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n "- r'7 J DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, VOLUME XVI DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1907. NUMBER (. A 7. V r-. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH SUMMARY OP THB NEWS OP THE WHOLE WORLD. BORAH IS ACQUITTED 'JIHY OUT Jf ST LONG KXOlt.II TO VOTK. llolne 111 I-Yonzy of Joy Senator Hornli Tewtllios hi Ills Own Helinir and Cnse in Submitted Without Argument by the Defense. United States Senator William E. Borah at Boise. Idaha, Wednesday night was acquitted of the charge o conspiracy to defraud the govcrnmen out of valuable Idaho timber lands. The case was submitted without argu ment on the part of the defense and the 'Jury was out Just long enough to take one ballot. The verdict was greeted by cheers and applause which the court ofllcers made no effort to restrain. This dem onstration in the court room served only as a beginning. As soon as the news reached the outside bells were rung and the fire department made a speetaucular run through the princi pal streets, stopping eventually at the Idaho hotel, where Senator Borah, surrounded by several hundreds of his fellow citizens, was escorted. A brass band appeared as If by magic and as the senator reached tho hotel steps, played "Hail to the Chief.' The streets about the hotel were block ed by a cheering throng, whose shouts mingled with the screech of the fire engine whistles and clang of trolley car bells. Snator Borah thanked his friends for their demonstration and for tha t confidence they had reposed In him throughout the trial. ' At the Idanha hotel an address was made by James B. Hawley, counsel for the defense. Mr. Hawley declared that the Indictment and trial of Senator Borah on the flimsy evidence brought before tho jury was 'the most damna ble outrage and iniquity ever perpe trated In the guise of justice." TO IIHACII POMO BY SEA. Will "Winter Thirty Miles Farther North Thun I Vary Did. The American auxiliary schooner yacht, John 11. Bradley, which left North Sydney. N. S., early in July for the arctic regions, arrived in North Sydney late Tuesday. The Bradley landed Drl F. II. Cook, who is In com mand of the exploration expedition, ot Smith's sound, latitude 79 north. The expedition expects to cross Ellsmere land early In the spring and will at tempt to reach the pule by the Polar sea." The expedition Is provisioned for two years upd fully equipped with dogs and sledges. The party consists of Dr. Cook, another white man and a num ber of Eskimos. It Is wintering thirty miles farther north than Peary did two years ago. CHICAGO I1AXK QCITS. AH lcwwltor Will Be Paid in Full on Demand. At a meeting of the directors of the Federal National hank, of Chicago, It was decided to wind up the affairs of tho Institution and suspend business. In a formal statement issued after the meeting the directors asserted that all depositors will be paid In full upon demand. The reason assigned for suspending was the failure of tho Institution In gaining sufficient business to warrant continuing. The bank was organized two years ago with a capital of $500,000. Tin deposits averaged $1,250,000. Its de positors were chiefly tradesmen with establishments of moderate proper tfons. Warship Is Held for Debt. The Italian battleship Duillon Is be ing held by the authorities at Sarzana for the non-payment of a debt by the navy depattment. A local court recent ly ordered the department to pay to the Sarzana Co-operative bank a cer tain sum of money. This the depart ment failed to do and the bailiff of Sarzana went, on board the battleship and took possession. Big Gift for Y. W. C. A. Mrs. HusseH Sage has given the Young Women's Christian association of St. Paul,. Minn., $20,000 towards the new building for which a $15,000 site was recently donated by a St. Paul citizen. "Dry" Candidate for Governor. The prohibition party of Boston Tuesday nominated Prof. Harvey S. Cowell, of Asburnham. for governor. Sioux City Uve Stock Market. Wednesday quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow: Beeves,' $5.50i6 HO. Top hogs, JtJ.00. Mikado's Cousin F.nu-rj Wur College. Prince Nashlmoto. a cousin of the emperor of Japan, has Just finished a period of training in the Thirty-ninth regiment of French lnfuntry and has tmtcred the war college at Paris. Cruiser and Schooner Collide. Word ha reached the navy depart ment of a collision during the gale Jn Cape Cod bay between the converted)' cruiser Prairie and the schooner Flor. ence Yickera, HIGH