COUNTY MERALDo
DAKOTA
M0TT0-A11 Tlio News When It Is News.
V0LU3IE
DAKOTA CITY, NER, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1910.
NUMBER 2
CURRENT HAPPEH1MGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF
ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS.
MT. ETNA IS ACTIVE
KM II.I.W KESIDF.NTS IN 1 I'.AIt (IP
LOSING LIVES.
Flow of Melted Book Starts in Several
S( reams and Unites In One Grout
Mass Twenty Feet High Cra
ters Are Opened.
Mt. Ktna, whose eruptions In the
past h;ive wrought great destruction,
Ih again In a violent state of ac tivity.
The pronounced movement within the
niter began Wednesday evening,
steadily increasing In volume and
Thursday night the gravest fears were
entertained as to the results If the
eruption continues in its present vio
lent form. From Catania a cor rcsuond
ent motored In the direction of the
mountain. Beyond the village of Mas
ealaucia, twelve miles in a direct line
from the cratpr, a thick curtain of
smoke was encountered which entire
ly concealed Ktna.
At Nicolosi, ten miles from the cra
ter, the entire population had gathered
In the square to watch the volcano,
which appeared as a black phantom'
above. Now and then it was Illumi
nated with Hashes of light, appearing
almost red. Higher up the rain of
tinders became thicker und extended
live a veil across the mountain. A
deep roaring was heard and detona
tions like the sound of artillery fol
lowed one another in quick succession,
while the earth shook under foot.
The meteorological station on the
mountain side has been destroyed and
the village of Borrello is in serious
danger.
The populate, terror stricken, are
flying from their homes. The earth
shocks have reached about fifty in
number, but there Is a continuous vi
oration and trembling for many miles
around. Kverywhere the villagers are
carrying Images In procession and im
ploring mercy. i
Twelve new craters have been
opened.
dispute to be ahbitkated.
Agreement Kcaclicd Between Firemen
and Western Railroads. "
Terms of agreement In the federal
mediation of the controversy between
the 27,000 firemen on western rail
roads and the railroad managers were
reached at an early hour Thursday
morning. The demands of the lire
men for a 1 2 ' per cent increase in
pay will be arbitrated under the terms
of the Krdman act. Any lireman tem
porarily promoted to be an engineer,
after having held the position lor six
ty days, establishes his seniority and
must not be reduced, irrespective of
which union he is a member. The
agreement in all except the wage
liiestion was a compromise by both
sides. On the wage question both
sides agreed to abide by the decision
of the arbitration board, which Is to
be selected later. The terms were
agreed to by W. C. Nixon, general
manager of the St. Eouis and San
Francisco railroad, on behalf of the
managers' committee, and by W. S.
Carter, president of the Brotherhood
. of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men.
FLAMES t'llHCKKD IX TIME.
lxoclsior Springs, Mo., Threatened
with Destruction by Fire.
Fire threatened for a time Wednes
day to destroy Excelsior Surlngs, Mo.
the watering place. The flames were
checked after thirteen small houses, a
bath house and a plumbing shop had
been destroyed, however. The loss is
estimated at $75,000.
The fire started in a bath house. The
flames were carried by a stiff wind in
to a section of small residences. They
burned so readily that the fire depart
men reared it would be unable to
heck the blaze, und a call for help
was sent to Kansas City. A company
of firemen with several pieces of ap
paratus went to the spring on a spe
clal train, liy the time they arrived
the local firemen had extinguished th
blaze.
Murdered by His Wife.
Josiah Gilbert was shot and killed
by his wife during a quarrel at their
home at Oklahoma City, okla., Wed
nesday night. Gilbert and his wife
became estranged two months ago
when he left home, lie returned Wed
nesday night to effect a reconciliation
n quarrel ensued which resulted in
the shooting.
Sioux City live Stock Market.
i inurjiiii) s quoiaunns on me Moux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $7. BO. Top hogs. $10.85.
Fifteen Are Drowned.
The .Norwegian freight steaint r
llxie, bound from u Scotland port
capsized in the mouth of the Elbe dur
ing a severe storm Thursday. The crew
of fifteer. persons was drowned.
Vcnctichi to Celebrate.
President Gomez has Issued a de
cree fixing the period between April
1910, and July, 1911, for the celebra
tion of the centennial of the lnderjenri
ence of Venezuela
mm; moki: confess t.inr.
lN-nitciitH Given -Iii:ntt iIl.- Ualli" i
Fit l.hnt-g.
