TTE--? i'.'tt'vV -?-' "L iTTV )?' l- IHVaMWPWm1 J ' ...... ... - i-W7X - t- - - - ,- - - . 15fe-ST" f-x-C5?- Krt" IWSwV JMSMP-H-- , f THIS IN NEBRASKA EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE . OR LESS IMPORTANCE. NEBRASKA BRIEFS. An Aged Farmer Loses Hie Life by Burning--Reduction of Bonded ln- .SMmm in Butler County--Mis-cellaneeue State Matters. '- Aged Man Fatally Burned. NEBRASKA CITY F. M.-8aaefer, aged 70. residing oa a xfarm seven miles aoatk of this city, was fatally baraed and cannot recover. His wife and family were away from home and he attempted to build a ace in the cook store, asiag gas oliae by arista.- Am exntoakm followed.-fhrewiag Martat Said oyer him and the room., Despite the fact he was a mass of flames he raa oat iato the weeds and' tried to pat 'out his aaralag clothes. Neighbors saw the smote aad coming to the house pat t the Ire aad foaad him lying iaNthe weeds suffering untold agony. Physicians were" called, bat be Is so badly baraed that ao hopees are en tertained for his recovery. Butler County Reduces Bonda. DAVD CITY A large transaction was closed 'here by the county board of sapenrisorsv- which saves1 the tax payers of this county $3,000. Tears ago $119,000 in bonds were voted to aid the Union Pacific Railroad com pany to build through the county. These bonds ran for twenty years and drew -10 per cent interest At their maturity $30,000 in cash was paid and $89,000 in new bonds Issued, running twenty years at 5 per cent interest. The .county board, a few years ago. began to raise a sinking fund to re tire these bonds when they mature and in this fund had accumulated 'about $33,000. The City National bank worked up a deal whereby it could buy these bonds for the county at a price that would save the tax payers $3,000 by taking them up now instead of letting them run. Case of Copper Poisoning. AUBURN As the result of taking a friend's advice. Homer Howell, a young man living at Howe, a few miles east of here. Is suffering with a terrible case of blood poisoning. He was afflicted with ring worms and a friend advisesd him to use a lotion consisting of vinegar in which a num ber of copper pennies had been soak ed. He tried the peculiar remedy, with the result that, blood poison ing has set in. His face is terribly swollen, being twice its normal size, aad the features have been twisted iuto the most hideous shape. He is ia a critical condition. Stock Breeders Association. NEBRASKA CITY A number of the breeders of fine stock in this county have formed aa association to be known as the Otoe Thoroughbred Stock association, wfth'H. H. Hanks, president; Orln Lathrop and D. Schin dier. vice presidents; Olin Overton, secretary and Geonre Justice, treas urer. The association will hold a slock show in this city in October and already work is being done on the program. To Stop Sunday Shooting. GRAND ISLAND An organisation is being perfected in Center town ship, an exclusively country pre cinct; to stop all shooting on the Sabbath. Many of the people of the township refuse to join in the effort, however, some because they want to do a little hunting themselves occa sionally on Sunday, and others be cause they do not want to force their Sunday views on others. Killed by Train. NICKERSON Zdward Hayes of this place was iastantly killed by be ing run over by a train on the Chi cago. Burlington A Quincy railroad one mile east of Nickerson. Mr. Hayes, in company with another man, was riding a track' velocipede, when the train, running backwaard to Fre mont, caught them. His body was badly mangled. Pawnee County Prohibitionists. PAWNEE CITY The Pawnee county prohibition convention nomi nated the following county ticket: Representatives, J. D. Nesbitt and Rev. Well H. Wood. Pawnee City; commissioner Third district, A. E. Hey wood. Table Rock. Doesn't Favor Reform Spelling, LINCOLN State Superintendent .McBrlen" is-opposed to the plan of President. Roosevelt In regard to aaeUianv'i McBrien favors a commis sion to. revise the linguistic rules. 