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DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1900?
VOLUME XVI II
NUMBER 19
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TWO SCORE MISSING
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SCOTIA STORM.
Steamers In Search of Routs Tick I'p
Several Frost Bitten Crews. lint
Slim IItlo Is Held Out for Safety r
Others.
Forty-two fishermen are missing
and many have, perishod In the bliz
zard that has been raging for more
than twenty-four hours on the Novn
Scotia coast during the week. Four
teen men are known almost certainly
to have been tost and the remaining
twenty-eight already are being mourn
ed, their chance for escape being re
garded as .small.
The fleet from Canso and from Pe
tite do Orat, about nine miles away,
were also caught In the storm, but es
caped by skilled boatmanship.
The storm Tuesday caught the fish
ermen all unaware. Lured by a line
morning that promised good lishing. the
men ventured to the outer edge of the
paddock fishing ground. At noon the
storm came up with great rapidity and
in a period measured by minutes the
ten-mile-an-hour wind was trans
formod Into a gale, the temperature
fell many degrees and thick snow ob
scured the view, so that many of tht
little craft were unable to make th
harbor.
Steamers were sent out Wednesd.-i
in search of the smacks. Several crews
frost-bitten from a night of exposure
were picked up, but many are stil:
missing, and the chance that they hnvt
escaped grows less as the hours pass
At the entrance to Whitehead har
bor a boat from Port Felix nettlemen
struck on Dogfish rocks and her crew
of seven were lost. Another boat, het
sail In tatters, was sighted off shore ni
Canso, but before assistance could pu
up she was lost from view In th
blinding snow. Her crew most havi
perished.
MOTHER AND CHILDREN PF.HISI
Father Jumps from Window and Suf
-.. fcrs Injuries willed May Fx" FutaW-
Mrs. Lilnton Davidson and her twe
children were burned to death in a iir
which destroyed the Hovenden liven
barn on Main street. Peoria, III., at nr.
early hour Wednesday moj-ning. Lin
ton Davidson, Sr., tho husband and
father, escaped from the fire by jump
ing from a two-story window to thi
Ice pavement below and suffered in
juries which may result In his death
Joseph Pacey, an aged man who
roomed with the Davidsons, Is believed
to have lost his life, as friends were
unable to locate him alter the flames
were under control and he is known t
have been In the building.
ITRH ALARMS GUESTS.
Smoke from Factory Blaze Pours Intc,
Hotel.
Guests In the llroiwlway hotel in
New York City hastily got together
their belongings and rushed into the
corridors Wednesday when smoke
from a burning- factory building in
Mercer street, directly in the rear,
poured Into the hotel. It was a considerable-time
before the clerks and
bell boys could calm tho excited guests.
The tiro itself Wiis extinguished with
small damage.
Another blaze which broke out
Bhortly afterward In an adjoining
building, and which, the firemen say,
could not have been started from the
original fire, is beina: Investigated. Tt
was checked In short order.
Poison In Cream Puffs,
Twenty-seven cases of ptomaine poi
t aoning, all but one traceable to the
eating of cream puffs or chocolate
eclalres, have been discovered In Syra
cuse, N. Y. Six members of one fam
ily were stricken Monday, three of an
other Tuesday and the remainder
Wednesday.
Wugo Question to Ro Arbitrated.
Members of the switchmen's union
representing the western railroads
Wednesday agreed with the Genernl
Managers' association to submit their
requests for advance wages and
change In hours to arbitration under
the Erdman law. The switchmen ask
ed for arbitration.
The World, a Raltimore, Md., after
noon newspaper, was sold at auction
Wednesday, following a receivership
for $67,500. Persistent rumor makes
Charles H. Grasty, formerly of the
Evening News, the purchaser.
Sioux City Uve Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Choice corn-fed steers, $6.60 8.60.
Top hogs, $$.46.
lire Threatens Embassy
Fire threatened the Japanese em
bassy early Wednesday at Washing,
ton. D. C. The flames broke out In
the stables In the rear as Baron Uchida
and Madam Uchida were returning
home from the diplomatic reception
at the White House.
