Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXV
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , AUGUST 6, 1908
NUMBER 39
MUCH IN SMALL SPACE FOR THE
HURRYING READER.
EVENTS COVERING WIDE FIELD
Something of Congress. Political Gos
sip Here and There,1 and News and
Notes of General Character.
Political.
Chairman Hitchcock, after an ex
tended conference with republican
leaders in New York; £ajwunc$d.-that
the national committee-*rould tftke'Tpo
part in selecting candidate for gover
nor in New York or any other state.
Chairman Mack of democratic na
tional committee has announced the
appointment of subcommittees.
To hold the Democratic state con
vention August 20 and the Republican
convention August 21, the two opening
days of the Iowa state fair, is a plan
submitted by Secretary John Simpson
to the two state party committees.
Unlike his distinguished opponent,
who refused to accept an elephant as
a mascot, Mr. W. J. Bryan, in response
to a letter from the Agricultural So
ciety of Minnesota, telegraphed that
he would be delighted to avail him
self of their offer to send him an '‘edu
cated” mule as a mascot.
Hearst's independent league sees
no hope in old parties and declares
for reforms on its own behalf.
Attorney General Bonaparte and
legal experts are laying plans to push
the prosecution of the Standard Oil
company.
Bryan win make a few speecnes at
central locations and will remain at
home most of the time during October.
The national convention of the in
dependent party nominated Thomas
L. Hisgen and John Temple Graves
for president and vice president.
Judge Taft in an address to the
Ohio republican committee gave his
endorsement to the work of leaders in
that state and advised workers against
over-confidence.
William R. Hearst in his speech
opening the convention of the Inde
pendence party advised organization
of a new national party that will work
for interests of the people independ
ent of all other organizations.
W. J. Bryan the presidential can
didate, was initiated into the Ak-Sar
Ben at Omaha in the presence of a
large crowd.
At the Union railway station in New
Orleans there arrived on a Southern
Pacific train a large shoe directed to
• Bill Taft, Washington, D. The
shoe, which is about a No. 14 in size,
is reported to have come all the way
from San Francisco.
General.
The New York, New Haven & Hart
ford road has attacked the nine-hour
law affecting railroad employes.
The first test of Henry Farman's
aeroplane in New York was a success.
Dun’s review of trade says the job
bing business in western cities is im
proving and that the production of
factories is increasing. 1
Prof. P. G. Holden of - the Ames
(la) college says the- reason for low
corn yield is that too many; stalks are
doing nothing. * '
Mr. Bryan’s notification will take
place August 12th and_ it. will be strict
ly nonpartisan. . j
Relations between Honduras and
Uncle Sam are not altogether lovely.
The Nebraska state board of equali
zation tentatively raised the assess
ments on land in thirty eight counties
aAd lowered it in eight counties.
judge tail nas au ms campaign
plans laid out and will not change
them.
,The old age pension bill passed the
house of lords on the 31st ult. in the
form adopted by the house of com
mons.
The American Lumberman has been
Investigating the condition of the
building trade in Nebraska, and after
getting figures on material and lumber,
in comparison with last year, it says
that now is a good time to build.
Fires in the ‘'millionaire colony” of
New York summer homes are becom
ing of almost daily occurrence.
It is unlikely that Cortelyou will
make the race for the republ can nom
ination for governor of New York.
William J. Bryan declares that tbi
Independence platform is an imitation
of the democratic, but not nearly aa
good.
Judge Taft has been made a mem
ber of the dredgemen’s brotherhood.
President Roosevel* declared him
self pleased with republican prospects
over the country.
The suit brought by Count Boni d*
Castellane against his former wife,
who is now Princess de Sagan, for the
possession of his three children has
been postponed until the fall term of
court.
Samuel Gompers denied that he
said he could deliver the labor vote.
It is estimated that forty per cent
of the automobiles in the Nebraska
are not assessed.
J. A. Delfelder, president of the
Wyoming Wool Growers’ association,
believes the National Wool Growers’
association will locate their big ware
house in Omaha.