'He declares the ''president has tackled a Job far more extensive than the dig ging of the Panama canal. Requisition for Walker. luisltion was issused by Gover- Miekey for the. return from Iowa wot C. EL Walker, who is wanted in Ontaha on a charge of Obtaining mon ey tader false pretenses, with an um brella factory as the starting point He is under arrest in Sioux City. Falls to Her Death. OMAHA .Miss Lena Jefferles, Land in Gaming county .sold week at $108 per acre. The schools of Nebraska are again busy all along- the line. There is an unusually large rieM of pears in Seward county. Prof. Campbell, superintendent of the Nelson schools, died last week. Alfred Palmer of Ulysses sold 8,000 bushels of old corn the other day for $3,200. Some sections of Nebraska that had become rather dry got copious rains last week. Thirty years Aunt Rachael WlncheU boarded at the Seward poor farm, and then she died. Near Steinauer the other day hunter took a shot at a jackrabbit and killed a horse. .August 26 there was a light frost in the vicinity of Broken Bow. Very little damage was done. Adams county boasts of having 8,302 acres of alfalfa,' the most profitable crop grown in the state. - Democrats or the Sixth congres sional district have nominated JG. L. Shumway of Scotts Bluff. F. L. Beatty, formerly of Tc""nseh, is under 'arrest in Oklahoma carged with using canceled postage stamps. Caught in a pulley, William Brass- field had a narrow escape from death at the Grand Island canning factory. Joseka Sunlych, aged 15, was drowned in a water tank. He was found standing on his head in the water. The Union Pacific company is mak ing plans to establisn motor car serv ice on its line between Beatrice and Lincoln within a short time. Towner Wachter, a 17-year-old boy of Custer county, was arrested for placing a tie on the track with the in tention of wrecking the train. A new nan of science three stories high Is to be added to the campus of Fremont college. The hall will be equipped with laboratories end lecture rooms. The baby crop in Nebraska this year is keeping pace with soil produc tions. Twins are recorded in numer ous instances and triplets are not en tirely lacking. A farm house belonging to J. Wiltse, a few miles south of Humboldt, was burned to the ground together with the contents, property of James Ged tisen and wife, tenants. The Humboldt Baptist congregation, which has been without a pastor for a year or more, has issued a call to Rev. W. N. Hamilton, at present pas tor of the Burchard church. A gang of bums got into a fight among themselves in the railroad yards at Wood River and one of them had his threat slashed with a razor, barely missing the jugular vein. The new town three and one-half miles north of Arborville on the new Union Pacific line Is named Polk. The town' is platted and the erection of a new elevator and hotel is under con struction. Another sale of one hundred dollar per acre land is reported in Johnson county. Albert Valandingham has sold his ISO-acre farm five miles east of Tecumseh to Mrs. L. A. Graf of Graf for $16,000. Norton, the newly named town be tween Stromsburg qand Central City on the Union Pacific extension, must find a new name; as Uncle Sam' has said so, there being another postofnee by the same name m tne state. The next regular term of the Cum ing county district court Is scheduled to take place on September 17, with Judge Guy T. Graves of- Pender on the bench. At this term only matters of naturalization will be taken up. A man named Mungerson, employed at Minden a month ago by the Minden Edison Light and Power company. who left for parts unknown, taking a lot of tools, besides selling several pounds of copper belonging to the company, has been captured at Gales burg. III. A movement has been started at Grand Island for an elaborate celebra tion of the fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Hall county and that section of the state in July of next year, and in connection therewith to erect and dedicate an appropriate monument to the original settlers. Henry Alberts, a well known pioneer and retired farmer residing In the west part of Humboldt, came near meeting his death by accident, and sustained injuries which may yet re sult laiaiiy. Me went oat to the barn to hitch up his driving; horse with the intention of taking his wife to churchy, and in some manner was thrown down while harnessing the an imal and tramped upon until he be came unconscious. The state board of educational lands and funds declined to take any action on the request of Boyd county settlers to purchase state lands. Thir teen hundred acres of state land In that county are involved in litigation. The supreme court recently held In favor of the settlers by deciding- that the improvements on the land should have been appraised separately from the land before the state Issued lease contracts to others than the occu pants of the land. last SPAIN'S TURN TO SMILE. I . On,' - ' ' - . 