THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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rimoly News Culled From, All
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for tho Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
A jury In the district court nt Fro-
moot awarded I.C Hoy Mcf eo .$20,000
damages against the Stockyard and
Land Co , for permanent Injuries re-
eclyed while In the employ of the coin-
party. After settlement had been ma.lo I
under tho workmen's compensation i
law. the suit was brought and he ,
court refused to dismiss It, sustaining
a point that since tho hoy was under
tho ago whereby he might be legally
cmpioycu, uiu coinpHiiwuiun ui-i
did
not apply.
Plans for tho centennial celebration
of tho location and establishment of Ft.
Calhoun, Washington county, nre pro
grossing rapidly. The centennial of
Fort Calhoun occurs October 11 this
year, 100 years from tho date that a
regiment of soldiers coirto up the Mis
souri river on steamboats and landed
there. Tho government has ordered
troops from Fort Omaha and Fort
Crook to participate In the celebration.
Investigation Into tho high cost of
living at Lincoln hns brought to light
tho Btartllng fact that dairymen In tho
city nro buying milk from tho pro
ducer at $3.50 per 100 pounds and sell
ing It nt $0.58 per 100, making a profit
of about 100 per cent. Skim milk Is
used to reduce tho butter fat contents
of the milk one donlor testified.
Home-grown Nebraska seed wheat
this year tests as low as 50 per cent
germination, while that Imported from
tho cast and north contains "darnel,"
a noxious plant seed from which Ne
braska has hitherto been free, accord
ing to Secretary of Agriculture Loo
Stuhr.
Tho recently organized Homo Build
ers company nt Albion, which proposes
to erect moderate priced modern
homes and sell them close to the cost
prlco expects to start construction
work Just ns soon ns n contractor and
crew of men can be secured.
Dissatisfaction with tho operation of
tho former state board of health
through tho department of public wel
fare under tho code bill Is said to
havo been responsible for Dr. V. F.
AVIld resigning as head of the stato
health department.
By a special election vote of 101 to
75 tho citizens of Wymoro authorized
the sale of Arbor Stato and lllvcrsldo
parks, tho money to be used In con
structing a sewer system. The pro
posed sower system. will cost about
$50,000.
II. 0. McOrath of Ames paid $0,000
for a 0-mon'ths-old porker at n sale in
Illinois a short time ago. He has the
valuablo porker on his place now and
all of Dodge county Is boasting of be
ing tho homo of the highest priced pig
in tho country.
Tho 120-acro Mohr-IIardcr farm
southeast of Scrlbncr was sold nt
referee's salo for $300 an acre, A.
Slosser of Dodge being tho highest
bidder.
Greeley Is ln the midst of a building
boom that promises to surpass nny
thlnk like it In tho history of tho city.
Tho puvlng question Is also gaining
much headway.
It Is estimated that tamo bay pro
ductlon will amount to 4,422,000 tons
in Nebraska this year, ns compared to
2,380,000 tons last year.
Lovers of football nt Lincoln predict
that Nebraska will havo one of tho
best teams ln tho history of tho State
University this year,
A hundred co-eds at tho University
of Nebraska have enrolled in millinery
nnd dress making courses, according
to registration oflleinls,
Tho Trl-stuto folr hold at Crawford
was a success from every standpoint
Attendance for tho three days exceed
ed 20,000.
Sufficient stock has been sold In tho
proposed butter factory at Bloomflcld
to mako suro tho establishing of tho
enterprise.
Wheat threshing Is about half com
pleted In Chase county and so far the
yield Is running from 20 to 40 bushels
to the acre.
According to reports tho Hord pot
ash plant recently destroyed by tire
at Lakeside will he rebuilt In tho near
future.
Potato growers in tho western part
of tho state nro receiving from $1.00
to $2.00 a bushel for their crops.
A commercial club, consisting of
thirty-six members, wus organized nt
Greeley the other day.
A movement is under wny to estab
lish an Ice plant at Teknmah, an en
terprise badly needed by tho city.
Annual lire day will bo observed In
all public schools throughout Nebras
ka, "Friday, November 7.
A 2,000-ncro tract or land near
Bushnell, sold the other day for $75,
000, Is to be divided Into 100-ucro
farms and put under cultivation,'
Assurance has been given that n
now concrcto stnte-uld bridge will bo
built across tho Platte south of Shel
ton to replace tho wooden structure
now in use.
