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St Petersburg 3-William EcsllHn'
naii:aT of Jnjliapapolis, L-wVlils wife
end bis sl?fer-.n-!:rw. Iliss -Ro-e
Su-unsky. were arrested in this city
Sunday night. l?y xi force of gendarmes
lcausc ot tnir association with sev
vrai jucn:ltt "-of the Finnish prcgrcs
siim" party SThey vcrc s.ill liehl at
tte L-adar;ue headquarters at a late'
hour. A "rr-prescrtativc of the Ameri
can embaisy- sheared at the head
quarters in flif'.r behalf, but he can
t: J:e no action 'miti! Monday morning.
KcIIoks Du j lend. "another American
ana a frlc-ACt of Mr. Waliaj:. who lias
been in St. Petersburg gathering ma
terial for a series of lectures, also was
i.!-en Into custody, but later lie was
rf.'.-aso:!. There was no evidence on
v.!:kh to held Mr. Durland.,
M Wailing Is a wealthy socialist.
2ir .:. u jtndsoa of the lato William
11. Kngllsh. who was vice presidential
:.d:datft in 1880. when General Han
cock r.ut for tho presidency. For
povei-al ye.in j.zsl Mr. Walling "lias
Mikcn an active interest in the Rus
rfau eljujBwiu and this is the third
time ho ban visited Russia.
The Finns, with whom the Waitings
nave been associated, also were ar
msled. Tn this party there are three
man and one woman. Tho woman is
he wifo of Professor Mulmhurg of
Helsingfors university. The Finns
avc been in St. Petersburg for sev
eral tlayrf. They have been undor close
iioiloe observation. Saturday and
Sunday tire Finns. Mr. and Mrs. Wal-"
ling and Miss Strunsky. dined together
.-Vid the entire party was taken into
custody.
The arrest took place at the hotel
He France, one of tho leading hostel
rics of this city. The rooms of the
Walling party and the Finns were
thoroughly seareched by a colonel or
gendarmes and several assistants. All
the baggage and effects of the Walling
tarty and the four Finns were opened
and the gendarmes took possession of
a large Quantity of books and docu
mentary material.
Mr. Walling and his wife, who is
known to the literary world as Anna
Stransky, and Miss Strunsky were
taken to the gendarme headquarters
tecause all the prisons are overcrowd
"X and no other place to confine them
TOlfl fee found.
New Ruling on Homesteads.
Washington An important change
in regulations for acquiring homes
.leajBbn the public domain was an
nounced by Commissioner Ballinger
m the.eneral land office. As an addi
tional precaution against fraud, all
.persons making homestead entries on
publlc--lands after November 1. next,
will be required to prove actual resi
dence !f or fourteen moBths before they
will be permitted to "commute" the
entries to obtain title by a cash pay
ment Heretofore the period of ae-tunl-residence
has been eight months.
Porto Rico Wants to March.
lyyliington Porto Rico is endeav
Sng lb secure representation in the
National Guard of the United States
and to that end the commissioner of
the Interior of that island has askea
the war department what aid wil be
given in organizing a regiment in
Jrt6Rico. '
Scabies Prevalent in South Dakota.
Pierre. S. D The indications are
that unless cattle owners in this state
take -radical action betore next spring
to completely wipe out scabies, the
Korernment will, place another quar
antine against the stale and" slop all
shipments.
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No few Cases.
San Francisco No additional cases
tf hnfcoalc plague have-been reported
lnco. October, iG, and sis more pa
Ueab3: have been discharged as cured
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PRESIDENT OUT OF CAN EB RAKE.
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Three Bear-and Some Smaller Game
,' the Result. of Hie Hunt.,
Stjunhoul. La. '"We got three bears,
six deer, one wild turkey,, twelve squir
rels, one duck, one possum and one
wildcat We ate them all except the
wildcat and. there were times we al
most felt we could eat if
This was President Roosevelt's sum
ming op of the results of his hunt on
Bayon Tanses and Bear lake. He ar
rfredat 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
at Che residence of Leo Shields, where
he wMl be a guest until he makes his
departure, for Vicburg Monday.
The president is slightly more bronzeu
Chan when he entered tho wilderness
from this point fifteen days ago.
