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TTTR OMAHA DAILY HRE: THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1000 Of all M.d word of tonffue or pen The &ddet ar these: It might have been eflWDET Baiting Powder Amid tilt mishaps the menu the bad luck in baking, avoiding Poor Baking Powder the cheap. or bisr can kindi and the Wh ence Trust brands. 1 ney are unreiiaoie tney too oiten tail Don't trust them. Put your faith in' Calumet the only strictly h'urh-irrad baking- powder sold at a moderate cost., We absolutely guarantee that the results will please you. Guaranteed . tinder all pure food laws-both State and National. Refuse substitutes get Calumet. Received Highest Award World' Pur Food Exposition, Chicago, 1907 TROOPS WILL CO TO ORIENT Many Stationed in Department of Mis soar! Destined for Philippines. SAIL IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER Some of Thoae la the lalanda Will Thea Retura to .the Halted States, Making Exchange of Poet a. Arrangements are being made by the De partment of the Missouri for the movement of troops to the Philippines In the spring and summer. These organisations have been ordered to the Philippines: Thirteenth cavalry, to sail from Ban Francisco March 15; Twelfth cavalry, headquarters, band and ten troops.' to Sail April's, and two troops to sail April 6. Troops In the Philippines will return home recording to this schedule: Tenth cavalry, to sail March 1, to be stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. ; Ninth cavalry, to sail March IS, to be stationed at Fort D. A. Hursell, Wyo.' . There wllj be no further transfer of troops from tlie Department of the Missouri until 1910, except It be several batteries of field artillery that may be transferred; to differ ent posts. A battery of the Second field artillery will leave Fort D. A. Russell early In March for- the Philippines. ' Colonel W. B. Davis, formerly chief sur geon of the Department of the Missouri, sailed last Friday for Manila, accompanied by Mrs. Davis. ' i Honorable discharges by. .purchase have been granted the following enlisted men I Privates Howard Downing,; Troop D, Sev enth United State cavalry, and James 8, Gailberry, Battery D, Sixth field artillery, both of Fort Riley. Lieutenant Colonel A. H. Appel, medical corps. United .States army,' has been di rected to proced to San Francisco with the battery of artillery under orders to pro ceed from Fort'D. A. Russell, Wyo., to the Philippines. Colonel 'Appel ', will return to Fort D. AwRuAfcft vpon'the departure of the battery for the Philippines. Captain TIJeodore B. Haecker, purchasing commissary,' United States army, at Kan sas City, and for a number of years chief commissary of the Department of the Mis souri, wll! visit Omaha friends for a few days next week prior to his departure for the Philippines. Captain Haecker will sail for Manila about April V, to assume his duties as chief commissary of one of the Philippine departments. i The Second field artillery left Cheyenne Wednesday- for Jersey City, via the Union Pacific and Burlington, on a special train. The train carries eight tourist cars, two taggage cars, four boxcars and two stan dard sleepers. i MISS J0NTZ NOT OFF GUARD She Bays the night Thing When the Mayor Calls Her p for a Joke. "Please,, good lady,' ean I get transpor tation to Minneapolis." . was the supplica tion of a caller, at the Of flee of the Asso ciated Charities Wednesday morning. "Have,. yoi ; friends ' there," asked Miss Jonta by 'Way of reply. "NO.",, '.',' "Have - you ' work there, then, for we cannot give-out transportation unless you have, friends 'or "relatives in Minneapolis to look after you or work whereby you can support yQuratlf. . .'Otherwise you would be rrturnetl to us and would become a county charge.".. ' , . AaJ then' Mayor Dahlman laughed, for the eSUetf .executive was the petitioner of the ShT secretary, of te Associated Chari ties. ' , "I Just wanted to "know how you work It. and find out whether you know your business, and, 1 guess. you will do," said the mayor, a'ad he passed on down the hall to confer with Chief Flynn, -chief of the Dahlman Democracy and would-be chief of the tmaha police detriment. Though Tueaday'e storm wss severe, Miss Join rejwrts few calls for aid. Several loads ot ooal were sent out and a few orders Oa the county etore given, but not nearly ' many applications for aid were received us expected. RETIRING OLD BRIDGE BONDS City Will Meet Its Obligation on the Ptret of April, Says Treas urer Foray. City 'ltaaaurer Furay announces that he will iw