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TA COUNTY ISfnt-.' . I I XLiA,jCIJ..l MOTTO All Tho News When It Is Notts. VOLUMEXVIII DAKOTA CITY, NEIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1910. NUMBER 30 BR MjH O CURRENT HAPPENINGS FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS. 300,000 MEN GO OUT MIXKItS QUIT VOKK IX ItllTMIN. Ol'S COAL I II :i. Its. Increase In Vny Demanded Opcra orators Do Not IVar u Fuel famine, an Large Supplies lliive lleen Stored In Anticipation of Walkout. Three hundred thousand organized miners of the bituminous coald fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Ar kansas quit work at midnight Thurs day pending settlement of a new wiiko scale. Officers of the United Mine Workers of North America declared that the walkout was not a strike, but merely a suspension of work because no wage scale had been made to rppla.ee the old scale, which expired with the month of March. The miners demand an increase of pay In some instances of S cents a ton and In other instances of more, with certain changes in working condi tions. Confidence was expressed by the op erators that there would be no gen eral coal famine, large supplies of fuel having been stored In anticipation of the walkout. While the miners predict that the suspension will be cut short by a prompt signing of wage scales, some of the operators maintain that the mines may be kept closed for a month or longer. The first settlement came In an an nouncement from Ttrazil, Ind., the center of the Indiana block coal field, where the men's demand for a 5-cent Increase was granted. President Lewis, before leaving to visit the centers of the different min ing fields, made the following estimate of the number of miners affected by the suspension of work: Western and central Pennsylvania, 100,000; Ohio, 47,000; Indiana, 18, 000; West Virginia, 10.000; Illinois, 72,000; Iowa, 15,000; Michigan, 3,000; Kansas, Arkansas, Texas and Okla homa, 25,000; Colorado, 5,000; west ern Kentucky. 5,000. Total, 300,000. MERRICK'S FEE PRUXEI. Xew York Attorney's 90,000 Chaise for Services Cut to S0. D. Cady Ilerrick's fee of $9,000 for pine days' service as referee In the Eleventh avenue lltigatian between the city of New York and the New York Central railroad was cut to $90 Thursday by Archibald Watson, the corporation counsesl. Mr. Herrick had already been paid by the railroad, which then sent a lilll to the city. Mr. Watson thought the bill excessive, and offered to com promise at $5,000. The railroad re fused, whereupon the corporation counsel cut the bill to the $10 a day allowed by the law. IIRIRE STORY REIjATEO. Mississippi State Senator Tells of Ac. ccpting $615. State Senator Theodore Itllbo ap peared before an executive session of the Mississippi senate Thursday night and told In detail 8. story of accept ance by him of an alleged bribe of $545 from L. C. Dulaney. a planter. to change his vote from former Gov. Vardaman to Leroy Percy for United States senntor. The storj said to have been related by Bilbo to the sen ate Is almost Identical with that al ready published when the charges were made public and denied by I)u laney. Another lioiuh Explodes. The explosion of a bomb In the""! basement of fin East Thirty-ninth street tenement in New York Thurs day shook the structure to Its founda tions, shattered every pane of glass In It and created a panic throughout the entire block. Police attribute the ex plosion to lilack Hand operators. Insists on (iolnjj to Jail. Former Probate Judge John T, Gale, of Columbus, O., who was in dicted Wednesday on three counts charged with giving bribes to (Jeorge E. Woods, applied at the court house Thursday to K've himself up. He In sisted on poing to Jail, saying he would ask no man tr go his bond. Forest Fire Cheeked. Forest fires Wednesday threatened the town of Pcofield, Wis. More than 400 men fought the flames with back fire. Sloax City Mve Stoc k .Market. Thursday's (imitations on the Sioux City live stock market follow: Top beeves, $7.25. Top hogs, $10.70. Marie Corclll III. Marie Corelll, novelist, Is seriously 111 of pneumonia at her home, Mason croft Stratford-upon-Avon, England Her condition hnr given rise to con viderable alarm. Klglit Yean for llluamy. Emll von MueJIer, "the marrying count," was sentenced at Jersey City, If. J., Thursday to eight years' Impris onment for bigamy. NEW PACT IX I'OR(T. Tnft Proclaims an Agreement Tilth Canada. ' Following the proclamation of a romplete tariff agreement with Can ada Wednesday, It was announced thHt President T;.ft