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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL. . . . . . ' NMUFOUv. NKIU1ASKA. KUHUY. .M'NK ' < " 1'Ml CRIMINAL ACTION AGAINST STEEL MEN MOST SWEEPING ANTI-TRUST SUIT YET UNDERTAKEN. HIGH FINANCIERS ARE INVOLVE PROMINENT NEW YORK LAWYERS ALSO IN THE NET. UNEARTH SECRET AGREEMENTS The Most Sensational Indictments Yet Returned by Any Grand Jury Against Trust Officials In America , Are Ex pected Today In New York. New York , June -9. What promises to be the most sensational and far- reaching anti-trust action the federal government has ever undertaken Is expected to take definite form today when a federal grand jury which has lcen ) securing evidence against cer tain olllclals of the United States Steel corpoiatlon , Us subsidiaries and many Important steel companies , makes Its report. High Financiers Involved. It is known that the findings of the grand jury promise to be a greater revelation than any of the published rumors have Indicated. Criminal in dictments charging conspiracy to con trol the prices of steel and steel pro ducts , the country over , involving men high up In the financial world , are mild to bo ready. The government's Investigations have even gone further and are said to have reached a prominent law firm of this city which has for several years been Identified with many socalled trust contracts and pooling agree ments. Get Secret Agreements. Some evidence presented to the grand jury is said to show the steel business In the United States has been divided by agreement Into about twen ty POpls. The pools , it is said , have been formed by agreements , llttlo sub sidiaries of the steel corporation and many of the independents. Agents of the government in their investigations have come Into possession of con tracts , agreements and minutes of meetings of steel men. The government's action is directed more against the "trust within the 'trust ' , " than against the steel corpora tion alone , although the evidence laid before the grand jury Is said to be against officers of the big corporation. Criminal Action Separate. While the bureau of corporations at Washington has been making an in vestigation of the steel corporation for nearly throe years , this proposed crim inal action is apart from that. The criminal case will not have any con nection with any -suit which the gov ernment may bring against the steel corporation. To Probe Harvester Trust. Washington , June 29. An investiga tion to determine whether the Interna tional Harvester company has violated the antl-tniet , Interstate commerce or uatlonal banking acts , and "whether it has entered into relations in viola tion of law with other persona , firms , or corporations in violation of the law with other persons , flrms and corpora tions , " is proposed in a resolution in troduced today by Mr. Lobeck of Ne braska. A Postoffice Robbed. Newhampton , Mo. , June 29. Rob bers who drove Into this village In an automobile early this morning blew the safe in the postoffice with nitrogly cerine. They secured $150 worth of stamps and about $30 In cash and made their escape. The explosion was hoard by citizens , but they did not realize what was going on , so made uo effort to capture the cracksmen. OPPOSE TAFT IN OHIO ? This Is Statement of Gov. Aldrich , on Hla Return. Lincoln , June 29. Gov. Aldrich who has just returned from a trip to Ohio , today stated that there was much opposition In that state to the renomlnatlon of President Taft. The governor stated that five out ol the six Nebraska districts would be carried for LaFollette at the statewide primaries next spring. Ho also said that Roosevelt seemed to be the fa vorlte among Ohio republicans. Taft Names a Dakotan. Washington , Juno 29. Presideni Taft sent to the senate today the fol lowing nomination : Envoys extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary : William B. Russell * of the District of Columbia to the Da > uilnlcan republic ; Evan E. Young South Dakota , to Ecuador ; Nlcolay ig.A. A.y Grovstad to Paraguay and Uruguay Charles Dunning White , Now Jersey > to Honduras ; H. Perclval Dodge , Mas sachusetts , to Panama ; Lewis E. Ir stein , Now York , to Costa Rica. Sulllvan-Cafferty. Ewlng , Neb. , Juno 29. Special CONDITION QFJHE WEATHER temperature for Twenty-four Hours , Forecast for Nebraska. < 1 , , . inn . S3 A\ > / . 