Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA; "COUNTY HERALD,
VOLUME XV
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, AUGUST 1), 1007..
NUMBER 50.
LATEST BY-TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OP THB NEWS OH
THB WHOLE WORLD.
NO TRUCE OFFERED
uoy. comku firm with south,
ern roar officals.
Solon Indicate Tlioy Will Give Gov-.
ertior Loyal Support If called In Ex
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tra Session Railroad Officials Un-
easy Over Indictments.
Vice President E. L. Russell, of the
Mobile and Ohio railroad, representing
President Finlcy, of the Southern rail
way, and Attorney Weatherley, of Bir
mingham, continued their conference
with Gov. Comer, of Alabama, Wed
nesday regarding the controversy be
tween the state of Alabama and the
Southern.
That It was not the Intention of the
officers of the Southern railway to de
fy the Alabama law la conveyed In
statements made by Vice President
Russell. He declares that the remov
r.l of the case from the Btate to the
fsderal court was In regular order of
business and that It was not so remov
oJ In time to come' under the provi
sions of the new law.
Hallway officials discussed the find
ing of an Indictment at Marlon, Ala.,
Tuesday with concern, fearing that It
may cause complications. The South
ern was indicted there for violating
the act in doing business without a
licensse. , -
Gov. Comer later gave out a state
ment In- which he says he Is standing
out for the 2 -cent fare bill, saying:
"Every time a ticket is sold for more
than 2i cents a mile the roads violate
the law and the person selling the
ticket covrrmia a misdemeanor. It Is
the duty of every court to so charge
the Jury and the duty of every solici
tor to make out a case. I have told
Col. Russell that with his reputation
for fairness I shall expect him to real
ize and concede that the railroads
must obey the laws the same as any
other person."
GEORGIA'S WIXE RILL.
Prohibition Governor Will :
Jamestown Account.
Pay
The large bill rendered to the state
of Georgia for champagne used on
Oeorgla day at the Jamestown expos!-
Hon Is stirring up the Georgia com
mission and Gov. Hoke Smith. Wine
i la politically most unpopular In Geor
gia Just now, and Gov. Hoke Smith
I has refused to pay the bill which was
sent by a New York wine firm.
I A curious feature of the matter Is
'that the members of the commission
will not admit any knowledge of the
;use of champagne. President Mltch
jeil says the wine was sent on approv
ol, to be paid for If It was found gqpd.
'As no one admits drinking the wine.
It could not have been approved, and
therefore it Is argued that the New
'York firm has no claim on the state.
. But Gov. Smith wants to know who
ordered the wine, and, above all, who
drank It. Not only has he disapproved
the wine bill, but he has refused to
pay a bill which the commission In
curred under the head of "entertain
ing," and he is curious about a bill
for cut flowers ordered by President
Mitchell. The governor wants to
know who got the flowers, but nobody
vlll tell.
FIND BIG LAND FRAUD.
California Swindle May Rival That In
Orogi.n.
O. R. Robinson, receiver In the Los
Angeles land office, Fa.d:
"Fraudulent and criminal entry on
more than 4,000 acres of Imperial val
ley land has been made. Gen. Pres
cott and myself made the discovery
some time ago and secret agents are
now collecting evidence which we be
lieve will uncover a land fraud equal
In importance to that In Oregon."
On file in the land office are four
teen affidavits charging fraud In desert
entries. Many similar affidavits will
be filed this week. It Is said.
BcverldRe is Married.
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uii'j cuoiin fliut'ii j. uevenoge, or :
Indiana, were married In Berlin Wed
nesduy. The civil rite took plaoe In i
the registrar's office at noon and the !
miKiuuH ceremony occurred half an
hour later at the American embassy
and was performed by Rev. Thomas G.
Hall, professor of the Union Theologl.
cal seminary.
Dreyfus' lawyer Decorated. .
Maltre Mornunri, one of the lawyer
who defended Dreyfus, has been deco
rated with the cross of the Legion of
Honor.
Sioux City Lite Stock Murket.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live tock market follow:
Butcher steers, $4.60 U 5.80. Top hot,
16.00.
Killed In Auto Wreck.
Two men were killed, one fatally In
jured and a fourth slightly Injured a
the result of an automobile accident
at Brookfield Corners, Wis., early
Wednesday,
A German Rail Disaster.
A passenger train was derailed
Tuesday night between Posen and
Thorn, Germany. Up to noon Wednes.
aay the bodies of twenty persons had
l)en recovered from the wreck. j
RAILROADS IN ALARM.
