Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVI_LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , MARCH 4, 1909 NUMBER 17
Congress.
The president has submitted to
gress a message transmitting two pre
limiary reports of the commission ap
pointed to consider the needs of the
navy.
The senate has voted to retain in
the agricultural bill an appropriation
of $25,000 for digesting, compiling and
publishing the material gathered by
the commission on country life.
A protest against the establishment
of postal savings b3nks was registered
with the house committee on post
offices by Chicago and New York
bankers.
The bill which provides for the re
instatement cf the Brownsville negro
officers and soldiers will eb favorably
reported by the house committee on
military affairs.
The house rejected the senate
amendments to the executive, legisla
tive and judicial bill increasng
salaries of president, vice presdent,
speaker and judges.
Mr. McCumber made an extended
speech in the senate on the right of
• congress to fix standards for grad
ing grain entering interstate com
merce.
With its war paint on. the house of
representatives on the 24th, by
sweeping majorities many times de
fied the senate by rejecting its
amendments to the executive appro
priation bil providing for salary in
creases for the president, the vice
president, the speaker, the judiciary
and for the creation of the offices of
under-secretary and fourth assistant
secretary of state.
The senate passed the compromise
bill providing for the reinstatement
of colored soldiers.
Before the close of the sixtieth con
gress a ship subsidy, or ocean mail
subsidy, lav.- will be enacted by con
gress, if new plans of house leaders
are successful.
The coming hunting trip of Presi
dent Roosevelt to Africa was brought
up during the consideration of the
sundry civil bill in the house. Mr.
Garrett (Tenu ) wanted to know how
much of the expense of the expedition
was to be paid by the government.
Mr. Mann (111.) volunteered the on
swer that no public moneys were to
be used. He said there was nothing
in connection with th? proposed trip
that could be criticised.
Secretary J. F. Hanson, of Fre
mont Commercial club, has appealed
to Senator Brown to secure the as
sist ance of the national government
in the drainage operations planned
for the bottoms east and northeast
of Fremont and south of the E-lkhom
at the Platte river.
An amendment was incorporated in
the diplomatic and consular appro
priation bill which was reported to
the senate providing that hereafter
no new ambasadors shall be created
unless the same shall be provided for
by an act of congress. This would
take from the president the discre
tion of raising an American legation
to an embassy.
Senate committee added a provision
to the agricultural bill for a denatured
alcohol still in Nebraska, persumably
at the state university.
The subcommittee of the senate
committee on judiciary has agreed to
report that the president's action in
permitting the merger of the steel
companies is unauthorized.
By a vote of (12 to 2 the senate de
cided to retain the eighteen pension
agencies, including Des Moines. The
house had voted to consolidate all the
agencies in Washington.
The sundry civil bill which has been
reported to the house carries liberal
appropriations for Iowa They relate
chiefly to continuing work on public
buildings under authorizations made
In previous sessions, rentals for tem
porary buildings while postoffices are
being constructed and the like.
The agricultural appropriation bill,
carrying $13,773,27(1 an increase of
$889,150 over the bill as passed by
the house, was reported to the sen
ate. The forest service secured an
increase of $500,000 for fire protec
tion.
Generai.
George Bonhag of the Irish-Ameri
ieau athletic club, broke the world’s
record for the five mile run at the
state armory athletic meet at Troy,
X. Y.
II. Harriman celebrated his sixty
first birthday in a quiet manner at
San Antonio, Texas. He spent the
morning in pistol and rifle practice.
E. R. Woodward, superintendent of
the Multnomah amateur athletic
club. Portland. Ore., shot and fatally
wounded himself.
More than 10,000 rubber mill opera
tives in New England, who have been
idle for a month have been opened
up again.
Prominent cigarette dealers
throughout the country have decided
to abolish cut prices on standard
brands of cigarettes.
This country raised over $1,000,000
for Italian sufferers.
By a strict party vote the senate
committee declined to strike out of
the Xew Mexico and Arizona state
hood bill the provisons relating to
land grants, which are the basis of
opposition to the measure.
At the recent election in New York
some counties largely voted “dry.”
