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VOLUME XXV LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , OCTOBER 8, 1908 NUMBER 48
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.
Senator Beveridge, in a speech r.t
Fargo, N. D.. discussed tariff revisio ..
Declaring that it would be suicidal
to the labor movement "for any man
or set of men” to deliver the vote of
organized labor to any party. Presi
dent Norman E. McPhail of the Bos
ton. Mass., typographical union has
written a letter to Chief ttillis E.
Moore of the United States weather
bureau declaring that the labor vote
as a body cannot be delivered.
Two thousand persons who were
packed on the floor of the skating
^ rink at Albuquerque, N. M.. to hear
W. R. Hearst were disappointed. Mr.
Hearst did not arrive here until 11:4-4
o'clock because of train delays. He
delivered his speech next day.
Governor Hughes of New York will
make three speeches iu South Da
kota.
Judge Taft said at Omaha that his
tour of the western states convinced
him he would be elected.
W. J. Bryan in an extended reply to
President Roosevelt's recent letter,
says his record is sufficient reply to
^ accusations against him and that he
is willing to leave the matter to the
voters.
President Roosevelt gave out a list
of the convictions of corporations aud
their agents for the last year which
was not included in the list in his
letter to Mr Bryan.
Senator Beveridge discussed the
demands of labor in a speech at Terre
i Haute. Ind.
A special from Guthrie. Okla.. says
Governor C. N. Haskell is preparing
to bring suit in the next few days
against William R. Hearst because of
the latter’s charges concerning Gov
ernor Haskell.
General.
Geo. S. Bristow of Texas was elect
ed president cf the National irrigation
congress. The next ma ting will prob
ably be held in Spokane.
The son of resident Roosevelt has
been placed at work washing wool in
the Thotnpsonville Carpet factory.
Governor Sheldon of Nebraska has
issued a quarantine proclamation
against cattle from parts of northwest
Nebraska and section of Wyoming and
South Dakota cn account of anthrax.
The s‘n of Admiral Robley Evans
has been ordered to courtmartihl for
absence from his post while on duty
with bis fleet.
The League of American Munici
palities at its final session in Omaha
decided to go to Montreal next year.
The Editor c,f the Manila (Philip
pine Islands; Time^ says if the E li
pinos could vote Tap's election wifuld
he practically unanimous.
Allegations of drunkenness were
made against Mrs. Howard Gould.
Bankers at Denver went on record
as against the guarantee of deposits
and i>ostal sayings banks.
Dr. A. T. Peters of the Nebraska
university read a paper on tubercu
lous animals at the Washington con
ference.
Testimony taking in the Standard
Oil ouster suit began at Chicago.
Dr. Koch says a campaign of edu
cation is necessary to cope with the
white plague.
Charles A. Howland, president of
the Quincy (Mass.) Mutual Life In
surance company, died last week,
aged seventy-nine.
Both presidential candidates were
In Lincoln one day last week
President Roosevelt’s reply to Mr.
Bryan deals caustically with Mr.
Haskell, the president charging Mr.
Bryan with having opportunity for
knowing about charges long ago.
The Indiana legislature in special
session passed a county iocal option
A bill, the vote in the house being 55
to 45. The bill now goes to the gov
ernor for signature. The governor
called the session for the purpose of
passing the bill.
Justice Mills has denied the ap
plication of Harry K. Thaw for a
jury trial to determine whether or
not Thaw is sane, but promised to
give Thaw a hearing before himself
in a few days.
The savings bank section of the
American Bankers' association in the
Denver meeting passed strong resolu
tions against the inclusion of savings
bansk in any plan for guaranty of
deposits.
secretary v> unon oi vne depart
ment of agriculture, after a call from
the president announced that he
would make a number of speeches in
•.the west during the campaign. He
will start on his tour October 15.
Judge Taft last week spent three
days campaigning in Nebraska.
Ak-Sar-Ben festivities in Omaha
this year drew the largest crowds
ever.
The long drouth in the east bids
fair to be broken by general rains.
Cold weather with frosts follow the
rain in the western central states,
going as far south as Texas.
Fifty-six western railroads filed ap
plication for an injunction in federal
y court in St. Louis to restrain the In
terstate Commerce commission from
enforcing its order reducing rates on
live stock from Texas points to Oma
ha and other northern and northwest
ern points.
