Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVI LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 4, 1909 NUMBER 52
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES OF A WEEK
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN ITEMIZED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed Into a Few Lines for thf
Perusal of the Busy Man
Latest Personal Infor
mation.
PERSONAL.
Horace H. Lurton of Nashville is
believed in Washington to have the
best chance for appointment to the
bench of the supreme court to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Jus
tice Peckham. Lurton is an old
friend of President Taft.
G. A. Simpson, a Grant county (Ky.)
tobacco grower, who shipped 75,000
pounds of his 1909 crop, with the aid
of state troops, says he will move to
New Mexico, as he fears night riders.
Jacob M. Dickinson, secretary of
w ar, says if his candidacy for senator
in Tennessee would unite the Demo
cratic factions in the state, he wrould
make the race.
Prof. Headlee of the Kansas agri
cultural college says chinch bugf
cause from $5,000,000 to $25,000,000 loss
annually to the farmers of the state
He is experimenting with destroyers
Dr. E. B. Morgan, an eye and ear
specialist of Paterson, N. J., has come
into possession of $1,000,000 through
the generosity of a brother who made
$7,000,000 in stock deals and shared
his fortune.
Cardinal Gibbons says he pities the
friendless rich. “Millions,” he says,
“avail nothing to a man if he have
no one to give him solace in sorrow.”
Richard Croker’s trip to the United
States this fall is not in response to
a call for aid from Charles W. Morse,
according to a statement by Mr.
Moise, who is a prisoner in the
Tombs at New York.
GENERAL NOTES.
Five hundred Indian bucks and
squaws, after receiving their annuities,
indulged in one of the wildest orgies
that the Leech Lake (Minn.) agency
ever witnessed. It was the last day
when saloons could sell liquor to the
redskins.
Mrs. Frank Stanley, at Pana, Ill
shot and killed her husband, Frank,
during a struggle for the possession
of a shotgun. The woman claims she
shot in self-defense.
Frederick Gebhardt, the New York
self-confessed wife murderer, admits
he has been guilty of three such
crimes, for the purpose of securing
the women's money.
Grand jury at Chicago in their final
report to Judge Tuthili, declared the
jury-drawing system of Cook county
“rotten and corrupt," and charge the
commissioners with wholesale viola
tions of the law.
Gen. Oliver O. Howard, the last of
the union commanders of the civil
war, died at his home in Burlington,
Vt., of heart disease, aged 79 years.
Credence is given by Tokyo officials
to the report that the assassination of
Prince Ito was the culmination of a
plot, the ramifications of which ex
tended through Korea and into China.
Federal Judge Holt, at New York,
handed down a decision which will
allow Gustav E. Kissel and Thomas
B. Harned, who were among those in
dicted along with the American Sugar
Refining Company for criminal con
spiracy, to escape prosecution through
the provisions of the statute of limita
tions.
jonn k. waisn, me tormer Chicago
banker, has received $100,000 for an
option on his railroads from the United
States Steel Corporation, which will
, enable him to settle his financial diffi
culties for the time being, at least.
A secret investigation into alleged
irregularities in the federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kan., is being made by
Alexander Bruce Bielaski, a special
examiner from the department of jus
tice at Washington.
The fourth annual convention of the
Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway as
sociation is in session at New Orleans,
with President Taft. Vice-President
Sherman, Speaker Cannon, several
\ members of the cabinet, numerous
governors, senators, representatives,
members of state legislatures and
members of industrial and semi-public
organizations in attendance.
The thirty-ninth annual reunion of
the Society of the Army of the Ten
nessee was held in Columbus, O., Gen.
James Grant Wilson delivering the
address.
Fire destroyed Hilliard's opera
house at Kenopa, Ont. The loss is es
timated at $150,000. The fire started
in the scenery of the opera house.
The South Da. ota Educational as
sociation met in annual session in
Lead and the Nebraska State Teach
ers' association in Lincoln.
Sheriff Strassheim of Cook county,
Illinois (Chicago), was fined $500 and
costs by the Illinois supreme court for
contempt in not promptly obeying a
mandate of that tribunal. Gov. De
neen will pay the fine, if the decision
stands, as the sheriff was, it is alleged,
following his instructions.