A rug said to be worth more than
$50,000, and to be the finest in the
world, was presented to the White
House as a gift to the nation by a
rich Armenian.
Greeks at South Omaha were
nobbed and driven from their homes,
many of them being severely beaten.
The situation between Austria-Hun
gary and Servia is again giving rise
to uneasiness.
An attack by Burton on Rainey
of Illinois was the feature of the ses
sion of the house reecntly.
R. Mead Shumway, the Nebraska
murderer, was granted a stay of exe
cution until March 5 by the supreme
court, the announcement being made
while he was preparing for the gal
lows.
Demand for the immediate creation
by congress of a permanent tariff
commission was voiced in resolutions
adopted by the National Tariff Com
mission conference convention in In
dianapolis.
President Roosevelt will make no
more appointments during his term.
With $800,000 in gold pieces, fresh
from the government mint, to pay the
officers and men of the Atlantic fleet,
the Yankton left Washington to join
the fleet.
An assault on a white woman
caused a inob to collect in Ottumwa.
Ia.. and a race riot is feared.
President Roosevelt has written a
| letter to Chairman Hale saying that
Hemenway’s report on secret service
work contains many false and mis
leading statements.
Congressman Kinkaid is not hope
ful for the passage of his bill-red jting
amount of improvements required on
Kinkaid homesteads.
Congressman Burton made a sen
sational reply to charges made by Mr.
Rainey against the financial deal fcr
the Panama canal.
A bill was favorably reported in the
senate for an additional federal judge
for Nebraska
Return of the Atlantic squadron
was the occasion of big demonstra
tion at Hampton Roads and Presi
dent Roosevelt praised the men and
ships.
U
Washington.
A call for a caucus of the democrats
of the next house for 10 o’clock Tues
day forenoon, March 15. was issued to
day by Representative Clayton, chair
man of the present democratic organ
ization. This caucus will select a
democratic candidate for speaker to
be voted for two hours later and also
candidates for other offices of the
house.
Senator Gamble went before the
appropriation committee of the senate
in behalf of an appropriation of $100,
000 for a new water system at Fopt
Meade, S. I>.
Senator Burkett had up with the
postmaster general a petition of citi
ezns of Bethany for the establish
ment there of a branch office of the
Lincoln postoffice. The postmaster
general called his attention to the
section of the law providing that no
substation could be, established in any
town of less than 1,500 inhabitants
and that in this petition the citizens
had made a statement that their po
pulation was 1,200.
On tbe recommendation of Senator
Dawson. Dr. H. R. Dean has been ap
j pointed pension examining surgeon
at Muscatine. Ia.. vice Dr. C. C. Moy
ridge, deceased.
The remarkable feature of the “in
augural souvenir” used by the com
mittee in charge of the inaugural
ceremonies is a biographical sketch
of President-elect Taft by President
Roosevelt. It has peculiar signifi
cance in view of rumors that have
been published to the effect that fric
tion existed between Roosevelt and
Taft. The keynote of the president’s
sketch may be found in thes words:
“No one of better training, no man of
more dauntless courage, or common
sense and higher character has ever
come to the presidency than William
Howard Taft.”
That a final determination should
and will be obtained from a court of
last resort as to the question of label
ing whisky under the pure food law,
is the opinion expressed by Attorney
General Bonaparte in a letter to Presi
dent Roosevelt.
The Aldrich bill, providing means
for the re-enlistment of negro soldiers
who were dicsharged without honor
on account of participating in the
Brownsville affray, was passed by the
senate.
The senate passed the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill, car
rying $3.G4G,3S6. Tite house provision
vesting in a vice consul general judi
cial authority in civil and criminal
cases, heretofore vested n the consul
general of China, was stricken out,
and thi’ Lodge amendment appropri
ating $! 0(1,000 for grounds and build
ings dor the American embassy at
Paris was laid on the table
Myron T. Herrick of Ohio is said
to be out of the cabinet race.
Personal.
Prominent suffragists cf Loudon
were sentenced to terms in prison.
The question of woman suffrage will
be put to a vote in Washington state.
With the selection of Franklin Mac
Veagh for secretary of the treasury
the Taft cabinet is made up.
President Roosevelt was violently
abused in the house by two republican
members.
