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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL COUNTY SEAT IS IN REIGN OF TERROR OF LATE. LOCAL MEN ARE SUSPECTED One Old Man Was Robbed Near the Depot When the Thug Put a Hand Over the Victim's Mouth and Took a Purse Containing $40 One Fought Madison , Nob. , Doc. C. Special to The News : Madison Is In a state of high oxcltoincnt over a reign of hold ups that have boon perpetrated lioro recently. Two within the past few days , added to that In which Mr. Smith was robbed of a large .amount of mon ey some tlmo ago and left lying un conscious In an alloy , have created much consternation on the part of the community. Oustav Dlltbornor , an old man , Is the latest victim. The hold-up oc curred near the city depot. The thug placed his hand over Dlttberner's mouth and took his pocket book , con taining between $10 and ? -15. The old man was too frightened to make re sistance and ' the hold-up man escaped , August'Lou , a farmer living In th ! ' ' county , was In town and had been paid considerable money. lie Hashed It and somebody warned him that he might be held up. Ho tucked the money , $ GO , Into his boot. A half mile out of town , near the Sam Dopson farm , he was stopped by three men. One held the team , another got Into the buggy and flashed a gun. A struggle ensued. Leu's clothing was torn. Leu does not know whether or not he knocked the gun from the robber's hand. At all events the thugs never got to the boot and the victim escaped with his mon ey. Parties Suspected. Local parties are suspected and H Is believed there Is enough evidence to convict. It was thought that com plaints might be sworn out during the day. DITTBERNER IN NORFOLK. County Attorney Heard That There Were Three Hold-ups aLtely. Mr. Dlttberner , the latest Madison hold-up victim , was In Norfolk during the day. Ho did not call on the coun ty attorney , but County Attorney Koonlgsteln has been Informed from Madison of the crimes. He heard that there had been three hold ups , nnd was told that there Is evidence enough to convict. He thought that com plaints would soon be Issued. BAND DISORGANIZES. Musical Company at Plalnvlew Is up Against Financial Trouble. Plainvlew , Neb. , Dec. C. Special to The News : The American Concert band , organized here , disorganized to day becausp of financial difficulties. The company was booked for Norfolk tonight. The members of the com pany are pretty well "strapped" but the business men Intend to give a dance and help them out as much as possible. Routzahn and Bentley Acquitted. Lincoln , Dec. 6. After a ten days' trial In district court , former Chief of Police O. M. Uoutzahn and Detective Bentley were acquitted of the charge of extortion and blackmail. The rul ing of the court was that the testl mony of a keeper of a disorderly house Is not conclusive without cor roboratlvo testimony , especially when the keeper Is herself of necessity an accomplice In the alleged crime. EIGHTEEN PASSENGERS HURT Monon Train Goes Into Ditch In In dlana When Rail Is Broken. Chicago , Dec. 6. Train No. 3G on the Monon road , which Is the fast llm Ited of that line between Cincinnati and Chicago , was derailed two miles north of Frankfort , Ind. . by a broken rail. Eighteen passengers were In jured , but nobody was killed and It Is not believed any of the injured wil die. die.Tho The train was so'nK ' at a nlBn te of speed and the rail broke beneatl the engine , which , however , passei the place in safety. All of the bag gage and mall cars , coaches and sloop era left the track and some of them were badly damaged. The injuries of the passengers are bruises and cuts received by being thrown about the ears. EIGHT GIRLS JURNED IN FIRE Explosion In Match Factory In In dianapolis Causes Injury to Workers. Indianapolis. Dec. 0. In a fire that Btartod from an explosion In the match factory of F. A. nalubun & Co. . West Indianapolis , eight young wom en were burned , four of them serious ly. The others were painfully burned and Injured In their frantic efforts to escape from the building. The most ' uerlously Injured are- Helen Stapp , 1' badly burned about the head , COm and arms , also hurt by Jumping from a second-story windoxv ; Hattle Bree- love , burned about the face , arms and head ; Lizzie nlchards , burned about the face , arms and back , also hurt by Jumping ; Myrtle Stapp. burned about the face , head and arms. MISS AGNES BOTSFORD ILL. Suddenly Taken Violently III , Opera tion