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its f?,--5 . 1 i ,v S - I- V Sf- : i ft X i & s J-? ifWECttTFWnE t"(T"f -y CHICAGO, CtqiWM: TO K HELD on ; ivbhmt. aoMssn ts Elect Five State tMfeiate J Harrlmas CMtJcfwt the Cam- New York Chicago will hold its anuulcipal election om Tuesday. Tha between Fred A. Bmm, the post- and TenubUean .. jMWdMate for and MnWEdward F. Dunne, democratic candidate for re-election as eoamlicated by referendum on the traction question. The traction ordi amace; which was recently passed br the city council orer the Teto of Mayor Dunne, provides for the iseae of twenty-year franchises, hat stipulates that the city shall have the right of purchase on giving aotlce of such in tention. The ordiaaaee hi to become effective only after it has been in dorsed by public referendum. The re amblieans favor the adoption of the or dinance, while the democrats oppose nee indorsement and advocate asser tion of the city's rights of eminent do-, anala, the condemnation of the street' car properties and municipal owner ship. The campaign has been a heated one. Michigan will elect five state officials on Monday, including two justices of the supreme court, two regents of the Btate university and one member of the State Board of Education. The Interstate, Commerce commis sion will listen to arguments by coun sel for E. H. Harriman In Washington on Monday on the question whether or not the commission shall appeal to the courts to compel Mr. Harriman to Answer certain questions affecting his management and control of the Pacific railroads and the Chicago Alton. Argument in the case of Benjamin Greene and John N. Gaynor, charged with conspiracy against the United States government, will be heard be fore the United Stages circuit court of aupeals at New Orleans on Monday. Greene and Gaynor are now in jail at Macon, Go. King Edward will leave Biarritz April 5 for Toulon, whence he will proceed the following day on board the royal yacht for Cartagena to meat King Alfonso of Spain. The approaching meeting between the two monarchs has created considerable comment throughout Europe. Every available Spanish warship will assemble at Car tagena to meet the British squadron of seventeen vessels. GALUSHA A. GROW IS DEAD. Man Prominent for Over Fifty .Years Dies of OM Age. Bingamton. N. Y. Galusha A. Grow, former congressman from Pennsyl vania., died at his home in Glenwood, Pa.. Sunday as a result of a general .breakdown attributed to old age. Mr. Grow was elected to congress from the Wilmot district of Pennsyl vania as the youngest member of that body in 1851, and after retirement from public life for nearly forty years he re entered the house of representatives as congressman-at-large from Pennsyl vania fourteen years ago. When he re tired four years ago his public service in the house extended over the longest' period, although not continuous in ser vice, of any man who ever sat in that .body. HARRIMAN BUYING LANDS. Extensive Deep Water Terminals Are to Be Built at Astoria. Portland. Ore. The Oregonian says that the sale of between 400 and 500 acies of land lying along Young's nay, near Astoria, Ore., is being closed and the purchasers are believed to be the Harriman interests. The price to be paid is approximately $700,000. It is understood that the property is for deep water treminals for the Pacific Railway and Navigation company. Death From Pumpkin Pie. Smoot, Wyo. A post mortem ex amination of the remains of James H. Bruce has been made, and the result will be known in a few days. Bruce died suddenly at .his ranch near here a few days ago after eating a quan tity of pumpkin pie. It is alleged that death was due to strychnine poison ing. Bruce did not have an enemy in the world, and the suicide theory is - scouted. Woman Killed by Auto. Koneonta, X. Y. Mrs. E. S. Love- land, niece of the late Collis P. Hunt ington and a beneficiary under his will, was instantly killed Sunday while operating an automobile. Mrs. Loveland was thrown from the car when it plunged over an embankment and her neck was broken. X P. Spends a Million. Brussels It is currently reported that J. Pierpont 'Morgan of New York, has acquired for $1,200,000. the unique collection of Jules Van Den Poreboom, which comprises furniture, pictures, arms, brasses, ancient engravings and chimney pieces. After Ceal Land Frauders. Sheridan. Wyo. Deputy United States Marshal Joe LaFors has sub peonaed about thirty persons In this section who have been instructed to attend the session of the United States court in Cheyenne on April 2. Decently- a nuntbeff 'ef secret service wen have been at work in this sec tion, and it is believed some-startling disclosures are to be made by the - United States authorities. It is not known whether the cases are in con- . 