has Invited the domln- 1 Ion govei iiiuciit tj u conference lead- ! Ing to closer trade relations between the two countries and to a general ' adjustment of duties. I The president's Invitation to Canada j Is Included in an exchange of notes ; between Secretary of State Knox h'ld- ! the Dominion government. The note expresses satisfaction at the happy I termination of the tai iff negotiation and advances the hope that the way 1 has been opened for an early settle- I ment of all differences between the ! two governments. Including the trou- I blesnme question of the Water bound- ' ary line. The note then expresses the j belief from the American point of I view that the time is ripe for a con- ference looking to the betterment of trade relations between the two coun tries. The unofficial story of the negotia tions with Canada looking to the set tlement announced Wednesday, by which Canada Is declared entitled to the minimum rates of the Payne-Ald-rlch law, Is perhaps more nterestlns than the specific announcement as to Just what articles are Included in the concessions granted on either side. President Taft from the first did not hesitate to let It be known that he would go a long way. to avoid a tariff war with Canada. Such a war, he be lieved, would fall heavily upon Amer ican interests and manufacturers, it was the president who took the Initia tive in Inviting Finance Minister Field ing to Albany to discuss the differ ences between the two countries. The exchange of views at Albany was such as to indicate that peace was assured. I SEIZE A DIAMOND CIIAIX. Customs Officers Hold IJuajSHue of a Montana Woman. Through counsel Mrs. Cornelia Woolman, of Helena. Mont., surren dered to the customs authorities at New York Wednesday a diamond chain and pendant valued at $5,000, which she brought with her on the steamship George Washington on March 21. Customs officers seized her baggage and wearing apparel w.hen she arrived, charg'ng that she had failed to declare certain articles, and an examination revealed a Parisian Jeweler's receipt for the pendant. Although Mrs. Woolman says the stones were purchased in the United States, the government contends that having been mounted in Paris they are now dutiable at the rate of 63 per cent. The rate on diamonds un mounted Is 10 per cent. rorxi) DYixti ox doorsep. Mystery In Demise of Wcullliy Ohio Business Man. Clad only In his night shirt and with a deep gash 'n the side of his head. Hugh McFall, a wealthy business man of Mansfield, O., was found Wednes day dying on his doorstep, lie died without recovering consciousness. Mc Fall lived alone and had no near rel atives. . He was seen alive about midnight Tuesday, when he was observed by neighbors putting his automobile in the garage at the rear of the house. It was impossible to ascertain whether robbery had been committed. CUPID DEFIES A POSSE. San Diego I jo I and His Swcelicart in a Second Elopement. Armed with two revolvers and de termined to do battle for the lady of his choice, against any odds, Thomas Foreman, the 17-year-old son of a wealthy merchant of Dan Diego, Cub, for the second time eloped Monday night w'th Gertrude Selfert. his 15-year-old Bweetheart, and headed for Death Valley, In an automobile. His progress was stayed by the snow which blocked the roads at Des Conas, 25 mMes east of San Diego, and It is reported that a battle occurred at that place, the youth standing off the posse which set out in pursuit. Vessels Coining to Port. Further advices by wireless .from the sealing fleet in the gulf of St. Law rence und on the grand banks indicate that the vessels are meeting with de cided success this season. Already the Bealers have begun to put into port. $100,001) Fire ut Pctcrslnigr, Ind. Fire, caused by "a gas explosion in the Hoosler Dottle works at Peters burg, Ind., destroyed the building, a dwelling three cars, over 100 yards of track and the upper works of a mine. The loss was $100,000. Baseball Kills Young Boy. The season's first baseball fatality at Heading. Pa., was r ported Tues day. James C. Allen, 14 years old, was hit on the bead by a fly ball and died in a few hours. Nearly Fifty Droun. A caravan of fifty gypsies broke through the Ice on Cheremonetzkl lake, near Lugu, Russia, Wednesday. Of the men, women and children all but a few were drowned. Greek Purliuiiient .Meets. The proclamation convoking the na tional assembly of Greece was read by K'ng George in the chamber Wed nesday and was revived with cheers. Queen Olga wua present. COI-OHAIK) CXPER SNOW. F.llw.nl of Terrific Violence