Loup City Northwestern
volume XXVI
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , DECEMBER 3, 1908
NUMBER 4
SUMMARY OF NEWS
CONDENSATION OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS.
BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD
General, Political, Religious. Sporting,
Foreign and Other Events Re
corded Here and There.
Political.
Tt was announced at Hot Springs
that Chairman Hitchcock of the re
publican national committee will be
postmaster general in the Taft cabi
net.
Treasurer Sheldon's report shows
that funds of five or six millions, such
as were used in recent campaigns,
are proved to have been wasteful if
not a source of corruption.
Only two parties, the republican and
tiie democratic, will participate in the
next primary election in Iowa, in June,
IblO < ,
William Hayward of Nebraska City,
secretary of the national republican
committee, attended the banquet
given Chairman Frank Hitchcock in
Washington.
Warning notes continue to come
from Hot Springs that President-elect
Taft will not stand for shuffling, eva
sion and perfunctory performance on
tariff revision.
Indications are that Governor Shel
don will not fill several vacant official
positions, but will leave them for his
successor.
President Van Cleave of the Nation
al Association of Manufacturers in a
formal statement charges that the
tariff hearings are in charge of stand
patters and that the committee is
seeking evidence of this kind.
Public Printer Leech resigned and
President Roosevelt appointed Samuel
B. Donnelly of Brooklyn.
Judge Taft attended religious ser
vices on Thanksgiving day.
Andrew Carnegie writes a letter giv
ing his reasons for not appearing be
fore the ways and means committee
investigating the tariff.
General.
Chairman 1 ayne in his answer to
President Van Cleave's stricture of
the tariff committees methods says
the bill reported will be jpdged by the
people on its merits and not on what
advance critics think it may contain.
Japan and the United States have
• greed to preserve status quo in the
Pacific and open dcc.r for the Chinese
empire. \
A $20,000,000 lumber deal is in pro
cess of formation, by which the white
pine interests will be consolidated.
Mrs. Eleanor Cowper. a New York
actress, took her life by sending a
bullet through her heart.
Diplomatic relations between Tur
key and Austria are strained over the
Balkan situation.
Sereno Payne calls down J. W. Van
Cleave for his refusal to testify be
fore ways and means committee.
Ohio will soon elect a United States
senator. Chas. P. Taft, a brother of
the president, is a candidate.
Conditions in Haiti have about re
sumed their normal status.
John Gardner Coolidge, the Amer
ican minister to Nicaragua, tendered
his resignation. It is reported that
.Mr. Coolidge tcok this step because
of disapproval of his government in
meddling with the internal affairs of
Nicaragua.
Eastern Iowa, southern Illinois and
southwestern Missouri were visited by
destructive storms.
The South Dakota land department
completed a deal by which all the
remaining capita! building lands east
of the Missouri have been disposed of.
Tliey comprise 4,846 acres in the
counties of Faulk, Hyde and Potter,
and will net the fund about $30,000.
Governor Cummins of Iowa was
elected Cniied States senator by the
legislature, to succeed W. B. Allison
for his unexpired term.
Several new cases of foot and
mouth disease were discovered
among cattle in Pennsylvania.
State and federal authorities are mak
ing streneous efforts to prevent the
spread of the epidemic.
Sixteen persons were killed and
twenty-three injured by a tornado in
Arkansas.
Speaker Cannon in a formal state
ment says the next congress will re
vise the tariff in accordance with in
structions from the people. The
sjieaker says he will be elected by the
republicans of the next congess.
Over SMI00.000 bales of cotton were
produced according to the Depart
ment of Agriculture, in 1908.
The secretary of agriculture has is
sued a quarantine against the entire
state of Michigan for the foot and
mouth disease.
Mrs. Barbara Billilt, mother of Her
man Billik. condemned to hang De
cember 11, at Chicago, received a
letter from him bidding her farewell.
