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f -v-r f.tteT!lZ-& "3?t5' ..W : mP'F- SF l&2 -5J7fti mw-mw IV "lIJ J7 - &" ,., r. k IV - wpual air 01AT 'AHEICLV SUMMARY OF 1MPORT i1 Airr HAPPENINGS. . miTS OF STATE-WE WTEItST n : Gist et 'Delugest? ftts-State Legists . ttire, and Other Things of Which Nebraska. People Desire 'Knowledge.'! r?' , ,: Railroad-Regulation BiKs. Two bills have been 'introduced in ,the senate forthe regulation of rail jroads by conferring power upon the 9iswly elected railway commission. It is probable'both bills will go before joint committees before a bill for this parpose -is reported back to either of the houses. Senator Root, of Cass, lias' introduced a bill that is almost an 'exact copy of the Texas law. His ii'. is -8. F.'-31.' It provides that the , commission' shall have power to make .ratTs where none exist, to change rates (hat already exist, and establish rates for any railroad line or any part of a line. Tea days' notice shall be given to a railroad when a change is 'i he ordered. The bill contemplates an appeal to the courts in, the usual -Senator Aldrich introduced S. P. No. 45. It provides not only the qualifi cations of the railway commission, but dcanes its powers. It contains pro ijrisiosB taken1 from'' the Texas. Cali foraia and Iowa laws and suggestions from Judge Brewer's recent decisions in .railroad .cases. The bill provides that the commissioner shall receive a salary of $2,590 each, with power to 4lect one aecretary at a salary of not 4o. exceed $2,50 and' two clerks at not to exceed. $1M.- , u l ' ' ' i fftefwlatien ef Cerperatiens. ' L latereat centers to a great extent oa the makeup of 'the legislative railroad committees which are' said to be satis faciftry to the, "progressive" republi cans, but it is not certain that either M Us committees will formulate ihe iwere important bills dealing with rail- taad reguUUiea.- X' movement has .already been atarted in the house for itheappolatafteajuqf committeea of "seven cbasWer bills' re!aUog to the campaign pledgee. ttan Aasssemswt Seard Change. , Preparation of n TiiH to change the compeeitloa of the state board of equalisation and assessment by reduc ing Its membership from five to three has been commenced, and aa soon as the measure la fully drafted it will be Introduced in one or teth houses of the. legislature. It is proposed to anaaje the beard of review include the tfrrnar(.ihb secretary of state' and only one other state omcial. The board's present membership takes in the land commissioner, treasurer and anwltor, ut' if -the change that is in view should take place two. of these wwati have ta bedroppsd.. Rome un certainty exists as to which of them wttl be left s in the WH aa it is to be fernsuUted. The desire for this chanaje cornea from the fact that dur-ing- tae -two years " in which- Land Commissioner Balon' and Auditor Searle have been members, ther have twice eppssed ' any considerable ' in- ia the aassssmsato o traaspor les, aad with the assist-1 4UMo ef rersser.Becretary of Stats Ga imma, their votes prevailed; in 1M6 amd ISM. The railroads, under the. change (at it is made) will he given a full hearlag. as, they have already had. -It is beUered the change will result ta a eqaare deal all around Jiense Gets Busy. SssoIutions . were passed by the aionae Tharsday auttorixing the speak jar to .name members of. four com r inittoes.to act' with slmiliar commit tees from the senate to draft bills on reet jilmsiy, terminal taxatidn. free tisneportstlon of persons and proper ty and railway commission. To au cexnpUaa this a resolution by Farley of HamiRon, was substituted for one by McMullen'of Gage, who sought to me the committee' on direct' pri mary la a slightly different manner than had been agreed on by a number of the house republicans. An tagieanieat ;was reached' ia the honae to :work Friday, and Saturday. Bills, wave -Intrndaoed .to' compel Christiaa science healers to take ex aminations,, la t anatomy and other branches; toreawve the 45.000 liabil ity Mmtt tor Wee of life ta an accident; . to establish a bacteriological labors ; tw state university: appropri 1 -athm-funds j for the "expenses of 'the legislature. " -t- i Vets Themselves Stamps. After muxhrwrangllardver Kie prop osition. he house - members, after twlee Kotlas; "down the matter of hav ing the state furnish postage, finally deshled .that, five two-cent stamps a aay'ware sumcient and needful In the tiaaaaotiaa:oC bustasss. The following dayneaksr Nettletoa announced that as aa apprbpriatioa was available wtth which:' to pay 'for stamps, the members would not be supplied with same. It will require the passage of .a bill providing for stamps and appro priating money to pay for-same.. This sis notlikelyLto.liedene. t Want Mickey te Stay. An eCort is being made' "to interest ax-GovemorMickey in 'some business aatorprise.ii Lincoln, in-order that he any Jlnd ,a good excuse 'for follow las; out TUslnathraY desire to make his home, here ipemanently. It is recog srfsssl'eveayi people who have dis agreed with him politically that his aad business judgment and ex- wsuld be a fine asset for aay that could secure' an alli- with him. ' Leading members of the Ooaunerclal club have mentioned sssae prwmisinc projects la 'the hope that he may flad oae to his liking. Deal Element Wine. la the formation at, Aha sammRtoet or both koaaea of the Nebraska tegi latere the anasfo'flatl elemeat wai able to overcast all eeeositloa. Then is every reesoa therefore") 'for the pee pie of the atete to expect some whole some JegjUatioa la respect to those quest! gay injrhjch,4hey are vfcally lav tcrcsKGs, i- a, r T .. ' tZTi w. Si oenaaeenwiiiBsveavsmc The 'committee toselect the senaU committees announced its choice, the more important committees being: Railroads A. Wllsey, chairman; E D. Gould, C. H-Aldrich, J. G. OCoa nell, Geo, W. Wiltse, C. H. Epperson D. Haana. L. C. Gibson aad J. C. Byrnes. - Revepuerr-B. F. Thomas, efeairman; J. C. F.-vMcKesson, F. W. Phillips, H. E. Sackett, CA. Luce. C. G. Sibley and S. H. Buck. Rules C. JL. i Saunders, chairman; k. l.. King and ueo. v. wutse. University and Normal Schools R. .M. Thompson, chairman; E. D Gould, W. H. Wilson. F. W. Phillips, E. L. King,. A. L. Clark and P. W. Ashton. Agriculture W. E. Thorns, char man; J. C. F. McKesson, I.. Goqd: rich. C. G. Sibley, Charles A. RaBdajU; F. Wilcox and F. W. Aahton. t Irrigation C. G. Sibley, chairman; A. Wilsey, D. Hanna, C. A. l4icc, H. B. Glover, R. M Thomson and J. C Byrnes. Judiciary E. L. Kiag. chairman; B. R. Thomas, C. 11., Aldrich. C. H. EppersoB, H. E. Sackett, J.' L. Root, R. M. Thomson. George W. WUts. F. W. Ashtoa. and W. R. Patrick. t Later F. W. Aahton, chairman ; Joseph Burns, B. F. Thomas, .Charles A. Randall. J. C Byrnes. ' Municipal Affairs I.., . C. Gibeoa, chairman; Joseph Burns, If. E. Saek ett, B. F. Thomas 'and F. W. Ashton. Live Stock and Grazing D. Hanna, chairman; C. G. Sibley, H..B. Glover, W. E. Thomas and J. P. Latta. Insurance Joseph Burns, chairman; W. H. Wilson. B. F. Thomas, F. W. Phillips and H. E. Sackett. . The House Committees.' Speaker Nettleton's list ef committees was made public. more important ones follow: Rulesllr. Speaker, .cliairman; Hart,' Keifer, Marsh. Harrison, 'Brown, (E. P . Armstrong. ' Livestock aad graziag Masters, chairman; Keifer, Rlchardsou. Baird, 8toIs, Joaes, Greig. Snyder, Metzger. Revenue and taxation Bodge, chairman: Doran, Neif, Davis, Scuddcr, Killen. Baker, Stadler, Kuhl. Quack ei'liush. Carltn. Itank and currency Hart, chair man; Farley "Stelnauer.. Smith, Milli- gan, Kuhl. Snyder. Public schools Shubert, chairi:ian: WiUam, Wllsoa,. F. C. Doraa, Cuddlce, France, Metzger. University and normal schools Mc Mullea, chairman; Arssstreag; Gllmaa, Smith, Hamer, Logsdoa. Snyder, Coaa. Worthing. T Judiciary Brown (E. P.). chainaaai McMuUea, Hamer. Browa (E. W.)i Clarke (H. T.), Jeaisoa, Harvey, Eller, Carlia. Quaekeabush. Kuhl. t Fiaaace Ways aad Means Keifer, chairman; Dodge, Brown (K: W.). Hart. rlsoB, Farley, Kaowles, Armstrong; Hill Redmond. Graff. Fries. j Agrculture Walsh (J.), chairman; Jones (Cass), Stolx, Rejchn, France Graff. Murphy. . ' - Telegraph, telephone aad electric companies Jeaisoa. chairman; Hagej Mister. Podge. Best. Hansen. Brawnj (E. W.h Adama, Mstxger, Graff. Corporations Bakfr. , ohalrmaa: Roarer,'-' Hsasen,' - Barnes," Whltmaa. Howe, Van Housen. Public leads, aad buildings Marsh, chairman; Shubert, Bier. Fletcher, White. Thleesen., Rejchn. Byram. Logsdon, Besse, Metzger, Fries, How ard. Railroads Harrison, chairman; Dor aa. Hart, Farley. Marsh, Jeniaon. Knowlea.