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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
NUMBER 45.
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JULY 5, 11)07.
VOLUME XV
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF ALL
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
MANY PIE IN STORM
AT LEAST riJTKK. PERSONS
KILLED IX WISCONSIN.
Numerous Person Arc Severely In
Jured, and Dcuth Lift Is Likely to
He Greatly Increased -Reorts Am
Still Incomplete.
It Is now believed that at least fif
teen lives were lost In the sever
storms which swept over a portion ot
western Wisconsin Wednesday even
ing. Numerous other persona were
Injured and much damage to farm
property and to dwelling houses Is re
ported. According to reports received
In St. Paul the little town of Oakdale.
on the Milwaukee road near Camp
Douglas,, was entirely wiped out. Foul
persons are reported to have been
killed there.
The list of dead so far reported is at
follows:
At Oakdale Mr. and Mrs. John
Dame: two others whose names have
not been learned. At Millston Mrs
Jasper Popp and Infant. At Wyeville
Andrew Daumcl. Near Warrena
Two children of Joseph Buckner. At
Nelllsville Lyman A. Charles. At
Grand Rapids Five persons, names
not yet reported. Near GlUsville Mrs,
August Beyers and son.
Miss Wensel, of Nelllsville, was drlv.
Ing a horse and buggy along the road
when the storm struck her. The vehl
cle and horse were blown away and
have not been found. Miss Wensel
was blown into the top of a tree, from
which she was rescued In an uncon
scious condition.
Many farm houses and outbuilding!
in the neighborhood of Nelllsville wer
destroyed and much stock was killed.
Wires were " prostrated in all direc
tions, and it has been difficult to learn
details of the storm.
The Port district school near War
rens waa blown away,, and a summei
resort near Tomah suffered much
damage.
SENATOR DICK INVOLVED.
Expected to Explain Connection with
Akron Treasurer's Shortage.
A special from Akron, O., says that
Senator Dick is expected to give out
a statement regarding the shortage ol
Fred E. Smith, the Akron city treas
urer, caused by lending public fundi!
to his friends. His shortage Is placed
-at $173,992. His shortage as treasur
er of the county and of the schoc)
board Is given as $104,008.
Smith has made good the latter and
is now trying to square up with th
city. Among the securities given tc
Smith by people to whom he had loan.
ed the public moneys are three notes
given by "Dick & Miles" on July 6.
1905, for $5,000 each. Only $1,00(1
has been paid on these notes. Th
"Dick" mentioned In the notes is Unit
ed States Senator Charles Dick, and
his explanation of borrowing the pub
lie funds is awaited with interest.
RIOT AT BALL GAME.
Offending Umpire Beaten Nearly t
Death by Mob.
A riot occurred at Mattoon, 111.
at Thursday's baseball game betweer
the Charleston and Mattoon, 111.,
teams. In the Eastern Illinois league
With the score 0 to 0 In the eighth In
ning, Umpire Clancy, a new recrull
from Indianapolis, made a decision a
first base to which the crowd took ex
ception and swarmed into the field, at
tacking Clancy and knocking him tc
the ground. He was badly battered
up, and quick interference of the po
lice alone, it Is thought, saving hit
life. About half a dozen other per
sons were injured.
The game was forfeited to Charles
ton by Umpire Clancy, 9 to 0.
Recover Stolen Mall Sacks.
Two mall sacks stolen in a sta
hold-up near Myersvllle, Wyo., In
Februaiy, . 1S0S, hive been recovered
by postoITIee Inspectors anj tne letters,.
of which there wrc TOO, have been
sent on to their destination. The reg
istered letters only had been opened
front Docs Damage in Ohio.
The low temperature records for
July were broken at Cleveland, O.
Tuesduy night. The mercury fell to 40
degrees above xero. There was more
or less frost.
British Embassy In New Hampshire
Ambassador and Mrs. James Hryce
and the embassy staff arrived at Inter
vale, N. H., recently from Washington.
British official business will be trans
acted from there during their stay.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Floux City live stock market follow:
Top beeves, $.40. Top hogs, $5.(0.
Major Harding Ordered to Panama
MaJ. Chester Harding, corps of en
Klneers, has been ordered to Panama
4o report to Col. Goethals, chairman
of the isthmian canal commission, for
epecial duty.
