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;:??: TJy -- iV. ' "" Jjr.'fc5s.'- -t-wr-.- . t-s ;i A.feJ-KlS.r5?''f,f! - , - V-.-.J v. T- V-'VW i-2 -V '-S . V- $a C?oS - - - . r Fas V t5" $ "i. w4 ! is PFftSlDfHT'S TRIP 44 .. S- i? .-3 v -' hmi atiht in mu niHn ill hUl III hi' Stf IlliM fiiuk viciii us n it.il "' '-z -Plrst Cts? to. Osftlade at Canton, O., sr.d Then an to' Keokuk, Iowa, 1 I ' anil. Elssudiere. Waajlcgica, P. C While the pres- araibs&i' for President Roosevelt's. western' .trip hare beea suScieatly ar f ranged to r-,n:aJj it certain that .the. j tou? Will he one of the meat gpectae- nlar-crer-undcrtaken by him. He will ' leaye. fccre- nest Monday and will be ahiect from the. seat of government until' the twenty third, of October. TBe trip has 'three distinctive ob jects& ,Tbe .dedication, of. the, JScKin itvf'nSaycclcrT at Cautoa, Ohio; the iacl'HJstlcn.-ci'tie 2Iic2iEs!ppi river with a vl6w Sa Arousing Interest in a shio chaXLci- IroSL its mouth to Keokuk, IutoC ani he great lakes and the se curhjs.of: a- period of recreation for Cft-chjef executive before the btisfai- irqf-lta dutlss of the winter. Inc!- '.; iXiif there will be some speahes on.1 :,2. f-'Jv jouraey. '. Ii-carrct issues. which will dealt TJ:a Jav at Gaatoa on iloaday, the :.qtl will bo of little mere than aufll oljgni: duratiuzL tx permit the president Vrrjjay hl3 tribute, to the memory of hlsriihxaeiatc predecessor, but he will thero meet Vice President Fairbanks and a ucmbcr cf other eople of note and wlU xsie a long speech. He will then cross direct to Keokuk. Tuesday, ?he hit c October he will be given a notubla public reception, dcliverln: au address, raid beia his journey by j ljcufc doTV the Father of Waters, said 1 to- lie, r.-iCi the exception of a' short voyage hy President Pierce, the 'first trip oa tae river ever male by a pres ident. At Keokuli, the prcsIdentiJil party will be met br the governors of 'wenty-tZirea states, ail interested i? projects looking to the deepening of the. channel of the Mississippi aad the general jmprcvcnient of inland navi gation. These on another boat consti tute hia guard of honor to Memphis, where the party, will arrive on the voy age at St. Louis on tie 2a of October, and a; Cairo, 111., on the 2d, and at botl points speeches bearing upon the 'onntiy's future will be delivered by the nrceiemt. Repcrtc from all points at which stevBs are to be made Inuicate that the party vrill' be entertained oa a lavish cale throughout. At' Keokuk there' will bo a water pageant, and inaay r-itizens will coaoy the president down tho river in crafts of all sizes for twenty or thirty miles and a number of them will accompany liira ail the ivay to Memphis. At Memphis the president will find the deep water "ways convention in session" and Hz will deliver a speech. Then the president will turn his bask en civilization for a period cf res: and span, in the wilds of northern Louicana. Mrs. Sarkett at Washington. Washiastoa ilrs. D. J. Buri:ett, Avife of Senator' Burkctt, arrived in the city with her children. The Dis trict of Columbia schools begin Mon day and it was for the purpose ,of placing tho little ones of the Burkctt family in their grades that Mrs. iiurkctt arrived before the senator,! who is expected later, , , : Will Stay at Eldora. 3dora, la. EL S. Blydcnburgh, who bus been breathing the air of freedom and. independence and pronounced "not guilty" for the iaunIer,of his wife by judge and jury, has decided that he. will cominuc to reside right here fat' Eldora. and will take up tho trade ef cement contractors i Immigration en the Increase. London Over 177.0C0 Bsitish and Irieh emigrants went to the United States and Canada during the last year, according to a board of trade return, Issued. The total is greater than that of any year since 1SS7. 