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VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NER FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1901).
NUMBER 52
DMUMTA COUMTY
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PIONEERS
MEET AGAIN
'Twenty-Eighth Annual Reunion of
the Pioneers and Old Settlers
Association of Dakota County.
Neb., a Grand Meeting.
Iukuta City, Neb., Auk. 26. Memories
laden with sweet enchantment, st!rrlnn
remlnlKcence of adventure and conquest,
pathetic recollections of sacrifice and
Buffering stray leaves drifting out from
elemental chapters of the history of a
great commonwealth characterized the
reunions of the Pioneers' and Old Set
tlers' associations of Dakota county held
In Dakota City today.
Monumental to the achievements of
these Intrepid pathfinders, these sturdy
men and noble women, stands a splendid
civilization, where before their adven
nomadic Indian tribes prowled the forest
and roamed the prairies. Thus It is that
Dakota county and Nebraska today paid
homage to the pioneers who made the
"desert to blossom as the rose."
The meccalike demonstration began
early. With best bib and tucker farmers
and their families began to arrive al
most with the first rays of the sun. By
breakfast time quiet, peaceful Dakota
City had begun to take on the airs of a
metropolis. Everywhere there was hus
tle and bustle. It was the big day of
the year in the capital of Dakota county,
and everybody knew It,
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All Mil I J
, President John Boler.
All morning they kept coming on fool,
on horseback, by buggy, by wagon, by
railroad train, by automobile and one
or two dared to ride tn.on the antedilu
vian bicycle. They came from Hubbard,
from Goodwin, from Jackson, from Ho
mer, from ttouih Plou y an from N
cora. They came from cities outside Da
kota county. Sioux City sent Its usual
large delegation. Sergeant Bluffs con
tributed to the throng by way of a return
call upon those who had attended the
successful picnic at the Bluffs the previ
ous week. The crowd was estimated at
J0,0W. And they kept ..coming during the
afternoon.
Many who have moved from Dakota
county, but who like once a year to return
to the old haunts to renew old friendships,
time their vacations with reference to
the annual reunion of old settlers, so
among the merry makers were many
from long distances. The picnic afforded
them the best opportunity to exchange
greetinss with friends of other days, and
it was a merry scene which was pre
Fr"fd at Clinton park, the center of the
celebration.
Dakota City, Neb., Aug. 27. Special:
The annual picnic of old settlers Is voted
one of the most successful picnics in the
history of the old settlers.
Tile business meeting resulted in the
election of the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, A. II. llaker;
vice president. Emmet Urihhle; secretary,
W. C. Kckhart; assistant sqeretary, W.
L. Ruse, re-elected; financial secretary,
Harney Grtople; treasurer, lieorge T.
Woods, re-elected: historian, M. AI. War
nei . re-elected. The election of executive
committee resulted as follows: St. John's
precinct, John Boler; Covington precinct,
J. J. Kimers; Omiuli precinct, W. H.
Ryan; Pigeon Creek precinct, Phllo Mo
Afee; Emerson precinct, Ben Bonderson;
Dakota precinct, L. H. Ambrlght; Zum
mit precinct, Thomas B. Jones; Hubbard
precinct. John C. Smith. Mrs Fannie Cro
zier and Mrs. Eva L. Orr were elected to
membership on the badge committee.
Classy racing attracted a large crowd
to the track during the late afternoon.
In the free for all trot, Eddie Good,
driven by Ben Kneebs of Sioux City, took
first money. Black Ranger, driven by
Michael Hesserinann, came In second, and
Sam, driven by Stephen Lels, was third
under the wire. "
The country trot was easily won by
Sam, Black Ranger taking second place
and Ella C third. No official time was
kept of the races.
While the racing was on, another crowd
was worked up to a high pitch by an ex
citing baseball game across the field.
After nine Innings, filled with many fine
plays. Homer succeeded In defeating Da
kota City by a score of 1 to 0. The lone
score was made In the llrst Inning. The
batteries were: Dakota City, Hogan and
Htlnson; Homer, ltasmmaen and Itas
muasen. The festivities closed t-t night with a
concert by Reed's band on the courthouse
campus and a dance at the ball.