Roberts Accept) Position.
George E. Roberts, director of the
mint at Washington, will be the new
president of the Commercial National
IBank of Chicago, succeeding the laU
JU&M ff: gckels
BURNS HISBAND TO DHAT1L
Young Woman Terror-Strlcken After
Applying Ttorrh.
Mrs. klnda Howesto,agod 18 years,
of Der.more, Pa., Is In the county Jail,
charged with having burned her hus
band to death that she might be free
to marry her former lover, Ignats
Hutro, who is also In Jail, charged
with being an accessory. The police
say that Mrs. Howersto has confessed
and given all the details ot the crime.
All the parties are Lithuanians. Ac
cording to the story told the police by
Mrs. Howersto, the woman got her
husband drunk and poured the oil
from the lamp on the bed and then
set It on fire. At the sight of her hus
band roasting and squirming in the
flaming bed she became horror-stxlck-en
and rushed from the house, crying
-Fire!"
Neighbors extinguished the flames
and had Howersto sent to a hospital,
where he died without regaining con
sciousness. Hutro denies all knowl
edge of the crime. Both are being
held pending an investigation of tho
woman's story.
SLAYER OP GIRL AT LIBERTY.
Frank Brink Is Released from Insuuo
Hospital.
Frank Brink, who was acquitted of
murdering his former sweetheart.
Miss Bessie Newton, at Ponca, Neb.,
on a "brain storm" defense and com
mitted to the state insane hospital at
Norfolk April 1, has gone home a free
man.
The hospital officials declare he has
not been Insane during his ; three
month' stay In the Institution.
The killing of Miss Bessie Newton,
of Ponca, by Frank Brink, a prosper
ous farmer, on Feb. 6 last, created a
great sensation In the town of Ponca.
Brink, who was a rejected suitor for
the hand of the girl, shot and killed
her In her home at Ponca and then
turned the revolver on himself, In
flicting wounds which were at first be
lieved to be fatal. On Feb. 6 the girl
was to have been married to Edward
O'Donnell, of Humboldt, la. When
Brink recovered from his Injuries he
was tried for murder, but was acquit
ted by the Jury and was committed to
the hospital for the Insane at Norfolk.
MAIL SWINDLERS SENTENCED.
Officer ot Wrecked Investment Con
cern Sent to Prison.
Judge Rogers, at Fort Smith, Ark.,
Tuesday passed sentence upon the of
ficers of the defunct Southern Bank
and Trust company, convicted by a
Jury Saturday last of using the malls
to defraud.
C. C. Waller, president, of Texas,
and F. Demen Lemon, vice president,
of Pittsburg, Pa., were sentenced to
pay a fine of $1,000 each and to be
Imprisoned In the penitentiary for
thirty-four months. Ed Hunt, cashier.
and J. M. Langston, Jr., director, were
sentenced to pay fines of $500 and
$300 respectively.
PLAYED GOAT; BROKE NECK.
Atlantic City Excursionist Butted a
Punching Machine.
Surgeons are at work In an endeav
or to straighten out the neck of Axel
Harrold, a giant excursionist who dis
located hla back bone by butting a
punching machine at Somers Point, N.
J., Monday. The butt was made on a
wager that Harrold could drive the
indicator of the machine out of the
top, but when he drove his head into
the punching target he fell uncon
clous.
Woman Climbs 125-Foot Stack.
A large American flag which floats
from the top from the new 125-foot
smokestack at the Johnston tinfoil and
metal plant at St. Louis, was placed In
position by Miss Genevieve Larvlck,
forewoman of the plant. She donned
bloomers, climbed the ladder inside
the stack to the top and hauled up the
flag.
In Line Weeks to Win Claim.
One hundred persons were In line
before the land office at Cass Lake,
Minn., Monday when the doors open
ed to those wishing to file on claims
In the Chippewa Indian reservation
Lewis Larson, of Fosston, who has
been first In line since May 22, filed on
a valuable farm.
No licet to Pacific.
The published reports that sixteen
battleships of the Atlantic fleet are to
be transferred to the Pacific coast be
cause of the Antl-Amerlcan feeling in
Japan were denied by William Loeb,
President Roosevelt's secretary.
