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CASTLE RULE TO GO
Vice Regal Government in Ireland
Becoming Unpopular.
ALL PARTIE3 ARE AGAINST IT
Prefer
to Have Island Governed
Direct from London.
IRISH DRINK BILL IS BIG
It
Amounts
to $18 Per Capita
Annually.
NEW ; PHASE OF TEMPERANCE
Tropic Are Told that Fa eh Penny
Spent for Drink Is Direct
Payment to British
Treasury.
DUBLIN. March Ix. (Special.) The explo
sion at Lord Aahtown's shooting lodge at
Glenahelry will not down, and there la every
Indication that Lord Ashtown, that moat
fervent supporter of caatle government, haa
given it Its death blow. It will be remem
bered that the district Inspector of the
royal Irish constabulary, who Investigated
the explosion Immediately after It hap
pened, made a report which Indicated very
clearly that Lord Ashtown himself knew a
good deal about the. affair. That report
was published quite in contravention of all
the regulation by the castle authorities.
and ,11 ley placed themselves In tbe position
of fathering fhe theory1 that Lord Ashtown
had blown himself up tin order to furnish
a new outrage for the anti-Irish campaign,
which he la so strenuously conducting.
Castle - Government Unpopular.
The recent developments, while they Jtave
not done much to rehabilitate Lord Ash
town, havo done a great deal to discredit
the castle administration. Lord Ashtown
sued the county for compensation for the
damage done and In the course of the suit
the police offloer admitted that he wrote
I tlW- report at the dictation of some one at
th castle. It was not stated In so many
words who dictated the report, but It was
Indicated pretty clearly that it was Sir
Antony Macdonnell, the ex-Indian official,
who Is now permanent under secretary for
Ireland. The result of the affair has been
a great coming together of all parties In
Ireland In a demand that castle government
be abolished. The unionist papers are de
manding that Ireland be governed as Scot
land Is, direct from London, but even they
declare that home rule would be preferable
to the present condition of things. They
are leading even the nationalist papers In
exposing the Intrigues of the vice-regal
court, where some English nobleman li al
lowed to ape the stale of royalty for a
period, and, If all they aay la true, "back
stairs Intrigue" never flourished to such an
extent In any real court as It does In the
Imitation one at Dublin. There have been
aiveral conferences recently on the subject
between the Irish nationalist and the Irish
unionist members "of Parliament and It Is
likely that before long a common policy
on this point will be adopted. If 'Lord Ash
town thus succeeds In uniting the warring
parties n Ireland, on a subject so important
as this, even If he has done It unwillingly,
he will not have lived In vain.
Ireland's Drlak BUI.
Ireland's annual drink bill has Just Been
reckoned up' and It amounts to about $70,
IWt.ono per year, or nearly $1R per head.
If the women and children who do not
contribute to this expenditure were de
ducted the figures for each person would,
of course, be even larger. What an enor
mous divtn on the resources of the coun
try this Is! It la a hopeful sign, however,
that it Is steadily decreasing, and the
Sinn Felners have taken the matter in
hand with characteristic energy. They
point out that every penny spent In drink
means a contrlbutiun to the British ex
chequer and they are appealing to Irish
men n patriotic grounds to' cut down their
consumption of alcohol as a practical and
effective, means of embarrassing England.
An Irishwoman has Just accomplished the
feat of walking from Dublin to Cork, a
distance of Ml miles, In forty-eight hours.
She Is Mrs. Annie Lenlhan of Mallow,
County Cork, and she did the walk for a
wager. She Just saved her wager, but
she declares that II the weather had not
been so bad ahe could have done It In
forty-five or forty-six hours, and she de
clares her Intention of trying again. Mrs.
l.enil.an Is a ft all-looking little woman,
shout 3 years old, and she has never at
tained any eminence In athletica before.
She has always been a great walker for
her own pleasure, however, and her wager
that she could walk from Dublin to Cork
In forty-eight hours was the result of a
laughing challenge by a relative, who re
fused to take her powers as a pedestrian
seriously.
Vlntt f r iu Griffith aad Dolaa.
Ann-tit a Is to hsve a visit from two of
the pioneers of the Sinn Fein movement.
It was announced at a recent meeting of
the national council that Mr. Arthur Qrif
fiih and Mr. Dolan. the former member
.f Parliament for North I,citrlm. had con--n'l
tu make the trip. Their plans have
ml yet lee'n completed, but It la expected
tl.ul they will visit all the large centers
of the Irish population in the United States
and Canada, and will lay their cuse before
our kinsmen over the sea. Both Mr. Grif
fith and Mr. Dolnn are eloquent speakers
and Mr. Dolsn's exieriencee at Westmin
ster .piallfles him to speuk with authority
t.n the limitations of parliamentary action
for tho revival ..f lrlah nationality. They
i.t2n also lay before the Irl.H people of
TfUucrlca the facts as to lii git i..J.:s
irlal revival promoted by Selnn K-ln and
will appeal to them to render practical
help by rrouioting a market for Irish goods
abroad.
