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.fc"tfi KfM&-w&S3r! v JrvS".& -w ' : -:-, -jtj rv ! Mii. li -J .-- 1 f .; . .i f. "-jrwv-u r '' ? H 1 1- k S r. I ' If ?F V jips pi ir politics i.-i'i -'Hn.-, "" rTi '"" ' ygaiawyiMig. n i -j--xa-iAs. y .,- .!.'" H f -' AN PRESENTTlllNrSTRY.!... i: OETMLS HF THE COHSPlBKYi &.j .& k ' . ' '-?& Party Visits Washington to Lock Into Matters of Annulment cf the Jap anese Immigration lizw. Washington That the-Japanese 9! the Pacific coast, and' .the- progress sives, a political Tarty of Japan v have . entered .into t an. alliance which Ua the earmarlis of a cqnspiracy, with) the overthrow of "the. present ministry In Japan and the annulment of. -the clause in the immigration bill exclud-i ing Japanese coolie .labor from' 'con tinental United States as t'112 ti.timate objects, was t learned authoritatively here Sunday. The preliminary staps. in this- .scheme, it. is said, i will be ta induce the Tokio government to re-. - call Viscount Aoki, tie Japanese am bassador to the UniteTl States, and to demand ah 'apsloiy and perhaps an' indemnify from this government' for the alleged acts of violence against Japanese subjects lesiding in San Francisco. f With" this end in view representa tives of the faction hostile - to the Safonji ministry have been in Wash ington to consult "with the Japanese ambassador and-tha State department officials regarding the objectionable clause in the -.immigration bill, the California school question and- the recent riots n San Francisco. The re port which they have sent to Tokio, it-is alleged will form the basis of a systematic campaign to bring about anti-American demonstrations in Japan and to force Foreign Minister Hayashi, Jf possible, to demand in demnity and an apology on account of the Japanese disturbances in San Francisco. These facts became known Sunday for the first time, when .it was learned that T. Takahashi, representative of the Seattle Japanese society; O. Noda, representative' of -the San Francisco Japanese society, and K. Kawakami, iepresentativc of theiYor ozu (daily newspaper.) of Tokio, 'came top Washington on April-"21- and Ve- mained until May 12, during which time they were negotiating witivtiie- Japanese ' ambassador looking to'the' annulment of the- Japanese immigra tion limitation law. This delegation failed in its purpose,--and it is stated after charging Ambassador Aoki with treachery to the Jaranese of the Pa cific coast ,and with, misrepresenting conditions to his home' government, they telegraphed to Otaka Yaniaoka, the personal representative of Count Oakuma, who was awaiting their re port in Seattle, with the request that he communicate with the anti-admin-istraticn leaders in Tokio... Tokio-i-Viscbuht" Tani, leader of the opposition in the House of Peers and hero of the- defense .of Komamo to, in. the Satsajaa' rebellion, is report ed to have said-anent .the' American question: . -yi.' a "The persecution of theJapanese in San Francisco is a most wicked act' Should diplomacy fail to bring about a satisfactory solution the only way open to us is an appeal to arms. Our mind is firmly made up. It is certain that America will yield, for its people are radically commercial in their sentiment." CARTER WILL RESIGN PLACE. Governor of Hawaii Finds It Impossi ble to Continue in Office. "Washington George R. Carter, gov ernor of Hawaii, will not serve an-, other term after the present one, which expires ron; .November 23,is completed. The governor made this "known to the president, who wished lim to continue in office. Colonel Quinn Retires Today. Washington CoL James B. Quinn, corps of engineers, in charge of the igoverment river and harbor works at Sioux City, la., will be retired on ac coant of age. He has been in charge of important engineering works, includr lag the improvement of the Missouri river, the, .upper Mississippi between St. Pau and the Minnesota reservoirs. t Troop3 for Frontier. Mexico A train load of sappers, a number of ambulance corps men and eleven ambulances left for Guada lajara. It is unofficially stated, that these troops later will be transferred to the Guatemalan frontier. To Oust 'Anheuser-Busch. Tbpeka, Kas. The state supreme court granted a judgment of ouster against -the Anheuser-Busch Brewing company and held that the recent ap pointment of receivers for property In this state for foreign brewing compa mies was legal and proper in order to protect, preserve and render effectual the court's jurisdiction. . ,. . Tornado Near Des Mobtes..Vj Des Moines A dozen families are homeless, several persons are injured ad property isjdamaged to the extent cf $250,000 asresult of a tornado which passedthrough Pleasant Valley late on Sashay afternoon. No. loss of. life is reperted up to this .time. ThrouglKHit Marion county the dam age to'growiag crops will be large. Sural telephone lines are down. Will Mat Harvey and family escaped, the; toraado by seeking refuge in the cel lar when their ftouse was blown down. 