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DAKOTA COUM TY ffl M0TT0--A11 The News When It Is News. VOLUME XVII ft fl Ift V sP ftf Y ff V W Ft P" 1 1 ft I af f I nnifi tinn tr r.-t u w avirvw i v- ........ .... ...... 4 '. " . ' " ' m ' - - - (sUllllLlil llAsI ft I II ll O I -. J.Uurnii!i,a.uMHS.tlSI, jiii.f inf uiuuimn IOINT IV TFLKP1IOM: LAW. FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OP ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS. FOR BALLOT IN COURT Ai-jiua iti:.i iiy new vokh . Sl'FFHAGK LEABEIls. M". Julia Near Claims Franchise lie cause Sin; I Ins Exercised) It In Colo rnao -Mandamus Hull Begun u Ootnpol Ollli-luls to Register Her. The suffragette movement In Itn lo cal department was taken Into th New York Courts Thursday when Miss Mary Coleman, member of a law firm secured from Justice Blanchard, In th supreme court, an order directing the nureau of elections to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not Issut compelling them to allow the name of Mrs. Julia Seton Sears to be placed on the register of voters. Mrs Scars had been refused permission to reglstc w-hen she appeared before a registry oura. miss Coleman, will known among New York advocates of woman - suffrage; said that Mrs. Sears had al ready been allowed to voto In Colo rnrtn nn1 n I. . . . . 1 . 1 i. .. . .. ,viu us uccaruca mo same privilege In New York. Miss Coleman Hdaea-that the present action wai brought ns a test ruse. ciiinem; axi japs ciasir. Engagement Between' Soldier In Ko ten A-.-jiiiitci Serious Annuel. ' ncnous oonipliratloiis affecting the peace of China and Japan threaten as the rent 1 1 of an engagement be- . I ween Chinese and Japanese Iroops ii ,rivaniao. northern Korea, In which ki?v .eral were killo.l ,r wounded. The re rusal of the Chinese war office to per mit the pursuit , at u detachment ol soldiers who are said to have been in0 aggressors may result In tho cross. ing of the frontier by Japanese trnnns The Chinese soldiers are reported to have opened hostilities by firing upon pome .station occupied by Japanest troops. Tl n Japanese foreign ofilcf nan made i.pie.soiitutlons to the eov en.iiir.it ul pektn, and the situation "KnMii4 ii iKftiine a furious sV pet i. t LOST l NORTH SEA. Balloon Uuslilcy Meets late ot Three Other Airship. News was received at Berlin Th,.r day that tho Gorman balloon Bushlej tame down Wednesday morning In th norm sea, making four balloons whlor manea in the International race Sun j which met me tamo fate. Tht mcn on board ivore rescued by t passing steamer. The most serious apprehensions entertained for the safety of the othei two airships, which ore jnlsslng. Thej .... oeen nearfl from for thre days. Two of the twenty-one balloons en tered In the race burst high In th air. All the ten men Involved In th series of accidents escaped Injury. Y Honduras MlnisteivRccallcd. 1 The recall of Dr. Angel Ugarte, th. minister from Houduras, to the Unit ed States, was announced Thursdaj when the minister called on Secretarj Root and said he had been reliever and would go to Mexico to represen : his country there. Dr. Laxo Arrlaga a brother of a former Guatemalai minister to tho United States, will sue coed him. Cultlnmoii t Up $50,000. Fifty thousand dollars was appro prlated at Kansas City Thursday the American Hereford Cattle Brei ers' association lo advance the inter ests of that particular breed of anl mal In the United States and a boart consisting of three members wai named to expend the sum in whateve; manner they may see'flt. Mann Held for Murihr. . An Indictment against Luman C Mann, charging him with the murdei of Mrs. Frances G. Thompson, wai returned by the grand Jury Thursdaj -nicago. iviann surrendered him setr to the authorities. Grain Men to St. Louis. The twelfth annual convention o the National Grain Dealers' assocla ttfllt Uf4ITlhlA1 n , o. -w . .v. a . Dv- ijuuim xnuis lay ror a session. About 1.000 dele utes were In attendance. Fleet Off Japan's Coast. The American battleship fleet which left Manila fr Yokohama Oct 10. has been sighted maneuvering tt the southeast of Klushu, the south. I most point of Japan, Sioux City Live Stock Market " Muomuons on the Hlm. city live siock market follow- t. beeves, $4.25. Top hogs. IS.70 n Six KlUed In Kxplosloa. 