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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL. . . . , . NORFOLK. NEBRASKA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 17 1908. OFFICERS ELECTED AT WEDNES DAY EVENING MEETINQ. A NEW PACE FOR RACE MEETS Same Efficient Officers Who Made the Norfolk Meeting a Success Last Year Will Have Charge Again This Year. Future Is Rosy. C. Hi Groesbcck , president. r John Friday , vice president. P. M. Barrott , secretary. J. E. Haasc , treasurer. Some of the enthusiasm generated tit last year's big race meet and base ball carnival In Norfolk was In evi ! dence at the annual meeting of the v Norfolk Driving club held Wednesday evening In Eagle hall. Charlie Groesbcck , who helped Nor folk score a ton Btrlkc with last year's BUCCOBS , will continue as president of the club. P. M. Barrett was ro-olecto secretary , J. 13. IlniiHo IB treasurer again and John Friday vice-president for the coming year. President Grocsbeck and Secretary Banett will represent Norfolk nt the annual meeting of the north Ne braska race circuit at the Oxnard hotel in Norfolk next Monday afternoon. The Norfolk races will bo better than ever next summer. It Is expect ed for ono thing that the sizes of the purses will be Increased. Some new Ideas will bo Introduced In the racing week plans for next sum mer. Something different from the old time street carnival was proposed at the meeting Wednesday evening tind Bomo popular Invocations will probably - bably bo Introduced. Of course there will bo the races and of course there will be the base ball carnival. Last year Norfolk set a new pace . for racing meets. The attendance at the Norfolk races was not equalled In north Nebraska. And the base bull games won the hearts of the fans. That's why the Norfolk racing future is rosy. TOO COLD FOR CHICKENS. They Had to be Taken Out of the Tree Tops Zero Weather. It was zero during the night. And ono man thought the chickens would freeze If allowed to roost In the tree- tops. So he tried to got them down. He has a long gash in his face as a result. For ono rooster struck the roan's cheek with a claw. It was a cold night , all right , all right. Wow ! but the wind did blow down from that Rosebud country. Al most went through you. But morning dawned clear and bright and pretty and the world smiled again. The frown of Wednesday came off nature's forehead and everything was serene. The wind shifted to the south , Indicating the approach of warmer air. Kolmar-Wllde. Gottlieb Jacob Kolmar und Miss Ida Wilde were married Wednesday evening ih ing In the German Evangelical church on South Sixth street. Miss Wilde lives In Norfolk. Mr. Kolmar owns a Pierce county farm , where Mr. and Mrs. Kolmar will live. Funeral of Mrs. Craig. From the Craig farm five miles southwest of Norfolk the funeral of the late Mrs. John S. Craig , a Madi son county pioneer , was held on Wednesday. Rev. John L. Stlne of the Christian church conducted the funer al. Interment was at the Prospect Hill cemetery lu Norfolk. The pall bearers were John Ray , A. Omraernian , Lewis Ray , Madison Best , John Hen derson and Frank Deuel. Card of Thanks. We desire to thank friends and neighbors and nil who were kind and helped In the last Illness of our wife and mother and whose sympathy was evident In the hour of death. John S. Craig and family. Skating Party. A party of young people spent last evening at King's pond skating- Y. M. C. A. Meeting. A general attendance was desired at the Y. M. C. A. meeting Thursday evenIng - Ing at the Methodist church. The meeting was called for 7:30 : to enable State Secretary Bailey of Omaha to confer with Norfolk In regard to the convention. An attendance of ladles was especially desired. Captlan Welter Leaves N. U. Lincoln , Neb. , Jan. 16. John Wei- ler , captlan of last year's football team and ono of the most popular athletes In the Nebraska university , loft today for Panama , where he will accept a government position. WOrTK FOR HUNGRY. Plan Mapped Out to Provide Labor In Return for Board and Lodging. Chicago , Jan. 1C. The unemployed men of Chicago dependent on charity for their daily bread , are to be given a chance to work for their board and lodging. The general committee ap pointed by the United Charities so- ; eCO cletles met In Mayor Busso's ofilco yesterday and mapped out a plan to furnish work for the Idle men. Big Wrestling Event. Omaha , Jan. 1C. Manager Glllan of the Auditorium succeeded last night/ / after much negotiating , la matching War