• Harry K. Thaw’s contention »Knt
he was illegally committed to the
Matteawan asylum was overruled by
the New York court of appeals.
i_ By a decision of the Illinois supreme
court Chicago will have to pay $700,
000 for cars burned during the big
railroad strike of 1890.
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Forty minors were entombed in a
mine near Bargoed, Wales, by an ex
plosion. Eleven bodies were recov
ered and the remainder of those
caught are believeed to have been
killed.
James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson
signed articles of agreement at New
York for a fight for the world’s
heavyweight pugilistic championship.
The wdnner is to take 75 per cent of
the purse and the battle, which will
be 45 rounds, will be fought before
the club offering the most inviting
terms.
Earth shocks in northern California
and southern Oregon, lasting from 10
to 25 seconds, were more severe than
any felt in several years previously.
But little damage was done.
Rev. Dr. M. C. Hawkes of YpSilanti,
Mich., in an address at Saline, charged
that the co-eds at the University of
Michigan drink rum in their tea.
Counsel for former Police Inspector
Edward McCann of Chicago, convicted
of Accepting bribes from dive keepers,
are seeking a njew trial for their client
on grounds that jury service has been
full of irregularities, as contended by
State's Attorney Wayman.
Thaddeus Wilson, 22 years of age, a
school teacher of Garnett, Kan., was
arrested in Kansas City, charged with
sending two letters to R. A. Long, a
millionaire lumber dealer, demanding
$5,000.
John H. Mackle, a former business
man of Columbus, O., was convicted
by a Cincinnati jury of embezzling
$2,000 belonging to his wife’s mother.
Sentence was deferred.
Commissioner Williams of the im
migration bureau will soon begin hear
ings in the cases of 150 suspects at
New York, charged with being mem
bers of the “Black Hand.” If the
charges are proved they will be de
ported.
A French court has decided that the
children of Princess de Sagan, the
young Castellanes, must be sent to a
state school, and a penalty of $100 a
day is imposed for every day the or
der is ignored.
Troops are fighting forest fires in
the Huachuca forest reservation in
Texas. Sheep herders, driven off the
ranges, are believed to have started
the fires in revenge.
Mayor Pogue of Bcmidji, Minn., and
three other men had a thrilling ex
perience when a freight train struck
the auto in which they were riding.
Pogue and a companion were carried
on the pilot of the engine for some
distance. All were injured, but not
fatally.
The McCormick Theological semin
ary at Chicago celebrated the eighti
eth anniversary of its founding, emi
nent theological educators and divines
from many cities taking part in the
ceremonies.
lue uuuurarj couimerciai commis
sioners of Japan and their suites ar
rived in Washington and visited Po
tomoc drive, along which will be plant
ed 2,000 cherry trees which the em
peror of Japan has presented to the
government.
John D. Rockefeller has given a mil
lion dollars to aid in the extermina
tion of the disease of “hook worm,”
or “lazy disease” germ in the south
ern states. He intrusts the expendi
ture to a commission of 12, including
his son and noted scientists.
The federal court of appeals has re
fused to grant the petition of the gov
ernment that John R. Walsh be placed
in prison pending the appeal of his
case to the supreme court of the Uni
ted States, thus giving the banker a
year’s liberty at least.
Mrs. Chapin, a suffragette, in at
tempting to destroy the ballots at an
election in London, broke a bottle of
acid over the ballot box as a protest
against the exclusion of women from
the right of franchise. Several offi
cials were painfully burned and she
was arrested.
A general uprising of Korean revo
lutionists is feared following the as
sassination of Prince Ito at Harbin.
His murderer has been identified as a
Korean newspaper editor, and the
open declarations of approval of the
murder has caused great alarm.
Mrs. Charles Edgecomb and four
year-old son were found dead at their
home in Chicago from gas asphyxia
tion. It is believed the child turned
on the gas instead of the electric light.
He was in the habit of playing with
the latter.
Frederick Dietz and his wife perish
ed in a supposedly incendiary Are which
destroyed a tenement at West Thir
teenth street and Third avenue. New
York.
inventors are to Denent rrom a clas
sification of patents undertaken by
the United States patent office at
Washington.
