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NORFOLK NEBRASKA FRIDAY Al'RlL .17 1'JOS '
WORSE DESTRUCTION THAN WAS
AT FIRST THOUGHT.
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MANY FARMERS DURNED OUT
DAILY NEWS CORRESPONDENT
DRIVES OVER THE GROUND.
THRIFTY FARM HOMES IN ASHES
The Terrific Prairie Fire That Swept
Through Holt County is More Disas
trous Because It Struck Many of
Last Year's ' Hail Victims.
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O'NuIll , Nob. , April lli. Special ,
Tl e Nowa : Today's gatherings of U
dreary results of Tuesday's pralrlo lire
disclose worse destruction than first
titlloved. The lire started from a
smouldering utraw stack four nil lea
northeast of town and was scattered
DKo the leaves of autumn ovor'tho
powder-dry and grass-covered prairie.
Thirty square miles of territory , lr-
regular as the bends of a river save
/or / the eastern honudry which cut
a straight line north and south , was
tire-swept. t
The Daily Nowa correspondent took
a trip over a portion of the charred
remalna of this sea of lire yesterday.
Thousands of fence- posts wore burned ,
telephone poles lay by the score across
roadways , the smouldering remains of
haystacks and stumps of trees send
out faint puffs of smoke from the
black and dreary surrounds , while at
formerly thrifty farmyards hero and
there la seen only a pile of brick or
blackened piece of machinery.
The loss Is beyond computation. In
property destroyed It was the worst
lire In the history ot this county.
William Gannon lost all of his build
ings but his house , also some hogsp
and his wife and children narrowly
escaped with their lives. As a place
of safety , Mrs. Gannon took the chil
dren Into the outside cellar. This
caught tire and they were almost suf
focated when rescued.
.lames Cameron lost everything on
the farm hut four horses , the clothing
they wore and two dresses Mrs. Cam
eron secured before the burning of the
bouse.
Sam Wolf lost 100 tons of hay ,
which was Insured for $50.
J. 13. Dally was cleaned out of home
and other buildings.
Pat llagan lost barn , corn cribs and
granary , Insured for $700.
B. 13. Dlocmkcr was plowing In the
Held when he saw his neighbors In
danger. Ho put his horses In the barn
and went to the rescue. When ho got
back his barn and four horses were
burned.
Con Shay lost everything but one
barn , Peter Sullivan everything but
the house. James Davenport buildings ,
twenty-seven hogs , four head of cattle
nnd seven others badly burned and
was probably fatally burned himself.
Charles Uockford saw the fire and
went for his son , who was herding
cattle two miles away. Returning
with the boy he found everything
burned hut a wagon , Into which his
wife had piled a trunk and feather
bed.
bed.All
All lost their hay within the burnt
district nnd many fine groves of trees
are ruined. It conies doubly dlsas-
trous on many because of the loss by
bail last summer.
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WIND , SAND AND FIRE.
A Terrific Windstorm Accompanied
the Prairie , Fire.
Through the courtesy of the O'Neill '
Democrat details of the fire as gath
ered by that paper , which will be pub
lished Friday ? have been furnished In
advance to The News. In printing the
Democrat story , The News wishes to
express appreciation for this generous
favor. Following are the fire details
as picked up by The Democrat :
One of the most terrific wind nnd
sand storms that has visited O'Neill
lor many years darkened the sky
Tuesday and kept raging with unabat
ed fury far into the night. In the
morning the wind was from the south ,
but about 2 o'clock In the afternoon It
suddenly changed to the north and
Increased to a gale. During the fore
noon a fire was noticed northeast of
O'Neill , and when the wind changed
the smoke was scon through the clouds
of dust sweeping from the Disney
neighborhood south toward Inman.
Tuesday night a few meagre reports
began to come In. A telephone message -
sago asking for assistance came in
during the evening , but nothing dof-
inlto as to the location of the fire could
bo ascertained , only that It was north
p. of Inman and that the head fire was
sweeping over roads and guards , and
cleaning up everything In Its path.
Many persons were slightly burned
In fighting the tlames , and two or
three very seriously.
