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NORTH PLATTB
NEBRASKA
NEWS NOTE
CONDENSED
A Boilfag Down of (be More Irnpor
tait EtchIs Here and There
. Foreign.
The houso of commons passed tho
third reading of tho flnanco bill by a
vote of 370 to 149. Tho scene In tho
Iioubo wns a momornblo one. Snldom
Jiaa thoro been a larger attendanco
of motnbers and poor a and the diplo
matic gallorles woro crowded to ca
pacity. It Is roportcd thai Ardabll, In Azor
bajan province, about ninety miles
from Tabriz; haa been captured by the
ehasovan and Karadaghl tribesmen,
who lwv taken' tho field in bohalf of
the deponed shah, Both tho Porslan
and Kusfilan governments nro hurry
Jng troops to tho point, as it is feared
tho small Iluuslan forces and many
Russians ,Uist in Ardabll nro In danger.
A general election was held
throughout tho I'hlllpplno islands for
members of tho assembly and pro
vincial and municipal oniccs. Little
intorest teas shown and it Is doubtful
if tho total voto will equal that of
two years ago, whon only about ono
In thirty of tho Filipinos registered.
A now ferry boat launched ft', Gray-
qui, U'cuador. Eighteen of tho
twenty-two pussongers aboard woro
drowned. hTo boat had been in ser
vice about ono hour.
A scoro of miners woro killed by
an explosion in tho Rhymnoy Iron
company's colliery In Glamorganshire,
Wales. Manager Ilowon and two com
panions' who attempted a rcscuo wero
thomsnlvos overcomo by tho atfor
damp and porlshed.
Sir Edmund John Monson, former
ly Drlilsh ambassador to Franco, died
a few days ago. '
Hans Grade, tho German aviator,
won (ho Lanso prlzo of $10,000. by
flying two and one-halt kllomotros (a
little moro than a mllo and n hnlf) in
two minutes and forty-thrco seconds.
Tho competition was restricted to
aeroplanes constructed in Germany
by German builders propelled by, Ger
man mado motors.
General.
Tho election in Nebraska is vory
closo, but it Is believed from reports
so far received all of tho republicans
Bupromo Judges havo pulled through
by small majorities.
President Taft Is unlikely to fill tho
.vacancy In tho supremo court boford
congress meets.
Tho department of stnto does not
propose to mix up in tho north pole
controversy.
Tatom Parsons, tho first engineer of
tho famous locomotive , "John Bull,"
died in Camden, N. J.
years old.
Ho was 004
General John J. Copplngor died nt
his rcsldonce in Washington. Ho was
in tho army forty years.
Nicaragua troops dofeated tho
revolutionists. In a sharp engagement,
many of General Estrada's followora
being killed.
Seventy Nebraska counties com
ploto, with incomplete returns from
uomo of tho remaining counties, Indl
cate tho republican judicial tickot
.will bo elected.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook'B Arotio
clothing, worn whon ho discovered
tho north polo, is coming to Omaha
for public exhibition.
Secretary of stnto Junkin has re
ceived an Invitation for tho pooplo of
Nebraska to attend u big colobratlon
in Italy in 1011, tho occasion being
the fiftieth anniversary of tho king
dom of Italy.
Buffalo, N. Y BUfferod a $250,000
tiro loss a fow days ago.
Porters, cabmen nnd waiters are
not desirable for JurorB, according to
Jury Commissioner William A. Am
berg, who testified In Chicago boforo
tho Judges who are Investigating al
leged Irregularities In tho drawing of
.venire,
Elections held on Tuosday rolloctcd
llttlo general political interest.
Officials of tho Plttoburg & Lake
Brio railroad havo Issued circulars to
their 3,000 laborers announcing that
whon they draw tholr pay Novomberl
for October work they will rocolvu
pay on a baslB of $1,00 a day Instead
of $1.50.
A party of Ave Alaskans, all fami
liar with Mount McKlnloy, has boon
organized to climb tho peak this win
ter and put an end to tho controversy
as to whethor Dr. Cook reached tho
summit Tho party will atnrt Novom
ber 15, Tho expedition Is bolng
financed at FalrbnjnkB, Alaska.
