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Jaae. 1HS.
Presideat Hooaarelt dearly loves a
gat: He is at Ms beat ia the rough
mad tamble of political batUes, and
the ease he has throw down to his
enemies,' of whjBSt he says Mr. Hani
bmb is oai, win be picked up ia etery
atate of the uaton.by those who are
either disgruntled or have been kicked
ut of oalce because of inability, or
because of worse thiags they have
tsae. The Harriaiaa' letter to Sidney
Webster and the instant reply of Pres
ident Roosevelt with volaminous cor
respondence Jus beea the political
sensation of the week and cannot help
but have a decided effect upon the
campaign being waged in several
states in behalf of favorite sobs.
Edward H. Harriman may be' a
aovice la the game of practical pol
itics, but he is no spring chicicen. His
has been a life of ceaseless activity
aiace his 21st year, aad the property
which he has amassed, to say aothiag
of the vast railroad holdings which he
has gathered together aad which he
controls through agents, being looked
upon as oae of the. great forces in the
.commercial life of today,, warrants the;
assertion that when his letter to Sid-,
aey Webster was printed, it was the
beginning of 'a concerted effort upon
the part of thbce inimical to the theo
ries and principles of Theodore Roose
velt to bring about his undoing if such
a thing be possible.
It was the begiaBiag'of a movement
lateaded primarily to encompass the
defeat of Mr. Roasevelts preferred
candidate for the presidency, William
H. Taft It was the beginning of what
those engageiMn the movement hoped
would prove fe,;bb a'far-reaehing crit
icism of the president's position re
garding the regulation of railroads.
There is no more astute politician
than Theodore Roosevelt He knows
the game both from its theoretical and
practical side and he is no coward. He
fights in the open, much like the men
of olden days did with pistol and
rapier. This was his method when he
denounced as a malicious and delib
erate "lie" Mr. Harriman's statement
that he had raised at the president's
request $200,000 for the campaign of
1904; and It was by this vigorous lan
guage of the president's that the issue
was joined.
THEWORK JS. OVER
Legislature of Nebraska Quits For
Good.
Lincoln What is conceded to be the
best legislature that has convened dur
ing the history of the state, adjourned
Saturday noon. Governor Sheldon is
almost swamped in a flood of bills
that flowed in upon him at the last mo
ment. The session set out to give the
people what had been pledged in the
republican 'platform, and it did. It
passed the 2-cent fare bill, the pri
mary bill; the railway commission bill,
the employers' liability bill, the ter
minal taxation bill, a pure food bill
embodying the official tests for dairy
products, a maximum rate bill for the
principal commodities shipped and re
ceived in this state, a maximum rate
bill for express charges and other bill3
of importance.
CAPTURED BY NICARAGUANS
Victors Practically in Possession
of
Handuran Territory:
Managua, Nicaragua Puerto Cortex,
on the north coast .of Honduras has
been occupied by Nicaraguan troops,
, according to reliable advices received
here. With the exception of the sea-
-port of Amapaja, where President Bon
Ma is surrounded by his enemies, the
revolutionists of Honduras 'in connec
tion with the. forces of Nicaragua are
In possession of practically all Hon
duran territory: "'
Takes Pride in Delivery.
Washington "It is a source of
great gratiicatiOB to me." said Rep
resentative E. H. Hinshaw, recently,
"that the rural letter carriers have re
ceived an. increase of salary, and r now
will' be paid more nearly in accordance
with the service rendered. In my
district I havo aeea the rural delivery
increase from eighty-three 'routes -to
about 250 during my term of service
In congress, and the. sauries of car
riers raised from 400, to $900 per year.
These curlers are. hard working, in
dustrious men.
Election Surprise at Odessa.
Odessa A sensation has been
caused by results of the municipal elec
tions just ended, which resulted in a
victory for the Uaioa of True Russian
People. Owt of seventy-two members
- of the town 'council, sixty-seven are
sow members of the waton. The pre
vious liberal council was regarded as
the only aafegnard agaiast anti Jewish
disorders aad the only body capable
of intercadteg--with -the -aathorities
against: the Black Handred. The Jews
are la fear of fresh outrages' if Parlia
aaeat is dissolved. . ,-
Ne Mars Labor Importations.