1 l MEMORY OF M'KINLEY. t Thousands of Persons Soon to Gather i Cantar ' ) Canton, O. Thousands ot persons from many parts of the country will gather in Canton next week to again honor the memory of the late Presi dent William 3!cKlnley. On that day the splendid and imnosine memorial. built by contributions iron hundreds j of thousands of persons iu this and other countries and erected under the direction .of the McKinloy Memorial association, will be dedicated. The president of the United States will be the principal speaker of the occasion and crber distinguished men will make addresses. Racs to Become the Heir. Edinburgh The annual historic "red hose" games have just been hell on the village green at Carnwarth. According to the conditions in the charters granting the lands, of Leo and Carnwath to the Loekhart'l family, this race must be run an-' nualy at a stated period. The winner lieccmes the heir in succession to the estates, should the Lockhart family die oat without issue within the en suing year, his name being proclaim ed by the Cross of Edinburgh. ' Heavy Movement of Grain. Chicago Western railroads are making special cilorts to prevent a congestion in grain traffic, which is extraordinarily excessive for this season. It was said on Saturday that oa three roads, the Northwestern, the Burlington and the Milwaukee, 'there are bow more than 5.000 car-loads of grain en route to Chicago. It is the intention of the Northwest ern to start .1,000 empty cars for the west at once. It was said that the other roads would soon have an equal number 'of empties on the1 way. PRCnAnATlQN3-t 'intL FOR MICK tan Uaitod'Ststes clrc.Ut court oa Ti-rrinT'AiiMPMT s Hr to a lengthy ojdnloa granted tt - - - - 1 -M- THZ OLD RATE CTILL 6TAN03. tCctermlrutk to the Minnesota RaU- - read Matter. fit PaelWaune Wllhwm I request of tao complaining atrurlioMH J ore of the railroads operating la afia' I'nesota that a temporary tBtoaotloa i issue asalart the ccmnaadlty rata CTajjtc 1, tjo last state legislalwre. ft Tie court, however, made proliml- nary rulings with the attorneys for the state la three other points. FIebL tat'the esercisa ofthe ratemakias poorer by the state does not interfere with interstate commerce, .gocnad. that merchandise rates ordered by the state railroad commission Septanv bcr 1, 1906, shall remain In force, Third, the 2-csnt passenger1 rate ea acted lay the last legislature ia not confiscatory and shall remain ha ef fect The injunction only affects those rates wblca were to have taken ef fect June 10 last, hut which did not because of the' restraining order of j4ho court. In his opinion the. court savagely arraigned the Minnesota legislature. "There is no question," .said the court; "but tnat such legislation (referring to the rate laws of the recent ses sion) 13 vicious and a disgrace, almost to the civilization of the age. It ia a reproach to the intelligence and sense of justice of any legislature which would promote acts of that kind' a The court opened with an explana tion that the stockholders of the ten railroads had made a sufficlant show ing to get' relief. He said he mu&'t overrule the demurrers of the state to the bills cf complaint It was evi dent,' ho said, tiat the railroad offi cials did not hesitate to act on the requests of the stockholders not to observe the legislative rates with any belief on their part' that such rates were fair; but hesitated because of too severe criminal penalties for vio lation of the state laws. Ee bad no doubt but that the directors and of ficers of the railroads were entirely justified in refusing to hazard the penalties that might fall upca them In talons steps to save tlie stsclcfcolders t from loss, CCREAN? INVITING TROUBLE. Possibility Japan May Sss Fit to An nex Hermit Kingdcra. Tokio The possibility that Japan may have to annex Ccrea seems again to have arisen. Marquis Ito is quoted as having said that it may be. necessary to alter Japanese policy owing to the present situation, and that if the Corean people persist in their attitude cf unfriendliness, it will be the "last day for them." Tosio papers ere receiving reports that in surgents, including one band of 800, are gathering around Sccul to attack it. Iioving parties of Coronas under tho leadership of ex soldiers are kill ing 'Japanese oOlcials and civilians and Coreans suspected of being pro Japanese. These parties flee to the mountains upon the approach of Japa nese troops, but not before suffering heavilj. WILL MEET IN OMAHA. Gats City Captures Convention of Mu nicipal League. .Norfolk, Va. The League of Ameri can Municipalities adjourned sine die Friday after selecting Omaha for the 1503 convention over Atlantic