Loup City Northwestern
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VOLUME XXVI_LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1908 NUMBER r>
SUMMARY OF NEWS
CONDENSATION OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS.
BOTH ST HOME AMD ABROAD!
General. Political, Religious. Sporting,
Foreign and Other Events Re
corded Here and There.
Political.
Ii. E. Miller of Racine. Win., chair
man of the committee of the National :
Manufacturers' association, believes ,
he work of changing the tariff must
he done by a board or committee.
Dr. Lyman Abbott read a letter
; .tuu President Roosevelt at a meet
ing in New York, in which the presi
dent expresses himself as not in favor
< . woman's suffrage now . hut not op
posed to i; if the women want the
right.
Governor George curry of New
Mexico laid tif claim of that territory
tor statehood before President-elect
rl aft the other day and r eceived the
assurance that Mr. Taft is heartily in
favor of the proposition.
Representative Clayton of Alabama
announced that the democratic mem
bers of the house of representatives
would hold a caucus Saturday for the
purpose of forming its organization
for the coming session of congress.
The president's message was read
to congress on Tuesday.
It is generally believed that Con
gressman Burton may have the treas
ury portfolio under President Taft if
lie desires it.
Champ Clark of Missouri will prob
ably be the democratic house leade:•.
Charles E. 41 a goon is believed to be
booked eventually for a place on the
Philippinees commission.
•Judge Taft refuses to take a hand
in the Ohio senatorial light.
Democats of Nebraska are prepar
ing a bank guaranty law which will be
limited and which will provide for
•lie ultimate payment only of the de
; osits in failed hanks.
general.
The Cudahy company asks the ways
.nd means committee to place a
higher duty on pumice stone, used ‘n
tht manufacture of soap and scouring
compounds.
Samuel M. Biudison. a New York
broker, was arrested on the charge of
Vrgiug a signature to State.o(*0 worth
of bonds.
Rules enforced by the Immigration
department have prevented a rush of |
men to Canadian territory during the I
last year.
Superintendent Scott, of the West
Point academy, in his report spoke
highly of the colored troops.
A meeting to pay tribute to the
late Grover Cleveland was held in
New York.
Mrs. Nicholas Lougworth daughter
of President Roosevelt, has been pre
heated with a beautiful pair of jeweled
bracelets, the gift of the late empress
dowager of China, to whom she paid
a visit some years ago.
It is announced in Paris that Mulai
Tiatid. the new sultan of Morocco, lias
definitely accepted the Algeciras act
and the attendant conditions laid down
by the powers for the recognition of
his sultanate.
The jury iu the United States court
' at Salt Lake City finds the Union Pa
cific Railroad company, the Union Pa
cific Coal company, the Oregon Short
Line. Everett Buckingham and .1. M
Moore guilty of conspiracy in restrain;
■of trade.
United States Treasurer Charles H.
Trea’ in hi. annual report says there
a deficient;, last year of $58,070.
tiol. He attributes it not to the de
creased receipts, but to increased ex
penditures .
Several Nebraskans liavi drawn !
prizes lor their stock on exhibition in ;
Chicago.
.(ohD L>. Archbold denies that the ;
Standard Oil company has sougiit to ;
limit the production of crude oil by its !
system.
The Nebraska Railway commission I
refuses to equalize the Omaha and
Lincoln lumber rates on the ground
- Ha: tin entire new classification is ’n
t out emulation.
The tariff hearings w ill continue for
two more weeks.
Senator Knute Nelson favors the re
j ! of the timber and stone act.
Judge Sullivan, recently appointed
to the supreme bench by Governor
Sheldon, resigned the position after
being sworn iu.
Cracksmen, looted a national bank
at Pepperell. Mass., of fl4.000 and
made theit escape in an automobile.
The infant emperor of China was
enthroned amid the assembled no
bility of tire celestial empire.
President Roosevelt read a letter
rf the late emperor of China in which
expressions of gratitud” are addressed
to (ho United States.
President Alexis of Hayti is de
posed by the revolutionists and com
pelled to leave the country under the
protection of foreign soldiers.
