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    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL
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NORFOLK N1CIWASKA FRIDAY JANUARY IS 11)07. )
EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE IN HOME
OF F. A. SCHULZ.
CHILDREN ENVELOPED IN FLAME
They are Seriously Burned as the Re
sult of an Explosion at Pierce , Which
Also Set Fire to the House Fire
men Not Needed.
Pierce , Nob. , Jan. 17. Special "To
The News : Two smnll children of F.
A. Schulz , nged two nnd four , wore
very seriously burned at 10 o'clock this
morning by the explosion of a gaso
line can , which also set llro to the
house.
t The two children were playing with
the can of gasoline which they llnally
placed too ncnr the steve , where It be
came heated nnd an' explosion fol
lowed. The children were covered
with the burning fluid , which burned
their flesh terribly. Fire wns commit-
nlcntcd to the wood work of the house.
An nlnrm wns turned in and the llro
department culled out , but before the
firemen reached the plnco neighbors
had succeeded In extinguishing the
flro.
Physicians were Immediately sum
moned to care for the children. Tbe'r
condition Is serious If not critical.
Firemen's State Meeting.
Grand Islnnd , Neb. , Jan. 17. Special
to The News : Albert Pllger of Stanton -
ton and Mr. McFarlaud of Creighton
were members of the credential com
mittee In the meeting of the Nebraska
Volunteer Firemen's association. The
boys are having a good time.
HOUSE WARMING AT PIERCE.
Mr. and Mrs. John Drebert Entertain
In Their New Home.
Pierce , Nob. , Jan. 17. Special to
The News : Mr. and Mrs. John Dre
bert , who have recently sold their farm
and built a largo dwelling in the Rlley
addition to Pierce , held a "house
l > warming" last night and certainly
proved themselves royal entertainers.
All the prominent business men re
sponded to Invitations to a stag paity
at which oysters , fried chicken and
everything delectable wns set before
the guests. As a genuine surprise the
wives of the guests "hnppened In" ns
the banquet was ready and It was
earlv instead of Into when the party
dispersed after speeches , music and a
general good time.
IMPROVEMENTS AT SPENCER.
More Than $60,000 Spent During the
Past Year.
Spencer , Neb. , Jan. 17. Suecinl to
The News : The following are im
provements made during the year 190G ,
In Spencer , and the real cash value of
them. There are no extravagant boom
figures among them :
First National bank , now brick.$18,000
Spencer Advocate Improvement 1,000
School building , new brick 18,000
I. ' Lambert Kerbel , new brick. . . . 7,000
Chns. Cnrlson , ' dwelling , new. . . 1,800
C. A. Mnnvillo , on residence. . . . 175
F. W. Woods , on residence. . . . 1,800
t J. T. Woods , on residence GOO
1 W. P. Splcknnll , on residence. . 300
Spencer fair grounds 2,500
Jonas Johnson , photograph gal
lery 150
Mrs. Fialn , residence , new 700
Barney Burns , residence , new. . 900
Wm. Wilkerson , barn and other
buildings 700
F. Matoushek , residence 1.20C
I M. E. parsonage , barn IOC
Congregational parsonage 50(3 (
Improving the water system. . . 30C
Standard Oil company 1.50C
Nick Klnssen , now barn 300
Nye , Schneider Co. , crib and
porch 300
August Hampl , store building
Improvements 75
Theo. Knecht , coal house CO
J. W. Ross , on dwelling GO
F. Matoushek , on store building 1,000
Wm. K. Korab , Improvement on
cement block factory 1 000
Harry Dorothy , Improvements
on barn and house
Jas. Myers , barn 75
Total . ' $60,215
HOGS EAT AJOY'S ' BODY
Franklin Farmer'a Son Leaves Home
With Gun and Is Found Dead.
Franklin , NeD. , Jan. 17. The four
teen-year-old son of John Schourman
n former living about eight miles
northeast of this place , met death In
a horrible manner. He had his gun
and was passing through the hog yarc
and it is supposed that In trying t
get through the fence ho accidental ! )
shot himself and fell In the hog yard
When his body was found the hog
were eating It. His father Just re
turned from St. Joseph , where h hai
been with a shipment of stock , am
found the body upon his return.
