Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, September 25, 1908, Image 1

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    S1C0T4 COUNTY HERALD.
VOXUHE XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1908.
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MOULD'S DAILY NEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND
- CONCISELY STATED.
GRAPE RAISERS HURT
ORGANIZE TO HELP BEAT BACK
"DKV WAVE.
Charge that Anti-Saloon League and
Women's Christian Tcnicrance
Union Lack Intelligent Discrimina
tion in War on the Brink Evil.
Grower of grape from California
and other grape growing- centers of the
United States gathered In New York
Wednesday to co-operate with th
American Growers' association in
campaign against the Anti-Saloon
league and the Women's Christian
Temperance union. It was said by the
grape growers that these temperance
societies In their campaigns against the
drink problem do not discriminate and
that as a result the grape industry has
suffered from their attacks.
Resolutions were passed condemn
lng the "unreasonable" efforts to bring
about legislation that would injure the
wine industry in this country and
grape growers were called upon to or
ganize to protect their Interests.
ODD FELLOWS IX PARADE.
Hour TImkimiihI In Line in Streets ot
Denver.
Four thousand members of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows and
its ladles' auxiliary, the Rebekahs, who
were In Denver from all parts of the
continent on the occasion of the
elghty-flrst annual session of the sov
erelgn grand lodge, I. O. O. F., parad
ed the principal streets of that city-
Wednesday. Interspersed in the pro
cession were fourteen bands. T'.ie
weather was perfect and trte street
were lined with spectators who greatly
admired the brilliant spectacle pre
sented by the uniformed cantons of
Patriarchs Militant from Toledo, To
ronto and from many nearby cities.
George L. Clark, past grand sire of
Australasia was initiated in the Pa
triarch Militant degree, and, whan he
returns to his own country he will
Immediately commence the work of
organizing this branch of Odd Fellow
ship there.
PLEDGE FL'XDS TO IRELAND.
League in United States to Raise Sum
of 150.000.
The national convention of the Irish
League of America brought its bien
nial session to a close in Boston Wed
nesday night with the election of of
ficers and. passing of resolutions ap
proving the work of the league's repre
(tentative in the British house of com
mons. The resolutions pledged the
league to the raising of 150.000 fo.
the perpetuation of the work in the
cause of Irish freedom In the next twc
years, and later the amount was raised
to over f80,000.
Officers were elected as follows
National president. Michael J. Rvan
of Philadelphia; national treasurer, L
B. Fltzpatrjck, of Boston;' national
secretary, John O'Callaghan, Boston;
chairman national executive commit'
tee, W. Bourke Cockran, New York
and six vice presidents.
CARS COLLIDE IN FOG.
Fifty Hurt In a Wreck Near Phlladcl
plilu.
A fog was responsible for a head-on
collision between two cars on the
Southwestern Traction company's line
between Philadelphia and Chester,
Pa., in which about fifty persons were
injured, several probably fatally. A
rar leaving Philadelphia with work,
men employed by the Baltimore Loco
motive company at Its out of towi
plant was speeding along a single track
with 72 men on board when suddenly
l car coming from Chester loomed up
In the fog. Before the brakes could
be applied both cars were w recked
Eberhardt Plead Guilty.
August Eberhardt, on trial at Hack
ensack. N. J., for the murder of hi
aunt, Mrs. Ottille Eberhardt, Wednes
day changed his plea to guilty and wai
entenced to thirty years' Imprison
ment.
Cu.shler In I'ndcr Arrest.
W. H. Burletson, cashier of the Par
ma, Hanover and Pittsford, Mich.,
bunks, which closed last week, wa
placed under arrest Wednesday on a
warrant charging him with falsifyinf
the books of the banks.
Rain Cheeks Purest Fires.
A heavy rainfall Wednesday in the
vicinity of Cadillac, Mich., checked the
forest fires which have been burning
for about two months and caused dam.
age-estimated at over $1,000,000.
Woux City Live Sun k Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $4.(0. Top hogs, $(.8S.
Noted Attorney Is Dead.
Russell Peabody. of New York, one
if the attorneys who had a leading
'part In the defense of Harry K. Thaw
for th murder of Stanford White, died
suddenly Wednesday at Babylon, L. I.,
of pneumonia.
