Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, March 11, 1910, Image 1

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    T A COUNTY HERALDo
yLMatc Historical Society
MOTTO--AH The Notts When It Is News.
VOLIJMK XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, NEK., FRIDAY, MAKC1L 11, 1910.
NUMBER 28
D
WORLD'S DAILY HEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED
AND CONCISELY STATED
PAYMASTERS ROBBED
(Oltni.D IN KASTKHN OHIO Ol'
$.V(iO IN CASH.
Murderer (ids $.(ioo and lakc 111m
Escape Money Was on Wuy l He
Paid Out to Coul Minor Po.-scs
Hunt for Highwaymen.
Two paymasters of coal eompur.lea
were held up Thursday in different,
sections of eastern Ohio and were ion
bed of sums approaching $5.(100, and
us a result of the attacks one man is
dead.
Ed McCann, paymaster of the !;
ter Coal company, and Robert Poin
mcrlng, nn assistant, left Pittshurc;,
Pa., for the mine of the company at
Brilliant, O. They carried in a satchel
J4.000, the weekly payroll of the mine.
While driving to the mines from the
train two men overtook them and
beat them into. Insensibility and es
caped with the satchel. Farmers found
the two men. laying beside their buggy
and sent them to the Gill hospital at
Kteubenvllle, ().
The coal company immediately sent
out officers with bloodhounds and of
fered a reward of $1,000 for the cap
ture of the robbers. Pommcring
Thursday night was reported fatally
hurt, while McCann Is in n critical
condition.
Hardly had the excitement quieted
down when another holdup was re
ported from Zanesvllle.
Oeorge Evans, aged (10, paymaster
of the MuskinKum Coal company, was
shot from ambush at Buckeye, ten
miles down the river from Zanesvllle,
and died nt 11 o'clock Thursday night.
He was robbed of $1,600, the weekly
payroll of that company. Evuns was
walking from the company's oflices to
the mines half a mile away. There is
no clew to the robber except some
torn pay envelopes that strew h
ground where Kvans was attacked.
HAVK BATTLK WITH ROBIU'RS
Citizen of Kansas Town Wuge Losing
light.
Robbers dynamited the safe of the
Hank of Edna, at Edna, Kan., Thurs
day, secured an amount estimated at
$3,000, and escaped on a hand car
after exchanging shots with a number
of citizens. One of the citizens was
shot, but it is believed not seriously
wounded.
The robbers were discovered at
work and a number of men surround
ed the bank and began firing into the
building. The robbers made a dash
for the street, firing as they ran, and
soon reached the railroad tracks. Af
ter one of the pursuers had been shot
the robbers were enabled to board a
hand car and gain a good start up the
road.
Later an armed pose started In
pursuit, but the robbers appear to
left the railroad a short distance out
of Edna and to have escaped Into the
country'.
TAFT TO VISIT XKW YORK.
Will Slake Two Addresses In City on
March 22.
President Taft will make his third
flsit In five weeks to New York City
on March 22, when he will make two
addresses. The first will bo before
the American Peace and Arbitration
league on "Naval Armument in Its
Relation to the Preservation of
Peace." The second address will be
at the banquet of the New York Re
publican County club. Other speakers
at the political banquet will be Sena
tor Depew, Representative Parsons
and Bennett, and Collector of the Port
Loeb.
Slavs Make Request.
Twenty-one delegates, representing
17 Slavic societies with a membership
of more than 250,000, called upon
president Taft Thursday as a prelimi
nary to a request they will make re
garding the classification of the peo
ple of the Slavic race in the United
States In the new census.
Anti-Aiuci-icuii Outbreak Kinlx.
The anti-American rioting at lfogo
a, Colombia, ceased practically Wed
nesday night. All of the Americans are
safe. The ending of the disorder was
due chiefly to the firmness and tact
of Elliott Nortbcotle, the I'nited Stat-.-
minister to Colombia.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City lice stock market follow: Top
beeves, $7.00. Top hogs, $10.35.
Farmers Will Hold National Gathering
President Charles 8. Harrett, of the
National Farmers' union, has called
a national convention of farmers to be
held in the coliseum in St. Louis and
to continue from May 3 to 7.
1'nl verbify llcaii Resign.
Calvin M. Woodward, for 45 years
dean of the engineering school at
.Washington university, St. Louis, Mo.,
Wednesday reigned his position, ef
fective July 1.
