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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY N EWS JOURNAL , , , " , NORFOLK NK1IHAHKA Fill DAY FKHKI'AKY IS 1SMO DAVIS MAKES RED HOT SPEECH LIKE TO SEE JOHN D. WRAPPED IN FLAMES OF HELL. ACCUSES SENATOR OWEN , ALSO Charging Senator Owen of Arkansas With Being Interested In the Stan dard OH Company , Arkansas Senator Make * Speech "Hot off the Bat. " Washington , Fob. 17. Charging Sen ator Owen of Oklahoma with being In terested In tlio affairs of the Standard Oil company and Haying that ho would llko to BOO John D. Rockefeller "wrap- pod In tlio flames of hell , " Senator Jeff DuvlH of ArkaiiBiiH today made n Hpooch In the Honato which wan fitting ly characterized by him au "red hot and right off the bat. " Owen Working for Oil Bill. The Hpeoch wan made apropos of the offortn of Mr. Owen to have passed n general bill giving right of way through the public lands of Arkansas ! for a gas pipe line. Mr. Davis assorted that the bill watt ID the interest of the Pralrio Crook company which , ho said , was a brunch of the Standard Oil company. Michigan Senator Very III. Washington , Fob. 17. Senator Wll- FIRE IN MADISON ARMORY Flames Checked Before Reaching Am munition Uniforms Ruined. Madison , Nob. . Feb. 17.--Spocinl to The News : Flro In the armory of the Madison mllltla company , Company F , did about $ fiOO damage to the building last night when the janitor left the armory with a red hot lire In the stove , lias exploded , It Is supposed. Uniforms and ammunition were ruined by smoke and water. The fire was checked by the tlmoly arrival of the lire department before the llame reached the ammunition. PLAN TRIUMPHAL ' " " ! FOR TEDDY ROOIJEVELT ° % * ASKED TO COME BY W. ° % FRISCO , BONFILS CARRIES INVITATION Denver Newspaper Man Leaves Chica go for Africa to Meet Former Presi dent and Urge Him to Return Home by Way of the Golden Gate. Chicago , Fob. 17. Frederick 0. Don- flls of the Denver Post left Chicago for New York today on his way to Khartoum to meet former President A BLOT UPON NORFOLK'S ' PROGRESSIVENESS The present mud hole which serves Norfolk as a main business Direct , has long been a blot upon the city's enterprise and progressive- ness. To strangers In the city , this offensive business thoroughfare , looking more like the cattle yard than the main street of the commer cial metropolis of a vast territory including half of two states , pro- Hunts mi unfavorable picture which they never forget. They go away wondering what's the matter with the town. Peoplu Who como to Norfolk gain their llrst impression of the city from the main street. And It's the llrst Impression that sticks. It's bad any time , and particularly bad In wet weather. It gives anybody the blues to look at Norfolk avenue on a rainy day , or on a windy day , or on a warm day In spring , or on any day three or four weeks i'Ho ' tain. It's a disgrace a positive abomination. It's a shame upon the city that can't be shaken off until we pave. All of the effect of our enterprise in other directions is killed by this one mud-stain upon the city. People forget our splendid public Hchools , our beautiful homes , our magnillcent federal building , our state institution , our excellent sewer system , our two million dollar bank deposits they forget all those things and inqrc , for the reason that all the town's favorable points are plastered over with the iilthy mud of Norfolk avenue. The paving will mean a now spirit for improvement and for enter prise. It will serve to show that the town has faith in Itself and self V respect and pride. And Nortolk can never lift its head In the air and look the world squar'ely'ln the 'eye Until'it Ifas shoWif-eutwrprlso enough to'dress up. Ham Alden Smith is seriously ill with appendicitis and it has been decided nn operation iu necessary. A surgeon from Grand Hapids , Mich. , has been telegraphed to como. FATAL POWDER MILL BLOW-UP \ More Than a Score of Employes In California Plant Thought Dead. Oakland. Calif. , Fob. 17. More than n score of employes of the Trojan Pow der works at San Lorenzo are believed to have boon killed or injured today In an explosion which wrecked the plant. The buildings are in flames and the town In a state of panic. The explosion was felt at a distance of over twenty miles. 