Noted Polish poetess Dead.
Hedwlg Luracsewska, a noted Polish
poetess, better known under her paea.
donym of Devyla, la dead at Warsaw,
jrih wa born In JSI.
"DRY" ARMY IS ACTION
Large Force Descends Vpon Indiana
Assembly.
The temperance forces of Indiana
made a demonstration at Indianapolis,
Ind., Monday when more than 1,000
assembled In the corridors of the state
house and engaged in prayer for the
passage of the county local option
bill. Th demonstration was arranged
by the Anti-Saloon league, and those
present included ministers, Sunday
school teachers and others. Many
women were In the crowd. Three
car brought the ministers of the
Methodist conference at Shelbyvllle to
Indianapolis, and they went direct to
the state house and took part In the
exterit. Every delegation that came
to the city marched to . the governor's
office and cheered the executive.
The meeting In the rotunda of the
capltol was spirited, and at the same
time deeply impressive. All the work
ers present wore a piece of white rib
bon pinned on the lapel of his coat,
nnd on thisVas printed In large let
ters: "We Want County Local Op
tion." Several ministers made speeches ex
plaining their presence and saying
that they came because Crawford
Fairbanks, president of the Terre
Haute Brewing company, and Albert
Liber, president of the Indiana Brew
ing company, and others of like kind
were at the head of a lobby to pre
vent the passage of a local option bill
and it became the Christian duty for
men of the church to counteract such
Influence If possible.
ODD FELLOWS MEET.
Five Thousand Delegates Attend the
. Grand Lodge.
Fully 5,000 delegates and visitors
ire In Denver, Col., to attend the
eighty-fourth annual session of the
sovereign grand lodge of the Indepen
dent Order of Odd Fellows, which be
gan Its deliberations Monday and will
conclude Saturday. Coincident with
the Odd fellows' meeting are the In
formal meetings of the Uebekahsi
Politics will engage the attention of
the sovereign grand lodge delegates
to some extent, although the only of
fice to be filled by vote is that of de
puty grand sire.
One important question will come
up for consideration. It is to make
the age limit for admission 18 years
Instead of 21, a at present. The mat
ter has been before grand lodge ses
lons before and always has been de
feated. ILLINOIS PRIMARY RULING.
Important Derision Made In Contest
Over Nomination.
A ruling which may change the re
sult of the recent republican primary
election for the state's attorney nom
ination was made by Judge Cutting,
of Chicago, when he declared the vot
ers who voted as democrats two years
previous to the primary could not le
gally vote for the nomination of any
one on any other ticket. At the prim
aries John J. Healy, present state's at
torney, was defeated by John E. W.
Wayman. A recount, of the votes con
firmed this result, but, according to
Healy, developed numerous cases of
fraudulent voting.' Democrats, he al
leged, were voting in squads for Way
man. He brought suit before Judge
Cutting to annul the election and the
court's ruling is regarded as of the
greatest importance.
Seven Shot In Kentucky.
Seven people were shot, several dan
gerously, at a big tent meeting at
Moreland, Ky., Sunday night. The
shooting took place inside the tent as
the large crowd was beginning to
leave. Jujjt what started the shooting
has not developed. Hundreds of men,
women and children ' were more or
less seriously hurt in the panic that
nsued.
Many Prohibs Protest.
Aaron S. Watklns, prohibition can
didate for vice president, delivered two
addresses at Waco, Tex., Sunday.
Many prohibitionists refused to hear
him speak, cluiming while it was all
right to talk temperance on Sunday,
In a general way it was not proper
for the candidate of a political par.
ty to do so.
Justice Brewer In Pulpit.
Justice David R. Brewer, of the
Jnited States supreme court, was the
principal speaker at th services In
commeniorutlon of the fiftieth anni
versary of the First Congregational
church of Leavenworth, Kan., Sunday,
Limits Convict Lcai-lng.
Just at midnight Saturday niirht
Gov. Hoke Smith, of Georgia, siKned
the convict lease bill, which hereafter
prohibits the leasing of felons except
by the consent of the governor and
prison commission.
