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NEBRASKA NOTESMISCELLANEOUS MATTERS IN

THE COMMON WEALTH.

STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION

Call Issued for Assembling August224 The Supreme Court Soon toPass on the Question of SchoolRights Miscellaneous Notes.

Republican Call Issued.LINCOLN Chairman Warner of the

republican state committee, actingupon instructions from the committee,has issued the following call for thestate convention, to be held in Lin-coln August 22:

The republicans of the state of Neb-raska are hereby called to meet inconvention at the Auditorium in thecity of Lincoln, on Wednesday, Aug-ust 22, 1906, at 2 o'clock in the after-noon, for the purpose oi placing innomination candidates for the follow-ing offices, viz.:

One United States senator, one gov-ernor, one lieutenant governor, threerailway commissioners, one secretaryof state, one auditor of public accounts,one treasurer, one superintendent ofpublic Instruction, one attorney gen-eral, one commissioner of public landsand buildings, and for the transactionof such other business as may properly come before it.

Court to Pass on School Rights.LINCOLN At the next session of

the supreme court the school boardof Lincoln will have an opportunity toshow why the state officers who havechildren in school should pay tuition.Some time ago a bill was presented toeach of the officers for tuition on theground that Lincoln was not their le-

gal residence, and hence as non-residen- ts

their children should pay a feeto attend the public schools. The off-

icers objected strenuously, because itis necessary for them to reside in Lin-

coln and because their personal prop-erty is assessed here, but the schoolboard would not listen to this, desir-ing the cash instead. Attorney Gen-eral Brown then filed a petition for amandamus to compel the board to al-

low the children of Governor Mickeyand Superintendent McBrien, whowere named as relators, to attendschool. The court has set. the case forthe next term.

Unregistered Bond Presented.LINCOLN A Pennsylvania bank

has bought a $1,000 bond issued by thecity of Beatrice in 1900, bearing 3 percent interest, which has not been reg-istered in the office of the auditor.The bond was sent to the First Na-tional bank of this city for registra-tion and was brought to the auditor'soffice. The bond was one of an issueof ninety-seve- n bonds, fifty-fiv- e ofwhich were for $1,00 each, twenty-tw- o

$100 each, one $97 and one $248. ThisIs shown by the bond. Some of thecoupons had been clipped from thebond and it bore the appearance ofhaving been legally signed by themayor and the city clerk of Beatrice.None of the bonds, however, had everbeen registered in the office of theauditor and there is fear that the bondIs a forgery. The bank has taken thematter up with the officials of Beatrice.

Freak Mule in Otce County.NEBRASKA CITY Robert Davis,

who lives a few miles south of thiscity, has a miniature mule that isnearly two months old, but is onlythirty-fiv- e inches high and weighshardly enough to be counted. It isperfectly formed, except that its hindinkles are so crooked that they have tobe broken to be straightened. Whenthe mule gets tired it rests by sittingon its haunches. It is believed the an-imal will never be any larger.

Answer to Power's Appeal.Attorney General Brown filed an

answer to the appeal of former SheriffPower of Douglas county from the de-

rision of Auditor Searle in refusing toallow him railroad fare from Omahato Lincoln, the trip being necessitatedby reason of the sheriff bringing aprisoner to the state penitentiary. Theclaim was for $3.30. The answer setsop that the sheriff rode on a free passand therefore his carfare was not al-

lowable as a claim against the state.

Insurance Less in San Francisco.Insurance Deputy Pierce, in answer

to letters of inquiry, ha received re-ports from the various insurance com-panies doing business In Nebraska,showing the loss of each by reason ofthe San Francisco earthquake and fire.Each of the companies said its losswould be fully paid and the companywould not be injured.

A Shortage In Sight.FALLS CITY The committee that

Is investigating the city treasurer's of-fice has not completed its labors butIt is now claimed by those who have agood chance to know the facts thatan apparent shortage of $6 000 in thecity's funds, $600 in the library fund,and more than $5,000 in the schoolfund has been found.

Attack Rebate Charge.LINCOLN Alleging that the re-

bate charges in the anti-tru- st graincases is proper subject mater for theInterstate commerce commission theCentral Granerles company of Lin-coln filed an answer in (he supremecourt The answer says further thatthe defendant company "does not re-

ceive and never has received thiselevation charge unless the grain wentthrough the defendant's elevator; thatsaid 14 cents was only paid in inter-state shipments, to or beyond the Mis-sissippi river.

