Nebraska Newspapers

    fHE O’NEILL FRONTIER
& H. CRONIN. Publisher.
PNBILL, NEBRASKA
According to the result of many
measurements made at the anthropoll
glcal laboratory In London, the right
arm In human beings Is, In a majority
of cases, longer than the left arm
while on the contrary, the left leg li
longer than the right leg Sometimes
however, the relative proportions are
exactly reversed, but very seldom does
perfect equality exist between the twc
•Idee. The tendency of the right arm
■to exceed the left arm In strength Is
somewhat greater In men than In wom
an, while equality of strength In the
two arms occurs almost twice as fre
quently with women as with men.
“The newcomer must beware of the
vision of easily got, sudden wealth In
IFlorlda,” says the Orange County, Fla.,
Cltlxen. “A dab of gaudy color doesn’t
make a rainbow; neither does a blazing
headline make a productive farm or
orchard. If *1,000 profit an acre were
an actual fact the first season, and
every season In every case, there
wouldn’t be standing room for us on
the peninsula. A little capital In cash,
brains, muscle, energy, determination
and stlck-to-lt-lveness can find profit
able employment In the land opportuni
ties of Florida."
A Seneca (Kan.) man, W. K. Wright,
gives these specifications as to the cor
rect way to put up a hammock; "There
Is a know-how about hanging a hum
mofck besides tying It so It can not
break down. A hammock should be
hung six and one-fourth feet from the
ground at the head and three and
three-fourthe feet above the ground at
the foot. The rope that secures the
head should not be more than about 12
Inches long and that at the foot about
four and one-half feet in length. Ar
ranged In this way the lower part will
■wing freely and the head be kept com
fortable by being nearly stationary."
Maurice Branger has earned the title
of "Franco's Flying Photographer."
From tho Inception of the flying ma
chine Branger recognised In It a great
(actor for artlstlo effects In photogra
phy. He has followed every great avia
tion meeting, bringing out artistic
nooks and compositions for the Indul
gence of his fad. He has made ascen
slops on one aeroplane to take photo
graphs of others In flight. For this
purpose he has Invented a camera de
signed to overcome the great vibrations
of a machine In flight and the results
ne has obtained are marvelous.
Nearly 40 yearn ago the British
colonial office, through the agency of
(he Kew gardens, Introduced specimens
of the Hevea rubber tree from the
Amazon Into the far east, with the re
•ult that It has become acclimatized,
particularly In Ceylon and the feder
ated Malay states. During the last
year nearly 10,000,000 pounds of plan
tation rubber was exported from Cey
lon to Malaya at prices higher than
vrere realized for any other rubber Ip
the world, for the reaeon that It was
marketed in a oleaner condition than
the "foreet" rubber shipped from Para.
The largest barometer In the world
■was recently set up In tha Italian town
of Faenza, the birthplace of Torricelli,
■who discovered the barometer and the
vacuum" which perpetuates his name.
The liquid used Is purified oil rendered
tfree from air, and this gives n column
over 11 meters In height. Owing to the
very small amount of evaporation an
oil barometer Is much more accurate
than one filled with any other liquid
•xcept mercury, and the long column
snakes It very sensitive.
Probabiy everybody has experienced
the displeasure, if not actual pain,
which comes from missing a sneeze.
IThere is an easy way out of this if one
happens to be out of doors at the time
And the weather is clear. Just glunce
•t the sun. There Is something about
the brightness of It that supplies the
missing Irritation, or ‘whatever it is
that Is needed, and nine times out of 10
if the sneeze has not got too far away
It will come back.
Londoners are considering with In
terest the scheme of Lady Edward
Cecil by which a number of families
living In the country might club to
gether to retain the services of two
first rate teachers to conduct clusses at
■one of their houses. The teachers are
to be paid extra to provide their own
board and lodgings. In the case she
furnishes as an example, the cost
•mounted to about 11,100 a year for a
class of six children.
One of the marvels of the age Is the
extreme cheapness of ocean carriage.
