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EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE
OR LESS IMPORTANCE.
State Board of Assessment Practically
Concludes Its Work-Miscellaneous
News and Notes.
Railroad Taxes Unchanged.
LINCOLN The state board of as
sessment and taxation practically com
pleted its work, with the exception of
passing on the valuation of the Union
Pacific railroad. An effort to increase
the valuation of the Northwestern road
was not successful. Governor Mickey
and Treasurer Mortensen voting for
$35,000 a mile and Secretary of State
Galusha, Auditor Searle and Land
Commissioner Eaton voting for SC2.500.
It was left at th3 latter figure, which
means an assessed valuation of $6,500,
the same as it was last year. The
Burlington was valued at $3S,750 a
mile, an assessed valuation of $7,750,
the same as last year. The Minneapo
lis & Omaha road was valued at $42,500
a mile, an assessed valuation of $8,50d,
the same as last year.
Children's Home Society.
OMAHA The annual meeting of the
Nebraska Children's Home society was
held at the headquarters here. A num
ber of out of town members were pres
ent. Reports were made from the offi
cers and the state and district super
intendents. Following the annual meeting the
new board of trustees met and elected
the following officers: President, Dr.
W. O. Henry, Omsha; vice president,
Rev. H. C. Herring. Omaha; secretary,
Clarence S. Paine, Lincoln; treasurer.
J. W. Thomas, Omaha; auditor, H. A.
Snow, Omaha; attorney, H. H. Bald
rige. Omaha: state superintendent.
Rev. E. P. Quivee. Omaha. The old
members of the board of trustees were
all re-elected ccept Rev. E. Comaie
Smith, whose place was left vacant to
be supplied later by the board.
Working for Cash Basis.
NEBRASKA CITY The grocers of
the city are trying to get together and
do nothing but a strictly cash business.
For a number of year a number have
followed this plan and they have suc
ceeded so well that others are trying
to adopt some plan whereby all of the
dealers here will join in the same plan.
If this is done the other merchants
will be compelled to fall into line and
then all of the business in this city
will be done on a strictly cash basis.
This will do away with the credit sys
tem, which in the past has been the
means of forcing a number of men
out of business and into bankruptcy.
Heavy Work is Contracted.
OMAHA The Omaha Lincoln & Be
atrice Railway company has been let
ting some heavy contracts near Omaha.
At this time six and one-half miles cf
the road entering Omaha has been let.
All of this -,vork is through the hills',
with cuts twenty-five to thirty feet
deep and corresponding fills. Other
contracts will be let in the near future.
Burglars Raid Ceresco.
WAHOO Burglars raided Ceresco.
this county, and looted two stores.
They secured plunder amounting .o
several hundred dollars in value. They
also stole a cart and sorrel horse, the
property of Mail Carrier W. T. Marsh,
with which it is presumed they carried
away their booty.
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1 Hope for Power Project.
1 COLUMBUS Mr. Fritz Jaeggi of
Switzerland, is expected in this city
shortly. His coming is looked forward
to with greatinterest by a large num
ber of our citizens, as Mr. Jaeggi is
largely interested in the proposed
power canal and it is believed his
coming is in connection with that
project.
1 Bankers at Long Pine.
LONG PINE W. A. Bucklin, cashier
of a local bank and secretary of
Group 6 of the Nebraska Bankers' as
sociation, entertained the bankers of
this section of the state in Long Pine.
The meeting was well attended and
voted by all attending bankers the
most successful meeting in years.
New Buildings for Kearney Academy.
KEARNEY The completion for the
canvass for a building fund for the
Kearney Military academy is an
nounced. Mrs. Cochrane, an eastern
patroness, gives $25,000 through Bishop
Graves; F. G. Keens gives $10.000and
the Kearney subscription amounts to
$15,000.
Will Celebrate.
TECUMSEH Citizens have decided
to celebrate the Fourth of July. On
the same date the semi-centennial of
the surveying of Johnson county will
be observed.
Crops Are Doing Well.
FALLS CITY Crops are doing well
notwithstanding moisture has been de
ficient. Corn in coming up with a fair
to a full stand, with little difficulty be
ing reported with the germinating
power of the seed.
