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DAKOTA CITY, NKR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1909.
NUMBER 3
VOLUME XVIII
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SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
iDUEL ENDS IN DEATH
TWO CIIICA(M) AVOM12N KiAGE
IN MOKTAIi tM)MHAT.
Clash with rUloi and Knlfo One
lnuid Dead ; Otlier's Injuries Prove
Fatal Kvldeiioe of llloody Rattle
guarrvU Had Iloon Frequent.
Mrs. Julia Tripp was killed and Mrs.
Jacob Silvers, of New Tork, received
wounds which later proved fatal a."
the result of a piBtol and knife battle
between the two women in Mrs.
Tripp's partmenta at 6609 Prairie ave
nue, a fashionable reaidenoe district of
Chicago, on Wednesday. Mrs. Stive r
Is a sister-in-law of Mrs. Tripp. It I.
said her husband left her about three
months ago because of her curious
actions. Mrs. Tripp is the wife of s
superintendent of a manufacturing
firm of Chicago.
When the apartment was entered
blood was found on the parlor curtain:
and several pictures had been brok
en and chairs had been overturned
In a bedroom off the parlor Mrs. Trlpj
was found lying on the floor full
dressed. Her face and waist were cov
ered with blood and a pool had form
ed beneath her. She was duad whet
found.
Separated from this bedroom b
portlers which had been drawn buck
was another bedroom. Mrs. Sllven
lay on the bed in her own nightgowi
and covered with blood. Blood w::
BUHhing from a deep gash in her fore
head and she was unconscious.
Mrs. Silvers had been staying at tlx
Tripp home for about a month and
(he two women are said to have ha'
frequent quurrels, principally over the
division of the household duties. They
had gone out about 1 o'clock in tho
afternoon and returned shortly after
ward. It had been Mrs. Silvers' cus
tom to take a nap In the afternoon
jnd it was evident she had prepared
for this as usual. The appearance al
most simultaneously of the two wom-
on from different entrances to the
apartment, each screaming for heir
and the knife wounds suffered by both
hastened the police to advance the
'theory that there was a third person
in the tragedy instead of its belnn
simply between the two women or (
.murderer and suicide.
I STEM, STRIKE RENEWED.
Men at SeliocnvLle Claim Com pan?
Has Broken Faith with Tliem.
The car workers' strike at th
Pressed Steel Car company in Schoen
v!lle. Pa., which as thought settle
I'll Wednesday of last week, after cost
ins nine lives and heavy financial loss
es, began a:;ew Wednesday when be
tween 3.000 and 4,000 employes of tlx
car works walked from their work and
quietly dispersed to their homes Thr
workmeji now allege that the car crun
pany officials have broken faith with
them regarding the discharge of lm
ported bosses brought there during the
recent eight weeks' late labor dispute
It was announced by the car planl
officials that they probably would dis
charge what imported workmen that
:are yet in the plant and a second efforl
will be made to resume business and
kifep their plant running.
JOHNSON YEHV IXV.
(iotonior is Ojx-rated on at Roolicste
for Abwess.
Gov. John A. Johnson was operated
on In St. Mary's hospital Wednesday
at Rochester, Minn., by Dr. Wm.
Mayo, assisted by Dr. Charles Mayo
for a deep seated intestinal abscess
It was a difficult and serious oper
ation, according to the surgeons whe
witnessed the work, and Gov. John
on's condition is regarded as serious
and the best they will suy is that they
hope for an ultimate and speedy re
covery.
Gov. Johnson was somev hat lm
proved at an early hour Thursday
morning.
Farmer 1 lobbed of $3,000.
William Davis, a farmer of Benton
Kan., was robbed of $3,000 at the .Mis
sourl Pacific depot In Wichita, Kan
Thursday by two men who Jostled hi
In a crowd. He carried the mony
a large pucariinjua in nig inside en:
pocket.
No HutxvHHor to Harrlman.
No successor to E. H. Harrlman u
a director of the New Tork Centr
railroad was chosen at Wednesday
meeting of the board of directors.