Was Performed. Tilden , Nob. , Doc. G Special to The News : Miss Agues Bolsford was tak en suddenly violently HI yesterday af ternoon nnd her condition was ox- tromcly serious this morning. Four surgeons who were hastily summoned determined that an operation alone could save her life and this was per formed. She has recovered from the effects of the anaesthetic hut It IH too early to dotermlno whether she bus n chance of life. Internal hemorrhages wore the cause of the serious condi tion. PROMINENT NORTH NEBRASKA CITIZEN SUCCUMBS. ONCE RAN ON STATE TICKET Formerly State Senator From the Dis trict In Which Cumlng County Is Lo cated , a Man of Wealth and Liberal Tendencies , Was Highly Esteemed.Cl1' -f Point , Nob. , Doc. G. Special to > "ty ? Daniel C. Glffort , former stai. . /v/v ' " -oni this district , once candhku 7' n. " " 'lant governor and a prominent' ' ' ' ian politician , died his home her 'Urly ' today. Ho was fifty years of age. Five times mayor of the city and eng a resident of West Point , former- Senator Glffort was much liked and esteemed In the community. He was a candidate for lieutenant governor In .896. A man of great wealth , he was characterized by Hbe'ral tendencies , le leaves no children , but Is survived by a wife. He was a brother-in-law of former State Treasurer Stueffer. WAS PROMINENT MASON. Norfolk Lodge is Notified of Death of Daniel C. Glffert. C. P. Parish received a telephone message from the West Point Masonic lodge , of which Mr. Glffert was a mem ber , announcing the death and stating that the funeral services would bo held Saturday noon In West Point , when Masons will accompany the remains to the train. The Interment will bo In Omaha. DANK TELLER IS SHORT Employe of Kansas City Bank Takes $9,000 Before Leaving. Kansas City , Doc. G. William C. Anderson , collection teller of the First National bank of this city , is missing , and E. F. Swinney , the president , ad mined that he was short $9,000 In his accounts. Mr. Anderson , who had been In the employ of the bank for nineteen years , left the city on Mon day last , supposedly on a hunting trip. It developed that he had ab stracted $9,000 from the bank's funds , taking the money In three lots , dur ing last week. Anderson is forty-nine years old and has a wife and grown daughter hero. The bank officials have sworn out a warrant for his arrest and claim to know whera he Is. Anderson was un der bond In a surety company. JUMPS TO ESCAPE HANGING Texas Cowboys Try to String Up Ne gro on Train for Wearing Pythian Pin. Topeka , Doc. G. Two Texas cow- boys tried to hang John E. Lewis , H negro of Wichita , on a westbound Santa Fe passenger train between Lawrence and Topeka. Three times they placed a rope around Lewis' neck , but each time he got loose , and after the third attempt he jumped from the train and escaped. The Texans prevented the other , passengers from Interfering by flour ishing revolvers. Lewis wore a Knights of Pythias pin , and the cow boys said they did not like to sea a negro "putting on airs. " UTES ARE ALMOST DESTITUTE ' Women and Children Especially In Need of Clothing. I Deadwood , S. D. , Dec. G. The Ute Indians , who are now government charges at Fort Meade , are almost destitute , the women and children especially being In need of clothing. Theli long march through a rough ; country was the finishing touch for such garments as they had , and local relief bodies have been busy provid-1 Ing for their wants until government reauisltions are honored. Aside from the men , there are In camp 121 wornI ' en 330 boys and girls and 12 babies. I - If Dismiss Charges Against Smathers. ' Now York , Dec. G. The Memphis gold cup dispute was officially ended when the board of review of the No- ' tlonal Trotting association decided that the trophy had been won on merit ntE. and dismissed the charges against E. E.of E. Smathers. The case grow out of the drugging of Lou Dillon at the Memphis meeting In October , )4.or ) Bmathers , who owned Major Dolmar and drove him In the race , was charged with having been cognizant of 111 treatment of C. K. 0. Billings' mare , which resulted In the lattcr's utter failure to show form In the race and the winning of the | 5,000 1 old cup by Major belraar. ' t JOHN AND MIKE , FROM NEAR TIL- DEN , TAKEN. WERE CAUGHT NEAR NORFOLK John Welsh Was Wanted on Statutory Charge and the Arrest of Mike Grew From f Mike's Deceiving the Sheriff. Drove Here Trying to Escape. John Welsh of Tlldcii has boon ar rested on a