COUNTY HERALD,
DAKOTA
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NUMBER, 29.
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, MA11CH 15, 1007.
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FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF A LI
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
FLOOD IS DISASTROUS
PROPERTY LOSS CI' MILLIONS IV
GHKAT vau.ly.
Hundred of Houses In RumIiicks Dis
trict of Pittsburg Are Submerged
and Property Iert Ih Fiiornious '
Equally pad at Wheeling. ,
Serlousflood conditions prevail in
Ivestern Pennsylvania. West Virginia
end eastern Ohio. At 7 o'clock Thurs
, d.ajr the water reached a stage of 34.6
t..t at Herr's Inland and 34.3 feet al
Market street In Pittsburg, and at the
hea Tavaters the rivers are now station
ary. At, 4 o'clock Thursday afternoor
the thirty-mile Ice gorge lit Parker
vJVjjPa., broke. The Immense gorge Ir
't the Ctarlon river has also started dowr
' stream.
Conditions in Pittsburg are th
worst ever recorded. 'The whole low
er downton district is under water
Duquesne way, Penn avenue and Lib
erty street, running parallel with tin
Allegheny river, are submerged to f
lepth of several feet. Hundreds oi
business houses located In this dls
trlct ure flooded. In a number of in
stances the water Is almost up to th
second floor.
The guests In the Colonial, Lincolr
and Anderson hotels are either ma
rooned or compelled to iiBe skiffs tc
and from the buildings. Trolley serv
Ice between Pittsburg and Alleghenj
was suspended early Thursday, and a
the Pennsylvania depot thousands 01
excited people were trying to boart
trains for Allegheny and other sub
urbs.
Trolley, elevator and telephone Berv
Ice Is demoralized In different sec-"-.tlona.
Within thirty-six hours four
" teen fatalities directly due to the floof
have occurred. .
COXFKSSIOX EXTORTED.
Denver Prisoner Said to Have Heci
Cruelly Ren ten.
Unless new and important evidence
Is found against Benjamin C. Wright
formerly 'of Chictfgo,' heo-prohftbly-w
never be tried on' the charge of mur
derlng his wife and child at Denver
Colo. District Attorney George - A
Stldger admits that evidence to con
. vlct the man is lacking, but he has no
yet dropped the investigation. Tht
alleged confession made by Wright t
Chief of Police Michael A. Delanej
Is said to be worthless as evidence
having been obtained by use of physi
cal force.. Three physicians who ex
amlned Wright in jail after he raadi
his confession declared that he hat
been cruelly beaten, as the prlsone)
asserted. No poison was found in tht
bodies of Mrs. Wright and her child
and it Is alleged by the defense thai
their deaths probably were caused b
carbon dioxide from a defective was
heater, in which Are had been turn
ing all night when the bodies were
found. As a test of this theory the
defense placed a dog In the house with
the gas heater burning, and after twe
hours it is asserted the animal wai
taken out asphyxiated.
WAOOSMAItKHS SCARED, TOO.
Threaten to Advance Irlce of Tlieli
Goods 50 Per Cent. -The
retail price of buggies, wag.
ns and general products of the wag.
on craft are to be advanced nearly 50
per cent this spring unless conditions
regarding raw materials and transpor
tation take a beneficial change. This
decision was reached at a speclul
meeting of the National Wagon Mali
ers' association hold In Chicago Thurs
Say and ratified unanimously by the
forty-seven members. A scarcity of
the right sort of raw material and the
ar shortage were given as reason
hy an advance would be necessary.
Vote on Strike Question.
Forty-seven thousand men, mtni
era of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, west of Denver, are
rotlng at Oakland, Cal., whether to go
n a strike to enforce their demand
for an Increased scale oi' wages.
Soul Weighing; Is Nonsense.
Sir William Crookes, of London,
lays that the story from America
bout the weight of souls, as cabled to
London, is absolute nonsense. Dr. C.
SV. Saleby said: "It is a new and most
imbecile version of materialism."
Sioux City Live Stock Market. .
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
'ity live stock market follow: Short
fed steers, $4.50 S.10. Top hogs,
$6.70.
Maurice Grau I Dead.
Maurice Grau, the well known Im
presario, Is dead In rarls, at the use
of 18.
To Convey $2,000,000 to Manila.
