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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL , , , , NORFOLK NEBRASKA FRIDAY J-'EBHUAUJf 7 1908 WOLF HUNT AT CREIGHTON VERY NEARLY FATAL. BOTH BEAR MARKS OF GUNS CHARLES' ' STORZ HAS NINETEEN SHOTS IN LEG AND ARM. JOYCE'S ' EYEBROW BURNED Although Three Wolves Were Secured In a Big Wolf Hunt at Crelghton Wednesday , the Party Came Very Nearly Bagging Two Men Besides. Crolghton , Nob. , Feb. o. Special to The News' : At u wolf hunt engaged in near Crelghton yesterday Charles Storz and Charles Joyce very v * \ lost their lives. Storz is car. s. nineteen No. 4 shots in his leg ' iirm and Joyce has a mark of g\ powder In a burned eyebrow , ns a nt Bult. There were two separate accl- dents which ciuno BO near being fatal. Three wolves were killed. Shot at Wolf , Hit Storz. Charles Star ; : was at a given point watching for a wolf to como his way. Another wolf ciuno toward him from a different direction and ono of the bunters , standing nt the opposite side of the circle , flrcd at the animal. The charge went straight at Storz , who was In a stooping posture. Nineteen of the shots entered his leg and arm. Tlioy were sprinkled all the way from the ankle to the hip. Storz is the sou of Andrew Storz , formerly of Norfolk and a prominent Btockmau here. Gun Discharged Accidentally. Charles Joyce came so close to hav ing his head shot off when a shotgun was accidentally discharged , that his eyebrow wus burned by the passing powder. The hunters were preparing to go liomo. Joyce was standing In a wag on nnd another man came up , placing his gun In the wagon-box and prepar ing to climb in. In putting the gun Into the wagon , the trigger was tripped and the charge went belching forth. The gun chanced to be pointed straight up at the moment. As it was , the powder grazed Joyce's face and burned his eyebrow. If the gun had been slanting the slightest particle , Us1 head would have been blown off. Although three wolves were shot , It was considered a pretty perilous way of getting them. ! FORAKERCLUBM FORTAFT After Booming Senator Twenty Years It Switches to Secretary of War. Cleveland , Feb. 6.Th Third XV'ard Foraker club of this city In dorsed Secretary Taft for president After supporting Ohio's senior senator for twenty years. The indorsement prevailed in the face of stubborn op position. As a result of the decision by the 'Republican ' state central committee to recognize the Taft committee In Cuyahoga county , followed by a tele gram from Secretary of State Thomp son directing the board of elections officially to take cognizance of tha committee , a. suit for an Injunction was filed against the election board by Edward H. Hechler , member of tha ForaUer committee. The action aims to restrain the board from summary action under the call of the Taft com mittee , and the petition declares that the Foraker committee Is the only legal Republican controlling body In the county. The petition avers that the board of elections bad no right to rescind Its former action In recog nizing the Foraker committee. In concurrence with the Instructions from Secretary of State Thompson , tha election board , in a stormy session , rescinded' its previous action ot rec ognizing the Foraker committee and formally named the Taft committee ai the controlling power la the county. Bryan Has Strenuous Day. Now York , Feb. 6. William Jen nings Bryan's stay la New York was a strenuous ono. After a morning In terview with the newspaper men , ha hurried to Brooklyn , "where lie was tendered a reception by Bird S. Color , president of the borough , and made a Bpeech , in which ho declared that the Democratic party presented a united front and was now In position to fight the divided enemy ; then ho made a long trip to Harlem , where he ad dressed a meeting of the Young Men'i Hebrew association , and later was the principal guest and speaker at th dinner of the Economic club at tu Hotel Astor. Harmon Still in the Hace. Cincinnati , Feb. G. Judson Harmon declared ho Is as much In the race for the Democratic nomination for presi dent as he ever was on his arrival home from a trip to Nashville , Bir mingham and Now York. Mr. Harmon traveled from this city to Nashville and Birmingham In company with W. J. Bryan and both spoke to the same gatherings In these cities. Franco Reported In Flight. London , Feb. G. A special dispatch from Lisbon says that the flight ot Franco Is fully confirmed. According to this dispatch , the former premier left Lisbon in an automobile on Tues day night and Is now In Galicla , Soaln. DENY CREAMERIES' ' REQUEST Railroad Commissioners Take Action In Service Gate , Lincoln , Feb. G. The state railway commission