Nebraska Newspapers

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DAKOTA COUNTY HERA LD.
NUMBER 47.
VOLUME XV
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1007.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OP THB NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
BLACK ELKSAUE.Om
GUAM) LODGK MOVES TO THIS
CUT THE- HEJID.
Memphis Lodge Authorized to Prose
cute Brethren of Color, Who Arc
I'slsrg the Kmblems of tho Order
ilUK Day to Ho Observed.
The complete and official returns of
the election In the grand lodge of Elks
held Tuesday In Philadelphia were an
nounced as follows:
Grand Exalted ruler, John K. Tett
er, of Charlevoix, Pa.; grand treasur
er, Edward Leech, New York; grand
esteemed loyal knight, W. T. Lelckle,
Dowaglac, Mich.; grand esteemed lec
turlnir knight. Bayard Gray, Frank-
Tort. Ind.: grand esteemed leadlno
knight, John Phea, Hartford, Conn.;
Krand secretary, Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque, la.; grand trustees, Thomas
B. Mills, Superior, Wis.; Thomas F
McNulty. Baltimore, and Mayor
Charles C. Schmidt, Wheeling, W. Va.;
grand tyler, James Foley, and grand
Inner guard, F. M. Taylor.
During the sessions of the grand
lodge It was decided to establish a flag
day for Elks on June 14.
A resolution was adopted calling for
the appointment of a committee to de
vise ways and means to prosecute out
side users of the Elks' emblems.
subsequent resolution calls for the ap
pointment of a commission to confer
with congress to find means to prevent
the use of the emblem.
The Memphis lodge was authorize
to prosecute the negro Elks of that
city. In this connection a resolution
was passed reprimanding the Newark,
N. J., lodge for electing a man said to
be a negro. A further measure In
structs the grand ruler to order the
. Newark lodge to Investigate the man't
antecedents and if It be found that he
la of negro extraction to expunge his
name from the rolls.
WILL SIGN AWAY $00,000,
Georgia's Prohibition Bill Will Provt
Costly to Hoke Smltli.
When Gov. Hoke Smith, of Georgia,
affixes his signature to the bill forbid
ding the manufacture or sale of Intox
icating liquors in Georgia he will de
prive himself of $60,000, and yet the
governor will make the sacrifice, for
he pledged himself In the campaign
to approve a bill for state prohibition
if enacted by the legislature.
The governor will lose the $60,000
because under prohibition the bar of
the Piedmont hotel, the finest hostel
ry in Atlanta, will be closed. T
Pledmont Is being operated by lessee
who are paying the owners $100,000 a
year. The lease Is for a term of years
and there is a chiuse providing that in
the event of prohibition the rent shall
be only $70,000 a year. Gov. Hoke
Smith owns one-tlilrd of the Piedmont
hotel, and as the total reduction be
cause of prohibition will be $180,000
the governor will sign away Just $60,-
000 when he approves the state pro.
hlbitlon bill.
The Piedmont bar Is said to be the
finest In the south, and Its "Girl In the
Fountain" with only a necklace ol
Georgia muscadines became famous In
Smith's successful campaign.
ETHKL HAItltVMOIlE TO SING.
;t In Said the Actress Will Leave Dm
inn to Be Prima Ikinna.
Ethel Barrymore will retire from
the dramatic stage and become an op
era singer, it Is said. "Captain Jinks,"
the Clyde Fitch comedy In which -'
attained fame by her performance .
the young American prima donno, now
seems very strongly In the nature of
1 prophetic biography of Miss Barry
more.
Mrs. Morris, the New York singing
teacher, has found in Ethel Barrymore
a voice of great range and as soon as
the vocal training Is finished, it Is said
the opera world will hear a new Amer
lean prima donna.
Constitution Patched Tp.
The Oklahoma constitutional coiv
ention adjourned Tuetday until Sept.
16, the day before the general state
election.. Nine changes were made In
the document to conform to the Bug
gestlons of Attoruey General Bona.
parte.
The Ijonsrworths Traveling.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
arrived in Portland, Ore., from Yel
lowstone park Wednesday night and
left later for San Francisco, where
they will take the steamer Siberia for
Honolulu.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Top beeves, $6.80. Top hogs, $6.80
Hcuvy Ioms of Cotton,
The plant of the Gulf Compress
wmpany at Argentina, Ark., owned by
Memphis and Atlanta people, burned
Wednesday. Twenty-four hundred
bales of cotton, valued at $149,416,
were destroyed.