Gov. Shallenbergor of Nebraska sets
the precedent of retaining the three
heads of state institutions who are
women.
Unofficial announcement made at
Columbus, O., says that J. at. Dickin
son of Tennessee is to be secretary
-Of war in Taft's cabinet.
Secretary Wiison argued for a de
natured alcohol plant at Lincoln.
SUPPLY BILLS WORK
IMPORTANT MEASURES ARE YET
BEFORE THE SENATE.
CONGRESS ENOS THURSDAY
Number of Men Long Prominent in
Both Houses Will Retire With
Close of the Session.
Washington.—The Sixtieth congress
will come to an end Thursday noon
with the inauguration of Taft and
Sherman. Until that tkne business
in both the senate and the house will
be in a hurly-burly condition, with
conference reports on appropriation
bills the principal order of business.
All of the big supply bills have been
passed by the house and all but the
sundry civil military academy and
general deficiency bills have passed
the senate. The supply measures in
conference are the legislative, exe
cutive and judicial; the pension,
army, agriculture fortification and
rivers and harbors appropriation bills.
An effort will be made in the senate
by Senator Heyburn to have the con
ference report on the penal code bill
adopted, but some opposition is antici
pated. In the house it is expected the
question of changing the rules to es
tablish a calendar day for the con
sideration of bills will be taken up on
Monday and on Tuesday an effort will
be made to pass the senate bill pro
viding for the granting of subventions
to mail-carrying vessels between
United States ports and South Amer
ica. Japan, China and Australasia.
The passage of the bill will be stub
bornly resisted. The Appalachian
and White mountain forest reserva
tion bill will receive first attention
from the house Monday. The senate
will meet in special session on Thurs
day to consider nominations.
Twelve senators and seventy-seven
representatives, who are members of
the present congress, will be absent
when the Sixty-first congress assem
bles in special session in March 15.
In the re-election of Mr. Hopkins in
Illinois and Mr. Stephenson in Wis
consin takes place, it is possible that
the number of senatorial absentees
will be augmented to fourteen.
Of the seventy-seven representatives
who retire on March 3, one, Mr. Hep
burn of Iowa, who has served twenty
two years in congress, and another.
Mr Sherman of New York, who be
comes vice president, has served
twenty years in the house. Mr.
Cousins of Iowa and Delegate Smith
of Arizona have served sixteen years.
THE WEEK'S GREAT EVENT.
It Will Be That of Inducting Taft
Into Office.
Washington.—All other events of
the week will be overshadowed by the
inauguration at Washington of Wil
liam Howard Taft, twenty-seventh
president of the United States. On
Thursday while President Taft graces
the ball that will bring the inaugural
program to a brilliant close, Mr.
Rocsevelt, relieved of the burdens of
state, will be surrounded by his neigh
bors of Oyster bay and Mr. Bryan will
be the guest of honor at a doliar din
ner in Pittsburg.
If he is permitted to follow' the
Dlans chosen, Mr. Roosevelt will go to
Xew York late Thursday and thence
to Oyster Bay, where a home-coming
demonstration has been arranged
THE INAUGURATION BIBLE.
Oath of Office Will Be Taken Upon
It by Tr.ft.
Washington.—William H. Taft will
tage the oath of office as president of
the United States on the century-old
Bible which belongs to the supreme
court of the United States and by it
kept in custody. There is a touch of
sentiment in this decision which Mr
Taft announced with the statement
that had he become a member of the
supreme court his oath would have
been taken on identically the same
book.
A Million Dollar Session.
Washington—Now that billion-dol
lar sessions of congress are the rule,
little other than appropriation legis
lation can be enacted during the short
sessions, and the one to end this
week is no exception to the rule. The
appropriations for the session prob
ably will be the largest on record,
even exceding the $1,008,000,000 pro
vided for at the first session. As only
one of the fifteen general appropria
tion bilis of this session has been sent
to the president for signature, an ac
curate statement of the amount is im
possible.
First Chinaman Elected.
Ithaca. N. Y.—Tonfu Hu of Wu
Chengh Sien, China, was elected to
the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity at Cor
nell this week. It is the first time
that a Chinaman was ever elected to
the highest honorary society at Cor
nell. s
Crisis Near In Manchuria.
