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ft' J I ' V a h . it? - t. ij 5 . .sr- , V Ifc , ... -rv ST$turfsto tmr - Vetome r Week 4 YunpVscedenttw' Mr Put Dawn ,., .r.rJreijorMons. , t (t;, cWicagoTb npiit Week.-' kith lio "dollar wheati"fbas -been aa hstoric one in tlio history "-of wthe -Chicago Board of Trade. While statistics on the quanUfy of wheat "wliich' changea haiflr a'not obtainable,, theasser Uons of' .veteran traders that the vol wnVbTousmcss was of unprecedented proportios may; be .-safeljr accepted. There have been many" wild sessions la the wheat pit' before, notatily?whea "cofliere" were being run, when prices fluctuated more-vidloritly-rwhen.'small cliques' made or lost mostly; lost im posing fortunes, buftterer1 before"1 has there been a broader or better sus tained "general market,. , ' . -t , Never before have grain, brokers done a-larger business. For r more thanaweek when the rest of the city was asleep the lights in their offices were, ablaze, where heavy-' eyed clerks worked into,the small hours trying 'to keep track of the buslhe3 done. Hardly a house in town has a sufficient force of clerkr in the' pit to 'fill (he orders which 'are pouring in from Maine' to California, nor are there enough wires to haadle(the'maaa of daily ousiness. The' inevitable, therefore, has hap pened and only the larger orders are considered.'-. In the language of- the pit, "It is no market for a piker." Crop reports, private .and public, J the solemn verdicts of "experts." stat istics oflkdal and. unofficial crop esti mates and the enticing literature of the commission houcai, which vare growing "rich, on commissions' alone, vary noticeably in detail, but they are practically untied in the '-statement that the world 'cannot grow this year all the wheat it meeds to- coasum'e.: -Minor, items," such as 'green' 'bngl' damages and the like, have been made;much;of," but the- weather here end; .abroad is the all-influential ,fac- xor. spring ass eeen. so laie mat me. whole country has observed it and bought wheat. Even Liverpool .import-, era, who usually work forjcheap, wheat in America, have bought directly ..in' this market,.a jjecautioaary-'measuref they were compelled' -to takentatho face of the, probability, thatheir acj tlon would "bull" prices still further. They boaght. early, in, the 1 week -at what woald' now be called' bargain prices. The -majority of traders pro claim! loudly t still higher prices? bu itake, profits on good advances.. .( RAILROAD RATES ADJUSTED. Sioax City:RegaiWa Its Femer;A4yan. - - -tage Over Sioux Falls.. Sioux City, la. Wcrd wa? received in) Sioux City from the executive of ficials of the 'interested railways of a readjustment of frieght rates from Chicago to Sioux, City and Sioux Falls, and from Duluth to the' same points. - The order- is to- take, effect June 25. By the readjustment the, old rates, which were established by the interstate- -commerce , commission- and which were in effect until December last, will be restored. This readjust ment restores the old basis ,cf 104 per cent of Sioux" City rates as applicable to Sioux Falls from Chicago and puts both places on a parity as to the rates from Duluth. -, 1.. REDMOND TO OPPOSE IRISH BILL , Action is the Result of Conference of the Irish Nationalists. London The-correspondent 'at Dub lin says her. understandsj, that at - the .Irish nationalist convention John Redmond will move a resolution hos tile to Chief Secretary for Ireland Birrell's Irish bill. The correspond ent adds: , 'This will bea conspicu ous victory; for the .priests, against whose local influence over education the bill-is iecretly aimed." L " - Fight for' a Two-Cent Fare. Toipeka, .Kan. The Kansas rait Toads'may be forced to put Into effect a tat 2ent passenger fare: The lim ited frcent fare law passed1 by the -'legislature 'became effective May 1 and. those who travel enough to war 1 ant the purchase of a 500-mile mile age book or a book good for 2.000 miles now. pay a rate of .2 cents a ,. mile. The Dead. Mystic Shriners. . Reading. Pa. With practically the entire' community paying 'respect to. th'eir memory, the bodies of the sev-i enteen Mystic Shriners of this city -who were killed in the southern Cali foraia wreckT-of May 11 were brought here. Sunday, night. With the dead .came ten survivors, who showed the effects of the ordeal through which, they passed. ;' i- Claims Not All Gone. 