The war department announced the
appointment of ninety-one second
lieutenants from civil life.
City officials from all over the coun
try were in attendance at the twelfth
convention of League of American
Municipalities held in Omaha last
week.
The forestry policy of the adminis
tration and official acts of Chief For
ester Pinehot were attacked in meet
ing of National Irrigation congress.
Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma says he
will bring suit against W. K. Hearst.
The first snow in Nebraska fell at
Alliance, but soon melted.
Senator Dupont of Delaware has
resigned from the speakers' bureau of
the republican committee.
Washington.
Secretary Wilson left Washington
for tile west, where he will engage in
the campaign until election day. His
first speech will be made in the con
gressional district of Representative
Pollard at Nebraska City, October 10.
As the result of a report made by
the civil service commission President
Roosevelt removed Lincoln Avery, col
lector of the port Port Huron, Mich.,
and also directed the removal of
Charles H. Dailey, special agent of the
treasury at that place
President Roosevelt made reply to
William J. Bryan's recent speech in
which he maintained that the demo
cratic party and platform were not
getting a spare deal in the cam
paign. The president’s reply deals
particularly with Mr. Bryan's asser
tion that the administration has been
neither sincere nor effective in the
prosecution of trusts.
The statement of a cattle raiser at
Morgan City, La., that he had an or
der to ship 200 horns for President
Roosevelt's party for use on an African
hunt was characterized by Secretary
Loeb as ‘'ridiculous.”
The interior department made public
a letter of Secretary of the Interior
Cornelius N. Bliss, dated November j.
190", revoking the disbarment of A. E.
Vorys of Ohio from practice before the
department. Mr. Vorys is a member
of the iiolitical staff of Judge Taft. Th<»
letter states that Judge Vorys was dis
barred for having withheld i pension
money.
Foreign.
It is understood that the wireless
telephone experiments conducted for
the British admiralty during the .past
ten days by Dr. Lee De Forest have
fully satisfied the admiralty officials,
who. under tiie direction of the in
ventor, have be n testing wireless
telephony between the admiralty of
fices in London and vessels 'of, the.
channel fleet. *'
F. B. Smith, director of agriculture
of the Transvaal colony, will sail tram
London for the United States. Mr.
Smith goes to America in connection
with *h£ agricultural development of
the Transvaal.
For the twenty-four hours ended at
noor. October 1st the municipal hos
pitals of St. Petersburg reported the
admission of 225 new cholera cases
and ninety-eight deaths.
The tourist steamer Argonaut sunk
in a collision in the British channel,
the 250 passengers and crew barely
escaping with their lives.
The new lord mayor of London, who
will be inducted into office with the
customary elaborate parade and cere
monies on November 9. is a son of
the late Alderman Sir Francis Trus
cott, who was lord mayor in 1879-80.
Sir George Truscott succeeded his
father as alderman of Dowgate ward
in 1895. having for thirteen years pre
viously been a member of the com
mon council.
American registration had almost
completely disappeared from Berlin
lists last week, causing the hotel
keepers reluctantly to proclaim the
Yankee season at an end. They are
now engaged in figuring out just how
many million marks the financial cri
sis and presidential year have cost
them.
Personal.
Congressmen James S. Sherman
and Nicholas lyongworth sj>oke in
the district of Speaker Cannon.
W. J. Bryan sent a long letter to
President Roosevelt in which he de
nied that he had ever heard any
charges that Governor Haskell was
connected with the Standard Oil.
Gov. Haskell's last letter to the
president it is understood will not
be replied to.
Mr. Bryan concluded a three-weeks’
tour by speeches in Iowa, during
which he replied to some statements
of President Roosevelt.
M. Weiler. a French aerial promot
er. has ordered fifty aeroplans of Wil
bur Wright.
William R. Hearst in a speech in
Denver read additional letters and
affidavits supporting charges he made
against. Governor Haskell and Sena
tor oFraker.
The democratic national committee
addressed a letter to Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte concerning trusts.
A inass meeting of 300,000 persons
in London passed resolutions protest
ing against passage of the licensing
bill.
Gove rnor Hughes of New York was
formally notified of his renomination
and in the evening he made three
speeches in Brooklyn.