- Walsh,' Keier. Sendder. Quaekeabush, Cone, Duncan. Adams, Henry. . Gonstftational amendments-Tucker, ohalrmaa: Whitman. Talbot. Culdles. Line. Lahtiers. Renkel. Riohnrdsoa. Wilson (F. C). Quaekeabush. Carlia. Labor Leader, chairman; Hago- meister. Johnson. Lahners. McCol lough, Lee. Mllllgan. Saunders. Neff, Whitney. Bolen, Scheettger, Weems. The Senate Adjourns. '- 'I The senate Thursday laid over a resolution authorizing trips to state institutions by n committee, took aa action on the appointment of joint committees to consider important leg islation, reconsidered s motion to recognize only one publication of the state statutes and adjourned till Mon day. 2 p .m. Bills. were introduced which require Christian scientists to obtain a license from the state board of health, preventing brewers from be ing interested in saloon licenses un less In their own name. limiting the number of saloons in South Omaha, .Omaha aad Lincoln, repealiag the act creatlag the state board of charities. aad preveatiag corporations from issiK tag stock at less thaa par value or for anythtag bat amaey, labor or property actually pafd, rendered or 'delivered. Frasier Reappointed. Lou.W. Frazter of Fairmon was re appointed secretary of the state priat lag board. The board comprises Audi tor Searle, Treasurer Brien and Secre tary Juakla.1 There were several ap pulfcnjate' for the' position. MrFraxier has served in this' position for, four years. The senate has adopted a new rule regarding admission of persons to the floor. The new rule admits the per sons who usually have the privileges of the floor, such as members and ex members of the legislature, state of ficers and' their deputies and their clerks, and permits members of the senate or the secretary of the sen ate to Issue cards of admission to others. This is considered an ex tremely liberal rule and it may be abused to some extent. but most of the responsibility will repose on the memoers or tne senate themselves for any-abuses 'that occur. v, Aftermath of Cox Murder. ' '"Six citizens of Minatare, the town where. Sam T. Cox was shot .aad killed by "a hotel keeper, have peti tioned the state board of pharmacy ta close ' the drug store of Wllsoa ft White at that place. They allege that jthe laws of Nebraska are not fully complied with by, the drug firm. The nature of the vtoUtioas are aot" stated. The names signed, to the paper are Miss-bath Bbsley; O. G. Pierpoat, A. Ui Parmenter. B. Backer. T. M. Chambers and J. O. L. Motat. It is suppesed -that' the petktoa is a oat. growth of the Cox murder. SHORTEN - -i. Death is working overtime en all the v his lasers it cant be NEAR CLASH III HOUSE TWO CONGRESSMEN HAVE SPIR ITED ALTERCATION Gaines of Tennessee Tries te. Attack Mahon of Pennaylvania, 'But -. Fight la Averted. ; jr Washington. The house late Thars day took on the appearance of the closing days of' the Fifty-fifth -: con gress, commonly known as the "War congress," when altercations between members were frequent. ,-! Late in the afternoon Mr. Gaines of Tennessee and Mtv Mahon of Penn sylvania were only prevented, from meeting in a personal encounter by the intervention of other members. Mr. Gaines was making a speech on his bill' to "dock" members" pay for absence from 'the- house and - he charred Ur.sMihan with hrincr absent ' . a -,,, time. ' f Mr. Mahon thundered: - "Aay man who charges me with being' away from this house 95 per cent of the time tells an untruth." Mr. Gaines started down the aisle from his seat. "No man can tell me I lie!" exclaimed Mr. Gaines. When order" had been restored Mr.' Mahon again arose. Having been cau tioned by- the chair that it was against the rules to address a mem ber in the second person, he' meas ured his words, saying -he " would speak in 'the "fourth, 'person." He! then said': ' -" SZS&Ti' entUTm maesseetbat I am away from this! mu on .. r . . M . i 'Tennessee' nouse 9 per -cent, oi my time is a deliberate, falsehood." ; With a rush Mr. Gaines reached the center of the chamber, making di- retcly toward the gentleman from Pennsylvania, insisting as he went that, no man could call him a liar .without personal chastisement. ' . The rush of Mr.' Gaines upon his adversary brought a 'dozen members before, -the speaker's desk. : Messrs. OUIe James of Kentucky, Taylor of Alabama, Bell of Georgia. Williams of Mississippi, 'the minority leader, and Stafford of Wisconsin, grabbed Gaines, who. resisting- vigorously, was borne back: to his seat. The friends of Messrs. Gaines and Mahon engaged in an