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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. MOTTO-AU The Hes Wisai tt U Hew. VOL. 20. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1912. NO. 2&. V COAL SHE MS .LABOR TROUBLE MAY BECOME WORLD WIDE ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY HIT. WAR APPEARING IN AMERICA Sailing of Vessels Canceled General Walkout Would Make Navies of Countries Named Practically Use lessMiners of Belgium Involved. London. That the world Is facing tin most gigantic labor upheaval of ihls ory Is shown by tho 1,000,000 coal imluors on strike In England; a sim ilar number of Englishmen out of em' loyment becauso of lack of fuel; ."n&.OOO miners wnlklns out of tho 'German mines, to bo followed In all iprobablllty by a similar number be fore the end of the week; all Fxenqh minors out for one day as a warning itQ both government and peoplo that 'they KM dissatisfied with conditions, and a striko Impending In both an thracite and bituminous mines In tho United States. k There Is Increased uneasInC-dS Iri yidon over tho tlo-up of the coal sup ply hf hpth Great Britain and Ger many, but a ray of hope- of a settle ment, at least so far as England In concerned, broke tho gloom when the miners ngreed to accept tho govern ment's proposal for a joint conference, stipulating that tho principle of a mini mum wage bo excluded. Meanwhile the completel paralysis of many branches or Industry contin ues, whllo vory few trades have es caped being hampered In their opera tion. The prlco of coal Is soaring In "both England and Germany and prices of foodstuffs are rising rapidly. Riot ing and looting are holding sway In both countries, with unappensed hun ger running amuck. The trouble already has resulted In a disarrangement of the sailing sched ules of many Atlantic liners. Tho sail ings of the steamers St. Paul and Oceanic, set for March 23 and 27 re spectively, were canceled because of tho Inability to get coal. Several sail ings to Baltimore were canceled. The giant Olympic, which was already coaled, will sail as scheduled March 14. The American llnors Philadelphia and Now York, which sail from New York on March 13 and 20 respectively, will not sail from Southampton as scheduled unless there Is n quicker -adjustment of tho mine troubles than the steamship officials expect. In Franco the French minors had their 24-hour striko as an object les son. Tho lenders of the organization of miners wished to demonstrate to tho public, to their employers and to tho government that tho demands wero just and that they were ready to enforce them by a strike If nocessary. They particularly object to tho old age system of pensions. The demands Include an eight-hour work day, a pen sion of two francs a day for all work ers over fifty years old, and a mlnl--mum wago scale similar to that de manded by tho British miners. Tho demonstration was mado becauso it 'was folt that It would bo more effect ive with tho English and German strikes In progress. If the employers do not grant tho demands a general striko of all French miners Is probable within ten days or two weeks. I In Germany, wfth the strike only in nCgCTGtod, the price of coal advanced -materially". The striko leaders Bay that they will lie able to tlo up tho German Industries as effectually as the British miners' hnvo dono. A general strike In Jhe three coun tries would have nn appalling effect on Europe, although It Is imped that conditions In England will show a boU torment Inside of a week as a result of the turn of affairs Should the gen eral strike occur, the navies of the three great powuis would bo rendered prar-ticnllv useless and millions' of workers. In addition to tho strikers, would bo thrown out of employment. , It Is believed hero that tho minors of Belgium will refuso to work If a general striko Is declared In Franco. There also 1b some disaffection among tho workers In southern Europe, nnd jno labor war may spread thoro, tho leaders say. In fact tho ramifications of the trouble seem without end, should the movement bo given full sway In tho four great countries Great Britain, Germany. Franco and tho United States. SOCIETY WOMAN IS ARRESTED Mrs. Harley C. Gage Is Charged With Threatening to Kill Prominent Washington Man. Washington. Charged with ng to kill Charles J. threat Boll, Socur- ident of tho American pre ft 1caku. ,der Granaln RoI, 'nvontor of tho" oV ePnon- Mra Uarley Calvin ,r-n ... 