DAKOTA. - COUNTY HERALD.
DAKOTA CITY, NCR, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1908.
Human 52
VOLUME XVI
State Historical S
WORLD'S DAILY NEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND
CONCISELY STATED.
FORT JOLTS RESORT
jersey governor "reads mox
ACT' TO A1 LAN1IC CITY.
Grniul Jurors Refuse Absolutely to
Bring Indictments for Violation if
Liquor Laws Action of Gov. Fort
Creates Sensation m l'umous Resort.
The action of Gov. Fort In threaten
ing to send troops Into Atlantic City
N. J., to j.if'jrce .lie state laws unless
the people of Atlantic City observe the
law caused sensation among the res
idents and cummer visitors.
Another nennitton was sprung at
Mays Landing, the county seat of AU
lantlc county, when the grand Jury
absolutely refused to obey the Instruc
tions of the court to return Indict
ments against excise violators. Su
preme Court Justice Trenchord, who
had been requested by Gov. Fort to
Bit with the county Judge, was so In
censed at the action of the grand Jury
that he Instantly discharged It with a
severe reprimand.
The governor's proclamation was
net wholly unexpected, as there had
been rumored for days that ho would
resort to the calling out of the mllllla
If necessary to enforce the excise laws.
Assistant Attorney General Gosgill.
who Is assisting County Prosecutor
Golden burg In the excise cases, says
the governor can call out the troops,
although It is an unusual proceeding.
The governor's power to declare mar
tial law, he says, 'cannot be ques
tioned. Sheriff Johnson, of Atlantic county;
.Mayor Stoy, of Atlantic City, and
County Prosecutor GoIUenburg refuse
to discus the situation.
Last Sunday the cafes, with but a
few exceptions, continued business as
usual.
When' the grand Jury came Into
court Justice Trenchord addressed It
as follows:
"I understand that all cases have
been presented to you. I have sent
for you In order that the clerk may
take tho Indictments."
When asked by the clerk if the
Jury has any Indictments to present
Joseph W. Salus, tho foreman of the
Jury, said that It had not considered
all the cases presented.
Justice Trencord then said that the
court would sit until a verdict wa
reached in the excise cases.
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AUGUSTA FLOOD RECEDING.
Georgia Town Suffer Loss of Xearly
$1,000,000.
Flood water at Augusta, Ga., began
receding Thursday. They reached the
height of forty feet, probably as high
as the flood of 1SSS.
Rain has ceased In the upper val
ley and there Is no danger of fur
ther losses. The loss approximates
$750,000 to 11,000,000 and consists of
damage to stocks of goods and Drl
vate property, destruction of the wa
gon and railroad bridges across the
Savannah river and breaks In the ca
nal banks. There are dependent on
the canal for power eight large and
several small cotton mills.
While the flood was at Its height
five fires broke out. The McDanlel
builders material establishment lr
North Augusta burned. '
Michigan Hank Fails.
The Athens State and Savings bank
at Athens, Mich., closed its doom
Thursday afternoon. State Banking
Commissioner Zimmerman stated that
a deliberate plan to deceive the state
banking department had been adopted
by the Athens bank since the exam
lnation, which took place March lo.
1908.
Attorney Convicted.
C. W. Trlckett, special assistant at
torney general of Kansas, aprolnte
to enforce the prohibitory liquor lav
In Wyandotte county, was found guilty
In Kansas City, Kan., of using his of
fice to obtain $250 from Wayne and
Frank Hurlburt.
I Fined Five Millions.
The civil court of first Instance at
Csjt-is, Venezuela, has handed down
al ftment declaring the French Ca
blJmpany guilty of complicity tn
the Maoi revolution against Presi
dent Castro and condemning it to pay
$5,000,000 damages.
"Middies" Finish Cruise.
The five ships of the midshipmen's
summer cruising squadron, of which
the cruiser Olympla Is the flagship,
returned to Annapolis. Md.. Thursday
and the annual summer practice
cruise of the middles, which began
early in June, came to an end.
