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Show CURRENCY iDMiRJtL DILL TAB SPERRY COMMAND OF FLEET ERRORS JLND CONFER JIT WRITE BABES HIM PRESIDENT SO PARENTS HOUSE PASSES HOUSE After Actual Command of Only Six Rear Admiral Thomaa Days, Hauls Down His Fla and Tornado Causes Heavy Loss of Life Will Rytire. and Much Property in Sarpy Caucus, Adopted by Vote of 184 to 145. Francisco. dele-gale- Majority of Democratic Members Refuse to Go on Record in Favor of Williams Bill Fifteen Republicans Vote With Democrats. d sub-alltut- WORK OF TORNADO. Dead and Two Injured. Shreveport, La. Thirty dead aud 200 Injured la a conservative estimate of the fatalities caused by the lor nado which awept through northurn Louisiana Wednesday evening, destroying three small towns and leaving wrecked homea and ruined crops In a path a mile wide end fifty miles long. The dead at GlUlam, which bad about 200 Inhabitants, number thirteen, while et Uollnger the known dead list la six. These two towns are about fifteen mllea apart At Elmore, a small town near Gilliam, several houaea were destroyed and It le not known how many people per lahed. Several of the dead were brought to Shreveport on the relief train from Gilliam and the hospitals and sanitariums are crowded with Injured. aeveral of whom will die. Only two houses were left Handing at Thirty-on- e Oll-lia- BANDITS MAKE RICH HAUL. Overpower Station Agent and Gat Away With $35,000. El Paso, Tex. Pursued by men and bloodhounds, three bnndjta, with f 0 of loot In their poaseaalun, are fleeing through the rugged mountain pannes north of French, a littlo station eighty mllea east from Las Vegas, N. M., on the Santa Fa railroad. in an effort to escape the elutchea of the law. At French, late Thursday evening, they broke down the doors of the depot, bound and gagged the station agent and special guard, bUw open the safe, took the money and rode away, leaving thetr victims helpless. A tramp wandered Into the elation half an hour later, released the almost unconscious men and gave the alarm. 35.-00- Johnson Cholco of Minnesota. 8L Paul. Minn. The Democrats of Minnesota on Thursday formally endorsed' Governor John A. Johnson as presidential candidate, and at the same time, by a vote of 773 to lift, refused to declare in favor of William J. Hryan as a second choice. The followers of Mr. Bryan did not carry out the threat which they have so often made during the last ten days that they would bult and hold a rump convention If thetr rontrala were defeated before the committee on credentials. Admiral Evans Reaches Washington. flow Washington With his of animal spirits and looking much better than when lie landed at Han Diego several weeks ago, Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans arrived bore Thursday night at 0:30. Admiral Bruns alighted from tha train In the union station here with the aid of rrutchcs, and upon seeing the roller chair that was awaiting 1 him. he exrlaltned: don't want to take the chair, but I suppose I'll have to." old-tlin- e Imagines He Saw Mrs. Gunnsas. 8L Paul. Minn Herman Rhode U positive that he saw and talked to Mrs. Hello CiinncssMii this city not later than Tuesday of this week. He was so firntly convinced that Ihe woman waa Mrs. Gunuess from her resemblance to the newspaper photographs published of the alleged murderess that he cane to the Ht. Paul Dispatch office at noon on Thursday, and when shown a pho'.o-grapof Mrs. tlunness, reiterated with great pusitlvcncsa that he had seeu a her. County is Destroyed. Rear Admiral Charles HMIlman Hperry, returned within six months from a, mission of a peace as one of the American to the conference at The Hague, assumed command on Friday of the strongest force of first-clas- s fighting ships assembled in the history of the nation. Rear Admiral Charles M. Tuomas, a ho succeeded Rear Admiral Evans as commander-In-rblc- f of the Atlantic fleet, hauled down bis flag at Ju:4u a. m. from the truck of the Connecticut , and ten minutes later Admiral Hjierry a us re celved on board the flagship with the salutes ami other naval honors he fitting hm position. The ceremonies were carried out In the brtefi-H- i possible fabhlou and In sirlct accordance Admiral with uaval regulations