'j. " Lander, Wyo. Friday was the last day for homestead filings on the Sho shone reservation under the soldiers' decletory statenwats filed last fall, and also for making actual settlement by those who filed on homesteads at that time. As ft result many claima heoaaae available through neglect of tho. original claimaats to comply with talre.mirenirta. "When; the local. tesid oMce opened, for business ,there was a long line of settlers In wait ing. ' Some, filed contests against clatSBS taken up by others. - at 'Frii ' 1 San Itanciaco, CaL With the ex- . !! of the fact claimed bv the tynttBd railroads that seventeen of its aotormen and conductors taken back on their own appll- catton, there ia no change in Che street car strike: . .''4 4? - . - Weel Grower! tfeMOwi , " r,wye. Tne worn, nroweis 01 it 'county ere staaeiag owe tot 3 centa per poms for -Men- -isei -weal -TkfUvttiJm . to ef- mwnifliiwTpies BwhMa'tlw Part - li (-' Tabued bythe UMiillll kc rulings wnftk'uirei rslHzs whfch crer spwdal lat:r- est both to the railroads and to the sUBoinxN nubile. , ' -"1J. iU .' W- miIm19 I'T- ui wo uv w 1 - - prcsa,ixu ufuiw y?--f --- a carrier 'cr'-e, person' or jc6rboratton ibpemting a railroad or other transpor-; tatkm line can not as a smpperiover. the lines of- another carrier be givar- anjf preference In tho application of larui' raiss ou tawiauiw ouiiimsuK--jln , other -words, one carrier shipping its fuel, material, or other suppnea over Ihe line of another carrier's must pay the lesal tariff rate3 applicable to tne same ecmnnwiues naippcu u u jndivdual. The commission suggests that there may be some Instances such as the movement of needed fuek ia' Which, in order to keep the trains or boats moving, such traffic could -fooi given preference in movement with: ou,t; creating unjust or unwarranted discrimination." ; - It Is said there probably Is not. "a railroad in the country that-has to- pay the regular tariff on any of its supplied from the initial point to the, J point 01 aesisnauua. tTtls Is particularly true of coal need, by the 'railroads for fuel pur poses. Coal Is shipped to a given point from the mines for a railroad at a rate far below that which a dealer at that, point would have to pay in. freight charges. The commission holds,- In effect, that this Is discrimlnatioa and:that the railroad must pay the: same tariff as tlie individual. .- '' The second ruling relates to the, return of astray shipments. "Instances, occur,'' says the commission, "in which, through error or oversight on" the part of some agent or employe a shipment is billed to an erroneous destination,. or is unloaded short of destination or. ia carried by. The commission Is of the opinion that in bona fde instances t of this kind carriers may return such astray shipmentsto their proper des tination or course without the -assessment of additional charges and may arrange for such movement of such astray shipments for each other on 'mutually acceptable terms." CREIGH HEADS GRANO ARMY. Omaha Man Department Commander Nebraska G. A. R. -' Fremont T. Ai Crcigh of Omaha was elected department commander. of the Grand Army of the Republjc, at the encampment, which concluded Its sessions here Friday. Other of ficers are: Senior vice commander,' Eoi A. Barnes of Grand Island; junior vice commander. E. E. Lyle of Wahop; medical director, S. B. Lutgent of Brock; chaplain. , Re v. John Smith of. Nebraska City; council of adminis tration. Matt Howe of Lincoln. G; R Truell of Lincoln, Thomas Hall of Omaha. L. A. Payne of Ainsworth. RUEF TELLS OF ANOTHER DE AL. Parkside Traction Company Pays 30,- 000 for Trolley Line Franchise. - San FranciscoVAbraham' Ruef, in his second appearance' .before the grand jury, testified -.regardinn; the Parkside Traction company deal, by which, according to the line of attack laid down by the prosecution,, the di rectorate of the Parkside corporation paii to Ruef. the sum of $30,000 to secure a, street railway franchise to enhance enormously the value, of the lots composing the Parkside real es tate tract. The information in the possession of the prosecution is. that of this sum S1.000 was to be paid to each of the eighteen supervisors for voting the franchise and that the re-. ,j lonnn . i i jt evenly by Ruef and Schmltz. '' ' Motor Car