Sognr Is Advanced.
All grades of refined sugar were ad
vanced 10 cents a hundred pounds
We&aeeday
FIRE IN CASTLEWOOU.
Dakota Town Narrowly Escapes De
struction.
The town of Castlerood. S. D.,
eighteen miles south of Watertown,
and the county seat of Hamlin county.
narrowly missed being wiped out by
fire Tuesday evening during a heavy
wind.
The entire south side of Main street
is In ashes and the loss Is estimated
at 1180,000, with about half1 Insured.
Twelve buildings are gutted and the
fire did not stop until the last building
on that side of the street was de
stroyed.
The fire started In Miller's hardware
store, and fanned by a high wind,
spread rapidly. Ten minutes after the
fire started two buildings were in
ashes and the entire block was threat
ened.
A message came to Watertown ask
ing for aid, and thirty men with fire
apparatus responded on a special
train. At one time It was feared the
entire business district would be de
stroyed.
When four buildings were gone an
attempt was made to check the flames
by dynamiting two stores, but the wind
carried tho flames on and they con
tined to spread.
At a late hour the fire burned itself
out on the extreme edge of Main
street. Tho losses are as follows:
Miller hardware store, $40,000; poo!
hall, $4,000; Ellefson restaurant, $4,
000; Dr. Crawford, office, $2,000; New
ton's clothing store, $30,000; Shank's
jowelry store, $15,000; real estate of
fice, $1,000; Hollls' general store, $35,
000; Helsols & Horn, meat market,
$5,000; Getty's barber shop. $3,000;
Bennett's harness shop, Implement
sheds and office, $50,000; residence
and land office, $4,000.
The origin of the fire is not known.
MEETS DEATfl IX AIRSHIP.
De la range, Noted French Aviator,
Is Killed.
I.eon de la Orange, the noted
French aeronaut, was killed while
making a flight at Bordeaux, France
Tuesday.
De la Grange fell with his machine
from a height of about sixty-five feet
and was crushed under the wreckage.
He had been flying In a wind that was
gusty and which frequently blew at
tho rate of twenty miles an hour. In
spite of this disadvantage, De la
Grange continued and had circled the
aerodrome three times when sudden
ly, as ho was turning at high speed
against tho wind, the left wing of the
monoplane broke and the other wing
collapsed. The machine toppled and
pliitiged'to the ground. ' Death ""was-
instantaneous.
The namo of Do la Grange Is the
fourth to be added to the roll of those
killed In a motor power aeroplane, all
within fifteen months.
INTERSTATE POULTRY SHOW.
To Ro Held at Sioux City, Iowa. Jan
uary 12-15. 1910.
Much Interest is being shown in the
Interstate Pet Stock and Poultry show
which Is to be held at tho new audito
rium in Sioux City, January 12 to 15,
inclusive. '
The first edition of premium lists
was exhausted in two days, nnd the
management are now sending out a
second edition, which goes to show the
great interest breeders are taking in
this event
A letter addressed to I. M. Asbjold,
care of auditorium, Sioux City, for pre
mium list and full Information will
receive prompt attention.
AMMONIA TASK BURSTS.
Fire Follows, Damaging a Storage
House ninl Produce,
Fire following the explosion of an
ammonia tank at the Pennsylvania
Storage and Warehouse company's
plant In Philadelphia, Pa., Tuesday
damaged machinery to the extent of
$25,000. Produce to the value of $150,
000 stored in the plant is threatened
as a result of the' breaking down of
the cold storage machinery. Owing to
the fumes of the escaping ammonia
the firemen were compelled tp use hel
mets equipped with oxygen tanks.
Ohio Murderer Cheats tho Law.
Charles Smith, alias" Mike Jordan,
A-ho Monday night murdered Mrs. Te
resa Barnhart, with whom ho board
ed, gave that crime a sensational cli
max, Tuesday when ho returned to
Akron, O., and killed himself in front
of the Barnhart home. The pollco were
searchlnging for him in Akron and
neighboring towns at the time he com
mitted suicide.
