THIS IN NEBRASKA
EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE
OR LESS IMPORTANCE.
Nebraska Grain Dealers Will Prob
ably Make No Effort to Prevent
Findings of the Supreme Court.
LINCOLN—It is not believed the
Nebraska Grain Dealers' association
■will make an effort to prevent the su
preme court from adopting the find
ings of fact and conclusions of law
reported by Referee L. M. Pemberton
in the suit instituted by Attorney Gen
eral Norris Brown to dissolve their
association. If the report of the ref
eree is adopted by the court the grain
dealers will have gained the only
point they contended for. namely,
that they did not solicit or receive re
bates from railroads. On this point
the grain dealers introduced evidence,
but as to the existence of their asso
ciation, the manner of its operation
and whether or not the dealers named
as defendants were actually members
of the association, little or no evi
dence was introduced by them. In
fact, their association dissolved by
mutual consent soon after the attor
ney general started his suit for an in
junction. Another important point
gained by the grain dealers, if the ref
eree's report is adopted, is that the
material part of the Gondring act will
be declared repealed and the defend
ants will not be subject to criminal
prosecution for their actions prior to
the Junkin act, which went into effect
in July, 1905. In declaring that the
state elected to stand on the Junkin
act and that the Gondring act was re
pealed by the latter, the court will re
lieve the grain dealers of considerable
anxiety. While the Junkin act is con
sidered a stringent statute, the proof
submitted by the attorney general re
lated almost entirely to actions of the
association prior to the adoption of the
Junkin law.
State Medical Board.
LINCOLN—The policy of the state
medical board in regard to young
physicians has been changed by im
portant rulings just adopted by the
board of secretaries of the state medi
cal board. The board of secretaries
is composed of Dr. W. T. Johnson of
Pawnee City, Dr. George P. Brash of
Beatrice and Dr. Seward of Burt
county. Dr. Johnson was called home
today to assist in a difficult operation
upon Dr. J. W. Ballard cf Pawnee
City. The new regulations adopted
by the board of secretaries are as fol
lows:
After July 1 all applications for reg
istration. either by examination or
through reciprocity, who have gradu
ated since August 1, 1898. must pre
sent to the board in addition to their
medical diploma a high school di
ploma or at least twenty-eight points
or a college entrance certificate or
their equivalent, or in lieu thereof,
must pass an examination before the
state superintendent before being al
lowed to take the medical examina
tion or advantage of reciprocity with
other states.
After July 1 no physician will be
allowed to practice, even though his
application to take the examination is
on file, until he shall have passed a
satisfactory examination and has had
his grades certified by the board.
National Guar:* Accepts.
Nebraska has accepted an invita
tion to attend army maneuvers at Fort
Riley, Kan. Adjutant General J. H.
Culver has had considerable corre
spondence with the War department
and has asked that the whole Ne
braska National Guard be permitted
to attend. The secretary of war has
accepted the proposition to the extent
of one regiment.
Veterinarian Takes Appeal.
Dr. Barnes, an old-time veterinarian
living at Plattsmouth, • had a hearing
before Governor Mickey and the sec
retaries of the State Board of Veterin
arians. He has not passed an examin
ation. but contends that he is entitled
to use the title “veterinarian” notwith
standing the new state law. The
board took the case under advisement.
Bring Cummings Sack.
TOPEKA, Kan.—Governor Mickey
of Nebraska was granted a requisition
for Miles Cummings, alias George
Crisfieid, who is soon to be released
from the Kansas penitentiary. Cum
mings escaned from the Nebraska
penitentiary six years ago.
Fears Liqht Aoole Crop.
NEBRASKA CITY—Fruit men re
port that the apple crop in this sec
tion was injured by the cold spell
early in May, and many of the ap
ples are falling c.ff the trees. It is
feared that the apple crop in this sec
tion will be light on that account.
Five Years for Chamberlain.
TECUMSEH—Judge Raper refused
C. M. Chamberiain a new trial in the
Nemaha county district court at Au
burn and sentenced him to five years
in the penitentiary on the embezzle
ment charge. Chamberlain will appeal
to the supreme court.
New Tack on Nebraska Militia.