Ten now cases of cholora in Gor
many aro ropnrtod to tho state do
partment by the United States con-
uular agent In Berlin.
Smallpox cases numbering 24.G50 In
the United States during thu fiscal
year ending July 1 laBt woro roportcd
by the public health service. This is
a docrcase of 7,000 from tho proccd
lng year.
Tho local treasurer of tho Big Four
railroad ut Cincinnati says ms short
age is duo to blackmail.
John Blgolow of Now York, former
United States mlnUter to Franco, who
within less than a month will colebrato
his nlnety-socond birthday, has pre
sented Mount, A'ry, his dairy farm of
400 fccros, to tho villago of Highland
FalU, Now York.
Republicans mr.de substantial gains
In cities of Indiana.
Union labor scored a victory In the
San Francisco election.
President Taft's reception In tho
south was enthusiastic and whole
hearted.
Now York Is to have another "hun
dred million dollar bank," to bo
known ns tho Mechanics and Motuln
National.
Secretary Wilson says tho day of
wheat famine In tho United States is
exceedingly remote.
John Steward Kennedy, who re
cently died In Now York, mado be
quests of $25,000,000, largely to re
ligious and educational institutions,
Mrs. Anna Wheeler, "mining wom
an and promoter," said to havo swin
dled hundreds in fako Nevada mining
schomcs, was convicted of fraud on
thrco counts In Denver.
Honduras is bcliov-i to bo taking
the sldo of President Aolaya in Nica
ragua.
A colored organization of Alabama
is contributing Its mlto toward build
ing tho canal.
Tho district court of appeals affirm
ed the decrco of tho supremo court
of tho District of Columbia adjudging
Prcsldont Samuel Gompors, Sccrotnry
Frank Morrison and Vlco President
John Mitchell of tho Amorlcau Fed
eration of Labor guilty of contempt
of court in tho Duck Stovo and Hango
company case.
Tho anneal court at Washington af
firms the prison sentences of Gompors
unu uincrH,
t .i
When sho learned that sho wnB bo-
Ing taken to tho stnto hospital for
tho Insane nt Independence. Iowa,
Mamie Champion, aged 20 yoars, of
Cedar Falls, escaped from her mother
and, Hcrcamlng, sho throw horsolt in
front of nn Illinois Contrnl freight
train and was Instantly kilted.
Prosperity has arrlvod, acoordlng to
tho figures furnished by tho depart
ment of commerce and labor.
Iiolleying that prohibition in tho
south in uenoucinl, congressman vy-
att F. Alkoa of South Carolina, de
clared ho would Introduce a bill for
prohibition In tho District of Colum
bia at tho noxt sosslon of congress.
Tho lato Senator Patrick II. McCar-
ron, In his will leaves ull his property,
real cstnte and personal, to his aged
mother, Mrs. Mary McCarron. Tho
ostato Is estimated at $50,000.
A dinner attended by about COO per
sons was tendered nt Philadelphia by
tho Manufacturers' club, undor whoso
auspices tho vIsitoriKcamo to Phila
delphia.
Resolutions eulogizing Professor
Forror and condemning tho officials re
sponsible for his execution In Spain
wero adopted nt n ulass mooting lu
Detroit.
Ex-Presldont Roosevelt has sent. a
story of his exploits In killing wild
beasts of East Africa.
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Washington.
Refusing to bo drawn Into tho
Cook-Peary north polo controversy,
tho stato" ''dopartnioni declined a re-
quest that it cablo Amerlcnn Min
ister Egnn to Copenhagen to request
of tho University of Copenhagen per
mission to oxnmino tho records of Dr.
Frederick A. Cook whon they aro sub
mitted to that Institution. Tho re
quest was mado by n delegation from
tho National Geographic society.
