1UDAY , MARCH 0 , IS10G. VERDIGRE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO A CHARGE. NOT REGISTERED PHARMACIST Secretary Hnrper of the State Board of Pharmacy Went to Veidigre Yesterday - terday Afternoon and Caused the Arrest and Conviction of Cheteck. Crolghton , Neb. , March S. Special to The Mows : Or. Chotock , who had been conducting a drug store In Verdi- ro for homo time , wan arrested yes terday nt the instance of Secretary Harper of Beatrice , secretary of the state board of pharmacy , on a charge of running a drug store without a reg istered pharmacist In connection. Cheteck pleaded guilty to the charge , and was fined $ : IO and costs. County Attorney Hcrryman of this place con ducted the prosecution. It Is mild that Cheteck Is planning to leave Verdlgro. LAWYERS GATHER AT LINCOLN Consider Durkatt BUI for Two Judicial Districts. Lincoln , March 8. Lawyers from all parts of Nebraska met In Lincoln for the purpose of considering Senator Burkett's bill providing for the di vision of this state into two federal judicial districts. The lawyers d - lared that the federal judge of the now district should be endorsed by the members when the new district , proposed by the bill of Senator tt , is created. It was agreed to divide the state Into two districts. The Platte river was tabooed as the dividing line. The river will bo the dividing line until the west line of Hall county la reached. Then the region will bo ex ) tended north until the south line of Holt county Is reached and the bound ary will then bo extended westward to the state line. This leaves a for midable chunk of North Platte torrl tory In the new district. Each district ehall be divided Into three districts , congress to outline the regions. K KiDNAPED BOYJIAKES ESCAPE Son of New York Banker Eludes Guard and Reaches Home. New York , March 8. Antonio Coz zuffl , the fourteen-year-old hey wlu was kidnaped last Sunday and held for $20,000 ransom , returned alone to his home. He escaped from his cap tors , ho said , by stealing out of a room above a saloon in Forty-ninth street while ono of his captors , who had been left alone to guard him turned his back for a moment. The boy says that it took him but a second to spring beyond the man's reach ana get down stairs to the street , where no attempt was made to pursue him He told how he was terrorized into writing a letter to his father , John Bozzufll , an East side banker , Inform Ing him that $20,000 must" " be paid and that If the police were Informed his life would be taken. One of the men the boy said , pressed a revolver against his head and commanded bin to write the letter. After this episode , according to the boy's story , he wr.a treated kindly. Miss Anthony May Recover. Rochester , N. Y. , March 8. Susan B Anthony , who Is ill with pneumonia Is said by her physicians to be con ilderably improved. She spent restful night. The doctors now say Bhe has a fair chance for recovery. Ask Cummins for Proof. Des Moines , March 8. The GlllJ- land resolution was called up In the house , but was continued over for die k cussion. This measure Is the on which demands Governor Cummins to ohow what proof he has that legis lators of Iowa have accepted rallroa * money to Influence them against th state wide primary bill. Representa tive Temple introduced an amendmen designed to kill the effect of the res olution. This provided that a com mlttee of live be appointed from each branch of the legislature to make an Investigation as to the charges agalno legislators and report. This was aU passed over. Newman Pays Election Bet. Cedar Rapids , la. , March 8. A novel election bet was paid when Charleo Newman wheeled Anna Bledermau ten blocks through the business dis trict in a wheelbarrow. The young woman selected A. II. Connor as th winner In the contest for mayor of the city and Newman , who backed C. D. Huston , the Democratic candidate , paid the bet without a murmur. Both parties are employes of a candy com pany , and nearly the entire force ac companied Newman over the route. Hundreds of people were congregated on the streets and the young woman waa cheered to the echo. Schwab's Condition Better. New York , March 8. A telegram received by the Associated Press at 1:15 : from Dr. M. R. Ward , the at tending physician of Charles M. Bchwab , dated at Tucumcart , N. M. , Bays : "Mr. Schwab was somewhat In disposed In Los Angeles , but Illness of light significance. En route today , Hadley Has Not Relinquished Hope. Jefferson City , Mo. , March 8. Attor ney