Nebraska Newspapers

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O. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
(WEILL, NEBHARK/
Could a man. had he the opportunity,
really live In any age widely remote
from his own. Modern philosophy tells
us that life Is then at Its highest and
best when the organism Is perfectly
adapted to Its environment. If this be
so, then It Is clear that any large, sud
den and abrupt change In the environ
ment must Impair the vitality of the
organism and might even destroy It al
together. There are many worthy peo
ple who delight to call themselves old
fashioned, and are always longing, so
they pretend, to live In some other and
better age than their own. It la a vain
aspiration, and those who entertain It
only succeed, so far as they succeed at
■lII, In getting hopelessly out of touch
with their own age. We have no other
»ge than our own to live In, and the
true wisdom of life Is frankly to live In
our own age, and to make the best of
It, neither bewailing the past, of which
having no personal experience, we make
to overselves an Ideal necessarily more
or less false, nor disparaging the present
merely because It Is no easy thing to
live well and make the best of life In
any age.
Queen Mary of Kngland Is an expert
needlewoman. She Is not only an ex
pert dressmaker, but Is wonderfully
clever at lacemaking. She has taught
her daughter the way of making lin
gerie gowns and has Insisted that the
princess be trained In the same severe
school as herself. Her training was
most rigorous. She was taught the
value of practical arts, and despite the
royal position she never was led to be
lieve she should fritter away her time.
Her husband has been serious in that
respect, for he Is earnest and fond
more of solemn pursuits than society
affairs. The queen has met many
American women, but she has made
warm friends only with those who are
interested In charities, literature or
have some special aim. To such wom
en the queen often has said she wished
society women would give up high
heels and long earrings and learn
needlework. In fact she even has said
that learning to cook was much better
than spending an afternoon at the
races.
The pure food law of Germany has
many commendable features, as shown
In the report of Carl Bailey Hurst, the
American consul at Plauen, Saxony.
There Is a public laboratory In Plauen,
not only making a specialty of examin
ing foodstuffs, but also all kinds of
utensils. The German federal law au
thorize the police to obtain by payment
all kinds of food products, toys, car
pets, paints, eating, drinking and cook
ing utensils, and kerosene, and dealers
mnd producers found guilty of violating
the provisions of the pure food law,
not only suffer penalties, but their
premises afterward are supervised as
frequently as the police may determine.
Gross offenders against the law can be
punishel by life long Imprisonment at
aard labor. The laboratory Is required
annually to analyze 30 miscellaneous
samples, purchased of llfTerent deal
ers; this to be done for every 1,000 in
habitants. Bast year 3,306 samples
were analyzed, taken from 1.463 places
of Bale.
Blnnossler has recently reported to
the Academic de Medicine de Paris
some Interesting experiments with re
gard to the nophro-toxlc action of va
rious meats. By subcutaneous Injec
tion of an aqueous extract of hashed
meat he has been ablq to produce al
buminuria In rabbits and guinea pigs
The minimum dose necessary to cause
this condition Is variable, even when
the same kind of meat Is used to pre
pare the extract, a fact which must be
attributed as much to a difference In
the renal resistance of various animals
as to variations in the toxicity of the
meat. Albuminuria uppeurs very
quickly after the Injection and only
lusts a few hours.
On Valley road, in Montclair, there is
a house whldh has cost about $10,000
to erect that Is being furnished In the
handsomest style by one of the big
New York storeB. The structure will
bo a model home In every respect, but
no person will have his lares and pen
ates there. The house Is for exhibi
tion purposes only. It Is constructed
of concrete throughout, and Is said to
be the only one of Its kind In the
world. Its builders assert that It will
last for a thousand yeurs.
The American sturgeon Is a distinct
species and Is captured in Lake Michi
gan and Lake Erie, where It Is land
locked, but below the falls of Niagara
the same species occurs and passes to
the sea. It is recorded, with every
probability of truth, that a specimen
of this species was captured some
years ago in the firth of Tay, having
crossed the Atlantic.
There are In the country In towns
having more than 8,000 Inhabitants but
800 high schools. These schools aver
age 17 teachers each, and have 365,000
pupils. In the smaller towns there are
8,160 high schools having an average
of 2.7 teachers each and 405,000 pupils
in all. Therefore 53 per cent of the
Suplls attend small high schools which
uvo less than six teachers each.
