Nebraska Newspapers

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DAKOTA COUNTY
M0TT0--A11 Tho News When It Is News.
VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NER, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1900.
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ALL ErORTAnT ITEMS.
SHAH SEEKS REFUGE
l'KUSIAX Kfl-KIt IX 1IIDINU IX
HISMAN LIXiATIOV.
Non-Combatants Sock Shelter In Cel
lars, as Shells Are Bursting Every
where ltuynllM: Troops Complali
of Insufficient nations.
Despite tho efforts of Gen. Ltak
hoft to open negotiations with the na
tional leaders and the agreement o(
both sides to erase hostilities, straight
fighting was In progress throughout
Thursday between Persian Cossacks
and the nationalist around Artillery
square and between the royalist Bakh
arls and the nationalist and the revo
lutionary Hakhtarls at Teheran, Per
nla. The Insurgents, however, con
tinued In the ascendency, and as rein
forcements are continually reach
ing them from the outsldo the
outcome seems to be a foregone con
clusion. The control of the royalist troops
has really passed from the shah Into
the hands of Gen. Liakhoff, who tried
to stop hostilities. Throughout the
Russian legution Gen. Liakhoff ap
proached the nationalist leaders and
agreed that the Cossacks should not
fire except on the undisciplined sol
diers of the shah, who were looting
houses.
The fighting around the Cossack
barrncks ceased Thursday afternoon
and negotiations for their surrender
are being carried on by Gen. Liak
hoff. The shah's troops are discon
tented on account of not having suffl
cient food and pay. The fighting is
centered about . the British legation
(A number of loyal Bakhtnrls took up
their position on the tops of houses
In the vicinity of the legation and
near tho nationalist camp, which they
bombarded with a heavy rifle fire. Tho
nationalists responded, and for sev
eral hours the British telegraph office
and other foreign houses were under
fire. During a lull the women were
removed to the Rritlsh legation.
The battle Wednesday night between
the Cossacks besieged an Artillery
square and the nationalists who at
tempted to dislodge them was exceed
ingly fierce. . .
Friday morning the shah took ref
uge In the Russian legation.
MANY Rl'RIED IX THE DEBRIS.
Workmen (u tilth t I'nrter the Ruins of
Rig Building.
Several persons were killed and
about a score Injured by the collapse
Thursday afternoon of a portion of
a five-story brick building at the
northwest corner of Eleventh and
Market streets in Philadelphia. The
wreckage is piled thirty feet high and
the number of killed will not be den
nltely known till the debris Is cleared
away.
At 3 p. m., four dead workmen hart
been taken from the ruins. The In
jured number about twenty, all Phll-
adelphlans.
The building Is an old-fashioned one
and was being remodeled. The two
fronts up to the second story had been
torn out and ahe upper floors were
shored up by heavy timbers. The en
tire front side fell.
A SENSATIONAL CRIME.
Cleveland Mun Is I omul Murdered
, Near Detroit, Mich.
A man named Rosenburg, from
Cleveland, was found murdered Thurs
day at a summer resort on the St
Clair flats, near Detroit, Mich. Ro
senburg arrived there Wednesday with
two friends. It Is reported that one
of Rosenburg's friends committed sul
clde after being placed under arrest
and that the third member of the
party Is In custody, en route to Port
Huron, the county seat
The resort Is about forty miles from
Detroit. Algonac is the nearest town
on the mainland and Rosenburg's body
has been taken there.
An Alabama, Murder.
State Senator Oscar A. Bayles was
shot and killed Wednesday by Davli
Smith at Monroevllle, Ala. The shoot
Ing was the result of Bayles". efforts
to secure a pardon for Isaac and Jesse
Shirley, who are serving terms for the
killing of Jim Smith, a brother of
David.
CutlHtlles to Meet in Detroit.
Detroit was selected as next vei
convention city by the executive board
of the Catholic Educational assocla
lion Thursday, and the dates w
fixed as July 6, 6 and 7.
Sioux City Live Stork Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live slock market follow: Top
beeves, $6.90. Top hogs, $7.95.
Drown In the Kupiutliaunoek.
Clarence Gray, of Saluda, and M!
Jeannette Dudley, of West Point, Va
were drowned In the Ruppuhunnoe
rlv r near L'rbana, Va., Wednesday
night. A gasoline launch in- which
they were riding caught fire.