PostniuNters (Jet Leave) of Absence.
All fourth class postmasters in
Georgia have been granted leaves of
absence, not exceeding five days, to
attend the state league of fourth class
postmasters to be held at Atlanta on
Aug. 17.
To Be Quartermaster General.
The president 'Tuesday appointed
Gen.. James B. Aleahlre to be quarter
master general of the army, with the
rank of brigadier general, to succeed
Charlea F. Humphreys, retired.
Nine Indicted for Boy's Death.
Nine Italians, two of them women,
were Indicted for murder Monday in
the Lamana kidnaping case at New
Orleans. They will be tried In St.
Charles parish neur New Orleans.
No Death In Galena In June.
In the city of Galena, 111., with a
, population of 6.000, not a death oc
curred during June. This record nev
er has been duplicated In the history
of the city.
SPIES' RECORDS HEAP.
Plnkerton Documents Go to Jury at
lilllt'H.
Morris Friedman, tho young Itus.
slnn stenographer who left the em'
ploy of the Plnkerton ugency at Den
ver to write a book In which he pub
lished certain correspondence uf tne
agency that passed threugh his hands.
was again Monday tne principal fig
ure at the Steunenaerg murder trial
at Boise, Idaho. More than half of
the court's day ws occupied In read
ing to the Jury eoples of the docu
ments which Friedman took from the
Plnkerton records. They were chiefly
the daily reports of secret agents op
erating as spies among the. unions and
union men at Cripple CVeek, Victor,
Globevllle, Colorado City, Trinidad
and Denver. nd showed a complete
surveillance of the Western Federa
tion of Miners aiM the United Mine
Workers of America during the labor
troubles In Colorado in 1903-04. Plnk
erton men sat In the federation con
vention at Denver, 1904, reporting all
proceedings.
None of the reports that were pro
duced by Friedman and read to the
Jury by Clarence Darrow contained
other than general references to the
collateral issues of the trial, but they
aided In substantiation of the counter
claim of the defense that the Pinker-
ton agency conspired for the destruc
tion of the Western Federation of
Miners and the lives of its leaders.
GEORGIA WHITE MAN LYNCHED.
Confessed to Mob that He Assaulted
9-Ycar-Old Stepdaughter.
"Doc" Posey, a middle aged white
man, the self confessed assaulter of
his 9-year-old stepdaughter, was tak
en from the Whitfield county Jail nt
Dalton, Ga., between 1 and 2 o'clock
Monday morning and hanged to a rail
road viaduct In the middle of the city.
and his body was found there at day
break.
Posey on the way to his death ad
mitted tho crime, but said he did not
mean to harm the girl. The crowd.
consisting of about twenty-five men,
marched to the Jail, covered the of
fleers with guns and took the prison
er. On the way to the scene of the
hanging several policemen were
forced to accompany the crowd, but
not a shot was fired.
Posey, who lived with his family
some miles from town, brought the
girl to Dalton after the crime and ac
cused another man of the assault.
Posey's wife declared the truth, how
ever, and added that he made an at
tempt to assault his victim's elder sis
ter about a week ago. The victim Is
in a serious condition.
TRYING TO BREAK WILL.
Contest Over Capt. Hooker's Estate Is
Opened.
The contest over the will of Capt.
Chas. H. Hooker was begun Monday
in the surrogate court at Rochester.
At the time of his death early this
year It was found Capt. Hooker, who
possessed an estate worth more than
$150,000, had passed by all his rela
tives and bequeathed the money to the
United States government, naming
Theodore Roosevelt and his successors
in office as executors. Most of the real
estate was left as a site for a military
academy at Galesburg, III., with the
money to be used as an endowment.
As soon as the will was made pub
lic, relatives began efforts to break
it. The city of Galesburg Is fighting
for the probate of the will, and Mayor
George Shumway In Rochester, N. Y.,
looking after the Interests of that city.
Attorney General Bonaparte has di
rected District Attorney Bass, of Buf
falo, to protect the Interests of the fed.
eral government.
ANARCHIST COLONY FAILS.
Reds Deserting Home Established In
tho West Ten j ears Ago.
