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Casualties Thus Far NumberTwenty-Tw- o, With 145 Mars r

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..New York Sixteen passengers wereWHedoutright foar others had died orttieirlnjuries up to midnight and atleast fifty more were more or less seri-ously' injured in the wreck of theWhite Plains and Brewster express oathe partem division of the New YorkCentral ft Hudson River railroad nearWOodJawa road in the Bronx, boroughof Greater New York, Saturday.

A sheet' of electrical flame that sig-

nalled the disaster enveloped the rearcar and for a moment threatened toroast the victims penned in the debris.The' 'flames did not, however, spread,and the horror of a holocaust wasaverted. As the cars fell they smashedthe third rail, breaking the currentand ending danger from this source. Inthe crash, however, there was deathfor many, while practically ever' oneia the four coaches-receive- d injuries ofsome sort. Many were ground to pieces,and for hours identification was al-

most hopeless. As the cars went overmany of the passengers were throwninto', or through the windows and cutand maimed.

The train left tie Grand Central sta-tion at 6:13 o'clock, drawn by twoheavy electric motors and loaded witha matinee crowd and commuters ontheir' way home from business in thecity.' It consisted of a combinationbaggage and smoking car and fivecoaches. After stopping at 125thstreet the train was scheduled to runexpress to White Plains.

At Woodlawn road the four tracksnm through a rocky cut and take asharp curve. When the train reachedthe curve it was running at a speedestimated by some at sixty miles anfeeler. rsr Both motors and the smokingcar swung safely around the curve, butthe other cars left the rails andplunged over on their sides with a ter-rific crash, tearing up the tracks for ahundred yards before they collapsed.

Later Twenty-tw- o dead and 145others more or less seriously injuredis; the result of the wreck of an electric express train on the New YorkCentral at 205th street and Websteravenue. Of the large number of in-

jured, fifty are, according to hospitaland police reports, seriously hurt andthe death list may be increased withinthe, next twenty-four- " hours. Most ofthe 'others are suffering from lacera-tion's or shock and will recover.

HOUSE TO PASS BILL MONDAY.

It Will Be Amended to Exclude AllCoolie Labor.

Washington After an hour's con-

ference with President Roosevelt onSaturday. Representative Jas. E. Wat-son of:. Indiana, the republican whip inthe house of representatives, saidthere' is absolutely no doubt regard-ing jthe passage of the immigrationbill.' including the amendment to ex-

clude" 'coolie labor from continentalUnited States. "The 'president is veryanxioas." Mr. Watson said, "that thebill he taken up the first thing Mon-day, .and I have sent out special no-

tices 'to all the republican members tobein their seats Monday in orderthat we may reach a rote at an earlyhour.'t

CAN SHUT THE DOOR.

Senate Gives Consent to Barring ofv Coolies.

Washington The administrationplan to settle the California-Japanes-e

situation was approved in the senateSaturday by the adoption of the con-ference report on the immigration bill.This report contains a provision whichauthorizes the president to excludeJapanese laborers from the UnitedStates at his discretion.

Kelsey Refuses to Resign.Albany. N.;k. Otto Kelsey. superin-

tendent of insurance for the state ofNew York, in a letter to GovernorHughes, has declined to accede to thegovernor's request that he resign hisoffice,,' to which he was apopinted inMay,of last year by Governor Higgins.

Harriet Lowell Barrett Dead.Loyeland. O. Harriet Lowell Ba-

rrett the favorite niece of James Rus-sell Lowell, the poet, died Sunday.aged80. Her husband. Joseph H. Bar-rettag- ed

84. was commissioner of pen-sions under President Lincoln.