Japanese Spies Disappear.
Bl Paso , Tex. , Jan. 17. Three Japanese
nose , who have been employed as ser
vants by the officers at Fort Clark
have mysteriously disappeared. Thel
actions In examining the fart am
equipment , their close attention to th
drilling and the discovery that the ;
wore frequently making memoranda
lead to the belief that they were Japanese
neso officers.
SENATOR GAMDLE ACCUSED.
Two Investigation Resolutions Introduced -
duced In South Dakota Legislature.
Pierre , S. D. , .Inn. 17. Two resolu-
Ions , calling for Investigation of
'hargos thnt hnve been made against
Senator Gamble and other meiubeis of
ho congressional delegation , woie In-
reduced In both houses of the legls-
ature. Ono calls for n report "later
n the session , " while the other pro-
Idpa for nn Investigation prior to the
olecllon of n scnntor next week. Ac
ton on the resolutions Is expected to
day. Senator Gamble Is the Republic
an' caucus nominee to succeed himself.
END OF THE BROWNSVILLE DIS
CUSSION IS IN SIGHT.
FORAKER OFFERS SUBSTITUTE
Jompromlse Resolution Providing for
Rigid Investigation of Riot Will Be
Adopted Caimack Arraigns Rcpuo-
( lean Critic , of President.
'in , Jnn. 17. Senate lend
ers r of' ff. - > \d ot tue Brownsville
discussi. ! 'lf > . -id It Is confident-
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y expected / / -Miitse. resolu
tion. ottered by S fl aker , will
be adopted. KoraKer . p.the lloor to
make what he expresseu the hope
would be the concluding speech on the
subject. He 'oflcrt-d a substitute lor
all of his previous resolutions on the
Brownsville affair , as tollows :
"Resolved , Tnat the committee on
military affairs is hereby authorized
and directed by subcommittee , or oth
erwise , to tnUo and have printed the
estimony for the purpose of ascertain-
ng all the tacts with reference to or
connected with the affray at Browns
ville. Tex. , on the night of Aug. 13 ,
:90G. : Said committee Is authorized
to send , persons having papers to ad
minister oaths , to sit during the ses
sions of the senate , and If deemed ad
visable at Brownsville or elsewhere ;
the expenses of the Investigation to
)0 paid out of the contingent fund of
the senate. "
The language of this provision Is
satisfactory to Senator Lodge nnd oth
er supporters of the ndmlnlstrntlon In
.he discharge of the negro troops , and
t Is said by the senators that It will
quite unanimously adopted.
The feature of the day's debate was
the arraignment by Senator Carmack
of Republican senators who have crlt
iclsed the president for his action In
Lhc Brownsville matter. He regarded
It as an attempt to "dethrone" the
president as the leader of the party ,
and declared thnt either the president
must be renominated or the platform
on which he stood returned to the
Democrats. Senators Stone , Money
and Knox followed , each upholding
the authority of the president to take
the action he did and favoring an l
vestlgation of the facts connected
with the Brownsville affray.
FORTIFICATIONJILL PASSED
Appropriation Measure Put Through
House Without Amendment.
Washington , Jan. 17. The fortlflca
tlons appropriation bill was passed by
Lhc house without amendment , an un
usual thing with appropriation bills.
The appropriation bill for the District
of Columbia was taken up , but no
time was set for the close of the gen
eral debate. During the consideration
of the District bill notable speeches
were made by Foster ( Vt. ) . supporting
the president In his message on the
Japanese situation In California , and
by Representative Sheppard ( Tex.- ,
who enthused the Democrats by
closely prepared address on politics
and the state of the nation.
Representative Lacey , chairman of
the house committee on public lands
introduced a bill to place the Salton
sea problem In charge of the govern
ment. The bill creates a reclamation
reservation in the Colorado river val
ley and appropriates $2,000,000 to be
used In. building dams.