City, Niagara Falls. Los Angeles and Du luth. Officers were elected as follows: President, J. Barry Mahood, mayor of Baltimore; first vice 'president, Silas Ccok mayor East St. Louis, 111:; sec ond vice president, Horace L. Wilson; mayor, of Wilmington, pel.; third vice president, Emerson Coatsworth, mayor of Toronto; fourth vice president, Henry M. Beardsley of Kansas City; secretary-treasurer, JcJhn MaeVica-V Ds Moines, la. ' ' To Reform Turrets. Washington Secretary Metcaif made public some abstracts from the report of what Is known as the "tur ret board' The changes recom mended in the turret are practically embodied in the twelve-Inch turrets of ' battleships twenty eight, and twenty-nine, but it is proposed to bring the. old turrets of all types of the ships now in commission up" to the same efficiency, giving structural-separation of the guns from the maga zines. " Aeronaut Falls 2,000 Feet . "" LJ"T", T.Z. V7' ton' aa aeroasut, dropped 2,000 feet to J4, ., , Vfo.l ru,ntmr foil. Troy, O. Edward Richards of Day- death at the Miami county fair grounds. When Richards cut the par achute loose it fell only a few feet when it struck a heavy wind and was iossed until several of the ropes broke. Richards shot to the ground like an arrow. He struck in a tree and was instautly-killed. Officers Accused of Fighting. Manila Captain James R. Lind say and Captain Henry S. Wygant, both of the Thirteenth infantry, have been arrested by Colonel Lough borough, their commanding officer, on the charge of engaging in a fist fight THSRTY-TWO KILLEO. Bad Wreck Occurs on tral. Mexican Can- Mexico City There has beea a dis asenms wreck on the Mexican Central railroad. A freight train and a pas-1 sengcr train came into collision at En carnaclon, near the city of Agues Cal ientes, and thirty-two persons were killed and tairty-lhree sustained in juries. There are no prominent per sons among the killed or wounded. Delays Two-Cent Fare Case. Philadelphia Owing to engagement of Attorney Genera! Todd in connec tion with the prosecutions of the cap itol .fraud cases the argument of the ity's exceptions to the court's ruling in the Pennsylvania's railroad's 2-cent rate suit, which was to have been heard in common pleas court Saturday, has been postponed till next Saturdaa. This delay precludes all possibility of getting- the matter before the supreme court and disposed of before October 1, the date the new rate law becomes effective. -z j eos of mm .y --C,V MORE ARMAMENT TO E ASKB3 ' FtR BY PRESIDENT. ' MIKES WANTS OF SERVICE TVw New wtttethlns, Dry for the Pacific and Increase ef Pay far the Man. Washmsten, D. C While has been much talk of the aeminla- tratteas jaaae plans and .tie dent has been given the Nobel prise, aha administration program lor the next session of the congress seems to indicate anything bat aaaa donment of military activity ay the preaant government. , - It has become known that the pres ident has decided to. ask the congress to authorise two new battleships at its next session. This will . be la spite of the Implied pledge of last session that there would be but one battleships asked for at each session I of the congress through the balaaoe of the administration. The request will be defended on the grounds which will only be discussed In axe entire sessions of the senate and of the naval committees of the two houses. There will undoubtedly be strong opposition to the course. As a further Indication cf the mili tary plans of the administration, the congress will only discuss in execu tive session neds of the army. Again, it Is planned to ask the congress for an increase in the pay of all officers aud men, ranging from 6 per cent far lieutenant general to 35 per cent for the enlisted men. Again, the congress will be asked to make appropriation for the build ing of -another dry dock en the-Pacific coast Mr. Metcalf, the secretary of the navy, since his return, has given an inkling of the intent in this con section within ths past forty-eight "lcurs. It is now taown that he went io the Pacific coast with specific in structions to look over the situation and report to the president. CREAM RATES ARE ISSUED. State Railway Commission Announces Shedulc for Roads. - Lincoln The State Railway, com mission issued a