'O owns a iiHiiuBuiiin rcsieienco Gage. l . . , , . . nable IJupont Clrclp, whero In fatfBlnr. sho eiiwru lned IttvlBhly. was arrested nnd wirtiou. n h.?af!"B ,,urr e(1 t0 St- 'ospltal for tho Insano. 'Elizabeth's R Ship sm ks, 3:1 R"cucd' ChlcHgo.-Canv '"l. '" .lne '.c? "" two miles out in inoJ ..W' , t,h,0,r stonmor, tho Flora badly and sinking .ii. inn, matting rapidly, tho 33 members of ttoo ere i Including Mrs. Mary Sandlllo, the cc wio a per Rous trip across the Ice t0 tno Carter 11 Harrison erlb Doctor Dle3 for Sciet. " Svr icu e N Dr AHA " Ros0' 27 vrar r.'d vsa" nrpldoT'! "Y ns ph'.'cli'ed In pxperlTKnMrs: 'tn n dc r. r U- aloii In li tttw ,3 MINORITY OF HOUSE COMMITTEE WILL FILE DISSENTING REPORT. Measure Gives President Power to Fix Tolls on Canal and NanO Zone Officials. Wnahlngtoti.-he bill for the gov ernment of tho Panama Cannl zone and tho operation of the canal was agreed to by the house commltteo on lnterstato commerce. There will bo a minority report on the bill. Representatives Knowland, California; Broussard, Louisiana; Cnl dor, Now York, nnd DoreniUB, Michi gan, dlssont from tho toll charges. As adopted, tho bill gives tho presi dent nuthorlty to fix tolls within cer tain limitations, a maximum of $1.25 a ton being prescribed, with a mini mum not below an amount sufllclcnt to maintain and operate tho canal. No preference Is given to American ships. Ships gwned or controlled by rail' road's and operated with the Intent to restrain trade, or ships engaged In any agrooment or "Bhlp ring" or com bine, under tho terms of tho bill, aro prohibited from passing through the canal. The bill ratifies and legalizes all j 4ho work dono on the Isthmus of Pnn nnW by executive authority slnco the taking" over of tho cannl zone, and de fines and legalizes tho courts there until chnngod by subsequent legisla tion. It provides tho government pro cure tltlo to lands not yet acquired. Dismissal of the Panama commis sion when tho canal approaches com pletion Is sanctioned. The president Is authorized to appoint a governor of tho Fannmn canal nnd cannl zone at $10,000 a year to serve a term of four years. Authority Is given the president to name nil other persons necessary to tho maintenance nnd operation of the canal, and to provide for Its sanita tion. WILL TRY DARROW MAY 14 His Attorneys Accept Transcript of Franklin's Testimony as Supple mented by Informal Notes. Los Angeles, Cal. Clarence S. Dar row, former chief counsel for tho Me Namara brothers, will bo placed on trial May 14 on the charge of having bribed jurors in tho case of the con fessed dynamiter, James B. McNa mara, now serving a life term In Sail Quontln,prl3on. Nullifying two previous rulings which conflicted, the judge hold Hint with the! addition of Informal notes of tho testimony of Detective Bert Franklin before the grand jury, tho transcript was sufficient. Franklin confessed having offered a bribe to a McNamara juror. Dnrrow's nttorneys said they would accept tho transcript which previously hnd been refused SENATOR GUILTY OF BOODUNG Two-Thirds Vote, Necessary to Expel Accused New Jersey Solon, Lacking. Trenton, N. J. Tho vote on the question of tho Innocence of guilt of Senator Richard Fltzherbert on charges of conduct Inconsistent with tho duties of a stato senator resulted In a verdict of guilty by a strict party vote In the senate. The eleven Repub lican senators voted guilty, and the nine Democrats voted not guilty. This means thnt Fltzherbert will not bo expelled, as his expulsion would require a two-thirds vote Fltzherbert wns charged with at tempting to extort $3,000 from a gas company ns the price of the with drawal of bills. OHIO TO GIVE WOMEN VOTE State Convention Adopts Proposal to Amend the Constitution lo Legal ize Equal Suffrage. Columbus, O. Tho fourth constitu tional convention of Ohio, In session here, adopted a proposal to amend tho stato constitution so as to permit women to participate In nil electlonn. The action by tho delegates