Governor Makes Appointments.LINCOLN Governor Mickey ap-

pointed R. B. Windham of Platts-mont- h

a member of the board of con-

trol of the institute for the deaf anddumb at Omaha, and also for the insti-tute for the blind at Nebraska City.

Litter of Wolves Captured.TABLE ROCK Jasper S. Killett,

who lives a few miles northeast ofhere, has captured a couple of littersof yosng wolves eight in one andaiae Is the other besides the motherwolf, is one Instance,

OVER THE STATE.

Mrs. Elizabeth Urwin died at Platts-mout- h,

last week, aged 90 years.Work is rapidly progressing on the

new Burlington depot at Beatrice.For the first time in the town's hi

tory, Oxford is to have three saloons.A Lincoln man is drawing plans for

the T. M. C 'A building at FremontThe State Liquor Dealers' associa-

tion will meet in Columbus June 11th.It is said Gov. Mickey has asked for

the resignation of Dr. Nicholson ofthe Norfolk asylum.

The dead man found floating downthe river at Rulo, was identified as J.G. Mason of Brownville.

E. E. Bolejack has just establisheda bank at Barada. The capital stockof the new bank will be $6,500.

A Y. M. C. A. building will be putup at Fairbury. The structure Is tocost $15,000, and the money has allbeen raised.

W. H. Mann has a time card of theBurlington for 1881, which shows thatthere were but two trains a day be-tween Plattsmouth and Lincoln.

Mrs. John C. Buess, an aged lady andone of the pioneers of Otoe county, felldown a flight of stairs and broke anumber of ribs. It is feared she willnot recover.

The Hartington city council haspassed an ordinance prohibiting bar-ber shops to be open hereafter on Sun-days subject to a fine of $50 for vio-lation of the ordinance.

At a special election in Beaver City,the proposition to issue bonds for theerection of a high school building wascarried by an overwhelming majoritythere being but nine votes cast against

August Groff, cashier of the Statebank of Goehner, Seward county, re-ceived $65 in small contributions forthe San Francisco people and sent themoney to Dr. Devine of the Red Cross.

The project to thetwenty-fiv- e cent ferry rate for the ben-efit of farmers of the Iowa side of theriver is again being pushed by themembers of the Commercial club ofPlattsmouth.

Of the ninety-fiv-e lots set aside bythe state fair board for the implementsection, sixty-thre- e have already beentaken. The rapidity with which thespace is being engaged is a surprise toSecretary Mellor.

Property of the George Town Rollermill and flour company situated several miles south of Broken Bow andprincipally owned by Mayor George ofBroken Bow was totally destroyed byfire. No insurance.

R B. Blust will build a new hotel In.Ravenna. It will be a brick structure32x60 feet and two stories high. Anew hotel is badly needed in Ravennasince the burning of the Burlingtonhotel and eating house.

Orlando Fish, a former resident ofMerrick county, died at the Columbus hospital from the effects of a gun-shot wound inflicted by James Nicholsof Nance county. The men had quar-reled over lease of a farm.- John Howell, vice president of theBank of Oxford, will shortly retirefrom active participation in the man1agement of that institution and willbe succeeded by his brother, MatthewHowell a capitalist of Yortv, Neb.

Fremont is to vote upon the proposition of issuing bonds oi $50,000 to-

wards the construction of a newlighting and water works system, cost-ing $83,000. This was decided at theclose of a long meeting of the citycouncil.

Coal has been discovered on thefarm of C. E. Morris, three miles south-east of Diller, and samples broughtto Beatrice show the speciments to befrom one to three inches in thickness.The vein crops out in a cut made bythe Burlington company In straighten-ing its roadbed.

The Vermont Marble company ofRutland, Vt, has presented Sewardcounty with a block of white marblefrom which a life size statue of Hon.William Seward, for whom the townand county were named will becarved. This statue will be placed ona pedestal at the north entrance of thecourt house.

Jansen & Son of Jansen, recentlysold to the commission firm of Clay.Robinson & Co., 428 shorn wethers andyearlings, which averaged ninety-tw- o

pounds and for which they received$5.45 per 10 pounds. This price Is thetop for the season on shorn weathersand the first and only lot to bring thefigure.

