DAKOTA COUNTY
3I0TT0 All The News When It Is News.
VOLUMK XVII
DAKOTA I CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JUNK 11, 1901).
NUMBER 50
WORLD'S DAILY HEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED
AND CONCISELY STATED
GOMEZ PLEASES ALL
VEXKZIT.L.VS Ni:V CIUKl' Bt'IT.
ABLE IX) THE masses.
IVflclt Ijcfl by Former Belligerent
president Is Wiped Out anil a Sur
llutt Appears in Its Mao. Mr ma go
ol Executive Approved.
In striking ruftatlon of Gen.
Cuh-
tro's recent statement that Venezuela
would be bankrupt In six months Is
the following paragraph from Presi
dent Gomez to congress, which shows
that notwithstanding the suppression
by the new government of numberless
oppressive taxes, the deficit in the
Hank of Venezuela left by Castro has
been transformed Into a respectable
credit. The president says:
'"On November 24 last, the day on
which I assumed the presidency, the
government owed to the Hank of Ven
ezuela 745,862.04 bolivars. (A boli
var Is worth 20 cents.)
"After having met every admin
istrative expense and paid during the
tirt fortnight of the present month
836,612.80 bolivars for diplomatic
debts, 957,049.52 bolivars for public
works and 158,895.60 bolivars for con
gressmen's expenses, the government
now has a balance in its favor In the
Bank of Venezuela of 1,483,990.63 bol
ivars and In the national treasury
114,337 bolivars."
The reading of the presidential mes
sage to congress on Sunday afternoon
was not the perfunctory performance
of other years. President Comez' re
cent decree removing completely all
the oppressive export taxes on coffee,
ocoa and hides, which fell so heavily
on thelong suffering agriculturist and
which produced to the government a
yearly Income' of almost $1,000,000,
has removed any doubt as to the pro
Eressiveness of the new government,
und consequently great crowds surged
into the capltol to express approval of
the reforms.
The statistics in the message relat
ing to the foreign and domestic debts
of Venezuela show a most satisfactory
condition of affairs, the total obliga
tions of the nation being only about
$40,000,000, the interest payment on
which has been proceeding regularly
for several years past without any
Interruption.
From January J, 1907, to March 31,
1909, 21,942,499.50 bolivers have been
paid on foreign debts and 60,830,
515. 1 2 on the internal debts. The
dtbt created by the Washington pro
tocols amounted to 38,385,411.94 bol
ivars in 1903. On March 31 it ha-1
been reduced to 15,254,415.88 bolivars,
and will be totally paid off In ler-s than
four years more.
The message urged on congress the
necessity of laws effectively abolishing
the custom of recruiting by force.
LOOKS I.IK E A BIU BUM).
Performances of French Aeronaut At-
truttlnx Attention.
The Intrrrs-t of French aviators have
been focused lately on the work of the
young aeronaut, Herbert Latham, who
Has been flying at Mourmelon 1
Grand, near Pails, in a mononlane
Following his performance of several
days ago, whi n ho remained In the aii
for 1 hour, 7 minutes and 47 seconds
M. Latham made a series of brilliant
flights Wednesday evening,, n whicl
bis machine demonstrated consider
able stability in the fare of a 15-mi!
breeze. He showed also good genera
control und facility t change fro
one altitude to another. His heigh
ranged from fifteen to thirty yards.
Latham's machine suggests a bird
It has two rigid wings a foot thick li
the center and tapering into flexibli
fins designed to give stability.
SHOT BY TIIK POLICE.
An IndluiiaixrilN. Attorney Ignores Or
tier to Stop Aiitoiiiohle..
In a motor car chase led by Samuel
Dowden, a prominent attorney of In
aianapons, ind., who lives at the
University club, pursued by another
car containing Chief of Police Metzgar
captain of Detectives Asch and Adel
bert Adel(n, chief of police of Oak
land, Cal., Dowden was shot through
me nnee Tuesday night. Dowden'r
car was stopped nnd the police carriod
the injured man to a physician. Chief
amzgar sum several shots were fired
Ana Km, klm , ...... .
j " i i'oyuen s car, after the
gong on the police cur haj been rung
repeatedly ana the policemen had
yelleu at Dowden to stop. Dowden
they say. was going thirty-five miles
en hour.
