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VOL 1 ME XXVI _ LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1909 NUMBER 40
: IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES OF A WEEK
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN ITEMIZED
*• FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed Into a Few Linee for the
Perusal of the Busy Man
Latest Pereonal Infor
mation.
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Foreign.
General Charles Louis Tremaao hat>
been appointed commander iu chief
of the Kernch army in succession to
General de la Croix.
Joseph H. Leute, American vice
and deputy consul genpral at Zurich,
Switzerland, died in the arms of his
young bride on the steamer Marquette
just as the steamer was entering Ant
werp. Mr. Leute was married in
Philadelphia July 25. Death resulted
from tuberculosis.
Prince Herman of Saxe-Weimar
Eisenach, the heir presumptive to the
grand duchy of Weimar, has re
nounced the succession of himself or
his heirs, if any to the throne of the
grand duchy or Its property. This
action, which was carried out with
^ every official formality, is in conse
quence of the prince's extravugance,
vhi>h al-»a-*.y has caused his transfer
r from the Curiassiers of his own ac
cord from Berlin to the upland regi
ment garrisoned at Saaraberg, and
later compulsory to a regiment of
gendarmes after which he was placed
under a guardianship. The prince
has been given the title of Count Ost
heim, but he is totally bankrupt, and
remains under the control of his
guardians.
Greece has replied to the Turkish
note presented. which, although
couched in friendly terms, practically
demands the recall of the Greek offi
cers serving in Crete, to the effect
that the question is in the hands of
t.he four protecting powers of Crete
with whose knowledge and consent
the officers in question were seat to
the island. Turkey is appealing to
the four powers.
An early and successful outcome of
the negotiations in the participation of
American bankers in the Hankow-Sze
t'liueu loan is anticipated. The Eng
lish and French groups already have
accepted the American terms, and it is
expected that the Gei-mans will shortly
do likewise.
The central committee having in
charge the earthquake fund announces
that all but $25,0$0 of the total of $r>,
020,000 subscribed for the relief of the
victims in southern Italy has been ex
pended.
The will of the late Don Carlos, thV
pretender to the throne of Spain,
leaves to the pope works of art and
money totalling $2,000,000 in value.
The American embassy at Paris has
been formally informed that France
will send a squadron of three battle
ships to represent the government at
the H"2'or. Fulton celebration next
month.
Domestic.
Mr and Mrs. John W. Cravens of
Spring Lake. . Iowa, were instantly
killed as the result of a collision be
tween their touring car and a limited
traction car. one mile north of Alex
andria, Ind. Mr. Cravens' head was
almost severed from his body. Mrs.
Cravens’ body was also badly man
gled. Mr. Cravens was president of
the First National bank at Spring
•Lake. Iowa.
Isaac C. Wolfe, aged seventy, of
Paducah, Ky.. was killed by. an auto
mobile on the highway near Belleve
dere. 111. The machine was driven by
F. A. Nott and his son. C. A. Nott,
who were on their way to the Algon
quin hill-climbing contest. Wolfe was
a prominent Mason.
One of the four surviving widows of
Brigham Young died at Salt Lake
City. She was Maanah K. T. C. T.
Young. She was married to Young
at Nauvoo. Illinois, before the west
ward pilgrimage i of ., the Mfw^ioas.
She was eighty-e.ght years old. No
children were born to her.
From all quarters of the state en
thusiastic young Christian workers
are flocking to Epworth-by-the-Sea,
where the fifth annual encampment
of the Texas Epworth league will hold
forth during the next te,n days.
George M. Shippy. chief of police
of Chicago, tenders his resignation on
the ground of ill-health.
Advices say that cattle are dying
avu.es -tuu. .’, Texas, as
Hu>* result of a peculiar epilemic.
Gen. P. P. Johnston, adjutant gen
eral of the Kentucky state guard,
was held to the grand jury for an
assault on Denny B. Goode, editor of
a weekly publication in Louisville.
General Johnston resented a reference
to him as “General Peacock P. John
ston.” In an editorial.