Racer ia Kilted. ', -Dieppe. France Albert Clement, son' of the well known automobile builder, was killed instantly during a run in preparation for the Auto club's grand prize, which is to be competed for Jully 2. Clement was thrown out of his automobile at a slight turn and sustained a fracture of the skull. Conger is Slowly Dying. Pasadena, Cat E. H., Conger, for merly United States ambassador to Mexico, Is still,hovering between 'life" and-death at his home here. "He Is growing weaker," was the official statement made. "His condition, if there "has been any change, is worse." .' Kansaa Declares for Taft. Topeka. Kaa. The republican state central, committee at its meeting here declared William H. Taft the chojee of Kansas to succeed Roosevelt was adopted' unanimously: - ''Resolved, By the republican state central committee, that In our opiaiea the repnllcansof Kansas believe the ability, the integ rity and the experiences of Secretary William H. Taft fit him for high of fice, -aad we favor hia nomination by the national convention for president ;of the United States.' Decrease in Beef Expcrta, - Washington Continued decrease' In the exportation- of .canned beef is showjQin a statement Issued by the buitljJBf statistics of the Department of Comnterea ;and Labor. The falling off in tlda'trndetia not confined to any oaxatry, bat togeaeraL The, ex wort: of canned beef for April, jlast amounted to 893.01? pounds against 4. 121.000 pounis in, the same awnth of last year. For .the ten months ending with ..April, the exporiatious showed but 13.032.70S. pounds, against M.730, 873 last year. 1 1 iii) Plague In India, Simla, British Indi Governmental returns show that the deaths irom; the plague throughput. India for .the past six weeks ending may 11 reached' the appalling total of -451 J52. On the Pun jab alone.' 286,777 deaths 'occurred. a. SUpMiwoH ie Elected. j j ".. Madisoa; WJa. The nommatioa of . Isaac 8tephenen by tho;rrcuheaa United States senator was ratMed U.Jatet - aaaemoly. .Mr. Stealwswa, received eighty-serea SAN FRANCISCO '"fr fHj!TK ANOJUIlY, U,J w hTELLS 6F BOOfiLE SOeCS lln.--t 4k twtagfg to -an EaYminavon vu,t w For Many Hewrs.. Chicago In the most sensational openlag, la the history of tho Chicago Board: of .Trade, wheat- on Monday shot past the $1 mark: Heavy realiz ing sales pushed, the, price backward. somewhat, but at the close the market "was strong;. :and;-according to the ma jority i speculators on the. board, the demand upon which the lata advanca rha;.beca,,made ia stilt unsatisfied. The net advanceftn wneat was 4 iceats for; July and. September options and 4Va ceats forfthe Decemaer. From Vhe low point.of Monday ,of. last ureek, yTuly wheat: had Advanced 13 cents, Sentemaer has gone up 1S and in Abe December option, the high point of -Monday was 16:centarahovethe low price of last. Monday." a ;?:--" : Itwas a certainty that ' strong Ibulge. would-take place in the wheat 'raVk at .theiopening- .Country or-dersL-Juvebeea pouriagr-. Inowemingly in an, endless, stream, and iln obe dience to' tiem, brokers stobdrtady to bay militons ofbaahals at the market. . Shorts; ;werec rin 3. highly:) nervbua con- jdiMoniaadwerojeager to cover. The result' was that as soon- aa ,the gong sounded tthere was ia tertUho roar of voices all anxious -to buy- and' nothing jp.ell; The market wa too: b!gNand broad to" be followed with) any cer 'tainty and brokers inHed" orders fre aiiently J. eent3rway from'the point Iatwhichrthey had; hoped to'buy. The confusion was so great, that 'for a few -minutes, but little actual, business waa transacted, tho -.brokers fighting and struggling in the effort to get hold of wheat from anybody or ,at any price. The July options sold, as -soon as fig ures? could be regiteredv out of tha confusion, anywhere between 93 and 94 cents, which wa3 1 ti 2 cents higher than the close of-a Saturday. September opened at 95 to. 99c, which was up J. to; 1 cents above the closing of Saturday. December had a wider- range than either of the other optiomrand the .opeaingi quotations ranged at all figures between 9C cents and $1.03. 'This price was 1 .to 8xents above the final quotations of Saturday.- -' MURDER NEAR PENDER. Proaberoiis Farmer and Hia Wife Killed by-am Employe. - -Pender, Neb.