Nebraska Newspapers

    V
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD,
VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA 'CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908.
NUMBER T
sl-t Historical Sociely
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OP ALL
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
CASTAWAYS VILLAGE
SIIIP'H COMPANY TWO MONTHS
ON COU A I, ISLAND.
Jaiu;li(er lloiu In Wife of Chuplnlii
Patrick, of tlie Navy, .lust Ik-fore
Stranded Company Vn IMckcd X'p
by Steamer Mantike.
The castaways froul the Hrltish
t earner Aeon, who spent nearly two
months on Christmas island, an al
moet barren coral formation li the
Pacific ocean, arrived at Suva, Fiji
Inlands, Wednesday on tho .steamer
Manuka, of the Canadian-Australian
line, all well and increased by one
In number. A- daughter was born to
the wife of Chaplain H. II. Patrick, X!.
H. N., twenty-four hours before the
Manuka was sighted and this event
with the arrival of the rescuers mode
the occasion of much rejoicing.
The Manuka reached Christmas lsl
and on Sept. 2. Six hundred bags of
mail were transferred to tho steamer
during the night and the passengers
and crew were taken on board the next
morning.
The Aeon left San Francisco on
July 6 for Auckland by way of Apia
and was carried on the coral island by
tlie strong currents setting In shore,
The steamer speedily broke up, but
th mails were saved and a largo
quantity of stores. The refugees suf-
fired severe privations, but found
themselves among the remnants of
former wrecks, indicating tho dangers
of reefs and tides. r.esides the of
licors and crew, the Aeon carried Jlr:-
Patrick and her children and the Wife
of Lieut. Riddle, IT. S. N. nude shel
ters were built, but later on quite an
artistic cottage was erected for Mrs.
Patrlcfcand her nurse out of lumber of
Oe'shlp. Among the stores saved were
plenty of fresh vegetables and tho
men of the crew got fish in abundance
by the use of clubs In the surf.
A supply of fresh water was found
ot a depth of seven feet.
The United States supply ship So
lace, which has been in attendance
on the torpedo boat destroyer fleet
arrived Thursday, having sailed from
Pago Pago, Samoa, Wednesday, She
will return there on Saturday wltli
Mrs. Patrick and her family and Mrs.
Riddle.
HOY STOLI2 FATAL DISEASES.
Ambition Leads a IjiuI to Take Germs
of the Deadliest Kind.
Enough germs of diseases to kill
New York If they were let loose to
multiply were found by two venture
some, but nerveless detectives, when
they broke in on and arrested a boy
of 14 years who, lit his ardent pursuit
of bacteriological knowledge, had
stolen and was gloating over dozens
of glass slides.
These little transparent plates, view
ed by a person who did not know
where the boy scientist had purloined
them, would have called forth only
the remark,:
"Kind o' dirty; they need to have
thoee little specks cleaned off."
Dirty specks! The man who said
It would have turned gray with terror
had he known that those pin-point
sized blotches were bacilli of small,
pox, typhoid fever, diphtheria and the
still deadlier typhus. ,
Ambition to become a great scientist
had so seized upon young Irving ron
ton, of Brooklyn, that he was deter
mined to get material for his studies,
no matter how he got It. His mother
Is a scrub woman. At police, head
quarters young Benton, weeping, ad
milted he had stolen a microscope, an
x-ray machine and bacteria slides so
that he might be able to equip himself
for a scientific career.
Shoots '8-Year-Old Girl.
Christopher Crezle, treasurer of Oil
jln county, Colo., shot and mortally
wounded Jennie Hicks, tho 8-year-old
daughter oT Mrs. Addle Hicks, at
whose homo he boarded, and then
committed suicide. Following the
.shooting Mrs. J licks became hysterical
but it was gleaned from her Incoherent
statements that Civssle entered her
room and the Fhooting followed the
refusal of a demuud mails by him. The
nature of the demand was not dig.
closed.
(cut Strike Called Off.
Tho Canadian Pacific mechanic
strike, Involving 2 o,o'0 men, was de
clared (WT Thursday. Tim terms of
settlement w-re not announced.
Sioux City Live Slock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
fclour City live stock market follow
Top beeves. $4.22 Vi. Top hogs, 6.75.
I lines is Very III.
Frederick Bines, the well known
band mauler and musical director, Is
dangerously 111 In Die Savoy hotel, at
Seattle, Wash., suffering from fever.
Mrs. Innes Is with him.
Great Horror lu India.