'Cleaning Up at 'Jamestown. NtrMk, Va. Several prominent tea of Norfolk, including lawyers, architects, engi- -. newspaper men, printers and citizens ia general, went to the Jiwestownyexposltion on Satur ay an4 engaged in hard manual la ker, aasis&-mthV'general' cleaning ap of thegreunds prior to the, arrival C PresMewt- Roosevelt, and 'the Georgia dayeelebration on JsWday. it wasiou-M unpoBSMie to se- laBorers, thehaslpess men volun- i?T &39SSSSSSSSSSJSi& MR: HARRIMAN IS IMMUNE. Cabinet DeIdr HeCShn6TliPre ougniy cone over and discussion par- iF"':??:;xyiS'..e"rluurv 1 erai rjotapaixe, -commissioners upapp and Lane. The conclusion was nsoernt-. jjy reached" thahowever damaging -the; gviaence uu;Ju-.oe againBMr. mm-" j !?- ? "---" "- , o""r -' i.-tlio mAtutf?k' 'PomTnaivn nmm1imiiTii investigation had given him complete-; immunity from criminal prosecution, s ; Commissioner Khapp explained -'that he did not complete his investigation andtSat therefore- he was not pre- pared to give, a definite opinion as to the suHrciency of tie evidence tj war rant the gsvencnest in instituting at this tin:o suit.to-nslliiy the Alton deal. As seen as tbo. Interstate Ccmmorcet Washington That E. H. Hcrriman the,.railrcad magnate, is immune from crimina'prorcsEiaiou as the result of hti. teithricnx" before -the Interstate GbEincr,c.-ccmci:esioa in New York recce. tlj-v that' the. questicn of the prcne-' cnticn. of-'jbrtumicp.us. coal carrying railroads should be leftia the nanus cf anthracite coal -rpads-rWill . begin in Philajie.iphfa. probably nest week, were jwucjuiiwiia-raauuu.ai a., noiauic cou ferfinceiieid at thejwhite House. The ' Harriman case and the cases cf the coal carrj-ing roads"were discussed for' three hour3,by,President Roosevelt.ad' five members of the Interstate1' Com-' merce cemmission and special counsel for the government. Following the .general conferenca Attorney General Bonaparte re mained with the president to dis cuss the so-called Harvester trust. It is thought not unlikely that the ques- tion of the prosecution of that organ- . izatlon will be left in the attorney general s hand3. . ", The discussion took ver7 wide range. Much of the time was given . to the Harriman Alton deal, flvery phase cf that transaction was thor commission has completed its .hearing in the case a report will b'e made to"' the attorney general, who will at that time tako charge of the matter and determine what, if any, action shall be. taken. It is not expected. tnerefpre, that any proceedings will actually be begun fqr seme time. The question of the prosecution of the bi tuminous coal carrying railroad.- was discussed at some length, but the. mat ter was finally left in the hands cf the attorney general for such action as he might see fit to take. , ..OFFER FROM FRANCE. Paris Government Tenders Aid to United States and Japan. ParisT-One cf the-immedinte results of the Franco-Japaneseentente which is on the point 'or'being signed has been the tender by France of its good offices to the United States in case it can be of service is promoting a com plete .understanding between the Uni ted States and Japan covering their respective interests in the far eastJ France believes that the- United States should become a party to the series of ententes recently arrived at between the powers guaranteeing the status quo in the far east as the best means of avoiding possible, future complications and, misunderstandings, and has formally communicated to the United States government its readi ness, now or In the future, to further negotiations 'in that direction. ,The Washington government, while not availing itself of France's services, expressed in its reply its deep sensi bility and appreciation of the friendly offer. PRESIDENT WILL MAKE TRIP. Will Embark at Keokuk on October 2 for Inspection Jaunt. Washington