Trouble Thought To Be Over.Manila An investigation of the re-

cent 'attack and burning of two townsin occidental Negros bay February 13by Pulajanas shows that the troubleis over. No further outbreak is ex-pected.

t Congressman is Set Free.Baton Rouge. La. The motion to

quash the indictment against Cong-

ressman-elect Favrot, charged withmurdering Dr. Metcalf. was sustainedby Favrot's successor on the benchto Judge Brunot

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Complications. With Turkey.Chicago Serious complications be-twe-

the United States and Turkeywere. predicted for the near future byRev.jF. E. Hoskins. a Presbyterianmissionary, residing in Beirut. Syria.He spoke Saturday night at a lunch-eon k honor of several missionarieswho ire on their way to the Presby-terian? intcr-synodic-al missionary con-vention in Omaha. The difficulty.Mr. Hoskins declared, originates inthe doubtful position of Turks thatare naturalized as American citizens'who return to thei- - native land.

Damages in Sum of $50,000.New York One of the largest set-

tlements ever made by a railroad com-pany in a suit for personal injurieswas jblosed when the action of Ed-war- dl'

Kleist of New Rochelle, for$20.00 damages against the NewYork.' Central Railroad company wassettled for $50,900.

House Hears Eulogies.Washington The house was in -s-ession

for an hour and a half Sundayhearingalogies Mt the late Represen-tative Robert Hitt ct Illinois.

JAP SCHOOL ISSUE SETTLED.

In Time San Franciece Will AbolishOriental School.

Washington The San Franciscoschool controversy, growing out of thesegregation of the - Japanese schoolchildren in that city, has been settled.The basis of the agreement reachedat the White House conference Is thatMayor Schmltz and the members of theschool board will, immediately 'afterthe passage of tho immigration bill asreported by the conferees in congress,abolish the. oriental schools and againadmit Japanese children into the wholeschools.

The president and Secretary Root as-

sured the Californians that if the billis not passed at this session, an extrasession will be called immediatelyafter the adjournment on March 4,

The abolishment of the orientalschools refers, "of course, only to theuse of them by the Japanese. Theirmaintenance for the Chinese will becontinued.

Statement by Schmitz.Mayor Schmitz gave out the follow-

ing signed statement:"We have come to a satisfactory un

derstanding on the assumption thatcongress will pass the amendment tothe immigration bill introduced Feb-ruary 13. Until the amendment isenacted into law we shall make nostatement as to what the understand-ing is."

Mayor Schmitz received the answerof the Japanese government to hisproposition for separate school fromSecretary Root on Friday and afterconferring with the members of theschool board, he again called at theState department and informed Secre-tary Root that the school board hasfinally reached an agreement to rescind its order establishing orientalschool, but no action will be taken inthis direction until the immigrationbill, including the exclusion amend-ment, had been passed by congress andsigned by the president. They sub-mitted this agreement to SecretaryRoot in writing.

The Californians called at the WhiteHouse at 4 o'clock and after a thirty-fiv-e

minute conference with the presi-dent and Secretary Root announcedthat an amicable agreement, had beenreached and Mayor Schmitz promisedto give out a formal statement in theevening. Secretary Root, who re-

mained with the president for sometime aftrer the San Franciscans leftthe White House, was rather non-committal in his observations of the re-

sult of the conference. He did admit,however, that "everybody looked sore,'?but would not say whether a completeagreement had been reached.

EXPRESS COMPANIES NEXT.

Congressman Kennedy Introduces Res-olution to Investigate Them.

Washington Congressman Kennedyintroduced a resolution calling uponthe interstate commerce commission toinvestigate the leading express compa-nies of the United States, which arecharged by the Western Fruit Jobbers'association with mixing up with theirbusiness. The secretary of the West-ern Fntit Jobbers' association is E. B.Branch of Omaha, who made a reportto the convention' at Kansas Citywhich resulted in the adoption of aresolution by that body. The resolu-tion was introduced in the house athis request and was referred to theinterstate and foreign commerce

M'KIM COMMITS SUICIDE.

Former Employe of Cudahy PackingCompany Kills Himself.

Kansas City John R. McKim, aged48 years, a prominent miller of Pitts-burg. Kas., committed suicide in theCentronoHs hotel here by taking car-bolic acid. McKim was formerly con-nected with the Cudahy Packing com-pany at South Omaha and later withthe Kansas City Baking Powder com-pany of Chicago.

