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SARVIS CASE ISTAKEN UP Board at Oes Moines ta Declds on Heresy Charges. IS SUITED FOR CHINESE FOST Foreign Mission Board of Disciples of Christ In Session at Drake Univer. srty Considering Case of Alleged Heretic. Das Moinea, July 17. The board ol foreign missions for the Disciples of Christ Is holding sessions at Drake university to decide whether a charge of heresy shall lie against Rev. Guy W. Sarvls of Chicago, newly appointed professor of sociology In the Univer sity of Nankin, China. Mr. Sarvls is a graduate of Drake and recently at the national meeting In Portland charges were made against him, the chief ol which was that he failed to accept the bible as of that divine authority demanded by the church. The board was organized to try him here. Trying to Figure Up Expenses. Clerks in the office of the treasurer and auditor are engaged In figuring out how much money the last legisla ture authorized to be spent In Iowa. This has never been computed except In a general way, and no state officer could make a statement coming within $100,000 or more of the exact amount The state council desires to know Just what the appropriations amounted to In order that they may fix the state tax levy as directed by the legislature. As soon as the reports from county assessors are all in and the railroad and other property assessed, the tax levy will be announced. . It Is be lieved there will be some Increase In the camd this year unless the levy Is made low enough to reduce the sur plus In the state treasury. Confer on Freight Rates. A conference is being held today in the office of the attorney general of the members of the railroad commis sion and commerce counsel and the shippers of the Mississippi cities lu regard to the case pending before the interstate commerce commission af fpotln the rates to and from Missis sippi river points. It Is the intention to nrees these suits at once, ine at torney general has the legal phases of the case In hand and the railroad commission Is asslting In the lnvesti nation as to comparison of rates. Wilson Declines Secretaryship. George A. Wilson, secretary of the state senate, has declined the office of secretary of the state commission to nnIn o ronnrt on employers' liabil ity, and he will become attorney for the Iowa league of Munclpalities in Us fight Tor higher railroad assess ment. It Is expected that very soon some steps will be taken to call sharp ly to the attention of the public the fart that railroad assessments are not made on the basis contemplated by law. Paralysis While Riding Bicycle. C. F. Parker, a resident of this city, lies at the Methodist hospital critical ly ill with paralysis. He was return ing from down town to his home on a bicycle when he suddenly toppled over and fell to the ground. Those who saw him came to his assistance and it was found he had been suddenly stricken with paralysis. City People Watch Fire. Thousands of people In a Des Moines office building watched for two hours a prairie flre, which burned over a large pasture and destroyed a ten acre apple orchard on the farm of Frank W. Press, south of the Des Moines river. A score of neighboring fanners, who rushed to give aid, suc ceeded In extinguishing the fire Just before It reached an oatJ field. SELL MILK BELOW G1ADE Proprietors of Three Mason City Cafes Pay Fines. Mason City, la.. July 17. Iuspector O. M. Thompson dropped down on the restauraut and lunch counter keepers and had warrants Issued for their ar lest, charged with selling milk that wis not up to standard. The proiul--tor of the Delmon'ca, Vermllya cafe ind McBnde cafe stepped up to the captain's office and paid a fine of $25 hnd costs. Today more of them will jriake their plea. It Is stated that there Is hn'dly a restaurant keeper In this part ot the state who sells milk that Is up to the standard. Drawing from the large tanks the cream rises to the top and the bottom Is nothing stronger than skitnmed milk. Gasoline Explosion ls Fatal. New Hartford, la., July 17. Edward Needham, a former old resident of New Hartford, was fatally burned arid Mrs. Needham was badly burned hi an explosion of gasoline at their home in Lake Preston, 3. D., according to a telegram received here. The explo sion occurred while Needham was fill ing a gasoline stove while it was burn ing Dragged Under Hay Loader. Clarence, la., July 