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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL. . . . . . . XOUKOl.K. NKUKASKA. FRIDAY. .IANTAKY 21. I'M ' CAUCUS PROGRAM CARRIED THROUGH DEMOCRAT RAINEY REJECTED ON A VOTE IN THE HOUSE. LLOYD REFUSES TO TAKE PLACE ' The Republican Party Musters Its Entire - tire Strength and , by United Action of "Regulars" and "Insurgents" Re jects Objectionable Democrat. Washington , Jan. 20. The repub licans today nnmtorod their entire par ty strength In the house ami forced through their caucus program , elim- , limtliu ; Mr. Ilalnoy ( democrat ) of Il linois from the Dnlllnger-Plnchot In- ' vostlgntlng committee. The vote was i 18G ayes , MG no's , 18 voting "present. " Representative Lloyd of Missouri an nounced to the IIOUHO that he would not serve on the committee. Ills statement was greeted with applause. Representative Clayton of Alabama ( democrat ) offered an amendment ti > the republican rule naming members of the llalllnger committee proposing to substitute Hulnoy for Lloyd , but this was voted down. Senate Members Named. Vice President Sherman today an nounced the following as the senate members for the Ralllnger-Plnchot committee : Senators Nelson of Minnesota , Flint of California , Suther land of Utah , Hoot of Now York ( re publicans ) ; and Payntor of Kentucky and Fletcher of Florida ( democrats ) . Murdock Takes Shot at Cannon. "Legislative authority Is on the run. Its chief exponent. Speaker Cannon , has lost his power and every effort will ho made to see that his legislative system goes with him , " said Insurgent Leader Murdock of Kansas , comment ing upon the action of the house today In naming the Hallingcr-Plnchot inves tigating committee. Taft Wants "Square Deal. " What the president wants in the Dalllngor Investigation Is a "square deal , " and ho said so yesterday and today with much emphasis to the in surgents who wont to see him. It is understood that ho regarded the selec tion of Rninoy and James by the dem ocrats as the opposite of a "square -.leal , " utid btllevoa thcj- were picked out by the democrats purely with a view to stirring up political trouble. The chief difficulty with Representa tive Murdock , when talking with the president , was his uncertainty as to what the people would say if ho were to back water and stand with the pres ident for the rejection of Rainey and James. It was in this connection that the president said that he was in favor of a "square deal" in the Ballinger In vestigation , and didn't care what the people said , unless they , lee , were in favor of the same "square deal , " as he assumed they wore. States Views to Insurgents. The president could not refrain from indirectly letting Murdock know what he thought of the action of the insur gents In combining with the democrats and making the present inixup possi ble. Ho said that the insurgents would not sonsent to let the republicans of the house name their own members of the investigating committee , but in sisted that ho ( the president ) should name them. This the president did , and the house republicans accepted bis list of names. But when it came to naming the democratic members ol the committee , the Insurgents did not go to the president , but permitted the democrats to select their own men , The result was the present confusion , Mr. Murdock was compelled to ad mit that there was much force and truth in what the president had said to htm. The rejection of Rainey , It was real Ized , will leave the democrats oppor tunlty to cry "whitewash , " but this , It is believed , Is better than having the Investigation proceed as mapped out , Washington , Jan. 20. The caucus ol republican members of the house last night named the members of the house side of the Balllngor-Pinchot Invest ! ' gating committee and Incidentally re jected Rainey of Illinois , one of the two democrats selected by the demo cratic caucus as one of the house ml norlty's representation on the Investl gation committee. The Committee Named. The six men selected include three "regular" republicans McCall of Mas sachusctts , Olmsted of Pennsylvania and Denby of Michigan ; one "insur gent" republican , Madison of Kansas and two democrats , James of Kentucky and Lloyd of Missouri. Rainey of Illinois , who , with James was named by the democratic caucus last Saturday night , was rejected b > this caucus of the majority and Lloyd was named In his stond. Six Insurgents Bolt. The caucus lasted three hours and while characterized by considerable ac rlmony , was a good deal moro peaceful than most members had expected Even at that there was a bolt of sh Insurgents , led by Cooper of Wlscon sin , the other bolters being Let ) , Root Nelson and Carey of Wisconsin , ant Davis and Llndburgh of Minnesota. Speeches Against Those Two. Several speeches , strong In objec tlons to both James and Rainoy , wen voiced , the objectors claiming to ex press the views of President Taft There was no objection to either of them personally , but It was urged , es pecially against Rainoy , that their al leged extreme partisanship would