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DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1908.
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CURREHT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF
ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS.
TRAP TARIFF BARON
SWEATS IN KIIjKNCB, IMIODOKI)
IIY I'.VKIUKNDIjY KOIONS.
Sells Goods ClicaMr Abroud Though
Investigator Pump Corn Starch
Maker Industriously, Tlicy Arc I n
able to CJct FJtplannllon.
The so termed "March trust" was
jlinder fire at the hearing on tariff re
vision Wednesday before the house
committee on ways and 'means. The
"cross examination" of J. Tl. Walton,
representing the Corn Products Refin
ing company, which, It was claimed,
monopolized the starch business, form
ed the most Interesting incident fit
Wednesday's hearing on the tariff
schedule covering agricultural prod
ucts and provisions. Citrous fruits al
so occupied considerable attention. Mr.
Walton admitted that his company
sells corn starch In the United King
dom at a price 40 cents less than it is
sold In this country. He also admit
ted there was a loss in selling corn
starch In Great Britain.
Mr. Boutell, of Illinois, wanted to
know why Mr. Hill, a member from
Connecticut, who is Interested In the
manufacture of corn starch, could not
buy the starch in Great Britain nt
$2.25 per 100 pounds, pay the ocean
freight of 10 cents and secure deliv
ery of the article at a saving of SO
'cents over the price demanded In the
home market. "Where does the SO
cents go?" he asked.
"The committee can understand why
you desire a protective tariff," said
Mr. Gaines, of West Virginia, to the
witness, "but we want to know why
you should have it. Tou are selling
your product In Great Britain, a free
trade country, cheaper than here, but
you want protection here."
"Why don't the American consum
ers go to London to. buy their corn
starch?" Inquired Mr. Bonynge, of
Colorado. ,
To these and similar questions Mr.
Walton was evidently at a loss to reply-Representative
Sereno Payne, chair
man of the committee, and a "stand
patter," supplied the answer,
"The sales of your products have
been falling off In this country for
some time past," said Mr. Payne, "and
you are selling at a loss abroad in
order to get rid of your product."
BANKER DIES IN SING SING.
.David Rothschild Was Worker in
"HlKh Finance."
News of the death in Sing Sing pris
on of David Rothschild, former pres
ident of the Federal bank In New York
City, was received Wednesday and re
newed interest In one of the most re
markable instances of "high finance"
that ever occurred there.
The Federal bank was closed by the
banking department in 1904, at which
time Rothschild was charged with mis
appropriating $200,000 of the bank's
funds. At that time the Globe Secur
ity company, another Rothschild con
cern, also failed. Hundreds of small
investors in Michigan, Illinois, Iowa,
Indiana, Ohio and Missouri had bought
bonds of the Globe company upon
promise of high rates of interest, and
these lost practically all their money.
The Federal bank did business with
small merchants and manufacturers
on the east side of New York and Its
failure ruined many of them.
PAIR OF SHOES FOR A KISS.
New Hampshire Girl Then Hales Vet
eran to Court to Settle Case.
The legality of a kiss us payment for
a pair of shoes came up for decision
in the police court .at Portsmouth,
N. H.
Henry Tucker, a war veteran, pro
prietor of a shop in Bow street, plead
ed guilty to having kissed Miss Alice
M. Spinney, of Newington, while she
was in his store making a purchase.
The girl told the police that she
asked Tucker the price of a pair of
shoes and he told her sho could have
them for a kiss. Thereupon he pur
his arms around her and kissed her.
Crew Is Rescned.
The captain of the British steamer
fU. Helena, which arrived at the Dela
ware breakwater from Sourarbla, re
ports that ho rescued the captain and
crew of sixteen men of the British
bark Osberga. The men were landed
at Lewis, Del. The rescue of the nun
occurred 800 miles southeast of the
Delaware breakwater. The Osbeiglj
was lost.
Sioux City Live stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Beeves, $4.0005.00. Top hogs, $5.70.
Target Record Broken.
It Is officially stated that the battle
ship Nebraska, during target practice
at Manilla, broke all records ever es
tablished by any navy in the world for
workmanship with 12-Inch guns.
v Funds for the Missouri.