Hoaohda The board of immigration
has decided that farther Importation
of laborers Is' impracticable, under a
recear decision oL Aitorasy GeaeraU
.Boaaparte. Barons wm sow cemaae
A retam all the white, labor aow here.
Asks far Leave sf Absence.
Wsshiagtoa Civil Bngfaeer R. E.
Peary.'-UBlted Ststss navy, has ap
plied for aa exteastoa of leave' of ab
acace la order" to les'ume bis effort to
reach the aorta pole.. "The dash will
be attempted ia thesammer of 196.
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weirs lostFriday'by a toraado which
swept across aortloas ,of tins gal'
states.- which was traosaato for a sts
taaoe of Sat miles. Ths torsade
moved treat wast to ssst, crosstag thf
soathsra extremfUea sf Loaisiaaa aad
Mississippi sad striUas iato Alabama
for a short dteUac. Portioas sf fsw
towns wars dsvsstatsd aad dtmass
aBproxlmatiac. hsjf ;s ..asta "solars
The toraado hegaa st Alsxaadria,
Vml, sooa after 1 oclosk; Miftratsra-
iag, instaatly killiag foar persoas
there, fatally iajaria three and ae
riously injariag talrteea others. Ssoa
after daylight It Beared ths Mississippi
river killiag tvs asrsoas st Jscksoa.
1m., while at Bayou-Sara. La., at least
half a dozea others sre reported
killed. There was one fatal iajury at
Jackson.
The. toraado aext appeared at Car
son. Miss., where great property dam
age was done. Aboat boob aear Selma
Ala., the Inhabitants saw whirling
clouds rise iato thealr-aad the storm
disappeared.
Aboat tweaty homes ia Alexandria
were completely demolished, tfty were
damaged aad altogether' about 100
buildings were seriously wrecked, in
cluding severs! business houses.
Several houses were blown dowa at
Pinevilk) aad injuries were reported.
The hall did much damage to crops.
The insane asylum at Jscksoa, La.,
wss almost wholly wrecked, with a
loss of shout $200,000. 'In addition to
the three female inmates killed, many
sustained Injuries. Two negroes were
killed' ob a nearby plantation, while
reports from the surrounding country
indicate that there was probably more
loss of life among the negroes, whose
flimsy cabins quickly collapsed before
the wind.
At Bayou Sara several passengers
on the steamer Betsy, Ann had a thril
ling escape. The Betsey Ann was rep
'duced almost to a total wreck. While
the breaking timbers both from the
steamer aad from the shore flea
through the air. the crew got all the
passengers safely ashore.
CZAR TO ABDICATE
Drand
Dufcs Michael Will
Be Ap-
pointed Regent.
London The Dally Mirror claims to
be in a position to announce on tht
highest authority that the emperor o;
Russia proposes to -abdicate within t
month and that Grand Diike Michae.
will be appointed regent during the 'in
fancy, of the czarevitch. For the past
three or four weeks, the paper says
events in this direction have been pro ,
ceeding with lightning rapidity in St
Petersburg, but the secret has been
well kept ",
"Irately," says the paper, "the em
peror's mind had given way even mor?
completely of performing the smallest
duties of his rank."
F. W. HILL KNOWN IN OMAHA.
Stenographer Arrested by Harriman
Was' on- Dedication Train.
Omaha Frank W. Hill, the stenog
rapher, whb'nWbeen arrested In New"
York for having sold to the .New Yor
World the private Harriman Ietter3,
which figure so vitally in the Roose-velt-Harriman
controversy; i3 known
to many Omaha railroad and news
paper men as the urbane and ever-accommodating
secretary to Mr. Harri
man on the special Lucin-Ogden cut
off dedication train, which went from
Chicago to the eastern boundary line
of California in November, 1903.
LOSES BEQUEST OF $2,000
Court Holds Against- Iowa College of
Agriculture.