0Leary'a Remarkable Test.
Cincinnati, O Dan .O'Leary the
world's famous long distance 'walker,
flatbed his 1.000 mile walk at Nor
wood. Inn, in thia city, at 7 o'clock Sun
day, saprBlng. He has walked one mile
dnifsfeeach hour for 1.000 consecutive
hoars' jand although he 'was .nearly 65
year 'sold, heat-no time during this
test.f his strength has shown any
sigas;of faltering. Thsis one of tho
most 'remarkable walking' tests ever
wltnftMped in America and,the-jnedlcal
worldA'basbeen intensely interested
as to tSwoatcome. -
TAFT SPEAKS .rJ MANILA.
Say:He'k6pes'to VisitvPhUppines lit
Two :Y ears aa Private Citizen. ,
MaaMa At a banquet given hi his
aoBOfiiln'tals city Secretary of War
WUflaai H. Taft made a most sigalfi
cast statement He was referring to
thejael that he had already visited the
JPfcLpptne Islands three times, and in
expressing his Intention to come here
acatakesald: I hope in aaother two
years to visit Manila again, bat then
f preknUy will come as a private cthV
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AS TO THE PACXERS.
Interstste Commerce Commission
Rules Against Them.
Washington The Interstate Com
merco commission haudeddowa a, de
cision, against the Cndahy Packing
company in its suit with the North
western Railway company. The Cu-1
dahy people, who own and. operate a
warehouse at Dead wood, S. D., on the
line of the Northwestern. to which
their products are brought in refrigera
tor care, have been in thenabit ci
leaving these cars on the tracks oi
the Nortliwesternline over and above
Ike A?d --J12-1 of tI?se W1 down. by
the raUrcad. In'cpaseq.ueaceof this
the railroad company charges demur
ra'ga agaicct the packing " company,
notwithstanding it cvncd its own cars.
This did net suit the packers and they
Lroushtthe matter, to the, atcntiou ot
the Ictcrstiita Cciamorco commission.
Cleory possibly, th'atvhat Is sauce for
the gnose IsJ sauce for the gander"
..The Interstate Commerce comniis
sipu ia deciding against , the ( Cudahy
company upholds the 'position wliich is
taken from 'the' very beginning" of the
commission's historyrthat thepurpbse
of a demurrage cfiargc is. to compel
thp prompt unloading and release of
ears, and this is .uct.only for .the pur
licse of securing the use of equipment,
but also cf relieving the tr acks upon
which the equipment must stand. .
At first blush it would seem as if
the commission had made a foolish'
ruling In this case, in view of the Cu
dahy people owning the cars. but. as
the commission says. "Car service
rules of the defendant in this case pro
vide that no demurrage shall be
charged where the same person owns
both track and cars. It may bo doubtful
what rule ought to be applied when
tho car is the property of one person
and the track the property of another,
neither car nor track being owned by
the railway." ,
The commission, however, found lit
tie difficulty in arriving at its decision
in the caso at bar upon the theory that
freight congesticn should be relieved
as much as possible,no matter whether
the railway owned the car or it was
owned by a private corporation.
ROOSEVELT BAGS BLACK BEAR.
President After Long Search, Finally
Lands His Game.
New Orleans News of the killing
of a big black bear by President
Roosevelt in the canebrakes near Bear
r.r.'.;e. La., reached New Orleans in a
telegram to John M. Parker, one of the
gentlemen who invited 'the president
to hunt in the state and who himself
was a member of the bunting party
until business required his returning
to Iew Orleans.
The telegram was signed by Leo
Schields, another member of the party,
and read sa follows:
"President Roosevelt killed a great
big bear. Went into thicket after him.'
Two days ago several trails were
struck, but only once did the dogs
come upon the bears, and then it be
came necessary for a negro hunter in
the party to kill the bear immediately
in order to relieve the dogs. The presi
dent then started out with fresh and
better dogs.
IN THE NAME OF JAY GOULD.
So Miss Helen Gould Opens Railroad
Branch off Y. M. C A.
St Louis. Mo. Miss Helen Gould for
mally opened the new railroad branch
ter and Mr. hamh am ah amhmhd
o? the Y. M. C. A. at Eugenie and Tom
streets. In the name of her father. Jay
Gould.