Notes of the Reunion.
Ellas Shook, one of the old timers, came
from Belvldere, S. D.
The concerts by Reed's band, of Bloux
City, were an enjoyable feature of the
picnic,
A. II. Baker is the second oldest pioneer
In the county. He landed In August, 1&5.
He la 74 years old.
Handsome souvenir programmes were
Issued by the Herald and the Eagle for
the Information of the picnickers.
By a coincidence the plcnlo celebration
this year fell on the twenty-eighth an
niversary of the organization of the asso
ciation. Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Bllven came all the
way from California to meet again with
the pioneers. They were among the first
settlers In the county.
All the concessions, which Include
merry-go-round, lemonade and freshmeiit
stands and strength testing machines,
were heavily patronized.
Not an accident, disturbance or un
pleasantness of any kind occurred to mar
the pleasure of the day. Everybody was
good natured and happy.
utile if anything remains of the old sod
fortifications at Dakota City In which the
families of the pioneers sought refuge
during trouble wan ine cioux inaiuns.
William Lampson could not resist the
temptation to mingle with his old friends
of pioneer days and traveled all the way
from Shoshone, Idaho, to be with them
"kir"' and Mrs. Timothy Carruthers
thought nothing at all of closing up
house, suspending business and coming
up from Kansas City to review pioneer
experiences, .........
GIIKAT SEA TRAGEDY.
IWwwn 150 and 20 IVnaon Lose
Their Lives.
Between 160 and 200 persons were
flrowned or otherwise killed when, In
a driving rain storm, nt 0 o'clock Tues
day morning, the Argentine excursion
steamer Colombia and the North Her
man Lloyd steamer Shleslen collided
at the entrance of Montevideo harbor.
The Colombia was enterig port and
the Schleslen was outward bound for
Bremen. The Colombia's bow was
crushed in and she sank almost Imme
diately. The Colombia carried about
200 passengers and a crew of 48 men.
Most-of the passengers were asleep
and panic followed the crash. Almost
Immediately small boats put out to the
inking steamer, but the work of res
cue was rendered very difficult by the
Vlgh sea. About 70 persons were
brought ashore Most of the dead are
women and children. A majority of
the survivors are men.
The Colombia was carrying excur
sionists from Buenos Ayres to a festi
val at Montevideo, and the disaster has
aused the keenest emotion. The
Uruguayan government in consequence
has postponed the festival arranged
'for the celebration of the Inauguration
'of the porte. The ScMcslen was only
slightly damaged and has been detain
ed by the port authorities. Her
commander attributes tho collision to
the wind and the high seas which
taiade both steamers almost unman
ageable. ( Scores of bodies have been recov
ered and are now lying at the custom
house, but many of them have not
been identified.
Interstate fair draws near.
Woodland Park at Riverside, Sioux
City, la., 1'iittlng on (inla Attire.
The week of the Interstate Live
Stock Fair at Woodland Park, River
side, Sioux City, la., is less than a
month off. The gates of these beauti
ful grounds will be thrown open at 9
o'clock the morning of Monday, Sep
tember 20. .
; The attractions at the fair will be
bo varied that every one should be
pleased and entertained. First will
be the display of live stock which, of
itself, will far exceed in value $1,000,
000. Then there will be magnificent
.display of agricultural products, and
the largest display of farm machinery
ever made in the state. The bureau of
animal industry of the United States
department of agriculture "wITf have
(an exhibit, in charge of experts who
.will deliver, daily lectures. The Iowa
State Agricultural college will have an'
exhibit of seed corn, grains and seeds.
jProf. P. G. Holden will be in charge,
jand will deliver a series of lectures,
jln addition to these there will be an
.exhibit of pure and impure foods in
jchargi of .tate Food and Daly Com
missioner Wright.
J The amusement features will be on
a large scale. There will be a 22-car
circus on the Midway, the free attrac
tions in front of the grandstand will
be of a high order of talent. Thej'
Include aerialist acts, tumbling turns,
gymnastic gyrations and comedy ca
pers. The Igorrote Village, which was
at the St. Louis exposition, will be a
great curiosity.