charge of pntornlty and Mlko Welsh , a cousin , on the eliargo of resisting and abusing an olllcor The two men , who wore pursued by Sheriff Clements near Tllden Wi'dnes- lay afternoon , wore apprehended at the homo of Henry Meyer , four mllca west of Norfolk , at daybreak Thursday morning. The prisoners had suddenco Iy disappeared and drove rapidly * o the Meyer place when they found the sheriff was after them. Sheriff Clements arrived In Norfolk Thursday morning from Tlldon and Immediately drove to the farm west of town , where ho found the men want Cl1' Both were placed under arrest Tllden , Neb. . Doc. G. Special to The News : sheriff Clements arrived here yesterday afternoon and drove to the Mlko Welsh place , near bore , In search of John Welsh , who was wantna od. Mlko Welsh told Sheriff Clements that John was not In the house but that ho had gone to Pohlman's place , but he thought Pohlman's had driven to Nellgh. Investigation showed that John Welsh had not boon at the place designated. Returning 16 the Mlko Welsh farm , sheriff Clements found that Mike had disappeared and that a top buggy was gone. Ho followed tracks that led cast. He suspected they hadd riven to Norfolk. Taking the early train , ho wont to Norfolk wli TAKEN ILL , WAS NOT IN DEBT. Prof. Fred Richards of Denlson , Iowa , Taken Suddenly III. Alnsworth , Nob. , Doc. G. Editor News : The Item In your paper concerning corning Prof. Fred Richards was a mis take. Ho left hero Sunday morning but was taken sick with appendicitis and just had time to catch the train. He owed no board bill and the music got on approval from I. W. Mcfford will be returned as soon as he Is able to return It. He lives at Denison , In. F. C. Barncttc , Manager City Cafe. FIRST DIRECT NEWS FROM CLIFTON Flood Is Receding and No More Dam- jge is Apprehended. El Pas ) , Tex. , Doc. G. A special from CIHton. Ariz. , the first authentic news out of that city since the Hood prostrated all the wires , says : The river Is receding rapidly and the weather has cleared , hence no further damage Is apprehended. Two bodies were recovered from the wreckage along Chase creek , but the number of deaths cannot bo told. Three Mexi cans , caught In the act of looting nnd who refused to surrender to officers , were shot and fatally wounded. | The flood In Chase creek was caused by the breaking of the dam of the Detroit - troit Copper company , Impounding a vast amount of tailings , which ran j | down the creek with a seven-foot breast. Only one business house on Chase creek escaped damage and many were entirely destroyed. The loss Is palling. North Clifton was badly wrecked. Nearly all of the residences In that section were destroyed or damaged. So many restaurants and hotels have been destroyed that It Is almost Impossible to find a place to eat or sleep In the town , but there will be no shortage of provisions , as many stores have escaped the floods. TRAIN DERAILEDHN WYOMING pas'N Seven Persons Reported Injured , but None of Them Very Seriously. Salt Lake , Doc. G. Ehslbound pas' sengor ( train No. 4. the Atlantic ox-i-T j press , on the Union Pacific railroad , j was derailed near Church Buttes ' , Wyo. . 140 miles east of Ogdon. Seven persons wore Injured , as follows : Rev J. H. Gearhart. University Place , Nob. , hand cut ; Ralph James. Osccola , 111. , leg bruised ; Clara Mana , Oakley , y.n. Ida. , arm hurt ; Frank Marks , Ogden , n.n. Utah scalp torn ; P. K. Ilarbough. Standish , Colo. , wound In side ; Brake- ; man H. T. Marsh , Ogden , scalp IPk wound ; Abbie J. Klepln , postal clerk , nUnion , Nob. , hip bruised. According to reports received hero four sleepers were overturned and two coaches were thrown crosswise of the track A broken flange was the prob- ibis able cause of the wreck. The train Is said to have been running sixty miles an hour when the accident happened. Russia Probing Famine Relief Graft. St. Petersburg. Dec , G The com mission appointed to Inquire Into nine famine relief 'exposures Is Investigat ing other activities of Assistant Minister Inor ister of the Interior Gurko , former director of supplies In tbo famine dis ' IS'of tricts. Including the expenditure of largo sums assigned for public works in the famine districts. Premier OOlstolypIn has again refused to accept the resignation of M. Gurko. ELEVATOR I SMASH IN SHOPS. Fame of Lift Kl'ls Throe Men and Serl ously Hurts Five. CliamboislnrK. Pa , Doc. G. Tlnee men weio kili'-d nt.il ono fatally InJured JuiVi iui'1 ' five others