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C5? . ' JPZaJT? EgHi - 5 i. iJ3i&- . -V'-a . . wsz,-i: Z;fif-?,$, jVS; ' 'i'J- .s1l iM-st ' -v-: m. A ft.-.- ' 5ci?fc u in -?. -x -" !:--' . , L'- - ,-.. 'l- i: i w .4 h .N" r-r , . ' tev ; ?MZ- Ok v. ft - IS - . UTs -. U ft l ' &'fj- JlSl '4inj3miPlMTrnATNAKA murderer named.! nrinr in nrni inrni v - THEsiaHT-tEiRS. " I hwmunity for the alton. iurnniAUi fMUirrrnA TWTHlirKlb -jtV 'SUNDAY " tTi. , , loOofAlr SordestfDaNmj WMfli to LaM the Cnwr SUM. ?3wnf .,.? - Wnwiaguia Quiii witnessed two . events hce of general interest to the religion world at large sad especially - to the wliioiMl church. The' iret aad chief of: these; eTeats waa the laying of the fr Mien stone of the Cathed- . ral of SataarJter udFaul at Mount St. Alhaaveosaainsvenue. The pother was the ajrajstbpea air service" on the same grounds Zander the aus pices of the international', convention of the Brotherhood? .of St Andrew, which brought to a clese the conven- ; tioa which has, been in r session here for the laat.wek. The cornerstone, lay-, ins was aailer the guidance of the Episcopal vtfhureh of America. . With befitting ceremony and solemn ' ity, the foundation stone of what prom- iscs fbequal ia point of architecture and outlay the most 'magnificent cathe drals in the wojld, was laid at noon. ' . It fwaranotableoccasionr jnade more' so" by the presence of the presi- j dent of the .United States . and. the bishop of, London. " "' ' , Among the Tistinguiehed' people la tlie ' assemblages Resides. President. BooseveltHatfU' Bishop Ingram weVe-J.- Pierpont ' Morgan.' and Chief Justice Fuller of. the' United- States supreme cciirt. ,r u 1 t a. . -' Among the prelates who took; part in the cxerciseawereRt. Bev.-.A. ,P.-Winnigton-Ingranv the lord bishop of London, wh .doliTered the salutation; Bishop Sattertee of the diocese of "Washington, . who performed, the ctremony of laying the foundation stone, and' many other, bishops of the , church. President Roosevelt was among the early .arrivals and occupied the chair of Bishop -Sattertee, who presided. This -chair, the V property of Bishop Satteriee, was brought to this coun try from England some 400 years ago. To the president's Tight-sat Arch Bishop Nuttall of the West Indies, ' while on his)cftwas Bishop Satter ' lee. OFF FOR THE 'SOUTH. Frssidential Farty Leaves Washington far n Extended Trip. Washiagtoa-WIUi a hearty "Good k. bye and Good Lack," President Roose velt left here Saturday night at 7:40 on a special train over the" Pennsyl vania railway oa his western, and ; southern' trip.. Accompanying him .-were: Secretary Loeb. who goes :as. far as Keokuk, la.; Assistant. Secre tary Latta. T.'H:.NctherlMd. Surgeon General Rixey. U-- S. X.;, Secretaries Wilson and Garlcld, who go as far as Canton," O.AL representatives7 of (the three press associations 'and' a photo-, graphcr. Dr. Alexander Lambert, the presidents family physician; phn . Parker nad.fohn f .McIIhenney, civil .service 'commissioner, 'whose guest, the president will be on the hunting trip in Louisiana, will Join -the party :i: the south. 'The-president will .be at Canton, O.. Motfdar. and will speak at the . dedication of the McKlnlcy u monument. . LABELS ARE TURNED DOWN. v. Request of Dealera'Tcr Year to Use . Up Old. Stock is Refused. V Washington1 The board; of food and drug inspection .at the, department of asricultane decided-.torefuse to rec ommend an extension of the privilege of using labels already 'in stock until October 1. 1908, as required by grocers and others throughout the country. The board held thatsnffie.ient1"Ume' has' elapsed for'maniifacturers. jobbers and, wholesalers to adjust-jthelr busi r.ess affairs to the terms of the pure food law. Charge of Rebating. . San Francisco The. 'federal grand jury returned' Indictments of 124 counts against .the Southern Pacific company aad the Pacific Mail Steam- . ship' company, charging violations. of . the interstate. cominerccxiaw. Tiese indictments, if followed by convictions, will render the corpoiations liable, to fines aggresaling from A$124,000 to $2,480,000. the minimnrA fine, pre scribed by law on each -coiint being - $1,000 aad the-maximum fine $20,000. . fhe defendant corporations are ac; ct:sed, of secretly cutting publ!shed. v rates. - r v.'