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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XV
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1907.
NUMBER 44.
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF ALL
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
OIL FIELD WRECKED
INDIAN TERRITORY WELL RIGS
LEVELED nv STORM.
Three Persons Unpolled Killed In Vi
cinity of Sapulpa Ono-Tlilrd of tlio
Oil Well Hiss In the District Dot
strayed, Bctddcs Many Houses.
A terrific storm In the nature of a
cyclone followed by a cloudburst
b.vept the oil fields of northern Indian
Territory between 8 and 9 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Three persons
are reported killed at Sapulpa, the
heart of the great Olenn oil pool,
where the storm was fiercest. Frank
Roper Is known to be dead and two
others are said to have been found
whose names are not known.
Water rushed down the streets of
Sapulpa over a foot In depth. Plate
Sass was broken throughout the town
and the roof torn from the hotel.
Over 160 derricks are reported down
In the Glenn pool and it Is said all the
oil derricks in the Osage nation havn
been swept away. Fifty derricks are
reported down at Turley, I. T. At
Malse, I. T.. houses were overturned
and brick buildings demolished. Mus
kogee suffered no serious loss.
The general loss throughout the oil
fields will be enormous, but at present
cannot be estimated. Many wells are
running wild, the oil flooding the land.
A conservative estimate places the
number of rigs blown down In the
Glenn pool at one-third the total. The
combination oil and gaa well at Sa
pulpa was struck by lightning; and the
fire cannot be brought under control.
One building of the Creek orphans''
home was struck and destroyed. The
total loss by the storm Is estimated at
1500,000.
NEW TRIAL IS REFUSED.
Federal Judge Rules . Against tlko
Standard OU Company.
Federal Judge Landls, of Chicago,
refused a new trial to the Standard
Oil company, recently convicted of
making shipments at illegal ratea be
tween Whiting, Ind., and East 6t
Louis. After a denial of several mo
tions on the part of the defense the
court announced he was desirous of
obtaining Information regarding tho
financial resources of the Standtird,
and ordered J. H. , Howard, former
auditor of the Alton, to take tho wit
ness stand.
After questioning Howard and sev
eral other witnesses without obtaining
much information, Judge fcandis or
dered the issuance of subpoenas, re
turnable July 6, for the officers and
directors of the Standard Oil com
pany and the Union Tank line. Un
der the order the district attorney may
summon John D. Rockefeller, H. H.'
Rogers or any other man connected
with the Standard that he may deiire
to question.
BOMB THROWN INTO THRONG.
Horrible Outrnpo 'Committed In Rus.
filan City.
A bomb was thrown Wednesday In
to Erlvan square, in the center of Tl
flis, Russia, which was thronged with
people. The missile exploded wth ter
rific force. Many persons were killed
or Injured, and windows and doors
shattered over a large area. The po
lice are preventing all approach to the
fcene of the outrage.
It later appeared that the outrage
was connected with an attack on the
treasury. A treasury wagon contain
( ing $125,000, escorted by Cossacks,
had reached Erlvan square when the
bomb was thrown and the explosion
followed. The bags containing tho
money disappeared.
Xow Cruiser Launched.
The scout cruiser Chester, one of
the latest types of fast warships for
the United States navy, was successful
ly launched Wednesday afternoon
from the yard of the Bath Iron corpo
ration, of Buth, Mo.
Harvard C loses 271st Year.
America' oldest educational Institu
tion, Harvard university, Wednesday
closed its 271st year, graduating q
class of 650.
Portugal' CnMnct to Stay.
H It Is officially announced that King
Charles and Premier Franco are in
accord and that there Is no prospect of
a ministerial crisis.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux CityMIve stock market follow:
Butcher steers, $5.606.40. Top hogs,
$5.85.
Fear Outbreak in Russia.
. Disquieting reports are coming from
Krassnoye-Selo, Russia, where a dozen
regiments are camping. The temper
of the troops is bad, and every day
'there are misunderstandings.
Carrie Nation Arretted.
For entering a saloon and raising
disturbance in Washington, D. C, Car
rie Nationa was arrested on the charge
(of disorderly conduct and placed i
jthe house of detention.
ROADS IX QUANDARY.
Confused Over Multiplicity of Pas
Exemptions.