A corner on butter has caused the
present extravagant prices of the pro
duct in the United States.
Diplomatic relations between Tur
key and Austria are strained over the
Balkan situation.
Race riots at Prague, Bohemia, are
becoming serious.
The official synopsis of the now
- agreement between the stale depart
ment ar.d the Japanese foreign office
confirms the earlier reports of the
nature of the transaction.
Five burglars break open a safe In
a bark in Massachusetts and take
$14,000.
The supreme court has post [to ncd
a hearing in the Standard Oil fine uu
til after the holidays.
Secretary Win. Hayward of Nebras
ka was in Washington and talked
over tl;c campaign with Judge Tatt.
Nebraska won second in the stock
jading content at Chicago.
Preparations arc going forward for
taking the next national census.
An explosion in the .Marianna coal
mine in Pennsylvania killed every
man employed. A: U ast 3its lives
were lost. Tim men wrr. entombed
and suffocated, blit their bodies were
not mutilated.
Three thousand people were driven
front their homos at Guthrie. Okl.. by
the sudden rise of the Cottonwood,
river.
Notes exchanged between the
I'nited States and Japan declaring
their policy in tin far east were made
public at the state department.
Eastern Iowa, southern Illinois ana
southwestern Missouri were visited by
desimotive storms.
South Daktota produced JT.WO.OOO
worth of gold during the last year,
breaking all records for the state.
European powers without exception '
comment favorably on the new agree j
nicnr bet v • ei the I’nited States and '
Japan as ; .-curing peace in the far \
cast.
\ serious controversy is now pend- j
insr bet wen the Brotherhood of Loco- 1
motive Em incurs and the PennsyJ- ]
vania railroad and a strike vote is be
ing taken.
Governor Cummins of Iowa was
elected United States senator by the
legislature, to succeed W. 1!. Allison
for his imexpired term.
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Washington.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
i rai P. V. lie Graw recommends in
creased usefulness of rural free de
livery of packages not to exceed
eleven pounds between distributing
office and patrons.
The United States supreme court
has upheld an order of the railway
commission of Virginia enforcing 2
cent railroad fares :ti that state.
•fudge tv. F. Xorris is transferred
from the Philippine service to the
Department of Justice at Washington.
The ways and means committee of
the house proposes to make the tariff
hearing through and will ask con
gress for authority to supoena wit
nesses.
Postmaster General Meyers report
shows a itig postal deficit.
The forthcoming presidential mes
sage is said to lie a very long docu
ment.
Congress will face a deficit in the
immigration fund by reason of the ex
traordinary expenditures by the immi
gration commission.
President Roosevelt, it is under
stood. soon may appoint a commission
to investigate the entire system of
tiie navy department, looking toward
a reorganization and the establishment
of a genera! staff to act in an ad
visory capacity to a civilian secretary.
Mail carrying railroads will here
after receive their pay monthly, in
stead of quarterly, as has been the
custom.
Foreign.
A period of looting followed the
change of government at Port au
Prince, but quiet was restored, due ‘.o
the efforts of General Poidevin.
The shah of Persia granted an audi
enct to the local representative of the
Associated Press and expressed a
keen desire to dissipate some of the
false impressions regarding his atti
tude on constitutionalism that have
reached the outside world.
At .Vianil: the coastwise seamen's
union declared a strike as a result of
which six large coasting steamers are
tied tip. The men demand a IPO per
cent increase.
President Xord Alexis of Hayti was
deposed by his people, they rising at
night and taking the government at
Pot Au Prince by surprise.
Japanese newspapers generally ap
plaud tie official texr of the notes ex
changed between Japan and United
States.
Harri s "paper" liloekade of the port
of Adoin anu Jeremie. which the gov
ernment admits its inability to make
effective by force of arms, will not lie
recognized by the suite department.
The relations of Austria and Turkey
are becoming more strained.
A Japanese steamer foundered oil
Wei-Hei-Wei and the crew and pas
sengers perished.
Two Javanese vessels collided near
C'hee Foe and 700 persons drowned.
Personal.