'section with., coal .land frauds or il legal fencing of the public domain. Sweeping Change in Law. Des Moines, la. The pensions of 15.000 of tte veterans whose accounts are carried in the Des Moines office of the service will be affected by the sweeping new lew which gees into ' forte with the next quarterly payment SUtypfei Usee Bine Pencil. St. Petersburg Premier Stolypin has sent n circular to -the governors of provinces ordering them to pro hibit the printing of news of the agrarian disorders Jn Koumania in the fear that they may spread to Russia. 'U .;-, ,fc-.-.--r"JSB?aai. BRYAN ON RAILROAD ISSUE. Public Ownership Declared to Be sn . Intlsn. , ? Boston H. M. Whitney, a prominent Mataarhuaetts democrat, Friday eight 'made public a letter he had Jmst re ceived from William J. Bryan, dealing with the railroad question. It follows iapart: "I am In favor of both national and state regulation and I also believe that public ownership is the ultimate eola tion of the railroad question. In my discussions I have iJ9ijUeditrtaat be cause ef the danger'of centralisation in ownership by. the federal govern ment of all the lines. I prefer a system in which the federal government will be confined to -the necessary trunk lines and the ownership of the rest ol the lines be left to the states. "As an advocate of regulation of the strictest sort, I can nay to, you that there is no danger whatever that this regulation will be carried to the point of preventing a reasonable return on money invested in the railroads, of the country, and I also assure yon that whenever public ownership is adopted by the state or by the nation, .the stockholder may expect to receive a price' at least equal' to the value of the physical properties of the road; but no such assurance ought to be necessary, because the public has shown no disposition to reduce rail road orig to n point which would deny a reasonable return. I have con tended that the present value of the railroads should be .ascertained by the interstate commerce commissions of the various states in order that in vestors may know when they are buy ing stock of intrinsic, value and when they are being cheated. "As long as promoters are permit ted to use stock that does not repre sent real value there must be fluctua tion in the stock market for every dis closure of bad railroad management necessarily affects the value of stocks. The stockholders, therefore, who de sire to purchase for legitimate invest ment should have as much interest as the patrons in reducing -the railroad business to an honest basis, but the railroads thus far have prevented the passage of a law authorising the in terstate commerce commission fixing the value of the roads'. "I think I can speak for those who believe in regulation and I know there is not and never has been danger of injustice to the owners, of the. rail roads and if I can speak for those wto believe that the ultimate solution of the railroad question is to be found in public ownership I can say there is no disposition to confiscate railroad prop erty, even if the courts would permit it." ILLEGAL FENCING MUST STOP. Assistant Attorney General to Take up Campaign in Wyoming. Washington Illegal fencing of the public domain must be stopped. The interior department has issued this ultimatum and Secretary Garfield Is taking up the -work of Secretary Hitchcock in the prosecution of every piece of land illegally fenced belong ing to the public domain throughout the United States, and there is to be no truckling over conditions. Ne braska is not a marker to the illegal fencing that has been going on in Wyoming, where millions of acres have been' set apart by the men own ing cattle and sheep. There will be no let up in -bringing offenders to jus tice. Assistant Attorney General Rush has been ordered to Wyoming to look after matters relating to the .illegal fencing of public lands, and it is ex pected in Washington that a number of very prominent persons will be in dicted. Telegraph Rates Raised. Chicago The Western Union Tele graph company has announced a new scale of telegraph rates, representing an increase, in some cases, of 20 per cent, effective April 1. An order to this effect was received by the local offices of the company. 