Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVII_•_LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1909 NUMBER 1
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 the
Perusal of the Busy Man
Latest Personal Infor
mation.
PERSONAL.
Rev. Ehvood Worcester of Boston,
founder of the Emmanuel healing
movement, declares the movement has
grown to such an extent and so many
ministers are interested that a col
lege at which the teaching of Emman
uel methods shall be the principal
feature of the curriculum is demanded.
Dr. Jennie "McCowen. president of
the Iowa Conference of Charities and
Correction, called to order the elev
enth annual meeting of that organiza
tion in Davenport.
Jpse R. Capablanca, the 21-year-old
Cuban chess expert, has played 29
opponents simultaneously at New
"York, defeating 26, losing one game
and drawing two.
Samuel Untermeyer, the well-known
New York lawyer, has been awarded
the prize by the Horticultural society
for a chrysanthemum plant 30
feet in circumference and bearing
more than 1,000 large and perfect
blooms.
Rev. John R. Pratt, pastor of the
First Congregational church of Ve
rona, N. J. has been elected mayor
of the borough, because no one would
run against him, ^nd he is now the
busiest man in Verona.
Mrs. Raymond Robins, who is in
New York to welcome Mrs. Pankhurst,
the English suffragette, said western
factory girls are superior physically to
those of the east.
Congressman Aiken of South Caro
lina says he will introduce a bill in
the next congress for prohibition in
the District of Columbia.
De Witt Clinton Duncan, the well
known Cherokee writer and states
man, is dead at his home in Vinita,
Okla., at the age of 76 years. Mr.
Duncan wrote many notable articles
on Cherokee affairs and poems under
the Indian name of “Too-Qua-Stee.”
GENERAL NEWS.
Seth Low, former mayor of New
York, refused to discuss a report that
he was to succeed Whitelaw Reid as
ambassador to Great Britain.
William Dobson, cashier of the
Canadian Express Company at Niag
ara Falls, was sandbagged while alone
in the company’s office at the Grand
Trunk station and a package contain
ing $14,156 taken from him by two
unknown men in broad daylight.
The British house of commons has
passed the third reading of the finance
bill by a vote of 379 to 149, the gov
ernment’s majority being much larger
V * > than had been anticipated.
A terrific battle between the revo
lutionists and the Nicaraguan govern
ment forces has been fought and the
rebels are in possession of Las Lajas,
near Los Chiles. Many are reported
to have fallen on both sides, Maxim
guns being used with terrible effect.
. Martin .Kaufmann of New York is
under arrest at Berlin on the charge
of frauds afnounting to $107,000 in
connection with the • Cotton Goods
Converter's Company of New York
He w-as for many years considered
one of the’ most worthy business men
of New York, t
The twenty-fifth annual national
horse show opened in Madison Square
garden, New York, with a remarkable
display of western draft horses among
the exhibits.
It is said that Speaker Cannon is
making an effort to purchase the fran
chise of the South Bend (Ind.) base
ball club of the Central league and
then transfer it to Danville, 111., his
home.
Twelve miners were killed by a gas
explosion •. in the Cambria Steel Com
t pany’s coal mine near Johnstown, Pa.
T , All were foreigners.
i Judge Marvin of the probate court
at Hartford, Conn., announced that he
Would appoint a conservator for Mrs.
Lucinda Treat Goddard, the 70-year
old bride of Charles R. Goddard, a
Yale student, who-but recently reach
ed his twenty-first birthday.
Leonard Dunmore, a negro, was
burned to death by a mob at Knox
ville, Miss, and his daughter, who at
tempted to render him aid, was shot
and fatally wounded. The black man
was charged with arson.
Jesse James. Jr., son of the bandit
and now living in Kansas City, Mo.,
has been madf defendant in a divorce
suit. Mrs. James alleges indignities
and declares that her husband has de
veloped a habit of staying out late at
* night and refusing to tell her where
,l he has been.
