Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXV
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 10, 1908
NUMBER 44
MUCH IN SMALL SPACE FOR THE
HURRYING READER.
EVENTS COVERING WIDE FIELD
Something of Congress. Political Gos
sip Here and There, and News and
Notes of General Character.
Political.
Returns from the- primary in Ne
braska straggle in extremely slow, but
the trend is toward a constantly in
creasing plurality for Shallenberger
< dem.) for governor overcoming the
l£ad of Mayor Dahlman in Douglas
county.
Judge Taft and Senator Foraker met
at a poj? ical meeting and dinner in
Toledo. 'Each denied that there had
been any fued or friction between
them. Senator Foraker in his speech
said he would -give the republican
ticket his hearty support.
Some Omaha democrats are strong
ly protesting against the World-Her
ald for the quality of its politics.
The Republican national committee
began the distribution of campaign lit
erature from the western headquarters
in Chicago. The first documents sent
out were Mr. Taft's speech of accept
ance, Mr. Sherman's speech of accept
ance, Mr. Tart's attitude on the labor
question, Mr. Sherman as viewed by
Secretary Root, and other literature in
relation to the Republican candidates
for president and vice president.
John Hays Hammond, a well known
metallurgist, was elected president of
the National League of Republican
club at an executive meeting of the
organization in New York to succeed
General E. A. McAlpin, who recently
resigned.
Senator Moon of Wappello and Rep
resentative Demur of Davis, Demo
crats, introduced jointly in the house
and the senate of Iowa, a resolution
asking that the assembly proceed to
the election of a United States senator
for the short term. The resolution fol
lowed a number of conferences held by
the democrats.
General.
The •wholesale district of New
Orleans was swept by a $2,000,000 fire.
The lumber cut in the United States
in 1907 was the largest ever reported.
Governor A. B. Cummins, in his
messasre to the special session of the
Iowa legislature, outlined the purpose
of the session and urged the import
ance of amending the primary laws so
as to permit republicans to make a
nomination for senator this fall.
Charles Oliver Jones, the aeronaut
who invented the June Bug, was killed
by falling 500 feet. His dirigible bal
loon took fire while he was giving an
exhibition at Waterville. Me.
The public auction sale of news
print paper in New York realized $21.
340 on sales of 560 tons at an average
price of 190 1-2 per 100 pounds. The
successful bids included the Nebraska
State Journal, forty tons of Cheboygan
paper at $1.90.
Hefferon. the South African distance
runner, who finished second in the
Marathon race in London last July,
was given a banquet at Cape Town on
his return to Africa. Members of the
cabinet and the legislature and other
prominent persons participated. Hef
feron. during the course of his re
marks. stroke highly of the English
sportsmen.
The Rose county local option law
went into effect in Ohio on the 1st.
The anti aloon league announces that
petitions v *:v started at ouce in
twenty eight counties in the state for
an election to oust the saloons from
these counties. The law requires that
35 per ct r.t of .the voters shall petition
before an election is held.
Fifteen thousand Americans and
Australians tot k part in a grand re
view and para ;- it Flemington, one of
the western suburbs of Melbourne,
Australia. The Victorian journalists
gave a reception in honor of Rear Ad
miral Sperry, who delivered a speech.
it is probable that Mr. Taft will
swing around the circle, malting
speeches here and there.
Over eight thousand veterans
ntarerd in the annual parade of the
Grand Army in oledo. Judge Taft.
Governor Harris and both Ohio sena
tors were in the reviewing stand.
Thomas L. Hisgen of the independ
ent party for president and William R.
Hearst have started on a country wide
tour on behalf of the independent
party ticket.
An edict has been Issued in China
saying that a constitution will 1)3
granted nine years hence.
The lid is on tight in Atlantic City
for the first time in many years.
. The United States government has
issued its first bulletin of the irrigated
farms open to settlement in the Big
Horn Basin of Wyoming.
Democrats believe that Maryland is
sure to he carried by Bryan.
It is believed that the successor to
Count Komura as Japanese ambassa
dor at' London will be Baron Makino
Nobuski. former minister of education.
