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-; y YK:"jr? &&m gSJPS . , ?: r V X'TS? W,.t"i. $ jv - w .''' 1 .. fi tA;4i. ' llvfln c -n- -. ,-il. feGS32ESi J- i&l- fe h 4? - r k l! - I? f IV 1- 1 14, L F . 1 B&F JfiSd- 3W CMIIGMIES A g-t .Tl f V UNCLE SAM. PAYING TOO' MUCH C . FOR THE WORK. FBIifS ROM HOHIJU. REPORT j 4 Profits Suggest Desirability of ! Equipping Lintes With Elec- ' trie Lighted Cars. ' - " WaBhingtotf-rAccording to data taken 'from the report of the pcst anaster general for 1805, the govern ment that Tear paid the New York Central "and the lake Shore railroads $67.40 per ton for hauling the mail be tween New York and Chicago. The ex press rate on matter similar to mail matter between these two points is $50 per ton. The railroads haul the bus iness of the express companies for one-half, or less, of the total charges. Tubs' the railroad got-$C7.40 per ton for .carrying the mail, and $25 per ton for-hauling express. la that year the Chicago North western, railway handled 23.307,076 poinds of mail on its route between Chicago and Omaha, a distance of 489 miles!' For this service it received $447,701, of which $99,395 was rentals for postal cars. This made the mail rate between these two points $38.60 per ton. The express rate on matter similar to mail matter -between these two points was' $40. Of this the rail road got one-half or less. Thus the government paid the Chicago North western $38.6Q per, ton for service sim ilar to that it rendered the express companies for $20 per ton. During the same year the govern ment paid the Erie railroad $228,508 for carrying 8,938,850' pounds of mail between New York and Dunkirk, in cluding $53,156 paid, for rental of pos tal, cars.a This made the service cost the government $49.60 per tonf The express company charged the public $30 per ton for carrying' express of a similar nature. Of this the railroad got one-half, or less. Thus the Tail road rendered a service to the govern ment for which it got $49.60 per ton, while it got only $15 per ton for ren dering a similar service to.the express company. t i These comparisons are fairly repre sentative of what is going on all over the United States. The profits are pretty generally- conceded, to be suffi cient to require the railroads to equip their lines -with modern all-steel, elec tric lighted, postal cars, like the one recently turned out of the Omaha shops of the Union Pacific THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. -5 '. " - Fully' 80 Psr Cent Will Be Finished bjr --- Opening Day. Norfolk. Va. Despite the energetic effortsi of officials and workmen the Jamestown ter-ccntennial exposition will be opened this week unready. Many of ,the structures' that are to house domestic and, foreign commer cial exhibits and shelter the achieve ments or theindustrial arts are in complete. Yet the sum of what has been done, as compared with unfin ished work, forms' a satisfactory re suit. u In the beauty of the "water show, with its amazing gathering of foreign fleets, representing the most formid: able types of naval fighting machines of nearly every power in the" world, and in the opening program President Roosevelt in the leading role, with dip lomatic, military, and naval representa tives cf groat and small foreign na tions participating, the public will have its recompense. The grounds and buildings at the exposition are about SO per cent finished. CONGRESSMEN TO HONOLULU. Party Makes the Start from Chicago on'26th of April. . Washington The congressional party to visit Hawaii oa the invitation' of the territorial legislature will as semble at Chicago on April 26. The members will go to San Francisco in a special sleeper attached to the 'Over land Limited and will' sail on the transport Buford April 30. The"Bu- ford is- going to Shanghai with famine relief supplies for the Chinese, and the war department has permitted the members of congress tp.be taken out oa it as far as Honolulu. ' Heociers for Fairbanks. , tafayetet. Ind. At a meeting of the republican editors of the Tenth In diana congressional district resolu tions were adopted unsnioously, in dorsing Vice-President Charles W". Fairbanks for the republican presiden tial nomination. New Rul at White House. Washington Secretary Loeb an nounced that hereafter newspaper men will not be allowed to-congregate ia the white iioase grounds after night fall, or to go to the door of the white house in search ot information. ' Swipes $50,000 Bonds. Now York; W. 6. Douglasf, loan clerk of the TrustjCompany of Amer ica, was .arraigned In poDce court and remanded without- ball on the charge of taking from the company - $50,000 ia jKMds. He- was arrested on the complaint of. Oakleigh Thome, presi dent of -the Trust company, who dis covered the loss of the 'bonds. Mr. Thome says Douglas admits taking thet bonds and also told where they were. He also made' not attempt to dispose cf them and that he did not know why he took them. . J-Ttf'Btudy'on Jmmigratien. Waehistn-An exhaustive invest!