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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL. BRYAN TO MOVE AWAY FAMOUS NEBRA8KAN SAYS HE'LL MOVE TO TEXAS. TO SOUTH AMERICA THIS FALL WON'T SEEK SENATORIAL TOGA IN NEBRASKA NEXT YEAR. FOR HE WON'T BE NEBRASTtAN wmiam Jennings Bryan Is Quoted In an Interview to Have Declared at Belle Fontaine , Ohio , Today That He'll Move South. Belle Fontaine , Ohio , July 29. Will- lam Jennings Bryan Is to move to Tex- ns. Ho Is quoted as saying so today In the course of an Interview proceeding the delivery of Ills lecture. Flo de clared ho intended to move to Texas following n South American tour on which ho will start this fall. "I am not to seek election to the senate from Nebraska , " ho said. "I nm not going to bo a Nebraskan , for I am going to mow to Texas. I expect to continue In politics In Texas. " NORDICA TAKES A HUSBAND Opera Singer Is Married to George Young , New York Banker. London , July 29. Madame Lillian Nordlca , the American opera singer , was married today to George W. Young , a Now York banker , at Kings Welghhouso church , Grosvonor square. Nominated for Virginia Governor. Newport News , Va. , July 29. Will lam P. Kent of Wyoth was nominated by acclamation for governor of Vir ginia by the republican convention hero today. MRS , LONGWORTH TO GO UP IN AIR FORMER PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER WANTS AIRSHIP RIDE. NICHOLAS GIVES HIS CONSENT Alice Roosevelt-Longworth Will Go Up In a Balloon With A. Holand Forbes President of the Aero Club of Amer ica. Washington , July 29. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth , daughter of former Presi dent Roosevelt , has become an enthus last about aeronautics. Her attend nnco upon the trials of the Wrights aeroplane Is almost constant and now it is said she is determined to make a flight herself , not In the aeroplane though it is said she even expressec her willingness for that , but In a bal loon. loon.A A Holand Forbes of New York , act Ing president of the Aero Club of America , who Is now In the city , has promised Mrs. Longworth to take her up. Mr. Longworth Is said to have accorded his permission , Mr. Forbes having mode the promise contingen upon the husband's consent that she undergo the risk that the balloon trav cling Involves. HEAD OF LEAGUE ENDS HIS LIFE HARRY C. PULLIAM , PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL LEAGUE. DIED AT 8:10 : THURSDAY MORNING Although the Bullet Had Severed Both Optic Nerves and Had Caused In stant Blindness , Big Baseball Man Lived Eleven Hours Afterward. New York , July 29. Harry C. Pul Ham , president of the National Leagu of Professional Baseball Clubs , dice nt 8:10 : a. m. today , after shooting him self through the head in his room a the New York Athletic club last night. Although n bullet from his revolve ' 'passed entirely through his head , sov erlng both optic nerves and causing In stant blindness , Mr. Pulllam lived from 9:30 : last night until this morning. He became unconscious soon afte the shooting was discovered , and was unable to make any statement ns to his reason for committing suicide , but it is generally attributed to ill health. a W. Its the nnd said the not the will that It and men as late oldest In He ago ed dren to The ly , so ho health dicts Rich Indian in Blue town lanta back outdoor erons nmaker Stetson two weeks their In back camp CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Temperature tor Twenty-Tour Hourm. Forecast for Nebraska. Condition of the weather as record- d for the twenty-four Hours ending t 8 a. m. today : Inxltmim 92 Ilnlmuni G8 Ucrago 80 larometor 29.93 Chicago , July 29. The bulletin is- ued by the Chicago station of the United States weather bureau gives lie forecast for Nebraska ns follows : Generally fair tonight nnd Friday ; ooler tonight. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Sun sots 7M : , rises 4:50 : ; moon Bcti : : : li n. m. idvnnce ns soon ns the pressure was jff. The talk In the pit Indicates that vheat Is being bought for foreign all * * nont , nnd the bears could not force he market down against such trength. New York reported 200,00 mshels taken for export today , nnd jldding was good for expected arrivals , t was reported that the Armour Grain ompany bought 3,000,000 bushels of .September wheat today and yester- lay. Moscow reported that threshing n western Russia is showing n good leld. Corn was strong on light receipts ind n good demand from eastern mar kets for sample. Kansas reports light offerings and a falling off in receipts , md country offerings smaller than : long time. Oats were lower and quiet , with a 'ailing oft in demand for sample lots. ? he far-away option showed strength at times , but the general tone was slightly lower. JOHNSON WILL COVER IT Says He'll Leave Chicago for New York Monday Night. Jackson , Mich. , July 29. "I'll leave Chicago Monday night for New York and cover that forfeit , " said Jack John son , the colored champion