Threat
to
Alton Can hcs
Hush to
Cover.
f Conferences Indicating a combina
tion of Interests between the Standard
Oil corporation ami the railroad offi
cials to fight further government In
vestigation are In progress In Chica
go and New York. Chicago and Al
ton, Chicago, Purllngton and Qutncy
and Chicago and Eastern Illinois lines
Jointly named In the 4.391 indictments
returned by the federal grand Jury
are represented In the negotiation
Attorneys John 8. Miller and Morlti
Rosenthal, for the Standard Oil com
pany, have been Instructed to shorten
their vacations.
The attitude of Judge Land Is In de
clarlng the railroads equally culpabl
with the oil corporation In the rebating
offenses and calling a special grand
Jury have cadsed the hasty bandin
together of the different Interests.
Announcement was made from the
office of Attorney General Hadley at
Jefferson City, Mo., Tuesday that
meeting of the attorney generals
the Mississippi valley will be held 1
St. Louis next Monday for the purpose
of planning concerted action In the
prosecution of suits against many so
called trusts and railroad companies.
Committees will be appointed for th
purpose of selecting the meeting place
for a later general meeting of all th
attorney generals of all the states.
TRAIN rHJXGES IXTO RIVKR.
Forty Passengers Drown Near Anglers,
Franco.
Forty passengers In a third class
railroad car and the engineer of th
train were drowned Sunday afternoon
In a railroad accident three milet
southeast of Anglers, France.
The locomotive of a crowded local
train Jumped the track when entering
the bridge over the river Loire at Les
Ponte de Ce. The stone railings gav
way and the engine plunged Into the
river, fifty feet below, dragging down
with It Its tender and the baggage and
third class cars. Fourtunately no oth
er cars went Into the water, as the
coupling between the second and third
cars broke.
me third class car was well filled
with passengers, but although part of
the roof was blown oft by the con
fined air as It sank, not a single pas.
senger extricated himself, and all wer
drowned like rats in a trap.
MISS HARRIMAN TO WED.
I
ioung Man In Consular Service Wins
Magnate's Daughter.
Miss Mary Harrlman, the dashing
young daughter of E. H. Harrlman
has consented to wed William
Straight, American consul at Mukden
The engagement was announced Mon
day. The courtship of Miss Mary by
the Yankee consul at Mukden la ovet
a year old. They met during the
Harrlman tour of the orient and were
Introduced in Pekln by Miss Alice
Roosevelt. It Is said the young people
f,ell in love at first Bight. Consul
Straight Is 30 years old. He was grad
uated from Cornell eight years ago
and Immediately went to China in the
consular service. During the Russo
Japanese war he acted as war corre
epondent until he secured the post of
consul at Mukden.
WOMAN'S BODY IN TRUNK.
Horrible- Discovery Made by a Bog-
gageniaKtcr.
A trunk belonging to a man and
woman wh arrived at Marselles.
France, Tuesday from Monte Carlo at
tracted the attention of the baggage
master, who caused It to be opened
It was found to contain the body of a
woman cut to pieces. The man and
woman owning the trunk were arrest
ed.
The couple, who gave the names of
Mr. and Mrs. Gold, denied they had
commitetd a crime, and said they
knew the victim only slightly. While
the latter was at their home on Sun-
dy last the woman's lover arrived
mere ana Diew out her brains. The
Golds fearing they would be compro
mlsed tried to get rid of the corpse.
FAILS TO SAVE GIRL.
Young Couple Drown When Boot is
lapslml.
By the capsizing of a boat Miss Lu
cretla Evans and Emery McDougal
were drowned Monday night In Bear
Lake, a short distance southwest of
Chllltcothe, Mo. The man undoubted-
,,y COU,,J haye saVeJ hlmsefi
but he
tried desperately to save his compan
ion, and she. In her terror, seized him
in such manner that he was helpless,
and both sank together. When they
were found they were clasped In each
other's arms. Two others who were In
the boat saved themselves.
She Kills Two Children.
During a recurrence of Insanity,
which hus caused her to be thrice con
fined In an Insane hospital. Mrs. Chris,
tine Nenadal, of Baltimore, Md., aged
26, Monday morning strangled tq
death her two Infant children.
Oil Not to Re Advuneed.
Charles M. Pratt, secretary of the
Standard Oil company, said Monday
that the company has no Intention of
advancing the price of oil.
Johnston Elected Senator.
The Alabama legislature, In sepa
rate session Tuesday, elected Joseph
,F. Johnston, United States senator, to
succeed the late Senator Pettus for the
short and long terni. He w.ll hold
office until 1I1S.