One of the thinga which must be guarded
against by persons who wish to help Ire.
land by using Irish gooos Is the unscrupu
lous Imitation of Irish hand and art work
by continental rivals. Mr. J. D. Walker,
Industrial adviser utid Inspector to the Con
gested Districts board, was the chief wit
ness a few daya ago before the select com
mittee of the House of Commons on home
work, and he declared that many of the
Irish hand Induatrlea were being ruined by
cheap continental competition. He held up
two plecea of laee and Invited the members
of the committee to distinguish between
them. The committee could not do so nd
be then informed them that one piece was
made In an' Irish cottsge and was worth
$2.S0 a yard. It waa exhibited ii Paris and
within, three months Ita farsimll'.e waa pro
duced on a machine by a Bwias manu
facturer and oold for 26 rents a yard. Of
course the Bwtsa Imitation would wear out
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DOMESTIC.
Prominent lumber men of Toledo, O.,
are ordered sent to the workhouso on a
charge of violation of the anti-trust law.
x. par a
L". T. W. Archer, released convict from
the Kansas penitentiary, reiterates state
ment that John Collins Is Innocent of the
crime of murdering his father for which
he la serving a life term. X, Ps 4
Bomb, thrown under bed of former Ad
jutant General Bulkeley Wolls of Tellu
rlde, Colo. He narrowly escapes death.
X. Pags 1
Secretary Taft delivers Rn address In
Philadelphia. X. PMT 1
UuUon Borglum does work of sculptor
over because the designs he made were
not copied closely. X, raff 1
United States fleet will' visit Auckland,
New Zealand on Ita trip to Australia.
I X, Page I
Eight thousand shopmen of Boston rail
road vote agalnrt piece work systxm.
X, Page 1
Miners and men In different districts
are negotiating over the new wage scale.
X, rag 1
Riot occur among the curb traders la
New Tork on the flotation or a new
speculative stock. X, Fag 1
Fremont Older Is acquitted on llbe
charge. I. Ps" ft
New Irrigation project la started In
Wyoming. X, Pag a
Kxploslon of gas In coal mine No. 1
at Hanna, Wyo., klHs seventeen men and
completely wrecks the workings.
X, Page X
pobxiqw.
Castle government Is becoming more
unpopular in Ireland and all parties are
writing In a demand for Its abolition.
I. 1
POUTICAX.
Governor Sheldon tells Washington re
porter he Is not a candidate for vice Jree-
Ident and does not think conditions will
ever be such as to make him one. East
ern man likely to be named. X, Page 1
aTEBKASXJu
Supreme court to meet a week earlier
than expected to pass on application for
Injunction against express companies.
X, Page S
X.OOAX.
Corn from all altitudes, as well as all
latitudes, will be exhibited at the Na
tional exposition In Omaha. XX, Page
Reports are current that W. R. He
Keen will become general motive power
superintendent of the Harriman system
and that the normal shop forces will
have to be restored to turn out the work
demanded. XX, Pag
Park board provides for $10,000 funds
In the emergency for boulevards, streets
and avenues to aid the city council. .
X, Pags a
Raster eggs will be a penny apiece and
further reduction In prices Is anticipated.
X, Faff B
COKMXXCXAX. AITS XsTBUITsUAX.
Live stock markets, VI, Paf a
Grain markets. ' VI, Pags S
Stocks and bonds. VI, Pact I
Condition of Omaha's trade VI, Paf e
xcaxp-tojtp axo-rio.
Blanchard 8. Hayden, pioneer and son
of the frontier, five times married and
the father of thirty children, hale and
hearty at the age of 92. Digging out the
remains of anclont Rome. Boy king of
Uganda and his Aflcan domain. Women
taking up the art of wood carving. No-
braska people who are In the spot light
Recent progress In the field of electricity,
Poor Pages
ookio aucxioif
Buster Brown springs an April fool on
the soldiers. Page devoted to the little
fo.ks. Matters of Interest to the women,
Fluffy Ruffles' desire to see an alligator
leads to trouble. Pour Pages
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DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE BURIED
Kwacral of .Noted Kaallsanaaa
Attended hr Heprenrutattvra of
It oral Fa mil Irs.
1-ONDON. March 2S. The body of the
iiik of Devonshire, who died at Cannes,
Mar-'h "4. was laid at rest this afternoon
beside the bo.ly of his father. In the little
church at Edensor, near ChatawoTth. The
funeral services was attended by repre
sentatives of King Edward and Queen
Alexandra, Kmperor ' William and the
prince and princess of Wales, A host of
membera of the House of Commons and
House of Peers, several cabinet ministers
and (fiatlnguUhed persons from all parts
of the country were alao present.
