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VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA I CITY, NER, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1900.
NUMBER 51
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WALL STREET PROBE
HUGHES COMMITTEE HEIOKT IS
MADE PUBLIC.
Mercantile and Metal Exchanges Hit
Hani Committee Heeonimends tliat
Charters Be Repealed Spcculatloi
Defined.
The report of "the committee ap
pointed by Gov. Hughes, of New York,
to Investigate speculation in securities
and commodities and the organiza
tions used in dealings therein was
made public Wednesday night. The
New York stock, the consolidated
stock, the cotton, the produce, the
coffee, the mercantile and the metal
TKhnmron and the curb market were
thoroughly investigated and recom-
mendations looking to improvement of
existing conditions were made at
length by the committee. The most
drastic finding Is that affecting the
moronntllA and metal exchanges, as
follows:
"Under present conditions we are of
the opinion that the mercantile and
metal exchanges do actual harm to
nroducers and consumers and that
their charters should be repealed."
Concerning speculation in general.
the committee declares that, it may
be wholly' legitimate, pure gambling,
or something partaking of the qualities
of both, that In some form it is a
necessary Incident of productive oper
ations; that it tends to steady prices
and that for the merchapj or manu
facturer the speculator performs a
service which has the effect of insur
ance. "In law," says the report, "specula
tion becomes gambling when the trad
ing which it Involves does not lead, and
is not Intended to lead, to the actual
passing from hand to of the property
that is dealt in.
"The rules of all exchanges forbid
gambling as defined by this opinion;
but they make so easy a technical de
livery of the property contracted for
that the practical effect of much spec
ulation, in point of form legitimate, is
not greatly different from that of gam-
blin
The committee makes no present
ment against short selling, but declares
the tendency of such selling is to
steady prices. It is recommended that
the minimum margin should be 20
per cent, and strong disapproval is ex
pressed of branch brokerage offices
which Bupply liquor and resort to oth
er improper means to induce specula
tion.
FARMERS CARRY GUNS.
Work In the Fields with Weapons on
Shoulders.
Farmers working In fields near
Taitsville, Mo., are doing so with rifles
elung over their shoulders. This con
dltion was caused by the murder from
ambush of Clyde Hatfield, a young
farmer, last Sunday, and the shooting
of Henry Kerry by "night riders" on
Sunday, May 30.
The feeling In Tatesvllle is that sev
eral men must die or move from the
community before the feud ends and
peace is restored. Every house in the
Taitsville district Is supplied with fire
arms. No arrests for the killing of
Hatfield probably will be made for
several days.
"I am making every effort to find
the man who killed Clyde," Thomas
Benton HatCeld, an uncle, said Wed
nesday. The reign of terror must
cease. e have been at the mercy of
a" gang of night riders too long. If
the officials don't stop it some other
method must be found."
FEUD MAY BE RENEWED.
More Trouble Feared in Franklin
Parish, Miss.
It was stated at Meadville, Miss.,
Wednesday thut District Judge Wil
kinson is to call a meeting looking to
the organization of a law and order
league in Frunklln parish to guard
against any further outbreaks from
the feud which has existed in that par- were seriously injured. All the coach
ish for many months and which has e8, except the sleeper, turned over.
, already resulted In the death of Cor
nelius H. Prlchard, Dr. A. M. Newman
and Silas c. reynolds.
Short About $75,000.
Forty thousand is missing from the
raults of the Clinton branch of the Jef-
ferson bank, a small tivate instltut-
lion in .-vew ioik, whne teller, Paul
Endemann, disappeared several days
ago. Endemann was arrested Wed
nesday in Brooklyn. Detectives say
the banks loss may reach $75,000.
Sioux City Uve Stock .Market.
Wednesday s quotations on tho
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Top beeves, $6.40. Top hogs, $7.80.
Enrtji Shocks In France.
Advices received at Paris say that
Blight earth shocks occurred again
Wednesday at Toulon and Marseilles.
The water In the harbor at the latter
place receded two feet, rc turning to Its
usual level only after several hours.
Cent nil of (ieorulu Sold.
ine purchase or the Central of
Georgia railroad by the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad company was an
nounced Wednesday by J. F. Hanson.
