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DAKOTA COUNTY
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MOTTO All The News When It Ii News.
VOL. 19.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1911.
NO. 26.
LOOT EXPRESS CARS
BOLD THIEVES ROB ERIE TRAIN
IN RUN TO CHICAGO FROM
NEW YORK.
BOOTY MAY BE THOUSANDS
Wells-Fargo Company Guard News of
Mysterious Robbery From State Au
thorities, But Put Their Own Detec
tives at Work.
Chicago. Secret service men of the
Wells-Fargo Express company, which
company operates on the Erie railroad,
are Investigating a mysterious robbery
of a through express train on that road
while It was on its way from New
York to Chicago last Saturday, the
Dews of which was not made public un
til Monday.
The loot, which .nay reach Into the
thousands of dollars, was reported to
the Chicago offices of the company,
but so carefully was the news guard
ed that no report of the robbery was
made to the police here, the express
company preferring to use Its own
men until all clues were exhausted.
The train which was robbed U
made up of nothing but express cars
and carries no passengers. Cars on
the train are sealed In New York and
the seals are not broken until they
reach Chicago. In spite of these pre
cautions when the train reached this
city It was found that one of the cars
had been broken into and a number of
packages stolen. The contents of
these packages are not known, al
though the local officials of the ex
press company declared that no money
was stolen.
In spite of the denials that money
was stolen the first report of the rob
bery In Chicago was made to the mon
ey order department of the general of
fices here by telephone fron the rail-
toad station. Detectives In the employ
of the company at once were called in
to consultation and made hi:rri?d ex
amination of the cat- which bad been
entered.
"We have no Idea how the robber
or robbers worked," said H. B. Calkins,
general og;nt of the company Id Chi
cago, Monday. "The first we knew of
the robbery was when the train
reached here. I cannot say how much
wu taken, but do not think the
packages stolen were of auy partic
ular value. You see, that train doesn't
carry much of great value. It Is a
solid through train, made up of express
cars only."
FRENCH MINISTRY IS OUT
Cabinet Resigns Following Victory By
Ony 16 Votes Causes 8eneatloa
in Political Circles.
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Paris. Premier Brland and the mem
bers of his cabaaet tendered their res
ignations to President Fallieres Mon
day. The bare majority of sixteen, which
the government received Friday night
In a vote of confidence in the cham
ber of deputies, following the pre
mier's arraignment on a charge of
clericalism hy the radical Socialists,
Louis Malvy and Paul Meunier. was a
Bore blow to the premier and his asso
ciates, who had been BUBtained many
times In previous crises by much
larger votes. In the end, M. Brland de
clared that he was "sick of It all."
The decision of the ministry to
withdraw caused an enormous po
litical Bensation. The conservative
newspapers are sounding a note of
alarm. They declare that the forces
of extreme radicalism are triumphing
over sane and progressive reform, re
garding the clerical ls-sue, which was
raised, as a mere pretext to attain
Drland's downfall.
The vote In the chamber of depu
ties is interpreted as the result of an
intrigue among Brland's adversaries In
his own party, who have been plotting
his overthrow since the great crisis In
the railway strike.
MAY CANCEL 5,000 CHARTERS
Many Illinois Corporations Liable for
Not Making Annual Report to
Secretary of State.
Springfield, 111. 'More than 5,000
Illinois corporations ara threatened
with the cancellation of their
chattels for failure to comply with the
net requiring them to make annual re
port to the secretary of state, between
February 1 and March 1, showing the
location of their principal office, kind
of business engaged in, number and
addresses of officers, etc.
The art applies to all corporations,
both foreign and domestic, except
banks, building and loan associations
and insurance companies, which re
port to other departments of state.
It Is probable Secretary of State
IJobc will allow a few days' grace
after next Tuesday, In which delin
quents rray Bnve themselves, after
which time actions will be instituted
to rancel the charters of the corpora
tions that have failed to meet the
law's requirement.
