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( Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVI_ LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1909 NUMBER 41 =
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Domestic.
Mrs. Jennie L. Berry of Des Moines
Iowa, won in a fight for the nationa
presidency of the Woman’s Relie.
corps. After three ballots she wa;
elected over Mrs. Belle Harris o.
Kansas by a vote of 213 to 90.
Samuel R. Van Sant of Minnesota
was elected commander-in-chief of thf
G. A. R. at Salt Lake City.
In 1908 the packers of the Units!
States shipped 325,000 cars of pack
ing house products and byproducts
The freight charges vary widely ac
. cording to destination and quality
Average freight was not less that
$100 a car, so the total freight, bill:
were at least $32,500,000. In addi
tion, there were shipped to thf
packers several hundred thousanc
oars of live stock. Average freigh
ter live stock is $55, or about hal
f the freight on the dressed bejf prod
list Taking the packing industry a*
a whole the railroads reap a grosi
business of not less than $50,000,00t
freight yearly, or as large as the tota
gross receipts of such systems at St
Paul, New Haven or Southern railway
The Chinese minister. Wu Tins
Fang, has been recalled from Wash
ington and ordered to Peking for fur
ther assignment. His successor will
be Chang Yin Tang, formerly chargf
d'affaires at Madrid, and now deputy
vice-president of foreign affairs.
Harry K. Thaw has been sent back
to the asylum, Judge Mills deciding
his habeas corpus case against him
A lone bandit held up the cashiei
of the bank at Franklin, Illinois, ana
secured about $2,500 and made hit
escape.
Rectifiers are prohibited from mak
ing wine mash and using it. for the
production of compound liquors, ir
an order issued by the acting coiumi.i
sioner of internal revenue. The ordei
becomes effective September t.
Night work has been begun on the
addition being built to the executive
offices of the white house. Three
*- shifts are now working and there wil
not be an hour's let-up until the addi
tion is compelled.
It was learned that Gutzon Gorglum
the sculptor, has received a commis
sion to make a bust of President Taft
Mr. Borglum will return from a west
orn trip within a day or two aud it i:
understood he will go to Beverly tt
execute the commission.
The fortieth annual convention o?
the Iowa Knights of Pythias grant
lodge opened with about 6.50 delegates
in attendance.
After sixty-two years of continuous
practice in dentistry in Westchester
Pa., Dr. Jesse Cope Green, ninety-twc
years old, retired from the practice
of his profession. It is said Dr. Greet
is the oldest dentist in years and point
of service in this country and he takes
daily rides on his bicycle about the
streets of the town.
Manning C. Palmer, former presi
dent of the American Exchange Na
tional bank of Syracuse, N. Y„ was
discharged from Auburn prison on s
pardon granted him by President Taft
Palmer was convicted in 1906 of mis
„ application of the bank's funds.
The seizure of about $500,000 worth
of whisky front the warehouses of
the Cascade Distilling company at
Nashville, Tenn.. will cost the com
pany $10,000 to obtain the release
of the seized spirits and immunity
from prosecution for the wealthy dis
tillers. Actin gAttorney General Wade
Ellis fixed this sum as the amount re
quired to reimburse the government
for the amount lost in internal reven
ua tax.
An eastbound Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe train was wrecked by i
broken rail near Gorin. Mo. Engineet
Coulter was buried under the locomo
live and killed. Fireman Harvey Wal
ten was badly hurt and Brakemar
Edward Monroe had an arm broken.
AJter marrying his five thousandeth
couple, according to his own computa
tion, Dr. E. jS. Whistar was taken il
at Youngstown. Ohio, and died.
The second American Esperanto con
gress is in session at Chautauqua
Isaac C. Wolfe, aged seventy, ol
Paducah. Ky.. was killed by an auto
mobile on tbe highway near Believe
dere. 111. The machine was driven by
F. A. Mott and ills son. C. A. Nott
who were on their way to the Aigon
quin hill-climbing contest. Wolfe was
a prominent Mason.
Ella Gingles. the young Irish lace
maker whose trial in Chicago for Iar
ceny from her employer attracted na
tional attention because of her sensa
tional charge that an an attempt had
been made to force her into “white
slavery" sailed for her home in Ire
land on the steamer Campania.