FISHING SCHOOXE11S CliASII. I
American and French Boats In a
Mlxup.
Word wu received at North Sydney,
C. B., Tuesday of a clash between the
Gloucester. Maw., fishing chooner
Senator Garner and a French steam
trawler on Quero bank. The captain
of the American vessel, according to
reports, fired on the French steamer
with a rifle.
The steam trawler's rati was splin
tered by the shot, but otherwise the
damage Is believed to have been small.
No person was Injured so far as
known.
The Incident is supposed to have
been the outcome of a long standing
antagonism between the steam trawl
ers and hand fishermen. The French,
American and Newfoundland fishing
captains claim that the trawlers have
done much damage to their pear be
sides depleting their catch.
While the action reported Tuesday
was the first in which weapons fig
ured openly, it did not stand alone
long. The same vessels which brought
the report of the Senator Gardner epi
sode also reported that tho captain of
a French hand line schooner which
had lost nearly all her outfit through
the .operations of another steam
trawler boarded the offending vessel
and brandished a revolver In demand
Ing that damages be paid him for the
losses sustained. He was forcibly
ejected from the steamer's deck.
Capt. Vincent Nelson Is in command
of the Senator Gardner, the schooner
reported to have taken the initiative
in the action against tho trawlers.
Capt. Nelson had been for two days
awaiting a chance to set his lines. Ho
had no sooner sent his dories out than
a large French trawler was seen to
bear down upon them.
Capt. Nelson tried to Induce the
tram-ler to move away from his lines,
but his protests failed. Becoming ex
asperated he secured a rlflo and load
ed it with slugs made of mackerel Jigs
the Frenchmen were in the act of
cutting the American vessel's trawls
It is alleged, Capt. Nelson fired, but
missed his mark. Nelson reloaded his
rifle and fired again, the charge this
time raking the rail of the trawler.
Except for a slight splintering, how
ever, little damage was done. No fur
ther effort was made to renew the
combat as the Senator Gardner hoist
ed sail and moved to other fishing
grounds.
LIKE WORK OF BLACK HAM).
Attempt to Burn Home of Ohio Mayor
Incendiary Kscapes.
What is believed to - have been an
Attempt to assassinate Mayor William
R. Nlven, of Bellefontaine, O., and
burn his residence, , was made early
Tuesday, when a bottle filled with ker
osene, which had been set aflame, was
thrown through a window of his
house.
The bottle was wrapped with rags
saturated with oil. The curtains, car
pets and furniture in the room were
set on fire, but the fire, departmen
quickly responded and extinguished
the flames. The mayor was away
from home at the time.
Mayor Niven was elected on a "dry"
ticket two years ago. He is a wol
known democratic politician and a
member of the state committee. Two
policemen standing near his home
heard the crash, saw the blaze and
saw the man running away, but they
thought it was someone going to give
an alarm and did not pursue him.
Mayor Nivens issued warrants in the
black hand cases last week.
BREAK IX SUGAR STOCK.
Due to Fear of Inquiry by Federal
Government.
There was an abrupt decine of $8 a
share in American Sugar Refining
stock during the first hour of trading
In the New York stock exchange Tues
day. The drop in price was attributed
to the litigation of the company re
cently and to fears of a rigorous gov
ernment Inquiry into its affairs. At
one time the stock fell from 217 to 123
on one sale, but later there was a ral
ly of 4. The break In this stock af
fected practically the entire list and
the whole market declined.
Broken Rail Wrecks Train.
A passenger train on the Guaymas
branch of the Southern Pacific rail
road was wrecked Monday night at
Pesquero, near Herraoslllo, Mexico.
Conductor A. C. Budge, of Negates,
and eighteen passengers, all Mexicans,
Statement of tlie Treasury.
Tuesday's statement of the treas
ury balance in the general fund, ex-
elusive of the $150,000,000 gold re
"erve, shows: Gold coin and bullion,
150,324,309; gold certificates, $25,
$25,705,720; available cash balance',
$118,524,711.
Shot From Ambush.