Sioux City Live. Stock Marked.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Choice feeders, $4.50CT6.28. Top hogs,
$8 10.
Gardner Defeuts English.
Clarence English, of (Imuha, and
Jitnmie" Gardner, of Ronton, fought
ten rounds at Omaha Wednesday,
Gardner having a distinct advantage
throughout. No decision was an
nounced. The crew of the battleship Mlnneso.
ta. by defeating the crew of the Ver
mont Thursday, won the champion
ship of the Atlantic fleet for Clttter
jrvwiug.
HVB PAYS A TKIIUTE.
fWt a Completion Guest at Boston
Banquet.
President Taft'a first nubile utter-
tnce since congress adjourned wns
nade Tuesday' night In Boston. Mass.,
jefore 2,000 persons, representing the
lomblned Interests of Boston. The oc
laslon was a banquet given In Mochan-
hall, the largest auditorium in
Boston, by the Hoston Chamber of
ommerce, recently formed by a
Merger of the Boston Merchants' asso
liatlon and the Associated Board of
frudn with the chamber, and It lnark-
the beginning of the president's
IJ, 000-mile trip through the country.
The features of the president's ad-
tress were his Indorsement of the
proposition to establish a central bank
connection with currency reform,
his words of high praise of Senator
Nelson W. Aldrtch, of Rhode Island,
head the national monetary com
mission, and his denunciation of any
attempt to start sectional strife in
the country.
Among the guests were cabinet
members, diplomats, congressmen.
Clergymen and distinguished business
leaders.
The president was most heartily
greeted and at a reception preceding
the banquet many shook hands with
him.
Distinguished guests from national
and state political life, from the Judl-
lary of the nation and state, from
army and navy, from congress and
from local churches, civil and business
circles were present.
SOLDIER WOVNDS FIVE.
Drunken Coaeack Runs Amuck in St.
Petersburg.
A drunken Cossack of Emneror
Nicholas' body guard, enraged by the
teasing of children, ran amuck through
the streets of St. Petersburg Tuesday
with a drawn saber. Before he was
overpowered he had dangerously
wounded five persons, two of whom
probably will die. The man chased a
3-year-old child into the courtyard of
a Jail, where he struck the boy down
with his saber and wounded two men.
He then Invaded the laundry of the
jail and Inflicted a score of fright
ful wounds upon a laundress. His
fifth victim was a soldier, whom he
struck down before he was finally dls.
armed.
FOREST FIRES CHECKED.
Devastating Flames in California
Woods Coder Control.
Reports received in Los Angeles
Tuesday from the fire swept forest
areas of southern California' Indicate
that the flames have been brought un
der control and further great damage
l not expected. Splendid work by the
forest rangers in the San Gabriel wa
tershed, on the Puente hills, and In the
canyons near Oxnurd has resulted in
diverting the lines of fire from heavi
ly wooded tracts, and the flames are
confined to the bushes in the moun
tains.
RECEIVER IS SOCGHT.
Stockholder Begins Action AgnLnst a
Chicago Company.
Appointment of a receiver for the
Chicago Railway Equipment company
a $2,500,000 crporation, Is sought In
li bill filed in Chicago Tuesday by
Henry D. Laughlln, who claims to be
a heavy stockholder.
E. B. Leigh, president of the com
pany, is accused of making personal
use of money belonging to the com
pany. It is alleged that the present
rate of dividends and salaries if con
tinued will ruin the company.
ONE KILLED; SIX Hl'RT.
VA'rok on the Milwaukee
Bond
In
South Dakota.
Clem G. Daley, of Aberdeen, aged
36, was killed and six others seriously
Injured when a baggage car on the
Orlent-Roscoe line of the Milwaukee
road was derailed Wednesday. The In
jured are: John Russell, of Redfield
Arthur Melguard and Peter Johnson
of Aberdeen, S. D. Marvin Payne, of
Harding's Grove, Ky. Matt Hemmer
schmldt, of Eureka, S. D. H. B. In
gersoll, of Millard, S. D.
A rotten rail was the cause of the
accident.