.Ya I i . Roocevelt to. Marksmen. New Yo:k President Roosevelt has. written letters of congratulation to Sergeaat W. A. Berg oft North Yaki ma. (Wash:, who' represented the. Washington natioaal liuard, -and to. MJdohrjwriaw Harold T. Smith of Ta-j coma. -Wash., who cropresented-'the! - United States' navy, aad who won 'the' ; championship of 1907. on their victor ies in the president's match Jan J the natioaal individual match 'of "the Na-i tional Rife associatton of America re ceaUy held at Camp' TeTry.O- u TerribVe Disaster in Japan. : Vkoria. .' C-Advices'' of a terri ble disaster. 'dae io great floods, pre AaHiag In Japan; nave been 'received. Theverfow ofCtba-. river, ptoaashi- ..MlMh$0,!8 -.tPJW Qf, r-akucaiyama. near Kyoto, .caused the toss of mow thanrMAjin the -rim; rTartirarty t . -Mlnae-J aad, his .with Secretary Taft tarty -on hoards aiilyd here at -7 ewcx Tfavpaajr "a -i. r - -i- j .r-i- -v 7 --.. -if- 1 y '-I tlt-- - J.v '-1 V "f V T"-"? " F" ." ; r Slayer f Mrs. Marthi Caiht iiTMtoV Beatrice, Neh. K Mead Shamway, the. supposed slayer "Wmjo. Sarah MarUn, was arreetad aaar Orogon, - jf -" k,coiity. Mo.. Triday. by StariC McJiulty. After' Meanlai' fcwihe oMceraat -Hraart. i Kas.. Shamway waQradto' Ralo. Neb aad reaaatetng there lor a few haws, auuMgaaMte K' board a trala foBt. !1m remained far oai alcht TheMzt day n boardid a. trala: for Oragoa. Me vear wakthlaee went to wark on a tarm H did not ehaaga Ma nalae aad after gatag to work wrote several checks, aigaiag thsm- TL Mead Shumway." This, with th de scription the oflcers had of, himrjed, to his capture. '- , ' When- arrested . Shamway had only 1 in bis possession: 'SherUr McNnlty arrived v at Wymore early Friday morning with the-prisoner, and, in company with the county attorney of Polk county,. arrived in .Beatrice about. 8 o'clock, where the prisoner was turned over to Sheriff Trade. ' In. the oflico of Sheriff Trade, Sham- way, in giving his story .of the murder with which he Is charged, stated that he came from the Held and. on finding blood in; the 'bouse, thought be woald be accused of the. murder and he made up his mind to leave. He went to. the barn and, after hitching cne of the. horses ,to(.a buggy, drove away. ' About 10 o'clock Sheriff Trude and Sheriff McNulty; with the prisoner; left the city" In -a carriage for Dewltt, where they boarded a Rock Island train for -Lincoln. The newsvHofj Shumway'8 capture spread like' wild-! Are and at Cortland, Adams and-Plrtbj smfir posses rwere organized to ihterj cejitlhe officers and their prisoner en; route to'lincohi, but the. party reacbedi tliat place without being molested- , The crime with which Shumway is charged was the most- brutal in the) bistory of Gage county and since he! made' his escape; - more than three; weeks' ago, the officers throughout the) 'vest have, "been camping on his trail. At. the inquest it was shown Mrs.. Sarah "Martin; the murdered-woman, was attacked by Shumwajr while she' was engaged in -washing the dinner dishes. The rooms on the lower floor bore evidence of a terrible'strug gle, and the supposition is that after the murdered had slashed the woman, across 'the throat' with the butcher knife she ran from one room to an-, other In order to free herself from his grasp.' After practically butcher-, ing the defenseless woman the murd-. erer carried,-the body upstairs and, placed It under the bed, where it was found in an almost nude condition by; Mr. Martin. VESSEL-NAMED NORTH DAKOTA.; Roosevelt Decides. Not. to Favor NowJ York ia Naming Boata. Washington North Dakota will be! the name of battleship No. 23, one of the new 20,000-ton vessels, contract for which were recently awarded by the navy department The other ves-j sel. as heretofore announced, will bej called the Delaware.. President Roose4 velt has decided that as so many na-i val vessels bear the names of, New! York cities, it would be unfair to carry! 'out the "original plan of .naming No.; 2S the New York and of changing thei cruiser of that name, to the Saratoga.' Utah now 5s the only one'of the stateaj after which no war vessel has'been! named. 