Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY -HERALD.
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEIL, FRIDAY, DECIPHER 6, 1907.
NUMBER 15.
LATEST BY TELEGIMPli
SUMMARY OP THB NEWS OF
THB WHOLE WORLD.
PROSPERITY TO STAY
UAiiniMAX kicks, decided, nu.
BOUND ITtOM DEPRESSION.
Railroad Magnate Kays People Aro Too
SciiHlblo to AKow Acts of n Few Had
Mon to Unsettle Their Faith In the
Country's Great Financiers.
That the country Is already begin
ning to recover from the severe shoot
received In the recent rantc Is tho
opinion of E. II. Harrlman, as express
ed In on Interview published In New
York Wednesday.
"Wo are In the rebound from tho
depression, and we ore In It to stay,"
Mr. Harrimnn paid. "There will bo no
falling: back each step we arc .taking
Is llrm. Under the whole situation
there U Industrial stability. There !s
too much work to be done, and ton
Great capacity for doing It to allow a
long drawn out depression. There are
Indications everywhere that confidence
la being restored. The country is too
big and the people' too sensible to
allow the ucts'of a few men to shak-s
their faith In the integrity of our great
financiers and business men as a
whole. Naturally there was a little
scare nt first, tut when the people
taw that there were rotten spots only
here and there they quickly recovered
from their fright. The dawn of a new
era of prosperity Is here. The strain
on cash Is being relieved and credit M
once more being allowed to perform
Its normal work.
"Rut we m-jst not expect at once to
fee any line of commercial business as
active os It has been during the past
two years. Perhaps It is better foi
the country that it should not be so
We have a presidential campaign In
front of us. It is only natural that we
should feel our way cautiously for
forac time.- When I say cautiously
however. I do net mean hesitatingly
hut rather conservatively."
TO ATTACK 11KOWX WILL.
Mrs. .Bradley Will Brina: Action to
r.reak It.
Now that Fhe-has -een acri!ltt'-,d on
the charge c-r rr.u;v-r. Mrs Anr.e M.
Brarlley. through her attorneys nnd
in behu'.f of ht r c hildren, will bring an
uctlcn to break the will ef the late
Senator Arthur Brown, whom she Mi:m
to death In Washington. Her friends
at J-alt Lake (V.y te.y that such a
cour:;o has beep, contemplated over
since the will u us opened. The con
test will be br.sscl on the written a
knowledgmenl of Senator Brown tht
Mrs. Bradley's two sons are his own
In his will Drown expressly disavowed
the paternity of the two children anJ
rtipulated they s-hould receive nothing
.'rem his e.tate The greater part of
the estate amounting in all to some
$50,000, was devised to his son Max
and his daughter Alice The attack on
'.he will, which has already boon ad
nltteJ to proline, will not commence
until Judge .Powers it-turns from
Washington.
BLOW AT HARVESTER TRUST.
t'hihn cf President to Control Nearly
All Trade Admitted as Evidence.
The state gained nn Important point
Wednesday In its suit to oust the Inter
rational Harvester company from
Kansas, p. W. Grls'gs testified that he
had heard Cyrus MeCorniick, presi
dent of the International Harvester
company, state In a speech made in
Kansas City in 1903. "That tho com
Mr.Etlon or which he was the head
owned or controlled 95 per cent of ad
the money used for the purpose of
manufacturing nnd selling harvesting
machinery."
Prescient MrCorinick had said fu
ther that it was tho purpose of the
company to provide for a uniform sale
jrlce.
The harvester company's attorneys
tried to have this evidence stricken
out, but thi3 Judge Dana refused to
do.
Admits KilliiiB Girl with Club.
David Martinet y Sanchez, arrestea
en subpiclon of being the murderer of
Miss Jennie Templeton at Vllarde, N.
M., has made a full confession. Ha
paid he killed her with a club while he
was drunk.
Find Mlsiint Cashier's Body.
The body of D. R. Rankin, cashier
.if tho defcunot Merchants and Plant
ers' bank at Lawton, Okla., whq myt'
tcrlousty disappeared a month ago
was found In Cache creek, near there,
Wednesday.
Ki;iix City Live Stuck Market.
Wednesday's quotations on tho
Sioux City live itock market follow:
Jtutehcr steers. J 1.25 0- 5.60. Top
hogs, $4.65.
Tart Meets tho Cmr.
