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VOLUME XXVI LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , OCTOBER 21, 1909 NUMBER 50
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1 TAMMANrS MAN FOR MAYOR |
William J. Gaynor, justice of the supreme
court, has been nominated for the mayoralty of
New York City by the Democrats. In the cam
paign that will follow he will be opposed by Otto
Bannard, nominated by the Republicans and in
dorsed by President Taft. Tammany will do its
utmost to elect Justice Gaynor.
If Justice Gaynor wins it will be a victory of
a plow boy who became a school teacher, then a
lawyer, then a political giant who overthrew
Hugh McLaughlin, for 25 years the “boss” of
Brooklyn; then the implacable enemy of trusts,
justice of the supreme court, and iinally mayor.
ilt will be a victory for a man who had scorned
to run for governor w'hen he might have won,
and who once rejected “Boss" Croker’s offer of
i ammany s nomination for mayor ot tne tciy.
Justice Gaynor is 5$ years old. It was on a stony farm that William
was born. It was there he toiled when a boy in a winning battle with pov
erty. He went to the district school and grew up sunbrowned and strong.
After graduating from the Whitestone academy he taught school in Boston.
1 Accumulating sufficient funds to permit it, he moved to Utica and began
^ studying law in the office of Ward Hunt, who later became justice of the
supreme court of the United States.
As long ago as 1875 Mr. Gaynor moved to Klatbush. L. I., then an inde
pendent municipality having 40 saloons, but only one operating under a
license. This, he discovered, was due to corruption in municipal govern
ment.
In 1885 Mr. Gaynor moved to Brooklyn, then held in the despotic politi
cal grip of McLaughlin. Brooklyn was expanding. The town of New Lots,
which had a little institution known as the Long Island Water Supply Com
pany, was annexed. Gaynor discovered that the “McLaughlin ring” had
bought out this company through dummies for $185,000, and had contracted
to turn it over to the city of Brooklyn through the mayor for $1,500,000. He
denounced the deal as a swindle. He fought it through the courts and after
spending $14,700 of his own money knocked it out. Afterward he compelled
the elevated roads of Brooklyn, practically owned by McLaughlinites, to pay
taxes aggregating about $1,000,000.
With one victory after another along similar lines to his credit he was
by- 1893 the most powerful man in Brooklyn. Then he was nominated for
supreme court justice to help elect a fusion candidate for mayor. He was.
elected and with him his whole ticket. That marked the end of the Mc
Laughlin ring. The next year he refused to run for governor on the Demo
cratic ticket. Two years later Richard Croker tried in vain to have him run
for mayor on a Tammany ticket.
Ever since then Justice Gaynor has been fighting corruption in politics.
He has made a study of the constitutional questions involved in attacks on
corporations, particularly public franchise monopolies. One of his "hobbies”
is how to prevent railroads from giving rebates to shippers.
"C. Q. P.” HERO A “FRESHIE”
Abandoning the sea for the law school. Cap:.
Inman Sealbv, of the White Star liner Republic,
which went down off Nantucket island last win
ter after passengers and crew had been rescued
through the “C. Q. D.” messages of “Jack” Binns,
wireless operator, has been enrolled as a fresh
man in the law department of the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor.
The hero of the marine disaster that thrilled
two continents began to realize the dreams of
his youth when he appeared at the registrar’s
office and matriculated. Years and years ago,
long before he snuffed the salt breeze from the
captain’s bridge, the master of the Republic had
ambitions to take a course in admiralty law.
promotions came, tne lure or tne ocean was
strong, and Capt. Sealby would probably have
gone down to the sea in ships all his days had not the Italian steamship
'1 Florida poked its nose out of the fog on January 23 and rammed a hole in
’ the Republic.
Then came the drama of the high seas that held the attention of whole
nations for days. “C. Q. D.” messages crackled through the air summoning
steamships to the rescue. Six persons, tw’o of them passengers, were killed,
but the rest of the numan cargo of both crippled boats, 1,650 lives in all,
were transferred to the steamer Baltic without mishap. Next day the Repub
lic went down Capt. Sealby sticking at his bridge until the decks were
under water and then climbing up the mast as it sunk still lower, refusing
to abandon his boat until the last vestige was under the waves.
l | GOT DIPLOMATIC CALL-DOWN
Mulai-Abd-El-Hafid (that’s most all of it), sul
tan of Morocco, has beeff made the subject of a
diplomatic cail-down by France, which said, in
effect, he needn’t have been so rough with El
, Roglii. the pretender, who was merely trying to
\ take his sultan job away from him. Several he
ft whiskered kaids et al. recently surrounded El
| Roghi, took him prisoner and, on the orders of
I the sultan, threw him into an iron cage. Then,
placing the cage on the back of a camel, they
took him to Fez under an escort of 1,500 troops
armed with spears and guns.