The race program is clajny from
start to finish. Moreover, the harness
horses will not be the whole thing this
year; there are to be some fine field?
of runners.
QUAKE CAFSES GREAT ALARM
Severe Shock Felt in Several Italian
Towns.
A heavy earthquake was felt
throughout the province of Siena,
Italy, at 1:29 a. m. Wednesday. Prac
tically all the houses in San Lorenzo
(were destroyed or badly damaged.
Many persons were injured.
1 The quake was felt most severely
within a radius of twenty miles from
Siena. Considerable damage was done
at Buonoconcento. Several houses
collapsed and one" person was killed.
Several persons were Injured at Mon
'teronl. i The shock was recorded at Plom-
;bino, on the coast, about fifty miles
southwest of Plena, at 1:25 a. m. and
there was a repetition five minutes lat
er. The people fled from their homes,
but no damage has been reported.
Siena itself escaped with a severe
shaking. The people were badly
frightened, however, arid rushed out
of their houws and wandered about In
a state of semi-panic until assured the
quakes were over.
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( Metal Polishers Meet.
I Fewer strikes and greater efforts to
bring about amicable adjustments of
labor disputes with employers is the
policy that Is being urged at the ses
sions of the national executive board
of the Metal Polishers and Buffers In
ternational union, which met in Cln.
Iclnnatl this week.
Iong Kervlw Ends.
. Holding a longer record for service
fthan any of his contemporaries, Rear
.Admiral William Swinburne was trans
ferred to the retired list Tuesday, whin
he attained the ag'i of (2.. Twenty
six years of his forty-three years of
service were spent it sea.
"I JU" Sunday Injured.
In a collision between two automo
bile near Laporte, Ind., Monday, "Bil
ly" Sunday, the "baseball evangelist,"
and his wife were Injured. Their car
turned over and they were thrown Into
a ditch.
One Killed by Explowlon.
One man was instantly killed and!
three ware fatally injured by the ex
plosion of a feed pipe on the tug boat
Use. in the East river at New York.
POSTAL BANKS NEXT.
Tart to t'rve Tlicm In Coming Note to
t'ongrrsN.
President Taft Indicated !n talks
with callers Wednesday thr.t In his
message to congress next December
he will slrougly urge the ear. estab
lishment of a postal savings tHnk sys
tem. He will ask that the platform
declaration of the republican party In
favor of postal banks be fulfilled as
speedily as possible.
President Tuft believes that several
hundred million dollars would bq
placed at the disposal of the govern
ment through postal savings banks.
It Is suggested that this money might
be employed In taking up the $600,
000,000 or $700,000,000 of government
2 per cent bonds which are outstand
ing and which have given much con
cern to the treasury department offi
cials. Already the 2 per cent bonds
are selling below par and there Is fear
of further depreciation In view of the
3 per cent Issues which have been au
thorized and whlc.i soon may be
placed on the market.
The president believes that the pos
tal hanks would appeal to those timid
persons who are afraid to trust to
ordinary banks and who would rather
get the 2 per cent or less interest
which "l.e government would give than
to pli.ee the money in the regular
savings banks where It would draw
from 3 to 4 per cent Interest vach
year.
By placing the Interest to be allowed
by the postal banks nt less than 2 per
cent. Mr. Taft is convinced that no
harm would be done to the ordinary
banks of commerce, for discriminating
persons who now place their money
in these banks ure appreciative of
what the banks are doing for the com
munity would not withdraw money
draw money drawing n high rate and
place it under government care at
half tho interest offered by the ordi
nary savings banks.
PRINKS HARP TO GET.
"Dry'1
I .an Signed by Governor of
Alaluuiui.
The whole code of prohibition laws
passed by the Alabama legislature at
the session which adjourned Tuesday
night was signed by the governor
Wednesday, Including the Fuller bill,
about which there has been so much
talk all over the country. Others pre
vent the use or distribution of liquors
In clubs; nke It unlawful for for
eign corporations to break the temper
ance laws; provide for Impeachment of
sheriffs who refuse to enforce the laws;
make it the duty of ' municipalities to
fix and enforce prohibition laws like
those in effect In the state; prevent
soft drink stands from using screens or
Horing liquors of any kind, and pre
vent gambling by prohibiting barred
doors in any public place or the use
therein of electric bells, dumb waiters
or other like machinery.
