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VOLUME XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1910.
NUMBER 41
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FRANCKE SUES PEARY
Ml. ('(M)K'S POLAR PARTXEI
FILES ACTION" IX IlERLIV.
riniiiUir Alleges Explorer Took Ad
vantage of Illin While III at F.tal.
and Exacted Collection as Price ol
Transporting Illm to A morion.
Rudolph Franoke, who was asso
ciated with Dr. Frederick A. Cook Is
arctic explorations, hns brought suit
against Commander Robert E. Pear
in the sum of $10,000.
The amount is estimated nt half tht
value of furs and walruses nnd nnr
whales which Francke bounht from
natives in the arctic regions upon ar
rangement with Dr. Cook that the)
should share them half arid half.
According to Franoke's statements,
Commander Peary found him serious
ly ill at Etah, owing to a fall on o
glacier, and took advantage of thlt
circumstance to demand the entlrf
collection as the price for transport
ing him to America. Francke claim
that he did not not of his own free
will, but by compulsion, and says thai
Peary set nslde a part of the collec
tion to present to ex-President Roose
velt. The papers in the suit were served
on Commander Peary at a hotel in
Berlin Wednesday night. lie refused
to take them when they were handed
him by a deputy, and the officer then
laid them on a table in the presence
of a witness, calling the commander'
attention to the fact that this was a
legal service.
Earlier in tho day. when the report
of a court action against Commandei
Peary was being noised about, tht
commander sought the American am
bassador, David Jayne Hill, and sub
mitted the case to him. He declared
later that he left the matter in thf
nmbassador"s hands and had washed
his hands of the whole affair. lie
declined to make any statement wltl
reference to the suit.
DELUGE IX KANSAS CITY.
Downpour of Ruin Floods Collars nnd
Does Heavy Damage.
. A rain storm of almost unprece
dented severity prevailed over west
ern Missouri and eastern Kansas for
several hours Wednesday.
In Kansas City, Mo., cellars were
flooded and much damage was done
to property in the low lands. For two
hours the city was enveloped in dark
ness the density of the precipitation
making it difficult to see across the
street.
On Southwest boulevard smull
frame houses were washed from their
foundations.
- There was ten feet of water In the
boiler room of the Kansas City Star
at 1:30 p. m.
In Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. Char
lotte Hicks was killed by lightning
while standing on the porch of her
home at 1606 Lafayette street.
In Joplln, Mo., cellars were flood
ed. Several mines near Galena, Kan.,
were forced to suspend operations.
The rain at Topeka was accompa
nied by hail. It grew so dark ther
that street cars were lighted.
LIVING TO GO HIGHER.
tenreoNC In Food Prices Prodletcl by
Steel TriiHt Magnate.
Albert H. Cary, chairman of tht
xecutive board of the United States
Steel corporation. In a recent inter
view, predicted an Increase in the
cost of general living, a general wage
Inrcease and an advance in the cost
of the production of nearly 11
commodities.
"We are now In the center of one
Mr. Gary, "and the future Is bright for
of the greatest harvests of prosperity
the country has ever witnessed," said
a continuance of the good times, but
with these good times will surely come
an Increase In the coat of living; and
why not? Commodities are going up
ward, materials are higher and wages
re being advanced at a fair rate, and
this means more money for the butch
er, baker and others that provide for
Che home. It is not only Just and
proper, but will make for a better
general result all over the country."
Police Seek Missing School GJrl.
Police throughout Colorado are
iearchtng for Esther White, a 17-year-old
Trinidad girl, who disappear
ed a week ago from a boarding housf
In Denver.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Top beeves, $8.25. Top hogs, $9.40.
Gov. Broward Wins.
Frtneds of United States Senate
James P. Faliafero of Jacksonville.
Fla., Wednesday conceded that Gov.
liroward won the election to the sen
ate by over 1,600.
Illinois Woman Killed by Fall.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pillow, aged 74
ears, who moved to Evaimville, 111.,
a few days ago from Shawneetown.
III., fell down the stairs at her home
Wednesday ind was killed.
PEACE PACT OX RATES.