Clyde Hatfield, 23 years old, mar
ried, a farmer, living six miles Bouth
of Cowglll, Caldwell county, was shot
with a rifle from ambush at his home
it 11 o'clock Monday morning The
ssusslii escaped Uliindentltied.
Quarterly Dividend Ik-himl.
Dim-tors of the Corn Products Ite-
flning company at a meeting In New
York Tuesday declared a quarterly
dividend of 1 per cent on the oom-
oany's preferred stock.
Powers (.rant Turkey' Keqmwt.
The powers have acoudud to the re
quest of Turkey and decided that none.
uf the International troops on the isl
and of Crete shall be withdrawn at
present.
fEUPISTS IX BATTLE.
Bloody Street Fight Pulled Off In
Meadville, Miss. .
Two men are dead, two perhaps fa
tally wounded and three others slight
ly injured, due to a bloody street bat
tle at Mtadvllle, Miss., Monday after
noon waged by parties to a bitter feud
that had been previously marked with
tragedy. As a result of the affair feel
ing there runs high and state troops
were rushed to Meadville from Brook
Haven Monday night to guard against
possible rioting.
Those killed were: Dr. A. M. New
man, clerk of the chancery court of
Franklin county. Silas O. Reynolds.
Dr. Lenox Newman, a son of one of
the slain man, la believed to have beer,
fatally injured, and Herbert Apple-.
white, an attorney, may not recover
as the result of his wounds. Emmett
Newman, brother of Lenox, was shot
in the leg. The three were taken to
Natchez for medical treatment after
having been formally placed under
arrest.
Two men named Boyd and Park,
alleged to have been involved In the
affray, were slightly wounded, but
escaped.
B. P. Prichard, a brother of Cor
nelius Prlchard, whom Dr. Newman
killed seven weeks ago, was arrested
and charged with complicity in the
tragedy.
The killing of Prlchard by Newman
was the first bloodshed In a feud that
had existed between tho two men,
relatives and friends, for months. The
bitter factionalism had Its inception
In a political campaign in which New
man and Prlchard were "opposing
candidates. New. .an was tried a few
weeks ago for Prichard's murder and
was acqulttedN This served to arouse
even more bitter feeling.
Monday's fight occurred almost In
the same spot where Prlchard was
slain. Apparently Newman was first
fired upon as he was passing the But
ler building In his buggy.
EIGHT DOLLARS PAID FOR HOGS
With Exception of 1002 This is Highest
Price Puld In Many Years.
The highest price paid for live hogs
since 1882 was established Monday at
the Uilon stock yards in Chicago,
when the best porkers sold at the
long .predicted figures of $8 per 100
pounds. With the exception of 1902,
this is the highest price recorded for
many years since the Cudahy corner
li. pork in 1893, when live hogs sold
at $8.75 per 100 weight. The pre
vailing high prices are due to unus
ually light receipts of live hogs this
spring at all western packing centers,
the extremely high prices of grain-last
year prompting many farmers to dis
pose of their stock rather than pay
the heavy prices for feed stuff. Re
ceipts of hogs Monday at the nine lead
ing markets of the west were 29,009
head less than for the corresponding
day last week, and 32,000 less than
for the same day a year ago. As a
result of the scarcity of hogs the price
of provisions is now tho highest In
many years.
LIVES SAVER BY POLICE.
Bluex-outs In Rolo of Heroes at On
clnnnti Fire.
In a fire In a downtown tenement
house in Cincinnati, O., early Monday
police and firemen rushed to tho third
floor and made a dozen heroic rescues
of panic stricken men and women and
prevented a number of persons from
leaping from windows. A blazing stair
way cut off all retreat of a dozen
families. Mary Rels, 50 years old
while being assisted broke away, panic
stricken, and ran back Into the flames.
She will probably die from her burns,
The financial loss was small.
- This is the thirteenth fire that has
been started in cellars in this vicinity
by some Incendiary and the police are
looking for the pyromanlac.
OFFICER SHOT BY ASSASSIV.
Gary, 111., Policeman Killed While
Taking lrisoncr to Jail.