The fact that the bills were signed
was sent by wire to sheriffs over the
state, who are already busy. By the
Fuller bill, all places under suspicion
may be raided and liquors found In
them destroyed.
SLAVS MAN WHO STOLE WIFE
A Sensational Tragedy I Enacted on a
Farm Near Oillatin, Mo.
Returning to the home of Otis Clay
comb, a farmir living near Gallatin.
Mo., Tuesday night to secure -the ef
fects of Mrs. Claycnmb. wife of the
farmer, with whom he had eloped
three weeks previously, John Ward, a
wealthy farmer was shot and killed by
Claycomb.
The Claycombs have been married
twenty years and have six children.
Mrs. Claycomb Is 38 years old, her hus
band 37 and Ward B8.
Dumig the fatal Illness of Ward's
wife, a year ago, Mrs. Claycomb, then
i neighbor, was a constant attendant
at the Ward home. Later Ward em
ployed Claycomb and Induced him In
move Into a house on one of his farms
MOB ATTACKS A HOME.
Wife or Mine SiiNrintenilent Fatally
Injured at Curl Isle, Ind.
A mob attacked the home of Ste
phen Hart, superintendent of the Car
lisle coal mine at Carlisle, Ind., Tues
day and Hart's wife wan fatally shot.
The town Is In a panic. The miners
had been threatening the .superintend
ent for several weeks.
In a feud fight Sunday between the
laborers on the farms at Jurlquilla,
Tex., and those of Santa Rosa, a near
by village, five men were killed and
fatally hurt and ten seriously Injured
Ravages of Uubonlc Plague.
Three cases of bubonic plague and
one death from the disease were re
ported Monday from the island of
Hawaii. So fur no cases of plague
have been discovered in Honolulu.
Fifteen Miners Killed.
A special dispatch from Mateahaula,
Mexico, says that fifteen miner were
killed and thirty Imprisoned by the
dropping of a cage in the La Pas mine
there Wednesday night. The cable
parted and the men dropped 1,500
feet.
CHHure of 12 Koghl.
The capture or El Roghl, the re.
belllous subject or the sultan of Mo
rocco, has been officially announced
and fetes have been organized to cele
brate the event.
More IloincHtcad Ijinds.
Acting Secretary of the Interior
Fierce Wednesday designated 60,450
,ocres mors land as coming within the
.enlarged homestead act in the stats
f Montana.
NEBRASKA
SCANDAL AT LINCOLN.
Several Person Arrowed for AImjii
dmilng New Horn Baby.
O. E. Combes, a traveling salesman
for a Lincoln typewriter agency; Pr.
Q. E. Spear, a prominent Lincoln phy
sician, and Mlrs Anna Knorr, a nurse
In a private maternity hospital at Lin
coln, were arrested Tuesday tilgbt
charged with abandoning the new born
baby of Mr. and Mrs. Combes. The
baby was found Sunday morning In a
shoe box on the step of St. Elizabeth's
hospital, n Catholic Institution, In an
other putt of town. I nveMlgatlon by
the police resulted In the Ht rest of the
father, the physli Lui who treated Mrs.
Combes and the tiui.e who attended
her. The baby horn Saturday
night.
The doctor made n cotifi sslon In an
affidavit, when sweated by the police,
that he l.-lt the liahy on the hospital
Heps, the parents betng anxious to
dispose of It and kep the fuct of Its
birth secret. Mrs. Combes was for
merly a telephone girl and was mar
ried to Combes a. month ago.
M'COOK HAS A SEitlOt'S FIRE.
High Wind at Times Threaten Ijtrge
Purt or Tm ii.
McCook was threatened with a dis
astrous Are -Monday, which by dint of
hard work wa finally held to a loss
of, about $10,000. The livery barn
and contents, resident'.- and part of the
contents belonging to W. W. Barritt,
was entirely destroyed, his loss being
about $7,000, with an Insurance on nil
of $4,200. ;
The Aesldenco of R. F. Brunsw ick
was damaged, entailing a loss of $00,
upon which there wos no insurance.