BRYAN WILL VISIT NF.W YORK
Plans to Kellter Addreaa at Ban
ejaet on Ere of Stale
Convention.
NEW YORK, March 38. Announcement
that William J. Bryan haa accepted an In
vitation to deliver a speech at the Jeffer
son day banquet of the National Dem
cratlo club In this city on April 11 wai
made public today by Harry Walker, who
haa had charge of the arrangements for
several other public appearances of Mr.
Bryan In thla city. Thla banquet will be
held on the eve of tho- democratic state
convention, which meets April li
BOMB FOR POLICE
Attempt to Repeat Haymarket Affair
in New York.
ASSASSIN HORRIBLY WOUNDED
Infernal Machine Explodes as He is
Throwing: It
COMPANION INSTANTLY KILLED
Four of Squad of Officers Are Slightly
Injured.
MEETING IS UNION SQUARE
Holler Had Partly Cleared Park When
Red Flaara Appeared aad Crowd
Begsa MnKtngr Mar
etllalse.
NEW TORK, March 28. A red flag flut
tered In Union Square today, a bomb fell.
two men lay dying in the Peoples' play
ground and New York awoke to the fact
that It harbored those prepared to give
their Uvea in armed resistance to consti
tuted authority.
The bomb was Intended for the police.
ho, with rough firmness, had broken up
meeting of 10,000 unemployed. It ex
ploded prematurely In the hands of the
assassin, horribly wounding him, killing
his companion, Injuring slightly four po
licemen and throwing to the ground a score
of those who were massed In the vicinity
Tonight ynlon Square park, where the pub
lie demonstration had been made, is roped
off from pedestrians, 100 police patrol the
boundary streets and at the station houses
1,600 reserves, armed with revolvers and
night sticks, await In readiness to throw
themselves Into any scene of rioting. No
further disorder had developed at a late
hour. ,
Bomb Sleaat for Pollen.
Bomb throwing in the foreign settlements
of the East Side Is a rather common oc
currence, but for the 'first time today saw
an engine of destruction openly and delib
erately directed against a squad of police
officers. It was meant for Captain Rellly's
squad of twenty men and a longer or
slower burning fuse would have perfected
an Instrument of death for probably every
man of the twenty-one. A labor, or more
exactly, a laborlesa meeting, without po
lice sanction, had been advertised to be
held at the park this afternoon. In the
thousands that gathered were many of a
riotous disposition, a large number wore
red hats and a red flag was displayed.
Suddenly an order to clear the park was
given and the 130 police, half of them
mounted, charged the Jeering, hooting
crowds, arriving In time to drive them
back to the atreets of the square circling
the park. In the wide streets the crowds
fast assuming the nature of a mob, fell
Into an Indifferent formation and Inarched
about the square. Having cleared (he park
of all but a few apparently harmless men
who occupied bejufr ,.- aollca contented
themselves with keeptng- the paraders
moving.
Encouraged the procession grew, shouts
of derision and oaths directed at the police
filled the air and then as though by pre-
arrangement the strains of the "Marseil
laise" roae from ten thousand throats. The
police, hastily reinforced, held themselves
in restraint. Captain Rellly's squad, which
had been stationed at the east side of the
square, started at a double-quick pace
across the park. As It neared tbe foun
tain that marks the center of the recrea
tion grounds a slightly built man darted
out from the shadow cast by the heroic
statute ofl George Washington and ran
toward the officers, whose hacks were now
turned to their pursuer. A large man kept
at the other's heels. Within twenty paces
of, the moving squad the two men halted
and the smaller raised a hand In which
was clasped a smoking bomb. Even as he
drew back his arm to throw the weapon
It exploded. The shock that shook the sky
scrapers of the square threw a 'score of
people to the ground. The assassin and
his companion fell, the latter dead with
his breast torn out. The bomb thrower
still lived, but his light hand had been shot
off, both of hla eyea were gouged out and
his skull and a shoulder was fractured,
The four policemen who brought up the
rear were Injured, but not seriously, one
being hit )n the foot by a piece , of the
bomb. A panic ensued, and the thousands
who surrounded the park, crushed together
as perhaps half tbe number rushed toward
the scene of the killing, while as many
turned In flight. Many were Injured as
the mounted police surrounded tbe Injured
and again drove bark the mob. A half
doxen arrests were made offhand of those
nearest the bomb throwing, but no particu
lar importance la attached to the arrests.