'The increase in rates is not the same in all In stances. Between Chicago and New York the day rates have been in creased 20 per cent. Where 40 cents has been charged for a message of ten words between Chicago and New York it will be raised to 50 cents. Walked Out on Good Friday. St Louis In an effort to enforce demands for increased wages made by members of the United Brewery Workers' union about 850 brewery workers walked out of the twenty three breweries in St Louis. Friday. Bryan Speaks in Texas. Austin, Tex. William Jennings Bryan spoke In the hall of the house of representatives, at the invitation of the Texas legislature, discussing na tional issues. Mr. Bryan spoke at the University of Texas, confining his re marks to higher educational matters. Gambling a Felony in Texas. Austin. Tex. Governor Campbell has signed the bill making gambling a felony In Texas. The bill provides a penitentiary sentence for any per son convicted of gambling. Higher Wages for Workmen. New Orleans A drawback to immi gration in the south is pointed out by Immigration Commissioner Frank P. Sargent as follows: "There la one thing the people of the south must learn in the' hssdhnfr of immigrants They mast pay snfafcr wages or the foreigners WOT not remain aw4thi fheat The south, la bndly in nee of agricul turists, but it is not possible for the farmers and planters of the south to keep laborers at, a wage of 90 cents to $1 n day when-they can secue42 in the north. - Philippine Election Call. New York The president has signed the executive order requiring the Philippine commission to issue the call required by the law for a general election of delegates to the first Phil ippine assembly! Picking Peaches Down South. Hew Ot leans Ripe 'peaches, gath ered months ahead of time, were picked Friaay in Plaqaemihe parish. Louisiana. The mildest winter In thirty years was the cause of the early ripening. - L id A DIFFICULT TAS e - Bjp 4hw vPC t m nV IFl v .meT BasannnnVvnTBrwJBV sbibSSSI '' ljZZaajajsj'jjjsjj lST'"-' ujKajBf ejav w SaSanmBCannngn1 Can Uncle Sam settle the little South American mosquito with the Big atickf A STRIKE APPEARS IMMINENT REJECTION OF OFFER TO ARBI TRATE DISPUTE. . General Managers of the Railroads Ad mit that the Situation Wears a Serious Outlook. ( Chicago The controversy over a wage scale between the general man agers of the western railroads and their employes in the train service cannot be arbitrated. The only way in which a strike can be averted is for the officials of the roads to make terms with the men. This is the ulti matum issued by the representatives of the two unions involved in the dif ficulty after a meeting Thursday to consider the action of the fed eral government to try to 'bring about a settlement by media tion, along the lines provided oy the Erdmann act. The arbitration move of the general managers was consid ered at considerable length by the union representatives, but the propo sition was finally rejected and a reso lution passed refusing to arbitrate the wage scale question. The general managers admitted for the first time that the situation was grave. The crisis was intensified by the fact that no compromise had been effected with the representatives of the 15,000 locomotive firemen, who are here negotiating for higher wages and an eight-hour day. Another confer ence was held Thursday between the General Managers' association and a committee representing the. firemen. but nothing in the way of a settlement was accomplished. Secretary Slason Thompson of the General Managers' association said: We are waiting to see what, the gov ernment will do. We do not expect to hear directly in answer to our request that the whole difficulty should oe arbitrated along the lines suggested in the Erdmann act but we believe when the labor leaders involved re ceive word from Washington that the government has been asked to take a hand in the matter that they wUI be willing to submit the question to arbitration. We are not looking for trouble, but we have made all the con cessions we can afford under the pres ent conditions ana the sooner the men become reconciled to this the better It will be for everyone concerned. 