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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL. , , , . , NORFOLK NEBRASKA FRIDAY MAY .15 1908 WARNER SUTHERLAND VICTIM OF SERIOUS SHOOTING AFFAIR. ASSAILED DY A. K. ROBINSON FATHER WENT FORTH TO AVENGE DAUGHTER'S HONOR. SOUGHT YOUNG MAN AT HOME Mot Him at the Gate and Opened Fire. Young Man Ran and the Charge Took Effect In His Back and Legs. Robinson Gave Himself Up. UiiHBott , Nob. , May 11. Special to The News : A sorloiw Hhootlng af fair , In which a young man named "Warner Sutherland was shot by A. K. Robinson occurred near Carnes last night. Cnrnos IH thirteen miles east of here. Reports of the affair are that the young man was shot with a gun loaded with No. I shot. Tlio shot look effect In the young man's back and' ' down his legs. The affair has been reported by phone from Carnes as follows : A neighbor by the name of Wm. IHckloy hud had considerable trouble with Mr. Sutherland and it had developed - oped into a regular feud. Many threats of violence had been made Mr. Btckloy Is a son-in-law of A. 1 Robinson. Until recently Mr. Robin- son's family and Mr. Sutherland's were on good terms , but lately on ac count of the trouble between his son ill-law and this Warner Sutherland they were not so intimate with eacl other. Now It Is reported that a daughter tor of Mr. Robinson had Informed hei parents that Warner Sutherland had mndo attempts to assault her , but hnr not succeeded. This so maddened the father that ho took his shot gun am went to Mr. Ulckley's , asking him to accompany him to hunt up Suthorlaiu and kill him. They mounted their horses and together rode over to the Sutherland ranch , where they found him. him.Mr. Mr. Sutherland says he did not sus poet nnyhlng at the time and went the gate , where Mr. Robinson pullet down on him with his shot gun. Whei ho saw what was up Sutherland at tempted to get back to the house ant sis he turned to run Robinson she him in the back. He fell , but crawled toward the house , and while doing that Blckloy shot at him two or three times with a rifle , but none of thes hots took effect. Mr. Robinson at once gave hluisel up and his side of the affair is no fully out at this writing. Mr. Robin son Is counted a good citizen nnd on the other hand Sutherland Is reporte to have rather a bad reputation. Dr. Root from Bassett and Dr White of Sprlngvlew were at one called , and found Sutherland's bac and the back of his legs literally pep pered with No. 4 shot , a great man of which were removed. Dr. Root lei him resting quite easy and he think he has favorable chances for recover } It is not known at this time whethe Mr. Bickley is under arrest or not Mr. Robinson does not seem to b worrying over the affair unless it i because ho did not finish his man. BOY LOST IN BURNING BARN. Destructive Fire at Wagner Consume Boy and Barn. Wagner , S. D. , May 14. Last nigh Louis , the second oldest son of L. liken , lost his life in a fire in the ! barn. Louis with two younger broth rs were sleeping in the loft , and when the alann was given by the man sleep ing in the office , the other two got up and saved their lives with several bat burns. But Louis did not escape ant was badly charred when found afte the fire. y Five horses were badly burned ant another so badly burned that It was afterwards killed. Also a now auto mobile and a number of buggies ant other articles were consumed. Be cause the fire occurred at a time when all were sleeping the building was nearly a total wreck before It was dis covered. The waterworks did goot eorvico and only for Us efflclenc } more buildings would have burned. Sheriff Gives Chase to Thieves , Ponder , Neb. , May 14. Sheriff Pa Dorcoy has had a busy tlmo of i chasing horse thieves. A horse ant buggy were stolen off the streets o Walthlll and while the sheriff was on the trail , ho received word from Omu ha to catch another ono headed his way. Tlio Walthlll horse and bugg } wwre found near the old mission where the thief had abandoned them and the Omaha fellow was trailed to Homer where ho dropped out of sight Garry Myers , of Walthlll , Is vowing