A strike of street laborers in Pitts»
burg. Pa., which has been of small
proportions for some days, has become
widespread, and gangs of the men are
parading the streets. Steps, It is said,
have been taken to form an organiza
tion among the 15,000 Italian workmen
of Allegheny county.
The Georgia senate has voted to
remove from office Chairman of the
State *Railrct4d :iCqn^t)is.sl<*a.a?.G.,Mc-,
London. McLendon* was recently- bus
pended by Former Governor Smith
on charges of being too lenient with
the railroads.
Confirmation was made of a deal
by which the Jones and Laughlin
Steel company acquires more than
5,500 acres of coal lands from the
Pittsbu.g BuiTalo company. The price
is said to be $165,000.
Harry C. Pulliani. president of the
National League of professional base
ball clubs, committed suicide in New
York.
Philo, Illinois, a Tillage in Cham
paign county, was almost wiped out
by fire. Half the 'business section
was destroyed. Loss, $40,000.
As a result of the anti-trust suits
recently brought by Attorney General
Sterling of Mississippi against the Re-'
tail Lumber Dealers' association of
Mississippi and Louisiana, fifteen out
of the seventy-three defendant con
cerns have effected compromises with
the state, agreeing to pay $S00 to the
state treasurer upon a decree rendered
against them in chancery court.
According to Vice-President Fred
Robinson of Empire, the Dakota
Western railroad, a branch of the Chi
cago & Northwestern system, will
comment* actual Construction of its
line from Whitewood to Empire along
the irrigation project, within the next
thirty days. The light-of-wav has
been practically ail secured and ne
gotiations with the Redwater Power
and Light coiiif)any are on to secure
pt'Wer enough to operate the motor
cars for the line.
Charles H. Moyer was unanimously
re-elected president of the western
federation of miners. This is his eighth
term in that office. James Kirwan. of
Perry, S. D.. was elected as one of
the delegates to attend the conference
with delegates from the united mine
workers of America.
VV. A. Hams, formerly Laited states
senator from Kansas, is dangerously
ill at hl3 home in Lawrence, suffering
from a heart attack. His weakened
condition, due to the effect of the heat
while horseback riding, is thought to
have brought on the attack.
In a quarrel over a ball game at
Lee City, Ky.. VV. F. Larson was struck
over the head and his skull crushed
with a baseball in the hands of his
brother. Clay Lawson. The injured
man, who was fortv years old. died in
a hospital at Lexington.
The failure of Governor John A.
Johnson of Minnesota to arrive in Se
attle in time to deliver an address on
Swedish day at the exposition, which,
according to President Chilberg of the
fair, he promised to do. has caused a
controversy and bitter feeling between
the governor and the fair officials.
Additional time for pleading to the
federal indictment against them was
granted' the American Sugar -Refining
company and its officials by Judge
Hans in the United States circuit
court. The court extended the time
until August 30.
The sheep men of South Dakota
report the best wool crop ever known
In the history of the state.
Twelve persons killed and a num
ber injured is the result of a head-on
collision at a small station twenty
miles east of Spokane. Wash.
Washington.
David Williams, the negro mess at
tendant on the batt'-’-Vp 4'eru.pnt,
will be surrendered by the navy to.
the Massachusetts state authorities,
who charged him with manslaughter
as the result of the death of the mess
attendant. Foster, following a boxing
bout aboard the Vermont.
President. Taft sent to the senate
the nomination of A. Platt Andrew 0f
Massachusetts to be director of the
mint. The nomination is to succeed
Frank A. Leach, who resigned some
time ago to become president of the
People’s Water company of Oklahoma
and California.
l he new issue or Lincoln pennies
will continue in circulation despite
the criticism that the initials of the
designer appear rather conspicuously
on the coins. That was the statement
made at the treasury department.' "
President Taft of the United States
and President Diaz of Mexico are to
meet at El Paso, Tex.. October 18. This
program has been arranged as the re:
suit of correspondence between the
United States and Mexico.
The acting secretary of the interior
has vacated the order of withdrawal
in connection with the North Platte
irrigation project in Wyoming, and re
.,4t<o$efl -to the^pu^lbj.doqjain where not
otherwise withdrawn, reserved ‘ or ap:V
propriated, about 21,920 acres of land.
