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DAKOTA . COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY,' OCTOBER 1), 1908.
NUMBER C
lY PRUTS DAILY NEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED, AND
CONCISELY STATED.
ALL TALK FOR CANAL
OflKAT INLAND WATKHWAV Hi
' MOUE THAN IHtKAM.
Anrijr of Promoters Gather Taft ns
Leading SieaVer at Opening Session
Relegates I'ny Tribute to Work of
Officers.
A picture of days when stately ships
Khali carry the rich products of the
central states from the great lakes to
the Gulf of Mexico through a deep wa
terway strung- with products of no lens
value was conjured up Wednesday be
fore the delegates and visitors to the
third annual convention of the Lakes
te the Gulf Deep Waterways associa
tion held at Chicago by able speaker?,
headed by William H. Taft.
Wednesday's utterance . were au
thoritative, for they came from Sec
retary Saunders, of the association ;
President Kavanaugh, head of the or
ganization; Gov. Charles S. Deneen, of
Illinois, who spoke of the first link
of the groat waterway, the Chicago
drainage canal, and William H. Taft,
who had general supervision In Wash
ington In tho bulldinjr of the Panama
canal until he resigned to become the
presidential nominee of the republic
an party.
The need of such a waterway was
insisted Upon by every speaker. The
tuestion of transportation, It was de
clared, la one of the most serious
questions with which this country has
to deal.
, Mr. Taft's Insistence that not onty
the deep waterway, but the conserva
tion of the natural resources, were
related subjected which called for im
mediate action elicited great applnuso.
His statement that the waterway was
not a project, but a policy, found a
ready response In cheers of his audi,
nee.
SLAIN IX.III8 COUNTKY HOME,
Mystery in Killing of Prominent Phll
Mdctpltlan. As the result of an investigation
Wednesday District Attorney McDade,
of Philadelphia, Pa., has deemed it
necessary to order the arrest of Mrs.
J. Clayton Erb, whose husband was
shot and killed late Tuesday night at
the Erb country home. Tills was done
because It Is sajjj Mrs. Katherine
Belsel, Mrs. Erb's sister, had repudi
ated the alleged confession the police
say sh"e made. In which she admitted
having killed her brother-in-law. Mrs
Belsel Is also under arrest.
J. Clayton Erb was captain au
regimental quartermaster of the Third
regiment, National Guard of Pennsyl
vania. He" was private secretary tc
Israel W. Durham, a political leader,
and 'was one of the best known men
in political circles in Philadelphia. He
was married two years ago to Mis
Erb, who was Mrs. W. G. Rothermel,
a divorced woman. Much domestU
trouble followed.
..WRECKED IV A HUIUUCANE.
Dimmer for Siilp Manned by Harvard
Crew Off Coast of Florida.
Caught In one of the fierce hurri
canes that recently have been lashing
the south Atlantic coast, the Old
American cup defender Mayflowei
came to grief last Saturday whlleTin
her way with a crew of four Harvard
students and a navigator to search foi
the fabled galleon sunk oft the coast
of Jamaica with rich treasure in he
bold. The steamer Advance brought news
of the disaster Wednesday. Capt.
Hummel said he sighted the May
flower dismasted and flying signals ot
distress 300 miles east of the Florida
coast. The Advance stood by for five
hours without being ablo to launch a
boat. At length an unknown fruit
steamer came along'a.nd the Advance
left her standing by the disabled boat.
The captain said he saw five men on
the deck of the Mayflower.
Woman Jumps Into .Niagara.
A tall woman In black, sallow and
bespectacled. Jumped Into the Ameri
can falls at Niagara Falls Wednesday
morning after wandering about ajm
lessly for an hour. She had told a
policeman she was from. Saginaw,
Mich., and Inquiries directed thither
have led Jo the belief that the wwiman
vas Mrs. I D. Draper.
Sioux Clly Live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Top beeves, 14.1 S. Top hogs, $8.25.
