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TIIW NOHKOhlv WEEKLY NRYVs-JOUKNAIi IHIIAY ) KKRItlTAUY ifl 1909
FATAL WRECK ON
MISSOWACIFIG
One Passenger Killed and Eight
Others Injured ,
CAUSED BY SPREADING RAILS ,
Three Coaches of Express Train
Derailed at Union and Smoker Over ,
turns Injured Cared For nt Platts-
mouth Thomas Qarnutn Killed.
Pliitlsmouth. Nob. , Fob. 15. Threu
couches of .Missouri Pucthc passenger
train No. 10-1 loft the rails at Union , al
station fifteen miles south of hero ,
killing one passenger and Injuring
olght others , some of thorn seriously.
Killed : Thomas 0. Itanium , Union ,
akull crushed , died Instantly.
Injured : Frank Heavrln , teamster ,
South Oinahu , skull fractured , serious ;
Amos iMcNutnoo , rural carrier , Omaha ,
head , hands and legs Injured ; M. 10.
Thomas , newspaper man , Omaha ,
head cut , right arm truclurod ; Of la
Huston , Plattsmoiith , back Injured ;
C. Massuy , Unailllla , serious bruises ;
Qua King , South Omaha , sot Ions cuts ;
J. 1C. Goldsmith , Omaha , head cut , .inn
hurt ; J. W. 1C. Homo , Omaha , arm ,
log and knee cut , slight.
Scvon physicians wore' hurried to
the scone of the wreck and quickly re
lieved the distress of the Injured , who
hud boon given quarters In Hie real
coaches , which did not leave the rail.
Tlio temperature was near the zero
mark , but the Injured milTered llttlii
from the cold , being quickly removed
to thu heated cars.
Thomas Harnuin , who Is n prom
inent stockman and real OKI ate dealer
of Union , was sitting near Hie water
tank conversing with Amos MoNainoe ,
n rural mall carrier of Omaha , when
the wreck occurred anil fell boncatn
the tank , which crushed his skull. Mo-
Namee had a narrow escape from a
similar death.
Spreading rails Is given as tha
cause of the wreck. The engine and
baggage car passed' over the bad spot
In safety , but the three coaches fol
lowing were derailed , the smoker , In
which all the disunities occurred ,
turning completely over. The train Is
the regular Omaha-Kansas City day
express. The train was delayed two
hours , when It continued Its journey
with new equipment.
Harnnm was removed to the morgue
at Union and the injured passengers
wore tared for In different parts of
the town. It Is not thought any of
the latter will die , although several
of them received serious Injuries.
FARMERS AGRETTtT HOLD WHEAT ,
Board of Directors of Association to >
Fix Sale Price.
Hastings , Neb. , Feb. 15. Organiza
tion the winter wheat '
of growers' as
sociation of Nebraska , Kansas and I
Oklahoma wus completed with the
closing session of the three days' muss
mooting of farmers of the throe statca.
The purpose Is to control the price of
winter wheat. About 200 furmors
signed a pledge ugreelng not to soil
their next year's ciop for less than
the price fixed at a delegate conven
tion , except after thirty days' notice to
the directors and luiluro to got the
agreed price.
A fund of ? 5UO was raised to push
the work of organization. The direct
ors in charge of the campaign arc J.
S. Canady. Mlnden ; R. U. Vnruh , Hastings -
ings ; M. HolTmoyer , Republican City ;
A. S. Wilkinson , Harrington , Kan. ; II.
A. Knight , Holdrege ; S. C. Younger ,
Homestead Okla.J. ; . E. Hill , Spring
Hunch ; 13. P , Hubbard , Junlnta ; M.
Prcsslor , Trumbull.
BANK BILL STRIKES SNAG ,
Judge Albert Asked to Remove Spme
Objectionable Features.
Lincoln , Fob. 15. The bank guar
anty bill , drafted by Judge Albert , on
request of the house , has met with
some snugs , apparently. The sub i.
committee to vvnieh it was referred
bus asked Judge Albert to remove
Bomo objectionable features to the
measure and he will spend some time
with the committee during this week.
William J. Bryan Is expected in Lin
coln the 17th , when ho will doubtless
deliver an address before a Joint ses
sion , and It is said the Democratic
leader will have some suggestions to
make at that time.
The coming week will bo mostly .
occupied with the bank guaranty bill
nnd the charter bills for metropolitan
cities. The finance committee ex
pects to bo able to present the bank
bill by Wodnosdnjy.
Kills Self In Jail.