pugilist of the world , when shown n dispatch to the effect that Jeffries had posted a forfeit in New York of. $6.000 to fight Johnson. NEW RELIGION TO REIGN. Dr. Eliot Predicts the Coming of aGed God of Reason. Cambridge , Mass. , July 29. Charles . Eliot , ex-president of Harvard , prophesied the advent of a new re- Iglon in an address before the Har vard summer school of theology. "It will not be bound by dogma or creed , " he said. "Its workings will be . simple , but its field of action limitless. ut discipline will be the training in development of co-operative good will. It will attack all forms of evil. There will be no supernatural element lic It will place no reliance on any thing except the laws of nature. Pre vention will be at the watchword and a skilled surgeon one of its "members. " The coming religion , Doctor Eliot , will be based on the two great commandments , the love of God and for service of fellow men. "The new religion , " he said , "will to be based upon authority , the future generation is to be led , not driven. In new religion there will be no per- Bonification of natural objects , there fire be no deification of remarkable human beings. the "The new religion will not teach character can be changed quickly. will not deal chiefly with sorrow and death , but with joy and life. "God will be so imminent that no the Intermediary will be needed. Its priests will strive to improve social industrial conditions. The new re- llgion will not attempt to reconcile re to present ills by the promise of ing future compensations. " TRIPP COUNTY VETERAN. Oklahoma Man Said to Be Oldest Rose bud Homesteader. Sioux Falls , S. D. , July 29. So far ttma. can be ascertained , John Whitman , a resident of Oklahoma , is the settler to take up his residence and the coder portion of the Rosebud Indian reservation in Trlpp county. is 78 years of age , and a few days arrived in Trlpp county and locat here upon a homestead. Himself and daughter-in-law and four small chil made the Journey from Oklahoma South Dakota In an automobile. old man chews tobacco constant states that ho drinks beer when he desires , nnd that he ents anything num desires. He is in remarkably good be oral for a man of his years , and pre burn that he will live long past the century mark. INDIAN GIRLS ON AN OUTING. July now Philadelphia Women Take Carlisle - lisle Maidens to Georgia. and Atlanta , Ga. , July 29. Twenty-five Spain. girls from the Carlisle school , near Pennsylvania , yesterday reached Morro. Ridge , a picturesque mountain about two hours' ride from At , to spend a fortnight in horse riding , hill climbing and general 6:55 : recreation. from Accompanying them as their chap are the daughters of John Wan- the millionaire , and John B. , the manufacturer. The girls are going into camp about miles from the town , and for two they will live in the manner of ernor forefathers. It is said that the decree chaperons will bring the girls , attired city their native costume , on a horse hike to Atlanto before they break the , SPAIN HAS HOME WAR ' 3,000 SPANIARDS ARE KILLED OR WOUNDED IN BATTLE. MAY OVERTHROW KING ALFONZO SPANISH GARRISON THERE , IT IS FEARED , MAY REBEL. SITUATION GROWS MORE GRAVE Information Received In London Through Diplomatic Channels Shows the Worst Has Not Been Told A Black Day In Spain's History. Madrid , July 29. In View of the grave situation at Barcelona , which is steadily growing more serious , the na val infantry has been ordered to that ' city. Senor Laclcrvc , the minister of the interior , now termed the Spanish Tre- poff ( today announced that any newspaper . paper ] printing reports disagreeing with official Information would be prosecuted and the editions sup pressed. The complete mobilization of the Spanish ! army has been ordered. All officers ( on leave have been re- callei The reserves of all classes have been summoned to the colors. The railroad lines In the north of Spain are strictly guarded and no one ls allowed to enter Spain without per- j mission of the military authorities. The garrisons at Burgos , I.ogrono , VI- torla and other towns are under anna. _ . The censor forbids telegraphic com munication with Bilbao. at Soldiers Are Revolting. Cerbere , July 29. Grave events are anticipated at FIgueroas. Compara tive calm had been restored when or ders were Issued to recruits to report to for duty. The entire populace is pre01 paring to resist. The Port Bou ex press left Flgueros this morning and stopped at Ilanza , where the track had been blown up by dynamite. " At Junquera , a small town east of Gerona , telegraph poles have been " chopped down. All places where pub funds have been deposited are guarded by the military. Business is a complete standstill. The mer- chants are panic stricken and are placing their funds in foreign banks safe keeping. Many Instances of soldiers refusing fire on the mobs are reported. A lieutenant of Infantry threatened to and shoo a policeman who was about to volt . ° his revolver into the