Rev. P. L. Johnson, treasurer of Has-tings college, has gone to New YorkCity for the purpose of completing the$100,000 endowment fund which is be-ing collected for that institution.About $80,000 has already been sub-scribed. Andrew Carnegie has of-

fered $20,000 for a new building If the$100,000 is raised.

Sheriff Bauman of Dodge county,arrived at Fremont from Jsceola withFay Baker. He was charged with thetheft of a team and buggv rom GeorgeHeine of Hoper. Baker had posses-sion of the outfit that was missed fromHeine's barn. He claimed to havebought it from a stranger, but wasconfused in his story. He was caughtnear Osceola while driving throughthe country.

In order to push construction withthe greatest possible speed the UnionPacific will install an electric lightsystem along the Lane cut-of- f, nearOmaha. Work on this cut-of- f is beingpushed as fast as possible day by day,but that is not fast enough.

The two-year-o- ld daughter of Mr.and Mrs. James Van Auken of Hart-ington, died last week. The little oneswallowed a bean which lodged in herwindpipe. Preparations were madeto take it to Sioux City to have anoperation performed but it strangledto death on the train.

J. G. Stroble, J. M. Livinston andJ. J. Jones of Nebraska City, left forMexico to secure a concession fromthe Mexican government, and will opena large mine on a section of landwhich they have in view and build upa town about the place.

John Chalupsky, a farmer residingthree miles south of St Paul, commit-ted suicide by blowing bat his brainswith a shotgun. Temporary insanitycaused by drinking Is supposed tohave been the cause of hls.-- j action.Domestic trouble had been brewing Isthe family for a long time...'

TILLMAN CHARGE

REITERATES WHAT HE SAID RE-

GARDING THE PRESIDENT.

QUOTES LETTER FROM CHANDLER

Senator Lodge's Denial that PresidentHad Spoken of Knox and Others-Secret- aries

Root and Taft Hold aConference.

WASHINGTON Senator Tillman,who on Saturday made a statement inthe senate covering the details of hisand Senator Bailey's

, negotiationsthrough or Chandler wita)President Roosevelt regarding therate bill, on Sunday made public aportion of a written statement madeto him by Mr. Chandler of his variousconferences with the president on thissubject The portion given out by Mr.Tillman is largely a repetition of thefirst part of his statement in the sen-ate yesterday. It covers, however,that portion where Mr. Tillman hadquoted Mr. Chandler as saying thatthe president had stated that he hadcome to a complete disagreement withthe senatorial lawyers who were try-ing to defeat or injure the bill, nam-ing Messrs. Knox, Spooner and Foraker, regarding which statement Sena-

tor Lodge subsequently said he was au-

thorized to state from the white housethat it was an unqualified falsehood.On this subject Mr. Chandler, referr-ing to the president, said in his writ-ten statement:

"He said that he had been muchtroubled by the advocacy of an un-

limited court review by some of thelawyers of the senate naming Sena-tors Knox, Spooner and Foraker astrying to injure or defeat the bill oyingenious constitutional arguments.but that he had come to a completedisagreement with them. He made thispoint emphatic by repetition."

The statement given out by Mr. Til- -

man follows:"Senator Tillman said that on Sat-

urday, May 5, he insisted on havingfrom or Chandler a writtenstatement of the various conferencesby the latter m connection with theplan of the president to control therailroad rate legislation by alliancewith the democrats of the senate, andMr. Chandler gave him such a state-ment made prior to Saturday, May 12,and signed by Mr. Chandler with thepresident on March 31 which had be-

come a subject matter of dispute, butwould retain the remainder for use incase any other parts of his should bedenied."

Senator Lodge called at the WhiteHouse in the evening and took din-ner with the president. SubsequentlySecretaries Root and Taft arrived atthe White House and joined the presi-dent and Senator Lodge.

Senator Lodge and Secretaries Rootand Taft remained with the presidentuntil late. At the conclusion of theirvisit none of the parties present woulddiscuss the visit and all of them de-

clined to answer any questions regard-ing the subject under discussion.

FATE OF FATHER GAPON.

Body of Priest Found Hanging inVilla Near Ozerki, Finland.