Little la known of the bombthrower be
yond what he has told himself. Rendered
unconscious at first, he later regained his
senses at a hospital and under prolonged
questioning, declared that he had been com
missioned to kill tbe police. They had beat
htm, he said. At first he had Insisted that
he acted alone, and later, when he said
that his act was inspired, he refused to
reveal the Identity of his companions. His
first statement was:
"I am Sellg SUverateln, 21 years old and
I live at 'SI Van Burnt atreet, Brooklyn.
was entirely alone In thla thing; no other
person being In league with me. I made
the bomb from directions I got from the
encyclopedia. I was ten feet from the po
lice and I wanted to throw It at them,
was mad; a cop had hit me. The bomb
went off In my harid."
RIDGELY LEAVES FOR WEST
Now Comptroller Will Bo I'aable to
Assume His Datlea for
Few Dsn,
WASHINGTON. March M.-Wllliam B,
Rldgely left this afternoon for Kansas
City, Mo., to assume hjs new duties
president of the reorganised National Bank
of Commerce.
Lawrence O. Murray, the assistant sea
retary of commerce and labor, who
Ill
succeed Mr. Rldgely. Is stUl til at Atlantic
City. N. J., and will not bo able to take
up the new work for a few days.
LINES DRAWN IN SOUTH BEND
Attempt Will Be Made to Clone (nra-
tloaable Resorts la ladl
aaa t lly.
SOUTH BEND, Ind.. March 38 Fore
to action by a committee of fifty promi
nent cltisens. the common council last
night ' ordered all questionable resorts. In
eluding gambling houses and alley saloons
Immediately closed. During the laat year
South Bend haa been the .most, wldo-opc
city In India!
SHEEP HAVE WINTERED WELL
Wyamlnar Florka la Good Coadltlaa
nana Made to or
Wool.
CHETENNR, Wyo.. March 28. Speclal.)
The State Beard of Sheep Commissioners,
which Is getting everything In readiness for
the annual shearing pen Inspection, has
given out the statement that sheep In Wy
oming are In better shape now than at any
time In the history of the Industry In this
tste. especially at thla season of the year.
The past winter has been favorable for
the graxlng of sheep, ajid with few ex
ceptions all sheep have come through In
splendid condition. The sheepmen In most
sections are now confronted with short
feed, owing to the dry.iopen winter, and
In sections where green grnas makes its
appearance by this time, there Is no green
grass. But the growers had Immense sup
plies of hay, some of which has been held
over for two and three seasons, and this Is
now being fed to the ewes and weak
wethers. ' In anme Instances corn Is being
fed to the ewes In preparation of the lamb
ing period.
Sheepmen are looking for unusually heary
fleeces and good price. In spite of the
depressed financial conditions. The fleeces
will be heavy owing to the open winter.
and prices Will be satisfactory, for the grow
ers are In a condition to compel the com
mission men to pay sstlsfactory prices, or
the wool will not be sold.
In anticipation of a combination to
squeeze the clip or force prices 6 or Cents
below the true market value, the gTOwers
are building big warehouses In Omaha,
Cody and other places, and with those at
Casper, Douglas and Clearmont, they will
be able to store the entire clip of the state,
which this year will aggregate St.OW.OM
pounds. .
Banks have been found that advance
10 cents per pound on the wool and arrange
ments have been made for disposing of the
wool to private bidders, or at auction sales,
It Is expected the storing of from B0,0O).00O
to 76.000,000 pounds of the Wyoming and
Montana wools will have a very Important
bearing upon the situation and will In a
measure not only break up any combination
among the buyers, but will force the con
sumers of the wool to pay the market value
for the clips.
The wool storage proposition has the en
dorsement of the Wyoming and national as
sociations, and as the clips can be handled
very cheaply and at small rates of interest
to the grower, it Is expected that the plan
will succeed from the start. Heretofore the
growers have been completely at the mercy
of the buyers, or commission men, but large
profits during the last two years bave
enabled the sheepmen to get out of debt
obtain surpluses and unlimited credit, and
thua become almost If not wholly inde
pendent of the middlemen.
NEBRASKA CITY PAIR CAUGHT
Eloplnar Conple Foand at Roekford,
III., and Will Bo Brought
Back.
ROCKFORD. 111.,' March 88. (Special
Telegram.) Ulysses Shelby and Mrs. Tib-
bltts of Nebraska City, Neb., were ar
rested here laat night as elopers. - The
woman had her two daughters with her.
Sheriff Fischer of Otoe county, Nebraska,
will oonts after them. f '
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.,' March 28.-
(Bpeclal Telegram.)- Sheriff Fischer will
leave for RoCkford, III., as soon as requisi
tion papers can be secured for the return
of Mrs. Tlbbltts and Ulysses ' Shelby,
Bhelby haa a wife and several children'
here and last night was located at Rock
ford, I1U, where he was .with Mrs. Tlb
bltts. Last night Earl Tuttle, a brother of
Mrs. Tlbbltts, who had been with her, re
turned to Nebraska City gnd told where
the couple might be located. Their arrest
followed on word from the Otoe county
officer.