Unci Sam nnd Itollroads Reach AO
Agreement.
A complete agreement between the
government and the recently enjoined
railroads of the Wstern Trunk Line
association was reached at a White
House conference which lasted more
than four hours Monday afternoon.
The railroads represented agreed to
withdraw all rate Increases tiled to be
effective on or after Juno 1, and
agreed to file no more increases until
the bill in congress, which gives
the interstate commerce commission
power to investigate and suspend in
creases that are not justified, becomes
a law and goes Into effect.
President Taft thereupon stated
that the administration's purpose In
bringing tho Injunction suit had been
accomplished and the suit would be
discontinued. The discontinuance wilt
not be entered, however, urtll the
new railroad law is aigned. The be
lief was expressed that; all of the
other railroads of the country which
have filed increased rates or have had
such a plan under consideration will
abide by the agreement reached with
the twenty-four railroads named as
defendants in the Hannibal suit.
There was to be a conference nt
the White House Tuesday in which
President Drown of the New York
Central, President McRea of the Penn
sylvania railroads nnd other officials
representing railroads in tho eastern
and central territory will participate.
That they will acquiesce In President
Taft's proposition and hold up the
proposed increases until after the
new law becomes effective is practic
ally taken for granted.
Everyone connected with this con
ference seemed gratified over the out
come. All that President Taft has
desired is that the interstate com
merce commission should have au
thority to investigate and determine
whether or not they are justified by
conditions and are Just to the ship
pers. This power is to be conferred
under the new law.
The railroads, on the other hand,
It is pointed out, are to be relieved of
embarrassing litigation, ore assured
of a "square deal" when their case
1 spresented to the interstate com
merce commission, and are free to re
sume the contracts for improvements
and extensions which they threatened
to cancel had the court proceedings
continued.
MAKE A DASH FOR LIBERTY.
Eighty Soldiers Escape from Ship as
-'It t About l-Sll for Manila.
A sensational dash for liberty at
Ban Francisco Monday in which it Is
said 80 men of Battery C, Second Held
artillery, outward bound from Fort
D'. A. Russell, Wyo., to Manila, on the
transport Logan, participated, is be
ing given a rigid investigation by
Capt. Francis W. Griffin, commanding
the battery. Thirteen men, two having
been taken from the city prlBon, have
been placed In the transport's brig.
According to an official report al
most half of the battery just at dusk
Saturday night slipped from the ship
without orders, carrying arms and
wearing cartridge belts, scaled a high
fence at the dock and sneaked along
the harbor front. Some who were un
able to evade the dock guard dropped
overboard and swam ashore.
ACCUSED OUTRAGER SHOT.
Vegro Slain While Awaiting Arrival
of Ofllcers.
Grubbs Batson, a negro, wanted for
in attack on two white girls at Krebs,
Okla., late Sunday, was shot and kill
ed by an unknown man early Monday.
Bloodhounds had followed the trail
to Batson's home in McAlester. He
was arrested and brought to Krebs.
While seated in a drug store, awaiting
the arrival of officers, someone poked
a shotgun through the rear door und
fired at Batson.
Hurt lit Wreck.
Norfolk and Western passenger
train No. 4 2, known ns the Washing
ton and Chattanooga Limited, was
wrecked at Seven-Mile Ford, between
Roanoke and Bristol, Va., Sunday
night and twelve persons were injured,
none seriously.
To Discover the Hook Worm.
Delegates from every state and ter
ritory in the United States arrived at
St. Louis Monday to attend the an
nual convention of the American Med
ical association, which opened Tues
day. The hook worm and pellagra
will be two of the subjects discuHsed.
Steamer Is Refloated.
The Scandinavian-American steam
er United States, which went ashore in
the fjord at Chrtstlansand, Norway,
Saturday, wag refloated Monday. The
vessel returned to Copenhagen. The
vessel was en route from Copenha
gen for New York when she grounded
Gold Medal for Peary.
After lecturing at the opera house
it Antwerp Monday night Commander
Robert E. Peary wag presented with
the gold medal of the Royal Antwerp
Geographical Boclety.