DCS Molnes , Fob. 12. Martin Obei 1
man , who , while insane , perhaps fatal
ly stabbed one and seriously Injured '
:
two fellow passengers on the Great '
Western train , near Herv Ick. la. , com
mitted suicide In the county jail.
Kills Wife and Self.
Wnvorly , lu. , Feb. 12.Hidden behind -
hind n tree , Frank Thompson shot nnd
killed his wife , eighteen years old , as ,
she stepped from the house. Thomp ! >
son then committed suicide. A your I
ago Thompson married the girl , who '
was Edith 1 Ionian , and took her to
Colorado. She loft him and returned
to Wnvorly.
Actor Kills Self by Hanging.
Now Nork , Feb 12 Charles War i i
ner. n ul sixty six years , a well kuown |
English actor , committed suicide hereby
by ha < ing. Ho had been acting
utrnni'ptv fnr vpr 1 jtinnthi
TAKAHIRA EULOGIZES LINCOLN ,
Japanese Ambassador Pay * Tribute at
Peorla Banquet.
Peorln , F b 13 Declining that hla
country entertained nothing but the
mostly friendly and guileful sentl-
| nens ( towiuds thu United States und
( hut such a thing as war between Hit. ,
countiy and Japan was an Imposstbll
Ity , Huron Kogura Tukahlru , Japanese
HinliuHtador to the United States do-
llveiod the principal addiess last night
nt the Crevo Conor club's Lincoln banquet -
'
quet , Ambassador Tukahira was on
, tliuslufitkully received In his addrot-d
i ho gave a brilliant eulogy on the lite
l of the great emancipator from a for-
elgn point of view , concluding with
trlbuto to tho. golden rule of dipl (
macy as exoiuplllled by Lincoln anci
; , Hay aiid In which category of states
men lie placed Theodoio Roosevelt ,
owing to the president's efforts to
stave off antl-Japanoho Icglslallou on
j the Pacific coast.
j
| Three Nations Pay Tribute to Lincoln.
Springfield , 111. , Fob. 13. Amid u
Hcenu of unrivaled brilliancy at the
state armory last night three nations
pain' their tribute to the emancipator
and to each other. Ambassador JusI
scrum ) brought the message from i
Franco , Ambassador Uryco the eulogy
of Kngland. while William J. Hryun of
Nebraska and Senator J P Dolllvcr
of Iowa laid America's wreath of 10-
sped at the teet ol Lincoln.
TAFT LEAVES
FOR CINCINNATI.
President Elect Guest ot Honor
at Creole Banquet.
New Orleans , Fob 13. President
Ulcct Tall bieathod Hie distinctive at
mosphere of Now Orleans hospitality
last night at a creolc banquet , whore
the fattened oysters , the savoriness
of the cuisine , with its hundreds of
years of perfection and reputation ,
blended with the honied words of com
pliment and oratory , music and floral
tribute into u scone ot animation and
vivacity , tempered with icspect and
dignity. An invocation was pro
nounced by Cardinal Gibbons , who la
In the city visiting his brother. Mr.
Tnft responded in the spirit of the oc
casion lie talked of his desire as the
chief.executive to represent the whole
nation , of his intention to make the
roprowtnatives of the administration
in the south lopresent the best element -
ment of tlie communities in which
they lived ; of his recent visit to the
isthmus of Panama with a repetition
of ills hope for the completion of the
canal within his administration.
Mr. and Mrs Taft left here for Cin
cinnati this morning.
MARATHON IN EGYPT TODAY ,
Modern World's Sporting Craze Has
Reached 'the Land of the Pyramids
Cuito , Egypt , Feb. 13. Marathon rac
ing , tlie latest sporting craze of the
modern world , has reached1 this ancient
land , and tlie first Marathon race over
run hero is to be contested In the
shadow of the pyramids today.
Among the runners who , will take
part In the race arc representatives ot
the United States , England , Germany ,
Franco , Austria , Italy , Greece and
Russia as well as representatives of
the British army of occupation and of
the native army. Winter tourists are
exhibiting great interest in the race ,
and crovvls composed of persons of
many nationalities will sec the contest.
Johnson Willing to Fight Jeffries.
Melbourne , Feb. 13. "I nm willing
to fight James J. Jeffries , Tommy
Hums or any other man nllve , In I3ng-
land , America , Australia or any part
of the civilized world where sullUieut
inducements are offered. " This was
the farewell message of Jack Johnson ,
the champion heavyweight pugil'gv
on the eve of his departure foi Sydno )
to catch a steamer that will take him
across the Pacific , en route to the
United States.
McSherry Knocked Out.