Mru Tlbbltts left here with her two chil
dren and her young brother several weeks
ago and met Shelby at Payne Junction,
across the river. They became tired of the
boy and gave him some money with which
to visit relatives In Wyoming. Instead,
after spending a day In Omaha, he came
back to his home here. Tlbbltts and his
two brothers recently Inherited a large sum
of money, amounting to (30,000 each. Re
cently he sold a piece of property and Mra.
Tlbbltts secured J260, with which she said
she was to visit relatives In Kansas. Tib
bltts Is a painter. Shelby Is a carpet
cleaner and renovator. He will bs prose
outed on a charge 'of wife desertion and
when the children are one more In the
custody of their father it Is likely the Tib
bltts family will separate.
BORGLUM FINISHES FIGURES
Noted Bealptor Does Another Man's
Work Over Because He Fur
nished Models.
NEW YORK, March 28. Gutson Borglum
will complete today the task of re-carving
the forty figures In the nitchea of the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, on Morn
lngside Heights. The work waa begun by
the sculptor and his assistants a year ago
after he had repudiated them as wretched
reproductions of his models.
Mr. Borglum told the construction com
mittee, which had ordered the figures, that
he could remodel the carving without coat,
rather thin have the world at large be-
Ueve he was the father of such bad art.
To reach the figures, high scaffolding
had to be constructed, and upon this, going
from one niche to another, the sculptor and
his assistants have worked Incessantly. Mr.
Borglum said last evening he was greatly
pleased with the reconstructed figures.
EVANS TO GO FOR TREATMENT
Admiral Is oa His Way to Saa
Loots Obispo for His
Health.
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Admiral Ev
ans, commanding the Atlantic fleet. Is on
his way from Magdalena bay to Ban Fran
cisco aboard the Connecticut. Arriving
San Francisco he will proceed at once to
San Luis Obispo by rail, there to tak
treatment at a mineral springs resort. The
Connecticut will return to Magdalena bay
at once, stopping at San Diego on ita way
It jwIII Join the fleet, which will coma up
the coast under command of Rear Admiral
Thomas. Thla Information was received
at the Navy department late today by
wireless. Rear Admiral Evans will assume
command of the fleet when It reaches San
Diego.
OLDER ACQUITTED OF LIBEL
Jury la nan Fraaelnro Finds Editor
Not (iotltr of Arrsta
tlaa Mode.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 28-The Jury
In tho trial of R. A. Crothrrs and Fremont
Older, proprietor and managing editor, re-
apectlvely, of the Ban Francisco Bulletin
charged with criminally libelling William
B, Tevls. brought la a verdict last night
of not guilty
MINE FIRE IS FATAL
Seventeen Known to Be Dead in No. 1
, Shaft at Hanna.
FIRE HAS BEEN BURNING A WEEK
Only Men in the Shaft Were Engaged
in Fighting the Flames.
REGULAR WORK WAS SUSPENDED
Gas Supposed to Have Leaked Through
the Brattices.
WORKINGS COMPLETE WRECK
Large Foreo Endeavoring to Rescue
Bodies, bat No Hopo of Saerrodlaa;
Boon Mine Scene of Great
Accident In 10OS.
HANNA. Wyo.. March 28.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Sevemtcfln men lost their lives In
mine No. 1 of the Union Paclf lo Coal com
pany this afternoon, when an explosion of
gas completely wrecked the colliery and
entombed the unfortunate miners, a mile
and one-half below the surface.
The known dead are:
ALEXANDER BRIGG3, superintendent.
JOSEPH BURTON, mine foreman.
JAMES KNOX. 'f
ALFRED DODDS.
GUS REAMEY.
P. A. BOYD, colored. r
JOHN EVANS, American.
ROBERT HERRON, American.
HARRY LYONS. American.
JOHN RIMMER, American.
WILLIAM PA8COE, American.
ROBERT WARBURTON, American.
BENJAMIN PERRY. American.
THOMAS FLINT, American.
GAPPA LAHTI, Flnlander. ,
EMILE SELFVAST. Flnlander.
JOHN YANEN. Flnlander.
Where It Happened.
Fire broke out In the mine last Saturday
and although 200 men have worked every
other day, the fire being well walled off
while they were at work and fought, bar
ring the off days, it could not be extin
guished. Today the miners were Idle and
only the force of fighters, gas men and
foremen went In. The supposition la that
the brattices leaked and let the gas out Into
the fire area, causing an explosion which
Ignited the dust of the mine, completely
wrecking the workings.