Find Accused Man.
FREMONT James Ryan, charged
with, highway robbery at Council
Bluffs, was arrested by Police Officer
Siders on the streets of Fremont. A
reward of $25 was offered.
- Bondsmen in No Hurry.
FALLS CITY A formal demand
was made on ex-Treasurer Bode for
the tends of the cfcy and school dis
trict and also on his bondsmen but no
money was obtained as several of the
bondsmen are reported to be unwilling
to put up their share.
Girl Refuses to Marry.
FREMONT Hazel Klinger. the
young girl who charged Stanley Mc
lElaigan with a serious offense, before
Judge Stinson said she would not mar
ry the defendant and he was bound
over to the district court.
v It is known that the Union Pacific
railroad will have two stations on its
cut-off from Strosburg to Central City.
One will be two miles north of Clark
'postomce and the other will be some
.six miles north and east of Arborville
ia York county.
NEBRASKA BRIEF.S.
The new Burlington depot at Fre
mont will cost $40,000'.
The Odd Fellows of Geneva, have
now got into their new hall.
' Burt county officials are taking steps
for building a new court house.
Geneva is making preparations for
celebrating the Fqurth of July.
A fine team of horses was stolen
from A. G. Eatch at Plattsmouth.
Work has been commenced on the
new Christian church at Beatrice.
Mrs. Emily Holsinger, a member of
the Soldiers' Home, passed away after
a long illness at Grand Island.
Patrick Curtins, an old resident of
Boone county, has been adjudged in
sane and taken to tbo asylum.
R. S. Young, who has a ranch in
Blaine county, has lost many cattle by
their eating ergot that grows in wild
rye.
The new democratic mayor of
Omaha will retain some of the old re
publican officials in making appoint
ments. Over $4,000 has been subscribed by
citizens for the purpose of sinking a
shaft at least 2,500 feed deep in that
vicinity in a search for coal, gas or
oil.
Temple Rice, aged 13, second son
of A. K. Rice and grandson of R. A.
Templeton of Tekamah, was drowned
in the Combination ditch east of that
city.
The Farmers Mutual Telephone
company of Bennett with a capital
stock of $10,000 has filed its articles
of incorporation with the secretary of
state.
At Osmond Hagen Bros., machine
shops were destroyed by fire. The loss
is $5,000, with $2,500 insurance. Spon
taneous combustion is assigned as the
cause.
Articles of incorporation for the
Farmers Elevator company of Bee,
showing a capitalization of $5,000
have been filed with Secretary of State
Galusha.
Busness men of Spencer have pur
chased the fair grounds adjoining the
city park and work on a race track
will start at once, in order to perfect
it by July 4.
The last of the relief from Osceola
to San Francisco sufferers was sent
last week, when the committee at its
final meeting voted to send $160 bal
ance on hand to the general relief
board on the coast
The hospital fair and carnival held
at Blair during the entire week closed
with receipts amounting to nearly
$600, which will be used toward paying
off the indebtedness of the Blair
Emergency hospital.
The Papillion Commercial club has
taken up the matter of better roads
between Papillion and Omaha. The
club will meet the county commis
sioners of Douglas county, to see what
can be done in the matter.
Annual reports to the school board
show that the total cost of maintain
ing the Hastings public schools for
the year ending May l was $40,433.64,
while the receipts were $45,278.66,
leaving a balance of $4,846.02.
Sid Mackey a prosperous and prom
inent farmer residing near Reynolds
in the southern part of Jefferson
county, murdered his wife and took
his own life. The couple, it is said,
had not lived happily together.
Cement foundations for the new
Catholic church in Loup City, have
been laid. The building will cost when
completed over $15,000. Building on
the new Presbyterian cliurcn, to cost
$6,000, will be commenced at once.
The Congregational church at Stan
ton, that was gutted by the fire of
March 11 is nearing completion again.
The roof is on, the plastering almost
finished and the interior work well
under way. It will be finished about
June 15.
Arthur Moss, night watchman at
Crawford, was killed last week, being
shot by a colored soldier from Fort
Robinson. His brother, James Moss,
then killed the soldier, but got a
broken arm, being struck by another
soldier with a board.
