i THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL
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NOUPOI.K NEBRASKA i'KIDAV FKlHtllAKY. 20 IDOlt.
EATS A MATCH
CHIUHS DEAD
One-Year-Old Son of Carl
Anberger at Pierce ,
t' ' : PART OF MATCH EXTRACTED
Little Boy Baby at Pierce Is Believed
to Have Swallowed Part of a Burned
Match and , Choking Afterward ,
Soon Expired ,
Pierce , Noli. , Fob. 25. Special to
Tin ) The News : The one-year-old
ami of Carl Anherger of this city died
yesterday afternoon as the result , U
IB thought , of swallowing a partly
burned match the day before.
Throughout the night the child
continuously and yesterday Dr. Oelke
extracted part of a match fiom the
csophogus , but eiforts to save the
little fellow's life were futile.
Clearwater Public Sale.
Clearwater , Neb. , Feb. 25.- Special
to The News : John Utterback , who
hold a successful public sale last week
at his farm southwest of town , has
purchased the .las. llendorson prop
erty and will live In town. Consider
ation $1,500.
The ordinance against Sunday
showH requires three readings before
It. goes Into effect , since there is only
a majority of one In "Its favor at the
town board meetings.
Taking advantage of this fact , Sun
day theatergoers will have one more
treat before the lid goes on. The
town has been billed for "On the
Frontier. " for Sunday night , February
28. The Sunday theater ordinance will
reach Its third reading later In the
week.
Gold In Northeast Nebraska ?
Ponca , Neb. , Feb. 25. 'There is con
siderable excitement In Ponca occa
sioned by the discovery of gold on the
farm of John Tucker In sufficient
quantities , It Is alleged , to make It
profitable to mlno It. A local Jeweler
who has tested the specimens pro
nounce them the real thing.
Citizens of Martlnsburg are reported
to have raised $20,000 to aid in getting
u railroad and are confident that their
greatest ambition Is about to be
realized.
DEATH DOESN'T STOP SUIT.
Supreme Court Passes on One of the
McCarthy Suits.
Hartlngton , Nob. , Feb. 25. The Ne
braska supreme court has decided the
libel suit of Sholbly vs. Nelson ,
started in 1902 , cannot bo dismissed
on account of the death of the plain
tiff. Nelson was formerly editor ol
the Hartlngton Herald. This Is one
of tlie suits started by Tom Shelblj
of Ponca , against several newspaper
men because of alleged libel during
the McCarthy congressional campaign
.of that year.
Norfolk 'Traveling Man Weds.
Dakota City , Neb. , Fob. 25. Specia
to The News : Lester W. Beckley
age thirty-one , and Miss Edith C. Rob
erts , age twenty-live , giving their
residence as Charles City , la. , wore
united In marriage at Dakota City a
the M. E. parsonage , Rev. G. E. Voi
Hagen of Dakota City , officiating. Mr
Beckley stated that his headquarters
were In Norfolk , he being a traveling
representative for an agricultural im
plement house. They came over fron
Sioux City to get married hero. Beck
ley was here the previous Saturday
and fortified himself with the marrl
age license.
Goes to Parish for Wedding.
Chicago , Feb. 24. When Miss Cathe
rinc Cantlllon , 22 Buena terrace , became
came Mrs. Edmund J. Arehambault o
Milwaukee , while on a hurried visit tc
her summer home at Arbor Vitae , \Vls.
last Saturday , her friends believed she
had eloped. Mrs. Arehambault spen
much of her time in Chicago at the
homes of her brottiers , W. D. Cantlllon
assistant general manager of the Chicago
cage and Northwestern ra.llroad , am' '
Michael E. Cantlllon , manager of the
Minneapolis baseball club , but she hat
established her ecclesiastical resl
donee at Lake Mlnocqna , near Arboi
Vltao. Recently promulgated laws o !
the Catholic church provide that mar
rlages must be performed by the par
ish priest of the bride , and Mr
Archnmbault was compelled to meei
his bride at the little country church
The bride is a sister of the North
western superintendent at Casper
Wyoming.
WANT HOMESTEADERS' TRADE
Towns Near Rosebud Are Competlni
for Business.