88 SHIP VICTIMS SAVED Those Left on Wrecked British Boal In Straight of Magellan. Quellon , Chile. Feb. 17. The Chilean tug boat Plsagua , arriving here , re ports that the Chilean cruiser Minis- tore Zenteno haa rescued the eighty- eight persons who had been left on the wreck of the British steamer Lima In the Huamblln passage , strait of Ma gellan. Alaska Steamer Sinks. Juncnu , Alaska , Fob. 17. The Alas ka Steamship company's steamship Yucatan struck an iceberg in Icy straight yesterday during n snow storm and sank in six fathoms of water. The sixty-five passengers and the crow were landed on Chlcagoff Island and will bo brought to Juncnu today. To Discuss Postal Savings. Washington , Feb. 17. The confer ence of republican lenders of the sen ate which was agreed upon yesterday , for the purpose of harmonizing con flicting amendments to the postal sav ings bank bill , Is to bo held today af ter the senate adjourns. Refuse Wage Increase. Detroit , Mich. , Feb. 17. The request for a iO percent increase in their wage scale by the live marine labor organ izations was refused by the executive committee of Dredge Owners Protec tive association. The organization then submitted n schedule for the 10 percent increase after July 1 , the pres ent schedule to be in effect until then. The owners will confer on thla propo sition today. Suspended From Wall Street. New York , Feb. 17. The governors of the stock exchange declared that the failure of Lathrop Hasklns and company on January 19 , was caused by reckless and unbusinesslike dealings and that Henry S. Hasklns , the board member of the firm , Is ineligible for re instatement as a member of the ex change. The firm of Lathrop , Hasklns and company was involved in the Hocking coal pool. Uoosovclt. Mr. Bonfils , who carries with him credentials from almost cry chamber of commerce between Kansas City and the Pacific coast , will urge Mr. Uoosovelt to return to this country through Russia and the Phil Ipplnes , making his entry at San Fran clsco. The program which is to be suggest ed to Mr. Roosevelt will not Interfere with his present arrangements in Ku rope , but ho will be asked after the conclusion of his lectures in England to turn toward the east again for the purpose of visiting Japan and the Phil Ipplnes In order to acquaint himself thoroughly with the existing conditions In the Pacific. Mr. Uonfils will sail from New York on Saturday. He will be accompanied by George Creel , n member of his Den ver staff. BARRED NEGROES FROM A JURY. An Insult to Ask White Man to Sit With Them , Oklahoma Judge Said. Muskogee , Okla. , Feb. 17. Judge John H. Pitchford dismissed a jury at Wagoner today because there were four negroes on the panel , and ordered another venire. This is the llrst time such action has ever been taken in the state. : Judge Pitchford is a democrat. He was transferred from Taloquah to Wagoner to try cases In the place of Judge John II. King. When he found four negroes upon the regular jury Judge Pitchford told them that they would be excused. One , a negro preacher , demanded whether they were dismissed because they were negroes ; the judge told him the court had the right to dismiss any juror ho saw lit and that ho did not propose to have any questions asked. Ho said that in this * state the law provides that the negroes shall ride in trains , on street cars separately , at tend separate schools , eat at separate tables and that ho did not propose to Insult white men by making them servo on the jury with negroes. The matter has caused Intense ex citement In Wagoner county , where nearly one-half of the population are negroes , and where until today ne groes have sat on juries without ques tion. Navy Life Not Attractive. Boston , Feb. 17. A resolution peti tioning congress to appoint a commit tee of civilians who were in no way connected with the navy department to investigate condition in the navy and the treatment of enlisted men by their superior officers , was adopted by the executive board of a national or ganization , Blue Jackets Friends. The society believes the fact that but 17 per cent of all the men who enlist serve a second term and only 4 per cent a third , traceable to the treat ment of enlisted men by the superior officers , HOGS NEVER WERE HIGHER RECORD PRICE , $9.40 , FEACHED IN CHICAGO MARKET. AND SOUTH OMAHA PAYS $9.40 Thursday Sees Hogs Reach the High est Price Ever Paid In the Hlotory of America Equalled Once In Chicago In 1870 $9 in Sioux City. Chicago , Feb. 17. Live hogs at the stock yards today touched a record price , unequalled since 1870 , selling at I'.t.'lO a hundred. Omaha , Feb. 17. The highest price record for hogs In the South Omaha market was again raised today when host heavy hogs brought $9.05 per hun dred pounds. Sioux City , la. , Fob. 17. Hogs made a now high record hero today , touchIng - Ing $9.00 , 15 cents over previous high marks. St. Joe , Feb. 17. The highest price over paid for hogs on the local market was that today of StUL'Vfc per hundred pounds. 