Driven Mowing Mu blue .Over Soil.
While driving a mowing machine
Webster Drutnm, of Newark, O., ran
over his 4-year-old boy, cutting off
the child's right arm
pliush ON WAP.SHIP.
Eight Men Killed irul Tlilrtoc Sort-
oU'-'Jy Hurt.
With eight of her officers and crew
dead and thirteen others suffcrl.iif
from terrible burr.:; received In an ex
plosion of powder In the after super
Imposed turret, the battleship Georgia
steamed slowly up Boston harbor from
the target practice grounds in Capo
Cod bay last Monday and landed the
dead and Injured men at the Charles
town navy yard.
With the arrival of the Georgia
there became known the details of the
most terrible naval catastrophe that
has ever taken place along the coast
of New England.
The accident occurred shortly be
fore noon Monday, while the Georgia's
crew were at target practice off Barn
stable, In Cape Cod bay. In som man
ner as yet unexplained two bags of
powder became Ignited, and In the
terrlbe flash that followed the entire
turret crew, consisting of three officers
and eighteen men, were enveloped In
lire and received horrible burns, one
officer and five men dying before the
Bhip reached port.
The dead: Goodrich, Casper, lieu
tenant, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Goldthwatte,
Faulkner, midstTbmnn, Kentucky;
Thatcher, W. M. J., chief turret cap
tain, Wilmington, Del.; Burke, Will-
lam, Joseph, seaman, Qulncy, Mass.;
Hamilton, George G., ordinary sea
man. South Farmington, Mass.; Miller,
George E., ordinary seaman, Brooklyn,
N. Y.; Thomas, William M., seaman,
Newport, B. I.; Fair, William F., ordl.
nary seaman, Brooklyn, N. Y.
BOAUlEl BY RUSSIANS.
Officers of a Fishing Ship Are Taken
Off in Irons.
The Barkentlne Castle arrived at
Ban Francisco Sunday from the cod
fishing grounds off the coast of Siberia
and reported the vessel had been
boarded by the Russian . gunboat
Mandjur and her ship papers taken
away, and warned to stay thirty mllee
from shore under threat of being con
fiscated. The officers and crew were
taken to Petropavlosk In Irons.
The outburst of a volcano on the
peninsula of Kamschatka Feb. 1
threw the whole country Into uttei
darkness for more than forty-eight
hours, resulting In starving scores ol
natives, according to officers of th
Castle.
HAIL FOR MRS. BRADLEY.
Slayer of Ex-Senator Brown to Be Re
leu-scd.
Justice Wright, of the . supremt
court of the District of Columbia
Monday authorized the admission to
ball of Mrs. Annie Bradley, under In
dlctment on the charge of murdering
former United States Senator Brown,
of Utah, In the sum of $15,000. Affi
davits from the surgeons who per
formed the operation on Mrs. Bradly
last Saturday were read. In which It
was stated that open air exercise
would be necessary for the complete
restoration of Mrs. Bradley's health
before her trial in October.
JAP SPAT ON OUR FLAG.
Mobbed by American Workmen In I-oi-
Angeles Shops.
T. Yonl, a Japanese employed as a
wiper In the Southern Paottic shops at
Los Angeles, Cal., narrowly escaped
serious Injury at the hands of an en
raged mob of American workmen
Yonl was wiping an engine on which
had been placed two small American
flags. While wiping the engine Yon
turned deliberately and spat upon one
of the flags. The employes of the
shops quickly surrounded the Japan
ese and he was beaten and roughly
handled when he managed to escape,
Woman Slain by Black Haml.
Mrs. Ginancita Genetti, of Sterling,
111., a young Italian woman, was found
dead In her bed room with a bullet
wound through her heart. The police
have been working on the mystery and
believe It was the work of the bluck
hand.
Western Missouri DrencJied.
The western hair or Missouri was
drenched by a terrific storm Sunday
night. Reports recti ved Monday In
dicate much damage, oorn fields
bridges and culverts in lowlands in
many instances being washed out
Reads of Suicide; Ends Life.
After reading a newspaper aceoun
of the sensational suicide of a bride
Mrs. John Duchlen, of Mishawaka
lnd., aged 22 years, drank carbolic
acid. She threw herself on a bed
where her husband was sleeping, and
died before he awakened.