effort to bring about a reconciliation in which they were successful. Both gentlemen apologized, Mr. Mahon rushed across the chamber and the two clasped hands amid loud applause. TOBACCO TRUST IS GUILTY. Two of Its Companies Convicted, In Licorice Paste Trial.; , yo,', New York. A jury in the United States circuit court Thursday -.returned a verdict in 'the so-called, to bacco trust" trial, which had been on hearing before 'Judge Hough for the past three weeks. The jury acquitted Karl Jungbluth and Howard E. Young on nil the counts charging conspiracy in restraint of trade and combining to control the licorice paste industry, but found the MacAndrews tc Forbes .com pany and the J. S. Young .company guilty on two counts, one of -forming an illegal combination. and. the' other, of being a, monopoly. The corporations' named, which' M. -a M a .. ' were Joint defendants with . Jung bluth and Young, -were acquitted of the charge of conspiracy. Gives His Life for a Bey. Riverdale, Mich. Elbert W. Gibson, principal of the schools here, was drowned Friday while trying to save 14-year-old Harry Valance, who had broken through the ice while skating. Gibson leaves a widow and six chil dren. Gas Explosion Kills Two. Wilmington, III. Two men were killed and more than a score of per sons injured, including several wom en, by an explosion of acetylene gas at a card party-In Woodman's hall here.- - Japanese Squadron Net Coming. Tokio. The Japanese government has decided that on account of anti Japanese agitation 'on the Pacific coast that the training squadron will aot visit the Pacific coast, but will go as Car as Honolulu only. Man Is Frightened to Death. Philadelphia. Albert Lindsay was frightened to death jand two mea weca'aeverely burned by an expkwloa of molten metal la the'finishlag pleat at Baldwin's Locossotive Works Tharsday. " VasmBBBaumaBi5 iBBBBBaaramlPmHr 9mm w AsmmmBmnmmBj!MBmmjmBMWV;jmmLhs mnmc -t- xaTrfFaVKmBJKl; rtMBmmr- JaimBaTaBBBBBBBBvfemL ' ' -aBvarBasWBjnJWrjvvXBwm, jss uasawrz l9essBvBBSsSrSaBmBBHBBBnr UBBVUBBBBBHrBwSBSSBBBBBBBBBB. BBBBBBS) Bk vBBBBlBaammflmSmaUBBBBBUBV HIS HOURS. railroads an4 if congress can reduce sane tee quickly. WORKMEN DIE IN HOT METAL. Over Score of Lives. Lost in a Pitts burg 'Furnace. "Pittsburg. Pa." As Ja result of th ' explosion of molten metal at the Eliza steel t urnacea of the Jones Laughlln's company; 'limited, the charred trunks of seven men are at the morgue and' 13 badly burned and crippled employes are in hospitals, while anxious, workers, with crowbars,, picks and shovels are digging through a mass of steel, and cinders for the bodies of several more who are miss in?. It is thought 22 altogether met death. Of the injured three will probably die. , ,B. L. .Messier, the superintendent, thinks the accident was caused by the loosening of one of the steel bands about the bottom of the fur nace. It fell., he says and that made that r portion of the. shell, weak. The groat pressure of the steel charge and gas against 'the 'weak point re sulted in the plate, giving way and al lowing the avalanche of molten steel to roll down on the workmen. Thirty-five men were -at work about the furnace. One man alone of the 35. George Knox, escaped injury. The others not accounted for were con sumed by the awful fiery flood. 'Charles Bennett, a yard brake'man; who was passing near the furnace on a freight train when the explosion occurred, describes what he saw, as follows: MANY LINES BUT ONE CONTROL p About Hdrriman System Drawn MmMk -, .. . from j. c. sjuidos. Chicago. Determined efforts were made by the attorneys representing the government before "the interstate I commerce commission Wednesday to show that the Union Pacfiic and South ern Pacific ownership by E. H. Harri man comprised a combination which .restricted competition. J. C. Stubbs-' operating director of the Harrimaa system of railroad and steamship lines, was on j the witness stand for hoars under the .closest ques tioning by Attorney F. B. Kellogg. According to the opinion expressed by ,Mr, Kellogg the government had made out a clear case. ..'