NORFOLK , NEUIIASKA , Kill DAY , MAY ! M. 11107.
HE AND COX HAVE DOTH BEEN
LIVING ON IT.
COX IS NOW SUING GARFIELD
Long Litigation Over a Homestead
Near GrObS Has Been Ended by Su
preme Court Decision Cox Has
Been Ousted From the Claim.
Donostcol , S. D. , May 23. Special to
The Mows : L. Wells of dross. Nob. ,
was In Bonostcel this week ami an
nounced nn Interesting homestead de
cision recently mndo In his favor at
IJncoln by the supreme court of Ne
braska. About flvo years ago Mr.
Wells contested a homestead which
was being held by P. O. Cox , who halls
from Knox county. Mr. Wells based
his contest on the fact that Mr. Cox
already owned a half section of land
and was therefore not entitled to a
homestead , and during all the years
that the matter has been In controver
sy both ho and Mr. Cox have main
tained their residence upon it. Mr.
Wells finally won tlio contest but Mr.
Cox refused to give up possession of
the land which in the meantime had
become very valuable. Mr. Wells ap
plied to the district court and secured
a writ of ouster , whereupon Mr. Cox
appealed to the supreme court , which
has Just alllrmcd the lower court ,
which apparently will give Mr. Wells
possession of the land at last. But in
the meantime Mr. Cox has sued Secre
tary Garlleld of the department of the
interior for having refused him a re
hearing on the original contest.
Death of Martin Megan.
Lindsay , Neb. , May 23. Special to
The News : Martla Megan died yes
terday from a complication of dis
eases. Ho was fifty-five years old.
Sunday ho was up and about and Mon
day he suffered from a fainting spell
from which he could not rally. Ho
was one of the influential men of the
town and a member of the town board
elected this spring. He came hero
when the town was young and had
followed several lines of business , be
ing in the real estate business at the
time of his death. He leaves a widow
and son to mourn his loss , his son be
ing called homo from Creighton uni
versity.
BONESTEEL MEMORIAL DAY PLAN
Cowboy Band Will Give Concert , Then
Leave For Show.
Bonesteel , S. D. , May 23. Special
to The News : An unusually strong
progiam has been arranged for Dec
oration day In Donesteel , the entire
talent of the town doing their best to
do honor to the soldier dead. The
Cowboy band , wlilch has signed with
the Parker Amusement company for
the season , and which was to leave
Bonesteel May 20 , made special ar
rangements enabling them to stay at
home until after Decoration day to
the great gratification of all citizens.
In the evening the band will give their
farewell concert and have arranged a
very heavy program for the occasion.
BUSSES REVIVED AT BONESTEEL
After a Lapse , Hotels There Will Again
Put on Free Conveyances.
Bonesteel , S. fa. , May 23. Special
to The News : A short time ago the
Bonesteel hotel proprietors entered
into an agreement to stop running free
busses to and from trains. They did
so and since then there has been one
bus only , which was an independent
enterprise , charged passengers the
usual fare and was supposed to treat
all the hotels with equal impartiality.
However , this week Landlord Dowling
of the Tremont again started his free
bus , claiming that hehad not been
getting a square deal from the Inde
pendent bus. It is presumed that the
other hotels will follow suit and there
will hereafter be three free busses at
the depot , as was the case before the
other arrangement went into effect.
BONESTEEL RIP-RAP STATION
Rock Is Placed There to Handle Pos
sible Washouts on Line.
Bonesteel , S. D. , May 23. Special
to The News : Most of the citizens of
Bonesteel never heard of a "rip-rap
station" until officially notified by the
railroaders that that is what Bonesteel
will be henceforth. Ten carloads of
rock were unloaded here this week
and will be stored here to be used in
case of emergency to protect the rail
road grade in cases of washout on
this line.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON WOMAN
Unknown Man Attacks Wife of Farmer
and She May Die.
McCook , Neb. , May 23. An un
known man made a murderous assault
on Mrs. Claude Spauldlng , wife of a
(
young farmer. No one was at home
at the time but the three-year-old
daughter of the woman. Tha room In
which the crime was committed bora
every sign of a desperate struggle ,
the assailant using a large steel wedge
and a hammer. The woman's skull
was fractured and other terrible
wounds were caused about the head.
