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PREDICTS END OF MONOPOLY Attoinsy General Wickersham Discusses Recent Decisions. GREAT VICTORY FOR PEOPLE. Work of Department of Justice U Re viewed at Length Criticism From Those Who Would Embarrass the President. Hancock, Mich., July 22. "Big com linations like the Standard Oil com pany and the tobacco trust are going to be 'split up into a number of sep arate and distinct parts,' without con Lection or monopoly powers." This was the prediction made in an ad dress here by Attorney General Wlek ersham, answering "people who are eaylng the decisions of the supreme court do not really mean anything." "Dno't believe any such talk," the at torney general Bald to the crowd as sembled here for Hancock's "home coming" celebration. Criticisms seeking to minimize the value of the supreme court decisions come largely, he added, from those who would like to embarrass the ad ministration with the sort of "general assault on all business which would compel every business man to turn to the other party for relief." Incidentally Mr. Wickersham took occasion to trace the guiding hand of President Taft in the policy of the de partment of justice, concluding his speech with the remark that no mat ter who should be at the head of the department, so long as William Tnft Is president no other policy could ob tain. Great Victories for Government. Mr. Wickersham then gave an ac count of the activities of "the people's law office," the department of Justice. "First of all," he said, "there are the great trusts cases, in which you, in common with the whole country have been so much Interested. The government scored great victories tuere. Do not let anybody deceive you Hb to that. If the court had held that every contract that put any re straint of any' kind upon commerce among the states, however slight, was a violation of the Sherman law, the department of Justice would have had to illustrnte the truth of what Edmund Burke said, "you can't draw an Indict ment against a nation." For there are not lawyers enough In the govern ment nor, fcr that mntter, in the coun try to draw indictments against every body who makes any contract that In any re?port Implied In some measure to restrain interstate commerce. "But when the supreme court said we must, road this statute as reason able men and give It an interpretation that will not strangle all trade, but which will prevent any undue re straint, prohibit all contracts and com binations thct are Intended to inter fere with tl e natural course of trade, or which will have that necessary effect then the court gave us a means of preventing those evils which led to the enactment or the law. And this is especially ho In view of the fact that tho court gave full force to the pro hibition of monopolies, and by Its de crees has ordered the breaking up. of the two torgest and most successful monoprlio. or trusts which ever have appeared in tills country." RECEIVER GETS LANDS Court Orders Lewis to Deed Real Es tate to Trust Company. St. Louis, July 22. Supplementary orders placed on the records of the United States circuit court require E. O. Lewis, whose properties were placed 'n receivership, and his wife, to deed to tho receivers all their property which has connection with the Iewis enterprises, capitalized at more than f .",000,1100, ' According to attorneys for the cred itors, the orders Include the Lewis home In University City, the suburb in which most of Iewls' concerns are located. It has been definitely decided that the property of the American Women's league, which has chapter bouses scattered from Ohio to Colo rado, Is not Included In the court's order. The record of the docket shows also Niat :ft"r the decision was read the Judges scratched out reference to the University City Art building, known officially as the Art Institute of the American Women's league, and it will not be Included In the property to be ontrolled by the receiver. CANCER WAR PROGRESS SLOW Research Committee Hear$ Report of Failure of Methods to Check Scourge. 