will bo submitted to tho man voters, with other proposed amendments. Of the 100 delegates voting, 7C cast ballots for tho equal suffrage amendment. Thoro aro 119 delegates In tho con vention. FIGHTS WOLVES WITH KNIFE Man Beats Off Pack, But Gets Bitten and Is In Serious Con dition. Chippewa Falls, Wis Jnchory Thoma lies In a local hospital In a serious condition ns a result of lmttlo with a pack of hungry wolves In tho northern portion or tho stato. Ills only weapon was a jackknlle, and ho fought for several hours until tho hensts finally left him. Ho wns exhausted by his struggle, and besides suffering 'rom tho cold ho had been sovorely i Ittt-.i by tho wolves. , 1 Workers Oppose the Grand Trunk. Boston. A unnnlmous voto to op pose "by every honorable means" tho efforts of tho Grand Trunk railway to secure an entranco Into Boston has beon nnnouncod hero by tho local divi sion of tho Brotherhood of Locomotlvo Engineers. Fire Destroys Kansas Theater. Dod" City, Kan.- FIro destroyed the npora house and other buildings i tirri- nn nf;nlos of $ip0 0Qn It In j L l.rv 1 rn ptarttd on the s-po after j a t' atrkil rompany 1 id left ANOTHER HAT IN THE RING $imfrv mSBm?, -MmSm W&J u- ,smmJKx? ..ismm -r 'ioj ,' " r MARCH CAPITAL REBEL ARMY, THREE THOUSAND STRONG, MENACE THE CITY OF MEXICO. REVOLUTION'S CRUCIAL TEST American Ambassador Wilson Appeals to Washington for Marines Two Thousand Loyal Troops to Opposa Orozco's Advance. Washington. According to udvlccs to the state department four rebel di visions, cautiously advancing for tho crucial test of strength with the Ma dero forces, are closing In on the City of Mexico. Fcnr that the outcome may prove disastrous to Americans In the capital city hiH qulned th HinbtifHHdnr lo send an urgent appeal to Washington for nyirlnjs to protect tho legation, and similar action, upon tho advlco of Ambassador Wilson, has been taken by the representatives of other for eign countries. The latest estimate (if tho number of rebels on tho march, however, as reported to Washington, Is 3,000 troops. The most fonnldablo rebel di vision Is that under the command of Mlrandl, which was organized In tho stato of Mexlcco Itself. At present tho army Is almost under the very eaves of tho capital city, Morchlng from tho south Is another detnehement of 300 rebels under tho command of Zapata. General Salazar hurriedly left Jua rez to take command of tho southern division. Ho and his command camped at La Dcllclas, which Is about half way between Chihuahua and Santa Rosalia. Salgado, with 200 rebels, is In the meantime advancing against Mexico City from Guerrero. Tho vanguard of Orozco's army, which left two days ago for Mexico City by way of Jlmlnez, Is within n few miles of that town. The federals, meanwhile, to tho num ber of 2,000, havo been rushed to Tor reon, which Is to tho south of Chihua hua, and from which town the govern ment troops will advance against Orozco's troops In an effort to stay the advance upon tho capital. NINE KILLED IN WRECKS. Five Die In Canadian Crash Four at Georgia, Two in Indiana. Ottawa, Ont. Flvo wero killed and several Injured In n wreck on tho Candlnn Paclllc railroad, Pon tine lino west of Hull, Quebec. Social Clrclo, Oa. Four per sons wero killed and nine Injured, six of thorn seriously when passcngor train No. 4 of tho Georgia railroad, which loft Atlanta nt midnight, col lldod head-on with a freight trnln three miles from hero. Danville, 111. With tho excep tion of a negro conk, unidentified, tho scoro of persons Injured In tho wreck of a pnsseiiKor train on the Wabash railroad near West Lobanon, Ind , will recover. It was said at tho hospital In which they aro being cared for. Tho bodies of Mrs I). B Good of St. Louis and Mrs. Frod Grant of Adrian, Mich., crushed to death when the Mat j coach of tho train rolled down n 30- foot embankment, aro at West Leba non. Tho report that two unldontlflod men wero dend In tho wreckage nroM"l unfounded. Six Fishing Boats, 19 Men Missing. San Diego, Cal. Six vessels of Snn Diego's fishing fleet, with tholr crows, numbering 19 men, nro mlflslng. No word has been rocehed from them since they put to sea early Saturday morning. A 40-mllo an hour gale, which swept tho