Hits tho State. Winds of almost Herculean violence, accompanied by heavy rain Bnd snow, Tuesday nearly cut off the city of Denver, Colo., from the outside world. Her the entire region west of Kan Fas City to the Pacific coast, from Santa Fe, N. M.. Into central Wyo ming, the storm raged, paralyzing tel egraphic communication and seriously delaying railroad traffic. At an early hour the Western Union had but almost every wire east of Denver. Telephone wires were press ed into service, but they, too, failed. I'.y noon every wire east of Denver was silent, the postal company hav ing lost Its routes also. At Limon, Colo., the snow was five feet deep, blocking all traffic on the Chicago, Hock Island and Pacific rail toad. The high wind is blowing the snow Into Immense drifts. The railway station at Genoa, Colo., was blown away, but so far as known no one was hurt. Forty miles of tele graph poles were blown down be tween Fort Morgan and Wray, Colo. The storm appears to have devel oped on the eastern slope of the Rock ies and moved rapidly eastward, the heavy snowfall following In the wake of n sleet storm and being whtzaed across the prairies by a wind that al most assumed the proportions of a gale. Wire communication with the Pa cific coast also has suffered materially from the storm, and what few tele graphic communications are possible are going by circuitous and unusual routes. The rain that began falling Monday In western Nebraska In a mild shower turned. to snow Tuesday, and Tuesday night was a severe, bliz zard, driven by a strong northwest wind, blocking trains In the extreme western part of the state and severely Impairing telegraph and telephone fa cilities. LOST FAITH IX RANKS. ' Kansas Blacksmith Has His. Strong Box Tapped by Robbers. Frank Hader. a retired blacksmith at Dodge City, Kan., lost all faith in hunks several years ago, when the In stitution In which he had his money failed. lie declared he never would pluce another cent In a bank, and he never d'd. Instead, he banked his money In an old iron box and secreted It In the basement of his home. There' was 12, 700 In It Monday night when Bader put It carefully away. Every cent was In gold. 1 During the night robbers entered the basement and, after drilling a hole In th- box curried away the money. Budcr 's penniless now. WATER NEEDED OX MARS. Prof. I. o oil Declares the Plunet Is Undergoing Decay. Prof. Perclval Lowell, director of the Lowell observatory at Flagstaff, appeared quite unexpectedly at the meeting of the British astronomical association In London Wednesday and delivered an address defending his contentions with regard to the planet Mars. The audience included Edward W. Maunder, superintendent of the solar department, Royal observatory, Greenwich, and other scientists who have disputed Prof. Lowell's theories. Prof. Lowell has hald that In his opinion the Martians, while intelligent, are not In any way similar to human beings. He also has declared that Mars Is now dying from lack of water. MOUNTAIN'S OX FIRE. Residents In the Vicinity of Great Northern Range Seek Help. The Great Northern mountains west of Winchester, Va., were on fire Wed nesday and residents at their feet were calling for help. Every able bodied man in Wardensvllle was pressed into service to fight the flumes. The loss, which aggregates thousands of dollars, had been confined to timber up f.o Wednesday, when the homes and lives of the residents along the mountain sides were in grave danger. Seeks Duel; Is Arrested. John G: Hambrlck, of New York, was arrested at Huntsville, Ala., Mon day charged with sending a chal lenge to fight a duel with John Kognn shott, of Gurley. The men had trou ble over a division of property. Rubber Plants Shut Down. The United States Rubber com pany's Alice shoe mill of Woonsock et. R. I., and rubber boot mill of Mlll vllle, Mass., were shut down Tuesday until April 11. The two plants em ploy 2,000 hands. Sheepmen Fight a Duel. Two sheepmen fought a duel neat Black Mountain, Wyo., resulting in the death of one and the serious wounding of the otlu r. The dead man's name is riot known. J. 11. Brad ley was the wounded survivor. Wanted for Bobbery. In the Bow street police court ot London Tuesday a warrant was Issued fur the arrest of Frank M.ithuslc, who Is wanted In St. Lou's, Mo., to answer to the charge of robbery. Judge I'uikcr in St. Petersburg. Former Judge Alton B. Parker wa the guest at luncheon ut St. Peters- burg of M. Kokovsoff, I'.usslan minis I er of finance. Nebraska tST Week JTW J Tf form' Slate News HAS CIVIL WAR RELIC. Paper