Sbo has not regained consciousness
.and the probabilities of bar recovery
.are regarded as small.
INCREASE LICENSE AT FAIRFAX
Town Board Will Hereafter Publish
Its Proceedings.
Fairfax , S. D. , May 23. Special tc
The News : The city council mot and
raised tlio town license on saloons
from $200 to $000. This makes $1,02G
town $000 , county $100 and govern
ment $2G.
In accordance with the now law the
number of saloons was red .fy0 * * rom
four to two , effective July / , / ' ° ° s
The Fairfax Advertiser' . f'0)Sfl
the oillclal paper of the city. . '
This Is the Jlrst tlmo the board has
published Its proceedings and the people
ple nro glad of the now plan.
DATE OF HUNTLEY OPENING
Twenty-Sixth of June Time Sat for
Opening of Irrigated Land.
Omaha , May 23. Juno 2G is the
date set for the opening of the Huntley -
ley land project In Montana for set
tlement. This is the most Important
of all the government openings to
date , as the land is In the most fin
ished state. Settlers lucky enough to
draw In this opening will receive
either forty or eighty acres of land
all ready for cultivation , with the
water nt the very gates and ready to
turn on for Irrigation The project
comprises 33,000 notes , on which the
govcinmcnt has expended over $ t ,
000,000 to put It In a stale of renditions
not heretofore reached on any other
project The townsltcs are all ready
for settlement and have -electrical
power and telephones all ready to In
stall. The registration probably will
begin two or three days In advance of
the oponlng.
Petllgrew and Williams Visit Bryan.
Lincoln , May 23 fJcorgo Fred Will-
lams ot Massachusetts and Senator
Pettlgiew and wife of Soutli Dakota
nro guests of William J. Bryan. Mr.
Bryan says the visits are purely social
and not of any political significance ,
More Cars Running at 'Frisco.
San Francisco , May 23. More street
cars were run on the tracks of the
United Railroads than on any day
Blnco the carmen's strike began
Three additional lines , these running
on Polk and Larkln , Folsom and Bry
ant streets were operated. No seri
ous trouble lias been reported.
OIL HEARINGJT ST , PAUL
Government Case Against Standard
Conies Up Tomorrow.
St. Paul , May 23. Milton D. Purdy
of Washington , assistant attorney of
the United States , arrived in St. Paul
to assist in the piosecntlon of the gov
ernment case against the Standard
Oil company , which is to come before
the United States circuit court to
morrow.
"Tho purpose is to show. " he said ,
"the Intimate relations between John
'
D. Rockeleller an'd members of hia
family , H. H. Rogers and Henry Flag-
ler , allied oil companies and organiza
tions ; to divulge the methods they
have pursued ; to trace the close con
nection through a score of companies
organized under various names , and
to show such a control of these sub
sldlary companies by the Standard Oil
company of Now Jersey as to give the
holding company a monopoly of the oil
business throughout the United States
in restraint of trade and in violation
of law. "
The hearing will be before the full
bench , Judges Sanborn , Vandeventer ,
Hook and Adams.
HOLD FLAGMANJESPONSIBLE
Motormen In Coney Island Wrack De
clare Each had Right-of-way Signal.
New York , May 23. Of fifty person *
injured in the traction smashup near
Coney Island , three are possibly fa
tally hurt.
An "L" train , bound for Now York ,
struck a trolley car , forcing It against
a steel post on which trolley wires are
suspended and the post cut through
the car like a knife. The passengers
were overwhelmed in the wreckage
and firemen who were called had to
use axes in cutting away the shattered
woodwork to release the injured. A
flagman is blamed for the collision ,
both motonnen claiming that ho had
signalled to them the right-of-way.
IOWA JOINTRATE HEARING
Railroad Men and Shippers Meet With
Commission at Des Molnes.
DCS Molnes , May 23. At the open
ing of the hearings of the railroad
commission on the joint rate schedule
there were about thirty-nvo repre
sentatives of the railroads present and
as many shippers. James C. Davis ,
speaking for the railroads , urged the
commission not to put In a blinket
rate , claiming that it was Impractical ,
The snippets , In addressing the com
mission , urged a blanket rate.