schedule of rates for cream. They are virtually, the rates which the Burlington had promul gated. The order of the commission specifies that shipment shall be on passenger trains, that the short lines may make the rate and that the min imum charge shall be exacted on ten gallon cans. The schedules are: GisUtace cf one to twenty miles, 10 cents for five-gallon cans. 13 cents Tor eight gallons, 15 for ten gallons. Dis tance of 101 to 110 . miles, for tho same capacity .of cans respectively, 25, 25 and 27 cents. Distance of ninety one to 100 miles, 23, 25 and 27 ceata. WOODMEN AFTER MILLION. Head Consul Talbot Issues Appeal to Camps of the Order. Lincoln Head Consul A. K. Talbot of the Modern Woodmen of America has issued from headquarters at Rork Island. I1L, a proclamation asking all of the 12,090 camps of his order to hold anniversary celebrations on Jan uary 5. He asks .each camp to initi ate twenty-five members on that date. bringing the total membership to more than 1.000,000. , Strike Still Unsettled. Antwerp Concentrated efforts were made to effect a settlement of the strike of dock laborers, but they were ineffectual.. . PETTIBONE CRITICALLY ILL. Miners' Leader is Unabla to Appear When Case Is Called. BoisSy Idaho George A. Petttbeno was unable to appear In the diatxiet court to have his case set for trial. An affidavit of the attending physteaa states that Pettibone is suffering from ulcer of the bladder, which, unless soon checked, will prove fatal it says an operation may be necessary, sue. fears the patient will be unable to sur vive it. Burkett Against Big Shows. Lincoln Senator E. J. 3urkctt, who left for Washington Sunday, de clared that he would fight the Alaska-Yukon exposition appropriation in congress. He declared that the ex position at Jamestown had been a lamentable failure and he would oppose-all such projects, in the future. Woman Balloonist Killed. Olean, N. Y. Mrs. Carrie Myers, 23 y.ears old, of Springfield, Mass., a professional balloonist, fell from a par achute 1,000 feet above the fair grounds, here, and was. dashed tc death in view of 8,000 persons. Americans Spending Money. London Something like 00,000 Americans have visited London this year. Between them these C0.000 Americans have spent about 87.500, 000, chiefly In London. This calcula tion ia based on figures supplied by one of the largest hotels. Going to Siberia, t ' St Petersburg A telegram re ceived here from Riazan says that 501,000 emigrants have passed through there since the begianlng.of the year bound for Siberia. More Yellow Fever Found. Washington In a dispatch troo Havana, Governor Magooa says that four new cases of yellow fever were discovered at Cienfuegos Thursday and three Saturday. All are of Span iards, except one American soldier. Threaten Railroad Strike. London A seneral railroad strikai is threatened in England as the re-1 nit- nr tho wmv atrnei of thn rati. I road men's union with the British j railroad companies for the recognition ; of their ergaalzation. t j T1M2 TflOSE CKaDRERvWEW CASH SUNKEN BY MR ROGERS OIL MAGNATE OUT WfiOOJOOO RAILROAD DEAL. IN Forced to Part With Gilt Edge Stock In Order to Make Good Hia Obligations. -New York Reports have been cur rent in Wall street for some time that H. H. Rogers of the Standard Oil company hrd been heavily inter ested in the tidewater railway pro ject in Virginia and that ho had lost heavily by the investment The Evening Post says that It can be stated positively that Mr. Rogers in curred a personal obligation in the tidewater project much in excess of $40,000,000. The Post also says the situation has been entirely cleared P. . The Evening Post says: 'Confirmation was obtained in Wall street of reports to the effect that H. H. Rogers was heavily inter ested in the Tidewater railway pro ject. "According to the stories previous ly circulated upwards of 40 per ceat of Mr. Rogers' fortune has been in volved in the tidewater investment. It was reported that the personal obligation incurred amounted to $40, 000,000. It can be stated positively that the sum is much larger than the amount named, also that the situa tion has been entirely cleared up. "In order to meet the demands made upon him in connection with the construction of the railroad, Mr. Rogers