Sentenced or Land Frauds.
Marlon R. Biggs, of Portland, Ore,
convicted of conspiracy In the famou
Blue Mountain land rraua case, was
sentenced to ten months In the Mult
nomah county Jail.
WESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL.
Schedule of Game to He Played at
Sioux City la.
Followl;i is a schedule of the West
in League games to be played at
Sioux City In the immediate future
Des Moines Aug. 9, 10, 11, 1
Pueblo Aug. 14, 15, 16, 1
Steamer Ashore In Ig.
Ths Long Island Sound steame
Ehinnocook ran ashore and dry on
Curt island during a dense fog early
Monday. The passengers were safely
landed.
Boiult U Exploded.
A bomb explode in front nf th
summer quarters of the American etn
bassy at Yenl-Keul, a suburb of Con
stantlnople. Vuir glrla were slightl
Injured.
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FRISCO TRIES A NEW PEA lb
eI R. Taylor, Doctor anil Imwyer
Elected Major.
Edward R. Taylor, physician and
tfyer, dean of the Hastings I .aw
college and of the University of Cali
fornia, was Tuesday night by the
board of supervisors elected mayor of
San Francisco, and by the open avow-
of the bribery graft prosecution
the so-called "reign of the big stick"
ame to an end.
Dr. Taylor was the third man to
horn the election was offered by Ru
dolph Sprcckels and District Attorney
William H. Langdon. His selection
came aa a complete surprise to the
Ity, for at no time In the past weeks
of dally guessing was his name by
anyone mentioned outside of the secret
councils of the district attorney and
hlB half dozen assistants. The office
was tendered to Dr. Toylar a few
minutes after 4 o'clock Tuesday after
noon and his acceptance was In the
hands of Mr. Langdon and Mr.
Spreckles before 6 o'clock. Mr. Tay-
lor Is between 60 and 65 years old.
Mayor Eugene Schmltz, who was re
dently convicted of extortion, Is yet a
factor to be reckoned with in solving
the municipal problem. Tuesday he
ppolnted Samuel Sawyer, a member
f the typographical union, a super
visor to succeed Charles Boxton, who
resigned to be appointed temporary
mayor by the graft prosecution. It Is
announced that Mayor Schmitz will
appoint successors to the remaining
fifteen supervisors who will be forced
by the district attorney to resign. The
city will then have two governments.
one headed by Mayor Taylor and the
other by Mayor Schmltz, who claims
that he Is not Incapacitated until after
the court of last resort has confirmed
his conviction. It Is held by the prose
cution that the conviction of Mayor
Schmltz In the trial court Incapaci
tated him from further holding office,
and on that theory it has chosen May
or Taylor.
BLOODY WORK PONE BY BOMBS,
Slav General, a Woman and Coach
man Killed.
Gen. Allkhanoff, former governor
general of Tlflls, and Mme. GUeboff ,
wife of Gen. GUeboff, and the coach
man who was driving their carriage
were blown to pieces at Alexandropol
Russia, by bombs thrown at their con
veyance at 2 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. A son and daughter of GUeboff
sustained serious injuries. The All
khanoff party was returning to the
residence of Allkhanoff from his club.
Allkhanoff was nicknamed the "wild
beast" by Caucaslon members of tho
lower house of parliament, who often
referred to his cruelty In the Kutals
district, where he led a number of
punitive expeditions to stamp out the
disorders. His rigorous methods to
this end. brought down upon him tha
enmity of the revolutionists.
BONUS APPEAL IS DENIED.
Final Decree of Divorce Is Granted
Anna Gould.
The appeal of Count Bnl de Castel-
lane, of Paris, from the decision of tho
court Nov. 14 last granting a divorce
to Countess Bonl de Castellane, for
merly Anna Gould, was dismissed
Tuesday afternoon and the final de
cree of divorce duly entered. The at
torneys for the count made practical
ly no contest.
Negotiations have been practically
concluded by which Madame Gould
Is to settle tho cases of the creditors,
both against herself and tho count
out of court.
TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON
Woman
Should Have Served
Rut
Twenty Months.
Because of a mistake of a court
Clerk who wrote "years" Instead of
"months," Rhena Ribers almost serv
ed out twenty years for a twenty
months' sentence at the Alabama
mines. She died Just before the term
was up.
