DAKOTA COUNTY ffi
Stale Hislona
M0TT0--A11 The News When It Is News.
VOLUMK XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NED., FRIDAY, .1UXK 4, 1909.
NUMBER 49
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CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF
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DOCTOR FOUND DEAD
THKOHY OK MlKDKlt WAItltANT.
i:i nv ciucvmst.vaci'.s.
John T. lllnklcy. Sr., Vn. n lMlnil
Physician, and with Mcmlii'ix r
Family Wan Stopping nt Wi-lliiiRton
Hotel on a Visit Ut C1iIcjij;o.
Evidence supporting the theory that
Tnhn T 1jlnlfli.tr r rt V.vn llHVll le.
Ind.. met his death at the Wellington
hotel In Chicago Wednesday nt the
hunds of a robber wan adduced at the'
coroner's inquest Thursday. The ev
idence presented did not disprove the
hypothesis of Huiclde, but It materially
weakened it. Briefly Mated, the testi
mony showed that Dr. lilnkley was 82
years old, a lover of his family and
of the church to whose creed he sub
scribed the Presbyterian. Save for a
left hand crippled by rheumatism his
health was good, his spirits were high
at the prospect of a family reunion,
and suicide seemed the furthest
thought from his mind. With other
members of his family he came to
Chicago Thursday and remained In
his room while the others went on a
chopping tour.
When his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Cp
church, returned about 5 p. m. -with
her daughter, Elinor, they found the
shades drawn and the old physician
apparently asleep In an ea-y chair. A
flood of light let in by the raising of
the curtains disclosed his blood
stained face. He sat with his right
hand nearest to the bed, which was
about a foot away. The pistol lay on
the bed with one chamber empty. The
bullet, however, had entered his left
cheek and lodged In his brain, Indict
ing a wound from which It is said
death must have been instantaneous.
His coat and vest were found open and
the wallet which he habitually car
ried In an inside vest pocket was miss
ing, as was his watch. A small sum,
$2.51, was found on the dreiser in the
room. His valise, in which he car
ried a few medicines and toilet arti
cles, which had been on his knees
when his daughter left him to go
shopping, was found in a public toilet
room twenty yards from tire room,
and of the existence of which the de
ceased is said to have been in igno
rance, his own room being provided
with similar facilities. The door of
the room was not locked.
LYNCIIIXU IX I-'KAXKFOKT.
Xcgro Who Shot Circus Muii Is Strung
Up to Bridge.
John Maxey, a negro, who shot Yi.
C. Bowers, a circus man, Wednesday
night, as taken from Jail at Frank
fort, Ky., early Thursday and lynched.
The Jailer resisted the mob, but the
door was broken down, the negro
taken out and hanged to the St. Clair
street bridge.
The action of the mob created in
tense excitement among the law abid
ing citizens of the city, who were ap
prised, of the hanging.
Bowers, the wounded man. Is still
in a critical condition at the Kings
Daughters hospital.
Maxey narrowly escaped being
lynched at the time of the shooting
and a panic among the crowd at the
big tent was narrowly averted. The
shooting was the result of the negro's
effort to get in the tent under the flap
without a ticket. Bowers' home is
in Valdosta, Ga.
Aided Sluves In Flight.
Kenry F. Montague, one of the three
dozen men who organized an abolition
party Oi Michigan in 1S36 at Ann Ar
bor, is dead at his home at Kalama
zoo, Mich., at the age of 26 years. Mr.
Montague was one of the leading
agents of the "undeground railway"
by which many fugitive slaves were
assisted in their flight to Canada.
To Heinovo IVnn'M ItiinnJiiM.
To bring the coffin containing the
t)ody of William Penn, which now re
poses In a Presbyterian abandoned
cemetery In Buckinghamshire, Eng.,
to this countiy and have It interred on
the banks of the Delaware river Is the
object of a movement Just launched
In congress.
Bate of Trial Set.
The trials of a dock superintendent
and six checkers charged with con
spiracy to defraud the government In
the weighing of sugar at the docks'
of the American .Sugar Refining com
pany in New York City, have been
set for June 17.
