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WILL ASK FOR BONDS
ItlVFIl AM) HAItHOIl CON'GHF.SS
FAVOltS niK SCIIKMK.
llellevett the t tillzatlon of Our
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Own Waterways In of More Ini
tanco in I'a Than the Puiiams
C'aiuil.
Sentiment in favor of a government
bond Issue for a comprehensive Im
provement of the rivers, harbors nnd
canals of the country to the end that
this nation shall have the greatest
system of waterways In the world
gained headway at the opening session
of the annual meeting of the ltlvers
and Harbors congress at Washington,
D. C, Wednesday.
The scheme contemplates $500,000,
000 worth of federal bonds for inter
nal water courses, to be distributed
over a ten-year period of $50,000,000
annually. Following the lead of Pres
ident Roosevelt and President-elect
Taft, both of whom before the Joint
conservation meeting advocated the Is
suance of government bonds for con
structing permanent public Improve
ments, enthusiastic Indorsement was
given the proposition at the congress
by Vice President Fairbanks, Andrew
Carnegie and Joseph E. Ransdell.
Interest centered in the address of
Andrew Carnegie, who received an
ovation when he declared he would
lend his aid to inaugurate an exte nslve
system of waterway improvements.
Mr. Carnegie made a characteristic
speech in which he took issue with
the pessimists as to the future of the
country. "These people," he said, "are
always talking about how slow the
world travels. The trouble with them
Is that they are looking forward too
much. Let them look back where we
once were and where we stand to
day." After proclaiming the American
constitution the greatest Instrument
ever drawn Mr. Carnegie declared that
there were many things that the states
could not possibly do; that if the gen
eral government has not the power
under the constitution the people
could make a new constitution. Mr.
Carnegie warned the delegates against
the consideration of sectional projects,
declaring that projects national In
their scope were what was wanted.
The speaker bestowed great praise up
on what he termed the brilliant work
in connection with the Panama canal.
He expressed the belief, however, that
the utilization of our own waterways
was of infinitely more Importance than
the Panama canal, and wished that
our own waterways had been Im
proved before the Panama project had
been taken up.
SKES GREAT DEFICIT.
Cortelvou Intimates Shortage at $114,
000,000. The annual report of Mr. Cortelyou,
secretary of the treasury, shows a
reversal of conditions fon the fiscal
year 1908, as compared with the fiscal
year for 1907. For the latter year the
receipts were $84,256,586 In exceess
of the disbursements. For the fiscal
year 1908 the disbursements were
$58,070,201 in excess of the receipts,
due to business depression and In
creased appropriations. Fortunately,
the report says, the available cash bal
ance at the begnnlng of the fiscal year
was $272,061,445.
The secretary estimates the deficit
for the present fiscal year as $114,000,.
000
HITS BLEACHED FLOCIt HARD.
Important Ruling Made by Secretary
Wilson.
Secretary Wilson, of the department
Of agriculture, Wednesday announced
his declssion in the bleached flour con
troversy, holding flour bleached with
nitrogen peroxide Is an adulterated
product under the law and cannot le
gally be sold In the District of Colum
bia or In the territories or be trans
ported In Interstate commerce.
Owing to the Immense quantity of
bleached flour on hand, the secretary
will recommend no prosecutions of
manufactory or sellers for six
months form this date.
May tivt Dig Museum.
The $8,000,000 museum provided for
Chicago In the will of the late Marshall
Field became a probability Wednes
day when Superior Judge Dupuy re
fused to grant the perpetual restrain
ing order petitioned for by A. Mont
gomery Ward to prevent the erection
of the edifice in Lake Front park.
fcioux City Live Stock .Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the Sioux
City live Btock market follow: Top
beeves, $5.80. Top hogs. $5.65.
N'otod Irishman tl) p,lui.
P. J. O'Connor, former national
president of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians and former national president
of the Catholic Knights of America,
died at Savannah, Ga Wednesday of
pneumonia.
New Revolt In Haytl
. There haa been a revolutionary out
break In Haytl, in several of the north
ern town of the republic. It Is fear
ed the movement will spread
PROFITS OF THE STANDARD.