Recretaiy T.-'.ft was received In au
lcnce Wedne.d:.y by Emperor Nich
olas, cf at TsarUoo Selo and
received from his majetty the frankest
espi-cmlon ef Bulla's regard for thu
Visited stales.
Siigar Kins Is Dead.
Her ry ( I. lie voir i ycr. .f New York
pres. dent of the A nicrir n Sugar Re
fining C(i;nKMiy. dle-1 V dne.uluy uf
tt.-rnoon, of uccti liidigv.-tion.
IX TRIM FOlt WORK.
Speaker Cannon Iromnt In Lining Vp '
the House.
In the house Tuesday Speaker Can
non announced the appointment of the
committee on banking and currency,
and, in doing so stated he had exceed
ed by one member tho number permit
ted by tho rules of the house and ask
ed unanimous consent to his action,
which was granted. The commlttoe
retains as Its chairman Mr. Fowler, if
New Jersey, and In the main Its per
sonnel was unchangod. There were
only two vacancies on the committee
as It stood last year, one of these be
ing caused by the failure of. Mr. Shar
tel (Republican), of Missouri, to se
cure re-election, and the other by the
voluntary withdrawal of Mr. Lrgare.
of South Carolina, who found the du
ties pertaining to his work on this
committee to be In conflict with hU
service on other , corrlmlttees. Mr.
Burton (Republican), of Ohio, was
designated for Mr. Shartel's plac'e, and
Mr. Crawford, of North Carolina, for
Mr. Legare's. The additional selection
was Mr. McIIenry (Democrat), of
Pennsylvania. '
Following Is the total membership
of the committee as now constituted:
Fowler, of New Jersey, chairman;
Prince of Illinois, Calderhead of Kan
sas, Powers of Maine, McMorran of
Michigan, Weems of Ohio, McCrearey
of Pennsylvania, Knowland of Califor
nia, Waldo of New York, Hayes of
California, Weeks of Massachusetts,
Burton of Ohio, Republicans; Loomls
of Georgia, Pujo of Louisiana, Gtass of
Virginia, Gillespie of Texas, James of
Kentucky, Crawford of North Caro
llne and McHenry of Pennsylvania,
Democrats.
The speaker explained that he had
made the increase of the minority rep
resentation In consideration of tho
views of Mr. Williams, the minority
leader.
MRS. BRADLEY IS CLEARED.
The Jury Finds She is Not Guilty of
Murder.
The Jury In the case of Mrs. Annl
M. Bradley, at Washington, charged
with killing former Senator Arthur
Brown, of Utah, returned a verdict
of "not guilty" at 9 o'clock Tuesday
motnlng.
When the court asked the Jury It
'.hey had reached a verdict the fore
man answered:
"We have." v
"What Is your verdict, gentlemen?"
"Not guilty."
A demonstration of applause fol
lowed the announcement of the ver
dict Mrs. Bradley was tmrnedlately dis
charged from custody and left the
,court house In an automobile, follow
ing the ovation. She will leave in a
few days to Join her sister at Gold-
field, Nev.
FOUIi SLAIX OX RANCH.
Robbery Believed to Have Been Mo
tive for Crime;. ,
News of the murder of four persons
on a ranch near Macleay has reached
Salem, Ore. The bodies of Mrs. Cas
teel, her daughter, aged 24; her son,
aged 15, and the foreman of the ranch,
a man named Montgomery, aged 50,
were found in the burned ruins of
their abode on what is known as
Thurst ranch.
Evidence indicates that the crime
was done by tramps bent on robbery,
who afterward fired the house to give
the impression that the victims had
been accidentally burned to death. It
is understood the family had consid
erable money.
Root to Entertain Envoys.
Secretary Root has sent out Invita
tions to his fellow members of th
cabinet and the Justices of the su
preme court to dinner at tho TCew Wll
lard next Monday evening to meet the
delegates to the Centra! .' lorican
conference at present In
Washington.
ieiuil in
Fatally Hurt In Auto Wreck.
James Kearney, of Cleveland, O., is
dying with a broken back and Arthur
Barton Is thought to be fatally In
jured as the result of an automobile
accident. When descending a grade to
pass under a railway bridge near th
city the automobile skidded and struck
a telegraph pole.
Many Bodies Are Found.
Thirty of the miners caught by the
explosion of fire damp Sunday night
In the Naomi mine, near Fayette City,
Pa., were reached Tuesday by res
cuers. All the bodies were burned
and charred almost beyond recogni
tion. New Secretary for Dewey.