Dividend In Coper.
The directors of the Amalgamated
Copper company deeutred a quarterly
dividend of 50 cents a share, which U
unchanged from the la-ft quarter.
JI LY WHEAT SOARING.
Bulgo tf 7 Crura Recorded In Clilengo
t.ntln Pits.
Wheat for July delivery advanced .
cents during a stormy session on
the board of trade at Chicago Wed
nesday, established a new high record
mark for the season and giving prom-
se of a repetition of the recent deal
headed by James A. Ititten and his
colleagues In the May option. The top
mark reached by the July delivery ;
Wednesday was $1.27, compared with
$1.20, the closing figures of the pre
vious day.
The Immediate cause of the buying
flurry which resulted In the sensation
al advance was the additional rainfall
Tuesday In Kansas and Missouri,
where the new crop of wheat Is now
being harvested, or Is awaiting the
visit of the thresher, and dispatches
from other harvesting and wheat
shipping sections of the country tell
ing of damage to the new crop by ex
cessive rains. Numerous reports were
ecelved from points In Illinois, Mis
souri, Kentucky and Tennessee, which
claimed that- the wheat already har
vested Is sprouting In the shocks ow
ing to the unfavorable weather condi
tions. A large "sleeping" short Interest has
existed for some time In the July op
tion, and the action of the ' market
Wednesday indicated that many of
thes traders had awakened to the
serious aspect of the sltihitlon. Lead
ing warehouse men and professional
traders are said to be the principal
shorts. The elevator m n weeks ago
bought wheat In the fields In Kansas.
Oklahoma and other winter wheat
states and "hedged" against their
country purchases by selling July In
this market. Since that time wet
weather has Interfered with threshing
operations and prevented quick deliv
ery of the new crop In Chicago and
the southwestern markets. There Is
practically no wheat suitable for de
livery on contracts In this city at the
present time, and what little there Is
"elongs to the Patteri interests.
1 1 CRT IN AITO WRECK.
GUNollnr Tank Is Pierced and Fluid
Falls on OceuiMints.
One dead and eight bodies burned
is the result of the automobile acci
dent which occurred about five miles
from Savannah, Ga.. Wednesday.
Hewlett Hill was killed. His father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. George N
Hill, are expected to die, and Master
George N. Hill, Jr., Reuben Thomas,
Lurrino Copper, Fannie Mills, George
Hilton and Bowie Saxon, all children,
are severely burned.
While crossing a bridge the gaso
line tank was pierced and the fluid
which fell on the occupants of the
car, took Are.
COMMISSION PLAN WINS.
Kansas City, Kan., Favor It by a
Iargo Majority.
In a quiet election Wednesday Kan
las City, Kan., decided to adopt the
;ommlsslon form of government by a
large majority.
The new plan calls for a govern
ment of the city by a mayor and four
commissioners, who will succeed the
oresent mayor and council next April.
The commissioners will be elected for
i term of two years. The election fol
lowed a campaign by reformers to
take municipal affairs out of the
hands of politicians.
Gunboat shells Moorish Camps.
Spain has begun measures against
.he Moors for the recent murder of
four Spanish workmen In Morocco.
The Spanish gunboat Donna Maria de
Molina Wednesday bombarded the
Moorish camps near Melllla for sever
al hours. The heavy sea has for the
present prevented the landing of
troops. . , . .
Chinese Will Shield Leon Ling.
It is stated by Chinese In Denver,
Colo., that the Chinese government,
following the report of the Chinese
consul at New York upon the Elsie
SMgel case, has set the seal of official
aonroval uoon the protection of Leon
Ling by the Chinese Masons and that
he will never be found with the as
-i.;tance of his countrymen.
Dlj Powder Explosion.
The explosion of 100 pounds of
powder in the barracks of Battery A
t Fort Russel, Wyoming, Wednesday
Injured seven soldiers, three fatally
ind destroyed the building. The in
lured men were preparing blank am
munition at the time of the explo-
ilon, the cause of which Is not known
Attacked by Masked Men.
Thomas W. Benolnt, a capitalist, re
ported to the police at St. Ixuls, Mo.
Thursday that he had been attacked
by masked men while In his automo
bile about midway between Washing
ton university and Clayton, Mo.
National T)Iolhrte Meets.
With an executive committee meet
Ing the National Typothetao Tuesday
it Detroit, Mich., the National Typoth
ctae of America opened Its twenty-
third annual convention.