'New York Seth Low, chairman of the conciliation committee of the Na tional Civic Federation, has taken a hand in the trouble between the trainmen and the western railroads which threatens to culminate in a strike affecting 50,000 men. 'He has put himself in communication wijli both sides and has asked for a joint conference. Mr. Low came here from Washington. Will Fight Two-Cent Law. St Louis The executive officials of railroads operating in Missouri and Arkansas at a meeting in the office of A.. J. Davidson, president of the Frisco system, agreed to contest the 2-cent per mile passenger rate laws passed by the recent legislatures of those states. The attorneys of the rail roads were instructed to outline a plan of action and file suits".' San Francisco The Call says that the local six Chinese companies with the endorsement of the Chinese con sul general, have issued a notice call ing a meeting at which the claims of American and Chinese firms against Chinese firms repudiated their indebt nees after the big fire in April last are to be presented. Rushing Flour to China, , Chicago It was announced by the representative of the Union Pacific and Chicago 'A Northwestern railroads that shipments of flour for the famine sufferers in. China would be moved .by expedited freight from MtaneapoBs to flan Francisco. ITierfnmI leave San Francisco on about April 3 on the United States transport Buford. The train carrying the shipment across theuntinsnt wurbe.fiftyr.imrs kmgr each car carrying 40,000 pounds. Honolulu It is stated here that President Roosevelt has offered to ap point Governor Carter for a 'second tens. The governor is considering the matter and wUI probably confer personally with President Roosevelt before reaching a decision. Washington President Roosevelt is giving earnest consideration to an invltatJoa extended him by the Illi nois Manufacturers' association to talk to that body in Springfleld. III., at an early date on the railroad situation. v t - -.i.J-1 GALL OR THE PRESIDENT ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS WANT HIS POSITION STATED. Chief Executive Invited to Deliver An Address as Soon as Possible At Springfield. Washington A committee repre senting the Illinois Manufacturing as sociation called on the president by appointment and extended to him an urgent invitation to address at Spring field, 111., at the earliest possible date a convention of representatives of the manufacturing and mercantile inter ests of Illinois and the middle west After the conference the committee gave out the following statement: "The committee submitted to the president that the present railroad fin ancial situation was creating a feeling of timidity and apprehension to such an extent that is threatened an imme- daite curtailment of banking and busi ness credit which had heretofore been extended to the business interests ot the country at a time when the great est possible demand for the extension of credit prevailed for the development of the increasing demands of the man ufacturing and mercantile industries of the country. It was shown to the pres ident that the manufacturers in the enjoyment of -tiieir unprecedented credit had largely extended their busi ness in the making of purchases nec essary to fill orders which require many months for their completion; that the manufacturing and mercantile interests were apprehensive that a feeling of distrust was getting a foot hold which would lead to financial cur tailment and threaten danger to the great prosperity that now existed in all avenues of industries. It was urged upon the president that very great good would cometo all interests alike if he would signify his willingness to express in a public address as soon as possible the keynote of his crea tive and 'constructive policy. The president was informed by the com mittee that although the country's prosperity was very great it soon would become seriously impaired by the creation of an uneasiness on the part of the banks and investors ana would lead to such distrust as to pre vent the supply .of the necessary moneys to satisfy existing wants, as well as to meet the unparalleled de velopment of the manufacturing and transportation interests of the coun try. The president inquired carefully into the prevailing mercantile condi tions and expressed himself as most anxious and determined to do all in his power to protect preserve and en courage all legitimate business inter ests of every kind. RURAL MAIL BOX DECISION