was forced to dispose of a large amount of 'investment stock at av sacrifice. All during the recent de- i cline in prices the vice president of the Standard Oil company sold gilt edged stocks, such as Standard OH, Consolidated Gas. Union Pacific and 8t Paul. "Some five or six years ago, against the advice of his friends, Mr. Rogers started to build In West Vir ginia a low gfade read, which would parallel the Norfolk & Western. , His object was to carry coal and lumber to tidewater. The line was to be 444 miles long. Only 125 miles have been completed. : "Only a few months ago, in or der to raise $10,000,000. for the tide water road EL H. Rogers Issued his 'personal notes secured by 180,000,000 first mortgage bonds, $10,000,000 stock and 110,000,000 dividend or In terest paying collateral. These 6 per sent notes were endorsed by H. H. Rogers personally. ' "Hallway officials who save watched the construction of the road with Intense interest from the be ginning say that the project, even at tills stage, la more or less proble matic - It -Is confidently believed, however, that with the sacrifices 'al reday made in disposing of high priced securities, Rogers is In a posi tion to gain h?.s end and see the mile-, age completed. Tom L. Johnson Wine Again. Cleveland, O. Returns from ward primaries, held Thursday evening, re nominated for mayor by the demo- orattr. nltv nnnvntnn Saturday hv BIS .km.M Tho ftwlfoatinna alcn am that all of the candidates for places on the council ticket who had the In- i dorsement of the mayor, Including Councilman E. B. Haserodt, republi can, who was recently defeated In the republican primary and who has been a supported of Mayor Jonnson's street railway policy, have won. Kidnaping Puzzle Solved. Now York Another Italian kidnap ing case that has puzzled the police for a month has. been solved. Nicola Tomaso, 4 years old, son of a boot black in East Houston street, was found standing in front of a house In Fifth avenue. The boy said a man aamod Toay-took him and two little girls aad another boy away on a trolley ride, and told him to -rait on the street until he came back. The poHppww" found tlm while he was waiting. Nicola's father got many threatening letters before leaving. Vannutelli Not. Coming. Seme The Vatican authorities de nied the report that Cardinal Vincen so Vannutelli was going to the United States to attend the fourth eucharlstic congress of the Roman Catholic church In America or for any other Editor Sniff Geta New Trial. Ifean, la. A. H. Sniff, editor of the Missouri Valley News, convicted ef laaaahMgh'teror the killing of M. sL Brandlgo of Missouri Vslley March 5, 1907 was granted a bow trial . i JS -m. Nv -"SsHKasslHaVam:' 155? !S4&fcJr NuimflVSMTlViaBBfeaW Bf - -2aaaVBaJaaaKBBvaKa rT'HIiP'F la .JBaaeWH v YAlssstMsy!aVHr3iLl Atrrr - dasaBsKS4"Alk-J lJESV V J Om5fc 1 iL.L " MVSSEsiaalasssa f " fcSLZfflaHPSr- - TTIIIO-OUT OF THE WAY. GQ AFTER THE PAPER TRUST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS CALL ATTENTION TO THE SAME. Promise Financial Aid in Prosecution and Want Tariff Removed from Paper and Pulp. New York At a special meeting here Wednesday the American mews- paper Publishers' association in structed the committee on paper to bilng to the attention of the presi dent and the department of justice information concerning an alleged un lawful combine of paper manufactur ers, that has resulted, it was claimed, in an artificial stimulation of prices lu newspaper stock. The association also went on record as In favor of the immediate repeal of the' tariff on printing paper and wood pulp im ported from Canada. This sentiment was expressed in resolutions; which further provided for an assessment upon the members to defray the ex pense incurred by the association in assting the government in any prose cution of a combine that n.ay be un dertaken. The adoption of the resolutions fol- j lowed several hours' discussion of a repoit submitted by Don C. Seitz of! the New York World, John Norris of I the New York Times and Conde Ham lin, formerly of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, who constituted the committee on paper. The resolutions follow: 'In view of the information sub- mitted to the American Newspaper J . .. . . . . ... t. Publishers association by its commit- . ,,-.,.., tee en paper, iadicatlns that unlaw fu! combinations of papcrmakers nave j been organized recently; that artificial stimulation of prices of paper had been accomplished and that judicial prohibition of such efforts has been disobeyed, "The American Newspaper Publish ers' association' hereby instructs its committee on paper to invite the at tention of the president and depart ment of justice 'to these movements, which are weighed as conspiracy in restraint of trade, and we give these instructions to the committee in order "First, that the authority of the existing statutes for repression of trade combinations may bo Invoked, and "Second, that the defiance of recent Judicial action prohibiting participa tion in such combination by certain western mills may be punished "Aad that tho president of the United States may be pat in posses sion' of Information which shall equip him to. advise congress of the abase of tariff powers by papermakers." TWENTY SEVEN MEN KILLED Explosion In Shield ef Japanese Bat tleship is Destructive. Forty of the crew were killed and Injured on board the Japanese battle ship Kashtmi by the explosion of a 12-lnch shell within the shield, after target practice near Kure at 4 p. m., on September 9. The Kashlma aader command of Captain Koizumi, reached Kure at 0 p. m, where the wounded were placed In the hospltaL The fat- SlitleS Included si lieutenant, two d one staff officer, the rank and ot whom to not The exaci ueiau rescuing u . the explosion are lacking, hut it was terrific and the ship is badly damaged. The explosion followed an attempt to remove aa unexploded shell from the gun. CANADIAN. ENGINEER ARRESTED. Authorities Censure Dominion Rail read for Their Action. Toronto, One The coroner's jury In vestigating the recent wreck on the Canadian Pacific railway at Calen doala. In which seven people were killed and others injured, made its re port and directed the arrest of En gineer Hodge and Conductor Grimes. The Canadian Pacific Railway com panyj was also blamed for putting in experienced men in charge of passen ger trains. Robbers Make Bkj HauL Spokane, Wash. Forty thousand dollars, mainly in large bills, Is now declared to have been secured by the robbers who held up the Great North ern train jaear Rexford. Most., September- 12. This money is reported to have been shipped by the Commercial National bank of Chicago to the old National bank of Spokane. It is stated that the banks were insured, so that neither bank 'will lose anything. No trace of the robbers has been re-1 ported though vigorous search has beea la progress. ! emoiuou .PRorrrs m ' EiaM Years, New Terk-Oeiviag iase aae taam del wockiaaa af ate fetaaiar al'eass. faay af Nov J paayaf altae af the ee tilled Ol lags. OGaiaetiag the m esolilaa ef the paalia view far the im asoas profits mae ay. ia efgat years, fsssa ltSf to ltft. mauve tae standard .Oil t statement spread usee the was saowa to have earaed I4M.316J34. or at the rate ef asaaa than tl.0O.WW a year. Itdsrtrlbaed to its shareholders ia the S3OS.359.403. While Oa sweats shew that the aaseta of ike esav pany crew from S2ta.7tL52S to Stn eamlag these vast sums' the stale 534j53L The cap.tal stock m fSJSs 382. Fiaaaclera knowledge af the exact profile af dard Oil have strive to Mala Ska area, which Mr. KaUag ptoclag mpoa the record af The Standard OH statameat of ito kasli than declaration of dividends. It basiaess may be gauged. The hearlag aroagat oat an formation which Mr. KaPegs; from the Standard Oil Kellegg obtaiaod a statement that the Standard Oil campaai Jersey controlled by stock ownership over seventy companies eagaged ia tka refining and tho transpertatioa by pipe line of oil on September 14. 1SS7. The Stadard Oil compaay aad alwaya care fully guarded the list of Ito subsidiary companies and the amount of ito share holdings. The list showed that tkva Standard Oil company of New Jersey owned. 