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.State Historical Soci . '"uncai Society. DAKOTA COUNTY .1 L.ii a . A A 1 MOTTO All The News When It Is News. VOLUMKXVIII DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1910. NUMISEK. 31 CURRENT HAPPENINGS FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS. PANIC ON A STEAMER explosion occurs on British vessel caihxrona. Number of Mothers and their Little Ones ore Injured Men Emigrants Fight Like Beasts to Reach Boats Hut are Beaten Back by Crew. I An explosion early Friday morning on the British Bteamer Calrnrona. olt Dungeness, Eng., wrecked the wo men's Quarters, killing one child and Injuring a number of women and children. The steamer caught lire and a panic ensued, in which men fought for the possession of the boats and had to be, beaten back by the crew to allow the women to be taken oft first. A large number of passengers were landed at Dover Friday evening, many of them in nu exhausted condi tion. In all twenty were seriously In jured and not less than fifty were slightly Injured byhe explosion and the panic that followed it. The Calrn rona sailed from London to Portland. She carried 200 passengers, for the most part emigrants, and a general cargo. Fortunately the steamers Up land and Kanawha were near when the Culrnrona caught fire. They stood by and took off several hundred passengers and landed them at Dover. Several of the first class passengers and American cattlemen gave thrill ing details of the accident. A number of women with children In their arms were sitting on the hatch when a vio lent explosion hurled them to all parts of the deck. Some of them were shockingly Injured and one child was killed. The hatch whs blown to frag ments. A terrific panic ensued. The emi grants, mostly Russians, were running up and down, screaming and wring ing their hands. Their horror was increased by the volumes of smoke, whioh poured iron the. burning -hold. " BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS. Another Brooklyn Institution Forced to Susieiitl. The Borough Bank of Rrooklyn, N. Y., closed its doors Friday and the superintendent of banks has taken possession of the institution's business. The bank has a capital of $200,000, with deposits aggregating over $2, 000,000. B. R. Shears Is president of the institution. This Is the second bank failure in Brooklyn within n week, the first being the Union bank, of Brooklyn. Superintendent Cheney said that the conditions attending the closing of the bank were almost Identical with those which led to the closing of the Union bank. As was the case with the Union bank, the Borough was obliged to sus pend during the panic of 1907, and was reorganized later. The new man agement wac obliged to assume lia bilities which have been a heavy load, and the suspens'on of the Union bank had a bad effect on the Borough, which was known to be in the sam position. YOUTHFUL SWINDLERS. Boys Convicted of Conducting Fraudu lent Ranking Scheme. Three youths, each less than 20 years old, were taken to the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., Friday to serve sentences of a year Imposed by the United States district court at Coving ton, Ky., for a fraudulent banking scheme which they conducted In the little mountain town of Orr, Ky. A fourth boy was sentenced to four months In Jail. The boys profited about $2,300 by their scheme, which Included the es tabllshment of a mythical "bank" which gave wholesale dealers glowing accounts of their credit, enabling them to obtain large shipments of mer chandise. David Prince and Marlon and Richmond Sparks were sent to prison, George White receiving the Jail sentence. Feud Causes a Murder. John Duesnbury was called from his house at Marcellne, Mo., Thursday end shot and killed. James M. Ka body and two suspects were arrested on the charge of killing Dusenbury, Two Killed In a Wreck. In a wreck on the Georgia Thurs day morning near Berzella, Ga., two men were killed and one white man and four negroes seriously hurt. Sioux City Live hun k Market. Thursday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow: Top beeves, $7 60. Top hogs, $10.27. Water Tank Overturns. Awater tank on the Atchison, TO' peka and Santa Fo ra'lroad over turned at Malvern, Kan., Thursday, killing engineer Thomas Kelly and seriously injuring two men. Old Scout Found Dead. ' Joseph Sturtevant, a scout famous throughout the western country Rocky Mountain Joe, was found dead near Boulder, Colo., Thursday morn ing. AMAZING HACK SWINDLE. "Con" Man' Arrest Reveals SUirtllnff Story. For lavish stage setting, workman like execution and ample financing