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ws-jrracTLX Trs fc ww i i ' w i i i'i '.m wi'ii i . t . i mm .Tiw, ii3Ptorvz gfctT'S'Ksrat ' -rt t ilA-. i."RSTffi. -; 5C5s r -"- "-- . , V5- " & v ' - i, V-'V-. JVL (""Vi-iV -t - S-V" fV e "" v'i-.- "- '&&' ?: "cr - 7 nrt x r Is."1- 1 - . tvy IS H 4 " EVENTS OF HiTEREST OF MORE i Oft' LEtr IMPORTANCE. ' iLi-i-'- I.rf --- i .WfPIJjJjn' ?",,."w fi&i?J.5irA-r ,;oi 'SJNUMJ TawJia. -.y LINCOLN Attorneys for the Bar fiagtoa aad Union Pacific railroads bare served notice oa Attorney Gen era! Brown that they will ask that the railroad tax cases be put over .for hearing. Mr. Brawn has replied that he will appearjtefore the United States svpreme court October 9 to resist the Motion of the railraods and that' he will insist on a trial of the cases at that time. The railroad att leys nave insisted from the start that ucy were anxious for a speedy hearing and their present attitude comes as a sur prise. The Burlington case was de cided by Judge Munger of the United States circuit court against the rail road, which sought an injunction to prevent the collection of the taxes levied on its property for the year 1904. An appeal was immediately tak en by the Burlington and later' the Union Pacific agreed to submit its case at the time the Burlington case was submitted. The date set for the hearing in the United States court was October 9. Now John N. Baldwin, attorney for the Union Pacific in forms Attorney General Brown that it I was the understanding tnai tne cases were to be submitted before at full bench. As Justice Brown has resigned and there is no probability of the president filling the place soon. Mr. Baldwin give snotice that be will on October 9 file a motion to have the case assigned for hearing at a time when there' is a full bench. Attorney C. J. Greene for the Burlington has given similar notice. Disaster from Tornado. LINCOLN Three, men and two school children are dead, six persons are seriously injured and thousands of dollars worth of property were lost in a series of storms which visited some of the southern tier of counties of Nebraska Friday afternoon. The death-dealing storms, so far as has been learned, were confined to Pawnee county. One came as a tor nado, picked up a district school house containing thirty children and 'ayoung woman teacher, dropped the building a tangled wreck in a ravine fifty rods awayleaving the dead, in jured and unhurt upon the floor, which remained on its foundations. Less than ten miles to the south east of the school threa men, at about the same hour, crawled beneath a threshing machine to get out of a 6torm's deluge of rain, when a bolt of lightning struck and demolished the machine and killed all three men, two of whom leave widows and several children. Swindler. Gets a Thousand. FREMONT A swindler who has been "working" small towns is ahead about 1.000 by his, transactions and that fact has just come to light through .the appearance of some of the worthless checks at Hooper. The first check was cashed at the Valentine State bank at Valentine. Neb., last Thursday. It was presented by a stranger who claimed to be a Dodge county farmer in search of ranch prop erty. The check was for $550 and was drawn on the First National bank of Hooper, with the forged signature of ICashier John Heine. It purported to :be signed by Psrry Smtth and was made payable to Joseph Smith. The Valentine bank bashed the paper with out investigating. On Friday a check .for $450. drawn on the First National bank of Hooper was cashed at the Torrington. Wyoming. State bank, bearing the signature of C. W. Adams and being made, payable to F. W.. Young. This check rwas presented at the Hooper bank and the forgery dis covered. The officers have a clue which they will follow. Parole for Indian. Governor Mickey has decided to pa role Joseph Boucher, a half-breed In dian, convicted of manslaughter in Keya Paha county. He was sentenced to serve eight years. His victim was a French-Canadian rancher named Belle Isle. Jtotfcher has been in the penitentiary sincev January, 1903. Te Celebrate Syracuse Day. SYRACUSE Syracuse day will be -celebrated .here September 27 with an ' aid-fashioned, oxroast, speeches, mu- ,sic