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Count Witte's action, in seeking'the pi ess as a medium of reply to General Stoessel's statements when he was re fused permission to testify at the trial is looked upon as possibly the first of many developments of a : sensational character that Mill result from the of ficial stirring of the muddy waters of Russian officialdom. ( Trial of Herr Harden. in Berlin the Trial of Herr Harden, c-ditor of Die Zukunft, on the charge of libeling Count Kuno von Moltke in his exposuies concerning the now fa mous "court scandal will continue un less the efforts making to bring about a private adjustment are successful." Although the proceedings covering the most shocking portion of the testi mony are being held in private. Ber lin advices intimate that open court hearings will be resumed and that subsequent testimony may reveal, at Jeast in part, the basis of Herr Har den's charges involving some of the greatest names in the empire. Japanese Diet Meets. The Japanese Diet will assemble on Wednesday for its twenty-fourth ses sion and the number of extremely grave questions which will confront it promise to make the session one of unusual importance. The opposition is said to be prepared to vigorously cppo.se the budget formally decided uron bv the imperial council a few days ago and which contemplates large retrenchment in the public ex penditures. The emigration question also promises to be proIGc of partisan debate. Grave Crisis in Persia. Too situation in Persia, arising from the conflict between the throne :tnd the constitutionalists, although now reported as being more reassur ing, is still regarded as critical. For the present the danger of a clash seems to have been averted, but the nltitude of the factions is described as being one of alertness and prepar edness to resume the state of armed menace which for the last week threatened bloodshed In Teheran. CONGRESS TAKES RECESS. Coth Houses Adjourn Until January 6 After Brief Sessions. Washington After being in session 'about twenty minutes the house of representatives Saturday adjourned "until January 6. The proceedings rere enlivened by a brief but fiery -speech by Mr. Gaines of Tennessee, 'who criticised the house for its inac- 'tion and for taking such a long recess at a time "when we should have gone to Wall street and throttled , the thieves and, turned, back to the hoaest people their hard earnings." SAYS TR00P3 ARE NEEDED. i Governor Sparks Preparing Further Statement to 'President. ; Golilfield, New Governor Sparks, it 1s understood, is preparing a state ment of present conditions in Gold field to be telegraphed to President Roosevelt. The governor iff not satis fied that the president yet has the true light on the situation, notwith standing the report of the commission, end the order of the War department for the withdrawal of the troops. The communication to the president will also, 'it is said, contain a request far the retention of at least a portion of the troops now here after the date set. for their going. Senator Mallsry of Florida Dead. Penacola. Fia. United States Sena tor Stephen Russell Mallory died at his home here Sundav mornimr. Sen ator Mclloiy has been ill since Novem-a ber 20, when he was stricken with i paralysis and a general break-down followed. Banks friable to Resume. Denver. Colo. Neither the Colorado State bank of Durango and its branch bank at Pagosa Springs, nor the Smelter City State bank, also at Dur ango. both of which closed their doors recently, will be able to reorganize and reopen. Grazing Bill Dy Burkett Washington Senator Burkett has introduced his bill providing for the control of grazing upon'private lands in the arid states introduced provides that no control shall interfere with the small homesteader who wants to raise stock that all persons shall have the right to moe live stock from one locality to another under such re rlrictions as are necessary to protect the users of the land wfiich will be crossed in the drive. Atlanta Bank is Closed. Atlanta, Ga. Following two days'" investigation of the affairs of the Neal bank, one of the largest state banks in Georgia, it was decided on Satur day to put the affairs of the insti tution Into the hands of. the state bank examiner; The clearing house issued a notice -saying that the investments and loans of the bank are. such char acter that they cannot be readily con verted, but that the 'assets if placed with the state oalcers as provided by BV May ultimately pay creditors and depositors. ;, t . , .-.-. 