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Men Trying to Gst Fraudulent Title
to Rosebud --Lands Fined and (
Sent to Jail.
Denver As a result of the work of
the special grand jury, which closed
its session Saturday and reported to
Judge Lewis, about seventy 'indict
ments against men prominent in Colo
rado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada
and eastern states were returned for
coal' .and timber frauds, although a
few alleged mining fakirs and a cou
ple of cases of postoffice robberies
were 'also included in the list
Washington Information ' was re
ceived t the general land office that
B. FJ Jetter and C. B. Van Trees of
Butler, Mo., have pleaded guilty before
the United States district court for
the western district of Missouri, and
havelbeen fined $1,000 each and sen
tenced to) four months in jail for con
spiracy, under section 5440 of the
United States revised statutes.
" These men, la conjunction with one
other person, all of Butler, Mo., at "the
time of the opening of the Rosebud
Indian reservation In South Dakota,
last year, secured a number of sol
diers' declaratory statements, which,
as agents of the soldiers they offered
for filing.. At- the same time they se-,
cured promises of relinquishments
from the soldiers in case the soldiers
were lucky enough to draw a number,
the idea being to secure purchasers
for the soldiers' rights, and it was
chargei. defrauded the govcrznent by
cutting cut bona fide entrymen.
The land office -has also been not!-,
fied that there is a similar scheme in
process of formation for the opening
of the land to be made capable cf irri
gation under the Huntley project in
the Hillings, Mont, land district,
which will soon be mado available.
MORE AGITATION IN JAPAN.
Politicians Still Using 'Frisco
Inci-
dent as Weapon.
Tokio Public excitment over the
American question has almost passed,
away, but the agitation is still going
on. It is mostly the work of politi
cians of the opposition who are em
ploying the question of a weapon of
attack upon the ministry.
The progressives and a coterie of
politicians called the Datdo club will
likely join hands in a combination at
tack on the ministry over the Ameri
can question, their principal aim be
ing to thereby strengthen their re
spective positions in the coming
election of local assemblies and also
in the general election of next year.
TO MAKE WASHINGTON GOOD.
Ninety Arrents Made for. Working on
Sunday.
Washington Mayor Garrett and
Marshal Collins of Glen Echo, a sub
urb of this city, arrested about ninety
people Sunday on the charge of vio
lating the Sunday law. The arrests
included street car conductors, peanut
venders, a telephone operator and
other Sunday workers. Garrett and
Collins are the officials whose numer
ous arrests of automobiiists for ex
ceeding the speed limits have created
widespread interest
Lid on at St Louis.
St Louis. Mo. The Sunday saloon
closing law was enforced in St Louis
county on Sunday, leaving Illinois
towns across the river the only places
where thirsty St Louisans might go.
Thousands of people who have formed
a habit of going to country towns to
avoid the city's Sunday ''lid" were dis
appointed. East St Louis, however,
reaped a rich harvest,, double-headers
being run on" all east side surburban
lines to accommodate those fleeing to
this last resort tor liquid refreshments.
Nebraskans Graduate at Harvard.
Boston, Mass. Among the students
who will receive degrees at Harvard
university commencement June 2G are
several from Nebraska, as follows:
Law School, Bachelor of Law Ira
Ryner, Cedar Rapids, A. B., University
of Nebraska. 1904; Edwin Francis
Myers. Broken Bow, A. B., University
of Nebraska. 1904. Academy Depart
ment. Bachelor of Laws Robert Ran
som Bedford. TOmaha.
Mrs. Sage Gives $25,000. '
New York Mrs. Russell Sage has
sent to the Lincoln Farm association
a con tributionTof $25,000 to the fund
for the preservation of the Abraham
w Lincoln farm and log cabin and,Ior
the memorial building that will be
put up on the farm; eventually. She
has intimated to the directors of the
association her, willingness to " give
more should It bo necessary.
BENCH WARRANTS' ISSUED.
Names of 'Men Indicted in Denver
Not Given Out at Present,
Denver Bench warrants based on
the indictments' returned by the-' fed-
real grand jury will be issued Mon-t
day. it was authoritatively stated,
and until, they" are issued no names'
of the persons indicted will be made
public. It Is hinted in reliable quar
ters that the indicted persons Include
men of high business standing in
'Colorado' and .Wyoming and also in
Milwaukee and St Louis.