T. J. Davenport , living three miles
north nnd four miles east of O'Neill
on the Flora Sullivan farm , was helpIng -
Ing his neighbors north of his place.
plowing guards with a riding plow
nnd a four-horse team. When the
> wind suddenly changed from south to
north the fire swept down toward his
farm nnd buildings , nnd In making a
desperate attempt to Intercept the
flames nnd get homo to protect his
property ho was caught by the head-
T.ContTnueiT from Tmge g.T
IN NORTHERN KNOX.
Darn , Cattle , Farm Machinery and Hay
Are Destroyed.
Vordol , Neb. , April 15. Special to
The News : Geo. Thayer. living about
southwest of Verdel , lost his barn ,
farm machinery and twolvu head of
cattle In a pralrlo lire late yesterday
afternoon. Theie was n strong wind
blowing nnd the grans being so dry
the names swept everything In Its
path.
path.O.
O. II. Berg , living directly south of
Vordul , lost about forty tons of hay In
another lire yesterday and a neighbor
thirty tons of hay In the same lire.
HAVOC WROUGHT BY PRAIRIE FIRE
List of Sufferers In South Dakota Con
tinues to Grow.
Huron , S. D. , April 10. The list of
sufferers from pralilo tires continues
to grow. Kupprtu show the IIres wore
the niDHt destructive In property loss
ever experienced In this section of
the state. Thousands of acres 'woro
burned over , groves destroyed and
scoi es of cattle , horses , sheep and
hogs consumed. Many families lost
elr homou , barns , machinery and
} 4 'n ' , but the aggregate loss cannot
$ f stlmated. Besides the fires In
' " < ( , 'eadlo ) county , reports of losses
'lid , Sanborn , Sully , Hand ,
Si- Klngsbury counties are ro-
colv jjvj vjreat number of farmers
and o ° o// stained small losses , but
thotio v > efo . .isaes run from $1,000 to
$6,000 arv Henry Miner , M. J. Lyon ,
WIPIam Morrlll , J. J. Wilson , Urown
brothers , Peter Janlsch , Fred Johnson ,
George- Young , Lew Taplor , Harry
Steele , Leo Papln , W. 1 * Merrlman ,
Hone Hill Presbyterian association ,
Central Dakota Telephone company ,
$2,000 ; Atlas Elevator and Lumber
company , $120.000 ; Vandusen Elevator
company , $8,000 ; Chicago and North
western railway , $3,500 ; Great North
ern railway. $2,000 ; Headle county ,
bridges , $2.000. Half a dozen school
houses were burned. Many persons
were more or less burned or otherwlso
Injured , but no deaths reported.
COLOMBO TELLS MORY ON STAND
Tries to Substantiate Plea of Killing
Fiorenza for Mercy.
Omaha , April 1C. Severla Colombo
went on the witness stand In the crtm-
inai court to substantiate his strange
plea that ho killed his friend , Joseph
Fiorenza , as an act of mercy after
he had been accidentally wounded.
Colombo almost broke down several
times when he was describing the in
cident. Ho was unable to speak a
word of English and his evidence had
to he given through an Interpreter.
Colombo said after he and Fiorenza
had hunted awhile they built a fire to
warm themselves. Fiorenza , he said ,
went into the weeds nearby while he
held the gun.
"Fiorenza was stooping over , " ho
said , "when he called to me and' said
he saw somfe birds and for me to shoot
them. I took the gun up and It went
off. I did not notice then that Fior
enza was shot , but put in another
shell. Then I saw Fiorenza put his
hands to his face and I knew he was
shot. He begged me to shoot him
again to put him out of his mlstry ,
and I did so and then ran away. "
EXPRESS COMPANIES RENEW FIGHT
File Motions in Supreme Court far
Modification of Injunction.