Ninety-Si- x Millions for Navy.Washington The house, after a

highly interesting debate, passed thenaval appropriation bill, which carriesin round numbers S96.000.000. Mr.Burton (O.) made an effort to strikeout the provision for an additionalbattleship of the Dreadnought type.Mis amendment was voted down. 114to 14G. Speeches on the amendmentwere made by Burton and Kitchin (N.C), Slayden (Tex.), Crumpacker(Ind.). Hull (la.), Sulzer (N. Y.).Waldo (N. Y.), Weeks (Mass.), Long-wort- h

(O.) and Fobs (111.).

Big Increase in Trade.Washington The enormous growth

of American trade with its non-contiguo-

territories in the last calendaryear, as contrasted with the precedingone, is shown in figures compiled bythe bureau of statistics of the depart-ment of commerce and labor.

In value this commerce aggregates$131,000,000. compared with less than$100,000,000 in 1904.

Reduces Railroad Fares.Montgomery, Ala. Governor Comer

approved the bill reducing railroadrates from 3 to 2 cents.

Friends Kill Two-Ce- nt Fare.Pierre, S. D. In the house the 2-c-

rate bill was killed by its friendsin an effort to save it from indefinitepostponement The killing was theresult of a failure to understand thesituation in a parliamentary way. Car-roll, the introducer of the bill, movingto (able ;a motion, to indefinitely post-pone, which was carried on roll call,taking the hOl to the table, and assoon as that had been accomplished.Browne raised .the point of order thatthe bill was tabled and dead,, and wassustained by the speaker.

Anti-Pas- s Bill Postponed.Boise, Idaho The state senate indefi-

nitely postponed action on the anti-pa-ss

bill, which passed the house by abig majority. The vote in the senatewas 12 to 5.

Tariff Revision Asked.Madison. Wis. Assemblyman Miller

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EXTRACTS FROM GENERAL KURO-PATKIN- S

HISTORY.

There Large Volumes Furnish Proof ofMilitary fiieffciency and Down-

right Disobedience.

St Petersburg General Kuropat-kin'- s

history of the RussoJapaccsewar, which was confiscated by the Rus-

sian government, has at last becameaccessible, despite the most ext-e- me

precautions to prevent this gl!.ug offi-

cial indictment from reaching the pub-lic. The work is remarkable for itshistoric value as the closing chapterof the war from the pen of the comma-

nder-in-chief and for the mercilesscriticism of, the men and measureswhich, in Kuropatkin's estimate,swept Russian and its army to defeat.

The work consists of three bulkyvolumes respectfully devoted to thebattle of Liao Yang, of the Sha riverand of Mukden.

The voluminous general orders, statistics, reports and other documentarymatter with the "conclusions," consti-tute most amazing revelations of dis-organization and incapability and evenof disobedience, of specific and urgentorders by certain general officers in-

trusted with high commands in thefield, notably General Kaulbars,against whom formidable indictmentis framed, saddling upon him the en-tire responsibility for the defeat atMukden.

Kuropatkin's reasons for the failureof the war are based chiefly upon acomparison of the warlike spirit of theJapanese, their preparedness andvalor, which he says had never beenseen in any previous war, and theirability to maintain the numerical su-

periority necessary to assume the of-

fensive with the disadvantages ofRussia, owing to the inadequacy of thesingle track railway from Europe,with commanding officers disobeyingorders and in a hopeless state of con-fusion of morale and confidence amongthe troops and continuous news fromhome of internal troubles and of insults and reproaches against the army.

BILL FOR AN IRISH COUNCIL.

British Cabinet Drafts Measure Pro- -viding for Home Rule.

London Following closely upon hisannouncement of the intention of thegovernment to Introduce a measure toimprove the government of Ireland,Augustine Birrell, chief secretary forIreland, gave formal notice that a bill"to establish an Irish council for otherpurposes connected therewith," wouldbe introduced. Thus is the liberalgovernment keeping its promise to thenationalists to place Irish legislationto the forefront of the present sessionof parliament.

