The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, May 16, 1906, Image 6

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NEBRASKA NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
THE COMMON WEALTH.
IN
STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Call Issued for Assembling August
224 The Supreme Court Soon to
Pass on the Question of School
Rights Miscellaneous Notes.
Republican Call Issued.
LINCOLN Chairman Warner of the
republican state committee, acting
upon instructions from the committee,
has issued the following call for the
state convention, to be held in Lin
coln August 22:
The republicans of the state of Neb
raska are hereby called to meet in
convention at the Auditorium in the
city of Lincoln, on Wednesday, Aug
ust 22, 1906, at 2 o'clock in the after
noon, for the purpose oi placing in
nomination candidates for the follow
ing offices, viz.:
One United States senator, one gov
ernor, one lieutenant governor, three
railway commissioners, one secretary
of state, one auditor of public accounts,
one treasurer, one superintendent of
public Instruction, one attorney gen
eral, one commissioner of public lands
and buildings, and for the transaction
of such other business as may prop
erly come before it.
Court to Pass on School Rights.
LINCOLN At the next session of
the supreme court the school board
of Lincoln will have an opportunity to
show why the state officers who have
children in school should pay tuition.
Some time ago a bill was presented to
each of the officers for tuition on the
ground that Lincoln was not their le
gal residence, and hence as non-residents
their children should pay a fee
to attend the public schools. The offi
cers objected strenuously, because it
is necessary for them to reside in Lin
coln and because their personal prop
erty is assessed here, but the school
board would not listen to this, desir
ing the cash instead. Attorney Gen
eral Brown then filed a petition for a
mandamus to compel the board to al
low the children of Governor Mickey
and Superintendent McBrien, who
were named as relators, to attend
school. The court has set. the case for
the next term.
Unregistered Bond Presented.
LINCOLN A Pennsylvania bank
has bought a $1,000 bond issued by the
city of Beatrice in 1900, bearing 3 per
cent interest, which has not been reg
istered in the office of the auditor.
The bond was sent to the First Na
tional bank of this city for registra
tion and was brought to the auditor's
office. The bond was one of an issue
of ninety-seven bonds, fifty-five of
which were for $1,00 each, twenty-two
$100 each, one $97 and one $248. This
Is shown by the bond. Some of the
coupons had been clipped from the
bond and it bore the appearance of
having been legally signed by the
mayor and the city clerk of Beatrice.
None of the bonds, however, had ever
been registered in the office of the
auditor and there is fear that the bond
Is a forgery. The bank has taken the
matter up with the officials of Beatrice.
Freak Mule in Otce County.
NEBRASKA CITY Robert Davis,
who lives a few miles south of this
city, has a miniature mule that is
nearly two months old, but is only
thirty-five inches high and weighs
hardly enough to be counted. It is
perfectly formed, except that its hind
inkles are so crooked that they have to
be broken to be straightened. When
the mule gets tired it rests by sitting
on its haunches. It is believed the an
imal will never be any larger.
Answer to Power's Appeal.
Attorney General Brown filed an
answer to the appeal of former Sheriff
Power of Douglas county from the de
rision of Auditor Searle in refusing to
allow him railroad fare from Omaha
to Lincoln, the trip being necessitated
by reason of the sheriff bringing a
prisoner to the state penitentiary. The
claim was for $3.30. The answer sets
op that the sheriff rode on a free pass
and therefore his carfare was not al
lowable as a claim against the state.
Insurance Less in San Francisco.
Insurance Deputy Pierce, in answer
to letters of inquiry, ha received re
ports from the various insurance com
panies doing business In Nebraska,
showing the loss of each by reason of
the San Francisco earthquake and fire.
Each of the companies said its loss
would be fully paid and the company
would not be injured.
A Shortage In Sight.
FALLS CITY The committee that
Is investigating the city treasurer's of
fice has not completed its labors but
It is now claimed by those who have a
good chance to know the facts that
an apparent shortage of $6 000 in the
city's funds, $600 in the library fund,
and more than $5,000 in the school
fund has been found.
Attack Rebate Charge.
LINCOLN Alleging that the re
bate charges in the anti-trust grain
cases is proper subject mater for the
Interstate commerce commission the
Central Granerles company of Lin
coln filed an answer in (he supreme
court The answer says further that
the defendant company "does not re
ceive and never has received this
elevation charge unless the grain went
through the defendant's elevator; that
said 14 cents was only paid in inter
state shipments, to or beyond the Mis
sissippi river.
