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w&vj rcyyarpfZ f5? -.,i' ..Br .- i . -? V "- -' t, . -&r !.. ? . r" S.s '" i? -", - ..- w 'V,--;- rrLiBiL ?j w. iU' "V1 --t THIS IN NEBRASKA EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE Oil LESS IMPORTANCE. rrimtmK sf King for Land Frauds in i he Alliance District M:sce laneouns Nebraska Matters. The King Land Fraud Case. OMAHA Tho. salt brought sgainet Patrick J. .King of Chicago, as told by press dispatches, while in the main similar to those brought against other alleged land fraud operatives in north, era and north-western Nebraska, is a little different in detail. This suit is brought against King for conspiracy to defraud the government out of title to about 25000 acres of land in what Is known as the "Chicago ranch." in township 42, range 52, in Dawes csun- This Chicago ranch company "was organized in 1904 and incorporated shortly after the passage of the Kin kaid law. Some thirty or forty entry men wero secured to take up claims in the enclosure, which had already been fenced by the Chicago Ranch company. Each of the entrymen was to.be made a stockholder in the enter prise and all was to pay approximate ly $300. for which he was Issued 'shares of stock at the rate of $50 per .snare. This fund was to pay for the improvements of the ranch, to em ploy men to watch the ranch property .and to build shacks on the respective 'claims of. the stockholders. Each stock holder was required to pay his own Ifare and expenses to Win?!de, the aearest railway station to the Chi cago ranch, and from there he was .driven by livery team by parties in the Ideal to select their lands. ' An attorney named F. S. Balrd them made oat the necessary filing papers 'for the stockholders and- accompanied the parties to Alliance, where the fil ling was made tit the government land -office. Frank Shies was another party Interested in the deal. In their affidavits the entrymen stockholders distinctly swore that the land was not for the boncfit of any cor poration, but for their individual use and cultivation and exclusively for homestead purposes. The approximate cost to each of the stockholders for fil ing fees, transportation and expenses of visiting the land as about $500. In cluding the $250, or $300 paid into the treasury stock of the corporation. From these investments nothing what ever has been realized to the entry men stockholders, and to add to their misfortunes, each of one section claim has been recommended for cancella tion and they probably will be made defendants as co-conspirators with P. J. King, Eaird and Sides for seeking to defraud the government out of title to public lands. Leaves Money to Her Friends. M'COOL JUNCTION Several resi dents of'McCool are congratulating themselves for belns kind and atten tive to Farah Smith an eccentric widow, wife of the late John Smith, pioneer settlers of south York county, and many other residents regret that they bad cot been more kind and at tentive to "Aunt Sally." as she was familiarly known to all south York county. When the will of Sarah Smith was read and filed for probate It caused a grer commotion and every resident has taken sides end prospects seem gocd for a leng and bitter con test in the courts, and it is all over this will, in which Sarah Smith left property to the amount of $G.000 to residecl-; of McCccl Junction who were not related to her and cut off her adopted daughter. Florence Wright, a resident of McCooL with only $10. More Trouble in Holt. LINCOLN More county treasury trouble has developed in Holt county. The county attorney has appealed to the supreme court to compel the coun ty treasurer to pay over $1,134.74 which it is alleged was deposited in the defunct Elkhorn bank In excess of the lawful allowance. The district court of Holt county sustained a de murrer to the action, and the case has been taken to the supreme court. Ready fcr Railroad Tax Case. LINCOLN Attorner General Brown has completed his brief in the Barling ton railroad tax case and the copy is now in the nan is of the printers. The bijef ill be filed in the United tSates supreme court October 9. Mr. Lytle Took Poison. BENEDICT The funeral of R. M. Lytle was held here. He took strych nine' and told his wife he had stolen it from the rats. He was a. well-to-do farmer and had no domestic troubles. Farmers Lose