, France, in objecting to this form of hazing,
\ reminded Mulai that he was one of the pretender
tribe once himself—before January, 1908, when
by taking four new wives and adding new fathers
m-iaw, one oi wnom was Hamo Hocko, and their
armies to his forces, he managed to push his half-brother, Abd-el-Aziz, into
deeper than ex-vice-presidential obscurity.
Then came the news that Mulai had El Roghi thrown into a cage of
lions and that when the lions, disgusted with their job of eating the pre
tender, refused to claw him further, the sultan had the unconscious pretender
soaked with oil and burned to death.
.Mulai is declared to be an- enemy of Europeans, but has listened to their
voices when they were backed up by force.
MAKES $7,500,000 IN A HURRY~~|
Charles \V. Morse is well along the road lead
ing to multi-millionaireville again. He has wiped
out all his debts with the exception of $500,000.
.Mr. Morse regards this as a paltry sum. He has
securities worth three or four times the half
million he owes and if necessary he could wipe
out that debt and still have left what world be
regarded as a large fortune by 99 men out. of a
hundred.
When Mr. Morse got out of the Tombs June
17 last his affairs were in what his own lawyers
admitted to be a hopeless tangle. They confessed
they saw no chance of saving anything from the
wreck and frankly told Morse so.
At that time Morse was confronted with a
v>ew77*7?y \ Tmr~-r / / I Clamorous army or creauors, 10 wnom he owed
$4,500,000. At the beginning of the panic, in
October, 1907, he was worth $22,000,000. The depreciation in security values
that followed cut this fortune into less than halt, for the Morse securities
were about the hardest hit of all.
His credit was greatly extended when the tumble came. He owed money
to more than a dozen financial institutions in New York City and to many
^ more in New England. These loans were secured by stocks and bonds. As
7 7 they shrunk in market value they were sold by banks and trust companies
at panic prices. The slaughter was so severe that in many cases they did
not bring the amount of the loans. These sales of his securities converted
paper ln»se« into actual losses.
THE NEW COMET
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Pork Takes Its Place Among the Stars and Constellations of Mr. Con
sumer’s Heavens.
37 DEAD IN DIXIE DY3L0NE
DESTRUCTION IN WAKE OF TOR
NADO IN SOUTH.
Denmark, Tenn., Leveled and Fire
Completes Destruction—Shiloh Mon
uments Wrecked.
Memphis. Tenn., Oct. 16.—The havo-s
and destruction of Thursday's storm,
which swept middle and west Tennes
see, Alabama, Georgia and portions of
Arkansas and South Carolina, grows
hourly, as reports are received from
remote points and as telegraphic ser
vice is gradually restored. Already
the known deaths reach 37, and there
are 13 others reported dead, with
scor4s seriously injured and many
others painfully bruised and scared.
The property loss will reach one mil
lion dollars, or more. In one town 200
people are homeless from the effects
of fire and storm.
The storm was probably the worst
that has visited this section of the
south In years, being Intense In its
destroying fury and widespread In its
area. Halves of counties were laid
In waste and ruin. Towns were de
stroyed, plantations were greatly dam
aged and from all sections of the
storm-swept area came reports of loss
of life, ruin and desolation.
While only one death occurred at
Denmark, Tenn., the horrors of the
storm there were greatly heightened
by the fire which started amid the
ruins and debris of what was once a
flourishing little town in middle Ten
nessee. Two hundred people were
rendered homeless and have appealed
to neighboring towns and cities for
Immediate aid.
Reports of five deaths and heavy
damage come from McNairy county,
where is located the famous battle
field of Shiloh and which was directly
In the path of the storm. Homes and
stores were leveled to the ground and
great trees in the historic National
cemetery were uprooted.
Many handsome and imposing stat
ues In the National park were torn
from the pedestals and the property
damage Is estimated at $100,000.
VIVIANO CHILDREN FOUND
Kidnaped Boy and Girl of St. Louie
Found Wandering About Chicago
Street*.
Chicago. — Grace Vivlano, three
years old, and Tomasso Vivlano,
seven years old, children of two
wealthy Italian cousins of St Louis,
who were kidnaped there on August 2
and held for a ransom of $45,000, are
now in the care of the Chicago police.