Mitchell , S. D. , Feb. 25. The move
mcnt of the settlers from various parti
of the country out to Trlpp county ti
make their filings on land next montl
is attracting the attention of severa
towns contiguous to the best parts o
the county. In Chicago there are' i
large number of settlers who are golni
out early In March to bo on th
ground , and" " the town of Presho Is en
deavorlng to land the settlers to gi
direct to that place as the best fron
which to make their start. W li
Sweeney , secretan of the Presh
Commercial club , Is In Chicago at th
present time conferring with the sel
tiers with reference to their going t
Proslio and the purchase of material
for the building of their houses
Presho merchants are competing with
the catalogue houses of Chicago , and
In nearly every Instance they have
quoted lower prices than the cata
logue houses. There are 100 people In
tiiu colony from Chicago , and several
of the other towns adjoining Trlpp
county are making a bid for the big
COMPROMISE INTEREST RATE.
Six Per Cent Up to $50OCO and Five
Balance of Warrants.
P ' / \D. , Fob. 25. The conference -
enco io on rate of Interest on
he wi $ Ujlll reported a compro-
'
nine toi. J , ' 'g the rate of Interest
it 0 per % ' b iIh the proviso that
vhen $50. < K . 'gistered the treas-
irer shall Isi p , . . idlng wan ants at
per cent. Ift > , . % > arid that the 5
ier cent limit oiSj _ , u warranlH would
ml them below , mr.
A bill come Into the house today re-
Hilrlnur llt-eiise and a $2.000 bond
rein land men
WOMEN MAY VOTE
! N SOUTHDAKOTA
House Adopts Woman's ' Suffrage
Amendment ,
ALREADY PASSED BY SENATE
The South Dakota Legislature Wit
nessed the Warmest Fight of the
Session in Fight to Give Equal Right
With Defense.
Pierre , S. D , Feb. 25. The South
Dakota house passed the resolution al
ready adopted by the senate to sub
mit the woman's suffrage amendment
to the people.
Pierre , S. D. , Fob. 25. The warmest
fight so far brought on in the houu
this session was that over the bill giv
ing the state an equal number of chal
lenges with the defense in criminal
cases , which was a fight of the law-
yets against members generally out
side of the prolossion , and the law
yers lost out alter a warm contest.
The house took up and passed the
senate bills providing for the settle
ment or accounts and division of bond
ed Indebtedness In the division of
Butte county , allowing these counties
to begin their work in that direction.
The principal house bills passed
were to prohibit brewers or whole
salers irom in any way engaging , or
assisting others In engaging In the re-
tall liquor usinosB , and giving great
er jurisdiction to county courts in
counties of over seven thousand pop
illation.
The house bills to create a state tax
commission , and to prevent sale of
adulterated agricultural seeds were
both defeated.
The senate passed senate bills re
pealing the nursery law and fixing a
standard fire Insurance policy form for
the state.
The senate passed the house su
preme court bill without amendment ,
and as soon as it goes to the governor
it will be law and the court will be
Increased.
SENATE PASSES
ALDRICH BILL
Discharged Negro Soldiers Wiil
Be Given Chance to Re-Enlist.
Washington , Feb. 24. The president
is authorized to appoint a court of In
qulry to determine the qualifications
for re-enlistment of discharged negrc
soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantrj
regiment who were accused of shoot
Ing up Drownsville , Tex. , on the night
of Aug. 13-14 , 1906. The Aldrich bill
for this purpose was passed by c
party vote of 5G to 20 , except that
Senator Teller voted with the Repub
ticans for the passage of the bill. The
bill Is a compromise measure nppro\u < i
by President Roosevelt , Senator For
aker and all of the Republican mem
hers of the committee on military af
fairs. The court of Inquiry will aci
as a board to consider applications foi
re-enlistment and recommend the res
toratlon to duty of such soldiers whc
are not found guilty of complicity h
the affray.
The senate also passed the fortlflca
tions bill with appropriations aggre
gating $8,320,111 and the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill , carry
Ing $3.040,380.
Appropriation bills mainly occupied
the house. Clark ( Fla. ) unsuccessful
ly attempted to secure an invostiga
tlon by the committee on the judiciary
Into the writing of the recent lettei
by Secretary of State Hacon apotoglz
ing for Rnlney's remarks regarding
President Obaldla of Panama , Clark' :
object being to ascertain If Mr. Ua
con's reference to Rolney constitute !
an abuse of < ho privileges of the house
Colored Mob Threatens Negro.
o Mount Vernon , 111 , Feb. 24. A mot
led oj negroes for a time threaten ? *
the life of James Ixnvls , a negro who
o while on a rampage shot Sheriff In r
and four negroes For a time excite
mcnt was nt a high pitch It Is thought
o that Sheriff Irvln will recover.