Hcgs. ARBORVILLE A disease similar to cholera is raging among the hogs In this socticn. Many farmers have been heavy losers in the past ten days. Ret Get-. New Trial. LINCOLN Robert Rice, sentenced to the penitentiary en a charge of as sault with intent to do great bodily injury, secured a reversal of the de cision of the lower court. Under the evidence the supreme coart heM Rice was guilty of common assault and battery. Rice, while drunk, picked a fight with aJmes Adkins. who threw him to the ground and then choked him. Rice then drew a revolver and attempted to shoot but the weapon was taken away from him and he did no one Injury. A Preacher'Assaulted. UTICA Rev. W. ,a. Lorimer, who is pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city, was attacked on the streets by Call Ragan, who knocked hint dowa several times with his fist and met being content with having straek him, finally kicked him. The trouble was the result of the grand jury Investigation. Ragan was fined In the neighborhood of $105. Ragan immediately after the assault went before ajuetico of the peace and plead ed guHty and paid a fine of $5 and NEBRASKA BRIEFS. Columbus Is oat of ice. or to be October lsL Secretary of War Taft will speak is Omaha some time la October. , David TeweU. aa old resident and well known la northwest York county, was found dead In his bed at Arbor vi!!e. Ben. F. DHL a tanner, ased forty four years, committed suicide -at his home eight miles south west of Te kamah by shooting. Omalia rartles have asked the city council of Wymore to grant tnem a franchise with a view of operating a new electric light plant at that place. Surveyors have commenced to drive stakes for additional sidetracks which ; will be laid this fn.ll for the enlarge ment of the Fremont yards of the Northwestern. The Christian Endeavor society ot the Tecumseh Presbrterlan church has arranged to give a lecture course there this winter. Five events have been contracted for. The board of public lands and build ings returned from Hastings, where they inspected the state insane asylum. The members of the board are enthu siastic about the management of the asylum. While State Superintendent Mc Brien wll make no political speeches this fall, he has consented to address a number cf educational meetings which will brintr him in touch with most rarts of the state. The sugar beet harvest at Sutherland opened last week and the yield prom ises to be enormous. From fifteen to twenty tons of beets to the acre will be harvested, giving the growers re turns as h!:h as $100 to the acre. The recent experiences with mad dogs in Plattsmouth and vicinity have prompted Chief of Police Fitzgerald to Bsue orders to all owners of dogs that these animals must hereafter be kent off the streets. or-they will be killed. The Eleventh U. S. cavalry of C50 men and 700 animals will camp at Te cumseh about October 9. The soldiers will be en route overland from Fort Riley. Kas, to Fort Des Moines. la having been in Kansas for several month?. De-iel county's board of supervisors parsed a resolution last month incor porating the village of Oshkosh. and kicked the j3b over at their last meet ing after learning that they had made a mistake as to certain alleged "fact3 in the case." After being out el-ht housr the jury in the cae of 11-year-old John Dennis, who was charged with shoot ing and killing George Morrison near southeast Calloway last May, returned a verdict of not guilty. The boy was accordingly discharged. One of the largest real estate trans actions for many years in southwest ern Nebraska took place at Alma when Marion Foster sold bis 200 acres of land adjoining Alma to Joseph 1 Snyder for $25,000. This Is one of the finest farms in Harlan county. Rain damage to county property Is estimated by the county comumission ers of Lancaster county, at $10,000. Three Iron bridges near Agnew and one between Agnew and Raymond were washed out and many culverts and bridge approaches were destroyeo. Charles Wagner, night clerk "at the Parrett hotel. Ogalalia, was struck ana killed by train No. 12. He attempted to cross the track in front of the train which was running forty miles an hour. At the incuest the railroad is blamed for fast running through the town. Raymond Carleton. the 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Carleton, of Leigh, is dead as a