New York , Feb 13. James McSher-
ry , former boxing instructor at Vale
university , made his professional
debut in the prize ring In what was
scheduled to have been a ten-round
bout with Sailor Burke , a lightweight.
McSherry was- knocked out in the first
round and his condition for a time
caused alarm
Start on 3,800-Mile , Walk.
Seattle , Wash. , Feb 13 Five hun
dred men. women and children wit-
nessed the departure of Mr and Mrs
Frederick Hildebinndt of this city
and Mrs Hildebrandt's brother , Fred
erick Langs of Olympln , on their 3i > uu-
.
mile walk to NOW York city by way of
the southwest It will take at least a
year to reach New York.
Cuban Mutineers to Be Punished.
Havana , Feb. 13. The government
says It recognizes the right of rural
guards to refuse to join the permanent
army , but that the men who revolted
and wont to the palace to protest [
against being sent to the Cabanas
fortress must be punished for Insuhor
dlnutlon.
Prisoner Dies of Rabies ,
McAlester , Okla. , Fob 13. Jainea ;
Dell , who was confined In the county :
jail on a charge of selling beer , died
of acute hydrophobia Ho was bitten
on the Up by a hound throe months
ago The malady developed yesterday
Congressman Granger Dead ,
Wnshiuston. Feb. 15 , Congressman '
Daniel L. D , Granger of Providence , R.
I. , died here of heart failure. Ho was
STEAMER < WRECKED :
SIXTY-SEVEN DROWN ,
Penguin p Strikes on Rooks Of !
( ' ! New Zealand During Gale.
< Wellington , N. 55 , Feb. 13. The
Union Siraiiislnp company ol Well
Ingloirn steamer Penguin was wrecked
oft Cape Teiawhltl. Some of the pus-
sengcis and a number of the muiniiois
of the ciew were saved , but tlie ie-
malnder ol Hie ships company , num
bering sixty-seven , are mlsulnu and
are supposed to have perished. Tlio
Penguin Is a total loss.
It was at lo o'clock at night und
during ; u gale that thu Penguin struck
on the locks ol Toravvhitl. The pas
sengers and crow , numbering nearly
100 , boarded rafts and two small bouta.
The othoi Hinall boats had boon
f smashed when the' steamer was
j wrecked.
'
Twenty-six persons reached the
shore and the remainder are believed
to I have drowned The captain was
the I lust person to leave tlie vessel.
, He 1 got upon an upturned bout anil
was saved Twenty-nix bodies already
have I washed ashore.
Steamer Sinks With Seven.
Brest , Franco , Fob. 13.--A British
Htoamer , tlie name of which Is un
known , during u tog , run on a rock off
Qucssunt and then slid off and sank
in deep wuter. Seven persons were
drowned , but the renmindur of t'ho
crew took to the ship's small bouts
nnn Inter were picked up by a pilot
boat.
Mrs , Catt , President of International
Alliance , Leaves Today for England.
Now York , Fob. 13. Mrs. Currlo
Chapman Catt , president of the Inter
national Woman Suffrage alliance ,
sailed today lor England on the At
lantic tianspoti steamer Minnetonka.
Mrs. Catt is going abroad to assist
lu the preparations for tlie annual
meeting of the alliance , which is to
take place In London during the lust
week in April. Alter spending u week
In London she will make a lecture
tour In Hohomla , Hungary , Germany
und Austria , returning to London a
month before the alliance mooting.
Mrs. Longworth Handles Trowel.
Grand Kapids , Mich. . Fob. 13. With
all the solemn rites ol the Maaoiilc
ceremony and a large attendance , the
cornoiatone of the new federal build
ing was laid. Many people were
drawn by the fact that Mrs. Alice
Uoosovelt-Longworth wus to assist in
the ceremony. Her part was to band
the silver trowel to Grand Muster II.
W. Montague ot Travis City , who con
ducted the ritualistic service.
Call Conference on Negro Question
Now York , Fob. 13. Signatures of
many prominent men and women are
attached to u call issued tor a national
"Lincoln conference on the negio
question " The object ol the coniur-
ente as outlined in the call Is u lull
discussion ot piesunt evils and to
awaken a renewed interest and actlv
ity In bfhuli of the colored race and
to setmi.lor it perfect equality.
FAMILY SCRAP BEFORE
ARMY RETIRING BOARD
Colonel Tucker's ' Case Up for f
Consideration Today.