the money on band April 1. to Mtlre SMO.W worth of bonds which have bean banging over the people of Omaha f r twenty years and which were issued at that time to replace similar bonds Issued twenty years before to assist In the build- "nssv f YlV ffty T T'T YVT iau uiu.ai will. p.u wv-uvu ) I f aLA 1 f V 1 1 j JjSlJI nothing compares to the pain Thousands of women have found the use of Mother's Friend robs confinement of much pain and insures safety to life of mother and child. This liniment is a God-send to women at the critical time. Not only does fc! other's rrltnd carry women safely through the perils of child-birth, but it prepares Tt, the system for tne coming event, relieve! "morning i i, i . i j ii sickness, ana oiner ais- j, - comrorts. iitV, - t!oninHl free. I I tUt 1LD IgGUlATO CO, twaU tie- disappoint- 2 by Ing of the Union Pacific bridge. The city Issued S2no,Q0O worth of bonds forty years ago, drawing 10 per cent interest, to assist in building the bridge. They provided for their own retirement and at the end of twenty years half of them had taken care of themselves. HaJf were renewed twenty years ago with 6 per cent bonds. AK-SAR-BEN GETTING READY Governors Xante Committees and On Rense Prepares His New Sys tem of Tortore. Gus Renze and his trouble makers are al ready preparing instruments of torture-at the Den with which to grind to pieces the unwary at Ak-8ar-Ben Initiations this sum mer. A force of men is at work and the giant slides and other devices will be ready for use as soon as it is warm enough to use the Den. - - The board of governors has bought eight een feet along the south side of the den from Twentieth to Twenty-first street. The Byron Reed company owns the land to the south and this company and the board of governors will dedicate to the city a strip of land all the way through, thus giving an entrance for carriages. The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben have also, bought a strip of ground 26x150 feet on the west of their property whlclj extends the property . to Twenty-first street and gives them the en tire block. The board has Issued a request for sug gestions , from" the' public both for new stunts which will' be of benefit for use in the Initiation and also for the fall festival. They would alsct like subjects for the pa rades and a theme for the next fall festival. They want Ideas. ' The following committees were -appointed for the ensuing year: Finance Smith, Barker, ,Beaton.r - Parade Yetter, Brandels, Diets. .- Ball Barker, Diets, Buckingham, '; I. Ritual DIetz, Black, Beaton.. ' . ' ' Amusement Brandels, Penfold, ' Courtney. House Black. Yetter, Plckena. Printing Penfold, Barker, Courtney. Light Pickens, 8mlth, Root. Music Beaton, Black, Buckingham. Railway Buckingham, Smith, Pickens. Purchase Courtney, Penfold, Brandels. ' Membership Root, Yetter, Diets. ". DAD OF MODERN BUFFALO Skeleton Unearthed Sapposed to De That of Original Bison Thou aanda of Years Back. ', The huge skeleton of an animal un earthed on the Q street road, one mile west of the Burlington tracts, in the ex cavation on the route of the new Papll-llon-Ralston Interurban line Is believed by R. F. Glider, the Omaha archaeologist, to be that of a mammoth buffalo, the origin of the buffalo of modern time which roamed the plains in the pioneer days of Nebraska and other western states. Mr. Gilder has made a scientific examination cf the bones, and has come to the conclusion that this buffalo lived many thousands of years ago, and was the parent of the buffalo of re cent days. The shoulder blade of the skeleton meas ures eighteen Inches and the entire form denotes an animal of extraordinary sice and strength. The skeleton was burled fifteen feet below the surface of the earth. It was discovered by James Sullivan, one of the workmen under Fred Anderson of the Nebraska Traction and Power company, which has charge of the general construc tion work of the Interurban line. The skeleton was lying on the right side, with the face toward the west Mr. Sullivan took the head home with htm. under the Impression the skeleton was of great value. ZIEBELL PLEADS NOT GUILTY Has Who Killed Son Is Arraigned on Charge of M order in See ond Degree. Pleading not guilty to the charge of murder In the second degree, which Is the offense specified in the complaint, August Zlebcll, who shot and killed his son last week, waived preliminary examination and was bound over to. the district court Wednesday morning by Police Judge Craw ford. . . No bail was fixed for the man at the time, It being Intended to keep- him