Sioux City Live Sun k Market.
XI .1 J . . ...
" uay quotations on tho
Floux City live stock market follow
Top beeves, $6.60. Top hogs. $7.50.
Clili'mco Banker Ik-ad.
Lazarus Silverman, a pioneer bank
er and financier of Chicago, who Is
credited with originating the plan for
the resumption of specie payments In
1873, known am the Sherman bill, dld
Wednesday, ag1 79 years.
TVnn I U IM-I hJt by Earthquake
mi town or lormcni. ids miles to
the southeast of Padang, Sumatra,
waa destroyed by an earthquake on
f.bt nlf ht of June 3 I.
r.Ki: a (imiD ii.m.
Federal Inspector Close in on Work
Hand.
In several arrests made In Colum
bus, Marlon and Pennlson, O., Tuesday
federal Inspectors and detectives of
Cincinnati who worked In conjunction
with them In the case believe they
have unearthed the biggest and best
organized branch of the black hand
In this country. Marlon, O., being
probably the head of the organization.
Chief PoFtoffice Inspector Charles
Holmes, of Cincinnati, who Is In
charge of the work which has result-
d In the arrests so far made, is au
thority for the htatement that evidence
has been obtained showing that the
gang operating from Marlon and with
lines reaching Into a number of big
cities of the country, have fleeced dif
ferent persons in that and other states
out of thousands of dollars In the last
few months by the application of the
black hand method. Those arrested
Tuesday were Samuel Lima and Joe
Rizzo, at Marlon, O., and Antonio VI-
carlo and A. Marlis, at Dennlson.
Tuesday night Inspector Holmes
said he was expecting word from
Bellefontaine. O., of two more arrests.
These two, he said, would be of equal
or greater Importance than those al
ready made. Inspector Holmes says
that the gang which conducted its
operations from Marlon was composed
of Italians and worked exclusively up
on their countrymen. He has obtain
ed evidence that as late af two weeks
ago they sent from the Marlon, O.,
postoffice money orders aggregating
$1,900 to confederates In Italy, this
being the division of blackmail funds
n one case. Many such bits of evi
dence, it is claimed, are in possession
of the inspectors.
SWIXDLEUS TO JAIL.
six Cincinnati Bitrkrtshop Men Arc
Sentenced.
Louis W. Foster, John M. Gorman.
Walter Campbell, A. C. Baldwin, Ed
win Hell and J. M. Scott were each
sentenced to a term of six months In
Jail and each to pay a fine of $200 and
costs by Judge Thompson In the Unit
ed States district court in Cincinnati
Tuesday morning for using the United
States malls to further schemes to de
fraud In conducting a bucketshop.
The six defendants were tried before
Jury several weeks ago and found
guilty of using the mails to defraud
as charged in the Indictment returned
by a federal grand Jury. Former
Judge Outcalt, attorney for the de
feundants, made a motion for a new
trial at that time. Judge Thompson
overruled It and sentenced the defend
ants. Attorney Outcalt at nnen filo,l
a motion for a stay of execution and
the defendants will be at liberty under
$5,000 bonds. The defendants oper
ated the bucketshop known as the
Odell Brokerage company.
KILLED BY AX ASSASSIN.
Pennsylvania Man Is Shot from Am
bush.
While returning home from a picnic
early Tuesday at Oakland park, mar
Lnlontown, Pa,, in company with Mrs
Fanny Rogers, Charles Froman was
assassinated. Five shots were fired
from ambush, four of them taking ef
fect. Mrs. Rogers was arrested on
a charge of being accessory to the
murder and was committed to Jail. An
hour or so before the shooting Fro
man is said to have had an altercation
with a man who is now being sought
by the authorities.
Likely to Die at Any .Moment.
Ed Callahan, the feud leader, who
was shot Tuesday when enemies at
temped to assassinate his entire family
In Breathitt county, Ky., was still alive
Wednesday morning, but he is para
lyzed from the waist down and is like
ly to die at any time.
Detroit Broker Ends Life.
A. Milton Holden, a member of the
orokerage firm of Fred 8. Osborne &
Co., of Detroit, Mich., committed sui
cide Monday in his home by shooting
himself. Despondency on account of
business affairs was the cause.
Shortage in Ills Acrounta.
