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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY INEWS = JOURNAL , , , , . NOKFOhlv N'KIIKASICA KHIDAY MAY 20 1011. RIOTING GOES ON MODS STILL PARADING STREETS OF MEXICO CITY. ' 'A' POLICE FIRE INTO THE CROWD ONE MAN KILLED BY OFFICERS NEAR GOVERNMENT BUILDING. CRY FOR ORDER DISREGARDED Late Thursday Afternoon Mobs Are Still Parading tfie Streets and ShoutIng - Ing "Viva Maderol" Madero Hears Diaz Will Surely Resign Today. Mexico City , May 25. The police fired on a crowd In front of the department of for- elgn relations. One man was killed. A manifesto Issued by Robles Domlnguez , appealing for order , almost totally disre garded. Mobs at 12:30 : p. m. were still parading streets yelling "Viva Madero. " Today Diaz Resigns , Madero Says. Juarez , May 25. At 11 o'clock the following statement was issued at the Madero headquarters : "By news received directly by Senor - nor Madoro it is known that Gen. Por- ftrlo Diaz and Senor Ramon Corrnll will present their resignations today. " Mexico City , May 25. For glx hours last night this city was in the hands of a mob until a rainstorm , more effec tive than police and soldiers , caused the dispersal of most of them. At mid night , however , a remnant , keeping step to the beating of tin pails and paying no attention to the downpour , continued the demonstration , carefully watched by police and soldiers. Twlco soldiers fired on the mob , the first tim.o nt the big square in iront of the national palace and again to disperse a mob which 'had stoned''the building occupied by El Imparclal and had set it on flro. Nothing llko accuracy was to bo .obtained last night with reference to the number of dead. Estimates ran from seven to/ eighteen , including three policemen said to have been beaten to death by the mob. El Imparclal , which continued to prepare for publication despite the attacks - tacks made on the building , went so far as to place the estimate at thirty dead , mostly at the Zocalo. The po lice at midnight estimated the dead in the Zocalo at flvo or six and the wounded at between forty and fifty- five. five.An An unconfirmed rumor had it that a detachment of Figueroa's revolu tionary force from Cuernavaca was at Lecherla , about fifteen miles from the city. Demonstrations were reported at Guadalajara , Zacatecas and Tehuante- pec. The governor of Jalisco was driv en from Guadalajara and at Zacatecas ( our persons are said to have been killed. In this city business was suspended at 6 o'clock. By 11 o'clock last night the street cars , several of which had been stoned , ceased operation. Not a single taxicab or coach was to be seen. The elements favored the demon stration , as for the first time In weeks rain did not fall in the early evening The clouds withheld their burden until til 10 o'clock. With the downpour the crowds , which in the aggregate numbered bored thousands , began to disappear rapidly and at midnight only a band of 100 or so continued marching. Diaz Is Very III. Gen. Diaz , who has reserved the captain's quarters on a Hamburg American liner duo to sail from Vera , Cruz on the last day of the month continues.very ill , despite recent op Pv. timistlc official reports. He Is recelv ing absolutely no visitors. A heavj guard was maintained in front of tlu presidential residence throughout tin night. Foreseeing the tragic posslbllitlei in the demonstration , Alfred Robeli Domlnguez , Madero's representative at the beginning of the disorders sc cured the publication of a plea fo moderation. In an extra of El Her aldo in the name of Madero , ho urgei ; the people to rdsort to no violence assuring them that he had persona 1 knowledge that the resignations o Diaz and Corral would be offered tc day. That they were not offered yes terday Is officially announced as du to a technical delay In getting that a Corral In proper legal form. Copies of this extra wore dlstribu ! ed to the mob' free of cost , but th story which appeared to Interest thoi more than the statement of Domli guez was that of the failure of Dia and Corral to resign. They shoute their approval of El Heraldo , which i an American owned paper , but coi tinued with their marching and shou \ V ing. Fall to Quiet Mob. About 8:30 : it was evident that tut part of the crowd which had tried t restrain the rioters was losing con trol. Passing along tno portalcs of the Zocalo , where there are dozens of stalls In which are sold various cakes and candles , the crowd accidentally overturned one or two. SOUTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCE An automobile road from Hot Springs to Sylvan lake , a distance of hlrty-flvo miles , will be built by the ' " ' ' ' ublned efforts of the county au- * tf. i of Custer and Fall River. Resolution. JQty5. . By more than two-thirds vott/tyj. .bcratic senators In caucus today declined to support