Mortgage of $200,000,000.
St Charles. Mo. The Wabash Rail
road company filed a mortgage for
3200,006000, Infavor of the Bowling
Green Trust company In the county;
clerk's office hre on Friday.', The'
mortgage Is to secure fifty year bends
at 4 per cent Interest " "
' Butte, Mont-4Fourteen lashes of
now fen in Butte Sunday, bat by
nightfall the streets were a mass ofj
slash. The government rain- gauge
bowed a net. precipitation of one and
one-eaarter inches. ' '
A -FIGHT -ON- FOR GRAIN TRACZ.
The vRaijronde and Chicago Elevate ra
rJ f Enjoined. V. '
Chicago lr Temporary InjuncUoijj
were" secured Friday afternoon by tie
Chicago Board of Trade" restraining!
j three railroad companies and'several'
as public warehouses eight grain ele-;
vators controlled by them. The orders,
were issued, by Judges Wlndee in thof
circuit' court as the result of three!
suits, ' charging that the defendants;
have entered into a conspiracy to ob-f
tain a msscpoly p$ the Chicago grain,-
trade. -, Those .named .as defendants;,
are'; Burlington. Rock Island and Illi
nois Central Railroad companies;' Ar
mour Elevator company. Armour Grain
compaiy Bartleti- Erazier ft Carring
ton, Rosenbaum ft Co., J. Rosenbaum,
W. TCrCarington; W. H. Bartlett, F.t
Vr Frazier. G. M.: Patten, H.tJ. Patten,'
C. BL Pierce, J. P. .Grier, Wi F. Zellerj
and the First Trust and Savings bank.
It is charged that 'proprietors of the!
elevators, store' their own' grain'' in
their own elevators and there mix it'
with the grain of others and that all'
have entered into an agreement to act
in concert in matters affecting their
interests as elevator proprietors and'
grain dealers. The defendants, it Is
declared, have agreed to cooperate to
prevent shippers, dealers and receiv
ers of grain Chicago from securing a
sufficient number of publico elevators
to meet the demands of the grain
trade unless they are permitted to con
tinue to. mix their grain in their own '
elevators in violation of an injunction
of the supreem court of Illinois pro
hibiting the practice. The elevators
involved have a capacity of 21,000,000
bushels.
The Burlington and Illinois Central 1
Railroad companies are alleged to'
have aided the diversion of grain .from
Chicago by establishing extra facili
ties for handling and by making cer
tain allowances to shippers to Kansas
City and New Orleans.
STATE CLOSES ITS CASE.
Evidence Against Haywood is All Be
fore theJury.
Boise, Idaho When teVstate closed
its case against William D. Haywood,
charged with the murder of former
Governor Frank Steunenberg, the de
fense made an unsuccessful attempt
to secure from the court an order di
recting the jury to acquit the pris
oner. The motion was overruled.
Judge Wood's ruling, which requires
tbe defense to meet with evidence the
case that the state has presented, was
made at 515 o'clock, and it was then
arranged that Haywood's counsel
rliould make their opening statement
rid present their first testimony on
Monday next
FORTY-EIGHT ALREADY SHOT.
Cuick and Severe Court-Martial Ac
tion at Kiev.
Kiev The court-martial conveneed
to try the mutinous sappers at the
summer camp at Banievka. is said to
have acted with promptness and se
verity. It is reported that forty-eight
mutineers have already been con
demned and shot
St Joseph Given a Scare. ,
Sioux City, la. Capt E. H. Schulz,
United States engineer in charge of
the Missouri river, left for St Joseph
en a telegraphic order from Secretary
Taft to make an inspection of the
Missouri river in the hopes of pre
venting its cutting through a narrow
neck of land and leaving the city
about four miles from the river. Capt
Schulz thinks it would take practical
ly all the Misjpuri river appropria
tion to make the improvements St
Joseph that would be necessary to
prevent the cutting of the new chan
nel. Foraker Stands Pat
Put-in-Bay, O. Senator J. B. For
aker addressed tbe National Associa
tion of Freight Traffic Agents here
Friday. Senator Foraker defended the
Elkins bill, which he declared is a
complete remedy when fully enforced
for all the evils of the rebate system.
