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VOLUME XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JUNK 17, 1910.
NUMBER 42
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OILLETT BANS FIGHT
OHDKKS TIIK JF.FFKIF.S-JOIINSON
FRISCO BOCT STOPPF.D.
Promoters t.loawon and Itlc-kard Arc
Taken Completely by Surprise
Work on Dig Arena Has Been
Abanilonetl. '
Stirred to action by insistent pro
tests from all parts of the state. Gov.
James N. Olllett took steps Wednes
day to prevent the championship tight
between James J. JefTries and Jack
Johnson, scheduled to be held In Kan
Francisco July 4.
In a letter to Attorney General IT.
S. Webb the governor expresses his
disapproval of prize fighting In uu
measured terms, directs that the alii
of the courts be invoked to prevent
' the match, and concludes with a
positive order that In case the plea
for a restraining order is not Kranted,
and the fight Is held, the attorney gen
eral proceed to gather evidence and
prosecute the principals and those In
terested In the fight for violation of
the penal code of the state.
The letter declares the supremej
eourt of California has never defined a
prize fight, and suggests an opportuni
ty be given It to do so. This is taken
to Indicate the governor's Intention to
press his opposition to that end. and
while the status of the' Jeffries-Johnson
fight Is In an unsettled condition,
the sporting fraternity is cast down
hnd it is generally believed the death
knell of prize fighting in California,
the "Mecca of prize fighting," accord
ing to the governor's letter, has been
sounded. This is borne out by the
fact that the governor telegraphed to
Atorney General Webb later in the day
to take similar action in the battle
battle between Sara Langford and Al
Kaufman, which was to be fought
Saturday.
Promoters Rickurd and Glenson
were taken completely by surprise.
They had heard no whisper of the
Sovernor'B intended action. When
the news reached him Rlckard rushed
to the office of Attorney General Webb
ind usked what that official proposed
to do. After a conference with Webb,
Rickard said he believed the fight
would be held, in San Francisco on the
advertised date, despite the governor's
orders, lie would not say positively
' what his course of action would be
until Webb hanud down an opinion
I'XCI.K SAM IX A HAII.
Swoops Down on Wlrcies Office In
Broadway.
United States postoffiee inspectors
raided the handsome liroadway offices
f the United Wireless Telegraph com
pany. New York, Wednesday and
a used the arrest of Christopher C.
Wilson, president of the company;
Samuel S. Hogart, first vice president,
and William W. Tompkins, president
of the New York selling agency, who.
officers of the wireless company say,
was formerly their fiscal agent, but
has ceased to represent them. Chief
Inspector Meyer subsequently gave a
long formal statement In which lie
charges that although the company
has been running at a loss the price
of its shares have been advanced by
manipulation to fictitious values and
that Individual officers of the company
have sold out their stock to the gener
al public at a profit, estimated in one
instance at between $5,000,000 and
$10,000,000. with other instances In
proportion.
The complaint on which the war
rants were issued is drawn under the
federal criminal code on information
of Carter H. Keene, a postoffiee In
spector. The specific instance of al
leged fraudulent use of the malls Is
given.
ASSASSIN SHOOTS AT OFFICIAL.
Five HiillctN Miss Mark, and Would
lie Assassin Kills Self.
Gen. Varcsanln de Vares. military
governor of iiosula and Herzegovina,
narrowly escaped assassination Wed
nesday, lie was returning to the pal
ace after having opened the diet,
when a socialist named Karajlc fired
five shots at him with a revolver. None
of the bullets found its mark. The
would-be assassin, following the fail
ure of his attempt on the life of the
governor, shot and killed himself.
Sioux City live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Top beeves, $8.10. Top hogs, $9.45.
Bleached Flour Case Delayed.
The bleached flour case being heard
In the United States district court at
Kansas City, were postponed until
Thursday on account of the Illness of
Edward Smith, of Omaha, one of the
attorneys for the millers.
Fire Wednesday night destroyed
the Hansell-Ellecook foundry at Chi
cago, caused a loss of $800,000. The
plant was a two-story brick and con
crete structure, and covered an entire
city block.
LOSS OF I.IFK IN ;f.hmny.
