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J THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL , , , . NORFOLK NEHHASKA FKIDAV FKWirAUY o 11)011. ) CARRIE NATION FINED $7,50 , Gets into Police Couit In London , England , BROKE ! .WINDOW OF CAR , Mrs , Nation Thrust Her Umbrella Through Window Upon Which Wat Pasted Cigarette Advertisement , Thanks Judge for Low Fine. London , Fob. 1. Carile Nation wiic fined ? 7.fiO In police couit today for tin listing an umbiella tlnough an undoigtoiiiMl itillwu ) cm window up on which wan pasted a clgmotto ad * voitlsoment. She thanked the muglHliato and said that she hud expected It would cosl moio. NEDRASKAN ARRESTED. Dnvld L. Harncr Being Brought Bacl < to Osceola. Knovvlllo , Tenn , Fob I. Dopulj Sheriff Feu IB of Polk count ) , No biaska , passed tliiouKh heiu today on louto fiom Dandrldgo. Tenn , t ( Osceola , Nob. , with David L. Hume In custody. Humor Is chuiged will abducting a sixteen-cur-old glil fion NobiusUu last Augiibl Ho was ni rested tit White IMnc , Tenn. HOTLY PURSUING AZEF. Four Terrorists Are After Goverr ment Spy. Paris , Fob. 1 A dlspntcb fioi 55m Ich says thnt Aef is now in Svvl zoilnml , hotl ) pin sued by four Russia tertorists. A/of for ) outs has bee at the head of the lighting of the Rui slan socialists. Ho was iccontl.v d < uounced us a gov eminent spy and coi demned to death by the socialists. No Change In Senatorial Fights. Aladlson. Wis , Feb. . I. There wane no change In the sonutoilal vote toda ? SpilnRlleld , 111. , Fob. I. Theie wa piuctlcnlly no chutigo In the bonutoii. deadlock today. Bryan at Tampa , Fla. Tampa , Ha. , Feb. , 1 Wlllllum . Ill j an ui lived todaj and spoke ut th fair gt omuls this' nftoinoon. A bin quo ; wll bo given tonight for him. SALOON ROW AT HADAR. Fenske of Norfolk Remonstrate Against License. Pieice , Neb , Fob t Special t The News : Fied Heckman an Chutles Horschlog of Iladur woie 1 Pieice yestoidu ) to urtunge for baleen license for Hecknmn at Hadu A lemonstiance was Hied b > Robei Fenske of Noifolk , who clulmed thr HccKmun Is appllng for the licens for Chillies HecKmnn. Fenske , It wi be lemombered , claims to have bee asbiiulted In the saloon last winter , t have been tin own out and allowed t lie nil night. The heuilng will bo AIoi day at 1 o'clock. BAND AT INAUGURAL. Seth Bullock Behind Move to Sen Musicians to Washington. Sioux Fulls , S. D. , Feb. 1. Spech to The News : The movement to sen a South Dakota band to the Inuuguu tlon of President Tuft Is meeting wit greut fuvor In all parts ot the state. One of the principal advocates e the proposition to send the band t the Inanimation Is Captain Seth Hu lock , United States marshal for Sout Dakota , who has expressed himself being willing to contribute llbeinll tow ui d the fund. None of the piesent bunds of th state may bo sent , the Idea being t form n bund of the best bandsmen c South Dakota , no matter from win town they come , and have the ban appear In the Inaugural paiado pure ! ns a South Dakota bund without belli credited to any particular city In th slate. Alnsworth Store Sold. Alnsworth , Neb. , Fob , 3. Special t The News : William Collins has sol his confectionery store and bowlln alley to George Tlsuo. POLICE RECOnjAi uJVER , _ Murder , Shooting Affray , Suicide an Half Dozen Robberies. Denver , Feb 4. One murder , unotl r bhooting affrii ) that may result in double murder , one suicide , half a do ; en more or less serious robberies , an Uio confession of his crimes b ) a ma who for thirty jcuib hud led a crln luul career , Is the police record of Lxn ver lor twent ) four boms Incuidc therein Is the arrest of Alyrtle an Bertha Thompbon , twins , from De Moines , la , charged with stealing $ ib from David Slegol , also of Des Aloluei The ) gave the police iniormution tha