Sioux City Mo stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Beeves
$5.60fi 6.20. Top hugs, $7.40.
An Airship IH-stroyrr.
That secret trials of nlrsjilps and
aeroplanes In northern Japan have
demonstrated that heavy guns ami
heavy loads ran be carried was, the
t story brought Thursday by the steamer
Monteagle. It ;is said that the Jap
anese have Invented an airship de
stroyer fitted with shells that explode
on contact with another alrshlo.
tuaix normi.us norxi) ovr.it.
Judge M linger Holds Knch Cmlrr
2S.HiO Hail.
D. W. Woods, Fred Torgensen and
James Gordon Wednifd.-iy were bound
over to the in xt grund Jury and held
under $25,000 bond each to answer
to the charge of holding up and rob
bing the Overland Limited mall car
on the Union Pacific railroad on the
night" of May 2 2 by Judge W. H. Mun
ger In the United States district court
at Omaha, Neb.
Twenty-two witnesses were called
to identify the prisoners, and all were
more or les sure that the men were
Identical to these who committed the
rolibeiy. Six mall boys, ranging from
8 to 11 year?, were Interesting wit
nesses, and each told of seeing one or
of the men in the vicinity of the Brown
Park school before and after the rob
bery occurred. They found the re
volvers and other paraphernalia which
led to the arrests of the three men
charged with the robbery.
Members of the train crew and a
number of postal clerks were among
the witnesses examined, and all were
able to Identify two or more of the
men under arrest. Chief Clerk Whit
more, of the mail car, gave a graphic
description of the robbery and told of
being prodded In the ribs with a huge
revolver by one of the robbers because
he did not move fast enough.
The defense did not Introduce any
witnesses. Attorney McFarland, who
represents the prisoners,' satisfying
himself with a rife-id cross examination
of the government's witnesses.
The police have located the room
where Gordon anil a man believed to
be a fourth member of the gang lived
together at 518 South Sixteenth street.
It was learned that Gordon's room
mate recently left the plae and the
authorities believe it was he who was
arrested In Denver Wednesday.
MAY UK BIG SENSATION.
Dr. Cleninxon Tells Starting Tale to
Police.
Police Captain- Kane, of Chicago,
Wednesday afternoon declared Dr.
Cleminson, held for the murder of his
wlfo had made sensational disclosures
to him. "If what the doctor told me
proves to be true several others be
sides the prisoner are Implicated in
the death of Mrs. CUminson," said
Ca-pt. Kane.
"According to Cleminson's story," the
police official continued, "the crime
which brought this young woman to
her grave is one of the worst in the
hisiory of Chicago."
The mystery surrounding the death
of Mrs. Nora Jane Cleminson was
brought nearer to a solution when cap
tain of Police Thomas Kane an
nounced that he would examine a
woman and a man who he believod
would be able to give some Informa
tion concerning the domestic relations
of Dr. Cleminson and his wife. Ac
cording to Capt. Kane, Dr. Cleminson
told him that Mrs. Cleminson had tried
to commit suicide two weeks ago by
taking chloroform. Tho physician de
clared that he had found an empty
chloroform bottle and had asked her
about It. She denied having used
any of the poison, and the physician
said he believed her. When he found
her dead on last Sunday morning he
declared that he' decided to tell a burg
lar 'story, because h did not think
any postmortem would be held and
that his story would be believed.
SWINDLKKS TO GO TO PRISON.
"Two Queens," Promoters Sentenced
at Kansas City.
' Frank B. Horn, S. H. Snyder and
Raymond P. May were sentenced to
serve a year and a day In the United
States prison at Leavenworth and pay
a fine of $500 each and John E. Horn
was fined $500 in the federal court
at Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday for
fraud in promoting the "Two Queens"
mine In Arizona.
E. S. Horn, the other defendant,
who collasped wnen the verdict was
returned on May 18, was still too HI
to appear for sentence. He will bo
sentenced later.
United States District Attorney Van
Valkenbuig then made a plea to the
court for leniency on behalf of J- E.