Two Drowned In Lake.
By the capsizing of a boat Mini Lu-
i tcreiia r.vans ana fernery McDoughal,
' Chlllleothe, Mo., were drowned
iJionday night In Bear lake.
INTERSTATE LIVE STOCK FAIR.
Rig Time Promised nt Slot's City Sept.
7 to 1 1.
The Interstate Live - Stock Ffilr,
Which will be glvsti fit Vo.ullniul park,
Sioux City, la.. Sej t 7 to I I, Inclusive,
will be everything Its name Implies.
Live stock from a dozen states will bo
entered In competition for the grently
prlzed premiums o:' thi.i association.
Nowhere In the we t this year will
there be mora blooded stork gathered
together In one enclosure than within
the boundaries of Woodland. More
fine cattle will be rn exhibition thnn
ever before at the fair, while In the
horse department, also, there will be a
larger number of animals. The ex
hibit of Percherors will be especlnl'y
large. The swlno Turds will come from
the best farms In the Missouri valley.
Every farmer who believes In ad
vanced methods In conducting his bus
iness, owes It to himself, his sons, and
his family In general, to go to the In
terstate Fair and Inspect this stock
and listen to the owners explain their
Improved methods.
On the amusement sldo the fair thl
year will bo better than ever. Of
course, the race nnturnlly come first,
and it can be sold truthfully that if
there were nothing else on the
grounds, the races alone would bo i,t
sufficient merit' to attract enormous
crowds. Great strings of horses frn;n
as far east as the crnnd circuit will bo
on hand to mingle with thn! kings ol
the turf, Dan Patch and Cro.iceus.
Then there will be Horace Wild and
his airship. How many people In thl
part of the country ever saw an air
ship? Not many. Wild is one of In
most daring and succesfful aeronauts
of the day and his nights will be one
of the chief attraction of the fair.
The free vaudeville attraction wll!
conta'ln acts entirely new, onA of
which Is said to be the most expensive
offered to western fair managers.
The night attraction will be thr
120,000 Biblical spectacle, "The Sleg
of Jericho." . , '
During tho week of the fnlr the
Catholics of northwestern Iowa wll!
hold a semi-centennial Jubilee celebra
tion in Sioux City.
MOTHERS IN TERROR.
New York's Reln of Crime Rrlny
Punic.
One of the most brutal rece-.u
crimes against women and chlldrer
Monday charged agalnttt Lucia Fontza
who was locked up at New Brighton
S. I., accused of assaulting Antoinette
Talucl, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Pasquale Talucl. of. New
Brighton. '
Fontza and Talucl are both laborert
employed at the King plaster nrHh? lu;
New Brighton, and Fontza boarded
with Talucl. Fontza was left with the
little child In the afternoon while Mr.
Talucl went shopping. The mother
had not gone far from th? house when
the child's screams brought her back.
When he saw Mrs. Talucl Fontza
rushed from the house, Mrs. Talucl
following him. Her cries brought out
the neighbors, and soon a mob was
following the fleeing Italian down the
street. The nurauers soon nvortnnl.-
the man and he was knocked to the
ground and kicked by men and women
until a policeman appeared and with
club and revolver fought oiT the
crowd.
The child, on the orders of a mag
istrate, was examined by a physician,
who reported that it was seriously In
jured. Fontza was held in $5,000 ball
on a charge of criminal assault.
Angollne Condarti, a 6-year-old
child, was found terribly bruised In a
thicket near the village of Llnoleum-
ville, Staten Island, Monday afternoon.
She had been attacked by an unknown
man.
Attempt to Wreck n Train.
It was learned Monday that an at
tempt was made to wreck the New
York-Chicago limited express on the
Pennsylvania railroad Just outside of
Allegheny. Slice bars had been nailed
to the tie and rested on each' rail, but
the enormous weight of the engine
drawing the train prevented Its derail,
ment
Girl Tied to Tree.
Anna Kiel, 27 years old. daughter
of a prominent farmer living near
Wadsworth. O., was attacked by an
unknown man, and after being terri
bly bruised and cut was tied to a tr-e.
wnere sne was found seveial hour
later.
Silk Workers' Strike Spreads.
Representatives of silk mills in
Lackawanna and Luzerne counties.
Pa., has refused a shorter work dav
o silk workers. More than 5,000 per.
sons are now on strike.
WESTERN LEA CUE BASEBALL,
Schedule of Gameta to II Played at
Sioux City la.