Sunday Shaving Iiw.
Under an order Issued by Chief
Justice Wlnslow, of the state supreme
court of Wisconsin, a local barber is
permitted to continue to open his hop
on Sunduy in spite of the law passed
by the last legislature.
WrMnii'M Walk Ended.
Weston completed his 3.975-mile
walk from New York at 10:35 Wed
nesday night, when he arrived In San
Francisco.
STORY OF A CRIME.
.1. B. Ku.vlcr .Murdered by Dr. W. R.
Miller.
That 3. fa. Rayler, the Crescent City,
111., banker who was shot and killed
Sunday by Dr. W. R. Miller, remained
passive for the sake of his 17-year-old
daughter while talk of alleged Intima
cy of his wife and Dr. Miller was rife,
not only In his home town, but In oth
er parts of the county, Is asserted by
the decedent! closest friends. On this
theory alone are they able to account
for the country banker's uncomplain
ing silence during the last two years,
during which time it Is said that Dr.
Miller hns, with growing frequency.
been Mrs. Sayler's guest at her home
and her companion on long drives,
rambles through the woods and on
hunting expeditions.
According to W. R. Nightingale,
cashier of the bank o" "vhlch Mr. Say-
ler was vice president, tho devoted
father determined to suffer In silence
rather than take any action which
would Involve his child In notoriety.
That Dr. Miller Flood In real danger
of being lynched Tuesday night Is as
serted by Mr. Nljhtincule and many
others. More than 100 men thronged
the streets of the usually quiet vil
lage of Crescent City trying to organ
ize themselves for an attack on the
Jail there. One man with a rope was
forcibly taken to his home by the co6l
er heads, whose council prevailed.
Among the latter was Willis Sayler,
a brother of the slain man.
Dr. Miller's defense is that he shot
only when attacked by the ba' ker
with a hatchet. Evidence casting a
shadow on Cits statement was given
at the inquest.
The tragedy occurred at about 10
o'clock Sunday night. Mrs. Miller,
wife of thedoctor, had left a few days
previously to visit her parents at Sha
ron, Pa., and Dr. Miller was taking his
meals at the Sayler table, sleeping at
his own home.
SAMMIS LEADS ELKS.
Elected Grand Exalted Ruler by
Grand Lodge.
The grand lodge of Elks, In session
at Los Angeles, elected the following
officers Tuesday:
Exalted Ruler James U. Sammls,
LeMars, la. :
Leading Knight Warren G. Sayre,
Wabash, Ind.
Lecturing Knight J. D. Jones,
Scranton, Pa.
Secretary Fred C. Robinson, Du
buque, la. , ,
Treasurer Edwin R. Leach, New
York.
Trustee Perry A. Clay, Denver.
Tyler Charles L. Dicker, BemldJI,
Mln
Inner Guard A. M. Taylor, St. Au
gustlpe", Fla.
STOLE FOR CHILD.
Taft Cuts tho Sentence of Iowa Bank
Teller.
A crippled child for whom he em
bezzled bank funds to secure means
for treatment by specialists, was the
extenuating circumstances which ac
tuated the president to commute the
sentence of Curl M. Spencer, once a
collector teller of the Des Moines Na
tional bank, from five to three years'
imprisonment.
Des Moines citizens have urged
Spencer's pardon and the execution
of the sentence of the court was post
poned pending the result of the appeal
to the president. The president de
clined to pardon, but directed the
commutation.
TrilK'smen Attack Fez.
A dispatch from Tetuan says that
Rohgl, leader of the rebellious tribes
men, made an attack on Fez, Moroc
co, and succeeded In forcing an entry
into the city. His followers pillaged
the stores and maly of the merchants
fled to Moqulnez. The fate of Mulal
Hafld is unknown.
Young Corbett to Wed.
William Rothwell, better known as
Young Corbett, lightweight pugilist,
secured a license at Sun Rafael, Cal.,
last Sunday to marry Daisy Merserau,
who Is said to be the daughter of a
prominent Virginia politician of that
name.
To Wreck Famous Bridge.
The old Anucostla bridge over which
John Wilkes Booth sped his horse to
escape from an infuriated city the
night he shot Lincoln, soon will be
torn down. The district commission
ers will receive proposals on July 31
for the wrecking of the old landmark.