The Predemore blacksmith shop, im
mediately adjoining the big barn, was
also considerably damaged, but Its
contents escaped much loss. Tho shop
was also Insured.
A high wind prevailed and a con
siderable part of the residence section
of the city was endangerd ami many
small buildings were burned and
damaged.
ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL.
Lincoln's AniiHew Aeronaut PUk uy
' Res f Tall.
Fred Scott's ambition to emulate
the Wright boys led to his undoing.
He died of injuries received while at
tempting to make a Might with a bul
loon nt Lincoln undertaken to get
money to push tin" construction of an
neroplutie. Seolt has boon a dare
devil sort of a young man. and has
made some fifteen balloon ascension?
in his time.
For the past two months he lias jcif
In nil of his time and money in work
ing on an aeroplane, modeled after .he
Wrights, but with several differences
that he insisted would make it possi
ble to make longer flights at great
speed. , He ran out of money, ami
some of bis neighbors, who were in
terested In his project, made up i
purse to give him. He Insisted that In
return he would make a balloon as
cension for their cntcrl:iiiimeii
Elope vtilii Leigh Girl.
For several months past a ynuix
man giving his name as AI Davenport,
has been stopping in Leigh working
most of Ihe time at the livery barn.
He has been keeping company with
Miss Lily Mueller, duugffter of Mrs.
Catherine Foel.'er one of the most
highly respected families in Leigh.
Wednesday, it Is assert cd. (he couple
eloped. It Is asserted that Davenport
Is a married man, having a wife and
child In Omaha.
Drowned in the Platte.
The dead body or Gust Kenne, a
Frenchman about 40 years of age,
was found In the Platte rlvor near
Pluttsmouth. The body wns identified
by his watch and clothing. Mr. and
Mrs. Kenne and their 3-year-oTd sun
had been living on the J. II. Falter
farm, near the Platte river, since lust
spring.
Young Mun Badly Slashed.
(Jerry Tepley Is the vic tim nf a stab
bing affray which occurred at the Her
man Joitnnnes farm, nine mll.-s smith
of Leigh. A man called Jack Hobo
flourished k knire and slashed Tepley
badly in the abdomen. The gash ex
tends back to the bowels and the
young man lies In a seilons condition.
Opium 1(01111 Raided.
The police raided an opium Joint at
Lincoln and overhauled two colored
people and permitted one to get awuy
after shooting some of the hair out of
his head. The officer confiscated
three opium pipes, lumps and some of
the drug.
Buy" a NeijiM-r.
F. J. Uranakrf. of Schh-swlg, I.i., ha
purchased the Cedar Rapids Outlook
and has taken charge.
Haley Goes to Claim (ill).
H. A. Haley, of Norfolk, will go to
Chicago to take legul steps to recover
his daughter, Marguerite, from the
Lake Geneva boarding school, from
which she fled ten days ugo, and where
he thinks she Is being held against In r
will.
PHger Dedicates New Cliiircli.
The new Methodist Episcopal
church of 1'llger was dedicated Sunday
STATE NEWS
MANY TRAINMEN ARK LET OVT.
Are Accused of Robbing Rnrllngton
Trains.
A sensation In the shape of a series
of robberies'"' has Just developed at
Wyinorc. where a number of conduc
tors, engineer and brakemen In the
employ of the Burlington have been
called on the carpet and discharged
for taking silks, clothing and shoes
from cars In tvnnslt. Thirteen em
ployes have been discharged. For the
last few weeks the company has had
a number nf detectives at work and
, thoe oftlcers huve rode In the trains
'with crews where the robberies have
J occurred. In some Instances the stolen
Roods have been found In the posses
' shut of the trainmen.
Ten more are slated for discharge.
A few of the men have been with the
company for many years and were
among the oldest and most trusted em
plnyes.
MOTOR CARS FOR EN TIKE LINE
St. Joseph nixl Grand Island Order
Ilie Cars.
That motor car Nervlce Is to be In
stalled on the St. Joseph an Grand
Island line for local traffic as soon
as the Union Pacific begins detourlng
Its through trains over this route Is
now- uss-urod. The motor car service
will cover the entire line from Kansas
City to Grand Island.
