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VOi-i mi: XXVI_LQI PCITV. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JULY 15, 1904) NUMBER
HI NEWS
NOTES Of 1 WEEN
LATEST HAPPENING3 THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN ITEMIZED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed Into a Few Line* for the
Peru*al of the Bu«y Man
Latest Personal Infor
mation.
Foreign.
Prince Chun, regent of China, re
ceived an extended visit to the
! nlted States. An imperial edict
was issued making Tang Shao-Yl ex
pectant vice-president of one of the
Imperial boards, this is interpreted
a-, meaning that his services are not
to be recognized by the Chinese gov
ernment.
The meetings of the international
hanks, so far as London Is concerned,
have been concluded with arrange
ments tor the participation of Atner
leans in the Hankow-Sze Chuen rail
road loan of $27,.'>00,000 being agreed
upon. The negotiations, however, are
still goiug on and further meetings
will be held In Paris and probably
Berlin The meeting was adjourned lo
permit of government consultations.
The official journal published an
Imperial degree appointing Dr. Alex
ander Wekerle premier of Hungary
The other members of his cabinet
are rc-aonointed
A hill levying an export duty on
potash has been drawn up by Ilerr
Delbruk. minister of commerce and
industry, who admitted during the H
nance debate In the reichstag that the
government would bring the measure
forward in the event of the potash
syndicate’s being broken up. He ar
gued that foreign countries least of all
th« I'nited States, could not regard
such an enactment as unfrlenly.
The French government has decided
that It Is at present unable, on ac
count of the budget, situation and other
conditions, to uccept the American
proposal to enter upon negotiations
with the view of establishing a 2-cent
rale oo letters between the two coun
tries. 4
Incomplete reports from Palermo.
Sicily, say that violent rioting bus
broken out in many parts of the city
following the imposition of a new
tax assessed for tin* benefit of 'the
shipping Industry The people were
bitter v opposed to the tax and fought
against It step by step. The au
thorities had their way. however, and
nine* the decision of the government
was announced there has been con
slant danger of an outbreak.
Floods throughout the Mexican re
public caused by heavy rains have
reached a dangerous point The town |
of La Pa*, in San Luis Potosi, has
been destroyed and several lives lost,
while news from the mountain dis
tricts reports heavy loss of life and
damage in mining property Every !
main line leading Into the Mexican
capital has been washed out and
communication cur off
Emperor William was entertained j
at dinner by Allison V Armour, of |
New York, on board the yacht i
1* tow-ana.
Domestic.
The Nebraska* liquor dealers have
derided to tight the early closing
law
Omaha Rets the next meeting ol
the Missouri river navigation con
gress.
James Yadkin Joyner, of North
('trollna. was elected president of the j
National Education association.
Hundreds of saloons now operating j
In Iowa under a aving clause of the
new Moon law. limiting the number
of saloons to one for every 1,000 popu
1st ion In lows, were ordered closed
by Xttorney tJenere! llyers He de
clares that all saloons which opened
since Aoril la. after having secured
th** «unseat of a majority of the
voters .ire operating in violation of
the law and he has instructed prose
tutors In every city of the state to
Institute proceeding* against the sa
loon 1st*
X near west bound record was estub
llshcd by theCunard liner Mauretania,
which arrived off Sandy Hook light
ship at 0:10 o'clock Thursday. The
boat clipped scvent" »n minutes from
bee performance heretofore, cov
ering the long course in four days,
sixteen hours and thirty-six minutes.
The allied printing trades council
„f New York sent a letter of Governor
Hask*Hi cr Oklahoma, calling his tv
■ *ntto* t» the tact that the union ’ah**:
or* *» not appear on the looks now he*
lug manufactured for th*» state **
rt d is th* c int»*ct with a pnn*
!*»«; nmise.
tllft* ol | Vt.O Hi to XVhltniQR eolle •*.