GUARANTY OF
Ell Passes the House Attsr
Long Denotation ,
KKOGKS OUT OLD GUSTO
,
I South Dakota Senate Adopts Antl-
Yreatlng Bill and House Passes Bill
Prohibiting Sale of Cigarettes.
Deadlock on Interest.
Pierre , Feb. 25. The chief contester
or Interest last week was the luniso
deliberations In committee of the
whole upon the proposed bank deposit
Insuranceact. . Urlelly the net pro
vides that a tu'.nibur of banks may
voluntarily associate and pay certain
stipulated fees Into the stuto treas
ury which shall constitute an Insur
ance fund from which losses to depos
itors may bo paid. In the committee
the chief points at Issno were the
number of banks which must associ
ate before the law becomes effective ;
minimum capital to bo required of
each : the foes and premiums to be
paid and the rate of Interest pormtssl-
jlo. Mesbfs. Isseiihuth and Johnston
or the committee on banks and bank-
ng had the management of the 1 > 111
and Speaker Clmney led In the de
mand for certain amendments cover-
up ; the points above Indicated. The
number of banks required to open the
association to business was fixed at
100. Clmney's motion that the max
imum rate of Interest be fixed at I
lier cent and that funds deposited at
! i higher rate should not be protected
l > y the Insurance prevailed. Taylor
presented a most Important amend
ment , which was adopted. It required
; ianks withdrawing from the associa
tion , to give thirty days' notice to de
positors. Van lUischon's plan for a
graduated entrance fee of $100 for
small banks , increasing by $10 jumps
to $175 for the lamest , was adopted
and the premium Is to be I mill on
the dollar of deposits. The bill then
passed.
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Mr. Erlekson's bill lor nail insur
ance under the supervision of the
state was discussed at much length in
committee of the whole and referred
to a special committee for further
consideration. It is In principle Iden
tical with the bank deposits Insurance
measure and some of the members
argue that it Is Inconsistent to pass
the one and Ignore the other. It does
not Impose any obligation upon the
state except to appraise the damages
from hall and to equitably pay out
the funds to those suffering losses.
I-
The senate state depository bill has
passed. It creates a state board of
finance consisting of the governor ,
secretaiy of state , auditor , treasurer
and public examiner , who are to de
posit the state funds In bonded banks
to bo distributed about the state ,
upon competitive bids for the interest
rate , and the treasurer Is relieved
from responsibility for funds so de
posited. This has been a vexed sub
ject since statehood and this Is the
first practicable settlement of It.
* * *
The total demands upon the treas
ury as presented to the appropriations
committee exceed $3,000,000. This is
much In excess of the revenues and
the committee Is now engaged In the
delicate task of paring down the esti
mates. It will probably be late In the
session before the general bill Is
ready , perhaps as late as March 1.
* * *
Th6 last bill day , that Is , the last
day on which bills could bo Intro
duced without special consent , fell on
Feb. 15 and not before In the history
of the state have so many measures
been presented upon a single day , nor
has the aggregate before been so
large. Sixty-three bills came Into the
house and forty-five In the senate. The
total number of hou e bills reached
400 and more than 300 are In the sen
ate. Seven hundred bills are a good
many to give careful examination to
In the brief space of sixty days and
not more than forty-five of actual ses
sions. The bills this year are un
usually brief , only two or three meas
ures of any length having been pre
sented , these being the standard life
policy bill , the military bill and the
uee-otlablo Instrument * act
* * *
In the house Friday Mr. Brady's
bill absolutely forbidding the sale or
manufacture of cigarettes , or the
"makln's , " was passed by an almost
unanimous vote and that notwith
standing the committee on public
health had returned the bill with an
adverse report , dooming the law of
two years ago sufficient. Brady , who
Is an Irish schoolmaster and a Demo
crat , had Introduced but the one bill
and had not previously spoken upon
any question , but upon the considera
tion of the report he made an elo
quent plea for the boys , reciting some
of his own observations , and the house
reversed the report and sent the bill
to the calendar and when it had
g
passed the members flocked around
the author of the bill giving him such
an ovation as no other member has
received In the session.
4. .j. .j.