Officers are searching for the mur
derer of Petrolus Mamois. who was
murdered and robbed of $100 near Ce
dar Rapids, la. Mamois' body wa«
found with three bullet holes through
• the abdomen. When last seen Mam
•jis was accompanied by his nephew,
Frank Cight. twenty-two years old.
Posey Kyan, charged with killing
his wife and daughter in a restaurant
at Cheyenne. Wyo., March 14. was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree. The defense made its fight
on the plea of insanity. In the early
days Ryan was known throughout Ne
braska as an Indian fighter and trader.
Adolph Fleischman. a wealthy fruit
grower of Los Angeles. Cal., had to
pay the United States customs service
$2.5S7 because goods that he and his
wife brought with them on their re
turn from their wedding trip abroad
had been declared worth only $349.
The customs officials appraised them
at $1,667. and seized them for under
valuation.
One hundred and forty-seven thou
sand seven hundred and sixty-nine ap
plications for lands in -the Coeur
d'Alene. Flathead and Spokane reser
vations. where 700,000 acres will be
opened to settlement by the govern
ment. were reported by notaries at:
the close of the ninth day
A notable appreciation of the effforts
of the United States in behalf of
peace and orderly government oc
curred at Asuncion. Paraguay, on the
departure from that place on Sunday
of Edward C. O’Brien, the American
minister, says a dispatch received at
the state department from Vice-Con
sul Platt at Asuncion. About 2,000
students and members of non-political
associations made an impressive and
unprecedented demonstration in tbe
minister's honor.
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.
Gen. P. P. Johnston, adjutant gen
eral of the Kentucky state guard,,
was held to the grand jury for an
assault on Denny B. Gopde, editor of
a weekly publication in Louisville.
General Johnston resented a reference
to him as "General Peacock P. John
ston,” in an editorial.
Dr. Robert J. Burdette, who Is ill
it his summer home at Clifton-by-the
3ea. was reported Monday as being
much better.
The sheep men of South Dakota
report the best wool crop ever known
Foreign.
The striking workmen of Sweden
continue to return to work. The
'.fevedores of Gothenburg are the
fatest to resume and the foreigners
taken to Gothenburg to fill‘their
Diaces are being returned to their
homes. Out of a total of 4GO,:>00 work
men engaged in Swedish industries
exclusive of agriculture and the rail
road service 285,762 are on strike,
but small groups of these men are
continually returning to their labors.
General von Heering, commander of
the Second army corps, was appointed
by Emperor William to the position
of Prussian minister of war in suc
cession to General von Einem, retired.
Following the election by congress
of Vicente Gomez, the acting presi
dent. to be provisional president of
the republic, it was announced that a
new cabinet and a complete reorgan
ization of the Venezuelan government
could be expected.
The amalgamation of the Miguelis
ta and Zayista factions of the liberal
party, which ahs been in progress
since the election of last year, was
accomplished at a conference of the
executive committees of the two fac
tions. Senor Zayas was unanimously
elected chairman of the united party,
(vhieh will be called the nationa’-liber
ey party.
Genera) Marina, the Spanish com
mander in Morocco, now has a total of
38.000 men at his disposal, and is com
pleting liis preparations for a con
certed movement against Mt. Guruga,
the center of the Moorish positions.
Emperor William conferred the
crown order of the first cls.ss on
Charles W. Eliot, former president of
Harvard university; the crown order
of the second class on Sir Casper
Purdon Clarke, director of the Met
ropolitan museum of art. .New York.
>nd Hugo Reisinger of New York, and
the red eagle of the third class on Ed
ward Robinson of the Metropolitan
museum of art.
With deep religions solemnity the
sixth anniversary of the corona
tion of Pope Pius X was celebrated
in the Jistine chapel Monday in the
presence of the pontiff, the Sacred col
lege. the papal court, archioishops,
heads of religious orders, members of
the diplomatic corps and the Roman
aristocracy. Cardinal Merry Del Val,
the papal secretary of state, officiated
at the liwss.