24 Below in Wisconsin. New Richmond , Wis. , Feb. 17. Till is the coldest day of the season twenty-four below zero. Car Ferry Towed In. Grand Haven , Mich. , Feb. 17. Th steamer Milwaukee , which arrived of this port , towed the car ferry Gran Haven into the harbor. The Grnn Haven immediately made preparatioi : for going out on her regular trip t < Milwaukee. Her machinery was no damaged. SPLITS NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS. Bryan's Edict Has Effect of Tearing Party to Pieces. Omaha , Feb. 17. The declaration o William J. Bryan for county option as the best and most logical method o regulating the liquor trallle in Nebraska ka has brought the democratic party of the state to the parting of the ways It Is conceded that the Bryan follow Ing , whatever It may , will start out era a trail that heretofore has been un blazed by any largo portion of the Ne braska democrats , while a large man her of the leaders and a goodly portion of the rank and file will follow the wpl trodden path of the past , on which are numerous guide posts , all emblazoned with the words , "We arc advocates of personal liberty. " While the declaration of Mr. Bryan was not wholly unexpected , when It did comb It sent a shiver up and down the spine of the entire party of the state , and , according to the leaders of both factions , It has caused a split that Is bound to grow wider as time passes and ultimately disrupt Nebraska de mocracy. It has suddenly brought two new party lenders into the limelight and to them the members of the two factions are looking for relief and so lace. lace.With With Bryan out squarely for county option , Richard L. Metcalfe , editor of the Bryan paper , becomes the Bryan mouthpiece and the man who is to shape up and outline the Bryan plan of campaign. On the other hand , the Bryan declaration suddenly elevates James C. Dahlman , mayor of Omaha , to the position of a Moses to lead the liberal element of the party awny from what he designates as "the wilderness into which Bryan would conduct the lemocrats. " For several months , and In fact be- 'ore Mr. Bryan departed on his South \mericnn trip , Metcalfe has been sounding the democratic lenders in ho different counties of the state , as certaining bow they and the people generally fool with reference to the ounty option question. While the ex- iresslons of sentiment have been di vided , he has discovered that In the arger towns there is a large propor- Ion who are opposed to the move , pro- 'erring the high license plan in the fu- uro as in the past. In the country he Inds that the sentiment is almost unl- ' in favor of wiping out the sa- oons. They contend that this Is the > nly thing that will forestall and put iff state-wide prohibition , which they leclaro Is bound to come Inside of ton ears. James C. Dahlmnn , who now has the ight to be recognized as the leader of ho anti-county-option faction of the lomocratic party , does not believe that ho now position assumed by Mr. Bry- in can bo carried through nt the com- ng election. In discussing the propo- Itlon , ho says that the Bryan move- nent will win over some republicans , iut ho will lose a great number of dem- icrats who have been his supporters m every measure that ho has hereto- ii ore advocated , adding : "Our party is composed very largely if the so-called liberal element , and nen with that belief will not follow Ir. Bryan , or anybody else , into the amp of the county optionlsts. I shall osltlvoly maintain my position and o all I can to defeat any such propo- Itlon. " The position taken by Mr. Bryan has ad the result of fracturing all of the olltlcal slates that have heretofore eon made and no man , no matter how rise he may be , can toll just what larklngs nro upon thorn. In the democratic camp the Bryan announcement has suddenly boostei the stock of G. M. Hitchcock nut .rallies C. Dahlman , both of Omaha , nt candidates for senator and governor respectively , of the liberal faction. II has practically eliminated Govornot Slmllonbergor and put him over on the Bryan side of the fence , owing to the fact that he was responsible for the S o'clock closing law , which , llrst , last and all the time , was opposed by Dahl- i man. As candidates of the county op- tlonlsts It has suddenly brought Rich ard L. Metcalfo of Lincoln prominent ly before the people as a candidate for senator and Otto C. Lobock of Omaha na tlio choice for governor , with n pos sibility that Governor Shallenborgcr may bo endorsed as tlio optlonist can didate for the senate. The now democratic departure has set tlio republicans to guessing as to what Is going to happen In their own party. Heretofore William A. Hayward - ward of Nebraska City has been look ed upon as the logical candidate for. governor. Ho Is recognized as belong ing to the liberal element , but now he is going to have opposition in the per son of Mayor Love of Lincoln , who has boon succosHftil In making the capital n strictly prohibition town during his administration. For senator , Burkctt , the present Incumbent , has the undi vided support of the liberals , but the county option proposition has sudden ly developed George Sheldon as a prominent candidate of the republicans who would throw closer restrictions around the saloons. Sheldon preceded Shnllonbergor as governor , and if he goes into the campaign will bo a vig orous vote-getter. SNOW COVERS SUNNY SOOTH TWO INCHES OF SLEET IN TEN NESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI. COLDEST IN YEARS IN OKLAHOMA The Weather In Texas Is Clear But Cold Twenty-four Degrees Below Zero In Wisconsin , the Coldest Day of the Winter There. Memphis , Term. , Fob. 17. On the heels of spring-like weather the cen tral south and southwest today Is covered with sleet and snow. Mem phis Is covered with two inches of sleet which fell during the night and it was , still snowing today. In north ern Mississippi and central Arkansas practically the same conditions pre vail , while the extreme northwestern section of Arkansas reports n snow fall of ten Inches. In southwestern Texas the weather is clear but cold. Oklahoma points re port to coldest weather in years. STORM MOVING EASTWARD Gentle Spring in Atlantic States Will Take to Cover Tonight. Washington , Feb. 17. Gentle spring , which ventured abroad in the Atlantic states yesterday and today , will be running for cover by tonight , ahead of a snow and sleet storm which has tak en a flying start over the eastern gulf states and is moving northeast rapidly. The eastern Atlantic states will bo un der its Influence by tonight or tomor row morning , at the latest , the weather bureau forecasters say. This morning at Brownsville , Tex. , at the mouth of the Rio Grande , the temperature is below freezing and the mercury is registering 20 to 30 below In the northwest. A sleet storm Is central over the Mississippi valley and mow is tailing over the Ohio valley. TRIAL IS ON AT AINSWORTH 3EFcNSE HINTS IT MAY THROW SUSPICION ON ANOTHER. 3LOOD STAINS ON MONEY COUNT 'rofessor Thorpe , Dean of the College of Chemistry of Creighton Univer sity , Omaha , Is There to Testify as to the Blood Marks. Ainsworth , Neb. , Feb. 17. Special 0 The News : The work of taking ovi- : once in the Davis murder case began n earnest Wednesday morning. Noth- ig but circumstantial evidence has yet icon offered. One line thrown out by the detense 3 to suggest that the killing was done ' s y some one else , and an effort Is be- s ng made to direct suspicion against nether party who was In the Davis 001 hall that evening. professor Thorpe , dean of tlio Col- ago of Pharmacy of Creighton iinlverr Ity , Omaha , is here to testify as to $ lie blood stains found on the money p n Wilson's person at the time of his t rrest. i c The jury was secured after two d ays' session. g Tuesday Wilson's , or rather Rlfcnt urg's wife , cnmo with her baby. This I i tlio woman and child that ho desert-1 d at Fort Mead. She Is rather a' ' o andsome , fair haired Swede woman v nd the baby is particularly bright a HYDE ACCUSED AS MURDERER PAXTON FILES SENSATIONAL RE PLY TO HYDE'S DEMAND. TYPHOID GERMS AS A METHOD For the First Time the Open Accusa tion Is Made In Court That Dr. Hyde Murdered Two Swopes and Tried to Kill Others of Estate. i