DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
.State trig. 5.
VOLUME
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, NOVEMI,Klt22, 1007.
NUMP.EU 13.
LATEST CY TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OP THB NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
BROWN OWNED BOYS
ADMITTKI) PATKUNITY OF MRS
IJRADLEVS TWO SON'S.
Stacks o the Irnicr Senator's Hunt
ing Kplstlcs to Mrs. Hrtullcy Head
for tlie ratification of tlic Jury
Sir Rrndlcy l"inlshoi Testimony.
The story of former United States
Senator Brown's acknowledgment of
the paternity of the two youngest of
Mrs. Bradley's children was told
Thursday In Judge Stafford's court by
other lips than hers.
"I acknowledge Arthur Brown and
Martin Montgomery Drown as my
children by Annie M. Bradley."
Such was Mr. Brown's own method
of expressing himself on the subject
nnd the legend was Inscribed on a
soiled and blotted piece - of writing
paper. It was dated on Feb, 10, 1905,
nnd was brought to light by Col. Mau
rice H. Kalghn, an attorney of Salt
Lake 9lty- the present receiver In the
United States land office In that city
and a friend of Senator Brown of thir
ty years' standing. Col. Kalghn was
on the witness stand for about an
hour during the ufternoon session of
the Bradley trial and testified that
Mrs. Bradley brought the telltale slip
of paper to his office Just after she
received it from Brown with the Ink
not dry, how she fairly danced Into
his room and how she beamed with
joy as she held the paper aloft and
told him that now all would be well.
Col. Kalghn related many Interest
ing facts concerning his association
with both Senator Brown and Mrs.
Bradley, and upon the whole made
by far the best witness for the little
woman that has yet taken the stand,
herself excepted, lie told In simple
out forcible language of many dra
matic interviews with Mrs. Bradley
and closed with the expression of
opinion that she had become a mono
maniac on the subject of her relation
ship to the ex-senator. He said he
believed her mind to have been unbal
anced. "i hated to do It," he said, after he
left the stand, "for Senator Brown was
one of my most intimate friends, but
one cannot trifle with one's s con
science."
NOTES W EItE NOT PAID.
Evidence Tending to Show Falsa En
tries In Wulsh Hank.
That twenty of tho memorandum
notes discounted by the Chicago Na
tional bank, representing the sum of
$1,840,000, remained unpaid when the
bank suspended in December, 1905,
nnd that many of the notes declared
by the defense to have been paid at
maturity were not paid, but simply
renewed, were facts brought out
Thursday in the trial of John R.
Walsh, charged with misappropriation
of the bank's funds. On the redirect
examination of Bank Examiner Moxey
the Identified entries in the books of
the bank which was pursued in the
direct examination was carried out..
The witness Identified entries showing
discounting of the notes. Te then turn
ed' to an account showing discounted
notes presented to show that the obli
gations were met when due. Anoth
er register, however, indicated that or.
the precise day payments were maue
new notes for the same amounts were
made. The collateral book also was
used to show that the security for the
new notes were the same as for the
old ones. Evidence was also intro
duced to show that the notes wer.
drawn in the various names as previ
ously indicated by bank employes at
the direction of Mr. Walsh.
Can Mills U Close Ten Pays..
The entire plant of the Blgelow Car
pet compai.y In Lowell, Mass., as well
as at Clinton, closed down Friday
night for ten days. The striking
weavers of the mill are still out, al
though all the other departments
are working as usual. The shutdown
affects 2,300 hands.
Explorer Wcllman Returns.
Waited Wellman, the arctic explor
er, who is returning from his first at
tempt to reach the pole by balloon,
arrived In New York Thursday on the
steamer Majestic. He will visit his
family In Philadelphia and then go to
Chicago.
Outlaws Oil Trust.
Chancellor Stout at Nashville, Tenn.,
rendered a decision revoking the li
cense of the Standard Oil company
to do business in Tennessee. Illegal
discrimination was allged against th3
company. The defendant will appeal.
Sioux City IJve Stock Market, '
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $5.00. Top hogs, $4.65.
Woman Breaks Both Logs.
Sulrer's Harlem bank in New York
Was destroyed by fire Thursday; loss.
$300,000. Mrs. Lena Leister Jumped
from the third story Into a blanket,
breaking both legs.
Five Children Perish.