Eagle , the giant Indian wresAlor , and Farmer Burns for num contest at the Auditorium Friday evening ing/ / January 17. SLAIN BY BROTHERS OF VICTIM Dr. Oeauchamp Shot Down by John and William Thomas at Lawton. Ixiwton , Oltla. , Jan. 1C Or F D Dcnuchnmp of this city naj sl.ot and killed by Attorney John P Thomas of Lawton and William J Thomas of Port Worth , Tex. , hero In a three cornered - nored pistol fight , caused by an old foud. Several months ago Dr Boauchamp killed Charles Thomas , n brother of John and William Thomas , at Hobart , Okla. , Beauchamp alleging Intimacy between Charles Thomas and the doctor's wife. Slnco that time trouble has boon browlnir , ALL QUESTIONS PUT BY COM MERCE COMMISSION. EXCEPT ON THAT DIVIDEND * * < i United States Circuit Court Has * -ted Mr. Harrlman to Reply to cations Except Relating to U. P. \ P. Stock. Now tf > Jan. ! < > E. II. Harrlman was toK'i' -ected In the district United Stfc circuit court to answer all questions propounded by the Inter state commerce commission except those relating to the purchase of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Block In connection with the dividend of ten per cent declared In August of 1900. MRS , MhTCALFjjELD TO JURY Woman Who Tried to Kill Attorney Hamlll Refuses to Make Statement. Chicago , Jan. 16. Mrs. Thomas Met calf , who fired several shots at Samuel R. Hamlll , an attorney of Terre Haute , and one of the counsel for John R. Walsh , In the corridors of the federal building here , managed to preserve the veil of mystery in which she wrapped herself Immediately following the Incident. She was brought before a United States commissioner , waived examination and was held to the fed eral grand Jury In bonds of $1,000. In ability to furnish this ball resulted In her being taken to the county Jail. The woman steadfastly refused to make a statement , but Mr. Hamlll gave out several during the day In which he declared that the trouble has arisen over n belief of Mrs. Met- calf that he had failed properly to prosecute o claim against a certain | estate In St. Louis , which claim , Ham- ill asserts , he Investigated and found to bo worthless. He asserted that the woman is moro or leas insane and eald that she had previously threatened - ened his life In his office In Terre Haute. H , H , TUCKER AGAIN INDICTED Former Manager of Uncle Sam Oil Company Must Stand Trial. Kansas City , Jan. 16. Harry H. Tucker , Jr. , secretary and former gen eral manager of the Undo Sam OH company , was relndlcted on three counts by a federal grand Jury In Kan sas City , Kan. , for alleged misuse of the malls In advertising the sale of stock. Tucker was Indicted April last on three counts charging a similar of fense. Tha indictments were quashed by the trial judge , however , because of a technical error. Tha Uncle Sam Oil company was placed' in receivers' hands last year. Tucker had sold stock in the concern In twenty states to the amount of over $1,000,000. FIVE SKATER DROWNED Three Lose Lives While Trying to Save Companions. Connellsvllle , Pa. , Jan. 16. Of six persons who formed a skating party at the Jlmtown reservoir , near here , last night , five wore drowned. They ara : John Luxner , George Cochran. Frank Cochran , William Full- mer , Elizabeth Fullmer. Miss Fullmer and George Cochran started toward the center of the res ervoir , but had not gone far when the lea broke and they were thrown Into the water. As the other members of the party gazed horrified at the spot , two heads reappeared above the sur face , Cochran , supporting the girl with on * hand , clinging to the broken edces of the ice with the other. In an In stant a human chain was formed by the other four , -who clasped bands with Andrew Mack , the only survivor , at the end of the line nearest the shore. Just as a hand was being reached' out to grasp Miss Fullmor , there was another crash of Ice. Frank Cochran , Luxner and William rullmer had also gone down , the thin ice giving way under their combined weight. Mack was obliged to dash to shore. Helpless to save , ho saw hla merry companions of a few minutes before go to death. He heard a scream and a choking sound , saw up lifted hands above water for several seconds and then all was still. inker Montgomery Indicted. New York , Jan. 10. The special Brand jury which was sworn In to In- rostifato the conduct of oartaln banks In New York county , returned two Indictments against William R. Mont gomery , president of the Hamilton bank. The oh urges , Involving over drafts