Representative Bur ton, chairman of the international wat erways committee, talked with the pres ident of the trip to be made down the Mississippi river" In October. Mr. Burton said that it had been definitely decided by the president that he, will embark at Keokuk October 2. Roads Will Not Contest. St Louis Announcement was made following the 'closed meeting here Thursday of railroad officials repre senting all the Missouri and Illinois railroads and several eastern lines, that the passenger officials of the Mis souri and Illinois roads have decided not to enjoin the enforcement of the new laws reducing fares from 3 to 2 cents per mile. The laws become ef fective in Missouri June 14 and in Illi nois. July 1. Boy Kills His Mother. Bassett, Neb. Mrs. Thomas McCoy, a widow, was shot accidentally and in stantly killed near here by her 10-year-old son. They were 'in the field, the mother picking greens, the boy shoot ing at, birds with a revolver. As the mother rose to her feet the boy fired the ball striking her in the head. Five young children are left alone. . .Army Officer Kills Himself. Saa .Antonio Former Lieutenant Mack Richardson of the Twentyixth! United States infantry died at theS hospital tat Fort Sam Houston , HISSES AT FORAKER'S NAME. Mention of Senator, by Mayor of Day- ! ton, O., Roast Protest j Dayton, O. Mayor Wright, in wel- I coming7 the convention of .Ohio'Unlted ' Commercial Travelers, took occasion ! to say that, Senator Foraker should be the next president of the United States. : There were storms of hisses, and manytl of the traveling men left the hall. When the mayor declared Foraker was one of the greatest statesmea,of the country there were more hisses. American Couple Drowned. Lonaon u. otto cnterich, whose home is at Freeport, L. L, and busi ness in New York City and -an- un known woman, supposed to be an American, were' x drowned Thursday while boating on the Thames near Cliveden. ..The boat struck the roots of a tree anV overturned, andIts oc cupants sank in threefeet-of water. The bodies were recovered. The man's identity was only discovered. 'The wo man' was dressed in American fashion and boatmen hoard ME Elterich sail her "Molly." vf M100E Of RDSStt ,v HER LINE OF iACtlON .. BEFORE HAGUE CONFERENCE: ' DEHUIENS DRAWS PR06RMI A Serissror Propositions on an Inter- - national JLaw Will Be Food 'n '' For Discussion. St Petersburg Russia's attitude and line of action before. Ther. Hague conference are now beginning .o taKe shape at a series of- conferences be tween M. Nelidoff first member of the Russian delegation,, his assocliates and technical advisors and officials of the Foreign office. .- . A defies pf propositions, mainly drafted by M. De Martens, the cele brated Russian expert on. international law and second member of the delega tion, furnishing a basis of 'discussion for the various points of the Russian program, have, been considered and tentatively adopted. Whether these will'be presented ;to the conference de pends largely on the attitude, of other delegations, Russia, having no desire to dictate -the course which the discus sions shall take, and wishing;; to give precedence to the 'proposals of other powers whenever these ara foand sat-. isfactory. Nevertheless, Russia has now definitely shaped its coarse on the various important questions to be presented. . r In regard to the limitation of armaments,- Russia maintains- the position laid' down- in 'its note of March 16, lOS'and, with Austria and Germany, Is frankly opposed to any discussion pf this subject, which it still feels 'can lead to no useful, result. In its plan's for the confenspesthe Russian government lays' oliief weight on the. development of,: tfcs tccope and machinery of The Hagoe tribunal 'and the international commissions of in vestigation established by e first conference. The increasing number of cases . referred to The Hague for set tlement is ample reason, in Russian official eyes, for a wide enlargement of the functions of' The, Hague;peace processes. , Russia also regards it as .highly de sirable that the questions of maritime war and the right and obligations of neutrals should be systematized. Rus sia, is anxious that the maritime pow ers par excellence should participate heartily and with good will in tills la bor., and that England and Japan iould not persist in their attitude of reserve toward the discussion. Another question which Russia hopes will also result in international regulation, concerns the obligations of neutrals in supplying beligerents with' coal and similar quasi munitions of war. BRYAN SPEAKS IN RICHMOND. Nebraskan 'Delivers Lecture on the - Old World and Its Ways. . Richmond, Va. William Jennings Bryan delivered a wo-hour address ..on the "Old World and Its Ways" to .an audience of 2,000 persons in the Young Men's Christian association auditorium.