'C Six persons were instantly killed ani jTenty-one others Injured, by th ex li.l.Milon of dynamite at thm rn.i..i. 1 - -i.iui Mine stone quarry, sixteen miles north. west of Fort Collins, Colo. ' Ireu on Fire Again. ' Forest fires are again springing ur Iud doing damage throughout tht f timber regions of Wisconsin, Minneso ta and Michlear.. Hundreds of peoplt re ngbting the fires. iMcgMtes Call on President at White IIOIIHO. -At Wed n end ay's session of the con vention of tho National Hallway asso ciation lit Washington, D. C, reports on signal practice, specifications of rubber Insulation and of standard de sign were considered. President Roosevelt received tne delegates and olso a party of other railroad men. fn a speech he said: "Just let me say ono word of greet ing to the men representing the dif ferent railway association who have come here. One of the honors that I have especially prized since I have been president has been my member ship Jn the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Firemen, and while I never have yei iouna anyDony of my fellow citi zens all of whose wishes I could meet, I urn bound to say that I think I have come nearer being able to feel that I ought to do what you railroad mcit asked than any other one body thaf I have come in eontact with while I have been president. It has been a very great pleasure to mo to work with you. I have felt that the railroad men of the country showed In a con siderable degree certain qualities that I prize In any citizen tho qualities of nerve, hardihood, of capacity, to obey and obey like that slapping his hands together!, and the cnpaclty to take responsibility and assume , command when necessary. I would give nothing for the man who cannot obey when If Is necessary and cannot act on his own responsibility and assume com" mand when It Is necessary. Both (jual Itles'are needed." The Society of Hallway Financial Ofncers,-comprlslng representatives of practically all the railroads of the United States, also met here Wednes day. The society will consider meth ods-of fmying wages to railroad em ployes and forms of drafts, vouchers. etc. PI SHIXG WOIIK IX PANAMA. . 11. Collins Itetiirns After Making lliorotiKli Investlgallon. , After spending fourteeh-months in an investigation along the canal zone regarding the allegations that hav been brought against certain officials in the employ of the canal commis sion, J. II. Collins returned from Co lon en route for Washington to make his report. He declined to speak of 11 before submitting it to the authorities. Mr. Collins said last month was a record one for the amount of money sent to the men employed along the canal. He found them In good health on the whole and fond of all kinds of healthy outdoor sports. Gambling Is not popular, nor drinking to any ex tent, Mr. Collins found, and this had been so marked during the last year that many of the saloons and gambling houses In Colon and Panama have closed. WHITE. WIFE ACCUSES 1XDIAX. Standing Hcur Said to Have Sioux Wife In South Dakota. Henry Standing Bear, a full-blooded Kloux Indian, who Is a graduate of the Carlisle- Indian school and former ly was a fullback on the Carlisle foot ball team, was arraigned In court In New. York Wednesday charged with bigamy. The complainant Is Hazel M rooran, or St. Luts, who said she was a graduate of Smith college a Northampton, Mass. Miss Moran al leged that she was married to Bear In May last and accompanied him to London to Interpret for Indians who were giving exhibitions at the Crystal Palace there. Miss Moran asserted that she has now discovered that Bear has a Sioux wife and three children at Pine Tree, S. D. Bear was held n bail for a hearing next Monday. Girl Assaulted by Xegro. T . . .. l rt. i " . - rrun lumer, id years old, wai criminally assaulted by a negro in the iwoods near Concord, N. C. The girl was picking corn in a field when th negro, pointing a pistol at her head. overpowered her. A posse of BOO citl sens quickly formed and captured suspect an hour after the crime wnl committed. First Volunteer Dead. Chas. Franklin Band, the first vol- nteer to go to enlist In the union rmy after President Lincoln's call r troops, and the first soldier to re ceive from congress a medal of honor for bravery on the field. Is dead- at Washington. P. C, aged 70 years. - New Artist for