It is officially reported that 103
deaths from bubonic plague and 35
from cholera occurred in Amoy dur
ing the two weeks ending last Satur
day. Conditions in the interior dis
tricts are greatly improved.
Adolphus Busch of St. Louis re
turned from Carlsbad a few days ago
to his villa in Lange Schwalbach. He
has a severe cold and has been or
dered to stay in bed. but his condition
does not give occasion for serious enx
iety.
General Von Einent. the Prussian
minister cf war. retired from office. He
will at once take up his new duties
as commander of the Seventh army
corps.
The labor strike at Stockholm,
Sweden, is showing signs of a col
lapse.
Reports are current in yachting cir
cles that King Alfonso of Spain is a
possible challenger for the American
cup.
General Charles Louis Tromeau has
been appointed commander in chief
>f the Fernch army in succession to
General de'la Croix.
POUTIGS LEFT OUT
PRESIDENT ISSUES ORDERS RE
CARDING CENSUS.
NOT BUILDING UP A MACHINE
Violation of Order Will Subject Of
fenders to Dismissal From Their
Positions.
Beverly, Mass—In a letter ad
dressed to Secretary Nagel, of the de
partment of commerce and labor,
President Taft served notice that any
man engaged in the taking of the
thirteenth census of the United States
who engages in politics in any way
will immediately be dismissed from
the service. Outside of casting their
votes the president believes that cen
sus supervisions and enumerators
should keep clear of anything that
savors of po.itics, national, state or
local.
The president orders the secretary
of commerce and labor and the direc
tor of the census to embody in the
regulations governing the taking of
the census the rule so forcibly laid
down in his letter.
Mr. Taft says that in appointing
census supervisors it has been found
necessary to select men recommend
ed by senators and congressmen in
their districts. He says he realizes
that this method of selection might
easily be perverted to political pur
poses and it is to take the census out
of politics, so far as the actual work
is concerned, that he has explicitly
expressed his desires as to the regula
tions.
President’s Letter.
tteveriy, Mass., Aug. 14, tatty.—My
Dear Mr. Secretary—The taking of
the census involves the appointment
of some 300 supervisors who, in turn,
are to appoint many times that num
ber of enumerators. The supervisors
are given complete discretion in the
selection of enumerators, respectively,
to act under them. The success of
the census will depend on the effici
ency and strict attention to duty of
the supervisors and on the intelligence
of the numerators and their faithful
application to the business in hand.
“Generally, there is a supervisor for
each congressional district. It has
been found to be the quickest anil best
means of selecting suitable super
visqts to consult* the congressmen
and senators as to competent candi
dates from tnetr respective districts
and states.
“This system can easily be pervert
ed to political purposes if the super
visors are not forbidden to use it as
an instrument for influencing local
and general elections and primaries
in the interest of particular candi
dates or parties. It is not an unrea
sonable requirement that anyone who
accepts an appointment as supervisor
or as enumerator shall, during the
term of his employment and service,
avoid an active purpose in politics.
“I therefore order that in the pre
paration of regulations for the taking
of the census, you and the director
of the census embody therein pro
vision that any supervisor or enum
erator who uses his influence with
his, subordinates or colleagues to as
sist any party, or any candidate in a
primary or general election, or who
takes any part, other than merely
casting his vote, in politics, national,
state or local, either by service upon
a political committee, by public ad
dresses, by the solicitation of votes,
or otherwise, shall at once be dis
missed from the service.
“I wish to make this regulation as
broad as possible, and wish it en
forced without exception. It is of the
highest importance that the census
should be taken by men having only
the single purpose of reaching a just
and right result and that the large
amount of money to be expended in
the employment of so vast a machine
as the census shall not be made to
serve the political purposes of any
one. Sincerely yours,
“WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.”
“Charles Nagel, Secretary ot Com
merce and Labor."
The following supervisors were
named for Nebraska and Iowa:
“Nebraska—First district, Frank E.
Helvey; second district, Charles L.
Saunders; third district, Joseph Al
bert Hays; fourth district, Philip F.
Bross.
Iowa—First district. John W. Row
ley; second district, Asa A. Hall; sev
enth district. Cambridge Culbertson.
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HARRIMAN GOES TO PARIS.