Delivery Will be Discontinued Where They Are Not Provided. Washington In a decision rendered Fourth Assistant Postmaster General De Graw insists upon an adherence to the regulations requiring that boxes on rural mail routes shall be erected by the roadside, so that carries can easily obtain access to them without deviating from their routes or dis mounting from helr vehicles. Will Go If He Can. Washington "I will come if I can," was President Roosevelt's reply to an invitation extended to him by n committee of the national arbitration peace congress who asked him to at tend the public dinner to be given in New York by the congress April 17. Plan to Stop the Strike. Chicago TheUnited 'states govern ment will be asked to intervene to prevent a strike of the conductors and tralnment on the western railroads and if the plans .of the general manag ers: do not miscarry the whole contro vemywill he submitted to arbitration for settlement General managers declare they will demand arbitration under the Erdmann act A strike of the men would Interfere with Inter nals believe it can o avoided-by ac tion of the government Tennessee Holds Lewis' Ashes. Nashville, Teun. The Tennessee legislature adopted a resolution refus ing the request of Oregon to allow the ashes of Captain Meriwether Lewis, the famous explorer, to be taken to that state for interment Internal Revenue Collections. Washington The monthly state ment of the collections of internal revenue shows that for the month of February, 1907, the total receipts were $20,260,C&3, an increase as compared with February. 190C. of $1,917,318. .H$,M JZZ.3: FRAUDS IN MINERAL LANDS. Prominent Fionma in tho wfunt Arn to tae fact 8aecialr Aseletaat Attorney; General Rush ''will leave for Wyoming to he present at the Ion of tho federal grand Jury at Cheyenne April l. tho land trials scheduled for trial at tho opening of the April term of the fed eral courta In Omaha will not ho started before April 15. Tho investigation of the Wyoming and-' Colorado land frauds are under tho direct charge ot Assistant Attar., ney Geaerl Bnrch. Tho Investlgatioas have been under way far several months, with n largo force of secret service men employed in almttnr work here In Nebraska daring tho last two or three years, which has already re suited in the conviction ot n number of prominent land and cattle men. An official connected with these lav vestigaUoas in Colorado said: "The work here in Nebraska is child's play In comparison with what we are up against in Colorado and Wy oming. I do not care to say just who these investigations have reached thus far, but they are not little ash by. any means.' The statute of limitations may run against many of tho criminal cases, but from' tho present outlook there will be n wholesale cancellation of patents in Wyoming and the gov ernment still has the recourse of dam ages against the land thieves. The same observatloa will apply in a way to the Colorado land deals, but there Is much to be done there yet A very large force of secret men is in the field and some very interesting devel opments will yet result in -that state. I might say that the work Is but just commenced there and it will be pros? cuted to a finish. Attorney General Bonaparte is determined to probe the land question to' the bottom and bring the guilty parties to justice. The work started by his predecessor will net be permitted to languish, but on the other hand be prosecuted with re newed vigor. Assistant Attorney Gen eral Burch will continue his headquar ters in Denver so that he may be in personal touch with the work." HALT IN THAW TRIAL. Lunacy Commission Will Determine Mental State of White's Slayer. New York Harry K. Thaw may1 never again face the jury empanelled more than nine weeks ago to try him' on the charge of murder in the first degree. Justice Fitzgerald on Tuesday unexpectedly ordered a commission in lunacy to inquire into the present state of mind of Stanford White's slayer. The decision of the three disinterested men named to conduct the inquiry will guide the future action of the court as to ordering Thaw to an asylum or di recting that the trial shall proceed. GIFTS FROM ROCKEFELLER. Education Board Distributes $625,000 Among Five Schools. New York The first distribution by the general education board since it received John D. Rockefeller's most recent contribution of $32,000,000 was made at a meeting of the board Tues