DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1908,
NUMBER 1
CCOIIOT GAFPtEliS
IS3C3TAOT tSSSLS,
FALLS TO HIS DEATH
DARING NKW YORKER KILLED
AT WATER V1LLE, ME.
Escaping tin Ignited by Spark from
Motor Aeronaut Falls from Burn
ing Italloon in Preneiice of His Wlfo
and Child.
In full view of 2, BOO horrified spec
tators assembled on the central Maine
fair grounds at Watervllle, Me., Wed
nesday, Charles Oliver Jones, the well
knnvn Aprnnmit nt Hftmlltnn. "M. V..
fell a distance of 600 feet to his. death.
Among the witnesses of the frightful
plunge were Mrs. Jones and child, and
they were the first to reach the dying
man. The aeronaut died, an hour and
a half after the accident. -v
Jones had, been at the fair grounds
with his dirigible balloon "Boom
erang" since Monday. He arranged
to moke a flight between S and 4
o'clock, but a strong wind prevented.
However, at 4:30 o'clock he gave the
word to have the machine released.
When the aeronaut reached a height
of more than 600 feet the spectators
were amazed to see small tongues of
flames issuing from under the gas
bag in front of the motor. Many per
sons endeavored to apprize Jones of
his danger, but It was several minutes
before he noticed the fire. Then he
grasped the rip cord, and by letting
out the gas endeavored to reach the
earth. The machine had descended
but a short distance when a sudden
burst t flame enveloped thp gas bag
and the framework. Jones fell from
the frame work of his motor. The
physicians found that Jones had no
chance to survive, as he was injured
internal!' and his spine was broken.
Jones had trouble with his balloon
Tuesday on account of cold weather
Monday night, which caused a number
of leaks through the contraction of
the gas bag. It is thought the bag
leaked again Wednesday and a spark
from tine motor caused the disaster.
BOMBSHELL FOR FRANCE.
Germany's Change of Front Regard
lug Morocco Causes a Sensation.
The action of Germany in breaking
up the concert of the powers with re
gard to Morocco, by notifying the slg
nators of the Algeciras act that she
considered the actual situation de
mands the immediate recognition of
Mulal Hafid, the usurping sultan of
Morocco, has fallen like a bomb shell
in Paris, and a feeling approaching
consternation Is manifested in official
circles.
The notification, which was made
verbally, is not accompanied by any
explanation of Germany's "brutal
change of front," as It is termed here
and in government circles the action
of Germany and the dispatch to Fez
of Dr. Massel, Germany's consul at
Tangier, can no longer be disassoci
ated.
The officials can see In Germany's
action only the virtual proclamation
of her intention to disregard the Al
geciras act and seek a special position
in Morocco for herself. The conse
quences both from an international
and French standpoint are expected
to be deplorable.
LUMBER CUT GROWING.
Government Rcort Shows Increase of
Two und a Half Billion Feet.
Figures of the lumber cut in 1907,
complied by tho bureau of the census
and the forest service, at Washington,
shows the largest total ever reported
In the United States, exceeding by
more than 7 per cent, the cut reported
in 1906, until then the record year.
In 1907 28.850 mills made returns
and their production was more than
40,000.000,000 feet of lumber. In 1906
23.398 mills reported about 37,600,-
000,000 feet.
Although lumber prices have been
steadily going up djrlng the last half
century, the per capita consumption
of lumber has also been going up In
1850, according to the best figures ob-
tninable, the average consumption to
each person in the country was 250
feet, in 1900 4C0 feet and in 1907 480
feet.
"Pry" Iemler Op Hughes,
A proposal to nominate Gov. Hughes
which was made at the state prohibi
tion convention at Syracuse, N. Y.,
was opposed by Aaron S. Watklns, of
Ohio, the party's candidate for vice
president. Mr. Watklns took the
ground that the convention should
make a strulsht out party nomination.
Kloux City lAt KUieU Market.
Wednesday's quotaions on
the
Floux City live stock market folio
Top beeves, $4.50. Top hogs, $6.35
Grain Merchant Commit Suicide
L. B. Glbbs, of Grand Forks, N. D.,
president of the Glbbs Grain and Fuel
company, committed suicide by shoot
ing hlmseir. Business worry is giv
as the cause.
Chum of "Buck Finn" U Dead.
Judge Bacon, chum of the original
"Huck Finn." made famous by Mark
Twain, died at Hannibal, Mo., Tu
day. He was arnember of "Tom
lawyer's gang."