and ovorceitlflcatlon , have to do , however with aota alleged to have been committed by Montgomery while hi was vloo president ot the lastltu- Uatw ONE ON COUNTY ASSESSOR SET FOR FRIDAY MORNING. PETITION FOR A RECOUNT Matter Comes on for Hearing In the County Court at Pierce Two Simi lar Cases Go Over Until February. A Republican Victory. Pierce , Neb. , Jan. 1C. Special to The News : The contest case of Gus Llerman , the democratic candidate for county assessor who was defeated by one vote , was set for trial at 9 o'clock In the county court Friday morning. Herman's case comes before the coun ty court on a petition for a recount by which he hopes to oust his successful republican opponent. At the same time that Llerman's contest was started two similar cases were started by two defeated candi dates on the republican ticket. The democrats made efforts to have these cases brought up first and the calling of the Llorman contest for trial first was counted as a victory for the re publican side of the dispute. The oth er contests will be heard In February. Body of Lieutenant Crawford Found. Washington , Jan. 16. The body of Lieutenant John W. Crawford , prlvata secretary to Admiral Dewey , was found below Fort Foote , on the Mary land' ' sldo of the Potomac. Ho disap peared on Nov 22 last , leaving a note to a friend that ho was driven to end his life by financial troubles. Final Chapter In Walsh Trial. Chicago. Jan. 16. The final chapter In the trial of John R. Walsh on charges of misapplying funds of the Chicago National bank , was begun when Assistant District Attorney Fletcher Dobyns began the final sum mlng up to the jury. DEMOCRATS TO NUMBER OF 1,300 SIT DOWN TO BANQUET. SPEAKERS AND THEIR SUBJECTS Bryan Says if Party Goes Fast Enough to Overtake Him , He Will Not Qtraln Himself to Get Away From Presidential Nomination. Lincoln , Jan. 16. Nearly thirteen . hundred political friends and' personal admirers of W. J. Bryan attended In the capacity of diners and speakers the t dollar Democratic dinner at the Lincoln Auditorium last night. Hall as many moro occupied seats as spectators - tators , and heartily applauded the . good things said about Democracy and Mr. Bryan himself. It was the largest and one of the most successful func tions of the kind held in Lincoln , since Mr. Bryan became an Influential , factor In the politics of Nebraska , and . was intended as an Indorsement ot hla candidacy for the presidential nomina tion and a declaration that he was In . the minds of those present , the logical choice of the party. Of those present probably a thou sand were Nebraska men , but there was a sprinkling from nearby states and a considerable delegation from Missouri and Oklahoma. The speeches without exception were ly Democratic , but some good words re said for President Roosevelt and' kindly ly expressions for radical leaders In the Republican camp. A. G. Shallen- berger was toastmaster. The speeches , with the exception of Govemor Brow ard of Florida , were extended , carry ing the dlnuer until long past mid night , but with Mr. Bryan last on the program the crowd remained through out. out.The The speakers and their subjects were as follows : "Responsibilities of Government , " Governor C. H. Haskell of Oklahoma ; "The Situation , " former Senator Thomas H. Patterson of Colorado rado ; "A Voice from the South , " Gov ernor N. B. Broward of Florida ; "A United Democracy , " Jerry B. Sullivan of Dos Molnes ; "The Democratic Vol unteer , " Henry War rum of Indianapo Us ; "God Hates a Coward , " M. F. Har rlngton of O'Neill ; address , William J. Bryan. Bryan Speaks Briefly. Mr. Bryan spoke biiefly. Ho said that while many differ as to the paramount - mount Issue , he would name one Issue that all could agree upon. It Is : "Shall the government be run for the people , by the people , not by the 1Cw , for the few ? " "The few are Interested , " he con tinued , "In denying labor Its Just re ward. " He told how the tariff has worked to tha Injury of many and the benefit of the few , and how Important the railroad question Is to all. Yet ho could not agree that any one problem mentioned was more impoilant than that the people shall have full control of the government and that laws shall bo made for the people as a whole. When that Is done all of the other Ills will be cured' . "I do not know yet whether I shall bo a candidate for president or not t , " ho continued , "but I have got to a point where. If the party goes fast enough to overtake me , I shall not strain