The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, February 26, 1909, Image 1
i THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL . , , . . 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. -I- * ! - -t- 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- \\itli Mr Hanunan on his nip I ui < r Mr and MIS Harnin HI uu > l thuir gui-Htfa prutfabhi'l ' loun * i-\i-r , 'tho ' Pacific slope i < > uuui { , io I York bj the wnj of t hicago