F1XAXCIC IX CAlt IJNKS. Charges Apalnst Nov York Traction Magnate!. Startling charges of extravagance and neglectful management, or. If not that, failure to account for millions of dollars, are made by State's Attorney General Jackson In. a petition filed Tuesday calling for the appointment of receivers for the New York City Railway company and the Metropoli tan Street Railway company, and also demanding the dissolution of the New York City Railway company. The application for receivers was made to Justice Ford, of tho supreme court, who Issued an order for the defend ants to appear in court on Oct. S and anfwer to the complaint. The attorney general's -action fur ther complicates a situation already considerably entangled by reason of tha various inter-related corporations which control and operate the traction lines In Manhattan Island. Adrian H. Jollne and Douglas Rob inson were appointed receivers for the New York City Railway company by Judge Lacombe in the district court several days ago, and Tuesday tho same receivers are named In the same court on application of the company's attorneys to act for the Metropolitan Street Railway company. The New York City Railway com pany leases the lines of the Metropoli tan Street Railway company under guarantee to pay 7 per cent dividends on the Metropolitan stock. This divi dend has never been earned since the date of the lease, and the attorney general charges that the deficit to date amounts to more than $10,000,000. The allegations hinting at fraud are made In connection with the com pany's accounts, the most sensational being that a charge of $509,900 per mile was made for the rebuilding ot surface lines. GIRLS IiOSK INSURANCE. Will Be Held Secondary to Provisions of Volley. Despite the fact that he willed $3, 500 of insurance carried In Yeoman and Loyal American lodges to Mary E. Finn and Mary M. Carney, the former a friend and the latter a sweetheart, the district court at Grand Forks has decided that the money must go to the legal heirs of Martin Walsh, as pro vided in the Insurance policies. The decision has been handed down by Judge Templeton, who says It is plain, that Walsh intended to leave the In surance money to the Misses Finn and Carney, but the law Is on the side of Walsh's brothers, and sisters, as they are the legal heirs and the policies designated them as the beneficiaries. The decision of Judge L. K. Haskell, of the probate court, is reversed by Judge Templeton. Walsh died in 1904, after an illness of Beveral months, of paralysis. He was cared for by the Misses Finn and Carney, who even used their own money in making him comfortable. The bill was executed In March, 1903, and Mr. Walsh died In November, 1904. Two brothers and three sisters will be the beneficiaries If the decision of the district colurt holds good in tho supreme court, where an appeal is to be taken at once. JOE GAXS QUITS THE HIXG. Turns Lightweight Championship Over to Memsle, Joe Gans has turned over his light weight championship to George Mem sle. The king of the 133-pound divi sion has made good his promise to quit the ring and at the same time paid a great compliment to the young Chicago fighter, who fought him to a standstill Friday night. It was at a meeting of the pair who battled so vi ciously but three days ago that Gans made known his Intention of retiring from the ring until the public shall de mand his reappearance. Meeting Memsic down town the col ored fighter offered his hand to tho Chicago lad and said: "You fought a gbod fight and surprised me. .1 think that you can whip any1 man In the world, barring myself. To prove this I am going to turn over to you the title of lightweight champion, and I want you to promise me that you will never draw the color line. " "When a good colored boy comes along a worthy opponent you are to give him a chance to win the cham pionship." Memsic promised that he would do this. "Then that goes," said. Joe and tho men shook hands. Law Barn Bnby Newsboys. A new law went Into effect Tuesday In New York by wTilch boys under 14 are prohibited from selling papers be tween 10 p. m. and 6. a. m. Boys un der 10 are not allowed to sell paper.i at any time. Forty-Two Killed in WrW'k In Korea. Forty-two persons, Including thirty Japanese soldiers, were killed or in jured by the derailment of a south bound train from Seoul, Korea, Tues day, To Scurute Church and State. An admoinlstrative decree provides for the separation of church and stato in Algeria from Jan. 1, 1908. Attorney Generals Adjourn. The national conference