at the city Jail until hia attorney consulted with Judge Crawford about the amount of the bond. The latter' says that If a desire Is expressed to secure Ziehen's , release until the trial ho will accept as small a ball bond as t-.H or 13,000. Seeming quiet and unconcerned before and at the beginning of the reading of the complaint by William J. Ooad. who ap peared for the county attorney. Zlebell showed signs of' emotion before the. long document was entirely read and shed tears aa he left the room. He wore a broad band of crepe over bis hat band, In token of mourning for the son whom he had shot "Zlebell is rather of slight build and has a gray mustache and gray hair brushed back from hia forehead 10 an a t-i-l 1 l r V ! - V oil tiirMTiafi . or cniia-oinn. i ne tnougni 'TPTUTTTTTn'j of suffering in store for 11 fill lLlltj ncr robs thc expectant mother III w 0f, rileasant antic-inn tinn. b mm C I '., BEST SYSTEM II ARRIHAN PLAN Mission that Sent Park Over Pacific Lines and Eivals. STUDIES AIRBRAK POSSIBILITIES Sjaperlatendent of I'aloa P.rlle Com pletes Special Work AMln.d Him by Jullaa Kruttechultt, Di rector of Operation. The mines and lumber mills of the northwest seem to be resuming their nor mal output. In fact the entire western part of the United States Is opening up won derfully. 1 would say this means much o Omaha as well aa to our !lnes," said W. Ii. Park, general superintendent of the Union Pacific, who returned Wednesdsy morning from a trip extending over lO.OnO miles through the west. Mr. Park had been assigned to special work under Julius Kruttschnitt and re turns to his old position. Charles Ware, who has been acting as general superin tendent, resumes his work as superintend ent of the Nebraska division and W. R. Cahlll, who has been acting superintendent, becomes assistant superlntendant. Wtth Mr. Park on his trip were H. W. Forney, general air brake Inspector of the Harrlman .lines and O. Row, inspector of transportation of the Harrlman lines. 'W covered more than 10.000 miles of associated and competing lines," said Mr. Park. The prime object of this long trip and of this special assignment was to look Into the most modern and up-to-date meth ods of handling trains and air brakes, par ticularly on heavy mountain grades and In cidentally to look Into operating methods in vogue and to offer recommendations for such changes or improvements In operating conditions which might be a benefit to the service. To Make It Best System. "In lint with the Harrlman policy to make the Union Pacific and Its related properties the best possible system, not only physically, but also in operation and in the service offered to the public, the complete and comprehensive rules and regulations for handling trains by air and the examina tion of employes connected with the train service so far as operation by air Is con cerned, have been completed by the com mittee and will be submitted to the meet ing of the general superintendents of all the Harrlman lines at New Orleans March 1. "Tests were made with heavy freight rains on the Beaumont mountains In south ern California, in the Siskiyou mountains n northern California and In the Sierra Nevada mountains in California and Idaho, where some of the heaviest grades exist. Tho short lines In the Bitter Root moun tains were also tested. "I met many Omaha people In southern California, where there seemed to be a gen eral revival of business. California has been having some heavy rains and the pros pects are for most satisfactory crops this year. San Francisco Id building up rapidly. "We had an opportunity to look over parts of the Milwaukee extension. The Taft tunnel, 8,700 feet long, is nearlng completion and will be ready for tracks about March 15." TWO NEW COURT DISTRICTS Bonndarlea Have Practically Been Agreed Upon By Dakota , Legislature. PIERRE. S. D., Feb. 10.-(Speclal Tele gram.) The proposed new supreme court districts have been practically agreed upon by the subcommittee and the bill creating two new districts likely will be reported to morrow by th6 committees of both houses. The lines of the proposed districts have been changed slightly from those In tho original bill, but materially follow original lines. In the house Whiting Is posing as the watchdog of the treasury and today went after evory appropriation bill which showed up, msklng a fight against several printing bills. His resolution calling upon the treas urer for a statement of the condition of the treasury was adopted after being amended by Taylor to ask for a showing of the assets as well as the debts