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HAYWOOD A&QUITTEO
JURY GAYS HE WAS NOT GUILTY
OF CONSPIRACY.
EOUHT SETS HIM JIT UBEBTY
The Prclraiility of Verdict of Acquit
tsl Had Be-n Freely Predicted
for Some Time.
Boise, Idaho Into the bright sun
light of a beautiful Sabbath morning,
into the 3tiI!noss of a city drowsy
Irith lazy slumbers of a summer Sun
day, William D. Haywood, defendant
In one of the most noted trials involv
ing conspiracy and murder that the
country lias ever known, walked
Sunday a free man. acquitted of the
murder of former Governor Frank
Stcuncr.Lcrg.
The probability of a verdict of ac
quittal in the case of the secretary
treasurer and acknowledged leader of'
the Wec:3rn Federation of Miners hag
been freely predicted, when Judge
Fremont Wood read his charge, which
was regarded as strongly favoring the
defense in its interpretation of the
laws of conspiracy, circumstantial
evidence and the corroboration of an
accompiico who confesses.
It was also frc3ly predicted that in
the event of Haywood'.s acquittal the
state would abandon the prosecution
his associates. Charles H. Mover, the
nresident of the federation, and
George A. PetUbone of Denver. State- j
ments from counsel and from Gover
nor Gooding issued today dispel this
view of the situation. Governor Good
ing said:
"The verdict is a surprise to me,
and I believe to all citizens of Idaho
who have heard or read the evidence
in the case.
"I have done my duty.
i nae no
regret as to any action I have taken, j
and my conscience is clear. As long .
as God gives me strength I shall con-,
tiiMie my efforts for government by
law and for organized society. I
"The slat will continue a vigorous j
prosecution of Mover and Pettibone
and Adams and of Simpkins. when the
latter is apprehended. There will be
neither hesitation nor retreat."
Application will be made to Judge
Wood Monday morning to admit Moyer
and Pettibone to bail, and it was said penal provisions of the law, except
that in case of Moyer. against whom by suit brought in the state supreme
the state is admitted to have its weak-, court for the purpose of testing the
est case, a favorable consideration ' validity of the law. and that it did
would not be unexpected. t not contemplate any enforcement of
Not the least interesting of the com-' the law until such question was de
ments made upon the verdict v.-as that , termined, and that the suit brought
of Harry Orchard, the self-confessed ' in .the supreme court was for the pur
murderer of Governor Steunenberg i pose of having a speedy termination
and the witness upon whom the state of the law.
chiefly relied to prove its claim of a
conspiracy on the part of the West- j CAPTAIN KIRKMAN'S CASE.
era Federation of Miners. .
AVhen told of the acquittal of Hay- , Wattsr Taken Under Advisement by
wood. Orchard said: "Well, I have ' Judge McPherson.
done my duty. I have told the truth. ! Leavenworth, Kas. Judge Smith
I could do no more. I am ready to McPherson In the United States dis
take any punshiment that may be-' t; let conrt here took under advise
meted out to me for mv crime, and the j mc-nt an application of former Captain
sooner it comes the better." j George W. Kirkman for a writ of ha-
j beas corpus to secure his release from
Big Fire ?.t Coney Island. the federal penitentiary here. Kirk-i
New York Coney Island, the play
ground of New York's millions was vis
ited by a disastrous fire Sunday and
seven blocks in the amusement zone
were destrod. Tilyou's Steeplechase
park and nearly a score of small hotels
were wiped out.
SENATOR PETTUS IS DEAD.
Alabama Statesman Passes Away Sud
denly as Result of Apoplexy.
" Asheville. N .C United States Sen
ator Pcttus of Alabama died Saturday
at Hot Springs, this state, from the
effects of 'a stroke of apoplexy with
which he 'was seized while at the
breakfast table Friday morning. His
entire body was paralyzed and he
never recovered consciousness since'
that time.