Wipes Out Tlirec Uvea.
Alleging their. Interference had
caused a separation between himself
and his wife, John W. Richardson, of
Norfolk, Va., Wednesday shot and
killed his sister-in-law, Josephine
Cromwell, hl father-in-law, Beverly
Cromwell, and then committed suicide.
Mub Lyuclics Texan .Vcgro.
Ben Price, a negro, was taken ftom
Jail at Glenflora, Tex., by a mob and
hanged. He was charged with an at.
lack on a woman.
LITTLB TKIUIj OF AVAR,
Turk May Swallow Bluer Dow Flxod
By Bulgaria.
In the ancient capital of Tlrnovo
tho Independence of Bulgaria was pro
claimed Monday, with "the Czar of
the Bulgarians" as ruler. "The Ciar
of the BulKnriana" Is 'recognised to
mean more than the czar of Bulgaria,
because It Is a distinct Intimation that
he regards his country as having sov
ereignty over all the people of that
blood In tho east. Within a day or
two Autrla-Hungary, , which has been
working with Trlnce Ferdinand In this
pre-concerted plrfTn, will proclaim the
new status of Bosnia and Herzegov
nln. Tho question which has been stir
ring the whole of Europe more deep
ly than any similar question In the
memory of tho present generation Is,
Does It mean war? From Jill the cap
itals Monday night conic reports" In
dicating that It means, first of all,
another European congress of the
signers of .the treaty of Berlin and
probably t revise it.
Turkey, caught In a moment of
weakness, is the victim of this situa
tion, and while some Internal ani
mosities have been stirred up, prob
ably no power is willing to make
war. Reports from the emancipated
Turkish press to London Indicate
that the "young Turks" will swallow
this bitter pill as best they can, and if
they do, . naturally tho Bulgarian,
while willing and eager for war, will
have no cause on which to base the
beginning of hostilities.
From the British standpoint the
whole affair has been a surprise, and
more than a surprise, because for the
first time In years the British govern
ment felt itself with apparently per
fect understanding with France and
Russia, ahd complete friendship with
Italy to be fn a position where It dom
inated European politics, reserving
out of this consideration the nlmost
open enmity between Itself and Ger
many.
WILL BE BIG CONGRESS.
1,500 Delegates to Attend Trans-Mississippi
Convention. -
The nineteenth annual session of the
Trans-Mlsslsslppi convention opened
at San Francisco Monday with 1,600
delegates in attendance. The commer
cial organizations of every 6tate west
of tho Mississippi river have represen
tatives at the gathering, and great va
riety of subjects of importance to the
west half of the United States will be
discussed. The. organization will hold
three sessions daily for live days, those
at night to be devoted to stereopticon
addresses by government experts, il
lustrating the work of the reclamation
service and the canal commission.
OUR COAL PRODUCTION.
We Produce 00 Per Cent More Thnn
Any Other Nation.
The United States produced 60 per
cent more coal than Great Britain in
1907, over 100 per cent more than
Germany, and, exclusive of Great
Britain, produced more coal than all
the other countries of the world com
bined. The geological survey, in a report
on the world's production of coal,
estimates such production at 1,209,
184,109 Bhort tons, of whichthe Unit
ed States furnished almost 40 per
cent.
Fox Tells of Engagement.
John Fox, Jr., the author, of Bris
tol. Va., who has returned to his Vir
ginia homo after a stay of several
weeks In the Adirondack as the guest
of Finley Peter Dunne and Richard
Harding Davis, In an Interview ad
mitted the correctness of the report of
the engagement between himself and
Mme. Frltzl Scheff, the comic opera
actress.
New DIhciis Record.
A new world's record .discus throw
of 140 feet 5 inches was made by
Martin J. Sheridan, of the Irish-American
Athletic club, at a meeting of the
Pastime Athletic club at New York.
The former record was 139 feet H
nches.