Published at Vic k-buraV Miss., In ir,r. W. M. Williams, of West Tolnt, is the possessor of an Interesting relic of the civil war a copy of the Dally Citizen, Vlcksburg. MIf9., Issued on Thursday, July 2, 1 805. It is printed on the back of an ordinary sheet of wall paper, four columns wide. It Is filled with fiery denunciation of the hated "yanks" and breathes a spirit of Intense sectionalism. The follow ing are extracts from the paper: "We lay before our readers In this Issue an account of Lee's brilliant and successful onslaught upon the aboli tion hordes, ?tc." This refers to Lee's raid through Virginia and Maryland and the writer concludes the para graph thus: "Today Maryland Is ours, tomorrow Pennsylvania will be, nnd the next day Ohio, now mldwny, like Mohammed's coflln, will fall. Success and glory to our arms, God ond the right are with us." Another Interesting Item Is: "The great Ulysses, the yankee generalissi mo, surnamed Grant, has expressed his intention of dining in Vlcksburg on Sunday next and celebrating the Fourth of July by a grand dinner. Ulysses must get Into the city before he can dine In it." TO DIVIDE CUSTER COUNTY. Callaway Citizens Rack of Project to Create Five Counties. At a meeting held at Callaway re cently R. E. Brega. John Moran, W. T. Keyes, H. H. Andrews, G. II. La fleur, E. W. Rusk, Charles Humphrey, M. E. Schneringer nnd Will M. Dunn were elected as delegates to attend the county division lines convention to be held at Grand Island. It Is thought that a five-county cut hns been prac tically decided upon, and If these lines are adopted they will throw a portion of Broken Bow in the county with Ansley and the other portion In the county with Callaway. Sargent, Ans ley Merna, Oconto and Callaway will bo the prospective new county seats. In the campaign last year lines were drawn favoring Broken Bow and giv ing that clty a territory which would always give It a county seat, but tho citizens of Broken Bow, It was learned, will fight division on any lines, nnd now no mercy will be shown it nnd It will.be thrown In two counties If the present plans are carried out In the coming convention. RUSIIYILLE BOYS QUARREL. Will VVestover Shot by Inland Dale In Struggle for Revolver. The shooting of Will Westover, son of Judge Westover, of Rushvllle, Fri day night In front of Joe Wurren's store by Leland Dale, a son of Horace Dale, was the result of some rough play between school chums. West over was going to pun'sh Dale for throwing some rotten bananas nnd oranges the night before. Dale wua willing to take the punishment, but as he was dressed for a dance he wanted the boys to let him oft till next day. Westover advanced to grab him, when Dale pulled out n 38-culiber re volver and said he would shoot. West over grabbed the gun nnd Dale pulled the trigger. The bullet passed through Westover's hand, shattering one of the fingers and slightly penetrated his breast about the heart. The wound In the hand Is the most serious. Dale, who Is quick-tempered, surrendered to the sheriff and is now In the county Jail. WEST POINT TO TEST CORN'. Agricultural Class of High School to Have Charge of the Excrimcnts. The agriculture class of the West Point high school has made arrange ments to test seed corn for the furm ers of that section. Much trouble is being experienced In securing seed corn that will germinate properly, the bulk of lust year's crop being entirely unfit for seed. The high school class will do this work for the farmers free of charge, and will guarantee their teBts to be correct. This move, originated by Su perintendent Campbell, Is much ap preciated. Two Bootleggers Fined. Ben F. Shultz, of Curtis, was found guilty of the Illegal sne of liquor on two counts. He was fined $500 on the first count and sentence was suspend ed on the second. Jess Crunk, who pleaded gu'lty to seven counts, was lined $400 on the first count and sen tence was suspended on the other sl .ounty until next term or the district court. Fruit Damage Exaggerated. Ray llenseltlne, un expert fruit grower of Peru, says that the fruit crop has not been damaged uh much as reported. He says that all present Indications point to plenty ot fruit In the vicinity of Peru. NewspuixT Changes Hands. The fleuns Chronicle changed hands last week, lloruce Phelps as suming the editorship In the place of J. F. Albln. TEACHERS LACK AUTHORITY. Those Cinnted by illegal Board lick. to Is- Invalid. Joseph Sparks of the State Board of Examiners for Teachers has notified Principal Crabtree of the Feme Nor mal schold that