The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, March 08, 1907, Image 1
f THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS = JOURNAL J. . . . . . NORFOLK. NEHHAS1CA. I'MtlDAY. ' MAUOII 8. 11)07. ) UNLESS PARTY PLEDGES ARE ALL REDEEMED. ANTI-PASS BILL ON FRIDAY Senate , Panic Stricken by Adverse Comment , Makes Anti-Pass BUI Spe cial Order for Friday Afternoon at 2 O'clock. Lincoln , Neb. , March 7. Special to The News : Temporarily panic strick en at adverse- comment , the senate to day mafic the anti-pass bill , house roll No.173 , a special order for Friday af ternoon at 2 p. in. It IH expected that Governor Shel don will Insist upon a direct compli ance with all party pledges and that , If this Is not forthcoming , ho will call un extra session of the legislature. .UjilQN PACIFICJAGK OF SUIT Allegation Filed In Court That It Would Absorb Coal Company. Sioux Citj , March 7. That the Union Pacific railroad Is behind Mrs. A. T. Rlfilo In her suit to secure thej appointment of A. B. Deal as recolv for the Sioux City and Rock Springs Coai company and that the railroad would absorb the coal company with the aid of the courts are the allega tions of M. E. Mosler of Remson , la. , secretary of the coal company , In an affidavit , which was submitted at a hearing before Judge Oliver In the district court to determine whether the officers shall be compelled to turn over the company's books to Mr. Beall. Mr. Mosler alleges that Mrs. Riffle asked him to start proceedings to se cure the appointment of a receiver , representing that ono of the railroad officials had said Mosler would get a good sum of money. The Sioux City and Rock Springs company has mines In Wyoming , and It has been having trouble forcing tha Union Pacific to haul its coal. Additional Receiver Appointed. Sioux Falls , S. D. , March 7. The difficulties existing among the stock holders of the Missouri River and Northwestern Railroad company , which resulted in the appointment of a receiver for the company In Febru ary , have been adjusted by the ap pointment of C. O. Bailey of. Sioux Falls as additional receiver. Ho will represent th'e Interests of W. J. Hayes & Sons of Cleveland. * < f Blames Bacon for "Pie Girl. " V Burlington. la. . March 7. The Rev. Nul > eth Osborne. pastor of the First Congregational church , is circulating a petition asking President Roosevelt to dismiss Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon , who Is said to have at tended the dinner given by Stanford White in which the "girl In the pie" x figured. Judge Hendee Found Guilty. Wilber , Neb. , March 7. A jury in * the district court found former County Judge Hosmer H. Hendoo guilty of the embezzlement of $3,385. 'Sentence was deferred. GRANTS FAREWELL INTERVIEW Harriman Oays If Railroads Are Not Let Alone Hard Times Will Come. Washington , ivlarch 7. B. H. Harriman - man granted a farewell Interview to ' f fifteen newspaper men , announcing ' that he would return to New York to day and stop talking for publication. Mr. Harriman discussed transports tlon problems , railroad legislation , the tariff , the currency question , the atti tude of the public toward the railroad corporations and the probability or a panic In the future. He refused to an ewer the direct question as to whether he had secured control of the Read- ing. As to the currency and the tariff. Mr. Harriman said : "I think the cur rency and tariff questions should be settled in a more definite way before congress and the present administra tion devote so much precious time to regulating ; the railroads The Inter ests of the country demand that vhere should be some modification of the tar iff , but since we have no McKlnley or Dlngley I tear Hie prospect for such legislation is not very encouraging. | The United States will not always enJoy - ' Joy the prosperity that has prevailed during the last decade Hard times certainly will come again unless con gress and the people generally change their tactics towards railroads and corporate Interests. " State Can't Pay Passage of Aliens. Washington , March 7. An opinion has been rendered by Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte to the president , on' the action of the South Carolina au thorities in bringing to the United States a ship load of Immigrants for work In various branches of Industry In that state. The