A bill was introduced in the senate
by Senator Burkett, which has been
knocking at the doors of congress for
some years. The "bill provides that
recognition of the military services
performed by the officers and enlisted
men of certain states and territories,
whose military forces joined with the
regulars in the '60s in suppressing In
dian uprisings in the now states of
Nebraska. North and South Dakota, be
given certificates by the secretary of
war which shall indicate their serv
ices.
Cost'y Bolt of Lightning.
NEBRASKA CITY—During a heavy
hail and rain storm the barn of Henry
Heosch, south of the city, was struck
by lightning and burned to the ground
with its contents. Loss, $2,000.
The Young Men's Christian associa
tion will make an effort to have Hast
ings designated as the meeting place
for the next state convention of the
association. The local board has vot
ed to invite the association to that
city and is prepared to offer reasona
ble Inducements.
NEBRASKA BRIEFS.
Genera will blow in $1,000 for a
blowout on the Fourth of July.
The Swedish Lutheran church of
Oakland will put in a $2,000 organ.
Omaha’s new city directory shows
the city to have a population of 132,
741.
| Citizens of Friend have raised a
fund of $600 with which to celebrate
the Fourth.
General Manderson. who is at At
lantic City, N. J., is said to be improv
ing in health.
Four wolves were shot just outside
the city limits of West Point last week
by two local hunters.
A valuable team of bay horses was
stolen from Charles Rahdanzz. a far
mer living two miles west of Firth.
Dr. George Stewart of Springfield
was adjudged guilty of inebriety at
Papillion and taken to the Lincoln asy
lum for treatment.
It might be well to remember when
you writs to the Omaha Agency to put
in Macy, Neb., as that is the name the
place will go by hereafter.
Mrs. Henry Grovenburg of Lincoln,
after preparing and eating a meal with
her family, dropped dead at her home
in that city. She had been to all ap
pearance well prior to that time.
The contract for the pacing mare,
Emma, has been received by Secretary
W. R. Mellor of the state fair board.
Emma can do the mile stretch in
about 2:14 without driver or sulky.
Quartermaster General Humphrey
advised Senator Millard the war de
partment has decided to build during
this year a post exchange building at
Fort Omaha to cost approximately
$25,000.
Near Beemer the barn belonging to
Mrs. J. Gardner was struck by light
ning and burned to the ground. Two
head of horses were burned to death
and a great amount of hay and grain
consumed.
George Watges, a farmer living in
Logan township. Gage county, cap
tured three young gray wolves. He
shot two of them, but the other he
brought to Beatrice and received the
bounty of $2 at the county clerk's
office.
August Seefeldt of Norfolk, a tailor,
who suffered with a growth on his
neck, blindness and deafness, com
mitted suicide by stabbing himself in
the throat three times with a pocket
knife. He was 50 years old and un
married.
A tornado swept from Inman. Holt
county, to the Niobrara river at Duxe
ville, destroying staples, sheds and
live stock. Another passed through
Wayne county, between Wakefield and
Wayne, accompanied by hail, which
did some damage.
Mrs. Orrin Barber of near Jackson
was in Allen looking for her 14-year
old daughter, who she thinks some one
has eloped with or kidnaped. Several
weeks ago she sent her on a visit to a
sister near Waterbury. but the girl
never got off at that place.
The department store of E. Bode &
Sons, Falls City, which has been
in the hands of its creditors for sev
eral weeks was opened last week.
The business has been purchased by
Mr. Schmidt of Savanah, Mo., who
will continue to run the store.
W. A. Chamberlain, a prominent
stockman of Dickens precinct, Lincoln
county, was of the opinion that about
fifteen head of his horses had strayed
away, but a thorough search was
made and proved that they had been
stolen. Accordingly steps have been
taken to arrest the guilty parties.
A disastrous fire occurred on the
farm occupied by John Sanders in
Garfield township. Cuming county,
caused by the explosion of an incuba
tor lamp in the granary. The flames
spread rapidly and in a short time
all of the outbuildings of the place
were ablaze. Considerable livev stock
was destroyed by fire.
George C. Shedd, executive officer
of the Nebraska commission to the
Lewis and Clarke exposition at Port
land last summer, has recently re
ceived a number of gold medals
awarded to the state of Nebraska on
its collective exhibits, which he will
turn over to the governor for disposal
in the proper place for their future
safekeeping.