Chicago , Feb. 15. The meeting ell ;
the army retiring board which began
in this city today will In all likelihood
determine the late of Colonel William
F. Tucker , whoso troubles with hia
wife have engaged the attention of
army gossips lor a long time. Colonel
Tucker occupies n responsible post in
the army , that of paymaster general of
the department of the lakes. Ho is at
odds with his wife , the daughter of
the late General John A. Logan , who
was the Republican candidate for vice
president in 188-1. Friends of Colonel
Tucker declare that Mrs. Logan Is tha
chiet cause of his troubles and that
the case Is one of"too much mother.
in-law. "
becretury of War Wright has given
permission for Mrs. Tucker to appear
with her attorney before the army re
tiring board. This unusual action la
expected to create a sensation.
Colonel Tucker , who has boon an in
valid for years , Is seeking retirement
with the rank of colonel nnd the re
tired pay of that rank. Mrs. Logao
and the colonel's wife declare his conduct -
duct has been such that he Is not entitled -
titled to honorable retirement , and
they are seeking his summary nis-
missal from the army. Charges of
misconduct In the Philippines matie
against Colonel Tucker two years ago
by his female relatives were not suu-
tnlned by the army authorities , and
Colonel Tucker retaliated with a suit
for divorce. In October of last year
Mrs. Tucker hart her husband arrested
In Chicago on n charge of abandon'
tnent. but nroct-u'llngs were dropped-
Magoon Not Offered Portfolio.
Lincoln , Fob 1C. Charles E. Ma-
soon , retired provisional governor of
Cuba , who is visiting relatives and
friends In Lincoln , said ho had re
ceived no proffer of the secretaryship
of war In the Taft cabinet , nor had
any other position boon tendered him
by the coming administration Hla
name , ho admitted , had been men
tloned in connection with a mission to
the Philippines , but ho said he knew
nothing about it.
GLIMPSES OFJK MARVEL
Donald G. Mitchell , Who Gained Famu
Through Two Wondrous Dooka.
Donald ( .irant Mitchell , bolter known
by bin noiu tie plume , Ik Marvel
who recently died at Edgovvood. Ids
country home near New Haven , will
have an enduring place In American
literature. .More than half a centur.v
ugo his "ReverleH of a Bachelor" and
Proam Life" had touched n sympa
thetic chord In two continents and
many of the now dead American writ
had pronounced his style as .in-
rivaled among Ids conti-mporarlcs.
Ills life and Ids writings were always
In sympathy with all Hint was pure
and beautiful lu the world , and recent
vNltors to his Edge-wood farm found
him at lhu age of eighty-six Hie sumo
.sweet iiiitnred man of many years ago.
Mr. Mitchell was born in Norwich ,
Conn. , April I'- . l.SUU , his father then
having been a < Congregational clergy
man of that place , lie was graduated
from Yale and began his literary work
with a series of letters from Europe
for tlu > Albany Cultivator , published In
181-1. Following thlH IlrHt effort came
nnother nerle.i . of letters rom Franco ,
under the title of "Fresh Gleanings , "
which attracted Home attention.
Returning to America , he studied
law In New York city , but found that
distasteful to him and again returned
to France , being In that country dnr-
Ing the formation of the republic. The
Htlrrlng scenes of the period gave him
the Impressions for " ' 1 he Battle Sum-
nier , " which was his ilrst book of an.v
Importance.
After that ho wrote "The Lorgnette"
and several oilier short storlos , which
first appeared In the Southern Liter
ary Messenger. "Tho RoverleM of a
Ba-h6lor" ; appeared In IS.'O and
"Dream Life" the following year.
These created a particularly favorable
Impression and yilned for him the
warm friendship of Longfellow ,
Holmes , Lowell. Pee and other writers
of that period.
In IS.'It he went an consul to Venice ,
but returned to the Tutted States after
one . year and purchased the UOO aero
farm near New Haven , where he after-
waid remained. All of bin later books
were written there. Among the best
known of his recent works were "Wet
Days at Edgowood , " "Rural Studies , "
'English Lands , Letters and Kings"
and "American Lands and Letters. "
lie wrote very little during the last
twenty-five , years and passed the even-
lug of his days surrounded by his kin
and his books.
"Is It lonely In my garden of a sum
mer's evening ? Have tne little patter
ing foot gone their ways to bed'i
Then I people the gooseberry nlley
with Dr. Primrose and his daughters.
Sophia nnd Olivia. Squire Buivhell
comes and sits upon the bench with
mo under the arbor as I smoke my
pipe. How shall we measure our In
debtedness to such pleasant books that
people our solitude so many years
after they are written ? Oliver Gold
smith , I thank you. Bob crown , I
thank you. "
So Ik Marvel wrote In "My Farm at
Edgewood" In 181KJ. In spirit and af
fection ho never grew old. In 18."i.'l
ho married Mary F. Prlnglo of Charles
ton , S. C. , and two sons and live
daughters were born to them.
