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y Nebtaeka Has Invests In
Lineal latere Bearina Secur
ities aa Which Beleasjs to
the Scheete.
Scheel Funds
IJNCOLN The state of Nebraska
as S7.458.716.57 oftrust fnmds la
veatea la interest bearing securities.
The Biennial report of Auditor Searle
bows the funds to be invested as fol
lows: Permanent school S6.787.243.86
manent univerxity 166,660.0e
'Icnltaral m11.a .minn.
'W meat 171 i
yocmal endowment I. I." 71,941.46
ToUl :. ..$7.458.71.57
The permanent school fund lnvest-
eat includes Sl.584,835.69 of state
era! fund warrants. The total
amount of these four funds invested
to General fund state warrants is $1,-
761,317.65. As the total. outstanding
indebtedness of the state consists of
tl.91C.671.31 In the form of state war
rants, it is-shown that the state is the
owner of 92 per cent of its debt Some
of these warrants will soon be pur
chased by the state and It Is esti
mated that all but 5 per cent of the
outstanding warrants are held by the
state as an "invstemnt" The state is
thus placed In the attitude of pay
ing interest to Itself on its own debt
The only advantage gained by owning
the outstanding warrants is that the
Interest goes to the support of the
public schools, being apportioned semi
annually to the various counties and
then to tbe school districts.
Bogus Check for Good Lot
FREMONT Jens C. Johnson, an
"old man of Danish extracation. sold a
house and lot south of the tracks to
a. man giving his name as Sam Tom
mes and received in payment a check
on the Fremont National bank, wbich
Jproved to be worthless. After re
ceiving his deed and on the same day
he went to the Security Savings bank,
which occupies the same rooms as the
Fremont National bank, and borrowed
of them $300. giving a mortgage on
the. lot as security. Johnson went to
the bank to deposit the check and
learned he had been swindled. Tom
mes has not been seen since. ,
Nebraskan for Richards Place.
NIOBRARA Friends of Nelson
Sweitzer forwarded strong endorse
ments to the Nebraska delegation at
Washington asking that he be ap
pointed commissioner of the general
land office. Mr. Sweitzer has for years
been employed by the general land
office in adjusting government sur
veys, and Is said to understand thor
oughly the many intricate questions in
field work. His friends claim that his
land office record is the very highest
The endorsements compose leading
men in the state, and the entire con
gressional delegation.
Costs 17 Ceuts a Day.
LINCOLN The crippled waifs at
the orthopedic hospital have been
maintained at a per capita cost of less
than 17 cents a day.
This is shown by Mrs. Johnson's
biennial report. She is superintendent
of the home of the friendless, and has
supervision over the orthopedic hospi
tal. She expended $26.50. according
to her report for a brass bedstead for
her room, and the table of the super
intendent is separate from that or the
patients or other employes. There
will be a deficiency for the legislature
to meet
Frowns on Tobacco Users.
LINCOLN The chewing of tobacco
must cease at the state university.
Dean Pound of the law school posted
a letter from Chancellor Andrews or
dering the expulsion of students who
chew. Dean Pound announced that
the rule would be rigidly enforced.
More than a year ago smoking was ta
booed on the campus. Now the smok
ers adjourn to a place south of
Eleventh street It is expected that
the chewers will join them.
After the Speakership.
LINCOLN Representative Dodge
of Douglas county today engaged quar
ters at the Lindell hotel for his cam
paign for speaker of the house of rep
resentatives. Representative McMul
Icn of Gace county also engaged quar
ters for the same purpose at the same
hotel.
Gift from Ex-Senator Dietrich.
HASTINGS Former Senator Diet
rich has ordered the apparatus for a
gymnasium paraphernalia fcr the new
Young Men's Christian association
building. The gift is much appreciat
ed. Money for Third Nebraska.