of attorneys .general at St. Louis held Its final ses sion Tuesday. Tho program Included papers by Attorneys General Ellis, of Ohio; Malone, of Massachusetts, and Jackson, of New York. For New Fra In China. A special from Pckln says the dowa. ger has Issued a decree declaring th .government of China a constitutional jnonarchy. WHITSON CAI.I.S HALT. Warns Federal Attorney in Trial of j Borah. I Federal Judge Whttaon, who Is pre siding at the trial of United States Senator William E. Borah, at Boise, Idaho, . notified the prosecution Mon day that the case had reached the point where some testimony connect ing the defendant on trial with the al leged Idaho land fraud conspiracy must be presented. The attorneys for j the government, acting on this sug gestion, said they would ffer In evi dence Tuesday the records of tho county clerk's office, showing that scores of timber deeda Had been ad mitted to record at the request of Sen. ator Borah. Judge Whltson's notification t the prosecution came at the conclusion of the testimony of the government's two most Important witnesses. The trial went on Monday aTtcr noon after abandonment of the morn ing session because of the Illness of one of the jurors. The testimony again had to do large ly with the actions of former Gov. Steunenberg In land dealings. Attor ney Hawley protested against wit nesses being allowed to give conversa tions with Steunenberg. He said they had no bearing on Senator Borah's case and tended only to "blacken tlv memory of a man who cannot an swer." The liveliest Interest of the day wni when I G. Chapman, general manager of the Barber Lumber company, was called to the stand as a government witness. Mr. Chapman "brought many books and correspondence which tho government desired, but refused, point blank to produce the company's ac count books showing the amounts paid for timber lands and to whom. , DO YOU WANT A HUSBAND? o.OOO Men Are Seeking Wives in Wash ington. Twenty-three young men of Spo kane, Wash., have organized the Spo kane Affinity club for the purpose of solving the problem ofhe scarcity of marriageable girls In the Inland em pire by Including women between tho ages of 20 and 30 years In the big centers in the east, middle west and south to emigrate to that country. Tho ofllcers of the club are: J. C. Power Brown, secretary of the Spokane Stock Brokers' association, president; Wal lace A. McBurney. secretary and treas urer; Cadwalder Jones, manager. Mr. Brown announced at the organi zation meeting that 5,000 young wom en of good character and ability as housekeepers could find husbands and comfortable homes In the Spokane country. The club's regulations pro vide that to bo eligible to membership the applicant must have at least $1, 000 on deposit in a local bank or Its equivalent in realty. The campaign to bring women to the Spokane country will be launched early in October. WAS JEKYL AND HYDE. Chnrge Made A-nini-t North Carolina Physician. A murder trial of widespread Inter est began at Raleigh, N. C, Monday. Dr. Thomas L. Rowland and his sec ond wife, tho widow of Charles R. Strange, a locomotive engineer, and facing the charge of having murdered Strange by poison so they might wed. An effort will be made to prove Dr. Rowland was "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in real life, and to all appear ances led an exemplary existence, while secretly making a study of dead ly poisons and' plotting murders. He was even arrested on the charge of having poisoned his own child to get insurance, but was let go becauso tho chemists fcould find no trace of pol son In the testa made. Warships In Storm. Wireless dispatches received Mon day from the Atlantic squadron, an chored at the head of Cape Cod bay, . off the Barnstable shore, show that j two lives were lost, two vessels dam : aged and the entire lleet was given a ; severe shaking up in tho storm which raged Sunday in the bay. Colony for Negroes. Gov. B. B. Comer, of Alabama, has I sold his plantation In Barbour and Bullock counties, consisting of 18,000 acres, to Internal Revenue Collector O. F. Thompson, of the Alabama dls trlct, for $162,000, who, It is under stood, Is acting for Booker T. Wash ngton. Worst Blow of All. The De Beers Diamond company, commonly called the trust, and It.i principal competitors have formed a pool, according ta cable advices. Some Importers believe that the prices, j which in the cheaper grades, had be gun to sag, will now be firmly main tained. Big Sirlko Averted. All danger of a strike of marine en gineers on ocean and