THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEW&JOURNAL , , . . . ' ' \OUKOIK NKHCASKA. I-'KIDAY. .MAW'II tl MATRAU BILL IS DEFEATED MEASURE PROVIDED FOR STATf BOARD OF CONTROL. IT LACKED JUST THREE Many Members of the Nebraska Legit lature Now Favor Final Adjourn "icnt Next Thursday or Friday Wltli out Turning Back the Clock. Lincoln , March 30. Special to Tlv News : Matrau's hoard of control nil was killed In the house this morning The bill lacked three votes. Many of the house members favo adjournment next Thursday or Frlda ; with no turning back of the clock. Pass Longer-terms Dill. The senate also passed the Volp ; bill providing two-year representative and four-year senators , with a salar of $ GOO a session for all n\cmbcrs ci the legislature. Wants New State Officers. In a special message this mornin the governor advocated the cstabllsl tnont of a new state olllcer , a dopnt Inspector of the construction of publl buildings , who is to prevent tin ! n curronco of such conditions in publl work ns has been complained of a Norfolk by the house and sonnto con mlttccs on Institutions and asylumi The present law provides that th stnto architect , George A. Berllnghof shall supnrvlso the construction c buildings for which lie draws th plans , but in the opinion of sever : committees he has not been doing thl work , and the governor's remedy Is t appoint a now olilcor who shall wor under the governor , bearing the tltl of deputy Inspector and drawing salary of ? L ,500 , with $1,500 for tra' ollnjf expenses. In the senate the go vrnor's bill was referred to a specii committee consisting of Tlbbets , Bai nlng and Sollcek , who will see to II presentation to the senate. Sunday Baseball Bill Passed. By a vote of 54 to 41 the Nobrnsfc house of representatives passed sei ate Hie No. yr today , providing for tl playing of Sunday baseball in sue communities as do not foibld It by a tlon of the local boards. The bill hf previously passed the senate. Son doubt is expressed as to the possibi ity of the bill receiving the signatui of Governor Aldrlch. MURPHY SCORES STETSON. Says Stetson Is Trying to Ruin Ne York Democratic Party. Albany , N. Y. , March 30. Only handful of democratic members of tl legislature wore at the city hall , toi porary cnpitol of the state , at the tin act for the reconvening of the cauc today to act on the matter of a cam date for United States senator. The feature since the adjournme of the caucus last night appeared have been Charles F. Murphy's fuln nation against Francis Lyndo Stetsc whom ho accused of planning the ru of the democratic party in this sta by the defeat of William F. Sheehti the Hrst caucus nominee , attributi Mr. Stetson's course to the influcn of so-called "Interests. " Senator Brackett , minority leadi said that republicans were slttl tight and awaiting in the devolc racnts. DAKOTA MURDERER SENTENCE William Heine , Slayer of Ralph Mil Gets Life Term. Fort Pierre , S. D. , March 30.N Hum Helns was today given n life si tenco on his plea of guilty on t charge of having murdered Ral miles. Ho accused Miles of alicnati his wife's affections. Confer Over Wire Strike. Chicago , March 30. W. L. Pa general manager of the Illinois Cent railroad ; H. B. Perham of St. Lot representing the telegraphers , and \V. Miller , chairman of the Loulsla division of the telegraphers' unl conferred today on the wage questl A strike Is threatened for April 1 the men , who ask an increase of percent In wages. At a strike vote contly taken 95 percent of the 1,1 telegraphers voted to go out unl there was a satisfactory wage incro ; granted. Albanian Insurgents Active. Constantinople , March 30. It is morcd that the Albanian insurge have occupied Scutari , capital of Villayett of Scuttarl In Albania , fo : Jive miles southeast of Dalma There have been earlier reports of i affection In Scuttarl. Iowa Legislature Adjourns April DCS Molnes , March 30. The I ( house of representatives today pas the concurrent resolution that Iowa legislature adjourn April 12. Steamer is Refloated. Cape Haltlen , Haiti , March 30. ' -Hamburg-American steamer Allen nla , which went ashore off Point Mi Gras , was refloated today by her ter ship , the Croatia. Lewis Is Criticised. Plttsburg , March 30. Thomas