Lincoln , April 10. The express com
panies doing business in Nebraska
filed motions in the supreme court tor
a modification of the Injunction issued
by the court last week. They aluo
notified Attorney General Thompson
that next Saturday In the fedwral court
at Omaha they would renew their ap
plication for an injunction against tha
state to prevent it from enforcing the
Sibley law. The motion filed sets out
that the injunctlonal order is broader
than the law which It seeks to ontorce
and "that said order is vague and in
definite and imposes upon the defend
ant and Its employes the necessity of
choosing between reducing its charge
and reducing Its rates as the same ars
shown in the schedule and classifica
tion mentioned in the act aforesaid. "
The express companies have re
duced express rates 25 per cent In
onformlty with the Sibley act.
Wool Market at Omaha.
Omaha , April 16. Omaha is to b a
wool market and the central storage
point for the vast ranges of the west ,
which produce annually more than
160,000,000 pounds of wool. Thre * rail
roads gave notice to the Commercial
club that all through rates on wool
now In force would hereafter bo made
subject to storage In Omaha for an
indefinite period , which assures the
construction of large warehouses , In
stallation of compressing plants and ,
It Is bellaved , will Influence the estab
lishment ot textile mills on the 11U-
river. . _
Murder Runs In the Family.
Independence , Kan. , April 16. At
Cnney , near here. Mark Kllllon , a Joint
keeper , whllo resisting arrest , shot
and killed William Carr , a policeman.
Kllllon fled to his home , followed by a
mob that threatened him , and locked
himself In , but later surrendered and
was placed in jail. Klllion's father
died In the state penitentiary while
serving n sentence tor murder and a
brother is now In that institution.
Earthquake Shocks In Utah.
Salt Lake. April 16 Five distinct
shocks of earthquake were felt at Mil-
ford. I tah , 200 miles south of here.
Houses were shaken and people ran
from their hem s in alarm , but no se
rious damage Is reported. The shocks
were also felt a ± Newhouso
COMMITTEE FROM CONGRESS
BREAKS THE NEWS.
WILL KILL PET MEASURES
TARIFF ON WOOD PULP WILL
NOT BE REMOVED.
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CURRENCY BILL , WILL PASS
Power of Federal Courts Will Not be
Cut Railroad Men Will Not be
Given Right to Combine Waterways
Get Money Tariff Committee to Sit.
Washington. April 10. President
Roosevelt was today notified by a com
mittee of congressmen that several of
his favored measures will not be
passed at the present session of con-
Bless.
The Bills That Won't Pass.
In the list of hills that will not pass ,
according to the statement made to
the president , are :
1. The hill favoring a reduction of
the power of federal courts relative to
labor injunctions ) .
2. The giving to railroad employes'
organizations and other labor organi
zations certain rights to combine.
I ! . The removal of the tariff on
wood pulps.
Bill That Will be Passed.
The same committee stated that
hills will bo passed along the follow
ing lines :
1. A bill favoring elastic currency.
2. A bill appropriating funds for
Inland waterway Improvements.
I ! . A hill authorizing a special com
mittee to sit during the coming sum
mer's recess of congiess to prepare
tariff re\lslon measures.
PRESIDENT GIRDS UP.
Agreement to Compromise Program
Made to Strengthen G. O. P.
Washington , April li. ( The confer
ence between President Roosevelt and
Representative Watson of Indiana , re
publican hoiibe whip , last night , result
ed In acquiescence by the president
in the compromise legislative program
which is offered by leaders in con
gress. The president also agreed to
say nothing against adjournment of
congress by May 9 , if possible.
The program agreed upon embraces
a child-labor law for the District of
Columbia , which Is to be a model for
the rest of the country. This legisla
tion will not be seriously opposed , be
cause there are no large manufactur
ing Interests here.
The program also has in mind a
currency bill , In the form of the Vree-
land substitute for the Aldrich bill ,
the authorization of the ways and
means committee to sit during recess
to consider tariff matters and a law
providing that employes of the gov
ernment , when Injured in their work ,
may recover damages.
This isn't all that the president has
wanted , hut It Is all tjiat he can get.
This Inability to secure further action ,
while in part due to unwillingness of
congress to give'him what he'wants ,
Is also due , In part , to the fact that
the larger legislative program would
keep congress In session until mid
summer.