led to Slegel's mrest for alleged rol ber ) at Deb Moines. Fied Walton , toiinur grand mastc of the Odd Fellows for the state c niaho , was bhot twice by John I Cradlebuugh and died shortly uftc being removed to the hospital. Hot men are from Wallace , Ida. , and Cn dlebangh also Is a prominent Odd Fe low. Walton was d ) Ing when the hoi pltal was reached , but gasped' out ' 'That man thout it I stole bio wife ) . RA-u , iU fcM AT P1TTSBUB8 , Doth V < hits and Dlackn Are Said to Do V/cll Armed. I'lttnlnir ; ? . Pch I In Bplto of many In 1'iit H of uiueil icslstttiice iiK | > n tin ) nut of negroes If ( lie police contl'nu ho ttiioiiH.il' uru-Jt of unom..locl . logioiw In I'm Hi mm Hill dlmrlct ot ho rlly , no outhii.ik of any 1 l.iJ hun icnnrol 1'olio.vlng the anon of 12 1 > lojjioos and Pie ii'leusu of a I but lor ) -ono , the pol'co ' force in tno d. trl < t VHH doiibi d and every pitrolniiin had iidtMH to iirrcMt ev-iry HU plcloim ai ; louilng nojto No further attack up on women 01 x't1ha.i ' been lopoitod Su ! u.d one on. ir , violence at the inlH of w 'to ' jeorlo Is lonrorl Mou mil wi IK .i iliMi'i bout the section In \olvel au i n i1 1 ; rovolvois and the lopioon 1110 saul to bo well armed I'M ' ) Ivornl nuiiotb are Inlliinlii' the logtoui to u'S'siiuii'o ' an I the tooling Is high The paliro , howevoi , seem to luno the situation well In I , ami 01 the IIWOPS ariestt-d , thiitynlno woie lined and t\so , Mac McOoo and IMwuid Ai instead , wore held oxer lor 'uithoi ( ' \lU'iu > having been paitly dentllled as ultatklng white Kills. OH \ie * ; SERVICE , Reiterates < s % .Dillon to Re stricting Their Operations , Washington , Feb 4. Declaring that "If the gov eminent Is to act with full elllclenc ) against eilinlnulH , It must have some force ot secret service agents who can uct nguinst ciimiuulh uti ) where , " Piesldent Roosevelt em phatlcall ) rulteiatod bis opposition to restricting the field of usefulness of the secret service ' The position of thu administration Is , " bald the president , "that it Is uguliibt sound public policy to dlscrlm inute In tavor of criminals by disci 1m inutlng against the use. of the secret service to detect and puuisli them. " Thu statement was called foith b ) "misleading statements appearing it some of the afternoon papers" to the effect that the woik of the secret ser vice has not been hampeied and thai the Investigation of cases outside the detection of counterfeiter and the piotectlon ol the president has noi boon clieunibcrlbed by restilctlve leg islation at thu last session ot congiess 'It is the Lontcnllon of the exocii tlvc bianch ol thu government that il should be permitted to use the bebl means of Investigating criminal cases and when logUlation Is enacted tha deprives the executive branch of i paiticulailj desirable and effective in vostigatlng force , the government's In lorosts , which are the interests of thi people , are Injured and the only gain ers mo the ovlldoeis who ma ) there by escape detection and punishment. "Tho question is , is It right or wisi or piopor specifically to dlseriminuti against one particular division of tin goveinmont b Iiuest.gating forces am prevent Its emplovmont where It mlgh he ubed to great advantage ? It Is ai evasion of the question to answer tha in ono particular and circumscribe Hold biippiesslng counterfeiting ani protecting the president Its actlvltie nre not ultoctod b ) the limitation " JURY ACQIJITSMRS , DUNPHY _ Brings In Verdict of Not Guilty In Les : Than Half an Hour , Chicago , Feb 4 Airs. Alartha May belle Duuphy , wife of Dr. John W Duuphy , a prominent physician ot Bos ton , Aluss. , was acquitted by a jmy o the charge of having stolen $8,001 worth of jewelr ) and secuilties fron Charles E Giles of Dorchester , Aluss. B money lender. The jury deliberatee less thun thirty minutes. Another Fruitless Ballot in Illinois SprliiKfleld. 