Railroads in the west are In a quan
dary as to when they may Issue free
transportation without coming In con
tact with some state or national law.
Under existing laws enacted by the
several states regulating free trans
portation a minister may travel In one
state free and In another he must pay
full fare, whereas under the United
States statute he may ride through
both states on & pass.
Under the Interstate commerce law
ministers of religion, traveling secre
taries of Young Men's Christian asso
ciations, Inmates of hospitals, persons
exclusively engaged In charitable
work, destitute and homeloss persons
and Inmates of state or national
home for soldiers and sailors may be
transported free all over the United
States. But Nebraska excludes all
such persons from the favor of the
transportation lines. Physicians and
attorney have always enjoyed the fa
vor of the railroads, but they havo
been forgotten In almost all the state
and national laws, but South Dakota
demands they must receive a salary
of $500 per year In order to be entitled
to free rides. Minnesota says the rail
roads when they discharge a man may,
If they desire, give such discharged
employe transportation to his home,
but If he should happen to live over
the line In some other state the Inter
state law would be violated by such
action.
HOW HE KILLED YOUNG ESTES.
Slayer of Virginian Tells Story on tho
Stand.
During the trial of Judge Loving at
Houston, Va., the judge said the morn
ing of April 22 Sneed came to his
office and said he had a painful story
to tell regarding his daughter. Sneed
said while he (Sneed) was out In a
buggy riding the evening prior he saw
Elisabeth Loving and Theodore Estes
riding. E. L. Kldd came to the home
of T. H. Stevens and Inquired for
Sneed, saying Miss Loving had return
ed from a buggy ride In a bad condi
tion. Sneed went to the room of Mrs.
Kldd and saw Mis Loving In bed. She
was delirious and her condition was
pitiful.
"This revelation came to me as a
thunderbolt from a clear sky. I loved
my daughter and no power on earth
could have" restrained my hands.
"In this condition I went out in
tending to put that man to death. I
got a shotgun and drove alone to Lov
tngston, but found Estes was at Oak
Ridge. . I went there and Inquired for
him. I learned he was In a car at the
station. I put my horse in a livery
stable, got out of the buggy and load
ed my gun. I saw Estes In a car with
two negroes and, waiving them aside,
said to Estes: 'You are the young
man who takes ladles out driving and
drugs and ruins them.', I heard no re
ply and when he made a motion to
leave the car I shot him. I surren
dered to the sheriff."
WOULD DIE FOR HIS BROTHER.
Alabama Divine Wants to Take Place
on Gallows.
Joe Beeman, a negro preacher,
Tuesday made application to the Jail
er at Montgomery, Ala., to be allowed
to die on the gallows for his brother,
David Beeman, the date of the execu
tion being July 28.
The preacher says he will go to
heaven and his brother, being a bad
man, might not. His sacrifice would
have a tendency to convert his broth
er, and both would thus get to heaven.
The offer of the negro caused a
wave of sympathy for both him and
the condemned man and a petition is
being circulated asking the governor
to commute the sentence.
CHURCHES WANT PEACE.
An Address Presented to tho Confer'
enco at The Hague.
The president of the peace confer
ence, M. Nelfdoff. Tuesday received a
deputation from the Christian church.
es thoughout the world, who presented
an address urging the conference to
insure peace, justice and humanity.
The address was signed by ail the
leading churchmen of Great Britain
except the Catholics, who refused to
participate even Indirectly In the con
ference, to which the pope was not Vn-
vlted. Nine American Catholic bishops
signed the address.
Head Torn from His Body.
While Ernest Black, of Quincy, Ind.,
was oiling pile driver machinery Tues
day he accidentally stuck his head di
rectly over the top of a pile just as the
Iron weight, weighing several tons, was
released. Black's head was mashed
flat and completely torn from his1
body. "
To Abandon Fort Assiulholnc.
A gradual abandonment of Fort As
sinlbolne, Mont, as an army post is
contemplated by the war department.
The department needs the men now
required to maintain that post, as
many other barracks and posts are
only partially filled.
Windstorms In Kansas.
Three distinct tornadoes struck
Medicine Lodge, Kan., late Sunday
night, destroying twenty-five houses.
Mx persons were injured seriously1" and
one is missing. No lives were lost.
Raid on St. Petersburg Agitators.