A farewell service for the eighty
missionaries who are leaving for
posts in China, Japan, India, Africa
and the Philippines, was held by
the American Baptist Missionary
union. Boston. Numbered among the
mission workers who are going out
for seven years’ service are three
Netraskans, Rev. William Axling and
Mrs. Axling, who go to Japan, and
Rev. E. N. Harris, who goes to Bur
mah.
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EVENTS WHICH THREATEN A
CHANGE OF POLITICS.
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Eastern War Clouds Gather Over
Night and Two Armies Are
Already Mobilizing.
London—Events which threaten to
change the political face of Europe
are crystalizing with lightning ra
pidity. Almost over night the horizon
of the near east, which seemed grad
ually to be assuming a peaceful appear
ance, has become crowded with war
clouds.
News has reached here from several
sources that two definite strokes are
impending which cannot fail to bring
matters to a crisis, and perhaps force
an immediate war. One is the proc
lamation by Prince Ferdinand of the
Independence of Bulgaria, which will
include Roumelia taking for himself
the title of “Czar.” The other is an
announcement of Austria-Hungary of
the practical annexation of the pro
vinces of Bosnia and Herzegobinia as
appanages of the Austro-Hungarian
crown.
Either action will bp equivalent to
the tearnig of the treaty of Berlin,
while Prince Ferdinand’s course
seems almost certain to precipitate a
war between Bulgaria and Turkey. Be
fore these possibilities, the quarrel
over the east Roumelian section of
the orient railway sinks into insigni
ficance. Both armies are reported to
be quietly and swiftly mobilizing near
the borders. Bulgaria is said to be
buying up ammunitions and horses on
an extensive scale.
The Bulgarians have faith in their
army, which has reached a high state
of efficiency, although it is perhaps
lacking in officers and the war. for
which Bulgaria has long been suspect
ed of preparing, could be fought with
most advantage for it now than when
the Turkish government had time to
re-organize its forces, which have be
come enervated by the corruption and
neglect of the old regime.
j.iie emperor oi Austria, u is under
stood, has dispatched a letter to the
president of France setting forth his
intentions regarding Bosnia and Horz
egovinia. although the contents of the
letter are kept s'ecret. and he is send
ing similar notes to the other powers.
**TV s**»rrts -nwwllMf *bst -Emperor
Francis Joseph, who always has b-*en
a scrupulous observer of forms, should
reveal his plans to the rulers cf other
nations before he has communicated
them to his own parliament. One ex
planation is that the letter was not in
tended for delivery until Tuesday
when identical notes would be present
ed to the other powers.
Big Crowds Head for Lands.
Mitch; 11. S. D.—Over 2.000 people
were in Mitchell Sunday enroute to
Chamberlain to make their filings for
the Rosebud lands. Many arrived on
the late trains last night and on the
morning trains today. The Milwaukee
road sent out its passenger train in
two sections carrying twenty-five
coaches, not being able to accomodate
the excited crush which was anxious
to get on the ground for the day of
registration. Among the crowds were
hundreds of women taking their
chances among the vast crowd.
Man Goes Over Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls, X. Y.—Brewster
Cameron, aged G2 years, a merchant
of El aso, Tex., was drowend here.
With F. H. Fulford of Bellaire, Md.,
and C. D. Pidball of Buffalo, he was
sitting on the bank of the river
about half a mile above the falls,
where the bank was very steep.
"When the party attempted to arise
Cameron lurched forward and fell
into the river.
W. J. Bryan's Itinerary.
Chicago.—W. .T. Bryan’s itinerary
after being in Chicago. October 8. was
announced at democratic national
headquarters as follows: October 0,
speaking in Illinois at Joliet. Streator.
Galesburg and Quincy and at Fort
Hannibal. Mo.: October 10. speaking in
Missouri and at Kansas City and St.
Joseph, returning to Lincoln, Neb., the
same night.
GREAT WELCOME FOR FLEET.
Japan Proposes to Outdo All Other
Countries Visited.
ToUio—Japan is planning to give
the American battleship fleet a wel
come that shall eclipse in splendor
and enthusiasm any of. the previous
receptions. The arrival of the fleet
at Manila has given a stimulus to the
interest in their forthcoming visit to
Japan and the preparations for the
constant entertainment of the Ameri
can officers r.nd men are now com
pleted. The vessels are due here Oc
tober ^7 and will remain a week.