7- SECRETARY TAFT COMES HOME. Lands in New York From Trip Around World. New York William H. Taft. secre tary of war, returned Friday from his trip around the world, bringing renew ed assurances of Japan's friendliness toward the United States, but declin ing to say anything with respect to the political situation in the country. He says that be has been too long out j of ultimate touch .with political af l fairs at home to discuss them in any way. Oae of. Mr. Taft's interviewers had the temerity to ask: 'Well, Sec retary, tell us who is your choice for president?" Amid great laughter in which he heartily joined, the secretary replied: "I guess I will have to leave that to inference." Mr. Taft left for Washington on an early afternoon train, saying that ac cumulated matters in the war depart ment would keep his nose to the offi cial grindstone for some time to come and that 'the preparation of 'his spe cial report on the Philippines, which would be in book form, would also re quire much of his time in the near future. During his two hours stay In New York Mr. Taft was aboard the army tug. General Joseph E. Johnston, which had taken him from the liner President Grant at Quarantine. News paper men, .who. had gone down the bay to meet the returning secretary reached the steamer's side after he had been transferred and then fol lowed, a lively chase in an endeavor to overhaul the army beat, with the crested and four-starred flag of the secretary of war flying at the mast head. "It is the height of foolishness to talk of possible war with' Japan,"- de clared the secretary. "Japan does not desire war with us and we certainly do not desire war with Japan. If there was any war spirit anywhere hi Japan I failed to And the slightest note of it. Everywhere there was talk of con tinued peace. I speak very confi dently about this. Our trade relations with Japan are extensive and con stantly growing. Japan's export amounts annually to about $160,000. 000, of which we take about one-third. The exports consist largely of mat tings, lace goods, embroideries and other fancy work, in the production of which many people are interested. We, in turn, ship vast quantities of tlour. oil and such commodities to Japan. This sort of trade is a great pacificator." House Committees Named. Washington Speaker Cannon Thursday announced the committee assignments for the Sixtieth congress. Many changes from the last congress are made, but in the main the mem bers who had heretofore held impor tant places were retained In them. Germany Buys Telephone Rights. London According to th Copen hagen correspondent of the Daily Mail the German war ministry has pur chased the right of Pulsen's wireless telephone, with which communication was successfully established between Copenhagen and Berlin. NEBRASKA OIL RATES CUT. Railroad Commission Decides to Re duce Them Thirty Per Cent. Lincoln The Nebraska State Rail way commission voted to cut the oil rates in the state 30 per cent. This conclusion was reached as a result of the hearing held several weeks ago to consider the complaints of the Na tional Petroleum association of Cleve land, and the National Refining com pany of Omaha. These concerns al leged that the tariffs in Nebraska were discriminative and permitted the Standard Oil company to gain an ad vantage by shipments to county seat Itoints in carload lots. The commission announced that the reduction would effect both the car load and barrel shipments. The ney rates will go into effect after legal no tice has been given the railroads and the shippers. CONVICTED O FLAND FRAUD. H. Clay Wyatt Found Guilty of Violat ing Homestead Law. Kansas City H. Clay Wyatt of Law ton. Okla., was found guilty of con spriacy to defraud the government of land in the Rosebud reservat!on in South Dakota Friday. The ex:reme penalty is two years in prison or a fine ,of $10,000 or both. Sentence was deferred. TO RELIEVE CONGRESSMEN. Civil Service Exams, for Would-Be Cadets or Middies. Washington The president has di rected the civil service commission to aid in testing the qualifications of ap plicants for designation for appoint ment in the military or naval acad emies whenever a request to that ef fect is made by any congressman, pro vided that the carrying out of the or der would not add to the expense of the commission. Chicago Bank Officer Goes. Chicago Richard Noelck, adopted son of August Saehn and cashier of the private bank of August Sashn & Co Bryn Mawr and Evanston avenues, this city, has dteappeared. The business of the bank was halted and Mr. Saehn is paying off deposi tors with checks on his personal ac count. President Withdraws Troops. Washington President Roosevelt has directed the withdrawal of United States troops stationed at Goldfield, New, on Monday, December 30. Mrs. Theodore Weld Birney Dead: Washington Mrs. Theodore Weld Birney. founder and honorary presi dent of 'the National Congress of Mothers, died at her home in Chevy Chase, near here Friday., The fun eral will be held Monday. Boom for J. 8. Foraker. Montgomery, Ala. In calling a meeting for January 21" local negroes are covering the city with placards de clariag for Foraker for president The cards carry ate picture with: "Oar choice for lMf." "under it ' EXPLOSION N M THE DISASTER OCCURS AT YO LANDE, ALABAMA. ' FORTY GR FIFTY LIVES LOST Some of the Bodies Identified, but Others Are Too Badly Mutilated to Be Made Known. Yolande. Ala. Not since