TEST CASEJT 'FRISCO '
Jap Pupil Excluded and Suit Filed In
Federal Court.
San Francisco , Jan. 17. The Initla
stop in the International test case be
tween Japan and the United States
over the exclusion of Japanese chil
dren from the public schools of the
city attended by whites will be taken
today.
Kelkelch Aokl , a ten-year-old Japa
nese boy , accompanied by his father
will appear at the Redding primary
school and demand admission. His demand
mand being made , It will be refuscc
by the teacher , MIu M. EX Deane , on
the ground that she IB acting unde
the state law and under Instruction
from the school board. Witnesses wil
he on hand to make affidavits to th
exclusion of Aokl from the schoo
The Issue having thus been declared
eult will at once bo filed In the fed
eral court by the 'United States dU
trlct attorney.
Locomotive Boiler Explodes.
Raleigh , N. C. , Jan. 17. The Sea
board line Florida special northbound
ran Into an open switch two mile
north of Raleigh. The boiler of th
locomotive exploded and the train
caught flro from a gasoline lamp
There were no fatalities.
I
NEBRASKA LAWMAKERS BUSY
WITH PET MEASURES.
FOR MAXIMUM FREIGHT RATE
olnt Resolution Asks Attorney Gener
al to Enforce Populist Law After
Horscthlcves , Bucket Shops , Rail
roads and Telephone Companies.
Lincoln , Nob. , Jan. 1C. Special to
ho News : Senator Ashton of Hall
ounly todny Introduced n Joint roso-
itlon asking that the attorney general
egln suit to enforce the maximum
reight rates passed by the populists
omo years ngo.
Senator Epperson of Clay county In-
rodnced n bill to prohibit bucket
hops and gambling In the future.
Senator Hanna presented a hill to
renk up horse stealing gangs by al-
nving more money to capture the
hievcs.
TO REGULATE TELEPHONE LINES
Bill Is Introduced to Compel Inter
company Connections.
Lincoln , Neb. , Jan. Ifi. Special to
'ho News : A bill defining all tele-
hone companies as common carriers
.ml . placing them under the general
ontrol of the stnto railway commls-
ion has been introduced by Senator
Sppcrson of Clay. The bill provides
lint nil laws , so far as applicable , now
n force or that may bo enncted , regu-
atlng the trnnsportntlon of property
y the railway companies within the
tate shall npply nlso to telephone com-
anles. Discrimination In charges or
ehatos In any form are mndo unlnw-
ul. Any telephone company , accord-
ng to the bill , mny be required to
lorfonn switching service for nnothor
ompany ; and may Intersect , connect
vlth or cross any other line , thus per-
ormlng Joint service ns the stnto rail-
vny commission mny prescribe.
To Tax Mortgages.
Another bill which hns nttrnctcd
nuch attention is one for the taxation
f mortgages Introduced by Senator
McKesson. Governor Sheldon , when
i representative two years ngo , Intio-
Inced a bill dealing with this subject ,
enator McKcsson's bill provides for
ho assessment of real estate mort
gages as real estate ; for an equlLible
ssessment of real estate encumbered
jy n mortgnge ; nnd for the payment
of taxes so assessed by either the mort-
agor or mortgagee. The term "mort
gage" In the bill is construed to mean
every mortgage or other conveyance
of real estate and every lion thereon
created by contract , given 01 Intended
as security for the payment of money ;
ind shall nlso Include the indebtedness
secured by such mortgnge or Hen.
The term "mortgagee" is construed to
ncludo the holder of any such secur-
ty and the term "mortgagor" to in
clude the owner of the real estate sub-
ect to such security , or the person
entitled to redeem from it.
Provision Is mndo thnt county assessors -
sessors shall before the second Mon
day in June revise their assessment
rolls BO far as It relates to real estate
encumbered by mortgages in order to
comply with the act.
MAILS TO GO CHEAPER.
Steenerson Believes Bill to Cut Rail
road Contracts Will Carry.