'Senator Pettus' daughter and his
grandson. E. W. Pettus. Jr.,- reached
Hot Springs an hour before the sena
tor's death, but he did not recognize
them. The attending physicians sir
that from the moment of the apop
lectic stroke Senator Pettus suffered
no pain and that he passed away
quietly.
Council Bluffs Officers Shot.
Council Bluffs. la. W. H. Richard
son and day Detective George Wilson
of Council Bluffs were shot and fa
tally wounded by an unidentified roan
whom Richardson had placed under
arrest Patrolman Richardson was
called to the bridge on North First
street by a report that a strange man
was Insulting passers by and demand
ing quarters. When the officer ap
proached the man the fellow at once
diew his revolver from 'his hip pocket
and shot Richardson square in the
chest He then escaped.
'- Lone Bandit Robs Coach.
TJUah. Cat The stage leaving this
city for Witter Springs was held up by
aJone bandit and eighteen passengers
'wfirs lined up along side of the con
veyance and robbed of their jewelry,
nwaey and other valuales.
Attempt to Kill a King.
London The Vienna correspondent
of a news agency here says that dis
patches reecived from the Irontier re
port an attempt against the life of
King Peter of Servia.
John B. Latham.
Fort Smith, Ark. John B. Latham,
a brother of Thomas B. Latham,
United States district attorney for the
central division of Indian territory,
died at his heme here as the result
of heat prestration.
Nine Men Drown.
Toronto, Can. A gasoline launch
capsized in the storm at Sunnyside,
the western suburb, of Toronto, and of'
the ten men who were in her, only one
13 known to be safe.
THE SIBLEY LAW STAND3.
Injunction to Express Companies is
Denied.
Omaha The Sibley law, enacted by
the last Nebraska legislature, reduc
ing the rates of express companies, in
this state 25 per cent will stand with
out being enjoined by the federal
court.
Judge W. H. Monger' banded down
a memoranda opinion in the United
I States circuit court in the case of
' Levi C. Weir, president of the Adams
Express company against Hudson J.
Winnett, Jl A. Williams. Henry T.
Cla;ke, jr.. constituting the Nebraskr.
railway commission and William T.
Thompson, attorney general of Ne
braska in which he denies the applica
tion for a temporary injunction asked
by the complainants and overrules the
pica in abatement asked by the attor
ney general. The express companies
are given leave to renew their appli
cation for an Injunction at a future
time should changed conditions re
quire. The express companies had asked
a temporary injunction to restialn the
enforcement of the Sibley law.
The plea in abatement asked for by
the attorney general of the state was
that the suit in the state supreme
court and which has been removed
into United States circuit court is a
bar to the present action.
The 'opinion of Judge Mungcr occu
pies several typewittan pages and
goes into the case extensively.
July 5 the attorney general brought
an original proceeding In the supreme
court of the state against the Adams
Express company setting forth the
passage of the act and all its pro-
! visions and alleged that the Adams
company was violating, and would con-
tlnue to violate the act unless re
strained' by order of the court. The
Adams Express company filed a pe
tition for the removal of the cause
to the federal -court and July 10 insti
tuted that proceeding, alleging that
if the law was enforced it would be in
, violation of the fourteenth amendment
, to the constitution of" the United
states in tnat t wH1 deprive thc-
pa!ntiff 0f lts property, alleging that
to do busmess under the provisions of
the ,aw would at a ioss It then
asked that the railway commission
and attorney general be restrained
from seeking to enforce the law in
any manner and for a temporary or
der of injunction, pending the final
hearing. The state filed an affidavit
showing that it bad not taken any
steps nor threatened to. take any such
?teps seeking to enforce' any of the
man contends he is entitled to ten
days oiT on each month during his
term under the military law for good
behavior . Kirkman's sentence ex
pires in October next.
BRUTAL MURDER OF GIRL.
Arkansas Woman Kills Step-Daughter
After a Quarrel.
Little Rock, Ark. After quarreling
with her husband Mrs. William Black
burn of Montgomery county waited un
til Blackburn left the house and then
attacked her 12-year-old stepdaughter,
beating her to death vith a broom
stick. The child's skull was fractured.