Gen. Marshall, chief of engineers.
in hU annual report to the secretary of
war, recommend an appropriation of
9$IM00 for improvement of the up
.per. Missouri river the coming year,
H HOU'MIE FORGER.
Prominent Cldcagoan Secure More
Ttinn $700,000.
Peter Van Vllsstngen, a real estate
dealer for years, classed among the
first of Chicago's prosperous and repu
table business men, Monday confessed
to having obtained through forged
deeds and notes more than $700,000,
and a few hours after his arrest, on
his own urgent appeal to be punished,
waa sentenced to the penitentiary.
The arrest, the Indictment, tho con
fession and the sentence were the
work of less than four hours. Taken
In the midst of business from his of
fice desk at 172 Washington street
shortly after the noon hour, Van Vllfl
slngen, a venerable looking man, ap
peared before the court and In tears
confessed that from eighteen to twen
ty years he had been securing money
through the sale of forged documents,
and though he had bought back many
of these spurious instruments without
detection, at least twenty-five people
would lose an aggregate of more than
$700,000 through the paper which he
has not yet redeemed.
In forging notes he declared ho had
perfected a unique device. This con
sisted of a plate glass desk top so ar
ranged that by an electric light thrown
up from beneath he could readily
trace from the original forged signa
tures onto worthless paper. Through
out his arrest and sentence the pris
oner made no effort to defend himself,
but only requested that his punish
ment be speedy. Asked If he had any
thing to say before sentence was im
posed Van Vllsslngen bowed his head
and replied:
"Only that I be given my punish
ment st once."'
His term In the penitentiary was
fixed as indeterminate from one to
fourteen years.
All of Van Vlissingen's accounts
were turned over to the Chicago Title
and Trust company pending an Inves
tigation of the exact extent of the de
falcations. Francis Lackner, counsel
for the complainants, said It would be
Impossible for several days to make
a complete list of the losers.
The notes on which Van Vllsslngen
waa Indicted were not duo until 1911,
and It was believed that, as In many
previous Instances, he Intended to pay
them up before they could lead to dis
closures. MILLIONS LOST BY VNCI.E SAM.
Government Attacks Sunr Hcliiiinf.'.
Company.
The government has brought six
suits against the American Sugar Re
fining company to recover forfeitures
and customs duties amounting to $3,
624,000 on sugar delivered at Havc
meyer and Eider refineries In Brooklyn
during the past six years. The govern
ment alleges fraud in weighing ship
ments. The first sugar suits were filed with
the courts on Oct. 16 and the others
on Oct. 28. The filings were kept from
the public when first made, but
were made Known Monday.
The American Sugar Refining com
pany has filed a general denial of tho
charges.
PATRICK NOT TO BE FREER.
Petition of Condemned Murderer is
Denied.
The petition of Albert T. Patrick, n
New York lawyer, who Is serving a lifn
sentence in the state prison at Sing
Sing, N. Y., on. the charge of having
murdered Millionaire William Marsh
Rice, for a writ of habeas corpus, was
decided by the supreme court of the
United States Monday adversely to the
petitioner. Patrick asked to be re
leased from prison on the theory that
the whole proceeding hud been uncon.
stitutional and Invalid.
Kills Ills Assailant.
Frank Nadon, a Frenchman, was
killed at Paynton, Sask., by Amedce
Tretrenot, also a Frenchman and a
recent arrival from Bridgeport, Neb.,
who stabbed Nadon to the heart. Na
don was denied admission at midnight
Into the house of Tretrenot for whom
he worked. On getting in he attacked
his employer with a knife, but the lat
ter secured tho weapon arid killed lit
assailant. He was arrested.
Mother and Children Slain.
Lying in pools of blood, with thfli
throats cut from ear to ear, Mrs. Agnes
Lindner and her two children, aged 5
and 3 years respectively, were found
in their home at Frankfort, Ky., by
neighbors who were attracted by the
pitiful cries of the children. A razor
was found in the clinched hands of
the mother. The cause of the tragedy
is a mystery.
Six Hurt In Automobile.
Six persons were Injured, two of
them dangerously, when A. Busey, u
prominent Oukland, Cal., furniture
dealer, turned his automobile over a
ten-foot embankment to escape crash
ing Into an Oakland and San Jono pas.
senger train.