day, when conditional gifts totaling $625,000 was made to five educational institutions, as follows: Yale univer sity, $300,000; Princeton university, $200,000; Bowdoin college, Bruns wick, Me., $50,000; Colorado college, Colorado Springs, $50,000; Millsaps college, Jackson, Miss., $25,000. Magnates at White House. Washington Edward R. Bacon of New York, vice president of the Bal timore tt Southwestern railroad, and Edward J. Berwind of New York, pres ident of the Berwind-Whlte Coal Min ing company and director in a number of banks and railroads, came to Wash ington on Tuesday night and were in conference with President Roosevelt for more than two hours. While neither would discuss their interview, it Is be lieved the interview related to the rail road and financial situation. Valuable Ore Is Stolen. Denver Through the operations of an organized gang of "high graders," whose headquarters and chief looters, it is claimed, are in Omaha, $40,000 worth of ore has been stolen within the last two months from the two largest mines in the Cripple Creek dis trict The stolen gold is believed to be secreted both in Omaha and Den ver. Government Wants Bonds. Washington The secretary of the treasury announced that he would ac cept in substitution for United" States: 4 per cent bonds of 1907 now held to secure public deposits any other gov ernment bonds. Philippine bonds, Porto Rican bonds. District of Colum bia bonds at par and Hawaian bonds, at 90 per cent; also state, municipal and high grade railroad bonds, such as are legal investments for savings banks in the-states of New York and Massachusetts. Salvador Asks Intervention. Mexico Mexico has been requested by the republic -of Salvador to inter vene and use her best efforts to bring about peace in Central America. Homesteaders Want Wives. Riverton, Wyo. Several of tho young men who have filed on home steads since the opening of the Wind River Indian reservation, have asked the newspapers to assist them in pro curing wives. An itTrrthinmsiit has- been inserted in the local papers, and will be. sent to the press throughout ther country asking that marriageable young women correspond with the sec retary of the Riverton Bachelors' club at once. The young men are willing to pay railroad -fare and traveling ex penses one way. Mioses Fire. Blalystok. Russia A bomb, was thrown at Governor General Bogal evskl while he was out driving. The governor general waa not injured, though the force of the explosion broke all the "Windows in the street, and his coachman was slightly wounded. Fire in Homeitake Mine Deadwood, S. D. A fierce Are is burning in the 600-foot level in the Homestake mine at Lead, and it may become necessary to flood that part of the workings to pnt out the TlHRmUM JS CAPTpW r' - -' v -. . OCCUPATION OF CAPITAL OP HON DURAS ANNOUNCED. Tho CewlMct Has VV aRt KswsnMHSMMS HBaVNIf) of tho Me- received n emontch from PrssMsnt Zeiaya of Nicaragua announcing tho capture and. occupa tion of Tegucigalpa, tho capital duras. Tho capture ot Tegnejsnjna, tho ital of Hondprss. by tho Ntearagssss. coupled with the recent detent of tho forces of' Honduras and Salvador at Colateca. and tho flight ef rrssldsnt BoniUa of Honduras, virtually ends tho Central American war. ' It is now prob able that Nicaragua will install an other president at Tagaeigalpn hi Men of President Boailla, and withdraw its troops. The conflict has been short, and judg ing from tho reports which have received here, none of the menu has' been serious. Tho ties have been comparatively light four or Ave hundred la the most is portent engagement reported in tho fight at Choluteca. Honduras was helped la this war by Salvador and it has had to contend with a rebellious outbreak of its own people. This was also the case in Nicaragua, revolution ists in each country taking advantage of th differences of the governments to further their own cause. The three states became Involved. Costa Rica and Guatemala remaining netrual. Puerto Cortex. Honduras Via New Orleans News of the sacking of San Marcos. Honduras, an account of fresh revolt in the interior of Honduras, and information of considerable financial loss to American Interests because of the war, have been received here. The sacking of San Marcos was re lated by General Carmo of the Hon duras army, whom Nicaragua dis patches said had been killed thero February 2G. General Carmo was con cealed for several days after his