He defended bis opposition to the Hep
burn bill on the triple grounds that' it
was unnecessary on account of the ex
istence of the Elkins bilL
Man With Career of Fame.
Spokane, Wash. Job Mason, who
Won the Victoria cross for gallant ser
vice in South Africa hi 1853 and was
sexton of All Saints Episcopal ca
thedral in Spokane for nineteen years,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
J. Goodwin, Friday. He was born In
Sittingbourne, Kent, England, in 1810.
More Trouble for 'Frisco.
San Francisco, Cat Strikeriddcn
San, Francisco had another strike ad
ded to. the list Friday noon, when the
telegraph perators employed by the
Western Union" and Postal Telegraph,
companies 'left their keys at 3:20
o'clock. Three short blasts from a
police whistle gave the signal and at
the sound the operators arose from the'
tables, put on their coats and quit
their jobs. .,
Hale of Tennessee Is for 'Roosevelt
Washington Representative Na
jthan W. Hale, republican, of the Sec
ond congressional, district of Tennes
see, declared m favor of the election
of President Roosevelt for another
term: He said that if again nomi-'
nated Roosevelt would carry several
southern states, as the country wanted j
him to have an opportunity to finish
.,the Panama canal and the mighty re-'
forms and measures for which he
Stands, it5 would be a national calam
ity to make a change at this time.
Homeseekers at Billings.
BiHings. Mont Homeseekers are
flocking into this city in anticipation i
of the drawing for lands in the Hunt
ley irrigation project 'June 26. Friday
more than 1,000 homeseekers arrived.
-Hotels. and rooardag vhouses-l are
crowded to overflowing and the new
comers, are being forced to erect teats. 1
oecreuuy oi we interior jrupes w
Garfield will probably, oversee the
drawing: Hewfli oeeceaMUued'to f
BiHings by a number of ofltdals from
the reclamation, service, the forestry
afid land oflce deoartmenta. .
CUMMINS ON TARIFF
A
GOVERNOR OF IOWA IS FOR RE
VISION. HIS TALK AT PITTSBURG,
Prediction that a Ccngress Will I
x Elected That Wll Do Justice to
Buyers
Well as Seilers.
visions of Same. x
' Pittsburg. Pa. Governor Albert B.
Cummins-of Iowa delivered the princi
pal address Monday night at a meet
ing of the Pittsburg board of trade.
Governor Cummins spoke on "Reci
procity," and William R. Corwin. sec
retary of the New Xork committee of
the American Reciprocal Tariff league
also made an address.'
Governor Cummins characterized
the placing of duties upon many things
as an American habit and said:
' "I stand just as firmly and as per
sistently for a reduction in some of the
duties in order that the home buyer
may be protected as I do for recipro
cal arrangements that will enlarge
our sales abroad.
"The course of trade conclusively
establishes that the duties are exces
sive. If the iron and steel manufac
turer of the United States can sell his
products 'In the markets of other
countries in open competition with all
the manufacturers of the earth, and If
in so doing he makes a fair profit upon
his sales, the man who still holds that
our manufacturers need the high du
ties in order to enable them to com
pete successfully n their own markets
with foreign producers has surren
dered his good sense in his idolatry at
the shrine of that miserable maxim
filched from the language of the great
American game.
"I am not astonished to witness the
progress that these manufacturers are
making abroad, 'but it fills me with
amazement when I hear it proclaimed
that they need a protective duty of
from $8 to $100 per ton to enable them
to hold the markets of their own coun
try against the iaroads of their rivals
from other lands.
"I am or tariff revision and for
tariff reduction as a measure of jus
tice to the buyers of. protected com
modities. ' It seems to me that we
have gone mad in our zeal for the
seller and have abandoned the buyer
to the mercy of monopoly, combina
tion and greed.
"The people have borne excessive
tariff with marvelous patience but
they will not bear it in silence, and
little by lttle they are coming nearer
to their own. The way is beset by
many difficulties, but they will be
overcome and it will not be long be
fore a congress will convene that will
be as swift to give them the relief
to which they are united as the con
gresses of the last few years have
been resolute in denying."