and a grand round of jollification. The celebration will be held under the direction of the Syracuse Commercial club. Grieved at Son's Action. FREMONT Mr. and Mrs. Edward; Pscherer have'received word that their sen. Edward, deserted from the United States cruiser Boston, on which he' was a sailor.1 Young ' -Pscherer had" been sick, and an application for his discharge was pending at the time he left. His parents are greatly grieved over his action. '. s Firmer Lincoln R'esident Killed.' ABERDEEN. S. D. The body of a aarveetand; JackFoster fonnerfy of Lincoln. Nabl.Vwas found, on the Mil-, waukee track near Mellette, a small station neat-here, -terribly-amangled, three trains' 'having .passed 'over him beforebe was discovered. "It0 is be lieved he threw himself in front of one ue trains ,wjth .suicidal-intfnjL,: tfceVesalt of domestic J troubles it is, net, known just wherf -he -committed, the deed. About' thieemonths.agb he separated from bis ftarterVa.'quar-, iel, the result-of -Jong 'disagreement. -V 5 Fire at Imperial. , -, IMPERIAL Imperial had a $15,000 Ire, burning the Krotter Lumber com pany, Sheriff King's livery barn, and residence, also' J. L Salesman's -store, room, all fairly well insured. T To Investigate Trusts. OMAHA A special grand jury to in vestigate the Ice and coal trusts will be called for the October term of dis trict court at the request of County At torney Slabaugh who, after examining a maaaber of witnesses, failed to ma cover any illegal combination. THIS1N NEBRASKA v"""""" Jlt.M -U EBRAKA BrMEFt, -fct ,r ty. fMr .wlnKbw held. September M , 7 .aad IftW Ashland claims to have the, W anuttemr hair team ia the. state. u It potato production Scotts Blam county takes ,ths lead. Last, year it snippet, out 109'lrasnels. - '; Aa Albion contractor has Dwrchasea 250,000 brick f to" be used" in 'the comd struction of a new .Catholic church .The schools of Beatrice and Gage county carried off a number of prixes at the state, fair, the most important be ing the best equipped country school ia Nebraska; " , ' " Ji" M. Cox, Burlington agent at Marsh land, was killed by' an explosion & gas oline, which occurred while he, was fill ing the tank that supplies the water works pump. In a field near Newman Grove a stalk of ,corn was found that measures fourteen feet and a half in lengtn. It had two ears of corn, the first eight above the ground. ' Gustaf Wilhelm Engdahl, one of the very early settlers of Burt county, died'- last' wW&v at his home In Oak-1 land. He is survived by a wife and nine grown children. THe' Callaway Queen is fighting the constitutional amendment to a finish. It pleads that its adoption would mean more .taxes, and that above all things sh'ould be avoided. D. C. Wright, a fanner, drove into Shelton to attend church and some time during the services parties un hitched his team and no trace of them has since been found. x Fred Gutsball of Blair, a fence man on the M. 9c O. road was killed near Norfolk, when a hand car struck by the train from Sioux City, was hurled through the air and struck him. Death was instantaneous. The" new hospital that is about to be built at David City is to be built or artificial stone manufactured in that city. The building is to be 30x46 with eighteen rooms in all. The operating room is oa the second floor. A flagman, mistaking orders, sent a through freight into the rear of a grain freight at Crete. Several cars filled with grain were broken open and the contents strewn along the track. Traf fic was delayed for several hours. Fred Metz, formerly connected with the Omaha Y. M. C. A., and more re cently from South Carolina, has been selected as the secretary and manager of the Y. M. C. A. of Beatrice. The association building will soon be ready for opening. i The farmers of Brown county are. feeling fine, as they have their thresh ing about all done, and it is the best crop the county has ever had. Wheat will average twenty bushels to the acre and oats fifty bushels and other crops in proportion. TheXNational Carnival company had' a balloon destroyed by fire at Superior while preparing for an ascent. Gas was being generated by burning gaso- line and from some cause there was an explosion that burst the balloon. No