Fire In SU IOul.
Fire at St. Louis, Mo., destroyed the
warehouse of the St. Louis Glass and
Paint company, ontuiling a loss of
$1 CO, 000. Three firemen were over
come by the poisonous gases from the
burning paints and oils, but were soon
resuscitated.
Debs Iuvades Buy State.
Large crowds turned out Mondey at
vVestfield, Springfield, Worcester. Na
tlck and Boston to greet Eugene V.
Debs, socialist candidate for the presl.
dency.
Woman and Two Children Jtmii.
Mrs. Robert Cummlngs and her two
grandchildren, were burned to death
In a fire wich destroyed Mrs. Cum.
mine's cottage at Yonkers, N. Y.
Severe Submarine Test.
The submarine Emeraud arrived at
Cherbourg, France, after a run of 81
hours in which she covered a distance
of (98 miles under water.
IIushI Will Take Action.
It waa announced with authority
Monday that Russia will oppoee a con
gress of the powers for a general re
vision of the Berlin treaty. This ia the
outcome of the proclamation of Bui.
garlan Independence.
New C'liolera t'ut-cs nt Munliu.
Ten new cholera cases were re
ported at Manila for the lust twf-ntv.
four hours. The list, includes the
names of two Amcrlcaus.
WRIGHT FULFILLS CONTRACT.
ftIns $100,000 by Aeroplane Flight at
; ICinann,
I Wilbur Wright, who on Saturday
ast established a world's record for an
teroplane flight carrying a passenger,
nade a new record Tuesday afternoon
vhen, under similar conditions, he re
nalned In the air for one hiiur, four
ninutes and twenty-six seconds. His
est previous record was fifty-five
ninutes and thirty-seven seconds with
I pnvenger. Mr. Wright thus fulfills
the conditions of the contract signed
)y him and Lazarre Welller, represent
rtg a syndicate. Mr. Wright was ro-
. ulred to make two flights within a
j seek with a passenger or equivalent In
Kelght of fifty kilometers eacty- The
jontract calls for the payment to Mr.
Wright of $100,000 by the syndicate In
icturn for which the syndicate socures
the patent rights of tho machine In
France and the colonies. M. Welller
oos already given an order to a French
nanufacturer for fifty aeroplanes on
'.he Wright model.
j ' Aerial .navigation as an auxiliary to
the United States naval service la con
templated In specifications for four
.(lying machines for which proposals
' for construction wilt bo asked. 'The
. specifications require that each ma
j shine shall carry two persons of a
combined weight of 359ounds, a suf
ficient supply of fuel at the start .for a
; flight of at least 200 miles for a period
J 6f four hours at an average speed of
not less than forty miles an hour, and
to remain continuously In the air dur-
Ing the trial. They are to be so con-
structed as to be able to alight without
damage on land or water, to float on
the latter when at rest without. setting
any of the air supporting or controll
ing apparatus, and to be able to rise
therefrom without appreciable delay
under their own power without tho aid
of special starting apparatus..
GREEK BOYS AS SLAVES.
Federal Authorities Bopin War On Pa
' drones In St. Louis.
That more than 200 Greek boys who
work in St. Louis; Mo., boot black
stands are held In practical slavery by
padrones who pay them $1 per day- for
18 hours' work and search their pock
ets for tips every night is the informa
tion on which warrants were Issued by
United States Commissioner Morsey
for Petr Chlifers. They are charged
with conspiracy to violate the Immi
gration laws by bringing Greek boys
Into the country under false pretenses.
The specific charge against them is
that In May of the current year they
brought to the" United States George
Papavalasopoulos and represented to
the immigration agents that his name
was George Mavrakos, son of John
Mavrakos. Mavrakos Is alleged to have
represented that he waa bringing his
son from Greece to educate him in
this country.
The boy will be a witness against the
St Louis padrones who, he says, hav
held him in slavery.
