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    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL
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NORFOLK NEBRASKA FRIDAY MARCH 17 1911.
NAME FRIDAY ;
SEE 'OCTOPUS1
"THE SYSTEM" AND "THE INTER-
E8T8" IN OUR MIDST.
FRIDAY , ALONE , CAN SAVE CITY
In His Nominating Speech , Carl Wilde ,
Banker , Sees the Greedy Octopus
Lurking Around the Corners In Nor *
folk Friday "The People's" Hero.
For mayor , John Friday.
For city clerk , 13d Hartor.
For city tieasuror , W J. Stafford
For pollen judge , C F llaase.
For water commissioner , Augusl
Drnmmund
For hoaid of cducallon. P , ! Staff
ord , sr , and C. H. Itildgc
Mayot John Filday was nominated
by the Norfolk democratic city conven
tion last night for a fourth term of
the office which ho now holds and
which ho Is so eager to retain.
Resolutions woio passed favoring
the voting of bonds with which to OH-
tnbltsh a municipally owned electric
lighting plant , for lighting the streets
and opposing any letting of contract
by the city council to either the- elec
tric light or the gas company , without
calling a special election for the vot-
era * approval of the contract.
Carl Almost Forgot Speech.
An amusing incident In the conven
tion occurred when Cail Wlldo , assis
tant cashier of the Norfolk National
bank and ono of the Friday ringlead
ers , got so excited over a losolutlon
that the platfoim committee had
scratched out , that ho all but forgot
his cue when it came tlmo for him
to read his carefully prepared speech
nominating the mayor for another
term , as the champion of the poor ,
helpless , downtrodden poe-pul.
Carl was floundering mound in his
maximum state of excitement and
Carl can wax some excited too , when
occasion demands because the two
cruel men who served with him on
the platform committee had stricken
out ono of his most diligently prepar
ed and most choicely worded knocks
upon the present city council.
And while Gail was waving his
hands trying to beat his aigumcnt in
to his co-woikois' thoughts ( but fail
ing ) , his turn came to deliver that
flowery oration lo the isBomblcd
throng. When ho heard Herman Winter
tor move that Filday be ronominated ,
Call lenicmbeiod the oiatoilcal effort
upon which ho had spent so much
time and thought , and ho icalized
what a nca'i-tiagedy had occurred An
instant moie and the democrats never
would have heard that speech
Hut the da } was saved Cail ic
membeied just in time and , inshing
oxcltedly to the speakoi's desk , ho
uddicsscd the convention , leading his
oiation from a carefull } pteparei
manuscript , so that ho wouldn't de
prlvo the gatheied masses of the
slightest woid
And Carl waxed some eloquent , be
lieve ono who heard. His anger at the
platform commitleemen for tin owing
into the waste basket one of his reso
lutlons , only intensified the eloquence
that flowed from his earnest lips and
his speech will live long in the annals
of Norfolk politics.
An Octopus In Our Midst.
Carl saw things at night. He paint
ed a picture to the democrats that
would bring tears to the eyes of a
statue. Right here In Norfolk there is
n great , powerful , unprincipled octopus
O C-T-O-P-U-S all ready to swallow-
up the poor , downtrodden common
people. A "system" a greedy organ
ized bnnd of "the interests with Its
Rockefellers and all the rest Is lying
awake nights right heto in our midst
doing H.s devilish plotting to clutch
the throat of "the pee-pul , " and Carl
sees in John Friday hero Uiko time
to dry your eyes , gentle reader Carl
sees in John Friday a noble , upright
honest , manly savior of the masses
n hero whoso name stands out in unblemished
blemished gold and who must bo given
n fourth term of that job if Norfolk Is
to bo saved fiom eternal bow-wows.
H was toirlble.x And the way Carl
brought out the horrlblo things that
are lurking about the dark corners of
Norfolk , ready to jump out and gral
you when } ou aren't looking say
that was enough to make the whole
audience afiaid to go home in UK
dark.
dark.Well
Well , Cail finished. There was some
applause , but the walls didn't ring. I
was too profound a moment for men
applause. And then the mayor wni
nominated. The mayor wasn't there
and neither were some of the otlie
democrats.
Here's what Carl said :
The approaching city campaign
promises to become ono of the mos
Important struggles the voters of ho
city of Norfolk have ever been ed
upon.