Bishop Bonacum Turned Down.Naples Archbishop Quigley of Chi

cago Is stopping here for a few days.Bishop Bonacum of Nebraska also ishere. He seems not to have obtainedfrom the congregation of the propa-ganda all be asked in presentation ofhis charges against Rev. Father Mur-phy of Seward, Neb.

Nominated by President.Washington The president sent to

the senate the following nominations:Surveyor of customs for the port of

Houston, Tex., Samuel L. Hain.Register of the land office at Alli-

ance, Neb., William W. Wood.

They Agree Not to Fight.Washington Dispatches received

by the president from the presidentsof Nicaragua and Honduras give as-surance of the maintenance of peace-ful relations between these two coun-tries. In response to the joint note ofthe United States, Mexico, Guatemalaand other Central American countries,both presidents have signified theirwillingness to agree to any step whichmay be taken leading np to the sub-mission of the questions in dispute toan arbitration court.

It Satisfies Japan.Washington It became known

through information Imparted in of-

ficial circles that Japan regards withfavor the amendment which it ia pro-posed to add to the immigration billnow pending In congress and whichin effect prevents the entry into thiscountry of Japanese coolies. ,

or la urosse, a repuoucaa, introduced I Mound City, Kas. Colonel Jamesjoint resolution hi the legislature I Findley Harrison, a grandson of Presl-memorallzi- ng

the president to call a i dent William Henry Hsrrison, died atspecial .session of nmnm nw luaai.- - J hSadm here f oM age. aged $2diate revision of the tarieV I years.

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JUDICIAL BILMS REPORTED

MEASURE AS AGREED UPON GOESTO THE HOUSE..

Report of Tirrell Quite Voluminous,Setting Forth Nebraska's

Need for a New Judge.

Washington Representative Tirrillof Massachusetts on Wednesday re-ported favorably the bill introducedby Judge Norris giving an additionalfederal judge to the district of Nebras-ka. Judge Norris' bill is made a sub-stitute to Senator Burkett's bill, whichpassed the senate at the last sessionof congress in order that Senator Bur-k- et

may move to pass the bill withouthaving it to go to the judiciary commit-tee of the senate.

The report filed by Mr. Tirrill israther voluminous, going into thewhole subject of the creation of addi-tional judges for federal districts andamong other things it states:

"On July 1, 1905, there were 127criminal cases on the docket in theNebraska district and on the same daythere were twenty-si-x civil cases inwhich the United States was interest-ed. On the same date there were onthe docket 239 civil cases in which theUnited States was not interested, mak-ing the total number of cases pendingin said districts 392. On July 1, 1906,there were pending, civil cases, 330;criminal cases, 130. Total 460.

"Excluding Sundays and legal holi-days court was In session in 1903 allbut forty-fiv- e days, and in 1904 all butthirty-eig- ht days.

"Notwithstanding the fact that thedistrict judge of this district has heldcourt practically every day in the yearand has been assisted by several out-side judges, they have by their com-bined efforts been unable to dispose ofthe business as fast as the cases arefiled."

A comparison is made with Iowa,which contains two judicial districts,and during one fiscal year the totaljudgments In civil cases in these twojudicial districts in Iowa amounted to$72,567. During the same period thetotal judgments rendered in the dis-trict of Nebraska amounted to $557,683.

The report recites that Judge Mun-ge-rhas said that he is very much in

need of help and that it is practicallyimpossible for him to do the work ofthe district. He states also that thework of the circuit is increasing veryrapidly, sixty-eig-ht more cases havingbeen commenced than were disposedof during the year ending June 30,1905, and that it will be more difficultin the. future to obtain assistance fromother judges, in consequence thereof.

HALF MILLION DOLLARS GONE.

New Britain, Conn., Bank TreasurerLoots Vault of Securities.

New Britain, Conn. More than500,000 worth of securities were

taken from the vaults of the Savingsbank of New Britain by the missingtreasurer, William F. Walker, accord-ing to' a statement issued Wednesdayby the board of directors of the

The Japanese School Question.Washington.. D. C- - The Japanese

school controversy is settled in so faras President Roosevelt, MayorSchmitz and the members of the SanFrancisco school board are concerned.'An amicable adjustment of the ques-

tion now rests with congress.