result of a gun powder explosion. The boy had a min iature cannot, constructed from an old gun barrel, and was attempting to fire it. The explosion followed, killing the bov. At a meting of the building commit tee of the Young Men's Christian asso eiat'on of Fremont, bids for the new building were opened. Three were sub mitted and the lowest one of these was $18,794. offered by Simon Koeberlin. William H. Luhrs and Alex DeLong were the other bidders. City Superintendent Taylor of Gene va received a check for $20 for premi ums won in the school exhibit at the state fair. Besides the six cash prizes 'n the city schools won eighteen dipl ma prizes, mostly firsts. The patrons of the schools feel highly gratified over the work of their schools. Judge Irving S. Baxter is at Santee making contracts with members of the Santee Sioux tribe who were at the great Sioux outbreak in 18C2 to get tot them moners they believe are due. as a contract ha3 been running for ten years in the name cf the tribe with Charles Hill and Charles Eastman. Representatives of the Baptist. Con gregational. Presbyterian and Metho dist churches met at the First Baptist church parlors in Fremont and out line rlans for a series of revival meet ings to be held in Fremont commenc ing November 11. The revivals will be held in a lar?;e tabernacle seating 2, 000 persons which is to be erected for that purpose. John Wise, of Grand Island, a la borer, who for years has been sub ject to sudden spells of epilepsy, lex to go to Wood River for the purpose of fishing. He did not return and an alarm was given. Search was made and his body found in the river. The Millers' National Fire Insurance company of Chicago has been ad mitted to do business In Nebraska by Insurance Commissioner John L. Pierce. This is the only-outside mu tual Insurance company that has ever been admitted to Nebraska. Its assets amount to SL082.000. John KnetchteL a well-known citizen and for years a prominent merchant of Fremont, met death by falling into a cess pool in his own yard. He was dead when discovered. The criminal docket was taken np before Judge Day and a jury of Sarpy connty farmers. John Curran. the man the sheriff had to shoot to arrest him, plead guilty, and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. John Patterson, who was held to the dis trict court for taking a team belonging to Fred 8uhL was sentenced to sev enty-three days lathe county, jaiL - jCHCOLMASTERS QUANDARYWHICH SWITCH SHALL H2 LCZT fj y ... 111 ihCTmllFffl '- UvV SinF 9 jSMffp B KflPSSnSMBx BBasr tUKSaCfiKify ot "Slllii ' attHilb fi 8xju3tansCE ".' W TlJaWeJE-VTTua flasftTP M IK l&agKBlffi lkk lamb WlyzmSStSMlffl f MWafiA v(Cw. HUHRICM ON GULF COAST r BIG STORM CAUSES GREAT DAM AGE IN SOUTH. Property Loss Estimated at $3,000,000 Railroads Suffer Greatly from Washouts. Louisville, Ky. The tropical hurri cane, which has been churning the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and do ing much damage on the coast and far Inland. Thursday night whipped through north. Alabama in a north easterly direction at a velocity but slightly less than that recorded In New Orleans during the day. Reports do not indicate any loss of life, bnt the damage t property over that ter ritory touched by the storm Is some thing enormous. All wire communica tion is seriously disarranged, and In some Instances has resulted in cut ting off cities completely. Numerous washouts have occurred, the interruption from this cause In one case extending for 30 miles. Pensacola, where the maximum ve locity' of wind was probably felt early Thursday morning, reports a property loss of $3,009,000 In the city alone, and sends rumors of loss of life, which it is Impossible to confirm. New Orleans furnished the subject of numerous wild rumors, but authen tic reports from there indicate that while there was considerable damage to property, there had been no loss of life in the city. Wires between New Orleans and the gulf are prostrated, and It will be several days before any thing can be heard from the vast ter ritory between the Crescent city and the gulf and before anything can be heard from the shipping which 13 riding out the storm in the open gulf. FOREIGN MEATS ARE EXEMPT Inspection Law Does Not Apply to. Imported Products. Washington. The secretary of ag riculture has received from the attor ney general