Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , JANUARY 13, 1910 NUMBER 10
Foreign.
Maurice Henry Hewlett, the novel
ist. has entered the election tight with
i two column manifesto addressed to
‘workingmen of England.” in which,
lescribing himself as one of your
selves. g* a ng my livelihood by the
work' of my h-»ad and hands.” he re
minds the workers that they form the
yverwheloiing majority of the elec
torate. and can gain everything they
want by ttvo strokes of the pencil in
th- polling booth.
The first fatality In England to re
sult from a suffragette disturbance oc
"urred when Alfred H idson. a police
man, died from injuries received dur
ing a riot outside the (‘olliseuni on
August 10. last. Sir Edward Grey,
the foreign secretary, was addressing
i mass meeting inside the building.
An attempt on the part of a large
body of suffragettes to enter pre
cipitated a riot, in which Hudson was
injured internally.
At Alexandria, Egypt, the customs
tobacco stores containing tobaccoa to
”he value of nearly $5,000,000 w'as
gutted by tire. Firemen, assisted by
200 sailors from the German cruiser
Freya. succeeded in saving the great
er part of the tobacco. The loss is
estimated at $l.oo0.00o.
Estradas pledge for the disarma
ment of Nicaragua does not disarm
the world of the suspicion that he
means to be its president.
General.
!n far irom good health and grief
stricken at the recent sudden death
■»f his daughter. Jean, Samuel L.
Clemens, better known as Mark
Twain, sailed for Bermuda.
Five war vessels of the United
States will take part in the celebra
tion of the first centennial of the in
dependence of the Argentine repub
lic at Buenos Ayres about May next.
Walter Lonsdale. Dr. Frederick A.
r'ao’» secretary, announced that he
had received a letter from Dr. Cook,
but he declined to give the explorer's
address.
On account of floods Los Angeles
was isolated forty-eight hours.
A bill is pending n congress look
ing to the promoting of rifle practice.
At Bordeaux, France, Leon De La
Grange, the noted French aeronaut,
was killed while making a flight. He
fell with his machine from a height
at about sixty-five feet and was
crushed under wreckage.
Simeon Hudson, a convict, stole a
pint of w-ootl alcohol in the Nebraska
prison bioora factory, drank it, and is
now suffering irom paralyzed optic
nerves. He is totally blind and the
condition may be permanent.
At Georgetown. Ky., because he
could not remember part of his ad
dress which he was to deliver at a
banquet in the evening Judge C. Vovis,
i'2 years old. committed suicide by
snooting.
William .1. Gavnor was installed as
mayor of New York with simple cere
monies. There was a throng as big
as the mayor's office would hold to
witness the brief ceremonial.
Study of forestry is to be made
more systematic in the United States,
through the closer association of the
schools of forestry and the standard
ization of the methods of instruction.
The opinion at Washington is that
the president will soon break with
Speaker Cannon over legislation.
Darius Ogden Mills, the New York
financier and philanthropist, died at
his rural home, Mllbrae, of heart
failure.
W. A. Gorman, traffic manager of
. the St. Louis. Rock Mountain fc Pa
cific railroad, died after being ill
three days at Raton. N. M.
au records oi production in mis
countiy ot copper, refined lead, spelter
and tungsten were broken during the
year which just closed, according to
a report ot the geological survey.
Mrs. Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati
has bought the 1)all park of the Phi
ladelphia National league, for about
$250,000. She gives the ball club a
ninety-nine year lease on the park
with the privilege of buying it at the
end of twenty years.
In an opinion by Justice Day the su
preme court of the United States held
to he invalid the ordinance adopted
!»v the city council of the city of Min
neapolis. Minn., in 1907, requiring the
Minneapolis Street Railway company
to sell six tickets for 25 cents.
The six tickets for a quarter or
dinance at Minneapolis, Minn., was
declared invalid by the supreme court
Director Durand has solved the race
problem so far as the taking of ihe
census is concerned.