'ft V - - - - " V S A S ; vvSrv As i if i - ' . ( Wsnt ? .&' V ANflSsfonuKftSS amauf rmn- SBm-A lJL w .jlm!$Mmw& ip) vm T TTaHBrBmn &R2Jr r V. ySWrtfewmmamr SyRU6WE&m i JaB32!Aramnm Xi Y? 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Dolonatlono from Nthrsoka EntnamV aotJcally Hail Their Wolf-Ki NoatProsMontof thoUnttod MYJH aRJIVBM FnYBRYAy,MC0THAM STANDARD OIL COMPANY IS INDICTED ON 6,428 COUNTS TWO SPECIAL GRAND JURIES AT CHICAGO RETURN TEN TRUE BILLS FOR VIOLATION OF ELKINS LAW. ! Chicago. The first skirmish In the crusade of the government against the Standard Oil com pany to compel the concern to com ply with the letter of the antitrust and monopoly laws was ended Monday afternoon when the two special federal grand juries returned ten indictments' against the oil company, containing' a total number of 6,428 counts. In respect to the scope of the indict ments the number of counts and the voluminous nature of the documents all records of the federal courts was broken and when thejuries'Were dis missed hv Jrwtea Ttathoa attar throa weeks, of continuous work thev had I the satisfaction of knowing that they had hung up a mark for future inves tigators. The charges named in the indict ments are violations of the Elkins antirebate law, which prohibits the accepting or granting of rebates on oil and other products. The fine as fixed by the Elkins law is not less than $1,000 and not more than $20,000 on each count At this rate the maximum fine which might be imposed upon the Standard Oil company would aggre gate $128,560,000. I The railroads named, in the indict ments, but which for the present are not charged with guilt by a federal grand jury, are: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Chicago A Alton. Chicago A Eastern Illinois. Evansvllle A Terre Haute. Illinois Central. Southern Railway. Lake Shore A Michigan Southern. The ten indictments very only In the' name of the railroad involved and in the particular shipment alleged tot have caused the Illegal rebate. Liable to Heavy Fines. Practically the ten form one big In dictment, under which the minimum fine of $1,000 on each count would be $6,428,000. If Standard Oil Is found guilty under each count and the fine is placed at the minimum of $20,000. the total of the fines would reach the as tounding figure of $128,560,000. Standard Oil promises to contest the battle at every step, and the first strife will come when District Attor ney Morrison appears before Judge Bethea to ask that the company be required to furnish bonds for its ap pearance to answer the indictments. John S. Miller, who has been re tained as special counsel by Standard Oil, will resent the plea for bond. Mr. Miller said: On the earlier indictment Judge Bethea fixed the bond of the Standard Oil company at $25,000, which has not been given as yet If the same ratio Is pursued the total demanded would exceed $8,000,000. Laughs at Bond Plea. "The Standard Oil company does not propose to resort to obstructive tactics and will not unnecessarily de lay the hearing of the cases. It is ridiculous, however, to ask the Stand ard Oil company to give bond for its appearance in court The company cannot run away. I have never heard of a corporation being compelled to give bail in a criminal prosecution." The indictments returned far ex ceed any advance estimate of what the two grand juries, have been doing in their secret sessions, yet it is de clared to be apparent that the reports are but the beginnings of the govern ment's battle -against Standard Oil. The indictments referred simply to re bate giving and receiving, and were returned as under the Elkins inter state" commerce law of 1887. The vastly more important phase of the proceedings r-Jch are now the upper most endeavors of the Roosevelt ad ministration