Two drafts aggregating $28,240.96
have been received by Governor
Mickey from the national government
These have been awarded for pay due
the members of the Third Nebraska
regiment for -time which was spent
between their enlistments and their
mustering into service of the national
government
The Scavenger Act
The supreme court must decide
whether or not the "scavenger act" is
unconstitutional. The law is attacked
by the attorneys for Mary A. Trainor
and her brothers and sisters of Box
Butte county, who claim that the state
is trying to -deprive them 'of their
title and vested right in a certain
quarter section of land without dne
process of law. The plaintiffs, who
are heirs of William H. Trainor. are
trying to get back a deed to'property
sold for taxes to tbe Maverick Loan
and Trust company of Alliance.
WASHINGTON Senator Millard
introduced Trills, each carrying an ap
propriation of $45,000 for tne erection
of public buildings at Plattsmouth.
and Columbus, Neb. The omnibus
appropriation bill' for public buildings
passed at-the last session of congress
appropriated' $7,500 to be expended in
the purchase of sites in each of these
Nebraska cities. These sites have not
yet beea selected, in fact a special
agent of the architect's department
will he sent to Nebraska to look over
several sites la the two cities within
the aext thirty cays. -
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NEBRASKA BRIEFS.
The Freanoat poultry show, held last
raa-htejaly sacflessfsl.
: The Catholics of Beatrice bar
taken .; iaWatory aieps for feillalhc a
church.
Sutherland fa dafag.so much build
las that the carpenters canaot' take
care of it all.
'The revival meetiags in Freaoat
were se successful that they were ex
tended another week.
Several fatal cases of diphtheria
have occurred near Arborville and ia
the vicinity of Clarks.
The remains of Mrs. Mildred Home,
who died at Kirksville. Mo., were
brought to Blue Hill for burial
- ,Corn stalk disease is again among
the cattle of Platte county. John H.
Wllke has lost eight head with the dis
ease. An epidemic of diphtheria has
caused the temporary dismissal of the
school in district No. 10. Richardson
county.
The Beatrice Gas Power company,,
with a capital of $150,000, has filed ar
ticles of incorporation with the secre-.
tary of state.
A horse stolen from the barn of
John Hebebrand, near Hooper, re-'
turned home after several days' ab
sence, aearl.-fcstarved.
Three bloodhounds were received by
City Marshal Owens of Geneva by ex
press from Texas. They are thorough
bred and carefully trained.
Wilke C. Coble's ranch house, nine
miles south of Hyannis, burned to the
ground. The building was just com
pleted at a cost of $1,200.
The Berwyn State bank of Custer
county has received a charter from
the state banking board. The capital
stock of the new bank is $5,000.
Deputy Sheriff Tates served tax no
tice on the C, B. & Q. railway agents
at Fairmont and Grafton, and the sher
iff served a notice on the agent at Ge
neva. A judgment of $3,000, given in the
district court of Platte county in favor
of Minnie Edmongson, administratrix,
and against the Union Pacific Railroad
company, has been affirmed by the su
preme court
Charges of such a serious nature
have been made against the manage
ment of the Kearney Normal school,
implicating some members of the Nor
mal board, that a legislative Investiga
tion seems imperative.
Nicholas Gentleman, who was con
victed of murder In the second degree
in Platte county nearly six years ago,
has filed an application for pardon.
Governor Mickey will hear the case
December 24 at 11 a. m.
A requisition has been issued by
Governor Mickey for the return to Ne
braska from Delaware county. New
York, of Vagas Stenbeck. Rome Mil
ler of Omaha accuses the man of the
embezzlement of $162.50.
County Treasurer Bowlby of Saline
county has been notified by telegraph
that an order has been issued by Judge
Munger in the federal court to restrain
him from collecting delinquent taxes
for 1906 from the C, B. & Q. railroad.
Charles Scrivener was arrested at
Beatrice on a complaint sworn out by
Mrs. Maggie Scrivener, charging him
with wife desertion. Scrivener has
been working for Swift & Co. at Wich
ita, Kas., and was arrested soon after
his arrival in town.
State Deputy Land Commissioner H.