vengeance upon citizens of that place Ho alleges that he was arrested for defending himself against an assault and was carried to the village Jail b } four men who throw him headlong into a cell which dislocated his shoulder nnd ho was left unattended all nlghl suffering all kinds of paliu ,1 SALOON TROUBLE AT BUTTE. Hubert Hefner Arrested for Running a Saloon on Sunday. Butte , Neb. . May II. Special to Iii Newt * : The case of Hubert Hef c-r iMuni' up In county court ynstor- ay , lie having been arrested for run- Ing his saloon on Sunday. Mr. lief er called for a Jury trial , which waa ranted him , and n bitter light en- ued. W. T. Wills and A. H. Tingle vere attorneys for the defense and bounty Attorney McCutchan and D. Harrington for the prosecution , 'lie case went to the jury about 5 'clock that evening. Hardware Store Changes Hands , Butte , Neb. , Muy II. Special to 'ho t/\\3 / : NIc Sleler , leading hard- vr " < 6 chant and furniture dealer , ml , > < t his largo stock of goods , o i > ' ' < p < ( lH. l t ot Keya Paha ountv leler lints been In bual- v less Itf j. for the past fourteen ears anft , fc > do a success of It In very sens' * ; ° tt word. He will not eave Butte > ill look after his \tenslvo land lierosts In Boyd conn- y. CREIGHTON AND FREMONT MEN NEGOTIATE. WATKINS OF CREIGHTON READY If Leach of Fremont Cornea up to the Scratch , There Will be a Footrace With a Stack of Money Behind It Crelghton Has Faith In Watklns. Creighton , Neb. May 14. From a aff correspondent : Earl Watklns the local footracer who was cleaned up twice In qulcK. succession by a mysterious tsranger , is dealing with a Fremont sprinter named Leach for a race In Norfolk In the near future Crelghton sports still have lots ol faith in Watklns' ability to go am it Is said that if a match Is arranged with the Fremont man at Norfolk there will be a stack of money up on the Creighton favorite. It Is explained that Watklns would have given the mysterious stranger a closer run had It not been for the fuc that he 1ms just recovered from a sprained ankle , which is still sensitive and did not allow him to develop his full speed. Admirers claim that Wat kins can go 100 yards in ten seconds Hat. BIG FISH STORIES. Two of the Kind That Sound Good Come Down From Butte. Butte , Neb. , May 14. Special to The News : Editor Leo Henry and C S. Myers , our city jeweler , returnee this evening from Holt county , wher they had an "Immense" time angling for brook trout. They came horn with seventy-nine speckled beauties some of which weighed eighteen ounc es dressed. The boys are justly prou of their catch aud all have concede they are entitled to the champlonshl belt as trout fishermen. But P. A Maslnda , our city druggist , and Dim Short , the harness1 maker , can glv them cards and spades and beat them hands down when It comes to quan tlty , they having succeeded in catch ing eighteen large catfish in less tha : ten hours fishing. The trout cam from the Apple creek and the nort branch of the Verdlgre in Holt count } and the catfish were taken from th Nlobrara river. DOMESTIC TROUBLE IS FATAL Anton Bily Shoots His Wife and Then Himself. Table Rock , Neb. , May 14. Anton Bily , who resided on a farm thro miles this side of Du Bola , shot an killed his wife and afterwards she and killed himself. Their married life had been notoriously discordant and the tragedy in no surprise. A few months since , a brother o Anton was shot and killed while rid Ing in a wagon. A son of Anton had been killed' a short time before that while out bunting. A coroner's jury pronounced it accidental. Insanity Is F e's Defense , Omaha , May 14. For attempting to blackmail Luther Drake of the Mer chants National bank out of $5,000 by threatening to blow him and his bank up with a bottle of fluid , James J. Pee is on trial in the criminal court. Sid ney W. Smith , who Is defending Pee will try to establish that his clleni was Insane when ho made the attempt Three Indicted at Lincoln. Lincoln , May 14. The federal gran * jury returned an indictment against George R. Smith for infringement ol the United States oleomargarine laws ; Thomas