Ono Hundred and liTty Demi In F)ooo
Waters. v-
A dispatch from Cologne, Germany,
Kays great loss of life has occurred In
the Aher valley of the F.lfel region as
the result of a cloudburst which swept
the district Sunday night. I.nte esti
mates place the total number of dead
at 160
News of the catastrophe reached
Cologne Monday. Numerous storms
In the neighborhood had made the
stream unusually high ami as the re
sult of an unusually heavy downpour
Sunday night the river Aher suddenly
overflowed, the water carrying death
ind destruction In its path.
The greatest loss of life occurred
where two barracks containing Ital
ian and Croatian laborers employed
on the railway were swept away. The
inmates were surprised In their sleep
and geneially were unable to help
themselve.,. Thirty-seven bodies have
been recovered.
GRAIN COMPANY QUITS.
Another St. IaiiiIs lliickctsliop Sis
M'inls Ox-riitlons.
The Merchants' Stock & Grain com
pany, of St. Louis, notified Its custo
mers Tuesday that no further trades
would be made In stocks, grain or
provisions. Recently Frank J. Miner,
manager of the concern, was convicted
of a charge of conducting a bucket
shop. The Western Union Telegraph com
pany, which furnished the service to
the company. Issued an order several
days ago withdrawing Its wires from
ail alleged bucketshops. Circuit At
torney Jones in three weeks closed
up eight so called bucketshops, nnd
the Merchants was the only one In this
class which continued operations.
DOCTOU FATALLY WOUXDF.D.
Shot Twice by a St. Louis Department
Store Driver.
John M Grant, one of the best
known physicians of St. Louis, was
shot twice and perhaps fatally wound
ed by Aloyius W. Rayne, a driver for
a department store, Monday. The
physician was alighting from his au
tomobile In front of his office when
he was attacked. Rayne was ar
rested. A stenographer at Dr. Grant's of
fice said the shooting followed Dr.
Grant's orders to the driver to move
his wagon from the curb.
Kitchener Declines I'oxt.
Lord Kitchener's declination of the
posUof Inspector general of the Med
iterranean forces, to which he was
appointed last August, succeeding the
duke of Connaught, was communicat
ed officially to the Urltlsh house of
commons by Richard B. Ilaldane, sec
reatry of war, Monday.
iet Purls ilrl Traffickers.
The Paris police have discovered a
ang engaged in white slave traffic,
v.!th headquarters In Paris and Pana
ma. Two Spaniards named Damlanl
and Casalta were arrested at the rail
way station in Paris as they were ac
companying four young girls for St
Nazaire. .
Jewish Girl Attempts Suicide.
Monday a girl of Jewish birth who
had been ordered expelled from Kiev,
Russia, jumped from the window of
an express train upon which she was
being taken to Odessa. She was
picked up still alive, but Insensible.
Forbids Inheritance Tax Fees.
Attorney General Stead, of Illinois,
in an opinion Issued to State Treasurer
Andrew Russel, holds that payment of
fees to special attorneys employed In
inheritance tax cases on the authority
of county judges Is unwarranted un
der the law.
Watcher Falls Off Roof.
Scantily clad, Lambert Wilson of
Owensville, 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
fell thirty feet to the earth, lie was
gainfully cut and bruised.
OH Companies Merge.
Practically all the details have been
perfected for the merger of twenty of
the large oil producing companies in
the Oklahoma field into one company,
with its own refineries and pipe lines
at Kansas City Monday.
Fires a FatP' 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,'.
Cross Country Flight.
A cross country aeroplane flight
from St. Louis to Kansas City will be
held July 18 for a prize of at least
$10,000 and probably more.
Breathitt County Killing.
In a factional difficulty Sunday
night at Athol, Breathitt county, Ky.,
Mllea Crawford was shot and killed
by Ellsha Johnson.
Boy lliders Call on Gaynor.
Mayor Gaynor, of New York, had
ts visitors Monday Louis and Temple
Abernethy, sons of Marshal Jack ib
ernalhy, of Oklahoma, who accom
panied the young men to the city hall.
Mexican Forest Fires.
A special from Cananea. Mex., say
that forest firea have swept over o
section twenty-five miles in length In
the Ojo and Mansananal mountains of
that state.
TIIRI i: DAYS OF THRILLS.
illation Meet at Sioux City, June 2
80, July 1.