President Roosevelt made the prin
cipal aildress at the laying of the cor
nerstone of the new colored Young
Men's Christian association building
in Washington.
Louis Wagner, in a flat car. won
the grand prize automobile race over
the course at Savannah, Ga.
One hundred cases of foot and
mouth disease were discovered near
Detroit, and the entire state of Michi
gan was ordered quarantined by Sec
retary Wilson.
Chairman Hitchcock is perfecting
plans for the inaugural ceremonies of
President-elect Taft.
The fortieth anniversary of the Ne
braska lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias
was celebrated in Omaha with a large
attendance of prominent members of
the order from all over the country.
Prince Tang Shao Yi and retinue
arrived at San Fransisco. He will
remain until March.
Admiral Sperry has written an or
der that the men of the battleship
fleet be not allowed to laud at Manila
on account of cholera.
First Lieutenant James S. Kennedy,
medical reserve corps, has been de
tailed as a member of the army re
tiring board at Omaha, vice Captain
James W. Vaudusen, medical corps,
relieved.
Prosecutor Heney of San Fransisco
is regarded as out of danger.
Payment of $150,OOP to Rosebud
Kioux Indians has commenced.
Chief Wilkie of the secret service
announced that a new counterfeit $5
certificate (Indian head) has been de
tected in circulation, having first
made its appearance in Providence,
R. I.
The popular vote for president .n
Indiana was: Taft. 340.993; Bryan.
338.262; Chafin. 19.045: Watson, 1.3S4;
Debs, 12.476; Breston, 643; Hisgen.
514.
Washington.
Former Senator Mar.derson is re
covering and hopes .soon to be able to
present the case involving irrigation
contract to the interior department.
The house committee has asked An
drew Carnegie to testify about con
ditions in iron and steel trade and
needed changes in the tariff.
Cattle breeders of the state of Penn
eylvania and New York will not be
permitted to exhibit any cattle at the
international Stock show, to be held
in Chicago, owing to the violent pre
valence of the foot and mouth disease
In these states. This decision was
reached ai a meeting held at the
White house.
Attorney General Bonaparte peti
tioned the United States supreme
court for a writ granting the review
of the Standard Oil case involving the
Landis fine.
Another sweeping decision bear
ing on the registration of labels, has !
been rendered by the cimmissioner of
patents, in which he holds that the
protection of the law will not be given
to any manufacturer who includes in
his trademark the arms of the United
States or those of the various states
or cities of the country.
Senator Brown has been assigned
the desk of Senator Long on the re
publican side, one of the most * de
sirable locations on the floor of the
upper branch of congress. It is
learned that Senator Brown has some
dobut about Senator Long’s return
to congress, and looking over the list
fined on Lon's sea).
H. W. Berger, one of the chemists
of the Agricultural department, will
leave Washington early this week
for Omaha to take charge of the de
natun d alchol plant which is now be
ing installed in the building to be
used for the corn exposition. Mh.
Berger will relieve Dr. H. E. Sawyer,
who is now in Omaha superintending
the installation of the still, and will
remain in Omaha during the corn ex
position and have charge of the gov
ernment's exhibit of its minature still.
Foreign.
The arrest of Madame Steinhell in
Paris in connection with charges
growing out of the death of her hus
band caused a sensation. It is al
leged that the crime was political and
that men high in public life are in
volved.
Russian Terrorists are alleged to
have made a plo* to kill the dowager
empress of Russia.
A British passenger steamyr burned
during a storm while leaving the port
of Valetta, Malta, and more than 100
persons were drowned.
President Castro of Venezuela sailed
for Bordeaux, where he will undergo
a surgical operation.
Manila is making extensive prepara
tions to entertain the men of the At
lantic fleet.
Speaking in the house of lords, Field
Marshal Lord Roberts expressed the
conviction that the lack of a military
force sufficient to make hopeless the
attempt of an invasion would, in all
probability, be the cause of the loss
of Great Britain’s supremacy at sea.