certificates Issued by the recently defunct state normal board are or no effect nnd therefore It Is his duty to certify the names of these teiK her to the state normal hoard so their eases may be passed upon legally. . At the tlrrt meeting of the state normal board following the decision of the supreme court that the law ex acted by tho legislature creating fhe new state norma! board was Invalid, Mr. Crabtree was Instructed to request graduates of the school who hai't di plomas signed by the defunct board lo surrender them nnd sccurt new ones signed by the real board. As n result of the nVglcct of Mr. Crubtree to follow the Instruction of the board there are between 175 and 180 teachers employed over the state who have no authority to teach. The supreme court has held, so at torneys say, in cases of this k'nd, that when the act Is unconstitutional the Invalidity exists from the t'me of Its passage, so the board is not consid ered a do facto board ond none of Its nets are legal. P.IG DITCH AUTHORIZED. Pender Vote on Proposition to Straighten Logan Crock. An election was hfld at Pender Tuesday on the proposition of organ izing a drainage district for the pur pose of constructing n ditch from Wakefield to connect with the ditch now under construction from a point about three miles south of Pender, the whole to form a new channel for tho Logan creek, making It practlcully stralnht, whereby it Is supposed the frequent overflows that have hereto fore occurred will bo prevented. That the proposed ditch would be of great benefit no one doubts, but some appear to fear that the Indian lands will not contribute towards the expense, and without that the burden woulil.be too heavy on the whlta wn- era of land in the district. LAUREL PIOXEER JOXK. Sirs. Emll Weber Is Found Dead In Red nt Wayne. Mrs. Emil Weber, one of the pioneer residents of Laurel, was found dead In bed Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Lathrop, at Wayne. Mrs. Weber retired Tuesday night in apparent good heulth and her death was a shock to her relatives and friends. Heart trouble Is ascribed as the cause. She was BS years of age und Is survived by her husband, two daughters nnd one son. Mrs. Weber hud been twice married. Her son, B. J. Hollo, Is a member of the firm or Holle & Ware, of Laurel. Her hus band, who is a miller, was in Wayne on business when her death occurred. XORI'OLK MAX LOSES LIFE. Head Is Mangled While Working or, Press. Frank Kayl, of Norfolk, the Dally News pressman, whose head was crushed In a press Tuesday night, died during the night. He had turned the lever to stop the power, but did not wait for the moter to die and the ma chine started while his head was in the press. Once before during the afternoon the press had started up from a tight belt that Bllpped because the motor hod not been stopped nnd Kayl had been warned never to work around the machine without stopping the motor. Kayl was 28 years old and was un married. shoots wn i: axd self. Ills Injuries Are Futul, lint tho Worn, nil Will Recover. Despondent over Inability to sell his homo and because of his wife's long illness J. A. Custer, of Norfolk, sh.it his wife, for years an Invalid, and then himself. The shooting was done with u 22-calKer rifle. The bullet glanced off his wife's head and she will live, but he will die. Custer Is 61 years old and his wife is 45. He has grown children In Oma ha and had planned moving to Omaha. New S( Iiool at Silver Creek. By a vote of li:t to 21 the proposi tion to build an m.000 school house In Silver ('re. k ., carried. The build ing is to be l.ulit of bi l. k und will be commenced aa soon as possible. Last t li iiiibeilalii C ase. The la.-rt one of the cases ot the stutt against C. M. Chamberlain of Tecum seh, growing out of the failure of the Commercial Banking house in 1902, was dismissed In the district court at Beatrice Wednesday morning. High License at Kearney. At the tegular meet'ng of the Kear ney city council held Monday evening it was decided to muke the license fe for saloons the coming year $1,100. REGULARS COMPOSE COMMITTEE Republican Caucus Selects Only Friends of Speaker Cannon. Six regulars were cliosen at the Republican caucus In Washington to represent the majority patty on the committee o:i rules which Is to suc ceed the (omiiiKtee ictlred by the revolution that took place In tho House of lleprescntatlvea a few days ago. The slate n9 prepared by the deguUr leaders was chosen, a follows: Henry Sherman Itoutell. of Illinois; John Dalzell. of Pennsylvania; J. Slont Fossett, of New York; Walter