Bradford H. Cox is Dead.Kansas City Bradford Hibbard

Cox, a Sunday school worker and evan-gelist with a national reputation, diedhere as the result of ptomaine poison-ing from eating oysters. Mr. and Mrs.Cox last Sunday ate some oysters in alocal restaurant and at midnight. Mr.Cox awoke with severe pains in hisstomach. His wife, too, was ill and aphysician was summoned. An emeticwas administered at once to Mrs. Cox,bur Mr. Cox said he did not believe inmedicine, and he refused to be treated.He died soon after.

Two-Cen-t Fare Bill Reported.Jefferson City, Mo. The railroad

committee of the house of the Mis-souri legislature favorably reportedthe nt railroad passenger ratebill, with amendments,, making itcomply with the senate bill alreadypassed.

Defeat' Libel Bill.Denver. Colo. The senate defeated

the Laiton libel bill, fashioned after

LIVES LOST IN THE ICY SEA.

A Passenger Steamer and Freight

' Block Island, R. L About 15persons went to their death ia BlockIsland sound Tuesday sight as a re-sult of a collision between the threemasted schooner Harry Knowlton and)the Joy Lime steamer Larchmont,bound from Providence to New Yprk.It is estimated that including the crewthere were nearly 200 persons oaboard the steamer when she sailedfrom Providence. Of these only nine-teen appear to have survived the dis-aster, ten members of the crew andnine passengers.

Awakened from their slumbers iatheir state, rooms, the unfortunate passengers were at the mercy of the fates.Many. It ia believed, went down with,the ship. Others, temporarily thank-ful that they had escaped drowning,prayed that they might be relieved ofthe terrible pain caused by theirfrozen bodies, and one identified pas-senger plunged a knife into his throatand ended his sufferings.

The few who survived were in a pit-- I

iful condition. In almost every casetheir arms and legs hung helplessly asthey were lifted out of the boats inwhich they reached shore. During theday forty-eigh- t bodies came ashore,either in boats or thrown np by thesea. Only six of the 48 bodies identified.

The cause of the accident has notbeen satisfactorily explained. It oc-

curred just off Watch hill, about 11o'clock at night, when the three-ma- st

ed schooner Harry Knowlton, boundfrom South Amboy to Boston with acargo of coal crashed into the steam-er's port side amidships. CaptainGeorge McVey of the Larchmont de-

clares that the Knowlton suddenlyswerved from its courst. lifted up intothe wind and crashed into his vessel.Captain Haley of the Knowlton as-serts that the steamer did not give hisvessel sufficient sea room.

The steamer, with a huge hole tornin its side, was so seriously damagedthat no attempt was made to run forshore, and it sank to the bottom In lessthan half an hour. The Knowltonafter it had backed away from thewreck began to fill rapidly, but thecrew manned the pumps and kept itafloat until it reached --a point of Quon-ocbontau- g,

where they put out in thelifeboat and rowed ashore.

TWO-CEN- T FARE IN IOWA.

Measure Passes the House without aDissenting Vote.

Des Moines, la. Without a dissent-ing voice or even debate the Iowahouse of representatives passed thereduced railway tare measure whichwas Saturday reported for passage bythe house committee on railways. Thismeasure is one prepared by the com-mittee and is a compromise for thenumeroas nt fare and family mile-age bill introduced. Its provisionsare that all railroads having an earn-ing capacity of $4,000 or more permile shall sell transportation at 2cents; those whose gross annualearnings per mile shall be $3,000 andup to $4,000, shall sell transportationat 2 cents, and those whose grossannual earnings per mile are less than$3,000 shall sell transportation at 3cents per mile.

NEPHEW COUNTS SUCCESSOR.

John D. Creignton Said to Be Selectedto Continue Benefactions.