The democratic national committee
is having trouble in securing a man
to manage the campaign in the east
ern states.
County Judge L. N. Layport died
suddenly at Valentine, Neb., fiom
heart failure in his son's harness shop.
The damage by floods in North and
South Carolina and Georgia will reach
into millions. The number drowned in
the vieinty of Augusta is estimated at
sixty.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson de
clared that after forty years’ investi
gation the department of agriculture
was ready to say conclusively that
American land is not wearing out.
Brazilian Ambassador Xabuco spoke
at the sixty-ninth convocation of the
University of Chicago.
In the presence of nearly 15,000 per
sons at Freeport, 111., the memorable
joint discussion of fifty years ago be
tween Lincoln and Douglas was re
enacted.
J. Cullen Root, of Omaha, sovereign
commander of the Woodmen of the
World, was elected president of the
Associated Fraternities of America.
The eightieth birthday of Tolstoi
was celebrated in Russia.
Russell Sage’s estate is valued at
$04.153,800. This fact became known
through the signing of the order for
the transfer tax payable to the state.
Foreign.
Germany arouses the European dip
lomats by its declaration for recogni
tion of Mulal Hafid and a war cloud
again appears on the continental hori
zon.
Ricardo Rodriguiez. chief of the bu
reau of supplies and vouchers in the
Havana postoffice, who disappeared
after the discovery of a shortage in
that department amounting to $53,135,
was arrested by the police.
The Chinese government is consid
ering the recall of Wu Ting Fang, the
Chinese minister at Washington, on
account of recent disclosures cn his
part which are believed in Pekin to
have been indiscreet. The govern
ment for some months , past has been
embarrassed by Mr. Wu's platform
and other utterances, and by his at
titude as a public character in Amer
ica. •
The reason assigned for holding the
international exposition at Tokio in
1917, the date to which the govern
ment is said to have decided to post
pone it, is that that year will be the
fiftieth anniversary of the Meiji period
and the accession of the emperor.
It was definitely decided at Tokio
that K. Kato, minister of foreign af
fairs under a former cabinet, will be
the next Japanese ambassador to Lon
don, that post being vacated by the
return of Count Komura to assume his
new duties as minister or foreign af
fairs under the Katsura cabinet.
Paris is still at its indefinite sea
son, daring which smart functions are
suspended for a time. Many fashion
able persons are returning to America
Still others are at summer resorts,
from Marienbad to Trouville.
Washington.
Announcement was made in special
orders of the war department that by
direction of the president a genera'
court martial had been appointed to
meet at Fort Wayne, Midi., Septem
ber 9. 1908, for the trial of such per
sons as may be brought before it. The
fact that the personnel of the court
comprises some cf the officers of the
highest rank in the army indicated
that an officer of high rank was to be
placed on trial.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Prouty, who has returned to Wash
ington, expressed the belief that legis
lation may be expected next winter
giving the commission power to pass
on increases of freight rates before
they become effective. This legisla
tion was strongly urged last session.
He believes that for the present a gen
eral increase of rates need not be
feared. If rates are increased then he
expects agitation for drastic legisla
tion.
Secretary Wilson will depart for
Maine Sept. 9 and will speak in that
state several days before the Maine
election. Sept. 15. On Sept. 15 he will
speak in Boston. Secretary Garfield
will be in Maine at the same time.
First Lieutenant Russell T. Hazzard,
of the Seventh infantry, in whose case
a court martial was ordered at Fort
Wayne, Mich., in January last, has
been wholly retired from active ser
vice in the army.
The navy department is considering
the advisability of sending several ves
sels now on the home stations to meet
the battleship fleet.
The national republican committee
has begun sending out campaign liter
ature.
Personal.
Judge Taft made four political
speeches in his trip across Ohio.
Colored voters are for Tart, declares
Bishop .7. S. Caldwell.
William J. Bryan will write each
week until election a letter to be sent
to every jirecinct democratic club In
the country, giving advice and suges
tion as to the line of campaign. This
novel feature of a presidential strug
gle was made known by John L. Tom
linson. head of the bureau of club or
ganizations of the democratic clubs
' throughout the eastern states.