Mr. Mitchell was a gloat believer In
walking , for It saved his life. When
ho was a young man nnd Ids friends
prophesied that ho would early be
come a victim to consumption , which ,
was hereditary In Hie Mitchell family ,
he spent two years tramping over Eu
rope. In England alone he traveled
( HID miles un foot , stopping at night at
thu country Inns and proceeding again
on his way the next morning. The or
dinary traveler visits only the cities.
Mr. Mitchell reversed the custom , and
lie was not wholly unwise In doing It.
Those cross country tramps he kept up
oven in his later years ,
For five years past his friends had
been conscious that his physical health
Vi'iis falling very rapidly , but mentally
I-ho remained as alert and cheerful as
ever.
DANGEROUS AFRICAN BUGS.
J. 0. Thompson , Who Knows Them ,
Warns Mr. Roosevelt.
African bug Idles nro mure danger
ous than tusk and claw of big beasts ,
J. O. Thompson of Richmond , Intl. ,
told President Roosevelt the other
day. Mr. Thompson Is an African ex
pert.
lie said that the bite of one kind of
Insect produces blood poisoning , vvhllo
the bite of the tsetse fly Is supposed to
bring on the frequently fatal "sleeping
KlcknosH. "
At the president's request Mr.
Thompson promised to write out for
him all the Information that might beef
of use on Mr. Roosevelt's African
hunt.
Why We Hang Up Stockings.
The custom of hanging up the stock-
fug on Christmas eve arose from an
Incident In the life of the good St.
Nicholas. Ono day vvK > n ho was over
taken by a severe storm he took ref
uge In a convent , and , the next day
being Christmas , he preached a ser
mon to the nuiirt. which they liked so
much that they asked him to come the
nevl year and preach to them again
On Ids second visit , which was also on
u Christmas eve , before going to bed
he asked each of the nuns to lend him
a stocking , and he filled the HtocklngM
with sugar plums In return for their
hospitality.
Huge Lump of Coal.
The largest lump of unlhracite coal
ever mined recently was taken from
a mine In tlie Panther Creek valley of
Pennsylvania It weighs seven tons
nnd will be placed In a museum either
In Philadelphia or Boston.
Venezuela Revokes Vessel Embargo
Wlllomstnd , Feb , 15. Venezuela has
revoked the decree prohibiting the
traffic of small vessels between Cur a
SOLONS ADJOURN
UNTILJONDAY ,
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Legislators Take Part In Lincoln
Memorial Exercises ,
SUFFRAGE BILLS ARE KILLED , ] i
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Neither Miller nor Randall Measure
Gets Required Number of Votes In
Senate Cnrneyie Pension Bill Is
Passed Unanimous for Playgrounus.
I
Lincoln , Fob. 11 ! . lloth hoiibos ol
the legislature have taken a three
data' noiiuny and will not convene un
til .uoniiay noon. Aloat of the legislators -
lators toot ; part In the Lincoln memorial -
morial exercises today und many ol
thorn will leave lor tnelr homes tlila
evening. j
Tlio senate committee on Insurance
will nave its llrst meeting Aioimuy
lorenooii , when u number of bins Inh ,
trou.icod during the present session
win come bolore Hie committee for
bearing. 1 ; Two biiis which ate expected
to , receive attention are tlio.iu whlcli
provide for the transtor ot assets 01
mutual ' Insurance companies to stock
companies or to a committee of Hv
nained 101- that purpose , 'liioie is
said to be much Blgnltlcunce to the two
bills.
Woman Suffrage beaten In Senate.
Two woman sunrago bilm were voted
ed down by the senate. Senator .Mil
lor 1 s ulll providing lor un amendment
to tnu constitution to allow women to
vote \ lulluu lo tecolvo the necessary
three-Hi t Uis vote , the vote being 17 lu
favor ot it. Senator Kandull s hill allowing - '
lowing 1 women to vote in cities and
towns t when they are owners of real
or personal pioporty , lulled to past
by 1 a vole of 15 to IS.
The joint resolution giving the regents -
gents ol the state unlveibuy authority
to | uccopt the t'urnogie lounduiion to.
state university prolessors wno huvu
boon | teaching lor twenty years , or
who i have ut the age of sixty-live boon
teaching ( lor lilteon years , was passed
by | the senate. The vote on the meus-1 |
ure , was tlie same as in committee ol
the | Whole 25 to 8. I
The Omaha charter bill was passe c
on third reading by a vote of 30 to 1
Senator Handall alone voting no.