General lladley declared that ho had not rellmiulHlied hopn of having John I ) . Rockefeller subpoenaed to give testimony In the ouster CIIBO ngalnst the Standard Oil company , but that he had simply stopped efforts In that direction on the promise of A. D. Eddy , the attorney for the oil com pany , that the necessary evidence would bo forthcoming from other sources. No Concessions to Illinois Miners. Chicago , March 8 No concessions will he made by the Illinois Coal Op erators' association to the coal mlnuis' union , which IB Ranking an Increase In pay for Its members. This was de cided on at nn executive mooting of Uie operators , who adopted resolutions declaring their willingness to lace the threatened strike April 1 rather than grant the demands of the miners. BOONE COUNTY GRAND JURY RE TURNS INDICTMENTS. FINES OF $2,250 COLLECTED Eight Offenders In Albion Pleaded Guilty to the Charges Against Them. Judge Paul Praised the Jurors for A'o/ ' " Indictments. * 'fyn ' March 8. The grand jury > . ' ' 'tyn ° u ' " Besulon hero during the . fj 'lt lms rctuined nineteen lndlclniiflAv , . most of which wore against violator of the liquor law. Eight of the offenders pleaded guilty to selling without license and paid lines aggregating $2,250 and have put up security to the amount of $ ,1,000 each which they will lose In case they again try their Illegal business. Some of the violations are from ether or towns , having saloons and which have sold to minors. They will come to trial soon. One witness before the grand jury refused to answer whereupon the judge , Hon. .7. N. Paul , gave him his choice of ninety days In the county Jail or to testify. Ho testlticd. The grand jury adjourned Saturdaj and met again today. In speaking tc : the jurors at the time of adjournment .Judge Paul thanked them for theii work , saying that the good people of Albion and Boone county at 1'irgt should bo proud of them. Ho said that the violators of the law had grown bolder and bolder until they were fear less and the time had come to punish them. The lesson v ill not soon be forgotten in Boone county. Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall Dies. Alnsworth , Neb. , March 8. Special to The News : Mrs. Elizabeth Ken dall , aged eighty , died of old ! > go at the residence of her daughter , Mis. Frank Sellars. She was born In Eng land the remains will he shipped to Wisconsin to be bulled beside the grave of her husband. AFTER ELEVATOR TRUST III of Complaint Filed Against Otis Company and Others , Washington , March 8. On advices that federal suit was filed In San Francisco against thirty-one elevator concerns , Including the Otis Elevator company , on the charge of violating the anti-trust law , Attorney General Moody made the following statement : "Tho United States attorney for the Northern district of California UBS , under Instructions from the United States attorney general , filed In the United States circuit court for the Ninth circuit a bill of complaint against the Otis Elevator company nnd twenty-seven other companies and three Individuals engaged In the ele vator business , charging them with violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The companies named u de fendants comprise the principal ele vator companies of the United States , but the operations specifically com plained of have been carried om main * ly in California and the states and territories west of the Rocky moun tains. "It IB ohargod that there com panies make and sell at leaat 80 per cent of all the elevators used In that territory nnd that they have entered Into a combination among themselves to , control and enhance the prices at which elevators are sold ; that In order to make the combination effective , the Otis Elevator company has acquired the whole or a majority interest In the businesses of all the other defend ants. " TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Judge Moore , municipal ownership candidate for mayor of Seattle , was elected by fifteen votes. Senator Stone Introduced a bill In creasing the pensions of survivors of the Mexican war from $12 to J20 per month. H. A. Naber , a wealthy breeder or fine cattle , died at his home near Leavenworth , Kan. , aged seventy-sev en years. The body will bo taken to Chicago for cremation. For refusing to handle their guns against the revolutionists during the recent disorders at Odessa , thirty ar tlllerymen were sentenced by court martial to various terms of imprisonment mont up to twenty year * WESTERN RAILROADS TO MAKE VOLUNTARY