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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. V VOLUME XV DAKOTA CITY, XEB., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1907. XU3IBER 4C. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH SUMMARY OF THB NEWS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. MOYEIi MADE DENIAL L.i:ort M'Anr.it ti:ij.s of ukla. tioxs vi::i unciiAitn. So Fnr from Commending Orchard Tor the Vindicator Job, Witness In sists Ho Hid Not Know the lim Fntll Lonj? After That Time. Charles H. Meyer went to the stand nt Boise, Idaho, Wednesday, a witness for his fellow defendant, William D. Haywood, and besides making positive denial of all the crimes attributed to him and the other federation readers by Harry Orchard offered an explana tion of the unsolicited appearance of the Western Federation of Miners as the defender of Harry Orchard imme diately after his arrest at Caldwell for the murder of Bteunenberg. Moyer swore that It wa Jack SImj klns who engaged Attorney Fred Mil ler at Spokane to go to Caldwell to represent Orchard, then known as Thomas Hogan, and that It was at the request of Simpklns that the witness and Haywood subsequently advanced $1,500 from the funds of the federa tion to meet the expense of defending Orchard. At various stages of the recital the defense offered a number of docu ments, including a heretofore undls- closed cipher telegram which Simp kins sent to federation headquarters and the union at Silver City, Idaho, covering the moves to protect the fed eration which was charged with tho crime within a few days after it oc curred. Moyer remained on the stand un der direct examination from shortly after 10 o'clock in the morning and made a self-possessed witness, and at the end of the long day the defense expressed satisfaction over both his testimony and the probable impression he made on the Jurors. MAY BE FIXED A MILLION. Santa Fo ltullrond Indicted by Fedcr al Jury. The federal grand Jury in Chicago Wednesday returned an Indictment against the Atchison, Topeka and San ta Fe railroad on sixty-five counts on the charge of rebating. The indictment charges the Santa Fe with granting rebates amounting to $12,000 to the United States Su gar and Land company, of Garden City, Kan. The indictment contains Fixty-flve counts, each relating lo al leged Infringement of the law, and the company. If convicted, will be subject to a maximum fine of $l,3tf0,000 and a minimum fine of $65,000. The rebate is said to have been granted while the sugar refinery was being erected at Garden City, In 1905 on shipments of building material, the freight on which amounted to $100, 000. It is alleged the railroad had agreed to return $3000 lf the $100,- 000, but only $12,000 had been paid When complulnts were heard from the other shippers, the government com menced an Investigation. GKKAT COMI1IXK IS ATTACKED. Government Tunis Guns on tho To Imcco Trust. The government Wednesday filed in the United States circuit court in New York a petition against the American Tobacco company, British-American Tobacco company, American Snuff company, American Cigar company United Cigar Stores company, Amerl can Etogle company, MeAndrews i Forbes company, Conley Foil com pany, and fifty-six other corporations and twenty-nine Individuals connected with the nameil companies. The corporations and Individuals constitute what is generally known a the "tobacco trust," and the petition directed against them sets forth the purpose of the government to dissolve this trust by breaking up the agree ments under which the consolidate concerns are working. In showing the growth of th "trust" since its organization In 1890 the conclusion Is reached that at an early day, unless prevented, It would completely monopolize the entire to bucco Industry. Member Diet in Commons. During a division in the English house of commons lr Alfred Btllson member for the northwest division o Staffordshire, died suddenly from ap oplexy. Sioux City Live Stock Murket. Wednesday's ciuotatlons on th Sioux City live stock market follow ,Top , beeves, $6.85, the highest prlc since 1902. Top hogs, $5.70. Sir William IlrotMlhcnt Dead. Sir William Henry Broadbent, phy slcian In ordinary to King Edward an the prince of Wales, died Wednesday, Sentenced for Lund Frauds. Marion It. Itlggs, of Portland, Ore, convicted of conspiracy In the famou .Blue Mountain land fraud case, was sentenced to ten months In the Mult nomah county Jail. Planter Kills Xero; Will Die, Too In a fight with nistols between ltiv era