Joseph A. Steinauer. a wealthy Ger
man, living at Steinauer, and for
whom the town was named, recently
suffered a stroke of paralysis, result
ing in the partial disability of his
right side. Mr. Steinauer took from
the government fifty years since the
home where Jie still resides, a part
of the original farm, now comprising
the village of Steinauer.
Confessing that he had set fire to
half a dozen barns in Lincoln. R. N.
Yeck was arrested by Detective Ma
lone. The prisoner is accused of fir
ing the barns of his father, as well as
Carveth's and Smith's and the stables
of other transfer companies. More
than forty horses havfe been burned
alive. The last fire took place last
week. He was seen leaving the burn
ing barn and confessed his guilt. It is
supposed that he is temporarily de
ranged and has a mania for setting
fire to barns.
The homesteaders in the vicinity of
Scotts Bluff have served notice on the
stockmen that cattle must be kept off
growing crops or there will be some
thing doing.
The subscribers to the fund for sink
ing a number of wells to ascertain
whether there is oil or gas underneath
the surface of the earth in the vieinity
of Nebraska City have organized. A
sufficient sum has been subscribed to
enable the company to have a >500
weekly pay roll and still have money
left. It is intended to sink at least
two wells 2,500 feet deep.
A fish resembling an eel was caught
in the Platte east of Ashland and be
ing taken to the state fisheries was
pronounced to be a "lawyer.” There
are but two specimens of this fish in
the fisheries’ collection.
Ed Stamper, living near Rushville,
sent Lewis out on horseback after the
cattle and thought nothing more about
the matter. But an hour after, won
dering what kept him so long, he weht
in search and found him unconscious
in the pasture, his horse having stum
bled in a hole, throwing him on his
head.
_SPANISH RULER AND HIS ENGLISH BRIDE.
KING ALFONSO XIIL PRINCESS ENA OF BATTENBERG.
TRIES TO KILL ROYAL PAIR
ASSASSIN HURLS BOMB AT KINO
ALFONSO AND QUEEN.
Sixteen Persons Slain by Missile,
Which Was Deflected by Strik
ing Telegraph Wire.
Madrid.—The public rejoicings over
the marriage of King Alfonso and
Princess Victoria had a terribly dra
matic sequel at 2:30 Thursday after
noon as a bomb thrown from an upper
window exploded with deadly effect
near the coach occupied by the king
»nd queen.
Providentially, King Alfonso and
Queen Victoria escaped by an electric
wire deflecting the bomb, but at least
16 persons, most of them being of the
personal and military escort and the
other spectators, were killed. Many
others were injured.
The explosion occurred as the
royal couple were nearing the pal
ace. The route of the cortege had
been diverted from Arsenal street
to Mayor street, owing to popular de
sires. The procession had just passed
through Mayor street and was about
to turn into the esplanade leading to
the palace when an explosion shook
the buildings in the vicinity, stunning
a large number of people and throw
ing the cortege into inextricable confu
sion.
The royal coach was brought to a
sudden stop by the shock, officers and
soldiers of the escort falling to the
ground about the equerry and horses
that had been killed. The screams of
the terrified multitude mingled with
the groans of the dying.
The royal coach was intact except
as it had been damaged by flying splin
ters. King Alfonso immediately
alighted and assisted Queen Victoria
out of the carriage. They then en
tered another coach and were driven
swiftly to the palace.
All this happened so quickly that
people away from the immediate vi
cinity were not aware of the tragedy
that had been enacted and continued
to acclaim their sovereigns. Soon,
however, there appeared the empty
royal coach with two horses missing
and the others spattered with blood,
several of them bleeding from wounds.
The grooms and drivers looked death
ly pale in their spangled uniforms.
Then came a boy shouting that a bomb
had been thrown at the king.
The appearance of the king and
queen in a coach brought out delirious
ovations. The fact was recognized
that the sovereigns had been spared.
Madrid.—The police Friday arrested
an elegantly dressed Englishman, who
gave his name as Robert Hamilton, as
he was boarding a train, as the person
nearest to fitting the description of the
author of the outrage; but a lengthy
interrogation of this prisoner in the
presence of the proprietor of the cham
ber from which the attempt was made
gave no satisfactory results.