Breaks World's Itivoid.
Wilbur Wright, the American aero-
planUt, flew in his machine Monday
for 1 hour, 31 minutes and 25 seconds.
This is the world's record.
Buys American Beef.
The British war office has oln,....i
with a Chicago firm another larc con
tract for American beef, and the ad
miralty Is negotiating for a contract
for the navy.
Fortune For Children.
The will of John V. Furwell. ulonr
merchant and philanthropist of Chi
cago, was filed for probate Monday,'
disposing of an estate of $1,77$. 900
equally among his five chllren.
TRAINS FOR THE DEAD.
Cholera, Victims Shipped Ont of St.
IVtersbtirg.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
the cholera dead are being Interred at
Preobrazhensko, which Is about an
hour' distance on the railroad from
St. Petersburg. A train of several
loaches carrying the mourner and a
dozen freight cars with the dead in
rude coffin goes dally to this place.
The scenes are heartrending In the
:hapel where service is conducted un
interruptedly night and day.
The coffins are of rude workman
ihlf. They are made of spruce, and
thickly coated with tar. The Identi
fication numbers of the patient are
marked with white paint.
A coffin after coffin Is brought to
the chapel the women who haye gath
ered there, singling out the numbers,
betray frantic grief. In some cases a
mad struggle Is made to wrench off the
lids and snatch a last look at the
dead. . ,JTri
The scarcity of grave diggers ha
caused a painful delay in the past few
days, 4 50 coffins containing bodies now
being stored In the adjoining wood
shed. Some of the mourner have
been waiting their turn for several
day.
The Rech report a case In which a
cabman made the rounds of all the
hospital with a cholera patient, who
was refused admission to all of them.
The vigorous campaign In Manila
for the eradication of cholera I be
lieved to be preventing any apprecia
ble increase In the spread of the dis
ease. There is an average of about
fifty new case dally. In official cir
cles it Is maintained that there Is still
a, possibility that the city may be rid
ded of the cholera before the arrival
of the American battleship fleet.
WORK OF MOB UNFINISHED.
Negro Left Hanging to Tree Is Found
Alive.
George Clark, a negro, shot Consta
ble W. H. Taylor, who attempted to
arrest him, at Shero, Tex., Tuesday
night, and a mob hanged the negro to
a tree, leaving him for dead. Wed
nesday morning he was found to be
still alive and was taken to Jail, where
a second mob threatened to take him
and finish the work of the first.
Clark had created a disturbance at
Iflmer, Tex., and when Constable Tay
lor attempted to arrest him he ran
away. Taylor overtook the negro af
ter chasing him two blocks. Clark
felled Taylor with a rock and after
a struggle took from the constable his
revolver and shot him In the thigh.
The negro escaped Into the woods
where he was captured by a citizens'
posse. They strung him to a tree af
ter he had confessed to shooting the
officer. After the crowd had dispersed
the rope with which the negro had
been hanged slipped in some manner
so that the man's toes touched the
ground. His hands were tied behind
him and he could not move. He be
came unconscious, but after being cut
down he revived In a short time.
x I. O. O. F. PLANS MEETING.
Lodges of Northwest Iowa at Sioux
City, Deo. 9.
For the entertainment of the seven
ty-five Independent Order of Odd Fel
low lodges of Iowa within sixty miles
of Sioux City, together with members
from Nebraska lodges, grand lodge
officers and a few sovereign lodge of
fleers, the wearers of the three links
in Sioux City are preparing for a big
gathering in Sioux City Dec. 9.
The plan, which Is a new one to the
local lodges, is. to have a series of
meetings in one city each of Iowa,
South Dakota and Minnesota. The
high officers will attend all the meet
ings which will be held on succeeding
days.
On December 8 a meeting will be
held at Sioux Falls and he following
day the prominent Odd Fellows will
come to Sioux City to Join their broth
ers.
Many ill Shipwreck.
The American bark. Star Bengal,
was ashore on Coronation island Wed
nesday, with 136 men aboard. The
crew had no chance to' land. The
United States cable ship Burtislde went
to her relief, but was not able to reach
the wreck, owing to the bad weather
prevailing.
