Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVILOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 30, llKUt NUMBER 47
Latest News of Interest
Boiled Down for the
Busy Man.
Domestic.
Two women are dead, one man is
dying, two men are Wily injured and
two women are seriously hurt as the
result o! a "joy ride" in an automo
bile at Seattle. Thursday.
The appointment of Lee McClung.
treasurer of Yale university, as treas
urer of the linked States, to succeed
Charles H Treat, of New York, whose
resignation has been accepted by the
president, to take effect November 1.
was annount ed at the White house
Thursday.
A body which is thought to have
been in the Detroit river since Sep
tember IS. was picked up by a barge
man. In the pockets were memoran
dum books and letters indicating that
the man was John C. Long, of Pitts
burg or Scranton. Pa., a salesman for
a porcelain house in Cincinnati.
Detroit was selected as the next
meeting place of the annual session
of the supreme councii of the Scot
tish rite masons, northern masonic
jurisdicton, at the open session of
that body in Boston.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook will receive
$20,000 for two lectures to be deliv
ered at St. Louis. October 6 and 7.
Louisiana and other southern states
were visited by the most severe storm
known tor years, and the loss of life
will run into the hundreds, while mil
lions of dollars of damage to property
is reported.
A verdict iiuding Police Inspector
Edward McCann guilty of accepting
money from resort keepers for police
"protection" was returned at Chicago
by the jury which has been hearing
the evidence in the case for three
weks.
The citizens of Lincoln, Neb., are
conducting an active campaign to
raise $100,000 for a new Y. M. C. A.
building, and over half the amount
has been secured.
A very small increase in the number
of pensioners in the western states,
accompanied by a slight increase in
the amount paid in pensions, is shown
by the pension commissioner's report
for the year ended June 30 last.
A new world's record was estab
lished at the military tournament at
Cam]) Corse when the machine gun
platoon of the Sixteenth infantry de
feated the Thirteenth infantry pla
toon. and clipped four seconds off the
former record for practice with a mule
battery. The piece was unlimbered
and fired and then loaded onto the
back of a mule in 51% seconds.
The memory of Ansel Briggs, first
governor of Iowa, was honored in the
unveiling of a monument in Andrew
cemetery, where his remains were re
cently buried after removal from their
original resting place in Omaha. The
dedication exercises were attended by
state officials and many other promi
nent persons. The shaft was unveiled
by Mrs. Alexander D. Robertson of
Cherokee county, grand-daughter of
Governor Briggs.
Dr. Cook is taking a few days’ rest
in New York since his arrival from
Denmark.
Tom Tiger, the owner of much Ok
lahoma oil land, whose trial on a
charge of murder was set for Tues
day, was shot by another Indian
named Skeeter and mortally wounded.
Skeeter escaped. The shooting was
the outcome of an old quarrel.
Commander Robert E. Peary, after
ri successful quest for the north pole,
returned to Sydney Tuesday on board
the steamer Roosevelt. The explor
er’s wife was the first to greet him,
and as the Roosevelt, after an absence
of more than one year steamed Into
Sydney harbor under a brilliant sun,
the explorer and his ship were given
a hearty welcome from the assembled
shipping.
“Haley’s” comet has been located by
Herbert D. Curtis and photographed
with the aid of reflecting telescope
The following officers of the na
tional association of stationary engi
neers were elected: President, W. T.
Reynolds, Hoboken, N. Y.; vice-presi
dent, C. S. Pearse, Denver, Colo.; sec
retary, F. H. Raven, Chicago; treas
urer, Samuel B. Forse, Pittsburg, Pa.
i The largest banking deal transacted
west of Chicago for many years was
made at Sioux City when the Iowa
State National bank took over the
First National bank. The merged
banks, which have deposits amounting
to $5,500,000, will be headed by John
McHugh as president.
One man was shot and several in
jured by a mob which attacked the
strike-breakers on the Omaha street
car strike.
The street car men of Omaha are
out on general, strike, and strike
breakers are being imported to take
their place.