Lieutenant Frank P. Lnhm, who
gained International famo by winning
tl)0 Jnmos Gordon Bonnott cup In
Europe Inst yoar for tho longest liguts
in a dirigible balloon, has been ro-
Moved from dotnll In tho signal corps
and ordorcd to report to his cavalry
roglmoht.
Break up tho Importers' graft" Is
tho slogan of tho treasury department
and its customs collectors Just now.
With tho school of noronautlcs at
Omaha, Nob., closed for tho winter,
threo of tho officers who woro In at
tendance havo been ordorod back to
tholr commands in other brunohos of
tho army.
Frank Walloy Perkins, noting bu-
pcrlntondent of tho United States
coast aud geodetic survoy, was sus
pended without pay nnd John J. Gil
bert, inspector of hydrography and
topography, reduced from $3,000 to
2.1000 n year us tho' result of chargos
of administrative irregularities.
Socrotary Balllnger designated, as
bolng Bubjoct to disposition undor tho
enlarged homo bin, approximately 170,-
440 acres of land In Sun Danco dis
trict, Wyoming. This makes ft total
of 12,145,280 acres, thus designated In
this Btate. Undor tho cnlnrgod homo-
stead bill, settlors ura glvon thu right
to 320 lnstoad of 100 ncros.
Personal.
By tho decision of tho court of ap
peals In tho contompt case prosecutod
by tho Buck Stovo company threo
lendors of tho labor organizations Uro
condomuod to prison, possibly with
out recourse
Massachusetts ro-olcctcd Governor
Drnpor, but by n greatly reduced ma
jority.
Tom Johnson, dofontod for mayor,
donlos that ho intends to loave
Cloveland.
Tho trial of Wyoming cattlemen)
accused of killing Bheepmon, is now
in progress.
At New Orleans Spoaker Cannon
uttered dollnnco to his enomlos, the
InBurgouts, nnd declared tho recent
attacks upon him to ba "peanut poll
tlca" and "tommy rot"
Colonel J. E. Houston of tho Nino-
toonth Infantry at Fort Bliss did not
finish tho endurance rldo of nlnoty
miles required by the war department
Ho fell out at tho halt way station
and will now probably go beforo the
retiring bonrd.
Judgo Lurton Is regarded as tho
most likely man to succeed Justice
Poekham on tho supromo bcnch
Tho Minnesota congressman who
succooded J. Adam Bodo iu accused
of going oVer to tho Cannon crowd,
Judge Gaynor was clocted mayor of
Now York, with Banunrd second and
Hearst bringing In the rear.
THREE REPUBLICANS
ARE
CH08EN SUPREME JUDGES
IN NEBRASKA.
FAWCETT HAS A STRONG LEAD
Few Counties Yet to be Heard
From, But the Outcome Seems
to be Republican.
Lincoln. Official returns from a
number of counties from which only
partial or unofficial counts had pre
viously boon mado increased Fnw-
cott's lead over Sullivan no far Satur
day as to put him out of all danger.
HetuniH from olghty-four counties,
complete, and partial retnrnB from
ono other, glvo Fawcott 00,580 and
Sullivan 89,441, ft plurality for Faw
cott of 1,142 votes.
The six counties still to hear from
Judge S. H. Sedgwick
all gave ropubllcnn majorities last
year, when tho state wont democratic,
and nro expected to lncreaso Faw
cott's plurality. Tho nrrival of tho re-
turns from Adams, Saline nnd Holt
counties, all of which gavo democratic
majorities, cut down Fawcott's lend,
but as tho democratic counties uro all
Included in tho count, further returns
will not cut down this plurality.
Statement of Hayward.
"At noon Saturday all tho counties
wero In ana compicto oxcopt unaao,
Chorry, Koyn Paha, Loup, McPherson,
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Rock, Shoridan and Sioux," said
Chairman Hnyward. "Taft carried all
of thesa counties oxcopt Sheridan by
majorities totaling 431. Tho ono coun
ty which went for Brynn gavo him a
majority of twenty-four. In tho olghty
throo counties which we havo in
Judgo Fnwcott, our low man, has r
lead of 1,233 over Judgo Sullivan
their high man. Juugo unrnes, our
high man, has n lend ovor Judge
Good, their low man, of 2.0C9, show
lng how romarkably closo tho cnndl
Judgo J, B. Barnes
datos ran on their rospoctlvc tickets
To these majorities may bo snfely ad
ded 400 moro In tho eight counties
unheard from. This would mnko our
smallest majority about 1,700 and our
largest majority on Judgcu about
3,000.