one was injured. ' l At Imperial, a $10,000 fire occurred, burning the Krtoter company's lumber yard. Sheriff King's livery barn and residence and Fliesbach's storage house. The. fire started in the livery barn. It was a hard fight to save the business portion 'of tne town. John Hall, who while serving a thirty days' jail sentence at Dakota City for stealing a saddle broke jail, and was afterwards captured in Burt county, has completed his time and been taken to Thurston county where he has a similar1 -crime hanging over' him. " " The first ok the four elevators to be built at different points in the state by' the proprietors oitthe 'Beatrice Corn mills will be? erecte'd at Cortland, Gaga county --ie building will be 20,000 bushels capacity, and work will be started upon it .at once. The locations for the other three elevators have not yet -been decided. - ' Failing to secure the release of her husbaud from the state insane hos-' pital, Mrs. John Ryan, 'an aged Irish woman from Omaha, declared in trem bling anger to Superintendent Hay that she would take her petition to the president of Ihe United States. On the superintendent's suggestion, she decided instead to lay the matter be fore Governor Mickey. One man was killed, another prob ably fatally wounded and another shot in the hip as the result of a shooting scrape in a .saloon at Norfolk. Lee Bailey was killed instantly and Charles Dugan so badly wounded that it is believed he cannot live as a result of a fight between them with guns, while Erhardt Clause,, a bartender, was hit in the hip by a stray bullet '-The trouble arose from an old feud of long standing. The Edgar canning factory has just completed canning this year's crop of sweet corn. The acreage., this year was only half what it was last year, on account of the sweet corn market be ing overstocked. The factory worked just 'ten days this year on corn and the output was 415.000 cans, the aver age of the -factory being 41,550 a day. The factory-, has already canned 1,000 cans, of tomatoes and will can several thousand more before the closes. ' k season 4 Byron Miller of Wausa seized his loaded rifle by the muzzle and swung it thlough the" fence. The bullet is supposed to be flattened against the innesurfacs- of his shoulder blade, but the doctors think he will get well. Mrs. Clarkson. a negro woman, about 30 years of age. who has been living with her sister. Millie Hawkins, in the south part of Falls City,, took an overdkose of cocaine and died from the effects of the drug. She was an habitual user of cocaine, so it is thought she took it this time with the intention of committing suicide. Sheriff Hollister of Merrick county and Sheriff Dunklet of Hall -county were at wood Kiver looiung for a stolen team from Clarks. They found it at Warren's livery barn. The thief sold 'it to "Warren for $65 and bought a ticket to Denver. A thirteen ear-old, .boy tramp was pickfed up at Crafword by J. N. Hart-J raaftjf washed, fed, clothed and thnmgh the aid of other kindly dis posed Citizens, furnished with a ticket to his MfcaBJir Brooklyn, N. Y., from which he had been absent for than a month. -CK WH1Z1 WONT I KVKR OBT TO A wftW y-v f'fPL hsbbbb"sbbbbbbbbbbbbbV1 Bpmfrt9tr.' v I I VBBBBussB"HupnsBaTi sVauKitfSsVKP asstTWK w sw w H $ sswVussssv. JL-sssstf i L Ml smssmTT iinTJ 2 ' .3BBsasasMW - H vTniflN PUUUAKES ATTACK TROOPS RUSH CAMP ON ISLAND OF LEYTE BUT ARE ROUTED. Assault Planned as Revenge for Pun-' ishment for Slaying of a Lieutenant. Manila. In revenge for the punishment inflicted upon them by -the regular troops for the killing of Lieut Roscoe Treadwell, of the Philippine scouts, the Pulajanes at tacked a detachment of the Twenty fourth infantry (colored) on the night of the 10th, and before they could be driven back they killed two and wounded eight of the colored soldiers. Early on the eveningaof the 10th the bandits rushed the camp of Tread well and succeeded in killing the of ficer. The colored troops came to the rescue and drove the fanatics from the field, killing and capturing a large number. The Twenty-fourth then went into camp near Bara, Leyte, near the scene of the engagement The band returned during the night, boloed the outposts and rushed the