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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS = JOURNAL. . , , , , . NORFOLK. N'KUKASKA FIIIDAY Al'Ulh 1- > 1 ! 10. SAYS TAFT IS IN WITH * TRUST CONGRESSMAN RAINEY BITTERLY DENOUNCES PRESIDENT. TAFT BROTHER TRUST LAWYER The American Sugar Refining Com pany Denounced as "The Most Cor rupt and Rotten Trust Ever Created by Protective Tariff System. " Washington , April 14. In delivering a scathing denunciation or the Ameri can Sugar Rellnlng Company , In the house of representatives today Rep resentative Ralnoy of Illinois did not hestltato to make hold suggestions concerning "that most corrupt and rot ten trust ever created by the protec tive tariff system" and President Taft , Attorney General Wickershnm , and Henry W. Taft , brother of the presi dent. dent.Mr. Mr. Ralnoy referred to President Taft'H message sent to congress about a year ago In which the president ad vised against an investigation of the frauds bv concress for the rea- TRAIN HIIS TOURING GAR One Woman Killed , One Seriously Hurt , One Fatally , In Accident. Meridian , Conn. , April II. Ono wo man was killed , another woman ser iously Injured and another probably fatally hurt early today when a southbound - bound passenger train on thy New York , New Haven and Hartford rail road struck H largo touring car In which the three- were riding. L AN IDEA v . * * " n ENDORSED NEBRASK * DOMINATES BAN QUET BY ABSENT TREATMENT. VOTE FOR INCOME TAX MOVE John Temple Graves Injects a Sensa tional Feature Into the Banquet When He Offers Hearst's Support for Coming Campaign. Washington , April 14. Congress man Clayton read the letter from Mr. Urvan. written from Sao Paulo. Brazil. Maybe Northwestern Directors Don't Realize the Situation Possibly Northwestern railroad directors don't realize the fact that they're slighting Norfolk by not running trains uptown , as they should. They may not realize that a city has grown up here which Is en titled to main line train service. Maybe they don't know how much It would mean to Norfolk. How would it be for "a " delegation of Norfolk business men to go to Chicago and explain the condition ? A mere statement of the facts of the case ought to be enough , If the Northwestern people are Inclined to be fair with Norfolk , to got those trains. It's hard to believe that they can understand the situation and still bo willing to do so unfair a thing as they are doing every day , by bringing Norfolk trains to within a mile of. the town and dumping them off there. They're not treating Norfolk right , and tnuyhe they iiilght , if It were impressed upon them. son that "It might , by giving immuni ty and otherwise , prove an embarrass ment in securing conviction of the guilty parties. " Reviewing the history of the sugar N trust , and especially recent fraudu lent acts In undcrweighlng raw sugar for the purpose of defrauding the gov ernment of millions of revenue , Sir. Rainey said : Names . "Sugar Trust" Men. "The situation in brief is as fol- lows : "Prominent stockholders and direc tors of the , sugar trust are In grave danger , or at least they were , not long ago ; the doors of our peniten tiaries were opening for many of them. They have , however , succeeded , through their control of the republi can pary , In bringing about this most delightful arrangement : "The attorney general of the United States was until his appointment a sugar trust attorney , familiar with the methods of the sugar trust , exhibit ing even now a remarkable sympathy for its officials in their difficulties. "The general counsel for the sugar trust is an ex-assistant attorney gen eral of the United States , loyal to the republican party , familiar with the methods and with the secrets of the attorney general's office. "The brother of the president of the United States Is one of the at torneys for the sugar trust. "J. F. Parsons , the father of the ex-president of the New York County Republican committee , is under Indict ment on account of his offense against the law In Philadelphia. "And the president of the United States has advised against a congres sional Investigation of the sugar trust , for the reason that it might prove embarrassing. "Tho last of the frauds committed by the sugar trust occurred on the 20th day of November , 1907. The statute of limitation is running every day and will soon become a complete bar against any criminal prosecution that may bo brought. The republican party is charged with the administra tion of affairs in tills house. Two hundred and nineteen republican mem bers sit on the other side of this chamber , and since the message of the president of the United States was read in this house , not one of them has lifted his voice against the sugar trust or In favor of an Investigation by congress. " In n carefully prepared speech Mr. Mainey proceeded to review many in cidents in the career of the sugar trust which ho declared reached out through