Settlement may be made on the land
on and after October 26 and 2~> at the
Uheyenne, Wyo.. land office. The va
cated order of withdrawal is in con
nection with the same irrigation pro
ject in Nebraska, and restored about
1.280 acres of land to the public do
main where not. otherwise appropri
ated subject .to, settlement op and
af*er October 26 and to entry, filing
or se!;clion Novcatbsr i:< at lb? AH!
a nee. Neb., land office.
Nineteen members of a party of
Maorie form New Zealand, who have
been held up at quarantine at San
Erancisco by the immigration authori
ties because they were found to be af
flicted with trachoma, were refused
admission into this country by order
of Assistant Secretary McHarg
Distribution of the new cent:}, which
bear the bead of Lincoln instead of
that of the Indian which has orna
mented them for so many years, will
begin Monday. The Philadelphia mint
has a total of over 30,000,000 of the
new coins on hand with which to
supply the orders
Satisfied that the government has
been ‘short changed,” either intention
ally or unintentionally In the matter of
"cuatohia duties'll inrtiorted biers. As
siatafif ' Secretary Reynolds ot* the
treasury department promulgated a
change in the customs regulations to
remedy this situation
POSTMASTER GENERAL IS ONLY
HIGH OFFICIAL LEFT.
TAFT KEPT IN CLOSE TOUCH
Members of Cabinet and Other High
Dignitaries Hurry Away on
Summer Vacations.’
Washington. — Direction of the af
fairs of the administration is left in
the hands of two cabinet officers—
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
and Postmaster General Hitchcock,
and by Monday night the distinction
will probably be enjoyed alone by Mr.
Hitchcock.
President Taft is keeping in close
touch with Washington over the gov
ernment wire from Beverly, Mass.
Vice President Sherman is at his home
in Utica, N. Y. Speaker Cannon left
for his home in Danville, 111. Attorney
General VVlckersham. accompanied by
Mrs. Wicicersham, started for New
York in an automobile. -
While no definite time. has teen
fixed for a conference respecting Pres
ident Tart's plan to reorganize the In
terstate Commerce commission, it is
expected that the president and some
members of his cabinet, including At
torney General Wickersham and Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor Nagel,
will have such a conference early in
September either at New York or at
Beverly. The whole matter yet is in a
tentative state.
The president’s idea is to arrange
for a division of the work now done by
the Interstate Commerce commission.
His plan provides that investigations
into violations of the interstate ^com
merce act, from which prosecutions
may result, shall be conducted either
directly by the Department of Justice
or by the Bureau of Corporations in
stead of by the Interstate commerce
commission.
secretary of State Knox left for his
homd at Valley Forge. Pa. Secretary
of the Treasury MacVeagh expects to
leave Monday for Dublin, N. H.. where
he has a summer home. Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson will leave Monday
for the west.
Mr. Wilson will spend a week at his
home in Tama, la., after concluding
some departmental work in Wyoming
and Utah. He will confer at Rawlins.
Wyo.. with the sheep raisers of that
country. He is anxious to ascertain
whether there are lands included in
the forest reserves which are valuable
for agricultural purposes.
If there are such lands in the re
serves he will recommend to the sec
retary of the interior that they be
listed for settlement and entry. Later
Secretary Wilson will go to Ogden,
Utah, where he will take up the same
question. Since .lune, 1906, there have
been 250,000 acres of farm lands in
the forest reserves turned over to
homesteaders.
Secretary Nagel of the Department
of Commerce and Labor will leave
Monday night for his summer home
at Marion, Mass., to spend ten days.
He will then return to Washington for
a few days on business connected with
his department. He will then return
to Marion again and will visit his
home in St. Louis before returning to
take up the winter's work here.
CAR MEN WILL NOT STRIKE.
Indications That All Differences Will
Be Settled by Agreement.
Chicago—According to present
signs there will be no strike of the
street car employes of Chicago and
an amicable settlement is likely to be
reached. It is said an offer of a
wage increase will be made by Presi
dent Thomas E. Mitten of the Chi
cago Street Railway company in the
negotiations which will be resumed
Monday.