Patrick Crowley, marshal of the
village of Gary, IU., a quarry town
near Chicago, was shot and killed
Monday night while arresting Modest
Lenzl, formerly mayor of the village.
and for years known as the "king of
Gary." Crowley had been vlllago
marshal only two weeks. For a num
ber of years before going to the tur
bulent village he was on the police
force In Kansas City, Mo. Gary, IU.,
for years has been the scene of fre
quent disorder. Crowley was taking
Lenzi to the lockup when a man
stepped from behind a tree and shot
him In the head.
Ilaiiaiiu Crop Duinagod.
A special from Puerto Cortes, Hon
duras, says that recent high winds
have caused great damage to the ba
nana crop, the yield on a number of
plantations having been ruined for the
present mason.
(iemiuri Inheritance Tux.
The German government has sub
mltted to the bundusrath a supple
mentary tax bill designed to yield
$35,000,000 In tuxes on Inheritances
fire insuianee policies, stocks, bonds,
deeds and checks.
Ruin Checks Forests Firen.
After days of anxiety copious rains
fell during Monday night In the fire
scourged district of northern Aroos
took country, .Me., checking tho forest
Hres which for days have raged.
Roy Smothers In ( -uve-In.
Herbert, 12-ymr-old son of Frank
Sellon, of Elkhart, Ind., while swim
tiling crawled In a cave dug In a
sandbank and smothered when the
sand caved in.
I NEBRASKA STATE HEWS
to'
BOYCOTT THE XEWSPAPEIt. I
Had I-Velinjr nt Sterling Growing Out
of Saloon Question.
Bad feeling prevails at Sterling over
the fight that Is being mnile there on
the remonstrance against the Issuance
of a saloon Decree. Allen G. Powell,
the new publisher and editor of the
Sterling Sun. the town's newspaper,
recently threw the beer and whisky
ads out of his p:iper and announced
that he would run such matter no
more. It seems someone took excep
tion to this action, for in a lengthy ed
itorial last week the Sun editor In
formed the people of Sterling that hi
was running the paper and would dic
tate its policies, notwithstanding the
fact that Fonie persona reemed In
clined to boycott the paper because of
certain actions of his. Mr. Powell
made n firm stand. Slme time during
Friday night someone In Sterling, with
a grudge against the newspaper man,
committed a nulsunce in the newspa
per office. It Is said this has stirred
things up pretty badly In that town.
There Is ta'.k, front certain sources,
of a second paper for Sterling, and It Is
known that a type salesman visited
that town last week and conferred
with some persons there. However,
this talk Is not a new thing nor does
It come entirely from those Interested
In the saloons, for when Mr. Powell
assumed control of the Sun and made
It Independent in politics, and that
was several weeks ago, there was talk
of a second paper at that time.
BUYS VALISE FULL OF BKICKS.
t'nsusiicctliiK Colored Man Rid Not
Oct Gilt Variety for His Money.
Thomas Parrot, of Lincoln, a hard
working laboring man looking for a
Job and afflicted with a confiding dis
position, is the latest vlcltm of the
easy talking profession. About 4
o'clock Tuesday afternoon he was ap
proached near the postoftlce by two
smooth looking individuals who hired
him at a good salary to go to Wyoming
to work for them. They entrusted to
him a grip which, according to them,
contained gold watches.
The grip was to be taken to the de
pot where all three were to take the
train. Incidentally the two gentle
men borrowed $56 from Barrett, leav
ing with him a $712 check on the Corn
Belt bank of Kansas City as security.
Barrett went to the depot and
waited for several hours, but finally
became suspicious and looked Into the
grip. Instead of gold Watches he found
a hod load of brick, and then reported
the matter to the police.
SAVED BY HIS CHILDREN.
Man Charged with Grave Crime Eased
Down Roeuuso of His Family,
Albert D. Phillips' family of four
small children secured him temporary
freedom in district court at Omaha
Monday afternoon.
Phillips, after being arraigned on a
grave statutory charge, pleaded not
guilty. His attorney then asked that
ball be set at not to exceed $1,000
County Attorney English held that .the
seriousness of tho charge against
Phillips would necessitate a larger
bond were it not for the fact that tho
man's family would help to keep htm
within the jurisdiction of the court.