Follow!. l, Is a schedule of the West-
srn League games to be played at
Sioux City In th Immediate future:
Poeblo Aug. 14. 15,' 16. 17
Denver August 18, 19, 20, 21
Omaha... August 22, 23, 24, 25
Liuoln September 6. V 8
FallU-rtu' AsMillant Insane.
Leon Maille, the naval reservist who
fired two revolver shots at President
Fallleres on the streets of Paris re-
cenelty, was Monday decided to be In
sane and sent to an actum.
Cholera In Ruusla.
It was officially announced Monday
that the provinces of Astrakhan, Sar-
ov, Simbirsk, Ufa, Kazan and Nizhni-
Novgorod are threatened with an out
break of cholera.
Nebraska !
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State News ii
TO SEND FRIEND TO F.IROP1
Lincoln Hanker Is Too Busy to Mnko
the Trip.
"If I was an rich as Tom Auld
would go to Europe and take all n:y
friends.
So clicked tho typewriter of A. L.
Blxby, poet and paragrapher of the
State Journal, the other diiy. He w
filling out the two-thirds of a column
of daily drift. The Auld pargraph
was necessary to fill out the dally
stunt. So he wrote It.
wimam t. auui. alluded to as
"Tom," Is president of the City Na
tlonal bank of Lfncoln, and a former
Iowa man. He read the paragraph
and his eyes glistened with the "don't
take a dare" look.
Blxby sauntered Into the bank tha
next day. He had a chock to cash,
Auld tackled the poet. "Get your
trunk packed," he said; "I haven't got
time to go to Europe. Just saunter
over for a few months. Stop at the
best places. Take In the past tenses
and the has beens and the wuzsers,
Send the bills to me."
Blxby looked at the man behind tho
president's desk.
"Stop your klddln'," he said. "Don'f
taunt me because I am poor."
The president countered with an
order on the bank s cash box. It au
thorized Blx to draw until he caused
a few spinal shivers on the continent.
This document was deposited with
Cashier Dunn.
Dr. A. L. Blxby w(ll start for Europe
on Sept. 1.
' W. T. Auld was born In Knoxvllle,
la., where he Is well known. He came
to Nebraska In 1885. He started
number of banks, all of which he
owns. He was In the banking, grain.
farming and stock raising business nt
Guide Rock and Red Cloud. Now ho
Is .Interested In a number of ranches
and banks. He founded the City Na
tlonal bank of Lincoln in 1899.
ATTACK THE RIG CREAMERIES.
vairymcn or iNcuraska Are Given n
Hearing by. Board.
Special rates to the centralized
Sreamerles of Sioux City, Minneapolis
and St. Paul have reduced the number
of creameries In the northwest from
165 to 145.
So declared Prof. H. Wheden, of
the South Dukota agricultural college
at Brookings, the hearing of the state
dairy men before the state railway
commission at Lincoln. He asserted
that the scheme of low rates for short
hauls stimulated the local creameries,
while the special rates for long hauls
killed them off.
The dairymen tit Nebraska are nrc
tBWIirg against an Increase -fn freight
and express rates on cream. The rall-
wuy commission granted a special
hearing, which began Wednesday and
may last for several days. The dairy
men called Wheden as an expert wit
ness.
v. u. iioaru, editor or Hoard .
Dairyman, telegraphed the railway
commission from Fort Atkinson, Wis.,
Indorsing the proposed Increase In
rates. Ho declared the railways were
standing for the best future interest.
of the dairymen and the state at large
by urging the adoption of a new
schedule.
- Automobile Blew Up.
Edward Gregg, of Nebraska City,
who recently purchased a runabaut
automobile, wus badly burned by a
gasoline explosion. On entering the
garage he asked some of the men to
put some gasoline in the tank. Mr.
Gregg was Insprcting the machine
when there was a doud explosion, the
flames leaping at least 100 feet Into
the air. Mr. Gregg was burned about
the face and arm.
Moving Poeture Theater to Be Built.
F. O. Keens has Just let a contract
to Crossley for the Immediate con
struction of a fireproof building that
will be used for a moving picture the
ater at Kearney. The building hus al
ready been leased to a syndicate thttt
operates similar enterprises in other
cities.
Lightning Slakes Gb.iss.
During an electrical storm a few
days ago lightning struck the home of
Clyde McCoy, five miles south of
AInsworth, and on examination the
grass was found to be burned and the
lightning had struck into the ground,
melting the sand and forming it Into
a frail glass tube which Mr McCoy
iug 6ut. It reached down five feet.
Chautauquu Not I'itiaricliil Sihm-cks.