olllclally denied a rehear ing asked for by the plaintiffs In tliu case of the creameries against the va rious railroads of the state , In which the matter of sorvlco wus the lasue , except In the request that receipts bo given for empty cans returned by the railroad. The commission ordered the transportation companies to appear In Lincoln Fob. 18 , to show cauao why an order should not Issuu to require thorn to give receipts for the empty cant and other empty receptacles of a Ilka nature returned. This hearing Is for the purpose of securing Information upon which the commission can Issue an order covering the whole matter of the return of empties and not merely to give roller to one class of shippers , as In this Instance. APPEALS TO DISTRICT COURT Rock Island Attacks Nebraska Rail * road Commission Law. Lincoln , Feb. C. The Hock Island Railroad company appealed to the dls- ftvlct court from the recent ord'er of o e state railway commission , direct- 4 It to maintain a passenger and $ , ht depot at the town of Unlvor- 1 "Maco. The petition of the rail- rejviows " the whole question of tht1 , s of railroads and the power * of U" ' commission. It Is assorted that the stnto commission law Is unconsti tutional because it Is an Interference with Interstate commerce , is unrea sonable and deprives the company of Its property without duo process of law ; takes private property for pub lic use without compensation , and , finally , that It disallows the petitioner of Its right to trial by jury. DEATH WAITS ONJOHN H , MICKEY Physicians Give Up Hope for Recovery of Former Governor. Lincoln , Feb. G. The condition of former Governor John II. Mickey , who , since his retirement from the execu tive ollico , has been seriously III at his home in Osccola , shows no im provement , and some ot his physicians say there is no hope for his recovery. Dr. J. L. Greene , who was the gov ernor's physician at Lincoln , but who is now superintendent of a state hos pital at Kankakee , 111. , was summoned to Osceola to see Mr. Mickey. He said the ailment was necessarily chronic and progressive and that re covery can hardly be expected. Nelson Decides to Work. Lincoln , Feb. G. Nelson , the con vict , who for more than a year refused to work , on the plea that he was sick , gave'up and * went to the broom factory nnd became a common laborer. He was examined by Prison Physician Griffin several days ago and pro nounced perfectly sound. Nelson cre ated a stir some time ago by writing to the Norwegian consul that he was being abused by the penitentiary offi cers. Nebraska Delegation Adopts Plan. Washington , Fob. 6. The Nebraska Republican delegation agreed on a schedule for distributing the federal offices by which the plan of state ill vision Is practically brought to an end. A vote on the revenue collectorshlp will be taken on Feb. 15 , Senator Brown having asked postponement un til that tlmo. That Ross Hammond will bo collector is not now seriously questioned. WAR ON THEJBOOTLEGGERS Mine Managers Propose to Keep Them Out of Mining Towns. Des Molnes , Feb. G. Led by Will iam Buxton of Buxton , la. , coal min * ers of Iowa are conducting a campaign against bootleggers , who Infest the coal mine camps of the state. The shooting of C. H. Morris , one of the largest coal mine operators of the state , by J. C. Cain , who had been prosecuted as a bootlegger , Is proba bly responsible for the systematic campaign now being conducted. With two pay days a month there are regu larly a large number of miners who lese several days each pay day , and aside from this the sale of liquor breeds lawlessness , which the oper ators desire to stamp out. Lake Bed Hearing. Des Molnes , Feb. 6. Before the gov * ernor and other member * of the exec utive council there was a hearing on the draining of one of the numerous lake beds of Palo Alto county. Farm ers living adjoining the lake desire it drained since it would make excellent farming land. Others claim that the lake Is a valuable asset to the beauty of the scenery of northern Iowa and desire It preserved. The policy of the Executive council has been to preserve lake beds wherever they were In fact lakes and not merely swamps. Boy Shoots at Train ; Hits Woman , Mount Vernon , 111. , Feb. 6. Mrs. P. II. Hough , wife of the superintendent of the Beardstown division of the Bur lington railroad , was shot in the head and seriously wounded' by John Ruth erford , a thirteen-year-old boy , who took a shot at the Burlington train on which Mrs. Hough was a passenger. Imports of Luxuries Less. New York , Feb. G. The appraised value of precious stones and pearls imported at this port during the month of January , 1003 , Is more than $3.000- 000 less than for the