The modern tramp steamer could carry
Uier cargo 1.000 miles for 9d a ton and
imake a profit of 10 per cent. A mod
ern tramp steamer could leave England
•nd go around the world by the two
capes and even then carry cargo at
,£2 8s a ton. These are marvelouB
figures and they show to what extent
the world Is Indebted to the carrying
trade.
The cost of living, as measured by
furs, Is not encouraging. At Winnipeg,
■• great market for fur materials, In six
years the price of muskrat skins 1ms
*one up from 11 cents to 70; of skunk
from 70 cents to *3; of mink from *1.75
to *8; of red fox from *2 to *6; of lynx
from *3 to *30; of wolf from *1.6o' to
<4; of weasel from 10 cents to .60- of
badger from 50 cents to *3
Tacoma, Wash., is shouting over a
Sopulatlon of 110,000. an Increase of a
ttle less than 200 per cent In 10 years.
•‘Watch Tacoma grow!" seems to' have
been a good rallying cry, but wait until
(Beattie, Puyallup, Tatoosh and other
places are heard from.
The gun carriage that has been used
for carrying the coffins of both Victoria
and Edward VII, will now be more
than ever an object of popular interest
In the courtyard of the Tower of Lon
don.
It is contemplated to establish wire
leas telegraph stations In German East
Africa, Togoland, Karnerun and Ger
man Southwest Africa, and also be
tween the different south sea colonies.
For every person who dies in a year,
there are two people constantly ill
Each person loses, on an average, 13
days a year by illness.
Ten thousunu French vines vield only
400 gallons of wine a year. The same
number of vines In Cape Cokiny will
produce 2,SOU gallons.
A French-German dictionary has
been recently Issued from Vienna,
printed In Braille type, for the use of
the blind.
The first mayor of New York, Thom
as Willett, sleeps In the Little Neck (K.
1.) cemetery, and his grave is neg
lected.
Baltimore proposes a "banner exposi
tion" in 1914, the centennial year of the
writing of "The Star Spangled Banner."
Abraham Lincoln’s fortune was $75,
000. _ _
A barber Is running for the governor
fOhlp of Georgia.
MEN NOT PROTECTED;
ROAD TOMOVE SHOPS
More Than Third of Wymore’s
Population Will Move
Away.
VVymore. Neb., July 11.—Alleging
that their employes In the local shops
here were not being given the proper
police protection since the boilermak
ers’ strike was called several weekW
ago, officials of the Burlington rail
road have announced that they would
move the shopB to Havelock, Neb. This
will affect 200 employes and their fam
ilies, or more than a third of Wymore's
3,600 population.
Citizens of the town met In a mass
meeting last night and protested
against the move. A committee was
appointed to wait on officials of the
company at an early date.
Lincoln, Neb., July 8.—Burlington
officials here say the shops will be
moved for economic reasons.
BALL PLAYERS-MAY
BOYCOTT CHURCHES
Nebraska City, Neb., July 11.—An ef
fort Is being made here to suppress
Sunday baseball and in retaliation, the
baseball fans have started In to boy
cott the churches, as the preachers In
augurated the campaign against the
bull games.
The trouble started over the game
played on the local grounds, Sunday,
June 26. Tlje following day all of the
ball players were arrested, taken Into
police court, where they pleaded not,
guilty to a violation of the Sunday law,'
and the cases were continued until
August 6, each man putting up a $20
cash bond.
This, however, has not ended the
matter. A large number of the citi
zens and business men have called
upon the ministers and urged them to
drop the prosecution, Insisting that If
they do not, they will withdraw their
support from the churches. The
preachers are stdhdlng firm and de
clare that they will not recede. The
outcome la being watched with much
Interest.
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MUST HE PAY RATE
ON NEW BORN CALVES
Omaha, Neb., July 11.—A new and
novel question arising In Nebraska la
to be propounded to the Interstate
Commerce commission for a decision.
Up to date it has stumped the state
rallwuy commissioners and they want
a higher authority to pass upon It.