Lord Roberts in a sensational
speech in the House of Lords said
that there is imminent danger of in
vasion of Great Britain by Germany
and urged that the army be increased
to 1,000,000 men.
A dispatch from Vienna says that
si band of Servians, while crossing the
Bosnian frontier near Sevornik. was
repulsed by Austrian troops. The
Servians lost seventeen men killed,
and the Austrians three killed.
Personal.
The republican national committee
made public the list of contributors
o the fund of the campaign.
Speaker Cannon in a statement
made in Chicago says he is in favor of
prompt revision of the tariff in accord
ance with promises in the repub
Mean platform.
The Nebraska Bar association will
probably recommend ten names to
the governor from which to select five
supreme judges.
Alfred H. Curtis, former bank presi
dent, had a long conference with Pro
moter Morse through bars of the
Tombs in New York.
Governor Folk has decided that the
republican elector was chosen in the
Sixteenth Missouri district which was
claimed by the democratic candidate.
O. L. Dickenson, assistant superin
tendent of transportation of western
lines of the Burllr.gton has been pro
tects *nd goes to Chicago.
BIG POSTAL DEFICIT
SERVJCE LACKS MUCH OF BEING
SELF-SUSTAINING..
LARGEST SHORTAGE IN HISTORY
And It is Estimated that for the
Coming Year the Deficit Will Be
Fully as Great.
Washington.—In his annual report
for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1908.
Postmaster General Meyer gives the
total receipts for the year $191,478,603
and the expenditures as $208,351,886.
thereby showing a deficit of $16,873,
222, the largest in the history of the
department, with an additinal loss
from fire, burglary, etc., of $37,056. The
deficit of 1909, it is estimated, again
will exceed $16,000,000.
Attention is particularly called to n
number of improvements in business
methods of the department as tend
ing to its advantage and the saving of
considerable amounts. Recommenda
tion is again made for tiie creation of
the position of director of posts, at a
high salary, and who shall hold office
during good behavior, the object be
ing to have a continuity of policies for
the benefit of the postal service and
the people of the United States.
The necessity for good roads is
pointed out in connection with the
development of the rural tree delivery
service. It is suggested that should
congress grant the department author
ity to utilize rural routes still further
by the establishment of a limited par
cel post, confined entirely to rural
delivery routes, it would then be pos
sible to earn additional revenue
amounting to millions of dollars, and
at the same time benefit the farmer
by enabling him to have the merchan
dise delivered when ordered by tel
ephone or postal card, which otherwise
would not be purchased. “The special
parcel post," says the postmaster gen
eral, "will enable the farmers to have
small parcels delivered at their gates,
to live better, and to obtain easily the
necessaries of life.” Permission is re
quested to establish experimentally a
limited parcel pest in not to exceed
four counties in order to demonstrate
the practical)" ity of the plan.
Postal Savings Banks.
The postmaster general again urges
legislation permitting' the establish
ment of postal savings banks or de
positories in connection \yiih post
offices.
Experiments with stamp vending
machines, says the postmaster gen
eral, are still being conducted, with
every prospect that the defects which
developed in the preliminary tests will
he overcome. These machines, it is
expected by the department, will add
immensely to the public convenience.
The campaign of education in the
school houses in matters pertaining
to the ordinary operation of the postal
service, so as to emphasize the im
portance of careful addressing, the
placing of the name and address of the
sender on envelopes, etc., is recom
mended to be continued, so as to save
hundreds of thousands of letters and
packages from going to the dead let
ter office each year, as is now the
case.
Suit to Break Father’s Will.
Chicago—Leslie Dudley Carter, son
of the late capitalist and financier,
Leslie Carter, and of Mrs. Leslie Car
ter Payne, filed suit to break his fath
er’s will. This instrument left the es
tate to the testator’s brothers and sis
ters. ignoring the son.