Nine more f i n-.t er-i "f
count lis In fore tne disti it t attorney
at Pittsburg, Tuesday confess d
their guilt in accepting mom
their votes while members if the mu
nicipal bodies, and before Judge It. S.
Eraser received their Immunity baths
In the way of suspended sentencep.
When the grand Jury adj mmcd for
the day Juft before 5 o'docl; it had
returned no Indictments, ulthoui.h It
had listened for hours to develop
ments in the bribery scandal even
more sensational than devt lopmcnts
Monday. Men admitted selling their
honor for from $00 upward.
John F. Klein was before the grand
jury the greater part of the day and
continued his narrative of council-
manic graft. Klein recounted some of
his experiences In handing out the
money to the councllmen.
"There was one fellow," he said,
who was n daisy a regular shylock
for the dough. In the South Seventh
business district I handed him $81. He
looked at me for a minute and then
yelled like a Btuck pig for the extra 10
cents you know $81.10 was the
standard price In that deal. Well, he
got the 10 cents all right."
District Attorney Blake, ns soon as
the councllmen bribe takers have been
rounded up, will go after the bribe
givers. They are Baid to be bank of
ficials of institutions whose names
have never hitherto been breathed in
connection with the gruft probe of the
last two years.
The tip has been passed to these
bank men that they may come In und
have the "Immunity" extended by the
district attorney, but they so far have
failed to avail themselves of the of
fer, and It Is reported Rome bombshells
will be dropped into the social con
struction of Pittsburg when county de
tectives "turn the money changers"
out of their own "temples" and bring
them before the bar of Justice. '
ASKS OFH RECOGNITION.
Madiix Guarantees Safety of Ameri
cans In Nicaragua.
President Madrlz, of Nicaragua, has
offered to give the United States every
guarantee demanded for the saftey of
American lives and interests in that
country In return for a formal recog
nition of the legality of the govern
ment. Senor Corea, who represents Mad
rlz, In Washington, has been In com
munication with the state department
on this subject and Tuesday had a
long talk with Assistant Secretary
Wilson. lie told Mr. Wilson that
England, France and other Europenn
nations already have extended such
recognition, while Mexico has re
frained from doing so out of consid
eration for the United States, being
willing to await the action of this
country. It appears, however, that
the obstacle In the way Is the Insist
ence of the state department that the
last trace of disorder must disappear
in Nicaragua before recognition is ex
tended. house blown to pieces.
.Missouri Miner Killed and His Family
Seriously Injured.
Edward Venson, a miner, was in
stantly killed, his wife and her mother,
Mrs. Ellen Allen, were fatally injured,
and -his two children, 3 and 5 years of
age, respectively, were seriously In
jured Tuesday night when a dynamite
magazine at the Red Dog mine near
Webb City, Mo., exploded. John Haiti
win, engineer at a nearby power plant,
was seriously hurt. The house in
which Venson lived was destroyed.
The magazine was covered by ten
feet of crushed rock and bowlders. It
contained two tons of dyrmmite. Ex
ploding it tore the little three-room
house In which Venson and his fam
ily lived Into fragments. Vensons'
mutilated body was hurled 100 yards.
His wife and her mother were thrown
over a nearby mine derrick.
Passes Pension Hill.
The French senate by a vote of 280
to 3, passed the workmen's pension
bill. This marks the end of a legisla
tive struggle extending over four
years and of political agitation In
France reaching back to 1 882.
Attack Two Women.
The anti-American sentiment at Bo-
Sota, Colombia, continues to find ex
presslon In rioting. Monday two Eng
lish girls, who were mistaken for
Americans, were mobbed and beaten,
I-ong Hatpin Is Cast Out.
It Is now a misdemeanor for nnv
Roman to wear a long hatpin In pulilie
plates in Chicago. Abv woman taught
wearing one is liable to arrest and a
tine of ?50.
Weston Ten Itii.tH Ahead.
Edward Paysmi Weston, the pedes
trian, left Topeka, Kan., Tuesday
morning, nearly ten days ahead of
schedule.
Explosion lunilcs Laboratory.
The Kent chemical laboratory of
the University of Chicago, caught lire
Tuesday following an explosion of a
gas pipe in front of the building. Thu
damage is estimated at $10,000.