On the ono side is arrayed the 01
ganhcd pov.erful system , backed b
its Rockefellers , its Morgan , its Mm
phys and its Crokers ; supported by
subsidized press. On the other sid
are the voters and the common peopl
of Norfolk , in an effort to defend thel
rights to express their wishes throng
the ballot which is dented thorn. Th
Issue is squarely raised.
An all powerful socalled systen
aelflsh in its very nature , by threal
and other desplsablo methods has su
coeded to gather on their side a po
tion of our present city council sul
llclently strong to thwart the rights <
the voters in refusing to allow to c
press themselves by ballot on matte :
CONDITION OFTHE WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-four Hours.
Forecast for Nebraska.
Maximum . 36
Minimum . . * '
Average ' !
Ilnioinotur 30.00
Chicago , March 10. The bulletin Is-
micil by tlio Chicago station of tlio
United States weather bureau gives
Clio fnicciiHl fur Nebiaska an follows :
I : ' ' , , aslng cloiullnoHH tonight and
Frldivainier tonight
of gieat ' ' utance to the upbuilding
of our boi ' \ city of homos. Some
councllinen'ad of being servants ,
playing the i 'if kings and dlctnt-
ois by niuz7llnCv ' r cltl/ons by their
anoganco and dinrd
A subsldl/ed ie | ican corpoiatlon
press has the Impiiilenco in trying to
dictate to the democratic party of Nor
folk who they shall and who lliey shall
not nominate lor cily olllce
Such slandets and abuses as heaped
upon Ihu head of our piesent mayor
aremoie or l ( > s concealed efforls on
tin1 pal I of the system to hit those
f i lends of municipal ovvneishlp of pub-
Ik1 utilities ( ovet the shouldeis of the
maor ) with the object In view to kill
off , once and foi ever , any future no
tions or movements In the direction
ol municipal ownership.
Aio the democrats and voters of
Not folk willing to meekly submit to
the dictations to a republican corpora
tion pi ess and the s.vstom It rcpro-
senls ?
Let us hope that the votcis of Nor
folk will rise to the occasion and ad
minister such a stinging lebuke to
the octopus and to those unfaithful
dictalois In the city council on the
next fointh of April that it will never
again attempt to outrage the citl/ens
of Norfolk by denying them the light
of suffrage.
Gentlemen , I am proud of our mayor
on account of his enemies , but I am
still prouder to have the piivllego in
placing in nomination for mayor that
bull-headed , go-ahead-and-do-tlilngs-for
the-good-of-our-clty that peeiless In
coiruptlble- champion of the people's
rights , John Filday.
The Platform.
Hero Is the platform as adopted :
Wo , the democrats of Norfolk , In
convention assembled , hereby hear
tily cndoise the aggressive policy of
our piesent city adminlstrallon to
wards the upbuilding , improving and
beautifying of our city of homes , ami
promise In the future , as has been the
recogni/ed and acknowledged policy
In the past , to continue and double of
cftorts In this direction
It is with great pilde we look upon
the accomplishment of paving our
business sticct b } our citbens and
greatly asslsled by our piogresslvo
demociatlc admlnl&tiatlon as being
the very foundation in making this
our city one of the best paved cities in
the. state of cbiaska In less than live
ycaiw Ifhic , alml'a population ot 10,000
people.
\s u filling companion lo Ibis pave
ment , wo favor and demand a fiist
class system of eleclric lighting In
connection with our city waterwoiks ,
equipped and maintained by our cily ,
which we now consider of gieat nt
necessity so we > may propeily lUht
our stteets and alleys and which
would be a somce ot piide and becom
ing lo a clt } ot 0,300 inhabitants'
make ovoiy citizen ol Norfolk an en
thusiastic boosler of our cily.
We mosl emphatically piotest and
hereby publicly condemn any act of
our cily council , piesent or future , in
making agi cements 01 contract with
the Noifolk Electric Light and Power
company or gas company or any other
lighting company for any peilod of
time or for any number of lights un
less the question first having been
submitted to a vote of the people.
Carl Wilde ,
A. LJuchholz ,
P. J. Staffoid.
This Paragraph Was Killed.