Washington , Jan. 17. Representa-
Ive Steenerson believes ho has won
a victory In his fight against the pay-
nent of subsidies for the transporta-
Ion of mails between Washington and
New Orleans and between Kansas City
and Newton , Kan. , amounting in one
case to $144,000 a year and in the oth
er to $20,000. Second Assistant Post
nastor General Shallenberger was be
fore the postoffico committee and stat
ed Hint ho would recommend against
the payment of this subsidy hereafter.
Mr , Steenerson snys the probability Is
.hat the committee will not intrude
tself in the postofllce appropriation
jill when It is reported to the house.
In the course of his testimony Mr.
shnllcnbcrger stated thnt It Is now
: lmo to reduce the rnto of payment for
the transportation of mall , as the loads
ire now heavier than when the pay <
ment was fixed a good many years' ngo.
Mr. Steenerson takes this as a hope
fill sign thnt his bill reducing the rates
of pay will bo favorably reported at
this session.
Representative Steenerson will on
Monday Introduce a bill authorizing
the secretary of the interior to permit
entries to bo made for ceded Indian
Innds in Minnesota , each ontrymnn to
bind himself to repay the cost of re
clamatlon by drainage. This land wns
withdrawn from settlement and entry
last snmmer , when appropriation 01
$15,000 was made for an Investlgatlor
of a drainage system for this land.
Mr. Steenerson nlso will Introduce
a bill providing for the platting as a
townalte of the 200 acres of land on
which the Whlto Earth Indian agencj
nnd villngo of White Knrth are locnt
cd. Lots arc to bo appialsed by n
commission of , which the agent Is to
bo'ono member , another to bo select
ed by the secretary of the Interior ant
the third by the Indlnns. The prcsen
occupnnts nro to bo given preference
In the right to purchase lots , nnd the
lots are to ho sold only to Indlnns on
thnt rescrvntlon entitled to allotments
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The patents for the lots are to contain
a provision forbidding the sale o
storageof liquor on them.
R , PORT ON INJA
Rocommc illations of Senate Commit
tee Which Investigated Conditions.
Washington. .Inn. 17. The select
committee of the semite , appointed
during the last session of congress to
Investigate conditions In Iinlluu torrl-
torintulo Its report to the Hunnto
through Ita clialriinui , Senator ClurU
of Wyoming. Thu commlttoo's recom
mendations mny be. summnrlzcd na fol
lows.
Thnt the surface of the 500.000 ncrca
of conl lands sogiegated in 1)02 ! ) ho
sold , hut that the mineral rights hu
ndi'llnltcly retained aa the pioporty
of the Indians
Thnt all restrictions ho rnmnvod
rein the surplus lands of all clll/ens
of the live civilized tillies , except
nlnors.
That the restrictions as to homesteads -
steads of the members of thn tribes
who are not of Indian blood , Including
ntor-innirlcd whites and freedmen ,
ic romoved.
That the restrictions on the home-
Etends of Indians of cither full or
mixed blond should be retained.
Thnt with reference to oil and gas
cases , the regulation requiring a de-
losll of $5,000 by leasers should bo
modified or dispensed with , that lenses
way bo allowed without requiring the
consent of the secretary of the Interior ,
nnd Hint (501110 ( tribunal In the territory
> o authorized to perform this service
nnd that the regulations governing
pipe lines be so modified as to permit
: hc construction of new lines.
UNION ACiMCJNOlR FIRE
Conference on Land Fraudsjln Wyom
ing Held at the White House.
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Washington , Jan. 17.An Important
conference regarding lund frauda In
Wyoming way held at the white houuo
Between the president , CommlHsloner
arlield of the bureau of corporations ,
who Is soon to take up his duties as
secretary of the Interior ; Milton D.
Purdy , an assistant to the attorney
general , nnd Assistant Attorney non-
oral Cooley. Senator Wan en of Wyom
ing was also present. Secretary Hitch
cock , who brought the revelations re
garding the alleged frauds to the pres-
dent's attention , preceded the others
to the white house and lelt just as the
others were joining the president , lie
was accompanied by Charles Nagel ol
St. Louis.