Governor Makes Appointments.
LINCOLN Governor Mickey ap
pointed R. B. Windham of Platts
month a member of the board of con
trol of the institute for the deaf and
dumb at Omaha, and also for the insti
tute for the blind at Nebraska City.
Litter of Wolves Captured.
TABLE ROCK Jasper S. Killett,
who lives a few miles northeast of
here, has captured a couple of litters
of yosng wolves eight in one and
aiae Is the other besides the mother
wolf, is one Instance,
OVER THE STATE.
Mrs. Elizabeth Urwin died at Platts
mouth, last week, aged 90 years.
Work is rapidly progressing on the
new Burlington depot at Beatrice.
For the first time in the town's hi
tory, Oxford is to have three saloons.
A Lincoln man is drawing plans for
the T. M. C 'A building at Fremont
The State Liquor Dealers' associa
tion will meet in Columbus June 11th.
It is said Gov. Mickey has asked for
the resignation of Dr. Nicholson of
the Norfolk asylum.
The dead man found floating down
the river at Rulo, was identified as J.
G. Mason of Brownville.
E. E. Bolejack has just established
a bank at Barada. The capital stock
of the new bank will be $6,500.
A Y. M. C. A. building will be put
up at Fairbury. The structure Is to
cost $15,000, and the money has all
been raised.
W. H. Mann has a time card of the
Burlington for 1881, which shows that
there were but two trains a day be
tween Plattsmouth and Lincoln.
Mrs. John C. Buess, an aged lady and
one of the pioneers of Otoe county, fell
down a flight of stairs and broke a
number of ribs. It is feared she will
not recover.
The Hartington city council has
passed an ordinance prohibiting bar
ber shops to be open hereafter on Sun
days subject to a fine of $50 for vio
lation of the ordinance.
At a special election in Beaver City,
the proposition to issue bonds for the
erection of a high school building was
carried by an overwhelming majority
there being but nine votes cast against
August Groff, cashier of the State
bank of Goehner, Seward county, re
ceived $65 in small contributions for
the San Francisco people and sent the
money to Dr. Devine of the Red Cross.
The project to re-establish the
twenty-five cent ferry rate for the ben
efit of farmers of the Iowa side of the
river is again being pushed by the
members of the Commercial club of
Plattsmouth.
Of the ninety-five lots set aside by
the state fair board for the implement
section, sixty-three have already been
taken. The rapidity with which the
space is being engaged is a surprise to
Secretary Mellor.
Property of the George Town Roller
mill and flour company situated sev
eral miles south of Broken Bow and
principally owned by Mayor George of
Broken Bow was totally destroyed by
fire. No insurance.
R B. Blust will build a new hotel In.
Ravenna. It will be a brick structure
32x60 feet and two stories high. A
new hotel is badly needed in Ravenna
since the burning of the Burlington
hotel and eating house.
Orlando Fish, a former resident of
Merrick county, died at the Colum
bus hospital from the effects of a gun
shot wound inflicted by James Nichols
of Nance county. The men had quar
reled over lease of a farm.
- John Howell, vice president of the
Bank of Oxford, will shortly retire
from active participation in the man1
agement of that institution and will
be succeeded by his brother, Matthew
Howell a capitalist of Yortv, Neb.
Fremont is to vote upon the proposi
tion of issuing bonds oi $50,000 to
wards the construction of a new
lighting and water works system, cost
ing $83,000. This was decided at the
close of a long meeting of the city
council.
Coal has been discovered on the
farm of C. E. Morris, three miles south
east of Diller, and samples brought
to Beatrice show the speciments to be
from one to three inches in thickness.
The vein crops out in a cut made by
the Burlington company In straighten
ing its roadbed.
The Vermont Marble company of
Rutland, Vt, has presented Seward
county with a block of white marble
from which a life size statue of Hon.
William Seward, for whom the town
and county were named will be
carved. This statue will be placed on
a pedestal at the north entrance of the
court house.
Jansen & Son of Jansen, recently
sold to the commission firm of Clay.
Robinson & Co., 428 shorn wethers and
yearlings, which averaged ninety-two
pounds and for which they received
$5.45 per 10 pounds. This price Is the
top for the season on shorn weathers
and the first and only lot to bring the
figure.