New York The appellate division
of the supreme court declared invalid
the provisions of the will of George W.
Catt as far as they relate to the Iowa
College of Agriculture vandAMecaanlc'
Arts, by, which the college loses a re
versionary interest of $26,000. The de
cision is based on the ground that the
college is not an incorporated body.
No Action on Church Merger.
Cincinnati, O. On the closing day
of' the congress of the Church of the
Disciples of Christ the proposed mer
ger with the Baptist church was taken
up. the report of the committee of ten
named at last year's congress being
the final business. This committee
was evenly divided. Its report fa
vored closer fraternalism, but it was
explained that owing to the Illness of
the chairman of the Baptlet section a
final report, was not possible.
Employ Convict Labor.
Des Moines. Ia. The house of repre
sentatives passed the McManus bill
which came from the senate, provid
ing for an act authorizing the employ
ment of convict labor In the care of
the. state's property aad for other pur
poses. Winter Wheat Looking Fine.
Utlca, Neb. The prospects of a
large winter wheat crop In this section
of the country never looked brighter.
Cant Regulate Demurrage.
Washington That the iaterstate
commerce commission is without an,
thority to prescribe rules snd regula
tion for reciprocal demurrages be
tween shippers and carriers of inter
state freight is the gist of an opiatou
rendered Friday, u by .,CbauaIssionei
Clark! The decistpa was based on the
complaiat of James B. Mason against
the Chicago, Rock Islsad A Pacific
Railway company. Mason asked for
the appointment of. receivers- of inter
state freight for all interstate roads
Smith to Succeed Watestt.
Washington The president hat
decided to appoiat George Otis Smith
of Maine to be director.of the sector
icalsurvey to succeed Charles C." Wat
cott who has beea appointed at ths
head of ths Smithsonian lastkatioB.
Two Earthsjaalcea.
Oeaeva. Switzerland' There wen
two earthquakes Friday ia the Rsoeti
koa. oa the Austro-Swiss- froatier.
They caused numerous avalaaches,aac
sections, -of forest laads were swept
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Wsrds Sasksii and Acts Psffsrwisi
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Wasaingtoa Prastdeat Roosevelt
has decided not to acoept ths iavlUr
tioa of the Illinois Maaufaeturers' as
socUtton to deliver a speech at Spriag
fleld, Rloa the railroad situatioa. He
addressed a letter Moaday to C E
Smith, president of the assodatloa.
ststiBg that It would be Impossible for
him to accept their Invitatloa. extend
ed last week, because he did aot feel
that he had anything to say st this
time In a special address on this spec
ial subject
The, .presideat has recelved-a great
number of requests for a statement
by him, or a speech to be mads by aba
ia connection with the, railway situs
tion. He has given these requests the
utmost weight and most careful con
sldersUoa. After hilly looking into
the matter the president informed his
advisers that he had come to the con
clusion that there was nothing now
which he had to say at this moment
on the railway situation; 4that he did
not deem it either wise or proper to
ssy anything with a view to any im
mediate situation In Wall street, aad
that as he should oaly give expresstoB
to the deflaite aad settled ? policy to
be carried but wholly without regard
to the exigeactes of the awmeat snd
as his views on the policy in question
were already a matter of record, it did
aot seem Becessary st-th! time tojre
peat them. '.1
" To the.differeat.men,. friendly, and
anfrfendly,-who'lA-Itivhlm or
written to him heas" answered ver
bally or.in writing that. his words.and
cts have spoken for themselves snd
seeded no explanations whatever and
that he should nbt'ln'his future. course
deviate one hair's breadth .from the
course he has pursued in the past and
was now pursuing. - "v.
' The president holds that every ex
ecutive action taken under .his ad
ministration, whether by the Depart
ment of Justice or by .the Interstate
Commerce commission has furalshecT
its own ample justification.
POSTAL TREATY AMENDED
Newspapers Sent to or From Canada
Pay a Higher-Rate.