Lewis , retiring International preslc of the United Mine Workers of . orlca , and the international orgn ers of the union , wore criticised leading miners In an address be the twenty-second annual convcn of the Plttsburg district. CONDITION OFJHEWEATHEH Temperature for Twenty-four Hours Forecast for Nebraska. Maximum f > ! Minimum . . . . ' - ' A vorago < > llaruinotor - ! > .7 ( Chicago , March IK ) Tlio bulletin In Htietl by the Chicago Htatlon of tin United States weather bureau glvoi the forecast for Nebraska ns follows lfn \ - > iiorally fair tonight and Friday ; " % , . UmlKht ; cooler north ant \w .v'/ " Friday. ON GALLOWS , HE CONFESSES PENNSYLVANIA MURDERER JOKE5 OF DEATH TO END. HE RUNS UP TO THE SCAFFOLC Waving His Hand at the Crowd , H Bids the Spectators Goodbye am Adjusts Rope Noose About His Owi Neck Says He Deserves It. Pottsville , Pa. , March 30. A remarkable markablo display of nerve was mad in the county jail hero today by Jc soph Christock , who was hanged fo the murder last fall of Mrs. Ann Kiel ards. Declining the proffered asslsl anco of a priest and deputy shorlfi the man walked smilingly from hi cell to the foot of the gallows an ran lightly up the steps. It was a public hanging and befor him stood 1,500 persons to whom h waved his hand. Then lie reached ui grasped the noose and placed it aroun liis neck , put his arms by his side t bo strapped , and smiling , said : "Goodbye , all. " The trail fell and he was dead i twelve minutes. Confesses the Murder. Ilofoie going to the gallows Chri tock made a confession , declaring h had shot the woman when he was di tected by her attempting to mistre ; her daughter. Ho told of numeroi highway robberies and burglaries li had committed In the nortli and woun up his confession by saying that li deserved to be hanged for his crime lie joked of death to the very end. TOM LEWIS WILL WORK AS MINEI AND WILL AGAIN BE CANDIDAT FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT. Plttsburg. March 30. When Thorni L. Lewis relinquishes his position i president of the United Mine \ or ors of America , tomorrow night , 1 will leave the headquarters in I dianapolis for his homo in Bridgepoi Ohio , and on Monday will take place as miner In the Wheeling Crei mines of the Loraln Coal and Doi company. It Is stated that Lewis has recel ed n number of business offers , b ho promises to remain In the mlnoi organization and his friends hero si ho will again bo a candidate for i ternatlonal president. Ho recent discouraged an effort to make hi the head of the Ohio organization. TRUSKETT WANTS NEW TRIAt Convicted of Second Degree Murdi Kansan Wants Another Chance. Independence , Kan. , March 30. guraents for a new trial were beg before Judge J. R. Flannelly today behalf of A. A. Truskctt , convicted second degree murder yesterday 1 killing J. D. S. Nelley , n wealthy Lin O. , oil man. Truskett. who is 70 yec old , was In court The penalty for si end degree murder is from ten twenty years in the penitentiary. Rob Train of $40,000. St. Petersburg , March 30. Robbi held up a train at Wldsow , a sm station on the Warsaw and Gran ! line , last night and secured | 40,0 which was to have been used for t payment of railroad employes. T passengers were wounded by the p bers , who escaped. HAWAIIAN LABORERS LEAVE Islanders Worried About Movement Workmen Toward Alaska. Honolulu , March 30. The thrt encd depletion of the labor supply Hawaii by agents of the Alaskan c norlcs is causing considerable ala 3d In the islands. The territorial lei 10 laturo passed three laws yesterc providing for the drastic regulation emigration and practically prohibit In nature. The steamer Senal tie which sailed from San Francisco , ndi this port , Is supposed to bo com di to transport laborers to Alaska , i Is- - could convoy 1,000 men , each of wh It cost the territory $100 to bring lu Eighty-live laborers were taken the steamer Wllhelmina and sove from the steamer Sierra just bo ( nt the ship sailed for San Francii in- Both the territorial officials and ph Izhy era are making strenuous efforts hy prevent any laborers sailing on clt ire the Senator or Korea , the latter he on the next llnor to leave hero for continental coast. VALENTINE DAM BURSTS FILLED UP FOR JUST A DAY , CE- WENT WORK