District Judge Loyal E. Knappen,
presiding in the branch of the fed
eral court at Marquette, Mich., has
entered a decree in favor of the com
plaint in the case of Arctic Iron com
pany vs. the Cleveland Cliff Iron com
pany and William Mather, Its presi
dent
C. L. Watrus of Des Moines, It.,
was elected chairman of the executive
committee of the American Pomoloji
cal society.
The condition of Governor Johnson
of Minnesota, is very critical and
small hopes are entertained for Ills
recovery.
A headon collision on the New Or
leans & Northeastern railroad, four
miles south of Hatteries. occurred late
Wednesday. A southbound work train
crashed into a northbound excursion
train, killing Fireman Fitzgerald of
the work train and injuring others.
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., donor of
the Vandebilt cup for automobile
races, and his wife, formerly Miss
Virginia Fair of San Francisco, have
signed a separation agreement, accord
ing an afternoon newspaper. Mrs.
Vandebilt is now returning from
Europe with her two children. Mauriel
and William K. Vanderbilt III. It is
expected the separation will be an
nounced formally as soon as Mrs. Van
derbilt reaches New York.
Chancellor James A. Day of Sjra
cuse university announced that Mrs.
Russell Sage had given $50,000 to the
institution on her birthday.
Dr. Cook arrived in New York har
bor Tuesday morning on the Oscar II,
from Denmark.
The Chicago & Northwestern i ail
road carried 27,000,000 passengers dur
ing the year ending June 30, 1009.
without a single life being lost, accord
ing to a report issued by that road.
The other roads which have thus far
announced a clear record of this kind
for a year include the Pennsylvania,
Burlington and Santa Fe.
The First National bank of Burn
side. Ky„ closed its doors Friday. The
bank has $23,000 ea'pital stock. Over
loans and some unfortunate business
deals are given as the cause of failure.
A campaign for a constitutional
amendment for prohibition in Ala
bama was launched at Birmingham at
a conference which was participated
in by several hundred prohibition ists,
anti-saloon league members and par
tisans from all over the state. An
official statement was made prior to
the beginning of the meeting that the
conference represented no political
faction or set of politicians
Assistant United States District At
torney Crum said that the trial of the
officers and directors of the American
Sugar Refining company who were in
dicted by the federal grand jury for
violation of the Sherman antt-trust
law. probably would not come up un
til the middle of October.
A collosion of bicycles killed Victor
Yasenar and seriously hurt John Dow
ney, brother of Tom Downey, short
stop of the Cincinnati National league
team. Downey will recover.
Right Rev. William George McPlos
kv. bishop of Louisville and the oldest
living Catholic prelate in the Urited
States, is seriously ill at Louisville,
Ky. He is eighty-six years old.
Mrs. E. H. Harriman has been made
the sole beneficiary and administiator
of her husband's vast estate, which is
estimated to be valued at from $30,
000,000 to $200,000,000.
Packy McFarland and Ray Bronson
fought twenty rounds to a draw at the
West Side Athletic club in Me
Donoughville, just across the river
from New Orleans, Sunday afternoon.
Judge Corey, of the probate court,
made an order distributing to Mrs.
Anna Spreckels, widow of the late
Spreckles, her share of the sugar
king’s estate, which is estimated to be
worth more than $3,000,000.
Foreign.
A second earthquake was felt
throughout a large part of southwest
ern France Thursday. The quake it
self caused little damage, but it was
followed by a terific hailstorm that
destroyed the remaining crops.
The highest telephone line in the
world, running to the Queen Marguer
hita observatory on Monte Rosa, more
than 15,000 feet, has been placed in
operation. The observatory anc the
telephone line which has been con
structed at the expense of the queen,
took six years to complete. The new
line will be of great help to Alpinists
in distress on Monte Rosa.
John M. Grice, an American mining
contractor, and five Mexican miners
were instantly killed by an explosion
of dynamite in the Petgrina mine in
the Guanajaunto district of Guana
juanto.