1IISGEN GETS HIS, TOO.
Hearst Tarty Given Notice of Nomina
tion.
There was not room enough In the
club house of the Independence party
In New Tork to hold the largo crowd
that gathered Monday night for the
dual purpose of being present at the
notification of Thomas L. Hlsgen, In
dependence parly candidate for presi
dent, and the house warming of the
club.
It had been originally planned to
have Mr. Hlsgen and Mr. Graves no
tified at the same time, but owing to
the poor health of Mr. Graves this
plan was abandoned. Mr. Graves is
at Warm Suphur Springs, Va. (
After stating that he regarded his
nomination os a call to public service
Thomas L. Hlsgen, in his speech of
acceptance of the presidential nomi
nation on the Independence party
ticket, went right Into the main issues
of the campaign and gave a vigorous
outline of the principles and policies
he stands for. He declared It was
necessary to organize a new party to
bring about needed reforms, and so
the independence party came into ex
istence. The candidate asserted that
the present division of the reform ele
ment had permitted the control of
the government to slip from the hands
of the people Into the hands of ma-
cfllne politicians and party bosses, and
he said that to take the control out of
their hands he advocated "direct
nominations, the initiative and refer
endum and the recall."
"The direct primary," he said, "Is
spreading rapidly through the states
of the south and the west. Wherever
the prlmrtTy goes the party boss disap
pears. The party convention andits
dummy delegates are the bosses' tools.
Destroy them and the boss is power
less. .
"The right to Initiate legislation and
when occasion arises to pass upon and
reject legislation Is tho purest popular
government and is condemned only
by those who have lost faith in tho
right and In the ability of the people
to govern."
At the conclusion of Mr. Hlsgen's
speech he was cheered until the halls
of the club house seemed to tremble.
The club house only holds 300 people
and those present wore there by Invi
tation. HEROES AT OYSTER BAY.
Victorious Athletes Greeted .by .the
President.
Ideal weather favored the Olympic
heroes Monday, at Oyster Bay, when
they paraded up Sagamore Hill and
received an official welcome home by
President Roosevelt. Each of the vic
torious athletes was Introduced to the
president by the American commis
sioner, James E. Sullivan. The pres
ident grasped their hands In an en
thusiastic handshake and had a word
of congratulation to say.
The men plainly showed their pleas
ure at the high praise the president
bestowed upon them. It was almost
11 o'clock Monday, when the steamer
bringing the men from New York was
sighted coming Into Oyster Bay with
flags flying. As the vessel passed the
club house of the Seawanhoka-Cor-tnthlan
Yacht club a gun boombed a
welcome. It was only a short time af
terward that the entire party landed
and was marhtng In a body up
through the woods to the cummlt of
Sagamore Hill. The president, who
was . awaiting them on the veranda,
arose to greet then. The president's
remarks were brief and to the point
The ceremonies occupied only a short
time and then some light refreshments
were served to the party. After the
reception the party descended the hill
to the water's edge and reembarked
for New York.
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Arrested, He Cries "Graft"
F. G.' Bonflls, owner of a circus,
who was arrested at East St. Louis,
111., on a charge that the circus sani
tary arrangements are not satisfac
tory,, promises a sensation at the trial.
Ho alleges that Dr. O'Brien, the health
inspector, pronounced the arrange
ments satisfactory and asked for 200
passes, which were refused, and later
swore out the warrant.
Prefers Death In Lake.
Dreading a life lmpcrilide by the
ravages of disease more than the hor
ror of a violent death Charles A. Law-
son, confidential secretary to J. T.
Harahan, president of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad, Jumped from the steam
er City of Benton Harbor, near Chl-
cago, with his body weighted, and
drowned.
Recover from October Panic.
The Trust Company of America, of
New Yfrk, upon which a sensational
run was precipitated during the flnan
clal panic of 1907, has managed its
business so successfully as to ennbe
it to pay off a loan of $25,000,000 in
its entirety.
New Orleans Fire Loss.
An estimate of the damaee done bv
the fire which Sunday destroyed sev
eral blocks, In the heart of the busi
ness section of New Orleans, La.,
nlnpAa tho loss at II. 400. 000. Ah,,-
gether sixty-two different concern
were Daaiy aamagea or aesiroyea.
Harvard Head for Suffrage.