M. Eaton and his deputy, J. M. Shive
ly, are the first officials to file their
bonds with the governor for the com
ing two years. Both instruments are
signed by the American Surety com
pany of Baltimore. Mr. Eaton's leing
for $50,000 and Mr. Shively's for $10,
000. Adjutant General Culver has receiv
ed official information to the effect
that the new cannon demanded for the
marksmen of Nebraska cannot be fur
nished by. the war department at this
time. The secretary of war stated
that the battery at wymore has not
reached a sufficient degree of efficiency
to merit new guns.
William Campion of Seward was
found guilty of deserting the illegiti
mate child of Nellie Lattimer, after a
trial of three days. Governor Mickey
had pardoned Campion out of jail un
der the charge of being the father of
the child, but Judge Good remanded
the young man to jail because the
$1,000 judgment had not been paid.
The sum of $3,000 is asked by Miss
Lyda McMahon, superintendent of the
Geneva Industrial school, for the main
tenance of the school during the com
ing two years.' Her biennial report
which has been filed with Governor
Mickey, shows that the cost of main
tenance per capita during the last two
years has been less than 50 cents per
day.
In the potato industry Sheridan
county leads the state in acreage
and total production, having an
acreage of 5,326 and a production
of 335,538 bushels. Box Butte county
takes second rank, with 4,867 acres
and 257,951 bushels produced. Dawes
county rantcs third in acreage with
2.725. but is passed by Scott's Bluff in
production, the latter having produced
243.360 bushels.
At Grand Island, in the case of the
state against Snyder for burglary, the
defendant was sentenced to thirty
days in the county jail. The man.
while intoxicated some months ago.
tried to break into 'the home of Mr.
Garver, an express agent
Peter Hedman was accidentally kill
ed near Stromsburg. He was hauling
manure to the dump at the creek bank
and while driving close to the edge to
get near enough to unload the wagon
wheel dropped into a hole concealed'
by rubbish and the wagon fell over
upon him. -
R. H. Goulding of Kearney has an
nounced his candidacy for the secre
taryship of the senate. Four years'
ago he was clerk of the committee of
the whole and two years ago he was
assistant secretary of the senate. He
is a newspaper man.
McCook merchants have been vic
timized by a stranger who succeeded
ia passiag several counterfeit $10 bills
oa them ia the course of business. The
hills are the iaeae of a Georgia state
bank of ante-bellum days aad could
ealy he passed oa aay basiaeas nun
la the rash aad harry of buaiaeas.
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JESSE C. RUMSEY SENTENCED
AT MARSHALL, MO. .
Chicago Boy Who Held Up and
Robbed Two Trains Pleads Guilty
Gets Minimum Penalty.
Marshall, Mo. Jesse Clyde Rum
sey, the Chicago boy who robbed
the Alton-Burlington train on Nov.
25 and the Rock Island limited
on Nov. 8, both near Glasgow. Mo.,
pleaded guilty here Thursday to two
charges filed against him. He was
given tbe minimum sentence, 10 years
imprisonment on each charge, and
was immediately sentenced to 20
years. He was taken to the peni
tentiary later in the day.
Four informations were filed
against Rumsey. At his preliminary
hearing he pleaded not guilty. Thurs
day he offered to plead guilty to two
charges connected with the Alton
Burlington hold up if promised the
minimum sentence. He refused to
plead guilty to the Rock Island rob
bery, although he had previously con
fessed to having committed this hold
up also. The maximum penalty for
train robbery in Missouri is death.
The robberies were most daring.
Single-handed Rumsey forced the
trainmen to go ahead of him and help
rob the passengers. He was over
powered by Conductor HeyWood, of
the Alton-Burlington train, and the
money and jewelry secured at that
time was recovered. He was landed
in jail four hours after the second
robbery was committed.
GEORGE BURNHAM. JR., GUILTY.
New York Insurance Company Officer
Convicted of Larceny.