Charged with having taken funds t
the bank, Frederick H. Brluham. hen
bookkeeper of the Merchants' National
Dana, of New Haven, Conn., was a
rested Tuesday. The amount nann
In the charge Is $5,000, but It Is sa
the shortage will reach $40,000.
French Repulse ItclielH.
ine minister . of the colonies has
mcelved news from Morocco that on
June 6 the French detachment r
pulsed an attac by a band of adhe
enta of the rebel chief, Maelalnln,
the outskirts of Moudzerid. The ene
my lost ten men killed, while tho
French casualties numbered three.
Taken 120 Grains of (julninc; Mvi
Morria Gold, a Chicago tailor, St.
ping in New Orleans, La., took
gralr.a of quinine by mistake and
saved from death by the efforts
students at the Charity hospital, cs
I Intended to take a dose of hea
'.he remedy.
Famous Track Sold.
Through a deed filed with the clrcul
clerk In Hot Springs, Ark., Tuesday
the famous Essex park race track
property was turned over to Simon
l-ooper, a livery man of that city, th
price paid la $14,000.
Forty-Five 1 1 or sot Burn.
Forty-five horses were burned
death Tuesday when the livery barn
and storage rooms of Saunders Bros.
at Olatha, Kan., burned.
riXK)I!J V( MIDWEST.
Cloudburst Iimuiv Grrnt Western In
Io AB.
A cloudburst Monday caused much
damage to property and tied up train
service on the Great Western all day
between Shannon City and Diagonal,
la. Not a train ran over the system
from St. Joseph to Des Moines. Al
most sixteen mlle-3 of track were wash
ed out by the floods at Shannon City
ulono.
At Mt. Ayr the heaviest rain in
twenty years fell. All of Hlnggold
county reports heavy damage from
floods to live stock nnd. crops. All
streams In southern Iowa are higher
than they have been since the flood
of July 4, 1889. Thousands of acres
of growing corn were ruined when the
lowlands were flooded.
Seven Inches of rain lit Hebron and
four Inches at Pleusantdale, Neb.,
Monday caused floods and serious
damage In and near those towns. Near
Pleasantdale 200 feet of Burlington
railroad track Wds under six feet of
water, and trains were stalled for ten
hours. On the McCook division of the
Burlington there have been two wash
outs of track, one between Strang and
Inavale and one west of McCook. A
Burlington freight engine and four
cars went into the ditch on account
of soft track. No one was Injured.
Crops In the flooded districts have
been washed out bnd'.y.
More than $50,000 worth of proper
ty has been damaged and the big Path
finder government irrigation dam, a
government project In Wyoming, is
threatened with destruction as the re
sult of floods and water spouts Mon
day. The plant of the Carbon Timber
company at DouKlus Is under water
and the sawmills and covered tracks
ha've been washed out A landslide at
Edson cut on tho Union Pacific has
delayed traffic.
LEFT $000,000 to EMPLOYES.
Chaurharil Also Gives $100,000 to the
Poor of Paris.
The will of the late H. A. Chauch-
ftrd, of Paris, proprietor of the Maga
zine de Louvre, leaves his entire col
lection of paintings, bronzes, etc., com
prising some of the most celebrated
works of the romantic school of 1830,
to the national Ixjuvre museum. The
collection is valued at $4,000,000. To
tho employes of the Iouvre store M.
Chauchard leaves $600 000. He gives
$400,000 to the poor of Paris and
makes also numerous bequests to va
rious philanthropic and charitable ln
stltutltns. The big individual legacies
are $3,000,000 to George I-eygues, the
lawyer and man of letters and the
members of his family, and $400,000
to Gaston Calmette, proprietor of the
Figaro,
SLAIN ON WAY TO COURT ROOM.
St. Iouls Murderer Victim of an
Assassin.
Fred Mohrle. who killed Constable
Sam Young In North St. Louis several
weeks ago, was assassinated In the
corridor of tho criminal court building
Monday by William Kane, a former
deputy under Young.
The shooting occurred as Mohrle
was being taken to court to stand trial
for the death of Young and Is the cul
mination of a bitter political feud.
Mohrle had asserted shortly after
the Young shooting that the "gang"
had threatened to "get him." but fol
lowing the ethics of tho "gang" he
refused to reveal tho Identity of the
men who had threatened him, saying
that he could take care of himself.