NEILL MAY INVESTIGATE.
Bureau of Labor May Try to Adjust
Trouble.
Washington Commisioner Charles
P. Neill of the bureau ofJlabor refused
to state whether he had received from
President Roosevelt the various ap
peals made for executive intervention
Xo prevent the threatened telegraph
ers' strike. In reply to the direct
question as to whether the president
had requested him to consider the
various appeals with the view of tak
ing some action looking to a' satis
factory adjustment of the threatened
strike, the commissioner said:
"Just at this time I must refuse to
make any statement tor publication
or to answer any questions regarding
any action the government may take
to avoid the impending strike."
FORAKER DEFENDS NEGROES.
Says There is No Evidence that Sol
diers Shot Up Brownsville.
Washington, D. C. Senator Fora
ker fit Ohio gave out a written state
ment summing up tbe testimony tak
en by the senate cummission on mil
itary affairs in the Brownsville in
quiry and declaring that it fails to
show that any. soldier took part in
the affray. The statement which tbe
senator says he makes as a "plain
duty to the truth as well' as to the
accused soldiers," and because ne is
"more familiar with the testimony
than anybody else," is an answer to
a published statement that the testi
mony conclusively showed the sol
diers of the. Twenty-fifth batalion did
the shooting.
Priest Gets Title.
Larimle, Wyo. The title of monsig
neur and domestic prelate of the
pope's household was Sunday con
ferred on the Rev. Father Hugh Cum
miskey of this parish, by Bishop J. J.
Weane of the diocese of Cheyenne.
'The ceremony was witnessed by Cath
olic clyergymen from other towns and
a large audience af laymen. At its
conclusion the, audience went to the
opera-house where the operetta, "The
Spectr- Knight" was produced.
Ambassador td be Recalled.
Washington A private cablegram
-was received here Monday stating
that the Marquis Ito and the elder
.statesmen of Japan held a conference
with Foreign Minister Hayashi in
Tokio last Wednesday, when at the
urgent request of the marquis It was
decided -10,160311, Viscount Aoki, the
ambassador now credited to this coun
try. The statement was made In an
thoritltive quarter- that the' Marquis
Ito and Ambassador Aoki have not
been on friendly terms for many
years.
Colonel Hogetand Asphyxiated.
Omaha Colonel Alexander lIoge
land of Louisville, Ky., the newsboys'
friend, and father of the curfewj law,
was found dead in bed Monday morn
ing at his room in- the Murray hotel
with a gas jet turned en and the
windows and transem clesed. Feebler
ness from old age" is believed to 'ac
count for the fact, that the gas wan
turned on. It is surmised that CoK
one! .Hogeland. when he retired,
fumble with the gas jet cock and'
thinking that he had if turned off,
.went Asleep never ito airaken. iw
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MORE LAUD HEN SENTENCED
TWO OF THEM MUST SERVE
THREE MONTHS IN JAIL.
The Third Man, Fred Hoyt, Gets Off
Easier, Paying a Fine of One
V Thousand Dollars.
Omaha Thomas M. Huntington and
Ami B. Todd were sentenced by
-Judge T. C. Munger in the United
States district court Thursday morn
ing to pay a fine of $1,000 each and
to be imprisoned in the Douglas
county jail for the period of three
months. Fred Hoyt was sentenced to
pay a fine of $1,000 and stand com
mitted to the Douglas county jail un
til the fine was paid.
The sentences are the result of the
conviction of thre men after a ten
days'' trial in the United States dis
trist court, April 18, of conspiracy to
defraud the United States out of use.
possession and title -to large tracts of
land in Sheridan and Cherry counties
by means of false, fraudulent and ficti
tious entries and for subornation of
perjury.
v Immediately following the convic
tion of 'the accused their attorneys
filed a motion for a new trial and this
motion was argued before Judge T. C.
Munger June, 7. Judge Munger took
the matter under advisement and
handed down his decision Thursday
morning, overruling the motion for a
new trial and imposed the foregoing
sentences.