Thomas, who hod bad actual command for only six days, although he served for many wrecks as senior officer present during the enforced ate senre of Admiral Evans, issued no tsrewcll address. Han Vneland cur Washington. The rency bill, agreed upon by tlio Republican caucus, waa put through the fcousti, on Thursday, under a special rule by a vote of 181 to 115. tlfteen Insurgents of the majority Toted with the Democrats, who went on record solidly against the measure. The closing moments of the debate were replete with excitement and Republican enthusiasm caused by the refusal of the great majority of the Democrats to go on record fur the Williams bill, which had been offered e by Mr. Kahn of California as a fur the Vreeland bill. In accordance with a well laid plan of the majority leaders to ascertain where the Democrats stood on the proposition which, It a as claimed by several, waa supported by Mr. Dry an. As soon as tire bill reaches the senate Mr. Aldrich will call a meeting of the committee on finance to consider it. It U exported that the committee will vote unanimously to amend the house measure by striking out all after the enacting cluuse and Inserting the provisions of the bill which waa passed by the senate. It Is not doubted that the senate will approve the action of the committee. The effect of IMs course would be to send both the Vreeland and Aldrich bills to conference. ESCAPE GIRL MOTHER AND FATHER ING BULLETS. D Vreelud Measure, Agreed Upon bj IS BAD, Twelve Persona Known to Havo Been Killed and a Score or Mors Injured as Result of Ono of tho Worst Storms in State's History. Dlacuaa Beat Methods of Conserving the Natural Resources of tho United States. Oakland. Me "Oh. papa, see ms Doris Bailey shoot," said to her father, Edmund Bailey, on Upper Fairfield street, as she walked Into the dining room at breakfast time tbe Raseball Is king again. The big other day. The child carried In her leagues have opened up another sea hand a revolver and as she spoke she son and the game started off pro- pulled the trigger, as she bad been pitiously, with good crowds and fine shown how to do by Mr. Bailey a few weather. Only one game was post- hours before, when the weapon waa poned the St. game unloaded. In the National league. The White The revolver was pointed at Mr. Box gave the Detroit champions Bailey, held tightly in the two chubterrible drubbing and the Cubs played by hands of the baby. "Bang," It a wonderful uphill game and won out went, and a bullet flew past Mr. In the ninth, after Cincinnati had Baileys head. He ducked. Hang scored five timea In the opening in' went the revolver again. This time nlng. The finest game played was the New game in the American league, where not a run was cored until the twelfth Inning. The attendance at all the gamea was un usually large, the total attendance being considerably larger than on The work opening day last season. of the 8t. Louis Browns wss a very pleasant surprise. McAleer's team had been considerably ridiculed, but It showed a form that may well land the Browns close to the top. Every fan in America will personally re- Washington. Two Ideas, destined to mark material progress In America's future, resulted from the first of the three days' conference at the White House on Wednesday, In which President Roosevelt, the governors of states, cabinet officers, supreme court Judges, senators, representatives and experts are participating In efforts to reach conclusions on the beat methods of conserving the natural resources of the United forty-fou- r Louis-Plttsbur- g Twelve persona are known Htatea. killed and a score InThe first la that a permanent orjured by a tornado which swept over ganization by the states and the natho northern part of Harpy county at tion la necessary and will likely re6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The sult from the present conference, to atorin, which gained In velocity on accomplish the end sought. The secIts way south, started In Omaha ond suggested by. Secretary Root- -la about I:.10. At Ilellevue the college that there la no limitation by the buildings were damaged to the ex- constitution to the agreements which tent of probably fOO.OOO, and several may be made between the states, subpersons