WELLMAN'S TRIP TO POLE.
Now Expects to Mnko New Start Next
Spring.
If anybody supposes that the Well
man polar expedition has been aban
doned he can easily obtain abundant
proef to the contrary by talking with
Mr. Vaniman, an engineer, who is at
work every day with a staff of machin
ists In his establishment at Gennevll
llers in France on tho complicated
steel frame work and motor ot the
Wellman airship. It is being Improved
and perfected.
Mr. Vaniman says ho and Mr. Wal
ter Wellman expect to start for Splt
isenbergen. in May, 1909.
A. Holland Forbes and Augustus
Post, two of the Americans who art
to competeor the coupe Internation
ale dee aeronates at Berlin visited Mr.
Van! man's shed, and carried away a
few relics of the previous polar expe
dition, which they will send to the
aeronautic museum of the Aero club
of America.
First Train from Butte.
The first regular passenger train
from Butte to Chicago over the Pucific
coast extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee-
and St. Paul railway left
Butte, Mout., -Tuesday several min
utes late because of a tardy inllkmun
who failed to supply the combination
cafe and observation car on time. The.
train carried a goodly number of pas.,
sengera.
l ull 100 I'wl Down a Mine.
After plunging 400 feet down a mine
shaft of tho Mount Oliv and Staun
ton Coal company at Mount Olive, III.,
Tuesday, two men lay on the platform
of the helsting elevator fifty feet from
tho bottom for three hours while fel
low employes Crawled down an air
shaft to rescue them. They were dead
when taken out.
Hoy Climbs Polo to Dc
Asa Parson, 16 years old,
.rocuted at Chicago Monday
the 6,000 volt current of an
wire at Wentworth avenue
Hundred and Third street,
dangled for an hour, while
ulli.
was elee
ilgUl by
arc lump
and One
His body
tho, hook
ashliiKton
and ladder company at W
Heights tried to get It down.
Texas Negro Lynched.
A mob Tuesday took Ben Price, a
negro, from Jail at Granltoram, Tex.,
and hanged him to a tree in the city
park. The man was charged with
haying crlmliiully asvuulted hit (laugh,
ter.
Yale Wins (jotf Game.
Yale retained the title of golf team
champion of the Intercollegiate Golf
'association by defeating Hurvard 14
,to 9, Tuesday on the links of the Brae
7Jurn Country club.
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INDIANM IN IliiOODY MELEE.
Woman Herlmn-ly Injured In ltnltlc
Ncur Wnllh'.ll.
On last Saturday evening Harry
Solomon ar.d hlu wife returned to
Walthlll from Pender In a rather Jo.
vial mood as a result of Indulging in
some of tho soft drinks they sell In
that vll.:,-e. They came, In on Urn
evening train ami shortly afterwards
left town for their homo cast of Walt
hlll. Passing; tho house of Richard
White, another Indtiiu. thry stopped
and remained for a part of tho night.
Trouble arose. Iho particulars, of
w Ich nio not fuliy known, and tho
result was that one of the wives of
Richard White (ho has two) received
a broken nose and wail othrwlsc more
or less bruised and cut. After being
thus badly injured she plrrcod a small
baby on her back, carried another
child In her arms und led another,
traveling a dlntanco of nhout three
miles to a house of u friend. Dr.
Ream, of Walthlll, was telephoned
for and when he arrived found the
woman nearly dead from loss of
blood, her clothes being one muss ot
blood from her throat to her moc
casins. Solomon -was arrested and brought
Into court Monduy mornlns. Upon
heading tho complaint ho remarked :
"We didn't mean to hit that woman;
we thought it was our wife." The
judge stated that h!u. explanation
wouldn't help matters any.
"Well," Solomon answered, "how
much does it, cost."
He wasn't able to learn the cost of
the affair, however, as the judge
thought It best to continue tho caso
until Wednesday In order that they
might have time to deternilno how
seriously Mrs. White was Injured.