Washington At a conference be
tween Postmaster- General Lemieux
of Canada and Postmaster General
Meyer of the United States in this
city an- agreement was reached to
amend the postal convention existing
between the two countries so far as
it affects the transmission of news
papers and periodicals, known as sec
ond class mail, matter, between the
two countries. Canada accepts the
tentative; proposal of this country that
second .class matter mailed in one
country addressed to the pother might
be subject to a rate of 1 cent for each
four ounces or fraction thereof on'
each bulk package, prepaid' by stamps
affixed.
STATE INSTITUTIONS HIT.
Senate Refused to Consider Appro
priation Bills for Lincoln.
Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln again suf
fered severely at the hands of ths
state senate. The senators refused to
reconsider the vote on the bill ap
propriating $180,000 for the state uni
versity, declined to erect a building
for the use of the orthopedic hospital
and killed a bill for $20,000 for the
state fair.
- Woman Killed by Auto.
Noneonta, N. Y. Mrs. E. S. Love
land, niece of the'' late'Collis P. Hunt
ington snd 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 wss.brokea.
Three Years For Banker.
Warsaw, Mo. Major Harvey W.
Salmon, one of the owners of the Sal
mon A- Salmon bank, which' failed at
Clinton, Ma, on June 21, 1905, with
liabilities of jr.OOO.OOO. wss found
guilty by a jury here. He was givea
three years in the penitentiary.
Woman's Defender Killed.
St Joseph, Mo. Charles A. Stanley,
a commercial traveler, was killed here
hut night by Wesley Christopher.
Christopher asssulted s young woman
in an alley and when Stanley heard
her screams he ran. to her rescue snd
wss shot In the heart Crlstopher
wss srrested.
Reversed ths Decision.
Des Moines, Is. The Iowa supreme
court reversed the decision given to
Denial Carrigg and the First National
bank of Council Bluffs against the Me
chanics' Savings bank of Providence,
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Rossis Hss a New Plan.
Berlla The Russian government
has submitted to the principal powers
confidentially a revised program of
the subjects to be discussed at the ap
proaching peace conference. Corre
spondence la this connection betweea
the Russian Foreign "eafce aad the
foreign .oSces .of -.the powers con
tinues, the object being for each aa
agreement ia advaace of commanlcat
ing with the miner governments.
Great Britala has aot formulated a
precise pun for limitation- of arma
meats and seems unwilling to do so.
Washington The acting governor
of Alaska hss sppesled to the presi
dent for troops to preserve the peace
st the Treadweil-mlBes'Is Alaska,
Where about 700 miners are. reported
to be on strike. After securing, an opaiV
Issr-troas.the judge advocate, general
of the army to the effect that noth
bbc in' the law would operate to pre
vent the use of troops in such a easel
the order has been given to the Brill
tary commander at Fort Seward to
send one, coapsay.of, troops to. Trsadr
well under commaad of a discreet of
to .Bcotect-tae.aaaUc. Bcegertj.-
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LARGE SUM OF ' MONEY RAISED
FOR THE PURPOSE.
Movement Said te Be'on Foot by Har
' riman-Rsckefcller Interests to. Cap
ture Republican Convention.
Washington It was said on author
ity at the White House Thursday that
there is ample evidence at hand .for
the claim the president holds that
there is -a movement afoot to defeat
his policies in the next congress and
in the next national convention. It is
declared that the "Hearst-Harriman-Rockefeller
combination" has already
a fund 'of $5,000,000 ,with which to
carry its campaign in opposition to
the president. It was further author
itatively said:
"They are gathering up the loose
ends, but the movement will flatten
put It is apparent in Ohio and Penn
sylvania; in fact, it extends across the
entire continent. The- scheme was
thoroughly divulged at a recent dinner
and reached the White House through
a friend of the president The scheme
of the people behind the movement is
to bhy up newspapers, public men and
others who may assist th? opponents
of the president in their work.'
It was also stateu authoritatively at
the 'White House today that part of
the plan to encompass the defeat of
the president's' -policy is the election
of state delegations to the ' national
convention from those states known to
favor the president. theseT delegations
to be instructed for President Roose
velt notwithstanding knowledge in ad
vance that the president would not be
a' candidate for renomination. Then,
according, to the statement made, upon
the president declining to be a candi
date for renomination, -as he has said
he would decline, the delegates are to
consider themselves free and are to
be switched over to some opponents of
the president and the policies for
which he is standing.