Gillette Sent to Prison.
Stephen Austin Gillette, of Pitts
burg, Pa., self confessed drug store
bandit, was sentenced to an Indeter
minate term of from two to ten years
In the western penitentiary.
BATTLE OX TitAIV
Three Man Slain and Other Hurt on
It. and O.
An exciting battle, in which th'-ee
nun were killed and stwral Injured,
occurred on u northbound Baltimore
and Ohio train Wednesday. The tip lit
began at Newark. I tel., and ended In
Wilmington. IHi.
J. 11. Hethea. of Dillon. S. C, who
had been drinking heavily, had quar
reled with Samuel Williams, the por
ter, and shot him through the heart,
killing him lustantty. Conductor O.
E. Wellman remonstrated with He
thea, who, without a word, shot Well-
man through the heart, and the con
ductor fell dead In his tracks.
The murderer then stood off the
passengers until the train reached
Wilmington. When It came to the
station a hurry call was sent to the
police station, and a squad of patrol
men, reinforced by park guards and
a posse of citizens and trainmen, ran
to the scene.
The police called upon Bcthen to
surrender. As an answer he opened
fire at the police and the crowd from
an automatic revolver.
As lietjhea emptied his revolver, Po
lice Captain Evans fired a load of shot
Into lis face. Notwithstanding this
Injury he kept on blazing away. Pa
trolman Uoughman opened lire with
a pistol and struck Hethea In the right
arm. The desperado tried to fire
again, but the police closed In, and
as they took hold of him he fell dead
in the arms of a patrolman.
WILL TAKE A .LONG IJF.ST.
-Man Who Was Assaulted by Cudutiy
iocs on Vacation.
Jere F. 1.1111s, president of the West
ern Exchange bank, of Kansas City,
Mo., who was assaulted bv John P
Cudahy, the millionaire clubman,
three weeks ngo. left Wednesday- on
an Indefinite vacation, but his destina
tion Is known only by his relatives nnd
business associates.
W. T. Johnson, attorney for T.llllu
and vice president of the Western Ex
change bank, announced the depart
ure, of Ullig from the city, but re
fused to state where he was going.
Mr. Johnson said that Llllls' relatives
had udvlsed him to take a lonir ret
and he might go abroad before return
ing to Kansas City.
Mr. l.illls has not resigned his nosl-
tlon ns president of the bank, accord
ing to bis attorney.
Jap 1 .si lid Ownership Bill.
The land ownership bill was Wed
nesday passed by the Japanese house
of peers. This bill permits the own
ership of land in Japan by such for
eigners only as come from a country
which extends similar privileges to
Japanese residents. The diet will bo
prorogued on .March 25.
Temporary Land Withdrawals.
Secretary Hallinger temporarily
withdrew 56.659 acres of public lands
from all forms of disposition Wednes
day in nld of proposed legislation af
fecting the disposal of water power
sites on the public domain. The with
drawals are located In Colorado, Wyo
ming and Oregon.
Safety Device for Mull.
Hy a device invented by an Iowa
man and approved by the postmaster
general Wednesday, mail will be tak
en upon moving trains and delivered
at many places where fast trains do
not stop. .
Discovers a Derelict.
The British steamer St. Nicholas,
arriving from Savannah, reports hav
ing passed on March 12, In latitude 41
north, longitude 46 west, the Ameri
can Behooner Martha S. Hement, dis
masted and with her decks awash.
A'essels Coming to Port.
Further advices by wireless from
the sealing fleet In the gulf of St. Ijiw
rence and on the grand banks Indicate
that the vessels are meeting with de
cided success this season. Already
the sealers have begun to put Into
port.
Iturned to Death In Store,
Hans o. Turi, a wealthy merchant
of Arendahl, Minn., was burned to
death in a store early Thursday. The
building and Its contents were de
stroyed, with a loss of $50,000.
t.asollne Tanks Explodes.
Six men were Injured, three prob
ably fatally, by an explosion of the
fuel tank of the gasoline halibut
schooner Wave at the Standard Oil
dock In Seattle, Wash., Wednesday.
Electrocution 1(111 Signed.
Gov. Wilson, of Kentucky, Tuesday
Bignetl the bill provld'ng for electro
cution as the means of inflicting the
death penalty.