Latest reports from the Hooded dis
tricts In India, which resulted from
unprecedented rains, place the death
JUt at 10.000. One village with 1,00(1'
Jaouses waa entirely engulfed In mud.
MAT mrroilT 1"OLYGAMIST.
Rich Hongkong Man Detained at San
I Yaiiolsco.
Robert Hu Ting Hosnian, the Hong
kong millionaire, who with two wives
and three children arrived In San
Francisco from the orient on the
steamer from Korea Tuesday, may be
deported to. the laud whence they
came. n
The special board of Inquiry ap
pointed to Investigate the case of Bos-
man determined to shift the responsi
bility of saying whether or not the
party should be admitted to this coun
try to the Immigration department at
Washington. As Bosman has come to
this country seeking medical attend
ance ho will be allowed to come
ashore and be taken, pending advices
from Washington, to the Oerman hos
pital In that city, accompanied by one
servant, but the two wives and three
children will not be allowed ashore
at all.
Bosnian Is in urgent need of skillful
medical attention and will take advan
tage of the opportunity glvsn him
to undergo treatment while awaiting
word from thj action taken In Wash
ington. He frn rl.'y admits his prac
tice of polygamy, in which he says
he sees no harm. He is the son of a
Dutch father and Chinese mother and
Is a prominent citizen of Hongkong.
WORKLESS IN CONVENTION.
Delegate -Arrive on Ivrcakbenms
"Blind Baggage," and on Foot.
An extraordinary gathering' began
In New York Monday, made up of
delegates from various parts of the
country to take part In a four days'
conference. They came on the brake
beams of freight cars, on the "blind
baggage," swift express or straggled
In over dusty roads. They profess to
represent the country's workless and
to constitute the "first national con
vention of the unemployed." VThe na
tional committee of tho unemployed"
Is the official name of tho organization,
at tho head of which is J. Kads How,
of St. Louis, known as tho "millionaire
hobo."
Many prominent men were Invited
to deliver addresses before the con
vention, among them being Roosevelt.
Bryan, Taft and John E. Redmond,
the Irish leader. All the men named
have excused themselves on the
ground of other engagements. "The
health of the unemployed" was the
principal subject tichcfluled for dis.
ensslon at Monday's meeting.
SLACGIITFU IN COAL MINKS.
Over 3,100 Men Killed 'During the
Pa. Year.
Accidents in the coal mines of the
Jnited States dur!ngv'the last calendar
year resulted I the death of 8,125
men ffnd the injury of 5,314 more, ac
cording to statistics just made public
by the geological survey at Washing
ton, D. Cv
The death record was greater by
1,033 than In 1906, and Is said to have
been the worst year in tho history ot
tho coal mining industry. t
The figures do not represent the full
extent of tho disasters, as reports were
not received from certain slates hav
- g no mine inspectors.
Gov. Hanly Is Accused.
Luther W. Knlsely, a 'member of the
lower house of the legislature, of In
diana, now iir special session, signed
an affidavit Monday In support of the
charge made by hint Saturday on the
floor of the house, when he voted
against the county option bill, that
Gov. Hanly had offered h!Yn a position
paying $,2,000 a year if he would vot
for the bill.
Actor Joseph Wheclock Dead. j
Joseph Wheclock, the, veteran actor,
died of heart disease at his home in
New Jersey Tuesday as he was about
to tako a train for New York. Mr
Wheelock was about 65 years ok), lie
was one of the founders of the Actors
Home of America and served -as it
ilrst president.
Doctor Kills Burglar.
A masked burglar, armed with an
open knife, was. shot and instantly
killed in Chicago Tuesday by Dr
Adolph Gehrmann, 3816 Ellis avenue.
The physician fired three times. Each
bullet took effect. No marks which
would Identify the man were found
by the police.
News from the Fleet.
Gov. Gen. Smith received a tele
gram Monday from Zimboago saying
that the Atlantic lleet was expected to
pass through the Basllnn channel
Tuesday night or rally Wednesday
morning. The repair ship Panther
passed through the Hnpllan channel
en route to Manila.
I :
Ifaskel to Sue Hearst.
Gov. Haskell announced on his ar
rival at Guthrie Okla., Monday from
Chicago that ho would bring suit
against William Randolph Hoarst
Wednesday "to make him prove -Jim t
vhat he said was not true."
Bible in Every Room.
An organized movement to place tho
oiblo In the rooms of eveiy hotel in the
United States waa formulated at a
meeting of "Gideons," at Kansas City,
an organization of Christian traveling
men.
