MANY NEGROES
SUM RIOT
Eighteen D:aJ i;i Texcs Tcvn
as Result cf Rase War.
STATETROOPS ARE GALLED OUT
Company of Mi.itia Reaches . Seen
of Disturbance Reports as to Cas
ualties Among Whites Denied Ne-
gro's Refusal to Pay Note Results In
Heated Struggle Near Palestine.
Palestine, Tex., Aug. 1. At least
eighteen negroes were killed iu a
racial clash iu the extreme eastern
section of Anderson county, the cul
mlnation of an enmity between the
races brewing for several weeks. Less
conservative reports place the total
fatalities at between thirty and forty
It was also reported that several white
men were either killed or wounded,
but each rumor as to casualties among
the whites has met an authoritative
denial. Troops reached the scene of
the disturbance, about twenty-five
miles distant. It Is reported that the
belligerents have dispersed and fur
ther bloodshed will in all probability
be averted.
Precautions Taken.
When the first news of the disturb
ance reached Palestine, officers were
sent to the scene, local ammunition
stores were ordered to suspend sales
and the saloons to close. It was quick
ly apparent, however, that the sltua
tion was beyond the control of the
local officers and' troops were asked
for.
Thomas Alvord, a white man, and a
negro engaged In a fight over a note
which Alvord had Indorsed and the
negro refused to pay. Alvord drew
revolver and shot at the negro. Sev
eral friends of the negro, who were
armed, chased Alvord, who wa3 rein
forced by several of his friends
Shooting became general. A deputy
sheriff, who attempted to arrest a ne
gro. was shot through the body. The
whites Invaded the negro quarter and
firing was Incessant through the
greater part of the, night. In the mean
time, word was brought from Slocum
which Is fifteen miles south of here
and Sheriff F.lark and a posse left to
quell the dV..rbance. -
At Denn!rrt Springs, near Slocum
there Is a npgro colony numbering 200
Many of thpse negroes, heavily armed
are said 10 nave gone 10 siocum wun
the avowed Intention of "cleaning ot
the whites." District Judge Gardner
ordered all saloons In Palestine closed
for fear that the race war would ex
tend to this place.
SPAIN AND POPE BREAK
Papal Nuncio at Madriz Is Recalled
by Vatican.
Rome, Aug. 1. Mgr. Vlco, the papal
nuncio at Madrid, was recalled by the
Vatican, completing the break be
tween the Roman Catholic church and
Spain. Marquis de Ojeda, left Rome,
having been recalled by Spain. The
complete severance of diplomatic rela
tlons between the Vatican and the
Spanish government puts an end to all
possibility of amelioration negotiations.
The Vatican, In a semi-official com
munication, says the recall of the am
bassador proves that the program of
Premier Canalejas was not arranged
with the hope of accord, but with a de
sire for fight and the communication
adds, he will have it.
Vatican officials take the darkest
view of the situation, not only In
Spain, but In Portugal as well. They
are of the opinion that the extreme
parties In both countries, aided by
foreign elements, are trying to over
throw the respective monarchies, with
the object of uniting the Iberian pen
insula under republican rule.
In Spain, it Is pointed out, there Is
in addition to the French Free Ma
sonic influence, the English Protestant
Influence exercised over the king
throuch the Battenburgs, who have
established themselves at the Spanish
court, consequent upon the king's
marriage.
The hope of the Vatican Is that Don
Jaime, the Carllst pretender, who has
threatened a revolution, will raise the
Carlist flag nr.3 vindicate Roman Ca
tholicism.
ALARM CLOCK KILLS WOMAN
Hmmiarar.t Drops Dead When Be!!
Rouses Her From Slumber.
Rockford, 111., July 30. Mrs. Mary
llngdahl, who only last month arrived
from Sweden to enjoy the comfoits
of a home provided by her children In
America, dropped dead when aroused
from sound sleep by an alarm clock.
Mrs. Enguuhl only the day previous
liad purchased the clock so as to get
op In time to get her children off to
wor!. IU first alarm was her death call.