Omaha While the contents of JohnA. Creighton's will have not been dis-closed, it is widely reported that hisnephew, John D. Creignton, who is oneof the' administrators of the estate,has been charged with the duty ofcontinuing the philanthropic life workof the count. This means that Creigh-to- n

university and the various schoolsand hospitals he has assisted are toreceive further endowments..

Pure Food Bill Passes.Topeka, Kas. The senate on Tues-

day passed the Huffman pure foodlaw and it now goes to the governorfor his signature. The law as passedby the senate provides that all patentmedicines should have plainly labeledon the bottle whether or not the medi-cine contained the habit-produci-

drugs, besides arsenic, strychnine,heroin or caffein. The house struckout the words arsenic, strychnine, her-oin and caffein. The senate agreedupon the house amendment.

Public Land Leasing.Washington Without continuing

its hearing on the Burkett amendmentto the agricultural appropriation billproviding for the leasing of publiclands for grazing, the senate com-mittee Tuesday agreed to adopt theamendment. Several amendments tothe Burkett proposition were adopted,however, designed to protect the in-terests of homesteaders. The policyoutlined, which is favored by the pre&ident was agreed upon by a bare majority of the committee.

Italian Poet Dead.Bologna Ciosue Carducci, the Ital-

ian poet and critic, who has beenill here for some days with influenzaand pneumonia died Friday.

Burbank Out of Prison.Leavenworth. Kas. Lieutenant

Sidney S. Burbank was released fromthe federal penitentiary Tuesday afterserving nearly fifteen months andstarted for Indianapolis, where he willvisit a brother for a few days. He declined to make known his plans afterthat Burbank talked with an Associated Press representative after heleft the prison and took occasion tdcriticise the officers responsible forhis conviction. Some time later hewould, he declared, make a state)ment regarding his cast.

Beckwith Granted Oivorce.Monat Pleasant, la. Warren Beck-

with was 'granted a divorce from Jes-sie Lincoln, a daughter of Robert TLincoln, - and a granddaughter ofAbraham Lincoln. Beckwith allegeddesertion. The couple was marriedseveral years ago.

Frank W. Higgins Is Dead.Oleaa, N. Y. Former Governor

Frank W. Higgins died at 8:40 p. m.the Pennypacker law of Pennsylvania. Tuesday. He remained unconsciousoa third.'readiog.-- - .The. billxhad' al-- .to the last death coming in its mostready passed the house. peaceful form and free from pain.

MATTER CONSIDERED BEFORECOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.

Hearing Is Heard en Amendment bySenator urkett to the Agricul-

tural Appropriation Bill.

Washington Government policy laregard to the .control of grazing landin lae puouc oomain and the interestsof large and small cattlemen and thesheepmen, and the effect of protectionof stockmen , upon the homesteads,were considered Monday at a publichearing before the senate committeeon agriculture. The hearing was oaaa amendment by Senator Barkett ofNebraska to the agricultural appropri-ation bill, authorizing the secretary ofagricnltare to district the unreservedlands and charge and collect reason-able fees for grazing. The cattlemenwere represented by members of theAmerican National Live Stock associa-tion, who favored the-aneasur- e, whilethe sheepmen, represented by members or the National Wool Growersassociation, opposed it. During theproceedings a letter from PresidentRoosevelt, addressed to Senator War-re- n,

was read. It indorsed generalcontrol by the government of grazinglands, but insisted upon the protectionof the homesteader, and arraigned thosheepmen severely.

The cattlemen and sheepmen criti-cised each other, and defended theirown motives. The cattlemen made nodefense of the charges that they hadbeen violators of the law, and thesheepmen asserted that it was neces-sary for fencers of public lands tomake their peaee with the government,for "they would be convicted if everbrought to trial."

A. B. Dericqules of the AmericanNational Live Stock association out-lined the position of the cattlemen infavor of government control, and thencalled upon individual cattlemen forstatements. J. W. Boardman of Hel-ena, Mont., asserted that every cattle-man had violated the laws in regardto fencing. "Why, If you want to getthe list of violators, just take thomembership of the cattlemen's asso-ciation." he said.