REDUCTIONS. WILL AMOUNT TO 15 PER CENT First Step Is Taken at a Meeting of Traffic Officials In Chicago Jobbers Invited to Attend Conference Called for Next Tuesday. Chicago , March 8. Western rail roads , according to the Rocord-llor- uld , have decided to make voluntary reductions In transportation clmrgua amounting In the aggregate to many million dollars annually. The pro- pobt-d reductions ate to be made In till the rates of the six classes Into which freight is divided and will bo elfoctlvo In the entire territory between the At lantic seaboard and the Mlusouil river. In general , the reductions will amount to approximately 15 per cunt. The Ill-fit step was taken In the movement ut a meeting of the tralllo executive olliclals of all western rail- loads. The representative of thu Chicago cage , Milwaukee and St Paul railroad presented the proposition to the meetIng - Ing for reductions , which was tavorod by the Chit-ago , Burlington and Qulii- cy railroad. Another conference has been called for next Tuesday , at which will bo present many jobbers In the Missouri river territory. It is now planned , after a conference with the Jobbers , to determine on a proper basis of rates from the seaboard to the Mis souri river and then to make corresponding spending reductions In the rates from Chicago to the Missouri river , and from the Mississippi to the Missouri river. When this Is accomplished , It Is stated , reductions undoubtedly will follow In the rates from New York to Chicago. The readjustment of rates In the territory named will , It Is be lieved , result In similar action by oth er groups of railroads , so that the move of the western railroads bids fair to bo far-reaching. The following are the charges com pared with the present rates proposed at the meeting : From the Missouri river to the seaboard Proposed : First class , $1.27 ; second , $1.05 ; third , 83c ; fourth , Glc ; fifth , 50e , nnd sixth , -Ific. Present : $1.-17 , $1.20 , 93c , C8c , 52c and 48 5-lOOc. BALLOT "REFORM CONFERENCE Civic Federation Concludes Its Ses sions at New York City. New York , March 8. The national conference for the reform-of the prim ary and election laws held here under the auspices of the National Civic Fed eration concluded Its sessions. It Is expected that the work for ballot re form begun by the conference will be carried forward by a department of the National Civic Federation charged with this duty. The conference wan given over to a discussion of wide range , the election laws of many states serving aa subjects. The fol lowing resolution was adopted : "Resolved , That experience shows that existing provisions of criminal law against the purchase of votes are Inadequate , that proper corrupt prac tices legislation should Include the publication of all contributions nnd expenditures ; the prohibition of pollt/- leal contributions by corporations ; the definition and limitation of permissi ble political expenditures ; provisions for judicial inquiry into election ex penditures and existence of corrupt practices , in which proceeding any citizen may participate ; the punishment - ment of corrupt practices by further penalties , such as dlsfranchlsement or disqualification for oiflco , In addition to fine or imprisonment. " The conference declined to adopt a resolution declaring for direct nomi nations through the primary system , referring the matter by a vote of 1C to 11 to the department of the Civic- Federation. Want Hamilton to Put It Back. New York , March 8. The unexpect ed return of Andrew Hamilton , the legislative agent of several largo In surance companies , resulted In con ferences between officials of the New York Life Insurance company the company's legal representatives rela tive to suits against Hamilton Hlrnm Q. Steelo. a member of the New York Life hoiiRo-olcanlng committee , wild that Hamilton's return would moan the speedy bringing of suits for the return of nearly $1.000,000 spent by Hamilton while ho was employed hy the New York Life to watch legisla tion and taxation. Funeral of General Schofield. Washinrton , March 8. Citizen and soldier paid reverent tribute to the memory of the late Lieutenant Gen eral John M. Schofield at St. John's Protestant Episcopal church , where the burial service was read over the body of the distinguished soldier by the Rev. Alexander Mackay-Smlth The Interment was In the National cemetery at Arlington , In a beautiful spot on the eastern slope , selected by General Schofield more than fifteen years ago. Nearby lies the body of