1uidon, July 22. A meeting of the imperial ennrer research committee disclosed the fact tl.at small progress s yet lias been made in the experi mental laboratory in ombntt In the scourge. Sir William Sulhy Church, president. of th" I'.oyi'l Society of Med icine, Kt;,t-d tliiit methods for prevent In? the successful Implantation of can ter hal lio''n tested on ei'ie affected by spontaneous cancer 'and bad (! a "no evidence ot power citii'-r to hinder the growth ami the dlf.semliir.trm of the disease or to prevent recurrence of spontaneous cancer after the re aiova! of the primary tumor." IS BURIED ALIVE IN SAND E. V. Bu'dick Of Clear Lake Rescued With Life Apparently Extinct. Clear Uike, la., July 24. Buried aKve under ten feet of sand, E. V. Burdick of the Burdick Plumbing company was rescued after hard work by his assistants, who found life ap parently extinct. The rave-in was noticed and Judging where the head of the burled man was the men began digging, while Clinton Patton of Mason City, with a club, kept back a large crowd that collected and which caused the loose sand to press into the ditch faster than It could be removed. Burdick was taken to his home and physicians resuscitated him. CREATES NEW HARDY PLUM Harlow Rockhill Has Fine Specimens of New Fruit. Marshalltown, la., July 24. Harlow Rockhill, a horticulturist living In southern Grundy county, who has been railed the "Iowa Burbank" by some of his friends. Is showing some Interest ing experiments in the plum line. Rockhill has created a new hardy plum from the sand berry and Bur bank's golden plum, and has some fine specimens of the fruit. Rockhill a few years ago propagated an ever bearing strawberry that bore from early spring until midwinter. SEEKS CHANGE IN IOWA PRISONS Governor Carroll Believes They Should Bo Self-Supporliiu. Des Moines, July 24. Governor Car roll declares that the state prisons of Iowa should be self supporting. He also announces that he is making an Investigation of prison conditions in Iowa to ascertain where the leak is. The governor charges that Iowa's pris ons cost the state $170,000 in the last two years, whereas prisons of other states are self supporting. In the near future he Intends to take a trip east with Senator John F. Wade and Dr. Murdock Bannister of the state board of control to Investi gate tho method by which eastern in stitutions of like character are made self supporting. Governor Carroll is of the opinion that a way can be devised whereby prison labor will not be put In com petition with the working men of the state. MANY FAIL IN EXAMINATIONS Large Number of Grundy County Ap. plicants Refused Certificates. Grundy Center, la., July 24. At the dose of the Grundy county teachers' Institute, fifty-eight applicants took the examination, forty two of these tailing to pass. Of the sixteen who were successful, half received second trade certificates and half third grade certificates. Some of the other appli cants will receive provisional certif icates. This is the largest number to fall at any one time In Grundy county since the present law went Into effect, and it Is feared it will result in a shortage of teachers. Co operative Creamery Company. Glenwood. la., July 21.--Sixty out of 1U0 members of the Cooperative Creamery company, organized in Glen wood this spring, met at the city hall and elected the following officers: President, Joseph Stille; vice presi dent, J. W. Carter; treasurer, Rudolph Ifopp; secretary. I 13. Giel. The c reamery building Is' practically com pleted and the machinery Installed. The ilrst run will be made this week. Are Thrashing in Grundy. Grundy Center, la., July 24. Thrash ing has commenced In this locality, one field of oats yielding forty-five bushels to the acre, and the quality of the grain is good. The average yield will be about thirty five bushels. The outlook for coin Is good, but more rain is needed for corn, potatoes and pastures Palmer Will Recover. Charles City, la., July 24 Harold Palmer, living two and one half miles west of here. v,h; was kicked by a horse, breaking several ribs, was op erated upon In a local hospital and Is recovering. TWO KILLED: TWO INJURED Auto Tourists From Iowa to Missouri Struck by Train at Phelpg City. St. Joseph, Mo., July 24. As Bur lington passenger train No. 20 neared Phelps City. Mo., one of three automo biles, containing tourists from Far ragut. la., to l.angdon, Mo., was struck, Pet Fell and Miss Clara Coy died of their Injuries. Miss Marie Harmon of Farragut and Miss Ogla Reams of Shenandoah, la, were seriou.