the disas trous Virginia City mine explosion eight miies north of here, two years ago, has there occurred such a disas trous explosion as that which took place in mine No. 1 of the Lolande Coal and Coke company at 10:25 o'clock Monday morning. The work of rescue has been ex. tremely slow because of the debris in the mine and the large crowd of wo men, children and sightseers at the opening. The explosion is now known to have occurred in either the fifth or sixth right entrance. All of the bod ies recovered have been from these entries and some of them were so hor ribly mutilated that identification is almost impossible. The bodies of twelve white and seven colored men' have been Identified. According to Superintendent T. C. Huckabee, the explosion was undoubt edly due to "windy shots." Mr. Huck abee had juct made a tour of lnspec tlon and congratulated some of the men on the condition of their rooms. A few minutes after reaching the top he saddled his horse and was about to go for a day's run when the ex plosion occurred. Parties of miners from Abernate, Searles, Davis Creek and Brookwaad are here ready to help in the recovery of those .who are still -entombed. It will be noon Tuesday before all of tlio dead are recovered. Under the supervision of Crief Mlno Inspector J. M. Gray and his assist ant, James Hillhouse, forces are at work clearing away the wreckage. The mine has, in the past, been pronounced free from gas by the state mine inspectors and it is believed by some people that the explosion was caused by dust. When a mine is not properly sprinkled and the air is al lowed to get filled with fine coal dust particles it becomes almost as explo sive as gas itself. Officials of the company on tho scene immediately took steps to start a rescue party to get to the men on the inside. The fans were started up and other methods taken to eliminate the bad air. Within an hour fourteen men had crawled out of the mine and their description of the inside was heart-rending. Several of these men were badly burned. Two hours after the explosion it was still impossible to venture even near the mouth ot the mine, so hot was the air that was rushing out. A message from Yolande at mid- nigth says thirty-five bodies have been taken from the mines and that the res cuers believe that between thirty-five and forty are' in the lower entrances. YaquiS'Kill Twelve Men. Nogales, Ariz., Information which has just reached here tells of the frightful murder of 12 men by a band of 100 Yaqul Indians, 45 miles south east of Magdalena, state of Sonora, Mexico. last Wednesday. P. J.Mc Intyre. and a party of mining men ot this section have arrived from the scene, where they viewed the remains of the murdered men. The Yaquis cap turd the party of 12 men. Among the number was Jose Fernandez, son of President Fernandez of the town of Cpycurpe. . t Light at Last Vor Thibet. Peking The throne has sanctioned the construction of a telegraph line into Lhassa, the capital of Thibet and the residence of the supreme head bt the Lamaist hierarchy. This innova tion was recommended by the Chi nese resident at Lhassa. Chinese on American 'Basis. , Manila The first provincial council of the Catholic church in the history of the Philippines is now Insession in this city. The bishops and clergy aire considering matters- important to tho Chinese, of which the most important event is the placing of the Chinesa upon an American basis throughout. Bill to Pay E. Rosewater Claim. Washington Senator Burkett intro duced a bill providing for the payment of the expenses of the late Edward Rosewater incurred by" him as dele gate to the International Postal con gress held in Rome shortly before his death. Shaw May Take the Helm. New York Lv.lie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treasury, who is now president of the Carnegie Trust corn pan', said that he had been approach ed by friends from Kansas City with the suggestion that he assume tho presidency of the Kansas City National Bank of Commerce, which recently suspended. Union Avenue Bank Opens. Kansas City The Union Avenue Bank of Commerce. one-ofrthe small banks affiHated with the National Bank of 'Commerce, which closed when the parent institution failed ten days ago, resumed business Monday morning. Berlin The rapid progress of ship ping In Germany is shown by the fact that the tonnage of the mercantile marine of the empire, -excluding fish ing boats and tugs, has increased in the last .year by 264,424 tons. e Japan in no Need of Money. Paris Baron Kurino, the Japaneso ambassador to France, ha3 author ized the Associated Press to deny the rumors that a new Japanese loan is about to be floated here and ha London. He explained that as the Japanese budget for 1908 is expected to balance, there "probably will be no occasion to appeal to foreign .money markets next year. He was Inclined to believe that the rumors have been circulated with the distinct purpose of creating a false impression la the United States. WAITING