Late general orders from national
headquarters of the Women's Relief
corps at Superior, by the president,
Mrs. Abbie Adams, announce that the
twenty-fourth national convention of
the organization is to be held in Min
neapolis, Minn., August 16 and 17.
The Presbyterian church building
committee at Edgar, is pushing the
work of the church building and hope
to dedicate it by July 1. The church
when finished will have a seating ca
pacity of 400, with raised seats for
the choir, and will cost about $5,000.
Joseph II. the fine trotting animal
owned by Frank Daily of Auburn, died
after a twelve hours' illness of in
flammation of the bowels. Joseph II,
had a splendid record among horse
men and was valued at $2,000 by Mr.
Daily, who refused $1,500 for the horse
two years ago.
Roy McElwain, one of the Platts
mouth boys who was In San Fran
cisco during the recent earthquake,
returned home for a month's visit with
his mother. He reports that the news
paper accounts of the San Francisco
horror were not exaggerated, and that
he is glad to get away from the
stricken city even for a brief period.
The horse exporting firm of Schin
stock Bros, of West Point has bought
and sold during the past year over 4,
000 head of horses and mules, the
bulk of which have been shipped to
western points for use in railroad
grading.
At Hastings notable progress is be
ing made in the preparations for the
Chautauqua, which will be held from
July 16 to 22. Rev. Lincoln McCon
nell, the evangelist, who has been en
gaged for platform manager and
chorus director, will he there about
June 1 to begin the chorus rehearsals.
Extensive improvements are to be
made on the Paddock opera house in
Beatrice the coming season, one of
which is the changing of 'the main en
trance from Sixth, to Court street, as
a means of safety to large audiences
gathered there in case of fire.
The county commissioners of Otoe
county have completed arrangements
with a Topeka, Kas., firm to refund
$78,000 of 5 per cent Otoe county
bonds at 4 per cent and to ran until
1929, with the privileeg of paying' off
$8,000 in 1912 and $10,000 per
after that date.
THE PIED PIPER OF CONGRESS.
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FOREST FIRES RUIN TOWNS
MANY PLACES WIPED OUT BY
THE RELENTLESS FLAXES.
Covers Area of 200 Square Miles in
the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan.
Menominee, Mich. The worst forest
fires since 1894 are devastating 200
square miles of territory in the north
ern peninsula of Michigan.
Already eight towns and villages
have been wiped out and many others
are in peril.
Reports indicate the destruction or
peril of the following towns:
Talbot, 25 miles north of Menomi
nee, wiped out
Quinnesec reported to be on fire.
Saunders, in Iron county, swept by
flames; loss of life reported.
Shaffer, in Dickinson county, wiped
out; loss of life reported.
Daggett, fire burning directly to
ward the town.
Powers, reported to be in danger;
fire only short distance away.
Ralphs, north of Escanaba, de
stroyed. Salvole, north of Escanaba, wiped
out
Cornell, north of Escanaba. wiped
out
Woodlawn, north of Escanaba,
wiped out
It is feared the loss of life may have
been heavy.
The city of Iron Mountain, the cen
ter of the great Menominee range iron
district and the county seat of Dick
inson county, has been cut off from
the outside world.
There seems to be three separate
fires. One covers the territory along
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad
from Iron Mountain east past Norway.
Another is extending northward along
the Escanaba & Lake Superior line.
These two fires are rapidly joining
each other. Another fire is burning
between Talbot, 28 miles north of this
city, and Powers, at the junction of
the Northwestern.
Still another fire is reported in the
Chocolay district, south of Marquette.
CRAPSEY HERESY VERDICT
Four Jurors Recommend Suspension
Until It Is Made Clear He Ac
cepts Church Creed.
Rochester, N. Y. The verdict in the
heresy trial of the Rev. Dr. Algernon
S. Crapsey, Episcopal rector of Ba
tavia, was delivered to the accused
minister Tuesday. Four of the jurors
W. C. Roberts, C. H. Boynton. G. S.
Burrows and John M. Gilbert state
that in their opinion sentence should
be passed as follows:
"That the respondent should be
suspended from exercising the func
tions of the church until such time
as he shall satisfy the ecclesiastical
authorities of the diocese that his be
lief and teaching conform to the doc
trines of the apostles' creed and the
Nicene creed as this church hath re
ceived the same. However, we ex
press the earnest hope and desire
that the respondent may see his way
clearly during the thirty days that
under the canons of the church must
intervene before sentence can be pro
nounced to the full satisfaction of the
ecclesiastical authorities of such con
formity on his part"
Garfield Report to Congress.