Five children were cremated and
their parents and two other children
seriously burned when the home of
Thomas Zuver, near Pleasantvllle,
Pa., was destroyed Thursday,
MD IXm ALAHAM.V
rrohjftlUon Rill Is Pushed by thfl
Senate.
Unprecedented scene were enacted
1: .ve senate chamber of the hlstorlcnt
capitol of Alabama Tuesday when tho
statutory prohibition hill was pnssr-l
by a vote or Si to 2. Women and
children thronped tho corridor nnd
Callory and even usurped the sanctity
of the floor Itself, pushing the f-ena-tors
from their feats and giving vent
to their enthusiasm by shouts and
cheers that echoed and re-echoed
through the building. Senators who
opposed the bl'.l were hlpcd down
when they urose to speak against the
measure.
The statutory prohibition bill which
was passed Tuesday was In tho nature
of a compromise between the antls
and the prohibitionists. The antls,
seeing the handwriting 'on tho wall,
agreed to give up the fight providing
the time was extended to Jan. 1, 1909.
when the saloon was to be forbidden
In the state of Alabama. This amend
ment was sent to the houee and will
be concurred In without a fight
Gov. Comer will approve the bill
and it Is understod that a movement
has already been started by the state
to make the slgninrj of the bill a Tery
formal affair.
When two carloads of Mobile worn
en went to Montgomery to lobby
against the house prohibition bill on
which the senate voted thoy found
that delegations from Montgomery,
Selma and Birmingham, who favor
that measure, had filled the senate
galleries until not a seat was left. It
was a plan to crowd them out and it
sueeded. Little children stood In
thij lobbies and pinned ribbons on ev
ery bne who came In. The scene was
one of the most spectacular In the
history of the state. When the Mo
bile women arrived they found that
they had to stay outside In the already
overcrowded lobbies. .Children were
kept out of school Tuesday to work
against whisky.
DUKIj WITH LUNATIC.
Voting Lady at Denver Has Exciting
Experience.
Though small of stature and sllsht
f build, Miss Fannin Domino, young
cousin of Moses M. Maynard. a farm
er leasing the largo Middaugh ranch
In West Denver, Colo., attacked a lu
natlc who enered her house and
fought a pistol duel with him in the
dark cellar of the building.
She discharged one shot at the de
mented man, who promptly returned
the fire. Fortunately his aim was
bad and the bullet passed by the
young woman's head, burying itself
In the wall.
Womanlike, Miss Domina fainted
when she saw the flash from tho luna
tic's pistol. For more than an hour
sho lay unconscious in the cellar until
Maynard, her cousin, found her.
The lunatic had made his escape.
Evidently he had thought that he had
killed the woman when he saw her
fall.
For more than a month Maynard
and his family have lived in constant
terror of the man with whom Domina
fought the duel.
CLEAIt THINKERS BALLED VP.
Straw lint Prophet Sues and Member
Rebel at Woodpile "Gymnasium."
Dissension threatens to rend asunder
the communistic colony and "school
of clear thinking" that has FnrV.e.- H.
Sercombo for Its chief upltfter, at 139
Fifty-sixth street, Chicago.
J Half a dozen of tho disciples struck
J j "0 ' ' " .7 " v . w in Ml in
peanut, bean and stale bread diet, with
long hours In the gymnasium, which
they said is nothing more or ness than
woodpile In the back yard.
The rebellion reached its height
when Charles L. Brewer, who wears
his hair like a prophet and goes about
with a Btraw hat and no overcoat in
winter, started suit against the school
for $400.
KILLS HERSELF, SPAR.' '.,
Chosen by Terrorist Hand to Assas
sinate Emperor, Takes Poison,
A well dressed woman was found
dying at St. Petersburg Tuesday in the
station of the Tsarkoe-Selo railroad.
She confessed to having been selected
to execute an Important terroristic
act, but her courage failed her and
Bhe took poison.
Emperor Nicholas left for Tsarkoe
Selo Nov. 9. What Is believed to have
been a carefully laid plot to assassin
ate him was frustrated by the discov
ered six men trying to cut the wire
semaphore signal at Llgove station, at
the junction of the railroads to Peter
hof and Tsarkoe-Selo.
Gave $10,000 In Tips.
Before leaving Windsor castle for
Hlghcllffe castle Kaiser Wilhelm, it
Is said, left no less a sum than $10,000
to be divided as tips among the serv
ants at the castle. On his previous
trip to Windsor in 1S91 the Imperial
tlp was $2,500.