I. Smith, of Iowa; George P. Law rence, of Massachusetts; Sylvester C. Smith, of California. Both Sinilh. of Iowa, nnd Datzcll, are nienibeis of tho pirsent commit tee on rules, having been appointed to places thereon by Speaker Cannon. Representative Boutell Is one of Speak er Cannon's closest friends and great est admirers nnd placed Mr. Cannon iu nomination for President at the Chicago convention In 1003. Mr. Law rence, of Massachusetts, has long been a close friend of Speaker Cannon. Mr. Fussett Is one of the orators of tho "regulars." Representative Smith, of California, hns always been one of the most regular Republicans In the House. Speaker Cannon attended the cau cus, but took no prominent part In the proceedings. He made no speech; had nothing whatever to say except In the heart-to-heart whispered talks he Indulged In with his lieutenants ot old. All the Insurgents attended the caucus except Gardner, of Massachu setts, who was kept away by Illness. The insurgent leaders express com plete satisfaction In the work of tha caucus. None of them bolted or criti cized In any way the result of the balloting. Out or the total Republican membership of the House 216 there were present IS!). TO RAISE MAINE HULK. Opportunity May Be Afforded to Study How Vessel Was Destroyed. The National House of Representa tives has pnased a bill providing for the raising o( the hulk of the Ill-fated battle ship Maine, which was sunk In the harbor of Havana In 18D8. If the Senate approves the bill the opportun ity will be afforded to recover the bod' lea ot any of the dead sailors that may be within the wreck and also fur nish a way for an examination to de termine it possible the manner In which the vessel was destroyed. . The bodies ot sailors that might bo recovered would be interred In Arling ton, Cemetery on the Virginia shore, opposite Washington. The mast of the Maine would be erected In the ceme tery near- the graves of the Maine dead. As passed by the House the bill was changed in Its general terms, so as to authorize the work to be done under the direction of the engineer corps of the army, with the consent ot the re public of Cuba. By the inslstance ot Mr. Sulzer of New York, the bill was worded to requlro the "raising" as well as the "removal" of the wreck, so that an examination could be made ot the hulk to determine tho manner ot the vessel's destruction. GIRL ACCUSED OF POISONING. Catherine Manx Clings to Story ot Strange Man. Pleading not guilty and waiving pre liminary examination, Catherine Manz, tho 16-year-old girl who is accused of murdering her slater, by strychnine poisoning, was lodged in Jail at Can ton, Ohio, to await the action of the grand Jury. That body will not con vene until May. The girl has clung to her original story of a mysterious man who gave her two supposed quinine tablets, one of which she claims her sister took ac cidentally. She gave the man's name as "Murray" and stated he lived in Canton, but the police have been un able to trace him and express the be lief that he Is a myth. The girl's father and other relatives, who disowned her In the first shock of the tragedy, have how come to her as sistance and engaged attorneys for her defense. A special grand Jury may be summoned to consider the case, but this action probably will be forestalled by a lunacy Inquiry. The girl's rela tives claim that her brnin Jins been affected ever since a fall received In early childhood. GIVE UP HEREDITARY SEATS. Lords Vote to Accept Principle ot Roseberry Resolution. By a vote ot 175 to 17 the House ot Lords in London renounced the heredi tary right to legislate which has been the cardinal element of the British up per house for centuries. The occasion ot the fateful division was Lord Hose bery's third resolution deuliug with the reform of the house. The house agreed the previous day mat reform and reconstitutlon was necessary. The complementary reso lution was pussed was "that a neces sary preliminary to such reform and reconstitutlon Is acceptance of the principle that possession of a peerage should no longer of itself give the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords. It is slgulllcant tliut fewer than 200 of the 616 members ot the house shared in the fateful division. Muny of the absentees were reluctant to sanction the extinction of the heredl tary principle. Nevertheless, they so far recognized its expediency as not to oppose it. Mlse Ksploslou Kills Four. A gas explosion in the Kali I nit mine at Cambria. Okla., killed four men and injured two. TWELVE PERSONS DIE IFI BAD CHICAGO