Foster, a planter of Uldgely, Lake county, Tenn., and a negro, the lat ter was killed and Foster was fatally wounded. SCHMIT2S WAXES HOT. Mayor Sentenced to Five Year la Penitentiary. The sentencing of Mayor Schml'2, of San Francisco, to Ave years In San Quentln prison for extortion and the commencement and partial completion of the selection of a Jury to try Vice President I,ouls Glass, of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph com pany, on the flrsf of ten charges of bribing supervisors were ?he features of Monday In the bribery and graft ceedlnga. The sentence of Schmltz was one of the most dramatic scones ever wit nessed In a court. Hats were thrown into the air, aims were waved and there was such an unrestrained clat- ter of applause that the bailiff pound- lng for order, c,ould not be heard. In Judge Lawlers court six of th. twelve Jurors to try Vice President Glass were finally selected and sworn after the prosecution had used two peremptory challenges and the de fense four. To the former three arbi trary challenges remain And to tho latter six. There was a complet ab sence of the spirit of bickering that distinguished the Ruef and Schmlts trials. In all eighteen veniremen were ex amined during the day. Twelve of these qualified as to causes. Judge Dunne sentenced Mayor Schmlti to Imprisonment in San Quentln penitentiary. Sentence Monday followed the re cent conviction of SchmiU for extort ing $1,175 from French restaurant keepers of San Francisco. FRANCE CALLING FOR GOLD. Withdrawals from the United States Will Continue. i The movement of gold has been In progress since early May, will be con- tlnued by the engagement of $1,000,- 000 for shipment Tuesday. The ex- portatlon of gold Is attributed by ex- I change experts to the attempt of the Bank of France to recuperate its gout reserve, which has been lessened by ! the withdrawal of , Russian deposit from France. 60ce April France has taken about $28,800,000 from Ameri ca, $3,000,000 has gone to London, and $1,000,000 to Holland. New York exchange houses express the opinion that the movement of gold to France is likely to continue until the demand of the Bank of France are satisfied. NO CHIP ON SHOULDER. Japanese Officers Do Not Look for a M iHiindersiandlng. Vice Admiral IJuin and the officer !' of the Japanese cruisers Chltose and" Tsultuba dined with Queen Wllhel- mlna In the Netherlands. The Japan ese minster and the Dutch minister ol marine were included in the party. Speaking of the American-Japanese question, the Japanese officers said they did not believe a serious misun derstanding was possible. The Japan ese wished to maintain good relations ; with the Americans, and, pointing to their swords, the officers added: "We are determined not to draw them for offense, but only for the de fense of our country from attack. In the latter case, you will find us ready for all sacrifices." To Reelr.lin 20,000 Acres. A corps of engineers under Prof. C. S. Schlictero, government engineer of : . the reclalmant department, have es- Western Railroad Give Notice of Re tabllshed offices at Englewood, Kan., ' ductions July 15. preparatory to the work of reclaiming The western railroads have notified by irrigation 20,000 acres of land :.i the interstate commerce commission the Cimarron valley In Oklahoma. ; that on July 15 they will make a gen- ' eral reduction in passenger rates for Fall on Pocket Knife Kills Child. Harold, the 6-year-old son of E)arl Brouhard, a Well known farmer living near Lebanon, Ind., fell from a cot on to a pocket knife with which he had been playing, and was instantly killed The blade pierced the child's heart. Auto Hits Trolley Pole. Dr. Julian P. Thomas, Florence Haas, the actress, and Grace Rogers, occupants of an automobile, were se riously Injured In New York when thi machine struck a trolley pole while traveling at a high rate of speed. Son of Oronhyntekim Dead. Dr. Ackland Oronhyatekha, son of the late supremo chief ranger of tho Independent Order of Foresters, was found dead in bod at Deseronto, Ont., as-the result of heart failure. Edward to Ireland. King Edward and Queen Alexandra started Monday for Ireland, the sec ond visit since their accession. One of the special objects of the king's trip U to visit the Dublin exhibition. Shoots Wife and Duughtcr. . Andrew Lowlln, of Larksvllle, Pn., shot and probably fata'.ly wounded his wife and daughter Thursday and then fled to the mountains. WESTERN LF-ACt'E BASEBALL. Schedule of Game to IW Pla)iHl at Sioux City la. Following is a schedule of ttu West ern League games to be played at Sioux City in the Immediate future: Des Moines July 15, 16, 17 Lincoln July 23, 24. 