as betokened by the policy which has been mapped out by the president and Attorney Gen eral Moody is to bring Standard Oil to an accounting as violding the Sherman anti-trust law, as a corpora tion acting in restraint of trade. Two Killed in a Collision. Pittsburg, Pa. Two trainmen were killed and three injured - in a head-on collision of heavy ore trains near Milttown, on the Bessemer & Lake Erie railroad. CONSIDER RAILROAD TARIFFS Now Rata Law la Discussed by Ship pers and Carriers. NEW RAILROAD LAW IN EFFECT Lines Have Been Unable to Schedules for Switching. File In the republican congressional con vention at Fremont Judge Boyd secur ed the nomination for congress on the aged 13. Nebraska Telephone com'i first ballot Congresssman J. J. Mc- pany operator, fell to her death . In the company's balldlag at Mghlnwiilli andPonglas atxeets at an early- hoar WemModay morning. Tne body was foaad About f o'clock on the first foor.ef the bailding with every bone broken. Mies JoEeries had fallen throne a skylight on" the third floor, which was part, of the floor to the is the rest room. FoM Dead on F PENDBR Ntek Kneel of the firm of Knsbi A Paaach, saloon keepers. snnd dead hanging over a picket at, Pender. He was troubled with heart dJeeaee and fall dead while aPjr. AUBOEN-John Clayton of Brown- in hronght before the Insanity wd tt was nodded to return haw to the nsyham. Mr. . Clayton has Carathy of Dixoa, J. F. Boyd of Ante lope county and W. W. Young- of Stan ton were the candidates. A. T. Connor's large barn, about tea stiles northwest of Valparaiso, was discovered to be on fro during the night, hut was too nearly destroyed to save any of the contents. Roy Con nor, a young man aged 29 years, was baraed to death. His body was foaad after the ire. The Jonnson county fair sssociaikm will erect a $590'swfne shod on the grounds at Tecumseh far the purpose of giving hog hreeeders a better op portunity to display their stock. For the eoallag year C J. Piersoa of Auburn has at the Mr. Piersoa is a of the state Washington. To discuss certain phases of the railroad rate law which took effect Monday, there was a con ference which lasted the greater part of Tuesday between the members of the interstate commerce, commission and. representatives of the railroads and shippers of the country The railroad representatives uni formly gave assurance of their inten tion to fully comply with the new law, but presented their views as to the operation of certain provisions, among the points urged being extension of time in which carriers may file their tariffs with the commission. The -shippers' representatives urged the protection of their interests, par ticularly against the railroads shifting classifications so as to put up rates and contending for the discretion of the commission in the export and im port changes and for the publication of tariffs In the full acceptation of that term. The commission reserved de cision of the questions brought up. Kearney state that tana no of the ia to the Guard Kills a Prisoner. Atlanta, Ga. In a desperate fight within the walls of the United States prison here. Edward Richmond, serv ing a ten-years' sentence for train robbery, was shot and instantly killed by Guard Prey. ' Seize Chief of Pulajanee, Manila. Native volunteers have captured Annogiaes Sanchez, a chief of the Pulajanes, in the province of Leyte, near Baybay. The escape of the bandits from Leyte has. been cat oh! by troops. Author of Children's Books Dies. New York. Rev. C. Winter Bolton, rector of the Church of the Redeemer. at North Pelham, Westchester county, died Teeeday. He was 86 years old. Mr. Bolton was the author of several hooks for children. New York. The new railroad rate law which applies to all railroads do ing, an interstate business went into effect at midnight Monday. It will be enforced by the interstate commerce commission. According: to the new law the roads were to have filed with the commis sion by midnight all their tariffs and charges, showing not only the full cost of transportation from point to point but also' what items go to the making up of this cost From now on there can be no "extras." but the ship per .is expected to be able to obtain in advance a final statement of tho charge he has