Killed by Block of Slate.
James R. Stobart, aged 10, and Al
bert Young, aged 27, were killed In a
coal mine at Keers Run, O., being
crushed to death by a large block of
slate.
Clevebuid Bank Absorbed.
The Depositors Savings and Trust
Company, of Cleveland, O., has been
absorbed by two Cleveland banks.
The savings accounts, amounting- to
$$05,000, were taken over by the
Cleveland Trust company and the
checking accounts, amounting to
$268,000, by the First Xtitlunal bank.
Sugrf? Prices IlooMtxi.
All grades of refined sugar were ad
vanced 10 cent per hundred Monday
at New Tork
IS A "BCIitiY" DINNER,
Ilnr Lemlcrs Enjoy Feast at the
White House,
Subjecting his guests, who were rep
resentatives of many of the leading
labor organizations of this country, to
a rapid fire of questions, President
Roosevelt Tuesday night at a dinner
given by him at the White House en
deavored to find out what labor wants
from congress and In what way he
could be of assistance to the tollers of
the country. Although the dinner be
gan at 8 o'clock It was almost midnight
before the gathering broke up.
While the president did not commit
himself to any of the propositions sub
mitted by the various labor leaders
present. It was learned that he sought
a full expression of sentiment from all
of them. Labor's attitude on various
questions was reiterated, it Is said, and
the president listened Interestedly to
each argument presented. No set
speeches were made, the president
merely arising and explaining to his
guests after the last course had been
served that he had brought them to
gether for an Interchange of views on
public questions. Seated at the center
of the long table In the state dining
room, which was beautifully decorat
ed with roses, the president talked in
formally with cabinet officers, mem
bers of the United States supreme
court and labor leaders. Nor was the
president alone In his questioning. Ho
was ably seconded by his lieutenants,
Justice Moody, Secretary Straus and
Secretary Garfield frequently asking
questions of some of the captains of
labor.
The general impression prevailed
among the labor leaders after the din
ner that the president's message to
congress will show some of tho flavor
of the conference.
KAISER MEEKLY TOES MARK.
By Request He Promises to Be Good In
Future.
Emperor William and Chancellor
von Buelow were In conference for
three-quarters of an hour in the new
palace at Pottsdam Tuesday morning.
His majesty accepted proposals made
by the chancellor concerning the fu
ture conduct of state Affairs. It is of
ficially announced that Von Buclow
will remain in office.
The meeting was tho outcome of the
much discussed "Interview" which an
Englishman published in the London
Daily Telegraph on October 28, In
which the emperor was credited with
a very frank statement of the world
policy of tho. German empire, and also
with being a very good friend to Great
Britain. The publication was followed
by a furious outbreak in Germany
against his majesty. The chancellor
explained clearly to his majesty the
temper of the German people on this
matter.
Whether or not the chancellor
should remain in office depended on
how the emperor accepted his state
ments. His majesty expressed his
complete confidence In tho chancellor.
This is believed to have ameliorated
a very serious internal situation which
has existed in Germany for the pasf"
fortnight.
LOSER KILIiS COURT CLERK.
Defeated Litigant shoots Also at tho
Judge In His Frenzy.
A defeated litigant In the supreme
civil tribunal of Lelpslg Tuesday drew
a revolver and opened fire on Herr
Maenner, the presiding Judge, and the
court clerk. The clerk was shot dead
and the judge dangerously wounded.
The assassin, a man named Grosser,
succeeded in firing ten shots before he
was overpowered. Ho was plaintiff in
a suit concerning the validity of a will,
and the decision of Judge Maenner
was In favor of the defense. As soon
as Grosser heard the ruling he drew
a revolver and begun firing. Conster
nation reigned in the court room until
he was disarmed.
Killed In nn FT.cvator.
Stepping on an elevator In the Nel
son Morris packing plant at St. Jo
seph, Mo., without giving the custom
ary signal A. K. Reese, superintendent
of tho plant, was caught between the
floor of the elevator und the celling
of the next floor and crushed to death.
The elevator had been started by an
employe on another floor.