Immediately upon the announcement
of the sentences the defendants gave
notice of appeal to the United States
circuit court of appeals on a writ of
error and executed a bond in tbe sum
of $5,000 each. Pending the hearing
and decision on the appeal to the cir
cuit court of appeals the defendants'
will be at libeity on their respective
bonds.
The conviction and sentence of
Huntington, Hoyt and Todd finishes
the last of the big land trials held in
the United States district court In
Omaha. The accused constitute the
second cr last group of defendants in
the famous Richards and Comstock
case.
An indictment was found by the fed
eral grand jury In May, 1906, against
Bartlett Richards,- Will G. Comstock.
Charles C. Jameson, president, vice
president and secretary and general
manager, respectively, of the Ne
'braska Land and Feeding company;
lAq;iilia Tripjett, agent; F. M. Wal
cott, attorney; Thomas M. Huntington,
Fred Hoyt, James C. Reid, officers of
the Macerick Loan and Trust company
of Gordon and Rushville, and Ami B.
Todd of Plattsmouth and Denver, a
land locating agent.
The indictment comprised forty
counts of over 500 closely typewritten
pages, in which the nine defendants
were charged with conspiracy to de
fraud the United States out of use,
possession and title to large tracts of
public land in Sheridan and Cherry
counties by means of false, fraudulent
and fictitious entries and for con
spiracy to suborn perjury.
Hasn't Eaten for Twenty Days.
Belleville, HI. Dr. I. J. Eales, who
began a fast for twenty days to test
his theory that his health would there
by be benefited, completed the stipu
lated time at noon Thursday. He de
cided, hwever, not to eat anything un
til his appetite demanded food and will
continue to fast until he gets hungry.
The fast has reduced his weight from
190 pounds' to li0. Thursday night
4he attended a banquet, sniffed the ap-
.petizing viands and served the chicken
..salad himself, bul ate nothing.
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- Hope to End Labor Strife.
San Francisco A call for a national
industrial peace conference to meet
'in this city July 15, 19 and 20, has
been issued by the conciliation commit
itee of San Francisco, with, it is said
the encouragement of President Roose
velt. The committee expects that this
'national conference will effect a con
dition of permanent industrial peace
in this' city, show to the east that the
labor conditions here are not entirely
-hopeless, and that the rumors that the
;"town is to be tied up" are false.
Last Body Recovered.
Hampton, Va. The body of Mid
shipman Clay Muffin, jr., of Jackson,
JO., the last of the missing midshipmen
;of the battleship Minnesota's launch
'accident, was recovered in Hampton
Bonds Thursday, near old Fort Wool.
Standard Is to Divulge.
J . Cihcago It was agreed between at
torneys in the Standard Oil case today
ttat the Information asked for by
Judge Landls-relative to the financial
condition of the Standard Oil company
I snail be given June 26.
FUEL FAMINE IS MUCH FEARED
UNCLE SAM IS ASKED TO 3EC0ME
INTERESTED.
Railroads Desire That Steps Be Taken
That Will Obviate a Winter
Coal Shortage.
Washington Strenuous measures
have been adopted, both by. the gov
ernment and by the railroads, to avert
a fuel famine in the west and north
west, which is thought to be impend
ing next winter. Howard Elliott,
president of the , Northern Pacific
railroad, recently wrote to Commis
sioner Lane of the Interstate Com
merce commission, suggesting the
probability of a fuel famine in the
west and northwest next winter that
might exceed in its serious possibil
ities the famine of last winter. He ad
vised that every effort be made by the
commission to induce consumers, in
cluding the government, to lay in sup
plies of coal during the summer
months, pending the movement of the
crops in the early antu-nn.' Commis
sioner Lane immediately took the
matter up with' Secretaries Garficl 1
and Taft, urging that coal'supplifs at
all depots of the government be put
in at as early a date as possible. The
subject was considered at the last cab
inet meeting held before President
Roosevelt left for Oyster Bay, and it
was decided that the suggestion should
be adopted. v
Secretary Garfield wrote to Com
missioner Lane in response to a let
ter which 'the commissioner had writ
ten him on tbe subject, his letter
ccntsinin this paragraph:
"I bee: to acknowledge your Tetter ef
June 7th, with the enclosure from the
president of the Northern Pacific His
suggestion regarding fuel is an admir
able one, and will be acted upon by
the departments." '
Commissioner Lane has received
from Montana, a circular, which the
commission has issued, respecting an
investigation into the subject of the
coal supply now in sight and to be
available for the use of citizens of
Montana during the winter months of
1907 and 1908. The inquiry shows that
a coal shortage exceeding that of the
past winter is not only possible, but
probable, unless steps are taken to
avert it, and the commission advises
the" people to put in their supplies of
coal at the earliest possible date.