Erwin Weinspach, a Los Angeles
druggist, his wife and Jesse R. Thorn
ton, who started for the Sierra Nevada
mountains eight weeks ago, are miss
ing. A searching party is to go out.
The body of Prince Ito, Japan's
murdered statesman, will be taken to
Japan on a warship now at Dairen.
Nine alleged accomplices of his assas
sin are under arrest.
Arthur P. Heinze was sentenced ’:o
prison for ten days and fined $250 by
Judge Ray in New York on a charge
of obstructing justice by advising a
witness to evade service.
A naval battle between warships of
Greece and 3QS mutinous officers from
the Greek navy was fought at Salamis.
but wa8 not of a very serious nature.
However, it is feared that the leader
of the revolt, Tibaldos, will overthrew
the government and declare a dicta
torship.
John Sickles, tried at Moundaville,
W. Va., on the charge of murdering
bis nephew, Randolph Rltchea, has
been acquitted. He pleaded the un
written law. On approaching the
ouse he heard his 15-year-old daugh
ter scream and as Ritchea ran from
he house he shot him.
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DATE FOR SECRETARIES TO
REACH WASHINGTON.
M'HARG GOES TO NEW YORK
Solicitor Earl Becomes Acting Secre
tary of the Department of Com
merce and Labor.
WASHINGTON—Important changes
in office and a new swing in the ad
ministrative work of the treasury
will occur Monday. Two acting sec
retaries will step out of office, one
into private life and the other to
official duties.
With the departure of Ormsby Mc
Harg, assistant secretary of com
merce and labor for New York, So
licitor Earl of that department be
comes acting secretary. -Mr. McHarg
has been acting secretary for a good
ly portion of the last few months, in
the absence of Secretary Nagel. He
has been trying for some weeks to
leave public office in order to assume
his new duties as member of the firm
of Noble, Jackson & Hubbard in New
York city, but stayed on pending the
selection of his successor.
It is understood Secretary Nagel fa
vors as Mr. MeHarg's successor a
man living in the middle west. Mr.
Nagel, who is expected here Novem
ber 7, has conferred with the presi
dent and will make the announce
ment shortly.
The new tariff board begins its
work Monday, although the members
of the board have held several meet
ings.
Mr. Reynolds’ retirement as as
sistant secretary of the treasury be
comes effective Monday. His succes
sor probably will be announced
shortly.
The commercial agreement with
France under which reciprocal low
rates of duty on imports prevailed, ex
pired at midnight Sunday night and
Monday the full rates under the new
tariff law will apply on all imports
from France. Both the United States
and France planned to afford every
facility to importers on both sides
of the Atlantic to get in their goods
under the lower reciprocal rates up
to the last moment.
The change in the office of United
States treasurer takes place at once,
Lee McClung, once conspicuous as a
college gridiron hero, taking the oath
of office as successor of Charles H.
Treat. Every time a new treasurer
takes office a complete count of tlie
moneys in Uncle sam's cash box is
necessary and for several months a
large number of employs will be kept
busy.
Mr. Treat leaves behind him a num
ber of reforms. Probably his most
radical change was the formation of
a committee composed of the chiefs
of the various treasury divisions.
During the formative period of the
Payne tariff bill Mr. Treat was called
upon for expert advice by members
of both houses of congress. His re
ward came in a bill increasing his
salary from $6,000 to $8,000 a year.
He also was active in advising the
members of the monetary commis
sion.
PINCHOT STATES HIS POSITION.
Outlines Attitude of His Department
With Regard to Water Power.
Washington.^-The practice of the
government in granting water power
concessions is outlined by Gifford Pin
chot, United States forester, in a
letter written to Colonel Henry U
Higginson of Boston, Mass., a director
of the General Electric company. The
letter takes the form of a public
statement and is significant at this
time because of the widespread in
terest in the water power question.
Mr. Pinchot seeks to emphasize par
ticularly that he does not wish to
retard the development of water
powers by private capital.
Summarizing the conditions imposed
on all power permits the government
forester makes clear the point that
the renewal of a permit at the end of
fifty years is at the option of the
government; that it is, by statue re
vocable by the secretary of the in
terior but unless revoked, continues
fifty years, when it terminates without
any special revocation, but may then
be renewed at the option of and on
| conditions to be fixed by the govern
ment.
