' ! „ , , J t W -j ,1 * * f ti * * v * * - < * - * ' - TlIE NOKWLK WEI' f LNijv \ S JOUN VU'FKIUAY M ftUAUY 12 1009' WALKER GIVES UPCOHTEST , 1 Mine Workers Approve Course oi President Lewis. THIRD WEEK OF CONVENTION. Vice President and Secretary.Treaa- urer Yet to DC Elected Lewis' Ma jorlty for President Likely to Be Sixteen Thousand. Indlnnupolls , Fob. 2. 'i o cmiHo or the untl-Luwls fartlon In the United Mlnu Wui kern' convi'iilluu bus boon lost. John Wulhor of Illinois , who op- pound President Lewis foi lo-oloetlon. announced Unit ho would nut contest Lewis' election. "Such action would be hopeless , " bo said. "The convontlun bus been packed against me. " I'roHldont Lewis' majority likely will be 10,000. Walker learned the senti ment of the delegates toward him when , by a vote of 1.U27 to 1.054. ho waa i eluded an extension of time to Bpouk against the committee report uppioving the com so of President Lewis and the executive board In sus pending Piesident Van Horn and other olllclals ol district No 11 , Indiana , for having disobeyed the mandate of the national olllccis to discontinue the Hudson mine stilke The icfiibiil ot President Lewis to aid the sUlklng mlnuis of the Mercer- Dutlei Hold , Pennsylvania , caused a debate. This biought a lemnik fiom Mr. Lewis , that there should be no tur- tiler ( inaiiellng over personal it liter- oncos and that the businehs ot tiio convention sljould be disposed of as quickly as possible Ho would give all Infoimatlon asked for In legurd to the Mercer Butler strike , he said , but would not ticket with bis critics. The convention now is in its thinl week It will be necessary to elect a vice president and a secielary-tioas- urer during the session , as dm Ing the December elec tlou no candidate re ceived a majority. DENIAL OF RAINEY CHARGES , President of Panama and Members at Assembly Sign Statement. Panama , Fob. 2. The chaiges madrt In tie Ameilc.ni cougie&s lecently by Kopicsentativo Henry T. Ralney ol 11- llnols ugaliibt Domingo do Obaldlu , president ot Panama , and others , have bi ought out denials liom the piesident and sixteen membeis of the national assembly. The assemblymen have wlgned a statement asset ting that they vveio piesent at a meeting in the pies- ident's oltlco , wheie the contiuet for the exploitation ot the timbei Industry along the Atlantic coast of Panama was discussed and that during the meeting neither Piesldent Obnldla nor anyone elbe said or implied that Charles P. Tail , William Nelson Crom well or Roger T. Fainham hud any direct - \ roct or Indirect paiticlpatlon in the business Home Mission Meeting Ends , Plttsburg , Feb 2 With denomlna tional tallies in u dozen different chinches the Pittsbur ; : ; meeting of the national home missionary movement closed Among the speakers were Piolessor H A , Stiuor , Iowa college , on "The Mlnlbtiy and the Immigrant , " anl Rev Waul Platt. scctetary of the MetlnJist Episcopal mission work In the west , on "Tlie Frontiei " White Slaver Gets Two Years. Chicago , Feb. li. The sloiy of a beautltul girl lured to the United States Horn P.nls , resulted in the conviction of Henry Lair , charged by the govcinment with being a piomoter of the so called "white slave" traffic In this country Uaii was sentenced by- Judge Landls to serve two years in the government prison at Leavenworth and to pay $2,500 fine Gomez Appoints Ugarte. Havana , Fob 2 President Gomez signed n decree appointing Jose Ugarte chief ol the secret police This closes the sensational incident arising out of the proposal to appoint Recuido Anmuto to that office , which was tins trated by Vice President Zayus1 threat to resign Matk Called In Panama Libel Cast ; . Buffalo. Feb li. N13. . Mack has beei. subpoenaed to appear today be fore the federal grand jury at New York , which is considering the case of the Wet Ids chaiges against President Hooaevclt and olhers of irregularities In the puu'lmso of the Panama canal trip BULLETS FLY JN COURT ROOM , Woman Kills Defendant and Fatally Shoots Two Spectators. I j Gatesviile , Tex , Fob 3. Miss Vorna Ware , uaugluer ot a prominent farmer of ibis county , fired repeatedly into a crowcied court room here , continuing until Imr jevo.ver was emptied. A § & result , John Haines , a meichaut o ( Jonesboio , tor whom the bullets were Intended , Is dead , two bystanders , James Smith and David Ross , are per haps fatuity wounded , and A R Wilay , Jr. , is seriously wounded. I It was during the trial of Haines on lerlous charges preferred by Mlsr Ware that the shooting occurred A.p preaching a window , from which a view ot the court room could be had , Miss Ware saw Haines among the spectators and before she could be re strained drew the revolver from the ( olds of her dress and fired Three of the builets struck Hulneg and he died within an hour Miss Ware and her brother Charles Ware , wore arreated. ( MUCH INAUGURATED LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Declared Elected by Missouri Assembly In Joint Session. Jefferson City , Mo , Feb. 2. Jacob F. Omeliili ( itep. ) was Inuugtiiuicd lieutenant goveinor of Missouri to- iltij Ho was declared elected by tbu assembly In Joint session after Die re count lomnilttee had reported tnat Qmelkh had iccelved 310,042 votes , us against ' 2H > ,1 ( > 5 votes tor William it Painter ( Dem ) . The topoit ot the committee set out that on the lace of the original rettuna Umelich had been elected by thltty votes and on tlie luce ot the amended rctuins Palntei hud been elected by twentj-seven votes , but tha legislature had provided for the recount of thu ballots of St. lAHils and curtain pie clncts In other counties of the ututu and that on the recount moru than J- ! 200 ballots hud been rejected bucuu&a of being lmpioperl > Initialed , about equally divided between the cundt dates , but that when sixteen products ot the Nineteenth ward of St. Louis was leached many ballots were found to have bom Impioporly Initialed , and the committee disagreed. The Demo crats ( outended that not counting Biicli votes would have given Palmer i 'mujoilty , but since no traud had been loiind and Painter had decliuei : he did not \vant the olllco If not shown to have been lalilj elected , the Dome ( .rats yielded to the Republicans and agiciud lii.it Gmellcb had been elected. Killing Frosts In Florida. Washington , i > cb 2. Severe treoz Ing tentK'iaiuic | and killing frosts oc cut red in noithuin , cential aud east ena Kin Ida Ilxcept In New England und along the middle Atlantic coast lompeialuieb ovei the countiy gunei ally have iibon. while In the wabt they are quite Inuh lei tlie-/aeanin / Several Tcvis ; , aid Villages Reported Devastated , LANDSLIDE BURIES ROMARA , One Dispatch Says Barcelona Has Been Overwhelmed by Tidal Wave. Subterranean Roarings Cause Panic Among the People. London , Jan. UO. A special dispatch received heie liom San Sebastian , Spain , bayb that a teniblo eaith- quake has devastated seveial towns and villageb in southern and bouth- eastein Spain. A tidal wave partially submeiged the coast near Barcelona and a grout landslide at Ceula bulled the village ol Romaia and several hundred inhab itants. News fiom Malaga says that many houses weie damaged in the town oi Tolana and seveial villages In the piovlnce of Mm eta. A dispatch fiom Tanassa says that Barcelona has been ovoiwhelmed by a tidal wave. The lobb ot life Is un known. Subtcriunean louringb pie- ceded the tidal wave , causing a feat- lul panic among the people on the pipmc'iiadCb and in the buildings ol the city. Paris Knows Nothing of it. Paris , Jan. 30. Neithei tlie news- papoib nor the llavas agency have re ceived any news ot the leumted eaith- quake and tidal wave in Spain beyond the Asbociated Press despatch con- coinlig the disturbances at Malaga. The icports of tutther shocks are piobably based upon this. Romara the village mentioned as being buriel in special despatches to Ixmdon , is not in Spain , but iu Afiica , fllty miles south Ot Ceuta. FOUL PLAYJS FEARCO , Station Agent at Blue Springs Mys teriously Disappears. Blue Spilngs , Neb. , Feb. 6. Paul Blankenship , agent of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railioad , dls appeared from here under circum stances which mystify