Eggs with two yolks occur not un
commonly. but eggs with throe yolks
are exceptionally rare. Such an egg
was recently laid by a barred Plymouth
Rock pullet at the Maine experiment
station, and Is described In some detail
In a bulletin recently issued. The egg
was somewhat, above the average size
but no other abnormal feature was
noticed.
The hope of Singapore is for a great
trunk line railway running from this
southern point of the Malay peninsula
northward through Slam to Burma and
on to India, and a branch line through
Cambodia into China. Some day that
hope will be realized. Within a radius
of 2,000 miles of the little Island on
which Singapore Is built there is a
population of 700,000,000.
Piny said that thunder Is rarely
hoard In winter and that the great
fertility of the soil is due to the fre
quency of thunder rain in spring
Science has discovered the cause ni
the nourishment in ruin water to he
the presence of great quantities of ni
trogen and ammonia in the thundei
rain and in hall.
The Subway Telephone Construction
Company, of Chicago, has promised tc
provide that city with a complete auto
matic telephone system by the first ol
June next year. At first it will covci
only the business district, but luter will
be extended to the residential sections
Divorces are becoming more frequenl
In France, an increase of 80 per cent
being reported during the last eight
years. There were 12.847 divorces dur
ing 1909, as compared with 7,157 in 1300
Beer brewing in Japan dates bach
only twenty year*, in 1908 the produc
tion not only supplied nearly all th«
home market, but sufficed for $601,44!
of exports.
An acre of growing wheat uees 61
tons of water a month.
NEBRASKA OFFICIAL
GIVES SALARY AWAY
Basing Division on Population
Each Family of Six Will Re
ceive a Cent.
Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. 23. K. B. Coyles,
commissioner of public lands and
buildings of Nebraska, has decided
upon a plan of giving away his salary
for charitable purposes. Cowles draw*
a salary of $2,000 per year. Here l»
his plan:
Requests for donations will be fa
vorably considered if the money is tc
go to pay for churches, to pay preach
ers' salaries, to libraries, to the Salva
tion army, to pay for wooden legs or
arms or crutches or for surgical opera
tions.
"No part of my salary will be given
to skating rinks, baseball grounds, bi
cycles, roller skates, trips to Europe
pet dogs or parrots license to wed or
for doctors’ services in case of obste
trics. Persons should not waste time
in calling in person or squander post
age in mailing requests to me for these
purposes.
"My salary is $2,000 a year. I esti
mate that there are 1,200.000 people in
Nebraska, and in responding to re
quests for donations 1 will divide my
salary so that each Inhabitant will re
ceive his proper share. A family of
Mix persons will be entitled to one cent.
If there are 300 persons in one society
or church organization the donation
will amount to 50 cents. Each appli
cant can compute the amount coming
by this rule.
I have an income from my farm,
quite small in a dry season, but this
1 decline to give away as 1 am reserv
ing it for my grandchildren. It Is true
that I have no grandchildren at this
time, not even any children, but if this
reason does not appear to the applicant
to be sane and sound, I can think of
some other reason on short notice and
it will not pay to urge me to separate
this small amount from my purse.”
GOVERNOR’S MANAGER
CONCEDES HIS DEFEAT
Dahlman’s Majority About
1,000—Hitchcock Gets 2
to 1 Over Opponents.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 23. Although
Governor Shallenberger has not yel
conceded his defeat for the democratic
nomination for the head of the state
ticket, a telegram was received here
last night from one of his campaign
managers, Chris. Gruenther, vice chair
man of the democratic state committee
giving up the tight. Mayor Dahlman’s
majority has been considerably re
duced from iirst estimates, but will
apparently be not far from 1,000 votes.
Complete returns from 51 counties
give Congressman Hitchcock, for Uni
ted States senator on the democratic
ticket, a two to one majority over both
his opponents and more than three
times the vote of his nearest competi
tor, Richard L. Metcalfe.
Date returns from the republican
primaries only increase the lead of
Aldrich over Cady for governor. With
but 300 precincts to hear from, Al
drich’s lead is more than 3,000.