Rev. P. L. Johnson, treasurer of Has
tings college, has gone to New York
City for the purpose of completing the
$100,000 endowment fund which is be
ing collected for that institution.
About $80,000 has already been sub
scribed. Andrew Carnegie has of
fered $20,000 for a new building If the
$100,000 is raised.
Sheriff Bauman of Dodge county,
arrived at Fremont from Jsceola with
Fay Baker. He was charged with the
theft of a team and buggv rom George
Heine of Hoper. Baker had posses
sion of the outfit that was missed from
Heine's barn. He claimed to have
bought it from a stranger, but was
confused in his story. He was caught
near Osceola while driving through
the country.
In order to push construction with
the greatest possible speed the Union
Pacific will install an electric light
system along the Lane cut-off, near
Omaha. Work on this cut-off is being
pushed as fast as possible day by day,
but that is not fast enough.
The two-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Van Auken of Hart
ington, died last week. The little one
swallowed a bean which lodged in her
windpipe. Preparations were made
to take it to Sioux City to have an
operation performed but it strangled
to death on the train.
J. G. Stroble, J. M. Livinston and
J. J. Jones of Nebraska City, left for
Mexico to secure a concession from
the Mexican government, and will open
a large mine on a section of land
which they have in view and build up
a town about the place.
John Chalupsky, a farmer residing
three miles south of St Paul, commit
ted suicide by blowing bat his brains
with a shotgun. Temporary insanity
caused by drinking Is supposed to
have been the cause of hls.-j action.
Domestic trouble had been brewing Is
the family for a long time...'
TILLMAN CHARGE
REITERATES WHAT HE SAID RE
GARDING THE PRESIDENT.
QUOTES LETTER FROM CHANDLER
Senator Lodge's Denial that President
Had Spoken of Knox and Others
Secretaries Root and Taft Hold a
Conference.
WASHINGTON Senator Tillman,
who on Saturday made a statement in
the senate covering the details of his
and Senator Bailey's , negotiations
through ex-Senator Chandler wita)
President Roosevelt regarding the
rate bill, on Sunday made public a
portion of a written statement made
to him by Mr. Chandler of his various
conferences with the president on this
subject The portion given out by Mr.
Tillman is largely a repetition of the
first part of his statement in the sen
ate yesterday. It covers, however,
that portion where Mr. Tillman had
quoted Mr. Chandler as saying that
the president had stated that he had
come to a complete disagreement with
the senatorial lawyers who were try
ing to defeat or injure the bill, nam
ing Messrs. Knox, Spooner and Fora
ker, regarding which statement Sena
tor Lodge subsequently said he was au
thorized to state from the white house
that it was an unqualified falsehood.
On this subject Mr. Chandler, referr
ing to the president, said in his writ
ten statement:
"He said that he had been much
troubled by the advocacy of an un
limited court review by some of the
lawyers of the senate naming Sena
tors Knox, Spooner and Foraker as
trying to injure or defeat the bill oy
ingenious constitutional arguments.
but that he had come to a complete
disagreement with them. He made this
point emphatic by repetition."
The statement given out by Mr. Til-
man follows:
"Senator Tillman said that on Sat
urday, May 5, he insisted on having
from ex-Senator Chandler a written
statement of the various conferences
by the latter m connection with the
plan of the president to control the
railroad rate legislation by alliance
with the democrats of the senate, and
Mr. Chandler gave him such a state
ment made prior to Saturday, May 12,
and signed by Mr. Chandler with the
president on March 31 which had be
come a subject matter of dispute, but
would retain the remainder for use in
case any other parts of his should be
denied."
Senator Lodge called at the White
House in the evening and took din
ner with the president. Subsequently
Secretaries Root and Taft arrived at
the White House and joined the presi
dent and Senator Lodge.
Senator Lodge and Secretaries Root
and Taft remained with the president
until late. At the conclusion of their
visit none of the parties present would
discuss the visit and all of them de
clined to answer any questions regard
ing the subject under discussion.
FATE OF FATHER GAPON.
Body of Priest Found Hanging in
Villa Near Ozerki, Finland.
ST. PETERSBURG The mystery of
the fate of Father Gapon apparently
was cleared up Sunday by the discov
ery of a corpse, which has almost
positively been identified as that of
the former priest, hanging In the up
per chamber of a lonely villa in the
summer suburb of Ozerki, Finland.