Sioux City Live Stock Market
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $8.76. Top hogs. $(.50.
"Growler" Go Home Empty.
Eight hundred barrels of beer, val
aed at $8,000, were emptied into I
ewer at Oklahoma City Thursday
in
the presence of State Dispensary
Agent Robert E. Lozier and Internal
Revenue Collector Charles lioward
Congo State Annexation. .
The Belgian senate has begun Its
consideration of the treaty providln
for the annexation of the Congo Indc
pendent state to Belgiuoi. t
GOV. HUGHES "STUNG.1
IIoTOPmcn at County Fair Vent Rage
at Executive
For an hour, and a half Wednesday
afternoon the openly expressed hos
tility of the owners ot, trotting horses
taking part In the events at the Sara
toga county fair at F.allston, N. Y.,
toward Gov. Charles E. Hughes held
up the racing program at the fair
grounds there. Gov. Hughes was a
visitor at the fair and addressed a big
gathering, which gave him a hearty
reception and an attentive hearing.
The - governor's presence on the
grounds, however, was resented by
horse owners, who have taken excep
tion to the governor's efforts to sup
press betting on the race tracks of the
state. As a consequence they refused
to start their horses while the govern
or was on tho grounds.
The '"strike" of the horsemen cre
ated an unprecedented scene'' and
caused the management of the fair
marked embarrassment. When the
condition became known a sensation
was created among the thousands of
spectators on the grounds and . con
siderable pressure was put on the trot
ting men to change their attitude and
run olt the races as scheduled. In
this the fair officials took the lead,
urging their cases strongly upon the
recalcitrant owners and pointing out
the awkwardness of the situation
caused by the balk In the program.
Their efforts were fruitless, however,
the owners remaining obdurate and
for an hour and a half refusing to
budge from their position. They open
ly declared that Gov. Hughes had an
tagonlzed their Interests and that
they proposed to retaliate by refusing
to take their horses out on the track
while he was present.
Those In charge of the fair threat
ened to have the owners disqualified
for their refusal to come to time when
the races were called, but even this
had no effect in altering their attitude,
and the races were held up during the
entire period of the executive's visit
to the fair.
Gov. Hughes was scheduled to leave
there on-the 4 o'clock train, and short
ly before that time he left the fair
grounds enclosure. Immediately on
hl3 departure the racing proceeded.
The lateness of the start caused the
continuance of the trotting until dark
MIXE HORROR IV SOUTHWEST.
Twenty-Five Men Entombed in Okla
. Iioma. 1 '
One of the worst mine disasters in
the history of the southwest occurred
at Hallyevllle, Okla., Wednesday, when
between twenty-five and thirty miners
were entombed In the Hailey-Oklaho-
ma coal mine No. 1 as the result of a
fierce fire which, it is believed, shut off
all means of escape.
It is impossible for rescuers to enter
the mine on account of the Are and it
Is believed the entombed miners will
lie burned to death. AH the miners
are foreigners. A number of miners
working near the opening managed to
escape.
The fire is said to have started from
e barrel of oil catching fire and ex
ploding. The burning oil was thrown
in all directions. The Are spread with
such rapidity that the miners in the
lower tiers were unable to escape.
The mine is ore of the biggest min
ing properties in the state.
Soon after the fate of the entombed
men became generally known crowds
of wildly excited women and children,
relatives of the unfortunate men, ap
peared at the mouth of the Bhaft.
Their grief was pitiable.
REVOLTING CANNIBALISM.
Starving Russian Devours Bodies of
Brother's Wife and Children.
Details are given In Yakutsk, Rus-
sia, newspapers of a revolting case of
cannibalism among a nomadic tribe of
Lamuts, living on the River Kerkodin
in extreme northwestern Siberia. One
of the nomads, driven desperate by
hunger, devoured the bodies of his
brother's wife and four children. A
party of hunters who came upon the
deserted encampment found the ' re
mains of the bodies and reported the
case. There was no vestige of food on
the premises. The brother's body was
not found, and It Is not known wheth
he was eaten or wandered away and
perished in the snow.