-dy Injured. Troops In Chicago for Tourney. Chirag", July 24. An army Is as sembling in Chicago from all parts of the United State to take part In the national military tournament which opens today. The large camp In Giant park Is occupied hv 20,000 soldiers. Bfg Chur:'i Meeting Opens. Lrk" on ..i, Wis., July 2 1. - Church wori t is from rM parts of the country I tt. tided 1 1,- nnelifiu xesion of the l"Vi nth annual convention of the mis lionary educational movement. FLOOD DAMAGE AT BEATRICE Gily is Isolate J From Outside Wcrid by Storm. MILES OF TRA5K WASHED OUT Many Farmers Lose Stock and Corn Fields Are Ruined Big Damage Also at Dewitt and Wilbur Waters Are Now Receding. Beafice, Neb., July 24. Beatrice was isolated from the outside world because of thj worst flood in Its his tory. The government rain gauge at this point recorded eight inches of rainfall. The river rose thre.) feet an hour and by daybreak West Beatrice and the railroad yards were submerged. The residence and business section of the city suffered heavily from the torrent and ninny resi lonts in the low lands had ditliculty in escaping from their homes to places of f.afety. Wom en and children were rescued from top of boxcars and boats were pressed into service to carry on the rescue work. As far ?.s can be learn d no lives were lost. The railroads were hard hit by the flood The Burlington bridge over Hear creek was taken out and nearly ail of the tracks in the Burlington, Rock Island and Union Pacific yards were washed out or Inundated. Be tween Dewitt and Beatrice, a distance of twelve miles, most of the track Is gone. No tru'ns are running in or out of Beatrice, an' fi will be some days before trains can be operated. From all localities in this section come reports of heavy property loss along the Blue valley. Henry Brandt, a farmer living south east of Beatrice, lost eighty head of cattle and calves and all his corn crop. Many horses, hogs and a large amount of poultry along the creek and river bottoms were swept away by the i aging torrent. Holmesville, seven miles southeast of Beatrice, Is submerged and six feet of water Is running through the depot. The Beatrice electric light plant Is shut down and the waterworks plant Is threatened. The damage In this city Is heavy. A large amount of brick pavement was washed away and basements and cellars filled with water. The Dempster Mill Manufact uring plant, was damaged to the extent of $4,000. Telephone and telegraph ires are prostrated. - Dewitt, twelve miles northwest of Beatrice, reports a rainfall of ten Inches and Wllber, six inches. The property loss In the Blue valley will run up into the thousands of dollars. The waters are receding and it is thought the worst is over. The gov ernment gauge reports a rise In the Blue river of twenty six feet. ASKS DIVORCE AND DAMAGES Gt'Ster County Man Files Suits Against Wlcs and William Leonard. Broken Bow, Neb., July 24. Thomas fL Miller, a stem-mason, who Is horn"-(-leading near Anselmo, has filed a pe tition for divorce from his wife and a suit for damages, asking $15, lino from William Leonard, a neighbor, whom ho charge's with aliniatlng his 'vile's affections. The petition and complaint contain many sensational nllcgallens. Mr. and Mrs. Miller cre married In Knlaii'a.oo seven years ago. and have one ' son, fl '0 years old. Mrs Miller left her husband last month and Is said to be In Kalamazoo. It is under stood that Leonard will fight the suit. COLE DISMISSES THE CASE Contempt Proceedings Against Mother of Child In Divorce Case Dropped. Auburn, Neb., July 24. The rase of contempt against Florence R. Cole for permitting her nine-year old boy to it main nt he-r liotti after the court had awarded the custody of the bov to J F. Cole, was dismissed by J. F. Cole, when the case was called for trial. An order was made permitting Cole to take the boy to Oklahoma on a vis it. This Is done with a view of wean ing tho boy from his mother. Typhoid Situation Grows Serious. Beatrice, Neb.. July 24. The ty phoid fever situation at the feeble minded Institution here Is more seri ous than at any time since the out break of the disease. Several of the attendants ar.d four Inmates, who are seriously 111, have been removed to hospitals In this city. Dr. Thomas, the superintendent, was reported worse and his recovery Is doubtful. Two new cases are reported, Increas ing the number to twenty-six. Carton Succeeds Poulson. Lincoln, July 21 H. F. Carsort, fol lowing the resignation