Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1908.
NUIIBER 2
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HMT DAFPECIE3S
RXLBOPAU.
ASSEMBLY FINISHED
iiotii noi'sr:s pass amendment
TO I'lUMAKY LAW.
Voters Must Sign Pledge Also lro
vWIoa that No One Who Voted with
Different Party In June Primary
Sliall He CJIvcn Dallot.
The extra session of the Thirty-second
Iowa general assembly compiled
with Gov. Cummins' call and trans
acted the business for which It was
brought together. Wednesday both
houses passed the bill to amend the
primary election law so that a primary
election for United States senator may
be held at the general election next
November.
The bill as It was reported by the
committee In the house . Wednesday
morning was somewhat dissimilar to
the bill reported In the senate, for It
Included, In addition to the statement
of party affiliation which all voters de
siring to vote for United States sena
tor are required to sign, another safe
guard In the shape of a provision that
no one shall be given a primary ballot
at the November election who Is shown
to have voted with a different party at
the June primary. This amendment
to the bill was also adopted In the
senate on motion of Senator GUUlond,
but when the house bill was messaged
over It was decided to substitute It for
the senate measure, which was
promptly done.
Following Is the pledge to be re
quired of voters:
"I request a primary election ballot
for the purpose of voting at this pri
mary election for candidate of the
party for the office of senator In the
congres-s of the United States. I de
clare that I affiliated with and am In
sympathy with the principles of this
party. Thnt it is my Intention to sup
port generally at this election the
nominees of such party. That I have
not enrolled with nor participated in
ny primary election or convention of
any other political party since the first
day -of the last preceding year."
In the houso the democrats offered
their bill based on the Oregon plan as
a substitute. It was defeated, how
ever, and then the committee bill was
passed by a vote of 83 to 21, the dem
ocrats voting In the negative.
NELSON FINISHES JOE GANS.
Negro Pug Gets Severe Beating In
Prize right.
"Battling" Nelson clinched his claim
to the lightweight pugilistic cham
pionship by defeating Joe Gans for the
second time at Colma arena In San
Francisco WetV.icsday afternoon. The
fight ended In the twenty-flrst round,
when Gans, beaten down by a succes
sion of blows from his sturdy oppo
nent, failed to get upon his feet with
in the count of ten.,
The veteran colored fighter was se
verely punished, but the champion,
too, bore marks of battle. From the
first clang of the gong to the last mo
ment Nelson forced the fighting, never
giving ground and gradually battered
down his older and less vigorous op
ponent. Gans succumbed In the twenty-first
round after being unmercifully
trounced. Nelson In this round rained
right and left blows to the jaw and
body, and Gans sank to the floor. Me
chanically the now defeated fighter
watched Referee Eddlo Smith wave
his hands, apparently too far gone to
hear the count. Not until the count
of ten was finished did Gans, ashen
pale faced, terribly cut and his eyes
glassy, attempt to rise. He realized,
however, that it was too late, and said
feebly: "I have positively fought mj
'ast battle."
One Humeri to Death.
One man was burned to death, two
women seriously Injured and several
others more or less badly burned, In
a fire at Philadelphia, which destroyed
the men's and women's buildings of
the Philadelphia Cricket club al
Chestnut Hill.
Iiurgcr Yellowstone Guard.
Provision Is being made at the war
department to double the garrison at
Yellowstone Nutional park. The re
cent holdup by a lone road agent of
seven tourist coaches, with 125 pas
sengers, is the cause.
l-Visco Train Derailed.
The southbound St. Louis and San
Francisco passenger train was report
ed partially derailed at a curve near
Hchulter, Okla., fifty miles south of
Muskokee Wednesday.
Sioux t'lly Mvo Stork Market.
Wednesday's quotatloni on the
Sioux City live stock market follow;
Top beeves. $4.30. Top hogs, $6.75.
Hoo-Hoos In HchhIoii.
The Concatenated Order of Hoo
Hoo, the fraternal and social lodge of
the National Lumbermen's association,
began Its seventeenth annual conven
tion at Chicago Wednesday with lm
presslve ceremonies.