Eleven of twelve steers oxhlbltod
by tho Nebraska college of agriculture
at tho Gtato fair won premiums. Their
winnings Included llvo firsts, six
seconds and six thirds.
Governor McKelvio hns called upon
Director General Illnos of the rail
road administration to tako some ac
tion to save hundreds f thousands of
bushels of wheat in western Nebraska
from rotting on the ground, because ster and Wheeler, which show an In
frolght cars for Its shipment havo not crease of $1,148,018. The formor vnluo
been furnished. Great damage has al- Hon of those lands was $3f0,S32. Tha
ready been done and a further loss will now total on the 78,085 acres re-valued
follow unless relief Is had soon. '8 $1,410,7S0.
Leo Darling, negro, who Is Mild to
lmvo confessed lo tho murder of It. L.
Mnssoy of Oinnlin, Union 1'nclflc con
ductor nt North I'latte, narrowly
escaped being lynched nt Grand Islnml
whoro lie was spirited for safe keep
ing. A daughter of tlic HherlfC of Hull
county learned that a crowd of en
raged men wero on the way to the Jail
to lynch the negro. She informed her
father who called his deputies and In
, a high-powered nutomohllo took their
prisoner to the state penitentiary at
Lincoln.
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Governor McKelvio has announced
the appointment of Mrs. Emily P.
Hornberger of Lincoln as director of
tho child welfare bureau, provided for
by an act of tho last legislature. Mrs.
Ilopiborger was juvenile court olllcer
and superintendent of the detention
homo In Lincoln for eight years.
The work of organizing the Alliance
Packing company is proceeding rapid
ly. Offices havo been established In
Alliance. The company will have n
capitalization of $2,000,000 to $3,000,-
000. lis directors will Include stock
men In western Nebraska and
Wyoming.
No trace has been found of tho three
bnndlts who entered the Citizens
Stute hank nt Italston, a suburb of
Omaha, ln broad daylight, locked tho
cashier and three other officials of tho
Institution In the bank vault and
escaped with $1,000 ln cash in an
automobile.
Hog cholera In Dodge nnd surround
ing counties Is practically wiped out,
according to Dr. II. Kerston, Inspector
for the government, stationed nt Fre
mont. Ther are a few cases of pneu
monia, he says, but tho attacks are be
ing successfully coped with.
Two hundred nnd fifty candidates
wore Initiated Into tho mysteries of
tho Mystic Shrine at n monster gath
ering of Masons nt Grand Islnbd. Dele
gates from Omaha, Lincoln, Ilnsllngs,
Alliance, Broken Bow nnd many other
Nebraska cities attended.
Harvesting of tho 1010 potato
crop Is under way In Sheridan county.
The yield Is from forty to fifty bushels
per acre, fn place of tho usual ono
hundred and twenty to one hundred
nnd fifty.
Washington advises ure to the ef
fect that King Albert and Queen Mnrlo
of Belgium will visit Omaha on their
trip to the west. Tho date of their
visit was announced an October 2.".
A contract has been let for tho build
ing of i road from the railroad sta
tion at Peru to the state normal rond,
tho cost to bo approximately $50,000,
the distance ubout one mile.
During tho past week ono case of
Spanish Influenza wus reported at
Omaha, it being tho first appearance
of the disease ln Nebraska, this fall, It
Is believed.
The most serious sugar shortngo In
tho history of Adams county was re
lieved by. tho arrival nt Hastings of
800 bags of tho sweetness from Cali
fornia. Elks of Bcatrlco closed a deal for
tho purchase of tho old auditorium
building on North Fifth street, which
they expect to put In shape for a per
manent home.
A now natlonnl guard, company Is to
bo organized In Nemaha county. Tho
movement has the backing of n num
ber of former guardsmen nt Auburn.
According lo a monthly bulletin Is
sued by Gus Ilyers, chief state agent,
but twenty-two automobiles wero
stolen In Nebraska during August.
Tho recent heavy rain at Superior
washed out the dam of tho Southern
Nebraska Power Co., tho oldest dem In
tho Republican river.
A now sixty-room hotel, to cost
about $150,000, Is to bo built at
Chadron. The hostelry will be mod
! ern ln every detail,
j Work on paving tho three miles ,ot
tho Lincoln highway west of Colum
l bus Is not expected to start until next
spring.