crowds. Reports from the interior say that ( situation is constantly growing more alarming. A mob , including many soldiers , is reported to have made a manifestation before the royal palace at Madrid , crying "Down with the war. " Prln Paris , , July 29. Special dispatches of received here today say that the fight brigs yesterday ; in Barcelona was more sanguinary than previous dispatches mter indicated. the Machine guns nnd grape were used and against the rioters. of The sidewalks and buildings were spattered with the blood of the vie- tlei . zat' Everywhere women and children are made wandering In search of their husbands fathers. Incendiarism is rampant. recei Cerbere , France , July 29. Spanish tie Frontier : Spanish couriers arriving the today report that artillery Is bat July tering the barricades behind which the Moors Insurgents are desperately fighting In the Barcelona. Heavy fighting is now in force progress on the rambla in San Anne back square , and the calle del Epino. The where number of dead and wounded cannot in estimated. Five convents and sev Tl private residences have been numl burned at Llanea , . no posts Alhucemas , Morocco , Wednesday , and 28. An army of 5,000 Moors is is attacking this place. At Alhucemas is a small island fortress was prison settlement belonging to . It is situated in the Medlterra- roads , five miles southeast of Capo which . posts. store Hendaye , Spanish Frontier , July 29 , out ed p. m. Reports just received here Madrid say it is rumored that a giant provisional government has been pro tire claimed at Barcelona. The rumor is discredited at the capital. the terrific To Shoot Them On Sight. Moors Madrid , July 29. The military gov ness of Barcelona today published a ly ordering the Inhabitants of the fire to return to their homes. After tlllory. twenty-four hours any one found in Moorish streets la liable to be shot on sight. The withdrawal ot troops for th * voy campaign ! In Africa left leas than 5,00 * men in i the garrison at Barcelona , and tht mob , after committing nil sorts of successes , Including the- burning and sacking of churches , where they erected I'd barricades In order to hold the pa- sltlou London , July 29. Information re- colvcc today through diplomatic clinn- nols In 1 London tend to accentuate the gravity of the situation in Spain. It Is I Intimated that there IB reason to fear the garrison at Madrid Itself has been tampered with by the Insur rectionists. Rigid News Censorship. A dispatch ( to the Dally Tologrnph from Biarritz described the almost In surmountable obstacle the censorship imposes on the news service from Spain and Melllla. One of the news agencies at Madrid 1ms been threatened encd with suppression , the dispatch says If news disagreeable to the gov ernment is sent to foreign countries , oven by post. Casualty Lists Withheld. The greatest nnxlety _ has been caused In Spain by the withholding of the casualty lists. The revolutionists , nc- cording to the correspondent , arc masw. ters of the situation at Barcelona , a bad feature of the revolt being the Intense - tense hostility displayed toward re- llglon. Churches , colleges and convents - vents have been wrecked In every dl- rectlc . Fiercely Attack Troops. The troops are acting on the dofen- slve , but are being fiercely attacked by the revolutionists. The correspondent is informed that the whole Third and Fifth army corps will be sent to Barcelona colon , together with two brigades of cavalry under command of Prince Charles ! of Bourbon. Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria ( will also accompany the force with rank of squadron command Gr Special dispatches from Madrid de scribe the situation as extremely grave King Alfonso was wildly hoot ed in the streets 6n his arrival , and the government is doing its utmost ot minimize the effect of the crushing re verse suffered by the Spanish troops at Melllla. It will i be obliged to send large rein forcements to that place. Shooting Insubordinate Soldiers. Breaches of discipline are common Melilla and Madrid barracks , and the dispatches claim several soldiers have been shot daily for Insubordina tion. It is also asserted that a whole batalllon recently refused to fight at Melllla and fled , leaving their colonel 1 be killed , while , several companies ordered to the firing line retorted by compelling tholr officers to go to the front This accounts for the heavy mortality among the officers. Cry I "Down With the King ! " In Catalona the socialists and other extremists are fanning the flames of revolution. Already the cry is heard : "Dow with the king ! " MAY COST KING HIS CROWN. Trouble at Home In Spanish Over 2 shadows War In Africa Now. Paris , July 29. The international in- surrectlon in Spain now completely overshadows the war in Africa in the eyes of Europe. The decision of Premier Maura's cabinet yesterday to place the country under martial law employ the army to repress the re in Catalonia as an alternative to convoking parliament