John M. Roach, president of the
Chicago Railroads company, has had
his auditors at work figuring out a
method of advancing wages and it is
expected that his first offer 1o a com
mittee of his employes will be on the
same general basis as that proposed
by Mr. Mitten.
Don .Jaime iTo^Tgke. Wife.
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Paris—A special dispatch received
here from Madrid says that Don
Jaime, the pretender to the Spanish
throne, shortly will marry a princess
of the imperial German family. Em
peror William has consented to the
union.
To Discuss Silver.
Denver. Col.—The official call for
the trwewth annual session of the
American Mining congress, to be held
at Goldfield. Nev., September 17 to
October 4, has been issued from the
office of the secretary here, The sil
ver question will be discussed with
a view of increasing the use of sil
ver and of securing such an adjust
ment of its value as will decrease the
rate of exchange between the United
States and countries with a silver
standard.
The Extra Session.
Washington—The extra session of
congress, which has just closed, is by
no means the longest on record. Dur
ing the last fifty years congress has
been convened in extraordinary ses
aion a great many times. The first
session of the Fortieth congress was
convened at noon on the 4th day of
March, 1867, and did not adjourn
sWe die, - until the date fi^l fjjj-, the
meeting oP'tBie* swcondeesefen, Decern
her 3 following, but there were re
cesses from March 30 until July 1
and from July 30 to November l.
■ ■ ABANDONED!
KILLING FOLLOWS BANK THEFT
ROBBER AND ONE PURSUER DIE
IN BATTLE.
Several Others Wounded — Bandit
Holds Up White Bear (Minn.)
Cashier and Steals $565.
White Bein'. Minn.—In a pitched
battle with rifles and revolvers fol
lowing the robbery of the First State
bank of White Bear, Robert Pohl,
said to be an ex-convict, and Edward
Larken, chef at the Five Forks, a
Bald Eagle lake cottage, were killed,
and four others were wounded.
The dead:
Robert Pohl. the- -obber.
Edward Larken.
The wounded:
Thomas Skeith, grazed by spent
bullet.
William Butler, shot through abdo
men; at hospital in critical condition.
Richard Doran, shot through arm.
John Christie, shot through fleshy
part of thigh.
Pohl, who had been working at
White Bear for a week, and who is
believed to have been a professional
cracksman, took a check for seven
dollars to the bank at 8:30 a. m„ and
while the cashier, Alfred Auger, was
examining it he produced an auto
matic rifle and told him to hand over
all the cash in the bank. Auger com
plied.
As the robber dashed out of the
bank with $565 in cash Auger raised
the alarm, and citizens pursued the
man to the Interstate lumber yards,
where he hid.
Larken entered the yards and was
shot through the heart. The robber
then ran to a pile of lumber a short
distance beyond the lard and hid un
der it. A desperate battle with the
posse, during which at least 500 shots
were exchanged, followed.
John Brachvogel, one of the posse,
who was armed with a repeating rifle,
finally shot the robber in the arm.
The man dropped his weapon, but
picked it up again, and as he turned
to Are Brachvogel shot him dead. Fif
teen bullet wounds were found in the
man's body.
MOB WITNESSES BEHEADING.
Great Excitement in French Capital
As Murderer’s Head Is Cut
Off in Public.
Paris.—A sudden official announce
ment that a public beheading would
take place at 4:30 o'clock Thursday
morning in the boulevard fronting the
Sante prison, created a sensation in
Paris, which had not seep' an execu
tion in 15 yehrs. •* »
Immediately immense crowds gath
ered at the scene, but were kept back
from the guillotine by heavy details of
police and municipal guards.
The victim was one Duchemin.
aged 23, a butcher. In 190S he
stabbed his mother and this not re
sulting in her death quick enough he
finished her by strangulation. The
motive for the crime was robbery.
More Apples This Year.