GOES OUT. IT MUST ALL DE BUILT AGAIN Faulty Construction or Wrong Plans Resulted In a Dungled Job on the New City Dam at Valentine , Quilt for Municipal Light Plant. Valentino , Nub. . March 30. Special to The Nowa : The big city dam , which has boon in course of construc tion for the last year , when Just com pleted and tilled up about n day , went out yesterday morning , tearing out all of tliu cement work and most all of the dam north of the power house. The rush of water drowned several head of cattle and hogs for Mr. Gas- kill , n fanner living on the creek about a mile below the dam. About two weeks ago the dam was Hllccl and a crack was discovered In the cement and the water was all let out again in older to repair the damage - ago and It was thought the work was done and it was the Intention to begin lighting the city within a few days , but owing to faulty work or wrong plans or something , the dam failed tc hold and the work will all have to be done over. CROSS-EXAMINE INFORMER. Italian Camorrist Sticks to Details ol His Story. Vitcrho , Italy , March 30. Gennarc Abbatemaggio , the informer , vai cross-examined at today's sitting ol tlie court of the assizes , which is try ing thirty-six Camorrlsts for the murder dor of their treacherous associates Gounaro Cuoccolo and ills wife. Most of the questions asked by PresIdent Ident Binnehl and the lawyers of tin defense concerned matters of second ary importance and were intended tc impeach the informer. The lattci stood the ordeal very well , innkini many admissions concerning his owi evil career , but clinging tenacious ! ; to the story of Camorrist ci lines whicl ho originally told to the police spy Marshal Cnpozzuti , and later submit ted in the form of an affidavit to tin court. Lawyer Terre of counsel for the dc fenso today received an anonymou letter which the writer attempted ti prove what the writer attempted ti prove what has been before assertet by other prisoners , that the carabl neers who ran down the Camorrist had manufactured the Cuoccolo rini evidence. According to the police th ring had been taken from the hand o Cuoccolo to he sent to Luigo Arena i ; proof of the death of the man when Arena had denounced as a traitor t the Camorrlsts. The carabineers swor that they found the ring at the horn of n woman companion of the assas sins. sins.As As proof that this evidence was fal rlcatcd , the writer of the letter state that Littillo , a carabineer of the legio of Naples , being offended , boxed th ears of his superior officer , whereupo Instead of being courtmartialed , h was sent to a hospital , as he ha threatened that if he were punishe ho would reveal the duplicity of th ofllcers of the legion. Subsequentl : the latter states , Llttiello was declare Insane and removed from the army. DRYING OUT THE CAPITOL. Plana Already Being Made to Rebull Burned Portions of It. Albany , N. Y. , March 30. The wor of rehabilitating the fire-swept stat capitol , begun yesterday while tli ( lames were still crackling In the wes ern wing , was continued today wit incessant vigor. First efforts wei directed to drying out the portiers < the great building untouched by tl : fire but soaked by the tons of wat < poured on the conflagration. Tods the legislative leaders are expected I confer with Governor Dix and Stai Architect Ware regarding the appr prlation necessary to repair the bull ing. ing.Tho The state architect has recommon ed that the legislature authorize li mediately the preparation of plans fi rebuilding the ruined third and four floors in the west end. This work w Include the replanning of the Interl to meet the demands of the offlci that will occupy the quarters fro which flro drove the education depai nicnt. Unofficial estimates place the cost reconstruction close to $4,000,000. t- TO DISBAR OFFICIAL. ) f Dakota Attorney General Declares / in tion Is Echo of Campaign. ins s- Pierre , S. D. , March 30. Dlsbarme s.y proceedings against Attorney Genei jf Royal C. Johnson were commenced 'O the supreme court today. Johns 'Or r , says the whole procedure is an echo > r the late campaign and that ho has fear as to the outcome. Ho was re 10 resented by counsel In the court a in waived all technical procedure a ino. o. asked for Immediate hearing , either iff referee or by the court , The court f ty nounced that early action In some foi ro would be taken. roo. o. it- An Iowa Courthouse Burns. itto to Fort Madison , la. , March 30. FI cr which consumed the county courthou ig threatened the entire business secth 10 All of the county records were strayed. LIFE'S DISAPPOINTMENTS IH TttftT RAISE. MB A60 ( Copyrtght lm ! > JUDGE KENYON CAUCUS NOMINEE SIXTY OF THE 104 IOWA LEGISLA TORS ATTEND THE MEETING. DCS Mollies , March 30. At a cau cus of sixty out of the 104 republican members of the Iowa legislature last night Judge W. S. Kenyon was iiomi natcd as the republican party candi date for United States senator to sue' eed Senator Dolliver. Of the forty-four absentees fifteen ave voted for Kenyon hitherto. Sixty our members signed the caucus call nt republicans who have been noting or Judge H. K. Deemer did not sign 10 call or partu Ipate in the caucus. On the only ballot taken Judge Ken on received iifty-throo votes , a ma irity of all republican members ii 10 legislature , and Judge Deemer ro eivod six. One vote was cast foi pcaker Stillmnn. Representative John Jacobs of Cal oun county presided and Senatoi Nicholas Bnlkema was secretary o lie caucus which transacted no othei usiness. 30 WOMEN HYSTERIGAl AT HUGE MASS MEETING OVERCOME BY STORIES OF FIRE HORROR , THEY'RE REMOVED - ED BY DOCTORS. New York , March 30. Thirty we non were removed late last night fron a memorial mass meeting for the vie ims of the Washington Place flro ii Jrand Central Palace , suffering si erribly from hysteria that ambulanci surgeons were called to attend then ind to remove them to the hospital. Moro than 3,000 persons were present ent , mostly women , whoso nerves wer mstrung by the recital which som of the speakers made of Saturday' lire horror. The meeting was unde the auspices of the shirtwaist an Ireasmakers' union. PASS SUNDAY BASEBALL BILL. Golf , Tennis and Baseball Permittee Governor May Veto. Lincoln. March 30. The Sunda baseball bill passed the house after bitter fight and attempts to amend to exclude small towns from Its bem fits. fits.The amendments which came froi the friends of the bill were designe to meet the objections of Governc Aldrlch , who Is supposed to have d clarcd himself as quite opposed 1 Sunday baseball on general principle and willing to sign the bill only with clause which would prevent Sabbal games In towns smaller than 2,000. The members from small town however , were entirely unwilling i exclude themselves from the bill nr voted down an amendment to excluc towns of less than 5,000 and to e elude villages less than 2,000. As the bill stands now , lawn tonnl golf and baseball arc not crimes , eve If they are played on Sunday. It considered quite probable that tl governor will refuse to sign. He h : been besieged by representatives both sides and has refused to comm himself to either. It Is a question practical politics. Pressure has be < brought from every quarter. If 1 does refuse to sign It there seems bo llttlo chance that It can bo passi over his veto In either house , as the is scarcely more than a bare majorl backing It. Regulate Jewish Name * . St. Petersburg , March 30. The he synod today Issued an edict prohib ing Jews bearing Christian first nami BANK GUARANTY NOW IN EFFECT MANDATE OF UNITED STATES SU PREME COURT ARRIVES. IS OFFICIALLY REGISTERED The Nebraska State Bank Guaranty Law , Recently Held by United States Supreme Court to be Valid , Is Now in Operation. Lincoln. March 30. Special to The News : The mandate from the United States supreme court arrived todaj and was registered in the federal courl at noon. The state bank guaranty acl wont into effect immediately. This mandate reverses the declsior of Judges Munger and Vandervantci and puts into operation the act guar anteelng bank deposits which was passed two years ago. WOMEN DISTURB MEETING. Suffragettes Bring In Banners at Eng llsh Political Session. London , March 30. Premier Asquitl and Whltelaw Ueid , the American am bassador , at a large meeting of church men and statesmen last evening , tool occasion to eulogize the arbltratloi movement. They were the principa speakers at the tercentenary celebra tlon of the revision of the Englisl translation of the bible by a commie