999,000 cf the total capital stock of 1.000,000 of the Standard Oil com pany of Indiana, that was recently fined $29,240,000 for rebating. Mr. Kelloeg'a efforts at tho aeariag to obtain information of tho records of the liquidating trustees who had charge of the liquidation of the Standard Oil trust and the changing of tho liquida tion trust certificates for the hares of the Standard Oil company of Nov Jer sey were not rewarded. Mauritania Soon to Feltewv London The Cunard Line Mauritania will leave Its baiHera yards at Wallsend for its first spsed trials off the T-ne. Afterward It vD return Tor its fittings and furnhthia. It is 790 feet long, cearared with the Lusitanlas 787. Its gross is 3S.2C0. CACSIE CHADWICK IS BLIND. Prissner Cclisnses and it is Believed She Will Not Live Lena. CclTnbus, O. Mrs. Cassle M. Chadwick. noted witch of finance, who. peeing as Andrew Carnegie's natural daughter, swindled Ohio and eastern banks and capitalists out of millions in loans in bcus securities, was stricken with a nervous collapse at tho ., .. . , - . ... kia ,.tj penitentiary, which has left her band. , .. , ......, .i . . "r- "ondiiion is serious and it is tne ; opinion cf the prison paysfclans test she -will never live to serve out hcr ten years sentence, two years cf which she has now completedd. THAW'S TRIAL IS DELAYED. District Attorney Jerome In no Meed to Hasten Proceedings. New York When the criminal branch of the supreme court opens next month and the case of Harry K. Thaw, charged with the murder or Stanford White Is called, Martia W. Littleton, senior counsel for the oe fense, will demand immediate trial tor the accused Pittsburger. District At torney Jerome, it Is understood, win oppose an immediate hearing of tne case, aad it Is believed some date ia December will be agreed upon. Tho Election in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City. Okla. Returns re ceived from the larger cities and coun ties of Oklahoma and Indian Territory up to midnight indicate that 'the con stitution of the proposed new state has been adopted by a large majority; that the prohibition clause of the con stitution, which was .voted on sepa rately, has been ratified, and that toe democratic state ticket headed by C N. Haskell for governor, has beea elected over the republican state ticket headed by Frank Frantz. present gov ernor. DENVER NEXT MEETING PLACE. Raney Re-elected Commanding. Gen eral ef Patriarchs Militant. St. Paul Denver was selected sy the sovereign grand lodge of the Ocd Fellows as the place of meeting next year. General Manley A. Raney of Iowa was re-elected commanding gen eral of the Patriarchs Militant and he has been the first officer of that ran to wear the new insignia of his office which was voted by tbe grand lodge. Baptiste Raising Big Fund. Philadelphia A fund of $100,000 for church extension and missionary work has been raised with the rast year by the Baptists of Philadelphia to commemorate the 200th anniver sary of the formation of the Phila delphia Baptist association. So lib eral has been the response that it id expected that the contribuUons wiO greatly exceed 8100.000. The money will be turned over to the various church enterprises during the ann! Ternary celebration, which will begin October 1 aad continue a week. Suit Affecting Land Grants. Portland, Ore. John J. Snyder, president of Columbia county, has filed In the federal court acninst the Oregon & California railroad and the Union Trust company to test in a court of competent jurisdiction the question as to whether the railroad Is compelled by the acts of congress of April 10, 1869, find" May 4, 1876, to permit citizens of the United States to settle upon the lands granted by the acts of congress in quantities sot to exceed a quarter of a section to anrany one settler at 82.50 per acre. aMay, M aaassaK asaa faaaamlstUlaralai EBMSH POBTBS aTCMTE MEWS AND NOTES IH 450K- TlKS.PWHfflraW tsjftatmGelacjea at Ltaceia easserarily peotpoaod. local water beads to the at S22.etS were sold to the CHy 3sa- David City far $.2. theater. lertae la operated by a total killed ia aa accMdoat at the KM padiag earn tasce miles of Uaooav Bo attempted work mala aad fell aader the oa a farm aorta of asaowa from a acne a jariea skat will keep aim CL Fox. charged with towlng eaecks, had his acariaw ia tho sy coart at Neaoaska CSty aad aoamt over to the district coast he asm of $500, sat not aeiag to give Bail was remanded to JalL Tao trustees of the African Metho dist Episcopal chwrch at Nebraska City, have filed a' suit agahsst the city ef