the authoiiticb and ulaim his lelatlvcs. An utiditoi of tlie company who has been goin. ; over his accounts says they aie coi reel Shoitly after midnight , Mrs. Blankenship says , a stranger came to the home and asked her husband to nccomi-any him to the stalion that he might get an expiess package Blank enship demmred , and the man induced him to go by ptonilsing to reward him liberally That is the lust seen of the miislng agent His wife believes he has met with foul piny. Deteclives at Lincoln have been informed. policeman Arrest § " 0wn Wife , New Oi leans , Feb S. Policeman Freitate : aitouted his own wife , when she and a nolgliboi engaged In a diffl culty He marched both women to the police station and preferred a charge against them of disorderly con duct Dies or Hare Disease. ' Ida Grove , la. , Dec 6. Clayton D Stauffer , whose funeral has just oc curred , died of a very rare disease known as purpura hemorrhage , a terri bio atllictlon. The blood left his veins and arteries and tlovved under his skii to his nose , ears , mouth and eyes whore' it left the body. The hem orrhage lasted two days , when Stauffei died from loss of blood. MAY HAVE BEEN A DERELICT. ' No Wreckage Washed Ashore and No ! Trace of Crew or Passengers Has Been Found Watchers on Light ship See Steamer Sink. Noifolk , Vu. , Feb. L Hidden bo-1 ucuth the luiuulont waves tnat roll over Diamond shoals , toiirteen nines ofl Cape Hatteias , N. C. , the secret of the Identity of the mysterious steamer which went down theie Saluruay , ptobubly with ull bunds on bouid , 10- mains untold. No clew to corrobotuto the testi mony of those lew nbioml the Diamond mend shoals llglitsnlp who witnessed , heipiess to aid , Him laicbt tiagedy ot the well named "Giaveyaid oi the At- huulc , " was obtained Not a piece of wreckage has been deteclod , and It may be sevuul days before anything Is discoveml. Nellher Iho government weather itutlon nor tlie local commeiclul wlieless station received any addi tional news relative to the Hi fated vessel. No deilnllo news has come lo tbo Norfolk nuvy ynid from the rev enue cutler Onondugu , which is at the scone of the leported dlsaslcr. Local shipping aulhorllles decluto that the steamer probably was an abandoned deiellct. A modeiato noith wind was blowing off Halleius As long as thu wind re mains in that quarter , any wreckage v flotsam tiom the ship piobubly > driven fur out to sea Brazilian Attacks Professor Strong. NoW York. Feb 8. Genet at Charles A Strong , profebsoi of psychology at Columbia university , who Is a son-in- law of John D Rockefeller , was at tacked on the Noith German Lloyd liner Baibarossa by a young Bra zilian , Ixmls Lelto , who Is now a pris oner on Hills island pending nn In vestigation of his sanity Professor Strong was bitten twice on the face by his assailant who sprang upon him suddenlv The men were sepaiated by the ship's attendants NO SHOW FOR POSTAL SAVINGS BANK BILL , Senator Garter Says Passage at Tins session is Improoabie. Washington , Feb 2. Seventy -live bills on the calendar of the senate vvoie pafabed. Senatoi Caitui , In chaige of the postal savings bank bill , announced that he would endeavor tomoiiow to get a vote on It , although ho "fully re allied tha impubbibllity ot thai bill be coming u law in the lew remaining days ot tills session. " Senator i-oiuKei attempted to got cousideiation lor the Aldrlch substl lute bill piovldiiit ; lor a couit of in quiry to pass upon the qualifications ot the dlbehaiged negro soldieis ot the Tweiuy-nitu regiment chained with having biiot uu liiowtibville , 'lex. Aug. 13-14 , 19Ub , but pobtponed maU- ing a motion lot tnat puipoae iu older that Senator Jicuunin inignt bpe-au on the Biownsville attaii. Foraker an nounced tnat utter McLaurin s speecii he would endeavor to get action ou the bill. The senate passed without amend ment a house bill declaimg Feb 12 1009 , the centenary ot tno birth ot Abraham Lincoln , to be a legal holi day and recommending a general ob bGivuncc ot that day. Unlebs the senate comes to their rescue the Webt Point cadets will not be able to attend the inauglnation