Leonard G. Hoffman, a clerk In ma
rine headquarters at Washington, D
C, was appointed naval secretary to
Admiral Dewey to succeed John W
Crawford, who recently disappeared
after threatening suicide.
Mlswlng Banker's Body Found.
The body of D. Rankin, cnshler of
the defunct Merchants and Planters
hank, of Lawton, Okla., who myste
riously disappeared a month ago, wua
found In Cache creek, near Lawton
Tuesday.
Col. Whipple Is Named.
The president Tuesday sent to the
senate the nomination of Col. Charles
II. Whipple, assistant paymaster gen
eral, to be paymaster general of tlx
prmy to succeed Gen. Sniffen, who re
tires Jan. 1.
President's Mewsaeo in Berlin.
President's Roosevelt' message na
jublished practically verbatim ly
many papers of Merlin Wednesday
morning, which, nowtver, mane .10
comment on it.
CONGHKSS IN MOTIOX.
nrllllnnt Scene t Opening of Sixtieth .
Congress,
A brilliant scone characterized th
meeting of the Sixtieth congress Molt- ,
day. In the senate nnd house of rep- I
resentatlves there were notable gath
ering:) hv the galleries of representa
tives of the ofTh-lul society of the capl.
tal. Tho coming together for the first
tlmo of the men who have been elect
ed to the senate and thn house, about
100 of whom have not before serve J
In congress, made tho occasion one of
particular Interest.
The striking scenes of the day were
In the house of representatives, where
the formal selection of Joseph O. Can
non again to be speaker of that body
and tho designation by the Democrats
of Mr. John Sharp Vll'lams as their
leader were occasions for dVallons for
those gentlemen. The vast hall of tho
house of representatives rang with tho
cheers of Republicans and Democrat!!
for their leaders. The presence of Hon.
AV. J. Bryan on tho house floor als
was the occasion for enthusiastic
cheering by tho Democrats.
When the adoption of rules for the
government of tho house during the
Sixtieth congress came un tho ruhM
of the last congress were opposed by
John Sharp Williams, and he was
Joined In the opposition by Democrats
and by a single Republican. Mr.
Cooper, of Wisconsin. The old rule
were declared to be too autocratic,
placing too much power In the hands
of the speaker, but after a somewhat,
acrimonious discussion they wero
adopted by a party vote. ,
Committees were appointed by both
houses to Inform the president that
cohgrcss had met and was ready to
receive any message he might wlsn
to communicate.
New senators and representatives
were sworn in, and both houses ad
journed out of respect to the .memory
of members who have died during
the recess of congress.
nVLLEt ENDS GROVES' LIFE.
The Kansas City Editor Succumbs
Monday Morning.
H. J. Groves, managing editor of
tho Kansc.H City, Mo., Post, who was
wounded on Nov. 23 by Gen. Richard
Home, died Monday.
O. D. Woodward, president of thj
Post company, who was shot at th
same time as Groves, Is still In tho
hoFpItal, but it Is believed he will rs
cover.
Home is out on bond and Is at
home In Marshall, Mo. He will be ar
rested and returned to Kansas City
and thecharge of murder preferred
against him.
Home Is one of the oldest and best
known newspaper men in Missouri
He was a man of high standing at
th-i time of his arrest and prominent
citizens from all parts of the state
offered to furnish his bond. Home
liad been connected with tho Post
since Us organization eighteen months
ago as chief editorial writer, and was
a stockholder in the company. IH3
salary as editorial writer was $25
week.' A few days previous to the
shooting ho had been requested to re
sign, as the management rad founi
It necessary to curtail expenses.
After tho shooting Home asserted
he had not been treated fairly in the
matter of finances, and that the mat
ter had preyed upon his mind. He
had, he said, put all his money into the
paper and being unable to realize on
any of It was penniless.
FRANCE IS COLD TO THE STORK
Alc.rnilng Decrease Is Shown In the
Willi Rate.
A decreased birth rate In France In
1906, the lowest In fact, in her history,
Is shown In statistics Just published
by the official J lurnal of the republic,
Recent yc-vo have been marked by a
steady decline In the number of births,
The aver.i ;o yearly rate from 1896 t
1905 v.as 839,843. In 1908 the birth
fell to 806,847. The deaths during the
year aggregated 780,190.