In a successful effort to lynch a n°
gro three men were killed and many
wounded at Pensacola, Fla.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has announced that it will inves
tigate the proposed increase in rates
without waiting or them to become
effective or or the filing of protests.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma will
Jse treasurer of the democratic nation
al committee.
Shippers in session at Chicago de
cided to take no action against the
proposed increase in freight rates un
til after conference with the presidents
of the eastern trunk lines.
The Irish university bill was passed
in the House of Commons by 207
votes to 19, amid loud cheering,
in which the nationalists took the lead.
By a vote of 7-1^ to 5^. the del
! egates in the Seventh Iowa district
republican convention nominated
Judge S. F. Prouty for congress over
Congressman J. A. T. Hull.
Cotton growers of Mississippi have
i r tanized and will hold the crops until
better prices prevail.
The Kansas national guard will be
the only state troops to stay the full
..tea,','days at the army maneuvers at
Fort Riley in August. Nebraska will
not send its troops at all.
President Roosevelt orders that im
mediate steps be taken for a rehear
ing of the Standard Oil case.
Governor Charles E. Hughes of New
York will accept a renomination if the
republican party of that state desires
him again to be its candidate.
Promulgation of the new constitu
tion in Turkey was received with little
enthusiasm in Cons{antinople, but it is
believed that it marks a step forward.
President Roosevelt in an extended
adress to naval officers at Newport
said the United States needs a large
and strong navy, because of its pe
culiar situation and many international
obligations.
Foreign.
The sultan of Turkey has appointed
a special council to put the new con
stitution into effect
President Castro of Venezuela de
mands an apology of government of
the Netherlands.
The Thomas car in the New York to
Paris race crossed the frontier at
noon July 30 and reached Paris at S
o'clock in the evening.
Delegates to the universal peace
congress were tendered a banquet at
London.
The French government will prose
cute leaders in the labor demonstra
tion at Vigneux.
Demonstrations over the new Turk
ish constitution which was promulgat
ed July 24 coniinue. A crowd of over
200,000 persons gathered outside the
palace in Constantinople and cheered
the sultan.
Rev. E. C. Dinwiddle of Springfield,
Ohio, legislative superintendent of the
National Anti-Saloon League, has ac
cepted an invitation to conduct a par
liamentary campaign in England for
local option after the American plan.
The armored cruiser Milwaukee has
been ordered to Honduras ou account
of unsettled conditions there.
Washington.
‘ The report that I have said that I
would or would not deliver the labor
vote to any political party is an in
famous lie,” said Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor today. “Organized labor is
not only hcnest. but intelligent
enough to choose the party for its
support which will best represent its
interest.”
Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of
the republican national committee, de
voted his time chiefly to correspond
ence and to making preliminary ar
rangements in connection with the
headquarters work at New York
which was done by telephone. Mr.
Hitchcock has arranged with Francis
Curtis for the printing that is to be
done.
Tiie Appalachian national forest as
sociation unanimously elected D. A.
Tompkins of Charlotte, N. C., as
president. This is said to signify re
newed efforts on the part of southern
people to make a great national forest
of the Appalachian and White moun
tains.
Attorneys for the government have
determined to make application for
reargument and modification of dec*
sion of court of appeals in Standard
Oil case. It was also agreed to push
the other cases pending against o:;
corporations.
Acting Secretary of the Navy* New
berry announced that none of the bid
submitted for colliers under the pro
vision of the naval appropriation ac
of the last session of congress arc
satisfactory and all of them were re
jected.
Representative Lloyd of Missiouri.
etc.irman of the Democratic congres
sional committee, indulges in predic
tion that his party will carry the next
house.
Personal.
William B. McKinley of Illinois will
succeed James S. Sherman as chair
man of the republican congressional
campaign committee.
Hisgen and Graves were nominated
for president and vice president by
the independence party. I. S. Shepar I
of Kansas, who attemped to nominate
Bryan, was escorted from the hail
to prevent personal injury.
Secretary Bonaparte and assistants
will meet to decide on details of lega'
fight against the Standard Oil Co.
Norman Mack decides to open dem
ocratic headquarters in Auditorium
Annex in Chicago.
The Sultan of Turkey thanks the
people for tue manifestations follow
ing the grant of the constitution.