17. Clarence Young, a young farmer of near here, was badly and it may prove fatally In Jured whn the team he was driving to a hay loader ran away, entangling hkra In the machine and dragging him a long distance. SEARCH FCR ELOPING COUPLE Complaint Filed at Iowa City Against Brainerd and Mrs. Sterrett. Iowa City, la.. July 17. Sheriff FauU is hunting a pair of elopers. James Brainerd and Mrs. A. J. Ster rett of What Cherr, la., who drove away in an old buggy, behind a blind horse, from the home of the woman's uncle at Lytle City and have not been seeu sint-e by the husband, the uncle, J. R. Griffith, or brother, Elmer Day. The latter two are here, tracking the woman and man, and they filed the complaint with the sheriff, as the hus band was compelled to return to What Cheer to look after the three little children deserted by Mrs. Sterrett She is twenty six and the man Is twenty-five. Oddly enough, the husband accom pauied his wlte to the Griffith home In Iowa county ami was there when Brainerd unseen by Mr. Sterrett came up and Induced tha wife and mother to leave with him. TAKES OFF SPLINTS FRGMJROKEN LEG Doctor Removes Bandages Whea Patient Ooes Not Pay. Council Bluffs, la., July 17. Tom Concord, a horse trader, camped with a company of about fifteen compan ions on Thirty-fifth street, had his left leg badly shattered when his horse fell upon hint. The limb was broken between the knee and the ankle. A Council Bluffs doctor was called to rare for the injured man, and it is said that after the fractured limb was bandaged inauired into the financial status of the patient, demanding the immediate payment of $10 and a fee of $50. The man forgot his pain long enough to demur. He accused the physician of attempting to hold him up, and it is said soma hot words fol lowed, culminating In a demand by the physician for the Immediate pay ment of a fee of $2 for the visit upon threat of removing the bandages. Pay ment was refused and it Is said the splints and bandages were removed and the doctor departed, leaving the man without medical care. Crude surgery was then resorted to by his companions, who placed rough splints on the broken member and bound It up with strips of sheeting. He Is still without further medical at tentlon. The names of several physl clans were mentioned in connection with the Incident, but all empnaticar-i ly denied knowledge of the case and Indignantly , repudiated the act of In humanity. . , . . DES MOINES SALOONS WIN Canvass by County Board Held Con clusive on Petitions. Des Moines, July 17. The eighty six saloons of Des Moines won a de cisive victory in the district court In the matter of the validity of the con sent petitions. John A. Hammond, for the Anti-Saloon league, had com menced proceedings against a saloon In Valley Junction and asked that It he closed on the ground that while the board of supervisors had can vassed the consent petitions, the court had not ruled on their validity. The same question could be raised as to every one of the Des Moines saloons, so the case was made a test, and the court hld that the canvass by the board Is conclusive until overturned by a court. The Injunction was de nied. The main question of the valid ity of the petition has not been fully determined by the court. VICIOUS HOG ATTACKS MAN Ernest Frahm of Bryant, S. D., Bitten by Animal and May Die. Sioux Falls, S. D., July 17. Ernest Frahm, a well known farmer living near Bryant, had a thrilling fight with a vicious hog and narrowly escaped with his llfo. As It was he was se verely bitten and blood poisoning now has developed and he may yet have to fight for his life. During the fight Frahm was able to grasp a hammer and with this he rained blow after blow upon the head of the hog until It had been killed, thus saving him self from more severe Injuries. Hon. H. C. Schroeder Is Dead. Denhion, la., July 17. H. C. Schroe der died at his home in Schleswlg, la., and was burled In the Grant cemetery, In Ida county. He was one of the foremost representatives of the Ger man citizens of this county. He was a member of the legislature from Craw, foid for two terms and chairman of the board of supervisors when the court house was built. The funeral held nt Schleswlg was largely at tended. Would Reopen Will of Brother. Mason City, la., July 17. H. N. Franchere of this city filed a petition to reopen the will of his brother, Al