Iove Affair the Cuuse.
Duron Oskar Rothschild, the young
est son of Albert Rothschild, head of
the Austrian brunch of the Rothschild
house, committed suicide at Vienna
Tuesday night because of an unfortu
nate love affair. Huron Oskar was 21
years old.
Jeffrie Will Fight.
James J. Jeffries has denied the
statement attributed to him that he
would not fight Johnson. "It Is abso
lutely untrue that I have repudiated
my promise to tli;ht JoIiiikoii and I ln
tend to do so," he declared.
Mail-nil Is Sentenced.
Christian '. Johnson, charged with
hlgnmy by Mrs. Josephine Amelia
Trcthowuy, of Stockton, Cal., thought
to be the notorious bigamist, MarlHon,
was sentenced at San Francisco, Cul.,
Tuesday to seven years' Imprisonment
t.ov. Johnson III.
Gov. John A. Johnson Is seriously
III at his apartment In tho Aberdeen
hotel, st. Paul, .Minn. He hus already
undergone three operation
NEBRASKA STATE HEWS
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SIDNEY MAN 1XH .M) DEAD.
Clifiiniitnnoc Indicate Hint Death
Was Due to Fall from Window.
Saturday morning about 6 o'clock
Policeman Hagel found n man lyln
on the cellar door In the rear of Fred
Sehultst's hotel, on Thirteenth street,
Columbus, and upon closer examina
tion, discovered thnt he was dead. His
papers furnished Identification. his
-name being Jemes K. Palmer, and his
home Is at Sidney. Friday evening he
came to the hotel and went to the
room of the brother-in-law of the pro
prietor and went to sleep. I'pon be
ing awakened and asked whether he
wanted a bed. he said he had no
money, but as It was storming and
raining the, proprietor pave him a bed.
During the nlnht he awakened and
either went down the front stairs and
lay down on the cellar door or fell
from a second story door, which has
no landing on the outside. A broken
lamp, which he had In Ms hand, was
found by his side. Sheriff Ce.riig noti
fied the uuthorlUes at Sidney.
MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Henry Warner, of Kom-IiiimI, Struck
by Bolt In rield.
While returning from the wheat
fields on the Fred Ehrman farm, three
miles southeast of Koseland, about 5
o'clock Saturday afternoon, Henry
Warner, a brother of Peter Warner,
a real estate man In Hastings, was
struck and Instantly killed by light
ning. A team that he was taking
back to the barn escaped without In
Jury. The man bore no wounds, and
the only outward evidence of his hav
ing been struck by lightning was the
singed condition of the hair. The
lightning tore his hat into small pieces,
but otherwise his clothing was not
disturbed..
11FIR TO FORTl'NE.
George Muurcr Becomes Possessor of
One Hundred Thousand Marks.
From Germany comes the Informa
tion that George Maurer, a tailor of
Nebraska City, by reason of the death
of an uncle In that country, hns fallen
heir to 100,000 marks. He has been
a resident of Nebraska City for Borne
twenty years. He has always been a
hard working man, and now feels that
ho Is entitled to a rest, and In com
pany with his wife leaves In a short
time to claim his fortune. He will tour
the world before returning to this city.
His children, who were all born In this
country, will remain here and make
their home.
Al'Bl'RX MAN HELD VP.
P. D. Allor Reriises to Hold I'p His
Hands and is Shot.
P. D. Allor, a prominent real estate
dealer and Insurance agent of Auburn,
was shot and fatally Injured by hold
ups near the fair grounds Saturday
night. He was walking along under
some trees and was confronted by two
young men, who ordered him to throw
up I. la hands, lie refused and started
to Mgr.. and was shot five times, twice
through the lungs, twice in the leg and
once through the stomach. The rob
bers then lied. He could not give any
description of the robbers except that
they were young men and smooth
shaven. Mr. Allor will probably die.
Job for Fire Warden.
Fire Warden A. V. Johnson has re
ceived his first request to get busy.
W. A. Bucklln, of Umg Pine, wrote
to the fire warden that an old Baptist
church in that city hud become a
nuisuncc and a menace to adjoining
or neighboring property. Tho church,
he wrote, had not been occupied for
ten years and was now a refuge for
tramps and bums. Ho wants tho fire
warden to condemn It and have It torn
down,
One Killed, One Injured.
t One man was killed unci one seri
ously Injured about two miles from
Avoca while on the truck. The en
gineer supposed they would move, but
they did not seem to teullze the dan
ger. Robert liuswell, an Englishman,
about 65 years old, was Instantly kill
ed and his companion, Hugh Roue,
about 37 yeurs old, was struck on tho
side of the head and a deep hole
niude in his skull. lie mv live.