MRS. STIERS PASSES AWAY.
Said to Have Been First White Woman
Married in Nebraska.
Nemaha, Neb.—The funeral of Mrs.
Samuel Stiers, whose death occurred
Friday, was held at the Christian
church Sunday, followed by burial in
the Nemaha cemetery. The husband
and five children survive. Mr. and
Mrs. Stiers claim to "be the first white
couple married in Nebraska. Mr. Stiers
is now nearly 80 years of age. He
landed at Brawnville. in this county,
April 8, 1855, and the next day went
to work for Richard Brown, the found
er of Brownville, cutting food at $20
a month.
Roosevelt to Change Base.
Nairobi, British East Africa, Friday
—According to present arrangements
Colonel Roosevelt and party will leave
Nairobi for Entebbe, in Uganda, on
the morning of November 27, arriving
at Entebbe on the 20th.
Moody fioes to Hospital.
Booten—Associate Justice William
H. Moody of the United States su
preme court was taken from his home
in Haverhill to the Corey Hill hos
pital in Brooklyn to undergo special
treatment for rheumatism.
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| NORfTH POlEj|
Now that the jury has been selected to settle the North Pole contro
versy, why not go to the far north and fight it out?
LURTON LEADS FOR JUSTICE
MOST PROBABLE SUCCESSOR TO
LATE RUFUS W. PECKHAM.
Is an Old Associate and Intimate
Friend of President
Taft.
Washington.—The vacancy on the
bench ot' the supreme court of the
United States, caused by the
death of Associate Judge Rufus W.
Peckham of New York, is the subject
of most of the g;ossip in Washington
just now.
It is popularly speaking, the most
important matter which will confront
President Taft upon his return to the
national capital. Well-informed
prophets here , name Horace H
Lurton of Nashville, judge of
the United States circuit court
in the Sixth circuit, as most
probably Justice Peckham's succes
sor, with Solicitor General Lloyd W.
Bowers of the department of justice
as the probability for the next vacan
cy in the court. Mr. Bowers is
thought by many to stand a very good
chance of getting this one.
Judge Lurton sat on the same judi
cial bench with Mr. Taft, and was
the latter’s choice for the vacancy
that was later filled by the appoint
ment of William H. Moody of Massa
chusetts. Mr. Taft was secretary of
war when he made the recommenda
tion of Mr. Lurton to President Roose
velt, and was, it is said, very much
disappointed when his old associate
and intimate friend was not appoint
ed. Mr. Lurton is now about 62
years old and would have ten years to
serve before retirement.
FIVE DEAD IN INDIAN FEUD
Brave’s Demand for Girl Slave Starts
War in Which Family Is Ex
terminated.
San Francisco.—The story of a re
markable feud between Indians and
half-breeds in the mountains of
Humboldt county was revealed in the
arrest of James Donnelly, a half
breed Klamath Indian, for murder.
The feud started ten years ago,
after the accidental drowning of the
little son of Jimmie James, an In
dian. The boy had been playing with
two Indian girls, see-sawing on a limb
of a tree overhanging a creek, but
slipped into the water. The father
of the boy demanded that one of the
girls should he given to him as a
slave to recompense him for the
death of the boy, but the demand was
refused and the feud started.
A few days afterward Jimmie James
was found dead near Mad river, shot
through the back. Then the James
faction killed a crippled Indian.
A few days later Harper Bill, one
of the other faction, was found dead
with several bullets in his body. This
was followed by the murder of Har
cannep, alias Chickasa, for which Don
nelly is held tinder indictment.
Chickasa was the last member of
the James family. His death ended
the feud.
Cook County Sheriff Fined.
Springfield, 111. — Sheriff Chris
topher Strassheim of Cook coun
ty was fined $500 and costs by the
Illinois supreme court, which held him
in contempt for failing to obey prompt
ly the mandate of the court that Ab
ner Smith, convicted of wrecking the
Bank of America of Chicago be sent
to the penitentiary at Joliet
Ex-Senator Dietrich Weds.
Philadelphia.—The marriage of
Miss Margaretta Shaw Stewart to
Charles H. Dietrich, formerly United
States senatar from Nebraska, took
place Wednesday at the home of the
bride’s mother, Mrs. William Shaw
Stewart.