FIRE names In Pish ft Co.'s Building Surround Victims and Kinder the Firemen. J YOUNG WOMAN LEAPS TO SEATS Heroism of Men In Attempting t Save Girls Trapped on Top Floor In Vain. I The lives of twelve men and women were lost in a fire In the I. Kish Co. furniture store, Chicago. ' Eleven of them were burned to death on tho sixth floor of the building. They had. been trapped on the top floor, nearly 100 feet from the ground, with no pos sible, chance of escape, and the flames roaring so furiously about them that the firemen could not raise ladders to go to their rescue. The twelfth vic tim, a girl 19 years of age. Jumped to escape the flames, but was so badly In jured when she struck a glass awning: that she died. Miner W. BelL one ot the department managers ot the com pany, and II. M. Mitchell, auditor ot the firm, and a brother-in-law of Isaac Fish, were burned to death. They gave their lives to save the girls h were trapped by the names. , The fire is said to have started fron an explosion of an alcohol cigar light er which was being filled on the . 4tfhv floor of the building. With the excep tion ot that on the Intake water tun nel it was the most disastrous alnc the Iroquois theater horror. It swept upward through the structure wittt such rapidity that the men and wom en In the general offices on the alxttk floor had little chance ut escape. There in no fire escape on the front of tha building. It was a fire ot horror and thrills, marked by tragic death and, wonderful escapes. There were fortjf or fifty employes in the building wheat the report of the explosion waa heard. The furniture fed the hungry flame and in an incredibly short time tu scorching tongues had burned their way through the urth floor. Soon ibis section was an Inferno like tho fourtlv and then the fire crept to the sixth, cutting off ail escape for the girls audi men who were at work in that Mo tion: The financial loss Is estimated at f 2G0.000. The contents of the build ing practically were destroyed by flrt and .water. . The bodies were recov ered. ; FIX UP TARIFF TROUBLES. Taft and Canada's Representatives to Announce Term at Once. There is to be no tariff war with . Canada. Peace terms have beca agi&ei upon, and the promulgation thereof will be made simultaneously front Ot tawa and Washington, the day be To re the maximum tariff of tUa Halted States would go into effect astaniatt cally against Canada la tha cvtt.t of no proclamation to tha contrary by President Taft. Details regarding the auresssful' termination of the negotiation be tween the United States and CansAlani officials are being carefully guarseoV but It is known that Canada grssts its intermediate rates an a small Usjt of articles that do not seriously cocas into competition with Canadian man ufacture. Full details are known &s yet only to President Taft and Secre tary Knox on this side or the line and to Minister of Finance W. & Fielding and Minister of Railway George P. Graham and Sir Wilfrid lanrief, tbs Dominion premier, on the other. DRAG HOUSES TO HILLS. 'Residents Take night Whan the Missouri River Leave Bed. The Missouri river has taken a no tion to overwhelm the little town of Barney, Neb., and practically the en tire town la on the move, the proper ty owners getting their booses back to the hills as fast as possible. A month ago Barney was two miles from the river. To-day the stream Is right in the town. When the blthv waters came with the breaking up ct the Ice in February the current of lbs Missouri was thrown against that farms between Barney and the river. Those farms have been cat sway en tirely, and the other day the citizens begau moving their houses. 1 An eighty-foot steel bridge over S tributary -of the river was takes dows piecemeal and hauled to the bills. Nov the river is flowing where yesterday was the bridge. The schoolhoHse was moved, as was the btg grain elevator and a number ot houses. Two utiles of Burlington railroad track was washed away. A new town will Co built on the hill beyond the reach ot the Missouri. Hurra Murder Cmmv UrtUtrrf. There was a sensation in the Crin inul Court in Marietta. Ohio, wbes Henry Austin, charge j with an attempt to bribe witnesses in a murder casa to testify for the defense, pleaded guilty and implicated others, including an at torney. The court ordered an Investi gation. Killed la Hub bar lUat. Qeorge II. Ailing, aged 33. president of! a rubber company, was ictantly killed at the plant in Barberto. u. While inspecting some electric wtrlnc hla clothes caught in a machine andk be waa crushed to death.