Gen. I.ll!ey Tor Governor.
George L. Lllley, , of New Haven,
Conn., was nominated for governor by
the republican state convention Wednesday.
REDS INVADE LABOU HALL.
New York Pol lee Nub Berkman and
Put Him In Jail.
An attempt was made Monday to
turn a, meeting of unemployed work
men In New York Into an anarchist
demonstration, and for half an hour
the big hall In Cooper Union, where
the meeting took place, was the scene
of wild excitement, during which red
flags were raised, the police denounced
and Incendiary speeches made. Alex
ander Berkman, the anarchist who
some years ago shot Henry C. Frlck, a
steel company official, during the
Homestead strike In Pennsylvania,
was dragged from the hall by the po
lice and locked up. A young woman
who gave her name as "Mary Smith,"
and who stood by Berkman, also was
arrested, and Emma Goldman, recog
nized leader of the "reds" In this
country, was made to leave the hall.
Only the stern measures adopted by
the police prevented the meeting from
being an out and out anarchist af
fair, although the unemployed and
Brotherhood Welfare association, who
had planned the meeting, had no oth
er Intention than to present Its claim
that there are thousands of Idle work
men. J. Eads How, of St. Louis, some
times alluded to as "the millionaire
hobo," planned the demonstration. He
and others of the Brotherhood' Wel
fare association have for some time
been making preparations for a mon
ster parade and meeting on Labor
day. When the parade formed there
were less than 1,000 In line, some of
whom had attended the meeting In
Union square some time ago when the
bomb which was thrown at the police
killed a spectator and fatally Injured
the bomb thrower himself.
As the parade drove up In front of
Cooper Union a well dressed man
stepped to the side of Mr. How and
asked him to have the band play the
"Marseillaise." Mr. How referred the
man to the leader of the band. As
soon as the crowd had gathered in the
hall the band began to play the "Mar
seillaise," and In an Instant everyone
present Jumped to his feet, cheering
and stamping on the floor. Red Mass
appeared, but the police quickly mini
the holders of these put them away.
GIVES LIFE TO SAVE BABY..
New Yorker Carries Infant from
Burning Building. ,
Though badly burned John Tuck, a
retired real estate dealer, returned to
a burning apartment . In Brooklyn
Monday afternoon for a missing child
and saved It, but at the expense of his
own life. He had already rescued the
mother. Mrs. William Clamplet, using
his coat to protect her as .he carried
her down the stairs. She cried for her
child when the street was reached.
Disregarding his own Injuries Tuck
hurried back and safely brought the
infant out of the house. On his sec
ond trip he was unable to prevent his
own clothing from catching fire. When
he laid the child In its mother's arms
he collapsed and died. Neither Mrs.
Clamplet nor her child received seri
ous injuries.
SUPPORTS HOLDUP THEORY.
Negro Makes Statement Regarding
Shooting of C. L. llolierts.
Jesse Jackson, who was pushing the
rolling chair at Atlantic City. N. J., In
which Charles L. Roberts was riding
with Mrs. W. S. G. Williams, of Balti
more when shot, was ta'ken before
Chief of Police Woodruff Monday
night, when he reiterated his state
ment that the Bhooting of Roberts was
the result of a holdups Jackson ad
mitted making a statement over his
signature In which he said the bullet
which struck Roberts had been fired
from Inside the chair, but declared
that statement to be false. He said he
had been induced to make this state
ment on the promise of reward. Rob
erts Is resting easily.
IJoMx-rs Loot Fofrtofliee.
The postorfice at Breckenrldge, Mo.,
was broken Into early Monday morn
ing and about $1,100 worth of stamps
and a small amount of cash was se
cured by the robbers. Dynamite was
used to blow open the safe. No trace
of the robbers has been discovered and
it Is not known how many were In the
gang.
Man Held for Murder of Six.
Alleging that he is James C. Dun
ham, who twelve years ago killed
three men and three women at Santa
Barbara, Cul., Deputy United States
Marshal McFee caused the arrest of
"Bill" Hatfield, of Whitesboro, Tex
The man denies he Is the person want
ed.