W Ml
Huron college Huron SV IV. by !>. K
|Vur«on*. the t'fcica(o phdanituop <
and friend of -mall college... we tv n
n maced Tuesday Mr Pearsons but
eflcls» ttens to th • Washington insti
tc.ttntt HOW Aggregate $ but 0 to
Uteve Yeasey a niut, wgs hanged
at i*"ns»obU. XII*#. for the murde»
of x »' Vea*ev a young whi:» nun
Xntong these present at the exevu
non wore the four sisters of the mar
d.*'»*d titan one of whom asked to b
a: *w• vl to spring the trap Her re
guest was raft ed
The Alpha Portland Cement com
pany announced a ttn per cent in
crease in {lit* wages of its 1.000 labor
ing men. The company says the ad
ditional pay Is granted In consul “ra
tion of the high cost of living.
Joseph H Brown was Inaugurated
governor of Georgia at noon Saturday.
The Missouri and Kaw rivers are
very high and great damage is being
done in many parts of Missouri and
Kansas.
The United Society of Christian Kn
deavorers is in session at St. Paul,
Minn.
The Missouri river congress con
vened In Yankton, S. I)., this week
with seven stutes represented. Oma
ha is bidding for the next congress.
Riddled with bullets, the body of
Stephen Kish, thirty years old, of West
Berwick, Pa., was found In a deserted
section of the town. He had been
dead but a few hours. There is no
clue to the identity of the slayer, nor
to the motive for the murder.
An ordinance was passed by the city
council and signed by the mayor, le
galizing the erection in Kansas City of
a new union railroad station. The
proposed station, It. is said, will cost
$20,000,000
Members of the South Carolina
press association are assembled for
their annual meeting.
The street railway strike at Pitts
burg. Pa., lias been settled.
Former President Charles W. KIM
of Hun ai d University, has been elect
ed president emeritus of the institu
tion
.The Nebraska Securities company
has been organized for the purpose of
tuklng over and financing the, Omaha
Independent Telephone company.
Governor Stubbs nerved notice on
the directors of the Topeka club that
he will cancel his membership unless
the plan of keeping liquor ut the club
Is abandoned.
Mrs. Albert Pulitzer, wife of the
well known journalist, died In New
York Friday.
Harry K Thaw has been released
from the asylum and placed In tho
custody of the sheriff pending the
hearing to determine Ills sanity.
Oscar Strauss, who was recently aj>
pointed American ambassador to 'Fur
key, sailed for his new post at Con
stantinople.
The twenty-fifth biennial convention
of the Kappa Alpha fraternity has at
traded |o Hirmlngham. Ala . several
hundred delegates representing many
Tf the prominent colleges and univer
sities of the country.
A court martial convened n! Denver
foi the trial ol Lieut. Clarence S. Net
tles. C S. A., retired, on charges of
financial Irregularities preferred by
General Thomas, commanding tho de
part meat of Colorado.
The last round of shots In the Gun
nison irrigation tunnel at Montrose,
Coo. was tired at .“clIO Tuesday uftei
noon. A few minutes later, when the
debris had been cleared away, the
workmen from the two holdings shook
hands through tin* opening The tun
nei is six miles long, and has been four
and a half years under construction.
Allan Collins, Wallace Sauer, and
a companion, members of prominent
Mississippi families, were killed by
lightning during a severe storm which
did considerable damage, twelve miles
north of Long Heach, Miss.
Washington.
The tariff bill passed the senate
by u vote of 45 to 31 and Is now
ready for final action by the house
There are strong Indications that
James T McCleary of Minnesota, for
mer assistant postmaster general, will
be appointed director of the mint, -to
succeed Frank l.eut h, reslgne^ Me
Cleary is known to be the choice of
Secretary McVoagh and his nomlna
tlon is expected before Hie expiration
of the present session.
Investigation by government author
itles Into the cargo of the British
steamer Ethel wood has convinced
them that the vessel cannot lawfully
be detained longer at the port of New
York.