Daniel .1. Keefer has been appointed
commissioner general of immigration
to succeed Frank P. Sargent.
The- body of Captain EmniPtt Craw
ford is in its final resting place in Ar
lington cemetery.
President-elect Taft will deliver the
oration at the university day celebra
tion to be held in Philadelphia or
Washington’s birthday.
Four new supreme court judges have
been appointed for Nebraska by Gov
ernor George I.. Sheldon, being Jacob
Fawcett of Omaha, W. B. Rose of
Lincoln. Jesse L. Root of Plattsmouth
and J. J. Sullivan of Columbus.
L. B. Clore, champion winner or the
corn show prizes, arrived in Omaha
for the National Corn show.
It is now o.uite certain that at least
138 lives were lost in the Marianna
(Pa.l coal mine explosion.
New members of the Nebraska
supreme court were sworn in and
Judge Iieese selected as supreme jus
tice fer the coming year.
W. H. Hayward, Victor Rosewater
and others from western republican
headquarters called on the p''jsident.
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SECOND SESSION OF SIXTIETH
BEGAN MONDAY.
LITTLE BUSINESS FIRST DfiV
Message of President to be Read
Tuesday and Thereafter the Reg
ular Grind Will Begin.
Washington.— Monday ai 12 o'clock
botht houses of congress will will con
vene for the beginning of the second
session of liie Sixtieth congress. Vie
President Fairbanks and Speaker Can
non will preside.
In the senate ex-Governor Cummins
of Iowa will take the oath of office as
the successor of Senator Allison of
that state, as will Carroll S. Page ; i
Vermont as the successor of Senator
Stewart.
In the house the seven members
elected in November to fill vacancies
also will be sworn in. Tin y are Henry
A. Barnhart, democrat, who succeeds
the late Mr. Brick, republican. Thir
teenth Indiana district; Albert Kstsv
pirtal, democrat, wh succeeds the late
Mr. Meyer. First Louisiana district
Otto G. Foelker. republican, successor
to Mr. Dnnw. 11, republican. Third New
York district: Frank F. Guernsey,
republican, successor to Mr. Powers,
republican. Fourth Maine district;
Eben M. Martin, republican, successor
to Mr. Parker, republican. South Da
kota. at-large; Q. C. Wiley, democrat.
Second Alabama district, and John n.
Swasey. republican, successor to jfr.
Littlefield. Second Maine district.
The two houses will ap|K)int com
mittees each to notify the other house
and the president that congress is or
ganized for business. The senate
will then adjourn for the day out of
respect to the memory of »he late Sen
ator Allison. The house will also
terminate its brief session with resolu
tions commemorative of the lives of
Messrs. Parker. South Dakota: Wiley.
Alabama: Dunwell. New York, and
Powers. Maine.
Tuesday will be given tip to tli°
reading of the president's message. As
this is President Roosevelt’s last an
nual message, there is unusual inter
est in it. The general report is thar
it will prove to be a conservative and
carefully prepared document and that
tew rceommendations far legislation
will be ventured upon.
The house likely will begin business
Wednesday by considering the bill
providing the means for the takiug ol
the thirteenth census. Tt is the ex
pectation of Mr. Tawney. chairman of
the committee on appropriations, that
his committee will be prepared to
report the bill making appropriation
for the legislative, executive and jttdi- !
cial branches of the government be
fore the .end of the week, arid its con
sideration will be begun at the first
practical moment.
The senate has agreed to take up the
bill for the establishment of postal
savings banks and Senator Foraker’s
bill authorizing the re-enlistment of
the negro soldiers who were dis
charged on account of the Brownsvili ■
riot of 19(H).
Party leaders expect that little legis I
lation other than the appropriation
bill will be attempted. These aggre
gate $100,000,000.
Removed to Arlington.
Washington—Having been buried
for nearly a century in an obscur*
corner of Digge's l'artn in .Maryland,
near here, the body of Major L'Enfaui.
an engineer officer of the Colonial
army who assisted George Washing
ton in laying out the national capital,
is to be removed at government ex
pense. with military ceremonies, to
Arlington cemetery, in Virginia.