Clerks and Postal Reforms.
wnsiunKtou. sovorni reforms aro
sought by tho postolllco clorka through
out tho country, Tho Poatofllco de
pnrtmont received memorial adopted
nt tho last annual convention of the
National Association of Postoffice
Clerks,, preuontod by ft dologatioti
headed by Prcsldont Frank Rogers
What is chiefly sought Is n strict en
forcqmont of sanitary regulations aud
the fumigation of mall bags to proven!
tho spread of disease. A request also
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EXPLAINS HIO ACTS.
Secretary Balllnger Sayc Something
of Power Sites.
Washington. Secretary Bollinger's
widely discussed revocation of tho fa
mous "Garfield order," withdrawing
from settlement 1,500,000 ncres of
public lands, nnd tho substitution
thereof of n withdrawal order, with
holding from settlement 300,000 acres,
Sundny wob declared by Mr. Balllnger
to have been wholly promotive not
subversive of tho conservation po
licy. A lengthy explanation of his cancel
lation of tho Garfield withdrawal was
given to the press by Mr. Balllnger,
who asserted that It was a logical step
in tho preparation of tho policy of
conserving tho watorpowor on tho fed
eral domain, nnd one which Mr, Gar
field must havo taken himself had ho
remained in office
"The first ordor was a blanket with
drawal issued to meet an emergency
and without taking timo to ascertain
Just who'ro tho power sites wero
located," Secretary Balllnger said. "In
telligent prosecution of the policy de
manded that as soon as possible there
after theso sites bo located and tho
lands not needed to protect them bo
restored to entry. It would be an un
warranted reflection on Secretary Gar
flold to assumo that ho would not
havo dono precisely what I did ascer
tain ns soon as practicable whore tho
powor bHcb wero actually located and
issue a new order withdrawing them
f i om settlement nnd restoring to
entry nil lands not needed for that
purpose
"I found that by utilizing the geo
logical survey instead of tho reclama
tion service, which had been employed
by my predecessor, I would sccuro nc
curate Information ns to the location
of tho power sites. On consultation
with tho legal officers of my depart
ment, I found that I could mnko with
drawal ordor rotroactlve; that Is, that
could Issuo withdrawal orders later
which would effectually protect any
powor Bites within nny entries which
might have been mado in tho Interim.
The rotronctlvo provision of tho sub
sequent withdrawals operated com
pletely to conserve tho sites.
"Not n singlo powor Blto has passed
out of tho possession of the govern
ment during this administration," con
tinned tho secretary.
"Ab a mattor of fact, tho withdraw
als order by mo protected 50 per cent
moro power sites than were con
served by tho Garfield order. This im
plies no criticism of tho Garfield or
dor and merely bIiowb that tho Gar
field ordorcd was tentative."
Secretary Balllnger stated that his
orders of withdrawal do not protect
power sites within forest reservations,
nnd ndded In explanation that provl
Dusly ho had offered to Include powor
sites on forc3t reservations, but that
tho offer waB declined on tho ground
that tho forest servlco could tako enro
of bucIi sites. Tho secretary assorted
that a number of factors caused his
course to bo misunderstood nnd mis
ropro3onted, but some of theso ho was
pot at llborty to discuss.
MASKED BANDIT MAKES HAUL
Blows Open Safe In Private Home
Securing $10,000.
Burlington, N. J. Cash and bonds
amounting to nearly $10,000 wero
stolen from tho homo of Schuyler
Ranlor, aged 72 years, by a masked
bandit Into Saturday. Although tho
Ranter homo is less than half a mllo
from tho Floronco poatofllco, tho rob
ber, after locking tho aged farmer's
housekeeper lu her room, blow tho
Bnfo with dynamite, hastily gathered
tho contents and departed without
leaving a trnco of his whereabouts.