phonse Franchere, ho died laBt Sep tember, leaving $"00,000 to brothers and sisters and to charity, and cut lug oft the contestant without a cent. The contestant alleges the legatees promised to pay him $.",ono If he would not contest the will, but says the money was not paid. Mars Can Leave Hospital Soon. Erie. Ta , July 17. Mars, the avi ator hurl In a fall ltn his aeroplane, will recover, pnd will b able to leave the hospital in about ten days. This announcement was made by his at tending phynh lanr .., . NEW YORK FAGES CHOLERA SCARE Governor D:x May be Asked lo Take Charge of Quarantine. FIFTEEN CASES IN HOSPITAL Public Charges Made Against Health Officer Doty of Allowing Employees to Endanger People's Health State ments Arousing Alarm. New York, July 17 Although the cholera situation at quarantine is at present regarded by Dr. Alvah Doty, health officer of the port, as being well In hand, he did not conceal his appre hension that New York is "In the very midst of a threatened invasion of cholera." "The quarantine department of ev ery port in this country la facing a very serious and onerous task during the summer," said Dr. Doty, "and it Is not Improbable that many vessels ar riving from Italy In the next few weeks will bring one or more cases of the disease." The official report of the situation shows there are fifteen cases In Swin burne Island hospital and four cases symptomlc of the disease. One more victim has died. The steamer Perugia has been detained. It is possible Governor Dlx will be called upon to take charge at quaran tine. Charles Dushkind, attorney for the Immigrants, whose charges against Dr. Doty are being Investigated by a commission, made nublic a letter he wrote to Judge Bulger of the commis sion, suggesting the latter call upon Governor Dlx to take charge of the health department. Doty is accused of allowing his employees to endanger public "health. FOUR HURT IN AUTO WRECK Two Fatally Injured When Car Goes Over Embankment. Chelsea, la., July 17. Two persons were Injured fatally and two more were seriously hurt when an automo bile, in which a party of four young people was riding, went over a ten foot embankment. The two who will die are Miss Hazel Kiser of Delia Plalne and Oscar Albert of Kldora. Tne others are Miss Hazel Hyatt of uene Plalne and Ralph Albert, brother 0 Qscar. Miss Kiser was at the wneel ana was being couched at driving by Ralph Albert. At a bend In the road a mile north of Chelsea Miss Kiser moved the wheel In the wrong direction, and before It ccnld he swung back the au tomoblle went down an embankment, turning over. CAN WORK ON FEAST DAYS Catholics Gain Twenty Working Dayi During the Year. Rome, July 17. With reference to the papal encyclical abolishing the obligation to attend mass on feast days of the patron saints of various cities and on the days of Corpus Domini and St. Joseph and St. John Cardinal Ferrari says It was Issued In response to urgent appeals from nil merous federations of Catholic labor era throughout the world. They called attention to the fact that they expert enced difficulty In supporting theli families, owing to the increased cost of living and also because of the nu merous religious feasts which Cath dies observed by abstaining from work United 8tates May Deal with Oil Trust Washington, July 17. Attorne) General Wlekersham has decided thai I it ta tint nnlnwful for the United States to deal with the corporation recently declared by the suprem court of the United States to be Hie gal combinations. The question canu up in connection with contracts award ed to the Standard Oil company for o year's supply of oil and gasoline foi the military department of the east The attorney general holds that th corporations declared Illegal corabl nations are so only In restriction oi trade. Detective Burns Denied Continuance Indianapolis, July 17. Detectlvi William J. Burns, under $10,000 bond on charges of having kidnaped Joht J. McNamara from this city last April did not appear In court to answer tc the Indictment against him. Ills coun Bel asked a continuance until Septem ber. lie said Burns was on his waj from Oakland. Judge Markey refuse to consent lo such a continuance anc ordered the attorney to report In i few days when Burns could be had li court. ' Twenty two Miners Killed. Dubois, Pa., July 17. Twentytwc men are (lend as the result of an ex plosion In the mine