Burnham Resigns as President.
New York , May 23. Frederick A.
Burnham , Indicted for grand larceny
and forgery , tendered his resignation
as president of the Mutual Reserve
Lifo Insurance society at a meeting
of the board of directors. The resig
nation was accepted and Archibald C.
Hynos was elected to succeed Burn-
ham. George D. Eldrldgo tendered his
resignation as vice president , actuary
and member of the board of directors.
Hig resignation as vice president was
accepted , but he remalni actuary and
a member of the board.
THIRTY-ONE HUNDREDTH8 OF AN
INCH FELL.
RAIN GENERAL IN NORTHWEST
The Water Began to Fall Shortly Af.
* , Sunrise and Continued Steadily
tyfy , " " Little Time More Rnln
. . ftty icast.
Thirsty ill-Ids over northern Nebras
ka and southern South Dakota were
given n welcome drink shortly after
stinrlso. The rnln was general over
the ontlro territory west of the Mis
souri river In northern Nebraska and
the Rosebud reservation.
The rain came down steadily and
soaked Into tlio dry ground. Farmers
were happy , because rain wns needed ,
though there was nothing serious
about the situation.
Tlitrty-ono one-
hundredths of an Inch of rain foil.
The weather forecast Is for showers
tonight and Friday.
DOWNPOUR NEBRASKA
_
Rain Is General Over Eastern Half ol
the State.
Lincoln , May 23. A heavy rain
foil In Lincoln and southeast No-
btnhka. According to Iliiilltigton rail
tend teports It wns gonetnl for the
eas'oin hall of the bin to It was heavy
as far noilhwest IIH Ravenna , with n
fall of an Inch at Oinnd Island. On
the Denver line theie was a heavy
fall as far webt as Or leans and Mold
rego mid light showeis prevailed at
Oxford and McCook Along the Hint1
river In Sownrd , Yoik and Hamilton
counties the storm amounted to n
ilnwi-pour Three Inches fell at Utlcu
At Sowaid the Duillngton tnicks me
partly covered with water. Wind did
some damage ut Itirtiy
HUtVRICANE AND TIDAL WAVE.
Report that Two Hundred Llves.Werc
Lost In Caroline Islands.
London , May 23. A dispatch from
Sydney , N S. W. , says a report has
reached there ( lint a hurricane and
tidal wave swept over the Caroline Isl
ands Immense damage was done to
property and 200 persons are reported
killed.
Boilermakers Want Stronger Laws.
Cleveland , May 23. The Master
S ten in Doilcrmakerfi' association and
the International Railway Boilermak
ers' union , which were yesterday
merged , decided to appeal to thu
United States government and state
legislatures to pass stronger laws on
tram bollor inspection.
Pat , rowev Gets Acquittal.
Council Bluffs' ) May 23. That Pat
Crowe was not one of the two bandits
who held up and robbed the crews of
two motor trains nt the east end of
the bridge on the night of Sunday ,
Judy 2 , 1905 , wns the verdict of the
Jury in the district court.
Fined Two Hundred Dollars Each.
Des Moines , May 23. John F.
Wheatly and George H Wlttlch of
Keoknk , who wore Indicted In the
federal court for running a lottery ,
pleaded guilty In court and were sen
tenced to a fine of $200.
Waters-Pierce Ejection Case.
Austin , Tex. , May 23. The reading
of depositions of witnesses consumed
the entire day in the ejection case of
the sta e of Texas vs. the Waters-
Pierce Oil company. The state made
vigorous efforts to enforce a new law
requiring corporations to show aill
their books or forfeit their franchise
rights. Tills contention was opposed
by the defense attorney , who ex
plained that the demands of the plain
tiff would result In a special freight
train to carry the documents.
Reformed Presbyterian Synod.
Plttsburg , May 23 An evangelistic
conference was hold by the delegates
attending the general synod of the Re
formed Prohbytcii.'m chimb. Seveial
reports of a routine nature were acted
upon and the Rev Thomas McFull
of Nova Srotia wns elected moderator.