Die From Cholera In Honolulu.
Honolulu. Four more deaths from
cholera occurred Monday among the
llawallans Isolated at the quaran
tine station because of contact with
Infected persons. This makes a total
of six deaths since the disease ap
peared here.
Hobson's "Spy Bill" Passed.
Washington - The Hobson bill to
prevent the disclosure of national de
fense secrets, which haB passed the
house, was passed by the senate Mon
day without discussion
BEFORE THE DAY
10 PROJECT
HOUSE DECIDES BY OVERWHELM
ING VOTE TO FORTIFY
PANAMA CANAL.
AID IS GIVEN BY DEMOCRATS
Twenty Republicans Refuse to Sup
port Measure Providing for Bat
teries to Guard Big Waterway
Sentiment In Senate Is Favorable.
Washington. By an overwhelming
vote the house of representatives Sat
urday night appropriated $3,000,000 to
begin work on the fortification of the
Panama canal. The total cost of pro
tecting the big waterway will be about
$12,000,000.
There Is no doubt of the result in
the sep ate, where the sentiment Is said
to be two to one In favor of protecting
the waterway with land batteries.
The house disposed of the question
after nearly five hours of debate. The
real test came on an amendment pro- J
posed by Representative Tawney of ,
Minnesota, chairman of tin' committee
on appropriations, providing that nc
part of the $3,000,000 should be used
until the president of the United States
had attempted to negotiate treaties
with all of the leading maritime na
tions guaranteeing the neutrality and
international protection of the canal.
The Tawney amendment then was
voted down by 130 to C3. A motion
by Representative Kelfer of Ohio to
strike out all provision for the fortifi
cation of the canal was lost by a vote
of 135 to 51.
The real interest in the debate
seemed to center in the Tawney
amendment, and the speeches made
for and against it by Mr. Tawney and
Mr. Slierley. Mr. Tawney, a stalwart
Republican, looked to the Democrat
ic Bide for sympathy and applause
and received both. Mr. Sherley, one
of the Democratic leaders of the
house, was accorded an ovation hy
the Republican members. The de
fection of about twenty Republicans
from the general policy of fortifica
tion was offset hy a similar defection
on the Democratic side In favor of
fortification.
In passing the sundry civil bill car
rying approximately $110,000,000. and
of which the canal fortification pro
vision was the last feature to be con
sidered, the house made a new record.
Never before has this biggest of all
supply bills been put through In two
days without any sort of "gag rule."
It Is taken as another evidence that
the house Is doing all It can to avoid
sin extra session.
EXTRA SESSION DATE FIXED
President Decides on April 4 After
Consultation With Champ Clark
and Underwood.
Washington So probable Is It that
an extra session of congress will
be necessary In order to get ac
tion on the Canadian reciprocity
agreement that President Taft has
fixed April 4 as the (late on which
such a session may be called. This
decision was reached after a consulta
tion with Champ Clark, who will be
speaker vt the nxt house, and Rep
resentative I'uderwood of Alabama,
who will lie rhairma.i of the ways
aud means committee.
Port-au-Prince In Peril.
Kingston, Jamaica. According to
advices received here Sunday the Brit
ish consul at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has
telegraphed for a warship to protect
British Interests. A general rising In
that city Is Imminent.
Carnegie Cash Held Tainted.
Crooksvllle, O. Andrew Carnegie's
money is "tainted," say union potters
of this city, and they have protested
the acceptance of $20,000 from him to
construct a Carnegie public library.
DITCH
OF THE SCIENTISTS
NINE SLAIN IN FIGHT
EIGHT INDIANS AND POLICEMAN
FALL IN NEVADA FIGHT.
Redskins Open Fire on State Author
ities and Kill One Only Four
Braves Left Alive.