Russian Train Held Yp.
A St. Petersburg special says: A suc
cessful train robbery his been execut
ed by a band of thirty men near VII na.
No definite statement of the exact
mount of the booty has yet been
madei but it is estimated to vary be
tween $50,000 and $100,000.
Car Collide in Brooklyn.
Twenty persona were Injured, two
fatally, in a collision between trolley
cars In Brooklyn Monday.
COVUT MOLDS DAVIS.
Young Banker Muni Answer for Mnr
dcr of KuMln.
Following -n live days' legal battle
before Police Judge Crawford at Oma
ha, Charles Edward Davis was bound
over to the district court to answer
the charge of murder In the first de
gree for the killing of Dr. Frederick
Rustln on theiiioinlng of Sept. . Ball
was fixed at $10,000, which wa
promptly furnished by two brothers
of the defendant, and the accused man
was permitted to go. although he will
remain In charge of a guard, who has
been retained by tli Davis family.
Mrs. Abble Rice, who has been de
tained In tho matron's department of
the police station since the shooting.
It is stated, will be released on noml
Inal bonds for her appearance In the
district court as a witness. It Is stated
also that her father will tako her
back to Des Moines, where she will re
main until the trial Is over.
Dr. J. P. Lord and Mrs. lilee were
j both called lu r buttal. Their testi
mony was brief, being lor the purpose
! of refuting statements by the police
1 that, Lord had not told the officers of
, meeting a mnn answering Davis' de
scription the niKht of the shooting and
explanatory of why Mrs. Rice did not
ride In the At me s' at on a ptreet car
with Rustln.
COST OF WHITE PLAGl'K.
Five Million Face Iicalh from Con
. sumption.
That 5,000,000 pceple nov living in
the United States t.re doomed te fill
consumptives' graves unlets something
is done to prevent it was startling
declaration of Prof. Irving Fish, of
Yalo unlversi'y, in an address on "The
Cost of Tuberculosis" before the Inter
national congros on tuberculosis. . at
Washington, D. C.
, Fisher's adrfTVess, which was the fca
ture of the d.iy created ft Kensailon
among the hundreds who listened to
his statements.
1 Fisher fuilber declared that 138,000
persons who die of consumption an
nually In this country oiist, In hard
cash, over $1,000,000,000 a year.
HIXDRF.PS NF.AI: DEATH.
Two Steamers Collide on llio Coast oi
England.
The tourists steam yatch Argonaut.
which left London Monday bound foi
Lisbon with 250 persons, went down
between Dover and Dungeness Tues
day morning, nfter having beau in a
collision with the fteamcr Kings
well in a fog. All on board tho Ar
gonaut uamo ashore safely.
The Argonaut sank so quickly thai
Ihhose on board barely had time tc
save themselves. Fortunately tho sea
was smooth and the transfer of th
passengers and crew to small boat!
wan-made speedily. There was nc
panic.
The people on board the Argonaji'
lost everything they possessed.
K1LLKD IN BATTLE WITH DICER
Mnn Found with Anns Clasped Aronnt
Dead Animal.
With his arms tightly clasped a'oui
the neck of a large buck deer whlct
had died of a bullet wound, the bodj
of George Buxton, of Brockway, In thi
southern part of Oregon, was founc
in Ollalla canyon by a searching party
Buxton had evidently wounded tin
animal and was preparing to cut itt
throat when attacked. The- ground
showed evidence of a terrible struggl
and the man's body was cut an?
crushed by horns and hoofs.
Confesses Ballot Frauds.
Two more men have confessed tc
Violations of Uie election laws of MlS'
souri during the August primaries
They were sentenced to two years each
in the penitentiary. Both defendants
Benjamin Tenting and Robert Will
lams, are negroes. Thus far some 9(
Indictments have been returned by th
grand jury.
California Bunk Fulls.
Tho Valley Savings bank, of Fresno
Cal., incorporated last January with
an authorized capital of $200,000, ha:
been closed by order t f the Btate bank
commission. Its affairs have been
placed in the custody of an accountant
representing the commission.
To Withdraw Troops from China."
It Is believed that Japan will with
dray a large portion of tho, Japanese
troops now siauoneu in ortn China,
leaving only a small number at Pekln
mid Tientsin.
Steamer Goes on Rocks.
The steamer Humboldt went hard
and fast on tho rocks of Active Pass,
near Victoria, 11. C. early Tuesday.