Young- Mini Shoots Jiliiisiif.
A young man 23 yeurs old, going
under an assumed nun e, attempted
Bulclde In tho Furni'rs' hardware
atnre at Gothenburg. Obtaining u re
volved and cartridge under pretense
of buvlng, he turned in front of the
clerk and llred Into his dust, Just
missing his heart. Ills chances for
recovery are fe.v.
GIciiwm k Slutloi, fipcued.
The attorney general has been In
structed by the stat- rallwiy commis
sion lo hold up the prosecution of the
Missouit 1'ncltic ruilr ind for closing
Its stulion at ( ; It 1 1 1 u. k wliimnt permis
sion. The matter Is now' pending be
fore the coiiiuiiiHiun and In the mean
time the conipui y has opened tho de
pot and put un ur.cnl In clu.rge.
Mrs. Green plcinls Guilty.
Mrs. Minnie m pleai'ed guilty
to having stolen l.rm the -tore uf
Miller fi l'alne, uf !.!,-. i!n, for which
firm she wolked . i.cl ! 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 t;i
one year In the penitentiary. .1. K.
Miller itslicil tin, ei.'ii; li l,u as len
ient with lief a: 7 1 .- i 1 j I .
Ill Omith.i ir.r.Mli,".
E. A. Cudahy ha;i ii'iie-unci-.l thet
work will be liei uti ;M . in tlie con
struction nf n ten-it !' hi 'iMi.Tf 011 the
CrosMrnnii curio r at oe i ateei,' 'n aiel
Douglas ftn cti, (1111.1I a, at ,i 10. 1 of
$500,000.
Suit Reini.ve Ol'I'.i-. 1
The county co'uinir,':iioi"i,.t: 1 t ('lanl
ron ordered the couirty uitnrs.ey to
commence 1' suit f ir tdu n .noval of
County Sheriff L. K. Mote for allir.ed
nialuiiinliil:Urailoif- i,f i.liiee.
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TWO CHILDREN BI RNF.D.
Distressing Accident r.apcns at an
Emerson Home.
A distressing aeelcVnt happened at
tho home of P. T. Wnton, who lives
four miles east of Emerson, Wednes
day, In which two children lost their
lives. The father und mother were
In Emerson, and the oldest boy, Pen
del, aged 15, pound some keroseno'oll
from n five-gallon cun Into the-stove.
The lire In tho Move cuuved an explo
sion. l'endel and his brother Walter, nged
12, carried the two children, aged 18
months and S years, outdoors and dip
ped them Into a v.rter tank to quench
the lire In their clothing. The beys
then rushed back to the houn and
put out the nanu s in the room. Then
they telephoned to their parents, who
Fccurod n doctor and started for home.
Before help arrived the two children
vere dead. Pcmlel wo badly burned
about both hands and feet, and Wal
ter on both hands.
CLOSE AT TP OF BF.I.L.
Nebraska city Mayor EMahll-tlics Cur
lew lor Liquor Shops.
Mayor L. K. Juckuou has adopted
new scheme for timing the opening
'nd closing of the raloons each day
at Nebraska City. In the morning
seven taps arc struck on the lire bell,
when it la time to open at 7 o'clock;
and eight taps are struck In the even
ing, when It Is time for tho saloons to
close. Officers are stationed ubout
the vicinity of the Faloons to see that
all close on time, but none watch the
opening, save they see to It that 110110
open hi fore the bell taps off the open
ing hour. So far the scheme works
well. The curfew Is rung on the same
bell at 9 o'clock during tho summer
evenings and at 8 o'clock during the
winter evening, and thus the saloons
will close und the small boys and girls
get off the streets when the bell tups
In the winter months.
ENGINES AID TO HARVESTERS.
Farmers to Relieve Horxea During
Muddy Weather.
Some of the farmers around Beat
rice have equipped their harvesters
with a small gasoline engine, which la
attached to tho reur of tho machlnv.
for the purpose of assisting them In
cutting their wheat In muddy weuther.