Twelve Die in Mine Fire.
Fire in a mine of the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad company, at
Birmingham, Ala., Monduy night Is
believed to have, been started by con
victs. The bodies of five convicts have
been taken out and seven more are
known to have died In the mine."
Murderer Makes Confession.
Walter Zeller, of Vineland, N. J.,
has confessed that Oline Wheeler, Her
bert Griggs and himself were guilty of
the murder of William Read, Zeller's
grandfather, who was shot on Friday
night last.
Aiitoniobilist Loses Life.
In a car muking a speed of more
than sixty miles an hour in an effort
to lower the 24-hour automobile re
cord, at Birmingham. Ala., Emile
Strlckler wu,i killed early Tuesday
on the fair grounds track.
Cashier is Indicted.
C. W. Burton, former cashier of the
Trl-Clty State bank, or Madison, III.,
has given bond In the sum of $1,000
to answer an indictment charging em
bezzlement found against him by the
grand Jury of Madison county.
. lillllk to Rang Soon.
Herman Billik, convicted murderer
of five members of the Viral family,
waa sentenced by Judge Barnes rue,
ay at Chicago to hang Dec. It.
NEBRASKA
STATE
II
ELECTRIC STOCK GOES TO COURT
Both Claimants Have Representation
IViidlng Settlement.
As a result of the suit filed In tho
district court at Beatrice a few days
ago by Paul Horbach and others, resi
dents of Omaha, to secure possession
of certain stock held by L. 10. Wat-win
and other parties of Beatrice, tho plant
of the Beatrice electric company Is
now In the Joint possession of C. L
Wilson, representing tho Hoibaehs,
and L. Ii. Watson, representing his
own Interests. Tho property will re
main In their charge, with W. S. John
son as superintendent until the case
Is tried In court.
President D. W. Morrow, of the
Beatrice Electric company, and a
number of the old board of directors,
including Paul Horbach, arrived
Monday from Omaha. A meeting of
the directors was held and a resolution
passed dispensing with the services of
L. E. Watson and appointing C. L.
Wilson, of Omaha, to take his place
as manager, but Mr. Watson refused to
recognise the action of the board or
turn over the property. Mr. Wilson
claiming he waa the owner of $51,000
of the $100,000 stock of the company.
An agreement was finally reached
whereby Mr. Wilson and Mr. Watson
are to remain temporarily in charge of
the company's affairs. Tho Horbach
estate claims to own practically all of
the stock of the company, and while
a majority of It has been In possession
of E. J. Sullivan, he had no authority
to sell or dispose of it. The estate also
contends that Watson does not own a
majority of the stock and that his
claim is made for the purpose of as
sisting Mr. Sullivan in getting the
property away from the Horbachs.
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY.
Painter at Hastings Sijjns Employer's
Name to Cheeks.
C. O. Anderson, an employe of
Haynes Bros., painters and decorators,
was arrested Monday night on the
charge of forglilg his employers' name
to some twenty-four checks for $15.25
each, ten of whtch he succeeded In
passing at local stores. He was taken
in custody by Chief Wldmier as he was
waiting to board a westbound passen
ger train. The signature of his em
ployer was bo skillfully Imitated that
it was impossible to distinguish be
tween tho genuine and bogus without
comparison with, stubs in the check
book. He made small purchases at
each place where ho- negotiated a
check and practically all of the goods
thus purchased and $147 In money
were found In his possession.
NEW APPOINTEES SELECTED.
Head:! of Hastings Asylum and Ne
braska City Institute Designated.
Gov. elect A. C. Shallenberger has
said he will appoint Dr. M. W. Baxter,
of Prosser, In place of Superintendent
Kern, of the Hastings insane asylum,
and will name N. C. Abbott, of Teka
mah, superintendent of the institute
for the blind at Nebraska City. T. W.
Smith, of York, has been picked for
warden of the state penitentiary to
succeed Warden A. W. Iieemer and
Col. John C. Hartlgan, of the Second
regiment, Nebraska National guard,
will bo named adjutant general.
Mr. Shallenberger has decided to ap
point Fred Pratt, of Humphrey, deputy
oil Inspector of tho Third district, and
M. J. Bouse, of David City, doputy In
spector In the Fourth district.