BALLOON RACE ENDS.
University City Lands on Lookout
Mountain.
Conceding that the balloon Unlver
ilty City, of St. Louis, lunded on Look
out mountain Tuesday, it has broken
the record of forty-four hours for en
durance, and no doubt also has won
the national distance race of the Aero
Club of America, starting from In
dianapolis last Saturday. All of the
balloons entered now huvc landed.
According to latest advices received
In St. Louis. Mo , Tuesday, the balloon
University City, which started In the
Indianapolis race Saturday, landed on
Lookout Mountain. The exact time or
place of the end of the flight ia not
known. The news came In a telegram
rrom Fort Payne, Ala., which was
sent at 12:01 a. m.
Road Will NKnd Millions.
A two-year campaign Involving an
expenditure of about $16,000,000 has
been Initiated by the Northern Pacif
ic railroad, according to St. Paul con
tractors, to reduce grades and perfect
branch line of the road in North Da
kota and Montana, where competition
of the St. Paul railroad's Pacific coast
extension will be most encountered.
I"ln!ed on Retire! List.
Brig. Gen. Richard T. Yeatman, re-
:ently promoted from colonel of the
Eleventh United States Infantry, has
been placed on ,the retired list owing
to disability Incurred In the line of
duty. Tho vacancy In the list of brig,
adlers has been filled by the promo.
Hon of Col. Marlon P. Maus. com
manding the Twentieth infantry, at
the presidio of San Francisco.
Gould Hearing Delayed.
The suit for a separation, brought
by Katherlrve Clemmons-Gould against
her husband, Howard Gould, waa call
ed for trial In the supreme court of
New York,
OpMMt Senators by Direct Vote.
The Wisconsin assembly Monday
allied the senate joint resolution ask
Ing congress to change the constitution
so that United States senators may be
elected by direct vote of the people.
NEBRASKA STATE JEWS j
WATER USERS IN A TROTEST.
Nebrnxkutis Deplore Action of Mr. Bal
llnger. At n meeting ut Scott's Bluffs Tues
day of the North Platte Valley Water
Users' RKoclutlon resolutions were
were adopted deploring whut was de
clared to be the unwise policy adopted
by Secretary of the -Interior Balllnger
In his attitude toward the co-operative
Irrigation and reclamation pro
jects, and calling upon President Taft
to Interfere In behalf of the settlers of
Irrigation lands. The resolutions say
In part:
"We express confidence In the gen
eral policy loid down li President
Roosevelt and Secretsirj- Gnrlleld for
the conduct of reclamation work. We
believe the service to be generally free
from serious error?', and we regard
the attitude of the present adminis
tration by Secretary Balllnger as a se
rious menace to the welfare of this
community, particularly with refer
ence to those sections which are as yet
unlrrlgated.
"We call upon all good citizens, and
particularly upon our senators, repre
sentatives and public officials, to call
the attention of President Taft to the
mischievous Interference with the
reclamation work now going on, and to
demand of him that the well consid
ered service be given due considera
tion, and that the people of these pro
jects concerned be consulted before
material changes are miu'e at the dic
tation of promoters and otheis who
probably have neither knowledge of
the requirements of the work nor con
cern for the public welfare."
TRAINED BOYS TO STEAL.
Youths Arrested fw Brass Theft Im
plieiite Two Junk Denlers.
Fines of $100 and costs each were
Imposed upon two Junk dearers, Rut!:i
Flnklestlne and M. Meadow, In the
Omaha police court Monday morning
for unlawfully buying railroad brass.
The metal conplstod of parts of brass
Journal boxes which had been removed
from Northwestern freight cars after
they were Jacked ip. '
Rolf Hansen, 20 years of age, and
Mangus Jensen, 17, were arrested a
week ago Sunday for the theft of the
brass and when the circumstances In
the case were discovered the prosecu
tion waa turned against the dealers
who bought the stolen property, the
boys being used as witnesses,
Flnkelstlne has a Junk shop at 921
North Sixteenth street. Finkelftlne
Is known to have been In similar trou
ble twice In Kansas City in 1906, being
fined $100 the first time and settling
the case out of courv the second time.
When his Kansas City record was
produced with a rouge's gallery photo
graph and Bertlllon measurements he
dented that he was the man In ques
tion, although the llkness, measure
ment and descrlptloir'fltted him.
