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    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL.
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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.