Pekin—Advices received from Har
bin state the situation there arising
out of Russia’s insistence that it ad
minister the local municipal govern
ment on account of its railroad inter
ests, is rapidly nearing a crisis.
Ethel Not Engaged.
Washington—An emphatic denial of
the report that the president’s
younger daughter, Miss Ethel, is en
gaged to marry Third Assistant Sec
retary of State William Phillips was
given out here.
HAVE THE LOCK TYPE OF CANAL, TO BE SURE.
II
Mlnatxpollg JocrnaL |
Uncle Sam—This Is Where I Play Even on That $180,CCO it Cost Me to Take
My Fleet Through the Suez.
RUSSIANS FEAR BALKAN WAR
DUMA LEADERS BELIEVE CON
FLICT INEVITABLE.
France Is Uneasy Over the Situation,
But English Government Is Not So
Apprehensive of Danger.
St. Petersburg.—The pessimism with
regard to the Balkan crisis is steadily
deepening in diplomatic circles, where
it is believed that Austrian action
against Servia may be expected within
a fortnight unless a solution to the
present grave problem is soon ar
ranged.
Foreign office officials state that
Russia is not disposed to consider an
invasion of Servia alone as a casus
belli, but there is fear that the gov
ernment's hand may be forced under
such circumstances by popular feeling.
The beginning of hostilities would
threw thousands of Russian volun
teers into the Servian ranks.
The duma leaders, who visited the
foreign office Wednesday expressed
themselves as convinced that war is
inevitable. Information received from
Kiev indicates that no military meas
ures have yet been undertaken on the
southwestern frontier, but all appli
cations of officers for leave of absence
have been refused and the Kiev de
partment is ready for instant mobil
ization.
The Xovoe Vrcmya publishes a spir
ited reply to what it describes as Aus
trian and German “threats.”
Paris.—The attitude assumed hy
Austria-Hungary and Russia in the
difficulty between the former power
and Servia is creating considerable
uneasiness here. France is anxious
to play the role of pacifier, but Ger
many having declined the French,
British and Italian overtures for inter
vention at Vienna and suggested in
stead intervention at Belgrade, the
French government has decided, in
view of the attitude of Russia, to
initiate no new action except with the
complete approval of Russia and
Great Britain.
London.—The British government is
not so apprehensive regarding the situ
ation in the Balkans as are some of
the other governments of Europe,
judging from the indications in dis
patches received here from various
continental capitals. The foreign of
fice, of course, recognizes that an un
due prolongation of the tension be
tween Austria-Hungary and Servia is
dangerous, but it is hopeful of an
early relaxation in the situation. So
far as is known officially here, Ger
many has not declined to participate
in a joint action, and negotiations still
are going on with the view of a prof
fer of good offices.
Mrs. Vanderbilt Fights Disease.
New York.—Mrs. William K. Van
derbilt, Sr., has given more than $1,
000,000, it is announced, for the erec
tion of four model tenements for per
sons suffering with tuberculosis. The
buildings are to be operaled in connec
tion with Dr. Henry L. Shively’s tuber
culosis clinic of the Presbyterian hos
pital in New York city, and are to bo
known as the Shively sanitary tene
ments.
Five Indiana Counties Dry.
Indianapolis, Ind.—Five Indiana
counties that held focal option elec
tions Tuesday, voted dry. They are
Grant, Howard, Daviess, Adams and
Newton. It is possible that the “wets”
won in the cities of Kokomo and
Marion. One hundred and forty-three
saloons are put out of business.
Stephenson Claims Victory.
Madison, Wis— Senator Stephenson
has appealed from the ruling of Lieut.
Gov. Strange that no election resulted
on the separate ballot by assembly
and senate on January 26, and has
submitted his case to the United
States senate for a decision. Senator
Stephenson’s claim to the seat in the
senate that will be vacated by law on
March 4 is that he received a major
ity of the votes cast in each house on
the separate ballot taken on January
26. The senate committee on elec
tions will decide the case.
DEFENDS THE CATHOLICS.
Cardinal Gibbons Replies to Protestant
Charges of Disloyalty.