--atkm,Into all phases of immigration; as it affects the United States, is about to be Begun by a national com saissibn; x The commission win -meet" at onceto'perfect its organization and te discuss plans for its-work. Vice Gevernerssas3!nated. Russia The ce dead .tftnvi streets neve AVsasay.. His as- .-, , - -v -m. 'J CONyiCT THREE MEN i Pronounced "Gtflty'ef Defrauding the 7 Omaha "Guilty as' charged in the .indlrtaumCOa the verdict of the jury in 'the case of the United States i against Thomas M. Huntington, Fred Hort and Ami B. Todd.' who have, i K.m.- d-dtml -eVw d-fk teim sJavoii jfmva r -tefcas-sr jr. csl end possession of' about '350,000 acre3 of land in Sheridan and Cherry, counties, ftebraeka by means of false, fraudulent 'and fictitious entries and for subornation of c perjury. A mo tion for a now trial was -made.. ' The trial of the case before 'Judge T. C. Hunger was almost identical with that, of the case against BarUett Richards, Will G. Comstock, Charles j. Jameson ana Aquui inpieu, uu were convicted In the'' former trial, lasting thirty days, before. Judge W. H. Munger. , , The present trial began April 8 and -. Iflui.Jl 1L& - in n nil 1a fanilant nmalr Thnmls If Wnnt- ! ington, Fred Hoyt Ami B. Todd and James K.-Reid. It was shown, how-, ever, at the outset of the trial there was scarcely sufficient evidence to Im plicate James K. Reld in the matter and his name was eliminated in the present trial. Huntington, Todd and Hoyt being the only defendants.' It was also agreed between counsel that the trial should be had, only on thirty three of the thirty-eight counts f the indictment as the five eliminated counts were such as to preclude proof being given regarding them. These were,' however, immaterial as the same general charges were Implied, in the remaining thirty-three counts, and the government asked a .conviction1 only on these thirty-three counts, and a verdict of guilty was returned on each of them as to each defendant The eliminated counts were the eleventh, twenty-third, twenty-eighth,' thirty-sixth and thirty-eighth. . When the jury came in all the de fendants with their attorneys were present When the verdict had been announced Mr. Guriey. of counsel for the defense, asked that the jury be polled,- and each said this was their verdict. Mr. Guriey, at once gave notice that he would file a motion for a new trial for each of me defendants. Under the rales, of the federal court the defend: ants will be given ten days in which to file a motion for a new trial and a bill of exceptions, and they will re main under their old bond until this motion is dispose! of, which is $5,000 in each instance. CATASTROPHE IN PHILIPPINES. Iloilo, jsland of Panay, Destroyed bj Fire. Manila The 'town of Iloilo was to tally destroyed by fire Friday morning, and 20,000 people rendered homeless. The fire has passed beyond control' of .the civil and military authorities. The damage has not been estimated. Only meager reports have so far been re ceived here, as telegraphic communi cation is effected. Iloilo is the capital of the eland of Panay, located on the east coast AFFECTS 160.C09. EMPLOYES. ! Hand Window Glass Plants at Pitts burg Shut Down. Pittsburg, Pa. The fires ' in hand window glass plants under nearly 1, 400 pots will be drawn Saturday as the result of a decision of the manu facturers to close for the season. Be tween 159,000 and 160,000 employes will be affected. The closing "down of the plants two months ahead of the usual date, It is said, is to Keep down stocks. PEACE FOR CENTRAL AMERICA. Nicaragua and Salvador Reach Terms for Ending the War. Washington A teriatlve agreement for peace, has been arranged between Nicaragua and Salvador, which prob ablyy will end the Central American war. Orders have been issued for the withdrawal of all Nicaraguan troops from Honduras and the peace negotia-' tion3 are proceeding. Adverse to Dowle Estate. , Springfield, 111. The supreme court on Friday handed down an opinion ad verse to the estate of John Alexander Dowie jin the Sutton will case. This was a case where Frederick Sutton,, who was a native of New Zealand, be-, came a convert to Dowieism and left' an estate of $54,000 to Dowie. It was; contended by Sutton's. heirs that the. testator was unsound in mind and had been unduly influenced. The supreme court sustains the findings of the low er courts in favor of the Sutton heirs. Suits ta Recover Land. Boise, Idaho The government has filed a suit, in the United States cir cuit court against the Barber Lumber company to set