Dr. Jaequez Bertillon, statistician o
Paris, takes a pessimistic view of thl
showing. He points out that whereas
all of France's neighbors yearly In
crease in population France's popula
lion is at 'a stanstill. So he think
the tide of her population may fall
backward.
Canadian Steer Wins.
The grand championship for steers a
tho Chicago stock show went to Roan
King, a yearling Shorthorn, bred and
exhibited by James Leask, of Green
bank, Ont. Canada's King Is the first
Shorthorn grand champion In the his-
tory of the show.
Sugar Kins Very III.
II. O. Havemeyer, president of th
American Sugar Refining company, 1
seriously 111 at his country home a
Commack, L. I. He is suffering from
an acute attack of Indigestion, am
several physicians aro In constant at
tendance.
Death for Twenty-One.
The courtniartlal which has b.-on
trying the men who participated In th
r-H'ent mutinies at Vladivostok Mon
V sentenced twenty-one to death
.i.d thirty-four to the galleys.
Train Dashes Into l!:iy.
While rounding a sharp curve neti
Marshall, Ca!., a train on the North
.vci-tern ral'read was derailed, and uf
t-r running over ties fur two hun
, 1 feet dashed down on embank
ne t into lomaics nay. .None were se
iv :iKly Injured.
IVemli Drive Arabs Itnck.
Thousands of J c : i 1 Nukmi tribes
::.!! havo bci-n force J back Into Mn
: i "co. The French are no conccii
Pated on thu frontier.
jj 'Nebraska
I! State News
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THIEVES 11VSY AT SIIELTOX
Two Boys Are Sentenced to the Re
formatory.
For the third time during the week
burglars visited the stores of Shelton.
The general store of umpreichat Bros.
was entered by tho cellar window and
every pocket knife in the show cases
was taken nnd all the money drawers
and the cash register were rlfilcd of
their change, amounting to a few dol
lars, the total theft amounting to
something near $50. The postofTlee
cellar wos entered and an effort made
to come tip through the floor, but in
this they failed. The parties who en
tered the store of Hansen & Pernhard
were caught with tho plunder and
proved, as supposed, to be two beys
namtil Kelly living In town, and Mar
shal Carlson took them to Kearney
ond they will probably be sent to the
Industrial school, as neither of them is
more than 15 years of age. The sher
iffs of Buffalo and Hall county have
been sent for nnd bloodhounds will
be brought Into use, tho postolllce au
thorities have been notified, and every
effort will be made to capturo ths
thieves.
NEW VSE FCll PIRE FOOD LAW.
Dlspcnw of "Malt" Charged with
Selling Beer liliout License.
For some time It has been known
to county officials that liquor wus be-
lnr disposed nt Shelton without a li
cense, and a ruse was rosortcd to to
capture tho parties.
As a result William R. Herrlck was
arrested for violation of the pure food
laws In that ho was selling a Dever
lgo under the,' name of "hospital
malt," the label of which did not con
form to the law. On this charge he
was brought before tho county Judg
and fined $10 and costs.
In tho meantime an analysis had
con made of tho stuff and It was
found to bo common every-day beer,
and another charge was lodged asalns:
him for selling liquor without a li
cense. To the latter charge Herrlck
waived examination and was bound
over to the district court In the sum
of $500.
George Mcisnor, of Phelton, signed
his bond and he was released to ap
pear in district couit.
NO MORE CASHIER'S CHECKS.
Pnpcr Exchange' Is Gradually Being
Supplanted by Currency.
While planning to continue tlv
withholding of entire cash psyments
and substituting -a.shier's checks until
after the monthly pay rolls of Decem
ber are met, bankers of Omaha pro
pose o retire the checks as fust a
possible and not Issue more of them.
'The checks are being retired every
day," said Henry W. Yates, president
of the Clearing House association.
"We shall continue to retire them. I
do not know of any new ones being
Issued, unless It be a few $1 and $2
checks needed for change."
The rule has been In effect In Oma
ha and generally through the west.
Just thirty business days. The pay
rolls of Nov. 1 were paid In 20 to 4C
per cent ensh and the balance In cash
ier's chocks. Gradually the situation
brightened and half money and half
checks were paid before the rulo had
been In effect two weeks, while many
business houses paid their employed all
cash. '
NO DIVORCE l-'OR DR. CELPELKA
Case of International Interest Dls
missed nt Hastings.