on the 4th ot March at the expense of iho government The cadets have been one ot the big attractions of the inaugural ceicmonies foi many yeais past By a point ot older an Hesm pioviding tundb tor tlie cadets trip tw Washington was stiicken from the military appiopiiaUon bill Under suspension the house passed the Payne bill piohiblting the 1m portatlou of opium , but refused to I puiS the senate bill to pension fed eral judges. A limitation was placed upon the Bcopo of the Olmstead special com mittee lo Investigate appropriations for and the work of the secret service of th > various departments CONVENTION JN A "CHURCH , Pastor Favors Mixing Politics With Religion Talk on Merchant Marine. New York , Feb 1 The first of five meetings to bo devoted to the ad vancement of the Intel esls ot the American merchant marina will beheld held tonight in the Metropolilan tem ple , this city , of which the Rev. John Wesley Hill is pastor. The meetings aie to be held under the auspices of the National Merchant Marine league LetteiP from PiCbldent Roosevelt and President Elect Taft commending the purpose ot the meetings , which is the stimulation of public interest In the giowth of the met chant marine will be read. Among the prominent men who will take part In the confer enccs are the Hon. James K , Me- Creary , .represenlnllve from Minnesota seta ; John Hairett , director of the bu reau of American republics , Henry Clews , Leslie M Shaw. John J. Me- Cook and Myron T Herrick One pur pose of the conferences is the advo cacy of legislation compelling the car rylng of American mall to Europe and elsewhere iu American ships. The members of the league generally favor the ship subsidy plan. The pastor of the tetnplo is In favor of the mixture of politics and econom ics with religion , with a view to the uplifting of the former. With that end In view ho has Invited the promoters meters of meetings of public interest to hold thorn in the templo. EXPLOSION KILLS SEVENTEEN MINERS , Five ol the Dead Are While and Twelve Are Negroes , Birmingham , Ala. , Feb. 3. Seven teen men aie dead as thu result of an explosion In the No 2 Short Creek mines of the Ultmlnglium Coal and Iron company Five of the dead aio white and twelve ute negroi s ! The explosion Is thought to have been caused by a windy shot The bodies wt-io taken fiom the mines and the looms und passages are clear The mine Itself Is piactlcully uninjured. 1 Anil' ' ilances were sent from ICnsloy to the mines and colllns weie i ashed to the 111 lated mine The mine was run ning on bhoit force or thu death list would probably have been much larger. CHARGES AGAINST QUALTROUGH , Officer Serving With Sperry Accused of Drunkenness. Gibraltar , Feb 3. ' 1 be captain ot one ol the battleships composing the lleet under item Admiral Speiry la under nnest on board his own vessel I und will be tried by couit-martial on a charge prelened by one ol the lour admit alb ot the lleut that be was un der the Intluence ot intoxicants at a iciieptlon given on shore u tew days ago 'Hits captain was lelioved tiotn duty by the icui admiral Immediately - ly alter the reception and the execu tive olllcer was placed In command. The ship was In ought Into Gibraltar b > the executive olllcer. The name1 of the accubed olllcer is Kdvvutd r Qimltiough , captain of the batikbhip Georgia The charges were pi el ei led by Hear Admiial Wain- wrlght FUOR PROMINENT MEN INVOLVED , Witnesses From New York and St. Louis Called to Muskogee. Muskogee. Okla , .Ian. 21) ) . Addi tional Interest was added to the in vestigation ot the alleged town lot frauds bore by the arrival ol witnesses from New York , St. Louis and other cities. Fiom New York came James King Dtiffj , Chntles II. Huffy and oth er capitalists and piomoters. The St. Loulb delegation as headed by John C. Wilkinson , formeily piesidcnt of the Missouri Trust companj , and Dr. Fajette C. Evving. It was learned from a reliable sotuce that at least lour prominent men arc involved In the present In vestigation by the juiv , the charges belnc consult.icv to defraud. MINERS' ' FIGHT RENEWED , Convention at Indianapolis