- He was introduced by .For mer Governor Montague of Virginia. Mr. Bryan said that President Roose velt had been using Bryan speeches and ideas so extensively of late that the would not touch on politics, but .would give his auditors a story of his itrip around the world." He paid a glowing tribute to the strides made by fixe United States, which was leading ,the world in civilization, education and religion. (LAND FRAUD TRIAL TOGO ON. (Judge Detrieh Overrules Motion of i- Idaho Bankers on Trial. . Moscow, Idaho Judge. Detrich over ruled the motion of the defense in the North, Idaho land conspiracy case to strike from the records certain evi dence and to instruct the jury to re turn a verdict of not guilty against W. F. Kettenback and George H. Kester, president and cashier, respectively, of the Lewiston National bank, and Wil liam Dwyer, a timber raiser, for the bank officials who are being tried. The trlial will go on. ", Grain Exporters to Meet. New Orleans The grain committee ol the New Orleans board of trade an nounced that it has issued a call for a convention, of grain men from Ameri can export ports, to meet in Chicago, June 17. The object is. to meet com plaints from Europe about poor qual ity of some American grain shipments by enforcing better grain inspection rules at export cities. The New. Or leans board has been in correspond ence with exchanges and announces that the plan Is favored by New York. Boston and other large cites. , John A. Kasson Injured. Washington John A. Kasson of fowa, 'famous as-a diplomat'and law yer, fell 'here and fractured his arm. and after being carried to his home .was reported in a serious condition. He Is 85 years old.1 ' ' ' ' ' Harry Hamlin Is Killed. Buffalo Hary. Hamlin, -one of jthe best known and wealthiest citizens of Buffalo,' was killed In. an .automobile accident on the Williamsville road; a mile north of the city line, -Hu;lfttrf aobUe collided with a light ' wagon driven by Jacob Schaller, a -retired butcher of Buffalo. Hamlin was hurled te the roadside and instantly killed. Schaller was badly hurt, bat will re cover. John Hecket a 12-year-aM boy who was. in Schaller's rig,.was fatally Injured. Both his. legs were broken and his skull fractured. ' ' A Jury Finally Boise, Idaho--Twelve men to try William D. Haywood for his Ufa on the charge that he murdered former- Got ernor .Frank Steunenberg have been chosen and bound by oath to honestly deal justice between state and pris- , Stage Manager Found Dead. 8t Louis, Mo. Arthur B. Linda, tamager of "The Stain of GuUt was found dead.ia bed in the. Hotel Harlia. Aa empty bottle, labeled phine was. on atable.Beaf him. . IF MB. ROOtEVCLT BECAME PRCtlDEHT OF HARVAftTX MBsMBaw"- mEshSL Bbsssssl.P cSs-awS MMHjBk SSSvk tHbHj BHbsss MssflBr jBMMBMU0u r-' bsbbbbbbbh " "M ' "fcn -' 'TflMMBaaF' a- BMMMMP4ol . BBBMBMW5IP ' AMBV-V. BMMMMVaMBMBtaJ BSBSBsV''CBkl -- BBMBMDS BMBMMBMBaBss BMBMMBm SZTOO&SlZ BbbbbbIB 5S'fe.- ' w -,m. ! ss. J-. . f-.BnSBBBvBMHbik. f 'ilWMfuHw A B TenJcvL 4 " HIS sIGTlMS NUMBER EIGHTEEN HARRY ORCHARD LAYS BARE rIS 'AWFUL RECORD. K Mads Mufder Hh Trade and Four4 Plenty of Material' Upon Which to Work. Solee, Idaho Harry Orchard crowded the admission of grave crimes on Thursday when, contiiiiing his case against William D. Haywood, he made an explicitly detailed con fession of the murder of Frank Steun enberg by an infernal machine that directly opens the vray for his own conviction and execution for the mor tal offense. He swore that the assas sination of Steunenberg was first sug gested by Haywood, was jointly plotted by Haywood, Moyer, Pettibone and mmseir, was financed by Hay wood and was executed by himself after the failure of an attempt in Which Jack Simpkins bad participat ed N Orchard lifted the total of his own murdered victims to eighteen, de tailed th'e circumstances under which he tried to murder former Governor Peabody, Judge Goddard, Judge Gab bert, General Sherman Bell, Dave Moffatt and Frank