Magoon Confers With Wright.
Washington—Governor Magoon of j
Cuba arrived here and nad a confer- j
ence with Secretary of War Wright ;
relative to the methods to be em j
ployed in the withdrawal of American
troops from Cuba and on other mat- \
ters relating to the government of the j
island.
Findlay Cases Ail Moiled.
Findlay. Ohio—Standard Oil prose
cutions in this county came to a sud- i
den termination when, at the request
of Prosecuting Attorney David, all the
indictments against the company were
nolle prossed.
CUBAN AFFAIRS DISCUSSED.
President, Secretary Wright and Gov- j
ernor Magcon Hold Conference.
Washington—Governor Magoon of
Cuba and Secretary Wright be d a
conference with President Roosevelt
Sunday night. It is understood that
Cuban affairs in general were dis
cussed and particularly the question
whether the I'nited States should
withdraw all of its troops from Cuba
when this government relinquishes
control of the island next February.
Spokane Has an Apple Show.
Spokane. Wash.—President Roose
velt will press a button at 10:30 Mon
day morning. Pacific time, which will
give the signal for the formal open
ing of the National Apple show, to be
held in Spokane from December 7 to
12. The exhibits, ranging all the
way from a single apple, to a carload
aggregate twenty carloads. The exhibit
s the greatest and finest exhibition of
apples, apple products and imple
ments and machinery associated with
the it ltivation of the apple that has
ever been assembled anywhere.
CHURNING.
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SflVS BON! SPENT $11,080,090
PRINCESS DE SAGAN’S COUNSEL
IN SENSATIONAL ADDRES.
Paris Feasts on Dark Side of Ameri
can Woman’s Married Life While
in France.
Paris. — The suit brought by
Count Boni de Castellane against
Princess de Sagan, his former wife,
for the custody of his three children,
was continued in this city Wednes
day. The princess, before her mar
riage to Count de Castellane. was Miss
\nna Gould.
Counsel for the princess raked
he count fore and aft when he reached
the subject of the fashion in which
he had dissipated his wife's fortune,
spending at the rate of $1,000,000 a
rear for 11 years. M. Clemenceau re
vealed the exact terms of the settle
ment his client offered to make at the
time of hev divorce. These the count
refused, on the ground that they were
insufficient, and in so doing, said coun
Princess De Sagan.
sel. he proved himself eligible for an
nsane asylum. These terms were
5200.000 cash, or an income of $30.
J00 a year, this income to be in
creased when the estate of his former
wife was out of the hands of the
rustees. she to take over all the debts
then pending.
M. Clemencean took up one by one
■he accusations made against the
trincess by the count regarding her :
travels in Italy with de Sagan before j
heir marriage. It should be remem- j
bered, the lawyer declared, that the j
trincess was no’ a young girl travel
;ng with her fiance, hut a divorced j
woman in the company of the man stir 1
was going to marry. Furthermore. 1
she is ail American, >1. <'iemenceau j
-aid. ‘’Conduct that would appear to
ite out of the ordinary in France." he
said, "is jterfectly proper on the other
side of the ocean.”
Daring Bank Robbery.
Pepperell, Mass.—Burglars blew oiten
the safe of the First National hank
here Wednesday, took $14,000. and es
caped in an automobile.
The thoroughness and skill with
which the work was performed has
convinced the police that the burglars j
were professionals. Three were in the j
party, and although they were seen i
escaping in the auto, all trace of them
was soon lost, and the authorities
were unable to ascertain in what di
rection they departed. It is believed,
however, that the burglars went in the
direction of Groton.
Valuable Necklace Recovered.
New York.—A chance remark to
Police Inspector McCafferty led to the
recovery Thursday by Garrett E. Lamb
of Clinton, la., of a pearl necklace said
to be worth $15,000. which was stolen
last February.
Tom Johnson's Daughter Divorced.
Cleveland. O.—Mrs. Elizabeth John
son Mariani. daughter of Mayor Tom
Johnson, was granted a divorce Friday
from Frederico Mariani of New York.