ST. PETERSBURG The mystery ofthe fate of Father Gapon apparentlywas cleared up Sunday by the discov-ery of a corpse, which has almostpositively been identified as that ofthe former priest, hanging In the up-

per chamber of a lonely villa in thesummer suburb of Ozerki, Finland.The villa was rented April 8 for thesummer and a deposit paid by an un-

known man from St. Petersburg, who,after visiting the house several timesin company with a young workman,disappeared April 11, taking the keywith him. The proprietress of thevilla, alarmed at the nonappearanceof the tenant notified the. police, whoentered the house. Knocking down adoor, they were confronted-b- y a bodyin a long coat hanging from a nail,the feet touching the floor. Decompo-sition of the face made positive iden-tification difficult, but the features re-

sembled those of Gapon and theclothing corresponded with that wornby the missing labor leader.

Good Wages for Expert Painters andPaper Hangers in Omaha.

Owing to a scarcity of first-clas-s

workmen the master painters ofOmaha are paing up to 50 cents perhour for skilled workmen. Open shopsand plenty of work.

Vesuvius Acting Up Again.NAPLES Prof. Matteucci, director

of the royal observatory on Mount Ve-

suvius, telegraphs that the volcano isin slight eruption. Thick vapors andsand are being expelled and the elec-trical phenomenon continues, but hesays the situation is not grave.

Mrs. Jefferson Davis Better.NEW YORK Mrs. Jefferson Da-

vis, who Is ill in this city and whosecondition was considered grave, wasbetter Sunday. Physicians say thatthe crisis is passed.

Former State Auditor Dead.VERDON, Neb. John Francis Cor-

nell, for four years auditor of publicaccounts of the state of Nebraska andfifty years a farmer on the same sec-tion of land in Richardson county,died Sunday at 6 o'clock at his home.A widow and four daughters, Helen,Eunice and Vast! Cornell and Mrs. J.R. MIckel, survive him. The funeralwill be held Tuesday forenoon andburial will be in the family cemeteryon the hillside of the old Cornellhomestead pre-empte- d by his father in1856.

Plenty of Water in 'Frisco.SAN FRANCISCO One of the

causes of the destruction of the great-er part of San Francisco was revealedwhen Mayor Schmitz and EngineerSchusseter, accompanied by other, of-

ficials, made a trip down the penin-sula to inspect mains of the watercompany which furnished the city'swater supply from Crystal Springs andother lakes. Several big breaks werefound In the mains and thus was ex-

plained the reason why the city waswithout smfflclent water supply toIghtUw lames.

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THE MONEY READY.

Insurance Companies Will Begin vtoPay Losses.

SAN FRANCISCO Financial inter-est on Wednesday centered in the an-nouncement made by the insurancecompanies that in the immediate fu-

ture they would pay losses of tha firesufferers. It is believed that most ofthe money will be put into general cir-culation and when it is distributed willrelieve the people of San Francisco asno other means could.

This news was welcome, not only tothe policy holders, but also to thebanks that have been doing their besttor tne pumic witn tne resources attheir immediate command, necessarilylimited. The announcement .was offi-

cial to the extent that it was given tothe subcommittee of the citizens' gen-eral committee and duly reported atthe general committee's daily meeting.The announcement was received withapplause, news from these interestshaving been awaited with much anx-iety.

"What will be the effect of the pay-ment of this insurance money?" wasasked of James D. Phelan, chairmanof the finance committee.

"Nothing could do more good," hereplied. "When the money is paid outto the people it will put them on theirfeet It will bring about an early re-

sumption of normal conditions. Thepeople want money to buy what theyneed, and the payment of these manymillion dollars will greatly assist thebanks in giving them money. What ismore, the circulation of the money willbe of great value to the banking in-

terests."With their announcement that losses

will soon be paid the insurance inter-ests have made the concession that salvage operations on property swept bythe flames may be proceeded with.

Policy holders may save anythingthey can find without fear of riskingthe loss of their claims for insurance.

To a great extent the work of demol-ishing walls and clearing away debrishas been postponed because of thedoubt regarding the attitude the in-

surance companies would take. Thework of contracting and wrecking com-panies has been deferred awaitingsuch a definite statement as that madeby the insurance companies to the com-mittee.

WILLING TO BUILD BIG WARSHIP.

Proposed Vessel Will Cost Ten MillionDollars.

WASHINGTON The constructionbureau is willing to undertake to buildthe leviathan 20,000-to- n battleship, pro-vided for in the pending naval appro-priation bill, and on the basis of theexperience acquired in theconstructionof the battleship Connecticut, at theNew York navy yard, the constructorsfeel sure that they can execute thistask with reasonable dispatch at a min-imum of cost.