The mistake w'as only recently dli
covered and a bill has been Introduced
In the legislature to pay the mother of
the girl for the overtime she had
served.
"Oulda" Much Improved.
The condition of Louise 'de la Ra
fnee (Oulda), the English novelist,
who Is 111 in Rome, Is much Improved.
She refuses to be Interviewed and Is
greatly enraged at what she terms tho
exaggeration of the British newspa
pers concerning her health and cir
cumstanoes.
One Killed In Wreck.
Great Western passenger train No.
4 ran Into and damaged the rear Pull
man on a Burlington passenger, both
northbound, at Bethel, Kan., early
Tuesday. Fritz Ulrlch, of .ochester,
N. Y., was so badly Injured that he
died several hours later. Two other
passengers were slightly hurt.
Oklahoma Negro Lynched.
Frank Bailey, a negro, was lynched
by a mob of fifteen men and boys at
Osage, Okla., Tuesday night after he
had Bhot and mortally wounded Frank
Kelly, a brakeman on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad, who eject,
d the negro from the train.
Robbers Hold Up a Freight.
Two robbers held up a Frisco
freight train five miles east of Cher
ryvale, Kan., early Tuesday, and shot
and killed O. J. Brown and seriously
wounded Otis Taylor, harvest hands.
1'atal Heut In Pittsburg.
A dozen or more deaths and many
prostrations occurred In Pittsburg,
Pa., Tuesday from the heat. The
maximum temperature registered was
7 degrees.
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LOVED WOMAN OP HIS CHURCH.
Sensational Clmrgcs Made Against
Lincoln .Minister.
The Methodists of Nebraska are
ivatchlng the sensational rhurch trial
which began at University Place, the
site of Wesleyan university. Accused
of misconduct, the Rev. W. P. Fergu
son Is on trial. He Is charged with
making love to a woman of his church
and visiting Lincoln hotels with her.
Rev. Mr. Ferguson, who came to Lin
coln from Itedlamls, Cal., a year ago,
alleges that he Is the victim of a
blackmailing scheme. He is a widow
er with four children.
Sensational developments are ex
pected when the complainant, the for
mer landlady of the pastor, tells her
story. It Is expected that she will de
claro that her confession was caused
by an eloquent sermon preached by
the defendant at the First Methodist
church on the subject of virtue. Rev.
Mr. Ferguson, who was formerly sta
tioned at Iowa City, la.. Is extremely
hopeful. He declared he would prove
his innocence and would then start
ilvll suits against his accusers.
HASTINGS CHAUTAUQUA.
La FoIIette. Folk, Liudsey, Rede and
Buchui Among Attractions.
Hastings Chautauqua association
has provided a program for Its second
annual gathering that Includes two
governors, a United States senator.
two congressman and other persons of
national note.
In the appearance of these men the
Chautauqua will have a distinct polit
ical side, but It will be free from
partisan Influence. Lost year Senator
La FoIIette was listened to at the
Hastings Chautauqua by the largest
crowd that ever assembled to hear a
political speaker In Hastings. He
spoke for four hours on a sweltering
July day and finished so exhausted it
was almost necessary to help him off
the grounds. Senator La FoIIette
made a marked Impression upon the
people and the association has. him
engaged for another lecture, which
will be on the subject of railroad rate
legislation.
FIRE IN HOTEL AT OMAHA.
Damage to the Schlltz Is Placed nt
$(10,000.
A fire which started nt the foot of
a dumb waiter In the kitchen of the
Schlltz hotel. Sixteenth and Harney
streets, Omaha, did damage estimated
at $60,000.
The annex of thehotelwns once used
as a roof garden, but later temporary
partitions were put In the garden and
iff was used as sleeping rooms. This
annex was quickly In flames, and the
entire interior was destroyed and sev
eral rooms In the main building gut
ted.
On the ground floor were Sherman
& MeConnell's drug store, Joseph
Bilse, knitting factory, and two cafes
A flood of water poured through Into
these places, practically destroying the
stocks and putting the cafes and bar
room out of business.
All of the losses are covered by In
suranco.
SAFE BLOWN AT GRAND ISLAND.
Robbers Get Sixty Dollars. Wrecking
Kiting Comjuiny's Strong Box.