Before Leaving Munich Has Confer
ence With Specialist.
Munish. — E. H. Harriman left here
for Paris. Although his various walk
ing. motor car and sightseeing excur
sions during his stay here gave the
impression that his health was good.
Mr. Harriman while in Munish had
lengthy consultations with Prof. Gus
tav Hoesslin. a well known specialist
on diseases of the stomach.
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Ice Fields Hinder Peary.
St. Johns, N. F. — The continued
presence of icebergs and floes along
the nortnern section of the I-abrador
coast, as reported here by vessels
arriving from Labrador, may seriously
hamper the Peary relief ship Jeanie.
There are no fears for its safety, but
it is believed that the Jennie will be
considerably delayed in its arrival at
Etah, Greenland, the Peary base. The
Jeanie is a staunch craft, well fitted
to withstand the press of the ice. It
has as yet been but twelve days on the
voyage.
| NOW THAT THE OLD MAN SLUMBERS
THE TIMID SUITOR MAY PROCEED SAFELY WITH HIS WOOING.
AMERICA TO WARN JAPAN
UNCLE SAM TO CALL HALT IF
CHINA’S DOORS CLOSE.
Crisis Seems to Be Near—European
Powers Also Watching Actions
of Mikado’s Government.
Washington.—The United States
will call Japan to task If any attempt
is made to close the doors of China
to the trade of this country. Such a
step has been definitely decided upon
and Japan knows it.
The "open door” was insisted upon
by the United States ten years ago,
when Russia wras dominant in China,
>and when Japan was clamoring for
trade. The action of the United States
at that time was highly pleasing to
Japan, and contributed to the success
of the Japanese in expelling Russia,
although that was far from the pur
pose of the Washington government.
Because the United States insisted
on the "open door” at that time the
Japanese government regarded it as
an act of friendship to Toky! and not
a firm and irrevocable stroke of Amer
ican policy. Now Japan is to learn
that the American contention for the
"open door" in China was not directed
at Russia, but at r.U powers that at
tempt to dominate China to the exclu
sion of United States commerce.
Russia to-day is occupying much the
same position that Japan did ten
years ago, when Secretary Hay insist
ed on the “open door.”
The Bear is watching Japan's con
duct very closely for any breach in
Manchuria that would justify protest.
Not only Russia is watching Japan's
conduct, but so are Germany, France,
Holland. Italy and Austria, throughout
continental Europe, as well as in the
United States, to see whether Japan
in any way violates the principles con
tended for by the powers, and for this
reason her actions will be watched
closely by them. Should such proba
bility become evident, the time will
be ripe for some very pertinent ques
tions directed to the Japanese govern
ment as to her motives and intentions.
The government is considering the
appointment to this office of Chao-Erh
Hsun, formerly governor of Mukden.
“MISS SANTA CLAUS” SUICIDE
Had Letters to “Kris Kringle” from
Children Sent to Her and
Sent Gifts.
Philadelphia. — Miss Elizabeth
A. Phillips, known widely as “Miss
Santa Claus," committed suicide
by inhaling illuminating gas. She
was found in a room at her home
with a gas tube in her mouth.
Miss Phillips enjoyed almo3t a na
tional reputation by reason of her
work at Christmas time among the
poor children. For weeks prior to
Christmas of each year she collected
funds which she expended for toys
and clothing for the needy and on
Christmas eve she visited the homes
of the children in a Wg automobile.
Two years ago, at her request, all
the letters written by children and
mailed to Santa Claus were delivered
to her and the requests of the chil
dren, as far as possible, were com
plied with.
Educator Killed by Train.
Burlington. Vt. — Prof. Wilhelm
Bernhardt, of Washington. D. , C.,
a well-known educator and author,
was struck and killed by a train on
the Rutland railroad here. He was
spending the summer here. Prof.
Bernhardt was about 60 years of age
and for many years was director of
German in the Washington high
schools.
Balloonists Cross Frontier Line.
Beuthen, Prussia.—According to a
report received at the headquarters
here of the German frontier guard, a
German military balloon carrying
three army officers, drifted across the
frontier near Milowice and came down
in Russian territory. The occupants
were halted by a guard.