Does Soma [ back-Tracking. Indianapolis , Feb G. All etfotts oi the tonbeivative element In the con < ventlon ot the United Mine \\orkers to expedite busincbs bj excluding per bonal controversy between factional leaders beem lutile. A resolution waa adopted that all speakers must con line themselves stiictly to the subject in hand , but nevertheless , the day waa one of turmoil. President Lewis thaiged Delegate Peter Quinn of 1111' uolb with having called him a liar. The convention adored a resolution that the national executive board had exceeded Its authority in suspending the otilceis ol the Indiana district for disobeying an order that the miners should icturn to work In the Hudson mine , pending the adjustmpnt of a strike This practically was a re- veisal ot the convention's action of a few dayb ago , in approving the course of President Lewib in this matter , and indlcaleb that the delegates will adopt a new Interpi elation to the sections of the coiibtilutlon defining the authority - thority ot the national olllceis It is evident that there Is a strong cm rent toward restricting the alleged despotic powers of the national administration , The tellers were not able to report on their count of the second ballot lor vice president and secretary-treasure * Denman Thompson Dangerously III. New York , Feb 8 News was re ceived In local theatrical circles that Denman Thompson , seventy-six years old , the veteran actor of "The Old Homestead" Is dangerously ill of pneumonia at his home In ( West Swan sey , N. H. So critical Is his condi * lion that his relatives have been sum moned to his bedside Stephens Denies Railroad Merger. Richmond , Va. , Feb 8 President W. George Stephens of the Chesa peake and Ohio railway positively de nied the Chicago report that a great combination of railroads , Including the Chesapeake and Ohio , was about to be formed. Fleet Passes Cape St. Vincent. Cape St Vincent. Portugal , Feb S. The Ameiican battleship licet , under command of Rear Admiral Sperry , homeward bound from Gibraltar , passed this point at 10 a. m. The flax- ship signaled : "All well. " Reporters Held for Trial. Now York , Feb. G Frederick M. Hull unu James J Do.vle , local report ers , accused of assaulting Oscar Hum- merstein , the Impiessario , In front of the Knlckei honker hotel , were held In ? 3,0 ball for trial in special sessions by Magistrate Finn. Root at Hot Springs. Hot Springs , Ark , . Feb. 1 Senator Elect Klihu Root arrived at Hot Springs "to get away from the stienu- ous life and give a sprained knee a chance to mrnd" He will remain throe weel ; His knee was Injured while ho ns alUhtlng fror f r rimi t V hlnufnn ANNUAL ATTACK ON FORESTRY SERVICE , All Attempts to Amend Agricul tural Bill Fall. Washington , Foil. 5. The forest ser vice bets Its usual annual drubbing , the ciiltclbins against It coming prin cipally liotn Smith ( Cal. ) , Cook ( Cole ) and MondellV ( > c > ) , all of whom ( barged oxtravaganee In admin- Istiatlon and the extoitton ot money tioni mlneis , faimeis and even the owners ol bee hives. Cook uttiUnited to Chief Foi ester Plnehot the ulteiloi motive of scheming lor Secrolaiy WJ1- son's seat In the cabinet lloth Mr Plnehot and the forest service were vlgoiously detended by Mann (111. ( ) und Weeks ( Mass ) All attempts to amend the agricultural appropriation bill in any important particului tailed EDITOR HDRV BY TRAIN , I W. L. Woodson of the American Press Association Injured in Yonkers. i Yonkeis , N. Y. , Feb. L While tryIng - Ing to boaid u train ut the Glenwood station of the Now York Central , Wil liam U Woods'Sn , editor of the Amei- ican Pi ess , fell and was Injured by the moving wheels. Ills right loot was amputated at the station and at St. Johns Riverside hospital , to which ho was taken , it was tound that an amputation ol the leg below the knee was necobsaiy. He was badly hint about the head and sustained other injuiies lie d.splayed vvonderlul loitl- tude , which the physicians say will matei hilly assist him in lecoveiing fiom the effects of bib injuries Mr. Woodson's paper , the American Pi ess , Is issued fiom