PERSIAN REBELS BUSY.
Reports at Teheran Indicate Revolt Is
Spreading.
A dispatch from Teheran says
Alarming reports have been received
at the Bageshah palace regarding the
outbreak of a popular Insurrection n
the provinces of liars, Larlstan and
Kerman. One of the local governors
has been assassinated.
The failure of the shah to subdue
the constitutionalists of Tabriz is hav
ing a bad effect on the people general
ly. The advent of anarchy throughou
the countiy4s regarded as imminent
Strike May Bo Settled.
A rumor from an authoritative
source says the Canadian Pacific offi
cials are getting tired of the shop
men's strike and that negotiations
were started Thursday with the view
of ending It.
Murder Mystery Unsolved.
The Inquest over the remains of
MaJ. Gen. Luard'a wife, who was as.
asalnated near Seven Oaks, Eng., on
Monday, has been opened, but the evi
dence thus far has not helped to un
ravel the mystery surrounding the
murder.
Robber Secure $2,200.
The State bank of Geneseo, N. D.
was robbed Wednesday night of $2,200
by robbers, who made their escape.
BIG UHOKF.KS GO TO WALL
Suonslon Announced on the New
York Exchange.
A. O. Prown & Co.. or.e of the larg
est brokerage house in New York, an
nounced their suspension on the stock
exchange Tuesday afternoon. The
ronractlon of the firm In the remark
able stock market last Saturday had
been under investigation by tho au
thorities of tho stock exchange and
Tuesday It was announced tho trans
actions had been made for the firm's
account under a rule which provides
that where a firm Is, unable to deliver
stock sold to another broker the pur
chaser may buy in the stock at the ex
pense of the firm falling to mako the
Hellvery.
At the height of the boom market
several years ago Prown & Co. did on
enormous business, said to have been
arger than any other brokerage house
at the time. There ore five branch of
fices In New York City and many oth
ers throughout the country. ' The firm
was organized In 1002. Tho members
are A. O. Brown, G. Lee Stout, E. F.
Buchanan. Samuel C. Brown and W.
Rhea Whitman.
A representative of the firm said:
'The affairs of he firm are badly tan
gled and It was felt necessary to sus
pend In order to straighten them out."
D. W. Noel has been named as as
signee. No statement of assets or lia
bilities is yet available, but it Is pre
sumed the figures are very large.
The effect of the suspension upon
the stqpk market was not so violent as
anticipated by those who know how
large ine amount ot siockh ine nrown
& Co. owed to other firms. The vol
ume of trading Increased rapidly, but
prices vacillated and there wns no gen
eral movement In cither direction. At
2 o'clock the market was quiet.
Tho transaction of A. O. Brown &
Co. covered nearly "5 per cent of the
trading In the sensational week-end
session Of the stock exchange, and it
was stated officially by n member of
the firm that delivery had been made
on only 277.000 of the more than 700.-
000 shares handled. How ninny of lh
outstanding shares represent tho deal
ings of customers, and how many wero
carried on the firm's account It wa
Impossible to learn.
FLAYS CHURCH AS HE DIES.
Minister Kills Himself In a New York
Hotel.
Ill, half blind, criticising the church
on the score of untruthfulness and in-
slncerelty, and declaring that ho could
not worship America's trinity, "suc
cess,' pleasure and gold," Uev. Albert IT
Trick killed himself In a room In the
Mills hotel. New York, Tuesday. Ho
was once a pastor of a Presbyterian
church In Chicago and later had a
charge at Saratoga, N. Y. The former
pastor left a letter to Charles N
Down, of New York, which In part folr
lows:
"I have never been ahle to conquer
an Inborn contempt for tho place
money has In this world, though
knowing so w-ell how absolutely a fair
amount of It at least Is necessary to
all of us. I could never adapt myself
to methods by which It Is made. They
are so transparently selfish and more
or less unscrupulous whether used by
the church or the so-called world.