111. . Feb , 4 The Illlnol : assembly took nnother Joint ballot fo a United States senator and made m headway in the direction of breaklni the existing deadlock The varlou candidates lined up about the same a before. Beats Wife's Head Into Pulp. Sand Point. Ida. , Feb 4. Josepl Vigue , residing at Cocolalla , n fev miles west of here , killed his wife Ii a jealous fronzy. beating the woman" bend Into ft pulp with the butt of i CUD. California Town Flooded. Redding , Cal , Feb. 4 The flood burden was shifted from Shasta coun ty to Tehnma county. The levee north of Tehama broke and the watei ton six feet deep through the main streets. Every house wns Hooded. A mile of Southern Pacific track at Tehama was washed away. The rivet Is ii9W falling , however , and the worsl Is over. President Lewis Re-Elected. Indianapolis , Fob 4. Although the announcement of the re election o : Piesident Lewis was loudly cheered at the United Aline Workers' convention bitter feeling was shown between the Lewis and Walker factions during the debates. The delegates had a chance to air their grievances while the tell ers were counting the votes for vice president and secreturtreasurer Cortelyou Issues Call on Banks , Wabhlngton , Feb 4 Secretary Cor- tclou announced that ho bus mudo a call on all temporary national hank depositories for about $30,000,000 gov ernment deposits , to bo paid on or be fore Feb , 24 , Grand Jury Acts In Muskogee Town Lot Oases , TRUE BILL AGAINST HASKELL Governor of Oklahoma Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud the Govern ment Jury Instructed to Report for Duty Again Monday Morning , Muskogee. Okla , Teh I SKI ) * oadlngbusiness men of Muskogee leld a mass mooting beginning at uldnight and lasting until ouil ) todu ) , llbcitssing the seven indictments le tinned Into ) esteula ) by the fodeial Hi ami jut ) In the goveinment town lot Investigation Mu.voi Mai tin piesldod An expres sion of confidence in the men Indicted was made , and a committee ) of seven \ .is appointed to con eel what v\as 101 moil an eiionooiib Impiesslon nt to the legallt ) of land titles in Musko gee and eustoin Oklahoma Forty-seven Overt Acts Namec1. H became known todu.v that the Ilibl indictment letuined , againsl Govei nor IlasKell , Claienco W. Tinner am Walter H Uaton , alleged foity-sevei ovoit acts in conspliacy to defiant the goveinmont. The second indictment , against Will lam T. lliitclilns and Tinner , allegoc thirteen , and the thlid , against Albcr 7 , . Kngllsb , Fiedeiick H Seveis am Jesse W Hill , ulleged nlnet-two ucts Aluskogee , Okla. , Fob. 1. As a re null of the Investigation by a fedeiu giand juiy of alleged Irauds In con nectlon with tlio scheduling ot towi lots in this city , seven indictment ! weio rotmned The chat go aguins the < endants is conspiiacy to de hand the eoveinmont. The names o those Indicted are Governoi Chailes N Haskell , F. U Severs , C. W Turner W. Hiitehlngs , A. Z. English. JobSi W. Hill and Walter R. Eaton. Attoine ) Thomas H Owen of Alua kogee , representing Govoinor Haskell made uriaiigomentb for the goveino , tomorrow morning to enter hifa appear unco ami give bond in the sum or $ o , 000 for appearance for trial. The wi Its issued are returnable fortli with. Govei nor Haskell Is at Giitlnlc tliu ht.ttu capital. Theie is but oui indictment tigaliibt him , charging hlr with conspliing with Walter R. Kato and Clarence W. Turner to defiuu the goveiumentr. There are two ii dictinuutH against Turner and on each against the otbcrb. Turner WHS ftrfat to give bond in th sum of $10,000 HutcHlngs and Katoi followed and gave bond in thu sum o $6,000 each. All will probably be ui raigned before Judge Campbell tomoi row. Jury _ to Report for Duty