Representative James M. Griggs or
the second Georgia district died sud
denly at his home.
An Alaskan prospector denies
Cook's story in which he is alleged to
have been rescued from a bear by
the explorer.
The United 8tates government Is
dissatisfied with President Madriz in
Nicaragua.
“We have already discovered that
the farmer is not getting the exor
bitant profits out of the beef he rais
es.’’ said Secretary Wilson of the de
partment of agriculture in discussing
the high prices of food supplies.
Secretary Wilson announced at tti*
White House that he will begin at
once the organization of his forces
for the purpose of making an investi
gation into the whole question of in
creased cost of living.
Omaha Indians voted against pro
posed merger in a council held at
Walthill.
The Scott expedition in search ot'
the south pole is now assured, the
English government having promised
$100,000 towards the $200,000 which is
the estimated expense.
President Tati is still looking for
ward to a trip to Alaska late in the
coming spring. He proposes to go to
the far northwestern territory imme
diately after the adjournment of con
gress.
The first of the automatic sugar
weighing scales which the treasury
department contemplates introducing
at New York is now ready for a test
at Boston, where the factory is lo
cated.
The shortage of freight cars for
the United States now totals 24.054,
according to the latest fortnightly
bulletin of the America Railway asso
ciation.
C. H. Ackert, vice president and
general manager of the Southern rail
way. has resigned and it is announced
by President Finley that he will retire
from the Southern on January 15.
President Taft sent to the senate
the nomination of Captain Charles E.
Vreeland of the navy to be a rear ad
miral.
In its search at New York for In
j formation about men “higher up" in
| the sugar underweighing frauds the
j federal grand jury had before it Sec
retary Charles R. Heike of the Arneri
j can Sugar Refining company.
Zelaya is on h s w ay to Mexico City,
! where his stay is indefinite. He is in
| no sense a prisoner. In an interview
| lie said Secretary Ivnox had been un
\ duly harsh.
t naries Mi nnuct. anas .mi se ,ioiuau,
who murdered Mrs. Teresa Barnhart,
with whom he hoarded, gave that
crime a sensational climax next morn
ing. when he returned to Akron. O.,
and killed himself in front of the
Barnhart home.
Darids Ogden Mills., one of the
most widely known financiers and
philanthropist', in the United States,
a pioneer of California and father of
Mrs. Reid, wife of the ambassador to
Great Britain, died at his winter
home near San Francisco.
Nine persons are dead and two oth
i ers are not expected to survive as tbej
| result of eating canned peaches con
i taining ptomaine poison on Sunday
; night at Sawtelle? Cal.
War on high prices has begun at
Washington by the institution of z
boycott again-,t combinations.
Washington.
Representative Hitchcock ot
; Omaha issued a statement in which
| he virtually admitted that he is con
j sidering becoming a candidate at the
i primaries for United States senator
: to succeed Senator Burkett. Mr.
Hitchcock declined to make a formal
announcement of his candidacy, but
his friends in the house declare that
; he will do so at a later day.
Efforts are to be made at the pres
ent session of congress to have that
body pass a law permitting the com
pulsory retirement of superanuated
j government employes and providing
for pensions for such employes. Sec
retary MaeVeagh has instructed Her
bert D. Brown of his department to
: draw up a plan.
j Officials of the public health and
i marine hospital service in this city
| are congratulating themselves on the
fact that during the last calendar year
there was a general and marked ira
: provement in the public health coniii
| tions throughout the United States.
December’s fiscal operations of the
; national government showed a bal
i ance on the credit side—the first
I time during the fiscal year 1909-10,
j and the first time since the Payne
Aidrich tariff law went into effect.
The receipts aggregated $59,827,536
and the disbursements $57,713,790,
leaving a balance of, $2,113,741.
The first and probably the most bril
liant of the formal state receptions
planned for the present White House
season was given by the president
and Mrs. Taft in honor of the diplo
matic corps. Some 1,500 guests in all
were invited. Mrs. Taft was present
throughout the evening.