A member of the civil guard recog
nized Hamilton as a companion of
Manuel Morales on the balcony from
which the bomb was thrown at the
royal carriage. The two men also were
seen together at Barcelona.
REBATE CASE IS DECIDED.
Milwaukee Brewing Company Held
Not Guilty of Violating
Elkins Act.
Milwaukee.—The United States cir
cuit court for the eastern district of
Wisconsin Thursday handed down its
decision in the rebate case of the gov
ernment against the Milwaukee Refrig
erator company, six railroads and the
Pabst Brewing company on charges
of alleged violation of the Elkins act,
finding against the defendants with
the exception of the Pabst Brewing
company. So far as the latter is con
cerned the suit is dismissed.
The complaint was made by the
United States that the Refrigerator
Transit company had received com
missions of from ten to 12% per cent,
on all shipments of beer of the Pabst
Brewing company routed by the Re
frigerator Transit company.
Illinois Miners Sign Scale.
Springfield, ill.—The joint conven
tion of coal miners and operators of
Illinois formally adopted without a dis
senting vote Friday the joint scale
committee’s report. The agreement
holds until March 31, 1908.
Manila Aids Frisco.
Manila.—The final meeting of the
San Francisco relief committee was
he'd Friday at the government build
ings. The subscriptions, amounting to
17,170 pesos, will be sent on Monday to
the secretary of war.
Fire in Business District.
Nashville, Tenn.—Fire Thursday in
the up town business district on Third
avenue threatened the destruction of
several business houses. The fire ori
ginated in the Greenfield-Talbot fur
niture company’s store.
Gale Causes Five Deaths.
Valparaiso, Chili—The harbor was
visited by a fearful gale. The Chilian
bark Antofogasta was blown ashore.
The huge waves reduced her to small
fragtnents in less than five minutes.
Five men were drwoned.
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INSURANCE ORDER WINS.
Payment Into Reserve Fund Does Not
Keep Members in Good Stand
ing in Fraternals.
Jefferson City, Mo.—The supreme
court en banc Friday handed down an
opinion of importance to 400,000 pol
icyholders of Missouri and several mil
lion policyholders in fraternal insur
ance associations throughout the
United States.
The case was that of Mary Wester
man vs. the supreme lodge Knights of
Pythias, in which the plaintiff received
judgment for J5,236.27 in the St. Louis
circuit court for the death of her hus
band, J. P. Westerman.
The suit was prosecuted on the
theory that the defendant company
was under the same law as regular life
insurance companies.
The association forfeited the member
foi failure to make a monthly payment
due in August, 1901. The member died
in January, 1902. The plaintiff con
tended that the monthly payments for
six years prior to the date of forfeiture
had created a reserve in behalf of the
beneficiary to pay for extended insur
ance beyond the period of death, and
that the certificate was nonforfeitable
under the statute of Missouri, which
was copied from the nonforfeiture
statute of Massachusetts, and has been
adopted by three-fourths of the states
of the United States.
Judge Fox wrote the opinion of the
court en banc, holding that the de
fendant is a fraternal society and not
lfable as a regular life insurance com
pany.
FIVE DEATHS DUE TO FLOOD
Milldam Breaks, Sending Great
Stream of Water Down the Canyon
to Destroy Property.
Keno, Nev. — The most disastrous :
flood in Nevada in many years
occurred Monday morning in Golcon
da. a small town about 200 miles from
here. It was caused by the breaking ;
of the large dam in Pole Creek can- j
yon, three miles above the sheep-shear- j
ing corral of the Golconda Cattle com- |
pany. Five men were drowned and :
several are badly injured.
When the daip broke an immense
volume of water poured down the can
yon, carrying everything before it.
When it struck the sheep-shearing
coral there were a number of men at
work, and all of these were carried
away with the flood.
Not a building or fence of the Gol
conda Cattle company was left stand
ing.
The track of the Southern Pacific
railroad was undermined a mile west
of the town, and all trains are eight
to 12 hours late.
The dead are: Three Mexican sheep
shearers; a Chinese cook, and one In
dian boy. All were employed by the
Golconda Cattle company.