More than ten Jives were lost and
property vrorth over $2,000,000 was de
stroyed in the cyclone of Pinar DeJ
Rio, Cuba. Communication between
Havana and the storm area in the
western part of the province was cut
off except at two or three points and
reports of damages are just reaching
Havana. More than 2,000 people are
without shelter or supplies, several
hundred houses and huts and tobaccc
barns, several thousand acres of to
bacco and many small vessels along
the coast were destroyed.
The steamer Mauretania has again
succeeded in reducing her eastbound
record three-quarters of an hour. Her
time from New York on the trip which
ended Monday was four days, thirteen
hours and forty-one minutes, ani her
average speed was 25.60 knots an hour.
The success of aviation week al
Rheims has prompted the holding oi
another such meeting in Berlin, be
ginning September 26. Fifty thousand
dollars in prizes will be given and
among the entries are Farman, Bier
lot, Latham, Le Blanc, Roughier, Besa,
Edwards, Orville Wright and Dfour.
The one hundredth anniversary ol
the Chilean declaration of independ
ence was observed at Guayaquil with
mach enthusiasm. The festivities be
gan last night with a torchlight par
ade, in which all the local societies
and clubs and a number of militarj
bands took part.
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LIST OF BEAD IS GROWING
SOUTHERN HURRICANE VICTIMS
NOW NUMBER 100.
Hundreds Are Homeless—Property
Loss Will Reach Millions—
Heavy Crop Damage.
New Orleans. — The list of
known dead who perished in Terre
bonne parish during Monday’s hurri
cane has been swelled to more than
40, and it is believed that a score or
more will be added to this number.
Additional reports of death in other
sections of Loulsiaan are also being
received and the toll of human life ex
acted by the hurricane will count per
haps a hundred people when the final
count has been made.
Further details of property loss,
reaching millions of dollars, come in
with the gradual restoration of com
munication. Relief parties in Terre
bonne parish are continuing their
work. Five hundred sufferers irom
the storm are being cared for at
Houma, the parish seat of Terrebonne,
and in surrounding neighborhoods.
A few fishermen, with the almost
forlorn hope that missing relatives
and friends may be found or at least
their dead bodies discovered, or that
they may resurrect some of their lost
belongings, remain upon the scene of
their desolated homes.
The families of Thomas and Walter
Rhodes, numbering 14 people, are now
reported as being almost certainly
among the dead in Terrebonne. Oth
ers who have not been located and
who are believed to have perished are
Dick Gray, wife and seven children;
Inez Verret and family of four; C. Bolt
and wife and Norway Foray.
The carcasses of cows, horses, hogs
and dogs strew the prairie for miles
and thousands of dead birds and musk
rats are floating on the waters of the
bayous.
UNION WOMEN IN SESSION
Second National Biennial Convention
of Their Trade League is Opened
in Chicago.
Chicago.—The second biennial con
vention of the National Women's
Trade Union league was called to or
der at ten o’clock Monday morning in
the Fine Arts building with about 80
delegates in attendance. Mrs. Mary
Morton Kehew of Boston, the first na
tional president of the league, was in
the chair. The delegates hare come
from all parts of this country and in
addition friends of the movement are
present from European lands. Among
the latter are Miss Mary MacArthur
of London, secretary of the British
Women's Trade league; Mrs. Werner
Hagemann of Munich, and Miss Ag
nes Herman or Berlin. The league,
which aims to secure^1 tetter working
conditions and wages for women who
toil, will hold daily * sessions in the
Pine Arts building for four days.
National Guard Convention.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Officers of the
citizen soldiery of the United States
from all sections are in Los Angeles
for the convention of the National
Guard association, which opened Mon
day. The California National Guard
and the people of this city have left
nothing undone that would assure a
delightful time for the visitors. At
the conclusion of the convention many
of the members will go to Seattle
where the authorities of the exposi
tion have set aside a day to be known
as National Guard Association of the
United States day. Gen. Charles Dick
of Columbus, O., is president of the
association and Gen. James A. Drain
of Washington is chairman of the exe
cutive committee.
Eight Persons Hurt in Collision.