Reno, Nev. In a battle 60 miles
west of Tuscarora Sunday eight Indi
ans and onep oliceman were killed and
the other members of the Indian band
were captured. The battle took place
at Kelly creek, Humboldt county, 25
miles from Oolconda, In a northerly
direction.
The Indian band, 12 In number, be
gan the fight when the state police
force came upon them.
For three hours the battle raged. It
ended only when Ed Hoyle of the state
police force and eight of the Indians
had been killed. Then tho remaining
four Indians surrendered.
The police bad been trailing the In
dians for a week, believing they were
the murderers of four stockmen, whose
bodies were found ten days ago In a
desolate canyon on the eastern slopes
of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The
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Pn'e whlch had, bee,n ruldden b lKh9
victims' horses had been taken and
murderers were found shot near by,
the outlaws apparently concluding
their own stock too weak to keep up
with them In their flight.
AUSTRALIA TO BAR TRUSTS
Government Announces Determination
to Prevent Foreigners Getting a
Foothold on Industries.
Melbourne, Australia. Australia
served noticed on the business world
that It would not harbor foreign trusts.
The following memorandum was given
to the press Monday by Sir R. W. Best,
minister of trade and customs:
"For several months It has been an
open secret that representatives of'
the American meat trust have been
visiting Australia, ostensibly with the
object of extending Its operations
here. The government Is determined
to take immediate and drastic action
to discourage and, If necessary, to pro
hibit Its operations In Australia. It Is
not proposed to wait until the combine
secures vested Interests In this coun
try. The action of tho government
will extend to trust operations In Aus
tralia, whether conducted directly or
indirectly, and will not permit the rep
etition in Australia of the scandals and
merciless methods characterizing mo
nopolies In other parts of the
world.
KILLED LEADING OHIO POSSE
Farmer, Accusing Others of Stealing
Corn, Fatally Shot in
Raid. I
Bellcfontalne, O. One man Is dead
and three others are lu Jail as a result
of a pitched battle fought by farmers
of tills county.
Burr Kerns, thirty-eight and
wealthy, was shot to death, Gibson
Beers and his father, John fleers, are
charged with being principal and ac
cessory respectively to the killing.
Daniel Kerns Is held on a cross-warrant.
It Is alleged that farmers who had
been missing corn organised a vig
ilance committee and that llurr Kerns
was placed on watch. An accusation
was made against John Beers, and
while leading a posse on the Beers
home iturr KernB was killed.
Thirty Frozen to Death on Ship.
Odessa. A tragedy was revealed
Monday in 'lie discovery In the Cas
pian sea a few miles off Astrakhan of
a derelict vessel. The whole crew,
numbering thirty, had been frozen to
death. The ship was a mass of Ice.
Five Die li Flames.
Hazleton, Pa Five members of
Gabriel Gerotsky's family lost their
lives In flames supposed to have been
caused by the explosion of a lamp.
The fire destroyed two houses at
Oneida Monday.
RATIFY JAP TREATY
SENATE VOTES TO CONFIRM NEW
CONVENTION.
Japanese Give Written Assurance
That Government Will Regulate
Emigration of Coolies.
Washington. The new Japan treaty
a'bs ratified Friday by the senate on
be understanding that Japan will not
mpose coolies on the United States.
The objection to the convention :.t
onststently been that It did not throw
sufficient safeguards around the Immi
gration of Japanese to the United
States. Opposition was made to It
by the people of California, and by
'.heir state legislature and by the peo
ple of the Pacific states generally.
The sole asls for the belief that
Immigration Is safeguarded Is the fol
owing personal statement for his gov
ernment of Baron Uchlda.
"In proceeding this day to the slg
aature of the treaty of commerce and
navigation between Japnn and the
United States, the undersigned Japan
ese ambassador In Washington duly
authorized by his government, hae
the honor to declare that the Imperial
Japanese government are fully pre
pared to maintain with equal effec
tiveness the llmltntlon and control
which they have for the past three
years exercised In regulation of the
emigration of laborers to the United
States.