Washington. President Roosevelt
Thursday transmitted to congress the
complete report of James R. Garfield,
commissioner of corporations, of the
investigation which he made into the
operations of the alleged oil trust A
full synopsis of the report, accompa
nied by a message from the president
dealing with the facts developed by tho
inquiry, was sent to congress on Fri
day, the 4th inst
"Ice Trust" on Back. '
Cleveland, O. The grand jury re
turned Indictments Friday against
President Harry Norvell and IS direc
tors of the City Ice company, known
locally as the ice trust, charging viola
tion of the Valentine anti-trust law.
Thirteen Mourners Killed.
London. A dispatch from Berlin
says that 13 mourners who were at a
graveside during a funeral at Teschen.
Austrian Silicla. Friday, were struck
by lightning and killed, while 20 oth
ers were severely burned.
Reconstruction at Stanford.
San Francisco. Stanford university
will be reconstructed at once and by
next September every building neces
sary to the welfare of the college, will
be in perfect condition. The work has
already commenced.
St. Louis Guests Depart.
St Louis. Congressmen Ransdell,
of Louisiana, Rainey and Lorimer, of
Illinois, and other members of the ex
ecutive committee of the rivers and
harbors committee, departed for their
hosMB Wednesday.
MURDER RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
Admiral Is Stabbed by Workman,
While Police Captain Is Victim
of Bomb Thrower.
St Petersburg. Vice Admiral Kuz
mich, commander of the port, who was
extremely unpopular with the work
men, was assassinated here Monday by
workmen whose May demonstration
be had attempted to stop. The admiral
was killed at the new admiralty
works, a government institution.
About 9:30 a. m. the admiral was
emerging from a small shop in the
works when a workman, who had been
concealed around the corner of the
building, leaped on Kuzmich from be
hind and drove a dagger into 'his back.
The assassin fled into a large forge,
where he was lost among the men em
ployed there.
Warsaw. While Police Captain Con
stantinoff was standing with two po
licemen and four soldiers,, a young
man threw a bomb into the group.
The explosion of the bomb literally
tore Capt Constantinoff to pieces and
severely wounded a policeman and six
other persons. The assassin tried to
escape 'and, firing his revolver, wound
ed a soldier. The other soldiers re
plied with a volley, killing the assas
sin and two other persons.
SIX SQUARES ARE RUINED
Stanley, Wis., Is Nearly Wiped Out
by Fire That Destroys Resi
dence Section.
Stanley, Wis. Fire, which started
from a spark from the Northwestern
mill, destroyed 100 residences and a
dozen business buildings. The loss is
estimated at $200,000.
The fire broke out in the stables of
the Northwestern Lumber company,
and spread rapidly. A high wind from
the west carried the flames away from
the Northwestern mill and saved that
structure, but six blocks to the east
were completely burned out
The large department store of the
Northwestern Lumber company was
among the business places wiped out,
and the loss to the building and stock
will total $40,000.
Among the other losers were: J. N.
Olson, furniture, $4,000; Long & Ness,
meat market, $4,000; Christian ft Kon
sella, farm implements, $3,000; Norwe-
gian church and Young Peoples' read-
ing room, $6,000.
The damage in the residence section
is estimated at over $100,000, every
house being destroyed between the
Northwestern store and Franklin
street.
Presbyterians Are Hurt
Des Moines, la. Five commissioners
to the Presbyterian general assembly
were bruised and injured late Friday
afternoon by the collapse of the tem
porary stand which had been erected
for the purpose of getting a large
group photograph of the assembly.
They were: Dr. C. Lukins, Roswell,
N. M.. hip bruised; Rev. W. O. David.
Monough, W. Va.. hip bruised; George
Wills. Mendota. 111., back injured and
rendered unconscious; Rev. J. M. Mc
Gaughey, Chariton, la., leg strained;
Rev. W. C. Buell. Taos, N. M., back
bruised.