Lieut. Short, of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry, stationed at Fort Bliss, near
El Paso, Tex., Thursday received or
ders to report to San Francisco and
take charge of $2,000,000 of Philip
pine currency and convey it to Manila.
Metcalf to Inspect Warsldps.
Secretary Metcalf left Washington
recently for Charleston, 8. C, where
he will board the United States ship
Dolphin for 4 cruise of Inspection In
Cuban and Porto Rlcaa waters.
ron higher Fitn;iiT rattm.
Hill Says the
Northwest
win ry
More.
"I want to no on record here thai
your rales will be advanced In the
northwest Instead if being reduced.
They will be advanced simply because
It Is necessary to provide the service.
This course will begin In the east. Now,
I am not complaining about rates, but
preset conditions would bankrupt
eo.e of the roads In this state.",
Thus declared James J. Hill, presi
dent of the Great Northern, before the
Sundberg senate committee which Is
Investigating the value of railroad
property In the state of Minnesota. Mr.
Hill said the company had adopted the
method of reducing rates as the reve
nue has justlflol, and an Investigation
of the records would show that its
rates, especially on grain and farm
products, are lower than In other sec
tions of the country, Tday Great
Northern rates applied to the Union
Pacific would mean a reduction In the
Ui.lon Pacific income of over 15,000,-
000, and In cases of the Northwestern
of nearly that amount.
Asked by Attorney James Manahan
if It were not true that the lines in
the east have been making enormous
profits recently Mr. Hill repllrl that
he did not think so. He said thfcf the
whole question of operation will be on
a different basis, the cost having In
creased so much that he knew of an
eastern line which has advanced rates,
"I think all the railroads of the
country today have received a check
they will not get over for many, many
years," he asserted.
HIGH WATJER IX THE KAST.
Fears Are Eentcrtalned of Dangerous
Floods.
Dispatches from all sections of west
ern Pennsylvania Wednesday, report
heavy rains Tuesday and rapidly ris
ing waters. At many places the down
pour resembled a cloudburst. Streams
are already beyond their banks. Much
territory Is submerged and fears are
entertained of dangerous Hoods.
A heavy electrical and rain storm
throughout Ohio also did much dam
age Tuesday and Tuesday night, ac
cording to reports received Wednes
day. The Ohio and Its tributaries are
rising steadily, and the lowlands al
ready are covered with water. Land
slides interfere with the operation of
many electric lines through eastern
Ohio.
Reports from Dayton, Zanesville,
Springfield, Lancaster, Logan and oth
er cities and towns say portions of
the corporate limits are flooded. .
-"ONE HAXK ROBBER CAUGHT.'
Had Been Seriously Injured by Prenia-
. turo Explosion.
One of the Hunnewell, Kan., bank
robbers was captured Tuesday night,
lying In a straw stack hear Caldwell,
Kan. He gave his name as Charles
Arthur, claiming St. Louis as his
home. He is 2? years old. His face
was badly mutilated, one eye hanging
out of the socket, and one hand par
tially off. His injuries were received
in the premature explosion at the
bank. He is lodged in the county
Jail at Wellington, and denies complic
ity In the robbery, saying he received
the. injuries falling from a train while
beating his way. Posses and blood
hounds ,are scouring the country for
the other six members of the gang.
NEGRO AVOl'M) RE MAYOR.
Former Slave a Candidate In Kunsafc
City, Kan.
Joshua Wallace Voohies, a negro,
filed a petition, signed by 678 mem
bers of his race, with the city clerk of
Kansas City, Kan., 'asking that his
namebeplacedon the ballot for mayor
on the Independent ticket, to be voted
at the coming municipal election.
Voohies was born a slave just be
fore the close of the civil war. He
has been a member of the police force
and deputy street commissioner, and
s now in business for himself.
Many Were Put to Death.
Statistics published Wednesday re
garding the drumhead courts martial
In Russia show that up to March 5,
when their activity was suspended by
Premier Stolypln on account of the
opening of parliament, 7(4 persona
had been executed, an average of al
most five dally.
Girl I-eaps from Window.
Leaping head first from a wlndov
ledge on the thirteenth floor of the
Traction building, Gertrude Hamsh, of
Cincinnati, aged 20 years, committed
suicide Wednesday In the sight of hun
dreds of people.
Fatal Wreck In Texas.