President Eliot, of Harvard, favore
limited woman suffrage. In a state
ment to the finance commlfislon of
Boston on the provisions of a new city
charter he said: "If any change is to
be made In suffrage I am in favor of
addition rather than reductions, and
I favor allowing the privilege of the
ballot to any woman who is a tax
payer."
VERMONT ELECTION.
Rolls t'p Republican llurallty of
About 28.000.
The republicans won the election In
Vermont Tuesday by carrying the
state for Lieut. Gov. George H. Prouty,
of Newport, for governor by about
28,000 votes over James E. Burke, of
Burlington, his democratic opponent.
The pluralfty was the smallest on a
presidential year since 1892, which
was followed by a democratic national
victory, but It was larger than In
18S8 and only slightly less than In
1900. There was a falling off In four
years of about 8 per cent In the re
publican vote, while the democratic
vote fell off about 2 per cent. The In
dependence . league appeared for the
first time and polled about 1,000 votes,
while the prohibition and socialist
Vote remained about the same. An
unusually large number of local con
tests for members of the legislature,
although bringing out a heavy vote
and resulting In democratic gains In
the lower branch of the legislature.
apparently had no bearing on the gu
bernatorial election.
As Vermont is the first state to vote
during the presidential compalgn
there is much interest throughout
the country on the size of the plural
ity. The republicans retained com
plete control of the legislature and ex
ecutive branches of the state govern
ment. They elected to congress from the
First district David J. Foster, of Bur
lington, for another ' term, and from
the Second district Frank Plumley, of
Northfleld, for the first time, and
elected a majority of the state legis
lature which will select a successor to
the late Senator Jtedflold Proctor.
GETS JOHNSON'S PLEDGE.
Bryan Eonnds up the Governor nt
St. Paul.
Secure In the knowledge that Gov.
Johnson, of Minnesota, his lending riv
al for the nomination before the Den
ver convention, will support him in
the northwest William J. Brayan,
democratic candidate for president,
left Monday night for Fargo N. D.
Addressing the members i f the state
central committee Mr. Bryr.i said:
"I know that I am not the first
choice ( f the democrats In the state,
but It Is even good to be second choice
in a state where John A. Johnson Is
first choice. I am well satisfied to
have the preference "Johnson and
Bryan' in Minnesota. The news you
bring me that this will be a democrat
ic year in this state is very pleasing."
The meeting of the state central
commltt was a real love feast. In
which ' Mw Bryan and Gov. Johnson
showered compliment upon each
other.
Previous to the gathering of the
committee Messrs. Bryan and Johnson
held a conference In regard to Min
nesota and the other northwestern
states. ' '
Gov. Johnson pledged his active
support of the national ticket and will
make numerous speeches between now
and November 3.
A LYNCHING IS AVERTED.
Kentucky Sheriff Removes Prisoner
Severn! Hours Before Mob Arrives..
A mob of 200 persons, some of them
masked, visited the county jail Mon
day night at Louisa, Ky., demanding
John Sprouse, accused of burning the
residence and two children of Charles
Cooper, at Cherokee, Ky. Anticipat
ing a call from the mob, the sheriff
had a few hours before transferred
the prisoner to Catttsburg, Ky.
Members of the mob were permitted
to search the Jail, verifying the jail
er's statement.
Potato nugs Stall Cars.
Potato bugs on the rails at Lazy
Lane, Conn., stalled eight trolley cars
laden with excursionists bound to
Lake Compounce Tuesday. In Spite
of the terrific slaughter the bugs held
possession until the car men could
sand the tracks.
Church Not to Annul Marriage.
Only death will make Arthur Herbert
Osborne or Helen Maloney, both of
New York, free to contract another
from the church of Rome. Their mar
riage, it was learned from an author
itative source, will not bo annulled by
hj pope and the college of cardinals.
DvreaM In Cotton Crop.
Secretary Hester, of. the New Or
leans cotton exchange reports the cot
ton crop of the United States for the
season of1907-'08, ending Aug. 31,
to have been 11,571,966 bales, as. com
pared with 13,510,982 in the season of
1906-'07.
Mukes n Long Flight.
A balloon, supposed to be the Chi
cago, the one that has been missing
from the list of starters in the recent
race from Columbus, O., landed In
Devil's Holn Tuesday afternoon with
four occupants injured. A rescue par
ty Is now caring for them.
Balloon DrojM in Lake.