Horn, who is only 22 years old, say
ing his youth should be conhldercd
ns an extenuating circumstance. The
Judge accepted this suggestion an
said the young man's punishment
should be only a tine and costs, pro
viding the hue was paid at once.
Fire In Philadelphia.
Fire Wednesday destroyed the five
story building of Schmoele & Co., mil
llners, at 1204 Chestnut street, and
spread to the Beneficial building next
door, owned and occupied in part by
the Beneficial Savings fund. Loss,
$200,000.
Hunker Is ItclcuMcd.
Aihn H. Wood, former president of
ihe Matthews National bank, of Mat
thews, lnd., was released from the
federal prison Wednesday at Leaven
worth after serving six y Xrs for mak
ig loans In excess of the amount al
..wed by law.
Threo Trainmen Killed.
Threetralnmen were killed Wcdnea
Jny when an engine, running light,
crashed into a freight train at Mars.
Pu., near Pittsburg, on the Pittsburg
and Western branch of the Baltimore
und Ohio railroad.
( a-cs of Americans l'stMiiied.
A dispatch from Leopoldvllle. in the
Congo, suys the. trial of Rev. William
Morrison and Rev. W. H. Sheppard,
American missionaries, for alleged li
bel, has been postponed to July 30.
JI NKIN IIKI.H Ol'll.TY.
Death Yerdl. t H turned by tVntervill
Jury.
Rousing rhwM from the throats
of 500 men rent air as the verdict
of death ag.-ilr.st .luukln returned by
the Jury was rea l by Clerk George El
liott at Centerville, in., at 7:30 o'clock
Tuesday after the j'li'y 'nad been out
since 4 o'clock. Jur.lJn heard the ver
dict without a quiver and stood up
firmly when sentenced to be hanged
on the last Friday In July, 1910. He
said to the court he had no speech to
make. His attorneys asked for a
transcript of the verdict, which tho
court granted. Indicating an appeal
will be taken. Foreman Morgan Ed
wards signed the death penalty and
every Juror responded promptly that
It was his verdict.
The court in passing sentence told
Junkln he hoped he would make
peace with his God before execution
day.
Adjt. Gen. ligan was in the room
ns the verdict was read and was pre
pared to call out the state militia had
the Jury reached other than a death
verdict.
Three ballots were taken by the
Jury. The first resulted 9 to 3, and the
second 10 to 2.
Under the state laws of Iowa the
day of hanging must be removed from
the date of sentence at least one year.
This is for the purpose of granting the
defense sufficient time to perfect an
appeal to the supreme court.
A large mob gathered at the court
house when the verdict was an
nounced. Guards formed about tho
prisoner and nindo a dash for a street
car, fighting their way aboard. The
street car was run to the Burlington
tracks, where a Fpeelal train was
waiting and Junkln was' hurried to tho
Fort Madison penitentiary.
The defense made a last effort In
the morning to save Junkln's life.'
John R. Rice pleaded with the Jurors
not to burden their conscience with
the memory of taking blood.
Judge J. C. Mitchell argued against
capital punishment as failing to de
termine the criminal. He held that
Ottumwa's 'tolerance of Smoky Row
was the real murderer. Prosecuting
Attorney Cornell began tho closing ar
gument before dinner and the case
went to the July at 4 o'clock.
Junkln's crime was one of the most
atrocious in Iowa. He confessed to
killing Clara Rosen on the night of
February 5 last while she was return
ing from the home of her sister. Later
he dragged the girl into an excavation
and assaulted her. Her dead body was
found by a searching party next morn
lng. t ' '-
SLAYER TO UK ELECTROCUTED
Convicted Murder of Artist Sennits
Sentenced.
Calvin Johnson, wr" was found
guilty by the Jury of the murder of
Walter F. Schultz, the Chicago artist,
at Alexandria, Va., M "ch 5, was sen
tenced Tuesday to death In the elec
tric chair.
A motion for a new trial was filed
on the ground that new evidence was
submitted to the Jury to Induce it to
return a verdict after It had reported
a disagreement.