of M. S. Poul :on of the Antl Saloon league, has been npno'nfed fo the head of that or ganization by the headquarters com mittee and will hold the place until llie regulnr rcccHti of the board of directors In tic fill. Worn? i to riu v Library Site. Seward. Neb., July 24. The Wom an's club t,avo a bazaar kcnshigtnn at the home of Mrs J. Miildn-jer. All of th" club, seven in number, will unite In giving a bazaar In the autumn to earn ninwy to buy a site for a city library. They hnve alrealy earned J 500. LUTHER EURBML A teses Fraud by Washington Experts In Sending Out Trash. by Underwood & Underwood. BURBANK ALLEGES FRAUD He Declares Washington Experts Send Out Trash. San Francisco, July 24. Charges that experts in the department of ag riculture, through ignorance or worse, are sending; out tons of "Just as good as Burhank" spineless cactus, which in reality Is "ancient trash, such as the builders of tho pyramids In Egypt might have cultivated," are made by Luther Burba nk. Mr. Ilurbnnk fires a broadside of sarcasm and scorn at the experts In the department. He speaks of his own achievement.! as "the most valuable Improvements In vegetable life during the centuries and fully equal In Im portance to the discovery of a new continent." ONE DEATH FROM CHOLERA IN BOSTON ol Dread Disease. lloston, July 24. Asiatic cholera has reached Boston and caused one death, while two foreign sailors who are be lieved to have brought the disease here, after being ill, have disappeared and their waorenbouts Is unknown, ac cording to a statement given out by the lloston board of health. The victim was Mis. Mastrodonlco. She took Into her home as lodgers a few weeks ago two sailors who are said to have come from an Italian port. The rnilors were 111 and have disappeared. The children of the woman are under observation nnd the board has begun an examination of many persons who have come Into contact with the dead woman. CASE DIAGNOSED AS CHOLERA Fumigating Squad Follows Trail of Spanish Sailor In New York. New York, July 24. Medical ex perts from the- board of health swept aside the doubts and waning hopes of Dellevue hospital doctors by diagnos ing as Asiatic cholera tho case of Manuel llermudes, the Spanish sailor, whom the big hospital has sheltered for two days. The verdict was hardly el ve il before a closed ambulance, hear ing Bcrmudes, rumbled away to a nearby pier, and placed the victim aboard a waiting vessel which steamed down the harbor for quarantine. Manhattan's first case of "the plague by Infection cnnie as a shock to the municipal authorities, who lost no time In attempting to purge tho city of any germs that may be left behind. In the trail of the sailor two days cold there traveled a fumigating squad to the boarding bouse where the malady attacked him. For five hours they turned their batteries upon tho structure, which, they snld, was left without a living germ of the dis ease. Swinburne Island hospital loRt an other sufferer from the cholera, a sev enteen year old boy who was a Btecr sge passenger on the steamer Mullke. Bid for First Canal Trip. Washington, July 24. "It delights me to kno.v that there are people In the Mississippi valley who are Inking practical steps to Improve our mer chant marine," wrote President Tnft, in reply to n icier asking him to per mit a vessel of the Mississippi Valley, South American and Orient Steamship company, which plans to build a fleet of American trssols. to sail through the Pnnnnn canal first. Zlmmerrvin Comes to Iowa. Iowa City, la., July 24 - B. F. Zim merman, now In the employ of the United State? government on the Isth mus o Panama, has been elec ted In structor hi shopwork In tho college of inglneerlm;. state utilveislty of Iowa, nnd will commence bis woik with the Opening1 of Kchool in September. Texas Eltction Is Cose. Dallas, Tex., July 24 Iti-turnB show a tolal of 2!'S.' J votes for untl prohi bition rid 2 1 7 . 