un lit them for a judicial Investigation. Democrats Stand Together. Against Rainey was cited acllvolyTn "stirring up trouble" for the republican administration In Panama canal mat ters. The matter will probably come up In the ' -'iiso today and It Is expect ed that ' A.i"'uoenitH to a man will vote to rOj ' $ . * ho republican cau cus action. It. f'to " 'v ' there Is the question which cou. fno answered last night , whether , tin. . ' 4fyIrcum - stances , Lloyd would cons'd/ -rve. White Slave Bill Dlscusseu. White the house was engaged In an extended debate on the Mann "white slave" hill , consideration of which will bo resumed today , the senate was doIng - Ing quick work In disposing of the Dis trict of Columbia appropriation bill carrying about $10,000,000. The benne also passed a resolution calling on the secretary of the navy to report whether during the present fiscal year any powder has been bought from a trust. The senate at 2:40 : o'clock adjourned until today , the house remaining in session until 4:45 : p. in. THE PHILADELPHIA STRIKE. Street Car Company Says Conciliation Already Carried Too Far. Philadelphia , Jan. 20. "If this city has another strike of streetcar em ployes it will bo because the company has forced It on its employes , " said C. O. Pratt , national organizer of the Amalgamated Association of Street and lOlectrlc railway employes today In an Interview with a representative of the Associated Press. Pratt has been bending every effort to.settle the threatened strike by arbitration. At his suggestion the local executive com mittee , which had been empowered by the men to call a strike , sent a letter to the company last night asking that the grievances of the men be adjusted by an arbitration committee. In reply the company sent a statement to the local newspapers in which it says : " carried conciliation "Wo have already tion so far that our discipline has suf fered to an extent no longer endurable. In the last week wo 1ms u received moro than 400 complaints from passengers sengors relating to disregard of rules by men on the cars. If discipline wore applied in these cases alone there would bo 400 moro grievances and If the committee's present request was granted 400 moro cases to arbitrate. " The company , however , promises to give the committee's request careful BOTHREJECf KNOX PLAN Japan and Russia Both Decline to Neu tralize Manchurlan Railway. Pekln , Jan. 20. Japan has notified China Informally through the Japa nese legation here that Japan and Rus sia with concerted action will decllno the proposition of the United Statec for the neutralization of Manchnrian railway. Japan charges China with bavins been responsible for the proposal and thus of having committed an act un friendly to the former. TRAINMEN'S ' DEMAND LOST NOT ONE EASTERN RAILROAD WILL GRANT INCREASES. BY TRAINMEN AND CONDUCTORS W. G. Lee , Head of the Trainmen , Makes This Official Announcement of the Result of the Demands Re cently Made Upon Managers. Cleveland , Jan. 20. Not one rail way In the eastern section of the Unit ed States or Canada accepted the de mand made by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen or the Order of Railway Conductors for an Increase In wages and uniform working conditions. This statement was made by W. G. Leo , head of the trainmen , at the head quarters of the trainmen here today. BANKERS HELD FOR PERJURY Walker and Duncan of South Cleve land Banking Co. , Indicted. Cleveland , Jan. 20. U. G. Walker , president , and W. D. Duncan , secre tary of the South Cleveland Banking company , which recently failed for moro than $1,000,000 , wore indicted by the grand Jury today charged with perjury. Defends Kentucky's Name. Washington , Jan. 20. Replying from the floor of the senate to a recently published newspaper article on night riding In Kentucky , Its causes and re sults , Senator Bradley of that state today uttered vigorous protest against what ho declared was the injustice and the falsity of the story. Ho took exception to the assertion In the article that conditions in Kentucky today are as lamentable as ho himself acknowledged In his speech they were In 1907 and during a portion of 1908. During that period , ho said , ho had denounced the disgraceful conditions , "and there Is no Kontucklan who loves his state , " ho added-"who has con doned thorn. " WON'T ' DROP U , P , MERGER TAFT ADMINISTRATION TURNS DOWN RAILROAD'S PLEA. WILL CONTINUE PROSECUTION Attorney General Wickersham An nounces That There Is Nothing Thus Far In His Investigation to Warrant Dropping the Government Suit. Washington , .Tan. 20. It was stated authoritatively that the government suit for the dissolution of the merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pa cific railways would not bo dropped. Attorney General Wickersham has found nothing so far In his Investiga tion to warrant such action. Taft Names Arizona Judges. Washington , Jan. 20.