Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL
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VENEZUELA NOW
WANTS PEACE ,
Official Starts to Paris to Ne
gotiate.
HOLLAND IS NOTIFIED ,
Foreign Office at The Hague Ret. V'
Word From Wlllcmstadt That
Ex-Mlnlster Has Left Caracas Wli
Settlement In Mini ) .
The Hague , Dec. 21. The foreign
office today received official communi
cation from WIlluniHtadt that Kx-
Mlnlstor do Paul ban left Caracas for
Paris to open negotiations toward set
tling the dllTorerces existing between
Vene/.uela. .
Holland and / -.t
RUMORS OF PLOTS IN LISBON.
King Displeased With Man First
Named to Draw Up Cabinet.
Lisbon Portugal , Dec. 24. Disap
: pointed by Senior Blrao A/.evedo , who
WUB commissioned by King Manuel to
form a now Portuguese cabinet , the
king today asked Kx-War Minister
Lolls to assume the task.
The city Is full of rumors of plots.
1PAJAMA PARTY" NEW FREAK.
Broadway's Swagger Set Outdoing One
Another In Foolishness.
New York , Doc. 21. Broadway's
Bwagger sot this year has gone back
to the old but surest way of letting
off the steam of Its holiday enthusiasm.
Ita members are running on one an
other's heels to aeo who can give
the smartest , most expensive and
elaborate and "freakiest dinner or sup
per Imaginable. Scarcely a night has
passed for the last three or four weeks
when at one of the restaurants or ho
tels there has not been an affair at
which the guests have been principally
actresses ft'om the musical or comedy
Btage and rich men whoso days arc
spent in the buttles for the thousands
they throw away at night.
One of the latest was a pajanm
party. At another an actress present
did a sword dance costume , with her
boot stuck full of table knives.
So far the honors appear to be even
between Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Gou-
raud and M. Robert Baques. Mrs. Gou-
raud was the enormously wealthy Amy
Crocker , of California. She and her
"first nlghters" and "late supperers"
In town.
Makes a Stunted Girl Grow.
London , Dec. 24. The experiment
of treating with thyroid extract a girl
physically and mentally undeveloped
has had remarkable success. The pa
tlent is Miss Mildred Hart , who , al
though 23 years old , had the develop
ment of a child of only 5 years , and 33
inches tall. Her teeth were the same
as a child's , her skin cold and harsh ,
and her facial features were undo
voloped. A soft spot , like that on top
of a baby's head , could be felt on her
She had no appetite and was mental'
ly unobserving.
This was In October. The physi
cian , diagnosing the absence of the
thyroid secretion , took charge of the
case. He administered lUVfc grains of
the extract of thyroid in the glands
dally. The patient now has grown
two and a half inches. Her skin Is
moistened and warm , her face con
siderably developed , and she has cut
several new teeth. She Is constantb
hungry.
The most wonderful change , how
ever , is in her mental condition. Slio
has become extraordinary loquacious
using a vocabulary she could not have
acquired in two months , which shows
that unconsciously she listened to am !
stored up words without power of em
ploying them.
STATE CLOSESJf H.DER TRIAL ,
Defense Will Try to Prove Alibi for
Eight of Accused Men.
Union City , Tenn. , Dec. 24. The
Btate closed Us case In the night rider
trial today. The defense will try to
prove an alibi for eight of the accusee
men. Members of their families wil
testify that they were homo and' in
bed the night of Oct. 19 , when Cap
tain Ranken was murdered. No at
tempt will be made to show the !
whereabouts on the nights other out
races were perpetrated , as they are
Indicted only for the murder of Ran
ken.
Hcrschell Hogg , another night ride
who has turned state's evidence , In hi
testimony told for the fourth time th <
troy of the night rider outrages , cul
minuting In the Ranken murder. Like
the others , Hogg said Governor Pat
tcrson promised him a pardon an
transportation out of the state If h
would tell the truth.