the text of the Important opinion rendered the latter answering in the negative the question submit ted to him, as to .whether or not the meat inspection law passed at the last session of congress applied to meat products imported into the United states from foreign countries. Mr. Moody held that-the provisions of the meat inspection amendments has reference entirely to domestic slaughtering and meat packing estab lishments, having been passed imme diately in response to the message of the president to congress transmit ting the Neill-Reynolds report of the conditions in the Chicago stockyards and packing houses, and urging the passage of legislation providing ade quate inspection of meat and meat food products entering Into interstate commerce and for the supervision of the methods of preparing the same. NEW YORK REPUBLICAN LEADER Charles E. Hughes Nominated for Governor in Convention. Saratoga, N. Y. The Republican state convention met here Wednes day, nominated a state ticket, adopted a platform and then adjourned. Charles E. Hughes, who conducted the insurance investigation before the legislative committee, wan placed in nomination fcr the governorship by ob E. sedges. nf. New Yor county. iae nomination vras greeted with tre mendous enthusiasm. Senator Tully. of Steuben county, seconded the .nom ination, and it was made by acclama tion. Daly Becomes a Broker. New York. Lieut Charles R. Daly, who resigned his commission in the army two months ago, has become a member of the Stock Exchange firm of Mills Bros, it Co. Lieut Daly was formerly a Harvard quarter back. Attempt Mads to Wreck Train. Columbia, S. C Train wreckers removed seven rails from the South ern railroad at Barton. S. C Thurs day morning, derailing passenger train No. 30. No one was killed. IndianaJMIIIIonalre Dead. Elwood. Ind. CapL Richard L. Les soa. aged 80 years, owning department stores In this city and Alexandria, is dead. He was a member of the Ma sonic fraternity and the Loyal Legion. His estate is valued at Sl.000.000i Forty Horses Burned. New York. Forty horses perlahed la a fire which destroyed .a dozen small buildings' on Water street, near GouTeraeurslip. Thf fire was oppo site Gonverneur hospital and caused exrlta Tt among the patients. RULES FOR MEAT EXPORTS. Rigid Order Issued by Secretary of Commerce. Washington. The acting sec retary of commerce and labor Tues day promulgated certain rales re garding the exportation of meats and meat products, prescribing the man ner of inspecting carcasses and the Issuance of certificates, labels, etc. The rules require that both the orig inal and duplicate certificates shall be delivered to the exporter, who shall file the. original with the cus toms officers and the duplicate with the consignee, to be used by the lat ter In identifying the shipment at the point of destination by comparison with the original. Clearance Is to be denied to any vessel carrying meat products for ex portation where regulations have not been strictly complied with in the matter of proper proof of the due is suance of identification . certificates covering each shipment of meat and meat food products, showing the name of shippers, the destination, and other information required by the law. The new rules go into effect Octo ber L Secretary Wilson Tuesday, after conferring with the officials of the bureau of animal industry and in re sponse to many inquiries on the sub ject, so far modified the meat inspec tion regulations as to hold that mince meat is not a meat product. It has developed on investigation that the percentage of meat in mince meat was -so small as to bring it within the exempted class. SIX ARE KILLED IN RAIL CRASH Thirty-Five to Forty Persons Injured Near Danville, III. Danville, 111. Fast passenger train No. 8 on the Wabash railroad crashed through an open switch into a freight train near here Wednesday. Last reports show six dead. Probably 35 or 40 people were In jured, most of them slightly. The cause of the wreck as given by General Manager Henry Miller, of the Wabash road, was "accident caused by the crew of the freight train leaving the switch open." Fire spread with great rapidity from the baggage car to the passenger cars. The wreck was piled up in a heap of smoldering ruin, from which came the agonized shrieks and groans of the wounded. Heroic rescues were many, but it was