Senator Hansom's bill providing tlirt
cities ( or towns may purchase urd '
equip ( public playgrounds wont throua )
by a vole 01 33 to 0. j I
A bill was mtioduced In the house i
by Snyder of llurlun to repeal the i
law tor the local assessment of rail1
road terminals for municipal purposes , ,
The bill appropriating $2OUO for
marking the Oregon trail In Nebraska i
was killed.
Fight Over Soldiers' Homes.
Schoele of Seward in thu house In
troduced a report ol the condition of I
the soldiers' homes at Miuord and I
Giand Island , to whiclf are uitlxcd the ,
names of Uupor , Bales , LJlystone , Shoemaker -
maker , Sink and Schooie. 'Hie report
says the home at Grand Island was in i
bad shupe and that the larm und I
buildings wore run down. It recommended -
mended that the land be rented and 1
the administration iniilding bo finished [
and used as a women's ward and the ,
commandant live wnore ho is. It also i
recommended the setting apart of land l
for a cemetery. |
Nettleton objected to the report and I
Insisted that it was not the report ot
the commiitoe. However , the house ,
voted to accept it. Later In the seaP
slon Sink , Bales , Haper and Hlystono ,
asked that their names be stricken i
from the report ami action was taken L
withdrawing the report from the records -
ords ami referring it back to the ivvc ;
committees. '
The physical condition of the propfl
erty of the industrial school for boys :
at Kearney was reported In bad coudlv i
Hon
YOUNG TURKS !
DOMINATE AFFAIRS. I
Impose Upon Sultan a Ministry
of Their Nominees , ' j
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Constantinople , Feb. 15. The new
constitutional regime has pusbcd 1
through a severe crisis , which has re-
suited in the downfall of the aged 1
grand vizier , Kiamil Pasha nnd the
complete triumph of the young Turkey -
key party , or committee of union and I
progress , which has virtually imposed 1
upon the sultan a ministry of Its own
nominees , headed by llllnii Puslia.
The committee- has publicly ropudl-
nted any intention to overthrow thu
sultan or to install a ruljitary dtetu-
torshlp , but the crisis and Us outcome
nro regarded as not boding well lor
the stability of the throne or the sue-
cess of the 'parliamentary government ,
and U remains to be seen how tha
moderate elements of the empire will 1
regard this assumption of nijsoluio
power by an irresponsible committee ,
especially in the tnco of delicate prob !
lems still to be solved in the Balkuus.
. „
Twenty Thousand Elk Starving ,
Cheyenne. Wyo. . Fob 13. Members ;
of the I'-gislature melvod word that t
20,01111 wild ek ! are starving in JacKson -
son HoltWvlining ( The d - " p HIIHW ,
covered with a bard crust. pnk > nti
the e.K from soti.ng to the grabs be
neath andn the < r search lor ioud 1
they arc urrnklng Into the haflacks 3
of farmers Thu farmers are on guard 1
day and night The state will make
TAFT STARTS FOR WASHINGTON ,
Canal Report Will Be Subject of Con
ference W'th ' President.
Cincinnati , Feb. 1C.--President Elect
nnd Mrs. Taft loft today for Washing
ton.
The trip to Washington Is Important
tin Its primary objT'ct relates to thu ro-
lioit of the engineers who accompa
nied Mr. Tall to Panama The con
tents of the report have been fore
casted , ( ho features being a strong In
dorsement of the present plans , the
commendation of the organl/nllon un
der Coloael Ooothiils and rocom-
mendatlons tending to show that
whatever error has been made has
been on Hie side of the unnecessary
precautions for safely.
While Washington Mr. Taft ex-
poets to confer with Senator KIIO.X
and with othois relative to cabinet
appointments. The cabinet gossip
which Is regarded as the most reliable
is as follows : Attorney general , Mr
Wlckersham of New York ; secretary
of war , Mr. Wright of Tennessee ;
secretary of navy , Mr. Meyer of Mas-
tmchusctts ; secretary of the Interior ,
Mr. Balllnger of Washington fitato ;
secretary of agriculture , Mr. Wilson
of lovvn ; secretary of commerce and
labor , Mr. Nagol of Missouri. It Is
the general undcintandlng that Mr.
Tuft wishes to fill the treasury portfolio -
folio < elthfr from Illinois or Ohio.
I
I
Capital Pays Honors to Battle
ship's ' Dead Today ,
ANNIVERSARY OF DISASTER ,
Eleven Years Ago Today the Vessel
Was Blown Up in Havana Harbor.
