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Show i THREE NEBRASKA TOWNS WRECKED GOVERNORSAND PRESIDENT WORK PROCEEDS {ΠΠ ΠΡ SURRENDERS. CONFER AT WHITE HOUSE COMMAND OF GREAT FLEET IN PHILIPPINES | Discuss Best Methods of | Flag of Rear Admiral Evans Conserving United States. Washington.—Two ideas, destined to mark material progress in Ameriea’s future, resulted from the first | Disarming of the Moros Progresses Without Serioss Trouble and Lanao Districts are Quiet. Killed and a Score or More In- jircd as Result of One of the Worst Storms in State's History. Omaha—Twelve persons are known to have been killed and a scoreinjured by a tornado which swept over the northern part of Sarpy county at 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The storm, which gained in velocity on fits way south, started in Omaha about 4:30. At Bellevue the college buildings were damaged to the extent of probably $50,000, and several persons were injured, none fatally. The storm then moved on to Loutsville, Richfield and Springfield, where the principal damage and loss of life occurred. White House on Wednesday, in which | Life of the Soldier in Our Island PosPresident Roosevelt, the governors of sessions Not so Strenuous as in forty-four states, cabinet officers, su-| the Past.—Operations Being preme court judges, senators, repre Restricted to Police Duty, participat are experts and sentatives | ing in efforts to reach conclusions on | the best methods of conserving the Manila.—The disarming of the Ba natural resources of the United | | silian Morog is progressing without States The first is that a permanent or- | serious trouble. The Lanao districts ganization by the states and the na- | are quiet. The trouble against which operating tion is necessary and will likely re the troops were recently sult from the present conference, to | was sporadic, and neither general nor accomplish the end sought. The sec:| ond—suggested by Secretary Root— is that there is no limitation by the constitution to the agreements which | may be made betweenthe states, sub | ject to the approval of congress, The two ideas, fully developed, it is pre dicted, would result in the conserva tion of the energies and resources of the nation through uniform and unconflicting laws, both national and | state, The towns of Louisville, Bellevue and Richfield were badly wrecked The heaviest loss of life and injured RUSSIANS TIRE OF PRISON. is reported from Louisville, a junc tion point of the Missouri Pacific and | Attempt to Break Jail and Are Burlington railroads in Cass county. Slaughtered by the Guards. The town of Bellevue was practiYekaterinoslay.—The attempt made eally wiped out. Near the viilage of by prisoners to break out of the govRichfield, Elmer Leader was killed | lernment jail here after making 4 and his father was badly injured. Ed. breach in the wall of the guard room Fuller, a farmer living near Richwith a bomb, was a complete failure, field, was fataly injured. but it brought about a horrible scene There were four distinct tornado elouds as seen at Springfield, and of slaughter in and around the jail Twenty-eight of the pris. they made their apeparance shortly | building. death by the before 5 o'clock, Heavy damage was,'oners were shot to done in the country and it is feared guards, and another of them has since there were some loss of life. died of his wounds. ‘hirty others There were severe storms along were wounded, and it is expected that the Missouri river further south, at several of these will succumb. Namaha City and Falls City. As soon as the bomb was thrown one of the detachments of prisoners THAT ARKANSAS MUDDLE. charged the guards in the courtyard and attempted to climb the wall, Acting Governor Calls Special Ses- Twelve of these men were killed insion of Legislature in e of stantly, while others were wounded. Acting Governor At the same time a second body of : Washington.—X. O. Pindall, prestdent of the Arkansag state senate, who has been serving as acting governor of the state, made the state- ment, when shown a dispatch from Little Rock, stating that Allen Η. Hamiler, acting as governor in the absence of Mr. Pindall, had issued a proclamation calling an extra session of the state legislature, that he would issue an appeal to the conservative members of the legislature not to assemble in extra session. Although Mr. Hamiler still denies he will try te hold the office of governor after the return of Governor Pindall, he is holding consultations hourly with prominent attorneys who are opposed to Governor Pindall. BATTLE WITH FLAMES. Tonopah, Nev.