political parties and corrupt ed men "as no other law defying cor poration has ever been able to do. " Has Stolen Millions. "For fourteen years , through Its al most absolute management and con trol of the republican party , " declared .Mr. Rainey , "tho sugar trust has been able to wreck great financial Institu tions ; It has been able to shape tar iff schedules , through tariff schedules framed to suit Us purposes , It has been able to steal Indirectly from the people ple ; and , by bribing republican offi cials , It has been able to steal direct ly from the treasury of the United States untold millions of dollars. " MOURNED AS DEAD SIX YEARS. Mlllvllle , N. J. . April 14. Mrs. Wil Ham Sharp was amazed when her hus band , whom she had mourned as dead for six years , arrived home in the best of health and with plenty of money last night. to the banqueters who remained to a late hour last night. When he read , quoting from Mr. Bryan , "I take It for granted that your gathering will not adjourn without the adoption of a resolution elution urging a ratification by all states of the Income tax amendment to the federal legislation , " Mr. Clay ton asked that if tiiere was a man In the room who opposed It , to "speak now or forever hold his peace. " Representative Rufus Hardy of Tex as demanded that a show of hands be called , which was done. Only one man voted in the negative , and an nounced that he did so because the tax was unnecessary. Mr. Clayton then declared that Mr. Bryan's sug gestion had been carried. Graves Offers Hearst Support. John Temple Graves , former candi date for vice president of the United States on the Independence league ticket , Injected Into the Jefferson day dinner here late last night a sensa tional feature. Mr. Graves , who was not on the program , had been request ed at a late hour , to speak. He offer ed to the democratic party In the coming campaign the support of the independence league and Its organizer , William R. Hearst , If the party would respect the protestant principles of the Independence league. "We are here , " said Mr. Graves , "at this time of hope for democratic suc cess , that is the success of real Jef ferson democracy. If the democratic party Is ready for the principles that our league has fought for , we should unite In this forthcoming struggle. "ihe Independence league Is against the democratic party of caucus , but for u.e democratic party responsibility , the part of principle. We are here for united action. It depends on you. We are ready to accept the democratic party that Is not half Bryan , half Belmont - mont , half Hearst , half Bryan. If these terms are not acceptable the independence league must stand out side and await a better day. " Indiana Democrats Applaud Bryan. Indianapolis , April 14. Six hundred democrats of Indiana entertained pro minent leaders of the party from other states at a banquet In celebration of the anniversary of the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. John W. Kern , the democratic candidate for vice presi dent in the last national election , in troduced speakers and in presenting Governor Thomas R. Marshall of In diana , hinted at his possible candidacy for president. Great applause greet ed the name of William J. Bryan when Mr. Kern read a letter from him In which Mr. Bryan said that Presi dent Taft in his Lincoln day address had endorsed "tho quantitlve theory of money. " HASN'T ' SEEN "JACK" CUDAHY. No Efforts Toward a Reconciliation , His Wife Says. Kansas City , April 14. If "Jack" Cudahy Is In town , Mrs. Edna Cuda > hy , his wife , hasn't seen him. Mr , Cudahy was seen driving his motor car south on Grand avenue yesterday afternoon and It was believed he was going to his home at Thirty-sixth and Walnut streets. He did not go there , however , and Mrs. Cudahy didn't even know he had returned to the city , Mrs. Cudahy indignantly denied last night all rumors that there had been any attempt at reconciliation by bet husband or bis attorneys. MARK TWAIN IS BACK ; SICK AMERICAN HUMORIST SUFFERS FROM HEART TROUBLE. IS ILL DURING ENTIRE VOYAGE , The Great American Wit Is Confined ' to His Berth When the Steamer Arrives from Bermuda Went There in Hope of Regaining Health. New York. April 14. Samuel L. Clemens , "Mark Twain , " returned to New York from Bermuda today. It was said when the steamer Ocean- lea , on which he was a passenger , came Into port , that Mr. Clemens was confined to his berth , suffering from heart trouble and that he had been Indisposed during the entire trip northward. Mr. Clemens , the sudden death of whose daughter last winter told se verely on him , went to Bermuda early ' In the year In the hope of regaining ills health. TAFT IS COMING WEST President Will Help Celebrate Founding - ing of Republican Party. Washington , April 14. President Taft has promised to go to Monroe , Mich. , on June 4 and attend the un veiling of a memorial statue to Gen eral Custer. On the same day