The trial of the second member of
the" negro quartette connected with
the murder began Wednesday.
The .crime for which Johnson as
convicted was one of the most heinous
ever committed In this section.
Schultz, who had come to Washington
to witness the inauguration, according
to the evidence, was taken in tow on
March 5 by Johnson und three other
negroes, and lured to this city on an
electric car. He was gagged and taken
to a field outside the city, where his
throat was cut from ear to ear. A
pawn ticket for a watch stolen from
Schultz led to the'urrest of Henry
Smith, and the latter turned state's
evidence, implicating himself, Johnsor
and two others.
Capitol Damaged by Storm.
During tho storm at Baton Rouge,
La., Monday the state capitoi suffered
considerable damage. Part of the
dome was blown off with a portion of
the roof. Water leaked through,
drenching the seeond, third and fourth
floors and tho hall tit the house of rep
resentatives. Pupils March Out or Burning Kclioo..
All the pupils of St. Caslmlr's pa
rochial school in Detroit, Mich., es
caped In fcafety Tuesday when fire
broke out on the second floor of the
school. There were nearly 900 pupils
In the school when the fire was dis
covered. Fire drills had been fre
quent and there wan no disorder In
marshaling the children out of the
building.
Grain Dorks Burn.
Two thousand feet of the Nevada
grain docks at Port Costa. o:i the bay
near Sun Francisco, Cal., in which all
the grain from California for foreign
ports is loaded, was burned Monday
night. The loss is estimated at more
tl an $1,000,000. Nine hundred tons
of gruln and 100 tons of hops were de.
stroyed.
Mrrr.viimkci- Held I p.
Four masked high way men at The
Tavern, a resort ut Petersburg, about
ten miles from Denver, Colo., Monday
night, and escaped with more than
$3,0mi worth of diamonds and $200
in iush.
Gotch to Bo a Benedict.
Frank Gotch, world's wrestling
chumplon, will be married to Miss
.Minnie I Warner, according to an an
nouncement made Tuesday by friends
of Mis Warner.
NEBRASKA STATE 1EWS
BOY HA X PITS AT NORFOLK. I
Two ConfrsM to Kobbi rlon of Many
Months' st.indlim.
The Norfolk police Tuesday un
earthed a gnng of bandits, who, ac
cording to confessions of two of them,
have systematically robbed stores,
beer vaults and merchandise cars for
some months. Tin y have led a dime
nove' career, holding headquarters In
barm and lee Imu-n. The older, mem
bers of the gang threatened to kill the
younger boys In the Katig who should
reveal the pang's deeds. Horace and
Gilbert Case, used 12 and 14, were
Jailed In a separate cell fr m Emery
Bouncy, aged 19, because tiny i.ai,l
Bouncy had threatened to kill them
for telling. Five youths wanted in this
connection are said to hnve iled from
Norfolk.
For many months petty robberies
have occurred. A candy fnctoiy was
only recently broken Into and robbed.
This was done, the Case boys say, l.y
the gang.
Uonney, one of the leaders, Is one
legged. His mother is Mrs. Klla Uon
ney, a widow, who drew a Tripp coun
ty homestead but failed to llle. She
has- hired a lawyer to defend her son.
County Attorney Nichols will make an
effort to send the older beys to the
penitentiary and the younger ones to
the reform school.
GRAY GETS A VERDICT.
Sioux City Man Awarded $5,801
Attninst Omaha Road.
The Juiy in the case of J. V. Gray,
of Slcux City, vs. the Chicago. St. Paul(
Minneapolis and Ontnhn Railway com
pany, returned a verdict In favor of
the plaintiff for 15.361 nt Dakta City
Tuesday. This was practically the full
amount sued for and was for dam
ages sustained to Browing crops on
Mr. Gray's farm In Dakota county In
the years 1907 and 1908. The case
was a hard fought one and lasted for
fourteen days. It is not only of much
Importance to Mr. Gray, but also to
land owners In the vicinity of the Gray
premises.