WIPES OUT DEBTS BY DEATH
Congressman Adams, of Pennsyl
vania, Ends Life by Shooting
Bullet Into Mouth.
Washington.—Representative Robert
Adams, of Philadelphia, died at the
emergency hospitaal Friday morning
at 11:30 o’clock from the effects of a
self-inflicted bullet wound.
A letter received by Speaker Can
non from Mr. Adams in the morning
explained the cause of the suicide. Mr.
Adams said in the letter that his debts
exceeded his resources and forced him
to abandon his ofllcial position. While
he did not indicate an intention to
take his life, he spoke of the form of
his burial, indicating that he had then
made up his mind to commit the rash
act.
Irish Leader Bead.
Dublin. — A notable career closed
Wednesday night, when after a long
and painful illness, Michael Davltt
died peacefully and painlessly at
12 o’clock, in the presence of his
oldest son Michael, and his two daugh
ters, who had devotedly attended him
through his illness, and many of his
most intimate friends, including John
Dillon.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Judge Bur
weli annulled the indictments recently
found against ex-Mayor Winkle and
cine members of the council. The
charges alleged misappropriation of
public money.
Tornado in Territory.
Vinita, I. T.—A tornado struck this
section Thursday night. At Claremore
the Neilson building, the Farmers’ Na
tional bank building, three residences
and numerous smaller buildings were
demolished.
Loss of Packed Products.
San Francisco.—It is estimated that
300,000 cases of goods were burned in
the factories and warehouses of the
various packers during the big Are, in
addition to such stocks as were in the
hands of the grocery trade.
Cramps Fatal to Swimmer.
Peekskill, N. Y.—Earl Spangler
Eicboltz, 17 years old, a student at the
Peekskill academy, was drowned at
Lake Mohegan. He went In swimming,
was seized with cramps and went down
before he could be reached.
BLUE AHB 6RAYHONOR DEAD
PATRIOTIC MEMORIAL DAY ORA
TION BY ROOSEVELT.
President Unveils Monument and De
livers Address to Students at
Hampton Institute.
Old Point Comfort, Va.—Wednesday
was a notable day in the common
wealth of Virginia. President Roose
velt joined with surviving members
of both the blue and the gray in pay
ing appropriate and impressive tribute
to the nation’s dead.
In the morning the president deliv
ered a patriotic oration in the beauti
ful grounds of the naval hospital at
Portsmouth and directly afterward un
veiled a handsome marble shaft erect
ed by the army and navy union in the
cemetery adjoining the hospital
grounds to the memory of its fallen
comrades.
The ceremonies at Portsmouth were
under the auspices of the army and
navy union. Nearly 4,000 sailors and
marines of the North Atlantic fleet par
ticipated in the parade. In addition,
there were organizations representing
the army and navy union, the Grand
Army of the Republic, the United
Confederate Veterans and many civic
and patriotic societies.
In the afternoon the president and
Mrs. Roosevelt, after an informal
luncheon and reception of the officers
of the Norfolk navy yard at the resi
dence of Rear Admiral P. F. Harring
ton, commander of the yard, visited
Hampton institute. The president de
livered an address to the hundreds of
negro and Indian students of the insti
tute, afterward making a tour of the
various departments of the school.
Hampton, Va. — A notable address
was delivered to the students of Hamp
ton institute Wednesday evening by
President Roosevelt.
The hundreds of negro and Indian
students of both sexes were assembled
in the front of the administration
building of the institute and received
the party with a cordial welcome of
song. The buildings were handsomely
draped with flags. The president was
escorted to the verandah of the admin
istration building, from which he
made his address. Before the address
the students sang with remarkable ef
fect some characteristic songs. At thd
conclusion of the hymn “The Great
Camp Meeting in the Promised Land,”
the president applauded heartily and
shouted: “More, more.”
The students in response sang, “We'
Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder.”
Dr. Frisselk the principal of the im
stitute, introduced the president, say
ing in conclusion: "We believe in
you: we honor you; we love you. We
believe you are come to bring peace
on earth and good will to all men.”