COMPLETE RETURNS FROM
DIXON COUNTY PRIMARIES
Ponca, Neb. Aug. 23.—Complete of
ficial returns from Dixon county are as
follows:
Senator—Burkett, 166; Wliedon. 99;
Adams, 22; Birmingham. 44; Sorenson,
47; Hitchcock, 189; Reed, 62; Metcalfe,
102.
Governor- Aldrich, 184; Lowe. 59;
Cady 118; Shallenberger, 255; Dahl
mnn, 147.
Congress —Boyd, 232; Brian. 142
State Senator Taleott, 182; Fritz,
135.
Representative—Kirk. 131; Ellis, 250
County Attorney McCarty, 156;
Hendrlkson, 190; Kingsbury, 269; Paul,
168.
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BRYAN DECLARES IN
FAVOR OF HITCHCOCK
Lincoln, Nob.. Aug nil. W. J. Bryan
whose activities prior to tile statewide
primary were in the' interest of It. I,
Metcalfe as opposed to G. M. Hitch
cock for United StuteH senator, last
evening issued a statement declaring
himself a hearty supporter of Mr
Hitchcock since Ids nomination as the
! democratic candidate. Mr. Bryan says:
"Mr. Hitchcock has made an excellent
record in congress, and 1 shall do all
In my power to secure his election tc
the Senate. He ought to have every
democratic vote arid enough insurgent
votes to elect him."
THINKS AIRSHIPS ARE
GOOD FOR NAVAL WAR
French Minister of Marine Says
They Contain Wonderful
Possibilities for It.
Paris. Aug. 23.- Admiral De Lapey*
sere, tht* French minister of Marine,
has become an enthusiastic convert tc
the possibilities of the aeroplane in na
val warfare, in view ol' the results
attained in the Paris-London flight of
Moissant, the great cross-country
course just completed by French avia
tors, and other recent achievements ir,
the air.
In a statement today in* expressed
the wish that the French fleet should
take first rank in the world In aerial
navigation as it does now In subma
rine teats, and proposes the establish
ment of flotillas of aeroplanes at the
French naval base of t Cherbourg,
1 Brest, Toulon and Bizerta. Africa, tc
protect tin* ports and locate the mines
und submarines of a possible enemy.
"For tin* price of a single cruiser,"
said the minister, "we may have thou
sands of aeroplanes. They will be out
scouts."
DETECTIVE OF NOBLE
BLOOD IS MURDERED
Oyster May. N. V . Aug. 23.--Georg#
Gostelll. a New Yolk detective, whr
whs wi 11 known for his enormom
strength, was murdered early today ir
a tight with a crowd at the landing o.
the Siawanhaka Yacht club's boa
house here.
Gostelll came to America sovcra
years ago from Denmark. He said lit
tle of his past Ilf*. Hi- prised great-y
a seal ring on which was a coat o
arms, and was belleyed to be u 11 in
ter of u noble family.
DAHLMAN IS MAN
CHOSEN TO LEAD
Shallenberger Defeated by a
Narrow Margin—Managers
Charge Fraud in Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 22.—Up to noon
complete returns on the vote cast for
governor In Nebraska had been re
ceived from 1.178 precincts. These are
about three-fourths of the precincts
and It Is estimated that they contain
about four-fifths of the vote.
The total figures at hand show the
following: Aldrich 14,335: Joe Cady,
12,453; Dahlman, 23,441; Shallenberger,
20,652
There is now no question about the
nomination of Aldrich, but the result
on the democratic ticket is more com
plex. Shallenberger is constantly
gaining and with approximately 600
precincts to hear from. If the gain of
Shallenberger should be maintained,
he could not be more than 1,000 be
hind Dahlman. The Shallenberger
managers maintain that the remain
ing precincts are strongly for their
candidate, while Dahlman insists that
he ought to break almost even.
Charges of Fraud.