Iloosevelt. The president Wednesday received Jose DcL'ttmp, an artist, and arranged for a number of sittings for a picture which Mr. DeCamp will paint of the president for the Harvard class of 1K80, In which Mr. Iloosevelt grad uated from Harvard. Maj. William F. Tucker Arrested. Maj. William F. Tucker, quarter master general of the Vnlted States nrmy, was arrested at Decatur, III., by Chicago police 011 a Wabash train, charged with deserting his wife, a daughter of the late Gen. John A. Im gan. Robber Killed In Battle, In a fight st Santo, Tex., between a posse of officers and a number of men accused of robbing several stores at Gordon, Tex., one of the band was killed and another wounded. Lodge Men Call on President. President Roosevelt received at the White House Wednesday sfteinoon about J 00 delegates of the Gulden Kit gle, which met in Washington In an nual session Tuesday. DAKOTA Society Leader lie tlcvca Tliey Will Vol low Iircctolre tiown. With praise for American women. wneriean men niui American way and modes of living. Mrs. Stuyvesanc Fish, the society leader, arrived In New York, on the American liner St Louis. She has been abroad since July. "This Is the greatest country In the world," she said with emphasis, as tho ship reached quarantine. "I mean that and I do not qualify It In any way. I knov life on both sides of tho water and I am Impressed more than ever with American supremacy. Ours is the greatest land In every way. Our women also excel In grace and beauty. In style of dies? and In mot'c of liv ing. "It Is strange, pcthape, that I saw little of the sunractrt movement ci ther In London or l'm-h.. For my part I am not hnstcnlnir M eroll In that cause. I do not ceo why I should. There Is n greater power than that of the voter. Woman has n tremendous Influence. Through her husband she has a grent and IncnuHlng Influence for good " In regard lo the prevailing-and com ing fashion for women Mrs. Fish said: "DfrectolrcAwill nimi this year, and after thut perhaps hoop skirts." 'Gowns? O, yes, hut Fifth avenue yields quite as much . originality as Taris. Wo started with eleven trunks and I have returned with 13, which goes more toward ptovtng my asser tion than any other evidence I could offer. I am an ndv,.cnte of the new fitting gownx call tin-in what you wlslv they give one M"i'l lines and ur graceful and cary ttutntige." I5AID lil.VG'S KOlOXK. SufTragottcs Surround ltriiisli Pnrlla- . IllCllt. , " Tile climax or I ho suffragette cam paign In london was reached Tuesday night when an enormous mob hemmed In parliament mid slopped tralllc in all streets leading to Westminster. For more than three hours tho crowds sculTlcd good nuluredly with tho po lice, interfered with theatergoers, broke windows and disorganized things generally lu the center or Lon don. An appeal issued by ih0 suffragettes a few days ago Tor 60,000- persons to help them "iush" parliament at 7:20 o'clock this evening was tho most su6 ccssful stroke yet. Not less than twice that .number responded . lo the call. and nine-tenths of Iheso were young persons who came to seo - the Tun. There were also a few hundred of the unemployed and their sympathizers. Parliament was in a slate of siege. A close triple lino of pollco was drawn around tho thiee sides of the square in' rront of tho building. Tho yard within the gates swarmed with police, and 200 guarded ihe terrace In the rear against assault bx water which the women twice attempted. A small flect of pollco boats pntroled the h,u ' . ...p. u ln0 Thames approaches. All the mounted police m London ood suburbs had been nioblllred nt this ceiter. and loads of hay were unstneked In tho streets for horses. The whole Dollce fore t. gether with cavalry, infantry and ma- H.tes numbering more than 5.000 was kent busv In r,i.-ini .1.