to meet It was stated that not a sinirle com- pany has. been able to fully comply with the provisions of the iaw requir ing them to have 'all their schedules on file by midnight The schedule of switching charges was the most diffi cult of completion, and it is said that no road has been able' to finish it in time to file aa the law directed. Clothier New Tennle Champion. Newport R. L William J. Clothier, of Philadelphia. Wednesday won the national tennis championship, defeat ing Beals C Wright of Boston, the present noioor of the title, in straight sets, 3, Philadelphia. Unable to meet Its obligations because of the large amount of money loaned on InsuHcIent security by its president now dead, the Real. Estate Trust company of Philadelphia, which up to last Satur day, was considered one -of the strong est financial institutions in the city, closed Its doors Tuesday. Soon after the doors closed George H. Earle, Jr.. a prominent financier, was appointed receiver. The liabilities of the com pany are placed at $10,000,000 against which there are quick assets of about $3,500,000 and collateral of about $8,000,000 which is not negotiable or readily convertible. This doubtful col lateral is held mostly as security for loans of about $5,300,000 made to Adolf Segal, a promoter of this city. The man responsible for the fail ure was Frank K. Hippie, one -of Philadelphia's - best known citizens, who died suddenly last Friday morn ing In his country liome at Bryn Mawr, near here, under circumstances which,, In the light of developments lead to the suspicion that he may have committed suicide. Mr. Hippie, in addition to. being president of the Real Estate Trust company was the treasurer of the board of trustees of the General As sembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States and of several oth er church funds, and was a director of the Franklin National bank. In addition to the deposits of the General Assembly, the Real Estate Trust also had about $25,000 of funds placed there by Dr. Roberts as stated clerk. The Presbyterian hospital of Philadelphia and the Presbyterian board of relief, also had sums of money In the failed institution. For the loans to Adolf Segal Hip pie accepted as collateral securities of the Majestic hotel, a big new apart ment house, operated by Segal; the Swedish Steel company of Lancaster. Pa., and the Pennsylvania Sugar Re fining company of this city. The steel company and the sugar refining con cern have never been placed in op eration. Segal claims the collateral he gave is good and that he will meet all his obligations. There are others to whom Hippie loaned money on in sufficient security but their names have not been made public and the sums are not believed to be large. How far Hippie benefitted in the loans made or whether he was merely the tool of others is yet to be determined. Philadelphia. Receiver George H. Earle, Jr., Wednesday took charge of the affairs of the Real Estate Trust company which failed Tuesday be cause of the haavy loans made by Frank K. Hippie, late president to Adolf Segal, a promoter, upon Insuffi cient security. John H. Converse, a director of the. company, and -one of the foremost Presbyterian laymen in the country, upon whose petition the receiver was appointed, said he was satisfied that tne securities of the various Presby terian church' boards are safe. The presbyterian. hospital, of which Mr. Hippie was treasurer, elected the Fidelity Trust company as his suc cessor and through that concern learned that the institution's securi ties, amounting to $1,500,000 are in tact Hollidaysburg, Pa. Adolf Segal, of Philadelphia. Wednesday sold the town of South Altopna to Bor land A Waddell, of Pittsburg. This town had been developed by the Knickerbocker Contracting company, of which Segal is the head, at a re puted, outlay of $1,800,000. The price paid by the purchasers was $500,000. Mr. Segal Is the promoter who figured in the failure of the Real Estate Trust company. N New York. Under gray skies hut in exuberant spirits aad bronzed by the suns of many enmes during a year of travel completely around the world. William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, twice the nominee of the Democratic party for president of the United