Senate Conliiins Ivoiiwin.
The senate Wednesday confirmed
the nomination of William S. Ken-
on, of Iowa, to be assistant attorney
I general.
I la lid i t Kill Four Pwmhih.
Twenty bandits who had been plun
dering on the Russian frontier recent
ly iitt.it Red a , . i.i n try house on the
cstutc of Roman Ir W'iza, killed the
owner, his sister and two men serv
ants and then sat !.i d the place.
Oldest Mason Demi.
James Bellows McGregor, believed
to be the oldest Free Masoik In the
world, died at his home In Newport,
N. 11., Wednesday aged 108 years.
Nebraska - tST
Week -sj j it Form .
State News
CORN' TEST SUCt 'HSSFl'L.
Farmers Krlivr Grain to Peru Agiienl
tural Department.
The co-operuti e seed corn test. In
augurated by Prof. C. It. Weeks, of
the agricultural ib piu tinent of the
Peru normal, Is proving to be a suc
cess. The agriculture building Is
crowded every Saturday uftornooTi
when the test boxes are opened show
ing the farmers the test on their corn
which they then pick out from the
rack according to the results of the
test. Each farmer is permitted to
bring in OJie bushel to be tested and
Is given a written record of how each
of four kernels on eat h ear grew,
using the words "strong," "weak."
"dead." The poorest corn tested thus
far germinated 36 per cent, while tho
best grew 90 per cent. The corn that
tests in the 80 per cent and 90 per
cent was husked cmiy and well
housed. Corn husked after tho first
real cold spell last fall, tests any
where from 80 to 60 per cent good.
All ears were thrown out In which one
kernel did not grow or two kernels
grew weakly,
SKAHCII FOH LOST CHILD.
Fire Alarm Is Sounded at North Platte
Lad Found at Dawn.
Mrs. Dennis lireen, who resides
some distance north of North Platte,
visited her father, Mr. Ellas, Satur
day, accompanied by her 4-year-old
son, who stayed away nbout 7 o'clock.
After searching several hours the pa
rents of the child became desperate,
and shortly after midnight a fire
olarm was sounded to call the depart
ment to search for the child. More
than one hundred men began the
search which lasted from midnight
until dawn. About o'clock Sunday
morning the child was found by a
searcher on horseback. The lad had
strayed eastward toward the Junction
of North and South Platte rivers, and
when found was about two miles front
the city. The night was not cold and
the child suffered but little from ex
posure. ' .
KILLED WHILE HUNTING.
Ed Voji Trott, of Oiimliii, Accidentally
Shot Near Tckaniah,
Ed Von Trott, an employe of the
Drlebus Candy compnny, of Omaha,
was accidentally shot and killed near
Tekamah Sunday. He, with two com
panions, went to Tekamah Saturday
to spend a few days hunting. Sunday
morning they were In their boats on
a lake near the Missouri river whim
Von Trott's boat capsized, and in
grabbing his gun It was discharged,
causing- almost instant death. The
county coroner went to the scene of
the accident, but did not deem an In
quest necessary. Mr. Von Trott was
a single man, aged 25 years.
Wheat Has Suffered.
Farmers are of the opinion that
wheat has suffered badly by the alter
nate freezing and thawing of the last
winter. Some claim that 75 per cent
of it Is ruined completely. Others
believe that the damage will not be
over 25 per cent.
Court House Bonds Voted Down.
The vote for a $100,000 court house
to be erected In Lexington was short
by 75. The third election will be held
soon, as the county commissioners
are anxious to replace the old and
small court house by a larger struc
ture. Fato of Boy Convict.
Gov. Shallenberger has been asked
to pardon 15-year-old Andrew Kru
picka of Cheyenne county, who Is
serving a sentence of ten years In the
penitentiary for shooting his step
father. To Hold Examinations.
Eighth grade examinations will be
held In the office of the county su
perintendent at West Point and In the
high schools at Bancroft. Wisner und
Ifeemer March 25 and 20, April 21
8?nd 22 and May 12 and 13.
Farm Mortgages Filed.
The total number of farm mort
gages filed in the clerk's office at
West Point (hiring the past month was
62, amounting to $217,1'00, during the
time 29 being released, aggregating
$56,063.
Editor Is Arrested.