Large gang's of men are engaged In the
work of rescue, but the entombed miners
are dead and their bodies may not be
reached for many days. . AH' were married
and leave large families. An explosion In
the same mine on June 80, 1908. entombed
169 mlffers Ttid It" was six months before
all of the bodies were recovered.
Clark Has Little News.
D. O. - Clark, president of the Union
Pacific Coal company, was at his home,
422 North "Twenty-first street, last night
when asked over 'the telephone as to his
Information of the explosion.
'I have heard that there was sn explo
sion, but have received no definite news,"
said Mr. Clark.
Asked If he was In communication with
the situation and expected news during the
night, he said: "No, not until morning do
I expect any news, and then I expect to
take the train for Hanna."
Mr. Clark said he could not tell what
cou'd have caused the explosion.
"The mine was not In operation today;
that Is, It was not turning out coal, and
I Imagine, though I do not know, that the
men must have gone In there to repair
something, the tracks, perhaps. But this
Is pure conjecture on my part. I, of course.
do not know anything about It."
YOUNG WOMAN FOUND DEAD
1 .
Namerous Indications Point to Mur
der Near Arlington, Mane.
' Body Inidentlfled.
ARLINGTON. Mass.. March S8.-The body
of an unidentified woman wtih the throat
cut and showing many indications of mur
der was to-ind in a pit In St. Paul's ceme
tery by two boys today. The condition of
the body seemed to Indicate that the
woman had been dead for several hours.
The woman's head had been nearly sev
ered from the body. There was apparently
two wounds on the neck, both made by a
sharp Instrument, one on the right sice,
and the other on the left, nearly meetlt A
under the chin. It Is believed tho worna
was a resident of either Cambridge or Bom
ervllle. There was no trace of a weapon near the
place where the body was found, but there
were evidences of a struggle on the ground.
The woman evidently was about 26 years
of age, of alight build and about five feet
three inches in height. The body was
clothed In a dark gray skirt, blue coat
with a hat of straw trimmed with red
flowers. Residents In the neighborhood
stated today that no cries were heard dur
ing the night.
RIOT AMONG CURB TRADERS
Wild Raufe for Agents oa Flotation
of Stock of Speculative
Veature.
NEW .YORK. March 28. Scenes almort
approaching riot were witnessed on the
Broad street rirb market today. It re
sulted from the offering for sale for tho
first time of shares In a widely advertised
mining property. Five minutes before the
usual opening hour more than 600 brokers
and messengers who had gathered lit the
atreet made a wild rush for the agents to
whom the distribution of the new shares
had been entrusted. Ninety per cent of the
brokers are said to have had buying orders
for this stock and In their anxiety to ex
ecute their commissions they fought wildly
lo reach the men who had stock for sale.
Men and boys were knocked down and
tiampled In the rush, the street was
blocked by the struggling crowd, traffic
was suspended and the shouts and sounds
of conflict brought a throng of spectators
to the scene. In the meantime the general
business of the outdoor market was prac
tically at a standstill. After about an bout
the excitement quieted dows '
RATE LAWS ARE SET ASIDE
Federal Court F.ajolna Enforce
ment of Alabama
Arte.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. March 28-ln a
sweeping decision making permanent the
preliminary Injunction issued last August,
Judge Thomas G. Jones of the federal
court of Alabama, middle district, declared
that acts which sought to prevent the rail
roads of the slate from going Into the
federal court were unconstitutional and
that the anti-railroad acts of the Alabama
legislature should be suspended pending an
Investigation of the complaints of the rail
roads that the acts were confiscatory.
Judge Jones declares In the opinion that
the Issue of states rights Is not Involved In
tho Issue now in the federal court. The
opinion ssys:
'Life would be Intolerable In any govern
ment claiming to be at -all free wherein
the cltlxen had no redress against wrongs
done by citlsena In the name of the state."
The constitution Itself. It is held, gives
the federal court the right to pass upon
such questions and the real objection to Its
exercise Is therefore an objection to the
principles of the union. The effect of the
decision Is to declare unconstitutional a
greater part of the railroad code adopted
by the state legislature and to suspend all
rate acts until the Justice of the rates can.
be determined.
The opinion had been published and was
In tho hands of the printer fer delivery
when the United States supreme court ren
dered Its opinion In the Minnesota case,
which was similar to those In which the
state of Alabama was a party. In all es
sential details the opinion was similar to
that rendered by Justice Pcckham. .