Word reached Columbus, O., from
nuffalo, N. Y.. Monday that the
'Jueen Louise" balloon landed In
ke Erie, neur Buffalo, Sunday. Both
the occupants were rescued.
1 John Czolgiwz to Workhouse.
John Czolgosz, a brother of Presi
dent McKlnley's assussln, was Tues
day sentenced to the Sharon, Pa.,
workhouse for three months. The po
lice claim Czolgosz is Insane and his
case will be investigated.
Policeman Winn Gun Fight.
Edward Sloan, a policeman at Mau
nie. 111., shot and Instantly killed Mil
ton Smith. Smith had opened fire on
Sloan, but failed to hit him. Sloan
vai arrested
NEBRASKA
STATE NEWS ! m m tUiY mms
WOMAN DEFENDS HOME.
Stands Off Sheriff, Surveyor and Con
testant fir HomeHtcad. .
At the point of a 88 Colt revolver
Mrs. Vena Taylor, a little 90-pound
woman living on a homestead near
Brewster, put to rout a party of claim
jumpers, who, In tho absence of the
little woman's hurband, attempted to
take possession of their homestead. As
the result of her nerve, tho. Taylor
BtlU have pos-rcsdon of he ranch,
while tho "jumpers" are tho lrtugh'nu
stock of tho community.
Four years ogo the Taylors move 1
from Omaha and took up a claim.
Government land was plentKul nt that
time and was not of much value, but
In the last fhree years tho land has
Increased in value until fidcy 't Is
worth 110 to $15 per acre. The Ne
braska homesteads contain 540 acre,
and the Taylor homestead In .vorth
from $6,000 to $8,000.
Some time after the Taviors made
entry on the claim, 8-imul Martin,
owning a claim adjolnlnrr the Taylor
property, filed a contest on the Taylor
homestead. The local la-:l ntneo de
cided in favor of Taylor, who Irume
diate'y began the- contrvc.liii of a
house and barn en the claim.
Several months ago Mart n tsked a
rehearing, and to the "frpihe of 'he
county, the care was decided In hi
favor. The Taylors lmr.ciite'y took
an appeal and there thu cane rested.
But bad luck came to v'.sl- tho Tny
lor homestead this spring and In "as
a heavy loser through the death of so
many of his horses and cattle, that h
found it necessary to ga to the city to
work for ready cash.
That wac Martin's chance and he
proceeded in a rough-shod vty to take
possession of the ranch. Martin ap
peared at the Taylor hom and tol.l
Mrs. Taylor he Intended to make :i
survey of his property. Mr. Taylor
warned them oT the pla . and Martl'i
left without mceeedintf In hU ob.,i i t,
but told the little wonu.i thot he
vculd return later.
And he did so. Martin, accompa
nied by the surveyor and the sheriff,
came to the, Taylors' and announced
that they would begin right then. The
surveyor unslung his sextant and got
ready for work.
Then Mrs. Taylor walked Into' the
house tmd a moment later she reap
peared. The surveyor looked up lint
as the muzzle of a revolver rose t ) a
level with his eyes.
"Take your machine- and get our. of
this place," calmly said Mrs. Taylor.
And the surveyor "got." .
"Arrest her, Mr. - Sheriff !" ' yelled
Martin. "What did I bring you out
here for?"
"You are under arrest madam,''
shamefacedly said the sheriff.
"Where's your warrant?" demande 1
the Irate woman.
"Oh I'll get one when we get back
to town, said the sheriff.
"Whenever you get a warrant for
me you can serve it without any trou
ble. Until then, you get off the place
or I'll put a bullet through you," nor:
the sheriff suddenly found hinietvf
covered by the gun.
' Then the sheriff Joined the survey. r
out in the road. Martin held hi"
ground for a moment, but whon Ik
saw the gun swing into line with his
own head, he, too, "got," nnd Mrs.
Taylor was left In undinputed posses
sion of the ranch.
BURNS FINDS ENOUGH WATER
Testa Made at Grand Island Show
Supply Is Sufllelent.
Tests of three new wells at Grand
Island, dug by Contractor Joseph
Burns, of Lincoln, under a stipulation
that he Is to furnish 2,000,000 gallons
of water dally. Indicate that the water
shortage days are over In Grund Isl
and. The compressors involved in the
plan were tested on two of the wells
and a big flow of water was shown, a
stream being thrown twenty feet out
of a six-inch opening. Tho reservoir,
constructed In connection ' with the
Improvements, has undergone its sec
ond test and found to leak about mi
Inch an hour. Though this Is a grent
Improvement over the first tent. The
servoir holds about 400,000 galloon
and It Is believed that the present
leaking Is largely seepage caused In
part by the Immense pressure of the
water. No difficulty. It is believed,
will be met In remedying thlB defect.