TO SEE THE SHIPS 33 Y. emBmaimBBnmBnBBmmmmBas-a- -- w ia v- amBBBBaai-Bnms-a-B-amBBn " fc m BaaaCBaaaaaaaaaaaaaSDln8aT "" ' , JaSanSas vA Ibb111111111111V SS. sbbbbbIbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI 5A sbbbbbbbbbbbtIi aaaaaaaaaaarBaaaaawBEw wL Jstaat" r V' - rTBaawWaaaaawMZtaMBaaaaaaaM aaaaaaaaaaiBarBaaaaaaaaaBraa V BaaaLa?a3BaBBBBBBwiBBBBBWBBBBBBBBBBkB Sl HBStimm ZBLMKSBSSBBBBBBBBBBhaBBBBBHaBV "-BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbLbBBBBBBBBBS, SanafeBE " - -""SSBBBBBBBbT BnBBBBBBBBawtPaB "" 1 BBBBBrWS T mmi MINE DISASTERS MULTIPLY THE LATEST TO OCCUR IS IN PENNSYLVANIA. Three Hundred Miners Entombed, And It Is Not Believed Any of Them Are Alive. Jacob's Creek, Pa. An explosion of gas in the Darr mine of the Pittsburg Coal company, located here, Thurs day, entombed between 200 and 300 miners and -there is scarcely a ray of hope that a single one of them will be taken from the mines alive. Partially wrecked buildings in the vicinity of i he mine, and the condition of the few bodies found early in the rescue work, indicates an explosion of such terrific force that it seems impossible that anyone could have survived it. All of the thirteen bodies taken out up to this time are terribly mutilated and three of them are headless. This is the third mine disaster since the first of the month in the veins of bituminous coal underlying western Pennsylvania and Virginia, for the Naomi mine near Fayette City and the two mines at Monongah. W. Va., in which the earlier explosion hap pened are in the same belt as the local workings. This1 catast.ophe swells the number of victims of the deadly mine gas for the nineteen days to between 550 and COO. That this disaster does not equal or surpass in loss of life and attendant horrors' the one in West Virginia is due to the devotion to church auties of a considerable number of the min ers. In observance of the church fes tival, many of the 400 or more men regularly employed at the mine did not go to work in the morning. Those who escaped through this reason are members of the Greek Catholic church, and they suspended work to celebrate SL Nicholas day. As was the case at Monongah. the explosion followed a brief shutdown. the Darr mine having been closed Tuesday and Wednesday. It was just 11:30 o'clock when the tenth trip of loaded cars had been brought out to the tipple, and there came an awful rumbling sound, followed immediately by a load report and a concussion that shook nearby buildings and was felt within a radius of several miles. At the same time there came out of the mouth of the mine an immense cloud of dense smoke and dust that floated across1 the Youghiogheney river. FIST FIGHT IN HOUSE. Messrs. Williams and De Armona Quarrel Over Issue of Veracity. Washington The spirit of rivalry that for five years has alternately smoldered and blazed between John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, leader of the minority, and David A. DeAr mond of Missouri culminated in a fist fight Thursday on the floor of the house of representatives. The blows of Representative De Armond caused blood to flow down the face of Mr. Williams, and only the forcible inter-1 vention of friends cut the combat short Mr. De Armond bore away a scuffed nose. The immediate cause of the fight was the passing of the lie by Mr. De Armond to Mr. Williams. Bill to Open Indian Lands. Washington Representative Pai ker introduced a bill providing for the opening to settlement of the Standing Rock Indian reservation of Schnasse county, South Dakota. First Cabinet Dinner. Washington The first of the series of cabinet dinners at the White house was given by the president and Mrs. Roosevelt Thursday evening. Secre tary Cortelyou was the only member of the cabinet not present. Persia on Brink of Trouble. Teheran Outside of a few isolated killings and robberies, there have been, up to the present time, no dis turbances of public order in this city. Nevertheless, the situation continues most strained. The constitutionalists are quiet, but determined to fight if attacked. They are wel armed. Eight Hundred Sheep Killed. Sheridan, Wyo. A band of eight or ten masked men descended upon a sheep camp belonging to Waisner Bros, of Sheridan, killed 800 head and burned the camp wagon and outfit'. New Ruling on Land Sales. Washington The commissioner of public lands advised Senator Burkett that hereafter the sale of Isolated and disconnected tracts of public lands will not be ordered under the act of June 27, 1906, on application therefor, unless the applicant shall, in addition to the showing now required, swear be desires to purchase the land for his owa individual use and actual occu pation and not for speculative pur poses. This Information was given to the senator upon his lnqairy with re spect to certain applications. xcywwrc. MORTALITY IN GOAL MINES FRIGHTFUL RECORD FOR PAST SEVENTEEN YEARS. We Are Killing Three Times as Many Men Per Thousand Employes as Arc Killed in Europe. Washington