DismlsMtl for Inaptitude.
Four cadets at the Annapolis naval
academy have been stricken from the
rolls by direction of President Taft
because of inaptitude, which was said
to have been demonstrated on the
practice cruise of the corps this sum
mer. The names of the dismissed ca
dets Include C. M. Elett, second class,
Larlmore, N. D.
Mrs. CuNlle Is Cleared.
The grand jury In New York Thurs
day dismissed the charge of felonious
assault against Mrs. Mary Scott Castle
who on August 3 shot William It
Craig, a New York lawyer, at the Wal
dorf-Astoria.
Victory for the street car men in
.heir long drawn out negotiations with
the traction companies in Chicago for
increased wages was announced Tues.
day.
Audi Uio A Iclor.
Abe Attell, of California, the feath
erweight champion, was given the de
cision over Tommy O'Toole, of Phila
delphia, 111 twelve rounds by Referee
Charles White, at Hoston, Mass., Tues.
day night.
Sir Ralph Penman Moore was found
dead in bed in London Tuesday, it
was learned that his death was due to
poison, and it is believed he took hit
own life.
EXTH'ME THE XHPSE.
iutsy Performed on lUnly of Iscut.
Sutton.
When the body of Lieut. J. N. Sut
:on, Jr., the young marine officer who
met his death two years ago at Ann
apolis, wns exhumed at Arlington cem
etery Monday afternoon and an autop
sy performed by physicians represent
ing the navy department and young
Sutton's mother disclosed the fact that
no bones were broken, although a con
tusion was found over the right eye.
It had been Mrs. Sutton's contention
that her son's nrm had been broken
In the fight which preceded his death,
and that this being the case the shot
which ended his life could not have
been self-lnlllcled.
Attorney Van Dyke, associate coun
sel for Mrs. Sutton, "aid that he was
convinced that the shot hail been fired
at lenst five feet from the officer's
head and that the would showed con
clusively that It wns a physical impos
sibility for Sutton to have fired the
shot.
Present at the rjrnvc when the body
was disinterred were Mrs. Sutton, sev
eral friends, her attorneys, several
surgeons and a number of ncwspapei
men.
After the autopsy had been complet
ed the body was placed In a new coffin
provided by the government and wnf
relnterred in the same grave after thf
ground had been consecrated by Rev
Father Alonzo Olds, of St. Augustine'i
Catholic church, of Washington.
FIGHT Dt'EI. AY IT 1 1 POLICE.
One Fugitive Makes His Escape
but
the Other Is Captured.
A running duel, in which fugitive
and policemen participated, created
wild excitement at Newport. Ky., Mon
day. The trouble began when Detec
tive Morton called at a hotel to ar
rest A. W. Leroy and Isaac Brewer on
harge of detaining 14-year-old Flor-
nce Gray, daughter of a physician of
Winchester, Ind. Both men are about
4 0 years old.
The girl was taken Into custody at
the hotel. The men fled. Leroy fired
three shots from a revolver. One bul
let grazed the head of Detective Jefl
Morton. Another pierced the hats of
Tony Gastright and James Taylor,
spectators. Another pierced the ear
of Chris Ebert, city jailer.
A number of police officers JolnedH
In pursuit and a running battle ensued.
Many shots were fired at the fugitive?
without effect.
The free street attractions will be
superior to those which you have of
ten paid 50 cents and $1 to see.
Leroy was finally captured .while
eomnellliiir u fa mov J wife, at: uie
point of a pistol, to give him a suit ol
her husbund's clothing. Brewer es
caped.
Tragedy In Club Rooms.
Thomas Dwyer, janitor of the Owl's
Nest club, of Harrlsburg, Pa., was shot
and killed at the club rooms early
Monday by Wells Detweiler. The lat
ter In a brother of the late Meade I)
Detweiler, who was head of tfie Order
of Elks In America.
Twenty Horses Croinuted.
About 1 o'clock Monday morning one
of the large barns on the Atwell farm
one-half mile north of River Sioux
la., burned to the ground, and also
twenty head of horses belonging to
Tom Egan were burned. Lightning
Is supposed to have caused the lire.