Tho Improvements will be made by n
direct levy, slightly Increasing city
tuxes this year, thus avoiding a bond
issue and an Increase of the debt.
TWO STOCKMEN KILLED.
Stock Train Struck In Ilenr by Freight
ut Kiloru.
George Kennedy and Foster Speas
''re killed outright, Malcolm M. Haw
dns fatally injured ami S. F. Brower
scelved dangerous burns und bruises,
the result of a reur end collision be
tween two Chicago and North western
freight trulns at Kilgore. All four
were stockmen of Norwood, Wyo., und
-vere riding In the c&hoose of u stock
ruin which was entering a slillni;
heii a fust freight i-amu up in the
rear and plunged Into It. The men
were nil asleep when the accident oc
curred. Several cars were smashed up and
two carloads of sheep killed.
BeutUMi ApiMiliited Postmaster.
J. It. Beatton hits been appointed
postmaster at Sholes to succeed E. W.
Closson, resigned.
PersplraUon from Lluratiirc.
Walthlll hud an extruordln3iy na
ture fake a few days ago. A well
known citizen shipped a box or
"books" and when they were unloaded
on the depot platform a colored lluld
ozzed out of the box. It Is cla!nu1
by scientists that this is the first cane
on record where books were known to
sweat, but others, who do not claim to
bo proficient In science, say that It
happens often In "dry" towns Ilka
Walthlll.
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INTEREST K3 HAPPENINGS
, Frcn Day to Dai Ccntensei
m
INDIAN SAYS WOMAN STOLE.
Idaho Buck Charged with II or so Steal
l;K 1X ii!(M Sleiilliig Alllnlty.
Pill McKIr.Wy, an Indian from the
Fort Hall Indian agency at Rossfield.
Idaho, was locked In the Douglas
county Jail ty Deputy United States
.Marshal John Sides to answer-to the
chai'tc of t-toaling eight 1 horses from
thnt rrxervatli'.'.i nnd bringing them
with him t.) N'ctrr.ska.
The nlicged theft of the horses took
place about Aug. 1, nnd nt the same
time the wife of another man of the
agency dlsapj cared, and McKlnley Is
charged with being responsible for
her leaving her Idaho spouse and a big
family of children. McKlnley and the
rttnnwry v.vnwn and stolen horses
wore traced to ono of the Nebraska
Indian renei vatlons in the northeastern
part of the state, and steps were taken
to r-coure M arrest. He was finally
located, and the machinery of the gov
ernment wa: put In operation to gather
him i:i . Ke managed to elude arrest
for some time and was reputed to be
;i bad man who would shoot at the
drop of a hat. nnd the officers were
cautioned ti be on the outlook for
trouble. McKlnley wus flnully locajed
on the Yankton Indian reservation In
the ot:ther.'tt corner of South Dnkota,
where ha was attending an Indian
pow-wnw. He was beguiled over Into
Nebrnrka nnd there arrested by Dep-'
uty Marshal SI Jet. 1
McKn!ey denies tne tnoft 0f tne
horse:', claiming thnt they belonged
to him, nnd Instead of his running
awny with the woman she ran away
with Kim.
The woman nceompnnled the deputy
marshal and his prisoner to Omaha,
although she does not figure In tho
Inuifactl'in. McKlnley will be held In
the Douglas county Jail until an order
for his removal to Idaho Is secured. He
Inslsta that he Is a victim of a con
sptrp.cy and will be able to prove Us
rhnncence. But he Is under indict
ment by the grand Jury of Idaho for,
horse stealing and will be sent there
to answer.
MAHKIED FOR FIFTY YEARS.
Mr. and Mi. Allherry, of Blair, Cele
bitile Sesnl-t'entctinlnl.
Almost 100 gue.Hu were entertained
at the home of Mr. and Mrsi Richard
Allherry nt Blair Saturday to remind
them th:U fifty years ago they were
married In Washington county, O., by
.Tude J. C. A. Morris. They came to
Blair In 1S70- nnd huve made their
home there the entire time. ' TolhenY
were born seven children, three of
whom died a few years ago, the other
four and t'jelr families being present.