DEATH LIST GROWS.
Company Now Admits Hundred and
Thirty-eight Went Into Mine.
Pitttsburg. Pa.—Up to 1 o'clock
.Monday morning fifty-two bodies had
been reeoveied from the Rachel mine
of the Pittsburg-Buftalo Coal company
at Marianna on Saturday. Of these,
twenty-two have been fully identified.
A number of bodies have been lo
cated in the workings and are being
brought out as rapidly as possible.
At the present rate cf progress nearly
100 bodies will probably he taken out
by daylight, and it is now hoped that
most, if not all. will have been found
by evening. Cnited States Mine In
spector James F. Roderick will be
here today to start an investigation.
Raises Will Ee Small.
Washington—Every member of the
"official family" of Washington, from
the president to the smallest office
boy, is concerned in the appropria
tions bill for the executive, judicial
and legislative branches of the gov
ernment. which will be considered by
a subcommittee of the appropriations
committee of the house on Monday.
In acordance with President Roose
velt’s request, no important increases
of salary have been asked for by the
heads of the various departments up
to this time.
Europe Likes Agreement.
Berlin—The S'.ate department at
Washington sounded the German for
eign office in advance concerning the
Japanese-Americau agreement for the
maintenance of the integrity of China
and of the status quo in the Pacific
and was informed that it would be re
ceived here with the fullest approval,
being in the interest of German. Ger
many’s policy in the far east is iden- i
tical with that of the United States,
and it is one part of the world where
the two governments have pronounce*
mutuai concern*.
DAWN.
C^cVoGRESS
LAMPHERE GUILTY OF ARSON
IS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR
TWO TO 21 YEARS.
Verdict Is a Compromise—Several Ju
rors Held Out Long for Life
Sentence for Murder.
Laporte, Ind. — Ray Lamphere,
charged with the murder of Mrs. Belle
Gunness and her three children, by
setting fire to the Gunness house
April 28. was found guilty of arson
Thursday evening by the jury which
had the case since 5:30 o'clock
Wednesday evening.
Within five minutes after the ver
dict was reported. Judge Richter had
sentenced the defendant to the state
penitentiary at Michigan City for an
indeterminate term of from two to
21 years. He will he taken to Mich
igan City at once to begin his sen
tence.
Attorney Worden for the defense
said that a motion for a new trial
would be made, and should it be re
fused. an appeal to the Indiana su
preme court would follow. The In
diana supreme court is two years be
hind in its work and so this case could
not be reached until after Lamphere
iad served the minimum time of his
sentence.
The verdict was something of a
compromise. Several members of the
jury, it is understood, held out long
for murder in the first degree with a
life sentence. So far as could be
learned, none was for hanging.
Lamphere Thursday night said that
he was confident the dead body in the
fire was Mrs. Gunness' regardless of
v.'hat other people may think. He
reiterated his innocence of setting fire
to the house, though admitting that,
he was on the road and saw the fire
that night. He also declared that he
did not see Mrs. Gunness kill Helge
lein.
“I have no complaint to make about
the verdict. Things looked pretty
blue, but the verdict might have been
worse.”
THREE NEGROES ARE LYNCHED.
Mob at Tiptonville. Ter.n., Hangs Slay
ers of Officer.
Union City, Tenn.—The little town
of Tiptonville. bordering on Reelfoot
hike, which has been the scene of
many stirring incidents the past month,
witnessed the lynching, late Tuesday
afternoon, of three negroes, who were
arrested in the morning for murdering
Special Deputy Sheriff Richard Bur
ms. and fatally wounding Deputy John
Ilall.
The negroes were Marshall Stine
back. Edward Stineback and Jim
Stinebaek.
These brothers created a disturb
ance at a religious meeting near Tip
lonville Saturday night. When the
two officers attempted to arrest them
a fight ensued in which the officers
were shot.
Hannah Elias' "Angel” Dies.
