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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD,
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1907.
NUMBER (.
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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.
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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,
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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. '
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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.
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