(Signed) Y. OCHIDA."
This was deemed sufficient certain
ty by the president and the state de
partment and the president was ac
tive In his efforts to Impress the Cali
fornia legislature with his view of
the treaty's efficiency and sufficiency.
HILLES TO SUCCEED NORTON
Ohloan Is Slated to Become Secretary
to President Taft Immediately
After March 4.
Washington. Charles D. Utiles of
Ohio will bo secretary to tho presl
dent to succeed Charles N. Norton of
Chicago.
The change will take place Immedl'
fitely after March 4, when Mr. Nor
ton will go to New York to become
vice-president of tho First National
bank of that city.
Mr. Hilles Is a man of considerable
force nud ability, has tact, and knows
politics. He has been assistant secre
tary to the treasury a conple of years
and offered his resignation to 'ska
effect early next month In oider to
return to private work. . He wl". bo
succeeded in the trersury department
by Robert O. Bailey, a former news
paper man.
Mr. Hilles Is a man of engaging per
sonality. He Is lorty-tbroe years old.
$130,000 IN GEMS STOLEN
Widow of Marshall Field, Jr., is Rob
bed of Jewel on Beard Atlan
tic Steamship.
New York. As the HnjburiAroer!
can liner Amerlka reached quarantine
Sunday a wlreieif matQ was flashed
to the KobokM'. poiic headquarters
asking that a ileleottvn it!-et the ves
sel to lavet:tU tho theft of Jewelry
worth $130,000, the property oi Mrs.
Maldwlu Drummowl lso "i tne wid
ow of Marshall Fi . Jr.. of f;nlrao.
Some time betwv.. 10 10 p. m. Sat
urday Jid five o'oleoh Sunday morn
ing Mrs. DminmondV. stateroom wis
entered and her rajnablo Jewelry, that
Biie had thrown Into a drawer of bar
writing table, was stolen.
Most of the Jewelry r?as purchMed
In New York and it la so well known
that It !l!l be a difficult tak for the
thief or thieves to dlspos of k on thU
sldo of the Atlantic.
FOUNDER OF A. F. L. IS DEAD
Hugh McGregor, Organiier of Mny
Trade Unlet, Dies of Wourds Re
ceived In Battle.
Washington The death of Hugh
McGregor on his farm In Prince
tleorge's count) laryland, removes a
founder of the Anorlcau Federation of
Iabor. Mr. McC'egor was thi first
secretary of the federation and held
that office for a number of yeat':. He
was also a well known magazine
writer on trsde union matters.
Mr. McOrgor was boru In London,
Kngland, in 1R41.
, During his 40 years In trade union
work Mr. VrGregor was the organ
j izer of many imdo unions and sc-
i ctetios.
; The cause of Mr. McGregor's death
j Is attributed to old battle wounds
i which ho received when lighting under
j Garibaldi In Italy.
White for Coronation Envoy.
Washington. report Is current
that Henry While, former American
ambassador to Franco unci Italy, has
been selected '" represent the presi
dent at the coronation of King
George V.
There is reason to Ixdleve the ap
pointment was offered to John Hays
Hammond, but something apparent
ly occurred to prevent his acceptance.
Name New Treasury Aid.
Washington. Robert O. Halley, who
has been private secretary to Secre
tary of the Treasury MacVeagh since
the hitter has been a member of the
cabinet was Monday nominated by
President Thft to be aM-letaut secre
tary of the treasury.
Ex-Gov. John Lee Carroll Dead.
Washington. - John Lee Carroll,
governor of the state of Maryland
from 1876 to 1KS0. died Monday at
his home here after a lon Illness.
He was born In 1820.
A DECISION 15 MADE
INITIATIVE MEASURT SETTLED IN
LOWER HOUSE.
SENATE ALSO HAS A BILL
Ten Per Cent Petition In Each,
With
All
Five Per Cent Referrring
Laws to the People.