The president will now content him
self with what ho already has said in
favor of an amendment to the Sher
man law , and of the various other
Items of his legislative program , and
will from this time on work with the
leaders In congress with a view to
securlny a condition of party unity ,
which will make victory possible In
November.
It Is universally admitted by repub
lican leaders In this city that the
forthcoming campaign will In all prob
ability be closer than any campaign
since 1892. There will be a real flght ,
In all probability , both for the presi
dency and for control of the lower
house of congress.
The president realizes that ns lead
er of his party for the time being , he
owes it a duty which he must not fail
to perform.
That duty demands that the party
be put into the best possible condition
for a campaign , which means that the
various elements In the party get to
gether. This Is the secret of the
agreement last night with Represen
tative Watson.
Chairman Tawney of the appropria
tions committee says today that It
will not be possible for congress to
adjourn as early as May 9. He puts
the date somewhere between llay 16
and May 20.
CONSPIRE TO STEAL CATTLE.
Charge Made Against South Dakota
Men by Grand Jury.
Sioux Falls , S. D. . April 1C. The
United States grand Jury which con
vened In Sioux Falls on Tuesday of
last week has not yet completed Its
work , there having been a largo num
ber of cases for the Jury to Investigate
and take action upon
The Jury reported an Indictment
against Joseph DoMarsche and Enoch
Monteau , charged with conspiracy to
from residents of the Pine Ridge and
HoM'bud Indian reservations. The
particular charge against them Is that
on September 20 , 1'JOfi. they stole and
drove away a number of cattle and
horses belonging to residents of the
two reservations.
UeMnrscho and Montean are up-
posed to have been members of a re
gularly organized band of mixed-blood
Indians and lawless whites who car
ried on a general cattle and horse
"rustling" campaign on the two reser
vations. Confederates of the two men
to the number of three or four have
been arrested during the past year
or two and sentenced to terms In
prison.
George IJycra. a prominent ranch
man of western South Dakota was ar
raigned before Judge Carland on the
charge of having unlawfully fenced
about 1.000 acres of government land.
The Indictment against Byers con
tains three counts. On motion of his
attorney he was given a stay of twenty
four hours In which to enter a plea
to the Indictment.
BARN , GRANARY AND CORN CRIB
ARE DESTROYED.
HORSE , COLT AND COW PERISH
Fire at the Farm of Henry Amend ,
Living on the L. Langenberg Farm
Two Miles East of Hosklns , De
stroyed Considerable Property.
Hosklns , Neb. . April 1C. Special to
The News : Fire at the farm of Hen
ry Amend , living on the L. Langenberg
farm about two miles east of Hosklns ,
destroyed a largo barn , granary and
corn crib containing 500 bushels of
corn , during the high wind of Tues
day afternoon. A horse and colt , and
a cow , perlKhed In the llames.
ALDRICH BILL DENOUNCED
House Committee Hears More Argu
ments Against Currency Measure.
Washington , April 1C. The banking
and currency committee of the house
continued to hear arguments against
the Aldrich financial bill and also the
measure introduced by Vreeland ( N.
Y. ) , upon which the Republican mem
bers ot the house are to caucus next
week. The currency commission of
the American Hankers' association ,
representatives of the merchants' as
sociation of Now York and other bank
ers from different , sections of the
country were severe in their denuncia
tion of both of those measures.
It seemed to be the general opinion
among the speakers that If a ciedlt
currency measure could not bo passed
at this session It would he wise on
the part of congress to let the matter
go over until the next session , In the
meantime providing for a commission
to consider the whole financial ques
tion and formulate a. measure next
winter.
Lilley Coached by Lake Company.
Washington , April It ! . The Lake
Torpqdo Boat company was placed In
the attitude of a prosecutor of the
IHectrlc Boat company in the Investi
gation now being conducted by a spe
cial committee of the house of charges
preferred against the Electric com
pany by Representative Lilley of Con
necticut. This was brought out at the
session of the committee when Abnor
R. Neff , the Washington representa
tive of the Lake company , and former
Senator John M. Thurston , general
counsel of that company , admitted
that they had prepared most of the
questions that had been submitted to
the committee by Mr. Lilley to bo
asked' the witnesses for the Electric
company , as well as a number of state
ments that Mr. Lilley had made to
the committee.