Phillips waS arrested by Alfred Mil
lard some weeks ago after Millard had
found him In a vacant house owned by
Millard.
Voted for Andrew .Jackson.
E. B. Sawyer, of Lincoln, returning
from Wyoming recently reports that
he met at Cody the aged man named
Morrison who Journeyed to Falrvlew
last year to meet W. J. Bryan, and who
wus made famous In press dispatches
at the time. At that time the cente
narian democrat declared ho had vot
ed for Andrew Jackson and every
democratic candidate for president
since then. Mr. Sawyer says that tho
old man is quite halo and has a good
memory. He lives on a claim In the
government reclamation district. At
various times In his conversation with
the Lincoln man Morrison claimed
that he was 96 and 94 years of jrge.
He is the father of eight children, the
oldest of whom Is 75 years of age. He
lives now with his second wife, a
oman of 59.
Good Cniji ProsiMwtH.
The recent rains In the locality of
ii-isie, amounting to over seven Inches
has made the farmers Jubilant over
crop prospects. Small grain is looking
nne ana tho corn Is doing nicely,
nough needing cultivation. Bright
prospects are uLso noticed in the in
creased land valuation, land changing
nanus frequently.
Young Parmer Arrcsle,!.
I'pon complaint of Henry Frerlehs
of Beatrice, George Flesner, a young
farmer living near Beatrice, wus ar
rested Monday for alleged statutory
orrense against Katie Frerlehs 15-
year-old daughter of the complainant
The case was set for healing Juno 30
and the defendant wus rclcted on
nI.000 bond. j
Hoarding Hoiimo Burned.
nr. i-.iKiic-rs uouroing house at
Heinlngfonl, known locally as the san
itarium, burned down Thursday night
about 2 a. in. No one appears to
know the origin of the lire us the
building was unoccupied. This is the
od mysterious lire on this lot this
year.
Churned with Ihaitlcuj-iiig.
William Peck, of lieatiiie. churged
with bootleuKlng, u arraigned re
cently in Johtic Ellis' court. He
pleaded not guilty and his cuso was
set lor heating later. In default of
!."" bond he was remanded to Jail.
Had Time to Curry u iVuiik.
hlle Jack I'uyne, of Omahu, wus
wuy fioni home Sunday someone en
teieil his house by lifclng u key J n.
front door und stole a small trunk
which copiulMcd u variety of goods.
NABS CROOK IN VERY ACT
Sheriff at Kearney Capture
Pair
While Picking pocket.
Sheriff Sammoiis and his deputy
succeeded In running down Slid cap
turing three crooks that were follow
ing the llagetibeck-Wallace shows at
Kearney.
Sammons and his deputy stationed
themselves at the Union Pacific depot
and as train No. 15 from the east ar
rived they noticed two well dressed
men with grips that were very active.
Finally they saw one" of the men step
close to a well dressed traveling man
who had two suit cases in his hands.
The other man stood immediately
hack of the first and the one next to
the man, by a quick movement, ex
tracted the pockethook from the trav
eling man's pocket and handed It to
the man back of him. Sheriff Sam
mons Immediately collared both of
them and bumping their heads togeth
er hard enough to stun them, dragged
them Into the depot.
The man who received the pocket-
book dropped it on the ground Just
behind him when Sammons grabbed
them. This was recovered and the
traveling man, who proved to be
James Ogden, of Omaha. Identified It,
describing the contents thereof. The
men were lodged In the county Jail
and Mr. Ogden promised to return
later and prosecute them.
FIVE MEN ARE IXDICTEB.
Four In 'lolls anil John Doc Charged
with Train Robbery.
D. W. Woods, Fred Torgensen, Jas.
Gordon, Jack shelton and John Doe
have been Indicted on the charge of
robbing the Union Pacific Overland
Limited mall at Luno cutoff the night
of May. 22.
The grand Jury returned true bills
against the five men Saturday at Oma
ha, submitting Its report to Judge T.
C. Munger, of Lincoln, who came up
especially for this purpose. John Doe
represents the fifth man believed by
the federal and local officers and the
grand Jury to have been in the holdup.
He Is not known to them as yet.