BOOSTING COMMERCE OF WEST.
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Meets at San Francisco.
San Francisco.—The nineteenth an
nual session of the Transmissippi con
gress will meet here nest Tuesday,
with 1,500 delegates in attendance.
The commercial organizations cf
every state west of the Mississippi
will have representatives at the gath
ering and a great variety of subjects
of importance to the west half of the
United States will be discussed. There
, will be three sessions daily.
THE PARAMOUNT PROBLEM.
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MORE GOULD CASE BRIBERY
HOTEL EMPLOYE TOLD F-RIEST
OF BEING OFFERED $2,000.
Wife Submits Affidavit Defending Her
self Against Charge of Drunken
ness Made by Husband.
New York. — That $2,000 had been
offered an employe of the Hotel
St. Regis to give false testimony
against Mrs. Howard Gould was the
substance of an affidavit, purporting to
have been made by Rev. Father Joseph
G. Murray, which was presented to
Justice Giegerich in the supreme
court Friday.
The case came up before the jus
tice on a motion to strike out certain
allegations in Mrs. Gould's complaint
in her suit for a separation from her
husband, as scandalous and irrelevant.
Mrs. Gould's counsel opposed the mo
tion and presented several affidavits in
which it was charged that certain wit
nesses had been hired to testify in
favor of Mr. Gould. The affidavit of
Father Murray was one of the papers
presented, li declares that Michael H.
Hoodv had told the priest that while
he was employed at the Hotel St.
Regis where Mrs. Gould lived, a de
tective went to him with the proposi
tion that he "give a proper report of
Mrs. Gould's comings and goings at
the hotel, the amount of wine she
drank and the names of her visitors,
notably those of them that wrere men.”
Another affidavit, made by Maurice
Molloy, alleges that Molloy was under
contract, while custodian of Castle
Gould at Port Washington, to treat
Mrs. Gould in a contemptuous iashion.
The lawyer for Mrs. Gould recited
how it was alleged that Molloy had
gone into the house, sat on divans and
puffed cigarette smoke in Mrs. Gould's
face when she ordered him out of the
house.
An affidavit submitted by Mrs. Gould
in reply to allegations of her husband
that she is addicted to the use of in
toxicating liquors, says:
"When living in the country and
spending most of my time in the open
air, I have drunk a cocktail on sit
ting down to luncheon, and generally
a glass of white wine with luncheon.
At dinner, whenever I felt like it, f
drank a cocktail and a glass of cham
pagne. We were always accustomed
to have wine served at these meals,
but that was the extent of my drink
ing.”
Bulgaria Prepares for War.
London.—A news agency dispatch
from Sofia says it is officially an
nounced there that M. Malinoff. presi
dent of the council, has telegraphed
Prince Ferdinand, who is making a
tour of Europe, requesting him to re
turn to Sofia. The message is said
to indicate the urgency of the situa
tion. It is stated that Prince Ferdi
nand received the telegram and that
his immediate return is expected. All
the factories capable of supplying war
material, the dispatch adds, are work
ing day and night and preparations
for mobilization are being openly
pushed forward.
Mine Workers' Secretary Resigns.
Pittsburg, Pa.—Announcement was
made here Thursday that W. D. Ryan,
national secretary-treasurer of the
T'nited Mine Workers of America, had
tendered his resignation and will ac
cept the position of commissioner of
arbitration of the Southwestern Coal
Operators’ association.
Gen. J. E. Summers Dies.
Washington.—Word has been re
ceived here of the death Thursday at
Atlantic City, N. J., of Brig. Gen. J.
E. Summers of the Army Medical
corps.
Six Men Killed in Collision.
Portland, Ore.—A logging train be
longing to the'Chapman Logging Com
pany at Scappoose, 20 miles north of
Portland, was in collision with a
Northern Pacific train Thursday. Six
of the crew of the logging train were
killed and eight injured.
Dr. Mann Is Elected Bishop.
Washington.—Dr. Alexander Mann of
Plymouth Episcopal church, Boston,
was Thursday night elected bishop of
the Protestant diocese of Washington
i on the seventh ballot.
OPPOSE DR. KOCH'S THEORY.
Experts Dislike His Human-Bovine
Ideas.