25 I "ays $2,000,000 for Timln-r Land. The Northwest Lumber compnry, the principal stockholders In which are Barley Brothers and M. F. Quinn, of Pennsylvania, have purchased 10, 000 acres of timber land in western Washington. t . . Hoy Euts Fruit und Dies. Hot weather, grejn apples and r';..! blackberries combined to kill Oi iia Jackson, 10 year3 old, son of J. A. Jackson, of McLeaniiborough, XII. WAR OX FARMERS' ELEVATORS. town Grain Dealer Start Determined Cajiiiwiign. Tho Iowa Grain Dealers association It Its annual convention In Des Moines Tuesday through Its secretary, Geo. A. Wells, gave notice of a war to a finish on the Farmers' Co-operntlve elevator concerns throughout the country. While the old line elevator men who compose the Iowa Qratn Dealers' as sociation have been at sword points with the co-operatives for years, the contest had not reached the crucial point that Is evidently now at hand. Mr. Wells, In his report, scored C. O. Messerolo, of Gowrle, who is consid ered one of the leading representa tives of the co-operatives, and declar- ed that the evidence submitted by tho co-operatives at the recent interstate commerce commission hearing in Dei Moines, which was derogatory to the association, was false. Probably the first move of the old line dealers will be an endeavor to secure the prosecu 'on of co-operative leaders, alleging lat their organizations violate tho new SUllman law. Much literature haa recently been disseminated by the Iowa Grain Dealers' association attacking C. G. Meserole, and this campaign will possibly be continued. What the plan of contest of the co operatives will be remains to be seen SKELETONS AND DEAD BODIES Paul King Says He Found Tlvem at College In Sioux City, Iowa. Alleging that the Sioux City, la. College of Medicine Is guilty of keep ing and maintaining a nuisance, be cause of Its failure to remove from It building the decomposing bodies ol "cadavers ." Paul Kino- Tuesday morn- jng flej information with Justice ol tne Peaoe Ole T. Naglestad, upon whlch a warrant for the arrest of thf resident of the board of trustees waf js8U0j, It u stated that for several weeks re8idonts in the vicinity of the col- lege notlced the noxious odor! emanati,, from the building and a complaint was made to Dr. Grant J. Ross, city health officer. The f.ling ol the complaint followed a personal In spection of the Interior of the college at Fourteenth and Jones streets by Mr. King, who stated that on the third floor In the west room, which is used for operating purposes, he discovered a number of dead bodies. He says two of them were lying on the table where they had been left after the close of the college year by the students, while several skeletons In a decomposed con dition were on the floor. ., ujQ gwiNDLER GETS TWO YEARS Defrauded tho Government Out of $180,000. A sentence of two years in the city Jail and a fine of $10,000 Tuesday was Imposed upon John H. Seward, of Bal timore, Md., of the firm of J. H. Sew ard & Co., fruit importers, Seward pleaded guilty to the charge of defrauding the government by In creasing the weight of decayed fruit on which there was a refund duty of 1 cent a pound. In round numbers Seward is be lieved to have defrauded the govern- 1 ment out of more than $180,000 dur ing the past four years. INTERSTATE 2-CENT FARE. interstate trips in Illinois, Iowa, Min- nesota and Missouri, making 2 cents per mile the basis for all rates in and between the states. On July 20 the rates will be reduced for interstate trips between Wisconsin and Illinois, Iowa and Missouri points to a basis of iVt cents per mile and 2 cents ki tho other states. GoroiauY Commemorate Schiller. An Immense bronze monument com memorating the famous German poet, Schiller, was unveiled at Como Park, St. Paul, Minn., Sunday afternoon with appropriate exercises. The gift Is from the German residents of St. Paul and was accepted by Mayor Smith on behalf of the city. It cm $6,000. One Clmucc for llunynn. That a plea of Insanity may be tho defense of Chester B. Runyan, tho i paying teller of the Windsor Trust ! company, of New York, charged with abstracting $96,000 of the trust com pany's fund, was Indicated by hlH coun sel when Runyan was arraigned in court Tuesday. New Rival for Bryan. Jesse H. Grant, son of Gen. U. S. Grant, who has been In St. Louis with the avowed intention of sounding the sentiment regarding his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for