75 Unroii 4/y . 29.151 Chicago / / "i. The bulletin Is sued by tliw0/V i station of the United States % . .r bureau gives the forecast for irnskn as follows : I'nseltled weather \\lth probably cool showers east portion tonight and Friday ; warmer northwest portion to- nluht. The News : At 10 o'clock yesterday morning , at the Catholic church , Joseph Sullivan and Miss Mamlo Cat- forty were united In the holy bonds of matrimony by the Hev. Father Hose. Dennis McCarthy and Miss Elizabeth Sullivan acted as seconds. The bride and groom arc well known here. The groom Is ono of Kwlng's butchers. ALLEN BACK IN POLITICS FORMER UNITED STATES SEN. 1 ATOR IN JUDGESHIP RACE. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS CONFER A Quiet and Exclusive Conference of Democratic Leaders In the Ninth Judicial District , is Held at Pacific Hotel in Norfolk. Former United States Senator Wil liam V. Allen of Madison is back In the political game. He will be the democratic candidate for judge of the Ninth judicial district of Nebraska , opposing the present Incumbent , Judge A. A. Welch of Wayne , If plans of 1J democratic party leaders do not go astray. Taking time by the forelock and slipping onceover on the state primary law , a conference of democratic party leaders assembled from all parts ol the Ninth district met at the Pacific liotel In Norfolk last night and unan imously selected Senator Allen as the man to make the race against Welch. Senator Allen was present and con sented to make the campaign. The conference , which was a quiet affair , was called by Fred H. Free of Plalnvlew , chairman of the democratic central committee of the judicial dls trlct. With the central committee an advisory committee was likewise in vlted to meet. The only other name mentioned in connection with the candidacy was that of Judge Douglas Cones of Pierce Both Judge Cones and Senator Allen have presided on the benchs-of this dis trict In the past. The district includes Madison , Pierce , Knox , Wayne and Antelope counties Last night's conference has no of flclal significance , and any other as plrant for the democratic nomination , still has the right to file for the prl mary election , but the chances are none will care to enter the lists against Senator Allen. Among those present last night were : Willis E. Reed , Madison ; W. V. Al len , Madison ; Joseph Martin , Madi son ; M. C. Garrett , Madison ; Fred H. Free , Plalnview ; Douglas Cones , Pierce ; W. E. Powers , Pierce ; G. T. Kelly , Pierce ; Phillip Kohl , Wayne ; George G. Dayha , Nlobrara ; August Deck , Hoskins ; A. H. Backhaus , Pierce ; John Welsh , Norfolk. RAINFALL IN DAKOTA. Some Interesting Figures Compiled by Sioux Falls Observer. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Juno 29. Some interesting comparisons of the rain fall and temperature of this part of the state can be made as the result of an Inspection of the records In the of fice of the local voluntary weather ob server. These show something of the lack of moisture during the past two years compared with that for 1909. , The rainfall for the three years , from January 1 to June 25 , was as follows : In 1909 , 15.81 Inches ; 1910 , 7.07 inches ; 1911 , 8.34 Inches. That the rainfall thus far this year has been greater than during the corresponding period of last year will be a surprise to many. The figures show that the total rainfall from January 1 to June 25 of this year was but little more than half what the rainfall was dur ing the corresponding period In 1909. The temperature also has varied greatly this year compared with the average temperature during June 1909. The average temperature for ! June , 1909 , was 84 ; for 1910 , 85 , and for 1911 , 95. this having been the hot o- test June for seventeen or eighteen . years in this part of the northwest. . ; Russian Dreadnaught Launched. , St. Petersburg , Juno 29. Russia's - first dreadnaught , Sevastopol , was launched successfully today from the IJaltlc works , in the presence of the ministry of marine , naval attaches , r large representation of society , the ex ecuclve bodies and otllclalJoin 101 IN SHADE IN NORFOLK THURSDAY AFTERNOON IS THE HOTTEST OF THE SEASON. TERRIBLE WIND FROM SOUTH All Heat Records of the Year Were Broken In Northern Nebraska and In Northern Iowa Thursday , When the Mercury Sizzled up to 101. All hont records for the season were broken In Norfolk Thursday afternoon when the temperature reached 101 , by the ( government thermometer. That heal was attained at 3:10 : o'clock. The terrible hot wind from the south , like a breath from a blast furnace , made It altogether the moat disagreeable day of the summer. 