Washington.. — Pronounced oppo
sition to the theory advanced by
Etr. Robert Koch, the eminent Ger
man scientist, who minimizes the dan
ger of human infection from bovine
tuberculosis, and who declares that
the tubercle bacilli of bovine tuber
culosis are different from those of hu
man tuberculosis, developed itself at
Friday's session of the International
Congress on Tuberculosis. The con
troversy occurred in the section on
“The Prevalence and Economics on
Tubercuiosis of Animals,” and the
German scientist's theories were com
bated by some of the most prominent
veterinary physicians in the United
States. Leaders in the opposition to
Leaders in the opposition to
the Koch theory were Dr. Otto G.
Noack of Reading, Pa.; D. Arthur
Hughes of Cornell university; C. J.
Marshall of Philadelphia; H. Reno
Reynolds of the University of Minne
sota, and Yeranus A. Moore of Ithaca,
N- Y' _
LORD ROSSLYN IS DEFEATED.
His Roulette System Proved Fallacious
by Sir Hiram Maxim.
London.—The unique gambling con
test between Sir Hiram Maxim and
Lord Rosslyn came to an end Tuesday
afternoon and shows defeat for the
system advanced by the latter.
Lord Rosslyn claimed that by his
system of playing it was possible to
win at roulette against the Monte
Carlo bank. Sir Hiram said this was
impossible, and in order to settle the
controversy the two men, began play
ing roulette in a Pieadilly club, Sir
Hiram conducting the game in the
same way it is played at Monte Carlo.
Lord Rosslyn started to play with
$30,000 in "dummy” money and the
bank had an equal amount. Lord
Kosslyn's system has been proved to
be utterly fallacious.
DAVIS HELD FOR MURDER.
Suspect in Rustrn Case Released on
$10,000 Bail.
Omaha, Neb.-Following a flve
davs' legal battle before Police Judge
j Crawford. Charles Edward Davis was
bound over to the district court Tues
day to answer the charge of murder in
the first degree for the killing of Dr.
Frederick Rustin on the morning of
September 2. Ball was fixed at $10,
I 000, which was promptly furnished by
two brothers of the defendant, and the
accused man was permitted to go, al
though he will remain in charge of a
guard which has been retained by the
Davis family.
Carload of Abandoned Children.
St. Paul. Minn.—A carload of 60
bright-looking boys and girls from
New York reached St. Paul Wednes
day. The unusual consignment was
made up of children who had been de
serted by their parents and had been
j sheltered in the foundling hospital of
j the metropolis. They are being taken
to the Dakotas, where homes have
been found for them among the farm
ers. On their arrival here about 35
i of the children -were transferred to a
Soo line coach to be taken to points
along that road in North Dakota.
Nebraska Bank Robbed.
Fairfield. Neb.—The State bank at
Deweese was dynamited and robbed
early Friday. All the cash, about
$2,500, was taken. Tools were taken
from a railroad tool-house to make an
opening through the brick walls of the
vault, after which the steel safe was
blown open. The number of the
bandits and tbeir way of coming and
going is entirely unknown.
Big Blaze at Winthrop Beach.
Boston.—A brisk fire broke out in
the summer colony at Winthrop Beach
at 11:30 o'clock Friday night. Crest
Hall, a summer hotel accommodating
75 guests, and the Ocean house were
soon in flames, and a large number of
cottages near by were threatened.
Illinois Banker Is Indicted.
Peoria, 111.—James W. Quillan, own
er of a private bank at Ipava, 111., was
indicted Friday on ten counts for re
ceiving deposits after he knew the
bank was insolvent.
HE WILL BE TRIED BY COURT
MARTIAL AT MANILA.
CHARGES VERY SERIOUS
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Philippine Capital Greets the Atlantic
Fleet—Great Water Parade Is
Followed by Formal
Calls.
Manila.—Lieut. Frank Taylor Evans
of the battleship Louisiana and Lieut.
Charles Burt of the battleship Georgia,
win be tried before a special court
martial board which will assemble on
the battleship Wisconsin Monday.
The charges against Lieut. Evans
are for being absent from his station
while acting as chief of the deck, us
ing profane and disrespectful lan
guage to a superior officer and intoxi
cation. The charges against Lieut.
Burt are for “conduct unbecoming an
officer and gentleman.”