FAMILY WATCHED THEM DROWN
Two Chicago Men Caught In Squall
and Sink Before Rescue Comes.
Chicago , April 16. Joseph Sachsel ,
a wholesale liquor dealer , and Arthur
Freud , bis cousin , wore drowned in
Lake Michigan when a small boat In
which they were rowing was capsized
about a inllo off the foot of Wilson
avenue. The accident occurred while
Sachsel s wife and Freud's four sisters
were watching the boaL The men
went out to examine some fisting nets
and were caught In a heavy gale ,
which suddenly sprang up shortly
after 7 o'clock. A number of other
fl&hing boats had much difficulty in
reaching the shore , because of the
rapidity with which Lake Michigan
became rough. The gale at times blew
over forty miles an hour.
Off Jackson park eleven men were
rescued by the llfesaving crew during
the day. Seven of the men were
aboard the Flying Dutchman , a sloop ,
that was two mljos off shore when the
gale caine sweeping up the lake , Ths
boat was being carried out into the
lake and must have been lost had not
the llfesaving crew , after a desperate
struggle with the wind and waves ,
managed to tow the boat into the
Jackson park harbor.
Two overturned boats , to each of
which two men were clinging , were
rescued later by the Jackson park
llfesaving crow.
Yesterday's Baseball Results.
National League St. Louis , 1 ; Pitts-
burg , 3 ( .10 Innings ) .
American Association. Indianapolis ,
4 , Kansas City , 2. Louisville , 1 ; Mil
waukee , 2. Columbus , 5 ; St , Paul , 4.
Western League Dei Molues , 2 ;
Omaha , 10. Lincoln , 1 ; Sioux City , 4.
NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR REPUB
LICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
ARE SEATS FOR ONLY .11,167
Chairman New1 of the Republican Na
tional Convention Is Disgusted With
Chicago's Inability to Take Care of
the Crowd.
Chicago , April ! ( ! . Chairman Harry
S. New of the republican national com
mittee regrets that the national con
vention Is scheduled for Chicago. He
has been trying to get the desired
seating capacity In the Coliseum , and
has given It up In despair or disgust.
The convention hall cannot be brought
up to the promises of the local com
mittee , he says , nnd ho Is of the
opinion Chicago should not have been
selected.
"The city hasn't the accommoda
tions for such a convention , " he said ,
"at least in the matter of a conven
tion hall. Kansas City has a hall
which would make the Coliseum look
like an ante-room , and even Indianap
olis can provide better accommoda
tions.
"Wo were promised seating capacity
for 11,000 people. We have figured
and schemed nnd now can sent 11,167.
I'll pay a bonus to any man who can
Ilgure out how to scat 11,108. There
Isn't room for another seat In the
place , nnd wo are far short of the
number we ought to have. In 1001
we had a seating capacity of 8,1102 ,
hut we were told that this could ho
Increased to 1-1,000. It can't he done ,
and there Is no use trying. "
Big Demand for Seats.
The demand for seats is abnormal ,
and Mr. Now foresees much disap
pointment on the part of persons who
consider themselves entitled to a fair
view of the proceedings , but who will
not get nearer the convention than
the sidewalk.
The national chairman returned to
Indianapolis , to come back to Chicago
May 10 , when a meeting of the na
tional committee will be held. June
1 the committee practically begins the
convention by starting the hearing on
contests. Thus far notice In only four
cases hab been Hied with the national
olllcors. these Involving the Florida
delegates at large , the delegates from
one Florida district , from one Ala
bama district , and from one Ohio dis
trict.
trict.All "
All contests will he heard by the" full
committee. It having been decided that
because of the bitterness of the fight
the national body cannot open Itself
to the charge that it "packed" sub
committees in favor of one candidate
or against any one candidate.
The cominltteemen refuse to give
any ground for such a charge , and they
are confident It would he made If they
endeavored to assign the different con
tests to dilt'erent committees , no mat
ter what the assignments might he.