- .... str.Ce,.; " I": .:."r" "'"J S masses, and about Trafalgar square, Negro Shot by Mob. Several hundred men and boys stormed a barricaded house In New Orleans, La., In which Nicholas Hec tor, a negro desperado, was resisting arrest. Hector was killed by several hundred bullets, which riddled the house, and was dead when tho door was opened. His arrest had been or. dered for nssault upon a peddler. Big MlsNlonury Conference. The annual meeting of tho board of commissioners for foreign missions, it which the ways and means of keep ing the churches of America interested in foreign work will be discussed, was opened in lirooklyn, H. Y., Tuesday. Delegates' from the entire world an present. Itcst-iics Fish Rod First. With his house burning and his wife and children Inside, the first thing w. u. Mean, of La Crosse, Wis., res cued was his fish pole. After care fully depositing his flshlna- tackle in a plafe of safety, Dean brought out hl children. Bomb Thrown In New York. A bomb was thrown early Wednes day Into an Inclosure on Eighth ave nue. New York, where 250 tuxicabs belonging to the New York Taxlcab company were stored. The explosion shook buildings for blocks and caused wild excitement In the neighborhood. Phi 11 Cleveland Memorial. The Cleveland memorial committee was organized at a meeting In the city hall in New York Tuesday and fixed March 18 next as the dute for a public meeting In honor of the dead ex-presi-Jent. The day will mark the 72d an. ntversary of his birth. March mi Parliament. The unemployed of London, acting with the woman suffragists, are practi cally compelling parliament to hold its meetings In a stute of siege. Tuesday urteriwoii fcvtrsl hundred shabbily dressed representatives of the workless gathered st Westminster. The police unsuccessfully endeavored to disperse the demonstrations. Threo'women of the suffragist movement were arrested barged with Inciting disrdr CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1908. NEBRASKA STATE HEWS tf w'ftwftlfcllltllKft&ftaltaaaaaaaaBft TKMPKItANCK It ALLY. County Option i ItiuTor-eU y the Presbyterian Suite Nynml. The Sunday service of the Presby terian synod meeting In Wayne was largely attended. In tho afternoon u slrovt meeting was held at which Ir. .Lawrence of Lincoln gave an eloquent plea for men to eon.Mli'ev lh" claims of ChrNt. At- ier hum the l-resoyterutn cnuicli wus filled for an enthusiastic temperance rally. The speakers were Itev.. Weyer .i iiiiik.. i n...mas i-nrncit nnn Dr. .r. I.UU.-IMII, .-i. i. ueese oi . . ' " ' l ' " ' ""agny el noiore.iRe. i tie last two speakers """' i-uijiiiuoiis in ineir towns after going dty. Monday Dr. H. N. Adams of Mlnne- sota addressed the syncd on home missions. Tho report of the temper- ance committee was adopted In which couiiiy option, wns enoorBeo. Tiie mln - wers were recommended to preach on . - """J"1 worn ior u; also the action or Joseph O. Cannon with ref- lw i norm was ..u..n., ,,,ru miu in re-eiec- lion to ine speakership protested against. . The synod adjourned to meet at MlifUen on the second Wednesday of iiexi vciooer. CHANGES. AMONG PllllXTS. hevcral Transfer- are Mude Between f ntliolit' (iiirrlic. Many charges have been made in the priests In charge of -the Catholic churches In Nebraska. Father Buck ley of St. Peter's church,' Omaha, Is transrered to succeed Father Walsh at Norfolk. Father Walsh goes to the new church at Battle Creek, which Is a part of his old parish. Father Thom as Fehlly, who was nucenlly ordained at Innsbruck, Austria, succeeds Fa ther Buckley at St. Peter's. Father John Roche, who arrived from the Irish college in Paris last week, is ap- pointea assistant pastor to Father Me- Namara at Alliance. HEV. G. . WARE A I'ltEE MAX. Minister Completes Ono A car in Pi Ih- on ior i.aiui 1 ruuiH. Rev. George O. Ware was released from the Hall county. ja(l at Grand wmna Bunaay. having completed his sentence of one year for alleged con- ',P,racJr land frauds in Thomas and Hooker counties, Nebraska. ,?r: Ware W" ,ndlc,e1 wltl Harry Welsh and Frank W. Lambert Nov- ember 24, 1905. - He was arralsned January 11. 1906. In the United Ktntns I district court and entered a plea of not guilty. The trial lasted for tlf teen days and the Jury returned a ver- aict of guilty. Documents Well Preserved. In overhauling St, Benedict's Cath- . orska City the workmen took down the big cross thereon and opened the Marge Told all on the top of same and In It was a history of the church, telling what It cost. wh contributed the funds the i contractors, what they were paid and ' p?W th,e ch"rch was nrat 8tarted thr- J "J l" " "'-lyr ,wrmen ana placed . . s lh.ere,n by. Father EmanueI H.rtl, retired a of old age. preserved new cross ot the old one, with history brought up to date. ,,, T , ... , .. . I The biggest real estate transaction that has