Wm. Randolph Hearst, who recently
arrived from Europe, says he cannot
be a candidate for the presidency on
the independent ticket.
Notification of Judge Taft of his
nomination as republican standard
i bearer was made a general holiday in
i Cincinnati. Ceremonies incident to
I the occasion began early in the day
j anu lasted until late in the evering.
A LARGE AREA IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA DEVASTATE^
TOWN COMPLETELY WIPED OUT
Up to Last Accounts Seventy four are
Dead, With Many Casualties Yet
to Be Reported.
Winnipeg, Man.—As a result of bush
fires, the town of Fernia, B. C., is
wiped off the map as a child cleans a
slate; Michel, fourteen miles distant^
is in flames, and the fate of Homer,
Olsen and Sparwood, intervening
towns, is in doubt, they being cut off
from all communication. Over 100
lives are known to have been lost,
seventy-four of them in Fernie. A ter
ritory of 100 square miles in extent is
a seething mass of flames. Through
it are scattered hundreds of lumber
men and prospectors, so that the
actual loss of life will not be known
for days.
The properties of the Canadian Pa
cific and Great Northern railways are
destroyed the bridges and rolling
stock burned, so that it is impossible
to enter or leave the burning area.
The inhabitants of the towns have
fled to open districts in the vicinity
in the hope of safety. The railway
companies have placed all available
trains at their disposal and unless
there is a change of wind within the
next twenty-four hours the whole of
tuc v>iuv> a r etas vuuutv v> aix uc
left to the flames. There is no pos
sibility of estimating the loss of life
especially which will result, for the
flames are driven by a hard gale, mak
ing it impossible to put up a fight
against their advance. The conflagra
tion is the greatest which has even
been witnessed in Canada and ranks
only with the San Francisco disaster.
For the last month forest fires have
been raging In the mountains of the
Elk river valley country, but they
have not been considered serious.
Saturday morning a heavy wind
sprang up from the crest of the
countains to the west of Fernie.
They ran down the west and early
in the afternoon the flames appeared
ovr the mountain side, and before a
fire guard could be organized had
entered the town. Within an hour
the town was doomed and the inhabi
tants sought safety in flight, leaving
their all behind them. All night and
in the morning the exodus continued,
the dertination being a small prairie
in the valley three miles south of
the town. At present 3,000 people
are camped there in the open, their
only protection being shelters built
of bri'.sh or blankets, while a con
stant shower of sparks from the burn
ing area kept falling through the pall
of smoke. For a time communication
with towns to the east was kept open,
but with the burning of the bridges
across the Elk river this way was
closed. Scattered through the valley
are many small nrairies and all of
these have their groups of refugees.
The hills in all directions are a
seething mass of flames, cutting off
every avenue of escape. The fire
spread with unprecedented rapidity
and it is feared that several parties
who tried to get through the pass
have been cut off. Families have
been separated and there is at pres
ent no means of checking up the fa
talities.
At present the fire is fololwing the
crest of the mountain chain abov.e
Sparwood, eating down into the val
leys on either side. It is traveling at
a tremendous rate and unless there
is a change of wind will cross the
boundaries into Montana within the
next twelve hours. There are thou
sands of mines and prospectors'
claims ni the track of the fire, all of
which are in peril.
Price of Glass Advanced.
Pittsburg. Pa.—The price of window
glass was advanced Aug. 1 by the
American Window Glas company, the
increase being 20 per cent on single
strength and 33 1-3 per cent on double
strength. The advance, it is said, will
be followed by an early resumption of
operations in most of the glass facto
ries.
Fears Trouble With Navajos.
Denver, Colo. — General Earl D.
Thomas, commanding the department
of Colorado, has been instructed to
dispatch immediately six troops of
cavalry to the Navajo reservation. The
order came from the war department
and was induced by the fear that rene
gade Utes will induce the Navajos to
rebel.
Curtis Moves to New York.
Washington—The republican nation
al and congressional committee's l't
erary bureau which has been con
ducted in this city under the direction
of Francis Curtis, has been closed, the
furniture and documents shipped to
New York.
Indian Chief Slowly Dying.