the Martin resolution directing the senate committee on privileges and elections to ro-lnvostlgnto the Lorlmer case. Several senators reserved the right to offer amendments and some of them declared they would be bound by the caucus action. WALSH LEARNS DIE IS CAST AGED CHICAGO BANKER GETS WORD OF TAFT'S ACTION. NO PARDON FOR HIM OR MORSE If Walsh Felt Any Disappointment When He Read the Telegram From His Son , He Did Not Show It His Health Is as Good as It Has Been. Leavonworth , Kan. , May 25. John R. Walsh this morning received a tele gram from his son in Chicago , notify ing him of President Taft's refusal to grant the application for his pardon. Mnj. R. W. McClaughoy , warden of the federal prison , delivered the mes sage to the prisoner after its arrival. "If Mr. Walsh was shocked or dis appointed , ho did not show it in his face , " said the warden. "He read the telegram and without comment of any kind folded it and placed it in his pocket. " Mnj. McClaughey said that Walsh 1 had given out no Interviews and that it was not probable he would do so. "It Is against the rules for news paper men to be admitted to inter view prisoners , " he said. Asked concerning the aged banker/3 / health , Maj. McClaughey said : "He is as well as he has Ireon at any. time since no eiUered the prison. Of course the warm weather has oppres sed him , but his general health. Is fairly good. He is eating his break fast now and his appetite Is good. CHARLES "wTMORSE ALSO TURNED DOWN PRESIDENT TAKES FIRM STAND THAT BANK LAWS MUST BE UPHELD. Washington , May -25. President Taft last night denied the applications for the pardon of Charles W. Morse of New York and John R. Walsh of Chicago , the two most prominent bank ers ever convicted and sent to federal prison under the national banking laws. laws.Not Not only did the president refuse to pardon them but he also declined to exercise any other executive clem ency in these cases or to shorten the sentences imposed by. the courts. In denying the pardons the president took a firm stand that the national banking laws or any other laws must be upheld when they affect the ricli man ever more than when they affeql the poor. The record In the Walsh , , , case , the president said , "shows moral turpitude of that insidious and dan " gorous kind , to punish which the na tlonal banking laws were especially enacted. " In conderlng the case of Morse , the president said that "from a consldera tion of the facts In each case , I have no doubt that Mor o should have re celved a heavier sentence than Walsh a Indeed the methods taken by Morse tend to show that more keenly thai ' Walsh did he realize the evil ho was - . doing. " The president's denial of the pardoi applications does not mean that tin men must stay in prison until the em of their terras. Walsh began a sen tence of five years In the Leaven worth penitentiary In January , 1910 and under the federal parole law I eligible for paroio next September the president's action having no bear Ing whatever upon future action fo d parole. , Morse also began his federal tern nl in the Atlanta penitentiary in January of 1910. In denying his application th ofo president granted leave to renew 1 after January 1 , 1915. Under the pai ne ole law Morse would bo eligible fo of release in 1915. it- "Madero as Bad as Diaz. " lie Los Angeles , May 25. "Not unt m the system under which the masse inaz are exploited for the benefit of the fe1 az has been destroyed will we lay dow ed our arms , " said A. L. Figuoroa , n is spokesman for the liberal junta , n in- sponslblo for the insurrecto re0 lit- mont In Lower California. Ho sal that any mission of envoys from Mi dero would be useless as the junt at recognized no distinction betwec to Diaz and Madoro , VON PHUL DIES FROM BULLETS ST. LOUIS AVIATOR SUCCUMBS TO THREE WOUNDS. RESULT OF ROW OVER WOMAN "Tony" Von Phul , Well Known Diri gible Balloon Aeronaut , Expires In Denver , Following Shooting Scrape at Brown Palace Hotel. Denver , May 25. S. L. ( "Tony" ) Vou Phul of St. Youls , who was shot three times by F. Harold llenwood here last night following a quarrel , dlod shortly before noon today. A charge of murder will now bo placed against' Kenwood , who Is In jail. Denver , Colo. , May 25. A quarrel , presumably starting over a woman , and continuing over the merits of dlf < Cerent brands of champagne , resulted in a triple shooting shortly before midnight last night In the bar room of the Drown Palace hotel. Frank II. Honwood , an agent of the Globe Blow Gas company of New York , did the shooting. S. L. ( Tony ) Von Puhl of St. Louis , a wlno agent and well known as a balloonist , was the object of the shooting and received three bullets , one In the shoulder , one In the right wrist and one in the ab domcn. J. W. Atkinson of Colorado Springs , a wealthy contractor , was shot in the left leg and G. E. Copeland , a