Tacoma, Wash.: Home colony, estab.
Ushed by anarchist on Henderson bay
about ten yeara ago. Is breaking up.
Members are reported to be quietly
leaving since Emma Goldman visited
the place a few weeks ago. The colo
ny owns 219 acres, divided into two-
acre tracts, but all of them have never
been occupied. There has been trou
ble several times, resulting In mem
bers departing, but they later re
turned.
Sound Asleep Since May 25.
'Charles Clapp, of Areola, 111., la in
a sleep that for duration rivals and
for soundness exceeds the famous case
of Dora Meeks. May 25, while appar
ently in his usual good health, he
lapsed Into unconsciousness and jill ef.
forts to arouso him have failed.
Cull Money at 13 Per Cent.
fall money, whlcn opened at s per
cent Monday, was loaned at 13 per
cent In the afternoon. This rate is the
highest reached for some months and
Is believed to be caused by the July
dividend and Interest disbursements.
WESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL.
Schedule of G anion to Be Played ac
Sioux City la.
Following Is a schedule of the West
ern League gamea to be played at
Sioux City In the Immediate future:
Denver July 9, 10, 11
Pueblo July 12, 13, 14
Des Molne July 15, 16, 17
Lincoln July 23, 24, 25
Umbrella Trust Indicted.
An Indictment was returned by the
federal grand jury in Philadelphia
against the socalled umbrella fra-r-e
trust, charging the companies with en
tering into a conspiracy to form a
combination In restraint of trade.
Ill'jlier Pay for Smclier Men.
The American Smelting and Refin
ing company at El Paso, Tex., Monday
voluntarily raised all employes' wages
sMmsssKsWt
FATAL ACCIDENT AT KEARNEY.
Stacker I'alls and Tooth Penetrate
Vital of Eddie Sawjer.
An accident occurred at the state
Industrial chool Saturday afternoon at
Kearney Just as the day's work in the
hHy fields hRd been completed that
cost Eddie Sav.ycr, a Lincoln lad 1"
years old, his life. Together with a
field force that hnd been stacking
alfalfa during the day Sawyer and five
other boys. Helmund, Marrlck, Jones,
Cloy and Van Comp, who hnd been on
top of the stack, got on the stacker
carrier to come down. There was a
slack In the stacker counter weight
rope and when the boys got on their
weight pulled up this slack so sudden
ly that the knot holding the rope In
the counter weight pul ed out. Rel
mund called to his companions, warn
ing them of their danger and Marrlck
Jumped to the ground, but Relmund
braced himself for the fall. It seems
that Sawyer was holding to one of the
teeth or stakes of the stacker In such
a way that the point was next to his
side Just below the right ribs, . and
when the stacker carrier struck the
ground the force of the Impact aid
his own weight drove the stake up
ward through his vitals, the point
coming out In the left shoulder, caus
ing Instant death. ,
TWO FREIGHTS IN COLLISION.
Number of Cars Smashed Up, but No
One Seriously Hurt.
Freight trains Nos. 76 and 77 met
In rear end collision esst of the de
pot about 10 o'clock Saturday night
In Mlnden, throwing five cars down
the embankment and '.'leaving three
wrecked on the track. Both trains
were sidetracked for No. 3 and the
accident was caused by the breaking
of a coupling, allowing the rear end
of 77 to crash into the rear end of
76, which had pulled onto the main
line. Mr. Little, a stockman from
Denver, was dozinjv In the caboose of
76 and did not have time to Jump
when aroused, and his escape is ml
raculous, as the caboose was a mass
of kindling, He sustained some bad
cuts, but was able to follow after his
stock to South Omaha Sunday even
Ing on No. 6. The wrecker from
Hastings cleared the track In time for
No. 1 Sunday morning and a large
crowd was entertained during the day
In seeing the wreckage cleared and
feasting on spilled fruit.:
STORE BUILDING COLLAPSES.
No HI nh Wind at Time and Cause Ik a
Mystery.