In a collision between two trains
on the Culf, Sabine and Eeastern Tex
as railroad near Fields, La., Wednes
day night Thomas Hawley and Wm.
Muse were killed and seven other men
were Injured, two seriously.
Bomb Kills Pollceuieii.
While the police at Kharkavo, Rus
la, were searching the rooms occupied
by a student a bomb exploded, killing
en officer of the gendarmerie, three
Lpollcemen and two civilians. Six oth
ers were Injured.
Rural Carrier Alleged Embexxler.
JDputy Marshal Skaggs, of Harris
burg, III., arrested John Morgan, a1
rural letter carrier at Maunle. Mor-j
sn is alleged to have embezzled monJ
y left by patrons with which to pur-,
ohaae money orders.
Murderer of Three to Die April -tlr
Oliver C. Hauch. the Dayton.
O.. murderer, will be electrocuted on
ir,-n nirt. kiiiod hi fathar.
mother, and brother without causes.
CAN AL I.N FIGHT YEARS.
This to Rnslncsa Men's Gtwrt on
lam.ina.
Conditions In general In the Pana
ma canal cone are declared to be ex
tremely favorable for completion of
the canal within the eight years, end
Ing'jan. 1, 19 IB, as estimated by the
engineers In charge of the work. In
the opinion of the committees (wm
commercial clubs in boston, Chicago,
Cincinnati and St. Louis, who arrived
at Charleston, 8. C, Tuesday after a
visit to the isthmus.
This expression Is embodied In a
series of reports, all of which were
approved by all members of the party.
From them a general report will be
prepared by the chairman of the sev
eral groups under whose direction
they were made and the general re
port will be submitted to the clubs
represented by the committees.
The "committees found, according to
their representatives, that the great
est hindrance to rapid progress on the
canal at present is a lack of adequate
dumping facilities. This is said to be
due to a shortage of cars for the
transportation of refuse from the
steam chovel plant, which, as a rule.
worked at only half its capacity. The
committee believes that this condition
is being remedied as rapidly as possi
ble and when the supply of cars Is
sufficiently Increased the Increase In
progress will be most marked.
The Investigation found that some
complaints made concerning the prep
aration of food for the laborers Beem-
ed to be well founded. They suggest
that notice be taken of these com
plaints and that the necessary changes
be made.
IIOltliOK ON A FRENCH SHIP.
Terrible Explosion on the battleship
Iena.
Semi-ofllcial figures from Toulon,
France, given out Tuesday afternoon
state It la certain over 50 of the Iana's
crew were killed, 100 seriously In
jured and 200 slightly wounded by th
explosion of a compressed air torpedo
which Ignited In a magazine. Ofllelals
say the returns are probably under
the n.ark.
No news has been received of the
captain or first lieutenant of the bat
tleshln and thev are believed 'to be
among the victims.
The after part of the vessel was
completely destroyed. -No further ex
plosions are occcurrlng.
Rear Admiral Manceron Is among
the wounded and included in the kill
ed la Ensign Rousse. '
Many of the crewsaved their lives
by cllmVf .downJJulders and reach
lng quays, whence they fled to pluces
of safety'.. '
Entrance to the arsenal Is forbidden
to all but men In uniform.
A signal man of the Iena, who es-
cap'od, says a large number of the
crew was gathered In the forepart of
the ship, listening to a lecture by an
officer when the first explosion occur
red. Most of these were able to es
cape.
TO PUT RAILROADS OX SPIT.
A Federal Investigation Is to Be Mudo
In Chicago.
The first federal grand Jury Investi
gation of the alleged violation of the
Hepburn interstate commerce law is
to take place in Chicago, according to
'the Record-Herald. A Bpeclal venire
of 45 talesmen has been called by
District Attorney Sims, and It is said
the most Important case to be pre
sented to the new inquisitorial body
will Involve the relations between one
of the most prominent shippers in
Chicago, three fast freight lines, and
one of the eastern railroads. -
TO VOTE OX PROHIBITION,
Will Re Submitted as Separate Issue
in Oklahoma.
State-wide prohibition will be sub-
mltted as a separate constitutional
provision to the people of the new
state of Oklahoma, the constitutional
convention having adopted the propo
sition Monday.
There were sixty-nine votes for
state-wide jrohlbltlon and thirteen
against, with thirty delegates absent.