coastwise steam ship lines whose vessels sail from New York bearing the American flag has been averted, a satisfactory agree ment being reached regarding hours ind wages. Shoots Woman and Self. Joseph Crevs, a well known farmer, of Glasgow, Mo., shot and mortully wounded Mrs. Sallie Sutherland and then committed suicide, rirs. Suther land is not expected to live. Crews is j widower with five children. Prairie lire in Oklahoma. A prairie fire destroyed the summer cump of the Okluhoma .Rational Guard on the military reservation at Fort Reno, Okla., Monday, Nebraska $ f Stato New s NEW TURN IX WILL CASE, Executor of tlio Creluhton Instate File Petition in Court. Forestalling the Intended action of the heirs, the executors of John" A. Crelghton In Omaha filed a petition at the county court broad enough to cov. er all the, disputed points In the will and calling Into court all the, heirs named as beneficiaries and those not named, and. also the various Institu tions which were made subjects of his charity. The court is asked to deter mine tho meaning, effect and validity of the various provisions of the will and fix the rights of nil parties claim ing a share of the estate. TVe un named heirs are expected to file their petition, which Is similar in nature, although not so broad, within a day or two, a.nd a third petition from the heirs who are named Is also looked for. Heirs and legatees have been called on to file an answer setting up their interpretation of the document by Nov. 4, and at that time a date for hearing will be set. when nil three cases will bo heard together. A specific bequest of $50,000 to the Little Sisters of the Poor has been re nounced by the order because Its rules will not permit its acceptance. Tho rules .provide that the Little Sisters must come into a city penniless and secure the money for their work from their own efforts. FIREMAN IX HEROIC RESCUE. (Throws Himself from Engine and Saves Life of Buby, By crawling out on the pilot of an engine and grasping a child of 3 years who stood unconscious of danger on the track and then throwing himself, with the child In his arms, from the "cow catcher" Into a ditch by the track, Burlington Fireman Marion R. Lux, of Lincoln, saved the life of the little one and escaped himself with se vere bruises. The scene of Lux's heroic action was between the towns of Mllford and Seward. The engineer of tho freight train on which Lux Is fireman first no ticed the baby, a little girl, on the track somo distance ahead. He blew the whistle and put on the brakes, but the child paid no heed and It was seen the train could not be stopped In time. Lux volunteered the rescue, climbed out on the running board, then to tho pilot, and grasped the child in the nick of time. , . --.i TO BE A FIGHT OX POLLARD. Effort Will Be Made to Defeat tho Congressman. Chairman W. H. Hayward, chosen as head of the Republican state central committee at Its meeting Monday night, is busy selecting his executive committee. He has not announced whom he has chosen, though it is un derstood that Orland Tefft, a close friend of Gov. Sheldon, will be one of the men. The defeat of C. Warren Keifer for the chairmanship Is believed at Lin coln to indicate a campaign against Congressman Pollard and that the next step of the committee will be to try to secure his defeat for re-election next year. This has driven Pollard in to the Burkett column, though he and the senator had not been previously working In the utmost political har mony. Frank Harrison, Victor Rosewater and Gov. Sheldon are tho ones who "made" Hayward nt Monday night's meeting, it Is conceded. YOUNG GIRL ASSAULTED. Lincoln Man Is Accused of a Horrible Crime. Feeling In Lincoln Is running high .iver the commission of on assau:t upon 14-year-i.:d Lottie Lnmpherc, feeble minded. John Meyers, a German, 58 years of age, Is In pall under recusa tions of being the guilty man. The girl had formerly been an Inmate of a feeble-minded Institute and for some time has been living at th" home of Meyer and his wife, 209 South Twen tieth street. The child was nlone In the house when Mrs. Meyer started out to deliv er a washing. ' In her absence Meyer is charged with having locked the doors, seized the girl and committed the assault. The girl, who Is in a se rious condition. Is In the custjdy of the police matron. A Minister Bring Suit. Rev. Wllbert P. Ferguson, who re cently withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal conference of Nebraska, and from the ministry of that church fol lowing the beginning of his