AVIdow's Share of Estate.
Judge Corey, of the probate court
In San Francisco, Cal., made an order
Tuesday distributing to Mrs. Anna
Christina Spreckols, widow of the late
Claus Spreckels, her share of the su
gar king's estate, which Is estimated
to be worth more than $3,000,000.
Financier Ends Life.
John AV. Castles, president of the
t'nlon Trust company, of New York
a. director of other well known corpo
rations and prominent in club and so.
cial life, committed suicide Monday
by cutting his throat with a razor li
the Grand Union hotel.
Knire to He Vscd on Johnson.
The condition of Gov. John A. John
son, who arrived In Rochester, Minn.,
Monday to undergo another operation
for appendicitis, wns somewhat better
Tuesday morning. Gov. Johnson wa
much fatigued when he arrived.
Ship Roosevelt to Sleani.
Commander Peary's steamer Roose.
celt will leave Rattle Harbor on Thurs
day or Friday for North Sydney, from
where she will proceed to New York,
In time, If possible, to take part In tho
Hudson-Fulton celebration.
Shot by Assassin.
George AV. Sumincrvllle, a promi
ient Minnesota lawyer and politician,
Aas shot and perhaps fatally wounded
while sitting In his law office at Sleepy
Uye, Minn., Wednesd; ; by a man who
tays his name is John Hayner. Hay
ner was arrested.
Fire practically destroyed the busi
ness section of Monroe City, ten miles
east of A'lncennes, Ind., Monday. Loss,
$100,000.
Increase of Two t'cius.
The fee for registration of mail will
lie Increased from S cenls lo 10 cents
November 1, l'.HiH, according to an or
der tinned by Postmaster General
Hitchcock M lay.
kcllcy-McGorly Eight.
The West Side Athletic club, of New
Orleans, La., announced Monday that
Hugo Kelby and I'M MeGorty would
meet In a twenty-round bout there on
October 3.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
News of the Week r
in Concise Form
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IIF.BKON FIRE.
P.I11.0 (ialns llcr.dvtuy mid for Time
Tliivatoiis Tovui.
The worst tire Hebron has had for
many years raged Saturday, and for
a time It b '.;cd tiio;i)i tae .:.ro
place was doomed, but owing to the
plentiful supply of water and the ef
fort of the tire boys the fire was gut
under control.
Tho tire started la Myers' livery sta
ble and in a short time that building
had burned to the ground. It soon
spread to the lumber yard of the J.
H. Yost company. Tho air was thick
with smoke and 1 flying embers and
several residences were on fire. Mr.
Myers lost all his buildings, together
with ten head of horses, bougies and
other truck, the loss being estimated
nf iiDunnlu nf CI riOO with nil ItiHiir- .
anco of $2,200. The lumber yard's
loss was about $30,000, with an Insur
ance of $20,000. J. O. Wrlth, hardware
merchant, lost 360 kegs of nails upon
which there was no Insurance.
Milton Myers, the owner of the barn,
was smotherod in the fire and nearly
ost his life, but Is now on the road to
recovery.
ADMITS STARTING THE FIRE
Alnnager of Omaha 1-tortory Arrested
on Charge of Arson.
Guy Anderson, manager of the Ne
braska cotton glove factory at Omaha,
that Saturday night was damaged by
fire to the extent of $10,000. con
fessed to having rubbed the safe and
then applying the match to the build
ing. The police In going over the ruins
discovered the safe unlocked. Then
Anderson was sent for on the pretense
that his assistance was needed. Cpon
his arrival at the scene he was ar
rested and accused of arson, lie also
made a full confession, but would not
say how much money he had taken,
though he admitted that he had been
robbing the business for more than
a year. He said that Saturday he
secured a quantity of fuse and laid it
in a manner so that It would require
several hours for It to do Its work. The
he applied the match and locking the
building took tho book and started
home, hiding them hi a lumber yard,
Ail ere they were found later. .