State-wide prohibition will become a
part of the constitution if a majority
of the votes cast on thin-separate is
sue are in favor of It.
Higher Pay for Macliliitsls.
The blacksmiths, machinists and
bollermakers of the Kansas City
Southern Railway company were Mon
day granted an increase of wages,
amounting to practically 2 cents an
hour, as the result of a conference
held in Pittsburg, Kan.
. Two Steamers Anltore.
The German steamer Plso and the
British steamship Queen Adelaide
were Monday reported aground In
Chesapeake bay, both vessels having
missed the channel In a heavy snow
storm Sunday. They are not believed
to be in danger.
Couglia Up Tooth; Now Talks.
Joseph Loder, a 12-year-old boy liv
ing south of Terra Haute, Ind., whs
was stricken dumb eight months ago,
Monday coughed up a broken tooth
and commenced at once to talk.
Killed In Pistol Duel.
Capt. von Bercken, of the Ninety
third regiment of Infantry, waa killed
In a pistol duel on the drill grounds
near Tegel, Germany, by a druggist
whose name has not been disclosed.
The cause of the dispute which led to
the duel Is unknown.
Sault hie. Marie Hn4; Ruru.
The Iroquois hotel at Sault 8te Ma-
,rie, Mich., was destroyed by fire Tues-
. day. Tne loss is iivu.vvv. aii me
nestt escaped safely.
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ftras of
CUE FOUND TO OLD MURDER.
Valise Found In Pool Hall May Clear
Up the Mystery.
While Robert Coomes, of Fremont,
proprietor of the Diamond pool hall.
was cleaning out a back room he came
across a bundle of clothing and a grip
which had been left there last winter
by a stranger, who snid he would call
for them, but never did so. He exam
ined the contents of., the bundle and
found that the property evidently had
belong.! to F.- L. Falkner and sent to
Mr. Falkner, the man who Is supposed
to have been murdered over across the
river In founders county a year ago
last December. The property was
turned over to -the officer and the
grip opened. In It were found n num
ber of letters und papers, evidently
the property of F. L. Falkner. In a
pocket of the cont In the bundle of
clothing was an envelope across which
was written "M. Falkner wants 50."
The rest of the sentence was undeci
pherable. Coomea was able to give a
fair description of the party who left
the goods. In the grip was also a
photograph of the murdered man.
The murder was one of the "most
mysterious affaires that has happened
In that vicinity. It was several months
afterward that the body was Identified
by means of photographs as that of
M. Falkner, a former resident of
North Carolina, who had - been dis
charged from the navy a .few weeks
before. Sheriff Hauman has never en
tirely given up the case, and with the
new clue given by the grip and cloth
ing, hopes to find out something more.
IUG ODD FELLOW MEETING.
.Many Towns Attend Convention at
Carroll.
The fifth annual meeting of the
Northeast Nebraska Odd Follows as
sociation was one of the largest gath
erings In the history of the associa
tion. Addresses were made by Grand
Master J. M. Morrison, of Ganby; Dep
uty Grand Master (.'lark O'Hanlon, of
IHalr; Rev. Mr. Carroll, of bloomfleld:
Rev. Mr, Hughos. uf Thurston; Gmnd
Chaplain Mead, of South Sioux City:
Grand Patriarch E. I Dimick, of
Laurel, and others..
The degree work was done by teams
from Wlnslde, Belden and Rrandolph,
the latter being especially praised for
the work In the second degree.
Th.e newly elected officers of the as
sociation are: - ..;-,'
- President, Charles Flynn, of Wake
field; vice president, F. A.Berry. of
Wayne; secretary, H."ZPcelt of Ran-'
dofph. '
The meeting next year will be held
at Wakefield, although Bloomfleld was
4 strocg bidder. . , .
BOY SHOOTS IXTO SCHOOLROOM
Charge Shatters Glass, hut the Child
ren Are Unhurt.
A 17-year-old boy by the name of
Taylor, who makes his home with
Fred Story, about five miles west of
.Tekamah, went hunting with some
companions recently. On their way
home they passed the Spellman school
house. While in front of the school
house young Taylor told his chums
to watch him break some window
glass, and he shot twice, scattering
gloss all over the school room. The
shot went over the children's heads
and struck a picture at the other end
of the room. Sheriff Phlpps was notl
fled and the boy was arrested. - Ho
was brought before Judge Bassler and
entered a plea of guilty and was fined
$50 and costs.