The St. Petersburg police searched a
department of the war ministry and
found it to be the headquarters of one
of the revolutionary groups. Much
Illegal literature was seised.
Growing DlMoonUmt In Guatemala,
A cablegram was received Tuesday
night saying the Guatemalan govern
ment had ordered a new forced assess
ment and that the discontent was
growing
PLEA TO ROOSEVELT.
Striking Tolegmi pliers to Seek Federal
Aid.
President Wnnll, of tho telegraphers'
union, announced Monday afternoon
that he would ark the aid of the Unit
ed Slates government In the fettle
ment of the strike at San Francisco.
He said he would nppenl to President
Roosevelt ard members of the cabinet
to Intercede on the ground that the
transaction of business of national Im
portance is being Interfered with be
cause of the strike. President Small
asserts that when Intervention Is made
by the president and cabinet officials
it will be learned that the striking
telegraphers are in nowise "to blame
for the strike.
A telegram was received by General
Superintendent L. W Ptorer, of the
Postal Telegraph company In San
Francisco, from Clarence H. Mackay,
president of the Postal Telegraph
company. It Is In substance as fol
lows: While deeply regretting the situa
tion, I feel that our men in abandon
ing their positions were unmindful
and heedless of their duty to the pub
lic and the company, and guilty of un
warranted action. We shall take a
Arm stand and are determined to win
regardless of the cost. With this view
I hereby approve and confirm the in
structions given you by the general
manager, and in addition thereto you
are authorised to say to our loyal men
who stand by us in our difficulty:
" 'AH operators will be paid their
regular salary aa a bonus and their
services will be computed as extra on
a basis of seven hours per day or
nlhgt. Should you deem It wise to do
so you .may also furnish free meals
and lodging until the return of normal
conditions.' "
LOVING IS OX TRIAL.
Former Virginia Judge la Accused of
Murder.
The trial of former Judge W. O.
Loving for the murder of Theodore
Estes was begun at Houston, Ga., Mon
day. The trial promises to eclipse In
Interest the McCue and Strothers-By-watttrs
cases. It will put to test again
the much-talked of "Unwritten law."
Loving shot and killed Estes April
22. The shooting was a sequel to a
buggy ride taken on the evening prior
to the homicide by young Estes with
Miss Elizabeth Loving, 19-year-old
daughter of Loving. The girl when
brought home had been drinking, and
It is alleged her escort had been mal
treating her.
Backed by the millions of Thomas
F. Ryan.' of whose Virginia estate- he
has been the overseer for a number
of years, and with powerful political
influence, every device known to legal
fraternity will be availed in the ef
forts of the counsel for the defense
to acquit Loving. ,
Relatives of Estes, whose family
connections extend to the governor of
this state, will exert every effort to
clear the memory of the dead man
from any stain of wrongdoing.
inTS THE TRADING STAMPS.
Washington Law Provides They Musi
Have a Cash Value.
Washington's "green stamp" law,
which provides that trading stamps
must have a cash value and that they
must be redeemable in any quantity
and at any time, has gone into effect,
and as a result several concerns will
have to go out of business. The law,
which was drawn by Senator W. D.
Scott, specifies that these words must
be printed on each coupon: "Cash
value at any premium station in
Washington, 1 cent, but average mer
chandise value, according to our pre
mium list 24 cents."!. Senator Scott
says he believes it will stand the test
of the supreme court.
Boy Held for Capital Crime.
Clyde Glldden, aged 7 years, is in
Jail at Parkersburg, W. Va., . on a
charge of incendiarism, it being al
leged that he burned two houses a
week ago. The houses were occupied
and the families barely escaped with
their lives. The penalty for the crime
of which the boy Is charged in that
state Is death unless the Jury recom
mends mercy, and then It Is life Im
prisonment. Denounces Call on Clcinenceau.
M. Ferroul, the ex-ma j or of Nar
bonne, France, who Is In prison at
Montpellcr, declared that he would
take the first opportunity to publicly
disavow the action of Marcelin Albert
in calling upon Premier Clemenceau
at Paris on Sunday.
Signs Sun Domingo Treaty.
President Roosevelt Monday signed
the treaty regulating Santo Domingo's
customs matters. The treaty had been
approved by the United States senate
and the legislative body of Santo Do
mingo. WESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL.