Striker's Slayer Not Guilty.
Marshalltown , la. , Dec. 2t After a
sensational week's trial the jury In
the case of W. I ) . Toler returned a
verdict of not guilty. Toler shot anil
killed George W. Davles , an Iowa Gen
tral striker , hero last July.
Dynamiter Given Life Sentence.
Oakland , Cal. , Dec 24 Peter
Claudiancs. the Greek charged will ,
dynamiting the home In this city of
former Supervisor James L. Gallagher
the star witness for the prosecution
In the San Francisco bribery graft
cases , wau found guilty by a Jury and
sentenced' to life imprisonment.
IIAiNS' ' LETTER IN EVIDENCE ,
Pave * Way to Show Events Which
Led to Slaying of Annls.
Flushing. N. Y. , Doc. 24. Nearlns
the close of Ita case against Thornton
J. Halns , as a principal In the killing
of William R Annln , who was shot
down by Captain Peter C. Halns last
summer , the proHocutlon brought out
a letter written by the defendant , thus
opening the way for Thornton llnlns
lawyers to brine to light thotio Incl
dents In Captain Halns' marital enroot
( which brought about the tragedy. The
letter was written lust Juno by the
dcfmulunt to Jordan Rlpley. In it he
characterizes Annls as a "rascal" and
'scoundrel" and accused him of bo-
, nylng his brother's wife.
% , 'ollceman KiiKeno Fullon testified
Thornton Halns , during the com-
k < s s > ijiiucst. declared to him of An-
nLv > Mild go down to hell and get
s > Mil him over again. "
MONEY TO SIXfY
PITTSBURG OFFICIALS ,
Testimony in Bribery Case Shows
Graft System is Gigantic ,
PlttBburg , Dec24. . Plttsburg has
moved Into llrst place In corruption
and municipal graft. The record of
San Francisco is left far behind. Fur
thermore , It Is stated , the sensational
developments here are mere prelim
inaries and that subsequent proceed
ings against additional councllmen
and business men will startle the
whole country. From the testimony
offered In court It was hinted that
over three score councllmen are "easy
to reach" with sums ranging Irom $100
to $ o. In the passage of one ordi
nance alone It was testified that sixty
councllmen had divided | 45,000. The
evidence showed that the graft sys
tem Is gigantic. The evidence was
brought out In the hearing of the sev
en councllmen and two former bank
officials arrested on charges of brlb-
ery.corrupt solicitation and conspiracy.
'W. W. Ramsey and A. A. Vllaack.
former president and cashier of the
German National bank , were first ar
ralgned. It was testified that they
had been approached by Councilman
John Klein , one of the accused , who
stated the bank would be a depository
for the city's funds If It "would' do as
other banks have done. " After several
oral conferences the bankers placed
$17,500 on a table in a room of the
bank. Councilman , Klein and a com
panion entered the room anil left in a
short time. The bankers then visited
the room and , it was said , the money
was gone. The bankers were held in
$14.000 bail each.
The seven councllmen , President
Brand and Members Klein , Soffel ,
Wnsson , Mclaney and Ferguson of the
common council and Atkinson of the
select were then called. The prlncl
pal witness was Robert Wilson , a prl
vnte detective , who testified that lie
engaged a room In a hotel , and cut
holes in the walls of an adjoining
room. Then a sjrles of meetings
were arranged with councilmen. Hi.
assistant , Herbert Jones , posed as a
business man desiring certain ordi
nances passed and during his confer
ences with the councllmon Wilson and
n stenographer were stationed in the
next room , making a full record of the
transactions.
During these conferences , he said ,
Councilman Klein had much to say
regarding how completely the coun
ells were controlled. He also declared
that Klein and Brand' each accepted
$500 from Jones in payment for secur
ing the passage of an ordinance.