A bomb-coming celebration for Brown
county soldiers and sailors will bo
held In Alnsworth on October 10
and 11.
Falls City peoplo are vigorously
hacking a movement to build a new
up-to-date hotel In the city.
Tho 40-ncre Chapman orchard near
Tnble Rock promises to yield 0,000
bushels of apples this year.
Tho Fremont post of American
legion cleared $1,125 by the carnival
held Just recently.
Because of so many alleged Illegal
ndds and a number of damago suits
filed against Its members, tho Omaha
moral squad hns been abolished.
Wild ducks are reported moroplcntl
fu ln the sand hill roglons of Nebras
ka than for many years and an excel
lent season of fall shooting Is ex
pected.
Only two of tho several thousand
hogs exhibited nt the stato fnlr, which
were ordered quarantined after ship
ment homo becauso some of tho ani
mals hnd been exposed to an Infec
tious form of bronchitis, have died.
Dcsplto the fact that lack of nm
tmiul has retarded tho work of pav
ing twelve blocks of Tecumseh's
streets, contractors expect to finish the
Job this fall.
Tho stato board of educational lands
and buildings approved valuations of
school lands In the counties of Boone,
Buffalo, Chuse, Dawson, lluiian, John
son, Plorco. Ulchnrdson, Sarpy1, Web-
1 President nnd Mrs. WUson photographed as they began their return trip from the Pnclflc coast; nt tho left
Is Gavin McNubb, the president's western representative. 2 Troop of the Pennsylvania mounted constnbulary
leaving their barracks to disperse turbulent steel mill strikers. 3 Lieut Col. D'AnnunzIo, tho poet-soldier whose
seizure of Flume has precipitated u crisis ln Italy.
EVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Indications That Union Labor
May Get the Worst of the
Great Steel Strike.
SENATE STARTS AN INQUIRY
Many Workers Said to Be Returning
to the Mills Statue of the Peace
Treaty ConteBt D'Annunzlo's
Raid Precipitates Crisis
In Italy.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Developments of tho week In the
great strike of steel workers Indicated
that this, perhaps tho severest test to
which union labor In America ever has
subjected Itself, would result adverse
ly to the unions.
At tho beginning many thousands of
men ln the United States Steel corpor
ation's numerous plants scnttercd
throughout tho country quit work, re
gardless of whether or not they were
members of the unions. W. Z. Foster,
general organizer, claimed that 342,
000 nod gone out before tho week was
half over. This was not directly dis
puted by the corporation officials, but
they declnred the tide already had
turned nnd that the men were coming
back to the mills In large numbers
seeking their old Jobs. A great many
of the plnnts were closed down at the
beginning of tho woek, but ln some of
the districts these were being reopened
gradunlly with increasing forces of
workers. In the Pittsburgh district
the employers asserted they were In
creasing production In all the impor
tant plants; the Gnry and Indiana
Harbor mills resumed partial opera
tion; the strikers at Canton, O., nnd
Birmingham, returned to work. On
tho other hand thero wns virtually a
complete tie-up ln the Mahoning val
ley, tho Colorado district and at other
points.
Though the union officials hod de
clared the strike would 'bo conducted
without violence on the part of the
men, rioting started promptly ln some
regions, especially In Pennsylvania.
Several deaths and many Injuries re
sulted. The stuto constabulary got
Into action promptly and effectively,
breaking up all assemblages and In
general restoring order. Sabotage was
in evidence in various plants.
The strike leaders were earnestly
endeavoring to expand tho strike Into
n walkout of allied crafts, which In
cludo tho men In 25 unions. On the
Grout Lakes It appeared likely the sea
men nnd marine firemen who trans
port Iron ore would go out, and switch
men on railroads that especially serve
steel plants wero reported to be ready
to quit.
The senate committee on education
and labor began an Inquiry Into the
strike and the first witness was John
Fltzpatrick, chairman of tho commit
tee on organization of the steel work
ers and real leader of the strike. It
was announced that Mr. Gary would
appear before tho committee later to
prosent the case for tho employers.