the story of a racing swindle as told the New York police Wednesday night by Henry Wagner, senior member of a firm of billiard table manufacturers of New York, has no equal. The story came out with the arrest of a man who gave his name as John Itrown, 68 years old, and described himself as a broker and speculator, but who, the police say, is George C. Rockwell, alias George C. Hammond, alias "Old Joe" Eaton, a noted con fidence man. Late last month Wagner met a man representing himself to be Alfred San ford, private secretary to a Pennsyl vania millionaire, with money to spend on coal lands. Would Wagner take an option on 2,000 acres at $7 an acre? He could sell at a huge profit. The secretary lacked funds to finance the deal himself. A trip to Baltimore followed, where entered the "millionaires" Including "H. H. Rog ers, jr.," "Col. Moffett," of Colorado, one Palmer and one Marshall. From Baltimore the entire party journeyed to Jacksonville, Fla., by private car all on the millionaires and at the racetrack was heavy betting "between friends" in which the victim was not asked to Join. Indeed his conscience was soothed by his being made stakeholder until at one time he held $106,000. His draft for $10,000 was obligingly cash ed and he generously loaned the mon ey to one of the crowd to fill out a $20,000 bet. Then came the getaway. CASH GRAIN HOUSE SUSPEXDS. Failure of W. II. Merritt & Co. Is Due to the Decline InVorn. Suspension of the cash grain house of W. H. Merritt & Co. was announced on the Chicago board of trade Wed nesday. Customers were notl'lcd' to closo out their trades. W. H. Merritt & Co. has for many years been one of the most important firms in the cash grain trade and the failure caused great surprise. The reasons for the suspension are closely analogous to those which on Monday forced another cash grain house the - Burns-Yantis company to Buspend, namely, the decline in corn -prices recently.- Eastern custom ers of the Merritt company having bought at the high price for later de livery, are Bald to have repudiated their contracts when the market de clined. This forced the brokers to seek oth er outlets for their grains, and while holding it much of it "went hot," or In other words, rotted. A member of CTie firm declared that creditors would be paid In full. CONFESSES TO MURDER. Bertram Spencer, Burglar, Admits He Murdered Woman. Bertram Gage Spencer confessed Wednesday to the murder of Miss Martha B. Blackstone at the home of Mrs. Sarah J. Dow, on Round hill Springfield, Mass., last Thursday night. Spencer also confessed to the com mission of a long series of burglaries. Miss Blackstone and Miss Harriet P. Dow, school teachers, were shot by a masked burglar, who entered the Dow home on the evening of March 31. Miss Dow is recovering. - New Sced Record. A speed in excess of thirty-five miles an hour for four consecutive hours was the record made in the gulf near Ponsacola, Fla., by the torpedo boat Flusser, of the seventh torpedo flo tilla. Pork Declines $1 a Burrel. Possibility of a drop in the price of at least one item which enters into the cost of living cured hog products is seen in a sharp decline, averaging $1 per barrel, in pork, on the board of trade Wednesday. Flights Called Off. Owing to a persistent gale whl;h blew twenty miles an hour throughout the entire afternoon all the official flights of the first aeroplane meet at Memphis, Tenn., were called off late Wednesday afternoon. Colorado Bank Robbed. The Weldona Valley State bank at Weldona, Colo., was robbed of $2,000 early Wednesday by "yeggman," who blew open the safe and escaped. Women Rush a Shop. Five hundred women of the upper east end of New York city rioted Tuesday when they found that the priceB of meat had been substantially advanced in the butcher shops in the vicinity. Flow of Gold to Europe. The outward flow of gold to Eurpe which began last week, gathered force esday with the engagement in New York of $4,000,000. New Mexico Town Dry. The no license ticket was success ful at Tuesday's election in Roswell N. M., Geo. T. Veal, for mayor, having a majority of 31 votes. Roswell Is the first city in New Mexico to go dry. Chosen Head of Mining Company, Vjuincy a .snaw, or linsston, was elected president of the Cilumet and Ilecla Mining company Wednesday, succeeding the late Prof. Alexander Agassis. BANK ROBBERS SLAY TWO. Officials of Institutions at McKee Rocks, Pa., Shot. Samuel Friedman, general manager of the Victor Ranking company Aft Mc- Kees Rocks, Pa., was killed by bank robbers Tuesday n'ght. Friedman's assistant, Isaac Schwartz, was wound' ed by the robbers and died in a