Charles Welsz, of I I.irtlngt'in, ed
itor of the Cedar County Waebter,
was placed under arrest for kMuc
Judge Guy T. Graves a little aiUlce in
regard to dim harln of his d Mica :,;!
district judge.
Din is Wins In Delude.
Clarence Davis, of Beaver City, won
the debiito in tint contest for south
western Nebraska ami will represent
that district in the state contest to lie
held In Lincoln May 13.
To Vote on License Question.
A hot campaign Is being waged in
Elm Creek on the question of license
or no license. The election takes
plac April t.
TAKES !'AHT OF SOLDIICKS.
Kesolntlnn Is Adopted to Allow Vet
eran Use of Clinel.
The frequent complaints of the
members of the soldiers' home at
Grand Island ai.alnrt the treatment
accorded them by Commander Kll
Barnes was the subject of discussion
by the 1 onvd of jiubllc lands and
buildings Thursday nfternoon. The
latest action of the commander was
to prohibit the soldiers from using the
chapel for their mcctiiiRM and Thurs
day the beard was informed that Mr.
Barnes refused to permit them to
use the chapel In which to practice"
for their Easter day exercises.
As a result of this last complaint
the board adoptd the following reso
lution: Whereas. The board of public lands
and bu'ldlngs lias on numerous occa
sions received communications from
the Inmates of the soldiers' home at
Grand Island, Neb., complaining that
they were deprived of the use of the
chapel building for the holding of
meetings that were in no way detri
mental to the interests or good gov
ernment of the home, and,
Whereas, The board of public landi
and buildings Is desirous of furnish
lug for the Inmates of said home ev
erything In Its power that will add to
the comfort and amusement of said
Inmates, belleveing that they are Just'
ly entitled to ull that the state of Ne
braska can extend to them, and bo
llcvlng further.
That the chapel building was erect
ed for the sole purpose of furnishing
a place of public gathering for the
members of the home and that the ex
penses of heating nnd lighting said
building uro so Insignificant aa not to
receive any consideration whatever;
therefore, be It
Resolved, by the bonrd of public
lands und buildings, That the com
mandant be and Is hereby Instructed
to allow the said chapM building to b
used by the Inmates of the htuno for
all gatherings of whatsoever kind that
are not detrimental to the good gov
ernment of the institution.
LIS'! K. TO MEN WHO WENT EAST
Vn'.l i:pliiualloii Given of , J Icq 11 1 re
iiicnls of Guwrnmcnt.
The omaha Indian tribe met in a
large council meeting recently at the
Mathey Tyndall lodge, near the agen
cy. The attendance was large and
thoroughly representative. The de
sire to know all of the efforts and ac
complishments of the Indian delega
tion wus very deep and sincere,
speeches were made by Dunlel Web
ster, Hiram Chase, Simeon Hallowell,
Edwnrd Esau, Thomas McCauley and
a number of others. A very 'full
speech was made by Frank La Flesche
of the Indian office, explaining In de
tail the rules und regulations of the
Indian office.
He nlso spoke at length advising
the Indians ugiilnst improvident trans
actions and advising them to av
their land and preserve their income,
and nlso explaining the effect of taxing
their lands and that they should not
fear taxation, but ussume tho respon
sibilities and support of the govern
ment. The address was Impressive and was
received with the deepest Interest
and approval. No action was taken
cxpresalve of the future course of
the tribe. Mr. Kneale and other agen
cy officials were present and explain
ed the classification to the Indiana.
EFItGLAHK ABE BUSY.
Entry Forced Into Establishment of
W. D. I fuller at Mlnir.
Burglars were In for a wholesale
business In Blulr at an early hour
Thursday morning. They broke Into
the drug store of W. D. ! fuller by
breaking a heavy glass door and took
about $110 from the safe and also
broke Into the cash register. They
did not take any of the Jewelry from
the sure. They gained an entrance
Into the basements of the Farnam A
SaniHon drug store and the Blair shoe
store, but did not tri-t into the utoro
room of either building. They also
got into the notion store of Mr. Jacob
son und g"t some small goods.
There !.i 110 clue to the parties, but
it In generally credited to home tal
ent. Cai.ipcii GeCs Job,
The city council of Seward has
a v.-.iru. d the preliminary engineering
v.-. : I. .,r pimm- to ;,;, iU L. Campen,
f ' 0.1. Test v. Hi will also be
bored in i'.i.ith Seward before fully
tie, l.lla . I,, , ,,,,, , t tip the wells n
Wi (it v, .11 ii.