—The fire which broke out in this city Monday night raged for fully two hours before the checked, One entire block of business houses, with the exception of the Butler theatre, was burned to the ground. The fire de- partment was slow getting to the fire, but the volunteer department and citizens did good work. Twentyeight business houses and six residences were burned. Considerable stock was saved by citizens packing the goods to places of safety. The fire could be seen at Goldfield, thirtyfive miles away, and telephone communication brought over 2,000 feet of hose in forty-five minutes in an automobile. Roof Falls Upon School Children, but Not a Child Was Hurt. Moline, Ill.—Property damage amounting to $115,000 was done on Tuesday by a storm at Cleveland, near here. Mrs. Elizabeth Gottsche, aged 78, was killed. The floor of the school house was swept from under the feet of eighteen pupils and the roof fell over them, but not a child was hurt. The teacher, Mrs. Lottie Sayles, was injured about the head. Mrs. John Milem was internally injured when her residence collapsed and maydie. Six houses and a church were wrecked, Fairbanks Still in the Race. Indianapolis—Joseph B. Keating, one of the political managers for Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks, has issued the following statement: “There is not a word of truth in the report sent out from Washington that the fight was to be left open to Mr. Taft. These reports are sent out to mislead the public. indiana will present the name of Vice-President Fairbanks to the Republican nationa! convention in June, and he has a better chance for the nomination today than at any time since the campaign began.” Roosevelt Entertains Governors the White House. Washington eonference for As the at of the natural resources of the country, President Roosevelt on Tuesday gave a dinner at the White House to the governors who are here to attend the eonference. It was the first social function at which the president of the United States has met the chief execitives of the various states and territories. In addition to other invited guests there were present the governors of the greater portion of the states and territories. serious. Major General Weston, who has re- turned to Manila from an inspection of the entire district, reports that pronounces the recent operations to have been police rather than military. The government is being urged to secure a loan for the purpose of installing an extended system of irrigation. The islands must purchase 10,000,- 000 pesos of foreign rice this year, making a total purchase during the past ten years of 100,000,000 pesos worth. It fs believed that irrigation will restore the crops. RUSSELL QUITS VENEZUELA. None of the Local Officials Were on Hand to Bid Him Farewell. Willemstadt.—W. W. Russell, the American minister to Venezuela, sailed from her on Sunday on the steamship Caracas for the United States, where he will spend his vacation of two months. The American minister arr arrived here from Puerto Cabello, sailing from that port Saturday afternoon, after a visit to the United State gunboat Paducah. His depar- ture from Puerto Cabello was greeted with a salute of fifteen guns, That there is tension in the diplomatic relations between the United States and Venezuela was shown by the fact that none of the local officials were on hand to bid Mr. Russell good-bye. BELIEVES IN PEACE. Fairbanks Says Spend Money Schools Instead of Navy. eliminated and W. Fairbanks was the guest of honor Borah from Sunday at the dedication of the St Governor Senators Heyburn and Gooding Chicago.—Vice-President Stanislaus parochial school, the and elected as delegates: James H. Brady of Pocatello; B. F. O'Neil, Wal- tion of its kind in the United States, Cavanah, Ποῖβο; J. W. Hart, Minan, was entirely The con- harmonious, transacted all its business and listened to four speeches in less than three hours. president. Taft was endorsed for Catholic largest inatitu- The vice-president in his address said that he would rather see the people spend their money in building up great schools and churches than to see them spend it in unduly expanding armies and navies. In referring to socialism, he said that it is a sort of procrustean principle of society and puts a handicap upon genius, ability and thrift. Important Measures Sidetracked. Washington.