The coal mines of the United States are killing three times as many men per 1,000 employes as those of most European countries. In the last seventeen years 22,840 men have given up their lives in the mines of this country. As many vio lent deaths have occurred in the mines during the last six years as dur ing the preceding eleven years. The number of fatal accidents each year Is now double that of the year 1895. In 190C, b',861 men were killed or in jured in the mines, the dead number ing 2.0GI and the injured 4.S00. These terrible facts have been gleaned by the government experts acting under orders from Secretary Garfield of the interior department to investigate the nature and extent of mine accidents, particularly those re sulting from explosions, and to make suggestions as to how mining condi tions may Le improved and accidents prevented. George Otis Smith, director of the geological survey, through explosie experts, made a number of examina tions of the more dangerous coal mines of Indian Territory. In addi tion the nature and causes of a num ber of disastrous coal mine explosions in several of the states were made. The conclusions of the experts were found in a bulletin issued Wednes day on coal mine accidents, their causes and preventions. The state ment in the bulletin that an increase in the number and in the seriousness of mine explosions may be expected to continue has already proven fate ful, for since the words were written the country has been startled with the news of three mine explosions, costing nearly 500 lives. The first explosion occurred in Pennsylvania in the early part of December and cost thirty-two lives. Then followed the Monongah mine disaster in West Virginia, with a loss of nearly 400 lives, and the explosion in Alabama, the other day, with sixty-one lives lost. Summing up the situation the bulletin says: "It is indicated that this increase in the loss of life has been due to the lack of proper and enforceable mine regulations; in part to the lack of reliable information concerning the explosives used in mining and the conditions under which they can be used safely in the presence of the gas dust encountered in the mines, and in part to the fact that in the devel opment of coal mining not only is the number of miners increasing, but many areas from which coal is being taken are either deeper or farther from the entrance where good ven tilation is more difficult and the dan gerous accumulations of explosive gas more frequent." Wireless for 200 Miles. Copenhagen It was announced here that wireless telephonic messages were transmitted 200 miles Thursday, between the Weissen Zee wireless sta tion at Berlin and the Lyngby station, near this city. Fruit Men Protect Self. San Juan. Porto Rico The Amer ican fruit growers' of Porto Rico, rep resenting a total investment of about $4,000,000. have organized for the pur pose of securing redrezs from alleged mishandling of their goods in transit by the steamship companies. JEWELER'S BANK IS CLOSED. M ssachusetts Institution Whose Vice President Was Found Dead. North Attleboro, Mass. The Jewel ers' National bank of this town, whose vice president and cashier. Frederick E. Sargeant. was found dead in a bath tub in his apartments failed to open its doors for business. A notice, post ed on one door, stated that the bank would remain closed pending an ex amination of its affairs. Bank Ex aminers Alfred Ewer and Harry N. Currier are making an investigation. INTERURBAN FARE COMING UP. Managers of Electric Lines Say Fare Must Be Two Cents a Mile. Lansing, Mich. Every interurban electric railway in the state and nearly all the city lines- were represented at managers declared that It costs more a conference held here. The electric to haul freight by electricity than by steam. It was agreed by nearly all the managers present that passenger rates on interurban lines cannot be profitable at less than 2 cents per mile. DISCUSS THE AMERICAN FLEET. French Newspaper on the Great Naval Movement. Paris The French newspapers con tinue to devote columns of space .to the departure of the American fleet, pab lishing detailed descriptions of the ships, with illustrated maps of the proposed voyage. They all agree that it rivals if it does not surpass Admiral Rojesvensky's fleet Naturally, the pa pers are principally interested in its political significance and speculation covers the widest field. The articles generally are temperate, so far as the immediate outlook is concerned, but the sensational LTntransigeant an nounces1 that the departure of the Amrelcan fleet is an implied declara tion of war. The Temps thinks that the move Is a commendable act of prudence and says that the conflict between white and yellow labor, not to speak of the broader aspects of the rivalry oa the Pacific coast, must be recognized. Nev ertheless, it does not believe that war iff near, as it is convinced of America's peaceful intentions and Japan's inabil ity to strike. Still, it foresees days