At the Grand Army encampment in
Toledo veterans are being entertained
by citizens in their homes instead of
being placed in tents.
President Roosevelt at a conference
at Oyster Bay said that, speaking as a
citizen of New York, he favors the re
nomination of Governor Hughes.
Germany suggests the recognition of
Mulai Hafid as sultan of Morocco in
the interest of peace.
The shah cf Persia Is defeated and
his financial policy is being blocked
by the money loaners of Europe, who
ask for control of the finances of the
empire.
Editors from different cities and
representing 150 labor papers met in
convention at Chicago. L. W. Quick
of St. Louis presided at the opening
session.
National Chairman Mack has an
nounced the September speaking dates
of Mr. Bryan.
MANY PRIMARY BALLOTS ARE
YET IN the BOXES.
SEVERAL BAYS BEFORE FINAL
! Sheldon Had No Opposition, While
Shallenberger, Democrat, Seems
to Be Ahead for Governor.
Omaha—Difficulty is being experi
enced in tabulating the returns of Ne
braska’s primary election. The fig
ures were not gathered in the various
county seats except where local con- j
tests called forth this activity by can- I
didates and it will undoubtedly be I
several days afier the official canvass j
in the counties before complete fig- ;
ures may be secured.
The governorship in the democratic. ;
party overshadows other contests, but !
in a number of counties no effort has
been made, even by local democrats, !
to collect the figures and the open- j
ing of the ballet boxes will be awaited
for their revelation. While Mayor I
Dahlman of Omaha appears at present i
with a substantial lead, growing out
of his big plurality in Douglas county, ;
it is conceded that Shallenberger is
making steady gains over the mayor
in southwestern and the middle west
ern counties wherever figures are ob
tainable. Dahlman expects to make
substantial gains in the northwest, j
but it has been suggested also that in
some instances populist votes have
been counted in with democratic votes
for him. He made a killing in Butler
and Sarpy counties, leading over Shal
lenberger. But in Butler, the home
of the populist, Berge was high man.
While Dahlman men profess to be
greatly encouraged, they are obliged
to admit that Shallenberger's chances
for victory appear well grounded.
The congressional contest in the
Third district between Edgar Howard
and J. S. Latta, which at the outset
tended toward Latta. now seems
somewhat more close. Incomplete re
turns show the two candidates to be
running neck and neck. Senator Al
drich. who is running against E. H.
Hinshaw in the Fourth district, threw
up the sponge and conceded Hin
shaw’s nomination.
The Sixth district hcht reveals con
gressman Kinkaid well in the lead
fpr renomination. He is apparently
net. to have any difficulty in winning.
In the Second district Jefferies has
! a walkover for the republican nornina
! tion. Congressman Hitchcock idem.)
' had no opposition.
j In the First district McGuire, dem
i ocrat. appears to be leading F.tasim
mons for congress. The returns are
still too incomplete in the Fourth to
show the democratic winner. In the
Sixth there is scarcely anything upon
which to base a prediction, though
Westover is running well in the lead.
Indications point to the nomination
of J. A. Williams for railway commis
sioner.
Contests on auditor, state superin
tendent of public instruction and land
commissioner must await the opening
of the poll books before they are de
termined.
Returns from 250 of the 1.700 pre
cincts in the state, outside of Douglas
county, indicate the nomination of
Shallenberger for governor by a plu
rality of 10,000 provided the ratio of
the earlier returns is maintained
throughout the state.
GRAND ARMY ON PARADE.
Over Eight Thousand Veterans March
Through Streets of Toledo.
Toledo, O.—The Grand Army of the
Republic parade Wednesday was re
markable for the absence of accidents
and cases of exhaustion and for the
good order which prevailed, not only
among the dense crowds along the line
of march, but throughout the city.
Mayor Whitlock at night stated that
despite the crowd of 100,000 visitors
th°re had been fewer accidents, fewer
misdemeanors and less work for the
police generally than on any average
day of the year. The weather was of
the made-to-order variety, bright sun
shine and a temperature comfortably
below the summer average. Over 8,000
veterans were in the parade.