Councilman Klein , Wilson testified
said that the councilmen had differ
ent prices. Some councilmen wanted
$100 , some $75 , some $25 and some $5
It was also possible , the witness said
to secure some votes In return for a
suit of clothes or street car tickets
All the accused men were held for
trial and released on bond ,
UNITED STATKBAOKS GOMEZ ,
Sends Warships and Resumes Friendly
Relations With Venezuela.
Washington , Dec. 24. After eight
months the United' States has resumed
friendly relations with Venezuela , and
William I. Buchanan has left on the
cruiser North Carolina to visit that
country , look Into the situation and
make a report. The report he will
make to the state department will de
cide whether the United States will
accord formal recognition to the new
government. It has not yet been fully
established that the Gomez govern
ment will maintain control without
trouble. Indeed , the possibility that
disorder may arise Is Indicated In the
request for an American warship at
La Gualra , to which this government
has promptly responded.
Secretary Root was pleased' ' when
he announced that President Gomez
wanted to settle satisfactorily all In
ternational questions. Some signifi
cance was attached to the fact that
Mr. Root had referred to Gomez as
president , and this was taken to indi
cate that it Is all over with the Castro
government.
The general impression Is that the
now order of things will open the way
for the paHfl < ' settlement of Vene-
zutia's disagreement with this coun
try Holland and Franco.
Pope Receives Bishop Scannell.
Rome , DPC 21 The pope received
Rt Rev Richard Scannell , blahop of
Omaha , In private audience.
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Burns and Johnson's '
in Australia ,
WILL BE NEXT DAY THERE ,
Difference In Time Brings Scrap Forward -
ward Into America's ' Christmas L > ay ,
Antlpodear Sports Talking of Moth.
Ing Else but tFic Battle.
Sydney , Australia , Dec. 21. At 8:20 :
tomorrow night ( Now York time ) the
Burns-Johnson heavyweight light will
begin. Sydney time Is fourteen hours
and forty minutes earlier than New
York time , so that when the big black
from Texas and the French Cammlan
cross arms it will bo Dec. 20 here , and
In the United States the Christmas
bells will still bo ringing.
All Australia seems to have gone
sport mad over the light , although the
church people have made some efforts
to prevent it. Nothing else is talked
of wherever men get together In all
pat Is of the commonwealth , and there
is much betting on the result. Burns
seems to have the call among the bet
ting men , but followers of Johnson are
not shy.
Hot Weather at Sydney.
In the big crowd at the ringside
there will be seen sports from far
away England and Ireland as well as
a largo delegation from across the I'a
clllc. The visitors from the northern
hemisphere , who loft behind them win
try weather , landed here In the midst
of the Australian summer. It's not
hero at this time of year , and' shirt
sleeves will be the style at the fight.
Before the men get together in the
ring the main things talked about In
the cafes here are their records nnu
the line way in which Burns has man
aged to feather his nest with the light.
Win or lose , the shrewd scrapper is to
get $30,000 , while Johnson will get
only ? 5,000. Much other cash will flow
lo the men in the shape of picture
royalties , theatrical engagements , etc. ,
but in everything Burns will come infer
for the lion's share. Burns' profits
from the light will be over $100,000.
Johnson Anxious to Fight.
Johnson's supporters harp on the
fact that ho is so anxious to face
Burns in the ring that ho would al
most tight him for nothing. Both men
have good records as fighters , Burns'
being more brilliant , while Johnson's
Is longer.
In tomorrow's battle Burns is ex
pected to carry the war Into Johnson's
territory as long as he is able to fight
on the aggressive , while Johnson will
probably rely on his skill as a long
range boxer and try to stand oft
rushes until ho Is able to deliver a
Knockout blow. A long light is expected.
Many reports have come here from
America to the effect that Yankee
sports look on the light with suspi
cion. It Is declared here also in some
quarters thai It will be a fake , and it
is pointed out that terms of thfc con
test are such that Burns has little in
ducement to light "on the level. "
However , Australian sports are ko , > n
observers. They would be the first to
spot any faking anj would be quick to
resent It.