M'KINLlEY MAUSOLEUM.
Preparations for Dedication Septem
ber 30.
Canton. O. When the McKinley
mausoleum is dedicated,, September
SO. not only President Roosevelt, Vice
President Fairbanks and other public
men will be present, but it is planned
to have an imposing military pageant.
Governor Harris will be asked by a
special committee named by tbe Mc
Kinley Memorial association and by
the Canton memorial dedication com
mittee to order the Ohio National
guard to assemble here for the ded
ication ceremonies.
Controversy Among Miners.
Deaver, Colo. The convention of
the Western Federation of Miners con
tinued the discussion of the amend
ment to the constitution prohibiting
the local unions from -making labor
contracts with the operators. There
was a bitter controversy between the
conservatives who oppose the amend
ment and the radicals. Many locals
have contracts with the operators. If
the amendment should finally prevail
and become a part of the constitution
after a referendum vote, all these con
tracts would have to be rescinded and
much confusion would prevail.
Jenks to Leave Salvador.
Washington Feeling that his use
fulness as American consul at San
Salvador had been impakd, the state
department has docided to find an
other post for John Jenkins. This
officer became embroiled in the quar
rel between Nicaragua and Salvador
and is now in Washington, having
been summoned here to explain the
matter. Samuel E. Magill, at present
American consul at Tampico, Mexico,
will be transferred to San Salvador,
where Mr. Jenkins has been stationed.
Mr. Jenkins Is an Omahan.
Ten Bodies Recovered.
Newport News, Va. The waters of
Hampton Roads gave up tbe bodies
of five more victims of tbe Minne
sota's launch disaster two midship
men and four, seamen. The bodies
were found about a mile of Fort Wool,
within half a mile of where the launch
was sunk. The corpses were those of
Coxswain R. H. Dodson, Midshipmen
Walter Carl Ulrich and Herbert Lean-
der Holden; Ordinary Seaman H. L.
Van Dora, Ordinary Seaman F. R-
i Plumber and Coal Passer Jesse Coon.
IThis makes ten bodies recovered.
THE' Utt OP PUBLIC LAND.
Conventiii to Consider
DenverThe public lands convesK
tion. whk met la this dty Tnaieay
for a three days session, got down to
business in the afternoon, llsteninc
to addresses by James R. Garfield,
secretary of the interior; Richard A.
Bellinger, commissioner of the gen
eral land oflce. and Henry M. Teller,
United States senator nom Colorado.
Permanent organization was effected
by the election of Dr. J. M. Wilson
of Wyoming as chairman and Fred
P. Johnson of Colorado as secretary.
The reports of the committees on
credentials and organization, rales
and order were made, and a commit
tee on resolutions was appointed. The
first speaker of the afternoon was
Secretary Garfield.
He urged the convention in its
discussion of the present land laws,
a criticism of which he said had been
the cause of the calling together o
the convention, to confine its dlscus
tion to the effect of these laws on
the entire country, anfr not on any
particular section of the country. The
public lands, he said, were not an
asset of any particular locality. They
belong to the people of the entire
nation. He said he wanted to get
the point of view of- the people of
the west and he wanted them to get
his point of view. He welcomed crit
icism which was constructive, bnt he
thought that criticism which was
merely an attack without n sugges
tion for improvement was worthless.
Mr. Ballinger confined his address
to n history of the land office and
Ito duties. He explained at length
the present land laws.
Senator Teller was the first speak
er to voice the. complaints felt by a
majority of the members of the con
vention. He said they did not com
plain of the laws; but that the offi
cials were disobeying the laws. In
speaking of the coal lands he said
that congress alone had the power
to pass on the question of policy 1b
disposing of these lands and to de
cide on what shall be charged for
them. The policy in dealing with ag
ricultural lands should be to get
tbem into the hands of those wfu
would live on them. He objected to
landlordism 'either by the rich or by
the government.