Mad Operator Runs Amuck.
Atlanta. Ga. Crazed by drink and
by disappointment in a love affair,
James H. Clark, a telegraph operator
at Chamblee, in less than 24 hours
killed one man, severely wounded
three others, slightly wounded a fifth
and clubbed a sixth with a shotgun,
set fire to the home of one of his vic
tims, and when surrounded by a posse
shortly after noon Tuesday turned his
revolver upon himself and pierced his
own heart with a bullet
Navigator Attempts Suicide.
Racine, Wis. Capt Archibald H.
Clarke, one of the oldest and best
known retired navigators on the chain
it lakes, made an unsuccessful at
tempt to beat his brains out against
fences and buildings, and then tried
to leap into the river, but was pre
vented. Earthquake at Oakland.
Oakland. Cal. A slight shock of
earthquake was felt here and at San
Jose and other points Thursday night.
No damage is reported.
Rejects Labor BUI.
London. The house of lords Thurs
day, by 96 to 24 votes, rejected the bill
introduced into the house of commons
by James Keir Hardie to prohibit the
entrance of aliens to take the place of
British workmen during trade dis
putes. , Cotton Seed Crushers.
Atlanta, Ga. After electing officers
for the coming year, the interstate Cot
ton Seed Crushers' association ad
journed Thursday, to meet next May,
probably at the Jamestown exposition.
RATE BILL PASSES SENATE
OHLY THREE VOTES CAST I
OPPOSITIOX TO MEASURE,
Brief Digest of Authority Conferred
on Interstate Commission by
the Bill.
Washington. After 70 days of al
most continuous deliberation the
senate Friday at 4:53 passed the rail
road rate bill by the practically unani
mous vote of 71 to 3. The three nega
tive votes were cast by Senators For
aker. Republican, of Ohio, and Morgan
and Pettus, Democrats, Alabama.
There was somewhat larger attendance
of senators than usual, but the attend
ance in the galleries was by no means
abnormal, and there was no manifesta
tion of any kind when the result was
announced. There was, however, an
almost general sigh of. relief among the
senators.
The principal purpose of the bill is
to permit the interstate commerce
commission to fix rates.
A provision conferring this authori
ty is found in the fourth section of the
bill which amends section 15 of the
interstate commerce law so as to ac
complish this result That section di
rects the commission to investigate
complaints of unjust and unreasonable
charges on the part of the common
carriers in the transportation of per
sons or property or of regulations or
of practices affecting such charges. It
also authorizes an inquiry as to
whether the rates or practices are
"unjustly discriminatory or unduly
preferential or unprejudicial or other
wise in violation of the act" and in
case any of these conditions are found
to exist the commission is empowered
to determine and prescribe what will
be the just and reasonable maximum
rate and what regulation or practice is
just, reasonable and fair.
Other powers conferred by this sec
tion are: To apportion joint fares,
establish through routes and maxi
mum joint rates and prescribe their
division and to determine the compen
sation to be paid to shippers doing
service for carriers.
Section 16 of the present law is so
changed as to provide for an award of
pecuniary damages to complainants
found entitled thereto, and in case
payment is not promptly made in ac
cordance with this award the bene
ficiary is authorized to file suit in a
United States circuit court to compel
compliance. The finding of the com
mission is to be received as prima
facie evidence of the facts in such
suits and the petitioner is absolved
from all liability for costs.
Another provision renders legal the
service of the orders of the commis
sion through the mails and provides
that these orders shall take effect 30
days after service unless suspended or
modified by the commission or sus
pended or set aside by the courts. A
penalty of $5,000 for each offense in
disobedience of the order is imposed,
and the penalty is to accumulate at
the rate of $5,000 a day in case of con
tinuous violation. Orders other than
those for money payments are to be
enforced by the federal courts through
writs of mandamus or injunction. In
case of appeal to the supreme court
these cases are to be given precedence
over all others except those of a crim
inal character.