Henry Til ford Examined In the Fed
oral Suit
Figures showing some of the profits
f the Standard till company became
part of the court records In the feder
al suit to dissolve the Standard Oil
company Monday, when John D. Arch
bold resumed the stand for a brief ex
amination, and Henry Tllford, presi
dent of the Standard Oil Company of
California, testified at some length as
a witness for the defense.
The government inquisitor, on fig
ures submitted, showed that the Con
tinental Oil company, a Standard sub
sidiary In the west, made profits of 115
per cent on Its capitalization of $200,
000, and that the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana, on a capitalization
of $1,000,000, earned about $55,000,
000 between 1899 and 1906. Counsel
for the company declared the actual
assets of the company was greater
than the capitalization, as the compa
nies had turned back large sums from
earnings.
Counsel for the government sought
to prove by Mr. Tilford that In Cali
fornia and other western states th
Standard had made contracts with Its
competitors, whereby it obtp'"-d all
the crude oil supply. Mr. Tllfo.J said
he had little knowledge of these con
tracts. Referring to oil trade ratet
cutting In Colorado and elsewhere,
Mr. Tilford said the Standard nevci
cut prices to undersell Its competitors,
but lowered rates to meet the reduc
tions of Its rivals. Mr. Tllford's exam
ination likely will be concluded Tues
day, and either William Rockefellet
or Frank S. Monett will be called,
Mr. Tilford said the oil rate cutting
war in Colorado in 1906 was precipi
tated by Independent companies cut
ting prices, and that the Continental
Oil company met these reductions. Thr
witness said the prices of oil in the
far west were higher because of the
large territory for distribution, there
by increasing the cost.
The cross examination of Mr. Til
ford was then commenced, and Mr.
Kellogg developed the fact that the
Continental Oil company in 1906 madf
115.1 per cent on its capital stock
The purpose of the government In
quisitor was to show that the price
charged for oil products In the wesf
were not warranted.
GERMANY IN LINE.
I' on Iluclow Says His Country 1h Satis
fied with IU'nsiern Situation.
Chancellor von Buelow during th(
budget debate Monday addressed thr
rclchstag on Germany's foreign poli
cay, dwelling at length on the south
east European situation, the relation
of Germany to France and Great Brit
ain and Germany's attitude toward the
American-Japanese understanding. Hi
said the substance of the agreement
had been communicated to Germany
by tjhe representatives of both coun
tries. "The new arrangement," he said, "Is
thoroughly in harmony with the prin
ciples of Germany's policy In the fai
east, the open door, the preservation
of the status quo territorially and the
integrity and Independence of the Chi
nese empire. We have no occasion to
regard the agreement otherwise than
sympathetically. It gives new support
to our principles and additional guar
anty of peaceful development In the
far east."
Answering a complaint that Ger
many was left out of the American
Japanese agreement the chancellor
called attention to the fact that Ger
many already has precisely a similar
arrangement with Japan through an
exchange of notes. Japan explicitly
accepted the principles of the Anglo
German agreement of 1900, which
guarantees the maintenance of the
"open door" and the territorial statu
quo.
WILL NOT HANG.
Herman IJilllk Gets Respite I'ntil
January 29.
Herman Billik, sentenced to be
hanged on Dec. 11 for the murder of
Mary Vrzal, 22 years old, was granted
a respite until Jan. 29 by Acting Gov.
Sherman, of Illinois.
This is the sixth time Billik has
been granted a respite or stay of exe
cution. Twice reprieves were granted
within four days of the dates set for
the execution and orico when the
death march to the scaffold was nearly
ready to begin.
The legal battle to save Billik from
the gallows has no parallel In the crim
inal history of Illinois.
Billik was Indicted fur the murder
of the six members of the Vrzal fam
ily, and wn convict d on the first of
the charges.
Rev. P. J. O'Callaghan, pastor of St.
Mary's Roman Catholic church, has
taken a prominent part In the fight V
save Billik from the gallows.
Wins Battle for $100,000.
The United States supreme court de
cided In favor of Mrs. Ingersoll the
case of Mrs. Eva A. Ingersoll, widow of
the late Robert G. Ingersoll, against
Joseph Coram and others, involving a
claim for $100,000 by Mrs. Ingersoll,
on account of services rendered by her
husband In breaking the will of the
late Andrew J. Davis, a Montana mill,
lonalre.