The fact that she declared it opened
in her dead fathr's name came as a
slight 'surprise to those present
Denver Hearing Is Set.
Washington The .interstate com
merce commission fixed for hearing
at Denver.- October 28. the cases of
the Merchants' Traffic association
against the Pacific1 Express' company
and the' Oregon Railroad and Naviga
tion company, and the Atchison. -To-peka
'& 'Santa Fe 'railroad and others,
involving charges ot J .unreasonable
and discriminating grain rates, ele
vator allowances, etc
PASSES FOR LIVE STOCK MEN.
Intending Purchasers'TNot Entitled to.
" Free Transportation.
Washington The Interstate Com
merce commission has informed the
State Railway commission of Nebraska
that cattlemen who expect to purchase
caitle are not entitled to free railroad
transportation until they have obtained
and -are returning with a shipment
The commission has previously ruled
to the contrary.
Wilson on Abandoned Farms.
Washington Secretary Wilson ot
of the Department of Agriculture will
deliver an address before a convention
called by the Chamber of Commerce of
Syracuse, N. Y., on October 23 for the
purpose of considering the subject ot
abandoned farms.
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EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA BETTER.
Patient's Fever Has Abated, but Ca
tarrhal Affection Unchanged.
Vienna- While the physical condl
'tion of Emperor Francis Joseph im
proved somewhat daring the last
twenty-four hoars, his malady which
is catarhal affectib,n remains
practically the same. Court officials
.declared that last night was the worst
the patient has passed since the be
ginning ot his illness.
four Persons Are Killed.- -Chattanooga,
Tenn. Four persons
were killed; ten are In' the hospital
and more than a score more were in
jured in a collision of two Sherman
Height street cars on Harrison ave
nue at 6:45 Friday morning. Confu
sion of signals Is said to have been
the cause bf the accident Both oars
were, raining tat a rapid rate into a
dip when the crash came. Tne incom
ing ear was aeavily loaded and moot
oV those aUlei were this cat. Both
fcOtoi instantly.
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ft FEBERM. CONTROL
SOME
RAILROAD MfcN
SUCH P POLICY.
FAVOR
ROCK ISUMD EXECUTIVE TALKS
Admits Rebates Have Bssn .Given In
the PastReason for Uni
form Legislation.
CHICAGO---That railroad executives
generally approve of the plan for gov
ernment control and regulation of
transportation lines of he natica, as
advocated bv Robert Mather, president
of the Rock Island, company, in hb
speech to the Chicago Association of
Commerce, was stiongly indicated
when various officials went on record
to tilt effect.
3Ir. Mather's address was called ad-
, mirable In every way, and none t J tho
railroad rfucials Interviewed .disagreed
with nim as to the desirability of cen
tralized authority in preference to
what they called the varied and incon
sistent system of laws passed by state
legislatures. It was granted, too,' thai
Mather had done well to talk openly
of rebating.
After-complimenting Mr. Mather .on
his speech, E. P. Ripley, president of
the Santa Fe, said he thought the
principal points urged by the Rock Isl
and official well taken. '
"What the railroads are opposed to."
he said, "is this varied assortment of
rules, regulations and laws under
which at present they, must operate.
For Instance, the Santa Fe runs
through fourteen states and territr .es,
and what is legal in one state may lo
unlawful In another, and vice versx
In other wors, we' have too many mas
ters. Would not it be much better for
us if we had single, central source of
regulation than so many. I believe
that ia the position being taken by Mr.
Mather and most railroad officials."
"A great address, a verv sensible and
convincing speech," said J. T. Hara
han, president of the Illinois Central
railroad. "Taken as a whole and not
analyzing each and every section. Mr.
Mather's position in try opinion,
pretty well expressed the feeling of
railroad presidents and .managers.
The trouble is and "has been that the
states have various laws which con
filet with the interstate laws. This
leads to embarrassment and needs cor
rection. It also is true that the sev
eral states have statutes which do not
agree. This leads to trouble.
"What do you think of his reference
to rebates?" Mr. Harahan was askei.
"Oh. it was all right I guess It was
true, every word of it They used to
give and take rebates, I suppose, but
.they do not any more. No one wants
to."