Solomon was released on'bond.'
KILLED BY AN ASSASSIN.
Wealthy Nebraska Farmer Murdered
at Greenwood.
James Dyre, an aged and wealthy
farmer, was muredered in the street
at Greenwood Tuesday. A man named
Robark, a laborer, stabbed him throe
times. Then the murderor ran alonff
the street waving the bloody knife.
He was captured and jailed. A large
rowd gathered and threatened to
lynch him.
Dyre leaVes a widow and nlno
children. He was extremely welathy.
Robark ran up to Dyre, threw an arm
abouU h la neck and Btbbed,, him in
the bowels. -
Robark refused to talk. He seems
to be demented. He has been em
ployed -as a day laborer In Greenwood.
Lincoln Man Drowned.
Frank Rush, who left Lincoln last
June to work as a civil engineer for
the government in the Philippine isl
ands, has been reported as killed in a
typhoon last Friday. Rush was in a
row boat oft the north coast of the isl
and of Luaon with one Webster when
the typhoon struck the boat. Neither
of the men were seefr after the occur
rence and Tuesday a cablegram was
received by Mrs. C. W. Rush, who
lives at 3055 S street, that her son was
thought to be lost. A search was made
by the government officials all along
tho coast, but neither of the men or
any of their effects except the row beat
could be found.
Tux IJst Reduced.
County Treasurer John Ward at Tc
cumseh, has caused tho current list of
delinquent taxes on real estate to bo
published in a local newspaper. The
figures make less than two columns
and this Includes the amounts due on
farms and town lots, with the descrip
tions oh the town lots much the long
est of the two. Fifteen years ago this
same list was making from one to one
and one-half pages In the paper. It
certainly shows a marked Improve
ment In tho conditions cf our people
and the county treasury is just thnt
much belie iff.
Improvements at GUilton.
The old college building has been
torn down and the ground cleared for
the new high school building at Gib
bon, bids on which will bo closed and
the contract awarded Booh. Tho old
Presblyterlun church Is also being torn
down to glvo place to a new modern
cement block church. Both buildings
were finished in 1873 of brick made
there. The old college building was the
original Buffalo county court houno,
as Gibbon was the first county seat he
fore Kearney v,as laid nt.
, - Program for Teachers.
The1' executive committee of the
State Teachers' association hus com
pleted tho arrangement for the forty
third annual session Nov. 4, S and C.
Enthusiastic reports were received
from the various chairmen of commit
tees, particularly in regurd to the
attendance. Morn tliun 4.000 touchers
are expected to be present at Lincoln
as most of the school hoards of tin:
slate have declared the usxoclation
dates to be holidays with full pay for
tho teachers.
Dwelling House Itiiruril.
A dwelling house belonging to X '.
Meyers in West Beatrice, and n(-( ujled
by a famlfy named Hrotvn. : de
stroyed by lire, with moHt of its con
tents. Ihm. 1.000, purtlally covered
by insurance. The llm was euued by
defective flue.
Ilarlender Klllt Sc f.
Samuel l-atidl.-i. a lisrlcmler, who has
been out of work ever since Uncoln
cut out evening saloons, committed
suicide Tuesday beuaiiM' ho i-.aU! he
could not get a job. lie had token the
cure at tho slate hwiitnl, but uut
'eft mentally deranged.
KcImkJ Hupcrintnudciil AMilnit'd.
Miss Maynte McAndrcw wus ap
pointed superintendent of H-hmds. of
Browii county to ltl n vacancy caused
by the resigiiAtloi! of 'Mix Florence
N. JtltlUitUU.
nORSE THIEF PI.KADR GUILTT.
Admits Guilt and Gets Seven Years la
- Iho lYiiUcwlHry.