New York. — John R. Platt, the
retired glass manufacturer who four
years ago vainly sued Hannah Elias
in the supreme court to recover
S6Sf>,::S5, money which he alleged he
had spent on the negress since he be
came acquainted with her in 1S&6. died
Thursday at the home of his daugh
ter here in his eighty-ninth year.
Kills Brother and Mother.
New York.—With aim so deadly
that all five shots he fired took effect,
William Kallebrun of Jersey City Fri
day night shot and killed his brother
Deo and then his aged mother, Mrs.
Victoria Kallebrun. The tragedy took
place in the apartments cf Mrs. Kalie
brun in New York. Kallebrun had
come from Jersey City with a friend,
Albert Trogunwyos, to secure money
from his brother Leo, and the shoot
ing resulted from fact that Leo would
not give his brother money. Kallebrun
s’s.s arrested soon after the nawder.
TOGA FOR CUMMINS AT LAST.
Iowa Governor Elected to Succeed
Late W. B. Allison.
Des Moines, la.—Gov. A. B. Cum
mins became United States sen
ator at 12:20 Tuesday. Cummins
received 106 votes; Porter. (Dem.) 35.
Three Republicans did not vote. He,
long a leader of the progressive Re
publicans of Iowa, was formally elect
ed United States senator to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Sena
tor William B. Allison. No suspicion
has arisen of a bolt by the stand-pat
members of the legislature, which re
Albert B. Cummins.
convened in adjourned session at ten
o'clock Tuesday, pledged to elect the
man chosen by the people at the spe
cial primary of the November election.
Gov. Cummins addressed the joint
session of the two houses immediately
after his election.
Senator Cummins, in a speech of
less than 1.200 words, thanked both
the Republican and Democratic mem
bers of the legislature for the support
they had given him during the seven
years of his administration as Iowa's
governor. He declared that in so far as
he was concerned bitter factionalism
in Iowa is at an end.
Boat Sinks: Hundred Drown.
Manila.—The coasting steamer Pont
ing, carrying a large number of labor
ers from Narvacan to the rice fields in
Pangasinan province, struck a rock
and sank Friday night during a storm,
off the town of San Fernando in
1'nion Province. It is estimated that
a hundred of the passengers and crew
of the Ponting were drowned. The
steamer Vigcaya rescued 5o.
Tornado Dead Number 21.
Little Rock. Ark.—Latest reports
from western Arkansas show that al
though first reports of the num
ber killed in Monday's tornado were
exaggerated, the property damage will
be greater than expected.
Reports so far give names of four
known dead and about 15 known in
jured. Seventeen other deaths are re
pot:ed. but names are not given.
Slayer of Husband Sentenced.
Vermillion. S. D.—Mrs. Christiana
Clark, who was convicted of man
slaughter in the second degree in the
killing of her husband last August,
was sentenced Friday to three years
and ten months at hard labor.
No Dinner Suicide Cause.
Chicago.—Despondency over his in
ability to provide a big Thanksgiving
dinner for his family is thought to
have caused Stillis Hagen. 40 years
old, 797 North Forty-first avenue, to
commit suicide at his home by in
haling illuminating gas.
Pray for High Tariff.
Joplin, Mo.—Protestant pastors
throughout the Kansas and Missouri
zinc mining district offered Thanks
giving day prayers for a higher tariff
on zins ore.
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WILL BE POSTMASTER GENERAL
IN TAFT’S CABINET.
HAS ACCEPTED THE PLACE
Republican National Chairman First
One Selected Because of His
Ability to Advise the Presi
dent-Elect.
Hot Springs, Va.—Frank H. Hitch
cock has been offered and has accepted
the position of postmaster general in
the Taft cabinet that is to be.
The official announcement of this
conclusion regarding the first cabinet
selection of President-elect Taft
doubtless will not be made until Mr.