attorney general holds In effect that It Is unlawful for a state government to pay the pas'- BHgo of Immigrants or to assist immi gration otherwise than by advertise ments. Penrose Prosecution Rests Case. San Antonio , Tex. , March 7. Th j prosecution in the Ponroso court-mar tial rested Its case. A number of the discharged , Brownsville soldiers will bo summoned to testify In behalf of the defense. Street Car Collision ; Ten Hurt. Louisville , March 7. Ten persons wore Injured , two of them seriously , In n collision between street cars. The seriously Injured are John W. pfelffer and Henry Quakes. A Shelby street car struck a Chestnut street car squarely In the center , breaking it almost In two. Ursullna Nuns Fined , Nantes , Franco , March 7. A police court Judge Inflicted fines of $3.20 upon each of twenty-seven Ursullno nuns , and a fine of $5 upon the mother superior for persistently refusing to quit their convent , compliance with the law dispersing religious commuul- tlcs- SENATOR FRbM THIS DISTRICT HELPS COLLEGE THERE. DEFEATS BILL TO TAX SCHOOLS A Decisive Vote Kills the Bill Which Provided That Normal Schools and Business Colleges Must be Taxed. , Tells Wayne Story. P4 .oln , Neb. , March 7. Special to j ws : Senator C. A. Randall of ' fo unity led n movement which this fyyns successful In defeat ing Sc , fo/y ' < * No. 2 , a bill to tax private u p3/ ohools and business colleges. 'o/t The bill was killed by a decisive vote. Senator Randall narrated the record of the Wayne normal school , showing how that Instlutlon had grown into im portance , and pleading with the senate to kill a bill which tended to put a penalty on establishing educational in stitutions. NEPLEUFF INJURED BY BOMB Second Attempt Made on Life of Rus sian General at Sevastopol. Sevastopol , March 7. As General Nepleuff , commandant of the fortress here , who has Just been transferred for duty to a less hazardous post , was driving through the city to attend a farewell banquet at the palace , given in his honor by Admiral Skrydloff , a bomb was thrown under his carriage , where it exploded. The carriage was shattered. The general sustained in juries about the feet. His coachman was wounded and a woman who hap pened to he passing at the time sus tained serious Injuries. The man who threw the bomb got away. This Is the second serious attempt made on the life of General Nepleuff within a ye'ar. JEALOUS MANJILLS TWO Husband Returns Home Unexpectedly and Shoots Wife and Friend. Indianapolis , March 7. Mrs. Fred Schwomeyer and William Gill died from bullet wounds inflicted by the woman's husband. Schwomeyer had started from his homo at Ben Davis for Indianapolis , but missed his car and returned home. Looking through a window he found his wife and Gill together. Thrusting his arm through the glass he began firing. Gill was shot five times and the woman once. Both fled to homes of neighbors Schwomeyer when arrested said his home had been ruined and that ha shot to kill. The men had for years been close friends. ADAMS' ' FATE INJURY'S ' HANDS Defense Takes Exception to Instruc tions of the Court. Wallace , Ida. , March 7. The case of Steve Adams , charged with the mur der of Fred Tyler , was given to the Jury. Judge Richardson , for the de fense , took exception to Judge Woods' charge to the Jury. He alleged that in framing his instructions the judge accepted few of those offered by the defense , but Incorporated a large pro portion of those offered by the state. No reference to the Western Feder ation of Miners appeared in the in structlons of the court. STRIKE AT WATERLOO Street Cars Arc Run by Nonunion Men and Office Employes. Waterloo , la. , March 7. The newly formed union of street car employes has declared a stilke against the Waterloo , Cedar Rapids and Northern railway. Most of the employes went out , but the cars were run by non union men and office employes. The strikers say their chief grlev * ance Is failure to receive their pay at regular periods. Ask Amnesty for. Political Offenders. St. Petersburg , March 7. The pre sentation by the lower house of parlia ment of a unanimous petition for am nesty for all political offenders , except copt those guilty of actual murder , probably will result from a conference of conservative deputies , Lumber Dealers Deny Trust. Washington , March 7. The flf. teenth annual