trial be fore a church board on the charge of immorality, has begun a damage suit at Lincoln asking for $25,000. Mr. Ferguson charges slander. Consumptive Commits Suicide. Julius West, who was suffering with consumption, cut his throat and ended his life. The man was living aloiie In a tent near the stuto furm at Lincoln, thinking the open air treatment would benefit him. Ho becume worse and to those who reached him before lie died he said ho preferred death to living as he was. Lincoln Politician Dead. County Judfie Frank R. Wutcrt, de feated at the primary for the Repub lican nomination for district Judge, died of acute stomach trouble after an Illness lasting but a few hours. Kearney Hog Man Win Prize. I W. Hamilton, tho Poland-China hog breeder, returned recently tit Kearney from the International LIvo Stock show held nt :-t. Joseph, where he won first on Junior yeiiiln hour and grand champion on his hog, Ne braska Speciul. Injured by Full from Wagon. 8. S. Lookablll, a well known farm er living northwest of Belden, is lylnfr in the hotel with a badly broken thigh, the result of being throva from hi wagon. PARENTS CAST (.IRC ADRIFT. Victim Is Vera Clark. Aged 14, of Sioux City. Judge Kennedy heard a pitiful talc in the Juvenile court In Omaha when Vera Clark, 14 years old, told a story of neglect and finally abandonment by her parents. The girl, not more thnn a mere child- herself. Is soon to become a mother and she told of how I' her parents had separated and the probation officer said he had learned the parents had been divorced. Tha j mother lives In Sioux City and the ! father has been in Omaha until re cently, when he left for western Ne braska. Both are soon to be married. The child has been living with her mother In Sioux City until three weeks ago. when the woman sent the child to her father In Omaha. He refused to accept the cure of the girl and she was left homeless. She Is handsome and has received a good education When tho probation officers wojre In formed of her condition she was given over to the care of the police matron. Judge Kennedy ordered that she be sent to the detention home until ar rangements can be mndo to send her to tho Mllford homo at Mllford, Neb., a stato Institution for the care of such cases. A sickening mass of Informa tion was presented to the court con cerning the case, much of which had to do with her '.Ifo In Sioux City and the circumstances which brought her to her present condition. IT GUT FOR CRFIGHTOX ESTATE, Seven Heirs Ready to Contest Well Oniuhti Man's Will. Count John A. Crclghton'8 millions will not go to the charitable and edu cational Institutions as contemplated In his will without a contest, which promises to be long and bitter. The seven heirs not remembered In the will will file a petition asking for Judi cial construction of tho thirteenth clause, wftlch deals with the disposi tion of the residue of the estate which is probably In excess of throe-fourths of the whole. It is contended that If the count had known how large his es tate was growing he would have left larger portions to his reul relatives. There also Is an amblgunlty about the clause In that the beneficiaries are re ferred to by the pronouns "him" and "her," which, it is contended, cannot apply to the Institutions. The bequests to hospitals and other Institutions also are attacked on various grounds, chief of which is that tho bequeits are larg er than the law allows. Another peti tion is looked for within a few days from the heirs who are named In the will. This later petition probably will attack the bequest to the Crelghton university, which is the largest of all. BARKER IS HELD TO BE SAXE. Verdict Moans Nchrusknii Will Be Hanged. 1 A Jury in the district court at Lin coln brought In a verdict finding Frank Barker, convicted of murder, to be sane. This Is equivalent to a death sentence, and Barker will be hanged In the state penitentiary. Barker, more than a year ago, killed his broth er and his brother's wife on a farm In Webster county, roughly burying the bodies In a cow shed. The supposed motive for tho crime was robbery. He was convicted In Webster county of the double murder, sentenced to bo hanged last Juno, and on appeal the supreme court sustained tho sentence. His attorneys as a last resort made the allegation of insanity, certifying the same to the warden of the peniten tiary, who, under a Nebraska, statute, Is compelled to summon a Jury to pass on the question of sunlty. This Jury for a week has been hearing testl ninny. SIX TICKETS FOR 25 CENTS. Lincoln