severely hurt at Wavneshnro by the fall of an ole vntoi In tlio Oojficr Miu.ufuctiirini ; compnny'H i-liops ICIeveu men wpre on the lift , together wllli a llvu-tan mliling mnehlno and heavy truck , when ' a ctihle piirtud. The men wore chopped twenlv-fivo foot with the ma chine Into a pit Norton Sentenced for Mine Frauds. Toledo , O. , Doo. G Ou n idea ol guilty ' to the el.ai'KO of using tla- Unit ed States mails to piomote n schoinu lo defraud , Charles Whllnoy Norton , alias Wells , was sontc'tieod to tlio Ohio penitenliary for olghloen months and lo pay n flue of $100 by Judge Taylor In th" United States dlstilct court. Norton was Indicted by the present l ( grand Jury. Noiton had oper ated In various purls of the country. Ills specialty was mining stocks He turned the proceeds rxf sales of patrons' stock to his own use. Corpse Lost In Tilmslt. Fort Dodge , la. , Doc G Funeral preparations stand delayed and n weeping widow nnd anxious family are almost distracted because the body of William Wolfe of Fort Dodge has been lost by the railroads In transit Wolfe died In Oakland. Cal. , over a week ago. The body was shipped at once , but has not arrived Railroad and express companies have tried In vain to trace It. Mondell Wants Information. Washington , Doc. G. Representative Mondell of Wyoming Introduced a resolution elution requesting the secretary of the Interior to furnish the house with complete Information concerning all public lands reserved from entry since July 1 , 19iG The resolution Is de signed to make pufjllc Information which m .y bear on alleged coal and mineral land frauds. Charge Against Miss Irvine Modified. Sheridan. Wyo. . Dec G. The charge against Miss 1Cdna Irvine has boon agmi modified by the county nttoinoy to ag gravated assault. The date for the trial . has not yet boon set. Miss Ir vine's attorney declares the case will bo fought. Standard Files Motion to Quasn. Findlay , O. , Doc. G : The attoineys for the Standard Oil comi'iiny of Ohio filed in the court of common pleas mo tions to quash tlio Indictments against John D. Rockefeller J. M Roberts M G. Vilas nnd H P. MclntoMi of Cleve land , officers of the Standard Oil coma" pany of Ohio It Is stated in the mo- tlons that the Indictments ore un certain nnd "Indefinite and do not charge an offen o In such u manner ante to enable the defendants to ascertain the character of the charge made against them. Drainage Congress Organizes. Oklahoma City , Oklu. , Dec. G. Temporary porary organization of the national drainage conference was made by the election of George E. Barstow of TexC(1 as , president of the Barstow Irrlga- tlon company , as temporary president and J. B. Thoburn of Oklahoma City , temporary secretary. Mr. Barstow was the principal speaker at the session at the Chamber of Commerce. His j subject was "National Irrigation a Fixed Quantity Why Not National Drainage ? " Italian and Officer Shot. Kansas City , Dec. < > . An attempt itn by three policemen to arrest John Rose , an Italian , and Honar Eckton a Syrian woman , wanted In Columbus O. . on the charge of grand larceny started a riot In the north quarter of the city , In which Francisco CIta dlno , an Italian , was shot through the head and fatally wounded and H. B Morrison , a policeman , was shot and painfully hurt Service Obtained Upon Rockefeller 8T St Louis , Dec. G. The clerk of the United : States clrcuK court here received - ceived notification from the United States marshal's office in New Yorl tfcat service had been obtained upon John D Rockefeller and others In the government's suit against the Stand ard OH company , recently filed In St LouisA TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD A cold wave Is headed southward from the Canadian northwest. The coldest place 'n Canada last night was Prince Alberta , where It was 14 be low. Arthur C. Harper. Democratic nom inee , was elected mayor of Los An geles by a plurality of 2.120 over Lee Ber. C. Gates , non-partisan candidate. Dr. ) Walter Lludley ( Rep. ) was third In the race. Governor Folk announced that ho will not give Aggie Myers , convicted of murdering her husband in Kansas City , any further stay of execution unless Justice Brewer of the United States supreme court asks for further time In the case. United States Commissioner of Immigration raise migration Sargent Is making a close Inquiry Into the conditions attending Portuguese Immigration Into the Hawaiian waiian Islands. He Is endeavoring to ascertain whether the Immigrants are actually free or whefhcr the planters irsm have furnished money for their im- oortatlon. 