the main olllco of the American Pi ess association In Now Yoik. Ho has been connected with the Ameiican Press association many years , coming to the main of fice liom the Atlanta branch , of which ho was manager Mr Woodson was formetly one of the best known news paper men of the south. He Is a na tive of Virginia , but lived also In Georgia and other southern stales. MOUNTAIN LION KILLS BOY , Mother Enters Family Tent to Find Beast Devouring Child. Balboa , Cul. , Feb. 1. Her two-year- old boy killed and his body tenibly mutilated by a monstm mountain lion and the fierce beast devout ing one ol the legs which it had torn from Ha socket , was the sight that Mis. Clnis Blown beheld when she enteied Hit family tent , lour miles fiom the Hotui Deltnar , alter a sliott walk When the mother lealized what had taken place , she screamed and almost thiew her self on the lion , which growled sav agely and backed slowly out of the rear of the tent , carrying a mouthtul of the human llebh In its teeth , and disappeared. Entire Valley Overwhelmed. Ceuta , Morocco , Feb 1 Native ac counts of the recent avalanche at Romaru say It came during the night and was preceded by loud subterra nean noises , which threw the Inhabl tants into panics A sudden and tor rlble shock occurred and huge rocks swept down , completely burying the village None of the several hundred Inhabitants had time to escape Gompers Defies Injunction. New Yoik. Feb 3 Samuel Gonr pers , prcsi'cit of the American Fedcr atlon of Labor , said that no court In Junction would check his speech lie piade this statement in an addiess be fore the Central Federated union whore he received a flattering recep tlon at the hands of the laboring men GALIFOWTORF GAIEISARD HIT Anti-Racetrack Gambling Bill Ready for Signature , Sacramento , Cal. , Feb. 5. Racin ; In the btale of California received : vilal blow when the senate , by u vet of 33 to 7 , passed the Waikor-Oti anti-racetiack gambling bill , whicl prohibits pool selling , bookmaklng o gambling on hoi be races. The bill , having alieady passed th assembly , will now go to the govern or lor his signature , after which it will become a law Governor Gillett has signified bis intention to sign tha measure U passed by both houses , but it Is believed that he will not take lull action until Unity days shall have elapsed As the bill permits pool deal ers and bookmukois sixty days' time in which to close up their ulfalrs , tue present season of racing at the Emery vllle and banta Anita courses will not bo disturbed QUESTION OFjJURISDICTION , First Thing to Be Settled in the South ' Dakota Passenger Rate Case. j Pierre , S. I ) . , Feb. G. About tlie only subject of discussion bete Is the 'question ' ta to which side wins the j race lo the ( oirts v\edne > hday on the L' cent i ate .aw The situation Is such that the nibt legal question which will have i ( > be settled is Mint of whetbei Hi hUte or federal courts Hrst secui d Juilsillction , the state legal dc pan ment claiming to have got Into the state courts first by a few minutes and the rn.lroads alleging they were busy In the federal courts at Sioux Falls a scratch ahead of the state court BALTIMORE GETS FINE GIFT , ' Walter * Art Gallery I * Opened to th Public Today. nnltlmore , Feb J. \ \ lib the open ing of the splendid \Vi Item art giU- lory to the public today Ilultuuiiru liu * tlie opportunity ot cla'mlng ' tor it * ONMI one 01 the finest co.luetlonu ot art objects In the vvoild The new white marble building at the comet of C'hurles and Coiitor streets contains not only tlie famous Massinctitl collection of old masters ami ceramics , puichased In UK 2 tor nearly H.OuO.Ooi ) , but also the works of ait previously owned by Mr Wal let R and those slnec added to ilia col lections. lli'iii ) Walteis , the lilt collector , whoso generosity has given ' ' Mlnioio- um > the ucvv ullei v , Is one ol . > elty'o belt known ( apltallsts and pblhui- tluoplsts Ho Is the largest stockhold er In the Atlantic Coast Hue and hu > ninii ) other extensive buulness Inter ests He Is an enthusiastic yuchtumua. RUSSIAN TERRORISTS PURSUE AUGENEAZEF , Alleged Government Spy Is Flee ing tor His Lite. Pails , Feb. 5. A dispatch received hciu fiom JCui lei says that Atigcnc Azet is now In Svvtuoiland , hotly pui sued by lour Russian teitoilsts Azof lb the Russian who , for > eais , was an active le'iuloi of the lighting Uusslai ) socialists Ho recentlits denounced as a government spj and sontenciMl to death by the oigunlzatlon , alteivblcb he dlsappeaied A loial paper declaies that Azel was active In piep.ulng two plotfc agaiiibt the life ol the cmpcior ol Hun sla When his lellovv constitutors weie nitested A/ef letlied Irom Hit active lighting circle IIo Inon declared clared that It was impossible to kill the empeior by ordinaly means such as a dagger , a icvolvei 01 a bomb , and that he was going to study out a plan or assassination In which an aeroplane would play the pilnclpal part Root Loses His Way in Mountains. Hot Spilngs , Aik , Fob ; ! His un- fnmlllaiity with the topogiaphy ol the mountains , about Hot Spilngs rest Senator Ulrct Hoot n tramp of six miles Stinting out alone foi a brief stioll , Mr Hoot lost his way and bt - foie he could lorato a path lead'ng ' back to the. rltv , he hud walked about six miles J York Has Boosters' Club. YoiK , Neb , Fob 3. The Boosters' club has been iormed as a blanch of the Commercial club , and it starts with a cash rapital ol $3000 Every business fit in of Importance In the tit > has volunteered to accept an an nual assessment for tlie support of the new club , the banks heading the list with $150 each The pushing of York's bubine&s Interests will receive the entire - tire attcnUon of thf new organization. Shearon Postmaster at Santa Fe. Lincoln , Feb 3. Frank Shearon , who a few years ago was a Lincoln court reporter , has been appointed postmaster of Santa Fe , N M The list in the world of thib brilliant young Nebrabkan has been rapid , and a long story of his good fortune la told In the paper which brings the news , ol his aiipnintnipnt STATE AY TAKE N , Y , WORLD CASE , Believ3d Jerome Has Been Giv en Right ot Way. I New York , Jan 29 Uncertainty as to vvlial action would bo taken on the suggoblion ot Distilct Attorney Jeroiuo i on the government suit against the 1 Now York World for libel , that the federal authorities permit him to pro ceed in their stead , was in a measure removed by the signing of an affidavit by Douglas Robinson , brother-in-law ! of the piesident. i It Is believed this means that Mr. ! Robinson has accepted Mr. Jerome's i proposition to appear at a complain i ing witness and that the county grand r jury is preparing to take the matter in hand. i Mr Jerome declared , however , he had received no reply from either At torney General Bonaparte or District Attorney Henry L. Stinjson as lo what course the government proposed to take Until he received assurance that such right of way would be given him , he said he could do nothing. Another visitor received by Mr. Je rome was Jonas Whltloy , a representa tive 01 William Nelson Ciomwell H left after signing a deposition This is understood lo recile Hie fact that the day beiore the publication of the alleged libellous article Mr. Whltley culled nt the ofllce of the World and notified those In charge of the paper that allegations In the article were untrue No light as to the present status of the rase as it affects the led- oral authoiities could be hod from tha government attorneys. Cold Wave In Northwest. Washington. Fob 8 Following a Btorm , which will move eastward from the extreme west today , a cold wave , which now coveis the northwrst , will prevail over tlie entlie northern sec lion of the country by the middle of the week Much lower tempeiaturea will be experienced over the southern districts according to the prediction ot the weather bureau. STANDARD OIL'S ' OFFER TO MISSOURI , Attorney General Major Explains Motion lor Clemency , Jefferson City , Mo , Feb S. Alton ney ( ! cn < nil Mujoi , in u lengthy iilut- metit telatlve to the motion tot modi- Ihalion ut judgment or muter Hied 1 > > the Stuuduid Oil rompim ) . said ha does not deem It nec'tHsai ) to tile any additional icplles