NOT TO LEAVE OMAHA.
Union Pacific Manager Denies Such u
Move is Contemplated,
General Manager Mohler, of the Un
Ion Pacific, denied that his company Is
considering the question of transfer of
Us headquarters from Omaha to some
other location in Nebraska, but de
clared that owing to the unfavorable
outlook a policy of retrenchment has
been inaugurated. He said orders were
Issued ptopplng work on the Maryvillo
cutoff In Kansas and also on a branch
which Is under construction in Colo
rado. Preparation for the erection of
a $1,000,000 headquarters building in
Omulia was Stopped several days ago.
Physician Held Up. v
While driving home after making a
call in tho country. tr. A. T. Hill was
held up by three highwaymen, three
miles north of Lyons, at 2 o'clock in
the morning. The robbers flashed a
dark lantern in the doctor's face and
forced him to step out of his buggy.
While one of tho men covered him
with a revolver, the others vent
through his pockets, relieving him of
flS and other valuables.
Kale or Thoroughbred Cattle.
A. B. Clark and William Lessman,
stock dealers, held a public sale of
thoroughbred Short-horn cattle at
Wayne recently, consisting of 81 head
of oows, heifers and bulls. Twenty-one
bulls sold for $2,192.60, an average of
$104.40 per head; seventeen cows and
helfiers sold for $1,622.50, an average
of $5.45 per head; total, (3,816; aver
age per head, $100.89,
More Road Work Off.
Union Paclflo officials Wednesday
afternoon announced that work on the
Athol Hill cutoff near Cheyenne, Wyo.,
would be discontinued at once be
cause of adverse legislation toward
that road, ending In a cut In rates.
Odd Fellows to Build.
Excavation began this week for the
Odd Fellows hall at Blue Hill, and
the work will be rushed to finish the
building at once by the committee in
charge. The building will be 3x$0,
Instead of 8Jx4 feet as at first plan
ned. Wedding at A Ins worth.
- Olof Waldo Remy, one of the lead
ing druggists of Alnsworth, and Miss
Addle Osborne were married at Alns
worth In the presence of a large com-
pAtiy of relatives and friends.
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COMtNO INTO llOX HUT! K.
Government TaihI Belli RwMly Tak.
en Up by Set tiers.
Real estate Is booming In price It
he north end of box butte county.
Farms and- ranches that could be
bought and were bought from $3 to $S
per acre last spring are now selling
readily at from $10 to $15 per acre.
Most of the Investors are speculator
from the eastern pnrt of the state;
only a very few are actual settlers.
Each year's crop of homesteader
for the government lands west t of
there seems greater than the one pre
ceding. All the southern part o7 Sioux
county Ih now practically entered as
section homesteads under the Klnksld
act. In many case's where filings have
been made by persons who neglected
to comply with the time limit of mak-
ng settlement, the land Is being con
tested by those eagre for the land
who have failed to find desirable
homesteads remaining. The situation
Is beginning to resemble that of the
early 80s when the good land In the
county was first taken up just before
the burllngton rallrond came through
when, If an entryman failed to com
ply strictly with the letter of the law,
his claim was jumped without cere
mony. Potato shipments began this week
and promise to be the heaviest for
years. The quullty is excellent and the
price li about 4 5 cents. ,
TO FHSIIT CREKiHTON WILL.
Disinherited Nephews and Niece Ln
Pimm for Contest.
Aggressive fighting plans are being
made by those nephews and nieces of
the late Count John A. Crelghton who
were not mentioned in Mr. Crelghton's
will, and an attempt will be made to
break the Instrument. Seven of tho
most prominent attorneys In the city
huve been retained by these seven rel
atives who were cut out of bequests.
and a fight will be made to prevent the
will being probated.
The amount left by Count Crelghton
In estimated at $7,500,000, one-fourth
being bequeathed to relatives and
three-fourlhs to charitable and educa
ttonul Institutions. An attempt has
been made to settle the matter out of
court, the heirs all contributing to a
rund with which to buy off the dlsln
herited kinsmen, but the plan failed.
The will Is to be probated Saturday
unless a contest is instituted.