Two Klulii ly a .Maniac.
Andrew Lightfoot, a mulatto Inmnte
Jf the government hospital for the
Insane near Washington, killed- Pat
rick Maloney, an attendant; Margaret
Fallen, a patient, and Injured an
other person. Lightfoot was cap
tured after being shot and wounded In
the legs by his captor.
Kentucky (lets Light Rain.
A light rain fell at Hopklnsvllle,
Ky., Monday, the first in many weeks.
Water has become so scarce and hard
to git in sections of western Kentucky
that it Is being stolen from those who
have a supply and refuse to furnish
it to outsiders.
Grcut K.nglWi Strike.
More than 400 cotton mills, employ
ing 140.000 operatives. In I-ancaxhlre,
Kngland, are Idle Monday as the re
sulk of a dispute over wages. It is be
lieved the strike will last long.
New German Kinoy to Washington,
The successor to Damn von Stern
berg, as German ambassador to the
United States, according to the Berlin
Tagehlatt, will probably be Baron
Mumm von Hch wartiensteln, the pres.
ent ambassador to Toklo.
Fire Ixsa $ 1, 000,000 a Day.
Dr. J. C. McOee, of th geological
enrvey, who ha returned to Washing
ton from the Adirondack, say th
damage being done In that section by
UM) forest fires la $1,000. 000 t day.
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STATE NEWS i
WRECK AT WEEPING WATER
Missouri Pacific lnseitgcr Train Col
lides With n Frelitlit.
Monday evening the 'Lincoln and
Union passenger, cast, as It rounded
a curve coming Into Weeping Water,
smashed Into a freight train. Both
fnglnes were wrecked, also several of
the cars. Tito seriously Injured pas
sengers are:
George Hoffman, fireman; right arm
and shoulder crushed.
Engineer Hooper, sprained ankle
and back.
Joe Smith, brakeman; contusion
right eye, concussion of brain.
Mrs. J. R. Gettz, University Place;
broken nose.
Others, not seriously:
Walter Jackson. Beaver Crossing.
Mr. Bingham, Lincoln,
x W. H. Shoaf. Pauline.
H. Guren, Crete.
Rev. J. G. Nichols.
H. A. Seldel. Rising City.
Mr. W. F. Moran.
Rev. E. Holland, Denton.
Harvey Tromble, Fort Morgan, Colo.
Bertha Scheuler, Humboldt.
Jimmy Lococa, Lincoln.
Agnes Lococa, Lincoln.
W. Beastham, Broken Bow.
L. Loyd, Geltz.
Mrs. L. J. Lake. Elmwood.
xJ. Lee Boyer, traveling man.
All were able to be Fent on Except
the fireman.
RURAL CARRIERS TO MEET
National Association Will Meet In
Onialia October 6 lo 0.
J. H. Talbot of Table Rock, presi
dent of the Nebraska Rural Letter
Carriers' association, was In Omnha
Sunday completing arrangements for
the annual meeting of the national as
sociation of that organization to he
held In Omaha, October 6. 7, 8 and 9.
The headquarters of the national
association will be at the Rome hotel,
and the convention will be held In the
banquet hall of that hotel, but If
larger quarter are needed. It will be
held In the Auditorium or some other
suitable hall.
The president of the National As
sociation of Rural Letter Carriers' is
Paul L. Lindsay of Tucker, Ga., who
will be present during the convention.
It Is also expected that Postmaster
General Von Meyer, Fourth Assistant
Postmaster GeneraJ DeGraw, Superin
tendent W. S. SpfNman of the rural
free delivery service, and other lead
ing postal department officials will be
present.
At least 500 delegates will come to
the convention and probably twice
that number of rural carriers from
different parts of the United States
with their families.