-i-One- of the2 most bru tal crimes"In"the;hIstory of Thurston county was committed four miles east of RosaHe..at the farm. of W. L. Copple, where Copple and his wife, Eva, were the victims. About 2 a. m. the chit- d'ren of the family, seven In number, were awakened by gunshots. The eld est. Blanche,' a girl of 13, heard her father scream and say, "Fred, you have killed me." At this moment her mother was aroused and ran out, when she. .too, was heard to scream out. and say. "Oh. my children." - . Fred Burke, the hired man, who had been in the employ of Copple since February, had arisen from his bed, and in some way attracted the attention of Copple outside, where he shot him in the' abdomen and twice In the head. Fearing that the mother would get away, he likewise fired three 'shots at her. Not; satisfied with this, he clubbed them' until their skulls were pounded Into a pulp,- after which he went into the' house; where the seven children "were' crying; Sand: with threats made "thena go to1' sleep, telling -them "there .yere burglars-oujtside and 'that their parents were"out watching them. Tho rarderer their made hfs escape. ..Echo of the.'Moeher Failure. Washington The supreme court of . the United-States Monday reversed the decision- of the 'supreme court of Ne braska in:the case of Charles E. Tates and others- versus the Jones National . bank of Seward,'Neb:,and others. The case grew out of the failure In 1893 of the Capital' National bank of Lincoln, Neb., and wa3 an effort to hold the offl ;cers an directors of the bank liable, for 'losses sustained by depositors. The state courts awarded damages in all cases'sub'mltted as prayed for. Fourteen Men Are Killed. Charlotte, N.'XJ. As a result' of the premature exp'losion. of "Camp 2." on the Southwestern railway, near Ma rion, N. C. last Saturday evening, fourteen, men are dead, eight bodies having been. - recovered. Foreman Kidd's wasbadly mangled. Boston, Mass. Among the newly ap pointed missionaries announced by the American board .of foreign missions are Miss,Mabel .A. -Ellis of Neligh. Neb., and Mlss.Esther Nlchol of Pierre, S. D.- Thereare' twenty-three others, and all will meet 'here 'May 29 for: a conference. " ' . . . Murray Smcttor Resumes, Salt Lake City; Utah The plant of the American 'Smelting' and Refining company at 'Murray; a' suburb, which dosed'dewnHastweethrowiBg 1,200 men, oat of work, resumed operations Meaway under' "protection of seventy five deputies. There waa no disorder, however, and majority of the men who struck for higher wages and made 1 these3 who wanted to werk go out with them, returaed to their places at an in crease of about 10 per cent offered by Jke company but 'previously rejected. Engine Blows Up. Sheridan, Wyo. While ataadiag on Ihe sidetrack at Pryor, west of here, Burlington engine No. 1579 exploded tad Engineer Mathew Ferrill waa in stantly killed, Fireman Roy Knapp and Pi airman Walter Hoskias were seri oualy injured. f government Buys. Sitvefy ' Waaalarton The treasury depart- it purchased 100,000 .ounces of sU for delivery at Philadelphia at 1 ClJTperSne ewace. 'MUiMr''immmm' I'JBurCa9PlBKwSnBflnBvaBKa annnf cni .OiPe n bw .na kvp-nm nnnnnnamn& bse j t nnnnA nnnnnnnnnBnjH dBja9Bfisflnnansi "ite,i"""" iff nin8rwaMSnBBSP'"r9SriBT!Bn'' i v W2.'fmiHMBHBW " v- ..... - anmkmffiiK7w'r ' vf t .,' Bsaflrv III '; BtS III REUF BEFORE THE BRAND JURY FORMER BOSS TELLS ABOUT CROOKED POLITICAL DEALS. Makes Goad His Promise That Would Appear .and Give His Story Complete. Ha San Francisco, CaL Abraham Ruef an Thursday made good .hia declaration of Wednesday that he would, following his change of plea of guilty in the ex tortion case against him, turn state's evidence and assist the bribery-graft prosecution In its' campaign .against municipal corruption. Ruef, obeying a subpoena of the grand jury, served on him at the Fillmore street house shortly before 3 o'clock, went in the charge of Special Agent Burns, Elizor B!ggy and another - guard to the grand jury chamber In Native Son3 hall, where he took tbe witness stand and submitted to an examina tion that lasted from 3:20 o'clock until after 5 p. m. When the ordeal was over he called the newspaper men around him and said that he promised the. grand jury to divulge nothing. District Attorney Langdon and Assistant District At torney Heney refused to make any statement whatever. From Special Agent Burns it was learned that the only matter In