No Lafayette Statue.
Fearful lest the environment of In
dependence hall might In time resem
ble a grave yard. Mayor Reyburn. of
Philadelphia, refuses to sign an ordi
nance for the erection of a statue of
Lafayette on the pavement in front of
the "Cradle of Liberty."
Steals Horse, Muggy and Jewels.
Frank Reed, aged 19, of South Bend,
Ind., stole a horse and buggy valued at
$150, pawned his sister's jewels, val
ued at $100, and sturted for Chicago
Ha was captured ami is now in Jan.
New Ju Gunbout.
The Japanese dispatch boat Todo
was launched at Kobe Tuesday. It Is
280 fet long, with a beam of 32 feet.
Jler englnss art of $,500 horse tiownr.
NO VLAN TO KILL.
'Mrs. Bradley penle Shooting Way
Premeditated.
, That Mrs. Bradley did not como to
.Washington with any Intention of kill
ing former Senator Arthur M. Brown,
of Utah, and that she did not even re
member shooting him, she told the
Jury in her trial Wednesday. Tho
statement was not reached until tho
afternoon session of tho court, the
first half of the day being given large
ly to the Identification of letters from
,Mr. Brown to Mrs. Bradley and from
her to him, very few of which were
read.
The real tragedy formed the subject
jof the afternoon sitting. At that time
,Judge Powers brought out the full
statement In his examination in chief.
This consumed only a few "minutes
and as soon as he concluded District
Attorney Baker entered upon his
cross examination. He devoted com
paratively little attention to the shoot
ing itself, but going back to the early
days of the relationship between Sena
tor Brown and Mrs. Bradley, sought
to show by reading letters and ques
tioning the witness that she had de
liberately undertaken to break up Sen
ator Brown's homo and that she was
at enmity with Mrs. Brown as early a.
1901. He also brought out the fact
that Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Brown had
originally been strong friends and that
this friendship even extended beyond
the birth of Mrs. Bradley's first child
by Brown.
Mrs. Bradley was, upon the whole,
more composed Wednesday than tho
day before. There were times when
she burst into tears and sank into
sighs and sobs, but these were less
frequent than on Tuesday. Her voice
was, however, at all times Indistinct
and faltering and she was heard with
the greatest difficulty.
COUNT ILL; WIFE FORGIVES HIM.
Woman Who Sought Divorce, Nurses
Her Husband.
With a divorce suit in its prelimi
nary stages against .' her titled and
expensive French husband, tho Amer
ican countess, Louis de Gontaut-131-'
ron, who was Miss Rartha Lelshman,
of Pittsburg, daughter of John O. A.
Leishman, American ambassador at
Constantinople, has dropped all ani
mosities and returned to the side of
her suffering husband to nurso him
through his grievous illness.
The further ministering of the coun
tes sis to be conducted at Biarritz,
Where formerly the count, as master
of the hounds, and the countess, as
leader of a dashing set. In apparent
entire agreement, set a pace of life
that caused all the. world to stare.
And the interferenceif the father-in-law,
who not only objected to the
drain on his fortune, but finally stop
ped the source of Income, disturbed
as riotously Joyous an existence as
could be imagined.
When the pair were married ' in
June, 1904, tho count, who Is a cousin
of Boni de Castellane, was distinguish
ed for his noblo blood and his lmpe
cunlosity. The pair became estranged
after Leishman cut off his son-in-law's
income. Then the count fell ill at
Neullly. He was operated on flva
times, and his wife hurried to his side,
ENDS DIVORCE Sl'IT.
Wife Forgives Husband and Gives
Dinner to Celebrate.
Mabel Seaver, of Chicago, declared
last September that she did not love
her husband, Vernon C. Seaver, vice
commodore of the Chicago Yacht
club, and that she had lived for sev
eral years with the gnawing secret
that he had divided his affections.
At that time she began suit for di
vorce, naming Miss Ethel Bearley, a
pretty cashier in Seaver's employ as
co-respondent.
Now, without explanation, the suit
is withdrawn. Wednesday night tho
lights burned merrily at the Seaver
home, and a merry "reconciliation
dinner party" welcomed the husband
as he came back to take his place in
the family circle.
"We are just having a few friends
here to celebrate our reconciliation,"
said Mrs. Seaver. "Vernon has prom
ised to quit all that brought about our
divorce suit."