a long time before as sistance could be secured. The bodies of the dead engineer and fireman were partially consumed by the flames. Mail Clerk Harding was pinioned be neath the mall car. He was roast ed to death before he could be cut out. WEST POINT HAZING STOPPED Practice cf Initiating New Students Entirely Stamped Out. Washington. No more favorab'c report of the conditions at the ml.i tary academy at West Pciat ha3 keen made In recent years to the var de partment than that of the board of visitors, of which Gen. Horace Porter was president. In its report, the beard says: "The practice of hazing new cadets, at oac time prevalent among the older stu dents of the academy, ha3 been ef fectually stamped out, and we have been Informed that no instance of real hazing has come to the attention of the academy authorities during the last three years, or since eTectlve measures were employed for its abo lition." Mexican Crops Damaged by Rain. Mexico City. The recent heavy rains -have -caused much damage to crops in vast portions of the country. The rains of the Pacific slope have been unusually torrential and' railroad work has been temporarily checked. Boston Car Barns Burned. Boston. The car barns of the Bos ton and Northern Street Railway company, on Washington avenue. Chelsea, were destroyed by fire early Thursday, together with about 80 cars. The loss Is estimated at $300,000. Typhoon in Philippines. Manila. The Cagayas valley, In the northern part of Luzon, was devastat ed by a typhoon September 18. Bar rios, Gallaran, Anlung and Baggao were totally destroyed and lour other towns were badly damaged. Czar Going to Biarritz. Biarritz. Quarters are beln pre pared here for Eciperor Nicholas and uie Russian imperial .family, who win soon join Grand lKe Alexander Mich aeliovitch and his family, who recent ly arrived at Biarritz. EDITORS PROTEST. CALL LATEST RULING. OP COM MERCE COMMISSION UNFAIR. RAILROAD 'ADS DA&3ED. Say There Is Nothing ht the Law That Calls for Such an Interpre tation The Commission Flooded with "Kicks." Washington. The recent ruling of the interstate commerce commission to the effect that "nothing but money can be paid for transportation of either persons or property," means that in future the railroads will be prohibited from exchanging 'transpor tation for advertising space la the newspapers of the country. The ruling, has already aroused a storm of protest from the publishers throughout the country. Every mail into Washington brings hundreds of letters from newspaper mea all of which severely criticise the commis sion for "going out of it a way to bit the newspapers." The publishers In sist that there Is nothing in the new law which would in any way forbid the railroads from purchasing adver tising space to be paid for in trans portation, and that such a ruling Is not only uncalled for by either the letter or the spirit of the law, but is unconstitutional as well. One prominent publisher said a day or two ago: "There Is aot only nothing ia the new rate law which would call for such a ruling as this from the com mission, but the ruling Is antagonistic to the national constitution as well, and It will not be upheld by the courts. The railroads that desire pub licity through the medium of my pub lication make advertising contracts with me. and pay me for the .space used with transportation which Is the same as money to me as It Is used by myself or my employes in connection with my business. The government might with equal justice say the mer chant could not give dry goods or any other marketable commodity In exchange for advertising space. The courts would not uphold such a ruling as that for one moment, and there Is no more reason why they should up hold tnls latest erration of the com merce commission, 'or it is equally as untenable as the proposition between the publisher and the merchant would be. "Everyone knows that the railroads do. and can afford to, advertise more heavily when their advertising ac counts can be paid for in transporta tion. Nor does this Increased amount of advertising affect the interests of the general public in any way, but it does assist in making the prosperity of the American newspapers and peri odicals. The transportation that is given to newspapers in exchange for advertising dees not affect in any way the equitable eaforcemenfof the rate law, nor