1ESSAGE THREAT AIMED ONLY AGAINST MOB VIOLENCE. 10URTS TO SETTLE JAP RIGHTS Golden State Willing to Educate Mikado's Adult Subjects , but Not In Same Room With White Children. Federal Move In Matter. Doc. G. The California . . In coiifticas Una iitohcil vhnl they umKhloi u mitiaiiictoi ) a m a nuo thai the president did not dc lie ( d ho uiidefBlood IIB t-aylng in ll.o aimniH. ' set lion ( U IIH | mosoiigo thai HI would iiho tin1 military loices ot ho United Stales 111 lorclng Japanese nto l lie Calilornla schools In which lie wiiiln ehllilien aio taught. It Is aid to have been his purpose to coney I- IU oy Iho him that ho would use the ullllla to protect Japanese against neb vlo'enee. Ciillloriihinrf lake no olletiHo at tills tntcrpiotatUm of thu noasiire and agree Hint Iho chief oxoo- iiitlvo should do oveiythlng In hlu lower to piotoct Japunebo IIH well as ill other lorolgnors agaliibt violonco. "TlilB whole San Francisco affair s proving lo ho a tompoKt In a tea- | j ) ol , " Ileprc'sontntlvo JulliiB Knhn said. "It will die out rapidly IIB BOOH as there Is geiieial uudorHtandlng of vhy California takes the position ift ' IOOH. The 'courts and the IBBIIO must . ettlo all the legal questions Involved u the San Francisco school situation. Wo are glad to know that the admin- stratlon IB taking stops to Institute action which will give the courts a chnnco to pass on the validity of the San Francisco Hchool board's action. " Inquiry disclosed the fact that the egnl proceedings to bo taken In San Francisco by Hie Unllod Stales dis trict attorney In the matter of the ad- nlaslon of Japanese lo the public schools of that city without discrimi nation wore Inspired by Secretary Root , who cxpreKBod the opinion Hint t would be ono way of effectually dlfl- losing of the controversy. That the iroflldent'fi views on the suhleet mot witli the heaity approval of the Japa nese ambassador wan made evident when VlBcoiiut Aokl , the Japanese am bassador , said that ho had personally thanked , tlio president for what he had Bald. Bald.A A rumor Hint a now treaty between the United States nnd Japan was to bo negotiated designed to remedy any defects in the one now In force wan sot at rest when both Viscount Aokl and Seetetary Root unequivocally de nied that such a thing was now in con templation. JAPANESE NOT EXCLUDED Are Merely Obliged to Attend Separate Schools at San Francisco. San Francisco , Dec. G. Consul Henry U. Miller of Yokohama , Japan , who ! sails for Toklo on Monday , at tended n miiBs mooting of the board of education and was greatly surprised to learn that Japanese are not being excluded from the public schools , but are merely obliged to attend separate schools. In response to the question as to whether or not there are any Japanese children her * with their parents who desire to attend the echools , he was Informed that there are none ; that tfio pupils arc grown men and are for that reason objectionable - able , SHERIFF PROTECTS JAPANESE Rowdies Cause Trouble at Washing ton Sawmill. Tacoma , Wash. , Dec. C. Manager Chester of the Alder Mill company , thirty-five miles south of Tacoma , eaya there was a little trouble there , ro.m caused by a few hangers-on at a sa loon who would not work and who assaulted isor saulted two Japanese In an endeavor tc drive them away. Two deputy sheriffs arrived and he Japanese are now at work : n the n , doing common labor , for which other men could not ho secured. Indicted Officials in Court. San FranclBco. Doc. C. The actual court battle against the Indicted officials fllH cials began when Supervisor Fred II Nicholas and City Hall Janitor Peter : M. Duffy appeared In Judge Lawer' ! < 5 court ' to plead to the charge of per Jury nntl agreeing to receive a bribe. The court allowed the defense to pro ceed separately and the case of di olas was the first. At the ed tlmo Nicholas and Duffy were present ? with ono of their attorneys. The prosecution was represented by Dis trict Attorney William II. Langdon. Francis Hcnoy and H. M. Johnson. Seamen Strike at Odessa. OdoEsa , Dec. C. Suppression of the seamen's union by the government has been followed by a strike of the [ seamen with the result that the business islIs ness of the shipping companies Is completely tied up. About 11,000 men ire out. Rubber Officials Serving Sentence. e.ad Chicago. Dec. C Robert D. Brad ley , president of the Canton