Kansas City , Fob. 17. John G. Paxton - ton , in n sensational answer filed in circuit court at Independence today , accuses Dr. Hyde of bad faith In try ing to secure evidence In his ( Pax- ton's ) possession "tending , " the an swer roads , "to prove that the plain tiff has inurdered by the administra tion of poison , Thomas II. Swop e and Chrlsman Swopo ; has also attempted to poison Margaret Swope and by the same kind of treatment had communi cated to the members of the Swope family typhoid fever. " Tills was the first time that Dr. Hyde had been openly charged with communicating typhoid fever to the members of the Swopo family. l Mr. Pnxton's amended answer was filed in connection with a motion filed by Dr. Hyde's attorneys to compel Paxton - ton to Include In his deposition In a civil suit letters or other communlcn lions he had received from Dr. Lud wig Hektoon of Chicago. After hearing the arguments in the cnso the court overruled the motion filed by Dr. Hyde's attorneys. Guerilla Warfare In Nicaragua. Managua , Feb. 17. General Chamor- ro , according to advices received here , suddenly abandoned his march south ward and unexpectedly appeared at Dionlsio , fifteen miles to the east of Terrabona. He then disappeared com pletely. A division under Lara has been sent to cut off his escape through Chontales , which appears to be his ob jective point. General Rlvas is be lieved to be close on bis heels. The movements are degenerating into guer rilla warfare. Chamorro's great han dicap is the lack of ammunition. He is also without heavy artillery. MISS ELKlNS MAY RECOVER Girl Who Shot Herself at Kansas City , Passed Fairly Good Night. Kansas City , Fob. 17. Miss Agnes Elklns , niece of United States Senator Elklns of West Virginia who shot her self nt a local hotel yesterday , was much improved today and her physi cian believed that she would recover. Miss Elkins passed a fairly good night and seemed cheerful today. HURT IN DAKOTA WRECK. Eight People Injured , Nobody Killed , When Cars Tip Over. Madison , S. D. , Feb. 17. The Chicago cage , .Milwaukee & St. Paul passen ger train which left hero at 1 o'clock a. m. , for Sioux City was wrecked by a broken rail four miles south of here. The two passenger coaches left the track , turned over and wore dragged i. forty rods. No one was killed but ! eight wore Injured , they are : Mrs. Carl Bunte , Rock Rapids , In. , head and hip crushed. H. L. Rock , Chester , S. D. , hip and wrist bruised. A. H. Bailey , Minneapolis , oar cut. R. A. Schollinglaw , Dubuque , la. , hip and check bruised. Martin Johns , Madison , S. D. , hand crushed. W. F. Shattuck , Madison , S. D. , ear torn off. L. H. Staloy , Chester , S. D. , head and hand injured. The injured were all taken to the Madison hospital. TALL ACTRESS TO VAUDEVILLE. A Monologue Stunt Will Be Tried by Lillian Lee. New York , Feb. 17. Lillian Lee , ivho has been the comedy hit of mi- norous Broadway musical productions n the last two years , has decided to : ipply for vaudeville bookings. She ft'lll get them , too , for she tried a mon- jlogue last Saturday night that had i .lie audience laughing so much at fi .linos she had to stop until quiet was if estorcd. I ft Miss Lee's most recent Broadway' ' ) ) success was in the shoo store scene of n 'The Midnight Sons , " where she made ho ordinary feat of trying on shoes a icreamlngly ludicrous scone. Since leaving that company she has ti jeen diligently rehearsing a mono- oguo , new songs written especially to vi mit her personality and now talk ' icconipnny the songs. | | H Miss Leo Is so tall that at ,0110 time | < : ihe announced that she would quit the oi itago because her height was a drawfii tack. I tc Russians Being Falsely Lured. , ' St. Petersburg , Fob. 17. The jour- ml of commerce and Industry , the oran - ' ; an of the ministry of Franco , today irlnts a warning to Russian immigrnr Ion agents who promise high wages ai m the farms of Hawaii and other conn | lltlons favorable to Russian Iniml- ( ] , ; rnnts , The paper cites the appeal of he llrst party of immigrants arriving n Hawaii to the Russian consul at. rokohoma asking assistance in vlowjn | if their miserable condition. Hain mllan Immigration agents are active it mong the colonists in Manchuria. g < CONDITION OF m WfATHtR Temperature for Twenty-four Houri. Forecast for Nebraska Maximum . 9 Minimum . . . . . S Average . 