the president will go to Jackson to attend a celebration of the birth of the republican party , "under the oaks" on July G. 1854. A memorial will be dedicated. While the president Is in Jackson he will be visited by the entire convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers , which will then be In session In De troit. CONFESSES HE KILLED HER 19-Year-Old Boy Admits Murdering Woman While Robbing House. Richmond , Ind. , April 14. Charles A. Revalee , 19 years old , arrested to day , has confessed , according to the police , that he murdered Mrs. Frank rUllson near Cambridge City , sixteen miles west of here , on April C. The al leged confession gave robbery as the motive of the crime and said that Mrs. \lllson Interrupted Revalee while he was searching for valuables. The house was fired following the murder and the flames attracted neighbors , who rescued the woman's body from the flames. AERONAUT FALLS TO EARTH German Balloonist Fatally Injured in Dropping from Balloon. Berlin , April 14. Aeronaut Lorenz became entangled in the guide ropes of the military dirigible balloon M. V. as It was leaving the ground today and was carried high above the field where he clung for a moment and then fell. He was probably fatally injured. The accident occurred on Tegal field and was witnessed by 300 mem bers of the Prussian parliament who had been invited by the minister of war to see the airship maneuver. MARJORIE GOULD IN LINE She and Prospective Husband Get Li cense at City Hall. New York , April 14. Anthony J. Drexel , jr. , of Philadelphia and Miss Marjorle Gwynne Gould went to the city hall today for a marriage license and stood in line with a dozen other persons waiting their turn. After they had stood there for fifteen minutes some one recognized them and they were taken into the chief clerk's of fice , where they obtained the license. Mr. Drexel gave his age as 22. Ho said he was a banker of 812 Walnut street , Philadelphia. Miss Gould said she was 19 years old , daughter of George J. Gould. The wedding Is to take place in this city on April 19. A BLIZZARD IN WYOMING Storm Rages Over Most of That State From Midnight Till 10 a. m. Cheyenne. Wyo. , April 14. A bliz zard raged over most of Wyoming from midnight until 10 o'clock today , when It began to clear. Freezing weather is expected tonight. A PRAYER DAY FOR WORKERS. The Idea to Bring the Church and Labor Closer Together. New York , April 14. Agitation for the setting apart of one Sunday in each year to bo known as Labor Sun day has been begun here by Frank Morrison , secretary of the American Federation of Labor. BIG AEROPLANE IS WRECKED The Largest Yet Constructed , Comes to Grief In German Lake. Plau , Germany , April 14. Major von Parseval's new aeroplane , the largest yet constructed and which early this month underwent succesofull prelimi nary trials here , wan caught In a violent lent wind while flying over lake Plau today , and turning turtle fell Into the water. Engineers Blockmann and Holt es caped uninjured. They dropped with the machine but succeeded in freeing themselves from the wreckage and were picked up by a passing craft. Major Von Parseval's Invention which came to grief today Is a mono plane with H four-cylinder motor of 120 horsepower. It carries 170 pounds of petroleum , and was expect ed to remain In the air three hours. The breadth of the plane Is 45 feet and the length of the machine Is 45 feet. It Is provided with torpedo-like lloats for descending on water and with wheels for a descent on land. POPE DENIES THE REPORT AMERICAN NAMES NOT STRICKEN FROM HIS LIST. IDEA IS CALLED "RIDICULOUS" The Vatican Denies the Report Sent Out That on Account of Roosevelt's Action , All American Candinalate Candidates Were Knifed. Rome , April 14. The report that the pope had eliminated the names of American candidates from the list of candidates for the cardlnalate upon investigation has been found to be erroneous. It was authoritatively denied today and the Idea that such a step had been taken because Theodore Roosevelt did not visit the pope was characterized as ridiculous. MAY YET DEPOSE CANNON Feeling In Congress Again Takes on High Tension Tone. Washington , April 15. As a result of Speaker Cannon's speech of last Monday in which he once more defied the insurgent republicans and the en suing acrid retorts of various leaders of the latter faction In which they promised "to attend to his case later , " the situation In the house today , as in dicated by many private conferences among the members , was one of con siderable tension. Notwithstanding the fact that a great percentage of them privately discussed during the day the threat ened deposition of Speaker cannon no attempt at such drastic action is ex pected for the present. Leaders of the insurgent republicans expressed themselves without exception as opposed - ' ' ed to any radical move against the ' speaker until after all administration legislation and other