COUNTY DIVISION FOR KNOX
Residents Weary of Maintaining In
land County Seat. ,
A petition was being circulated at
Crofton last week asking the board of
supervisor to submit the question of
county division at the election In No
vember. It has been eight years since
the last county seat fight wa pulled
off in Knox county, at which time the
county seat was moved from Niobrara
to Center, which was nothing but a
farm at the time. There very little
town there now and the people have,
become tired of maintaining the
county seat in an inland town. It is
proposed to cut off the east half of the
county and call It Sautee county after
the Sautee Sioux Indians who will
be located In the northwest corner of
It. It will cause a fight for county
seat relocation in Knox county with
Crelghton, Verdlgre, Nlohrara and
Center in the fight. In the proposed
new county are Hloomfleld, Crofton
and Wausa, with the former near the
center.
BITTER FEELING OVER SALOON
Anti-Saloon Men Cluiin Their Lives
Are In Imnger.
As a result of the prolonged liquor
fight at Barneston, Dr. T. J. Woods
and Julius Vogel, who have taken an
active part in trying to keep out sa
loons in that town, appeared In the
county court and swore out warrants
against Frank Plzar, Edward Severano
and Charles Chunla. Plzar Is charged
with assaulting the plaintiffs at
Barneston last Saturday. Peace war
rants were sworn out against Churrin
and Severano. the plaintiffs alleging
they fear their lives are In dniiRcr.
Plzar was formerly a bartender at
Barneston and Churda at erne time
operated a saloon there. Severn no re
cently applied for a saloon license at
that place. The trouble has stirred up
considerable excitement in the little
town.
NCVtKMIMT Changes Hands.
The Crofton Journal has been sold
to W. H. Needham. editor of the
Hloomfield Monitor. ICdltor Robinson
expects to go up into t lie new Tiipp
country.
Lilitor Takes h Homestead.
Klnier B. KiiiKsbuiy. the "fceiihil
editor of the Leader at 1'oncil, hiis
taken up a claim mar Hcni S. I).,
.ttul will Fin n leave fur Hint place.
Federal Court Adjourn.
The federal court nt ("Madron ad
journed after trying the Jury cafes.
leaving the equity eases to he heard
before the corntnls-ionei s.
Meteor Sighted Near PlultMnotith.
ne of the most biil'.laut iiietiois
ever set ti In the vicinity f plat!-
mouth parsed wet of that city Satur
day evening and uas uitneved ly a
vrcut many people.
Artillery Mown On.
Batteries C. It and E of the tflxth
United States field artillery, which
ramped at lieatrico over Sunday have
left on thtdr return inarch to Fort
J iter, Kan.
EX-CONVICT DODGES POLICE.
Notorious Horse Thief Stays In Omaha
a Year and r - pea Trap.
Having lived In Omaha for one year
at Forty-third street and Lafayette
avenue. Frank Lutx. a notorlou
horse thief and ex-convict on parole
from the Joliet penitentiary, made hi
escape from the city Thursday even
ing, a short time before the net which
the police had woven around him wa
to be drawn In.
During the last year while he resid
ed In Omaha Lots made frequent trip
Into various parts of the state, return
ing with one or 'more horses. At the
present Lut has foer of theee horse '
hired out to local coal dealer, and It
was through the medium of one of,
these horses that Lut was to be cap
tured, but he evidently surmised that
he was "wanted" and disappeared.
Luts has been living with a woman
named Mrs. Kelley, of Chicago, who
has two small sons. A wagon load of
stolen artlclei was recovered by tho
police wV: J residence was raid
ed FYlduy moiiiii.g.
Ten of the horses he has stolen
since his residence In Omaha have
been recovered by the officers. Five
were stolen from' Fremont, three from
Calhoun and two from Bancroft. Four
of them were sold to Omaha parties.
They have not only been recovered,
but identified.
It Is learned the criminal did time
In Sioux Falls and Joliet and escaped
In Indiana while awaiting sentence t
the penitentiary for horse stealing.
OSSENKOP AND BYRNE FRIENDS.
Former Killed I titter. He Says, While
Intoxicated.
Sheriff Qulnton returned to Platts
mouth, bringing: Fred Ossenkop, who
Is chuaged with having killed Charles
Byrne In Englo Thursday night while
under the Influence of liquor. Each
was born In that vicinity and attended
school near there and were prosperous
farmers, residing about five mile
west of Eagle on their own farm.