Commander John Hood has been
designated as the head of the board
appointed to make a second Inquiry
*nto the cause of the death of Second
Lieut. James H. Sutton of the marine
corps at Annapolis In October. 1907.
Sutton's mother declares that he was
murdered Instead of having commit
ted suicide as stated at the time.
The Italian Bed Cross society has
presented to the American National
Bed Cross society a beautiful gold
medal and handsome diploma as
tokens of appreciation of the great
assistance rendered by the United
States after the earthquake In Sicily
ami Calabria. Italy. These gifts hnvu
Just been received by President Tuft,';
president of the American Bed Cross
society, with a letter from Count K.
Taverna. president ef the Italian so
cletv
Boar Admiral William l*\ Potter,
who commanded the fourth dlvlnlot
of the Atlantic fleet on Its xoyug
around the world, b«'< Ante cli -f of the
bureau of navigation, relieving Bear
Admiral John K. IMIlsbury. retired.
Engineers in charge of the construe
tlon of the Panama etinal have decided
to use rails no longer lit for use on
railroads for the purpose of reinforc
ing the concrete work on the locks of
the canal. About 70 000 tons of this
kind of rails haw already been collect
d ou the isthmus,
Washington Sundae exhibited thor
©ugh sympathy with “the sane
Fourth" idea The Hahhqth quietude
« in i at tit b >i by At not tekot» oi
e her explosives
Pr sident Taft signed tie bill pro
VcV C.:e taking of the thirteenth
I
PRESIDENT’S JAUNT
UNDERSTOOD HE WILL MAKE
MANY STOPS ON THE WAY.
TO TRAVEL BY SPECIAL TBAIN
Is Being Bombarded With Requests for
Visits and Soeeches from
All Kinds of Places.
Washington Indications multiply
that President Taft's announced Itin
erary for his western and southern
trip this fall will he materially ex
tended. The president himself did not
Include In the tentative list which was
published all of the places where he
expects to stop long enough to make
in address and hold a brief car-end re
ception. The Itinerary was made of
those cities where the president will
Hpend from one to three days
Htroll# efforts will he made by con
gressmen and state officials to have
he president stop, at least for a few
minutes, at all the towns of appreci
able sl/e through which Ills train will
pass In the daylight hours Already
the president has been bombarded
with such requests, lie has suggested
to all his callers and correspondents
that they take the matter up with him
later.
During the trips he has made thus
far the president has adhered to the
policy of Journeying In a single pri
vate car attached to regular trains.
On his far western trip, however,
wnern tram* are run heavier unci ai
longer Interval* than here In the east.
It I* likely the president will have
lo follow the policy of his predecessors
In chartering a speeial train, especially
If he fitnpH at the sintiller cities that
dot the way between the larger places
he will visit.
Tim president expects to he away
for two month* on this trip, and will
carry u complement of stenographers,
clerks and telegraphers, In addition to
his secretaries Thus far the presl* 1
dentlal party has boon confined to the ;
chief executive, Captain Archibald W.
Putt, Ills military aid; Assistant -Sec
retary Mlschler, Major Arthur Hrooks,
who, In addition to being th'O presi
dent's confidential messenger, Is com
manding olllccr qf. the Plrst separate
halation of colored troops In the dis
trict of Columbia; and two secret ser
vice men, James Htoun, who was with
President Roosevelt for seven years,
and "Jack" Wnoeler, who has accom
panied Mr Tuft since his election to
ifllce.
The porters and eook assigned to
the president whenever •' lie travels
have been traveling with presidents
for a great many years Will H An
derson, the porter, was promoted to
presidential service lit 1Udl, and was
with President Roosevelt on all t»f his
travels, .1 (' llroadlms, chef to (ho
president while en route, began Ills
presidential service under Mr. McKin
ley. and bus raised both President
Ropsevelt and President Tuft to mar
vel at tin* wonderful meals he turns
out oi the tiny kitchen lltle bigger
than closets which private ears carry.
The third member of the crew. K. It.