Fltzpntrlck admitted to the commlt
teo that there had been no demand
from tho steel workers for unioniza
tion, but that tho Federation of Labor
considered it necessary because the
steel Industry was a "bad spot" In the
Industrial situation nnd that the con
ditions prevailing in It led other largo
employers to consider Imposing sim
ilar conditions on their employees. He
told at length of the vain efforts to In
duce Mr. Gary to confer with his com
mittee, and said that even If the steel
corporation should now consent to
meet the union representatives It
would bo too Into lo stop tho strike,
as tho mon "are going to domnnd de
cent Justlco of tho United States gov
ernment." nowever, Fltzpatrick said, tho
unions would cnll off the strike If tho
stool corporation would agreo to sub
mit the Issue Involved to arbitration by
a commission to bo named by President
Wilson. When this was told to Mr.
Gory In Now York, ho replied that.
speaking for himself, he believed the
board of directors could" not negotiate
with Fltzpatrick and his associates as
union labor leaders and that questions
of moral principles, such as are In
volved In this struggle cannot be ar
bitrated nor compromised.
Samuel Gompers, testifying before
the senate interstate commerce com
mittee, gave the steel strike his ap
proval though ho said he would have
preferred to have postponed It until
after the Industrial conference In Oc
tober. He laid all the blame for tho
strike on Mr. Gary for his refusal to
deal with the union chiefs. As n mat
ter of plain fact, 1 the whole contest
hinges on tho question of tho open or
the closed shop and Its outcome will
go far to determine the power and
right of the unions to organize Indus
tries that have not asked such action
and to enforce their closed shop pol
icy everywhere.
Mr. Gompers also appeared before
the senate committee on the District
of Columbia, where he maintained the
right of policemen to organize, but
said they should not go on strike. "Pri
vate employees" he said, "can quit
work, while policemen have no such
recourse." At the same time ho de
fended the policemen of Boston by
asserting that the trouble there was
not really a strike but a lockout. As
for the constabulary of Pennsylvania,
he declnred tho events of recent days
have proved they are nothing but Cos
sacks, nnd they would not be admitted
to the Federation of Labor.
The resentment of the public, which
of course is always the "goat" In in
dustrial disputes, Is being reflected
ln congress. Senator Thomas of Colo
rado leads the fight in tho upper house
against tyranny by union labor, and
last week Introduced a resolution con
demning the closed shop principle ns
un-Amerlcnn nnd calling for the repu
diation by congress of the speclnl Im
munity it has granted to labor unions
from prosecution for vlolntlrn of the
anti-trust laws. In tho lower house
Representative Cooper, who Is from
tho Youngstown district and is him
self; a union labor man, uttered a warn
ing against the danger, of organized
labor being misled by such a "revolu
tionary leader" as Wllllnm 'A. Foster,
secretary of the steel worker's com
mittee. Foster is the author of a book
on syndicalism and secretary of the
Syndicalist League of North America
and In ids book defends tho syndical
ist methods of violence, sabotage and
lawlessness to win strikes. Congress
man Knhn of California, asked Attor
ney General Palmer If Foster could
not be prosecuted In connection with
deaths and Injuries caused since the
steel strike began, but Mr. Palmer said
he thought any such action should bo
brought by tho various states rather
than by tho federal government. Mr.
Gompers nnd other "conservative" un
ion lnbor leaders must enjoy their
close relntion with Foster and Ids like.
If anyone supposed President Wil
son would compromise with the reser
vatlonlsts concerning the pence treaty,
ho seemingly was mistaken. The pres
ident, on his way back from the Pacific
coast, delivered himself of speeches
that showed his spirit was, If possible,
more uncompromising than ever, and
ho rather plainly Intimated that If the
pact were not rntllled as It stands ho
would pigeonhole It for tho present
and mako it tho Issue of next year's
((residential campaign. To his audi
ence in Cheyenne he snld If the pro
posed reservation to nrtlclo ten wero
adopted by the senate he would re
gard It as rejection of the whole trcn
ty, nnd that It would menn the nego
tlatlon of a scpurate peace with Ger
many, which would turn the whole
world against us. He predicted that
without the League of Nations cov
enant, Including nrtlcle ten unchanged
tho world would bo plunged Into a war
fur more horrible than tho conflict Just
ended.