Chaplain Shoots Soldier.
San Antonio. Tex. Chaplain Thomas
Dickson, Twentieth infantry, shot 'and
seriously wounded Clyde Blakely, a pri
vate of Company B, Ninth infantry.
Dicnson gives as a reason for the
shooting that Blanely. with a compan
ion, was dragging away from his frone
yard a brass canon mde in 1698 which
Dickson brought from the Philippines.
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Indian Girls Guard Craves.
Kansas City Helena. Ida and Lida
Conley, sisters and Wyandotte Indians,
began an armed guard over the graves
cf their ancestors in Huroa cemetery,
in Kansas City, Kas., recently ordered
sold by the government, and threaten
to shoot the first person who may at
tempt to remove the bodies.
Longworths to Orient
San Francisco. Cal. The steamer
Siberia, which sailed for. the orient,
carried a number of prominent people
as passengers, including Secretary cf
Commerce and Labor Straus and Con
gressman Nicholas . Longsworth of
Ohio, and wife.
Lower Rates on Grain.
Washington In a decision an
nounced on Friday by Commissioner
Prouty the interstate commerce coic
mirsion held that the territory of
Oklahoma has just cause of complaint
against the Chicago, Rock Island ft
Pacific railway and other interstate
carriers on account of their rate on
wheat and corn from Oklahoma to
Galveston, Tex., for export. After a
hearing of the case the commission
has decided that the rates' are ua-
j reasonable and has ordered them to
be reduced.
Conference Fails.
Kansas City, Mo. The conference
between representatives of the United
Mine Workers, the Southern Coal
Operators' association and the West
ern Coal and Mining company, which
has been trying to reconcile the dif
ferences relating to the kind of powder
to be used in the" mines, has ended.
The mine workers representatives
left the conference announcing their
intention or seeking the advice of
John Mitchell as to the advisibility
of declaring a strike in the near fu
II COLLISION IT SH
STEAMER COLUMBIA RUN DOWN
BY A FREIGHTER.
ABOUT SEVENTY LIVES LOST
The Vessel Carried 242 Persons, 177
of Whom Are Accounted For Up
to the Present Time.
San Francisco, Cal. in a collision
between the passenger steamer Co
lombia and steam schooner San Pe
dro, off the Mendicino coast, 150 pas
sengers lost their lives. The Colum
bia was sank and lies completely sob
merged in the deep waters of Shelter
Cove. Captain Doren, master of the
Colombia, stayed with his vessel and
is among those lost
Later Hourly the death list of the
marine horror off the Mendocino
county coast shrinks. The best ad
vices Monday night were that 177 of
the 249 souls, on board the steamer
Colombia escaped death when that
vessel went to the bottom near Shel
ter Cove between midnight and 1
o'clock of Sonday morning. One hun
dred -and seven of the Colombia's
passengers and thirty-seven of Its
crew have been brought to this port
by the steamer George W. Elder,
which towed the colliding schooner
San Pedro from the scene of the dis
aster to Eureka. A late message
from Shelter Cove says that three
more life boats have been picked up,
one of them containing eighteen per
sons, another fifteen and the third
not reported.
The survivors who were brought to
this port are being cared for at the
hotels and in private houses. The
citizens of Eureka, moved to .unani
mous action by pity and the distress
of the victims, have supplied sufficient
quantities of clothing and all neces
sary medical attention without stint
or price. A committee of citizens un
der the leadership of Mayor Ricks
has charged itself with the duties of
the hour and is performing them with
energy and all possible speed. A
segregation of the Columbia's passen
ger list shows that in its cabin Jt car
Tied seventy-eight men and ninety wo
men and girls; in its steerage, twen
ty men and one woman, a total of 189.
Discrepancies, however, between the
full list furnished the purser on sail
ing and some of the names given by
survivors who have reached here in
dicate that the total passengers may
have been greater in number.