Boone, la.—Tight persons were
hurt, one fatally, when two interurban
cars on the Fort Dodge, Des Moines
& Southern crashed together head-on,
near here. Among the injured were:
H. J. Brockman of St. Louis and Rob
ert Felton of Gregory, S. D.
Hudson-Fulton Stamps Issued.
Washington.—Fifty, million postage
stamps, issued by the post-office de
partment in- commemoration of the
Hudson-Fulton celebration, were placed
on sale throughout the country.
COOK SENDS FOR BURRILL
Explorer’s Friends Expect Bitter At
tack on His Records—Calls Moun
tain Guide to His Aid.
New York.—Friends of Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook, whose claim that he
discovered the north pole has been
challenged by Commander R. E.
Peary, anticipate a bitter attack on his
record. The announcement several
days ago that a lawyer representing
the Peary Arctic club had been re
tained at Seattle, Wash., to fully in
vestigate all the details of Dr. Cook’s
reported ascent of Mount McKinley, is
followed now by Dr. Cook’s effort to
have one of the guides who accom
panied him on that expedition to come
to New York. He has sent a telegram
to this guide, Edward Burrill, at Ham
ilton, Mont., asking hint to lose no
time in getting here.
Ever since Dr. Cook's claim to hav
ing reached the summit of Mount Me
Kinley was questioned, Burrill has re
mained silent, although one dispatch
quoted him as saying he would be
ready to make a statement when Cook
reached America.
Among the papers and documents
which Commander Peary turned over
to Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard in Maine
are believed to be his alleged proofs
that Cook did not reach the north
pole, aud from Gen. Hubbard's state
ment at Bar Harbor it is presumed
that the full context of the Peary
charges will be made public in a few
daj-s, possibly next week.
Portland, Me.—A continuous ovation
greeted Commander Robert E. Peary
from the moment he entered the
state at Vanceboro, the eastern term
inai of the Maine Central railroad
until he reached liis home, the city ol
Portland.
CENSUS AGENTS TO BE NAMED
About 1,700 Will Receive Their Ap
pointment Around January First
—Must Pass Practical Test.
Washington.—Between sixteen and
enghteen hundred persons will
be appointed as special agents ot
the census bureau about January 1
next, and s. practical test of the quali
fications of applicants for such posi
tions will be given on November 3
next before the local board of civil
service examiners in every state iD
the union.
The duties of such agents will be to
collect statistics for the next census
of manufactures, mines and quarries.
As far as possible, it Is desired to ob
tain persons who have had college oi
university courses In statistics or eco
nomics, or persons who have had ex
perience In the accounting depart
ments of manufacturing or other busi
ness establishments.
Applications will be accepted from
women, but the opportunity for theii
appointment is slight.
American Mining Congress.
Goldfield, Nev.—The twelfth annual
session of the American Mining con
gress opened here Monday with a
large attendance. The meeting will
continue until October 4, and one oi
the chief topics on the program for
discussion is the increasing use ol
silver and obtaining such an adjust
ment of its value as will decrease the
rate of exchange between the United
States and countries with a silver
standard. Sir Moreton Frewen, the
English bimetallist; James J. Hill and
John Hays Hammond have been in
vited to address the congress.
Treat’s Successor Named.
Washington. — Lee McClung, the
treasurer of Yale university, has
been selected as treasurer of the
United States to succeed Charles H
Treat.
Two Killed, Ten Wounded.
Melilla.—A Spanish detachment re
connoitering in the environs of Soul
Boni-Sicar, demolished a large num
her of houses. The Riffians opposec
the Spanish advance. The Spanisl
had two killed and ten wounded ir
Wednesday's fighting. Gen. Marina
commander of the Spanish forces, at
taches great importance to the occu
pation of Souk-Beni-Sicar, which it
the meeting point of the various sec
tions of the tribe and the headquar
:ers of the anti-foreign move
ment.
TAFT Ilf SALI LAKE
GREAT AUDIENCE LISTENS TO
HIM IN THE TABERNACLE.