Without warning the west wall and
the roof on the rear end of S. L. Sears
store collapsed in Ashland. There was
no high wind or other disturbance at
the time and Mr. Sears Is unuble to
account for the disaster, unless It was
due to the Intense heat. The only oc
cupants of the store at the time were
Bert Service, a clerk, and Dr. C. C
Whlsler. Both escaped uninjured. A
clock on the new side of the store was
thrown out of plumb by the concus
Ion and stopped at 6:49 o'clock
There Is no Insurance to cover the
damhage, about $1,000.
Foot Crushed by Train.
A young man named Russell, who
wa formerly employed as a switch
man ior ine Kurimgtou, came over
the river from Pacific Junction to
Plattsmouth, It Is said, spent some
time drinking. He made a run In an
attempt to board the evening train for
home, but he slipped and fell. One
foot was severed.
Man Runt with Dogs.
An exciting man hunt has been In
progress south of Tecuuiseh, a posse o
a dozen men with bloodhounds being
engaged. The fugitive Is Simeon Hud
son, a young man accused of forgery
who shot and badly wounded Sheriff
Miner. Hudson made his escape on
horseback following the shooting.
Aged Citizen Is round Dead.
Mark Moore, a respected citizen i
Stanton, was found dead by members
of his family about 6:30 o'clock Satur
day afternoon. IIo wfls at work abou
his place, which adjoins town, und Vi
been dead probably half an hour v
discovered.
Campion Hack In Jail.
William Campion, whom the
preme court holds unpardoned
su
de
spite Gov. Mickey's edict, returned to
Seward anil gave himself up to Sheriff
Milan and Is now Incarcerated In the
county Jail, where ho has spent the
major purt of his time fur tho la
three years.
River Cutting Banks.
The Burlington Is experiencing con
Biddable trouble with the Missouri
river near Plattsmouth. The high wa
ter Is cutting the banks on the easi
side and a force of mew has been em
ployed there for some time rlprupplng
north of the big bridge.
Investigating. Coal Prospect.
John II. Itackerby, a mining en?!
ueer, together with an expert coal
miner from Iowa, were investigating
the coal prospects ut Republican City
Lincoln Mini Named.
Gov. Sheldon named J. W. Johnson
of IJncoln. for food commissioner,
Safe Withstands All Effort.
After working for two weeks try
Ing to open the safe of the Citizen
ritate bank of llloomflelil, which had
become expanded, the expert gave u
the job and the safe, containing cash
and notes to a large amount, wti
Klilpptd to the factory at Cleveland, O
lutul Row Over a Bill.
Aa a result of a row over a feed
bill Charles Gloe, a liveryman at Hal
,im, snoi ana Kiura j. a. lorrty, o
Hastings. The latter was a whip ped
DEAL IX BOX BUTTE REALTY.
onsressmuii Connor, of Iowa, Invowti
In Nebraska.
The largest transfer ever recorded
n Box Butte county and probably
containing the greatest number of
ores In a Hlngle deed of any transfer
n the state, was consummated at Al
Innce when Congressman J. P. O'Con
nor, or Denlson, la., purcnasea or j.
O'Keefe, publisher of the Alliance
Herald, 6,880 acres of land located
about fifteen miles northwest of Alli
ance and nine mllea south of Hem-
ngford. The price piild was $68,000
spot cash. The land has been used aa
stock farm by the O'Keefe brothers
for several years and Is considered a
ery desirable tract. There la over
9.000 acres In the entire tract, and
O'Keefe still holds about 2.500.
Judge Connor bought the land for
an Investment and will have several
hundred acres broken out by steam
plows thts,summer. The deal was ne
gotiated through Messra. J. A. Abbott
and E. E. Ilevard, proprletora of the
United States Land company, of
Omaha.
DROWXED XEAR XELIG1I.
Yaung Man Swept Away In the Elk
liorii a Swift Current.
A young man named Grooms waa
drowned In the Elkhorn river south of
Xeligh. He and his companion, named
Hamon, who have been In the vicinity
selling books, went In bathing In Mer
itt's creek, Just where It meets the
main channel of the river, and. not
knowing the waters, walked off Into
the main channel, where it Is very
deep, and were soon beyond their
depth. Aa they could swim but very
little the current, which Is swifter
than usual on account of the very high
stage of the water, they were swept
out Into the river. They were separa
ted and Grooms went out of sight. Ha-
mon succeeded In getting to the short
and gave the alarm. A aearchlns
party has been trying to locate the
body, but It has not yet been found
MAKES GOOD HIS ESCAPE.
