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Gist et 'Delugest? ftts-State Legists
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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
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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-
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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
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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. '-
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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.
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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 -
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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
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'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.
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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
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'-- 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
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Ministers, Wsmen andLeadteg Crti-
Killed His Spouse and
Young Step-Sen.
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. 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
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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
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FRWAY, JAIHIAJIV It,
THE SHOE PINCHES.
Faft,
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"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.
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