Menominee, Mich.—David Crotch,
head of the once mighty Pottawatto
mie Indians, is slowly dying at the In
dian reservation of his tribe at Her
manville. The aged Indian chief is
said to be close to 80 years. He is
said to be a descendant of the chief
who signed the treaty with the United
States in 1833. In his youth and prime
he was considered one of the most
powerful Indians in this ration and
his will was law. For the «ast two
years his health has failed and he has
had few well days since.
“HELP! HELP!!”
iHOOfEveiT
£*YAN
^tBATE.
SANOS DIES AWFUL DEATH
VANDERBILT'S STEPSON DIES IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
Smash-up and Explosion of Motor Car
Occurs Near Stepfather's Beau
tiful Country Seat.
Paris.—In one of the most terrible i
automobile accidents in many years in j
France G. Winthrop Sands, a stepson i
of W. K. Vanderbilt, was killed j
Wednesday morning just outside the !
grounds of Mr. Vanderbilt’s beautiful [
country seat, the Chateau St. Louis I
De Poissy, 20 miles from Paris.
Mr. Sands was driving his 50-horse ;
power car along at a terrific clip, in ■
a desire to reach the chateau, where j
Mrs. Sands and her infant daughter j
were staying. He had always been
known as a reckless driver and, as he j
had been delayed at railroad crossings,
he opened the throttle wide as he ap
proached the chateau grounds.
Almost immediately a tire burst and
the machine crashed into a tree, turn
ing turtle and burying Mr. Sands un
der the forward" i«-. t and pinning the
chauffeur, Pickins, to the ground. An
explosion followed and in a moment
the car was in flames.
Peasants working in the adjoining
fields were the only witnesses to the
accident. They rushed to the rescue,
hut fearing a further explosion of the
gasoline tank and deterred by the
sweep of flames, they stood idly by,
not knowing how to give assistance to
the injured men. Finally they man
aged to raise the rear of the car and
release the chauffeur, and a little later,
after beating down the fire, they
dragged out the torn, bleeding and
burned body of Sands.
Help soon arrived from the chateau,
which is in the center of Mr. Vander
bilt’s great breeding farm. The in
jured men were carried to the house,
where it was found that Sands was
beyond the hope of recovery, but that
the chauffeur was not seriously in
jured.
BIG FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Hamburg-America Pier and Quan
tities of Merchandise Burn.
Philadelphia.—The Hamburg-Amer
ica line pier of the International Mer
cantile Marine company, at pier 46
South Delaware avenue, was destroyed
by a spectacular fire Friday night, en
tailing a loss estimated at $400,000.
The German steamer Albano, from
Hamburg, was anchored at the pier
and had to be towed out into the river.
The cargo of the boat was on the
wharf and was destroyed together
with great quantities of merchandise,
including 1,000 bales of burlap.
Weds a Japanese Noble.
La Crosse. Wis.—An international
romance was consummated here
Thursday when Shegetaro Korikubo.
member of a noble Japanese family,
was married to Miss Marie Louise
Harrison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.
A. Harrison of this city. Mr. Korikubo
is a graduate of two American univer
sities. His brother is one of the lead
ers of the Japanese parliament and his
father, now deceased, was governor of
one of the Japanese provinces.
Detroit Man Slays His Wife.
Detroit, Mich. — Crazed by the
heat and also somewhat under the j
influence of liquor, Tim Minaban, a j
lineman, wound up a quarrel with his
wife by shooting her twice through the
head and the heart Wednesday, killing
the woman instantly. Minahan then
turned the revolver upon himself and
inflicted a dangerous wound in his
forehead.
Wants Mine Sealed as Tomb.
Cheyenne, Wyo.—In a report made
to Gov. B. B. Brooks Friday on the
Hanna coal mine disaster of last
March, costing 59 lives. State Coal
Mine Inspector Noah Young declares
that certain laws governing the opera
tion of ccal mines had been violated
by the LTnion Pacific Coal company in
its haste to open up one entry in which
there had be«.-n a Are, thereby causing
an explosion. The inspector suggests
that the mine be sealed forever as a
tomb for the men whose bodies were
[ not recovered.
FARMAN FLIES WELL.