;. An antitoxin administered to Albert
Pierce, a snake charmer, after he was
! bitten by a big "rattler” in a New
*,. York museum, saved the man’s life.
Alva Coan, aged 17, has confessed
-'•V * th$t he cbpked Alexander Hoenig to
death two years ago at Cleveland while
he Was attempting to rob his victim.
The North Dakota is the fastest
And most powerful battleship afloat.
•Her screw standardization tests over
the Rockland (Me.) measured mile
• course developed a maximum speed of
22.25 knots and more horsepower
than has been reached by any other
warship- ___
iMiDlems of city management and
betterment were taken up by the
American Society of Municipal Im
provements which began its sixteenth
annual meeting in Little Rock, Ark.,
James Owen of Montclair, N. J., pre
siding.
The Central Conference of Ameri
can Rabbis began an eight days’ ses
sion in New York. Rabbi David Phil
ipson of Cincinnati is president.
United States Senator Albert B.
Cummins of Iowa, addressing the Mar
quette club of Chicago, vigorously de
fended himself and the other “insur
gent" senators against the attacks of
Speaker Cannon.
The Chicago police are searching
for E. J. Go8horn, a prominent busi
ness man of Charleston, W. Va., who
disappeared from his home on Octo
ber 20 with about: $30,000 in his pos
session. On the day he vanished
Goshorn wrote letters to his wife and
several confidential acquaintances
stating that he had left home never to
return.
Theft of a mail pouch, which it is
estimated contained between $25,000
and $50,000 in express and post office
orders, was revealed through the cash
ing of several of the stolen orders in
Chicago. The rifled bag was discov
ered by a farmer boy in a cornfield
near Tolono, 111. Scores of sSfcret
service men and post office inspectors
are searching for the robbers.
Government troops defeated ithe
Nicaraguan revolutionists in a sharp
engagement. Many of Gen. Estrada's
followers were killed, wounded or cap
tured. The government lost 15 men.
including Gen. Castillo Chammoro.'
John Stewart; Kennedy, one of
America's little-known rich men, who
recently died of whooping cough in
his New York residence, left bequests
of more than $25,000,000 to 60 reli
gious. charitable and educational in
stitutions in his will. The gift is the
largest single contribution of its kind
ever made.
Former President Roosevelt has lost
his record as the highest paid author.
For the narrative of his hunt in Africa
it is generally understood he is to re
ceive a dollar a word, but a compara
tively new magazine announces it has
contracted to pay Commander Robert
E. Peary $1.20 a word for a north
pole story of about 50,000 words.
Following the donation of $1,000,000
by John D. Rockefeller to be used in
fighting the hook worm disease in the
south, Washington officials have re
ceived information that two other $1
000,000 donations are likely to be
forthcoming £ery ston—one from Mrs
Russell Sage, to be used in extend
ing the work for the eradication cf
tuberculosiSj the other from Andrew
Carnegie, for lighting pellagra.
Jesse James, Jr., son of the famous
bandit, now' living in Kansas City, hg.s
been sued by his wife for divorce.
The couple were married in 1900, a
few months after James had been ac
quitted on a charge of robbing a Mis
souri Pacific train.
Cholera has invaded the German
side of the Kussian border and the
consular agent at Koenigsburg has re
ported to the -state department at
Washington 22 cases, including seven
deaths, so far.
Mount Vernon, one of New York
city’s largest suburbs, has adopted the
“Des Moines plan" and it will be the
first city in New York state to try the
commission plan, including the “re
call."
Twenty-two persons were killed
and 34 seriously Injured by automo- j
biles and horse-driven trucks in New
York city during October. This is
twice as many as in any other month i
and forms the largest list of casual-'
ties resulting from such accidents of
of any city in the country for the
same time.
All of the original “V. D. B.” 'L,in-'
coin pennies, which aroused such wide
interest because of the prominence of
Designer Brenner’s initials on them
and the subsequent change in dies to
make the initials less conspicuous,
have passed entirely into the public’s
hands.