of the state. The passl'ig of a state depository bill through - the house today without debate and with no opposing votes was a decided change from past sessions In which such bills have alwaya met defeat, the alleged opposition to other bills having its source in the office of the state treasurer. This time nothing of the. kind developed. McDonnell started another railroad bill this afternoon in which he requires all roads to maintain scales at division points and weigh all cars of grain, live stock or merchandise and furnish a certificate of weight to the party to whom the shipment has been made. He also aaks for the crea tion, of the counties of Todd, Nash and Sherard out of a pqrtlon of the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations. Whltlag In troduced a b'll which has for its purpose the cutting 6ff of publication of insurance statements, which if enacted will take away at large amount of political patronage whicn has been used on the country press of the state for years. About the only bill which created a rlpplo In the house today was the one defining g partition fence and the manner in which It shall be paid for. This called out the farmer voice and after a number of at tempts to change Its provisions were voted down It passed as Introduced. - RAINEY SPEECH IS DISAVOWED Pa a a ma laformrd that Congressman Was -Net Speaking for the Government. , WASHINGTON, Feb. lO.-The United States government disavows all respon sibility for recent remarks made by Repre sentative Ralney of IUinola In the house, criticising President Obaldla of Panama. This Is Indicated in a letter sent today by Secretary Bacon to C. C. Arosemena, minis ter from Panama, in reply to a proteat by the latter in behalf of his government. The secretary points out that the views of in dividual members are not to' be taken as expressing the views of the government and declare that none of the statementa made by Mr. Ralney "concerning which he (the president) has knowledge baa any foundation In fact." In his protest Mr. Arosemena requested a disavowal of the offensive remarks con cerning .the president and republic of Panama, such as may be deemed just and commensurate "with the deep and unwar ranted Injury" Inflicted on President Obaldla. his government and people. TAFT TUNNEL IS FINISHED t. Paul Road Exnoeta to Ran Through Freight Traiaa to Coast ' Wlthla Heath. TAFT, MonU. Feb. 19The Taft tunnel ef the Chicago, Milwaukee as Puget Sound railroad, tbe longest on the coast exten sion of the St. Paul company, was pierced this afternoon, marking the practical completloa of one of the mot Important engineering events In the history of rail road In the United States. Tbe tunnel Is 1,751 feet long St feet I Inches high aud II feet Inches across the floor aud penetratrs the Bitter Root range between Idaho and Montana. The officials who today witnessed the firing of the last Fliot predict that within a month's time they will have through freight trains In operation to the coast RECEPTION F0RJACK BINNS Wireless Operator Given Rata aulas tic Greeting at Hia Home Town In England. PETERBOROUGH. Kngland, Feb. 10. "Jack" Binns. the wireless telegraph opera tor who was on board the steamer Republio at the time of Its collision off the Nan tucket lightship . last month with the steamer Florida, was given a rousing recep tion in Peterborough, his native town, when he arrived this afternoon from London. H was met at the station with bands playing "Sbe the Conquering Hero Comes." and the major In his official robes extended him a welcome. A procession of carriages with Blnns In the lead then made, a triumphal progress through cheering crowds from the station to the guild hall. This was packed with leading citliens and all rose and cheered wildly hen Blnns, his sweetheart on his arm, entered. The msyor said to Blnns: "Your pluck and courage have excited the admiration of America and the whole world. Some men are decorated for the slaughter of thousands, you have saved thousands by your gallantry. We present you with this address as a permanent record of your bravery. Your fellow citliens are very proud of you." In a few modest words Binna then thanked the mayor for the welcome ex tended him and said there were greater heroes on board the Republic than himself. He had only done his duly. The men of the engine rooms had risked their lives by remaining below to open the steam valves, an act which 'Jived everyone from being blown up. LYNCHING AT HOUSTON, MISS. Yoana; IMegro Who Killed Preacher Taken From Jail and Hanged By a Mob. HOUSTON. Miss.. ' Feb. 