"I do rot know what the x'ailroas
intend to .do. If they ha-e agreed upoa
.any program of legislation I have not
heard of if
DRAWING FOR BRULE LAND.
.Several Nebraskans Among the Fifty
; Names Out off the Box.
' Pierre, S. D. The drawing for
lower Brule lands started at 9 o'clock
Monday morning; at the auditorium.
'Judge Witten, in charge of the worky
after a statement of tho manner ot
registering and drawing, to the crowd
present for the occasion, unsealed the
box containing the affidavits, and they
were poured Into a hopper on the
stage, and thoroughly stirred in the
presence of Hon. C J. Burke, Mayor
Albright and Captain P. H. Lenon of
Guthrie Center, la., who had been se
lected as a committee to" watch tho'
work. Master Robert Hippie had been
selected to pick the envelopes from
the pile, and the first one was handed
to former Congressman Burke, who
wa3 the father of the bill' opening tho
land. He announced that the first
choice went to Frank Slocam, ot Wes
slngton. S. D., who was registered
number 1013. The drawing was con
tinued until 2,000 names -had been se
lected. Among 'the fortunates were a
number of Nebraskans.
Candidates to Go On Record.
New York The Central Federated
-anion has received an appeal from
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor-which has been
sent to all the -affiliated unions asking
them to request' all political' candidates-
in the campaign to commit
themselves openly asto government
by injunction. Gompers said that
misuses of the power of injunction
occurs constantly and is dangerous to
the liberty of the people. It was the
duty of labor unions to investigate
all candidates for judicial offices.
Karl Hau's Appeal Fails.
Leipsic, Germany The supreme
court rejected the appeal of counsel
for Karl Hau, formerly of Washing
ton, for a revision of the sentence
condemning him to death foi the
murder of his mother-in-law, Frau
Molitor. An appeal for a new trial
will be made.
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TYPEWRITERS MAY LOSE J003.
A Machine That Writes She Thousand
Words an -Hour.
New York Typewriter girls may
find their occupation gone, if , what is
said of a new invention turns out to
be true. It is exhibited at the busi
ness show now' in progress' in 'Madi
son Square' garuen and is an automatic
typewriter, run by. compressed abr5
and capable, it is said,- of writing
from 5,000 to 6,000 .words an hour for
twenty-four hours at a stretch.
The President After Gear.
StamboaL La. The whole ccountry
side turned out in expectation of see
ing the president take his departure
from Stamboul for the south, but in
view of his change of plans was, of
course, disappointed. There was gen
eral expressions of satisfaction, how-
ever, over his 1 reconsideration o his I
determination to move to Teasas par-1
Jen; now that the change is aet to be '
maae. acamboaj eentesaes eaadlaly I
that It woaid have been mesh char-!
iteei to have Its vmlter p away w.ta 1
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MR. FISH DEMANDS COUNT
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WANTS PROXY LIST TO BE GONE
FULLY OVER.
Adjournment from Time to Time Be
cause Those Delegated to Act
Were Not Ready.
Chicago When the annual meeting
ot the Illinois Central stockholders
reconvened Thursday it was evident
that the chances for a vote on the di
rectors were small. The proxy com
mittee, which had worked for the
greater part of the night, had gone
through the letters "A" and "B" and
gotten a little way into "C."
The Harriman faction was anxious
for a "show down" and Attorney
Cromwell proposed to the other at
torneys that all the proxies be sub
mitted to the meeting as they stood,
and that a test of strength bo bad in
this way. Judge F&xrar, for Mr.
Fish, objected, saying that it was
known that .many revocations ot
proxies had been given and that the
"show down" would not be a true test
of strength.
During 'this debate, which preceded
the calling to order of the meeting.
Mr. Cromwell again proposed that all
the proxies be thrown on the table
and the conflicting proxies ruled out
This would have annuled all the re
vocations, and the proposition was
emphatically refused by the Fish at
torneys.
The meeting was called to order
an hour later by President Harahan,
who said:
"The proxy committee is not ready
to report and we will j wait a few
minutes to see if they can give us
anything definite before we adjourn."
The meeting, after considerable
waiting, voted to adjourn until 3
o'clock.