It was claimed by Mr. Gray that the
railroad ' corrpany was negligent In
constructing and maintaining its rail
road ncros'i whut was known as "the
big swamp" In Dakota county, by
reason of which negligence the waters
of Elk creek were obstructed and
his land was Hooded.
MOVE ON CLl US CHECKED.
Lincoln Excise Hoard Enjoined from
EnforclnR try Law,
District Judge Cornish Tuesday Is
Bued a temporary restraining order
forbidding the city of Lincoln, through
Its excise board or police, from inter
fering with the operation of the buf
fets In the club houses of the Elks.
Eagles and German Fumlly society.
This was the day set by the excise
board for enforcing the order forbidding-
the dispensing of Intoxicants In
club houses to members. The case
will be tried on Its merits July 5. The
Injunction was no surprise to the city
officials, as It was known that the
Incorporated clubs would test the mu
nicipal law compelling them to close
their bars.
GOVERNOR - MUST PAY.
Nebraska Hoard Refuse to Approve
Hills for .Maintenance.
Gov. Shallenberger- Is at outs with
the state board of public lands and
buildings. Republican state officio!;!
compose the latter board and the dem
ocratic executive is nettled at the re
fusal of tho officers to approve bills
for the maintenance of the executive
mansion. The postmasters of the
state will be the guests of the execu
tive within a few days and Gov. Shal
lenberger will have to pay for music,
refreshments and flowers. A recent
entertainment for a fraternal order
cost the governor $150. Under the
Sheldon administration the state paid
the bills for all public functions.
SIX YEARS FOR TWO RIOTERS.
Men Who Shot Fp Saloon at Vclillmr
Convicted ut Fremont.
In the district court at Fremont
Judge Hollenbeck sentenced Nicolo
Galloro and Joseph Casmano to six
years In the penitentiary on the charge
of shooting wll,h Intent to kill. The
two men had some trouble with the
bartender of a Uehllng saloon about
two months ago. They came back a
few minutes later armed with a shot
gun and revolver, and proceeded to
shoot up the place. Several men wern
wounded, but none seriously. They
had expected a lighter sentence on ac
count of their plea of guilty, and Cos
mano especially was surprised a, his
sentence.
. Light Plant for Central City.
A petition has been circulated . at
Central City having for its object the
culling of a special election, at which
a boml Issue for u municipal electric
lighting plant will be voted upon. The
cost of such a plant Is estimated at
$20,000, and in case of its installation
It would also furnish power for the
city water works system.
West Point .Man Ends Lire.
David Ringer, u carpenter und con
tractor, un old time resident of Wst
Point, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head ut his residence
in the Third ward. The deceased man
had been despondent fur some time
past and was not in good health.
Cui-h Tnken Not I .a ice.
It was announced by the postofllee
authorities at Omaha that tin- actuu'
cash secured by the robbers who held
up the Overland Limited on the Un
ion Paeltie railroad ten days ago.
amounted to u tiille less than $300.
lUlitor Ui Stop Over.
Plans are being made by the Com
mercial club to entertain u tralnloud
of newspaper men from eastern,
southern and central states, who will
be. In Lincoln on July 15.
EX-FOX VICT SFI'.M.IFD DOPE.
August Miller. Tn.t nt IVn, Makes
Al'.'l(iait to t li:t Eflcct.
August Ml'ler, a convict In the state
penitentiary. tniu;ht by Warden Smith
smuggling In morphine, made afllda.
vlt Saturday that he had received tho
dope from George Sehnrton, an ex
convlct of Lincoln. County Attorney
Tyrrell In sworn to a complaint
u gainst the h.s-i rained. Nineteen
ounces of morphine were taken from
Miller.
Miller wan n trusty under the late
Warden Reemcr. a id the latter told
Warden Smith that he was reliable In
twty v..y. For scire time Miller had
been l:i charge .f the hog burn, In
Which he yle;it enjoying practical
freedom.