Byrne leaves a widow nnd two child
ren. Osyenkop Informed a- reporter that
he and Byrne had always been friend
and there had never been nny difficul
ty between thm: that Intoxicating li
quor was entirely responsible for the
committing of the crime. The prison
er will probably be given a prelimi
nary hearing within a few days, as
County Attorney Rawls is very busy
on the case now. Ossenkop Is a pow
erful man, weighing 225 pounds, while
Byrne only weighed 140 pounds. Th
citizens of Eagle were afraid of Ossen
kop. He shook the marshal and slap
ped him In the face and took a prohi
bitionist into a saloon by main force
and compelled him to drink a glass of
liquor.
GRABS THIEF AND YF.LL8.
Burglur Is CaiKured at Cambridge
Alter Exciting Chase.
John Sommerhaeys was bound over
to district court by Justice John at
Cambridge upon the charge of burg
lary. Having no one to act as sure
ty he was taken to the county Jail to
await the next term of court. Friday
morning about 8 o'clock, as Mr. M.
D. Fldler was returning from a neigh
bor's house across the alley from their
dwelling she found a stranger In the
act of leaving her house with two gold
watches and other Jewelry. She at
once grabbed the thief and called for
help. Her cry attracted the attention
of a man who was passing and he
promtply gave chase. The thief, how
ever, made good his escape. Later
Summerhaeys. who is about 22 year
of age. was captured In the outskirts
of town and brought in for prelimi
nary hearing.
Balloonist Hangs to Cable.
Prof. Craig, who has been making
balloon ascensions at Fremont, Had a
close call Friday evening. He did not
have his balloon ready until about
sunset, and when he made the leap
with the parachute did not notice the
wires near. He landed on the wire.
The parachute was jerked out of hi
hands and he clung to a telephone
cable. It was probably ten minute
before he was relieved from hi peril
ous situation.
Convention of Traveling Men.
The first annual convention of the,
Nebraska Travelers' association wa
held at Hastings Friday. Delegation
from Beatrice and Grand Island
sought the next convention. Several
hundred traveling men were in attend
ance. Mother Finds No Trace of Child.
Mrs. James Cratrer. of Hastings.
hus been unable to find any trace of
her 6-year-old daughter, Fern, who
was token away In an automobile
Thursday morning by her husband
ugalnst whom she lias a divorce suit
pending.
Arrested for Hootlcirglng.
Walter and C West, who were ar-
rcxled in Herman Wednesday, were
brought before United States Commis
sioner Slnirliaus at Tekumah charged
with selling liquor without a license.
Shopmen Are Busy,
"lie Burlington shopmen at Wy
mote arc working nine hours a duy.
r".rnni"tnir.R lat Saturday. They were
working but ci;-ht hours a day most of
:lie provlou winter and summer.
Snake Show Ten! Takes Fire.
The vnake. show which has been ex
hibiting in the street south of the New
York hotel et Fremont, caught fire
front u cigarette and burned.
Larger Attendance tit Ueslcyuii.
.M the close of the first week the
replsti-otlon et Nebraska Wesley an
university N iuuvler lhi;ii that ut the
ame time a year aso. '
Advco'it-fn to Build at Once,
The hendouti' ters K ttliment of the
Seventh Dry Adve-tlis in Hastings
Nil. g-own exit rir, ely since it was
tsr'ed two ye.us m.o. ur.d It will soon
bp further iren'vd ly the f lection of
a church and school builoing.
Frontier Days for Columns.
The Columbus iJrlvIng club has ar
ranged f"r n M fcrt'va: Oct. 1 nntl 2,
when Col. f. n l-wln sill picseiit a
practical duplication if tbe chief
vents at the Chcyei.ns festival J1
recently.
LIVES OF 110 LOST III
ALU SHIPWRECK
Star of Bengal Is Broken to Pieces
on the Shore of Coronation
Island.
BESCUEKS SAVE 27 PEOPLE.
Two of Crew Reach Land and Make
Vain Effort to Operate
Life Line.
One hundred nnj ten out of a total
of 137 persons ultoard the cannery ship
Slur of Bengal were drowned lust $un
day tifteruix.ii when the vesse Iwus torn
from the hold of protecting tug pud
dashed ashore nt Helm Point, off the
Alaskan coast, at the southeast end of
Coronation Island.