hospt tal later. A bystunder, Robert Kins was also dangerously wounded. The robbers escaped with $400 of the com. pany's cash. t Friedman and Schwartz were alone In the bank, which does a foreign ex change business on the outskirts of McKees Rocks, counting the day's cash, which was spread on the counter when four foreigners invaded the place with guns. Friedman was shot tw'ce while one of the men scooped up the money, but as they escaped the wounded Friedman followed them, shouting for help, only to fall at an other volley from the robbers. A po liceman's face which appeared at the corner Just at the moment was grazed with a bullet. Thomas Neery also exhibited a wound in the arm. He and others started after the robebrs, but was halted by the revolver shots. The only description of the "yegg- men" obtainable was that they ap peared young nnd wore slouch hats, which were pulled down far over their faces. The robbers were lost In the maze of cars and tracks In a railroad yard. STRANGE DUAL TRAGEDY. Man Accidentally Kills Cub Driver nnd Uses Same ;un to Kill Self. A tragedy In which a man was acci dentally shot dead, followed by the suicide of the man who fired the fatal shot, occurred early Tuesday on the platform of the Philadelphia and Reading railway station at Trenton Junction, N ' J. The affair was envel oped in mystery for a time, but the public prosecutor Is convinced that it was an accident and a suicide. The man Bhot dead was Frank Fracella, a cab driver, nnd the suicide was John Connolly, employed as watchman by the railroad company at Trenton Junction. ' Several railroad men,, with a rail road detective nnd telegraph operator. were standing on the station platform when the shooting occurred. Connol ly had two revolvers. ' He was showing them-to Fraactlavthe two witnesses say ,nnd had remarked: "How would you like to get a lead from this one?" when the weapon was discharged. It believed Connolly thought he was exhibiting the empty revolver to the cab driver. . Connolly was seized with fear and started to run. The detective and the telegraph operator started af ter him, when Connolly suddenly stop ped, placed the revolver to his head, and fired. He died Instantly. VICTIMS OF BLACK MOB. Xrkunsiis Negroes Kill Two Members of Their Own Race. A mob of heavily armed negro resi dents of Lonoke county, Ark., shot to death and then hanged two members, a man and a woman, of their own race at a late hour Monday night. The mob's victims were Frank Pride and Laurel Mitchell, charged with the murder of the woman's husband. whose body was found -.burled in Pride's yard early in the day. Pride and the Mitchell woman were placed under arrest and had been bound over to await the action of the grand jury. They were being escorted to the jail In Keo by Constable Mallory when the party was overtaken by the mob of negroes. The Mitchell wo man's husband had been missing since December 24, and when the body was discovered it was found he had been murdered. Woman Beats Off Assailant. An attack was made upon Mrs. Earl Welcome, a school teacher near Mankato, Minn., Tuesday by a man who gave his name as Smith. The wo man beat off her assailant. - A posse captured the man after a chase of six miles and after wounding him twice. Water Main Breaks. At midnight Tuesday nearly 70,000, 000 gallons of water from a reservoir In Pittsburg, Pa., descended through a break in a 36-inch main upon the east end section of the town and caus. ed considerable damage. Hadley's Ward Democratic. The democrats elected four out of five councilmen Tuesday at Jefferson, Mo., with a tie vote for the fifth. They also carried Gov. Hadley's ward. Wets Win In Wisconsin. Janesville, Monroe, Edgerton, Ie lavan, Sharon, Darlen and Albany, Wis., were carried by the wets Tues day. Ruise for Engineers. It is announced that the engineers of the Central of Georgia railway will be given an increase 'n wages of 5 per cent. Mt. Etna Again Active. Mt. Etna exhibited new activity on Tuesday. A stream of lava turned toward Clsterna Reglna and almost reached that village. The crops in the vicinity of Borrllo and Nlcolosl have been ruined. Korbly Renominated. Congressman Charles A. Korbly was renominated for congress by the Dem ocrats of the seventh district of In dlana Tuesday. Nebraska rSr Week pi i TV! v Form Slate News MAY CONDONE fel'MMKR BALL. Steps Ik ing Taken at Nebraska Uni versity to Remove Ban. The Nebraska Athletic board prob ably will take some radical action in regard to summer base ball at Its next meeting and openly sanction the playing of Its athletes on professional teams during the vacation months. The matter Is now