At this writing the house and sen
ate are deadlocked upon the rate of
Interest upon registered srute war
rants. The present rate Is 7 per cent
Senator F.wert Introduced a bill lowerIng -
Ing the rate to G pr > r cent , but It was
amended to 6 upon the floor. The
house Increased It to fl and passed It
and a conference failed to secure an
agreement. Many fear that the lower
rate will pond warrants to a discount
In hard tlrnws and thus Injure the
credit of the state. There would bo
no dlfll cutty In floating 5 per cent
warrants Jtift now , but present condi
tions may not always prevail and as
yet \u > have not been able to so ad
just our revenueH but that It Is at
times necessary to register warrants.
* * *
A bill enlarging the powers of the
capltol commission and authorizing
that body to furnish the now capltol
and to dispose of the old capltol and
furniture : to buy additional land In
Hllgers gulch at the east end of the
park to carry out the lagoon scheme
and making the orpanlzntlon of the
commission permanent , to be an ad
visory board to the secretary of state
as custodian of the now capltol , has
passed the > eirito and Is receiving
favorable consideration In the house.
\Vlth Its pnsMago all required legisla
tion rotating to the now building and
the occupancy thereof , as well as for
the Improvement of the grounds , will
bo eJfectcd. The contractor now ex
pects to complete the building by Jan.
1 , 191U , though under his contract ho
lias six months longer to do so.
$60,000 FOR WO-P BOUNTY.
Nebraskan Introduces BUI to Pay Up
Long Standing Claim.
Lincoln , Fob. 25. Ilygland Intro
duced a bill appropriating $00.000 to
bo used In luolng claims for bounty
for shooting wolves and other animals ,
which claims have been pending a
long time.
The house committee reported forty-
three bills , of which twelve got the
axe by way of Indellnlte postponement.
Among those favorably reported is
the bill which makes the governor
head of the state printing board.
\mong the bills postponed is the one
requiring county judges qualifications
of at least a year's practice at law
and the bill making the maximum
telephone long distance charge 25c for
less than 100 miles and permitting five
minutes' talk. Leldigh's new charter
bill for cities of population from 5,000
to 25,000 was passed , as was also
Kuhl's amendment to the primary elec
tion law , calling for the drafting of a
platform before the nominations arc
made and for county conventions the
last Tuesday In July.
W. J. Taylor of Ouster county had
the house take from the standing com
mittee on live stock anil grazing two
bills fixing charges to be made at the
stock yards. Then ho had the house
resolve Itself Into the committee or
the whole and recomfriend one bill for
engrossment and passage and the oth
er back to the committee. The bill
recommended' ' for passage cuts yard
age rates about 20 per cent below the
present charges and limits the charge
for hay and grain to 35 cents above
the market for the previous day.
State Dispensary Bill.
To replace the present saloon license
system In Nebraska with a state dis
pensary , having local branches
throughout the state , and' to prohibit
the sale of liquor as a private busi
ness Is the object of a bill Introduced
in the house. The bill creates a board
consisting of the governor , attorney
general and secretary of state , which
shall supervise the state dramsnops ,
fix prices and exercise jurisdiction
over the business.
After a stack of petitions two feet
high , containing 50,000 names , 33,000
of which are voters' names , had been
Introduced , Senator Hatfleld , by re
quest , introduced a bill calling for the
submission to the people of the propo
sition of a constitutional amendment
to prohibit the sale or manufacture of
liquor In Nebraska.
Senator Randall's bill prohibiting
drinking on trains , passed by a vote
of 27 to 2 , Senators Howell and Klein
voting against it.
Senator Miller Introduced a bill to
prohibit boys under eighteen years ol
.aa > - tobacco in anv fnrm.
Seputor Hansom's Sunday baseball
bill came up for third reading in the
senate and , lacking two votes of
enough for passage , with Senators
Donohoe of Holt and Henry of Colfax
absent , It was recommitted to the
committee of the whole for specific
amendment to make ot apply only to
Douglas county.
Senator Hrown of Lancaster intro
duced a bill to prohibit the Issuance
of watered stock , making the Issuance
of stock dependent upon the order
of the railway commission and only
upon actual value.