Drastic Check on Strikes.
Business has been so demoralized
Dy the coal strike In New South Wales
that the legislature Friday took tht,
drastic step of passing a bill rendering
both Btrlko leaders and employers who
instigate or aid a strike or lockout lia
ble to a year's Imprisonment.
Awarded 10,000 Damages.
Pasquale Corte, former Italian con
sul at Denver, Colo., was awarded $10,
000 damages In his suit against the
jsent Italian consul, Adolph Rossi,
.w. alleged libel.
Jermyn's Injuries Fatal.
Frank H. Jermyn, a capitalist of
Scranton, Pa., died In San Francisco,
Cal., Monday as the result of Injuries
suffered by being rur down by a
street car on New Year's morning.
Grain Elevator Burns.
The large elevator belonging to the
Farmers Grain and Live Stock com
pany In Oakland, Neb., was destroyed
by tire Tuesday. The cause of the tire
Is unknown.
NEW F1NAXCIAL M'...U
Morgan, liyun mid Mot ton In n Ti l!;
Alliance.
J. Pierpont Murgnti, Thomas Hyi
and Levi T. Morton United hands i
New York in a trust inciter whir
unites resources of $150.1100,000.
Is a triple combination, bringing ti
Guaranty Trust company, thu Morti
Trust company and the Filth Avenc.
Trust company, all of New York, un
der one head, with tho title of tlv
Guaranty Trust company. Themergc.
is perhaps the larj.-tst of Its kind in
the United States.
Directors of all three companies met
Monday and informally approved the
terms of the merger.
Levi P. Morton, who Is president of
the Morton Trust company and the
Fifth Avenue Trust company both
known as Morton-Ryan concerns hns
consented to act as chairman of the
boayd of the merged companies, for
which no president has yet been se
lected. The name of Alexander J.
Hemphill, vice president and acting
president of tho Guaranty Trust com
pany, has been, mentioned for the posi
tion, however.
This new move In finance follows
the recent absorption of the Guaranty
Trust company by the so-called Mor
gan interests, but upon just what
terms the merger was made was not
disclosed. The Guaranty Trust com
pany was organized in 1891 and has
total deceits of more than $88,000,
000. The Morton Trust company,
which was formerly the N banking
house of Bliss, Morton & Co., was or
ganized In 1899. Thomas F. NRyan Is
vice president. Its deposits aggregate
more than $15,000,000. Like the Guar
anty Trust company. Its capital and
surplus are $2,000,000.
SLAIN BY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Tennessee Man In Duel with 65-Ycar-Old
Woman.
Clarence Carney faced his 65-year-old
mother-in-law In a revolver duel
Monday night at Dryden, Tenn., and
was killed. The mother-in-law, Mrs.
Sarah Griffith, had met Carney In the
front yard of a neighbor to discuss a
quarrel of long standing. The discus
sion became heated, revolvers.flashed
and Carney fired throe times at the
aged woman. Although one bullet
struck her In the hip producing a se
rious wound, she stood her ground,
firing five times before ser son-in-law
sank dead to the ground. About a
year ago Carney's wife committed sui
cide by drinking carbolic acid.
CARFARE FIGHT LOST.
Attempt1) Tovcr Company to Self'Six
Tickets for 25 Cents Fails. ,
In an opinion by Justice Day tho
United States supreme court Monday
held to be Invalid the ordinance adopt
ed by the city council of the city of
Minneapolis, Minn., in 1907, requiring
the Minneapolis street railway com
pany to sell six tickets for 25 cents.
The company fought tho ordinance
on the ground that it was a violation
of the contract implied In its char
ter, which, .issued In 1S73, was to run
lor fifty years and which authorized
a charge of 5 cents for each ride.
FACE A 1UEL SHORTAGE.
Gas Pumping Plant In Kansas Is
Wrecked hy Explosion.
The Kansas cities using natural gas
were confronted with another shortage
of fuel Monday night, as the pumping
plant at Sclpio was blown up. The
Sclplo station was used to give added
pressure. The pipe line has not been
damaged, it Is said. This will insure
a small supply of gas to all the cities,
but the pressure will bo weak, accord
ing to the gas company officials.