myself to get away. I say I do not know yet. but I should er close headquarters and make a cam in paign without an organization than into draw funds from a source that I was ashamed to tell about. " Professor Baetens Kills Self. Omiihii , Jun 16. lOnly ono day after his eighty-second b rthday , whlln In a fit of despondency , > rodticod' by illness and Inability to m -'ot ' his claisHs In music , Charles Ba tens , the veteran musician , who for years hun boon one of the most prominent flguroa lu Oma ha musical circles/ shot and killed himself In the bathroom of the house where ho roomed , C20 South Nine teenth street. MEASURE IS CHANGED IN SOME IMPORTANT PARTICULARS.T. HOUSE FAVORS PRISON TERMS Proposal to Add Imprisonment to Pen alty In Clause Prohibiting Collecting and Disbursing Officers from Trading In Public Property Is Accepted , Washington , Jan. 16. So persistent have been the efforts made In the. house of lepresentatlves to amend the bill codifying the penal laws of the United States that the committee on the revision of the laws consented tc let down the bars , and as a result the measure was changed In some Import ant particulars. The pacific attitude of the committee In this regard served to mollify the opposition members , and In consequence the proceedings were devoid of heated arguments , which have characterized the previous de bates. When the house adjourned there were pending a number of othei Important amendments , which seemed to meet with no particular opposition by the committee , but which were passed over In order that the members bors might have time to consider them carefully. The portions of the bill which attracted the most attention were those covering ! the giving and ac ceptlng of bribes by senators and members and the sujle of Indorsements or support for apt olntive public of flees. It is to the : mendments touch Ing these questions that the house will devote Itself ulion resuming con slderatlon of the bill. The Democrats waged an unsuccess ful fight against a 'committee amend ment , which Parsons ( N. Y. ) explained was to correct a misprint. The amendment modified the statute pro hlbitlng collecting and disbursing of fleers from trading In public property so as to make the penalty not more than $300. Instead of the specific amount. An amendment by DeArmond ( Mo. ) to add Imprisonment to the penalty ol not more than ten'ytars was defeated Ho then changed It to make the Im prlsonment not more than one year. Amid loud Democratic applause , the amendment was accepted by the com mltteo . and was Incorporated Into the bill. Senate Reduces Chinese Indemnity. . The senate did not receive a reply from the secretary of the treasury to Its resolution calling for Information concerning the financial sltuatjon , as had been promised , and In Its absence Senator Aid rich assented to the pas sage of Senator Culberson's resolution on the same subject. Without further comment the resolution was adopted The senate passed a Joint resolution reducing from $24,000,000 to $11.000 , 000 the war Indemnity of the United States from China , The remainder ol the session was devoted to the dls- ousslon of the penal code bill. [ Live Stock market furnished by The National Live Stock Commission Co. , Stock Exchange building , South Omaha. ] South Omaha , Jan. 16. Cattle Re ceipts 6,000. The general market Is slow. slow.Hogs Hogs Receipts 11,000. The market is strong to 5c higher , bulk selling at $4.3004.35 ; top price $4.42i . Sheep Receipts 6,000. The general market Is 10 to 15c lower. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago , Jan. 1C. Cattle Receipts 10,000. General market Is steady to weak. Hogs Receipts 40,000. Market strong. Sheep Receipts 15,000. The gener al market Is steady , CONDITION OF GRAIN MARKET . Selling Price of Wheat , Corn and Oats In Chicago. [ This market report Is furnished by the Omaha branch office of Logan & Bryan , commission merchants , room 112 Board of Trade , Omaha , Neb , , members , of Chicago Board of Trade and all other principal exchanges. ] Chicago , Jan. 1C. Following were prices on the Chicago Board of Trade at 10:30 : this morning : Wheat- May $1 024 Corn May CO Oats- May 534 THE MARKETSAT NORFOLK _ Prices Being Paid for Staple Products In Norfolk Today. [ This market furnished by the Salter - ter Coal & Grain Co. , Norfolk. ] Wheat f 85 Oats , . , 42 Corn 47 Rye C5 Barley 40 Hogs ' 4 SO NEBRASKA COMMISSION IS CON SIDERING MATTER. POOR SERVICE IS CHARGED Controversy Began Several Months Ago When the