Five cars have been ordered. The
first car will arrive at Falrbury about
the middle of September and will be
put on at once.
It is also understood that general
motor service will be Installed on the
Lincoln branch of the Union Pacific
known as the Blue Valley road.
r.ritlU) MONEY IS STOLEN.
Otoe County Piirtncr Hide Wealth
from Tlilcvc. but Ixihcb.
Halvor Swenson, an aged German
residing in North Branch precinct,
iienr Nebraska City., had but little faith
In bonks, mid to keep it safe hid over
$1,200- In money In his home. A few
days ago ho went to look for the
money and it wus gone. He Is at a loss
to understand how It was taken. He
! has missed things before, but sunnnsed
I this money was securely hidden. He
is one of the pioneer settlers of Otoe
county and owns considerable land,
which he entered in the early days and
."ti l letnins the title to.
Meteor lill In Ijikc.
A brilliant nveteor fell Into the wa
fers of Lake Monnwa about 1 o'clock
Friday morning, causing something of
a sensation among a dozen or more
fishermen, who were near the pavil
ion at that time. The meteor struck
the water with a sizzling sound about
100 yards In front of the Manawa pa
vilion on that side of the lake, and
a wave of considerable proportloni
followed its plunge into the lake.
More Reward rr Philip.
Tho Douglas county commissioners
have offered a reward of $100 for the
capture of James Philips, accused of
killing Marshall C. Hamilton near
Florence on the morning of August
1 Gov. Shallenherger, on behalf of
tlie state, some time ago offered a re
ward or $200. making a total of $300
for the capture of tho alleged mur
derer. Man Hurt by Cars.
Win Hlnton. of Ixgan, Kan., wht
has been driving for the Blue Front
livery at Alma, was seriously Injured
In the switch yards when a freight
came In. No one saw the accident,
but ns near as can be learned the
young man Is supposed to have been
lying under a car near the Musselman
elevator asleep.
I'ui-nier Limes Home.
The farm house of John Andreas,
Jr . three miles west of Ileatrice, was
destroyed by lire with all Its contents.
As (he family wus away from home
when the fire broke out Is origin Is a
mystery. The loss Is placed at $2,000,
partially covered by Insurance.
Crop AcrcjHP,
Deputy Iuibor Commissioner Mau
pin has compiled the report of acreage
or Nebraska crops for the year 1909,
showing that with Ihe exception of
winter wheat and oats there has been
a heultliy increase, all down the line.
The oat acreage Ik about the same.
Drunk Horse Liniment.
A "swipe" at the race track at
I.'eutrlee swallowed a quantity or leg
wash, mistaking It for whisky. The
liiKi-edients were witch hasel, alcohol
and camphor and lie was a pretty sick
man for a short time and was taken to
ihe city Jail for treatment.
Three Cuc of Meningitis.
Three cases of spinal meningitis
have been reported in Kearney In the
laft-tvvo weeks. One hus been fatal.
Vole iKmii Miini'luil Water.
The proposition for issuing 1160,000
In bonds ror the purchase of the city
water plant from the American Water
company was voted on at a special
election at Kearney and met with
overwhelming defeut.
Man at Poor I Hi nn Insane.
James Kpeer, of Kearney, aged ($,
who hus been an Inmate ror some time
at the poor farm was declared Insane
and will be taken t. Hastings.
$7,778,000,000 IS
VALUE OF 08 CROP
Secretary Wilson Shows that Unit,
cd State Mold World's Rec
ord In Agriculture.
BIQ INCREASE IN FARM TRADE.
Agricultural Balance Has Grown
Over 75 Per Cent Within the
Fast Twelve Tear.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
thinks those who hare been pitying
the farmer had better wake up to the
fact that during the paBt year that
is the crop year of 190$ there was a
net gain In the value of crops which
raises the total valuation of farm prod
ucts up to the astonishing total of
$7,778,000,000, the biggest In the
world's history. The value of farm
product this year Is $290,000,000 above
the ralue for 1907 and $3,001,000,000
above the census amount for 1899.