Nebraska City, asxlag for U.tOP for the changing of the grade of taot street on the west aide ef their pie- After fourteen years af 'steady ser-t vice, J. A. McRea has resigaed hia peeftiOB as station agent of thhe Bar-' Kagtoa at Central City. Mr. McRae durtag his service at that polar haaj rack to build ap the George Keeler, formerly ef Cedar, Hafts, where he west wrong and' helped to blow up a Bank, aad who' m bow an Inmate of the state peai- teatiary, has asked for a parole, run ning to Robert Paul, who vouches fo rhim Keeler was sent up for rcvea years and has served sheet forty . meatus. The railroad commissioners receiv ed a letter from A. W. Sallivan of St. Louis, general manager of the Mis- souri Pacific railroad, in which he ia fcrms the bean? the road Is working: as fast as possible geftfns the lines in shape and that in the furore the Rime haste as at present wil lbe used, to comply with the board's order. A horse at Angnst Jens livery bam was killed in a peculiar manner at1 Fremont. An employe of the place, was leading the animal to te water-' lag trough in the rear part of tho building when the floor gave way un derneath them. A hydrant which was. directly under the body of the hoisa penetrated its stomach, killing it The executive committee of tho Frontier show which to be held In Hastfngs in October has receive sef ficient entries for riding and roping contests, yet these entries continue to come in. Interest is manifest in this unique festival from all parts of the state. Business men are cooper ating to make it a complete success. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the M. E. church In Plereo will be celebrated next November the date to be announced later. It is the Intention of the pastor and the official hoard to have a feast of good things for the people at that time. A number of prominent Methodist divines will be present to nonfat rn the services. At Elk City. Wesley vGeba feH from the hay loft onto Unbroken handle of a bay fork, which entered his hip. mulcting a very serious wound. He bled profusely until toe arrival of Dr. Agce. Will jJexaader. to attempt mg to hold a fractkws horse while a steam thresher was passtag, was thrown against the fence. Breaking two rilm and otherwise bruising him badly. The official retnraes from the pri mary election have now beea received by the necretaiy of state from every county save Valley. These shew tho vote of Reese to he 29.917, Sedg wick 22.C44. For railway commission er: Clarke, 18,847, CaMweR 38.78. The unofficial vote of Valley county gives Clarke 88, CahtweH 3t smhtnt Clarke the nominee, therefore, by a plurality of 114. Grand Island had the most apee tacnnr and threatenhnr are last week it has suffered for years. An elevator owned by A. D. Sears, and tho old Presbyterian church, formerly a school building used as stores for hay, were burned, the elevator being completely and the school and church. landmarks, partially destroyed. The lames had reached the 'cupola of the elevator before the department arrived and it was unable to save mnch of the bsuilding. Three expert gtovemakem. Abbto Chapman, JaOu Brockway aad Blanche Freeman, have arrived from Glovers vllle. N. Y. aad are worklag In the Pmttsmoath glove factory, which ia running at full blast. ', A miM seaaatiea) was sprang; hi Waterloo when during tao anon- hoar Harry Tattle waa captured hi the act of rifling-the-' money diaoet to tan store of P. G. Rohwer A Co. by Louis Hancock of the firm, who had beea deputised for the very purpose of watching the young man hid hi the store. Charles Greiners threshtog burned on the farm of Dan -rr. four miles south of PapflMoa. Mr Chase lest 800 bushem of oats aad Mr. Greiaers sew thresher to a totol loss. Sheriff 'irnde of Gage county re turned home from points to Kansas and Missouri in search of R. MeadT Sumway. the supposed slayer of Mm. Sarah Martia. who was found mar- eorea over a week ago at her near Adams. The oMcer m to lad any cine that would loaf captare. UrasMka sassjem. Tho la 1 able I t V I f -I - i s. - J"- ---i--t.s-.fc-rtiiS. XtiXi. . J& ' .i"- ;-B,w' hZ J- f" AW jC.iaiyji&vMfcjSa lk& , -eV vr yw- j5a&,i&y5ii tiVtt 7P -. Wfe .: . r ,. - fJx ---T' ttjT' iB3Sfe.teasgaeacy'v?7i'i " if ,. ..- i-v. t, . 3J '.,