The synod will adjourn May 28.
Outbreak Jn Salvador.
Managua , Nicaragua , May 23. Pas
sengers who arrived here from La-
"Union , Salvador , declare that a strong
i evolutionary movement has begun In
that republic. The loaders arc Pru
denclo Alfaro and General Barahona.
Troops were being sent into the inte
rior when the passengers left La-
Union.
Explosion In Mott Street.
New York , May 23 A terrific ex
plosion In crowded Mott street seri
ously Injured eight Italian children ,
three of them possibly fatally. For a
time a condition verging upon panic
prevailed In the nelgnborhoad. Resi
dents of the neighborhood believe the
act due' to the so-called Black Hand
society.
Ptomaine Poison In Berries.
St. Joseph , Mo. , May 23. Miss Elsie
Maddux died hero as a result of pto
maine poisoning. At a party several
weeks ago Miss Maddux ate a dish of
strawberries , which made her 111.
Physicians say the berries had been
picked green and that poisonous chetn-1
Icals had been used to ripen them.
Groos Are Improving ,
HOH MolnoH , May ii.t.In the world )
bulletin on the condition of the ( tops
lolin It. Sago of the nop and weather
bureau says that on the whole the
iMiulltloiiH nvor the Htato are Impiov-
liifi and that farm opitrallong ate as
far luhnm'cd as umml at this time of
the year The tempeiatuio wan 3 ted
d degrees below not mid and thu pre
cipitation was light About 80 to ill )
per font of the corn la now planted.
Thomas W. Hnrvey on Trial.
PltlHburi ? , May 211 TlioimiH W.
Harvey , former paying toiler of the
ICntnrprlso National bank of Allo-
Khony , which felled two y < 'iirH ago forever
over linnnooo. WUH plneod on trial
In Mm United Slates district court.
Hnrvey IH ehnri"il with making faUo
entries , nbf.ttaedni ; funds , aiding T.
Lee f'lurk , I IIH cashier , who committed
inlcldo , to misapply funds
Tribute to Conger.
Do > ? Molni'n , Mny -Uxprpsulng
the Hvinputliy of I bo Htato of Iowa a
ilornl design was ordered by tele
graph at Los Angeles for the funeral
of ex-MlnlHtcr Conger. Arrangements
were mad' ' lor n d slgn six feet long
by ( lireo fe"t wide , with the word
"Iowa" In the center A subscription
was taken to raise the money IICCCK
sary and this was quickly done.
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY IN
DORSES ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
SAFE AND SANE ORGANIZATION
Permanent Committee on Temperance
Must Shun Politics Crowded Gal
Icry Hears Exciting Debate on
Question at Columbus.
Columbus , O. , Mil ) 23. Following
t\so liouib of exciting donate , which at
tlni.es became nulmonlous , the Pros
byterlun genoial asbembly ml op ted
without a dlbacntlngolu lebulutioiit
uodlailng that the pcimanunt LommU
teeiOii tempuinnco should not onibuik
upon or Intel lei o in political woiK and
Indorsing the Ameik'un Anil Saloon
league lib a "biifo , bane and effective
oiganlzution In the advancement ol
tompeiunco. " The nbsciuhl ) pledged
to the league tlio lullest co opuiatlun
consistent with constitution ol the
chinch.
In anticipation of a momentous lighten
on thetompoianco question , over )
cominisbioiier was In bib seal and the
enlleiy ol memorial hallum tilled
with spuctatois when the nsbombl )
called for the lepoits of the commit
tee on chinch polity and tompuiunce
It became evident almost at the out
set that a majority of the ' commls
sioners were bent upon bottling the
controversy with the . .nil-Saloon
league. A progiam which sought to
deter action had been mapped out by
the committee on tempuiance , but the
assembly temporarily put tills aside ,
taking up the toport of the committee
on tempotanco , which had been direct
ed by the assembly to define the duties
of the permanent committee on tern
perance , and adopted the resolutions
as outlined. The report of the chinch
polity was piosentcd by Rev. Fulton
of Philadelphia. An overture from the
synod of Indian territory , asking tha
assembly for a deliverance on the sub
jcct of how the church might secure
representation In non-cccieslastlcal
temperance organizations , hud been
refcired to this committee. It report
ed a resolution that , while commend
ing the achievements of the Antl-Sa
loon league , Women's Christian Tern
peranco union and like societies , the
assembly reaffirms the policy of tha
church to avoid official representation
in non-ecclesiastical bodies , but
raises no objection to its members or
ministers connecting themselves with
Kuch societies as Individuals.