101 at Sioux City. Sioux City , la. , Juno 29. All hot weather records for the season were smashed today when the temperature reached 101. PIERCE PLANS REUNION Will Entertain North Nebraska G. A. R. July 11 to July 15. Pierce , Neb. , June 29. Special to The News : Arrangements for the north Nebraska district G. A. R. re union at this city from July 11 to 15 , are about completed and from commu nications being received from all over the north and northeast part of the state there will be a record breaking attendance during that week. The committee has secured such prominent speakers as Gov. Chester H. Aldrich , ex-Senator William V. Allen , Judge Pawcett , ex-Gov. Shallenborger , Hon. F. II. Free and many other good or ators for the afternoon programs and campllres In the evenings. Music will lie furnished by the Pierce band and a male glee club under the leadership of J. L. Centlivre and F. E. Lllledahl. Among the amusements will be a base ball game each afternoon on the fair grounds diamond just across the road from the reunion grounds. The large grove just south of the city has been placed in fine condition and tents , straw , hay , water and fuel will be provided for all and furnished free to all soldiers and their families attend ing. The first day will be Norfolk day , at which time the home team and Norfolk's ball tossers have been scheduled for a bout In the afternoon Norfolk has taken one game from Pierce 4 to 3 , and the second contest will no doubt bring out a big crowd of baseball enthusiasts. Friday will be Osmond day and it is hoped to ar range for a McLean day. W. H. Wid anmn of Norfolk as commander has appointed the following officers on his staff : A. L. Brande , adjutant , Pierce ; G. W. Littell , quartermaster , Pierce ; Capt. William Kelly , officer of the day Anyone desiring further information should address the adjutant at Pierce $13,000 , FORJERSEY BULL Three Animals Bring $26,425 at Farm Sale World's Record Price. Klrksville , Mo. , Juno 29. New world's records for Jersey cattle were made here when two bulls and one cow brought $26,425 at the annual Kin loch farm sale. Viola "Jolly , " a 7-year old bull , born at St. Queen , Island o Jersey , was sold for $13,000 to Dr , Scoville ot the Ellendorf farms , Lex Ington , Ky. He was purchased by Dr , Still and bought in Klnloch farms fo : $1,200 two years ago , a record at tha time. Jolly Royal Sultan , a 2-year-old bull , son of the first named and Lady Viola , sold for $10,000. Majesty's Lady Houhla , 6-year-old , brought $3,425 , said to be the biggest price ever paid for a Jersey cow. Diaz to Take the Cure. Frankfort On The Main , Germany , June 29. General Porfirio Diaz , for mer president of Mexico , arrived here today. He Is on his way to Wiesba den , where he will take the cure. New York Suffers. New York , June 29. A hot , humid and almost breezeless day one of the worst the city has experienced this year Is charged with one death and prostrations which are officially re ported as numbering fifteen. The official thermometer registered S9 , with street thermometers several degrees higher , and only slight relief came with the night. The percentage of humidity during the day ranged from 40 to the high mark of 65. Two Die at Plttsburg. Plttsburg , June 29. Although the thermometer did not go above 85 de grees , two deaths and several prostra- tlons resulted hero from the heat. Lunch at Oakdale. Oakdale , Neb. , Juno 29. Special to The News : The Newman Grove , boosters arrived In town Wednesday afternoon about 2:30 : via the automo bile route from Elgin. They were re ceived by the Oakdalo band and a general turnout of the business men. During their stay cigars , coffee , and sandwiches were furnished them. There were about eighty of them In s all with about twenty machines. With them was the boys' band of Newman Grove. They departed about 3:30 : for Tllden and expected to make Norfolk tonight The town was decorated with the national - tional colors as were their machines LIFE'S ' DISAPPOINTMENTS ( Copyright. 