The charge's of fraud wore brought
during a hearing by the Interstate
commerce commission some months
ago while conducting an investigation
Into some other matters. It Is alleged
that the Union Pacific Railroad com
pany , which owns the stock of n coal
company , had obtained title fraudu
lently to Inrgo tracts of land In Wyom
ing , considerable portions of which
contain coal.
No statement wns made as to the
results of the conference.
CULLOM IS CAUCUS CHOICE
Renomlnated for Another Term from
Illinois by Republicans.
Springfield , 111. , Jan. 17. Senntor
Shelby M. Cullom was unanimously
nominate ! for re-election to the United
States senate at a joint caucus of the
Republican members of the assembly ,
held In the house of representntlves.
Senator Cullom wns not present , but
sent to the Republican members of
the assembly a letter thanking them
Tor the honor to be conferred on him.
Senator Cullom's renomlnatlon was
settled by the primaries hold last sum
mer. His election is assured , the as
sembly being Republican.
MANY
Cummins' Official Plurality Falls Be
low Twenty Thousand Mark.
Des Molnes , Jon. 17. As a result
of the cum ass of the votes on gov
ernor and lieutenant governor In Joint
session of the house ana senate , It Is
shown that olllcinlly Governor Cum
mins received a plurality of 19,972 ,
nnd this menus new hnts for a great
ninny people who thought they had
lost them. Bets were made all over
the state of Iowa on 20,000 as the plu
rallty of Governor Cummins. The
semi-official figures were above 20 ,
000 , but the olllclal figures show Just
tewnty-eight short of 20,000. Gov
ernor Cummins' vote was 216,095 ;
Porter's , 196.123 ; Shank , 8,728 ; Cof
fin , 9,872 ; Norman , 347 ; HIsey , 340 ;
George D. Perkins , 1. For lieutenant
governor the vote stands : Garst , 221-
181 ; Dcnnlson , 17G.029 ; Glfford , 8.470 ;
Drown , S.4S3 ; Harvey , 33G ; scattering
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Murder In National Museum.
Washington , Jan. 17. E. F. Van
Iteson was shot and Initantly klllcc
at the National muieum by Otto Sell
horse of Philadelphia. Van Iteson
was a lithographer temporarily cm
ployed at the museum. The victim
was shot three times by Sollhorse
with a repeating rifle. Sollhorse was
arrested , There were no eye-witnesses
to the shooting. It Is understood that
the. affray was the result ot family
troubles.
Adams Expelled from Arkansas Senate
L'lttlo Rock , Jam 17. Senntor
Reuben R. Adams was expelled from
the senate and in his stead Colone
William Lambert was appointed br
the governor. Senator Adams , during
the trial of Senator F. O. Butt , who
was convicted of bribery , admitted ac
cepting a bribe.
PIERCE COUNTY TAKING A HAND
IN TAX REFORM.
FLAGRANT CASE IS UNCOVERED
One Man Who Made n Reiurn of Prop
erty Valued at13.00 Is Found to be
Worth More Than $17,000 , Practice
Must be Stopped.
PliMTo , Neb. , Jan. 17. Special lo
'he News : Appropos at thin time
I'hen the N'ohniHka legislature IB Jimi
ettllng down lo hiiHluoHH with the mi
crupuloiis lax dodging nillnmdn and
grasping corporations uppermost In
heir inliidH It might ho well for some
lumber of our law making bodies to
0 a little Investigating ami bill Intro-
iiclug act to make tax dodging more
f n dangerous proceeding on the part
if Individual eltle/iiH of Nebraska ,
'ho Pierce county authorities have Jusl
earned thai n man residing In I'lereo
f supposedly meagre nieaiiH of mip-
oil and who gave In to the county
ssessor $ l.00 ! ! an all Ills personal
iroperly on which he paid two dollai'H
ud llfly-live cents us bin share of sup-
lortlng ( ho liiHttluloiiH of Ihhi country
f freedom and who recently died has
nil an administrator appointed who
1 ready reported to the probnto Judge
hat In ono cash Item there IB belong-
ng to the estnto seventeen thousand
lollnru. Along with this startling ills-
losnro there Is considerable proof that
nany well-to-do citizens withdraw
heir doM)8lts | ) from the local banks
ibout the time they are to bo visited
> y the assessor and nro very poor mi
ll the time for assessing has passed ,
[ 'he present officers have determined
o go the limit In an attempt lo bring
neb flagrant violators of the law to
iccount.