New York. George Burnham, Jr.,
a vice president and general coun
sel of the Mutual Reserve Life In
surance company, was convicted
Tuesday of larceny or $7,500 of the
company's funds. The prosecution
and conviction of Burnltam was an
outgrowth of the Investigation of in
surance companies in this state by a
legislative committee a year ago. Two
other officers of the insurance com
pany, Frederick A. Burnham. presi
dent and George D. Eldridge, vice
president were indicted at the same
time as the man who was convicted
to-day.
The charge against George Burn
ham, Jr., was that in 1901 he paid J.
Douglass Wells with company funds
for a loan alleged to have been made
to Frederick A. Burnham, the presi
dent and that the payment was con
cealed by false entries in the books
of the insurance company.
KAISER DISSOLVES REICHSTAG.
Resents Defeat of Government Bill for
Troops in Africa.
Berlin. Emperor William dissolved
the reichstag Thursday and ordered
new elections, in consequence of the
government's defeat by 178 to 168
votes, on the bill authorizing what the
ministry contends Is an adequate num
br of troops to end the insurrection in
German Southwest Africa and hold
the colony against a recurrence of the
rebellion.
The clericals, socialists. Poles and
one wing of the radicals voted against
the government while the conserva
tives, national liberals and moderate
radicals supported the government
Gen. Nogi Is Badly Injured."
Tokio. Gen. Nogi, the4 Japanese
commander who captured . Port Ar
thur, was thrown from his horse while
returning home from his palace. He
fel on his' head and became uncon
scious, but may recover.
Army Officers to Be Tried.
Washington. The secretary of war
has ordered the trial by court-martial
of Maj. Charles W. Penrose and Capt
Edgar A. Macklln, Twenty-fifth in
fantry for not suppressing the Browns
ville riot
"Suffragettes" Fight Police.
London. The female suffragists
made another attempt Thursday even
ing to hold a meeting within the pre
cincts of the house of commons. Five
women and one man were arrested
after aa exciting fight with the police.
Big Brokerage Firm
8t Paul, Mian. The tCammlngs
Commisisoa compaay, one of the
largest aad best kaowa brokerage
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APPEAL TO RAIL PRESIDENTS.
Commerce Commission Acts on the
Car Shortage.
Washington. In view of the' com
plaints of car shortage resulting, it is
said, in the failure to transport the
necessaries of life and coal for house
hold use, the interstate commerce
commission has sent the ' following
telegram to the presidents of a num
ber of western and northwestern rail
roads: ,.
"From many parts of the country,
and particularly from your section,
the interstate commerce commission
is receiving numerous and importu
nate complaints of car shortage and
failure to transport the necessities of
life. In various places in the north
west it is represented that people are
actually freezing because sufficient
coal for household use cannot he pro
cured, owing to extraordinary delays
in moving that article. The commis
sion therefore urges you to make every
possible effort to meet at once the
needs and relieve the sufferings of
those, dependent upon the facilities
of your road.
"MARTIN A. KNAPP.
"Chairman."
JEREMIAH CURTIN IS DEAD.
Distinguished as. Linguist and Trans
lator of Novels of Sienkiewicz.
Bristol. Vt Jeremiah Curtln, a dis
tinguished linguist and philologist and
well known also as a translator of
Russian and Polish novels, died here
Friday of' Bright's disease.
Mr. Curtin was 66 years old. He
was proficient in 70 languages, excell
ing as a linguist it is said, any other
man. After bis graduation from
Harvard, in 1863, he became secretary
of the United States legation in Rus
sia and later acting consul there. For
many years he was actively engaged
in special work for the Smithsonian
Institution, visiting many countries
and studying the language and folk
lore of the people. As an author he
was best known as the translator from
Polish of the works of Henry Sienk
iewicz. During the past four years
Mr. Curtln had resided in Washington,
D. C, and Bristol.
STARTLING TALE' FROM HAWAII.
Two Complete Japanese Regiments
Said to Be There.
Honolulu. It is stated here and
has been reported to the United States
government at Washington that two
regiments of Japanese, completely
officered, are in Honolulu disguised
as laborers. Whether they are armed
is not known.