A touching illustration of the mu
tual confidence entertained by the
warring factions was shown when
both the Harriman and Fish proxies
were placed in one of the vaults in
the Illinois Central offices. Both
sides -promptly placed watchmen out
side the vault and they remained on
duty until the proxy committee called
for the papers.
Probably the .most interesting inci
dent of the meeting of Illinois Central
directors which preceded the annual
meeting of the stockholders,' was a
tilt between Charles A. Peabody, presi
dent of the Mutual Life Insurance
company, and Mr. Stuyvesant Fish. A
dispute arose as to certain -action at
a previous meeUag. Mr.(Fisa made a
statement of hie position in the mat
ter and Mr. Peabody declared Mr. Fish
had not voted the way .he was then
voting upon the subject One word
led to another, and Mr. Peabody all
but passed the 1 ie to Mr. Fish. Fish
arose and shouted at his opponent:
"Mr. Peabody, you cannot talk to me
like that nor Is there a man living
with Inches enough to tell me that i
do not tell the truth."
Until three men, who are locked in
a room assiduously counting proxies,
are able to report to the stockholder
of the Illinois Central railroad, there
will be no election of directors. Twice
Thursday the stockholders' assembled,
only to be told that the proxy inspect
ors w ere not prepared to report The
final adjournment was taken shortly
after 3 o'clock in -the afternoon, and
carried the meeting over until xiida.
Explodes Dynamite In Mouth.
New York Jacob Dettinger; aged
59 years, of this city, committed sui
cide In an unusual manner. Placing
a stick of dynamite in his mouth and
holding it in his right hand, Dettinger
exploded the dynamite, blowing his
head off.
New Bishop off Wyoming.
Richmond, -Va. The house of
bishops ot the Protestant Episcopal
church -elected Rev. Frederick Fouike
Reise, D..D., of Christ schooL Nash
ville, Tenn., 'as bishop of the mis
sionary district of Wyoming.
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Big Texas Bank Fails.
Houston, Tex. One of the oldest
baking houses hi Texas went to the
wall Thursday when T. W. House,
banker, filed a general assignment un
der the state law.
- Rostrand 'Does Not. Improve.
Paris It is reported here from
Bayonne that tie condition of Ed
mond Rostid, the French playwright
who was operated upon ten' days ago
for appendicitis, does not continue to
Improve.
Effort to Blow Up Town.
Webster .City, la. Great excitement
at Stratford., prevailed over the finding
enough dynamite uaaef a
tank to blow an the town. Fane
attached. It to believed Ike plaa
I to bkvw up tae tank ana Bra the town.
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SUCCESSFUL HUNT.
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THIBn-EIBBT PEOPLE ABE DEM
PROPERTY LOSS SAID TO BE AP
PROXIMATELY $750,000.
The Awful Disaster Said to Have Been
Caused by Sparks From Some
Defective Shafting.
Fontanet Ind. Thirty-eight lives
snuffed out, six hundred injured, of
which number fifty were seriously
hurt, and a property loss of approxi
mately 3750,030 is the latest estimate
of the destruction wrought by the ex
.'plosion of the Dupont powder mills
yesterday morning.
From a workman employed in the
glazing mill it was learned that a "hot
box" which was caused by too much
friction on the shafting caused sparks
to be transmitted to some loose pow
der, was in all probability the cause
of the terrible catastrophe. The em
ploye, whose name is William Sher
row, and who is dangerously hurt as a
result of the explcsioa. said:
"The explosion w " caused by some
loose boxing on the shaft The day
before this terrible explosion happened
we- had to throw water on it when it
became too hot This time it got too
hot and Eent off the sparks that
caused the explosion."
Another company of state militia ar
rived from Indianapolis this evening
and went into camp. The town is now
under martial law, the two companies
of state troops being in full control.
Coroner Leavitt of Vigo county spent
the entire day in investigating the
cause of the accident. The coroner de
clares that it is bis opinion th&t not
more than thirty men were at work at
the tilde the explosion occurred. He
said that in an explosion of the inten
sity of this one it is probable that a
number of persons might bo blown to
atoms and their bodies sever recov
ered. The injured at this place and Terre
Haute are getting along nicely and It
Is thought no more deaths will occur.