General Phil Sheridan. The troops that formed the funeral escort com prised practically all that are on duty In Washington and at the posU near th national capital. Cannot Extinguish G.ig Well Fire. Caney , Kan . March S. The bit ; gnt well six miles fiom Cani'y continues to burn with great fury. The prelimInary - Inary work for the supreme effort to rap the well with the It.OOO-pouml Iron hood , made for the purH.so | ) , In being pushed with nil lu\nto \ , nn additional force of men having been put to work. Hundreds of RlghtnoorH ntlll continue to Murk to the m-onn. The town's ac commodations mo taxed to the limit nnd last night many perm > ua walked thu uticcU , unable to secure rooms Fir * Destroys Alton Coal St.itlor Chicago , Maieh S.- File doi.innoi the routing t.utlon of the Chicago ami Alton tulliimd at Twenty eighth nt 100.1 and Calll'oinla uvenuo and thii lit neil two roundhouses and hundiedH < n load oil eoal ear * As a lesull ol the lire It will ho necessary to coal all the rnllioml engines by bund until tempo rnry arranr.enuinth can be made Tne damage to the station was $50,000. PRLMIER ROUVIER DEFE'.TED IN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. COMES AT DRAMATIC MOMENT May Exert Adverse Influence on Alge clras Conference Debate was Upon Fatal Riot During Taking of Church Inventory nt Boeschcpe. Paris , March 8. Llko a bolt from n clour sky the Bouvlor mlnlutry wan defeated In the chamber of deputies , and Immediately resigned. The cab inet crlels comoB nt u most dramatlo moment , when ' the Franco-Gorman oontoBt has reached a decisive stage , and may exert an Important adverse Influence on the Algeclrus conference nnd on European nffalrfl. The defeat debate - minor came on a comparatively bate ever the church disorders. The government succeeded In holding only 234 votes , while the various elements In opposition clericals , socialist * ! and nationalists united and polled 1G7 ! votes , thus placing the ministry In a minority of thirty-three. Premier Rouvlor , with nil of hla colleagues , Immediately proceeded to the foreign olllce , where u joint letter of resignation was prepared. Later M. Rouvlor presented this letter to President Falllercr , who accepted the resignations. The president an nouneed bin Intention of consulting the president of the senate and chain her of deputies today on the forma tlon of a new cabinet. The debate In the chamber of dcp titles was upon the bloody riot Tucs day during the taking of an Inventory of a church In the village of Hoes chcpe , resulting In the death of n manlfestant. Various orators severe ly critU-Ised the government's course asserting that It threatened to preclp Itato n rollgUuis warfare. Premier Rouvler responded : "Tho government has the duty to apply tht law. It will apply It without weak ness , but also with the prudence , tac nn-I wisdom consistent with public tranquillity. I ask the adoption of a resolution approving these dcclara lions of the government. " The resolution was thereupon put a vote nnd defeated. The result was due to a combination of opposition In fluences. The vote was more oxproa slvo of personal antagonism to the ministry than of opposition to church Inventories MESSAGE OFPRESIDENT Insists That Oil-Coal Investigation Bo Thorough. Washington , March 8. President Roosevelt sent a message to con gress announcing his signature to the joint resolution recently passed In structing the Interstate commerce commission to make examination into the subject of railroad discriminations and monopolies In coal and oil. Ho says frankly that ho signed U with hesitation because It may achlovo little or nothing. He Indicates , too , that if the investigation proposed by the resolution Is conducted thorough ly it will result In giving Immunity from criminal prosecution to all per sons who are connected and sworn aa witnesses. OMAHA ATTORNEY IS SAID TO BE A CANDIDATE. CHALLENGES NORRIS BROWN It Is Said That Mr. Greene Will Make Speeches In the State and That He Will Draw Support From Attorney General Seeking Place. Omalm , Neb. , March 8. It Is re ported hero that Charles J. Greene , an Omaha attorney , will enter the sena torial raceus soon as ho returns from Washington. It Is said that Mr. ( iieone plans to go Into the state and make speeches. It Is believed here that ho will take considerable support away from the attorney general , who claims the honor because- has done his duty In bin CONTESTED MEASURES VOTED ON BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. RATE BILL DEBATE TO