4 1 for prohibition, a majority cf 111 for the nntl prohi bitionists In the elect !on In the stMte. RECIPROCITY BILL MAROT EPOCH Preslfie.it TaTt Issues Statement Ansnt Passage of Measure. H3PES CANADA WILL AGREE Belief of Executive That Carrying Out of Provision of Treaty Will Be of Surprising Value to Economic Con ditions of the Country. Pevcrlv, Muss., July 24. In the first liateinciit he has made since the pas oage of the reciprocity bill by the sen ate, President Taft, at the summer White Mouse, freely acknowledged that his long, hard campaign In behalf of that measure would have proved un availing If the Democrats had not helped him. The statement readj as follows: "That I tun very much pleased with the passage of tha Canadian reciproc ity bill through both houses of con gress goes without saving. I believe and bote It will be followed by sim ilar action by the Dominion parlia ment. "In my Judgment, the going Into ef fect of the agreement will mark a new epoch in the relations between the United States and Canada, and will tend to a marked Increase In the trade between th' two countries, which will bo lit every way beneflcial to both. "I hopo the credit that belongs to Secretary Knox and his special assist ants nt the state department In tne negotiating and' framing of the pact and their lucid explanation and de fense of Us terms will not be with hold. "In a cense, the bill passed was a nonpartisan measure, though the Re publicans who voted 'or It probably did so on an economic theory nnd the Democrats who voted for it on anoth er. I should bo wanting In straight forward speaking, however, if I did not freely acknowledge the credit that be longs to the Democratic majority In tho house and the Democratic minor Ity In tho senate for their consistent support of the measure, In an earnest and sincere desire to secure Its pas sage. No Amendments Tacked On. "Without tills reciprocity would have been Impossible. It would not have been dlllicult for them to fasten upon the bill amendments affecting the tariff generally in such a way ns to enibnirnss the executive nnd to make It doubtful whether he could sign the bill, and yet to claim popular approval for their support of reciproc ity In Its defeat. In other words, the Dcniocrnts did not 'play politics' In the colloquial sense In which those words are used, but they followed the dic tates of a higher policy. "We Republicans who have earnest ly sought reciprocity and some of whose votes were necessary to the passage of the bill may pi-oporly enjoy mutual felicitations on a work well done. To those who opposed the hill, on tho ground that It will do harm to tho farmeis, we ran only say that wo who have supported the passage of the hill look forward to the test of the art imI operation of the reciprocity meas ure to disprove their prophecies nnd allay their fears. Tho satisfaction that, actual experience In Its working will give, we coiiflilentlv hope will se cure its permanence. In a decade IH benefits will contribut? much to a frreater United States and greater Canada." MYSTERY ABOUT IDENTITY Statement That Dead Burglar Is Tern, pie of Atlantic Denied. Omaha, July 24. Though the body of the burglar killed by Councilman John Franek of South Omaha, while robbing his saloon, is declared to bo that of Jack Temple of Atlantic, la., denials accompanied by glaring contra dictions come from various sources. Alter summing up the various stor l"ii told by telnlives and by those who have viewed the body, the police Re lievo that the man has been accurately Identified; that an attempt has hccii made to suppress the burglnr's Iden tity, and, above all, that In the killing a dangerous nnd vicious gang of South Oinnlia thlecs has been crippled. Burr Back From Europe. Indianapolis. July 24 W. J Burns returned here from I'm ope and ap peared In Judge Markey'a branch of the criminal court to answer to four grand jury Indictments on charges of kidnaping John McNamara, the labor leader, and taking hi in to 1os Angeles, whore he Is held on charges of wi Implicated In a number of dynamiting thsrges. Burns waived arraignment on plen of not guilty and gave bond of $2,"00 on each Indictment Wyatt Erp Goes to Jail. Los Ang'des, Cal., July 24. Wyatt Fnrp, Arizona marshal and gun fighter of early days, who In lSOti, as a prlun fight referee, disqualified "oh Fltzslm nions for a doubtful foul nnd awarded n decision to Tom Shnrkey, was re tunneled to prison for failure to pro duce $ViO bond for his arraignment on a "net rich quick" charge. Heading In the Carr Case. Lltn oln, July 21. Mary J. Carr, now under nrn-st In Omiihn on a statutory charge alleged to have been commit tnd In Chicane), has asked (Jovernor Atdrleh for a hearing before the requl tlilon tor her return Is honored by the tnte executive. Automobile Falls Into Drainage