James B. Kitchen Dies at Omaha.
Omaha. .Inn. 17 .lames 11. Kitchen ,
proprietor of the Pnxton hotel , and the
oldest hotel man In Omaha , died at his
homo hern , nged seventy-five years.
CHORUS GIRL HAS SMALLPOX
Entire Company Compelled to Sub
mit to Vaccination.
Omaha , Jan. 17. Following the last
performance of "Tho Gingerbread
Man" last night In Omaha the entlra
company , numbering lorty-threo In til.
wore vaccinated by City Phyulcian
Council and Police Surgeon Harris ,
as they hud all been exposed to
smallpox , which had shown virulent
progress on ono of the young chonu
women of the show. Following the
vaccination of members of the show
the theater wns thoroughly fumigated.
"The Gingerbread Man" left for Kan
sas City.
CARNEGIE HEROJ-UND AWARDS
Medal and $250 for George H. Poell
of Grand Island.
PIttsburg , Jan. 17. Ten silver and
eight bronze medals , besides ' $9,210
in cash , weie the awards made at the
third annual meeting of the Carneglo
hero commission In this city. A bronze
medal and $250 to liquidate the mort
gage on his home was awarded to
George H. Poell , a locomotive fireman
of Grand Island , Neb. , who , on Juno
26. 1905 , at Powells , Neb. , rescued
three-year-old Pnul Ussary from In
front of n locomotive.
A bronze medal to Leo H. Nokes , a
student , of Sac City , la. , who. on April
27. 1906 , rescued Llllle Wlngerson ,
four years old , from being run over by
a train.
A bronze medal to Morris A. Nourse ,
a railway mall clerk of Des Molnes.
who , on July 19 , 1905 , rescued from
drowning Frank Leonard , n schoolboy
GREAT NOR"THERNTIEUP BROKEN
_
Track Is Clear fop the First Time In a
Week.
Helena , Mont. , Jan. 17. The block
a.de of the main line of the Great
Northern has been broken. Several
stalled passenger trains In northeast
ern Montana and North Dakota have
been started west , The track from
St. Pnul to Spokane is clear for the
first time In n w6ek. It is intensely
cold at Hnvre , 42 below being regis
tered there
According to reports live stock le
ufferlng badly nnd losses will be
great. In the extreme enstern part ol
the state sheep and onttle nro unable
to get food on account of the deep
enow , and are starving. A stockmnn
nenr Glendlve , who owned a band ol
10,000. has offered them for sale for
$8,000.
FIVE SCALDED TO DEATH.
Bolter of a Reading Freight Engine
Explodes In Pennsylvania.
Norrlstown , Pa , , Jan. 17. The boll
er of a Reading freight engine ex
ploded at Bridgeport , near hero , and
five men were killed.
The dead : Charles Stein , conduct
or ; John Noblock. fireman ; Roy
Schodor , brake-man ; Elmer Kane
brakeman ; unidentified man. In charge
of a car of live stock.
The rear portion of the boiler was
hurled about 150 yards , while the
wheel a of the engine remained on the
track , Scheder received the full force
of the explosion and was torn to
plecei. The others Were shocked and
calded to death.
THE CONDITION THE WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-four Hourn ,
Forecast for Nebrnnkn.
Condition ! ! of the weather IIH recorded -
od for the twenty-four Mourn on ill PS
at K n , m. today :
Maximum ! ! 0
Minimum 1
Average 12
Ilimnuotor 20.91
Chit-ago , .Inn. 17. The bulletin In-
Hiieil by the Chicago station of the
United Staled weallior bureau glv m
Ilic forecast for Nebraska IIH followit :
Fair tonight and colder eiwt portion.