mining man of Victor , Colo. , received two bul lets , one In the left leg and the other in the abdomen. Atkinson and Copeland were bystan ders and bad nothing to do with the quarrel. Accordng to Henwood he and Von Puhl met only yesterday. A quarrel in which the name of an actress was used started later , and resulted In Henwood calling Von Puhl a liar. Von Puhl instantly replied with a smasli to Henwood's face which sent bin ; reeling. The latter drew a revolver and emptied Its five chambers. Friends of both men state the quar rcl really started over a Denver so ciety woman. MADERO ORDERS ANOTHER BATTLE COMMANDS INSURRECTOS TO AT TACK CAPITAL OF COAHUILA IF NECESSARY. Juarez , May 25. A resumption .of hostilities In the state of Coahullaw'as ordered today. Francisco I. Madero gave instructions for the insurrecto forces In that state to advance on Sal- tlllo , the capital , a city of 24,000 popu lation , with a view of taking it from the federals and forcibly establishing the provisional governor there. Coahuila is one of the four states In which Madero asserts it had been agreed he should Install his provision al governors , Madero today received advices that the legislature there had refused to install Senor Venus Pine Carranza , who had been chosen for that post. The insurrecto leader there is un der instructions by telegraph for the Insurrectos to advance on the city and open an attack if necessary. A statement issued from insurrecto headquarters follows : "Word has been received in the of fice of the provisional government that the legislature of Coahuila has refused to turn the government over to Senor Carranza and that it has been proposed to install in his place Pragedls Do la Pina or Dr. Carlos VIesca. "The provisional president , who knows perfectly well that public opin ion favors Senor Carranza and that he was the popular candidate for gov ernor in the last election and would have been elected by a majority of votes , does not wish to yield to the legislature and he has given the nec essary instructions for the Insurrecto forces to advance on the capital of Coahuila and compel the legislature to act in accordance with the aspirations of the revolutionists. It Is probable that the federal forces will join with the Insurrectos. " EXPENSIVE FOR FAT TOURISTS. Passengers Visiting Near Santa Mo , nlca , Cal. , Pay Fares by Weight. is Santa Monica , Cal. , May 25. Tour ists who use the automobile stage of the Topango Development company this summer to visit resorts near Santa 3r ta Monica will be required to pay by m weight for their rides. The company has decided that the man who weighs 300 pounds must pay twice as much jt at least as the maid who weighs about " 120. The charge for each pound has not been fixed. Danger In This Flight. Lincoln , May 25. Braving n wind that blew steadily at thirty miles an til hour , with occasional ugly gusts , cs James Ward In a Curtlss biplane gave 5W an exhibition of air flight late las vn evening after the other aviators hni as declared It was too risky to take to re- the air. Ward was aloft nine mln 0- utes , but confessed his flight was dan ild gerous , the gusts of wind occasionally la- whipping him around and bringing hi ita biplane to a perilous angle. If th en weather is better today Ward hope to make a high altitude flight. LIFE'S DISAPPUinmVlENTS ( Copyright. 1911. ) BOARD GUTS DOWN THE DOCTORS' ' FEES ANTELOPE COUNTY COMMISSION ERS REJECT MEDICAL EX PERTS' BILLS. NeligTi , Neb. , May 25. Special to The News : The important feature in connection with the medical expert testimony during the Greggerson-Ped- erson murder trial less than two weeks ago in this city , was rehashed y the board of supervisors of An- elope county the past two days , in egard to the amount that each wit- ess should be allowed. The board decided the charges were treasonable. They finally concluded o allow each doctor $2 per day and mileage , , -The fees of , Dr. P. H. Sal- er of Norfolk and Dr. Hlldebrnnd of 31enrwater were the lowest of any , led , both of these being for $25 each. The following are the names and mounts of each person giving expert estimony In the amove case , rejected y the board of supervisors of this ounty : Dr. E. Arthur Carr , Lincoln , 100 ; Dr. D. W. Beattle , Nollgh , $150 ; Dr. A. E. Collyer , Elgin , $107 ; James ackson , Elgin , undertaker and em- lalmer , $51.30 ; Dr. P. H. Salter , Nor- oik , $25 ; Dr. G. H. Hlldebrand , Clearwater - water , $25 ; Dr. E. J. C. Sward , Lin- oln , $216.80. TOWN IN A TRUST. 