Killed for Snowballing.
Angry because boys snowballed him,
Adolph Schultze, of Schnenectady, N.
Y., aged 40, shot and killed Mark Kill
galen, aged 17. Schultze was arrest
ed.
To Suen-ciil Judge Wllfley.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Rufus Thayer, of the District of Co
lumbia, as Judge of the United States
court at Shanghai, China, succeeding
Judge Lebbius I. Wilfley, resigned.
TWO DEATHS IN RIOT.
Fanatics and Police Clash at Kansas
City.
JuBt at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
when the thoroughfares were crowded
with persons, within a stone's throw of
the city hall and police headquarters,
and In the midst of the busy wholesale
district, the police department of Kan
sas City, Mo., and a band of religious
fanatics headed by John Sharp, who
styles himself "Adam God" and who
says he Is Jesus Chrst relncornated,
engaged n a fierce revolver battle.
Over 100 shots were exchanged. As
the result of the encounter two per
sons are dead, two others are at the
point of death, a third cannot recover
and two more paid for their experi
ence with slight wounds.
The dead: Albert O. Dalbow, a pa
trolman; Lola Prntt, aged 13, daughter
of Louis Pratt, a companion of "Adam
God."
The Injured: John Sharp, known as
"Adam God," a street preacher, fatal
ly wounded; Serjeant Patrick Clark,
lying at the point of death; Michael
Mullane. a patrolman; will die; Lieut.
Harry F. Stege, shot through arm;
slight; Geo. M. Holt, probation officer
of the Juvenile court, severe cut on
head.
The trouble occurred at 4 o'clock In
the afternoon when the streets were
crowded with persons who dally visit
the busy market and city hall district.
While the battle was in progress par
ticipants traversed on entire block, the
fatal stages of the fight being enacted
directly across the Btreet from ar
entrance to the police station.
IS SHOT DOWN IN HIS HOME.
Mystery Veils Killiiifr of a St. Lotifo
Man.
Francis D. Hirschberg, prominent In
itoman Catholic church and a personal
friend of Archbishop Glennon, also
well known in club and business cir
cles and as a director of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition, was shot and
killed at his home in St. Louis, Mo.,
Tuesday.
Whether death was the result of
murder or suicide has not been deter
mined. The members of the family
averd he is the victim of a burglar,
while the police investigators declare
there is no evidence of the presence of
the Intruders.
A trail of bloodstains on the snow
white stairway leading from the re
ception hall on the first floor indicates
that Hirschberg was shot at the foot
of these stairs, then turned and walk
ed back to the bedroom on the second
floor. From there he crossed the hall
way and passed through his wife's
room. Mrs. Hirschberg awoke Just in
time to see him sink to the floor un-
; conscious, according to the statements
to the police. Mrs. Hirschberg had her
husband carried to his bedroom, where
he died. He made no statement as to
how he was shot. So far as the police
could learn, no member of the house,
hold was on the lower floor.
NOW' SEXTUPLE TRAGEDY,
Accused Slayer of u Colorado Family
Kills Young and Suicide.
Maggie Garcia, aged 18, and Fran
cisco Martinez, who was suspected of
having murdered four members of the
Garcia family, at Trinidad, Colo., were
found dead twenty miles west of the
Garcia ranch. Apparently Martinez
murdered the girl and then committed
suicide.
The bodies of the Garcia family
were found at their homes last Friday
night, the heads having been split open
with an ax. The posse located Martin
ez and the girl Sunday night in a tone
ly spot and a guard was established
over the place. Finding escape cut
off, Martinez killed the girl, whom un
doubtedly he had abducted after mur
dering her parents, and then blew out
own brains. Martinez had no horses
and had forced the girl to walk with
him to a place where they were found.
MUST KILL THE PRISONER.
If Experiment Restores Mantazanna
to litre.
Prosecutor William B. Crossley,
peaking of the proposed test by coun
ty Physician fiannell to see if life
could be restored after electrocution,
which test is to bo made In the case of
John Mantazanna, who is to go to the
electric chair the week of December 21
said that If the test should result in
restoring Mantazanna to life the pris
oner would have to bo electrocuted
over again.