were Injured, none fatally. ject to the approval of congress. The The Htorm then moved on to Louis- two Ideas, fully developed, It la preand Springfield, where dicted, would result In the conaerva ville, the principal damage and logs of Rf tlon of the energies and resources of occurred. the nation through uniform and joice In the splendid showing made towns of Louisville, Ilellevue The laws, both national and by old RAILROADS. ULTIMATUM OF Cy Young. After 19 seaand Richfield were badly wrecked. tate. sons of pitching In tbe big leagues Cy I The heaviest loss of life and injured Will Either Raise Freight Ratee or began hla twentieth year with la reported from RU8SIAN8 TIRE OF PRISON. a Juno-tloReduce Wages. notable victory, pitching as well as of the Missouri Pacific and point he ever did. That a man 41 years, from fifty comChicago. Burlington railroads In Caaa county. Attempt to Break Jail and Are fold could be mercial and shippers' ashoclaiunis of pitching about as well The the town of Guards. Dellevue wan practiSlaughtered by Jin his twentieth year of service as the cast and middle west met In wiped out. Near the village of Yekaterlnoslay. The attempt made ha ever did In his younger days must here on Friday to discuss cally Elmer Leader wen killed by prisoners to break out of the gov- be a Rlehflcld, wonder for years to come. There of preventing eastern railroads and bis father was badly Injured. Ed ernment Jail here after Is no man past or present with such making in ri i carrying Into effect a proposed Fuller, a farmer living near Rich- breach in the wall of the guard room a record aa Cy himself. The race Is iurre.fec In freight rates. field. was fataly Injured. with a bomb, waa a complete failure, now on officially, and for the A break 111 the programme was occoming There were four distinct tornado I ut 11 brought about a horrible scene six months some millions of people casioned by the unexpected appearI of I at 8Prlngfleld, and slaughter In and around the Jail ;wlll give a large part of their attenfou', a? ance of W. C. Ilrowu7 Twer-eSb- t of the prls- - tion to tbe great American game. h0rUy bu,W,n8:' of the New York Central Hues, who 'c "eavJr was oner, were shot to death by the ndi.ilited that the railroads Intended ;"ore In Increase to ntke a moderate Johnny Evert, second baseman of was action aald the hut rates, There were severe storms along died of hie wounds. Thirty others freight Drown Mr. the Missouri river further south at were wounded, and it la expected that the Chicago Cubs, says that after this necessary. absolutely ' aeveral of there will auccumb year he la going to retire from baseNantaha City and Falla City. said: Aa ball for one season at least His de-- ! soon aa bomb was the nathrown of the "If the busIncHS Interests one of the detachments of prisoners termination to do this, he declares, Is THAT ARKANSAS MUDDLE. tion ahull, after mature consideracharged the guards In the courtyard Irrevocable. He planned to rest in tion, say that railroad rates shall not to climb the wall. 1908, but aa the Cubs won the world's lie advanced, I doubt If It can be Acting Governor Calla Special Ses- and attempted Twelve of these men were killed Insion of Legislature In Absonca of dune; but It should be understood championship and hla contract exstantly, while others were wounded. tended over this year, he decided to clearly, deflnllely and beyond all Governor No. 1. Acting At same the time a second body of question of doubt that In saying tlda Lack of health X. O. Plndall, presi- - . prisoners rushed to the kitchen and. play out the season. they say Just aa clearly and definitely .I denWashington. ils the reason given by the wonderful I knives the and other Arkansas state e'nK weapons, of that the wages of the great army senate, j little baseman for hla decicut thetr waF nple1 liberty. sion. second railroad employe! shall be I bo baa been serving aa acting ear-- 1 He la young, and doea not want reduced, and they must ac . . . .. to take any chances of prematurely full measure of responsibility for the meat, when shown a dlapatch from haati b?the Impairing hla health. If, after restreaults.H Uttle Rock, Mating that Allen , II. thoritlea. ing and recuperating one year, he