Pa-tor I'ri sci. :( ; xvith Purse.
Suid.iy afternoon the congregation
of the ,-;v,eiilsh Lutheran Bethany
church, two miles east of Axteli, sur
prised their pastor, Hev. C. A. Lon
quist, by presently him with a cash
donation of several hundred dollar.
Hlxli Wages to I'ui'iii IfiintlH.
Owing to scarcity of farm hands
York county farmers are advertising
for hands, offering higher wages than
i usually paid clerks or bookkeeper,
BUT IS STILLSPEAKER
Insurgents anj Democrat Remove
Him from Rule Committee,
191 to 155-
HE RETAINS SPEAKER'S CHAIR
Resolution to Oust Him as Presiding
Officer Is Voted Down by
Large Majority.
WaihtngtoD eorreondnc :
Shorn of his power by a combina
tion of the Democrats and Republican
Insurgents, Joseph Gurney Cannon Is
now merely the presiding officer of Ibe
national House of Representatives.
The House Saturday . afternoon
adopted a resolullon amending the
rules so as to provide for the election
of a committee on rules by the' House
Itself, the committee to consist of ten
members and the speaker being In
eligible to serve thereou.
The full text of the resolution as
passed by the House Is as follows:
"Resolved, That tho rules of tho
House of Representatives be amended
as follows:
"1. In Rule 10, Paragraph 1, strike
out the words 'on rules, to consist of
five members.'
"2. Add new paragraph to Rule 10
as follows
"Paragraph V. There shall be a
committee on rules elected by tho
House consisting of ten members, six
of whom shall be members of the ma
jority party and four of whom shall
be mevnbers of the minority party. The
speaker shall not be a member of the
committee and the committee shall
elect its own chairman from Its own
mo-mbers.
"Resolved further. That within ten
days after the adoption of this resolu
tion there shall be an election of this
committee, and Immediately upon its
election the present committee on
rules shall be dissolved."
By a vote of 1&5 to 191 the House
then defeated a resolution declaring
the office of speaker vacated and pro
viding for tho immediate election of n
suitcrgof to- Cannon. Nine Insurgent? .
voted with the Democrat a lit" support
of this resolution.
At noon Friday the tense situation
existing never would have been sus
pected from the appearance on the
floor of the House. Apparently it was
Josn G
much more serene than it had been at
any time since thecondition develop
ed. The insurgent Republicans were
in conference and the regular Repub
licans were contending that the result
of the meeting would be a compro
mise. While the conference was on, the
Houso practically was in recess. The
Speaker kept some one in the chair,
but he wandered around the corridors
of the building apparently quite uncon
cerned as to the ultimate effect of the
strife on his own fortunes. The mem
bers were good-natured and generally
discussed the situation In a friendly
manner.
It was a memorable fight which dny
llght found still In progress lu the
House. A stubborn filibuster on the
part of Speaker Cannon and the House
organization and equally relentless at
tack on the part of the "allies" these
were the distinguishing features in the
hottest fight that has yet been made
to overthrow the present control of
tho House. It was extraordinary in
many ways. For Instance, the odd
spectacle was presented of the Houso,
preponderantly Republican, ordering
the arrest of the nbsentees of thnt par
ty on the motion of a Democrat car
ried by Democrat In votes.
Then, too, It is not often that a fili
buster Is carried on by the regular
House organization, virtually led by
the Speaker, supposedly In full control
of the linnet) machinery, to prevent
consideration of a resolution designed
to overthrow that organization, make
the rules and reorganize radically the
committee, the tenure of whose chair
matibnlp Is supposed to be the chief
asset in the Speaker's wealth of power.
It is many years, old observers say
in fact, no precise parallel has been
uggested since the House remained
actually In session all night, and that
after an ah-day session.
THE WEEKLY
I V" 'i'
J624 Englcnd declared war again
Spain.
1682 Duke or York made fresh grant
of East Jersey to William Penn
and his associates.
1759 Russia nnd Sweden signed at
treaty guaranteeing the neutrality
of the Baltic.
176.1 First meeting held in second
Fnneuil Hull. Boston, rebuilt after
Its destruction by flr.