Burglars wrecked the safe in the
Ettlng Fruit and Candy Company's
place of business at Grand Island, and
got away with $60 In cash and some
checks, which will be worthless to
them. The safe Is a common size am'
make. Both the big plate glass win
dows were blown out and broken Into
fragments. Nitroglycerin was used
with bananas to make the holes air
tight. The clock in the office stopped
at 4:05 a. m. There is no clue. I
was the second burglary there In as
many days.
Will Collect Shortage,
So far as the Investigation of the
county board has progressed it has
been established that County Treosur
er Benjamin G. Gossard has not ac
counted to Red Willow county as ye
I for $6,240. This Is said to have been
created since the January settlement.
when the books and accounts of the;
office were thoroughly gone over by
the county commissioners and checked
up.
Ople Heed Seek Rest.
Ople Reed has sought refuge In
Hastings from the Inqulsltve multitude
In Omaha. Mr. Heed Is following the
Chautauqua path and what spare timo
he has he devotes to golf. When there
came a break of several days in the
Chautauqua dates he made for tho
nearest golf course. The way was
to Omaha, and there he began un
winding his surplus energy on the
Country club course.
Dairy Insectors Named.
E. R. Harnly and Jamus W. Daw
son, both of Lincoln, were appointed
dairy Inspectors by Deputy Fooe
Commissioner Johnson. Hoth are
graduates of the state farm. They nil
receive $3 a day each for the tim
they are actuully employed.
National Guurd Encampment.
It Is probable that the annual en
campment of the Nebraska National
Guard will be held In Lincoln during
state fair week. Adjt. Gen. Schwai
called on Secretary Mellor. of the stal
fair board, and delighted him by muk
Ing this suggestion.
Injured Woman Is Recovering.
Mrs. Edward Hanlon, who ueeldent
ally shot herself at Fremont, Is stil
living and statidH a good chance, of re
covering. She says the gun, a smul
target pistol, was discharged whll
she was twirling it over a finger.
Hull TosmhI lleury Mail.
David Brewer, aged 6 7, a Madlso
county pioneer, wuh gored by a virion
bull and tossed over a fence. No seii
ous results are anticipated. lirewe
It six feet tull and weighs over 20
pounds
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UNION PACIFIC FINISHING LINE.
targe Irco Put to Work on Uie
North Platte Extension.
Work upon the Union Pacific new
north branch will be resumed next
week, 200 men being put to work. The
epots will be built and the trocK
placed In perfect condftlon for the
regular running of fYalns between
O'Fallon and Lewellen. the present
terminus of the road. The remaining
portion of the road to Bridgeport Is to
be completed at once, and It Is hoped
o have dally train service by Sept. 1.
This will enable the farmers In the
north valley to have their abundant
rops marketed promptly, and the
railway company Is making extensive
preparations for a large amount of
ralflc on this branch this fall. Offi
cials of the road from Omaha and
North Platte, who made a tour of In
spection over the line expressed them-
solves as highly gratified at the out-
ook and for the completion of the line
o Bridgeport In the near future.
MILES HEADS OFF COMPLAINT,
Before Madison County OfHccrs Get
Him Has Case Filed at O'Neill.
When news reached O'Neill that
Editor George Miles was to be arrest
ed and brought to Madison county on
a charge of criminal libel alleged to
have been committed against Su
preme Judge J. B. Barnes, a complaint
was filed In Justice Qoldesn's court at
O'Neill by Steve McGInnls, a distant
relative of one of Miles' attorneys, aim.
liar to the Madison county complaint
Miles waived preliminary hearing and
was held to district court, furnishing
$500 bail. Sheriff Clements, of Madi
son, was prevented from taking Miles
from Holt county by a writ of habeas
corpus secured for Miles from Dis
trict Judge Harrington. The case will
be tried In Holt county in November.
SEES CREAMERY TRUST.
Invcstlgotlon Is to Be Made
In Ne-
brnska.
The Nebraska railway commission
believes that energetic competition has
been eliminated from the Nebraska
creamery markets. Chairman Winnett
stated that the price for butter fat at
Omaha Saturday was 18 cents, while
tho Iowa price was 24 cents. An In
vestigation of Iowa and Nebraska con.
dltlons will be made preliminary to
tho state hearing on Aug. 6.
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ToCtli IN 'NEBRASKA.
Railroads In Eastern Part of the Slate
Are Crippled.