Senator Crawford of South Dakota
introduced a resolution calling upon
the department of commerce and la
bor to make an investigation to as
certain the reasons for the exceed
ingly high cost of living. Crawford
ha3 been in consultation with offi
cials of the department and they have
assured him that they can furnish the
desired information if congress
authorizes the Investigation.
Personal.
It costs each person in the United
States $1.65 a year for Are protection.
General William Booth, the foundet
of the Salvation army, was granted a
new trial. in his effort to oust the
American Salvation army.
The daughter of Bret Harte has
been granted a divorce.
Representative Norris said with
holding of patronage would not cause
him to cease his insurgency.
George A. Stone and wife were for
maliy charged with murder at Los
Angeles
The sending of a revenue cutter
to search for John Jacob Astor was
upheld.
An appeal has been made to Presi
dent Taft to settle the switchnoen'B
strike.
The attorney general of Nebraska
Hied a suit to prevent the Burlington
and Union Pacific railroads from sell
ing intoxicants on dining cars.
DISPOSITION IN CONGRESS TO
PACIFY INSURGENTS.
IPINCHOT HAS MANY FRIENDS
The General Question of Party Har
mony Uppermost in the Minds of
Prominent Representatives.
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Washington. — The present week
probably will decide whether there
will be a prolonged conflict involving
the president of tile United States
within the rank of republican party
in congress. Conditions have been
tending in that direction for some
time,, but instead of adding to the im
pulse the dismissal of Mr. Pinchot
apparently has had the effect of caus
ing a halt, it has prompted senators
I and members to consider the pos
sibilities of a continuation of the con
troversy, and present indications are
nf a more pacific tendency than were
those of a week ago.
There is no denying the fact, how
ever, that in some respect the situation
remains critical. Mr. Pinchot has a
large number of personal friends and
admirers in both houses of congress,
who would be inclined to take up his
cause if favorable opportunity should
present itself and if they could do so
without endangering the peace of the
■tarty and their own political welfare.
On the ot.ier hand, many are say
ing that the personal fortunes of
Messrs Ballinger and Pinchot are of
. litle importance compared to the great
i question of the preservation of party
harmony. an‘d those- who take this
view are urging the necessity of pre
venting any sharp conflict in congress
on the lines of difference between the
secretary of the interior and the for
mer chief of the forest service. Wheth
er the conservative counsel of this ele
ment shall prevail will depend upon
the course of events in -congress dur
ing the next few days.
There is no doubt that the investi
gation of the interior department and
of the forest service will proceed
-along the lines indicated by the Jones
'Humphrey resolution; but it will be
competent for the investigating com
mittee either to broaden or narrow
the'inqfuiiV- i
Tlie question will receive its next au
tention on the floor of the senate. Tin
present situation is this: The house
has adopted the resolution providing
for the appointment of its members
of the committee by the house itself '
rather than by the speaker, as was
originally provided. Without await
ing the official notification as to the
adtion of the house, the senate com
mittee on public lands has decided to
present the resolution in such a
form as to authorize the selection of
the house members by the speaker
Unquestionably this motion was taken
with the intention of complimenting
the speaker and it will be reported
tp the senate.
Speaker Cannon, it is said, feels
that it would be impolitic for him to
take advantage of this condition and
override the expressed order of a
majority of the house, and it is prob
thle, therefore, that the senate will
lake such action as will steer clear
of a controversy with the house. It
js now said that the speaker himself
would prefer that the house should
select the committee.
INDIAN OFFICERS SUSPENDED.
Secretary Ballinger Bounces Four as
the Result of Inquiry.
Washington—Secretary Ballinger ol
the Interior department suspended
from office Superintendent John D
Benedict of the five civilized tribes
of Oklahoma and three supervisors as
the result of an investigation which
has disclosed "a disgraceful condi
tion" affecting the material and moral
welfare of the schools.