Gov. Davidson Saves Two Lives.
While out fishing on Lake Mendota,
near Madison, Wis., Gov. Davidson
rescued two unidentified men from
drowning. They were In a canoe
which was capsized by a heavy wind
and were clinging to the sides of th
canoe when rescued.
American Warship at Suez.
The battleships Maine and Alabama
the advance guard of the American
fleet on the voyage around the world
have arrived at Suez.
Two Galveston Merchunt Drown.
John I. Moore and John Goggan,
merchants of Galveston, Tex., were
drowned when the skiff In which they
were riding In the bay near Galveston
was swamped.
In Peril of Famine In China,
A famine Is threatened in the region
between the river and the great wall
as a result of the floods which are de
stroying the rice crops.
IN PLOTS OF DEATH.
Mrs. Rio Tell Startling Story of Dr.
ItiiHtln.
The coroner's Inquest Into the death
jf Dr. Frederick H. liustln, whose
tragic death at the door of his home
in OmalufT Neb., has given the police
department one of the knottiest prob
lems It ever undertook to solve, de
veloped several sensations Tuesday.
The first was the testimony of Mrs.
Abble Rice, the woman who was last
known to be In Dr. Rustln's company
on the night of his death.
"I am 19 years old," she said, "and
was married two years ago to Irving
Rice. He was a private In the United
States army, his regiment being sta
tioned at Fort Des Moines. My pa
rents live In that city. His regiment
was ordered to Cuba and I followed
two months later. I lived several
months at Plnar del Rio, Cuba, leav
ing there last November for my home
In Des Moines. My husband had
abused me. After staying at home a
month I came to Omaha. Three weeks
later I was sick and Dr. Rustln was
recommended to me. He treated me
on two occasions and I have seen him
almost dally since that time."
She deolared that for some time Dr.
Rustln had been talking of commit
ting suicide, but that he wished to
disguise the act so as to protect his
life Insurance for the benefit of his
family.
After much Importunity he Induced
her to promise to kill him and then
take her ' own life. Arrangements to
this end were made for Friday night,
Aug. 28, but her nerve failed. On
Tuesday night following Dr. Rustln
pointed out to her on n street a man
who, he satd, had promised to do the
deed, saying that it would be done
that night. Later she identified Chas.
E. Davis, a clerk In a local bank and
member of a prominent family, as the
man referred to by Dr. Rustln.
Davis was placed on the Ktand and
testified that he had attempted to
commit suicide on the night In ques
tion by taking drugs furnished him
by Dr. Rustln, but denied that he
promised to kill the doctor or that he
had anything to do with the latter's
death.
FOUR DIE IN HOTEL FIRE.
Score More Are Injured in Blaze In
Denver, Colo.
Four men lost their lives and a
core of persons were Injured, several
of them seriously, In a fire that gutted
the.Belmont hotel Tuesday morning.
The fire broke out on the third floor
and spread with amaslng rapidity,
nearly 100 guests were stopping In
the house and many of them found all
means of egress cut off when aroused.
A number Jumped from -'windows,
while others were carried down exten
sion ladders by firemen and police
men. Patrick Treadwell, a fireman, of
Cripple Creek, Is credited with having
saved at least ten lives by inducing the
entrapped guests to Jump from the
upper story windows across a five foot
alley to the roof of an adjoining build
ing, catching them in his arms.
In the opinion of officials of the fire
department the hotel was set afire and
a rigid investigation Is being made.
Within the last week a dozen small
fires, believed to have been of. Incen
diary origin, have occurred In room
ing houses, in Denver.
LAST JULY FOURTH, 163 KILLED.
And In All 5,469 Cclcbrators Were
Injured.
Only the gladiatorial conflicts on
festival days in pagan Rome rival the
carnage of the American Fourth of
July, according to the Journal of the
American Medical association. The
victims of this year's celebration of the
Fourth of July throughout the United
States were 5,632 killed and Injured,
says the journal.
The number of casualties Is 1,210
more than last year, although the
number of deaths, 163, Is one less. The
list contains 157 more names than that
of 1906.