Seaver didn't like the dinner prop
osition, but could hardly object so
soon after reconciliation. He suggest
ed to his wife that It would be better
they enjoy their happiness all by
themselves. She Insisted though, and
he yielded.
Wishes to S-o Gladys Vaiulerbllt.
The pope of Rome has written Arch
bishop Farley expressing a desire to
receive Miss Gladys Vanderbllt and
Count Szchenyl before they are mar
ried. It Is stated In Vatican circles
the pope is sanguine of receiving Miss
Vanderbllt into the church of Rome.
Ohio Saloon Tax Valkl.
The Ohio state supreme court Tues
day upheld the Aiken law, imposing a
tax of $1.00 on saloons. AH the acts
of the last session of the legislature
whose validity was questioned by the
Illness of Gov. Paulson are lncinedtal
ly upheld by the decision.
Four Years for Lincoln.
Levi C. Lincoln, president of the
Woonsocket, R. I., Electric Light and
Power company, who had confessed to
embeztlement of $47,500, has been
sentenced to four years' imprison
ment. Kate! by a Panther.
While on her way to visit a neighbor
In a wild region ten miles west of Co
lumbia, La,, Mrs. Annne Valentine,
wiin ui a iurmer, wus auiea ana eaten
by a panther.
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'PHONE R.VIK WAR TO STOP.
Position nf Rn'lroad Commission 1:4
Likely to Prevent It.
Their request for shorter hours dar
ing which nifht telephone services
should be In effect has been denied the
Nebraska nnd Independent telephone
companies by the rr.tlroad commis
sion. The commlMsl'in, however, was
agreeable to a i-equo-.t that where a
call Is put in during the day end nn
swereJ dtfvlng the niBM, a day rate
may be chnrped.
The telephone companies in sev
eral cities have at times applied for
permission to make a rcdurtinn In
charge of 'from IS ti 5 eonV which
was plainly to shut out competition.
The board holds that such applications
must bo accompanied with statements
that the proposed changes will be
compensatory, for the purpose of us
ing the came for a basis of arriving
nt general charge. The telephone
companies will not Jump at this op
portunity, it Is thought, and the po
sition of the board will shut out rate
slashing.
The independent companies have
notified tho comml.-iMion that their
lines In Iowa and Kansas have abolish
ed night rates and have changed tho
maximum tlmo for the ordinary con
versation from five to three minutes.
They say this will probably disturb
Interstate rates. No request for abol
ishing night rntes was made but the
companies fay If on trial, the present
condition proves troublesome, later
they will ask for the privilege of do
ing away with nbjht rates entirely.
DREAM COMICS Tit UK.
.Vmbula.net Appears as Mother Dreams
Her Son is Killed.
Mrs. Emma Mapes, living at 1501
.? street, Lincoln, dreamed Sunday
night that one of her sons had been
killed. She says that she clearly saw
him fall from the top of a building,
strike the ground and noted the blood
spurting. A few hours Inter, when
the ambulance drew up before her
house with the unconscious body of
her youngest son. Charles, she was
not surprised, but rather pleased to
know that he was not dead.
The dream, however, was not exact
in Its details. Instead nf I i li.,:; Injured
by a fall from a building, tho youth
had been partly nRphyxialed in a
closet In the building of the Nebraska
Telephone company, where he had
been working the night before. One
theory is that he accidentally turned
the gas on, and the other la that he
wns drugged.
The psychologists' itT' the state uni
versity say that tho fact that the
dream did not come true Is fairly good
proof that It wns a mere conlncldenco.
DECIDES DRAINAGE FIGHT.
Supreme Court Rules on Dakota
County Case.
The Nebraska supreme court at
Lincoln granted an alternative writ
of mandamus directing tho county
commissioners of Dakota county to
spend $34,700 hi draining 15.000 acres
of land. The controversy has been In
the courts for several years.
The foregoing dispatch refers to tho
drainage of Elk creek, which run?
along the bluffs from Jackson and
empties into the Missouri river. Few
actions at law lit the history of Dako
ta county have been more bitterly
fought. The matter has been In the
courts since 1905, and it is probable
that the decision of the supremo court
will not end the matter. According to
the plans of those favoring tho drain
age of the creek the ditch was to bo
constructed from the creek to a point
on the Missouri river northeast of
Jackson, tho length of the ditch to be
something like two and a half miles.