As a result of the investigation
which the interior department has
been carrying on foi- some time, and
which will be continued, other officials
of the Indian service may suffer a like
fa*e to that of Superintendent Bene
dict and the three supervisors sus
pended already.
Taft at Methodist Church.
Washington.—President Taft on
Sunday attended the Charles Nelson
Crittenden memorial services at
Foundry Methodist Episcopal church,
where an address was made by Dr.
John Wesley Hill of New York. Dr.
Hill is an intimate friend of Mr. Taft
and accompanied him on his famous
western speaking tour during the cam
paign of 1908.
Will Try for the Pole.
Berlin.—Lieutenant Ernest H. Shac
kletnn announces that he has decided
upon another Antarctic expedition.
Shackieton has succeeded in getting
nearer to the South pole than any
oi her explorer.
Balfour Has Opposition.
London.—A. J. Balfour, the leader
of the opposition in the House of
Commons, after all will not enter the
new Parliament without a contest.
At the last moment the liberals have
nominated Sir Hugh Bell to oppose
him for his seat for the city of Lon
don. Sir Hugh Bell has no chance of
election, but the liberal party const*
dered that it might adversely influ
ence their prospects if both Mr. Bal
four and Mr. Chamberlain were re
turned unopposed. Parliament will
be formally dissolved on Monday.
HE CANT FEED THE ANIMAL
fc -
When President Taft’s New Order G oee Into Effect in the Political Zoo.
JAPAN WARNED BY KNOX
MUST NOT DISTURB CHINESE
SOVEREIGNTY IN MANCHURIA.
England, France and Germany in Al
liance with United States
in Far East.
Washington. — A firebrand was
tossed Into the politics of the far east
by the president.
The statement is borne out by the
terms of a statement given out by
Secretary of State Knox Thursday
which means that Japan must aban
don her machinatious against Ameri
can interests and Chinese sovereignty
in Manchuria.
A strict interpretation of the state
ment makes it clear that Japan has
been notified that she cannot hold
sovereignty over railway properties in
Manchuria. .
The statement further flouts Japan
openly by calling public attention to
a new and startling poliey of this gov
ernment. namely, that it is the United
States, Great Britain, France and
Germany which are the guardians of
the territorial rights of China. It
points ou| in a way tncapable of mis
understanding that it is the money
of the four great monied powers
named which is to control the des
tinies of China.
The logical conclusion of the neces
sary corollary of the Taft-Knox
statement is that the powers named
by the president are to control the
destinies of the east and of the world.
Stated in the language of diplomats
Japan has been asked to agree to the
"neutralisation of the railways of
Manchuria." Russia necessarily has
been asked to agree to the same
proposition. It is to Russia's interest
to agree, because the agreement will
guarantee to her absolute safety for
her own railway projects which are
menaced by Japan's aggressiveness.
The state department Is optimistic
as to the outcome of its grave move
on the international chessboard. It is
true that Secretary Knox says that
Japan may agree, but he also very
shrewdly says that all he knows at
present about Japan’s sympathy with
this movement is contained In some
unofficial sporadic Japanese press
reading matter.
CARDINAL SATOLlHs DEAD
Widely Known in America—Wat
Once Mentioned as Probable
Successor to Pope.
Rome.—Cardinal Satolli died Satur
day morning.
The cardinal bad been seriously ill
for several weeks and had been de
lirious at times.
Cardinal Francis Satolli was wide*
It known to Americans through hav
ing been for two years apostolic dele
gate to Washington and the official
head of the Roman Catholic church in
America. On the relinquishment of
that office he became one of the most
prominent members of the house of
cardinals and for a time was persist
ently mentioned as the probable suc
cess to Pope Leo XIII.
Loses Life in Fire.
St. Louis.—One lireoiaa was
burned to death, six others were in
jured. several women were, overcome
by smoke and 200 hotel guest3 were
driven into the street with the tem
perature near zero when fire started
in a barber shop between and under
the Cambridge and Barnum hotels on
St. Charles street, in the center of the
business district
Take Charge of San Francisco Fair.