President Roosevelt spoke extem
poraneously. He said:
“Now, the first thing upon which j
wish to lay emphasis is that a school
such as this, which strives to raise
the colored man and colored women,
to make them better men and women
better citizens, is preeminently in the
interests of the white man. There is
nothing that can be done better for the
white man, who is to live side by side
with the colored man, than to train
that colored man up to be a good citi
zen. The good man, who is a white
man, by his presence, is a benefit to
every colored man in the community,
and the safety of the white man is in
having the colored man grow to be
a good and decent man.
“From the standpoint of the whitt
man, the safest and best thing that
can happen is to have the colored peo
ple around him become thrifty, indus
trious, homemakers and homekeepers
for you never yet had any formidable
quantity of criminals from a people
Dr locality where the average type was
the homemaker and the homekeeper.
So from the standpoint of the white
man nothing better can be done than
to give the colored man that real edu
cation, that real training which he
gets here at Hampton and in similar
institutions.”
Cassatt Will Not Resign.
New York-—The following telegram
was received from the steamer Ameri
ka by wireless from President A. J.
Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company: “No truth in the rumor re
ferred to in your marconigram that i
intend resigning ' presidency of the
Pennsylvania company. (Signed) Cas
salt.”
Dowie Would Revoke Power.
Muskegon, Mich., — Attorney for
John Alexander Dowie Thursday
started proceedings in the Muske
got) courts to revoke the power
of attorney given to W. G. Voliva dur
ing Dowie’s absence in the south and
under which Voliva transferred
Dowie’s palatial summer home near
Muskegon to Deacon Granger.
Decide Against Smoot
Washington, June 2.—That Reed
Smoot is not entitled to his seat in
the Untted States senate as a senator
from Utah was the decision of the sen
ate committee on privileges and elec
tions, declared Friday by a vote ol
7 to 5.
Mail Train Wrecked.
Sandusky, O.—East Lake Shore mail
and express train No. 17, crashed intc
the rear of a freight train two miles
east of here early Friday, and the en
gineer, fireman and three mail clerks
were badly Injured.
Newspaper Manager Dead.
Butte, Mont.—George W. Sikes, man
ager of the Miner, died Friday oi
Bright’s disease, aged 49 years. Mr
Sikes had been connected with the St.
Pau Globe, and the daily press of Mon
tana and Colorado.
Torpedo Boats Collide.
Plymouth, England.—During prac
tice preliminary to the forthcoming
maneuvers the torpedo boats No. 168
md 81 were in collision in the chan
ael off this port Wednesday. Bo h
boats were badly damaged.
Explosion Wrecks Oyster Boat.
Millvale, N. J.—While the sioops at
the oyster fleet were dredging above
Maurice River Cove, in Delaware bay
i terrific explosion wrecked the
schooner Hampton. A large portion
3f the boat was destroyed.
MODELS FOR SHIP STUDY.
Beplicas of Battleships and Other
Craft Made by Navy Depart
ment Draughtsman.
One of the chief aids to naval con
struction and transportation recog
nized by all modern war schools and
navy departments is the model and the
half-model. By means of these skill
fully constructed replicas of the real
battleship, cruiser, army transport or
yacht, officers are instructed in many
details of naval architecture, such as
the exact loaction of watertight bulk
heads, the allotment of space for en
gines, boilers and auxiliary engines
the double bottoms, the protective
deck, the armor, the electric system,
the location of the main and secondary .
batteries, the turrets, and other de
tails of construction and operation.
A most important branch of the
modern shipbuilding yard, whether of
merchant or war ships, is the practice
of “trying out” the model in special
tanks made for the purpose, before
proceeding with the construction of the
full-size vessel. By this means the
faults in design are discovered and
remedied.
it is understood to be the ambition
of the quartermaster general of the
United States army, C. F. Humphrey,
to make its transport service not only
equal to that of any other modern
world power, but also to be able truth
fully to assert any detail of its equip
ment faithfully represents the highest
development in that particular line.
The service that these models render
—especially the longitudinal section—
is (1) a physic-historical record, (2) a
physic-educational example and (3) a
means of instant visual comparison.
The model, in other words, presents
a practical method of teaching and of
recording naval construction and
equipment* processes, and of enabling
the department to compare what it has
already installed with what is offered
it. It is now conceded that the faith
fully designed model offers to the stu
dent of naval architecture a better
practical illustration of the hull and
equipment of the vessel shown than
the lines of the same vessel on paper.