The case of Dr. John Celpelka, r-t
Inst Cornelia Celnelka, of
Omaha, for divorce, nn action In which
decree was issued five years ago and
later sot aside, was dismissed In dls
trlct court, at Hastings for want of
nroecution. They were married In
Bohemia about ton yeurs ago. The
left her and located in
Crete. She traced him aitO found he
had secured a divorce. At her re
ouest tho decree was set aside. Mrs,
Celpelka Is a woman of marked abil
ity and Is related to olllcluls high in
the Bohemian government. She has
been living In seclusion in Omaha for
the last several months.
AttemiHcd to Wreck Train.
In district court at West point the
case of the state vs. Mike Hickey
charged with piling ties and other ob
Ftnipllnna nn the track of the C, St.
P.. M. & O. railway, near Bancroft
which were struck by a morning train
on May 25, but were discovered in time
to orevont a serious accident, the ao
fendant was found guilty by a Jury in
just eight minutes. --.
Epilepsy Cuuse of Death.
At an inquest held at Hastings a
verdict was returned finding that
Charles Ross, who died while being
examined by the county insanity
board, came to his death as a result
of epilepsy. Ross lived In Prosser and
was brought before the Insanity board
to be committed to the state hospital
to be treated for alcoholism.
Damage Suit for $5,000.
A novel damage suit will be tried In
the next term of district court at
Wayne. Johannus Hansen alleges
that iMra Larson has Injured his gooi
name to the extent of $5,000 by mak
ing the statement In the presence of
neighbors that he (Hansen) had
"killed my ducks."
Mrs. Bryan to Egypt.
Mrs. V. J. l ryan left recently for
New York to Join her daughter. M
Ixuvltt. They will leave t-aturday for
Cairo, Egypt.
Elevator at Ilosjihal.
Vfce hoard of public lanes nnd Imi'.d
Ings lit thn cont.i-.ct for n ;ii h hut
ton elevator to the Ot'a E! v:it ir c. in
pany, of Chi via and ()!". ili:
$3,280. Tho e v iK.I- In t i L,
Htructed in th j rlh .ppe li
Lincoln.
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State Troasurer I.rhin In
the seml-anni-nl h d ! I i
to Superlriti-ndent .M.'' 1 !!:.
Is $::. r.4.C2, au-luM J
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1 last December.
MCUILLAM WINS.
Men Pick tit Rate or K.8 Bushels in
Ten Hours.
A spirited corn shucking contest
wns held at Hurt-hard between Warren
AtcMllInn and lion Kelley, on the farm
of Silns Huff. Just north of town, for
a wager cf $20, the winner to receive
pay for all tho corn ho shucked. A
driver accompanied each Phucker, and
according to the terms of the agree
ment, they shucked exactly, four
hours, each taking two rows, and all
dropped and mlsthrown ears to be
Ticked up. A' referee followed each
shucker to sen that all the terms of
tho agreement were complied with.
The corn was weighed by J. P. Swal
low and atMhe end of the four hour
It v.-os found that McMillan had won
by the close margin of forty pounds.
The record stood. McMillan 63 bushels
and 35 pounds; Kelley 62 bushels and
65 pounds. This Is at the rate of 168
bushels 'In ten hours and Is considered
pretty goodshucklng.
8 TO LEX TEAM RECOVERED.
Thieves Abandon Horses and Make
!
O. W. Losey, chief captain of the
North Nebraska Antl-Horsethlef asso
ciation, returned to Battle Creek re
cently from Elgin with the team of
horses stolen from Charles Premier, a
farmer living seven miles south of Bat
tle Creek. Pursuit was taken up Im
mediately after the theft. The thieves,
wo men, were trailed to Petersburg,
Neb., and from thero to Elgin. Just
north of Elgin Mr. Losoy and his as-
Istants succeeded In heading oft tho
thieves, who abandoned the team to
make their own escape. Good de
scriptions were obtained of both mon
and every effort will be made to ap
prehend them.
COI RT TO DECIDE ELECTION.
Hirnm Chase. Indian County Attorney,
Counted Out.
Hiram Chase, who wasn't elected
county attorney of Thurston county.
has appealed to tho suprdme court.
Ho says ho was cheated out of the of
fice on a technicality. The lower court
threw out tho vote cast In Omaha pre
cinct, carried by Chase by a good ma-
ority, on tho ground that the polling
lano had been moved three miles
without notice to all of the voters.
This left Chaso beaten by thirteen
votes.