The desire of man to conquer the
lr is as old as the life of the human
race. Down through the ages men
have watched the flight of birds and
wondered If the time would ever come
when human beings could fly through
the air. Now and then a Darius
Green would make the attempt, but
uccessful aviation never was accom
plished until the present day. Now
man's conquest of the air is a reality
the manhlrd has arrived.
Recognizing the universal desire to
see this greatest attraction the world
has even known, the business men of
Sioux City have made arrangements
for an aviation meet to be held at
Woodland park, Riverside, during the
last two days of June and the first
day of July.
The meet will be held under the
direction of the Sioux City Commer
cial club, the members of which sub
scribed $10,000 to secure the Scientific
American trophy machine of Glenn
II .Curtlss. This machine and others
will be brought to Sioux City by Mr.
Curtlss'a two chief assistants, Charles
F. Willard and J. C. Mars, who will
make the flights. The exhibitions
which these, fliers will give will in
clude fttgths around the course against
time, trials for endurance and height,
accurate and quick starting and land
ing tests, and attempts at slow flying
and gliding. Wlllard operated the
just named machine when it won the
Scientific American trophy, and also
when it won several events at the In
ternational aviation meet which was
held in Los Angeles last January.
The people of Sioux City are taking
an Intense Interest in the coming meet
and there isn't any doubt that. If
pleasant weather shall prevail, the
beauty and chivalry" of the old town
will have the time of their lives.
But Interest in the aviation meet is
not confined to Sioux City It extends
to the limits of Sioux City's trade ter
ritory, and even beyond the limits.
The prediction is freely made that the
crowds which will come to Sioux City
that week will be unprecedented In
size.
A band concert will be given at
Woodland every afternoon of the
meet, and a further attraction to the
thousands of visitors to the city will
be afforded by the Western League
baseball games. So that there shall
be no conflict with the meet, the
games, which originally were sched
uled ' to be played in the afternoon,
will be played in the morning at Mlz
sou park.
TRAGEDY IX A STUDIO.
Leon Giiypon Shoots Himself Through
the I cud.
Leon Guypon, who is known as an
artist and illustrator, shot himself
through the head in his studio In New
York Tuesduy and was found dead on
the floor, a revolver by his side. II.
C. Merrill, a close friend, explained
the tragedy, saying that Guypon had
been engaged to Miss Agnes Foster,
daughter of a Boston banker, but had
broken the engagement because of ill
health. lie suffered with heart trou
ble and had been told by physicians
that he might die at any time.
Before killing himself the young
artist sent to his former fiancee In
Boston a check for $7,212, "all the
pennies I have saved," as he expressed
It in a letter to his friend, Merrill. In
his letter to Merrill he wrote:
"I do not want to poison her bright,
happy life, yet I cannot live without
her. So there is but one honorable
path open to me, and I shall calmly
step Into it because my conscience is
clear."
When a heavy envelope on a table
near the body was opened the artist's
will, written In his own hand, was
found. It Is said that he had already
disposed of his money, and his pic
tures and other belongings were willed
to Miss Foster and Merrill Jointly.
"I desire to be cremated and my
iishea thrown to the four winds," read
the will.
WAXT A CABINET OFFICER.
Mother's Congress to Favor a Depart
ment of Home and Child.
A new department of the national
government with a woman at Its heud
Is one of the propositions to be in
dorsed by the National Mother's con
gress, In annual convention at Denver.
Resolutions have been prepared de
claring for a department of home and
child. It Is said that the Idea is fa
vored by former President Roosevelt.
Dr. George Walters liolden, of Den
ver, Tuesday read a paper entitled
"The Mother's Responsibility In the
Prevention of Tuberculosis." Dr. liol
den said that fraternffy life in high
schools, with Its dances and late hours,
is the quick step to consumption. He
scored the public drinking cup and
aimed a blow at exposed counters,
where sandwiches, pies, meats, etc.,
are sold to school children for their
noonday meal. Exposure of foods In
this manner, he said, caused numerous
diseases.
Mob Hangs a Negro.
Will Hunter, a negro, was taken
from the officers by a mob at Star
City, Ark., and lynched. The negro
had Just been arrested for entering
the room of a white woman near Gar
nett, Ark., a few days previously.
Father and Son Burned.
Clarence Buck and his son Bernard
were burned to death In a fire which
destroyed their powder factory oper
ated by the Buck Manufacturing con
pany at Coudersport. Pu., Tuesduy.