For this reason it Is proposed to get
at the matter early and have thfe full
committee hear each contest.
JOHNSON "LUCK" FOR DEMS.
Governor , Replying to Bryan Letter ,
Says it Won't Injure the Party.
Chicago. April 1C. "A little of that
sort of luck wouldn't hurt the demo
cratic party , " said Governor John A.
Johnson of Minnesota late yesterday.
"It has not had much of It In the last
three presidential campaigns. "
His attention had been called to a
communication from the Bryan head
quarters In Washington , in charge of
Willis J. Abbot , who not only repri
manded Mr. Johnson for his "impert
inence' " in becoming a candidate , but
gave publicity to n letter from a Min
nesota democrat asserting that John
son had been elected governor of Min
nesota twice by pure luck.
"I don't think my candidacy for the
presidential nomination can be called
'impertinent. ' It Is not of my seeking ,
but now that I am in I am going to
make a determined but nevertheless
dignified fight. "
Stirred by the literature sent out by
the Bryana "personal representative"
at Washington , Mr. Johnson , while In
Chicago , removed his candidacy from
the "passive" and declared himself an
"active" candidate.
"I shall try to make at least a dig
nified contest for the nomination , " he
added.
"I'd like to have people say that ,
anyway , Johnson made a clean , decent
race of It , no matter how It turns out.
I have nothing to lose and everything
to gain. If I get nothing more out of
It than just the honor of having my
name presented to the national con
vention by the democrats of Minnesota
seta , I shall feel that I have been
extremely fortunate.
"I have no quarrel with Mr. Bryan.
I should not attack Mr. Hearst If ho
were a candidate for the presidency
again. I consider it any man's privi
lege to aspire to this offlce. "
DEATH OF MRS. JOE GRAVES.
Prominent Young Woman at Butte
Succumbs to Paralysis.
Butte , Neb. , April 10. Special to
The News : Mrs. Joe Graves died at
her home In Butte yesterday afternoon
after an Illness of several weeks with
paralysis , she was but thlrtj eight
years of age and leaves , besides her
husband , three children , two girls and
one boy. Her brother , Mr. Hole , one
from Carlock and one from Iowa arc
hero to attend the funeral which was
THE CONDITION JjF THE WEATHER
Temperature for Twcnty.four Hour * .
Forecast ( or Nebraska.
Condition of the weather as record
ed for tlio twenty-four hours onilhiK
at 8 a. in. today.
Maximum CO
Minimum 42
Average ni
Barometer 80.115
Chicago , April It ! . Tlio bulletin Is-
snod liy the Chicago station of tlio
United States weather hnreau gives
the forecast for Nebraska as follows :
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday.
Wanner tonight.
FLOOD LOSSJS $1,000,000 $ , ,
Big Montana Smelter Is Threatened s
Result of Break In Hauser Dam.
Helena , Mont. , April 1C. With sev
eral notifies de.stioyed in the little
town of Crulg , forty-six. inli' | ! north of
Helena , hundreds ol head of cattle
and live stock drowned and the Great
Noithotn rallioad tracks washed away
for miles , the loss fiom the Hood
caused by the breaking of the great
seventy-foot dum at llauser lake , It U
conservatively estimated , will bo ap
proximately $1.000,000 , which Included
the damages to the dam.
After making a careful examination
of the dum ette since the water has
receded A. H. Gerry , Jr. , gitneral man
ager , Is of the opinion that the
wrecked structure can be rebuilt at a
coat of probably less than $250,000.
A special from Great Falls says the
water Is slowly rising and that if It
goes three feet hither thn chance of
saving the Uoatou and Montana ainel-
tor will ho dubious. A relief train
sent out over the Great Northern from
Great Falls was forced to return after
going only a short distance. A simi
lar expedition was sent from Helena ,
but went only a short distance below
Wolf creek , twenty-throe miles dis
tant , where a largo bridge had been
washed out. Althoirgh It is Impossi
ble at this llmo to estimate the amount
of trackage destroyed , railroad olllclala
say that train connection at Great
Falls will be Impossible during the
next two weeks.