Oil Case Dismissed. ,,
The case of tho Prairie OH and Gas
company, which attracted so mych
attention in Oklahoma during the
campaign of 190S because of the inter
vention by Gov. Haskell, in the Inter
est of the company, was dismissed
Monday In the supreme court of the
United States. The effect of tho dls
missal is favorable to the governor's
contentions.
Fake Racer Sentenced.
Ernest L. Powers, the former unl
versity student who wad found guilty
recently of defrauding a Denver man
out of $13,700 through a "fake" foot
race nt Council Bluffs, la., was sen
tenced at Denver,' Colo., Monday to
from two to seven years In the peni
tentiary. Rattle with Robbers.
An exciting chase Monday through
the snow and a revolver battle be
tween two robbers, who attempted to
rob the postofllce, and residents of
Norwood Park, a suburb of Chicago,
resulted in tho capture of one robber
and the wounding of the other.
Twenty Thousand Miners Idle.
Twenty thousand miners are idle
In the Northumberland, England, coal
districts as a consequence of the dis
pute over the eight-hour act, which
became effective January 1. The men
at the few collieries which are still
active have given notice" that they
will quit.
' Knows Where Cook It.
Walter Lonsdale, Dr. Frederick A.
Cook's secretary, announced In Copen
hagen Monday that he had received a
letter from Dr. Cook, but he declined
to give the explorer's address.
While playing with a loaded'rlfle at
Seneca, Kan., Monday the 6-year-old
daughter of H. H. Rottlnghous placed
the muzzle In her mouth and her t
yearold brother pulled the trigger.
The Uttle girl was instantly killed.
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News of the Week
In Concise Form
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BOUND OVER.
Wilson, Chnrjrcd with Killing Alns
worlh Man, Waives Examination.
George Wilson, charged with the
murder of Jacob Davis, a prominent
resident of Ainsworth, December 27.
appeared Tuesday in the county court
for preliminary heaving. Ho waived
examination and was held to the dis
trict court without bail and Is now in
tho county Jail.
Helen Lends, who is believed to be
an Important witness for the state,
was held in the sum of $500, and, in
default of same, was given Into custo
dy of Ufo sheriff. Jacob Davis was
shot and his head lacerated with a
hatchet, while on the way home from
his place of business. Robbery was ev
idently the motive, ns about $300 was
taken from his person. - The chain of
circumstantial evidence against Wil
son Is very strong.
IOTTER1ES IX OMAHA.
Authorities Propose to Make a Cam
paign Against Them.
The drug store lottery, tho pool
room and cigar store raffle, the gro
cery prize winner, and all other games
of chance that have flourished to such
an extent since Uncle Sam placed his
foot upon the big lotterlej, must go
at least so far as Omaha is con
cerned. The proposed war upon the little
lotteries and games of chance does
not come about ns a spontaneous move
to start a purity crusade, but is a con
certed action by Judge Kstello, of the
district court. Chief Donahue, of the
police force, and Mog Bernstein, chief
officer of the juvenllo'eourt. For years
these concerns have flourished until
they huve become one of the most pro
voking nuisances with which the le
gitimate dealer hns to contend.
CHARLES CARRICO HELD.
Mnn Living at ldlgar Arrested nt Be
atrice. Charles li. Ourrloo, of Edgar, is un
der jirrost in BeatrK.on tfce chnrfee of
bigamy made by Viola Grace Rhoads.
After their marriage some timo ago
the complaining witness alleges the
defendant was married under the
name of Charles It. Cnrrleo nt Atchi
son, Kan., March 23, 1S9S, to Maud
Liggett. January 11 the defendant
was married to Viola Grace Rhoads,
securing the license under the namo
of BiibcI C. Carrlco.' Currico was ar
raigned in county court and pleaded
not guilty. Ills preliminary hearing
was set for January 13 and In default
of $1,000 he was locked in jail.
Wolk Killed In Omaha.