I
HUDSPETH TO BE MANAGER.
New York—Robert F. Hudspeth,
chairman of the New Jersey state dem
ocratic committee, announced that he
has been appointed and has accepted
the position of vice chairman of the
national democratic committee, and
that he will be eastern campaign man
ager for William J. Bryan.
Potato Bugs Clog the Track.
Bristol. Conn.—Potato bugs on the
rails at Laz> Lane stalled eight trol
ley cars laden with excursionists
bound to Lake Compounce. In spite
of the terrible slaughter the bugs held
possession until the car men could
sand the tracks.
Shercliffe Found Guilty.
Leadville, Colo.—The jury in the
case of Sherman W. Morris, alias
Frank Shercliffe, late of Des Moines,
charged with the slaying of John
Walsh, a Leadville saloonkeeper, in
June. 1S93, have returned a verdict of
murder in the second degree.
Rear Admiral Glass Dead
Paso Robles, Cal.—Rear Admiral
%Henry Glas, U. S. A., retired, died late
Wednesday night at a health resort
here, of heart failure, following an ope
'ation performed several days ago.
NEVIUS IS ELECTED
CHOSEN COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
OF GRAND ARMY.
CHOICE MADE FIRST BALLOT
J. Kent Hamilton of Ohio Elected
Senior Vice Commander.—The
Women’s Relief Cores.
Toledo, O.—Colonel Henry M. Nevlua
of Red Bank, N. J., was elected com
mander-in-chief of the Grand Armjf of
the Republic.' The election occured
on the first ballot, which gave Mr.
Xevius 454 votes, compared with 254
for former Governor Van Sant of Min
nesota and 90 for L. T. Dickason of
Illinois. On motion of the former Min
nesota executive the nomination of the
New Jersey man was made unanimous.
Other officers were chosen as fol
lows:
Senior Vice Commander—J. Kent
Hamilton of Ohio.
Junior Vice Commander—C. C.
Royce of California.
Chaplain-in-Chief—J. F. Spence of
Tennessee.
Surgeon-in-Chief—G. Lane Tannehill
of Maryland.
J. W. Stebbins of Alabama made a
fight for junior vice commander on
the ground that the south, with its
150,000 graves of Union dead to care
for. should be represented on the na
tional staff. \V. M. Scott of Atlanta,
Ga., the retiring junior vice command
er. declared that the south, represent
ed by J. F. Spence among the national
officers, had every reason to be sat
isefied.
The selection of a city for the next
encampment will be made Friday, and
although the weight of sentiment so
far expressed is in favor of Salt Lake
City, this city is certain to meet with
opposition.
Colonel Nevius, a native of New
Jersey, was studying law with the late
Russel A. Alger of Michigan when
the war broke out. and enlisted from
that state with the Lincoln cavalry.
Young Nevius rose to a commission
with the Seventh Michigan and the
Twenty-fifth New York cavalry regi
ments, and lost an arm in front of Fort
Stevens when the union army was en
gaged with General Early. Colonel
Nevius, besides being twice depart
ment commander of New Jersey, has
been a judge and president of the New
Jersey senate.
The "Women’s Relief corps elected
Mrs. W. L. Gillman of Roxbury, Mass.,
president.
SENTIMENT IN ENGLAND.
It Is That the New Sultan Should First
Make Promises.
London—It was learned that the
British government is holding aloof
from Mulai Hafid. the new sultan of
Morocco, for the present, but that it
proposed to recognize him in due time.
British officialdom is irritated by the
course adopted by Germany which it
regards as an attempt to gain in
fluence over and the good will of Mulai
Hafid by stealing a march on the other
powers. Consultations are now going
on between Great Britain, France and
Spain and there is no doubt but that
Great Britain and France will act to
gether and probably insist that Mulai
Hafid give promises to carry out the
obligations of Morrocco to the powers
before they recognize him.
BIG GIFTS TO EDUCATION.
Frederick Cooper Hewitt Leaves $4,
OCO.GOO to Eastern Institutions.