camp. In the confusion of the dark ness the regulars were badly cut up before they realized that the Pulaja nes were upon them. The colored troops were attacked in their tents, the natives slashing the canvas with bolos and falling upon the sleeping soldiers. The men of the Twenty-fourth were aroused' by the shouts of their com rades, and went into the fight with their pistols and bayonets, and finally routed the Pulajanes, killing . and wounding many of them. In the darkness a few of the Pul ajanes escaped. BANK CASHIER TIRES OF CHASE Returns to Hayti, Mo., to Face Trial for Alleged Shortage. Hayti, Mo. After having traveled leisurely through the United States and around the world, a fugitive from justice for nearly a year, Granville M. Gwyn, .ormer cashier of the Bank of Hayti, who fled from this- city leaving an alleged shortage of $17,021. has returned and surrendered to the authorities for trial.' Gwyn was at once bound over in the sum of $5,000. On member 19, 1905, Gwyn sud denly disappeared from Hayti, leav ing a note to the president, John L. Dorris, of the bank, stating that the books and papers would be found all right and nothing would be found wrong excepting a shortage of $17,091 in cash. Gwyn admits that his sole purpose In returning voluntarily was to clear up the charges against him. His grandfather. Dr. S. M. Hayes, estate lished the town of Hayti 12 years ago, and it now has a population of 2,000. , - Miss Roosevelt in Accident. Oyster Bay, N. Y. While driving from Sagamore Hill to Oyster Bay, Friday, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, daugh ter of the president was thrown out of her buggy, h'er horse becoming frightened at an automobile. ' ' The accident occurred near the res idence of P. L. Fearn, where Miss Ethel stopped for a few moments to regain her composure. She was not hurt and insisted on having her horse harnessed to another baggy and on driving back to Saga more Hill. Killed by Explosion. Mount Sterling, Ky. The boiler of the Rilley-Waters mill at Mariba, ex ploded Friday, killing instantly -John Hale and Ross Byrd. Three others were burned so' they will. die. The mill was blown to pieces. Revolutionist Deported. El Paso. Tex. Abram Jose Salcido, president of the Douglas junta of Mex ican revolutionists, was deported, it is said, on the order -of the secretary of commerce on the grdunds of being an undesirable foreigner. St. Louis Police Chief on Trial. St Louis. After several months of demy the trial of suspended Chief of Police Kiely was finally begun before the board of police commissioners Wednesday. The charges are neglect ing his official duty. Lightning- Strikes a. Schoolhouse. 'Marquette. Mich. The schoolhouse at Three Lakes, Mich., was struck by lightning, and completely wrecked. School was in aessionbnt noae of the pupils was killed. "Several were made anconscioas. t ."v MANI Li tlCrfimtoloV&l TRAIN HOLD-UP MEN ARE FOILED Resistance by Conductor Causes Ban dits to Abandon Their Plans. Peoria, 111. Four masked men attempted to hold up passenger train No. 311 on the Rock-Island road one and one-half miles north of Peo ria, Friday night at ten o'clock, and but for the presence of mind of Con ductor Robert Murray, who disarmed one of the men after being struck on the head, the passengers would have been robbed. There were about 100 people on the train, which left Chicago at six o'clock. Sheriff Potter and a force of depu ties and Peoria policemen are search ing the woods near the scene of the attempted hold-up. The would-be robbers placed an ob struction of railroad ties on the track, which brought the train to a stand still. They then, at the point of re volvers, commanded the engineer and fireman to remain on the engine. Run ning back to the front end of the smoker they mounted the platform with drawn revolvers. Conductor Robert Murray met them at the door. One of the bandits pushed a gun into his face. He struck the weapon up and knocked it from the man's hand. He was struck over one wrist and over the head with a club, but the robbers became alarmed at his unexpected resistance and fled. The men are described as being about 25 or 30 years of age, all' of slight build. All wore masks, but evi dently were