meeting of tire National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' associa tion convened hero. Lewis Dill , the president , in his address , said : "To the charge that wo form a lumber trust , wo plead not guilty. " TWO-CENT FARE BILL BECAME A LAW AT MIDNIGHT. DID NOT WISH TO KILL IT Sunday Baseball IB Defeated Legisla ture Considers Measure to Force Freight Trains and Passenger Trains to Stop at All Stations. ' Lincoln , March 7. Governor Shel don , shortly before mldn.ght last night , signed the 2-eont railroad pas senger fare bill. A few moments later th ; bill was eflectivo with or without e > approval. The governoi said ho was led to take the action he illd because of a doubt In his mind whether the emergency clause would have been effective without his signa ture. ture.Tho The house recommended for passage the hill known as the safety valve of the 2-cont tare bill. It ptovldes that the railroads shall sell 1,000-mllo books , good In the hands of the holder , for ? 20. Thete shall bu no rebate or excess features. It was criticised na the most useless bill before the legis lature now that the 2-cent bill has been made a law , but tno house sent it to third reading. Another railroad bill reported for passage compels mixed passenger and freight trains to stop at depots for the accommodation of passengers , and to run within an hour of schedule time. The house Indefinitely postponed the bill requiring ono passenger train each day on branch linos. The house , by a vote of 48 to 41 , de feated the bill permitting Sunday base ball games. FIVE FIREMEN ARE INJURED. Collapse of Fire Escape at Philadel phia Throws Men to Ground. Philadelphia , March 7. Fire which started in a six-story building In Fil bert streel caused damage of $100,000.l Five firemen were severely injured by the collapse of a fire escape on which they were standing fighting the flames. The concerns which suffered most are Stern & Co. , manufacturers of shirt waists , and the Standard Sew * Ing Machine company. STORM ON THE SALTON SEA. Waves Strike Against Southern Pa clfic Cars and Trains Are All Late. El Paso , Tex. . March 7. Another storm has broken over the Salton sea and tlie Southern Pacific tracks are reported under water , waves striking against passing trains. Trains are from eight to twenty-four hours late. Rev. Hunt Files Appeal. Washington , March 7 Rev. E. Law rence Hunt , through bis attorney , took an appeal to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia from the recent decision of Justice Gould , granting Charles C Bassett a divorce from Fanny Rice Dassett. Rev. Hunt was named corespondent in the po tion filed by Mr. Dassett. DEAD LETTERS RETURNED New System in Postal Department Proves to Be Success In February. Washington , March 7. Under tlio method of handling undelivered mail matter , Inaugurated in January by As sistant Postmaster General De Graw , the division of dead letters Is now re turning all letters to tenders when they can be identified. Heretofore a considerable portion of the returnable letters could not bo returned on account of the lack of fa > cllltles , but the report of the dead let ter division for February shows the return of a full 100 per cent of mall of this character. In all 1,050,303 pieces of undelivered mall were re ceived at the division In February , 1907 , as compared with 494,130 pieces In February of last year. In 6,212 of the letters opened money to the amount of $5,945.58 was found. TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Seven persons were Injured , four seriously , In a collision/ the Toledo , St. Louis and Western at Neoga , III E. L. Fulton , a lawyer of Oklahoma City , was nominated lor congress by the Democrats of the Second Okla homo district. As the result of a dust explosion In the ; Ethel coal mine , near Logan , W Va. , Ed Grover. a miner , was killed and several others injured. The death Is announced at Berlin ol Dr. Karl Heinrlch von Doettlcher. Ho was born In 1833 and served as minis ter of the Interior under Dismarck. A train on the Pennsylvania rail road plunged over a twenty-five-fooi embankment near Irvlneton , Patf and nine persons were injured , none fa tally. Senator Albert J. Bcverldge , oM dressing a banquet of the Indiana as sociatlon at New York , made a vigor ous defense of a central governmen as against the