Rubber company of Canton , 0. . and Edwin Davis , vice president of the same In stitution , who were sentenced by Judge Landis In the United States district ccurt each to one year In the house of correction , began the active cervlco of their sentence ! . THE CONDITIONJF ) THE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Houro. ForccnBt for Nebraska. C'onillllniiH of HID weullior IIH icoord- od for ( lie twenty-four liourn oinllni ; al 8 a. in. ( oilay : Muxliiniiii -10 Mliiliiiiini 10 Average " 5 IIimuiH'tor 110.12 Rainfall III ! ( 'hlenuo , Doe. it. The liutlolln In- Hiii'd b ) Iho I'll lea KII Hlntlon ( if llm United SI'iloH weather bureau glvoa Ilic fdiccasl for NVhniHlui IIH follnwii : Fair tonight and Friday. c'oldi-V to- iil/hi / \\ilh cold \\n\c i'iiHi and miulli pin iIon. Y\ armor l < 'rlda\ INTERSTATE CONVENTION OPENS AT DES MOIN2S. SENATORS DY POPULAR VOTE Will Ask State Legislatures to De- rrand That Congress Call a Consti tutional Convention Eleven Stntei Represented at the Conference. Dos Molnoa. Doc u' . The United Stales sn.ritorlal conference In sea- slou here exports to adopt u resolu tion virgins the thirty-seven state leg- lalattires which moot this winter to demand that congiess call a consti tutional convention , at which It Is proposed RO to amend thu constitution as to put the election of United States senators In the hands of the people. A Bub-committee of the committee on resolutions Unified a resolution to this effect and tlio sentiment of the conference plainly is In favor of that action , hope of securing the submis sion of a spoclllc amondmoni \ > j con- gross Itself having been abandoned. Eleven states were represented at the conference when It opened Gov- ernor Cummins railed the conference to order. William Lnrrabco , former governor of Iowa , was made temporary ary chairman. Judge Jesse H. Strode of Nebraska was made permanent chairman. It It proposed to make the organization permanent. SLUGGER 0NTHE STAND _ _ Schultz Tells of Methods Employed In Chicago Teamsters' Strike. Chicago , Dec. C. A startling exposa of the methods employed In the team sters' strike was given In the- trial of Cornelius P. Shea and his fellow labor leaders before Judge Hall In the crim inal court when Joseph Schultz , al leged slugger , who , with Albert Young , turned state's evidence , was on the stand as a witness for the state. Schultz declared that Shea had told him to break the logs and arms of the strike breakers and especially to attack the negroes. When this moans of bringing about desired results did not work satisfactorily , Schultz as serted that Shea ordered the hired pickets to throw eggs filled with acids at the horses being driven by non union. Many Irregular Offers Received for Tracts In "Big Pasture. " Lawton , Okla. , Dec. C. With the closing of the third day's biiBlness , 1,083 bids for land In the "big pasture" had been received. Many prospective settlers are arriving on every train. Major H. D. McKnlght , register of the Lawton land office , predicted that after Irregular bids are thrown out and awards made , not one-third of the land In the Klowa nnd Comanche res ervations would bo subject to entry under departmental rules. It Is his opinion that the remainder of tbo land would probably be sold at public auc tion In the summer of 1907. WOMAN'S SLAYER SURRENDERS Mall Carrier Who Killed Girl In Fit of Jealous Ra , e Is Placed In Jail. Springfield Mo. , Dec. G. Garland Moore the mall earner , who al Hols d'Arr shot and killed Miss Clara West because she refused to mairy him , btinLiidored to the sheriff here and was plnrel in Jail. Moore said he klllfd the girl In a fit of jealous Kino Moi-re cscipej across country af' T the shooting. Miss West died at midnight. COAL HEA1IJG AT DRIVER ENDS Commissioner Clark Concludes Exam ination of Witnesses. Denver , Dee. fi. The Interstate commerce commission coal hearing , bcg'jn bore by Commissioner 13. U. Clark. wi = ended after the examina tion of several witnesses. J. M. Un- dorwood. a farmer living near Gunni- son , was examined at length In re gard to the coal entries made In that district for the Utah Fuel company. He raised a laugh by the statement that Robert Forrester of the Utah Fuel company came Into the district disguised as a Mormon elder. P. A Cannon of Hucrfano testified he was unable to get the permission of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com pany to run a spur line of railroad across the company's property to hla mlno.