Die on a Train.
Charles E. Doyle, vice president of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway,
died In hlg car Sunday, following a
troke of apoplexy, oa the way to
Richmond. He was born In Missouri
In 1851. .
Millionaire GoridanI Dead.
Hiram Ooddard. millionaire lumber
man, aged 74, died Monday after an
illness of three months, at La Crosse,
WU.
INDIANS MIST PAY TAXI'S.
Oklahoma Siitciior Court Validate
. l V) Made in 1(108.
According to a decision of Judge
Joel M. Sandlln, of the superior court,
at Guthrie. Okla.. Tuesday afternoon,
all original Chickasaw and Choctaw
allottees must pay taxes to the state
the same as other citizens. This rul
ing will affect approximately 9,000 In
dian land owners and means the vali
dation of the tax levy made by the
state for 1908.
Petitions were filed by 9,000 allot
tees to enjoin the state from, collect
ing the 1908 taxes on their allotments.
Attorney General West demurred to
the petitions. In this he was sustained,
the court holding that the state has
a right to tax its citir-ens and that if
the contract made with the Indians
In the Atoka agreement exempted
lands of original allottees from taxa
tion, this had not been done by the
state. These allottees, the court held,
should look to the federal government
for relief.
NEGRO LOCKED UP.
Private In Colored Regiment Charged
with Assaulting Woman.
Private Nathaniel Bledset. of Com
pany D, Twenty-firth United States in
fantry, wag turned over to the Seattle,
Wash,, police Tuesday by the com
mander of Fort Law-ton, after being
Identified ns the negro who forced his
way into the home of Mrs. J. W. Red
ding and ill treated her Saturday
night. Bledset is now locked up In the
city Jail.
The city council has adopted a res
olution requiring the representative In
congress from this state to obtain the
removal of the negro troops from
Fort Lawton.
DRY LAW DECISION.
federal Court Renders an Opinion In
Kansas Case.
A decision by Judge John C. Pol
look, of the United Stateg circuit court,
announced at Topeka Monday, It Is
believed, will settle the controversy
between Kansas pharmacists and the
courts as to the validity of the pro
hibitory act of 1909.
Judge Pollock upheld the act abso
lutely and, in his opinion, liquor In no
wise can be sold In Kansas except on
a physician's prescription, and then
only by the physician himself.
Cm in Given a Berth.
.President T,aft Tyiesdufy nominated
William D. Crum'l of South Carolina,
to be minister resident and consul
general at Monrovia, Liberia. Crum
is the negro whose appointment by
Mr. Roosevelt ns collector of the port
at Charleston, S. C, raised such a
storm of protest in the south.
Fined for Attempted Smuggling.
A fine of $5,000 was Imposed by
fudge Reelstab in the United States
court on Mrs. Matilda M. Chesbrough,
wife of a wealthy Boston ship owner,
who was recently convicted of the
charge of attempting to smuggle per
sonal property Into this country.
Wratoher Falls Off Roof.
Scantily clad, Lambert Wilson of
Ower.sville, Ind., went to the roof of
his house to take an observation of
Halley's comet. His foot slipped and
he coasted swiftly down the roof and
tell thirty feet to the earth. He was
painfully cut and bruised.
Ran New Fanglcd Dances.
The United Professional Dancing
Teachers' association. In convention in
Chicago, cast the new fangled hot
foots to the rubbish heap and resur
rected the dreamy waltz of ye old
time. The frenzied performance was
called a coarse and killing pastime.
Mlssoiirlau Ends Life.
Harry B. Kay, 3 4 years old, who un
til recnently was cashier of a bank
in Pasadena, Cal., committed suicide
by shooting at Pocatella, Idaho, Wed
nesday. Kay was en route to his home
In St. Joseph, Mo., having finished a
hunting trip In Idaho. He was well
supplied with money, and the cause of
his action is unknown.
Decision for I'urr.
Attorney General Wiokersham has
endered a decision in which he holds
that Richard Parr is entitled to re
cover from the government the
amount of his claim for Information
given against the so-called sugar
trust.
Will liCiid Iloi cl $25,000,000.