being discussed by the Cornhusker mentors and the at titude of a majority of the board Is In favor of permitting summer base ball by all college players in this sec tion of the country. The five student members have openly declared them selves in favor of the proposition and two faculty members openly admit that they see no wrong in allowing the men to earn money during vaca tion by playing base ball. One member of the board has ex pressed himself in the following words: "I have never been able to regard summer base ball as an evil and I am free to admit that I am in sympathy with the college athletes who try to earn money during vacations by tak ing part in professional, or rather, seml-professionnl, games. There is no evil In allowing them to do so, and the ant'-summer base ball cranks can not give a single solid argument in favor 'of their case. "The athletic board of the west might Just ns well officially recognize the summer base ball playing as to Becretly condone it ns they do now at every college in the country. In the western athletic conferences we have rules against summer base ball, but I am certain that there Is not a school in either the Missouri Vnlley or Chi cago conferenece league that does not have several of Its players on semi-professional teams each summer. I, myself, know of many college men who played the so-called professional ball last year and Bevcrul years be fore. -Nebraska has a precedent for its action in the course ndopted by Col gate recently In stating that nil Its players should be allowed to become members . of semi-professional teams in order to earn money during the summer months. MADISON ELOPERS CAPTURED, May Lyons Returns to Her Home and Harry Boyd Is Locked Up. Perry DuBols, ulllas Harry Boyd, and Miss May Lyons, were taken in custody by Sheriff C. S. Smith of Mad ison county, Monday aftrnoon at Corn lea and taken to Madison, Miss Lyons' home. The father of the young wo man took charge of her upon arrival at her home and DuBols wns placed in the city's bnstile for safe keeping. Suspicions were aroused when Miss Lyons unexpectedly left town on the passenger train going south Sunday afternoon. It was DuBois' intention to do so also, but he was detained at the depot by City Marshal Kennedy on the charge of Jumping his hoard bill. lie promptly paid this and then quietly but hurriedly left town, tak ing a tie pass to Humphrey, where he met the young woman, returning from Columbus on the evening train and beguiled her Into accompanying him on the late train to Cornlea. DuBols is a tailor by occupation and has been employed at Madison for some time. He has a wife who now resides at Sioux City, la. BUSH HAS CRIMINAL RECORD. Man Captured with Stolen Team Con victed of Murder at Cliadron. It now developes that Ernest Bush, the young man who was captured at Central City with a team of horses belonging to a party from Council Bluffs, and taken back there to ans wer to the charge of horse stealing, Is a criminal out of the Btate peniten tiary on parole. In 1899 it seems he was employed by a farmer near Chad ron, and an old man was employed with him. One day while the farmer was away from home Bush killed the old man, hitched a horse to his body and dragged it to a creek. His crime was discovered and he received a life sentence in the penitentiary. In 1906 he was paroled, and has been under the supervision of his parents since. He was but 16 years of age when he murdered the old man at Chadron. Narrow EscaM From Death. Dr. Claude Watson, of Nebraska City, while riding In his automobile, had a narrow escape from being kill ed. He lost control of his machine and it skidded, turned turtle, falling on him, breaking his left shoulder and bruising him badly. New Bunk lo Start. The Farmers batik is scheduled to open its doors for business at Suther land about the first of next month. It will have a capital stock of $10,000. Local capitalists are behind it. Nebraska Pioneer Dead. A. C. Palmantler, an old pioneer and war veteran of Tekamah, died Wednesday at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. I. N. Bramhall. He leaves a wife, two daughters and a son. COWBOY EVANGELIST ARRESTED Rev. Sam Bettes Charged with Using 'Obscene Language nt Wymore. Rev. Sam Bettes, who rtns been giv ing a series of "temperance" lectures In the armory at Wymore for some time past, was arretted Friday morn ing on complaint of Charles Fulton, charged with disturbing an assembly of people with obscene and profane language. The case was called be fore Judge Crawford and ' continued to April 6. Following Bettes' arraign ment, outside of the Judge's office, Fulton