TUUi:F BY r.NCI.i: SAM.
Government's Side Set Forth In Stand
ard Suit.
"Either the Sherman act should be
repealed or it should be enforced In
a manner to make the people respect
It"
With this declaration as its guiding
principle the department of justice
Wednesday tiled with the supreme
court of the United States a 1.000
page brief In support of Its petition
that the "Standard Oil" be dissolved
as In violation of the Sherman anti
trust law. The brief will be the foun
dation of the government's oral argu
ment at the hearing of the case by the
supreme court.
One of the two thick volumes of
the brief is devoted to an analysis of
testimony taken In the circuit court
of the United States for the enstern
district of Missouri, which decreed
that "Standard Oil be dissolved." It
represented years of governmental In
vestigation of the oil business. The
government declares this show? the
rebate and discriminatory rates re
ceived by the Standard Oil combina
tion, not only during its formative pe
riod, but during the last ten years,
"whereby the Standard was enabled to
bring a large part of the concerns In
to the combination and to crush out
and eliminate from the field of com
petition the principal part of the bal
ance. It is claimed by the government
that it shows a "system of lowering the
pikes where competitors are doing
business, below the cost of the product,
while keeping up or raising the prices
in other parts of the country until
the competitor U either eliminated or
his business brought within a com
pass bo that the Standard Oil com
pany can control It; of obtaining se
cret information as to competitive
business, largely through bribing rail
way employes and using that secret
information to procure countermand
ing of orders of independents, and to
facilitate their system of price cutting
and oppression; of the use of the so
called bogus independent companies
whose operators are predatory and
oppressive, and principally used tq
drive out competitors."
PEARY'S REWARD HELD VP.
Congress Wants Explorer to Produce
Proof.
By a practically unanimous vote the
subcommittee of the house naval
committee Wednesday decided against
bestowing any reward upon Com
mander, Robert E. Peary until he had
furnished further proofs that he dis
covered the north pole.
"I am absolutely opposed to grant
ing any award to Commander Peary
unless his proofs are made public,"
declared Representative Roberts, of
Massachusetts, a member of the sub
committee.
"No doubt the members of the com
mittee wouldn't be able to tell any
thing about Mr. Peary's records even
if they were submitted to us, for we
are not scientists, but at least the
country would be given a chance to
know why we were honoring him.
"There is nothing whatever before
us to show that Mr. Peary has discov
ered the pole, further than the state
ments of certain gentlemen that he
did. How could the members of this
committee go into the house and sup
port any bill which they presented
when they had no facts to back It up.
We would be in a ridiculous attitude."
TWO MILLION DOLLARS (;()XR
Monster Sum Is Stolen by n French
oriicial.
The arrest of M. Puez, of Paris, fol
lowing his confession that he had mis
ippropriated something like $1,000,-
000 of funds derived from the sale
of church property for which he was
the liquidator, has created a great
sensation. Intimations are freelv
made that other liquidators in the em
ployment of the government are sim
ilarly Involved.
The republican press finds no words
of excuse for the disgraced official
ind lays much of the responsibility for
conditions of affairs upon the im
mense amount of work assigned to a
single liquidator. At the same time
the papers accord the government un
stinted praise for its courage in bold
ly exposing the scandal on the eve
of the general elections, when it is
sure to become a powerful weapon In
the hands of its Catholic adversaries,
who for mouths have been organizing
i genuine political compalgn.
Little Child EndH Life.
Driven to desperation by the taunts
f his Bchoolmates, who had been
teasing about a young sweetheart, Ed
die iiarr, of Lothrop, Mont., aged 11
years, committed suicide by tiring a
shot from a 22-caliber revolver into
lis head.
P.linv for Exile System.
The budget committee of the Rus
ilan duma has struck at the root of
the system of Siberian exile by cut
ting the appropriation for the adminis
tration of the sxsteui to about a bare
$31,500.
Canadian Pacific Blockade.
A snowslide Wednesday at Glacier
U. C, on the Canadian Pacific rail
way has again blocked the main line
of that transcontinental route Tk.
4 1IU
avalanche was a half mile lonu-
a
iO fyet deep.
and
Ilia; Denver lila.ee.
Fire entirely destroyed the Griffin
Wheel works, In South Denver. Coin
Wednesday. The loss will exceed
100. 000
KATE PROTEST HANDED IV.
tt'estcrn Men Call on Chicago Railway
Officials.