The Idea Is to operate the harvesting
mechanism by power from the engine,
thus relieving the team of the extra
work of furnishing power for driving
the machinery. The truck carrying the
engine huH wide jy.oodwn ,tyheela' U..
hold it up In a muddy field.
TRCST PERIOD EXTENDED.
Omnlm Indians Will Not Bo Glvoi
Titles to Their Lunds.
The original twenty-live-year trust
period on tho Onuiha reservation lands
was ubout to expire this year, whereby
the Omuha Indians would have come
Into possession of the absolute fee ti
tles to their allotments, but a tele
gram received In Pender Frlduy from
Washington announces that the same
has been extended for ten years by
the president of the I'nlted States.
This prevents quite a largo amount of
land from becoming taxable next year
In Thurston county.
Complaint Ag'tim-l Automobile.
Mrs. .Tony Vrbsky, of Crete, hai
written to the secretary of state thai
recently her horse wus frightened by
an automobile No. 5271, and she and
her sick child thrown out on the road.
Notwithstanding she cried for help to
the person running the machine no at
tention was paid to her. Tho county
uttorney of Saline county has secured
the name of the owner of No. 6271, L.
S. Loomer, of Bradshaw.
' CuIIm for Cash.
As a result of the rcCo.7it Judgments
rendered In favor of the Omuha Wa
ter company the Water board at Its
meeting Thursday night notified the
mayor and council that It will be nec
vfisiiry to Include these judgments In
the amount of tuxes to be raised next
year, and that the levy will have to
be Increased sufficiently for this pur
pose. The total amount of the Judg
ments thus fur secured Is about $23f,.
000.
Fire at Sterling;.
Several business buildings wen
burned at Sterling Thursday morning
by a fire that started In the New res
taurant. The loss is estimated lit from
18,000 to $10,000. The restaurant
wus owned by J. W. Mlkeseem, Henry
Steele's saloon, Howe Dollahlde's bar
ber shop, the Racket store, owned by
Mrs. A M. Baentull. and the old Lib
erty building, the property of Mrs. En
dors, Were destroytd.
Wife Slayer Arrested.
Frank L. llenty. charged with hav
ing shot and killed his wife last Satur
day ninlit in Omaha, since which time
he has been sought by the officers,
was arrested Thursday morning at the
farm house of Charles Pulmateer, a
mile iiorthweiil of Florence. Mrs. pal-mutci-r
Is said lo be u relutlve of Hen
ry, but It was through her agency thut
the urrirt was mude.
Whi.ky Scl.i-i! 11 1 Hcrtuun.
Sheriff Mem ke. of Hlalr, come up te
Herman and searched the residence of
J. A, West for liquor and found five
large boxca, containing 1 d T pint bottles
fuil i f whltky, which were seized und
! tore,! to be used us evidence.
.Mail Roliier,' Trial Postponed,
i'l e trinl o' . W. Woods, r'red Tor-i:cnM.-n.
James. G01.I011 and Jack bhel
ton, chan e l with the I'nlon Pacific
nail iol. ; iv in Kuril,:, which was to
!iiie lii 'nii ThuivduJ"; was lostponed
until SepteuitM ' 10.
I'a.l'iT Evplisle.s at liaMlngs.
The boiler nt tile Hc.MiugH asylum
i-.p! Hi 1 a. nl it will ctist $1H0 or $"100
t i r. i.i-l e repairs, it Is said the water
ivat permitted to set too low In thf
boiler. Tin-re are two engineers and
two firemen at the ni-ytum.
A GORGEOUS SPECTACLE.
Epochmsklng Events Recalled by
Lake Chainplaiti Tercep'.crry.
One of the most remarkable cele
brations In the history of the country
was that held In northern New York,
where the tercentenary of tho discov
ery of Lake Cliatnplcin by Samuel De
Champlaln, the French explorer, was
fittingly observed. The Dominion of
Canada was represented by several
high odicials; the I'nitcd States by
r.esident Tart; New York by Gov.
Hughes, Vermont by Guv. Prouty and
France and Great Britain by their
ambassadors, M. Jusserand and Hon.
James Brlce. The fete commonced at
tturllngtoq, Vt., with special religious
observance.