KILLED I?Y.FALL FROM THAIJO
Victim Stip;ioNcd to Reside nt St. Paul,
Minn
Sunday morning as a track walker
on tne union I'aemo railroad was
walking his beat he discovered the
dead body of a man lying along the
track two and a half miles west of
Lexington. The body was brought to
own and a coroner's Inquest was
held. The body was badly brulsod
about the neck and shoulders. .No
money or valuables was found on his
person and he was poorly dressed. A
note book was found In one of his
pockets containing the name, "Joseph
Wlllard. 230 Grove street, St. Paul,
Minn." He was five feet ten inches
tall, light complexion, and about 82
years old. The verdict of the Jury was
that he came to his death by falling
from train
No. 4 from a cause un.
known.
MAIL ROUTE CHANGES.
After Spirited light Putrons at Walt
hill Win Out.
Mail service was opened between
Walthlll and Macy Monday. Thin
route was secured after a strong fight
on the part of the people of Macy and
Walthlli. The mall for Macy (former,
ly Omaha Agency) has been carried
for years from Winnebago, but owing
to the fact that better service can be
given from Walthlll the route' wat
changed. Eoveral petitions and coun
ter petitions were gotten up by the
people of Winnebago on the one hand
and of Walthlll and Macy on the oth
er. The controversy' was finally ended
by having an Inspector examine th
different routes and report. '
Odd Fellows to Meet.
The NorlheuHtern Nebraska Odd
Fellows' association held its annual
meeting In Carroll Tuesday. The dis
trict embraces the counties of Dakota,
Dixon, Cedar Knox and Wayne. A
large gathering was present, and the
program, midnight banquet and con
ferring of degrees employed the vis
itors all night. The grund master ot
Nebraska was present and made an
address.
Pup Rites Kmn.ll Roy in Head.
The 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Little, of East Ashland, was at
tacked by a young bull pup. The boy
was thrown to the ground with the
dog's teeth fustened Into the back of
his head. Had the father not been
near and rushed to the rescue It If
probable that the boy would have me'
with death from the attactc.
"Corn King" Returns to Farm.
Anton Psota, the well known "corn
king" of the Klkhorn, has taken up his
residence on the farm which he has
owned for some years adjoining West
Point. The tract of laud, comprising
some 240 acres, is widely known as
one of the most productive farms la
the state. The farm Is now completely
fertilised.
Randolph Improvement Club,
The Randolph Improvement club
was organized at a well attended meet
ing of cltlxens In the opera house. W.
P. Hill is temporary president and H.
L. Peck secretary, permanent officers
and a board of directors will be elect
ed at a meeting Friday night.
No Retrenchment at David City.
The 2-cttnt rale and the paying of
taxes did not stop the Union Pactfto
from making Improvements in David
City. They have adorned the depot
with a coat of paint.
TARMKRS MILLIONS AHEAD.
Bureaus of Aa-rlenltaral Department
KatlnMe Yearly Brne.
The people profit f-'ai.WO.OUo annu
ally by tha work of the Agricultural
DeiMirtmeiit, according to ibe estlmatca
of the bureau ofllelals, Just made publlo
In the report of the Comntlltee on Ex
penditures In the Agricultural l.Vonart
went, which has spent the entlro ses
sion Investigating the department.
The Dureau of Animal Industry lends
the list with an annual valuation of
f 50,000,000, of which $100,000 In be
cause of the experiment making hens
lay more plentifully. '
Chief Willis J. Moore, of the Weath
er bureau, ays his buroan nnuually
benefits the people $:!0,0O0,0O0.
The bureau of Plant Industry places
Its value at JUD.OOO.OliO. ' Of this $100,-
000 Is because of the saving by Intro
ducing the resilient cow iea.
Dr. Harvey W, Wiley of the bureau
of Chemistry thinks his ofllce does $ 10,
000,000 of good, lie places tho Inves
tigation of sorghum syrup.ithe saving
from the Investigation of tho BUgar beet
and the utilir.atlon of waste in mak
ing denatured alcohol at $1,000,000
each. He estimates the value of bis
'poison squad" experiments In deter
mining the effects on health of food
preservatives and coloring matter at
fo,000,00a Pr. Wiley thinks bis Inves
tigation of the "sweet" or "hot" com
Industry Is worth annual!)' $-o0,000.