The secret of (the alleged combina
tion, it was stated at the White House,
first leaked out at a dinner in this city
attended by a number of anti-Roosevelt
republicans .a few weeks ago. A
friend of PresidenttRoosevelt who was
present at the dinner, carried the news
to the White House.
A STRIKE AVERTED.
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;Train Service Men snd Railroad Man
agers Come to Terms. .
Chicago The. differences between
the western railroads and the members
of the Order of Conductors and of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
were finally adjusted Thursday. The
men abandoned their demand for a
nine-hour work- day and the ralroad--made
an advance over their previous
propositions la'the pay of baggagemen,
flagmen and brakemen of $1.50 per
month. The original demands of the
men were for an increase of 12 per
per cent and for a working day of nine
hours: The managers offered an in
crease in pay of 10 rer cent and de
clined to grant- the nine-hour day.
One Gets a Pardon.
Des Moines, la. One life convict
wss voted a pardon by the legislature
and clemency was denied the other
twenty-two' applicants. Jasper Mason
Dallas county secured the almost
unanimous vote of the assembly. The
senate and honse voted down the reso
lution for Betsy Smith of Polk county.
The senate voted down that for Orman
McPherson of Louisa county. The
other twenty were disposed of by post
ponement Boycott on Packers Lifted.
Kansas City, Mo. The boycott
started at the stock yards here, when
certain commission merchants refused
to sell to local packers because they
purchased stock from sn independent
concern, came to an end Thursday
whan C. W. Armour, president of the
Armour Packing company, and Will
tagtoa Leavitt of Chicago, represent
ing Swift A Co., appeared at the yards
snd snnouaced that they would send
their buyers into the country if the
boycott were Bot lifted. -
Thaw Declared Sane.
New; York Harry K. Thaw oa
Thursday was declared sane by the
unanimous report of the commission to
luaacy appottfrd to Inquire into his
present mental condition. The mo
ment the decision was handed down
from Justice Fitzgerald's desk; District
Attorney Jerome was on his feet vig
orously protestiBg against: Its confirma
tion by the coart HedeclaredJie had
beea excluded from the last. session
of the commission snd demanded to
he allowed to. have access, to the min-
ami -neausi aprie- auics.
M&m&sM&i
M IIOTIK OF MIL HMfhWII
WHY
HE WANTED MR. DEPEW
SENT ABROAD.
Railroad Magnate Had in View ths
Warming ef a Seat in he United v
Stats Senate.
Washington The following state
ment wagjgiven out at the White
House Wednesday:
"The real reasoa for Mr. E. H. Har
riman's interest in the election of the
state ticket In New York in 1904. ref
erence to which was made In the com
munication which passed between him
and and the president, was that he de
sired to advance his own ambitions.
It- is asserted that Mr. Harriman
wanted the position of senator, now
filled by Mr. Depew, and that this was
the reason why he was anxious to
have him appointed ambassador to
Paris. The inference was that if Sen
ator Depew could be induced to go to
Paris that Governor Higgins was pre
pared 'to appoint him to the vacancy.
President Roosevelt discussed with
a number of nis callers various
features of the controversy between
Mr. Harriman and himself growing out
of the publication of the letters be
tween them. He desired not to be
quoted, however.