The passengers were taken tiff by a
fishing steamer and went on to Seattle
Bally Will Not Retire.
Senator Bally, of Texas, emphatic
ally denied he Intended to resign from
the genator ending his eureer there
in. Fatal Wreek In Kansas City.
One person, Pearl Guinard, was
killed and several others Injured at
Kansas City, Mo., when a motor car
carrying a number of passenger, col
lided with and demolished a light road
wagon.
Rob Wisconsin Bank.
Robbers blew the safe of a state
bank at Ladysmlth, Wis., taking about
$$,000. The cracksmen shot a night
policeman in the arm
ur isn ii.iui is w i
m iit-uiiriwitri
I STATE HEWS' !
m
ATTACKED HY HOGS.
Child Near Ncdinskti City Him Narrow
. FHjM'.
A young son of Mrs. Giahuin -of
Cheyenne, Wy .. who was v isiting with
relatives at Fi.lon. had a most excit-
lug experience. He got out In a hog
Jot and was attacked by the hogs, he
lper thrown dnv. '.i r.-il bis rlothluar torn
traded to tho place by Ihe screams of
the child and found th?t Hie hogs were
eat!ng the child alive, and s!ie bad a
terrible tight to ehirse them away from
their vlct'ei. When the c'llld war. res
cued It was foimd that he had large
pieces of llesh bitten from his arms,
legs and body and on top of his head
was a large calp wound mnde by the
hogs' teeth. T'.ie child U stl!! in a ser
ious condition and it will he some time
before his woumla heel. If no other
complication!! ct In. Had the mother
been five minutes later the child would
have been killed and devoured by the
hogs . ( "
IiROKKN BOW STORK Is ROHHF.D.
Thousand Dollars in Cash imdtowol-
ry Taken from Safe.
Some time during Ttierday night
burglars entered the Jewelry tuid shoe
store belonging to Fred V. Heyen of
Broken Row. taking nearly $1,000 In
cash and ahmblei from the rufe. The
thieves rained entrance through a
back window, and from tho fet of
their having little illMr-u'ty, apparent
ly, In opening the big sale, must hnx-v
been old hands at the game. Suspic
ion points to a couple of iuecr looking
strangers who came In from tho wo;t
late Saturday night and claimed to be
from Billing. The Jewel y takm con
sists of watches and a number of pearl
and diamond rings. Sheriff Kennedy
Is working the wires in nil directions.
Another theory is Unit the Job wa
done by local crooltn.
'IHA1XS COLLIDF. AT KF.AR.NKY.
Five People Injured. One of Them Se
riously. A special freight train struck accom
modation tropin No. 63 at Kearney
Tuesday afternoon and several were
injured. The local train was pulling
from the sidetrack onto the east bound
main line and the through freight had
a clear board. , The engine'struck the
rear coach slantingly and 11 turned
over." There were four passengers In
tho coach and all were Kllghtly hurt;
Mra. Rumaine St. John, of Gibbon, was
Injured the most, but not" seriously.
The Injured: Mrs. K. Bowker, Kear
ney, Nob., bruised and cut; Sirs. Hazel
Hlllon, Amherst. Neb., spine injured:
Raymond Fern, brckcniaii, collar bone
broken, . - - .
YOVNG MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Gun is Discharged While n Friend Is
FSnmining n.
Einent Fritz, a young barber -of
Hooper, was accidentally killed by a
gunshot wound Tuesday morning. Ho
and Boyd Sanders were In tho grocery
store of Jacob Sanders and were ex
amining a shotgun, when in some
manner the shell was exploded and
tho charge entered the neck of Fritz,
killing him Instantly. Mr. Fritz was
about 28 years of age and lias lived
there about ten years. He leaves a
young widow.
Child Wn i idol's From Home.
The ton-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Engler, living eight
miles northwest of Beatrice, wandered
away from home Sunday evening and
was not found until tho next day.
When the searching parly found her
she was in a pasture about a mile from
her home with her pet dog. She had
suffered considerably during the night
from exposure, but otherwise was all
right when found.
Farmers Lose Hogs.
What seems to be a kidney disease
has broken out among the hogs in the
country near Stanton. A number of
farmers have lost their herds. The
hog gets sick very suddenly and dies
soon afterwards. On opening It up
they find the spleen about threo times
Its normal size and very brittle, as it
rotten, tho large Intestines being lull
of minute worms scarcely visible to th
naked eye.
Kxploslon Wrecks Room.