.'The evidence pf Mr. Stubbs saows conclusively," he said, "that there is no competition between the two sys tems; that both are controlled by the same set of officials;' that rates are the same, and the, general agencies in this 'part of the country have been consolidated." Mr. . Stubbs, however, maintained thattha control of the Union Pacific by the Southern Pacific did not. affect competitioni-jbetween the two systems. Hopkins, Defends SmooL NWashjagton.'L-8cnat6r Hopkins spoke ljn'favorf Reed Smoot Friday. He took the position that senators were not federal officers to the extent that the senate could impeach .them for high crimes or misdemeanors. If a senator' was to be punished, it must be done by the state or federal courts.-' - i : '-- Must Pay, Quake Losses. Hamburg. The North German Fire httiiiranrin Vvtninsnv. according? to a de- (chnoa rendered by the local court in a ll.A aa.a. ... a.....'!... Ias... I ...... mvnM las a result of the'San Francisco earth quake of -last year. ' Curtis te Be Kansas' Senator. , Topeka, Kan. Congressman Charles Curtis was nominated for United -States senator to succeed Senator Benson, by the caucus of Republican legislators Friday night. The action of the caucus is equivalent to election. Millionaire's Son Is Killed. Chicago. Walter S. Bogle, Jr., son of the millionaire president of the 'Crescent Coal' company, was killed by a pistol shot Friday In a room at his home. 'Members of tbe family declare the death was accidental. - Santa Fe, Railway Indicted. Los." Angeles, Cal. The federal grand jury , Wednesday returned two indictments against the Santa Fe Rail road company, containing 76 counts. The railroad is charged - with giving rebates oa lime. Tired of the "Rarebit Dream." New York. Pinning to his clothes a note saying that; "life Is a .rarebit dream,'' Albert "a. Chitteadea, aa ar tist! committed suicide by inhaling gas la his apartments oa West Twenty-ninth street WIFE MR LMD JAMES, CULLEN HANGED SY MOS VATrCHARLES CITY; IA. SMASH WAY INTO JAIL - X -? Ministers, Wsmen andLeadteg Crti- Killed His Spouse and Young Step-Sen. 1 t . Charles City, Ia. James Cul- len. a white man '60 years old. who had murdered his wife and young step son,'' 'was taken' from the" jail" here Wednesday night by a mob and hanged from the bridge that crosses' tta Cedar river. The lynchers, who were "headed by some of the' leading citizens of the town, made no attempc to disguise themselves. The summary execution was' wit nessed by more than 1,000 persons, in cluding some women and children and fcur ministers. A prayer service pre ceded the lynching. The 'crowd gathered about the jail at nine o'clock. With a railroad iron they battered down -the door and with picks and axes quickly cnt through the wall and secured possession of the prisoner. Immediately after hanging Cullen the crowd dispersed. Feared He Would Escape Death. Judgingufroni the expressions about town the hanging was largely the re- suit of the commutation granted to Louis Busse, the Bremer county wife murderer. Busse, who murdered his wife within 15 miles of Charles city, was twice granted' reprieves and then his sentence was commuted to life im prisonment. One of Cullen's sons, it is said, was hanged by a mob in Missouri near Jop- lin a dozen years ago for horse steal ing. Cullen had been married three times, his two former wives leaving him. His brother, Richard Cullen. a banker, from Warden. 111., who was in the city, did not hear of the lynching until it was all over. Men who participated in the hang ing stated Wednesday night that they did not fear; prosecution. They said that they disliked mob violence but considered that if lynching was ever justifiable, it was in the case of. Cul len. They declared that the estate of $50,000 which he had accumulated as a contractor here, would have been used to fight his case in tbe courts and that it would be years before he would have been punished, if ever. James Cullen, a wealthy contractor, killed his wife and his 15-year-old step son at. four o'clock Wednesday morn ing, at his home on' East Clark street, and attempted to commit suicide, but failed. He first murdered 'his wife, with a large knife and then went to where the boy. James Eastman.