ever taken place In Howard county has recently been consummat ed. George K. Woodbury has sold his 420-acre farm, sltuuted about three miles southwest of St. Paul for a con- aeration of 135.700. The purchase .,.1.. tuini ciimj me crops and equip ment. This Is establishing pretty good vaiues on Howard county lund, being 85 an acre. York's Rig Growth. The new city .directory lunt nulilish- I 11 -- ..iii.unc in mi- popu- 1 i ir, Accoruinsr to ine inst u 11 uea males census Vork mudo the I largest growm ot any city in Nebraska I excepting south Omaha, mnd at the present and past rate of arowth York will maintain Its position of making the most rapid and greatest growth of any cliy in Nebruska. Hint In Ituniiwuy. While l?en Beckman and bin iluugh ter were going to the city from their home south of Plattsmouth. the horse he was driving became frlKhtened ut an automobile und run away, turning the buguy over and throwing the In- mutes out hu, hmruKhn" W',s V oli bruised. nl Injured illghtly lluntcr Die of Wound. Uoy lilckniuu. uged "7 veurri. 1 sctKieiuiy shot by the discharge of w u.., ,,. ,, east or Max. and died from the i flVcl of (he wound a half hour Inter. Lost 1 00 SIiciji. H. K. .Morgan of l ull, cjiy about inn head of line t.i. , p n..t HlMiiiHHVille. Tiny Ki on the .Missouri I'acillu liack und weie run ov. r by Hie oa is. liibriii-iuiis li ,lo-. The Nebriik-ka sJlate l.ll.iuiv c...... mission will hold Its annual .oiu.n tlon In Hustings 011 October -Jrt ;i nl "1 Among the s..il.,. enuugid ure Mrs Klmeiul.iif of liufT'ulo und I'rof. V. . Fling of Lincoln. 'ICIIclll'ls n I'llll-t ,,. Thu sevciiih m.jii.iil si-srlini i,f 11,.. Northwest T. i.chi.14- t :mi.,i, i,,.;d in l.llll 1MIII. t,-U Ull;,, '1 t, l l, I (vv leaciu-rs from lmn, Vhuisi.m, In kola, tl.von. tVdur utui V.'. vnu ........ ties. few months ago on account V V T . .... " "",uu" com- aumittea everything (even the tj to nmmi. thMr m,,t..Bi fntBrtV The document was well !'?Z "u.... .cnera,,y .a?cepted akn of the poison) except the agree- -Are the renter, of far In M and will be replaced in the " ' .i- . J ,1'" r" one ?r ,ne Deat. ment to kill and the actual kllllmr nel.hhorbnod n.nklnr . .ml.t.r-. li. . which is to take tho Dlace T ' . r.un",n oul or Di.vls' .11 t C In.?- " - ine HubmTllier Has No Itlglit to Vmnrt 3 . 1 p Two Hcxirate Linen. 3 In case from Nuckolls county, tht m court finds that Hniry 1 I'harrls farmer living near Superior, was not entitled to have two telephone lines In his home, connected with a switch en- ahllng him to uve one or the other at nm convenience, vnito paying the same rate ns other patrons who had only one line. The plslntltT In this suit was the Red Line Telephone com pany, of Burr Oak, Kan, which asked an Injunction to restrain Pharrle from contacting ti,, ,, f tnt, nrn atier It had been disconnected. The company owns poles and wires running from Hurr Oak to Superior, past tho farm which Pharrls owns. Ii,.. ,vw.nn Minu-eri ihiit nhon ll.o ul.non. i,s it put Into his home It was put on u dlfforcnl party line from the one on which some of the people with whom he wi?h to com inuntcale hud Instruments. IJe "kicked" to the pri-sldent of the com puny, and the hitter agreed lo put in mo switch to' T'harrls could lulk on either line. When the directors heard of this, they vt-toed the arrangement and ordered one line disconnected After this had been clone. Pharrls con- nected It as:iln fan.l thVf.ntnn.,1 a . I everv time tl. , nrm.,., I " . u V IIIIII Ull. It Is held by the supreme court In I an rmlnir n writ ..f lntnniinn i.....i from the district court, that Pharrls i naa no reason to claim a special orlvl- I lege over other subscribe in. KFFOHT TO SAVK CIIII.PHKV I l)iir Children cm rteil by I at hoe a no Mother Are Kiinvrlnir. Proceedings have been Instituted In I lhc probate court to have a guardian I appointed for the Infant children of V'"'' me provi- I U -! . r, i . . .. . utnnv .,r flit VI.....U i .a . . ,,,-,,,., r.,t.. mini i iw.