which Ruef was ques tioned was the alleged bribing of Mayor Schmitz and eighteen super visors by the United Railways to grant to that corporation a change in the franchise allowing the electrify ing of its 250 miles of street railway system in this city. If Burns' understanding of Raefs testimony Is correct,, the fallen boss told the grand jury that resident Patrick Calhoun, assistant to the pres Ident, Thornwell Mullally; Chief Connsel Tlrey L. Ford and Counsel William M. Abbott ,of the United Railways, paid or caused to be paid the sum of $200,000 for the privilege named; that. $61,000 of this amount was Ruef's "fee" that $50,000 went into the pocket of Mayor Schmltz, and that the remaining $89,000 was hand ed to the eighteen supervisors, sixteen of them receiving 14,000 each, an other demanding and getting $10,000 and Chairman Gallagher of the fin auce committee being paid $1&,000 for acting as go-between. After the examination of Ruef was concluded, the grand jury remained in executive session until 6:30 o'clock. Subsequently the statement was made, but not officially confirmed that indictments had been voted against four high officials of the United Railways and Schmitz, as pre iicted by an offer of the prosecution -.wo weeks ago. Seen in his prison room, Ruef said tegarding the ordeal through which he had passed: "I was received and treated by the grand jury with a consideration that touched me deeply.- When I entered the room every one of the seventeen jurors present arose and took; me by the hand. When I finished my testi mony every' one of them got up and bade me good night, with a hearty handclasp." Roberts is Elected. Columbus. Rev. William H. Roberts of Philadelphia, for fourteen years stated clerk, was unanimously elected moderator' of the one hundred and nineteenth general assembly of the Presbyterian church at tne opening session. Washington. President and Mrs. Roosevelt will leave Saturday for Fine Knot. Mrs. Roosevelt's country home, in Virginia. Horseback riding probably will be the main diversion during their stay, which will last over Sunday. Plot Against Czar's Life. St. Petersburg. Further details of the plot at Taarakoe-Selo against the life of hia majesty, the emperor, which came to light Thursday, were ob tained and indicate that the emperor's escape during passion week was very narrow. The plot was deep laid and the' conspirators were members of the, emperor's personal escort The ar rest of one man, a Cossack sergeant; 'has made it possible to trace the con spiracy back for four months, and shows that preparations were" being made on February 2. i Peace Treaty Ratified. Managua. Nicaragua. The Nicara guan congress, which, is assembled here in extraordinary session, ap proved the treaty of peace arranged between- Nicaragua and Salvador. Treasury Balances. Washington. Thursday's statement .of the treasury balaaces in the general fandesdaelve of the $150,000,000 gold reaerve,, ahows Available cash bal ance, S253.2S&642: gold coin and bul lion. 8S5.tCz47t; gold eertlficatee. $44, 471.180; total,.843L67M01. THE HHfflHWiUL MERGERS THEY ARE HELD TO BE ILLEGAL BY THE COMMISSION. No Definite Action Will Be Taken 9Mtt and Has Not Decided ' Any Questions. New York A portion .of the recom mendations of Attorneys Frank B. Kel logg and Charles 'Severance to, the Interstate Commerce commission con cerning the Harriman, railroad inves tigation has been published here. It reviews the testimony and holds that railroad competition has been 3upr pressed in an area equal to one-third of the United States;, that the con tracts, between the Union Pacific and Rock Island for the control of the Al ton railway, as well as the contracts between the Union and Southern Pa cific and the control of the Illinois Cen tral and the Sari Pedro road are all in violation of thcShcrman anti-trust act. It recommends that the attorney gen eral institute proceedings to annul these agreements. It also recommends that there shouid be new and effective laws to prevent Inflation of securities and declares that the profits of the great railroads of the far west are being used to buy stocks and control systems in the ea3t instead of build; ing more roads, for the development of 'the west as they should be. The Union Pacific was the storm center of an attack by traders on the Stock exchange today on the appear