—The house judiciary committee on Wednesday made a special order under which the government lIfability bill, the Sherley bankruptey bill, the Caulfield judiciary pension bill, the Goebel newspaper libel bill and the Goebel bill providing for appeal from postoffice fraud orders will be taken up and consid- ered in committee .in the order named. It is significant that the committee did not include in its special order the Littlefield liquor bill, the Townsend injunction bill or the Hepburn bill amendatory of the Sherman anti-trust law. Will Take Action in December. Washington—Senator Foraker has abandoned Roman Charles the national convention at Chicago, and E. M. Heiho of Weiser. Polisk on the list of candidates for delegates to lace; Warren Truitt, Moscow; C. C. his effort to secure con- sideration at this session of his bill reinstating the negro troops who were discharged from service on account of the Brownsville riot. By a vote of 42 to 27, the senate laid on the table Senator Culberson’s motion fixing Saturday as the date for vatingeon the Foraker Brownsville bill, and then, by a vote of 62 to 6, agreed to the motion fixing December 16 as the time for voting on the bill. Storm Strikes Kansas, Caney, Kans—A ‘severe storm struck this city at noon on Wednesday, wrecking the plant of the Caney Glass company. A fire broke out immediately following and although the department succeeded in checking the flames the plant is a complete wreck. The storm broke without warning Burkett’s Scheme Failed to urday, amid a salute of thirteen guns, and a short time afterward the first commander-in-chief of America’s first battleship fleet was on his way to his home in Washington to remain on waiting orders until the date of his retirement for age on his 62nd birthday, the 18th of August mext. Accompanied by members of his family and his staff, the admiral left at 6:20 p.m. As the biue ensign of the retiring commander fluttered down to the after bridge of the Connecticut a new flag of similar design was broken out Seattle —Joseph Garcia, the Mexican desperado, who was shot at First avenue and Pike street while resisting arrest by a posse of detectives Wednesday evening, May 6, died at Waysid rgency hospital Wednesday morning, as a result of his wounds Garcia, with a record of crime and several penitentiary sentences to his credit, terminated a reign of terror in Salt Lake City with the deliberate murder of Patrolman Charles S. Ford, December 14, 1907. They Should Have Some Rights in Their Own Country. be “mother’s day,” to be recognized by the senate and employes of that day by the wearing of a white flower, was the subject of an extended dis cussion in the senate on Saturday, In the end the measure was reported te the judiciary committee. The com mittee failed to take up the subject for immediate consideration, and thus indirectly but effectually nullified the resolution. Medals for Canal Employes. Washington—A medallion head of President Roosevelt on a medal is to be awarded the isthmian canal employes who have rendered two years’ satisfactory service on the isthmus. On the other side of the medal is to be the seal of the canal zone. Each medal is to be suitably engraved, giving the name of the employe, number of the medal, the years of service and an evidence that it has been presented by the president of the United States. For medal honors American citizens are alone eligible. who acted for Admiral Evans at all the South American and southern California socia] functions of the cruise, taking over contro! of the big fleet in his own right. The bunting of the new commander was saluted by thirteen guns fired from every ship in the fleet, the waters of the bay and the green surrounding hills echoing the signal shots. Admiral Evans was not permitted by his physician to go aboard the Connecticut during the ceremonies attending his relinquishment of active naval service. An address which expressed the great regret the admiral felt in leaving the ships and his thanks for the loyal support of the men and officers during his long tour of command was read by Captain A. W. Grant, Admiral Evans’ chief of staff. The Salt Lake High school cadets were honored by an invitation from Admiral Evans, which was accepted, to be present on the Connecticut while Admiral Evans’ flag was being hauled down forever. EVIDENCE OF WHOLESALE MURDER. Laporte, Ind—There still seems to be some doubt as to the body of the verse to ithe return on Thaw’s writ of habeas corpus. The chief question raised by the traverse is the constitutionality of Thaw’s commitment to the Matteawan state hospital. It is alleged that the return made by Dr. Amos T. Baker is invalid, null and void. It is claimed that the commitment is insufficient for Thaw's further detention, because it does not show that Thaw was ever arraigned before Justice Dowling, who made the commitment. tster, has handed in to the foreign yoard the names of four Chinese merehants who are officially promoting the boycott movements against Japanese goods, and he asks that they be suppressed. Acting upon advices received from London, the British minister has instructed the British consul genera] at Danton to advise the Canton viceroy to suppress the boycott. The foreign board has asked the assistance of the French minister to China in the suppression of several thousand rebels, who, according to a telegram from the governor of Yunan province, have captured the lLaohu pass, on the Tonking border, and who possess French arms, and who have been trained by Frenchmen. BIDS COMRADES FAREWELL. Characteristic Speech by Fighting Bob Evans at Banquet. San Francisco.