Mr. Derma Allberry, late of the Dro-,
vers' Journal, South Omaha, now con
nected with t:ie National Live Stock
lleporter. if East St. Louis, 111., and
his wife; Mr. and Mrs. William A. All
herry and three daughters of Chadron.
Neb.: Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Rodman and
.lauj'.htci'i of Omnha, and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank L. Allberry, of Blair; Mr. and
Mrs. Jo.'pph Allberry, of Norfolk,
N'eh.; Mrs. James Watts, of Omaha:
Mrs. :tle Sohlinger nnd daughters,'
f flyde, Kan.; Miss Battle Allberry,.
of Omaha; Mrs. Mary Lleby, of Shel
by, Ne!.: Mr. Otis It. Eller and son,
of Lincoln, Nob. A family dinner was
-crved at the home and In the evening
their many friends met to help them
celebrate.
SHOUT LINE FAVORS OMAHA.
"Wool P.cnd" in Northwest Announces
StonH'.e in TraiiHlt Hales. j
The Oregon Short Line has an
nounced that It will Issue a tariff with
in a few days allowing storage In
transit at Oirmha on all wools ship
ped from points all along Its line and
consigned to the Mississippi river or
beyonJ.
As the "Short Line" extend north
from Salt Lake City and Granger,
Wyo., through tho wool growing coun
try of Id'-iho nnd Montana, connecting
with lines which penetrate Oregon and
Washington In Hlmost every direction
;he new tariff is encouraging to the
promoters of the Omaha market, ac
cording to Commissioner Guild, of the
Commercial club, who has had the
correspondence with the railroad com
jmny In reference to the tariff.
The Shfrt I.lno did not put the tariff
Into effect this season, because of an
igreenient with western cities, such as
''alt Lake City, Pocatello and others,
not io permit the storage in transit
until foiii' lhlng definite was decided as
to the most logical point to store the
wool. The !i Ivllege hus not been' ex
tended to "nippers who desire to store
In the warehouses of Omaha,
Giuae Wurden Busy,
Ilcmy 'Bessinger, of McCook, ran
afoul of the deputy game warden of
Minden, nnd for seining and selling
e,:u ilicgnl'y wus fined $15 and costB.
The demity warden spent some time
about Mei'ork trying to locate some
of thou- who ere illegally killing quail
and pruirK- chlckcnx. but was not able
t this time to secure sufllelent evi
dence to convict, although quite sure
that th". law Is broken with more or
li sb Impunity In that Vicinity.
I'.lis (Ihounds In Pursuit.
Grovtr Morris, of Daatrlce, with a
pair of Fulton bloodhounds, went to
Crete to assist In hunting down the
men who robbed a store at that place
on Thursday night.
New Industry at Pern.
The Peru canning factory, which
bcKun operations some days ago. Is
now running full blast and la finding
difllculty to can the tomatoes as fast
as they ripen. The company expects
to turn its attention to peaches and
pumpkliri us soon us the tomatoes are
(xhauhled.
No Saloon nt Ilrownrlllc
The Hrownvllle saloon case was
heard. in the district court at Auburn
Suturduy. The result is the closing of
the saloon.
mr TEAQEDT at sp&mamxD.
Woman TTho Is Said to Hare Le4
Slob Commits Suicide.
Mr. Kate llownrd. who Is said to
have led the fierce mob during the re
cent race riots in Springfield, 111., mad
good her bosnt that alio "would die by
her own hand If pushed too far." She
died at the county jail at 6 :19 o'clock
Wednesday morning, a few minutes
after she had been arrested on a charge
of murder. Poison swallowed while in
the custody of an oiliccr at her home
did its deadly work while en route to
tho prison and she collapsed before en
tering the steel doors, dying a few min
utes later. The woman was 42 years of
t0.
Te the Inst the woman on whoso
shoulders bnd been Inid much of tbe
responsibility for the reign ot terror
that possessed Springfield on Aug. 14
and 13 denied her guilt. Her last
words to the officers who had arrested
her were: "I ntn not gulltjr of tho mur
der of anyone." Yet a few moments
later she swallowed the deadly draught
which ended all her earthly troubles
and fulfilled her beast that she would
And release In death should nddltlouul
charges be preferred ngnlnst her.