ance of the report of counsel for the Interstate Commerce commission. Un ion Pacific stock slumped nearly 4 points before support was forthcoming. Southern Pacific fell off a point, but steadied with good buying. All rail roads holding stock control of other lines were adversely affected by the news, principally Pennsylvania, which became weak. After the first shock had passed the market became steady at the decline. Washington The members of the commission conferred for an hour over the report from New York that the recommendations of Frank D. Kellogg and Charles Severance had been made public and then authorized the follow ing statement. "The commission has not prepared a report in the so-called Harrlman case, nor has it yet decided any of the questions involved in the inquiry. The whole matter is still under considera tion and some phases of it are being further investigated. "It may be that the briefs of memor anda submittted by counsel have be come known In some quarters and the mistaken inference drawn therefrom that the commission has agreed upon a report" L WISCONSIN DEADLOCK TO END. Anti-Stephenson Republicans Switch to Hatten. Madison, Wis. The.seaatorial con test is near its final stage. It was ex pected Wednesday would see the end, but a change of two votes prevented this outcome. The anti-Stephenson re publicans decided to drop Esch and vote for Hatten, and fifty-three votes were pledged to Hatten, one more than enough to elect in caucus. At night, however, one changed to Stephenson and two refused to vote, leaving Hat ten with fifty-one. The caucus then adjourned. It is expected that the election will take place Thursday. Magoon Will Build Roads. Washington 'Information has been received at the war department that Governor Magoon is making plans to carry out contracts for extensive road Improvements In Cuba. Tlie Cuban congress passed a bill authorizing the expenditure of $5,000,000 for this work. REUF PLEADS GUILTY. San Francisco Boss Takes This Step to Avoid Trial for Extortion. San Francisco, CaL Abraham Reuf. better 'known as Abe Reuf, the ac knowledged advisor of Mayor Schmltz, and once the recognized dictator of municipal affairs in San Francisco, pleaded guilty to ihe charge of extor tion In Judge Dunne's department of the auperior court Thursday.. Sentence will be pronounced upon him two weeks hence. Reuf plead guilty to avoid trial for extortion. Reservation Will Be Opened. Washington Commlsioner Ballln ger of the general land office has desig nated July .1 as the date for opening the Chippewa Indian reservation. Two hundred and twenty-nine thousand, two hundred and' seven acres will be opened under the homestead law. New Park Superintendent, Wasaiagton Gen. S. B. M. Young, retired, has been appelated superin tendent of Yellowstone park, to ceed Maj. John Pitcher. 1 Fred Bnrke. who kSM FaraMr W. K tooaatv -waTgodTni tSa WlWiA onnsaptnasr.'aflavWhs -nnsnsv1 naiOnaBBiS - " ... ik& - -1-- J' ftynr.. H , was J chara of flhoraf 1 UPsbVMbI QC ffTMOK SsM-WV VMnK panted, w a dsinii. ThsT lrisinar wm inkona anil wn eloaoly watchadj L. On tke-;way to. Us crtae to -the would giver no reason, fsr the" atrocities. He said: 1' fully real ize the. enormity of what 1 have dome; end I know Iaought to be burned -at the, stake, and that's probably what I would get if I should be taken back to Pender. The only request I have to make is to be allowed to live long enough to see. my poor mother, who resides is Denver. Then I am willing to take my medicine." Burke is a .smooth-faced, boyish looking fellow, rather, underslze. He, was so lame that he could not walk without assistance. He was In his bare feet when he committed the mur ders and made hia way over the rough country without shoes. 