Chaso Is on Tndlan, educated In a
government school and later a gradu
ate of a law school. He has served one
term and Is a capable attorney.
RED PAINT CAVSES WAR.
Art Association Clashes with Lincoln
Commissioners,
Alleging that It Is an injustice to
palr.t a tower on the roof of a gray
building glaring red. the Nebraska Art
association at Lincoln sought an In
Junction to stop tho decorative effects
of the county commlasloners. The at
torntys for tho art association declare
that the tower should be painted gray.
'he county commissioners assert that
they will fight tho injunction and will
t.iv to adhere to their own color
scheme.
BLOODY FIUHT IX ENGINE CAIt.
Fireman I'ses Torch atul is Felled by
Chunk of Coal.
Engineer Noah Clark and Fireman
Benson, of tho Union Pacific, engaged
n a bloody light on their engine re
ently nt Beatrice. Clark assaulted
i'enson with a torch, Inflicting severtl
injuries on his head. Benson knocked
Clark down with a chunk of coal, cut'
ling his forehead badly.
The men were covered with blood.
when taken from tho engine by
friends. Their Injuries wero such that
extra men were sent out on their run.
MAHAFFEY PLEADS GUILTY.
N'cbrusknn St-ntem-cd to Jail for Con
spiracy In I and Case.
R. H. MahafTey Monday afternoon
pleaded guilty in federal court at
Omaha to a chargo of conspiracy to
defraud the government out, of large
traces of land In Thomas and Hooker
counties. Nob. Ho was sentenced to
forty-five days In the Hall county Jail
md fined $500. Mahaffey was indicted
Jointly with A. F. Hatch on the charge
if conspiracy, and an additional In
dictment for perjury was also pleaded
not guilty before Judge T. C. Munger
Elopes with Employer's Girl.
Peter Barger and Miss Borer are
supposed to have eloped from. Lind
say, tho couple having disappeared at
the same time and no ono knowing
which way they went. Barger was
working until about a month ago for
Pete Borer, the girl's father, and the
girl had been working for Theo. Wlt
ner near Cornlea, from which place
they left.
Indians twelve Money.
Thlrty-elKht thousand silver dollars,
weighing 2,300 pounds, left Valentine
recently In charge of a squad of four
teen mounted pollco, for the Indians
at tho Rosebud agency. The money Is
tho first Installment of the $110,000
which will recompense the Indians for
land surrendered by them In the Bone
steel tract. ,
Oil Trust Favored.
C. D. Chambcrluln, of Cleveland, O.,
protested against alleged discrimina
tions In favoi of the Standard Oil
company. IIo asserted before the state
railway commission at Lincoln that
tho Standard was favored by the traf
fic men of the Harrlman system. He
also alleged that rates to county sea
pcdntu uro discriminative.
Brnkcniun Ftstwiol Killed.
I rnhemnn John W. Eastwood, of
McCook, was killed ut Akron, Colo,,
while switching a freight train on a
siding. Both leg-i were cut off. He
died nt Ti ppen, Colo., while being
taken to Denver for treatment.
Child Hits from Burns,
Camlilo Mecl:m:i;i, a 10-year-old
duu;?ht r of Alex lecknian, died at the
hos'iitni in I' i vim !i t l'rniu tho effects
of b, ii ns whit h she received while
piuylrig aroui d a hi nllre Thanksgiving
cinv. Her emotion .;is considered
I I U.wt f '. !:! th i r.i : t.
S : ::d I'ca,1. l.i V;va::t -IIci:i:
Ii.iriy I.i ', a ch'.v.actt r of Waterloo,
. s f I'.'d ( wild l i i. v;i "ii'i: building in
lhi v. ,' i:.rt f t iw i with a Jug of
v.hl
(au;
l;y I; his
'o cf dt.L'.h.
.slO.c, Indicating the
COKSCWPTI0N IS ARMY
OS MORE PAT TO MEH
Snforctd Service Faces American
People, Declares Adjutant
General Ainsworth.
Unless radical measures are enacted
to Induce mon to enlist In the United
States army, conscription must be re
sorted to, declares Major General P. C
Ainsworth, adjutant general, in his an
nual report.
"Notwithstanding the most strenuous
efforts on the part of the War Depart
ment and the recrultlug officers." says
General Ainsworth, "It has been found
Impossible wholly -to make good the
losses, to sny nothing of Increasing the
enlisted strength to the authorized lim
it. If present conditions continue there
will bo nothing for the government to
do but meet this competition by mate
rially Increasing the soldiers' pay or
to evade competition altogether by a
resort to conscription."