Recently John Brady, of Scotts Bluff,
a town In the extreme northwest cor
ner of the state, shipped two 'airloads
of cows to the Omaha live stock mar
ket. When the animals were loaded,
the shipper put 14 cows Into each car
and took a bill of lading showing that
number. The freight charges were
figured on this number of animals.
When the shipment reached the stock
yards, the two cars contained 32 head
of cattle, four calves having been born
enroute. Here the railroad company
officials Insisted upon collecting freight
charges on 32 animals, while the bill
of ludlng accounted for but 28. Brady
paid under protest and referred the
case to the state railway commission,
demanding a return of the money he
paid as freight for four animals that
were never billed.
The question was a new one and a
puzzler for the state officials. They
could not say whether the company
was entitled to collect. It was appar
ent that but 28 animals were shipped,
whereas 82 reached the yards.
GOVERNOR DECLARES
WAR ON VIOLATION
Omaha, Neb., July 11.—Governor
Shallenberger has thrown a bomb Into
this city by informing the chief of
police that there Is an open violation
of the 8 o’clock closing law. He, In
hts communication from Lincoln,
names a dozen or more places where
liquor Is sold during all hours of the
day and night and on Sundays.
In his communication to the chief
the governor Insists that the law be
enforced and that If It Is not, he will
ascertain the reason why.
As to whether or not liquor has been
sold In violation of law at the places
named by the governor, the chief is
silent. It Is expected that there will
be a shaking up, however, as the fire
and police commission maintaining
Jurisdiction over the police Is a board
appointed by the governor and the mem
bers are subservient to him, he hav
ing power to remove them at his
pleasure.
FRIGHTFULLY HURT
COASTING ON HILL
Oakland, Neb., July 11.—Coasting
down hill on a bicycle. Ed Johnson,
son of Swan Johnson, living six miles
west of this place, allowed his ma
chine to gather great headway. He
was flying with the speed of the wind,
when in the darkness he collided with
a team laboriously plodding up the hill.
The projecting wagon tongue caught
him squarely In the facv. fracturing
the upper Jaw bone and the bones of
the nose and face. He was picked
up unconscious and carried to his
home. He Is In a critical condition.
He is 20 years old.
bunn in nconMorvM
IS BEING LAID BY
Lyons, Neb., July 11.—A good rain fell
here yesterday which, It Is hoped, will
be followed by enough more to break
the dry spell which has prevailed for
the past eight weeks. Potatoes and
oats are perhaps past much aid and
will be a very light crop, many of the
former being entirely dead, with small
tubers only started. Corn and wheat
is expected to be nearly a full crop
if the rain continues until the ground
Is thoroughly wet. Corn is being laid
by now.
LODGES UNITE IN
BURYING BROTHER
Lyons, Neb., July 11.—Craig lodge,
of the Modern Woodmen of America,
Joined with the lodge of Lyons yes
terday in the burial of Emory Russell
at this place. Mr. Russell lived at
, Craig and died at Omaha of appendi
citis. He leaves a wife and three small
children. He was 36 years old and was
the first one in his father's large fam
ily to pass away.
CUBA BARS PICTURES.
Havana, July 11.—The government
has prohibited the exhibition of the
Jeffries-Johnson tight pictures.
PARIS FEARS RETURN
‘ OF FLOOD DISASTER
Paris, July 11.—Continuous cold and
wet weather is beginning to cause ser
ious alarm. There has been daily rain
for six weeks and the precipitation
since January 1 has already exceeded
the average annual rainfall.' A recur
rence of Roods is threatened.
Many streums are full and some are
out of their banks. The grape crop is
suffering heavily and mild weather has
mude its appearance in the champagne
district. The hay crop is almost de
stroyed.
DO SUN DANCE AT
ROSEBUD AGENCY;
FIRST SINCE 1884
Ancient Indian Ceremony Given
by 10,000 War Painted
Braves.
Valentine, Neb., July 9—The Fourth of
July celebration at the Rosebud agency
was pulled off according to the pro
gram, there being about 10,909 Indians
present and several' hundred whites.