HIGH CREAM JRAIES ENJOINED
Judge Kohlsaat Gives Order Permitting
Western Companies to Litigate.
Chicago April 1C. A temporary In
junction restraining the eastern rail
roads iroin putting Into effect an ad
vance of 100 per cent in milk and but
ter freight rates was granted by Judge
Kohlsaat In the United States circuit
coiut. The bill for a permanent In
junction was filed by the Beatrice
Creamery company and the Blue Val
ley Creamery company , following an
announcement by the Michigan Cen
tral , Giand Trunk and Pore Marquette
roads of a 100 per cent advance. In
the bill the roads were accused of
conspiracy to raise the rates In viola
tion of the Sherman anti-trust law.
The advance was scheduled to go
Into effect yesterday , but the Injunc
tion will prevent any change of rates
until the hearing of the case for a
penranent Injunction comes up on
May 4.
IOWA COAL SCALE IS READY
Miners and Operators Meet Today at
Des Moines to Ratify It.
Des Moines , April 16. A Joint con
vention of the United Mine Workers
and the coal operators will bo held' to
day to ratify the action of the commit
tee in arranging a scale of wages for
the next two years. The joint scale
'committees havr > finished the new
scale. The mines , It Is expected , will
not open till about the first of May.
The last winter has been an open ono
and a great deal more than the usual
amount of coal was mined , and In ad
dition , not as much was consumed us
usual. There Is therefore an abun
dance of coal above ground nnd no
necessity to begin mining till next
month.
Saints Fall to Get Temple Lot.
Kansas City , April 1C. The efforts
of the Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints to obtain
possession of the sacred "temple lot"
In Independence , Mo. , have again
failed. The lot Is in possession of the
Hedrickltes , a small seceding faction
of the Mormons and' Is worth less than
$20,000 In the market , but the Hodrlck-
itoa could easily obtain $1,000,000 for
it , as the Utah Mormons , as well as
the Reorganized church , are anxious
to secure the lot and build on it the
glorious temple which Joseph Smith ,
founder of the church , foretold should
rise upon the lot.
Baby's Body Found Under Cultivator.
Logan. la. , April 16. L. P. Jacobs'
little son was found dead under a cul
tivator wheel In the barn yard on the
farm , five miles southeast of Logan.
How the accident occurred IB not
known. The child was about two and
one-half years of age. The remains
were taken to Pottawattamle county
for Interment.
Peanuts Under Ban of Riders.
Naslnille , Tenn. . Apill 1C. Advices
from the peanut section along the Ten
nessee river are that night riders have
extended their operations into that
territory. It Is said the steamboats
Savannah and Kentucky have been
warned in notes sent by night riders
not to carry any more peanuts.
Unearth Relics of Mound Builders ,
lioone la. April lo The &tau-
hla'iricai ' < ) < imrtnuiit unearthotl In a
i.ioi.iiii near buom humaii oones an
imal bones and banian teeth historical
documents from ancient urns and
other curios. The relics are believed
PARADE OF BLUEJACKETS FEATURE -
URE OF THE DAY.
5,000 , FIGHTING MEN IN LINE
Navy's Land Display Greeted With
Great Enthusiasm by the People.
Honors for Officers of the Fleet.
Jeweled Sword for Admiral Evan * .
finn Dlugo , Cnl. , Apt II 1C. A purUdo
of bluojtu kets nnd marines landed
from the American InUtlcHlilp ( lout
G.OOO lighting num fresh liotu a eruluu
of more than 111,000 mllea marked
the coremonlus of ofllclal welcome to
the state of Calltoinla. Sixty-four
compunlu.i of miHor-mon In their tog *
of the ami , with wldu-llarlng ttousorn
roofed down In canvas logging , nnd
sixteen companies of marines , snldlor-
ly and utialght , formed this mo.st nota
ble ot the navy's land displays. The
landing part ) , equlpptid as Infantry ,
armed with KrngH , In light nmrchlni ;
order and with canteens Illlud , equaled
an army corps. The pioceaHlon the
muti of the navj lormcd was mom
than two mlles long. They marched
from the water front to the city park ,
ovur 111 run miles of stiouts , canoplud
with decoiatlona. San Diego took u
holiday to see the martial pageant ,
and the sidewalks purullullng tbo
asphalted loadways were crowdoit
with u typical holiday throng. Tholr
enthusiasm was oxploHlvo , the appear
ance of the men calling forth long-
continued cheering. At the city park
the HtillorH passed In review before
Hear Admirals Thomas , Sparry and
Emory and Governor Glllett's staff.