William Maxwell shot and killed a
wolf in tho wilds of Rogers' grove on
Sixth street, between Wonlworth ave
nue and Pine street, Omaha. Mr.
Maxwell wrote the state auditor ask
ing how much bounty he would re
ceive for his brave action. As tho law
was repealed by the legislature some
time ago, Mr. Maxwell gets nothing,
other than satisfaction.
Rowe Beats the Ice Trust.
Superintendent Rowe of the institute
for the feeble minded has stored in
his ice hor-es at the Institution 4 00
tons of ice, at a cost of about 10 cents
a ton, or $40. The ice" is twelve inches
thick, nnd before tho winter Is over Dr.
Howe expects to put up at least 20
tons more, and his total cost he figures
will not be more than $60.
Error in Bulletin.
Through a clerical error In Bulletin
No. 17, issued by the bureau of labor,
Sheridan county, is credited with the
production of 71.984 bushels of pota
toes instead of 719,610 bushels. The
correction of this error puts Sheridan
county in the first place In potato pro
duction for tho state.
Fast Skating.
Leonard Vohc, principal of tho
schools at Dunning, skated on the
Middle Loup from Dunning to his
home near Walworth In less than four
hours, where he came to spend the
holidays with homo foli'.s.
Danger in Corn Stalks.
Losses from the corn stalk dlseuic
are being reported every day at Sar
gent, and it Is with great risk that the
corn fields are being pastured. These
conditions make hay high und the con
sequences ure that not the usual num
ber of cattle are being wintered.
Prison Association,
v The annual meeting of the Nebras
ka Prison association was held ut Lin
coln Thursday. Officers were elected
and the reports of the officers were
read.
New Record for Hogs,
The price of hogs at the South Oma
ha market reached another high rec
ord Wednesday when $8.57 Vi per hun
dred pounds was paid for one ship
ment of 71 hogs averaging 280 pounds
each from Richfield, Neb.
Two hundred men and boys engaged
In a wolf hunt east of Sargent. Four
wolves were rounded up and killed.
The hunters covered 25 sections of
lao
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STATE NEWS
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MIALLEXBEHGEU SAYS NO.
Warrant for Secretary of Normal
Hoard Will Not He Honereil.
Gov. Shallenberger nnd Auditor Bar
ton Monday stated that no more war
rants for the salary of Rev. Luther P.
Ludden, secretary of the state normal
board, would be honored.- Ludden Is
a member of the board and tho law
forbids the pnment of salaries to
members. Ludde.i has drawn about
$1,100. The matter was made public
when Gov. Shallenberger wrote a let
ter to President Chllds, of tho Btate
board, and asked for an explanation.
Ludden says that Senator Norrls
Brow i, then attorney general, author
ized the payment of the salary In a
verbal opinion.
Norrls Brown, In a signed telegram,
from Washington, denied the state
ment of Rev. Mr. Ludden. Ho said
he had never sanctioned the salary
proposition.
EVAXGELIST'S SON TOO GAY.
Arrested nt I'nlrbury for Shooting Real
I Bullets.
The evangelist, Dr. Herbert Yeuell,
who Is holding revival meetings In
Falrbury, was called out about 12:30
Saturday Vnornlng to ball his son out
of Jail. It seems that the boy, who is
about 1" years of ago, was out watch
ing the old year out and the new
year In. When the whistles began to
blow the boy whipped Out H revolver
and begun shooting loaded cartridges
down the street. He was arrested.
The boy protested oh the grounds
that he attended military academy,
and that that gave him license to curry
a revolver, but the officer decided it
did not give hltn lleonse to shoot lead
bullets clown the street.
CAREER FILLED WITH CRIME.
Man Whit Drank Wood : Alcohol ll,
Penitentiary Goes Blind.