'i Z CHOATE ADMITS HIS DEFEAT. The Hague Joseph H. Choate; head! of the 'American delegation to the peace conference, 'is ready .to ' acknpwl-' edge the defeat of Jtis 'pet scheme; for the establishment here of- a per-! maneat .court ofr-arbUration, 'but he; and James Brown Scott, solicitor of:l the department 'of state at Washing ten, and a member, of the delegation are doing everything possible to in-' duce themajority of the delegates to. adopt Mr. Choate's last proposition,: namely, the election of. fifteen judges of the court by a direct vote of the" governments,, in the forthcoming pie-, nary sitting of .the committee on ar-i titration. Land Drawing in October. Washington The actual cpeuing of about 55,000 acres of iand, formerly: in 'the .lower- Brule Indian reservation in South- Dakota, will commence Mon-' day, October 14. Commissioner Bal- linger of the general land office des. ignated J. W. Witten, chief law clerk of his department, and Charles B. Strong of the chief clerk's office .to represent the department at the draw ing for these lands. The larger por tion of these lands are located in a body five miles in. width, beginning about ten miles southeast of Pierre, !S.. D. Bryan, to Tour .Wisnsin. Lacrosse, Wis.7-Chalrman Mansoa of the democratic, state,, committee has, 'notified local democrats that the, cam-, paighitour'pf'Vittlliam J. Brjan in this state will, he' made In November, and .that Mr. Bryan will speak at La- Crosse.j Milwaukee and about other points.' F ten, WILL APPROVE CONSTITUTION. President -iRcosevelt is to Take Oklahoma Matter Soon.. MP Washington President " Roosevelt' announced that he would approve the Oklahoma constitution. He said hej had examfned the 'document with the attorney general and that he 'felt that the' question, of bis approval ought not. to be based, on his personal .opinion of the bictiment;Jtwt upon whether It' C?me within the terms of theeaab liBgact; -L , President is Satisfied.' Washington President- Roosevelt announced to a gathering; or newspa per men at tbewbite house that he assumed there would be, no objection. to the appointment of Wn Ting' Fang as minister from China to the U. S. Strike on Havana Roads.- - -'Havana A general strike of the' employes of the, United -States aad the 'Havana Cefitralelectrte railroad has'beea declared. Trains are run ning with thi hflp'Tif "'Ihi fatlsMiT onlr. wKhoat Iremea.ooaactofsri $ I 3 FRANCE' AND MOROCCO FIX THEIR DIFFICULTIES. UP IflSTUnS HI hup m TaraM FravMa far Dtoanwaaisat tlvaa te "Tarritery af Trlkaa. Paris Peace has been declared-la Morocco. Tbe-delegatea of three z portaat tribes have accepted Freach paaee overtnres iaaugarated aad will see that the term of. the' agreement are carried oat Hostilities are now at an end. ' These conditions are as follows: Hostilities shall cease from today. Gen eral Drade may make military, reeea naissances throughout the territory' af the three tribes to aattarjr himself that the pacificattoa is complete, the tribes engage themselves to disperse and chastise all. armed bodied that may as semble In their-territory with hostile intentions, every native found In pas-1 cession of arms or munitions of war J witntn ten miles of casa Bianca anau Jw handed over to the 8heriffian au thorities, condemned to imprisonment and fined 1200; the tribes shall be held responsible for the carrying out of the previous stipulation, and every native detected in smuggling or using arms shall be punished. The delegates of the tribes under take to surrender the authors of the outrages upon., Europeans of July 20. and pending judgment their goods shall be seized and 'sold irrespective of the Indemnity which Is to .be paid, the amount of which shall be fixed by the Moroccan government; the Chauola tribes shall pay a large indemnity; tie part of each tribe Is to be apportioned -according to the length of time it re sisted the French. In addition, the Chaouia tribes shall pay a contribution toward the harbor works at Casa Bianca. To secure the carrying out of this convention, two notables of each 'tribe shall be given up as hostages. The delegates of the Ouieseeyan, Znata and Zyalda tribes immediately named their hostages .and signed the capltlation. The campaign which France has just brought to a successful close ia Morocco' was inaugurated early in Au gust under the mandate given both France and Spain by t'e Algeciras agreement to maintain proper 'police regulations in the seaports of Moroc co. The direct cause of the movement