SOCIETY GETS THE CHILDREN.
Dyer Chlldern Given to Children's
Home Society.
The Dyer habeas corpus cose at
Beatrice, which has been In tho dis
trict court the last year, was "settled
out of court and the two children, a
boy aged 8 and a girl aged 11. who
were taken from the Nebnvka Chil
dren's Homo society, of Ornaha, while
Mr. and Mrs. Dyer were residents of
Thoyer county, were turned over to the
Institution. Mrs. Quivey, of the society,
waa In Beatrice in the Interest of tho
children, the case having been set for
trial In the district court.
USES SHOTGUN OX WIFE.
Jealousy Caused Negro to Attack
Young Wife.
James Barton, a young colored
man, shot at his wife In Kearney with
a single barreled shotgun and four
shot took effect. The wounds will not
be fatal on account of the distance
from the weapon. Jealousy led up to
the affair. The shooting took place
at the home of a friend for whom tho
couple had recently been keeping
house. Barton has been placed In
pall awaiting charges.
Roy at David City Injured.
The son of Andrew Secock, of David
City, 12 years of uge, was found by the
side of the Union Pud tie track by some
of his plnymates on their way to
school. 'Both his legs had been sever
ed and It la thought he will die. Ho
probably caught a ride on a freight
train that paused and fell under the
cars.
Suicide Attenit Unsuccessful.
Mrs. C. L. Barrackman, of Hastings,
who attempted suicide last Wednesday
by swallowing carbolic acid. Is recov
ering satisfactorily. She has been
suffering with tuberculosis and her at
tempt to commit suicide was prompted
by despondency.
Injured by Falling.
Paul Feiblekorn, a brick mason,
who waa working on the new school
building at Pllger, fell from the sec
ond story window to the ground. He
waa badly bruised but no bones were
broken and unless he la Injured inter
nally he will probably recover.
New Building for FJinwood.
The Plattsmouth Telephone com
pany haa commenced the erection of
a, two-story brick building In Elm-weed.
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NEIMAN Gl'ILTY M AXSLAl'GRTER
Jury In Kushtllle Murder Case In Out
All Night.
Tho November term of district court
commenced at Rushvlllo Monday,
Judge Westover presiding. The first
case calh'd was the state against Ralph
Nelmnn, who was charged with shoot-
Iiik Kind Sunders on July 3 and who
died tho following Suturday. M. F.
Harrington, of O'Neill, and C. Patter
son, of Riishvllle, looked after the de
fense, while Judge Jackson, of Nellgh,
and Attorney Gerrlng assisted County
Attorney Ijidd on behalf of the state.
Tho case was stubbornly argued till I
o'clock Thursday right, when it went
to tho Jury, who returned a verdict
of manslaughter Friday morning. Sen
tence Is deferred for a week.
Tho court room was crowded far
beyond Its seating capacity and much
Interest was taken In the case. The
father and mother of the young man
were present, also his sister, who were
much affected at the verdict.
TRAINMAN KILLED IN COLLISION.
Passenger and Frvlaht Trains Come
Together nt Thurston.
Fireman George Stauffer, of Omaha,
lost his life In a collision on the Oma
ha road nt Thurston. Freight train
No. 16, northbound, was switching In
the yards Just as dusk and tho head
light of the ensino had not been light
ed, so it is stated, rassenger No. 6,
southbound, on time, come Into the
yards and the engineer did not ob
serve tho freight train on the main
line In time to stop the train. Fireman
Stauffer was the only ono killed, the
engineer, James McClalr, escaping
with slight Injuries and the passengers
bolng severely Jarred and bruised, but
none seriously hurt.
Physicians were summoned from
Pender and the wrecking train from
Omaha. The injured wero promptly
cared for. It was severul hours, how
ever, before the wroekage was cleared
away and the line opened to traffic.
DISMISSED FOR CONTEMPT.
Judge Severely Censures a Mcmlter ol
the Grand Jury.
A. H. Anderson, a Douglas county
grand Juror, because he sought to
shield a friend, was summarily dis
missed from the Jury and will be cltod
for contempt by Judge Sears.