Hearne. Incident ally he confessed, to a plan to kidnap the child of one of his former assist ants. Then, under cross-examination by the defense. Orchard confessed guilt of the sordid social crimes of .deserting his young child and wife in Ontario, fleeing to British Columbia with Hattie Simpson, the wife of an other man, and committing bigamy by marrying .a third woman at Cripple Creek, through the shocking' details of murder plots, stories of secret bomb making and tales of. man hunts with sawed-off shotguns' and infernal ma chines as weapons,-the witness went on in the same quiet offhand manner that marked his, demanor. His .voice dropped to lower keys as the pitiful story of the' long hunt for Steunen berg narrowed, down, tp the last day and he told of the race from the hotel to the home of his victim with the: death. trap and the meeting in the evening gloom as' the victim walked unconsciously to his doom. Through it all he winced but. once, and that was when the -defense, made him name his six sisters -and his one brother and give their residences in Ontario and New York. MAY APPEAL TO PRESIDENT. Attorneys for H. H. Tucker, Jr., Are Seeking His Release. . Leavenworth, Kas. Ex-Attorney General Monett of Ohio and Albert L. Wilson of Kansas City, attorneys for H. H. Tucker, jr.', former secretary of the Uncle Sam Oil company, who was sent to jail here for thirty days by Circuit Judge Hooker for contempt, stated that they would leave- immedi ately for Washington- to institute ha beas corpus proceedings in the United States supreme court to secure Tuck er's release. It is said they may also lay 'the case before President Roose velt Cyclone in Gage County. Beatrice, Neb. A cyclone struck the village of Harbin, about twenty miles west of here, and demolished the Con gregational church, also a number of smaller buildings. No lives were lost Big Sale of Wool. Buffalo, Wyo. One clip of 225,000 pounds of wool has been sold here for 22 cents per pound. The average offers of buyers heretofore have been from 19 to 21 cents. - Taft Has Nothing to Say. , Washington The announcement of Senator Knox In New York that he would be willing to become a presiden tial candidate in 1903 if the party nom inated. him created much interest .here. Mr. Knox's Indorsement was communi cated to the president who read what the senator had to say, but made no comment thereon. Senator Foraker said "I am not surprised: and am glad lo hear it Senator Knox Is a very able and w,orthy man." Secretary Taft when informed of the statement of Mr. Knox had nothing to say. Mr. Bryan on Tariff. New. York Asked If he considered the. question of tariff reform as essen tial In the coming campaign, Mr. W. J. Bryan replied: "I have talked tariff reform for ten years prior to the cam paign of 190C ; Ihave always believed In it but there are other questions be fore the people relatively more impor tant at present tch as the trusts, rail roads, etc. I believe that the demo cratic platform will take'eognizance of all three of these questions, but In my plnfon the tariff will not be the para- tissue. HE MURDERED FOR MONEY HARRY ORCHARD TELLS CRIMES HE COMMITTED. The Murderer of Govt Steunenberg Gives a Revolting Story on ' the Witness Stand. " - ' Boise, Idaho Alfred Horsley, alias Harry Orchard, the actual assassin of Frank Steunenberg, went on tne stand Wednesday a witness against William D. Haywood and made public contest sion of a long chain of -brutal, revolt ing crimes done, he said, at' the in spiration anjl for the pay of the lead ers of the Western Federation of Min ers. An undertaking brthe special prose cutors for, the statethat they would later prove Haywood's connection with these crimes, opened the way like a floodgate to the wholes diabolical story an,d throughout the entire day Orchard went on from crime recital to crime recital, each succeeding one seemingly more- revolting than those that had come before. Orchard confessed that as a member of the mob that wrecked the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill in the Couer D' Alenes he lighted one of the fuses that carried fire to the giant explosion; confessed that he set the death trap in the Vindicator mine at Cripple Creek that blew out the lives of Super intendent McCormick and Foreman Beck; confessed that because he had not been paid .for his first attempt at violence in the Vindicator mine he had been treacherous to