The bill was amended by the senate
so as to give the United States circuit
courts jurisdiction to entertain suits
brought to annul or change the orders
of the commission and to provide
against the granting of interlocutory
decrees without hearings and making
appeals from such orders direct to the
supreme court.
Other provisions extend the defini
tion of the word railroads so as to
make it Include switches, spurs, tracks,
terminal facilities, freight depots,
yards and grounds and defines the
word "transportation" so as to make it
embrace cars and other facilities for
shipment or carriage, "irrespective of
ownership or of any contract," the in
tention being to make the railroads
responsible for all special car service.
It is made the duty of carriers to fur
nish car service upon reasonable re
quest. State amendments include oil pipe
lines, express companies and shipping
car companies under the head of "com
mon carriers" and make them amen
able to the requirements of the bill.
Other senate modifications prohibit
the issuance of passes or the granting
of special favors to one class of pas
sengers over another, prohibiting rail
road companies from transporting
commodities produced by themselves;
require such companies to put in
switches at the reasonable request of
shippers, prohibits the granting or ac
ceptance of rebates and reinstate the
imprisonment penalty for violation of
tne law.
The commission is given access to
the accounts of the companies affected
by the act, but examiners are forbid
den under penalty of heavy fine and
long imprisonment from divulging the
facts ascertained. Fines of $500 for
each failure to keep proper accounts
hr provided.
Gives Up Difficult Task.
New York. George W. Jiminez, the
policeman who went to Panama to re
organize the police department, has
quit the task and reached his home in
Brooklyn. He said: "The police of the
republic of Panama are a national
body, and there is really no effective
method of governing them."
Cabinet Angry at Xing.
Lisbon.' The Robeiro cabinet re
signed Thursday, owing to the refusal
of King Charles to postpone the meet
ing of the cortes.
Anaconda Directors.
Annaconda, Mont. At the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Anaconda Copper Mining company
Wednesday the former board of direc
tors was reelected, with the exception
that George H. Church was elected in
place of A. C. Burrage.
Trisco Banks Hearly Ready.
San Francisco. It has been decided
by the clearing house banks of San
rnnliim that all San Frannimyt mm- I
merclal banks will reopen for business
on May 23.
COAL STOCK GIVEN GRATIS
Miming Shares Presented to Railread
Officials to Secure Better
Faculties.
Philadelphia. Before the interstate
commerce commission George W.
Creightoa, general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania division of the Penn
sylvania railroad admitted that he
held stock in several coal companies
and that the stock had been presented
to him. John M. Jamison, of Greens
burg. Pa., president of the Jamison
Coal & Coke company, testified that
his company had presented Pennsyl
vania road officials with stock in his
company with the object of securing
better treatment and facilities from
the corporation. He also said that
Robert Pitci..rn, now assistant to
President Cassatt, had declined a
proffer of stock, saying that he pre
ferred the money. Mr. Jamison bought
the stock back from him for $5,000.
Philadelphia. That the Pennsylva
nia Railroad company gave rebates as
recently as 1903 was the charge made
Thursday by Frank B. WIgton, head
of the Morrisdale Coal company, be
fore the interstate commerce commis
sion. Mr. WIgton's statement caused
something of a sensation because o!
the fact that while the commission was
in session in Baltimore Vice President
Thayer, of the Pennsylvania railroad
appeared before the body and stated
that the company had made no allow
ances or concessions since 1899. Mr
WIgton gave a detailed statement of
the conditions in the soft coal region
and accused the Pennsylvania Railroad
company of discriminating in the allot
ment of coal cars, citing cases to sub
stantiate his charges.
Philadelphia. After hearing much
additional testimony concerning dona
tions of stock to officials and employes
of the Pennsylvania road by soft coal
mining companies, the Interstate com
merce commission Friday adjourned
until next Wednesday, when it will re
sume its sessions in this city and pre
ceed with its inquiry into alleged dis
crimination by the railroads in the dis
tribution of cars.
CHURCH TO QUIT BUSINESS
Mormon Leaders to Dispose of Great
Co-Operative Store and Other
Holdings in Utah.
Salt Lake City. The Mormon church
is going out of business, according to
a local paper. Its principal holding in
Salt Lake City, the Utah Light and
Railway company, Is to be taken over
by a $25,000,000 corporation composed
of English and American capitalists.