Because he spanked a 12-year-old
schoolboy with a shingle, Timothy
Tripp, a district schoolmaster in the
town of Greene, N. Y., was found guil
ty of assault and sentenced to pay a
fine of $20 or serve 20 days in the
county jail.
.me iMuiiouui ueograpnic socieiy ai
Washington has accepted Commander
Robert E. Peary’s evidence that he
reached the north pole, and presented
him with a gold medal for accom
plishing his achievement.
Attorney Stephen G. Porter filed an
appeal in the superior court of Penn
sylvania at Pittsburg in behalf of
Helen Boyle, asking for a reversal of
her sentence of 25 years to the West
ern penitentiary, inflicted in Mercer
recently, after she was convicted of
complicity in the kidnaping of Billy
Whitla, the son of Attorney Barnes
W^iitla of Sharon, Pa.
In the Steinheil trial at Paris, a
wild scene of disorder was created
when a man giving the name of Le
fevre arose and loudly proclaimed
that he was the slayer of M. Stein
heil and Mme. Japy for whose murder
the widow of the former is being tried.
Not. much credence is placed in the
man's confession.
President Taft received a joyous
welcome in Columbus, Miss., when he
went to visit the birthplace of Secre
tary of War Dickinson and brother,
the secretary with him.
George Baker, recently apininted
corresponding secretary to Gov. Mar
shall of Indiana, committed suicide at
Goshen, Ind., by poisoning because a
young lady refused to marry 1dm.
Arrangements are being made by
the United States with foreign coun
tries by which diplomatic mail will be
put in special pouches, thus avoid
ing the individual handling en route
of ordinary malL "
THE SEASON OF INCONSISTENCY.
AT HOME.
/
ELSEWHERE.
S25.000.000 FOR CHARITIES
NEW YORKER LEAVES BEQUESTS
TO MANY INSTITUTIONS.
Gift Is Largest Single Contribution of
Its Kind Ever
Made.
New York. — John Stewart Ken
nedy, one of America's little known
rich men. who died of whooping
cough in his New York residence
on Sunday last, left bequests of more
than $25,000,000 to religious, charitable
and educational institutions in his
will, filed for probate here.
The gift is the largest single con
tribution of its kind ever made and
the beneficiaries include educational
and church institutions, north, south,
east and west, in the country, and one
abroad, 60 in all.
Nearly half of the $25,000,000 goes
to Institutions connected with the
Presbyterian church, of which Mr.
Kennedy had been an active member
for many years. Other large benefi
ciaries include the American Bible «o
ciety, the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, the New York public library, the
United Charities of New York, Colum
bia university and Robert college, Con
stantinople.
Aside from these gifts, Mr. Kennedy
left approximately $35,000,000 to his
wife, his relatives and a great number
of friends and employes. The widow’s
share will be about $16,000,000. All
of the testator’s employes received
gifts of from $500 to $2,000 each.
The charitable, religious and educa
tional institutions which receive the
largest bequests are to share the
residue of the estate left after definite
gifts of approximately $12,000,000 have
been paid out.
PRESIDENT AT BIRMINGHAM
Has Busy Day—Reviews Big Civic Pa
rade—Makes Address in
Capital Park.
Birmingham, Ala.—President Taft
and party put In a busy day here. At
8:30 o’clock Wednesday the president
was driven to the Country club, where
breakfast was served, a simple affair
with no 8peechmaking.
About noon began the parade, one
of the largest ever seen in Birming
ham, composed of commercial, civic
and fraternal organizations, school
children and 300 automobiles.
After luncheon at the Southern club
the president addressed the peo ple in
Capital park.
For an hour or more before leaving
Jackson the president’s special train
was parked In the railroad yards im
mediately alongside one of the sleep
ing cars of a three-ring circus which
played in the Mississippi capital as an
opposition attraction to Mr. Taft.
WEALTHY MAN IS MISSING
Police Are Searching for E. J. Gosh
orn Who Disappeared Three
Weeks Ago.