O'Brien , passing counterfeit money , and Joseph Jones , two indict ments for breaking open a mall pouch and robbing a mall pouch. Fethor Fatally Shot by Son. Granite City , 111. , May 14. Lee Sheets , fifty years old , was shot and probably mortally wounded by his aon , George Sheets , twenty-one years old , at the family homu. The sen called an ambulance and sent his fath er to the hospital and then surrendered derod himself to the authorities. Up on his statement that his father had created u disturbance at home and had chasml him Into a bedroom , and that he fired in self defense , ho was re leased. Father aud son are switchman , MRS. FRANK CORNER , LIVING NEAR CARLOCK , SHOOTS SELF. DOMESTIC TROUBLES THE CAUSE Lived With Her Husband on a Farm Sixteen Miles Southwest of Herrick and Two Miles From Carlock De tails Are Not Available. Herrick , S. D. , May II. Special to 'ho News : Mrs. Prank Corner , who Ived with her husband on a farm slx- een miles southwest of this town and wo miles from Carlock , committed suicide by shooting herself. Domestic trouble Is thought to be the cause of the tragedy. Full particulars nro not available at this time. FORAKER BILUS POSTPONED _ Senate to Vote on Brownsville Meas < ure In December. Washington , May 14. The further consideration of tlio Brownsville at- air was postponed by the senate until Doc. 1C next. This decision was reached after an extended exchange of views among senators. Fornher , after rglng the appointment of an early day for voting on hlu bill , moved that t bo taken up next December. After a motion by Culberson to vote on the jlll next Saturday was laid on the .able , Foraker'u motion was adopted ay a vote of 62 to G. Foraker gave out a statement Haying that while he could not have passed the bill now , he ihlnks he has Insured Its passage by ; he postponement. Ruynor's resolu tion directing the president to appoint R court of Inquiry to investigate the case of Colonel William F. Stewart of the army , now stationed at Fort Grant , Arizona , was referred to the committee too on military affairs with an under standing that Raynor would appear before that committee to make a fur ther statement on the Stewart cose. The senate passed the house bill re storing the motto "In God We Trust" on coins of the United States. The proposed repeal of the commod Ity clause of the rate bill was consld ered at some length. One-half of the live-hour session of the house was spent In roll calls on the various propositions presented When the day's work had boon con eluded the agricultural and postolllro appropriation bills had been sent to conference nnd the following bill ? passed : Permitting owners of pntents in cases where the government has ap propriated inventions to apply to tin court of claims for relief ; authorizing the entry of ten sweepings when In tended to bo used In the manufacture of caffelene , and an omnibus bridge bill SOCIALISTS ASSAIL PRESIDENT Convention Refuses to Sanction Letter Scoring Roosevelt After Hot Debate , Chicago , May 14. An open lette addressed to President Roosevelt , severely verely scoring the president for his alleged disparaging remarks about So clallstfi in his last message to congress gross , caused a lively debate at the So clallst national convention. The letter tor was submitted by G. A. Hoehn o St. Louis , who asked that It bo adopt ed by the convention and that a copy of It be mailed to President Roosevelt The trouble was precipitated by Chairman Spargo of the committee on resolutions , who , In making his repot- on the resolutions presented to the committee , tried to omit tno reading o the letter assailing the president will the explanation that tne committee had instructed him not to go to the trouble of reading the document , ow ing to the "preposterous statements' contained In it. Severn ! delegates ira mediately objected to this procedure After a spirited discussion a motion that the letter be read was carried amid great enthusiasm. A long debat * followed the reading of the letter. When the final vote was taken , i appeared that a majority of the dele gates agreed with the leaders , who held that the letter was not proper 1m tone nor in diction to be sent from a national convention to the president of the United States , and by a decisive vote refused to sanction It. One Dollar to Daughters. Pittsflold , 111. , May 14. Mrs. How ard Gould , wife of the multimillionaire aire New Yorker , and her sister , Mra Sun Yue , wife of a San Francisco Chinaman and devoted to alum work on the coaat , wore bequeathed $1 each by the will of their father , Solomon Perry Clommona , filed hero. Hia es tate , which Is valued at JC.OOO , Is left to his widow. Alleged Counterfeiters Arrested. St. Louis. May 14. Three ex-con victs were arrested here by order of the federal authorities on the charge of counterfeiting , and In the room which the police raided at Spruce and Second streets , molds , machinery and a number of bogus coins were found The prisoners are George Herdlska , W. A. Brewer and Hugh Cinders Charities and Correction Conference. Richmond Va. , May II. Final ses sions of three of the soctlons of the national conference on charities and correction were held here. In the dl vision on state supervision an extend ed discussion w s hold on the problem presented by th migration of depend ants aud dff jctives from one state to anothur Four Miners l < Wed. Wllkesbaire , Pa , . May 14. Four miners wore killed and thre others Injured at Prospect colliery. BREWERY WORKERS STRIKE Eight Hundred Men Go Out In Kansas City. Kansas City , May 11. Bight linn- rod brewery workers went out on a trlko this morning , tying tip every iruwery In the city. The trouble rose over the refusal of the brewers o sign renewal contracts on wages. THE LID AT VALENTINE. repose to Cut Down Saloon Hours Very Materially. Valentino , Neb. , May 1-1. Special to The News : A petition was circulated lero among the freeholders for the mrposo of enjoining the city council o make an ordinance regulating the losing of the saloons at 7 o'clock In ho evening and opening of them nt j o'clock In the morning. If the board efuses to net on the petition , the referendum law will bo appealed to and a vote of the people taken on the niestlon. The saloons now close nt 2 o'clock and open at 4 o'clock. Fine Rain at Crelghton. Crelghton , Neb. , May 14. Prom a staff correspondent : A heavy rain visited this section during the night and this morning. While it was not particularly needed , fanners were slud to sec it come. There is now so much moisture In the ground that it Is practically Impossible to have a Irouth this season. Heavy Downpour at Valentine. Valentine , Neb. , May 14. Special to The News : A heavy downpour of rain fell here last evening. This is the second good shower this week and it will put the ground In line con ditlon for spring crops. LAPORTE OFFICIALS DENY PRIS ONER HAS BARED PLOT , MINISTER'S STORY IS DOUBTED Evidence Said to Have Been Discov ered That Mrs. Gunness Was Aided by Accomplice In Luring Victims to Her Farm. Laporte , Ind. , May 14. Denials by Laporto officials that the Rev. Dr. E A. Schcll had revealed to them the substance of his conversations with Lamphero and the discovery of evl deuce that Mrs. Bella Gunness was aided by an accomplice In luring her victims to the farm' were the chief developments in the case. The denials came from Dr. C. S. Mack , coroner ; A. F. Smutzer , sheriff , and R. M Smith , prosecuting attorney. In add ! lion , H. W. Wordon , attorney for the prisoner , Issued a formal stateinen that he had given his client strict in junctions not to discuss the charges against him , and concluding : "Tho fact is that Lamphere has never made a _ confession to any one and never will. He has nothing to confess. " Discussion of the reported Btatemen which Dr. Schell was said to have made In Baltimore was general abou the town. The ministers' friends were loud In their protestations that he could not have said that Lamphere had' confessed to the charges agalns the prisoner , and the officials concerned corned were prompt in asserting tha such a statement had never been made to them , "I never received any intimation from Dr. Schell regarding the conver sations which he held