A new and sensational feature inject
ed itself into the democratic end of the
fight last night when Colonel Marshall
and Lee Herdrnan. managers of the
Shallenberger campaign,openly charged
that in Douglas county there were 2,
000 fraudulent votes cast for Dahl
man. Here it will he remembered his
vote was 7,100, or almost 2,000 more
than that cast for any of the other
democrats on the state ticket. Mar
shall and Herdrnan charge that there
was not only repeating, put that men
were registered from vacant houses
and lots that were covered with
weeds; that men were imported from
Council Bluffs and even as far away
as Sioux City. They claim that they
have made a thorough and complete
Investigation and that if on the face
of the returns it should be shown that
Dahlman has won by a vote less than
that of Douglas, they will go into
court and ask to have the entire dem
ocratic vote of the county as cast for
governor thrown out.
Managers of the Dahlman campaign
contend that they know nothing of any
fraudulent votes and if any were so
cast it was not with their knowledge
or connivance.
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PARTY NOMINEES FOR
CONGRESS BY DISTRICTS
From returns so far received it seems
certain that ttie nominations for the
state have been made as follows:
First District Win. Hayward, repub
lican: John A. Maguire, democrat.
Second District—A. L. Sutton, repub
lican; C. O. Lobeck. democrat.
Third District—John F. Boyd, re
publican; James P. Latta, democrat.
Fourth District—Charles H. Sloan,
republican; B. F. Good, democrat.
Fifth District—G. W. Norris, repub
lican; R. D. Sutherland, democrat.
Sixth District—D. M. Kinkald. re
publican; W. J. Taylor, or J. R. Dean
democrat.
FOREST FIRES ARE
RAGING IN MONTANA
Ten Additional Companies of
Troops Called for to Fight
the Flames.
Washington, Aug. 22.—Forest fires in
Montana are spreading and ten addi
tional companies of troops are needed
to meet the situation according to a
Joint telegram which was received by
tlie interior department and forest
service from their Held agents.
Supervisor Logan, of the Glacier
National park, and Supervisors Haines
and Bunker, of the Flathead and
Blackfoot national forests, respective
ly, report that the old fires are practi
cally under control, but that new ones
are constantly breaking out and more
troops are needed to meet the emer
gency. They ask that four companies
be sent to the Glacier park and three
companies each to the Flathead and
Blackfoot forests.
Chief Clerk Fcker, of the interior de
partment, who Is in the Glacier Na
tional park assisting in the fighting of
fires, today telegraphed Acting Secre
tary Pierce that he believed the fire
situation could be met and the flames
kept under control with additional
troops, but that the conflagration could
not be entirely arrested until the ad
vent of rain.
Mr. Fcker suggested that some of
the fires were of incendiary origin.
LOST SHIP MYSTERY
IS NEAR A SOLUTION
Harpoon From the James T
Duncan Is Found in Eig
Whale at Sea.
Philadelphia, Aug. 22.—A seven
years’ mystery of the sea may be
solved through a mishap t > the Ger
man steampship Pallanza. which struck
a whale at sea, nearly cutting the
mammal in two and dislodging a bar
poon believed to have been used by the
little whaler James T. Duncan, which
was lost in 1903. The Duncan sailed
from Halifax with a crew of seven
men in the spring of that year and has
not since been heard from.
Captain IVndt. of the Pallanza, which
has arrived here from Hamburg, re
ports that he ran into the whale on
August 11. The monster was thinly
impaled on the prow of the steamer
and died after a terrific struggle. Nine
members of the crew were let down
to chop away the carcass and one of
the sailors found the harpoon imbidded
in the whale.
On the end of the harpoon was an
iron band stamped ”J. T. D. 1902.”
Captain Fendt keeps a close record
of wrecks and he came to the con
clusion that the whale may have been
responsible for the loss of the Duncan,
RAIN SPOILS TENNIS.
Newport.. U. 1.. Aug. 22.—A heavy
rain fell during the early hours this
morning, put the courts at the Casino
in bad condition and it was doubtful
, whether any of the matches in the
fifth round of the 30Ui annual all
comers’ lawn tennis championship of
the United States would be played to
day. ^ a_
CANNON’S TOWN GROWS.
Washington. Aug. 22.—The popula
tion of Danville. 111 . is 27.S71. an in
crease of 11.517 or 70.4 per cent as
compared with 16.364^ in 1900.
TELEPHONE COMPANY
EVADES DIRECT REPLY
Nebraska Corporation Enjoined
i Troni Connecting With Inde
pendent Concerns.