Letcher, lias also seen service under
three presidents. Letcher usually acts
us waiter.
DOWNWARD or a veto.
P.e»ld«nt Will Talk Plainly to Tariff
Conferee*.
Washington With the tariff hill in
I he house and conference vmamltteea
*f the two houses appointed tin* scene
if tariff legislation Is changed to the
•onlorencc room
II Is understood that President Taft
will take up the tariff hill with the
•onferonce committee and will plainly
Mute the position of the administra
tion Substantial reductions in the
more Important schedules on one
hand and veto on the other confronts
he conferees
Senate Amendment* Rejected.
Washington The tariff question
nus been shilled from both houses of
ongress to a conference committee.
\ftor one hour and a half debate the
Uouse on Friday, by a vote of ITS to
151. made a rule whereby all of the
>47 amendments of tin* senate were
disagreed to and the conference re
l nested by the senate granted
Klghteen republicans voted against
the rule and one demoernt for It
Sugar Boodler Kills Himself.
*r. -to, M Sakao. president of the
Inpun Sugar comi any. convicted dur
ing the recent trial of the so-called
scandal cases, committed suicide by
.shooting himself through the head
>>ith a revolver, Snkno was one of
the twenty-three persons on whom
sentence was pronounced
Wc*ton Benins Last Lap.
Snerumeuto, t’ul. With los mllen
of Hie l,07f>inile walk, from New York
to Man Frunclseo, still before him. Kd
ward Pay son Weston rested Sunday
at Roseville, eighteen miles north of
here lie will start on ItU last lap
at ;» o'clock Monday morning
Secure* a Gift to Nebraska.
\\ ushington fhc navy department
has promised Representative Klnkaid,
In answer to a request •«« behalf of
the Nebraska authorities, that the
tlgurehcad of the battleship Nebraska
will he loaned to the state capitol or
the state university museum The
state will have to pay transportation
charges, but the government will do
the rest White It will he nominally a
bum and subject to recall at any tint*
it will In effect amount to a gift, is
there is small chance that it evet will I
be recalled i
«o*0
VICTORY FOR THE BOOK TRUST
JOYNER’S ELECTION SO REGARD
ED BY EDUCATORS.
Freedom for Porto Rico and Philip
pines and Suffrage for Women
Advocated by Delegates.
Denver, Col. — The election of
James Yadkin Joyner, superintend
ent of public Instruction of North
Curnllnu, uh president of the Na
tional Education association la re
guided by his supporters as a victory
In their fight against any regulation of
the prices of school text books. Mr.
Joyner was elected over Hen Blewitt,
lumd of the St. Louis schools, and Dr.
.1. II. Phillips of Birmingham, Ala
Among the other things done by the
association were:
Went on record aguinst the exist
ence of fraternities ih high schools In
a resolution which declares such or
ganizations to be opposed to the spirit
of democracy.
Decided to "lnvi*st|gate" the feasi
bility of simplified spiling, but took
no decided stnnd either for or against.
In the regular actions, Edwin G.
Dexter, commissioner of education for
Porto Rico, offered a resolution urging
Unit congress 1 •• riaki rj ,io confer citi
zenship on trie people's,.r Porto Rico.
Immediately - a •member from Ala
bama arose and proposed to tack on
a little suggestion about freedom for
the Filipinos. He said they had been
nurtured by the eagle of freedom go
ing on ten years now and thus far the
only civilizing influence they had felt
was the water cure. •>
Miss Mary Shirley of California then
declared:
"Now if there is going to bo any
freedom advocated here, I want to
make another amendment. If the sav
ages of Porto Rico and of the Philip
pines are going to get support here,
I want the voice of this association to
be raised In behalf of those who de
serve It most—the women of the
United i^tates."
Irwin Shepherd of Winona. Minn.
was re-elected secretary; A. H. Cham
berlain of California, was reelected
treasurer.
FLOOD DANGER IS OVER.