Xo Present Hoie of Capturing Man
Who Shot Sheriff.
The man hunt which prevailed at
Teeumseh for so long haa come to a
close. Simeon Hudson, the young des
perado who shot Sheriff H. U. Miner,
Is probably many mllea away. The
Beatrice bloodhounds were put to
work In the timber some eight mile
south of. Teeumseh, and there was a
big crowd of Pawnee City and Tecum.
sell men on hand, an well as two doz
en farmers, to take part In the hunt.
Every man was armed either with a
shotgun or rifle. The dogs went Into
the timber aid scented about consid
erably, locating a place where Hudson
has evidently slept. The dogs would
then insist on going to the road, and
as the scent was so old when they
were put to work they could do not
good. The hunt was then given up.
I I HE IX OMAHA FLAT.
Dwellers Have Xurrovv Escae in Ear
ly Morning Blaze.
At an early hour Friday morning
fire broke out In the Martin fiats, an
old four-story apartment house locat
ed at Seventeenth and Webster streets
In Omaha, and occupied by a large
number of families. The building Is
of wood and offered little resistance
to the Humes. One man is reported to
have jumped from the third floor and
wus badly injured. Tho building will
be a total loss and In a monetary way
will not amount to more than $10,000
The name of the man who Jumped
from the third stury cannot be learn
ed. It is learned on further Invest!
Ration that all the occupants of the
building were rescued.
Holt County Loses Cash.
The county of Holt hus fulled to re
cover $4,619 of county funds on depos
it In the Elkhorn county bank at the,
lima 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 th
county to which It was entitled.
Selling School Lands.
Deputy Land Commissioner Shlvelj
Is out thin week auctioning off school
lands, ond hi:' sales ore not unlike the
annuel Hill I end sales of dreus goods,
for he Is selling the odds and ends of
real estate not heretofore secured by
lucky Xebruskous. Tho price paid ta
veiy satlsfuctoi y to tho board of edu
cational lands iv.d funds.
Degree of Honor Convention.
The annual convention of the De
Kiee of Honor of District No. 2. cqjn
piis'ng the count'es of Gage, Richard
son, I'aw nee, Johnson and Saline, con
vend at Lieut rice with about 100 del
egates present. Mrs. S. E. Gould, su
pet Inteiident, railed the convention to
otcer, after which Mayor Reed dellv
ertd the addre.-s of welcome.
Johnson Ste.ys Another Month.
At the request of Gov. Sheldon, Dr.
A. Johnson, who some time ag ten
dered his resignation as superintend
ent of the Institution for the feeble
minded youth at Beatrice, has agreed
to remain at the institute for another
month.
Drops Dead In Road.
Sunday nu rsing the body of Annon
Gulickuon wa found in the road aev
en miles northwest from Harvard and
Ju't over the line in Hamilton county,
by parties on '.heir way to church,
and gave fv!- tno that deuth came
md.'Tly sojr.e lltt'.o time before
found.
Chirk a Candidate.
Ilctirv Clarke, ut Omiiha. an
nounced his cwndidacy for the office
ittuwny commissioner. He waa ap
WAR ON SPARROWS.
Oovernment Asks People to Hlp
K terminal Pest.
The government Is PfUttig people all
vor tin country to imiU.? wnr ou tit.'
"niillsli si.trrow and t put tip bird
louses ninl bore holes under t!. on vet
if the barns t oncourir t!i pvn!l;iv.
1'lils mersmv ! nunle I '"i"i'ntive In
ir'iVr (Vit (lie o.Hon l;:!'Ktry of tho
lilted Ki.'ilctt ir.M.v not In lcM royed.
All Insect-eatini: birds nre of Im
mense value to the farmer aii't the for-
ter, luit It has ti -c;i discovered by the
ivcriimciit bus e;.':ts Unit there Id
ilo bird eill:il to til;' swall-.iw. l'urtleu-
nrlr U this H"ii; In the matter of t lit
iixcet which Is destroying the cotton
limitations of the South.