Much praise is given to Baltimore
and Toledo for passing ordinances
prohibiting fireworks and also for en
forcing them. Methods on prevention
used In St. Paul and Detroit are also
commended.
Hughes Test In New York.
More Interesting than any other fea
ture of the republican primary In
Greater New York Tuesday was the
so-called Hughes test. In all the elec
tion districts the enrolled voters of
the party were asked whether or not
they favored the renomination of the
governor.
Bootlegging In Court House.
Ellis Weant. of Purls, III., was ar
rested while selling whisky by the
bottle in the basement of the court
house. Paris is a dry town und Weant
was doing a rushing business when
caught.
Kentiicklnn Kills Old Friend.
Ruck Cottongume. walked Into the
front room of his home at 335 Linden
street, Hamilton, O., and without
warning fired ut Ferris Arnett, killing
him Instantly. Roth were natives of
Jackson, Breathlee county, Ky. Cot
tongame surrendered.
Slays IliiKlmnd; Tries Suicide.
Edward Hmoot was shot four times
In the back at Fiemingsburg, Ky., by
his wife and Instantly killed. She then
tried to kill herself, shooting herself
In the arm. Jealousy was the cause.
Murders Wife; Shoots Self.
Jesse Woodruff, of Urookvltle, Ind.,
tS years old, crushed his wife's skull
with a flatlron, causing her death. He
then fired one bullet into his own body
and another Into his head.
NEBRASKA
Fron Cay to D37 Condensed
STATE NEWS m m mi RADERS
a
CALVIN CHAPMAN HEM AltRIES.
Nebraska City Has Another Sensation
Added to Others In UN Cane.
Somewhat of a sensation was occa
sioned by the announcement of Calvin
Chapman, one of the prominent capi
talists of Nebraska City and a former
deacon of the Baptist church, thnt he
and Mrs. Rebecca Fund were rinirr'e:!
on Aug. 10, and the matter had been
kept a secret until this time.
Mr. Chapman has figured quite
prominently In the courts and church
for the last year. He and his wife
lived together for forty-six years and
during that time had accumulated a
fortune. One day he filed a suit In
the district colurt against his wife,
praying for a divorce on the grounds
of oruelty and constant nagging. It
was thought up to this time that the
couple had always lived hnpplly to
gether. They had one of the nicest
homes In the city and were leading
members of the Baptist church.
Shortly after this suit was filed
Frank Bond, a teamster about town,
filed a suit In the courts against Mr.
Chapman charging him with alienat
ing the affections of his wife, who
several months before had brought
suit against him and secured a di
vorce. This case after hanging fire
for a few months was settled and dis
missed and Bond boasted that he re
ceived a neat sum of rnpney and was
quite "flush" for some time.
Mr. Chapman settled with his wife
by paying her something like $75,000
In money and lands and was enabled
to secure a divorce without opposition.
Then Mrs. Bond brought suit against
Herman Schaden, a saloonkeeper, for
$5,500 for selling liquor to her hus
band and making a common drunkard
out of him and thus depriving her and
her daughter of his support. The
case was tried In the federal court and
she secured judgment for $5,400,
which the bonding company paid, af
ter refusing to appeal and brought
fult against Mr. Schaden and attached
all of his property for the money paid
Mrs. Bond. In the meantime Mr. and
Mrs. Chapman, because of tho noto
riety they had secured through their
lawing, were asked to resign from the
Baptist'church.
Now Mr. Chapman announces his
marriage to Mrs. Bond and has al
ready begun the erection of a hand
some home for his new wife, while
the former Wife, of 46 years, occupies
the old homo Just two blocks away.
PLEAD POVERTY CASE.
Express Companies Claim New Rales
Are Unjust.
The pitiable condition of the ex
press companies doing business In Ne
braska was presented Monday after
noon before Referee Sullivan i-.t Lin
coln, who Is hearing the case brought
by the state to prevent the express
companies from violating tho Sibley
law reducing express rates 25 per
cent in the state.