The celebration proper began at
Crown Point, Monday. There are lo
caka forts and redoubts which loom
ed large In the history of the French
and Indian war and tho American
revolution. During the week at vari
ous points about Lake Champlaln there
were scheduled 23 pageants or ta
bleaux, 9 representing the history of
the Iroquois confederacy down to the
arrival of the French In this section
of tho country and 15 Illustrating the
religious ceremonies and social cus
toms of the Iroquois and the Algon
Qtilns In war and peace. The most
lnteri-stintf and gorgeous of the pageant-
wore the two depleting the dis
covery of tho lake by Champlaln and
the battle between the Huron-Algonquin
allies and the fighting Iroquois
In which the explorer had a hand.
Canadian and American Indians, de
scendants of the warriors who fot'iht
with and against the great Fret-..'', ex
plorer, took part In these t;ularuix.
Great Interest attached j Fort Tl
conderoga, which was u;;;i;ivd dur
ing the revolution by Col. n:'ian Allen
and his Green Mountain boys. Tho
fort Is being reconstructed at a cost
of $300,000 by Mrs.Stephen It. P. Pell,
daughter of Colonel Robert M. Thoni'v
son, of New York, who Is bo deeply
Interested In the patriotic history of
the section that he Is giving the
money for the reconstruction of the
fort. The west barracks wore com
pleted In time for tho celebration.
Plattsburg's day was celebrated
Wednesday. Near this city Benedict
Arnold fought and lost the first naval
action of the revolution. Ills flagship,
the Royal Savage, has been lying
where Bhe sank In thRt fight for 133
years. The barge Revenge, one of
Arnold's fk-et, had been raised and
was in the pageant. On Thursday the
center of attraction was at Burling
ton, Vt., where many delightful histo
rical pageants were enacted.
CROWDS AT C. E. CONVENTION.
Annual Meeting of Religious Body
Opens In St. Paul.
The twenty-fourth International
Christian Endeavor convention formal
ly opened In St. Paul, Minn.. Wednes
day, when the annual meeting of the
United society of that body was held
In the Ryan Hotel. Later the trustees
held their annual meeting. The flrBt
big general meeting was held Wednes
day evening. President Clark called
the delegates to order In the Audi
torium. All day crowds of endeavor
ers poured out of the union station. A
systematic arrangement was followed
in order that the newcomers might be
properly cared for. Every delegation
was met by some official of the recep
tion committee and cards of Instruc
tions were given out, directing each
member of the convention to the
church where his headquarters are lo
cated. BLAST KILLS AT CHURCH.
Bomb for Fireworks Display End
Religious Fete with Tragedy.
Three persons were killed and a
panic among the several thousand per
sons In attendance ensued when a
bomb was exploded at a celebration of
the Holy Rosary Catholic Church In
Kansas City. One of the parishioners
constructed the bomb by filling a sec
tion of gas pipe and plugging up one
end. The crowd witnessing the fire
works surged about him when he Ig
nited the fuse. Pieces of pipe flew
in all directions, striking the three
victims and stunning two policemen.
Wlndowa In the church adjoining the
lot where the celebration was held and
In many' houses were broken.
CARRIED UP BY LEGS 600 FEET.
Dor of 10 Apcldentalljr Taught la
Itopra of AarrnUinir Itnllooa.
In the presence of 20,000 people,
gathered on the beach to celebrate the
Fourth, Jesse Wytnan, a 10- ear-old
boy, was caught in the ropes of a bal
loon during an asceunlon at Santa
Cruz., Cnl., -Monday afternoon and car
ried head downward D00 feet In the
air. Scores of women. Including the
boy's mother, fainted, as they saw the
little fellow carried away. As the bal
loon drifted out over the ocean, Virgil
Moore, the ueronaut, drew the boy up
to 111 til and held hiiu dose to his side
on the trapeze bar. A launch rescued
the aeronaut und boy later when the
balloon touched the water.
MAY EE WAR?
II ii u ml erv IHMtlnle lleMveen I'ero and
lie II tin aiise of Trouble.
It In believed that war between
Peru und lloilvia is Imminent because
of the dlhorJcra at La Pas following
the decision handed down by Argen
tina in tho boundary dispute between
the? two oibei" countries. The ndmiral
ty unuomicc j t!;:.t C'uila will remain
neutral, hut is prfoarlng to send war
ships to i rotcct C!illeu.n Interests
TARIFF BILL IS PASSED
BY VOTE OF 45 TO 34
Ten Republicans, Firm for Dowa
ward Revision, Oppose Aleasuro '
One Democrat Supports It.