amateurs at the business. A posse of deputy sheriffs -and offi cers left the city in automobiles to search the vicinity of the attempted hold-up, but reported no captures. One traveling man, representing a Peoria brewer, had on his person $3, 500, the result of a day's collections, and sat near the front end of the smoker. CONVICTED OF LAND FRAUDS. Oregon Jury Returns Verdicts Against Three Prominent Men. Portland, Ore. State Sen ator Franklin Pierce Mays, ex Representative Willard L. Jones and George Sorerfson stand convicted in the Blue 'mountain land fraud case. The sealed verdict returned by the jury at 1:45 o'clock Thursday morn ing' was reaa m tne ieaenu court when it opened, finding all three de fendants guilty of conspiracy to de fraud the government In connection with the creation of the Blue moun tain forest reserve. Counsel for the defendants Imme diately gave notice to move for a new trial, and were allowed time to do so. TWELVE KILLED IN RAIL WRECK Airbrakes Fail to Work and Harvester Train Bumps. Into Passenger. Montreal. Que. Officials of the -Canadian Pacific railway say 12 persons were killed and 12 injured in the wreck near Chelmsford Wednesday. All the killed were in the colonist car, next to the engine of the west-bound train. Mdst of them were harvest hands. A harvester train going west was to meet the regular east-bound Winnipeg train. On a very steep grade the air brakes failed to work and the har vester train bumped into the Winni peg train, smashing the first two coaches to .pieces. Big Swindle Alleged. - Chicago. Five men, who are said to have operated a dozen fraudulent concerns, one capitalized at $1,000,000, are under arrest, and, it is declared, frauds involving thousands of dollars have been uncovered as a result. Wealthy Man Ended Life. Philadelphia. The bo of Henry K. Wampole. the wealthy Philadelphia manufacturer of chemicals who had been missing for several days, was found in the East River, at New York. He had committed suicide. Banquet to Speaker Cannon. ' St Joseph, Mich. Eight hundred Republicans attended a banquet given in honor of Speaker Joseph G. Can non here Wednesday evening. All of the Republican candidates for state .offices were in attendance. Liberty Given the Humberts. ' "Paris. The council of ministers authorized M. Cleinenceau, minister of the interior, to issue an order for the immediaterelease of. Frederic and Theresa 'Hum&rtr"nnder tae;- condi tional liberation law. . 11.14ml. l J 1 ' 'K GREAT CRUSH-AT-M'KINLEY! CER EMONY AT COLUMBUS. SPEECHES ARE DELAYED Unruly, Mabi IVs,.iMniminiH f Programme, Twa Women, Badly Injured, Being Remeved by the Pellet. Columbus, O. With a panic threatening in a crowd estimated at 50,000 people, surging about the stand 'erected in the capitol grounds, frantic to secure a glimpse of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, the president's daughter, the exercises arranged for the dedica tion qf the McKInley monument were seddenly terminated Friday after noon after the statue of the martyred president had been hurriedly unveiled by Mrs. Longworth. The prompt action of the committee oa arrangements was regarded as most fortunate, for the crowd was be yond control and the shrieking of women and children who were caught In the crush was rapidly working the crowd into a frenzy. Many women fainted and were car ried out of the crowd by the police. Two were so badly hurt that they had to be removed in an ambulance. The McKInley monument stands at the west entrance to the ground's, facing the street, and the crowd was packed into this space between the speakers' stand and the monument. The exercises were set for 2:30, and began promptly. It was not until the band was play ing the overture that the danger of a panic became, apparent. Suddenly HBMB if? 1-VSrf .vI-vW Rx.TJ1 STATUE OF McKINLEY. Unveiled by Mrs. Longworth at Co lumbus, Ohio. women in the crowd next to the speakers' stand began to scream and cry for help. Then several wom en fainted and were carried up to the stand. Rev. Dr. Washington Glad den rose to deliver the invocation, but he spoke only a few sentences when the roar of voices forced him to stop. Gov. Harris then attempted to quiet the crowd. "Keep back!" he