The Bureau of Biology, which, 4n
support of Its estimate that It annually
benefits the people ,000,000, submitted
beautiful orange-colored maps labeled
skunk area of the United States," as
serts that $1,500,000 benefit was derived
from Its work among "coyotes nnd
wolves." The biological survey appro
priation was left out of the agricultural
bill for tho reason that the money
asked was h Uo expended In "mapping
districts In the United States which
would make Ideul homes for frogs."
The bureau of Entomology thinks It
saves the people $22,000,000 a year, of
which $5,000,000 Is because It was In
strumental lu the "Introduction of the
Australian lady-bird beetle." .,
The Bureau of Public Roads is the
most modest of all, and only asserts It
benefits the people $873,000 a year.
The report severely criticises Chief
Moore of the Weather Bureau for his
expenditures on "Mount Weather," the
research Institution which v he estab
lished In the Blue Ridge Mountains at
a, cost of $101,000, for which Comptrol
Wr Tracewell says, under existing law
there Is no authority.
Secretary Wlisou of the Pvparrment
of Agriculture Is criticised for exceed
ing lils authority in expending the ap
propriation for the new Department of
Agriculture building. Instead of com
pletlng a structure for the entire de
partment, be spent the money In build
lug a single wing.
EDISON NOT TO QUIT.
Wlsard of Eleetrlettr to Continue
Experiments Indefinite!?.
When Thomas A. Edison celebrated his
10th birthday the other day the report
was circulated in the papers that he bad
decided to knock off work, so to speak,
and begin his playtime as an altruistic
scientist. lie was quoted as saying that
durln tho 'orry-five years of his ex-
penmeius wr.u necim-uy uo ana ueen
turning the exertions Into commercial
value so fast that ho had no chance to
play with electricity for the fun of the
thing.' It was wild that he wou!d devote
his time la the near future to perfecting
THOMAS A. 1 01 SO It.
bis phonograph and to developing his sys
tem of submarine telegraphy. All of this
was interesting, It true, but on the follow
ing day a friend of Edison said that this
' playtime Idea was one ef the inventor's
lifelong Illusions, and that It would prob
ably be impossible for him to DuInU the
commercial work he was now engaged in
for ten years or more. Nevertheless it
was true that he hoped to close his lite
with a period devoted exclusively to hu
nanitarlan work. '
Intereatinar News Iteaaa.
Assistant Paymaster Sypher, IT. S.
us been disuiIsMed fretn the navy on ae
scunt of technical embesxlement.
Mark Twain has had made for him an
tvening suit of white broadcloth, as a
protest against somber effects In clothing,
The House committee on naturalisation
ifld Immigration has decided to make fa
orahle report on bills providing an appro
priation of $70,000 each for immigrant
itationa at New Orleaus, Galveston and
Charleston, S. C.
Pleas of guilty to a violation of the
Sherman anti-trust act were eatered la
he United States Court at Savannah,
Qa., by the S. P. Sholter Company, the
Patterson-Dowuiug Company, the Stand-
ird Navul Stores Company and 8. P.
Jholtcr and J. V, C. Myers, individuals,
uiown as the "turpentiue trust." Fiues
vggregating $30,000 were imposed.
DAVIS IS 8T FREE.
CnlMtar Balldlnsr Ordinance Itel4
Void and Theater Mm Acquitted.
la court nt Danville, Will J
Davis was acquitted of the charge of
manslaughter la connection with the
Iroquois Then ter
dlFHsior in Chicago
In which C!i per
sons were killed,
and was set free.
The acunittal hy
the jury r. us uu or
ders from Judge
Klmbrough, w u o,"'
after three days of
argument by the op
posing counsel, decided that that por
tion of the Chlcnjro fire orJlnnii.ti on
whlcu the Indictment was based was-
Invalid. -After the decision was rcu-.
deml tJJe Judge culled the Jury Into
court Instructed It to bring In a
vordivof acquittal. -
ThW disposes of the charges ngninst
Mr. PuvU In ho far as the present In
dictment Is concerned. He has been
placed In Jeopardy on the charge of
causing the death of Viva Jackson and
has been acquitted by a jury. As the
State Is not given the right to appeal
no further action Is possible. Rut there
are 595 other victims of the Iroquois
horror. Whether or not Indictments
charging responsibility for their death
can be drawn without using the dis
credited ordinance as a basis Is a mat
ter for the Chicago authorities to de
cide . .