- The president today made the following nominations : Chief Justice of the supreme court of Arizona , Kdward Kent of Arizona. Associate Justice of the supreme court of Arizona , Fletcher M. Deal of Ari i zona. CAROLINA HAS ASYLUM SCANDAL FIFTEEN PATIENTS BATHED IN THE SAME BATH WATER. BURY DEAD AL'L IN ONE HEAP A South Carolina Commission Appoint ed to Investigate Insane Asylum Con ditions , Reports Grossest Violations of Health Rules. Columbia , S. C. , Jan. 20. Charges of the grossest violations of the ordinary rules of sanitation and decency and a Hinging arraignment of the board of regents Of the state hospital for the insane are contained in the reports of the commission appointed to investi gate the hospital , made public here to day. Without placing the Dlame on any particular person , th-i commission's report states the evidence shows : That fifteen patients of one ward were bathed in the same water In a batli tub. That the bodies of dead patients are burled one on top of another in the same lot. That cholera Ifogs and the dead are kept in the same lot ; and That the wards , even of the whlto women , arc overrun with vermin. The report also states that many at tendants are illiterate and brutal , nmii'cases of brutality being report ed and that the food served the pa tients Is badly prepared and is served in dirty , greasy tin dishes. Govern ment reports are quoted to show that In the South Carolina hospitals the death rate is the highest in the Unif" < l States. UNIONISTS KEEP GAINING Country Districts Give Unionists Not a Single Loss. London , Jan. 20. A succession of unionists' gains without n single loss marked the belated returns from yes terday's elections to parliament re ceived up to 1:30 : o'clock this after noon. At that hour the state of the parties was : Government coalition : Liberals 129 , Laborltes 23 , Irish nationalists 47. Opposition : Unionists 154. In today's returns received at the same hour the unionists had gained twelve liberal seats. Great Deal of Snow on Ground. Walnut , Neb. , Jan. 20. Special to The News : Old settlers In Knox coun ty are agreed that at no time since the winter of 1880-81 have we had so much snow. There seems to be about two feet on the level. There Is very little frost and as the snow came while there was no deep frost it Is molting continually and the ground Is getting the full benefit. There is still much corn in the field and as stock 1ms not had the run of fields more than half of the winter's supply of feed Is now con sumed. There Is good sleighing almost all of the time but the wind Saturday and Sunday made It necessary to do a great deal of work on the roads. One of the neighbors straightened his back after shoveling and made the remark that "Dog days will fix It fast. " ON WITH NIGARAGUAN WAR President Madrlz Estrada's Rejects Of fer Sends On An Army. Managua , Jan. 20. President Mad rlz announced today that General EH- trada's reply had served to end ab ruptly the peace negotiations and that reinforcements had bcon ordered to the front with the purpose of striking a decisive blow at the Insurgent army * . Generals Estrada and Chamorra have sent the following message through Rear Admiral Klmball to Pres ident Madrlz : "Hefore answering your message re garding the place of holding a ponce conference you must reply categorical ly to our message of the 17th lust. , In which we say Hint you must send peace commissioners , If prepared to agree to our conditions of peace , which are the recognition of the provisional government. " ROOSEVELT FOR SPEAKERSHIP THIS IS LATEST PLAN FOR GET TING HIS SERVICES. IS SAID HE CONSENTS TO RUN It Is Declared In Washington That Ex President Roosevelt Has Consented to Run for Congress In Oyster Bay District , If Make Speaker. J Washington , Jan. 20. Roosevelt for speaker of the house of representa- tives. This Is the latest decision reached as to "what shall be done with our ox- presidents , " according to a report that has spread among members of con gress. It is oven said that Mr. Roosevelt velt has agreed to run for congress in the district of Now York state in which Oyster Bay , his homo , is located. Tho' ' understanding that he would bo elect ed to the speakorship if ho runs Is , it Is declared , insisted on by Mr. Reese velt. Representative William Cox of the First district , according to the repre sentatives , Is willing to step down and out in favor of Mr. Roosevelt. TWO MILLIONS FOR HIS NAME BIG CHUNK OF PHONE STOCK IS SUED TO W. T. CONNORS. TELEGRAMS NET 3'/2 ' CENTS EACH Colonel Clowry , President of the Wes tern Union Telegraph Company , Testifies That the Average Profit per Dispatch has Been 3/2 ! Cents. New York , Jan. 20. Colonel Robert C. Clowry , president of the Western Union Telegraph company , on the wit ness stand , and the name of William .1. Connors of Buffalo , chairman of the democratic state committee , coupled with an alleged $2,000,000 stock trans fer , brightened the otherwise routine proceedings of the state legislature committee which is trying to deter mine the advisability of placing tele graph and telephone lines under the jurisdiction of the public service com mission. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the commission , State Senator George Davis , James B. O'Grady of Rochester , N. Y. , wants to know why Mr. Connors received from the promot ers of an Independent telephone com pany In Rochester $2,000,000 worth of stock gratis , as was charged in testi mony during recent litigation against the company. O'Grady , who Is counsel for certain stockholders In a suit against direc tors of the United States Independent Telephone company , In his letter quotes testimony as brought out In the suit at Rochester In which It was , ac cording to the writer , sworn by Albert O. Fenn , president of the Alliance Bank of Rochester , that he had issued a certificate of stock of the face value of $2,000,000 to William J. Connors of Buffalo , N. Y. , without any considera tion , at the request and under the di rection of Thomas W. Fiuucane , "be cause he ( Mr. Connors ) was an Influ ential man. " Flnucane is a democratic state committeeman. The committee took the matter un der advisement. The most Interesting things In Col onel dowry's testimony was that his company made an average profit of on ly ZV > cents per message during last year. The average price paid , he testi fied , was 32 cents ; the average cost to the company 28' cents. "What Is your opinion of the plac ing of public utilities under govern mental and state control ? " was asked. "I have not had any experience In that line but I would not object rea sonable control or regulation. The principle seems to me to be correct so far as our business Is concerned , " he replied. THE URUGUAY INSURRECTION Government Requisitions all Horses to Rob Rebels of Rides. Montevldio , Uruguay , Jan. 20. The Insurgents are reported to bo on the Argentine border today , still holding the position In which their presence was first learned. The Uruguayan gov ernment has taken the precaution of requisitioning all the horses In that vicinity so that in the event of an Invasion the rebels will bo unable to augument their transportation facili ties. PUZZLE FOR PHYSICIANS STRANGE CASE OF YOUNG WOMAN AT ABERDEEN , S. D. ' PRATTLES LIKE LITTLE BABE Mafaelous Change Takes Place In Her Condition After She Had Been Ap parently Dead Now Believed That She Will Recover. Aberdeen , S. D. , Jan. 20. One of the strangest cases In the medical his tory of South Dakota was made public by a local practicing osteopath today , the patient being Miss Genevieve Lit- clor Dearing , a resident of Florence , Colo. , aged 21. Ijisl spring Miss Dearing was taken with brain fe\er. Two and a half years previously she had been operat ed upon for appendicitis , but the op eration , It is claimed , was Improperly performed. These two caused her to be attacked with ascending paralysis , her condition having bcon aggravated by an attack of typhoid fever , which was not treated by physicians because her parents are Christian Scientists. Last year she was brought to a prom inent local osteopath for treatment. In October she was taken sick with pneumonia , and from that time on her condition continued to increase in gravity until , on Christmas day , she became blind , and at times was deaf and dumb as the attacks of paralysis waxed greater in violence. Appeared to Be Dead. Last Sunday morning she opened her eyes , called the members of the osteopath's family about her , bade them goodby , left a final word for her absent relatives , and dropped back upon the pillows , apparently dead. The doctor did not believe the rigor which had set in was that of death , however , and applied restoratives , succeeding in restoring the young woman to con sciousness. But as soon as this oc curred the bystanders saw that a mar velous change had taken place. Where before she had been unable to move her lower limbs or her loft hand or arm , because of the paralysis , she could move all her limbs freely. But she appeared as a mere babe , and has maintained that condition since. When approached by anyone she gurgles and coos In delight. She takes no nourish ment except milk from a bottle equip ped with a rubber nipple , and when hungry gives vent to her pangs in cries sucli as an infant uses. Today she began to use the expressions "mamma , " and "dada , " but she does not use any other words. Wasted tea a skeleton , since" her recovery from the apparent death of Sunday , she is gaining In flesh. The doctor's family , while at a loss to explain the occur rence , believe in a few months' time she will entirely recover her normal faculties. The young woman had , before the last development in her illness , a con siderable talent as an artist , and many articles painted by her , as well as many pieces of burnt wood , were sold at the church bazaars during the holi day season. The articles were paint ed or burned by the use of her right hand , while her body and remaining limbs were paralyzed. SENSATION ON WALL STREET Suspension of Roberts , Hall and Criss From Exchange Is Announced. New York , Jan. 20. The suspension of Roberts , Hall and Criss , brokers on the stock exchange , is announced. In a statement Issued by Mr. Criss the firm of Roberts , Hall and Criss acknowledged liabilities of $3,000,000. The amount of the assets la