Schedule of Cameo to Be Played ml
Sioux City la,
Following- Is a schedule of the West
ern League games to be played at
Sioux City In the immediate future:
Omaha July 6, 7, 8
Denver July 3, 10, 11
Pueblo July 12, 13. 14
Beyond Their Depth.
Henry Zlpf and Herman Ludwlg
were drowned In Big Walnut creek,
near Columbus, O., Sunday while
bathing. Neither could swim and they
got beyond their depth.
Accept Mrs. Sage's Gift.
The medical board of the New York
City hospital have formally accepted
Mrs. Russell Sage's gift of $100,000
for the formation of an adjunct to the
city hospital on Blackwell's Island. '
Nebraska
State News
NEBRASKA INTEREST TOO IUG1L
Leading Banks Refuse to Take State
Money at Increased Rate.
The banks of Omaha and Lincoln
designated as state depositaries have
declined to accept deposits of state
money at the Increased rate of S per
cent, as designated by the state treas
urer, effective July 1. The ruling rate
has been 2 per cent for many years,
but a week ago It was decided to raise
It to 8 per cent. Formal notice has
been given by these banks that they
will not pay the rate, and the state
funds now on deposit will probably be
withdrawn.
It is also stated In banking circles
that all other banks which have here
tofore carried state deposits at 2 par
cent will decline to pay the increased
rate. The state carries about $600,000
In the Omaha and Lincoln banks. The
principal reason advanced for declin
ing to accept the advance is that the
ruling business rate is 2 per cent, and
It is stated that monetary conditions
do not at this time warrant an ad
vance of 1 per cent, notwithstanding
the state treasurer declares he has
many demands from small banks for
tate funds at that rate. Each bank
carrying a deposit of state funds is re
quired to furnish a surety bond as
protection to the commonwealth, and
the expense of this bond, the bankers
say, is mother reason for refusing
to pay a higher rate. They allege'that
the action of the state treasurer It
equal to a repudiation of contracts
with the banks entered Into at the
time the new bonds were given, under
the apprehension that the rate should
remain at 2 per cent.
Luther L. Kountse, president of the
First National bank, of Omaha, says
there is no depositor receiving S per
cent for demand loans made to banks
and that banks cannot afford to pay It.
In notifying the banks of the In
creased rate Treasurer Brian qualified
his notice by asking the bankers for
expressions of opinion on the new rate.
Without exception It Is stated that he
has received a protest, and several
financiers believe he may be Induced
to withdraw his demands. Presidents
of the large banks say they wish to
continue to carry the state deposits,
but that they will be obliged to give
them up If the new rate Is enforced.
ATTORNEY FIRES AT VISITOR.
Altercation la Followed by Arrest and
, Counter Charges.
Charles Clifton, an attorney, had an
altercation In Falrbury on Friday
evening with an Insurance agent nam
ed Blakely, lately from St. Joseph,
Mo., in the course of which Clifton"
pulled a gun. Blakely left the office
as rapidly as possible and was half
way down the stairs when Clifton
reached the railing at tho head of the
stairs and fired a parting shot at his
visitor, which, however, mlfcsed hlrn
and passed through the boards of the
stairway into a closet below. Clifton
was arrested and held for examination
in $500 bonds, which as yet, he has
been unable to give.
Afterwards Clifton filed a complaint
against Blakely on a charge of disor
derly conduct.
NO 3 FER CENT AT 1HSTINGS.
Banks Notify State Treasurer Ills De
mand Will Not Bo Met.
The First National bank and tho
German National bank, the two state
depositories In Hastings, have declined
to pay the rate of Interest demanded
by the state treasurer after July 1.
They have notified the state treasurer
that if he Insists upon the 8 per cent
rate they will not handle any state
money. The reason glvon by ,the two
banks for turning down state money
at the Increased rate is that they poy
their local depositors 3 per cent and
do not have to give bond, whereas If
they take state money they are com
pelled to give additional bond. They
say If there is any increase to be given
it will be given to the local depositors
In preference to the state.
Must Return from Kansas.
Solomon Boyer, Viola Devere and
Vivian Devere, under arrest In Kansas,
will be brought back to Red Willow
county on a requisition Issued by Act
ing Gov. Hopewell. The three are
charged with having badly beaten
Penelope Thompson, and then taking
from her $210 in cash, a check for
$76, a silk dress worth $25; with hav
ing broken up an electric piano worth
$500, a piano player valued at $800
and with having damaged her house,
$100.