Successful Tests of French Aeroplane
Are Made.
New York.—Rising from the ground
like a giant bird and darting through
the air at express train speed. Henri
Farman's aeroplane, the interesting
heavier-than-air flying machine he
brought here from France to demon
strate his ability to fly, made its initial
flight in this country late Friday after
noon at Brighton Beach.
It rose from an especially prepared
runway at the will of the inventor and
after attaining a height of 25 feet
flew straight ahead on a direct line,
finally alighting with exquisite grace
when the noted air pilot diminished
the motive power.
During the brief space of time in
which the aeroplane was skimming
over the center field of the racetrack,
the few hundred spectators, most of
whom were friends of the inventor or
rival aviators, watched the flight with
breathless interest. The instant the
trim-looking machine landed cheers
rent the air—cheers far more enthusi
astic and vociferous than those of a
racetrack crowd. Farman was sur
rounded and literally hugged by the
jubilant aeronauts. Members of the
Aero Club of America, under whose
auspices Farman will conduct his pub
lic flights at Brighton Beach, wanted
to carry the successful inventor off
the field on their shoulders.
TO BUILD G. A. R. BATTLESHIP.
Veterans in Ohio Start Movement for
Popular Subscription.
Marion, O.—A movement to raise
money by popular subscription to build
a mammoth United States battleship
was inaugurated Friday by Owen
Gray post, G. A. R., at Larue, this
county. The only request to be made
of the national government, according
to the resolutions adopted by the post,
is that the battleship shall bear the
name "Grand Army of the Republic,”
as a memorial to the veterans of the
civil war. It is expected that every
Grand Army post in the country will
take up the movement. Contributions
of one dollar or more are to be re
ceived from all citizens.
PECULIAR DEATH OF A GIRL.
Leakage of Heart, Caused Probably
by a Needle Point.
Warsaw, Ind.—Within five minutes
after she awakened her mother early
Friday to tell of a peculiar sensation
that had come over her, Violetta
Bowen, aged 16, passed away from
leakage of the heart. It is one of the
most peculiar cases that has ever
come to the attention of local physi
cians. A post-mortem examination de
veloped that a minute sharp instru
ment, resembling the point of a
needle, had entered her heart through
the arteries.
Michigan Convention Dates.
Grand Rapid3, Mich. — The Re
publican state central committee at
a session here Wednesday afternoon
decided to call the state nominating
convention for September 29 at De
troit. James O. Murfin of Detroit will
be temporary chairman. The county
conventions were called for September
9. E. E. Alward of Clare was made
secretary of the state committee and
Charles Moore of Detroit treasurer.
M. Fallieres at Christiania.
Christiania.—The French battleshir
Verite, having on board President Fal
lieres and convoyed by a squadron of
French warships, arrived here Friday
afternoon. King Haakon boarded the
battleship and greeted M. Fallieres.
Killed While Resisting Arrest.
Doniphan, Mo.—W. B. Whitwell
who kept a country store in Ripley
county, 20 miles from here, was shot
and killed Friday while resisting ar
rest, by G. W. Smith, who claimed to
be a deputy United States marshal.
Girl Killed in Auto Accident.
Mineola, L. I.—As the result of an
automobile accident near Roslyn, L. I..
Friday, Louise Reinhardt, the 11-year
old daughter of John .Reinhardt, a
newspaper artist, was fatally injured
and died in the hospital here.
INDEPENDENCE PARTY NAMES
ITS TICKET.
HEARST’S KEYNOTE TALK
He Rakes Over Old Political Faiths—
One Man Nearly Mobbed-for Sug
gesting Bryan as a Can
didate.
Chicago.—For President—Thomas L.
Hisgen of Massachusetts.
For vice-president—John Temple
Graves of Georgia.
The above ticket was nominated
Tuesday night by the Independence
party at its first national convention.
The friends of Mr. Bryan made an
effort during the night session to
bring his name before the convention
and the man who atempted it nearly
produced a riot and narrowly escaped
physical violence at the hands of the
indignant delegates. The man who
sought to place Mr. Bryan in nomina
tion was J. I. Shepard of Fort Scott,
Kan. He did not succeed in his mis
sion, for being called to order by the
convention and questioned by Chair
man Charles A. Walsh, he admitted
that it was his intention to name Mr.