Nebraska tT
Week , I Form
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TERRIFIES THE SPECTATORS.
Lincoln Hoy Grabs Clutch ltote of n
Balloon and Ascends.
Clyde Heckle, an 18-year-old Lin
coln boy, made a ti-rrlfylng 6,000-foot
balloon ascension recently, clinging
for a part of the time to the clutch
rope of the air craft. He landed a
half mile from the start In the mid
dle of n shallow lake at n summer
resort near the Ity. Adolph Wel
berg, nn aeronaut, who gives exhibi
tions at the resort by ascending and
dropping In a parachute had mnde
preparations for his regular trlpf and
young Heckle, with others, was hold
ing the ropes. The boy hnd asked to I
be ollowed to make the ascent, but
was refused. Just as the aeronaut,
seated In his parachute attachment,
called to his assistants to let go,'
Heckle, with a knife, severel the two
ropes holding the aeronaut, and as
the airbag leaped upward he grasped
the clutch rope of the ballopn proper,
Welberg, with his parachute, bcjng
left on the ground. For possibly a
thousand feet Heckle went upward al
most like a Ticket, clinging only with
his hands. Then he managed to swing
himself astride the clutch rope, nnd
after an ascent of over, a mile, calne
down without mishap.
GREEKS START A RIOT.
South Omaha Police Received with a
Volley of Missiles.
Seventy-five Greeks employed by
the Northwestern railway started a
small riot In South Omaha Sunday as
a result, they claim, of one of their
boarding cars being robbed by two
boys. The police were called nnd were
received with a' volley of stones and
clubs. The officers fired Into the 'air
and a general fight followed in which
Nicholas Jlmika, one of the Greeks,
received a bullet wound which physi
cians say Is fatal.
The Greeks started out In search of
the lads who they claimed robbed
their car and attempted to enter a
number of houses in the vicinity. Op
position to the Bearch resulted in sev
eral flghte'ttnd a near riot wna In re
gress when the police arrived. Six
teen of the Greeks were arrested.
Much bnd blood exists in South
Omaha against the Greeks as the re
sult of recent troubles with them and
the timely arrival of the police prob
ably prevented a much more serious
disturbance.
DR. SUTHERLAND RETIRES.
Head of Grand Island College Will Be
Succeeded by Dr. Garrison.
It is announced that in another year
Dr. George Sutherland, president of
the Grand Island college, will retire
from the position and Dr. Garrison,
recently of Pella, la,, will succeed
him. Dr. Sutherland has been at the
head of the institution for the last
seventeen years and desired to retire
this year. Dr. Garrison, however, pre
ferred to be with the Institution in a
lesser position at least one year be
fore assuming the responsibilities as
president, and this has been agreed
upon between the two and the board
of trustees. Dr. GarrUon comes at
the recommendation of Mr. Suther
land. The new educator Is a graduate
of Yale.
Run Away with Circus.
Three boys whose ages ranged from
12 to 17, followed a circus away from
Nebraska City. One of them, William
Dennis, a son of a barber, was cap
tured and returned home from Falls
City, the other boys, Kipper and Spe
nee, managed to hide from the offi
cers and make their escape to llolton,
Kan.
Directed to Wrong House.
A German who could not speak a
word of English and who went to
Nebraska to visit with u relative, was
directed to the wrong house. The
owner of the property took the vis
itor for a burglar and nearly killed
him with a heavy Iron monkey wrench
before the visitor got away.
Pawnee City to Celebrate.
Pawnee City will celebrate the
Fourth and Is making preparations to
outdo all previous efforts. Clean
sports, a baseball game between
Burchard and Summerfleld, Kan., and
racing, being some of the features.
The principal attraction will be an
airship.
Current Kills Lineman.
Frank Phillips, a lineman In the
employ of the Nebraska Telephone
company, was killed at Beatrice by,
coming in contact with an electric
wire.
To Celebrate the Fourth.
Syracuse has decided to celebrate
the Fourth of July and Mayor L. F.
Jackson, of Nebraska City, will be the
orator of the day. A large sum of
money has been raised for the cele
bration. Material for the rebuilding of the
bridge across the Platte river, south
of Columbus, is on the ground and
the foreman has the crew of men
ready to btgin work.
FIE FISII NETS BURNED.
Game Warden After Violator of I-aw
at Crystal Ijilic.