Rear Admiral Thomson Dead.
Seattle, Wash.—Rear Admiral Judah
Thomson, U. S. N. (retired), died at
Providence hospital after a long ill
ness. aged 67 years.
TIPTON BANK RE-OPENS
Gets $200,000 Cash and Prepares to
Resume Business Monday Morn
ing—Markers' Successors Chosen.
Tipton, Ind.—Two hundred thou
sand dollars were placed upon the
counter of the First National bank of
this city by a special express messen
ger Friday preparatory to the re-open
ing of the institution Monday morning.
The bank has been closed since
Noah Marker, assistant cashier, disap
peared and since it was learned that
the funds were short. The money J
was the first installment of $600,000
which was in the vault before the
bank opened.
The following notice was placed in
the bank window:
"Stockholders have put up cash to
cover all shortages and bad accounts.
Cash is now on hand to pay every de-!
positor in full and nny obligations of
any kind. The bank expects to open
for business Monday morning."
George Shortie. Jr., and John B.
Shirk were elected -cashier m2*
ant cashier, respectively.
IRRIGATION ~MEET~ CLOSES
National Congress Endorses Both Pin
chot and Newell and Elects
New Officers.
Spokane. Wash. — With the elec
tion of officers, the selection of
Pueblo, Col., as the next meeting
place, the passage of resolutions com
mending both the efTorts of Pinchot
and Newell in the forestry and recla
mation bureaus, asking a $10,000,000
irrigation fund from congress and
commending the Mississippi deep wa
terways, the seventh National Irriga
tion congress has ended.
The officers are B. A. Fowler of
Phoenix, Ariz., president; Arthur
Hooker, Spokane, secretary; Ralph
Twitcheil, New Mexico, vice-presi
dent; R. W. Young, Utah, second vice
president; L. Newman, Montana, third
vice-president; F. W. Flemming, New
Mexico, fourth vise-president; E. J.
Watson, South Carolina, fifth vice
president.
MAD MAN SEES GOVERNOR
Fugitive Maniac Makes an Unexpected
Visit to the Offices of Georgia
Executive.
Atlanta, Ga. — R. E. Dunning*
ton. a former inmate of the State
Hospital for the Insane, who resisted
arrest at Augusta last week by barri
cading himself in a house and shoot
ing an officer who approached too
near his place of refuge, later escap
ing and fleeing into South Carolina,
made an unexpected visit to Gov. Joe
Brown at the executive office in the
capitol.
Dunnnigton came to appeal to the
governor for protection from what he
termed the persecution of his rela
tives and some people who were, he
said, unnecessarily alarmed for fear
that he might commit murder.
MILTON,~DEL, FLAME-SWEPT
Loss of $150,000 Is Sustained in Fierce
Blaze—Four Solid Blocks
Destroyed.
Dover. Del. — Four blocks of
the town of Milton, Del., a lumber
and canning center, were entirely de
stroyed by fire, causing a loss which
will exceed $150,000.
At one time more than 150 build
ings were on fire, but the arrival of
firemen from surrounding towns saved !
all but 38 buildings from complete de
struction.
Bacon May Succeed White.
London.—Former Secretary of State
Robert Bacon, who is now in England,
maintains strict silence with regard
to the report that he is to succeed
Henry White as American ambassa
dor to France.
Assassinated at Own Home.
Lexington, Ky.—Mrs. George Eu
bank was assassinated as she sat on
the porch of her home in Lincoln
county. Two men who passed in a
buggy are believed to have done the
shooting. N
THAW WILL APPEAL
MOTHER’S WEALTH WILL BACK
SLAYER IN NEW FIGHT
FOR LIBERTY.
GOES BACK TO MATTEAWAN
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Justice Mills Declares Stanford
White's Murderer Is Still Insane—
Declares Wife’s Story False—Be
lieves Prisoner Whipped Girls.
White Plains, N. Y.—Backed by his
mother's great wealth, Harry K. Thaw,
who was taken back to the Matteawan
insane asylum under the decision ren
dered Thursday by Justice Mills, will
soon begin another fight for his liber
ty, this time in the court of appeals.