presi dent, departed Tuesday for Memphis, Tenn., and his tour of the southwest. Senator I Liu 'on RevFJccUtl. United States Senator A. O. Bacon, of Georgia, was re-elected for the full term beginning March 4, 1907. Four turned to Death. Four children of Jason Field, who Jives at Roflersvllle, Wis., were burned j to death Tuesday by the explosion of J a gasoline stove. One child was saved. I The children range from S months to , 4 years. I'.aistoii Is Xumcd. President Roosevelt Tuesday ap pointed William C. Ralston to be as sUtant United States treasurer at San Francisco v a", a EJI -aw vm JTm St . H tH W jm. N mm a -aU 4 FRANK IXMCTEn FOR MI UDKU. Grand Jury Taken Different Mew from the C'oro'ier's. Ernest Frank Is In th" Pawner county Jail chr.rf.ed with the murder of his wife. In September, 1906. Ernest Frank, son of W. A. Frank, living nbout six miles northenst of Table Hock, was married to EJIth Allen, daughter of Mrs. F. W. Au!t. Theyoung couple went to live with the parents of the groom with every prospect of a happy mar ried, life before them, each being about 23 years of nge. On March 1 they went to housekeeping on a farm in the neighborhood, the parents of the young couple living nearby, and are substantial farmers, old residents and highly hespected. On April 25, Young Frank claims he went to the home of his father, about three fourths of a mile distant, to assist In repairing a spring on the farm. The day not being, suitable for th work he returned home and found his wife lying on the kitchen floor with a small twenty-two rifle by her side. On sum. monlng help of the neighbors they found her dead with a srunshot wound Just before the right ear and that there was an empty shell In the rifle The coroner enpanelled a Ju'.y, who found that death was by suicide. Last week, district court being In session, with udge Raper presiding. a grand Jury was chllcd and the mat ter again investigated. After being In session six days the Jury returned an indictment against Frank for murdor in the first degree. Sheriff Martin ar rested Frank and took him to Pawnee City. BURJLAR SHOT THROUGH LEG, Denmy Sheriff at North Platte Brings Down Mnn ui Flight. Deputy Sheriff Lowell caught professional burglar at North Platte about midnight Friday night. Lowell about 11 o'clock heard glass fall as he went by McKay's store and he waited an hour for the burglar to return. The burglar entered the store and he was ordered to throw up his hands, whloh ht failed to do, and started to run, when the deputy shot at him three times, the last shot going through his leg. This stopped the thief and he was taken to the county Jail. He gives no name, but is evidently a profession al. He had some nttro-glycerln and burglars'- tools In his possession when raptured. He had prior to this Umu, probably earlier in the night, broken Into Pizer'B department store, but to6k nothing there. TRIES TO END HIS LIFE. Herman Box-he. Accused Murderer, Makes Four Attempt. Herman Boche, awaiting trial at Madison for murdering Frank Jarmer In Norfolk May 1, tried to commit suicide four times Monday, but lived. Three efTorts were by hanging and one by battering his head against tho cement floor of the Madison Jail. Earlier In the dny Boche tried to run away while walking about tho Jail yard with Sheriff Clements. He se cured a pitchfork from the barn and ran. He was overtaken and then he turned on Clements and lunged at the sheriff with the pitchfork, but Clem ents dodged behind a tombstone In a cemetery where Boche had escaped to. Roche's head was cut badly by his driving It against the hard floor of the Jail. He was purple when cut down after he had tried to hang himself. VOTING MACHINE TO BE USER. All Rut School Rourd Will Depend on Full of Lever In November. "The voting machines will be used at the coming election," declared Deputy County Clerk Dewey, of Doug las county. "Tho machine Is larg.i enough to carry the stato and county tickets and the school board will hav to provide a separate ballot for Its members. We are closing leases now for voting places and I think we wll' have no trouble In securing rooms large enough to carry on the election." A day or two ago It was announced that the voting machines might not be used owing to the fact the county, state and school board tickets would contain forty-three names, while the machine will only allow forty. Ac cording to Deputy lewey tho county will use the machines. Bljj Receipts from Fees. The receipts of the 'office of Secre tary of State Junkin during the month of June amounted to $3,044.39, against $2,201.35 for the s.imo month of 13i. The receipts were divided as follows: Articles of incorporation, $2,585.55; notaries' commissions, $59; motor car licenses, $240; brands, $37.50; certified copies, $109; other sources, $13.34. DaveniKirt I las a Boom. Davenport Is having a building boom at the present time. The new Methodist Episcopal church, costitig $12,000, Is under construction, as are many new residences. A system of water works Is being contcmpluted, and the new electric light plant Is in operation. Waterloo 31a n Was Burned. The celebration at Waterloo was marred by an accident resulting in the somewhat serious injury of A. II Campbell, who had his face quite se verely burned whllo assisting in sen ' lng up fireworks. CiillMTtx.il Girl Killed. Sarah, tho 11-year-old daughter of M. David Gels, living seven miles northeast of Culbertson, was thrown from a horse. She had a halter strap tied to her arm and was dragged half a mile. She lived two hours. Reunion ef Third Nebraska. A plan is In process of Incubation for a reunion of the Third Nebraska ( regiment of volunteers In Hastings some time during the latter part of the summer. INFANT HUSBAND IN SUIT. Uks tli.it His Wife's Mother Pay Hint for Fii'w Iniprisontneat. Fred Hogg, of Omaha, a minor, hai brought suit In district court through his mother, Malctha Hogg, against Mrs. Grace Hamilton and Arthur C. I'ancoast, an attorney, for $5,000 dam ages for alleged false arrest, in spite of the fact he Is under 21 year of age and too young to bring suit in his pwn name, he l already an appli cant for a divorce, his suit having been men auout two monvns ago. me sun filed grows out of the trouble with his wife and her family. Mrs. Hamilton Is his mother-ln-law. The petition states June S3 Mrs. Hamilton, by the advice of Attorney Pancoast, had young Hogg arrested for desertion of his wife Edna and his baby Gladys. The complaint was be fore Judge King, but Hogg was dis charged. He was held In Jail Are hours and for the humiliation and In Jury to his reputation he asks Judg ment for $5,000, DUCKET SHOPS OUT OF CITY. New Ijw In Effect, but Few Shutter Were lut Up. The anti-bucket shop law passed by the last legislature went Into effect Friday morning. Colncldontalty every grain and stock brokerage ooocern la Omaha did a rushing business, seem ingly undisturbed by fear of the state. Only one office has suspended bust ness on account of the law, that of 9 Sleuman, who left bis quarters In the New York Life building a few day ago and opened an office In Kansas City. Kan. Several Omaha concerns formerly carried their customers' trados entire ly on their own responsibility. The or Qer was received at Omaha and filled at Omaha, If filled at all. These firms) are to be distinguished from those which place all their order on th Chicago board of trad. Th only ev ident effect of the recent legislation has been to make them place their trades outside of the state. CIM.XCE FOR CREAMERY MEN. Railway CommlNMlon Wants Informa tion on Cream Rates. The state railway commission la anxious to hear from shipper of cream regarding freight rates, and though the public hearing on the ap plication of the Western Trafflo asso ciation for a higher rato has been ex tensively advertised and discussed not a single shipper of cream has sent In word that he Intends to protest or that he Intends to Indorse the application. The commission Is in possession of no Information regarding this matter other than that furnished by the traf fic association to tho effect that the present rate tends to drive out the small creameries will decrease. To the commission It looks as if the price of cream paid the farmor will be cut down If the freight rate goes up, but so far It apparently has been unable to Interest any of the shippers of cream. FRANK BHIXK OUT OF ASYLUM. Slayer of Sweetheart Declared by Hoe Xit!tl Authorities Not Insane. Frank Brink, tho Ponca young man recently tried for the murder of his former sweetheart on the eve of her marriage to another Tnan, and ac quitted on the ground of Insanity, haa been released from the state insane hospital at Norfolk, Just three months to a day after his entrance to the insti tution. Officials at the Institution de clare that Brink has not been lnsano at any time during the three months that he has been an Inmate of the hos. pitul. He was discharged and sent home free. ;keat hkvivaii at falls city. Itev. French K. Oliver Haa Stirred Up Uio nntlre City. Rev. French 13. Oliver, the noted evangelist, has been conducting a se