TRIUMPH OF SENATOR ALDRICH
Conferees from Senate Appointed at
Once, Without Waiting for
House Action.
By a vote of 43 to 34 the tariff bill
was passed by the Senate a few min
utes after 11 o'clock Thursday night
under dramatic circumstances.
Ten Republican Senators defying a
last attempt of Aldrlch of RltonV
Island to read them on of th
party, cast their votes against the pas
sage ot tho measure. Here are the
ten:
lV-vcrldfre. Ind. Crawford, S. T.
TirlBtow, Kanon. Cummins. Iowa.
Brown, Nebraska. Dolllver, Iowa.
Durkctt. NVbrnska. Ij Follette, Win.
Clapp, Minnesota, Nelson, Minnesota.
Immediately after the passage of tho
bill, on motion of Senator Aldrlch
contrary to precedents, hut sustained
by the Vice President, who was In the
chair the conferees on the part of the
Senate who will deal with the measure
in lis next stage were appointed. The
usual custom is to wait for the House
In which a measure originates to re
ject amendments made by the other
bouse and ask for a conference. The
Senate conferees are:
nrabltcann.
Aldrlch. R. I. Penrose, Pa.
Hale, Maine. Cullom, Illinois.
Hurrowg, Mich.
Democrat!.
Daniel. Virginia. llailey, Texaa. .
Money. Mississippi. .
Senator Cullom, while named on the
ccmmlttee, may not serve during a
great part of the deliberations. He
leaves for Atlantic City with Mrs. Cul
lom and has set no specific time for
his return to the capital. His consent
at the last moment to have hla name
Included In the committee member
ship, although Inclined by the condi
tion of his health to step aside, solves
a problem that otherwise would "have
given New England, already more
than adequately represented, another
member on the committee In the per
son of Senator Lodge of Massacbt
eetls, whoso seniority would have de
manded consideration and prevented
uuder the circumstances, the appoint
nient of Senator Smoot of Utah.
The vote In detail on the bill wac as
follows, Senator McEnery of Louisiana
being the only Democrat to vote for
its passage:
Tea.
Guggenheim
Hale
Heyburn
Johnson
Jones
Kean
Lo rimer
MeCumber
McEnery
Nixon
Oliver
Page
Penrose
Perkins
Plies
Scott
' Smith (Mlch.
Smoot
Stephenson
Sutherland
Warter
Wetmore
Core
Hughes
Johnston
La Follotte-
McLaurln
Martin
Money
Nelson
Newlands
Overman
Owen
Shlvely
Slmmonr
Smith (S. C
Stone
Taliaferro
Taylor
Aldrlch
Borah
Dourne
Bradley
Brandegee
BHbks
Eulkcley
Burnham
Burrows
Burton
Carter
Clark (Wyo.)
Crane
Depcw
Dick
Dixon
Du Pont
Elklns
Flint
Frye
Galllnger
Gamble
Bacon
Bailey
Bankhead
Beverldga
Bristow
Drown
Burkett
Chamberlain
Clapp
Crawford
Culberson
Cummins
Daniel
Dolllver
Fletcher
Foster
Frazler
TEACHERS SHUN BOOK FIGHT.
Refuse to dect Man Committed to
Contest for Price Reform.
r The election of James Yadkin Joyn
er, superintendent ot public lnst ruc
tion of North Carolina, as president of
the National Educational Association
in Denver, la regarded by his support
ers as a victory In their fight against
any regulation of the prices ot school
text-books. Mr. Joyner was elected
over lien Blewett, head of the St
Louis schools, and Dr. J. II. Phillips of
Birmingham, Ala.
The association went on record
against the existence of fraternities !t
high schools in a resolution which
declares such orpanlzations to be op
posed to the spirit of democracy. It
also decided to "Investigate" the feasi
bility of simplified spelling, but toot:
no decided rtand elthe. " lor or
against It.
Irwin Shepherd of Winona. Minn...
was re-elected Rrcrt.:ry, A. If. Cham
berlain of California was re-elected
treasurer, and Lorenzo D. Harvey, tho
retiring president, was elected first
Vice president. San Francisco wa-t
Selected as the next in' 'Us; pi-ee of
the National E'lucatUn ;;y l it!:) i.
Milwaukee and ilootnn contended
for It.