with Lam phere , " said Sheriff Smutzer. "Lam phero never asked that a minister bo sent to his cell. The day after he was arrested he asked for a bible and I got it for him. I thought from the man's general attitude that ho might be In a mood to talk , and that he waa more likely to converse with a min ister than with a sheriff , BO I asked Dr. Schell to come to see him. But Lemphere , while In his coil , never discussed affairs at the Ounnoss farm. " CHANGES IN ATLANTIC FLEET Admiral Sperry Succeeds Thomas as Conmmander-in-Chlef. San Francisco , May 14. Extensive changes In the formation of the Atlan tic fleet will take place tomorrow , when Rear Admiral Thomas hauls down his flag as commandor-ln-ohlef and is succeeded by Rear Admiral Sperry. Several of the ships will be shifted to different divisions , and Cap tain Richard Wainwrlght and Captain Beaten Schroeder will assume com mand of divisions. Captain Wainwright - wright will bo succeeded In command ef the Louisiana by Captain KosautU Nilea and Captain Bchrooder will be succeeded on the Virginia by Captain Alex Sharp. The Minnesota will take the place of the Louisiana in the first division , the latter becoming Rear Ad miral Emory's flagship in the third di vision. The Georgia will continue aa flagship of the second division , with Captain Wain wright in command of the division. The Nebraska will take the place of the Virginia In the second end division , the latter Joining the third division. The Wisconsin will bo Captain Schroeder'a flagship , heading the fourth division. The Connecticut will remain the flagship of the float. Train Hits Handcar. Marshalltown , la. , May 14. Upon being called out to help Inspect the track during a severe rainstorm , Charles W. Govo , an employe of the Northwestern section at Moiitour , la , was Instantly killed when a fast east bound train struck the handcar on which five men were riding , All oth- nnjl esronprt without Ininry. . . .VORK . OF REMOVING DEBRIS LEFT BY STORM BEGINS , ONE OR MORE PERSONS MAY DIE List of Casualties Is Unchanged Ex cept by Prospective Death of Ono or More Persons Who Will Prob ably Die aa Result of Injuries. Omaha , May 14. Special to The S'ews : Reports today do not change he list of casualties as the result of Tuesday's storm , but It now Keems trobablo that ono or more persons * nay die as the result of their Injuries' . The work of removing debris has > ogun and the task of getting six owns back Into their normal condl- Ion Is going forward. HAVOC WROUGHT BY' TORNADO ; Death List Not Quite So Large as at First Reported. Omaha , May 14. Recapitulation of the results of tlio tornado which swept through Cass and Sarpy counties , leav ing death and , destruction In Its path , show that w.hllu the death list Is not quite so large as at first reported' , the property loss la far greater and cannot bo fully estimated for the present. Ed Miller reported dead at RlchllelH , was not killed outright , but IB probably fatally Injured. The funeral of Martin Telg and his son , killed near Paplllion , was held to day. The funeral of Elmer Leaders , killed at Rlchfiold , will be hold tomor row. The funeral arrangements for little Wayne Hester , killed at Louis ville , have not yet been made. Latest reports from the Injured are to the effect that Mra. Ed' Hester and baby and Mrs. Joe Lyon , all of Louis ville , cannot recover. Mrs. Margaret McKlornan of Bellevue has a chance to get well. HEAVY DAMAOE AT NEMAHA _ Ten Business Buildings and Three Residences Blown Down. Auburn , Neb. , May 14. The town of Nemaha , ten miles southeast of here , was badly wrecked by a tornado. No fatalities are leportod , but a num ber were bruised and cut. The greatest force of the storm was expended' on the one business street of the town. Ten buildings arc a mass of wreckage. Two or three residences were also demolished. None of the churches were hit , but the Methodist parsonage was twisted on Its foundation and badly damaged. South of Auburn , near Stella , sev eral hard storms that almost ap proaohed tornadoes in force , demol ished farm buildings , but no fatalities are reported. Cyclone