PhroplHvy as to War.
Secretary Metcalf says: "We are
n the eve of tremendous changes In
the methods of warfare. The devel
opment of aerial navigation is bound
to bring about wonderful results. Just
what the full effect will be I cannot
foretell, but the airship cannot help
but play an Important part in civiliza
tion in the future.
Canadian Premier In a Wreck.
Two cars on a local passenger train
from St. Paul were thrown off the
track at St. Vincent, Minn., by a brok
en rail. On one of the cars was Sir
Wilfred Laurler, premier of Canada.
He was shaken up, but escaped seri
ous Injury.
Hydu Sent to Prison.
Frederick A. Hyde, of San Francis
co, recently convicted of conspiracy to
defraud the United States of large
tracts of lands in Oregon and Wash
ington, Tuesday was sentenced in the
district criminal court to pay a fins of
$10,000 and to serve two years In tne
penitentiary the maximum penaly
under the law.
NEBRASKA
STATE NEWS
SWITCHING CHARGES 'RAISED.
Railway Commission Permits Omalin
Stork Yard to lnervae Rate.
After criticising the attitude of the
railroads In the controversy with the
Union Stock Yards company, of Oma
ha, the state railway commission per
mitted the stock yards men to Increase
switching charges 100 per rent. This
advance, the commission asserts, must
be borne by the railroads. Switching
rates were formerly 50 cents a car for
empties and $1 for loaded cars. The
new schedule provides for $1 for emp
ties and $2 for loaded cars.
Commissioner Clarke wrote the
opinion. Ho characterized the attitude
of the railroads as "enigmatical and
at times amounting to lukewarm op
position" to the proposed Increase.
The stock yards men tlle:l a com
plaint several months ago and de
manded the rates be raised.
SUPPOSED DEAD MAN ALIVE.
Woman Identifies ltody as That of Her
Son.
As everybody thought the man who
was murdered and found floating In
the Niobrara river near Valentine had
been identified as John Williams, the
son of Mrs. Williams, of south of
Alnsworth, who came to Valentine
about a week ago and Identified him
as her son after examining the body
and preparations hud already been
made to move the' body, Sheriff Ros
seter receives a letter from her saying
that she had received a letter from her
son enclosing his photograph and stat
ing that he was very much alive. The
mystery as to who he Is Is as dense
as ever and bids fair to remain one for
awhile, as no clews as to who commit
ted the murder has been found as yet.
NEBRASKA WINNERS AT SHOW.
Numerous Prizes Awarded ut Chl'Ui;o
Exhibition.
Additional prizes awarded to Ne
braska exhibitors for breeding stock
at the International Live Stock expo
sition, include, first for senior year
ling Short-horn bull to Howell Reed,
Pllger, Neb.; third for senior yearling
Aberdeen-Angus heifer to J. W. Mc-
Clung & Son, Indlanola; to Straub
Bros., Avoca, first for bull 2 to 3 years,
second on bull 1 to 2 years, second on
senior yearling heifer, third on Junior
yearling heifer, second on senior heifer
calf, first on Junior heifer calf, and
senior champion cow, first for exhib
ltors' herd, second for .breeders young
herd, second for get of sire and third
for produce of county.
ILLEGAL SALES TO INDIANS.
SaloonkeciM-rs mid BNtlcjrscrs Are Be
ing Apprehended ut Pender.
Two special agents or the United
States government arrived In Pender
Monday to Investigate the alleged sale
of liquor to the Indians by the local
saloons. It Is said at least a dozen
Informations will be filed against sa
loonkeepers and bootleggers before the
Investigation ceases. Two booze ven
ders have already been served wlh no
alce to appear for trial Saturday, and
there is considerable excitement and
alarm among the liquor Interests re
garding what is to come next. These
cases are brought under the state Slo
cum law and not under federal Juris
diction. FAREWELL TO ANDREWS.
Members of University Faculty Tender
Him a Banquet.