The first thing In the morning was
the grand charge In which about 1,000
Indians on horseback took part, charg
ing down on the camp dressed In their
war paint, yelling and shooting like
so many demons, making a scene that
would be long remembered. Then
came the sham battle in which the
warriors all took part, showing the
cunning of the redskins, and It was
well played out. After dinner the
chief event of the day was the sun
dance, In which over 150 warriors
dressed in loin cloth and paint took
part, the principal chiefs standing In
the center near the totem poles. They
till faced the sun chanting.
The chiefs had whistles on which;
they blew, keeping time to the beating
of the tom-tom. The Indians danced
In toward the center arid then back
again, making a weird sight, all painted
up and dancing In the broiling sun,
stopping every once In a while to hold
their hands out and up toward the sun,
the poses showing off the fyie figures,
making them look like statues of
bronze. The dance continued until
dark and was resumed again on July 5.
This Is the first sun dance since 1884
and. was the exact dance, leaving out
the torture part. The old custom was
for the dancers to run sticks through
the sinews of their backs and breasts
and then fasten them to ropes which
were tied to the center totem pole, then
dancing until they dropped from ex
haustion.
Before the sun dance began a big
Omaha dance was pulled off, the
squaws taking part In this, but no
squaws were allowed In the sun dance.
BULL 8NAKE CRAWLS
ON KITCHEN FLOOR
Lyons, Neb., July 9.—Mrs. P. B. Al
derman, while washing dishes at the
table In her kitchen today, felt some
thing touch her feet and on looking
down saw there a bull snake three feet
long. A workman in the yard, hear- 1
ing her scream, came to the rescue with
a stick and killed the snake.
At their last business meeting the
German Lutheran church people voted
to furnish one of the new rooms at
the German Lutheran 1 ^spltal at Sioux
City.
DROPSY IS FATAL
TO NEBRASKA WOMAN
Lyons, Neb., July 9.—Mrs. J. M. Can
field died late last night after Borne
weeks of suffering. She had been to
the hospital but returned home as in
curable. She was the wife of the well
known veterinarian surgeon and leaves
four children, three girls and one boy.
Dropsy, complicated with some heart
trouble, was the cause of death.
MAN THOUGHT DEAD
APPEARS SUDDENLY
His Body Had Been Ordered
Shipped, When He Turns
Up Alive and Well.
Omaha, July 9.—While the parents of
James Shea, of Omaha, who was re
ported killed at Ithaca, N. Y., Satur
day, were awaiting the arrival of his
body, ordered sent home for burial, Mr.
Shea himself walked into the house,
alive and well. On the train which
brought Mr. Shea home was the body
of the man who had been identified as
his and for the transportation of which
to Omaha the Sheas had paid. The
body is being held awaiting Instruc
tions. and unless Identified promptly
will be buried by the Shea family. Mr.
Shea was in Ithaca on a vacation. Sat
urday an undertaker In that city tele
graphed Shea’s pnrents that the young
man had been killed.
GOVERNMENT WINS IN
BLEACHED FLOUR CASE
Kansas City, Mo., July 9.—"We, the
Jury, find that the Hour seized was
adulterated.”
“We, the Jury, find that the flour
seized was misbranded.”
These two separate verdicts were re
turned In the federal court here yes
terday by the Jury which for more
than seven weeks listened to testimony
for and against the charge of the gov
ernment that 625 sacks of flour,
bleached and sold by the Lexington
Mill & Elevator company, of Lexington.
Neb., and seized by the government
while In possession of the purchaser,
a grocer at Castle, Mo., were adulterat
ed and misbranded.
The verdict returned after seven
hours’ deliberation was a complete vic
tory for the government which prose
cuted the suit under the national pure
food and drug act.
The government charged that the
flour was adulterated in that it was
bleached by the Alsop process, which
makes use of peroxide nitrogen in
bleaching flour. A new trial will be
asked.
VICTIM OF MURDERER
SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS
Kansas City, July 9.—Miss Ruby
Hlrsch, aged 22 yenrs, who was shot
by Edward M. Baker, a contractor, 47
years old. last Tuesday night, because
she failed to keep a luncheon engage
ment with him, died today.