Lincoln, Neb. Aug. 19.—In answer
to the questions asked by Attorney
General Thompson, the Nebraska Tel
ephone company has filed replies In the
supreme court. The interrogations re
late to the business of the Nebraska
Telephone company which has been en
joined from purchasing or connecting
with certain independent telephone
companies on the ground that such
purchases are contrary to the anti
trust law.
In giving an account of its business,
the Nebraska company suys It has
f>8,567 subscribers’ stations owned and
operated by the company.
The company in its answers says It
has no publicity agents In Nebraska
and that it has not made appropria
tions for publicity or political purposes.
In reply to an Interrogation as to
whether or not the company has ever
given special Inducements to prospec
tive subscribers by appointing them
ugents and paying a cash consideration
therefor, the agent's only service being
to speak a good word for the company,
the company replies:
"This question Is too broad and In
definite to permit of an answer."
For a comparison of Iib rates from
year to year, the company refers the
attorney general to its tariff sheets on
file with the railway commission.
DEATH CALLS SIXTY-NINE
BURT COUNTY PIONEERS
Lyons, Neb., Aug. 19.—Death has
taken away 69 of the Burt county pio
neers and old settlers in less than
one year. Several of them have lived
elsewhere, but all have died since their
annual reunion, held last August. The
list Is as follows:
A. G. Davis, Miss Hopper, Mrs. Val
bor A. Gelland Beebe, Thomas J. Ever
ett. Mrs. Hannah Corey, L. L. Darling,
Chas. W. Knney, Mrs. Stina Peterson,
Jonas M. Johnson, Johanna Petters
detter, Mrs Anna Christina Benson.
Peter J. Swanson, Wm. Riley Davis, B.
C. Joliff, Mrs. Sarah Brokaw, Mrs. A.
A. Plummer. Sherman Robertson, Al
fred Walberg. G. A. Thompson, August
Sklenar, John W. Tatlor, Nelson Peter
Shlnbur, S. L. Conger, Iney Ann Mos
berger, W. H. Price, Wm. Murphy,
Amelia Caroline Lange, John Dalrym
ple, Mrs. Anna Anderson, Mrs. Julia
Hanson. Mrs. Sarah Short Monnette,
Mrs. Peter Cameron, Mi£. 8. T. Mat
thews, Austin H. Cates. Joseph Lang
ford, Mrs. Andrew Carlson, W. A.
Harding, Wm. Crawford. Mrs. Teresa
E. Cleveland, Mrs. E. W. Harding, Mrs.
J. C. Bacon. Robert Daley, Mrs. Peter
Flannigan, Wm. M. Jones. A. C. Palrna
tier, Eda C. Nelson. Nils Olson, Mrs.
D. C. Wallace, Mrs. James Carruthers,
Wm. A. Ciark, Mrs. Annie E. Robert
son. Swan M. Nelson, Mrs. John Becks
trom, David M Farrens, Olif M. Rem
ington. Charles M. Brookings, Rev.
Father Cross, Mrs. Lewis Miller,
Charles E. Barker, Captain I. N. Mont
gomery, Mrs. Johanna Johnson, Walter
C. Freeman, Henry McKinsie, David S.
Couchman, Z D. Bowen. Mrs. C. F.
Laughltn, George Luce, Mrs. Eugene
Grenier, Mrs. Ellsworth Hall.
JURY FIXING ALLEGED
i IN BROWNE BRIBERY CASE
Chicago, Aug. 19.—Declaring that
practically ali of them had been “ap
proached” in connection with the re
j trial of Lee O’Neil Browne, Judge Ker
Bten yesterday dismissed a panel of 75
I veniremen who had been subpenaed in
' the work of selecting a jury. Judge
! Kersten pronounced the situation “de
( plorable.”
The veniremen were immediately
taken to the office of State’s Attorney
Wayman, where Judge Kersten asked
each man by name if he had been
called upon by any one in connection
with liis possible services as Juror.
Nearly all answered in the aliirmative.
Mr. Wayman made the assertion in
tive employed by ted
tive employed by the defense that the
latter had systematically sought out
every prospective venireman, either by
direct approach, or through families
or households.