In the lost twelve years, the period
covering the administration of Secre
tary of Agriculture James Wilson, the
agricultural balance of trade In the
L'nld States increased from a yearly
average of $234,000,000 to $411,000,000,
or 75.7 per cent, according to the de
partment's year book Just made pub
lic. This wonderful development la
only in keeping with the progress
made along the lines of agrlculturaf
activity. Conditions affecting the
lives of the farmers have advanced in
even greater ratio until many unde
sirable features of farm life have been
eliminated. Many innovations have
been introduced and developed Into
potential forces for the betterment of
farm life. Never before has the work
of state agricultural colleges and ex
perimental stations been so Intimately
related with the department as now.
There has been a great diversifica
tion and geographic extension of prod
ucts apart from the cultivation of new
land. Although there has been a de
creasing production per acre of what
was. only recently virgin soil, there
was an Increased production per acre
of the entire country. Within tea
years the production of corn per acre
in Ohio Increased 17.G per cent and In
Virginia 18.S per cent, Oats increased
17.9 per cent In Indiana. Wheat in
creased 16.2 per cent In New York
and 45.9 per cent In Nebraska. Simi
lar advancement was made in the yield
per acre of other products.
AUTO ACCIDENT KILLS FIVE.
Hurled lato the Water In Night.
They Are Drowned.
Four young women and one man,
the driver of the car, met death, and
two young women narrowly escaped a
similar fate at Seattle Thursday night,
when a large touring car, going at a
high speed, crashed through the ratl
ing of the long trestle over the Tide
Fats at the point known to automo
bile drivers as "Dead Man'B Curve."
The tide was at flood when the auto
mobile crashed through the rail and
the victims were hurled into severaf
feet of water.
ERROR COSTS DOCTOR f 20,000.
I', g. Court Holds He Mast Pay foi
Leaving Uaaae la a Wound.
Surgeons who overlook Instruments
and sew them up lu patients are liable
for damages, according to a decision
In the case of Russell Johnson of
Iowa, against a St. Louis doctor. The
decision sustained by the United
States Court Of Appeals gave John
son a judgment of $20,000. Johnson
was operated on for appendicitis
March 30, 1907. A second operation
revealed a piece of gauze twenty-four
inches long and nine inches wide in
the wound.
Hunt Ucra Caualasi "Goat Fever.
Dr. John Sandwall, bacteriologist of
the University) of UUh, Is in pursuit
of -an unknown germ to which is at
tributed forty cases of illness and
numerous death In Kane County,
Utah. Because of its prevalence among
persons who herd and handle goats
the disease has been given the name
of "goat fever."
Vlatlurt la Collapse.
In Chicago ten persons were injured
two of them seriously when a
board foot walk on the Twelfth street
viaduct collapsed. Without warning
the structure on the south side of the
viaduct, which spans the Pennsylvania
railroad tracks at Holden street, fell,
precipitating pedestrians to the rail
road yard, fifteen feet below.
Contractor Pound Gotltr.
Michael J. Mitchell, former purchas
ing agent for the city,, and Thomas
F. Maher, a contractor.' were found
guilty by a Jury in the Superior Court
In Boston of conspiracy to defraud
the City of Boston of $13,500 by sign
ing contracts calling for excessive
prices for flagstones. Sentence was
deferred.
"Uawrltlea Law" oa Books.
The "stick and the shotgun." imple
ments of the "unwritten law," were
figuratively abolished by the Georgia
Legislature as the means of defense
of a woman's name. The Legislature
passed a bill, already adopted by the
Senate, making willful defamation ef
a woman's name a misdemeanor
BURW GAMBLING LAYOUT.
Aon a re Is Made of Paraphernalia)
Hald o Be Worth 930,000.