They were found wandering along
hand-in-hand at Larrabee street and
Clybourn avenue, near the spot where,
it is believed, they were deserted by
their captors. They were taken to the
Hudson avenue police station.
The boy is in excellent health, but
the little girl is in a Berious condition
from exposure. They were both taken
to the Passavant hospital, where they
will be held until the arrival of the
girl’s father, Pietro Viviano.
The police have been unable to
glean a single word from the children
as to the identity of their abductors or
where they were taken after they
were kidnaped from their home la St.
Louis.. Both children seem to be
paralyzed from fear and refused to
talk to their questioners, even under
more urgent persuasion.
Ocean Steamer Strikes Wreck.
Montreal.—Steamer Empress of Ire
land, Liverpool for Quebec, struck a
submerged wreck off Cape Chatta and
stove a hole in her bows. She is com
ing up the river under her own uteam
and will arrive at Quebec Friday. She
carries 1,100 passengers.
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Naval Lieutenant Kllla Self.
| Norfolk. Va.—Seamen from the gun
boat Marietta coming ashore at Nor
folk Thursday reported that Lieut
Carl A. Richter, U. S. N., committed
uiicide by banging himself aboard ship.
REVOLUTIONIST IS SHOT
Prof. Ferrer Is Deeply Touched by
Attempt of Daughter to Save
His Life.
Barcelona. — Prof. Francisco Fer
rer, the Spanish educator, and
convicted revolutionist, was shot at
the fortress of Montjulch where the
prisoner had been confined since his
condemnation by court-martial. The
doomed man faced the firing squad
without flinching, and fell dead at the
first volley.
Ferrer, except for a momentary ex
pression of emotion Immediately pre
ceding his death, retained his compos
ure to the last His attorney, M. Gal
ceran, who had defended the prisoner
so loyally as to bring about his own
arrest for Improperly addressing the
court, had secured permission for a
brief talk with the revolutionist be
fore the latter was led to the ditch
where he was to die. To his attorney
Ferrer spoke feelingly of the work
for which he was sacrificing his life
and of the future of his daughter,
whose brave attempt to save his life
touched the father more deeply, ap
parently, than any other Incident of
his trial and conviction.
With the execution of Francisco
Ferrer the authorities have removed
from the affairs of Spain one long
suspected of revolutionary activities,
and who, because of his education and
Influence, was deemed of peculiar dan
ger to the state.
STORM CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE
Worst 8torm In Years Rages at Leech
Lake, Minn.; Lives May
Be Lost.
Walker, Minn.—One of the worst
storms In recent years Is blowing
over this section and Leech Lake
Is being lashed by a gale. The waves
are running high, and fears'are enter
tained for the 35-foot launch, Sarah L,
which started out from here into the
big lake two days before the storm
struck.
Among those on board were several
ladies. Nothing has been heard from
the launch, but it is hoped that the
crew found shelter in some of the
bays.
The waves have done much dam
age to numerous boat houses. The
government dock is a total loss. A
cement retaining wall 100 feet long
has been demolished and many
launches and the steamer Flora are
on the bottom.
The Leech Lake Lumber Company
has lost a large lot of logs, a barge
and a pile driver. The damage caused
by the storm will amount to thou
sands of dollars.
CITY MARSHALL LOSES LIFE
Killed by Explosion of Gas Engine
Used for Pumping at Water
works.
Eureka, 111. — City Marshal Wil
liam Wyrlck lost his life here
when the gas engine used for pump
ing purposes at the city waterworks
plant exploded, and awakened the en
tire town by the detonation.
Wyrlck aside from his duties as
city marshal, was required to operate
the pumping plant. A part of the
building was wrecked, several pieces
of iron had struck Wyrlck about the
body, andjjhls right leg was blown
off entirely."
Four Hurt in Runaway.
Reno, Nev.—Four men were serious
ly Injured, one fatally, in a thrilling
stage coach runaway when the six
horses took fright on the Jodie Grade
desert and ran down a steep hill.
Frank Williams, the driver, was fatal
ly hurt, and S. W. Martin and two
other passengers were Injured.
Hall Caine Stricken.
London.—Hall Caine, the author,
suffered a severe attack of heart trou
ble. His condition Is such as to cause
much anxiety.
CRANE IS LET OUT
MINISTER TO CHINA INFORMED
HIS RESIGNATION WILL BE
ACCEPTED.