Court at West Point.
The regular fall term of the district
court for Cuming county will convene
for a Jury term at West Point on Nov.
"5, with Judge Guy T. Graves, of
Pender, on the bench. There are a
number of grave criminal charges t
be dealt with, most of the cases be
ing offenses against women and chlld
dren. The criminal cases number
seven and the civil thirty-five.
Comes From Ireland to Wed.
Miss Lizzie Stuart came a quar
ter the distance around the world to
many Rev. Henry Illndmarch. of In
man. Fho came from Sllgo, Ireland,
whence her husband preceded her u
year ago. He is a .Methodist minister
at Inman.
Condemned Murderer Appeals.
Harrison Clarke, condemned to b
hanged In the penltentlury Dec. 13,
for a murder committed In Omuhu,
has lost faith in the efforts of his at
torneys and ahs taken the case direct
to the governor himself, and hopes t i
secure a reprieve or clemency.
Train Jumps the Truck.
No. 14, the North I'lutte local, Jump
ed the track at the semaphore west
of Fremont. The rear wheels of the
tender and the baggage car left the
track. Tho wrecker was on hand us
soon as possible and the track wus
cleared in ubout six hours.
Cull to Ncliruskuns.
Sheldon, in his Thanksgiving proc
lamation, dcclated that prosperity in
Nebraska had been unpurnllelcd.
Crops, Industries and rural expan
sion, he declared, culled for pubic
gratitude and thanksgiving.
Mitrs Henry lit Lincoln.
Col Watterson, of Kentucky, deliver
ed a lecture at tho Wcsleyan university
recently, and a lurge number vent
from Llncoun to hear him. Mr. Wat
terson reuched Lincoln in tho after
noon and Immediately went to his
room at the Llndeli hotel, where be
remuined during most of tho clay.
Reform at West Point.
The city council of West Point pass
ed an ordinance prohibiting (-pitting
in public plutes or on the sldewoiks.
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dbiid
YOC.Mi WOM:t A SVU'IDU
No Cnus.' N Given for Taking llet
Life.
Mt. Ornco Kruse, wife of Rudolph
Kruno, of the firm of Knee Brothers,
committed suicide nt 3 o'clock In tho
tnnrnlnir nt Sidney by shooting her
self with a revolver while laboring
under tctnpomty aberration of mind.'
Decwsed wns born twenty-seven years
no nnd was n graduate of tho Sidney
hlKh school, a woman of lovable dispo
sition, and wns worried six yesrs. She
had a baby 5 months old, who was
sloping (alongside of her when she
arose, went to the bureau drawer,
t'lok the r.un and shot herself. Her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Moore, are among the oldest residents
if Sidney. Coroner Bassett impan
eled a Jury nt 9 o'clock and after lla
tenlng to the testimony tho Jury, of
which Joseph Oborfcldcr was fore
n :ii, returned a verdict In accordance
with the facts Ftatod. Iler married life
has always been n happy one nnd no
cause can be assigned for tho deed, ex
cepting recently the hud been very
melancholy from Ions of rdeep and on
Saturday a local doctor gave her a
ucdnllve to quiet hor nerves.
QUAUAN'TINE PITT IN FORCE.
Governor Sheldon Takes Steps for In
S;soct;e.n of Stock.
Stock sent from western Nebraska
to eastern Nebraska markets must bo
subjected to the same regulations as
"tock In transit on Interstate business.
New regulations Just decided upon by
Gov. Sheldon will go Into effect on
Deqember 1. The quarantine Is what
has bepn demanded by live Btock In
terests for some tlmo as a preven
tative against the spread of scabies
and other diseases of cattle. Gov
ernor Sheldon has. not Issued the for
mal order of quarantine but ho has
decided that stock shipments In tho
state from western Nebraska shall be
subjected to the same regulations as
tho government Impost's on stock
shirped between rtatos. The govern
ment I.iFpoetor will be made deputy
state Inrpcetor nnd will operate with
tho state officers. The movement Is
of utmost importance to cattle in
terests MAIL MAN KILLED ON TItACK
Former Rural Delivery Carrier at
Seward Struck by Truin.
Schuyler Clark, 50 years of ago, for
merly a rural free delivery mall ear
lier, was1 killed almost instantly at
Seward at 11:15 Saturday morning by
Burlington passenger train No. 33.