This paragraph was killed :
We condemn and denounce as un
democratic and dictatorial the action
of a part of our present city council ,
by arbitrarily icfuslng the citizens of
Norfolk the right to vote on munici
- pal light piopouition.
The feature of the convention was
the light between August Brummund
and Matt Shaffer , jr. , for the water
commissioner ndminatlon , Brummund
, winning with 24 votes and Shaffer re
ceiving 22.
Before the convention was called to
order Mr. Shaffer looked like a fa
vorite for the nomination , but there
, was n solid line-up against the Junc
tion man in a row of front seats.
-
WOMAN WEIGHED 550 ;
NO COFFIN BIG ENOUGH
!
LARGEST WOMAN IN NEBRASKA
>
IS DEAD AT LINCOLN ,
AGED 58.
Lincoln , Maich 16 Mrs Mmy Ann
It Lohr , reported to be the largest wo
- man in Nebraska with her weight of
550 pounds , died at her homo near
, Lincoln at the age of 58. No coffin
could bo found largo enough in which
to bury her , and a special casket will
bo made. At her homo all the furnl
turo was of special make to accoramo
St date her bulk. Mrs. Lohr was tlu
mother of three children , and until re
cently enjoyed good health.
'OD
or-
uru orby SHOOTS HERJOUSIN DEAC D
Ide Warned Not to Follow Her Into ;
pie Room , He Follows and IB Shot.
olr Kearney , Neb. , March 16. Arthu
igh Hopkins , 23 years old , was fatally she
'ho last evening by his cousin , Miss Roxo ;
Clark , daughter of a prominent bus !
nto , ness man , at the home of the lattoi
uc. The young woman , banteringly nd
ior- playfully , it Is alleged , warned IIoj
tin- kins not to follow her into a room nd
tinof when he opened the door the fired
ex- revolver , the bullet penetrating Hoi
era kins' lungs.
BROWN FAVORS
TARIFF REVISE
WANTS REVISION ITEM BY ITEM ,
NATION BY NATION.
RECIPROCITY WITH THEM ALL
That There Should be Revision a
Schedule nt a Time and That Ulti
mately There Should be Reciprocity
With the Whole World , is His Idea.
him oln , Aim oh 16. Tliut thuie
nhuuld ho lovlslon ol' the tariff a
schedule at a tlmo and with a conn-
to at a time was the decimation an-
nonmcd b } Senator Nouls Urown at
a luwheon given in his honor toda.\
l > \ tlio Lincoln Commercial club Ho
declared that both standpatters and
piogressivcs | believed In the principle
that j the duly dunged bj this- country
should be lopiesonted bj the dlffci-
ence in the cost of production heie
and abio.ul
'The dlffeienco in < osl of produc
tion t varies in the dlffeiont countries
with whom we tiade , " he said. "If
tlio t inle announced b } the last icpub
llcan platform Is the coircct one , the
only scientific manner of dealing with
this tariff question Is to peifect a
trade agi cement with each country.
"Reciprocity not only with Canada ,
but also with all of the \\estcin woild
and eventual ! } with the crowded poo-
pies of the old world was the dream
of James G. Hlaine. Ho was the
prophet of this movement which
President Taft insists shall be given
a practical start.
"Thoie can be little doubt but that
the next decade w 111 find amicable and
recipiocal agi cements in foice among
many nations of the two Ameiicas
"I am for levislng the tailft a sched
ule at a tlmo and a country at a time.
So long as wo all agiee that the dut }
should bo bo measured by the differ
ence in cost of production , tlie dut }
must bo different as to countiies be
cause the cost ot pioductlon is not
the same in all countiies. Take Can
ada for instance. If we apply tne
rule of IKlng the duty by the cost pio-
duction , wo would have fiee tiade
with Canada. For it can be shown
that an } thing , whothei raw material
01 the manufactured article , costs less
to piodnce in Canada than in the
United States"
AftRESTEDJT HERfilCK
Wesley Brown , Wanted at Sioux City ,
Captured by Marshal Crume.
llenick , S IX , March 1C Special
lo The News Wesley Hiown , alias
Fieday , wanted at Sioux Citj. la ,
was captuicd by Cit } Maishal II H
Ciuiiie His father lives in Keja Pnha
count } , Neb , and It supposed that
he has be-on in hiding near hue for
some time. Crume got a card from
I he chief of police at Sioux Cit } re-
ctntly and had no trouble identifying
the man. He is said to have seived
five } ears for clacking a safe in a
bank at Tyndall about six years ago.