Never before has such a suggestion
i-ouio from an ofllcer clothed with the
authority to make recommendations.
The Idea of compulsory enrollment of
Individuals for the military service ba
been held abhorrent to republican prin
ciples and the absence of such a law
Is one of the most forceful arguments
used In attracting desirable immigra
tion from Europe.
Oflicials of the War Department at
tlclpate that the possible necessity foi
such action outlined by General Ains
worth will prove efficacious In secni'lng
consideration by Congress of the In-t-tcaac
of pay bill. It Is with the great
est, reluctance that army officers enter
tain the thought of conscription, but
generally they agree with General
Ainsworth that it either must come to
that extremity or more money must
be provided for the soldier If the stand
ing of the army Is to be maintained.
INDIANS TO FIGHT INDIANS.
Micopits Yaquls Against Mayas,
Decreasing1 Both Tribes.
The Mexican war department, by Ul
roctlon of I'resldeut Diaz, Is trying the
experiment of uslug tho Yaqul Indians
to fight the Mayas. The uprising of
the Maya Indians against federal au
thority begun several months ago, and
It hus spread until practically all the
mcmlicrs of that tribe are now In arm
ed rebellion. The Ynqul Indians, like
the Mayas, are waging a bloody con
flict ngulust tho government troops,
and upon tho peaceful settlers of their
territory In the Stat of gouoro. The
government hns been trying for several
yenrs to put down the Ynqul rebellion.
It has succeeded In largely decreasing
the force of Indlaus by capturing hun
dreds of them and deporting them to
the QuhJtantt Uoo territory, In what
was formerly Yucatan. Tbo Muya In
dians formerly occupied all of what Is
now culled Qulntana Roo. They were
brought under temporary subjection
about 19 yeurs ago, and the new terri
tory wus created by tho government
and wus opened up for settlement. The
Mayas soon went on the war path
again, and there has been 110 settle
ment of the territory thnt was former
ly occupied by them. The government
soldiers have had all that they could
do to keep the territory from being re
taken by the Mayas.
Tho Maya Indians have been making
such an Incessant warfare upon the
federal troops thut were sent against
them during the last few months that
the order wub given to augment the
forces of the Mexicans by organizing
the Yaquls who had been deported to
Qulntana Roo Into military companies.
It was believed that this experiment
of pitting tho Yaquls against the Mayas
would prove successful from tho fact
that the few peaceable Mayus who had
como Into contact with the Yuquls
seemed to show a natural hatred for
thut race of Indians.
DATA ON WATERWAYS.
Commission In Washington Con
siders Flan of Big Scope.
The Inland waterways commission.
In session In Washington, considered a
plan for the development of water
ways looking toward the restoration
of navigation not only ou the Missis
sippi River, but on other waterways
In various parts of the country. The
commission bus been encouraged In
this movement by the various water
wuy conventions that have been held
recently.
The commission Is working on a pre
liminary report which It will make to
tho President outlining the geuerul
scope of Its plan and which It expects
later ou to supplement by statistics,
which It has collected relating to the
decrease In water transportation and
the luudequucy of railroad transporta
tion. The proposed "lakes to tho gulf"
channel movement, which Is already
under way, will receive first attention
from the commission, which bus made
two trips down the Mississippi Ulver
luvestlgutlng river conditions, rules,
both rail and water, terminals, ports
nnd tlm-genoral qutlou of river trans
portation. SHOUT NEWS NOTES,
dor. Folk made ou address at tho oten
Ing of the Miner' Congress at Joiihu,
Mo.
The Aero Club of New Endand wus
nrjjanijtnd at Ronton with thirry-seveu
iiipiiiImts.
Tint interior of the Albert Theater nt
Berlin. ,N. II., wan burned out. x'hu loss
U $100,KK).
The necessity of a Department of Min"
in the national cabinet wtnt ui-eil ut tlia
Miners' Congrevj ut Joiiliu, Mo.
nEVEEKLY
LWUlCTARIAr
14112 Columbus arrived at Ilaytl and
learned that the colony left there haI
jierlshed.
14!H) Perkin Warbeck, who styled him
self Richard IV., King of England,
executed.
1518 Cortes sailed from Cuba to cap- .
ture Mexico.
1540 De Soto left the coast , and begna
tils inland march.