She had sullen d more or less from
lieart trouble and when the alarm
founded, t-he jumped up, but a moment
later fell hack across the bed dead,
the sudden shock being too great for
her weakened henrt.
Cood Rain in West.
Sidney, Neb., Aug. 1. Rain has
la.len t ttat! i'.y In Cheyenne county for
f oi ty- i .'it Louis. This assures tlic
liira:jst ctoj o." corn, flax and potatoes
fi-n lu e"T been ralr.ej in western
rbrjka.
CREW NEAR DEATH j
British Stcairer F.escues Men Ex.
haustid .'cud znj Water Gone.
New York. A'.ig. l. Two days after
leaving L'arbadot i t'.ie Critish steamer
Ikalis. from Buii'js Ay res, sighted a
sinking sloop flying signals of distress.
which turned out to be the lhtle Sun
light, a wandering cargj carrier be
tween -the islands of Antigua and
Barbados. It lay helpless with its
master and its crew of five flat on
the decks. There was uo water and
no food In sight. When the men had
been hoisted aboard the steamer and
revived. Captain F. Frank, owner of
the Sunlight, said that he ran into a
fog a few hours out of Antigua, had
lost his bearings and for thirteen days
he and his crew had been living on
vinegar and sugar. How long they
had been unconscious before the Ikalls
bore down on them he did not know.
NEGRO RUNS AMUCK
IN SIOUX FALLS
Colored Man Killed After Wound
ing Two Officers.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 1. The
shooting and wounding of a policeman
by a negro, the wounding of a special
officer and finally the killing of the
negro by another policeman were
events wMch kept the central part cf
the city in a state of excitement un
til an early hour In the morning.
The trouble originated when a young
white man, in a Joking way, walked
closely upon the heels of William
Brown, a negro, In a local saloon.
Brown resented It and called the
young man and his companions a num
ber of ugly names. Then the negro
Joined others upon the street, and fear
ing they were to be attacked, the
white men summoned Police Officer
James Collins, who attempted to ar
rest Brown. The negro broke from
the officer's grasp and fired, the bullet
entering Collins' left side below th
heart. It Is believed' he will recover.
Brown then fled toward the rest
donee district and during his flight
ran past several young women, at all
of whom he fired after passing them.
Some time later Martin Ellingson,
a special officer, met Brown, who start
ed to run. Ellingson fired several
shots, but none took effect. The ne
gro stopped in his flight long enough
to fire one shot, which struck Elling
son six inches above one of his knees.
At an early hour, while the police
and 1,000 voluntary searchers were
looking In every nook and corner of
the city for Brown, Olficer Herman
Weins, who was In hiding near the
house where Brown boarded, heard' a
8iep auu. .UUM..K uul S lw
tho mii77ip nf a mvnlvpr held nv tne
. 1 I.I J 1 l.,(n .
" , . " I
wbiu, yvuu.u .,e ,cUb.u .-. ,
1 e ;e:u,,c' , 'rV ,
6UU UllU y.aj a..u LUn.
at his assailant. The bullet entered
the negro's forehead, killing him.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
National League. American League.
W.L. P. W.L. P.
Chicago . .59 30 tiliS Phil'phia 60 30 607
New York.51 36 586 Boston . .55 37 508
Pittsburg 49 36 i7o New York.53 37 590
Cincinnati 45 44 oOG.Detroit . .52 41 559
Phil'phia .43 44 494lCleveland.40 45 471
St. Louis..39 52 42U)washton 38 53 418
Hrooklyn 35 53 398 'Chicago .35 55 389
Boston . ..33 59 359 St. Louis. 25 60 294
Western League.
Denver .. .62 34 646 Omaha .
.43 55 439
.42 55 433
.42 59 416
.32 65 330
Soo City..62 35 640 St. Joe.
Lincoln ...53 42 538 Des Ms
Wichita ..53 44 546 Topeka
Nebraska League.