It wag announced Monday that an
international banking group would
take $25,000,000 of the bonds of the
Southern Pacific railway. The terms
of the loun will be made public later
by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., of New York.
Fires a Fatal Shot.
Wallace A. Bussell, of Seattle,
Wash., 23 years old, walked Into the
Monte Carlo saloon and gambling
house and fatally shot the proprietor,
Joseph Bonne'.
Fugliiih Genera! Expires.
Gen. Sir William Francis Butler
died In London Tuesday, aged 72
years. He had a distinguished career,
serving In Egypt and South Africa anJ
on special missions to Canada.
Antl-Jup Rising.
An anti-Japanese rising of serious
proportions is being plotted. It Is re
ported. In north Korea by Koreans
who are opposed to the annexation of
Korea by Japan.
Nebraska tSt
Week . a, Form
r Slate News
MONEY SVVmiEK JUMPS.
Excitement Causal on n Hurling Train
Near Seward.
When the Burlington train from the
west was apprimching Seward between
12 and 1 Sunday, two men snatched
$135 from a passenger with whom
they had been playing cards. The
man who was robbed notified the con
ductor, nnd one of the money snatch
ers was caught. The other Jumped
from ine train at a point where the
tracK runs on a hlKh embankment. .
The train was backed up and the
man who had Jumped oft was found
unconscious nt the bottom of the em
bankment. One of his legs wns brok
en in two places, and he is so badly
Injured Internally that he cannot
live, it Is said. The money wns re
covered in his possession. Tho two
prisoners, who refused to give their
names, are now In Jull, and the man
from whom the money was taken Is
held as a witness.
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PHOTOGRAPH Kit ;ETS A SCARE.
Does Not Want the Experience He
eulcd Very Soon.
Charles W.' Gales, f Tekamah, and
three young men had an experience
which they do nut care to have re
peated. Mr. Gates is properletor of
the art studio, nnd three young men
called there in the evening to have
their pictures taken by flashlight. Mr.
Gates prepared to do the work and
was in the act of filling the electric
flash lamp with powder from a can
when the lamp short circuited, blow
ing up the whole can, knocking them
nil down. Aside from having his
hands burned Mr. Gates escaped un
harmed, the other three who were get
ting "shot" were stunned, but not In
jured. Almost Hurled Alive.
While working In a ditch ten feet
deep Tuesday afternoon, Ralph Dean
and John Vanmeter, of Cambridge,
were caught by the bank caving off,
Mr. Deatv wno burled a depth of three
feet, but quick work on the part of
those who were present saved his life
Vanmeter was burled, but his head re
mained above the ground so that he
did not suffer from suffocation.
Ruilde New Bridge.
The county commissioners of Red
Willow and Hitchcock counties let
the contract to the Standard Bridge
company of Omaha this week for a
new wooden bridge across the Repub
lican river on the county line between
McCook and Culbertson.
ComiMinlcs Raise Rates,
The fire insurance companies doing
business in the village of Elk Creek,
have greatly increased their rates. On
business houses the rate has been dou
bled. The business men and others
of the burg dislike the movement and
threaten to carry their own risks.
Aearnoy Votes to Buy Waterworks.
At a special election held Tuesday
the citizens of Kearney voted, by a
good majority to buy the city water
plant nt the figures offered by the
American Water company, which is
$125,000.
Insurance Company Barred.
The State Kurmers' Mutual Hail In
surance company, of Waseca, Minn.,
has been denied permission to do
business in Nebraska by State Auditor
Barton, consequently it has no author
ity to do business in this state.
Crazy Man Taken.
A crazy man by the name of Smith,
was taken Into Valentine Monday by
Sheriff Rossetter. The man has been
having spells inwhich he says that he
must kill somebody and he Is afraid
that he will kill some of his family.
Gets an Orphanage.
The Swedish Lutheran orphanage is
to be established In Htromsburg. Of.
liters of the association have been
elected and are now arranging for the
erection of a building.
Chinese Buby Arrives.
A girl baby has been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Anko, of Omaha. So
far us Major Barker, of the health de
partment can recall, this Is the second
child of Chinese parents to be born in
Omaha.