The villa was rented April 8 for the
summer and a deposit paid by an un
known man from St. Petersburg, who,
after visiting the house several times
in company with a young workman,
disappeared April 11, taking the key
with him. The proprietress of the
villa, alarmed at the nonappearance
of the tenant notified the. police, who
entered the house. Knocking down a
door, they were confronted-by a body
in a long coat hanging from a nail,
the feet touching the floor. Decompo
sition of the face made positive iden
tification difficult, but the features re
sembled those of Gapon and the
clothing corresponded with that worn
by the missing labor leader.
Good Wages for Expert Painters and
Paper Hangers in Omaha.
Owing to a scarcity of first-class
workmen the master painters of
Omaha are paing up to 50 cents per
hour for skilled workmen. Open shops
and plenty of work.
Vesuvius Acting Up Again.
NAPLES Prof. Matteucci, director
of the royal observatory on Mount Ve
suvius, telegraphs that the volcano is
in slight eruption. Thick vapors and
sand are being expelled and the elec
trical phenomenon continues, but he
says the situation is not grave.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis Better.
NEW YORK Mrs. Jefferson Da
vis, who Is ill in this city and whose
condition was considered grave, was
better Sunday. Physicians say that
the crisis is passed.
Former State Auditor Dead.
VERDON, Neb. John Francis Cor
nell, for four years auditor of public
accounts of the state of Nebraska and
fifty years a farmer on the same sec
tion of land in Richardson county,
died Sunday at 6 o'clock at his home.
A widow and four daughters, Helen,
Eunice and Vast! Cornell and Mrs. J.
R. MIckel, survive him. The funeral
will be held Tuesday forenoon and
burial will be in the family cemetery
on the hillside of the old Cornell
homestead pre-empted by his father in
1856.
Plenty of Water in 'Frisco.
SAN FRANCISCO One of the
causes of the destruction of the great
er part of San Francisco was revealed
when Mayor Schmitz and Engineer
Schusseter, accompanied by other, of
ficials, made a trip down the penin
sula to inspect mains of the water
company which furnished the city's
water supply from Crystal Springs and
other lakes. Several big breaks were
found In the mains and thus was ex
plained the reason why the city was
without smfflclent water supply to
IghtUw lames.
THE MONEY READY.
Insurance Companies Will Begin vto
Pay Losses.
SAN FRANCISCO Financial inter
est on Wednesday centered in the an
nouncement made by the insurance
companies that in the immediate fu
ture they would pay losses of tha fire
sufferers. It is believed that most of
the money will be put into general cir
culation and when it is distributed will
relieve the people of San Francisco as
no other means could.
This news was welcome, not only to
the policy holders, but also to the
banks that have been doing their best
tor tne pumic witn tne resources at
their immediate command, necessarily
limited. The announcement .was offi
cial to the extent that it was given to
the subcommittee of the citizens' gen
eral committee and duly reported at
the general committee's daily meeting.
The announcement was received with
applause, news from these interests
having been awaited with much anx
iety. "What will be the effect of the pay
ment of this insurance money?" was
asked of James D. Phelan, chairman
of the finance committee.
"Nothing could do more good," he
replied. "When the money is paid out
to the people it will put them on their
feet It will bring about an early re
sumption of normal conditions. The
people want money to buy what they
need, and the payment of these many
million dollars will greatly assist the
banks in giving them money. What is
more, the circulation of the money will
be of great value to the banking in
terests." With their announcement that losses
will soon be paid the insurance inter
ests have made the concession that sal
vage operations on property swept by
the flames may be proceeded with.
Policy holders may save anything
they can find without fear of risking
the loss of their claims for insurance.
To a great extent the work of demol
ishing walls and clearing away debris
has been postponed because of the
doubt regarding the attitude the in
surance companies would take. The
work of contracting and wrecking com
panies has been deferred awaiting
such a definite statement as that made
by the insurance companies to the com
mittee. WILLING TO BUILD BIG WARSHIP.
Proposed Vessel Will Cost Ten Million
Dollars.
WASHINGTON The construction
bureau is willing to undertake to build
the leviathan 20,000-ton battleship, pro
vided for in the pending naval appro
priation bill, and on the basis of the
experience acquired in theconstruction
of the battleship Connecticut, at the
New York navy yard, the constructors
feel sure that they can execute this
task with reasonable dispatch at a min
imum of cost.