may nrovoke an extension of the insurrection which en dangers the dynasty. Preparations now being made In Madrid to quell the disturbances in elude the The dispatch to Catalonia of the entire third and fourth army corps , Madrid cavalry brigade under com mam of Prince Charles of Bourbon. Prince < Ferdinand of Bavaria IH one the squadron commanders of this brigade. The The scale upon which the military Ing intervention is planned proves that government entertains no illusion port < * is ' ready to take the responsibility Cone putting down the revolt ruthlessly. Both of the frontier reports leave lit year doubt that the workmen's , organi Chai zations ' and revolutionary anarchists common cause in old Catalonia. ( Iran 3,000 Killed and Wounded , cent Madrid , July 29. Official dispatches received here show today that the bat pape between 1 Moorish tribesmen and appl Spanish : forces outside of Melilla nt 27 was a disastrous defeat. The tlcnt cut off the communications with Spanish outposts and tlio main of the Spaniards was driven year under the walls of the city , Hay : fighting continued desperately low the city. and The ! Spanish killed and wounded hour numbered almost 3,000 , which takes account of the men at the advance for , who , evidently , were cut off he abandoned to their fate. Melllla ed " " full of wounded men. 9 o'clock in the morning word was received that ery the Moors had destroyed - stroyed several hundred yards of rail connected with the mines fiCl GET Imperiled the extreme Spanish UCI . As it was imperative to re communication n convoy , escortTwe by two strong columns , was sent in command of General PIntos. It Cl occupied the outlying spurs of the which mountain , Gugura , during the en- spec day. While the convoy was comther munlcatlng with and reprovlsloning man's station , the Spanish sustained n loin1 fussllade from tnousands of agal , who first fired from the fast- legal of the mountains and then bold charged in the face of a murderous In an assault on the Spanish arCl . The Spanish estimate the a vl losses as enormous , mos Reinforcement was sent to the con- Hal nnd its escort and those succeedstro ed In repulsing the Moors nnil driving tfcotu baeK to thu hills. A Black Day In Spain's History. The ) ) ( situation in Cntalona has reached pacd n serious stage. There Is much bloodshed and artillery has been employed ployo In the Btroots of Barcelona to requell the outbreaks. The city is terror clinnstrlcl ' * . The revolutionists nro reported porte to bo fighting desperately be I hind barricades. The troops Include | mounted artillery , nnd the defenses the rebels have been raked with shot. King Alfonso hastened back to Madrid from San Sebastian nnd nt once issued a decree proclaiming martial law nnd the suspension of constitutional guar antee throughout Spain. Orders hnvo been given to governors of provinces to crush the revolution nt any cost without hesitation and without pity. Today marks n black chapter In Spain's history , for there has been tragedy both nt homo nnd abroad. Bloody Battle With Moors. The king reached here in tlmo to . learn that part of his army at Mclilln had had a bloody battle with the Moors , which , though final victory WOH won . by the Spaniards , cost the lives of twenty-one olllcers and a total of 200 Spaniards killed or wounded. An exact estimate of the dead and woundwrlttc ed . in the clashes between the troops j and , rebels In Cntalona Is impossible , | owing to the rigid censorship which j prevents ( the Bending of private dls$1.25 j patches ! ' , and the government has not fixed n total. The government admits , however , that rioters have been killed and wounded in several cities nnd towns , including Barcelona , Alcoy and Ca- horra. SLEEP ON WALKS IN CHICAGO NIGHT ' THERE , TOO , WAS INTOL- ERABLY SWELTERIN * . THIS THE HOTTEST DAY THERE The Mercury Stands at 91 In Chicago and the Humidity Is Still Greater Than on Wednesday , Adding Greatly to the People's Discomfort. toCli Chicago , July 29. With the ther- mometer : standing at 91 degrees , the maximum ! of the year here , Chicago endured another sweltering day today. The humidity was higher , adding greatly to the discomfort. In the crowded tenement sections of the city to they slept last night on sidewalks. of NELIGH TOTS ' EAT I FLY POISON are ate by TWO LITTLE 2-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN - DREN I NARROWLY ESCAPE. ONE OF THEM DANGEROUSLY ILL with rates Thean Little Daughter of Charles Kraush and the Little Son of Bert Haynes In.th Were Victims of the Fly Paper only Haynes Lad Nearly Died. the Nollgh , Neb. , July 29. Special to shadl News : Two cases of fly poison- in i the vicinity of this city were re Fort ported < yesterday afternoon by Drs. seem Conery and Beattie. tic ] The first case was that of the 2- " year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. demo Charles Kraush , who reside about two ence mile : south of Nellgh. The little girl ' drank a small quantity of the water the , contained in a saucer with poison fly day. ed paper. The , ordinary remedies were applied in n case of this nature , and a late hour last evening the pa Stole was resting nicely. The second case was that of the 2- year-old son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Bert boys Haynes ; , in this city. The little fel- who pulled the paper out of the dish names mate began eating It. For a'nout two result uo was dangerously 111 and but iccer the I prompt arrival of a physician plied would have died. The doctor stat day concl this morning that the young man they out of danger and a speedy recov Ing Is looked lor. depa The mation CHICAGO DIVE KEEPERS point that Whei Twenty Keepers of Illegal Establish ments Are Indicted. HE Chicago , July 29. The grand Jury , < has already Indicted n police Inspector Wise specter , a detective and others in fur therance of State's Attorney Way- Nc ' attack on the wcstsldo "tender KInil " today returned Indictments lionaire against twenty keepers of alleged il injured establishments. mill kept Phllo , III. , Wiped Out. torj Champaign , III. , July 29. Phllo. 111. , through village In Champaign county , was al The wiped out by fire early today. special the business section Mlsfi TAFTWONT SIGN THAT PRESIDENT WILL NOT ACCEPT CONFERENCE REPORT. LUMBER MUST BE UNDER fl.ZS THE PRESIDENT SENDS WRITTEN NOTICE TO COMMITTEE. FIRMLY SETS FORTH POSITION ? The President Sends a Written Notice to the Tariff Committee Notifying Them He Can't Accept Their Report ed Rate on Hosiery or Lumber. Washington , July 29. Through a written communication "the president today advised the tariff committee that lie . cannot nccept n rate exceeding $1.25 on rough lumber nnd that he will insist on the senate rates on glove * nntl hosiery. ' ' The democratic members of the con ference committee who had been called Into today's meeting , which was. scheduled for 10 o'clock , remained only until 10:52. : . .4 % Tin transmission of the president's views had the effect of ro-oponlng nil these subjects and much doubt at ontv arose in the minds of the conferees as to when the end might bo reached. Mr Aldrlch told some ot the demo crats that probably they would not bo summoned again before Saturday or Sunday. - fl Tin democrats remained in the con ference for less than an hour and dur ing that time were given very silent opportunity to participate in the con ference. They discovered only flvo republican members were otlll in deep watoi TARIFF COMMITTEE FINISHES. Ended Labors , But Did Not Meet Taft' Demands on Schedules. Washington , July 29. After work ing for many weeks at what proved be one of the longest and moat arduous tasks ever experienced in tariff building the majority members the conference committee on the Pnyiif-Aldrich bill brought their de liberations to a sudden close at C o'cloe last night. Without a moment's delay , the sen and house leaders whose names carried by the bill , started away automobile for Fort Myer with the Intention of laying their report before President Taft who had gone to see what had been intended to be the last official flight of the Wright brothers' aeroplane. : All day the conferees hod struggled the question of bringing down the house rates on gloves nnd the senate on lumber to figures they felt would meet with executive approval. this effort the conferees failed. Lumber was made dutiable at rates a little below those named by senate bill and there was n slight shading from the house rates on glove of good quality. Returning to the conference from Myer Messrs. Aldrlch and Payne seemed to be entirely satisfied with outcome of their mission , although neither would discuss the conclusions reached. It was announced that the democratic members of the confer would be called In session at 10 o'cloc today. It was stated also that . conference report will be present to the house probably at noon Fri . RUNAWAY BOYS JAILED. a Boat and Proceeded Down the Missouri River. Sioux Falls , S. D. , July 29. Four , who evidently are runaways , and have carefully concealed their and places of residence , are in of the Lyinnn county Jail as the of a boat stealing episode. They iccently appeared at Oacorna and ap for work. After working ono laying 1 water mains they must have concluded they had had enough , for abandoned their jobs and , watch- their opportunity , stole a boat and departed : down the Missouri river. theft was soon detected and Infer of the flight was wired to down the river , with the result the four boys were captured at Wheeler and returned to Oacoma. HEART MASSAGE SAVES LIFE. Wisconsin Man , Injured In Mississippi , Kept I From Death by Doctors. Ncenah , WIs. , July 29. Gustavo Klmberly of Neonah , son of the mil family of that name , who was seriously In a Mississippi saw of which ho was In charge , was alive by the manner In which doc- massaged his heart , reaching a terrible wound In his chest. massaging was continued while a train took him from Cedars , . , to a Vlcksburg hospital , and ho