Oswego, N. Y.—More than $4,009,000
is left to charitable institutions, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
Yale university by the will of Fred
erick Cooper Hewitt, who died at nied
at his home here last Sunday. To rela
tives and friends less than half a mil
lion dollars is left. The estate is esti
mated to be worth from $5.000,000 to
$8,000,000.
Foreclosure Against Road.
Pittsburg.—Foreclosure proceedings
against the Pittsburg-Wabash Termin
al Railway company upon the first
mortgage and property given to se
cure first mortgage bonds was com
menced in the United States circuit
court here today by the Mercantile
Trust company of New York.
SULTAN MUST PAY. THEN HANG.
Philippine Territorial Court Passes
Judgment Upon Dunharra.
Manila—The territorial supreme
court decided that the sultan of Duna
harra must hang for the part he took
as leader of the raid on Parang, Island
of Mindanao in January, 1906, wherein
J. W. McDonald of that place was
killed by the raiders. Besides being
condemned to be hanged the sultan is
ordered to pay to the heirs of McDon
ald 1,000 pesos ($500).
Slow Primary Returns.
Omaha—Returns from the primary
in the state continue to straggle in,
but in such incomplete shape as io be
unsatisfactory and tell little. Election
officers in so many instances failed to
bring in duplicate returns outside the
sealed package that it will be impos
sible to present anything like a story
of the result until after the official
canvass, which commenced Friday.
The ballot is so long that many
counties will not complete this work
before Saturday and some of them
possibly not before next week.
NOW LET SOMEONE COME TO THE RESCUE.
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The United States Government Has Filed a Claim for Thirty-Five Cents
Against Two Railroads.—News Item.
ATHLETES MEET PRESIDENT
OLYMPIAN VICTORS RECEIVED
AT SAGAMORE HILL.
—
Each Is Warmly Praised—Mr. Roose
velt Tells How Proud He Is of
Their Achievements.
Oyster Bay, X. Y.—With a gun from
the local yacht club booming a rous
} ing welcome, the American Olympic
team, victors in the recent events in j
London, steamed into the waters of
Oyster bay Monday ; r their visit to
Fresident Roosevelt.
When they left their boat and
reached the top of Sagamore Hill Mr.
Roosevelt was on his veranda where
he had been scanning them eagerly for
several minutes as they approached,
two abreast, whistling “A Hot Time in [
the Old Town To-night."
James E. Sullivan, the American
commissioner, was first to be received
by the presidenL He acted as mas
ter of ceremonies, presenting each
one of his charges in turn. The presi
dent grasped each one by the hand
and to each he spoke a few words of
mingled greeting and commendation.
John J. Hayes, the Marathon hero,
had the distinction of being the first
to be presented.
"I am proud of you,” said the presi
dent to him as he gave him a -vigorous
hand-shake, "your feat was marvelous.
You won a great race and I am glad of
it."
Tewanina. the Indian, who came in
ninth in the Marathon race, pleased
the president immensely.
"I am glad, indeed," he said to him,
"that a real original American Indian
competed for America and represented
the country abroad. It was a fine
showing that you made.”
So it was with each and every one of
the team that had made the trip and
when the last man had been grasped
■O' the liar:d and his heart cheered by
the president’s words and he had
passed into the dining-room and par
taken of refreshments, Mr. Roosevelt
followed in, and then had to listen to
seme cheers for himself.
I Some one proposed three cheers for
'the greatest president the Vnited
States ever bad. Theodore Roosevelt,”
and everybody responded. Mr. Roose
velt then addressed the athletes briefly.
Spanish War Veterans Meet.
Boston.—Over 3,000 veterans of the
Spanish war are gathered in this city
for the fifth annual encampment of the
United Spanish War Veterans, which
opened Tuesday. The Philippines
were represented by a delegation
that arrived by train from New York.
The chief event preliminary to the
opening of the encampment was the
.banquet tendered by the state branch
at the Quincy house Monday night to
Walter S. Hale of this city, the com
mander-in-chief.
Pays Off Immense Loan.
New York.—The Trust Company of
America of New York, upon which a
sensational run was precipitated dur
ing the financial panic of - 1907. has
managed its business so successfully
as to enable it to pay off a loan of
$25,000,000 which it then effected.