HUMAN DUCKSMEET TONIGHT ,
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Country's Best Swimmers Will Com
pete In Boston Contests.
Boston , Dec. 24. Web footed Yan
kees from all parts of the country are
gathered here to witness or take part
in the plunge into the big tank nt the
Sportsmen's show that will mark the
beginning of eleven nights of water
sports. Many of the America's best
swimmers will take part in the races ,
games and contests of various sorts
that will mark the tournament.
The management has arranged the
following events : Scratch races , 25 ,
50 , 100 , 440 , 880 yards and one mile ;
handicap events , plunge for distance ,
50 , 100 , 300 and 440 yards swim. In
addition there will also be a hurry
scurry race , costume race , 50 yard
novice , open relay race , fancy diving ,
high diving , water baseball , water
polo , duck race , vn-elty races , subma
rine swim for .nice , hurdle race ,
canoe tilting , relay race open to high
schools of Boston and college and club
races.
Life Term for Young Hazel.
Toledo , Dee. 24. The jury In the
case of Harvey Hazel , the sevrnteon
year-old boy charged with the murder
of his mother , returned a verdUt of
murder In the second degree The
finding of the jury means that the boy
must go to prison for the remainder of
Ins life.
Frederick Burnham Found Dead ,
New \ork , Dec 24 Frederick A
Burnham , former president of the Mu
dial Reserve Li.e Inmitanr-e company
was | qiiid : 'i a.l In bed m bis iionif of
Fas r > osoi ! ; ! ' ) Tl.e . polite hay itea
was due io suklie
Bodies gf Entombed Miners Found
Mount Carmf'i Pn. ; Dec 21 lin
tor.ibi ; 1 in i. e l'"nin > lvan.u r.-liT\ . !
by an a\a .t-irtie < . ( real thn bo'lli-s of
Fianlt , .i . i and Sianihlaiis Moris
. .UMwn ; > iij.ii.'l ' l. > a - ' - . ' parly.
Brdfp" t to Be County Seat.
B"i " \.b H" 21 -liilij ;
pori \ \ < i " \ as 'ho pcrinu'icnt
count ) B . -I or the new i.omty of Merrill -
rill t the special election.
SELL MONEY.
Nebraska National Bank Sells Christ
mas Gold Pierces.
The Nebraska National bank has
landled quite n volume of business In
'money sales" during the holidays.
The bunk some time ago "Imported"
o Norfolk for the Chlrstmns sale a
lumber of $2.50 gold pieces which
lave been sold for Christmas gifts. A
lumber of stoics bought the gold
ileces to present as gifts to their em-
iloyes.
So there Is such a tiling us a Christ-
mis sale of money.
Lloyd's ' Medal to Brave Woman.
London , Dec , 21. Lloyd's medal for
saving life at sea goes to Miss Kato
Gllmour , stewardess of the Sardinia ,
lestroyed by lire at Main last month.
Miss Gllmour refused to leave the ship
mtll all the women and children were
esciied. Her coolness and courage are
icld to have contributed to the saving
) f many lives.
FIVE ARE DEAD
IN TRAIN WRECK ,
Christmas Visitors Meet Death
on Reading.
Trenton , N. J. , Dec. 24.--A wreck on
the Reading railroad nt Glenmore ,
near Hope well , is reported hero.
Five persons are said to have been
killed.
The dead were people going visit
ing for Christmas.
ROSEBUD ROMANCE
ENDS IN OMAHA ,
Marshall Goffman and Miss
Ward , Married , Met on Claims.
Omaha , Dec. 21. Mart Coffman , a
lawyer from Dallas , S. D. , a member of
the real estate and locating firm of
Coffman & Owen , was married here
Tuesday to Miss Sarah G. Ward , a
nurse of Columbus , Ohio. Miss Ward
met Mr. Coffman in Omaha whore the
wedding took place. Miss Ward spent
last summer visiting her friend , Miss
Custer , whose father's claim was near
that of Mr. Coffman.