coast, Is bolleved to havo tcattored tho fleet. Dances Eight Hours, Though 69. Valley City. N D. Dancing for al most lrht consecutive hour nt a l ry in honor of his clxty ninth birth 1 1 i t i r'ordofH. A Tooley here t.A44WSV.i Jt V UAN TAKES OFFICE IS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT OF CHINESE REPUBLIC. Promises to Obey Constitution and Re tire When National Assembly Ap points Permanent Executive. Peking. In the presence of hun dreds of delegatos, provincial envoys, military and naval officials nnd other prominent personages, Yuan Shi Knl took tho oath or ofllco and wns formal ly Inaugurated president of the Chi nese republic. Many foreigners nttondod tho cero mony, but the legations were not rep resented. Yuan Shi Kal, who wns In military uniform, rend a declaration promising faithfully to develop tho republic, ob serve the constitutional laws, and re tire when tho national assembly ap pointed n permanent presldenL A lepurl bus reach wi Peking that Tung Kwnn, the famous pass on tho borders of ShensI and Honan prov inces, has been enptm-ed by Gen. Sheng Yun, governor of the province Of Shcnsl, beforo whom, If the report Is correct, tho provinces of flonnn and Chill are now open country. Tho report says also 1,000 republi can cavalry and infantry have desert ed to the Imperials under Sheng Yun and that a largo part of the republican army In the north Is showing strong symptoms of reaction and may bo seri ously affected. RATIFIES ARBITRATION PLAN Senate Passes Treaty Measure After Making Many Changes In Its Original Form. Washington. -After making changes in President Taft's arbitration treaties with England nnd France, the sonato ratified them by a vote of 7G to 3, The trenties as they have been left by tho senate exempt questions sub ject to arbitration, all disputes ovor tho application of tho Monroe doctrine, nil differences ns to tho admission of aliens to the United States or to tho public Bchools, nnd all mnttors relat ing to the territorial Integrity of tho several states of tho United Stntes. So riddled nro tho treaties that It Is not believed that tho piusldunt will press their acceptance upon the gov ernments with which they wero to bo condndi'fl Hi had been erected that the treaties would bo ratified as thoy stood by a close voto. Such an ns sault on them as was made by the combined forces of the Democrats and tho Progressives proved such a sur prise that tho friends of the adminis tration were powerless to meet It. PERCY DEFIES LEGISLATURE Reply of Statesman Rings With Ac cusations of Cowardice and False hood Cites Factional Hate. Washington. Senator Ixroy Percy has replied to the Mississippi legisla ture's demand that he resign by flatly declining to do bo Ho has sent his answor In a letter which rings with nccusatlons of cowardice, fnlBohood and factional hatred. Senator Percy replies that whon, Just after his election, ho offered to resign his unexpired term If a prlmnry wero held In 19in to namo his succes sor, he limited his iirnnosltlon tn Hint I your and not 1911, tho year In which a primary tiniuiy was noiu. Tho primary he proposed In 1910 never was held, Senator Porcy says. He dr dares he never did say ho would resits i if not elected In tho 1911 pil maij Boiler Blows Out; One Dead. Washington. Tho blowing out of a boiler aboard tho torpedo boat de stroyer Paul Jones nt San Diego, Cal., caused tho eleath of Albert Gran, a flroman, and serious Injury to Peter Wlora, flroman, and John J. Hborlln, coal passer. Dies While Boarding Steamer. New York Ji!m Werner of Ash bud, O fell deal "f he irt dNeiso l.rr on 'If pair 1'inli of tho liner 0 n'' x f w n Inu'es before tho J m -t bj'KJ Ij.r ACT GOES SMOOTHLY SECRETARY ROYSE G.IVE6 VIEWS OF NEW CANK LAW. f : MOVES ALONG IN GOOD WAV Some Sections of the Enactment, He Believes, Should Be Mad Less J Conflicting. Secretary Royso of tho s.alo bank ing board made hla annual report to tho governor, outlining tho present status of tho banks of the state and making comment and suggestions Upon tho prosent conduct of these In stitutions. Ho ndmitH thnt the new bank guaranty deposits law has been put Into offect with much less friction tian was. Jlrst thought, wjnjjbj, be tho caso by