A protest against the recent advance
in freight rates on packing houso
products, from the Missouri river to
Chicago, was presented Tuesday to a
committee of executive and traffic of
ficials in Chicago by a largo delegation
representing the commercial clubs and
the live stock exchanges of Omaha, St.
Joseph, Sioux City and St. Paul, tho
stock yards companies of Omaha,
Sioux City nnd St. Joseph, the live
stock exchange of South Omaha, and
the Jobbers nnd manufacturers' asso
ciation of St. Paul.
With the exception of the Alton and
Wabash, the railroads recently deter
mined to advance Missouri river-Chicago
rates on fresh meats and pack
ing house products from JS'i cents to
23 ',4 cents per 100 pounds on through
traffic, and from 20 cents to 23 4
cents on local traffic, effective on
March 2. Similai advances were
made from St. Paul to Chicago, nnd
from the Missouri river to St. Paul.
The Alton railroad refused -to join in
the ndvancta for tin- reason, it assort
ed, that it has mad" another contract
with the pack'-is, and the Wabash de
clined to raise lis rates unltsj the Al
ton did so.
As these lines reach Kansas City
and not the other MUsourl river points
named, Kansas City will enjoy much
lower rates on meat than Omaha, St.
Joseph and Sioux City, nnd the com
mercial organisations of Close cities
fear this will mean the removal of
the packing Industries to Kansas City.
The protest was presented to the rail
roads at a meeting at the congress ho
tel. No definite answer was given by the
railroads, but it was agreed to hold a
lolnt conference later at Omaha.
$10 IIO; ARRIVES.
Two Loads Brlnjj That Price in Sioux
City.
The $10 hog arrived on the Sioux
City market Tuesday morning, that
price being paid for two loads of the
best in the local yards. Chas. Rohr
berg, of Osmond, Neb., who is one of
the largest shippers to this market
sent one of the loads. The swine were
mostly of the Duroe variety and they
averaged 251 pounds. F. E. Deeme,
of Emerson, Neb., - was tho other big
shipper and his hogs averaged 2S5
pounds.
The advance in hog prices has been
so rapid the past month that even the
most optimistic trcaders have been
surprised. A month ago hogs were
selling around $8. 10 (Ti. 8.55, and the
$9 hog was predicted. Very few had
the rashness to assert that $10 per
hundred pounds ever would be paid
on the local market. Now that it lias
happened nnd there seems to be the
same urgent need both from local
puckers as well us the shipping con
tingent, there are all kinds of predic
tions us to what summit they will
mount before values start to go the
other way.
The total decrease for the six lead
ing markets since the first of tho
year as compared with the corre
sponding time a year ago is estimated
at 960,000 hogs.
ATTACK AMERICAN LEGATION.
Stones Are Thrown by Crowd of Ex
cited Colombians
A quarrel between the mnnager of
an American owned street railway line
and a police officer at Bogota, Colom
bia, Monday was followed by a riot,
during which a mob attempted to
wreck the street cars. Tho traffic was
stopped and the amnaegr placed
under arrest.
The rioting continued for some
time and reached the block In which
the American legation is located. The
police gathered In force in the vicini
ty, but the mob after wreaking its
vengeance on the rolling stock of the
company, attacked the United States
legation, stoning the building.
The members of the legation were
protected, and though there were fur
ther disturbances during the night the
authorities Tuesday morning appeared
to be able to afford protection to the
Americans.
Flurry in the Wli"at I'll.
Wheat prices advanced 2 to 2T&
tents in Chicago Tuesday on a flurry
created by the government report on
farm reserves, which showed a con
siderable shortage in the umount of
wheat still on the farms compared
with general expectations. From a low
point of $1.10 It May sold up to $1.13,
while July advanced from $1.03 to
1.05'j.
International Tenuis Contest.
The United States National Lawn
Tennis association is the sole chal
lenger for the Invlght F. Davis Inter
national cup, now held by the Aus
tralians. This year's match will be
played in New Zealand upon a date
not yet determined.
Freight Engine Explodes,
While running at the rate of 38
miles an hour a freight engine on the
St. Louis and San Francisco railroad
exploded one mile east of Hoxle, Tex.,
Tuesday night, claiming a total of
three lives.
Mrs. Dora Nelson, an employe of a
Joplln, Mo., laundry, was found dead
near a railroad track In Joplln Tues
day. The officers are looking for a
miner who knew the woman.