The news was brought to Wnuigel
by the tug Wattle Gage, Captain Karrer,
which carried .thy survivors, twenty
seven lu nil. The survivors before leav
lug Coronation Island, hurled tha
IskIIcs of fifteen white men on the
l teach.
The enliie ship Rurnsldc which left
for the scene or the wreck nt midnight
Monday, us soon as ,the news of the
wieck was received, returned the fol
lowing evening with the Information
that the Star of Bengal was u total
loss, only the e:id of the masts show
ing above water.
Cast Ahorc In Driving Rain.
The ship was being towed to sen from
the Wrnngel cannery by the tugs llattle
Huge and Kayak. Captain Karrer of
the Iluttle tinge gives the following ac
count of the disaster:
"As we came within reach of the
tale we could see we were making lee
way and drifting toward Coronation
Island. The Kuyak was light nnd could
do nothing. The llattle Gage could not
handle the ship nlone. At 4 o'clock the
Star of Bengal drifted into a narrow
bight nnd we could see land on both
sides abreast. We sounded and found
(iMit fathoms.
"We could see the vessel dimly tiy
the phosphorous dark rocks that were
11 around. We cut the towllne nnd
steamed out into oicii water, but could
not see anything In the driving rain
except one Mite light burning on the
Khjp. The storm Increased nnd the
tugs steamed to Fhlpley Bay, twenty
six miles uwny."
Survivors Tell of trsele.
Survivors Aluir nnd Olson said the
ship sank n limit ! o'clock after break
ing Into three pieces. The surf was
full of salmon cases nnd gasoline
drums.
Mulr says he nnd Olson got a boat
off nnd went n shore through the wreck
age. They helped several ashore and
pulled Captain Wagner out of the
wreckage, lie could not speak. The
breeches buoy was rigged to a tree, but
the ship was swujing so that the line
was nlternntely loose und tight, ninklug
Its use liniMissible.
The ship books and paiKTS were
found on the bench. Ojie man hnd
matches and a fire was built with kero
sene from the wreck. The fire saved
the lives of the survivors, as It kept
them from freezing.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
Minneapolis health officers have con
fiscated a large quantity of milk from
local dealers, claiming it was not' in tit
condition for food.
Ijl Crosse, Wis., business men hare
subscribed $500 to aid the national rivers
and harbors congress In its caniimign for
the improvement of inland waters.
Fargo business men are figuring on
building a trolley line from Fargo to Pill
inaiith, a new suburb created by (lie
Northern Pacific railroad for shops and
yards.
Montuun mine operators anil workers
ore holding a joint couvctitioii ia Helena
to adjust the wuge scale for the ensuing
year. The oi erutor desire to make a
cut in wugfM, hilt this t he miners will re
sist. Th receivers of the I'illshiiry-W'asli-burn
company will keep I lie mills going.
I'illshury "A" mill is running on full time
and "B" mill will start in a few days.
The court has authorized the puyineut of
employes. S
A tight for better railroad rates has
been oeiietl by North Dakota wholesaler
and jobber. Hud at the request of the
commercial chilis of Fargo und elsewhere.
North Ihikotaus ullegs discrimination by
ruilrouds hi fuvor of Twin City jobbers
nud wholesalers, uml InsUr on being given
a square ileal.
A conference dealing with mining con
ditions existing in the I'uiteil States and,
the great number of fataliiif resulting
from mine aivitlcnl. is beimi held in
Pittsburg. Victor Wutteyne. chief of th
Belgian ilepui'tmeiit of mini s, is confer
ring with Charles palm of the United
Slates geological survey, ami .1. W. Paul,
chief of the department of mine of West
Virginia.
At Keilulia, Mo., six hundred emptoyet
of the Missouri Pacific shops who bav
heeu working on part time since the be
ginning of the financial stringency will
rcMiuiM en full time.
K. K. Bevklcr', one of the best known
civil anil const rurt ion etigiueers in the
liiiled States, dropped dead ut the West
Tuuuel camp of the St. Paul pass, near
Tsft, Mont., aged W years, louder the
direction of Mr. Heckler, tihe Pacific ex
trusion of the Great Northern railroad
was count rut-ted. lie wa at one tiin
chief engineer fur the Muutana Cintral.