Heavy rain storms In eastern Ne
braska has put the rnllroads out of
business and Interrupted telegraphic
communication. The Burlington rail
road reports Its lino near Papllllon
hurled under driftwood from a sudden
flood. It reports washouts at Ashland
Cullom, Leshura and Gretna. Rock
Island railroad tracks are under wa
ter at Alvo and South Bend. The
Northwestern's Lincoln line Is washed
out near Cresco.
Suit Over School Money,
L. M. Pemberton has brought man
damus proceedings against County
Treasurer Harnnrd, of Heatrice, ask
ing that he be required to reapportion
the school funds of the several dis
tricts In order that the Beatrice dis
trict may receive $1,300 claimed to b
due It from Gage county.
Big Time fur the Veterans.
The date for the eighteenth annual
session of the Southwest Nebraska
Grand Army of the Republic reunion,
which Is to be held In Cambridge, has
been set for Aug. 19 to 24. For the
past eight years the Grand Army of
the Republic reunions of that district
have been hold at Cumbrldge.
Heatrice Over Twelve Thousand.
H. A. Day, the directory man who
was recently engaged by th council
to secure a population of 13 eu trice, has
finished his work and finds there are
12,?16 people In tho city. The city
has been making a steady growth the
last four years when the census was
reported a trlrlle under 8.0O0.
Frontier PcMtivnl for Hastings.
An organization la'tvelng formed to
conduct a three days' frontier festival
In October nt Hustings. The associa
tion will have a capital of $3,000. Lib
eral prizes will be orfered and a good
sized fund will be used for advertis
ing. The d ictus agreed upun are Oct
10, 11 and 12. ,
Crops DcMtroyod Near Nehawha,
Nehuwku was visited by an Immense
rain storm Saturday. Over a Largs
strip of country south of town great
quantities of hail was mixed with the
rain. On the north side of houses It
was piled three feet deep.
Stanton to Own IJfht Plant.
Stanton Is to own Its own elect rlo
light plant. At an election held to
vote bonds for that purpose the bonds
carried by u vote of 133 to 6U. Tho
present lighting plant will be taken
over by the city.
W. ;. McCnity Critically HI.
W. (J. MeCurty, senate clerk durln
the last legislature and a pioneer citi
zen of Adams county. Is dying at his
home In Juniata. He hud a corn re
moved, unci gangrene followed.
Fugitive lluilMtii ArrcMtcd.
Sheriff H. V. Miner, of Tecumaeh.
received a message from the sheriff
at Casper, Wyo., that he had appre-
tienclf.fi Slmttini lfiilu, ...
man who passed forged checks anJ
then shot Sheriff Miner wh,.n i, -
tempted to arrest him, und got away.
Killed by 1'nll from Truin.
An uiilclentllled negro was killed by
fulling from u Burlington truin neur
Wymore. The body was horribly man
gled, and it is supposed three train
passed ovr the body.
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BIG TREASURY REC0RD8.
Ftacal Vrnr F.ntllno; Jane SO Shams
Advance In All Totals.
The fisml year ending with June 30
j smashed nearly every record of the I nitetl
'States treasury, print i;illy the only ex
ception is iuternnl revenue receipts, which
were greater In th.' ( .vil and In tnc
Spanish-American war. The total re
ceipts fax the year were ?iti.1,.'!0tl,134.
This picecjs the revelries of any other
years In the history of th1 government by
$7U,0iO,00O. The receipt from custom
not only exwed all previcias records, but
show a niarkl ndvsnee over last year.
They aggregated ft.'!,::.'!!, ltd, which is
$.'13,000,000 in excess of nay othor year.
Th internal revenues amounted to $-70,-800.3NH.
The receipts amounted to $Sd,
IM.1,542 over nnd above nil expenditures.
T4e so-called working balance now ac
tually lu the treasury is over $S3.000.000
aud, in nddllicn, there Is over $171,000,
000 in deposit in the notional depository
hnidc aud nt nil times subject to call.
There la also In the tmkicianl depositary
banks ncwl (11,000.000 to the credit of
disbursing officer nml $.X7-:l.0O0 of gov
ernment funis in the I'liilippiue treasury,
making a total of (JtW.niH.lW.
The expenditures la.-ear amounted to
$.-7.iRi-i!l., which is (M.lhlS.O'Ji in ex
cess of those fur the fiscal year l'.MMI.