P. R, O’Donnell, counsel for Browne,
asserted that the veniremen “had been
seen” by agents of a third interest,
neither defense nor prosecution being
interested, for political reasons, in the
downfall of Browne.
DANIEL FROHMAN TO
WED YOUNG ACTRESS
At Least Rumor Connects His
Name of Pretty Protege
of Abe Hummel.
New York. Aug. 19.—Notwithstand
ing his unhappy experience in married
life with the beautiful Marguerite 111
ington, who left him because she
wanted to darn socks and sit by the
tire and play with babies, and he was
altogether absorbed with ideals for her
artistic success—it is now gossip in
theatrical circles that Daniel Frohman,
■ dramatic manager and producer, is
about to marry Josephine Brown.
Miss Brown is 21 years old. She is
a beauty prize winner, her photograph
having been shown in many exhibi
tion.'.. sometimes without her consent.
She came to the New Yqrk stage as
the protege of Abe Hummel, whoso
experiments with the practice of crim
inal law landed him on Blackwell's
Island.
Josephine Brown became famous as
the good angel of Abe Hummel’s pris
on life. She called on him as often
as the prison regulations would allow,
and took him all sorts of delicacies in
the months lie passed in the prison
hospital.
Miss Brown has been much inter
viewed in the public prints. There is
no record that she ever said she
wanted to sit by the fire and darn
socks and play with babies. She has
been active in giving advice to girls
how to live so that they would have
well rounded tlgures and good com
plexions.
CENSUS FIGURES.
Washington. Aug. 19.—The popula
tion of Albany, N. Y„ is 100,253, an
increase of 6.102, or 6.5 per cent as
compared with 94,151 in 1900. The
population of Indianapolis. Ind., is 233.
650. an increase of 64.4S6, or 38.1 per
cent as compared with 169.164 in
1900. _ _
UTlt'A. N. Y.—Mrs. Sarah F. Glea
son. of Chicago, a philanthropist who
annually spent the greater part of a
large income for the benefit of Ad
ventists and their mission, died here
yesterday of apoplexy, while on a visit
She was 84 years of age.
PREACHER ARLINGTON
AT CORRECTIONVILLE
ONCE ASALOON MAN
Now He Proposes to Secure
16,000 Votes for Prohibi
tion at Fall Election.
Correctionvllle, la., Aug 20.—Rev. P.
H. Arlington, of this place, committee
man for the Eleventh district, of the
prohibition party of Iowa, says his
party la not concerning Itself with a
monster petition to be presented to the
state legislature as heretofore, but la
rallying every force to get out a vote
In the state this fall which will com
mand the respect of the older parties.
"Fifty thoi^and straight prohibi
tion votes this fall would accomplish
more with the legislators next winter
than 10 times that many names on a
petition,” said Rev. Arlington. "We ex
pect ,to make a good showing this
fall."
Committeeman Arlington, who de
votes practically all of his time to or
ganization and campaigning for his
cause. Is little concerned by the decla
rations made In the republican and
democratic platforms on the liquor
questions. Reference to the matter at
all is believed by him to have been
caused by the activity throughout the
country, and especially in Iowa, of the
temperance people and the success
attending their efforts. He feels con
fident the next legislature will vote to
submit the prohibition question to a
popular vote.
Prohibition Literary clubs are being
formed throughout the Eleventh dis
trict by Rev. Mr. Arlington. The pre
amble which members are expected to
sign reads as follows:
"Believing the licensed liquor traffic
to be the most Inimical and deadly foe
to all human Interests and that Its ar
rest must be accomplished in order to
protect the home and give prosperity
to the nation, we, the undersigned,
pledge our aid, Influence and co-opera
tion for the accomplishment of that
end; and, believing in the efficiency of
literary proceedings for the creation of
public sentiment that will demand and
accomplish the death of this insidious
foe, we, the undersigned, enroll our
selves members of the Prohibition Lit
erary club of this place and promise to
aid In all literary efforts, such as the
evening programs and the circulation
of books and periodicals that teach the
doctrine of prohibition of the licensed
liquor traffic."