asked Bettes what he had meant by the language directed to tho latter at the meeting. Just what Bettes Bald is not known. but Fulton struck him a tremendous blow in the mouth, flooring the preacher. A general mlxup followed, in which Bettes was badly beaten, up. Fulton was arrested and will be tried next Wednesday on a charge of fight Ing. Bettes, who goes by the names of the "cowboy" preacher, Is in mid die age, and has been at Wymore about two weeks delivering lectures for the temperance forces of the city. ' IS WISER BUT POORER. Farmer Who Sold Whisky Pays for License.. A farmer residing near Nebraska City whose name the revenue officer refused to divulge, went to Omaha a short time ago and purchased a bar rel of whisky, which he brought home, placed In his cellar and sold out in quantities of from one to five gallons to his neighbors. The revenue offi cers learned of the purchase and look ed into the case, knowing the farmer had no license. They found where he had sold the goods and located the barrel, partially empty, in his ccllnr and taxed him $200 for a wholesalers license and $66.67 for not applying for the llccnsd before disposing of any Bf the goods. This is the third case of this kind In that vicinity wllhirt' a period covering as many years. FIRE NEAR AUBURN. Farmer looses Household (iootls No Insurance. A'farm house belonging to tho John L. Carson estate, near Auburn, was burned Friday afternoon, the tenant, Mr. Cummings nnd his family losing all their household goods. Tho young est child of Mr. Cummings was asleep In tho ho'ise and was rescued by the father after the lire had made consid erable headway. Mr. Cummings had carried some Insurance, but had re cently removed to that location and had not yet had the policy changed. Rev. Mr. Salsbury, of tho Presby terian church told of the circum stances while at the citizens' banquet and funds were contributed to aid Mr. Cummings and his family. Brown Bound Oyer. P. A. Brown, whf eloped from Cralj with the wife of his employer, John Knott, was Saturday bound over to the district court under bond of $600. Brown, who is 25, took Mrs. Knott, who is 22, from Craig to Uehllng, where the two set up housekeeping, Mr. Knott, a farmer aged 4 5 years, ap peared as complainant against Brown Has Wagon Fall Upon Him. Q. W. Halstad, of Tecumseh, and two or three other men were engaged in breaking a team of western horses, having the animals hitched to a farm wagon. The horses got beyond control of the men and ran away, upsetting the wagon on Mr. Halsted. He was terribly bruised and considerably lac erated about the face. Becomes Director of Baud. W. L. Johnson, of Blair, has as sumed the musical directorship of the newly organized Holdrege band. The band will recruit its membership up to about thirty pieces In the next two or three weeks." Damages for Injury. Henry Meyer, of Hastings, has been given a verdict In district court for $2,970 against Gilbert TJaden. Meyer sued for $5,000 damages for Injuries received in a fight with TJaden dur which his leg was fractured. Clothing Store Burglarized. W. J. McKinzie'B clothing store at Allium was broken into Friday night Kntrunce was effected by tho front door. Between $30 and $40 worth of clothing was taken. Fruit Damage Evaporated. Ray Hcsseltine, an expert fruit grower of Peru, says that the fruit crop has not been damaged as much as reported. He says that all present Indications point to plenty of fruit in the vicinity of Peru. Newspaper Changes Hands. The Orleans Chronicle changed hands last week, Horace Phelps a sumlng the editorship in the place of J. ir. Albln. COMPLETE LIST OF TUB SPEAKERS 07 THE HOTSB. The entire list of sreakars and the Coiv frrenr and years during which thay filled this office ate follows: Congress. ar. Name. 1 178-'91. .F. A. Muhlonburir . . . . 17l-'3 . . Jonathnn Trumbull 173-'S..K. A. Muhlcnbure 4-1 17!i-'9. .Jonathan Imyton '....1199-180' . .Theodore heilKWlcS 7-t K01-'0 . .Nathaniel Macon 10-11 1S07-'11. .Joseph H. Varnum 12-11 1811-14. .Henry Clay 13 1H14-15. .I.Hitgdon cheeves 14-10) lRlS-'SO. .Henry Clay 1 18it)-'21. .John W. Taylor 17 181-'2J. .Philip 1. Harbour IS lXi!3-'25. .Henry Clay. 1 1825 '27. .John W. Taylor 20-2J 1827-'34. .Andrew Stevenson 23 il834- 85. .John Hell 24-25 1835 -39. .James 1C Polk- 28 1S39-'41..R. M. T. Hunter 7 184l-'43. .John White 28 1843-'45. .John W. Jones 1845 '47. .John V. Davis 10.... 