important meas ures have been disposed of. | There was nothing In the remarks of the democratic members to indicate that there would be any change In the attitude of the minority towards the speakership , as expressed in their re cent unanimous vote to declare the chair vacant. Many democrats prefer to have the Issue of "Cannonlsm" remain in Its present status , but on the side of both the democrats and insurgents there was freely expressed the opinion that before adjournment another flght against the speaker will be precipitat ed. INTRIGUE AGAINST AMERICAN New Ambassador to Mexico Says He's Victim of a Plot There. | Mexico City , April 14. Henry Lane Wilson , newly arrived American am-1 I bassador to Mexico , believes that a I plot to embarrass him In the discharge of the duties of his office exists In this city. j He does not venture to name those upon whom his suspicions rest , if he has suspicions as to the identity of those Interested , but declares that "in due time the exact character of the intrigue , which is one not only hostile to the embassy but the Interests of the i American government as well , will be i known. " I His discovery of the alleged Intrigue grew out of the receipt by El Impar-1 I ! cial a leading Spanish dally here , of a ' New York special recounting the pub lication in that city of a sensational story under a Mexico City date of an offense which the ambassador is al leged to have given the Mexican people i ple In a recent speech at a banquet' ' given In his honor by the American j colony. Mr. Wilson Is said to have "sue- ceeded , as has no other diplomat be fore him , In exciting the Latin blood of Mexico through a Historical refer ence to the empire of diaries V of Spain , which he said enslaved the bodies and souls of the pe-.ple of two hemispheres In the immo of God , -and attributing to the Aztec and Toltic blood In large degree the rise and de velopment of Mexican civilization. " The ambassador's words were criti cized editorially by El Correo Espan- ole , a newspaper of limited circula tion among the Spanish residents hero , and this was made the basis of the story telegraphed from Mexico City and published In New York. El Im- paclal , regarded as particularly the representative publication of Mexico , as well as a number of lesser Mexi can dallies , editorially commended the utterances of the new ambassador , TAKE THIS , OH YOU ROOSEVELT ! BIG FAMILIES OF CHILDREN ARE A DISGRACE , SHE SAYS. "T. R. , POOR , IGNORANT MAN" Mrs. Larcln Helen Baker of Spokane Goes Down to Washington With Some Ideas of Her Own "Only 10 Percent of Children are Wanted. " Washington , April 11. "Ten years hence to be father of ten or twelve children will he as much of a dis grace as being a confirmed drunkard Is at present , " last night declared Mrs. Lareln Helen Daker of Spokane , Wash. , a suffragette who will be heard along original lines of thought at the convention of the national women's suffrage association which opens in this city today. Her studies of children all over the world , she says , had convinced her that "not more than 10 percent of them were children of love and that the other 90 percent were not wanted. " "Roosevelt , poor , ignorant man , " she continued , "urges large families but , I tell you , it is quality we want In chil dren and not quantity. "Woman suffrage will better chil dren , for it will produce better think ing. It is the mental , not the physi cal , that rules progressive action to day and teaches us that the greatest crime of the ages Is too many chil dren. " WOMEN SORE AT TAFT. They Call Down President for Con senting to Address Suffragettes. New York , April 14. President Tnft by promising to address the woman suffrage convention which opened In Washington today lias aroused the wrath of the "nntis" who have sent him a letter of protest. The com munication is signed by nine repre sentative members of the New York state association opposed to woman's suffrage and says In part : "It is with great regret that the women belonging to the New York state association opposed to woman suffrage have heard that you are to address the advocates of woman suf frage at their opening meeting this week. Although you have publicly de clared that this action is not to be taken as indorsing the movement. , it is impossible to disabuse the minds of the general public from accepting your presence there as your sanction at least. "There is no general demand among women for suffrage and we who are actively opposed to woman suffrage feel that in seeking to coerce the ma jority the minority who advocate this measure are not within the bounds of proper procedure. In enlisting your interest in their meeting , therefore , they are enabled to appear before the public as having secured your sympa thy and so to advertise it and we ask that you speak clearly on this point in your address. " Judge Dean Will Run for Congress. Lincoln , April 14. Judge James R. Dean will run for