Holt County Loses Cash.
The county of Holt has failed to re
cover $4,619 of county funds on depos
it in the Elkhorn county bank at th
time of its failure. The county sued
to recover from County Treasurer
Daniel J. Cronln and his bondsmen be
cause, at the time the bank failed the
treasurer had on deposit In that coun
ty depository a sum in excess of the
prorata share of the funds of the
county to which it waa entitled.
Big Sunday School Convention.
The state Sunday school convention
has been cast in duplicate and pro
ceedings were conducted simultane
ously and alike In the largest two
churches of Hastings. The speakers
went from one meeting to the other,
giving the same addresses at both
places. This doubling up was neces
sary because of the unprecedented at
tendance, which now numbers over
1,000.
Nebraska Health Inspector,
Dr. W. U. Wilson, of Table Rock,
was chosen state health Inspector on
the first ballot. Dr. Wilmeth, of Iti
coln, and Dr. von Mansflelde, of Ash
land, were his competitors, and the
deadlock has lasted a month.
Sunday School Worker Meet,
The fortieth annual convention of
the Nebraska State Sunday School as
sociation opened at Hastings Tuesday
with, the largest attendance of any
gatntrlrtf In the history of the organisation,
Monu n SLAIN BY SOX.
Roy Murders Her Reenuxe She Had
Punished Him.
The supposed accidental shooting
of Mrs. Thomas McCoy, In the north
west part of Rock county, by her lfr
year-old son, proved to have been a
case of deliberate murder, the boy
having confessed to County Attorney
Douglas and later to several other
persons that he shot his mother be
cause she had punished him severely.
The shooting occurred Friday. Sat
urday the officers went out to hold the
inquest, at which it wnn developed that
the shooting was intentional and the
coroner's Jury returned a verdict ac
cordingly. The boy had claimed that he ihot
his mother accidentally while shcottng
at a meadow lark, but he confessed to
the county attorney, and later to sev
eral persons, that he shot her inten
tionally, and gave aa a reason the fact
that she had beeit In the habit of pun
ishing him severely. In his confession
ho stated that he got the gun In the
house while his mother's' back wu
turned, placed loaded shells In three
empty chambers, put the weapon In
his pocket, followed close behind her
to the field where she was going to
plant" some beans, and while she wu
gtttlng the seed ready for planting he,
at the distance of about ten feet drew
the gun, and, deliberately aiming It
at the back of her head, fired and
killed her Instantly. After she fell
he shot her again In the side and then
dropped the gun and ran to where a
couple of his brothers were working
In the same field.
The weapon used was a five-shot
double action 18-callber revolver.
Mrs. McCoy was a widow and was
living on a Kinkald homestead. She
leaves five young children. The boyl
is under arrest.
DEAD MAM'S PAL IS ARRESTED.
W. J. Sloan Suspected of Knowing
Something of Hermann's Death.
W. J. Sloan, a member of a railroad
consructlon gang, was arrested at
Oretna upon order of Sheriff Dunkle,
of Grand .Island, being suspected of
knowing something of the supposed
murder of Frank Hermann, whose
badly decomposed body was -fjund In
a etrawstack last week.
Sloan Is known to have worked with
Hermann and to have left Omaha
with Hermann about May 14 or II for
the western part of the state. Her
mann never showed up. Sloan ad
mits being In Grand Island about the
time, but denies the crime. Hermann
drew his money Just before leaving
Omaha, but when hi body was found
his watch was gone and thtre was no
money on his person.
Sloan was put Into a sweat box and
made contradictory statements He
was unable to give a satisfactory co
count of himself for the week follow
ing his departure from Omaha. ' Ho
will be held for further Investigation.
ANSWERS NEBRASKA ROADS.
State Board of Assessment Declare
Demands Are Trivial.
The state board of assessment at
Lincoln filed with the supreme court
Its answer to the mandamus suit of
the Union Pacific railroad demanding
that the board answer certain ques
tions relative to railroad assessmc its.
The board declares the demands of the
railroad company are trivial in char
acter and not made for the purpose of
helping the board to arrive at a cor
rect conclusion of attempting cross
examination Is In contempt of the
state's laws and of the board's author
ity. No beneficial results could, possi
bly accrue If the board were to do as
requested by the railroad systems,
while Its record would be unnecessari
ly encumbered.