Baltimore, Md.—An article will ap
pear in the March number of the
North American Review from Cardinal
Gibbons In which the cardinal replies
categorically to charges made b;
Lutheran and Baptist ministers af
fecting the loyalty of members of the
Catholic communion.
Cardinal Gibbons begins by saying
that 'fifteen millions of Catholics live
their lives in our land with undis
turbed belief in the perfect harmony
existing between their religion and
their duties as American citizens.
“It never occurs to their minds to
question the truth of a belief which
all their experience confirms. Love
of religion and love of country burn
together in their hearts. They love
their church as the divine spiritual
society set up by .Jesus Christ
through which they are bro"ght Into
a closer communion with God, learn
his revealed truth and his holy law,
receive the help they need to lead
Christian lives and are inspired with
the hope of eternal happiness.”
ARREST ORGANIZED SWINDLERS.
Band Charged with Frauds of About
$500,000.
Little Rock. Ark. — That their
field of operations extended over
the entire country and their victims
numbered nearly 100 from whom almosr
$300,000 was secured during the pasi.
two 3-ears was the declaration Tues
day of the state and federal officials
who caused the arrest of J. C. Maybry
and three alleged confederates, lead
ers, it is charged, of a most thorough
ly organized band of swindlers, on a
charge of using the mails to defraud.
In searching the effects of Maybry rec
ords were found giving- the names
the authorities declare, of men who
were victimized, and as well as over
300 others, stationed in every state in
the union and in several provinces in
Canada, who, the officials assert, act
ed as agents of the men.
TORNADO KILLS THIRTEEN.
Southeastern Arkansas Swept by a
Cyclone.
Little Rock. Ark. — Lonoke, Prai
rie. Woodruff and Poinsett coun
ties in southeastern Arkansas were
swept by a cyclone Tuesday and lo
persons were killed. Many others
were injured. I'isher was almost com
pletely w;recked. The damage to prop
erty is many thousands of dollars.
Because of the interruption of wire
communication with the storm-swept
territory, only the most meager in
formation was available. At Fisher, a
town of 400 inhabitants, it is reported
that but two buildings remain stand
ing and that many injured are im
prisoned among the wreckage of the
razed buildings.
Drunkards Denied Wives.
Springfield, 111.—Young men who
frequent saloons will not be permitted
to enter inio matrimonial relations in
Illinois if a bill introduced in the
house Wednesday is enacted into law,
and it probably will pass.
The bill was introduced by Repre
sentative Groves and amends the
marriage laws of the state by declar
ing an habitual drunkard incapable
of contracting marriage and defining
an “habitual drunkard" to be a per
son who becomes' intoxicated twice in '
a year.
Reads Poems, Weds Author,
Bloomington, 111.—The romantic
marriage at Windsor, Mo„ of John F
Myers, a rich retired farmer here,
aged 74, who has obtained local fame
as a poet, and Minnie L. Barrett, aged
27, became known Friday. Attracted
by a volume of Myers' poems Miss
Barrett corresponded with him and
a wedding followed.
Two More Indiana Counties Dry.
Indianapolis, Ind.—Two more In
diana counties—Carroll and Gibson
voted dry in elections Friday.
HORSEWHIPS “BILLY" SUNDAY
EVANGELIST IS ATTACKED ' IN
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
Religious Fanatic Delivers Several
Blows Before the Minister
Knocks Him Down.
Springfield, 111.—Rev. W. A. Sunday,
better known aa “Billy" Sunday, a
former baseball player, who is now an
evangelist, was horsewhipped Friday
night by a religious fanatic at the Sun
day tabernacle where, in the presence
of 8,000 persons, he was conducting
the opening meeting of a religious re
vival meeting.
The evangelist had just made his
opening remarks and was leaning
against the pulpit on an elevated plat
form while a hymn was sung by Fisch
er and Butler, his choir leaders, and
Miss Edith Anderson, a soprano of
Springfield, when a powerful man,
who said his name was Sherman Potts,
sprang forward with a buggy whip and
struck Mr. Sunday several terrific
blows.