of the Cascnd Coal and Coko company at Sykesvllle near here. Six bodies have heel brought up. All nre foreigners hut three. The cause of the explosion ha not been determined. Wounds Merchant; Kills Self. Oakland, Cal., July 17. Following a quarrel ver a business transaction, George B. Bitchier, a contractor, shot and seriously wounded J. Auction paugh, a merchant, for whom he was doing some work, then killed himself One bullet went wild, slightly wound ing a bystander. COINS UNDER WEIGHT. In England It's ths Duty of Those Whe Get Thtm to Break Them. It Is the duty of each loyal British subject not merely to refuse gold coin that Is under a certain weight.' but to break It. "Every perxoii," the act reads, "shall, by himself or others, cut. break or de face such coin tendered to him lu pay ment, nud the persou tendering the same shall bear the loss." But In spite of this act It Is a risky business interfering with coins which you may suspect to be under weight or spurious.. Some months ago s Grims by woman offered a half sovereign In payment of goods to a local shopkeep er. The latter put the coin In a test ing machine and, as it broke In two, refused to lake It The coin, however, was pronounced by experts to be perfectly genuine, snd when the case was taken Into a court of law the shopkeeper was order ed to refund 10 shillings to the cus tomer. Money, both gold snd silver, wears out at startling; rate. It Is reckoned that .there Is usually 100.000,000 in gold coin In England, a very largo pro portion of which Is locked In the strong rooms of banks. Yet of that which U In active circulation the wastage Is so great that during every twelve months 70.000 worth of gold and silver Is rubbed off Into fine dust Pearson's Weekly. PUNCTUATION. The Modern Syittm Was Introduced by Aldus Manutius. Punctuntlou by means of stops or points, so as to Indicate the meaning of senteuces aud nsslst the reader to a proper enunciation, Is nscrihed orlgi nally to Aristophanes, an Alexandrian grntnmurlnu, who lived In the third century B. C. Whatever his system tuny have been, it was subsequently neglected and forgotten, but was rein troduced by Charlemagne, the vnrlous stops nud symbols being designed by Warnefrled and Aleuln. The present system of punctuation was Introduced la the latter part of the fifteenth ceutury by Aldus Manutius, a Venetian printer, who was responsible for our period, colon, semicolon, com ma, marks of Interrogation and excla mation, parenthesis and dash, hyphen, apostrophe und quotation marks. These were subsequently copied by other printers until their use became univer sal. Most ancient languages were luuo cent of any system of punctuutlon. We find la many early mnuserlpts that the letters are placed at equal distances apart with no connecting link between, even, lu the matter of spacing, nn ar rangement which must have rendered rending at sight Bomewbat difficult Strict School Rules, John Wesley held that school chil dren should do without holidays alto gether. When tie opened Klngswood school In 1748 he announced that "the children of tender parents, so called, have no business here, for the rules will not be broken In favor of any person whatsoever. Nor Is any child received unless bis parents agree that bo shall observe all the rules of the house and that they will not lake him from school, no, not for u day, till they take him for good and all." Fur ther, no play days were ermllted. and no time was ever allowed for piny on the ground that he who plays when he Is a child will play when be bo comes a num. Every Friday the cb!i dreu hnd to work till 3 lu the after noon without breaking their fast London Chronicle. A Faith Cure. Dr. Joslah Oldtleld relates a story ot his student days at St Bartholomew's hospital. A man came lo him with an Injury to his hand. The doctor did not know what the ailment was, but ho prescribed an ointment which was practically lurd. The man returned to the hospital the following week. "Ah. sir." he snld. "I begin to recog nize why It Is that St Bartholomew's hospital hns such a great reputation! I come from Leicester and have been to all the doctors In Leicester. Your oint ment has done me more good In one week than all the ointment of the doc tors of Leicester lu ninny months." That result, added the doctor, was owing to the fact that the man came to St Bartholomew's believing that he could