1311. ) A BIG SHIP GAN'T ' BERTH STRIKE OF SHORE GANG MAKES TROUBLE FOR STEAMER. PEOPLE LANDED BY A TENDER 'he Steamer Zeeland of the Red Star Line From New York is Unable to Berth at Her Landing Stage in Liv erpool Shoremen Won't Help. Liverpool , June 29. In the absence f the shore gang , who are on strike , .he steamer Zeelandof th < Red Star ine from New York was unable to berth at her landing stage today and her passengers were landed from a ender. The men due to relieve the Iceland's crew at Merzy lightship re used to go on duty. The Ship Strike is Effective. London. June 29. The situation re sulting from the seamen's strike was uuch involved today , but standing out boldly was the fact that the strikers' measures for obtaining increased wages were effective in many places. The Canadian Pacific railway and the Allan line yielded this morning. The Cunard line followed suit this afternoon. The stewards of the Em press of Britain have returned to work and the loading of the Tunisian has been resumed. The steward of the Arabic of the White Star line , due to sail for Boston on Saturday , and the Bovlc and Suevic of the same line , quit today and have picketed their ships. Foodstuffs Accumulate. Liverpool , June 29. The strike haa had a serious effect on the distribu tion of American and Canadian food stuffs. The quays are littered with huge quantities of bacon , cheese , lard and butter , which the deck hands pre vent the carters handling. Niobrara Beata Springfield. Nlobrara , Neb. , June 28. Specie 1 to The News : Nlobrara crossed bats with Springfield , S. D. , on the home" liamond. The score was 25 to 3 in ' favor of Niobrara a walkaway. Rock ' and Barrell were the battery for the ! homo team. SIOUX FALLS BOY HONORED. i | Herbert Emerson Promoted to a Lieutenancy - tenancy in the Navy , Sioux Falls , S. D. , June 29. Information mation received here from Province- town , Mass. , tells of honors which have come to a Stoux Falls boy , in the person of Herbert F. Emerson , son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Emerson , prominent - inent residents of Sioux Falls. The young man Is In the United States navy , and the information received here is to the effect that he has been' promoted to lieutenant. The Ship Comes Back. Los Angeles , June 29. The steamer Eureka , the movements of which on the Central American coast some weeks ago occasioned considerable an xiety In Washington under- the pre sumption that the ship was laden with munitions of war and bound on a fili bustering cruise to Honduras , arrived In port here with her crew of fortune ( seekers , "disappointed and disgusted , " according to Capt. F. S. Burtis. "Some > officious persons started a story that t wo wore filibustering , " said Burtis. "and when wo reached Anmlapala we were not allowed to land by the Honduran - duran government. We gave up in disgust and came back. " The party was headed by five Americans who hoped to unearth a treasitro said to , have been burled some place on the Honduran coast during a revolution , many years ago. BURGLAR SUSPECTS ARRESTEDJT EWING TWO TRAMPS ARRESTED TRYING TO GET INTO BARN WHERE GOODS ARE HID. Ewlng , Neb. , June 29. Special to The News : Thieves entered the store of T. J. Loob either Saturday night or Sunday night and purloined therefrom live coats and vests , three pairs of trousers , seven pairs of shoes , live shirts and some canned goods. On Tuesday moat of the articles stolen were found hid in a barn In an unused feed lot and a watch was set to catch the guilty parties. About 3 o'clock yesterday morning Marshal Coyne succeeded in arresting two tramps who were quietly trying to gain entrance to the barn and who acted in a very suspicious manner. They were kept in town until yester day afternoon when they were taken to O'Neill for a hearing before the county judge. The tramps tell very conflicting stories , but whether suffi cient evidence can be obtained to con vict them of the crime will only be revealed at the hearing. HINES IN HIS OWN DEFENSE CHICAGO MILLIONAIRE LUMBER MAN ON WITNESS STAND. IN LORIMER INVESTIGATION In Beginning Hia Testimony , Mr. Hines Says He is 47 Years Old ; Committee to Adjourn Saturday to Meet In Chicago After the Fourth. Washington , June 29. Edward Hiues , millionaire lumberman of Chicago cage , whoso name has been