IS GUILTY OF INDISCRETION
Denies Giving Out Interview Contain
ing State Secrets—Knox Says Good
of Service Demanded That Minis
ter's Resignation Be Accepted.
Washington. — By a demand from
Secretary Knox Tuesday, for his resig
nation, Charles R. Crane of Chicago
was practically deposed as minister to
China.
Thus a new chapter in American
diplomacy was written. A citizen
chosen with special regard for his
qualifications for the post was re
called before he had embarked from
San Francisco and discharged from
his high office because of alleged in
discreet disclosures through the press.
Moreover, this minister, breaking
through all the old traditions, insisted
on defending himself from the asper
sions cast upon him by the secretary
of state by the issuance of a state
ment which most people here com
ment upon as certain to be very em
barrassing to the administration.
The history of this extraordinary af
fair, which began about a week ago
with the announcement that Minister
Crane had been stopped at San Fran
cisco at the moment of embarkation
for his post by a demand from Sec
retary Knox for his return to Wash
ington, reached at least its first crisis
when the secretary in a formal state
ment announced that Mr. Crane’s
resignation had been invited and the
minister designate replied in an equal
ly formal statement that while his
resignation already had been tendered
to the president, he felt himself very
unjustly treated. Moreover, Mr. Crane
in his statement reflected very severe
ly upon the officials of the state de
partment, charging that not only had
they refrained from giving him the in
structions usually issued to a minister
or ambassador about to leave for his
post, but that he had been denied ac
cess to them even after he had made
repeated appointments with them.
He enters a sweeping denial of the
charge that he “gave out” a newspa
per story which is said to be the
cause of his deposition, and places
squarely upon the shoulders of Presi
dent Taft the responsibility for the
various utterances be has made re
garding conditions in the far east
which have aroused the ire of Secre
tary Knox, and for final action upon
his resignation.
Washington.—All doubt as to what
action the president would take with re
spect to the resigntaion of Charles R.
Crane, minister designate to China,
was dispelled by the receipt Thursday
of a dispatch from President Taft ad
dressed to his secretary, Mr. Carpen
ter, directing him to convey to Mr.
Crane announcement of the fact that
the resignation has been accepted.
The telegram was dated Prescott,
Ariz., October 13, and reads as fol
lows:
"Convey to Mr. Crane following
communication:
“ ‘I concur in the letter under date
of October 12 which the secretary of
state has addressed to you and I
greatly regret that the circumstances
found to exist by him make it neces
sary for me to accept your resigna
tion.’ “TAFT.”
ATTACKS TWO-CENT LAW
Preliminary Injunction Is Issued Re
straining Its Enforcement Until
Tested in Court.
Springfield, III. — The constitution
ality of the Illinois two-cent rate law
is attacked in an action brought in the
federal court by the C., P. & St. L.
Railroad Company.
Judge Humphrey In the United
States circuit court has granted a pre
liminary Injunction restraining the at
torney general of the state and all of
the state's attorneys for the counties
through which the Chicago, Peoria &
St Paul Railroad Company of Illinois
runs, from enforcing or attempting In
any manner to enforce the two-cent
passenger rate act of this state as
against John P. Ramsey and H. M.
Merriam, receivers of that railway.
Tigers Tie 8erles Again.
• Detroit, Mich.—By defeating Pitts
burg Thursday, 5 to 4, in a game full
of thrilling and sensational situations,
Detroit is still in the great fight for
the world’s baseball championship.
The two teams have won three games
each and are tied. The deciding game
will be played in Detroit on Sat
urday.
Murder Ends Quarrel.
Cleveland, O. — Jacob Herrey, 36
years old, shot and Instantly killed
his wife and probably fatally wound
ed his sister-in-law. Herrey then
shot himself. He is dying. The shoot
ing followed a domestic quarrel.
Gen. Drum Is Dead.
Washington.—Brig. Gen. Richard C.
Drum, U. S. A., retired, a distinguished
veteran of the civil war and for many
years adjutant general of the army,
died In Drummond, Md. His death
was caused by diseases Incident to old
age.
Paper Mill Destroyed.
Beloit, Wis.—The last of a number
of paper mills at Rockton, 111., near
here, was destroyed by fire. The loss
is $80,000; insurance, $20,000. The
origin of the fire is not known.
BANK ROBBER KILLS HIMSELF
LONE MAN LOOTS CONCERN AT
HIGHLAND PARK.