While In tho Jury room he learned
tho story of Emma Hrown, IS year's 6f
age, who made a charge of immorality
against a man whoso name Is not di
vulged. Later Anderson scraped an
acquaintance with tho girl, took her to
a restaurant and then Introduced her
into his own homo on learning the man
whom the girl accused was a close
friend of- his. Judge Sears severely
censured the net in court.
WAS DESPONDENCE FATAL?
Lincoln .Man Suddenly Expires ot
Heart Disease.
Engaged to be married and depend
ing on his luck in the Tripp county
Innd lottery for a start In life, Francis
J. Bear found himself among those
who were not lucky and Saturday
morning died. Every Indication point
ed to heart failure and no inquest was
held. The coroner pronounced Bear
despondent over his bad luck. Bear's
parents live in Ackley, la. He had
lived in Lincoln for three years.
INSTITUTE AT AINSWORTII.
Very Su;!cevsful Meeting niul Several
Good Senkcrs.
A very successful farmers' institute
has been held In Alnsworth. The
speakers wero Prof. E. W. Hunt, for
merly a member of tho faculty of the
state university hut now a successful
Otoe county farmer; Miss Gertrude
Rowan, of Lincoln, connected with the
experimental station ut the state uni
versity, and Obodiah Hull, of Alma,
ono of the most successful farmers and
stockmen in tho west.
Auto Owjier .Must Settle.
District court Is In session at Tcka
mah, with Judge Iteddinck on the
bench. Tho first case was that of Ste
vens vs. Gordon, of Uecntur. Mr. Ste
vens' team was frightened by the Gor
don automobile and ran away. Injuring
Mr. Stevens. The Jury brought In a
verdict for Stevens and ordered Mr.
Gordon to pay the sum of $25 as dam
ages. five Thousand Dollars for Foot,
For the loss of his foot, which was
crushed In an Ice-holstlng device at
Cut-off lake lust winter, Louis P. Sipe
will receive $5,000 from the Omaha
Ico and Cold Storage company.
Aged Man Struck by Engine.
C. O. Carlson, aged 7u. who lives at
Gibson, Neb., was struck by a switch
engino in the Gibson yards Friday
morning while he was picking up coaL
Fatal Wreck in Nebraska.
In a rear end collision of Burlington
freight trains at Sutton, Fireman Chaa.
F. Quick was Instantly killed and En
gineer J. H. Mohler and Brakeman II.
E. Frash badly Injured.
Nearly Drowns hi Tub.
Mabel, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Sperry, of Falls City,
fell into a tub of water backwards and
was nearly drowned before she waa
discovered.
Switeh Engine Strikes Handcar.
A handcar containing eight laborers
was struck by a Burlington switch en
gine pushing two empty freight cars
Into a sandpit siding near Oreopolta
Junction. The crew on the hand car
were thrown Into the air, but escaped
Injury.
Want Canning Factory.
T. II. Roberta, of Brighton, Colo.,
haa been In Plattsmouth several daya
looking over the ground with a view
of establishing a large canning factory
and an alfalfa mill.
THEYEEKLY
1503 Columbus entered the harbor
which he called Torto Bello.
ir.80 Sir Francis Prtike returned from
his voyage round the world.
1000 Henry Hudson arrived at Dart
mouth, England, on his return from
his first voyage of discovery In the
new world.
1C20 The Plymouth company was or
ganized. .. .The Mayflower cast an
chor in Provlncetown fc&rbor, Cape
Cod.
17K5 Two hundred Scotchmen from
Nova Scotia were banished from
Boston.
1700 Rev. John Carroll made bishop of
Baltimore.
1775 Iord Dunmore declared Virginia
to be in a a state of rebellion.
1777 Gen Howe's array went Into win
ter quarters In Philadelphia....
Americans repulsed British attack on
Mud Fort, which Inter became Fort
MjfBln.
178a The America, the first line-of-bat-
tie ship built in America, launched
at Portsmouth, N. II.
1783 Continental army disbanded and
returned to their homes.
1804 Rhodium discovered In platinum
ore by Dr. Wollaston of London.
1811 Gen Harrison defeated the In- 1
dians lu battle of Tippecanoe. !