A careful estimate limits the time al-

lowed to fcrty-eigh- t months and thecost to $10,000,000. The New Yorknavy yard is found to be the only placeavailable and suitable for this work.

DOWIE CASE IS CONTINUED.

Failure of Voliva and Apostle to Cometo Understanding Causes Delay.

CHICAGO Failure of John Alexan-der Dowie and Wilbur G. Voliva toagree upon the proposed selection ofa committee of three to govern the af-

fairs of Zion City caused a halt in thelegal proceedings Wednesday beforeJudges Wright and Donnelly. The at-

torneys for Dowie announced that theywere not in a position to say that hewould agree to the appointment ofthe committee, and the hearing wasadjourned until late in the day to per-mit of communication with Dowie atZion City.

Swallowed Dundy's Watch.NEW YORK "Gyp," the big trained

elephant of the New York Hippodrome,while Manager "Skip" Dundy was petting her in hsr stall Tuesday, playfullylifted his fob diamond studded watchand charm from his pocket and beforehe could grasp her trunk swallowedthe timepiece. It was a highly valuedpresent from his father. He gave"Gyp" five gallons of castor oil andoffered fifty dollars reward.

Reports oh the Grounding.WASHINGTON. The report of

Capt. Perry Garat of the battleshipRhode Island on the grounding of thatvessel on York Split recently has beenreceived at the navy department Itshows that the cause of the accidentwas an error of judgment, and Capt.jarst has suggested a court of inquiry,which has been ordered.

Political Plot in San Domingo.SAN DOMINGO. Republic of Santo

Domingo, via Hayti. It became knowntoday that the authorities on Sunday,May 6, discovered a plot to assassinatePresident Caceres as he was leavingthe theater. Several arrests havebeen made. Shots were exchangedlast night near this city between ruralguards and supposed revolutionists.

Nebraskans on a JauntPHILLIPSBURG, Kas. The mem-

bers of the trade excursion had anextraordinary pleasant trip throughKansas. From Fairbury to Phillips-bur- g

there is one continuous field ofalfalfa hay. The prospects for the:rop were never better and the treat-ment accorded the visitors all aongthe line was correspondingly good.Much was done to strengthen the traderelations with the western towns.Great crowds greeted the trade excur-sion, and the Alma band again cov-

ered itself with glory.

Mrs. Blaine Seeks Divorce.WASHINGTON. Mrs. James G.

Blaine, formerly Martha Hichborn,daughter of Rear Admiral Hichborn,retired, has informed her friends herethat she is going to Sioux Falls, S. D..to spend the summer. There appearsto be but little question why Mk.Blaine chooses South Dakota as a re-

sort in place of Atlantic City, whereshe has in former years spent a con-siderable portion of each summer. TheInference is, of course, that she is tak-ing

asteps looking to securing a

The amendmentCOURT REVIEW FEATURE OF

RAILROAD BILL REJECTED.

CONSIDER ALLISON AMENDMENT

Rayner Asserts that the Proposed Com.promise is Exactly What RailroadCompanies Desire The Anti-P- iProvision Discussed.

WASHINGTON Senator Bailey'snonsuspenslon amendment applying to

I orers 0f tne Interstate Commercecommission as covered by the railroadrate bill, which has occupied so muchof the attention' of the senate In con-nection with that bill, was on Fridayadversely disposed of by the decisivevote of 23 to 54. practically a partyvote. The debate on the provision waslimited to a brief political speech byits author in which he said the presi-dent bad changed his attitude on thequestion of maintaining the rates fixedby the commission until the courtsreach a final decision.

An amendment offered by SenatorRayner confining the court review toconstitutional questions was also voteddown, but not until after speeches hadbeen made by Messrs. Rayner andBailey in advocacy and Messrs Alli-son, Fulton, Long and Cullom in op-position. The debate was in antici-pation of the discussion that is expect-ed to occur upon the Allison court re-view provision Saturday. Messrs.Rayner and Bailey contended that theAllison amendment authorizes thebroadest possible court review and theMaryland senator urged that in it Sen-ator Aldrich had achievea a signal vic-tory. Senator Fulton stated that hehad first suggested the language ofthe Allison provision.

A number of other amendments, of-fered by democrats and by Senator LaFollette. were rejected. The votes weregenerally along party lines during theentire day, but the Wisconsin sena-tor voted with the democrats on all.proposition and Messrs. McEnery andMorgan, democrats, voted with the re-publicans on most of them.