"I could never worship America's
trinity snccess, pleasure and gold.
"I rejoice In the better day dawning
when society With its superstitions
and errors, like all the ocher religions
of men, shall have passed away, and
religion Itself free and simple, religion
that has a passion for truth. Justice,
love and liberty, purity and humanity,
shall prevail."
LAND LOTTERY DATE FIXED.
Rosebud Tract to' Bo Opened on Oc
tober 5.
The president has Issued a proclama
tlon for the opening for settlement of
the surplus lands (800,00 acres) of the
Rosebud Indian reservation In South
Dakota.
The lands will be selected by lot
iery process and the drawing will take
place at Dallas, S. P., on Oct. 19 next,
The minimum price was fixed at $6 gji
acre and the homestead laws are made
applicable to all entries.
The registration will begin on. Oct
5 at Dallas, Chamberlain, Gregory or
Presho, S. D., or O'Neill or Valentine,
Neb.
Chafiii to Can Siieeclies, Too.
It was announced at the national
prohibition quarters In Chicago that
speeches of Mr. Chafin, national can
didate for president, and of Aaron 8
Watklns, the vice presldenlal nomi
nee, would be recorded In a phono
graph for reproduction.
Menaced by Forest Fires.
ForcBt fires burned Tuesday night
in the neighborhood of Klmberly
Man., says a Cranbrook dispatch. The
towns of Klmberly and Southerland
are still threatened. Another serious
Are Is burning a mile from Moyie and
a fourth fire near Ryan. A vast
amount of valuable timber has been
destroyed.
Bridge AVaslied Away.
A dispatch from Samden, 8. C, tells
of the washing away of the Wateree
bridge at that place and the probabU
loss of two lives.
Slayer Starves to jcath.
Clayton W. Williams, a negro, who
murdered Mrs. L. B. Briggs, of Chi
cago, recently, beating her over the
head with a chair, died of starvation
and exhaustion In the county Jail at
Chicago Tuesday.
Cuught Under a Wheel.
Seven workmen were killed and fif
teen more or less Injured at Chelsea,
Mass., by the collapse of o brick. w"
which was being erected.
NEBRASKA
STATE NEWS
BELLEVUE MAN LANDS IN PEN.
Arrested, Pleads Guilty and Sentenced
In One Day.
George Ringer, of Brllevue, was ar
rested, pleaded guilty and was sen
tenced to seven years In the peniten
tiary ail In one day at Tekamah. The
charge was burglary.
Sheriff Phlpps. of rvrt, and Mencke,
of Washington county, succeeded tn
arresting George Ringer, of I'ellevue,
who was wilMng to plead guilty to a
number of thefts In that vicinity. Dr.
Gregg, of Decatur, notified Sheriff
Phlpps Sunday morning that someone
had stolen a harness from his barn
the night before, and that he suspect
ed a man who was traveling In a cov
ered wagon. Tho sheriff had seen the
wagon go through thcr a few hours
before and at once notified the sher
iff nt ninlt trt Itfipn a shnrn lookout.
The man was arrested about thee
miles south of Herman and brought
to Tekamah In an auto. On the way
into Herman ho told the sheriff If he
would go over Into a certain cornfield
near the road and count eleven rows
west and then turn south he would
find two guns, which he did. He says
he hid them there a couple ot days
ago, expecting to get them when he
went buck home.
When arrested he had a guitar and
gold ring, stolen from Jim Cornish, a
farmer living three miles south of Te
kamah, also a $50 microscope and two
suit cases full of books, which he had
stolen out of the school house at De
catur. The prisoner gave his name as Geo.
Ringer, his home Is at Bellevue and he
Is a man about 83 years old. A party
who knew htm at Bellevue asys he has
a house and lot at that place.
AMENDMENT FINDS FAVOR.
North Plutte Bunker Endorses One to
Broaden State Investments.