caves , In which many residents took refuge , accounts for the exemption from fatalities or serious Injury. No estimate is made of the property loss. STORM IN"MTJ/ESTERN } | / IOWA Woman Killed and Many Farm Houses Wrecked by Tornado. Clarlnda , la. , May 14. A tornado swept into southwestern Iowa from Missouri , destroying many farm homes in Fremont nnd Page coj njiea and kill ing Mrs. Will Flnley of NSTtUbflfOr Ffejnqul county. JTjjjj. itfarnf stance near the llt e town oVaTTo"n * Mo. , Which'wHbpfa.ctleaTTy Seltroy > Tut without foss of flTe. .Sey ral people were injured there , buT n'one"serious ly. The storm then jumped into Iowa , destroying a school house near the Flnloy home , which was also demol ished. It moved northeasterly , rising at intervals until It dissipated Itself about six miles west of here in the wreck of the Herzbora farm buildings. The following Tioi'ii s wore destroyed in the path of the atqrm : Hejiry Wetland , Claua Meyers , Tom Ander son , George Dalbey , all near North- bore , and' B. L. Benedict , near Coin. . . . . -1A. . Oil Tanks Explode. Doming , N. M. , May 14. The stor age tanks of the Continental Oil com pany exploded. J. O. Clark , manager for the oil company , was killed. Roll ing stock and' tracks of the Santa Pe road and other property was damaged , LIVES LOST IN UUJISIANA STORM ON City , Gllllam and Bellinger Reported - ported Destroyed. Atlanta , May 14. According to Information - formation received in this city , a tor nado struck a part of Louisiana , caus ing losses of life In Gllllam , OH City and Bellinger. Telegraphic communi cation Is Interrupted , but reports say that the storm struck north of Shreveport - port , swept along to Little Rock and Texarkana and is centered In Texas. It is reported that Gllllam , La , , a town of 200 Inhabitants , is wiped out and that a number of lives have been lost. OH City is also reported destroyed , with a loss of life and u number of persons Injured. Mrs. Marshall Davis nnd two negroes were killed at Bol- linger. Storm Wrecks Caney Glass Plant. Caney , Kan. , May M. A severe storm struck this city at noon , wreckIng - Ing the plant of the Caney glass fac tory. Fire broke out Immediately fol lowing and , although the department succeeded in checking the flames , the plant Is a compluto wiock. The work men were out fur dinner. S J Rhino- hart's store building was unroofed , the ball park fence and Uildlngs were blown to pieces and several other buldinKsweredatuaRed. ! _ THE CONDITIONJIF THE WEATHER Temperature for Twanty.four Hour * . Forecast for Nebraska. Condition of the wcnther a * record ed for tlio twenty-four hours ending at 8 a. in. today. Maximum 77 Minimum r > 3 \voragy ,05 liironiPter . . . .29.70 lalnfnll 03 Chicago. May 14. Tim bulletin In- sni'il hy tlio Chicago 'station ' of the fulled States weather bureau given he forecast for Ni'briska as followrt : Showora tonight. Severe thunder storms and cooler oust portion. Frl- lay partly cloudy. YESTERDAY'S ' BASEBALL RESULTS American League Itoaton , 3 ; Do- roll , 10. Philadelphia , 1 ; Chicago , U. \VashltiKton , 1 ; Bt. l/outs , 2. New York , 7 ; Cleveland. 2. National Leagua St. Loula , B | Brooklyn , 2. Cincinnati , G ; Boston , 1. Plttsburs , C ; Now York , 1. American Association Minneapolis , 0 ; Columbus , 4. Western League Sioux Olty , 8 ; Denver , 4. Dos Molnos , D ; Lincoln , 7. RISONERS MAKE DASH FOR FREEDOM AND 29 ARE KILLED. BOMB PLOT COMPLETE FAILURE twelve of Victims Moot Death While Trying to Scale Walls Others Slain While Trying to Cut Their Way to Liberty Thirty Are Wounded. Yekatortnoslav , May 14. The at tempt made by prlaonors to break out of the government Jail here , after making a breach lu the wall of the guard room with a bomb , was a com plete failure , but it brought about u horrible acoue of slaughter In and around the Jail building. Twenty-uino of the prisoners were shot to death by the guard. Thirty others were wounded' ' and it is expected that sev era ! of those will succumb. As soon as the bomb was thrown , ono of the detachment of prisoners charged the guards in the court yard , and attempted