Counsel for the defense, who wero
elated over the declsou, expressed tho
conviction that no further Indictments.
will be uttempted by the State's Attor
ney's ofllce. They iwlnled out that the
county will hardly go tho length of
prosecuting again with - a defective
building ordlnnnce as their basic point.
They know of no other startln point
of which the State mlht avail Itself.
While the dlelsion handed down by
Judge Green In Peoria County In the
cases of Thomas J. Noonun and James
E. Cummlng8, employes of the theater,
In which the Indictment had been
quashed for similar reasons, had pre
pared the friends of Mr. Davlti for a
favorable outcome, they were none tho
less overjoyed nt Judge Klmbrough's
decision and flooded the courtroom at
Danville with congratulatory telegrams.
Adams Discredits Confrsln. -
During tho trial of Steve A'J:im at
Wallace, Idaho, for the murder of 'Fred
Tyler, the confession of-tho defendant
was read, which corroborates the confes
sion of Harry Orchard rgarding the mur
der ot former Gov Steunenberg by direc
tion of the Western Federation ot Miners,
implicating Pranldeut 'Mayer, Svcrut,ry
Uaywood and George A. Pettihoue, now
awaiting trial on the charge of murder.
Adams tells how he joined the federation
and became Intimate with its officers, and
how they gave him money and inntrue
tions .to go to Idaho and do up Steunen
berg. The confession also corroborates
that of Orchard regarding the placiug of '
an Infernal machiue lu the path of a jus
tice ot the Colorado Supreme Court at
Denver, but which was prematurely ex
ploded by a member of the federation. It
details other alleged conspiracies ot the
federation's inner circle. Adams said that
he had murdered Tyler as a claim jumper
at the furtigation of one Sl.mpklns, who
offered to pay him $300.
Adams made a statement to tho effect
that Detective McPartlaud and the offi
cers of the Idaho penitentiary bad con
spired to extort the foregoing confession
from him for the purpose of Implicating '
the leadors of the miners' federation, and
that this confession was prepared by Mc-,
Partland and signed by him, Adams, un
der the pressure of threats and bribes.'
He then denied ever having plotted to kill '
Steunenherg.
3ere W. Perkins Wot Oollty. .
The New York Court of Appeals ha
sustained the decision of the lower court'
in the case of George W, Perkins, vice
president ot the New York Life, and a.
member of the firm ot J. P. Morgnu &
Co., thus declaring him guiltless of the .
barge of grand larceny in contributing
$50,000 cf the life insurance company'
funds to the national campaign fund of
the Republican party. This money he-
first paid out of his own pocket, but was
afterward reimbursed, with interest, by
the company. Tho couit stood four to
three, tho majority holding that it is nec
essary to prove criminal intent to deprive
or defraud the owner of his property in
order to establish the crime of grand lar
ceny. At the same time, it Is admitted
that the purpose for which the moneys
of the company were used was foreign to
the purposes of the corporation. In his.
dissenting opinion Chief Judge Cullen
says that the repayment of Perkins was
not an independent transaction, but part
of the original scheme, which was an
Illegal misappropriation of the company s
funds. lie maintains aIo that It is not
necessary that the intent should be the
profit of the taker, and points out that ir
a clerk in the employ of the company had
taken this money to give to the Republi
can club ot his ward It would have beeo
'arceny.
Earth's Croat Still Restleaa.
An earthquake along the line of the
James river division of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad In Virginia waa report
ed recently. The shock was felt over a
wide area, the vibrations moving from
north to south. On the same day a Lon
don cable said that strong earth unrest
was recorded at the Laibach obesrvatory,
this seeming to be connected with a cy
?loue in southern Italy.
Unite tne Uaoa-ranhlcnl Society.
At the recent annual meeting of the
American Geographical Society at New
York, Commander Robert E. Peary re
signed the presidency and was succeeded
by Archer M. Huntington, a son ot the
latt Collis P. Huntington. It waa
thought best to have some one at the
bead ot the society who is not to be
iwuy on long journeys of exploration.
Railroad Coal Docks Darn.
The Lake Shore coal docks at Nina,
Ohio, were destroyed by fire. The losa la
estimated at $100,000.
W. 3. DAVIS.