'The great toe on his left foot was' almost cat off; al though the man said he didn't remem ber how he cut it He Is aniaveterato clgaret fiend. He waa dressed in over alls and a blue wollen shirt. When the train reached Omaha the oflcers remained in their seats until after the passengers had time to leave, and when the coast was clear the pris oner was, taken to the Jones street stairway to the viaduct, handcuffed and chained to an officer on either aide of him, with a- deputy walking close behind. The party boarded a Harney street car without attracting attention and went direct to the county jalL Aa an extra precaution the prisoner was searched for the second time inside the jail, but only chewing tobacco and cigaret "makings" were found on hint These he was allowed to keep. When asked why he had committed such atrocities he hung his head and muttered: "I don't know." No Motive for Crime. Fremont, Neb. Sheriff Bauwan went to Hooper early Tuesday afternoon and brought back with him the mur derer of the Copples, near Lyons. The murderer was arrested in a Hoop er saloon by Marshall Crawford. The murderer confessed his crime, and told Sheriff Bauman all about it. He gave his name as Lorls Ray Higgins, and ad mitted that he had gone under an as sumed name several times, but de clared it was for no special reason la particular. He was formerly called Ed Burke, he said. His mother lives with a married sister at 520 Cook street, Denver. STRIKE ON PANAMA CANAL. Steam Shovel Workera Demand 8300 Month Instead of $210. Panama- The strike of the steam shovel workers, which began Tuesday, the men demanding $300 per month in stead of $210, continued Tuesday. Only eight steam shovels are at work. Colonel Goethals, the chief engineer, is endeavoring to replace the strikers with mechanics now employed In the shops, and it is reported that he haa sent a cablegram to Jackson Smith. the member 'of the canal commission in charge of labor, to contract for en gineers In the United States. WORK ON THE ATHOL CUT-OFF. Union Pacific Officials Order Rebuild ing of Line Resumed. Cheyenne, Wyo. Instructions have been received here to resume at once the buildingof the Athol cut-off on the Union Pacific between Cheyeane aad Denver. The contract, amounting to about $500,000, was let some months ago, and soon after work was begun it was ordered discontinued. The cut off is built to avoid the steep grade over Athol hill. . . Will Investigate Wreck. San Bernardino, CaL That the In terstate commerce commission is to make a thorough investigation of the Southern Pacific wreck at Colton sev eral weeks ago, in which twenty-four, persons lost their lives, is indicated by the receipt by Coroner Van Wye of a communication from Secretary Edward A. Moseley of the commission asking that a certified copy of the testimony taken at the coroner's in quest be forwarded at once. Important Rate Decision. Washington A decision rendered by the Interstate Commerce commission is of notable Importance because in it the commission holds that where two rates between the same point are in force, the shipper must be given the benefit of the lower. Noted Pacer Burned. Tekamah. Neb. 3. R. Latta shipped Nina Russell, his noted peeing mare to Waterloo, la. Between Herman and Blair the car caught fire and the mare and a sucking colt with her were DenverThere will be no strike of the trainmen of the Denver ft Rio Grande railroad as a result of the dif ferences over the wage scale. A con ference lasting until late Tuesday night wound up with an agreement be tween the trainmen's committee and officials of the road that there would be mutual concessions and a careful weighing of the claims on both sides until an understanding fair to all waa reached, and then a scale based on this understanding would be signed by both parties. Officials Admit Robbery. Topeka. Kaa. Officials of the Citi zens' baank of North Topeka admit that the safe was entered some time between Saturday night and Monday morning and robbed of $10,000. half of it in gold and the balance in currency. Nine Mites an Hour. Jefferson City, Ma The Missouri su preme court sustained the constltn tkmality of the state automobile law; which fixes the speed limit at nine miles an hour. Oaaaha no freely eoa- 1 KnnnninHinni cnnnnnniuifaminunni fc3.'-i4f'tv- ,JJ ri.f?r' Tef '0-.zar - ' A aew.baakJa .about to he atl3raey. ' fc "" ' - "" -The city treasure of Bea4ri.;haa. a balance of .814.400. . Schuyler will, raise the aunt ! 