Fremont ..44 28 611.Sewani
33 38 465
32 37 463
28 37 431
Grand' I'd.. 41 30 577 Hastings
Superior ..33 34 493;Red C d.
Kearney ..34 37 47lColumbus 34 38 472
Mink League.
Clarlnda .40 24 625lFalls Clty.31 33 484
Neb. City. 34 31 523'shen'ah ..31 34 477
Auburn ...33 30 524!Maryvllle 24 41 369
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
National League.
At St. Louis First game: R.H.E.
St. Louis 00 3 00 00 002 7 2
Chicago 3 0 000 200 49 15 1
Second game: R.H.E.
St. Louis 0000 0 0 00 0 3
Chicago 010110 14 7 1
Backman Phelps; Cole-Archer.
At Cincinnati: R.H.E.
Pittsburg 0 0 0 100 0-03 7 4
Cincinnati 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 6 1
Camnitz-Cibson ; Gasper-Clarke.
American League.
At St. Louis First game: R.H.E.
Cleveland ...0 000010030 15 8 1
St. Iuis 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 10 04 9 5
I Iarkness Easterly ; Ray Stephens.
Second game: R.H.E.
Cleveland 0 0 01 0 1 0 0 02 8 1
St. Louis 0 00 0 000 0 00 3 0
Falkenburg Bemis; Powell Stephens.
At Chicago: R.H.E.
Chicago 0005 0 00 0 05 5 3
IXroit 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 06 G 1
Young Pay ne; Donovan Schmidt.
Western League.
At Denver: R.H.E.
Omaha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 7 1
Denver 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 0
Me! I. r G(,n -! In;;; 01 u: stead-Weaver.
At St. Joseph: R.1I.B.
Des Moines.. ..1 1 300 3 1 0 1 10 15 3
St. Joseph 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 13 4
Hen he Cleninions; Manske Shea.
At. Whhita: R.H.E.
Lincoln 000 2 0 000 02 8 2
Wichita 000 1 3 0 00 4 9 2'
Geist Clark; Durham Shaw.
GR1PPEN TAKEN
UPON MONTROSE
e and Girl Ccmpanicn
Identified by Dew.
DOCTOR COOL AND COLLECTED,
Alleged Destroyer of Wife Says He It
Clad Suspense Is Over Stenogra
pher Collapses When Confronted by
Officer inspector Will Sail for Lon
don Thursday with His Prisoners.
Father Point, Que., Aug. 1. Dr.
Hawley R. Crippen and his stenogra
pher, Ethel Clara Leneve, were arrest
ed aboard the steamship Montrose,
Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard Iden
tified' both. Crippen was cool, the girl
collapsed.
The Identification of the long sought
fugitives on board the fog shrouded
steamer by the English detective, who
had raced across the Atlantic ahead
of the Montrose, marked the culmlna
tion of one of Ihe most sensational
flights In recent criminal annals. Ac
companied by two Canadian officers,
he boarded the vessel at 8:30 a. m.,
and fifteen minutes later both man
and girl were locked In their state
rooms. Crlnoen broken In spirit, but
mentally relieved by the re'axed ten
sion; the girl, garbed in boy's clothes,
sobbing hysterically. They were no
longer the "Rev. John Robinson and
son," as booked at Antwerp, July 20.
At'trr a brief delay the Montrose con
tinued Its IGO-mlle Journey up the river
towards Quebec, where Jail awaits the
pair. Crippen Is charged with the
murder of an unknown woman, be
lieved to have been his actress wife,
The girl Is held as an accessory. In
charge of Inspector Dew, they will be
taken back to England for trial on
tho steamship Royal George, leaving
Quebec Thursday.
Montrose Is Sighted.