when the circumstances might change. "The economic competition between America and Asia." says the Temps, "appears to every impartial observer aff the strongest theoretical cause for war now existing. President Roosevelt has discharged his full duty In taking Indispensable defensive precautions. It is necessary to prepare for the worst hypothesis, not for the best." .The Journal des Debats considers the cruise the natural consequence of changed political conditions. "While England Is withdrawing her fleet from the Mediterranean," contin ues the Journal, in order to meet pos sible eventualities, America, finding the Atlantic freed by European recogni tion of the Monroe doctrine, is sending her fleet to the Pacific, where clouds are gathering." The belief is expressed by this pa per, too, that the immediate effect of the manuever will be to strengthen the position of the imperialists in favor of a larger navy and the early completion of the Panama canal. PRESIDENT GREATLY PLEASED. Official Party Returns from Review of Pacific Fleet. Washington With an enthusiastic wave of his high hat and a hearty goodbye as he was piped over the side of the cruiser yacht Mayflower, Presi dent Roosevelt ended with evidence of great satisfaction his trip of fare well to the Pacific bound battle fleet shortly after 8 o'clock Tuesday morn ing. The Mayflower came alongside the Washington navy yard dorcy at 8:25 o'clock. The White House car riage was in waiting, as were convey ances of the secretary of the navy and other officials who were the guests of the president on the trip. The presi dent did not wait for the debarkation of the rest of the official party, but started at once for the White House, where he arrived at 8:45 o'clock. Just before leaving the dock of "the May flower a wireless message was placed in the hands of the president, pre sumably a last word from the fleet. The Estate of Mrs. Taft. Cincinnati. O. The will of Mrs. Louise M. Taft. widow of Alnhonse Taft. was filed for probate. witTChas. P. Taft and William H. Taft. secretary of war. named as executors.. Most of the estate is left to tb daughter. Sixty-one Die in Mine. Yolande At 8 o'clock Tuesday night forty-two bodies had been taken from the ill-fated Yolande mines, in which an explosion occurred, nineteen more areare reported in the mines, making a total of sixty-one victims. Chicago One Per Cent Drier. Chicago Chicago has one more square mile of "dry" territory than it bad Monday. Tuesday night the square mile, almost 1 per cent of the entire city, was added 'to the prohibition area by the city council. ATTACKS MISSOURI PACIFIC. State qf Kansas Seeks to Revoke Charter. Topeka. Kan. Revocation of the Kansas charter of the Missouri Pacific railroad is the purpose of court pro ceedings which the state board of railroad commissioners ordered Frank Grattan, attorney for the board, to in stitute. This action is taken because the Missouri Pacific withdrew daily passenger trains from the service on eight branches. Measures for Iowa. Washington Congressman W. r. Smith of Council Muffs introduced a bill carrying an appropriation of $10. 000 for the purchase of a site for a fedeial building at Red Oak. la., also a bill to create a tuberculosis com mission. Cort?Iyou Ccnfined to Bed. Washington Secretary Cortelyou is confined to his bed with a severe attack of the grippe. Under the advice of his phvsieian he will remain at home for at least a week. His attack is quite severe and his physician's oiders are imperative. Largest Warship in the World. Quiuck. Mass. At the moment the guns of Admiral Evan's fleet were roar ing out their farewell salute at Fort Monroe the first keel plate of the great battleship North Dakota, the largest battleship in the world with the excep tion of her sister ship, tho Delaware, was laid in the yards of the Fore River Ship Building company here. A fourth larger than the largest ship now in the American navy, the actual construction of the North Dakota may now be said to have begun. The first plate laid was No. 10. Change in System of Safes. Washington Senator Gamble intro duced a bill relating to patents on in herited Ind'an lands. Where there has been a sale of inherited Indian lands the rule has been to have the deed made by the heirs to the purchaser. The Gamble bill, however, changes this by cancelling the patent of the deceas ed owner of the property and the Is suance of a new patent by the govern ment to the purchaser. This change, it is believed, will not only secure for the Indians a large sum, but will give J a stronger title to property. NEBRASKA POINTERS STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON DENSED FORM. TREP1tES3.PULPlTAIIDPtJB)JC What k Going sit Here and There That . is of Interest te the Readers Throughout Nebraska. Rev. Ware, convicted of land frauds. Will serve his sentence of one year in the Grand Island jail. -At Hoskins, Bertie Judge was ac cidentally shot with a small rifle by her brother. Henry, the bullet lodging in her neck. - Charles J. Balbach, pioneer of Om aha and for many years superintend ent of the', smelting works, 'died in Sandwich. Oat. where he was visit ing his daughter. Word .was received in David City by John Litty from Billings, Mont, an nouncing the drowning of his son, Fred Litty. at that place. The body will be brought to Nebraska. A. petition iff in circulation at Ox ford requesting the appointment of E. P. Reichardt as postmaster to suc ceed J. I Lashbrook, whose term ex pires the latter part of February. John Stevenff. of Grand Island, a hackmaa.