shouted. "You are crushing these people in front to death." The governor's voice could not be heard 20 feet away, however, on ac count of the din. The commotion then became so alarming that those on the stand asked Mrs. Longworth to come forward in the hope that a glimpse of her might satisfy the crowd. She came to the front of the stand and it was seen at once that something must be done, and it was decided to unveil the statue at once. Mrs. Longworth then pulled the ribbon attached to wires which drew the flags covering the statue aside. A man hoisted on another's shoulder grasped the ribbons and the wire and they were quickly torn into fragments by relic seekere. The crush was stopped for a few moments, but it was soon renewed, and Mrs. Longworth again came to the front of the platform and bowed to the throng. In the meantime, how ever, the committee on arrangements had decided to defer the addresses until evening at the Memorial hall, and as soon as Mrs. Longworth retired the announcement was made. The people struggling for their lives in the crowd around the stand cheered, but a storm of hisses came from the people on the outskirts of the crowd, who did not understand the situation. The programme of exercises which had been arranged for the unveiling of the McKinley monument was car ried out at Memorial hall at night Split on Presbyterian Union. Bloomington, 111. A proposed three days session of the Lincoln presby tery jf ,the former Cumberland Pres bytean church at Stanford came to a sudden end when nearly one-half of the delegates repudiated the union. Shut 48 from Country. '.San Francisco. Quarantine officers refused landing to 48 persons on the steamer Siberia, which just arrived from the orient, who had unmistaka ble evidence of trachoma. Of these 27 were Japanese and 15 Hindus. Fraternal Union Meets. Denver, Col. The supreme lodge of the Fraternal Union of America convened here Tuesday for its third quadrennial session. F. P. Rose, of Denver, is supreme president and 'its headquarters are in this city. Railroad Fireman Now Rich; Escanaba, Mich. From $60 a month to the posession of a fortune of $975, 00ft within one week Is the record of" James A. Devlin, a fireman on the Northwestern road.' Devlin invented a turbine steam engine. pflrinniiG r ' t i. ace R'Bf.gK:?' sn c vSBjmJ X '.v-.x 1 tfOt -v . v. - . iMn -BBafx BV3l4iV -'? T .MTBBsaaaaF -"TrvB f V -? fS?TBaiilrvj y V --saWaW'lBBBBBB-'--' JbBbT JBbbbbVJBbbbbbBbbbbbbbbI v x x BrBaa 'BbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI " 4 aaanaalBsssBBBBBBn--'' ' - M SKi'BBBBBBBBBl -" 'i:BaaWBBalBBBBl 1 4bbbbBBbbbsPbb - TBffVBBBBBBBBB i11" ' " V Baaaf CtH f " ""i- , , -' bbbbT KB -vY"i':v SKVS .AV' t'l sf.-sX .. BaVBsa saanr stw .---V. VC i. "wSWfcJy -' -- x E3ak.Bsaa3' - v E PM dBBBBBBBBBWSBBBBBBBBBateaPMsWnBf ? 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Thursday' the subject was considered fully in the light of all tha technical information bearing upon It Mr. Wilson explained that the method of preparing canned roast beef was to parboil the meat for 15 minutes and then put it in cans and subject It to steam heat for three hours'. The term "roast beef which was applied to this product was of particular value to the packers, Mr. Wilson said, because tha method had been copied by the Aus tralian and South American packers, who would profit by It if the American packers were forced to abandon it After full consideration. It was de cided that the cans mient bear tha label of roast beef, but that it should be stated on the labels how the beef was prepared and cooked. Secretary Wilson made it clear that only per fectly healthy beer could be used la the preparation of the canned roast beef, although the product is not of the highest grade of cattle. No pre servatives of any kind will be used in the preparation of the .product and the label must state just how it is pre pared. The decision was entirely satisfac tory to the packers. - y RUSSIAN TOWN BURIED BY MUD Fifty-five Bodies Recovered Out of 255 Caught in Avalanche. ! TIflls. Practically without want ing , the side of a mountain rising above the township of Kwareli broke away, and in a sea of semi-liquid mud. sand and stones swept down on the