Warden Smith became suspicious
some days ng and searched Miller for
dope, but found noee. Then the war
den set a trap for his man and discov
ered where he had hid eleven ounces
of the polou In tiie barn. Miller was
then thrown In the dungeon with the
utatoment that he would remain there
until he told ut what drug store he got
the dope. For reveral days the man
refui-ed to dlvuiije the Information,
but Saturday morning he made his af
fidavit Impllcatlriiv Irihurton.
According to the Information re
ceived by the warden, Miller would
sneak out of the barn at night and
meet tho ex-convlct on the railroad
track and pay him for the poison at
the rate of 3 5 cents mi ounce. Ho
would then bring It to the prison and
retail it to the other convicts.
Frank L Dlnnsmore, who Is stew
ard of the hospital, was said to have
bought Ihe ounces from him at the
rate of $1 on ounce. In turn Dins-
more retailed the dope at the rate of
from $3 to $5 an ounce.
TWO MOKE OF ALMA OAXG.
Sheriff CmroM Finds Men Who Es
cttprd from Mliidcn,
SherllT Carroll, of Alma, has return
ed from Julesburg. Colo., with Orln
Galvln ond Owen Dnlley, who are be
lieved to be implicated in the Repub
lican City merchandise robbery. The
young men were known around Mln
den and Claude Smith and Pat Crowe.
It Is ulso believed they are Implicat
ed In the Keene bank robbery and the
Wilcox saloon holdup, as a search of
their belongings revealed a kit of tools
and masks. When young Aable and
O'Brien were arrested recently Galvln
and Pulley left Mlnden, where they
had been living, and they were not
found until. Sheriff Carroll located
them at Julesburg. - .
Charles O'Brien was arrested a sec
ond time Wednesday upon the dlscoV'
ery of new evidence and put undef
$2,000 bonds.
SENSTION AT AGENCY.
Chief Clerk Benjamin Discharged and
Asks Investigation.
Chief Clerk Benjumln, for J. M.
Comons, superintendent at the Omaha
agency, has been discharged. It is
claimed that Mr. Benjumln, in safe
guarding the list of names of Indiana
who are applying for patents, was re
cently held up at the point of a gun
by some land seekers, who forcibly
entered the ofllce ami then his bed
room, demanding the list of names.
Benjamin's friends claim it was upon
certain misrepresentations by the land
"grabbers" that he wus discharged,
i. nd he has demanded an Investigation.
Leg Shattered by Bullet.
.Monday un old mini named Eddy
and a young nun named Nunson, who
live in Brunswick, got Into an alter
cation in regard to tho ownership of 0
wagon tongue which resulted 'in tha
old man shooting the other. The shot
shattered the leg of Nanson Just be
low the knee. Eddy tried to escape,
but wus overtaken ami now lies in Jul)
at Brunswick.
Weulltig (.i ts Good Job.
L. K. Wcttling, of Lincoln, will be
known hereafter, beginning June 1, as
Nebraska's expert uccountunt, attach
ed to the legal department of the state.
Mr. Wettling has been appointed to
this place by the attorney general, who
will pay him $250 each month. When
not employed by the legal department
Mr. Wettling will UFsiit the state ra.ll
wuy commission, which will (help to
pay his salary.
Trustee for u Co-OpTutlve.
The people of Lyons were very
much astonished Suturday by the ru
mor on the streets that the Farmers'
Co-operative company, a large marc-untile
store there, was In financial
tolls. A trustee took citarge Suturday
and a receiver will doubtless be ap
pointed soon. The firm will doubtless
pull through soon.
Einh:z.IT Draws Five Years.
Joseph H. McCarthy was arraigned
before District Judge Stewart at Lin
coln Saturday ufteiaioon, pleaded
guilty to the charge of embezzling the
funds of the Hi-leu A. Horn estute and
was sentenced to five years at hard la
bor In Ihe penitentiary.
Sm:llo Clo-cx School.
The public schools of Bancroft have
been closed by reason of the spread of
an epidemic of smallpox, two cases of
which brok,. out in tin- school.
SteumlHiHl Coming to Omuhit.