San Francisco.—The ways and
means committee of 200 appointed to
prepare for the Panama-Pacific inter
national fair met Friday and ratified
the nomination of an executive com
mittee of 30' members, which will
have charge of finances and prelim
inai’y arrangements.
Raise West-Bound Atlantic Fares.
Liverpool. —The Atlantic steam
ship companies Friday agreed to an
advance of at least five per cent, in
west-bound passenger rates.
STORM CAUSES FUEL FAMINE
Reports ,rom States in Mississippi Val
ley, Northwest and South Show
Blizzard <s Severe.
Chicago.—Blizzard weather and in
ability of the railroads to move coal
shipments has produced a fuel famine
m states in the Mississippi valley and
the nortwset. and reports from the
south show the storm is severe in
that section.
Many manufacturing cocerns In El
gin, 111., assert they have but two days’
supply of coal on hand and little pros
pect of getting more. The State Hos
pital for the Insane in that city is also
short of fuel.
At Rock Island, 111., the government
arsenal was closed for lack of fuel and
1,700 men were thrown out of employ
ment.
Scores of citlea in Iowa and North
and South Dakota haVe sent .out ap
peals for fuel.
Wagons loaded with supplies and
blankets are laboriously pushing over
the Nevada desert to a point on the
San Pedro & Salt Lake railroad, where
a train with 150 passengers is ma
rooned. The trainmen and passengers
have been compelled to tear up the
ties for fuel to heat the cars. Provi
sions aboard tha train are plentiful.
Women and children dropped from
exposure In New York while waiting
in line tc gain admittance to the muni
cipal lodging house.
MORSE “7s NUMBER 2,814
Former Banker Reaches Atlanta
Prison—Will Be Assigned to
Tailor Shop.
Atlanta, Ga. — Charles Wyman
Morse, former “Ice king" and mil
lionaire banker Monday began his
service of a 15-year sentence in the
Atlanta federal prison for violation of
the national banking laws.
He is registered as convict No.
2,814, and occupies a steel cell not in
the least different from those to which
are assigned the several hundred oth
er prisoners. His immaculate tailored
garments gave way to a regulation
suit of stripes. The distinguished
prisoner did not escape the Bertlllon
expert, the prison photographer, tha
regulation bath and the barber.
Mores probably will be assigned to
the tailor shop.
INDICT 7PAPER“7K)X TRUST
Grand Jury Brings in Indictment
Against Twenty Corporations
and 140 individuals.
New York.—A sweeping indictment
against the paper box trust, known to
the trade as the Paper Board associa
tion, was returned here Friday by the
United States grand jury.’ About
twenty corporations and 140 individ
uals are covered by the indictment.
Successive grand Juries for months
have been making a secret investiga
tion of the trust. The evidence re
vealed shows that there has been a
special combination in this line of the
paper trade, as was proved in the case
of the wrapping paper trust, which
the government succeeded in convict
ing in the United States circuit court.
Karl Hau Attempts Escape.
Stuttgart, Germany—Kail Hau.
former professor of Roman law
in George Washington university,
Washington, who is serving a life sen
tence for the murder of his mother-in
law, Frau Melitor, in 1906, made an
unsucessful attempt to escape at
Bruchsal, Baden. A warden's dog up
set the prisoner's plan.
Strike Parley in Capital.
Washington.—In reply to a request
for mediation of the switchmen's
strike Martin A. Knapp, chairman of
the interstate commerce commission,
and Charles P. Neill, commissioner of
labor, who are appointed mediators
under the Erdman act, are expected
to send a favorable message. it is
understood that both men prefer to
conduct negotiations in Washington.
If the railroad men and the switch
men can be persuaded to come here.
Otherwise the parley may be carried
on in Chicago.
HOT IS FID
SECRETARY WILSON DISCHARGES
CHIEF FORESTER FROM GOV
ERNMENT SERVICE.
ITS DONE BY TAFT’S ORDER
Order of Dismissal Comes After All
Day Session of Cabinet—President
Says Deposed Officer Had De
stroyed His Usefulness.