The prosecuting attorney today filed
. a charge of murder in the first degree
against Baker.
WATTERSON IS HELD.
Kingston, N. Y., July 9.—Ewing Wat
terson. son of Colonel Henry Watter
son. the Louisville editor, waived ex
amination today before Police Justice
Rowe at Saugerties on a charge of
shooting Michael J. Martin, a saloon
keeper. He was committed to jail to
await the grand jury's action on a
char.fe of assault In the first degree.
STORM AT LINCOLN.
Lincoln. Neb., July 9.—A severe elec
i '.rlcal storm visited this city today.
I More than haH an Inch of rain fell.
| Some damage from hall was reported.
MEAT PRICES HERE
HIT THE TOBOGGAN;
CONTRACTS LOWER
Nebraska Saves $5,201 on Sup
plies—Thinks Retail Prices
Will Decline.
Lincoln. Neb., July 7.—Bids of pack
ing concerns for state contracts would
Indicate that the price of meat is on
the decline.
The state board of purchase and
supplies has Just awarded the quarterly
contracts for meat for the state In
stitutions for *12,058.31, or *5,201.18
less than in April. The Cudahy pack
ing plant was given most of the con
tracts.
The bids give evidence that there is
no pool. For the state penitentiary
bids ranged from *1.900 to *2,800. There
was also a great difference In the fig
ures for other institutions.
Several meat dealers believe the hig
reduction on the state contracts is an
Indication that tl\e retail prices will
also decline. They say competition be
tween the packers is becoming more
keen and expect a bigger fight for bus
iness.
SIX KILLED IN OMAHA
WHILE CELEBRATING
Omaha, Neb., July 7.—Six persons
lost their lives while celebrating the
Fourth of July in and about the city
yesterday. Four people in a rowboat
on Carter lake were drowned when the
bbat capsized. An unidentified boy met
death under a speeding automobile and
a negro is dead as the result of a quar
rel with the recent big prize fight as
the issue.
The dead at the lake are as follows:
Theodore Linde and wife.
John A. Barton and wife.
Henry Green, a negro, died late last
night at a hospital fi*>m the effects of
a bullet wound. He had quarreled
with Jeff Bailey.
THIRTEEN ARE HURT
BY DYNAMITE BOMBS
fireworks Explode Prematurely
at Ponca, Neb.—Run
away During Parade.
Ponca, Neb., July 7.—At the close ot
the most largely attended Fourth of
July celebration ever held in this city,
during a beautiful display of fireworks,
13 young people were injured, when a
number of dynamite bombs prema
turely exploded. The bombs were
covered with tin or other heavy ma
terial and it was this, flying like a hall
of bullets in the crowd that did the
damage.
Ray Harding is the most seriously
hurt and will lose an eye.
Two small children of Mr. and Mfs.
John Tucker were painfully hurt and
the daughters of ex-Congressman J. J.
McCarthy, ex-County Attorney John
V. Pearson and Lee Wilbers were badly
hurt. It Is believed the accident oc
eured because the men who were in
charge of the fireworks display did not
thoroughly understand how to handle
the explosives.
During the afternoon, when the float
parade was passing through the prin
cipal street, the team hauling the wagon
upon which were a number of girls
dressed in white, representing the
states and a crowned Goddess of Lib
erty, ran away, throwing all of the
girls off of the float. Nearly all sus
tained painful bruises, hut none will
result seriously. Parents of the chil
dren thus injured threaten to bring suit
for damages against the city. It is not
believed damages of this kind can be
collected.
LYONS WAS ALMOST
DESERTED YESTERDAY
Lyons, Neb.. July 7.—Lyons had a
very deserted appearance the Fourth,
237 of our people went to Taltamah to
celebrate besides the many going else
where.
George Luce, an old settler here, aged
83 years, who died Sunday afternoon
after a long siege of sickness, was
buried here today In the Lyons ceme
tery. He Is the father of Rev. G. A.