The boys testified that the Junk
dealers told them to steal the metal
and sell It to them. They did so ev
ery night for a week before being
caught by the railway detectives.
Prominent Mason Hurt.
Jacob Sherer, master of the Mason
ic lodge at Curtis, while on his way to
South Omaha with stock was painfully
Injured at Greenwood. He was stand
ing on the platform of the caboose
when the emergency brakes mere sud
denly set, throwing him over the guard
railing between the cars. A wound
fully six Inches long was cut In his
head and he was budly bruised. His
wounds are not considered dangerous.
Drowns Despite Boy Hero.
In spite of the efforts of a compan
ion to save him Jacob Rayles, Jr.t was
drowned In Salt Creek near Green
wood, making the fourth fatality at
that place In a few days. Rayles was
with a number of boys who were both
Ing. He wuded out beyond his depth
and went down. Carl Stradley, a much
younger boy than Rayles, almost lost
his life In a heroic effort to save his
companion.
Electric Plunt for AiiiHwonh.
For some time prominent citizens of
Ainswortli have figured on Installing
an electric light plunt, and they have
now completed arrangements and In
corporated a company for this pur
pose. The llnul survey wus made n
few days ago on the site for the dam
across Plum creek, fourteen miles
northwest of Alnsworth.
ExprcMH CoiiiMiiiirH Except.
The express companies doing busi
ness In Nebraska, through their attor
neys, C. J. Greene and Ralph Breck
inridge, have filed exceptions to the
findings of Referee Sullivan In tho
caso wherein the state secured an In
junction to prevent the corporations
from violating the Sibley law.
Union Puelfle Com puny Fined $100.
The Union Pacific railroad company
was found guilty in Judge Stewart's
division of district court of having vio
lated the state anti-puss law by issu
ing and giving to Dr. Frunk A. Gra
ham a free unnuui pass over Its lines
for the year 1908 and wa.s lined $100
and costs. The Juiy was out but c
few minutes. '
Drugged to Death.
Bryan Doyle, aged 14' years, son of
Daniel Doyle, of Box Elder, was drag
ged and klckud to death after having
been th.own from his horse, his foot
having caught In the stirrup. He wus
returning home from church.
Judge HocKe IXAhk Abroad.
Chief Justice Reese, of the supreme
court, left Wednesday for a Kuropeun
trip, to be gone for at least three
months. The court met Tuesduy af
ternoon and selected Judge Burnes to
be. the chief Justice during the ubxence
of Judge Heese.
Ktrui-t, by Lightning.
During an electric storm lightning
struck the barn of the Shepherd furm
near Greenwood, nnd it burned to the
ground. The loss is covered by Insurance.
EIGHT BOYS ARRESTED.
Jiitcnltc Dime Novel Renders ami Cr
Robber at Norfolk Otpturcd.
Five of the Norfolk bry bandits,
who hail fled from the city, were cap
tured af Chadron, w!.cre they had
broken Into a Northwestern merchan
dise car, and Saturday afternoon tiiey
wore sentenced to the slate Industrial
school nt Kearney until they become 21
yours old. Tiny pleaded guilty at
Chadron. The Yny stole high cowboy
boots from the mercantile car, and
wearing these on the streets of Chad
ron were easily apprehended. They
were nlleged also to have broken Into
a car nt Gordon.
The boys sent to tho Industrial
school are: Vic Little, 15, whose moth
er operates a hor.rdlng house In Nor
folk; two sons. 14 and 15. of W. A.
Emery, a prominent Norfolk lumber
dealer; Guy Storms, aged about IS;
Chester Ilausp. about 15. Two little
Chase boys are in Jail at Madison
awaiting a rimllar sentence, and Em
pty Bennett, a one-legged youth of
20, Is In Jail awaiting district court,
when he may be sent to the peniten
tiary. This makes eight boys now on
their way to prison. The two Chase
boys confessed a few days ago.
A Northwestern detective, working
up the case, said twenty merchandise
cars have been robbed in Norfolk dur
ing the lart yiar.
FATHER PAYS SHORTAGE.
!. J. PaiTis, of Cozad, Returns Amount
Tu ken by Son.
The state auditing department, un
der the supervision of J. W. Tumes. as
sistant state auditor, found that L. C.