Ditn. Webster City, la., July 22. Tim - feet of mud in u big drainage ditcj probably saved the lives or B. B Pli f and son, Frank, and two women from Iowa Fulls. They were returning froeei a picnic at Wall Lake when their bi touring car ran off a bridge. The ma chine turned over and fell fifteen feet in'o a drainage ditch. All members .if the party, however, were able to get out before the car settled In tin- nu. i. IRON WAGE FIGIITSETTLED Trouble Between Workers and Company Arbitrated. UNION SCALE TO BE PAID, Union Will Not Be Recognized in Any Formal Manner State Board of Health Will Form Emergency Com mittee Police Hunt Robbers. Des Moines, July 22. The trouble between the Iron workers and a local company has been amicably settled, thus ending the chance of a goneial strike affecting building In Des Moines. The company bus accepted an offer from the organl.ution of i.'on worker that It pay the union scale of wages, hut not recognize In any formal man ner the unln. This is satisfac tory all around The wage question was the cause of a near riot a few days ago on the building ot a viaduct mid has been one reason for refusal of contractors to en ter upon large contracts for some iiuie. Emergency Health Committee. The state board of health wll or ganize what will be railed an emer gency committee of the members who live In or near Icg Moines, including tho ex-olllcla members, subject to be called together at any time by the sec retary on short notice and to have full authority in all cases where quick ac tion Is desired. The state hoard is so widely scattered over the state that It cannot bo relied on In emergencies, police Hunt Robbers. Police and detectives are stturchiug. the city for the man who blew open the safe In the Interurbau station at Altooua and secured money and tick ets. About $1110 Is said to have been taken. Olllclald (or the company am making an investigation. Cattle Develop Dread Disease. " Dr. J. I. (ilbsou, state veterinarian, has received word to the effect that tho dread disease, anthrax, has devel oped among the cattle herds in Plym outh county. Steps will be taken at once to prevent an epidemic. RIVAL BABY SHOWS IN IOWA Mothers' Congress and Church Women Both Plan Exhibitions at SUte Fair. Des Moines, July 22- Ulval baby shows an! a prospect for the Iowa state fair luoit mouth. Tho Mothers' congress of the stale has announced a baby shew, A similar announcement was made preuously by the women of the Central Church of Clirlut of this city. The two ort'aiilziitlons are en gaged In a contest to see who c an of fer the must desirable prizes and the most In number. Two Wocron Hurt In Runaway. Ida (irovc, la., July 22. In mil away at IMttlo Creek, Mrs. Williuni Itnlche and Airs. Herman I'taMi wera badly Injnr' d. Mrs. Hate he had four libs broken and torn loose fiom her backbone. Mrs. I'tash had an arm broken nnd her scalp was torn and rolled up. Ilcth will tuivlw. Thcj t 'inn became frlghtcn"d at a dog I y I n n In Ibe road. Wdittrn Druggist Badly Burned1. Whittcii, la., July 22. C. F. I outf, ,1 clrulst, wa binlly, and It ma bo seriously, burned when his cloibiug caught llie while he was han.llinn wood alcohol, ionic of which bad spat tered on the iinoi' nnd on himself. Tho lire did foni" damage to the store In which tho incident happened. Found Dead Beside Track. Deiilson, la., July 22 W. W. Holmes, a tiavellng spectacle vender of WoocMilne, was found dead on the Milwaukee right of way, two miles west of Charter Oak. The supposition Is that ho fell asleep while walking the track and was hit by an east humid train. Doctor Diet of Typhoid. Mason City, la., July 22 Dr. Fred Albert, thirty years old. a popular physician of this city, and a brother of Dr. Henry Albert, state bac teriolo gist at the state university, died after a week's Illness of typhoid fever. Ho Is survived by his wife and a baby sou. Farmer Hit by Engine. Iowa City, In.. July 22-!vUarl Casey, sixty yeurs old, and a prom inent fanner was struck by a Bock Island train passing through his farm ond curried seventy fle feet on tho pilot. He was severely hurt, hut may r "cover. Youth Falls Under Train. Muscatine, la., July 22. Ben Schra clef, seventeen years (dd. fell from R Rock Islnnd passenger train, on which ho was beating his way, nnd was drugged half a mile under the train, dying within a few minutes after be ing found