"Felonious and murderous" attempt
Is specified In each separate count, so
that a conviction on any one count
will be sufficient to hold the accused
to the full penalty of the luw, which is
life Imprisonment. Each of the ac
cused men is also numed in each of
the b!x counts.
AGED MAX DROWNED IN WELL.
Badly Decomposed Rody of Hans
. ClirlHienMPft Found in Well.
The body of Hans Chrlstvnsen, aged
about 70 yoars. was found at the bot
tom of a 60-foot well on his prem
ises at Blair. Mr. Chrlstensen lived
alone, being a retired farmer, end
had cleaned out his well before this
by means of a rope ladder, which was
found hanging in the well. He had
been missed by his neighbors ' since
May 30, but was supposed to have
gone to visit his son, J. C. Chrlsten
sen, who Is a merchant lit Orum. His
face was badly bruised and the body
badly decomposed.
JEALOUS WOMAN SHOOTS SELF.
Mrs. Jessie Fields, Dlsvorccc, Sends
Bullet Through Side.
Mrs. Jessie Fields, the divorced wife
of George Fields, attempted suicide by
shooting herself with a large Colt's
revolver at Nebraska City. The shot
passed clear through the left side of
her body Just below the heart and bur
led Itself In the building. She had
been keeping house for Joseph Felt
hauser, a cattle buyer, and became
Jealous of his attentions to another
woman.
Raised First Apples.
James Harris Masters died at his
homo at Syracuse Friday, aged 90.
He was one of the pioneer Bettlers of
that part of the state end the fore
most horticulturist of the state. In
December, 1854, he came to Nebraska
City, and In 1865 moved his nursery
thwre, and on Mareli 16, 1855,. he set
out the first apple trees planted In the
South Platte country, und doubtless
the first In Nebraska. Some of these
trees are still living.
Ktcreotyper Badly Hurt.
Rulph L. Radcllffe, a stereotyper
employed by the Nebraska Paper and
Bag company in Lincoln, was danger
ously injured as the result of an ex
plosion. The steam table blew up,
shattering the windows and filling the
room with steam. Itadcllffe, who was
near the steam tuble, was scalded on
the shoulder and the left side. His
left arm was scratched and lacerated.
K. C. Moorchouxe Dead.
K. C. Moon-house, general manager
of the Stanley. Merrill and Phillips
railroad of Wisconsin, died at the
home of his son in Omaha Sunday af
ter an Illness of a week. For fifteen
years Mr. Moon-house was general
freight agent of the Fremont, Klkhorn
and Missouri Valley railroad, now a
part of the Northwestern system.
Adds Jailor's Fees to Kulury,
In a test case brought by Sheriff
Dunkel, president of the Sheriff's as
sociation of the state, Judge Hanna
has decided thut the sheriff is entitled
to the Jailor's fees ullowed him By
luw. The case has been watched with
much Interest by the sheriffs of the
state und It will he appealed by th
county.
Wymorc SuIimjii Suit on Trial.
The injunction suit recently Insti
tuted against the Wymorc city eouncl
to prevent it fiom grunting suloon li
censes wus beard before Judge Pern
berton In the district court Suturduy
Tho case was taken under advisement
Court adjourned . to June 22.
Alleged tootlcgMr Arrested.
William Heck, colored, for many
years a porter ut a Beatrice hotel, was
lodged in Jail on a complaint drawn
in mree counts ami iiii-d vy cnier MC
Ulrr, charging him with bootlegging.
DR. E. E. HALE 13 DEAD;
END COMES SUDDENLY
Famous Preacher and Chaplain of
(he Senate Expires at Rox
bury, Mass.
WAS AN AUTHOR OF H0TE.
Born In 1623 of Revolutionary Stock)
and Showed Precocity aa Child
Ordained at Age of 20.
Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, chap
lain of the United States Senate, died
at hla home in Roxhury, Mass., Thurs
day. A week previous he was present
t a celebration In honor of the nine
tieth birthday of Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, his contemporary In many of
the reform movements with which
both had been Identified for more than
fifty years. At the bedside were
Mrs. Hale. Philip L. Hale, a son; El
len, a daughter, ami the family physi
cian. As nn advocate of world peace and a
humanitarian whose activities have
been many and forceful. Dr. Hale, who
was pastor emeritus of the old South
Church of Boston, which pulpit he
filled regularly from 1S.16 until 1900,
had s career of usefulness that is
unique In American history.