Sixteen of the names given now
are not found on the steamship com
pany's list Adding to the 189 ac
credited passengers the fifty-nine of
the sixty members of the Columbia's
crew gives a total of 249 lives jeop
ardized In the midnight collision.
Omaha Friends and relatives In
Omaha of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wlnslow,
2434 Manderson street, are mnch con
cerned over the fact that the latters
names appear in the passenger list of
the ill-fated Columbia. No word has
been received as to whether they have
been lost or not In the list of pas
sengers who were saved from the Co
lumbia are given J. C. Orr, Schuyler,
Neb.; Dr. E. J. Paine and wife, Co
lumbus, Neb.
LAND OPENING IN NORTHWEST.
Several Tracts to Be Given Over to
Settlement This Week.
Washington During the next two
weeks several large tracts of land in
the northwest are to be opened to set
tlement under proclamation of the
president and according to regulations
prescribed by the secretary of the in
terior. Included in the lot are the
lands within the Huntley irrigation
project, in Yellowstone county, Mon
tana. These lands embrace 633 farms,
approximating forty acres each, all of
which can be Irrigated from works
constructed by the government under
the irrigation act
MIDSHIPMAN CRUSE DEAD.
Omaha Boy Hero of Georgia Explosion
Succumbs to Injuries.
Boston, Mass. Midshipman Cruse,
the tenth victim of the explosion in the
turret of the battleship Georgia, died
Friday at the Chelsea. Naval hospital.
His father was at the 'bedside.
Major Cruse and P-irty started for
Washington, D. C, Friday night, and
the body of the midshipman will be
forwarded at 9 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, for Interment with naval honors in
the cemetery at Arlington.
Studying Immigration Question.
St Petersburg Senator William P.
Dillingham of Vermont and W. R.
Wheeler of Oakland, Cal., members of
the American Immigration committee,
have arrived here. They .intend to
make an exhaustive study of the immi
grant question in' Russia.
Germany's Empress Afraid.
Berlin The empress of Germany,
who is noted for her pluck on horse
back, apparently Is not so courageous
while in an automobile. She intended
to visit Konigsburg in her touring car
and was within thirty-five miles of
her destination when a load and re
peated explosion in the motor led her
to believe that her life was, in danger.
Assurances that there was not the t
least danger were of no avail and, no
other vehicle being available, the em
press proceeded in a wagon to the rail
way station nearby.
Washington W. P. Borland, expert
on railway safety-devices for the In
terstate Commerce commission, an
nounced on Monday he would begin an
investigation to determine whether
manufacturing corporations and rail
roads .have, suppressed inventions on
appliances that would be valuable In
preventing railroad accidents. Invent-1
ors have charged that corporations
have bought valuable patents and sup
pressed them-to keep them out of com
petition with inefficient appliances now
in use.
KEEPING
Peace Policeman Oh, that's all right, Japan can take care of that case all
right.
DEADLOCK IN NORTH (MOLINA
AUTHORITIES UNABLE TO AGREE
ON MODUS VIVINDI.
Governor Refuses to Consider Any
Plan Not Providing for the En
forcement of Law.
Raleigh, N. C. Nothing came from
the conference b'etween Assistant Unit
ed States Attornel General Edward T.
Sanford and Governor Glenn concern
ing a basis of settlement of the pend
ing railway rate question between the
state and the Southern railway In
volving the jurisdiction of state and
federal courts. Governor Glenn em
phasized the statement that it would
be useless for the railways to make
any proposition that did not first pro
vide that the state rate law should go
into effect pending the result of litiga
tion and that if the ralroads refused
his offer the state would, in a per
fectly legal way, continue to execute
the law as he sees It If necessary, he
announced, he will call an extra ses
sion of the general assembly that it
may act as it sees fit on all matters
affecting the pending litigation; that
as he gets his authority and power
through it, that body alone.by way of
eminent domain, etc., can control and
regulato railroads acting in defiance
of both the law and the proceedings ot
the legally constituted state courts.