- was sleeping. When tbe lad felt the knife blade touch his throat he battled bravely with his step-father and gained possession of the weapon. Boarders in the house were aroused, as was also Cullen's brother. '--Ha with Prof. Rudd and Royal Jacobs took the Icnhte away from Cullen and the boy 3 tar ted to town to suxmon the mar shal. As he wait oat cue front door cullen shot him twice, killing him in stantly. He, then attempted to kill himself by shooting. ", , , Lynchers to; -Be, Arrested. Des Moines, Ja. Gov. A. B. Cum mins Thursday ordered immediate prosecution of as many as possible of the mob that lynched a murderer at Charles City. The leaders of the band 'are known and will be arrested. STOVE WORKS DESTROYED. Fire Causes of $750000 in Detroit. Detroit. Mich. Fire gutted a -great portion of the large plant of the Mich igan Stove works on Jefferson ave nue Tuesday evening, causing a loss oetimated at $750.00. while the en tire pleat was iasured for but fSSuVMO. Upwards of 15,09 gas and coal stoves were ruined, and of the tre mendous plant covering an area of ten or twelve acres only the office buildings, the foundries and part of the .storage building were saved, less than two-thirds of the entire establish ment. Several firemen were injured by) falling debris and half a dozen spec-: tators were hurt when' the horses at tached'' to one of the fire department wagons ran away into the enormous crowd that lined the street opposite the burning plant. Shaw of Persia Dead. Teheran. Persia. Official an nouncement of the death of the shah at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, was made at .nine o'clock Wednesday morning from the office of the grand, vizier. The news of the death of the shah was received quietly by the people. Bad Sleet Storm in Southwest. ITanos C.itx- Mn An nnnanallv sp- vm a1vaf ntnnri ' In woetorn VTanaas I and throughout Oklahoma and. Indian territory Friday crippled wires south from Kansas City. Firs Causes Loss ef $1,000,000. Lancaster, Pa. A fire which start ed in the tobacco warehouse of S. R. Moss & Co. here Friday from the fall ing of an electric arc light spread to adjoining property and caused a loss estimated at $1,000,000. Hundreds Die by Tidal Whve. The Hague. A tidal wave has devas tated some of the Dutch East Indian islands south of Achin. The loss is very great. According to a brief of ficial dispatch 300 persons perished on tho island of Tana. Tragedy in Idaho Town. Rigby, Idaho. Miss Irene Miller, a teacher in the public schools at Lew isville. near here, was shot and killed Wednesday night by Prof. I. F. Couch, principal of the schools, who then committed suicide. Smith to be Michigan's Senator. Lansing. Mich. Congressman Wil liam Alden Smith of Grand Rapids .was nominated Thursday night to suc ceed United States Senator R. A. Al ger. This is equivalent to an elec-tion. POKE IS SAFE II IJUOM 1 r ' TOWEO TO THE BERMUDAS BY a TRAMP STEAMSHIP. Cast. Harvey Cables That Shaft-sVake PnsMnsais amj Crew All Are Well. ,Xe- York. The steamship Ponce, with a broken shaft but safe, is ridiag at(anchor ia St George's bay, the Ber mudas, and her crew of 52 persons aad the seven passengers aboard- aro re ported "all well." ,. This assurance was 'received direct from Capt. W. A. Harvey by ihe own ers, the New York and PortoRko Steamship company," Friday, evening. Friday's cable reported that the long overdue steamer had. reached' the for tified harbor In tow of the. German steamer Elizabeth Rickmers, but a message' from the master himself had been eagerly awaited by General Man ager Mooney of the line and still more anxiously by the captain'3 wife ia Brooklyn. Mr. Mooney stated that a represent- -ante oi me company would sail oa the steamer Bermudlan for Bermuda Saturday, furnish bonds for the In demnity of the Elizabeth Rickmers and immediately after arrange for a tow to bring the Ponce to New York. The passengers will be offered the option of coming to New York on the Ponce or taking, passage on the, next Quebec Steamship compaay's steam er leaving the lslaads for New York. The Ponce, it appears, was but two days' sail from. New York whea her machinery was disabled. She sailed from Ponce. Porto Rico, December SC, and on December 20 broke the shaft In the stern tube. Roughly estimated,' the vessel was then 350 miles from this port which ordinarily she would have made on New Year's day. Help less, the Ponce drifted for tea days. her signals of distress being picked up by the German steamer oa Janu ary 8. The Rickmers. Capt WaJsea, had sailed two days earlier from Phil- aueipnia ior aagasaKi and saimoa eseki. 