He was driving the wagon he used to
drive when a mall man, and as he at
tempted to cross the track on his way
to his farm about two miles out of
town tho incoming train struck his
wnjrnn, sending it high in the air with
fatal results to the driver. Tho horses,
strangely, escaped any Injury what
ever, while the vehicle was totally de
molished. Clark was carried to the
depot, where he breathed a few times
alid expired. Tho Burlington surgeon
was summoned, but could do nothing.
Clark leaves a wife and several adult
children.
OMAHA 1't'RE MILK CRUSADE.
Thirteen Restaurant Men Arraigned
In Police Court.
Thirteen restaurant keepers charged
with selling milk containing less than
3 per cent butterfat were on trial
most of Tuesday In police court at
Omaha. Eleven of the defendants tes
tified they did not sell tho milk from
which the state food Inspector had
taken the samples, merely giving it
free with a lunch. The other two de
fendants were defended by a creamery
company from which they bought all
of their creamery products. In these
cases the chief contention Is over the
validity of tho guarantee given by the
creamery company. Both sides argued
that the pure food law was loosely
drawn.
Builds lllg Dam.
After the Buttle Creek roller mill'
dam went out lust summer repeated
attempts were made to put In anoth
er one, but each attempt was a fail
ure. The owners then decided to put
in a cement dam, which has just
been finlsnod. It is twenty feet from
top to bottom, sixty feet long ant)
has two wlng3 at each end.
Nebraska Editors Organize.
The Northeastern Nebraska Press
association was organized at Emerson
recently. J. E. Ott, of the Lyons Sun,
wus chosen president; C. E. Jones, of
the Ponca Journal, vice president; H.
E. Cobb, of the Emerson Enterprise,
secrctaiy and ,tcu surer.
Die nt the Age of 03.
Frederick C. Ruehl, a well know cit
izen of West Point, who Is believed to
have been the oldest man In Cuming
county, passed away at tho home of
hiii daughter. Tho deceased was over
93 yeaij of age and hud retired a
family of ten children.
li Struck by n Train.
Fred M oiler, u carpenter of West
Point, wns htruck l y a westbound
tuck trelii unci badly Injured. His
Injuries are not neccuuii'y fatal, but
will nocesdtnto his being laid up for
some months, nnd rnuy result In hi
biing permanently crippled.
Breaks World Record.
After hitting 13.000 Hying blocks
without a miss Capt. A. II. liurdy, at
Lincoln. Mopped ills rille shooting
demonstration. A Judge hail to leave
and this stepped the nhoot, Ilurdy
rtiiving for a 110,000 record. Tho
world's ricoid was formerly held by
Topperweln, of frsn Antonio, Tex.,'
who secured K.St'i.
Six Incite of Know In Nebraska.
lix inches of mow fell at Sidney
and over western Nebraska recently.
8150,000,000 CURE
FOB MONEY ILLS,
President Approves Sa!e of Canal
Dcnds and Government Notes
to Swell Currency.
CALL TOR XIE3 13 ISSUED.
mall Denominations Adopted So
General Public Can 3uy Finan
ciers Eager for Entiro Lot
President Roosevelt lir: ""-u bold
measures to end tho fiiiai. . -Ingen-cy
from which t!i country T.i suffering.
lie liU directed Secretary of the
Treasury Cortclyou to Issue $.'0,000,000
worth of I'minnm ennui bonds, bearing
Interest nt tho rate of 2 per cent per
annum, and f 100.000,000 of 3 per cent
interest bearing government notes.
Of this Itnincnso mini $50,000,000 Is
to be deposited In the noutli nnd west
to facilitate the moving of the crops.
So far ns the resources nnd the de
mand for tho products of the country
nre concerned, there has never been the
slightest doubt thnt they nre ns great,
If not greater, than they ever have
been. Hut there has not been sufficient
currency to meet the situation.
Frou all sections hnve come calls for
etirrercy, nnd these beentne so Insist
ent tl.nt the President concluded thnt
It wfs desirable for him to take fur
ther notion.
Following the cabinet meeting on Fri
day, ho discussed the situntlon with
Secretnrles Root nnd Cortelyou nnd
Postmaster General Meyer.
Mr. Cortelyou had Just returned frotn
Now Tork, where ho had received np
penls from bnnkers In thnt city. Fri
day night nnother conference occurred.