An extra session seems inevitable as
a basis of settlement The governor
suggested to Mr. Sanford the following,
which he has wired to the state solic
itor at Asheville:
"That the 2 cent rate can be put
into effect at once by the railroads
until a final legal settlement the state
to appeal from the order of Judge
Pritchard discharging from custody the
Southern railway ticket ageats in Ashe
ville; the Southern railway to appeal
to the supreme court of North Carolina
in the Wake county case, in which the
company was fined $30,000 and it de
cided against it, to go by writ of er
ror to the supreme court of the United
States; each side to co-operate to have
both cases advanced, argued together
and speedily determined; the state at
its option to indict the Atlantic Coast
Line in one case for violation of the
rate law; all other Indictments to be
stopped pending a final determination
of the case; the governor to advise
all people against bringing penalty
suits pending final determination, and
to ask the people as a whole to ac
quiesce In these arrangements, the in
junction salt pending before Jodge
Pritchard to be diligently prosecuted
without the state waving question
of jurisdiction.
HEARS EXPRESS RATE CASE.
Nebraska Railway Commission
of
Mind to Reduce Charges.
Lincoln Because of the activity of
the five express companies doing busi
ness in Nebraska in opposing the
Sibley law, which reeduced rates 25
per cent, the State Railway commis
sion held an open hearing with the
avowed intention of itself reducing
the rates. The session Is in accord
ance with the law which pedmits no
redoctions without an open hearing.
The express companies represented
were the Adams, United States, Pa
cific, Wells-Fargo and American. The
Sibley law reducing rates became ef
fective July 4, according to the attor
ney general, but the attorneys for the
express companies assert they have
until August 5 before putting the new
rates Into effect
Coreans Appeal to Roosevelt
London Two members of the Cor
ean delegation that was refused recog
nition by The Hague peace conference,
Yi Tjyongoul and Prince Yi Tjylng Chi
left Southampton on. board the steam
er Majestic for New York. The for
mer said: "I shall travel direct to
Washington, where I hope to see Presi
dent Roosevelt. It is my intention to
show America that Japan made its
treaty of November, 1905, without the
consent of the emperor of Corea or
the cabinet, and that Corea never
gave up her Independence.
Toasts Emperor of Japan.
Brest In the course of the dinner
given by Rear Admiral Stockton en
the American cruisers Washington
and Tennessee on Thursday night, at
which a number of Japanese naval of
ficers from the cruisers Tsukuba and
Chitcse, as well as some French of
ficers were present, Rear Admiral
Stockton proposed the health of the
emperor of Japan and of the Japanese
navy. In reply, captain xaKanutcm
of the Tscukuba, toasted the president
of the United States and the American
navy.
THE PEACE.
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NEW CONVENTION CONCLUDED
JAPAN AND HERMIT KINGDOM
CONCLUDE A TREATY.
Main Features of Compact Are that It
Invests Resident General with
Complete Control.
Tokio Advices dated Seoul say
that a new convention between Japan
and' Corea has been concluded. The
text of the convention will probably
be made public Saturday. It Is re
ported to consist of seven articles.
Its main feature is that it invests the
resident general with complete control
of the internal administration of Co
rea and appoints Japanese officials of
the Coreata government.
It Is reported that the easy compli
ance of the Corean government with
Japan's demands was due -to the fact
that the terms were much easier than
were apprehended.
The removal of the deposed em
peror to Tokio was not included in
the demands.
According to a dispatch received
here from Seoul Wednesday morning
Marquis Ito received a long message
Tuesday, July 23, from the imperial
government in this city and opened
negotiations with the Corean govern
ment the same evening. The Corean
ministry is now holding a meeting
with closed dcors.
Marquis Ito's official newspaper ex
pressed satisfaction with the views ot
some, of the foreign papers regarding
the situation in Corea, but says it is
surprised at the impression which ap
pears to prevail abroad that Japan
has taken action in Corea, insisting
that Japan has not done so.