Frank Lut the mnn who is sup
posed to have been Imp; lea ted In the
stealing of not lem thnn thirty horses
near Fremont within the hut year,
pleaded guilty to tho charge of stealing
a team of horses from the Farmers'
Grain and Stock Ctimi nuy and was
sentenced to the penitential y for seven
years.
There was standing room only and
little of that when he was brought Into
the equity court room and thi com-
plnlnt cad to him. He at lin t plead
ed not guilty, but when lie Rot I'ack
to the jail changed his mind uiul akcd
to be taken to the court room again.
In :v:'y to qurt!o!n from Judge Hol
lenheek. he admitted having served
a term In the South Dakota penlten
lluiy for a similar offense. The of
lleeisi think he was one of a gimg and
while I hey have no clues as to the
others, lire In hopes of catching them.
DOG SAVES rXt'l.K SM'M MAIL.
(Mil Rover Clin- Mum Who llohli Up
a Currier. J
Whllo , Hoy Thompson was on his
way from the rie.tt.smouth poslotllce to
the Missouri Pacific depot With tho
innll Saturday j venlng about 8 o'clock
n heavy set tin- s tepped from under a
tree and, Talking hold of the bridle of
the horse, Mnpprd hint and asked the
driver whole ho was going and what
he had In tho spring wagon, It being
too dark for him to see. Not receiving
an answer he released his hold and
stinted buck to Invostl.mile the contents
of the vohUie. Roy screamed at the
top of his voJ-.-e for help, as ho was In
front of tho Krouhler residence. Mr.
Kroehler did not go to his assistance,
but his largo dog did, mid the high
wayman departed up the alley in the
opposite direction as rapidly as his
legs would cany him.
PICAIKIE FIRES DO "DAMAGE.
Dundy ill id Lincoln Counties Vllte3
by DcslriictUe Bln.es.
. A terrific prairie started about a half
mile west of Benkelman from spnrks
from an engine of the Burlington rail
road which, owing to a very high wind
blowing nl liie time, rapidly spread
and lui i-i i oil over an area about six
miles wide and forty miles to the
north. In many places the fire dam
HRcd corn lleHla and burned many
hni ns and outbuildings vyhleh Were not
protected by fire guards. Tho grais
was exceedingly dry and tho fire
spread on Its-northward course at Ihe
late of ten miles an hour. Tho foil
extent of the damage cannot at thin
time bo estimated, but It is known '..hat
tho pasture and hay loss will be enor
mous to the farmers and stock grow
ers. . i ' 1
RIGilT TIP TO WRONG MAN. 1
Buisjurs (Jot Telephone Message Is
tended for Ranker.
While trying to telephone to a bank
president that cracksmen were drilling
the safe In his bunk, the telephone' op
erator at Goehner made a mistake and
rang the telephone In the bank Itself
instead.
The burglars answered and were
given the Information that their move
ments had been discovered and that a
pos.se had been formed and was watch
ing the front door of tho bank, while
another posse was forming to guard
the rear.
The burglars thanked the telephone
operator and escaped through the res;
door.
HICCOUGHS ASIJ3KP OR AWAKE.
IKx-tors Give no Ilo)o for Man Who
Was Bunted.
George Trulllnger, one of the men
burned In tho r&sollno explosion In a
clothes cleaning establishment at Ne
braska City a week ago, but who was
on the road to recovery was taken with
hiccoughs on Monday and desplto the
efforts of the physicians he has con
tinued to hiccough since. Ho con
tinues while asleep or awake. He has
beeiv placed under the effects of
opiates and still ho continues. His
phyHiulutis give no hope of recovery.
Tho other man, Grover Lane, will re.
cover.
Fight Over Court Decision.
Following the decision of the court
at Beatrice In the habeas corpus case
of Mrs. Mory Cunningham against Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Prlne, Mrs. Cunning
ham and husband attacked the Prlnes
as they were leaving the court house
and were In tho act of putting them
'out of business" when Constable
Leary stopped further proceedings.
Young Woman Seriously Burned.