Two councils were held Saturday, nnd
the flnnl conference took place nt C
o'clock Sunday evening, when the Presi
dent npproved the circulars prepared by
the Treasury Department enlllnu for
bids for the bonds nnd certificates.
President's Seal of Approval.
The plan adopted wns submitted by
Secretnry Cortelyou nnd wns npproved
by tho President In the following let
ter :
The White House, Washington, D. C
My Dear Mr. Cortelyou: I havo consid
ered your proposal. I approve the issue
of the $.-.0,0(M,X)0 of I'annmn bonds,
which will M Immediately available as the
bnsis for additional currency. I also ap
prove the issue of f 100,0(10,(100, or so
much ns you nsiy find necessary, of $50
3 per cent tnterest bearing government
notes, tho pioceeds of the sale of which
can he nt once deposited by you where
tho greatest need exists, nnd especially
in the West and South, where the crops
havo to be moved.
I have assurance that the leaders of
Congress nre ronsidring a currency bill
which will meet Id permanent fashion tho
needs of the situation, and which I he
liove will he passed nt nn early date nfter
Congress convenes, two weeks hence.
Country's I'rnaperltr I'neqnaled.
What is most needed just nt present Is
that our citizens should realise how fun
damentally sound business conditions ju
this country are, nnd how absurd It Is to
permit themelvej to get Into a panic and
create a stringency by hoarding their snv
InRs Instead of trusting perfectly sound
banks.
There is no particle of risk Involved In
letting business take its nntural course,
and tho peoplo can help themselves and
tho country most by putting bnck into ac
tive circulation the money they are hoard
ing. The banks nnd trust companies are
solvent. There Is more currency In the
country to-dny than there was a month
bro. when tha supply was ample; $r.V
000,000 In gold has been Imported and
the government hus deposited another
$w,ooMxw.
Those are facts; nnd I appeal to the
public to co-operate with us in restotlus
noruiul business conditions. The govern
ment will see that the people do not suf
fer if only the people themselves will act
In a normal way. Crops are gopd and
business conditions are sound; and we
should put the money wt have Into circu
lation in order to meet the needs of our
abounding prosperity.
No Analogy with '03 Conditions.
There !s no analogy at all with the way
things were in IKiKi. On Nor. SO of that
yoar there was in the treasury but $101,
0O0,(XJ0 In gold. On Nov. 14 of this year
there was Id the treasury $'.RM,OUO,000 of
gold. Ten ypars ago the circulation per
capita was lll.'-'ll. It la now $a;i.'.'3. The
steps that you now tuke, the ability of
the govprnmeat to bnck them up, and the
fart that not a paktlcle of risk is involved
hernia gives the fullest guarantees of the
sound condition of our people and the
sound eoudition of our treasury.
All that our people hnve to do now Is
to go ahead ftith their normal business
in a normal fashion, and the whole d.tll
culty disappears; und this end will be
achieved at once if each man will act as
lie iiormnlly does act, and as the real
conditions of the country's business fully
warraut bis now acting.
Til KOI KJUt: ROOSEVELT.
The Hon. (Jeorge H. Cortelyou, Hoere
tary of the treasury.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
Fifty anarchists were arrested at Rome
when a celebration in memory of the Chi
cago anarchists, executed in 18vS7, was
attempted.
The Standard Oil Company at Pitts
burg announced that Humerset crude oil
is now quoted nt $1, a cut of 10 cents
having been made.
At Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Charlotte
Phillips was freed from tha charge of
killing her liusbund, a wealthy coal op
erator, who was found diad iu his horns
Scut. 2.
FEATURES OP NEW
GOVEHNlflENT I0AK1.
Panama Canal Bonds.
Total Issue $.-0,000,fj
Dated Aug. 1, 100(1, and to run
yonrs.
Redeemable sftor ten years from date..
Principal and Interest at 2 per cent, . V
payablo In cold coin.
lVnominatinas, $20, $100 nnd $1,000 In.
coupon bonds, nnd $20, $100, $1,000 and.
$10,000 In registered bonds. ,
All citizens are given equal opportu
nity to subscribe.
Hidden olTerinc highest prices will be
given the first allotment.
When two or more bidders offer the
same price those askin? the smaller
amounts will receive preference.
All bids must be submitted on or bo
fore Nov. SO, 11)07.
Certificates of Indebtedness. ,
Total issue $100,000,000-
Dcnomination, $50, with interest at 3
por cent.'