To his friends the president made
it plain that his version of Mr. Harri
man 's visit. preceding the election of
1904 was that Mr. Harriman wanted
assistance from the national republi
can committee to help Chairman
Odell in the New York state cam
paign, toward whose expenses he (Har
riman) had raised $100,000. The pres
ident promised to communicate with
Messrs. Cortelyou and Bliss to see
what could be done. He did in this
case, he declared, just what he had
done in other instances where he had
been appealed to to help in state cam
paigns. To some of his visitors the presi
dent referred to the statement made
public Tuesday night by Judge Alton
B. Parker in Albany, in which he said
that it has never been denied that
$150,000 was turned over by the
Equitable, Mutual and New York life
Insurance companies to Mr. Cortel
you's committee, and that congress
has refused to make an investigation
into the corporate contributions of
1904 or to pass a law prohibiting such
contributions in the future. On this
subject the president referred to a
statement which he made on Novem
ber. 4. 1904, in which he said. In part:
. "That contributions have been made
to the republican committee, as con
tributions have been made to the dem
ocratic committee, is not the question
it issue. Mr. Parker's assertion is in
effect that such contributions have
bean made for improper motives,
either in consequence of threats or In
consequence of. Improper promises, di
rect or indirect, on the part of their
recipients But there Is net
one particle of truth in the statement"
Beer Famine Threatened.
Pittsburg. Pa. Pittsburg Is threat
ened with a beer famine as the result
of the strike of 1.500 workers employed
by the twenty-four breweries in this
city. The Pittsburg. Brewing company
and the Independent Brewing com
pany are completely tied up.
Beemsr is Reappointed.
Lincoln, Neb. Governor Sheldon
has appointed Allen D. Beemer for
warden at the State penitentiary for
the next two years.
- Stickney Writes President
-Washington The president has re
ceived communications from Presi
dent A. B. Stickney of the Chicago
Great Western, James Speyer of the
banking firm of James Speyer A Co.
of New York and Frederick Whitrldge,
a New York lawyer, all of them hear
ing on the railroad questions which
he thought might be of value to the
president in the consideration of any
legislation he may desire to recom
mend to congress for the regulatioa of
railways.
Walsh Trial in October.
Chicago, HI. John R. Walsh, former
president of the Chicago National
bank, now under indictment under
charges of misapplying funds of the
bank, was arraigned in the federal
court He pleaded not guilty, aad the
trial was set for October 15.
Government Buys Silver.
Washington The treasury depart
ment purchased 200.000 ounces of sil
ver at 5.223 cents per fine ounce,
100.000 ounces to be delivered at San
Francisco and 100,000 at New Orleans.
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Webster ef New York, la the
fart of December. IMS. ha Mr.
rlsMa's letter the atatssaoat la
that st the request of
vett he (Harrlmaa)
as a tasd,of$ff.ft to be,
carrying; New York forth
party. The statemeet the
fal BBtruth by right It
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ugly word. I
Mr. Harriman to raise
the presldeatial csmpsigB eC-lSM.'
The BresMeat's denial was
ia a brief statement aad copies ef let
ters written to Representative Sher
man of New .York. The letters sre
dated October S sad October 12. 19tf.
respectively.
The presidest after faralshtat; the
letters to the press, dictated the fc
lowiag statement:
. "After writlag these letters to Css
gressmaa Sherman the president was
assured that Mr. Harrhaaa had net
made the statemeats which Mr. Sher
credited aim with makisg. 'Ia-
uch as the same statemeata sp-
pear. ia the major -part, ia the letter
of Mr. Harriaua, new published, the
president deems R proper that the let
ters he seat Coagressmaa Saermaa
last October shall bow themselves be
made public
la the first letter reference is made
to a conversation betweea Mr. Harri
man aad Mr. Sherman, which was re
peated to the president. 1b which Mr.
Harrimsn is said to have given aa a
reasoa for Iris personal dislike ef the
president, partly the letter's deter
mlaatioa to have the railroads saaer
vlsed sad partly the alleged fact that
after promising Mr. Harriman to aa
poiat Seaator Depew ambassador to
Fraace, he. the president fsiled to do
it Itappears from the conversation re
peated to the president that Mr. Sher
man had gone to Mr. Harriman to ask
him for a coatrlbutlDa for the cam
paign. The presideBt says Cist Harrimsn
slso urged him to promise to make Mr.
Depew ambassador because this would
help Goveraor Odell by pleasmg cer
tain big financial interests. The pres
ident said he informed Mr. Harriman
that he 'did not believe it would be
possible to appoiat Mr. Depew.
MR. BUSSE CARRIES CHICAGO
Republican Candidate for Mayer Elect
ed by About Thirteen Thousand.