Shortly alter 7:30 o'clock the Mont
rose pushed its nose through tho fog
The pilot boat Eureka set out from
shore. It carried a host of newspaper
men and photographers and the more
fortunate townspeople who were able
to crowd aboard. But Inspector Dew
was not among them. As a precaution
he had embarked on the Eureka's
small tender, accompanied by Chief
McCarthy of the Quebec police and
ex-Chief Denis of the same clt
Ail wore the garb of pilots and over
his florid face Inspector Dew had
pulled a pilot's vizored cap to hide his
features from the man he sought. He
did nut v.ish Crippen to recognize him
before ha could approach and take ad
...
vantage of the only avenue oi escupo
s,.id,e j- Hor qui(.k, rowed
the lender clongslde the Montrose and
Ecw and companions stepped aboard
...,,. a,,ylinr n.!ir th. lilil
talking with Dr. Stuart, the ship's
surgeon, and apparently calm. But
that he was nervous was Indicated by
his glance and his remarks to Dr.
Stuart. "There are three pilots com
ing aboard," he said, nervously. "Is
that not unusual?" '
The surgeon did not reply, but kept
his ewes on the straugers wno walked
rapidly toward them.
Crippen Placed Under Amat.
"Crippen, I want you," said In
spector Dew, quietly, as he ap
proachod. The dentist recoiled invol
untarily as he recognized the man who
addressed him, then the Mood left his
face, his breath came short and fast
aud he gurgled Incoherently as he was
being led away to the captain's cabin.
When he was transferred later to his
own stateroom, he said, gratefully,
"Thank God! the suspense Is over and
I am glad."
Crlppen's arrest accomplished, Dew
hurried to Miss Leneve's stateroom
where he found her still dressed as
"John Robinson, Jr.," on the verge of
nervous breakdown. Her appearanca
when confronted by the detective and
told that she was under arrest was
pitiable. All control that she had
fought so hard to retain throughout
the voyage left her. She cried out
hysterically and became so faint that
restoratives were administered. Shut
In her room and restored to woman's
dress, she was closely guarded as the
vessel continued Its Journey, for fear
that she would t:il;e her l.fe or col
lapse utterly.
WEND LING TvOT
Pritoner Laughing'y Protests Mis In.
nocenee of Murder :T Cirl.
San Francisco, Air. V- .!mi Jo
seph Wenllln, heV L- tl.p i! " j-m
I: ere for tin ir.r.r ?r f el; ty;,roid
Alma KcKcv o ,v.!s-. r Uv. will
leave In the roinpr.ny of fa;. tain of De
tectives Cliltiey io..ioirow tj iace tiio
char!;'' that rests r.y in.-L h m l:i the
city from wlilch lie lied last Janunry.
He Inui-'Mnj
; r te t . Ills innocence
and niys t'-e I.-)Ul:;vI 'e mnrdT c harge
uclb not ' orry ini nearly as mucti as
the thought of neelln: his Irate broth
er 1 i law, l.oi:is Arnold, whose wrath,
he says, caused him to leave home so
hurriedly.
Good Roads Convention Ends.
Niagara Falls, Aug. 1. Numerous ad
dresses were heard at the closing of
the third annual convention of the
National Good Koada congress In thU
city. Among the speakers were A. C.
Ppaldlng, Jr., of Print Ima, Cal., and
J. I Colley, state hlgh-vay engineer
cf .Minnesota.
IN ROW OYER BRICK PLANT
Clash EetAecn Rivsl Factonj In C
Operative Concern.
Mason City. Ia.. Aug. 1. The first
real war in the ranks of the co-operatives
of Iowa has broken out among
the ofllcers and btockholders of the
Farmers' Brick and Tile company of
this city and a dozen or more of them
with attorneys are hurrying across
the Continent to Augusta, Me., to get
on the ground floor at the annual
meeting held there today. The com
paay is incorporated under the laws
of the state of Maine.
While the late J. II. Brown was allv
peace reigned. Since that time rival
ries have sprung up and the first move
was the ousting of W. H. Gleason of
this city from the office of secretary
of the brick company and the substl
tutlon of T. I Fleming in his place.