'HANGMAN" PAVLOFF SLAIN. Czar's Advocate General Is Shot Down by Assassin. St. Petersburg. Lieut. Gen. Vladi mir Pavloff, the military procurator or advocate general, generally known since the days of the late parliament as "Hangman Pavloff." from the epi thet constantly applied to him by the radical deputies, was shot and killed at ten o'clock Wednesday moraiag while walking in the gardea of the chief military court building. .Bear the Moika canal. The assassin, who was disguised as a military clerk, was captured after a long chase through the crowded city streets, duriag which he fired about 4t shots from two revolvers which he cajried. killing a policeman aad. wounding a small boy. Vice Admiral 'Doubassoff. ex-governor general of Moscow and at pres ent a member of the council of empire. has received not!"??.'. Ion that aaothet attempt upon his life will be made. Lodz, Russlaa Poland. Col. Patke Andrieff, chief of the geadanaes of the Lodz district, was shot aad killed .Thursday oa-Poludalowa street' ,'-Aa infantry patrol flred a volley at tho assassin, but he escaped. CONFESSES TO THE COX MURDER Prisoner in Kentucky Case Implicates Hargis and Callahan. Jackson. Ky. John Smith, oae oi the men under indictment for the murder of Dr. B. D. Cox, has made a J confession, which is now ia tbe hands of Commonwealth Attorney Jouett Smith names ex-Judge Hargis and ex Sheriff Edward Callahan as moving spirits in the crime. He says that Hargis and Callahan induced him tc enter the conspiracy, against Cox. making promises to see that he was acquitted and to give him a job. He declares Callahan gave him f 10 after the killing, saying "Jim" Hargis sent it to him. Governor Demands Back Taxes. Snri-.efield. 111. Governor Dea- een sent a special message to the legislature Thursday recommending an emergency appropriation of $15e 000 for the purpose of preparation aad trial of the suit agaiast the Illinois Central Railway company to collect back taxes claimed to be due the state under its charter provision requiring the payment of 7 per cent, of its gross earnings yearly to the state. To Probe Senator Bailey. Austin. Tex. A resolution was in troduced Friday in the senate of tho Texas legislature, signed by 14 mem bers out of 30 composing that body, demanding an investigation of Senator Bailey and Attorney General Davidson and their connection with the read? mission of the Waters-Pierce Oil con pany into Texas after its ejection un der the anti-trust laws. Decapitates His Mother-inLaw. Milwaukee. George C. Wapp. sup posed to be insane. Thursday killed Mrs. Fredericka Freund. his mother-in-law. by cutting off her head with a razor. He confessed the crime, say ing his mother-in-law talked too much. Archbishop Montgomery Dies. San Francisco. Archbishop Mont gomery died Thursday afternoon. He was operated on for appendicitis a few days ago. He rallied after the operation and was believed to be re covering when a relapse occurred. Aged Woman Found Dead in Woods. St. Cloud. Minn. Mrs. Maria Nov acfc, aged 70 years, wife of Thomas Novack. living near Holding, was found dead in the woods about two miles from her home Tuesday evening. She had. it is thought, become lost. Bank Robbers Gst $S00. Bonfield. I1L Severing communica tioa with the outside world by cut ting all telegraph aad telephone wires, robbers blew opea the vault In the First bank of Bonfield early Wednes day aad made off with over $800. THIS IN NEBRASKA ? , .. FRWAY, JAIHIAJIV It, THE SHOE PINCHES. Faft, 1 "The, catalog haaaes." sapa the At Won (Neb.) News, "are 1 istasl u te feel the orgaaized opsosUioarte them. Moatgomery Ward A Co. hava begun suit against a dealers' assorts risa sad several iadlvlduals aad aewssapers ia flsaah PahBla. charging them with or gtaislaaejp tt aad iafiueaciag job be&aaaataatt turer In refusing aefttaS'jttemlr salt will fail. They caaaotrarevenfcthe show tag ap of1 the Catalog house' methods., which arc de lvln7baracter. They have built up? their imaseaso business by deceiv in,tae:.pnbjfc through their "smooth" adyertljBlBBjamthods. The merchants am adoptfaeraome of their methods of adverttstagr'aad'the people are finding out that:the'same class of goods can babcaajat just as cheap at home. The loagv uit-.of the cat houses has been in asecribing an inferior article so as to make, it appear like a superior ar ticle. They have employed literary experts that have exhausted tho vo cabulary of superlative adjectives. aad have printed eagravtaaa deceptive ia character. They have catered to tho depraved seatimeat that exists amoag the people of getting semethisg for aothiag. As a rale aadar the ex lstiac. competition ia.aU Maes of buaf aess, you get about what yoa pay far. The maa who figares am aattiac any article for less thaa its actual wort, is going to get left Remember this whea readlas tho flowery description ia the catalog of stall NEBRASKA BRIEFS. A new bank is to be opened at Odell. Union revival meetiags are aa in Exeter. 