his "associates by warning the managers of the Flor ence & Cripple Creek railway that there was a plot to blow up their trains; confessed that he cruelly fired three charges of buckshot into the body of Detective Lyte Gregory of Denver, killing him instantly; con fessed that for days he stalked Gover nor Peabody about Denver, awaiting a chance Xo kill him; confessed that he and Steve Adams set and dis charged the mine under the depot at Independence, and confessed that fail ing In an attempt to poison Fred Bral ley of San Francisco, he blew nim and his house up with a bomb of gelatine. I And he has more brutal crimes to tell that will bring his bloody career down to Its end at Caldwell, where with a great bomb he killed Governor Steunenberg. The story was told to a tense-nerved, rigid crowd that watched with staring eyes for every move and word of the confessing wit ness; a crowd that was sickened and weary of Ate disgusting details long before Janrcs H. Hawley, pleading ill ness of himself, at 3' o'clock in the afternoon secured adjournment, for the day. Final Drafts of Treaty. St Petersburg The final drafts of the Russo-Japanese commercial tr.aty have been completed and sent to Tokio for approval. The answer of the em peror of Japan is expected during the latter part of the present month. The treaty will remain in force five years, according to the Novoe Vremya, and is more of a' politcal than of an eco nomical character. The protocols cov ering the negotiations win be made public in a yellow book when the treaty is signed. Outbreak Now at Wcichouw. Hong Kong- A serious rebellious outbreak is said to have occurred at Weichouw, about thirty miles south of Hankow formerly the refuge of the pirates in the gulf of Tong King. A mob of rebels were attacking the city and troops from- Canton have been asked for. THE RAILROADS WILL CONTEST. Union Pacific and Rock Island to Make a Fight Lnicoln, Neb. The Rock Island and the Union Pacific will contest the Al- drich bill, which provides for a 15 per cent reduction In grain, coal, live stock fruit potatoes andiralldlng material In carload lots. It is also believed that the' two roads will contest the 2-cent fare law. General Solicitor J. N. Bald win affirmed the one and intimated the other at a session of tite state railway commission. Trial of Mayor Schmitz. San Francisco The opening address for the prosecution by Assistant Dis trict Attorney Heney, the partial exam ination in chief of former Police Com missioner Thomas Reagan, Introduc tion as evidence of a mass of data from the minute books of the police com mission for the years 1904-05, and the Questioning In relation thereto of the secretary of the commission. OBcer Charles F. Skuley, were the Incidents that made up the first day's actual trial of Mayor Eugene E. SchmJtz for extortion. THE CASE Off MR, HARRIMAN. s iM JfB0 IHVIt 9M question aa to whether the govm-nmeat wfll enter criminal proMcutioa against K BL, Harrimam. the railroad magnate, for the 'violation of the' Sherman " anti trust law was considered at a con ference between President .Roosevelt and Franklin K. Lane, Intentate-commerce commissioner, at. "the White House Tuesday. J" . " Mr,. Lane was with the president for more than an hour and upon leav ing the White house' announced that before July legal pKKeeduigs weald be instituted to compel Mr. Harriman to answer questions propounded to him by members of the commission at the recent hearing in New York when the Alton deal was under investiga tion. Previous to his conference with the president, Commissioner Lane had conferred with Frank B. Kellogg, counsel for the government In the Harriman investigation. Mr. Kellogg, it I3. understood, will have a confer ence with the president some time this week and will later go to New York to Institute suit against Mr. Har riman to compel him to answer the questions In regard to the Alton transaction. At this conference all the members of the commission will be present and it will be definitely decided what action the administration is to take in regard to the criminal prosecution 'against Mr. Harriman. While no date has been set for this conference it probably will be held on Thursday or Saturday, of this week. The proceedings to compel Mr. Har riman to answer the questions will be brought in the courts of the south ern district of New York. Whether the prosecution or the defense should win the decision