0 Barometer . HO.Sti , Chicago , Feb. 17.The bulletin Issued - sued by the Chicago station of the ' United States weather bureau glvos the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Partly cloudy tonight and Friday ; slowly rising temperature. ITAFT IGNORES F , HITCHCOCK PRESIDENT APPOINTS INSURGENT OVER POSTMASTER GENERAL. AND INSURGENTS ARE ELATED The Story is That Postmaster General Hitchcock Held up the Appointment of George C. True of Oskaloosa , la- , But Taft Names Him. Washington , Feb. 17. Insurgent members of the house are elated over a report generally circulated that Pres ident Taft has overruled Postmaster General Hitchcock again in the sus pension of nn appointment of n post master recommended by an insurgent republican congressman. The story Is that after a spirited con troversy lasting some weeks the presi dent sent to the senate the nomination of George C. True as postmaster at Oskaloosa , la. , who had been recom mended by Representative Kendall but disapproved by Mr. Hitchcock. It is reported that Mr. Kendall protested to the white house that Mr. Hitchcock was discriminating against him and that alter two calls the president told Mr. Hitchcock lie would appoint True. SHOOT TWO FOR $10 Bowery Desperadoes in New York Hold Up Men In Saloon. Now York , Feb. 17. Two despera does with drawn revolvers raided the obby of the Wavorly hotel on tlio Bo\v- > ry today , shot down and probably 'atally wounded Fred Devlin , a guest , iVho , when they demanded money for Irlnks , was only able to produce a lime , and then held up an ; ' . ' . /'Micd the ? Ierk of the night receipts. Iss I than MO all told was the result of the iold-up and murder. The men ran 'rom the hotel after snooting and ills- ippeared. Devlin died this morning. SOOTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCE Charles W. Merritt a former meat nan nt Lamro who is serving six nontas' sentence in the Minnchaha 'oimty ' jnll and who in addition was ined $500 by the United States fed- sral court , Is the first man convicted n South Dakota under a United States itatute which prohibits Indians selling ssue stock or their increases to white nen without a written permit from he Indian agent. The storm , which started at Huron arly Tuesday morning , developed into lie fiercest blizzard there in twenty- Ive years. Other towns in South Da- iota report similar experience. No rains reached Aberdeen. Pierre was aught by the blizzard , but toward vcnlng the storm lost Its strength hero. STONE REPLIES TO HADLEY. I f > ays Recount Is Impossible ; Puts Question Up to Governor. Washington , Feb. 17. Answering a barge made by Governor Hadloy of llssouri that Senator Stone of that j j tate was not honestly elected to the i 'i 'nltod ' States senate and that there' ' t hould be a recount of ballots , Senator u , tone declared that "such a recount o s Governor Hadloy proposed Is im- r osslbly nt this time because ho knows v would bo vlolatlve of the constitut ' ; on and statutes of the states. " Senator Stone in a prepared state- lent asked significantly if "Governor u ladley can point out a way which a' ' r ill legal Investigation can be had and ' n ' it is had and the finding is in my j c ivor , will ho resign the governorship . s < ecauso of false and malicious state- touts and pay the costs ? " American Tramps Deported. New Orleans Fob. . , 17. All American n amps will have to leave the east Oi last of Nicaragua according to ad- j C Ices received hero today. An order' ' ci > this effect , it Is stated , have boon ci ibiied by General " ' Estrada , "provls- inal" president , upon the suggestion ' ci f American Consul Moffatt at Bluetl plds. American tramps , It Is claimn : 1 , have been proving a disturbing fncF ir In Nicaragua , being responsible for cl 'oquont brawls. i ti m Roosevelt Reaches Upper Nile. S ( Gondokoro , Upper Nile , Fob. 17. tli nlonel Roosevelt , Kermlt Roosevelt id other members of the Smlthsonc < n African expedition arrived hero tof < ly. All are well. Grand Jury Calls Packing Official , Chicago , Fob. 17. The federal grand ( | i iry which is investigating conditions c i the packing industry called before m Thomas Hoops , a department nmnaid sr for Morris and company. tl HURL BOMB AT RESORT CHICAGO UNDERWORLD WAR GETS INTO DYNAMITE STAGE. IS RESULT OF RECENT TRIALS The Second Bomb That Has Been Set Under a Chicago Resort Building , Was Set Off Thursday In Effort to