repeated ly connected with the alleged raising of $100.000 to elect William Lorlmer to the senate , took the witness stand 'in his own defense today before the senate committee. The committee probably will adjourn - journ Saturday to meet In Chicago af-J ter July J. ' In beginning his testimony Mr. Hines said he was 47 years old. I ; i iXINKAIOERS HAVE ' [ , GOOD CROP OUTLOOK ' GREELEY , WHEELER AND GAR- j FIELD COUNTIES ARE ' I FLOURISHING. Spaldlng , Neb. . June 29. Special to \The \ News : In Greeley , Wheeler and Garlleld counties crop prospects are above the average. A great deal of winter wheat and alfalfa Is grown all j aleut ; the Cedar valley. Wheat and rye Is being harvested and will make a fair yield. The first crop of alfalfa has been cut which was heavy. Corn never was better at this season of the | year. Some pieces of oats have been 'damaged by the recent spell of dr > hot weather but the rains of the past few days have been of inestimable j ' value to all kinds of growing crops and should the present cool weather continue for n few days and with a reasonable amount of rain oats would yet make a fair crop in this locality. In the sand hills everything is in n flourishing condition. Grass and pas- turcs are excellent. Stock Is In good sbapo and the Klnkald homesteaders are prosperous and contented TWO MEN ROB A MAIL GAR MISTAKE TRAIN FOR SECTION CARRYING $400,000. , EXPRESS MESSENGER IS GAME Hearing Explosion In Mall Car , Where the Robbers Dynamite the Safe , He Refuses to Open the Door When They Demand Admittance. Giendale , Ore. , Juno 29. Apparently mistaking the first section of north bound passenger train No. 16 on the Southern Pacific road for a south bound train said to bo carrying a shipment of $400,000 in gold dust from Seattle to San Francisco , two robbers held up the northbound train last night at 9:10 : o'clock near West Fork , an isolated station In Cow Creek Can yon. The robbers rifled the mail car , blowing up the safe and getting away with the registered mail. They tried to secure entrance to the express car but were foiled by Messenger Robb , who refused to open the door. The robbers after fruitlessly prying with a crowbar at the sldedoor of the car , finally desisted and decamped with the loot received from the mall car. The amount secured by the robbers cannot be ascertained. This train carried In its registered mail the cash from southern Oregon postoffices to Eugene , Ore. , which is their depository , and this was probably Included In the mall stolen. The robbers boarded the train at West Fork , while the engine was tak Ing water. Soon after it had got un der way they crawled over the tender into the cab and directed the engineer to stop the train. This done , one of the men kept the engineer and fire man under cover of his revolvers , while the other went back and un coupled the mall , baggage and express cars. Then the engineer was ordered to pull these cars some distance up the track where he was again ordered to stop. The robbers went back to the mail car and , lining the mail clerks up , took the registered mail pouches and dynamited the mall car safe. I The noise of the explosion warned j ! Messenger Robb of what was taking i plane and when the demand came for i aim to open his door , he made no re s : > onse The robbers had then lied. I Poises have been organized to pursue I t'.io lo'nbers. I TORPEDO DESTROYER WRECK i " U. S. Torpedo Boat Destroyer Almen 'j Collides With a Schooner. I Sandy Hook , N J. , June 29. The I'nlted States torpedo boat destroyer Almen , from Philadelphia , reports be- I ing In a collision with a schooner at i 2:4. : o'clock this morning. The dam- i ago was slight. j Negroes Bring Suit. Boone , la. , June 29. Union negro i miners of Ogden , numbering 101 , who are suing John P. White , International j president ; W. H. Rogers , Iowa presl- dent of the United Mine Workers of i America , and other mine officials for more than a million and a half dollars , began presenting their cases to Judge Wright here. The negroes claim they were imported Into Ogden under mis representations and ask damages In sum of $10,000 each. The suit , grows out of labor troubles a year ago when white miners , learning that the strike was costing the union $2000 a ' day , resumed their work and later re- II1 signed In small numbers. The negroes 5-1 