Omaha Alexis I. Dupont, secretary
'of the Dupont Powder company; W. B.
Dwinnell, its general counsel; Colonel
J. G. Ewing, a heavy stockholder In Che
company, all of Wilmington Del., with
two friends. Attorney Wood of Chi
cago and Garrett E. Lamb, president
of. the People's Trust and Savlngss
bank of Clinton, Ia, have been out
hunting on the Ankney ranch in Deuel
county. - n
It is thought the disastrous explosion
"of the companv's plant at Fontanet
Ind., will recall them, putting an un
timely end to their hunting trip.
Old. Soldiers Become Indignant.
Grand Island, Neb. A temporary
writ of injunction was Issued by Coun
ty Judge Mullin on application of R. B.
Howell, .In his own and the behalf of
all. other members of the Soldiers'
home, against members of the State
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
and the commandant of the home, re
stricting them from collecting any part
of itheir pension money as attempted
by recently established rule No. 17.
This action of the board has caused
intense resentment and the case will
be fought
Getting Ready ffer 1908.
Washington The call for the meet
ing for te republican national com
mittee for the purpose of fixing the
time and place for holding the national
republican convention will be issued
probably next Monday.
Five Political Prisoners Shot
Washington Five political prison
ers were shot in Hayti according to a
dispatch to the state department A
much large numler of Haytians are
under charges of conspiracy.
SPAIN TO SELL TO FRANCE.
Report That Moroccan Control
Will
Pass Into These Hands.
1 Tangier A report which cannot be
verified here, Is In circulation to the
effect that France, witr the consent
of Saltan Abd-El-Aaiz, intends making
Spain 'a monetary offer for all her in
terests in Morocco, notably Melilla
and Cecta. which points, if the deal
Is made, will be the base of opera
tions against the pretender to the
throne of Morocco,
Filing on Brule Land.
Pierre. S. D. Since the drawlr
for homesteads in the Lower Brule In
dian reservation, the first list of which
was completed here Monday after
noon, many of the first filty who will
be allowed to file next Monday have
been looking over the land to pick
their selections. Others who reside
at a distance will barely have time to
get hem after their notifications and
will .have to Rio largely on faith, as
them will be little opportunity after
their arrival to look over thesltua-
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ef Life awl PreuaiU by
Expl iea.
Fontanet Ind. Between twenty-
ana fifty dead; SOO injured ana a ottjr
of IHH i-eoDle wiped oat Saca'Sstk
fate which overtook Fontanet Taeaaaj
when tfes bupcat Powder works ex
ptoded. Where stood a thriving ana
basy town of 1,000 people in the mora,
lag at night there la ruin and scattered,
wreckage. The dead and more -wrioes-ly
Injured have been taken away. Five
hundred inhabitants, all more or leas
, wounded, remain to gather their scat
'tcred household goods, sleep aadar.
'tents and cots, guarded by soldiers of
the state.
Without warning the powder mlMs,
seven In number, blew up at 9:15 la
the morning. They employed 20 men
and of these seventy-five were at work
when the first explosion occurred' la
J tho press mill. In quid succession
i the xlazine mill the two comlna mill3
j and the powder magazine blew up, fol
lowed by the cap milL In the maga-
I sine slturted several hundred yard
from the mills were stored 4,M0
kegs of powder. The concussion,
when it blew up was felt 200 miles
away. Every iouse In this town was
destroyed. Farm houses two miles
away, and school houses' equally dis
tant were torn to pieces and their oc
cupants injured. Indianapolis and
even Cincinnati felt the shock. A pas
senger train on the Big Four railroad,
four miles away, bad every coach
window broken and several passen
gers were Injured by flying glass.
The mill went up with tare dis
tinct, explosions, followed nine min
utes later by a fourth even more se
rious than the others when the maga
zines went up. Immediately following
the explosions the wreckare took fire
and inhabitants of the town who
rushed to the rescue of the mill em
ployes found themselves powerless to
aid those burning In the ruins. They
worked frantically in constant danger
from "possible succeeding explosions,
unmindful of their wrecked homes.