Express Companies and Railroads Attempted to Raise the Long Haul Rates. Lincoln , Nob. , Jan. 1C. Special to The . ] News : The state railway commis sion < today took under advisement the slCO complaint against railroads and ex press companies fllcd by creamery ptm men. men.Tho The creamery men fllcd a protest with the commission alleging Inefll- clent service. The controversy began several months ago after the railway and ex press companies attempted to raise the rate for hauling cream on long distance hauls. The Increased rates which the rail roads and express companies tried to put In effect would have allowed Nor folk and other Inland cities to much more equitably compete with Omaha and Lincoln on cream. The old rates discriminate In favor of those cities , by making the long hauls Into those places from out through the state al most as cheap as the shorter hauls Into Norfolk and other points. The Omaha and Lincoln creameries are trying to block this equalization. Gossard'i Shortage paid. McCook , Nob. , Jan. 16. The first bright ray for Red Willow county In the shortage by ox-County Treasurer B. O. Qoasard flashed across tha local horizon when a draft for $6,492.73 was received from a bonding company of Baltimore , covering tha entire amount , of the shortage. The guar anty company had bonded the officer. ISIIIbVI Mil * IWI IWWIWII POPULISTS WILL HOLD CONVEN TION IN OMAHA. SAME DAY AS DEMOCRATIC Populist State Central Committee Call State Convention in Omaha on March 5 Democrats Adopt Optional Pri mary Plan. Lincoln. Jan. 16. What Is regarded as a direct bid for fusion was made by the Populist state central commit tee when It selected Omaha , March 5 , as the place and date for the state convention. Democrats earlier In the day had named the same place and date for their convention. The Pop ulists , by resolution , declared In favor of a separate organization. By vote It was declared the sense of the commit t- tee that delegates to the national con i- vention at St. Louis support W. J. Bryan as Populist nominee for presi dent An optional primary plan was agreed on by the Democrats similar to that voted by the Republican commit tee. only the Democrats must have a request for a primary signed by fifty Democrats In each county before any county chairman sanctions the proced ure In selecting delegates to the stata convention. A. F. Mullen Heads Bryan League. A. F. Mullen of O'Neill was elected president of the Bryan Volunteers , C. F. Gunther of Columbus secretary. Mr. Mullen is a prominent attorney at O'Neill. Garrett for Lieutenant Governor. E. O. Garrett of Fremont Is reported In the Lincoln papers as having an nounced his candidacy for lieutenant governor , subject to the democratic primary. Mr. Garrett Is a book man and Is well known In north Nebraska. He was toastmaster at the recent ban quet of the North Nebraska School Folks club In Norfolk. Mr. Garrett's reported announcement was made at Lincoln on the occasion of the Bryan banquet. TELL OF THAW'S ' TRAITS Witnesses Declare Defendant Irra tional and Mentally Unsound. New York , Jan. 16. Adhering strict ly to their promise to Interpose no other defense than that of insanity In behalf of their client , the attorney ! representing Harry K. Thaw contln ued the examination of witnesses , who swore that young Thaw at varl ous times in his lifo appeared to them as irrational and mentally unsound Practically all of the testimony was entirely new to the case and had to do with acts down to the day of ne tragedy itself. Then came the decla ration of the ten men who sat on the coroner's Jury during the inquiry Into Stanford White's death , all of whom declared that the defendant the day following the shooting acted lrratlon < ally. His manner and appearance were such as to cause the Inquest Jury to dlscusa his state of mind after their ) formal verdict had been rendered. Big Gain Shown In Rail Traffic. Lincoln , Jan. 16. The state railway commission has received reports from the car service departments of the Burlington and the Missouri Pacific , ihowtng that there has just been a big picking up In grain and live stock shipments. The traffic has gained 15 per cent In volume In the last two weeks. THE CONDITIONOF THE WEATHER _ Temperature for Twenty-four Hours. Forecast for Nebraska. Conditions i of the weather as recorded od for the twenty-four hours ending nt 8 a. m. today. ntMi Maximum 13 MiMl Minimum 0 Average D ABr Barometer 30.20 Chlciigq , Jan. 1C. The bulletin Is sued by the Chicago station of tbo United , States weather bureau gives the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Fair tonight and Friday Rising tem perature. ONE-FIFTEENTH OF POPULATION WIPED OUT BY HOLOCAUST. BODIES DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY In Many Instances They Are Burned to Crisp In Upper Portion Public School Used as Morgue Relatlveo In Sad Search for Loved Ones , Boyortown , Pa. , Jan. 16. Bearing up bravely under tha awful blow which It received in the dostructlon of the Rhoailea Opera House by flro on Monday , this thriving llttlo borough has como to a full realization of the fact that ono-flfteonth of Itti popula tion was wiped out of existence by the holocaust. The figures complied by Coroner Straasor show that there are 170 dead as a result of the flro. The list of dead Includes ono fireman , who lost his life fighting the flro , and ono man , Jacob Johnson , who died from Injuries received in tha blazing playhouse. Three moro charred bodies were recovered from the ruins of the building and of the 168 bodies , or re mains , that llo In the Improvised morgues , 115 have been officially or paitlally Identified' by sorrowing rela tives or friends. The private morgues Irt the town were not of sufficient slzo Irfi < receive the bodies of those taken from the fire ruins and the public school was also used ns a charnel house. Hero , where a number of the vlotlms went daily to their studies , the bodies were laid out In rows , Jewelry and fragments of clothing picked up In the blackened ruins was tagged , as were the charred and black ened bodies , or such portion of them as remained , and all In search of miss ing loved ones wore permitted' to pass through the gruesome rows to make Identification. Some of the bodies could not bo recognized by the feat ures rilono , as In moot cases portion of the corpses was seared or burned to a crisp. The scenes at the morgue were heartrending. Children of tender years were In some cases called upon to assist In making the identification of parents who went to an untimely death in the fire and panic , and again feeble men and women were racked with anguish as they came upon some distorted body In which they recog nized' ' the form of a lost son or daugh- itor. . Few Bodies Have Heads. their representatives In the town and there was plenty for them to do , as all were called upon to assist In preparing - paring the remains for Inspection and identification. Coroner Strasser says that not more than twenty-five of the entire number of bodies removed from the flro have heads. There are sev- eral trunks that will probably never be Identified , as there were several strangers in the audience that wit nessed the play. Building Inspector Hockman of Reading , who made an Inspection of the opera house which was destroyed , old. "In my opinion the people in the hall were overcome by the fumes from the tank used In connection with the tableau lights and' simply could not help themselves. A man told mo that he reached In the doorway to as- fat a woman from the building and that ho was nearly overcome by gas. He was not In the hall when the fire started. " A committee has been appointed to mak a canvass of the borough and arrange for the proper burial of the dead. A call has also been Issued for volunteers to help dig the graves nec essary to bury the victims. ROOSEVELT WILL BE TOPIC Live Stock Association Expects to : Discuss President at Coming Meet. Denver , Jan. 16. One of the import ant questions for consideration at the annual convention of the American National Live Stock association , which will meet here next Tuesday , is Presli dent Roosevelt's policy regarding the public lands , the forest roscrvea and ranges. President Murdo MacKcnzie , In an Interview , said : "Our convention at this time carries with It more than passing importance. Stockmen are facing serious losses , where but roa short time ago fair profits were prom ised , and they are now being forced to accept greatly reduced prices for their live stock , possibly to offiat t losses and money shortages of the 'frenzied financiers' of some large overcapitalized corporations , that SOU short tlmo money , have undertaken to capture and control every market , ave nue of tranapoitatlon and trade. " Kentucky Ballot Without Resuft. Frankfort , Ky. , Jan. 1C. The ballot In joint session for United States sena tor was without result. Bcckham re celved 66 , Bradley 64 , scattering B. There were two absentees. l OAKLAND , CAL. , BROKER SUC CUMBS ON SPOT. FIREMAN'S LEQ IS AMPUTATED