Buffalo, N. Y. — An apple crop
in the United States slightly in
excess of that a year ago and 50 per
cent, larger in Canada is the esti
mate made by Secretary Rothwell be
fore the International Apple Shippers’
association. The association elected
W. L. Wagner. Chicago, president.
Navy to Give Up Negro Boxer.
Washington.—David Williams, the
negro mesa attendant on the battle
ship Vermont, will be surrendered by
the navy to the Massachusetts state
authorities. They charge bim with
manslaughter, as the result of tbs
death of Mess Attendant Foster, fol
lowing a boxing bout on board tbs
Vermont.
V K Appointed, ..GpflNMgnd* Ain.Chief.
Paris.—Gen. Charles Lodis Tremaau
has bean appointed commander-in
chief of the French army.
SWEDEN’S CRISIS IS PASSING
Many of Strikers Resume Work—Dis
sension Apparent in Ranks of
the Idle.
Stockholm. — The tense situation
arising from the general strike pro
claimed a few days ago seems to
be relaxing. The grave-diggers have
returned to work and dissension is
apparent in the ranks of the other
strikers. The employers of the larg
est plants in Stockholm announce that
their men will return to work Mon
day.
It is reported that the Central Fed
eration of the Trades unions has re
quested the government to mediate
in the present crisis, but this is de
nied ' by the chairman of the federa
tion. M. Von Sydow, president of the
Employers’ federation, declared that
intervention by the government would
be without result, as the differences
between the men and the employers
were too great to be settled in such
a manner. The National Labor union
published a statement in the newspa
pers disapproving the strike of the
electric light and gds workers.
As the strikers have been prevent
ing farmers from bringing provisions
into the city, troops have been de
tailed to patrol the country roads
The military authorities continue to
dispense milk from the railroad sta
tions for the use of children.
The authorities have forbidden the
sale of methylated spirits, as it has
beenlcmnd that the workmen, unable
to obtain their usual drink, are re
sorting to drinking this liquor.
KENOSHA JURIST IS FOUND
Judge Clarkson Discovered Working
in a Button Factory at
Sabula. la.
Kenosha, Wis.—Judge Joseph R.
Clarkson, who disappeared from his
home here on July 14, was found
working in a pearl button factory at
Sabula. la., by John Burns, one of his
close friends, who has been searching
for him since he left Kenosha. Judge
Clarkson, in company with Burns, is
expected to arrive here Saturday.
It was only a few miles from Sabula
that Judge Clarkson was found 28
years ago when he disappeared from
Omaha under circumstances similar
to the present case. After returning
home to Omaha more than a quarter
of a century ago. Judge Clarkson
could remember nothing of the weeks
during which he was walking about
the country.
One of the strange features of the
case is the influence which caused
him to retrace the steps which he
took on his first disappearance.
The clew which led the searchers
to Sabula was received in Kenosha
Thursday and Burns at once set out
to find his friend. Clarkson was judge
of the superior court here for several
years.
International Typographical Union.
St. Joseph, Mo.—The annual conven
tion of the International Typograph
ical union opened here Monday with
a full attendance of delegates and
many others. President John M.
Lynch was in the chair. The union’s
health campaign, the label propa
ganda, the old age pension and the
proposal to establish an insurance fea
ture are the chief matters that are
before the convention for action,
which closes on Saturday.
Turkey and Greece Near Claah.
Constantinople.—The Porte has sent
a note to Greece demanding a formal
declaration by that country of non
interference In Cretan affairs. In the
event of a refusal to accede to the
demand, Turkey will break off diplo
matic relations with Greece and the
two countries may fight.
Bald to Hold Foot a Yaar.
London.—Whitelaw Reid will re
main the American ambassador here
for a year at leaat. according to his fel
low members of the diplomatic corps
TARIFF BILL PASSED
NOT PERFECT, BUT A STEP FOR
WARD, IS TAFT’S COM
MENT.
CONGRESS CLOSES SESSION
President and Members Leave Capital
for Their Summer Homes—Gore
and Johnson Give Opinions of New
Law’s Effect.
Washington.—Whether for weal or
woe. the United States now is under
a sew tariff law, the extraordinary
session of congress adjourning Thurs
day evening, after fighting since
March 15 over the bill.