Mrs. Mariani testified that her hus
band had never supported her from
the time she married him.
Shoots Wife and Himself.
Granville, Massi — After fatally
shcoting his wife Friday. John Arten. i
a lodging house keeper, fired three I
bullets into his head, inflicting wounds
will probably kill him.
RAILROAD TROUBLE ENDED.
Pennsylvania Road and Engineers
Reach an Agreement.
Washington.—A successful issue of
the conference between representa
tives of the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers and of the Pennsyl
vania railroad lines west of Pittsburg
and the board of mediation, constsl
ing of Chairman Knapp of the inter
state commerce commission, and Dr.
Charles P. Neill, commissioner of
labor, was reached Friday night and
an agreement proposed by tile board
of mediation was accepted by Gcne-al
Manager G. L. Peck of the PennsyF
vania lines, and by the board of as
sessment of tile Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers.
Satisfaction was expressed by both
sides to the controversy at the settle
ment agreed upon and the agreement
was exchanged between the parties to
the controversy in writing.
CLOSE CALL FOR PRESIDENT.
He Is Nearly Run Down by a Fire
Hose Cart.
Washington.—It wgs learned Thurs
day night that President Roosevelt
had a narrow escape front serious
injury while driving Wednesdaj after
noon. The prompt action of Lieut. .1.
B. Lyons of the local fire department,
who was driving a heavy Are hose
cart, and who threw his horses to the
ground in order to avoid dashing into
the chief executive's carriage, alone
prevented a bad accident.
The tire horses were traveling at
great speed when the driver, realizing
that the hose wagon would dash into
the president's carriage but for some
desperate measure, jerked the ani
mals back and threw them on their
haunches. Their hoofs, it is said, al
most struck the carriage in front of J
them as they fell.
BANK CASHIER IS SHOT.
Iowan. Mistaken for Another Man.
Wounded in Shoulder.
X'intnn. Ia.—George Ramstead, the
assistant cashier of the People's Sav
ings hank at Vinton, was waylaid and
stiot through the shoulder at au early
hour Friday morning by au unknown
assailant. Ramstead had been to I
Cedar Rapids and was returning home
or. the night train. When near his |
residence he was stopped by a man
who exclaimed. 'Tve got you now,"
and fired one shot.
His assailant suddenly discovered
he had shot tiie wrong man and offer
ing an apology, disappeared. Ram
stead will recover.
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Seventeen Perish in Storm.
St. Johns, X. F.—Seventeen persons
have iierished in a storm which has
lashed the Newfoundland coast for 48
hours. In all, ten fishing vessels have
gone ashore, most of them breaking
into fragments on the rocks. The vic
tims of the gale were members of
the crews of three of these craft. The
fishermen were all residents of New
foundland fishing villages.
Ward Burlingame Is Dead.
Topeka. 'Kan.—Ward Burlingame,
for 27 years chief clerk in the dead
letter office at Washington, and pri
vate secretary to four Kansas govern
ors and three Kansas senators, died at
his home here Thursday night of heart
failure, aged 72 years.
Three Suffocated by Fumes.
Cincinnati. Dee. 4.—Three men were
found dead In an abandoned sheet-iron
shaving hopper under the central
bridge in this city Thursday. They
had been suffocated by the inhalation
of charcoal fumes.
New Revolution in Salvador.
Managua, Nicaragua.—A revolution
has begun in Salvador under the lead
ership of former Vice-President Pru
dencio Alfaro. The cities of Ahuacha
pan. Fsutulan and Santana have been
captured by the revolutionists.
Cruiser Yankee Is Floated.
Newport. R. ].—The United States
cruiser Yankee, which has been
aground on Hen and Chickens shoals
in Buzzards hay for the Inst ten
weeks, has been floated and has start
ed for Now ir-—.
ARMED FORCES SUPPRESS THE
PORT AU PRINCE MOB.
TWELVE MEN ARE KILLED
Committee of Public Safety Organ
ized—Gen. Simon Strongly Fa
vored for President of
Hayti.