The initiative and referendum law
weut one more stop toward Its llnal
ratification lu the house of represen
tatives on Thursday when t he house
version of It was recommended for
passage. This action was accom
plished without a dissenting vote and
the house will pass it us It stands
within a lew days.
me senate Mil Is now in tho hands
of the judiciary committee and must
be disposed of. An effort will be
made to send the house hill to the
governor for signing.
When the hills started out they
were alike, wining from tho same
source, Representative Hatllold and
tue Direct Legislation league, but now
that the house has decided to pass
a bill that differs in some essential
particulars from the senate bill al
ready passed. It becomes u question
what form the measure in take as
it Anally pusses.
The house bill differs from tho sen
ate bill In two provisions. Both bills
have a 10 per cent, petition evenly
distributed as a basis for Initiating
legislation and a 5 per cent petition
for referring. Tho house bill has a pro
vision that bills Initiating constitu
tional amendments shall have a 15
per cent petition, a provision lacking
in the senate bill. The senate bill
has the Sklles amendment, which pro
vides that the majority of votes cast
In favor of a bill must be not only
a majority of tho votes cast uimju the
measure, but must be also 35 per
cent or more of tho total number of
has a similar provision In the b!l'
which It will pass, but the restriction
refers only to constitutional amend
ments.
The house has now the advantage
In settling tho fate of the two bills,
as it has its own bill for passage and
the senate bill Is in the hands of the
house committee on Judiciary. This
committee can kill the senate bill by
Indefinite postponement and then try
to get its own bill through the upper
house.
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Stock Yards Bill Put Over.
The settlement of the stock yards
fight in the senate, scheduled for Fri
day, failed to take place, and tho bill
over which the senate has fought and
scrambled went over until this week.
At the present time the bill is ready
for passage, but the friends of the
original measure. Senators Ollis and
Kemp and a few of their backers, do
not want It passed until It can be ma
terially changed. The Albert amend
ment passed on Thursday takes away
all penalty for violation, which prac
tically nullifies the bill.
Levy for Bridge Building.
The house recommended for pas
sage Cronin's bill to provide for a
one-fifth mill levy to support county
boards lu building bridges. Tho coun
ty boards are allowed to apply to the
state board of Irrigation for help In
building nny bridge over a stream
mote than 175 feet In length.
The Measure Postponed.
Rolu ;t Smith, clerk of the district
court in Douglas county, nppeared be
fore the house committee on Judiciary
and succeed!." 'n getting postponed
Indefinitely p lll changing the fee
system for court clerks.
The Fremont Normal.
The house finance, ways and means
committee returned from Fremont,
where it went to Investigate tho pro
posal of the proprietors of the Fre
mont normal to sell that Institution
to tho state. A bill appropriating
$13ii,(inti for this purpose lias been in
troduced. The committee Is not
ready yet to announce Its decision In
the matter.
Lincoln Charter Bill.
The Lincoln city charter. S. F. 110,
by Selleck and Lancaster, was read a
third time and passed without a dis
senting vote. The bill makes no rad
ical change in the city government of
Lincoln.
Will Draft Roads Bill.
The joint commit too on good roads
held a brief session at I he commit
tee rooms of the Lincoln hotel. The
bills pending in both houses were
gone over informally and some point.-!
of 'tie most important ones were dis
cussed. Bartos' Bucket Shop Bill.
A sweeping bill ngalst bucket shops,
which might make regular board of
trade transactions illegal If it passed,
was offered in the senate Friday hy
Fenatnr Marios of Saline. The prin
cipal amendment to the act prohibit
ing bucket shops, as It now stands on
the statute bonks, is that a definition
Is given including "an office, store,
or board of trade room" wherein com
modities, Mich as stoc ks, grain or pro
visions, shall be dealt In without an
actual delivery being contemplated
and arromi litiert
STOCK YARDS BILL.