Buries OldcNt Citizen.
Red Willow county hag Just buried
her oldest citizen, T. D. McCarthy,
aged 92 years.
A meeting of the property owners
along the Nemaha river bottoms In
Johnson county and others Interested
In the proposed drainage proposition
was held at the court house In Te
cumseh Thursday.
Ernest Rottman of Murdock entered
a plea of guilty to an indictment for
sending non-mailable mutter through
the United Stteg mails before Judge
T. C. M unger at Lincoln, Wednesday,
and was fined $50 and costs.
FATHER SHOOTS DAUGHTER.
Henry 1 raniiscii, or St. I.llxiry, Fires
Ballot Into Girl's Heart.
While Henry Frannsen was nt the
home of a relative near St. Llhory
Friday, some of the men, including
Mr. Krnnnsen, engaged in shooting
at a target with a 22-callver rifle. The
target was a brickbat some distance
away. Forty feet to the side stood
Mr. I'r.'inusen'a ' little 9-ypar-oId
daughter. Martha. Mr. Frannsen took
a shot and hit the brick. The bullet
seems to have glanced off and struck
the little girl, entering the heart
Death was almost Instantaneous.
Mm. Wilbur Tries Suicide.
Mrs. E. E. Wilbur, wife of a prom
inent dentist of Hastings, wns found
unconscious In the kitchen of hi
home Saturday evening and gas was
pouring from two burners of the gas
range. It is supposed she turned on
the gas with suicidal intentions. Her
condition Is serious.
Gopher Poison Is Fatal.
Vernon Tewell, a farmer living four
miles west of Waco, died very sudden
ly Friday. He was poisoning some
gophers in his corn field when It Is
supposed, he placed some of the pol
soned corn In the same pocket with
his tobneco. Soon after he wag seized
with convulsions nnd died.
Rohliers Make Uglit Haul.
The effort, by the aid of blood
hounds to trace thieves who entered
two stores In the town of Phillips dur
ing Friday night were abandoned late
Saturday. The robbers secured noth
ing but a few pennies and got out of
Phillips on a railroad velocipede,
stolen there and ditched nt the out
skirts of this place.
Highwayman Stubs Tramp.
John Enrlght, a tramp, whose
worldly possessions figured up $3, was
held up, robbed and almost mortally
wounded while cooking a meal for
himself at the Burlington- stock yards,
Hastings, Friday, night. . He ,1s being
cared for at the county hospital.
No Answer Yet. ,
Theodore Roosevelt has written
from London to Gov. Shallenberger
that he is thankful to receive an Invi
tation through the governor to address
the Nebraska State Teachers' associa
tion this fall, but he cannot consider
making of new dates till he returns
to his home.
" Receiver to Be Appointed.
A receiver will be nuoolnfpd tnr
the Schuyler Building and Loan asso
ciation, to liquidate the balance of the
business. It ceased doing new busi
ness over three years ago, and Is now
In the hands of the state banking
board.
Man Fights foj Little Son.
Dr. Osborne, at the time the high-
line train wus about to leave Elwood
for Holdrege, Saturday night, caused
much excitement by trying to take his
year-old buby boy from his wife, who
wag taking the child and leaving the
man permanently.
Found Wife Dead on Floor.
The funeral of Mrs. Joseph Rosier
wng held Sunday. Mr. Bosler. who Is
a day laborer, returned to his home
at noon Friduy to And his wife on the
floor dead. She had been stricken
with heart disease. TluTdeeeused was
about fifty years of age.
Arrange Cluiiitutiqiiu Dates.
The dates for the holding of the
Kearney Chautauqua have been get
for July 16 to 24, Inclusive. Prepara
tions are being made by the manage
ment und one of the best programs In
the state Is promised the people. This
is the first yeur that tho assembly will
be held in its own grounds.
BtirglarH Visit Ashland.
Early Sunday morning burglars
broke Into four business houses at
Ashland. At two of the places they
cracked the gufes but took nothing but
cash, securing less than $10 at all
four places.