An explosion of an oil stovo caused
considerable damage at the home of
Henry Bean of Fulls City, Mrs. Bean,
who Is an invalid, was sitting in an in
Vilad's chair near tli stove at Ihe time
of the explosion and was severely
burned, especially about the face. Mr.
Bean was badly burned In carrying hol
lo a place of safety.
Dclcguievx to Hie Wulrrvwiy.
Governor Sheldon has appointed llu
following delcgau-8 to the Jakes to the
gulf deep wiiturway convention to be
held In Chicago. October 7 to !: Wil
liam llu ward, Nebraska City; Charles
Sloan, Genovu; Kwuno 'Bradley, Ne
braska City; II. T. Clarke, str., Omaha;
James North, Columbus; K. I'. Myor,
Alliance.
Hoi'M and Itit'-igy Melon.
A horse and biii;y brfemging to I).
S. Faulder, living lu the noftheu-.l part
of Beatrice, was siokji. There If t; i
clue to tho thieves. Tho oMieeis be
lieve the Hu rt w.m e. mounted ,y A
gang operuting in that section of the
uluto and Kansas.
Gru(K) Glower Orgunixc.
A grape growers' association is being
organized by prominent grape growers
of Poru. The object la to promote tlio
growing and Khlpplng of'grapes Ex
perts suy that tho hillsides of this re
gion are admirably adapted to the
growing of the vine.
Telephone Displace Telegraph.
Tho Burlington ruilroud has inau
gurated the use of the telephone in
stead of telegraph In dispatching
trains on Ita Lincoln division, from
lUnouln to Pacific Junction. Ia
FATALLY HI RNI-.D HY GAsOt.LVTJ.
Stepping on Match in Clomvl Boom
CaiiM's F.p!iislm.
By a gasoline explosion at Nebraska
City Saturday, George Trulllnger and
bis foreman, O rover lue, were fatal
ly burned. Triiillnger conducts a
donning establishment, tiding gasoline
'and has n plant near his home In the
northern purl of the cily. While work
ing there" Lane Invited hl.n to go into
the drying room to inspect It, and
when they stepped Into the room end
closed the door one of them stepped
upon a match and Instantly an cxplo
rlon followed and both men wete en
veloped in flames. Tho door had been
clored behind them end they f-.iught
to make their escape, but before get
ting the door open they were ulmost
roasted to death.
.. . iii.;,ei Is so badly burned that
his tinker nails have dropped off and
his whole body Is burned over and no
hopes are entertained for his recovery.
Lane escaped with serious burns on
his face and arms. Tho clothing of
both nun was nearly burned from
their bodies before they got out nnrt
received assistance. Trullhiger has
hem unfortunate; bis first wife and
chilil wore binned to death In a gaso
line explosion at h!s home juid after
wards hl.i p'.ice if business ' "In the
Grand hetol block wnn destroyed by a
gasoline vxploMioti. lie is n young
man ond finite popular.
FARM KISS FORM ORGANIZATION.
Comh'iie to I'iilil the Claims of (he
Ciilon Puollliv
At a meeting of right of way farm
ers near Duncan a permanent oigan
Izntinn was effected under the name of
"The Platte Valley Farmers' Protec
tive association" and a constitution
adopted. OI!!cti' were elected as fol
lows: Charie.i Wnoster, president, and'
Frank O. It.dden. secretory, both or
fUlver Creek; John Kngrl of Duncan,
treasurer, and J. O. Blodgett of Co
lumbus, Abner Witcluy and Martin
Knrges. Jr., of Duncan find Robert
Murray of Silver Cieek, members of
the executive committee, of Which the
t rislilent of the us-oclation In ex-o"ll-elo
chairman.
One of the declared purposes of fTie
,'faimerfl Is to "protect themselves from
the encroachments of Ihe Union Pa
cific Rullrof.-I company" in the matter
of claims fi r 400 feet of right of way.
Fanner;, and land owners along the
Fiiton Pacific railroad from Omaha to
Og.len. T'tah, are mnde eligible to
membership. Silver Creek Is made
the hoiidtiuait is of the association.
AutinTuriiM Turtle.
AVhaT might have been a very serl
ous accident happened when Mr. and
Mrs. I. it. Holmes, of Red Cloud, were
on their way to Bladen. They were
diiving their automobile down a hill
when the brake refused to work and
tho machine Hew Into live nlr and
turned over backwards with the occu
pants underneath. Mrs. Holmes es
caped badly n-tilse1, while Mr
Holmes was not Injured at all.