Handler, acting as governor In the feels stronger, he is willing to don ldahe Republicans in Session. abrence of Mr. Plndall, had Issued a I the spangles again. If wanted, but InI Idaho. Republican, of sists that he needs the rest and Is Wallace, Will Go te Chicago With Intention of I rf,!m?ti0n. call,ln an extra Khon going to take It No ball plajrer In President. for Rmmev.lt Naming limie y works harder than Good,n d tha game Fort Worth, Te. The plate Re- - members of the legislature not tone- r I Borah and leFburn from emble In extra aeaslon. Although publican convention held bfire on Frt Mr- - Hamller still denies he will candldates for delegates to try !? n,t day adopted resolutions In favor a I natlonal convention at Chicago, offlce of governor after I h,d Taft for president and indorsed the I tuni Governor p,nda11. h ' I tnd Iected M deIeate,: Jamea H-administration of Itooaevelt. The deb h consultations holding hourly with Brady of Pocatello; B. F. O'Nell. Walegatea were not Instructed for Taft, prominent attorneys who are opposed lace; Warren Truitt, Moscow; C. C. such action, It la declared, being re- to Governor Plndall. Cavanah, Boise; J. W. Hart, Mlnan, frained from In order to permit the and E. M. Helho of Weiaer. The con-- I Texas delegation to start a stampede BATTLE WITH FLAMES. ventlon waa entirely harmonious, fur Roosevelt's nomination If the sib transacted all Its business and llstr uatlnn becomes favorable Fire at Tonopah Destroys Twenty-sigh- t ened to four speeches In less than Texas will send two seta of RepubBusiness Houses three hours. Taft was endorsed for lican delegates to Chicago, the conNev. The fire which president vention meeting here Friday being Tonopah. coniNMed of the "regulars," while the I broke out la this city Monday night Important Measures Sidetracked. 'reorganized" division will meet In raged for fully two hours before the Waco later this month. It Is stated flames were checked. One The house Judiciary Washington. entire no negroes will be permitted la the block of business houses, with the committee on Wednesdty made a speregulars faction. exception of the llutler theatre, was cial order under which the governCrowds Cheered When Woman Waa burned to the ground. The fire de- ment liability bill, the Bherley bankpartment was slow getting to the ruptcy bill, the Caulfield judiciary Discharged by Court Cassopolls, Mich. The acquittal of fire, but the volunteer department pension bill, the Goebel newspaper libel bill and the Goebel hill providMrs. Christina Metsker of South and citizens did good work. Twenty-eigbusiness houses and six resi- ing for appeal from postofflee fraud llend, Ind., of the charge of murdering dences were burned. Considerable order, will be taken up and conald-!- n Carleton Morgan of South llend, at 3 wa hy c,tlien packing ered in committee fi01 I the order o'clock on the niurnlnz of Anrll 10 fet3r- named. It la significant that the com-I- n Th P'aH1 outsldo the home of Mre. Mae Green ,h 1n"i0 wn Goldfield, thirty-- mlttee did not Include In its special this city, wss the occasion of an S In court Jld tlephon com- - order the Littlefield liquor bill, the unprecedented demonstration brought over 2,000 feet of Townsend Injunction bill or the Hep-bulate Friday. Deaf to warnings and niunicatlon minutes in an bill amendatory of the Sherman threats of arrest, the crowd cheered hose In forty-fivautomobile. anti-trulaw. nnd elupped hands and sang. this little bundle of nerves and Roof Falls School Upon Children, but FIND STORE OF DYNAMITE. Will Take Action In December. muscles when a battle la on. He lovea Not a Child Waa Hurl to win, and flghta to the bitter end beFo Senator raker has Washington. to Said Have Been Secreted by Per III. Pronrty Moline, damage abandoned his effort to secure con- fore he will acknowledge defeat. It eons Engaged In Dynamiting amounting to 8115,'mio was done on sideration at tbl. session of his bill Is the nervous tension under which he Street Cars. Tuesday by a storm at Cleveland, labors that he has undermined hls the who troops reinstating negro Pensacola. Fla. Fifty-sevesticks near here. Mrs. Elizabeth Gottsche. were thinks, nnd the rest discharged from service on ac- strength,he he The floor of the