The companies contend that they
were making such a small margin un
der the old rates thnt If compelled to
permanently maintain the new ones,
ruin stares them In the face. The le
gal ground of defense is that the law
Is confiscatory, and tho new rates
therefore void. The state argued thnt
tho proof showed thnt under the new
express rates, on purely intrastate bus.
iness, exclusive of the revenue from
the money order business, the Adams,
which was the one selected for first
argument, made from $4,000 to $6,500
a year. Mr. Thompson, for the state,
laid stres on the fact that there was
no evidence to show what money the
companies had Invested In their busi
ness In the state. Their chief defense
was based on the theory of personal
service. The defendant's witnesses
testified that the services performed
areVeculiarly personal, which are cov
ered almost entirely by the operating
expenses, and that before any net rev
enue is shown the railroad la paid
57 Hi per cent of the gross receipts.
LARGE RANCH SOLD.
72,000 Acres of IjumI and All Im-
IroveiiienlN in Deal.
One of the heaviest real estate sales
to occur in the vicinity of Sutherland
In a long time, was consummated dur
ing the past few diiys, when the fa
mous "Duck Brand" ranch, lying in
the east part of Keith county, a few
miles west of that place, passed from
the ownership of C. F. Nevln to P. P.
Maddux, of Miller. The ranch em
braces 75,000 acres of deeded lands
and Is well stork with cattle, horses,
etc. The consideration Is $78,000. The
sale was made through the real estate
firm of Fred Plerson.
ArrpHtrri for Assault.
A young man of Mllford numed
Burkholder, was arrested Saturday ut
Seward by Sheriff Glllan for attempt
ed assault on a young woman numM
Krb. He Is In Jail awaiting his pre
liminary trial.
Capture I lorst Tliirf.
C. M. Earnest was a Tested at Sew
ard by Sheriff Qlilan frr having stolen
a team June 8 In Iff It county. He
will be taken to O'Neill by the sheriff
of that county.
Sneak Thieves a Seward.
An $85 gold watji belonging to Mrs.
W. 8. Dupin, of Seward, was stolen
from her home Monday, presumably
by home talent.
A Huiiiimt Crop of Corn.
The corn crop Is maturing rapidly
near Hebron. Grain men say Thayer
county will produce more corn thin
season than ever before. The crop is
so far advanced that frost would do
llttlo damage.
Tlilef Ew-niK's to Iowa.
J. W. Ogden, of Nebraska City, has
filed In the county court a complaint
ugalnst J. D. Ferguson, charging him
with stealing a wagon and a set of
harness. The man made his escape to
Iowa before he could be airested.
IHTFRFU Ml HAPPFMIMRS
STATE CONVENTIONS AHEAD.
Iav Provides Tliey Shall Meet at Mi
coin Sept. 22.
State conventions of the various po
litical parties will be held at the state
houso In Lincoln Sept. 22, the fourth
Tuesday In September. At these con-
venti'ii,!! pltitti linn will be formulated
and state committees will be selected
by each party, one for each senatorial
district. Tho committeemen 'will be se
lected by the delegates to the conven
tion. Under the provisions of the primary
law the nominees for county officers
should have met Saturday, the first
Saturday after the prlmery, at ' the
county seat and selected a committee
man from each precinct in each coun
ty. Within the coming week or by
next Saturday, the law provides, these
committeemen shall meet, ; elect a
chairman of the county central cdm
mlttee and shall select one delegate
to the state convention.
The law provides county commit
tees shall be selected on the second
Saturday after the primaries of this
year, Sept. 12. The nominees for coun
ty officers shall select this committee,
and It shall consist of not less than
one member from each voting precinct
In the county.
In congressional and Judicial dis
tricts the congressional nomlneeselecte
his own committee, as does the nomi
nee for Judge. Should more than one
candidate for Judge be nominated In a
district, each nominee has an equal
voice in selecting the committee.
In the appointment of the commit
teemen to select the delegate to the
state convention, which thd law pro
vides shall be done by the nominees
for county officers, some hold the legis
lative nominees are not to be consulted
because, they hold. In the meaning of
the law the legislative nominee Is not
counted as a county, but rather as a
district candidate. Should this be
true, the demoeruts In Lancaster coun
ty will be In a bad way for they have
no candidate for county attorney,
which, the way some people hold. Is
tho one nominee to select the state
convention delegate.