de feat at San Marcos and finally gained the Honduran Hne3 uninjured. He then gave an account of the outrages perpetrated on the women and de fenseless citizens of the captured town, which he said was looted and .sacked by the soldiers of Nicaragua. Details or nls story nave not reached here. The revolt reported here occurred at Camaygua, Honduras, where on March 20, 150 men captured the plaza. Six hundred men were sent from San Pedro to suppress this revolt and or ders were given for a body of Icdlan allies to join the expeditloa. BIG BREAK IN STOCKS. Violent Slump in Prices Accompanied by Exciting Trading. New York There was a violent slump in prices on the Stock exchange again Monday, accompanied by excit ing trading, but without .news to ac count for it other than a decline in metal prices in London and higher rates for call money. The monetary situation did not seem to attract much attention, however, and according to brokers and members of banking firms there was nothing to explain the rapid melting away of prices, except that holders of stocks wanted to sell them and apparently without regard to the price they got for their shares. Ameri can Smelting was one of the weakest features, falling an extreme 1334 points, nut the United States Steel corpora tion shares and the railroads also made wide declines. It was noteworthy that throughout the day there was entire absence of the disturbing rumors of a fortnight ago to the effect that impor tant failures were impending. IMMUNITY FROM PRISON. That Is What a Congressman From Oregon Claims. Washington The question of wheth er a member of congress can be im prisoned upon being found guilty on a criminal charge is involved in the case of Representative John Newton Wil liamson of Oregon in which a motion to advance was made in the supreme court of the United States. The mo tion Is based on the ground of the pub lic importance of the case. In 1905 Williamson, with others, was found guilty on the charge of conspiracy to unlawfully secure United States lands and was about to be sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and serve ten months in prison when he protested that his im prisonment would prevent him from attending sessions of congress, from which deprivation he claimed protec-' tion under the constitution. Clemency for Cochran. Washington The president has ap proved the recommendation of Secre tary Taft that clemency be shown Captain W. B. Cochran, Twenty-fourth Infantry; sentenced to dismissal la the Philippines for drunkenness while on duty and has mitigated the sentence to the loss of fifty files. This makes it impossible that Cochran can ever rise above the rank of lieutenant coloneL Fight With Indians. San Antonio. Tex. A special from Guaymas.' Mex.. says that ia a fight between Yaqul Indians and soldiers and rurales in the hills of Barrigona district north of this puce, two In dians were killed ana several Indians and three soldiers injured. Colonel Myer Promoted. Washington Colonel Albert Lb Myer. Eleventh cavalry, has been se lected for promotion to the rank of brigadier general to All a vacancy cre ated by the death of Geaeral WInt Big Eno la Dead. Appleton, Wis. Elmer Shepard. a negro known throughout the country as "Big Eno," the heaviest man in the United States and only 17 years of age, died here this morning of fatty degen aratlon of the heart. Ht weighed 640 pounds. All the Veterans Recover. Leavenworth. Kas. All but one of the 900 veterans at the national sol dier's home here, who were poisoned by eating tainted hash, have been 1 discharged from the hospital. i - jfttena. .rWUv &a3&& -StafT' S j-JfcS wmk new m hib ' v. CT1vo(l PROM WCHAMmnm . ANmfmnmsmsATCHS. f H i i KniM Nonm of Isiirist nmnr- VfM hnj Upon Many tshji m tx BffsfffljdBflsml 3BNB00fftts Cotnenons wil get alemg with twelve, ssliiss thai year. - -)' Tarn finmlsl hotel at Arapahoe owned, tho hnm hnang nmni. mwA adUr t hmest. noted tlet to urn flrosson's fund. Tho river Is doing a great deal of i a- an the vteJaity of Nebraska .CKjr. T( a twenty year fran- catee. Om ;s market wiU ably be verted late A hastily devised fire guard saved Red Cloud from imsmsw. front flro set by n train. Col Winfrey, an auctioneer at Red Cloud for over twenty years, died sud denly tost week. Tho ninety-eighth anniversary of tho birth of Mrs. R. T. Bruce was cele brated at Niobrara. " Schools of Red Cloud are over crowded and room hna been sought in the Baptist church. Successful revival meetings are be ing held in the Christian and Meth odist churches nt Ghwen. John J. Madden of Seattle, was in jured by cars nt Table Rock while riding in n car of lumber. Levid DeHart n fanner living ten miles southeast of Red Cloud, lost his house sad all its contents by Are. The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Enos W. Myers was cele brated at their home in Table Reck. Here are some temperatures in Neb raska taken in March: Lincoln. 