Seoul It is understood that the
proposals of Japan with which Vis
count Hayashi was charged were pre
sented by Marquis Ito to the Corean
cabinet which met at 10 o'clock Wed
nesday morning under a Japanese
guard. The meeting was held in the
temporary quarters of the minister ol
agriculture in the Japanese section of
the city. The ministers deliberated
until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when
Premier Iwan Hung, together with the
minister of war, presented the new
plan of governing the state to the
emperor in the palace, returning to
the cabinet meeting within two hours.
It is understood that the Japanese
proposals, though they do not molest
the security of the throne, are revolu
tionary and the fact that the audi
ence of the cabinet members with the
emperor was brief Is believed to be
evidence of the consternation of the
court
Better Paper in Postal Cards.
Washington. As a result of an in
vestigation of complaints from all
parts of the country regarding the
quality of paper used for postal cards,
a change has been made in the busi
ness managers of the postal card fac
tory at Rumford Falls, Maine, and in
the government agent at that place.
College at Syracuse.
Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Russell Sage
has sent her check for $100,000 to
Chancellor J. R. Dal, as a gift to the
teachers college of Syracuse univer
sity. This college occupies fourteen
acres of land and a large castle of
Norman style of architecture, adjoin
ing the campus, whicn was the home
of rMs. Sage in her childhood.
AUGUST DIVIDENDS HEAVY.
Disbursements of Corporations Will
Aggregate Many Mi lions.
New York It Is figured that the
disbusements and interest payments
to be made on and around August 1
will aggregate $75,000,000. Amalga
mated Copper's dividend calling for
$3,077,760, is one of the large items.
Illinois Central calls for $3,326,400. and
the United States Steel corporation
dividend to be paid out at the end of
the month, calls for $6,305,490.
LEADER OFFERED A BRIBE.
Railroad, .; is Said, Agreed to Pay
510.CC0 to End Strike.
Leufsvitle, Ky., J. D. Buckalew of
Washington, D. C, ex-vice president
of the international association cf
machinists created a sensation during
a meeting of machinists here by de
claring that he had been approachea
by an alleged representative of the
Louisville & Ashvlllc railroad, who
offered him ?10,000 to call oif the
strike now on in the local shops of
the company.
MANY ARE STILL MISSING.
Nearly One Hundred Are Yet Una
counted Far.
Lincoln, Neb. Relatives hare i
ceived word that R. H. Swart of thte
city has landed at Eureka. His nam
did not appear In the list of sarvay
on.
San 'Francisco, Cal. Sixteen name?
were added Toesday to the list of snr-
Ylvorsof the Colombia-San Pedro col
lision. These sixteen passengers
were In a boat which landed at Shel
ter Cove. The boat also contained
two dead bodies, that of Mrs. Lewis
of Pasadena, Cal., and an unidentified
man. presumably a sailor.
The Pacific Coast company's dock
at the foot of Broadway was crowd
ed with people when the high black
hull of the Pomona hove in sight
around the bend in the water front
The first comment from the watch
ers was, "She brings" no bodies," for
the flag at her stern rail was flying
at the masthead. The starboard rail
of the Pomona was black with pas
sengers and here and there among
them as the vessel ran alongside the
wharf could be discerned members
of the ill-fated Columbia's crew,
whom the crowd upon the dock pick
ed out by the nondescript clothing
they wore. An erroneous report had
been spread that the Pomona brought
a number of the Colombia's passengers
and this in part accounts for the
throng of eager men and women as
sembled upon the dock. When the
gang plank was hoisted to the Pomo
na's deck officers' of the Pacific Coast
company had difficulty in restraining
people rom clambering aboard.
Captain Swanson or the Pomona'
came down from the bridge to the
gang plank head after his passengers
and after the Colombia's crew had
landed. Though sixty hours had
elapsed since the midnight horror oh,
the Mendocino coast, and though he
had played no part in the scenes fol
lowing, his emotion was snch that
tears filled his eyes again and again'
as he spoke for a brief moment or
two with the newspaper men.