Grand Island's first entertainment
In the Chautauqua line "im closed
Sunday with a lecture In the afternoon
on "Characters We All Have Met," a
sacred concert by the Royal Mule
quartette and a secular concert by the
same quartette and a lecture on "The
Philosophy of the Beautiful," by ,T.
Lorenzo Zwlc-key.
I'roHises to simke for Oli:e:.
L. K. Alder, one of the Republican
-candidates for Judge. In the Fifteenth
Judicial district, jias submitted th"
proposition to tho other candidates In
the east end of the district that they
meet Aug. 6 at AInsworth and draw
lots to eliminate two candidates of the
Ive, th others agreeing to withdraw.
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Heat I'rtihtrutCN Four .Men.
Four men were prostrated by hent
at Lincoln Tuesday afternoon, one of
whom may die. The mercury reached
15- degrees at 2 o'clock.
Big Potato Crop.
William Ebel, a furmer residing
near Dakota City, claims the distinc
tion of realizing more from one acre
of potatoes than anyone heretofore
reported. From the first acre of pota
toes dug by Mr. ICbel the fore part of
July be sold potatoes to the amount o,
tl25.
Water Work for Heaver City.
The special election at Beaver Cllv
to vote bonds for, water works resulted
In an overwhelming inaporlty In favor
of the proposition.
PRISONER WAS ONLY SHAMMING,
Grand islnutl T.-rltt-r Brings Hint Out
of Ills Trsnee.
Jailer Henry Mehh-rt. of Grand Isl
and, has believed for some tlmo tha
W. J. i'oan, the self-confessed mur
derer of Frank Hermann, bas recently
been shnnnnln; Insanity.- Some week
ago, shortiy nttor relatives visited him
and ho was arraigned on the charg
of murder In tho first degree, he sud
denly went Into a sort of spasm, from
which he did not emerge for two days,
The physicians at first thoimht he had
taken some sort of opiate poison and
pumped the stomach, from which th(
sould get nothing Indicating what wai
the matter. His sudden recovery witi
another mystifying feature. But lit
tie more wus thouoht of it until Sun
day, when, a suddenly, Sloan ha
another "attack." Ho appeared to
have, without any previous Indica
tions, .gone Into another Joint stupor
and convulsion. The county physician
ordered him placed In a room by him
self and no treatment was given. Il
wus to be left there, and watch
from time to time, for a day.
Jailer Mehlert became so convinced
that his prisoner was shamming thai
he resolved upon a somewhat heroic
method of treatment. He remarked
that he would hang Sloan now and
save trouble. Sloan did not respond
until the Jailer actually produced the
rope and then Sloan suddenly cam
out of his trance.
FARMER KILLED WITH IIAMMEL
NelKhhr-r, Who I hid Quarreled with
Hi", Arrested for Crime,
A murder occurred four mile north
of Buda some time between noon and
6 o clock Sunday afternoon, when Au
Rustus Rowe, a bachelor living alone
on a farm that he used to own, was
killed by hammer blows on the back
of the head by a neighbor. As far at
known there were no eye witnesses to
tho tragedy, but the facts as learned
are that a neighbor, Ludvig Koreek
living aoout thirty rods from tha
Kowe farm, had a quarrel with Rqj
and was with him up to the time of
finding the body. Sheriff Sammondu
arrested Korcck and brought him to
Kearney and placed him In Jail.
The dead man was 76 years of ago
and had lived there since 1870. He
was of a quiet disposition and consid
ered a good neighbor. He was unmar
riea ana was a veteran of the civil
war, In which he served five years as a
civil engineer.
The man suspected of the murder
Is Ludvig Korcek. a Bohemian, who
located In tho same neighborhood In
1877, and was at one time engagsd
In tho grocery business In Kearney,
oui returned to tha farm about seven
years ago.
GRIEF FOR SALOON jMAN.
Dakota City Dealer Fined for Soil In?
on Mimniy.
August Moeller, of Dakota City,
pleaded guilty to the charge of 'selling
liquor on Sunday and paid a fine of
$100 and costs. Ho had been arrested
on the crmTpintnt of iVed Hugltart,
lormeriy a tmrtender. Moeller has
encountered considerable trouble since
he opened up his liquor establishment.
anu u is understood that he contem
plates removing from Dakota Citv
At Homer, also, the saloonman is
having his Bhare of grief. William
Odell recently was granted a license
by the town board. The action met
with the disapproval of mnnv msl.
uunis anu mey have taken the matter
Into court. The board is to be made to
expiam under a court order why It
snouia not have refused to Issue th
license.