Will Amalgamate Two Schools.
Lincoln. Neb.—At the concluding
session of the German Methodist Epis
copal conference for western states,
it was voted to amalgamate the Ger
man college at Mount Pleasant. Ia.,
and the theological seminary at War
renton, Mo. The united schools will
be located at Warrenton, Mo.
James Stanwood Pierce Dead.
Tacoma. Wash.—James Stanwood
Pierce is dead at his home here of
apoplesy. aged 78 years. He was a
> cousin of President Franklin Pierce.
GIANT TREES ARE IN DANGER.
Fire Threatens the Famous Calaveras
Sonora. Cal.—The Calaveras group
of big trees, one of the natural won
ders of the world, is in serious danger
of destruction by fire. Starting from
sparks thrown off by an engine used j
to haul logs on Monday last, the j
fire quickly spread to the heavy timber
a mile west of the north grove of big
trees.
The first point of telephonic com
munication with the grove is Mur
phy's, some 15 miles distant, and from
this place late Wednesday word was
sent that the fire had reached the
edges of the grove of mammoth trees
and. driven by a strong wind, was
threatening to wipe out everything be
fore it. There is little if any under
growth of bush among the big trees,
however. It is hoped and believed
by the settlers and rangers that the
fire will not readily take hold of the
living trees. The dead giants, how
ever, will probably be destroyed. Al
ready "The Mother of the Forest,” a
great dead hulk at the edge of the
grove, is aflame.
POLICE ARREST WRONG NEGRO.
So Says Springfield Woman Assaulted
by Colored Man.
Springfield, 111. — At two o'clock
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Earl Hal
lam signed a statement that George
Richardson is not the negro who as
saulted her on the night of August 14.
A warrant i3 reported to have been j
sworn out for the arrest of another
negro named Ralph Buston. who may ;
be implicated in the assault.
It was the alleged assault charged
against Richardson and his arrest and
removal to Bloomington. 111., that pre
cipitated the recent bloody race riot.
Twelve more indictments were re
turned by the special grand jury
Tuesday in connection with the recent
riots. Ernest Humphrey, alias "Slim" j
Humphrey, was indicted on a charge !
of murder, the true bill implicating I
him in the murder of Scott Burton. j
the aged negro who was lynched at j
Twelfth and Madisou streets.
Burglar’s Conscience Hurt Him.
Philadelphia.—Joseph G. Maritell
surrendered himself to the police here
Friday, declaring that he was wanted
for robbing the home of Miss Bertha
Brand in City avenue, Brooklyn, on
October 28 last, and also the home of
William Gluck, fourth assistant exam
iner in the patent office at Washing
ton. The latter robbery was commit
ted. he said, on November 9, 1907. “I
have been tortured by my conscience
and can get no rest day or night, so I
want to face trial and end it all,”
Mantell told the detectives.
Council of Women Meets.
Geneva. — The International Coun
cil of Women, which was organ
ized by American women at the Chi
cago world's fair in 1893, and whose
membership totals about 7,000,000,
representing all parts of the world,
held its opening session here Tuesday.
Cruisers and Tows Reach Honolulu.
Honolulu.—The cruisers of the Pa
cific fleet, commanded by Rear Ad
miral Swinburne, finished the first
stage of the cruise undertaken to test
the practicability of towing torpedo
boat destroyers when the flagship
West Virginia, the Maryland, Pennsyl
vania and Tennessee docked at one
o’clock Wednesday afternoon in the
harbor and the remaining vessels, in
cluding the supply ship Solace, an
chored outside. The arrival of the
ships was witnessed by* many resi
dents of the islands.
PARADE OF THE GRAND ARMY IS
A GREAT SUCCESS.
IS REVIEWED BY MR. TAFT
His Dramatic and Cordiai Meeting
with Senator Foraker Elicits
Cheers from Old Soldiers
and Spectators.
Toledo, O.—For an hour or more
Wednesday the great parade of
the Grand Army of the Republic, with
its attendant throngs, served merely
as the background of as dramatic an
incident as has enlivened a political
campaign in some years, namely the
public meeting of William H. Taft
and his erstwhile rival, Senator Jo
seph Benson Foraker.