1764 British Purliatne.nt Imposed new
and heavy duties on merchandise;
imported by the American colo
nies. 1776 Engagement between the British
and Americans at Hutchinson's Isl
and, Georgia.
1780 Spaniards took Mobile from the
Brltltli. '
1793 French National convention, abol
ished Imprisonment for debt
1796 Napoleon Bonupurte married tt
Josephine Beauliarnals.
1797 Albany became the eapltal of the
State of New York.
1801 British defeated the French t
battle of Abouklr. Egypt.
1809 William Eustis of Massachusetts
became Secretary or War.
1813 Delaware River blockaded bj
British ships.
1825 Henry Clay of Kentucky became.
Secretary of State.
1826 Dom Pedro, Emperor of BrazUV
became king of Portugal.
1837 The Bank of British Nortnv
America opened lta doors at Mon
treal. . . .The Portsmouth, said to ba
the first steam vessel built in Mas
sachusetts, launched at Balem.
1848 People of Wisconsin ratified tb
State constitution.
1850 Daniel Webster delivered his last
great speech in the United State
Senate.
1851 Sir Alexander 'Bannerman bet
came Lieutenant Governor ct'
Prince Edwurd Island.
1855 Nassau hall, Princeton CoHegew
destroyed by fire. .. .First stearin
lire engine exhibited In Baltimore,
Ll85 Presid.(it IUts of Nicaragua d-
cmt1'd'Vfara-(ranet Costa Rica.
1862 Gen. McClellan assumed com
mand of the Army of the Potomac
Fremont that of the Mountain De,
purtment, -and Hulleck that of th
Mississippi. .. .Buttle between the
Monitor and t.ie Merrlmae in
Hampton Roada.... Three day
battle at Pea Ridge, Ark., ended ill
victory for the Federals.. . .Gen.
McClellan crossed the Potomac.
1803 Marriage of Albert Edward
Prince of Wales, and Princess Ab
exandra of Denmark.
1864 Fort De Russy, tn the Red Rivet
captured by the Federals. ,
1865 The Dominion Confederation
scheme rejected by New Bruns-
' wick Three days' battle of Wil
cox's Bridge ended in victory tot
the Confederates.
1866 The great Peace convention rae$
in Boston. .. .First national en
campment of the G. A. K. assenti
bled at Indfcinapoliif.
1874 David Kalukaua chosen king of
Hawaii.
1878 Henri Gustave July formed
.Liberal cabinet for the Pro vine.
of Quebec. ,
1 878 Sir John A. Mocdonaid Intro
duced his national tariff policy fot
Cuniidu.
1888 Sir Richard CartwrUht tatro
duced in the Dominion Parliament:
a resolution urging ' the free ex
change of manufactured and nat
ural products between Canada and
the United States.
1892 British and French governments
agreed to arbitrate the dispute'
over the Newfoundland fisheries.
1893 Great earthquake at Kuchaiv
Persia, 12,000 deaths reported
1894 A provincial plebiscite In Nova,
Scotia showed an overwhelming
sentiment in favor of prohibition,
1895 Belgian and French ministers
expelled from Venezuela.
1907 South Dakota Legislature passed;
a bill prohibiting railroad puses.
....The Roblln government sus
tained In the Provincial election)
In Manitoba.
190!) The Itullan general elections re
sulted In a victory for the minis
try ... .Congress of the United.
States convened In sjx-clal aesslonv
....Supreme Court of Missouri
confirmed the decree ousting the)
Standard Oil Company from that
Slate.
(lir SlrlLea In Otter CI Ilea.
The electric street cur men of Tren;
ton, N. J., following the example 4
their f llow-workinen in Philadelphia
struck In a hotly upon refusal of th
company to even reply to their written
demand for a 33-cenls-un-hour wage,
a ten-hour day und arbitrution of mat
lers In dispute by a board of which th
union should bo re n resell ted.
A inerd-uiiH Too I.uiarioua.
One o!' the latent explanations of tho
high cost of living was mude by Presi
dent Hamilton, of Tul'ts Cottage, before
tho Massachusetts Teachers Associa
tion. In no other country in the world,
lie said, is there the sumo demand and
cry for the luxuries of life in every
class of society us cliaraclerises the.
American nutlnn, none altera "the la
boring class demands so much. II
ays this class of peojja want the Sams
comforts mid superfluities which chat'w
tcterUe the ways of life of the
aeulthy.