Payable on nnd after Nov. 20, 1908.
Subscriptions will bo received by the
Soeretary of the Treasury, or through the
I'nited States Treasurer or assistant
treasurers.
Subscribers to whom allotments ars
made should pay Into the nearest sub
treasury on or before Doc. 1, 1907, tho
face value of the certificates taken witb
accrued Interest from Nov. 20.
CONSERVE NATURE'S WEALTH
President to Confer with Governor
' of States and Congressmen.
President Roosevelt has Invited th
Governors of nil the States and Terri
tories to tticet him at tko White House
on May I.'?, 14 nnd 15 next, to discuss
the question of menus to conserve the .
natural resources of the country. In
vitations also nre to be extended to
tho members of both houses of Con
gress ttnd to the Inland Waterways. .
Commission. The Importance and man
ner In w hich the subject Is to be con
sidered nre Indicated In the President's
letter to the Governors. , The letter
says :
Recently I declared there is no other
question now before the nation of equal
gravity with th3 question of the conserva
tion of our natural resources and I added
that it la the plain duty of those of ns
who, for the moment, nre responsible t
tnke Inventory of the natural resources
which hive boon handed down to us, to
forecast the need of tho future and so
handle the great sources of our prosperity
ns not to destroy In advance all hope of
the prosperity of our descendants.
It is evident the abundant natural re
sources on which the welfare of this na
tion rests ore becoming depleted, and, in
not a few cases, are almost exhausted,
litis is true of all portions of the United
States; it Is especially rue of the longer
settled communities of the east.
Tho gravity of tho situation must, I be
lieve, appeal with special force to ths
Governors of the States, because of their
close relations to the people and the re
sismsihility for the, welfare of their com
munities. I hnve, therefore, decided, in
accordance with tls sitsjcostion of the in- .
Governors of tho States and territories to
meet mo at the White House on May 13,
14 and 13 to confer with the President
nnd with each other upon the conserva
tion of nnturnl resources.
It gives mo great pleasure to Invite you
to take part in this conference. I should
he glad to havo you select three citizens
to accompany you and to attend the con
ference as your assistants or advisers. I
shall also invito the Senators and Repre
sentatives of the Sixtieth Congress to be
present nt the sessions so far as their du
ties will permit.
TREES FOR CHRISTMAS.
Small Army of 'Workmen Already
Cutting In Maine Woods.
The' work of cutting Christmas tree
In Maine for the rest of the country
hus begun. Nearly 4,000,000 trees are
In demand nnuunlly, nud in that State
the Christmas tree trade bns become nu
Industry of the first Importance. Work- i
men hnve just begun to go Into the
woods to cut them. Throughout Knox,
Lincoln nnd Sugaduhoc uut!os, as
well ns nil counties In the northern V " '
section of tho titute, the work of Be- .
lectlug und cutting begun this week.
There Is an nrt in raising Christ
mas trees. One of the principal fea
tures Is to have them grow evenly, for, .
a crooked Christmas tree cannot be
given nwny. Therefore 'they must be
packed reuchlug up, yet far enough
apart not to bo dwurfed, and this Is
the secret of ruising tho Christinas
tree. A Chrlsttnns tree tukes five yeurs
to grow. .The woodsumn who ralscn
them can count upon going over the
same strip of laud ouco every five
yeurs.
LI al t front Corn Cobs.
It is reported that a Cleveland chemist
liai perfected a method of securing illu
minating gas from corn cobs, stalks and
straw. The process is very similar to .
that ouislojed la manufacturing gas from
coal. Trie heating power of this gasis
said to he much greater than that of coal
gas, and it is believed that eventually it
can be manufactured witb such economy
as to permit of its being sold at 00 cents
per 1,000 feet. Thirty per cent of the
original weight of the material remains
after the gas Is extracted, and this can
be used to feed the boilors. The scion
title name ot the new product is "gram
ineous" gas, or in common parlance it is
cciu gas.
Balloon Factory for St. Lonla.
The American Airship and Hallocn
Corporation of New York has decided
to purchase ground for s concourse and
factory in or near St. Louis. Ths aero
drome will btfSO feet high and 200 leer
long by 30tJ let wide. This will eua'.de
tho company to Inflate the balloons under
cover. The company claims to have
eoutract from the government for an sir
ship similar to that in which Reachey
won the dirigible race la the recent Bt
Louis ooutest.