Washington. The Honolulu report
that it was stated there that Japanese
troops, fully officered, were in that
city disguised as laborers and that the
fact had been reported to this gov
ernment met with an emphatic denial
here Wednesday night Acting Sec
retary of State Bacon said he had
heard nothing of such a report Sec
retary Taft stated that no such report
had ever been made to this govern
ment and at the Japanese legation
the story was promptly denied.
King Oscar. Rests Well.
Stockholm. King Oscar rested well
Friday, sleeping four hours. His tem
perature" and heart action were better.
He had a Christmas tree brought into
his sick room and distributed the gifts,
saying he did not wish to be deprived
of his last Christmas pleasure.
Powder Blast -Hurts Eleven.
Eckman, W. Va. Eleven people,
nine men and two women, .were in
jured here Friday by an explosion of
10,000 pounds of powder which was
being transported in cars to the mine
powder house.
Standard Oil Advances Wages.
New York. The Standard Oil com
pany announced Friday that it would
advance the wages of all its em
ployes now receiving less than $100 a
month by tea per cent, beginning
January 1.
Ten Years for Counterfeiting.
Denver. Col. Ten years' imprison
ment and a fine of $1,500 was the sen
tence imposed on Dr. James D. Eggles
ton, who was convicted of counterfeit
ing 'and making photographic aega
fives of a ten-dollar bill.
Mrs. Birdeong Is Cenvktcju.
Hazelhurst Miss. Mrs. Aagie Blrd
soag was fouad - guilty Tuecay of
manslaughter for JdlHagr Dr. Taoaas
Batler. and was recosLaVeadcd fey the
jurors to the aracy the coart The
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Rsprasawtatives ta ,Vtte an Inertae
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Assails Raeaevek in the '
Washlagtoa. President Roosevelt
win withdraw ate stmplifed spelliag
order- to the public printer and here
after all documents, will again fee
priated ia the old-fashioned style.
Mr. Laadis, of the joint committee
oa spelling, had a conference Thurs
day with the president when the
latter said that he did not wish to
have spelling overshadow matters of
great importance and expressed a
willingness- to revoke his order for
the new spelling in case the house
of representatives should go on record
as opposed to the system. Accord
ingly, late Thursday afternoon Mr.
Landis introduced the following reso
lution: "Resolved, That it is the sense of
the house of representatives that
hereafter in presenting reports, docu
ments, or other publications author
ized by law, ordered by congress or
either branch thereof, or emanating
from the executive departments, their
bureaus or branches, and independ
ent officers of the- government the
government printing office should ob
serve and adhere to the standard of
orthography prescribed in generally
accepted dictionaries of the English
language."
The measure was passed without a
dissenting vote. --
To Vote on Salary Increase.
The house also reached an agree
ment under which it looks as though
there would be a vote on the much
mooted question of an increase in the
salaries of members of congress, cabi
net officers, etc. Mr. Littauer sought
to have the question taken up Thurs
day, but Mr. Underwood objected at
this stage of the proceeding. He said,
however, that he would agree to con
sider the action at the conclusion
of the reading of the bill, and when
it shall be reported to the house
from the committee of the whole.
The senate Thursday listened to the
second speech which has been made
this session against the continuance
of Reed Smoot as senator from Utah.'
It was delivered by Senator Dubois,
of Idaho, who after reviewing in de
tail the workings of the Mormon
church and Mr.' Smoot's prominent
connection therewith, concluded with
the charge that President Roosevelt
has used the weight of his administra
tion to assist the Republican Mormon
vote in' the last election.
To Probe Lumber Trust.
The house, -after some discussion,
adopted a resolution of Mr. Miller of
Kansas, authorizing the secretary of
commerce and labor to investigate
the causes of the high prices of lum
ber in the various stages of manu
facture and sale. This investigation
is to be made with the particular
object of ascertaining whether or
not present high prices are the re
sult of a trust
New Cabinet Men Confirmed.