not as yet determined. GEBMANY STANDING PAT Federated German States Back Up Mother Country Against U. S. Berlin , Jan. 20. The Imperial minis- tery from time to time has communi cated to the government of the federa ted German states the progress of the tariff negotiations with the United States. All of the governments have Indicated their approval of the imper ial position that no concession can be made concerning the Importation of American meats and are in full ac cord with the terms and spirit of Germany's recent and definite reply to the American request. In view of the fact that American exports of meat are declining because of the high prices prevailing in the United States it is regarded hero as unreasonable that Washington should Insist upon concessions which must be extended to Germany's neighbors. Washington , Jan. 20. "No tariff con cessions are demanded from Germany that she does not already give to some other nations. " This statement was made by a high authority who added : "Recent special dispatches from Ber lin carry the impression that the Unit ed States is making such demands of Germany as to force the nation into a tariff war. "Thoro Is no foundation for such charge or assertion. The tariff law provides that countries that unduly discriminate against the United States In any treatment of her products , whether agricultural or manufactured , must after April 1 , pay the maximum tariff rate which that law provides. OF THE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hours. Forecast for Nebraska. Maximum 48 Minimum 2(1 ( j Average ; t7 | Barometer . . 2U)0 ! ) Chicago , Jan. 20.- The bulletin Is sued by the Chicago station of the United States weather bureau given the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Fair tonight and Friday ; colder to night. This law makes It mandatory to Insist that In mutters that affect the com merce of the United States equal op portunities be given American exports In foreign markets with competing commodities from other nations. "All that Is asked is equal treatment with our competitors. " ALL AN ERROR ABOUT PIE Representative Miller , Who First Kicked up Row , Saye a Word. ( Washington , Jan. 20. It was report ed that Miller of Minnesota , in trying to pry out some delayed postolllco , appointments , found that they were held up because ho was an Insurgent. ' Others had similar information , hut I Miller was the first to proclaim It. I President Taft entertained Mr. Mil ler at luncheon yesterday. Breaking bread together , the president showed MIllur that it was all a mistake. In surgents will got their postolllcos the same as the regulars. i Mr. Miller gave the following state ment as the result of his very pleas ant visit to the whlto house. "I bollovo I may say that no repub lican member who gives his honest and earnest support to the legislation redeeming the promises of the repub lican national platform will have oc casion to complain of the treatment that is accorded him on the question of patronage. "By that I understand that when it comes to patronage the republicanism of a member is not to be measured by attitude toward the speaker or the house rules. The subject of patron age was not under discussion while I was at the whlto house today hut I believe I secured a distinct idea as to the president's position toward con gress. He wants legislation. lie wants the country to have the laws the people have a right to expect after they elected a republican president and republican congress last year. Ho wants the pledges of the Chicago platform made good. Naturally , ho seeks and expects the co-operation of all republican meir.bcsboth' r In surgents or regulars , when other matters - tors are at issue in the house of the party. " President Taft made it clear to Representative Miller , as he has to the other callers. Just what legislation he is especially Interested In. While Mr. Miller does not assume to speak for the president or to quote him. It is his understanding that the admin istration is primarily concerned In see ing four measures passed the bill es tablishing a postal savings bank , the bill limiting the use of injunctions in labor disputes , the bill amending the interstate commerce law and the bill giving statehood to Arizona and New Mexico. The bills embodying the ad ministration's policy relative to con servation and the federal incorporation bill are not classed as legislation the republican party is specially pledged to enact and support or non-support of them will not bo made a test of party regularity. PAULHAN FLIES OUT OVER OCEAN ESTABLISHES NEW WORLD'S RECORD FOR AEROPLANES. CARRIES MANY PEOPLE INTO AIR The Frenchman Carries More People in One Day Than any Other Aviator Has Yet Done Flies from Aviation Field Out Over the Pacific. Aviation Field , Los Angeles , Jan. 20. By carrying one passenger in his bi plane on a 22-mile cross-country trip fi om aviation field to n point half a mile out over the ocean , by taking an other passenger on a 12-mllo flight over the fields and by taking three other passengers , one at a time on short flights , Louis