Humphrey of Lancaster Introduced
a bill providing for a commission to
govern the public Institutions of the
state and putting the officers and em
ployee * of the institutions on a civil
service basis ,
House roll 58 , by Taylor of York ,
was before the senate. It provides for
a separate tax on the equity on land
and the mortgage , and' ' makes both a
part of the tax on the land. It is
claimed investors in mortgages have
been holding up their loans pending
action on the bill , and it was assorted
that action should be had on It at
once , since March 1 was the usual
date for closing land deals. Much op
position to the measure was shown
and It was finally postponed indefi
nitely.
Action which practically results in
killing the bill providing for the
changing of mutual accident insurance
companies Into stock companies was
also taken. The bill was postponed
whila another measure was Introduced
along the same line , providing that
such action may be taken \ylion a ma
jority of the pollcyholdcrs agree to It ,
but the voting of proxies Is not per
mitted , thus making such a chance al
most Impossible.
TRAIN PLUNGES
DOWNJOO FEET
Thrown Over Cliff , Drops llirougli
Air ,
25 KILLED , 40 INJURED
A Passenger Train In Ecuador , Strik
ing a Broken Rail , Is Hurled Over
the Edge of a Cliff and Tumbles to
the Bottom of the Ravine Below.
Guayaquil , Keuador , Feb. 21. A pas
senger train today was thrown over a
llff 100 feet high , near Illo Hamba ,
crashing to the bottom of a ravine.
Twenty-live persons were killed and
orty Injured.
A broken rail was the cause.
SOCIALISTS WOULD SAVE EDITOR.
Launch Movement to Secure Release
of Federal Prisoner. *
Santiago , Tex. , Feb. 21. The na
tional Socialist organization today
aunched a movement for the release
of Antonio P. Aruajo , sentenced to two
mid a half years in the federal prison
it Leavenworth , Kan. , for alleged par
ticipation on the recent Mexican
revolutionary outbreak. Aruajovti v
editor of a Mexican paper at Austin ,
Tex.
M'VEAGH FOR TREASURY.
Aannounceent Confidently Made That
Taft Has Selected Him.
New York , Feb. 25. Announcement
is confidently made here today that
Franklin McVeagh of Chicago has
been selected by President Hlect Taft
for secretary of the treasury.
SUFFRAGETTES TO PRISON.
Refuse to Give Security for Future
Good Conduct.
London , Fob. 25. Refusing to give
security for their future good conduct ,
the thirty suffragettes arrested last
night for attempting to reach Premier
Asqulth , were sentenced to prison to
day for terms ranging from one to
two months.
Among the prisoners are many of
high social standing , including Lady
Constance Lytton , daughter ot the
former viceroy of India.
TAFT TO REST IN TEXAS.
House Being Built on Ranch of
Brother Charles.
San Antonio , Tex. , Feb. 25. It was
announced here today that soon after
the inauguration of President Taft he
will visit the ranch of Charles P. Taft ,
where a house Is being built and golf
links laid out.
FOURTH DIED IN TORNADO.
Reports All in From Storm Swept
Area of Sunday.
Little Hock , Ark. , Feb. 25. Prac
tically every portion of the storm-
swept area having reported , the death
list of last Sunday's tornado Is fixed
at four , three at Fisher and one at
Carlisle.
The dead are : Jasper Bass William
Free , Mrs. Effle Stone , nil of Fisher ;
and Leslie Cunnells of Carlisle.
OHIO RIVER ON RAMPAGE.
Within Fraction of Danger Line Now
at Louisville.
Louisville , Ky. , Feb. 25. With every
tributary bankful , the Ohio river rose
steadily all night and this morning
was within a fraction of the "danger
line. " at 28 feet.
The maximum stage of 30 feet Is
anticipated.
Many families were driven from
their homes last night and it is ex
pected that they will have to eve be
fore night.
"RADI-THOR" NEW DISCOVERY.
Important Scientific and Medical Find
Is Announced.
New Orleans , Feb. 25. At last
night's session of the Homeopathlcal
Medical association Dr. R. II. Bailey
of Chicago announced the discovery
of "radi-thor" having all the properties
of radium and produced at a moderate
price. It is produced from a species
of plchblende found in Colorado.
Anti-Gambling Bill In Nevada.
Carson City , Nov. , Fob. 25. The
anti-gambling law passed the assem
bly.
Bryan Buys Fruit Ranch In Texas.
Pueblo , Colo. , Feb. 24. Former
Governor Alva Adams of this city stat
ed that William J. Bryan told him re
cently that he had lately purchased a
fruit ranch near Brownsville , Tex. ,
where ho Intends to spend his winters.