Tho monthly statement of the puMio
d.Mjt show that nt the close of the fiscal
year, June JHJ, 11107, the public debt les
cash lu the treasury, ninountei! to $S7M.
riUi.'.Vt, which is a decrease for the mo.it'.i
of $lG,lo,77r. The cash in the treasury
was Increased during the month by nearly
$11,000,000. The debt is recapitulated as
follow :
Interest hearing debt. $S!U.S.Vl.2S0 ;
debt on which interest lias ceased since
maturity, $1.0N(1Sir ; debt hearing no In
terest, H01.2o7.007 ; total $t,'J'.)7.17.S,102.
This amount however doc not include
$100,1X39,801 in certificates and fcensury
note outstanding which are offset by an
equal amount of cash ou hand held for
their redemption.
The cash in the treasury Is classified
ns follows: Gold reserve. $1.10.000,000;
trust funds, $l,100,OOO.S!tt ; general find,
$102,503,810; in national bank deiosi
tories, $1M.700,0T.1: in Philippine treas
ury, $3,723,8.13. Total, $1.0S8.O27.0Srt.
against which there are demand liabili
ties outstanding amounting to $1,200,
41,1,049, leaving a cash balance on hand
of $118,581,4.37.
The circulation based on United State
bond amounted to $55.1120,8S1, which Is
an Increase for the mouth of $1,050,307,
and for tho year of $37,723,132. The cir
culation secured for lawful money
amounted to $18,217,809, a decrease for
the month of $108,107, and an Increase
for the year of $1,11.13,108. The amount
of bouds on deposit v to seiire circula
tion rates was $5.18, J 42,020, and to se
cure public deposits $103,244,000.
Yoakum's Railroad Panacea.
To realize in practice a union of the
people and the railroad under the super
vision of the national government is th
essence of the proposal made In an ar
ticle for the July World' Work by tho
railroad magnate. It. F. Yoakum, chair
man of tha Rock Hand bonrd of direc
tors. Taking up the different points of
popular ngitation, Mr. Yoakum finds,
first, that tho Hepburn nnti-rebate act i
effective, just and wise, and he believe
that all good railroad manager will co
operate to enforce it. The valuation of
railroad property, he thinks, would not
lx disadvantageous to the railroads, but
that It would not have any practical value
in arriving at a fair basis of ratemaking.
As a railroad man he would not oppose
it, and he does not see how the right of
tho government ta make such a valuation
can bo challenged, lie approves of the
limitation at future security issues uaricr
the eye of the federal government. lie
explains that the law should make it im
possible to gain tlie proGts of railroad
construction more than onue, and that In
creasing capital for Improvements should
bp upcrvicd. He believes, further, in
tho uniformity of nocounts so as to make
the annual report of the railroads' a
basis for public confidence, and he sees no
need of having any mystery about the
railroad business any more than there is
about the account of a national bank.
While he does not approve of legalizing
railroad pool, he think that traffic a
sociation should be allowed, because all
connecting lines may participate. In con
elusion, he urges that the current of ex
isting agitation must be turned Into
safer channel or great harm will be done
to all interests.
The railroads of this country are said
to use 84,000,000 tie per annum.
Railway of United Vtfltcs need thou
sand of young men in telegraphy.
Judge Ray, in the federal district court
at Albauy, fined (lie Delnware aud Hud
on railroad $3,000 upon its confession of
failure to kwp in repair the automate
car coupling under the safety appliance
law.
President Underwood of the Erie rail
road ay that hi compnuy hn 32,000
tons of steel rails distributed ahsig tho
roadway vf Its system between Chicago
and New York, but fear to lay for fear
they may break under the hammering of
fast trains and heavy locomotive. Sim
ilar conditions are kuown to prevail on
other Hue, ami this situation was
brought to the attention of the steel rail
mauufucturers in a recent conference,
About 40 employes of the New York
New Haven ami Hartford railroad have
bceu retired oa is'iisiotis. The men so
retired have is'cn in the employ of the
company frai 35 to 40 years aud will
, now receive from $0 to $7 a week for the
i remainder uc cu.-.i i
The policy of furnishing tlie public
wilh full accounts of all nccideiits on it
line I,;lh Im'cii adopted by the llarriman
railroad system. Mr. llurrimau also umdo
kliowu his intention to have outsiders
representing the public Invited to sit with
hi board of liupjiry. Such is the gist of
a statement issued by the Union Pacific:.