Miss Mary Htellck, a domestic In th
employ of L. M. Sterns, had a narrow
escape from deuth while engaged In
her house-hold duties. She had been
cleaning spots on a rug with benzine
and curried the piece to close to a
lighted gasoline lovc, when It burst
Into flames, which Immediately com
munlcted with the clothing of the
young woman.
4 '.luri'viMi,., tt f 4.iiu4iilii
One thousand deli gates are at Mil
ford attending the district church con
ference und Sunday school convention
of the Amlnh Mennonlto church.
Injured In I (unit way.
la a runuway uccldent at Nebraska
City John Meegun had his ankle brok
en und Thomus Turner wus seriously
injured iiilernully..
cm CuriM'klc Library.
The coirliai t for the new Curncgie
Itull'JIm: at fuliiniiy w.i.i upvarded to
II. t-'tutcvokx, l(. W. Alii I ale doing the
iiiaxoni und Inick work. The hulld
liiir will . -i.sl $l2,.iU". V
liotH'rs Heluin I Ionic.
Will.;! fi iStrelhcr, uUnd I 7 und Mini
nianiini ThompKoii, aged, 15 Ihe
yuun:; couple who cto'.icd from Llm
(.'re. f about a inctith njo, have return
ed lo tlnir I i"js'tlve homes. They
Aiiil to V.'ukiu r. Ok:y., where they
i.j.r,t i. lost if the lime. Thty were
mi married.
VletLu r t.'ii'. L:ie.
Kntui da;.' Mi's Inc Cook, of Heuver
CroMflni;, wua lmd!y Imiiud ubvut the
arm by li.iai.a i puking w hen she
RIVAL RULEKS IN THE BALKAN CLASH.
BUI0ABIAN AND THUS WARRIORS.
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EUROPE'S WAR CLOUD.
Muss in tho Balkans Has Served to
Greatly Excite tho Powers.
It l n long time since F)uroio has
Imd anything ns exciting ns the Bul
garian lnuss. Turkey had jnst begun
business under Its conHtllullon, and
I Ion. Abe 1 la mid had liegun to get used
to the stunt of his subjects and quit
wearing nhect Iron linings In his, bloom
ers. There was sonie jiroHpeet that the
army and unTy might get few years'
overduo hack pay, and the Indies of
tho Kennna were figuring on n few new
Paris row us and high-heeled slippers.
Kverythlng was sailing nlong smoothly
when Prince Ferdinand suddenly got
the bit in his teeth and ran away with
tho whole outfit. Ills Independence
party movement has set nil Europe wor
rying. v
Austria has announced her intention
of nupcxlng the provinces of Bosnia
and lici-scgovlna, and ns Cousin Wil
licliu Is backing up this little land grub
it is pretty likely to go through. Italy
Is mad because Austria is seizing a ter
ritory largely peopled by Italians. Rus
sia Is mnd on general principles. Tur
key is busy trying to thrash naughiy,
naughty Ferdinand, nnd Austria is un
opposed. There Is a demand for a con
gross of the signatories to the Berlin
treaty to decide what shall be don.?,
now Hint Austria has violated tho In
tegrity of Turkey, but students of Eu
ropean politics fenr thut such u meeting
would result in trouble.
However,-It is not believed thut war
will result unless the progressive ele
ment among the Turks feels thnt some
thing must be done to prove thnt a
new cnt lins dawned in Turkey. The
chief danger nppurently Is that Hussln
iumI is'iiinps certain other countries of
Europe will demand something to com
poiittHe them for the Increased strength
of Austria and its nlllcs. Further, the
fury of the Servians, at the growing
prestige of their old rivals, the Bulga
rians, may lead to armed attacks nlong
the Bulgarian or Austrinn frontier.