Bo'mo of tho members of tho Htato administration. Secretary Royso poIutH out n number of things of con siderable Importntfce, somo of which ho gives, as his personal opinion, could bo somowhat Improved upon. lie says In part In Ills report: Tho period covered by this report Is marked by n very satisfactory con dition of tlto banks under supervision; no failures to bo reported, In fact Ne braska has not hnd a hank failure in five years, has not only one In eight J'ears. An Increase in deposits ovor the preceding year 1b shown, while thoro has been a general Blowing down of business tho stability of the banks baa remained unimpaired. Since this department has had the pleasuro of addressing you tho now banking net has been put in force, and I am pleased to stn.te with less disturbance than wns ' anticipated. Somo friction has arlson between tho bnukn and department In tho enforce ment and Interpretation of some of the provisions of tho lnw not clearly defining cither the duties of tho de partment or tho rights of tho banks, resulting In th neeoRMlty of arbitrary Interpretations on tho part of tho board, and in somo Instances a resort to tho courts to determine tho rights of tho banks nnd tho Intent of tho law. It Ih hoped these defects may bo romedlod by the next legislative body bo that tho law may lie ontorced with less confusion. A basis for levying assessments for tho guaranty fund, Blfetlrfn ID of tho banking act, provides) that banks shall, on tho first day of June, 1011, and each six months thereafter, make nnd file with tho stato banking board a statement showing tholr avorago dally deposits for tho preceding six months excluslvo of public monoy otherwiso secured, whllo section 40 provides that no bajik, which Una com piled In full with ull tho'pVovlsfons of this act shall be required to give fur ther security or bond for tho purpose of becoming a depository for any pub lic funds, but depository funds shall bo secured In tho samo manner that privato funds are secured. These two bectlons of tho law being In direct conflict with each other, should bo amended so as to dolino more clearly tho banks' rights and requirements In protecting depositors of public funds. In this connection tho department has acted upon tho advlco and opinion of tho legal department of tho stnto and lias required banks to Include) nil pub lic as well ns privato funds In their statements of nverngo deposits. To remedy what I consider a sur lous dofect, as instanced in a caso whero a bank voluntarily liquidates, clearly deslgntalng what shnll bo dono with tho guaranty fund accumu lated In that bank. If It Is Intended that tho fund ns a wholo. onco ac cumulated, shnll remain intact and Inviolable, except to pay loss to de positor" of ftiib-d ImiikH, Ih" lnw nhould so atnto explicitly. No Arrangements Yet Made. Tho board of regents of tho Btnto university has mado no definite ar rangements for providing faun ex perts to tako chargo of demonstration farma which may bo established In various sections of tho Htato aa a re Htilt or recunt agitation by members of tho country llfo commission. Tho matter is to bo called to tho attontlon of the board at Its meeting April 0, and It is expected that aomo declara tion of policy will bo mado at that time. Filings Close March 19. "Whethor all nominations aro In or not, I dcclaro tho nominations for tho Htato-wldo primaries cloHod," will bo tho atntemont of Secretary of Stnto Wait nt (i p. m. Tuesday, March 19. Tho ltiw provides that nominations shnll bo filed thirty days prior to tho primary election, which Is to bo held April 19. Mr. Walt hollevea ho could rule that nono should ho received after Match lb, but ho will give one day of gruco ho that nomination pa pers BPiit by mall may reach him. Nominations after tho 19th will not bo roc 'ived Reffe Succeeds Hocffer. Tho govornor Issued a commission to .1. H. Reffo of Hnstluga uu n mem ber of tho 'Optometry board to aue coed F. Hoof for of Aurora. Tho ap pointment la made by tho governor on tho recommendation of tho stnto optometry wicloty. The commission to draft an employers' liability bill has been in session for two days and has been mating good progress on the moptmii. It will n quire at