tie cured there. London Graphic. Twe Reoords. "I bare crossed tbe Atlantic twenty times," boasted the man from New York. "Usv your replied the man from Chicago. "My record beats that" "Oh, really? How many times have you been over?" "I've never been over at all, but I've set foot In every state of the Union." "Quite remarkable. By the way, old chap, bow many states are there now?" Chicago Kecord Herald. Good Schtme. Hlcks-You keep duplicates of all your old love letters? What an Ideal Wicks Tes; when I have done some thing particularly foolish I Just read over one of those letters. It Is quite encouraging to know that I'm not near ly so much of a fool as I used to be. Exchange. Not Easily Caught. Wife I see you're putting on your new coat. It makes my old hat look awfully shabby. Husband Is that so? Well, that's soon mended. I'll put on my old coat Fllegenile Hlntter. Worry poisons the mind Just as much as deadly drug poisons the body and Just as surely. MULCTED WIDOW SUES COMPANION Mrs. Armour Files Action toi $142,000 Against Woman. FOUND $25,000 IN DOS KENiiEL Securities Taken From Employer al Kansas City Spent for Jewelry and Art Works, for Which She Paid Fab ulous Prices. Kansas CUy, July 18. Mrs. Mar garet Klock Armour, widow of Simeon B. Armour, the packer, filed suit iii the circuit court for $142,000 against Miss Harriet Bylngton to cover pecu latlons alleged to have been made by Miss Bylngton while serving as com panion and housekeeper of Mrs. Ar mour. The first Intimation the publlo re ceived concerning peculations against Mrs. Armour came about three months ago, when a story was published say ing $50,000 in bonds and securities had disappeared from Mrs. Armour's safety deposit box nt the New England National bsnk of this city. The fact that the majority of the business of Mrs. Armour's household was conducted by Mrs. Armour's com panlon, nurse and housekeeper, and the fact that this companion held the keys to Mrs. Armour's safety deposit box, was mentioned, but the name of the companion was kept secret. Mrs. Armour .refused to believe any charges of dishonesty against Mliis Bylngton Meanwhile discoveries Increased the amount of missing securities until the Armour attorneys placed It at $1"0,000 Under pressure brought to bear by friends of Mrs. Armour and despite the expressed confidence of her em ployer, Miss Bylngton several days aft er the discovery of the peculations, confessed that during the three years she had been in Mrs. Armour's em ploy she had from time to time ex tracted securities from the safety de posit box and sold them to brokers on the pretense she was doing It for Mrs Armour. Miss Bylngton then directed Investi gators to a dog kennel at the Armour home, where about $25,000 of the se curities wore found burled. She prom Ised to restore the remainder. It developed that thousands of dol lars had been spent by Miss Bylngton or Jewelry and works of art, for which she had paid fabulous prices. In some cases apparently with little Judgment. LAND GRAFTER IS PARDONED Man Who Secured Large Tract In Ok lahoma by False Affidavits Released. Leavenworth, Kan., July 17. D. II Hnllock, sentenced to two years In the federal prison for subornation of per jury In connection with the sale of Oklahoma lands, was released from prison, his sentence having been com muted by President Taft. Hallock, whose home Is near Engle- wood, Kan., was tried In January, 1909 He had acquired twenty-four sections of land in Woodward county, Okla hnma, and, according to testlmany glv en at his (rial, got It by Inducing school tenchers to settle on and "prove up" homestead claims and then re llnqulsh them to him. He paid from $200 to $300 each. Hallock had served two months of his sentence. Naval Militia Will Attack New York. New York, July 17. Naval mllltla emhnrked all along the north Atlantic coast for the coming attack on the New York harbor and Its defense. The purpose of the maneuvers this week Is to ascertain the strength of New York's back door. Seventeen bat tleships will try to reach the city through the Lonir Island sound and the battle for the preservation of the metropolis will be fought In Gardiner's bay, at the eastern end of Ixing Island. Insures Thumbnail for $50. Newton, N. J., July 17. Charles Helnsey has Insured his thumbnail. Helnsey Is a gralner, and finds his thumbnail much more serviceable than any painter's tool he can buy. When ho breaks the "nail he Is out of work, and to Insure against Idleness he took out a policy for $50, which he estimates would keep him while he grows a new nail. Would Interfere With Cupid's Work, Chicago, July 17. The Indiana dls trlct of the Ixlngton conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, In convention nt Scott church here, went on record us demanding that the states of the Union adopt uniform laws, providing that marriage licenses be Issued one month before the mar- llage can take place. 