'Aa unsuccessful attempt was msde to rob the Coloa poatolce. Coal has been foaad oa the farm of J. L. Gaady ia Gage county. A ease of diphtheria has appeared at Oxford, but It ia of mild form. Schuyler people are talklag up a reg ular county fair to be held at that place. The people of Tecumseh are inter esting themselves la securing a county hospital. A religious revival at Lextagtoa is inducing msay to tura their way uato righteousness. T. H. Tibbies, of Omaha, who wan vice presideatial csadidate oa the populist ticket, is seoa te take a wife. Heist. v Rev. Father Barry ef St. Patrick's church of Chadroa left last week to take charge of St Patrick's church of HoUeaaale. Wis. Miss Olga Gereke. daughter ef J. T. .Gereke. baa been elected by the school board of Seward to All the vacaacy 'caused by the resignation of Miss Laura Dark. i ' Secretary Burgess, secretary of the Young Men's Christiaa ssssclstioa of North Platte, has tendered his restgna tloa to take effect February 1. Mr. Burgess has been offered the' secre taryship of the assocfatiea at Temple, Tex. At Burwen Mrs. M. Miller, aged shout St years.' who had beea ill for several days, esraaiag the vigUaace of her sob. Judge R. L. Miller aad family, with whom she has beea stayiag, wan dered to the North Leap river aad dis appeared aader the ice. George Gebhardt, the young man who stale August Beck's team la Staa to Stanton by the sheriff, having beea " to Stanton by the sheriff, havia gbeea captured by the authorities of Colfax ' coaaty.-vasar Rogers,wHh 'the horses " still la his possesslca. He was held; to the district court The board of directors of the Ne braska Prison aasecistlea has elected: the following oateere. Jadge M. B. Rease. president: Jadge A. S. Tib bets. George A. Adams, Llacola; Dr. George L. Miller. Victor Rosewater, ' Rev. Hulbert C. Herring. Omaha; Rev. ' M. A. Bullock. Lincoln; Charles Wes ton. Hay Springs, vice presidents; John Davis, secretary; A. EL Bavlssos. treasurer; George W. Martin, superin- ' tendent Never before in the history of west ern Nebraska has there beea. accord; ing to the truthful old citizens, a win ter in which the condition of the ground gave greater promise for a bountiful harvest the following season. The unusual amount of saoisture has penetrated the earth to a considerable depth and the precipitation of the last several weeks has asaterially enhanced the farmers' faith in 1907 as a good i crop year. The' office of register of deeds nt Broken Bow probably ranks third this year 'among the twelve of the state. Register J. T. Wood has just completed his 'annual report, which represents the banner year of this office. Of the total number of instruments filed ap proximately 2.000 are waraaty deeds. The county's populattoa is estimated at 25.000. with about 5,000 voters, giv iag every two voters out of Ave a chaage of title during the year. William Coffman of Nebraska City. who was arrested some time since, had his preliminary hearing before Jadge W. W.' Wilson and was held te the district court in the sum of $200. He is charged with robbing cars belong ing to the Duff Grata company. Following is the mortgage report for Gage county for the ssoath of De cember: Number farm mortgages flled. nineteen; amount. $47,984; number released, twenty-eight; amount, $33. 761. Number city mortgages filed, twenty-six: amount. $18,257; number released, twenty-two; amount, $9,102. Captain N. P. Lundeen of York has received a letter from his brother-in-law, John Nelson, who is a flreman in Panama. Nelson says he does aot like the country and ia making arrange ments to return to Nebraska as soon as possible. The Chicago. Burlington ft Quiacy railroad, as lessee of 'the Atchison ft Nebraska railroad, the Buiiiagtoa jbranch which runs through the corner of Gage and Adams, couattes, flled papers with the county clerk te iadi- cate the appotntmeat of two trustees of the Atchtsoa ft Nebraska. ) i. . . Ma&f&&5&ste&&ufiS&& ..W 3 . j.A.dtKKssSfsaast " ----- lI,&.vi'te?itft