1542 English defeated the Scots at Sol-
, way Moss
i58 Sir Humphrey (Jilbert's first expe
dition sailed to found a colony a
America.
1020 St. Teter's, Rome, dedicated t'J
Pope Urban VIII.
1C33 Ships Ark ami Dove 3ailed froi
England with 200 persoiu to fousd
a colony in Maryland.
1C43 Birth of La Salty the plorer -l
tne Mississippi valley.
1CS3 Boundary line agreed upon fcy
New York and Connetticut.
1753 Severe earthquake knocks felt along.
the eastern coast o'. North America, .
1758 Fort Diiqucsne renamed Pittsburg'
by the English.
1775 American foice took and fortified
Cobble Hill, nwir Boston
1776 British under Cornwallis crossed
tb Hudson to attack Fort Lee.
irM Jay's treaty between the United
States and (J rent Britain signed.
175)0 French under Honupane defeated"
tho Austlraus at Areola. . . , Much
property destroyed by tire In Sa
vannah, Ga.
2801 The Pillory used la Boston for the
last time.
1S10 A Philadelphia theater lighted by
gas, first in the country. ,
1S32 Eruption of Mt. Etna i town of
Bronte destroyed, ' ,' -. ..-,
1837 Montreal used gas for illuminating
purpose for tho first time.
1851 Ernest Augustus, King of Han
over and Duke of Cumberland, died.
1852 Napoleon III. elected Emperor of
the French.
likK) Legislature of Georgia voted $1,-
000,000 to arm the State.
1803 Battles before Chattanooga, Tetin,
began.... The National Soldiers'
cemetery at Gettysburg dedicated.
1S07 Committee on the House reported
in favor of the impeachment ot
1 'resident Johnson v . . :..
X871 The Grand Duke Alexis arrived at
Xew York
J874 British Immigrant ship Copatrick
burned at sea, with loss of 473 lives.
1877 The Halifax fishery commission
under treaty of Washington, render
ed its decision. . .
1883 Standard time adopted throughout
Canada.
1880 Remarkable cliff dwellings dis
covered in Colorado.- , 1
1880 Alaska first demanded representa
tion in Congress.
18!K) Indian outbreak near Fine Kidge,.
South Dakota, . . . Battleship Maine
launched at the Brooklyn navy yard.
TKa Rlnlllo lnimrsillt.
Mr Oliver Lioage, tue notea tu-itma
scientist, has delivered another pro
nouncement on the subject of the im
mortality of the soul. He say first that
the simple important truth to be kept in
mgut is tne commonplace iuci inai mere
is nothing immortal or persistent about
the body except the material atoms of
which it is composed. He dismisses ut
terly the uotion, still taught by part of
the Christian church, that these atoms
will some day be gathered and reunited
so as to constitute a completo man as be
appeared on the earth, and who there
after will last forever. This he regards)
as merely a clumsy expedieat to make
pleasing the Idea of the homeless, wan
dering spirit or ghost of the departed in
dividual. Sir Oliver says that nobody
know what the soul U, but that com
mon sense rebels against its being noth
ing, and that no genuine scluace had as
sumed to declare It a purely imaginary
nonentity. He holds it must be acknowl
edged by science that no really existing
thing perishes, it only changes form. As
this has been shown clearly iu the caso
of matter and energy! it must also be
true of mind, consciousness, will, mem
ory, love and other activities which in
teract with matter and appeal to t be
bodily senses. These facts of the indi
vidual human consciousness, he says, can
not be retarded as nothing, and they will
never vnnlhli Into nothiusness. They did
nrise with us. They never sprang sud
denly iutu being from previous non-e.it-ence.
They are us eternal as the God-
hoait ltw.lf nnil u.'l! in Dternnl lieln? on.
dure forever.
A tin on p tier e on Mercury.
The transit of Mertviry ncrixg the f ice
ot l lie sun, .ov. ia was ur- uccusiou ot
careful observation by astronomers with
more or U-s satisfactory results. Wil
liam It. r.roiVs. professor of astroMo-.iy
at llo'.iart cu.lee, Geneva, N. Y.. ills-'
coverel n df if used Hug surrbundins the
planet. This was tlntu,;ht to indicate the
presenco ot au atmosphere. Near me cen
ter of tie I'laui't wrt noticed a whit
siMt, w'!'.-!i Inis been ;orn ut former traor
sits. M.'.t-.y photos i-unli wero taken.