ries of meetings In the big tabernacle at Falls City. He was assisted by his brother, who conducted the choir of 300 voices and by the pastors of all tho local churches. Tho meetings closed Sunday evening. The conver sions number between 400 and 500. Never before In Its history has the city been ho stirred up in a rollgious wsy and the good he has accomplished if Incalculable. Normal Gets (lie Htroct. The Fremont city council, at a spe clnl meeting, adopted tho report of the citizens' committee on the Platte ave nue matter and passed an ordinance closing the street between Ninth and Tenth streets, the property to be used by tho normal school for a new build ing. rial in Parker Is Im-ano. Frank I'arker, condemned to death on the charge of murdering his broth er nnd sister-in-law, failed to secur further delay when he appeared In the court of Judge Holmes at Uncoln. The attorneys for Darker alleged thai he was Insane. l or Striking HUi Fnthor. Fred Oates was lined 15 and costs In police court at Omaha for striking hU 85-year-old father In the bead with a batchut and beating him because h refused to prepare a moal. To Kill Small Creameries. Fearing that the big creamery and the Western Freight association ar trying to kill the small creameries, th railway commission has called a pub lic meeting of dairymen at Llnoem Aug. 6. Admits He Is the Knyer. W. J. Sloane, arrested two weeks ufT) at Orotna, charged with tho mur-Cc-.t of Frank Herman, near Grand Island, has made a confession. Her man's body was found in a hay staek a month ago. ODB HUMAN MIXTURE. Many Dlrsiis ( hnmctm at nsy wil Trial la nl. IXw vorkl nt large has had a srvroc what niuisvaflng peep into the ronrt roaiu of Ada Comity, Idaho, wlienco wnaimted tlMit nwful story of crime wbjch will innko the name of Harry Otvtinrd n synonym for pku'.UInK nd nssnssliuitloii through generations to eftine, so writes lVlso correspoiidcaL It b:u become fiuiillihr with till hn iii.li) monstrosity, it hn formed a slight ncnuulntnm-e with th ' fair mliidtM Jurist, Fremont Wood, and with Us gifted attorneys IWcbarduon, with his ponderous hltulgerhJS of spoech ; Uk admit Itrrow, wltli his tdilnlivg InnecR of wit and satire; Haw ley, a veritable Rtonni engine ef thought and langiatge ; and Borah, whose pene trative ml ml nnd piercing tongue are a terror to the witnesses who most sUUnit to cross-ex a ml us. lion. But there is a phase of the trial with which Die pnbllc lins not become ac quainted. There Is a strange conglom eration of Immunity assembled here nt the call of the State and the defetwe. The rough, uncouth life of t1e mines and the mlnlsa; settlements touches el bows with the pollsluM tipjier cnist of society, aud the contrasts which result are striking. We And the educated, ctiWured daughter of an ex-Governor taking the sent but recently vacated by an arch-criminal, and we do not won der that ber surroundings confuse her testimony. An ex-Governor follows a negro servant In giving evldeuce and a f armer nontenant governor exchanges seats with one of Orchard' alleged confederates. The trial Is a moeaaston of contrasts such as eonld not be found anywhere save In this region of con trasts, where yon can enjoy all the comforts of civilization, while but a few tntles beyond lies utter toselatton. Scattered about the court room are other men who place little more value than did reiki rd on human life other than their own, They are town mar shals, rcukerton detectives and gun men who are regarded a gnardlonfl of the law In Ute mining communitlos. Some of these are the "unterrifled' deputies who In tie days of the boTJ pen helped to starve the miners. Oth ers are former cowboys, fellows of the Rough Rider stripe, who assisted the State governments of die West to pre serve order after the Bnanlsn-Amerlaan war was ended. They show their Im portance on the streets, where they jostle unoffending citizens, and several sera m have been averted by a very narrow marglu. Tliere ls another body of men lere who represent the law after a fashion. They are the rinkerton sqnad. They dlgul themselves by wearing brond brliumod, lilgh-cmwncd slouch hats such as miners wear while off duty. T1kv loaf around tins street coraers, in the hotel lobbies and at the rail road stations, and their eyes aro al ways open, though they have had lit tle Ofvatrfon to use their hands. Some of tlxtM! men were In the Homestead riots aud some of them have seen ser vice In South America and in Europe, tracing famous -rlmina1s. It Is this strange mixture of bmuan ity which gives additional flavor