ACCIDENT AT VALENTINE.
Two Men Hurt by Fall from Soaf
folding. While working on a scaffold clap
boarding the new residence of W. A.
Pettycrew In Valentine, Floyd, son of
Mr. Pettycrew, lost his balance and
fell to a second scaffold about twelve
fee below, wrenching his back quite
badly. Clyde Carpenter, his cousin,
who was working with him, made a
lunge to catch Floyd and lost his own
balance and fell to the ground, about
twenty-five feet below. His left arm
and collar bone were both dislocated.
He also received serious Internal In
juries, besides being badly cut and
bruised. He Is In a very critical con
dition. University Warrants Issue.
The supreme court has ordered a
writ of mandamus to require State
Auditor Searle to Issue warrants on
the Btate treasury on the funds de
rived from the 1-mlll tax levy for the
benefit of the state university. The
auditor refused to issue the warrant,
alleging that the appropriation bill ap
propriates the proceeds derived from
the levy and that there were no fundi
on hand In the treasury for this fund
as a result of collections.
Demund for State Deposits.
Treasurer Brian will have no trou
ble In depositing all the money he can
get together at 3 per cent interest, not
withstanding the Omaha banks will
not take the money at that rate and
neither will the Lincoln banks, exoept
the Farmers and Merchants, which
has notified the ofllco It Is willing to
puy the Increased rate.
Flro at Ncllgh.
Fred Meyer, who lives on a farm
In Kim township, near Nellgh, had the
misfortune to loso his home and all
Its contents' except the clothing they
had on by fire last week. They were
at dinned and knew nothing of the
fire till the roof fell in upon the sec
ond floor and barely escaped with
their lives.
Nebraakans Receive Degrees.
Ona Reed, of Hastings, received the
dogree of bachelor of letters at Mil
waukee Downer college. Two Ne
braskans will receive the bachelor of
science degree from Sheffield Scientific
school of Yale June 24. They are De
nse Barkalow, of Omaha, and Floyd
Kindley Hamilton, of Ogalalla.
Woodmen Unveil Monument.
The W. O. W. unveiled a monument
In the Tekamah cemetery In honor of
Nora E. Bradley before a large crowd
f people.
There are 2,00,000 skilled laborers In
Germany earning between 42 cents snd 75
ccuts a day.
A recent ruling makes Fargo (N. D.)
unions eligible to membership la the Min
nesota State Federation,
In Harrlsburg, 111., there are eight
mills using the union label of the Flour
and Cereal Mill Workers' Union.
All the road rol'er engineers are now
In the hoisting and portable engineers'
unlou by aa International decision.
Union men at Toronto, Canada, assert
that plumbers are being brought from
England to take the places of the strik
ers. Uorseshoers employed by the city ol
Boston have been granted the 1007 wag
scale of Boston Journeymen Herseshoers'
Uulon.
A labor and capital love feast to takt
place on July 4 Is being arranged by a
number of labor leaders and business men
of Chicago.
Eight hundred union barbers In Chi
cago have been granted a new schedule of
wages and working conditions by their
employers.
The Provision Trades' Council of Chi
cago and vicinity represents more than
15,000 Individuals employed producing
or handling provisions. -
A new organisation of vehicle painters
has been organised at Chicago. It is
known as the Chicago Carriage, Wagon
and Auto Painters' Union. '
On and after Oct. 1 the members of
the Operative Plasterers' Union of Bos
ton, Mesa, will receive 10 per cent in
crease, which will make their wages 4.80
a day.
Local union. No. 21, of the Garment
Workers, made np of women working at
the trade in Phtsburg, Pa., has started
an ogitatien for the Garment Workers'
union label.
United Hatters' International Union
has established an international death
benefit system and also extended Its Juris
diction so as to include the men whs
make men's straw oats.
The labor unions of Minneapolis,
Minn., are to conduct a crusade against
all concerns which do a Sunday business
Id that city. This is against all con
earns where labor Is employed sevsi
days In the wsek. .
Musicians' local, No. 0, which has is
its jurisdiction Ban Francisco, Cel. ; Oak
laud, Alameda, Berkeley and Point Rich
mond, now has about 1,000 names on iU
membership roll, which includes all
classes of musicians.