StcrcotvperH In Annual Session.
The big convention of the Interna
tional Stereotypers' and Electrotyperg'
Union of North America win open In
Omaha June 13, and will lust until
June 18.
Judge R. II. Rohr lN-ud.
R. 11. Rohr, who retired us county
Judge at Beaver City last January af
ter serving two terms, died at Hum
boldt, Iu Haturduy morning, where
he wag visiting relatives.
A packed house of women and
children at the Crystal moving picture
theater at Norfolk, wus thrown Into
a punlo lute Friday night, when three
111ms caught Are and exploded, get
ting; the theater afire.
In district court Saturday afternoon
Judge Hostetler of Kearney gave Judg
ment Tor $4,299.25 In the suit ol St
Luke'g Eplscopul church against Fran
cis U. Keens, this being the full
amount prayed for.
1EM6E
IJOIV AT 32,936,445
Protestant Denominations Report
30.J87.741 and the Roman
Catholic 12,679,149.
NUMBERS ARE ON THE INCREASE
Statistics Are Based on Report ot
United States Census, Soon to
Be Published.
Tho aggregate number of communi
cants or members of all religious de
nominations In the United States In
1906 was 32,936,445, according to the
United States census of religious
bodies. Of this grand total, the va
rious Protestant bodies reported 20,
287,742 and the Roman Catholic
church 12,679,142.
Of the Protestant communicants, ac
cording to the report, 80.6 per cent
were outside the principal cities of the
country. Of the Catholics, 27.9 per
cent were in the cities of the first
class, those having a population of
more than 300,000, while 47.8 per cent
were outsldo the cities of the first, sec
ond, third or fourth classes, the last
claBS being cities of 25,000 to 60.000.
Protestants In the flrst-claas cities ag
gregated 7.3 per cent.
Of the Protestants, the Protestant
Episcopal church reported a majority
of Its communicants In the principal
cities, 61.2 per cent, as did the Church
of Christ, Scientist, 82.6 per cent.
The report shows a growth ot all
communicants, both in the cities and
country, since 1890. In the five lead
ing cities the proportion of communi
cants to population was: New York,
.7 per cent; Chicago, 40.7; Phila
delphia, S8.8; Boston, 62.6; Ct. Louis,
46.6.
GOES INTO RECEIVERS' HANDS,
Jones Ilrr Good Company of Kan
as Clr Taken Orr br Conrfi.
Receivers for the Jones Dry Goods
Company of Kansas City, one of the
largest retail general merchandise con
cerns In the West, were appointed by
me federal court to-dar. The llabill
ties are placed at $1,400,000 and the
assets at $2,000,000. The receivers said
the company was solvent and that Its
Dusiness would be continued without
interruption. It Is alleged that the
company has been spending large sums
for realty and for leases that should
have been placed In the business. The
Immediate cause of the receivership Is
given as poor business resulting from
unfavorable spring weather. Tho prin
cipal creditors are In St. Louis, Chica
go, Philadelphia, and New York.
DEDICATE KENTUCKY'S CAPITOL.
New a, 000,000 Structure la Opened
with Much Ceremony.
Kentucky's $2,000,000 capltol was
dedicated the other day with exercises
that occupied practically the entire
day. Special trains from all directions
brought thousands of persons to
Frankfort, cne train bringing more
than 1,000 girls from the Louisville
high school. The exercises, which
were opened early In the mornlns: bv
a signal gun, Included an Invocation
by Bishop Lewis W. Burton of Lexing
ton and addresses, mainly of historic
Interest, by Gov. Augustus E. Willson
and United States Senator William O
Bradley.
The annual outing of the North Cen
tral Minnesota Editorial Association
will be held at Glengarrv Hnrlnim. on
.Leech Lake, near Walker.
The oldest educational Inntltntinn n
existence is El Ashar Unlversltv t
Cairo, Egypt It wag founded In 98S,
and nad 8,610 students lust year.
Simplification of snelllriir is a nlaln
mailer or business expediency, accord
ing to Prof. Homer 11. Seerley, presi
dent of the Iowa State Teachers' Asso
ciation. Twenty-flve collegeg have been invit
ed by the games committee of the Mis
souri Valley conferenceg to participate
In the annual meet to be held at Dei
Moines.