Born In Boston April 3, 1822, Dr.
Hale came of famed New England
stock. His father, Nathan Hale, wai
a nephew of the patriot whose dying
utterance, "I only regret that I have
but one life to loRe for my country,'
Is graven deeply In tho chronicles of
the nation's struggle for liberty. His
niethcr was a sister of Edward Ever
ett, for whom her son was named.
It has been said of Dr. Hale that "ha
was cradled In the sheets of a news
paper," for his father was publisher of
the Boston Advertiser, the first dally
to be published In New England. Edu
cated for a life of letters, the boy
made rapid strides In school, and al
17 was graduated from Harvard Uni
versity. At 20 he was licensed to be
come a minister. He regarded war
as a barbarism which settled only
questions of military strength and not
questions of right and wrong, and h
had a large part, as editor of tho
Peace Crusade, In bringing about The
Hague tribunal. As an author, in
which his aim was moral rather than
artistic, Dr. Hale produced several en
during works.
In defiance of advancing years, Dr.
Hale continued In the public eye until
stricken by his last Illness. On the
death of Dr. William H. Mllburn, the
blind chaplain of the Senate, Dr. Hale
succeeded him, his hoary head and
rugged frame baking an Impressive
figure In that chamber.
THOUSANDS TO GET MORE PAY.
Steel Companies Announce Good
Trade Will Enable Increase.
Wages of the 7,000 men In the Penn
sylvania Steel Company at Steclton,
Pa., which were cut 10 per cent on
April 1, are to be restored on July 1.
The 2,000 employes of the Maryland
Steel Company at Baltimore are also
to profit by the same increase because
of tho Improvement In trade. '
Ground has been broken at Spar
row's Point, Md., for the new opn
hearth steel department of the Mary
land Company, to cost $1,000,000. II
also U announced that the National
Tube Company's Riverside works will
resume operations in the steel plate
and tube departments, employing 6,000
men. The United States Steel Corpo
ration Is now operating 80 per cent
of its blast furnace capacity, the high
est level reached since the panic of Oc
tober, 1907.' Orders have been comlnt,
in at the rate of between 30,000, an 4
40,000 tons a day.
TAFT CUTS ARMY'S COST. '
On Orders of President Katlinatot
Are lledocted 922,000,000.
Following the dictum of President
Taft that the War Department estl
mates to be submitted to Congress foi
the fiscal year 1911 be cut to $20,000,
000 below the appropriations for the
fiscal year 1910, the officials hav
brought thein down to nearly $22,000,
000 below the appropriations for 1910.
They are now to be taken In hand bj
Secretary Dickinson for final revision
and the possibility Is the figures may bi
increased somewhat before he flntshei
with them. Officials regret that th
great cut In appropriations will mead
the elimination of practically all con
structlon work during the fiscal yea,i
1911, except such as Is under contract
Trr to Kidnap l'.-Mullno.
A IOiulon news agency publishes t
dispatch from Constantinople saylni
that an unsuccessful attempt Is re
ported to have been made by the reao
tlonarles to kidnap Abdul llamld, tht
deposed Sultan of Turkey, from tht
house where tie Is residing In Salonlki
Several officers are said to huve beet
killed In tho struggle.
Two horm-.l with SI.'IT.OOO Theft
Warrants have been Issued charglnj
Clarence Itobntt, ex-bookkeeper, aril
J. L. Chapman, ex cashier, of the Lew
Iston National Hunk, Lewlston, Id.
with embezzlement. Itobnett J charg
d with having embezzled $91,375 frou
the bank and Chapman with havin
embezzled $45,625.
RND BLACK HAND IA!R;
GANG IS RUN TO EARTH
Psstofflce Inspectors Discover Bead
Whose Operations Extead
Over State of Oklo.
BOMB HAD NOTE FINNED TO IT
Arrests Made of Men Said to Be
Chiefs of Italian Blackmail
lag Organization. i.