The Republican leader and his an
tagonist politically of the pre-conven
tion canvass met in the official review
ing stand, shook hands, smiled and ex
changed greetings, while from thou
sands of throats came cheer after
cheer as the significance of the inci
dent dawned upon the beholders.
Mr. Taft, bronzed from much golf
and some fishing in Middle Bass
island, ignorant of the impending
meeting, arrived from the island on
Commodore Richardson's power boat
Jassamine at 10:30 o'clock in the
morning. His progress along the
streets in an automobile, accompanied
by Gen. Corbin, President Lewis of
the Middle Bass Fishing club, and
Mayor Whitlock, was a continued ova
tion. The thousands in the reviewing
stand stood when he entered, and for
some time after he had become seated.
Then Senator Foraker appeared and
the two shook hands cordial y and
chatted together.
Parade a Great Success.
The parade was remarkable for the
absence of accidents and cases of ex
haustion, and for the good order which
prevailed, not only among the dense
crowds along the line of march, but
throughout the city. Mayor Whitlock
stated that despite the crowd of 100,
000 visitors there had been fewer acci
dents, fewer misdemeanors and less
work for the police generally than on
any average day of the year. Aside
from a veteran who was slightly
bruised by being hit by an ambulance,
there were no accidents, and not more
than a dozen visited the hospital as
the result of fatigue.
Estimates of the number of veterans
in line varied from 8,000 to three times
that number, but it is doubtful if there
were more than 12,000. The various
posts marched with half a block be
tween them, and the departments were
even further apart. There was a good
ten feet separating each row of
marchers and it was this liberality of
space which made it require four hours
to pass the reviewing stand. Fully
half the veterans wore the badges of
either Michigan or Ohio.
Some Amusing Features.
Some of the veterans, wise in ex
perience of parades, carried camp
stools over their arms, and whenever
there was a halt they promptly sat
down, to the envy of their comrades.
The first amusing incident of the
march came with the marching past
of the Rhode Island detachment. Two
veteran tars, in sailor suits and each
carrying a broom bearing the placard.
"Who won the battles of '61 and '65?
We did," danced along the way and
were the targets of many flowers.
The Berdan sharpshooters carrieo
their name on a 12-foot cloth sustained
by poles at each end and borne by two
men. The wind being brisk, propelled
the bearers forward faster than they
cared to go, and they were compelled
to strain at the banner at every step
to avoid being carried forward at a
run.
AERONAUT DASHED TO DEATH.
Falls 500 Feet Before Great Crowd
at Waterville, Me.
Waterville, Me.—In full view of 25,
000 horrified spectators assembled on
the Central Maine fair grounds here
late Wednesday, Charles Oliver Jones,
a well-known aeronaut of Hammonds
port, N. Y., fell 500 feet to his death.
Among the witnesses of the frightful
plunge were Mrs. Jones and child, and
they were almost the first to reach
the side of the dying man. The aero
naut died an hour and a half after the
accident.
Jones had made an ascension in a
dirigible balloon. The gas bag
leaked and sparks from the motor set
the machine afire.
Gen. A. P. Stewart Dead.
Biloxi, Miss.—Gen. Alexander P.
Stewart, one of the last two surviving
lieutenant generals of the confederate
army, died at his home here Sunday.
Like the Lees. Gen. Stewart, after
the close of hostilities between the
states, gave himself up to the instruc
tion of southern youth an 1 served
from 1S74 to 1S8C as chancellor of the
University of Mississippi.
Publisher Kills Himself.
Lewistown, Pa.—James S. Stack
pole, Republican candidate for director
of the poor, and a member of the firm
of Stackpole Brothers, publishers of
the Lewistown Gazette, while mentally
unbalanced committed suicide near
Mifflintown by shooting.
Pittsburg Exposition Opens.
Pittsburg, Pa.—The twentieth an
nual season of the Pittsburg exposi
tion, the only industrial exhibit of its
kind in the United States, opened hero
Wednesday night