the case i3 expected to be appealed. According to opinions expressed by members, of the interna tional commerce commission it may be a year or more before final decision can be reached on these efforts to compel answers to the questions to which Mr. Harriman declined to re spond. It 'was announced several weeks ago that the commission did not intend to await the result of these pro ceedings before taking action on the general subject of the investigation of the Harriman lines. CITY NEED NOT BUY. Decision of Judge W. H. Munger In the Water Works Case. Omaha The city of Omaha does not Imve to buy the Omaha Water company plant for $6,263,295.49, the price fixed by the board of appraisers, and that appraisement is invalid this is the decision of Judge W. H. Munger in the United fctates circuit'eourt for the district of Nebraska, thus bring inj to culmination the prolonged fight precipitated by the Omaha Water board under the provisions of the compulsory water plant ownership law enacted by the legislature of 1903. It leaves the next step to be taken by the water company in the form of an ap peal to the circuit court of appeals, and this will be done in due course of time. OKLAHOMA ELECTION CALLED. Voters of New State to Pass Upon the Proposed Constitution. South McAlester, I. T. Disregard ing the restraining order of District Judge Pan coast, William H. Murray, president of the constitutional conven tion, issued a proclamation calling an election August 6, when the constitu tion framed by the convention for the proposed state of Oklahoma will be ratified, or rejected. INDICTMENTS BY WHOLESALE. Every Furniture Jobber in Four Pacific States Indicted. Portland, Ore. In the United States district court here Wednesday indict ments were returned against ISO furni ture dealers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California for alleged viola tion of the Sherman anti-trust law. The list includes every manufacturer and jobber in the states named and a large number of retail dealers. The McKinley Fortune. Washington The two sisters of the late President McKinley each will re ceive a third of his estate, and the daughter of his brother, the late Ab ner McKinley, will get the remainder. Under the terms of Sir. McKiniey's will the whole property, then worth $300,000, but greatly increased in value since, was to be Mrs. IcKin ley's during her lifetime. Low Fares Receive Blow. Columbus, O. The supreme court in the suit of the- city, of Cleveland against William Reynolds gave a great victory for the Cleveland Con solidated Railways company and a blow at low fares. The case was brought in 'the circuit court of 'Cuy ahoga county and involved, the validity of the street car franchises of the Con solidated company and the supreme court sustained the decision thus In validating the low fare franchises. Missionary Badly Beaten. London A special dispatch received here from Hong Kong says that Mr. Pollard, a Methodist missionary at Chao-Tuag-Fu, has been mercilessly beaten by the Chinese. His lung was pierced by a weapon. Edna May Is Married. London Edna May, the American actress, was married Tuesday at the' registry oflce at Windsor to Oscar Lewlsohn, son of Adolph Lewisohn of. New York, in the presence- of a few relatives and intimate friends. He Fell 110 Feet. St Louis, Mo. Stephen Cummins was killed and Fritz Garstans and Joseph Gerbis were badly Injured when the rope in the block and tackle of a wheelbarrow hoist snapped In a building under construction at the Annheuser-Busch brewery. Cummins fell liO feet Swift's -Plant Burn. Wilketarre,' Pa. The Swift 4b Ce. slant here was Tuesday destroyed by lire. Loss90.C00. . r " u? - NEBRASKA BATTERS i.ti- m MWCELLANBOU HERE AND THERE. IFWOEiTEKST AmmMmmmMMmmM BftlIaljafJBB. MaHrsBmB-BjBmfay BaWMBJ"' ther Matters Having Reference to Thie Conwwsnwsalth Aleae. f ? '- - NfrAr lOTES Two Inches of hail fell recently at Chadron. " Mrs. Helen B. Little was found dead at Pawnee, City. July 27 Beatrice will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. David City is planning for a com plete sewerage system. Harvard is short on school room and will have to build an addition. Several deaths from diphtheria have . occurred at Red Cloud and vicinity. The state saloon apportionment for Gage county amounts to $12,658.15. John Conner, a veteran of the civil war, died in Beatrice last week, aged 94. The firemen's monument has