Washington. The senate Wednes
day confirmed the nominations of Wil
liam H. Moody, of Massachusetts, to
be an associate justice of the supreme
court of the United States; Charles
J. Bonaparte, of Maryland, to be at
torney general; Victor H. Metcalf. of
California, to be secretary of the navy,
and Oscar S. Straus, of New York, to
be secretary of commerce.
The opposition to Messrs. Moody
and Bonaparte which had been raised
in the senate by a number of Demo
cratic senators was not strongly
pressed at the session Wednesday and
no roll call was asked for. On the
viva voce vote for Mr. Bonaparte,
however, there were a number of neg
ative votes, estimated at about 15.
No Increase for Congressmen.
Washington. The house of repre
sentatives was brought face o face
Friday with the proposition to in
crease the salaries of its own mem
bers, senators, the vice president, the
speaker of the house and members of
the president's cabinet while the leg
islative, executive and judicial appro
priation bill was under consideration.
Though it passed favorably on the
proposition as applied to other offi
cials, it refused to make the order
for members of either bouse of con
gress. Heavy Snow Blocks Trains.
St Paul, Minn. The worst snow
storm in years is reported by the rail
road companies which have western
extensions. The trains in western
North Dakota on every line are snow
bound, and in some cases are lost
track of. It is even reported that
some of the Great Northern through
trains are completely snowed in and
cannot be located. The snow in many
cases is piled 20 feet high, and traffic
is at a standstill.
Rebel Leader Kilts Himself.
Guayaquil, Ecuador. When the gov
ernment troops were entering Cuenca
Friday with the rebels taken at the
battle of Ayancay; a mob tried in vain
to rescue the prisoners. Col. Vega,
the captured rebel leader, then com
mitted suicide.
Wisconsin Capitalist Drops Dead.
La Crosse. Fred Ring, aged
71, well known capitalist retired
railway official and grand treasurer
of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Wis
consin, dropped dead at his home.
Xartje Loses Divorce Suit
Pittsburg, Pa. The divorce case
brought by Augustus' Hart je, million
aire paper manufacturer, was decided
Wednesday in favor of Mrs. Hartje.
The children remain witn their moth
er. Hartje must pay all court costs.
Far Peats' Saving Banks.
Washington. -A petition for the es
tablishment of postal savings basks,
beariag the aaaies ot nearly 20,099
prasoas residing In Vi states, wss
praseatea to congress Weaaesday fey
Mr. Boutali of Uliaote.
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port, made public -
Secretary of War Taft e
apace to the work of tha amy at
Francisco after taa earthejaakv.
Ha
accords the highest pralsa to
Fuastoa. Gea. Greely, the' other efl
cers aad the ealtatod ssea. t -The
report shows that tlw actual
streagth of tha regular army fa 3.7$t
officers aad 54.669' enlisted smb. Dar
ing the year there was a total aet de- J
crease of 1,446V
These figures do aot laclode W77
men of the hospital corps.
There were also ia the service IS
officers and 554 enlisted men of tha
Porto Rico regiment aad 116 eflesra
and5,013 enlisted men of the Philip
pine scouts. This Is a aet increase
of two In the Porto Rico regiment aai
a net decrease of 45 ia the Philippiaa
scouts.
Including the hospital corps. Porta
Rico regiment and Philippine ecoati
with the regular army, there was a
total aet decrease from last year of
1,341.
Secretary Taft renews ate
meadatioa of last year that con
provide that the detail to the general
staff of line officers below the raak
of major should create vacaactea fa
the line.
The total number of enlistments la
the army during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1906 (exclusive of tha hos
pital corps and Philippine scouts).
was 24.083. The percentage of na
tive born among the original enlist
ments was 89. - Of the 24.683 accepted
applicants. 21,303 were native bora,
2,683 were of foreign birth. 14 were
Indians, 13 were born ia the Phlllp-I
pine islands (enlisted for band musi
cians), and 70 were bora in Porta
Rico.