SUGGESTIVE TALK DELIVERED
Text Taken from the Book of Prov
erbs Relative to Soft Words and
Grievous Utterances.
Salt Lake City.—In the pulpit of the
famous Mormon tabernacle in this
city, where four years ago Theodore
Roosevelt, then president, preached a
long sermon on right living and the
duties of good citizenship, President
Taft faced an audience which he said
inspired him to try to follow in the
footsteps of his predecessor and de
liver a preachment.
Mr. Taft did preach a sermon—-text
and all. The immense audience in
the flag-draped edifice, the splendid
musical program of operatic and pa
triotic selections, the enthusiastic
cheering as President Taft appeared
and the quick response of the audi
ence to points which he endeavored
to impress upon his hearers, inspired
him, the president declared, with
higher thoughts of country and pa
triotism.
The president’s sermon was an ap
peal for amity between people, for at
tributing the best rather the worst
motives to the action of others when
possible to do so and not to harbor
haterd and animosity.
“A soft answer turneth away
wrath, but grievous words stir up an
ger,” was the text Mr. Taft selected
from the book of Proverbs. The ser
mon was a homely utterance, largely
made up of a relation of stories to
give emphasis to the points.
From the tabernacle the president
was driven to review about 20,000
school children. At one point along
the line 1,000 or more children had
been arranged in a living flag, red,
white and blue caps and capes serv
ing to outline the national emblem.
Thence the president proceeded to
the Young Men’s Christian associa
tion, where he made a brief address
to an audience composed entirely of
men.
Lastly, the president attended ser
vices especially arranged for him at
the Unitarian church. After this un
usually busy Sunday morning he left
Salt Lake at noon for Ogden, where
he enjoyed an eighteen-mile ride
through Ogden canyon and made his
third address of the day at Lestc-r
park there.
In his address at Salt Lake he was
introduced by Senator Smoot.
CROWDS VIEW THE SHIPS.
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Riverside Drive, Overlooking the
River, Crowded All Day.
New' York.—The sailors of eight na
tions—England, Germany, France, Ita
ly, Holland, Mexico, Argentina and the
United States—thronged the streets
of New’ York Sunday, mingling with
visitors from north, south, east and
w’est.
Beginning at noon, Riverside drive,
which affords a magnificent view of
the anchored armada, began to fill up
rapidly and at 3 o’clock was again un
comfortably crow'ded.
The Half Moon and the Clermont
lay quietly at their anchorages, where
they will remain until the naval
parade of Friday, October 1, when
both little pioneers, escorted by the
light draft ships and followed by the
merchant fleet, again will sail up
stream to Newburgh, where they will
be turned over to the Albany up-state
division of the celebration.
The Omaha Indian Problem.
Washington. — Declaring that the
Omaha Indian problem in Nebraska
has reached its critical period, when
the Indian has to be transferred from
a dependent ward of the government
to an independent citizen of the state,
officials of the Bureau of Indian affairs
announced that steps would be taken
immediately to place all the com
petent Omahas in complete posses
sion of their lands and moneys to
which they are entitled.
To place all the non-competent Oma
has in such condition, it is declared,
would leave Nebraska with an Indian
pauper problem on its hands and
would simply transfer the whole Indi
an problem from the nation to the
state.
Omaha Street Car Strike.
Omaha.—The street railway com
pany has offered terms upon which
it is willing to settle the strike, the
same being recommended for accept
ance by a committee of mayors from
five cities and towns and that of the
city council of Omaha. It is probable
the differences will soon be adjusted.
Many Refused Citizenship.
Washington. — Naturalization was
refused to 2,067 aliens during the last
fiscal year, a material increase over
the rejection of would-be United
States citizens during the preceding
year.
Plenty of Money, but Starved.
Cincinnati, O.—When the body of
Christopher Kuhn, aged 68, a cabinet
maker, was discovered on Saturday
evening in his squalid room, investiga
tion showed that the man had been
dead since September 6, when, ac
cording to neighbors, he apparently
died of starvation. Secreted in the
room were many thousands of dollars
worth of securities and deeds to prop
erty. There were keys to a safety
deposit box in the City Hall bank and
a bank book showing he had on de
posk over a thousand dollars.