Paulhan establish ed a new world's ' record for heavier- than-air machines. No other aviator has taken up so many passengers In ono day and no other aviator has taken a woman for r. high flight over Holds and woods and villages and surf for moro than twenty miles. SCORE ANTI-MEAT CRUSADE. Cleveland Labor Men Say That Is Not Solution to Problem. Cleveland , Jan. 20. The United Trades and Labor council hero de nounced the stand of 10,000 workingmen - men against the eating of meat and called on union laboring men to refuse to sign the anti-meat pledge. The true remedy , according to reso lutions adopted by the council , Is a demand for higher wages by working , men , In order they may buy the meat , and the establishment of u municipal slaughter house for the benefit of small butchers. TRAIN LEAPS DOWN MOUNTAIN FREIGHT ON MOFFAT ROAD TUM BLES DOWN STEEP HILL. THREE MEN KILLED , ONE DYING The Train Crashed Down the Moun tain at the Rate of Seventy Miles an Hour Jumps the Track and Plunges Down the Incline In Spasm. Denver. Jan. 20. Tearing down the mountain side at the rate of nearly seventy miles an hour , a freight train on the Moft'at road jumped the track at a point between Jenny Lake and An telope , near the summit of the range , early today and the entire train plung ed down the hill. Three men wow killed and another fatally Injured. WELLESLEY GIRLS LEND AID They Pledge $1,000 and Order 1,000 Shirtwaists from Strikers. Wellesley , Mass. , Jan. 20. The shirt waist strikers of New York received n substantial boost at Wellesley college - lego despite the protest of the faculty , when three Omaha girls , Nell Carpen ter , Corlnno Searle and Margaret Ken nedy , and 100 other Wellesley girl students pledged themselves to raise $1,000 for the strikers' cause and to place an order for 1,000 shirtwaists. The strikers sent a girl to talk to the college girls. She told their pa- tlietlc story. So deeply stirred were the college maids with "the common cause of womanhood , " as the strikers ] term their fight , that the fund was sub scribed in fifteen minutes while the pretty collegians cheered the Ne\v York working girls. The delegation was sent back to New York with an order for 1,000 shirtwaists to bo made at the co-operative factory of the strikers. Regardless of the attitude of the faculty , the girls are resolved to make , good their pledge. Miss VIvl Scudder , , one of the professors , urged the stu dents to stay their action but the ap peal of the working women touched the girls deeply and nothing could stem . the tide of substantial sympathy. The three Omaha girls mentioned , all belong to well known Omaha fam ilies. I I New York , Jan. 20. This part taken by women of means , refinement and education in supporting the striking girl shirtwaist makers was strongly criticised hero today in a petition sub mitted by the employers to the supreme premo court. ] "This strike would have been called off long ago , " says the petition , "if it had not been for the support of society women given to demonstrate women's power to fight for a cause and thus strengthen the equal suffrage move ment. It Is exceedingly difficult to understand what other motive these women can have for supporting an archy , mob rule and law breaking. " ' The employers ask that a temporary Injunction already granted which for bids the strikers from picketing a fac tory be made permanent. Justice Ger- hardt reserved decision. SAM SMALL HEARD FROM. Evangelist Who Mysteriously Left Wa terloo , la. , Is in London. Marshalltown , la. , Jan. 20. Rev. Sam Small , the well known lecturer , evangelist , writer and temperance or ator , who disappeared from Waterloo last June while editing the Golden West Magazine , has just been henrd from. Rev. Mr. Small Is now in Con don doing magazine work. The rather mysterious and unexpected departure of Mr. Small and family from Waterloo lee following Ills unsuccessful attempt to launch and keep alive the Golden West magazine , led many to believe that some 111 fate had overtaken him. j This belief was strengthened as months passed and nothing was heard from him. Kansan to Address Nebraska Rebels. ' Lincoln , Jan. 20.- Attorney General Fred S. Jackson of Kansas will ad dress the Nebraska republican insur gents here tonight. Mayor Love will preside. Laboring men have been urg ed to attend the meeting. It is prob able that no resolutions will bo passed. GOVERNORS STILL DISCUSS. Irrigation , Extradition , Mining and Di vorce Topics of Day's Session. Washington , Jan. 20. Irrigation , ex tradition , mining and divorce were the i questions on which four governors I spoke at this morning's session of the governors' conference. Governor Brady - ( dy of Idaho talked of Irrigation. Gov ernor Ansel of South Carolina followed with an address on extradition. Min ing was the topic of Governor Sloan of Arizona. The further and last ad dress of the morning was by Governor Carroll of Iowa on the divorce ques tion. The formal addresses were fol lowed by discussion of each of the questions. The governors were guests last night at a dinner at the whlto house.