AMERICAN SAVANTS
MEETING TODAY ,
Pan - telcan Congress of
Learned M in Cni3. !
Santiago , Chili' , Dec. 24. From
North , South and Central America
learned men are assembled here today
for the opening of the pan-American
scientific congress. ICvery nation in
the western hejii.ipherc has sent dele
gates here to discuss matters of mo
ment to its people. Among the sub
jects to be discussed are economics ,
agriculture , health , various brances of
engineering , etc.
The United States of America is
represente.l by t * n men of the highest
standing in the silentlfic world. They
arc Professor A. C. Coolldpe of the
Harvard historical department and
Professor Hiram Bingham , for the past
Hi
COLONEL W. 0. GORGA8.
five years curator of South American
history and literature , Hnr\ard. The
other delegates are Professor Leo S
Rowe of the University of Pennsyl
vania , a well known authority on Latin
America ; Professor Paul S. Relnsch ol
the University of Wisconsin , wel
known for his writings on political
science and colonial government ; Colo-
nc-1 William C. Gorgas of the United
States army , chief sanitary officer ol
the Isthmian canal commission ; Wll
Ham II. Holmes , chief of the bureau
of American ethnoloey at the Kmiih
Ronlan institution ; professor Bernard
Moses of the I'imerslly of Californ.a
George M Rommel of the department
of agriculture , piofersor William M
Shepherd of Columbia university and
Professor William B Smith of Tulaiio
university , Louisiana.
STANDARD OIL ,
Waters-Pierce and Republic Con
cerns Must Leave State ,
THREE FINED $50,000 , EACH ,
Seven Supreme Judges Concur In
Sweeping Decision Which Is Hailed
as End of Illegal Combines In "Show
Me" State Drastic Arraignment.
Jefferson City , Mo. , Dee. 2J. De
claring that the Standard Oil company
of Indiana , the Republic Oil company
of Ohio and the Waters-Pierce Oil
company of Missouri had conspired
and combined to monopolize the oil
business In this state , the supreme
court of Missouri Issued a decree oust
ing all three from the commonwealth ,
and lining them $50,000 each.
The decree against the Waters-
Pierce company is tempered by the
proviso that It may continue In busi
ness if by Jan. 15 , lUOi ) , it can show to
the court that it fins taken steps to
operate as an Independent concern
and has satisfied the judgment against
It. The other companies are given
until March 1 , 1009 , to wind up their
affairs In the state.
Seven Judges Agree.
The decision , which was unanimous
on the part of the seven Judges , is so
sweeping that Attorney General Had-
ley and Governor Folk hall it as the
end of the illegal commercial combi
nations In Missouri , and the former as
serts that , in conjunction with the de
cision of the supreme court of the
United' States in the tobacco trust
case , it will affect similar suits in
other states.
Attorney General Hadley , who has
prosecuted the Missouri case since its
inception in March , 1905 , will become
governor in less than a month and
then will be charged with the enforce
ment of the decreo. The attorney
general followed up the promulgation
by the court with a statement in
which he asserted that attempts had
been made to compromise the suit.
In coming to Its decision , the court
says : "If such abuses as those com
plained of are permitted to continue
untrammelled , it would be only a
question of time until they would sap
the strength and patriotism from the
very foundations of our government ,
overturn the republic , destroy our free
Institutions and substitute , in lieu
thereof , some other form of govern
ment. "
The Offenses.
The court finds that the companies
conspired to regulate and fix prices to
retail dealers ; to control and limit the
trade in the refined products of petro
leum ; to control and limit and pre
vent competition in the buying ami
gelling of these products ; to deceive
and mislead the public into the belie !
that they were separate and distinct
corporations , pursuing Independently
their business as legitimate coiu .
itors.