Shoots Marshal When Auto Fails to
Aid Escape—Bandit Once a
Lawyer.
Chicago.—Trusting unavailingly to
an automobile for escape, a young
man known in many cities under the
assumed name of L. Harrison — but
almost positively named in Lo6 An
geles, Cal., as Lamar H. Harris, a fu
gitive lawyer of that city—robbed a.
bank in Highland Park Wednesday
afternoon and then ended a losing re
volver battle by taking his own dis
graced life.
In the duel between desperado and
pursuers, Marshal John H. Sheahan
was wounded. The bullet struck his
star over his heart and glanced into
his arm.
The bank was the private establish
ment of David M. Erskine & Co.; the
price of the fatal endeavor was $500.
The tragedy was enacted in 15 min
utes.
A borrowed chauffeur, Fred J.
Schwab, employed by J. E. Keeiyn of
Evanston, owner of the borrowed au
tomobile—neither of them with knowl
edge of the purpose or character of
the borrower—were figures in the
progress of the drama.
Keeiyn, who met the supposed Har
rison at the Avenue house, Evanston,
for the first time on Tuesday night,
rented him the machine. Schwab
drove.
So little did the chauffeur suspect
the nature of his customer’s quest
that when, after an inspection of
three north shore banks, any one of
which might have been robbed, the
machine was stopped in front of the
Highland Park hank at three o'clock,
he let the engine stop as wrell.
When the bandit ran from the
bank and jumped into the auto, it did
not start. Schwab cranked and
cranked, but the cold had affected the
engine.
The actions and the appearance of
the dead robber both led to the con
clusion that he was a stranded and
desperate amateur, a "high roller,” re
duced to a crime as tho last resort.
In Los Angeles his description and
his garments alike caused the police
to assert that he was Harris, who
w-as a member of a prominent family
in that city. A month ago he forged
several checks in Los Angeles and
other southern California cities and
disappeared.
NEW YORK HONORS DR. COOK
Is Given Freedom of City—Exp oref
Pronounces Barrill’s Affidavit a
Deliberate Falsehood.
New York.—Dr. Frederick A. Cook
of Brooklyn came back to New York
calm and smiling as ever, received the
freedom of the city as conferred by
the board of aldermen, branded as a
lie the affidavit of Edward N. Barrill,
the guide who says he did not attain
the summit of Mount McKinley, and
finally, to crown the day, fired the shot
which started a 24-hour automobile
race at Brighton Beach. He will re
main in New York until Sunday night,
when he will start for the west on an
other lecture tour. In the meantime
he will confer with counsel over the
advisability of bringing action against
Barrill for alleged perjury, and he may
issue a detailed affidavit in reply to
the guide.
The conferring of the freedom of
the city upon the explorer was a for
mal affair, conducted Jointly by the
board of aldermen and t!:e Arctic
club oi America.
in nis speecn accepting the honor.
Dr. Cook said in part:
"I will substantiate every claim I
have made with every proof within
the power of man. The charges
brought against me relative to my
polar trip have been based upon eva
sive answers by my loyal Eskimo
friends, while the alleged affidavit of
my Mount McKinley guide is nothing
more nor less than a deliberate false
hood. The confidence you repose In
he is not misplaced. The Eskimos
were made to say what they did not
say and I will bring them here, not to
prove my conquest of the pole, but to
prove the truth of this last statement.
Their presence as a proof of conquest
will not be necessary.
"I am perfectly willing to go before
the Explorers' club and give my testi
mony as to the ascent of Mount Mc
Kinley; in fact, I have already con
sented to do so.”
Blame Socialists for Split.
Toledo. O. — That the upli; In
the Ohio Federation of Labor is
part of a socialist movement to in
jure the American Federation of I,abor
is the declaration of a resolution
adopted by the bolters’ faction of the
Ohio Federation of Labor. The reso
lution intimates that Max Hayes of
Cleveland, who was one of the leaders
of the fight to seat electrical workers
and Central Labor union delegates in
opposition to the wishes of tbe nation
al council, desires to head an opposi
tion organization of union labor.
Revolution in Nicaragua.
Colon.—A dispatch received bere by
.wireless telegraphy from Eiluefields.
Nicaragua, says Gen. Chamorro, a
rebel leader, marched on Greytown
and attacked and defeated tbe govern
ment troops, 19 being killed. Gen.
Juan Estrada is reported to be march
ing on Cape Gracias, where 2.000 gov
ernment troops have been concentrat
ed to oppose him. The dispatch
states that the revolution appears to
have been well planned and broke out
simultaneously on tbe Pacific and At
lantic coasts.