corresponding month of 1907. It showed n gain , however , over last December of $105 , 977.50. RUMOR SAYS IT WILL NOT COME BACK HERE. BUT RUMOR IS NOT CONFIRMED Norfolk Railroad Men Have Heard a Report to the Effect That the Motor Car Will be Taken Off the North Line and Sent East. It Is rumored nmong Norfolk rail road men that the Boncstccl motor car will not bo brought back from the Omaha shops for scrvlco on the north line and that a return to the old time steam service may bo expected. The car , the same report says , Is to be used by the Northwestern on ono of Its shorter lines across the river. The railroad men who believe the rumor claim that the extra repairs- for the car have been boxed up and shipped to the Union Pacific shops. At the Northwestern headquarters nothing was known of the reported removal of the motor car from this territory. The Norfolk officials stated that they had received no notice of this and that they expected the carte to be returned for service on the north line. Some tlmo ago the motor was sent back to the Union Pacific shop for repairs. MURDER ENACTED IN COURT Realistic Representation of Guerln Shooting In Trial of Mrs. McDonald. Chicago , Fob. 6. A realistic repre sentation of the shooting of Webster S. Guerln , according to the theory ot the tragedy hold by the defense , wna enacted in the court room in the trial of Mrs. Dora McDonald' ' . The attorneys for the prisoner were endeavoring to provo that during the struggle between Guorln and Mrs. Me Donald she turned the revolver against him and that he pulled the trigger , firing a shot into his own chest. Dr. M. L. Harris , an expert In gunshot wounds , enacted the part of Guerln , and Dr. J. W. Hnll , Mrs. McDonald's physician , filled the role said to have been enacted by his patient. The state oJaimed that if the revolver had been held at the angle claimed' by the defense the bullet would have entered the body of Guorln in a different dl rectlon from that which it actually took. MICHIGAN IN BUZZARD'S ' GRASP _ Dozen Passenger Trains Are Snow , bound in Various Parts of State. Detroit , Feb. 6. Withupwards , of a dozen passenger trains snowbound' In various parts of the state and Indica tions of zero weather , Michigan Is In the grasp of a blizzard that has paral yzed transportation In many sections and threatens to cause serious dis tress. On the Flint division of the Pere Marquette railroad a passenger train has been stalled since Saturday and , with the railroad closed , a number of small towns are shut off from their chief sources of bread and other food supplies. So far as known the pas sengers on all snowbound' trains have been carried on bobsleds to nearby towns or farm houses. \ TWO KILLEDJN _ SNOWSLIDE Four Men Carried Down Mountain Near Crested Butte , Colo. Crested Butte , Colo. , Feb. 6. A snowslide occurred near the workings ot the Crested' Butte coal mines , which are located on the mountain a mile south of town , whereby four men were carried down the mountainside for a distance of 1,000 feet , and two of them were burled and killed in the slide. The other two managed to ride the sliding snow and were found at tha bottom of the mountain , unhurt. The slide was witnessed by miners on top , who at once rushed' ' to the rescue , but the men were dead before found and dug out of the snow. The killed are : Laurence Bequoklch and George La- retlc. HOBOKliDOPTlESOLUTIOHS Demands Include Free Rides and Abolition lition of Vagrancy Laws. St. Louis , Feb. G. As a means of providing for men and women of the country who are out of employment , the national committee of the unemployed ployed , appointed at the national con vention of the self-styled "hoboes , " drew up a sot of resolutions , demand ing of the United States government that it appropriate the $25,000,000 loaned to banks during the recent financial flurry for that purpose. It will also bo asked to provide national insurance for citizens against enforced idleness or involuntary unemployment. Other demands include free trans portatlon for workers from one place to another and the abolition ot vagrancy laws. The resolutions will come before the convention tonight. Secretary of War Taft , who will be In St. Louis the last of the week , has been asked to address the convention Sunday night , but has not responded as yet. Prairie Fire Threatens Damage , Pueblo , Colo. , Feb. G. Driven by a high wind a prairie fire Is raging sev eral miles east of Holly , Cole , , near the Kansas line , and threatens to en ter the town of Coolldgo , Kan. The fire originated ono mile cast of Holly from the burning of omo woods In front of n farm house. The farmers I In the vicinity of Holly are out on mqg3Q to fljrht the INCREASES