The only amendments accepted dur-ing the day were those offered by Sen-ator Allison striking out the phrase"fairly remunerative" in the provisionallowing interstate Commerce commis-sion to fix rates; limiting the operationof orders of the commission to twoyears, and making the Interstate Com-merce commission the defendant insuits challenging the rates fixed by it

The anti-pas- s provision heretoforeadopted was again discussed. It isevident that it will be modified.

DOWIE'S CONDITION CRITICAL.

Physician Says He Can Live But a FewDays.

CHICAGO The- - condition of JohnAlexander Dowie is said to be nearinga critical stage. The venerable "firstapostle" has taken to his bed and hisstrength is failing. The selling of thestrength is failing. The swelling of thecharacteristic of his affliction, is saidto have extended upwards until with-in a few inches of the heart Dr.Blanks, who has been in constant at-

tendance upon Dowie since his returnfrom Mexico, said that he might, byreason of his great vitality, live aweek or ten days, but that a fatal ter-mination of the disease within two orthree days would not be surprising.

PAPER TRUST QUITS.

Combine Concludes Not to Fight SuitAgainst it Further.

ST. PAUL, Minn. .-- The UnitedStates government on Friday securedan unconditional surrender in theUnited States circuit court beforeJudge Sanborn in the suit which theattorney general began on December27, 1904. to dissolve the combinationbetween the General Paper companyand twenty-thre- e other defendants onthe ground that an agreement hadbeen entered into by the defendantsin restraint of interstate commerce.

Soap Found in Sand Hills.SIOUX CITY. la. Farmers from

Savage, Neb., brought to Sioux Citysamples of a remarkable "mountainsoap" discovered near that town. Itseems the mound lying among thesand hills contains fine sand of aboutthe sort used in scouring soaps. Ow-

ing to some chemical it is sa.d tolather in water, and the owners of asoap factory here will analyze it. Thefarmers thereabouts, it is said, arehauling away the soap sand by thewagon load, and using it to cleandishes, scour floors and wash bands.

Senators Cannot Visit Wayne.WASHINGTON The people of

Wayne, Neb., have planned a rousingFourth of July celebration and havewriten Congressman McCarthy to se-

cure for the occasion either SenatorLa Follette or Senator Tillman. Mr.McCarthy saw both gentlemen, butprevious engagements compelled themto decline.

Panama Warned to Be Quiet.WASHINGTON Revolutionary

movements or election troubles inPanama which in any way interferewith .work on the canal zone justifythe interference' of the United Statesin spite of the Panama government.Such is the tenor of the instructionssent to Governor Ma'goon of the canalzone by Secretary Taft, who also sub-mitted to Governor Magoon a letterfrom Secretary Root setting forth indetail what is stated to be the justifi-cation of American interference incase of disorder.

American Fishermen Released.WASHINGTONThe American fisher-

men arrested for alleged poaching offthe Mexican coast and placed in jail atProgresso have been released underConsul Thompson's pledge for theirappearance for trial.

Pension Bills Passed.WASHINGTON Three hundred and

twenty pension bills were passed bythe house Friday in one hour and a

half. 'This record has never beenequalled in the disposition of pensionlegislation.

FENCES MUST GO.

Otherwise Uncle Sam Will VffSrsuslyAct.

OMAHA By an order issued byJudge Manger twenty-fiv- e cattlemenare given five days in which to'removetheir unlawful fences from the gov-ernment domain. If the illegal wiresare not down at the end of that pe-riod Marshal Warner is ordered topull them down and destroy .them atthe expense of the cattlemen. Thecattlemen are also permanently en-joined from constructing fences uponthe public domain.

One of these restraining orders wasissued against Rev. George W. Ware,president of the U. B. I. Land andCattle company, in Hooker county.Eight other defendants are included inthe suit and the injunction operatesagainst all of them. Their illegal

comprises over 111,000 acresof government land, and all the unlaw-ful homestead entries within the

have been recommended forcancellation.

The suit against Ware, Henry Hoff--gard, foreman of the ranch, Reuben W.Mahaffy and R. H. Shimmin was filedby Special District Attorney Rush lastNovember. In default of their filingan answer to the petition, or appear-ing in person to answer the allegationsof the complaint, they will now haveto face the decree which was preparedby Mr. Rush and presented to JudgeMunger for his signature Tuesday. Hesigned this one and the decree in sixother similar cases late in the after-noon.