—Rear Admiral Evans bade a persona] farewell to the wheeled into the room and in a characteristic fifteen minutes’ address declared that what is needed to preserve that of the woman who is the peace of the world is more battle- charged MONDELL ORYFARM BLL IPPROVED BY THE HOUSE Will Now be Sent to Conference for Final Adjustment.—Permits Homesteading of 320 Acres. Washington—Aftera brief debate the house on Monday passed the Mondell dry farm bill, permitting homesteading of not to exceed 320 acres of nOntrrigable, non-mineral and nontim bered public lands, The bill was in eharge of Chairman Mondell of the public lands committee, who made the pring#.al speech in its support. Xther western members advocated its passage, including Bonynge of Cobo rado. To facilitate the ultimate passage of the dry farm bill the house com mittee retained the title of the Smoot bill which passed the senate somé¢ time ago, but substituted the provis ions of the Mondell bill for those of the bill adopted by the senate. Be cause of this change the bill will be sent to conterence for final adjustment. As it passed the house it re quires residence upon the land and also requires proof that an eighth of the entry was cultivated the second year and one-fourth the third year and thereafter up to the time of making final proof. The second Smoot bill, waiving the residence requirement where there is πος sufficient water on the land for domestic purposes, was eliminated. CAUCUS ON CURRENCY BILL. Republicans Agree to an Emergency Measure Drawn by Special Com. mittee. Washington.—By a vote of 138 to 16, the Republican members of the house of representatives on Monday night agreed to an emergency cur rency bill drawn by the special committee appointed by the same confer ence last week, and consisting of Representatives Vreeland of New York, Burton of Onio, Weeks of Massachusetts, McKenny of Lilinois and Knowland of California. By an equal ly decisive vote the conference placed in the hands of the Republican mem bers of the committee on rules the determination of the procedure by which the will of the majority, thug expressed, shall be carried into ef fect im the house. A resolution te request the banking and currency eommittee to bring in a report on the Aldrich bill, in order to give the house a preliminary basis for substi- with having committed wholesale ships and fewer statesmen. As to armurders that would make the crimes mor belts, the admiral’ declared it of the most noted criminals of the made no difference whether they were tution of the conference committee past pale into insignificance. It is at the water line or whether they bill, was defeated. believed by some that the body is were made of leather, wood or ege that of another of Mrs. Gunness’ vicTORNADO IN OKLAHOMA, shells. tims, and that the woman is in hid“It is the men who can shoot the ing. For the first time since Sheriff Eight People Known to Have Been straightest and stand punishment the Smutzer began work on the farm he longest who win battles,” he declared. Killed and Scores Injured. failed on Saturday to discover at least “and it is of such stuff that the Amone additional body. Excavations erican navy is made.” Admiral Evans Woodward, Okla—At least eight were made at several points in the barnyard, but in none of them was there indications of human bones or flesh. It is believed that at least a score of people have been buried on Mrs. Guinness’ farm, and that all were murdered by this woman, who seems to have been the most ferocious criminal of modern times. Adjournment in Sight. supply bills of congress, in which apropriations are to be made for the support of the | government for the next fiscal year, beginning on July 1, are in such condition in both houses that if no complications arise in connection with cther legislation it will be possible to reach a final adjournment by the 25th inst. There are fourteen of these general measures, carrying an aggre. gate of almost a billion dollars, and of these the house of representatives, in which all of them originate, passed twelve. has New Mexican Act Repealed. Washington.