'riest ' Proposes to Combine Merchants of Ohio , III. , in Big Corporation. Chicago , May 25. The fertile brain of Father R. F. Flynn , a "financier priest" of Ohio , 111. , has originated a scheme , now in process of being put nto operation in that community , which , if taken up by other small owns of the country , is likely to put he mail order houses of the big cities out of business for all time to come. Father Flynn's project , summed up n a pjirase , is to combine all the stores in the town into a trust with the farmers living around It the "trust magnates. " He began putting it In operation three or four weeks ago and has made such progress that the opposition to t now seems insignificant TAKES CUDAHY CHILDREN. Mother Declares Act Is a Violation of Kansas City Court Decree. Los Angeles , May 25. Mrs. Mich ael Cudahy , widow of the millionaire packer and guardian of the four chil dren of her son Jack , secretly remov ed the children from the convent near Alhanibra , where they had been for some months , and taken them east. Mrs. Jack Cudahy learned this fact when she went out to visit her chil dren. dren.Mrs. Mrs. Jack Cudahy went to the Mich ael Cudahy residence in Pasadena this morning to see the children , but they wore gone. "I am utterly at a loss to know what prompted Mrs. Michael Cudahy tc take my children away without ln forming me , " she said. "I intend to remain here now until I get definite information about them. I have a right to see them by the decree of the court in Kansas City and no one car deny me this privilege. " RAIN COVERED TRIPP COUNTY. Crop Prospects In That Portion of th < Rosebud Are Good. Wltten , S. D. , May 25. Special tc The News : Rain began falling a about 2 o'clock Monday morning am continued up until after noon. One farmer who owns considernbli land in this and Gregory counties says that he has 300 acres of flu : seeded In the vicinity of Wltten am that it was looking well. He statei that one more ralu about the first o July and he was sure of a crop o twelve to fifteen bushels per acre. TAFT APPOINTS ELLIOTT JUDGE ABERDEEN MAN NAMED FOR THE SOUTH DAKOTA JUDGSHIP. HE SUCCEEDS JUDGE GARLAND After a Long Wait In Which Factional Politics has Played a Part In Dakota \ ta , the President Names Elliott for Federal Court. Washington , May 25. President Taft yesterday announced the appoint ment of James D. Elliott of Aberdeen , D. , district'judge for the South Dakota district , succeeding Judge Car- land , who was appointed to the court of commerce. IS ELECTION DAY IN MELLETTE COUNTY COUNTY SEAT TO BE SELECTED , AMONG OTHER FEATURES OF ORGANIZATION. Witten , S. D. , May 25. Special to The News : Today is the day of the special election called by the governor to organize Mellette county. Among other features , is the selection of a county seat. Circulars in the Indian language have been distributed over the county. MOB THREATENS JUDGE. United States Marshal and Armed Deputies are Summoned. New York , May 25. United States Marshal Henkel and armed deputies were summoned hastily by telephone to the federal building yesterday to act as a body guard for Judge Holt of the United States circuit court who had sentenced three counterfeiters to imprisonment terms aggregating thir ty-five years. The marshal found hundreds of friends of the prisoners in an angry mood following their failure to force their way into the Judge's chambers. The deputies dispersed the crowd and escorted the judge from the building , s'o attempt was made to molest him , ENGINE DROPS THROUGH BRIDGE TRIPP COUNTY MAN IS LUCKY AND ESCAPES WITHOUT A SCRATCH. Wltten , S. D. , May 25. Special to The News : L. B. Hannaman , who is operating a gas breaking outfit , had the misfortune of going through a bridge that crosses the Cottonwood just east of town last Friday. For tune favored Mr. Hannaman in not be ing killed instantly as the engine and plows he was hauling , when the bridge , gave way , doubled up llko a knife with him between the engine and plows , but he came out without a scratch. NEBRASKA PLAYER RECEIVED MONEY SIDNEY COLLINS FOOTBALL STAR , GOT $200 FOR PLAYING ON TEAM. Lincoln , May 25. At a meeting of the University of Nebraska Athletic board , charges of professionalism against Sidney Collins , the star center of the football team , were taken up and , following testimony of witnesses and the introduction of affidavits to show that Collins had received money during the seasons of 1007 and 1908 , the accused athlete made admission that he had received $200 for playing on the team. The board adopted a resolution with drawing Collins from participation in the Missouri Valley truck meet at Des Molnes next Saturday but voiced the opinion that while Collins was guilty of professionalism , his accept ance of the money was for the pur pose of enabling him to pursue his course in the university rather than a direct reward for playing on the football team. Defends Canned Goods. Indianapolis , May 25. Attacks on newspapers , magazines and "country doctors , " said to have been creating prejudice in the public mind against canned goods , were made in a speech yesterday at the convention of the Na tional Wholesale Grocery association , by Frank E. Gorrel , its secretary. An educational