Sigsbec Principal Speaker at Me
morial Services ,
Washington , Fob. 1.F , The national
capital "remembered the Maine" on
two occasions today and will pay fur
ther tribute this evening to the mem-
ory ol the men of the battleship which
sank in Havana harbor eleven years
ago. Three separate celebrations o ?
"Mrtlno day" were planned by the
Maine Molnorial association. Many
persons will participate in all throe
ceremonies.
The day was opened by mass nt St.
Patrick's I cathedral in memory of the
Roman I Catholics who lost their lives
in 1 ; the disaster. Among the priests
who officiated at the services was the
Rev. ] Eugene Hannnn , who is a per-
sonal friend of Father Chad wick ,
chaplain of the Maine , and represent
ed him at the services.
This afternoon the members of the
association , with members ol the
Spanish War Veterans , the Army and
Navy union and other patriotic organ-
Izatlons ' , made a pilgrimage to the
"Maine section" of Arlington come-
tery , whore the recovered remains of
the ' men of the Maine are buried. |
Many well known navy and army olll-
cers made the pilgrimage. Rear Ad-
mlrul ' Charles D. Sigsbee , retired , who
commanded the Maine when she sank ,
represented the navy , and General A.
S. Burt. retired , represented the army.
Wreaths for the Maine's -Dead.
The ceremony of placing floral trib
utes on the giant anchor of the Maine , '
which stands among the graves , was
performed by ladles of the Maine asso-
elation. The pieces included two
wreaths from President Roosevelt , one '
from ' the National Woman's Relief
corps , another from the Phil Sheridan '
Woman s Relief corps and others.
Tlicic was a firing party of troopers |
of the Thirteenth United States'cnv - '
airy , and a bugler closed the exercises
with "tails. "
The speakers for the mooting this
evening In the First Presbyterian
church will include Roar Admiral
Sigsbee , Captain Richmond Pearson
Ilobson , General Andrew S. Burt.
Colonel John McElroy , Rev. Father
Eugene A. Ilnnnnn , Rev. Donald Mac
Leod , pastor of the church , and others.
Dr. Thomas Culver will road tin orig
inal noem on "Tho Men of the Ma'ne. ' "
QUAKERS SEEJERM SHOW.
Tuberculosis Exhibit Opened In Ph'la- '
delphia Today.
Philadelphia , Feb. 15. " After attract-
ing ] 6 7.'JC5 visitors in Now York city
the | tuberculosis show was moved to
this t city and was opened to the public
tonay. < The exhibit Is designed to call
forcibly ] to the notice of the public the
dangers ( of consumption and the mod-
em < moans of combating the disease. 1d
In Now York the exhibit was housed
In | the building of the American Mu-
scum i of Natural History. Its Phlla-
?
dolphin , resting place Is the Robert j
Morris ; building. It Is expected that l
at t least 500,000 persons will visit the i
exhibit i , which formed part of the recent -
cent ( International tuberculosis congress -
gross j In Washington. It will bo placed
on < exhibition in various parts of the
country. , _
LaFollette I Heads Senate Insurgents.
Washington. Feb. 13 Following
the < lead of the house "Insurgents , "
seine f of the now Republican senators ,
headed ' by Senator LaFolletto of Wis
3It
consul ( , piobably will make an earnest
effort ' to obtain n reorganization of
Ifg
the ' present methods of appointing
committees ' In the next congress
Was Plot Against Sultan.
Berlin Feb 13 The recent changes
in the Turkish ministry are duo to u
discovery of a plat against the sultan
that bad for its object his deposition ,
according to the Constantinople cor
AID ASKED FOR
HELPLESS CHILDREN.
Presidential Message on De
pendent Lillle Ones.
Washington , Fob. Ifi.Pro.ildont
Roosevelt traiismltleil today to the two
houses of eongn ss a special iiH'iHaii ) ;
ri'i omniendlng legislation requested by
the conference on the euro of depend
ent children hold In Washington Jan.
25 j and 20.
, The aim of the friends of the dependent -
ent children lit the cnnctmtnt of logltu
hit Ion providing for their care Thin
aim Is heartily endotsed by the presi
| dent. He IH thoroughly lu laver uC
bills pending In the senate and IIOIIIKV
of representatives providing mieh uarw
| J
for J the dependent children In thu Dm-
trlct of Columbia and thu territories ,
thu only suctions of the country for
which * congress may enact such lawn.
l These bills will servo as examples for
the ' rest of the country , It hi liopetl.