A similar order has been Issuedagainst William E. Black, T. B. Hordand fifteen other defendants to obligethem to remove their fences from theDismal river forest reserve in Thomascounty.

Their inclosure comprises about85,000 acres.

In the Niobrara forest reserve theFederal Cattle company, with ten oth-er defendants, has been ordered to re-move" fences irom 100,000 acres of gov-

ernment land.Likewise a judgment has been taken

against Robert Gillespie and Jacob W.Steller in Thomas county.

In Custer company Charles and Er-nest Gutherie are commanded to takedown their fences, and in Cherry coun-ty Robert Gillespie and Jacob W. Stet-te- r

are obliged to do the same.

PRESIDENT ASKS FOR MONEY.

Message Recommends Appropriationof Half Million to Buy Food.

WASHINGTON The president hastransmitted to congress a letter fromSecretary Taft recommending the ap-

propriation of an additional 500.000 tomeet conditions at San Francisco. Thepresident's letter follows:

"I herewith trans .t a letter fromthe secretary of war in respect to thesituation as to the army supplies atSan Francisco. This letter containsappendices showing the supplies whichhave been transmitted to San Fran-cisco and their cost and sets forth thenecessity of an additional appropria-tion of $500,000, which I recommendbe made at once.

"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."

VAULTS ARE NOW BEING OPENED.

Banks Find Securities Intact in SafesWhich Passed Through Fire.

SAN FRANCISCO Safety depositboxes in several big institutions thatprovide these fireproof receptacles forthe public were made accessible Tues-day. The vaults opened were those ofthe Union Trust. Crocker Woolworth.Canadian Bank of Commerce and. Mer-cantile Trust institutions. Steel andasbestos had performed their trustwell. All the contents of the stselboxes were found intact Nothing washarmed.

Iowa Crop Bulletin.DES MOINES. la. The past week

has been abnormally cool, closingwith heavy to killing frosts in all dis-

tricts on the mornings of the Cth and7th. The minimum temperatures werebelow freezing at numerous stations,and possibly the more tender varietiesof fruits have suffered some damage.In about one-thir- d of the state, in thewestern and northern districts, therainfall was above normal, but gener-ally conditions were favorable forplowing and preparations for planting.

Strike Becoming Serious.ROME Disturbances of a grave na-

ture have occurred at Bologna, in con-

nection with the general strike. Sev-eral officers and soldiers were wound-ed, and many buildings, .includingsome of the hospitals, were stoned.At Milan the strike has not resultedin any disturbance and is generallycondemned.

Vesuvius Trembling Again.NAPLES Vesuvius is again show-in- v

activity. A cloud of smoke hangsover the crater and rumblings were no-

ticeable. The main crater is discharg-ing sand and cinders.

Miners Ratify AgreementSCRANTON. Pa. Work will be com-

menced by the mine workers through-out the anthracite fields in Pennsylva-nia Thursday morning. The repairmen and any others necessary to pre-pare the collieries for general opera-tion will report for work on Wednes-day morning. This was decided uponat the closing session of the conven-tion held Tuesday afternoon. At themorning session the agreement enteredinto on Monday between the operatorsand the scale committee was formally beratified.

Minister is Assassinated.WASHINGTON Mr. Corea, the NIc-aragu- an

minister here, received a ca-

blegram Wednesday stating that Adol-f- o

Altamirano, the Nicaraguan minis-ter for foreign affairs, has been assas-sinated.

Sherman Law Obsolete.CINCINNATI, O. Charles G. Dawes,

former comptroller of the currency, inspeech before the Bankers club de-

claredH.

that the Sherman anti-tru- st

law Is s dead letter and a discourag I

ing Influence to business. the

READY rllHTnTrTTRIPLETT WILL CONTEST THE

CHARGES AGAINST HIM.

HAS LAWYERS AT BOTH ENDS

Indicted for Land Frauds OffenderArrested in Texas, but Will Returnto Nebraska and Answer BeforeCourt for His Transgressions.