Three thousiund school children ,
waving Hugs and banners , were
ruassnd directly in front of the review
ing stand and their songs and choora
were one of the prettiest features of
the day's ceiebrntlon.
Governor Glllett , In a brlof speech ,
supplemented his words of welcome
spoken on the quarter deck of the
flagship Connecticut , and Hoar Ad
miral Charles M. Thomas made formal
response In behalf of the fleet.
Admiral ThoinaH then graciously ac
cepted in Admiral Evans1 behalf a
golden key , symbolical of the freedom
of the city. The token will ho for
warded by Admiral Thomas to Admi
ral Evans at Paso Hobles Hot Springs.
There will go with it a gold mounted
and Jeweled naval sword , presented' to
Admiral Evans , through Admiral
Thomas , y the patriotic fraternities
of the city. The Admirals Thomas ,
Speiry and Emory gold iinnlala , com-
meliorative of tholr visit , were pre
sented , and there also was a medal
for Captain H. H. Ingersoll , who
served as chief of staff to Admiral
Evans from Hampton Uoiuls to Magdalena -
dalona bay. The medal will bo sent to
Captain Ingersoll at Norfolk.
FIGHTING IN NICARAGUA
Sixty Slain in Bush Warfare Waged
by Mosquito Indians.
New Orleans , April 1C. A report
that about sixty wnltes and Indiana
have been killed in Nicaragua In a
bloody bush warfare waged by Mos
quito Indians was brought hero by W.
H. Coflman of Bloomlngton , 111. , who
was a passenger on the steamer Dictator
tater from Central American ports.
The death list of whites numbers
about twenty. The lighting started
over a month ago on the Caribbean
coast , where the Indians live. Slnco
then , Mr. Coffman said , many troops
have been sent into the Mosquito dis
trict and several skirmishes have oc
curred and the Indians have attacked
two towns.
Steamer Capsizes ; Many Drown.
Gothenburg , Sweden , April 1C. The
small steamer Goetalcf capsized here.
Thirty or forty persons were aboard
the steamer at the time of the acci
dent and a largo number of them
were thrown Into the water. Some of
these were rescued , but eight bodies
so far have been recovered. It Is be
lieved that others aru still lying un
der the decks.
Ten Killed In Prison Break.
St. Petersburg , April 1C. A sensa
tional prison breaking is reported
from Penza , which resulted In ten
deaths. Eleven political prisoners at
tacked and stabbed two wardens to
death. They then threw a uuuibor of
bombs and escaped irorn the prison in
the contusion. Guards hastily gave
pursuit and shot eight of the men
dead.
Bandits Active In Korea.
Toklo. April lli. Advices received
hero say that four Koreans wore
killed In a recent encounter near
Seoul , when 200 bandits attacked a
village The bandits were driven off.
The insurgents arc working In bands
of 200 or less and the total number
of active revolutionists does not ex
ceed 4,000 , according to the reports.
Standard's Hearing Fixed.
Chicago , April 1C. The hearing of
the appeal of the Standard Oil com
pany from the line of $29,210,000 Im
posed by Judge Landls was sot for
May 7 and 8. The attorneys for the
government were given ono week's ex
tension of time in which to file their
brief.
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Sentenced to Two Years.
Mtuaurfi April 1CIra U Smith
forin > i-iv ( t iin'inber of a prominent
vU.i. , u > giociry llrm of Milwaukee
wan i teamed to two years In the Mil
vvaulte I. ju e of correction by Judge
LuiUvltr for oMolnlng inon < -