- attempted suicide in the yard of one of the houses la the pro scribed district, a mile east of the city. His condition Is very serious. -The. members of the Congregatioa al church of Pierce have extended a; call to Rev. William Ellwaad of An thony, Kac, to become their pastor and their invitation has been accepted. As a result of two sensational cses la district court at McCook. coming, from the restricted district of the city, the Hd is on tight and the mayor and entire police force are sitting on the lid. Word has been received In Falls City from the Consolidated Lyceum bureau cancelling the lecture course ra planned for that city this winter. as the jump from Chicago is too great and expense will be too high. Brown county has no bonded debt and no outstanding warrants. One third of tho 1907 warrants were paid in the last six weeks. Land thai sold three years since for $1,000 has sold recently for $4,000 and $5,000. Special Commissioner John II. Marble of the Interstate Commerce commission, who was sent to Lincoln to take evidence in the complaint of (he State Railway commission asainst: the Union Pacific Railroad1 company in the matter of coal rates, was a for mer student of the University of Ne braska. The appointment of Miss Hattic A. Little as postmistress of the office in Geneva, meets with general satisfac tion among the patrons, in fact, there . was at no time any organized opposi tion to her, and it was general) con ceded that she ought to have the of fice. She had served several years as deputy. Friends of Robert Zahnow. the Cuming cannty farmer whose valuable team way stolen from the streets of Bancroft three weeks ago have sub scribed to a fund of $215 to be given as a reward for the recovery of the stolen property and the arrest of the thieves. This makes a total of $515 offered in this case. The eighteen pair of Hungarian partridges ordered for the vicinity of Long Pine arrived and were distrib uted at different points along the canon. The birds created no little amount of curiosity to people on the streets as they are a new bird in that county. They somewhat resemble the quail, but are considerably larger. The Nebraska supreme court holds that the drainage law is good and the preliminary work was well done and the work on the $375,000 ditch to straighten the crooked Nemaha will soon begin. Over two years ago the Richardson county drainage district No. 1 was organized for the purpose of reclaiming 33.000 acres of the most fertile soil in this county from over flows. Evansville (Ind.) dispatch: John Partenheimer, aged 18. and Edward Harvey, aged 19, were arrested at Fort Branch, Ind.. a few miles north of here, on information received from Fremont. Neb. The lads are wanted at Fremont on the charges of bur glary and grand larceny. Under close examination Harvey admitted taking $25 from his emploj'er at Fremont and dividing it with hi3 partner, but both deny the charge of burglary. A St. Joseph (Mo.) dispatch says: Fred Casey, whose arrest has been sought by federal authorities for shoot ing to death Jesse Murray. February 2. last, near Scott's Bluff, Neb., where both were engaged in work on a gov ernment irrigation plant is under ar rest here, and has been identified by Mrs. Murray as the man who killed her husband. Casey admitted the shooting. The trouble started ovt r Casey accusing Murray of stealing a $10 check from him. Two brothers named Ellis arrived in Beatrice from Orleans, in search of their two sisters, who left that p!act on the night of December 3. The young women stopped in Beatrice for several days and purchased tickets later for Omaha. Word was received in Beatrice that Mrs. Garnett Mishchnick, from whom August Mischnick, the Cortland farm er, was divorced, had been sentenced to six months in jail at Indianapolis. Ind., for using the mails to defraud. Her mother, Mrs. Violet Lancaster, was given eight months in jail. Chistopher Meyers sold his thirty eight acre farm east of Wood River to Ros3 R. Steele, a stockman of Cedar Rapids, for a consideration of $190.71 per acre or a total of $7,250. This price is the highest ever paid for land in that section of the state. The wife of Frank Smith, a pros perous farmer living about eight miles southwest 'of Milford, was found in i her home, lying in an unconscious;' state, blood running from a wound on her head caused by being hit with a neckyoke. 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