Five fishermen who have been get
ting fish out of Crystal lake with a
seine were called upon unexpectedly
Friday by J. R. Donovan, deputy
game warden of Nebraska, acting un
der orders of Dan Oellus, chief dpeuty
game warden, and had their nets con
fiscated. Arrests may follow.
Mr. Donovan spent the day at Crys
tal lake and says he spotted several
violators of the law.
J. M. Kruger was one of those who
had his, net confiscated. Calling on
E. E. Flnnerty, Mr. Donovan found
the man's net hidden In the bottom of
his trunk. All of the nets were turned
over to W. F. Duncan, of Sioux City,
la., the Nebraska agent, nnd the net
were burned.
BETTER SERVICE IS DESIRED.
Dakota City Business Men Boost for
Electric Line.
A movement Is on foot at Dakota
City to raise $1,000 In that town and
an additional $1,000 lun the surround
ing territory to Insure nn electric car
service between there and Stoux City.
O. M. Ayers, of Dakota City, Is doing
the hustling nnd expects in a short
time to have the money. The buslnest
men of Dakota City are boosting the
idea.
Those Interested financially In the
Foye line are snld to be Interested In
a reorganization of the company. By
taking In new interests and raising
about $2,000 it is thought a better
connection with Sioux City could bt
secured.
Struck by Lightning.
Lightning Wednesday morning
struck the Swedish Lutheran church
recently built In Axtell and It. togeth
er with Walter Matson's house on the
lots adjacent, were burned to the
ground. It Is now believed by many
that the church three Imles out from
town will be moved to Axtell. The
Insurance on the, church was $5,000
ana pn mo uueiur.g auout $1,600:
Under $3,000 to District Court.
Frank Erdman, the man arrested
on suspicion of having placed a bomb
for the destruction of Tom Dennlson,
was bound over to the district court
under $5,000 bonds Wednesday morn
ing by Judge Crawford. It waa a dra
muitc hearing that ended In the pass
ing of Erdman on a step towards hi
trial.
West Lincoln Grunts License.
West Lincoln Is to have a saloon,
thut Lincoln people may still live in
a prohibition city and do their drink
ing outside the city limits. That is,
the village has passed an ordinance
to issue a saloon license, and it will
become effective unless, the commit
tee of fifty does not get it tied up In
the courts and knocked out.
Prepare for Reunion.
Those having In charge the prepa
rations for holding the annual reunion
for the Platte Valley District Reunion
association of the Grand Army of the
Republic, are commencing early this
year, and have already almost com
pleted the program for the thirteenth
annual encampment, the date of
which has been fixed at August 8 to
12, 1910, at Central City.
Inmate Stabs IllinSelf,
Cecil Leddy, son r.f a prominent
north Phelps county family, who com
mitted suicide early this week at In
glestde, was burled Tuesduy. The
young man, who wus an inmate of the
asylum at Hastings, killed himself
by means of a piece of glass which he
broke from the window of his room.
He used the sharp splinter as a dag
ger.
Teamster Found Dead.
Ole Olson, a teamster, was found
dead In the road near Valentine by
tome other teamsters. He had left
Wednesday morning with a large
load of lumber for Rowley ranch,
south of town, for which ranch he waa
working. It Is thought probable that
he got sleepy und fell off the wugon,
being killed by the full, or else hav
Ing the wagon run over him.
State Bankers Meet.
The next annuul convention of the
Nebraska State Bunkers' association
will be held in Omaha, as the execu
tive committee, which met Wednesday
afternoon at the Omaha club, has ac
cepted the invitation of the Omaha
and South Omahu bankers. The con.
ventlon will be held In the fall.
Jury Clears Ileddendorf.
After being out less than ten hours
the jury in the Ileddendorf case at
Holdrege. returned with a verdict In
which they found the defendant not
guilty -of the charge of murder on
which he was. ht Id. . .
The first monument erected In Ne
braska to mark the old Oregon trail
waa unveiled before a large crowd
of spectators Thursday afternoon ai
Kearnt"
The Week
in Congress
The sundry civil appropriation bill
and the conference report on the rivers
and harbors bill monopolized the at
tention of the Senate, Wednesday,' but
no action was taken on either. Sena
tors Burton and Newlanda criticized
the rivers and harbors bill In sharp
language, both of them denouncing U
as a "'pork barrel." In the House the
entire session was occupied by a de
r tc upon the Olmsted bill creating a
new form of civil government for the
Island of Porto Rico. Before adjourn
ment the Houne began the reading of
this bill for amendment, thus practi
cally Insuring Its final disposition next
Wednesday. (.