A farewell banquet was tendered
Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews, of
the University of Nebraska, by mem
bers of the faculty club. Chancellor
Andrews has resigned and will con
clude his service at the conclusion of
the university year. The function was
attended by leading educators and rep
resentative men of the state. The Ne
braska regents have elected Dr. Sam
uel Avery, of tho university chair of
chemistry, to be acting chancellor, his
duties beginning Jan. 1.
THREE YEARS IN PRISON.
Convicted of 1'uk.hIuj; a Forged Check
ut Kearney.
Clyde Coon, of Omaha, who was
brought to Kearney to answer a
charge of forgery for passing a bogus
check on W. L. Hand, pleaded guilty
In the district court and was sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary. Coon
has a wife and four children living
In Omaha. When the forgery was com
mitted he was supposedly representing
railway construction company.
No Banquet for Sheldon.
There will bo no banquet in honor
of Gov. Sheldon on the night of Jan.
5. The committee in churge of the af
fair, after a consultation with the gov
ernor, announced that the banquet
had been called off.
Teachers Meet ut Dunbar.
The Otoe County Teachers' associa
tion met at Dunbar Saturday and held
one of the most Interesting meeting
ever held In the county.
Suit Over Hotel.
Mrs. Marie Colby has begun uctlon
In Judge Walden's court at Beatrice
for possession of tho Paddock hotel
now occupied by the Kentner Hotel
company.
Suicide W'uh the Intent.
Death from an overdose of mor
phine, taken with suicidal intent, wan
the verdict of Coroner Hoafey's Jury
in the case of R. O. Harrington, the
young man who was found dying Fri
day night in his room ut the Mer
chants hotel ut Omaha.
SeliiMl for Deaf.
C. E. White, superintendent of the
institute for the deaf, in his biennial
report to Gov. Sheldon, asks for un
appropriation of $50,000 for a new
building.
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SPREE ENDS WITH SUICIDE.
"Guy" Harrington. Son of Millionaire,
Finishes Orgy In Death.
H. R. Harrington, 29 years of npe,
committed suicide at the Merchant's
hotel at Omaha by tukliig almost the
entire contents of a one-eighth ounce
bottle of morphine.
"Guy" Harrington, as he was known
among his friends, had been aroun I
Omaha for some time. His father Is
reputed to be a millionaire and Is
thought to be living In California at the
present time, although his address
could not be definitely ascertained.
Young Harrington also has friends In
Gretna. Neb., and one of these, M. Le
Hue, took him to the hotel Thursday
night us he had been on a protracted
spree. As he went to his room he re
marked that he Intended to take his
life, but as he had made this threal
many times before when drinking no
attention was paid to the threat.
MAN KILLED AT GRAND ISLAND
II R. Rickey, of Joy. III., Run Over by
Union Pttclllc Train.
E. R. Rickey, u barber aged 22.
whose parents live at Joy, 111., was run
down and terribly mangled and prob
ably Instantly killed in the Union Pa
cific yards at Grand Island, by passen
ger train No. 11. One of the men of
the crew declares the Jumped off be
fore the train stopped moving and
dragged underneath by falling, and
that after the lay down the conductor
took a check from the man's hat.
Another story Is tho man was not a
passenger, but that his feet were
caught in the frog and he was unable
to get out of it. The matter is being
investigated. One limb was torn from
the body ut the hip nnd the rest of the
body scattered along tho track for 400
feet.
O'NEILL SAYS LINCOLN.
Schedule Meeting of Western Icagt
to 1m- Held There.
President O'Neill of the Western
Baseball League, has announced that
the schedule meeting for the next sea
son will be held In Lincoln early In
February. At that time Topeka and
Wichita will be formaly admitted to
the Western League. President O'Neill
said there will be four new umpires
next season, only one of the old staff,
"Jack" Haskell, being retained. The
selections have not yet been definitely
made. The Western league president
is arranging for eurly spring exhibi
tion games in tho vesteru circuit.
KILLS LARGE TIMBER WOLF.
Caught in Wire Ucncc Within a Mile
of Fremont.