Dentists Meet.
The Northwestern Nebraska Dental
societv met in annual -session at Mc
Cook .with a. representative attend
ance of over fifty dentists from all over
that part of Nebraska. The next ses
sion of the society will be held In Su
perior next fall. The oHlcers elected
arc: President, J-. M. Prime, of Ox
ford) secretary, W. A. Mclloniy. of
Nelson; treasurer, J. A. Galnsforth, of
Holdredgo.
Over u Million In Taxes.
.Taxes amounting to $1,140,000, in
round numbers, have been paid by the
Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy Ruil
way company on its holdings west of
the Missouri river during the past
year, according to R. D. Pollard, the
road's tax commissioner. Of this sum
over $S0l), 000 has been paid In the
state of Nebraska.
Small Farms for Adventlsts.
The Seventh Day Adventlsts, who
have their-state conference headquar
ters at Hastings, have purchased for
ty acre? of line farming land Just out
side the city limits, but near their
truct in College addition, and will cut
it up Into small tracts for sale to mem
bers of the denomination.
Such for $ 1,700.
Mrs. Eva Blvens, of Beatrice, filed
suit In the district court against Guy
Ellis, of Omaha, Joseph Ellis, and
others to recover the sum' of $4,700.
Tho plaintiff alleges tide) amount is due
her for money loans made to John El
lis, now deceased, father of the two
boys named as defendants.
Sent to Penitentiary.
Charles El'luger, a West Point
young man, who was found guilty of
an assault witli Intent to Indict great
bodily . Injury upon John Buse, a liv
eryman, was sentenced by Judge
Graves to two years Imprisonment In
the peiiitentluiy.
Iluinliolt Hold Change.
The Centrul hotel, Humbalt's sec
ond lioblh'iy, has passed under the
eoiiliol of Mrs. Eva J. Davison, who
came from Fulls City. Both the Gen
ital and 1 1n? Park are owned by Dr.
.1. I Gundy, who Is using every effort
to keep both running in good shape.
Omulia .Man ltoliln '1 on Train.
It. M. Beck, of omtibu, while re
tin nil k home iroui u summer's work
In M iuuesola, was robbed of $110 on
a Northwestern train. The theft Is
sui posed to have hoi n committed
w hile Peck was slci ping in his seat.
Severe Storm ul Aiu-vtorlh.
Friday afternoon Cie hardest storm
of the season vlslled Alnsworth. There
was thunder, and lightning und rain
uinl hail fell to tTle ji pth of three
Inches. Tho tlicrmoiiioli'i' went down
over thirty degrees.
Curiam! Nol Guilty.
A iuil unusual and drumatle scene
took place In diMilct coai't at IJroken
Bow when tln Juiyn the cms of
James ('inland, charged with tlie mur
der of John Sanderson March 28,
brought In a verdict of acquittul after
being out thli ty-fclx hours.
New Church.
The Christian Scientists are layln.H
the foundation for their new churo.t
in Nebraska City. It will tie one of Ihe
finest church edifices In the city whew
computed.
Lord Tweedi'.ioulli, first lord of Ihe
British ndinlraltr, Is "lit u her.stly fix."
The Kii!r wrote lil:n n Mler ami
criticised tiie Brit
ish naval program.
t 7. -41
'J''rti annul Intttfir mid
Lord Twedmouth
replied. To tata hor
ror, the next thing
was the publication
lu the Times, F.n
gland's greatest
liewspnper, of a
sensational article
LOISl) TWKKHMOVTH.
nml a bitter edito
rial demanding that lie innke the Kai
ser' letter public. Tho oilier English
newspapers followed suit, mid every
body begun (o wnnt to know what busi
ness It wis of fcie Knlser'i what Ei
gland did about her navy, and why he
ilareil to write Lord Tweedmouth about
It, and how- It could have happened
that Lord Ttveeilmouth forgot himself
ao far ne to reply to auch a letter, nnd
why lAinl Tweedmouth couldn't let ev
erybody know what was In the letter.
: : -
One of the cleverest cracksmen that
ever operated In London has been ur
restod In the person of John Frederick
Spencer, well
known citizen nnd
Sunday - school
teacher. Only re
cently he wits given
prize of $300 as
"most respected cit
izen." Und not
Spencer lieen ar
rested while In the
act of -burglarizing
few would have be
lieved tho charges
against him. Ho
has uindo a com
plete confession. "I John r. spencer.
was caught red-handed," he snld, "so
there Is no use denying anything. I
ira the so-called 'Mr. naffles,' to cap
ture whom the municipality employed
in extra force of detectives at a cost
tf-$4,000."