with the supiumu coint to the suggestions of the Stand- aid Oil uttoineys. The motion of the iiltoiiu.ut , he sulil , simply nsKu fun clemency In the niodlllrutlon ol Urn deciee. The statement , In pint , says "Tiio piopoKcd modlllcatlon Is not un otto * to ilo business In pint net ship with the state , hut that the Judgment of ousto * be modified and tlie mimor held IB abeyance , and In the meantime perinlR thu company to do business under tliffl e.ve of the couit of the iituto If the couit desired , It could , under the modi * llcatlon , pioceed at any time to rtir * dor u judgment of final ouster. Unrtei ) the modlllcatlon as pioposed the ututu could contiol the price of the proo > nets and pi event the company from re couping Its losses in lines from oft uti the people. "In the last analysis It piesentH question of whethei or not the welfare of the slate , its business and Itu cltl- pens would be benefited to mi cxtenO waiiantlng a couit of eham' < ate . un > dei take the supervision Tfce IntoreaU of the Standaid Oil company Itself In not a matter of consldeiallon It Is u pioceduie unique-and new be < aunt Ilia conditions pi"Hontod me unique and new Should the modlllcatlon bo fuv voi.ibly ( onsldeied , then I would In that event usU that the line be gronO ly Inci i ased These , howev or , are que lions puieb foi the supreme court" SAILS TODAYlO ' ' WED ENGLISH GIRL George Weslingliouse , Jr. , on the Maurelania. New York , Feb 3. Sailing for hind today on the. Mainetanlu wast Geoige Woslinghoiisu , Jr. , whose er * rand abroad is bib muiilugo to aio English glil. The wedding vvaa orig inally set lot last month , but wutt postponed by Mi Westingliousc j 111- nobb As seen on tlie deck ot th steamer today , Mr. WeatiufrhouiMn seemed to be In excellent health Hii Is to marry Mlbs livelyn Violet Uroclo lobank. Mr Westlnglioiiso Is the son of tfatt famous and we-ulthy Inventor of the air biuke. Hib bride to be is the daugliler of Sir Thomas Urocklebankj , a very rich English baionet. Shu id u twin , hot blstei being Miss Agneo Sylvia Hiochlebank. The airangements and the date o3 the wedding will be decided upon offy er the ariivai in England of Mr WosU inghoubo. The ceremony will take place a ? Irlon Hall , in Holhrook , Cumberland county , the ancestral home of the Bret Klebanks FIFTY WITNESS.'S SOBPOEN\EJ. \ [ Second Trial of Standard Oil Case Starts In Chicago , Feb. 23. Chicago , Feb 2 Judge Landis huu subpoenaed fitly wilnesscs lor the second end tiial ol tlie government's cusa against the Standard Oil company ot Indiana the first hearing of which rw- biilled in i fluff ot f29,110,000 , against the company. Tragedy In Five-Cent Theater. Chicago , Feb S Contubion border * Ing on a panic , enbued in a crowded 5 cent theater In Halstead btrect when 'a pation , quaiieling over a beat drew a revolvet and shot a man Two moro shots stopped the show and caused the e.i'JIenco to rush lo tlie stieet The j wounded man , Daniel Zlncarelli prot > - | ably will die fiom hU Injuiies Ilia assailant escaped ADMIRALTY COURT TO FIX BLAME , Owners of Republic and Florida Both Claim Damages. New York , Jan 29. Just which nhlp was responsible for the collision In which the Republic and the Florid * flliuiod and which company shall pay the damages will be docidud by tnei couit of admit ally Both companies filed suits That ot the owneis of the Republic claimed damages of $2.0 0,000 and recited i leual foi m the stoiy of the niarvolot.-i sea disaster The blame for tluco * llslon was placed on the Florida. The owners of the Florida also HieoS o libel and a petition for a limitation of liability against the Florida Tha pelltlonerb asked that their liability. in case the suits are decided against thorn , be placed at $22-1,000 , the uam ace value of the Florida Later the Florida's owners obtained an order from Judge Adams in tha United States court staying all Bull * for damages on the ground that tuolr peiltion for limitation of liability hail been filed ahead of the Oceanic Steam ship Navigation company's suit Th Florida s owners allege the collision was due to the neglect of the Ropuu-