Governor Adams said that Mr. Bryan
is having the ranch stocked with fruit
trees with the intention that they will
bear by the time ho Is sixty-six years
old.
New York's Population 4,422,685.
New York , Feb. 21. The estimated
population of the city of New York
is 4,422,085 , according to Health Cam
mlssloner Darlington's annual report
The tncreasn during 1908 aggregated
187,250 persons
IHECUNOiriON Of IHt WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-four Hours.
Forecast for Nebraska.
Condition of the weather as recorded -
od for I lie twenty-four bourn ending
at s a. in. today :
Maximum 25
Minimum S
Average US
llaronu'lor ll.7i ! ) (
Chicago. Fob. 25. The bulletin Is-
aiii'd liy the Chicago atntlon of tlu >
United States weather bureau gives
I be forecast for Nebraska as f.oIlowH :
Generally fair tonight and Friday.
Wanner east and south portions to
night. Colder west portion Friday.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Sun sets B--I-I , rises (1 ( 'M ; moon seta
12:11 : a. m.
CALL COOPER
AN EMBEZZLER
Prosecution Seeks Admission
ot Accusations ,
COL COOPER ON STAND
The Prosecution Attempts to Show
That While Cooper Pretended a High
Sense of Honor in Justifying Murder ,
He Is a Looter.
Nashville , Feb. U. In the Cooper
murder trial today the cross examina
tion of Col. Cooper , one of the defend
ants , was begun. The prosecution at
tempted to Introduce evidence to show
that Col. Cooper was an embezzler
from the estates of orphans and in
other matters , to the extent of $100-
000 , and that , notwithstanding the high
sense of honor which had been cited
In the defense for the killing by his
son of Senator Carmack , had never
resented the charge of embezzlement.
The court took the matter under ad
visement and adjourned until tomor
row.
CANADA FEARSJ.OSS OF ISLAND
Omission of Word "Not" In Boundary
Treaty Causes Alarm.
Ottawa , Out. , Feb. 24. Some alarm
was created In the Canadian parlia
ment by a member calling attention to
the fact that it the copy of the recent
boundary treaty with the United
States furnished to the Canadian par
liament Is correct , Hunter Island , In
the Pigeon river Blstrlct , containing
about a thousand square miles , has
been lost to Canada and Is now the
property of the United States. In the
Ashburton treaty the Island was con
veyed to Canada through the state
ment that the boundary line shall not
Intersect the Island. The copy of the
recent Washington treaty leaves out
the word "not "
SLUMP IN NEW YORK
STOCK MARKET
Volume ot fading ,
New York , Feb. 24. Suspicion and
distrust of the speculative market
spread with rapid growth and brought
the iabric of values down with a crash.
The conviction was quick in coming
after the throwing open of the steel
market to competition last week that
the stock market position was an arti
ficial one and had been brought about
by false assumptions of the trade posi
tion. Various factors combined to ac
centuate the weakness and it gained
cumulative force. The serious view
taken by the London market of our
disturbances , as dhown by the heavy
declines effected there during the New
York holiday , paved the way for a re
newal of the downward course. The
foreign markets were also unsettled
by the-rwival of fears of an outbreak
in the Balkans , duo to Servia's atti
tude towards Austria. London sent
heavy orders to the New York market
as soon as trading began and this
helped the downward rush of prices ,
which began after the opening. A now
set of weakening factors came in the
inferences drawn from the reconven
ing of the iupreme court at Washing
ton. Decisions were handed down
against the New York Central for re
bating and the speculative element , ior
reasons which n lawyer might not fol
low , jumped to the conclusion that a
later decision would uphold the con
stitutionality of the commodities clause
of the Hepburn law and so constiatn
the anthracite railroads to get rid of
their mining properties. Reading sold
as lo < v as 118 , a loss for the day of
lO'/fc points United States steel sold
down to 41'- ' . . and closed at the lowest ,
a loss In price of 4'fc ' points. The rail
road list was off from 3 to over C
points l6r n 1 the active stocks.
Want Japanese to Strike.
Honolulu. Feb. 21. Japanese news
papers are urging Japanese plantation
laborers to strike for more pay and
If not successful , to leaM tlu > islands
The papers suggest nil appeal to the
Japanese government to send war
ships to back up the demands ,
ROBBER KILLS
EXPRESS CLERK
Jesse Haymaker at Hutchison *
Kan. Shot
. , ,
GAVE MURDERER HARD FIGHT
After Killing Young Express Clerk
With His Own Revolver , Robber
Took Dead Man's Keys and Looted
Company's Up Town Office.