It Is evident the publication of the
figures showing the enormous amount
of money Invested In other states by
the state of Nebraska has created con
siderable favorable Interest In the
adoption of the proposed constitutional
amendment relating to the Investment
of the permanent school fund. The
following letter . was received by State
Treasurer Brian from F. L. Mooney,
cashier of the First National bank, of
North Platte:
"In a - recent newspaper article I
note some figures regarding the Invest
ments of the permanent school fund
and the same article Intimates that
you have difficulty in placing these
funds under the present law.
"Am surprised, as many other read
ers must be, that the Investments tn
bonds of other states has reached the
large total of $4,316,000. While no one
one can criticise the board for mak
ing these investments, as they are all
first class In every way, everyone must
deplore the fact that our present laws
make It a necessity.
"Am glad you are giving publicity to
this Important matter, and I feel that
the press of the state and speakers
who may appear on the platform in
this campaign should give some atten
tion to this metter in order that the
proposed constitutional amendment
providing for the Investment of these
funds In municipal and school bonds
may receive a hearty and intelligent
support."
GRETNA MERCHANT IMPROVES.
John Byorth, Shot In Brain, Gives
Promise of Recovering.
The condition of John Byorth. the
prominent hardware merchant of
Gretna, who was accidentally shot In
the head Friday morning by the dis
charge of a rifle trap which he had
set for burglars. Is exceedingly encour
aging at this time. Although small
hopes were held out for recovery at
the Wise Memorial hospital In Omaha,
where hewas removed, a delicate sur
gical operation was performed and the
bullet removed from his brain, since
when he has continued to Improve
and at present there Is strong hope of
his recovery ,
The condition of Clarence Larson,
the young farmer who sustained a
broken back on Wednesday last by
being caught between a cross beam
and a load of hay, remains unchanged
at the Omaha general hospital. He
still retains his consciousness, but
small hope is held out for his ultimate
recovery.
STOCK vTRAI.V PILED IV DITCH.
Fifteen Curs Wrecked ami Many Cattle
and lloiMH Killed. ,
A good sized freight ' wreck occur
red on the Burlington near Berwyn,
ten miles east of Broken Bow, In which
eighteen slock cars of eastbound No.
46, containing about 600 head of cat
tle and horses were completely ditch
ed A broken frog was responsible
for the catastrophe. The truin was
going at a high rale of speed at the
lime and had Just cleared Berwyn.
The engine and several cars- passed
over the defective frog in safety, but
eighteen carB were caught and derail
ed. As near as cun be ascertained,
none of the train crew was Injured.
About thirty head of cattlo and twen
ty head of horses were killed Fifteen
cars were completely demolished.
Survey for Electric Line.
Surveyors for the Holdrege-Kear-ney
electric line have reached Kear
ney and have driven their stakes to
the head of Diagonal avenue.
y Puts an End to Suffering.
John Boulton, aged 76, ended his
long suffering from paralysis by com
mitting, suicide at the home of hU
daughter, Mrs. W. J. Peterson,- near
Hastings.
Hoy Shoots Sister in Breast.
Dora Tanslsela, of Omaha, 18 years
of age, was accidentally shot In the
right breast by the premature dis
charge of a 22-call er, revolver In the
hands of her younger brother, John,
who had Just finished cleaning the
weapon.
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INTEREST H3 rUPPENlHSS
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NOVEL WILL MAY BE IN VAIN.
Effort of RI-.-Ii F.inrcr to Evade Con
ttt Is Threatens! Willi Defeat.
Tho efforts of William Topper, the
wealthy Ulkhorn farmer, to so dvls
his property that his will could not bt
contested after death may be In vain.
Some tt the heirs. It Is asserted, have
em;lryed an it'.orr.ty to look Into the
will with a view to contesting Its pro
visions. General John C. Cowln. who
has been employed, said he had been
examining the will but could not say
until Inter whether ury contest would
be filed or not. General Cowln Is said
to reprerc nt several of the heirs.