Ho will be turned over to the proper
authorities.
DRAMATIC SCENE AT A TRIAL.
Prisoners in Cage at Italian Trial ,
Break Monotony.
Viteibo , Italy , March 16. The rules
for criminal procedure in Italy make
possible frequent dramalic incidents
and it was duo to this , that today's
session of the trial of the Camorrists
for murder held the lively interest of
the crowd that occupied every avail ff
able square foot in the old church of
San Francisco.
When court opened the clerk resum !
ed the reading of the long indictment
of the thirty-six prisoners and this
took up the whole forenoon , the mo
notony of the recital , however , being
bioken Ijy interruptions from the pris
oners' cage or by others in the room
whoso Interests weio in some manner
involved.
When the clerk read the passage
referring to the priest CIro VltozzI
Iho aged prisoner was visibly affecled
and at the words "although never con
deuined , Vitozzi morally is a criminal , '
he raised his eyes and mnrmurred :
"I offer my suffoi Ings to relieve
souls In purgatory. "
During the declaration of murdei
of Gonnaro Cuoccolo and his wife
Mai la , "the beautiful sorontina , " Ma
nn
riano do Gennaro , who is charged will
having been one of the actual assas
sins , rose from his place in the stec
pen greatly agitated. The reading
clerk paused a moment and the prls
oner , placing his hand over his heari
and addressing his wife , who wni
among tlio spectators , said :
"I swear to you I am innocent. "
With these words ho burst inti
- tears.
On another occasion Do Angolls am
Amodeo protested their innocence am
demanded redress for having bcei
falsely involved by the priest Vitozzi
Then arrest was duo to a dcclaratloi
to the police by the priest and in ai
of Erricone , the alleged brains of th
Camorra.
Grip Thief Insane.
- Sioux Falls , S. D. , March 16. J. l
. Darling , charged with stealing som
grips from stations on the Mllwauke
and Northwestern lines in this stall
was adjudged insane and will bo set
to the federal hospital nt Washlngtoi
D. C. For eight months ho eluded Jo
toctlvcs of both roads.
LIFE'S DISAPPOINTMENTS
( Copyright ,
JUAREZ HAS A
SLEEPLESS NIGHT
FOLLOWING ATTACK BY INSUR-
RECTOS ON BARRACKS , PEO
PLE ARE SCARED.
Ul Paso , Te\ , March 1C Juare/
spent a sleepless night with the
stieets patiolled b } double foices of
guaids and piacticall } the entlie gai-
lison under aims in front of the bai-
racks and the headquarters of Gen-
eial Xavano and of Colonel Tambo-
rcl , the commandant At daybreak ,
sleep } guaids posted on the house
tops swept the counli } foi signs of
instillectos , but if Ihe } are In the
vlelnfty the } kept well under cover
The coining of davjlght material ! }
lessened the an\iet.v aroused bv la t
night's attack upon the barracks
which was made ba small band of
iiisinlectos , who had managed to slip
tin ( High Ihe cit.v , demolishing a poi
tion of the barracks w Ith bombs and
effecting thoii escape with the loss of
but two ot their number , who were
wounded and taken piisoners
The authoiities peisist in their dec
laratinn that Ihe federal Uoops suffoi-
rd no loss in killed 01 wounded and
gave repealed assurances that there
was no cause foi any anxiety.
Business has been resumed and
most of those who planned to take
lefugo on the Ameiican side changed
their minds this morning.
It Is now thought that the insnrreC'
tos me in the city in any great num-
bois , the small band under Captain
Oscar Creighton , the American , being
the only one leported at all close at
hand. Madeio with 1,000 men is far
ther south where he Is said to be
waiting to effect n junction with Oro-
zco's force of 800 with which , it is repelled -
polled , the insurrecto leader will be
gin a march northward , to the bor
der.
First Maneuvers in Field.
San Antonio , Tex. , March 16. The
first maneuvers of the troops in camp
j were on the program today. It was
proposed to send out a company of in
fantry several miles to seek cover and
for the aeroplanes to look for them.
Southern Pacific officials today wanted
to see if the Mexican insurrectos
would make good a threat to blow up
all bridges entering their country.