Monday. Tlio jury was instructed to ropoi for duty again Momlaj morning whlcii gave rise to the Impression tha only a partial report had been mad in the town leases. Later It vvu leuruud that the jury is to conside matter other than the town lei frauds next week. Severul of thob who , It was expected , would be indlcl ed , escaped because the ovidencu di not show the ) weie Identified with th alleged conspiracy. Walter R. Katon , one of the men Ir dieted , is a brothei-in law of Walter J Richie , Jr. , of Lima O He is the secre tary of the Indlanola Contracting coir pany , ot which Governor Haskell 1 president , and which it is allegpi scheduled the names of many "duir mles" to secure town lots. Jesse W Hill , another ot the Indicted , cam hero fiom Texas and became Identl fled with the Aluskogee Developmen company. It Is claimed that he dis posed of a largo number of lots fraud ulently scheduled. Aasihtant Attorney General Slves t r R. Rush , elated over bis success ii ecuring indictments here , left for hi home in Omaha , Neb. Assistant At torney General O. B Pagan , who diev up the Indictments , left for New York. The report of the jury in the towi lot mutter came at a time wholly un expected by the public , as the govern ment had announced only two hour : before that other witnesses were com Ing from Alissouri and Ohio. Ther < were not more than twenty persons ii the court room when the report was made. Fifteen of the wealthiest mei In AIusKogeo called at the office of th < United States marshal here and signec Gorernor HasKell's bond for $5 000 Alany more asked to bo allowed t < sign it , but there was no more space on the document. ATTELL FIGHTS TONIGHT , Defends His Title Against Eddie Kellj In New Orleans. New Orleans , Feb. 4. There will b ( some etib ) picking for Abe Attoll fentherweight champion of the world tonight at the Southern Athletic club when he meets Eddie Kelly of Chicago cage , unless the stais In the pugilistic sky ate lyln Kelly bus heard the referee's 'nine , ten. " twice before when he met Attell , and It will be three times and out for IMdle tonight If not , theto will be a new leather weight champion tomorrow The bout will go ten rounds unless one of the boys goes to the hay soon er. There will be a big crowd ol sports at tbo ringside. 100 ARRESTED AT COCK FIGHT. Sheriff Raids Sporting Event at Duf falo , N. Y. Buffalo. Feb. , I. Over 100 men vvoio unoHtod here eail > toda.v vvluo the sheriff i aided a cock light on the outskirts of the city. The pilHoneu Include men fiom Ohio , PomiR.vlvniuii and Canada. , , Fireman Killed , Two Hurt , Chicago , Fob I. Flromun Sullivan on a siibuibun ttuln of thellllnols Con tial uillioad , was killed and twc tialnmcn severely Injuied In u col llHlon with two deralle'd freight cau near I21dildro i'ace ' toda ) COURHNllNS 2-CENT FARE , Judge Garland Restrains Soutt Dakota , FROM ENFORCING NEW While Railroads Were Getting Re straining Order , Attorney Genera Got Alternative Writ of Mandamus Which Holds ? Slou\ Falls , S. D. , Feb. 4. Judge John U. Cat land , In the United States district court , gianted a lestruininj Older , preventing the enforcement 01 the 2-cent puasenger ruto law , signet by the governor > esteniay , pending i hearing before him Monday , Alarch 1 [ or u tempoiar ) injunction. The ordei was gianted at the In stance of the vailoas railioad lines It South Dakota. The bill contained at emergent ) cause , making it elfectiv < ImmedliitUy. PIuio , S D , Feb 4. While thi railway companies were obtaining i rebtialnlng oiUei liom the lecuia couit at S > oii1allb to stop the U-ceu rate law , the. attorney geneial wen helore the Mcne Mipicme court am got an iiite i native writ of mandamus tetui.ui .c un Aimih 3 The questioi now is wlikh couit shall take juris dict'ou. ' THREE YOUNG