doctrineof state's rights. Attorney General Hadley of Mis sourl forwarded a motion to the sti premo court at Washington to dismiss the appeal of Mrs. Aggie Myors , under sentence of death for the murder o her husband. Marvin's Search Still Unavailing. Dover , Del , Maicli 7 The btmrch 'or ' the missing four-year-old son of ) r. lloiaeo N. Marvin , leceutly of Sioux City , la , , him bo far resulted In 10 clue. The father hatt no Idea of r'j ' motive for kidnaping except for ransom , IIH he Is i ' aware of having iiy | enemies. Kills South Dakota Divorce Industry , Pin re , S. I ) . , March 7. The IIOIIHO misi'd the senate dlvotue bill , icquli ng a rc'sldnico of 0110 year Iti the Hltito and three motithu In the county , lefote hcgliuilng a divorce suit , with ill hearings In open court. This law dlls * the divorce Industry of the stale. ATTORNEYS FOR STANDARD RE SORT TO TECHNICALITIES. DEVOTED TO ARGUMENTS Government Gains a Point In Suit Against Oil Trust on Charge ol Re ceivlng Secret and Illegal Rebates prom Chicago and Alton Railroad. Chicago , March 7. It Is evident that the attoineys lor the Staiiiliud OH company of Indiana , now on tii.il In the federal couil on indictments for alleged violation of ( he Klklns act , are determined to make a strong flgnl against the Indictments proper. Tim day In court was murUod by a contin ued succession of extended arguments in which the Standard OH attorneys contended that the government must prove lacts alleged In the Indictments or abandon Its case. The principal point upon which their attacks centered wab the allegation made in the Indlctmentb that the El kins law was violated by shipments ol ol ; made Iroin Whiting , Intl. , to St. Louis over the Chicago and Alton. II was asserted by the delense that the law ] l could not have been violated In this manner , as the Chicago and Alton - ton toad does not extend to SI. Louis , but terminates on the opposite' side of the ilvcr at East St. Louis. 111. The > assort thai the tarilT sheets pub lished li > the Alton road did not con tain a joint through rate to St. Louis , saying that the rate between East St Loulb and St. Louis was that of Ihc Wiggins Ferry company. They object ed on this ground to the Introduction as exldcnco ol the Alton tarllf sheets. Jndgc * Landls ruled , however , that the ferry company's tailff sheets might be admitted as evidence , us they had been filed with the interstate commerce commission by the Chicago and Alton rallioad. HARRIMAN MAY HAVE ( READING Rumor That He Has Secured Control Sends Stocks Higher , New Yoik , March 7. Seldom , if ever , was seen such varied and violent lluetuatlons In pticcs of securities na those which characterized the day's stock market. The movement was without definite news to explain it , but the volume and the aggressiveness of the operations were sufficient to stamp them as coming from sources of importance. Wall streel parlance has found a phrase , "rich men's panic , " to define the condition. This Is based on the supposition that men of great wealth , who accumulated large holdings of stocks last year , found themselves without prospect oi selling out to advantage on the prosf cnt public distaste for the stock marj kct. It Is believed they have been prompted , as well , by the urgency of other calls upon them , due to the unl- versal pressure for capital and by fears of being overtaken by a period of Industrial depression , to liquidate their holdings as best they may. Into this condition of sentiment was pre cipitated a report that carried with it an Inference that the supposedly dls tressed capitalists were , in reality , . taking advantage of the unsettlemenl of values to carry out another daring exploit. The rumor alleged that cer tain largo centralized holdings oi Reading had been taken over by Mr Harrlman. securing his control of the property. The Reading Incident turned prices decisively upwards. The last prices were generally the best of the day and nn active buying move ment was in force. British Steamer on Fire. Bridgetown , Barbadocs , March 7. The British steamer Rlftswood , from Cardiff , Feb. 9 , for Barbadoes and Trinidad with coal , Is reported to be on fire off the Island of St. Lucia. The British cruiser Indefatigable has gone to her assistance. Definition ! . Asked to define a suffragist , a Brit ish schoolboy answered , "A person who creates a disturbance. " Ono boy described "surf" as "a form of sea weed which gretvs In the Pacific ocean. " In nn essay on the canine race n pupil declared that "small dogH Im prove by keepl.