RUSTIN DIED BY OWN HAND.
Omaha Police Believe Suicide Fullj
E-tabllhlird.
Driven to the last ditch of despera
tion by pressing creditors, and believ
ing that every opportunity to renew
his dwindling fortune was gone, Dr,
Frederick Rustln, found dying by his
wife on the front porch of their home
In Omaha.at 3 o'clock last Wednesday
morning, himself fired the bullet
which resulted In his death at the hos
pital five hours later.
This Is what Is gathered from a
signed statement made Monday night
in the presence of the county attorney,
chief of police and a shorthand report
er by Mrs. Abble L. Rice, who Is de
tained at the police station because
she was one of the lust persons to see
the physician alive. She was locked
up Friday and left with her conscience
nfter having declined to tell what she
knew about the affairs of the doctor
or giving a coherent story as to what
transpired on the afternoon or during
the evening preceding the tragedy.
Chief of Police Donahue, who was
present when the statement was made
and witnessed the signature, was
stormed by reporters afterward, ' but
refused to say a word, remarking:
"Gentlemen, I would like to give It to
you. but there Is absolutely nothing
thnt can be said for publication until
after the Inquest. I am willing to bii
quoted on Just one thing, and that lh
this: that neither Mrs. Rice nor Mrs
Rustln had a thing to do with the
shooting of Dr. Rust in. This Is con
clusively shown by the statement. 1
only tell this because there have been
hints that possibly one or the other
of them was implicated and I want to
emphasize the point thut they had
nothing whatever to do with it, and
Mrs. Rustln herself knew much less
ihout his troubles than many of hi
Intimate friends."
ATTACKS EXPRESS HATE LAW.
Validity of NelnnsUn Statute Argued
Before Court Referee.
The constitutionality of the Sibley
law reducing express charges In Ne
braska 2S per cent was argued before
Supreme Court Referee John J. Sulli
van Monday. Attorney General
Thompson moved for Judgment
against the express companies, and At
torney Breckenrldge, antagonizing tho
motion, raid the law was preposterous
because under Its provisions It would
be possible to assess minimum penal
ties of $6, OOt), 000 and maximum pen
alties of $6,0110,001). The case has
been pending many months. Referee
Hulllvun will soon report his flndlriKS
to the supreme court, which will make
i ruling.
Bfultoii ApMlntcd Post muster.
J. K Heuttoii has been uppolnted
postmaster at Sholes to succeed E. W,
I'loKson, resigned.
Oloo Is Sliiirl of TcuclicrH.
According to the report of County
Superintendent' R. C King, there were
thirteen schools In Otoe county that
were not able to o-n Monday on ac
count of the shortage of teachers, and
these schools will have to remain clos
ed until teachers have been secured.
Take Children from Pureuts.
The county court his taken away
four children from Mr. and Mrs. L. l
Howard, of Nebraska City, and sent
them to the Home of the Friendless,
holding they were not proper person
to have charge of them.
Cmiiliig County Primary Vote,
t'ou.ity Clerk V. II. Harstlck and
his board of canvuseis have complet
ed the official count of the votes of
Cuming county which were cast at the
priinury election Tuesday. The demo
cratic party polled ul)out 750 votes,
while the republicans numbered but
500.
Toronto. (Canada) shoe clerks hsve or
ganised a union.
All tbe 140 lamplighter In Boston,
Mass., belong to the Lamplighters' Union.
The Drug Clerks' Union of San Fran-
rhco. Cel., 1ms opened an employment
i .
uureau tor cicrxs.
The Trades Unionist of Washington, I.
C, hns been taken out of the receiver's
hands.
Lynn (Mass.) building trade unions are
Retting together for one central council
that will Include al).
The recent Scottish trade union con
gress passed resolutions in favor of old
age pensions and In favor of compulsory
Intervention in labor disputes.