Nebraska
State News
News of flic
Week
DI-'POslTS BREAK RECORDS.
Never Was Time When So Much
Money Was hi Vaults.
There never was a time In the his
tory of the banking business of Ne
braska when there w;is as much
money on deposit as at the present
time. The report of the state banks
at the close of buslniss February 12,
shows that almost $TS.mo,ooo vs "n
deposit. The average reserve is 30 per
cent, which Is just twice as much as
the lw requires.
The number of banks reporting was
663, and there are 229. Jxs depositors.
The following shows the difference
in the conditions of the banns as
shown in the report of February 16,
and as shown in the report of one
year ago:
Compared with the report of No
vember 1C. IKOfl: The number of
banks reporting has increased two;
loans and discounts Increased. $1,
310,000; deposits Incn ased, $4,708,
000; average reserve hits Increased
from 26 i to 30 per cent, being dou
ble the legal requirement at the d.He
of this report.
Compared with the report of one
year ago the following increases are
found: Loans and discounts, $S,
074,000; deposits. $5,000,000. While
tho legal reserve has decreased 3 2-3
per cent. There has been an Increase
In the year of 29 banks reporting.
PIERCE FIZZLE SOLVED.
Engineer Finally Finds Bow Water
Supply Vanished.
Engineer George -Coff, of Pierce,
was greatly puzzled for several days
by the mysterious disappearance of
the city water from the standpipe.
The resevolr holds nearly 55,000 gal
lons, yet after filling it up to the brim
it would lie only a few hours when
those who have hot water plants In
their residences would send in com
plaint that the water was out of their
pipes. The fact that over 50,000 gal
lons of water disappeared In from two
to three hours alarmed the water
commissioner, and Mr. Goff made a
thorough investigation of the mains,
but could not find any signs of leak
age. On the fourth day after the
disappearance of the water from the
pipe a business man discovered water
pouring out of the basement windows
of the large resilience of Dr. J. M. Al
den in the west part of town, and In
vestigation showed that the water
pipes in the cellar had htirstod after
being frozen. . It is estimated that
400,000 or 500,000 gallons of water
escaped Into the cellar before the leak
was discovered. Dr. Aldenand his
wife are spending the winter hv Flor
ida and no one is occupying the
house.
DEED REVEALS WEDDING.
Young Man Admits Secret Wedding
When He Transfers Ijunl.
Through tho filing of a deed In the
county recorder's office at Nebraska
City Tuesday It was learned for tho
first time of the marriage' of Harry
Hawke. He kept the mntter very
quiet, and when he became 21 years
of age Tuesday was to receive a share
of his father's estate.
He had to make known the fact he
was married, because of the transfer
of some real' estate. He is the oldest
son of the late William Hawke, nnd
through him came Into considerable
property on reaching his majority.
The marriage was a surprise to many
friends as well as his relatives.
Referendum Plan Adopted.
The special election held nt Nollgh
Tuesday for the adoption or rejection
of the Initiative and referendum act
resulted in a vote of 159 for to 21
against. This has been done w'th the
hope that in the future the matter of
license may be taken out of politics
und some other qualifications for of fice
may have a chance to be considered
than that of the license question.
HIkIi Water Subsides.
The high water in the Elkhorn riv
er which threatened to do considera
ble damage to the mill property and
the low lying residence districts of
West Point Is slowly subsiding. The
snow has practically all melted and
disappeared in that vicinity, only a
very few drifts remaining.
District Odd Fellows Meet.
The northwestern Nebraska Odd
Fellows held a district meeting at Em
erson Tuesday. An all night session
was held and the degree work exem
plified by grand lodge officers. A
banquest was served at midnight i.
the Rebekahs. About 300 O.I.I I.vi-
bws were in attendance.
HollingHwortli Confirmed.
Postmaster A. II. Hollingaworth. of
Beatrice, has received word from
Washington that his reappointment
as postmaster at that place had been
confirmed by the United States sen
ate. To Vote on Initiative.
The Initiative and referendum will
be presented for acceptance or rejec
tion by the voters of Hastings at the
annual spring election on April I.
In Concise
Form
CALLS CONSERVATION MEETING
Governor Issues PrfK laniat loll foi
Stiitc Conservation Session.
It lias been decided to hold a Ne
braska Consvrvatlon and State Devel
opment Congress on Tuesday an
Wednesday. March 29 and 30, 1910. a1
Lin coin.
