.State Historical Soci
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DAKOTA COUNTY
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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.
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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.
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