Chicago. — The Chicago police
are searching for E. J. Goshorn,
} prominent business man of Charles
ton, W. Va., who disappeared from
his home on .October 20 with about
130,000 in his possession.
On the day he vanished Goshorn
wrote letters to his wife and several
confidential acquaintances stating
that he had left home never to return.
The letters were postmarked at Kan
sas City, and requested the missing
man’s wife and friends to write him
there as "E. J. West, general deliv
ery.”
Indictments May Prove Fatal.
Youngstown, O.—Two men are re
ported near death from the shock of
being indicted charged with bribery
in connection with county contracts
and another declares he would rather
go to the penitentiary for life than
plead guilty.
U. S. After Men “Higher Up."
New York.—Investigation of the
federal government into the sugar
underweighing frauds was continued
Friday. The government was report
ed on the trail of the men "higher up.”
WILL STORM WHITE HOUSE
Waterway Convention Selects Delega
tion of 500 to Visit Washington
in Interest Deep Channel.
New Orleans.—The lakes-io-the-gulf
waterway convention came to an end
Tuesday with the selection of Presi
dent Kavanagb as chairman of the
delegation of 500 that will go to Wash
ington December 8 to storm the
White House and congress in the in
terest of the 14-foot channel.
The committee of 500 will endeavor
to induce the national assembly to
produce funds for the project. But
If it does not, then the executive com
mittee of the association is author
ized to select the place of meeting of
the next convention and fix the day.
The closing session was marked by
enthusiastic expressions of faith in
an attainment of “14 feet through the
valley,” further pledges of support of
the movement and additional esti
mates of benefit to result from the
movement's realization.
Participating in the program were
representatives of, several of the
Latin-American countries which will
be directly affected by the construc
tion of a deepened channel.
Through a set of the most warmly
worded resolutions ever adopted by a
non-partisan organization the 5,000
delegates to the deep waterway con
vention, representing every state in
the union, pladged themselves to sup
port no candidate for public office
hereafter v.-ho is not committed in
plain language to the policy of imme
diate action on the lakes-to-the-gulf
project
FATAL DUEL AT THE POLLS
Election In Breathitt County, Ken
tucky, Brings About a Dramatio
Shooting Episode.
Jackson, Ky. — Predictions made
on the streets that "only a man
or two” would be killed during the vot
ing in Breathitt county were justified
In the Spring Fork precinct, and in a
dramatic manner
Here Tllden Blanton, with a left
hand shot, instantly killed Demosthe
nes Noble, after Noble had crippled
Blanton's right arm with a bullet. No
ble had previously, according to Blan
ton, placed a pistol at the breast of
two of Blanton's brothers. Noble was
a member of a powerful feudist fam
ily, a former employe of Judge James
Hargh, and complications are ex
pected.
Blanton, whose father was a Demo
cratic candidate for county attorney,
was acting as challenger, and his
story is that Noble was induced to
raise a disturbance by discomfited Re
publicans.
Two shots were fired while Blanton
was leaning from the window of the
voting place. He was carried into
Jackson to the home of his father, and
there tacitly arrested. Blanton’s father
is the famous Breathitt county charac
ter who last year on horseback took
the ballots to the Crockettsville pre
cinct, when no other man dared make
the trip, for fear of an assassin's bul
let
NICARAGUA REBELS DEFEATED
Government Forces Kill Many Revo
lutionists, But Gen. Cammoro
Is Slain.
Managua, Nicaragua. — Government
troops defeated the revolutionists
in a sharp engagement. Many
of Gen. Estrada’s followers were
killed, wounded or captured. The
government lost 15 men, including
Gen. Castillo Chammoro.
President Zelaya's forces attacked
the rebel general, Fornos Diaz, at
Paso Las Lajas, capturing that point.
German Liner Lost.
London.—The German liner Gouver
neur is ashore near Lourence Mar
quez, southeast Africa, according to a
dispatch received by Lloyds from
Hamburg. The report said it was
feared the vessel would be a total
loss, as the hull was badly damaged,
Hotel Is Destroyed-by Flames.