- tng for 'neglected children." Pro- chuHka assaulted his wife on the Northwestern pasxeuger train out of Fremont lust Tuesday. No complaint feasting on remnants of food from gnr was filed against him by his wife and bnce boxes In nllnv'H niwl lit n fnw In. he was released from Jull by the sher- IIT. Prochnskn has disappeared and up to i ins time has not been heard from. The present Mrs. Prochaska is his second wifo and she Is with friends In David City. She dare not go homo ior rear I'rncnnska will kill her. The children are by a former wife of Pro- 1- 1 n,i - ... chaska s. There are four,)f them, the oldest being but nine years of age, and thev hv heo., loft nn A, farm since last Tuesday. The oldest child, a little boy, had made a shift I t tl., . ,.v.i .... j , them warm, hut h ,n...i v' 1 ,h n,.ii,iwM n,. -u.?"" J'.,?'" " " hunger" u It not kno,vn whe.e Prneh.w ! wont wnen he was released, but It Is nesday morning. I COl'PLK DIE IX HOTEL, I Mhi1 Woman Believed to Havt llccii lii Suicide Agreement B. L. Sheppard. traveling salesman for the Marshall Pennyweight Scales company, and Mrs. Leona Bruner, """f" " ne Lincoln commercial club, were found dead In the apart- ments or the man in a business block on North Eleventh street. Ons noiir. from tho room CBUSod an ,nulry by OCCUBanU of the block, and when the door wa" broken ODen -he room WaS " "."'"f .'tn U waa 'mpossibie ,Jl,;maJn " .The cou.P' bad evl- supposition of the police belna"' that the? turned on 'S. SlwlSflclS! ,., ,v,v. .v.- Z.Z ". 1 iiMv 1 iirnKri nn r n a o-n a uiiti 1 ,. 1 .1 1 ..r' :'7Z"L;: years. Mrs. Bruner was also well known. Each was about 87 years old 1 Both had been married, but divorced. FACTORY TO MAKE PIPES. Xcw Plant Will Be Established Em- ploying Forty Persons. A factory for the manufacture of tobacco pipes, employing forty per sons, will be started In Omaha within tho next three months. The company has already placed Its pipes on tho market, but until tho new factory can be located the plpej will be made in an eastern factory. A location Is now company, and as soon as It is fmini .'.-uik nuuKiii uy ine men neninii th " uuiiuniK can ut secureu the niHcninery win De inni;iiii..i an.i factory start out with a pay roll num nerlng abour forty, tsKRIOl'H I.ll KIDS 1 FIRE. To I'uriners Cnugln In Prairie Fin ro in MtIoiis Condition. Word has reached Dickens that Me.Msrs. Crosby and Thomas, two well known furmers residing about nine miles southeast of here, were badls If not fatally burned In the disastrous prairie tire of Oct. 7. These men were ' returning from Custer county with a1 IT'"' Hh'"""r whPn th ,lre overtook iimnt in tfiA i.i!iu oi,.,., i. ti m T'- ' was started by i parks from u train. Both -men are In u bin) condition, being totally blind Hill.., in, rin l.hunln 1'.u,h IIIIm lt.... - i itiii nn. The Lincoln paper ml(l plant Iocs, ted between the city and the state nenllentlurv. wns toinllv ... me nun inn siock on hand. George I.. MiisKnii, prosiucut of tho Company my the loss is tut ween 150.000 and Sbo.ti'i'i. with Insuionce of but fit, 000. Lijured ut Hall Guinc. Mevc, (IrulT of Goehner had his col lur bone broken by a foul ball at a hull giiiiie Ki Icluy. SaliMin Cmn. CfMiliuued. The Injiinctlon suit brought against tho.vH'uKo boiird of Pnrneston to re strain it fn.i, i Ki.nnlrg saloon llcenset t i Mdiv.nd :-Yv.'i;inrj nnd John Wul-k-n. w-u ; inlled In the district court iiik) roni'iutcd t, trri Kotuidny. t'liuixv Su(m i lium .lent Rt fcigus. l.al ,M,, i..;;.y ;t!f. Florenoe N 3..I111 .nn, .iintj sue i-iutendont, ten .'i n I li. r rislpnutfcr und It wss ac ci pt-d. ! tal:o 1 frnct October 11. Ml in a tne .M 1-AikIicvh was apolnted to nil' nt. CmCAGO'S SHOCKING CONDITION Fifteen Thousand School Children Suffering from Huntr. According to the report of a conh mlttoo which lias Invn luvefltlgatlnjr condition since May, there nre n.Othl children in Chicago fivqitfiiily Bent to school bmikfnstlers, while 10.0(H) oth ers are ImMttntlly hungry ns ilio ivstilt of receiving iDsulllclent focd. What to do with these children lt now the prob lem that confronts the city. The Hoard of KdticHtion says that It ennitot le gally furnish food, hut In willing to u-ovlde iiM)iiiN anil equipment to en able any phllunlhrople person, or or- gnnlwitlon, to relieve the distress. Many are oppoxed to the Ideti of giving free meals to children nt miiool, believing Ihnt the proper course is to enter the homes of tho jieople where destitution exists utitl relieve It there. They urge the nrguineiit that If the child who at tends school is underfi ll the snmo con dition, even crluips to greater extent, applies to 'the younger children re