Washington.—Secretary Wilson of
the agricultural department Friday
discharged from the service Gifford
Pincbot, chief forester of the L'n.ted
States.
The dismissal was at*the order of
President Taft, after an all-day ses
sion of the cabinet on the subject of
Mr. Pincliot’s letter read in the sen
ate by Senator Dolliver.
Technically the dismissal is for vio
lation of executive order 1142, issued
November 26, 1909, by President Taft
forbidding subordinates in depart
ments to communicate directly with
congress.
But the president realizes that the
affair has assumed much greater im
portance than discipline of a govern
ment employe. Pinehot's letter was
the defiance of the Roosevelt, or
“Back from Riba" adherents, and Mr.
Taft was loath to start a fight that is
destined, he believes, perhaps to make
the next house Democratic and to en
danger the present administration at
Gifford Pinchot.
the next election. That is why he has
been lenient and dilatory in spite ol
the aggression of Pinchot, and his re
gret was expressed in these final
paragraphs of his letter:
“I should be glad to regard what
has happened only as a personal re
flection, so'that 1 could pass it over
and take no official cognizance of it.
But other and higher considerations
must govern me. When the people
of the United States elected me pres
ident they placed me in an office of
the highest dignity and charged me
with the duty of maintaining that due
and proper respect for the office on
the part of my subordinates. More
over, if I were to pass over this mat
ter in silence, it would be most de
moralizing to the discipline of the
executive branch of the government.
“By your own conduct you have de
stroyed your usefulness as a helpful
subordinate of the government and it
therefore now becomes my duty tc
direct the secretary of agriculture tc
remove you from your office as the
forester. Very sincerely yours.,
“WILLIAM H. TAFT.
“Hon. Gifford Pinchot. Forester.'’
The dismissal of Mr. Pinchot, in
stead of ending the trouble, only
starts the war in the open, instead of
under cover.
James R. Garfield, former secretary
of the interior, and one of the lead
ing members of the Roosevelt move
ment, will attend all the congression
al hearings in the interest of Pinchot.
WILL LAND MEN AND GUNS
England Notifies Warring Nicara
guans There Must Be No Fight
ing at Greytown.
Washington.—Great Britain hag in
tervened in the Nicaragua affair. The
secret of the continued presence in
Nicaraguan waters of the British
cruiser Scylla was revealed when on
Friday Its commander sent an ulti
matum to the generals commanding
the revolutionary and government
forces of Nicaragua that there must
be no fighting within the town of
Greytown.
The growl of the British lion Is
contained In the following peremptory
note from the captain of the Scylla to
Gens. Estrada and Huraldo:
•The majority of the houses in
Greytown being owned by British sub
jects, thera must be no fighting with
in that town. If any does take place,
there, I shall consider myself at lib
erty to land a strong armed party and
guns to stop it.”
Give Fund for Irish Home Rule.
Tacoma, Wash.—To aid the liberal
party in England at the coming elec
tion and thus indirectly to foster the
cause of home rule In Ireland, the
Friends of Ireland society has been
formed here and has contributed
$1,506.
Eata 30 Eggs in 22 Minutes.
Boston.—Thirty scrambled eggs de
voured in 22 minutes was the record
set in the Technology union Ifriday by
George Churchill Kennedy of Brook
line on a bet with a classmate.
STEAL $3,000,000 IN ORE
TWELVE MEN ARE HELD FOR
TRIAL AT TORONTO.
Take Silver Nuggets from Minee and
Dispose of It to Small
Smelter.
Toronto. Ont.—Twelve men charged
with being members of a conspiracy
to steal ore from the Cobalt silver
mines received their police court and
were sent to a higher court.
It Is believed these men stole at
least $3,000,000 worth of ore before
they were arrested.
The prisoners took from time to
time as opportunity offered rich nug
gets from the Coniagas and other
mines and brought their booty to To
ronto. where they sold it to Dr. J. E.