states and already Indorsed as the candidate of lots, steamed up Now York bay Wednesday afternoon oa the steamer Princess Irene and re ceived aa ovation from large welcom ing parties which went down to quar aatine to meet aad cheer the incoming vessel' and its distinguished passea ger. Mr. Bryan did not enjoy his usual health during the voyage, but he was much better Wednesday and said that he felt sure he would be able to carry out the plans which have been made for him during the next few days. He waa very much fatigued when he boarded the steamer and during the entire voyage suffered from indigestion and severe headache, tils illness was not serious enough to interfere with his work, however, and he devoted a large portion of the nice days at sea in prepariag his speeches and in keeping up his corre spondence. Mr. Bryan did not land in New York city proper until Thursday aft ernoon when he was received at the Battery by delegations of prominent Democrats from ail parts of the coun try aad escorted to. the hotel where he will make his headquarters while here. He was taken off the Prinzess Irene by special permission of Presi dent Roosevelt shortly after the ves sc. had anchored in quarantine. First he went aboard two tugs which had been chartered by "Bryan's Nebraska Home Folks," where he was exultant ly greeted and hailed as the next president He then went aboard the trim little yacht "mini," . owned by his long time friend ana schoolmate, Edward F. Goltra, of St Louis, and where such well known Democrats as Norman E. Mack, national committee man for New York, and Daniel J. Campeau, national committeeman for Michigan, were awaiting him. In the "Illini" Mr. Bryan was taken to the landing of the Ocean Yacht club at Stapleton, Staten Island, where he landed and was whlrleu away In an automobile to the home of Lewis Nixon, "Ben Braw," on the heights of Tompkinsville and overlooking the RECEPTION GIVEN TO DISTINGUISHED NEBRASKAN. nimmmmmm The Madtoan Sauare Gordon Prawns to no .SaaadhMj of Dtmecroac Call Outline of What the PoMleal Policy Should Be. harbor. VICTIMS NUMBER 32. Daughter of Premier Stolynin Killed by Bomb. Not St Petersburg. The daughter of Premier Stolypin, who was Injured by the bomb explosion in the premier's summer home Saturday and who was erroneously reported to have djed, was still alive Sunday, having passed a quiet night under the effects of an opiate. The premier's son, who also was hurt, is better. Two more: persons injured by the explosion died Saturday eight bring ing the total number of deaths up tc 32. Twenty-six persons were- killed instantly. Saturday's unsuccessful attempt on the life of Premier Stolypin with its sickening, useless slaughter of 32 persons, was followed Sunday night by another revolutionary outrage ia which Gen. Min, commander of the Seminorsky guard regiment and whe since liLs promotion to be a general has been attached as a personal ad jutant to the suite of the emperor, was killed on the station platform at Peter hof by. a young woman, who fired five shots into bis body from an automatic revolver and then, without resistance, submitted to arrest The capture ol the girl wes effected by Gen. Min's wife, who held her until the arrival of an officer. NEW YORK William uryaa or Nebraska, who arrived ia New York harbor Wednesday aftor noa aad speat the Bight with friends oa a steam yacht down the hay. load ed ia New York City Thursday after aooa at 4 o'clock aad waa the recip ient of marked atteatioas from that hour until late at night whoa he had finished a notable eighty-mlauto ad dress before 2,Mt persons gathered la Madiooa 8aaro garden. Mr. Bryaa outlined clearly aad vigorously the priaclpJes he thought should guide the democrats ia their wyfgw. Greeted by nearly every premineat democrat ia the country aad accom naaied by them, Mr. Bryaa was driven from the yacht landing at the Battery to the Victoria hotel, where he was called upon for an Impromptu speech and then shook hands for more than an hour with aa apparently neverend- lag liae of citizens. He diaed with his family and friends and then was driven in an automobile to Madiooa Square garden, where his welcome, home was made complete by demon stration. The garden meeting was presldedq over -by