does it affect in any way the rates charged the general public for transportation for either persons or property. It is a benefit to the rail roads in that it enables them to do a greater amount of advertising that they otherwise could or would do, and in this way secure a greater amount of business for their lines, and under a just interpretation of the law this increase in business would eventually lead to a reduction of transportation charges to the general public It 13 an unjust and uncalled fcr ruling, and both the publishers and the railroads should fight it." That publishers are fighting it, not only by .their protests to the commis sion but by protesting to their repre sentatives in both houses of congress is proven by the fact that already the commission is receiving communica tions from many senators and con gressmen in which these representa tives of the people declare they had no intention of passing a law that would affect the newspapers In this way, and that there is nothing in the new law which calls fcr such a ruling on the part of the commission. FOUR PASSENGERS ARE DEAD Train Runs Into Switch Engine at New Prague, Minn. Minneapolis Minn. Four are dead and fifteen or more are injured as a result of a rear-end collision of a pas senger train and a switch engine in the 'Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad yards at New Prague, Minn., 40 miles south of Minneapolis, at noon Monday. The accident was caused by a switch engine in the yards running 'onto the main track on the time of the passen ger train, which was about 15 min utes late. The switch engine was light and the passenger train was running at a rather fast rate of speed. Both engineers jumped when they saw that the crash was inevitable. One engineer escaped and the other broke his collarbone. All the express and mail messengers escaped unhurt. Apparently the passengers in the smoking car were the only ones hurt Taft to Speak at Milwaukee. Madison, Wis. The Wisconsin speech of Secretary Taft. opening the Republican campaign, will probably be made In Milwaukee Instead of Madison, as at first planned, during the first week in October. Mine Shaft Burned. Dixon, 111. The main shaft of Rut land mine caught fire Thursday morn ing. The flames spread to the coal chutes near the station of the Illinois Central railroad and traffic was de layed several hours. Socialists to Hold Congress. Mannheim. Germany. The socraHst convention has determined to summon an International congress, to meet at Stuttgart next Autumn, to de-nonslrate the solidarity of the socialists through out the world. Supreme Court to Meet. Washington. The next term of the supreme court of the United States will begin a weak from next Monday. The docket now contains over 409 cases and others will be added before opening day. STOSLW3 FLEWS 6fl1LTT CHICAGO' CANKER SENTENCED TO TERM IN JCUET. JU. Requoet fcr Quick Astlen Is CewpHed with, Penalty Betas Iwpmd by Judga Whs Is Old Friend. Chicago. Paul O. Steastaad. president of the wrecked Mil waukee Avenue State bank, to a con vict ia the Illinois penitentiary at Joliet. Stensland, who was captured at Tangier, Morocco, whither 'he had fled to escape the consequences ot his crimes, arrived In Chicago at nine o'clock Wednesday mornlag. Twenty minutes later, after running the gantlet of a threatening crowd at the station, be was taken Into State's Attorney Healy's office, where for two and a half hours he gave a detailed confes sion of all transactions la connection with the looting of the bank and Im plicated several persons, some of them said to be mea of prominence. He then was taken into court, sentenced and started for Joliet. At exactly 12 o'clock, at the conclus ion of the ordeal In Mr. Healy's office. Stensland was takea before Judge Kerstea. and there pleaded guilty to two Indictments for embezzlement and was sentenced under the indetermin ate law to prison. The sentence In cluded a fine of $120. An hour later, Stensland. Ia the cus tody of Jailer 9 Whitman, was aboard a Santa Fe train for Joliet. and at 2:20 o'clock he was turned over to the receiving officer of the prison. His convict number Is 9902. QUIET RESTORED AT ATLANTA. Autheritii Succeed in Quelling Race Troubles. Atlanta, Ga. The race riot situ ation is la absolute control of the authorities and business has resumed normal