Dahlen to Manege Brooklyn Club.
New York.—Wi&lam Dahlen. at oae
time the greatest shortstop in the
country, has been appointed manager
of the Brooklyn National League
Baseball club for 1910.
WOMAN KILLS HER HUSBAND
She Begs to Be Hurried to Jail Fear
ing Violence from Hands of
Man's Relatives.
Pana, 111.—Frank Stanley was shot
and Instantly killed by his wife
after the two had struggled des
perately for the possession of the
shotgun with which the woman slew
her husband.
Mrs. Stanley was the first to tell of
the shooting, when she gave herself
up to officers. She begged to be
rushed to jail at once, as she feared
violence at the hands of her husband's
relatives. She pleads self-defense as
the cause of the shooting and declares
that Stanley had been drinking and
handled her roughly in a quarrel over
domestic matters.
Under bedclothes, where its cradle
had been overturned in the fight for
the shotgun, was found the child of
the Stanley couple. The baby, less
than a year old, was sleeping peace
fully within a few feet of its dead fa
ther.
In view of her story and the knowl
edge of friends of the domestic trou
bles of the Stanleys, it is probable
that Mrs. Stanley will be released on
bonds.
WOMAN FLIES WITH WRIGHT
Wife of Army Officer Carried Sixty
Feet Into Air by Government
Aeroplane.
College Park, Md. — With her
skirts tied tightly about her an
kles, to keep them from fluttering in
the breeze, Mrs. Van Deman, wife of
Capt. Ralph C. Van Deman, Twenty
first infantry, United States army, oc
cupied the passenger's seat beside
Wilbur Wright when he ascended in
the government aeroplane here. For
four minutes she experienced the sen
sation of soaring in the air, sometimes
as high as 60 feet above the ground.
This was the first time a woman had
made an ascension in a heavier-than
air machine in the United States.
“Qh!” exclaimed Mrs. Van Deman,
when she returned to the ground.
“Now I know what makes the birds
sing.”
DOES NOT REDUCE DEFICIT
New Tariff Law Fails to Meet Predic
tions of Its Authors, According
to Treasury Statement.
Washington.—The new tariff law
is not reducing the treasury
deficit, as predicted by its authors. It
is shown by a statement that the
deficit for the fiscal year up to Octo
ber 23 was more than $32,000,000.
For the same period last year the
deficit was only $7,000,000 greater, or
$39,997,000. The new tariff has pro
duced $23,376,000 more than the Ding
ley law in the same months last year,
and had the government kept within
its expenditures of the former year
the result would have been a deficit
of only $16,000,000. But the report
shows that the expenses were in
creased more than $16,000,000 above
that of the same period last year,
most of it in the war and navy depart
ments.
Run Down by Auto; Kidnaped.
Ohicago. — Detectives are inves
tigating the automobile mystery in
which Joseph Kubik, 19 years old, is
reported to have been run over near
his home, and while in an unconscious
condition thrown into the automobile
and carried away.
McMahon Pleads Guilty.
Kansas City, Kan.—James McMahon
pleaded guilty in court Friday to the
murder of his two sisters, Rose Mc
Mahon and Mrs. Alonzo Van Royen,
and his brother-in-law, Alonzo Van
Royen. He was sentenced to life im
prisoned in the penitentiary.
Eats Poisoned Cabbage; Dies.
Mount Vernon, HL—'The four-year
old son of E. S. Landgraf difed Friday
as the result of eating cabbage, over
which poison had been spilled to kill
hugs.
IS A SECOND JOHANN HJGh
GEBHARDT AT NEW YORK CON
FESSES TO THREE MURDERS.
Wife Says He Had Seven Fortner
Wives All of Whom Are
Dead.
New York — Traces of what
may prove to have been another mur
der committed by Frederick Gebhardt
were found by the police. In the jail
at Islip, where he is held as the slayer
of Anna Luther, Gebhardt admitted to
Coroner Savage of Suffolk county that
he had been guilty of three such
crimes, all against women, for the
purpose of securing their money. He
said he would make a full statement.