congress from the Sixth congressional district. This was announced when a petition , signed by thirty citizens of Kearney , was filed with the secretary of state. Judge Dean lives at Broken Bow and was formerly a member of the supreme court. MOBS ATTACK STREET GARS Philadelphia Police Have to Threaten Revolvers to Disperse Gangs. Philadelphia , April 14. Crowds of sympathizers of the striking employes of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit com- pany attacked cars In various parts of the northeastern section of the city today and the police had trouble In dispersing the disturbers. Clubs were used and in some Instances the police men were compelled to threaten the crowds "with revolvers. ALL SAVED FROM SHIP. All on Board Ill-Fated Steamer Are Safely Brought Ashore. Eureka. Calif. , April 14. Ninety-five persons rescued from the North Pa cific Steamship company's steamer , Santa Clara , which foundered about four miles down the coast yesterday , arrived here today on the tug Ranger. Everybody on the sinking ship was j taken off. Reduce Robin Cooper's Bail , Nashville , Tenn. , April 14. The su preme court this afternoon reduced the bail of Robin Cooper from $25,000 to $10.000. WINSLOW TO THE JUNK PILE. , Ignominy Awaits the Historic Old Tor pedo Boat , New York , April 14. The torpedo boat Wlnslow , an antiquated little craft witli more history than any 1 other vessel of its class In the navy , Is to he stricken from the active list , and It Is probable that the Junk pile i will bo Its Inglorious end. Worth Bagley , the first American officer kill ed In the war with Spain died on the I Wlnslow. The vessel Is fourteen years old and Is so completely out of date that the naval constructors have decid ed it would be a waste of money to at tempt to modernize it. CONDITION OF liltWtATHtR Temperature for Twenty-four Hour * . Forecast for Nebraska. I Maximum G3 Minimum 40 Average 55 Harometer 29.80 Chicago. April 11. The hutletln la- sued by the Chicago station of the United States weather bureau gives i the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Partly cloudy and colder tonight , with frost north and west portions ; Friday fair. NELIGH GETS SOAKING RAIN WELCOME DOWNPOUR BREAKS DROUTH IN ANTELOPE. GROWING GRAIN IS BENEFITED Winter Wheat Will Be Helped by the Moisture Drouth in Western Part of the State , Around Alliance , Is Likewise Broken by Rains. Nellgh , Neb. , April 14. Special to The News : The most welcome rain of the season visited this vicinity yes terday afternoon. Although It Is es timated upon good authority that at least 50 percent of the winter wheat In this county Is beyond "making good , " the moisture given us is of great value to that making a partial stand and to the early garden plant ing. Rain Near Alliance. Alliance , Neb. , April 14. A two months' drouth which has prevailed throughout Nebraska was broken In the western half of the state yester day afternoon and last night by a gen eral rain. Growing wheat was almost at a standstill and spring plowing sus pended. ROOSEVELT IN A GONDOLA He Takes Trip Up Canal at 3 O'clock in the Morning. Venice , April 14. Mr. Roosevelt was rowed through a stretch of the Canal Grande in the darkness of the early morning today and declared the experience to be more impressive than a sight of Venice by Moonlight. Mr.1 Roosevelt arrived here by train at 3 I o'clock this morning and departed at 2:20 : o'clock this afternoon for Vienna. | The former president was accom panied from Porto Maurlzio by Ker- , mil Roosevelt , Lawrence Abbott , two secretaries and several American newspaper men. He was -met at the | railway station by American Consul James V. Long and Commander An drew T. Long , American naval attache at Rome and Vienna. I The party entered hooded gondolas . which wended their way through canals - ' nals to the hotel where apartments had been reserved. Reaching the ho tel , the Roosevelts retired , but were up again at 8 o'clock , and after break fast started out on a sight-seeing tour. MR. SWIFF WEDS MISS HDRRY Bride's Father Member of Law Firm of Hurry & Gallup. New York , April 14. Lawrence Swift and Elizabeth Maria Hurry got their license to marry yesterday In just two minutes by Mr. Swift' ? : split second chronometer. The bride's father Is a member of the law firm of Hurry & Gallup. Jack Johnson Acquitted. Chicago , April 14. A jury in Judge Gondings' branch of the municipal court acquitted Jack Johnson , the pugilist , of a charge of exceeding the speed limit. The policeman who made the arrest a fortnight ago alleged that the colored champion was motoring at the rate of < twenty-two miles an hour. The defendant declared that he was going only half that speed. Neligh Boys Trimmed. Nellgh. Neb. , April 14. Special to The News : The high school baseball team of this city were again trimmed to a "queen's taste" by a score of 5 to 10 at the Riverside park grounds on Tuesday afternoon by a colored aggregation , purporting to he from Tennessee. The visitors were unable to make a date In Nellgh for a vaudeville enter tainment and considered a proposition on the ball diamond here in the after noon , and in the evening put on their play at Clearwater. Following is the score by innings : Nellgh 112010000 5 Colored 01301500 0 10 YESTERDAY'S ' BASEBALL SCORE American Association. At St. Paul R. H. E. St. Paul i 5 Milwaukee 2 11 2 At Toledo R. H. E. Toledo 5 10 0 Indianapolis o 3 1 At Columbus R. H. E. Columbus o 4 4 Louisville c 11 0 I At Minneapolis R. H. E. Minneapolis 5 11 3 'Kansas ' City 10 16 3 BIG FIGHT ON RIVERS BILL SENATOR BURTON PRESENTS A MINORITY REPORT. FORERUNNER OF HEATED BATTLE Senator Burton. Acting Against Pleas , of Many Friends , Presents Report Condemning Piecemeal Appropria tions May Ask Taft to Veto. Washington , April Disregarding the pleas of many of Ills associate ! ! . Senator Burton of Ohio , chairman of the national waterways committee , who was chairman of the rivers and harbor committee when ho served In the house , and who is now a member of the senate committee on commerce , today presented a minority report on ttie pending hill which would appro priate about $511,000.000 for the Im provement of rivers and harbors. The character of his opposition , which Is a sweeping arraignment of piecemeal appropriations as well at condemnation of many named pro jects , makes it certain that the contest - test to be waged over the hill will bo one of the most heated in the history of the senate. The report made by Mr , Burton In designed to attract the attention of the country as well as of congres , nu It Is said that if his opposition to a majority of those great projects should be unsuccessful there will be launched a movement looking to the veto of the bill by the president. Restrict Commerce Commission. Washington , April 14. The sonata today adopted an amendment to the administration railroad bill withhold ing from the Interstate commerce commission authority over transporta tion wholly by water. FEDERAL REVENUE MAN KILLED Moonshiners In Alabama Shoot Deputy Marshal From Ambush. Birmingham , Ala. , April 14. In an expedition to the mountains of Wal ker county in search of moonshiners , Deputy Marshal Anderson of the fed eral service was ambushed and killed yesterday ten miles below Oakman , Ala. , and Marshal Putmnn of Oakman , a member of the party , was shot through the hip. A man named Gertlanus was arrest ed Tuesday , charged with Illicit dis tilling , and the party of officers had gone to the mountainside to get others implicated. While proceeding several persons opened fire from ambush with rifles. The assailants escaped. Revenue officers were hastened to Birmingham from all parts of Ala bama and also from Atlanta. They were sent on toalker county early today to assist in rounding up the III1- cit distillers. Three posses are in the mountains and today large parties are scouring the country in every direc tion. THINKS THEY'RE ' LYING , TOO Hamilton , Mont. , April 14. Edward Barrili , the guide who accompanied Dr. Frederick A. Cook on his Mount McKinley trip and who made an af- I lldavit during the polar controversy that the doctor had never readied the top of the peak , says that in his opin ion the Fairbanks party , headed by Thomas Lloyd , never reached thesuui- ! mit either. I Barrili asserts it Is Impossible to climb the mountain at the time of year the Fairbanks party claims to have done so , owing to the condition of the snow and ice. He also declares it Is ' impossible to reacti the summit over any other route than the one selected by himself and Dr. Cook. OONT WANT RAILWAY JUDGE Nebraska Commissioner Starts Move to Influence President Taft. Lincoln. April 14. The Nebraska state railway commission has inau gurated a movement by which its members will attempt to influence President Taft against the appoint ment of any person who lias been a railway attorney to fill the vacancy on the bench of the United Stall's supreme court made vacant by the death of Justice Brewer. Tno com- mlsson is sending a letter to the rail way commissions of oilier states ask ing them to Join in an urgent request to the president that In making the selection ho do not appoint a man who has received his legal training as a railroad lawyer. The letter being sent out states that regardless of the high integrity of any man the president might select , the commission feels that In view of railroad reform now in progress , no man should be appointed to the su preme bench whose judgment might be warped by a long experience as at torney for a railway corporation. Elect Officers. Now Orleans , April 14. Freland Kendrlck. potentate of Lulu Temple , Philadelphia , was elected Imperial out- ! ergard by the Imperial council of the nobles of the mystic shrine In annual ! conclave In this city. This is the only I elective position In the order. Ro chester , N. Y. , was chosen as the next meeting place.