ar rived at Beatrice and will be put up at once. York Is assured of the new depot for which the town has been fighting for years. Over $450 la cash was found la the effects of Mrs. Jane Boone, who died at Red Cloud. Win. Hawke..who has. been a resi dent of Nebraska City since 1859 died last week. - At a school bond election held at Newman Grove the proposition 'car ried by a large majority. Reports from deputy assessors in Sage county indicate an increase in personal and real estate values. An effort is being made among horse-' men to organize a racing circuit to take in the northern counties of Neb raska. County Attorney Rawls of. Caas county has sold his large ranch to Frank J. Davis of Weeping Water for $25,000. Six bronze drinking fountains have been presented to thecity of Omaha by Mrs. Selina C. Carter. The cost is $4,000. Herman Jankowskl, a carpenter of Fremont, fell from a porch upon which he was working and bad his leg badly fractured. Brown county has let a contract for a new steel bridge across the Niobra ra to take the place of the old one which went out in the high water earlier in the present year. Florence, a suburb of Omaha, Is making preparations for a grand "4th. of July celebration. The American eagle will be given full freedom, and without regard to climatic conditions the town proposes having a red hot time. Mr3. Henning of Falls City, a wid ow about 60 years old, who has been doing nursing for some time, was in attendance on s- severe case of blood poisoning and a small scratch on her finger became infected. She died from the poison. As Charles' McDuffee wa3 working at the Woodworth sand pit near Val ley with his team and scraper on the bank next to the lake the bank sud denly caved in, taking both horses ud scraper. Nothing has been seen of them since. A. O. Knocken, who was a resident of North Platte at the time the In dians roamed over the prairiea; was appointed county commissioner, to fill the vacancy caused by C. CI Hupfer. resigning on account'of his removal from the city. Roy Maynard. 'recently convicted, of murder at Alliance, manufactured two keys out of spoons and hid them in his bunk. The keys fit the lock oa, his cell door and had not they been found it i3 likely the man would have made a dash for liberty. Coney Hanks, one of the pioneers of Otoe county and largest land own ers, died, and the estate has never been settled. The heirs lastweek gave to the mother deeds of all the land, amounting to 2,195 acres of the best land in the county. She distributed the land a3 follows: Gilbert E. Hanks, 760 acres; I. H. Hanks, 320 acres; Mrs. C. C. BIckel, 225 acres; Mrs. C. C. Cox, 370 acres, and Lee A. Hanks 320 acres. In addition to this land the Hanks own large bodies of land ail over the state. A train recently passing through PMtsmouth had five buffalo oa board. The funeral of Harvy Boyd, who was drowned In Winnebago lake took place at Winnebago. He was ia an old hollowed oat log with Chester A. Boughn. fishing In Winnebago lake when Boyd Is said to 'have attempted to change .his position, upsetting the sensitive craft He was heavily dressed and were rubber boots, whiah made it almost Impossible for him to swim ashore. Mr. Boughn ' caught hold of the old fog and sarsd himself. . Mr. Spaaldlng, father-in-law of the woman who was assaulted at McCbok recently was In Grand Island. He was following the trail of the crimln al. Mrs. S. Amertaoa of Framsnt died at the residence c her t saa-In-law. Dr. L. B. Smith.- at the age of 78 years. She wan horn m Blmli N.'T. In 1856 she and. her husband came to Nebraska, locating near Schuyler, which was then named Buchanan. She waa known at that time as 'the fur thest west white woman la the Platte valley." Walter Lasher; who was shelling eorn for George Silvers northwest ef Seward, by some means got his right hand caught la the com sheller and it was badly, lacerated before it could be extracted. The county recorder's report off. Otoe county for May shows a very good decrease la thadebt tm farm property thmjsraear mortgages lied to tk amount; e .37.50, and fifteen msrtgnwsreliiil ii.ff, the val ve off 9lMifLJ& Jovaf and vHage property mortgigea'fiW amounted to $,725. and released $.39. i A -251 rj.j fe-5.V- "&S&F- J -j?..?5js- , '5fTi3.T MkmmMMMmMMM i.V .- ' l . JSm. .-... -..'. wf&ss&3a-?e&L3: .1 .. .rrfi-iKve.-.; 'o '., iiliSiklM&ih &: -- -- WH-ki4dZi . , .. -SmM-&il&&VUA' kStf-AiSM J