If this policy Is completely carrieo
out, the sale of the traction interests
will be followed by the sale of stocks
in banks, sugar factories, the great
Zion cooperative mercantile institu
tion department store, and many small
er enterprises. It will be nothing less
than a commercial revolution which
will profoundly affect the political and
social life of the state.
Simultaneously the announcement i
made that the Salt Lake & Los Angf-Ies
railroad, another church property, has
been sold to a local syndicate for $300,
000. This road is 13 miles in length
and runs from the city to the lake.
President Joseph F. Smith, of the
Mormon church, is quoted as saying
that the divorce of religion from busi
ness is made on account of the fact
that the Mormons whom the churcr.
sought to protect years ago no Iongei
need the protection of the church ii
business affairs. The church enterec
business, he says, to assist convert!
and strangers belonging to the church
but as they are now on a firm footins
the church withdraws from business
entirely.
TOBACCO COMPANY LOSES
Massachusetts Court Upholds Anti
Monopoly Law, Prohibiting
Exclusive Contracts.
Boston. The constitutionality of the
state law for the protection of traders
was upheld in a decision by the su
preme court of Massachusetts rendered
Thursday against the Continental To
bacco company. The statute involveo
is one prohibiting the making of a
contract which would amount to uniab
competition against weak dealers. It?
constitutionality was questioned by an
agent of the tobacco company who
had been found guilty of selling goods
to certain tobacco dealers on more fa
forable terms than to other dealers,
provided the jobbers would deal ex
clusively with the Continental com
pany. Five Miners Blown tc Pieces.
Shenandoah, Pa. Five miners were
torn to pieces and 12 badly burned by
an explosion of dynamite in the Shen
andoah City colliery of the Philadel
phia & Reading Coal and Iron com
pany Tuesday. A box of dynamite
which a workman was carrying fell
from his shoulder and caused the ex
plosion which igniteu the mine gas.
All the men killed were mutilated be
yond recognition.
Furniture Factory Burns.
Owosso, Mich. The five-story brick
furniture factory of the Estey Manu
facturing company was destroyed by
Are Friday. The Lake Ice company's
ice houses are also in ruins. The loss
is estimated at $100,000.
Aged Actress Dead.
New York. Fanny Herring, once a
theatrical favorite in New York, died
at Simsbury, Conn. She made her
debut at the Old Bowery theater. New
York, in 1841, as the boy in the play
entitled "The Battle."
American Dines Royalty.
Athens. John B. Jackson. American
minister to Greece. Thursday night en
tertained at dinner King George. Queen
Olga, Crown Prince Constantine and
the crown princess and Prince George.
Mrs. Jackson assisted her husband.
Company Protects Its Clients.
Hartford, Conn. The Connecticut
Fire Insurance company will" meet
Tuesday, May 29. It Is the opinion of
the officers that the San Francisco
losses exhausts the present surplus,
which will be replaced.
FIND TRUE BILLS
BANKERS AND FORMER OFFI
CIALS ARE INDICTED.
FMUDULEMT TIMBER ENTRIES
Federal Grand Jury, Sitting at Port
land, Gets Busy With Transgressors
Conspiracy to Defraud the Gov
ernment. Portland, Ore. Details of the land
fraud indictments returned by the fed
eral grand jury April 9, and involving
prominent men of Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Southwestern Oregon,
were made public today by United
States District Attorney W. A. Bristol.
The property alleged to have beea
fraudulently secured lies on the banks
of Lobster and Eucher creeks, in
Curry county. Southwestern Oregon,
and consists of 6,000 acres, practically
all in one tract of fine timber land.
The indictment charges conspiracy
to defraud the government of timber
land by securing entrymen to file upon
the land with the intention of dispos
ing of it. The following alleged con
spirators are named: Richard I).
Jones and William H. Smith. San
Francisco; Jeremiah Humely, former
ly United States commission in Curry
county, Oregon: A. S. Johnston, form
erly a deputy county clerk of Curry
county, Oregon; William T. Krr of
Coquille, Ore.; John R. Miller or Port
Oxford. Ore.; Warren Gillelen and IL
W. Kenny, respectively president and
cashier of tho Broadway Bank and
Trust company of Los Angeles; (. L.