aside 215 patents. In volving 40.000 acres of timber land in Boise county, worth over $1,000,000. Fraud in securing title to the lands is alleged. Swettenham Incident Public London A white paper Issued gives verbatim the letters of Admiral Davis and Governor Swettenham concerning the embaras8ing Kingston incident and also the cabled comment of the colonial secretary. Lord Elgin. The latter notified the governor January 22 that "if such a letter is correctly attributed to jou I must observe that both in tone and expression it Is im proper and especially unbecoming to Ills majesty's service in addressing an officer of a friendly power eagaged on an errand of mercy." To Honor General Booth. Tokio The emperor of Japan has joined! in the popular welcome to Gem--1 era! Booth of the Salvation army aad will receivethe general In special au dience." BankrPresldtmVis Guilty. .Chicago -r Former. Judge. Abner Smith; president, rf tlwdefsa BesJc1 of America; Gustave Sorrow, its cashv Jer, and JohaV.;JMerce.,Karvie jrejh ident. were found guilty by a jary. of conspiracy to wreck the bank. A PKE 11 ffiOCO SOUTHERN HALF OP THE REPUI l LIC BADLY SHAKEN. TWOTOmS ARE KSTR8TED Chltpanclngo, Imputation 7,i4Sf Ruined and Eleven Parsons Killed and Twenty-seven Injured. Chilpancingo, Mexico This city has been completely destroyed by an earth Q'Skke. The known -dead number eleven and the badly, injured twenty seven. The greatest panic prevails and people are fleeing to the open country. The earth continues to rock at half hour intervals and minor shocks are completing the work of de struction. Word has raeched here that the town of Chllapa, forty kilometers to rthe .north-eastward, has also been de stroyed. No details have been re ceived as to the number of the dead and injured. The population of Chil pancingo is 7,498 and until the panic into which the citizens have been thrown abates it will be impossible to stale the number of casuallties. The population of Chllapa is 1,600. No word has been received from Tixtla, and it Is feared it also has been de stroyed. According to the movement of the earthquake Tixtla would be in its direct line. The following message was sent to the federal telegraph office in Mexico City from Chllapa: "Our boys are wonting In a public garden. A terrible panic prevails as the earth continues to tremble at reg ular intervals. 8end us tents that we may establish an office out in the country." j All communication with the west coast has been cut oft since the mo ment of the first big shock, and it is not known to what 'extent that region suffered. The nearest large town, Acapulco, 131 kilometers to the south west of this place, nas not been heard from. Both the volcanos of Collma and Jorullo are In this region. The earth quake, it is feared, may cause these mountains to become more active and. to destroy much property and many lives. Shock Felt in New York. Albany, N. Y. The strongest and longest earthquake shock recorded on the seimograph at the state mu seum here since the instrument was installed began at 1:14 a. m. Monday and continued more than two hours. The record Is much more pronounced than that made by the San Francisco earthquake of last year. The maxi mum vibration was so severe as to swing the pendulum' clear off the re cording cylinder. PRIMARY LAW TO BE TESTED. Former Senator Allen Says He Will Take It Into the Courts. Lincoln, Neb. The statewide pri mary election law enacted by the last legislature is to be tested in the courts even before the people ot the state have an opportunity to try it Former United States Senator W. V. Allen himself, if no other, said he intended to attack the constitutionality of tho act during the summer previous to the primary. Senator Allen holds the law Is unconstitutional because It pro vides a person must tell his party affiliation before voting at a primary, and other points, he said, are radically in opposition to the constitution. Cleveland Speaks of Eckels. Princeton, N. J. Former President Cleveland was deeply touched when ho learned of the death of Mr. Eckels. He said: "I was closely related to Mr. Eckels and his death comes to me with a peculiar shock. In impor tant work I learned to know that he Intelligently and industriously devoted himself and I learned to know and ap preciate his rare qualities. These in cidents have personal touch with my deceased friend and cause me to mourn his death as a great personal sorrow." D. M. DELMAS' FEE S25.000. First Open Indication of Rupture Be tween Thaw's Lawyers. New York D. M. Delmas on Tues day received $10,000 from the Thaw family, and with .the payment came the announcement that his fee, which had been estimated variously from $50,000 to $100,000, was $25,000. Two-Cent Passenger Law. Lansing, Mich. The two cent, rail