GOV. JOHNSON DEAD.
Minnesota's Beloved Chief Executive
Passes Away.
Rochester, Minn.—Governor John A.
Johnson, three times elected governor
of Minnesota, a candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination for president of
the United States in 1908, and looked
upon by many throughout the country
as the probable national standard
bearer in 1912, died at St. Mary’s
! hospital here at 3:2.1 o'clock Tuesday
morning, following an operation the
previous Wednesday.
After battling against death for al
most a week the governor's life had
a peaceful ending. He had hovered
between life and death for several
days, and about an hour before dis
solution came, recognizing that his end
was near, took his wife's hand and
weakly whispered to her, "Nora, I
made a good fight, but 1 guess I've got
to go.” Then as the last gleam of in
telligence began to flicker be pressed
her hand gently to his cheek in a
parting caress.
Governor Johnson had been oper
' ated on twice before, first for removal
of an ulcer and afterwards for an ab
1 scess of the bowels. Both were acute,
prolonged cases and he was in a seri
ous condition each time. There had
j been obstruction of the bowels in each
instance and during the second oper
ation the appendix was removed. Af
ter the second operation Governor
Johnson enjoyed fairly good health,
but later developed into serious at
tacks.
Governor Johnson was born in
Nicollet county at St. Peter in 1862.
His father was a blacksmith who emi
The late Gov. Johnson.
grated front Sweden in 1853. He was
early a republican, but later became
i a democrat. He established the Se.
| Peter Herald in 1885. He was elected
- to the state senate in 1S98 in a re*
I publican district.
In 1902 Johnson was renominated
for the senate, but was beaten by two
votes. Two years later he was nom
inated by the democrats for governor
and was elected after a bitter fight.
He was re-elected twice and was ser
ving his third consecutive term when
he died.
The governor’s body was removed
to the State Capitol building at St.
Paul and lay in state until the day of
burial, which took place at St. Peter.
Before removal thousands of the peo
ple who had learned to love him al
most as a brother, looked for the last
time upon his friendly face.
Thursday the hands of loving
friends carried the body to its last
resting place and sorrowing hundreds
followed the casket to the boyhood
home.
At St. Peter the burial took place
In the family lot in Green Hills cem
etery in a grave adjoining that of his
mother. The funeral cortege, escorted
by state militia and representatives of
state and civic organizations pro
ceeded to the Presbyterian church
where the body lay in state and was
viewed by hundreds of citizens of St.
Peter for an hour and a half before
the religious services were held.
The funeral was attended by hun
dreds of distinguished men from Min
nesota and other states.
Brief services were held at the
cemetery and the local company of
National guard fired a salute as the
casket was lowered into the grave.
Warning to Strikers.
Omaha—Sheriff Brailey of Douglas
county, in a proclamation, has celled
the attention of street car and other
disturbers to the “Riot Act.”
Hawaiian Volcano Active.
Honolulu. — Reports received here
by wireless telegraph state that the
volcaao Kialues is extraordinarily act
ive. Lava is rising fast and is now
only 100 feet from the rim of the
crater.
EX-NEBRASKAN ENDS LIFE.
Edwin Fulton. Formerly of Nebraska
City, Commits Suicide.
Kansas City.—Edwin Pulton, a well
known insurance man, committed
suicide at his home here Friday by
shooting. He was overcome by heat
while playing golf last July and his
mind became affected. Mr. Fulton
was for many years state agent in
Missouri for a Massachusetts insur
ance company. He was 'US years of
a~e and came here from Nebraska
City, Neb.
CATCH MANY IN NET
INDICTMENTS SECURED AGAINST
MAYBRAY AND PALS.
GRAND JURY MAKES RETURNS
Maybray Had Victims in Eighteen
States and Territories, Many
of Them Very Prominent.