In several srrests made In Colum
bus, Marlon and Dennlson, Ohio, Tues
day federal Inspectors and detectives
who worked In conjunction with them
in the case believe that as a result or
months of effort they have unearthed
the biggest and best organised branch
of the Black Hand in this country.
Marlon, Ohio, being probably the head
of the organization. Chief Postofflcej
Inspector Charles Holmes of Cincin
nati is authority for the statement
that evidence has been secured show
ing that the gang operating from Ma
rlon and with lines reaching into a
number of big cities of the country,
has fleeced different persona in that
and other States out of thousands of
dollars in the last few months by the
application of Black Hand methods.
The men arrested were Bam Lima,
and Joe Rlzzo, at Marlon; Antonio
Vicarlo, at Columbus, and A. Marfis
at Dennlson. Lima Is said to be the?
chief of the band. Inspector Holmes
said he was expecting word from Belle
fontaine, Ohio, of two more arrests
and these, he said, would be of vital.
Importance in connection with thosei
already made.
DlTide Bla; Dooir,
Inspector Holmes says that th
gang which conducted its operations
from Marlon was composed of Ital
ians and worked exclusively upon
their countrymen. He has obtained:
evidence that as late as two weeks
ago they sent from the Marion post
dice money orders aggregating $1,900
to confederates in Italy, this being;
the division of blackmail funds in one.
case. Many such bits of evidence, it
Is claimed, are in possession of the
Inspectors.
Among those who refused demands
for money' were , John and Charles
Arolcon, Columbus commission mer
chants. The sum of $10,000 wv
sought from each. In January Mrs
John Amicon found, tn the rear of th
house, a dynamite bomb and fuse,,
wrapped with one of the letters de
manding payment from her hUBband..
Several Columbus Italians are be
lieved to have paid $1,000 each. Two
Italian murders in Marion are gener
ally charged to the gang, but there has
been no proof. The gang also is
charged with assassinations In Belle
fontaine and Dennlson.
Followed to Italy,
After demands for money had beer
Ignored an attempt was made In Aprll
1908, to blow up the some of Agostino-
Gennarlno, Columbus. Gennarlno fled
to Italy and did not return until a,
month ago. While in Italy he re
ceived a letter, mailed in Italy, renew
ing the demand, with a threat that
there was no escape in returning t
his old home.
Black Hand letters in the hands of
the officials, written to Italians in Co
lumbus, Cincinnati and other cities,,
are all said to be written by the same-
person, in Italian, with the same ink
and on the same kind of paper. Ia
the raid at Marlon, ink and paper
were captured which is identical with
that used in making the demands.
Most of the letters received in Co
lumbus and other Ohio cities wer
mailed in Pittsburg, where the money
was to be paid. It is believed that
they were written in Marlon and pass
ed through the hands of several mes
sengers in different cities before be
ing mailed.
WOMAN HELD IN TRAIN HOLDUP.
Federal Authorities Detala LIHIa
Stephenaon as Witness.
Jack Shelton, alias Jack Gordon,
and Lillian Stephenson arrived In
Omaha the other night in charge of
two deputy inspectors. Shelton will
be charged with being one of the men
who held up and robbed the Over
land Limited train on the Union Pa
cific and the woman will be held as
a witness. The Stephenson woman
said she would tell all she knew. Sh
declared she had heard nothing of th
holdup until her arrest, and that Shel
ton had given no information on that
subject. The authorities gave up the
idea that there was a fifth man it
the hold-up and will proceed with the
prosecutloti of the four men now ar
der arrest.
FLAMES DESTROY 10D HOUSES:.
Maine Ylllauu Knreot kr Flro and
Laa Kalliualvtl at SitOO.oOO.
The entire northeasterly section of
Presque Isle, Maine, omprIslng the
district where were situated the most
pretentious residences, was swept by
fire, a high wind carrying flames and
embers from street to street until 10
dwelling houses and the Congregation
al Church, the Masonic Hall and sev
eral other structures had been reduced
to ashes. The Canadian Pacific Rail
road station .".nil two large storehouses
for potatoes were burned. Tie total
loss is estimated at $300,000.