FOREST RESERVE. President Signs Proclamation Adding 350,000 Acres. Washington , Feb. G. President Roosevelt today signed a proclamation placing 350,000 acres In addition to the forest reserve territory of south ern California. FRUIT STEAMER WRECKED. Several Members of the Crew Re. ported to Have Perished. New Orleans , La. , Feb. G. A report was received here today to the effect that the fruit steamer "Anholin" has been wrecked off the Spanish-Hondu ras coast , and several members of the crew lost. GOT NEBRASKA MERCHANTS. Candy Salesman In Jail at Fremont Admits Guilt. Fremont , Neb. , Fdb. tJ. H. J. Good , the Pit Pnt candy salesman who fraud ulently secured $18 from Otto Pohl on a collection , is said ! to have obtained sums aggregating $275 from merchants in Nebraska and Soijth Dakota by sim ilar fraudulent operations. Sheriff Bauman returned nrom Minneapolis this morning with Gflod. The prisoner said ho wanted to' plead guilty and naked for an Immediate hearing. He was taken before Jfustice Dame , who bound him over to 'the district court. Arrangements were made to have Good appear in district court Saturday to receive his sentence. The author ities expect he will be sent to the penitentiary. Trains to Butte , March 1. Aberdeen , S. D. , Feb. G. It is learned from what is regarded as a most reliable source that the Milwau kee's extension to Butte , Mont. , will be In operation and a time schedule In effect by March 1 between the twin cities , Aberdeen and the Montana town. A new timecard will be effec tive between Aberdeen and Terry , Mout. , the next few days. MAIN TOPIC OF DISCUSSION IN SENATE AND HOUSE. BEVERIDGE URGES COMMISSION Indiana Senator Makes Speech In Fa vor of His Bill Payne Says Next Republican National Platform Will Contain Revision Plank. Washington , Feb. 6. Senator Bever- Irlgc ( Ind. ) delivered an appeal to the senate to adopt his bill providing for a non-partisan tariff commission , a plan which he declared conformed to modern and business ideas on this subject. He spoke for an hour and a half , recoivlng the careful attention of the senators and a large gallery. There were present many delegates of commercial bodies , now in session in this city. Following Senator Bever Idgo's address , several Democratic senators spoke briefly on the general subject of the tariff. Tariff revision and the president's recent special message to congress again were the main , topics of discus sion In the house of representatives. As has been the case for nearly a week , the Indian appropriation bill os tenslbly was before the house , but in no quarter was any word spoken in re gard to It. The house apparently had made up Its mind to discuss the is sues of the day at this time and no effort was made to check the flow of general debate. A long speech by Serene Payne ( N. Y. ) , the majority leader , was consld ered Important , because of his assur ances that a tariff revision plank would be incorporated in the Republic an national platform of this year. He devoted some attention to Mr. Bryan , whom he accredited with going about the country accusing President Roosevelt - velt of grand or petit larceny in pur loining his ideas. A bitter attack on the rules and power of the speaker was made in the house by Nelson ( Rep. , Wls. ) , who said the power of the house was merged In the speaker. PUBLIC PRINTERJS SUSPENDED President Relieves Charles A. Stilllngs from Place , Naming Rosslter. Washington , Feb. 6. President Roosevelt temporarily suspended as public printer Charles A. Stilllngs and appointed William S. Rosslter tempo rarily to fill the duties of that office. The aatlon , as explained officially , is to facilitate the Investigation now being made of the government printing of fice by congresi. The committee on printing is Inves tigating reports that the Audit System Suppy company is exerting undue and Improper influence in the government printing office and Is also Interested In the purchase of supplies for the of fice. Resolutions by numerous labor or ganizations In various cities charging violation In the government printing office of the eight-hour law , discrimi nation against veteran soldiers and the widows of soldiers and violation of the civil service law have been sub milted to congress and the president. Columbia Goes Dry. Columbia , Mo. , Fob. G. Columbia voted In favor of prohibition by a ma jority of12 votes. The Fourth ward , whore the state university professor ! and officers live , went dry by a vote ol 228 to 93. The election ended a long nnd bitter contest , The latest report ! Indicate that Boane county went against the liquor element by 600 ma jority. PRESENT PHASE OF CRISIS RE GARDED A3 AT AN END. LISBON QUIET UNDER NEW