The coopers' local unions will vote on
a proposition to do away with conventions
and adopt the initiative and referendum
system in conducting the affairs of tbe
organization.
Machinists of Kan Francisco, Cel., and
those of Oakland have under consideration
a proposition to form a district council
of lodges of machinists of the bay coun
ties.
At a meeting of the United Hebrew
Trades Union of New York City, It was
decided to affiliate with the Workmen's
Circle, the national Hebrew labor fed
eration. The Journeymen tailors' general execu
tive board has interpreted the law relat
ing to sick benefits to mean that no such
benefits can be paid to any member
while outside the United States or Can
ada. As a result of complaints made by .the
Vallejo (Cai.) trades, council orders have
been Issued by the Navy Department to
observe 'the provisions of the California
child labor law in employing boys at the
Mare Island navy-yard.
An agreement, which it is said will
end the differences existing between the
Ronton (Mass.) roofers and sheet metal
workers' unions for many years was
signed by representees of both organ
izations. By a referendum vote the Poster Ar
tists' Association of America has de
cided to affiliate whn the American Fed
eration of Labor. The union has passed
its tenth anniversary, and there are lo
cals in every Important labor center of
the country.
Outside of the American Federation of
Iabor, the largest labor organization in
this country . are the great railroad
brotherhood,' six in number, wich in
clude something like a million workers,
divided up into thousands of local
unions.
A period cf twenty years In France
and Belgium has not materially changed
the tonnage output a miner employed, but
the German miners have reduced their
output by twenty-one tons in that term,
and the British miners by no less than
thirty-four tons since 1887.
In the matter of factory inspection and
the health and safety of employes, legis
lative action was taken in thirty-nine
States and Territories last year. These
include all States in which mining or
manufacturing employs a considerable
number of persons. In fourteen States
new enactments touching upon this sub
ject were written Into tho statutes.
Sixteen British trade unions, with a
membership of 300,000, are supporting a
movement to establish a 1-cent eight-page
daily newspaper in the Interest of labor.
Its title will lie the Morning Herald. The
parliamentary committee of the trade
union congress will manage the venture.
The suggested capital is $i00,000.
The law in Spain which already fixed
the maximum working liours for children
between the ages of ten and fourteen
years, limiting them to six liburs in mills
and other industrial establishments, and
to eight liours in shops and offices, and
which further prohibited them from being
employed on night work, has until now
made no regulations against the employ
ment of women and children in certain
harmful branches of industry.
WfiSSCNDS,
A movement has been inaugurated! for
the holding of a big shooting tournament
in Sioux Falls.
Spanish Queen captured the $10,000
Burdick hotel purse at Kalaninaoo iu op
position to eight other entries.
(Charley Griliin, the feather-weight
champion of Australia, is still trying to
arrange a match with Abe Attell.
The defeat of Jnck Iyburn by Ster
ling McKiuney iu the 2:0!) trot was the
feature of the opening dny of Kalamazoo's
first meeting as a member of the Grand
circuit.
After about one minute and a half of
fighting in .She second round Stunley
Ketchnl of Grand ltd puis, Mich., knocked
out Joe Thomas of San Francisco with a
shower of punches to tJijaw and body.
The cleverest filly owned by James It.
Keene was uut-overed at Saratoga when
Maskette carried the blue spotted jacket
of the veteran horseman to victory in
tbe most sensational finish of this meeting,
Racing mugnutes in New York are de
termined to keep up the gambling eud of
the game. They are using every device
that can be invented to circumvent the
: authorities, but handbooks are the favor
ite because they enable the bettors to
place their bets early and quietly.
At the Empire CWy track Jack Atkin,
carrying 132 pounds, won tbe Mount Ver
non handicap, one mile, after a hard drive.
He was under a strong pull to the sLretifc,
where Notter gave him his Lead, but be
bad to be ridden out to win. The time
. was very slow, for the mile was run is
1 1:40 4-5.
"-s or
DOUBLES RECORD FOR
FLIGHT IN AERQPLAHE
Orville Wright Stays in Air at Fort
Meyer 57 Minutes and 31
Seconds.
HIGH SPEED IS MAINTAINED.