The Pacific Express Building , One of the Oldest In Oakland , Cal. , Was De stroyed by Fire The Loss Amounted - ed to $80,000. Oakland , Cal. , Jan. 1C. Flro tlo- troycd the I'nclllo Express building t the corner of Twelfth and Custrno treots , today. W. 11. Cohllan , aged sixty-one , a ulnlng broker , dropped dead from ex- Itcmcnt duo to the fire and Flrimmn Arthur Covens was so seriously In ured that one leg had to bo amputated mmedlatoly. The building was ono of the oldest n the city. The loss was $80,000. PRINCE EDWARD DEAD. President of the Prussian House of Lords Has Succumbed. Berlin , Jan. 1C. The death was to- lay announced of Prince Edward F. L. tulnnhnuscu und ICnyplmaBon , presl- lent of the Prussian house of lords. Ho was born In 1827. JAPAN SETTLESWITH CANADA _ Latter Accepts Verbal Promise of Re ttrlctlon of Immigration. Toklo , Jan. 16. The Canadian Immi gration question has buou settled. The Japanese government has re ceived nolle * that the report of Ho- dolpho Lemlex , Canadian minister ot labor , Is entirely satisfactory to the Canadian government and that U would' accept In good faith the verbal promise of the restriction of the emi gration of laborers , relying upon the Japanese government to enforce the regulations , which are outlined lu Its memorandum. Nothing now remains except the ex change of memoranda between the two governments. A mistaken Idea prevails abroad in relation to the Japanese cabinet crisis , according to dispatches from Washing ton and London , to the effect that an opposition victory might entail a change In Japan's foreign policies Specials from Washington say that It la believed that the Immigration con * troversy had something to do with changes in the cabinet. Thesu sur mises are entirely In error. The cab- Inent crisis is purely the result of In- lffr dlfferf n < 3s over the budget. In the eVent Of the res'caaU of tha entire cabinet , Its reformation would certainly result In thd retention of a number of the present ministers , In cluding possibly Foreign Minister Hayashl. HASTENS STANDARD OIL DECISION Government Will Not Contest Appeal Petition from $29,240,000 , Fine. . Chicago , Jan. 16. No contrary mo tions will be filed by the government against the petition for a certification of certain questions to the supreme court of the United States which ai- . torneys for the Standard Oil company recently sent Into the United' States circuit court of appeals here. This announcement . was made to the latter tribunal by Edwin W. Sims , United States district attorney , who has Just returned lioni a conference with At torney General Bonaparte In Washing ton. t The conclusion not to contest means that a final decision In the ap f peal from the $29,2-10,000 fine probably Will be hastened. Attorneys for the oil company ask that their contention that the Hiking law was repealed by the passage of the Hepburn act b certified to the supreme court at onco. so that It may bo adjudicated In con nection with a case involving tha same point. In which the Great North ern Railroad company is Interested. If the contention la upheld the de cision would operate to invalidate not only the Indictments upon which the big fine was based , but also a large number of other Indictments charging receiving or giving rebates. Shumway Juror Ends His Life. Beatrice , Neb. , Jan. 16. John S. Peters , one of the Jurymen who found R. Meade Shumway guilty of murder. affixing the death penalty , committed suicide by blowing the top of hfs- head off with a shotgun Peters had brooded over the verdict rendered against Shumway two months ago. Redmond Re-Elected President. Dublin , Jan. 16. At the meeting ot the United Irish league John E. Red mend i was reflected' ' president. A report i was submitted showing that more than twelve hundred evicted ten ants i had been reinstated during the nast i three yearn DIVORCE VOIDiJAS TWO WIVES Court Reverses Decision After Man Had Wedded Another. Dubuque , Jan. 16. Ono ot the strangest matrimonial tangles re corded In Dubuque Is presented In tha case of John Rumplng , formerly oC Helena , Mont. , but now a resident et Dubuque. Humping met Miss Frieda Mollter a few months ago and secured a divorce from his wife and married the Dubuque woman. It now appears that Rumplng and hla first wlfo agreed to a settlement and a divorce , and that th * divorce was granted. Then Rumplng foiled to keep the agreement reiardlng tlio transfer of the property and the was reopened , The supreme court verted the divorce decision. \ * I