■Amy aci void
SO DECLARED BY FEDERAL
COURT AT LINCOLN.
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JUDGES SITTING IN THE CASE
Injunction Restraining Governor From
Putting the Law Into Effect Is
Made Permanent.
Lincoln, Neb.—The federal court
has made perpetual the temporary re
straining order against Governor Shal
lenberger and members of the State
Banking board, preventing them from
enforcing the provisions of the guar
anty banking law enacted by the re
cent legislature.
Circuit Judge AVillis \TanDevanter
and District Judge Thomas C. Munger
filed the decree, holding the law un
constitutional, being in violation of
the constitution of the United States
and of the state of Nebraska.
The court holds the provisions
which forbid an individual from en
gaging in the state banking business
without incorporating is in violation
of the fourteenth amendment to the
federal constitution, and section 3, ar
ticle 1, of the Nebraska constitution
as is the enforced contributions to
the guaranty fund.
The decree makes the temporary
injunction perpetual and taxes the
costs of the case to the defendants.
Governor Shallenberger and the mem
bers of the State Banking board and
the secretary to the banking board
appointed by the governor, Samuel
Patterson.
Syllabus of the Case.
The syllabus in the case is as fol
lows:
1. Constitutional Law. Due Pro
cess of Law. Banking. Restricting
Business to Corporations. Guaranty
Fund.
The Nebraska act of Mark 25, 1909
(Laws Neb., 1909, ch. 10, p. 68), which
prohibits individuals from engaging in
the banking business, unless they do
so through the agency of a corpora
tion, and which also conditions the
right to engage in that business in that
form upon the making of enforced
contributions from time to time to a
depositors’ guaranty fund to be em
ployed in the payment of the claims of
depositors of any bank whvcli shall be
come insolvent, is in conflict with sec
tion 1 of the fourteenth amendment
to the constitution of the United
States, which provides:
“No state shall make or enforce any
law which shall abridge the privileges
or immunities of citizens of the ^
United States; nOr shall any state de
prive any person of life, liberty or
property without due process of law?4
and is in conflict with section 3 of ar
ticle i of the constitution of Nebraska/
which declares: “No person shall be
deprived of life, liberty or property
without due process of law,” and
therefore is void.
2. Same. Void provision, when in
ducement to passage of act, renders
entire act invalid.
The provisions of the Nebraska act
of March 25, 1909, supra, which pro
hibit individuals from engaging in the
banking business, unless they do so
through the agency of a corporation,
and also condition the right to engage
in that business in that form upon the
making of enforced contributions from
time to time to a depositors’ guaranty
fund to be employed in the payment
of the claims of depositors of any
bank which shall become insolvent,
were the inducement to the passage
of that act, and as those provisions,
so coupled together, are void, the en
tire act is thereby rendered invalid.
No Extra Session.
Governor Sballenberger, after read
ing the decision, said he saw no re
course except to appeal the case to
the supreme court of the United
States. Under the decision, he said,
the legislature could not pass a guar
anty bill which would meet the test
and therefore there was nothing to
be gained by calling an extra session.
TWO PRESIDENTS^MEET.
Chief Executives of United States and
Mexico Clasp Hands.
El Paso, Tex.—The long-expected
meeting between President Taft of
the United States and President Diaz
of the Republic of Mexico occurred
here Saturday. Outwardly it was at
tended wtih a display: of soldiery, a
blare of trumpets, a boom of can
non aad a pomp of ceremony sug
gestive of supreme authority, but in
the actual band-clasp of the two ex
ecutives and in the exchange of
courteous words which passed from
lip to lip, there was simple but cor
dial informality.
Suit for $236,625,000.
Chicago—An amended petition for
a writ of mandamus to compel the
board of review to tax stock owned
by Chicago millionaires, whose total
holdings are valued by the petitioner
at $230,625,000, was filed in the cir
cuit court by an attorney for the
Illinois Tax Reform league.
American Diplomat Dead.
London—William I. Buchanan of
Buffalo, N. Y., former American min
ister to 'the Argentine republic and
to Panama, who had been closely
identified with several important
American diplomatic missions, met k
tragic death on a London street He
was discovered lying on a sidewalk
in Park Lane, near the American em
bassy, in a dying condition a few
minutes before 12 o’clock, and was
carried to St. George’s hospital, %
short distance. He was dead when
the ambulance reached the hospitaL