Few men of his ago have hud a ca
reer more tilled with crinre than has
Simeon Hudson, tho young prisoner In
the Nebraska penitentiary who has
.lust gone totally blind -from the effects
of drinking '7oiiJ Ulcirhot'f ine' fiaa'a
of Intoxication. flridnmv who Is a tall.
fine looking young man. Is but 26 years
of age. lie ponies from n good family
in Iowa and is serving n sentence of
five nnd one-half years for forgery,
having been sentenced by Judge Will
tmn Kelligar In the Johnson county
district court. October, 1907.
Sixteen Hamulus Fatal Ut Boy.
After eating sixteen bananas John
Claussen, 10 years of age. became ill
and died at his home at Bladen Mon
day. With u'number of -companions,
he entered a restaurant. Fora cash
payment of 5 cents the proprietor of
fered the boys all the bananas they
could eat. It Is claimed that the fruit
had been frozen.
I Ins n Bud Fall.
County Supervisor Richard Stafford
met with u serious accident on Thurs.
day nt his home nt Bancroft. He was
taken with u severe spell of coughing
nnd in the paroxysm he lost his bal
ance and fell on an icy cement side
walk with great force, sustaining a
fracture of the skull. Some hope of
recovery Jh hold by attending physi
cians. Illness Postpones Wedding
Friends nre concerned over the mis
fortune of Contractor Kvans, of the
postofflce building in Grand Island,
and Miss Grace Gorman, who went to
Omaha n few days ago to bo murrled.
The bride was accompanied by her
mother und brother. When the party
reached Omaha the groom was sud
denly taken ill nnd the wedding had
necessarily to be portponeil.
Recluse Dies from Exposure.
Herman Schloesser, an old Imchelot
who lived alone neur Beaver Crossing,
was taken III while alone and when
found on Wednesday night was lying
partly on the lloor and partly on a
sofa nearly frozen. Tho exposure
caused his death. He was 49 years
of age.
"Let .Me Sleep Liilc;" Never Woke Up.
"Let me sleep lato in the morning;
I'm all In," said C. A. Orre, a laborer,
when he went to bed Saturday night
at the Saratoga hotel In Omaha. The
clerk called him at noon Sunday, but
Orre's long sleep proved his last ono
Ho was dead.
Mrs, McColg to Kansas City.
Mrs. Nell McColg lert Grand Island
for Kansas City, where she will tako
charge of tho body of her husband,
the man found murdered last Sunday,
and will have it sent to Watson, Mo
where other members of his family lie
burled.
Saloon Men Sued.
Mrs. Orpha lnman began an action
in the district court against five North
Platte saloonkeepers and their bonds
men, In which she seeks to recover
damages Inthe sum of $20,000. ..
Stewart for Principal.
At a meeting of the school board In
Sterling prof. O. P. Stewart, of Schuy-.t-i-
wad chosen as superintendent of
the schools there, to suoceed Prof. J.
A. Dtmmlck deceased
NATlOMlfeCAPlTALJ
Folks who live In towns of a thou
sand population will have nil the postal
facilities enjoyed by people In the great
cities, if a bill Introduced In the House
by Representative Grlent, of Pennsyl
vania, goes through. The bill proposes
the establishment of an urban mall de
livery service in such towns where
there ore second or third-class postof
ftces and it contemplates a feature of
tho mall service which may be viewed
as an extension of tho rural delivery
while in fact It Blso embodies the prin
ciples of tho city delivery servire.
'There Is a gap between the city nnd
rural mall delivery." said Mr. Grlest,
which Is literally a discrimination
against many millions of people resid
ing In approximately 5,000 of the small
er cities or towns throughout the coun
try. These citizens are supporting a
class of postofllces which do not add to
the postal deficit. The cost will hard
ly approximate $1,000 per ofllce per an
num as practically none of the smaller
presidential offices would require more
nan two carriers, while In tho major
ity of cases sn adequate service could
be accorded with a single carrier. The
creation of an urban delivery service
will be sure to result beneficially to
tho millions of citizens living In the
smaller cities and towns who Just ap
peal to Congress asking tho removal
of the discrimination in tho collection
ind delivery of mail matter."