Parrl.t, deputy treasurer of Dawson
county. Is rhort of $1,240.41. His fath
er, R. J. Pairis, of Cozud, has turned
over the money. Young Parrls has
been leading a fast llfcfin Lexington
the pat year or so. He drank consid
erable. He left Lexington over a
month ngo, leaving many bills around
town not paid. His wife sold the fur
niture and paid what bills she could
The father told the officers, before
turning over the money, that he would
not Interfere If they prosecuted his
nun, but In such case he would not
pay the shortage. Young Parrls has
been deputy treasurer for a number of
years.
AUTOMOBILE TURNS OVER,
Two Men Suffer Broken Ifcnics and All
the Party Injured.
A serious automobile, accident took
place one-half mile north of Shclton
Saturday. F. A. Klmbrough, the own
er of the machine, was taking a party
of men consisting of Sherman Unger,
Frank Lamplicr, a. G. Pratt, Pearl
Shattuck, Grank Ooble, all of Prosser,
and F. J. Byrd and Thomas Ellis, of
Shelton, out to the Melsner ranch,
when the machine suddenly turned on
Its side while going at a high rate of
speed.
The awful fall terribly Injured Un
ger, breaking his arm and also causing
a Bcriouo scalp wound and other
bruises. Klmbrough, the driver, had
his collar bene broken and was other
wise brulped, and not one of thetbal
nnce of the eight In number escaped
serious brulFes. The machine Is al
most a complete wreck.
FORGOT THE LICENSE.
Nebraska City .Mun ArrcMtcd in Saloon
Brlde-to-Be Complainant.
J. O. Watklns, who has been mak
ing Nebraska City his home for some
time, was arrested on tho complaint
of Miss Sophronia McDaniels. She
charges that he proposed marriage to
her and she gave him money with
which to go up town and secure a
marriage license, and ofter his depart
ure she found that she viis niWius a
gold wutch und ring. She secured his
arrest after finding him In a saloon
having a good time Instead of going
after the preucher and the license.
Wutkins claims to be a chiropodist.
More Graduates.
Friday night the senior class of th
Randolph high school was graduated,
the exercises being held In the opera
house. The address was delivered by
I. A. Downey, of Lincoln, and was
good. The members of the class of '09
are: Bessie Rogers, Elsie Hill, Jessie
Howarth, Ethol Wherry, Hyrel Moats,
Sidney Ueese, Jarrett Oliver, Carl
Aegerter. Puul Buol, and Frank Bl
senlus. Tin1 class day program of
Wednesday wus the best ever held In
Randolph.
Hock pile Favored.
Lincoln Is to have a rock pile. The
police Judge and the police have tired
of hobos stopping over for a few days
and getting board and room rent free
while resting up for a charge on some
other community, ho they have decided
to put every living drunk and hobo to
work pounding rock. The rock pile
will be established on Huymarket
square.
Cowglll Still I .ul Up.
Railway Commissioner Cowglll Is
still seriously iil with puralysls ut Lin
coln, though ho is able to move ubout
Ills room for short norloilu unii 4U..
Tho commissioner 1. cheerful und ex
pects no Dud results to follow his Ill
ness, though his friends are apprc
hi nslve. The eoinniisHioner Is 61 yeurs
old.
Unlit-i A In Shine.
The Randolph Hunt nlunt run Kni
urday night for the first time In one
wieu, me mean Oown being caused by
a broken shaft on the big g:m producer
engine. The plant hca also been thor
oughly overhauled arid put In first class
order.
Ijiurel Wins.
ine i.ai:rei l.all teum won a 10-in-nlnif
content by a fcK'iie of 3 to J.
natierlcs: laurel, Nleolia and Flint;
Randolph, Kraue ar.d Chapman.
COL. A. K. M'CLURE DIES.
Famous Civil War Figure Founded
and Edited I'Uiladelphla Time.
Colonel Alexander K. McClurt,
friend and biographer of Abraham
Lincoln, prot'.onotary of the Supreme
and Superior courts of Pennsylvania
and for many yenra a prominent figure
In politics and Journalism, died Sun
day at hla home In Waninsford, Dela
ware County, Pa., aged 81 years.