Naval Program of Twkey.
Washington. Tho Turkish ministry
will urge upon tho Ottomnn Parlia
ment soon nftor it reconvenes Novem
ber 15, tho adoption of a naval pro
gram providing for tho expondlturo
within the next sovon yonrs of $100,
000,000. According to this program, U.
Is learned hero, sovon battleships of
tho North Knkota typo will bo con
Btructed, together with ft numbor ot
torpedo destroyers and ono hospital
ship. For tho notx fiscal year an ap
plication of $12,000,000 to begin tho
construction ot two warships.
. AUTO PLUNGES INTO RIVER.
Car With Four Persons Runs Off Jack
son Street Bridge.
Chicago. An automobllo containing
sovcrnl persons, believed to havo been
four, whoso Identity had not boon
lenrncd at a lato hour, plunged into
tho Chicago river Sunday night nt
Jackson boulovard. Tho occupants ol
tho automobllo woro drowned. No
bodleB havo boon recovorod. A wit
ncss reported that tho brldgo nt Jack
son bouvelard had been opened for n
stoamer.
Gift Will Reach $3,500,000.
Now York. Tho Columbia unlvers
Uy Alumni News announces that
addition to tha specific bequest of $
250,000, mado by tho lato John
Konnedy, Columbia will rocolvo ono-
fifth of tho residuary ostate, which It
ts estimated, will net tho university
another $1,250,000, making tho total
gift $3,600,000.
Alleged Kidnapers Caught.
Now York. Two alleged kldnnpers
Antonio Troforlo and Glvnnnl Gang!
aeught aftor a year's chaso to the
west nnd back, wero hold for trial In
ft police court lu $10,000 ball. Roslc
Gardauo, 7 yoars old, who wub kid
nuped In 1007, identified the prlsonors
and her mother, Mrs, Plotro Gardano
declared that sho had paid Gang! $800
whon ho threatened to "cut tho girl
up lu Binnll ploces and return her by
mall." If n ransom was not paid. Eight
days after tho kidnaping the girt was
found.
SAVE THE CHEN
PURPOSES OF STATE SCHOOL
FOR DEPENDENTS.
MAIN LAW THAT GOVERNS
Children Will Be Placed In Good
Homes from Whence Come
Many Applications.
Home for Dependent Children.
For the bonrd of control of the Stnto
School for Dependent Children, the
secretary, Arthur L. Wentherly, makes
public n lengthy composition explain
ing In detail the origin of tho now law
governing that institution. Tho pur-
poso of tho school and Its manage
ment Is set forth ns follows:
"It is tho purpose of tho board to
receive into its enro the children that
are legally determinqd to be, either
from the voluntnry relinquishment of
their parents or through the notion of
tho courts, state children. After they
have received such children, It Is tho
purpose of tho board to place them
immediately in good homes, which are
carefully selected. In tho state of
Nebraska at the present time there
nro mnny homes awaiting every child
which needs one. But tho board docs
not propose to bo a party to, or assist
In nny wny, the desertion of children
by those who, by every moral and
legal law, ougnt to care for them. Tho
board of control recognlzos tho fact
that the children may bo permanently
or temporarily committed to Its core
whon they come from tho propor nu
thorlties, but it does not proposo to
permit nny ono .o thrust upoa the
state tho responsibilities they ought
to bear themselves, Furthermore,
when llttlo bnblos are taken from tholr
mothers, tho chances of their living
aro greatly decreased and the so-doing
becomes to a certain cxtont child
murder. So long as tho- state of Ne
braska makes the magnificent provis
ion that It does for mo caro of young
girls and their babies at the homo for
girls at'Mllford, there is no need for
any institution condoning in any wny
child desertion.
"During the first two months and n,
half of tho existence of tho State
School for Dependent Children it was
necessary to conduct it very much on
tho old lines. During that time Mrs.