After agreeing to the conference re
port on the river and harbor bill the
Senate Thursday took up the sundry
civil appropriation, but adjourned with
out concluding Its consideration. The
provision eliminating the "House re
striction on the use of funds for pros
ecutions under the anti-trust law, so as
to make them Inapplicable to peace
able combinations, wage-earners, etc.,
vaa the subject of criticism, but ulti
mately accepted. An amendment ap
propriating $100,000 to permit the Pres
ident to Investigate the various execu
tive departments of the government
with a view to better economy was
adopted. By the overwhelming vote of
195 to 101 the House passed the postal
savings bank bill. Twenty-four Demo
crats Joined the Republicans In voting
for the final passage of tbe bill. The
Democratic substitute for the bill of
the majority was rejected, 113 to 196.
In connection with the sundry civil
bill the Senate Friday listened to a
revival of the tariff discussion ot last
session, Senator Beverldge being the
principal speaker. The Indiana Sena
tor spoke In advocacy of the provl
slon of the bill authorizing tbe expen
dlture of $25,000 to aid in procuring
Information looking to the proper ad
ministration of the tariff law. He re
ferred to this legislation as the first
step toward the tariff commission
Senator Hale declared Mr. Beverldge's
purpose to be the destruction of the
present tariff law. By a vote of 48
to 71 the House declined to recede
from Its disagreement from the Sen
ate amendment appropriating for the
expenses of an automobile for Speak
er Cannon, the same action being pur
sued In the case of the allowance pro
posed by the Senate for Vice Presi
dent Sherman's automobile. All other
amendments of the legislative bill
were agreed to. The partial confer
ence report on the naval bill wbb
agreed to. The House accepted the
proposal of the Senate to build one
battle ship In a government navy-yard
and a $1,000,000 collier on the Pacific
coast. The report of the conferees on
the rivers and harbors bill was agreed
to, the total appropriations and
uthorUatlons being $.11,947,718.
Practically the entire day In the Sen
ate Saturday was devoted to a general
discussion of the tariff question In con
nection with the provision in the sun
dry civil appropriation bill appropri
ating $250,000 for collecting informa
tion bearing on tbe present tariff law.
Senators Clay, Aldrlch, Bailey, Hale,
Warren, Beverldge, Smoot, Cummins,
Heyburn and Dolllver were among the
speakers, and tbe discussion was acri
monious at times. The provision was
undisposed of and the discussion will
be resumed Monday. The final confer
ence report on the legislative. Judicial
and executive appropriation was ac
cepted. The House was occupied with
private bills.
The Senate Monday listened to a
notable address by Senator Dolllver
of Iowa in the form of a vigorous de
fense of the "Insurgent" Republican
and a reply to the criticisms of them
by the President of the United States.
The Sundry civil bill, carrying appro
priations aggregating $118,000,000,
was paBsed by the Senate. Bills
amending the bankruptcy law and re
quiring land-grand railroads to sur
vey their lands so as to render them
amenable to taxation were passed.
The entire session of the House was
devoted to political speeches deliver
ed during the period permitted for
general debate upon the deficiency
bill. Representative Nye of Minne
sota spoke of optimism and patriot
Ism as powerful factors In the nation
at large, referring to the functions of
party organizations In the govern
ment of the country. Representative
Leever of South Caroline advocated
legislation to prevent fictitious deal
ings In future sales of cotton. A de
fense of Attorney General Wicker
sham in his attitude toward the Phil
ippine friar lands was made by Mr
Crumpacker of Indiana.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
"Overlook Military Academy at Nor.
walk, Conn., was destroyed by fire. The
sixty pupils escaped.
Justice Harlan, of he Supreme
Court of the United States In Wash
ington, celebrated his 77th birthday
anniversary.
l ightning struck tbe bayonets' In a
Bt. Petersburg patrol that waa maneu
vering at Krasnoye-Selo, killing one
oldier and fatally Injuring another.
Vice President James, S. Sherman Is
a director of the Friable ft Htunsfield
Knitting Company of Camden, . which
was Incorporated in Albany, N. T., with
a capital of $2,600,000. It la under
Stood the company is a combination of
mills In Utlca, Cambridge and Oswego.