RO.V. E. O. Whltewolls of Oklahoma
City Immediately took the iloor in
opposition to the report and made an
impassioned pica in behalf of tha
work which he has been doing In
connection with the Anti-Saloon
league towards securing a provision
for prohibition In the constitution ol
Oklahoma. He declared that he had
been threatened by the brewery Inter
ests , who had told him that when the
Presbyterian general assembly met he
would be "called off his perch. " When
threats had failed , he said , an effort
bad been made to buy him off with
contributions to his church. Ha
pleaded with the assembly not to put
a burning torch In the hands of the
brewery Interests.
The first part of the report , adverse
to the abandonment of the Inter
Church Temperance Federation , was
adopted , but the second part , defer
ring the definition of the duties of
the committee on temperance , raised
a storm of protests. Rev. Dr. Semplo
declared there would bo no further
delay , that the question at issue
would he decided now. Shouts of ap
proval greeted this declaration.
At this point Dr. W. O. Thompion ,
president of Ohio State university ,
came forward with the substitute resolution
elution , barring the permanent tem
perance committees from any partici
pation In political affairs , and which
was subsequently adopted. In reply
to questions , he said he would not on-
jcc.t to an Indorsement of the Anti-
Saloon league , and Rov. Dr. Semple
thereupon offered an amendment In
dorsing the league.
OPENING TAKUS PLACE WITH
NOTABLE ADDRESSES.
ARBITRATION GAINS IN POWER
Coming Hague Conference the Topic
at Second Session Dr. Nicholas
Murray Duller of New York Elected
President.
Lake Mohonk , N. Y. , Mny 23. Thu
second Bosolon of the Mohonk confer
ence on international nrhltiatlon had
as ltd main topic : "Tho ComliiK
Habile Conference , '
The fliHt speaker wna former Am
unnandor to Germany Andiow D
Whllo. Ho was followed by Chlol
Justice Simeon K. llaldwln of the HII
pitMiie conn of Connecticut. Ilaitlett
Trlpp ot South Dakota , loimor iiinhaR-
bndnr to Aiihtila , said that he spoke an
a hiMiian , lather than as an author
ity like those who had pteroded. Thu
last spcaKoi was John jlaiieit , dlioet-
or of the Intei national hut can ol
Auioiluin lepubllcH , who discussed
pan Ainc'ilean intcioHts In Intuina
tlonal atliltiatlon.
The ek'ilion ol oilUws resulted nt
follows : I'lOHldent , | ) r. Nicholas Mnr
ray Butler of Now York ; seciotaiy to
the conlereiKe , Clinton H. Woodiufl
of Philadelphia ; immanent cone
spondlng solidary , ll. C. Phillips ol
Mohonk Lake , ttoamner , Alexander U
Wood of Cinnden , N. J.
Piesldunl Under of Columbia mil
vois ty In his adiliesH at the open
Ing , ud\iinteil that the quotation ol
dlsaimiiincnl be avoided at this eon
loience , but that thu io.stil < tlou elfin
fin ( her growth of gieat ainileu and
IHIles be uiged.
WRECKERS DITCHAST TRAIN
Two Persons Killed and Score Injured
Near Los Angeles.
Ixis Angeles , Cnl. , May 23. Pilvatc
detectives employed by the Southed !
I'nrlilc and deputies liom thu hhcr
Iff'H olllee In this elty joined In the
search lor the men who aio believed
to have caused the dlmiHlioim wieck
on the Const line when live ems ol
the limited plunged ovoi the edge ol
a tieslle near West ( ilcndalo , ten
miles noith of this city. The list ol
dead Is believed to bo complete1 with
tlio finding ol the bodies of .lame ?