In explaining how these were con
summated , the decision says : "Prices
for oils and gasoline are fixed by the
Waters-Pierce company. It sends out
to the trade card quotations giving
tank , wagon and barrel prices and as
a rule those prices are followed by a : !
other oil companies , including the in
dependent companies , doing business ,
in tills state. AM long as the in lepend-
out companies do not reduce prices 01
increase the aggregate amo.int . of t hen
s-ales above 10 to If ) per cent of the
entire amount of the sales made In the
state thfre is no war made upon them
regarding prices. But whenever any
independent company reduces prices
below those fixed by Waters-Pierce ,
or whenever their aggregate sales ex
IP 1 15 per cent of all sales made In
the state , a vigorous warfare is waged
against them , chiefly through the He
public company by means of an elab
orate system of espionage In their
business and cutting prices or giving
rebates , until the Independents arc-
clad to throw up their hands and say
Enough' and bo content to sell oil at
the prices and in the quantities pro
scribed by the Waters-Pierce com
pany and acquiesced In by the Indiana
and Republic companies. "
REBATE
Subpoenas Served on Traffic Manager
of New York Central.
Chicago , Dec. 24. The investiga
tion Into the subject of allege , ! re
bates started here by the government
will extend beyond the packing house
of Morris & Co. and will Include sev
eral railroads. The roads within the
investigation now begun Include the
Michigan Central , the Nickel Plate
and the Lake Shore B. B. Mitchell ,
general traffic manager for the New
York Central lines , and M. J Sweet ,
ngput for the Red line , a fast freight
line of this group , were served with
subpoenas. Besides the shipment of
dressed beef over the roads , the carry
Ing of cattle will be Investigated
Veteran Expires at Breakfast Toble
NohawKa , Neb. , Dec. 21. Will.am
I'hnpman. ugeil s-exeniy. and a pluu -r
resident , expired at the bivu.fa-it ! ta-
'illIrom ' h'tut itiilure. ChopMiii : waa
a vi t rnii of UKc.ul war hauin ; ! > . . > -n 1 ! i j
a number of an l wn n-M-n-m HI- , ,
\\as sevenly wonti' ' . I at U.e bat * : of
Cicityaburg Ho loa\cs u wi low ana 1 i
j
thrcn children , ' 1
THECONOmONOFTIIE WEATHER
t < uur toi I wenitoui < - . . ,
Forecast for NeOMika
iiiiilltloi ) of the * oatho > nt rouorn
MI ) frit 'hi' i wt > 'ify > fiiui noitr * - < iMlliu
ill 8 n m ted n. v
Maxlnniin . (5 (
Minimum . 15
Average . Ill )
Barometer . 2 ! ) . < > 0
Chicago , Doc. 21. The bulletin Is-
uod by ( lit ChicitK 4tation of thf
"nlted State * wuntuur bureau given
hp foropiial for Vobrask * nn follows :
Fair tonight and Friday.
ROOSEVELT URGED
TO JAKE ACTION
Appeals Made to Him In Behalf
of Mine Officials.
Washington , Dee. 21. Samuel Gom-
lers today Issued mi-snages denounc
ing the decision of Justice Wright ,
[ 'resident Hoosovolt received similar
mesHages. A mass meeting of all
union In the principal cities of the
country are planned for Sunday.
Washington , Dec. 24. Twelve
months In jail for Samuel Gompers
president ; nine months for John
Mitchell , one of the vice presidents ,
and six months for Frank Morrison ,
secretary , all of the American Feder
ation of Ixabor , was the sentence Im
posed by Justice Wright of the supreme
premo court of the District of Colum
bia for contempt of court for violating
an orOer enjoining them from placing
on the "unfair" or "Wo Don't Patron
ize List" the Bucks Stove and Range
company of St. Ixnils.
All the defendants were in court
when sentence was pronounced and
notice of an appeal to the District of
Columbia appellate court at once was
filed , Gompors being released on $5-
000 bond , Mitchell on $4,000 and Mor
risen on $3,000.