"Including yourself?" asked Chair-man Proctor.

"Yes, sir; but I have taken myfences down," replied Mr. Boardman.He added that he had fallen into polit-ical disfavor 'and could no longer getfavoritism.

T.-W- . Gray of Gunnison, Colo., spokeon the leasing system, in order to pro-tect small raisers of cattle in Colo-rado against Utah sheep raisers bring-ing in large flocks that quickly reduceranges to a condition where cattlestarve."

PROOF OF HOMESTEADERS.

The Matter Is Subject of Conferenceat White House.

Washington The president's orderof January 25. forbidding the issue offinal certificate, patent or other evidence of title to public lands until anactual examination has been made onthe ground by an authorized government officer, except in certain speci-fied cases, was the subject of a con-ference at the white house, partici-pated in by Commissioner of Corpora-tions Garfield, Gifford Pinchot. Repre-sentatives Steenerson and Gronna, andseveral representatives of the geologi-cal survey. Mr. Steenerson said thepresident and his advisers had agreedto add to the exceptions to his gen-eral order so as to provide that titlemay issue in all homestead entriesupon which final proof of five yearsresidence has been made in accord-ance with law.

NEBRASKA JUDICIAL BILL.

Chadron is Adoed and CongressmanKinkaid is Satisfied.

Washington As a result of Mon-day's conferences the Nebraska dele-gation at the last seems to be unitedfor the first time on the judicial bill.Senators Millard and Burkett appeared

at the Germania works atdiciary committee and discussed themeasure, and it was agreed that a concession shaH be made to CongressmanKinkaid's demand for more than onoplace of holding court in his district.North Platte had been in the bill, andit was finally agreed that Chadronshould be added. On this condition themember from the Sixth said he wouldbe satisfied for the present.

Stockmen Ask a Transfer.Washington Alfred EL Dericules of

Denver, Colo., chairman of the grazingStock as

atassociation, is in Washingthead of a delegation of western stockraisers which is to prepare beforeagricultural commitee of the house andsenate to urge the enactment of legis-

lation to provide transfer of suchpublic lards as are suitable for graz-ing from the control of the interior de-

partment to control of the agricul-tural department.

Earthquake.Madrid A severe earthquake shock,

lasting seven seconds was felt at Al-

bania, province of Murcia. TuesJay.

Turkish Admiral Is Dead.Constantinople The recent sudden

death of Vice Admiral Hairi Pasha isoccasioning much comment. He hadjust been appointed, by imperial irade,chairman of the commission which isto examine the battleship Assar-1-Tewfi- k

(built in France and launchedin 1870) after its modernization and

at Germania work atKiel. Later an official visited HairiPasha and said it was desired to can-cel the irade. The admiral, refused tocomply and four hours later he wasdead.

Attempt to Kill Witte.London A special dispatch from St

Petersburg says an ma-chine was discovered accidentally ina chimney of the house occupied byCount Witte, the former premier. Themachine was timed to explode afterthe family had retired.'

Government Will Buy Bends.Washington The secretary of the

treasury has modified his offer of De-

cember 10 and will now jeeept $25.-OOO.f- Oe

of United Sta3h a of 1907 at101 for both registered and coupon.

GATHERED FROai r..HANGESAND PRESS DISPATCHES.

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Aa overall factory la about to ba es-

tablished at Crete.A food deal of parnimoam Is preva-le- at

ia Gage county.Para Normal has selected debaters

for the state contestSome cases of smallpox have been

reported ia Gage county.Methodists of Humboldt have decid-

ed to build a aew church.Work has been resumed on tho Y.

M. C. A. building at Beatrice.At Suntherland Frank Durland had

his leg mangled ia a ha ypreas.Tekamah will hold a bond election

to provide for as electric puntAa attempted jail delivery ia Has-

tings, discovered aad foiled.Farmers' Institutes here aad there

are generally quite well attendedHastings is now enjoying the great-

est prosperity known since 1887.F. W. Taylor, a brakemaa, fell from

the cars near Ruskia aad was badlyinjured.