least one more m-flDB "' complete the bill and po- iM more, as thrro jet remains a er vl pi i.tH to aettlc TESTING SEED CORN. Good Looking Ears Are Sometimes Defective. At one plane visited by tho seed trnln speclnl a dealer in grain took pointed exceptions to the advlco given farnicrs lo gel thflr seed rroni tho small ears of their own crop, which matured early and got out of the way of the freeze, Instead of sending awny for seed. The rejj.gvn gjvju waj thn seed rnlse-d elsewhere, oven If it ger minated, would rceiulre several years lj become acclimated and produco gooil crops. The dealer enme Into tho ear nnd" exhibited nn ear of corn, which certainly looked tine, nnd wanted to know of tho lecturers If they pretended to any that wna not good seed. He wns Informed that only n test would definitely elomonBlrnto this, though they admitted it looked good. They took the Hnmplc ear and placed eighteen grains from It in a germlnator, with a result that not a single kernel sprouted. Chemist Redfern, who has been testing considerable seed corn brought to him,, hnjj one plntLtir yhich is up far enough to Go iladly In need of cultivating. This Was placed In tho aand bed tester. Two samples of old corn show good germinating powors, ono S7 per cent and some of 1910 seed which ahowf nbovo 70 per cent. The S7 per cent Beed, the hlgheat yet tested by him, Is of tho 1909 crop. Plow Grasshoppers Under. Prof. Swenk, nssoclutod atnto entei mologlst, la out in n wnrnlng to Ne braska farmers to look out for Enisa hoppcra this year. Ho says tho dam ago done by grasshoppers has been steadily Increasing for Bovoral years and that the dry season of 1911 Is es pecially fnvorablo for them. Ho rec ommeudB early nnd eleop plowing ns a means of extermination. Tho egga arc laid in poda near the aurfaco and hu aiiya If the ground Is plowed deeply beforo tho Insects hatch tho eggs will bo burled so deeply tho young grass hoppers cannot make their wny to tho Burfuoe. He particularly wnrna farm ers against permitting land to go with out plowing at all, as under such con ditions a big crop of grasshoppers la almost certain. No Candidate From Lincoln. There will bo no Lincoln cundidute for tho position of department com mander of tho Nebraaka G. A. It. tblB year. There aro now two candidates In tho field, Judge M. V. King of Ge neva, and John A. Dempster vt Omahu, and there Is aomo talk In fa vor of Judge J. S. Honghuid of North IMntte. Declared Not Guilty. Tho Jury In tho caao of tho stato against John Harris, tho Omaha team ster, who was charged with killing John McFry, a local Iceiunn in Lin coln last July, and who mado tho plea ef self-defense', tre'eil tho defendant of the charge', "bringing in a verdict of "not guilty." For Nebraska Newspaper Men. Dr. P. D. Hall, Nebraska member of tho democratic nntleinnl committee', has received word from Josophua Dun iels of Raleigh, N. C, that arrange ments for newspaper men, who aro to attend tho Ilaltlmoro convention, aro being undertnkon by a commltteo Bolected for that purpose. New Plan for Convicts. In connection with tho Idea of sep arating the stale's convicts and co tnbllshing a reformatory for tho leBB criminal cIhhb and tho youngor of fendeia a suggestion has been offered tho governor that tho reformatory bo oalubllalied aomewhoro In tho soml arid section and that tho prisoners bo established on n largo farm, which could bo used for experimental pur- nine, the work to bo dono by tho prlsonera. Will File a Report. Tho Holbrook Telephone company, which at flrat contended thnt It wna not inquired under tho law to Hiibmlt to a physical valuation, has written Judge IJ. F. Good, attorney fer tho Btato railway commlaslon, that it will comply with tho rcepiest of tho com mission and will lllo u report. Temperature for February. Tho mean temperature) of the month of February was l!.ri degrees, against an average eif 21.9 degrees. Tho te tal precipitation wna l.ill Inches. This means 1 1.:! Inches of snow. Tho nor mal precipitation for tho month la .71 inchea, hence tho excess is a little more than half nn Inch. Application Granted. Tho railway commission haa grant ed tho application of the Nebraaka City tins company to Issue $:)0,0UO In bonds