C. G. Messerol of Cowrie is a heavy
stockholder and vice president and
wants to head the company. The Btock
is owned by the leaders in the farm
ers' movement In Iowa and is the first
real declaration of war that has been
made.
IOWA VETERANS TO
MAKE TRIP EAST
Grand Army Men Going In Bod)
to Atlantic City.
Des Moines, Aug. 1. Colonel II. A
Dyer, department commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic of Iowa,
and bis associates held a conference
here and made arrangements for the
Journey of the Iowa department over
the Pennsylvania railroad to Atlantic
City to attend the national encamp
ment. The reports Indicate that about
500 Iowa people will attend the en
campment. Iowa will have no candl
date for national offices to present,
but will join in asking that the nex
encampment be held In the centra
states.
JUNKIN'S BODY AT DRAKE
Remains of Murderer Are Turned
Over to Dr. Hoeve.
Des Moines, Aug. 1. The body of
John Junkin, the negro hanged In th
state penitentiary at Fort Madison
Friday for the murder of Clara Rose
of Ottuniwa, arrived In Des Molne
and was sent at once to Dr. Hoeve of
Drake university, a criminologist, who
desires to examine the negro's brain
The report was sent to Des Moines
from Burlington to the effect that
souvenir hunters had chipped an
splintered the pine case of the rough
box In which the negro was shipped,
but this report Is exaggerated, so
trainmen say. The shipping case Is
merely an old one, they say, which
accounts for Its battered and worn ap
pearance.
CROCKER'S BRIGADE TO MEET
Fifteenth Biennial Reunion Will Be
Held It) Washington.
Washington. Ia., Aug. 1. The fif
teenth biennial meeting of Crocker's
Iowa brigade will be held at Washing
ton Wednesday and Thursday, Sept.
14 and 15. 1910. All soldiers who
served In the brigade composed of tho
Eleventh. Thirteenth, Fifteenth and
Sixteenth regiments of Iowa volun
teers are entitled to membership and
are earnestly urged by the ofllcers to
attend.
Stocking Iowa With Pheasants.
Des Mollies, Aug. 1. State, game
wardens report that the work of plac
ing pheasants In Iowa has already
been commenced Last week twenty
pairs of Hungarian pheasants were
turned lo-ise In Blarkhawk county in
places where protettlon was promised
by the peonh. It a expected thai
many of them will nest and their num
her be lncieiv-'Ml before winter. The
plan of the state administration Is to
raise a great many pheasants and turn
them loose in Iowa next year.
Live Stock Entries for Fair.
Des Moines, Aug. 1 The live stocli
entries for the state fair close today
and Secretary Simpson reports thai
about 250 of the exhibitors have com
pleted their entries.- A large number
are expected today. The correspond
ence thus far had Indicates the ex
hlbit of live stock will be very large
this year. The other entries do not
close until later In the year.
Dates for Fair Tickets.
Des Moines, Aug. 1. Word was re
celved by the Commercial club thut
the seven roads which have granted
reduced fares to the Iowa state fair
have decided that the selling dates for
tickets at a rale of one fare and a
half shall be from Aug. 25 to Sept.
The return limit will be Sept. 5.
Weedman Dies of Apoplexy.
Webster City, Ia., Aug. 1. II. I
Weedman, who disappeared from his
homo In Woolstock, was found deud
his cornfield. His death was due t(
a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Weedman
linn' been prominent In Woolstock and
searching parties were looking for him
' all night.
Iowa Firemen to Meet In Red
Oak
Red Oak, la., Aug. 1. Great prep
aratlons are under way at Red Oak
for the state firemen's tournament, to
be held here Aug. 2 5. A new band
stand has been erected at the fair
grounds and a complete system of elec
trie light3 and decorations added
CLANS GATHER
DES MOINES
Rspuolxans Ars Lir.irg Dp foi
DELEGATES HAVE LITTLE TO DO.
Platform to Be Made and Candidate
Selected for Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction Senator Cummins to
Sound Keynote Advance Guard of
Delegates Arrive at Capital.