Victor and T. J. McMahon , a Santa
Barbara electric-Inn , who wnh oiiishod
boncath the baggage ear while steal
Ing n tide Vlctoi IH believed to hav
mot death under the same conditions.
The Injuied number n score.
I'D ) Hlc Inns In charge of the dozen or
more poisons who sustained soiloua
Injiulos loport that all the Injiuod
will eventually recover.
A rowan ! of $10.000 , offered by the
Sou'liern P.icifle company for the con
vlctlon of tlio persons responsible for
the wreck , has enlisted many ollicer
and detectives In the search for thu
miscreants.
Cramer Jury Disagrees ,
Fargo , N. I ) . , May 23. After being
out more than ninety-four boms , tha
jury which has been trying Mrs. Ijiurn
Cramer , charged with oidorlng her
son , a mere boy , to shoot and kill her
husband , Fred Cramer , at Page , N. D. ,
Fob. 11 last , disagreed. Two other
Juries have dlsagioed while consider
ing the case. The case will be retried
at die next term of court. The cause
of die shooting wna a family quarrel.
The boy nod been previously ac
quitted.
Catherine Nell Sentenced.
Bridgeport , Conn. , May 23. Cathe
rine Nell , an artist's model and choriig
girl ol Now York city , pleaded guilty
to tlio charge of manslaughter In the
killing of her husband , Joseph Nell ,
a blacksmith and pugilist , in Green
wich , Dec 14 , at a special session of
the criminal court. Judge Wheeler
Imposed upon her nn Indeterminate
sentence of not more than nine and
r < ot less than flvo years In stuto pris
on.
Wreck on Chesapeake and Ohio.
Cincinnati , May 23. Two persons
were dangerously Injured and twenty
others slightly hurt when tha
Chesapeake and Ohio flyer was
wrecked at Lawrence Crock , Ky. , the
Blooper being thrown into the ditch
by the buckling of the track. The
dangerously Injured ore : Iron Kelly.
Ashland , Ky. ; Mrs. Van Rlgo , Piko-
vllle , Ky.
Baptist Convention at Jamestown.
Norfolk , Va. . May 23 The first
day's session of the North American
Baptist convention , held at the James
town exposition , revealed a strong
sentiment against a religions consol
idation of the southern , northern and
national conventions , the latter being
the negro chiireh. But a general con
solidation tor ronrorted work Is fa
vored There an * r.,000 persons at
tending the convention.
General Christmas Arrives.
Mobile , Ala. , .May 23. General I.re
Christmas arrived here from lion-
duns on the steamer Kspanla , lie la
going to New Orleans for treatment ,
having boon badly wounded In the leg
during the recent war. Asked If his
polng to New Orleans signified a moot
ing with Jlontlla and plans to reopen
hostilities , General Christmas suld
dial he did not know Bonllla was ID
America.
THE CONDITIONjDF THE WEATHER
Temperature ( or Twonty.four Hour * .
Forconnt for Nebraska.
Condlllonn of the wonthor an rocord-
t'd for tlio twenty-four honrn nndlnn
nt 8 a. in. today :
Maximum KIV
Mltiliiitiin nt ;
Avorngo . . . . 71
Iliuonuitur 20.80
Ualnfall m
Chicago , May 23. Tlio liullutliiu \
mind by tlio Chicago iilullon of llio
United Stated weather bureau given
tlio fore-caul for Nebraska an followni
1'ioltiilily Hhowoni tonight and Frl-
Iny.
BASEBALL RESULTS
Ainuilcan League-Dotioll , li ; Phil
adelphia , f , ( it Innings ) . Cleveland ,
3 , Washington , 2.
National League New York , 7 ; Chicago
cage , 1 HiooUlyn , 2 , Cincinnati , I.
I'hllndolphla , 7. I'iltsbiirg , I ; Boston ,
2. Ht l.niilH , 10.
Ainiirlenn AHHoelalloii St. Paul , H ;
KntihiiH City , n Indianapolis , (1 ( ; Loulti-
vlllo , I Columbus , ( ! ; Toledo , 5.
Westeiu League Omaha , 0 ; Dos
MolncH , II Denver , 1 ; Sioux City , 7.