to climb the wall. Twelve of these men were killed In stantly , while others were wounded. At tlio samu time n second body of prisoners rushed to the kitchen aud securing curing knives and other weapons , nt tempted to cut their way to liberty. They were surrounded and killed to a man by the soldiers , who had been hastily summoned by the prison an thorities. The explosion threw the whole prison Into a state of panic. Two prisoners were shot down whilu attempting to escape over the roof ol the building. So far us Is known , not one succeeded In getting awny. Tha chict warden of the prison is among the woundpd. ALiEftSllWEWE DISCREDITED Woman Strangler Freed by Expert Testimony Again in Custody. Paris , May 14. Just as the hand writing experts were discredited by the outcome In the Dreyfus case has a cloud been cast upon the value of ex ert alienists' evidence by the case o eantoYebQr. \ . who , on May 9 , narrow fy escaped inching at i6 Fi.i cT she was "arTes'leT'JoT JpanBling to , dVatii Ti boy seven fears old' . The , wom n was"a7rested In Parlls several months ago , charged w lth the murder , by strangling , oj _ a " SCOT ' ? ql children. At her trial then , "and'Tft the _ face of strong police evidence of her gilTTl , Uio doctors were unanimous In asserting that the children had djed natural deaths and that the woman was per fectly sane In view of Mme. Weber's Iae7 { aFrest at Nancy , Dr. Doye.fi has published an open letter , in which ho Insists Tnat medical experts in tha future confine themselves in testifying t2 SStaJjli Sifact8' lnatcad ° * Etvluj " " " = w " their opinions. - TEN THOUSANDMEN PERISH _ Tidal Wave Bore Along Yangtse Klang River , Carrying Death. Seattle , Wash. , May 14. News of no of the greatest disasters that Chi na baa ever known , a sudden tidal wave bore lu the Yangtao Klang , which Involved the loss of nearly ten thousand llvoi at Hankow , was brought by the steamer Titan. Some 3,000 Chinese were sleeping In sampans and small craft and huts by the river side at Hankow and they were enveloped by the great wave , which swept broken junks , splintered sampans and au hetorogenous mass of debris , with swarms of drowned Chi nese mixed with the wreckage. The scenes for many days af'f'r the disas ter wore horrible , the river side be ing strewn with dead and debris of wrecked craft for many miles. Premonition of Death Fulfilled. Granite City , 111. , May 14. Following - ing close on a premonition of Mrs. Ernest Harris that harm wa to befall her Infant daughter , the child was killed hy a bullet from r. revolver dropped by her brother , Prank Rush. Rush was exonerated by a coroner's jury upon the testimony of the grief stricken parents. Negro Shoots White Wlfn and Self. Logansport , Ind , May 14. George Hall , culuied , shot and killed hid wre | , a white woman , at the homo of her mother He then shot himself , and It is thought the wound will prove fatal. Domestic trouble Jssuppoaedtohav FORTY-FOUR GOVERNORS ATTEND WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE. NO LIMITATION TO AGREEMENTS Permanent Organisation by the Statot and Nation Will Likely Result from Present Meeting President Addresses - dresses Leading Men of Nation. Washington , May 14. Two Ideas , destined to mark matnrln.1 progress In America's future , resulted from tha Qrst of the throe days' conforonou at the Whlto llouuo , In which 1'rcaldont RooBovolt , the governors of forty-four dUtos , cabinet officers , aupramo court udsos , senators , representatives uud exports nro participating , In efforts to reach conclusions ou the best mothoda of conserving the natural resources of he United States. The Ilrat Is that n ) ermunout organisation by the stutaa and the nation lu tieconsary , and will Ikely result from the proaunt confer ence , to accomplish the end' nought. I'ho second , suggested by Buorotury Root , la that theru is no Mmltutlon by ho constitution to the agreements which may bo made between the , subject to the approval of con- The two ideas , fully duvuloped , t is predicted , would result In tlio conservation of the energies and re sources of the nation through