Mr. Hof, per left his property to his
jflne children. Mrs. Lomlla McLean, a
(laughter. Is said to be one of the dls
sntlrfled heirs, she will not under the
provisions of the will receive any of
the property In fee. The will provided
for a trust of $5,000 and slxty-flve
acres of land, the Income of which Is
to go to her during her life and at her
death tho property Js to descend to
her children. Bryan B. Hopper, a son.
was left nothing by the will except
what ho owed the estate for debts paid
by his father during the latter' life
time. The wrtl provided these should
be cancelled.
Daniel Q. Hopper was given sixty
six acres of land, with a provision he
should pay Mrs. McLean In trust
$5,000.
The other six children were given
deeds to property owned by the old
gentleman, the deeds being signed by
him before his death and transmitted
to the executors In a sealed package.
Mr. Hopper provided In his will If
any of the children refsued to accept
the terms of ti e testament and tried to
breuk It they should lose all their In
terest In the property to the heirs who
died not contest and should receive
only $100 In money. The estate ts
estimated to be worth $200,000.
FIVE MEN HELD FOR TRIAL.
Charged with Attacking Campers
Near Cedar Creek.
Judge Archer's court was crowded
Saturday during the trial of Edward
Dowllng. George Wilson, Joe Keenan,
Percy Fernal and John Andrews,
charged with having made an assault
upon B. E. Hill, of Omaha, with Intent
to do-great bodily Injury. The defend
ants pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The men are employed-by the National
stone company in its quarry near
Louisville. -,..,
Mr. and Mrs. Hill testified they
were married In New York, but had
made their home in Omaha for two
years; that they had been camping
near Cedar Creek on the Platte river
since Aug. 10 and the five men came
to their camp about 8:80 in the even
ing In a drunken condition and bring
ing liquor with them from the saloon
In Cedar Creek, threatened to kill HI1I
unless he turned his wife over to them.
Refusal made It necessary for him to
defend his camp, but he was beaten
Into unconsciousness and his collar
bone broken, i
I After listening to the evidence the
court oounu the prisoners over to the
district court and they being unable to
give a bond- of $200 each they were
taken back to the county Jail. Byron
Clerk and Will Robertson appeared
for the state and Judge Sullivan for
the prisoners.
OPTION FIGHT IN CAGE.
County Option and High License Can-
mimics in ciomo Race.
As the date for holdl n? thA rpnnh-
lican primaries draws near the fight
among the candidates becomes more
and more Interesting. For state sena
tor the contest between H. E. Sackett,
or ueatnee, and Adam McMullen, of
Wymore, Is one of the most bitter ever
held In Gage county, and so Interest
ed have their friends become for the
success of their respective Candidates
that many have lost siurht
Identl.il candidates and others at the
neaa or the ticket. County option Is
the main Issue In the scnnfoHnl
Mr. Sackett favors this system of regu
lating ine liquor traffic, while McMul
len is an avowed hlirh limn RA rnnrll.
date.
LOWER FREIGHT RATES.
New Schedule Adopted A fleet In
Points in Nehruska.
The Lincoln Commercial club has
been notified ofthe adontl on nt ftw
sourl river rates as the maximum for
a ii points In Nebraska on shipments
originating In the Pacific coast termi
nals. The adoption of this schedule
means the abandonment of the old
system or charging the inland town
the rate to the Missouri river plus th
local rate bark. Th
reduce tho maximum tn Ininrmniiai.
points In Nehruska from 5 to 60 cents
per hundred, according to the class of
ircignt.
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Ask Burlinutoil for Trains.
A petition has been sent in to ofll
cials of the nurllneton rnn.l V.v Mil......
of towns along the Ashland-Sioux ntu
line asking that a morning passenger
service oe estaDllshea. The present
service consists of one train each way
tn the arternoon.
Corn Carnlvul for Craig,
The village of Crulg will hold a corn
carnival Kept. 15 and 16. Several hun.
dred dollars have been raised and the
committee guarantees this event to be
the largest ever pulled oft in Burt
county.
Camp Meillng ut Hasting.
The state camp meeting of the Unit
ca evangelical church was opened
wiurouy at Hastings. Rev. Mr. Nl
bcl. of Harrisburr Pa., ami rr.i.i
nt
Thomas, of Western Union college, L
Mars, ia., are loading In the bible con
ference.