Traction Company Compile with Board's Order. Announcement was made by the Lincoln Traction company that It will comply with the order of the state railway commission that It will sell six fares for 25 cents to adults und ten fares to school children, to bo used during certain hours of tho day, for 25 cents. Tho most lignlflcant fea ture In connection with tho railway commission's findings Is that It places a valuation on the plant of the trac tion company and limits their earn ings accordingly. This action, It Is believed. Is nn innovation In dealing with public utility companies. Inter changeable transfers were denied by the commission. Pusses Hokum .Money. Monday evening a well dressed stranger appeared In Nellgh, who vis ited the stores and made purchases and offered a Georgia state $20 bill in pay. ment. Most af tho people discovered that the bills were worthless except the meat market and the cigar factory. The first sold him a hum for $2.16 and gave him good money In ex change. Tho stranger dropped the ham in a cellarway. from which It was recovered. The cigar man sold him a pipe for $2.50 and gave him him chunge. Tho man slipped out of town In the dark and Is btlll missing, and It Is to be'presumed H enjoying tho cash received and the pipe. Complaint as to (irnln Itatcs. Tho nt'ite. rnllwuy commission has received a letter from the firm of Pow- I ell Ai Nlllson, of Marion, expressing willingness to file formal complaint apulnst the prevent grain rates of the state as established by tho Aldrlch bill, which made a cut of 10 per cent cn carload shlpmenti. Complaints ;f Cur Shorliitie. Complaints of car shortage havt been filed with tho stnto rnllwuy com- ! mission from four Ftutlons in the southern patt of tho slate. Tho grain deulera are desiring to move the grain. and great dlllictilty In securing cars is Indicated Ly these complaints. Omahu Man Is CIhincii. Jacob Fawcett. of Omaha was nn. pointed KUpremo court commissioner, vice N. I. Jackson, of Nellgh, resign ed. Jui!,':o M. it. Heuse was offered the position pending l.lii accession to the uupreiiK! bench, but declined It. Child Pic i frimi rturus. flnrnet Spencer. 3-yeur-old daughter of OeWitt Spencer, died nt Hasting aa a re.-ult of burns from a bonfire wlt'.i which she had been playing. The mother was cevereiy burned ubout tbs) hands while trying to rescue her. MAY E CCO ME AMBASSADOR, i Court of St. Jnnir Sold to lie to ltooseveK'n I.lklna. Tlii latest of iiiimy surest Inn fot tli benefit of Theodore Hoosevelt, nn nn ex-l'roxldent. conies from London, where It Is said to have been discussed In t!ie fsislilonalile clubs. It attribute! la Mr. Hoopevelt n desire to round out nn extended tour of the world by n considerable rcHltloui-o In tlie British capital its ambassador to the court of St. Jnnies. Very likely the President has men. tinned tills ns something tluit would be to bis liking, although It Is doubted In Wnshinglcai whether lie litis rver seri ouvly considered It. lie doe contem plate quite h trip abroad, after March , mm. At times he has dwelt with no little anticipation ukii the things he would find pleasure In doing after offi cial enres luive been lifted from bis shoulders. He nnd Mrs. Roosevelt have planned more tlinn one trip tlicy want to take when lis has bciiiine it privnte citizen npiln. Possibly foremost In these plans I the visit to the capital of the old world. They were married In London, nnd lsitli have traveled extensively in Europe. They are very desirous of go ing again, of revisiting old sctn,s and old friends and of making new friends. They will hardly make such a tri umphal tour ns ex-President Grant made, but Mr. Itoosevclt would like to meet u few of tins European rulers with whom he litis been In conununlcatlon more or less since lie eutered the White House. Ho would enjoy that probably quite us much us noma of the big hunt ing trln for large gnmo that lie liiis in mind. However, the President up to n few months ago was known to cherish strong hope of an election to tho United States Senate from New York. lie likes residence in Washington a por tion of the year. As u Senator he would continue to have official promi nence, nnd could divide his time !e tween Washington nnd New York or any city that might interest him. lie will undoubtedly do a great utnount of literary work In the few years follow ing his retirement from the Presidency, nnd Washington Is u very congenlnj city for such effort. " STRANGLER ADMITS CRIME. Xea-ro Confeaaea to M order of Mrs. Grant in tiitenao. R Willi rd