"Sweetest Girl In Anierlea."
Miss Carrie L. Shaw, of Atlnntie v
a iiict-c ur ivirs. a. forlstn . ni
Steele City, end a former Steelo City
B"-, who some nine ago won the first
prize in a beauty contest In ih m.i
nun rei-enuy neon declared the "Sweet
-i. him in Amor-tea" Dy a committee of
newspaper men who were Conducting
a. iiu.iiuimi ueuuiy contest.
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1 'uriners Not Present.
Former Senator Lavertv. nt
land, came to Lincoln to the hearing
on the application to the railway com-
iiunnuiii ior nigncr rates on cream.
urn. nn ne round no one present who
milked the cows or engnned In uirrlrni.
tural pursuits, Mr. La vert y sought the
cool air outside and wondered what II
was an aoout.
Foot CriisluHl hy Cars.
Shortly before noon Mondnv n inn.
ny me name of Rldlon. aged 4, at
tempted to cross over the trocks to the
nurinigion uepot at Kranuv. hut .
freight train was standing In the way
He attempted to climb over the bump
ers and while doing so the truln h.iek.
ed up anil his foot was caught, caus
ing severe nosh wound.
Prourani for Anniversary,
The committee liavhnr in clinrirn h
golden anniversary eel.l.rHti..,, ,
Beatrice met and appointed commit.
tees. There will bo four
r j m4 nil
elcbratlon In the last week In Kr.n.
lember.
Thief Gets Forty-Five Dollurs.
Gus Lang, of the Farnam dlnina
hall. 1813 Furnum street, Omaha was
robbed of $45 .y a sneak thief, who
entered his room and took the money
from his trunk.
Sujs Truck Is Unsafe.
A. I'urpl.'i, ecieturv of rhn Vn.
H,
ionr.l Truck Layers' a.w-lation. nlod
i protest with the.state railwnv ,.m.
mlsslon against the condition of tho
Missouri Pacific roadbed In Nebraska.
. S rl us.y Hint In Kunuway.
While out driving In the company of
a young woman near Wood Luke Will
Shcpard. of Valentine, and deputy
sheriff, received serious Injuries in a
runaway accident.
May Send lloehe to V Asylum.
Herman Poche, slayer of Frank
Jarmer. at Norfolk, may be transfer
red from the Madison County Jail u
the statu Insane hospital for conven
ient keeping if the state board of pub.
lie lands and Ifulldlngs so decrees.
Twenty Thousand Dollar DeaJ.
Deed was recorded wlth the regis
ter of deed of Douglas county convey,
ing from William K. Carey, of Anita,
la., to William Malone the west sev
enty feet of lots I and I, block 88
South Omaha.
BAD AS EARTHQUAKE
RAN FRANCISCO'9 INTERNAL
STRIFE RENOS CITY.
The Itlvnlry of Sprr- xel nfld Cal
honn l!n Divided the Town Into
Two Cpmp and for Mnuths the
lint lie tins Itnue.l.
Sun FraQrlftco correKporidenre :
Time nlone will reveal the full truth
of the extraordinary Intrigue nnd war
fare, class feud and jiersonnl vendetta,
that Involve the graft Investigation In
8nn Francisco nnd that Inive tilled tills
elty'a eui of bitterness and strlfe-rd
more disastrous visitation,' Indeed, tli.m
that of enrtliiniake nnd fire.
Sun Francisco, the fairest und great
est of ellJes on the Pad tie const, In
comparably favored by natural advan
tage with Illimitable resources behind
her, ami the trade of the Orient facing
lier, destined to be one of the Rrentcst
IKirts In the world, hits lieen vexed nnd
torn more by Internal strife and dis
order than hy the calamity which start-
id nt 5:15 o'clock Wednesday morning,
April IS, liwtl, slinking her foundations,
nnd by tlie consequent fires devastating
four square miles and destroying five
Hundred millions worth of property,
In San Francis today the thrht la
not merely the old one of. capital
against lalwr, although that Is still be
ing wagiil fiercely nnd without quarter,
lint tho omiosliig forces, of two captains
of Industry, two of the heaviest capl
talistH In California, ore drawn In a
struggle1 to the death. For some months
the lines of battle have been clearly
drawn, nnd while, outside of San Fran
cisco, ptilflU attention has lieen con
centrated uyon the dethronement of
Eugene Schmltz, thrice mayor of Sua
Francisco, nnd tiro surrender of hid
1-artner nnd maiilpufcitor, Aire Iteuf,
here the feud lictwecn Patrick Calhoun,
president of the Fnlted Railroads, nnd
Rudolph Spreckels, the largest iroierty
bolder lu San Francisco, ban been niost
closely watched. .