conditions. The city schools are open and well atteaded aad all manufacturing plants and factories, which have been suspended since Sat urday, blew their whistles at six o'clock and began operations. All sa loons are closed aad licenses to negro restaurants and low bars have beea rescinded by city council la special session. A citizens committee of ten. aided by the mayor, police and mili tary authorities, are In absolute control. There was no disorder Tuesday night and with 14 companies of state militia, a battery of artillery, a battalion ot cavalry, and an Increased police force on duty, it is believed the riots are curbed and peace permanently re stored. Atlanta, Ga. The known dead In connection with the riots here since last Saturday night number one white man and 18 negroes. To this number might be added the name of Mrs. Robert P. Thompso;. an estimable white woman, who Jroppcd dead Monday evening after seeing two negroes shot and beaten in front of her home. HEARST NAMED FCR GOVERNOR Democrats of New York Select Pub lisher to Head Ticket. Buffalo. On a platform "written by W. Bourke Coskran, which denounce: centralization of private enterprises in the hands of government and which extends felicitations to William J. Bryan without saying anything about the presidency, William R. Hearst wa3 nominated for governor by the Now York Democratic state convention. With Hearst two of the other candi dates of the Independence league t.osj for lieutenant governor and sea- : rotary oi stute also were nominated by the Democrats. Only a single bal!ot was taken on the governorship, Hearst receiving 305 votes. Congressman William Sulzor 124 and John A. Dix 17. GLORIFY FINDER OF PIKE'S PEAK Kansas Town Holds Cslebrstion Honor of the Discoverer. in Republic. Kan. This little city Is celebrating the centennial of the visit or Lieut Zebulon M. Pike, who, in 1806, upon his return east from the discovery of what is now known as Pike's Peak, raised an American flag In the Pawnee Indian village here. In 1901 the- state of Kansas erected a monument here to Lieut. Pike and around this shaft the celebration cen ters. There are 5.030 visitors In town, and the Second, Twenty-second and Thirty-fifth batteries of artillery, ua der command cf Capt. Mott, arc here to participate. Earthquake at San Juan. San Juan, P. R. The city of San Juan and the Island cf Porto UIco ex perienced a series of heavy earth quake shocks Thursday, beginning at 10:47 a. m. The people were thrown Into a condition of consternation aad Indescribable alarm, but the resultant damage was comparatively slight and there ha3 been no loss of life. Wife Murderer Capture Vlncennes, Ind. John Dabord. mu derer of his wife, was captured Wednesday by Capt. Kruse at the fair ground two miles from town. Debord said he was prepared to take the con sequences. Seventy Ruse Towns Rebel. St. Petersburg. Grave agrarian disorders have broken out in the prov ince of Viatka. The inhabitants of 70 villages have disarmed and expelled the police, and are pillaging the coun- I try. Central League Season Closed. Indianapolis. Ind. TheCentral base ball league closed the season of 1906 Tuesday. Grand Rapids won the pen nant, with SpringSeld second and Can ton third. The circuit will remain unchanged next season. Robbers Wreck a Bonk. Brady, Neb. The Bank of Brady was wrecked by robbers Tuesday. Four charges of dynamite were used. The amount of money taken !- not known. A big force of men and dogs ia ia pur suit of the robbers DAMAGE IS URGE i STORM REPORTS TELL Oe SPftCAO DESTRUCTION. BUY THIS STM1 WT IFF at Great HeiaM. and All A by Wine) aad NEW ORLEANS New early Friday was still cut off ly front eoausmalcatfoa with points em the gulf coast east of here. For thirty-six hours no laferawtioa et any sort had coeae from towa less than aa hour's ride by rail ia the direction of Mobile, aad anxiety regarding the situation In those places .became la- tense. The gulf towas are a sui resort for New Orleans aad the bers of many families have beea arated by the storm. All day Thursday the washout em the. Louisville 4b Nashville railroad. twenty-five miles from here, marked the farthest polat eastward by rail, telegraph of telephone. hours after the hurricane had the two miles' portion of railroad tracks which was submerged by the Incoming tide was exposed to the equally dangerous outward