was the murder, July 30; of sven Eu ropeans at Casa Bianca. France aad 8paln acted with the consent of the powers, and no powers interfered with their operations, although at on time Germany gave evidence that he Viewed the landing of a numerous French force In Morocco with appre hension, not to say distrust Borah's Case in Court. Boise. Idaho la beginning the work here Monday of Impaneling a jury to .try United States Senator Wllliah E. Borah, charged with conspiracy to de fraud the government of valuable tim ber lands. District Attorney Norman ;M. Ruick announced that former Gov ernor Frank Steunenberg was one of the men Indicted with Senator Borah for conspiracy. Stenuenbere Is renre- sented In this indictment as John Doe. The case was called Monday before .Judge Edward White in the United States district court. Big Crowd for Land Drawing. , Pierre S, D. The indlatlons are for an immense crowd at the registration for the Lower Brule lands. October 7 to 12. J. W. Witten will be here from Washington as a representative of the Interior department to superin tend the work of the registration and drawing. Trotting Record Broken. Allentown. Pa. Sweet Maria, driven by William Andrews, broke the world's trotting record for a mile . on a balf mile track at the Allentown state fair grounds, going the distince in :07. Up to today this record was 2:08 held by Cresceus. , BLG TRUST COMPANIES UNITE St. Louis After being in almost continuous session for a day and a half, the directors of the Mercantile Trust company and the Missouri-Lincoln Trust company signed papers whereby the former institution absorbs the latter, making a company with .combined deposits or 928.347,966. The Mercantile Trust company's capital stock of 13,000,000, with reported e soures of 83i;230,090:i5.' The MiSf 80uri-Lincoln Trust company Is also capitalized at 83,000,000 with resou-c-es of $11,766,909.14, making the tota rmesources of the enlarged Mercantile 142,996,099.29.- The consolidation ws- practically assured late Saturday night but the directors awiated until toda io mane tne transfer legal. Chicago Admits Japanese. unicago The school management! committee .of the Chicago schocl board has derided to admit the three adult Japanese who applied for admis slon to the' public schools, to high" schools,' but in no use to permit them to enter shools occupied by younger pupils. An adult Swede, a Hawaiian; and an East Indian, who had also apl plied, will be admitted under similar ondltions to the-three Japanese.. The matter of admission of the Japaneio was recently subject of an Inquiry by! the, Japanese consul. ! 4 Whites Bar out Japanese. Portland, Ore. A special to the Oi goaian from Seattle says that seventy-, aevea Japanese miners arriving at At-, lin to work in the mines were escort ed to the river steamer Gleaner by 30' whites and started back towards Van-! coaver. . ". 1 3-f Tangier Latest advises from Mor coco City report that Malai Hals. I marching toward Casa Bianca with tho ;ebjeet. ef, trying to iadace tho- ChoW colas tribesmen to Join him In aa at lack oa Sultaa Abd El Azla. ,. i . Vs. --.'? p ;,.. Cs -- . . s . r" -'- , bRIHbT- 2 fxijSj5r, - ' -' - -iJpr jESdaJ - Aii I Jb&& ' .rSv . iCT gvPi 'f 'MSSnTv V A sFjimv -JtBSki JsS&EssfV j AVBsVlQBawgwTvSBnni20ttBw' V ' ':BBftsmB9gVBMSeBBBBvBB r '1 jmagHggggjgggj ' 4 -gSSSSHSngSSSS. gpSggBgXggggS.A Sjgggggggggggr .nfi2rFJSBwBBmBBSdBBnBBBBBBBBBBBBBnt M. mmwmLm I " MflPr Ivl 1 ' r .HiVB'P MBmim - m f JrWtSE9slssSBgJft bf V gVjflHR'3S gglgBBBgflBMSBflH m m Lr mvBS' & EgggflBw ggggBBPKBBnBBT m V tS WMis 9BHsw9Fv4&MMk X.--t r.-..- -',':' " ' 'X'. -t " ''' y . ..." .-;'; :' ' r . THE BJULRQAOS LOSE IN COURT M -t-t COMMISSION TO LOWER FREIGHT RATES IN NESRASKA. Held That Commission Has Power to Regulate Rates Unless Railroads Shew Cause to Contrary. Omaha Judge T. C. Munger ren dered a memoranda opinion in the United States circuit court for tho dis trict of Nebraska at 8 o'clock Thurs day night, Judge W. H. Munger con earring, denying the temporary injunc tion and dissolving the restraining or der la the matter of th Chicago, Bur lington 4k Qulncy Railroad company aa complainant against Hudson J. Win nett, J. A. Williams and Henry T. Clarke, Jr., of the Nebraska Railway commission, wherein the railroad com pany asked for a temporary injunction to restrain the Nebraska Railway com mission from enforcing the acta of the Nebraska legislature of March 27. ,1907, regulating the duties of common carriers In the matter of freight, ex press matter and passengers within the state of Nebraska; also the act of April 8. 