Clnra Marks acted as temporary sup
erlntendent. At tho end of that time
It was found that the school was In a
position to bo thoroughly reorganized
on tho now baslB because of Iho reduc
tion of the number of children in tho
Immediate caro of tho school, by tho
returning of some to their parents and
by tho placing out of a much larger
numbor.
"After this oxporlence of two and
one-half months wo know that tho
School for Dependent Children can be
como virtually a clearing house scarce
ly moro than nn office because of the
fact that as soon as a child comes into
its euro it can bo immediately placed
out, in a prlvnto homo. There Is no
need of a nursery because there aro
more applicants tor babies than there
nro babies legitimately coming to tho
school. Thore nre many, mnny more
applicants for llttlo girls thnn there
nre girls for adoption, and wo will bo
nblo to find homes for all the boys
that aro placed In our care.
Data on Railroad Laws.
U. G. Powell and L. E. Wottlintr
ronresontlnc tho Stnto Rnllwnv mm
mission nnd tho legal department of
state, havo returned from Chlcnco
whero they wont to tako evidence nnd
do somo Investigating preparatory to
tho taking or evldonce In tho railroad
caso this week In Omnha. Messrs.
Powell nnd Mr. Wettllnir havn (leurnH
how they can turn tho statistics of
mo rnnroau companies to tho advan
tage of tho state, and their visit to
Chicago moro than over Impressed
them with tho correctness of Ideas,
The Divorce Record.
Thero wero twonty-olght divorces
grnntcd In tho district court of Lnn
caster county during tho month of
October, twenty of them being upon
tho potltlons of women and eight to
husbands. Tho grounds upon which
they wero granted wero as follows:
For cruelty and non-Bupport, olght;
for non-support, bIx; for curolty, six;
tor abandonment, eight.
Decision Renardlna Securities.
A decision will soon bo rendered by
State Auditor Bnrton on tho nnlnlnn
of tho attorney general as to whether
or not he will register tho securities
from David City. Bonds for $20,000
were voted for nn, electric lightning
plant thoro. Tho roc strntlon of the
bonds Is opposed by somo on tho
ground that tho advortlsomont was
not correct, ns thoro Is a class of llcht
Ing that docs not fall under tho head
or either public or domost c Iirhtlnir
nnd theso wero tho only kinds men
tioned in tho advertisement.
Tho Bounced Bookkeeper.
Felix Nowton, tho ox-bookkeeper nt
tho asylum, who waB discharged by
superintendent Woodward of that In
stltutton, has now In his possession a
numDor or lotters or sympathy re
ceived from many friends throughout
tho stnto and from many who oxpress
tho feeling that ho wa3 wronged In
tho matter. Mr. Nowton Is Btlll opt!
mlstts about tho dlschargo nnd says
that ns soon as tho govornor gets back
and ho can got an intorvlew with him
ho will bo all right. Ho rocoived the
position through an appointment from
tho govornor, and ho contends thnt
this being tho ense tho power of dls
chnrgo
must He v'-u the governor
nlono.
CXPLATN8 HIS ACTS.
Secretary Balllnger Says Something
of Power Sites.
Washington. Secretary Balllngor's
widely discussed revocation of tho fa
mous "Garfield order," withdrawing
from settlement 1,500,000 acres of
public lands, and the substitution
thereof of a withdrawal order, wltu-
holding from settlement 300,000 acres,
Sundny was declared by Mr. Balllnger
to havo been wholly promotive not
subversive of tho conservation po
licy.
A lengthy explanation of his cancol-
Intlon of the Garfield withdrawal was
given to tho press by Mr. Balllnger,
who asserted that it was a logical stop
n tho preparation of the policy of
conserving tho watorpowor on tho fed
eral domain, nnd ono which Mr. Gar
field must have taken himself had ho
remained In office
"Tho first order was a blanket with
drawal Issued to meet an emergency
nnd without taking timo to ascertain
Just whero tho power sites wero
located," Secretary Balllnger said. "In
telligent prosecution ot the policy de
manded that as soon as possible there
after these sites be located and tho
lands not needed to protect them bo
restored to entry. It would bo an un
warranted reflection on Secretary Gar
field to assume that he would not
havo dono precisely what I did ascer
tain as Boon as practicable whero tho
power sltos wero actually located and
Issue a new order withdrawing them
from settlement nnd restoring to
entry all lands not needed for that
purpose.