It is proposed that a committee ol
seven take charge of the prcllmlnarj
arrangements and George W. Condra
state conservation commissioner, win
elected temporary president and W
R. Meilor, secretary of the state boart
of nj?t lculture. temporary secretary.
The subjects to be treated are:
"Coimorvatloii of Natural Resources,'
"Good itoadit," "Seed Corn," "Prob
lems of Northwestern Nebraska,'
"Public Health" and other klndret
i-.ubjecls.
Gov. Shallenberger has Issued a cal
for the convention, during which h
says:
"The benefits to be derived fron-
Improved methods of cultivation, thi
improvement of our grasses and
grains nnd of the live stock upon the
farm are things which must bt
brought home to every farmer. Oui
dairy Interests are ever growing- nnd
should be fostered and encouraged at
one of the mntd important sources ol
our material wealth. Good roadt
should be built to enable the produc
ers of our products to reach the rail
road markets easily and quickly. Prac
tical and intelligent work upon oui
country roads can be made easily
possible If careful attention is given
to this matter by those who make out
laws and they who make and Use the
roads. A great deal is being said
about the value to be derived from
the improvement of our inland water
ways, but still ureater benefit will fol
low a systematic and thorough Im
provement of the roads over which
the farmer must transport his raw
material to market.
"There are problems of develop
ment and proper conservation of our
.natural resources which confront the
people of western Nebraska that are
to be considered along entirely differ
ent lines in the eastern portion of
our state. The representatives of the
different portions of our state should
meet In a state conference once a
year to consider these questions and
come to mutually understand the
needa nnd requirements of each sec
tion and discuss those matters thnt
are essential to every portion of the
state and necessary to a realization of
an the possibilities of the future. It
would lie of vast benefit to us, If for
no other reason than It- would open
the eyes of our people and the coun
try generally to the matchless opoor-
tunitles for the development of mate
rial prosperity and a representative
citizenship In Nebraska."
MAY SI E I.IOl OR COMPANY.
Convicted Druggist Claims He YVa
Misinformed.
M. D. Welch, the Cortland druggist
who was arrested some time ago upon
a charge of selling intoxicating; Ho
uors without a license, and who plead
guilty Monday to two counts of the
Information filed against him, says he
contemplates bringing suit for dam
ages against a liquor company. Mr.
Welsh was Informed by this com
pany that the concoction manufac
lured by them could be sold In dry
towns without violating the law. The
two counts to which he pleaded guilty
and for which he was forced to pay a
fine and costs aggregating $309.40
was lor selling two quarts of malt
whisky. He believes that he can
make a case against the company.
KEARNEY OCT I'OR CAPITOL.
' wli'l Club to lcRin State-Wide
Campaign for Removal.
The publicity committee of the
Kearney Commercial club met and
lunched together at the dining rooms
of the club Friday noon and laid the
foundation for a state-wide advertis
ing campaign. The committee Is com
posed of seven members appointed hv
the president of the Commercial club
and some deep plans are hcimr form,,.
lated. One of the slogans to be used
will be "Kearney to lie Nebraska's
Capital." E. M. Duuaway, editor of
the Kearney Times, was elected chair
man of the committee, and Glenn M.
Campbell, advertising manager of the
Kearney Hub. was elected secretary of
the committee.
.Mad Dog Scare.
A dog belonging to James Hhleldn
bit several children at Wytnore. As It
In feared the dog had the rabies It was
killed and the head was sent to the
Pasteur Institute at Chicago for ex
amination. Second Robbery of Same Store.
Swartz & Egelston's general slice
at A loin was entered by burglars Sat
urday night. This is the second time
within a year that this linn has been
robbed. Shoes, clothing and tobacco
are the goods missing.
General Manager Mohler. ,f th
Union Pacific, and several other offi
cials have decided to build a sightly
modern brick uasvenuer stitlnn
Norfolk.
EX-SENATOR PLATT DIES.
Former Empire State Boss Falls Vlo
tim to Bright a Disease.
Former United States Scnatot
ThomaB Collier l latt, Republican lead
er of the State (if Xew York for years
and Intensely Interested in the Repub
lican party from Its organization In
1Sj(3, died unexpectedly the othsr
afternoon In his apartments. 133 West
11th street, New York. lie would have
been 77 years old if he had lived until
next July. The direct cause of Mr.