Reading. Pa. — The Three-Mile
house, a widely-known hostelry at
Shlllingtoa, was burned Friday. The
guests aad domestics were aroused’ by
smoke and had difficulty In escaping.
SPECTATORS III IT
PANDEMONIUM REIGNS IN STEIN
HEIL MURDER TRIAL WHEN
DEFENDANT TESTIFIES.
-WOMAN MAKES GRAND FIGHT
Man Creates Sensation by Confessing
That He Is the Real Slayer—•
He Is Arrested — Faure
Scandal Revived.
Paris.—While Mrs. Marguerite Stein
heil, in the midst of the agonizing or
deal of her grueling examination,
broke out in angry denunciation ol
Presiding Judge de Valles, the crowd
ed courtroom burst into an uproai
and before the municipal guards could
grasp the situation the spectactors
were rioting.
Extra police were rushed to the
scene, but it was many minutes be
fore the violence wras quelled.
The outbreak came when Mme,
Steinheil, hysterical under the attack
of the court, which had finally be
come a torture, raised her hands and
cried out angrily that the attack on
her story of the murder of her hus
band and her stepmother, Mme. Japy,
was without warrant.
“I have told the truth! I swear mj
story is the truth!” she cried in a
frenzy of anger at the taunts cast al
her by the presiding magistrate, M. de
Valles.
A second scene of wild disorder was
created when a man, who gave his
name as Lefevre, arose from his
place in the audience and loudly pro
claimed that he, and not Mme. Stein
heil, was the slayer of M. Steinheil
and Mme. Japy. Mme. Steinheil con
fronted Lefevre, but said that she was
unable to recognize him as one of the
murderers whom she had desecribed
Judge de Valles ordered that Lefevre
be placed under arrest and an investi
gation of his statement be made.
Mrs. Steinheil’s examination on the
charge of murdering her husband and
stepmother, Mme. Japy, was conclud
ed in the assize court. She made a
wonderful single-handed fight for her
life. She displayed as much skill in
confounding the judge as she had in
baffling the police.
The old scandal which grew out of
the fatal illness of Felix Faure, presi
dent of France, at the prisoner’s home
and which a section of the press is
anxious to revive, has not yet been
mentioned at the trial, although Judge
de Valles announced that it was not
intended to shield anyone.
SANDBAG EXPRESS CASHIER
Robbers Steal $14,156 from Station
While Employes Go Out to Meet
Incoming Train.
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Niagara Falls.—William Dobson,
cashier of the Canadian Express Com
pany here, Thursday was sandbagged
in the company’s office at the Grand
Trunk station and a package contain
ing $14,156 taken from him by twc
unknown men.
The robbery was committed in
broad daylight. Dobson was alone al
the time. The two men entered the
office and one asked if a trunk had ar
rived for him.
As Dobson stooped over to get his
"on hand” book one of the men
reached over the counter and hit him
behind the ear with a sandbag or a
piece of gas pipe. Five minutes later
Dobson was found lying unconscious
on the floor in a pool of blood.
All the men working near Cashier
Dobson had something to do upon the
arrival of a train which called them
out on the station platform.
North Dakota Fastest Warship.
Rockland, Me.—The North Dakota
is the fastest battleship of the Dread
nought type afloat, as well as one oi
the two most powerful battleships in
the world. Her screw standardization
tests over the Rockland measured
mile course Thursday developed a
maximum speed of 22.25 knots and an
average of 21.833. Both marks are in
excess of the best performances oi
either her sister ship, the Delawfft-e,
or the Bellerophon, the leader Dread
nought of the British navy. In at
taining this surprising speed the tur
bine engines of the North Dakota
were forced to the development oi
more horse power than has been
reached by any battleship afloat.
Arrested for Big Fraud.