Chicago Chicago's postmaster,
Frederick A. Busse, the republican
candidate, was elected mayor of the
city Teusday, having a plurality of
13,121 votes over Mayor Edward' F.
Dunne. The total number of votes
cast for Mr. Busse were 164339 and
for Mr. Dunne 151,718. The prohibi
tion candidate polled 5,875 votes and
the socialist 13,459. Two years ago
when Mayor Dunne was elected to of
fice he polled 163.109 votes and John
M. Harlan, the republican candidate,
138.671. Busse's plurality is 13,121.
The socialist vote the same year was
over 40,000, and today's vote was a
great disappointment to the leaders of
that party.
The -new mayor will have the city
council with him, but it is very close,
as the make-up of this body; shows
thirty-five republicans, thirty-four dem
ocrats and one independent democrat
San Francisco in Darkness.
San Francisco The destruction of
the electric light and power house of
the San Francisco Gas and Electric
company plunged almost the entire
city into darkness, resulting in the in
juring of five firemen, at least one ef
whom will die. and caused a loss
estimated at $2,500,000.
Ultimatum to Conductors.
Chicago Commissioners Kaapp sad
Neill were in conference until mid
night Teusday with the general man
agers and it was said after the meet
ing ended that the railway officials had
issued an uhlmatum to the men which
was to be final. The nature of this
proposition could not be learned.
Humphrey Is Reappointed.
Washington The president has re
appointed Brigadier General Charles
F. Humphrey as quartermaster general
to succeed himself on the expiration
of his present term.
Homeetatce Mine Cli
Lead, S. D. The Homestake com
pany closed the underground work
ings Tuesday. Chemist Clark reports 17
per cent carbonic add gas in the leveb
and light will not burn. Dead horse
are being brought from the Elllsor
hoist.
Goethais Succeede Shents.
New York At the meeting of the
Panama Railroad and Steamship com
pany Major G. W. Goethais, U. S. A.,
chairman of the isthmain caaal com
mission, was elected president of the
company, vice Theodore P. Shoats, re
signed. Two-Cent Fare in Minnesota.
St Paul Both houses of the legis
lature today adopted the 2-cent pas
senger fare bill formulated by the
joint committee which had been ap
pointed to receive the compromise
proposed on behalf of the railroads.
The compromise did. aot come up to,
the expectatioBs of the legislators aad
as a result it was decided to recom
mend the passage of the bill makiag
a flat rate of 2 cents per mile for pas
senger service throughout the state.
The bill aew goes to the goveraor for
his action.
Expositien President Dies.
At Untie City, N. J. H. W. Goose of
Portland, Ore., who was president of
the Lewis snd Clarke exposition, died
st a hotel of Blight's disesse sad
pneumonia.
Chinese Officers Coming.
Ssa Francisco-On the steamer Si
beria, due here aboat May 3, are a
number of Chinese military omcers,
who have been detailed by their gov
ernment to attend the Jamestown ex
position for the purpose of studylag
military aad naval affairs.
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Nebraska, has bee secared t
doffvtr the eratle at Whmer on Me
morial day.
At SterHng. careful examination t
fruR hade reveals the aleaeiag fact
am of the Irak has been hv
by the recent severe frost.
The body ef Robert Remaas. a rf,l
employe, who has made his Bosn
ia Blair far flftee years, was areaghr
from Cheyenne, where he died, of
spotted fever.
John F. Maheaey has asM 44 acrea
of land la the western part ef Otoe
county for fS.fe. This Is the largest
land sale made I the canty withi
the past thirty days.
Fire ia the roof ef the West school
bullets. FreasenL was extasgaJshed
wtth little trouble an the damage win
not exceed $6. The chH-ara marched
oat of the satidaag wMhaat mach ex
citement. Rev. Albert B. Richer, farmer paster
of the First Congiagsllmial church,
Aurora, departed for IbbbmbboHs. lad.,
where he will have has headguarteT
aa 'saperiateBdent ef the Coagrega
tioaal heme mlseieaary society for la-
While Myer HanseL a farmer liviag
north of Friend, was attesidaig church
Suaday his residence waa broken iato
aad thoroughly ransacked. About S3
la cash, two salts ef clothes, a salt
aad some other articles were takes.