A careful estimate limits the time al
lowed to fcrty-eight months and the
cost to $10,000,000. The New York
navy yard is found to be the only place
available and suitable for this work.
DOWIE CASE IS CONTINUED.
Failure of Voliva and Apostle to Come
to Understanding Causes Delay.
CHICAGO Failure of John Alexan
der Dowie and Wilbur G. Voliva to
agree upon the proposed selection of
a committee of three to govern the af
fairs of Zion City caused a halt in the
legal proceedings Wednesday before
Judges Wright and Donnelly. The at
torneys for Dowie announced that they
were not in a position to say that he
would agree to the appointment of
the committee, and the hearing was
adjourned until late in the day to per
mit of communication with Dowie at
Zion City.
Swallowed Dundy's Watch.
NEW YORK "Gyp," the big trained
elephant of the New York Hippodrome,
while Manager "Skip" Dundy was pet
ting her in hsr stall Tuesday, playfully
lifted his fob diamond studded watch
and charm from his pocket and before
he could grasp her trunk swallowed
the timepiece. It was a highly valued
present from his father. He gave
"Gyp" five gallons of castor oil and
offered fifty dollars reward.
Reports oh the Grounding.
WASHINGTON. The report of
Capt. Perry Garat of the battleship
Rhode Island on the grounding of that
vessel on York Split recently has been
received at the navy department It
shows that the cause of the accident
was an error of judgment, and Capt.
jarst has suggested a court of inquiry,
which has been ordered.
Political Plot in San Domingo.
SAN DOMINGO. Republic of Santo
Domingo, via Hayti. It became known
today that the authorities on Sunday,
May 6, discovered a plot to assassinate
President Caceres as he was leaving
the theater. Several arrests have
been made. Shots were exchanged
last night near this city between rural
guards and supposed revolutionists.
Nebraskans on a Jaunt
PHILLIPSBURG, Kas. The mem
bers of the trade excursion had an
extraordinary pleasant trip through
Kansas. From Fairbury to Phillips
burg there is one continuous field of
alfalfa hay. The prospects for the
:rop were never better and the treat
ment accorded the visitors all aong
the line was correspondingly good.
Much was done to strengthen the trade
relations with the western towns.
Great crowds greeted the trade excur
sion, and the Alma band again cov
ered itself with glory.
Mrs. Blaine Seeks Divorce.
WASHINGTON. Mrs. James G.
Blaine, formerly Martha Hichborn,
daughter of Rear Admiral Hichborn,
retired, has informed her friends here
that she is going to Sioux Falls, S. D..
to spend the summer. There appears
to be but little question why Mk.
Blaine chooses South Dakota as a re
sort in place of Atlantic City, where
she has in former years spent a con
siderable portion of each summer. The
Inference is, of course, that she is tak
ing steps looking to securing a divorce.
The amendment
COURT REVIEW FEATURE OF
RAILROAD BILL REJECTED.
CONSIDER ALLISON AMENDMENT
Rayner Asserts that the Proposed Com.
promise is Exactly What Railroad
Companies Desire The Anti-Pi
Provision Discussed.
WASHINGTON Senator Bailey's
nonsuspenslon amendment applying to
I orers 0f tne
Interstate Commerce
commission as covered by the railroad
rate bill, which has occupied so much
of the attention' of the senate In con
nection with that bill, was on Friday
adversely disposed of by the decisive
vote -of 23 to 54. practically a party
vote. The debate on the provision was
limited to a brief political speech by
its author in which he said the presi
dent bad changed his attitude on the
question of maintaining the rates fixed
by the commission until the courts
reach a final decision.
An amendment offered by Senator
Rayner confining the court review to
constitutional questions was also voted
down, but not until after speeches had
been made by Messrs. Rayner and
Bailey in advocacy and Messrs Alli
son, Fulton, Long and Cullom in op
position. The debate was in antici
pation of the discussion that is expect
ed to occur upon the Allison court re
view provision Saturday. Messrs.
Rayner and Bailey contended that the
Allison amendment authorizes the
broadest possible court review and the
Maryland senator urged that in it Sen
ator Aldrich had achievea a signal vic
tory. Senator Fulton stated that he
had first suggested the language of
the Allison provision.