1M7, regulating the rate to be charged tor the transportation of live stock, potatoes, grain, grain products. fruit, coal, lumber, building material In carload Iota within the state of Ne braska so that the same should not be in excess of 86 per cent of the sched ules of sack railway companies or eommon carriers la effect January 1, 1907, and which law further provides that the State Railway commission shall have power to determine the jus tice of such rates to the shipper or f oil authority of the State Railway com mission to act under these respective laws, and applies to all railroads in the state as well a the particular com plainant in this case. : Lincoln Attorney General Thomp son and members of the state railway commission were gratified to hear of the ruling of the federal court at Omaha. The commission will proceed without delay in the grain rate casa and a reduction of 15 per cent from present rates is confidently predicted. The railroads, however, will be given the opportunity to make a showing against the proposed reduction. The present plan of procedure is io have a complaint filed alleging excessive rates to' shippers of grain and then it wil) be incumbent on the part of the roads to prove that any lowering of present rates will be confiscatory. BOXER OUTBREAK OCCURS. Italian Priest and Number of Converts Have Been Murdered. Shanghai An outbreak of Boxer tern occurred at Nakangsien in tiie southern part of the province of Kiangsi. An Italian priest and a num ber of converts have been murdered at the village, of Tawwouli and the Lazarist Fathers' mission at Man cbowfu has been burned. The mis sionaries escaped to Kiafu. whence they telegraphed for assistance. Cuban Conspirators Active New York Cuban conspirators; whose plot to overthrow the provision al government had been thwarted by Governor Magoon in Havana, attempt ed apparently, to use the World to fur ther their design. An unsigned cable of 182 words was received by that newspaper several hours before the news of the plot became public, stat ing that a meeting of prominent mer chants of Hav&na Lad bee: held Mon day night and a resolution had been adopted' to inform the World of the true state of Cuban affairs. Knox Gets an Endorsement. ; Harrisburg. Pa. United States Sen ator Knox was formerly endorsed for the nomination for president next year by the Pennsylvania League of Republican clubs at the closing ses sion of its 20th annual convention. , Fourteen Persons Drown. Mobile, Ala. A ferryboat crossing the Tombigbee river at the govern ment works at McGrew shoals near Jackson, Ala.. Thursday, capsized. drowning one white boy and thirteen negroes. RICH RADIUM DEPOSIT FOUND. Analysis of Borings from Simplon Tunnel Shows Large Supply. Geneva A newspaper states that Prof. Joly has completed a geological examination of specimens of the strata collected from the borings for the amnion tunnel. , He found rich traces of radium, indicating lancer de- posits than any hitherto discovered hi Enrope. He believes that the presence of these deposits caused the abnormal heat experienced ia building the taa-aoL THE BORAH CASE IS (M TRIAL ONE WITNESS ACKNOWLEDGES COMMITTING PERJURY. Waa Ready to Swear to Almost Any thing When Immunity was . Premised Him. Boise, Idaho The first censaUon In the trial of United States Senator Wil liam Borah came late Wednesday, when Albert Klanop Nuggent. the second witness produced by the -gov ernment, admitted on cross-examina tion that he committed perjury in tak ing out a timber land claim, admitted that he had been promised absolute immunity by an officer of the federal government for testifying, admitted that at the request of the federal of ficer he had sworn to a complaint against a man whom he did not know and lastly proclaimed' that he believed It to be part of his bargain for Im munity that he should swear to any complaint against any person, regard less of. any knowledge that he might have as to the person's guilt When the name of the federal officer who Induced