Mr. McCluro was born In Sherman's
Valley, Perry County, Pj June 9,
1828. The early years of his' life
were spent on Ills father's farm. At
the age of 14 yearn, after being fairly
well grounded in the rudiments of a
common school education, his school
days ended, and he was apprenticed to
James Marshal), a tanner. -
Uttfore he was 19 years of ago Mr.
McClure had quit the tannery busi
ness, acquired a smattering of the art
of printing and started a newspaper
of his own at Mifflin, Pa. Here he let
his taste for politics, which had been
well fostered in the tanyard discus
sions, have full play. The result was
that before he attained his majority
he was called Into conference over the
congressional situation as the friend
of Andrew O. Curtin. Later Curtln
was defeated. His young champion al
ways attributed this defeat to General
Cameron, a Democratic state leader,
and hated him accordingly. Both the
friendship and the hatred Mr. Mc
Clure formed at this early period last
ed many years.
It was In isr.0 that McClure first
entered the "big editorial field," as It
was then considered, and became a
power In State politics. Through the
interest of Curtln he was given charge
of the Chambersburg Repository. He
was first elected to the legislature in
1857. He was re-elected the following
year, which brought out the true brll
littnry of his political acumen. A3
chairman of the Republican State com.
mlttee ho engineered the campaign
through tho bUter light of civil strife,
reached tho State Senate himself.
elected Curtin to the governorship and
delivered tho State to Lincoln.
During the Civil War he was one
of the Bturdy, picturesque figures of
Pennsylvania politics and did much to
guard the interests of the Union. In
1873 Mr. McClure sought to become
mayor of Philadelphia, making
brave light against the machine. He
was defeated by a small majority. It
was then that he determined to re
enter the field of Journalism. After
an attempt to Bee u re the Press at Phil
adelphia from Colonel Forney, who
had been his partisan In politics for
years, Mr. McClure started the Times.
This paper, although new and fighting
against well-eBtabllshed and wealthy
rivals, made excellent progress be
cause of the originality instilled Into
Its columns by Mr. McClure's efforts.
He nbt only raised the tone of the
newspapers from the dull routine that
had characterized the press of Phila
delphia, but also set a new standard
for salaries for the newspaper work
ers of the city.
HUNDREDS IN FLOOD PEEI1.
Life Lost in the Rise of North Piatt
River.
One life has been lost and heavy
property damage has been caused by
floods In tho North Platte River and
Its tributaries. The North Platte Is
at record flood stage, and continues to
rise at the rato of half an Inch an
hour. Bridges have been carried away
and roads in many plaes are Impas
sable. While attempting to cross a
bridge spanning a culley near the Ea
may ranch on La Fonte creek, near
Douglas, Wyo., lien Wlederander, his
sister and her 4-year-old child, who
were driving In a wagon, were precip
itated Into the water by the breaking
of the bridge. The child waa drowned.
The horses and wagon were swept
away by the torrent and the animals
drowned. Ordinarily the gulch over
which the bridge runs Is a dry bed.
A heavy rain fell again at Fernle, B.
C, and Elk river rose rapidly, flooding
houses, lumber mills and schools and
carrying away an Immense amount ol
cut lumber. Many booms went out
last night, carrying logs down the riv
er by thousands. All streams In Koo
tenay are In flood, breaking all rec
ords. The Canadian Pacific Railroad
track was washed away In many
places. The passengers are being han
dled In boats.
FLOOD DAMAGE IS $500,000.
Ponrlrrn Inehea of Main Falls In tn
llluek Hill., Tylnw lip Itallroada.
For the nr.t time in several days
Deadwood, S. D., has a telegraphic
communication with the outside world.
A conservative estimate of the flood
loss In the Black Hills Is $500,000.
Both the Northwestern and the Bur
lington roads have sustained very
heavy losses. Neither road has had a
train into Deadwood for three days
and will he obliged to bring In malls
by team for several days. Fourteen
Inches of rain has fallen In the Black
Hllla, breaking all records. M.ny
mines have been forced to suacend.
FIRE IN APARTMENT HOUSK.
Ilojr la llururd lo llrath autl Several
Mrrionaljr Injured.
In a fire which started In the kit
chen of the Knight apartment house
in Dallas, Tex., liershel Dannelly, 8
years old, waa burned to a rrUp, two
others were fatally Injured and sev
eral Herlouuly hurt. Sixty-two people
were asleep In the building when tho
fire started. A number were forced to
lump.