: j-
Vlctor liosewnter, editor of the
Oumhu Bee and member of the execu
tive committee of the Republican tirt-
Monal committee, Is
i native of Omaha,
vhere he was born In
iri, the year the
flee wns established
by his father, the
nto Edward Roso
vatrr.. Mr.-Itosewo-
LS'4V ' 1 '! ',ie PUDl,c ohobls In
'C Omahn, Johns Hon
fcrtLrltirt'v, ., .vlklng university, nt
victor BOBiiWATtR. jiumniore, and Co
lumbia university, ' New York, taking
the degree of doctor of philosophy ot
Columbia. Since 1805 be has been
active In newspaper work, being the
managing editor of the Bee from that
year until the death of bis father in
August, 1006, when he succeeded to
editorship of the paper.
Bert M. Fernald, who hns been elect
ed Governor of Maine, la a wealthy
farmer and proprietor of a large can
nery. He hns a
farm of 800 acres
at South Poland
that Is one of the
finest In the East,
and lives ou It bc
cauKe ho prefers It
to n. city home.
Born on a farm,
he has lived on
one all bis life.
Mr. Fernald Is no
years old. He has
served In the Ig- klbnai.d.
Islature and two years ago sought the
Republican nomination for Governor,
but was defeated.
Ludy . Dorothy Howard, to whom
Winston Leonard Hpencer Churchill,
tlieN young English stalosinan, Is said
W?'$S 1110 nftI """lighter
T &3 ". of the Earl of Cur-
J3 5 'j&T' ol'l. fuels said to
i h !n 1,0 ,hc kwl"'Ht l)o1
HH itlll ill U till tt7
l'smlly that In en
thusiastically d'S
voied to politics
und has , in a do
speeches at si root
corner meetings In
IJtUV UOWARU.
favor of the liberal licensing bill. Iler
father, tin) earl. Is a unionist ni.d the
ninth of the t HU, which Is one of tho
oldest lu Great Itrltulu."
Henry M. Novius, who lias liEeii made
eoinnmiidor In-ehlel' of tli.- i ). A. It., Is
a native of New Jersey, lie wns a
law student with
the late It. A. Al-
gel', when the civil
war broke out. He
enlisted from Ills
stute, wus promot
ed to a commission
with the Seventh
Michigan cavalry.
Ho lost an arm in
front of Fort to- pyP'
vpim. lie him Upon If -' . ' O,
niander for New "" ' KltvlD
Jersey twice. He hns also been Judge
ud president of the rtate finite.
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CHICAGO.
Some irregularity In seen in the cotlrwe
of events, but the Rouci-al trend of bu-d-np.s
is eneourngliiK. Temporary set buck
re cn'.t.sed by funui (ires, dolnyo! fail
plowing unit poslpoued demand in l.-ading
retail lines, til due to tint aJuiorniat
drought.
The volume of jniyuiraU through the
bunk furnishes the bot record in twelve
week, and 1m omiiilcrnlily above that of
llio eoi'roH)oniliiu week of ItWl. wl en
trade was roiimrkiibly active, while the
coirjiiU'ison willi a yrur two rIiowm ou.y a
stmill lon.
A healthy liTdieation is the firmei tone
in money, whidi lm raiiKed an advauee
iu the diseoiuil rate.
Hcspiie hiei-rmsing HhipiiienU of cur
leiiey to move tho crops aud reserving ot
funds to tiK'er heavy Oetolier sottloinenfi,
liank dopoibt remain at. the beat average
of tlie kousoii and resource are nnijito
for Bill Icipiitfil borrowing need.
luvoHltMoat Iiiim w idened iu choice liouds,
nltliouuli till' new Issues are restricted,
nnd miles of local ("curiticH aItuosteunl
those at tliix time lost year. Tln-re is
also coiisiileniblo money Koing into real
eslnte, inoNtly bought for Improvement
purposoH. The totnl now building woi-k
and heavy construction compares favor
ably with lliis time l.it year, and labor
llnds more ei ploy men t at good wngoH.