Conditions In Missouri and Kansas
Improve as the Waters Recede
—Damage $1,500,000.
Kansas City, Mo. — The flood sit
uation In Missouri and Kansas is
gradually improving. At Kansas City
the Kansas and Missouri rivers both
were still rising, but the prediction is
that they will begin falling to day
without causing damage here.
Springfield. Mo., on the Jordan riv
er, and Ottawa, Kan . on the Marais
des Cygnes elver, we Ye the points
where most suffering was experienced
yesterday. 'The streets were buried
under ten to fifteen feet of water.
The body of R. A. Dameron.of Col
lax. 111., who was drowned at Spring
field, Mo., on Tuesday, has not been
recovered. Light have been drowned
and the damage is estimated at $ 1
500,000.
Tuberculosis from Milk.
Stockholm. — American Investiga
tions of the responsibility for the per
sistent spread of the disease among
human beings, particularly children,
were officially reported Thursday to
the eighth International tuberculosis
conference, in session here, by Nathan
Straus.
The paper by the New York phllan
throplst was presented by Dr. Arthur
Randolph Green, medical director of
the Straus pasteurized milk work, and
one of the American delegates. It dis
closed tor the first time the over
whelming evidence gathered by the
\nierlcan Investigators to show the
responsibility of milk from tubercu
lous cows for the Infection of human
beings with tuberculosis.
Trying to Avert Mine Strike.
St. Louis.-*--T. L. Lewis, president,
and the officers of three southwestern
districts, representing Missouri, Kan
sas. Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas
■jf the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica are in aessien with the executive
hoard of i fie Kansas coal mine opera
tors in an effort to avert a strike of
R'J.OOO minors \Y D. Ryan of Kansas
?lty, commissioner of the operators,
gave the operators’ side of the dispute,
which was caused by a walkout
of 100 miners in C.;ag» county,
Kansas.
FIND SPICY SNELL LETTERS.
Can't Be Used But May Aid Prosecu
tion—Some Are from Mrs.
McNamara.
Bloomington, 111.—That. Col. Snell
neglected to destroy letters that he re
ceived from women has developed in
the announcement by lawyers for the
disinherited son that a large number
of spicy missives were located In an
unused closet in the old mansion lo
cated in the northern section of Clin
ton.
The old man doubtless received
these letters while ho was an occu
pant of the homestead a few years be
fore his death. The letters will be
examined by the lawyers for the con
testant but it is feared that they will
not be of any value duo to the de
cision of the supreme court when the
case was sent back for another trial.
The upper court took occasion to de
clare such letters ineligible, referring
particularly to those credited to Mabel
Snell McNamara and to t^p .wifp of
Rev. Hamilton. It was held that4fet
ters received by the old man could not
be construed as affecting his men
tality. !)
Some of the newly-discbverf*d?’Vet
ters are in the handwriting of "M&b'el
Snell McNamara upon whmrrMhe’mil
lionaire lavished tinjuaundti of* gu liars.
REBELLION IN COLOMBIA..
Opponents of President Reyes, Who
Is in- London, Proclaim a
New Ruler.
Bogota, Colombia.—A portion of the
army stationed at Harranquilla took
arms on Sunday last against the
Colombian government, made prison
ers of the municipal authorities and
proclaimed Gonzalez Valencia as
president.
Gen. Jorge Holguin, who is acting
president in the absence of Gen. Ra
fael Reyes, was strongly denounced
and the gendarmerie were driven out
of the city, later arriving at Carta
gena. The revolutionists took pos
session of the town and several steam
ers on Magdalena river.
Gen. Holguin has declared martial
law throughout, the country- Gonzalez
Valencia has disavowed the rising and
is coming to Bogota,
Gen. Perdomo left Honda with six
steamers liuving on board 3,000 men
and-20. pieces, of artillery. The objec
tive point of the troops is Barran
quilla.
THAW NEARER FREEDOM.
Decision of Justice Gaynor May Mean
the Elimination of Jerome
from the Case.