W. A. Jones, while driving southeast
of Fremont discovered a big, gray tim
ber wolf tagled in a barb wire fence,
and killed him with a club. The wolf
had evidently tried to Jump over the
fence to get into u. bunch of sheep and
had got one leg twisted up In a loos
ened wire. He was only about a mile
from the city limits. Coyotes occasion
ally prowl around the yards of the
Stock Yards company, but no timber
wolves hove been reported in this vi
cinity for several years.
PHIZES FOR HOYS' EXHIBITS.
Awunls Mude ut Corn Show nt Tecum
sell Contest.
The exhibits made at the boy's and
girls' corn und Industrial contest, In
connection with the Johnson County
Farmers' Institute at Tccumseh, were
the best ever made. The awarding ef
premiums was on Thursday. Prof.
Montgomery of the state university
Judged the corn. Miss Lula H. Wool
ford, also of the university. Judged the
cooking and the manual training, and
Mesdames C. W. Ramsey end C. E.
Hill of Tecumseh were the Judges in
the sewing class.
Young Woman Tries Suicide.
Miss Susan Powell, who gives het
home as Chanute, Kan,, but who has
recently been an inmate of tho Salva
tion Army rescue home, at Omaha at
tempted to commit suicide Thursday
by swollowing a largo quantity of Fowl
er's solution or arsenic, which she had
been using as a medicine. Only prompt
work by the utteudiug phyelslan, saved
the girl's life.
Objects to Double Taxation,
iiecuuse he objects to being taxed
twice on a bunch of cattle, Ed Gould,
proprietor of the Cotton wood Ranch
and Cuttle company, of Central City,
commenced suit some time ago against
both Merrick and Nance counties to
enjoin the collection of the tax and
asks the court to designate to which
county tin- shall lie paid.
Brass Founder .May lise Eyes.
Joe McCarthy, a moulder In the Bur
lington brass foundry at Piattsmouth,
while testing a pot of the melted metal
with a "gate," which containud mois
ture unbeknown to him, euused a ter
rific explosion. The accident will
cause McCarthy to lose the slht of one
und perhaps both eyes.
I)e:iies Stealing Mail I'cuuii.
William Keellcy, charged with steal
ing u mull pouch ut Grand Island, was
arraigned bef u-e I'nlted States Com
missioner Coblu-y and pleaded not guil
ty. I'iutlMiiontli Pioneer Dead.
Captain .1 C. Whlto, u pioneer citi
zen of I'luMsiimuth lias passed away
und hi t Imcy w I'll be token to Pulmyr
for burial. Mr. Willie w:m a captain in
the confederate army a:.d was a mem
ber of the McHnnic older.
New Lumber (Ympuiiy.
A new lumber company has been
Incorpoiuted lit YuH-iil ine, under the
name of Tho Yalciitlno Lumber com
pany, with it cupi a: M ck of $20,000.
A. K. Morris of W.ioJ !ike, U to be
prc-ident.
ITS IMPORTANT TASK
National Lawmakers Meet to Finish
Business Which Was Dropped
Last Summer.
NEW LABEL BILL IS OFFERED.
Plan to Brand Imitations of Goods
Other than Foods Provides
Prison Term.
Convening of the Sixtieth Congress
brought to tho enpltol the usual
thorngs bent on gaining admission to
the House of Iteprescntntives or the
Senate elinmler for the opening exer
cises. For days the demand for cards
entitling the benrers to scots in the
gnllerle bad been great When the
doors of the massive structure were
thrown open at 0 o'clock a crowd more
thnu suftlclent to take up tho entire
Renting capacity of tho two chamber
had assembled. Front that time on tli
visitors arrived in droves. The corri
dors on, both floors were soon filled with
crowds surging back and forth, while
long lines of icoplo stood outside ench
gallery awaiting nn opportunity to get
a peep Into the Senate or Ilouso through
some of tlie more fortunate ones vacat
ing their seats.
Among the most Interested spectators
in both houses were the members of
Uie diplomatic corps. Numerous high
oltkinls of the government likewise oc
cupied seats. The rule of the Senate
and House prohibiting the placing of
floral plee-es on the desks was rigidly
enforced.