Taft has completed his cabinet, at
which time it will be announced en
bloc. Because of this view of the sit
uation no expression regarding the se-_
lection of Mr. Hitchcock was obtain
able for publication from either Mr.
Taft or the Republican national chair
man. There were many reasons, it
was pointed out. why it was expedient
that Mr. Hitchcock’s status should be
FRANK H.HITCHCOCK* |
fixed, at. least so far as the principals
are concerned, and a complete under
standing: is known to exist between
them. As chairman of the Republican
national committee. Mr. Hitchcock be
came more familiar than any other
person with the political phase of
questions likely to arise at the begin
ning of the Taft administration and
the knowledge he gained regarding
the personnel of the party will be of
great service to Mr. Taft throughout
his administration.
Besides these reasons the national
chairman admittedly possesses a com
prehensive as well as a technical
knowledge of postal affairs, gained by
a protracted exi>erience as first assist
ant and acting postmaster general. Mr.
Hitchcock, accompanied by Charles H.
Boynton of New York, left here Friday
night for Washington, where Saturday
night he was the guest of honor at
a dinner given by the executive
' and advisory committees of the na
i tional committee. He then will visit
headquarters in New York. It is alto
gether probable that from this time on
Mr. Hitchcock will be frequently in
conference with Judge Taft.
ACTRESS ATTEMPTS SUICiDE.
Mrs. Eleanor Cowper Shoots Herself
in New York Hotel.
New York.—Mrs. Eleanor Merron
Cowper. a widely-known playwright
and actress, shot herself in her room
at the St. Regis hotel Friday and will
probably die. She was a protege and
business partner of the late James H.
Wallick, manager and actor, who
killed himself at his home in Middle
town, N. Y.
Before shooting herself, Mrs. Cow
per wrote letters to her lawyer. Judge
Herbert B. Royce of Middletown, and
to John Hood, manager of the King
Edward hotel in West Forty-seventh
street, where she formerly lived, advis
ing them of her intention to kill herself.
A brief history of her life, largely de
voted to recounting her career on the
stage, was found in her effects.
Elopers Are Given $50,000.
New York.—Pleased at his son’s
pluck in defying parental author
ity to the extent of wedding tfie girl
he loved, whether or no, Capt. John
Fleming, a wealthy contractor and
prominent Tammany Hall man, after
his first anger had cooled, summoned
the couple to him Tuesday and placed
a check for $50,000 in his son’s hand.
“You're all right, my boy,” said
Capt. Fleming. “I’m proud of you be
cause you went right ahead and mar
' ried the girl you love. Now go where
you like and don't come back until
you have spent this.”
Chauffeur Burned to Death.
Cleveland. O.—A pillar of flame as
he ran and leaped in his torture. Pal
mer Williams, aged 26 years, a negro
chauffeur, was burned to death as a
result of a gasoline explosion Friday
night.
Hermit Author round Dead.
Chicago.—Surrounded by his only
friends—his books—Dr. John Norris,
70 years old. an author and recluse,
was found dead in his little cottage in
Riverside. For several years Dr. Nor
ris has been known as the “hermit of
Riverside.”
Ohio to Test Option Law.
Findlay, O.—Suit was filed here
Friday afternoon to test the constitu
tionality of the Rose local option law,
by which 54 of the 88 counties of the
state have voted out the saloons.
PACT WITH JAPAN IS MADE
AGREEMENT COVERS POLICY OF
NATIONS IN PACIFIC.
America and Mikado's Country to
Defend China's Integrity by
Every Peaceful Means.
Washington.—Despite official reti
cence. information from reliable
sources has been obtained of an agree
ment of far-reaching importance be
tween the United States and Japan
covering the policy of the two coun
tries In the Pacific.