of dynamite, each of them one-hal- f to aged 78. was kill-- d Is confident, will rejuvenate cure," Brownsville riot. the count a of school house was MePt front under By two K)iinda in weight, were found FriWhen I joined the Chicago vote of 42 to 27. the senate laid on him. the feet of pupils and the club In the fall of 1902 I weighed only day night at a point about 500 yards roof fell overeighteen Culberson's Senator table tlit-motion the but nut a 115 pounds," says Evers. from what Is known aa Illg l.ayou was hurt. The Now I fixing Saturday as the date for votMrs. Lottie sm trestle, west of the city, and tho en I Brownsville up to about 137, stripped. That on Foraker the r bill, ing keid. and tire quantity Is now in Ihe possession xfrJ1 1, if 5 then, by a vote of G3 to 6, agreed Isn't enough to stand the strain of In- of the officers of the nnvv yard. The "v V? motion fixing December 16 as many such seasons as we have had to the r I . n .. collapsed the time for voting on the bill. dynamite was found by marines from the last two years when we won the anJ Anwk Is believed that the the navy yard. It 1 Natlonal league pennant, each time k n. persons who have been dynauitting Storm Strikes Kansas. followed by a world's championship street cars had secreted the supply. Fairbanks Still in the Race. Kans. A severe storm series. No one loves to play the Caney, Indianapolis. Joseph r. boating, struck this city at noon on Wednes- game more than I do, once I am In Great Help to General Grant. one of the political managers for day, wrecking the plant of the Caney uniform. I could stay on the diamond Chicago. Grundy Htld;er. formerly Charli v. Fairbanks, I Glass company A fire broke out Im- - all day, morning and afternoon, but I one of the chief officers of the "Golden Element: mediately following and although the dislike to go get ready. Before 1 put Tbll udnn' a r,r7ln.s Circle," who dropp'd dead here Mon- of truth In the succeeded In checking the on my uniform I feel as though I'd I department day at his home, was burled Saturday, i report gent out from have to be driven to get out Once I Scnrivly known by his neighbors, and the fight wa to vrt onef t mV I flamea the P,aat.U a mPle,e wreck, the game start I forget I everything without broke warning having only a small acquaintance with Taft. These repoits are imo fo The storm workmen were else and I want to fight all the time. the fact that the and he pi, lie. the civil war veterans of Chicago, hts IndUnx wlH out for dinner is responsible for no I've got to talk. If I can't I can't play death attracted little attention. If ho present the name of all. Chance won't let me forty-livhad passed away years ago. Fairbanks to the U publican national serious accidents or fatalities. EL J. ball, that's store building was un- chew at the pitchers so I take It out on General Giant might have taken two convention In .lun o. and he Rineharts has him and the umpire, and What a lacmore summers to reach Richmond. better e bailee for ihe roofed. the ball park fence and buildno!nxtion to-- ings durman a was were blown to pieces and several ing I do give tbe manager sometimes. secret service than Stidger day ai any tin, iace u cam other buildings were damaged. Fortunately for both of us Frank ing the lust two years of the war. paign began. ' doesnt hear distinctly, and some of Will Be Roosevelt EntertaT,crnort International Conference Garcia, Alleged Murderer of Policemy talk goes by without notice. Long the White Houi Held at Shanghai. man, la Dead. ago I made up my mind I was going Paris. The government at WashSeattle. Joseph Garcia, the Mexi- to lay off one year while still young. sm none too strong. The nervous can desperado, who was shot at First ington has proposed Shanghai. Jan- th nnttiTal ro,,-,,- ., under which 1 play Is telling tension street while reslstavenue nnd like uary 1, l!bl9, as the time and plaeo rresldent Rm-se:. i fm me and It is my desire to quit y for the holding of theconilng Inter a dinner at the White ar"st bjr PR of dcteftTe on ing h one for year at least and have a good I ronfer.