sion which completed the King Jamei version in 1611. Suffragettes interfered with the pro ceedings and when the prime minlste began they unfurled banners bearini the Inscription : "Votes for Women. " The banners were torn up after i fight. Test New Zeppelin Airship. Friederlchshafen , March 30. Coun Zeppelin's new airship made a maidei flight today. The craft replaces tlr passenger airship Deutschland , whicl after a few thrilling exhibitions , cam to grief amid the trees of the Teutc burgian forest on June 28 , lust. Th motors and the vertical steering plain of the Deutschland were saved fror ro ty REV. J. P. MUELLER. Rev. J P. Mueller , pastor of Christ Lutheran church , Norfolk , was born on March 30 , 1854 , nt Saarbourg , Lor ly raine , France , where he went to the it- French-German school until his par ents Immigrated into upper Canada in the wreck and utilized In the construc tion of her successor. To Abandon International Flight. Berlin. March 30. The projected In ternational aviation race from Paris to Berlin , Brussels and London prob ably will be abandoned , owing to the attitude of the Paris Journal , ono of the papers contributing to the prizes , yielding to the French agitation against flights In Germany. The Ber liner Mittag Zeitung will apply the $ i5,000 ! which it offered for the event to another contest. Bandits In Peru. Lima , Peru , March 30. A band ol 100 bandits is levying tribute on the merchants in the north. Troops have been sent against them. The govern ment is criticised for nothing main tained sulllclently equipped giirrlsons in that district. Report of Chinese Attack. St. Petersburg , March 30. A rumoi was current that the Chinebo had sur rounded and wore attacking Blago zisliticlionck capitol of the Amur pro vlnce on the Amur river in Asiatic Russia. The rumor ib without confiim ation. Blngozlshtlchenclc is situated close to Manchuria. It is cholera Infectcc and some trouble has arisen betweei the Russians and Chinese over the epidemic and quarantine measures. This town was unsuccessfully attack ed by the Chinese in 1900 during the Boxer trouble Jury for Alaska Case. Seattle , March 30. The jury t < hear the case against the locators o the English group of claims filed 01 Alaskan coal land valued at moro thai a hundred million dollars was com pleted. Ono of the jurors Is a fores ranger. A Reception at Butte. Butte , Neb. , March 30. Special ti The News : A reception was held a the homo of the groom's parents , Mi and Mrs. Henry Rcinhelmer , on Mon day evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs John S. Relnheimer. Fifty invitation were issued. Many valuable and use ful presents were given these hlghl ; esteemed young people by the guests The newly wedded couple will leav in a few days for Rapid City , S. D near where the groom has a fine claiir Who's Who In Norfolk 1SGG. Here he attended a Gertna Lutheran parochial school and a pu lie school until 1870 , when ho entere a printing ofllce and worked at tt printing business three years. In Se tomber , 1S73 , ho enrolled at Concord college , St. Louis , Mo. The followit year ho entered Concordia seminar Springfield , 111. , from which institutlc ho graduated In June , 1878 , and c tered the ministry of the Gernu Evangelical Lutheran synod of Ml sourl , Ohio and other states , of whi < he Is still a member. His first charge was near Lyor Ituit county , Neb. , which ho served i pabtor and parochial school teach from September , 1878 , until Marc 1881. Then ho followed a call to Scrl nor , Nob. , where ho worked seven ai a half years , serving two congreg tlons and two preaching stations. After a repented call he. moved Norfolk In September , 18S8 , and to charge of Christ Lutheran churc which he has served without intern tlon up to the present , twenty-ti jears and seven months. While 1 church was quite small twenty-l' ' years ago , It grew witli the city , t parochial report of January 1 , 19 showing 177 voting members , 726 co munlcants , 112 school children In 1,011 souls. REBELS ARE ASSEMBLING ALL INSURRECTOS IN NORTHERN MEXICO CONCENTRATING. READY TO TALK ABOUT PEACE Many of the Mexicans Are Small Farmers and Work on the Farm Do- mandn Their Attention Are Gather ing East of Chihuahua. Kl Paso , Tox. , March 