10,-Roby Baskln, a negro youth, self-confessed slayer of Rev. W. T. Hudson, today was lynched by a mob of several hundred citliens. The prisoner was secured , without resistance and accepted his fate as a matter ' of course without a word of entreaty or prayer. He was hanged from a tree within 200 yards of the county Jail. 1 The same mob gathered about the jail yesterday to lynch the negro. At the en treaty of the county officials, who urged that efforts be made to. secure a speedy trial and the law be allowed to take lta courae, action was deferred and Judge A. O. Sykes was asked to hold a special term. He declined and the lynching was the re sult. , Sheriff Bean arrived too late to prevent the mob's action. The representatives of the sheriff here declare they consider their action in surrendering the negro Justified in the interest of law and order. TWO DEAD AND TRAIN BURNED Collision at Mnskogee Seta Fire to OH Refinery and the Wrecked Cara. MUSKOGEE, Okl., Feb. .-Englneer Fred D. Home of Denlson, .Tex., who was in jured In a Missouri, Kansas & Texas col lision last night In which one other man was killed and the train burned, died today. Fireman H. .Kelson, also of Denlson, re ported injured last night, has not been ac counted for and It lis . believed his body Is still beneath the mass. of debris. DES MOINES - MAN MURDERED William Edy, Prominent Cltlsen of Highland Park, Aaaaaolaated Monday Night. DES MOINES, Feb. lO.-Willlam Edy, a prominent cltlsen -of Highland Park, a suburb, was shot and killed by an un known assassin lsst night. His body was found today In a blacksmith shop. NEW RAILROAD . INCORPORATED Proposes to Cona tract Local Lino In Page Coonty. CRESTON. Ia.. Feb. . .-(8pecial.)-A new railroad, eighteen miles In length, af fecting only Page county towna, and oper ating between Clarinda, College Springs and Blanchard, Is being agitated, and an organ ization has been effected at Clarinda in the incorporation of the Iowa & Southwest ern Railway company, the articles of in corporation of which will be filed with the state authorities at Des Moines In a few days. The preliminary surveys have already been made, and the estimates on construc tion completed at a meeting of the sub scribers held yesterday, and the work of capitalisation will be carried forward at once, and work begun as soon aa the re quisite amount of the capital stock of 1300, 000 is paid up. The following officers and directors were elected yesterday: v William S. Farquar of College Springs, president; J. N. Miller of Clarinda, vice president; J. H. Walklnshaw of Blanchard, second vice president; L. H. Taggart of College Springs, treasurer; A. F. Galloway of Clarinda, secretary. The directors are Ed E. Rose, G. William Rich ardson. J. N. Miller. A. Davidson. A. F. Galloway, C. E. Clatton and J. F. Rum baugh, all of Clarinda; W. M. Dewhurst, C. E. Wetmore, E. M. Henslolgh and J. H. Walklnshaw of Blanchard, A. M. Abbott, J. A. McKlnley, I. H. Taggart and Wil liam S. Farquar of College Springs. The capitalisation of the new road will be In the hands of C. B. Judd of Albla. Mr. Judd has already moved to Clarinda and begun the solicitation of capital for the new road. Iowa Mews Aotrs. CHARLES CITY Herman Rhoda. a Mil waukee fireman, fell out of hia engine cab while going fifty miles sn hour near Britt and received injuries that will prove fatal. ATLANTIC By a deal which was con cluded yesterday Charles Elce and wife, bookbinders, who for some time have been employed in the binder of the Telegraph, take over the business and will hereafter run the business In their own name. NEVADA The consolidation of rural schools, which is being vigourously urged by practically all of the prominent educa tors of Iowa, failed to carry In the special election held yesterday in Colo. Story county, and its surrounding territory. FOItT DODGE "Father Witting." an old German settler of this city, celebrated his seventy-third birthday Sundsy and the young people of the German Evangelical church did him honor by suspending regular services, while they listened to a talk by him. M ARSHAI.LTOWN The annusl spring meeting of the Waterloo Presbytery will meet in this city on April M to 22. The principal object in bringing the meeting of the presbytery here wss so thst the preach ers and laymen who attend could bsar Evangelist Sunday, who will be here at that time. CEDAR RAPIDS D. J. Ma her. a farmer near DeWitt, waa beaten and robbed here early this morning. He Is now In the hos pital, where it wss said lata today that le might not live. Clark Coleman, formerly