The special grand Jury Investigating
the recent race riots returned Its first
Indictment for murder Wednesday af
ternoon. Three Indictments wero re
turned for the lynching of Scott Burton
and William Donegan, the negroes who
met death at tbe hands of tho mob.
Mrs. Howard and Abe Raymer were
charged with having led the mob which
lynched Burton at the corner of 12th
and Madison streets early Saturday
morning, Aug. 15.
NATION OWNS HUGE LAND AREA
Report Shows 754,805,206 Acres Un
disposed Of in Various States.
The genprnl land oflico In Washington
baa compiled its annual statement show
ing the sra of the public domain re
maining undisposed of on July 1, 1D0S. .
The reports were recently received from
the various local land offices In the pub
He land State, excepting Alaska.
From the stalrraent it appear fbat the
government still ha an area of 754,803,
06 acre of (arrayed and unsurveyed
public lands distributed a follow:
Alabama, 120,713; Alaska, 8S,001,
500; Arizona, 42,700,202; Arkansas, 1,.
060,195; California, 20,872,403; Colo
rado, 23,000,007; Florida, 414,042; Idabe,
26.7S3,002; Kansas, 171.440; Louisiana,
116,240; Michigan, 133,531; Minnesota,
1.788,705; Mississippi, 42,781; Missouri,
27,480; Montana, 40.532,440; Nebraska,
8,074,6r-8: Nevada, 01.177,050; New Mex
ico, 44,777,003; North Dakota, 2.322,1301
Oklahoma. " 80,339 ; Oregon,- 16,057,013;
Seuth Dakota, 6,301,203; Utah. 80,573,
608; Washington, 4,OX,001 ; Wisconsin,
13,20; Wyoming, 87,145,302; total, 754,
805,206. .
SHONTS SATS RAILROADS WAIT.
Will Make Pew Improvements Until
They Know Election Besulta.
That the approaching lection will have
muck to do with the making or the marr
ing of the railroad future was the gist of
statement made by T. P. Sbonta, presi
dent of the Chicago and Alton and Clover
Leaf railroads and father of tb Duchess
d Cbaulaea, who waa in Chicago en
route for a home-coming celebration at
Centerville, Iowa, He refused to com
mit himself with regard to political pref
erence. "Railroad property is falling away be
low tb usual standard at which it i held
beoauM of tlie uncertainty in the outlook.
Tbe railroads of the country ar not
spending a dollar for improvement. I
have net spent a dollar for such purpose
within a year nor bought ner laid a ton
of rails. The other day I bought 1,000
steel cars for the Alton because they were
absolutely necessary. That is the osdy
reason that any railroad will spend a
penny st this time."
The national committee of the new In
tepandence party met at New Tork and
ehos William It. Hearst as chairman and
Charles A. Walsh a secretary.
TV. J. Brynn, in talk with visitors at
Lincoln, declined to be drawn ijho ths
Brownsville controversy and denied bar
ing criticised President lloosevelt's ao
tlon. In th Federatintilst, monthly organ of
ths American Federation of Labor, Presi
dent Ueuipurs has a leading editorial,
calling upon union men to support Bryan
aad Kern.
Chairman Frank Hitchcock of th Re
publican national committee met the va
rious Stste managers of the far West at
Colorado Spriugs, and held a series of
conferences.
The widely published Interview with
tli Socialist candidate, Debs, to the affect
that h had "predicted tbe election of Tsft
Is denied by him In a letter to ths Chi
cago Daily Socialist. (
The Uepubllcan executive committee
Sas selected Representative McKlnley of
Illinois to succeed Candidate Sherman as
chairman of the congressional committee,
former Comptroller of th Treasury
diaries C. Duwes wa ciiosen treasure
U the aame committee.
Upoa tbe personal request and advice
sf Candidate Bryan, tbe subcommittee of
tbe Democratic national committee has
ehoetn a thairman for the present cam
paign Norman K. Mack, editor of the
Huffulo Time, who hits been a member
f Qte notioual committee sine 1000."
Candidate Hryan at Lincoln gave out
a reply to the platform of th Indepen
dence party, pointing out that it contain
many plinfcs identical with tbs Demo
cratic platform, aud urging voters who
wsnt those things not to throw sway
their voU on a party that can not hope
lo win.
Oil TOLEDO STREETS
Remnant of Civil War Host
Marches with Flags Flying
and Bands Playing.
FORT MEIGS SHAFT DEDICATED.