Johnson county mortgage recordshows a decrease of about $15,000 forJanuary.

Wertz & Johnson have just complet-ed the purchase of 250 town lots in'Chappell.

New buildings of the Nebraska Nor-mal college at Wayne were dedicatedlast week.

The home of Ed. Gibson, just acrossthe river from Nebraska City, wasdestroyed by fire.

The farmers' institute of Washing-ton county had the attendance abbre-viated by bad roads.

J. H. Crow, aa old settler of Nancecounty, fell down stairs, receiving in-juries from which he died.

The Standard Bridge company hasbeen given the contract to repair allbridges in Burt county this year.

W. W. Butler, living near Belgrade.got his hand-s- o badly mashed in. acreamery that amputation became,necessary.

Alfalfa meal is much sought afteraround Superior by stockmea as afeed aad the manufacture is growing,enormously.

C. B. Smart, a former resident ofBeatrice, suicided at Davenport. Iowa.He had two wives, and even then life-wa-s

not worth living."

The Clay county farmers' institutewhich closed its session last week,adopted resolutions declaring againstfederal seed distribution.

Miss Ollle Morrow, a teacher In thapublic school at Red Cloud, died fromthe effects of a surgical operation torelieve her from appendicitis.

A school election was held ia Louis-ville for the purpose of voting $7,000bonds for building an addition to thepublic school. The proposition wasdefeated.

Matt Lief, who was accidentally shotat a wolf hunt near Utica. died fromhis wounds. He had lost too muchblood and nothing could be done tosave his life.

The city council of Beatrice, decidedto close the Paddock Opera house oathe 16th. unless la the meantime theadditional exit is opened as orderedsome time ago.

Rev. John Madley. a popular pastorand an orator of acknowledged abil-ity, has resigned the pastorate of thePresbyterian church at Oxford to entera wider field of service.

An elopement epidemic struck Cul-berts- on

recently, four couples having;taken their departure ia one week.None of the girls were over 16 and theboys averaged about 20 years of age.

Directors of the Seward County Telephone company held a special meet-ing. It was voted at a recent meetingof the company at Beaver Crossingto Increase the capital stock from $50,-00- 0

to $100,000. and the board is ar-ranging for the building of a lot ofnew lines;

William Boch, one of the originalmembers of the German colony fromWisconsin, who laid out Norfolk- - in1866, died recently and carried withhim to his grave the secret of thehiding place in which he had storeda quantity of gold. Some of his fam-ily believe it to have been $2,000, andit may have been more.

At a masquerade ball in Pender,given by the citizens in general, twejcolored men, Frank Shepard and SamMinns, cooks at the Commercial hotel.aisguisea tnemselves.committee of the National Live am their

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A system of manual training forboys of the seventh and eighth gradesof Geneva with work benches, tools,material, etc.. in connection with do-mestic science, is to be initiate! incthe school, which is declared to havea perfectly equipped kitchen for thelatter study. The Geneva Eoaal Suffrage club is to assist materially In itsinstitution and support.

Friend will soon have some bondsto sell as last week the vote for bondsfor an electric lighting system Wasoverwhelmingly carried, only 35 votesbeing cast against the proposition'!

William Buchanan, who representedOtoe county in the house of represen-tatives in 1861. died at Nebraska after:a lingering illness, principally causedoy old age. He was one of the bestknown pioneers la that portioa of thecounty, was born la Moaroe countyOhio, April 28. 1823. and remained atthe home place until he was 22 years;old and then started for the west.

At Lincoln. George Youngers. whois charged with having committed a.rimiaal assault oa Myrtle Furloag a

15year-oI- d white girl, was hound overto the district court by Justice RIsserla the sum of $500 aad takea to theatate penitentiary for safe keeptag.. .

H. H. Sydenham, who waa hi Kear-ney iookiag after the affairs of his de-ceased father, received a tofegramfrom his wife at Sacramcaai. Calatatlag that their littledaughter, was dead. The chOd was faperfect health whea the father loft .- -

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