Model making in the United States
—that is of warships and army trans
ports—is in its infancy. Those that
were furnished the war and the navy
departments prior to 1903 were made
abroad. In that year several were
made by Horace E. Boucher, a
oraugntsman in the navy deaprtmen;
at Washington. He was sent to St
Louis to erect the navy department ex
hibit at the world’s fair, which consist
ed of a model of a battleship complete
in every detail.
Realizing that one of the best object!
lessons for the guidance and instruc
tion of the heads of the various de
partments and for the officers is the
model and half model, the war depart
ment last year, through Gen. Hum
phrey, ordered one of each made of the
United States transport Sherman at a
cost of some $8,000, the model to be
one-forty-eighth the size of the ship.
Some idea of the size of the Sherman
may be gathered when it is known that
her chief dimensions are 465 feet over
all, 49 feet beam, 34 feet depth and 26
feet draught. She will carry 1,776 sol
diers, and 6,000 tons of cargo without
troops. Her bunker capacity is 2,000
tons and her tanks will hold 1,200 tons
of water. She is a four-masted, twin 1
screw steel steamship of 7,580 gross
tons. The full model and the hall
model of the Sherman, just completed
by Horace E. Boucher, is soon to be
sent as a permanent exhibit to the
state, war and navy department build
ing at Washington.
These are the first models of a
transport ever made in America, and
naval architects anu others who have
inspected them declare that they excel
in point of detail any models made
abroad. This is especially true of the
half model, or longitudinal section, for
this miniature reproduction of the
great ship, sliced in half, as it. were, i
longitudinally, shows at a glance not ]
only every frame, plate, deck and bulk- I
head, but also every piece of ma- t
chinery, the furniture, hunks, and, in <
fact, all the interior fittings required tc ;
properly bouse the troops. The store- 1
rooms and holds filled with barrels oi t
provisions are shown, also the main i
saloon with its tables and chairs, the e
staterooms, the magazlnes^the' boilers t
and a perfect little engine madb abso- c
lutely to scale, each working part be- t
ing made to fit the other with mechan
ical exactness.
MEMBER FROM CRIMSON GULCH
_ v
“I had a vague idea," said the blunt, un- ^
cultured man, L
“That this congress trick was easy when q
the dealing first began.
I thought my little intellectual pile was all ^
the stuff, D
Sufficient for a raise, or anyhow to call a g
bluff. t
And when a hand was hardly what you'd
want for standing pat, *
You'd draw a few amendments and just
let It go at that.
But I may as well confess it, though I do
so to my shame.
My feet are getting cililly and I want to
quit the game. p
"The rules are 'most too numerous and ~
hard to understand. S
There's far too many players chipping in 1
to get a hand; s
You think you have a winner, something r
picturesquely neat;
Some fellow gets a hunch an' draws four
oards and has you beat.
A little pretence now and then is nothing
more than fair, *
But when everybody's bluffing things go
'way up in the air. tl
3o I'm going to’pack my satchel and go
back to whence I came, fl
My feet are getting chilly and I want to o
quit the same.” e
-Washington Star. a
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Art Schools in France. v
There are at present in France, aside C
trom the national art schools, 200 pro- li
l incial and municipal schools of fine h
i.rts, which are free to young men and 6
women. While leaving to each school tl
;he development of the line of art suit- '
id ot local needs, the state gives direc
:ion by annual visits of inspectors of
Irawing.
Allison’s Observation. ^
> A favorable remark of United States
Senator William B. Allison, for nearly
lalf a century In congress, is Micaw- ti
>er’s observation, “Proscrastination
s the thief of time. Collar it.”
Peru’s People.
Eighty-six per cent, of the popula- li
iion of Peru are negroes, half-breeds, s
Indians and Asiatics. ' v
AS TO RATE BILL
HAS RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE
SENATE THIS WEEK.
THE NAVAL BILL COMES FIRST
then There Will Be Action on Con
ference Reports—That on Statehood
Measure Likely to Create Animated
Discussion.
WASHINGTON — The probabili
ties in the United States senate this
week include consideration of a num
ber of appropriation bills and confer
ence 'eports. The statehood ques
tion, the railroad rate bill, the tyj>e
of canal to be constructed across tht
Isthmus of Panama and the right of
Senator Smoot to retain his seat in the
senate. The week’s business will be
gin with the taking up of the confer
ence report on the rate bill and it will
hold the favored position until dis
posed of.