Justice Mills in dismissing the
habeas corpus declared “the release
of the petitioner would be dangerous
to the public peace and safety."
There is no crumb of comfort for
Thaw in the 7,000-word opinion hand
ed down by Justice Mills. All the
contentions of his old adversary, Dis
trict Attorney Jerome are supported,
and it is declared that Thaw is still
insane, still suffering from persistent
delusions, and still as much a para
noiac as on the day he shot Stanford
White.
Thaw, waiting in the White Plains
jail, at the rear of the courthouse,
where the decision was filed, received
the news with an outward calmness
which appeared, however, more forced
than real.
The members of his family and his
attorney seemed stunned by the thor;
oughness of their defeat. Thaw de
clined to give out any extended state
ment, contenting himself with the as
sertion that he was'not disheeirtened
and would at once continue his fight
for liberty.
“My next effort." he said, “will be
centered upon the court of appeals,
through which I expect to secure a
hearing before a jury in my effort to
have my commitment to Matteawan
set aside.”
Justice Mills in his opinion reaches
these three formal conclusions :
That Thaw was insane when he
killed White.
That he has not yet recovered.
That public peace and safety would
be endangered by setting him at
large.
He upholds District Attorney Je
iyj^Ac'e contentions that _Th.iw still
cherishes delusions regarding the
practices of Stanford White and his
associates.
Justice Mills characterizes Evelyn
Thaw's tale of the Madison Square
tower room, and similar stories about
White told at the sanity hearing, as
' wild and grossly improbable, evident
ly to any normal mind grossly exag
gerated.”
He asserts his belief in the testi
mony of Susan Merrill regarding
Thaw's alleged whipping of girls, and
points out the contrast between
Thaw's chivalrous attitude as a pro
tector of young American womanhood,
and his private life.
Justice Mills expressed deep sym
pathy for Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw,
the prisoner's mother, and her exposi
tion of the "horrors of Matteawan”
on the stand evidently prompted his
recommendation that Thaw be al
lowed greater privileges at that insti
tution. At the same time he gently
chided Mrs. Thaw for her censure of
District Attorney Jerome, of whom
he said: "I find no evidence of any
heartlessness or undue zeal on his
part.”
Not the least significant sentence in
Justice Mills' decision, in the opinion
of lawyers here, is one which de
clares that Thaw's delusions had be
come fixed and established bpfore the
time of his marriage."
It is pointed out that this sentence
may, if desired, prove grounds for pro
ceedings by Mrs. Evelyn Thaw for the
annulment of her marriage.
HAS “POSTAL CARDOMANIA”
Cincinnati Man Gives This as Reason
for Slapping Wife and Court
Releases Him.
Cincinnati.—William Schenck of
Elwood place offered a novel excuse
for slapping bis wife when he faced
Judge Hoffman in the police court
Wednesday. He claimed that he was
a victim of "postal cardomania," and
charged his wife with sending them.
He presented several cards to the
court.
On one was written. ‘ All in and
down and out;” another showed a
handsome young woman with out
stretched arms, yawning. Underneath
the picture was printed the words. “I
do not care if he never comes back."
Another had written on it, “Come in,
the water is fine.”
The wife claimed that Schenck had
slapped and then punched her in the
face while he was talking with her
Sunday night. He was released.
Atlantic City Gets G. A. R.
Salt Lake City, Utah.—Atlantic City
was chosen as the meeting place of
encampment of 1910 of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Rev. Dan'el
Ryan of Indianapolis was elected
chaplain and E. S. Bryce of New York
trustee of the sinking fund.
Child Killed by Lightning.
Sycamore. 111.—Nora, the flve-year
old daughter of James Roach, was in
stantly killed by lightning, and her
sister, Alice, rendered unconscious
and badly burned.
tSK $5,000,000,000 FUND
THAT SUM TO BE USED IN PUSH
ING IRRIGATION.
Other Resolutions Are Made at Na
tional Congress in Session at
Spokane, Wash.
Spokane, Wash.—An issue of J5,000,
000,000 in three per cent, bonds for ir
rigation of arid lands, improvement of
waterways and public roads and drain
age, is the plan of the National Irriga
tion congress in session here. Arthur
Hooler of Spokane, secretary of the
board of control, introduced the reso
lution requesting this great sum at
Wednesday's session.