RULE Reversal of Government from Dicta torship to Liberal Policy Has Sootlv Ing Effect on Country Franco Still In Hiding Plans for Funeral. Lisbon , Feb. G. The announced in tcntion of the now cabinet to put an end to repression and restore tha "old liberal monarchy , " which baa existed In Portugal for sixty years , has had a soothing effect on the conn- trjr. Tranquillity , ia reported from everywhere In the Interior and Lisbon seems perfectly peaceful. Troops are less conspicuous on the streets of the city nnd If the day of the funerals passes without Incident , tha present phase of the crisis through which the country id passing may be regarded as at an end. The willingness of the republicans to acquiesce In the present situation If their friends are released tends to secure a return to less strenuous modes of political warfare. Generally speaking , another upheaval In the near future la considered practically tmposulble. Intense interest is shown In Fran co's whereabouts. The drama centers about him , but ho remains in seclu sion , seemingly crushed In spirit. He declines to see correspondents , to offer a defense for his policy and explain his downfall or his decision to retire completely from the political arena. His elimination is regretted by the commercial classes and foreign ele ments , who are convinced that his sole object wao the good of the coun try. Preparations for the funeral of the dead king and the crown prince are rapidly nearlng completion. Mr. Bry an baa received the appointment of special envoy of America. The foreign newspaper correspond ents from London , Paris and Berlin are flocking into Lisbon. They seem disappointed at finding that the coun try is not In the throes of a revolu tion. The outgoing telegraph lines al ready are swamped and there are many delays incident to the flood of messages. Increased precautions have been taken by the authorities to prevent the spread of false or alarmIng - Ing reports. Both commercial and press telegrams are examined to see that they conform to the regulations forbidding the transmission of any thing inimical to the public security or Irreverent to the royal family. COUNTESS SECURES DIVORCE Harry Thaw's Sister Gets Separation from Earl of Yarmouth. London , Feb. G. Sir BIrrell Barnes , president of the divorce court , granted the Countess of Yarmouth , who was Miss Allco Thaw of Pittsburg , a de cree nullifying her marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth. The case was heard In private. At the time fixed for the commencement of the proceedings everyone not actu ally engaged in the case was excluded from the court room. The case was practically undefended and the hear ing lasted for only half an hour. The countess , attired In a fashionable black gown , was present , but the Earl of Yarmouth was not In court. The papers in the case are being kept secret and all Information re garding the nature of the charges has been carefully withheld. The state ment was made , however , that the character of the medical evidence to be given made a public hearing inad visable. Ralsuli to Free MacLean Today. Tangier , Feb. G. Caid Sir Harry MacLeau , who has been in the hands of the bandit Raisuli for the past seven months , is now within four hours' ride of Tangier and probably will be released today. The British government has finally succeeded in bringing their negotiations with Rals- ull to a close and , in return for the release of Caid MacLean , will pay $100,000 to Raisuli and guarantee him protection and Immunity. Cuban Conspirators Sentenced. Havana , Feb. 6. The audlcncla court rendered a verdict in the case of the six men indicted last September on the charge of attempting to sub vert the provisional government and massacre or drive out the Americans from Cuba. Masse Parra , Jose Ulla and Gabriel Guerra were convicted and sentenced to thirty-nine months' Imprisonment. Lara Mlret and two others were acquitted. Makes Plea for Stoessel. St. Petersburg , Feb. G. The court- martial of Lieutenant Stoessrl Is not yet finished. Deputy Smyrtlanoff , counsel for the defense , made an elo quent plpa for the acquittal of Port Arthur's commander , picturing the heroic resistance offered by the de fenders of the fort under the most trying conditions and declaring that not until it was Inevitable did the fortress fall. Operated on Eighty-Five Times. Pcorla , Fvb. G. Mrs. Martha Ann Davis , ago'J ' sixty years , died ol dropsy. Mr- . Davis had been opeiated on eighty-five times and 2,000 pounds of water drawn off at different opera tlons. Physicians declare the case tc be ono of the most singular of Its kind In the history of the practice ol medicine. THE CONDITIONJJF