Mayor Tom I. Johnson of Cleveland. There were brief ad dresses by Governor Joseph Folk, Mis souri; Augustus Thomas, the play wright; Harry W. Walker of the Com mercial Travelers Anti-Trust league. under whose auspices the reception was given, aad 'Mr. Johnson. There were several outside meet ings, the principle one of which was addressed by Representative Sulzer of New-York, Governor Glena of North Carolina and. Mayor Bahlmaa of Omaha. When Mr. Bryan had con- eluded his garden address at a few minutes after 10 o'clock and appeared outside the hall, he received another ovation. He needed no. introduction to the vast crowd which bad waited to long to hear him and spoke briefly, Mr. Bryan was then driven with Mrs. Bryan in an automobile directly to bis hotel where he was greeted by W. R. Hearst The party went to the reception rooms where they talked for some minutes.' Shortly .before 11 o'clock, Mr. Bryan, much fatigued, re tired to bis apartments. The night reception, which was given under the auspices of the Com- . mercial Traveler's Anti-Trust league, proved really to be the sounding cf the democratic campaign calL Mr. Bryan's speech was a dear cut out line of his Ideas as to what the demo- cratic policy should be. The election of Ualted States senators by direct vote of the people, regulation of the' trusts by the government a universal . eight-hour day. settlemeat of all later- national disputes by arbitration rather thaa by resort to. force, and revision . of the tariff were his chief points. Mr. Bryan declared, however, that he was merely expressing his own opialon and not attemptiag to forecast the . policy of his party. EMBEZZLEMENT AND SUICIDE; Russian Consul Shot Tientsin. The Russian consul here. M. LapteWj was shot-in the stomach Wednesday by a Russian concession contractor named Leriasky, who fired his revolver four times at the consul aad ait aim once.i ARMOUR AFFIDAVIT QUALIFIED Annual Report to State of Missouri lo Thrown Out Jefferson City. Mo. Pursuant to the Missouri statute requiring each cor poration doing business in the state to file an affidavit once a year with the secretary of state, that it is not a member of any trust or combine, attor neys for Armour A Co., and the Ar mour Packing company, of Chicago; asked permission of Secretary of State Swager to file affidavits for .their companies that "they were not mem bers of a trust or combine subject to the decision of the courts in the anti trust proceedings now pending against them." Upon advice of Attorney General Hadley, the secretary refused to allow these qualified affidavits to be filed. DECIDES BOYCOTT IS ILLEGAL Sues for Quake New York. T. C. Watkins institut ed a suit for $38,500 against the Trans Atlantic Fire Insurance company, of Hamburg. Germany, for alleged looses in the earthquake fire in San Francisco. W otSjIwoI 0 LtlwtMft DaMMaw . S. 8. Wells, one of fan trot civil engineers employed by fan Burlington railway, aad a friend of Abraham Lincoln, when both bred DL,-ied 71 years. Crown Prince Baptized. Potsdam. The son of-Crown Prince Frederick William was baDtlzed Wednesday in. tne : so-called Jasper gallery of the new palace, which had been arranged as achapeL The child was named William Frederick Francis Joseph Christian Olaf. Fairbanks and Cummins May Talk. Kansas City, Mo. An invitation was extended to Vice President Fairbanks and Gov. Cummins, of Iowa, to make speeches at Fairmount park' Septem ber 8 by the. Missouri Republican club. Racine Judge Holds Unions Liable for Damages to Employer. Racine, Wis. Union labor was dealt a heavy blow by the decision of Judge Chester A. Fowler In the boycott suit for $25,000 damages brought by Baker Otto B. SChnltz. By the decision the contract exacted by the boss bakers by the union' men. by means of which the' workmen sought to. enforce the closed, shop. Is held illegal,' the trades council and the individual members are enjoined from using the "unfair list;" the boy cott is declared an actionable con spiracy to accomplish a criminal or unlawful purpose; Baker Schtiltz Is al lowed to recover, damages of $2,500 for the loss of profits from the time of the commencement of the boycotting acts up to the time of the trial, and $3,500 in damages for the amount of Injury