township and overwhelmed and oblit erated It. About 255 persons have been buried alive. Fifty-five bodies have been re covered from the mire, which is 'about six feet deep. In addition to the lives lost, countless numbers of cattle per ished and the crops were destroyed. Kawareli township occupies an area of five kilometers in the district of Tslaw, in the Caucasus. Similar dis asters are of common occurrence in Caucasian valleys. Kwareli is -in the mountainous re gions of the Caucasus, where the mountains are of a semi-volcanic na ture and where hot sulphur springs abound. Disasters of the kind occur ring at Kwareli are so common the people have learned to disregard them, but it Is comparatively seldom that towns are destroyed, much of this region being sparsely inhabited. PRESIDENT AWARDS YACHT CUP Congratulates the Winners and Felic itates the Losers. Oyster Bay, N. Y. President Roose velt placed himself on record Friday as an enthusiastic supporter of ama teur sports. He also took occasion to weld a new link of friendship between the United States and Germany. He did this by making the official presentation of the Roosevelt cup to the American Yacht club, the trophy which was won by the yacht Vim of that club, during the recent interna tional races off Marblehead, Mass... in which several German boats competed unsuccessful!-. The president commended the sportsmanship of the Germans. They had, he said, demonstrated that they could withstand the supreme test of sportsmen they could lose graceful ly. While the president congratulated the winning club most heartily, he said there was a note of regret in his indorsement liecause the Germans had lost. However, he felt great satisfac tion that the yachts which had come across the ocean for the race had been "in the winnings" (referring to the one race won by a German yacht). Plea of "Not Guilty" for John D. Findlay. O. A plea of "not guilty" has been entered in the probate court here by John D. Rocke feller on the charge of violating the anti-trust law through the Standard Oil company. Mr. Rockefeller was not personally in court. He pleaded through an attorney. The defendants in the cases against the pipe lines also pleaded not guilty in the same way and each demanded a separate trial by jury. Judge Banker adjourned un til the first Monday in October in or der to make this possible. The trials may not be started on that day. but It is expected that they will. Victim of Gasoline. Owosso. Mich. Mrs. J. M. Ford, of Corunna, sister of United States Dis trict Attorney F. H. Watson, died from the effects of terrible burns re ceived when by mistake she used gas oline to start a fire in a kitchen stove. Rate Hearing Ended. Washington. The interstate com merce commission concluded its hear ings regarding the petitions of the various railroads for a waiver of the 30-day notice provision of the railway rate law regarding changes in rates. Shah Signs Reforms. Teheran. The shah ha3 signed the reform ordinance demanded by the clergy and dismissed the ex-Grand Vizier Ain Ed Dowleh. This action has put an end to agitation and bust ness is being resumed. Tragedy in Missouri. Pleasant Hill, Mo. On his farm near here John Carter, aged 45, not and killed his wife. Nita. aged 32, and then killed himself. Carter found his wife writing a love letter to his- nephew. DsaJeieii k 9 r -fir. uwE77Fmm77TTKirjyTES2 iiym rsiu RPint r. - : Zl VnVlili Wl tBVB II MHir HlMtilWilM V ." .1 Tit TV ?..'JiUf ABLE TO LAN v VESSELS AIE II TIE VAT .W - rt WIN Keep in Withttie ay Wi WASHINGTON It t tha navy departmeat that the bat tleships LoaJsiaae, Virginia and New Jersey have been ordered down the Atlantic coast oa a "shakedown" craiaa aad that they have been directed to to keep ia tonca with the goverasseat at Washington by wireless telegraph ad if necessary, ia the eveat of aa emergency arising, they will be seat to Havana, it was also stated that the cruisers Tacoma aad 'Cleveland have sailed frost Norfolk. Va., aad that the cruisers Mlaaeapolkt aad aeapolis and Newark carry about 76 aaea altogether aad the Tacoma 150. Should all these vessels go to Ha vana the navy would be able to land a force of 4.000 la Cuba or Thursday, of any developments should