—Under suspension of the rules, the house on Saturday passed unanimously the senate resolution repealing the act of the territorial legislature of New Mexico, which passed, over the governor’s yeto, March 11, 1908. The territorial act deals with civil procedure in per- sonal injury cases. The resolution now goes to the president for his signature, having passed the senate in March. Mr. Birdsall of lowa, having the bill in charge, declared that the law was the most remarkable piece of legislation ever enacted. congratulated the committee on having brought in a model child labor Harry K, Thaw on Friday filed a tra permit the existing lime to be paral- womar found in the ruins of the home of Mrs. Belle Gunness being terrific wind and rain storm for taine and fix the distance, according quet given Friday night in honor of the visit of the Atlantic fleet by the city of San Francisco. He’ was law for the District of Columbia. Mr. Williams (Miss.), the minority leader, Poughkeepsie, N. Y¥.—Counsel Fakumen officers of his command at the ban- day unanimously passed a child labor which Tsinmintun China asks Japan to deter- Farm of Indiana Woman. falling live wires and others were blown down and injured during a was railroad. Bodies ef Many Victims Unearthed on many pedestrians were put in peril by man tion of the leled, and she places a limit upon Japan's right to oppose the comstruttion of railroads in Manchuria on the ground that they parallel and compete with the Japanese controlled lines. Baron Hayashi, the Japanese min- killed, Chicago—One Pekin—The Chinese government on Friday handed in a fermal reply to Japan's protest against the construe- Thomas, who brought the ships from Child Labor Law Passed. Washington.—The house on Satur- Windstorm Strikes Chicago. ther Efforts. to usage elsewhere, at which she will Washington—The Washington—Senator Burkett’s res olution declaring Sunday, May 10, te tn the Meantime the Bcycott Weapor is Being Used, and Japan Aske That Promoters of the Movement be Restrained from Fur- in token of the presence of a new chief, Rear Admiral Charles Μ. bill, and said he would reward them by not insisting on a roll call. He anpounced that he would take a similar position on several other bills, the passage of which the country was de- manding. The Republicans declined METCALF REVIEWS FLEET. spection of Fighting Ships. armored cruisers, torpedo boat destroyers and auxilliaries, aggregating in weight of displacement the enor- Jeanne Weser narrowly’ escaped lynching here af the hands of an in- furiated mob, after learned that she was it nad been guilty of bru- tally strangling a 7-year-old boy to death. Several months ago the Weser woman was arrested in Paris, charged with the murder of over a seore of children. Doctors who examined her expressed the belief that ghe was the victim of infanticidal mania, and, as no proof could be found, she was allowed to go. Sunday ward that the storm struck is Mutual, Little Robe, in Ellis county, which id fifty-five miles southwest of thid place. There was a succession of tor nadoes between 5 oO’clock and 10 c’clock p. m. They appeared first’ in the western part of the blage of armor-clads thus far to mark the progress of the American navy to second rank among the floating fighting forces of the world—were_ reviewed in picturesque San Francisec harbor on Friday by Secretary of the The most serious results were in the vicinity of Arnett, where fully thirty persons are believed to have received broken limbs. Nearly all of these victims are residents of the farming Navy Metcalf. The review was the last of the show features on the water, for soon the ships will be departing, some to go to navy yards for repu.irs, and others of the Pacific fleet starting south on a practice cruise. More Pay for Soldiers. Washington.—The officers and en- isted men of the army on Friday won their fight for increased pay when the house of representatives, after a debate of two hours, agreed to. the devastated district, and moved toward the east, districts. The only town destroyed is Vici, a postoffice in the southern part of Woodward county, where not a house ts left standing. Soldier Runs Amuck and Kills Three of His Companions. Manila.