Tho Bulgarians of Macedonia who,
oiKslng Greece an one sldo nnd Tur
key tin the other, luug have Bought to
come under the political domination
of Hofiu, doubtless will take new hope
from the format Ion of nn Independent
nation ruled by a "c.nr of the Bulgari
ans." Only a war of eonmiest ngalust
Turkey could Join them to the new
Bulgarian kingdom. Tho Bulgarian
army Is remnrkubly efllcient for Its
slue, but tho staying power of the
Turks has been abundantly demon
strated. ItUMsiu's wish for a new conference
of the jsiwers which signed the treaty
of Berlin to modify that Instrument
seems to Ih generally shared by the
governments of Europe. The present
feeling at Paris and London is that tho
emperor of Germany, by encouraging
Francis Joseph and Ferdinand In their
during course, lias scored heavily
against the new western ulllunee form
edy by King Edward. Still, It Is prob
able that the whole matter will end
merely In peaceful diplomatic pas
sages. rFOVrfll mm HvBIIjb
Itenorts published by the Manufactur
ers' Decord of Baltimore show that stone
roadinsklng is in progreMi throughout the
South without let-up, and tbitt contracts
are const untly being made. Also huge
sums are beiug spent ou the development
of various industries, siuh coal, oil,
cotton, etc.
At Edinburgh, Kcoiland, Andrew t'ai
urgie auuouueed bis dtcUloa to set aside
$1.2o0,000 for the fouudaiiun of a hero
fund In hi native lam'
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PRAISE GIVEN RAILROADS.
Declare Country's Amazing Develops
ment Is Sue Largely to Carriers.
' The work of tho railroads la In de
veloping tho West was highly pralsedl
at the meeting of the Trnns-Misslsslppl
Congress In San Francisco by J. X
Stubbs, director of traffic for over 16, ,
000-miles of Llarriman rnllroads. Ill
subje!t wns, "Transportation," and h
spoke at the request of E. H. HnrrU
num.
The six'ttker weut Into the relation of"
railroads to the, work of developing:
trnus-Mlsslsslppl country, very fully,
and showed bow the big transportation
companies had been doing work alouj .
the lines mapped out by Ihe congress
for many years."
Dr. Benjamin Mde Wheeler, president
of the University of Culifornia, spoke
on "West of the Mississippi Diver
what does It niennV" He said a great
future Is opening out before the trans
Mlssissliipl country in general and Cali
fornia in particular.
' Col. Fred Y7. Fleming or Kansas city
twik for his subject "Western Insur-ani-e,"
while Gov. Cutler of Utah nnd
former Governor Pardee of California
both paid attention to "The couservii
lion of natural resources."
The delegates were greatly Impressed
with the work of conservation that ha
ulready been doue In Utah and Califor
nia as outlined by tho speakers audi
warmly applauded Gov. Cutler's re
marks as to tho prominent part Presi
dent Itooscvtit lins taken In forward
ing the work lu all parts of the coun
try. Attorney General Dickson of Colora
do, Kpeuktng on the topic, "Irrigation
and illsiiosltlon of public luuds," drew
the attentlou of tho meeting to the Im
portance of guarding government landau
from too free distribution.
.lames J. CnUbrcuth, secretary of t he
American mining congress, talked on.
thu conservation of miners! resource,,
and Frank Short of Fvesuo, Cttl dis
cussed the relation ot the natural re
sources of the country to Its social and
political conditions.
TOLD IN A FEW LINKS.
In the shipbuilding trades on the Mor
sey aud Tyne there are 10,000 fewer men
employed than hist year.
At Davenport, Iowe, ou Ijibor Day, Ed
itor Hearst and Candidate lllagen ad
dressed a number ot labor unions.
Gov, Johnson vt Minnesota commie
ioui'd l.IUlO farukers as dvlrfates to tte
l'siiwin' (.Aiugrms at Matlison, Wis.
In opruiug the State cauvaiga hi IUV
no Is, Hpi-uker Cannon made reply to the
Macks 6( r-o4i Pryan and tlomj-er
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