-'g , " and another gave the singular of "twain" a i "worsted. " There Yet. Scott My wife's mother has vlsltc * us only once In five years. Mott- That isn't bad. When do you oxpec her to pay her second visit ? Scott- Ob , pbo tiu'w't got through her firs yet. Now York Telegraph. RANCHMEN IN TRIPP COUNTY PREPARE TO LEAVE. ON ACCOUNT OF THE OPENING Train Service Into Gregory Is Expect ed to Begin About May 1 Celebra tion Will bo Held on That Date. Rush for Locations Begins. Gregory , 8. D. , March -Hpeclal to The | NOWH : U IH reported here that the ranchman now running entile In 'Prlpp county are I'xpecllug ami pre paring to Hell out , tholr hordH UIH | year and quit ( ho biiHlnesH or move lo other inni range landH during ( ho coming Hummer nim mer In anticipation of the opening of 'rlpi | coutily to Hottlot-H HOIIIO time hlH fall. The telegraph crew of ( ho Noith- voHtorn'H new oxIeiiHlon to Gregory IIH couiilit | ( > d wiling the pole > H and trlngltig the wires ) Into Gregory and iiivo been ordered back ( o Norfolk , t IH nxpoclcd thai balliiHlliig of the ew track from Ilcrilck went to Grog- ry will be begun In a few \\eokH. 'rain HCT\CO | IH not expected much cforo the llrHt of May. Giegory IH oldlng a big annual celebration on hat dale and It IH hoped thai the Urn ! rain Into Gregory will be tun out on May I. it IH reported that noun but ho mixed blnodn and squaw men now loldlng allotments In Ttlpp county vill likely make application for a change of allotment ( o Trlpp county efore ( he opening. The rush for biiHlnesH locatloiiH hoio ia already begun , many now build ngn being under construction al the iresont , lime. More Investors are coni ng In every day. DeedH lo Intlmld iitt will be iHsued about March 20. Conyrctsincn Sail for Colon. New VoiK. A.aieh Kilty-three reprcHcntatho.s In congH-m who desiii- .o know lor themselves the conditions under whl'-h the Panama canal Is bo- lug biilll. sailed lei Colon With them went Lieutenant Colonel Geoig ( F. ( loetlials. a United Stales aimy eugl ncCT. wl.o will mi'UrtnKo the construe lion of the canal , and Major Halliard , who will ass.st Colonel 'loethals. MAY FILE SEC3ND EDDY SUIT Papers to Be Scrvd on New Hamp- s.iire . Defendants Immediately , Dot-ton , March ' < - l-oimcr Senator \\Ulwm i ; C'liandli r , spctlal attoiney for George \Va ningtoa Glover ol Lead S IX , and o'her relative ol Mrs Alary IJaKei (1. ( liddy. who have hi ought suit ngaiiiht ChilHtian Science olllc-inla In thiee btates , announced that possibly a becond suit will bu Instituted 1 In Massachusetts Mr Chandler has been in consultation here lor two dayb with the other conn Eel for tne plaintiff In addition to the former senator there were pres ent at the conference John W. Ktlley of Portsmouth , Nathaniel 15. Martin of Concord and F. W. I'eabody of this city Mr.j Peabody has entctcd the cabo as associate counsel. After the conference. Mr. Chandler issued the following statement "It has been decided to servo Imme diately * the processes on the four New Hampshire ] defendants. Calvin A Krye \ , Irving C Tomllnson , Herman C. Hering and Lewis C. Strong , and to give notice to the Massachusetts defendants so that they may be pros cnt and join in the New Hampshire suit if they choose. If they do not join j In the suit possibly a second suit will be Instituted In Massachusetts In j the state or federal court. It was decided to begin immediately taking testimony t In the various places In hot ) states and get ready for trial as soon as possible. " ELIOT OPPOSES FOOTBALL President of Harvard Sees No Reason to Encourage Strenuous Games. Boston , March 7 President Ello of Harvard university , in his annua report , which will be presented to the board of overseers this week , main tains that lootball , despite new rules remains an undcsliable game for gen tlemen to play or multitudes of peopli to witness. President Eliot declare that football Is properly described by the adjective "fierce , " and that no game In which there Is recklessness in causing or receiving bodily injuries is fit tor college use. Basket bal and hockey are placed In the same class as football , and President