Des Moiues, Aug. 1. The advance
guard for the Republican state con
ventlon arrived In the city. Never be
fore in the history cf the state has iu
terest been keener iu a state conveu
tion than iu this one, eveu though
much of the life of a slate convention
has been taken away by operation oi
the primary law.
The convention has but little actual
ly to do. The candidates for governor.
lieutenant governor, treasurer, auditor,
secretary aud other state offices have
been nominated. It remains for the
convention to settle a contest tor
state superintendent between seven
good men. Nobody seems to be able
to figure out any satisfactory solution
of this puzzle. State Supei intenuent
Riggs received about 30 per cent of
the vote, but did not get the 35 pur
cent necessary to nominate. Now the
convention must decide. Very likely
this will take a good many ballots and
this may delay the convention.
Two candidates lor Judges of the
supreme court are to be nominated
but this Is already fixed. They will bo
Judge Horace U. Deemer of Red Oak
and Judge William D. Fvans of Hamp
ton, both to be renominated.
Platform Controversy.
If there Is to be any real contro
versy in the convention it must bo
over some phase of the nlatform. The
situation Is peculiar and delicate. The
two factions have worked at cross
purposes, neither one udmitting that
it Intends to do what the other
charges, each one professing the lit
most loyally to party principles. But
the standpatters are insisting that uu
less the convention makes a platform
which first and above everything else
Indorses President Taft and Governor
Carroll and everything in their admin
istratlons It will show that the conveu
tion Is not Republican. It was the in
tentlon of the progressives to adopt a
platform Indorsing both of these onl
clals In a formal way, then to devote
the major part of the platform to the
principles of the party, but they say
that the attitude of the other faction
is forcing them to a position where
they must leave the matter alone.
There can be no doubt that the plat
form will be written and ndopted by
the progressives, for the fierce fight of
the past summer ended In a victory for
them.
Cummins to Sound Keynote.
Senator Cummins will sound the
keynote lor the convention. He will
deliver a rather tiiuit address, in
which he will discuss the fight in con
gress and the questions which are tip
permost In the minds of the people.
Nobody hus been buggusted for per
manent chairman.
There Is also some interest attach
Ing to the manner of electing and or
ganizing the state committee for cam
palgn purposes. There are six of the
(ongreftlon.il districts controlled by
the progiesslves and five by the stand
palters, so that It Is certain that all
committees of the convention will be
controlled by the progressives. But
the primary law requires that the
state convention Itself must elect the
entire state campaign committee. It
may accept caucus nominations, or It
may not do so. Some of the Republic
an leaders are In favor of the conven
tion electing men In every district.
In case of an ugly fight in the conven
tion, or possibility of a bolt on the
part of the minority, this would un
doubtedly be done.
QUITS BUGGY; DISAPPEARS
Mysterious Dolnos of Stranger In
Buchanan County.
Independence, la., Aug. 1. Bu
chanan county has a mysteiy. One alt
i-rnoon last week a man was Been to
drive up to a school house near the
King farm, In West burg township
He rode In a single buggy. The next
day the neighbors visited the scene,
but the mnn had disappeared. Hi
had left the buggy, turned the horse
loose, tied an old hen to the buggy
wheel, left a canine and various other
property, but as for the man hlnueir,
he had disappeared. The men traced
his footsteps to a deep and' muddy
hole In Spring creek. There the tiace
was lost.
Mrs. Robert Cooper Dead.
Iowa Falls, la., Aug. 1. Word wns
received here of the death at Grinnell
In., of Mrs. Robert Cooper, a pioneer
resident of this city. Mrs.' Cooper
who had been making her homo with
her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Woodworth,
at Grinnell. sustained a siroke of
paralysis a few days ago, from which
she never rallied.
Boost Sac County Fair.