maining nt Inline-. The problem Is u serious, one, inul calls for quick solu tion, i Some of (he conditions! found by the Invetdlgntlng committee were most pitiable. Hundreds of mothers, the re port Niys, of ten. go to bed hungry In order that their children may have something to eot next niorulng. This si'lf-denlal Is habitual heroism in sev eral districts of the poor. Fathers out. of work linvo been found who wero ' regular beneficiaries of the free lunch counters In saloons, while their faiul- lies went lmin?rv. . "'- r-tf Children have been found on South ....... .... ......s.., K,nt ff 'leixl fowl 111 the crates or for ownyiHi fruit. They have been seen BllUMW, dntelilii t crusts of bread .,. . v ..r ...,,,. at . , ' w In -l!) homes children were found lie- ing raised In places unlit for human luilillatii on. 'I ho i ltv la tilloil with . wo..i.i .i,..- i.i. !.." ...m m.ii uii.a u 1111 mi m,7 1.(1 11111 11 n. V. 11 ,,,. , , .,. , f M, . . . . "" taste of butter and to whom the taste meat was but a memory. MVBTT?PTfiTTC rT 1T 1 'MTrDTtT'O . . . Charles E. Davis Is Held for the K1Ulng of Dr. Bu.tln. After a- Ave days' hearing Charles Kilward rnvls has lxen held ou tlw tin of Omnhn early on tho morning of Sept. 2. Hall was lixed nt $10,000 and was furnished. Mrs. Rice, who said ulte had a suicide compact with Kustlu, was a principal witness against Davis. Pr. Rustln was a married nlan in love with Mrs. Rice, He was heavily in debt and lielicved the only thing for' 1, , .1,, ., tn mi Di,.i.i 1.. ..,. n wnv , in lnvnltl,nn h,a . ..." . ... . insurance. Aceormng to Airs, nice no WM1,rtnwd ,,er thnt "ho "8ht him and then commit suicide. Sho tried, but her nerve failed. Then, she gnys, the doctor met Davis, Who also wnntod to d Xhe doctor, aecordlmr h,'r- KaT0 IMtI" Poimn w,th "hIcn " consideration f.r v vtniixui nuii iut.-, a 11 iiiinitiriiiLiiiii inr i.i.-i. nvt n.,,i .1..1. i. ."".Kr l,,iU "'? Old the killing. (OLLEGEO llnuiline University, of Bt. Paul, has railM'a $10,000 for a gymnasium and ex ,0 hmblo this sum. Superintendent Heeter of the Bt Paul schools and the school board will shortly take up the question of selecting four or lira t.unhor. t 1, uun 1. h.ir n,i.i .1... .u... toe schools there, The Sons of Veterans at their annual convention In Niagara Falls have inau gurated a movement to enlarge and in crense the scojie of the college established st Mason City, lows, to educate the sons and daughters of veterans. At Reading, Pa., it is announced thai the famous collection of hnttprfllo. nH uioths belonging to the line Herman Htoeker has been -sold to the Field Ma seiim of N.itl lll.t..r k Mrs. Sleeker for $20000 ' ' ... 1. .. ... ,,". aimneapoiis 'abdi a pel u ion to iiih board ol recent of tlia J, Minnesota to establish fo, tl'm a night school for instruction in practical elect rii-al subjin-t For the first time in years there are no secret societies made up of high school pupils In Minneapolis, according to the aunual report of Dr. O. M. Jordan, super inteudect of city schools, made to the Minneapolis board of education. Sixty white pupils went on strike ul the Lincoln school in Topeks, Kan. They walked out and paraded tip and dovvu the street, declaring they would never enjer the doors of the school sgaiii uutil the negro pupils sre excluded. It is feared that the strike will spread to other ward schools. James J. Hill lias made a gift of $tl,OO0 to Minnesota College, Minneapolis, for the erection of a new huikliiig st Har vard and Delaware streets. To ascertain 'iow many students of for eign birth sod the races they hMnug ta attending the llniverslty of Minnesota, the iminigrstioii commit tee, authorized by Congress to comltictan invest Ration ol the liniiiigrullon problem in Kurope, Asia end the United States, has seut to Presi dent Cyrus Northrop of. the university, blanks for the use of every studeot In the Institution. The sauie action is taken ,Mtuuu,J - NUUBEIt 7 MONEY IN CANTEIOUPES. iu.wci mnn JURDa sow wort $5,000 sn Acre. 1 In some sections of Colorado and to the Southwest, where only a few' years ago the land was a worthless desert, the eantelouH Is king. The lus cious fruit Is ot Its best where other fruits and vegetables are not grown. It Is a hermit. Squashes, watermelons and pumpkins grown lu its vicinity cause It to deteriorate, but