Luce, of Omaha.
DECEMBER WHEAT IS
UP SEVERAL POINTS
Advance Is Made on Chicago
Board of Trade, Owing to
Little Bain.
Chicago, July 7.—On nervous light
trading, wheat this afternoon showed
an advance of 2% to cents, the lat
ter in the December option.
Worse and worse drought conditions
in the spring crop zone were respon
sible.
Plowing up of wheat fields was said
to have been started at many places
in Minnesota. The North Dakota crop,
it was alleged, had gone too far for
rain to be of help. Damage north of
the Canadian Pacific railroad was esti
mated at from 10 to 20 per cent, south
25 to G5 per cent.
The price of the September delivery
here reached $1.01% and December
$1.02%.
BALLOONIST IS DEAD.
Macomb, 111., July 7—H. G. Herrguth.
of Leslie. Mich., who fell front a trapeze
while making a balloon ascension at a
Fourth of July celebration at Bushnell
yesterday, died today. Herrguth made
the ascension from the center of the
business section. The trapeze caught
in a tree and was torn loose.
PENNSYLVANIA ROAD
HAS WAGE PROBLEM
Pittsburg. Pa.. July 7.—Oliver Irvin,
chairman of the Order of Railroad Con
ductors. admitted today that commit
tees of the organization were continu
ing meetings here today to consider
working conditions and wages on Penn
sylvania lines west of Pittsburg. While
he declined to be quoted he intimated
that any action which the western di
vision men might take was being de
layed until it was seen w'nat the east
ern employes decide on.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN AT
HOME AT FAIRVIEW
Declines to Discuss Effort to
Make Him a Senatorial
Candidate.
Lincoln, Neb., July 6.—W. J. Bryan,
who reached home Saturday night from
his European trip, declined to discuss
politics from a national standpoint, or
the effort that Is being made by his
Nebraska friends to launch him as a
senatorial candidate.
Mr. Bryan pleaded unfamlliarlty with
local conditions since he left. He said
he would remain In Nebraska for some
time before taking up his Chautauqua
engagements, and that he would attend
the democratic state convention to be
held at Grand Island this month.
Bryan Leavitt, the young grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, accompanied
them from Germi 'o Lincoln.
YORK BUSINESS MAN
IS KILLED BY AUTO
York, Neb., July 6.—D. Mead, a
long time business man of New ICork,
was killed and his son badly injured
when the automobile In which they
were riding toppled over while descend
ing a steep hill at a high rate of speed
near the town of Milford. The dead
man was pinned under, the heavy ma
chine and his neck broken. Two wom
en were in the auto, returning from a
visit to Lincoln.
OLD SETTLER DIES AT LYONS.
Lyons, Neb., July 6.—George Luce,
Who was widely known about this part
of the country because he was an old
settler and had the distinction of hav
ing seen Halley’s comet twicev died at
his home at noon yesterday. Mr. Luce
was 83' years old. Death was caused by
the debility of old’ age. He was born
in Maine, and leaves his wife and three
children.
ROBBERY MOTIVE FOR
MISS FLEGE MURDER
Detective Davenport Thinks
Woman Was Attacked
in House.
■
From the Sioux City Tribune.
Baffled by conflicting clews and
theories, officers working on the Louise
Flege murder case, near Wayne, Neb.,
are no nearer a solution of the crime
than they were last Thursday night
wh,en the woman’s body was found In
her door yard. Out of the tangle many
theories have now been drawn and
thrown away.
W. C. Davenport, the Sioux City de
tective working on the case, declares
that he now believes robbery was the
motive for the crime. He asserts that
contrary to general belief, Miss Flege
was not first attacked near the gate
where her body was found, but that
she was first shot in the house after
surprising a robber at his work. He
says Is is probable that the first shot
was fired by the robber from up stairs,
which would In a measure account for
the erratic downward course of the
bullet which entered her right breast.
Then it is probable that she ran wildly
from the house with the robber in close
pursuit. Fearful that she was about to
escape, the second bullet was fired at
close range through the back of her
head.