AVORK FOR SUPREME COURT.
Question of Liquor Selling in Lincoln
AVI11 Re Kittled.
The supreme court will meet Sep
tember 21 and at that time It Is very
probable the court will pass on the
motion of the slate oil inspector for a
rehearing In the non-partisan judl--laly
case.
Among the cases of great Impor
tance to the city of Lincoln, which
now serves Its people with all the liq
uor they desire through the medium
of clubs, though the town is dry, fig
uratively speaking, Is that in which
the right of a club to sell or serve
booze in a dry town is to be tried out.
When tho town first went dry the
clubs at once stocked up heavily and
then when there were rumors that the
police were going to interfere they
promptly got out injunctions to com
pel the people to let them alone. So
tho supreme court Is to pass upon the
legality of thut injunction.
Peculiar Accident lo Parmer.
J. M. Maher, one of the best known
farmers near Fremont, slipped whllo
oiling a windmill on his farm, ono
hand caught in the gearing, and he
was suspended sixty feet In the air
for some time until his calls for help
brought men to the rescue.
Missing Mini found.
The stranger who Jumped from a
car window Friday night about two
miles from Dorchester, wandered
about eight miles northeast, and is at
the home of H. AVickerkamp. He
gives his name as Frank Hums, and
lives in Farnam.
tint Off I'-usy.
Jos. Rrabek, the Rarneston farm
er who. It is charged, drove his child
ren from home nnd then att-mpted to
burn his barn, has been sentenced to
serve thirty days In tho county Jail.
Ho was tried on a chargo of drunk
and disorderly conduct.
State I'air 1'lnanoos.
The total receipts for tho state fair
were $55,S58.34; balance on hand
from last year, $ 'J 4 . :1 i . 8 2 . making a
total of $H0,0!I4.1C available for use of
the board in paying expenses of the
fair this year. '
A dung Man Dies Suddenly.
Ross Ijorch, the 1 K-yi ar-nld son of
H. H. Lerch. of Kearney, died sudden
ly from what appears t
thing that doctors hav
spinal meningitis.
lie the same
been calling
IU'.les Open for KiisIiicks.
ThP grand neiie of the Fraternal
Order of Kugles opened Monday in
Omaha, at the Auditoi linn with more
than 1,000 delegates present. (ieol'KC
K. West, president of the local aerie,
presided at the opening session, which
was public. The uddresses of wel
come tiy Mayor J. C. Dahlinau and
PrcsiJent J. J. Ryder, of tho Nebraska
state aerie, were responded to by
tirand Worthy President Monaghan
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NEBRASKA WRECK.
Nino I'ci'M ns Injured, One Seriously,
Near Lincoln.
Passenger train No. S9 on tho Chi
cago. Rurlinnlon and Qulncy, south
bouiui. :iiici I'M--:: :'ock train No. 76
were in a head-on collision at the sta
tion of l'urhar.i. four miles southwest
of Lincoln, shortly before noon Sun
day. Two men were killed outright
and nine Inj.ired, one seriously.
The dead W. I.. Kohrer, a eontiac
tor, of Falls Cliy. Neb. William Grlf
1'cn, u e. hired cook.
The injured: U'. K. Spohn, formet
chief of police or Beatrice, leg brok
en. S. Si nii'.an. business man of Beat
rice. Injuries probably not fatal. J. J
Powell, I'.urchanl. haeiy bruised. AV111-
11,m '
einple, Crete, leg hurt. Mrs. M.
111. Is, Llbei l y. bruises. H. G
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Warner, lfiall c'lerk. of Lincoln.
The collision wa.- the result of a mis
undeislanul ig of trainmen.
AV. L. P.ohrcr, the young Falls Oil
contractor who was killed, had bee
to Lincoln to visit his sweetheart, i
Miss Thompson. They were to havi
been married in about two weeks.
S. Seaman, the most seriously of tin
Injured, is n leading business man o
Beatrice. Two or three cars of the stock trul)
were badly wrecked and R number o
heud of cattle and hogs killed.
TRAIN WRECK FRI STRATEH.