A heap of ashes marks the clonics
scene In the fight between the State
of Indiana' and the owners of tha
gambling halls at French Lick and
West Baden, respectively. Gambling
paraphernalia to the value of $30,000
was publicly burned In the street at
Paoll by officers of the law. There
was a crowd of nearly 2,000 persons,
present when the expensive furnish
ings went up in smoke. Three years
ago deputies raided the two cailnoa
and made a number of arrests. Tha
State confiscated all the furniture, in
cluding the gambling apparatus, but
the courts held that there must be a
conviction before the property could be
destroyed. The cases against the ar
rested persons, who were the alleged
agents for the owners, dragged along
from term to term. A compromise fin
ally was effected by which two of the
indicted men should plead guilty on
condition that the State would exempt
from destruction such furniture as was
not actually used in gambling. Tha
pleas of guilty were entered, and the
order to burn the gambling apparatus
was Issued.
TRAINS HELD BY WATERS.
Great Delay and taeoavenlenco Du
to Colorado Flood.
Trains blocked In lonely .mountain
passes, tracks washed away or in soma
instances pitched into canyons hun
dreds of feet below, people driven from .1
their homes to seek safety with their
belongings In higher places thess
were the scenes revealed along tha
overflowed Arkansas River in Color
ado. The famous Royal Gorge, walled In
by rock 1,000 feet high, was washed by
a torrent for about forty-eight hours,
and the railroad tracks have been de
stroyed. Trains on the Colorado Mid
land, the Denver and Rio Grande and
other railroads, most of them carrying
eastern tourists, have been detoured
over circuitous routes. One road bad
to detour Us trains by way of Ala
mosa, Colo., In the southern part of
the state, a distance out of the regular .
travel of more than 300 miles. Not
only the Arkansas River, but almost
all of Its tributaries are overflown.
XAtfSAS TO WW BARS SWEAR EffG. .
Onlr "By r bonder" la I'ermltted In
One Wicked Watervllle.
"By chowder" Is the official swear
at Wnterville, Kan., now. The people
of thia burg cannot use any cuss words
stronger than that under pain of go
ing to jail. The street loafers of Wa
tervllle, lt was charged, became so
profane that the women of the town
hesitated about going out on tha
streets. They would rather stay at
home than to hear men using vile lan
guage. The merchants felt the loss of
the women's trade keenly and prevail
ed upon the City Council to enact a
drastic law against swearing. In obe
dience to the demand, the Council
made it a misdemeanor, punishable by
a fine and imprisonment, to swear
within the city limits. In order to
help the chronic cussers out, however,
the Council ruled that "by chowder"
would not be considered a swear
word.
FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS.
Standing- of Clab In the Principal
Ilaae Ball Losan,
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburg .79 30 Philadel'a .49
Chicago ...74 35 St. Louis ..45
New York. 60 40 Brooklyn ..40
Cincinnati .64 64 Boston ....28
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AMEBIC; LEAGUE.
Philadel'a .71 42 Chicago ....65 57
Detroit ...70 43 New York .62 60
Boston ....70 46 St. Louis ..46 6S
Cleveland .57 68 Wash'gton .32 81
AMEBICAK ASSOCIATION.
W. L. W. I
Mllw'kee ..70 56 Kan. City .60 6&
Mlnn'polls .71 67 St. Paul ..60 65
Louisville .66 62 Ind'polls ..60 6
Columbus .62 66 Toledo ....69 68
The Ontario handicap, the feature
event at Windsor, was won by Lady
Sybil.
Johnny Summers, the English light
weight, defeated Jimmy Brltt, of Cali
fornia, in nine rounds In London.
At Saratoga W. Clay's Ocean Bound
easily won the $10,000 Splnaway etakea
for fillies S years old at five and a half
furlongs.
Bonnie Kate captured the Canadian
Steeplechase at Fort Erie - recently.
Bonnie Kate is from the . Ferris Sta
bles. Bhe defeated the favorite. Wa
terway, on a heavy track.
At the weekly matinee of the St.
Paul Driving Association at Hamline,
Olen, owned by J. H. Bohrer, was the
winner of the final event of the free-for-all
elimination pace for the silver
cup.
Sidney Hatch, of Chicago, set a new
world's record for the 100-mile race
when he finished that distance in
16:07:43. This la S:i3:14 better than
the previous time claimed by Albert
Corry.
The United States Golf Association
has announced the program and con
ditions for play for the amateur -golf
championship of the United - State,
which will be played at Wheaton. 111.,
from Sept. ( to 11 of this year