Word has been received that tho
City of I'eorla. a favorite steumboat
oq, the Illinois river mi Its way to
Omaha, a I ,oeu-ad!e trip, und will be
us-cd In exclusion Inislness mi the Big
Muddy.
West Point In Celebrate.
ludepi ndfiice day will be appro
priately celebrated by the citizens of
West point aril vicinity on Mouldy,
July U. A c.iitiinlttee has beer, ap
pointed to solicit funds and a l'n c-e:--biutlon
is Hsstired.
ELECTION OF SENATOR
Short Story of the Great Illinois
Battle Ending in Senator
Hopkins' Defeat.
LOIUMER'S EISE IN POLITICS
New Official la Chosen in Spring
field by tha Aid of Many
Democrats.
Tie deadlock on the United States
jptiatorBhlp, which ended Wednesday
with the election of Congressman Will
lam Lorimer of Chicago, and which la
without precedent In Illinois political
history in many important particulars,
began Jan. 20, when tho first ballot
wag cast In Joint assembly, Hopkins
receiving 8!) votes. Stringer "6, Fosa
16, Shurtlelt 12, and Mason 6.
Many attempts were niado during
the first month of the deadlock to
break tho Hopkins strength. Frank
3. Lowden sent an agent to Spring
leld and maneuvered for a month In
:he hope of breaking In. William D.
VIcKInley and Lawrence Y. Sherman
were Introduced as dark horses, but
"William: je,. lok.ime.b-.
failed to get more than two or three
votes. W. J. Calhoun enjoyed a brief
period of mention. Edward D. Shurt
leff, starting with twelve Republican
votes, gained occasionally.
April and most of May passed with
out development. The second week in
May William Lorimer began actively
working for himself as a candidate
for Senator, having Mr. Shurtlcff's
support, and claiming sixty Demo
crats. Up to the ninety-first ballot, 135
men had been voted for during tho
deadlock, 114 being Democrats and 22
Republicans. Of the Democrats John
C. Eastman received the highest vote.
49, outside of Lawrence 1). Stringer,
the regular nominee.
William Lorimer Is a Republican
and ia serving his seventh term in Con
gress, lie was born in Manchester,
England, April 27, 1861, second son
of a Presbyterian minister, and came
to Chicago with bis parents in 1870.
His father died in 1871, leaving the
family in straitened circumstances.
Soon after his father's death young
"Billy" began to earn a living. He
worked his way from selling newspa
pers, shining shoes, through positions
at the stock yards, and as conductor
on the llneB of the Chicago street rail
way to political control in the old
Sixth Ward.
ROB GOTHAM CAFE IN DAYLIGHT
Konr Thugi Hold I'p Twenty u
titmrra, Collect (M and laeat.
Four armed men invaded u restau
rant at 444 7th avenue. New York,
held up the twenty customers and
after robbing two of them of $38 es
caped. One of the robbers guarded
the door, another covered the cashier
with his revolver, while the two oth
ers with revolvers proceeded to rob
the customers. The robbers searched
two of the men and took what money
they bad. After warning the victims
to make no attempt to follow them on
pain of death, the robbers disappeared
on the run. They are believed to be
members of a notorious east side
gang.
Dr. Hugh Ross, aged 64, a pioneer
among medical men on the Pucllio
coast, Is dead In Scuttle, Wasji.
An Ice bkatlng rink is to be Installed
In the Plaza Hotel, New York, for the
use of patrons In hot weather. '
Fire at Uurnet, U. C wiped out the
buildings of the North Pacific Lumber
Company. The loss Is $3.r.0,000.
Two men were arrested In Brooklyn,
N. Y., on Hsuplclon of having killed An
tonio Malfettl, 7 years old, and thrown
his body Into the East River.
The name of La Baca, the Paclflo
terminal of the Panama Canal, will be
changed to Bulboa, In honor of Vasco
Nunez Balboa, who discovered the Pa
cliic Ocean.