potatoes grown in Its neighborhood seem to sdd to Its virtue. From four districts In the Went the export value of cnntclonpes this yesr will be $10,000,000. In the vicinity of Glenwood, Colo., new land, redeemed by Irrigation and devoted to cantcloupcs, is selling for $5,000 an acre. This statement seems prcjHistcrous until one Is confronted by the recorded deeds. A fruit farm or 20 acres which was nought nt $1,000 nn acre three years ago produced In cantaloupes per acre In the three years $1,500, $2,100 and 42.000, thus returning the purchase price em-h year wth !W per cent proftts the first year and 100 per cent profit th following venrs The region' shout. Glenwood which. It Is possible to Irrigate does not exceed 20,000 acres and most of It has already been snapjied up. The soil Is Incredibly rich, but has no rainfall. Another cnnteloupe district is tli Baltou Sea, In southern California, for merly a desert strewu with blenching human bones. Tart of lMs now irrlgat- , ed nud from one section there was shipped this year $2,000,000 worth of melons, while as much more rotted on v the ground. This former sun-baked des ert Is now. bringing apricot trees into bearing In two years and giving crops of barley, knfflr corn, onions and enntu 1ouihs In succession on the same land In one yeor. The sun shines 8(1." days In a year. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FARM President Asks Many and the Com mission la Busy. President Iloosevelt wants to know whether the farmer likes his farm nod why. To receive this Information a commission on country life, consisting of six members, Is now conducting an investigation.' Arter the farmer has made known bis advantages and draw backs, other citizens are to be asked whether they like their Job, their home, Some of the questions now going over the thousands of rural routes are as follows: -1 "Are the farm iiomes in your neigh borhood as good as they should be under existing conditions?" Are- the schools in your neighborhood training boys and girls satisfactorily for me 011 tne tarm" "Oo the farmers in your neighborhood get the returns they reasonably should from the sale ef their products?" "Do lie farmers in your neighborhood receive from the railroads, highroads, trolley lines, etc., the service they rea sonably should have?" "Do the farmers in your neighborhood receive from the United States postal service, rural telephone, etc.. the service - ' - - 'S reasonaDly sliould expectT ; -Are the farmers and their wive, in "Is the supply of farm labor in yout neighborhood satisfactory?'? 7 SVf Senator Cullierson of Texas has been souointed to aim-mMl Davlil Ft Fmnotu nt Missouri as chairman of the advisory committee of the Democratic national campaign orgnuizutlon. Mr. Francis has gone abroad. Candidate Taft caine out of his vaca tion seclusion at Middle Bass Island and started from Sandusky across Ohio by train, making many short addresses from the rear platform of the observation car in which he rode. The Indiana campaign of the Indepen dence party was opened in Indianapolis. Wilinm R. Hearst, Thomas L. Hisgen, presidential candidate, and George W. McCaskriu, candidate of the party for Governor of Illinois, spoke. Candiilaty Bryan has Issued a reply to the pamphlet published by President Van Cleave of the Manufacturers' Association, in the interest of Taft. Bryan says that the Democratic labor plank is not sa sssault 011 the courts, sod asks if the labor question is so important as to Jus tify business men In ignoring all other issues. Instead of crestiug the "class , spirit," as Van Cleave had said the jury trial clause did, Bryan holds that It aims to prevent hsving the writ of injunction used to create or to favor a clsss. In a letter addressed to Rev. R. II. flesuer, rector of Christ Episcopal church of Oswego, James S. Sherman, Republi can vice presidential candidate, expressed himself unequivocally in favor of the re nomination of Gov. Chsrles K. Hughes. "A prohibitionist does not have to be a total abstainer," said Kugeue W. Cba fiu, prohibition candidate for president, in a speech at the old capital building ut St. Psal. The prohibitionist Is the mas who votes the probibkUm ticket ea elec tion day because be fc:"svvtve t-rioclplt Vnil. II 1 1 1 Tl lLr.fl oalllnnln.M. awam . 1 ML !( , the VHcui (.- -