THE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hours. Forecast for Nebraska. Condition of the weather na recorded - od for the twenty-four hours ending at S n. in. today. Ma.xltnum 12-1 .Minimum 1 \\orago 14 Barometer 30.00 Chicago , Fob. ( ' . . The liullotln IB- sued by the Chicago station of the United States weather bureau gives the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Fair tonight , probably Increasing coldnusa. Friday rising temperature. WIRES STILL PARALYZED. Result of Sleet Storm In Nebraska , Iowa , Illinois and Minnesota. Chicago , Feb. 6. Communication from all parts of Illinois , Iowa , Ne braska and Minnesota Is still In a frightful condition as a result of Tues day night's sleet storm. Newspaper service and brokers' business IB almost at a standstill In some portions and the telegraph com panies are far behind with the trans mission of messages. DROWNING SHOCK TO WOMAN Witnesses Death of Three Doys and Dies In the Faint That Follows. Nyack , N. Y. , Feb. C. "Death from shock" was the verdict of physicians who examined Into the sudden death of Mrs. Claudlno Abry of this place Mrs. Abry saw thruo boys skating on the Hudson break through the ice and drown. She watched the work of res CUR and when the bodies of the boys were brought out of the river she fainted. She died later without re covering consciousness. Two Women Frozen to Death. New York , Feb. G. Two women were found dead In the kitchen of a house at 351 West Seventy-first street , of which they were caretakers. They wore Mrs. Margaret Meek Bertie , seventy years old , and Mrs. Margaret Kelly , forty years old. For many years they had been friends. There was a little coal In a bin In the cellar and seventeen cents were found In a cupboard. The police think the wom en sat by a stove , In front of which their bodies were found , to keep warm and fell asleep before the fire went out and were frozen to death. Hospital Bed for Auto Victims. Philadelphia , Feb. G. A bed for the solo use of the persons injured In au tomobile accidents Is to be endowed In the new Garretson hospital here by members of the Quaker City Ladies' Memorial club. The deed of gift will provide , that persons Injured in accl dents to their own cars will have the first right to the bed , those injured by reckless and careless motorists only being allowed to use it when no motor car owner Is occupying it. Suffragette Loses Hotel Case. New York , Feb. G. That hotel men of New York have the right to refuse food and cnteitalnment to women after 6 o'clock at night , when unac companled by a man , was the verdict of a jury In a test case brought by Mrs. Harriet Stanton Dlatch , the well known suffragette , against the 11 off man House corporation. Mrs. Blntcli announced that she would appeal the case and try to obtain a decision in favor of her sex. Novelty In Veil Pins. A new veil pin Is a long gold arrow with detachable head , the end of the pin fastening securely In place after the veil Is iilnnud as desired. Wire Rope Factory Burns. Trenton , N. .1. , Feb. 6. Two build fftfg of the John A. Uoebllngs Sons cowyany , wire rope manufacturers in this city , were destroyed by ( ire. I i $20000. Three Italian laborers , who wciv insisting the firemen , had' a uar < row escape from death. Ten Thousand Men Laid Off. Philadelphia , Feb. G. Ten thousand men liave been laid off since Decem ber by the Baldwin locomotive works of this city because of lack of orders for engines in this and foreign coun tries. Peorla Has $250,000 Fire , pi'oria , Feb. G. Fire that started' in tte McAdams Tailoring company con- sunwd one whole business block on Adams street. Loss , $250,000. rdle Men Storm Pittsburg City Hall , Pittsburg , Feb. G. With Immediate work for only about three thousand men In sight , City hall was stormed by the "unemployed" and 6,000 appll cation blanks were issued by the civil service commission. The rellu ! measures provided for in the ordl nance appropriating $220,000 for pub lie improvements in order to employ the idle men now appear inadequate , but much good will result uotwith standing. County Option In Ohio. Columbus , O. , Feb. G. The senate by a vote of 24 to 13 , passed the Rosi county option bill. The measuru now goes to the house , and friends of tin measure claim It will have a target majority there than In the senate. Anti-Bucket Shop Bill Paued. Outhrie , OUIa. , Fob. 6. The stati senate paused the nntl-buciiot shut bill The bill Is a very stringent pro vision and Is modeled after the Texas law The lower house passed tin Lindsay anti-trust act. ARCHITECT J. M , HUSTON TURNa STATE'S EVIDENCE DY PROXY. CROSS FIRE DY THE DEFENSE Witness Reluctantly Admits That H Received a Percentage of Huston' * Commissions Gives