Business In the state of Chihuahua al
ready has been greatly curtailed and
, food supplies tlueatened. A complete
, rupture of communication for this side
would bo very serious.
Mexican Official Goep Home.
0
Now York , March 16. Senor Jose
Yves Llmantour , Mexico's minister ol
r
finance , slipped quietly out of town
, nppaiently bound direct for Mexico
- City. From what could bo learned he
n : has abandoned his idea of going homo
by way of Florida and Havana , for he
left New York at 2 p. in. over tlin
Pennsylvania in his private car to St
Louis.
Railroad officials said from St. Louis
he would go direct to Laredo , Tex.
and then travel to Mexico City by rai
in a course to be determined by con
ditions on the border.
It is understood here that should
id Minister Llmantour ask for a military
id escort through Texas the request will
311 probably bo granted to the extent ol
Zl. guarding him to the border , but in
311 Texas , not Mexico.
Id Columbus , O. , March 16. Mexican
lie Minister of Finance Jose Yves Llman
tour and party , who left New Yorh
yesterday , passed through Columbus
today in the private car Hldalego
E.no The train goes to St. Louis by way ol
no Xenla , Dayton and Indianapolis.
eo
, Rebels Prepare a Siege.
int Presidio , Tex. , March 16. The thin
, day of the siege of Ojiuaga by the Insurgents
surgonts and General Sanches flndi
the situation llttio changed. With i
guard eliding the town on three sides ,
the insiinectos are preparing n long
siege. The federal ganlson still con
trols the foi't. '
From the lusuigcnt line intermit
tent firing lias continued for thirty-six
houis. Occasionally the federals send
a shell inlo the ranks of the provln-
dados , but only one man has been
wounded
General Sanchez of the insurgents
and Gencial Luquo commanding the
fedeial ganison yesteiday exchanged
lelteis Sane he ? demanded the sur-
lender of the town.
Luciiie inviied the piovinclados up
Iho hill like men and lake l.-c town if
the } could. Sanelie/ answered by
uiging Luquo to come out and fight
After this exchange the long range
Unlit commenced When the provln-
clados lii&t appealed about the town ,
the } numbeied about 500 , now the }
aie at least TOO stionsKIOIU all di-
lections reinforcements me marching
to Ojinaga , white hailed men witli
old smooth bole Mills thev used in
fighting Maximilian , mat clung in the
tanks with their tons and srandsons
In evciy hut , women a . grinding
coin and cooking toililla- and fiijo
les A ( ireck has established a hospi
tal fet the insuirectos under the led
ci oss
Calexio Calif , Vault r , - Piling
ft on ) the American side of the Inter
national boundaiy , Mexican customs
ofllcials at Algodones today sent a vol
ley Into the insurrectos , the latter re
plying by flung across the line Into
the American town of Andrade. No
one was wounded , so far as is known.
ROOSEVELT TALKS OF MEXICO.
Says Order , Justice and Independence
Alone Are Demanded.
El Paso , Tex. , March 15. "All that
: he United States demands of Mexico
Is order , justice and independence , "
declared Theodore Roosevelt at a
breakfast given in his honor by the
Tolleo club today.
The colonel's remarks were the only
utterances he has made on the Mexi
can situation and cnmo ns a complete
surprise to the members of his party.
EQUIPMENT IS RUSHED.
Field and Artillery duns Leave Rock
Island for South.
Davenport , la. , March 15. Five car
loads of field and artillery equipment
was sent today from the Rock Island
arsenal to Fort Hancock on the Rio
Grande. Thiep carloads of coast de
fense guns and equipment were sent
to Norfolk , Va. , all tiavellng on rush
orders ,
May Sell Large Estates.
Mexico City , March 13 The appli '
cation of Finance Minister Llman- '
tour's suggestion foi a sale of largo
eslales for the benefit of the people is
hinted at In a reply madby * Presi [
dent Diaz to a committee from Metz-
titlan in the stale of Hidalgo , who protested
tested that their pioperty had been
seized by an lirlgallon company.
Details of Battle.
Mexico City , March 13 The govern
ment today received n report of the
battle , of Casas Crandes , in which the
rebels were defeated , from Colonel
Cuellar. Ho states that he took forty
prisoners , including seventeen foreign
ers , and that all thcBO are receiving
humane treatment.