BE LONG flic Thankless Role of n Reformer. Grosvunor Guts Mixed House Mem bers Discuss the Possibility of Over riding the Speaker. \VnHhliintiin , March S | Hpoclul. | There was never Icwi dlNpiwItlon nhown In the Honato to block legislation than In the present Hosslon. There him not been the leant trouble about scouring a vole on disputed hlllx. Once let It he demonsruled ! Unit a majority wantii a hill Mini after there him been ICIIHOIIU- hit ) debate there IH no objection to agreeing upon a time to take a vote. These Important moamirc.H to which there IIIIH been strong npi > Cmltlon have come to a dual vote by Iho unanlmoim consent method the Hhlp milmldy bill , the pure rood hill and the statehood hill , the hitler yet to ho voted upon , however nnd mit-h agrocincnlH uru always binding In the Hunate. All of these monHiiroH In tlmoH pant have been held up nnd talked to death , but the flcntlmont In thu Ncnnto In favor of them ban beun growing , and the oppo nents have considered It WHU ! not to resort to olmtructlvu inuamireH. Ends Cloture Tnlk. Thin method of disposing of disputed moiiHurou ends all cluture talk. No NCII- ator even cotiHldurrt It worth \vhllu to suggest a change of rulcii limiting do- bale or providing for a previous < JIICH- tlon which would bring a bill to u vote. AH long an a good working majority can secure n vote by thu easy meanu which have been lined In the CIIHO of those disputed meiiHUrcH there will be no Idna of eloture. Of course there will be u much longer debate on the rail road rate hill , and If It should continue for a month or mere pressure will hu put on by ln ! frlumlH with u view of forcing a vote , but oven then cloture will be out of thu ( iiieullon. Would Be Called a Crank. "Why don't you point out the extrav agance of Iho army , mich im four dlvl Nlons , a do/.en ( lepartmenlii , several war ncbools , etc. , which simply make places for major generals and brlgu dler generalsV" The question WIIH nddressed to Rep resentative Prince of Illinois , who re- pllMl : " 1 have done my fiharo In ( showing up these things , but If you keep at It all the time you are called a crank Even OIIU'M frlendn become disgusted If you are conutantly hammering at UICHO thlntrH , eHjiL't'lnlly when nothing can be nccoinpllHlied by It. ThlH being a reformer IH n thankless task , and what Is moie , It Is dlseoiinivlng.Yliu Is the n-ic ol' pointing out IIOM | > lnoiiml | Itlc.s nnil oipo | lii them If you canno accomplish anything'/ " And I'rlnce Is rl ht. The I'aet Is that every lime any man opposes graf or tries to root out some useless em ployee In the government nor vice liu finds thai he Is disturbing a friend' trleml and makes nn enemy. Grosvenor Tanjlcd. "Mr. Chairman , " said ( ieneral ( irosvc nor one day when the military commit tee and the approprlntlonu commltlc were contesting for Jurisdiction , "I flntl myself about IIH tangled up UK I ever WIIH In my life. Never since I hnv < t been a member of the house ha.vo I been HO mixed up. I have been taught to follow the lead of one of these great committees , but which leader ship ? " He went on to elaborate bin trouble over the collision between these com mlttecs , adding : "And I am lost. There Is where I am. If I can get a chance to vole on both sldcu of thin question , I am going to do It In the Interest of the consistency which I have always maintained. 'I could bo happy with either were t'other dear charmer away. ' " Can the Houte Assert Itself ? A group of congressmen were discuss ing the probability of smothering the statehood bill If It should be amended by the senate. "Oh , I do not think that will be done , " said ono , "and I don't believe the speaker could do It If ho wanted to. " "Ypu know there Is a belief that the house can do what It plenRos. even If In opposition to the speaker. " remarked another. "That was what Heed always claim ed , " said Champ Clark , who listened to the conversation. "I always had uiy donbtH about It , but when the house Insisted upon passing the Hawaiian annexation resolution , to which Reed WIIH opposed , bo showed me bow It could be done and how useless It wa to bold out agnlnxt a determined inn Jorlty. At that time , however , the chairmen of all the house com in't ' tees were In league against Reed ami were keeping out all other buslncsn KO IIH to have nothing but the Hawaiian resolu tlon considered , and there was nothing for him to do but yield. " Should Speaker Cannon desire to Bhclve the statehood bill he will have the chairmen of all the Important com mittees with him. Must Be Slipped In. Hills that pass the senate from this time forward must be "ullnpcd In" be tween speeches on ( he niljroail rate bill , for the friends of thht measure do not Intend to let It ba pushed Unlde any THE CONDITION UF THE WkAIHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hour * . Forecast for Nelirniika. Condition of the woitlliur n record- i'il for Hut 21 bourn utnlliiK ut Ham. today- Miixliunin . Til ) Minimum . HO Iliiriiiiii'ti'r . 