"I don't know that I can add any
thing to the accounts already given,"
said Captain Swanson. "I asked
several officers of the Columbia crew
for a statement as to just how the
collision occurred and what followed
it, but they said they were not at
liberty to talk until after they had
reported to the company officials here
in San Francisco. Of coarse, I did
not want to press them."
BLUE GRASS SEED CORNER.
Kentucky Syndicate Gobbles Up the
Available Supply.
Paris, Ky., A syndicate composed
of J. S. Wilson. E. F. Spears and sons
of this city, and D. S. Gray of Win
chester. Ky., closed a deal by which
the became the possessors of about
700,000 bushels of Kentucky bluegrass
seed, practically all there is in the
country with the exceotion of one
party holding about 10,000 bushels.
It is estimated it will take $500,000 to
finance the deal. The seed is to be
delivered by August 1. the market
opening on that day. The annual de
mand averages about 500,000 bushels,
a large part of which goes to Europe.
FEW MORE ARE FOUND
List of Missing in Columbia Disaster
Decreases Slowly.
San Franciscc But lew changes
have been made in the lists of lost
and saved of the steamer Columbia
published Tuesday. The steamer of
ficials have been informed that Chew
Mock of Oakland, a Chinese first
class traveler, reported missing, was
among the saved. ,
A revised list of the passengers
shows 10S saved and seventy-seven
missing. Of the officers and crew
forty were saved and sixteen are miss
ing. This makes a total of ninety
three unaccounted for.
OKLAHOMA ELECTION CALLED.
Proposed Constitution to Be Submitted,
to Voters.
Guthrie, Okla. Governor Fraritx Is
sued the proclamation calling an elec
tion in Oklahoma and Indian Territory
on Tuesday, September 17, at which
time the qualified voters of the state
of Oklahoma shall vote directly for oi
agains the proposed constitution; foi
or against the separate provision sep
arately submitted; for any and all
state officers.
Colonel W. S. Hays is Dead.
Louisville Colonel S. Hays, the
veteran river editor of the Courier
Journal, song writer and poet, died at
his home here of vertigo, caused by a
stroke of paralysis suffered in the Iro
quois theater fire in Chicago. He was
70 years of age. Colonel Hays has
always claimed the Authorship of the
original words of "Dixie.
Lift For American Meat.
Paris The government has notified
Ambassador White that American
meat may be brought into France on
American certificates and that micro
scopic examination will not be insisted
upon. This ruling, however, is only
temporary.
Death is Swift in Russia.
St Petersburg The new regula
tions for the military district courts,
introduced for July 20, have now be
gun to bear fruit and the desults con
stitute a cuose return to the notor
ious reign of the drumhead courts
martial.
The innovations shorten the entire
course of the inquest and trial,, allow
ing only seventytwo 'houre between
the indictment and execution, includ
ing the appeal of the prisoner to the
militars court of cassation and the de
cision of the court.
Washington The estimates for the
fiscal year ending June 10. 1909, are
being prepared by the various bureaus
of the War department. This is be I
ins done in accordance with instruc
tions from Secreatary Taft. who in
tends to prepare his annual report,
including his recommendations for ap
propriations for the need of the War
department for the fiscal year 1909
before ho leaves on his trip for the
Phillippines. The secretary has a
number of engagements to speak In
the west before sailing for the Philippines.
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NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM ' V
VARIOUS SECTIONS. "
ILSOUECTSTIIKKIiraN
ReltflfetM, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical ami Other Matters Given
Due Cenaldsratien.
The Seward Chautauqua proved a
great success.
Mrs. May Bowles drowned herself
in the Platte river at Schujler.
Two Inmates of the Norfolk insane
asylum were captored at Beemer.
The David City Chautauqua begins
Aogost 2nd and closes on the 11th.