Ilefore the conference at Its meeting :
I In the White House on Jan 25 nitdi
, subsequently thu president expressed !
the l greatest Interest In Its work. Thiv
conference , which was composed of
well known philanthropists and soclol
ogists from all parts of the ( Milled
States , assembled In Washington at
his Invitation , and its sessions were for
mally opened by him In a longaddrosH ,
The president gave his opinion that
there could bo no more. Important sub
ject , from Hie standpoint of the nation ,
than the care of "the Interests of thoitu
children whom cruel misfortune IIUM
handicapped at the very outset of their
liven. " lie referred to the orphan , tliw
crippled child , Hie child worker and
Hie child temporarily parted fiom Ha
parentjs by clrrnmstamcs.
UAIN'RATE"else TOSAY ,
T *
Comes Before Interstate Commission
on Petition of Kainag City.
Washington , Feb. 15. The case of
the Kansas City board of trade against
the Kurlliigton , Missouri Pacillc. , Kouk.
Island , Kansas City Southern , Suiitiu
Fe and a do/.on other railroads lu Hiit.
for oral argument betoru the inVor
state commoieo commission toda )
Myron L. Learned and 13 , J. AlcVann ,
secretary ot the Omaha Grain ex
change , arrived in Washington to bn
'
present at tno hearing , Mr Learned
! appearing before the commission ou
| behalf ol the Omaha Grain exchange .
Railroad attorneys and sucretuneb ol
grain exchanges inlereslod In thiK.
case are also in Washington lor thin
argument. The case involves the un
til e grain rate adjustment to Um
south and southeast , both domestic
und export , and therefore Involve ! *
millions of bushels of grain in thai-
primary haul. The section particular
ly Interested Is principally In the con
suming territory lor coarse grain from
Nebraska and Kansas points.
Kansas City Is seeking lo obtain aa
adjustment of grain rates whereby It
would bo given a monopoly of the
grnin trade of Kansas and deprive
Omaha of ail grain south of the Plutte
river , which means millions of buaU-
els of corn , oats and wheat.
BIGAMIST SHOT BY WIFE NO , 2.
St. Joseph Carpenter Marries Widow
and Later Weds Her Daughter.
St. Jo.eph ; , Mo. , Fob. 15. In tha
shooting , which is expected to result
latally ' , of William Smith , u carpenter ,
here there came to nght o\ie of tb
stiungetH entanglements three per
sons ' over lived under. A girl twenty-
two years old , who shot Smith , averu
] to the police that she married him ,
knowing | that her mother was already
bis legal wife. Ti.e tirco : had livedl
; for years together , the man an the
husband of both.
More Shocks nt
Roglo , Fob. 15. Earth
more or less strong , were experienced !
lioro throughout the day. Professor
Alfanl , director of the Florence on-
icrvatory , while about to step into u.
train for Naples , was violently throwa
to the ground by what seemed an un
usually severe shock. Peasants rushed
to assist him to his teet and anxiously
Inquired concerning the dangers oC
further earthquakes. He replied :
"Be calm , my children. That was
quake of the fifth degree. You must
not bo frightened by those shocks for
we will have them lor two more years "
Wireless Telegraphy Aids Arrest.
White Plains , N. Y. Fob. 15. The
raluo of wireless tolograpny us an ad
junct to the operation of the machin
ery of justice was demonstrated when
John Ryan , seaman on board the Unit
ed States ship New Hampshire , was
placed under arrest and confined to
the ship's brig at the request of UB
trlct Attorney Wlnslow of Westc h. MCr
county , Hashed to the New Hampbhiro
by wireless while that vessel was n-v-
eral miles out to sea on her way to-
meet the battleship fleet. Ryan IB
wanted for alleged' participation in a
burglary at Osslnlng , N. Y.
There in inoro Catarrh in this st-ction
of the cnuntry than all uthur > IIM-.I- < H
put tuKothcr , and until the I.IM tuw
youra WUH Huppom-d to bo lin-ui.ililo
For u irr''it ' rnuny yours doctor i- [ > -
Nourn'od It u loral ( llhi-ase and | .i. -
Hc'i'lhcd local ri-iiifdlr.s. nnd Ity ' "i. .
Bluntly fiillliiK to euro with local ti.i ,
mont , pronoiint'fd It Inmr , , hi <
gi'liMiro IIIIH iirovfii ratarrh to in- i , . . , ,
Htltutional clIxctiHi- und thcrcfori ro
qiilroH uuiiHtltutlonal treatment II.HIM
Catarrh Cure , iiiiiiiiifai-ttiri'd | , v ! ' J
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fnn.ii < if to , njiiuin They ofTt r ono
Ixiodrid doilam for any cnne it falui to-
cine Send for circular and testlmon-
lalu. ,
AddroHHi P , J , Cheney & Co. , Toledo.
Ohio.