—A telegram received from Camp Stotsenburg, at Los Angeles, Pamphaga province, island of Luzon, by the adjutant general Monday night announces that Private Mike conference report on the armyappro- Beacham of the First United States priation bill. An appropriation οἱ $7,000,000 was made for the purpose, $5,000,000 of which will go to the enlisted men. Nine hundred officers on the retired list also will benefit by the increase. Under suspension of the rules bills were passed placing the Porto Rican regiment of infantry on a permanent basis. cavalry ran amuck, killing three and wounding three of his comrades, one mortally. All the killed and wounded were members of troop F, First cavalry. Details of the tragedy are lacking, but it is presumed that Beacham was insane when he committed the deed. Big Blaze at Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga—One million and a quarter dollars is the loss conserva- tively estimated of a fire which early Friday destroyed two blocks of Atlanta business property. When the fire was under control, the ruined buildings in the district were bound. ed by Forscythe, Nelson, Madison and Hunter streets. The police and fire departments dynamited what was left of the ragged walls. How the fire started is a mystery. There was no loss of life and no injuries. The in- the property destroyed For Pure Food and Against Lobbying. named Oklahoma The nearest point to Wood- mous total of more than four hundred thousand tons—the greatest assem- was placed at $700,000. Female Form. evening. five miles away. The most distant ia San Francisco.—The combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets of battleships, surance on Fiend in in northwestern Secretary of Navy Makes Formal In- roll call. Nancy, France—A woman persons were killed and scores of others injured in the several tornadoes was cheered time and time again. to accept Mr. Williams’ proffer of no Thaw Depending on Technicalities. Police- Opinion Expressed by Chinese That San Franciseo.—Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans’ flag was hauled down from the main truck of the Connecti- Recelve Approval of Senators. prevailed Thursday. In outlying parts of the city windows were broken, wires carried away and trees blown and the fact that the workmen were| down. The weather bureau reports out for dinner igs responsible for no the wind’s maximum velocity at forty serious accidents or fatalities. S. J. miles an hour, but along the lake Rinehart'’s store building was Ππ- shore its foree was much greater, roofed, the ball park fence and build- John Lucas, 65 years old, was blown ings were blown to pfeces and several town and died of heart disease. other buildings were damaged. Garcia, Alleged Murderer of Harbor. conditions are quieter than usual, He Magdalena bay to Santa Cruz, and Idaho Republicans in Session. Wallace, Idaho.—Republicans of Idaho, in state convention assembled, man, is Dead. a prelude to the conservation thorities. vention Fire at Tonopah Destroys Twenty“eight Business Houses. flames were prisoners rushed to the kitchen and, seizing knives and other weapons, ate tempted to cut their way in liberty, They were surrounded and killed ta a man by the soldiers, who had been hastily summoned by the prison au in San Francisco cut in San Francisco harbor on Sat- of the three days’ conference at the | Twelve Persons Known to Have Been IAPAN'S PROTEST Hauled Down From Flagship Connecticut the Natural Resources of the Tornado Causes Heavy Loss of Life and Much Property in Sarpy County is Destroyed. peaches CHINA'S REPLY 0 Guthrie, Okla—The house and senate on Friday passed a very complete pure food bili with more exact ing requirements than the national bill. A pure food analysis station was established at Oklahoma university. Both branches of the legislature agreed to the anti-lobbying bill, which provides that criminal action may be had on any lobbyist who does not first file his name and a statement of his business with the legisla ture. The bill is.simflar to a measure proposed by Governor Folk of Mis souri. Curiosity Got the Best of Her. Chicago.—Mrs. Annie B. Whitmore, postmistress at Gray's Lake Ind., was arraigned Monday before a_ federal court commissioner on the charge of opening letters between Rev. Charles E. Havenor of Gray’s Lake, and Mrs. Mary ΒΕ. 8S. Calvin of Fort Wayne, Ind. Mr. Havenor alleged that the postmistress has been prying into his love affairs and circulating gossip concerning them. Mrs. Whitmore, who asserts her innocence, asked for a continuance, and it was granted. Garcia Denies Kriowledge of Hold-Up: Salt Lake City—-The Tribune says Joe Garcia, the half-breed charged with the murder of Policeman Charles 8. Ford, denies in a statement to Seattle agents of Bailey & Vickery, counsel for Joe Sullivan, serving a life sentence for the murder, %h knowledge of the Albany bar hold-up and the slaying of the patrolman. The statement was secured from Garcia by Frank S. Bayley, of Herr, Bayley & Wilson, Seattle attorneys, at the request of Sullivan’s counsel, Friday, and forwarded to by mail Monday. Bailey & Vickery |