It is proposed to use this fund in
five portions, as follows:
One billion for drainage; one billion
fro irrigation; one billion for deep
waterways; one billion for good roads
and one billion for forest preser
vation.
It was asked that a committee pre
sent the request to congress.
A resolution also was introduced
planning that where settlers of arid
lands have been deprived of the right
to reclaim their lands by the action
of the reclamation service in cutting
off water rights such settlers may
gain the right to their lands by the
reclamation of one acre In their tracts
by means of a well.
,1. N. Teal of Oregon introduced a
resolution condemning the use of the
plumage of birds for the decoration of
women’s head-gear and asking further
protection of birds in the west, where
their activities are a relief from the
savage insects in the forests.
George Otis Smith, director of the
geological survey, spoke on the classi
fication of public lands. Irrigation in
South Dakota was discussed by S. H.
Lea, state engineer of South Dhfcota.
Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific railroad, spoke oo
the opportunities of the west.
Mr. Elliott, with a note of bitter
ness in his voice, said that while the
railway is second only to the fann
er as a developer of the nation's re
sources, "but few arose to say, ‘well
done, thou good and faithful serv
ant”’
FRENCHMAN FLIES OVER ALPS
Reach Height Exceeding Three Miles
While Passing over Mount Blanc
—Danger Not Over.
Chamonix, France. — The bah
oon Sirius has succeeded in flying
over the Alp's. The airship left hero
Iasi Lc.aday (Alder the pPe^age of M.
Spelterine, who had with him three
passengers. Fears were entertained
for the safety of the voyagers, but
they have landed safely at a point
near Locarno at an altitude of 5,40Q
feet. The four men, however, still had
i dangerous path to cover on foot
from the place where they landed into
Locarno.
The Sirius traversed Mount Blanc
and soared over the Aiguille du Dru
and the Aiguille Verte. The highest
altitude attained on the voyage was
5,600 meters, equal to 18,373 feet.
A successful balloon trip over Mount
Blanc and the Alps was made in No
vember of 1906 by two Italian aero
nauts in the balloon Milano. The
greatest altitude reached on this trip
was 20,500 feet, and the rarefied at
mosphere made it necessary lor the
men to resort to their supply of oxy
gen to keep alive. The Milano,
which went up from Milan, came
down at Aix-le-Rains after having cov
ered a distance of 175 miles in three
hours.
ROBS ILLINOIS BANK OF $2,500
_
Lone Desperado Holds Up Cashier
and Brother and Flees with
Large Amount.
Jacksonville, 111.—A daring bank
obbery occuired at Franklin, Morgan
county, a lone bandit securing $2,509
in currency from a c-ashier of the
Farmers’ & Merchants' bank.
One suspect has been arrested, but
ais identity has not been proven,
i Between one and two o'clock in the
(fteynoon a man ciad like a farmer
appeared at the cashier's desk and
asked to exchange some bills of small
ienomfnations for larger ones. The
cashier went to the vault to get the
bills.
When he emerged the robber was
inside the railing and covered him
with a revolver, demanding the bank s
cash.
SWEDEN’S STRIKE WEAKENS
Backbone of the Trouble Broken and
Many Men Are Returning to
Their Work.
Stockholm.—The belief is gaining
ground that the backbone of the gen
eral strike has been broken. Work
men of various kinds resumed their
duties in increasing numbers Wednes
day and it is expected that the print
ers soon will return to work. All the
newspapers in Stockholm arc issuing
hand-printed sheets while those in the
-south are being printed in Den
mark.
Big Land Winning “a Lark.”
Seattle. Wash.—Joseph Furay ol
Warsaw, lnd , who drew number l in
the Flathead land distribution, is ap
parently not excited over his good
fortune, although he lias been in
formed that his allotment is worth
150,000. He registered for the draw
ings ’‘just for a lark," he says.
Remove Ban on American Cattle.
Buenos Ayres.—The minister ot
igriculture has annuled the decree ol
r»08, prohibiting the importation into
Argentine of American cattle.