Pueblo , ( i , Lincoln , 7 (10 ( Innings ) .
Monroe Bcata Lindsay.
LlmlHuy , Neb. , May 211. Special to
The NOWH : The Lindsay baseball
leain played at Mnnrnn yesterday , lowIng -
Ing hv a wore of 8 to 3. Up to the
Iglith Inning no seoioH were nnulo.
SCOUR COUNIY FUR MEN
Sheriff Rounds Up Majority of Jurj
Venire for Haywood Trial.
DolH' . Idn May 23 Hy thu use ol
train , stage and IKIIHU and HOIIIO actlv <
hustling , Sheriff Slinil I ( origin and hh
deputies managed to round up a ma
loitty of thu Illty men men Included It
tinsroclid vonlio In the Stciinonhcni
murder case mid they mo all expected
to bo on hand when the tilal Is ru
Burned this nltornoon. It has been do
elded that .laniL'B II. llnwloy , Henloi
counsel for the stuto , will tnaku tin
oponlng Htatenient Ho and his BBBO
dolls wcio In coiifcionco on thu hub
jct't and they also spent HOIIIO tlmti
considering thu testimony to bo of
feted next wuolc and the order It
which it will he offered.
U linti not been decided by the stall
to call Stove AilimiH IIH n witness. Il <
If. on the lift of the Hlnto's wllncssei
and it was for a llnio coitnln that hfl
would bo brought hero mill , u tiling at
nn\\ilng ; ! , , he placid on the stand , but
nou the mnttur Is In doubt and will
not bis determined until later.
SELECTING JURYTO TRY SCHMITZ
JudQe Dunne Issues New Venire ol
Twenty Talesmen.
San Francisco , May 23. Three ol
the first twelve probationary jurari
for the trial , subject to peromptorj
challenge , of Mayor Kugcnc Schmltz
on the charge of extorting money from
local French restaurant keepers , wltb
the connivance mid help of Abraham
Hui I were chnbun. Tne llbt of tin
remaining t.ilcsmen being practical ! )
exhausted , .Midge Dunne Issued a now
\onlro of twuity The bceno of the
trial will bo removed to the Bush
Struct snnsogiio. Tele-graph and tele
phone wires have been run Into the
building , and some of the newspapot
reports of the trial will bo sent direct
from the vestry room , which has been
set juh'o ' f < r the ire of Judge Dunn ?
as chambers. It Is thought that the
tilal will Inst about six wooks.
President Back In Capital.
Washington , .May 23. The prcsl
dent and Mrs Itoosevolt , who have
bc'Mi enjoying a Bdays' | vacation al
Pine Knot , the country home of Mrs
Housevlit p.rilved In this city last
night Archie Itooseeelt , Assistant
Societnry I attn and Secret Servlcs
Olllcor Sloan wcr > also in the party
The trip was made without special in
cicont.
Denver Strike Called Off.
Denu'r. May 21 ! A conference ro
bulled in calling off the niillmcn and
woodwork ! r ' stuUe The striken
uro given an Increase of 10 per cent
In wages with a minimum of 38 cents
per hour. A nine hour day is alsc
agreed to The carpenters , who went
out in sympathy , returned to worb
with the mlllmon.
Nine Prisoners Escape.
Toledo , O. , May 23. Nine prisoners
at the workhouse here are reported ta
1 ave overpowered the guards at tin
In ! ! < machine , broke through th
tome and escaped A searching part )
has atriricd alter the men.
St ot in Back and Robbed.
Port ml , Mich. , May 23 Edward
Manning proprietor of a restaurant
here , win murdered while on his waj
homo. ll ( was shot In the back. A
large sack or sliver which he usuallj
carried is missing.
Evidence Against Negro Soldiers.
Washington , May 22. Pauline S.
Preclado , editor of a Mexican newupa-
per In Brownsville , Tox. , and an eye
witness to ih $ 'looting of Frank
Natous , the on ) ) man killed In the af
fray there , was on the stand before
the senate commUtee on military af
fairs. His testimony proved to bo the
most Important heard during the pres
ent hearing. He swore positively that
the men who did the shooting were negro - .
gro soldiers.