REAL DISCIPLINE AT STANFORD
Dr. Jordan Says Student ltereatly
Suspended Must Stay
Oat. ,
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., March
2S. Concerning the suspension 6"f forty-one
students of the university and the agita
tion to secure their reinstatement by the
student body, President David Starr Jor
dan has Issued a statement upholding the
action of the faculty and Indicating his de
termination not to counsel a reconsidera
tion of the cases of the suspended stu
dents. Dr. Jordan ssys:
The present difficulty at Stanford univer
sity has had Ita origin In the efforts of the
university authorities, trustees and fa
culty to rid the institution of tho burden
and disgrace of student drunkenness. The
demonstration of March 12 was an organ
ized expression of revolt primarily affainst
the committee, but actually against the
university Itself. It was necessary that the
offense should be met squarely and de
finitely. This the committee has done, and
the university will continue to carry out
Ita policy, without reference to opposition
or protest.
It Is a matter of regret that so many fine
young men have been drawn Into thla mat
ter by a false idea of college spirit, the
undercurrents in the affair not appearing
on the surface, and the moral Issue being
obscured by sympathy for their follows.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 28. The Jus
tice court examinations of university stu
dents charged with rioting lata week came
to a sudden conclusion late yesterday when
the students, who had not yet had their
examination waived this formality In the
justice court and were held to the circuit
court under 11.000 ball each, which was
furnished. The fifteen cases will come up
for trial at the May term of the circuit
court.
PIECEWORK ORDER MAY COME
New York, New Haven Jk Hartford
Road Lays OA Large Num
ber of Men.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. March 28.-By the
laying off of 106 men today at the Spring
street shops of the New York, New Haven
s: Hartford railroad, the working force was
reduced to about twenty-five, as against
about 800 when the shops are running full
handed. There was some talk last night
that If the company should put Into force
the piece work rule today, the men who are
now employed at the shops ' would hold
themselves In readiness to obey a strike
order.
It was first proposed that the piece work
rule should be Inaugurated on March 10,
but a conference between representatives
of the company and "of its employes re
sulted In postponing any action until March
28. It was alao reported here that the
steamer Puritan, which Is now at New
York, was being put in readiness to be
brought to this city to serve as quarters
for new men, , in case any trouble on the
railroad developed.
PHILADELPHIA. March 28. Anticipat
ing the early return of prosperity and to
be prepared for a largely Increased busi
ness with the New England markets, an
order for $500,0000 worth of equipment will
be placed by the Lehigh A New England
Railroad company within the next few
days.
BOSTON, Mass., March 28. A majority
of the 8.000 shopmen of the New York,
New llaven Hartford railroad have voted
to strike rather than accept a change from
day to piece work. The railway officials
and a committee representing the men are
conferring over the matter.
BANKERS UNDER HEAVY BAIL
Pittsburg; Men Have Made Complete
Coateasloa of Looting; Money
1 Institution.
PITTSBURG,; March 28.-Henry Relber,
paying tellerand John Young, auditor of
tha Farmers Deposit National bank, ac
cused of misapplying 11,106,000 of the
bank's funds, are still held In $250,000 bail
each. The amount of bail is the largest
ever asked for defendants in the United
States court of this district.
Three Important facts have been ascer
tained In relation to the embezzlement.
These are that the Investigation haa closed
and that the exact amount taken is $1,106,-
Cum; that the two men have made a full
confession, and that no one else In the
bank la In any way connected with the de
falcation. It is also known that of the
total amount taken from the funds of the
bank, $750,000 was stolen within three years.
Young and Relber can be Indicted and sen
tenced on chargea involving that amount.
During the last year $400,0u0 In round fig
ures was stolen. Should the defendants
be sentenced for each of the many chargea
of false entries and embezzlement the pen
alties would aggregate $.060 years In the
penitentiary.
TAFT GOES TO PHILADELPHIA
Secretary of War Will Speak Before
Gathering- of Vale Mra
t'hlfaao Nest.
WASHINGTON. March 28. Secretary
Taft goes to Philadelphia tonight to speak
before a gathering of Yale men. Next
week he Jiaa engagements to make speeches
In Chicago before the Commercial club and
tho Baptists' L-adenorolnatIonsl union.
SHELDON NOT IN RACE
Nebraska's Governor Declares He il
Not Candidate for Vice President
DOES NOT THINK HE WILL BE
Believes Conditions Point to an
Eastern Man for the Place.
HUGHES AND FOWLER SUGGESTED
New Jersey Congressman Returns
with Compliment fr Governor.
POLLARD'S PET MEASURE KILLED
Provision for Secretary of AgrleuU
tare Plain Standard for Grain
Goes Oat on a, Polat
of Order.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, March 28. (Special Tele
gram.) Governor Sheldon put In a busy
day before leaving for Nebraska late this
afternoon. He was the guest at breakfast
of Vice President Fairbanks st the tatter's
home on Dupont Circle, in company with
Senator Brown. After the function at Mr.