New York.—Harry* K Thaw and his'
attorneys won a second victory in his
tight for freedom Friday when Su
preme Court .lust ice Gay nor denied
the motion recently made before him
for the removal of the Thaw insanity
hearing from Westchester county to
New York county.
The decision gives special satisfac
tion to Thaw and bis lawyers, for it is
taken to mean the elimination from
the case of District Attorney Jerome,
who originally prosecuted Thaw so
vigorously. Mr. Jerome recently with
drew from the hearing at White
Plains.
. Fine Miss Lonsdorf $2,0C0.
Trenton, N. J.—Miss Camille Lons
torf was fined $2,000 by Judge Cross
in the Cnited State's district court
here, after she had pleaded non vult
to the charge of smuggling.
Miss Lonstorf was represented by a
lawyer, and her fine was immediately,
paid. The young woman with her
mother and sister had been abroad
and brought into this country abu^it
$2,500 worth of furs.. .
Her .defense was that she did not
know that, tin' furs were .dutiable
limn* diately after paying the fine
they left Trenton
• _
Woman Poisoned and Shot.
Colorado Springs. Col Mrs. Teresa
Herein, an Italian, was found dead at
her home at Roswell, north of this
city. She had taken carbolic acid, but
a bullet wound in. her stomach points
to possible murder.
Are Opposed to Prohibition.
Milwaukee -Glass bottle blowers of
the Cnited States and Canada de
clared against prohibition-in "a set of
resolutions presented by branch 15 of
'Milwaukee The *r -.solutions . were
adopted alter a lenghty debate
PASS) TARIFF BILL
ALDRICH —PAYNE MEASURE IS
ADOPTED BY THE
SENATE.
FINAL VOTE IS 45 TO 34
Senator Beveridge in Closing Debate
Declares Republican Party Has
Not Kept Promise of Downward Re
vision—Disputed by Aldrich.
Washington.—By a vote of 45 to 34
the senate. Thursday night, passed the
Aldrich-Payne tariff bill.
President Taft arrived In Washing
ton Friday and at once began a con
ference with loaders to rush the meas
ure through.
The vote on the bill was:
Yeas—Aldrich, Borah. Bourne, Brad
ley, Urandegee, Briggs, Bulkley, Burn
ham. Burrows, Burton. Carter, Clark
i WyU), Crane, Depaw, Dick, Dixon,
Dupont, Klklns, Flint, Frye, Qallingcr,
Gamble, Guggenheim, Hale, Heyburn.
Johnson (N. 1).). Kean, Lorlmer, Jones,
McCumber, McKnery, Nixon, Oliver,
Page, Penrose, Perkins, Piles, Scott,
Smith (Mich.), Smoot, Stephenson,
Sutherland, Warner, Warren. Wetmore
—45.
Nays—Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead,
Beveridge, Bristow, Brown, Burkett,
Chamberlain, Clapp, Crawford, Culber
son, Cummins, Daniel, Dolliver, Fletch
er, Foster, Frazier, Gore, Hughes,
Johnston (Ala.), La Follette, McLaurin,
Martin, Money, Nelson, Newlantls,
Overman, Owen. Shively, Simmons,
Smith (S. D.), Stone, Taliaferro, Tay
lor— 34.
tun laiiuie ui me ,m:uiuc iu nnoji
the promise made to the people by the
Republican party respecting a re
vision of the tariff downward was the
theme of Senator Beveridge'* as the
debate was drawing to a close.
"Our votes," he said, "shall be cast
in harmony with our party's pledges
as voiced by our party's leader and
the nation s president."
Senator Beveridge was answered by'
Senator Aldrich, who said he had often
seen men interpret their own judg
ment as the Judgment ofc their party.
"The Republican party us a party of
majorities," he added, "and the views
of the majority in matters of legisla
tion control party policies. The sen
ator front-Indiana does not speak for
tUsts •■Republican party. He has no
yjght to. call here the name of the
president of *he United States In sup
port of any suggestion which he has
made."