1813 Gen. Jackson defeated the In
dians in battle of Tallcftnda. .. .Brit
ish repulsed in an attack on Og
densburg, N. Y.
1814V Fort Erie destroyed by United
States forces.
1810 Two hundred persons drowned in
the wreck of the transport Harpooner
off Newfoundland coast.
1829 British government" opened 1h '
West India trade to the United
States. ,. .President Jackson pro
posed to reduce the number of navy '
yards In the Uuited States to four
Norfolk, Narrngnnsett, Washington
and Charleston. .. .New England
coast visited by a storm of unusual
violence.
1837 Elijah P. Lovejoy, anti-slavery ed
itor, mobbed and killed at Alton, 111.
1838 Martial law established in Mon
treal. 1842 Wedding of Abraham Lincoln and
Mary Todd at Sprlnglield, 111.
1S47 First American missionary church
organized in China.
18."2 Fire destroyed a largo section of
tihe city of Sacramento, Cal.
1S01 Gen. Hunter superseded John C.
Fremont in command of the western
department of the army. .. .Battle of
Belmont ended in a victory for the
Confederate forces.
1SC2 Gen. Burnside succeeded Gen.
1 McClelland in the command of the
army of the Potomnc.
1804 Federal forces won victory at bat
tle of Franklin, Tcnn. .. .Abraham
Lincoln re-elected President of the
United States.
1800 Gen. Frederick Funston, U. S. A.,
born in Ohio. . . .The Confederate
privateer Shenandoah surrendered at
Liverpool after having destroyed
about thirty vessels.
1868 Gen. Ulysses S. Grant elected
President of the United rVtates....
England and the United States
agreed to arbitrate the Alabama af
fair. 1871 Henry M. Stanley discovered Dr.
Livingstone at Ujijl.
1872 Fire broke out in Boston and in
two days burned over an area of
sixty-five seres and caused a lots of
$80,000,000.
1875 Richard P. Bland of Missouri in
troduced free silver bill in the
House.
1878 Remains of Aleiander T. Stewart,
millionaire merchant, stolen from the
vault in St, Mark's churchyard, New
York.
1880 James A. Garfield of Ohio elected
President of the United States.
1883 South Dakota adopted a constitu
tion. .
1884 G rover Cleveland of New York
elected President of the United
States,
1885 Last spike of the Canadian Pa
cific railway driven at Eagle Pats,
B. C.
1880 President proclaimed Montana a
State of the Union.
1893 The government of Sir William
Whiteway returned to power in New
foundland. .. .htearaer City of Alex
andria, from Havana for New York,
burned at tea; thirty lives lost.
1898 William A. Stone elected Governor
of Pennsylvania.
1000 Cuban constitutional convention
met In Havana.
1003 The Republic of Panama recof
nixed by the United States.... Nw
Irish land act went Ir'o operation.
1900 President Roosevelt tailed' for
Panama Sultan of Morocco re
ceived United States Minister Guna
mere at Fec....Stentland and Uer
tng, Chicago bank wreckers, tentenoi
ed to the penitentiary.
"A prominent politician" of New Xoxk
la accused by a New Tork Judge wk
saving Dt(d In "whit slave" trafie.
I0STAL DEFICIT 13 LAEC2. T
Receipts Were $191,478,833 aajL
Expenditures $208,391,886.
Postmaster General Meyer as
Bounces that the postal deficit for t&
fiscal year endod June 30 amounted tt
fl6,910,279. Receipts were $191.S
633, being $7,8:k!.(m7 greater than la
the previous year, nud xpenditmres
were $208,301,880. The deficit is tt
largest in the history of tbe PoatoSca
Department
An analysis ot the flRures shows tlU
$9,801,321 represents the advance fa
pay authorized by Congress for em
ployes of the railway mail service, UM
rural delivery and the city delivery ajf.
vice and for Assistant postmasters an
clerks in poKtofHoos. The. normal in
crease in revenue for several years
was about 9 per cent and la 1903 459
per cent, the decrease lu the rata of
growth being due to the financial de
pression. The Postinnsler General aald that Li
his annual re tort he would call tie
attention of CouRress to tho fact thai
he Is "firmly convinced that the es
tablishment of a siMJdal local parcels
post confined to mrni routes would
tend to wipe out the postal deficit and
would make tho rural delivery self -sustaining,
besides being of convenience f
the fanner tmd n boon to retail conn
try merchants".