Mr. Wilson nlso continued to defend
tho arrangement by which tho Brit
!sh"emplre has six votes to one for tho
United States In the league assembly
Tho proposed amendment to this nr
tlclo was causing both sides In the
scnato consldorablo worry, and they
dodged a volo on It for tho time being,
Tho proponents of the covennnt want
ed to wnlt until nfter the president re
turned In the hope that he might bo
ablo to bring some pressure to bear.
nnd tho opposition were not at all sure
of their strength. The mild reserva
tlonists hoped some way might be
found to avoid tho direct Issue.
Tho French chamber of deputies,
in which tho government was pressing
for ratification of the treaty, wns much
exercised by tho hostile attitude of
the American senate and tho govern
ment was called on for explanations.
Tnrdleu said he was satisfied the sen
ate would ratify the treaty, and Plchon
said even without tho United States
the League of Notions could exist, le
gally speaking. Barthou replied that
Franco wanted political, not legal
guaranties. Premier Clemencenu then
said:
"Should tho United States reject
tho League of Nations, two treaties of
alliance between France nnd Great
Britain and France nnd the United
States exist. Nevertheless it was pre
cisely because we felt that the League
of Nations wns an Insufficient guaran
tee for some years to come that these
treaties wero drawn up. The Lengtie
of Nations for the present has nothing
to do with the Frnnco-Brltlsh-Amcrl-
can treaties, which constitute suffi
cient guarantees for France."
Italy was in the midst of a tremen
dous crisis, brought on directly by Uio
seizure of Flume by D'AnnunzIo and
blamed by the Italians themselves on
the grent powers which refused to car
ry out all the promises In the treaty
of London. Foreign Minister Tlttonl
was compelled to resign, and the peace
conference In Pnrls was deeply con
cerned by the situation. The Italian
government nsked the allies to oust
D'AnnunzIo and his followers, but nt
this writing nothing In thnt line bad
been started. The poet-soldier wns
still defiant and his forces were In
creasing ln strength. Other Italian
leaders, It was reported, were follow
ing Ids example and making raids on
Spalato, Sabenlco and Trau, towns on
the Dalmatian const which have been
under the domination of: the Jugo
slavs. In Rngusu, near the Montene
grin frontier, there wns a verltnble
reign of terror. Thero are rumors, al
so, that tho Italians are planning to
restore King NIcholns to the throne
of Montenegro, no Is the father of
the queen of Italy.
Late advices from Spalato by way
of Copenhagen said an American des-
troyer appeared at Trau and landed
marines, compelling tho Itnlians to
lonve. after which the Jugo-Slavs
took over the town from the Ameii-
cans.
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Washington admit that the president
1IU iiit;uti Willi uiu iiiiica t
to give support to Kolchak and Denl
klne in their fight against tho bolshe
vik!. The United States Is to supply
tho former with tho things ho needs,
nnd Great Britain and Franco will
tako caro of the latter. Presumably
this arrangement menus thnt the
American troops now In Siberia will
not be brought back for some time.
Both these Russian leaders have been
scoring consldorablo success against
the bolshevik! lately, and It may be
the recognition of the Omsk govern
ment by tho allied powers will not bo
much longer delayed.
The bolsbevlst government, wbllo
willing to make peace with the Bal
tic states, Is laying Its plnns to conquer
the rest of Its foes. Trotzky, spenk
lng recently ln Petrograd, snld his ar
mies would continue their methods of
beating their enemy singly, taking Kol
chak first and then Denlklne. "If Fin
land wants war" he said, "It will ba
necessary to begin against her a cam
paign of extermination such as hither
to has been unknown to history."
Lcnlne, It Is said, is anxious to bo
at pcaco with all tho world. T$ro
was n report In Paris thnt he had been
assassinated. If this were true Trotz
ky probably would bo more powerful
thnn over, and the pence he seeks Is
founded on tho destruction of his en
emies. '
The king and qneon of the Belgians
are on their wny to visit the United
States. Before his departure Albert
said ho had much to learn In this coun
try owing to tho "excellent relations
oxlstlng between capital and labor"
here. Cun It be that Albert was spoof
ing us?
AT
NEGRO, ACCUSED OF ASSAULT,.
HUNG AND BURNED BY MOB.
MAYOR HAS NARROW ESCAPE
One White Man Shot and Killed.
Many Persons Injured Magni
ficent Court House Wrecked.