Much Corn ill Custer
The Urgent Leader makes the es
mate that Custer rimniv .ni ,..
stl
corn yield of 6,000,000 bushels thti
fall. Tho prospects ere for the larg
est corn yield ever harvested in Custer
vounty.
BRYAN FLAYS TRUSTS
HQ KERM IQ M
Head of Ticket Charges Abuses ot
Corporations to Inaction of
Republican Party.
GREAT COLISEUM IS CROWDED.
Huge Concourse of People Sees
Parade and Attends Ceremonies
in Hoosler Capital.
Indlsoapolls correspondenre: '
John Worth Kern, Democratic can
didate for Vice President, wns notified
formally Tuesday of his nomination.
The meeting wns held in the elaborate
ly decorated Coliseum ot the State fair
grounds and wns nt tended 4y many
thousands of iMMiple, regardless of par
ty, attracted by the noted speakers on
the program. The weather wns ideal,
clear and cool,' with a jilensnnt breese
thnt swept over the grounds.
While the notification of Mr. Kern
wns the occasion, William J. Bryan
wns the central figure in the proceed
ings. The Nebrnsknn delivered an im
portant speech on trusts. He charged
the Republican party with responsibil
ity for the growth of harmful corpora
tions, lie contrusted the platforms ot
the two parties, contending thnt while
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JOHN WORTH KERN.
the Republican platform was evasive
on the subject, the Democrntlc plat
form wns specific. He asserted that
Mr. Tuft's Biecch of acceptance was
weaker than the platform. (
Traction Lines Crowded.
Ten traction lines and fourteen rail
roads brought the people ou regular
and special trains to the ceremonies.
Five hundred ears transported the
crowd from the city to the fair grounds
and back. The Coliseum, recently built
of brick and steel, holds 15,000 people
and arrangements were made early In
the dny to hold overflow meetings If
necessary. Mr. Bryan and other sink
ers, members of the notification com
mittee appointed at the Denver con
vention, members of the national com
mittee, headed by Norman E. Mack
and others of the official party, arrived
Monday night and on early morning
trains. A conference wns held Monday
night between Mr. Bryan, Mr. Mack,
Mr. Kern, members of the national and
congressional committees and others,
at which campaign matters were dis
cussed.
The morning hours Tuesday were de
voted to conferences by party leaders,
whilo a hand concert at the Deulson
Hotel assisted in amusing the crowds
thnt poured through the corridors. La
ter a reception wns held by Mr. Bryan
nnd Mr. Kern in the hotel jmrlors.
Drive to the Fair Ground.
The p.Dgram for the dny Included
luiiclieo i at the hotel by the spenkers
and me libers of the national and notifi
cation i-ominlttees, ufter which the of
ficial party was driven to the State
fair grounds In automobiles, Mr. Bryan
Mr. Kern and Chairman Bell of the
notification committee riding together,
The rltle through the city to the fair
grounds wus through the principal
huxliictH streets and jmst the Kern resi
dence. The doors of the Coliseum were
thrown open to the public several hours
before the exercises beg:in.
Thomas Tnggart, "national commit
tecmiin from Indiana, bud been select
ed to call the meeting to order. He
immediately handed the gavel to Na
tional Chairman Mack, who Introduced
Theodore E. Bell of California, ehalr
uiuu of the notification committee, who
formally notified Mr. Kern that he had
been selected by the Democratic party
to go on the national ticket with lr,
Bryan. The Vice Presidential nominee
In his sjicech f acceptance asserted
that the icopIe do not rule because
their will has not been given effect by
the party in power.
nuJbins OF NEWS.
A strike which will affect from 25,000
to ;H,H workers, including 10,000 wom
en, is being planned by the cloakmakers
in New York, owing to the low wages
now being paid, which run from $3 to
$3 a week.