Everything on wheels looks like a
vehicle to Washington's chief of police,
and his next order will put roller
skates In that category. Tho chief has
fo-nid that roller-skaters are a nul
sunce. Therefore tho Bldewalks will be
barred to them nnd they will have to
use the streets, taking their Chances
with automobiles and the fire depart
ment wagons. Everybody in Washing
ton skates, men and women, boys and
girls. Clerks In tho departments use
skates to save carfare, and shopgirls
drop their bolts of ribbon to buckle on
rollers as soon as the doors to tho big
department stores roleaso them from
the day's work. But it's the boys that
are aimed at by the police chief. They
use the sidewalks and have scared
many sedate old citizens almost into
apoplexy.
To count the coins and securities in
tho United States treasury it has taken
a committee of four persons, supervis
ing from thirty to forty counting ex
perts, almost two months. .Upon the
retirement of Charles II. Treat " as
Treasurer it became necessary to count
the contents of the vaults, and tho In
coming Treasurer, Lee McClung, give
a receipt for all valuables. Mr. Mc
Clung has given to Mr. Treat a receipt
for $1,259,001,756.37 2-3, the exact con
tents of the treasury Not a cent was
found to be missing from Uncle Sam's
pocketboolc It was tho quickest count
ever mado by tho treasury, and was
absolutely necessary before Mr. Treat
could bo relieved of tho responsibili
ties of the oinee. Tho count included
158,521,317 sliver dollar pieces.
An army of 67,000 strong is being or
ganized. It is to be ono of peace and
not of war and will be engaged next
spring In taking the census. In other
words, there are 67,000 or more Jobs
awaiting to be handed out to those who
wish to servo as enumerators. No par
ticular ability Is required to paaa th
examination to which cuch applicant
will be subjected. Tho examinations
are to be practical and will be confined
to lining out the blanks that will h
used in taking the census. The super
visors of the 350 enumeration districts
will recommend for appointment those
who have pussed the best examina
tions. In a recent address President Tuft
said there were many ways of saving
money, and ono of theso was the bring
ing up of a standard of efficiency of
the employes In governmental depart
ments. Ho said that he felt like one
crying In the wilderness to advocate
civil pensions, but he believed the time
would como when the policy would
have to be adopted In order that tht
government could run Its business a
it should be run.
The project of a canal connecting
Lake Superior and the Mississippi Riv
er by way of tho St. Croix River Is
disapproved in a report forwarded to
Congress by Gen. Murshall, chief of the
corps of engineers. Gen. Marshall also
reports adversely regarding tho pro
posal to enlarge the anchorage area In
the Superior entrance to the Duluth-
Superlor harbor.
The Smithsonian African expedition,
headed by former President Theodore
Roosevelt had, up to Dec. 10, taken
6,663 skins. The collection consists of
243 large mammals, 1,600 small mam-
mala and 1,356 birds. The collection
has a series of human skulls picked
up along the line of the ancient slave
trail.
To help in assorting the extra Imavv
foreign mall of the Christmas season,
Uncle Sam sent extra clerks on the
steamship New York for Southampton.
The leasing of coal-bearing lands
within forest reserves Is authorized Id
bill introduced by Senator C. I. Craw
ford of South Dakota.
The Secretary of War urges Congress
to pass a law placing the quartermas
ter's department at the big forts on
permanent basis on the ground that
the business of the forts could be mort
effectively administered by men famll-
lar with the conditions surrounding
them.
ftv a lolnt resnlutlnn nrrnr in rvn..
vrpHfl a commission r, f .unan .. I .
provided to investigate the prospects
for a seml-centennlal celebration of
the emancipation proclamation In 191$,
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Retail clerks In Sacraments,
Kwlll be organized this month.
Retail grocery clerks In Philadelphia
have undertaken a campaign for or
ganization. A movement has been started In St.
Paul, Minn., for the formation of a
pipe trades council. '
The Alabama State Federation ad
vocates the establishment of a naffon
al tuberculosis sanatorium.
According to the Inst available Jig
ures, those of 1907, Denmark had
trade union membership of 109,914.
Oklahoma City has started a move
ment to get the convention of tho In
ternational Typographical Union in
1912."