Omaha, Neb. Red terror rolcned In
this city Sunday night when an In
furiated mob estimated at over 10,000
attacked and virtually wrecked the
magnificent Douglas county , court
bouse, lynched William Brown, the
negro Identified as the assailant of;
Agnes Loebeck, lO-yenr-old white girl,
attempted to hang Mayor Smith and
then launched forth Into a wild de
bauch of bloodshed nnd destruction.
At least one white man was hilled,
scores of men were shot or beaten,
store fronts were smashed by rioters
In search of weapons, police automo
biles were overturned and burned and
tho whole heart of tho business section'
thrown Into grisly fear.
The police were powerless to stem
the avalanche of fury after 11 hnd
once gained momentum, nnd a short
age of ammunition brought about tho
finnl collapse of tho defense of tho be
leaguered garrison In tho county jail.
The negro was then dragged from
his cell, hanged to a telephone polo
and his body torn to pieces by salvos
of pistol shots. It was then dragged
through the streets by cheering
thousands nnd burned Into ashes.
Mayor Smith was assaulted by the
mob before tho forcing of the jail, no
was leaving the court house, which
then resounded with explosions and
the reports of pistols, several of the
t)Ig offices being in llanies, when an un
known soldier shouted thnt the mayor
had shot him through the hand. Smith
was dragged from tho police emergency
automobile, into which ho bad stepped,
a rope plnced about his neck, and he
was hung to tho signal station nt Six
teenth nnd Harney streets. He was
Immediately cut down but Is said to bo
ln a serious condition.
Troops wero rushed to the scene
from Fort Crook and Fort Omaha and
the city placed under mnrtlal law.
The spectacular features attending
tho burning of the court house, with
dnnrngo 'estimated from $200,000 to
$1,000,000, wore entirely subordinated
to various aspects of tho crowd's ac
tion, which were without precedent In
nny affair of tho kind that has taken
place In the country In the last quarter
century.
For three hours tho fire burned,
room after room being sot afire by
members of the mob, without hin
drance from police or firemen, tho Int
ter being utterly, unnblc during that
time to get a stream played on any of
the rooms.
Most serious of the loss wns tho ut
ter destruction of the current records
of tho city nnd county treasurer's
office, which were not in the vault.
Records of cases pending in tho dis
trict court, which were similarly not
ln a vault, are not believed to have
been seriously damaged.
Tho numerous attacks on white wo
men by Negroes ln this city in the
past few months nnd the lnck of pun
ishment meted out for such brutalities
is tho direct cause of the riot, the
most serious of Its kind In the history
of the city.
Hurricane Death Toll 345.
Coriuis Chrlstl, Tex. A revised
i summary of the casualties made pub
lie by tho Bureau of Information
plnces the known dead In the vicinity
of Corpus Chrlstl as the result oi tne
i hurricane and tldnl wave which swept,
I i . ft ... Ml,.. . . . Cmtflmt
over me aoum j.f.ur
Sept. 14, nt 320. Of this number, i&i
were Identified. The known dead In
, X
rknnsas
officially
given as 35, bringing tho total death
roll to 345, In Corpus Chrlstl, alone,
tho list of persons still accounted for
rontnlns 275 names, making a grand
I totnl of 520 for the affected districts,
Including known (lend and missing.
Hitchcock Strong for Treaty.
Baltimore. Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska vigorously defended the
league of nations covennnt In an ad
dress here under tho auspices of tho
Baltimore Press club.
U. S. to Be Represented.
Washington, D. O. At the urgent
request of Senator Hitchcock, Secre
tary of War Baker has ordered tho
colonel nnd his aide of tho Sixth reg
ular regiment to proceed to Fort At
kinson (Fort Calhoun), Neb., for 'the
centennial celebration to bo held Oc
tober 11.
The secretary of war llkewlso hns
ordered that troops and material also
proceed to the old fort from Forts
Crook and Omaha and that tboy nnd
their bands Join in tho centennial cele
bration. - Methodists for Treaty.
Charles City, la. The Upper Iowa
conference of the Methodist church In
dorsed the league of nnMons ponce
treaty and demanded Its ratification by
the United States senate.
John D. Makeo Gift,
Now York. A gift of $20,000,000
from John D, Rot-kofeller for tho im
provement of medical education In the
United States was announced by the
general eduiutlon board
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