A number of other amendments, of
fered by democrats and by Senator La
Follette. were rejected. The votes were
generally along party lines during the
entire day, but the Wisconsin sena
tor voted with the democrats on all.
proposition and Messrs. McEnery and
Morgan, democrats, voted with the re
publicans on most of them.
The only amendments accepted dur
ing the day were those offered by Sen
ator Allison striking out the phrase
"fairly remunerative" in the provision
allowing interstate Commerce commis
sion to fix rates; limiting the operation
of orders of the commission to two
years, and making the Interstate Com
merce commission the defendant in
suits challenging the rates fixed by it
The anti-pass provision heretofore
adopted was again discussed. It is
evident that it will be modified.
DOWIE'S CONDITION CRITICAL.
Physician Says He Can Live But a Few
Days.
CHICAGO The- condition of John
Alexander Dowie is said to be nearing
a critical stage. The venerable "first
apostle" has taken to his bed and his
strength is failing. The selling of the
strength is failing. The swelling of the
characteristic of his affliction, is said
to have extended upwards until with
in a few inches of the heart Dr.
Blanks, who has been in constant at
tendance upon Dowie since his return
from Mexico, said that he might, by
reason of his great vitality, live a
week or ten days, but that a fatal ter
mination of the disease within two or
three days would not be surprising.
PAPER TRUST QUITS.
Combine Concludes Not to Fight Suit
Against it Further.
ST. PAUL, Minn. .- The United
States government on Friday secured
an unconditional surrender in the
United States circuit court before
Judge Sanborn in the suit which the
attorney general began on December
27, 1904. to dissolve the combination
between the General Paper company
and twenty-three other defendants on
the ground that an agreement had
been entered into by the defendants
in restraint of interstate commerce.
Soap Found in Sand Hills.
SIOUX CITY. la. Farmers from
Savage, Neb., brought to Sioux City
samples of a remarkable "mountain
soap" discovered near that town. It
seems the mound lying among the
sand hills contains fine sand of about
the sort used in scouring soaps. Ow
ing to some chemical it is sa.d to
lather in water, and the owners of a
soap factory here will analyze it. The
farmers thereabouts, it is said, are
hauling away the soap sand by the
wagon load, and using it to clean
dishes, scour floors and wash bands.
Senators Cannot Visit Wayne.
WASHINGTON The people of
Wayne, Neb., have planned a rousing
Fourth of July celebration and have
writen Congressman McCarthy to se
cure for the occasion either Senator
La Follette or Senator Tillman. Mr.
McCarthy saw both gentlemen, but
previous engagements compelled them
to decline.
Panama Warned to Be Quiet.
WASHINGTON Revolutionary
movements or election troubles in
Panama which in any way interfere
with .work on the canal zone justify
the interference' of the United States
in spite of the Panama government.
Such is the tenor of the instructions
sent to Governor Ma'goon of the canal
zone by Secretary Taft, who also sub
mitted to Governor Magoon a letter
from Secretary Root setting forth in
detail what is stated to be the justifi
cation of American interference in
case of disorder.
American Fishermen Released.
WASHINGTONThe American fisher
men arrested for alleged poaching off
the Mexican coast and placed in jail at
Progresso have been released under
Consul Thompson's pledge for their
appearance for trial.
Pension Bills Passed.
WASHINGTON Three hundred and
twenty pension bills were passed by
the house Friday in one hour and
a half. 'This record has never been
equalled in the disposition of pension
legislation.
FENCES MUST GO.
Otherwise Uncle Sam Will VffSrsusly
Act.
OMAHA By an order issued by
Judge Manger twenty-five cattlemen
are given five days in which to'remove
their unlawful fences from the gov
ernment domain. If the illegal wires
are not down at the end of that pe
riod Marshal Warner is ordered to
pull them down and destroy .them at
the expense of the cattlemen. The
cattlemen are also permanently en
joined from constructing fences upon
the public domain.
One of these restraining orders was
issued against Rev. George W. Ware,
president of the U. B. I. Land and
Cattle company, in Hooker county.
Eight other defendants are included in
the suit and the injunction operates
against all of them. Their illegal in
closure comprises over 111,000 acres
of government land, and all the unlaw
ful homestead entries within the in
closure have been recommended for
cancellation.
The suit against Ware, Henry Hoff-
gard, foreman of the ranch, Reuben W.