1M7-'4J. .Knbert O. Wlnthrop 31 1849-'(il. .Howell Cobb 82-S3 1851'55. .Linn Boyd 34 lK55-'67. .Nathaniel P. Dank 85 18B7-"fi9. . Jumps L. Orr t6 18C9-'1. .William Pennington 37 18fil-'3. .OuluHha A. Orow 38-40 143-'69. .Hihuyler Colfax 41-43 lii9-'75. .Jiimi-s O. Blaine 44 lS7S-'". .VlrJiuel C. Kerr 44-46 1878-'8l. .Samuel J. Randall 47 1 881-'N3. .Joseph W. Klefer 48-60 18S3-'89. .John O. Carlisle 51 188-'91 . .Thomas H. Heed 62-53 1S91-'I6. .dairies F. Crtp 64 55 185-'99. .Thomas D. Heed 58-57 1S99-1903. .David B. Henderson 58-61 1903. .Joseph O. Cannon 3.EBELLI0N SEEMS INEVITABLE. Chinese Seeretlr 1'lnnnlns Over throw of Mancha DynaatT. A Now York merchant. 11. H. Sid dons, who has a large trade in China, and who has been In every treaty port In the empire, recently said that the Chinese In this country, who are refugees from their own country, and for that niatter the yellow men in many other countries, are secretly planning the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty. According to Mr. Slddona, they are hoping to place a native royal line on the peacock throne In Pekln. "Thousands of members of secret so cieties in China who had to leave that country because the government was after their beads for plotting against the Pekin regime, are living In the United States, Engliind, and other countries. Including many of the South American republics and Mexico, and belong to tho Chinese Empire Reform Association, which has for one of Its objects the overthrow of the present dynasty and tho expulsion of foreign ers from China. These Chinamen be lieve that the present division of their country into spheres of influence by European nations bag been due to the weakness of the Pekln government, Pnn' rr- rM ?n VM - -!. It.. - .! 1 - Urn actually divided up among the Euro pean nations In the next ten years un less there be a change of government in Pekln. These people have been for years gathering an immense fund In London, which will be used when the time is rlpo to buy nnns and ships for the rebellion that la sure to cptne." DISSATISFIED BED MEN. Indians of Oklahoma Reatlve Undei I'reaent Conditions. The Indians of Oklahoma th Creek, Choctaw and Cherokee nations are extremely restive because of th conditions they have to live under there. These Indiana formerly lived under the provisions of the treatlei they had with the United States, but when Oklahoma was made a State the treaties became Inoperative, and the Indians were considered the same ai other citizens of the new common wealth. That's just what tho red men do not want. They claim that they do not understand the white man's laws, and that many exactions and Imposi tions are practiced on them by law officers for alleged Infractions of the State laws, about which they know nothing. One of the commonest com plaints that the Indians make Is that when they fall to work the country roads In the vicinity of their farms oi pay an equivalent in money, the offi cers levy on their stock and take It away. They cannot understand tnis and want none of the white nian'i laws. "Conditions are so bad In the Creek nation," said John Burrus, of Okla homa City, recently, "that It would not be surprising to me to see the In dians start an armed uprising at any time, though they are now intelligent enough to know that It would end onlj In disaster to themselves." Hotel and Restaurant Employes' In ternatlonal paid $70,928 n sick: benefltl In the last fiscal year. At the recent convention of the In ternational Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen the by-laws were amended so as to permit the holding of conven tions annually. The Greater Boston dlBtrlct council of carpenters Is considering a propo sition to increase wages from 47V4 t 60 cents an hour. The question will be decided by the referendum vote of the six thousand affiliated members. Forty-two unions were booked tc hold meetings In Toronto, Canada, during a reent week. Most of them were connected with tho bulldlni trades, and a desire to obtain an In crease of wuges was the subject undei discussion. Engineers, firemen and telegrapheri of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company have, demanded an lncreasi in pay averaging about 20 per cent. San Francisco (Cal.) BroommakerS Union has tuken preliminary steps to ward starting a campaign against brooms made by Chinese and thos made by convicts In Eastern States. The Memphis (Tenn.)