A Steamer Missing.
Cleveland , O. , March 16. DesplK
the heavy sea off this harbor , the tug :
Castanet and Loraln are preparing t to
put out in searching of the mlssinj
IKh
tug Silver Spray , of Erie , Pa. , whlcl :
loft Cleveland harbor in n morning
with eight men aboard and has ot
returned. The Effle B , missing slnci
yesterday morning made her way Int
tog.
the harbor at 4 o'clock this morning
Her crew of eight men was altnos
frozen.
A FIRE AT
ATHARVARD
HARVARD UNI ,
RANDOLPH HALL DAMAGED JAP
STUDENT RESCUED UN-
CONSCIOUS.
Cambiidgf MassMai eh 1C. One
student was ic-sciied in an unconscious
condition , u > any others weic avvak
cued baioly in time to escape fiom
the lianus and all were driven to the
stHot by : i fiiL' that partly destro.ved
Randolph hall , one of Ihe most exclu
sive Han aid doimltories on Mount
Annum stieet , emly today
The ( lie starled In a suite1 on the
giound floor of the west wing ot the
building and rapidly spread to the up
per lluols. Firemen , poHce'uiea ami
janitois of the building lushed
Ihiough tlio apaitmcnls amusing lh <
occupauls mid with difficulty succeed
ed in dealing the building without
loss of life-
,
Oil the top floor Y. Aial , a Tapanese
student , was discovered in an uiicon
scions conditon. an olllcer baiel } es
( aping witli the prostiale studen
while the ilames filled the hallvvn }
Randolph hall was elected bv tin
Coolidne estate In the early nini-tif" .
at a eosl of $75OUU. The loss to tlir
building Is estlmalcd atr > , OUO , wilh
an additional loss of $10,000 In loom
furniture and student eftecls.
CONTRADICTS AN ADMIRAL.
Sensation is Created by Navy Man in
Giving His Testimony.
Norfolk , Va. , March 16. A sensa
tion was created by Captain Austin M.
Knight , president of the naval ordi
nance board , when in testlf.ving in his
own behalf on charges of neglect of
duty in connection with the sinking
of the monitor Puritan following ex
plosive lest under his direction , he
flatly contradicted earlier testlmoii }
b } Rear Admiral Marshall. Admital
Mai shall had said neither Captain
Knight nor any ono else had notified
him of anylhing concerning the Puri
tan at * the conclusions of the tests.
Captain Knight testified that ho tele
phoned Admiral Marshall notice that
the tests had been concluded and that
the ship was ready to bo taken to the
Norfolk navy yard. He said he lecog-
nUed the admiral's voice at the telephone
phone , Ihe admiral saying
"This Is Marshall. "
Caplain Knight also said he had
done everthing necessar } so far as
his duty required , that ho would not
have fired the explosive unless things
were ready He said Admiral Marshall
) shall , whom he met on the street
told him everything was all right and
had added , seemlnglv a litllo lesent
| fill , "Don't you won- } about thai
'Knight You look out foi vour part
- and well look out for ours
-
A NEW MADISON
SUPERINTENDENT T
L. M. OBERKOTTER ELECTED TC
SUCCEED SUPT. STOCKDALE.
TEACHERS ELECTED.
Mndlson , Neb , March 16 Specla
to The News At a meeting of tie
board of education L. M Oborkotler
principal of the University Piepara
lory school , Lincoln , Neb , was electei
superintendent for the coming sehoo
h } ear to succeed Superintendent Stocli
g dale who has been chot-en dean of th
stiito normal school at Chadron Mis
Ida Knoll , the present principal of th
high school , Miss Beatrice Claik , I .a ;
g.st in and music teacher , and L. F. Oarej
st science teacher , wore re elected at ii
creased salaries
IS VERY COLD
IN NEW YORK
UNUSUALLY SEVERE WEATHER
IN EASTERN STATES.
SHIVERING AT WASHINGTON , TOO
The Cold Wave Was Borne In to New
York on a Wind That Averaged
Fifty-six Miles an Hour Movement
Northeast , Toward Atlantic Ocean.