Aviator Has Perfect Control of Ilia
Machine and Says Ho Could '
Have Continued Flying.
A new world record in aerovlnnt
flights was established at Fort Myer,
Va., early Wednesday, when Orville
Wright circled above the broad parade
grounds there fifty-three times and re
nialned in the air fifty-seven minute
and thirty-one seconds, official time. 1
Mr. Wright's smashing of all pre
vious records carried out hla promise
after his two remarkable ascents, when,
at tbe maximum height of sixty feet.
going ten and three-quarter miles In
all and averaging thirty-six miles an
hour, he spent eleven minutes In one
flight and eight minutes In the other.
The achievement was accomplished
under Ideal weather conditions nnd in
the presence of about twenty-five spec
tator aside from . the soldiers. The
ascent was made at 8 :1S o'clock In the
morning. It was an easy ride In the
air. the machine was under perfect
control nnd the aviator traveled at
speed approximating thirty-six to thir
ty-eight miles an hour.
Wright Is Highly Pleased.
Mr. WrlRht expressed himself ay
highly pleased over what had been
accomplished by his machine, and de
dared that hud he known he was se
close to being In the air an hour he
would have remained a little longer,
lie said that he came down because,
his motor sllpied once or twice, and
thnt he thought he hud been in the ail
only half an hour.
Except for tbe slipping of the motoi
no trouble was experienced in th
working of the aeroplane. Everything
went as smoothly as the moat perfectly
ndjusted clock, and the man who c.
auyed to beat all records in this branch;
of aeronautics' handled his Invention '
with as perfect ease as a trained en
gineer would handle the throttle of hla
locomotive.
Record Broken Nearly la Two.
By hla wonderful flight at Fort
Myer Wednesday morning Orville
Wright almost broke in two the best
olllclal record ever before made by a
heavier-thnn-nlr machine. It wna only
tbe previous Sunday that Leon. Dela
grange, president of the Aviation Cluft
of France, established a now world
record by remaining in the air 29 mln
utes nnd 64 seconds. lie circled tha
field at Issy, near Purls, fifteen and a
half times and covered fifteen and
quarter utiles. Monday Delngrnnget
nfter Installing a fuel tank of Increased
capacity on his machlue, made a flight
of thirty-one minutes, but the record
was not allowed to stand, three min
utes being deducted because the aero
plane touched the ground while tnai
tng its first round of the field.
American shippers in Mukden hare,
made formal complaint to their consul of
the fact that the Japanese railroad hi
Manchuria is discriminating agalust then).
This discrimination la carried on by
means of a rebate system in whioh for
eign shipers are excluded from using the
lines under the minimum cargo regulation,
and that they are not allowed to combine
their cargoes as are the Japanese.
In London the business session of the
seventeenth universal peace conference
was inaugurated with a speech by Lord
Courtney, who emphnuized the close cor
niK-tion between justice and peace. lie
declared that there would be no more
wars if injustice were driven out of the
world, and that the first step In this di
rection was to develop the strength, scope
and purity of international law.
The conviction of Tilak, leader of the
anti-Uriusli forces in India, by we hignt
court at Bombay, on the charge of sedi
tion, and his sentence to six years' ban
ish ment and a heavy fine, has brought on
a fresh crisis. As a demonstration ot
sympathy, 20,000 mill hands in Bombay
went on a strike. Uloting ensued, and
Europeans were stoned and jeered, a mag
istrate's bouse attacked and a mail train
held up. The troops were called out and
bad to fire solid shots into the crowd,
with fatal effect, before order was res
stored.
The heirs of Antolne Siger, the Mayor
of Fort de France, Martinique, who was
assassinated April 29 during a political
encounter, bave entered a civil suit for
damages in Parix against the governmeut
of Martinique, M. Lepreux.
Tbe new patent law, which allows any
foreign patents to be revoked unless tbe
article so protected Is manufactured or
the procees operated in England, went
into effect the .other day, aud in conse
quence the government estimates a rush,
of industrial establishments from foreign
concerns to the amount of $125,000,000
capital the Lrt of the year.