'Dead and dying were picked up cad
collected. Eighteen bodies horribly
burned and mangled were carted to a
protected spot to await Identification
while the badly injured, numbering
upwards or fifty, were put in a special
train and taken to Terra Haute for
hospital accommodations.
SECRETARY TAFT AT MANILA.
Water Parade Beginning off Functions
Given Him.
Manila Secretary Taft arrived at
4:30 p. m. Friday from Hongkong and
received an enthusiastic welcome. His
reception began with a water parade,
headed by Governor Smith, General
Wood and Admiral Hemphill. The
:-ccretary was escorted to the palace
i by troops and distinguished Ameri-
cans and Filipinos, and was formally
welcomed by the mayor.
Much discussion has been caused
by the fact that no liquors will be
served at the functions in Mr. Tart's
honor to be held at the palace, which
step is said to have been taken at the
direction of the secretary.
GERMAN POSITION STATED.
Has No Desire to Absorb Austria la
Case Emperor Dies.
Berlin Regarding the persistent re
ports published in the English press
that Germany desires to absorb Ans
tria in the event of the death of Fran
cis Joseph, It may be stated that tae
policy of German; with reference to
the internal affairs of the Austro-Han-gary
monarchy has been declared to be
one ot entire aloofness.
Order Is Modified.
Lincoln. Neb. General Superin
tendent E. H. Gould of the Missouri
Pacific railway succeeded in securing
a modification of the speed limit re
striction recently made by the railway
commission- and the speed of the Mis
souri Pacific trains will be limited to
twenty-five miles an hour after Octo
ber 27.
Indians In Troubrs.
Sioux Falls S. D. John Beidfcig. of
Deadwood. deputy United States mr.v
shal for western South Dakota has ar
rived here with Jesse Brave Hawk
and George Four Horns, Sioux Ia
dians belonging on the rne Ridge res
ervation, who are charged with having
driven stock of the reservation.
NO INJUNCTION FOR ROADS.
Judge
Monger Refui
to
Enjehi
Grain Rates.
Lincoln. Neb. Federal Judge
Thomas C. Munger denied Nebraska
railways a temporary restraining or
der pending their appeal In the grain
rate cases, -he railways three weeKs
ago secured a temporary order re-
straining the Nebraska railway com
mission from taking action looking to
a reduction of grain rates. The In
junction was dissolved by Judge Mun
ger. sitting hi Omaha, and the roads
took an appeal. An effort to compel
non-action on the part of the commis
sion pending the appeal was brought,
and this the court denied.
Mrs. Chadwick Buried.
Woodstock, Ont The funeral ef
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick was held Mon
day afternoon. The bunal was hi the
family lot in the English buryins
grounds. Mrs. Chadwlck's son and her
sister, Mrs. Campbell, were the ssoara
ers. Whole Family Suffocated.
Gloversvllle. N. Y. Six members of
the family of Solomon Frank, n glove
cutter, the father and five daughters
were suffocated by smoke when their
home was destroyed by fire.
Hearing Held in Omaha.
Washington T e Interstate com
merce commission assigned for hear
ing at Omaha, October 28, and Kansas
City, Ma, October 31, the proceeding?
in the matter of the alleged pureha&e
and sale of commodities by express
companies.
Washington The supreme court of
the United States began ks power
term. The calendar contains 431 ease",
a considerably larger percentage ef
business than at the beginning of any
r - 1 J- "i" -ja''iianssmt
It BRASH. POUTERS
STATE NEWS AMD NOTES IN CON
DENSED FORM.
TttPBESS.rUimHr1BUC
want Is Geiaa en Here
w off Interest s the
Throughout Nebraska.
The Powell State bank, with a cap
ital ef 110,000. Is a new laasttatiea
seen to be launched in Jeffecsea
county. .
It seema probable that 'Ariiagtoa
will have a cornet hand, after being
without one for about flfteea yessB. A
meeting has been called to talk up
the matter.
As a result of a quarrel, Oheraea
Wlhtee, colored, porter at Beseem Jb
Raton barber shop la Fals City, was
shot and killed ey another ceeated
hoy. ClyaeEUiagton.
The Commercial club 0t Sewer at
steps to
ot a new hotel
Fatty-three shares la the enterprise
were subscribed fsr at once.