There are now in operation more
than 39,000 rural routes, he said. Herr
ing 'a population of about 18.000,000
people, nnd should nn averago of flfty
Ave pounds of merchandise be carried
by the rural carrier on each trip
throughout the year it is estimated
that $15,000,000 would he realized. The
rate would be 5 cents for tbe first
pound and 2 cents for each additional
one up to eleven, the maximum weight
of a package.
DEADLY PLOT OF DAUGHTEJL.
Chicago 8lrl Held for Planning- wittt
Detectives to Kill Mother.
Tbe district attorney and police ol
Chicago have been puzzled by the cass
of Miss May Otis, arrested because sh
is believed to have offered to pay a de
tective $2,500 to kill her mother. Tbs
district attorney and representatives of
tbe police department have gone ovef
tbe details of the plot which tbe wom
an Is alleged to have formed to have her
mother killed. Frleuds allege that the
girl is sane and that they have nerst
kDown any action that would lndlcats
mental uubalnnce.
' The signed statement of the woman
in which she tells of giving money ta
the detectives, tnllles with the stories
told by Detectives Mackry and Stolp
msn. According to Stolpman's wtory,
Miss Otis came to him some time ago
to find out bow much property bef
mother had. Tbe womau finally told
him, he said, that she wanted to get
the property and wanted her mother td
"mysteriously disappear.''
Stolptuao laid tbe case before tbs
chief of detectives, and was Instructed
to go on with the case.:.. He declares
he got the woman to offer him $2,500
for tbe affair Detective Mackey was
Introduced as a Pittsburg thug willing
to undertake tho Job, and $100 was
paid over and a note for the balance
signed. Then the woman was arrested.
She was afterward released on bail,
and went homo with her mother, whoa?
she Is alleged to have plotted to kill. ;
GEN. GOMEZ PRESIDENT OF CUBA
Liberals Carry Every Province isi
the Island at Recent Election.
Practically complete returns of tbs
Cuban election show that the liberal
victory was even ' more decisive thai)
was first supiHsed. OuVial returns
from 1.300 of a total r 1,498 polling
places show that Gen. Jose Miguel Go
mez received 183,823 votes, against 11V
829 for Gen. Mario Meuocal, the con
servatlve cnndldate. The liberals cat
ried every province in the island. Ha
vana province went liberal by 25,000
and the city by 1.1,000.
Tho liberal majorities in tho other
provinces were, approximately, as fol
lows: Orlentc, 13,500: Santa Clara,
11.000; Camaguey. 1,200: Piuar del
r Rio, 7.500; Matanzas, S.000.
Tbe Methodists of Pierre, S. D., havt
just celebrated the silver auuivers;iry ol
the founding of their church In Pierre.
Roman Catholics of the Rkford, Ill
diocese are planning three elaborate re
ceptions and banquets for tut; Wight Rev.
Peter J. Muhloon, their new bishop, fol
lowing bis installation I v.
A large part of the wouru in the con
gregation of the Lluptiht Teuiyle of Brook
lyn, N. Y have refused to remove theil
hats during the Sunday service, us re
quested by the pastor, Dr. M.vev.
Missionaries from tbe remoi : juris o
the world attended the tm-etiag of tb
commissioners ot forelgu missions iq
Brooklyn. Plans were laid for extending
the work during tbe coming tear.
Rev. J. A. McCleary .pastor of the
Episcopal church of tbe liood Shepherd
St Fort Lee, N. J., asli.ted by a large
number of bis parishioners, is searching
for a gang ot burglars who looted tbs
church and carried a way propevty values'
at several hundred dollar.
Miles City is to be the sveoud uiunld
pallty in Montana which hi a Y. M. C
A. building, an orgauiitiou ut members
having already been cffi-ctvd. A cam
paign for funds will f-fuvt i.vrt uioata.
It a sufficient amount of muuey Is sub
scribed, the building will be erected dur
tog the early days of the coating spring
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