Kilo advises that Intercollegiate contest in any one spcrt be limited to two games , or other games to bo bctweei teams made up at Harvard. He alsi decries the "excesses of cheering which characterize present interco ! leglato contests as "absolutely un natural. " IROQUOIS CASE AT STANDSTILL Trial of Will J. Davis for Manslaughte Tied Up on Legal Points. Danville , III. , March 7. The trial o Will J. Davis , charged with man slaughter on account of the fire In th Iroquols theater at Chicago la 11)03 ) Is now at a standstill so far as evl denco is concerned , and promises t bo tied up In the courts indefinitely 01 legal points. The witnesses bav been released and have returned t Chicago , subject to further notice. HE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER 'cmpornturo for Twenty-four Hours. Forecast for Nebraska. Coiitlllloim of llio wi'iilhor na record- il for tlio twonty-foiir liouni ending I X a. in. today : Inxlnnim ! ! ! > tlnlniiini J7 ! verugo Il.'t laromotor ! ! ! . ! > I alnfall ! Ill Chicago , March 7. Tim liullulln In- ii'il by tlio Chicago fiinlliin of tlio lulled Htak'H weather bureau given 10 forecast for NobraHka IIH follown : Fair tonight and Krlduy Hllghlly oolor ( MiHl portion tonight. SAN FRANCISCO DO33 STAYS AWAY FROM TRIAL. CORONER ORDERED TO FIND HIM Aoslstnnt District Attorney Alleged In Affidavit Presented In Court That Sheriff | B Protecting Accused May or Schmltz Returns Home. Ban FiunclHco , Muich 7. Attornoj Abialinin Itncf , jointly Indicted with Mayor He limit ? un llvu charges of ox- tortlon , Ih still a fugitive fioni JIIH- tleo , ae < oidlig ; to Superior Judga Dunne , ' who decided tluit Bhorlfl O'Nolll hnd not shown duo dlllgenc In producing him for trial , and ap pointed Coioncr WalBh as ollsor U servo a lionch wnirunt for his appear1 unco Iti court. Tlio coroner wan or do red to niiiUo a return of service this afternoon Thlu was tlio net result ol a day devoted to a fruitiest ! search foi Hnef , although none of those Inter csted deny that he IH In the city. When court convened Sheriff O'Neill reported that hlB search for the allor ncy whoso trial watt pending had been unsuccebHlul Others supposed' tc know the attorneys whoieuhoiits were examined hut t.o Infonua'ion of valu was obtained 'Ihni after two ad " * //7l j' ti ' Xfl . rW * * lf' - , FRANCIS J HENEY. journmcnts hod been taken , Assistant District Attorney lleney presented tc Judge Dunne a lengthy affidavit , signed by himself , In which he recited the alleged facts that Sheriff O'Neill is a close personal Irlend of Rucf ; that the latter , "recognized as the po litical boss of San Francisco , " had procured O'Neill's nomination and ns eiired his election , and that consequently quently the latter was under obllga/ tloiib to Huet , unfitting him to serve as the ai res-ting olllcer. Similar asser tions were made regarding the sher iffs deputies , who , It was alleged , had been named by Ruef. The assistant district attorney also stated that he had been Informed that during the- day one of Ruef's attorneys had applied to the district court of ap peals lor a writ of prohibition , declar ing at the iaino time that If It was granted the missing attorney would be produced. For these and other fclmllar reasons Heney asked that Sheriff O'Neill be replaced by Coronet Walsh ns the olllcer delegated to pro duce Ruef In court , and Judge Duima so ordered. Mayor Schmltz arrived and Is ex pected In court today As a res-tit of the charge of intoxica tion n.ado by Assistant Attorney Heney against Superior Judge Heb- bard , who on Monday granted a writ of error to Abraham Ruef , a meeting of the bar association has been called for tomorrow to consider the matter. Judge Hebbard now Is at the Clara "Barton hospital under the care of a physician and a trained nurse. Culpepper Case Ready for Jury. , Culpeppcr. Va. , March 7. The case of James and Philip Strother , charged with the murder of William F. By- waters , their brother-in-law , will go to the Jury today. Attorneys tor the defense In their arguments made the plea of emotional insanity. Their cli ents should be acquitted for senti mental reasons also , they said. Frank T. Campbell Is Dead. Des Mollies , March ' 7. Frank T. Campbell , foimerly lieutenant gov ernor of Iowa and for many years a resident of Des Molues and the state , died at Limn , 0.