Wilkinson, who has a small smelter
and manufactures leaf silver for dent
ists. Some of it was melted Into bul
lion at a private house in the city.
Dr. Wilkinson's defense is that he
was not buying ore which is Illegal,
but silver, a perfectly legal transac
tion.
MORGAN MAY ENLARGE BANK
Financier, It la Said, Will Take in
Banker and Manhattan Trust
Companies. j
New York.—J. Pierpont Morgan
may unite in one banking concern,
through further trust company mergers
in New York under consider-'t ion, the
enormous sum of $260,000,ou0 in de>
posits alone.
Reports of additional trust company
consolidation are given credence in
view of the announcement Monday of
the merger of the Guaranty Trust,
Morgan Trust and Fifth Avenue com
panies. with combined deposits of
about $200,000,000. This brought a re
vival in the financial district of ru>
mors embracing the Bankers’ True*
and Manhattan Trust Companies ia
the same combination. There were
rumors, too, that the Mercantile Trunl
Company and the Equitable Trust
Company eventually will be taken
into some sort of a powerful alliance.
JUDGE SEVERE ON NEGROES
Kansas Justics Declares Execution o1
Woman Assaulters on Legal Day
Is Insult to Murderers.
Kansas City, Mo.—"I do not care t<
desecrate the day by ordering these
two brutes hanged oa~ the legal hang
ing day.”
With this unusual declaration from
the bench. Judge Ralph S. l.atshaw,
in the criminal court here Wednesday
sentenced George Reynolds and Joha
Williams, negroes, found guilty of
saulting Mrs. W. F. Jackson, to be
hanged on Saturday, February 5.
“They do not even deserve to be
classed with the murderer who noil
pay the penalty for his crime with bis
life,” continued Judge Latshaw.
“It would be an insult to these men
who had at least a spark of manhood
in their hardened souls to have suck
brutes as these put in their class.”,
COOK A VICTIM OF APHASIA
Sistor-in-Law Declares Discredited
Explorer Broken Down and Has
Forgotten Use of Words. j
New York.—Mrs. Josephine Dudley,
sister-in-law of Dr. Frederick A. Cook,
Wednesday said that the explorer had
broken completely dowm and was now
a victim of aphasia in a bad form.
She also declared that tho doctor’s
wife wah at his bedside and any story
to the effect that she was about to
sue for a divorce was untrue.
She explained that the man who
claimed to have found the north pole
was in such a condition that he had
forgotten the use of language.
It was impossible, too, for him ta
think on one subject more than an in
stant, she declared. He had reached
such a condition that when sitting at ■
table he asked for a pinch of salt wbaa
what he really wanted was butter.
AVIATOR FALLS TO DEATH
Oelagrange, French Expert, Is Killed
While Making Daring Flight
In High Wind.
Bordeaux.—Leon Delagrange. the
noted French aviator, was killed while
making a flight here Tuesday.
Delagrange fell with his machine
from a height of about sixty-flve feet
and was crushed under the weight
of the wreckage.
He had been flying In a wind that
was gusty and which frequently blew
at the rate of twenty miles an hour.
In spite of this disadvantage, Dets
grange continued and had circled the
aerodrome three times when suddenly,
as he was turning at high speed
againat the wind, the left wing of the
monoplane broke and the other wing
collapsed.
Mississippi Frozen Over.
St. Louis.—For the first time in five
years the Mississippi river here le
frozen over solid from shore to shore.
Eats Tack in Bun; Gets $25.
New York.—A tack in her stomach
which she had swallowed in a piece
of cocoanut bun has brought 12-year
old Florence Meredith |25 damages.
The defendant in the suit was a
Third avenue confectioner.
Cheer Up! Vegetables Are Ripe.
Mobile, Ala.—The first carload at
1910 spring vegetables for the north
passed through here Friday from the
gulf coast truck garden section, bound
for Pittsburg. The car carried rad
ishes. turnips, lettuce, etc.