- Patrick Calhoun, who Is a grandson
of John C. Calhoun, nnd Is a man of
great ability, Impressive force, i.id who
has built up a great fortune, controls
street rallrondg In Pittsburg, as well ui
lu San Francisco. Five years no, the
United Itnllronds, 1fl which Mr. CnJ
'Boun is the lienvlest ntx-k holder, ub
jorlrod most of the street railroads In
Stwi Francisco, nnd set about vast Im
provements of the system. Shortly be
fore the disaster of AjrrH, WOrt, the
United Railroads commerced the elee
Itrlclzatlon of Its system, . After .a long
and embittered eiHttrovona In which
Ciilboiiii nnd Sprockets first Joined is
8U3, .Mr. f'ulhoiiD decided ou adopting
the overhead trolley system. Sprocket
and his colleagues, of whom the chief
was ex-Mayor James D. Phetnn, had
Insisted that the !'nlted Railroads
adopt tho underground conduit system.
riie Merchants' Association employed
Will lam Rd relay Parsons, of
York, whose conclusion was positive
that the best way of meeting the trans-
IMirtutlon problems of San Frundseo
was to convert the cable roads Into tho
overload trolley. His-report was vig
orously assailed by tho Spreckels group
of theorists, who, disappointed in their
obstructive tactics, organized the Mu
nicipal Street Railway. Company, with
f H,(MM).(KJ0 of capital stock. Iueonior-
atlou papers were tiled the day before
the great disaster arid the war was
on.
The earthquake nnd tho Are occa-
sloned the temporary postiioueiiieut of
the Spreekt'ls-l'heluu street railroad
plans, but Immediately afterward they
were found concentrating their efforts
on attacking and heckling tiie United
Railroads and its president. Rudolph
Spreckels curried his opposition so far
that In tho famous Committee of Fifty,
which took charge of the city's affairs
after the lire, he objected to the United
Railroads resuming car service, advanc
ing the fanciful View that the operation
of the cars might cause further confla
gration. Despite the dire need of the
suffering people, the service was
stopistl for several days, and the gen
eral manager of the United Railroads
was threatened with arrest. The Uni
ted Railroads agreed to carry the eo.
pie free of charge. This periuhodou
was finally granted, but again Mr.
Spreckels Intervened, clalmlug that the
free transiMirtatioii caused such over
crowding of the cars that business men,
willing enough to pay their fares, could
not find accommodation.
Thus the tight progressed, until final
ly .there came the graft Investigation,
lu the course of which Spreckels man
aged to have Cullioiin Indicted on the
charge of liiililu.olllclals with J(M),(mhi.
Calhoun and tils colleagues proclaim
their Innocence of tin; charge of hriU'ry
and express their willingness to meet
their enemies. At present their cases
are la-Ing delayed by other trials. The
iwople of San Francisco are now fairly
divided Into two camps comprising the
adherents of Sprockets und the forces
of Calhoun. The battle will lie at Its
height Just before the November elec
tion.
Bis; Stork of Gold.
Itetirinir director of the mint (lenrara
K. Roberts give it as Ids conclusion that
the s mount of gold cola and bullion
uovr in the United States Treasury and
fhv banks arid In circulation amounts to
fUtU.M.VIKO.
Heaall ef French Eleetlosm.
Reports of the recent French elections
for membership in the general council
Indicate a decided Ions' on 'be part of
Proarennlves and Reactionaries, with a
corresponding gain for the lisyubiietrt
ud Socialists,
BANK THEFT EPIDEMIC.
It Has Led to an Kaplonnae Which'
Distresses Flnnnelnt Kinptoycs.
Tho recent bank defalcations which cul
minated in the sensational robbery of tho
Windsor Trust Company In New York by
Its model teller, Runyan, hnve resulted
In bringing into public notice tho fact,
already known to men versed In the waj
of Wall street, that thefts by employes of
the great . fiduciary Institutions of tint
city hnve become so common as to be of
serious concern to the controlling Inter
ests of these ins'itntions.
Despfte the most elaborate precantiona
taken by bank oflicinls to check the raids,
upon the funds entrusted to their care. '
the record of embezzlements committed
since last February shows that in that
period there hnve been 100 per cent more
defalcations in New York than in tlie
preceding six months. .