Piatt's death was acute Ilright's dis
ease. For a nu:nUr of years he had
Buffered with palsy of the legs, which
necessitated his occupying a wheel
chair most of (he time. Within the
last two years, though, evidences of
Rright's disease had become apparent.
Senator Piatt was born in Owrgo,
X. Y., July 15. 1833. He spent two
years nt Yale, afterwards became a
I:X-SK.NA10lt T
rt.ATT.
druggist and. moving to New York
City, entered the United &tatea Kx
press Company service, of which he
was afterward manager and president.
After serving In the Houso he was
elected to the National Senate In 1881.
On account of patronage differences
with President Garfield ho resigned
from the Senate along with his col
league. Conkllng, as a rebuke to the
executive. In 1894 he led Reed's caaf
paign against McKinley, but was de
feated by Hanna. As a compromise he
had the gold plank placed In tho Re
publican platform. In 181)6 he was
again elected to the Senate. In poli
tics he Is credited with having made
and later quarreled with William L.
Strong, Levi P. Morton, former Gov
ernor Black, B. B. Odell and Theodore
Roosevelt. Although reputed wealthy
his fortune was comparatively small.
POISOtf PLOT LAID TO SUITOR.
ftl I unmet a ii Taken on 'ha rite ol
(ipndlns; Girl Polaoned (andr.
Leo Hadtke, a bachelor, 30 years old,
was arrested on his farm north nt
Litchfield, Minn., by Sheriff Bortelson,
of Meuker County, and Is now held In
me county jail on a charee of attemnt.
ing to poison Miss Minnie Luthena, 20
years old, his former sweetheart, who
is soon to marry another man. Tho
poison Is alleged to have been found In
a uox or bonbons sent as a wedding
present to Miss Luthens, who will be
married to Frank Wurdell Boon. It Is
alleged that Radtke once vowed before
Miss Luthens that ' she would never
marry any man but him. A part of
the candy, when It was received by
Miss Luthens, was fed to a dog, whlca
Immediately died. It Is alleged. Dr.
Sheppard, of Hutchinson, then sent
the rest of the candy to the State Uni
versity in St. Paul and received a re
port claiming that It contained Quanti
ties of strychnine.
TOWNS IN OHIO INUNDATED.
Thousands in Distress, Trafflo Im
peded, Business Demoralized.
Fully a thousand people homeless,
other thousands living on the second
floors of their homes, traffic lmnedad
and business demoralized In many
places, Is the situation In Ohio as the
result of the floods. A brides was
washed away at Defiance. Mechanics-
burg Is still under water. Boats only
can be Used In the ereater nart nt Wax.
ren, where the Mahoning Is on a ram
page, water is creeping upon the busi
ness section of Napoleon, and the f!uv.
ahoga River has Inundated Clinton and
Warwick. Rain Is still falling In the
southern part of the State, which will
add to the flood In the Ohio River val
ley. At Zanesvllle several hundred
families have been driven rrom their
homes and the Buffering is acute a
Fremont great danger still lurks about
the gorged Sandusky River.
TRAIN BOLLS INTO RIVER.
i'wo Dviiil and One MUalii In Pen
ajlvunla Wreck.
One man was instantly killed, nna
died, another Is unaccounted ror and
believed to be dead, and nearly a score
of others had narrow escapes when ths
Mncsville passenger train of the Penn
sylvania Railroad lumped the track at
Rock Point Park, Newcastle, Pa., and
plunged down a fifteen-foot embank
ment Into the lce-lllled Heaver Rlvr
The engineer and fireman of the train
were carried Into the river with the
locomotive and were rescued bv meana
of a long hose.
WooUauiua Lalra by Wolvea.
James Smith, a woodsman. wn
en by wolves In the foreat near Ally,
Mo., after fighting a desperate battle
for bis life. The wolves attacked him
while he was alone, awaiting the re
turn of a brother. When the latter
returned be found bis brother'.
- " m waw
In the center of a circle of five dead
wolvea, while an empty repeating rlfla
showed that be had been Anrnnwr
- - gr n .
before be could reload the weapon.
c
The Weefe
in Ccmgress
TK- Senate Wednesday passed bill
authorizing tho Issuance of $30,000,008
worth or rertilieales or Indobtednei3 fox
the completion or Irrigation project
already begun and providing for the
purchase of $lo,ono,0i)0 worth of real
estate In Washington for the future
uses of the government. Senators
Heybuin. Bradley and Sutherland
spoke on the postal savings bank bllL
tho two last named ravorlng the
passage of that measure, while Sena
tor Hoyburn proposed a substitute for
tho pending bill. The House voted
down a proposition to provide resi
dences In foreign capitals for diplo
matic officials. Various bills upon th
calendar were considered.