WANTS A HEVi TREATY
WITH UNITED STATES
President Taft May Hasten Action
Desired by Japan on Friendly
Compact.
EXCLUSION 13 TO PLAY A PART.
Mikado's Empire Now a World)
Power and Demand More Favor
able Treatment as Such.
The CrsOstep In what will becomo
the most Important negotiations that ,
have occurred In the relations of the) .
United States and Japan have been '
taken In Washington by Ambassador '
Takhlra, the representative of the Em
peror of the far Eastern people. He .
has notified the Secretary of State of ;
the purpose of his government to ter
minate the treaty of friendship, navt-
putinn and MmmarM m-tilnh val dp-TV-
ed In 1804 and entered Into effect la .
1899, and has evidenced Its desire to ,
formulate a new treaty which shall .
apply to the existing conditions.
The treaty which it will be the In
tention of Japan to bring to an end Is
similar to those In force with tho oth
er powers. Including Great Britain. It
was negotiated while the Japanese,
were Invading China fifteen years ago,
and their victory not only demon
strated the weakness of the Celestial
emlpre. but caused the West to real- ,
Ize that a new military force had ap
peared In the world. It went Into
effect In the year before the Boxer
revolt In China, during which the Jap
anese expedition conducted Itself in a.
manner that compared most favorably
with the behavior of the troops of tha
other nations.
Japan Now World Power.
The humiliation of Russia added to
the prestige of Japan, and the latter
now appears In the council of the pow
ers, their equal In standing, and seeks "
to have the treaties between them and
her modified In accordance with her
International position. These treaties
expire by their terms In 1911, and
Japan, desirous to maintain contrac
tual relations with the other powers,
has proposed that the negotiations
shall begin next year of inventions
to take their place. Horn embarrass- .
ment haa nrlsnn in connection with
the treaty with the United States be- ,
cause oi an amendment mane oy uie
Senate when ratifying the Instrument,
under which the expiration would not
occur until 1912.
There is a tactical advantage In this,
situation for the United States, since
the first difficulties connected with tha
negotiatfbns will be thrown upon
Oreat Britain, which must arrange a
new treaty to become effective in 1911.
But, on the other hand, If Great Brit
ain accords certain concessions to her
ally Japan naturally would seek their
incorporation In the new treaty with
this country.
Consequently It may bo decided by
President Taft as a murk of friendship
for Japan to agree to the termination
of the present treaty in in 1911 and
to enter upon new negotiations next,
year. The Importance of these nego
tiations will at once be appreciated
when It la known that the Toklo gov
ernment proposes to Insist upon tha
elimination of that provision of the
treaty granting to the United States
the right to regulate the admission of
Japanese laborers.
WELL; SENT TO LEPER COLONY.
Ten Soppoand Victim Foand, Aftea
Teara, Not to Have Dlaeaae.
After some of them had spent twen
ty years of their life In the leper set
tlement on the Island of Molokal, tent
of eleven supposed lepers who were
returned to Honolulu at the Instance
of the territorial legislative commit
tee for reexamination, have' been
found free of the disease, Of these
two are boys of 6 and 7 years, but the
others vary In age from 27 to 79. A
pathetlo feature of the re-examlratlon
Is the probability that some of the
older patients will petition to be re
turned to the Island, as they have been
shut off from the world and their
friends so long that they have no
place to go. A few of the patients
were sent to the settlement before the
bacteriological test for leprosy was
discovered, and It Is believed that ia
some cases a natural cure has been ef
fected. FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS.
landing; of II alia In ton Principal
Baa Ilall Leinnei,
NATIONAL LKAUUK.
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Pittsburg .30
Chicago ...23
New York 20
Cincinnati .21
12 Ph'dlphia
16 Brooklyn
17 St. Louis
22 Dokton ..
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..17
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..12
AMCBICAN LEACLC
Detroit ...27 14 Cleveland ..18 22
New York 22 15 Chicago ...17 22
Ph'dlphia .23 17 St. Louis ..17 23
Boston ....22 19 Wash'gton .12 2T
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
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Mllw'kee ..29 20 Mlnn'polls .25 23
lndn'polls .2S 24 Toledo ....23 ZT
Columbus .27 24 St. I'aul ...19 2
Louisville .27 J4 Kan. City ..19 St-