Senator Aldrich declared that -the.
pending bill was a fulfillment of the
party's pledge. If senators wished to
vote against the bill, he 4aid, they/
should not attempt to’speak for their
party. • j
As it passed the senate the bill * cotj
tains almost 400 paragraphs. Thb
senate made 840 amendments to the
house provisions, many of w hich were
added Thursday w hen the. senate sat •
continuously from ten o'clock in the
morning until 11: IS at night, stopping
neither for luncheon nor dinner.
The most Interesting occurrences of
tlie sitting were the adoption of
amendments by Senator Bradley J of
Kentucky and Senator Curtis of Kan
sas, the-former; exempting tobacco "in
tile hand" from the internal revenue
tax of six cents a pound, and the- lat
ter placing a countervailing duty ou
crude petroleum shipped from conn
tries which impose duty on oil Impor
tations from the United States. The
action on tobacco was a real sur
prise as the senate has frequently re
fused to remove the tax
Senator l^i Follette’s tariff commis
sion amendment was rejected by a
viva voce vote. Asking that they be
considered as a single amendment.
Senator La Follettee offered a largo
number of changes to the woolen
I schedule, substituting ad valorem
I duties for specific rates. They were
| voted down.
Upon motion of Senator Aldrich, the
vice-president announced the senate
I conferees as follows: Senators Aid
rich, Burrows. Penrose, Hale, Cullom,
Republicans, and Daniel. Money and
Bailey, Democrats.
Elks Throng Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Members of the
Order of Elks from every state In the
union have arrived in Los Angeles for
the convention of the grand lodge,
which opens Sunday and continues for
a week. Every train brings more del
egates and visitors and they are met
and cared for by former residents of
their state or city. To entertain guests
from Illinois 5.000 former residents of
that state have formed the Illinois
Association of Southern California
Sues Harriman for Finger.
New York. —• Willis Glliow, o car
penter. has brought suit for $10,000
.against E. 11. Harriman for the loss of
his litUo finger while working at the
latte.r's house at Turners, ,(.)rango
county. He sues on the.ground that
Harriman did not provid • a safe place
lot*' work. ‘
700,COO Children to Help.
New York.—Seven • hundred* thou
sand New York school children, ul
though 4,000-mllew*'from San Francis
co, w ill assist in the openihg e\. u i§p.
of the Portala historic festival to be
held there beginning October 19.
Tragedy in Public Library.
Eaton. O.—Henry Rife shot and
killed Mrs. Lida Griswold, librarian, in
the public library building in this city
' Kite then attempted suicide The
| tragedy was witnessed by the 12
' %-nr.ir.l SUll Of Ml'S GfisWohl.
MAY BE HUSBAND GF FEN
MAN ARRESTED IN 'FRISCO BE
LIEVED TO BE MADSON.
Said to Have Taken Their Money
Along with Cash Belonging to
14 Other Women.
San Francisco.—The announcement
that John Madson. the star bigamist
of the country, is under arrest here,
brought a flood of telegrams to the
authorities Saturday from police in
many cities where Madson is wanted
for marrying and duping women.
The authorities here have already
established his marriage to ten wom
en and his engagement and possible
marriage p> 14 others. Each of the
21 women.Uuped by Madson is said by
the police to have hist more or less
money through his friendship.
The prisoner says his name is Chris
tian (• Johnson. lie stoutly main
tained ids denial that in* is Madson.
The women whom Madson married
are Mrs Elizabeth O. N E. Jackson
of Iota, Kan., from whom he is said to
have secured $1,400; Miss Minnie
Allen, 14 IK A Madison street, St.
Louis, from whom lie secured $450 amt
a diamond ling; Mrs. Alice Richard
son, St. Louis, who lost $200 before
Madson disappeared; Mrs. Katherine
Bauman, St. Ixniis, who lost $1,000;
Mrs. Maggie K. Bloom. Hannibal, Mo.,
who sold her home for Madson; Mrs.