Mrs. Gebhardt, when shown the Sing
Sing record of her husband, broke
down completely for the first time and
repeated the statement made the night
of her husband’s arrest and afterwards
denied, that she knew Gebhardt had
seven former wives, all of whom were
in their graves. She said that if the
truth were known he would be found
to be another Johann Hoch, the Chi
cago wife-murderer.
“WENT THAW 0NE~5ETTER”
Woman Seeking Divorce Charges Hus
band with Inhuman Treatment—
Burns Her with Lighted Cigar.
Philadelphia.—Extraordinary asser
tions of inhuman treatment at
the hands of her husband, Fred
eric Collins, Jr., a widely-known club
man, who lives at Mount Airy, are
made by Mrs. Madeline Collins in her
suit for divorce.
According to Mrs. Collins, her hus
band is an admirer of Harry K. Thaw,
and she says he “went Thaw one bet
ter” in his treatment of her. Not
only does she charge him with beat
ing her, but she declares he burned
her with cigars in fits of anger; one
time, after pouring ice water over
her, he forced her head under a
spigot and turned on the scalding
hot water.
As a result of this treatment, Mrs.
Collins declares, her health has been
ruined and she is now suffering from
tuberculosis. She left Mr. Collins last
summer and is now living with
friends.. Collins is still at his homo
with his children by former wives.
He had two, according to Mrs. Col
lins.
CUBAN OFFICIALS FIGHT DUEL
Cabinet Ministers After Resigning
Meet on Field of Honor—
Neither Was Injured.
Havana.—The dispute between
Secretary of State Justo Garcia
Velez and Secretary of Sanitation Ma
thias Duque, whose resignations from
the cabinet have been accepted by
President Gomez, culminated in a duel
with pistols.
The men exchanged four shots, but
neither was injured.
Paris—Henri Bernstein, the dra
matist, and Francis Chevassu, a
dramatic critic, fought a duel with
pistols at Prince park. Neither was in
jured. M. Chevassu fired and missed,
while Bernstein did not discharge his
weapon.
The duel grew out of the publica
tion of an article written by Bern
stein in which he attacked the critic.
LINER SUFFERS IN STORM
Kronzprinzessin Cecilie Life Belts Re
parted Picked Up—Sea Sweeps
French Town.
Paris. — An unconfirmed report
from Cherbourg states that life belts
from the steamer Kronprinzessin
Cecilie, from Bremen October 26,
and Cherbourg and Southampton Octo
ber 27, have been found on the coast
of Normandy.
There has been a severe storm on
the northern seaboard of France and
much damage has been done. The lit
tle port of Grandicamp has suffered
severely and 25 fishing vessels belong
ing to the port have been lost.
The sea swept over part of the town,
destroying a number of houses, drown
ing cattle and sweeping away prop
erty.
RIOTS BREAK OUT IN SEOUL
Mob Fires Railway Station—Garrison
Ordered Out to Quell Dis
turbance.
Seoul, Korea.—The Union station
here of the Seoul-Fusan railroad was
attacked by 300 rioters at midnight
Friday and partially burned. The ri
oters were dispersed, but gathered
again and were said to be moving
northward.
No casualties have been reported.
The garrison has been ordered out
to quell the disturbance.
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Woman Prevents Robbery.
New York. — When she saw her
husband about to be held up and
robbed in his store, Mrs. Isaac
Lipschitz grabbed a handful of pepper
and threw it into the eyes of the three
men, one of whom held a revolver and
was threatening to shott. Thei’ fled.
Five-Cent Store Burns.
Cleveland, O.—The S. S. Kresge &
Co. five and ten-cent notion store, in
Ontaria street, was destroyed by fire
Friday. Several young women had a
narrow escape. Five were carried
out of the building in the arms of
firemen.
Poaae Seeks Wife Slayer.
Braintree, Mass.—A posse of citi
zens is hunting Joseph Miller, who
shot and killed his 19-year-old wife in
Braintree Friday and then escaped in
the woods.
GREEK NAVY REBELS
TIBALDOS FACTION SEIZES AR
SENAL AND DEFIES THE
GOVERNMENT.
KING GEORGE MAY ABDICATE
Outbreak Brings the Military Troubles
to a Crisis and Threatens Occu
pant of Throne—Makes Threat of
Dictatorship.