, Immediately after the Senate had
boeu culled to order nt 12 o'clock by
Vice President Fairbanks, Rev. Eelward
Everett Hale, the chnplnln, opened the
session with prayer. Senotor Dilling
ham .of Vermont presented the creden
tials of his colleague, Carroll 8. I'nge,
who was sworn In ns a member of the
; Senate. The Houso was called to order
at noon. When the Vice President-elect,
James s. Sherman, entered the chamber
he wus ne-coreled an ovation by his Re
publican colleagues.
Patterned after the pure food law,
a bill wns Introduced in the House by
Representative Hull of Iown, making it
a misdemeanor to manufacture for
sale or transportation Imitated articles
of commerce, unless branded so ns to
show exa-t ingredients. Practically all
articles In domestic use would be af
fected, Including clothing, furniture or
' any article sold under a name now
recognized ns designating any mineral,
metallic, animal or vegetable sub
stance which oevurs in a state of na
ture. Conviction of a first violation of
, the act is made punishable by a fine
j not to exceed $."00 or one year's Im
prisonment or both, while ench subse
quent offense may be punished by a
nno of not less than $1,000 or one
year's imprisonment or both.
MONEY NEEDS OF NATION.
Secretary of Treasury Sends to Con
areas KatlmMes for lOtO.
The S'eerotary of the Treasury has
transmitted to Congress the book of esti
mates of appropriations required for the
service for the fiscal yenr ending June 30,
11)10. The following shows by depart
ments the estimates for the fiscal year
1010 and the appropriations for the fiscal
year 190!), the latter including the defi
ciency, miscellaneous and permunent an
mini appropriations :
Aftpro-
ICstlmntPS prlatlona
OMecta for 1010. for 1IKW.
legislative 1.I,17H.178 W,l:M,fH
r.ieeimve 4ll,rIU 440,310
Ktata department 4,3J0,:it)5 4,413,400
Treasury depart
ment irio.RiHVfM.i 2:in,ooo,075
war appanment. .':h.oii.i,i.mi !:), ll.'S.llti
Navy department. 137,&10,;t8 133,100,401
Id terlor depart
ment 200,:532,151 212,300,743
I'oHtomce depart
ment 1,711.040 l,737,4r0
Department of ag
riculture 19,817,029 10,786,249
iwpurunpnt or ,
comn.erea and
labor 1.1,043,843 11,844,103
l x'lmrimcni oi juh-
tlce 0,81)0,020 10,003,087
Totals $824, 408,048 f 832,020,303
The estimates for 11)10 exceed the esti
mates for 11MH) by $.".7,1MK),070.
HOLLAND MENACES VENEZUELA.
Thret Ituteb War Ships Mailt Deiu
onatratlou A loo- the Coaat.
Three Dutch warships, the battleship
Jacob Van Ileemskerk and the cruisers
Fricslarid and Gelderland, have made s
demonstration against Veneiuela. Togeth
er they steamed Thursday along the coast
from Puerto Cabello to La Guaira at
distance of 3,000 yards from the shore.
The Jacob Van Ileemskerk returned to
Willemstad Friday morning. The two
cruisers are going to Maracaibo, where
they will make a similar demonstration,
The demonstration is regarded as Imll
rating the preparations for an efTpctive
blockade of the Venezuelan coast are com
pleted. It Is reported that the Nether
lands battleship I)e Uuijter left Holland
Thursday for this port.
CANADA IMMIGRANTS FEWER.
itlsild Hfenlntlona Agalnat Entranr
of Poorer t'laae laua Decreaae.
Canada's labor market is not likely to
liee-ome congested so long as the present
plana of the immigration department to
restrict the entrance of dependent settlers
are enfowd, reports Consul Chilton. lis
states that the total immigration for the
first nine months of this year waa 127,
(V.10, against 2.'tf,ft3 for the correspond
ing period of 1007.
CATTLE DISEASES ALAKMDfg. '
Secretary of Agriculture to Person
ally Dlreot Fight Against Them.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson haa
decided to take personal direction of
the fight against the highly contagious
ioot aim mouth diseaso which has brok
me uaun iu cerium k
tlons of Pennsylvania and New Torts.