Mahaffy and R. H. Shimmin was filed
by Special District Attorney Rush last
November. In default of their filing
an answer to the petition, or appear
ing in person to answer the allegations
of the complaint, they will now have
to face the decree which was prepared
by Mr. Rush and presented to Judge
Munger for his signature Tuesday. He
signed this one and the decree in six
other similar cases late in the after
noon. A similar order has been Issued
against William E. Black, T. B. Hord
and fifteen other defendants to oblige
them to remove their fences from the
Dismal river forest reserve in Thomas
county.
Their inclosure comprises about
85,000 acres.
In the Niobrara forest reserve the
Federal Cattle company, with ten oth
er defendants, has been ordered to re
move" fences irom 100,000 acres of gov
ernment land.
Likewise a judgment has been taken
against Robert Gillespie and Jacob W.
Steller in Thomas county.
In Custer company Charles and Er
nest Gutherie are commanded to take
down their fences, and in Cherry coun
ty Robert Gillespie and Jacob W. Stet
ter are obliged to do the same.
PRESIDENT ASKS FOR MONEY.
Message Recommends Appropriation
of Half Million to Buy Food.
WASHINGTON The president has
transmitted to congress a letter from
Secretary Taft recommending the ap
propriation of an additional 500.000 to
meet conditions at San Francisco. The
president's letter follows:
"I herewith trans .t a letter from
the secretary of war in respect to the
situation as to the army supplies at
San Francisco. This letter contains
appendices showing the supplies which
have been transmitted to San Fran
cisco and their cost and sets forth the
necessity of an additional appropria
tion of $500,000, which I recommend
be made at once.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
VAULTS ARE NOW BEING OPENED.
Banks Find Securities Intact in Safes
Which Passed Through Fire.
SAN FRANCISCO Safety deposit
boxes in several big institutions that
provide these fireproof receptacles for
the public were made accessible Tues
day. The vaults opened were those of
the Union Trust. Crocker Woolworth.
Canadian Bank of Commerce and. Mer
cantile Trust institutions. Steel and
asbestos had performed their trust
well. All the contents of the stsel
boxes were found intact Nothing was
harmed.
Iowa Crop Bulletin.
DES MOINES. la. The past week
has been abnormally cool, closing
with heavy to killing frosts in all dis
tricts on the mornings of the Cth and
7th. The minimum temperatures were
below freezing at numerous stations,
and possibly the more tender varieties
of fruits have suffered some damage.
In about one-third of the state, in the
western and northern districts, the
rainfall was above normal, but gener
ally conditions were favorable for
plowing and preparations for planting.
Strike Becoming Serious.
ROME Disturbances of a grave na
ture have occurred at Bologna, in con
nection with the general strike. Sev
eral officers and soldiers were wound
ed, and many buildings, .including
some of the hospitals, were stoned.
At Milan the strike has not resulted
in any disturbance and is generally
condemned.
Vesuvius Trembling Again.
NAPLES Vesuvius is again show
inv activity. A cloud of smoke hangs
over the crater and rumblings were no
ticeable. The main crater is discharg
ing sand and cinders.
Miners Ratify Agreement
SCRANTON. Pa. Work will be com
menced by the mine workers through
out the anthracite fields in Pennsylva
nia Thursday morning. The repair
men and any others necessary to pre
pare the collieries for general opera
tion will report for work on Wednes
day morning. This was decided upon
at the closing session of the conven
tion held Tuesday afternoon. At the
morning session the agreement entered
into on Monday between the operators
and the scale committee was formally
ratified.
Minister is Assassinated.
WASHINGTON Mr. Corea, the NIc
araguan minister here, received a ca
blegram Wednesday stating that Adol
fo Altamirano, the Nicaraguan minis
ter for foreign affairs, has been assas
sinated. Sherman Law Obsolete.
CINCINNATI, O. Charles G. Dawes,
former comptroller of the currency, in
a speech before the Bankers club de
clared that the Sherman anti-trust
law Is s dead letter and a discourag I
ing Influence to business.
READY rllHTnTrT
TRIPLETT WILL CONTEST THE
CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
HAS LAWYERS AT BOTH ENDS
Indicted for Land Frauds Offender
Arrested in Texas, but Will Return
to Nebraska and Answer Before
Court for His Transgressions.