It waa soon discovered that the prob
able thieves were aiding ia. some
bashes ia his pasture. . They were, ar
rested. While playiag about the house the
little child of Mr. aad Mrs. Silas
areckearidge of Plattsmoata fell aad
struck oae eye agalast a Bail which
had beea driven tttroagh. a hoard. The
oftiid was takea to Omaha, but, physi
cians could give but little eacourago
meat hi saving the sight of the wound
ed member.
The Beatrice Commercial club is
considering the advisability of asking
the city council to remove the occupa
tion tax from insurance companies
doing business ia the city. A proposi
tion was recently submitted to the
club by the insurance companies offer
ing to deduct Ave per cent off the in
surance rate in the city providing
the tax Is removed.
The story has gone ont that tfto
JohBsoa County Fair association has
'decided definitely to participate in the
Nebraska Driving association's circuit
this year. When approached upon the
subject. Secretary Charles Wilson of
the local association "said it had 'not
yet been determiacd by the oalcers of
the fair whether or aot Tecumseh
would be ia the race circuit.
Miss Sarah Riechers of Humboldt
had a narrow escape from death by
poisoning' while sewing at the home
of Mrs. J. B. Buell. In mistake tor a
medicine which she was taking she
got hold of a bottle containing tincture
of belladonna, and swallowed a spoon
ful of the mixture. Only prompt and
effcient medical attention prevented
the dose from proving fatal.
In the new stone quarry which was
opened at Nehawka a freak of nature
was discovered which will probably
aever be witnessed again by' any of
the inhabitants of that viciaity. It is
an old oak and a cherry tree growing
from the same stump. They are per
fectly fused together and to all pur
poses grew from the same root. It
Is a matter of considerable specula
tion how two of these trees, thst are
so differeat ia habits, came to be
linked together.
A meetiag of the board ef health of
Grand Island waa called to take actio
upon the recurring Importations of
smallpox. A few weeks age the first
esse made its appearance. A laborer
srrived o an early meraiag trala from
the northwest, where the BurMagton is
having considerable eoneHotUe ork
dose. He walked through the entire
city, the stage of the disease beiag
that in which it is meet ceatagMus
aad called at the SL Francie hospital
which can take no contagious diseases.
Nebraska City has several bright
6tars on the theratrical stage sad the
IndlcatloBs are that it will sooa have
another sad one that will perhaps
shine brighter thaa the ethers. Miss
Sue Aadreasen wss bora there, grad
uated la the high school aad some
two years ago west te 'Chicago to
study for the stage. The college she
attends selects two stadeats by com
petition to be aa understudy with one
of the leading theatrical companies.
Out of a class of forty-eight Miss An
dreasea was first chosen.
H. R. No. 220, the Kaowles mileage
book bill, was passed, by the senate.
The measure provides that the rail
roads shall sell l.aae-arile mileage
books for $20, good in the hands of 'ths
bearer snd for sny Bomber of persons.
Dr. aad Mrs. RandaRy. physleiaa aad
matroa of the. Bolsters' heme. Graai
Island, will leave for the sootaiaster
part of the state for a tie, with rela
tives sad will thence go te Jalesburg.
vote., waere taey will aaske their
home. Dr. Dunyaa. of the souther
part ef the state succeeds Dr. Ran-,
dally.
Some of the experts a fruit culture
stats that the recent freeze did not
kill all or the peach bads, not if aoth
iag happens from now oa the crop will
amount to sometlriag like 2e per ceat
of drat Indication.
According to the report of the coaa
ty recorder of Otee,eouty .there were
forty-eight mortgages, He ekrhkg the
swath of March to the raise ef 16
2Se and sixty-five rrlsMOd whose value
wss $15v.218.29. Oa tow aad village
property nine filed whose value was
$6,069, aad sixteea released of the
raise of $12,529.56.
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