The relative number of desertJoas la
the army has continued to Increase,
the number for the past fiscal year
being, 7.4 per cent of the whole num
ber of enlisted men in service duriag
that period, as against 6.8 per ceat
during the preceding year.
RICHARD DEVISES PEACE PLAN
Says French Laymen May Make Dec
larations as to Worship.
Paris. There has been Issued
from the office of the archbishop of
Paris, Cardinal Richard, an Importaat
communication which will facilitate
a way out of the present church dif
ficulty. This communication seta
forth -that declarations made by lay
men relative to worship are not ia
disobedience to the instructions of
the Tope, provided their purpose la
honestly to avoid disturbances, and
admits that such declarations do not
infringe upon the hierarchy of the
church, as the Vatican has only for
bidden clergymen to carry out the re
quired legal formalities.
This recognition of tbe layman's
right to a declaration will permit of
the carrying on of worship in accord
ance with tbe law, but in the mean
time the church officially maintains
its position of not submitting to the
state.
Paris. Thursday was marked by
the total absence of any of the sensa
tional or dramatic incidents antici
pated in alarmist quarters In connec
tion with the execution of the law of
separation.
The parish priests everywhere cele
brated mass in the presence of unusu
ally large congregations; but the
actions of 'the authorities were con
fined to noting infractions of the law
and citing the priests and vicars to
appear before justices of the peace.
In many parishes, both ia Pans and
tbe interior. Catholic laymen came
forward Thursday and spontaneously
filed declarations for the holding of
services in the designated churches
during the coming year. If this prac
tice is generally followed it will be a
distinct victory for the government
AGAINST STATE INSURANCE.
Wisconsin Senatorial Committee Finds
Plan Not Feasible.
Madison, Wis. The majority re
port of the committee appointed
by the last state senate to ia
vestigate the feasibility of establish
ing a state life insurance depart
ment in Wisconsin, has completed its
investigation upon which it has beea
engaged for two year and has
filed its report with Governor David
son. The committee is not in favor
of having the state go into the Ufa
Insurance business because it does aot
find it feasible at this time.
The report is signed by Senators
Julius E. Roehr and James A. Freer,
while Senator Jacob Rummel. social
ist whose party is trying to foster
a number of state and municipal own
ership projects in the legislature, dis
sents. New Swiss President.
Berne. Edouard Muller. vice pres-
!.,,. nt the federal Council. WSS
Thursday elected president of tha
Swiss confeoerauon. in uww
to M. L. Ferrer, whose term has ex
pired.
Actor Commits Hari Kin.
vvr vmv A actnr named Raskla
Duval borrowed a long cheese knife
in a saloon here Thursday sad coa
mitted hart. kiri. He died in tha
hospital without explaining his
act.
-President Pulliam Reelected.
New York. Harry C. Pulliam wss
reelected president st Wednesday's
session of the annual meeting of tha
National League of Baseball dabs.
John Heydler was chosen secretary
and treasurer.
Tries Murder; Kills Himself.
Brlstow. Okls. M. L. Bradford, of
Parsons, I. T.. wss killed or killed
himself late Tuesday sight at tha
home of fete ferother-ia-law, 8.T. Ctasa-
oas, ia Brtetow. after a earn over
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WASHINGTON Beth houses ef
congress will adjoara oa Thursday
for .the Caristaas holidays unless tha
senate should caaage the
adopted fey the house, which la
probable. The reeolaUoa of adjoara
meat wLIh was seat over by tha
house, has not been taken ap ia tha
senate, hat it probably will receive a
mention there Moaday. A meeting of
the senate committee oa appropria
tkms has beea called for Moaday mora
ing and there is little doubt that tha
resolution will be reported back aad
acted upon by the senate early ia tha
day.. The house resolutioa calls tor
the reconvealag of the two hodiea
Thursday. Jaaaary 3. There is sosne
disposition ia the senate to extend the
time until the following Moaday. hat:
It does not appear probable that this
will be done.