E WEEKLY
1792 -The first State Leglnlaturo of
Kentucky met
1800 First municipal court estabMahect
In Boston.
1909 Christopher Gore Inaugurated
Governor of Massachusetts.
1812 The territory north of Louisiana
was given the name of Missouri.
1819 Cornerstone laid for the Penn
sylvania State captltol at Harris
burg. 1831 The Boston and Worcester Rail
road incorporated.
1838 A band of Canadian rebels land
ed on Amherst Island, near Kings
ton, and plundered the vicinity.
1S45 The "True American" appeared
In Lexington, Ky., edited by Caa
stua M, Clay.
1846 A convention met Albany to
revise the constitution of NeiV
York.
1848 Whig convention at Philadelphia
, nominated Gen. Zachary Taylor
- for President of the United States.
. . . .First Sisters of Charity arrived
In Buffalo.
1849 The first authentic case of Asiat
ic cholera appeared In Boston.
1850 The line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad was completed to Hunt
ington, Pa.
1854 Reciprocity treaty concluded be
tween the United States and Can
ada.
1861 Gen. Beauregard assumed com
mand of the Confederate forces at
Manassas Junction.
1862 The Confederates, commanded bjr
Gen. Johnson, attacked the lef
wing of the Army of the Potomao
at Fair Oaks, Va. .. .Memphis sur
rendered to the Union forces.
1865 Galveston, Texas, surrendered t
the Federal troops.
1869 The Massachusetts State Senat
refused to grant the right of suf
frage to women.
1872 Construction of tho St Gotharcl
tunnel through the Alps begun.
1876 Royal Military College opened ii
' Kingston, Ontario.
1878 One hundred houses destroyed by;
tornado at Richmond. Va.
1887 Edward Blake temporarily re
tired from the leadership of th
Liberal party in Canada. .. .First
United States patent granted for
monotype machine.
1888 National Democratic convention
at St. Louis renominated Grover
Cleveland for President of the Uni
ted States.
18S9 Flood at Johnstown, Pa., result
ing from the breaking of a dam,
destroyed 2,295 lives.
1890 The Duke and Duchess of Con
naught welcomed at Ottawa... r
Duke and Duchesa of Connaught
welcomed to Montreal.
l92 The "High-Water Mark" monu
ment at Gettysburg dedicated.
1895 Statue of Sir John Macdonald
of Aberdeen.... Judson Harmon of
Ohio appointed Attorney General
of the United States.
;899 P. A. Mclntyre became Lieuten
ant Governor of Prince Edward Isl
and. .. .French Court of Cassation
decided In favnp nf tv, MV,inn if
the Dreyfusa verdict.
1900 Gen, John B. Gordon electee
commander-in-chief of the United
Confederate Veterans.
1902 Peace of Pretoria, ending tbe
war In South Africa.
1905 President Roosevelt offered hl
services as a mediator to end th
war between Japan and Russia.
Norway wltrdrew from the union
with Sweden.
1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
opened in Seattle.
The Income for the last year of In
ternational Cigar Makers' Union waa
$828,498.87. Benefits paid out for the
year were $553,832.34.
Another attempt Is being made to
unionize the housemaids of Boston,
Mass., and vicinity, and It la said the
movement is meeting with success.
The school teachers of the State of
Colorado, with a membership of 7.000,
huves decided to apply for admission
to the American Federation of Labor.
Organized labor is fast gaining In
SanU Crus County. California. Re
cently the bricklayers, cement workers,
plasterers and oarpenters formed un
ions. Laws have been passed providing for
bureaus of labor in Oklahoma and Tex
as, and changing an existing office In
South Carolina so as to give It largely
tbe character of a labor bureau.
The labor temple recently opened a,
14th street and 2d avenue, Manhattan,
by the Presbyterian department of
church and labor, has proved Itself to
be one ot the moat successful things
ever undertaken by the department.
Benjamin Weinstein, general organ
iser for the United Hebrew trades, an
organization of 125 Jewish unions with
a nieinbMrship of 70,000. In Manhattan,
has lasusd an order , to the subordi
nates !q Jtket a referendum vote on a
proposition to levy a $1 per capita, tax
on all the members to start a fund for
a Hebrew labor lyceita.
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