8lys Agent of Black Hand. Jeannette, Pa., July 17. Upon the signal of the Black Hand to turn mon ey over to Its agent, (ieorgn IjBlmrto, a fruit merchant, shot and killed Venel Cecillano. Klght letters from the Black Hand demanding money of l.ahatto werr turned over to the po lice by Mrs. Ijibarto. Taft's Chicago Visit Off. Peoriu, July 17 President Taft has wired the president of the Deep Waterway association here that he will be tumble to attend the waterway congress meeting In Chicago In Octo ber. HSS M. F. ABBOTT. She Fcund Alleged "Dick to Dick" Note Involving C. P. Taft if fi,' " ; t V .... V ' . WINDSTORM STRIKES BUFFALOJLL SHOW Tents Blown Down on Chicago Grounds and Number Injured. Chicago. July 17. The Buffalo Bill Wild Went show was wrecked by the storm that struck Chicago shortly after 8 p. in. Five minutes after the gale struck the show grounds, Assist ant Manngor Wllges said: "The entire show 1b wrecked. The whole equipment of the show went down in a crash after the wind struck It." letter It was learned that no on had been killed, but a number ot per sons were Injured. There were about 500 people Inside the gate when, the wind struck the show tents! ' Fortunately the storm came Just be fore the performance. Most of the employes were eating at the time. In the midst of the rainstorm a suddea gust of wind blew across the grounds and was following by a crackling, rat tling and slamming of boards In the seut tiers.. Hardly ten seconds later the whole amphitheater swayed and fell with a resounding crash. There was an uproar of screaming men and women, ninny of whom fainted. To add to the conf'iHlon and pnnlc, many of the horses were released and thejr dashed about the enclosure, menacing the lives of those who were attempt ing to get away from the tangled mass of wreckage. MRS.LEA IN RACE WITH DEATH Special Train Carries Her to Denver In Effort to Save Her Life. Denver, July 17. Hurried across the continent In an effort to save her life, Mrs. Luke Lea, wife of Senator Lea of Tennessee, arrived In Denver from. Deer Park, Md. Mrs. Lea rallied some time ago following a transfusion of blood from her husband, but now has been attacked by pneumonia. Mrs. L'-s traveled In a special car, accompanied by Senator Ia, Mrs. Percy Warner, and Mrs. George Fta zer, the mother and sister, re spectively, f,r. 11. D. Frye and a nurse. After being tnken to the Maryland mountain resort, Mrs. Lea seemingly Improved, whllo the senator regained most of his strength. Iast week Mrs. !a began growing worse and her hus band was advised by physicians to bring her to Colorado, where the rarer air might aid In the fight for her life. Senator I-ea said his wife stood the trip well and gave every Indication of the change In climate proving bene ficial. SCOTTY HAS ROLL TO SPEND He Proposes to Make One More Whirl wind Trip Across Country. Reno, Ner., July 17. Walter Scott. otherwise known as Scotty of Death Valley, the man who created a sensa tion several years ago when he hired a special train and tried to break the record from the Pacific coast to New York, appeared In Goldflold loaded with money, although three months ago he was broke here. He displayed (11,000 in currency and promised to fovcal the location of his fabulous wealth after Aug. 1. Miss Sherman to Wed a Lord. New York, July 17. Announcement has been made In !ondon of the en gagement of Miss Mildred Watts Sher man, one of the richest and most beau tiful girls In New York, and Lord Camoya, a young peer of England, who rame to America for the first time last winter to act as an usher at the wed ding of his friend, lrd Derlos, and Miss Vivien Gould. . More Troops Start for Home. Sun Antonio, Tex., July 17. The Eleventh Infantry left for Fort D. A. KukbcII, Wvoming. Company A of th signul corps reached San Autonlo from Del Rio and left for Fort Leaven worth, Kansas. 1