Berlin.—Martin Kanfman of New
York was arrested by former United
States Post Office Inspector Henry
C. Hill on the charge of fraud amount
ing to $107,000 in connection with the
Cotton Goods Convertets' Company ol
New York. The case has many rami
fications. Kaufmann was for a long
time considered one of the most wor
try business men of New York. His
partner, M. A. Isaacc, had such im
plicit confidence in Kaufmann's in
tegrity that, according to Hill, he in
duced a number of his friends to take
shares in the business.
Night Riders Burn Tobacco.
Nicholas ville, Ky.—Night riders
are accused of burning the tobacco
barn of Thomas Stafford, six miles
from this city Thursday night Staf
ford’s entire crop, consisting of the
product of 26 acres, was destroyed.
Mayor Heney of Tucson Ousted.
Tucson, Arls.—Ben Heney. a broth
er of District Attorney Francis J
Heney of San Francisco, was removed
from the office of mayor Friday by
the council on n charge of taking city
records.
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EXPLAINS HIS ACTS.
Secretary Ballinger Says Something
of Power Sites.
Washington.—Secretary Ballinger's
widely discussed revocation of the fa
mous “Garfield order,” withdrawing
from settlement 1,500,000 acres of
public lands, and the substitution
thereof of a withdrawal order, with
holding from settlement 300,000 acres,
Sunday was declared by Mr. Ballinger
to have been wholly promotive—not
subversive—of the conservation po
licy.
A lengthy explanation of his cancel
lation of the Garfield withdrawal was
given to the press by Mr. Ballinger,
who asserted that it was a logical step
in the preparation of the policy of
conserving the waterpower on the fed
eral domain, and one which Mr. Gar
field must have taken himself had he
remained in office.
“The first order was a blanket with
drawal issued to meet an emergency
and without taking time to ascertain
just where the. power sites were
located.” Secretary Ballinger said. “In
telligent prosecution of the policy de
manded that as soon as possible there
after these sites be located and the
lands not needed to protect them he
restored to entry. It would be an un
warranted reflection on Secretary Gar
field to assume tha£ he would not
have done precisely what I did—ascer
tain as soon as practicable where the
power sites W'ere actually located and
issue a new order withdrawing them
from settlement and restoring to
entry all lands not needed for that
purpose.
“I found that by utilizing the geo
logical survey instead of the reclama
tion service, which had been employed
by my predecessor, I would secure ac
curate information as to the location
of the power sites. On consultation
with the legal officers of my depart
ment, I found that I could make with
drawal order retroactive; that is, that
I could issue withdrawal orders later
which would effectually protect any
power sites within any entries which
might have been made in the interim.
The retroactive provision of the sub
sequent withdrawals operated com
pletely to conserve the sites.
“Not a single power site has passed
out of the possession of the govern
ment during this administration,” con
tinued the secretary.
“As a matter of fact, the withdraw
als order by me protected 50 per cent
more power sites than were con
served by the Garfield order. This im
plies no criticism of the Garfield or
der and merely shows that the Gar
field ordered was tentative.”
Secretary Ballinger stated that his
orders of withdrawal do not protect
power sites within forest reservations,
and added in, explanation that previ
ously he had offered to include power
sites on forest reservations, but that
the offer was declined on the ground
that the forest service could take care
of such sites. The secretary asserted
that a number of factors caused his
course to be misunderstood and mis
represented, but some of these he was
not at liberty to discuss.
MASKED BANDIT MAKES HAUL.
Blows Open Safe in Private Home,
Securing $10,000.
Burlington, N. J.—Cash and bonds
amounting to nearly $10,000 were
stolen from the home of Schuyler
Ranier. aged 72 years, by a masked
bandit late Saturday. Although the
Ranier home is less than half a mile
from the Florence postofflce, the rob
ber, after locking the aged farmer’s
housekeeper In her room, blew the
safe with dynamite, hastily gathered
the contents and departed without
leaving a trace of his whereabouts.
Naval Program of Turkey.