After action on the rate bill pref
erence will be given to appropriation
bills, the naval bill coming first among
these and the District of Columbia bill
following it. Of the appropriation con
ference reports that on the Indian bill
will receive first consideration with
others following when ready to be pre
sented.
The sea level canal bill will hold
its place as the unfinished business,
but it will continue to be jostled out
of position by other measures enjoying
higher privileges under the rules of '
the senate. It is now generally con
ceded that there shall be a vote on
this measure before the final adjourn
ment of the session, and with this
assurance Senator Kittredge, who
has charge of the bill, is content not
to press unduly for its continued con
sideration. He will, however, be pre
pared to proceed with it whenever the
way is clear and will demand a vote
at the earliest practicable moment.
There are many speeches still to be
made on the bill. Among the senator^
who are expected to speak on it are
Messrs. Morgan, Millard, Spooner and
Hopkins.
The conference report on the stat.
hood bill will be the subject of ani
mated discussion, but the belief is
quite general that the report on the
rate bill will be accepted after com
paratively little controversy.
Senator Foraker has already given
notice of opposition to the adoption of
the statehood bill and he will have the
support of several senators who stood
with him against the union of Ari
zona and New Mexico. They will
make strenuous efforts to have the
bill returned to the conferees with in
structions to stand for the senate posi
tion confining statehood legislation to
the creation of the one state out of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
OPENING OF SHOSHONE LANDS.
Registration Will Begin July 16 and
Drawing August 4.
WASHINGTON—The president has
Issued a proclamation opening to set
tlement and entry a portion of the
Shoshone Indian reservation in Wyo
pind, the area being 1,150,000 acres.
To determine the order in which appli
cations for entry must be presented, a
registration of applicants will be held
it Lander, Shoshone, Thermopolis and
it Worland, provided the Big, Horn
railroadis doing a passenger traffic to
die latter place, commencing July 16.
and ending July 31. The drawing will
be held at Lander, Wyo., commencing
August 4, 1906, and continue for such
period as may be necessary.
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Narrow Escape of Aeronaut.
CLEVELAND. O.—While making a
rial flight with his airship at an
imusement resort Sunday, Lincoln
leachey, the young San Francisco
.eronaut, narrowly escaped death by
he collapsing of the framework of the
ar. The air ship was 500 feet in the
Jr when the accident occurred, and
leachey was saved from being dashed
o the ground only by the narrowest
largin. He -managed to guide the air
hip until it was but fifty feet above
be ground, and although it fell that
istance Beachey escaped with a few
ruises.
Beef Story is Ready to Submit.
WASHINGTON — President Roose
elt received the report of Prof,
harles P. Neill and Commissioner of
abor James B. Reynolds of their in
uiry into the condition of the meat
acking houses of the country. The
latter submitted to the president ag
regates about 6,000 words and is a
rief of the investigation made by
[essrs. Neill and Reynolds.
Big Mining Deal.
KEA STONE, S. D.—The most im
ortant transaction made in Keystone
>r many years was consummated
aturday when the famous old Holy
error-Keystone group of mines was
>ld to Charles Morgan of South
range, N. J.
Reservoir Bursts.
PRESTON, Idaho—Filled to over
owing and weakened by recent rains,
le Blackhurst irrigation reservoir,
>ur miles northeast of here, burst!
ooding farms below over an area sev
ral miles square. Crops were ruined
ad many farm animals were washed
way and drowned. Wagon roads
ere washed out and the tracks of the
regon Short Line were inundated, de
ling the system’s trains several
ours. The property loss cannot be
stimated, but it will aggregate many
lousands of dollars.
Chicago Will Make an Inquiry.
CHICAGO—The city has decided
► appoint a committee to investigate
le conditions at the stock yards, with
view to determining how far the
:cent criticisms of methods employed
t the killing of beef and hogs is jus
fled.
Tablet to a Hero.
TOPEKA, Kan.—A memorial tablet
1 memory of the late Edward Graf
rom, a hero of the great flood of 1903,
as presented to the state on Sunday.