Lieut. Evans denies the charge of
intoxication and says that he will of
fer the testimony of a number of wit
nesses to prove that he has been sober
and quite fit for duty.
Rear Admiral as Chairman.
Rear Admiral Seton Schroeder of
the battleship Wisconsin will act as
president of the court.
Lieut. Ftank Taylor Evans, is the
son of Admiral Robley Evans, who
took the battleship fleet from Hamp
ton Roads to th* Pacific coast.
Midshipman Richard Bernard of the
battleship Louisiana was tried before
a court-martial board at Albany. Aus
tralia, and the sentence was dismissal
from the service. Bernard was found
guilty of being under the influence
of liquor while on parade in Mel
bourne.
Midshipman Edward H. Connor of
the battleship Minnesota will be tried
on the charge of being under the in
fluence of liquor while at Albany,
Australia. Capt. Hugo Osterhause of
the battleship Connecticut acted as
president of the court which sen
tenced Midshipman Bernard.
Fleet in Double Column.
Fresh from a triumphant reception
in Australian ports, and with their
cruise around the world two-thirds
accomplished, the 16 battleships of
the American fleet, which started
from Hampton Roads last December,
wrere anchored in double column Sat
urday off the breakwater close to the
Luneta, whence a splendid view of the
warships was obtainable Friday night.
After the fleet had come to anchor,
thousands of residents of the islands
crowded every available spot com
manding a view of the anchorage and
the general air of expectancy and ex
citement added to the eager interest
that has attended the fleet's coming.
Noisy Welcome for Fleet.
Thousands of persons Saturday
thronged the Luneta. or public square,
which was brilliantly illuminated. A
band concert with a spirited program
and selections by the bugle corps of
the Ninth cavalry were features of the
entertainment provided for the crowds.
From the harbor the long line of
lights, marking the berths of the war
ships, twinkled in response to the
blaze of electric illumination on shore,
and as it grew later the buzz and hiim
of clattering crowds settled into the
stillness of the tropical night.
There were no exchanges of formal
calls with the shore until Saturday.
After the water parade in the morn
ing, in which all Manila participated,
Gov. Smith called upon Admiral Sper
ry, who later landed and returned the
call, also paying his respects to Maj.
Gen. Weston, commanding the troops
stationed in Manila.
Rear Admiral Sperry has finally de
cided not to land any men here and
to maintain a practical quarantine of
the ships during their stay. The offi
cers will be allowed brief shore liberty
under close restrictions.
Lively Day in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa.—Over a score of men,
women and children were injured,
some of them so painfully that treat
ment at the various hospitals was
necessary, during the great historical
and industrial pageant Thursday in
celebration of Pittsburg's sesqui-cen
tennial anniversary, it is estimated
that over 300.000 persons lined the
route of the parade. At night the
streets of the city were crowded with
gay masqueraders.
Minnesota Town Burned.
St. Cloud, Minn.—Foley, the county
seat of Benson county, Minn., a vil
lage of 1,000 people, was practically
destroyed by fire. The place has lit
tle fire protection, only a gasoline en
gine. Owing to strong winds, ihe fir.
spread rapidly. St. Cloud was ap
pealed to for aid. but could do noth
ing. The loss is estimated at $75,000.
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Cloudburst DrovOns Eight.
| Manila.—A belated official tele
gram has just been received here
which reports that a cloudburst struck
the penal colony at Iwahig and that
eight persons were drowned, including
Harold MacKnight, the superintendent
of the farm.
Boat Sunk to Extinguish Fire.
Mobile. Ala.—Fire broke out at two
o’clock Friday afternoon in the after
hold cf the Mallory line steamer Rio
Grande, loading at her docks, and it
was necessary to flood the after hold
to extinguish the flames. The Rio
Grande sank stern down.
Commander Bernadcu Dies.
Washington.—Commander John B.
Bernadou, American naval attache ot
the embassies at Rome and Vienna,
died at the naval hospital in New York
city Friday.
REYNOLDS ELECTED HEAD
CHICAGOAN MADE PRESIDENT BY
BANKERS AT DENVER.
Proposition to Establish Postal Sav«
ings Banks Condemned in Resolu
tions Adopted by Financiers.