30. All avail able limurrectoH In the Hold In northern - ern Mexico arc bolns concentrated east of Chihuahua , according to now received hero. It IB believed by In- surrecto sympathize that the pur pose of this move IB to allow thoio who have fought for Uio Inaurrocto caiiBo to have seine part In the con sideration of peace tonnfl. That there has been no recent lighting around Chihuahua Is regarded as indicating that the men In the Held tinllovo Uio selection of the now cabinet an evi dence of good faith upon the part of the government preparatory to peace negotiations. However , the concentration of Ma- doro's forces near Chihuahua would make possible an Immediate move ment against that city , should nego tiations fall. Many of the insurrectos arc small farmers ; they have been In the Held for months and have suffered many hardships. As the time for planting their crops Is now at hand it IB thought hero that they will bo willing to loturn to their farms and await the development of reforms If assured by the cabinet that the reforms nl- teady outlined will bo enacted. They will demand , however , that they retain tain their arms ; that all prisoners taken on since the outbreak of Uio Insurrec tion bo released and that famllle * of those who have fallen in the Insurrec- to ranks be given the same compensa tions as awarded to families of the federal army. De La Barra On His Way. San Antonio , Tex. , March 30. Senor - nor Do La Harm , the now Moxlcan minister of foreign aairs , passed through here today on his way to Mexico ice City , hut was not joined by any erie ie Madero family , who are expected ,0011 , to outer into ; mao . 'jogo'.faiiou * Hh lepresentatives of the Moxlcan ; overnmeiit. On subjects of public intercut , Saner ) e La itana was client. Reyes Not in Cabinet. Paris , .Maich 30. General Hornnrdo : e.\eb of Mexico , who returned from inly , said In an interview that ho as leceived no invitation to join the ie\\ ministry and that hu had no in 'iition ' of letm-nlng to Mexico at 'resent. ' / General HOM > S added he wa.s ab rbi'd In his military studies which 10 expected would keep him occupied 'or a considerable period. Ho took an optimistic view of the Ituatlon in his country and regard d ho ministry as a promising combina : ion. Ho had no thought that the evolution would continue for any length of time , as the government .roops were in possession of the prln ipal strategical points giving the ad- ninlstrntion complete command of the filiation. Another thing which made 'or the rapid termination of the trou , was the mobilization of the Unit id States troops along the frontier. Ho pointed out that now it would bo Impossible for the Insurgents to iscapo over the border or obtatu sup dies. Four Killed in Attack. Pnobln. Mexico. March 30. Armed with nothing more than stonust , a mob attacked a detachment of police at Loa Arcos , \illnge near hero , in an ef- 'ort to lescue twoiity-soxen rebel pris oners. Officer Ahumada , in com mand of the guards , ordered a charge and at Its conclusion four of the mob had been killed and live prisoners ad iled to the lot brought to t'uebla 30 STATE BANKS WOULD NATIONALIZE UNLESS NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE RELEASES THEM FROM OLD ASSESSMENT. Lincoln , March 30. "Unless the ogislaturo consents to do bomethlng o reloabo state banks from paying the tiHcsMncnts under the bank guaranty aw which have accrued during the abt two jears while the law was In litigation , thirty of the largest state hanks in the state stand ready to na tionalize , " bald Senator Volpp , draw ing from his pocket a list ot state banks having the largest capital , de posits and loans of any in the state Volpp is anxious to have the leglsla turo mnko some move to relcaso the bunks from the payment of this as sesbincnt and in support of his propo sition , in the event a bill should roach the governor , ho has shown Governor Aldrlch the Imposing list of banks which have threatened , Volpp states , to become national banks , If they are forced to pay the assessments that huvo accrued. Among the list of banks Is Senator Volpp's own bank at Scribner , which has deposits of $101,000 and is among the largest of the state banks affected by the operation of the guaranty law.