Stearns, formerly president, and Jacob
C. Cross, director of the Pacific Fur
niture and Lumber company of Los
Angeles; David M. Goodwin. M. D..
and A. H. Heddcrly, M. D.. of Los An
geles; Richard Hyncs. M. M. Riley
and Lee R. Ayers. stock brokers of
Los Angeles; W. D. Gould, attorney.
of Los Angeles, and F. W. Dennis,
broker and real estate dealer of San
Francisco.
The indictment asserts that the Pa
cific Furniture and Lumber company,
which is alleged to have been the ac
tive agency through which the alleged
conspiracy was perfected, was organ
ized at Los Angeles by Messrs. Cross
Goodwin. Stearns, Miller, Kerr and
Jones. The indictment declares that
Smith, Jones and Dennis conducted the
San Francisco end or the alleged
scheme. As a blind, according to th
Indictment, the Pacific Furniture and
Lumber company establishel and op
erated saw mills at Eureka. Cal.. and
Port Oxford and Frankfort. Ore. It
was their scheme, says the indict
ment, to send to Nebraska, Kansas.
California and parts of Oregon and
induce men to come to places at which
their mills were in operation under
the pretense that there was an oppor
tunity of employment in the mills.
VOLIVA CUTS DOWN EXPENSES.
Financial Department Costs Scarcely
One-Third as Formerly.
Chicago W. G. Voliva. the present
head of the Christian Catholic church,
announced to his followers in Zion
City that between January 15 and May
19 he had reduced expenses in the
financial department of the church
from $9,800 per month to $3,832 ier
month. This saving, he said, had been
brought alK)ut by a reduction of the
working force and a cut in the salaries
of those retained. In the same man
ner, he said, a saving had been made
In the ecclesiastical department that
would amount to $70,000 annually.
Overseers who had been receiving
$300 per month were reduced to $fi0.
The pay of others was cut in propor
tion. His own compensation under
the new adjustment, Voliva said, was
$100 per month.
THREAT AGAINST D. R. FRANCIS
Anonymous Letter Says He Will Be
Killed Unless $5,000 is Left.
ST. LOUIS It became known Sun
day that former Gov. D. R. Francis,
president of the World's fair, had re
ceived an anonymous letter threaten
ing his life unless the sum of $.",000
was placed at a designated spot on
Delmar boulevard, just outside the
city limits in St. Louis county, between
S and 10 o'clock at night. Detectives
were stationed at the designated place
for several hours last night without
result.
Nicholas Throws a Bomb.
ST. PETERSBURG A bomb was
thrown into the parliamentary camp
Sunday afternoon by a note received
by Pres'dent Mouromsteff of the lower
house, from Peterhof. which, instead
of making an appointment for an audi
ence at which he and the deputation
could present the address in reply to
the speech from the throne, contained
the information that Emperor Nicho
las would not receive the deputation
and that the address must be pre
sented through the ministry of tbe
court.
Turks Slaughter Bulgarians.
SALONICA. European Turkey A
detachment of Turks on Saturday an
nihilated a band of twelve Bulgarians
at Lisolai, near Monastir.
Another Crisis in Hungary.
Vienna. A new Hungarian crisis is
imminent, owing to the refusal of Em
peror Francis Joseph to approve the
Hungarian cabinet's demand for an
autonomous Hungarian tariff. The
Austrian premier holds that an inde
pendent tariff is incompatible with the
common Austro-Hangarian customs
arrangement. Dr. Wekerle, the Hun
garian premier, has been to Vienna
twice in audience with his majesty,
but the crown and the council of min
isters have decided against the Hun
garian demands.
Wireless System in China.
PEKING The Chinese government
has arranged to establish several sta
tions throughout China for experiment
with Marconi's system of wireless te
legraphy and to Instruct Chinese op
erators in working them. Apparatus
has been installed on Chinese men-of-war.
Important Bill Passed.
MEXICO CITY The chamber of
deputies has passed an important bill
looking to reforms in legal procedure
with the ultimate view of relieving the
supreme court of a great mass of
work.
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