Sow er tae recedlB high water. Lecal LouteviDe : Nashville officials Friday aanemac ed all trains canceled until further no tice. Friday morning Lake Foatcaartrala had calHMd aad the high water faUea to very aear its normal leveL The list reports front interior Mis sissippi towns indicated that the hur ricaae did great damage ia the aerth ward progress. Vteksburg aad Mc Comb City reported bafld!ags injured. and Jacksoa aad Brookhavea reaertea damage af It per cent to the crop. Dr. W. N. McGalMdrd. a oa the first New Orleans & Northeast em train, which came lato the cKy late Thursday night, said the trahi was compelled to ran slow through tha stone Tharsday. with trees coatlau ousiy falling, some of them threaten ing to block the tracks la their crash. Unroofed or demolished aegro cabiaa were continuously passed. Freaueat ly, he said, lashiag of the wind and crack of trees made a rear which drowsed out the train's rumble. Reports from Monticelk). Miaa. say that considerable damage was done to pine forests near there, hundreds of trees being uprooted. Trees had fan en. across the railroad tracks to such sn extent as practically to saspead railroad traffic toward the east of Mon ticello. The brief dispatches received here Indicate that the losses In Interior towns of Mississippi alone will reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. MUZZLE ON ARMY TIGHTENS. General Order Prohibits Officers Men from Giving Information. WASHINGTON A general order just promulgated by the war depart ment positively prohibits the solicit ing of pensions or other claims against the United States on military resrva tions or at military posts, camps or stat'ons. and commanding officers are directed to take measures effectually to prevent such solicitation. Officers and enlisted men who give information with a view to aiding xersons who so licit snch claims will lay themselvea liable to trial by court-maritiaL DISPATCH CAUSES TROUBLE. President of Local Reactionary League . in Russia Indicted. KIEV, Russia The president of the local branch or the Reactionary League of Russian Men has been In dicted for high treason on account of a dispatch which he sent to ex-Premier Goremykin. demanding the dis solution of Parliament, then In ses sion, on the ground that it was an In strument of the revolution. Southern Lumbermen Organize. ST. LOUIS Over fifty representa tives of lumber companies of Mls rouri, Texas. Alabama. Louis!ana and Mississippi assembled at the Jefferson hotel and effected permanent organiz ation under the name of the Southern Lumber Operators' Association. Three Women Would Vote. SALINA. KAS. Two hummed aad fifty aliens were made citizens of this country here. The majority of the applicants were natives of Sweden: and some of them had been here a quarter of a century. There were three women who applied for their final papers. .' For Bryan and Hearst. SEATTLE. WASH. The Demo crats of Washington met in state con vention indorsed William J. Bryan for the prerldency in 1908. cheered the name cf Hearst to the echo aad placed a full congressional and Judi cial ticket in the field. Sultan Will See Le'shman. WASHINGTON Acting Secretory of State Adee received a cablegram rfom Ambassador Leishmaa at Con stantinople, which confirmed the news dispatch that arrangements have completed for the reception of bassador Leishmaa by the sultan aext Monday. October 1. At that time Am bassador Leishman Is expected to be accorded a "solemn audience- with the sultan to present his credeatlale as ambassador and take up with the sultan certain important matters pending for several months. WASHINGTON Peaceful interven tion by the United States is believed by Acting Secretary Oliver and many officers at the War department to be the protable outcome of the Cuban trouble. Intervention Is regarded by these officials as almost inevitable, but In spite of the unfavorable dis patches from Havana they cling to the idea that the sending of large wdies bf trcops to Cuba will aot be r.eeessary and feel that Secretary Taft will establish a temporary gov. eminent and restore peace ia Cuba erameat aad restore peace ia Cuba. Traehs tMhwirasd, Telegraph Wire imer r iAi $ Si" u JfCL' ; : , " i- i d.,i3r. &,3)..Z .s'V5. A :J .. f- -...- - .&., Jt'rJ .v. ,.K ;r.." &'- :ffSAifefc3A''3ffifcflfry1 jXrtem Tr x. fa. . -,. orf yfi r-v ' l -ItlZC.