. The postal savings bank bill wna
under consideration In the Senat
Thursday durlnc tho entire session.
At 5:30 o'clock the Senate took a re
cess until 11:30 Friday, so as to con
tinue the legislative day In accord
ance with the agreement to voto beforo
adjournment. Consideration of tho
bill will be continued. Nearly the en
tire flvo hours during which th
House was In session was occupied by
consideration of the postofflce appro
priation bill.
The t ntire session of the Senate Fri
day was devoted to a further consid
eration or the postal savings bank bll!.
Unable to reach a vote on that meas
ure and in order to comply with a pre
vious agreement to dir-pose or It before
adjournment, the Senate at 5 o'clock
took a recess until Saturday. The
House had the postoflire appropriation
bill berore it nearly all day.
By n party vote, with the exception
that Senator Chamberlain voted with
the Republicans In favor or the meas
ure, the Senate Saturday nnaoot
administration Drtstlll C!l V In era tSonlr
bill. Amendjiients were adopted which
provide that In time of war or other
exigencies Involving the credit nt th
nation, fund3 In the postal savings
banks may be Invested In government
other than 2 ner cent bnmu un.i oio
that depositors may, -withdraw thert
money from these banks upon da.
mand. The Senate mfinnrnui nfifi
Monday. The House devoted nearly the
entire day In considering the postofllce
appropriation bill. Slow progress was
made ttpon the measure, many amend
ments being considered, although non
involving any material change was
Bdopted. i
The agricultural aunronrlatlon bin
was under discussion In the Senat
during the entire session Monday, dur
ing wnien Hie rorest service came la
ror some sharp criticism from Senator
Heyburn. After passing a number ot
local bills the House devoted the re
mainder of the sesalon to considering
the postofflce appraprlatlon bill. Just
before adjournment Representative
Weeks of Massachusetts
the measure, announced that an amend
ment by Representative Flnley o
South Carolina, lnc renslnor th imirA.
prlatlon for rural delivery by an addi
tional $500,000 for that purpose, would
be accepted by the postofflce commit
tee.
The Senate Tuesday dlsnoRed nf th .
agricultural bill, with total appropria
tions of $13,500,000, and adjourned,
The 1 lOUKe nasserf tha nnitnfflw
. - - - w . ... niryi
prlatlon bill, aggregating ?241,000,00o .
aim loon an aujournment.
lie Knenr.
Samuel Untermeyer was beln mk
gratulated at the Manhattan Club on
his recent successful conduct of a murl
der case. The distinguished corpora
tlon lawyer modestlv evaded ail th
compliments by the narration of a nuio.
oer oi anecuoies or criminal law.
One case. In mv native i.vni-hhnr.t
he said, "implicated a planter of stn
isier repute. The planter's chief wit.
neHB Waa a servant nnmojl rolhn..
White. The prosecution believed that
vumoun vvnite Knew much about bis
master's shady side. It also believed
that Calhoun, in his misplaced affeo
lion, would lie in the planter's behalf.
When on the stand Calhoun was rAAlar
for cross-examination, the prosecuting
counsel aald to him. sternly:
"Now. Calhoun. I want vou tn un
derstand the Importance of telling the
irutu, ine wnoie truth, and nothing
but the truth In this case.
"Yas, 6ah,' said Calhoun.
"Vou know what will happen, I sup
pose, if you don't tell the truthr
" 'Van, sah,' said Calhoun, promptly,
'Our elde'll win de case.'"
When the land ollleials threw open
the doors of the Shrine auditorium ut
Los Angeles, Cal.. they received a.
throni; of more than 900 men andl
women eager to enter their names for
the 173 forty-acre farms In the i'uuu
Irrigation district.
A committee headed by Governor
Sanders of Louisiana and Mayor Iiehr
oiun of New Orleans will ko to Wash
ington to seek federal aid for th im
posed Panama exposition In the Cres
cent City.
Kon.
Prof If a man has an Income ot
$2,000,t00 a year, what la hie prin
cipal? Stude A man with such an Income,
usually has no principle. Yale Reo
ord,