Dr. Wilson, in taking the chair just
before adjournment, compared the
convention to a stockholders meet
ing and the representatives of XJm
government to the directors of the
corporation;
HEAVIER LOADS FOR CARS.
Plan to Relieve Congestion is Pro-
posed by Freight Agents.
New Orleans, La. interesting In
quiries into the means of relieving
car shortage are scheduled for disous
sion at the twentieth annual conven
tion of the American Freight Agents'
association, which began here. vThe
delegation from Toledo has made the
following proposition:
"Many shippers show a disposition
to load the cars to the minimum gov-,
erning the commodity" shipped, where
as leading to full capacity of the car
wouU greatly relieve the existing car
shortage. As a remedy the Toledo
agents propose "the changing of the
classification minimum on carloads
to the visible capacity of the car-"
The New York agents will bring up
a general discussion of the new rate
law.
ACUTE SITUATION IN FRANCE.
Conditions in Wine Growing Sections
Border Closely on Civil War.
Paris The government appears to
have acted none too soon in deter
mining to set the law in motion
against the revolutionaries in the
south of France. Prefects report the
commencement of efforts to raise the.
populace, and three departments, the
Aude, Herrault and Pyrenees-Orien-tales,
are apparently nearing a stage
when aggressiveness will replace
passivity.
Advices from Narbonne, depart
ment of the Aude. show that the sit
uation there has become worse. Dy
namite has been discovered on the
rajlrcads, in some cases the tracks
have been removed, the telegraph
wires have been cut so as to impede
the arrival of troops ana the revolt
ed villagers have been collecting ma
terial for barricades.
COURT REFUSES INJUNCTION.
District Judge Denies Motion in
Woodmen of the World Case.
Denver District Judge Allen de
nied theTnotion for a temporary in
junction in the suit of Mrs. Jessie
Falkenburg Fallis against the head
of the Woodmen of the World to pre
vent the erection of a monument to
the memory of former Head Consul
Falkenburg. Judge Allen took occa
sion to rebuke the local lodge that
supported the suit, declaring that it
should never have been brought, but
that the dispute should have been
settled within the order.
Bryce Likes the Constitution.
Tusia, I. T. Ambassador James'
Bryce concluded his tour of the twin
territories Tuesday at a public re
ception in Tulsa. He left at night
on a special train for St. Louis,
where he will deliver an address at
the fiftieth anniversary of Washing
ton university. Mr. Bryce said, the
initiative and referendum clause in
the proposed Oklahoma constitu
tion was a great measure and deplor
ed the fact that certain Oklahomans
were incliaed to make a political is
sue of the constitution.
Six Years for Stealing $80,000.
Charlotte, N- C Frank H. Jones,
defaulting teller-of the Charlotte Na
tional bank, who disappeared March
13, leaving a shortage of 180,000 .In
his accounts, was sentenced to serve
six years in the -Atlanta federal
prison.
Om Fare for Teachers.
Columbus, O. According 'tonotices
reteived by local passenger men the
railroads will make a flat round trip
rate to Los Angeles-for the National
Educational association.
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hetoratBeUgrad. ,
German iJrtherank ef BtoenOeld will
erect a parsonage.
Fremont in making nig; ftoan fr
ceteeratJoa of the Fonrth.
Al of the Seadey echeole ef Bearer
Crossing have united far a nnlom Sn
day School Fourth of Jnly celebratton.
There m some talk of installing a
motor car on the Unton Jacinc road
between Beatrice and Marysvllle.
Th atato board of. eeeallaatJen
rained the rnihend sesement,ia -Webster
coanty from $et4.7E5 to C127C
an Increase of $1421- T
Herbert Wlnton, son ef Mr. and Mr.
Henry Wlnton of Nebraska City, wan
drowned at Claybeme, Texas, where
he fell into the river.
Alliance's school board In advertie
lag for a heating plant far ito new
brick and stone modern building now
In course of construction.'