him to sign the complaint waa asked by Senator Borah's counsel the witness swore poatively that he could not remember it. Tho day waa given over to the in troduction of a mass of papers on file ia the land office here at Boise and to tho evidence of two men who said they received money from John I. Walla with which to prove their tim ber land claims. Wells is one of the men Indicted with Senator Borah. Counsel for the latter did not object to this testimony, on the understand ing that the transaction in question would ultimately be connected up in some way with the senator on trial.. The defense scored its-first point of the trial early in the examination of the first witness, a man named An- I derson.- He was asked by Special Prosecutor Rush what, his intent waa when he' took out a timber claim. Judge Whitson. who is presiding, sus tained an objection abased on the ground that a man confessing perjury as Anderson did, could not properly testify aa to any secret intent he may have had locked up In his breast. An derson and Nugent both testified that they received from John I.. Wells $412 with which to prove their claims, and each received $250 additional for transferring the claims to the Barber Lumber company interests. Two bills given to the men by Wells, and a let ter from Wells to Nugeat were ad mitted in evidence. Cranberry Crop la Injured. Lacrosse, Wis. The first killing frcst of the season formed over West em Wisconsin and Southern Minne sota Tuesday, doing damage to all crops over ground and unharvested. Tho cranberry crop in Western Wis consin will suffer heavy loss. NEBRASKA'S ACTION PLEASES. Manager of. Taft's Presidential Cam paig n Pleased. Columbus A. I. Vorys. manager for Secretary William H. Taft. gave out the following statement at Taft head quarters: "The indorsement of Sec retary Taft by the Nebraska republi can convention is extremely gratify ing. It Is responsive to the over whelming sentiment prevailing not only in that state but everywhere. While. Kansas has indorsed Taft through its republican, state commit tee, Nebraska is the first state to in dorse him through a state convention, and the Nebraska convention is the first of any state outside of favorite son states to take action jon the presi dency." Hearst Is Not a Candidate. New York In an interview pub lished here William R. Hearst took occasion to deny that he is a candi date for the presidency. He cays: "I am not a candidate for the presidency on the Independence league ticket, or on any other ticket, and I cannot con ceive of aa conditions under which I would be willing to become a candidate."- This determination, he adds, is "not because of any feeling of pique or disappointment at the result of the late election. I am well satis fied to be a private citizen." Mercy in Unwritten Law. Chicago Amara C. Campbell, a wealthy lumber merchant of Antigo, Wis., who killed Dr. Benjamin Har ris in the Stock Exchange building here last winter and whose defease was 't'ho unwritten law," found mercy at tho hands of a jury, which fouad him guilty of manslaughter in Judge Wlndes' court here on Tuesday. Ac companying the verdict was a recom meadatlon by the jury that the pin ishmeat be fixed at one year ia the penitentiary, the minimum penalty al lowed .by law. mJUnmia - Orwaratba-li vfSJTrl s.a rv5?": that it 3 tatst by . . t Plain what ha meai that was eaatalaed ia a nM by alp that fsr flftaea yean other skippers have shipped freight f this territory under ctrcmsMtaaees similar to those under which the Stan dard was indicted aad laed." aad toll Why he Inserted these Iiass: v "Ik lkM inr nun k ka Standard has been selected as a vic tim?" Laadis Instructed the Jury to make a, thorough lavesUgatiOB iato Moffat's charge and. if it feaad avid eases of ether violations, to return indict ments against the offenders. v Copies of the pamphlet were mailed to Laadis during' the recess since tho trial of the oil cempaay. All-isiflsi to the selection of tho Standard Oil company as a "victim" may render Moffatt liable to fine aad imprisonment for contempt of court. District Attorney Sterna read to Judge Landis a letter he had jaat xo- ceived from Bonaparte, agreelag for the government ti give Immunity. to the Alton In return for its turning state's evidence against the Standard Oil. In