A county Sunday school convention
will be held In Otoe county in August
The contract has been let for a
three-story fireproof hotel at Falr
bory. Mrs. W. D. Lamb of Long Pine,
burned by gasoline, died from her in
juries. Wheat In many sections is turning
out very much better than was ex
pected. Frank D. Cox, of Dunbar, Otoe
county, la In jail for passing forged
checks.
B. H. Dorablazer, one ot the
wealthiest farmers of Cuming county,
died last week. )
Bessie Vangreea of Callaway, Ive
years old. Is minus a finger taken off
by a lawn mower.
Eddie Slvey. a Johnson county boy,
died last week from a gun-shot wound
secured while hunting.
Bradshaw's water bonds were sold
at home and a better price realized
than was offered abroad.
The Missouri river of late has been
doing considerable damage in the vi
cinity of Nebraska City.
Falls City churches were greatly
recuperated In membership by recent
revival meetings held there.
H. H. Pass of Nebraska City died
from the effects of having his skull
crushed by being thrown from a
wagon.
Governor Sheldon has approved the
report of the board of examiners of
the officers' school of the Nebraska
national guard. '
Giltner has organised a commercial
club, and the first matter before it
will be discrimination in the matter
of grain prices.
Mrs. Moffltt wife of the donor of the
Seward county court house, died last
week. She did not live to see the
structure dedicated.
Lincoln and Fremont are bidding for
this year's state encampment of the
Nebraska National guard. Lincoln
wants It for the state fair.
Herman H. Fast, a prominent re
tired merchant of Nebraska City, was
so badly injured in a runaway that he
Is not expected to survive. His skull
is crushed.
One of the largest land deals in the
history of Cheyenne county occurred
when Henry Vogler, P. Maginnis' and
two other prominent men purchased
fifteen sections, paying $26,000 there
for.
One of the largest land deals In the
history of Cheyenne county occurred
when Henry Vogler, P. Maginnis and
two other prominent men purchased
fifteen sections paying $26,000 there
for. Several York county farms have re
cently been sold for one hundred dol
lars an acre and more. E. I. Mar
celus sold his 200-acre farm just north
of York for $24,000 and C. If. Post sold
a quarter section in Thayer township -at
$100 an acre. '
The Loup Valley Agricultural so
ciety will hold the sixth annual fair
at Ord on September 10, 11. 12 and
13. The premium lists are out and
show a wider range of prize offerings
than before and more generous pre
miums in all departments.
The Presbyterian congregation of
North Platte, one of the strongest in
the city, has decided to build a church
to cost $22,000. Of this amount $10,
000 has been subscribed and the con
gregation has other assets to the value
of $7,000, available for this purpose.
The three-year-old son of O. B. -Aykers
of Plainview, slipped and fell
headlong into about three feet of
water. The little fellow went down
twice, when he was rescued by a
farmer. He was unconscious for
some time, but prompt action of phy
sicians saved his life.
Mary Bowles, 19 years of age, is
suposed to have ended her life by
drowning in the Platte liver, two
miles from Schuyler. She left the
city early, and was seen on the river
bank. She was tracked to the place,
where she is supposed to have drown
ed herself, by footprints in the sand.
A hair ribboa and handkerchief were
tied fa a tree nearby.
The financial statement of Gates
academy at Nellgh for the month
ending June 20, 1907. showed avail
able cash resources In excess of lia
bilities amounting to nearly $100. This
does not include items that will ap
pear in the next statement of consid
erable amount.
The Miles will case, of Falls City,
which has wended its weary 'way
through the various courts of Ne
braska for several years, is probably
again on its way to the supreme court,
as the decision rendered by Judge
itaper was adverse to the plaintiff.
Humboldt is suffering from an ice
famine, the result of the destruction
of the ice houses and contents, caused
by the breaking of the dam at Ma
loney's lake during the recent high
waters.
State Health Inspector Dr. W. H.
Wilson was called a few days since to
the home of a Mr. Munson, living
three miles east of Humboldt by sup
posed cases of smallpox in the family.
Two children were found, to be af
flicted with a mild form of the dis
oase and the house was placed under
quarantine.
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