Mrs. Emma Kaafmaaa. who Is being
tried for the murder of a girl that
worked for her. nt.FIandrean. S. D..
was formerly a resident of Nebraska
City.
The Lincoln County Beet Growers'
association, which was organized some
time ago. Is now making some efforts
toward securing a factory for that ter
ritory... .
Clyde Black. 18 years old. a boy who
has been living six miles north of
Valentine, drowned while swimming In
the mill pond with a number of other
boys.
Wolves are said to he very thick in
the south part of Colfax county along
the Platte river 'and are so bold as
to enter pastures and kill young
calves. '
Three times and out does not apply
to St Paul's church, near Talmage.
as the steeple of that church has been
struck by lightning three times, but
not badly damaged.
F. H. Taylor received the autograph
of President Theodore Roosevelt It
was attached to a commission as post
master of Table Rock. He will enter
on his duties July 1.
The damage suit of Hal E. Markle
of Beatrice against the city of Lincoln
for $10,000 for injuries received by
falling through a manhole, has been
settled out of court.
The Nebraska Stock Growers, In
session at Alliance, elected officers as
follows: R. M. Hampton, president:
E. P. Meyers, vice president; E. M.
Searle, jr., secretary-treasurer.
John Welnandt of Cedar county has
appealed to the supreme court for a
reversal of the judgment of $200 se
cured against him on- the charge of
selling liquotiiwiehoa a license. ,
A public library and, gymnasium for
David City now seems' to be a possi
bility. Already one citizen ha3 volun
tarily offered to donate $1000 and two.
others $500 each for such purpose.
While polishing discs on an emery
Wheel at Ord, Joseph Warwick, a
blacksmith, allowed the sharpened In
strument to slip, striking him in the
leg. and very nearly severed the leg
from the body.
. J. W. Stabbs, living one and a half
miles northwest of Watertown, was
drowned in Wood .river while fishing.
He was subject to epileptic fits, and
is supposed to have fallen in during
one of his attacks.
The bank deposits of Seward county
exceed $3,000,000. as shown by the .last
bank statement published. Over one
half Is carried by Seward banks, while -the
remainder is with the banks in1
smaller towns of the county.
A man residing in the south part
of Auburn' had a cow which the veter
inarian ordered killed because of hav
ing tuberculosis. Upon Investigation
it was found that the lungs of tbe an
imal were In a very bad condition.
D. Clem Deaver general land agent
for the Burlington, is having a special
coach prepared at Plattsmouth to con-'
tarn the exhibits grown In Nebraska.
which will be exhibited over the differ
ent lines of the road in the future.
Miss Bertha Jensen, who for the
last five years has been one of the fac
ulty of the institute for the blind, at
Nebraska City, has resigned her posi
tion and will go to Seattle, Wash. She '
makes the chance on account of her
Lwalth. If all of the counties of the state
make as good an increase' in their as-:
sessments as has Richardson county."
the total increase In the assessment
of the state will aggregate about $15,
000.000. Assessor G. A. Jorn of 'Rich
ardson county has written Secretary
George D. Benett of the state board
of equalization that he has "dug up"
personal property amounting in value
to $607,580 more than it was last year.
Lylo Boyd of Hastings 'was drowned
at Nelson. LaVerne Arthur, his com
panion, who made an effort to rescue
Boyd, lost .hi life in tho attempt The -bodies
were recovered. Lyle Boyd was.
well known in Hastings.
August Heins, a fanner living twelve
miles, west of Surprise, is searching
the country, for Rev. Henry Luebko.
German Lutheran' minister, who disap
peared from there last week. On the
same day Miss Ella Heins. who- had
been making her home at the preach
er's residence while attending his
German school .also ; disappeared.
On the eve of his departure for Eu
rope, President J. W. Crabtree an-,
nounced the election of Miss Elenor
Lally, of the Lincoln public schools.,'
as a member of the model school fac
ulty of the State Normal school at
Pertv beginning with the fall term la.
September.
While the young sons of George and
Nils Berry; of Beaver Crosnins were.
playing4 with a couple ofrevblvers.
Lester, son of George Jtorry. was accl-
dentally shot, thetfbali striking him,
near the temple. The fact that thei
he r glanced in all that saved his life.
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