the letter Bonaparte said that: "While some parts of the pledges, made by the government undeniably, were open to adverse criticism," the government would stand by the pledge In every particular. The letter instructed Simms to! move that a special grand jury calledj to consider the Alton case bo dls-j missed. ALL PARTIES MEET. I First State Conventions Under Now; Primary Law. Lincoln. Neb. The first state eon-! ventions in Nebraska under the direct! primary system were held In Lincoln! by the various parties Tuesday toj aaopt piauorms aau perzeci me nanyi organizations. With nothing to do bat Indorse the candidates already nominated. by the- people, aad adopt platforms as to which little or no differences existed among the delegates, the conventions presented a strong contrast to those of former years. The slate making and slate breaking, tho wire palling and medicine mixing, the plota and counter-plots of aeptriag candidates and their supporters, had no place hi the new order. Instead waa dignity aad calm deliberation. An aftemcea sufficed for what business there to transact. HARAHAN REPLIES TO FISH. Former Illinois Central President Ac cused of Sorrowing Funds. Chicago "He (Stnveysant Fish), loaned to himself as aa individual about $1,500,000 from the treasury of the company (Illinois Central) upon securities of his own selection which' proved to be Inadequate aad unmar ketable." This, and other startling al legations, are made in a letter given out by J. T. Harahaa, presideat of the Illinois Central Railroad company, and addressed to stockholders of the com pany.. The letter Is a speedy retort to the letter or Mr. Fish, which was published the previous day, criticising the administration of Mr. Harahaa, who suceeded to the presidency whea Mr. Fish was ousted by the directors. SPECIAL SE6SION IS CALLED. Governor Warner of Michigan Has Some Work for Legislators. Lansing. Mich. Governor Warner issued a call for a special session of the legislature to convene October 7 for the jjurpose of making needed ap propriations for the Central Normal college and to consider the amendment of the existing primary law so that candidates for governor and lieuten ant governor shall also be chosen by direct vote at the primaries fnstead of by delegate convention. The law al ready provided for the selection of all other candidates by direct vote. Peace for South America. Washington President Roosevelt aad President Diaz have Invited the presidents of the five American repub lics to send delegates to the confer ence to be Q eld in Washington in No vember to agre? upon a plan for the peaceable settlement of all future dis putes between those countries. Schmitz Indictments Good. San FrancIsco The. State supreme court has sustained the validity of the grand jury which dieted Schmitz, Ruef and others. CENSUS REPORT ON COTTON. Larger Number of Bales of Cotton Consumed by Manufacturers. Washington The census bureau re ported that for the year ending Au gust 31, last, 5,296.783' running bales of cotton were taken by all American manufacturers, compared with 4.9ot, 479 for hut year. The manufactur ers' stock at the close of the year was 996,279 bales, compared with 688,312 last year. Active cotton spindlea numbered ,26,242,407, compared with with 25,250,096 last year. New York Milk will sell in this city at a higher price this- winter than it has commanded in a 'genera tion, and probably say the dealers, at the highest price it has ever brought here. Two of the throe hlf milk concerns ' already have an nounced increases in prices, one ap plying to the retail trade ia bottled milk and the other to the or caa delivery. The third osa la expected sooa to faU ia line. changes will go iato effect oa Oat 1. Nine ceats a. oaan will bo for bottled mil - yr lm . wit 2fVfSJfiiJ4 ..)?' 