FALLIERES SHOT AT.
NAVAL RESERVIST FIRES BUU
LETS AT FRENCH RULER.
Helther M Unlit- Finds It Marie
Crowds Attempt to Lynch Shoote
1 1 end of tlepnlilio Is In moved by
Incident.
President Fnlllers was shot at twice
Sunday during; th anniversary cele
bration of the taking of the l'.nsllle.
Leon MalUe, a naval reservist, fired
tho bullets. Hoth missed the Presi
dent. He hud n narrow esmix? from
lynching at the hands of the Infuriated 1
Purls crowd that witnessed his attempt
to slny the head of the republic.
On account of the activity of the
antl-mllltarlsts. who tried tc organize
demonstration Against the nruiy
througliout France, exceptional prec.tu
tions were taken to safeguard Presi
dent Fnllleres. Tlie attempt on lii
life occurred on Avenue des Cli.tmpst
Klysees while the President was re
turning to the paiice from Lonsc-humps,
where lie hud reviewed the gnrrls:)n of
Iritis In the presence of 2.10,000 entllu
sinstle persons.
Clenieneenn irlth (he President.-
Premier Clemonce:m and M. lyiines
the President's secretary,1 were with;
theJ.'reslclcat in his landau, which was
escorted by n squadron of cuirassiers.
The carriage emerged safely -frncn the-
Itols de Boulogne, where the nnti-inill-tnrists
had stationed themselves wlthi
the intention of hooting the soldiers.
It was descending the brond Ohauii!
M. AHMANU FALUKRLS.
Elyseea amid the ncclainntlons of the
crowds' thronging the sidewalks and
shouting "Vice Fnllieres," "Vive L' Ar
ouse, when at tl corner of Lesueur
street Ma II to, from the curb, fired two
slmts polnt-brant ot the President la
quick succession.
Almost miraculously, no one was hit.
President Follleres was cool and col
lected.
In tlie mcnuttnie two policemen
swl.ed MalUe, who made no resistance
The police with difficulty prevented tho
ovowds from lynching the prisoner,,
until a cordon of reserves came up and"
conducted him to the station. There -
MalUe refused to give any reasons for
bis act, saylug :
"The revelations I hnve are so grave
and serious that I will make them only -
before a magistrate for transmission i
to tlie chief of state. It Is a matter
betwoeu ttie government and nie. I am
the victim of many villainies."
It ls'lielleved that the man partici
pated In the nx-ent seamen's strike,.
and that his mind whs unhinged by fan
cied grievances.
MalUe apjieured before an examining,
magistrate, and the authorities suc
ceeded only In extracting from him a.,
rambling ntateiuent about family perse
cution directed against hbn. It was
lu order to draw public attention to hi
grievances, he said, that he fired thf
Hhots. HER LIFE TO LEPERS. "
Wife of Savlatlon Arris Leader
Would Go to Molokal Inland. '
Desiring nothing better than to spend
her life in cheering the lives of hopeless)
leper, Mrs. French, wife of Col. French,
commander of the Pacific coast division of
the Salvation army, ha offered to go to
the leper island of Molokal. Her hus
band also ha a desire to devote his life
to the leper.
The Frenches have five children, rang
ing in age from l to Id- year. At prs
ent Col. French i absent on mission'
work in Houolulu and 1 making arrange
ment for opening a leper mission.
Christian HelentUt Convicted.
Clarence W. Byrne, a New York sales
man, has been found guilty by tha Court
of Special Sessions of willfully neglecting
to provide medical attendant' (or hi lit
tle daughter, who died of pneumonia
Byrue is a Christian Scientist and says
that he called In a henler of his church
to treat the child when his own prayer
fuiled to bring relief, a he had no faith
In the medical doctors. Motion for s
new trial was made. -- -
Notes of Current Event.
Prof. Stetson of KHimtuuzoo declared
wiwritten law a menace to the nation
nd worse than duel.
Tommy Horns knocked out Rill Scjuirci
of Australia in the first round of a box
ing bout at Sau Francisco.
Miss May Sutton resain:'d the interna
tional tennis ciia:ii;iu!ship, defeating
Mrs. Chambers of Ku il-ir.thy
Nine IiHliaas, two of them women,
were indicted at New Oiicuu for mur
der lu tho Lumana kidnaping case, ia
which the boy wa strangled to death.
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