to his business and property in relation to its selling value. Sensational Developments Coma Thick ( and Fast in Philadelphia Failure. . PHILADELPHIA Examiaattoa of . the list of securities held by the de- fUBCt Real Estate Trust compan de veloped the fact that Frank K. -Hippie, president of the institution. - who committed suicide, was an em bezzler. .The authority for this statement is George H. Earle. Jr.. receiver for the trust company. Mr. Earle declined to , say what securities are missing, but he declared that Hippie had hypo thecated $65,000 worth of the paper, securing $50,000 for the. securities', which he never returned. Receiver- , Earle further declared that President Hippie embezzled the $5,000,300 he loaned Adolf Segal, the promoter. Dreyfus to Retire from Army. Paris. The Patric Wednesday af ternoon positively announced that Maj. Alfred Dreyfus will retire from the army in October on a pension. No confirmation of the report could be obtained at the war ministry. Fighting in San Domingo. ' CAPE HAYTIEN. Hayti. A mes sage received here from Santo Do mingo says that after insurgents had occupied Dayabon, In the northern part of the country, the government forces made an attack upon it aad compelled the enemy to abandon the town. Famine Relief Bonds. ST. PETERSBURG- An 'mperiaL ukase issued recently, authorizes the minister of finance to issue $25,000,000. in '4 per cent rentes to cover the ex penses of the relief of the. districts affected by the failure of crops. Hippie Killed Himself. PHILADELPHIA The suspicion entertained that Frank K. Hippie, president of the embarrassed Real Estate Trcst company, who was found dead at his home in Bryn Mawr; Pa. but Friday, committed suicide, was confirmed by Joseph N. King; cor oner of Montgomery county. Chilians Off to Moot Root. Saatiago. American Minister Hicks, the foreign' minister aad the mem bers of the reception committee started for Lota, by the lead route, to reeetvo Secretary Soot Iowa Reports Frost - . Des Moines, la, Frost waa reported in Iowa-lowlands Monday for the first time tMs season, although it is not thought that the great Iowa corn crop will suffer damage because of it The mercury dropped as low as 40. Operator Murdered at Post South Bend, Ind. Lloyd Gynes, formerly of Windsor. On t,. night oper ator for the Michigan Central railroad at Gallea, Mich., was found murdered at his post early Moaday by the doctor of a passing tram. Lumber Schooner Wrecked. Pacific Grove, CaL The - steam schooner Celia, with a cargo of 160. 000 feet of lumber, was wrecked oa the coast near here Tuesday night All on board were saved with the exception of eight persons. ' Shaw to Stump MiooourL Kansas City, Mo. Secretary Shaw has accepted aa iavitatioa of the Re publican state speakers' bureau to spend a week making campaign speeches la Missouri. Ho will speak at wawthai September 17. Ultimatum to the Packers. WASHINGTON Nothing short of the placing on meat products of labels which win not deceive the public waa the ultimatum which Secretary Wilson delivered to forty representatives of various packing houses here. Here after, if the packers want their needs accepted for interstate shipment the packages must bear labels more spec ific than tboa used hitherto. It Will not do, for Instance,' to state awrely . that a package contains sausage. The label mast dlstiactly describe the article. Waa Member of Quantrell Oak Grove, Mo.-Capt J. Frank Gregg, who for the first half of the civil war was ia Gea. Joe Shelby's command, bat who -later waa with QuaatrelL the raider, died at Grata VaHey, aear hero. Soldiers Going to Study. WASHINGTON Fcrty enlioted from various army posts through. out the eastern part of the United States will be ordered by the War de partment In Wsshlagton in n short time for Instruction in taking facer prints and in photography, prepara tory to carryiag out the aew IdeatuV cation plans for the army. ' It Is the purpose to have at least one maa at every post who is familiar with the fnger .print and photographic Mea detailed to Washington a week. ' I ".: i - .( . - :' - ..:" I l&lksi ! -All Z.Ji V :kv V TV- '"3z. , - IS J a3fa&2& . -. v.. , . .i.- - jAkMmMi 9 S J r?fiCijSSiC-S? .2i-ijri ? - - ?Ln v.r:i; r,i r t"c;.-.aiiikiii -,?-- j