MEN BURNEDJO DEATH House Burns in Night , All Thre Are Cremated. Little Rock , Aik. , Fob 1. The horn of Airs. Finnic Lathi op , near Bien wood , burned last night and her tv\ sons , Fiank and William , and u vis tor , Gooigo Bun is , were bmned t death. REACH DECISION IN COURT MARTIAL AT SEI Verdict , However , Will Not b Given out at This Time , Gibiultur , Feb. 1. The QuuHroug couit martial i cached a decision thi afternoon. The veidlct will not b given out , however , until appioved b Admiral Sperrv , which will piobabl be befoie the fleet sails foi home. SIX TRACK WALKERS KILLED BY TRAIN New YorkiGentral Construct Train Hits Group of People , New York , Feb. 4. A constructio tiuin on f'e Nev York Central ra Into a group of track wulkeis nea Unlveislty Heights , Bronx boiougl today , killing six and injuilng other ! PEACOCKS FOR PARK WINSIDE'S ' SCHEME Wallie Tucker Now nut Lookini ( or the Peacocks , Winsldo , Neb. , Feb. 3 Special t The News Thanks to E W. Tuckei cashier of the Alorchants State haul Winslde's beautiful little paik will b stocked with peacocks this spilng an all through the coming summer then pretty blids will stiut among thos who seek lofugo there to escape th scorching sun providing of course that the peacocks can bo seemed an If the ) Hvo after the ) get heio. For the Information of the Wlnsld scientists , It may bo stated peacock were kept successfully In a poultr yard in Norfolk some years ago. EXCLUDE JAPS FROMJGHOOLS , Bill Passes House In California Legislature , ON TWO POINTS JAPS Johnson Bill , to Prohibit Aliens From Being Members of Corporations , De feated Alien Land Bill , Also Beaten. Sacramento , Cat. , Feb. 4. The bill excluding Japanese from the public schools of California passed the house today. Sacramento , Cal. , Feb. 4. Johnson's bill prohibiting aliens from being mem bers of corporations , was defeated to day by a vote of 54 to 15. , Saciamenlo , Cal. , Fob. I. The defeat feat of the Diow bill In the leglslaliuc ) ( btoiday has caused filends of the anti-Japanese legislation to give in ; all hopes of success at this session Goveinoi Olllett will no\\ push tin Japanese census meabiiie. Sacramento , Cal. , Fob. 4. After a lengthy debate the assembly , by a vote of 48 to liS , i ejected the bill diuwn by A. M. Diow , hairing aliens ftoiu own ership ot land In Calilornla. The bill had been amended at thu request of Piesldent Roosevelt and Seciotaiy Root bo that the clause uppl ) Ing to Japanese only was eliminated , mak ing the bill apply to all aliens , but the measuie aiouscd such a fatorm of op position that long before the debata was closed by Air. Drew It was appar ent that the measure would be de- ieated. The result of this contest is con sidered a fail test of the lolatlve strength of the two factions , in the-as sembl ) and as loreslmdowlng the de feat of all measures that would tend to embairasb the national go\ eminent In Itb relations \\lth Japan. In substance , the objection to it was that it would diive at lui l a bil lion dollars ot loielgn capital out ol the state and might jeopaidlze the ptesont filondl ) compieieial relations with Japan. The supporleis of the bill contcndei ! that tlie state was being overrun b ) thriftj Japanese , \\ho were graduallj gaining an Impregnable position a ; landowneib and whose goveinmem \\as tring to dictate to Caliloinia re garding legislation. Two beiibational sp9ocbes were made , one tor and one against tin measure. Assenibljiuan Grove L. Johnson ol Sacramento , congiessman and anther thor ot fotii bills begiegatlng Japa nebe in EI boo.s and residential dis trictfa anil preventing aliens beint memberb ot corpoiations , made an iiu pasbioned appeal foi the enactmen of the Diew bell. At the climax ol his speech be walked butkwaid nom his seat to the lobby rail and