Rev. Mr. Arlington knows the liquor
bsisiness from the "inside,” and the fact
that he was at one time a saloon
keeper, he tells In his speeches. He
says he came out of the army a drunk
ard and while freighting across the
plains his party stopped at Ellsworth,
f£an„ and while there he was standing
In a saloon when a rough fellow drew
a revolver on the barkeeper. A deputy
sheriff came In and commanded Arling
ton to help him arrest the man with
the gun. In giving the assistance, Ar
lington was shot In the leg. He could
net proceed with the train and the
saloon man, feeling grateful that Ar
lington had helped save his life to the
detriment of his own plans, gave him a
Job as bartender. Three months later
Arlington bought the business and ran
the saloon himself. He declares h«
quit the saloon business because of an
Innate abhorrence of the crime of mak
ing beasts out of his fellow men. He
was later converted and Is now a
preacher. He believes Christianity is
the only genuine cure for the liquor
habit
IOWA CITIES BEGIN A
FIGHT AGAINST ROADS
Charges of Discrimination in
Rate Filed Before Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Washington, Aug. 20.—Through At
torney General Byers, of Iowa, and the
state railroad commission, allegations
were made to the Interstate Commerce
commission today that the interior
| towns of Iowa were being compelled
to pay excessive and exorbitant freight
rates from points east of the Miss
issippi river.
It Is alleged In the petition, which Is
filed against the Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha railway and oth
er interstate lines, that the freight
charges from Peoria, 111., and from
points east of Chicago to interior points
In Iowa are discriminatory and unlaw
ful.
DEAF SUPERINTENDENT
IS AGAIN APPOINTED
Des Moines, la., Aug. 20.—The state
board of control has reappointed Henry
W. Rothert to be superintendent of the
deaf school at Council Bluffs, Ignoring
the attacks made upon him by the as
sociation for the deaf.
BALLOON IS ’BELIEVED
TO HAVE BEEN WRECKED
Dessau, Germany, Aug. 20.—Police,
gendarmes and foresters are today con
ducting a search of the hills and for
ests in their vicinity for the remains
I of a balloon and Its probable passen
i gers which was last night seen flam
! Ing In the sky.
Some wood cutters, who were re
turning from their work near nightfall,
discovered a burning balloon drifting
over the wooded hills at a considerable
altitude, finally falling rapidly. The
wood cutters lost sight of the balloon
as It neared the earth, but Immediately
notified the authorities in Dessau, who
sent out searching parties.
CHOLERA IN ITALY.
Bari, Italy, Aug. 20,—The latest re
port on the outbreak of Asiatic cholera
which has begun In the province of
Bari Delle Puglle, shows there have
been 33 deaths. The latest cases re
ported are one at Blsceglle, two at Bar
letta, three at Trlnitapoli. one fatal
case at Ope, five cases and two deaths
at Margherlta D1 Savoia and one death
ut Cerignola.
WILL SELL RAILROAD.
Dallas, Tex.. Aug. 20.—Announce
ment Is made this morning by Master
Commissioner William F. Flippln that
he has set September 15 as the date for
the sale at public auction of the Inter
national & Great Northern Railroad
company and its properties. The sale
will occur at Palestine. The sale Is the
result of litigation pending In the fed
eral courts for several years.
Ida Grove. Ia.. Aug. 20.—Miss Grace
Holton and Avery Biekery were mar
ried at the bride's home near Schles
«lg.
WASHINGTON STATUE
PRESENHG FRANCE
Eeplica of One in Richmond
Formally Donated by
State of Virginia.
Versailles, France, Aug. 20.—In th©
Napoleon hall of the Chautau of Ver
sailles In the presence of the French
minister of war. General Bran; th®
French ambassador to the ynited
States, M. Jusserand, and his wife, and
the American ambassador, Robert Ba
con, and Mrs. Bacon, the bronze rep
lica of Houdon’s celebrated statue of
Washington in the state house at Rich
mond, Va., presented by the state of
Virginia to the French republic, wa®
today dedicated.
Among those present were the Mar
quise De Lafayette, the members of th»
French mission, which presented to
America the statue of Rochami®au,
now at Washington, and United States
Senator Nathan B. Scott, of West Vir
ginia.
General Brun, who presided, spok®
of the statue as the createst work of
the greatest French sculptor of th®
18th century. Colonel James Mann*
chairman of the Virginia commission,
delivered the speech of presentation.