Fairbanks' the governor was presented to
Speaker Cannon by Congressman Pollard,
and then, after seeing the house organised,
took occasion to any "good-bye" to the
members of the Nebraska delegation.
.To tbe local newspaper men Governor
Sheldon said: "I am not a candidate for
the vice presidency, and I do not belters
conditions will arise that will make me a
candidate." He expressed hla firm belief
that Secretary Taft will be the nominee
of the Chicago convention and thought It
entirely probable that the vice presidential
candidate would be chosen from some east
ern . state. "Governor Hughes," ha said,
"would make a strong man for the second
place, as would Representative Charles N.
Fowler of New Jersey."
When this sentiment of Governor Sheldon
was brought to the attention of Mr. Fowler
this afternoon the New Jersey legislator
and chairman of the currency committee
of the house said: "Governor Sheldon Im
pressed me as a man of fine discernment,
keen In Intellect, forceful and probably
pugnacious, his coal-black hair and steel
gray eyes Indicating a fishier, the true
type of men Who have made the great west
what It is. As I had five years' experi
ence In Kansas and Nebraska I know what
stuff the men of the west are made of."
Mr. Sheldon left thla afternoon for Ne
braska, profoundly satisfied with his visit
to Washington, which was now-and strange
to him when he came, but which he learned
to know pretty Well since his arrival.
Pollard's Pet Plan Palls.
Congressman Pollard's pet paragraph In
the agricultural appropriation bill, giving
the secretary of agriculture . authority to
fix a standard of measurement for corn,
wheat, etc., went out of the bill today on
a point of order raised by Congressman,
Crumpacker of Indiana on tho ground that '
It was new legislation.
Mr. Crumpacker opposed the legislation
because it empowered tho secretary to fix
a standard of measurement of corn sn 1
wheat, which would eventually become the
national standard for measurement of these
cereals. He stated that it was setting a
dangerous precedent and would result In
federal Inspection of grain in ten years or
even less time and such a radical change
from existing law should be placed In a
separate bill and' receive the most serious
consideration of congress.
Mr. Pollard In reply stated frankly that
If he believed the paragraph relating to
standards would be sure to lead to federal
Inspection of grain he would Join tbs- gen
tleman from Indiana In an effort to cut It
out. He did not, however, believe this to
be true.
In explaining the purpose of the clause
Mr. Pollard said: "There Is no uniform
method for grading grain today, and It Is
also true that grain exchanges of the coun
try are writing to the secretary of agricul
ture asking htm to fix a standard so that
there will be uniformity and that they will
know when i they start a shipment of
grain abroad It will not bave too much
moisture In it.
What
i
Law Woald Do.
"All this clause will do Is It will simply
authorise the secretary to fix a standard
for grsdlng corn, wheat and other grains.
It does not empower him to enforce It.
There Is nothing In the law which makes
It mandatory upon the growers of grain
to obey It. If this clause Is permitted to
remain In the bill the secretary of agrU
culture will publish the standard, but there
will be no authority lodged In his hands to
enforce that standard and compel anybody
to grade by that standard, and tho result
will be that the grain exchanges all over
the country will come to It, simply because
the moment the standard Is created every,
grain exchange will want to have the rep
utation of grading Its grain according to
the official standard. They are all asking
that the department ahall Indicate to them
what basis they shall use In creating a
standard, how much moisture contents
there shall be In No. I or No. t wheat or
corn.
"Now, my proposition Is this," said Mr.
Pollard in conclusion, "that If we put this
clause into the bill the result will follow
exactly as It Is today. No merchant will
presume to sell thirty-four Inches of cluth
for a yard. Thirty-six Inches constitute a
yard. I believe the result will be the same
in this respect. You will havs a standard
the same as your yardstick, and no grain
dealer could afford to have his grain
graded on any other basis except that rec
ognized as official, And If this measure is
passed It will do more than anything elsa
to prevent federal Inspection of grain."
Upon the conclusion of Mr. Pollard's re
marks Mr. Crumpacker said he felt con
strained to Insist upon his point of order,
and the Pollard clause went out.
Tonight Mr. Polard said he would en
deavor to get the clause restored In the
senate, and had hopes of finally getting
the standard of measurement established.
Minor Matters at Capital.
The entire Nebraska delegation In con
gress has signed a letter to President
Roosevelt asking that Hon. Church Howe,
now consul general at Manchester, England,
be transferred to ths diplomatic service.
John K. Smith has been appointed post,
muster at Gary, Banner county, Nebraska,
vice J. M. Munn, resigned
AI.UKItll II 1,1. MEETS DELAY
Currency Measure Mill In Hcpato
llerause of Roles.
WASHINGTON. Msrth 28.-The Aldrlch
currency bill failed to reach ths house to
day, as was expected. This failure was