Granite Monument, 82 Feet High,
Commemorates Preservation of
American. Baundary.
Toledo correspondence :
With flnss flying, bands playing,
crowds cheering, nnd a bright sky over
head, veterans of the Grand Army of
the Republic marched through the
stteets of an ccnmpnieut city for the
forty-socoud time Wednesday' after
noon At the official reviewing stand, .
where stood William II. Taft, Governor
Iatrls. Senator Foroker and Mayor
Brund Whltlock, the colors weredipped,
asd the department commanders Joined
Coiniuander-ln Chief Burton in the
stand. The pnrnde being the lending.
feature of the encampment, many tithed
their arrival for the event, and the- '
ciowd of visitors was augmented by
t'unisniuls during Tuesday night.
It Is estimated that, Including the
veterans nnd tholr wives, there were.
150,000 visitors In the city. Excursion
tin Ins brought them by hundreds from
cities of Ohio, Indiana, IllinoN and
Michigan, nnd they poured In from the
rurnl .districts on tho lnterunban lines.
It was well toward 11 o'clock whetf
the van of the pnrnde mnrehed past
the reviewing stand, where they were
saluted with a bombardment of flowers,
for ,wbleh surprise tho women of To
ledo had been preparing for several
days. . They emerged from the floral
shower to be greeted by on immense
human flag, made up of nearly 3,000 '
children, who, in their dresses of rod,
white nnd blue, swayed tlieir-bodies so
thnt the emblem seemed to sway as in
a breeze. .
HnrrUon Preserved Boaadarr,
Two events of the O. A. R. enenmp- -oient
Tuesday were the dedication of
the. Fort Meigs monument and tha
civic fnradeY" In the latter 3,000 mem
bers of local organizations marched!
with bands playing and banners flying,
while the veterans, whose parade was
to take place Wednesday, looked on.
It was at Fort Meigs that General
Wllllnm Henry Harrison chocked th
British advances under Proctor after
the general hod profited by General
Hull's surrender at Detroit. With clti
cen soldiery gathered from Ohio, Ken
tucky. Pennsylvania and Virginia, Gen- .
eral Harrison succeeded in preserving
tiie American boundary as it now ex
ists. In those days Toledo was a mere
collection of huts, which served a
headquarters for French furriers and
traders traveling from Montreal and
Quebec to Cincinnati and New Orleans.
Not many years ago the graves of the .
heroes of Fort Meigs lay unmarked. A
church stands where thore was former
ly a British battery.
Teats Are Discarded.
The forty-second, encampment will,
veterans declare, go down in history '
with a most laudatory chapter devoted
to a committee which abandoned the
traditional tents and domiciled the old
soldiers under real roofs and on real
beds. The veterans In Toledo ran no
risk of colds and rheumatism from
sleeping on the straw strewn ground or
from dewsouked canvas.
There was something In the tents of
former reunions which nrtealed to the -
Imagination of the veterans and stirred ,
their memories of war days, but many
of them paid for it with pneumonia
aikl rheumatism, and they were un
stinted In their praise of the arrange
ment this year.
President Head Peace League.
The Peace and Arbitration Leagut
wjiidi was the outcome of the North Car
olina Congress has made President Roose
velt Its honorary president. The program ,
Includes the building of an adequate arm
ament. Senator James B. McCreary of
Kentucky is the active president of tho
league. Another peace organisation has
just been formed at New York known as
tbe League of Peace. It proposes to
unite the nations of the world in a great
federation, with the permanent interna
tional Hague court as the judicial depart
ment of a world government, with the
interparliamentary union composed of
members of all the national parliaments
as the legislative department and with a
world executive having the title of peace
maker. To choose this executive they
propose to have au electoral college made
up of about 100,000 of the intellectual
leaders of the world, the votes to be sent
by mall and to be opened and counted by
the first session ot the full parliament fol
lowing tfhe meeting of the Interparlia
mentary Union at Berlin next September
Nearo Celebration Forblddea.
Race riot were barely prevented at
New Orleans when Mayor Behrman, in
response to popular seutiment aa reflect
d In several of the daily papers, refused
a permit for the holding of a meeting by
negro citizens, who wished to do honor to
the negro girl, Marie Bolden, who won
over all white competitors in the national
spelling content during the receut ses
sions of the National Educational Asso
ciation at Cleveland. Promlneut negroes
Interfered and Induced the promoters of
the meeting not to Insist.
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