-ne:a G, at which tho governors who are .,.re national died at Wednesday evening. May time like other young men. I had Wednesit powers are to Hx the details for the conference hospital tJle nrst social I Wayside Emergency flgured on quitting In 1908. but the resmit Ion of the ai!Hv;ttjoii of opium m0rn1ng. as a result of his fact that we won the world's chamwithin tlielr n'sivrUvo lorillorles In Garcia, with a record of wounds. pionship and that my contract called order to assist Chinn In suipresslnf crime and' aeveral penitentiary sen- for one more year caused me to ihe use of opium anion:: the Chinese tences to his credit, terminated a change my plans and play this season. I has aivcpfed The French governnu-n- l "re the reign of terror In Salt Lake City with But 1 fully Intend to lay off In 1909. of governors th of Patrolman murder deliberate the American proposition. of the rretit, wru the state ar.,1 t i:nri0 Charles S. Ford. December 14. 1907. Omaha to have KEEPS DODG- hci-- n iiii-an- s 1 - vice-presid- Ere 0hk' 1 aruSi 1 2S?Sfdaor pSJni to-dfi- ht 1 cOffNV&? e st n ln,0lr 1 t WahwJTt 1 e t e ti-- i - Oh, Papa, Watch Me Shoot" tbe bullet flew past Mrs. Bailey and she ducked also. One Saturday night recently Mr. Bailey purchased a revolver and a box of cartridges for burglars. Sunday ha at down to overhaul and oil up the mechanism. He began finally to snap the hammer on empty chambers, much to the delight of hls little daughter Doris. At the request of the little one to Do It again," Mr. Bailey repeated the trick and even showed the child how to pull the trigger. Then Mr. Bailey carefully loaded the gun and placed It on the chamber stand near the head of five-year-o- ld the bed In hla room. Mr. Bailey tells of the shooting as follows: "My wife dodged and rolled around on the floor and so did I. I stumbled over, chairs In an effort to get behind the child and so did my wife. Bang went la bullet Juto the topoLtte mirror; "nisxh went another Into the hanging lamp; biff went a third through that light of glasa there; a fourth ' landed In the cover of the aewlng machine, the fifth made a ' hole In the teakettle and the alxth and last hit my wife's work basket. 'My wife and I both yelled to the child to atop, to drop the gun. When the ammunition was all exploded and he could make no more noise, Doris eat down on the floor and screamed with laughter." WHISKY AS SNAKE-BIT- E CURE. German Emigrant Poura Liquor Down Big Rattler's Throat. Port Jervis, N. Y. A German emigrant employed by a farmer four mllea above Lackawaxen, Pike county, Pa., waa sent to a field the other day to remove atone preparatory to plowing. Before going to work hla employer gave him a bottle of whisky, with Instructions how to use It In case he should be bitten by a rattlesnake. Snakes Infest the locality. The workman wore felt boots. He had been working until 10 a. m., when he saw a rattler sunning itself on a flat rock. He got hla flask of whisky ready and then stuck out hla foot toward the snake. The snake colled up and rattled. It Jumped Its length and burled Its fangs In the man's felt boot. Grabbing the snake about the neck, the man poured a good drink down Its throat and released it. . The rattler waa probably the most astonished snake In Pike county, and for a minute seemed dazed. Then, as the effects of the whisky worked upon its system, the snake began to strike at everything within reach. It would crawl backward, try to get Into Imaginary holes, and twist about. It struck itself several timea In the body, but, as whisky Is a preventive for snake bites, It had no effect It acted as though suffering with a Jag. and the men left It. expecting It would soon die. About five oclock In the afternoon they went back to see what had become of the snake. They were unable to find It at first, but finally discovered it at a spring from which It waa drinking freely. At their approach the snake lifted Its head and eyed them sadly, as though it considered that they had played a mean trick. Rata Maka Nest of Savings, Washburn, Wia. Joe Ferro, a laborer who for years has been depositing hls savings In an old trunk Instead of trusting tbe banks, the other day discovered that Ha money, consisting of sonic 1 1500 in bills, had been chewed to pieces by rats, which made a nest of the remnants. Ferro was almut to use the funds In making a trip to Canada. Ills kas will be total. |