Athens.—The whole military crisis
in Greece was brought to a head by
the actual revolt of the Tibaldos fac
tion in the Greek navy.
The situation is acute and whether
or not the next event will be the long
expected abdication of King George
seems to hinge on the- happenings of
the immediate future. The govern
;ment is meeting the' situation with
unexpected firmness,
i Tibaldos seized the government ar
senal at Salamis Friday and is now
entrenched there with a force of about
300 naval o®.-ers, the men. who with
drew from the city on Wednesday,
Reaving a 24-hour ultimatum for the
government’s consideration.
The struggle over the arsenal was
perfunctory, the guard putting up
but a feeble defense. It is recognized
everywhere, however, as an overt act
against the throne, and it was imme
diately met at the palace by a proc
lamation of Tibaldos as a traitor and
an order for his arrest.
Troops have been thrown around
the ministry of marine, and business
is practically jtapended in the cap
ital.
' The question of the hour is “What
will the fleet do?” The warships are
anchored off Keratsinl, on the farthei
side of the island of Salamis, and the
premier is waiting anxiously to see
whether its officers and men will de
clare for Tibaldos or against him.
Tilbaldos is the commander of a
flotilla of torpedo boats and subma
rines. It appears that he demands
that he he appointed minister of ma
rine, and threatens that, if this is not
conceded, he will overthrow the gov
ernment and establish a dictatorship
If Tibaldos succeeds in winning
over the fleet, as it is rumored he will,
it is'feared that he will be in a posi
tion to carry out his threats.
PACIFIC SLOPE IS SHAKEN
California. and Oregon Experience
Severe £arth Shocks—Financial
^jfiSanisgo Not Great.
SsfiJ t&Mreisco.—The earthquake
shock fMtd’riVnorthern California and
southern T5Vegon Thursday is reported
from a nulLfobr of places to be more
severe tharf sftiy felt in several years
previously.,'The vibrations continued
from 10 to 15 seconds, according to ob
SerV^s in different towns.
Windows were shattered, chimneys
prostrated, dishes broken and small
pieces of furniture moved, but so far
as known the financial damage was
.nominal.
Humboldt county seems to have
been the center of the seismic dis
turbance, but telegraph and telephone
communication is interrupted and
only meager reports have been re
ceived. It does not appear, however,
that the shock was of great violence.
; Among the cities and towns where
the quake was felt are Redding, Red
Bluff, Chico, McCloud, Weaverville,
Dunsmuir and Crescent City, in Cali
, fornia, and Grant's Pass and Marsh
-field, Oregon. It was not felt in San
Francisco, nor was it recorded at the
: local weather bureau.
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AGREE ON FIGHT TERMS
jJeffries and Johnson Sign Agreement
for Heavyweight Championship
^ of the World.
'i New York.—James J. Jeffries, re
.tired champion of the world, and
,Jack Johnson, the big negro who now
‘-holds the title, met in the banquet
hall of the Hotel Albany and ar
ranged-terms for a battle of 45 rounds
befere the club which offers the best
ter^js. There is to be a side bet ol
|6)060. The winner is to take 75 per
cent, of the purse.
The fight is to take place not later
than July 5, 1910, and each man is to
post not less than $10,000, one-half o(
which is to go as a side bet.
Forty Miners Entombed.
Cardiff, Wales.—Eleven bodies have
been recovered from the mine near
Bargood, in which 40 men were im
prisoned Friday by an explosion. In
an attempt to rescue the men the
manager of the colliery and two
others were caught by a landslide. It
'is feared they are dead.
Thirty-Five Hurt in Wreck.
: Fort Wayne, Ind.—In a collision be
tween a Chicago bound immigrant
train and an east-bound freight at
Tocsin, on the Erie railroad Friday
35 immigrants—men, women and chil
dren—were injured, some of them per
haps fatally.
Scientists now believe that the
original cave dwellers of New Mexico
deserted their apartments when the
water dried up. As a lack of water
would put the family bathtub out of
commission the ancient troglodytes
showed much culture by moving.
Severe sentences for incendiarism
are merely self-protection for the com
munity. The incendiary is a man
without mercy, for he deliberately ex
poses his fellow-creatures to the most
horrible form of agony and death.
He can expect no mercy in his turn.