State Senators Dan P. Halsey ami N.
W. King, of Virginia, also made ad
dresses on behalf of the state of Vir
ginia. Ambassador Jusserand, in th®
absence of the French minister of for
eign afTairs, M. Pichon, accepted th®
statue on behalf of the French govern
ment.
CONVENTION OF MINERS
. TO ADJOURN THIS WEEK
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 20.—Follow
ing a statement by President Lewis of
his side of the action of the interna
tional executive board on the Illinois
situation, and a reply by President
Walker, of Illinois, today, the conven
tion of United Mine Workers adjourned
until tomorrow morning, to enable the
special committee of 23 to complete its
report.
President Lewis speaks as a mem
ber of the board, and defends its ac
tion In formulating an agreement
with the operators, which is termed
a compromise by the Illinois miners.
After the report of the committee,
which It Is hinted, will be a blanket
Indorsement of sanctioning both the
strike In Illinois and also the action
of the International authorities, a vote
will be taken, probably tomorrow ami
It is believed by the leaders that tK
convention will be adjourned sine die
before the end of this week.
M’MURRAY JUSTIFIES
HIS ENORMOUS FEES
Indian Land Lawyer Goes on
the Stand in His Own
Behalf Today.
Sulphur, Okla., Aug. 20.—J. F. Mo
Murray, whose contracts with the In
dians allowing him 10 per cent attor
ney fees on the sale of $30,000,000 w orth
of land, is the subject of an investi
gation by congress, went on the stand
before the special congressional com
mittee today. Mr. McMurray described
his contracts as "a plain business deal.”
He said the relation of his law- firm
with the Indians began in 1899, when
he was employed by the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indians to appear before th*
Dawes commission. This commission
was empowered to determine for th©
government who should be Included in
the Indian tribes. There were many
who claimed they were wrongfully kept
off the enrollment of the tribe. Enroll
ment with its claim on the government
was estimated to he worth $5,000.
Mr. McMurray was engaged by Gov
ernor Johnston, of the Chickasaws, to
protect the Interests of his tribesmen
by keeping as many claimants as pos
sible off the rolls. McMurray professes
to have kept 3,100 claimants off the
rolls, estimating that these claimants
each would have reduced the tribal
property $5,000. It was held that Mo
Murray's firm got $750,000.
SWALLOWS TOOL AS
HIS TEETH ARE FIXED
Then Scranton Man Has to Be
Operated on to Get It
Out of System.
Scranton, Pa.. Aug. 20.—Thoma©
Duffy, a machinist, 23 years old, of
Dunmore, near here, was operated on
for the removal of a dentist's tool
which he swallowed a week ago while
having his teeth fixed in the office of
Dr. Harold Davis, of Dunmore.
The tool was a two-inch steel prong,
with a quarter-inch burr at one end!
The physicians had to force it down
Duffy’s neck into his stomach last
week.
It worked its way to the vemlform
appendix and set up a condition sim
ilar to appendicitis. The appendix was
found to be inflammed and the steel
instrument Imbedded In it. Duffy's
condition is critical.
ESPERANTO CONGRESS.
Washington, Aug. 20.—Group meet
ings of Esperanto circles from various
sections of the country, led the pro
gram for today, the fourth day of the
session of the sixth international con
gress of Esperanto. In the afternoon
. the delegates to the congress, repre
senting about 35 nations, are scheduled
to witness an example of ttie great
American game as shown by the
Washington and Cleveland baseball
clubs.
Rail connection between Mexico and
Guatemala is about to be established
by the building of a bridge 800 feet
long over the Suehlate river.
CLEVELAND, OHIO,—Acting under
peremptory instructions from Gov.
Harmon, the county authorities Satur
day clamped the "lid" on the betting
ring at North Randall track three
hours before the close of the grand
circuit race meeting. As a result it is
predicted that the track may be per
manently closed. Sheriff A. J Hi ratios
retired from the race with his pockets,
his bat and the fullness of his shirt
full of money, and tonight a swarm of
aggrieved bettors are looking through
the downtown streets for bookmakers,
armed with tickets that have not been
redeem ed.