Now YoiK , Mai eh 1C A cold nnap
it unusual severity for thin season
wills piadlcally the ontlie eastern
section of the eonntij tightly gripped
oia\ ! \\iih small pidlmbillty of Its
; insp lu'lng looBcned befoie tomorrow
I'hc'io was a diop of 30 degrees In
ompeiatnie to a minlmnm of Hi do-
giees in this city dining the night
Tempeiatuies following the rain
mil hi let snow Mm tins of last night
hopped to noinly ? ere at points In
Iho Intel lor ol New York state , while
It was enl } I above the /eio 111:11 : k at
I'lttsbmg this moinlng and 15 do-
sices In Washington , 1) . C. , the latter
i lemaikably low Ilguro for the tlmo
of the } oar In that city.
The cold wave waa bornu in on u
wind which averaged fifty-six miles
\n hour along the coast hero and up
Into New England. The storm move
ment is northeastward and today is
cential in eastein Maine or over Nova
Scotia
RIOT IN RUSSIAN DUMA.
Charge Against Character of Women
Students Causes an Uproar.
St PeteiHburg , March 1C. An ox-
traoidlnary charge against women stu
dents caused a sensational sccno In
the Duma lust evening.
An interpellation on recent inci
( louts in the high schools was under
discussion when Deputy Ubrussoff , a
member of the extreme right , alleged
that female t Indents during the rovo-
Ir.tlon.ny peilod ( oiitorted with drunk
en sailors in older to carry on the rov-
olutionaiy piopaganda more success
fully. Shouts of "down with the
blacKguaids" and similar Indignant
piotests aioso from the left benches
and stalled a scene of uproar and
gieat dlaoider. The piesldont was tin-
able lo control tlio deputies.
L'biussoff ' tiled to lesuine shaking ,
but in vain , and the president was
obliged to- ask lil'n to leave the trt
bune , as the hour allowed the spoakei
had elapsed.
UbiusiOlis siippm tei * > raised a
sieat outciv and tln > iiictiidont closed
tie sitting The opposing factions
lushed towtids the tiibune , but elli
< lals thiew themselves between the
two parties and pri vented a collision
Oulv when the light won turned off
( Mil tin depuH' < ( | iut tli ) liall
1ECRACKER HOUSE
WILL QUIT BUSINESS
SAFE AND SANE FOURTH" CAM
PAIGNS CUT DOWN FIREWORKS -
WORKS DEMAND.
New York , March 16"Safe and
aue Fourth" campaigns have so cut
jfl the demand for lliecrackers and
lioworks that a majority of the stock-
loldcis in the Pain Manufacturing
company applied on this ground to
he Biipieinc court for permission to
lissolve the coiporatlon one of the
orgest fireworks concerns In the
ountry.
An order to show cfiuse why the
corporation should not be dissolved ii
etarnable May 10. The liability is
{ . nun at $160,000 and nominal assets
) . ' $282,000 , but the available assets
aie not over $ : tO,000 , it is said
Cre'ghton ' Politico Boiling.
- Creighton , Neb. , March 10 Special
- ; o The News. The political storm In
showno signs of abate
Int. rest IH running high. A
caucus will bi held In the first and
second waul chin evening to uoinhmh
one councili' an fioiu each v.aid , after
which the okitois will meet In joint
( aliens to nominate a candidate1 for
-
, mayor , ttcnjuior , dork , police magis
tuilo and engineer At this time no
one has been located who is- willing
, to accept the nomination foi major
and the di.nccs are thai Mn.vor John
FOII will be compelled lo bold o\er an
olh r } ear , allliough nun h against hia
will 'I he liquor problem has assumed
h gigantic proportion that It Is
voi.v doubtful whether it can bo set
tied umlcahl } or not The conserva
element Is stiong In its determi
nation to defeat any attempt to raise
the occupation tax to $1,000 , and n
large number have pledged them
selves to veto out the saloons in pref
orcm c lo counlenancing the high H
( enso fee.
Harem Skirt in Brazil.
Rio Janeiro , March 16. The panta
loon skirt has reached Rio Janeiro
and two girls who were engaged to
poptilari/e the curios garment , which
Is called here the "cullotto Jupe , " wore
mobbed in the street. The police
were called in to evict ono from n cafe
and she was jostled by the crowds
that gathered , while the other was
saved from complete dcnudomentonly
with some dlfllculty. The mob seined
greatly amused and gathered up portions
tions of the garment as souvenirs.