000 for a now city haiL v - Three buildings were destroyed by fire at Fllley. Loss 88,000. -j ; Excavations for the aeditorten at Neligh has been completed. ?' Bishop Scannell confirmed a class of eighty-eight la North Platte. York county tamers f are hoWias their wheat for $1 per bueheL Death is announced-of Mrs. Allison, wife of Rov. Allison, of. TaMa Rock. Senator Tillman of South Carol! lectured to a large audience to. Cam bridge. Mrs. John Deviue of Colfax county. has been declared insaaeand seat to the asylum. '. The Presbyterian congregation of North Platte has desMed to .build new church. , ' -Cass county attorneys.will prepare n new schedule of fees aad also hold a banquet May 27.' There were three apeHeatlons for saloon license in WlnaMe; but only one granted. The work of petting to a complete sewer system for Falrbury la being vigorously prosecuted. Articles of the Colt soclatlon have been filed In theofitee of the county cleric ' Geo. P. Hoy of Cumin county, was seriously lajured by betas dragged under a disc harrow. He wiM In time recover. Dog poisoners have been-operating in Nebraska City with the result that a number of fine canines have lost their lives. Already over one hundred students have enrolled for the Nebraska ual versity. which is to be opened to Ne braska City. The trial of Bruce Bundy for the murder of H. E. Austin, on Jkpril 4 this year, was commenced in the district court at Tekamah: Mrs. Gertrude Keith, traveling with Dr. Franklin's Medicine company, waa ihtsantly killed by lightning at the home of D. C. Laird In Hall county. James Leitch, has been tendered the position of assistant ot the United States consul at San Salvador. He has taken the offer under advlaemeat. E. Withee, living a few miles west of Stella, was surprised on going down cellar the other morning to find that hia iacubator had burned during the night. John Thoman, a carpenter, fell a dis tance of twenty feet while at work on the barn of Aaron Claasea. southwest of Beatrice and escaped with slight injuries. At a special election held to Hyan nis it was voted 93 for to 8 agaiast using the $4,500 surplus now in the county treasury towara building a court .house. Mrs. Keith a member of the Frank lyn Comedy company, n show troupe which has been playing at Croftoa. Hall county, was iastaatly killed by being struck by lightning. The graduating class of the Falrbury high school this year numbers thirty one members twenty-four gfrl3 and seven boys the largest class In the history of the 'ocal schools. The county' treasurer of Otoe coun ty remitted to the state treasurer $21. 61631. it being the amount he has col lected as the states part of the taxes for the past quarter, due from that county. Joe Brown aad M. R. Pendell of Seward county, shipped three car loads of horses to South Omaha. Forty eight head of this shipment sold at an average of $275 per head, one animal, a draft gelding, bringing 8400. The complete faculty of the Model iHgh school, to be conducted upon the campus of the state university during this year's summer session, has been aaaouaced by Professor P. H. Grum mann, director of the college section. The 10-year-old daughter of Eas ley Crmichael, living near Diller, lost one of her fingers In a feed grinder. , From the Otoe county poor farm was sold $1,016.33 worth of' hogs. Thto farm has been more than sulf suetaia ing for the past five or six years. .W. W. Roberts, for years a promi nent insurance man at Norfolk, and lately of Oklahoma, who had returned to make that his home, committed suicide at a rooming house, using carbolic acid. Domestic difficulties caused the act The Ufetena body lay in bed for several houra' before dis covered. S. D. Hulbert, hotel keener of Table Bock, who disappeared front his home time ago. returned home, wafting Into town on foot from the west. He seemed to have no recollection as to where he had been during his ab sence. Seal estate men to York report there is a larger demand far city real estate than ever was known to the cKy of York, and that prices far the tost six years have been advanetog until property that was purchased at that time la worth at least 100 per cent more now. Although no provision has been made by the legislature far the paylag of bounty on wolf acalps. the scalps continue to come tote the office of the county clerk of Johnson county. The administrator of the estate of M. E. Duff of Ottoe county paid into the county treasury 8X500 as inheri tance tax oa an estate valued at S40e 000. The appraisers have net complet ed their report aad this miisej was paid in to comply wkh the tow. and should the estate he vetoed at mere to their report the adantototratar wiU ' peythe than 18 cente .. .. . t. rj - - . . . ..J .. . v J. 4. -V , iPli V -JJi. -" "' .-V ' . :. iara..a , Sir V! -1. SS8JeawKAtil XkClflHJ1 JULUjf . V I