John Summers, alias Frank Engle, and
Therem Ziler, alias Mrs. Engle, were ar
rested in Pittsburg charged witU tlip
murder of Mrs. Ziler' huxlwud in Mil
waukee almost two years ago. The cou
ple have been lu Europe siuce the crime
was cou'tiiitied.
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Frank Harris Hitchcock, who hai
been made chairman of the Republican
National Committee and who therefor
will manage the
campaign for. the
election of Secre
tary Taft as Presi
dent, was the East
ern manager of
Mr. Taft's cm
palgn for the nomi
nation. He re
signed the office of
F 1 r st Assistant
rostuiaster Qcn
ernl Inst spring to
" Hitchcock. u n d e r t a k e this
work. Mr. Hitchcock was born at Am
herst, O., Oct. 5, 1807. He was gradu
ated from Harvard University and en
tered government service nt Washing
ton as a clerk In 1801. While a clerk
he read law and became Interested in
politics, nnd after serving as assistant
secretary to the Republican National
Committee he wns made chief clerk in
the Department of Commerce and La
bor, whence he was promoted to th
Post Oflice Deistrtment.
Got. Claude Augustus Swanson of
Virginia, who seconded the nomination
of William Jennings Bryan at the Den
ver convention, was
Congressman
from the Fifth Vir
ginia District for
fourteen years be
fore bis election as
Oovernor In 1000.
lie Is a self-made
man, obtaining his
general and legal
education through
his own efforts, and
he has followed the
plow on a farm. A
year ago be was
brought to public v- "wanbon.
attention outside his State through hu
stand for the rights of the State
against a federal Judge in the enforce
ment of a 2-cent passenger rate. Gor-i
Swanson was bora in 1802.
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Thomas L. Hlsgen, candidate for.
President on the Independence League!
ticket, .was Yprn la Petersburg, Ind., ou
Nov. 20, 1S58, the
son of William
Hlsgen. Ills fa
ther, a German,,
moved to Albany,.'
staying there a
short time, and
then went to Indi
ana, where he ran
a country store
Thomas was the
fifth of eleven chil
dren. At the aga-
thos. l. hisokn. of 10 he went back.
to Albany and benme a clerk In a cloth
ing store. In Massachusetts Mr. Hls
gen achieved wide prominence because
of a bitter flght covering twenty yearsr
with the Standard Oil Company.
Mrs. Mary C. Bradford, who war
elected by the Colorado State Demo
cratic convention a delegate to the na-
in Colorado and the
East as a lecturer
on woman suffrage
and has always
taken an active
part In State and
city politics. She
was the first super
intendent of schools
lu Adams county
and has held other
political offices.
Several years ago
she was president, mbs. bkadfokd.
of the State Federation of Women'g
Clubs, and Is an active worker. She
founded the Jane Jvfferson Democratic
Club.
Chief Justice Fuller of the United
States Supreme Court Is 75 years old.
Despite his flowing Buow-whlte hair
Justice Fuller la
far from looking
his years. Ills eyes
are as bright' and
his theeks as ruddy
as (hose of a school
boy, and mentally
and physically he la
active and vigorous
us ninny uien half
his age. All hls
llfe he has beeu
fond of outdoor ex
erciseand to this he
attributes bis gen
At 75 Justice Fuller
JUSTICE VvU.EB.
Till good health.
nu look back iiisiu a long and active-itte.-r.
When he retires Justice Fuller
-v I ! I have completed a service of at
eust twenty years as bad of the high-
tribunal lu the land.
"The mere fact that a man is sent
iy h'.s doctor to some particular baths
r springs where bu sees other Invalids
outlileut of a cure makes, him think
li:it he. too, can get well," said Dr. B.
li'.fhi Lt!le. speaking nt the Iccor
urst'cd Intitule of Hygiene in Loudon.
'n.i- toUl oii'i ut of the uluety-HereQ
..i it.iui ci'i;r.-:.t pluuts of this country
I ;'.i cii!ci..:.-.r year 1007 -gpproxl-'.
u s -til.-iUt. i'-l barrels, a decided lu
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