Lineman Discovers Spikes placed oi
Ro'-k Island Railway.
An attempt tit wreck the southbound
Rock Island passenger train near the
town of Plymouth Saturday night was
frustrated by the finding of seventeen
spikes set on the rails In such a man
ner as to derail the engine, A tele
phone lineman came across the ob
structions and removed them. He
then notified division headquarters at
Kalrbury. Th spikes had been re
moved but a few minutes when tw
sections of the heavily loaded state
fair train from Lincoln passed over th'
track. The only clew to the, possible
wreckers Is that a number of foreign-
era employed as track workers were
discharged and . rw ived, their dir.
ilaceini-lit with soino tfjlienny. - 1
TO DIE OX GA1.IA)AVS.
.Man AA ho Starte d Omaha Riots Sen
fenced io Hang.
Judge Sutton Saturday sentenced
John Masaurides, thei Greek who kill
ed Orfleer Lowry, thus starting tin
South Omaha riots, to be hanged Jan
uary 10, lit 10.
Masaurides killed Officer Edwarn
I.jwiy while resisting arrest. He
lalnied the poliei man began shootliiK
first and that he shot to save his life
Lincoln Man Commits Suicide.
AVord was received In Lincoln thai
Will C. Phillips, for eight years clers
of the district court, had killed him
self at the routes hotel In Kansas City,
Some times ago Mrs. Phillips secured
a divorce from her husband und th
only reason that can be assigned foi
his net Is family troubles. He lcavei
three children.
East Train Schedule.
The fastest train schedule on fib
with the railway commission has been
filed by the I'uion Pacific, which showj
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a rale or nines an nour, luciuunij
between Council RIuITh and Denver.
This is train No. 11 and tho trip ll
made In 14.16 hours. No. 16, the east,
bound train, has a schedule of 38. i
miles an hour, Including stops.
l ire at Oakland.
Klre was discovered In the residenci
of Alfred Leckman, In the north part
of Oakland. Prompt work of the fir
department saved the house, but nol
until considerable damage was don
to the home and contents. Tho orlglr
of the tire Is a mystery.
No Deficit at l'a I r.
Though the receipts of the stat
fair this year amounted to $27,000 lesi
than a year ago, all expenses of th
fair will be paid and there will be no
deficit. The receipts this year are es
tlmuted at $52,1100, against $79,000
for 190S. The expenditures will tak
about all of the receipts.
Alan lumps from Train.
Whllo coming home from the stub
fair, a man, for some unknown rea
son, crawled from the car window and
dropped In the diteli while the train
was running at a high speed neai
Dorchester. The section men weut out
In narcb of the man,
To l.n force Compulsory liw.
The West I'oltit school board hiu
decided to enforce the compulsory at
tendance law at once.
Itim Down by Anlo.
(bulge i:.iiier. a cigarmaker, collid
I'd with an unto driven by Paul Ker
nan at llintlngs. sustaining a broken
nrm i nd leg and he Is believed to have
lii ei: ; jiii ed Internally.
I'.iirghirs Start lire.
l'iie stalled by robbers put tho N'u
braska Clove company, of Omaha, out
of business temporarily Saturday
night, destroying stock and datnagini;
the inacl'.lnei y.
HIGHER REGISTRY FEE ASKED.
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Soon to Cost Ten Cents to Register
a Letter Five Cents for Fackftg.
After Nov. 1. lSOii, It will i ost 10
rents Instead of 8 cents, as at present,
to register a piece of mail. An order
to this effect was Issued by Postmas
ter General Hitchcock Monday.
The order Increases the maximum
indemnity paid lo the owner of n lost
or titled registered letter from f-' to
$:i0, thus doubling the department's
liability for valuable articles Intrust
ed to Its registry brunch. This ndd!
tlonnl Insurance or $25 for 2 cents is
granted at. a much lower rate than is
offered for a similar amount by any
private concern.