OlMs Measure Debated In the Upper
House.
Discussion of tho Ollis stock yards
bill took up the entire day Tuesday
In the senate. Senators Ollis and
Hoaglund spoke for Mie bill and Sen
ators Bartos and Mt rehead against
the measure.
Senator Ollis, author of the bill,
snoke at length, detailing his reasons
for introducing the measure and de
claring that the main featuro of the
bill Is to but the stock yards under
:he control of tho state railway com
mission and to provide for the physi
cal valuation of the yards In South
Omaha and elsewhere.
Ho argued that the stock yards are
public service corporations, the same
as the railways, and that the state
should have t ho power to regulate
them just as the railroads are regu
lated. Senato Bartos charged that the
Ollis bill Is an attempt to destroy tho
South Omaha stock yards; that such
a measure will result In great loss to
tho yards and that the charges made
are not exorbitant In nny degree.
Senator Honglund wns in favor of
putting the South Omaha yards under
the control of the state railway com
mission so us to eliminate the stock
yards "lobby" from politics.
In tho discussion Wednesday advo
cates of the Ollis bill, ostensibly de
signed for t lie protection and conveni
ence of the shipper, described the cor
poration as a cormorant of more or
less greedy nature w hich had Jong fat
tened upon the shipper and Bhould
now como. forward and he "regu
lated." Senator Jansen of Oage, who Is one
of the chief shippers of sheep In this
state and probably in control of more
sheep than any other one man In this
part of the country, Is against the bill,
lie asserted that he had never had
any complaints to make and was en
tirely satisfied with the service ren
dered by the company.
Stjnntor Ollis, who Is himself a ship
per of cattle and the author of the
bill, remarked luter In tho discussion
that It was probably tho fact that Sen-
ntor Jansen Is so Imjiortant a shipper
that he had no complaints to make.
Senator Kemp in his argument for
the bill sought to establish only the
one point that the stock yards are a
public service corporation and are for
that reason subject to Just the same
regulatory laws as are applied to rail
roads ad tolephone companies. He de
clared that the attorneys of the com
panlea have In fact defied the, legisla
ture to undertake any regulation be
cause the yards are a private enter
prise.
Scheele Gets Bouquet.
Representative ilenry Scheele re
ceived the following telegram of con
gratulatlon from fifty-one business
men of Utlca. his home town: "Con
gratulations on your splendid victory
We believe the man most capable to
represent the people of Seward coun
ty has won."
Telephone Bill.
A bill will shortly be Introduced in
the legislature allowing the consolida
tion of telephone companies under su
pervision of the state railway com
mission. It Is understood that both
Bell and Independent Interests have
agreed on this hill.
Students Votes Under Ban.
A bill to disfranchise students liv
ing In Lincoln and other university
towns was recommended for passage
bv the senate after a hard fltrht
against it.
Goes te General File.
The appropriation bill for a $20,000
memorial armory in Otoe county, In
troduced by Representative Annoss
and recommended by tho committee
for Indefinite postponement, finally
went upon general file alter a flgh
by Its author.
The Referendum Bill.
Slowly the house Is amending th
initiative and referendum bill Into
passable shape. That body celebrated
Washington's birthday by spending
practically tho entire day upon the
bill. The net result of the day s work
was the adopting of one amendment
which recognizes the fact that there
Is a dleffrence between amending th
constitution and adopting statutory
legislation. The amendment was In
troduced by Speaker Kuhl and was
the only one of three voted upon (lur
ing the day to receive the sanction
of the house. It provides that a peti
tion of 15 per cent of the legal voters
of the stale shall be necessnry to Ini
tiate a constitutional amendment, but
leaves the percentage required to Ini
tiate a statute at 10. The amendment
was carried by a vote of 4! to 41.
County Option Reported.
The house heard the report of the
committee on miscellaneous subjects
and its recommendation to pass the
county option bill to third reading
without any debate in the committee
of t ho whole' was accepted without
discussion.