beizing ii bis arms a golden bailed gill of tliiec held her alolt and declared that IK was "in favor ot this as opposed U the Japanese menace to our iiibtltu tlons. " Nathan G. Cole ot San Francisco who was elected with the indorsenieni of the Union Labor party , opposed the Drew bill on the ground that It was it conlllct with the state constitution , sc that It was Inimical to union labor am that it was not favoied by the ua tlonal administration , which , he said was dealing with a delicate pioblen and should be suppoited by the pee pie of California. Dramatically confronting Assembly man Drew , be said : "It President Roosevelt bhould throw open the doors of this assembly chamber and , lajlnt bis bands on jour shoulders , shouk request , for reasons of state , that > oi withdraw this bill , you , Mr. Drew , as a patriotic citizen of the Unltet States , would assent without a mur raur. " This sally was received with greal applause. In reply , Air. Drew , closing bis argu ment for the bill , declared that he hat received a letter from the president , It which he stated that he was not op posed to the bill as It bud been amend ed at his request. Nevada Prepares to Exclude Japs. Carson , Nev , Feb. 4. The assemblj of the Nevada legislature passed the anti-Japanese resolution as amended The amendments eliminate all refer ence to federal inter/erence , but urge the state of California to pass strin gent measures to exclude Japanese. Governor Dlckerson gave out the following statement : "Personally , ] would like to see the Japanese ex eluded from this country and everj one of them now here deported. I re gnid them us being avors.o evil and a greater menace to our count ! ) than the Chlnebc. I am not in lav or how ever , of enacting laws or passing reso. lutlons on this subject that will tend to embanass the national uiiminlhtrn < tlon In its negotiations with the Japa. ncse goveinment for the restriction ol Immigration 1 bellevo that I'n sitli'iit Roosevelt Is eainestlv endeavoi.ng to exclude the Japanese so Ini at > it Is possible for him to do so under pres ent treat ) conditions As to what dls position will be made of the resolu. tlon now before the Nevada leglalnturc 1 do not care to venture a pi' diction. " FHE coNomoNjjF m WEAIHEF Temperature ( or Twenty-four Hours Forecast for Nebraska , Condition of tlio weather UH lecoid ed Tor Ilio I wont.\-four hours uiulltu at 8 it in. todu.v : Maximum fit .Mlnliiuun Hi Avonmo ; i ! lluioniotor UH ! ! ( Chlciigo , Fob. I Tlio linlletln IH sued li > the Chicago Hlutlnn of tin United Stntoseather biiiouu glvoi the foiocast for Nobiusku us follows : Goneiullv fair tonight and Filduj Wurmoi southwest pnitlon tonight Cook'i Fildu.v uftoinoon. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Sun HclH R'lll , Uses 7.01 ; moon 4-4U p. in. ; IH7 a. in. , eastern time , full moon In coiiHtollutlon Caiu-er , opposite the HUH , 1 a in , Jupiter's satellite No , 2 missing bccuuso making transit across the planet'H face HONOR KAISER'S ' ENVOY IN NEW YORK TODM Reception and Oinnerlor Conn von Bernslorif , New York , Feb. 1. Count Johuui Helinieh von liemstoilt , luu mu uni bassador Irom Get mail ) , Is the gueu ol the eit ) loan ) , inib at lei noun n was entertained at a lecepilon u ) Hi Chumbei ot coinmeice , ut wnlch th leading llgnts ot the ell ) In eommeic and the law ami oiliei pioiobsion vveiu piesent. Tonight he will hu tu guest ot honor ut u banquet ut th Manhattan club. In hlb uddiess at the Chamber c Commerce count von Heinstortt said "Fiom the time ot the liiith or. th peoplu of thu United States as a nuUo down to Uie present mi ) tiieres iiu been unbioken lilendbhip betwee Germuny and the United Statesl uiibslon to this count i ) can bu summe up 111 thu one. wlsn inat tills nleiKUUl ma ) Lonlinuu and always deepen "The enoimoub development c wealth and imliibtiy , bube.i on tti giuat nutuial advamugeb vvjikh iiutai lias given to thu United hiatus an due to the active , enteipiibing an courageoiib sphit ol thuii people , hu uevu been rugurued with inuiienai or Jealous oeb Horn oui bunks ot th iN'oith and haltic suub "Great and clvllked nutloiib coiibide the piospuiity and happiness ot othe people not as hindering but at ) helpiu their own " Alobt of the piomlnent Gurmai Amei leans of this city and many rroi other pluces will assemble at thu dli nor , which will bu given in honor < the diplomat by tbo New YorKe Stautbfitting Hormun Ridder , mai ager of the Staatb Zoitung , will pr side at the dinner \ > uti him and tl : guest of honor at the bpeakers' tab will ba Dr Nicholas Mm ray I3utlo president ot Columbia university ; Ph ! ip T. Dodge , president of the Ens neeis' club ; Joseph H. Choate , fount ambassador to Great Britain , and ot er distinguished men. DEBATE IN HOUSTON AORIOULTURAL BILL Fisld Day for Critics and Defend ers ot Wilson's ' Department. Washington , Fob. 4 General di bate on tno agrleultmal appropiiatio bill in the house aftoided ciltlcs an defenders ot the department ol agr culture an excellent field day. Lever ( S. C. ) led oil with an attac on the appointment and work of th referee board of consulting chemist j In the department. Hoflin ( Ala ) aske i on behalt of cotton growers for a goi ' ernmental monthly report on the coi 1 sumption of cotton. Sturgls ( W. Va. J urged an extension of the forest sei | vice. Humphrey ( Wash ) took an 03 actly opposite view , while Monde ( Wyo. ) declared the bureau of fo : estry the most autocratic governmec bureau outside of Russia. Uartliolel ( AIo. ) urged the issue of bonds for ii land waterway improvement , an Chandler ( Allss. ) complained of tb tariff on agricultural Implement ! Chairman Scott of the agriculture committee closed the debate with e : planatory remarks on work done b the department during the past yeai Before tlio bill was taken up In gei end debate , the housu passed the sei ate pension bill for fcdeial judges. Senator Teller ( Colo. ) addressed th Benuto fn faupport of Senator Hacon' resolution declaring that the aenut has a right to any information in po : session of the executive department ! and cited various precedents to BUS tain his contention. He claimed tha only In exceptional cases Is the pres : dent warranted In withholding Infoi matlon and declared that congiess hai never failed to icspcct such nctlon 01 the pait of thu executive when it ha been based on consideration of pul He Interest _ Ex-Policeman Kills Self. Omaha , l > h 4 Prank P Morton foi six vears a pntio'man ' and late proprietor uf a gifnor ) store In Koutl Omaha committed hincldo b ) shootiui himself through the head Alortoi was well known In South Omaha , am had accumulated considerable money NO milBP for MlP tlopil lu 1/non-n . PROHIBITION IN TENNESSEE. Bill is Passed over Veto of Govenor , THE VOTE STOOD 59 TO T , The Governor of Tennessee Vetoed the Prohibition Bill the Other Day But the Legislature , Overwhelming ly for It , Makes Law. Nashville , Tenn. , Fob. I The pio- hlbltlon bill was passed over the \elo of the goveinor todu.v. The vote Htood Gl ) to 7. NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE. That Bed Sheet Bill Cieatcd War From Omaha Hotel Men. Lincoln , Fob I Although Itopio- sentativo 'luloi of Custoi count ) 10- tused tonttj on II , the Sink bed sheet bill passt d the house , 50 to U'J. ' The ptoceedlng wan accompanied by an Inelleetual attempt to compel W. J. Tiiloi to leeoid his vole on the bill , lie was the only man on the Hour who held out in a ieliis.il to vote and the mle was called to his attention which compels evei ) membei to vote on the passage ol u bill unkss ex