occur ren dering such action necessary. Final instructions will me given the Cleve land and other vessels when they reach Key West The Cleveland's sailing from the Norfolk yard oc curred yesterday, while the Tacoma left here today. The Louisiana aad Virginia left Newport yesterday after hurriedly coaling. The New Jersey sailed from Boston. HAVANA The government Sunday evening is making final strenuous ef forts to restore peace hi Cuba, aad thus avoid any kind' of American ra-JL tervention. The object of these ea1 deavors. it is Stated, is that it;htay be able to say, by the time Secretary of , War Taft and acting Secretary ofJ: State Bacon arrive, that peace al- ready has been secured, and that.' therefore, there is so need for the American govrnment's intervention i either to restore peace or insure per-'l manent tranquility. Members of the government in formed the Associated Press that they' are making the efforts in accordance with the advice contained in Presi dent Roosevelt's letter; that they have no objection to the friendly assistance of the United States in the matter if it becomes necessary, but that they, believe they can settle it between the government and the revolutionists without the necessity of any inter vention. At least, they say. they are making an attempt to accomplish this end unaided, and with fair prospects of success. BRYAN ON CUBAN SITUATION. Says Islanders Should Be Allowed te Settle Their Own Troubles. ROANOKE. Va. William Jennings Bryan gave the first expression he has made on the present Cuban situation. When seen in his car just before he left for Lynchburg by a representative of the Associated Press and asked if he would say anything about the situ ation in Cuba and whether in his opinion the United States should in tervene, Mr. Bryan dictated the fol lowing statement: "I am very glad that the adminis tration recalled the troops landed at Havana. While we should do all in our power to bring about peace by offering the good offices of our coun try. re have no business interfering with their local affairs. They must settle the disputes among themselves, but I would 'be glad if both parties would be willing to accept meditation with the idea of bringing about an agreement through the good offices of our government." Cloudburst in North Nebraska. "JACKSON. Neb. At 7:30 o'clock Sunday morning water from a cloud burst in the northwestern part of Da kota county and the eastern part of Dixon county, rushed down the valley of Elk Creek, sweeping away hun dreds of tons of hay. drowning hogs caught in the pens, flooding cellars, washing away railroad tracks and doing other damage, all of which is conservatively estimated at $100,000. The wave of wa'ter in the creek, when it struck this tewn. was seven feet high. The Omaha and Great North ern roads both lost considerable track. Move for Two-Cent Fares. HARRISBURG, Pa. S. M. Wil liams, secretary of the Pennsylvania State Board of Trade, made public copies of letters received from the governors of several states on the movement to obtain uniform legisla tion throughout the United States for a two-cent maximum fare on all steam railroads. Forty Thousand People Celebrate. BLISS. Okla. Forty thousand peo ple attended the celebration of the thirteenth anniversary of the opening of the Cherokee strip at the "101" ranch Sunday. The celebration con sisted of a wild west show and Indian exhibition. Death of General TreaeW. ST. PETERSBURG General , Tre poff, feeling relieved of the trying duty of protecting his imperial mas ter, retired to his cabinet to rest and ave orders that he should not be dis turbed until dinner was served. Whea at 7:30 o'clock dinner was announced. General Trepoff did not answer the call and finally a member of his staff knocked at the door of his cabinet. Receiving no reply, he entered and found the general lying stretched out at the foot of his couch with a news paper in his hand, dead. Riots in Paris Streets. PARIS Although a majority of the stores here Sunday complied with the compulsory weekly rest law, several remained open, causing numerous de monstrations. The police were forced repeatedly to charge a mob of 400 persons. 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