2 ! ) 78 Chicago , Maro.h H. TIm liiillotln lie Miicd hy the Chicago Mtlitlon of the ( lullud Hlatiw weather Imroiui thin morning given the forociint for N - ImiHlm an followH- Fair lonlf.lit anil Krlday. C'oolor to- IllKhl. ol' I line. The chimccti for Ing Iho Philippine Inrlir lilll early nr * not very bright , no mutter what cluuiKC * nniy 1 10 made In It IIH a nmttcr of com- promlsu. Arthur W. Dunn. STATE WILL NOT PAY WHEN A PRISONER ESCAPES. UTURE CASES ACCORDINGLY Sioux County Sheriff Who Allowed a Prisoner From South Dakota to Get Away , Will Not Get Paid for Hla Trouble by State. Lincoln , March 8. Alex l wry , Hlierirf of Sioux county , who allowuil i prisoner to escape while onroutu with him to llaiTlmm , Noli. , from iilli Dakota , will not ho paid any MUIury for Unit trip , though ho will hu illowcd liln oxpciiM'H actually In- urii'd. 'I'lilH lit the duclHlon of thu audltor'fl illlcu ami will In the futiito iovorn Hiich eaiien wlioio It In Iho fuult of the Hlicrlll' that Iho pilsonor IH allowed tu scape. lowry had In charge ono Martin Cut i oil , ami whllo at ( Jhadron the two went to a hotel to wait Tor a train to KO to lliirrlHon. Whllo In thu hotel Dlllou Carroll miiilo a break for llhorty mil wai ) HIICCUHHI'III. J nvry WIIH out iliout $80 on Iho trip and Hunt In lilH lilll to the Htato , alHo detailing how llaiToll e.scapeil. The auditor , however , him ruled Iho Hherlll' In [ mill lor the delivery of the primmer , and If the latter oucapuH lhioiih ; Iho earoloHHnojH of thu ollleor In clmrgn , ho believes It In not the duly of the Htato to pay the per dlom. The Htale , however , will rolinhuruo Iho Hliurlft' lor the money paid out GAYNOR SCORESROCKEFELLER _ New York Supreme Judge Denounces Man Who Hides Away. New York , March 8. Supreme Court Justice William J. Qaynor of Brooklyn , speaking on "Corporate Abuses" at the People's Forum , In New Roehelle , Kcnlhlngly denounced the man who hided away rather than goes to court to testify. Although the judge mentioned no names , they were many in the audi ence who construed the language aa referring to John I ) . Rockefeller , for whom many process servers have been hunting vainly for weeks. Ho 1 wanted as a Witness In the suit of the state of Missouri to take away the Standard OH franchise In that statu for alleged violation of the anti-trust law. Judge Cnynor , after speaking of the bribery of legislators and government olliclals by the exploiters of public franchises and of their contempt and disrespect for both the government and the courts , said : "What would a decent man hero In this community do If ho heard an of ficer was looking for him to subpoena him to court to to tlfy ? Would no hide In his house and have his wife and children and servants He and say they did not know whore he wan ? Would he hurry Into some o < her state , or go aboard his yacht , If ho had one , and put to ana to escape service ? Or would he come forward like a decent man and nay : ' am her. ' " MOYER AND HAYWOOD INDICTED Miners' Officials and Associates Form ally Accused of Murder. Bolbe , Ida. , March 8. In the district court nt Caldwell ibe grand juiy re turned Indictments agauusi all the men hold on the charge ol mm n nng Frank Stoimenbon ; with the pn-.sii ) exception of St < v A'Hni' . U ih un derstood also to have imlieti > | J L Blmpklns und nnothei man whoso name has not been learned , ihese two still being nt llbeity ' Hem h w.uiaiHs were ordered thsuoii No mtoiuiatlon was given out respecting the Indict ments , and there will be nn official an nouncement until the defendants shall have been arraigned Three of these , Charles H. Mayor W. D Hnywood and George E. Pettlbone , ore to betaken taken to Caldwell today for arraign ment. Others may bo tal\nn down , but no positive Intnrniatlon has been secured excepting ns to the three It Is stated that these three are all pro- conted In one Indictment and that nn Indictment was found against Orchard It Is staled that so soon as the mop are arraigned the defense wU | ask that they be given a speedy 't