The president left Friday afternoon
for the "summer White House” at
Beverly, Mass., and all but a few of
the members of congress have gone to
their homes. The members of the
conference committee and cabinet
were dinner guests of the president
Thursday night.
The conference report on the bill
was agreed to by the senate by a vote
of 47 to 31, and the concurrent resolu
tion making certain changes in the
leather schedule was adopted by both
houses.
Following is the vote in detail:
Yeas—Aldrich, Borah. Bourne. Brad
ley, Brandegee, Brown, Bulkeley,
riurkett, Burnham, Burrows, Burton,
Carter, Clark (Wyoming), Crane,
Crawford, Cullom, Curtis, Depew, Dick,
Dixon, Dupont, Elkins. Flint, Frye,
Gamble, Guggenheim, Hale, Heyburn.
Johnson, Jones, Kean, Lodge, Lorimer,
MeCumber, Oliver, Page, Penrose, Per
kins. Pisles, Root, Scott. Smith (Mich
igan), Smoot, Stephenson, Sutherland,
Warner, Wetmore—47.
Nays—Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead,
Beveridge, Bristow, Chamberlain,
Clapp, Clay, Culberson, Cummins, Dan
iel, Dolliver, Fletcher, Foster, Frazier,
Gore, Hughes, La Follette. McLaurin,
Martin, Nelson, Newlands. Overman,
Paynter, Raynor, Shively, Simmons,
Smith (Maryland), Smith (South Car
olina), Stone, Taliaferro—31.
Senator McEnery of Louisiana
(Dera), who was absent, was paired
on the bill. He was the only Demo
crat favoring the measure.
The bill received all the Republican
votes except those of Bristow, Clapp,
Cummins, Dolliver, La Follette, Bev
eridge and Nelson.
The following are the new appoint
ments made by Speaker Cannon for
house committee chairmanships:
Vreeland of New York, banking and
currency: Rodenberg of Illinois, in
dustrial arts and expositions; Mann
of Illinois, interstate and foreign com
merce; Weeks of Massachusetts,
post offices and postroads; Alexander
of New York, rivers and harbors;
Parker of New Jersey, judiciary;
Prince of Illinois, claims.
President Taft arrived at the Capi
tol at 4:45 p. ra., and 20 minutes later
signed the bill, which became a law
Friday.
Bending over the president as he
affixed his signature were Secretary
Knox. Secretary MacVeagh. Attorney
General Wickersham, Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock, Secretary Nagel and
Secretary Wilson. Standing about the
table were Senator Aldrich. Represen
tative Payne and many other members
of the senate and house. Mr. Payne
got the pen. Taft also signed the
Philippine tariff measure and other
bills.
After signing the tariff bill Presi
dent Taft gave out a statement em
bodying his views of the new act,
which he designates officially as the
"Payne bill,” in accordance with past
custom of giving first recognition to
the framer of the measure in the
house of representatives.
The president declares that, while
the bill is not perfect by any means,
nor "a complete compliance with
promises- made, strictly interpreted,”
it is, nevertheless, a sincere effort on
the part of the party to make a down
ward revision and to comply with the
promises of the platform.
The statement in part follows:
“I have signed the Payne tariff be
cause I believe it to be the resnlt of
sincere effort on the part of the Re
publican party to make a downward
revision, and to comply with the
promises of the platform as they have
been generally understood, and as I
interpreted them in the campaign be
fore election.
“This is not a perfect tarifT bill, or
a complete compliance with the prom
ises made, strictly interpreted, but a
fulfillment free from criticism in re
spect to a subject matter involving
many schedules and thousands of arti
cles could not be expected
“The corporation tax is a just and
equitable excise measure, which it is
boped will produce a sufficient amount
to prevent a deficit and which, inci
dentally, will secure valuable statis
tics and information concerning the
many corporations of the country, and
will constitute an important step
toward that degree of publicity and
regulation which the tendency in cor
porate enterprises in the last 20
years has shown to be necessary."
Another Indiana Banker Short.