Council Bluffs, la.-—James C. May
bray and eight four alleged associates
were indicted by the United States
grand jury for the southern district
of Iowa, charged with conspiring to
defraud by illegal use of the United
States mails. With the exception of
Maybray and three or four others,
none of those indicted are in custody
and for that reason the names of the
other defendants are not made public,
it is stated, however, that the list in
cludes many persons known in crimi
nal annals in all parts of the coun
try, and that nearly every name is
followed by aliases, Each of these
alleged confederates had a number,
which is given as one of the aliases
accredited to the defendant. Although
specific amounts are not mentioned in
the indictments, it is authoritatively
stated that the amounts lost by the
alleged victims of Maybray and others
named, will exceed half a million dol
lars. The sums lost run from $1,500
to $30,000, the latter sum having been
placed on a fake horse race, according
to the evidence at hand, by a Missouri
banker.
The list of names of victims given
in the indictments includes men of
prominence in all parts of the coun
try, and there is set forth In the
specific charges a number of letters
of an Incriminating character which
gives a touch of sensationalism to the
documents.
Victims in eighteen states, the ter
ritory of Alaska and the dominion of
Canada, are named, indicating the
wide range of territory over which
Maybray and his associates are al
leged to have plied their vocation.
As a basis of operation they used, ac
cording to the indictment, the cities
of Council Bluffs, Davenport and Burl
ington, la., St. Louis, Little Rock
Seattle. Denver and New' Orleans, to
which places, it is alleged, victims
were taken by the numerous “steers.”
In setting out the specific instances
in which violation of the postal laws
are changed, the indictment includes
copies of many sensational letters al
leged to have been exchanged be
tween Maybray and his associate,
which refer to alleged “deals,” and
name various sums of money as hav
ing changed hands as the result of the
operations of those mentioned in the
indictment.
One of these letters is dated from a
New York hotel, and invites “Friend
John,” who it is alleged, is Maybray
himself, to go to New York City, de
claring. “I have a town across the
river from New York in Jersey, a
swell track and absolute protection.
The sheriff and prosecutor and police
they will be absolutely right.”
Another letter cited is from Polk
City, la., and signed F. R. Marts, en
closing $1,000, “to apply as forfeit
money on our deal pending.”
Relief For Stranded Men.
Washington.—Stranded at Nome.
Alaska, 100 American citizens will be
brought back to Seattle, Wash., on a
revenue cutter, Telegraphic orders
went forward from Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury Hill directing the
deputy collector to customs at Seward,
Alaska to have a revenue cutter pro
ceed at once from Seward to Nome,
there to take on board the 100 men
and women who are in destitute con
dition.
Officials in Conflict.
Atlanta, Ga.—The clash between the
state and federal authorities growing
out of the trouble over the collection
of internal revenue taxes in Dade
county, came to a climax Friday In
the arrest of H. A. Rucker, collector
of internal revenue at Atlanta. Rucker
was served with a warrant of arrest
for contempt of the superior court
of Georgia, but was later liberated oh
a bond of $1,000.
Trouble for Spain.
Madrid.—It Is generally believed
here that the complications which
have arisen between Spain and Mulai
Hafid, the sultan of Morocco, are like
ly to result in a Spanish-Moroccan
war.
Epidemic of Paralysis.
La Crosse, Wis.—Country schools
in three districts were closed and it
is expected other district schools in
La Crosse county will take the same
action on account of an epidemic of
infantile paralysis.
Sanatorium for Odd Fellows.
Seattle, Wash.—The sovereign grand
lodge of Odd Fellows met to consider
the subject of providing a sanatorium
for victims of the order afflicted with
tuberculosis.
Sued for $200,000.
New York.—Theodore P. Shonts,
former chairman of the Isthmian
canal commission and now president
of the Interborough-Metropolitan com
pany of this city, has been sued foe
$200,000 damages, according to the
World, by Frederick F. Hipsch, New
York manager for a Kentucky distil
lery. Mr. Shonts is charged with
having alienated Mrs. Hipsch’s affec
tions. Through Delaney Niccoll, his
attorney, Shonts declares that the suit
is preposterous and is due to a case
of mistake!) identity.