"I found that by utilizing the geo
logical Burvcy Instead of tho reclama
tion service, which had'been employed
by my predecessor, I would sccuro ac-
curato Information as to tho location
of the power sites. On consultation
with tho legnl officers of my depart
ment, I found thnt I could make with
drawal order retroactive ; that is, that
I could issuo withdrawal orders later
which would effectually protect any
power sites within any entries which
might have been mado in the interim,
The retroactive provision of tho sub
sequent withdrawals operated com
pletely to conserve tho sites.
"Not a single power site has passed
out of tho possession of the govern
ment during this administration," con
tinued tho secretary.
"As a matter of fact, tho withdraw
als order by mo protected 50 per cent
moro power sites thnn were con
served by the Garfield order. This im
plies no criticism of tho Garfield or
der and merely shows that tho Gar
(lold ordered was tentative"
Secretary Balllnger stated that his
orderB of withdrawal do not protect
power sites within forest reservations,
and added In explanation thnt previ
ously ho had offered to include power
sites on fore3t reservations, but that
tho offer was declined on tho ground
that the forest service could take care
of such sites. Tho secretary asserted
that a number of factors caused his
course to bo misunderstood and mis
represented, but some of theso he wns
not at liberty to discuss.
MASKED BANDIT MAKES (HAUL.
Blows Open Safe In Private Home,
Securing $10,000.
Burlington, N. J. Cash nnd bonds
amounting to nearly $10,000 wero
stolen from tho homo of Schuyler
Ranter, aged 72 years, by a masked
bandit lato Saturday. Although tho
flanler homo is less than half a mllo
from tho Florence postoffice, the rob
ber, after locking tho aged farmer's
housekeeper in her room, blew tho
safe with dynamite, hastily gathered
the contents and departed without
leaving a trace of his whereabouts.
Naval Program of Turkey.
Washington. Tho Turkish ministry
will urgo upon tho Ottoman Parlia
ment soon after It reconvenes Novem
ber 15, tho adoption of a naval pro
gram providing for tho expondlturo
within tho next seven years of $100,
000,000. According to this program, It
is learned here, seven battleships of
tho North Kakota type will bo con
structed, together with a number of
torpedo destroyers and one hospital
ship. For the netx fiscal year an ap
plication of $12,000,000 to begin the
construction ot two warships.
AUTO PLUNGE8 INTO RIVER.
Car With Four Persons Runt Off Jack
son Street Bridge.
Chicago. An automobile containing
sovoral persons, believed to have been
four, whoso ldontity had not been
learned at a lato hour, plunged into
tho Chicago river Sunday night at
Jackson boulovard. The occupants of
tho automobllo wore drowned. No
bodleB have been recovered. A wit
ness reported that tho brldgo at Jack
son bouvelard had been opened for a
steamer.
Gift Will Reach $3,500,000.
Now York. Tho Columbia univers
ity Alumni Nows announces that in
addition to tha specific bequest ot $2,
250,000, made by the late John S.
Kennedy, Columbia will receive one
fifth of tho residuary estato, which it
is estimated, will not the university
another $1,250,000, making tho total
gift $3,500,000.
Alleged Kidnapers Caught.
Now York. Two alleged kidnapers,
Antonio Treferio and Glvannl Gangl
aeught after a year's chase to the
west and back, wore held for trial in
a pollco court in $10,000 ball. Roslo
Gardano, 7 years old, who was. kid
naped in 1907, Identified the prisoners
and her mother, Mrs. Pletro Gardano,
declared that she had paid Gangi $800
when ho threatened to "cut the girls
up In small pieces and return her by
mall." If a ransom was not paid. Eight
days after tho kidnaping thu girl was
found.