The changes ordered constitute the
first move toward making the postal
service Relf sustaining. The registry
system is reported to be conducted .tt
a loss, and hi order to make it pay
its way radical measures are neces
Bury. New feature being considered
by t ho Postmaster General Include, the
establishment of a parcel reglstnition
system with a 5-eent fee mid a ism. ill
Indemnity, nnd a preferred class of
registered matter of high value with
Increases in the fee and Indemnity up
to 20 cents and $H!0, the limits fixed
by law.
It Is pointed out. that the parcel
measure will meet, n public demand
for a cheap and safe means of trans
tuittlng Christinas packages and oth
ers of like character, nnd that the
graduating of the fee in accordance
with the risk Involved and the amount
of care necessary to insure s.ife traii-v
mission is in accord with sound bust
ness principles. It has been also sug
gested that the Idea be carried a step
further, by asking Congress to raise
the limit of fee. and indemnity, In or
der that the department niny assume
full liability for all matter accepted
for registration, and may impose an
adequate charge for the responsibility
undertaken.
In addition to these changes affect
ing the amount of fees and indenint
tieB, the Postmaster General's commit
tee of experts, which is still in session
has under consideration Important
modifications of the registry system
that should lessen tho cost of opera
t ion without any impolrment of th
"fTlclency.
TARIFF BOARD IS NAMED.
Three Men Who Are to Assist In
Enforcement of New Law.
President Taft has appointed the
new tariff commission or board, which
Is to assist him in the execution o',
tho new -tariff Uv, with especial refer
ence to applying the maximum und
minimum clauses to nations wlilcl.
arc unfriendly or friendly in their rt
latlons with the United States.
The new hoard consists of three
members Professor Henry C. Emery
of Yale, chairman; James H. Reynolds
of Massachusetts, now Assistant Sec
relary or the Treasury, and Alvln H
Sanders, of Chicago, at present editor
and proprietor of the Breeder's Ga
zette. In announcing the selection o:
this new hoard, authorized by tho
Payne tariff bill, the following stute
meat was given out at the executive
unices In Ueverly, Mass.: "The Presi
dent and the Secretary of the Treat)
ury have agreed upon the plan tha
these gentlemen are to constitute the
board and ure to he given authority to
employ such special experts as may be
needed In the Investigation of the for
eign and domestic tariff."
The announcement followed a con
ference between the President and
Secretary MaeVeagh. Mr. Taft had
left entirely in the hands of the Sec
retary the selection of the new com
mission, and simply approved the men
recommended by Mr. MaeVeagh. It
had been a question as to whether the
new board should consist of three or
five members.
FIRES PLANT TO HIDE ROBBERY.
Omulia Factory Manager Confmnfii
Araiin and Ilurglnr 1'lot.
Guy Anderson, manager of the Ne
braska cotton glove factory in Oma
ha, which was damaged by Are Satur
day night to the extent of $10,000, has
confessed that he robbed the safe and
set fire to the building. In going over
the ruins the police discovered that
the safe was unlocked. Anderson was
sent for on the pretense that his as
sistance wus needed, and upon his ar
rival was arrested and accused of ar
son, in nis coniession no wouiu not
say how much money he had taken,
though he admitted that he had been
robbing the business for more than a
year.
lirruiHiiy Keeks Tar I IT Pact.
Count von llerstorff, Oerinan am
Imssiidor to the I'nlted States, explain
ed the situation created by the new
American tariff the other day In Her
lin as It relates to Germany. Repre
seiitatlves of all government deport
ments Interested in the subject were
present at the conference. The Ger
man government is planning for' a
new tariff agreement with the I'niied
Stales.
l our Held In "Incubator Cane."
Mrs. J. (1. llarclay, Frank li. Tlllot
son, J. N. Gentry, und David Gregg
wire arraigned before Judge Simon in
Topeka, Kan., on the churgo of kidnap
ing Marian llleukley, the Incubator
baby. All were bound over to the Dis
trict Court.
I. miner Uiirim lo Ileal Ii In llooiu
George Brische was burned to death
and Benjamin Sioikiiiau, a stranger. I
believed to have perished in a lire
which destroyed the Chamber of Com
inerce Rulldlng In Sacramento, Cal
Biische was a lodger in an upstair
room.