Damaging Tes timony Against Sanderson. Harrlsburg , Pa. , Fob. 0. Architect Joseph M. Huston virtually turned state's evidence by proxy against bin co-defendants , Contractor Sanderson , former Auditor General Snydcr , fern > nr State Treasurer Mathues and fona > r Public Buildings Superintendent Shumakor. In tin * trial for conspiracy In the Dauphin county court. Through his assistant , Stanford U. Lowlo , the architect , who remained In seclusion in his room at a hotel near the court house and was accessible only to bla lawyer and confidential friends , gave damaging testimony against Sanderson and the former state ofllcers. Lewis has been called several tlmei by the commonwealth , but It wao tha first tlmo that the defense regarded his testimony of sufficient Importance to cross-examine him. Attorney Gil bert Insisted that Lewis was a park nor of Huston In the capital work and was refusing to reveal his true rcla- tlon to the architect for fear of In criminating himself. Lewis denied this. Lewis reluctant ly admitted that he received a percent age of Huston's commissions. Ha stated that he was to get 26 per cent Lewis was explaining why the deduc tions were made by Huston in the bllli for the metallic furniture when the court adjourned for the day. HOMESTEAD ENTRIES FRAUDS Forester In Charge of Las Anlmas Re serve Says Timber Is Cut Illegally. Leaavillo , Colo. , Feb. G. That fully 75 p r cent of the homesteads In the Las Animus forest reserve uro fraudu lent was the remarkable statement made by Daniel 13. Fitton , In charge ot thai reserve , at a meeting of the for esters of Colorado and surroundlni states. Fitton said that when the for est service first took charge of the Lag Animus reserve fully $500 worth ol timber was cut every day illegally. This , ho said , had been stopped. F. D. Pollock , assistant forester ol the United States , In an address , also assorted that millions of acres of laud on the forest reserves had been stolen from the government. Pollock said that the statements of Fitton could bo mndw of all the forest reserves ID the country. Sugar Trust Employes Indicted. New York , Feb. G. On Indictments charging conspiracy to defraud the United States government , Ernest W. Gerbrachl , chief sugar expert of the American Sugar Refining company , and seven other employes of the sugar trust wpre arrestod. The Indictment ol Gnrhrauht Is one of the results of the investigation of the grand Jury la learn who was responsible for the ma nipulation of the scales on the Will- lamsburg pier of the American Sugar Refining company , by which , It Is al leged , the government has been de frauded out of thousands of dollars IB the last fifteen years. Cymric Reaches Boston. Boston , Feb. G. The survivors ol the steamer St. Cuthbort , who wore taken from their burning and sinking vessel by the steamer Cymric , 400 miles from this port , after fourteen of their companions had perished , were landed here. Six of these who reached here were In need of careful nursing and two of them , Captain John Lewis , the commander of the vessel , and Armaml J. Obert , a seaman - man , were so badly burned about the head' and face that It was with d I fa culty that they were taken to the lies * pital. Both , however , will probabl/ recover. Charges Against Joy Morton. Chicago , Feb. G. Fraud In connec tion with the purchase of $212,313 worth of alleged worthless securities Is charged against Joy Morton , B. P. Deinuty , W. F. Morrison and other di rectors of the Jackson Trust and Sav ings bank In a bill filed In the circuit court by certain dissatisfied stockhold ers of the bank. The court Is asked to vacate a transfer of the leasehold of- the bank to the Railway Exchange bank , organized by Morton and others for the purpose , It Is charged , of tak ing over the sccuritius classed as worthless. Convicted Clergyman Granted Writ. Springfield. II ) . , Feb. G. A message wus received by the ( Jutted States district attorney's ofTlce saying that Judge Putor S. Grosscup , In the United States circuit court of appeals , bad granted a writ of suporscdcas In the case of the Rev. James E. Kaye , an Oak Park (111. ( ) clergyman , who was convicted of counterfeiting. Kayo la under a two years' sentence In the penitentiary arid Is now In the jail an nex here. Shot by His Brother-ln-Law. St. Louis , Fob. G. John T. Wilson of St. Louis , president of the Interna tional Brotherhood of Railroad' Main tenance of Way Employes , was shot twice by his brother-in-law , Frank G. Engleman of Kansas City , and Is ! n a critical condition. The shooting oc curred at the Wilson homo hero and Wilson , In a statement to the police , alleged that his wife started a row and Englcman joined with her.