to a case already pretty well seasoned with human interest. Ilrlet fCewa Item. Ily an executive order the employes of the government printing olliee in Wash ington win be given a bulf holiday on Suturday during July, August and Sep-toiirlx-r, the same as Is grunted to the eiar ployiw of other government departments. John Getterman, the Interstate com merce commission expert, who visited Oklahoma recently and Investigated freight rate aud cotton seed oil trust mat ters, is now in Hamburg, Germany, inves tigating the lliuntmrg-American linn of stcinaers in regard to excessive frolglit rates. it IturnoH, the aged raun charged with the probably futal shooting ol ltich artl Williams, was captured at his borne, el-ht miles HoutheuHt of Tulsa, I. T. He is now in the Tulsa Juil, waiting a hear ing before the Uiritod States couunlHsion er. IWnes says ho is IKS years of see. , Janie FriscTrll, the 5-year-old daugh ter of Mr. aud Mrs. John Frlxaell of the Wuodburg ranch, south of Colorado SiM-uin, Colo., met a sudden and fright ful (Wtti as the result o( beiug bitten by a rsttlcisuake. The fuags of lire rep tile pierced an artery in the calf of tk leg, and death resulted in a short time. $ GREAT PACIFIC FLEET. Kim is to End Active Careee fcr Tssi i lmr Wraips Aroand Rorn, Dorrer significance of an imternav tkmal character than has yet teen art taehed to the smding of the fleet ef American tarUushlps to tho Pacific coast shortly la now admitted by those In rlose touch wrth the situation. While It has boon constantly duclarcd by the Navy Department that bo monaoe to Jafva Is intended by tho dispatrh of tl fleet and Ambassador Aoki ef that conatry has asserted that Japan will not oonstrue the presence of the Oeet la the Pacific at such, It la understood la Wastrinfton that the arrival of the battleship squadrons In tho Pacific BEAB ADlflBAL KVAlf S. marks the Initial step toward the mah tenaaee of a permanent fighting fleett In the Pacific hereafter. Whether the entire fleet of eighteen i venue Wi which is now deatlned for the -Pacific remain there or not, It Is as--sorted on the authority of well In formed offldala that the American navy in the Pacific will never again be In- adequate to cope with any euwrgncy on that aide of the continent natoes' there la a vast change In the aspect of ' International polltVcs, v In addition to the necessity of nrg- , lng open Oangrem the . needs ef the navy on be Wtdfic side, which will now he accentuated by the presence of the flea there, the admtaiatrattoa Is de clared ay close stvdents In WaM ?--ton to haw taken One by the forelock. Hi sanding the fleet to the Pactflc J net previous to the negotiation of a new treaty with Japan. The present eom crcial and amity treaty expires In mil and the progressive party of Japan Is already insisting as a polKlcsl issue -tliut the new Japanese exclusion law, . burring coolie from the United States, . ahull be modlaVnl In the new treaty. Extraordinary steps are already un der way to send tins fleet around tlie Horn as soon as possible. Uear Admiral Evans, wlw will likely end hU active naval career by taking tbeee warships, around the Horn, Is now In New 'tork arranging the preliminary details of the trip. Already agrangemejihi for tius Immediate shipment of BO.OOO tons- of etvil from Baltimore have been made.. In addition tlic general board has form ulas a pktn for the transfer of tho -entire force of the Brooklyn navy ynrd to the Piscine count in the event of labor troubles there Bd the establish ment In the Pacific of a duplWate yard.. The fleet in Its Journey to the Pacific will practically meit the famous vny uj;e of the battleship Oregon, made Just prevlons ta the Kunih-Amerk,an war. Tubes Arm? Ooiuuia.a4er Prisoner. Bainnli, the notorious bandit, has taken, prisoner fSe commander of the Multau's army and will hold him for a big ran som an4 the guarantee ef his own ap pointment as governor of Tangier. IWlat Ulrrcttir for ChJeajro. Director of the Mint Ouorge E. Rob erts has aoceptod the preuidtutcy of the Commercial Nutional bank of Chicago. 80-Tfeat Gu Law la Du(w, Th report ef the special master in tho salt brought by the Consolidated (Jos Ouurpany of New York to mmot tke 80 ceut gsa law finds that the prW is un just to the company and that the law deuUti ftiual rights to the company by reaseu ef the peimlties iuiiOHed for viola tions. The muster Gads, further, that the entire earnings nnder the law would be ouly 2 H per rent on the total assets. The. decision of the Circuit Court will not bo- rendered before thirty days.