Walton, the negro murderer of Mrs. Lillian White tJrant of Chit-ago, confessed to his crime nt the Hyde Park police station. He smiled broadly and was in no way a bathed by the fiendish recital, which poured easily from his lips. With the confession of the murder came a dramatic re-enact ment of the crime in the ollice of Captain McWeeney of tin" Hyde Park station, in which Police In- RIlilAKI) WALTON. ppector Niiiiohn Hunt Ir, personated t he st nun; led woman, while the negro knot ted his huge Ll.it-k baud above the po lice otlielul's t hi out in demonstration of the inn liner in which the crime was done. tirn.' Coeya New Crusade, " Ifii." J. S. Coxi'.v, who xuiuo ypars Ho lej a Hi-nsatiotuil uuirtii on Wnsh iuji'tm, now out with n new scheme, tin- main feature of which is the absorp tion und operation by t lit State of rail roads and oilier utilities necessary to the people's welfare, lis Idea is to have th;'s, holdings tnken over by the Slates, pujiueni being madi' by the issue of long term bonii.i, t lic-Mo hitter being deposited willi t!io federal government in return for nn Ixsue of currency to the face value of tin' HccuritliK less 1 per cent for the expense of lliitutioti. He thinks that tbii louu could be repaid and the entire ex pcustM of the Stale met by the revenue! uccriiiiig from ;he operation of the public uti'liii'H, thux milking u direct tux levy on private property unneccNsary. lie would in a .u:l!.ir manner extend bit iilci to comities and tnitnicipulitli's. lit dec limn llie idea of controlling the bis corporation while their ownership resit with private interest:! absurd, and wiyi that public ownership will be the verita ble salvation of the, country. Coxey in tta id to have amassed considerable prou erty since his famous "niurili." Fparke from tha Wires, Captain F.iuil Fraucke of the steanv ship Dakota, which was wrecked on tlx ; Japanese coast .Maroii !, I ccuaured he vertiy in a letter written hini by ticorge Fhler, supervising inspector geuerul ol tho steamboat inspection service. I At the session of the synod ot Ohio oi the Evangelical Lutheran churches in Washington, 1. C, the need ot more. I minister was discussed, and each coiigre- j gallon watt urged to scud ut least out young man from Its membership to tut ! ministry. ' yw4r..f & it K'v & SPEAKS AT KEOKUK. ROOSEVELT INSISTS THERE BUT ONE LAW FOR ALL. IS flla lonini Common Good Moat Come Ahead of Financier Wlahea Pirora Improving; Water Ware to Give Cheap Transportation. The great movement for a deep vatr rny froui Chicago to the fjnlf tvaa given new Impetus when President Hoosevelt irrlved in Keokuk, made an eddrees and Mubnrked on a steamboat for the trip 'o St. I -on is. From there he went to Memphis, where he addressed the dele pites to the Ieep Waterways convention. The President wat Introduced by f!ov. Cummins of Iowa. Mr. Hoosevelt said, n part : I ftellrv no imiilifltlr In the future of aur people, bprauw I hellere that the v rngt Anierl.an citizen will no more tol rte government by a uiob than he will tolerate government by a plutocracy ; that ho desires to aee Justice done and Justice exacted from rich ninn nnd poor man alike. We are not trying to favor any ninn at the xpense of his fellow. We are trytns to slinpe things no Hint as far as possible each man nhnll have a fair chance lu life; o that he shall have, ao fur as by law this can lie ncrotnpllshed. the chance to how the amir that there Is In him. Therefore we need nlu laws, nnd we need to have them resolutely administered. At Intervals during the bist few month the appeal lias been lumle to uio not to en force the law against certain wrongdoers of great wealth U'caune to do ao would In terfere with the liuslnesa prosperity of the rountry. I nner the effects of that kind of fright, which when mitntiently aeute we call panic, this appeal hna been made to me even by men who ordinarily behave as de cent cltlr.ens. I do not admit that this baa been tho main cause of any business troatile we have had. but It ia possible that it baa been a contributory cause. If so, friends, as far aa 1 am concerned it mutt lie ac cepted aa a disagreeable but . unaroldnhle reatnre in a course of do lev which aa lunar a I am 'resident will not be channel. in eacn case the anawer must bo that we earnestly hope and believe that there will be no permanent damage to buslneM from the movement, but that If righteous ness coufllcta with the fancied needs of business, then the latter must go to the wall. If a man does well. If he acta honest I v. he has nothing to fear