A rtcpnl executive order was found
to he the first step In the policy of
economy nnd retrenchment contem
plated by tho adml'iiK'.ratlon. Its pur
pose is to nysteuializo the purchnso of
supplies noeiL'd In cci-.tnon by two or
more department, to procure such sup
plies at lower and niorf uniform prices
nnd to cnate a ticnoral Supply Com
mittee. Tills commit tee Is to bo made
up of one representative from each de
partment and independent bureau, anil
its duty will be to pnmare a Bch.J;iln
of all 'supplies needed by the various
cVpartinonts and bureaus before thw
end tf each fiscal year. A uniform
irethod of advertisement, inspetlcft
nnd testing is prescribed.
Desiring to find out Independently
cf the revisionists In Congress what
th "ultimate consumer" may expect to
But from a revised trriu law, President .
Taft Tins directed tho Treasury De
partment experts to compile for him
the approximate amount of duties ot
articles in common use as fixed under
the existing DlrtKley law and as pro
posed in the Payne nnd Aldrlch blllj."
Considering finch articles as clothin-r,
furniture, tinware, foods, coal, etc., the
Fresldcnt nsked that tho duty be com
puted on the average retail price of
tho article. For example, how much
duty does a $2 pnlr of shoes pay In
each of tho systems of tariff referred)
to?
The appropriations committee of the
Sennte nnd House have now published
Ihe figures of the money Mils pasaed at
the Inst session of the Sixtieth Con
gress, the number of new offices creat
ed and other Information. The total or
appropriations is $1,044,401,857, an In
crease of $36,000,000. The new offices
and employments created were 10,120
In number. Involving an expenditure of
$U.17C,8!)D.
Government ownership, of an Ice
plant In the city or Washington, I
contemplated in a plan which Presi
dent Taft has under consideration fot
centralizing the purchase of all sup
plies for all of the government depart
ments. The purpose la to stop tho
practlce of charging tho departments
excessive prices.
William S. Washburn. untH recent
ly chairmnn of the Philippine Civil
Service Commission and a former em
ploye of the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission, has been appointed '
member of the letter body by Presi
dent Taft In plaw rf James T. Will
iams, Jr., resigned.
President Taft has named William
Williams as immigration commlaloti
er of the Port of New Work, tha mart
who was forced out by the Roosevelt
administration. This appointment wan
made without regard to the wishes of
the local Republican organisation.
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The United States army Is to have
an aeronautic field noar Washington
which will rival the aerodrome at Ber
lin nnd that at Issy-Les Moullneaux.
near Paris, where many famous avia
tors have startled tho world with their
performances.
Walter E. Clark, Washington eo-ro-
spondent of the Seattle Post-Intelli-gencer
and also a member of the Nc
York Sun Washington bureau, haa
been named by the President to be?
Governor of Alaska In " place of Hog
gatt, resigned.
Thomas H. Netherland, an expert
penman, formerly employed at the
White House, but lately In the postof
flce department, broke down as the re
Btiit of overwork and committed sui
cide.
James J. Hill called on the President
the other day. He declared that If
Congress would only get through with
the tariff, business would be good.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
Fruit promises to be a good crop In
Minnesota this year.
Near Fergus Falls, Minn., pralria
fires have done a lot of damage.
Agriculture Is to be taught in tho
public schools of Warren, Minn.
Slot machine accident insurance pol
icies cannot be operated In Minnesota.
This Is the opinion of State Insurance)
Commissioner Hurtigan.
About one hundred officers of thai
National Retail Grocers' Association,
left St. Louis In a Bpecial car ea
route to the Alaskan-Yukon exposi
tion. The Superior. Wis., Commercial
Club has indorsed the lakes to tha
Hull' canal scheme and pledged the
support of the organization and thai
Individual Inliuemo of the member
of the dub to its agitation.
The Alfulfa Food Mill at South
Omaha for the preparation of stock
food, belonging to the M. C. Peter
Mill Company, of Omaha, has burned.
The loss Is estimated at $123,000.
With tho doling of the National
Tube Works at McKeeaport, Pa., last
Sunday, the United States Steel Cor
poration took the Hi-it step toward
what is understood to be the discon
tinuance of all Sunday work la it
mills in the Pittsburg district auJ
later throughout the country.