The house has laid oat a somewhat
exteaded program for tha time befora
the holiday adjoarameat hat little at
tention has been given to aay arrange
ment of business for the senate. Ia tha
house Monday will be devoted-to tha
consideration of bills under aa order
providing for the suspension of tha
rules aad tbe rest of the week win ha
given to legislation pertaining to the
District of Columbia and to the MR
making appropriations -for the conduct
of Indian aairs. There are twenty or
thirty bills on the district calendar,
which Mr. Babcock. chairman of the
district committee is very anxious to
have passed, and the committee ou
rules has promised him sufficient time
for their consideration. There will
also be a strenuouseort to secure ac
tion on the Indian appropriation bill
and Chairman Sherman of the Inland
committee is hopeful of success. If
there be time left the omnibus claims
bill will be taken up.
The urgent deficiency appropriatioa
bill, which passed the house Saturday.
Is expected to receive the sanction of
the senate before the holiday adjourn
ment It will be sent to committee on
its receipt by the senate Monday and
a-prompt report is expected. The pro
vision in the bi.i looking to the carry
ing into effect ot the pure food law is
regarded by both tbe senate and tbe
house as really urgent and it is not
only expected that the senate will pass
it, but that it will dispose of it early
enough in the week to return it to the
house in time to permit that body to
take action before the adjournment oa
Thursday on any amendments which
the senate may make.
WOMAN LAYS CLAIM TO THRONE.
Wife of Englishman Asserts She
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Entitled to Rule Over Chinese.
VICTORIA, B. C. A Victoria resi
dent, a Manchp Banner woman, mar
ried to an Englishman, who was aa
officer of Gordon's army which sup
pressed the Taiping rebellion, has
made claim to the throne of China.
The woman, unwilling to make public
her name, lest .relatives be assassi
nated at Peking, has addressed peti
tions to the British government asking
that her claim be taken up with China.
She claims to he a direct lineal de
scendant of the third dune of Choa.
and as such she asserts she has a right
to the throne of China prior to that of
the empress dowager.
MISSOURI TO GO THE LIMIT.
Expects to Confiscate Standard Prop
erty if It Wins Ouster Suit
WASHINGTON Attorney General
Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri, his as
sistant. Ruc-h C. Lake, and Judge Rob
ert A. Anthony or Frederickstowa.
Mo., special commissioner appointed
by the Missouri supreme court to take
testimony in that state's suit against
tbe Standard Oil company, based oa
the anti-trust laws of the state, arrived
in Washington Sunday night and will
go to New York, where, beginning
Tuesday, further testimony is to be
taken in the suit before Commissioner
Anthony.
Consolation From America.
ROME Pope Pius received In pri
vate audience Mrs. Daniel Lamont and
her daughters. They were presented
by Monsignor Kennedy, rector of the
American college. To them the pope
exclaimed: "My greatest consolation
now comes from America!"
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Bryan Offers Some Advice.
GUTHIE, OKLA. A communication
from W. J. Bryan, in which he made a
number of recommendations, was read
before the constitutional convention.
One suggestion was the creation of a
board of corporations. He also urged
the convention to adopt the initiative
and referendum and the nomination of
all officers by the primary system.
Coal Famine in Oklahoma.
MANGUM. OKLA. A coal famine is
now prevailing in this part of Okla
homa, the supply both here and ia
Granite being exhausted. There is no
timber to be used for fuel and many
farmers are burning fences and out
buildings. The weather is very severe.
Coal ia transit is being confiscated by
the railroads, and apparently there is
no relief in sight. A crowd of fifty
fanners went to the Kock Island sta
tion and took charge of the last car.
Unless relief comes shortly public
works will be closed.
Street Cars Tied Up.
. PORTLAND. ORE. The street car
system of Portland, owned by the Port
land Railway, rower aad Light com
paay, is practically tied up aa the re
salt of a strike of motormen aad con
ductors, begun on the refusal of the
company to grant an increase of
wages.
Tha Shah Still Uvea.
TEHERAN The condition of Ike
shah is unchanged. AU Mlrza, heir sp
at to the tlraae, arrived ha Te-
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