In addition to Its capital stock of $15,000. Tho application waa filed by Piesldont Frank It. Gruver. who previously had proposed to Issue ad ditional capital stock and bonds to tho extent of $120,OUO. Murphy Has Tuberculosis. Konnth Murphy, ono of tho four Cherry county joung men who wero sentenced to tho penitentiary for llfo for tho murder of Charles Sellers, IE said to bo suffering from tuberculosis. At preaent tho ellbcaao is only In tho Incipient atnge. but presents somo ng gravateel symptoms. Murphy haa al ways l'd an aetle outdoor life, being u cowboy i,nd confinement in tho prison has told licuUly on him Should hla r ndltlon become much worHo a i ie for u pardon or parotc Is antic. 11. i'U CALIHANLOSTn Ml OH BRID After Paying for the Trousseau and a Divorce the Western Man Was Jilted. CALLED HIM A "JAY" rarmer Even Was Willing to Tk ( Mother-ln-Law Along, but Kan sas Woman Changed Her Mind at the Lait Moment. j ColnmbtiP, Knn. After ho hsd pMfi , nil tho cxponses ot her divorce front her first husband, purchased tlclteU for her and her mother to Holtvllle, Cal., whoro they woro to bo mnrriad, and agreed to allow her mother to llv with them, Mrs. Mlnnlo Mny DeWlU quarreled with 4. A. Ray and refuse to marry him. Instead, Mrs. DoWltt Is said to b preparing now to marry a young mas whom sho met beforo sho began a cor respondence with Ray, whoso acquaint nnco sho had mado through a matri monial paper. Ray has returned to his California home. He said ho had no feeling against Mrs. DoWltt, even it sho had changed her mind .and called lilra a "Jay." Mrs. DoWltt io a pretty llttlo wom an eighteen years old. Sho was mar ried thrco years ago, and about two years ngo, after tho birth of a daugh ter, nho brought suit for divorce. Not having tho monoy to pay tho court costs, sho allowed tho caso to rest on the docket. Meantime she had become acquainted, It is Bald, -with a young man hero, nnd thoy desired to marry, but neither had tho money to pay the costs of divorce. Ono day Mrs. Do Witt saw Ray's namo in a matrimonial paper: Sho began a correspondence with him and lenrned that ho was for-ty-thrco years old and tho owner of & flno irrigated farm near El Sentro. He wrote interesting letters and so did she. Photographs wero exchanged and finally they arranged to marry, nay sent a generous check to Mrs. DoWltt XSC?2 They Quarreled. toward tho expense ot hor wedding outfit and a fow dayB later arrived to claim hla bride. Thoro wna still tho dlvorco to be ob tained, however. Ray paid all tho ex penses of Mrs. DeWltt'a side of tho case and sat In court during tho hear ing. It had been planned to havo tho wedding here, but when Judge Bapp prohibited Mrs. DoWltt from marry ing ugalu for six months thuL cuuaoil u change in tho plans. A rccoptlon was given instead ol tho wedding, bo tho guests wero not entirely disappointed. Preparations wero mado at onco to start to Califor nia whoro tho ceremony would bo per formed. "Hut I couldn't think of goinc way out thero and leaving mother at homo alone," said Mra. DoWltt. "Well take mother right along with us," replied Mr. Ray. A number of friends gathered at the houso to wish tho party a pleasant Journol. And then Mrs. DoWltt and Ray qunrreled. Mrs. DoWltt said Mr. Ray was a "Jay," that sho would not walk down street with him, let alono bo married to him. Mr. Ray took tho first train for California after having turned in tho two tickets to Holtvlllo which he had purchased for his prospectlv wlfo nnd mothor-ln-law. Will Use Fortune for Roads. Wilmington, Dol. Gonoral T. Colo man du Pont, president of tho du Pont Powder company and said to possess a fortuno of $12,000,000 announces to day thnt ho will glvo away all tho Bur plus of hla vast fortuno (n building good roads. Delawnro and adjoining states will bo tho beneficiaries. "Ono million dollars will koop a family well," ho declared. "By nn expendi ture of tho balanco of my possessions I can do n great good." Doesn't Want Pension. Philadelphia. "Divlno right" George P. llaor, president of tho Philadelphia nnd Rending, will bo seventy in Sep tember, but refuses to nccopt a pen r'on and retire, although forcing his ,;cd employes to do bo. t - gwgS g 'WBWl. '-..t!fcJcFf' 3 z?