Hutchison , Kan. , Feb. 2l.--JeHso
Haymaker , aged twenty-two , night
clerk for the Wells Fargo lOxpresu
company at the Santa Fo depot.um
Killed by a robber eaily today when
( lie office safe WIIH tooled.
The robber took Haymaker's Kevs
and looted the company's uptown of-
ilco.
The condition of the of Ilco showed
that Haymaker made a hard light , and
that he was killed with his o\\n re-
\olver.
SHOOTS TWO BURGLARS.
Kansas City Merchant Wounds Two
Robbers , One Fatally.
Kansas City , Feb. 21 , 11. M. C'rml-
deck , proprietor of the Kansas Mercan
tile company , shot two men trying to
biirglarl/o his down town store early
today.
Uoth men were captured. One , giv
ing the name of John Sterner , will
die.
GIRL STABS ACCUSED MAN.
Merchant Awaiting Trial for Seduc
tion , Fatally Wounded.
Salem , Mass , Feb. 2-1. While await
ing trial on charge of seduction yester
day , J. W. Jones , a merchant of Mam
moth Springs , was fatally stabbed by
Miss Llzzio Kisse. the plaintiff. Uoth
are members of prominent families.
Roar of Niagara Again.
Niagara Falls , N. Y. . Feb. 23. Niag
ara's Ice jam Is broken. Aided by a
shifting wind , u heavy downpour of
rain and warm weather , the heavy Ice
tloes in the Canada channel gave way
yesterday and that roar so familiar to
the natives and tourists returned.
More than the usual qnanlty of wa
ter was pouring over the great horse
shoe. The volume going over the
American falls Is hardly half of nor
mal.
Hoosiers Legalize Sunday Baseball.
Indianapolis , Feb. 21. The house
bill to legalize Sunday baseball passed
the senate today by a vote of HO to 18 ,
and Is now up to the governor.
Kaiser Wilhelm II Aground.
Now York , Feb. 21. While groping
Its way into New York harbor through
a blinding fog today , the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm II from Hroni , carryIng -
Ing 1,000 passengers , ran aground In
Gedney channel and stuck fast for
several hours. The ship was finally
lloated by tugs. The boat is not be
lieved to have sustained serious In
juries.
$100,000 FIRE AT ST. LOUIS.
Fire , Smoke and Water Do Heavy
Damage in Furniture Store.
St. Louis , Feb. 21 Fire that started
In the fifth floor of thd six-story build
ing at No. 112 to 111 North Twelfth
street today caused $100,000 damage ,
mostly from smoke and water. The
building was occupied by the Mulvihilt
Furniture Co. Cross" ' electric wires
are supposed to have caused the fire.
HAU SPRING FEVER.
Brltt Tells How Easily Ketchell Can
Whip Johnson.
Chicago , Feb. 21 "Stanley Ketchell
can beat Jack Johnson if I can ever
got them In the ring together. "
Tills was the opinion expressed yes
terday by Willing Hrltt , manager of
Ketchell , before he departed for Grand
Haplds to arrange for details of the
bout between Ketchell and O'Hrlen ,
which is carded for Philadelphia .u
the near future.
"Stanley has It over Johnson , " said
Uritt. "He can hit a hard blow , and
I can't seorthat there is much dif
ference In the power behind the punch
of a first-class middleweight and an
ordinary class heavyweight. I can't
see that Johnson Is such a wonder.
Ho Is a good , strong fellow , and all
that , but I don't size him up as a
world-beater. "
Ketchetl's next bout probably will
be with Jack O'Brien , according to
his manager. The Philadelphia pub
lic seems to wish to see It , and the
affair may lie carded as one of the
six-round , no decision affairs.
Mrs. Harriman Goes South.
New York. Fob. 2l.-i-Mrs. K. H. Har
riman will start south on Thursday i
one of Mr. Harrlman's private cars ,
taking with her a party of guests that
Include her daughter , Miss Carol Har
riman , Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Gerry ,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ooelot , and oth
era. The plan Is to visit Texas cnroute
for Mexico , where they join Mr. Har
riman. Miss Mary Harrlninn and Hub
ert Walton Goolct , who is n dlrertor of
several of the Harriman roads , ari-
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