Sac City, la., Aug. 1. Sac City
boost"? In twenty automobiles are
making n tour of Sac county today to
advertise the coming Sac county fair
Aug. 9 12.
four Bills I
5
and a
Near Bill
A1
R G we to,
have anoth
er -Hill-
cam pa I c d? W
have bad one or
two In the nation- -al
arena, notably
. when William J.
Bryan twice ran
acalnst William
McKlnley for pres
ident and stilt
more recently
when the same
Bryan was pitted
against William
Howard Taft. Now
the sweet Wtl-
WK. tOEB, JR.
Hams are breaking Into New York:
state politics. To say nothing of Wil
liam J. Gaynor and William Sulzer,
both of whom are being boomed for
the Democratic nomination, there are
four Bills and a near one who are
talked of for the Republican nomina
tion. These are William Loeb. Jr..
William S. Rennet. William lh
Ilotchklss and William It. Wlllcox.
The near Bill la Clark Williams, state
superintendent of banking, but as h
has his name wrong end to perhaps
he should not be counted in the BUI
chorus. As for Loeb, he says be tit
going fishing.
Representative Rennet says he la not
ns modest as Loeb and Intimates that
if he does any fishing it will be for
delegates. In other words, he Is a can
didate and doesn't care who knows it
lie has already told Roosevelt, but did
not Indicate that the colonel showed
marked enthusiasm at hearing the
news. Bennet is
the mnn who Is
credited with run
ning the Joliiison
Jeffrles fight out
of California. He
is one of tho few
Republican repre
sentatives from
New York city in
congres!, where ho
Is classed as an al
most Insurgent, al
though be voted cosoiiessmaj
BEN-
for Cannon nnd kkt.
tbo rules. Rennet Is the man who
managed Otto Bannard's campaign for
mayor of New York city. Itiinnani
himself tins been mentioned as a can
didate for governor, but says he does
not wnnt it nnd presumably Is for his
I nmnacer. Bennet is also a member of
the United States Immigration com
mission nnd was charged by the
peppery Macon of Arkansas with hav
ing taken on the Junket habit
William R. Wlllcox Is chairman of
the public service commission of New
York state, iu which position It is bla
pleasant duty to wrestle with the rail
roads and to be a buffer between th
dear public and the rapid transit com
panies of New York city. Anybody
wbo knows Just
bow much the trav
eling public of th
metropolis loves the
traction companies
can realize what a
pleasant Job Wlll
cox ban. "Cussing"
the subway and "L"
management in
New York is not
considered blasphe
mous, but on the
contrary Is regard
ed as a religious
duty. Moreover. It
is a habit. Sloes
WM. n. WILLCOX.
he public service commission under
took to manage the managers of these
concerns It has received part of the
cussing that aforetime wns monopolla-
d by the rapid transit companies. To
make Its life more pleasant. It bus also
been abused by the traction companies
themselves. Willi tills sort of a bed of
roses It would not be surprising If Wlll-
ox would veleniiip ii I most any old Job
us ii clMture- even I lie governorship.
William II IlotciiUls Is n man after
Governor Unities' own heart. Like
wise, it Is slyly lilnleil l lint he would
not be averse to Hughes' own Job.
HotchkixM bus been doing to the fire
nsurnnee coiiipiinles what Hughes did
to the big life In
surance people. Ah
a result Home of the
members of the lob
by and of the legis
lature do uot love
these gentlemen ns
they should. They
can forgive Hughes
uow that he Is go
ing on the supreme ,
bench, bill llotch
kiss uever. As In
surance s u p e r I n-
lenient, HoichUIss
bus been too busy
Uncovering Isles of
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legislative bribery and other yellow
jog stories to endear him to states
men who ore fond of yellow dogs. It
was Hotchklss who brought out that
tale about George W, Aldrldge which
hnd such an tntlueuce In leaving Al
Jrldge nt home when he really wanted
to go to Washington. Hotchklss lives
lu Buffalo, nnd some of the machine
politicians wnnt him to continue living
there. Yet If there Is anything lu tm
Idea that lnurinice inrestlgntors mnk
rood governors, be tills tbo bill.
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