Washington.—The Turkish ministry
will urge upon the Ottoman Parlia
ment soon after it reconvenes Novem
ber 15, the adoption of a naval pro
gram providing for the expenditure
within the next seven years of $100,
000,000. According to this program, it
is learned here, seven battleships of
the North Kakota type will be con
structed, together with a number of
torpedo destroyers and one hospital
ship. For the netx fiscal year an ap
plication of $12,000,000 to begin the
construction of two warships.
AUTO PLUNGES INTO RIVER.
Car With Four Persons Runs Off Jack
son Street Bridge.
Chicago.—An automobile containing
several persons, believed to lia.ve been
four, whose identity had not been
learned at a late hour, plunged into
the Chicago river Sunday night at
Jackson boulevard. The occupants of
the automobile were drowned. No
bodies have been recovered. A wit
ness reported that the bridge at Jack
son bouvelard had been opened for a
steamer.
Gift Will Reach $3,500,000.
New York.—The Columbia univers
ity Alumni News . announces that in
addition to the specific bequest of $2,
250,000, made by the late John S.
Kennedy, Columbia will receive one
fifth of the residuary estate, which it
is estimated, will net the university
another $1,250,000, making the total
gift $3,500,000.
Alleged Kidnapers Caught.
New York —Two alleged kidnapers,
Antonio Treferlo and Givac.nl Gang!
acught after a year’s chase to the
west and back, were held for trial in
a police court in $10,000 bail. Rosie
Oardano, 7 years old, who was kid
naped in 1907. identified the prisoners
and her mother, Mrs. Pietro Gardano,
declared that she had paid Gangi $800
when he threatened to “cut the girls
up in small pieces and return her by
mail.” If a ransom was not i»aid. Eight
days after the kidnaping the girl was
found.
THREE REPUBLICANS ■
ARE CHOSEN SUPREME JUDGES
IN NEBRASKA.
FAWCETT HAS A STRONG LEAD
A Few Counties Yet to be Heard
From, But the Outcome Seems
to be Republican.
Lincoln.—Official returns from a
number of counties from which only
partial or unofficial counts had pre
viously been made increased Faw*
cett's lead over Sullivan so far Satur
day as to put him out of all danger.
Returns from eighty-four counties,
complete, and partial returns from
one other, give Fawcett 90,58tl and
Sullivan SO,444, a plurality for Faw
cett of 1,142 votes.
The six counties still to hear from
Judge S. H. Sedgwick
all gave republican majorities last
year, when the state went democratic,
and are expected to increase Faw
cett's plurality. The arrival of the re
turns from Adams, Saline and Holt
counties, all of which gave democratic
majorities, cut down Fawcett's lead,
but as the democratic counties are all
included in the count, further returns
will not cut down this plurality.
Statement of Hayward.
“At noon Saturday all the counties
were in and complete except Chase,
Cherry, Keya Paha. Loup. McPherson,
Judge Jacob Fawcett
Rock, Sheridan and Sioux,” said
Chairman Haywaid. “Taft carried all
of these counties except Sheridan by
majorities totaling 431. The one coun
ty which went for Bryan gave him a
majority of twenty-four. In the eighty
three counties which we have in.
Judge Fawcett, our low man, has a
lead of 1,233 over Judge Sullivan,
their high man. Judge Barnes, our
high man. has a lead over Judge
Good, their low man, of 2,669. show
ing how remarkably close the candi
Judge J. B. Barnes
dates ran on their respective tickets.
To these majorities may be safely ad
ded 400 more in the eight counties
unheard from. This would make our
smalle3t majority about 1,700 and our
largest majority on judges about
3,000.
Clerks and Postal Rsforms.
Washington.—Several reforms are
sought by the postoffice clerks through
out the country. The Postoffice de
partment received a memorial adopted
at the last annual convention of the
National Association of Postoffice
Clerks, presented by a delegation
headed by President Frank Rogers.
What is chiefly sought is a strict en
forcement of sanitary regulations and
the fumigation of mail bags to prevent
the spread of disease. A request also
is made for the elimination of all
transparent envelopes.