Port an Prince.—For many hours
during the night following the flight
of Nord Aiexis. riot and pillage pre
vailed in Port an Prince. The
populace, maddened b; the spirit of
revolt, turned front the skiff that car
ried their deposed president to the
French training ship IKtguay Troniu,
and gave full vent to their passions.
They looted stores and residences and
fought among themselves over the
booty and were only held in check by
an armed force hastily gathered to
gether by Gen. Poid<v*in. which fired
a volley into the mob and drove the
rioters from s ,e >t to street and final
ly into seclusion.
In all. 12 persons were killed and
many wounded before order was re
stored.
So serious did the situation become
that, a committee of public safety,
composed of the most prominent mili
tary leaders, was organized. Scores
of citizens were placed under arms to
assist the loyal troops in patrolling the
city and Thursday comparative tran
quility reigned.
The American. French and German
ministers decided early in the morn
ing that they could trust to the ar
rangements made by the committee to
maintain order, but they jointly gave
notification that if disorders com
menced again they would land forces
front the warships. Those already
here were re-enforced at daybreak by
the T'nited States gunboat Eagle and
the British cruiser Scvlla.
The sentiment of the (teople is
strongly in favor of Uen. Simon and
he will probably be elected president,
if the chamber can be assembled
without delay. A delegation com
posed of seven prominent citizens
has gone to meet the revolutionary
leader and acquaint him with the fact
that Not'd Alexis lias gone aboard the
Duguay Trouin. They will invite him
to come into the capital at his earliest
convenience.
Port an Prince.—President Nurd
Alexis has been deposed and is now
safe on board ihe French training
shit) Dugtiay Trouin and Port au
Prince is in the hands of Die revolu
tionists. Gen. Antoine Simon, the lead
er of the insurgents, is marching up
the peninsula with an army of 5,000
and a new president. Gen. Legitime,
has been proclaimed.
Al the iast moment President Aiexis
yielded to the urging of those about
him and decided to take refuge aboard
the French warship. At precisely five
o'clock « salute of 21 guns announced
his departure from the palace. Thou
sands hau gathered there early in the
day and they had surged round the en
trances, threatening to tear down the
walls to drive out the president and
his loyal followers.
As the hours passed the great mob
became infuriated, shouting for him to
leave the country. The mob was
armed, and men and women, beside
themselves with rage, heaped curses
on the head of the aged man who had
lieen deposed from the presidency.
BIGGY'S BODY NOT FOUND.
Fruitless Search for Drowned Chief of
Frisco Police.
San Francisco.—Although numerous
boats have patrolled and searched
the bay since daylight Tuesday morn
iug. front the Golden Gate to Hunter's
point, and the officers of the ferry
boats and other craft were asked to
keep a sharp lookout, the body of
Chief of Police William .T. Biggv. who
disapiteared from the police launch
Patrol and is believed to have fallen
overboard shortly before 12 o'clock
Monday night, while returning to this
city from Belvidere, on the north
shore, has not lieen recovered. It is
feared that the body has been carried
out to sea.
Waterways League Meets.
New Orleans.—That an inland wa
terway extending front the Mississippi
river to the Rio Grande will benefit
not only Louisiana and Texus. but the
whole Mississippi valley, was the
sentiment oi the several hundred dele
gates gathered here Friday at the
fourth annual convention of the Inter
state Waterways league. Lieut. Gov.
O. B. Davidson of Texas said it was
estimated that to complete the work
would cost $4,000,01)0.
Lack of Water Stops Trolley Line.
Mahanov City. Pa.-^Because of a
scarcity of water the 8chuylkill Trac
tion Company, which operates about
40 miles of trolley line in the Ma
hanoy and Shenandoah valleys. Friday
night drew the fires from under the
boilers of its big power plant at
Girardville and suspended operations.
Arrested After Long Chase.
New York.—A chase from Chicago
to Italy and back to New York ended
Friday in the arrest of Michael Vivo,
an Italian jeweler who is charged with
the theft of $500 worth of jewelry and
three pounds of gold.
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Brice's Sen Is Insane.