- Butohel Workers' Union Intends to ask th Business Men's Club to co-operat with it in an effort to obtain the next convention of the national body fM Memphis. -js I r rv Kl'L. I ! B J Ji 1 '. f 1 1 . I --VW' X x srl Secretary Meyer's plan for two new ninmmcth battleships, as well as his recommendations for building smaller ships, has been approved by the Com mittee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives. The size of the ships is not fixed In the report of the committee, but Secretary Meyer will authorize the building of twenty-seven-thousand-ton vessels, If Congress adopts his plan, Instead of the twen-ty-slx-thousanJ-ton size of the Wyo ming type. How far the theory, of tho proper size for battleships has ad vanced since the war with Spain may be realized when it Is recalled that at that time twelve-thousand-ton shipi were the largest America had. Admtr il Mahan. the greatest living writer on naval affairs, said, in 1SJ8, that this was the ideal size, and that more svould be lost than gained by an in irease in tonnage. Vet the ships have soutlnued to Increase In size. Unless there Is a change In the temper of the world and there Is no immediate prospect of that the only limit upon the size of warships Is mechanical. There la a demand for the biggest and most powerful vessels which can be Constructed with safety out of the materials now employed, and propelled by the power now available. The United States la a raclflc as well as an Mlantlc power, and Its enormous coast line on the two great oceans, together Rlth Us possessions beyond the seas, icniand that It prepare for au ado Uiate defense of them. The terms of agreement which bar averted a tariff war between the Unit ed States and Canada were made pub lic by the State Department simulta neously with the submission of tho tome to the Parliament at Ottawa. The United States secures Canada's Inter mediate rateB on thirteen groups of commodities, including ninety-seven articles, while Canada secures applica tion of entire minimum tariff of Unit ed States. Canada, In return for tha application of the entile minimum tar iff of the United J3tatqs, has granted Its "Intermediate rates "on 'thirteen groups of commodities contained In '.he commercial treaty giving preferen tial rates to France, which rates aub lequently have been extended to twelve ather countries with which England has most-favored nation treaties. It is not contended in Washington that the United States has driven a sharp bargain with our neighbor across the border. Prlmurily, however, the idea, was to avert a disastrous tariff war, and our officials claim to have done tho best they could with a tariff act, rigid beyond qualification in its max imum and minimum feature. We had o give Canada our whole minimum In return for such concessions as Can i(l a was willing to grant. And so, :herefore, Canada gave, finally, less than half of what we originally do na nded. An Increase of 12,000,000 In the pop illation pf the United States In ten rears and a decrease of about 5,000, )00 In the number of available food animals la the estimate made by the buerau of statistics from reports on these two subjects, made respectively by the census bureau and the depart ment of agriculture. Another lesson In the law of supply and demand, de duced by the bureau of statistics, la that the supply of food animals haa gone down 3 per cent while the value has Increased 22 per cent. In the meantime, the price of grains neces sary for food for these animals has Increased from 56 to 75 per cent. The value of cattle, sheep and hogs in this country in 1901 was estimated at $1. 943,000,000; in 1910, at $2,368,000,000. This is an Increase of 22 per cent. Cat tle are the one class of food animals which has come anywhere near keep ing pace with the growth In popula tion. Cattle have Increased in num ber 16 per cent. There were about 2.3 animals to each person In the country in 1901. In 1910 there are ibout 1.9. Two charming Washington glrlt will have large fashionable weddings this spring. They are Miss Clara Townsend Anderson, of the Southern colony, and Miss Edith Sutherland, laughter of Senator Sutherland of Utah. Both young women are favor ites In society and their nuptials will be events of social show and lmport uice. Excessive use of Intoxicating llq lora by the government employes is oelng frowned on by the officials of the treasury department. Orders were tent out to Collector Loeb In New York to dismiss from the service fout' persons on that account. They Include I clerk, an elevator conductor and two watchmen. . Their names were not made public. Satisfied that the present method of operating Its smelters by the Ana conda Cooper Mining Company are not only destructive In a widespread de gree of the surrounding natural for ests but unnecessary, Attorney General Wlckersham caused a bill In equity to be filed at Helena, Mont., against the company. The bill asks for a per manent Injunction to compel the com pany to operate its plant at Anaconda In such a manner as to end the de struction complained of. BP if