a driver of a patrol wagon of Burling ton, la under arreat. charged with trie aacault. CRESTON The high school will unveil a fine life sised statue of Lincoln, which haa recently been purchased. At the special exercises held Friday, Hon. J. P. Harsh will deliver the address at the unveiling. Friday evening an elaborate program by prominent clitsens will be carried out at the Methodist church. The beat musical talent of the city will assist, la the exercises. TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS, ALWAYS BUYTIiE GEMUIKEi A wmMm mm $ immmmmmm m Ckifesfe Spnsjp ill IT CLEANSES THE SYSTEM CEHTIY 1 i ACTS NATURALlTaT AND BENEFICIALEX OX THIS j KIDNEYS. LIVER - AND BOWELS I J J ASSISTS IN OVERCOMING " ' j cokstipatiok permanently; j J DISPELS COLDS AND HEADACHES: j ! A REMEDY APPROVED BY PHYSICIANS BECAUSE j OF KNOWN COMPONENT PARTS AND KNOWN BENEFICIAL J j EFFECTS. I FOR 5ALE BY ALL' LEADING DRUGGISTS ; ONES1ZE ONLY, REGULAR PRICE FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLE SUGAR COMPANY ON RACK More Evidence. Produced of False Weighing of Imports. SCALES ARE TAMPERED WITH Large Mass cf Documentary Testi mony Is Submitted Over Pro teat of Attorneys for the ' Defendant. NEW YORK, Feb. lO.-At the resumption today of the trial of the government's six suits agilnst the American Sugar Refin ing company to recover upwards of S240, 000 In damages for alleged false weighing of imports, a great mass of documentary evidence, consisting ot hills of lading, en try affidavits, and Invoices, which con stitute the basis of the government's cise, wss admitted over the objection of coun sel for the defense. Photographs and diagrams of the scales of the Havemeyer and Adler refining docks In Brooklyn, purporting to show the al leged fraudulent appliance which, accord ing to the pictures, was In' the nature of wire lever upon the Inside of the scale balance, were also offered In evidence. - United Statea Weigher Thomas D. Hyatt Identified a small piece of wire which he said had been taken from a stanchion of the scale. He pointed out on the diagram how the wires had been arranged. Two carpenters employed on the sugar com pany's docks identified certain wooden blocks and other detached sections of the scales, which they had cut out. Mr. Wyatt, during his cross-examination, said he had made unexpected visits to the docks where cargoes were being weighed and had rweighed numerous truck loads and checked up his figures with those made by the assistant weigher In the scale house. "And did you ever, In that way, arrive at any discrepancy in the figures?" "No," replied the witness. The lawyer for the defense asked the wit ness about the wire device which he had found attached to the the scales. "How large was the hole through which the wire was stuck?" he asked. Hyatt aaid it was Invisible without the aid of a lighted match. President W. B. Thomas of the American Sugar company attended the afternoon ses sion of the trial, which was adjourned until tomorrow. Prealdeat Does Not Testify. The effort made today In a libel suit In Brooklyn to secure the testimony of Presi dent Roosevelt in the case Is not likely to be successful. The case la that of Borough President Bird S. Coler against a Brooklyn rewspaper. Mr. Coler's counsel, M. L Towns, made a motion in the supieme court for the appointment of a committee to go to Washington to take the president's testi mony relative to the dismissal by him, as governor, of charges brought agalnat Mr. MUM. r g i Coler when he' was comptroller of New York City. Decision was reserved and meanwhile Mr. Towns telegraphed his desire to the White House. A reply was received from Secretary Ioeb,-aa follows: "The president of tho United States does not testify In court nor give evidence by deposition." Five Brokers Discharged. All six members of the defunct brokerage firm of A. O. Brown & Co., when arraigned before Magistrate Corrlgan today, charged with the larceny of $1,800 worth of United States Sleel corporation stock from Helen 8. Aberuathy, 'were discharged after the ovldcnce had been heard. ' The magistrate held that there was no evidence to connect any of the members except Edward 9. Buchanan with passing any Of the stock out of the possession of the firm. Libel Hearing Postponed. The several employes of the New York World who a week ago were notified to ap pear today to give their testimony in the government proceedings agafnst the Press Publishing company In connection with alleged libelous statements regarding the Panama canal purchase, were informed to day when they appeared