The agreement is based on the idea
of encouraging and defending free and
peaceful commercial development in
the Pacific. It contains not. only a
mutual guaranty to respect each
other's territorial possessions there,
but defines the attitude of the two
countries towards China, binding each
to defend by every peaceful means
China's independence and integrity,
and to give equal commercial oppor
tunity in the Chinese empire to all
nations. But more important still,
the agreement, in the event of com
plications threatening the status quo,
linds the United States anti Japan to
consult each other with a view to
acting together.
The agreement has been drawn up
in the form of a declaration and con
sists of five articles, of which the fol
lowing is an accurate and faithful de
scription. The first article gives ex
pression to the wish of the two gov
ernments to encourage the free and
peaceful development of their com
merce in the Pacific. The second is
a mutual disclaimer of an aggressive
design, and contains also a definition
of the policy of each government, both
as directed to the maintenance of the
existing status quo in the Pacific, and
the defense of the principle of equal
opportunity for commerce and indus
try in China. The third article con
tains a statement of the consequent
"firm" reciprocal resolution of each
government each to respect the ter
ritorial possession in the Pacific of
the other. In the fourth article the
United States and Japan express their
determination, “in the common inter
est of all the powers,” in China to
support "by all peaceful means at
their disposal" the Independence and
Integrity of China and the principle
of equal commercial and industrial
opportunity for ail nations in the em
pire. The fifth article mutually
pledges the two governments, in tbf
case of “the occurrence of any event
threatening the status quo. as above
described, or the principle of equal
opportunity, as above defined.” to com
municate with each other for the pur
pose of arriving at a mutual under
standing with regard to the measures
they may consider it useful to take.
ST LAMER RAMMED AND SUNK.
Disaster in Fog Off Sandy Hook Costs
Four Lives.
New York.—In the thick of a fog
off Sandy Hook Thursday the stout
steel freighter Georgic of the White
Star line rammed and sank the light
ly-laden Panama line steamer Finance
outward found, with 86 passengers
The Finance went down within ten
minutes after the collision, carrying
to their death three of her passengers
and one of the crew.
The rest of the passengers, who in
eluded 19 women and 14 children, as
wrell as others of the crew, were ras
cued by the boats of the Georgic
The freighter was not damaged.
Of the passengers lost, one was a
woman. Miss Irene Campbell of Pan
ama, who clung frantically to the rail
of the sinking vessel and could not
be persuaded to release her hold, not
I were the men who manned the small
boats able forcibly to remove her.
12 WEDDINGS, ONE DIVORCE.
Startling Statistics on Legal Separa
tions in United States,
Washington.—Higher divorce rate
in the United States than in any of
the foreign countries where statistics
are available, is announced by the
census bureau, which in a bulietic
just issued, says that at least one mar
riage in twelve in this country ulti
mately terminates in divorce.
The report covers the 20 years from
1887 to 1906. inclusive. From 1887 to
1906 there were 12,832,044 marriages
and 945,625 divorces, against 328.716
divorces for the preceding 20 years.
Divorce is now 2% times as common,
compared with the married population,
as it was 40 years ago. Utah and
Connecticut are the only two states
showing decreased divorce rate. De
sertion caused 38.9 of the total di
vorces in the 20 years.
Three Hunters Probably Drowned
Thessalon, Ont. — William Menor.
D. Menor, his son and Fred Eno
failed to return from a hunting
trip when expected. Friday a search
ing party found the wreck of their
rowboat. It is believed the boat cap
sized in the rapids and that all three
were drowned.
Ptomaines Kill Rich Banker.
Tulsa. Okla.—J. George McGannon,
millionaire president of the Central
National bank here, died Friday of
ptomaine poisoning contracted while
dining in a hotel. McGannon cam"
here two years ago from Seneca. Mo.
Escaped Convict Is Caught.
Chelsea, Mich.—A man arrested on
j suspicion here was identified Friday
j as Harry Robinson. 58 years old, who
j escaped from prison at Atlanta, Ga.,
j March 21, 19(58. He was serving tin.®
[ for a train robbery in Arkansas.