cused. Drown of UincntUer moved that thu rule bo enfoiced against Taylor ami the luttei came back with a letoit , wanting to know what this hotiso would do it he still peisisted in lib * re fusal. Kelley ol Furnas came to his aid by moving that he be excused lioiu voting ing , which was can led lit to 10 Many petitions have hi en received by members of thu housu to kill thu bill , the Doughib county members be ing capccinll.v Importuned to th.xt ef fect , but little attention was given to thu wishes of hotel men In the mat ter. The Douglas delegation voted for the bill in a body. Thu senate had a busy day with numerous bills. Among these was the King anti dlbcilmlnutlon bill Al though It was believed the inoasmo had been killed ) ostoidi ) . It went through the heiiale In ea.sj lashlon Penalty for Nonsupport. A bill lo.compel the suppoit of the wife and chlldion by peihons diaigo- able b ) law with their malm mm o and making failure to do so a mSdo- meanoi wan Inttoduced in the senate by Senator Ransom at the request of General Munderson ol Omaha Thcs bill Is a new act piovldliig that any person who wll'fully ' falls to provide food and clothing or bhelter or in. case of sickness to caie for his wlto or minor child while being able to work 01 who willfully conducts him self so ns to be discharged from work for the put pose of avoiding the pro visions of the act inl avoiding the support of his , family shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment in the county Jail tor not exceeding three months Declaring that the supiemo court la bringing disgrace on the state of Ne braska by frequently commuting the death sentence of men convicted of murder , Senator Ransom seemed the favoiablo recommendation In the sen ate committee of the whole for bis bill providing for the repeal of th law which peimlts suspension and the possible com.nututlon of a sentence of death bj the supiorno court wbon an , application lor writ of error is made. To Abolish Examining Board. Boyd of Hamilton county Is after the state examining board , which now has authority to Issue teachers' cutlf- Icates. Air. I3od Introduced a bill In the house providing for the abolition of the state board and the re creation of the county boards of examiners. Under this bill teachers shall bo ex amined by the county superintendent and two others whom he shall appoint and they shall have the power to Issuer first , second and third grade certif icates. Should a teacher teach suc cessfully dujlng the life of a second grade certificate , he or she may se cure a certificate to teach In any coun ty In the state. The senate committee on education reported for general file the Duck bill granting the regents of the university the right to take advantage of the Car negie foundation and also the Miller Joint resolution asking the regents to establish a school of citizenship , ac cording to Air. Bryan's request The senate finance committee reported an Increase In the appropriation for a Lincoln statue on the capltol ground from $15,000 to$25,000. _ Ice In Plat'.e Begins to Rot. Fremont , Neb , Fob. 4. The warm weather of the past two da > s lias caused a somewhat threatening condi tion In the Platte river , where the Ice has begun to rot. With the breaKlng up of the Loup , which Is probabl" In the event of warm weather continuing , extreme anxiety will be felt heio Last month's watm weather sent much water over the Ice In the IMatto and thi ) dam acioss thu north channel | a expected to bo given a serore i M within a short time. Hebron Store Is Robbert. Hi-hiun Neb IM ) 4 - TluM m-ral Itori ni II'nrJ Hum r at ( liliui was rubhul r a laigu amuum < jt Muff m eluding $ - ' > worth of Jowiiij cut glasT and dn B" > 'H ' The rubbers , en teied the htoio through a rear window while the neighborhood' folk vvtro at-