With tears coursing down his
cheeks , President Gompers heard the
order which condemned him to prison
for a year. Both Mitchell and Morri
son seemed stunned , although Mitchell
appeared to be the least concerned.
Gompers Addresses Court.
Asked if he had anything to say
why sentence should not be pro
nounced , President Gompors declared
that ho had not consciously violated
any law. There was much he would
like to say , but ho could not do it now.
Ho added , however , that "This is a
struggle of the working people for
a right. It is a struggle of the ages
the struggle of the men of labor to
throw oft some of the burdens which
have been heaped upon them , to abolish
ish some of the wrongs and to secure
some of the rights too long denied. "
Mitchell and Morrison told the court
they Indorsed what Gompers had said.
Justice Wright's decision was a
scathing arraignment.
"Everywhere , " the court said , "all
over , within the court and without , ut
ter , rampant , Insolent defiance is her
aided and proclaimed ; unrefined in
suit , coarse affront , vulgar indignity
measures the litigants' conception of
the tribunal's due , wherein his cause
still pends. The law's command has
been to stand , hands off , until justice
for tills matter can be ascertained , "
but , he said , there had been a studied ,
determined , defiant conflict , "precipi
tated in the light of open day-be
tween the decrees of a tribunal or
dained by the government of the fed
eral union , and of the tribunals of an
other federation grown up In the land. "
One or the other , ho declared , must
succumb , "for those who would unlaw
the land are public enemies. "
Urge Roosevelt to Act.
Whether President Hoost-velt will
take any nctio , as he has been urged
to do In telegrams Irom dilfeiont labor
organizations tl.ioughout the country ,
In connection with Judge Wilght'b d
cision , has not been decided , it was *
stated ut the White House. It was btat
ed there that the president has not
read the decision and cannot say if
he will take any action. There was an
Intimation , however , that some action
might be taken If the pretidi.-nt Is con
vlnced the setter , ' . . ' is unjust The la
bor organizations --.rgu the president
to prevent the Incarceration or the
labor leaders. The Illinois United
Mine Workers sent this telegram
"In the name of 75,000 mine svorkers
In Illinois we desire to protest against
the recent decision committing to
penal servitude those great common
ers and representatives of the Amer
lean labor movement. These men iny : ,
tie guilty of ,1 breach of law , but a law
that denies the use of a free press ai.d
full speech Is a breach of the funda
mental principles of our country Sucl
decisions only tend to create enmity
and class hatred We respectfully so
licit your Influence to prevent the in
carcoratlon of these men. "
Cook Succeeds Chief Blggy.
San Francisco , Dec. 21. Sergeani
Jesse IV. Cook has boon appointed
chief of police by the board of pollm
commissioners to succeed the lati
Ch'-f ' . W. J. Ulggy. who was drownoc
on the night of Nov 30.
Plan Balloon Trip Across Atlantic.
Indianapolis , Inil. . Dec. 24. A bal
loon trip thai will attract tinattentloi
of aeronauts and scientific men in al
pans of the worl'l Is bclni ? arrange !
liy fail ( J. Fischer , of this cii > , an
Cieo L. Rumbaugh. a unifi-SKlunal
aeronaut The proposed ( light will I
be across the Atlantic ocean from >
some point on the eastern cost of
America to Europe. ,
THE MOTHER
WILL RECOVER ,
Her Name Was Found to be
Mary Mrllson ,
CLAIMS IT AN ACCIDENT.
Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict that
Babe Came to Death by Reason of
Willful Neglect on Mother's Part.
Another D.ibo Left.
Lincoln , Dec. 1-I ! . Mary WIlHon.
alias Jane \Vhko , who dropped her
new born babe from a Burlington
coach near David City , Is Htlll allvu
and the hospital authorities say she
will recover.