The Machinists' ' Union of Pittsburg,
Pa., is devoting some time to the better
ment of conditions in the oity. Receatlj
It appointed a committee to see that s
better car service was established. II
proposes to Interest all other labor or
ganizations in the matter.
In the Chicago Federation of Labor
there are 410 local unions which, In addi
tion to the leading industries, has unloni
of chandelier makers, coffee roasters, egg
inspectors, feather duster makers, gold
beaters, hair spinners, passementerie mak
ers, tuck pointers, front cleaners, ward
robe tenders and well drillers.
Plumbers of Omaha, Neb., have return
ed to work in the closed shop and at an
Increase of 60 cents a day in wages. Tin
plumbers won by the undivided support
of organised labor. There was no arbi
tration agreement to the settlement, the
master plumbers agreeing to the demands
of the union, and the victory was a com
plete one.
During the last year great strides have
been made In organizing the building
trade mechanics of the Southern States.
In cities and towns where last year there
were no organizations at all there ere
now lively local unions of different crafts,
while in localities where a year ago unions
barely existed they are now in a healthy
condition and thriving.
Among the larger labor unions in Ger
many are the clothing Industry, with
242,000 workers, receiving 80 cents a
day; the Saxon textile industry with
225,000 workers, averaging 75 cents;
North German Textile Union, with 124,
000 workers, wages 05 cents ; South' Ger
man textile union, with 124,000 workers,
wages 55 cents, and the tobacco Indus
try, with 153,000, wages 40 cents. Th
lowest rste of all is paid to ths textiU
anion of Silesia, 42 cents.
Canals of Mars Illusory.
Prof. E. A. Douglass of the University
of Arizona, in an article for the Popu
lar Science Monthly, advances the the
ory that some of the so-callod canals on
the surface of the planet Mars have no
real existence, but are due to an optical
illusion. lie does not question the reality
of the larger markings of canals, but
doubts the existence of tho network of
the smaller waterways. Prof. Douglass'
theory starts with ths observation of the
halo that may be seen around a small
black spot when regarded from the dis
tance of six to eight feet,' and which also
Is often noticed around motes floating in
the field of vision. He finds that the
cause lies in the obscure reactions that
change light waves Into nerve impulses.
He also calls attention to th rays that
may be seen about a black spot on a light
ground similar to those about a bright
pot, such as a star, on a dark ground.
These are attributable to Irregular re
traction In the eye, and account In his
opinion, for many faint canals radiating
from the spots on Mars called lakes or
leses.
1,000,000 for Hospital.
Henry C. Phipps, the Pittsburg iron
91a n, whose wealth made possible ths
freat institution for the study of tubercu
losa at Philadelphia, has given 11,000,
XMJ more for the purchase of a block of
land near Seventh and Lombard, In the
neart of the crowded section, where th
ioaaumptlon I the highest, on which to
ireet the hospital building. Mor mill
ions are to follow this in carrying th
arar against th wait plague. Dr. Law
rence Vile will hav charge th hoe-
GUI LTY OP KILLING MAID.
1
Urn. Kanfmann, of Slona Fall, Coat
vleted of Manalaaafcter.
Mrs. Enium Knuftunon, wife of a
prominent citizen of Sioux Falls. 8. D
was convicted of manslaughter In the
flrstdegreo. She hns been on trial
charged with cauidng the death, from
brutal treatment, of her maid. Miss)
Agnes Polrels. The minimum term of
Imprisonment fixed by the statutes for
the crime Is twenty years' Imprison
ment In the penitentiary.
The conviction of Mrs. Kaufmnna
was a great shock to the defendant,
her husband, her son, and her counsel,
all of whom hnd confidently expected
acquittal. When the fatal words fell
from the lips of the foreman 6T the
Jury, Mrs. Kaufmnnn's head sank upon
her hands. , Throughout the proceed
ings she sat in an attitude of extreme
dejection.
The Kaufmnnne bive resided In
Sioux Falls for about a quarter of a
century and are known to practically
every man, woman, and child In the
city. Mr. Kaafmnnn for years ha
been prominently Identified with state
politics and Is generally known
throughout South Dakota and adjoin
ing states. 1
Agnes Polrels, the domestic whom
Mrs. Kaufmann has been convicted of
killing, entered the employ oft Mrs.