The Farmers bank off
opened for business with a
capital stock, with A. Weftsx
dent; W. H. BrieknelL vie president.
and Wmiam H. Homeyer. cashier.
A normal coarse has been added to
the meal high ached at Hnmbeldt
f and the state will lead anancial aid
la malstalwtag this department ef
training.
Cad GUlbjad ef Staabnry. Ms, at
tempted t get aboard a moviag
freight train la the Reck Isiaad yards
at Falrbury an feH under the wheels,
which crushed a leg. He eneaV soon
after.
Coyotes are becoming each a anis
aace around Arlington that there la
talk ef organising a large banting
party In the near future. Chickens,
geese and small pigs are suffering
from the depredations.
Miss Daisy Wilson of Dodge county,
aged 18. was tried by the insanity
commission and found to be a fit 'sub
ject for the insane hospltaL Miss
Wilson is the daughter of a farmer
who lives near Ames.
County Superintendent Unas V.
Day Is making a tour of the school
districts of Gage county. She re- -ports
everything In splendid eendlttoa
with good attendance. The students
are all taking much interest mt the
corn growing and cooking ceatest to
be held November 22.
Prison Physician Holyoke has cer
tified to the governor that two con
victs ia the penitentiary arc. la hfe
opinion. Insane and should be trans
ferred to the asylum. The convicts
are Henry Kress, sent up for crtenv
aal assault for nine years, from Stan
ton county, and Hugh Reed, sentenced
fsr one year for burglary, from Sheri
dan county. The men win he ex
amined by the prises board.
The Question of changing the
beaadnry lines between Merrick aad
Nanee counties will be submitted to
the voters of both counties at the
general election km November, aad If
the propceitiea carries all of the mad
Merrick county embraces north of the
Loup river will be exchanged for all
ef Nanee eoenty seath of the river I
township 15. mage 8.
The Sterling College Settlement
company of Sterling, in Johnson
county, has filed its articles of incor
poration with Secretary ef State
Jsnkta. The object of the cerpera
tlon will be to famish 37.000 aad ten
aero of land near Sterling for col
lege purposes to the German Latheran
ekurch of the Iowa synod aad repre
sented In Sterling by St. Jean's
Lutheran congregation.
Just as he was about to complete
the chores and leave the stable en his
father's farm, the young son of Bern
hart Swold of Hall county had the end
ef his aose bitten eft by n heme. The
animal reached over the manger, took
a sadden aab at his' face and separ
ated the end of his nose so complete
ly that there was no putting it on
again. The surgeon hopes to be able
to save the lad irons any serious dis
figuration. Ex-Governor William A. Poyater.
ha begun a suft arainst H. O. M.
Burgess, now surveyor of the port of
Lincoln and custodian of the govern-'
meat building, to collect 3893.60. Mr.
Poynter alleges that more tbae a year
age he sold 124 shares of stock in the
American Order company to Mr. Bur- '
gess at an agreed price of 31.550. and
that a note for 3750. representing part
t purchase price and due m,
September, 1906, was not raid. This
cote and accrnlng Interest aad costs
Brians the total up to the sens named.
After a Fire or Wind loss yen need
the mosey. Frieads may sympathis
but If you want n company which
pays cash try the Farmers aad Mer
chants Insurance Co.. established
atace 1835. Over a nrilliea dollars al
ready paid to patrons.
Bert Forbes, fsrmciljf ef T hi coin.
whe Is new hi the government re
clamation service an civil engineer.
baa returned to spend a abort leave
ef absence. He Is supervising .the
construction ef n huge concrete dans
ea the North Platte river west of the
Nebraska state Mne. . The work bi-off
such a mnmsBQth character that he
wil remain them another year before
It is completed.
The Powell state bank, with a caat
nl ef 310.000. Is a new banldne; ia
stitut!en soon to be munched in Jef
ferson county.
The BKMt Important aettoa ef the
Presbyterian synod that closed -at St
Paul was the derision to remain in
connection with denominational beard
ef home missions in New York. The
report of the committee recommended
independence of the board aad aa as.
upon the churches of S0
per month.
Fitzgerald, a Bwrnartea
dew and hilled
yard met weak.,
on a.
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