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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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SPEECHES ARE DELAYED
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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
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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
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fact that it really Is boiled beef. This
was a decision reached-at a confer
ence Thursday between Secretary
Wilson, of the department of agrical
ture, and Senator Hopkins, of IlUaois,
and Thomas E. Wilson, general man
ager of the Nelson-Morris Packing
company, of Chicago.
Senator Hopkins and Mr. Wilson
discussed the matter with President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay Wednesday
and were referred by him to Secretary
Wilson. 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.
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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.
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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.
WASHINGTON The naval tag Po
tomac sailed Sunday from' New York
for Newfoundland to prosecute aa In
quiry Into the fisheries. Prof. Alexan
der was aboard as the rei
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