5 STATE NEWS AND NOTES Hf CN- t f io of i- AyMHolawhoa week celebrated No dead te Ids ream at Kearney. Two of tho eldest residents of Clay Center died last week. Greeley county loot week held Its first fair for fifteen year. Humboldt has made arrangements for a complete sewerage system. - A Pawnee county farmer sold $275 worth of melons off from oae acre. The Thomas county fair and old settlers picalc was a great ssccesa. The new Y. M. C. A. building re cently dedicated hi Hastings cost $3o The new Methodist church at Scott's Bluff was dedicated last Sunday. It cost $S,M. James -MeaaV who nineteen years ago disappeared from York county, last week came back to bis old haunts. The large horse bam oa the D. L. Johnson ranch, about four miles north of Cairo, was entirely destroyed by ire. Dr. Julias Lisgeafelder. a physician, has filed his candidacy for county coroner of Cuming county, by petition. No other candidate was aeminated. A fire of unknown cause burned the barn and several horses of B. Hnddie stoa of Shelby. The bam was nearly new aad the iasuraace wfll not cover half the loss. York will have two tectare courses this season, tho usual oao given under the auspices of the York college, and the other a coarse under nsaaogemeat of the Y. M. C. A. The Fairbury lecture coarse associa tion met recently and elected officers for the ensuing year and closed con-' tracts for their list of talent for thte season's lecture coarse. Hon. Ernest M. Pollard, whoso orchards of 12,000 trees near Nehawka are famous, reports that hie total orop will amount to bat 88 barrels, all having been sold to local dealers. Rev. Colony aad wife, pastor of the -Methodist Episcopal eharca of York. who will soon leave far .the state of Washington, were tendered a farewell reception by members of that eharca. A subscriptioa list is being oil lated ia Coming county for tho pose of obtainig a colony of Hunga rian partridges, which ia being enthu siastically taken np by local sports men. The farmers of Jefferson county are at present busy with fall plowing aad wheat planting. A recent rain put the ground in fine shape for this work and the farmers are making the best of their time. Water is so low in the Republican' river and Prairie Dog Creek at Repub lican City that people go fishing with pitchforks, and some go after the fish with their hands. Hundreds are eaaght every day. John Nelson, a farmer living east of Wymore, waa killed ia a runaway at that place. He had brought a load of oats to the elevator aad ia driving down the incline his team hrramn frightened and ran away. John Heyne of Fremont, a yeaag man who has been managing an ele vator business at Uehllag, was killed in a baseball game, when Art Wagner, pitcher for the Oakland team, hit him above the ear with a pitched ball. Mrs. Swartz, an Old resident cf Glen over. Gage county, was probably fatal ly injured while leading a calf from the pasture at the farm ef her grand daughter, being dragged by the animal for about a quarter of a mile. Foreclosure papers have been filed and ji receiver appointed for the John son Heating company of Hastings. Creditors to the amount of $2,000 have presented bills, principally from sev eral heating and boiler works. Dr. M. D. Reed, while in Tecumseh. selling meiicies of his own prepara tion, died after an illness of fifteen minutes, at the Jones hotel. He was 71 years of age and leaves a wife and family. Neuralgia of the heart was the cause. Ogden (Utah) dispatch: Prank Bers of Mitcnell. Neb., left here for his home with the body of his son. Dr. Earl S. Bers, who died here as a re sult of injuries received in a fight with F. C. Walker of Salt Lake City. Walker and the younger Beers both lived in Salt Lake City, but the latter was born and reared in Nebraska. Be fore coming to Ogden, Beers, Walker alleged, had been paying much atten tion to Walker's wife. Henry Halscher of Ogalalla was robbed of $138 in cash and a draft for $48 during the parade at the anniver sary celebration hi Beatrice. Josephine Peacock, the 15-year-old adopted daughter ef Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peacock, who Mao five miles from Plattsmouth. died as a resale of laudaaum poison way taken supposedly by accident. The girl was brought west from New York through the agency of the New York, Children's Home association aad was adopted by the Peacock family something like a yrr.;- ago. Haying about Arliagtoa io eoav plated. The crop was heavy aad was pet up ia good shape. The acreage of winter wheat will be more than last year. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wright of Hast ings received information ef tho death ef their daaghter-in-law. Mrs. Fraak Wright, who now resides at Portland, Ore., by being burned to death. 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