and advertising compaign in favor the use of canned goods was advocated by several speakers. Who's Who In Norfolk > J. 13AUM. J. Baum , member of the Damn Bros , clothing firm , was born In Germany. Ills flrst business In the United States was the clothing business , which he conducted in New York City until 1884 when he was Joined by his brother , David Baum , who came from Mar- shalltown , la. , to Norfolk. Both broth ers opened a small clothing store where the Kiesau drug store is now located. This building was construct ed for their use , but after five years of successful business they moved tc their present quarters in the Cotton block. Mr. Baum Is an active mem ber of the Commercial club and takes great interest in the progress of the city , CONDITION OF THE WEATHEF R Temperature for Twenty-four Hours Forecast for Nebraska. Maximum 9 ; Minimum 01 Average 71 Barometer 29.71 Chicago. May 25. The bulletin is sued by the Chicago station of tin United States weather bureau give the forecast for Nebraska as follows Generally fair tonight and Friday cooler east portion tonight. HARLAN OUT WITH A KICK ASSOCIATE JUSTICE FILES A FOR MAL DISSENTING OPINION. IN REGARD TO OIL DECISION Harlan Brands as Mischievous the Modification Made by the Court Per mitting Making of "Normal and Lawful Agreements. " > t Washington , May 25. Associate Jus tice John Marshall Harlan today filed In the supreme court his formal dis senting opinion In the Standard Oil case. The llnal document contains about 8,000 words. Justice Harlan brands as mischiev ous , the modification made by the court In the decree of the lower court permitting subsidiary corporations of the Standard Oil , after dissolution of. the combination , to make "normal ami lawful agreement , " among themselves. Chief Justice White had characterized the ntodlllcntlon as a "minor matter. " The further declaration IB inndo by Justice Harlan that ho Is convinced the court's opinion "will throw the business of the country Into confusion and Invite widely extended and liar- rassing litigation , the Injurious effects of which will bo felt for many years to come. " AVIATORS MEET WITH MISFORTUNE AIRMEN ON LAST LAP OF PARIS- TO-MADRID RACE , BATTLING GAMELY. Madrid , May 25. Misfortune met all of the three aviators on the flight to the Spanish capital from San Se bastian which Is the most distant stage of the ( light from Parls-to-Mu- drld. All , however , are reported to bo heroically trying to resume their flight to this city. Glbert left San Sebastian nt 0:28 : o'clock this morning. When about eighteen miles from Vltorla it is r * > - ported that he was attacked by an eagle and was forced to defend him self by shooting at the bird with his revolver. Glbert lauded abruptly at Olazagutla , about forty miles from San Sebastian , but was not hurt. Vedrine landed at Qulntanupalla , about 140 miles north of Madrid. On landing he met with a slight accident and sought help in repairing his ma chine. Garros * motor failed when he was seven miles outside of San Sebastian and he was forced tp descend at Usur- bll. The aviator made an effort to re pair the deranged motor. The distance between Sail Sebastian and Madrid is -kilometers , about 2G6 miles. San Sebastian , Spain , May 25. The three aviators who are entered in the Paris-to-Madrld race started for Ma drid early today. Glbert was the flrst to get away , leaving the ground at 0:28 : o'clock. Garros was off at 7:12 : and Vedrine at 7 : IT. SHIP GOES DOWN , 60 MAY BE LOST NATIONAL STEAMSHIP LINER TA- BOGA STRIKES A ROCK IN ATLANTIC. Panama , May 25. The National Steamship line steamer Taboga struck a rock oti Punta Mala on Tuesday and sank a short time afterwards. Of the hundred passengers on board , only forty are known to have been saved. The Taboga had a cargo of cattle and was 011 her regular coastwise trip. The scene of the accident Is about 100 miles from the nearest telegraph sta tion , which makes It difficult to ob tain details of the accident. The United States gunboat Yorktown - town left here today for the scene of the disaster. WHAT'S ' BEHIND FIGHT ON RECIPROCITY PACT ? LAWYERS WHO HAVE BEEN LOB BYING AGAINST IT , WILL BE QUIZZED. Washington , May 25. Allen & Gra ham , the New York attorneys who it Is said have acted for the National Grange in opposing the Canadian rec iprocity agreement , will bo summoned by the senate finance committee to appear before the committee next Monday. This decision was reached by the committee today on motion of Senator Stone , who had previously stated a desire to find out "just who was behind the fight on reciprocity. " Portuguese Border Is Secure. Lisbon , May 25. An official note Is sued by the Portuguese government today declares that the northern fron tier Is absolutely secure , the garrisons of the border provinces having boon strengthened by troops entirely faith ful to the republic.