A. Farran, Rocheport. Mo., from
whom he secured $2,000; Mrs. Sylva
Pollard De Bonnett. San Francisco,
who lo.^t her house as a result of the
wedding; Mrs. Henrietta Leopold. San
Francisco, who lost $020; Mrs Jessie
Tretheway, Stockton, Cal., who threw
him out of her house when he tried
to borrow money; Ms. Mary Wiggins
Downs, Springfield, Mass., who lost
$500. \
Mattson 18 said to have deserted
these women within a few hours after
his marriage to them. Besides the
women to whom the records show he
was married, ho was either engaged
or married to women in the following
cities’:'
San Francisco, three; Oakland, Cal.,
tXvo; Memphis, Tenn.; Lawrence,
Kan ; Jonesboro, Ark.;- Santa Rosa,
Cal.; Gettysburg, O.;. New Orleans;
St Johns, Mich.; fclamLltcvn. Ont., and
Germany. , . •
The strange history of Madson. who
Is an aged mnn, extends over only a
few months, but. In that time he mar
ried or duped 24 women whose names
are know n to the police. Almost with
out exception his victims have been
widows or divorced women of middle
age. Madson mny be taken for trial
tq^SLockton, where one of his wives
sides,
TAFT WILL MEET DIAZ.
President Announces Tenative Plans
for His Journey This Fa>ll—To
Start September 15.
Washington — President Taft an
nounced some of the tentative plans
for his trip west in the fall. He
also wrote to President Diaz of Mexi
co that he would be glad to meet him
at El Paso, Tex., probably on October
15.
The president expects to start
west on his fifty-second birthday, Sep
tember 15. He will head direct from
Beverly for Seattle, Wash., stopping
at Denver, Salt Lake and Spokane on
.the way. From Seattle the president
will go to Portland. Ore., thence to
San Francisco, to Ix)s Angeles, where
he will" visit his sister; to San Diego,
to New Mexico and Arizona; to Texas,
where he will spend several days on
C. P. Taft’s ranch near Corpus
Christ!; to Houston, to New Orleans,
stopping for a time In the Teche coun
try of Louisnna; td Jackson, Miss.;
to Birmingham. Montgomery; to Ma
£on, Ga.; to Augusta, to Savannah, to
Wilmington, N. C.; to Richmond. Va.,
and then home to Washington The
president was exceedingly happy over
the news froip Beverly of Mrs. Taft's
improvement.
CATHOLIC EDUCATORS MEET.
Sixth Annual Convention of Their Na
tional Association Being Held
«■ in Boston.
"l&ston Eminent Catholic educa
tors* from nearly all the larger cities
in the country assembled in Boston
Monday to attend the sessions of the
Catholic Educational association of
the United States, which will continue
through Thursday This is the. sixth
annual meeting of the organization
and the attendance is the largest in
its history. Members on arrival reg
istered at the registration bureau in
charge ot the treasurer general, Rev.
Dr. Francis T Moran, and received
their badges.
Monday afternoon th*e executive
board held a meeting presided over
by Rev. .1. D. O'Connell. D. D., the
president general. In the evening
there was a big reception to members
and guests in the Cathollu Union hall,
at which Archbishop William H. O'Con
nell of Boston was present. There
are to be addresses by some of the
hist known educators and divines ia
the Catholic i htirch in America.
Mrs. Amelia C. Alexander Dead.
Toledo, O—Mrs. Amelia Chapman
Alexander, wife of ( apt W (i Alex
Hnder, is dead. Mrs. Alexander was
prominent in the state ami and nation
al organizations of the Women's Re
, Ik i <«orps, ot which she was organist
. 101 iv ti
Duel Over Woman Fatal.
Monroe, La In a pistol duel on
the s'r**et, W .) Webb shot and killed
.v 1. Braeey-. Webb received several
1 Jr wounds Th<* men quarreled
over’ a’ fenuian.