GO ES WAY 0 F ALL FLESH
Napoleon of Traffic World Expire
at Mis Residence in Arden Sur
roiiiiiicJ by Family.
tVORLD LOSES FINANCIAL POWER
the Cause of His Suffering Is
Mystery Which May Never
Be Solved.
Edward Henry Harrlman died at hi
home at Arden. X. Y., some time be
tween 1:30 and 3:35 o'clock Thursday
afternoon.
His end removes from tho railroad
world of the day Its supreme DgurBL
It leaves the greatest railroad systen
In the world a system which he him
self built up and welded together -
without a head. It marks the cloulnc
of a cureer unique in the financial hh-
tory of this country. At H Mr. Har-
rlniRn was an office boy; at 23 owner
of a seat in the Stock Exchange of
New York, and at 35 a millionaire. At
49,, though wevlthy, he was still a me
diocrity and In the wider sense un
known. In the ensuing twelve year
occurred the meteoric rise that mad
him the undisputed emperor of th
railroad business of the nation. Ills
death at CI is an event that will make
Itself felt throughout the eutlre finan
cial fabric of the world.
AVhlle It has been known for wertc
that Mr. Harrlman was a doomed mui
tho greatest, mystery surround th
nature of the disease from which lie
suffered. Stomach trouble was. th
Bame given to his illness by hia doc
tors, hut during the last three or tamt
weeks tho rumor gained wide circula
tion thnt he had cancer. It has been
Intimated by men who were in a posi
tion to know that he was afflicted vitlk
the same ailment that caused tb
death of the late William Rainey Har
per, president of the University of Chi
cago. The death of Mr. Harrlman remove
from the world Its greatest single raO
rond aud financial power of moderm
history.' Like a story from "The Ara
bian Nights" reads the biography off
this magician of steel rails and stock
markets.' In forty years, from poverty
and ' obscurity . to almost . fabulous
wealth and colossal power, from bro
ker's clerk to master of more than
75,000 miles of railroad and steamship
KDWAUD II. 1TARBIMAN.
lines, enough to belt the globe wltb-
a triple girdle; from market "acalpet"
to arbiter of more than $150,000,000 I
cash and with nearly a billion dollar.
in stocks and securities at his beck.
and call such is a bird's-eye view ot
the career of the "Napoleon of tb
railroad world," as they call him, irl
has just gone the way of all flesh.
How Harrlman got his start has
always been somewhat of a mystery
to AVall street. The methods by which
he bounded into command of the cap
tains of Industry have always been
an enigma to his rivals and associates
alike. Taciturn, mysterious, sphinx
like, but still wielding a wand that
seemed to turn everything it touched
into gold, Harrlman was the psycho
logical puzzle of the "Btreet."
MAJ. OEN. E. M. M'COOK DIES.
O llleer lit Civil War Succumb ACtmr-
llliifHa of Munlbi.
Gen. Edward M. McCook, two timw
Governor of Colorado when it waa-stilJ'
a territory and a Major General la the
army during the Civil War, died atttaa
Chicago Baptist Hospital. Geru Mo
Cook's home was in Denver, Colo. The
bdlUy wus taken to the general's for
mer home in Steubenville, Ohio. Air
McCook ca.:ne to Chicago two months
ago. He was suffering from JJrlghtV
disease and went to the hospital for
treatment. Gen. McCook was born iu
Ohio on June 13. 18;;:. Followin-r his
seivlng us Governor of the Territory
of lolorado he was appointed United
States Minister to Hawaii. Gen. Mo
Cook was a member of the fumily f
"liyhllng McCooks," almost, a score of
whom have been military men of famet
ll was active in the territorial legis
lature of Kansas at the time the State
of Kansas was formed. On the firs
shot at Stur.ter he joined the Kansas
legion unJ sustained the reputatl oa vS
his family throughout the war. II
wus eloquent as nn orator and on th
death of Gen. Thomas delivered th.,
funeral oretloti.
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