Lord Tweedniouth, first lord of the
British ndinlraltr. Is "In a beastly fix."
The Kaiser wrote him a letter ami
criticised the Brit
ish naval program.
It was only a per
sonal letter and
Lord Tweednioutlk
replied. To his hor
ror, the next thing:
Sns the publication
the Times, Kn
gland's greatest
newspaper, of a
sensatlonnt article
I.ORB TWr.EDMOLTII.
and a bitter edito
rial demanding that he make the Kai
ser's letter public. The other English
newspaper followed suit and every
body; begat, to want to know what busi
ness'' it was of the Kaiser' what En
gland did nboiit her navy? and why he
dured to write Lord Tweedniouth aitout
It. and how it could have happened
thut Lord Tweedniouth forgot himself
o far as to reply to such a letter, ami
why Lord Tweedniouth couldn't let ev
erybody know what was lu the letter
: :
One of the cleverest crncksiueu thnt
ever operated In London has been ar
rested In the imrsou of John Frederick:
spencer, w e 1 1 -known
cltlren and
Sunday - school
teacher. Only re
cently he was given
prize i' $r.()0 as
"most resected cit
izen." Had i.ot
SiH-ncer been ar
rested while in the
act of burglarizing
few would have be
lieved the charges
ugalnst him. He
has made n com
plete confession. "I John r. spences.
was caught red-handed," he suid, "so
there is no use denying anything. I
ui the so-called 'Mr. Raffles,' to cap
mre whom the municipality employed
in extra force of detectives at a cost
of 14,000."
Victor Rosewater, editor of the
Omnha Bee and member of the execu
tive committee of the Republican na-
itional committee, is
In native of Omaha,
where he was born In
1871, the year the
Bee was established
I by his father, th
late Edward Rose-
water. Mr. Rosewa-
j , , VJter was educated at
' Jthe Public schools ia
I (, fOiuaha, Johns Hop-
I i KTiiLvwiklns university, at
victob bosewateb. Baltimore, and Co
lumbia university, New Tort, taking
the degree of doctor .of philosophy at
Columbia. Since lSt)5 be has been
active In newspnper work, being tbr
managing editor of the Bee from that
venr- until tha AaniYt htm t
. - - ....... . umvm w . u.v x.fcuc:t ly
August, 1900, when he succeeded t
editorship of the paper.
- Bert M. Fernald, who has been elect,
ed Governor of Mnlue, Is a wealthy
farmer and proprietor of a large can
nery. He has a
farm of 300 acres
nt South , Poland
that is one of the
tluest in the East,
nnd lives on It be
cause he prefers It
to a city home.
Horn on a farm,
he hus ' lived on
one all bis life.
Mr. Fernald Is .V)
years old. -He has
served in the Ieg- hebt-m. fkhnaid.
Mature and two years ugo sought th
Republican nomination for Governor,,
hut was defeated.
Lndy Dorothy Howard, to whom
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill,
the young English statesman, is suid
to be engaged, Is
the tlfth duughter
of tho Earl of Car
lisle nud 20 years
old. She Is said to
he the keenest pol
itician lu it large
family that Is en
thusiastically de
voted to politic
and hus made
speeches at street
corner mcetliiga lu
LADY IIOWAHII,
fuvor of the liberal licensing bill. Her
futher, the etui. Isi unionist nnd the
ninth of the title, which is one or the
oldest lu (irciit Ittitaln.
Henry M. Nevlus, who hus beeu made;
coiiiiuuiider-lti-chief of the (I. A. R.. In
a nutlve of New Jrs.-y, He wits u
law student with
the lute It. A. Al
ger, when the civil
wur broke out. Ik
enlisted from hi
stale, was promot
ed te a commission
with the Seventh
Michigan cavalry.
He lost an arm in
front of Fort Ste
veus. He has beeu
department - com
uiauder for New
HEMKY at. HKnca.
Jersey twice. He bat also been a Judft
eud president of the state a ate.
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