from, this admlnls- iraiion. nut so far aa in me ilea tli r rtipt politician, great or small, the p. .ate rltlsen who transgresses the law lie he rich or poor shall he brought before the Impar tial Justice of a court. i feel that we cannot have to.i many highroads and that In addition to the iron highroads of our railway system we should also utilise the great river highways which, have been given us by nature. From a variety of causes these highways have la many parts of the country been almost abandoned. This Is not healthy. Our peo ple, and especially the representatives of the people In the national congress, should give their most careful attention to this aubject. We ubould be prepared to put the nation collect, ely back of the move ment to Improve them for tha nation's use. Our knowledge at this time In. not such aa to permit me to go Into details or to say definitely Just what the nation should do; but most assuredly our great nnvlgable rlvera are national assets just as much as our great seacnast harbor. Exactly a It is for the Interest of all the country that our great hurbor should be lltted to receive In safety tho largest vessels of tho merchant fleets of the world, so by deepening und otherwise our rivers should he lltted to bear their pint In the movement of our merchandise, and this la especially true of I lie Mlsaisalppl and Its tributaries, whluh drain the Immense and prosperous region which makes In very fact the heart of our nntlon; the bnsln of the great lakes being already united with the basin of the .Mississippi and both re gions Ueing Identical 111 their products and Interests. Waterways are peculiarly fitted for the transportation of the bulky ui moilltles which come from the soil or under the sutl, nnd no other part of our country Is as fruitful as is this In such commodi ties. At present the ordinary ' farmer holds his own lit the laud us against any possible representative of the landlord class of farm er that Is, of the men who would own vast estutes because tho ordinary farmer unites bis capital, bis lulior :rud his brains with the making of a permanent family home, anil thus can afford to hold his laud at a value at which It ennnot be held by the capitalist, who would have to run It by leasing It or by cultivating It at arm's length with hired labor. "There Is oue thiug I put next to a good citizen," said the President, "and that is a good mother. I am pleased to see the children." A number of war veterans had met the President at the station and marched In the pnrailc to the park, and to these wearer of the blue the Presideut also paid a compliment, saying: "I am particularly glad to he welcomed by the veterans," President Hoosevelt interposed several remarks into bis address. He touched on the subject of undesira ble citizens briefly, saying : "You will remember that a year ago I expressed my opinion of certain untlesir uble citizens and I stand by what I said." lie added that he would always con demn the man tliut incites to murder and would demand punishment for that of fense, as he would for the crimes of the corporation crimiunls. At the conclusion of hi address the President wn presented with a gold headed cane by the negroes of Keokuk. Peace Conference Topics Again. The question of the limitation of arma ment having been dispoxed of with the mildest kind of resolution, Muggesting that the different governments' consider the matter, The Hague conference- entered upon a new stage with Ihitish, A:nertcan, tlt'i'inan and French delegations combin ing against Kussia, Ittigiuin ar.d others who ore anxious to terminate tie confer ence. America, KuglnnJ and tlermany agreed on a scheme for the establishment of an international prize court, which ia also acceptable to France aud certain of adopt ion. A new fonture of this scheme i that the prize court will be a part of the permanent arbitration cov.rt, and therefore does not presuppose the exist ence of wur. Tli in further strengthened the case In behalf of a iiermaacut court by showing that it would have iinpor 'ant work to do. Telsgraphlc llrevitlca. Ata eight-story building occupied -by Lewi Ie (Iroff & Son, wholesale grocers, of New York, was destroyed by fire. Imsh $.1l),0(l0. The' second annual interstate live stock and horse tiiow at the South St, Joseph (Mo.) stockyards closed recently. Twelve thousand dollars in prizes were paid. Investigation of an alleged effort to smuggle $10,000 worth ot peaiiu 1 on-'y'"' way by the custom ollkiuls at New " J The pearls are the property tomla dealer. V .' i