Wreck Witness' Place. ( nlcngo , Fob. 17. An echo of the war between residents of west sldo resorts occured today when an attempt was made to wreck with a bomb a three-story building. The building Iu owned by Max I'ltinuiier , who leased It to Michael Heltlor , both of whom ll.Mircd prominently at the trial of Police Inspector Edward McCann , This is the second bomb thrown In the underworld war , which haii boon raging ever since the conviction of the police Inspector. The explosion followed closely that which damaged a building owned by Louis and Julius Frank. The Frank brothers wore also Important witnesses In the McCaim trial. No arrests have boon made. ILLINOIS PAROLE LAW INVALID. A Number of Prominent Convicts May be Returned to Prison. Springfield , 111. , Fob. 17.-Tho Illi nois supreme court held ttmt the state parole law of 1899 was Invalid. Judge Vlckors stated that persons who arc out on parole would have to go into court with the parole which had been granted thorn by the state board of pardons and ask the court for a dis charge on pnrolo. Then Governor Do- lu'c'ii must approve the action of the court. This is , under the law of 1897 which the supreme court holds Is In force after de-daring the law 01 1899 invalid. The decision In substance moans that the board of pardons is stripped of some of its most important powers , chiefly the releasing of penitentiary prisoners without the approval of the judge by whom they wore sentenced , that felons serving Indeterminate terms in state penal institutions for the crime of manslaughter which was included in the application of the act nf 18UO are serving sentence under a law that docs not exist. That defendants tried , convicted and sentenced under the pnrolo act of 1899 , now In prison , may be taken back to their respective trial courts and re instated. Numerous petitions probably will be Illed on behalf of persons now In the penitentiary for writs of haheaiiH cor- > us , Thtt-followlng - convicts paroled ' 'rom the Joliel penitentiary under the aw of 1899 face the possibility of bo ng returned to prison : John A. Cook , former circuit court 'k-rk ; Paul O. Stonsland , former presi- lent of the Milwaukee Avenue State mnk ; Henry W. Ik-ring , former casher - or of the Milwaukee Avenue State mnk ; Evelyn DeRoddka , connected vitii a prominent Milwaukee avenue nmily , convicted of burglary. Drop Dougherty Case. Joilet , III. . Fob. 17. The parole > oard dropped the hearing of the ) ougherty case on receipt of the sU- iremo court decision regarding uncon- titutlonality. A Boundary Quarrel With Mexico. Austin , Tex. , Feb. 17. As a result of i visit from R. H. Ward of San An- onlo , attorney for the city council of 31 Paso , Goverhor Campbell addressed . letter to President Taft calling his ttention to the necessity of a prompt ettloment of the boundary line dls- nito between the United States and lexico affecting n portion of EI Paso , 'he territory in dispute has a popula- Ion of about f > ,000 , with taxable val- cs of $ u,000QOO , and has been Invad- d by squatters claiming property Ignis under Mexican authority and , 'ho threaten the use of arms to hold ho land they have seized. The feder- 1 and state courts are exercising crlm- nal jurisdiction In the territory in uostion , but the federal courts have Gcontly , at tlio request of the depart- lent of Justice , suspended the oxer- ise of civil jurisdiction providing a ottlement of the boundary contro- ersy. Two Million Trust Fund Upheld. Springfield , 111. , Fob. 17. The , 1111- ols supreme court uphold the $2,000- DO trust fund created by the will of olonol John Warner of Clinton and antlnuod his son , former Commission- r of Pensions Vospnscian Warner , as ilmlnistrntor. Tlio verdict of the clr- ult court of Dowitt county declaring 10 trust invalid was reversed and re- landed. Mlnnlo Warner , mother , and lora Warner Bell , sister of Vospasl- Ian Warner , had contended that the ust was invalid as the will might [ > vor be probated and the circuit court i decreed and ordered n division of 10 real estate In the trust. Under this [ > w decision Vonpnsclan Warner will jiitlnuo to administer the property ir ton years. French Carnegie Commission. Paris , Fob. 17. The Inaugural meet- ig of the French commission of the nrncglo hero fund was hold in the ilnlstry of the Interior. Former Pros- lent Loubet was * elected president at 10 commission.