For the second time In two years the
debaters of St. Thomas College have
defeated the repregentatlveg of the Fo
rum Literary Society of the University
of Minnesota.
Fifty students of the University of
Minnesota have been dropped from the
rolls of the collegeg of engineering and
science, literature and artg, for failure
to maintain the required gtandurd .f
scholarship.
Prof. R. R Cochrane, of the chair
of mathematics of the Manitoba Uni
versity, died recently at the age of CO
years. He wag a brother of the lat
George Cochrane, prealdent of Los An
geles University.
Dr. John C. Parish, of the State hlg
torlcal department of Iowa and son of
the late Prof. L. W. Parish of Cedar
Falls, has accepted a position as pro
feggor of American history and politi
cal science In Belolt College.
The annual meeting of the Trl-Coun-try
Educational Association was held
In Grafton, N. D. Reaolutiong were
adopted Imploring the Bute legislative
assensbly to appropriate money for the
benefit Of rural schools, whlhTmedlcal
Inspection of school children was ur
ed.
BRITISH AMBASSADOR WHO MAT
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It Is reported that British AmbassfV
dor James Bryce wishes to be relieved
from further duty. The ambassador
was greatly affected by the death of
King Edward. This, coupled with ad
vancing years and the desire to con
clude the third volume of his "Ameri
can ConunonwaltliM on which he baa
been working, Is assigned by his col
leagues as lenuing color to the report.
A Itallroad'a Safety Reeord.
That only one person was killed out
of 299,762,658 passengers carried by th
Pennsylvania Railroad In the past tw6
years Is shown by figures now pub'
llshed by the officials of that road. la
that time 370 passengers were injured
In train wrecks. In 1909 there were
two less passenger collisions and fif
teen less freight collisions than In
1908.
Nonla flammable Celluloid.
Prof. Gautler submitted to the Acad
emy of Science at Paris an account of
a process dlgcovered by Dr. Botrelle,
which renders celluloid fireproof. Th
principal point in the process Is the
use of either silicate instead of pur
ether with alcohol as a solvent of nl
trocellulose fibers.
W0S8NDS,
or
Cornelia Dillon, half sister to Lou
Dillon, is to be raced on the PaclQo
coast this season.
Harvard easily defeated DartmoutTl
In the annual dual track and field mce
by a score of 91 5-6 to 25 1-6.
The University of Pennsylvania de
feated Cornell In the annual dual track
meet at Ithaca, N. Y., 72 points to 42.
The Intercollegiate football rules
committee at a recent meeting decided
to retain the forward pass unrestrict
ed.
Clover Patch, whose 3 -year-old rec
ord in 1908 wag 2:09, hag been sold by,
C. R. Bentley of Buffalo to A. IL Mil
ler of the same city. 1
The Senate of New York has passed
a bill providing for the removal of tho
5 per cent tax on the receipts of tho
racing associations of the Empire
State.
Purses aggregating $20,000 will bo
hung up for the harness races at tho
Wisconsin State Fair to be held In Mil
waukee, Wis., September 13 to 16, In
clusive. Waldo disappointed thousands who
expected to see him figure In the Ken
tucky derby at Louisville by going
lame so that he had t be dropped from
the list of contestants. ;
The work of drawing up a football
schedule for 1910 hag been completed
by Manuger Helen Leach of the Uni
versity of Minnesota Athletic Associa
tion and seven games will be played
this year.
Th All-Amerloun Rugby football
team, composed of representatives of
the Universities of Nevada and Cali
fornia and Leland Stanford University,
left San Franclj.co for Vancouver, ea
route to Australia and New Zealand. '
The Prince rind Princess of Wales
attended the Jipun-Itrltlsh exposition
in London and were entertained by ft
party of Jlu jl'.su wrestlers. Both tho
Prince and Princess expressed wonder
at the remarkable cleverness of tho
Orientals and the Prince declared that
it was the ro st unique thing la sport!
ho had evei seen.