The boll weevil, despite every effort
to stay Its march. Is spreading nt the
rate of nlNHit fifty miles a year, and
ooner or Inter It Is said that It Is
ertaln to infest the entire cotton pro
ducing area n fact wlili li not only
oiiotHy ituverim the Southern plant-
VAKIKTIK.H OK 8WA1X0W8.
er, but In Its ultimate consequences af
fects tho vvoil being of the whole coun
try.
The aid of the North U required, as
most of the swallows spend part of the
season In the Northern States and In
ninny cases do.thelr nesting there. The
bird Is disappearing, however, lieenuse
the English sparrow hurries film and
kills hit young by the thousands. Va
rious methods of exterminating the
English sparrow nre recommended by
the department. Most of them consist
In the use of poisoned grain.
Aeroplane Balloon Falls.
The first test of the combination ot a
dirigible balloon and aeroplane construct
ed by SantoK-lhiinont, which was made
recently at Paris, resulted in complete
destruction of the machine. It consisted
of a balloon shaped like a cigar, 23 yards
long and 3Vi iu diameter at the center,
hitched to two aeroplanes directly under
neath, and a frnme carying a 60 horse
power motor, with a screw 400 centime
ters lu diameter, the whole being SO kilo
grams heavier than its bulk In air. The
machine started all right aud skimmed
kiuCg over the grass a short distance un
til the rear of the aeroplune suddenly
lifted and caused the front end of the
balloon to strike the ground so that the
whole thing collapsed.
Famous Doetor Opposes Ilruaa.
Sir Frederick Treves, physician to the
King of England, speaking at the opening
of a London hospital, expressed the be
lief that the time was not far oft when
bottles on doctors' shelves would be re
duced to a very small number, aud when
people would "leave off the extraordinary
Imliit of taking medicine when they are
sick." At that time people would resort
to simple living, suitable diet and plenty
of sun and fresh air. lie said the time
would come when it would be as anom
aloua for people to die of scarlet fever,
typhoid, cholera and diphtheria as it
would be for a man to die ot a wolf'a
bite in Enkiand. He referred to the dis
coveries In bacteriological science as being
capable of reducing mortality from infec
tious diseases to the cero point.
Union barbers of Cleveland, Ohio, are
watching all the shops to see thut they
close on Sunday, according to law.
During the last twelve months there
was un increase of 5.",71S members add
ed to the rolls of tradu unions iu Ger
many. The hibor movement bus taken hold in
Egypt. The printers employed on a Cairo
paper, Leu l'jramldes, are out for bet
ter conditions.
Chicago elevator men have submitted
to a hoard of arbitration a proposition
made to building managers for an in
crease of $10 a month.
Miss Anastasia O'.Mcara of Cambridge,
Mass., has the honor of being the first
woman to hold an oflice iu the strong
Retail Clerk' Association of that city.
She wus also the first woman member of
the association. v
T. V. Powderly. known to all older
uniou men as the heud of tlie Knights of
Labor when that organization whs at the
height ot its power, hits been appointed
chief ot the Bureau of Information un
der the I lui'i 'a u of Immigration.
Th National Farmers' Education aud
Co-operation Union has organized its lirat
branch iu Oregon, iu the Hudson Bay
country, with a membership of fourteen.
It is expected to orgnuie unions iu va
rious other purts of the Slate in the near
future.
Conditions in the Canadian cignrmnk-
Ing industry have I u unsettled for Mime
time, owing to difference hetwecu the
employers and the union.
The movement for compelling non
unionist miners to join the union is meet
ing with success iu South Y ksliire, Eng
land, Ulid uiljoiliiil coal lielun.
The lutest and most up-to-date form of
government lek Insurance is bcln-s con
sidered by Holland, and Is row l.efo,-e
the second chamber of the Slalis (ietl
ernl. The proponed insurance is o.dii;;i
tory aud extends to all luboreis employ
ed regularly.
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fflE WEEKLY
l-i.-iO Jack Cade defeated Stafford at
Sevenoaks.
1401 King Henry VIII. of England
bcrn at Greenwich. ,
1541 Pizarro, the hero of the conquest
f Peru, died.
104r Charles I. victor nt Cropredy
bridge.
108 Z Charlea
XII. of Sweden born.
Frederiksbald, Dec. 11,
Killed at
1718.