Kaufmann on Feb. 18, and only a' little
over three months before she died ut a
Sioux Falls hospital from rfhmerou
wounds, bruises, and cuts.
After her death in a local hospital on
June 1 her remains were prepared for
punai and shipped to the parents of
the irlrl t Pnrlratnn TtrA.. .. v
bead of the dead girl were discovered
j by' a young daughter of William Moel
i ler, a business man of Parkston, who
was an Intimate friend of Miss Pol
j rels. It was from Miss Moeller that .
I the first disclosures came. The body
was twice disinterred and examined for-
I wounds and bruls a.
The evidence secured aa the result of
the second examination resulted In the
arrest of Mrs. Kaufmann on the charge
of having been responsible for tne
wounas, gn sties, cats, and bruises which
caused the death of the girt.
There seems no doubt that, with re
apect to small grain at least, 1007 will .
be recorded in the annals of the United
States as a comparatively "lean" 'year.
There are, of course, ' no signs of any
thing even remotely resembling "famine"
conditions. Real "famines" do not occur
In nations which have reached the Ameri
can level of popular Intelligence. There
will be enough bread for everybody, bnt
it will cost a little more labor to get it
The winter wheat crop, which is much
more important and larger than the
spring wheat yield, though attracting lest
general attention because Its area of pro- .
duction is not so compact, appears to
have suffered most from an unusually cold
and backward spring and the attacks of
bisect pests. The following figures, se
lected from the government report for
June, are eloquent:
Kansas, the leading winter wheat' '
State, expected this year on the basis of
acreage to Increase Its crop 6,000,000
buBbels over last year's 82,000,000. Th
most expected from Kansas now is 04,
000,000 bushels. Nebraska expects a de
cline from 52,000,000 bushels to 34,500,
000; Ohio, from 43,000,000 to 29,000,
000; Indiana, from 48,000,000 to
80,000,000; Illinois, from 3800,000 to
83,000,000; California, from 27,000,000
to 14,500,000; Oklahoma, from 18,500,
000 to 7,500,000, and Texas from 14,000,
000 to 2,500,000 bushels. Pennsylvania,
Michigan and Missouri expect yields ap
proximately equal to last ycurs, but the
whole country's winter wheat crop will
probably be only 3(H,000,0tK bushels, at
compared with nearly 403,000,000 last,
year.
Bad weather has delayed spring wheat
planting and slightly reduced acreage..
The most favorable estimators do not look
for a larger crop than Inst year's, which
was 242,000,000 bushels. Thus it is
practically impossible that, however good
the conditions from now on. the spring
wheat yield should make up for the defi
ciency, as compared with Inst year, of
more than 120.000,000 bushels in th
winter wheat crops.
Other small grains show similar con
ditions. Of barley, 1GS,(00,000 bushels,
or 10,000,000 less than last year, is ex
pected now. Tho oat crop, greater in
bulk than all the other small grains put
together, with 500,(XI0 acres more plant
ed, promises a yield 20,000.000 bushel
smaller than Inst year's, which was 004,
OOO.iXIO bushels. It is just possible, how
ever, that the corn crop, the surest of
food grains and the cereal foundation on
which this republic was built, will make
up for some of these shortages. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Record Plana of Oetopaa.
The performance of the submarine boat
Octopus, June !), when it sank to the
depth of 205 feet below the level of the
ni'iuin nff itrwffin linl-hol. 1h ttnikirallpltHl
in the naval history of the world. At
that depth the pressure of the sea was 1W
pounds to every square inch of the boat's
surface, but not a bolt or a seam was
disturbed, nor was there a sign of a leak,
and the wonderful vmcl made the trip
back to Itoiton under Iter own power.
During this plunxe It was thought unsafe
for the crew to remain in the vessel and
they remained oij board the accoinypany
ing tender, lowering their craft to th
bottom by means of cable sud derricks.
It required iifteeu minutes for the Octo
pus to sink to the depth of 205 feet.
The boat iw now reudy for her acceptance
triul. '
At Rapid City. 8. l.. Secretary Taft
was presented with a handsome Indian
tomahawk, s souvenir of his first visit te
the hills; and at Fort Meade he was giv-
I en a fin Indian bead-work bridle.