The statement Is mitdo for her that
the dropping of the baho from the
coach to the ground was accidental.
The coroner's Jury returned a ver
dict that the child came to its death
by willful neglect of the mother.
Abandons Babe on Train.
Fremont , Neb. , Dee. 2-1. A well
dressed woman riding on Union Pacific
train No. 5 asked her seat companion ,
nil elderly lady , to hold her two-
months-old babe a minute while she
removed her baggage. The old lady
accepted the charge and after waiting
ten minutes for the woman , notllled
the railroad olllclals. It was then dis
covered that the young woman had
abandoned the babe. No trace of the
mother could be found and the child
was sent to a hospital , where it was
louml to be suffering from lack of food.
Creditors Anxious About McLcavc.
Fremont , Neb. , Dec. 24. Many cred
itors are anxious about the where
abouts of Jlmmio McLeave , a well
known breeder and fancier of high
grade horses and ponies. McLeavo
was well known for his stylish turn
outs and has conducted a large horse
business lor three years , lie is be
lieved to have left for the old coun
try. One of the principal banks hulda
a chattel mortgage on bis stock.
Must Label Headache Powders.
Lincoln , Dec. 24. Nebraska drug
gists who sell headache powders will
be forced at once to label them In a
manner which will show all the In
gredients contained In the drug. The
commissioners entrusted with the en
forcement of the pure food law have
decided on a campaign against drug-
purveyors who hand out this kind of
powders without properly lubelinur
them.
Woman Sentenced to Penitentiary.
Auroia , Neb. , Dec. 24. Mrs. John
Harris , who confessed n week ago to
stealing $130 from a trunk , was sen
tenced to one year in the penitentiary.
READY TO START WORK
ON NEW ELECTRIC LINE
Financing of Des Moines and
Sioux City Line Completed.
DCS Moincs , I > c. 21. Notice has
been received from New York that the
financing of the proposed electric line
between this city and Sioux City has
been completed , and that § 5,000,000 of
capital is now ready to start work on
the line. Branch lines will bo built to
Omaha , Council Bluffs , Fort Dodge
and Intermediate points. The cost
will be about $25,000 a mile and worlc
will begin In a short time.
The closing up of this arrangement
Is considered one of the most Import
ant uf recent western financial deals.
It has behind It an almost unlimited
amount of money and the promoters
contemplate a general net work of
electric llius throughout the western
part of Iowa and eastern Nebraska.
The new company will bo known as
the Dos Moincs and Sioux City Rail
way company and' has been in process
of organization for some time.
Contracts for the construction of the
line have already been made , It Is stat
ed. When all the extensions of the
proposed line nro completed the road
will have more than 400 miles of track.
SUSPECTED SLAYER ARRESTED ,
Finley Held to Await Action of Grand
Jury at Grlnnell.
Grlnnell , la. , Dec. 24. The author
ities believe they have under arrest a
man , Jesse Finley , who nearly four
years ago committed one of the most
brutal murders ever perpetrated In
this part of Iowa. Finloy , who is
known as a wandering fellow , hna
been placed In the county jail , after
waiving preliminary hearing , to uwali
the action of the grand Jury. The
crime with which he Is charged Is that
of killing Thomas W. Read on the
morning of Jan. 5 , 1005.
After Violators of Mulct Law.
Council ' . lr. . . .
Jj'.nnX . Dec. 2-i.---County
Attoi neHt ss Is on the warpath for
\iiat.ns | ! t the lowu mulct law , aiul
as a ntuitei } . < , * htai'.i'i maiiduiiitib
SUIIi to fillii' -.ill'HI ( Kei'i-l8 | to tillr.
11't'U ' .1 i > rois ous Isoiue of twihe
ii in > Inn i' iuii.uly oe"ii
ti'iv. i. nil i U r < uf the ! ' n aisam , t
ui.i in UK .v ait ii 01 , lu have been in-
,1'jlcted by the granu Jury.