Bryan. That wa3 the first and last
time he mentioned the name of the
Democratic leader. He was promptly
ruled out of order by the chairman
and under the guard of several ser
geants-at-arms he was hustled out of
the hall while some of the incensed
delegates vainly attempted to strike
him with fists and one of them swung
at him savagely with a cane.
i nree uanots rseeaea.
The nomination of Mr. Hisgen was
made on the third ballot, his chief
competitors being Milford W. How
ard of Alabama and John Temple
Graves of Georgia. Reuben R. Lyon of
New York received a complimentary
vote on the first ballot and William
Randolph Hearst had 49 friends who
voted for him on the first two ballots.
The nomination of Mr. Graves was
made unanimously, all the other can
didates having been withdrawn.
Mr. Hearst’s Speech.
In the course of his “keynote”
speech. Temporary Chairman Hearst
said:
“In 1792 Thomas Jefferson, who had
penned the principles of the Declara
tion of Independence, founded the
Democratic-Republican party to per
petuate those principles.
“In 1S40 this party, founded to be
the party of the people, had become
the party of privilege, and the Demo
cratic party came into being and crys
tallized about the personality and prin
ciples of Andrew Jackson. In 1S54
the Democratic party had become the
property of an arrogant aristocracy
which denounced the self-evident
truths of the Declaration of Independ
ence as ‘self-evident lies.’ Then the
Republican party was |om to restore
the action of the government to the
principles of Washington and Jeffer
son. and Abraham Lincoln led it to
victory.
“Is it not time, is there not need, for
a new party which shall take up the
work of the parties of Jefferson, of
Jackson and of Lincoln and preserve
for us and for the citizens of the fu
ture the rights and liberties which
these parties in their hour of useful
ness preserved for the citizens of their
time?
Calls Old Party Faithless.
“The old parties, in this day of their
decadence, are no longer equal to this
work, for they have become unfaith
ful to the principles which inspired
them and unworthy of the patriots
who founded them. The Republican
party is the open and avowed hand
maiden of the trusts. It scorns those
who would rescue it, repudiates those
who would reform it, and glories
brazenly in its profitable infamy. The
Democratic party is merely envious of
its sordid sister's ill-gotten finery. It
upbraids her at one election and imi
tates her at the next. The Republican
leaders are the political attorneys of
trusts and monopolies, the representa
tives in public life of those giant cor
porations which have superseded the
people in this republic as the source
of power and the seat of authority.”
Lyncher Killed; Negro Hanged.
Pensacola, Fla.—At the cost of one
man killed and many wounded, some
of whom will die, a mob at 11 o'clock
Wednesday night succeeded in taking
Lee Shaw, a negro, from the Pensa
cola jail and lynching him in the pub
lic square of the city. The lynching
followed a battle at the jail, the build
ing being desperately defended by the
sheriff and his deputies.
Woman Killed; Body Burned.
New York.—In the finding of the
half-charred body of a young woman
early Wednesday morning in an iso
lated section of Williamsburg. Brook
lyn, one of the most atrocious and
cunningly-planned murders that has
been given to the police to solve in
many years was revealed.
Gen. Drain Robbed in London.
London.—Gen. James A. Drain, pres
ident of the American Rifle associa
tion, informed the Associated Press
Thursday that his apartment in a hotel
here was recently robbed of jewelry
and two medals wen at Bisley by the
American rifle team.
Democratic Michigan Convention.
Saginaw, Mich.—At a meeting here
Thursday the Democratic state cen
tral committee decided to hold the
state convention for the nomination
of a state ticket October 1 at Saginaw.
TO FIGHT OIL DECISION
CONFERENCE OF AUTHORITIES
AT LENOX, MASS.
Attorney-General Bonaparte Announ
ces That Attempt Will Be Made
to Secure New Hearing
Lenox, Mass.—After an all-day con
ference of the leading government
prosecuting officers and Prank B. Kel
logg of Minnesota, one of the special
counsel for the government in certain
civil suits, it was announced by Attor
ney General Bonaparte Wednesday
that every effort would be made to se
cure a revision of the recent decision
and opinion of the United States cir
cuit court of appeals in the case of
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
and that an application for a reargu
ment of the case and a motion for a
modification of the opinion would be
submitted to that court.