road fare bill recently passed by the senate was passed by the house Thurs day with only one dissenting vote. Tho bill allows upper peninsula roads and those roads of the lower peninsula which earn less than $1,200 per mile per year from passenger trains to charge three cents per mile, but all other roads are required to charge only two cents. , Lieutenant ia in Trouble. Seattle, Wash. A dispatch to tho Post-Intelligencer from Port Town send, Wash., says that Lieutenant Her bert Millar of the coast artillery, at tached to the Fort Flagler garrison, will be tried by court-martial, which will convene in a few days. Lieuten ant Millar is a nephew of James A. Garfield, one of 'the presidents of tho United States who wasjussassinated, and a son of a wealthy steel operator of Harrisburg,-.-Pa.. Hey Uncharged with -conduct nabeconligcan i officer and a gentleman. v - New Japanese Battleship; N Kure. , Japan--The battleship Aid as launched .here. It is saldjthat it will be7 fitted with, tarbiaeVengipes. The Aid ia of 19.000 tons "and will carry four 12-Inea, twelve 10inch and twelve AJt4juX" Crop Outleek; Omaha The' BerfogtodV-sort 'and crop -report for the-Wyomlng drrleion skowal&e wheat-acreage ceuMderaely tacreeaed over laat year, the fal wheat starting nicely. 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This was the subject of an investigation by the com mission prior to June 25, 1904, on which datethe opinion of the commis sion was announced. Subse quently in' July, 1906, the pro ceeding was reopened upon the pe tition of railroads interested in the grain' traffic tributary to Council tBluffs and Kansas City, and much additional testimony was taken up on which, as well as upon the original record, the whole matter has been fully reheard and the commission's present decision is based. The decision prepared by Commissioner Harlan Is as follows: Elevation is defined as unloading grain from cars or grain carrying ves sels intb a gram elevator and loading it out again after a period of not to exceed ten days; it does not include "treatment" or grading, cleaning, and clipping of grain; and retention in an elevator beyond ten days Lecomes storage and is not a part of the ser vice of elevation as that word is used in the statute. The law clearly recognizes elevation as a iaciuiy wnica ine carrier may provide, and this authorizes the carrier to grant grain elevation at destination or while the traffic is in transit, subject only to the restriction imposed by the act that elevation, like any other ser vice offered by the carriers or ship pers," must be open to all on equal rea sonable terms. Since a carrier subject to the act to regulate commerce Is entitled to pro vide elevation for grain shipments, such carrier may either construct and operate the elevator itself or furnish elevation by arrangement with the owner of an elevator, and the amount of compensation paid by the carrier ta the owner of an elevator rendering the service is of no concern to shippers or to other carriers, unless it operates to affect the rates charged by thenar rier upon the grain traffic or by seme device a portion of the allowance is re tained to shippers and thus becomes a rebate. An allowance made to a shipper of grain who furnishes elevation service under an agreement with a carrier is a rebate and an unlawful discrimina tion when it involves a profit over and above the actual cost to such shipper of the service rendered. It is not a rebate when the allowance does not exceed the actual cost. The commission orders that the al lowance bythe Union Pacific Railroad company to the Peavey elevators shall be reduced and shall not exceed of a cent per 100 pounds, such order tak ing effect on Juno 1, 1907. PRESIDENT ASKED. TO RETRACT. Seattle Labor Council Thinks He is Prejudiced. Seattle, Wash. The Seattle Central Labor council passed resolutions scor ing President Roosevelt's action In re ferring to E. H. Harriman as undesir able citizen as Mover, Haywood or Debs. The resolutions criticize the president for prejudging the alleged murderers of ex-Governor Steunenberg of Idaho before they have been tried and for denying them the rights of Americaa citizens to be presumed in nocent until proved guilty. African Church Matters. Washington African board of the Episcopal church Is holding its ses sion here, with delegates present from many of the large cities. The annual report of Financial Secretary Lampton, which has been submitted to the board, shows receipts for the last year of $161,293, cf which $74,195 had been retained for salaries of bish ops, general officers and general church purposes, $12,903 disbursed for education; $16,129 for turch exten sion and $58,065 for widows, orphans and indigent preachers. .Train Kills Five Austrians. Denison On Thursday, the fast roan on the Illinois Central, running from Fort Dodge to Omaha, ran down a hand car near Ella, twelve miles north of here, killing instantly five Austrians, part of a surfacing gang for the road. Dr. Oliver Haugh' Executed. Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Oliver Crook Haugh ef Dayton. O., convicted of the murder of Ids father, mother aad brother on the night of November 4, lffwss "electrocuted la4he annex at tan Onto. penitentiary. II CHWPHIfiH OF DECEPTION AN INDULGENCE, THAT THE SEC RETARY DOES NOT APPROVE. Food and Drug Manufacturers Impos ing Upon the Public Be yond Endurance. Washington "If this outrageous misrepresentation does not cease the department win publish a list bearing the names of manufacturers indulging in this campaign of deception." secretary Wilson or tnc department of agriculture made this remark in an authorized statement regarding the fact th'at there had come to his knowl edge Information that a number of manufacturers of foods and drugs were freely advertising that the United States government was guar anteeing their products. The secre tary said that the serial number and guarantees by the pure food and drug ace to be placed on food and drug pro ducts were being used by these manu facturers for this purpose. "The serial number," said Secretary Wilson, "is assigned to fix the respon sibility where it belongs upon the manufacturers and to protect inno cent dealers who have a right under the law to rely upon this guarantee. It is the guarantee of the manufac turer, not the government" The secretary declared every effort would be made by the department to put a stop to these statements. "I will do a little advertising myself," he said, "in behalf of the people. I am growing tired of seeing these untruth ful statements on the advertising pages of magazines, the walls of the New York subway and the advertising space of the street cara of the princi pal cities. Manufacturers who will deceive the public about the guaran tee will lie about the quality cf their product." He added that the law would be administered fairly and that no hon est manufacturer need fear that the department will take "snap judgment" on him or harrass him in any way." SECRETARY TAFT AT PONCE Head of War Department Talks to Porto Ricans. Ponce, P. R. Secretary Taft and his party, Governor Winthrop and the insular officials accompanying them have arrived here. A banquet in honor of the secretary was given by the city. The speech of welcome was delivered by Augusto Gautier, president of the city council. Senar Gautier compli mented Governor Winthrop on the ex cellent work done during bis tenure of office. Secretary Taft spoke at length. Harry Thaw Says He Is III. New York Harry K. Thaw informed the keeper in the Tombs prison that he was ill when A: Russell Peabody of his counsel called at the prison Wednesday. Thaw was still in bed. but on being informed th?.t he could not confer with Mr. Peabody in his cell, he went to the conference room and consulted with Mr. Peabody for two hours. France for Small Armamnent Paris The announcement of the withdrawal of Italy's compromise prop osition in the matter of a discussion of the limitation of armaments at The Hague peace conference owing to Aus tria's and Germany's decided attitude in opposition to it was ni2fle public here. It does not greatly affect France's position relative to the limi tation of armaments. Russian Judge Removed. St. Petersburg. Judge Arnold, president of the Moscow supreme court who some time ago sentenced for excesses several of the reactionists of the Kostroma district, has resigned at the request of M. Chtchogloviloff, the minister of justice. The liberal press contrasts the minister's action in this case with his speeoh in the lower house of Parliament, April 12, advocating an independent Russian judiciary. Judge Arnold, who is a sen ator Is an, outspoken opponent of drumhead court-martial. Bonilla Ordered Away. Washington The navy department is informed thatthe gunboat Prince ton left Ampala' on Saturday with President Bonilla of Honduras aboard. It was stated that President Bonilla would be landed at Sallna Cruz, Mexico. John P. Dunning is Dead. Philadelphia John P. Dunning, well known in newspaper circles through out the country.' died Wednesday in a hospital here of tumor en the brain. He was 44 years' of age. PUBLICITY WANTED. the New York A resolution Intended to secure the publication of the contri butions made to the republican aad democratic committees nt the last can vass was offered at a special meeting; Tuesday ot the National Publicity Law organization. It caused the members to engage la a lively discussion. The meeting had been called by President Perry Belmont to further the move ment for