New Albany, Ind.—Frank Nicolai,
assistant cashier of the City National
bank, has disappeared, leaving a
shortage of at least 95,004. Before his
departure last Monday Nicolai bought
a revolver and his friends fear he has
committed suioide.
Kitchener Is Inspector General.
London.—Lord Kitchener, command
er of the British forces in India, has
been appointed to succeed the duke
of Connaught as inspector general of
the Mediterranean forces.
IRRIGATIONJ0N6RESB OPENS
GREAT NATIONAL GATHERING AT
SPOKANE, WASH.
Attended by Thousands of Delegates
and Others Interested in Reclaim
ing the Deserts.
Spokane, Wash.—“Save the forests,
store the floods, reclaim the deserts
and make homes on the land,"
Is the watchword of the National Ir
rigation congress which opened here
Monday. The meeting has attracted
apostles of irrigation, deep water
ways, good roads and conservation of
resources and recruits from various
parts of this continent, England, Ger
many, France, Hawaii, the Phlllippine
islands, the Latin republics and China
and Japan, representatives of foreign
nations and colonial governments, offi
cials of the federal reclamation, for
estry and agricultural departments.
President G. E. Barstow.
governors and members of state anti
territorial legislatures, railroad and
bank presidents and members of ag
riculturai horticultural, commercial
and fraternal organizations.
Arrangements have been made for
the entertainment of about 4,000 ac
credited delegates, and thousands of
other visitors are coming in from the
irrigated districts of the west and of
British Columbia, Alberta and Mani
toba.
President George E. Barstow of
Barstow, Tex., presides over the ses
sions, aud the secretary Is B. A. Fow
ler of Phoenix, Ariz.
The regular program consists of ad
dresses by officials of the reclame
tion, forestry and agricultural depart
ments of the United States, states
men and scientists, railroad and finan-"*- *
cial men, promoters of the Carey act
reclamation projects and officials of
private irrigation enterprises.
The federal department of agri
culture has taken charge of a 26-acre
tract of land in the Spokane valley,
where the latest approved methods of
supplying the soil with moisture by
artificial means are being demon
strated by irrigation experts.
Parades, banquets, receptions and
excursions are the entertainment fea
tures on the program. The congress
closes Saturday.
WOULD SHAKE OFF EAST.
Time Has Come for West to Cut
Shackles, Says Gov. Johnson
of Minnesota.
Seattle, Wash.— "It is time that ths
west threw off the shackles of the
east. I would preach no sectionai
divisions and no sectional strifes, bill
Minnesota and Washington and the
states between them, with those to
the south of us, should arise In theii
might and claim for themselves that
fair share of influence in the halls ol
congress and in the administration of
national affairs to which they are en
titled by every law of common sensu
as well as of political economy "
This was the declaration of Gov
John Johnson in his address at the
Minnesota day celebration at the Seat
tie exposition.
"We, as an integral part of the
American people should cast our in
fluence and our votes not only to ad
vance the material Interests of out
own particular section, but we should
be broad enough aud big enough te
labor for the common good of out
common country.” said the governor.
Storm Panic at a Circus.
Battle Creek. Mich.—During a wind
storm which uproofed trees, blew
down fences and telephone poles hero
the menagerie tent of Barnum &
Bailey's circus was blown down and
two women seriously injured. A largs
crowd was thrown into r panic. None
of the animals escaped, but the roars
of the lions created a panic.
Miss Adelaide Hathaway of School
craft, Mich., sustained internal in
juries and a fractured hip. Miss Ber
nice Platt of this city was severely
injured. At Athletic park, where the
local and Jaekson teams of the South
ern Michigan league were playing
Catcher Stringer of the local team was
struck by lightning on the field and
thrown to the ground unconsloua.
Japan Will Ignore China.
Tokyo.—Japan officially notified the
powers Saturday of .her intention tc
proceed immediately with the recon
structing and Improving of the An
tung-Mukden railroad, without . the
consent of China, diplomatic negotia
tions having failed.
Delay laeue of Bonds.
Washington.—None of the new Pan
ama hoods authorized by congress
will be issued before congress meets
again and baa had an opportunity to
i change the circulation tax.