OMAHA That Aquilla Triplett in
dicted as alleged procurer of fraudu
lent filings on public lands within the
big cattle ranch enclosures in the
northwestern part of the state, is go
ing to put up a fight against convic
tion in the United States courts is
shown in the fact that his Omaha at
torney, A. H. Burnett appeared at the
federal building Wednesday and an
nounced that he would represent Trip
lett in the cases now before the Uni
ted States court. Counsel has also
been provided for Triplett at El Paso,
Tex., where he is now in custody
awaiting transfer to the jurisdiction of
the Nebraska district of the United
States courts.
The department of justice expects
to prove a great many important
things in the fraudulent land tiling
cases by Triplett, and for this reason
months have been spent in his appre
hension and if necessary his extradi
tion from Mexico, where he had tied.'
after hearing that he was wanted.
The government is in possession of
information that Aquilla Triplett
knows more of the fraudulent land
practices in the cattle country than
any other man and the impression is
prevalent at the federal building that
the suspected cattle barons are back
of Triplett's defense and will employ
the best legal talent that money can
procure to keep him from going be
icre the grand jury, much less come
to trial under the indictments found
against him already.
FENCES COME DOWN.
Eight
Hundred Thousand Acres Now
for Free Ranj;c.
OMAHA Unlawful fences which
inclosed SOO.OOO acres of the govern
ment domain in the western part of
ne state have been taken down.
Sworn statements to that effect have
been received by Special District At
torney Rush from twenty-five cattle
men against 'whom he brought seven
civil actions, five in federal circuit
court and two in federal district court
These actions were all injunction
suits filed last fall, and three days
ago decrees were issued commanding
the cattlemen to remove their fences
within five days and enjoining them
permanently trom constructing fences
upon government land. None of the
cattlemen appeared or answered the
bills of complaint, and the reason they
did not is now obvious. They had
complied with the oraer to remove
their fences before the ofllcial decrees
were issued by Judge Munger.
As the result of abandoning tne. il
legal fences, vast tracts of land, out
side the inclosures of the big cattle
companies' inclosures, have been re
linquished. CONDITION OF WINTER WHEAT.
Average for United States Six Points
Above Mean for Ten Years.
WASHINGTON The crop report
ing board of the bureau of statistics
of the department or agriculture, from
the reports of the correspondents nad
agents of the bureau, finds the area
under winter wheat remaining in cul
tivation on May 1 to have been about
29,C2::,000 acres. This is 6 per cent,
or about 1,718,000 acres, less than the
area reported as sown last fall, and 1
per cent, or about 941,000 acres. less
than the area of winter wheat report
ed as harvested last j-ear.
The average condition of the grow
ing winter wheat crop on May l was
91. as compared with 89 on April 1,
1906; 92 on May 1, 1905: 76 on May 1.
1904. and 85, the mean of the May av
erage for the last ten j-ears.
Entitled to Pensions.
WASHINGTON. The house com
mittee on pensions on Friday author
ized a favorable report on the Scott
bill, which gives a pensionable status
to the veterans or their widows of the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Kansas
volunteer cavalry regiments under the
act of June 17, 1900. providing for pen
sions for soldiers who served ninety
days during the civil war. These regi
ments were mustered in just at th
close of the war, but did valuable ser
vice in repelling Indian attacks there
after. Joseph Leiter Suspended.
CHICAGO. Announcement was
made Friday that Joseph Leiter, who
carried on a spectacular "corner" in
wheat eight years ago, had been sus
pended from membership on the Chi
cago board of trade. Leiter's suspen
sion, it Is said, was because of com
plaint from a trader, that a bill for
$8,000 for services rendered during
the time the what corner was si force
was still unpaid. In commenting on
the action of the board of trade direc
tors, Leiter did not seem to care much
about his suspension.
Japs Help San Francisco.
WASHINGTON Secretory Taft, in
his capacity of president of the Amer
ican Red Cross, has informed the Jap
anese ambassador that funds being
collected from the general public in
Japan for San Francisco's relief will
be gratefully accepted, by the Red
Cross.
Murderous Nebraska Woman.
DENVER. Colo. While soundly
sleeping after his night's work as
brakeman on the Colorado & Southern
railway, H. W. Benner, formerly of
Fairbury, Neb., was dealt a terrible
blow on the head with an ax by his
wife. He may die.
Blenk Succeeds Chapel le.
WASHINGTON Right Rev. James
H. Blenk, bishop of Porto Rico, has
been appointed archbishop of New
Orleans to fill the vacancy created by
the death of Archbishop Chapelle.
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