an effective national publicity law which would require a public rec ord of campaign contributions and ex penditures. The resolution, "which was offered by Alexander Troup of Con necticut of toe democratic national committee, recommended the chair men aad treasurers of the two great parties who served at the last con vention to make public a statement as to how tho campaign funds were raised. The attitude of President Roosevelt on campaign funds was brought Into the question by Mr. Troup's insistence that the president should favor the throwing open of the books of the last campaign as well as those of the coming national contest The memorial was referred to the national executive committee. which will report later. William J. Bryan urged the passage of a law by congress providing for a public declaration both by the donor and the recipient of all campaign funds. He wanted violations of this law punishable as criminal offenses. By this means alone, he held, could the secret contributions given for a sinister purpose be stamped out and a great hindrance to honest politics be overthrown. Other speakers were Samuel Gompers, the president of the American Federation of Labor, and Governor Warfleld of Maryland. Mr. Belmont after pointing out that the publicity law or' the state of New York was brought about by the conv blned efforts of organized labor, denu crats and republicans, and that this law already had proved beneficial, urged united and nonpartisan effort to secure a national law. In a brief speech Mr. Brran told I what he thought the national publicity ; law should be. He said that all con tributions over the minimum should be made public before the elections, both by the committee receiving it and by the person or corporation mak ing it Failure to comply with this, he said, should be punished as a penal offense. SHORT COINS FROM THE MINT Twenty Dollar Gotd Pieces Made in Denver Are Fve Cents Shy. Denver, Colo. Department heads of the United States mint in this city and three government agents connec; ted with the mint headquarters began checking up the coinage of the mint and making the annual settlements, several weeks in advance of the usual time for the settlements. This action. following the government report that the gold coins from tho Denver mint have been found to be under alue in fineness of gold. . The goverament report states that the coins ere found to be under fine to the extent of 5 cents on every $20 gold piece. EXPRESS OFFICE ROEBED Clerk Forced to Open the Safe, De- livers $25,000. fe St. Paul, Minn. A bandit held up tho Northern Partfic Express com pany's union dspot offlce and com pelled the cierk to open the safe and give him a package containing 525,000. At 10.30, night, an -accomplice of the robber called at the office and induced one of the clerks to step outside. Fred Zimmerman, the other clerk, soon afterward found himself con fronted by a masked robber who pointed a pistol at his head and made him hand over the safe's contents. RUNS UP WHITE FLAG Honduran Gunboat Surrenders te Nicaraguans. Puerto Cortex Via New Orleans Honduras' only war vessel, the gun boat La Tumbla steamed Into this harbor Monday flying the American flag. The Stars and Stripes were quick ly succeeded by a white flag, which the La Tumbla run up in token of sur render to the Nicaraguan gunboat San Jacinto, which had steamed ont to meet the Honduran gunboat ANTI-FUSION BILL VETOED. Governor Holds that Measure Violates the State Constitution. Denvei? Governor Buchtel vetoed the anti-fusion bill passed by the last general assembly, which made it un lawful for the name of any candidate to be placed upon the official ballot as the nominee of more than one polit ical party. The governor holds that the bill is a violation of the const!-, tution. President's Cousin Dead. Washington George W. Roosevelt, a cousin of President Roosevelt died at Brussels, where he was consul gen eral. Ha served as consul in various countries since 1878. Thaws to Leave New York. New York It Is stated that after District Attorney Jerome returns and the question of bail is discussed with him, the entire Thaw family with the exception of Mr. Evelyn Ncsbit Thaw, will leave New York. The countess of Yarmouth will sail for England. Mrs. William Thaw will go to Cres cent, Pa.; Josiah and his wife will go to Watchliff. R. I., and Mr. and Mrs. George L. Carnegie will make a tour of the south. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will continue to live at the Lorraine. Gets Sentence of 99 Years. St. Louis. Mo. Robert Smith was convicted in the criminal court of hav ing attacked Euelah Libbard. a 14-year-nld girl, and was sentenced to ninety-nine years in the penitentiary. Smith is 45 years old. Te Test 2 Cent Fare. Indianapolis. Ind. A suit in equity, apparently to test the legality of the 2-cent fare in Indiana, which went intc effect April 1, was 'filed by Anna M Boyle in the United States court NEBRASKA IM1IS MISCELLANEOUS NEWS HERE AND THERE. Social, AnricnltursL Ballgiane WPiwv IWiTrCfji"yA ersWVMIf wV 9 VUV jJvVwnBJvewBnew SfBvBBJt Work on the courthouse at Sewardt is being pushed. Business men of Fairbury have or ganised a commercial club. Cambridge has the outlook for a great deal of building thin year. Business men of Schuyler are mov ing in the matter of a commercial club. The mayor of Nebraska City is' strong for the regulation of the sac loons. Rev. G. L. Shall has resigned as pas tor of the Congregational church at Leigh. The Union Pacific win expend in thet 1 neighborhood of $3MM at North. Platte. Cotaatom people raised $141.60 aad bought Frank Smader, an orphan, a cork leg. Fruit growers ia the vicinity of In diaaola say that coM weather has done much damage. Corner stone laying ef the new Y. M.. C. A. building la Fremeat toeh place Inst week. A new branch of the Catholic Knights of America has been orgaa- Ised at St Libory. The chief of poHce ef Schuyler nan tendered his resignation and win re-' move to Oklahoma. Fire at Grand Island damaged the Dorling block aad destroyed four cars of Union Padle coaL Methodist women of North Platte, by vigorous work, have raised la the past few months. $471. The contractfor the erection of Has tings' new $125,000 brewery has just: been let to Coeliager Bros, of Pitts-' burg. Pa wl J. Craadall. cashier of the CttK, zens' hank of Firth, has been act 4sedl of embezzling $1,500 of the funds of the bank. Arapahoe's election will go into.' court on a question of the legality off the act incorporating it as a city of the second class. Frank Gardner's general store and the postoflce ia Juniata were robbed. Tho safe In the Gardner store was blown open and $5 secured. The little son of Martin Frericb, liv ing southwest of (Beatrice, wan prob ably fatally scalded by pulling the stopper from a washing machine. A camp of Royal Neighbors of America has been reorganized at Schuyler. A large membership was" taken In. after which a banquet was held. The fine farm home of D. W. Foster, south of Plattsmouth, was destroyed by fire while the family was away. The loss will be about $4,009.. with no in surance. The Cass county Sunday school con vention will be held In Plattsmouth June 13 and 14. Governor Sheldon has promised to be present and deliver an address. The dates for the dedicatory serv ices of the Mary Younsr Men's Chris- tian association at Beatrice have been changed to May 5 to 12, inclusive. An entertainment will be given each even ing. An election held at Crete for the proposition tq lssnp bonds In the sum of $10,000 for Improving the schools, resulted in the defeat of tho proposition by a majority of thirty seven. The fund for the burial of the Mc Cone family of four ia Platte county who met such a tragic death In the flood, a short time ago Is still await ing about $80 to complete the amount necessary. A corporation known as the Wyo ming Fuel and Iron company, with capital stock of $1,500,000. has been organized at Columbus to develop land In Carbon county. Wyoming. Head quarters will be at FrearanL A disastrous fire occurred at Eddy ville whereby Thcs. Mc Eatee. living three miles south of town. lost bis farm residence, together with all the' ccntents. The loss will be about $1.' 500 with only a nominal amount of In surance. William Hughes, son of Ed. Hughes, a farmer living two miles east of Ju niata, was cut to pieces under a stalk cutter. When found his body was en- N tangled in barbed wire finder the ruins of the cutter. He died soon after the accident Edgar Goff. who was arrested in! Cass county, for robbing cars and serv ed a two years' sentence In the peni tentiary and on his release was again arrested and brought to Nebraska City and sentenced to the county jail, was released, as his attorney claimed that he had been convicted of a crime not charged In the Information, i The campaign Inaugurated in Colum bus six weeks ago for the purpose of erecting a Young Mea's Chrlstiaa as sociation building la that city was terminated last week by the announce ment of the committee fat charge 'that $30,400 had been subsermed. F. C. Overton, a homesteader living north of Baehnell, had his right arm torn off. in the gear ot an engine used for driving a well drffl. Overtoa reached ever the gi ! te tighten a nut, when the weight of his body threw the machine in motion and the cogs cut the sleeve of his coat L. L. Harter, an agriculturist la the employ of the United States govern ment, is now stationed at the experl imental substation, south cf North. 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