Scheele is Seated.
Scheele was seated as a member of
the house of representatives hy a vote
of 54 to 43 and the case of Charles
Wert man, the republican contestant,
was denied.
House Working Overtime.
The house has come to the conclu
sion that It it is to get through by
spring plowing time It will have to
work faster. In consequence It has
adopted the policy of working an hour
and a hull longer each day than
hitherto
NEV SOFA WEEK fl
E
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST
MANNER POSSIBLE.
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered From All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
Vashington
President Taft, by Inference, was
charged with using bis appointive
power to intimidate members of con
gress by Senator Jonathan Bourne, In
speech delivered in the senate. -.
til recent trouble over an Oregon ap-,
polntment. Senator Bourne was the'
Intimate friend and golfing compan
ion of the chief executive and the
speech took the senate by surprise.
The Hobson bill to prevent the dis
closure of national defense secret,
which has passed the house, was
passed by the senate without discus
sion.
The national house of representa
tives passed the sundry civil bill,
which included an appropriation of
$3,000,000 to begin the work of fortify
ing the Panama canal. The senate Is
overwhelmingly In favor of protecting
the big waterway.
The Sutherland amendment, which,
It Is expected, will accomplish the de
feat of the resolution for the direct
election of senators, was adopted In
the United States senate by a vote of
50 to 37. The senate also agreed that
the final vote on the resolution aa a
whole should be taken on February 28.
Without any recommendation what
ever the finance committee ordered
the McCall bill, which Is designed to
carry out the Canadian reciprocity
agreement, reported to the United
Btates senate. The vote against a
recommendation was 7 to 6, and to re
port it without recommendation the
rote was unanlmout.
e
The new United States-Japan treaty
of trade and navigation was ratified
after a two-hour executive session of
the senate, on the understanding that
Japan will not Impose coolie labor on
the United States.
Domestic K
Anna Bertha Orunspan, who Is
suing William English Walling for
$100,000 for breach of promise at New
York collapsed on the witness stand
on cross-examination when counsel
for the defense asked her if she knew
certain men and women In the court
room who are to appear for the de
fense.
Mysterious robbery of through fast
express train No. 13 on the Erie rail
road while it was running at top
speed between New York and Chica
go Is being Investigated by secret
service men of the Wells-Fargo Ex
press company, which operates the ex
press service on that railroad.
The vast fortune left by Winfield
Scott Stratton. the Colorado mining
king, is claimed by a woman, who
eayB Stratton married her In Texas
87 years ago, took $10,000 of her
money and disappeared.
No less a sartorial authority than
President Taft has introduced the lat
est In red neckwear. The chief execu
tive recently appeared with a tie of
more gorgeotiB hue than Champ
Clark's.
Illinois corporations to the number
of 5,000 are threatened with cancella
tion of their charters for failure to
comply with the act requiring them to
make annual reports to the secretary
of state between the first of February
and the first of March.
Using plain city water as an anaes
thetic, Dr. Joseph F. Saphir, attending
surgepn of the People's hospital. In
New York, has performed more than
a hundred operations recently.
R. W. Hollenbeak, formerly a mem
ber of the Iowa legislature from
Adulr county, was struck by a Rock
Island train In driving across the
track at Casey, la. He was killed In
stantly. In a battle 60 miles west of Tus
carora, Nev., eight Indians and one
policeman were killed and the other
members of the Indian band were cap
tured. The Indian band, 12 In num
ber, began the fight when the state
police force came upon them.
Two hundred lnsurrectos captured
the town of Fronteras, the capital of
the district Immediately south of
Douglas, Arli. Fifteen civilian sol
diers attempted to resist and fired
upon the rebels, five of whom were
killed.
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Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Prouty says that If the railroads do not
obey the law as laid down by the com
mission they must pass into the hands
of the government, aa government
ownership has no terrors for the commission.