Several of the large banking institu
tions which have heretofore exacted bond
only from those of their employes to
whose care targe amounts of cash were
Intrusted have within the last few month
required from every clerk s guarantee of
his honesty. In the case of a clerk who
does not handle funds a bond of about
$5,000 is now required, and the amount is
incrensrd in accordance with the respon
sibility. The surety conipnnies, for their iiwm
particular reasons, are co-operating wit Is
tho banks anil other institutions which
have called uimn them to make good losses
from theft. So strict a watch do thi-y
keep upon the men for whom they have)
given bond tlmt scores of detectives nr
being emplo.4i to scrutlnlzo their most
casual actions.
Rank clerks in New York City are be
ing watched as they have never been be
fore. They are being followed front-
their places of employment to their home:
and from their homes to places of amuse
ment. From information furnished by one of
the detective bureaus, reporters have as
certained that stealing has become so- '
common In the financial district that prac
tically every man handling funds is n-iw
under surveillance. And the chief rensort:
for this suspicion is said to be the knowl
edge that men in such positions nr-
tempted here 'more than in any other
American city to speculate In stocks..
The alumni advisory board of Yale
University has recommended a moderate-
advance of the tuition charge in thoso'
deportments where excuse have heou
considerably increased. At the same tl:iio
the board has urged the adoption of a.
uniform system of loans to students,
payable at reasonable periods after their
graduation. The trustees of AVlllIarns college have- '
announced that President Henry Hopkins,
of the liitutIon hus tendered his resig-
ntulon, to take effect In June, llsiS. lVof..
Harry A. Garfield, son of the late Presl-
dent James A. Unrfieid, a Williams alum
nus and at present occupying the chnir
of politics at I'rincetnu anivtrsity, h:i
been chosen to succed President IIo;i
kins.
The Experiment Station Record an
nounces that the Massachusetts Colle
has established a deorttuent of agricul
tural education, its work to include both
instruction and research. Normal course
will be offered to prospective teachers,
and studie will be made of problems con
fronting agricultural teaching In colleges:
and schools of various grades, and of ag
ricultural extension, with a view to intro
ducing agriculture Into the elementary
schools, establishing agricultural high.
schools, and correlating aud unifying the-
agricultural instruction giren lu t lie-
State. The work will be in close co-op-
erstlon with existing educational sgen-
ies, especially the State Industrial Com
mission.
The declaration of principles made by
the recent scnrl-centennm! convention of
tho National Kducatlonnl Association at
IO Angeles indorses the growing in-?-sistence
uporf the sireclal preparation of
teachers; favors ttie advance in salaries
to "a living wage" ; approves the spread
of rural high schools : says r.tat cotnmer-
ial and trade schools should be added'.
wherever possible; urses fr evening:
schools and the use of buildings and.
grounds "for the relief of the poor of the
crowded districts in the summer" ; asks.
lie harmonising of child tabor and tru-
ncy laws; regrets "the revival of the-
idea that the common s-bool is a place
for teaching nothing but reading, spell
ing, writing and ciphering." and d Vare
that the object is "to tench children how
to live righteously and Imp:uiy, and that
to accomplish this object it Is essential
that every school inculcate the love of
truth, justice, purity and beauty through ,
the study also of bio-r.udiy. history..
ethics, natural history, music, drav.i-.ig.
ml the manual arts. It also expre-'jew
the belief that Interaction! gnmes slio.ild
be played for sportsmnn-iliip and not
merely for victory. It C Mirmends the tv:--
tides of cities and towns to replant-
large school committees or boards with
small boards, which d termine generil
policies, hut intrust all executive fune-
tions to salaried experts.
It also n -
proves in a qualified way the efforts if'
the simplified spelling board; urset h-
all for greater facilities for the hi.hei-
education of women, especially in tho
houtli and West; advises the abolition of
secret societies and fraternities in all sec
ondary and elenientiysy schools; approve
no merit sv-Hteui of nroinotins teseW;
ml filling vacancies; presses the need
of better facilities for the practical prep-
rution oi tencners; indorses The Untrue-
conference and peace associations, and re
flects somewhat vaguely upon the sulrit
of trades unionism among teachers.
The School Hoard of Pittsburr. Pac
has decided to install a system of baths
In one of its public school buildings. Tiii
will be for the use of the school chil
dren during the dny, while the mothers
will be permitted to bring children after
school hours. This is practically W
first bathing plant established la th
'ittsburg schools, for while one other no.
Instituted some years ago, it was for the
use of kindergarten pupils aaly.
Sydney Talbot. Auierkaa In T-nnri.
put Osier theory to shame by living audy
working until in) years or age.
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