Sunday leaped from the platform
and dashed at his assailant whom he
knocked dow n in the center aisle. The
audience was on the verge of a panic,
with women weeping and children
screaming, while Pofis and Sunday
roiled and tumbled in the aisle.
Mr. Sunday said he suffered several
painful bruises from the buggy whip.
The prisoner said that his home was
one mile east of Lovlngton, 111. Ac
cording to his statements at the jail,
he was once declared insane and com
mitted to the Jacksonville asylum,
whence, after a brief confinement, he
was released as cured. He said he
came to Springfield from Decatur to
horsewhip Sunday, that he had pur
chased a whip in Springfield and went
to the tabernacle early.
He made the attack, he said, in de
fense of the virtue of woman whom ha
declared had been criticised by the
evangelist. The police say Potts is •
religious fanatic.
ROOSEVELT IS SCORED.
Congressman Cook, a Republican,
Raps the President.
Washington.—By an overwhelming
vote, and without party distinction the
house of representatives Thursday sus
tained the committee on appropria
tions in again reporting a provision in
the sundry civil appropriation bill, re
stricting the operations of the secret
service detectives of the treasury de*
partraent.
The president was scathing de
nounced by Mr. Cook. s. Republican
of Colorado, while Mr. Smith, a Re
publican of Iowa, a member of the
appropriations committee and one of
those named by the president in his
message of January 4 last as being
responsible for the secret: service lim
itation seemingly employed all the in
vective at his command in an attack
on that service.
The discussion arose over an
amendment by Mr. Bennet of New
York striking out the provision iimit
1 ing the field of operations of the se
cret service. A similar paragraph in
the last appropriation bill is what
gave rise to the president's strictures
upon members of congress. Mr. Ben
net entered a general defense of the
secret service detectives.
AUSTRIA MAKES WAR MOVE.
Forwards Eridge Materia! and Concen
trates War Vessels at: Monhaca.
Vienna.—Austrian troops can oc
cupy Belgrade, the Servian capital,
within five hours after a declaration
of war, say leading Austrian generals.
Material sufficient to build four mili
tary bridges across the Danube has
been sent to Semlin, across the rives
from Belgrade.
The Servian talk of blocking the
Austrians by dynamiting the present
bridges is laughed at in Vienna. War
vessels have been concentrated at
Monhaca.
Berlin.—Great Britain, it is under
stood here, has expressed readiness td
assdciate herself in joint action of the*
powers at Belgrade, provided Russia
participates in this action.
$50,000 Gem Theft: at Ball.
San Francisco. — A $50,000 pearl
necklace belonging to Miss Jen
nie Crocker of this city was stolen
during the Mardi Gras ball given by
Mrs. Charles O. Alexander at the St.
Francis hotel Tuesday night.
Miss Crocker was one of 402 guests
invited to the ball, the list including
virtually all persons prominent social
ly in this city. She was also a guest
at the more exclusive dinner given by
Mrs. Alexander before the ball. Miss
Crocker wore the jewels at the din
ner and still had them on when she
donned her costume for the ball.
“Booze" Button for Topers.
Madison, Wis. — Wisconsin may
adopt the Puritanic custom of brand
ing the drunkard. It will not be by
the burning of the letter “D” on the
forehead, but by compelling the
“posted" man to wear a red button at
least two inches in diameter on his
coat lapel. Senator Lehr introduced
the bill Wednesday.
Says Sperry Will Remain.
Washington.—Rear Admiral Sperry
spent some time with Secretary New
berry after he had returned fTom the
cabinet meeting Friday. The secre
tary declared there was no intention
to relieve Admiral Sperry from com
mand of the Atlantic fleet.
-May Expunge Cook Attack.
Washington.—The house Friday ap
pointed a committee of five to report
whether the remarks of Mr. Cook of
Colorado, attacking the president,
should be expunged from the record.
CABINET IS NAMED
TAFT ANNOUNCES HEADS OF
FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS.
MACVEAGH GETS A PLACE
Wilson and Meyer the Only Hoid
Overs from the Roosevelt
Regime—No Selections
from Ohio. .