The following statement was made
by the attorney general:
‘•The government will make every
effort in its power to secure a revision
of the recent decision and opinion of
the circuit court of appeals for the
Seventh circuit in the case of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
either by the court of appeals itself, or
if necessary by the supreme court of
the United States. The gentlemen
who have been in consultation with
me all unite in my opinion that in the
interest of the impartial ar.d effective
administration of our laws, such ac
[ tion on the part of the government is
imperatively demanded by the cir
I cumstances of the case and the pos
sible consequences if this opinion
should stand as authority without
question by the government. To this
end an application for a reargument
of the case and a motion for a modifi
cation of the opinion will be submit
ted to the circuit court of appeals on
behalf of the United States at the
earliest possible moment Other ap
propriate steps will be taken after
ward, their character to be determined
by the court's action upon this appli
cation.”
F. DORR SUSPENDS BUSINESS.
Prominent Broker Closes His Many
Offices.
San Francisco.—Frederick Dorr, a
broker with offices in this city, Los
Angeles, Salt Lake City, Butte, Mont.,
and Spokane, Wash., a member of the
New York stock exchange and the
Chicago board of trade, telegraphed
Tuesday from New York to his local
manager to suspend business. Lack
of patronage, due to dull times, is the
cause given for the suspension.
He maintained expensive offices in
Los Angeles and this city, with leased
wires connecting them with eastern
cities. Dorr wired from Chicago:
“No one has lost any money, or
will. I am not trying to sell my mem
bership in any exchange. They are
absolutely clear, and no money Is be
ing borrowed on them.”
Dorr is well known socially on the
Pacific coast.
ASSAULTER BURNED AT STAKE.
Greenville, Tex., Public Square Is
Scene of Dire Vengeance.
Dallas, Tex. — “Tad" Smith, a
negro boy, 18 years oid, charged with
criminal assault on Miss Viola De
lancey at Clinton, Hunt county, was
captured by officers Tuesday. He was
taken before the young lady and iden
tified. The prisoner was then hurried
to the Greenville jail. Before arriv
ing there, however, a mob of citizens
overpowered the officers, took the pris
oner and prepared to hang him. This
idea was given up, however, and the
mob agreed to burn him at the stake.
Fagots were piled up in the public
square at Greenville and the negro
was placed thereon. Kerosene oil was
poured on and a match applied. Smith
slowly burned to death while 1,000
people witnessed the execution by
fire.
Parachute Jumper Killed.
Jackson, Mich.—William Oliver, a
young acrcnaut of Mason, Mich., was
killed Thursday while making a para
chute drop at Hague park, on Vander
cook lake near here. Just as the para
chute filled the strings on one side
snapped and the aeronaut dropped
2,000 feet to his death, the parachute
trailing, a useless rag, after him.
Oliver landed near a crowded merry
go-round and lived five minutes after
being carried to the nearest house.
Wife-Slayer Is Dead.
New York.—Dr. Andrew Bergen
Cropsey, the veterinary surgeon who
shot and killed his wife in her home
at Bath Beach a week ago, died sud
denly in the Raymond street Jail,
Brooklyn, Tuesday. Heart disease, ac
cording to the prison physician, was
the cause.
Iowa Merchant Found Dead.
Iowa City, la.—The body of Edward
Eckert, a jeweler of Marengo, was
found partly submerged in the Iowa
river near Amana. Two bullet holes
were in the temple.
Mother and Child Drowned.
Petosky, Mich.—Mrs. Ralph Harris
of Kansas City, Mo., and her five-year
old son were drowned at Walloon lake
Friday. It is thought that the woman
jumped into the lake to rescue the
child who had fallen in.
Man Commits Hari-KIri.
Burlington, la.—David Lamasuey, a
dealer in fine horses, who traveled ex
tensively but had no permanent home,
committed suicide by the hari-kiri
method. He was leuiporariiv deranged
by the heat