91; Auburn. 94; Falls City. 9; Republican City, 85. A stranger at Fremont broke a wia- dow in Marshall Bros. shop and stole $20 worth of spoons and jewelry. He .escaped. Mrs. A. B. Miller of Millmore coun ,ty was badly hart in a runaway, caused by her horse taking fright from an automobile. The Metropolitan Life Insurance company of Omaha ia out $1.0so. taken from the safe of the institution during tho night Alexander Martin, one of Johnson .county's old settlers and most highly respected citizens, died at his homo northwest of Tecumseh. The superintendent of Prospect Hill cemetery, Omaha, has been bound' over to the district court on tho charge of desecrating graves. Mrs. Bancroft of Grand Island was paiafully, and perhaps fatally burned while disposing of rubbish in her yard The skirts of her dress caught flro. Nicholas Rea of Nebraska City has been taken to the insane asylum. ' He Imagines himself in love with two women and don't know which one to marry. The labor unions of Fremont peti tioned the ci.ty council not to allow Chinese. Japanese and Italian labor on the paving contracts which are to be let in that city. Fire supposed to have been started by tramps caused the loss of twenty stalls at the Beatrice driviag park and ninety tons of haled hay stored ia the building. The loss on the build ing will amount to $600 and on the hay $1,080, fully insured. ' Over 500 trees in the village park at Bralnard were badly damaged by fire that was started from the engine on the local passenger train on the Union Pacific railroad. Just how badly the trees are damaged In hard to determine at the present time. The recent warm weather, says a Nebraska City dispatch, has been, very severe on shippers, particularly those who have been sending hogs to mar ket L. A. Hanks, who lives in the southwestern portion of the county, lost over 4,000 pounds in one car sent, to Mebraska City, the hogs Becoming' overheated in transit Other shippers have lost heavily. ...--' The work train and steam shovel on the Northwestern began operations in the chalk rock cut one mile west of Niobrara. This cut is about three miles ia length and requires day and night watchmen, who make the roaads before every train. Bach spring it gives trouble by eruaahkmgv some times great rock slides covering the track and requiring an ' ' Ting; t open the way. Minor accidents near Ashland last week: Arthur Brown, shot in the foot while handling a calibre revolver; Joe Bauer, shot off two toes by prema ture gun explosion; John-Rieuy. leg broken by falling from n horse; Viol Brendenberg fell and ran lead pencil through her cheek; Ora Gul'hsm. arm broken by falling tree; tramp nenrly suffocated by barsjng Union Jail; O. W. Worley. cut artery by falling: William Smothers, caught in seta in Platte river; Boston) ay! dragged through barbed wire by cow. Charles L. Fowler. at Steel City, for the oast nine or years, sas been ammlsaifl on' tae charge of incompetency, shortage In his aecouats and other reasoaa, says a Washington dispatch. Grand Master J. hV Mstileun of Neb raska Independent Order of Odd Fet lows. was fa McCosk nrrnngmc fcr tm district meeting of Odd riihnus t ho held there. April 29. It is nimuml to Interest lodges all ever southwest ern Nebraska in this gathering and tans stlnralate tho work of the order over that section of the state. At n special election in Tekamoh the proposition to issue beads lav the sum of $10,008 for the paipesu of erecting an electric lighting plant and $2.56w for an extension of the water sjsUim carried by n henry anifority. General Manager Walters of the Northwestern ansasmu that hie road will coaunence iauaedinteiy to h-11arT iso awes or track: Between Long; Pine sue unanron at an rntlmalid east of siiXMiee. -roe Baiineting to ho in thai work will ho gravel from or the Northwestern's new smma,it. of Lone Ptae -. -7f "i J f ; 3& C ft 0 t ( X U it sg Pine "v cost of l f nsed W w I i