uniform and uuconfllcting laws , both national Hid state. The idea that the confer ence should bo perpetuated developed n the llrm form of resolutions , offered or future consideration , by Governor Glenn of North Car-Una and Governor Polk of Missouri. There were many others , but u parllamuntury move to nave tlmo aont thorn to a commltto * for consideration. Leading Men of Nation Attend. Forty-four governors of states of th union sat ou gilded chairs In the his toric east room of the Whlto House. Plvo hundred other persons taxed the capacity of the room. They were cab inet officers , supretiio court Justices , senators , representatives , and exports lu all lines of industry. With a flour ish of trumpets , the president and vice- president entered at 11 o'clock and the conference , the first of Itn kind lu the history of tlio nation , begun. There wan no doubting the Ilrst climax of the day. It was the reception of the presi dent as he entered the room. The governors arose , they clapped their haudu , they shouted. Five hundred othorti took their cue nnd the demon stration became tumultuous. Then fol lowed a hush. The venerable Dr. Ed ward ICvoiutt Hale , chaplain of the senate , rend from the scilptures the description of the fertility of the Ian promised the children of Israel and followed it with a supplication for guidance in the present undertaking. Waterways Commission Praised. President Roosevelt here began hia explanation of the reason for the con ference. Hla fifty-minute speech was many times Interrupted by applause , and wfcen he finally reached his point of praise to the Inland ' waterway a co n- mission aud declared' , with ctiijracter intlc vigor , that should congress neg lect { o perpetuate the commission , "I will do It myself , " he "captured" the assemblage. The governors stood up and shouted , senators and congress men added a laugh to their applause and general assent was given the ftntitncnt. ' " V\ * ' * * T -JV ' " * ' - - * " > - . - . * ' ' I The pfujdent's | speech ended the j { j nToTSTng'session. . He , with the vice president , shook hands with each ineraberojthe assemblage. The gov- Mivor's"aiTa" " delegates" " were photo- The JMJ ] p&ftfco of the White Jfouso. The ploSM tur will alao show William J. Brynijffll Tn < ! rew Carnefire. ; J. J. Hill aud OurfjH tfv Schwab , specially Invited partlciSl pants. _ _ Afternoon Session , T . J l It was at the afternoon session that ? ! the real work of the conference begao l and the session proceeded at a rataf f tha broke all speed regulations. lt'vt ' developed first that the president findsft.ji it Impossible todevote _ bja entire tjqja' 1 tohe , $ cjSnferSnco meetlngsTUo 'wllT'4 cgJJ to "order Tach sesVIon and _ then ? , I deslcnate a governor to presld'e. fFlaVI honor fell first on Governor Noel of | * Mississippi , with the Intimation from the president that be should next call upon Governor Johnson of Minnesota. Then , after this announcement , aa If his political instinct had received a hock , the president called Mr Bryan to Interrupt the program and incident ally a prepared speech of Andrew Carnegie , and address the meeting. Mr. Bryan acknowledged the enthusl aam his name aroused by lifting hit band' and then Indicated a desire to speak tomorrow. 200 Years of Coal Supply. It was from the utterances of Mr. Carnegie and those who followed him that the gravity of the problems to be considered were given weight. Two hundred years of coal supply and half that of Iron was the prediction of the famous ironmaster. There were ways by which both the seal and Iron supplies might be con- rorved , according to Mr. Carnegie , by economies in mining and use and 'tho development of water transportation. which , he said , required leas of both' ' products. 1 John Mitchell , former head of tha United Mine Workers of America , re reived u cordial recept.uu for Ideas advanced He oatiir.autl.at ! 25 poj- i out of the mines nli-u developed hn < l been wasted u. mining and A greater pe ontage In use , With out suth wasti , which he believed. , might be overcome , the supply of coal would laat 2,000 , Instead of 200