Friday fair nnd warmer
PRESIDENT ALSO URGES MER
CHANT MARINE IN SPEECH.
CANNON DEFINES TARIFF POLICY
Telia National Commerce Ex.
tension Convention That Maximum
nnd Minimum Rate IB Only n Journey -
ney of One Day Toward Free Trade.
Washington , Jan. 17. President.
Iloobovelt was given a great ovation
last night when he addressed the dole-
Kates to the national convention for
thu extension of the foreign commerce
of the United States. A delegate from
one of the far western states mounted
a chulr nnd proposed "Three cheers
( or Teddy Roosevelt , president of the
United States. " For ten mlnutea the
600 guesta cheorcd the president.
The president's speech was devoted
to n discussion of this government's
policy In putting San Domingo on her
feet ; reform In the consular service
and extension of the nation's trade In
South and Central America nnd the
Orient. He made an urgent plea for n
larger navy and for the merchant ma
rine.
Speaker Cnnnon , In his address , de
clared that the house Is making an
honest effort to pass at this session a
merchant marine bill that will bo sat
isfactory to all concerned. "While we
are not going to give all you ask for , "
ho said , "It Is better that you accept
n half loaf than no bread at nil. " Ho
suggested that the convention's recom
mendation for Mio ' "maximum " nnd mlif-
Inium tariff" wns "only a journey of
one day toward free trade and for one
I am opposed to It. " A minimum tar
iff that would protect every industry
nnd every .American laborer was the
only compromise he would accept.
WANT RECIPROCAL DEMURRAGE
President Hears Appeal of Lumber
Dealers Who Want Law on Subject.
Washington , Jan. 17. The president
honrd an appeal In favor of federal
legislation for reciprocal demurrage
to meet the situation caused by tlie
lack of railroad equipment and the
delay in moving cars when loaded.
The appeal was presented by the
executive committee of the national
reciprocal demurrage convention re
cently held at Chicago , headed by Vic
tor II. Deckman of Seattle , Wash. ,
chairman. Chairman Knapp of the
Interstate commerce commission was
also present.
The appeal says that the lumber
trade , whose commodity Is one of the
henvlest contributors to rnllrond reve
nue , has been perhaps the chief suf
ferer from Inadequate transportation
facilities. It wns nrgued thnt proper
ly framed federal legislation , made
with due regard to the operating ques
tions Involved nnd the respective
rights of the public and common car
riers. would In a short time perma
nently relieve the country of the pres
ent menace nnd result In ndded pros
perity to both the railroads and to the
Interests they serve.
FRENCH BISHOPS DIVIDED
Ways and Means Cause Considerable
Discussion In Episcopal Session.
Paris , Jan. 17. The French epis
copate continued In session at the
chateau do la Muctte. The cardinals ,
archbishops and bishops are divided
into two distinct parties * utramom
( nines , who are irrcconclliablo and de
termined to persevere in efforts to
compel the state to negotiate for a
settlement with the vatlcnn , and those
whose"orgnn Is the Crolx , which
openly advocates as the only means
of possible victory the organization
of a political campaign by the Catho
lics , under the leadership of the clergy
In order to secure n chnnge in the gov
ernment's attitude , and the liberals
or more liberal minded prelates who
believe thnt the high dignitaries ot
the French church should do every
thing not specially Interdicted by the
pope In ardor to maintain religious
peace.
Adams a Defaulter for $70,000.
Philadelphia , Jan. 17. The late C.
Robert Adams , Jr. , of this city , who
committed suicide In his apartmenta
In Washington last year , by shooting ,
wns declnred In the orphans' court to
have been a defaulter to the amount
of $70.000.
Spaugh Granted Respite.
Jefferson City , Mo. , Jan. 17. Gov
ernor Folk granted a respite of twenty
days to WIJTTnra Spaugh , Jr. . under
sentence to bo hanged at Centervllle
today for the murder of Sheriff Polk.
of Iron county.