'.704 William Conyngham, Lord Tlun-.
ket, who prosecuted Robert Em
met, born. Died 1854. .'
1784 Mme. Thiblc, fjrst female aero
naut, made ascent In Paris. ,
1800 Coal first mined In the United:
States, at Mauch Chunk, Pa.
1810 King Louis ot Holland abdicated.,
1812 Mrs. Siddona took her farewell of
the stage.
1821 Spain agreed to sell Florida to-
the United States.
1839 Maharajah Runjeet Singh ot La
hore, owner of the famous Kor-i-noor,
died.
1843 Last fatal duel fought in England. .
1840 Abolition of the Corn laws by Sir
Robert l'eel.
1840 England repealed the navigation.
ct.
1857 First distribution of the Victoria
Cross took place In Hyde Park,
' London.
1861 Steel guns first manufactured at
Trenton, N. J.
1808 Gen. Meade succeeded Gen. Hook
er in command of the Army ot the
Potomac.
1874 Charley Rosa abducted from hla
father's home at Germantown, Fa.
1800 Major Panitaa executed at Sofia,
Bulgaria, for conspiring against the
government . . President Harriaoa . r
signed the dependent pension bill.
1801 Spain and the United States con
cluded a commercial treaty.... An
inland lake appeared in the Colo
rado desert.
1892 Twelfth Parliament of Queen Vic
toria dissolved. .. .Steamer City of
Chicago wrecked on the Irish coast, i
near Cork.
180.T The South Carolina liquor dispen
sary law took effect. .. .Gov. Altgeld
of Illinois pardoned the llaymarket .
anarchists. .. .Banks of New York'
prevented a money panic by the loan ,
of -f 0,000,000.
1894 M. Casimir-Perler elected Presi
dent of France.... Dr. R. W. Bu
chanan, wife murderer, electrocuted'
at Sing Sing, N. Y.
1800 Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of
-Uncle Tom's Cabin," died. Born
June 14, 1812.
1898 Semi-centennial of Wisconsin ai
a State celebrated at Milwaukee...'
Battle of El Caney (Spaniah-Amer-ican
war) . . . .The Japanese c&blnet,.
under Premier Ito, resigned... '.Clif
ton House at Niagara Falls destroyed'
by fire.
1899 The Shamrock, challenger for the
America cup, launched on the
Thames. .. .Harvard victorious in.
three boat races with Yale .
1900 United States battleship Oregon,
grounded near Chefoo, China.
1904 Steamer Norge lost off the Scot
tish coast and 010 persons perished.
1905 John I). Rockefeller gave $1,000,
0(10 to the endowment fuud of Yale
university. .. .Serious riots in War
saw, Poland.
American Peace Proposal.
The Americnu delegation at The Hague
conference, headed by Gen. Horace Por
ter, has presented the proposition that
the bombardment of unfortified and un
defended towns or buildings be forbidden,
but that such places are liable to dum.iges
incidental to the destruction of military
or naval establishments, and are liable to
bombardment when they refuse reason
able requisitions for provisions and sup-'
plies. It is ulso proposed that the bom
bardment of unfortified towns for the
uou-payment of ransom be forbidden. The
Germans propose that hospital ships can
not be captured, not being considered as
warships, ami that private hospital ships
may enjoy the same privilege as those
authorized by governments, providing that
they assist the wounded without distinc
tion of nationality. The Itritish propose
an international court of appeals In re
gard to prizes captured at sea. France
proposes thut the powers may a .oint an
international commission of inquiry iu
case of disputes of an International char
acter, the investigation to be conducted
secretly, and the reporta to be made pub
lic only if both sides agree; the decis-
Ion, however, not to be maudutory.
fXotee of Current Kvat.
The Infant son of Walter Price died
neur flungum, O. T., aa a result of in
juries froui beiug caught under a disc
harrow.
The first bale of uew cotton to arrive
at New York was sold at auction lu
front of the Cotton Exchange. The price
was 4U cents per pound.
Mrs. Knob aud her 5-moiitks-old babe
were throwu from a buggy In a runaway
at Stillwater, O. aT., and the iufant'a
bead waa so badly crushed that death followed.