OMAHA That Aquilla Triplett in-

dicted as alleged procurer of fraudu-lent filings on public lands within thebig cattle ranch enclosures in thenorthwestern part of the state, is go-

ing to put up a fight against convic-tion in the United States courts isshown in the fact that his Omaha at-torney, A. H. Burnett appeared at thefederal building Wednesday and an-nounced that he would represent Trip-le- tt

in the cases now before the Uni-ted States court. Counsel has alsobeen provided for Triplett at El Paso,Tex., where he is now in custodyawaiting transfer to the jurisdiction ofthe Nebraska district of the UnitedStates courts.

The department of justice expectsto prove a great many importantthings in the fraudulent land tilingcases by Triplett, and for this reasonmonths have been spent in his appre-hension and if necessary his extradi-tion from Mexico, where he had tied.'after hearing that he was wanted.The government is in possession ofinformation that Aquilla Triplettknows more of the fraudulent landpractices in the cattle country thanany other man and the impression isprevalent at the federal building thatthe suspected cattle barons are backof Triplett's defense and will employthe best legal talent that money canprocure to keep him from going be-icr- e

the grand jury, much less cometo trial under the indictments foundagainst him already.

FENCES COME DOWN.

Eight Hundred Thousand Acres Nowfor Free Ranj;c.

OMAHA Unlawful fences whichinclosed SOO.OOO acres of the govern-ment domain in the western part ofne state have been taken down.Sworn statements to that effect havebeen received by Special District At-torney Rush from twenty-fiv- e cattle-men against 'whom he brought sevencivil actions, five in federal circuitcourt and two in federal district court

These actions were all injunctionsuits filed last fall, and three daysago decrees were issued commandingthe cattlemen to remove their fenceswithin five days and enjoining thempermanently trom constructing fencesupon government land. None of thecattlemen appeared or answered thebills of complaint, and the reason theydid not is now obvious. They hadcomplied with the oraer to removetheir fences before the ofllcial decreeswere issued by Judge Munger.

As the result of abandoning tne. il-

legal fences, vast tracts of land, out-side the inclosures of the big cattlecompanies' inclosures, have been re-

linquished.

CONDITION OF WINTER WHEAT.

Average for United States Six PointsAbove Mean for Ten Years.

WASHINGTON The crop report-ing board of the bureau of statisticsof the department or agriculture, fromthe reports of the correspondents nadagents of the bureau, finds the areaunder winter wheat remaining in cul-

tivation on May 1 to have been about29,C2::,000 acres. This is 6 per cent,or about 1,718,000 acres, less than thearea reported as sown last fall, and 1

per cent, or about 941,000 acres. lessthan the area of winter wheat report-ed as harvested last

The average condition of the grow-ing winter wheat crop on May l was91. as compared with 89 on April 1,1906; 92 on May 1, 1905: 76 on May 1.1904. and 85, the mean of the May av-

erage for the last ten

Entitled to Pensions.WASHINGTON. The house com-

mittee on pensions on Friday author-ized a favorable report on the Scottbill, which gives a pensionable statusto the veterans or their widows of theEighteenth and Nineteenth Kansasvolunteer cavalry regiments under theact of June 17, 1900. providing for pen-sions for soldiers who served ninetydays during the civil war. These regi-ments were mustered in just at thclose of the war, but did valuable ser-vice in repelling Indian attacks there-after.

Joseph Leiter Suspended.CHICAGO. Announcement was

made Friday that Joseph Leiter, whocarried on a spectacular "corner" inwheat eight years ago, had been sus-pended from membership on the Chi-cago board of trade. Leiter's suspension, it Is said, was because of com-plaint from a trader, that a bill for$8,000 for services rendered duringthe time the what corner was si forcewas still unpaid. In commenting onthe action of the board of trade direc-tors, Leiter did not seem to care muchabout his suspension.

Japs Help San Francisco.WASHINGTON Secretory Taft, in

his capacity of president of the Amer-ican Red Cross, has informed the Jap-anese ambassador that funds beingcollected from the general public inJapan for San Francisco's relief will

gratefully accepted, by the RedCross.

Murderous Nebraska Woman.DENVER. Colo. While soundly

sleeping after his night's work asbrakeman on the Colorado & Southernrailway, H. W. Benner, formerly ofFairbury, Neb., was dealt a terribleblow on the head with an ax by hiswife. He may die.

Blenk Succeeds Chapel le.WASHINGTON Right Rev. James

Blenk, bishop of Porto Rico, hasbeen appointed archbishop of NewOrleans to fill the vacancy created by

death of Archbishop Chapelle.

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