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A BUSY WEEK ABROAD
HOLIDAY POLITICS CENTERED
IN OTHER LANDS.
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STeESSEL TRIM. STIRS RUSSIA
Japanese Diet Soon to Asremble, with
Questions of Grave Importance
for Consideration, t -
Washington The noliday season
removes from the week .most of, the
fixed .sources of news, placing con
gress in recess, largely suspending
conventions and gatherings of various
organizations andN generally reducing
t.he news events that can be anti
cipated. The larger interest, there
lure, will center on happenings
abroad." At-SU Petersburg the trial
of Geneial Stcessel will continue with
promise of more- sensational disclos;
nresf concerning the defense of Port
Artannr-and revelations of administra
tive secrets -of the war with Japan.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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. There is at this writing no
clue to the perpetrator.
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