that thelf attend ance was not required. The grand jury did not assemble and no Intimation was given as to when its consideration of the Panama charges would be resumed. It was learned today that Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law' of President Roosevelt, whose name was mentioned frequently ' In the Articles which are the subject of the present inquiry,-' lias given his testimony In this case before the federal grand Jury. Bedford Leavea Staadard. . Edward T. Bedford, president of the Corn Products Refining company and one of the active men In the Sandard Oil com pany, tt is learned from an ' authoritative source, has resigned from the'Standa'd OH company's executive committee, wWe he had been a member for many years. He remains a director of the Standard Oil com pany of New Jersey and the Standard OH company of New York. ' " Mr. Bedford's resignation was due, It was said, to his desire to devote more time to tho management of the Corn Products Re fining company. Mr. Bedford Is on the Pacific coast, and is not expected back be fore March 1. , ' , . IN DEATH VALLEY MINUS FOOD Party of Prospectors. Rescued By Relief Expedition Just In Time. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. -The Melrose party ef seven persons which left Nevada recently and became lost in Death Valley region, has been rescued by searchers, who found the lost prospectors huddled together In a cave In the Panamlnt mountains, where they had taken shelter from the heavy ahowers. ' For three days the men of the party had been without food, the acanty supply being sufficient only for the two women and children. Sea - YET PMOTTXY j TIMBER THIEVES ARE INDICTED Bills Returned Agaiaat TOTeaty-alV Agents of Lumber Corporations ia Oklahoma. MUSKOGEE, Okl., Feb. 10. Indlctmentc. . against twenty-six respresentatlvea of big corporations charging them wtth atealing valuable lumber from segregated lands In Oklahoma, were returned by tho federal grand jury here today. 'An additional in, dlctment was returned agalnat one pcraor. for Impersonating a United . States of fleet In furtherance of the scheme of alleges, timber thieves. The alleged theftl occurred chiefly in the-Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole nations... r Judge Campbell issued etriot orders thai no names of the Indicted persons be given out until they have been , arrested an have either been committed to Jail or have given bonds. Tonight United States Mar, shal Grant Victor dispatched . ten deputiei on a south bound train to arreat the per. aona who reside chiefly in Le Flore, MoCur., tain and Choctaw counties. They will be brought here Wednesday and required to give bond. For years the government has been har raaaed by timber thieves representing: big corporations capitalised In the east which have been stealing from aegregated Indian lands on Sugar Loaf, Backbone, Winding Stair and other mountains, millions of dol lars' worth of pine, walnut, oak and other valuable timber. When the government in spectors reported the thefts It haa been the customs of the timber thieves to admit their guilt and to pay certain amounts Into the treasury of the Indian agency In lieu of the value of the timber stolen. Then the thieves would promise, not to ' commit any more depredations upon th forests, only to forget 'their promise, and there has' been a continual' repetition of the offense for. yeara.'v,tlnali ; the ,. United States district .attorney, W.. . Gregg., grew tired of this way of handling trie -thieves and the indictments returned' today, are the, results. Government inspectors have spent months collecting evidence, . ; . A Serlone Breakdown ' , . - results from chronic 'constipation. Dr.' King's New Life PIHe cure; headache, atom', ach, liver and bowel trouble. '26c For sals by Beaton Drug Co. ' ", NEW THEORY ROSEN MURQER Belief That Ottumwa Crime' Grew-Oat of Fend That Started Eleven . Year As. . OTTUMWA, Ia,. Feb. 10.-That ' Clara Rosen, the choir singer,' was murdered as the result of a feud growing out of the murder of Roae Claridge, pear North Eng lish, Ia., eleven years ago. Is the theory being worked upon by the police tonight. A letter sent to the police said Oscar Rosen, brother of Clara, was Implicated in the Claridge murder and gave the In ference that trouble was started then which brought the slaying of Clara Rosea here last Friday. ' - it ' '. . '. The funeral of Clara Rosen waa held to day. Thousands attended, notwithstand ing a severe storm. mmVum .i. ... u , lirwwiim'. itttsf gaujgaat- ut m Miaguk -anVnajnasaak aVi anV1 J Mil