BURGLARS MAKE GOOD
HAUL AT CENTERVILLE
Centerville, la., July 6.—Burglars
Saturday night entered two local de
partment stores and made off with silks
and satins valued at $2,000. The goods
were packed in suit cases. The men
were seen as they were leaving town.
In both instances entrance was ef
fected by “Jimmying’’ the rear doors.
It is believed the "worm" thieves are
professional bank burglars, for it is
known most "pete” men take up that
line in the summer time.
The Sioux City police have been noti
fied. A liberal reward will be paid for
the arrest of the right men.
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4 FAMILY FEUD ENDS 4
4 IN SERIOUS WOUNDS 4
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4 Mason City, la., July 6.—As 4
4 the result of a family quarrel, 4
4 Everett Graves is in the hos- 4
4 pital in a critical condition from 4
4 a bullet wound above the heart. 4
4 Paul Secrcat, a brotherinlaw of 4
4 Graves, is in jail accused of the 4
4 sltbotlng. Two balls from a .38- 4
4 caliber revolver were fired, one 4
4 cutting the hair from the side 4
4 of the head. Both families are 4
4 prominent. Secrest is chief clerk 4
4 of the Iowa Central here. 4
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BURGLARS MAKE MAUL
IN PRINTING OFFICE
Cedar Rapids, la., July 6.—The safe
in the office of the Star Printing com
pany was opened Saturday night by
burglars, who evidently knew the com
bination, and $190 was taken.
THREE ARE INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Fort Dodge, la., July 6.—Marshall
Young, a veteran undertaker, and two
daughters and small children, while
auto riding near Webster City today
were seriously injured through the car
turning turtle. It is feared two of the
children and Mr. Young are fatally in
jured
CURTISS TO^HEAD AMES.
Des Moines, Ia„ July 6.—Charles F.
Curtiss is slated for the presidency of
the Iowa College of Agriculture and
Mechanics Arts at Ames, to succeed
Dr. A. B. Storm. It is practically as
sured that he will be elected at the
next meeting of the board of education.
He is at present dean of the agricul
tural department. _
NEW ORLEANS, LA.—A private ca
blegram received here from Bluflelds
states that General Matuty has been
executed, following a trial by court
martial. It was charged that he be
trayed the Estrada cause.
CATHOLIC MEETING.
Detroit, Mich., July 6.—Five hundred
distinguished prelates, many of them
pioneers in the cause of Catholic edu
efctioa, were expected to register today
at the opening of the seventh annual
convention of the National Educational
association. The convention will re
main In session uptll Thursday.
STAR LAKE. WIS.—Forest fires
which Tiave been raging here for sev
eral days have destroyed the Buswell
mill and lumber yards and 14 Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad oars.
The town is almost totally destroyed
and the damage Is estimated at $100,000.
COLORED PEOPLE
HAIL FIGI US
CONQUE G HERO
Golden Grin Much in Evi
dence as Shatterer of White
Race’s Hope Shakes
Friends’ Hands.
Chicago, July 9.—A welcome such as
ho other colored man ever received in
modern times was accorded Jack John
son, when he returned to his home here
today. A huge crowd of negroes met
him at the train, cheering lustily. Kls
ride to his home through the “black
belt" was an ovation. The big fistic
champion grinned with delight.
“There’s the boy that brought the
bacon home." shouted one.
“Oh, you lion tamer,” yelled another.
The big black man shook hands with
those nearest him at the station as he
elbowed his way to the street and en
tered an automobile, grinning his aurif
erous grin the while.
Thirty or more machines, loaded with
enthusiasts, fell in behind. The police
found little to do save to help clear a
passage for the fighter. At his home the
Eighth Regiment band played "The
Conquering Hero." The big fellow’s
mother stood in the doorway, tears
coursing down her cheeks.
“Hello, mammy,” shouted her son.
Her arms were thrown about his
neck and they entered the hcuse to
gether.