New York. — President-elect Taft
has announced the cabinet officers
for his administration which will
open with his inauguration into office
March 4. With the announcement he
confirmed the selection of Franklin
MacVeagh, the Chicago merchant, who,
it has been rumored for some time,
was billed for a place among the new
executive's advisers.
Aides of New President.
The complete cabinet is:
Secretary of State—Philander Chase
Knox of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Treasury—Franklin
MacVeagh of Illinois.
Secretary of War—Jacob M. Dickin
son of Tennessee.
Attorney General—George W. Wick
ersham of Xew York.
Postmaster General — Frank H.
Hitchcock of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the Navy—George Von
L. Meyer of Massachusetts.
Secretary' of the Interior—Richard A.
Ballinger of Washington.
Secretary of Agriculture—James
Wilson of Iowa.
. Secretary of Commerce and Labor—
Charles Nagel of Missouri.
Jacob M. Dickinson, who is a Chica
goan, besides having a residence in
Tennessee, was chosen as secretary
of war to fill the position which Mr.
Taft held before he became a candi
date for the office to which he was
elected last November.
On Senator Knox the president will
rely more than any other of his cab
inet. His admiration for the eminent.
Pennsylvanian is of long standing, and
he believes that in him he has found
a man who will steer a clear course In
any storm that may arise during his
-coming administration. It has been
on his judgment to a great extent that
the other selections for cabinet officeri
were made.
Frank H. Hitchcock and George Vou
L. Meyer give Massachusetts a double
representation in the Taft administra
tion, but it is understood that Mr. Tai>
could hardly avoid taking both these
men.
Chicago Gets Two.
Chicago, in a sense, has really two
representatives in Mr. Dickinson and
Mr. MacVeagh, although the former
is officially credited to Tennessee in
the south. The south in a sense gets
a second representative in Charles
Nagel of St. Louis, who is to be secre
tary' of commerce and labor, succeed
ing Mr. Straus of New York.
The Pacific coast and the far west
is represented by Richard A. Railinger.
whose knowledge of the questions aris
ing in the distribution of lands and
of forest preserves is believed to fit In
eminently for the office of secretary
of the Interior.
Mr. Taft evidently believed that in
the presidency Ohio had been given
a full share of the honors, and is
known to have appreciated the fact that
a number of eminent Buckeye states
men showed a becoming modesty in
refusing to push their claims for
recognition.
The great middle west will have
Secretary Wilson of Iowa as its rep
resentative. He will continue as head
of the department of agriculture, and
no selection made by Mr. Taft will re
ceive more widespread approval. Dur
ing the 12 years that Mr. Wilson has
been secretary of agriculture he has
shown an efficiency that made any
other suggestion for the office impos
sible. On March 4 he will have made
a record in length of service of cabinet
officers.
SEEK MRS. GUNNESS’ MONEY.
Relatives of Victim of Laporte Woman
Make Test Case.
Laporte, Ind.—The first of several
cases to recover blood money obtained
by Mrs. Belle Gunness from the men
she lured into her murder-house on
the promise of marriage was brought
in the Laporte circuit court Friday.
Asel Helgelein bringing action for
§2,893,20, the amount Belle Gunness
obtained from Andrew Helgelein be
fore she killed him. It is understood
that in the event judgment is awarded
Helgelein. relatives of other victims
will bring suit for the amounts alleged
to have been contributed to the amass
ing of Mrs. Gunness’ estate by the
men she duped into visiting her under
promise of marriage.
Ten Killed in Hamburg.
Hamburg—Ten persons were Wiled
and 17 injured Wednesday night
through the slipping of a gangway be
tween the wharf and the steamer Kal
serin Auguste Victoria, which was be
ing loaded preparatory to sailing for
New York on Saturday next. No pas
-sengers were among the victims.
Iowa Chief Fears Lynching.
Des Moines, la.—Chief Gallagher of
Ottumwa Friday sweated John
Gunken. the negro now in jail at Al
bla, charged with criminal assault anil
murder cf Clara Rosen at Ottumwa
three weeks ago. The chief refuses to
give out what information he ex
tracted for fear of a lynching. Ex
citement in the state is running high
over the numerous assaults upon,
white women by negroes. At Creston
Friday a report that three women had
been assaulted aroused the populace
to a frenay.