Denver, Col.—The thirty-fourth an
nual convention of the American Bank
ers’ association came to an end
Thursday afternoon with the election
of George M. Reynolds of Chicago,
president, and Lewis E. Pierson of
New York, first vice-president.
Thirty-eight new' members were an
nounced and a vice-president repre
senting each of the states having rep
resentatives in the association was
named.
The convention also placed itself
squarely on record as against both
the proposition to guarantee bank de
posits and that to establish postal sav
ings banks.
A lively discussion occurred over
the report of the federal legislative
committee opposing these plans. The
resolution offered by the committee,
however, contained a condemnation of
the guarantee law only, making no
mention of the postal savings banks.
A fight led by Clifton R Breckenridge
of Arkansas was made to include con
demnation of postal savings banks In
the same resolutions.
An amendment to the resolution was
offered substituting the words “it is a
delusion that the tax upon the strong
will prevent the failure of the weak,”
for section S as reported, which read:
“It unjustly weakens the strong and
unfairly strengthens the weak banks.”
The amendment was adopted and the
report of the committee with its reso
lution was then carried without a dis
senting voice.
Mr. Breckenridge then offered the
following resolution, which was also
adopted with only two or three dis
senting votes:
“That the American Banking asso
ciation condemns as unwise and hurt
ful all proposals to establish postal
savings banks.”
Nearly two hours were consumed
with the reports of vice-presidents
from the several states, the consen
sus of which was that the effects of
the recent panic are rapidly passing
away throughout the country.
FUTILE ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK.
Yeggmen Use Dynamite in Cogswell,
N. D.. and Then Flee.
Cogswell. X. D.—Citizens, aroused
at 1:15 a. m. Wednesday by three dis
tinct explosions, poured out from their
iiomes to find that yeggmen had blown
off the front door of the safe in the
Sargent County State bank, but had
fled before they secured any loot. The
robbers stole a handcar at Xicholsen
on the Soo road and came here upon
it. They transferred the car to the
Milwaukee line and used it to make
their escape. They abandoned the
car near Newark, S. D., and attempted
to conceal it in a cornfield. The au
thorities have sent to Bismarck for
hounds to track the fugitives and
posses are out after them.
MICHIGAN OFFICIALS OUSTED.
Collector and Special Agent at Port
Huron Removed.
Washington.—As the result of a re
port made by the civil service commis
sion. President Roosevelt late Friday
removed Lincoln Avery, collector of
the port at Port Huron, Mich., and
also directed the removal of Charles
H. Dailey, special agent of the treas
ury at that place. The civil service
committee found proof of charges of
serious violations of the rules and
regulations in regard to campaign as
sessments. which also involved, on
the part of Special Agent Dailey, “per
nicious activity in politics.''
Big Strike Has Collapsed
Winnipeg, Man.—Indications are
that the Canadian Pacific railroad me
chanics' strike has collapsed. Bell
Hardy, who has been conducting the
strike from Montreal, arrived in this
city Tuesday to confer with Vice
President Whyte, and if possible ar
range for the men to be taken back.
It is understood that a message was
received from the International Labor
Federation at Washington advising the
men to approach the company imme
diately with a view to going back.
Can’t Take Liquor from Depot.
Lawton, Okla. — It is a violation
of the prohibition law for a trans
fer man or any other person to con
vey liquor from the railroad depot.
Liquor shipped from without the state
ceases to be interstate commerce after
it leaves the carrier’s hands. This is
the opinion of Judge J. H. Wolverton
of the county court, announced in a
liquor case here Wednesday.
Powder House Blows Up.
Spencer, N. C.—Two lives were lost
and 20 or more persons were injured
in Spencer Thursday night by the ex
plosion of a powder storage house on
the yards of the Southern Railway
Company, and most of the buildings
near by were damaged by the shock
and the fire which followed.
Georgian Dies on Shipboard.
Tokyo.—H. P. Smart of Savannah,
Ga., died September 24 on board the
steamer Mongolian, while en route to
this city to visit his daughter, the
wife of Dr. Fuehr. secretary of the
German embassy. Mr. Smart’s death,
was due to double pneumonia.
Fatal Runaway Accident.
St. Louis.—Mrs. C. H. Shea of Ham
ilton, Out., and her husband were in
jured, the former probably fatally, ia
a runaway accident near Florrissant
Friday.