New York.—Stewart M. Brice, a
former councilman and son of the laie
United States Senator Calvin S. Brice
of Ohio, after a hearing before a com
mission and a sheriff's jury was de
oWi.t insane Friday.
SOO CITY ADD CREW LOST
LAKE STEAMER GOES DOWN IN
NEWFOUNDLAND GALE.
No Doubt of Vessel's Fate Remains—•
Was Being Taken to the Gulf
of Mexico.
St. Johns. X. P.—Wreckage which
lias come ashore at Cape Ray leaves
little room for doubt -hat ihe sturdy
little steamer Soo City, which for 2d
years plied as an excursion vessel on
the Great Lakes, went down with her
crew in the midst of the gale that
lashed the Newfoundland coast tor
two days this week.
The steamer was in command ■ >f
Capt. John G. Dillon of Brooklyn, who
was formerly commander of the United
Stales government transport Missouri.
A wife and three children awaited his
return home. The exact uuntbet of the
crew is in doubt, it is known, how
ever. that no less than is men were on
board, and it has been reported that
the crew was recently increased to 28
; men.
The Soo City was recently sold by
i the Indiana Transportation Company
to Felix Jackson of Velasco. Tex., and
was being taken to New Orleans,
where it had been planned to put her
in service between that city and
Texan ports. Sh® carried no passen
gers. She was to be first overhauled
in New York, and for that purpose had
been consigned to Agent T. H. Frank
lin of New York.
The steamer sailed from Michigan
City on November 1 and reached Og>
densburg. N. Y.. November 11. Up to
that time the steamei was in charge
of Capt. F. V. Dority .of Milwaukee,
hut at Ogdensburg the command wa.-*
turned over to Capt. Dillon. She war.
last reported at Quebec November 14
A week later, when nothing had been
heard, much anxiety was felt, and on
Wednesday last the vessel was listed
by the Maritime Exchange among th>
missing. The steamer's first mate was
John Casey of Chicago.
Friday a deck cabin and fittiugs and
It! life preservers came ashore. These
all bore the name "Soo City,” or other
marks identifying them as belonging
to the lake steamer. During the day
life buoys, deck hoards and other gear
unquestionably belonging to the steam
er were washed in.
BURTON FOR TREASURY HEAD.
Ohio Congressman Offered Place in
Cabinet by Taft.
Cleveland. O. -— The Cleveland
Plain Dealer says that Represen
tative Theodore Burton of Cleve
land haS beep offered by President
elect Taft the jiortfolio of secretary
of the treasury.
Mr. Burton has taken the offer un
der consideration but will make no
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reply to Mr. Taft until after the Ohio
senatorial situation has been clarified.
It is understood that President-elect
Taft's action in tendering the secre
taryship to Mr. Burton is made en
tirely without respect to the senatorial
fight in Ohio in which his brother
Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, is a
prominent factor.
India Uprising Is Planned.
Vancouver.—The World says Brit
ish officers working among the
Sikhs aud Hindus of the Pacific coast,
unearthed the details of a proposed
uprising against British rule in India
The story is to the effect that out
rages are now taking place at widely
separated points in India for the pur
pose of scattering the British troops.
The main rising will take place in
April next, at Amritzar. Stocks ot
arms of modern type, recently manu
factured in Japan and smuggled into
India, are hidden in various districts.
Insurance Man a Suicide.
St. Paul, Minn.—Timothy R. Palmer,
who resigned last Friday as president
of the Minnesota Mutual Life Insur
ance Company, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head
while alone in his room at his rest
dence, 923 Grand avenue, Thursday.
Melancholia caused by ill health ia
the only known motive.
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Ohio Bar Association Date.
Columbus, O.—At a meeting here
Thursday of the executive committee
of the Ohio State Bar association, it
was decided to hold the thirtieth an
nual meeting at Put-in-Bav the second
week in July next.
Mrs. Dudley Dies of Injuries.
New York.—Mrs. Martha S. Dudley
of Topeka, Kan., who was knocked
down by an automobile while crossing
Broadway Wednesday evening, died
of her injuries at Roosevelt hospital
1 Thursday night.