Steps have been taken looking to the
formation of a State organization of
bricklayers and stone masons In Min
nesota. Short time notices have been ported
In the locomotive industry at Horwich,
England, where five thousand men are
employed.
Boston (Mass.) boiler makers have
ununlmously rejected the terms pro
posed for their return to the A. V. of
L, international fold.
For the two-year period ending June
30, the International Association of
Machinists paid strike benefits
amounting to $612,896.50.
A dradlock has occurred in the South
IXi ujshlre (England) pottery trade
with regard to tho revised scale . of
payments to the sanitary pressers.
A most serious strike of gas workers
In Italy took place recently." Tho :gas
men's federation gave the signal and
tho men struck at Milan, Madona and
Genoa.
Tho Journeymen bukers of Pari
France, and suburbs have Issued,, an
appeal to the public to boycott all pak
erles where Sunday work Is still' car
ried on.
The master tailors' organization of
London, England, la considering" the
advisability of forming a strong rado
union in order to protect their Inter
ests under the trades boards bill.
New England clgarmakers' unions
will undertake a vigorous label cam
paign in Vermont, and the most 'par
ticular attention will be paid to Rut
land and vicinity. ,
Tho Swedish government has inter
vened to settle the dispute which was
the cause of the general strike f n
Stockholm. Arbitrators have been, ap
pointed for this purpose, and to draft
regulaflnns- for wtUeimiiti t ' future,
disputes. . .
"The commercial telegraphers' or
ganization Is actively engaged in .or
ganization v. work, the Southeastern
States being tho principal Held of .ac
tivity. New unions have been formed
in Charleston, S. C; Columbia, S. C,
and Augusta, Ga.
The, bookbinding societies of Great
Britain have for tho last twolve months
been considering a scheme of amalga
mation, which lias received the iina)
sanction of the members belonging. to
the various unions connected with that
Industry. '
Minneapolis (Minn.) Typographical
Union Is considering a new constitu
tion and by-laws, a most ' Important
feature of which is the establishment
of a loan fund for needy members.
This Is being ' established to circum
vent the loan sharks who have preyed
on woikingmen in thatj city.
A special meeting of Boston (Mass.)
Coremtikcrs' Union has been culled," to
consider whether it will admit to mem
bership tho women employed in She
core making shops of Greater Boston,
or contest --with the proprietors oyer
tho propriety of their employment In
this arduous laboring work.
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The trans-Pacific yacht race from
San Pedro, Cal., to Honolulu wlll.b
sailed again next July.
Thomas Johnson, quarterback, has
been elected captain of the Kanjsas
University foot ball team for 1916.
Ozana won the handicap race at ?!x
furlongs at Tampa, Fla. T. M. Green,
the favorite, ran a disappointing race,
finishing last. ,
At Emeryville, Cal., the Ke,en9
Stables won twice, Boggs taking the
Berkeley handicap and Nagazarna car
rying off a purse event
Over 6,000 witnessed an excellent
racing progrum at Moncrlef Park,
Jacksonville, Fla. The Quickstep han
dicap went to Sir Ormonde,
The fight at Paris between Sam Mo
Vey and Joo Jeanette, the American
colored heavyweights, was declaredly
the referee to be a draw at the end .01
thirty rounds.
, Base ball in the Minneapolis hlgtr
schools may be ubaudoned and the
popular game of lacrosse, the favorite
Canadian outdoor sport, may be sub
stituted. No decision as to that ef
fect has yet been made, but the sub
ject Is being agitated and the plan may
be carried out.
At the meeting of the South Atlantic
league directors In Augusta, Ga.. it wu
decided to cut the league down to sis
clubs. Knoxvllle was eliminated amf
the Charlestown fans may replace Co
lumbia. Columbia will remain.
Star Pointer, 1:59. the first horse
to reach the two-minute goal, son)
whose record stands as the official "un
paced" record of the world, his time
in the open having never been beaten,
except by Dan Patch. X : 55 V4. was re
cently purchased through Dave Me
Cleary of New York, who drove him to
his mark
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