COLORED EDITOR WAXES
SARCASTIC OVER VIEWS
Topeka, Kan., July 9.—The Topeka
Plaindealer, organ of the negro race
In Kansas, prints an editorial on the
Reno fight pictures by its editor "Nick”
Chiles, in which he says:
"A few foolish officials will try to
prevent the exhibiting of the moving
pictures, claiming it will create race
feeling. Why should it? The colored
people will not create a disturbance
because Johnson was victorious, and
the whites should not. Nobody but
fools would resort to such unmanly
acts. Had Jeffries won these officials
would have been willing for these pic
tures to have been exhibited before
their Sunday schools and in their par
lors. This should be a free country,,
and those who do not want to see the
pictures should stay away.”
BRITISH NATION MAY
BAR FIGHT PICTURES
London, July 9.—Sir Howell Davis
lias given notice of his Intention to ask
the home secretary in the house of
commons "in the Interest of publici
decency” to prohibit the exhibition of
biograph pictures of the Jeffries-John
son fight.
St. Joseph, Mo., July 7.—It was an
nounced today that a mass meeting of
citizens would be called by the local
federation of churches, in a movement
to prohibit the exhibition here of the
Johnson-Jeffrles fight pictures. The
city council will be petitioned to pass
an ordinance barring the pictures.
•Johnstown, Pa., July 7.—Mayor Wil
son announced if he received a request
to prohibit the exhibition of the Jef
fries-Johnson fight pictures here he
certainly would take steps to stop,
them. The ministerial association is
to meet Friday to "formulate a request
that the mayor prevent the exhibition
of the pictures.”
New York, July 7.—Pictures of the
Jeffries-Johnson fight were denounced
as criminal from the pulpit of the
Church of the Divine Paternity today,
where the 22nd annual convention of
the Young People’s Christian Union is
being held.
Lynchburg, Va., July 7.—The Jeffries
Johnson fight pictures were today or
dered barred from exhibition here.
Hollidaysburg, Pa., July 7.—Burgess
Edgar Hale Jacobs, of Huntingdon, to
day effected an agreement with the
proprietors of the motion picture places
for separate exhibitions of the John
son-Jeffries prize fight pictures. No
negroes will be allowed to attend the
performances for the white people, and
vice versa.
TAFT PLANS CRUISE
ON FEDERAL YACHT
He Will Make Short Calls at
Several Resorts on At
lantic Coast.
Beverly, Mass., July 9.—presfdent
Taft will extend the 10-days’ vacation
which he began yesterday by taking a
10-days’ cruise on the yacht Mayflower,
beginning July 18. The president’s
present vacation is not up until July
16, so this will leave only Sunday, the;
17th, intervening.
Accompanied by all the members of
his immediate family, by his brother/
Horace D. Taft, and by as many friends
as the limited quarters of the May
flower will accommodate, the president
will sail up the north coast. He will
stop for a day or two at Bar Harbor,
and may drop in at several other re
sorts and points of interest.
The golf sticks will be carried along,
and whenever an attractive looking set
of 18 holes appears on the horizon the
Mayflower will anchor forthwith. Com
mander Snowden is in command of the
Mayflower.
CHICAGO—It was announced here
yesterday that 26,000 locomotive engl-.
neers employed on 49 railroad systems
west of Chicago are formulating de
mands for increased wages which will
be presented to the managers before
August 1. The schedules, so far as they
have been prepared, call for a com
plete readjustment of wages for all
classes of engineers, the men on the
far western divisions demanding a
higher advance than is asked by the
men running into Chicago.
At the approaching French maneuvers
a severe test is to be made of the value
of dogs as carriers.
NO LODGINGS FOR
COLORED SINGER8
Atlantic, la., July 9.—The Chicago
Jubilee singers, booked for the chuu
tauqua here yesterday, were denied ad
mittance to all local hotels because of
their color. In order to accommodate
them President H. M. -Boorman had to
take four members of the company to
his home and three others were taken
te the home of J. A. McWaid, presi
dent of the Atlantic National bank, and
the richest man in western Iowa. The
affair has created considerable excite
ment here among the Chautauqua peo
ple.