were Imported to fill their places , but ; were refused admission to the union They also ask that they be permitted , i i r MI a un1 iti o' ti ) > 'ir own i DAKOTA GETS GREAT RAIN WHOLE STATE IS SOAKED WED NESDAY NIGHT. ALL OVER ROSEBUD COUNTRY Both Trlpp and Gregory Counties Get a Heavy Downpour Lasting Two and a Half Hours Rainfall of an Inch General Corn Looks Fine. A mmUIng rain , lasting two bourn and a half , fell all over Gtogory and Trlpp counties Wednesday night , no- lordiug to railroad men who nrrlvud In Norfolk Thursday. The rain extended as far south na Nlobrara , but the heaviest of. It extended - tended only as far as Spencer. Thursday \\as a terribly hot day In Norfolk , with a burning wind blowing from the south like the blast from .1 furnace. Associated Press dispatches troii/ South Dakota Indicate one of the num extensive rains of the season over thA entire state Wednesday night. In the central part of the state , over an Inch of rain fell. Corn crops are repotted to be In fine condition. GAMBLE SPEAKS AGAINST BILL SOUTH DAKOTA SENATOR TAKES HAND IN FIGHT ON RECI- PROCITY. Washington , June 29. While both branches of congress were In session today Interest continued to center In the senate where the opponents of the agreement with Canada now have fair ly begun their attack on the reciproc ity bill. A speech by Senator Gamble of South Dakota against the measure and a continuance of the remarks of Sen ator Cummins of Iowa , who has de nounced the bill as obviously unjust and proposed amendments augment- ig the number of Canadian products dmltted free under the bill , were pre- rranged. Chairman Penrose of the flnanco ommittee Is in charge of the bill and s aspiring to his program of persist- ntly offering his request for unani mous consent to 11 x a date for a votf in reciprocity wool and the free list illls' and may renew that request at ny time. The house had no important busi- icss mapped out today , the idea of ho democratic leaders being to meet nd adjourn from time to time while waiting the action of the senate on he bills sent over by it. This program vill be continued at least until after uly 4. DAKOTA Gljtt ENDS LIFE Ora Millet , Aged 22 , Kills Herself 48 Result of Lovers' Quarrel. Canton , S. D. , Juno 29. Ora Millet , a girl about 22 years old , killed her elf here by drinking carbolic acid. 'he tragedy was duo to a lovers' quar el. Raymond Logan , on learning of his sweetheart's death , attempted to end his own life. He was prevented jy bystanders. He came here from Vhltslow , Ind. * < * . . : " WAR ON STRAY CHICKS. Editor Thinks Maybe They'll Ke r the Blamed Chickens Home. Elizabeth City. N. C. , June 29. Ed- tor W. O. Saunders of Elizabeth City las been annoyed by his neighbors' chickens. Editor Saunders burst with ndignation and into this print this sveek Is a story on the front page o he Independent. This Is what ha vroto : "For several months W. O. Saundera las suffered much annoyance from other folks' chickens. This spring ho saw bed after bed of flower seed de stroyed. There were chickens In the rent yard , chickens in the back yard and chickens in the house. The chick ens only went to their owners' yards eng enough to lay. It never seems to occur to folks who own chickens that they should keep their chickens home. The rule In Elizabeth City seems to bee o raise chickens and then turn them oose for other folks to feed. "So last week Saunders caught a trespassing fowl and decapitated him. The executed fowl was then displayed with a placard warning the neighbor hood that such would bo the fate ot other chickens that got in the way. Yesterday Saunders got out his six shooter and killed another bird. May be , after a while , folks will keep their chickens homo or kill Saunders. " SOCIALISM IS CONDEMNED. Milwaukee Archbishop Says it Is a Vicious Heresy and an Evil. Chicago , Juno 29. Socialism waa condemned as a heresy and an evil and all Catholics were warned against It by Archbishop Sebastian G. Mess , mer of Milwaukee , ono of the central figures In the proceedings of the Catholic Educational congress In ses sion here. "Socialism is nn heresy and nn evil , the vlclousness of which is apparent to every thinking man. " said the MH- wnukeo archbishop. , "Tho dangers to whlr-h it load * can bo averted only by the Influence by ru''glon ' uud religious teaching * "