Altsoriillon of biiildiinr material!) utend-
ily expands, and tins xtrenglbciiK the
conditions in lumber, Htruetural at eel,
wood work and quarrying, shipments hav
ing inrrea.sod and prices being firmly up
held. ,
Manufacturing diHcioKea no signiiicant
change in production. More machinery .
and hands, however, are active and new
orders come forward as well as expected,
in Iron, brasa mid electric lines, ,
Bauk clearings, $237,015,073, are 3.T
per eent uuder those of the corresponding
week la 1907. Failures reported In the
Clilcago district number 28, against 34
last week and 10 a year ago. Those witls
liabilities over $3,000 number 7, agn'm-t
ft last week and .1 In V.M7. Dun's ltd
vlew of (Trade.
NEW YOEK.
While events generally tend toward
steady if alow improvement, conservatism
atill rules purchasing in wholesale and
jobbing lines, nud at several large cen
ters fall trade, not n lily in dry goods, has
reached And tinMund llu ntMTimiim. TulfAii
as a whole, trade, though in a few in
stances equal to a year ago at this date,
Is still generally below the normal, and
the approach ot the election has a ten
dency to discourage all but absolutely
necessary purchases.
Western trade advices are good as a
whole, though house trade Is on the wane
nnd traveling salesmen are relied npon to
talie earn of reorder .business. There Is
very general agreement that stoccs are
small in retailers' bands, and color td
this is given by the many orders given
for immediate whlpmeut, which throws
unusual burdens iu turn upon jobbers,
wholesalers and manufacturers.
Business failures in the United Stales)
for the week ending Sept. 21 number 2tl7,
against 2011 last week, 100 in the like
week of "10O7, 105 in 1900, 185 It) 190$
and 170 in 1004. Eailures in Canada fos
the week number 32, against 23 last week
and 30 in tho like week of 1907. Brad
street's Commercial Report. '
Chicago Cattle, common to prinn
14.00 to ?7.C5; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00
to $7.23; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $4.33; wheat, No.. 2, $1.00 to f 1.01 1
corn, No. 2, 7Hc to 79c; oats, standard,
47c to 4c ; rye, No. 2, 75c to 70c ; hay,
timothy, $8.00 to $12.00; prairie, $8X0'
to $11.00; butter, choice creamery, 19j
to 24c; eggs, fresh, 19c to 23c; potatoes,
per butvliel, 00c to 70c. .
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00)
to $7.00; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $7.45 ; sheep, common to prime.
$2.60 to $3.75; wheur, No. 2, 98c to
$1.00; corn, No. 2 w hite, 7So to 70c; oats.
No. 2 white, 50c to 51c.
St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $7.00; hog,
$1.00 to $7.20; sheep, $3.00 to $4.15;
wheat, No. 2, $1.04 to $1.05; corn, No. 2,
70c to 77c; oats, No. 2, 47c to 49c; rye.
No. 2, 77c to 79c.
Cincinnati Catile. $4.00 to $5.25 j
hogs, $4.00 to $7.a5; sheep, $3.00 t
$3.35.; wheat, No. 2. $1.05 to $1.00; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 79c to HOe; oats, No. 2
mixed, BOc to 51c ; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to 80c.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $1.50; hogs,
$4.00 lo $0.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 90c to $1.01; corn.-No. 3
yellow, 81c to 8,'le; outs, No. 3 white,
BOc to 51c; rye. No. 2, 75c to 77c.
Milwaukee Whcit, No. 2 northern,
$1.01 to $1.00; corn, No. 3, 70c to 77e;
oats, standard, 50c to 51c ; rye, No. 1,
75c to 70c: barley. No. 1, 05c to 00c;
pork, mess, $1 1.95. .
New York Cattle. $1.00 to $0.30;
hogs, $3.50 to $7.00; sheep, $3.00 to
$4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.07 to $1.06;
corn, No. 2. 84c to Stic ; oats, uatir-al
while, 53e to 55c; butter, creamery, 22c
to 20c ; eggs, western, 19c to 23c,
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Wc to
$1.01; corn, No. 2 mixed, 79o to 80o;
oats, No, 2 mixed, 49c to BOc; rye. No.
2, 75c to 77c ; clover seed, October, $5.57.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping .leers,
$4.00 to $0.25; hogs, fair to eHiolce, $U
to $7.50; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.00 to $4.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$5.00 to $0.30.
Prlee of l!os Fat I! p.
For the first time In nine years the
price of bogs rose eveu widh that of eat
tie lu the Chicago stock yards last Moo
day, the figure being 7 ceuts or there
shouts. Scarcity of live stock and the
high price of corn Is glvou s ths cam
f the rise. T'je price of pork, lard s.n4
tallow have gone op at the same time.