He has begun holding conferences wlU
fnspectors In those States, Oue of th
greatest dancers feared Is that the
dairy supply of the great cities will
become infected. More than 200 In
spectors are in the atfiioted area killing
cattle which show the first signs of the
disease. Tho territory now covered by
the disease is already larger than the
section of New England which had the
same trouble two years ago. The Secre
tary has asked aU railroads east of the
Mississippi to disinfect their cattle
equipment that had been In the Infected
urea within six weeks. The disease
when transmitted to man is seldom
fatal. Its Invariable signs are sores
nbout the mouth and between tho toes.
Buffalo is the chief center of the pres
ent epidemic. The British government
has quarantined against all cattle from
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylva
nia. While rejoicing over the fact that
last week's receipts were the largest of
the year, cattle men at Chicago were
forced to own that they stood in daily
fear of the cattle plague or hoof and
mouth disease which has been discover
ed among cattle in the East. All of the
stock sent from Chicago last week
bound for foreign shores was stopped
in Pennsylvania and New York, and
either slaughtered immediately or held
for rigid inspection. The plague wa
discovered In Philadelphia, and a num
ber of slaughter houses quarantined
and cattle and sheep killed.
SEASON'S HUNTING ACCIDENTS
Chicago Broker and a Florida Judge
Among Those Killed.
The hunting season thus far has been
much less deadly than those of previ
ous years. Only 57 persons were acci
dentally killed this year, against 73 la
1007 and 74 in 1900. The total of in
jured shows an increase, the numbe
for 1008 being 01. against 81 In 190T
and 70 in 11)00. Over half the fatal
accidents happened in the States of
Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wis
consin, the number lu those States be
ing 7, C, 8, and 17 respectively.
One well-known Chicago man was a
victim. He was Sidney B. Tremble, a
broker. He was shot by Frank Stuart,
his hunting companion while In Kansas.
Mr. Tremble bled to death before as
slstsoce could be secured. Judge J.
C. McKlnnon of Marlanna Flan also
was killed. A hunting companion at
tempted to c'lrub a fence ct.rrying thr
guns. One wns discharged and Judge
McKlnnon, who was near him, received
the charge In the abdomen. Five of
the dead were mistaken for deer and
ten were drowned.
An unusual feature this year la the
killing of two women. Mrs. Jacob
Gants of Warsaw, Iud., was killed by
her husband, who had shot at a hawk.
Mrs. Albert Skinner of Peru, Ind., met
death at the hands of her husband, who
accidentally shot her as he waa start
ing on a hunting trip.
Calcutta is terrorized by an outbreak
of political crimes.
It was erroneously reported here (hat
E:peror William had made a successful
ascension in the Zeppelin airsnip.
An official census of Berlin and It
suburbs shows that there are in the
territory 40,124 persons without employ
ment. Of this number only 1,716 are
women.
France has proposed to the Mexican
government that King Victor Emanuel oi
Italy be named to arbitrate the rival
claims of these two countries to the own
ership of Clipperton island.
The steamer Minnewauska, the largest
vessel of the fleet of the Atlantic Trans
port line, was successfully launched at
Belfast, Ireland. She is of 14,500 tons
and will start in the New York service
early in 1000.
Through an accidental explosion in the
river Drina, near Sevornick, It was dis
covered that Servians are planting mines
in all the streams between their country
and the province of Bosnia, which Aus
tria recently annexed.
An encounter between two warring fac
tions of students attending the Univer
sity of Vienna resulted in injury to ten of
the young men. The cause of the conflict
is antagonism between the pan-German
and the Jewish students.
The question that has arisen between
France and Germany over what has come
to be known as the "Casablanca inci
dent," arising out of the arrest by the
French authorities of German deserters
from the French foreign legation, will be
referred to a court of arbitration.
The committee on privileges of (he
House of Lords declared the riht of Al
bert Kirby Fairfax, who is a native of
Virginia and who has been described as
the only American bearing an English,
title, to the rank and title of Lord Fair
fax of Cameron in the Scottish peerage.
John Henniker Heaton, father of the
imperial penny pctrge Idea, addressing
a big audience in tbn Royal Colonial In
stitute In London, advocated the traaa
mission of cablegrams at 1 penny a word.
He declared that an immediate end ought
to be put to the present cable aoaopob;
at any co
